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The Christian Vegetarian Association of the U.K. was launched September 2004. The Veg4Lent team realised that the time has come to expand the aims and endeavours of Christian-vegetarian advocacy beyond the limits of the Lenten period. CVAUK will seek, throughout the Christian Calendar, to encourage, support and equip all Christians, irrespective of denomination, who, through compassion for all of God's creatures, see vegetarianism as a sacrificial reflection of their faith in the God of love, justice and peace.
Membership of CVAUK is free to all who are interested in furthering the objectives of the organisation. However, donations will be very welcome. CVAUK will encourage peaceful and non-confrontational campaigns and for members to consult with, and obtain the consent of, the priest in charge before distributing any campaign literature in or near church property.
CVAUK will be guided in its understanding of 'creation care' by both Scripture and official statements and declarations of the mainstream Christian Churches and their theologians, for example the Lambeth Conference, 1998 (Anglican), The Call of Creation, 2002 (Catholic) and Care of Creation, 1994 (Evangelical). In particular, the Lambeth Declaration, 1998, Resolution 1.8, 'Creation' states that:
This conference:
(a) reaffirms the biblical vision of Creation according to which:
Creation is a web of inter dependent relationships bound together in the Covenant which God the Holy Trinity has established with the whole earth and every living being.
I. the divine Spirit is sacramentally present in Creation, which is therefore to be treated with reverence, respect and gratitude;
II. human beings are both co-partners with the rest of creation and living bridges between heaven and earth, with responsibility to make personal & corporate sacrifices for the common good of all creation;
III.the redemptive purpose of God in Jesus Christ extends to the whole of Creation.
(b) recognises:
I. The redemptive purpose of God in Jesus Christ extends to the whole of creation. That unless human beings take responsibility for caring for the earth, the consequences will be catastrophic because of:
* overpopulation
* unsustainable levels of consumption by the rich
* poor quality and shortage of water
* air pollution
* eroded and impoverished soil
* forest destruction
* plant and animal extinction;
II. that the loss of natural habitats is a direct cause of genocide amongst millions of indigenous peoples and is causing the extinction of thousands of plant and animal species. Unbridled capitalism, selfishness and greed cannot continue to be allowed to pollute, exploit and destroy what remains of the earth's indigenous habitats;
III.that the future of human beings and all life on earth hangs in balance as a consequence of the present unjust economic structures, the injustice existing between the rich and the poor, the continuing exploitation of the natural environment and the threat of nuclear self destruction;
IV.that the servanthood to God's creation is becoming the most important responsibility facing mankind, and that we should work together with all people of all faiths in the implementation of our responsibilities;
V.that we as Christians have a God given mandate to care for, look after and protect God's creation.
(c) prays in the spirit of Jesus Christ:
I. for widespread conversion and spiritual renewal in order that human beings will be restored to a relationship of harmony with the rest of Creation, and that this relationship may be informed by the principles of justice and integrity of every living being, so that self-centred greed is overcome; and
II. for the recovery of the Sabbath principle, as part of the redemption of time and the restoration of the divinely intended rhythms of life.
CVAUK will campaign for the implementation of these largely ignored declarations. It will provide church members with access to enlightened theology enabling them to integrate into their lives God's mandate to care for all of His creation. Personal accountability to God for one's own behaviour and lifestyle is a biblical injunction (Matt 12:33 - 37), and CVAUK challenges pastors in all the churches to lead their people towards a more enlightened age – the age of God's peaceable kingdom (Isa 11: 6-9).
CVAUK adopts the observation from world history that 'For evil to prosper all that is necessary is for good men to do nothing.' It exhorts the Church to be fully aware of the consequences of its teaching in the past that has tended to portray God as indifferent to human and animal suffering. Some Christians have used the Bible to support:
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* slavery
* women and children working in coal-mines
* sexism
* capital punishment for petty thieving
* public hangings
* witch burning
* cock fighting and bear baiting.
These practices were ultimately rejected by enlightened, radical Christian leaders who dared to question the traditional church teachings.
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* a meat-free diet has distinct advantages for human health, enables a more just use of environmental resources, and eliminates the suffering of animals bred, raised and killed for food;
* vegetarianism is a contemporary response to Christ's command to 'go and make disciples of all nations' (Matt 28:19) by giving active witness to the call of a compassionate God;
* the adoption of a caring, healthy, violence-free vegetarian diet can be a means of creating a more peaceful society.
The great preacher Charles Spurgeon once wrote that 'A person is not a true Christian if his dog or cat were not the better for it.' We believe that in today's materialistic world Charles Spurgeon would extend that sentiment to include all of God's creatures. CVAUK is dedicated to show that 'compassion in action' is a way to take the good news to both suffering humanity and voiceless creatures, fulfilling Jesus' command to 'Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation' (Mark 16:15).
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Pet calendar: May 7
Published 3:27 pm, Monday, May 6, 2013
Adoption Event: Broadway Bank, 13249 Nacogdoches Road, www.adltexas.org. The Animal Defense League of Texas will hold a pet vaccination clinic and offer pets for adoption. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The organization will also have vaccinations available the same day for purchase at the ADL Hospital, 11215 Iota Drive, 10 a.m.-noon, and a Mother's Day Weekend Adoption Event at the organization's headquarters, 11300 Nacogdoches Road, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.
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Paws & Petals: Shades of Green, 334 W. Sunset Road, 210-824-3772. Each adoption during this event comes with a $25 gift certificate to Shades of Green. May 18. 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Rummage Sale: 1614 Doe Park, 210-464-3552. Proceeds from this sale will benefit CRESSIE Animal Refuge & Enrichment nonprofit group. May 18.
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THE mother of a child sex attack victim is furious after her daughter's abuser was released from prison after just four months.
Kevin Sherwood was jailed for 18 months on August 31 last year after pleading guilty to nine charges of sexual activity with a child and three counts of causing a child to watch a sexual act, between May and November 2011.
Bournemouth Crown Court heard how the father-of-four had touched some girls, shown one a pornographic film and carried out a sexual act in front of another.
His seven victims were aged between 13 and 15.
The court was told how Sherwood's house in Trinidad Crescent, Poole, had been a "magnet" for schoolchildren buying cigarettes and drink before the girls were molested.
Parents of his young victims slammed the "light" sentence handed down by Judge Peter Johnson; 12 months for the sexual offences and six months for breaching a suspended sentence order.
Now one Poole mother, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said: "The police have told me Sherwood was freed last on January 11.
"But they won't tell me where he is living; he is from Poole so I assume he has come back here.
"It feels like he is being protected more than we are.
"Sherwood threatened my daughter before his arrest, saying: 'Don't bother telling anyone because I know where you live and what car your mum drives.' "Now it's us who are prisoners; we feel so vulnerable in our own home that we have asked the council to re-house us."
The 38-year-old recalled how her daughter's life had spiralled out of control after Sherwood had abused her.
She said: "I knew nothing about what he had done to her until I received a call from her school.
"I still don't know everything because she won't talk about it and I couldn't face going to court to hear the sordid details.
"My daughter has had counselling, she started smoking and self-harming; cutting her wrists and burning herself with her hair straighteners.
"At the age of 15 she was on anti-depressants.
"It's put terrible pressure on the whole family.
I've been seeing a psychiatrist and blame myself because I'm her mum and I wasn't able to protect her."
"When I told her Sherwood had been released she said: 'He will come and get me.' "We are all terrified he will move back to this area; he was evicted from his house but could move in next door."
Sherwood, 53, who has been released on licence, was told to register as a sex offender for 10 years.
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The 'X-Men: First Class' actor is reportedly circling the leading role of Eric Draven in Relativity Media's remake of 'The Crow'.
James McAvoy is rumored to be in talks to join Relativity Media's remake of "The Crow". According to Bloody-Disgusting, McAvoy would star as Eric Draven, a man brought back from the dead to avenge his own murder as well as the murder of his fiancee.
The remake of "The Crow" has been in development for years, with some big names being approached to star in it. Back in 2010, Mark Wahlberg was reportedly offered the Eric Draven role before he revealed he was not attached.
Later in 2011, Bradley Cooper was also in talks before he dropped out. Channing Tatum was the last name before McAvoy that was heard as a potential candidate to fill in the role, but nothing came out of it.
The original 1994 movie "The Crow" featured Brandon Lee as iconic character Eric Draven. The film was directed by Alex Proyas and was known for its breakthrough visual style as well as its unique production design and cinematography.
The remake film will be based on James O'Barr's 1989 comic and has tapped F. Javier Gutierrez to direct it and Jesse Wigutow to write the screenplay. It is being produced by Edward R. Pressman, Jeff Most and Ryan Kavanaugh, while Tucker Tooley, Harvey and Bob Weinstein and Dan Farah are serving as executive producers.


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Medieval Lives Birth, Marriage, Death
For a medieval women approaching the moment of labour and birth, there were no antiseptics to ward off infection or anaesthetics to deal with pain. Historian Helen Castor reveals how this was one of the most dangerous moments a medieval woman would ever encounter, with some aristocratic and royal women giving birth as young as 13. Birth took place in an all-female environment and the male world of medicine was little help to a woman in confinement. It was believed that the pains of labour were the penalty for the original sin of humankind - so, to get through them, a pregnant woman needed the help of the saints and the blessing of God himself.
Unlike birth and death, which are inescapable facts of life, marriage is rite of passage made by choice and in the Middle Ages it wasn't just a choice made by bride and groom - they were often the last pieces in a puzzle, put together by their parents, with help from their family and friends, according to rules laid down by the Church.
Helen Castor reveals how in the Middle Ages marriage was actually much easier to get into than today - you could get married in a pub or even a hedgerow simply by exchanging words of consent - but from the 12th century onwards the Catholic Church tried to control this conjugal free-for-all. For the Church marriage was a way to contain the troubling issue of sex, but, as the film reveals, it was not easy to impose rules on the most unpredictable human emotions of love and lust.
Most of the time we try not to think about death, but the people of the Middle Ages didn't have that luxury. Death was always close at hand, for young and old, rich and poor - even before the horrors of the Black Death, which killed millions in a few short months.
However, for the people of the Middle Ages death wasn't an end but a doorway to everlasting life. The Church taught that an eternity spent in heaven or hell was much more important than this life's fleeting achievements and there was much you could do to prepare for the next life in this one.
As historian Helen Castor reveals, how to be remembered - and remembering your loved ones - shaped not only the worship of the people of the Middle Ages but the very buildings and funding of the medieval Church itself.


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|28th May 2006, 05:10 AM
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My UcD adventure
Hi all,
First of all, i'd just like to point out that i've not being doing this all that long, probably moreso in the past year or so. Most of my time gets spent on my car among other things. Basically what i'm trying to say is i'm an interested amateur
I previously built a Gainclone and while it was a good introduction I was never satisfied with the way it sounded in comparison with some of the Bel Canto or NEW amps I played around with.
So what did I do? I built a UcD180-based twin-monoblock stereo amplifier. Its spec sheet lists like this per channel:
Harbuchs 30V 160VA transformer
IXYS rectifier diodes
2 x 10000uF 50V Nichicon Super Through caps
UcD180AD module
Vampire RCA
Cardas CPBP binding post
Kimber wiring
Cardas wiring for signal wiring
It was built into an old Philips tuner case to match my Gainclone which was in the amplifier case of the same set. It has a pair of high intensity LED's which light up the front panel to look just like an old tuner.
Pics are as follows:
I've tried it out on various recordings at home, and finally took it into WAR Audio yesterday where i'm personal friends with the owners, to try it out against some other amps on some different sorts of speakers.
The setup we were listening to it on consisted of a Bel Canto PLayer, feeding a Bel Canto Pre6 pre-amp then onto the amplifiers. The speakers were custom boxes consisting of a pair 5" Focal drivers and a Raven ribbon tweeter each. The interconnects/cabling were all of high quality, this I know, but i'm not going to go into detail for the fact I really don't know :P
We listened to multiple tracks including Lior, Dallas Crane and a couple of others, until we came to the one that means the most to my listening tastes. This probably isn't going to gel with everyone, but the track in question was "The Crystal Method - Busy Child". It combines a lot of subtle sounds, some big bass hits and some detailed highs that when with the right equipment really punch you in the guts then make your hair stand on end.
The amplifier was above and beyond the level of my Gainclone as I'd expected, but the real test was this reference song, as not only did I know it back to front, so did one of the owners. We listened to the entire track, all 7 minutes and 25 seconds and sat for a second to reflect. It was clear there was power, but it lacked detail and overall was a bit "woolly". Apologies for my descriptions, I find it hard to quantify these sorts of things into words. In isolation though, it was pretty good.
For comparisons sake the amplifier we chose to compare it to was the NuForce 9 SE. (I don't want a b***h-fight here, I'm just offering my opinion and i've got some questions to ask later on.) Everything else was the same. The same track was played, and we tried to set the volume to about the same. We then started the track from the beginning again. Right away, the difference was clear and obvious. This is going to cause s**t, but hear me out. I'd hoped the UcD was comparable, I'd fully expected the NuForce to be superior, but neither of us had expected it to be so much superior.
Straight away there was a level of detail we never experienced with the UcD, everything was so much tighter and crisp and the highs were probably the best we'd ever heard that song. In hindsight, the UcD probably didn't match the experience i've had listening to that song either using a Bel Canto eVo2 or NEW amps the previous time I came.
Needless to say, I was disappointed, but not one to give up, I'm keen to get stuck into my UcD to try to take the challenge to the NuForce. If someone could point me in the direction of any comparisons between the two i'd be most grateful, the unfortunate thing I find is that every search I do leads to a b***h fight...
First off, based on the pictures at the top of the post an the components list i've provided, can anyone identify any deficiencies in my system (excluding the 100% standard modules) that I may have introduced? I'm only an amateur, the decisions I made were based on lots of reading, speaking to people and asking questions, but it's quite possible for me to make errors.
Secondly, I'd had a look at the UcD hot-rodding thread, but it's just massive, and I've spent a couple of hours this morning reading all sorts of other stuff! Someone suggested a FAQ in there, but i've not come across it if it exists. Can anyone point me in the direction of a concise list of mods that would be beneficial.
I believe in the UcD technology, and recognise that a lot of the inadequacies I experienced are due to implementation and lack of modifications, and I'd like to remedy that.
I'd appreciate any feedback, good or bad, but please, can we keep this clean?
|28th May 2006, 06:25 AM
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Is your UcD 180 a ST or AD variety ? ST meaning standard input ( NE series) or AD - with AD8620 ?
I'm inclined to believe that you might hear a difference here.
Power supplies of course matter a lot. I can't say what you should really do but get some ideas from the Gain Clone and UcD threads. If it ain't right , try some variations , no matter what parts you use.
Do you have any R-C snubbers on the supply lines ? I'm not sure if that can really be called a 'snubber'.
How about internal ground lines and cabling ?
Have you tried Cat5 interconnects ? Yeah it shouldn't make a difference (!) BUT have you tried it ?
Nothing in audio can be taken for granted till you have tried it in your own system.
My ClassD has very clean tight bass and extremely clean HF.
nothing woolly about it .
|28th May 2006, 07:34 AM
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Hi Nathan
Think you're opening a real can of worms here
Would have been interesting if your listening test had included some more "neutral ground" (neutral in terms of war ) using a Krell or ML as reference for the rest (don't think anyone would object to saying these where good sounding amps).
So maybe you could try this out next time you visit the shop.
As for your constrution, it seems you are using the chassis for grounding at least 4 different places!!!
The chassis should not be used for a star ground. You use expensive wires, but everything might actually end up going through the steel chassis, inducing switching noise into the circuit and audio path.
Try using the following drawing which is taken from Douglas Self's very good book "Audio Power Amplifier Design Handbook". Though it is mostly about class-ab it is still worth reading, and can still teach some basics about audio.
The red wire you have going from one side to the other, what is this for?
Try keeping the wires sa short as possible.
I don't think that doing modifications should be necessary to get good sound, I'm sure Bruno has done an exelent job in the first.
Also the difference between the two different models using two different buffers, shouldn't do much difference.
As I understand you where saying that there where a huge difference between the two amps.
If you could post a drawing of exactly how you have wired your construction it could help see if there is something to change.
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|28th May 2006, 08:27 AM
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Funnily enough, i'm actually going to be moving the bridges to above the caps themselves so I have room for if I want to swap in another module for testing (i.e. NuForce).
|28th May 2006, 01:16 PM
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You should form 2 star points, one for each channel.
The starpoints should not be directly between the reservoir capacitors, but should be located only a few centimeters from their midpoint. Center tab on the trafo should go to the midpoint between the caps.
Chassis should go to the power inlet ground.
Input terminals ground should go to the chassis at the entry point.
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|28th May 2006, 02:43 PM
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There are two coupling capacitors near the UcD modulator (the perpendicular small board). Ditch them if you have the AD version, or change the standard 5532 for something with low offset (say OPA2134) and ditch them.
As for grounding, I had the best sonic results when I let the grounds unconnected to the chassis (power inlet only connected there), and also floated the input grounds using a 10R resistor.
We should no more let numbers define audio quality than we would let chemical analysis be the arbiter of fine wines. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Nelson Pass
|28th May 2006, 10:05 PM
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I'm sorry, but with that kind of build quality you'll never tap the true potential of the modules. Even NuForce does a better job with their amplifiers and they forego just about every rule in the book. You however seem to have just thrown assorted bits and pieces into an old chassis at rnadom and wired them up. By doing so you more than disqualified yourself from making any observations, or pass judgement on the merits of these modules.
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|28th May 2006, 10:18 PM
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I didn't suggest the NuForce amplifier was better than the UcD, I said it was better than mine, because it was!? I came on here to try and improve it.
Judging by your response, I've done some fundamentally wrong things. Please, point me in the right direction to correct them. I don't come from an audio background, I don't come from an electronics background, I just wanted to give something a go and I like to learn about this sort of stuff. That is why I made it clear at the beginning, I AM AN AMATEUR.
I didn't throw assorted bits and pieces, I spoke to numerous people and selected components that were recommended. The chassis was just used for its retro look. The fact that I may have done something wrong isn't through ignorance, it's through a lack of understanding, which I'm here to remedy.
Please, I'm not looking for an argument, I really am not, I just want to achieve the potential of these units and want to know what I can fix with my setup to do it...
|28th May 2006, 10:20 PM
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Thanks for the input on the ground too
|28th May 2006, 10:25 PM
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I'm not quite sure what you mean about the center tab on the trafo either?
I get the chassis ground.
When you say input terminals, are you talking about the RCA's? Sorry, trying to adjust to the terminology. If so, I thought according to the sheet that came with the modules that it is connected to the pin on the modules themselves?
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Blog: The "Houses at Sagaponack"...
By Kirsten Kiser, Editor-In-Chief, arcspace.com
Both my last letter and this letter deal with projects that deserve more than one feature article, I therefore decided to introduce the projects in my letter and follow-up with separate features on each of the buildings as they progress.
In my last letter I told you about Bo01, a housing development in Sweden with an International cast of architects, and in this letter I am introducing you to another major architectural initiative, with a very impressive list of architects, reminiscent of the late 1950's John Entenza's Arts & Architecture magazine "Case Study House" program in Southern California.
This project launched by the Brown Companies, a real estate investment company in Manhattan, has made a brilliant move by involving Richard Meier as creative advisor.
The "Houses at Sagaponack" is a new development on 100 acres in
Sagaponack, New York, at the midpoint of the Hamptons beach
communities on Long Island. The wooded community is located three
miles from the ocean and surrounded by several hundred acres of
protected land with nature trails.
The 1,800 to 3,500 FT2 houses will be built on sites ranging from 1.5 to 3 acres with price tags from $700,000 to $2,200,000. A modest size and price for the fashionable Hamptons.
Richard Meier has collaborated with Harry Joe (Coco) Brown,
President of the Brown Companies, on the selection of the thirty
four architects who will each design a house for the project.
"At first, I thought I'd invite young architects to participate, but then I felt it would be nice to include some friends of mine," Meier says. "It's become as much of a mix as we could possibly find, a diverse, creative group of excellent designers."
In the senior group are Internationally known architects like
Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Steven Holl, Richard Gluckman, Eric
Owen Moss, Craig Hodgetts and Hsin Ming Fung and Richard Rogers.
Meier, who designed two houses in the Hamptons in the late 1960's,
will also design one of the houses.
Richard Meier's primary involvement as creative advisor to the initiative is to introduce a wave of new talent that is coming of age and deserves attention and approval. Among the younger firms are Marwan Al-Sayed, Jessie Reiser and Nanako Umemoto, Stephen Kanner, Hariri & Hariri and Annabelle Selldorf. For several of the younger architects it will be the first commission to build a free-standing house.
In the guidelines presented to the architects Brown encouraged creativity but stressed that budgets, size limitations and local building codes be respected. Brown wants livable houses that harmonize with the environment and will have final approval of the designs; "If we feel a design is not workable, or not good, we are not going to built it" he says. Construction of the first Houses at Sagaponack will begin in summer 2001.
Coco Brown has been a friend of mine for many years and I know this is a dream that began in the mid 1970's when he owned a large piece of property in Beverly Hills. Unfortunately there were too many neighbors against the development so he lost interest and sold the land. I applaud this new initiative and the fact that he is investing his own money without having a first client.
arcspace will feature each house separately but I decided to contact the architects to see if they had any designs ready for publication....They did and you are getting a short introduction to the first eleven before anyone else......
The flatness of the land acts as a datum on which the house is balanced.
A grass platform edged in rusted steel plate rises subtly from the garden and is penetrated by two crystalline glass enclosures.Trees, the surrounding landscape, and the play of sky and clouds are reflected on the surface of these shimmering glass enclosures throughout the day. The larger glass structure, defining a central courtyard, captures light and air and reflect them into the heart of the house below. The other diaphanous glass enclosure contains a stairway providing access to the protected living space.
The "transformable" house is functionally a summer house that
can "open up" and "close down" when the family comes and
Philosophically the cubic form of the project is intended to make the simplest and most minimal statement; a quiet reflection of the wooded grove it sits within. It is also meant to reflect in materiality and scale its surroundings albeit in a highly abstract way.
The exterior is pure in its formal geometry and is contrasted by a complex interior with split-levels, high ceilings and a sinuous circulation system. As one moves into the home, the complexity of the interior volumes become apparent. The space can only be revealed when one enters and opens up the cube - it's like unwrapping a gift - a surprise within.
This house is a 3500 FT2 "Vacation Home" on a 2.7 acres of wooded land in the middle of "potato fields" between the fashionable South and East Hampton area of Long Island, New York. The "Sagaponack House" takes the form of a minimalist structure placed on a platform within the untouched natural landscape. Inspired by "Donald Judd's" concrete frames, the architecture becomes the abstraction of the landscape itself. Two large opening within the building "frame" the private life in the house and the pool beyond. These openings appear and disappear via a system of metal shutters mounted on the exterior walls, investigating the cultural definition of the domestic enclosure. Here the boundary between private and public, display and being displayed is blurred.
"I thought long and hard about the use of this as a second
vacation home for urban dwellers, whose primary experiences in the
City involve movements along lines (elevators, subways, roads and
eventually highway or train to the site).
With this design, my hope is to extenuate that line along the long driveway and into the site, then down a narrow path and finally, releasing and arriving at this clearing ... a clearing that signifies arrival at a place, a quality of light particular to that condition.
Although the house plan is still very preliminary my hope is that this"first" act of clearing the site creates the spatial and aesthetic conditions for the house to evolve in a way that the inhabitants will occupy the site in such a way that they are connected to forces larger than their immediate surroundings. Simply put, my goal is to put people in touch with what Georges Bataille called "the glorious incandescence of the sun..."
The house is essentially a single story square with the major
spaces arranged around an atrium. Approximately one half of the
perimeter wall is of floor to ceiling glass, and the other half is
of vertical wood siding.
A major objective of mine is to have an extremely open spatial experience upon entry. One would enter and immediately be presented a view through the glazed court, through the living dining area to the landscape beyond.
One experiences a succession of containment and enclosure, as opposed to expanse and release as one proceeds through a variety of spatial conditions. From the long perspective as one sees the corner of the house coming down the drive to the closed condition created by the house and garage in the entry court, to the even more compressed and contained condition at the entry, to the release as one enters and is allowed the vista through the house. As one proceeds through the house one is again offered a condition of repose in the contained area between the house and the master bedroom. From here one can enjoy the contrast of the pure geometry of the formalized planted and paved plinth with the natural untouched virgin forest adjacent but slightly removed.
The design proposal for The Sagaponack Project incorporates a series of related interior and exterior spaces into the context of a larger landscaped environment. A nondescript suburban plot is transformed through careful placement of a series of landscape features ranging from unstructured planting of wild grasses and other local vegetation to highly structured elements such as stone walls, terraced pool, manicured lawn, formal garden, and orchard.
This strategy extends the spatial experience of a modest courtyard house by defining exterior spaces within the envelope of the house and by allowing interior spaces to merge with various landscape elements. The interior courtyard, glazed on three sides, is an exterior room shared by dining and living spaces. The study and guest bedroom open directly onto the sunken formal garden. A sleeping porch upstairs overlooks the manicured lawn below. The house and its surroundings are intended to define and complement one another.
In the spirit of a weekend retreat, Sagaponack House optimizes the relationship between interior and exterior. Within the simple box envelope, modest interior living spaces are wrapped by a generous porch at the southwest corner of both floors. The east, south, and west elevations are clad with wooden slats configured to modulate the summer sun and breezes. On the second floor the slats are fixed louvers detailed according to solar exposure, and on the first floor sliding panels of slats can be moved as needed to shade different interior spaces or the swimming pool. Volumes were pulled out of the box to form site elements that are proportionally related to the main house. Trellises for storage and guest parking link back to the stair and entry. The pool mirrors the living room in plan and reflects noontime sun onto its ceiling.
"Domestic Landscapes"
Our is a simple volume with an active roof and an interlocking plan that brings outdoor spaces inside. The skin is vertical wooden battens that filter the light and cast shadows on the walls. A distinctive, but not showy house - its makes a place for itself within the limited constraints of the site, working creatively with what is available.
Site Strategies:
Interlock of natural and manmade: fold the site into the house Results in spiral site organization
Design Strategies:
Relationships (not objects); Active Voids
Results in simple volumes with interlocking solids and voids inside and out
Material and detail Strategies:
Skins as filters; Permeable boundaries
Natural materials in modern relationships - vernacular without nostalgia
"We are exploring the intersection of paradigm, paradox and paradise as a window to understanding the nature of home as opposed to house"
Integrative Strategy:
Located on a two acre wooded site within a subdivision, the house design addresses the synthesis of two potentially antagonistic conditions: The modernist model of the house as a desecrate pavilion and a formal an organizational strategy which promotes no clear boundary between building and landscape, inside and outside. We employ a topology which operates at two scales in the project: A surface organization which allows continuity between landscape and building and a fine scale striation that both integrates and articulates geometry and material as they shift from the intensive space of the interior to the extensive space of the exterior.
Site and Program:
The house consist of a main block with a double height living space, mezzanine, master bedroom and a wrap around circulation stair, which seems to be squeezing the main block. Adjoined is a secondary block; one story with garage, storage, suite and kitchen. An exterior patio area for gathering and a water element; possibly for swimming.
The main block frame consist of three steel columns and beams; located by a triangle in plan, a secondary steel frame for the stair. The wrap around stair will provide floor to ceiling glazing continuously from ground level to the top.
Walls of the main block are made with ribs to provide the exterior curve and interior planar surfaces for ease of construction. The space between the walls can be used for mechanical systems, insulation, etc.
Walls of the secondary block are typical wood frame construction.
The living room is a double height space with faceted walls. The mezzanine has a panoramic view of the surrounding landscape. It could be used as a library/ study with shelving. Fireplaces are locate in the living room and the master bedroom.
Typical operable window types are located in rooms for light and air.
Exterior wood shingles are proposed for the roof and walls to homogenizes the house and ease of construction.
P.S. You can view some of the Case Study Houses, photographed by Julius Shulman, in our "The Camera" archive.
Last updated: December 19, 2013
See also
Jørn Utzon: The Architect's Universe
Humlebæk, Denmark
Le Corbusier: Art and Architecture - A Life of Creativity
Tokyo, Japan
Humlebæk, Denmark
MAD in China
Copenhagen, Denmark
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Massimo Scolari
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If I was Grant Mayer – and it's a good thing I'm not, for his sake as much as anything – this is what I'm doing last Friday.
I'm dragging Robbie Farah into my office, telling him to take a seat, and shutting the door.
"Right, Robbie," I tell him. "Let's get something straight: I run this club, not you. Don't you ever, ever speak to me again as you did last week, when I approached you after training and asked you to have a coffee to sort this mess out.
"I don't care if you're the captain. I don't care if I've been here five minutes. See this business card here? See how it says 'chief executive' under my name? That means I'm your boss. You might want to remember that."
Then I am calling Steve Roach into the office.
"G'day, Blocker," I tell him. "I know you're a club legend. I know you bleed black and gold. I know you speak your mind. But when you publicly say there's no leadership here, that Wayne Pearce should replace me, that I've got no balls, it means you have undermined my authority.
"So here's some balls, big fella ... You're gone."
Someone, at some stage, will grab control of the Wests Tigers and stop the insanity. If first grade's 64-6 loss to the Cowboys on Saturday night is any indication, it needs to happen pronto.
Will it be Mayer? Will it be chairman Mike Bailey? Will it be one of these mysterious independent directors the NRL says will lead the joint venture out of the wilderness?
Either way, the mess at the Tigers illuminates the distinct lack of leadership that has infected many clubs and indeed the game.
It's easy to view the past through rose-tinted schooner glasses, but could you ever envisage the likes of Peter "Bullfrog" Moore, Ken Arthurson, John Quayle and even as far back as Frank Facer at St George gobbling up what Mayer has been dished out from his own employees in the past few weeks? To that end, could you ever imagine them making the mistakes that Mayer has?
The late Moore had a favourite saying, and it still resonates at Canterbury: "A club is not about the four walls surrounding us. It's about the people the four walls surround."
They don't make them like Bullfrog any longer.
He famously called his rival club bosses to have a Chinese feed in the late 1970s. They hadn't reached the main course when they realised the man who organised the lunch wasn't there.
Instead, he was stepping off a plane in England, about to sign Andrew Farrar, who was the hottest young player in the game and on tour with the Australian Schoolboys side.
Do you think Moore would ever have allowed any of his players to undermine the coach? To cop a spray on The Footy Show from his captain? To allow "player power" to determine who stays and who goes?
Let's make it clear: the game is loaded with some gun administrators, who would have no truck with what's going on at the Tigers.
Shane Richardson has done wonders at South Sydney, which has become a powerhouse of Australian sport off the field and is now on the verge of premiership glory on it. Nick Politis always gets what he wants at the Roosters. The success of that club cannot be disputed. The Bulldogs have a board with similar resolve, headed by chairman Ray Dib.
Meanwhile, at Penrith, Phil Gould and Warren Wilson have taken a footy and leagues club on the precipice of insolvency and developed a side two points away from the top of the ladder and a club on the rise.
Yet there is much weakness across much of Club Land. Some of it comes down to the chief executive giving the coach too much say in the pursuit of a premiership. Some are undermined by a board where egos and the blind pursuit of power is king.
The Sharks are a mess. So, too, the Knights. The last time Manly wasn't fighting with itself, Geoff Toovey had hair. The Titans. The Dragons ...
Parramatta is only just getting it right, but with one of the most powerful brands in the game, in the sprawling mass of Sydney's west, it should be far stronger. Five chief executives since Denis Fitzgerald – "The Emperor" – departed says it all.
Corporate governance in clubs is an issue NRL chief executive Dave Smith identified within seconds of getting his desk.
He and executives from head office have attended club board meetings, discussing his desire to have independent directors injected into each board. According to the NRL, a set of "minimum standards" is being developed for clubs to adopt.
In some cases, it is clearly needed. But some of the stronger clubs are firmly against the idea, knowing they are travelling along just nicely.
Those who reside on club boards do so because they ride the wins and losses like any fun. They have passion.
But when it comes to leading the club, chief executives needs more than that. More than anything, they need strength. They need to make it clear who's boss.
They need to be strong enough to call a captain or club legend into their office, shut the door, and remind them of that fact.
Then again, if they are strong enough to begin with, they probably wouldn't be having the conversation.


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ED Miliband is to become the first Labour leader since Neil Kinnock to address an iconic left-wing rally.
He will deliver a speech at the Durham Miners' Gala tomorrow alongside militant union bosses.
Mr Kinnock last addressed the event in 1989.
Tory co-chairman Sayeeda Warsi said Mr Miliband's decision marked the return of "Red Ed".
Mr Miliband yesterday joked about a chat he had with Burmese peace icon Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent two decades under house arrest.
Poking fun at his ex-boss Gordon Brown, he told a journalists' lunch: "Years under a brutal regime. Oppressed day and night.
"Then she said, 'That's enough about your time with Gordon'."


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Google to open "Winter Wonderlab" showrooms in 6 cities for the holidays
0. phoneArena posted on 18 Nov 2013, 18:40
For the past couple years, there have been consistent rumors that Google would be opening stores in time for the holidays to show off its growing roster of devices, but nothing much has come of it except for dedicated sections in some Best Buy locations. This year, the rumors are coming true because Google will be opening "Winter Wonderlab" showrooms in six cities...
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1. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
Yes! I live in aurora il! Yes! Yes! Yes!
2. Donforreal (Posts: 45; Member since: 12 Oct 2012)
Love Google, but lame.
3. Brewski (Posts: 433; Member since: 05 Jun 2012)
I saw this the other day in Paramus, I wondered what it was...
4. Damo579 (Posts: 242; Member since: 18 May 2013)
My wife went to the one here in NYC she said it was cool. Ill check it out soon.
5. scriptwriter (Posts: 396; Member since: 13 Nov 2012)
so nothing scheduled for europe?
6. Nexus_bear (Posts: 32; Member since: 19 Nov 2013)
Finially something cool coming to SACRAMENTO i thought that i would need to take a drive out to the bay to see this... roseville is far closer (15 minutes versus an hour) but i already have a nexus 5 and 7... maybe the snowglobe will justify the gas.


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Moscow (Feb. 12)
The Role of James de Rothschild (Jewish Telegraphic Agency Mail Service)
Important documents concerning the Czarist government's endeavor to obtain credit abroad and the anti-Jewish persecutions of that government during 1905-1906 were published in the "Krasny Archiv" (Red Archive), a historical magazine published by the "Zenter Archiv," No. 10, 1925. The material is contained in an article entitled, "Kokovtzev's Negotiations for a Loan in 1905-6."
In 1905 the Imperial Government of Russia experienced one of the acutest crises. The debacle of the Russian armies in the Far East, in the Russo-Japanese War, accompanied by the evergrowing revolutionary movement throughout the country, which movement culminated in the uprising in Moscow in December of that year, and by the ever increasing financial embarrassment, brought the Government to realize its desperate position and forced it, after the quelling of the Moscow revolt, to grant a constitutional and some kind of representative assembly, the "Duma"; while under Count P. J. Witte, who had just concluded successfully the Portsmouth peace treaty with Japan and who had become Premier, the former Minister of Finance, V. Kokovtzev, was sent hurriedly to Paris, there to negotiate a loan on any terms. From the documents now published and cited below it appears that the Russian Government now for the first time met with a determined opposition of the Paris branch of the Rothschild house, as well as of the Rotschild firm of London. The reason for such opposition of the Rothschild firm, which had only in 1901 been the main factor in putting Russian papers in the market, was clearly given by the younger member of the Rothschild house of Paris, James Rothschild. This reason was: the aggressive anti-Semitic policy of the Russian Government, beginning with the Kishinev pogrom of 1903 and manifesting itself in the pogrom wave of the end of 1905 in Southern Russia. This firm attitude of the Rothschilds was not changed even by the interference of M. Rouvier, then French Prime Minister. It was with the greatest difficulty and under humiliating conditions, that Kokovtzev did at last succeed in obtaining an advance of a comparatively small sum on a future loan.
From a private letter of Benkendorf (Russian Ambassador to England) to Lansdorf (one of Russia's Ministers), dated London, Dec 15, 1905.
"The trip of Lord Ravelstock to St. Petersburg and the causes of this trip led to a break between the Baring firm and the Rothschilds and all the Jewish banking houses of England and America. For the Baring firm this is a very serious matter. However, they knew what they were doing, after all. Of more importance to us is the fact, that the Rothschilds make it known everywhere that Ravelstock compromised the City, that the credit of Russia is at present very low, but that it would be rehabilitated immediately upon the solving of the Jewish problem, which is inevitable. Then–so the Rothschilds say–they will take over all the affairs of Russia, and we shall then apply to them, not to the Barings. What is worst here is, in my opinion, the fact that there is some truth in these assertions. At that decisive moment we shall take into consideration our own interests and nothing else, etc., etc.
Telegram of Shipoo, Minister of France, to Kokovtsev, in Paris, dated Jan. 7, 1906.
The telegram, which was signed by the writer, was made up collectively. However, I think the threat at the end is a very dangerous argument. . . The sum of 100,000,000 Rubles is, even if we defer payment on the German bonds, very little for the period of two months, from all viewpoints. But we should rather take even this small amount, for even if we win a little time it may give us some slight chance. What is important is the attitude of the Jewish houses. Are they not scaring the Credit Lyons, which had recently, as would appear, something like a point on the ground of a tic-up of funds in Russia.
Note–The threat referred to in this telegram was made by writer in his telegram to Kokovtzev, of Jan. 7, 1906, where he demands an immediate loan of an advance of at least 100,000,000 Rubles under a future loan. Witte threatens that in the event of a forced discontinuation of exchange by the Russian Government, it would be unable to protect the interests of the foreign holders of Russian funds).
Telegram, Kokovtzev to Count Witte, Jan. 8, 1906.
Rouvier (French Prime Minister) had two talks with a representative of the Rothschild house, in the person of one of the young men, James, who enjoy the reputation of being the most capable of them; the others are not well and are out of town. Rouvier advised urgently, in the interests of France and her political situation, that the banking house of Rothschild participate in the new operation. The Rothschilds were promised the leading role. In spite of all this, James Rothschild has with the consent of all other representatives of the house, categorically refused the offer, motivating his refusal by purely Jewish reasons only. Rouvier even declared that the President of the Republic is willing to make the same assurances to them personally, but even this was of no avail. Today and tomorrow the other banking firms, etc, etc.
Excerpts from report of V. Kokovisev to the Committee on Finance.
1) . . .As you know, the Rothschild house was always at the head of the entire French markets as regards Russian funds. But some years ago, under the sole influence of the Jewish problem, this firm has retired from all active participation in Russian affairs, and even long before the war with Japan (and this chiefly owing to the influence of the recently deceased Baron Alphonse Rothschild), the participation of this house was confined to holding its own Russian funds and those of its clients, without any subsequent cooperation in new loans. It is true that even this participation in Russian affairs was at the time very beneficial to us: thus, for example, the point on the Paris exchange upon the news of sudden commencement of military operations was constrained and made milder solely by the intervening of the Rothschild house. The place relinquished by the Rothschilds was taken by new institutions, etc., etc.
2) … Speaking of the London market, we must omit altogether the Rothschild firm, as we cannot under any circumstances at the present time hope to obtain its cooperation. We must now strive to get the non-Jewish firms interested in our operations; in this connection it appears extremely difficult to combine these firms, or rather to find one which could have the rest grouped around it. The firm of Baring Bros., of which Lord Ravel-stock, etc., etc.


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TAMPA — Is the man at the heart of the bribery case against former Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin White sane?
White's attorney is asking a judge to delay White's federal trial, scheduled to open Monday, so he has time to prepare a defense that may attack the credibility of a co-defendant whose own attorneys call "delusional."
At a hearing Tuesday, lawyer Grady Irvin Jr. told a judge that co-defendant George Hondrellis' mental competency is critical to White's defense because his secretly recorded statements are a pillar of the government's case.
And some of those statements, Irvin said, raise questions about Hondrellis he may explore at trial.
On Friday, a judge ordered Hondrellis, owner of Tampa City Towing, into custody for a 30-day mental health evaluation after his attorneys told the court about his increasingly odd behavior.
U.S. District Court Judge James D. Whittemore told attorneys he was inclined to try White alone as scheduled, starting Monday. Hondrellis would have to be tried separately if he is declared competent by doctors.
Whittemore is expected to decide whether he should grant a continuance after more legal argument at a hearing today.
Prosecutors say Hondrellis initiated talks of bribing White to win his influence in obtaining a towing license for a new company to be controlled by Hondrellis and a government informer.
Irvin filed a court motion with quotes by Hondrellis from a secret recording made by the informer.
Irvin's motion said that White's defense "must now center, in part, on the fact that the prosecution of this case is, in part, based upon ... someone who may very well have a history of delusional thoughts, psychosis and associated mental health matters."
In a partial transcript in the motion, Hondrellis is hard to follow, many of his words making no apparent sense.
"Hey, when you went to see that county commissioner, what'd you tell him?" the informer asks.
"I knew right away he was on the cuff because he really don't wanna work on the system," Hondrellis answered. "He don't give a damn like all the others."
But in this snippet, Hondrellis refers to another former commissioner, not White.
Elsewhere, Hondrellis talks about a "cop family" merging with a county commissioner to get towing business, Irvin said. At one point, Hondrellis talks nonsensically about former Hillsborough Commissioner Rose Ferlita being related to mobsters.
Hondrellis also refers to a popular movie as he talks about supposed mob control of Hillsborough government.
"Remember Goodfellas on TV?" he asks. "The true mob. The hit man. That's who they are. They're related in with the goodfellas ... They're all related. All a big circle. ... Where they all got power of the liquor, the towing, the money, the drugstores, everything like this. And they hold the commissioner seats and everything."
White was indicted in June on 10 felony charges, including bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud and lying to an FBI agent.
Prosecutors say White and his late father schemed to collect $8,000 in bribes and a 2003 Lincoln Navigator while White served on the Public Transportation Commission before losing re-election in November.


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Beer and Winter Roads the Topic of Wednesdays With Winnecke
That's right…the two topics covered on today's edition of Wednesdays With Winnecke were the new Tin Man Brewery, and what the city is doing to prepare to keep our roads safe this winter.
Segment one (audio is below) featured our conversation with Nick Davidson, owner of Tin Man Brewery on Franklin Street.
- We discussed last week's grand opening
- The restoration of their building on Franklin Street
- The origin of the name/brand
- What types of products are available right now
- November 28th – Segment 1
Our guest for segment two was Todd Robertson, Executive Director of Transportation & Services.
- Mr. Robertson discussed what he and his crew are doing now to prepare for any potential inclement weather and how to keep the roads safe.
- He explains the solution used to pre-treat the roads and how it helps keeps the roads clear.
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Saturday, February 4: There was lots to do, and some decisions to make. After a great breakfast at the Holiday Inn Express, I gathered my things and headed-off to the Hiwassee Post Office.
Whether it be small towns or larger communities, the US Post Office has served as an essential link for hikers and their families. In 1972 a significant lifeline to my family were the many Post Offices along the AT! After arriving in a town, I'd call my parents "collect" and let them know how I was and how the hike was going… Then, I'd tell them the next town I expected to use, to resupply. To that town's Post Office, my parents would send (among other things) a postal money order. Now it is even easier… I only need to have a debit card to get up to $50.00 cash, plus collect, send or forward mail. Today, the US Postal Service does everything our "founding fathers" intended: to secure "freedom of speech" regardless of where you might live, here in the United States. Unfortunately, our government believes this this cost to be too high. What irony that we all enjoy this freedom…and yet some put a price on it, that is deemed too much. Fortunately, for those of us who truly depend on the US Mail as a lifeline (paychecks, retirement checks, disability checks, money orders or cash via debit transactions), the Post Offices along the AT and elsewhere, continue to exist, regardless of location!
After mailing-back-home, those items I believed to be excessive, I headed to the local Radio Shack, to determine if they could help me with my cell phone issues. At the Hiawassee Radio Shack I was greeted by both a customer representative and the store's manager and owner: Mr. Ashley Eller. It was decided that my cell phone was something that would best be worked-out with Verizon. So after determining that the Verizon store (still in Hiawassee, some six miles away) was open, Mr. Eller drove me to the store. There, he waited as the Verizon representatives took care of my cell phone needs, and then Ashley promptly dropped me back to where I started, at his own store! Yes, another "trail angel." Later, I had lunch at Daniel's Steak House, enjoying for a second time, the salad bar. I made my way back to the hotel, and spent the balance of this "slack day" resting, and writing more on my blog. I was also able to get a few more things done on the hotel's guest computer.
Before dinnertime, I made my way to the local IGA, Dill's Food Center, and picked-up a few more food items for my hike. The balance of my evening I stepped out the side door of the hotel and used my stove to cook dinner. I also gave Bill a call, asking if he'd mind returning me to Unico Gap the next morning? He agreed to meet me at 8:30 a.m. Before I went to sleep, my pack was all set, and I felt pretty good. The only thing really bothering me was my back. 0 miles, 52.9 on the AT.


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Tracking Service Use and Outcomes II:First Episode Psychosis and Psychotic Disorders Clinic
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Syd Mead futuristic illustration for United States Steel
This is part of an absolutely marvellous flickr set of what United States Steel thought the future might hold. It's a touch more optimistic than their British counterpart, Corus, who only managed to inspire the dystopia that is Blade Runner with their monstrosity of a steel plant in Port Talbot.
However, USS obviously didn't figure current prices into the equation.
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Ask a Vet and Get Your Veterinary Questions Answered.
Hello...I'm Dr. Coldiron and I will attempt to help you with your veterinary question! Lumps in female guinea pigs can be due to multiple things. If internal, I would question cystic ovaries or abdominal mass. If more external (confined to the upper layers of the skin) I would think cancerous or non-cancerous mass or abscess. Because this mass has shrunk recently, it makes me think more of an abscess that would have resulted from some type of puncture to the skin (bite from another pet, etc.). The mass should be lanced and drained and then flushed to remove bacteria etc. Antibiotics would be given for about 2 weeks. These are not usually very problematic! Have someone check the mass to see if is an abscess...if so get it treated. If its a mass, have it removed...find someone with a good eletrosurgical unit or laser to help prevent extensive blood loss.
Best Wishes,
Dr. Coldiron
Has your veterinarian performed a Fine Needle Aspirate (FNA) of the mass? This would indicate if the mass was an abscess or tumor of some type. This is a mass and not cystic ovaries or a gravid (pregnant) female, correct? Could be an abscess that is not responding to the antibiotic treatment. In most cases, an abscess needs to be drained and cleaned out and then antibiotics used orally. See what your vet found on aspiration of the mass.


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Hollywood Fringe Spotlight - Part 2: THE POKEMUSICAL and [title of show]
Hollywood Fringe coverage continues with a look at a musical satire based on the world of pocket monsters and a popular musical about four friends writing a new musical. And in big news, the brand new Hollywood Fringe Festival App is now available for free download on both the Apple and Google Play stores. Once you download the mobile app you can purchase tickets on your phone to over two hundred festival productions, as well as browse shows by location, time or category. You can also create a unique profile, manage a list of favorite shows and customize your schedule on-the-go, plus there's a map and navigation for all Fringe venues, access to show reviews and a news feed of the latest Fringe events. Now that's pretty cool.
June 10, 14, 15, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28
THE POKÉMUSICAL is a 90-minute lovingly satirical exploration of the world of pocket monsters and is the brainchild of two Baldwin Wallace University students. So how did THE POKÉMUSICAL get started? Alex Syiek, bookwriter and lyricist, conceived the show last year and teamed up with composer Andrew L. Cooper to present a new side of the Pokémon story - one with song and dance. The satire played its first run in Berea, OH this past spring and will now receive its west coast premiere at the Elephant Space of Theatre Asylum as part of the 2013 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Alex's sister, Joanna Syiek, will direct this iteration of THE POKÉMUSICAL and musical direction is by Jennifer Lin.
Joanna says, "We felt THE POKÉMUSICAL would be a perfect addition to the Fringe because it features a nostalgic revisiting of the early Pokémon craze, lightning-paced storytelling, 11-o-clock numbers about pocket monsters, and all in all a heartfelt story at its core. The musical follows the first journey of Ash, Misty, Brock, Pikachu and the rest of the crew from the original games and anime as they traverse Kanto, this time with song and dance in tow, exploring what it truly means to be the very best. THE POKÉMUSICAL delves into the everyman journey through the eyes of a 10 year old boy with a dream. It's a story that reminds us all that good things come to those that take life by the Pokéballs."
THE POKÉMUSICAL opens on June 10 at 10PM with performances most Fridays, Saturdays and Wednesday evenings through June 28. General Admission is $10. Performances take place at the Elephant Space, Theatre Asylum, 6322 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038. Click Here for tickets and information or visit www.colorandlighttheatre.org.
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June 7, 9, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 26, 29, 30
[title of show] is an 90-minute musical chronicling the adventures of Hunter (writer), Jeff (lyricist) and their awesome lady friends, Heidi & Susan, as they take their hit show from the NY Musical Theatre Festival, to an off-Broadway run, and finally to Broadway! And now, Village Idiom Productions brings the play-within-a-play hit musical to the Hollywood Fringe Festival in a co-production with Theatre Unleashed.
Why bring an established show to the Fringe? Director Corey Lynn Howe says "[title of show] speaks to every young professional trying to realize a dream while also struggling to maintain the balance of being a responsible adult...and it's funny as hell!" That's why the show received a Tony Award nomination in 2009 and why the folks at Village Idiom Productions thought it would fit right in with the spirit of the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Jeff and Hunter, two struggling writers, hear about a new musical theatre festival. However, the deadline for submissions is a mere three weeks away. With nothing to lose, they decide to try to create something new with the help of their friends Susan, Heidi and Larry on the eighty-eights. With the cast in place, Jeff and Hunter begin a conversation on what they should write. Eventually, Jeff suggests they write about...what to write about! They make a pact to write up until the festival's deadline and dream about the show changing their lives. [title of show], taken from the space on the festival's application form which asks for the [title of show], follows Hunter and Jeff and their friends on their journey through the gauntlet of creative self-expression.
"It's an adventure; four friends, stuck on their own respective versions of a creative plateau, looking to take that much desired step up, find their momentum and eventual success simply by telling their own story," Howe said. "It's a beautiful telling of how we make our own happiness and success in life, all the while, battling to overcome self-doubt as the biggest and most consistent antagonist." Howe's cast includes Travis Dixon as Hunter, Christopher Maikish as Jeff, Heather Lake as Heidi, and Julia Plostnieks as Susan, with Jim Blackett as Larry & music director.
Performances are June 7 & 9 at The Elephant and June 13 - 30 at Theatre Asylum, 6320 Santa Monica Blvd. Tickets are $12. Click Here for tickets and more information.
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Microwaved Bananas Foster
READY IN: 6mins
Recipe by seesko
All the flavor, none of the fuss. Perfect to make one hardy serving or two small servings.
Top Review by diner524
Wow great way to quickly make wonderful Bananas Foster!!! I made this exactly as written, except didn't use lemon peel. Just loved this delicous dessert and that it was much easier in the microwave. Thanks for sharing your recipe. Made for a bonus tag in potluck tag.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 14.79 ml butter
- 1 small banana
- 29.58 ml dark brown sugar
- 0.59 ml ground cinnamon
- 0.59 ml lemon peel (grated)
- 14.79 ml dark rum
- ice cream
Directions See How It's Made
- Melt butter in 8-ounce custard cup on high for 30 seconds; slice banana and add to melted butter.
- Combine brown sugar, cinnamon and lemon peel; sprinkle over sliced bananas.
- Cook on High for 45 seconds to 1 minute, or until banana is soft.
- Warm rum in glass measuring cup on High for 8 seconds; pour over bananas and carefully ignite. After the alcohol has burned off, serve over ice cream.


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09-07 "Getting Past "Rational Man/Emotional Woman": How Far Have Research Programs in Happiness and Interpersonal Relations Progressed?"
Orthodox neoclassical economics portrays reason as far more important than emotion, autonomy as more characteristic of economic life than social connection, and, more generally, things culturally and cognitively associated with masculinity as more central than things associated with femininity. Research from contemporary neuroscience suggests that such biases are related to certain automatic processes in the brain, and feminist scholarship suggests ways of getting beyond them. The "happiness" and "interpersonal relations" research programs have made substantial progress in overcoming a number these biases. Analysis from a feminist economics perspective suggests, however, several fronts on which research could most profitably continue.
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On the runs: Logic of 'amnesty' is paras may never face trial
The fallout from the on-the-runs crisis may yet hand the Bloody Sunday paratroops a stay-out-of-jail card. You couldn't make it up, writes Henry McDonald
One of the most intriguing questions to be raised over the blood-splattered events between internment in August 1971 and the final day of January 1972 was if any of the soldiers who fired fatal shots in Ballymurphy were the same ones who unleashed live rounds into the bodies of unarmed civilians on Bloody Sunday.
We know for a fact that the Parachute Regiment was involved in both mass shootings in west Belfast and later in Derry. Campaigners for the victims of the former atrocity have constantly highlighted the possibility that troops who shot their loved-ones may have been in the same unit as those that caused such carnage on the Bogside six months later.
One of the reasons they are demanding a public inquiry into the 1971 massacre is that an investigation might throw some light on whether or not the same paratroopers were, indeed, involved.
It is a bitter irony that the preliminary inquests into the Ballymurphy events started this week – just days after the fallout from the revelations about the 'letters of assurance' to IRA on-the-runs (OTRs), which effectively gave the likes of John Downey de facto amnesty.
Much of the outrage over this secret scheme focused on that of unionists, but they were not alone in speaking out against the OTR deal.
Three Irish government ministers (speaking anonymously) in the Fianna Fail-Progressive Democrat administration at the time the deal was sealed have insisted that, while they knew the British and Sinn Fein were wrestling with the problem of the 187 IRA fugitives, they weren't aware of the existence of the letters.
Others, too, confirmed this – including the SDLP, which has pointed out the ramifications of this deal. Mark Durkan and Alex Attwood claim that the letters have now created a climate in which it may be near-impossible to prosecute others for past Troubles crimes.
This, after all, is why they objected in the first place to a deal based on legislation for the 187 as, in their view, it would indirectly ensure others (such as soldiers and police officers) involved in state violence would be entitled to parallel de facto amnesties.
Peter Hain (below) has already come under fire since the deal was exposed in the Old Bailey last week for not only defending it, but also claiming other parties (and, presumably, that means the-then Irish government) were also aware of the scheme.
Inevitably, Tory backbenchers demanded that the soldiers accused of shooting civilians on Bloody Sunday be granted amnesties, too.
Hain then intervened in the wider question of how to deal with those accused of past Troubles offences.
He went to The Sunday Telegraph – a newspaper read by the military officer class, retired and still serving – not only to defend the deal, but also suggest that, in order for all to move on, even the Bloody Sunday soldiers be granted amnesties.
In one sense, Hain is correct – if one holds a logical position in that you cannot say amnesties for one side, or at least those on Sinn Fein's wish-list, and continued prosecutions for all others involved in the conflict.
But logic and reason, of course, are so often trumped by emotion and pain in the post-peace process Northern Ireland.
Moreover, it is easy in the abstract to point out the illogicality of amnesties for some and ongoing due process against others – especially if you didn't lose a loved-one, or close friend, during the Troubles. The victims of Bloody Sunday this week reminded us that they have already been through due process – the Saville inquiry – which came to hard conclusions in a judicial context.
The remaining survivors have also stressed that they will seek their day in criminal court against the soldiers – even if the current police inquiry is expected to last at least another four years.
Yet the impact of the OTR letters has, paradoxically, provided one set of British soldiers with logical and, possibly, legal shields to ward off being prosecuted in court, while the families of other soldiers, specifically those killed at Hyde Park in 1982, are denied justice.
Because the lawyers for the ageing ex-paratroops both on the Bogside and, possibly even before that, in Ballymurphy, will argue for consistency and logic when it comes to any attempt to try them in court.
The soldiers now have a compelling and very watertight case to argue – even if this results in no justice for the families of those cut down by the forces of a state that was meant to be protecting them.
It is true that, throughout the Troubles, there has already been a de facto amnesty in existence for members of the security forces.
You think of the disgracefully lenient treatment of Private Ian Thain who murdered Thomas 'Kidso' Reilly in cold blood in west Belfast more than 30 years ago, or the lack of prosecutions in the 'shoot-to-kill' scandals.
Now that unofficial policy of not pursuing the forces of the state who committed criminal acts in uniform and out of it has been bolstered by a deal designed to quietly let their old adversaries in the Provisional IRA get on with their lives.
As the man said, you couldn't make it up.
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On March 4th, 2014, President Obama announced his budget for FY2015. Several HIV/AIDS housing highlights include:
- A request of $332 million dollars for the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program. This represents the same funding amount as the FY12 enacted budget and a return to pre-sequester funding for the program. Funding in FY13 (including sequestration) was only $315 million.
- The Administration proposed an update to the formula on which funding distribution for 90% of HOPWA is based. The goal of the update is to modernize the program to reflect the cases of people living with HIV in an area as well as the area's fair market rent and poverty rates and focusing HOPWA funds on areas that have the most need.
- Finally, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is placing greater emphasis on coordinating local planning and service delivery of HOPWA housing resources with local homeless Continuums of Care that they expect to increase collaboration in the delivery of housing and services.


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Decision makers
- City of Salinas Police DepartmentPolice Chief Kelly McMillin
End the unjust violence against East Salinas residents through unnecessary force, assault, and gunfire. Adopt a set of policies and practices that respect and humanely treat our community.
The East Salinas community is in need of clarity and answers in the wake of a series of police shootings in our neighborhood streets. There has been a historic practice seen in law enforcement that targets boys and young men of color in cities across California, and we have watched it unfold over the past two weeks on our own streets. It is critical our law enforcement officials are transparent in their actions, held accountable for their behavior, and properly trained to provide culturally responsive and socially conscious patrol and procedural practices to ensure the trust, safety, and communication needed to successfully serve in the best interest of our community. East Salinas and the broad community deserve dignity and answers from the officials whose salary is funded from our own tax dollars, earned by the field workers and laborers who look and live just like the two men who have lost their lives in front of our homes.
In solidarity let us move toward justice and equity and for those who have for so long been silenced by fear in East Salinas... Our hearts are with the families who lost their sons, fathers, and brothers; and with the children and families who stood feet away to watch the tragic loss of life that has taken place in the 93905. Please let local officials know this behavior is unacceptable and we as a community will no longer stand for the injustice that has bred a culture of fear and silence. East Salinas is home to family, community, and strength that can no longer be cast aside by elected representatives and local government.
" The disparate treatment of minorities in the American criminal justice system begins at the very first stage of that system: the investigation of suspected criminal activity by law enforcement agents. Police departments disproportionately target minorities as criminal suspects, skewing at the outset the racial composition of the population ultimately charged, convicted and incarcerated. And too often the police employ tactics against minorities that simply shock the conscience" (Justice On Trial: Racial Disparities in the American Criminal Justice System).
- Police Chief Kelly McMillin
City of Salinas Police Department
End the murdering of East Salinas residents through unnecessary force and violence, and adopt a set of policies and procedural practices that respect and humanely treat residents of our community.
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I ran Grandma's this past Saturday for the third time. 11 months ago, my Wife and I had twin girls and I left running for 7 months. In February my Brother-in-law convinced me to give Grandma's another shot as a way of getting back into it. I was very glad he did.
Day Before Race:
Traveled from the Twin Cities and picked up 3 friends running the Full. Road construction, which took us 4.5 hours last year, wasn't a factor this year. Checked out the Expo, talked to other runners, and waited for the 5k to begin. Congrats to all who ran the 5k, it was a fun race to watch. Drove a portion of the course for my buddies, got back to our friends house and were in bed by 10:30pm.
Woke at 4:45am to my buddy turning all the lights on and proceeding to yell some drill sergeant style wake-up call. He's a funny guy and a very intense runner. He doesn't back down from anything. Hopped on a bus and had 1:30hrs to get prepared for the race. Stretched, Gel'd and made my way to the staging area. I set-up right in front of the 4:00hr pacer. I really didn't know what to think of the race and I still wasn't set on what type of race to run. My miles were more consistent, check-in races faster, but not running for 7+ months was in the back of my mind.
Miles 1 - 3:
Off we go. Weather is 50 degrees, overcast with a light fog and a tail wind between 5 - 20 mph. Probably the best conditions I'll run in for the next 50 marathons. I run the first mile with my good friend and we part ways. He's going to roll 9:10-9:20 for the first 4 and I was going to work down to the 8:40s. The beginning seemed much slower than previous years, but I was fine with that. In previous years I would have swerved and ducked between runners, but not anymore. I let the race open up and took the slight hills with ease. Took my second gel entering the mile 3 water exchange. SPLITS: 9:01, 8:40, 8:44.
Mile 4:
I'm settled in. Then I hear someone yell, "Mike slow down!" Here comes my Brother-in-Law and my childhood best friend. They started in the 5:00hr group on accident and were making their way to MP. We exchanged pleasantries and they were on their way. I knew better than to try match their 7:00-7:20 pace SPLIT: 8:41.
Miles 5 - 12 : Around mile 5, a girl pulls up along side me and greets me. It turns out to be a girl I graduated High School with. She's running her first marathon. I pass along what things I'd pay attention to and try to help her out. We run together for maybe 3-4 miles and she begins to pull away from me. I monitor my Garmin as she pulls away and decide not to follow. During the first 1/3 of the race I wasn't feeling too great. My splits were consistent, but I was feeling little aches and pains. I took my third gel and good water. I saw a number of families greeting their Dad or Mom running and couldn't help to think about mine. SPLITS: 8:36, 8:33, 8:39, 8:39, 8:39, 8:23, 8:44, 8:41.
Mile 13.1:
One of my favorite parts is rolling through the HM starting point. Great music and Porta-Potty central! I'm feeling better going thru the half and it seems the race is thinning out. The conversations are dying down and people are getting more serious. It was around the halfway point I saw the neatest thing. A family was holding up a large bubble wand and the wind was blowing bubbles ahead of us like crazy. I immediately thought of my oldest daughter (3) who loves bubbles as much as every three year old does. It actually choked me up a little. These bubbles were traveling 100s and 100s and 100s of meters ahead. A simple thing but very neat. SPLIT: 8:39 and 1:54 for the Half.
Miles 14 - 16:
We are officially running toward the finish line, instead of running away from the start line. Always a good feeling. The fog triples in the 14th mile. Everyone is talking about it and the fun factor goes way up. At points we couldn't even see the waters edge of Lake Superior. I was curious to how far the visibility was, so when I approached the 15 mile balloons, I marked my distance with my Garmin. It was exactly 0.10 miles when I checked. I'm also starting to feel fatigued. I'm beginning to whisper to my muscles and think about miles 17-18. My legs are ok, but doubt begins to enter my mind until..................'THE BUBBLE.' This grapefruit size bubble traveled over 2 miles and hovers in front of my face. I immediately think of my oldest daughter again and it changes my entire perspective of the race. A couple people point out the bubble and we keep rolling on. Had to walk during mile 16 to unwrap my Ibuprofen. SPLITS: 8:40, 8:40 and 8:52.
Miles 17 - 21:
We merge on Highway 61 and we have nice downhills and flats ahead. I'm beginning to feel real aches and pains. Legs are feeling heavier and the demands of racing picks up. The streets are lined with more and more spectators. We enter the north end of Duluth and its gut check time. I took what would be my last water at mile 19 or 20. I felt awful after jogging through the exchange and getting back to MP. So I said "I'm done with water." All systems are still a go, nothing is preventing me from going forward. SPLITS: 8:45, 8:46, 8:35, 8:44, 8:38 and 8:49.
Mile 23:
We hit Lemon Drop Hill. Mile 23 starts right before the hill. My pace fades a bit, but I motor up Lemon Drop. Lots of spectators, bag pipe players, etc are all motivating. I'm passing runners like crazy on the hill. I crest the second slight hill after Lemon Drop and get back to MP. I'm feeling tight but running 8:30s feels good. With the hill I SPLIT: 8:51 for the Lemon Drop Hill mile.
Miles 23 - 26.20:
I'm not in survival mode and I'm continuing to push. Then something happens that I wouldn't have imagine in 100 years. My childhood best friend that I left at Mile 1 pulls up next to me. "Double (childhood nickname) Lets Go!" I reply: "Holy Shhhhhhhhhhh!" He says: "Yeah I've been splitting sub 8:00s since mile 18. You feeling good? Lets Go!" He was planning on running 3:57 to 4:00hrs but now has 3:45hrs on his mind. We begin to throw down. Faster and faster and faster. Passing more and more people. Skipping all water exchanges we hold nothing back. We passed 314 people in the final 4 miles and were passed by 26 runners. My buddy actually pulled away from me on the tiny but sharp hill at the end of mile 25. I struggled a bit with my Quads on the downhill portion but continue on. I pick up towards the finish and cross the line in a group of 6 or 7 other runners. Garmin says 26.31 miles which is very nice. I was told the course was set at 26.25. SPLITS: 8:51, 8:18, 8:06 and 8:49. 8:30 pace for the final 0.20 miles. I split 1:54 on the second half too.
I PR's by 7 minutes. I felt very good about it considering where I came from after we had the twin girls. All 3 of my buddies ran out of their minds. The weather was incredible. LOL I wish I would have started running in December if I would have known the weather was going to be this good. Spectators, Volunteers, etc were all excellent. I'll be back next year again!