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posted: February 1, 2008
I should aslo mention that the cramped composition is because I had to make room for the logo, headline and mailing label that's on the cover as well....
Well, one person's sucker is another's parishoner I guess. When I got the call to do a piece on Senator Chuck Grassley's investigation into the "Grassley Six" - a select group of televangelsts who are suspected of - get ready for it - inappropriate fiscal activity for a nonprofit entity, I said sure, I'd love to get a shot in.
The funny thing about this story is that Grassley himself is a christian right winger who is putting it to these cats because they're ruining the Christian Right Wing name. Okay. At least someone's doing it.
Bob Staake February 1, 2008
a post after my own heart, dale. as a kid growing up in los angeles, i used to wake up and watch katherine kuhlman -- though i never let my family or friend know about it. http://youtube.com/watch?v=ocW5ovSXpZw ------- i'd also watch reverend ike and one day when i was sitting at a bus top in redondo beach, one of his trademark rolls-royces ("a different color for every day of the week") rolled by. we made eye contact and he nodded -- woohoo!!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverend_Ike ------- but without a doubt, THE guy who i fixated on (from maybe 1979-1982) was the man himself, the BEST toupee in Heaven AND Hell, the Reverend Ernest Angley. I went to a coupe of his crusades (one at the Long Beach Convention Center) and they were just mind-blowing. You'd watch the guy drive the palm of his hand into some octogenarian's forehead and if it didn't cure them, they likely died from the concussion three days later. "Eeeee-vil spirit OUUUUUUUUUTTTTT!" http://youtube.com/watch?v=mgDONXW_yns ------- anyway, NOT trying to hijack your post, dale -- great illo of grassley, THE most nasal voise in the history of the senate -- but wanted to contribute to your thread in some (ahem) meaningful way. you're a sick puppy, stephanos ps: niiiiiiice benny hinn!
Stephen Kroninger February 1, 2008
Bob, I have an Ernest Angley prayer sponge! That was a great show. He did have the wonderful gospel singer Marion Williams on there from time to time. Dale---I watched those shows back in the 80's too. They were so over the top that they made great background noise while I was working. Do you remember the 700 and PTL clubs from the seventies? That's when got me hooked. It was before they started raking in ridiculous sums of money so their production values were on a par with the old Uncle Floyd Show. I went to see Jimmy Swaggart at Madison Square Garden before his fall from grace. At the end everyone spoke in tongues except one lost soul. Me. I wonder if anything will come of this Grassley investigation. It's long overdue. Nice work, Dale. Looks like you had a blast painting it.
Tim O\'Brien February 1, 2008
Great concept Dale. Who was it for? I drive Elizabeth nuts on the weekend on nights when we are in and vegging on TV. I have the remote and I look for something to watch. I stop on stuff like this. I want to be careful here as to not offend anyone's faith. A televangelist is a particular breed of charlatan. My favorite was a guy with a wrester's head of white hair and smoking a cigar named Dr Gene Scott. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJxKQ-WOFFE You can add the link as a window if you want Dale.
Robert Saunders February 1, 2008
Forget who it's of; I just like the composition, likenesses, color palette, wispy contrails, humor, drawing...it's all good!
Leo Espinosa February 1, 2008
Dale Stephanos February 1, 2008
Thanks for the links guys. This was for the Wittenburg Door. It's like the Onion on the christian right/religious issues. It's funnier than I thought it would be. We also used to listen to a bunch of radio preachers, I forget their names. They'd sound like Tom Waits or Screamin' Jay Hawkins, yelling JEEEEZZZZUSSSSSS-UUUUH! I'd love to find audio of that stuff. We heard it on skip around sundown on the weekends. I'm not a man of a particular faith, and I hold no animosity towards these folks. To me they are entertainers, and it appears that their audience is willing to shell out a lot of money to keep themselves entertained.
John Dykes February 1, 2008
A great one, Dale!! Looks like you had a blast creating it.... Gotta love that title!
Dale Stephanos February 1, 2008
Thanks John, I guess that would make me...The Creator...Mwhahahahaah
Mark P February 1, 2008
Hey Dale - Great piece. Awesome hands! I caught Benny Hinn once on TV - he was on stage in front of a billion people in South America somewhere. It was horrifying - all those people in the audience worshipping that crazy bastid! That said, I'm glad Joel Osteen is not among the wicked group. When I first saw him on TV I thought he was ridiculous. Then everytime I flipped a channel he was on and I started to listen just for kicks. And I realized that he's quite good. Just offering a positive message - amazingly smooth speaker.
Chris Buzelli February 2, 2008
Dale, I don't know how you do it. All those characters. It would take me a month to do all that. The concept is hilarious. Great piece.
Kyle Dithers February 2, 2008
It's brown, and shiny, like drops of fresh wet poo.
Rob Dunlavey February 2, 2008
Yeah! Go get 'em Dale. Ditto on what Buzelli said. Personally, I never got into this stuff and can never imagine wasting my time even being entertained by it. Well, maybe the artist/anthropologist in me might. Sad. The only good Christian is a skeptical Christian.


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In most of their classes, they pore over torts, contracts and other exacting areas of the law.
But for one evening each week this semester, about two dozen law students have been meeting in a basement classroom at the University of Louisville to study the words of a different set of authorities - Aeschylus, Jesus, Dante, Shakespeare, O. Henry and others.
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Colossal marble statue of Apollo
Roman, 2nd century AD
From Cyrene, Libya
This colossal marble statue came from the Temple of Apollo at Cyrene in modern Libya. The statue of Apollo was found broken into 121 pieces, laying near the large pedestal on which it had originally stood. The fragments were painstakingly removed from the site and reassembled in the British Museum. The statue now stands 2.29 metres high but the right arm, which was originally raised, and the left wrist and hand are missing.
Cult statues were representations of a deity and acted as the focus for ritual activity within ancient temples. This image of Apollo shows him holding a lyre, and so emphasizes his role as god of music. He is naked apart from the precariously draped himation or cloak around his hips, and has an almost feminine quality that reflects the influence of Hellenistic statuary of the second century BC. Cyrene had been founded by settlers from the Greek island of Thera in the seventh century BC; the Roman patrons who commissioned the statue were encouraged by the emperor Hadrian to celebrate their civic identity by evoking the city's Greek past.
More information
P. Higgs, 'The Cyrene Apollo', History Today, 44 (11) (), pp. 50-54
Height: 2.290 m
Height: 2.290 m
Museum number
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In a fresh clampdown, India has officially banned the import of gold jewellery from Thailand. The government has announced that unless it is satisfied that gold jewellery imports from Thailand had received 20% value addition in that country, they would be banned.
The authorities suspect that Indian importers are misusing the duty free pact with Thailand to import bullion from the South East Asian nation.
The commerce ministry has recommended suspension of gold jewellery imports from Thailand in view of the increasing imports from the country. For some time now, the government has been looking to bring down imports of the precious metal into the country and has added several stages of import duties.
The authorities said they has tried to control gold imports which is adding to the import bill and are set to roll out further measures to curb the shipments of yellow metal into India, traders and analysts have warned.
Under a bilateral agreement, gold jewellery imports from Thailand attracted a concessional duty of 1%. Gold imports from other countries attract a 10% duty.
However, the concession is available only if the jewellery has value addition of at least 20% before it is brought into India. The government suspects the norm for value addition is not being adhered to.
A lot of gold jewellery is imported from Thailand due to the low customs duties. It has been allowed under the Early Harvest Scheme, that was signed in 2004 and covered 82 items. The scheme provides for a host of remedial measures, which include anti dumping duties, safeguard duties and even suspension of imports in extreme cases if there is a serious injury to domestic industry or in case of rampant misuse of the treaty terms.
Moreover, nefarious traders have also been bringing in gold jewellery from China and Malaysia, which incur 6% to 10% customs duty and then importing it through Thailand.
Ajay Sahai, director general of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations, has given a price comparison to understand the situation better. Gold prices in India and Thailand are around $550.99 (Rs 30,000) for 10 grams. If there was value addition of 20%, the price would rise to $661.23 (Rs 36,000). However, gold jewellery is being imported at $569.40 (Rs 31,000) for 10 grams.
The arbitrage increased further after the Indian government increased customs duty on standard gold bars and jewellery to 6% in December. This was aimed at reducing gold imports, but has got more traders using the Thailand route to bring in the precious metal.
Statistics show that during April-November 2012, imports of gold jewellery from Thailand stood at $92 million, against just $13 million in 2011-12. About $72 million of the $92 million was recorded in October-November, during the festival period which includes Diwali.
In 2011-12, gold and silver imports into India stood at $56.5 billion which widened India's current account deficit to a record 4.2% of GDP.


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100-year-old promise kept following typhoid epidemic in Lincoln
Posted: September 28, 2011|
One hundred years ago this week the people of Lincoln were preparing to celebrate. It had been six years since a devastating typhoid epidemic killed dozens of people in the city but, at last, a clean water supply was on the way. Here local historian Andy Blow tells the story of what happened ...
A CLOUD that had hung over Lincoln for six years ever since the disastrous water-borne typhoid epidemic of 1905 was at last lifting.
There must have been great relief, particularly among those citizens who had been queuing at wells or conduits, or carrying from streams, or locations where they could get imported water.
No wonder they called 1911 "the year of salvation".
As the new supply from Elkesley in Nottinghamshire began to enter the Lincoln mains network, and reach domestic taps, Lincoln Corporation was finalising plans for two great days of festivity.
Those councillors and officials who had received local and national criticism and derision during the typhoid epidemic – which killed 131 Lincoln people – could now declare with some satisfaction that they had redeemed themselves and their authority's reputation.
They promised to build a system that would last 100 years – and this weekend we can see that they were as good as their word, for both the Water Tower in Westgate, and the Bracebridge Heath Reservoir, crucial parts of the Elkesley system, are still in use and will be partially opened to the public by today's water authority, Anglian Water, on Saturday.
Anglian Water has teamed up with the Rotary Club of Lincoln in the Lincoln Water 100 Committee, chaired by Barry Dean, which has been planning the centenary celebrations in aid of the international charity Water Aid.
Detailed exhibition boards prepared by the committee and Anglian Water will tell the full and fascinating story of the typhoid epidemic and the search for new water which resulted in the Elkesley supply. They can be seen at the two aforementioned venues, and particularly in a special one-day exhibition at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life.
Original photographs from the period between 1905 and 1911 have been accessed by our committee and incorporated into the exhibition.
With some pride we will welcome the Mayor of Lincoln, Councillor Kathleen Brothwell, to our exhibition at the museum and, in the afternoon, to the Arboretum where she will be invited to re-fire the original fountain first switched on by one of her predecessors before a crowd of thousands in 1911 to signal the onset of Elkesley water.
The Arboretum fountain, which has been re-fitted for this event, is built on four cores of stone excavated from Elkesley in 1910 as the boreholes were sunk to eventually produce the first water for Lincoln from the Nottinghamshire bunter sandstone.
"To Fetch a Pail of Water", a book by Trevor Pacey, price £10, and Bygone Lincoln DVD Two produced by Andrew Blow, price £12.99, are available from the Echo reception. Both deal with the typhoid epidemic and the events that followed. All profits from the book, and a donation from the DVD profits, go to Water Aid. Both Mr Pacey and Mr Blow serve on the Lincoln Water 100 committee.


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Conference: Climate change and the fate of the Amazon
Oriel College
University of Oxford
20-22 March 2007
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The potential large-scale possible dieback of the Amazon rainforest is one of the most profound impacts of climate change in the 21st century. This workshop explored this threat in detail, examining the likelihood of such change, the mechanisms that may lead to biome-threatening climate change, and the resilience or vulnerability of both the biome and its human populations to such change. We also examined the potential consequences for the region and the planet, and explored strategies for preparation, adaptation, and mitigation.
Sessions Included:
- Mechanisms of Climate Change in Amazonia
- Insights from Recent Droughts: A Model for the Future?
- Physiology of a Forest Under Stress
- Lessons from Prehistoric Climate and Vegetation Change
- Humans and Forests in a Changing Amazon
- Conservation and Adaptation
- Crafting Policy in the Face of Politics: The Amazon in the Context of Brazil
- Global Impacts, Global Politics, Global Action
Workshop Conveners
Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford), Richard Betts (Hadley Centre) and Timmons Roberts (University of Oxford)


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I stumbled upon this recipe while scouring Pinterest for a healthy muffin or bread recipe that would get rid of some pretty ripe bananas I had in the kitchen. As I've said before, muffins, even ones labeled as "healthy," can oftentimes be misleading so I made sure to be diligent when picking a recipe to use. The original recipe comes from Fitness magazine and actually calls for chocolate chips as well, but, due to my Lenten sacrifice of no candy or desserts, I had to make these sans chocolate. They actually turned out to be much more delicious than I had anticipated, and I had to refrain from eating more than one!
- 3 cups old-fashioned oats
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 egg whites
- 1 ¼ cup skim milk
- ¾ cup mashed bananas (I ended up using 3 small/medium bananas)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix the oats, brown sugar, baking powder and salt together in a bowl and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, whisk your egg whites and mix in the skim milk, bananas, and vanilla extract.
- Add in the dry ingredients and mix everything together until well blended.
- Lightly coat muffin tins with cooking spray and spoon in the mixture.
- Bake for 18-22 minutes, then enjoy!
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Friday, October 9, 2015
A low-key, at times low-energy haunted house flick, "The Pact" is the sort of exploitation cheapie that trades on the usual creaking floorboards, dark closets, modest scares, lethal weapons, pretty women and pretty dead women — which for certain horror enthusiasts makes it inherently worth a look. Its premise is as familiar as its storybook particulars, and the whole thing skews so simple it can be summed up in one hyperventilated line, something like, "You can't go home again ... alive!" Back in the grind-house day, Roger Corman would have hired its director, Nicholas McCarthy, in a heartbeat. — Manohla Dargis


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Dishonoring the Honor Code: Dealing with someone skipping out when needed
Q: On my job, the staff works together at a "front central desk" where we interact with the public. We also have a regular office, away from the public. We all go by the honor system when it comes to splitting our time between the two locations. I have one co-worker, however, who never seems to be willing to work at the front desk for any length of time. She manages to spend most of her shift in the quiet area, or she finds some other task that allows her to leave the front desk. She's also been known to go for "coffee breaks" without telling anyone, leaving the rest of the front desk without any backup. She informs her supervisor but no one else, then walks in 20 to 30 minutes later with coffee just for the two of them. Several co-workers have gone to the supervisor to complain, but the supervisor always defends her. How can we get our co-worker to pull her weight?
A: Unfortunately, you and your co-workers have already gone to your supervisor and discovered and unsettling truth: This woman has the supervisor's protection. So long as that's the case, a satisfactory resolution of the problem doesn't appear likely. Your best solution is to work to change the system, not the individual. One possibility is to ask that your company ditch the honor system (which isn't being honored, anyway) and set up a schedule with defined times when each person is supposed to be on the front desk. As far as coffee is concerned, offer to get her coffee first, before she has a chance to disappear on you, or simply bring your own coffee and enjoy it. Finally, remember that circumstances change. For instance, a new supervisor would give you and your fellow co-workers the opportunity to address the situation.


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All travel-related expenses that are to be paid for by the Board shall be related to the purpose of the authorized travel and shall be cost effective.
Authorization for Travel and Travel-Related Expenditures
The Board shall pay for or make reimbursement to Board Members and the staff of the Retirement Board for all travel and lodging expenses specifically authorized in these regulations.
1. Travel and related expenses are to be approved by the Board in advance of the travel.
2. Requests for travel by Board Members shall be placed on a Board meeting agenda, discussed in open session and approved by a majority vote of the Members of the Board present and voting. The meeting minutes shall reflect the Board's action and the extent of the authorization.
3. The nature of the travel, its purpose and estimated cost shall be outlined on a travel authorization form. The form must include a statement by the traveler, certifying that the expenses were incidental to the approved travel. Brochures for seminars or other presentations should accompany the request for travel where available.
4. A statement describing the presentation, conference or seminar should be entered into the minutes of the meeting following the travel.
5. The Board authorizes the Manager/Board Administrator to approve travel for other members of the Board's staff.
Required Documentation for Reimbursement
Assuming that prior authorization was received, Board Members and staff are to be reimbursed for travel-related expenses. The Member/Staff shall fill out all reimbursement requests on the appropriate form to be used in connection with any requests for reimbursement, requiring that the traveler certify that the expenses were incurred and were necessary and incidental to the approved travel. Requests for reimbursement should be submitted within a reasonable amount of time after the expenses are incurred, but no later than 30 days. The request shall be reviewed at the subsequent Board meeting.
1. Any requests for reimbursement should be completed and properly approved after incurring any travel, transportation or meal or other travel-related expenses and before reimbursement takes place.
2. Original itemized receipts must be submitted for all expenses including transportation, lodging, and other expenses incidental to travel.
3. Receipts should be required for individual expenses over $10. Travel-related expenses that are under $10 (such as gratuities) should be fully described and reimbursed based on the traveler's certification that the expenses were necessary and incidental to the approved travel.
4. Any travel-related expenditures which have not been properly documented or approved or are not in conformity with the Board's regulations will be rejected or adjusted.
5. Reimbursement shall only be made to the person who actually made payment for the expense.
6. The reimbursement request form must be signed by the person seeking reimbursement and signed under the pains and penalties of perjury.
Travel Arrangements
The Manager/Board Administrator will be responsible for making all travel arrangements and for assisting Board Members and staff in completing authorization and reimbursement forms. When making travel arrangements, government rates or business rates will be secured.
An extended stay may be authorized if the net cost to the Board will be lower. For example, if airline fare is lowered by staying an extra day and the cost of accommodations and meals for that extra day results in a net savings to the Board, an extended stay can be authorized.
The Board will allow for airline, train, bus, automobile rental, taxi, or other form of public conveyance (as cost effective) to be utilized.
All travel should be at the lowest fare available, generally economy/coach fare.
The Board prohibits payment for airline club memberships.
The source of rental cars must be a nationally recognized rental agency. The rental rate will be negotiated by the staff member responsible for arranging travel. It is the traveler's responsibility to verify that the rate charged is the rate negotiated.
All rental car users must accept optional insurance coverage for rental cars.
Any motor vehicle accidents that occur while using a rental car while on Board-approved travel should be reported as soon as practicable, in writing to the appropriate authorities, with copies of all such reports provided to the Board.
All fines or other expenses incurred as a result of traffic violations while on Board-approved travel will not be reimbursed. The traveler is personally responsible for such expenses.
All Board Members and staff will be reimbursed 34.5 cents per mile. This rate shall be adjusted to the amount allowed as a non-taxable reimbursement by the Internal Revenue Service. All parking fees and toll charges will be reimbursed with proper receipts.
All reservations for accommodations should be made in advance by the Board staff at the hotel of the conference the Board Member or staff is attending. If that hotel is unavailable then reservations at a comparable hotel will be arranged. It is the traveler's responsibility to verify that the rate charged is the rate negotiated by the staff member.
Meals The maximum daily reimbursable amount for the cost of meals while on Board authorized travel is $50.00 per day. The maximum daily reimbursement may be exceeded if approved travel is to a high-cost location.
If reimbursement is sought for meal expenses for others, these individuals are to be identified along with their affiliation and a description of the purpose of the meeting. Reimbursement shall be made only for meetings that are for business purposes.
Lodging and meals included in the cost of registration will not be reimbursed.
Other Reimbursable and Non-Reimbursable Expenses
Other reimbursable expenses that require proper supporting receipts include gratuities paid in accordance with local custom, telephone expenses limited to Board or business-related calls and one personal call per day, Internet connections charges, costs for faxing, and costs for necessary copying.
Expenses that are not reimbursable include personal expenses, for example, in-room movies, mini-bar charges, gym fees, entertainment or recreational expenses, laundry and dry cleaning and any payments for personal services.
Alcoholic beverages will not be reimbursed.
Cash Advances
Cash advances in connection with anticipated expenses will not be permitted.
Board Credit Cards
The Board does not authorize usage of credit cards issued to the Board.
Personal Travel Combined with Board Related Travel
If personal travel is combined with Board-related travel, the personal portion of the trip will be clearly identified and paid for by the traveler. Travel expenses or any other expenses incurred by a spouse, relative, friend or other individual accompanying a Board Member or Board staff will be considered to be personal travel and will, in no event, be a proper expense of the Retirement Board.
Payments or Reimbursements for Expenses by Third Parties
The Board prohibits the providing to or receipt by a Board Member or staff member of anything of substantial value from any person, firm, partnership or other entity which may be reasonably expected to seek to do business with or is seeking to do business with or presently is doing business with a Retirement Board or any person, firm or other entity that solicits or makes referrals or which may be reasonably expected to solicit or make referrals of any client on behalf of such a person; firm, partnership or other entity. The Board prohibits the providing to and the receipt of anything of substantial value from such a person, firm, partnership or other entity indirectly through any person, firm, association, organization or other entity.
A Board Member/Staff may participate in legitimate speaking engagements in connection with their positions on the Retirement Board or as a member of the Board's staff and the Board may accept reimbursements from third parties necessary to cover travel-related costs for such engagements.
Acceptance of an honorarium or any other form of compensation strictly prohibited.
To be considered a legitimate speaking engagement, the presentation must be formally scheduled on the agenda of a convention or conference.
The speaking engagement must be scheduled in advance of the Board Member's or staff member's arrival at the event.
The presentation must be before an organization that would normally have outside speakers address them at such an event.
The presentation cannot be perfunctory, but should significantly contribute to the event, taking onto account such factors as the length of the speech or presentation, the size of the audience, and the extent to which the speaker is providing substantive or unique information or viewpoints.
The Retirement Board can be reimbursed by a third party for expenses only to the extent necessary for making the speech or presentation.
Under no circumstances can a Board Member or Board staff member receive reimbursement or any other payment or compensation from a third party.
Violation of the Board Travel Regulations
Any person or entity that violates these Retirement Board regulations adopted and approved by the Commission shall be deemed to have violated the provisions of 840 CMR 17.00 and shall be subject to removal as a qualified investment manager or consultant pursuant to 840 CMR 17.04(10). In addition, the Commission shall not grant an exemption pursuant to 840n CMR 19.02 or a qualification pursuant to 840 CMR 26.04 if any person or entity that has violated these Retirement Board regulations adopted pursuant to these Guidelines is the subject of the filing pursuant to these provisions.


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Inaugural Party Hopping: Kid, Indian-American, and Millennial Edition
January 20, 2013
Who says the well-connected have all the fun? TNR's Lydia DePillis visits some of Washington's less celebrated inaugural galas.
How One Woman Made Budget Scolding Chic
December 21, 2012
IN SEPTEMBER of 2011, a fortyish budget connoisseur named Maya MacGuineas was feeling demoralized. She couldn't believe that Congress and the president had nearly let the country default on its debt rather than reach a major deficit-cutting deal the previous summer. So she did what she had become unofficially famous for in the wonk circles of Washington: She threw a glamorous dinner party. MacGuineas's friend, Virginia Senator Mark Warner, agreed to open his Alexandria estate to a coterie of bold-faced names.
Terry McAuliffe Is Begging for a Primary Challenge
December 03, 2012
The former DNC Chairman lost the Virginia primary in 2009, and he could again.
The Nation's Most Gentlemanly Tossup Race
October 08, 2012
Control of the Senate may depend upon Tim Kaine and George Allen's contest in Virginia. So why is the race so boring?
How a Salafi Preacher Came for my Soul
October 05, 2012
The far-reaching ambitions of Egypt's rising Islamists.
The Global Reach of Conservative Conspiracy Theories
July 17, 2012
Much has been written about the role of the internet and social media in the Arab Spring last year, particularly in Egypt, where protestors organized and communicated on Facebook and Twitter. But while global connectivity can help protestors overthrow dictators and tell the world their story, it also gives everyone access to the less-inspiring corners of the web. That was on display this past week during Hillary Clinton's visit to meet with leaders in Egypt. You may have read about the protests that greeted the Secretary of State in Alexandria.
Where Did Nick Kristof Get the Idea That the Muslim Brotherhood Is Moderate?
December 14, 2011
Alexandria, Egypt—Parliamentarians' offices typically feature self-flattering photos and patriotic paraphernalia, so I was taken aback by the décor of recently elected Muslim Brotherhood MP Saber Abouel Fotouh's Alexandria headquarters.
Saif Qaddafi's Capture and the End of the Arab Spring
November 23, 2011
Forgive the corny metaphors. But it was not I who framed developments in the Arab world with the sequence of the seasons. Still, you need only glance at the papers to recognize that Arab Spring is now Arab Winter without really ever having passed through summer or fall. Spring is, as ever, a romantic memory. As I write, Reuters reports from the Cairo morgue that 33 to 46 protestors were killed by the police since Saturday—and that nearly 1,300 were wounded and maimed.
What's In a Transit Station Name?
November 03, 2011
The Washington Metro Board was discussing station names changes this morning. On the agenda: items like changing Navy Yard-to Navy Yard-Ballpark station and adding Old Town to the King Street station name in Alexandria. Though seemingly innocuous, these debates can be surprisingly contentious.
Humanism As Revolution
September 28, 2011
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern By Stephen Greenblatt (W.W. Norton, 356 pp., $26.95) Midway through the greatest literary work of the Italian Renaissance, the paladin Orlando, the hero of Ludovico Ariosto's epic poem Orlando Furioso, which appeared in 1516, goes crazy with unrequited love and jealousy. His poet creator is in no better shape: he is writing, he winkingly tells us, in a "lucid interval" of his own lovesickness.


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London attractions: Have a great time at Namco Funscape
Published: Thursday 30th of May 2013
If 'fun' is your middle name, and you are on the lookout for exciting things to do in London, then why not head down to the Namco Funscape?
This attraction is essentially a mini adventure-paradise for kids, and features a number of different activities spread over three floors.
Whether you're into skiing, skateboarding, games, arcades or cycling - it's all here. Namco is one of the largest amusement arcades in London and is suitable for people of all ages.
Other activities on offer include bowling, pool, dodgems and a soft play area for the little ones.
If you are feeling particularly brave and you have got the next best answer to Britain's Got Talent, why not have a go at the karaoke, which is also featured at the arcade.
And once you wear yourself out from all the fun and games and running about with the kids, you can purchase food and drinks at the venue too.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks fell hard on Tuesday, with the Dow ending at a two-month low, as unease over possible U.S. action against Syria shook global markets.
Gold rose to a three-month high, bonds rallied, and crude oil closed above $109 a barrel for the first time since early last year.
'The threat of U.S. intervention in Syria in any form was enough for traders to look down positions and move to the sidelines.'
"Global events are taking the forefront here. Hearing that the U.S. may be more aggressive with Syria set a negative tone to the market," said Brad Sorensen, director of market and sector analysis at Charles Schwab.
"Any time there are rumors of military conflict, the first reaction is to pull back. But I don't think it's anything that will be sustained. U.S. assets aren't particularly threatened and oil production isn't in danger," added Sorensen. He cautioned against making too much of Wall Street's action in the week ahead of the long Labor Day weekend, given that many traders are on vacation and trading volume is low.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.20% shed 170.33 points, or 1.1%, to 14,776.13, with Bank of America Corp. BAC, -1.08% and Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -0.72% pacing declines that included all but two of its 30 components.
In its worst session since June 20, the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.07% lost 26.30 points, or 1.6%, to 1,630.48, with financial and technology hardest hit and utilities faring best among its 10 major sectors, all of which closed lower.
The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.41% declined 79.05 points, or 2.2%, to 3,578.52, with the technology-heavy index suffering its worst point loss this year.
For every stock rising, four fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where 683 million shares traded. Composite volume cleared 3.2 billion.
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World markets dropped this morning with fears of a possible U.S. military strike against Syria, Facebook stock is nearing a record high, and the latest indication that the new-home market is catering to older, affluent buyers. Photo: AP.
Wall Street erased gains late Monday after Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States would hold Syria accountable for using chemical weapons that opposition groups contend killed more than 1,300 people.
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Skippers of six local boats won trophies in last weekend's Newport Beach to Ensenada Race. The race attracted 203 boats, down considerably from glory years of the past when there were 400 to 500 entries each year.
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The Bansuri is a six-holed transverse bamboo flute originally used as a folk instrument and to accompany dance. It has been adapted by the master, Pannalal Ghosh and used in classical Indian music only since the 1900s. The glissandos are made by bringing the fingers near the holes of the flute. Half closing the holes, and adjusting the embochure create half tones and microtones.
The Cumbus is a Turkish instrument developed in the early 20th century by Zeynelabidin Cümbüş as an oud-like instrument that could be heard in a larger ensemble. The word cümbüş is derived from Turkish for "fun", as the instrument was marketed as a popular alternative to the more costly classical oud. When Mustafa Kemal Atatürk decreed that families take surnames, Zeynel Abidin adopted the name of his famous instrument. In construction, the cumbus resembles both the American banjo and the Middle Eastern oud. In shape, though, it closely resembles the banjo with a metal resonator bowl and skin body head. It has a loud, metallic, resonant tone and is widely heard in Middle Eastern popular music. The Cumbus is approximately 29 inches long. It has movable nylon frets (microtonally tuned) tied to the neck and 3 courses of 2 strings each.
The sintir is also known as the Guembri (Arabic: الكمبري), Gimbri or Hejhouj, is a three stringed skin-covered basslute used by the Gnawa people. It is approximately the size of a guitar, with a body carved from a log and covered on the playing side with camel skin. The Sintir has a rounded long neck with one to three strings, made usually with sheep gut; the strings are tuned not with pegs, but with leather bands. Its resonator is rectangular in shape and covered with hide, so it's often used as a drum by slapping and thumping it with the thumb and fingers. The Gnawa brotherhood of Morocco adds a metal jingle on the top of the neck to obtain a special buzzing effect.
The erhu appeared in China more than one thousand years ago. It is believed to have evolved from the xiqin from Central Asia. The erhu is a two-string stick fiddle that is played while held on the lap. Er means two, and hu refers to the people living in the north and west of China. The strings are tuned to a fifth, with the bow placed between them. The erhu has no finger board. The player places the fingers on the strings without pressing them against the wood neck. The folk versions of the erhu vary in the shapes and materials of the sound boxes. The erhu is usually made of sandalwood or red wood, with a snake skin resonator. A popular instrument in solo and ensemble music, its expressive sounds resemble the human voice.
Tabla are the most popular hand drums of Northern India. They consists of two drums – a brass or copper bass drum and a tuneable higher pitched drum made from a variety of woods. The word 'tabla' can be traced back to the arabic word 'tabl', meaning drum. Playing technique involves extensive use of the fingers and palms in various configurations to create a wide variety of different sounds, reflected in the mnemonic syllables (bol). The heel of the hand is used to apply pressure or in a sliding motion on the larger drum so that the pitch is changed during the sound's decay.
The marimba is a wooden keyboard percussion instrument, tuned chromatically. The modern marimba was developed by Japanese and American builders based on the Hispanic-American traditional marimba. However, marimbas originated in Africa hundreds of years ago and were imported to South America in the sixteenth century. Modern uses of the marimba include solo performances and various chamber and orchestral settings. Contemporary composers have utilized the unique sound of the marimba more and more in recent years.


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NEWPORT CITY - Many people believe that big box stores hurt local economies, but one national retailer is helping to keep area residents off the unemployment line.
Glenn Foster, plant manager for Columbia Forest Products in Newport, said 25 percent of his company's business is making hardwood veneer for merchandise sold by retailers like Home Depot.
Please see The Newport Daily Express Wednesday for the complete story.
DERBY – When most people think about maple syrup producers, they likely think of springtime when the liquid gold, as it's known, flows freely from the maple trees, but the holiday season is when maple businesses are bustling with activity. Springtime is busy, but this time of year is a different kind of busy...
NEWPORT CITY - A few years ago Lisa Desroches was working at the Pick and Shovel and talked to her husband about starting their own business. As luck would have it Suzie-Lynn's Gifts became available for sale in 2011 and Desroches took the leap from employee to business owner.
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The barking of dogs, the feeling of sadness, despair and sometimes even hope. This is the Ventura County Animal Regulation Department's Camarillo shelter where more than 10,000 dogs and cats end up of every year.
But there are a few people who try to make a difference, by doing whatever they can to find these animals new homes.
Christine Grabenstetter and Karen Perkins make the trip to the Camarillo shelter from Santa Barbara as often as they can in order to evaluate dogs for possible placement with their rescue organizations.
"Camarillo (shelter) gets great dogs. Sometimes other rescues take dogs from Camarillo but not that often," Grabenstetter said. "The good thing about the Santa Barbara shelter is it is a low kill shelter which Camarillo is not."
Grabenstetter is a foster representative for Southern California Labrador Retriever Rescue, and has been volunteering for over seven years. Perkins is a foster representative for Fetching Companions Retriever Rescue, and French Bull Dog Rescue, and has been volunteering for over ten years. The two women are typical of the types of volunteers who work to make sure that all animals are cared for. In a day of disposable commerce, they work to keep pets from being disposable. Each year thousands of cats and dogs are euthanized in California shelters, with just a handful of rescue groups attempting to make a difference.
Grabenstetter and Perkins both live in Santa Barbara and work closely with shelter staff in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties to place dogs into foster care. Unfortunately, there are far more needy dogs than foster or adoptive homes. These two exceptional women want to get the word out to people thinking of bringing a pet into their home to adopt from local shelters.
Animals come to the shelter for many reasons, either because they are lost or due to owner relinquishment. In either case, it's usually a death sentence. According to the Ventura County Animal Regulation 2007-2008 Statistical Report, over one-third of the dogs, and two-thirds of the cats in Ventura County shelters are destroyed annually.
Sometimes the staff at the Camarillo shelter will call Grabenstetter when they have a lab that is about to be euthanized.
"They would call us and say if you are not here by 5 p.m. the dog gets put down," Grabenstetter said. "We would be sick."
Grabenstetter tells stories of driving down to the Camarillo shelter with Perkins, and another friend from Santa Barbara.
"We would put our young kids in the car and hope they would fall asleep, Grabenstetter said. "One of us would wait in the car with the kids, and the other would wait in line, get the dog, check out others and take the one in danger. Then we would head back to Santa Barbara and figure out what to do."
Perkins has fostered 19 dogs over the years, and tells people who ask her how she can give them up that it's one dog versus 19, if she gives them up she can rescue more.
When discussing the importance of adopting from shelters, Perkins said "when people ask me why would you get a dog from a shelter when there are plenty of breeders around and plenty of other options, I say because we can, and because we should, and because most of the shelter people know what you're getting."
Veterinarian's and animal shelter staff stress that responsible pet ownership is key to eliminating the problem of unwanted dogs and cats, and spaying and neutering is the most important element.
Dr. Ronald T. Barnes, of Angeles Animal Hospital in Simi Valley feels that the shelters are doing the best they can in the difficult position they have been placed in, and that the economy is having a detrimental effect on the amount of dogs and cats that end up in shelters. Some people even take their healthy pets to the shelter requesting that they be destroyed.
"I come from a rural background were euthanasia is only an option to control or help with pain," Barnes said. "People need to take more responsibility."
Until people become more responsible animal caretakers California shelters will continue to have to euthanize animals.
Barnes feels that people need to be more responsible when it comes to caring for pets, and that they must remember that animals are not disposable.
With the advent of the internet, finding a new canine or feline companion is easier than ever. Many animal shelters and rescue groups maintain websites with pictures and information to assist people who are looking for a lost pet, or those who are interested in adopting.
When discussing the satisfaction both women feel in rescuing dogs, Grabenstetter said, "we've rescued a lot of good dogs, actually we've rescued them on the day they were to be euthanized, and they have gone on to be loving pets and cherished by families."
For more information please visit the Ventura County Animal Regulations at http://www.vcar.us, and the Santa Barbara County Animal Services at http://www.sbcphd.org/as/default.html.
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Barbara Jean Shrable, 80, of Sedalia, died on Friday, March 23, 2012 at Stoney Ridge Village in Sedalia.
She was born on Jan. 16, 1932 in Iola, Kan., daughter of Ed and Opal Turner Bush. She graduated from high school in Iola, Kansas. She lived in Sedalia since 1976 raising both of her sons and a daughter. She was a member of St. Pauls Lutheran Church. She worked at Fair View Nursing Home in Housekeeping before retiring. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, watching game shows and soap operas.
She is survived by two sons; Steve Bowers and his wife Bess of Sedalia, Bill Bowers of Kansas City, Mo., one daughter; Yvonne Stevens and her husband Howard of Sedalia, two grandchildren and one great grandson. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m.Monday, March 26 at Ewing-Schutte-Semler Funeral Home with Pastor Jeremy Freeman officiating.
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But Elisabeth loved Felix too much to allow their home to degenerate into an emotional war zone. She realized that confrontations and arguments were useless; she chose instead to keep quiet and pray for Felix. In her secret diary, she recorded how she used his efforts to destroy her faith as means to grow in love for him and for God.
Throughout their life together, it grieved Elisabeth to think that Felix might be separated from her for all eternity because of his rejection of God. For her, life in Heaven wouldn't be happy without him. Yet when she died prematurely, Felix was still an unbeliever. The story doesn't end there. When Felix found this diary, he discovered how Elisabeth's whole life bore witness to the truth of the God she loved. In time, Felix was transformed by the diary and his memories of Elisabeth. He became a Christian and later, a priest. Now she may even be declared a saint. Elisabeth's diary and spirtual writings (all included in this one volume) map out for you a path to marital harmony and greater love for God--especially if you love someone who stands outside the faith. Let Elisabeth's two great loves, and her faith and perserverance, inspire you now.
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ART PAPERS is partnering with arts organizations in the Atlanta area that recognize local artistic excellence through awards, prizes, residencies, and fellowships.
We are partnering with these organizations to raise awareness about the quality of work being produced in the Atlanta area, to introduce new artists to the auction and to collectors, and to shine a light on the good work being done by these organizations locally.
Throughout the gallery during the Auction, you will see artworks with designations indicating that the artist has been awarded a prize or residency by the following organizations.
Artadia: The Fund for Art & Dialogue is a national non-profit organization that supports visual artists with unrestricted, merit-based awards and fosters connections to a network of opportunities. We recognize artistic excellence in cities throughout the United States and introduce local communities to the international art conversation. In the past 15 years, Artadia has awarded over $3 million to more than 285 artists throughout its participating award cities of Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Over 20,000 artists have applied for the Artadia Awards program.
By providing artists with significant, unrestricted financial awards ranging from $5,000 to $20,000, and ongoing assistance through out their careers, Artadia establishes a strong incentive to support artistic excellence. Additionally, continued support is achieved through close collaborations with its host cities to create exhibition opportunities for artists, arrange studio visits with local as well as national curators, source residency programs, and make introductions in the field.
As one of the few organizations to operate on both a local and national level, Artadia is in a unique position to create sustainable fiscal and social change for artists. In addition to its ongoing award cycles, Artadia activates its unique network of artist services and support through national partnerships, as well as its own residency program at the International Studio and Curatorial Program in Brooklyn and a national award program with the New Art Dealer's Alliance in New York and Miami. The Artadia/NADA award helps bring recognition to artists who are shown at one of the most visited national art fairs in the world.
Participating Artists:
Atlanta Printmakers Studio
Atlanta Printmakers Studio is a non-profit community printmaking studio located in the historic West End neighborhood just minutes from downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 2005 to promote the fine art of printmaking, the studio offers access to a well-equipped studio and diverse educational programs that foster the development of printmaking as a vibrant and progressive art form.
Each year APS provides the community with a variety of experiences such as classes, workshops, residencies, internships and exhibitions. In addition to activities in the studio, APS offers a continuing calendar of outreach events to serve the local community. We welcome all artists and the general public to join us in creating, learning about, and collecting fine art prints.
Atlanta Printmakers Studio's annual Emerging Artist Residency program was established in 2009 to provide emerging artists with the resources necessary for completing a printmaking project of their proposal, as well as an opportunity for professional development. The residency offers the artists a unique opportunity to work with practicing artists of varied backgrounds and offering diverse skills.
Included is access to the APS studio for up to six months, a year's membership, a free class, personal mentoring, and a materials stipend of $600. Up to three winning artists are chosen each year based on the concept and feasibility of their proposals.
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The Forward Arts Foundation
The Forward Arts Foundation has been funding the arts in Atlanta since the organization's founding in 1965. In 1999, concern over the dwindling support of public funding for individual artists in the greater Atlanta area prompted the initiation of The Emerging Artist Award.
The Forward Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award is presented each year to a talented Atlanta artist who has had no major solo show and is not connected with a commercial gallery. Selected by a committee of art professionals, the Emerging Artist Award recipients gain visibility and credibility for their work. The top honoree receives $10,000 and a solo exhibit at the Swan Coach House Gallery. Additionally, four finalists each receive a $2,000 award and are invited to show one of their current works in the exhibition.
The Emerging Artist Award Exhibition, featuring 2014-15 winner Amandine Drouet, will be held at the Swan Coach House Gallery from April 16 – May 27, 2015. The Swan Coach House Gallery, a non-profit entity, promotes and supports the visual arts in Georgia and the Southeast region. Presenting artwork by established and emerging talent, the gallery presents a rotating schedule of exhibitions, with Marianne Lambert as the main curator. Mediums include painting, sculpture, photography, ceramic and fiber. All exhibitions, opening night receptions and educational programs at the Swan Coach House Gallery are free and open to the public, and all works of art are for sale.
Forward Arts Foundation 2014-15 Emerging Artist Award Winner: Amandine Drouet
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MINT is a 501(c)3 non-profit, volunteer run arts organization dedicated to cultivating a stronger arts community in Atlanta and throughout Georgia. We engage emerging artists, patrons, and creative professionals by providing studio and exhibition space, curatorial opportunities, workshops and classes, conferences, and other resources. MINT believes that through these programs we foster a generous spirit, strengthen the regional economy, and enrich the creative community.
Leap Year, our emerging artist program, supports our mission by providing three artists with studio space, two mentors, a stipend, and a residency at the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences. Additionally, these artists are provided with opportunities for public art and community service along with relevant workshops and memberships to further their artistic practice.
Participating Artists:
The Creatives Project
The Creatives Project (TCP)'s mission is to enrich and strengthen the local community through quality arts-based education and outreach, while celebrating and elevating the city's visual and performing artists. Through the Creative Community Housing Project (CCHP), our Artist-In-Residency program, we support the day-to-day lives of creative individuals, offering financial and promotional aid while nurturing the arts eco-system through arts education service. As Atlanta's only Arts organization to offer subsided housing, our residency also provides studio space and exhibition space for a two-year period. In exchange, each CCHP resident gives back to their local community through our Community Arts Program (CAP). Through CAP, The Creatives Project provides students, teachers, and communities direct hands-on arts experiences and personal interaction with artists.
Participating Artists:
The Hudgens Center for Arts
The Hudgens Center for Arts is a non-profit organization that has been focused on the arts since its establishment in 1981. The Hudgens' mission is to bring art lovers, leaders and learners together through quality programs and exhibits. That mission is accomplished through visual arts initiatives, such as year round fine art exhibits and classes for all ages, and community arts initiatives, which reach out to underserved populations.
The Hudgens Prize is one of the largest art awards given in the entire nation, with a stunning cash award of $50,000 and an invitation for a solo exhibition for one artist. The competition is open only to Georgia residents.
Participating 2014–2015 Hudgens Prize Finalists:
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) collects and archives significant, contemporary works by the artists of the state of Georgia. To place our artists in a global context, the Museum's exhibitions include Georgia artists and artists from around the world. Our programs promote the visual arts by creating a forum for active interchange between artists and the community. The Working Artist Project (WAP) is a fellowship program to support established visual artists of merit who reside in the metropolitan Atlanta area. This initiative provides an unparalleled level of support for individual artists, expands the Museum's mission, and promotes Atlanta as a city where artists can live, work, and thrive. Each year a guest juror selects three visual artists. Representing our city's best and brightest; these artists are supported with an exhibition, a studio apprentice, and a major stipend to create work over the course of the year. WAP is supported in large part by a grant from The Charles Loridans Foundation with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Participating Artists:
WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based nonprofit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. WonderRoot supports artists to have working careers in Atlanta while addressing social, environmental, health and youth development issues through community-based arts projects.
The Walthall Artist Fellowship is a year-long career development program for artists at pivotal stages in their careers. Providing participants with professional training, mentorship, a community of peers, and access to individuals and institutions that can affect their trajectory as artists, the Walthall Artist Fellowship seeks to forever impact the fellows by helping them to advance and define the careers in Atlanta.
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We live in the era of the shiny little disc. Over the past decade, consumers have purchased well over 10 billion CDs and DVDs. And if you believe the electronics makers, optical discs are now entering their golden age. In the coming months, you're going to hear a lot about two new disc technologies, Blu-ray and HD-DVD, and the powerful coalitions that aim to bring them to market. With Sony and other device manufacturers on one side and Toshiba and Hollywood on the other, the fight has the makings of a brutal VHS versus Betamax-style war.
Only this time, neither format will win. And the battle will end up hurting early adopters, as well as the companies slugging it out. And the worst part is, the fight doesn't matter. These technologies aren't the future of home entertainment. What is? Online distribution, bolstered by increasing bandwidth and more efficient data compression.
Blu-ray and HD-DVD are just discs. And while discs have been a great distribution mechanism for the past few decades, as a plan for the next few they stink. Manufacturers and content providers have to pay to produce and ship them as well as make sure consumers have the hardware to use them. By hardwiring manufacturing costs into the system, discs obstruct market evolutions like flexible pricing or small-profit releases that appeal to niche audiences.
From a consumer perspective, discs are terribly inconvenient. To rent or buy them online, you must deal with the postal service, shipping fees, and multiday waits. Or you can brave the local Blockbuster, with its limited inventory and lack of modern digital filters - like user ratings.
Building a better disc isn't going to solve these problems. Just look at the audio world. Right now there's a similar war going on between high-quality music disc formats. Super Audio Compact Disc and DVD-Audio both offer sound far superior to standard CDs; each has pluses and minuses, supporters and detractors. But the competition is hardly high stakes. In the first half of 2004, DVD-Audio and SACD makers together shipped only 600,000 units - exactly the demand for vinyl records during the same period.
And while you probably don't have any SACD or DVD-Audio discs in your collection, odds are you either already have - or have been tempted to get - an iPod. Apple has sold more than 10 million of the portable players. Now, here's the important part: Digital music files, even encoded at high bitrates, come nowhere near the quality of songs on plain old CDs, let alone SACDs. Yet consumers buy 1.25 million digital singles a day from iTunes alone. Downloading - not a fancy new kind of disc - is the winning model in music. People care even more about flexibility than they do about fidelity.
A few years ago, the future of high-capacity discs would have been guaranteed nonetheless, thanks to high-definition television. Digitizing hi-def video, after all, produces a ton of data, which is tough to move around on networks. That's where compression and bandwidth come in. Both Apple and Microsoft are developing new codecs, compression-decompression algorithms that squeeze hi-def video and then unpack it for viewing. Apple's newest will be the core of the MPEG-4 compression standard and should be released by mid-2005, with the next version of OS X. And Microsoft's Windows Media 9 technology already crammed a hi-def version of Terminator 2 onto a DVD and should continue to improve with new generations of Media Player. A third contender, a codec called DivX, can compress a 20-Gbyte hi-def feature down to as little as 2 gigs, less than half the size of a standard DVD.
If you wanted to stream a compressed hi-def movie from the Internet to your TV with these codecs, you'd still need pipes fatter than today's broadband. But in January, Comcast cable announced that it will double the speed of its Internet service, depending on how much you're willing to pay. Video compression will further increase home Net speed. As broadcasters upgrade to the streamlined MPEG-4 codec, each channel will need less pipe to offer a better picture. That in turn frees up bandwidth in existing coaxial cable lines.
This isn't the only improvement on the horizon. Over the next year, Intel plans to roll out WiMax - a wide-area wireless technology that can theoretically handle 70 Mbps. At this year's Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, filmmaker David LaChapelle screened his new hi-def movie, Rize, by streaming it from Oregon and then transmitting it through a WiMax station in Salt Lake City. It worked flawlessly - soon even theaters won't have to rely on physical media anymore.
Imagine what all this means for someone who wants to find, rent, or buy a hi-def flick from home. A 2-Gbyte hi-def movie is small enough to download with less delay than using Netflix or TiVo. This has already started - iFilm, the go-to service for video clips, boasts 6 million unique visitors a month. Microsoft has partnered with companies like CinemaNow for on-demand movie downloading direct to Media Center PCs. Yahoo! is also getting into the download game, offering streamed versions of Fat Actress. And how about an iTunes for movies? Apple spokespeople say they "have the opportunity, but haven't announced anything yet." These are tectonic rumblings.
Eventually, someone will build the sophisticated business plan and technology that will make getting hi-def movies online even easier. The possibilities are myriad. Users, for example, could log onto Amazon, shop for movies, and instead of having them shipped, simply download the title - to own or to rent for a few days - directly to their hard drive. A high-quality piece of streaming-video hardware, developed by some consumer electronics company with foresight (and either built into a television or sitting on top) would then pull the file to the TV. It's not crazy to envision future TiVos or cable DVRs with access to every movie ever made - complete with a community of viewers generating ratings and recommendations - allowing consumers to rent a flick from the couch with a remote. At first there will be download delays, but it will still be faster than renting via US Mail. Service will get better every year, and at some point Hollywood and the major gear makers are going to notice. And then they're going to feel awfully stupid about having stepped into the Thunderdome for yet another format war.


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