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J&J already announced that it would remove questionable chemicals from its baby products by 2013, but the company is now extending that commitment to its adult product lines, which include popular brands like Neutrogena, Aveeno and Clean & Clear.
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The time has again arrived for our annual JUKAI CEREMONY at Treeleaf Sangha ... being held today, Sunday, January 12th at Midnight (Sunday-Monday) Japan time (that is New York 10am, Los Angeles 7am (Sunday morning), London 3pm and Paris 4pm (Sunday afternoon)). The ceremony will last about 1 hour, and will be visible from that time at the link below from shortly before such time:
Our 17 Preceptees come together simultaneously from 8 countries (from Sweden to Mexico to Slovenia) joining in this Jukai as one, after having spent several months preparing for this day, studying the Precepts, sewing a rakusu, weighing the place of the Buddhist Teachings in their life. As with everything at Treeleaf, all was accomplished fully online, and invite all our Sangha to the celebration. Taigu Turlur and Jundo Cohen are Preceptors.
Jukai literally means to receive or to undertake the Precepts. It is the ceremony both of one's formally committing to the Buddhist Sangha and to the Practice of Zen Buddhism, and of one's undertaking the "Sixteen Mahayana Bodhisattva Precepts" as guides for life. Traditionally for Jukai, one receives from a teacher the Rakusu, which represents the robe of the Buddha, the Kechimyaku, a written lineage chart connecting the recipient to the Buddhas and Ancestors of the past, and a "Dharma name" selected by the teacher and representing qualities of the recipient's personality and practice.
My teacher, Nishijima Roshi, has written this:
When a Buddhist seeks to commence upon the study of Buddhism, there is first a ceremony which should be undertaken: It is called "Jukai," the "Receipt of the Precepts," the ceremony in which one receives and undertakes the Precepts as a disciple of the Buddha… Master Dogen specifically left us a chapter entitled '"Jukai," in which it is strongly emphasized that, when the Buddhist believer first sets out to commence Buddhist practice… be it monk, be it lay person, no matter… the initial needed steps include the holding of the ceremony of Jukai and the undertaking of the Precepts… The rationale of all of the Buddhist Precepts, the Mahayana Boddhisattva Precepts ... is as a pointing toward the best ways for us to live in this life, in this real world… how to live benefiting both ourselves and others as best we can.

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We all know that the nature of man is to have fun with things. And having fun with handguns can have 2 extents. The first is the obvious, you take your pew to the range and shoot and shoot and repeat. The second part of having fun with a handgun is customisation of your Tokarev M70 with the help of gun parts. And thankfully the aftermarket handgun market is as versatile as can be. There are many companies that specialise in gun upgrades and maybe even more single gun enthusiasts that temper with their firearms to a safe extent.
The Tokarev M70, as well as other handgun types, can be upgraded with accessories as well as have gun parts replaced. The market with gun parts is wide and there are many options for purchasing. Either in bulks, sets or separately. The options for your Tokarev M70include sights, slide stops, barrels, triggers, cylinders, hammers, muzzles, trigger guards etc. All of those can be divided in broad categories: Action Parts, Barrel Parts, Books & Videos, Frame Parts, Grip Parts, Recoil Parts, Safety Parts, Sights, Slide Parts and Trigger Group Parts.
There are several parts and accessories such as handgun sights, grips or magazines which will be mentioned in this article briefly and you can find detailed information in articles about them here: sights, grips or magazines. And without further ado let's get onto it.
The simplest and one of the most useful part upgrades is a sight upgrade. Although this is not a specialised article about it, the basis stays the same - there are numerous options and the best place to find them is here. The pros of custom night sights are self explanatory, improved aim and faster target acquisition will never be useless and it's always good to be faster than the bad guy.
Many handguns offer the option to have their sights exchanged either for night sights or red dot sights. Night sights can be divided into photoluminescent sights, tritium sights and fiber optic sights. Red dot sights, on the other hand differ from manufacturer to manufacturer but the basis is that they offer a stabilised point of aim.
This is a great choice if you are looking for two things, more comfort and an outstanding look. Custom grips will improve your shooting because they will let your hand grip be more tight and secure and custom grips will improve your gun looks. Grip modifications will definitely improve your grip (no pun intended).
There are several types of grips that you can utilise. There are exchangable grips that come with the firearm from the manufacturer or you can invest in grip tapes, finger groove grips and many more. Check the options below.
Magazines are a useful example of the saying there is always room for more ammo. Upgrade the capacity of your firearm by choosing a custom mag and feel a little bit safer. This modification won't change your gun at all. Insufficient lubrication and faulty magazine springs and followers are often the case of mag failures. A match grade mag eliminates this and you will have a better feeling while defending yourself. Find more info below.
Mag upgrades differ and vary, you can just upgrade your baseplate or you can invest in a larger capacity magazine. You can also invest in getting a professional match grade mag that is just basically a factory magazine on steroids and is upgraded to perfection.
A pistol slide gets the job done and if you go one step forward and get your hands on a custom pistol slide you can not only have a slide that gets the job done but also looks the way you want. Many handguns have the option to have their slides customised, check them below.
Another possibility of upgrading your handgun is a new and custom barrel. Factory barrels can be always upgraded and a brand new barrel can minimise recoil and improve your shooting experience. The aftermarket with barrels is thriving so you can just delve in and look at all the options possible.
While not a part of the firearm itself, the handgun holster is one of the more important features of your carry. A properly retaining and safe holster will improve one of the most important parts of your carry - the speed of the draw and the safety of your firearm. Remember, always choose custom holsters. Find more info below.
You might ask if it's good to modify a handgun that was sent to you from a producer. Or better, why to modify it when it's 100% made by Tokarev. Well the obvious reason is that no two shooters are the same and what is perfect for one might be not so perfect for the other. We strongly recommend visiting a trusty gunsmith even with the smallest modifications as that person has years of experience and a transparent portfolio of work done. But as always, it's up to you. If you are skilled enough then just delve into modifications for your Tokarev M70. The variety of the market is as wide as the variety of the gun market.
There are modifications available that not only upgrade how the gun works, which is the main aim of the market, there are numerous part modifications that also make your Tokarev M70 look better. And the saying that beauty is in the eye of the beholder may be true, but let's be honest, when you protect and defend the life of you or the ones around you, you might just do it with a gun that looks better than the average one. All thanks to gun parts.
You might ask if it's good to modify a handgun that was sent to you from a producer. Or better, why to modify it when it's 100% made by Tokarev. Well the obvious reason is that no two shooters are the same and what is perfect for one might be not so perfect for the other. If you are able to do the change yourself go for it, but always remember that a small failure in your gunsmithing endeavour may result in tragedy. Most, if not all, handguns can be enhanced through services of gunsmiths. What can they do?
As we mentioned before, the several types of available custom parts let you upgrade your performance. There are also upgrades that improve the aesthetics of your firearm. The first type of upgrades - mechanical upgrades - have a little bit of warning packed with them. While you or your local gunsmith are making upgrades to any part of your firearm please consider that changing the trigger pull or pull weights will directly affect your performance.
Adrenalin doesn't know the difference between two pounds or six pounds. And making your firearm lighter also changes the recoil so for the sake of disclaiming this, please consult a professional before doing any mechanical changes to your firearm. The latter category of upgrades - aesthetic ones - come without any warnings. Just please have one thing in mind - taste. Let's not turn your prized firearm into a jokingly looking tool.
An essential reference for everyone interested in guns, this complete reference shows how to repair, improve, customize, and alter firearms. Complete troubleshooting information about problems such as misfiring and feeding and extraction failures is provided, along with tips for mounting a scope, fitting grips, and more.
Professional Gunsmithing: A Textbook On The Repair And Alteration Of Firearms. With Detailed Notes And Suggestions Relative To The Equipment And Operation Of A Commercial Gunshop. Howe's book is intended as an inspirational source as well as a technical guide to the student who is anxious to study gunsmithing but has been led to believe it is a craft that can only be mastered by old world teaching methods. Howe's work remains a valuable teaching tool to this day. Profusely illustrated with over one hundred drawings and illustrations.
This book is a classic in the gunsmithing world, and the edition presented here is a 2015, Skyhorse Publishing reprint of the original 1940 version. Many consider this volume to be a collector's item as well as a practical learning tool. The book is a substantial read at 448 pages and will likely be used as a reference tool by most.
Choose from various modifications for your Tokarev M70, including holsters, parts, sights, magazines, grips, lasers, lights and cleaning utilities.
Your Tokarev M70 can be dismantled to parts. These parts can be changed if you need to upgrade performance or just need to modify the handgun to your liking. Dismantling and assembling should be done with caution or by the hands of professionals to prevent a risk of malfunctions or accidents. Check article below about spare part options and upgrades for your Tokarev M70.


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In July 2008, Simon Wallis was appointed Director of The Hepworth Wakefield. He was previously Director of Chisenhale Gallery in East London, Senior Exhibitions Organiser at the ICA, London, Curator at Tate Liverpool, and Curator at Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge. www.hepworthwakefield.org
What has the process of launching The Hepworth been like?
It has been a once in a lifetime opportunity to work with an architect whose attention to detail and concern to create the best possible conditions for viewing art are always paramount. It has been fascinating and challenging to see a building of this scale through to completion in the current economic climate and to create the organisation from scratch. It's been a great pleasure to watch the team grow and develop the vision for the gallery.
Being the largest purpose-built gallery space outside of London, how do you feel the building responds to the landscape of the region?
The building takes great account of its dramatic and historic site on the River Calder. In designing The Hepworth Wakefield, David Chipperfield Architects have responded imaginatively to the waterfront setting that includes historic mills, a navigation warehouse, a chantry chapel, a weir and three bridges. The gallery complements the scale and form of the existing buildings, and like them appears to rise out of the Calder. The gallery's façade, constructed of pigmented, in-situ concrete, gives the building a highly sculptural appearance, which echoes the clarity and power of form in Barbara Hepworth's works and the industrial buildings that surround us.
Eva Rothschild's Hot Touch is your first exhibition. How does her distinctly abstract work complement the existing collection?
Over the past decade, Eva Rothschild has attracted international attention for her sculptures that develop a distinct abstract aesthetic using a varied lexicon of forms. This exhibition will present the development of Rothschild's work in the context of two particular concerns: the visual and intellectual affinities between her sculpture and its artistic precursors, in particular the work of Barbara Hepworth, and the relationship of sculpture to its architectural setting. While Rothschild's sculptures often inhabit large amounts of space, they do so lightly and with an engaging mixture of precision and precariousness.
You have commissioned a new film by Luke Fowler. How will this new work explore the aims of the gallery?
Luke is an ambitious artist who, through his work, will explore the writings and rarely-seen archive materials of the radical socialists Edward Palmer Thompson, Raymond Williams and Richard Hoggart, whose teaching and writing was honed in working-class communities, particularly in Yorkshire. His research and eventual film work will explore how the influence of these intellectuals reverberated in the post-war cultural arena. Commissioning this new work for The Hepworth Wakefield collection is the perfect way to help it grow meaningfully again and continue the city's progressive approach to collecting contemporary art, as it did in the past with Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore.
Bernd Behr and Luke Fowler's commissions are new film works; how will film play a part in your exhibition programme?
Moving image work is always going to be an important part of any contemporary programme. Our interest in Fowler's work arose from his engagement with experimental filmmaking and documentary. Wakefield has a historical connection to avant-garde film through the work of Lindsay Anderson who directed several films locally including: Wakefield Express (1952) and This Sporting Life (1963). Anderson's engagement with our immediate geographical environment and the blurring of boundaries between fact and fiction presented a synergy with Fowler, who has always expressed his indebtedness to Anderson's Free Cinema movement. We wanted to work with Bernd Behr, as he engages with architectural histories in such unexpected ways and he found inspiration in both Chipperfield and Hepworth's works.
Along with The Hepworth, Turner Contemporary has just opened, how do you feel these spaces represent progression of art in Britain today?
Both buildings are designed to provide world-class experiences of modern and contemporary art and it's important that we don't always have to go to London to have this opportunity. Many artists are deciding not to base themselves in London and we'll play a part in keeping talented artists in the region and allowing opportunities for valuable international dialogues.
Finally, can you give me a glimpse of the year ahead?
We've got some great upcoming projects being developed with Clare Woods, Ben Rivers and David Thorpe, and we'll be announcing the programme for 2012 – 2013 shortly.


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Before I tell you about this luscious dessert, I want to thank you all for your support regarding my last post. I don't even know how you are able to walk around with your hearts, since they are the size of a house.
I haven't taken part in Sugar High Friday for quite a while now – which is a total shame, since I love participating in food events. Just need to get organized and watch the deadlines closely; will try hard to do that.
SHF was created by Jennifer and this time is being hosted by the lovely Helen, a.k.a. Tartelette. I was in heaven when she announced that the theme would be citrus. You all know I am a complete sucker for lemons, limes and oranges. And after the super talented host nominated me "Queen of Madeleines", the stakes were high – I would have to choose wisely to take part in the event!
Even though this recipe needed a couple of adjustments, I was glad with my choice. Orange and chocolate are wonderful together and the looks of this dessert is worth all the four letter words I said in my kitchen while making it. :)
I'm posting my version of the dessert – click here to see the original recipe.
Chocolate discs with orange cream and marinated oranges
200g (7oz) bittersweet chocolate – I used 50% cocoa solids
Orange cream:
1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
½ cup (113g) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 tablespoons grated orange zest
¼ cup (60ml) orange juice
2 large eggs, well beaten
1 ½ cups (360ml) whipping cream
Marinated oranges:
2 navel oranges, peeled and pith removed
¼ cup (60ml) orange juice
1 tablespoon caster sugar – I used vanilla caster sugar
icing sugar, for dusting
zest strips, for decorating
Melt chocolate over low heat in a double-boiler, stirring occasionally. Draw 8cm (3in) circles on baking paper; flip paper over, so you'll use the side without pencil/ink marks. Spoon one teaspoon of chocolate onto centre of circle and spread quickly with a spatula – I got better results with the back of a spoon. If the discs are not quite perfect, don't worry. Refrigerate until chocolate discs are cold and, using a spatula, remove from paper. Refrigerate until needed.
Make the cream: mix sugar, butter, orange zest, orange juice and eggs in a heavy pot. Stir gently over low heat until mixture is thick and coats the back of a spoon, about 10 to 15 minutes. Do not let the mixture boil or it will curdle. Pour mixture into a glass bowl and immediately place plastic wrap over mixture to prevent a skin forming. Set aside to cool completely before using. Whip cream until it holds its shape (very firm peaks) and fold gently into orange cream. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
Now, the marinated oranges: place juice and sugar in a small saucepan and heat over low heat until juice is reduced; place the orange pieces inside this syrup and leave to marinate overnight, or at least 2 hours, in the refrigerator.
Assembling the dessert: using a spatula, place one chocolate disc on serving plate. Top with 1 generous tablespoon of orange cream. Place another disc on top and another tablespoon of cream. Top with a third disc. Place the orange wedges and some of the syrup alongside the chocolate discs. Dust with icing sugar and decorate with orange strips; serve at once.
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To young actor. Eugene Roach on the subject of acting
Don't ever let 'em catch you at it.
To young actor. Eugene Roach on the subject of acting
Don't ever let 'em catch you at it.
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
Life ain't no dress rehearsal.
The embarrassing thing is that the salad dressing is outgrossing my films.
Seeing a murder on television, can help work off one's antagonisms.
And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some!
No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.
When you're down and out, something always turns up -- and it's usually the noses of your friends.
No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer it has chosen.
The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by favoring to attempt.
I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.
It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper.
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
The faster I write the better my output. If I'm going slow I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled by them.
Why should people go out and pay to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
I must say that I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a book.
Sage Advise to a Young Oregonian, Barbara Niven
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Television enables you to be entertained in your home by people you wouldn't have in your home.
Kiss and make up...
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Imitation is the sincerest form of television.
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My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.
I can't wait to one day shoot in Detroit and say 'Let's have this double for Toronto'.
The problem with television is that the people must sit and keep their eyes glued on a screen; the average American family hasn't time for it. Therefore, the showmen are…
I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with 'Guess' on it.
I said, Thyroid problem?
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What's this business of being a writer?
It's just putting one word after another.
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Following the news about the Gulf of Mexico one year after the Deepwater Horizon disaster can be like reading "A Tale of Two Places." The ocean, the wetlands, the fish, and the birds are recovering, according to some people. Others say the mess left at the bottom of the sea by the BP blowout threatens to wreak havoc on the ocean food web for years to come. Most people, we hear, are all right. Or, we are told, some are getting sick.
Which tale is true? For many Gulf residents, especially those from Louisiana, the state hardest hit by the spill, the answer might be Both.
The choice of what to say about the BP spill reveals a tension between the private narratives Louisianans tell themselves and their families and the public narratives they share with the rest of the world. Many Louisianans express frustration at the national media's habit of showing images of oiled birds and dead dolphins; it only depresses tourist bookings and seafood sales, they complain. Other Louisianans say the pictures of destruction are necessary, a way to hold BP accountable for its actions; there's no use jumping on what one local wit dubbed "The Streetcar Named Denial."
The tough decisions about how to describe the spill reflect Louisianans' split loyalties, which are divided between the fishing culture – the heart of the state's identity – and the oil industry, the backbone of its economy. Since the 1930s, the two have been intimately connected: Many fishermen work the rigs in the off-season, and some of the best fishing spots are found near abandoned platforms, where sea life flourishes. In Louisiana, there's nothing odd about celebrating the annual Shrimp and Petroleum Festival.
The tension is exacerbated by the widespread resentment over BP's settlement process. Out of the $20 billion set aside for damage claims, only $3.4 billion has been disbursed by settlement czar Kenneth Feinberg. Some fishermen have been made whole. Others have received nothing. In New Orleans, dishwashers at restaurants unaffected by the spill have received $10,000 checks. Louisianans say the system is opaque, arbitrary, and just plain unfair. There are complaints about the sudden appearance of "Spillionaires."
Then there's the issue of the spill's impact on the health of shoreline communities. Residents whisper darkly about a "Gulf Plague" – odd ailments and illnesses, especially among those involved in the cleanup effort. On YouTube, there are legions of videos featuring fishermen and cleanup workers describing their health problems. Yet not until this March did federal officials decide to launch a long-range study of Gulf residents' health. While some Louisianans warn of a coverup, others snicker at the conspiracy theories of those they've branded "Gulf Truthers." The pendulum of public opinion swings between paranoia and the glib assurances of the Pollyannas. One local calls it "analysis paralysis."
The swirl of rumors, the logjam of lawsuits, the annoyance with national reporters who parachuted into the area on April 20 and left the very next day – all of it has cooked into a gumbo of cynicism. If the feelings of Louisianans a year after BP's disaster seem contradictory, that's because they are. They are contradictory just like the pain of life, the pain of a place and a people that are wounded. The stories of those wounds can be hard to convey to outsiders. Which is why it's best to let Louisianans speak for themselves.
As the editor of a hunting and fishing magazine called Louisiana Sportsman, Todd Masson hears often from friends, relatives, and readers who are concerned about eating Gulf seafood in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. There's no need to worry, he tells them. "Our fish, crabs, and oysters are no less safe to eat today than they were two years ago," he wrote recently. As for those who might have made a killing in the BP settlement process? "If you actually came out ahead, then my hat's off to you."
Sport fishing is an essential thread in the fabric of Louisiana's culture. We have 40 percent of the nation's coastal wetlands, built over millennia by the Mississippi River, and as such we are the nursery grounds for the Gulf. Our fishing is spectacular, and most weekend family gatherings involve something from our local marshes – fried, boiled, baked, or broiled. When commercial and recreational fishing was outlawed last summer in the wake of the spill, it isn't overstating things to say that people grieved. It was like a pillar of our society had been severed.
Business is certainly down. The media presented so many misleading stories during the days of the spill that everyone in the country now has the perception that the lower fringes of Louisiana's marsh are just dripping with crude oil. That's obviously not the case. I had some national writers down in October, and for three days we fished the marshes all around the mouth of the Mississippi River – ground zero for spill impact – and they were absolutely astounded that we didn't see one drop of oil.
The BP oil spill had absolutely no impact on the health of current-day seafood or the prospects for its progeny. Unrefined crude oil is a natural substance that is broken down, weathered and absorbed by nature remarkably quickly in a warm, dynamic system like that of the northern Gulf. To wit, there have been literally thousands of studies of Gulf seafood, and not one single sample has come back contaminated. After conducting these studies, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals determined a diner would have to consume nine pounds of fish, five pounds of oysters, or 63 pounds of shrimp every day for five years to reach any level of concern.
Linda Leavitt's Cajun roots go back to the 1700s, and though her family's tradition of news reporting may not be as long, to Leavitt, whose parents both worked for NBC News, it feels equally strong. "My mother would say, 'You go on down there, Linda, you get the story.'" Which she has, working as a citizen-journalist to gather photographs and video of the spill's consequence, coordinating campaigns on Facebook, and watchdogging BP on Twitter. "You got to get the word out," she says.
It was so sad, when you saw the oil coming over the boom, that we were so helpless engineering-wise to keep this out. That sediment can wash up with the tide, and the sad part is they know there are submerged tar mats. Hurricane season is 45 days away. That tar mat is going to wash ashore.
You can rage against the machine all you want, but the reality is you have a corporation that is incredibly negligent from a safety perspective. I'm a great believer in the truth. I'm a great believer in giving people the information so they can make the honest judgments. The more you cover it up, hide it, and whitewash it, then you get crazy-assed conspiracy theorists, everybody out there thinking the worst. That's what happens in a closed society with closed information. That's not the America I grew up in. I grew up in an America where information should be made public for public safety.
The dynamic with a lot of people who may be afraid to come forward and talk is fear that other people's livelihoods are based on the oil companies and they don't want to rock that boat, or shrimping is their livelihood, so they don't want to rock the boat. There is a lot of that in small communities, fear of being the first one to come out and say something on the record.
Here's the crux: There's always been this unspoken acknowledgement between the oil industry and the fishermen, the Cajuns and other people who made their livelihoods on the water, that if something goes down, if something happens, we'll take care of you. And that's not happening. It's a big disappointment.
When BP began spraying Corexit, Joannie Hughes, a single mom from Plaquemines Parish, started worrying about the rain. Could the chemical oil dispersant evaporate and return via precipitation? She had tests run, garnered some local news, then someone posted a sign on her front yard that read, "It's not the rain water that's going to kill you." Frightened for her family, she decided the best she could do was to start a nonprofit, Coastal Heritage Society of Louisiana, to assist out-of-work families. "I backed off, right or wrong, and continued the humanitarian part of the work, because that's where I felt I could at least make some difference."
Murky Waters
"A deathtrap of mucus gashing through the water like flypaper." That's how Samantha Joye, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Georgia, describes the effect of the oil and gas from last summer's disaster on the delicate marine organisms that inhabit the depths of the Gulf of Mexico.
When BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig exploded on April 20, 2010, Joye's research team was among the earliest on the scene and the first to report huge underwater plumes …more…
It's been an interesting road. We knew we couldn't clean up the oil. We knew we couldn't stop people from drilling. What we could do is feed some families that were suffering who had not been paid. Because legitimate claims have been denied.
We're a bunch of moms, not a million-dollar organization. We delivered to one family and she asked if another family got a box of food. She immediately called the other family to come over and split the food, so instead of one family eating for five days, two families ate for two and a half days. That's the kind of community it is. No one can ever say people here don't help themselves, because they do. So far CHSL has given food box deliveries to over 300 families. We're very good shoppers.
With saltwater intrusion, we're losing the cypress at a phenomenal rate, and that's pre-spill. So if we don't start restoring by planting new ones, it's going to be gone before my grandchildren are ever out there in a pirogue.
We are planting seedlings of cypress trees complete with nutria-resistant wire. You can plant a tree in someone's honor, we send you a picture, GPS coordinates, and long term it helps fight erosion in our wetlands. We're doing it all the way down in the marsh. We're literally down there with our waders planting the trees and we love for volunteers to come down and help us plant them too.
I try to explain that we are part of that ecosystem. We haven't been the best stewards, but we do count at least as much as the grass shrimp.
Jason Adams has known only shrimping or working for the oil industry. He started fishing with his parents, he says, when "I was in diapers." When the Macondo well blew out, Adams, a native of the bayou town of Galliano, worked briefly for BP doing cleanup work, but soon became resentful of how many jobs were going to guys from Houston. Today, he's working as a tugboat captain. But, he says, "I'd rather fish."
I worked it with my boat and let me tell you, I got into some of that oil with the Corexit. I thought I was going to die. Sick, can't breathe. And the other side effect, I'm mentally sick because there's such uncertainty. The postlarva of the white shrimp and the brown shrimp [are in danger] – once that contamination reaches the estuaries and all that, it's a done deal. You know my little boy, sometimes he cries. He said, 'Dad, what if I won't be able to go shrimping anymore?'
It's fine right now way up in the estuaries. But what's it going to be like five years from now? The bottom line is that they sunk the oil. I don't know how many millions of gallons of the Corexit they put in there.
I'm going to tell you what's going to make that catastrophe – that first tropical depression. The first real southeast wind we had the other day, that's when the oil came up on the beach.
A lot of the fishermen, it messed up their livelihoods. They can't work, they're sick. Their backs are against the wall right now. They tell me, 'I won't be able to work, but yet they want to come offer me $300,000, not for my livelihood, they're offering me that for my life.' The people that were in it, that got sprayed, that worked in that oil – they're just buying their life.
Ninety percent of the people would rather be doing what they love to do. Fishermen are resilient people. You think a fisherman wants to collect money from BP and sit in his house? He'd go stir crazy. When it's in your blood, it's in your blood. You're doing what you want to do.
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Ryan Kelly erupts for 36 points in return as Duke holds off Miami
DURHAM, N.C. -- Ryan Kelly had waited two months for the chance to help his Duke teammates reclaim the form that made them the nation's top-ranked team.
He returned with a stunning performance that shook up No. 5 Miami and left his own Hall of Fame coach struggling for the right words.
The senior scored a career-high 36 points in his return from a foot injury that had sidelined him since January, helping the third-ranked Blue Devils beat the Hurricanes 79-76 on Saturday night in a matchup of the Atlantic Coast Conference's top teams.
"I guess I was ready for it," Kelly said. "That's all I can say."
Kelly knocked down 10-of-14 shots -- including 7-of-9 3-pointers -- for the Blue Devils (25-4, 12-4 ACC), who avenged a blowout road loss in January by grinding out a tough win in Cameron Indoor Stadium. He also went 9 for 12 from the foul line and pulled down seven rebounds in 32 minutes.
It left Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski joking to reporters that he was interested to read how they'd describe Kelly's big night.
"I mean, me saying 'spectacular' or whatever doesn't do his performance justice," Krzyzewski said. "One for the ages. Probably as good a performance as any player has had -- a Duke player has had -- in Cameron."
Kelly's performance was the highlight of a game that certainly lived up to the teams' lofty rankings and their status as the league's best. Miami led by seven in the first half and by two at the break, while Duke never led by more than five until the final 3 minutes.
Quinn Cook added 15 points, including a 3-pointer that gave Duke a 10-point lead with 1:55 left.
But the Hurricanes (23-5, 14-2) made a frantic rally and missed two 3s in the final seconds to tie it. Shane Larkin came up short on the first over Kelly. Durand Scott ran down the rebound and fired a pass to the left corner to Rion Brown, whose final 3 clanged off the rim as the horn sounded.
Kelly's season-high was 22 points and his career-best was 23 points before Saturday. He had missed 13 straight games with the right foot injury, though he had been gradually increasing his work in practice in recent days before going right back in the starting lineup Saturday.
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He missed a 3 on Duke's first possession, but knocked one down 2 1/2 minutes in and never looked rusty.
"Well, I thought we prepared for Ryan Kelly but obviously not for that Ryan Kelly," Miami coach Jim Larranaga said. "He was sensational from start to finish."
Miami had beaten Duke 90-63 in January and had already clinched at least a share of the ACC regular-season title with the Blue Devils' loss at Virginia on Thursday night. Miami will win its first ACC crown outright by beating either Georgia Tech or Clemson at home this week.
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Duke was unbeaten with nonconference wins against Kentucky, Louisville and Ohio State when Kelly went down against Clemson in January. It was during Kelly's absence that Duke suffered a 27-point loss at Miami on Jan. 23, a game that saw the Hurricanes romping unchecked through Duke's passive defense and even slapping the floor in an apparent jab at the Blue Devils' tradition.
The 6-foot-11 forward was averaging 13 points and five rebounds, and stretched defenses with his outside shot to open space for Mason Plumlee inside.
Fittingly, he started the spurt that finally put the Blue Devils ahead for good. First he hit a pair of free throws, then knocked down a 3-pointer over Kenny Kadji with the shot clock winding down to push Duke to a 58-56 lead with 9:13 left. Plumlee followed with a short hook to cap the 7-0 run for a 60-56 edge.
Duke extended its lead with another 7-0 burst, with freshman Rasheed Sulaimon scoring a pair of driving baskets before Cook's 3 that appeared to have Duke in control.
Miami fought back, getting a 3-pointer from Trey McKinney Jones to make it a one-possession game with 1:06 left. But in addition to those late misses, Larkin also had a costly turnover when he threw away a sideline pass to Brown with Miami trailing by just two with about 30 seconds left.
"This is the type of game that everybody lives for," said Scott, who scored 12 for the Hurricanes. "You can't really get mad at this. We went out there, we played our hardest, we're proud of ourselves, and our team did the best that we could. We just fell short a 3."
Duke shot 52 percent, with Kelly's big day offsetting Seth Curry's struggles (seven points on 2-for-8 shooting) and Miami's domination on the boards that led to a 20-4 edge in second-chance points.
Larkin scored 25 points to lead Miami, while Kenny Kadji added 17 points and 10 rebounds. But big man Reggie Johnson had a miserable night by going scoreless on 0-for-5 shooting and picking up his fourth foul in the first minute after halftime.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Bryan Kersey
- Jamie Luckie
- Raymie Styons
2023-24 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
Duke | 12-3 | - | 21-5 |
North Carolina | 12-3 | - | 20-6 |
Virginia | 11-5 | 1.5 | 20-7 |
Wake Forest | 9-6 | 3 | 17-9 |
Clemson | 8-7 | 4 | 18-8 |
Pittsburgh | 8-7 | 4 | 17-9 |
NC State | 8-7 | 4 | 16-10 |
Florida State | 8-7 | 4 | 14-12 |
Syracuse | 8-8 | 4.5 | 17-10 |
Virginia Tech | 7-8 | 5 | 15-11 |
Boston College | 6-9 | 6 | 15-11 |
Miami | 6-10 | 6.5 | 15-12 |
Notre Dame | 5-10 | 7 | 10-16 |
Georgia Tech | 4-12 | 8.5 | 11-16 |
Louisville | 3-13 | 9.5 | 8-19 |


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Most of the existing predictive malaria risks models use very broad spatial scales. They are usually built for continental or national outlines. These models do not account for the complexity of socio-economic variables intervening in the malaria transmission process. Most of them are driven by weather data. However, it is difficult to make antimalarial interventions at a continental or national level and to act on climate variables alone. Consequently, the suitability of these models for real malaria prevention strategies is not high. Moreover, the existing informational-based prevention strategies are not suitable, since they are usually limited to the occasional usage of large public mass media to transfer bits of information. This study proposes new paths in malaria modelling and prevention. It is dedicated to the building of a thematically extended model integrating both environmental and social variables. The proposed prevention strategy is based on an educational philosophy integrating the actual malaria modelling results. The study starts with the implementation of a methodology dedicated to data creation and data analysis. The protocol of data creation is based on an urban malaria paradigm. It encompasses the epidemiological, environmental, and social components of malaria risk. The epidemiological component is elaborated through retrospective, self-reported, malaria febrile and clinical episodes of individuals at the household level. In addition to climate data, key ecological variables are created from remote sensing sources with a very high spatial resolution. New social indexes and coefficients measuring economic status, crowding conditions and prevention capacity of the population are created. A morphospatial structure of Yaoundé, which assumes the presence of distinct population aggregates, representing similar socio-economic profiles, is established using an object-oriented classification of QuickBird images. A spatial based index of urbanity (IU), quantitatively marking the difference between "urban" and "rural" patterns, is also built. A knowledge-base expressing the social, ecological and malarial significance of both population aggregates and index of urbanity is established and used in a Fuzzy Logic simulation approach to predict urban malaria in Yaoundé. The yearly malaria prevalence based on individuals in households in Yaoundé is 9% while the malaria prevalence based on households as an entity is 27%. Malaria prevalence is higher during the small rainy season. It is much more marked in peri-urban areas during this season, while people in central areas are more exposed during the big rainy season. A statistical multinomial model identified socio-economic and socio-ecologic variables, notably those related to the physical condition of houses, as being highly associated with frequent episodes of malaria in households. Variables related to prevention capacity perform very well in predicting the absence of malaria in households. Among the ecological variables, only elevation and the distance to urban agriculture (UA) areas are associated with malaria. The statistically (from multinomial models), overall-predicted household prevalence of malaria is lower than the observed one. The morphospatial structure of the city shows a clear distinction between very dense, centralized and "urbanized" population aggregates (PA) and very isolated, mostly peri-urban, "rural" population aggregates. The morphological model suggests that the intensity and sustainability of the malaria transmission are both dependant on demographical gradients. The less urbanized population aggregates, although being in proximity of urban agriculture areas, are demographically not suitable for a sustainable malaria transmission. The most urbanized population aggregates are too dense and too far from urban agriculture areas. This does not favour local malaria transmission. This rigid ecological pattern is somewhat biased by the identified social patterns. The densest population aggregates mostly host very poor people. This allows a part of this population to be at a high risk of malaria through localized urban farming activities. The other parts of dense population aggregates are located in centrally situated planned zones. They have better socio-economic and socio-ecologic conditions which significantly reduces their vulnerability to malaria. Population aggregates with suitable demographic conditions (not too dense or too isolated), in addition to a higher environmental and social vulnerability, are the most exposed. Although the Fuzzy Logic simulation procedure produces a predicted prevalence which is lower than that of the overall multinomial model, it also identifies these intermediate population aggregates as being the most exposed. Results of interviews show that, in general, the knowledge and perception of people of basic key factors associated with malaria transmission is bad. Moreover, this knowledge follows a social stratification with the richest people having the best background. An association between knowledge and prevention behaviour is also established. In order to use the model for malaria prevention, three educational game-based tools have been created. The tools are designed for different target audiences with regard to required support and cognitive capacities. A follow-up method based on a pre- and post-test, before- and after-, play sessions is used to measure the information transfer capacity of each game to players who had various social profiles. Until now, official antimalarial campaigns in Cameroon used other media such as posters, television, and paper journals. Games had been not used at all before. From the point of view of players, the proposed games are highly attractive. Among them, the computer-based one, mixing visual and audio cognitive aspects in the information transfer, shows a good information transfer capacity. Furthermore, the degree of progress in the acquisition of malaria relevant information is highly dependent on the frequency of play.


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50 albums released in 1963 (that weren't by the Beatles)
50 albums released in 1963 (that weren't by The Beatles)
50 years ago today, The Beatles released Please Please Me, the debut album that marked the beginning of Beatlemania proper as the Fab Four began their conquest of the charts for the rest of the decade.
Now, we're certified Beatlemaniacs here at MusicRadar, but in among all the Beatle-based excitement, we know that 1963 was one hell of a year for music, with landmark releases for fans of soul, jazz, folk and much more.
So here are 50 of the best albums released half a century ago, for you to explore once you've finished giving Please Please Me a celebratory spin.
Bo Diddley's Beach Party - Bo Diddley
A barnstorming record, perhaps one of the greatest live rock and roll albums ever, Beach Party captures Bo Diddley on formidable form. Essential listening, and the Rolling Stones were clearly taking note.
Reminiscing - Buddy Holly
By 1963, Buddy Holly had been dead four years, but his shadow still loomed large over the rock and pop world. Compiled from various finished tracks and demos, with rockabilly-flavoured overdubs from Tex-Mex group The Fireballs, Reminiscing is a remarkably coherent tribute to one of the greats.
Chuck Berry On Stage
A strange one this: marketed as a live album, and purportedly recorded at Chicago's Tivoli Theater, a close listen reveals that the screaming and applause appear to have been added in post-production. Still, all the hits are here, and they're the hits that rock and roll were built on, so we forgive you Chuck.
Summer Holiday - Cliff Richard and the Shadows
Could Cliff possible have known, as he was cutting Bachelor Boy for this impossibly sunny film soundtrack, that he would remain one for the next half a century? Summer Holiday is undoubtedly cheesy, but a handful of numbers – including the title track – have seeped into the British national consciousness regardless.
At Carnegie Hall - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Arguably one of the greatest live jazz albums of the '60s, At Carnegie Hall revealed The Dave Brubeck Quartet to be a band most at home in the live context, swinging with a fluidity and playfulness throughout the two-disc set.
Folksinger - Dave Van Ronk
A contemporary of Bob Dylan on the New York folk revival scene, Dave Van Ronk had a style and delivery all of his own, and it's thrown into sharp relief on Folksinger. Full of powerful performances, unique guitar arrangements and a voice like treacle poured over thunder, this is essential listening for aspiring folkies.
The Guitar Player - Davy Graham
He influenced an entire generation of guitar players thanks to his dazzling technique and clear mastery of his instrument, and on The Guitar Player set standards of playing that really haven't been topped yet. Do yourself a favour and have a listen.
King Of The Surf Guitar - Dick Dale
The unmistakable buzz-saw tone of Dick Dale's super-charged guitar is what this album is all about. When he's let of the leash, as on Mexico, he could strip paint with the sheer force of his playing.
Anyone Who Had A Heart - Dionne Warwick
Pairing Warwick's classy vocals with Burt Bacharach and Hal David's timeless songwriting makes for an unsurprisingly tasty package.
Dr. No - John Barry Orchestra
This soundtrack not only introduced the James bond Theme to the world, but provided the backdrop to Sean Connery and Ursula Andress' iconic performances as they launched 007 into pop culture. He's yet to leave.
Ella And Basie - Ella Fitzgerald
One of jazz's greatest voices teams up with one of the genre's best-known orchestras with Quincy Jones arranging. Nice.
Duke Ellington and John Coltrane - Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
What happens when two jazz greats decide to sit down and make a record? The answer is great things, as is demonstrated over these seven tracks of transcendental jazzy goodness.
The Crazy Beat Of Gene Vincent - Gene Vincent
The last of Gene Vincent's records for Capitol, The Crazy Beat… is far from his best work, but even then still manages the odd diamond in the rough.
Back At The Chicken Shack - Jummy Smith
You don't get many organists making funk-fuelled jazz odysseys these days, and if you ask us, that's a crying shame. Jimmy Smith, alongside Kenny Burrell, Stanley Turrentine and Donald Bailey work up a top-notch set here that has very little to do with chickens (or shacks).
Death Chants, Breakdowns And Military Waltzes - John Fahey
A snappy album title this may not be, but who cares when the guitar playing is this singular? At turns mystical, mesmerising and occasionally just plain weird, John Fahey made quite the mark with this one.
Samba Esquema Novo - Jorge Ben
Jorge Ben's debut album is a lesson in the sort of guitar work that will steal your girlfriend quicker than you can say "I can't dance".
The Kingsmen In Person - The Kingsmen
Primal rock and roll doesn't get much simpler – or rawer – than this, the album that The Kingsmen put out in the wake of their raucous Richard Berry cover Louie, Louie. The sound of scared American parents long in the time before The Beatles.
Trouble Is A Lonesome Town - Lee Hazlewood
Populated with wild and wicked characters and Hazlewood's distinctive lower register, Trouble Is A Lonesome Town is, in essence, a concept album of the dusty west littered with narration and gutsy country ballads.
Heat Wave - Martha And The Vandellas
Released in the wake of Martha And The Vandellas' unstoppable single (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave, this is an album of Motown magic from one of the label's best girl group. Peerless backing from the Funk Brothers helps, naturally.
Never Grow Old - The Maytals
Before they acquired the prefix "Toots and", the Maytals released this ska-tastic collection of their earliest ska-oriented singles on the Studio One label.
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus
Ambitious, complicated and remarkable: all words that can be used to describe Charles Mingus' The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady, an album regularly described as a masterpiece. We're not going to argue with that.
Folk Songs And Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
Having spent most of his life working as a farmer, Mississippi John Hurt's arrival into the world of popular music at the age of 70 (ish, he wasn't too sure of his actual birthday) was one of the most remarkable events of the folk revival. This set of live recordings helped establish the legend.
Nina Simone At Carnegie Hall
Recorded live, this is the document of Simone's first appearance at the prestigious venue, and captures her stunning voice at the beginning of her career.
At Town Hall - Odetta
A rich and varied live recording that captures one of the folk revival's best voices as she works through a set of traditional material, it's easy to understand how Odetta made such an impact in the flesh from this record.
We Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger
Recorded live at the Carnegie Hall, a 44 year old Pete Seeger rolled out a lifetime's worth of songs (including Dylan covers) that reaffirmed his position as one folk's most respected spokesmen.
Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963 - Sam Cooke
Raunchier and rockier than his studio recordings, Live At The Harlem Square Club is a fascinating – and utterly thrilling – experience from beginning to end, the atmosphere of the club perfectly captured. Cooke has the audience in the palm of his hand throughout, a masterful performance. And yes, we're aware that it wasn't actually released in 1963, but s it was recorded then (and it's so damn good), we're letting it slide...
Sugar And Spice - The Searchers
One of the most popular of the Mersey beat groups, The Searchers had a pretty decent run in the early '60s, and Sugar And Spice shows why. A set of flawlessly performed covers with a hit original single thrown in for good measure, it helped make 1963 a vintage year for Scouse songsmiths.
Sinatra's Sinatra - Frank Sinatra
An attempt by big Frank to make a quick buck with a set of re-records of his classic hits, Sinatra's Sinatra may feel like little more than an attempt to fit the word 'Sinatra' into the titles as many times as possible, but it's still better than anything Michael Buble has done, so we'll leave it alone.
A Christmas Gift For You - Phil Spector
Phil Spector might well be madder than a murderous moose these days, but back in the early '60s he knew how to record 'em. Quite simply the Christmas album to top all others.
When Sun Comes Out - Sun Ra
He sounds like a character from StarGate, but Sun Ra was a jazz innovator, albeit one who combined a love for theatricality, ancient Egyptian clothes and science fiction in one jazzy stew, as witnessed on When Sun Comes Out.
Easier Said Than Done - The Essex
Why a vocal group made up of US Marines decided to name themselves after the British country that gave us the vajazzle, we'll never know. Fitting in their music career around military life, The Essex managed to produce Easier Said Than Done to minor success.
The Miracles Recorded Live On Stage
Motown's Live On Stage series, designed to showcase the legendary label's artists in all their live glory, helped further cement the reputations of many an early Motown act. Smokey Robinson's silky smooth vocals dominate here, and it is glorious.
Greatest Hits - The Shadows
It's crazy to think that Hank Marvin's troupe of co-ordinated instrumentalists issued a greatest hits as early as 1963, but they did – and it reached number 2 in the UK charts. Further proof of the indisputable power of a red Strat.
Blood, Sweat And Tears - Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash knew a thing or two about hard work – this was his 15th album since 1957, a statistic which puts literally every modern musician to shame – and he talks all about it on Blood, Sweat And Tears, nine songs about American working life that included stone cold classics Busted and The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer.
Surfin' U.S.A. - The Beach Boys
12 tracks of all-American surf-rock classics, the title track alone would have been enough to make Surfin' U.S.A. something special. This is The Beach Boys as a band, proving they could bring the (surf) rock like no other.
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
After a debut album that did next to nothing in the States, Dylan needed to do something special with his second effort, and man, did he manage it. With The Freewheelin', Dylan emerges as one of the most innovative and original song writing forces of the '60s. One of the greatest albums ever recorded, hands down.
Little Town Flirt - Del Shannon
Del Shannon is undoubtedly best known for his 1961 smash hit Runaway, which is included here on his second album, alongside some cracking Shannon originals and a crop of covers. Well done Del.
Live At The Apollo - James Brown
The Godfather of Soul was still a relative pup when he recorded this seminal live album at Harlem's now world-famous Apollo Theater. Regularly cited as one of the greatest records of all time, it almost didn't get released: Brown's label King Records felt that it wouldn't be a big seller. Turns out they were wrong: fans went just as wild for the record as the shrieking crowd that can be heard throughout it.
Impressions - John Coltrane
A lively mix of live and studio recordings that encompass Coltrane's interest in Indian music (India) and exceptionally long tenor solos (Impressions). Influential and essential.
In Dreams - Roy Orbison
Kicking off with the staggering title track and going on to showcase Orbison's voice as the phenomenally versatile tool it was, In Dreams is a collection of some of the Big O's finest performances. Which makes it pretty much golden, if you ask us.
In The Wind - Peter, Paul And Mary
Peter, Paul And Mary may not have been cool (they still aren't in case you're wondering), but on In The Wind, they helped bring Bob Dylan's songwriting to the fore with covers of Don't Thing Twice, It's All Right and Blowin' In The wing, something for which we are eternally grateful. Well done, you biblically names folkies...
Night Beat - Sam Cooke
On Night Beat, one of the greatest voices ever recorded is framed by a backing band content to let it shine on a set of low-key blues that is essentially the ultimate late-night soul session.
How Do You Like It - Gerry And The Pacemakers
The suits, the songs choices and the style of Gerry And The Pacemakers' debut album is all highly reminiscent of The Beatles, and yet so far away. The spirit of the Mersey beat boom lies within, if not the brightest stars.
Monk's Dream - Thelonious Monk
Thanks to his distinctive playing style and love of dissonant harmonies, jazz pianist Monk's music wasn't always universally appreciated. This 1963 release, however - his first for Columbia Records - is now regarded as something of a classic, and became one of his best-selling recordings.
If You Need Me - Soloman Burke
Not for nothing was Solomon Burke known as The King of Rock N'Soul, and his earthy R&B also contained elements of gospel, country and jazz. Despite his immense physical presence, Burke never had the commercial clout of some of his contemporaries, but this 1963 Atlantic release demonstrates that he was a match for any of them.
The Barbra Streisand Album - Barbra Streisand
The first of her 50 studio albums, Barbra Streisand kicked off her recording career with this triple Grammy award winning album. Rubbish title, though.
Surfer Girl - The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys were going hell for leather in 1963, releasing three albums in total, of which Surfer Girl was the second. An iconic cover and some classic Brian Wilson originals – including the title track – marks Surfer Girl as one of the Beach Boys best early albums.
Marvin Gaye Recorded Live On Stage
Live performances were never straightforward for Marvin Gaye. He suffered from stage fright in his early years, and in 1983, paranoia relating to an alleged murder attempt led him to wear a bulletproof vest while he was on stage. There's no hint of such problems in this exuberant recording, which has him reeling off hits such as Stubborn Kind Of Fellow and Pride And Joy with the help of Martha And The Vandellas.


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It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning. I'm David Greene.
And I'm Steve Inskeep. Much of the federal government is in the process of shutting down. With Congress unable to agree on a spending bill, money for continuing operations ran out at midnight and hundreds of thousands of government employees have been told to stop working, although some vital functions like Social Security checks, for example, or the postal service, will continue. NPR's Scott Horsley has more on which parts of the government are still operating and which are not.
For starters, the panda cam at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. has gone dark.
SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: The five-week old baby panda at Washington's National Zoo is being fed and cared for during the government shutdown. But would-be zoo visitors are not so lucky. The zoo, like all the Smithsonian Museums here in Washington, are now closed to the public. So are the national parks. All told, some 800,000 government workers are being idled. But not all departments are affected equally.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Jet Blue 1086, Kennedy Tower. Your traffic is a heavy triple-7 on a four-mile final.
HORSLEY: Air traffic controllers are still on the job, along with about two-thirds of all federal transportation workers. At the EPA, on the other hand, more than 90 percent of the workforce is being sent home, leaving EPA administrator Gina McCarthy with only a skeleton crew.
GINA MCCARTHY: Just emergencies, what we need to keep, to keep the lights on and to respond in the event of a significant emergency. That's basically what we're looking at.
HORSLEY: The White House Budget Office issues guidelines on who stays and goes during a shutdown, which government functions continue and which do not. In general, government employees keep working if their paychecks are not tied to annual authorizations from Congress, or if their jobs are considered vital for the protection of life and property.
That second category requires some judgment, though, and not all agencies take the same approach. Some food inspectors for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, for example, are still on the job, while other food inspectors, for the FDA, will be sent home.
J. DAVID COX: There is no consistency to it whatsoever. There's really not a rhyme or reason. But the real issue is, you stay, you still don't get paid on payday. You go, you still don't get paid on payday. It's a double whammy.
HORSLEY: J. David Cox, who leads the largest union of federal employees, doesn't call this a government shutdown. He calls it a federal lockout. Economists say the sudden disappearance of paychecks for some two million federal workers is the single biggest impact of the government shutdown.
Doug Handler of the forecasting firm IHS Global Insight says even tracking that impact will not be easy. Of the 2,400 people who typically measure such things for the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, all but three have been told to stay home.
DOUG HANDLER IHS GLOBAL INSIGHT: Not only will the economic situation be in a state of flux, but we won't have any visibility to measure that state of flux.
HORSLEY: If the shutdown continues all week, it could delay the much-anticipated monthly jobs report, due out on Friday. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.