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Rapids re-building about finding loyal "club guys," says Tim Hinchey
The Rapids on Sunday moved to 0-2 with a home-opening loss to the Philadelphia Union in Commerce City. But if there's a bright spot to Colorado's season so far it's the play of striker Deshorn Brown and Dillon Powers, both rookie draft picks.
Colorado's roster this season is significantly younger, after the departures of Conor Casey, Omar Cummings, Jeff Larentowicz, Hunter Freeman and Luis Zapata.
Rapids president Tim Hinchey explained Colorado's turnover toward younger players before the season. Earlier, he explained how the Rapids nearly traded for Robbie Rogers.
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- Center-left Democratic Party leader Pier Luigi Bersani, 61, expected to win election
- Cigar-smoking ex-communist has spent career in politics, served in three cabinets
- Bersani said he'd continue Monti's budget cuts, but that stimulus is needed too
- After years of turbulent ex-premier Berlusconi, Bersani is seen as pair of safe hands
The man expected to become Italy's next prime minister won't pound the bully pulpit like Silvio Berlusconi. He won't claim to be the Jesus Christ of politics, or praise Barack Obama's "tan", and it's highly unlikely you'll bump into him at an all-night bunga bunga party.
No, Pier Luigi Bersani is seen as a safe pair of hands -- and now, after a lifetime in politics, the 61-year-old leader of the center-left Democratic Party is hoping to hang on to a lead in the polls that bombastic three-time former premier Berlusconi had all but wiped out in the dying days of the campaign.
A cigar-puffing ex-communist and pillar of the Italian left, Bersani campaigned on the promise of "A Just Italy" -- but as he knows, it will take far more than words to fix Europe's fourth-largest economy.
Italy in crisis
From top to bottom, Italy is a mess. Berlusconi, its last elected prime minister, quit in disgrace in 2011 and is now on trial for allegedly paying for sex with an underage girl. Italy has the third highest debt-to-GDP ratio in the first world, and only Haiti and Zimbabwe grew less from 2000 to 2010.
Italy ranks 72nd in corruption -- behind Ghana and Saudi Arabia -- and at an estimated €140 billion euros in yearly turnover, organized crime is the country's biggest industry, according to one business association report. Italy ranks a woeful 73rd in the Ease of Doing Business index, 80th in gender equality, and income equality is growing.
Mario Monti, who was appointed to run the country after Berlusconi's departure, has forced through a bitter package of cost-cutting measures to save the country from financial ruin, snuffing out any hope of short-term growth. Italy's economy has shrunk for a staggering six straight quarters, and its 11.2% unemployment rate is the highest since they began keeping records in 1999.
And while Monti may have some say in the new Italian government, it is career politician Bersani who will bear the burden of pulling Italy out of the mire.
From school teacher to party leader
Bersani was born in Bettola, a village in northwest Italy, in 1951. The son of a mechanic, he studied philosophy and wrote his thesis on Pope Gregory I at Bologna University, according to his campaign website. The lifelong Catholic has been married to Daniela Ferrari since 1980 and has two daughters.
Bersani abandoned a brief stint as a schoolteacher in favor of local politics, joining the Communist Party in the historically left-leaning region of Emilia-Romagna.
The Communist Party folded at the end of the Cold War but Bersani continued his way up the ranks in the leftist parties that followed, becoming the president of the Emilia-Romagna regional council in 1993.
Bersani served in cabinet for three center-left governments between 1996 and 2008, most recently as the minister of economic development, when in a break with his communist roots he embarked on a series of free market reforms aimed at making Italian industry more competitive.
Last December, voters in his Democratic Party had the opportunity to choose a younger, more vibrant politician to carry the torch for the Italian left in the upcoming election in the form of Matteo Renzi, the brash 38-year-old mayor of Florence.
But while Renzi's following is growing, he was seen as too much of a modernizer for an Italian left long dominated by ex-communists, according to Geoff Andrews, an Open University senior lecturer and expert on Italian politics.
"Renzi is seen as a Blairite, but it's never been a Blairite left in Italy, and I don't think he was trusted by some of the party faithful," Andrews told CNN.
Bersani, the popular party veteran, trounced Renzi in the primary by almost 22 points. But his nomination might also say as much about Italy's current political climate as it does about the candidates.
"After years of Silvio Berlusconi, voters need a rest," says Beppe Severigni, an Italian journalist who spoke to CNN during an 11-day train journey across the country to gauge voters' moods ahead of the election.
"Italians are nervous, anxious and exhausted, the mood is the same everywhere. After so long on the roller coaster people want a safe pair of hands, and Bersani is banking on that."
A more just Italy?
If elected, Bersani has pledged to continue with Monti's unpopular budget-cutting reforms and sees them as a necessary evil, but he says Europe's strict focus on austerity measures is preventing Italy from growing.
"The rigor and credibility that Monti has brought into the world are for us a point of no return," he told CNN, several weeks before the election. "[But] we believe that a stimulus is necessary to the European and the Italian economy."
Bersani will also pursue civil unions for gay people, immigration reform, and €500 million worth of government-funded university scholarships, according to the Democratic Party website.
He says he will retain an unpopular property tax that his rival Berlusconi has promised to repeal, and refund, in its entirety -- a promise Mario Monti called "a poison meatball," according to The New York Times.
One of Bersani's main goals will be to enact labor reforms to make it cheaper for businesses to hire, but experts say his allegiance to Italy's labor unions could complicate any attempts at change.
"Italy has a lot of protected industries and interests, and Bersani has a lot of ties to CGIL, Italy's largest labor union," said Open University's Geoff Andrews. "He is somebody from the old school left, and it's unlikely he's going to take a strong fight to the unions."
Can Bersani govern?
According to Andrews, winning the election is just the beginning of Bersani's problems.
Even if Bersani wins the election, recent polls have him falling well short of a majority of the vote. Most experts believe in order to govern he will need to try to cobble together a coalition with the more centrist Monti, whose austerity measures are deeply unpopular with factions of Bersani's current alliance.
And even if Bersani and Monti manage to strike a deal, Berlusconi could get enough votes to make life difficult for the coalition once it's in office.
His return to power may be unlikely, but the fact Berlusconi looms large in the election -- just 15 months after resigning as Italy hit rock bottom -- is a testament not only to his domination of Italian politics over the past 20 years, but also to the left's inability to capitalize on his scandals, according to Andrews.
"There's a lot of pessimism about the next government, and the problem Bersani's got has been the failure of the left to deal with Berlusconi," Andrews said. "They're all sort of living in his shadow."
Italy has had more than 60 governments since World War II, and desperately needs a stable government to nurse its battered economy back to health.
But while Bersani has sold voters on his promise of "politics that tell the truth," the truth is that the election may only be the start of the battle for control of Italy's future -- and it's hard to keep the man everyone calls "Il Cavaliere" down for too long.


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Rays - 201 010 000 - 4 6 0 Red Sox - 002 000 100 - 3 7 0For the second straight game, Tampa Bay scored three early runs (in the same 201 configuration, actually) and this time, the Red Sox failed to come back. Boston is 3 GA of the Rays for the wild card, with 11 games remaining in the season.
Lester (7-5-4-4-5, 107) allowed a two-run dong to Ben Zobrist in the first, and Desmond Jennings doubled and scored on a wild pitch in the third. The Rays added a run with three singles in the fifth, with Evan Longoria getting the RBI.
Carl Crawford singled to begin the home half of the third and scored on Mike Aviles's double high off the Wall. It was a foolish decision by Tim Bogar to send Crawford with no one out, and Crawford didn't help matters by not sliding. He appeared to be tagged out, but home plate umpire Brian Knight called him safe. However, Knight was out of position and could not see if a tag had been made (so he guessed). Marco Scutaro bunted Aviles to third and Jacoby Ellsbury knocked him in with a fly ball to right.
With two outs in the fifth, Ellsbury reached on an infield hit and stole second. Then he got greedy and tried to steal third, but Neimann (5-4-2-2-6, 89) stepped off the rubber and threw him out at third. Ellsbury drove in the Sox's third run in the seventh with a grounder to short.
In the ninth, Aviles singled with two outs; he finished the day 3-for-4. Joey Gathright pinch-ran and stole second without a throw, but Marco Scutaro grounded to third to end the game.
Daniel Bard pitched the eighth inning and retired Tampa's 2-3-4 hitters in order, on 12 pitches. It looks like he has fixed his problems.
The Yankees beat the Blue Jays 7-6 (Toronto blew a 6-1 lead in the sixth inning), so Boston fell back to 4.5 GB New York in the East.
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Ellsbury, CFChances Of Red Sox Making Playoffs:
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Baseball Prospectus: 98.1% Cool Standings: 95.9%So, if you believe the Red Sox are "teetering on brink of collapse", save that worry for October. It is currently grossly misplaced.
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Founder of AY Architects, Yeoryia Manolopoulou for the 2014 AJ Women in Architecture Awards
Yeoryia Manolopoulou is a co-founder of AY Architects. In 2013, the practice's building for Montpelier Community Nursery won the Stephen Lawrence Prize. Treasured by the local community, the building has been shortlisted for the Camden Design Award and the People's Choice Award. This year AY Architects also completed a small library for Torriano Infants School, also in Camden, and won a commission for the RIBA Regent Street Windows Project. Manolopoulou was appointed the Bartlett's director of architectural research in 2012.
Why did you choose architecture? To bring generous and beautiful spaces into people's everyday lives, while saying something about architecture's role in society and culture.
What is your design ethos? I'm interested in the poetic potential of architecture and the aesthetic experience of spaces, and looking for that moment when architecture almost 'disappears'.
Which architects inspire you? Lina Bo Bardi, Kazuyo Sejima, Anne Lacaton of Lacaton & Vassal; Yui Tezuka of Tezuka Architects, Momoyo Kaijima of Atelier Bow-Wow.
What is your advice to aspiring female architects? It is never too late to start or to come back to architecture.
Why do women leave the profession? There are many reasons for this, but personally I would insist on two. The first reason has to do with education and the second with money. I'm puzzled by the gender divisions and comparisons that happen in this country even before women and men enter university and the profession. This is a problem and leads to the paradox that the special recognition of female ability in education is then forgotten in a society where most professions are dominated by men. The second major factor is, of course, the cost of childcare and the fact that good, affordable childcare provision is so rare.
What is the biggest challenge facing women in architecture today? The profession has always been difficult. I think one way to overcome the related stress is to develop good collaborations and mixed-gendered partnerships, where skills can be combined and people can complement each other.
What is the best defence against sexism? To show with your work and actions that sexism is nonsense.
Place of study National Technical University of Athens and the Bartlett School of Architecture
Current projects a redevelopment of the New Charlton Community Centre in Woolwich and bidding for various school and housing projects
Clients Camden Community Nurseries, Torriano Infant School and the Greater London Authority
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Victims of gun violence question ease of access to firearms
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Despite sporadic calls for new gun laws after mass school or workplace shootings, 21 states have passed laws expanding the rights of gun owners over the past year, according to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
Eight states now allow administrators or teachers to have guns in schools, and legislation to allow it in Florida passed the House earlier this week. At least four allow them in bars. Several states allow guns in churches. Some allow guns on college campuses -- although Florida currently only allows them in locked vehicles.
Some ridicule the burst of pro-gun legislation, citing several recent mass shootings across the country. They say far too often, the mentally unstable are getting their hands on guns.
While gun rights have strong support -- especially in the South and West, one man who consoles survivors of gun violence speaks out about the dangers of the easy access to weapons.
Carl Harms says he is among those who should not be allowed to own a gun. Hewas diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in 2005 after he lost his mom.
Two years later, when drivers killed his dad, the PTSD intensified and Harms said he fell into a very dark place.
"I would just black out and (be) found in parking lots, laid out in the parking lot," Harms said. "I would wake up in the hospital."
A couple more years went by and Harms says he grew paranoid, afraid to even leave the house. One day he did go out -- to buy a gun.
"There were a lot of things that went through my head. Never taking someone else's life, but definitely thinking about taking my own," Harms said. "I never should've been issued a permit."
Harms was amazed by how easy it was to get a concealed weapons permit, especially for someone suffering from PTSD. The Department of Agriculture, which issues licenses, doesn't conduct a mental health evaluation, only asks if you've ever been adjudicated incapacitated, mentally defective or committed to a mental health institution.
Harms says he did not meet that criteria, so he checked "no" and was well on his way to being able to carry a weapon.
Dark thoughts persisted and Harms contemplated pulling the trigger.
"The state basically voluntarily gave me the means to take care of what my thoughts were," he said.
Fortunately someone stepped in and saved his life: Ryan Backmann, who was struggling through his own nightmare.
Months before, a man -- still unknown -- robbed, shot and killed Backmann's father on the Southside while he was vacuuming an office building.
It was a Saturday afternoon in October 2009, and Cliff Backmann was trying to earn a little extra money to support his wife fighting Stage 4 breast cancer. Never did Ryan Backmann think his dad would go first.
After a year of no leads and few answers, Backmann left his job and made it his mission to help other survivors, including Harms. They became best friends, both joining "Compassionate Families" as victim advocates.
Jordan Davis's dad, Ron, recognized the non-profit's efforts during last month's National Crime Victims' Rights Week which honored homicide victims and survivors.
"At what point did we decide shooting somebody was an acceptable resolution to a dispute?" Harms asked.
"If George Zimmerman didn't have a gun, would he have gotten out of the car that night? If Michael Dunn didn't have a gun, would he have said a word to an SUV full of teenagers?" Backmann asked. "It gives an inflated sense of self-importance and invincibility, and we will do things that we normally wouldn't do because we know we have a weapon in our pocket."
Backmann, Harms and Ron Davis share the same stance on guns.
"It's a dangerous weapon, but it's only dangerous in the wrong hands," Davis said.
They say the gun ends up in the wrong hands far too often, and the process is only getting easier.
"In Georgia, you can take a weapon into a bar -- a bar where they're serving alcohol, which impairs your decision-making abilities," Davis said.
"People like to compare guns to vehicles, you know, are we going to ban cars next? But, vehicles are a very highly regulated product," Blackmann said. "There has been leaps and bounds in safety features since the 60s in vehicles. We have seat belts; we have airbags; we have bumpers; we have anti-lock breaks. We know have cars that can stop when you get too close to somebody or they have a rear-view camera. When was the last safety improvement made in a firearm?"
Safety they say is what needs work in the gun industry. Improved measures to protect the public because you never know what's going in the mind of the person behind the barrel.
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Repeat previous Filter
- Command+F (Ctrl+F)
- Runs the last filter again with the previously used vales. No dialog box opens.
- Mac Think "I command the filter to run again"
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Reopen previous Filter with same settings loaded
- Command+Option+F (Ctrl+Alt+F)
- Opens the last filter dialog box with previously used values loaded.Can adjust then apply it.
- Mac Think "I want command the last filter, but with options to adjust"
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Fade previous Filter:
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- Must run immediately after a filter. Let's you mx back original with a fade amount as well as use blending modes.
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University Housing Model Could Help Veterans
University Housing Model Could Help Veterans
New Mexico State University is trying a new approach to better accommodate veterans with on-campus housing. The gap between student veterans and their civilian peers is wide. The model integrates veterans and makes them feel at home on campus.
The transition to college is hard enough for many students and we've learned even harder for military veterans. Over the last decade of war, colleges across the country have slowly been finding ways to better accommodate the one million or so soldiers returning from those wars. From member station KJZZ, Monica Ortiz Uribe reports on a new university housing model.
MONICA ORTIZ URIBE, BYLINE: Inside the lobby of Garcia Hall at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, students are pumped after a victory by their basketball team. They gather around a pool table in ripped jeans and nylon shorts that sag below their waist. The students here are just out of high school.
They're preoccupied with the opposite sex and the latest MP3 on their phone. Their interests are not shared by Tony Cano, a 23-year military veteran. He served as an infantry soldier and later a platoon sergeant overseeing missions in the Middle East and Asia. Cano is now pursuing a teaching degree.
TONY CANO: It was kind of a scary experience, you know, going to school with kids half your age. First class I walked into, I sat down and everybody was just looking at me like, what's this old guy doing in class?
URIBE: Even some of the youngest veterans have witnessed the death and destruction of war. Others struggle with life-altering injuries and many have families. Cano quickly realized that he wasn't the only student vet uncomfortable with on-campus housing. So this fall he and others pitched an alternative to the university housing department.
URIBE: Julie Weber is the housing director at New Mexico State here in southern New Mexico. She's showing off a single family home near the main campus.
: They have a living room, kitchen, one bathroom, and then two bedrooms.
URIBE: Starting this month, a section of the housing will be reserved specifically for student veterans. These are actual homes built in a neighborhood-like setting. They're 900 square feet of beige cinderblock walls and mismatched tile floors that date back to World War II. But it's the families who move in that bring the warmth.
URIBE: Nine-year-old Rachel Fang plays the piano inside one of the houses in the neighborhood where the veterans will live. She moved here from China with her parents, both doctoral students.
RACHEL FANG: We jump on the trampoline, we play tag, we do a lot of stuff, activities.
URIBE: These houses have their own driveways and even a backyard. They'll allow veterans to live near each other and have space for their families and their service dogs. Michael Dakduk, who heads the national non-profit Student Veterans of America, thinks it's a great model. More than 800,000 veterans nationwide are taking advantage of the post-9/11 GI Bill. Still, Dakduk says veterans are a minority on campus, just four percent of most student bodies.
MICHAEL DAKDUK: I worry that support for veterans may begin to wane as well. That's why it's absolutely critical that we institutionalize programs and resources.
URIBE: Some colleges, like San Diego State, have already converted frat houses for veterans. Others, like Ohio State, are looking to the more family-friendly model. That school is set to open 11 on-campus apartments for veterans and their families. For NPR News, I'm Monica Ortiz Uribe in Las Cruces.
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SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, March 28, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today discussed USDA efforts to improve access to healthy foods, and outlined the need for a renewed commitment to improve childhood nutrition, which includes empowering parents to provide healthy meals for their families. In remarks at a Hy-Vee, Inc. grocery store, Secretary Vilsack noted that increasing access to healthy foods is one of USDA's top priorities.
"We must help families provide our children with healthy foods that are full of the nutrients they need," said Vilsack. "Research shows that healthy foods aren't always more expensive than less healthy options. Expanding access to affordable, healthy options and providing more information for parents will help create a generational shift to reverse the obesity crisis and protect the health of our youngest Americans."
Secretary Vilsack made two announcements today, highlighting programs in USDA's Food and Nutrition Service designed to increase access and empower families to provide healthy foods. In the first, he announced that a pilot program initiated by the USDA to increase fruit and vegetable consumption among students in the nation's poorest elementary schools resulted in 15 percent higher consumption among students in the program. The Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program is part of USDA's focus on improving consumer access to healthy food, which can help our nation combat obesity and malnutrition – raising a healthier generation of young people.
The program, which is popular among schools, students and parents, began as a pilot in 2002 to examine the effects of providing free, fresh fruits and vegetables to students outside of regular school meals. The report released today demonstrates that when children are provided healthy fruits and vegetables as snacks, they were not only willing to try them, but the majority finished them.
Secretary Vilsack also announced the launch of the SNAP: Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program. This program expands the scope of the existing SNAP education program by providing states with additional flexibility to support targeted nutrition education and obesity prevention activities according to the needs of SNAP recipients and low-income families in their state. Under this new program, states could use the funding for a variety of activities including bringing famers markets to low income areas, developing policies for addressing food deserts in low-income areas, or educating SNAP retailers on how to stock healthier food options.
"Expanding access to nutritious food will not only empower American families to serve healthy meals to their children, but it will also help expand the demand of agricultural products," said Vilsack. "These efforts will help open new markets for famers to sell their products, create jobs, and help revitalize distressed communities."
American agriculture provides our nation with the tools we need to increase the availability, affordability and variety of nutritious food. More than 80 percent of our food supply comes from American agriculture, and American families pay less for their food at the grocery store than the people of any developed nation.
Research by USDA's Economic Research Service has found that healthy foods are often no more expensive than less-nutritious foods. Still, there are millions of American families who lack access to healthy foods due to economic or geographical barriers. Vilsack said that USDA empowers Americans to make healthier food choices by providing science-based information and advice, while expanding access to healthy food availability:
- America's students now have healthier and more nutritious school meals due to improved nutrition standards implemented as a result of the historic Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.
- USDA is making fresh fruits and vegetables more accessible for low-income families. More than 3,200 farmers markets and farm stands are now authorized to accept payment through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, an increase of nearly 100 percent since 2010.
- USDA's MyPlate symbol and the resources at ChooseMyPlate.gov provide quick, easy tips for parents trying to feed their families on a budget. USDA provides tips to help parents Plan, Compare and Prepare meals that are both nutritious and budget friendly.
- USDA's Know your Famer, Know Your Food initiative contributes to healthy food access through the development of strong local and regional food systems. Innovative approaches such as mobile farmers markets, late-season vegetable production in high tunnels, and regional food hubs are making fresh, local food more available to communities in need. The number of farmers markets increased by more than 67 percent in the last four years and there are now more than 220 regional food hubs in operation around the country.
- USDA launched a new $5 million Farm to School grant program in 2012 to increase the amount of healthy, local food in schools. In its first year, the grants are supporting 68 projects serving nearly 2 million students.
- USDA developed the Food Access Research Atlas to enable researchers, city planners, non-profit organizations and policy makers to identify areas where the availability of grocery stores and transportation create geographical barriers to accessing healthy food.
More information about eating healthy on a budget is available in a blog post released today: Healthy Eating on a Budget
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6 eggs, at room temperature
3 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 quart canned pears, drained and diced
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup pear cider
16 oz full fat Greek or Mediterranean style yogurt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon vanilla/rye/bourbon
1/4 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour one bundt pan. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add the wet ingredients, stir to combine. In separate bowl, Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl until well combined. Add to the wet ingredients and mix until a uniform batter forms. Fold in pear. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 55 minutes or until a thin knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes on a wire rack, then remove from the pan. Cool completely.


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The guys at ABM in Germany have a intonatable wrapover made out of machined Bell Brass.! I got two and put one on my 2007 R-4 and one on my 1960 Gibson Melody Maker-D(single cut). I really like Bell Brass best for either a stoptail or as a wrapover. These guys having it machined and being able to intonate it have a Big Hit! The sonic improvement is wonderful as it has more depth, a nice ring and better clarity and harmonics. I'd swear my `60 MM-D is a good 20db louderand it just cuts right through w/o being anything remotely harsh or dead.. Anyway, just wanted to share my findings with you all.
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5B4 Photography and Books in Year One
"I tend to cast a wide net over the medium (photography) as to what sparks my interest. When people look at my bookshelves they are amazed - as I often am - when comparing my photography to the variety of titles on the spines of my book collection. 5B4 is a way for me to rediscover what has parted me from my money and to try to understand those objects in a critical way. It's an exercise for my mind. To physically type these words helps me to think differently and forces me to form opinions that are, for the time being, steadfast. Although 5B4 appears to be for others, it is really just for me."
This was my original statement for why I started 5B4 Photography and Books and it is still the reason I dedicate part of my time to writing about photobooks. 5B4 started one year ago today in the evening of April 15th 2007 after I returned from the post office to deliver my 2006 tax return. This was an important event because the week prior, I had added up all of my receipts from book purchases for the year to claim my usual deduction and the total amount shocked me. Truth be told, the final amount always shocks me. This set me onto thinking about why I place such importance on books, what makes a book a book and not just a group of photographs, and what compels me to collect them.
To express verbally what one receives from a work visually has always been a difficult task for me to fill. 5B4 has turned that difficult task into a curious distraction and a pleasant outlet in which to examine my obsession.
So now 5B4 Photography and Books is one year old. I wrote 199 posts and mentioned approximately 365 books last year. I hope this next year proves as interesting. In a couple months I will have some big news that most of you will be very interested to hear. Until then, the cat stays in the bag. I appreciate the readers and all of you who have left comments. I know I have a large readership so it is nice to hear other opinions. Thank you.
I have started a sister site to 5B4 Photography and Books called 5B4 Photobook Exchange which offers some books culled from my collection for sale or trade. I am not turning into a dealer, I just need to rid myself of unappreciated titles and find them some new homes (while possibly padding my dwindling income in this poor economy). Many are collectible, signed, inscribed or association copies and others just need some new love.
I also added a donation button should you appreciate what I am doing and wish to contribute something to the coffers. Think of me the same way you do to National Public Radio but without the pledge drives. I'll be here even if you do not contribute but any amount is appreciated. Keep in mind that due to the cut Paypal takes on each transaction, contributions under one dollar pretty much just go into the pocket of Paypal.Please stay tuned...


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Sven Mesecke, MathWorks
All models are wrong – but some are useful. Models of drug pharmacokinetics (what the body does to a drug) and drug pharmacodynamics (what a drug does to the body) are useful for the understanding, prediction and optimization of drug-body interactions early in the drug development cycle. This leads to more focused experimentation and saves time and money.
This webinar will introduce SimBiology and its capacities for supporting typical PK/PD modeling workflows. Using examples from the scientific literature, we will demonstrate:
Target Group: Researchers and developers in preclinical PK/PD modeling as well as systems biologists in general. It is of special interest for people that would like to combine mechanistic (or systems biology) approaches with more classical PK/PD modeling.
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The finale of Mozart's Don Giovanni is terrifying. But the preceding scenes, for the most part, are highly enjoyable silliness. Act II opens with Giovanni boisterously chiding his hapless servant Leporello (a brilliantly rendered stock buffo character, recognizable for his rapid patter and continual complaining). There follows vintage farce in which Giovanni uses Leporello as bait for former girlfriend Elvira, gives the slip to hordes of vengeful peasants and still finds time to attempt some seducing.
A momentary chill note slips in when Giovanni and Leporello reconnoitre in a graveyard (Leporello has just escaped from furious nobles thinking he's Giovanni; Giovanni is fresh from an encounter with Leporello's girlfriend). Their bantering recitative receives an alarming interruption from the statue of the murdered Commendatore. The audience at the premiere would have received a double shock from the use of trombones in the Commendatore's accompaniment; at Mozart's time trombones were almost exclusively played in church, and thus had connotations of serious ritual and authority (see Mozart's later use in the 'Tuba mirum' of his Requiem). They still have an impact for a modern audience today, if only because Mozart has waited so late in the opera to use them.
But the trombones and the Commendatore disappear soon enough, and the following duet, where Leporello cringingly invites the statue to dinner on his master's orders, is back in the lively comic vernacular. A few scenes later the finale also opens in upbeat mood, with Giovanni guzzling his dinner to Leporello's envious groans. He's arranged some light entertainment from an onstage wind band, who play a few popular tunes. Mozart pops in a little in-joke for his Prague premiere audience by including his own 'Non più andrai'; the fantastic success of Le nozze di Figaro in Prague had directly led to Don Giovanni's commission.
The sense of playfulness continues even as an incoherent Elvira runs in to make a last-ditch attempt to save Giovanni, and even as Leporello tremulously describes the arrival of the stone Commendatore ('ta-ta-ta-ta!' he emphatically exclaims, describing the statue's dreadful tread). The orchestra mimics Leporello as under Giovanni's orders he shrinkingly approaches the door to let the ghost in. There's silence, then a short minor chord, then another silence.
Then the Commendatore enters to a massive diminished 7th, a dissonant, eerie chord built of consecutive minor 3rds. It's played fortissimo across the whole orchestra, with those dread-laden trombones and a drum roll from the timpani. The structure of the music, with a pulsing in the violins, immediately recalls the dramatic opening of the overture – but so much more so. It is a massive, furious gesture, as the drama veers into horror.
The Commendatore delivers his dire message of doom to music that quotes much from the first part of the overture – a steady long-short-long pulse; rising and falling scales in the violins and flutes; a mournful offbeat figure in the violins, underpinned by seething semiquavers – but here they are heightened through chromatically rising elongated phrases that build unbearably. By the time Don Giovanni defiantly grasps the Commendatore's hand and gasps at its coldness, Mozart only needs mark it with a piano tremolando, and our hearts freeze with Giovanni's.
Given the musical horrors around him, Giovanni's continued refusal to repent is agonizing: with Leporello we urge him 'say yes, say yes!'. It's too late, and after librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte's brazenly laconic stage directions, 'Fire on all sides; earthquake', Don Giovanni finally meets his end in a blistering major cadence. And then…
Out of a black sky – blue! The rest of the cast denounce the rotten behaviour of the happily vanished Giovanni, in a wonderfully chirpy final ensemble rich in imitation and melodic invention. It's a quicksilver change of mood, but with the same pulse as the preceding music and a consistent sense of dramatic richness. Mozart denies us a tragic end and instead gives us a whole lot more: he sends us out moved, joyous and wonderfully entertained.
Don Giovanni runs 12 June-3 July 2015. Tickets are still available.
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History has been made for same-sex couples, meaning a new era is also on the horizon for many financial professionals. The recent ruling by the United States Supreme Court to strike down Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) gives same-sex married couples financial advantages they haven't been able to enjoy in the past. These couples are now eligible for more than 1,000 federal benefits – but only if they are in a state that recognizes same-sex marriage. Although the impact of the ruling will not be immediate for all same-sex couples in the United States, the repeal of DOMA has implications that are important for all advisors to consider and opens a new not-yet-written chapter for our industry.
Why is the ruling so important? Because the same-sex couple demographic in the United States is significant – both in terms of size and financial status. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were a total of 901,997 same-sex households in the United States in 2010 (Households and Families: 2010, United States Census Bureau, April 2010). Of those, nearly 40% had more than $100k in annual household income, as compared to only 17% of opposite-sex couples with the average household income of same-sex couples at $106,753. As the number of same-sex couples increases, they will need a new level of support for their financial planning.
The good news is that the ruling may eliminate some of the complications involved with taxes and retirement planning that same-sex couples faced prior to the court's ruling. For example, a domestic partner's cost of healthcare coverage may no longer show up as taxable income on their W2 if they are married, generating additional income for the same-sex couple. Additionally, the ruling is expected to allow same-sex married partners to roll over qualified retirement plan death benefits of his/her traditional IRA as a spousal option versus the formerly preferred method: using the stretch option. These couples will need assistance in determining exactly how these essential financial issues have changed and what that may mean for their specific financial situation.
As you work with same-sex couples, keep in mind that not all parts of the federal government may be ready to deal with the implications of this new ruling. A recent Forbes article highlighted the fact that, even though the DOMA decision has been an issue of debate for quite some time, the IRS has not come to terms with the onslaught of amended returns that may be coming ("As Taxpayers Scramble To Make Sense of DOMA, IRS Issues Statement," Forbes, July 1, 2013.) In the same article, author Kelly Phillips Erb recommended that same-sex couples hold off on amending tax returns immediately and wait and see how the IRS will operate going forward.
It's also worth noting that the majority of states still do not recognize same-sex marriage as being legal, so that limits the impact of the court's ruling. Currently, only 12 states and the District of Columbia recognize same-sex marriages, so there is clearly a long way to go before same-sex couples across the country can enjoy the financial benefits of marriage.
The key is for advisors to start preparing and familiarizing themselves with the impending changes so you can be responsive in guiding same-sex couples. Demonstrating familiarity with the new legal landscape will show clients that you understand their unique challenges and are ready to help them on their financial journey, whether that includes marriage now or in the future.


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The PPV opened with a graphic in honor of the late Randy Savage.
They then went into the opening video package for tonight's PPV.
Welcome to PWInsider.com's live coverage of WWE Over the Limit 2011.
The PPV opened with a graphic in honor of the late Randy Savage.
They then went into the opening video package for tonight's PPV. In keeping with theme of the PPV, there are several cars on the stage. We'll see if they play into the show this year like they did with the John Cena vs. Batista match last year.
R Truth vs. Rey Mysterio
Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole are doing commentary.
Truth came out and told the crowd they shouldn't be booing him, but booing themselves. He said he felt like being a good sport tonight and said when he arrived at the Arena, he didn't have a parking spot. He said that meant he had to park with everyone else and he deserves to be treated like the fans. He said that it was a conspiracy. Truth said he danced and pranced for all the "little Jimmys†and it didn't get him anywhere. He said that everyone is trying to make him crack up because he's not playing their games anymore. Truth said that Rey Mysterio likes to play games by wearing his toy mask. Truth said that Rey tried to slide into his spot so Truth is going to take his spot and will take any spot that he wants – and that's the truth. Promo was fine but I didn't feel like there was this huge heel reaction to him tonight.
Truth was caught early with a Rey kick and sent to the outside. Rey dove off the apron into a rana on the floor. Mysterio tossed Truth in the ring but was caught on the ropes, where he was worked over in the corner. Mysterio caught him with a drop toehold in the corner but was nailed with a knee and charged into the ringpost, falling to the floor.
Truth brought Rey back into the ring and continued working him over. Truth caught Rey with a kick to the gut and covered Mysterio for a two count. Truth locked in a rear chinlock while Rey was outside the ring, using the ropes for additional leverage. He continued the assault, tying Rey around the ringpost and yanking at his extremities.
Back in the ring, Truth draped him across the top turnbuckle but Mysterio began fighting him off. Rey bulldogged Truth into the ring but Truth kicked up at the last second. Mysterio and Truth battled back and forth. Mysterio nailed several knee strikes but was shoved off into the ropes. He rebounded with a kick to the heat for a two count.
Rey was sent into the corner but fought Truth off.
Rey nailed the sitdown splash off the top but Truth came back with the spinning elbow off the top for a near fall. Truth went for the Axe Kick but missed. Rey rolled him up but Truth powered out. He went for a Uranage but Rey sent him into the ropes.
Rey went for the 619 but Truth got to the floor. Rey kicked him through the ropes Truth crotched him with the ring apron, the clotheslined Rey. The crowd started chanting that Truth sucked. Truth drilled Rey with his finisher, which is a forward swinging DDT and scored the pin.
Your winner, R Truth.
Truth grabbed a water bottle and took a celebratory drink, then smashed the bottle into Rey's face.
The matcb was solid. This was about getting over Truth as a heel and in that regard, it succeeded as the crowd went from being somewhat apathetic to hating Truth.
Todd Grisham interviewed The Miz. Miz said that everyone has overlooked something about John Cena tonight and he's going to exploit it. Miz said everyone has overlooked that Cena has never faced Miz in an I Quit match. Miz said that people don't think he has a shot at making Cena say I Quit but those are the people that thought he would be fired three days after making it to WWE, that he would fail at cashing in the Money in the Bank and that he was going to be a fluke champion. Miz said that tonight Cena's going to say "I Quit†while he's going to say, "I'm the Miz…†Alex Riley cut in and said, "and I'm the new WWE champion.â€
They showed the fish market in Seattle. Michael Cole said he was there today to rip apart some fish and smear it on his feet for his Kiss My Foot Match. Cole is teasing he has a surprise for Jerry Lawler later.
WWE Intercontinental champion Wade Barrett vs. Ezekiel Jackson
Barrett caught Jackson with a kick to the stomach and tried to grab a front facelock but Jackson powered out and sent him flying. Barrett went to the floor but was pulled back in Jackson worked over Barrett, who caught him with a rake to the face and worked him over.
Jackson quickly overcame Barrett and tossed him to the floor. Jackson chased him into the ring. Barrett went for a kick to the face but Jackson caught it and shoved him down. Jackson worked over Barrett with a series of knees in the corner. He whipped Barrett hard into the buckles and Barrett bumped to the mat. Jackson covered Barrett for a two count, then sent him running into the corner again.
Jackson nailed a series of kicks in the corner. Barrett started selling that his neck was hurt and when the referee backed Jackson up, Barrett clotheslined him. He sent Jackson into the ringpost shoulder-first. Barrett covered Jackson for a two count. Barrett went to the middle corner and came off with a flying elbowdrop for a two count.
Barrett locked in a side chinlock. The crowd started to rally Jackson, who fought his way out but was nailed with a kick. Barrett went for Wasteland but Jackson slipped out. Barrett caught him with a rear kick to the gut, then slammed Jackson for a two count.
Jackson came back with a right hand hand that sent Barrett to the floor. Jackson caught Barrett on the apron and sent him into the turnbuckles. Jackson flipped him into the ring and never several shoulderblocks, then a running clothesline in the corner. Jackson slammed Barrett several times. The crowd liked that, so Jackson kept going with the slams.
Jackson locked in the Human Torture Rack but Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater hit the ring. DQ.
Your winner, Ezekiel Jackson!
Jackson fought them off but was eventually overwhelmed by the three on one odds. Barrett drilled him with a kick to the face, exacerbated by the others slamming Jackson down. The Corre stood tall over the beaten Jackson.
Match was about what you would think it was. Not pretty but they were trying to showcase Jackson's strength and did a good job of that. The crowd was really getting into Jackson's offense at the end.
CM Punk and Mason Ryan were walking into their locker room, finding the other members of Nexus laid out. They said it was Kane and Big Show. Punk calmed Mason Ryan saying that it proved they were under the champions' skins. Ryan wanted to go find them and kill them but Punk told him no. Ryan said Punk didn't care that they were beat up. Punk said he does but he also cares about winning the Tag Team titles, and told Ryan let's go do that. They left. Punk returned and told Otunga and McGuillicuty to walk their injuries off. That was funny.
Sin Cara vs. Chavo Guerrero
Sin Cara hit his trampoline entrance, which is good because Vince McMahon hated it when Cara would barely make it over the ropes and talked about scrapping it.
They locked up and Guerrero grabbed a side headlock. This has to be Chavo's first PPV singles match in years. He scissored Cara's head with his legs. Cara escaped but was caught in a hammerlock.
Cara slipped out and nailed several hiptosses, then monkey flipped Guerrero into the ropes. Guerrero shoulderblocked Cara on the apron but Cara sent him to the floor. Cara hit a twisting dive to the outside. Cara bounced off the ropes onto Guerrero's shoulders and nailed a head scissors on the floor.
Back in the ring, Guerrero nailed Cara but was kicked off. Cara nailed a top rope standing moonsault for a two count. Cara drilled him with a knee in the corner but missed a leaping splash Guerrero nailed several knees and stomped away at Cara in the corner.
Guerrero drilled Cara with an uppercut in the corner of the ring, but Cara came back with a huge dropkick. Guerrero kicked Cara off as he charged him in the corner. Guerrero peppered him with punches and began working his leg, trying to take away Cara's offensive maneuvers.
Cara elevated Guerrero to the apron with a backdrop then nailed him with a kick to the head. Guerrero went to the floor. Cara did a great dive over the ringpost to the floor on Chavo but the camera angle took away from the awesome visual of the height Cara gets with that spot.
Cara drilled Guerrero with a knee, then came off the top with a top rope headscissors. Cara nailed a flurry of strikes, including a handspring rebound elbow off the ropes. Guerrero backdropped Cara onto the apron but Cara landed on his feet and kicked him. He nailed a high cross bodyblock for a two count.
Guerrero nailed Cara and locked him in the Gori Guerrero Especial. The announcers didn't call the move. REALLY GUYS? Cara slipped out and something went to hell there. They went to the finish and well, the whole thing fell apart.
Your winner, Sin Cara!
Some nice spots from Cara but for something designed to spotlight him, I didn't get the impression it worked out so well.
Todd Grisham interviewed World champion Randy Orton and his challenger tonight, Christian. Grisham asked whether the title loss ate away at Christian Christian said he isn't mad at anyone because Orton didn't do anything he wouldn't have done tonight and he'd probably be freaking out if he didn't know he was going to get his belt back. Orton told him he was a great competitor and he'd make a great story, but when he loses. Christian said that he's not going to lose. Orton said that he better because when he fights a feel good story, it doesn't end well.
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Slave Market, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1819-1820
Titled, The Slave Market. The author reports that in the northwest part of Rio, a street called Vallongo, or Long Valley, is where slaves are sold. The lower parts of the houses are allotted for these unhappy beings, who sit huddled together in rows, one behind the other, waiting to be purchased. A keeper constantly walks about to keep order amongst them . . . . In the evenings they are allowed to sit at the door and in front of the house for the benefit of the air. Those that are indisposed are taken out to walk . . . . When a person is desirous of making a purchase, he visits the different depots, going from one house to another, until he sees such as please him, who, upon being called out, undergo the operations of being felt and handled in various parts of the body and limbs, precisely after the manner of cattle in a market. They are made to walk, to run, to stretch their arms and legs . . . and to show their tongue and teeth; which latter are considered as the surest marks whereby to discover their age and judge of their health. The illustration (left) shows a white man examining the teeth of a female slave, while the dealer is proclaiming her perfections. The woman looking on is the purchaser's servant maid, who is most frequently consulted on such occasions (pp. 228-229). For other representations of this same slave market, see images GRA1 and H015 on this website. The foreground figures in Chamberlain's book were copied from two separate water-colors drawn earlier by Joaquim Candido Guillobel. Born in Portugual in 1787, Guillobel came to Brazil in 1808, and from 1812 started drawing and painting small pictures on cards of everyday scenes in Rio de Janeiro. For biographical details on Guillobel, who died in 1859, and reproductions of about 60 of his original drawings in color (including the ones shown here), see Joaquim Candido Guillobel, Usos e Costumes do Rio de Janeiro nas figurinhas de Guillobel [1978]. The text of this volume is given in both Portuguese and English; the author of the biographical notes who is, presumably the compiler of the volume, is not given in the Library of Congress copy that was consulted. (See this website, Chamberlain for related drawings.)
Henry Chamberlain, Views and costumes of the city and neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from drawings taken by Lieutenant Chamberlain, Royal Artillery, during the years 1819 and 1820, with descriptive explanations (London, 1822). The illustration shown here is taken from the Brazilian (Portuguese) edition, Vistas e costumes de cidade e arredores do Rio de Janeiro em 1819-1820 (Livaria Kosmos, Rio de Janeiro, 1943), p. 161 (plate 11 in the 1822 London edition). (Copy in University of Florida Library, Gainesville)
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"Slave Market, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1819-1820", Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora, accessed April 5, 2020, http://www.slaveryimages.org/s/slaveryimages/item/1942


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Challenge among 20 states encouraged local water providers to join EPA's WaterSense program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently recognized the Arizona Department of Water Resources as the winner of the WaterSense State Challenge, a challenge among 20 states to encourage their local water providers to join EPA's WaterSense program and encourage water efficiency nationwide.
Launched in 2006, WaterSense provides consumers with simple ways to use less water. Utilities, state and local governments, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, trade associations and irrigation professionals that partner with WaterSense encourage their constituents to look for the WaterSense label on products such as toilets and faucets and water their landscapes more efficiently.


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Did you know that UTSA faculty are involved in cutting-edge biomedical and chemical research here on the UTSA 1604 campus? Among many other topics, our researchers are exploring how learning takes place in the brain, methods of fighting anthrax infection, applications of nanotechnology and liposomes, how to replace toxic chemical reactions with "green" chemistry to make new products and drugs, and the mechanics underlying arteriosclerosis.
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Who said that only humans could enjoy the delightful snacks of the Halloween season?
With some simple ingredients, you can concoct convenient, healthy and delicious treats for your dog too!
This great and simple recipe will keep your dog cool in the summer, and keep their taste buds satisfied as you indulge in your own Halloween treats. You'll need 245g of non-fat plain yoghurt and 115g of pumpkin puree, plus a little water if necessary.
Just put the mixture in the freezer for a few hours and your snacks are ready to be enjoyed. View the full Pumpkin Yoghurt Frozen Treats recipe on BorrowMyDoggy's website, where you'll also find a handy instructional video.
For Pumpkin Pupcakes, you'll need 30g of brown rice flour, 130g pumpkin puree, an egg, 4 seaweed sheets, a teaspoon of cinnamon and some water.
The cakes are a doddle to make. Just blend the mixture together and pop into the microwave for 1 minute. As above, view the full Pumpkin Pupcakes recipe, directions and instructional video on BorrowMyDoggy's website.
Treats are delicious, and a great way to show your dog how much they mean to you. To make sure they stay at a healthy weight during periods of excess snacking, try adjusting their food intake or treating them to some additional exercise.
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While whispering "Yer zheanae sekke" into the ear of the foxy specimen that you just saddled up next to at the bar may not work magic on your newfound friend, it's not a bad idea to have a basic knowledge of salutations, curses and come-ons in a made-up language. You never really know whom you're going to meet and, at the very least, whipping out your knowledge of Dothraki makes for an excellent party trick.
We've rounded up seven of the most intriguing — and extensive — languages that have been specifically constructed for fictional works of literature and film (and most often, both). For pop-culture obsessed polyglots, it's common knowledge that devising an entire, complex language for a book, movie or TV show doesn't involve just stringing together a bunch of nonsense words that roll melodically off the tongue, but a serious linguistic undertaking often carried out by trained scholars, philologists and language creators. It's kind of a big deal.
Which makes mastering these fictional tongues and dialects also a big deal. Some of these languages, which like the aforementioned Dothraki from "Game of Thrones," are still growing and evolving thanks to the tireless work of fans and academics (and cable networks). And no, there is not a Rosetta Stone for Klingon (yet).
Have you ever picked up a few words in a fictional language? Ever taken a stab at becoming bilingual by learning Sindarian? Or is there just a fictional language that you find particularly beautiful? A book of film that you feel uses a made-up tongue in an effective manner?
Do tell us all about it in the comments section (English would be great but if you feel like showing off, feel free to use the constructed language of your liking).
Klingon ('Star Trek')
If you're going to dress like a Klingon, then speak like one. (Photo: Terry Robinson/flickr)
Helpful phrases:
• nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e': Where is the bathroom?
• jIyajbe': I don't understand
If you've ever suspected that diehard "Star Trek" fanatics speak their own language, you're right. Some particularly fans, devoted to a species of snaggletoothed extraterrestrial warriors with serious forehead action going on, actually do.
Described by the Klingon Language Institute (KLI) as being "one of the rare times when a trained linguist has been called upon to create a language for aliens," Klingon (tlhIngan Hol) was developed in the 1980s by Marc Okrand at the request of Paramount Pictures for the "Star Trek" film franchise. In the years since, Klingon has expanded — and been embraced in the non-Trekkie universe — considerably: Dictionaries have been published, "Hamlet" has been translated, "A Christmas Carol" has been staged and the guttural alien tongue has been spoken on, go figure, "The Big Bang Theory" and numerous other TV shows and films. One decidedly gung-ho KLI member, d'Armond Speers, even attempted to raise his child bilingually in English and Klingon. His child eventually rejected Klingon — probably because the other kids at preschool weren't too keen on discussing the hijacking of intergalactic warcraft in the Warrior's Tongue. Or something like that.
Although fully fluent Klingon speakers like Speers are far and few between, if you do happen to encounter one in line at Starbucks, riding the Las Vegas Monorail or sitting next to you at the DMV, just refrain from muttering the phrase Hab SoSlI' Quch. That's just asking for trouble.
Newspeak ('1984')
Big Brother's face looms on giant screens in Victory Square. (Photo: Wikipedia)
Helpful words:
• Joycamp: forced labor camp
• Ungood: bad
George's Orwell's perfectly dreary dystopian novel "1984" is famous for its themes of government tyranny, censorship and rampant surveillance (Big Brother is watching, y'all). But perhaps the most haunting element of the 1949 classic is Newspeak — a language created by Orwell that's essentially English but minus antonyms and synonyms, words with negative connotations, and words that would even suggest the slightest bit of self-expression. Basically, it's robo-talk for the systematically repressed.
Explains Orwell in the appendix of his novel: "The purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of IngSoc [English Socialism], but to make all other modes of thought impossible. It was intended that when Newspeak had been adopted once and for all and Oldspeak forgotten, a heretical thought — that is, a thought diverging from the principles of IngSoc — should be literally unthinkable at least so far as thought is dependent on words. Its vocabulary was so constructed as to give exact and often very subtle expression to every meaning that a Party member could properly wish to express, while excluding all other meaning and also the possibility of arriving at them by indirect methods. This was done partly be the invention of new words, but chiefly by eliminating undesirable words and stripping such words as remained of unorthodox meaning, and so far as possible of all secondary meaning whatever."
How undoubleplusgroovy.
Nadsat ('A Clockwork Orange')
Malcolm McDowell starred in Stanley Kubrick's film version of the tale. (Photo: Warner Bros.)
Helpful words:
• Neezhnies: Underpants
• Moloko: Milk
Given that donning a black derby hat, combat boots, white codpiece and fake eyelashes (one eye only!) is a perennially popular costume choice for cineaste Halloween revelers, you should probably learn to truly talk the walk before you, accompanied by your best droogs, step out the door as 15-year-old Beethoven-loving antihero Alex DeLarge from "A Clockwork Orange."
Appearing in both British novelist Anthony Burgess' dystopian morality tale of teenage delinquency and Stanley Kubrick's horror show film adaptation that stunned audiences in 1972, Nadsat (translation: "teenage") isn't a proper language per se. Rather, it's a Russian-influenced English argot — a term used to describe verbal shorthand or slang used amongst a small group of people — created by Burgess who, among other things, was a polyglot and trained linguist (he also invented the Neanderthal language spoken/grunted in the 1981 caveman flick, "Quest for Fire.")
Getting a full grasp on this unique teen vocabulary from the future — a "subliminal penetration," if you will — just by viewing Kubrick's vision of "A Clockwork Orange" may be an awful lot for the old gulliver to process … make sure you also carefully study Burgess' novella and/or have a solid Nadsat dictionary close at hand.
Na'vi ('Avatar')
Zoe Saldana, played alien love interest Neytiri in the film. (Photo: Twentieth Century Fox)
Helpful words:
• Atokirina: Seeds of a great tree
• Tawtute: Human
It has been established that director of really expensive movies/deep-sea explorer/walnut farmer James "King of the World" Cameron is, well, just a little bit bananas. It would make total sense than that Cameron enlisted an accomplished linguistics expert to construct a complex language that's spoken by the blue-skinned ingenious humanoids populating the unobtainium-rich moon of Pandora (the fifth moon of the planet Polyphemus in the Alpha Centauri star system, in case you need clarification) in 2009's heavy-handed sci-fi epic, "Avatar."
The linguistics expert in question, Dr. Paul Frommer of the University of Southern California, created the Na'vi language over several months, basing it on several words with roots in Polynesian languages (Maori was a primary influence) that were concocted by Cameron in the early pre-production stages of the film. Frommer also coached "Avatar" actors on set with the pronunciation of their Na'vi dialogue. Obviously, this proved to be a touch more complicated than adapting a bad Cockney accent. Zoe Saldana, who played alien love interest Neytiri in the film, tells the Los Angeles Times: "Oh, it was so hard and I was really concerned about it. I didn't think I could get through it. I'm not good with languages. All the actors, we worked together. It was the only way."
The Na'vi language continues to grow and evolve (don't forget there are sequels in the works!) with Frommer charting the progress on his own personal blog and "Avatar" fans brushing up on their own Na'vi grammar and phonetic skills at the Learn Na'vi website.
Lapine ('Watership Down')
Can you speak with this rabbit? (Photo: Ketzirah Lesser & Art Drauglis/flickr)
Helpful words:
• Pfeffa: Cat
• Vair: Defecate
If you ever get the urge to cause a stir at your local petting zoo, simply loiter around and communicate verbally with the resident rabbits in their fictional native tongue, Lapine — a Welsh-inspired language constructed by British author Richard Adams for his allegorical adventure novel-with-a-twist "Watership Down" (that famous twist being all of the characters in the book are anthropomorphized bunnies). When performing public rabbit-speak, chances are you'll get a twitch of the nose instead of a friendly Frithaes! from the fluffball that you're attempting to converse with. However, it's a guarantee you'll also be on the receiving end of some confused looks from the non-Lapine speakers around you.
While Adams' original Lapine isn't nearly as developed as other fictional languages such as Klingon, it has been studied and expanded upon by academics and fans of his award-winning 1972 bestseller, which itself has been adapted into an animated film in 1978 (remember Art Garfunkel's hit, "Bright Eyes"?) and a 39-episode British television series from 1999-2001. The book, of course, also continues to be a high school lit class staple years after its publication. And for further education, this fan website seems to be the place to brush up on your colloquial Lapine. Have at it.
Dothraki ('Game of Thrones')
Khal Moro is leader of a Dothraki horde. (Photo: HBO)
Helpful phrases:
• Asshekhqoyi vezhvena!: Happy birthday!
• Yer affesi anni: You make me itch
Is there a creepy dude with a ponytail in your office who mutters yer jalan atthirari anni each and every time you walk past his cubicle? If so, you can go ahead and blame HBO.
Even before HBO had begun filming "Game of Thrones," a sex-drenched adaptation of George R.R. Martin's fantasy novels, the network had tapped David J. Peterson of the Language Creation Society to expand the Dothraki tongue from a few words that appear in Martin's novels into a grammatically complex yet easily learnable and pronounceable language that would be spoken by actors portraying equine-worshipping warriors indigenous to the Dothraki Sea. Currently, there are well over 3,000 words that compose this fabricated language inspired by Turkish, Russian, Estonian, Swahili, Inuktitut and Martin's initial descriptions in the "A Song of Fire and Ice" books.
Explains Peterson, who also constructed the Valyrian language for the series: "In designing Dothraki, I wanted to remain as faithful as possible to the extant material in George R.R. Martin's series. Though there isn't a lot of data, there is evidence of a dominant word order [subject-verb-object], of adjectives appearing after nouns, and of the lack of a copula ['to be']. I've remained faithful to these elements, creating a sound aesthetic that will be familiar to readers, while giving the language depth and authenticity. My fondest desire is for fans of the series to look at a word from the Dothraki language and be unable to tell if it came from the books or from me — and for viewers not even to realize it's a constructed language."
And as a testament to the wild popularity of "Game of Thrones," the BBC notes that more people are exposed to the fictional languages of Dothraki and Valyrian on a weekly basis than they are Welsh, Irish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic combined.
Elvish, Middle-earth ('The Lord of the Rings,' 'The Hobbit,' etc.)
Orlando Bloom played the bilingual Legolas. (Photo: New Line Productions)
Helpful phrases:
• Saesa omentien lle: Pleasure meeting you
• Lle holma ve' edan: You smell like a human
Bear with us … this may get just a bit confusing.
Here's the deal: There are not one but two primary, widely studied Elvish languages created by "The Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien, who to no surprise, was a fervent philologist by trade. A longtime tenured professor at Oxford University, the British-born polyglot (he was fluent in more than a dozen languages) fancied himself much more a scholar than a writer of fantasy novels and, in turn, built the secondary world of Middle-earth and all of its mythology around a fictional tongue constructed for an immortal race of pointy-eared, ambidextrous beautiful people.
The two major languages in question are the ancient, Finnish-influenced Quenya (high-elven) and the Welsh-influenced Sindarin (Grey-elven). There are other languages that Tolkien constructed for the elven residents of Middle-earth including Nandorin and Telerin but Quenya and Sindarin, the latter being best known as the native tongue of bow-touting, bilingual Mirkwood resident Legolas, are the biggies. And to be perfectly clear, the Dwarves of Middle-earth don't know a lick of Elvish — they speak in Khuzdul.
We'd be doing these extremely complex languages a great injustice by attempting to explain them any further, so to avoid the risk of your eyes glazing over, here's a bit of Elvish poetry, in Quenya, recited by Tolkien himself in 1952. It's called "Namárië" or "Galadriel's Lament in Lórien."


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UH Medical students sponsor free community health fairUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Find out whether you're healthy and get tips on staying in tip-top shape from young experts. As an added bonus, get an up-close look at Hawaii's new, state-of-the-art medical school.
Students at UH Manoa's John A. Burns School of Medicine are sponsoring a community health fair on Friday, November 2, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kaka'ako campus, located at 651 Ilalo Street.
Theme of the 2007 Health Fair is "Ho'olaulima No Ke Olakino" (Working Together for Good Health). The 3nd annual event is organized by medical students as a free community service.
The public is invited for flu shots, blood pressure screening, to meet and discuss health with students and with community organizations aimed at promoting good health.
Organizers are medical students Spring Golden (366-5282) and Scott Harvey (772-2700).
For more information, visit: http://jabsom.hawaii.edu/jabsom/


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Thousands take to the streets of Russia to protest Vladimir Putin a day after authorities raided the homes of protest leaders.
The world-renowned Trevi fountain is slowly crumbling due to cuts to the funding of Rome's monuments.
Danny Boyle's £27m opening ceremony for the London Olympics features real animals and rain-producing clouds.
175 structures have been destroyed by the Little Bear fire in Ruidoso.
A pair of lungs is discovered on a Los Angeles-area sidewalk.
The Los Angeles Kings win Lord Stanley's Cup, the first in the club's 45-year history.
Bank of America plans to spend $50 billion over the next 10 years to fight climate change.
A group of Japanese astronomers in Hawaii find the oldest galaxy to be discovered.
A man suspected to be high on bath salts strips naked and goes after a three-year-old girl in Miami.
A man gathering material about a book about kindness in America is shot and wounded in West Virginia.
Tokyo reclaims its place as the world's most expensive city.
23 gravestones vanish at a Civil War cemetery in Washington, D.C.
The town of Middleborough, Mass. can now slap you with a $20 fine for swearing in public.
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Uh, bold is mine. The answer is because they sell like crap, they're trying to raise the profile so impulse pickups (the lifeblood of lord wally) will get the damn things out of the store. I'm starting to think you're taking your crack smoking monkey routine too literally
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