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David Stockman on Why Austerity Isn't Discretionary
David Stockman is taking a beating from all sorts of journalists and economists over his screed in the New York Times last weekend, in which he warned of a coming market crash, said "the United States is broke -- fiscally, morally, intellectually," and blamed the country's bleak future on failed policies by U.S. leaders ranging from former President Franklin Roosevelt to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
The former Republican member of Congress, who was President Ronald Reagan's budget director from 1981 to 1985, is pitching a new book, called "The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America." So perhaps we should expect some amount of provocation. Even by the standards of Chicken Little, however, Stockman came off as more than a bit extreme. Which is why I thought it would be a good idea to show him at one of his better moments.
My favorite Stockman quote is one he uttered last July during an interview with Alex Daley, an analyst at Casey Research. (You can watch the clip and read the transcript here.) The subject was "austerity," and how it is not something governments and their citizens have much choice about. The point is as topical as ever, now that Cyprus has become the fifth euro-area country to seek an international bailout. Here goes:
"Austerity isn't an elective course. Austerity is something that happens to you when you're broke. And yes, it is painful, and spending will go down, and unemployment will go up, and incomes will be impaired. But that is a consequence of the excess debt creation that we've had for the last 30 years. So austerity is what happens when you break the rules.
"And somehow we have this debate going on: 'They're making a mistake. They chose the wrong strategy.' Do you think Greece chose the wrong strategy with austerity? No. No one would lend them money. That's why they ended up in the place they were. Do you think that Spain today is teetering on the brink because they said, 'Oh, wouldn't it be a good idea to have austerity?' No, they had a gun to their head. They were forced to do this because the markets would not continue to lend, and even now their interest rate is again rising. The markets are losing confidence, and unless the ECB prints some more money and bails them out some more, they are going to have austerity.
"So the austerity upon us is the backside of the debt super-cycle we had for the past 30 years. It's not discretionary."
If austerity were discretionary, Cyprus would be choosing not to have it.
(Jonathan Weil is a Bloomberg View columnist. Follow him on Twitter.)


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Good morning from Fort Myers
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Today is the final day of informal workouts. Pitchers and catchers report tomorrow and spring training will officially start.
It's chilly in the Fort today (52 this morning), but Daisuke Matsuzaka was on the field at 8:36 a.m. playing catch.
I watched Field of Dreams last night while cooling out in the Globe condo. When Ray Kinsella takes Terence Mann to Fenway Park, two hot dogs and two beers costs him $7. That movie was made in 1988. What would they cost today? At least $25, right?
Meanwhile, here's an update on lefty Itsuki Shoda, the free agent signed to a minor-league deal by the Sox. I spoke to a Japanese reporter and his evaluation was that Shoda "is not very good."
The Red Sox paid next to nothing to have Shoda come to minor-league camp for what amounts to a tryout. But, hey, you never know. Casting a wide net for pitchers is always a good idea.
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So if Obama is not fully engaged, who does wield influence in the White House? A lot of Democrats know firsthand that Jarrett, a Chicago mentor to both Barack and Michelle Obama and now officially a senior White House adviser, has enormous influence. She is the only White House staffer in anyone's memory, other than the chief of staff or national security adviser, to have an around-the-clock Secret Service detail of up to six agents. According to terrorism expert Richard Miniter's recent book, Leading from Behind: "At the urging of Valerie Jarrett, President Barack Obama canceled the operation to kill Osama bin Laden on three separate occasions before finally approving" the mission for May 2, 2011. She was instrumental in overriding then–chief of staff Rahm Emanuel when he opposed the Obamacare push, and she was key in steamrolling the bill to passage in 2010. Obama may rue the day, as its chaotic implementation could become the biggest political liability Democrats will face in next year's midterm elections.
A senior Republican congressional leader tells me that he had come to trust that he could detect the real lines of authority in any White House, since he's worked for five presidents. "But this one baffles me," he says. "I do know that when I ask Obama for something, there is often no answer. But when I ask Valerie Jarrett, there's always an answer or something happens."


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ABC News' Matthew Jaffe Reports: Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., Friday swept into West Virginia, the first stop the Democratic ticket has made in the Mountain State.
"We plan on competing right to the very end for every single vote here in this state," proclaimed the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in a fiery address at a downtown Charleston plaza, blasting Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, for tying Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., to President Bush in a statement on the nation's struggling economy.
"Yesterday, literally, John McCain actually went so far as to compare Barack Obama with George W. Bush," Biden said. "As my granddaughter Finnegan would say, 'Hello?!' You know what's going on here? You know, so now John McCain is attacking the Bush budget and Bush fiscal policies, which he voted for, I might add. But folks, this is as crazy as, you know, Butch Cassidy attacking the Sundance Kid!"
"I mean, that's a team," Biden pointed out. "These guys have been a team. You know, they were in this together, they've been in this together. They've been, as my father would say, they've been joined at the hip."
"Look, I know Halloween is coming, but John McCain is a candidate of change?" Biden asked incredulously moments later. "Whoa! Come on! John McCain and change? He needs a costume for that."
Ten days ago in St. Clairsville, Ohio, despite McCain still leading West Virginia in the polls, Biden guaranteed a Democratic victory in the Mountain State, which would be their first since 1996.
"Which way is West 'By God' Virginia?" Biden asked the Buckeye State crowd. "That way? That way? Well, I want to send a message to West Virginia. We're going to win in West Virginia. Hello West Virginia! We're going to shock the living devil out of you all!"
Today in Charleston, an animated Biden appealed to voters by vigorously stating his support of clean coal, consistenly tying McCain to Bush, and lambasting Republican robo-calls linking Obama to former 60s terrorist William Ayers.
"We have to end this politics of division and divisiveness," Biden demanded. "End the scurrilous phone calls that are being paid for by the McCain campaign questioning Barack Obama's patriotism, questioning his character. Enough is enough is enough!"
The six-term senator outlined the story of Chaylee Cole, who lost her job at a call center after refusing to place these robo-calls.
"I want to read part of what Chaylee said when she was interviewed after she was fired," Biden said of the Fairmont State University student, who attended today's event. "She said, 'Democrat or Republican, I wouldn't have done this.' End of quote. Ladies and gentlemen, Chaylee recognized that regardless of your personal politics, attacks like that, attacks like that are out of bounds."
"Barack Obama has a spine of steel," Biden added just afterwards. "He can take these attacks for 12 more days, but our country can't take four more years of this divisive politics."
With a deepened voice and mocking tone, Biden imitated the Republican ticket's on-stage banter.
"John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin, when they get on stage, I love to watch 'em," Biden said. "They get on, they say, they start, 'I'm a maverick.' 'No, you're a maverick. 'We're maverick.' 'We're all maverick.' Right?"
"Well, a good friend in the neighboring state of Pennsylvania is a guy named Bob Casey, a good friend of ours from my hometown of Scranton. And to paraphrase Bobby Casey, Sen. Casey, he said, 'You know, you can't call yourself a maverick when all you've been the last eight years is a sidekick.' Well, all of a sudden they're trying to get off this horse. You know, and the horse you rode in on. Well, they rode in on Bush's horse and they're continuing to feed it."
Upon his arrival in Charleston Thursday night, Biden greeted about a half dozen members of the United Mine Workers of America and, in his address today, the Delaware lawmaker continued an ongoing back-and-forth battle with the GOP ticket over clean coal.
Biden, of course, has been roundly criticized by his Republican rivals for remarks he made on clean coal last month on an Ohio ropeline.
"We're not supporting clean coal," Biden said in Maumee, Ohio. "Guess what? China is building two every week, two dirty coal plants. And it's polluting the United States, it's causing people to die."
"China's gonna burn 300 years of bad coal unless we figure out how to clean their coal up because it's gonna ruin your lungs and there's nothing we can do about it," he said. "No coal plants here in America! Build 'em, if they're gonna build 'em, over there and make 'em clean because they're killing ya."
But as he has done since then, Biden emphasized to supporters that he backs clean coal.
"Let me get something straight because you watch these McCain ads you wonder, what planet are they coming from?" Biden said. "Ladies and gentlemen, John McCain does not believe that clean coal is part of our future. Don't take my word for it, take his word for it. Here's what he said, quote, 'In a perfect world, we'd like to transition away from clean coal entirely.' Now that does not sound like a guy who's attacking us saying we're not for clean coal, and now, and now to reinforce that, look at his plan, look at where he wants to invest. The oil companies are already getting a $30 billion tax cut over the next ten years and what does John McCain want to do and Sarah Palin? He wants to give them an extra $4 billion a year in additional tax cuts."
"So John, if you're listening, stop this malarkey about who's for clean coal!" Biden bellowed. "Ladies and gentlemen, make no mistake about it, the oil companies have placed their bets on Sarah Palin and John McCain, not on Barack Obama and Joe Biden. That's why Appalachia can't afford to go with McCain and must go with Obama!"
Biden was introduced this morning by West Virginia lawmakers Gov. Joe Manchin, Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Sen. Robert Byrd.
The 90-year old Byrd, president pro tempore of the Senate, slipped up, cheering on Biden as "the next president," but got the crowd cheering with a fist-pumping testament to his colleague's character.
"I've known him for nearly four decades," Byrd said of Biden. "And in his heart, in his beliefs, and in his life story, he is a West Virginian!"
In return, Biden said that "to learn the ways of the Senate from Bob Byrd is like getting a trumpet lesson from the angel Gabriel."
Rockefeller, on his part, said he believes that "Barack Obama is behind by only one percent in West Virginia."


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Stand Up 2011
December 13, 2011
The STAND UP 2011 rally hosted by Northeastern University, is a one-day program held in an effort to take a stand against all forms of bullying.
This program was created to educate, motivate and empower young people to actively promote positive social change in their schools and communities. It was developed in partnership with renowned bullying prevention authorities, District Attorney´s Offices, The Attorney General´s Office, and was spearheaded by The Rendon Group.
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Through a combination of educational information, entertainment and celebrities, students were motivated to stand up to bullying in their communities and schools.
135 schools from across Massachusetts registered for this event and over 4015 people took part in the program held in Matthew´s Arena.
"Congratulations" to the Bridgewater Middle School, who was named as one of the recipients of the STAND UP 2011-SCHOOL AWARDS.
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November 2011
The Annual Public Safety Luncheon for Seniors is a four part series hosted by District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz in various locations throughout Plymouth County.
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The luncheons are held in an effort to educate senior citizens about the recent scams in our area, mail fraud and how to better protect themselves against identity theft.
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District Attorney Tim Cruz, Attorney General Martha Coakley and Inspector Joe Kleinberg
Joseph P. Kleinberg, a retired Postal Inspector with the United States Postal Inspection Service was our guest speaker at all four luncheons. Inspector Kleinberg is an expert in the field of mail fraud, telemarketing scams and Identity Theft.
At the senior luncheon held in Brockton on November 9, 2011, District Attorney Cruz was also joined by Attorney General Martha Coakley, Mayor Linda Balzotti, State Representative Geraldine Creedon and Sheriff Joseph D. MacDonald, Jr.
Attorney General Martha Coakley
Attorney General Coakley addressed the seniors in attendance as to the various scams that target seniors, the tools to avoid them, and the resources available for their protection. She also discussed the work of her Medicaid Fraud Division, which reviews complaints of abuse, neglect, mistreatment, and financial exploitation of seniors.
Assistant District Attorney Catherine Ham
Seniors also heard from an Assistant District Attorney in our Senior Protection Unit. The Assistant DA informed the seniors about the rampant abuse of over the counter and prescription drugs with our younger generation. Tips and information were given to safeguard all medications.
Approximately 500 seniors from across Plymouth County attended this annual event.
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Seventy years ago, a Wisconsin cheese factory wasn't just a cheese factory. It was a destination, the crossroads center of a community. Farmers waiting in line with their wagons and horses to unload their can of milk passed the time by catching up on neighborhood news. Younger farmers helped older farmers unload the heavy milk cans and cheesemakers used their noses to determine the quality of milk.
Cheesemaking was a lot less technical back then, too. Everybody made cheddar, and cheesemakers would use a hot iron to determine when their curd was ready to mill - in fact, the curd had to string out a certain distance before the cheesemaker knew it was ready for the next step.
How do I know this? I discovered an amazing website today: In our Own Voices, courtesy of the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, who is working with Ed Janus, a freelance radio journalist (pictured above).
Ed's been busy traversing the Wisconsin countryside, interviewing young and not-so-young Wisconsin cheesemakers, as well as dairy farmers such as Dan and Shelly Truttman, grass farmers working with Master Cheesemaker Bruce Workman to make their own artisan and specialty cheeses out of their grass-based milk.
I gleaned the opening statements of this post from an audio interview with Sam Cook, 92, retired cheesemaker and father of Master Cheesemaker Sid Cook, of Carr Valley Cheese fame. Of the eight audio features on the website, the interview with Sam Cook is my favorite. The man knows how to tell a good story.
Another favorite audio piece is with Master Cheesemaker Jeff Wideman at the iconic crossroad cheese factory in Green County: Maple Leaf Cheese Cooperative. Although Maple Leaf typically lists its address as Monroe, it is actually in the "thriving metropolis" of Twin Grove -- home to a tavern, lumberyard, cheese plant and 14 houses.
"If there are two cars at the stop sign in the morning, that's a pretty busy morning," Jeff says in the audio piece.
Jeff is man "with milk on his shoes" (listen to the audio to get the full meaning of this statement) who states matter-of-factly: "Cheesemaking isn't a job, it's a way of life." It's been a way of life for Jeff's family for generations, as his dairy farmer father, grandfather and great grandparents were all patrons of the Maple Leaf Cheese Cooperative.
Accompanying each audio feature is a series of photos that you're welcome to click on at your own pace. It's a wonderful package and great way to learn more about the old and new of Wisconsin's cheese history.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Castle Rock Organic Dairy
An organic farmstead milk bottling facility that opened a couple of years ago in northwest Wisconsin is now also making 13 flavors of farmstead ice cream and seven styles of cheeses, including a very good blue that peaks at about 8 months old.
Wayne & Carla Kostka, along with various partners and members of their family, run Castle Rock Organic Dairy near Osseo. The last time I was there was for a field day last summer, and the Kostkas & Co. were gearing up a home delivery program in the Eau Claire area. Today, they have not only developed a successful delivery program, but are making an array of farmstead dairy products themselves.
I tried their Pumpkin Spice farmstead ice cream yesterday and it was extremely good. A seasonal flavor, it's offered in the fall. This December, they will also make a Christmas Mint, which sounds promising. I also tried their Molasses Chocolate Chip, which was definitely a great combination.
In addition to fresh organic farmstead milk and ice cream, Castle Rock has also begun crafting cheese. So far, their lineup includes the standbys of fresh cheese curds every Tuesday, as well as colby, mild cheddar, aged cheddar from 3-12 months and a raw milk cheddar. They're also branching out and crafting a Harvest Moon -- an aged cheddar with some kick to it, as well as a blue cheese. The blue I tried yesterday was five months old and very good. Wayne says it peaks at about 8 months.
Castle Rock became well-known across the country in March, 2006, when it was included in the Cornucopia Institute report on the U.S. organic dairy industry. The New York Times broke the story, reporting that in Cornucopia's ranking of organic dairies nationwide, small and large, Castle Rock scored 1150 out of 1200 points, ranking them near the top of the charts.
Indeed, the Kostkas are one of Wisconsin's dairy family farm success stories. Five generations of farming runs in their blood, with son Barry managing the dairy herd and father Wayne and mother Carla and their partners managing the dairy plant. Their dairy plant retail store is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For the latest info on what this Wisconsin farm family is up to, check out their newsletter, published quarterly.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Green Cheese
While I don't usually advocate eating green cheese -- in fact, that's usually the part most of us scrape off -- I whole-heartily congratulate Bob Wills of Cedar Grove Cheese on becoming Wisconsin's first "green cheesemaker."
That's because Cedar Grove Cheese near Plain, Wis., is the first food processor in the entire Midwest to meet a stunningly complex set of standards for sustainable practices established by Food Alliance, a national nonprofit that provides third-party certification throughout North America.
The Food Alliance certification assures buyers of the company's safe and fair working conditions, conservation of energy and water, reduction and recycling of waste, and other sustainable practices. Along with Cedar Grove Cheese, 13 dairy farms were also certified for standards that include labor conditions, humane animal treatment, and conservation of soil and water, enabling them to supply Cedar Grove Cheese with milk for Food Alliance certified cheeses.
Cedar Grove processes about 130,000 pounds of milk a day, producing more than 4 million pounds of traditional and specialty cheeses per year.
Cedar Grove processes about 130,000 pounds of milk a day, producing more than 4 million pounds of traditional and specialty cheeses per year.
Wills and company have long been known for their commitment to sustainable agriculture. In 1993, with support from its dairy suppliers, Cedar Grove was the first cheese maker in the U.S. to market cheese made with milk from cows that were not treated with recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH). And then in 2001, Cedar Grove further distinguished itself by pledging to make its cheeses without the use of genetically modified organisms. And then there's the plant's wastewater treatment facility called the Living Machine. Located in a greenhouse, the earth-friendly wastewater processor has the ability to clean all wash water from the manufacturing facility in an environmentally responsible way.
Wills said he sought out the program because as more companies make marketing claims about their "natural" products, he wants to give his customers the maximum assurance of a third-party audit.
Congratulations to Cedar Grove Cheese for further distinguishing itself as one of Wisconsin's most innovative cheese plants.
Friday, October 05, 2007
Cobblestone Red
While food science students at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Falcon Foods Dairy Plant have crafted cheese and sold it on campus for years, Faculty Associate Ranee May and one of her experiential dairy processing learning classes have spent the past two years developing a signature artisan cheese they hope to distribute nationwide.
Cobblestone Red, a creamy, semi-soft cheese made with local Chateau St. Croix's Chateau Rogue wine, has been selling briskly on campus and at trade shows, May said. The wine's blend of currants, black cherries and vanilla comes through nicely in the American Original, a cross between a cheddar and a jack.
Cobblestone Red, a creamy, semi-soft cheese made with local Chateau St. Croix's Chateau Rogue wine, has been selling briskly on campus and at trade shows, May said. The wine's blend of currants, black cherries and vanilla comes through nicely in the American Original, a cross between a cheddar and a jack.
"It's a taste that people get excited about," May told me yesterday at World Dairy Expo in Madison.
The Cobblestone Red is available in one-pound half wheels for $7 and can be purchased at the Falcon Foods store at the UW River Falls campus. May is currently working with distributors to launch the cheese into state, regional and national retail markets. In addition, the cheese will soon be available via mail order on the web.
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Cheese Stores Galore
It doesn't happen very often, but two new cheese shops opened in Wisconsin within a day of each other last week, one in Milwaukee and the other in Madison. This is extremely good news for us cheese-starved Wisconsites.
WHAT???? Yes, I hear you saying - cheese-starved Wisconsites?
Well, let me be the first to tell you that while you may think it's easy to find good cheese in a retail setting in this state -- as we're America's Dairyland and all -- it's actually not. More than 90 percent of all cheese made here is shipped to the coasts. In fact, I've had better luck buying Wisconsin artisan cheese in San Francisco and New York grocery stores than my local grocery store, although admittedly, it costs twice as much.
In any case, all that is about to change, thanks to two entrepreneurs who decided to end the retail dearth of Wisconsin artisan cheese.
First, there's the West Allis Cheese & Sausage Shoppe at the corner of S. 69th and W. Becher streets in West Allis. When the original store burned down in February, owners Mark and Linda Lutz knew immediately they would rebuild. The result is a spacious, well-lit, modern-looking cheese store carrying 250 cheeses from around the world, U.S., and yes, Wisconsin. Gone however, is the terrazzo floor, the marble-topped checkout desk and the rest of the Old World ambiance the former store boasted.
However, if you're looking for Old World ambiance, Fromagination at 12 S. Carroll Street on the Capitol Square in Madison, fits the bill. With its reclaimed slate floor, vintage fans, old clocks, antique shopping baskets and wide selection of Wisconsin artisan cheeses, this particular store has answered the cheese prayers of south-central Wisconsin consumers.
Owner Ken Monteleone (pictured above) was absolutely packed on opening day -- in fact, there was a line-up of five deep all along the counter waiting to buy cheese, with one man repeatedly wailing at the top of his voice, "It's so wonderful - I feel like I'm in Italy again!" This being Madison, no one gave him a second look.
Ken is featuring exclusive Wisconsin artisan cheeses for the first 30 days he is open, and then plans to expand his coolers to include cheeses from around the world and U.S. in time for the holidays. He also offers a small lunch counter, catering, gift baskets and an entire store full of "perfect companions" for cheese. This could indeed by my new favorite place in the world.
Congrats to both the Lutzes and Monteleone for giving Wisconsin much-needed retail space for Wisconsin artisan cheese!
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As The Music Lesson opens, the houselights are dimmed, and a subtle illumination spotlights the hand of Irena (Jessica K. Peterson), a pianist and music teacher from Sarajevo. As she sits center stage on a white piano bench, her hand slowly begins to play an invisible keyboard one chord at a time. The imposing presence of an actual grand piano and violin at the back of the stage easily creates the illusion that music is the elegant apparatus of the musician, but this single hand held in midair reminds us of the palpability of the music itself. More than a metaphor, classical music becomes a tangible character in Florida Stage's production of The Music Lesson. It is sometimes both a weapon and a shield, at other times a refuge and something to be escaped. We see the characters struggle with music as a true character and not a prop. They fight it, ignore it, trivialize it, and fear it: "Music is like sleeping on knives," says Kat (Amy Love), Irena's student. "It makes me think of all the things that scare me."
But above all music is a language, and, as Irena says to her husband, Ivan: "Music is the only language you need." What fuels Irena is the belief that music is so powerful and pervasive it can change lives.
Irena and Ivan (Joris Stuyck) have taken refuge in Pittsburgh from their war-torn city of Sarajevo. In a chance meeting at the grocery store, the recently divorced Mrs. Johnson (Elizabeth Dimon) persuades Ivan to give her son Eddie (Ashton Lee) violin lessons. Ivan in turn volunteers his wife Irena to give Mrs. Johnson's wayward daughter, Kat, piano lessons. The play moves back and forth between present-day Pittsburgh and Sarajevo in the early Nineties. A strong part of these flashbacks is the appearance of Maja (Maggi St. Clair Melin), a young girl who was Irena's favorite student and became like a daughter to her. Maja, who was one of several children killed when a sniper threw a grenade onto a crowded playground, appears as an apparition in some of the play's most gripping scenes. Who could be more romanticized in a tale of war-ravaged Bosnia than children? Fortunately playwright Tammy Ryan has created a script that does not exploit the plight of children for its emotional impact but shows children as human beings trapped in conditions imposed by politics, geography, and society.
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The Music Lesson teaches us that the country of childhood has no nationality. The desire to fit in and the need to feel safe and loved is universal. Through a series of scenes in which both Maja and Kat take the stage, the audience witnesses the girls' mutual struggle to be liberated from neglect, violence, and frustration in their respective societies. Overshadowed by her little brother, a child prodigy who is hurting from the separation of their parents, Kat is bitter and resistant to piano lessons. In an amazing scene in which Irena loses her temper and confronts Kat about her hostile attitude, Maja appears, shadowing the outrage and hurt that Kat unleashes. While Maja expresses her emptiness at not being able to go to school, Kat laments her overcrowded school and thoughtless teachers. The girls perform this striking duet, finally crouching with their hands over their heads -- Maja in terror of bombings and Kat wishing something would destroy her to end the pain she feels.
As Irena, Jessica Peterson is an engaging force throughout the play. Neither a valiant survivor of war nor a model teacher, Irena cowers, criticizes, and acquiesces in the face of daily life in her new country. She feels alienated by her husband's openness and enthusiasm about his adopted land. Irena often has panic attacks in which she loses touch with reality and is thrust into disturbing remembrances of Sarajevo. In one scene Ivan tries to calm her and offers her a glass of water. She responds, "Water -- I just want to drink a glass of water and not think if it needs to be cleaned or boiled." She is reliving her time spent in basements hiding from bombs. We see her simultaneously safe in her Pittsburgh apartment and in danger in a Sarajevo basement. This duality transforms The Music Lesson into a theatrically moving and meaningful experience.
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Although the seats to the far right of the house do not give full view of the pianist and violinist at the back of the stage behind the modest living room set, the small stage is efficiently utilized. The piano bench, probably the most important prop, is a crucial point of dramatic action. The bench itself is a stage within a stage, at which the similarly unwilling student and teacher, Kat and Irena, act out their conflict. In one visually compelling scene, the stage lights go on and off, methodically illuminating a series of vignettes: Irena positions Kat's hands, corrects her posture. Each moment reveals frustration and incomprehension for both characters. Amy Love is convincing as the disdainful student. Her slouching, hateful stares, and eye-rolling paint the perfect portrait of the frustrated adolescent.
Part of The Music Lesson's success in saying something meaningful and emotionally relevant about such a serious subject is the incorporation of everyday humor in the dialogue. Watching Irena and Ivan struggle to communicate in English provides levity, as do comments from the children, as when Eddie exclaims, "We're not a family. We're just people living in the same house." This humor reflects an emotional honesty in the script that is portrayed well by the actors. Conversely the script also addresses the characters' familiarity with evil. Early in the play Maja describes the evolving tension among Serbs, Croats, and Muslims as "a dark river of hate rising." Later, when the violence has reached its height and families have been torn apart, she begins to feel that same river rising in her. Although still a young girl, she must struggle with adult conflicts. This emotional veracity is consistent in Maggi St. Clair Melin's delivery throughout the play.
The Music Lesson is not just another account of human tragedy desensitized by a flood of overt emotion and sentimentality; it is a moving account of people trying to rebuild their lives. Music is not used for transitioning or for catapulting the more dramatic moments over the top. In fact codirectors Louis Tyrrell and Mark Lynch have conjured the best of both worlds: solid, emotive theater and eloquent live music. The presence of the pianist and violinist gives the audience not only the benefit of live classical music but also the opportunity to witness the artistry that goes into playing an instrument while avoiding the logistic problem of actors attempting to play instruments professionally. Although the actors indeed must accurately mime the playing of their instrument, Tyrrell and Lynch lead their cast toward a more conceptual approach, allowing the audience to witness the emotion involved in the playing without the obtrusiveness of the instrument itself. Like the invisible walls of Grovers Corners in Our Town, these invisible instruments give breadth to the actors' portrayals and the audience's imagination.


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First Thursday at LeDouxville
Storefronts Seattle and ASAP Host First Thursday Thursday, December 1 6 pm – 9pm at LeDouxville http://www.ledouxville.com 604 Second Avenue in Pioneer Square Please join Storefronts Seattle for the celebration of the program's fall and winter 2011-2012 installations and … Continue reading
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Storefronts Auburn in the Press, and Roster Pending!
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The Deadline Approaches!
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First Thursday (since last Thursday)!
SO… MUCH… HAPPENING! First, check out the brand-newly-installed piece in the Chinatown International District by Joline El-Hai at 411 Maynard Ave South. Up in Pioneer Square, it's the first First Thursday since the opening of Jesse LeDoux's LeDouxville at 604 … Continue reading


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From Bank to Poplar on the DLR
This video shows why the DLR appeals to kids of all ages.
As the train is driverless, you can often get the front all to yourself. I just sat in the right hand seat and balanced my elbows on the cover in front of me.
To get these pictures, I waited on Platform 9 at Bank station until a train going to Woolwich Arsenal or Beckton stations and got in the front on the right hand side. The Lewisham trains would be a worthy alternative, especially as they go through Canary Wharf station.
A Practical Reason for Same-Sex Marriage
There has been so much rheotic and I suspect rhubarb and prejudice talked about this, that it's difficult to sort the wood from the trees.
But a spokesman on the BBC, who said he's been in a good civil partnership for six years, said that the reason he wants to get married is for next-of-kin reasons. In the UK you can name who you want as a next-of-kin within reason, but he said that law stopped at Dover. So marriage would sort out quite a few problems, especially if your partner was unlucky enougfh to die.
He may be being a bit simplistic and it might be valid in countries like the Netherlands, Canada, Norway and South Africa, where same-sex partnerships or marriages are allowed, but what about countries like Qatar or Saudi Arabia. On the other hand would British law take precedence?
A Church With A Station in the Rectory
I mentioned in the last post, that St. Mary Woolnoth had the access to the Docklands Light Railway, where the rectory used to be. So I took some pictures this morning.
It would appear the church has gone commercial with a Starbucks. too. What more could a commuter want? Religion, coffee and a quick way to the City Airport.
It was actually a three stage drop to the platforms of the DLR, but the lifts would have taken the average loaded wheel-chair and a pusher with ease. The first lift actually gets you to the escalators, so it could be a quick bypass of the stairs from street-level, if you're carrying something heavy.
Disabled and Normal Access on the Docklands Light Railway
When I was in Bank station yesterday, I noticed that there is a lift down to the Docklands Light Railway. Where it comes out at the surface, I don't know. and it is worth an investigation. As it is foggy today, perhaps I'll go and have a look. According to Wikipedia, the lift gets to the surface in the rectory of St. Mary Woolnoth
i should say though, that access to the DLR has greatly improved from the Northern line and now it is just one short staircase and twenty metres or so in a tunnel. There are also escalators everywhere, which is one of the reasons I didn't use the lift. so sometimes, when they refurbish a station, like they have at Bank, they do get it right.
But this web site for Stratford International station doesn't. Type disabled or wheel-chair into the site search engine and nothing is found. Although the station is known to be step free and if you want to transfer between the DLR and say a service to Ipswich, Southend or Dalston, it's lifts all the way.
Why can't people who design web sites get them right? I suspect that there's full information on how to get to Eastfield, the Shopping Centre though!
To take the Golden Syrup picture, I travelled to West Silvertown station, which is a typical elevated DLR station, with a lift and a staircase to both platforms. Incidentally, this station has some short term parking, as many do on the DLR, so it is an ideal place to set someone on their way in a wheel-chair say and then go and find somewhere safe to leave the car for a longer time.
A Good Summary of Crossrail
Although, it's mainly about the start of tunnelling on Crossrail, this post on the BBC, has some good graphics and maps about the new train line through London.


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Turtles, get your passports | Feb. 8, Floridian story
Turtles' tragic fate is not entertainment
I was shocked and sickened upon reading your article on turtle hunting. Perusing the front page of the Sunday Floridian, I saw a promotional banner for an interior article that read: "Turtle roundup. It doesn't take much skill, but it sure is messy. Fortunately, turtles can't run." Thinking I was going to read about a turtle rescue initiative, I turned to the article, which was headlined: "Turtles, get your passports."
I then discovered that this three-quarter page article complete with full color photos showcases a company that hunts turtles. This fishing company caught hundreds of softshell turtles — 20,000 pounds worth — over the summer. But at the same time the economy of their No. 1 customer, China, collapsed. So they held the turtles in pens until an order came through two weeks earlier from a Chinese fish dealer (that's about six months in captivity by my calculation).
Now they have to "round up" the turtles — but don't worry, it's easy. All you have to do is "jab a stick in the mud until you feel one, then dig it out." But "fortunately, turtles can't really run." The pictures show beautiful turtles being crammed into small boxes, and even one shot of a turtle trying in vain to escape.
Tragically, this article did not serve to inform readers how turtles have been so overhunted, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission had to mandate limitations on hunting to protect them (and hopefully one day will outlaw it altogether). No, your article was meant to "entertain" us as evidenced by the tone of your promotional banner, headline and text.
Did it ever occur to you to consider the pain and suffering these creatures experience when they are removed from their own environment, packed into small boxes and shipped thousands of miles to China? Or do you even care?
I am disgusted with your attempt to entertain me, and as a longtime reader of the St. Petersburg Times, I assure you, this is not representative of a responsible and credible newspaper.
Candace Westerberg, St. Petersburg
This should be forbidden
I am sad and angry at the flippant tone of this piece. "Turtles, get your passports." (Hilarious!) And good thing turtles aren't good climbers! Ha, ha, ha! Look at that turtle climbing for its life!
And I can't even begin to understand why a 2-pound turtle would be shipped to China to be sold for meat. More likely, it will enter the breeding trade there to continue the chain of supplying China with even more turtle meat.
I could not believe that there were no laws forbidding this type of activity, that anyone, licensed trapper or not, could go out to a wild pond, collect and start breeding (intentionally or not) these turtles. No mention was made of any safe living or breeding conditions these turtles have been subjected to.
Rebecca Brittain, Clearwater
Horrible hunting
I am totally disappointed in the St. Petersburg Times for publishing the most disgusting pictures and comments about the native Florida turtle roundup.
The picture of the turtle trying to escape and the comment that it was "lucky" that he was not a good climber were heartbreaking.
There are wonderful organizations in Florida that are working hard to stop this horrible practice of hunting down native Florida species. Let's hope they succeed soon.
I hope your pictures inspired others, as they did me, to join PETA. I expected more of the Times, but I guess I was wrong.
Barbara Hodges, Tarpon Springs
What's next?
It was very sad to see the photo of the Florida softshell turtle struggling to get out of a box bound for some restaurant in China.
When the Thomas family finally runs out of turtles, will they next ship their dogs to China? Dogs are eaten there, too. How about the Thomas kids? I'm pretty sure there is a market for them too, somewhere.
Fred Jacobsen, Apollo Beach
Crist taking heat for backing stimulus and Another Obama nominee pulls out | Feb. 13
Republicans show that they are out of touch
On a state and national level, the Republicans have taken two actions that are an indication that the GOP remains out of step with America and, in these two instances at least, downright unpatriotic.
Gov. Charlie Crist's statesmanlike behavior when his president came to visit was excoriated by Alex Castellanos, a "veteran Republican consultant," and by Florida Sen. Mel Martinez. Nationally, Sen. Judd Gregg abruptly withdrew his acceptance of the nomination to be commerce secretary, saying that he had just realized he had irresolvable conflicts with the president.
Last November, the people of this country made it clear that they were tired of divisive politics and that they were fearful that the crises we faced needed a concerted effort by all branches of government to solve them. Crist simply adopted a tone of civility that his president was requiring of all of us. Perhaps Crist also realized that his party's era of cutting-taxes-and-spending-anyway had put Florida into an untenable position — a position in which the state desperately needs that stimulus money. The GOP response to the call for civility and respectful debate was apparently: "If they got Charlie Crist in a dark alley, all you'd have left is a tuft of white hair." At a time of crises, such unproductive rhetoric is clearly unpatriotic.
As for Gregg, how is it possible that, after the long presidential campaign and after participating as a senator in the debate over the stimulus package, he could have so badly misunderstood the differences he had with his president? How is it possible that in the few days since his nomination, he saw the light?
There are only two explanations. One is that he buckled under the same type of pressure being felt by Crist to oppose the president no matter the cost. The other is that he intentionally agreed to the nomination in order to undermine the president when he later backed out. Both explanations of Gregg's behavior are unsavory and both are unpatriotic.
Judith Gordon, Seminole
Crist taking heat for backing stimulus Feb. 13
Obstruction is all they offer
Gov. Charlie Crist has been supporting the stimulus package, and rightfully so. He is now "taking heat" from his fellow Republicans, and Sen. Mel Martinez even rebuked him on the Senate floor, saying, "Crist didn't get it".
It is the Republicans who don't get it. We Americans were very clear in the November elections that Republican ideas and policies just don't work and we want that to stop. All the Republicans have done since is whine, pout and try to obstruct progress that we, their constituents, have voted for. To you elected Republicans, I say get over it and get on board.
John Stefferud, Brandon
It's all borrowed money
The money designated for the bailouts and stimulus plan is commonly referred to as taxpayer dollars. This is a little misleading, and as the amount exceeds $1.5 trillion it is important we remain very clear what that number represents. It does not represent taxpayer dollars but rather taxpayer IOUs, taxes that have yet to be paid. It's money we owe, on top of all our other outstanding debt.
The funds involved in all this recovery spending are the result of money the government has access to, not money the government has. There is a big difference, and citizens and politicians alike need to keep that in mind.
Chi Womas, Tampa
Obama seems to be a winner; who are the losers? | Feb. 13
A burden on the future
This headline left out some important losers: the generations yet to be born. Having no idea as to how handle this debt ourselves, we cannot even give them a clue.
Hartley Steeves, Tampa
Another link in the sad legacy on the border Feb. 8
Contrasts in the conflict
Susan Taylor Martin's article contrasting a 14-year old in Israel with one in Gaza raises two interesting questions.
First, why does the Palestinian say, "We hope all Israelis die …" but the Israeli says, "I don't care about the Palestinians …"? There is a very big difference between one person not caring for someone and "we" — a group — wishing someone dead. Yet that tells us the culture and upbringing of each teen.
As she goes on to say in her article, the Palestinian teens are educated with a map of the Middle East that does not even include the existence of Israel. While not mentioned in the article, Israelis learn geography with the existence of Gaza and the West Bank.
The article also describes the destruction in Gaza, which prompts the second question: Why don't the Arab nations and Muslims do more to help those in Gaza? When Israel is attacked and buildings and lives are destroyed, the Jewish community around the world immediately comes to their aid. What reason would the Arab world have for not doing the same for its brethren?
Answering these questions may go a long way to helping find peace in the region.
Larry Silver, Oldsmar
Another link in the sad legacy on the border Feb. 8
The human side
I want to thank you for the objective reports coming from Susan Taylor Martin in Gaza and the Palestinian territories. They show the human side of events there today and foretell the disasters to come — if not tomorrow, then just as soon as the next generation gives up hope for justice and dignity.
To those who think the Palestinian schools teach hate, I can only ask: What do the indiscriminate rockets, bombs, shells, border blockades and incessant "incursions" teach? Love?
Robert D. Brooks, Tampa
Another link in the sad legacy on the border Feb. 8
Finding a path to peace
Susan Taylor Martin has exposed and analyzed one of the deepest roots of the Palestinian and Israeli conflict: hate. Her balanced reporting from both Palestinian and Israeli boys undoubtedly portrays one of the most accurate analyses of the conflict the St. Petersburg Times has produced recently.
Her location says it all: the Israel-Gaza border. Martin has also revealed that peace will not ensue, no matter how many other countries or relief organizations try to intercede, unless the Palestinians and Israelis seek peace with each other and teach to their children this golden rule of respecting their neighbors. The conflict is more internal than external and must be solved that way.
Nora Zaki, Lithia
Needed lessons
As a school administrator responsible for integration in Rochester, N.Y., I initiated a program to overcome hatred. We brought students from the suburbs and the city together to discuss a topic. The black and white students interacted with each other in a positive way. They formed alliances across racial lines to make their points.
Programs that would bring Palestinian and Israeli students together in similar manner could be a first step in diminishing hatred and misunderstanding. It certainly is worth a try.
Norman N. Gross, Ph.D., Palm Harbor
Show them who's boss | Feb. 11, editorial from tbt*
Ticked off at Ticketmaster
Three cheers for Sen. Charles Schumer! It's a shame that it took a "software issue" to finally get Ticketmaster's questionable business practices noticed. They've only been giving the shaft to the ticket-buying public for years! (Yeah, they were just trying to help customers.)
I've long been in the habit of purchasing my tickets directly from the venue box offices, for the exact purpose of denying Ticketmaster any of my hard-earned cash. But in the last month, I've been forced to buy three tickets through their Web site. For those three tickets, I paid a combined total of $48.90 in service fees — $48.90 for three tickets. For what? The privilege of clicking the "Buy Now!" icon?!
Until this bloated, reprobate behemoth is defeated, I implore everyone to make the extra effort, take the time to purchase from the box office. In the meantime, I'm sending Sen. Schumer a campaign donation!
Teresa Nelson, Pinellas Park
Look! Up in the sky! It's Jeff Kottkamp! Feb. 12, Howard Troxler column
Outrageous abuse
Thank you, thank you, Howard Troxler!
First of all, I can't thank you enough for the laughing I experienced, which released some of the fury I was carrying around regarding the outstanding gall and outrageous behavior of a politician, whose duties I am unaware of other than filling in for the governor should something happen to him.
Not only is the misuse of taxpayer money wrong at any time, but in this present economy when services important to sustaining life are being cut, to arrogantly use our funds as a personal money pit is enraging.
It makes me wonder if any of our politicians actually care about doing public service or do they see it as a way to get a pension and have access to all kinds of perks. Some talk of less government, but of course, not less government money when it comes to using it for themselves.
Marilyn Weaver, Tarpon Springs


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876 F2d 456 Pettitt v. Baker & Pc
876 F.2d 456
19 Bankr.Ct.Dec. 971, Bankr. L. Rep. P 73,006
Edwin William PETTITT, Jr. and Erwin Smith McGee,
Don BAKER, Geoffrey Price, and Baker & Price, P.C.,
No. 88-1687.
United States Court of Appeals,
Fifth Circuit.
June 30, 1989.
Mark Cohen, Austin, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.
Broadus Autry Spivey, Paul E. Knisely, and Spivey, Grigg, Kelly & Knisely, Austin, Tex., for defendants-appellees.
Appeal from the United States District for the Western District of Texas.
Before REAVLEY and POLITZ, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER,* District Judge.
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
Edwin William Pettitt and his attorney, Erwin Smith McGee, seek damages from Don Baker, Geoffrey Price, and Baker & Price, P.C. for willful violations of an automatic stay in bankruptcy, 11 U.S.C. Sec. 362(a). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants based on its determination that no private cause of action for such exists under the Bankruptcy Act of 1978. Concluding that 11 U.S.C. Sec. 362(h) creates a private remedy for a willful violation of a section 362(a) stay, we vacate and remand.
The law firm of Baker & Price represented Alushield Metal Corporation in a Texas state court suit against Pettitt in which Alushield Metal was granted a default judgment in the amount of $18,848.61. On January 30, 1985 Geoffrey Price, an attorney with Baker & Price, transmitted a writ of execution on property owned by Pettitt in Travis County. That property was sold at a constable's execution sale on March 5, 1985. On April 8, 1985 Price transmitted a writ of execution affecting property owned by Pettitt in Galveston County, and that property was sold at an execution sale. According to the pleadings, these properties were acquired either on behalf of Baker & Price or by someone associated with the firm.
On April 23, 1985 Pettitt filed a state court action against Alushield and Geoffrey Price seeking to recover his property and an award of damages. On October 29, 1986 Price and other creditors holding claims against Pettitt filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against him pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Sec. 303.
On November 5, 1986, in the Alushield suit, Baker & Price filed an application for turnover of Pettitt's causes of action against Alushield and Geoffrey Price. Turnover was granted and the state court ordered the execution sale of those causes of action. Don Baker attended the constable's execution sale as attorney for Geoffrey Price and acquired the causes of action.
As attorney for Price, Baker filed several pleadings with respect to the causes of action Price had purchased at the execution sale, including one entitled "Plaintiff's Notice of Dismissal with Prejudice." Shortly thereafter, the state court ordered that all parties take no further action in the state court suit because of the stay in bankruptcy. Pettitt and McGee subsequently filed the instant suit against Baker, Price, and Baker & Price, invoking 11 U.S.C. Sec. 362(h) and alleging that the defendants willfully violated the automatic stay in bankruptcy, 11 U.S.C. Sec. 362(a).
Citing In re Stacy, 21 B.R. 49 (Bankr.W.D.Va.1982), the district court held that the Bankruptcy Code of 1978 does not provide a debtor with a private cause of action to seek monetary damages against a party who has violated an automatic stay. The district court's reliance on Stacy, decided prior to the 1984 amendments to the Bankruptcy Code, was misplaced. By Act of July 10, 1984, Congress amended the automatic stay provision of the Bankruptcy Code, adding subsection (h) to 11 U.S.C. Sec. 362, providing:
An individual injured by any willful violation of a stay provided by this section shall recover actual damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, and, in appropriate circumstances, may recover punitive damages.
Act of July 10, 1984, Pub.L. No. 98-353, 98 Stat. 392. We conclude that subsection (h) creates a private remedy for one injured by a willful violation of an automatic stay. See In re Bragg, 56 B.R. 46 (Bankr.M.D.Ala.1985); see also G. Treister, Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Law 209 (1988).
We are cognizant that there are scant primary or secondary authorities applying or discussing the relatively new subsection (h). Nor is there a plethora of enlightening references in the relevant legislative history. We do not consider such essential, however, to today's task. To hold that 11 U.S.C. Sec. 362(h) does not create a private right of action would require us to ignore its plain and express language. As we read that language, we cannot but conclude that Congress established a remedy for an individual injured by a willful violation of a section 362(a) stay.1
In reaching the conclusion that 11 U.S.C. Sec. 362(h) creates a private right of action, we express no opinion regarding whether the present action was brought in the proper forum or whether, in the factual and procedural posture of this matter, Pettitt and McGee have the requisite standing. Those matters should be first addressed by the court a quo.
VACATED and REMANDED for further proceedings consistent herewith.
District Judge of the Western District of Louisiana, sitting by designation
Because we find that subsection (h) expressly provides a private right of action, it is not necessary for us to analyze the provision under the test articulated by the Supreme Court in Cort v. Ash, 422 U.S. 66, 95 S.Ct. 2080, 45 L.Ed.2d 26 (1975)


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In a way that reminds of the first Pentium processors, it has been asserted by the founder of OpenBSD, Theo de Raadt that a number of flaws in the processor microcode exist.
Some have been acknowledged by Intel, and updates to modify Microsoft operating systems to work with the errors have been released. The changes have not been discussed in any detail, so exact problems simply have been 'coded around' in these patches released on June 22nd. This is referred to as a 'microcode reliability update'.
Mr. Raadt continues with the assessment that not only are the processors "buggy as hell", "but will ASSUREDLY be exploitable from userland code". The worst part of his claim is that certain errors in the chip will not be repairable with any coding changes. Intel is keeping quiet about the assessment from Mr. Raadt, but has released 'urgent' BIOS and microcode revisions for release on July 11th.
The affected CPUs are the Core2Duo E4000 and E6000, the Core2Quad Q6600, Core2Extreme QX6600, QX6700, and QX6800. These are the bulk of the current line up, so it remains to be seen what this will mean for sales or possible recall events. The representatives state that all errata have been accounted for in their published lists, and than updates to microcode have been done.
Still, no direct refutation of the charges by the founder of OpenBSD have been put forth.
Of note, the vociferous Mr. Raadt also sprays some verbal poison at AMD, as he states the company is also being less than helpful in the release of any code problems with their CPUs. [The only difference it seems is that the number and listing seems less, and Mr. Raadt doesn't expound on how any of the AMD errors are 'unfixable']
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text: Dong Yu, of Microsoft Research Redmond, and Frank Seide, of Microsoft Research Asia, have extended the state of the art in real-time, speaker-independent, automatic speech recognition to produce the Deep-Neural-Network Speech Recognition based MAVIS. MAVIS (Microsoft Audio Video Indexing Service) indexes audio and video content and then allows you to search for a particular word or phrase across the entire content and jump to the exact point when it was uttered. Now MAVIS is being updated with the concepts and algorithms of Deep-Neural-Network Speech Recognition. This is the first time any company has released a deep-neural-networks (DNN)-based speech-recognition algorithm in a commercial product. People have gone to the extent of calling it a breakthrough and"Holy Grail of speech recognition". Artificial neural networks are mathematical models of low-level circuits in the human brain. Though, this concept has been in use for speech recognition for more than 20 years, computer scientists gained access to enough computing power to make it possible to build models only a few years ago. The Deep-Neural-Network Speech Recognition systems are characterized by improved accuracy and faster processor timing. So, using this technology, users can take advantage of these characteristics and improve the performance. Demos have shown a 10-to-20 percent relative error reduction and it also uses about 30 percent less processing time than the best-of-breed speech-recognition algorithms based on so-called Gaussian Mixture Models. Though these characteristics are good and appealing, they are not what we can call the best part of the technique. The best part of this whole process is that it does not require any sort of "speaker adaptation." The presently used systems require speaker adaptation. In this process, an audio file is recognized multiple times, and after each time, the recognizer "tunes" itself a little more closely to the specific speaker or speakers in the file, so that the next time, it gets better. Obviously this is an expensive process. So using this new algorithm will bring down the costs. A speech recognizer is nothing but a model of fragments of sounds of speech. An example of such sounds is "phonemes," the roughly 30 or so pronunciation symbols used in a dictionary. State-of-the-art speech recognizers use shorter fragments, numbering in the thousands, called "senones." This particular research took a leap forward the group proposed modeling the thousands of "senones", much smaller acoustic-model building blocks, directly with DNNs. By modeling senones directly using DNNs, the system outperformed state-of-the-art conventional speech-recognition systems by more than 16%. This kind of a service is critical in mobile scenarios, at call centers, and in web services for speech-to-speech translation. Via: Microsoft Research


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Optimum Media Direction launched in Middle East
International media buyer Omnicom has recently launched its media specialist arm, Optimum Media Direction (OMD), in the Middle East. OMD opened offices in Dubai and Jeddah, covering the Levant, lower gulf and North African region. In the short term, expansion for OMD offices is expected in both Lebanon and Egypt with further growth in later stages, according to a company press release.
"With $18.7 billion billings worldwide, OMD is Omnicom's worldwide media network with over 4,000 people in 110 offices in 87 countries. We deliver the best return on investment for over 15,000 clients globally," OMD Regional Managing Director stated Elie Khouri. "We have grown out of three of the most creative global advertising networks, BBDO, DDB and TBWA."
"We were not interested in setting up just another media independent," explained Alain Khouri, Impact/BBDO's group chairman and chairman of OMD's regional board. "Our ambition is to be a true media powerhouse." — (menareport.com)
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Nashville, Tenn. - The No. 10 Vanderbilt Commodores will appear on television at least nine times during the 2014 season.
The Commodores will be one of the Southeastern Conference's first TV games of the spring when No. 9 LSU visits Hawkins Field on opening weekend of league play. The Dores and Tigers will play Saturday's (March 15) game at 2:15 on Fox SportsNet. The following weekend the Commodores face another tall task, this time on the road with a trip to No. 8 Mississippi State. Vandy and the Bulldogs will play two games of the series on TV that weekend with Friday (March 21) night's game being broadcast on CSS at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday's (March 22) game on ESPNU at 7:30 p.m.
Vanderbilt returns home to take on Kentucky the last weekend of March with Sunday's (March 30) tilt against the Wildcats set for 1 p.m. on ESPNU. The Dores head east to take on Tennessee the next weekend with Saturday's (April 5) game set for 6 p.m. on CSS.
No. 25 Arkansas hosts the Commodores April 18-20 with Sunday's game set for noon on ESPN from Baum Stadium. The Dores wrap up April with a series at home against Georgia. Saturday's (April 26) game is scheduled to air on CSS at 3 p.m.
Head Coach Tim Corbin and the Commodores wrap up a tough week and the road portion of the SEC schedule with a trip to No. 23 Florida in early May. The Dores and Gators will battle on Thursday (May 8) night as part of ESPNU's Thursday night SEC package. Game time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. The series finale will also be broadcast on TV and is slated for 11 a.m. on FSN.
Vanderbilt opens the season February 14 at Long Beach State. Hawkins Field will host its first game of the season on February 19 when Lipscomb makes the trek across town. The Commodores annual banquet is February 8 at the Student Life Center. The team will sign autographs beginning at 6:15 p.m. with the program beginning at approximately 7 p.m. For banquet or season ticket information call 615.322.GOLD or visit vucommodores.com


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The Competence Project
Sharon Astyk, Casaubon's Book
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
I have an embarassing confession to make – I'm not handy at all, and I have absolutely no excuse for it. You see, unlike my husband, who grew up in an apartment where a super handled any fixing, I grew up with two parents who were both extremely handy. There was my Dad, who smelted his own bullets in our furnace, fixed things and taught me to handle a knife, an axe and screwdriver early on. And, just in case I should try and get away with whining that I didn't learn because I was a girl (total nonsense, my Dad would have had no truck with that), my step-mother is an extremely talented woodworker, who I got to watch renovate our home more or less by herself through my whole adolescence.
… Periodically I hear others (and I do this myself) say "I'm not good at X" For X you can insert just about anything – growing food, sewing, cooking, repairing things. Now sometimes this goes to a real physical disability that has to be overcome – or can't. There are things those of us with physical or intellectual limitations may never be able to do – just like there are people who will never master their times tables or learn to read. But barring such disabilities, there are some things in life that the general consensus requires that we have a certain basic, minimal skill set in. For example, children may come to reading or arithmetic with great difficulty or great ease, but the assumption is that they need to learn to read and do their times tables. They may never do them naturally, but they have to be able to. And the truth is that for most people who received an adequate education, they can read and figure, if laboriously.
There are large chunks of basic subsistence skills that we really need to treat as part of the same basic categories as reading and math – things that every adult person should have a certain level of minimal competence in, barring a true physical or mental barrier to them. I'm not sure I'd use Robert Heinlein's list quoted above, but you can come up with a decent one that isn't too far off and that prepares us for this new world where we can't buy our way out of so many problems-
(5 November 2008)
Personal Survival Skills:
Life At The Twlight Of Empire
Michelle Fealk, Adriana Guillen, Colin Peacock, Sarah Rios, et al; Counter Currents
A group of concerned University of Arizona students journeyed into the world of peak oil and the consequent end of the world as we know it. This report reviews our efforts to develop plans to survive and even prosper, if modern infrastructure failes. And just exactly what we're going to do about it, anyway.
Introducing The World
We are a small group of students with diverse backgrounds and life goals. We began this journey relatively uninformed about the impacts of peak oil and other end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it scenarios, and our opinions differ as to how accurate or biased those scenarios are. But we share a common interest in personal survival as the chance of civilization collapsing increases, and we wish to share our newly accumulated knowledge with others who are similarly concerned about their own futures.
This report is intended to serve as a guide along the path we have, thankfully, already trodden and worn down, along with several thousand scientists, conspiracy-theory crackpots, and average frustrated chumps as we have come up against a world in turmoil. Specifically, we face an ambiguous future in a world that grows increasingly dependent on oil even as global supplies fall.
We begin by briefly discussing the evidence behind peak oil and the importance of crude oil to civilization. Then we review various scenarios of a future that, perhaps thankfully, we cannot fully predict. We conclude by discussing several areas of human life that we wish to continue participating in after the fall of civilization: Water, Food, Shelter, Community, and Medicine. We identify opportunities to access these wonderful components of society even as the world as we know it is turned upside down.
(4 November 2008)
Original is at Personalsurvivalskills.com . Original has nice graphics but may be a little harder to read. -BA
Podcasts online – Bioneers by the Bay Conference (audio)
Joanna Harcourt-Smith, Bioneers via Future Primitive
Bioneers by the Bay Conference
24-26 October 2008, New Bedford, MA
Visionary and practical solutions for restoring the Earth and its inhabitants.
Joanna Harcourt-Smith interviews the speakers and workshop presenters at the conference.
For more information on the conference, see Connecting for Change.
(November 2008)
A grab bag of interviews on subjects related to sustainability. Population, farming, and organizing are some of the topics. -BA
Environment and energy coverage at TNR
Bradford Plumer and staff, The New Republic
The New Republic site seems to have undergone a makeover and is featuring some excellent new sections that are open access:
Environment & energy articles
The Vine (Environment and energy blog)
Format and political viewpoint seems to be similar to Gristmill (a good model).
A search of the site turned up some mentions of peak oil.
The Society of Environmental Journalists says:
"The New Republic's new environment and energy blog, "The Vine," has posted a series of interesting and important stories on subjects ranging from smartening up the national electric grid and the prospects for keeping the Clinton-era "Roadless Rule" — to powering cars with sludge and the question of whether daylight savings time is a waste in terms of energy savings. Posts are from people like Bradford Plumer, Dayo Olopade, and Rob Inglis of High Country News."
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Tell me please if I'm right in saying this then:The photo editing programs like Lightroom etc did away with the art work side of Photoshop to produce a package that was all a photographer would need, and was therefore easier to work with and cheaper.
In response Photoshop created ACR.
I'm just confused is ACR in Photoshop CS3/4 to be used for RAW images or JPEG's. It almost seems like ACR is just a new layout specific to people editing photo's whereas the main Photoshop layout is non specific and essentially cluttered with art work tools.
The basic difference between Lightroom/Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop is that in LR/ACR all changes you make are non destructive and don't change the pixels.


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Trinity College School Information Session in Bowmanville on Wednesday, January 30: Never considered an independent school? You might be surprised…
Located on a beautiful campus in Port Hope, Trinity College School (TCS) is a co-educational day and boarding school for students in Grades 5-12. One of Canada's oldest and most respected educational institutions, the School places a balanced emphasis on academics, service learning, athletics and the arts.
Over 100 students from Durham Region choose to take the TCS bus every day to Port Hope for many reasons: small classroom size, excellent facilities, supportive teachers, a broad range of co-curricular opportunities and the safety of a close-knit community.
Ask a TCS family and they will tell you about our success in preparing students for the next stage of their educational journey. Whether it be Grade 5 and 6 students preparing for their foundational middle school years or Grade 9 and 10 students looking ahead to university, TCS students are ready and eager for their next challenges.
Coming from the Junior School, I was prepared academically for Grade 9 because all the teachers anticipate what you need to learn and prepare you the best they can. We developed our leadership skills by participating in service learning from Grade 5 and then having leadership roles in Grade 8. — Julian, Grade 10 student.
There are several bursary and scholarship opportunities available; in fact, more than 25% of our students share over $2 million in financial assistance each year with day student awards ranging from $5,000 to $12,000.
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Time: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Location: Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, 134 Simpson Avenue, Bowmanville, Ontario
The evening begins at 7:00 p.m. The presentation will start at 7:15 p.m. and will be given by Mrs. Barbara Piccini, head of the Junior School. Interested families will also have the opportunity to speak with current families who will share their experiences as part of the TCS community. Adrienne Ross, from the admissions department, will be present to answer any questions families may have. For more information and to RSVP, please contact the Admissions Department [email protected] or 905-885-3209.


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It's a Five O'Clock World When The Whistle Blows
Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to be playing some records at the San Fran for their 5 O'Clock Shakedown. The aim there is to play a few tunes to wind into the weekend - 5pm-8-pm, the bar has 20 per cent off its tap beers - and a great selection of beers, the kitchen is open, they have the balcony there, it's all set up. My job is to provide the entertainment, the background, the nostalgia - playing music from across the decades, a selection of my favourites.
I always refer to it as "playing records" rather than DJing - purely because the term DJ feels loaded. I'd argue that in this capacity I'm not there to play what the crowd wants to hear quite as much as I'm there to play what I want them to hear.
There's always a risk there - arrogance obviously, getting it wrong, but last week I played the same slot, 5-8pm (here's the line-up of tunes I provided) and I received the single best compliment - in fact it's likely to be the very best compliment I will ever receive for my, erm, "DJing". Someone came up and told me, as a way of thank-you when leaving, that they had felt like they had some understanding of "what it might be like to sit in Simon Sweetman's lounge". Wait. I know it actually was a compliment - I made sure to get them to clarify. I told them thanks, and that actually it was better here in this context because if it were in my lounge at home they'd have some annoying spiel before each record that they might not be able to block out.
So you see the approach to playing records is a bit like writing this blog - yes, it's a service, a form of entertainment, I provide the work for you - if you want it. But it's my call, on my terms. It is for me as much as for you. And you get to vote with your feet. You stick around if you're into it. You don't if you're not. You can ever give me some grief if you like - favourite DJ requests are always "play something else" and "f*** off!" Favourite blog comments are grammatically 'creative'.
This week I saw the film Boyhood - while I was watching the movie it seemed like the only thing that mattered. Not just that it had my attention for its duration but it seemed like it might be the only movie that mattered, the only one that told the truth. You might see films you end up enjoying more but I really feel like you won't see a better film this year than Boyhood.
It's a film that is so many things - audacious project, a world within itself, maybe the truest movie experience you could ever have - but it's also a lovely slice of nostalgia, or it offers a chance for reflection. It took me back to my upbringing - all at once completely different to the film's story and exactly the same. The film also has a soundtrack (which I reviewed before seeing the movie) which is filled with great musical cues - songs that tick off the years the story travels through, a catalogue of hits from the last decade and one or two nostalgic gems (Wings' Band On The Run for instance).
I'm adding this here because I didn't want to bore you today with just a free ad for the fact that I'm anti-DJing tonight at San Fran.
No, no, I thought I'd bore you instead with some (subjectivity-claiming-to-be-objectivity) film reviewing.
If you're in Wellington you should come up this afternoon/evening and say hi - and sit back while I play Elton John's Island Girl or Wings' Let 'Em In or Whitney Houston's How Will I Know or possibly even something very good. But if you have the chance - and of course if you're nowhere near Wellington then there's not even the slightest touch of conflict here, there's no hint of awkward-choice about it - you really must go and see Boyhood.
I'd recommend that as the thing you do this weekend. It not only feels like the only thing that matters while you're watching it - it sticks with you. It stays around after. It'll change the way you think about how films are made. And I like thinking about that.
Now if you were in my lounge this evening you wouldn't hear any decent music (obviously!) You'd have me going on about that movie over the top of Bruce Springsteen's Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out or The Rolling Stones' Tops or something from Dexys' Don't Stand Me Down (the best score of the week!) Or whatever else...
Here's my review of the movie Boyhood (and here's my review of the soundtrack). See the film. Buy the soundtrack. And have a wonderful weekend.
Might see one or two of you up at the San Fran for a beer in a few hours. If you've seen the film and hated it I'd love to know why. It's always healthy to take on board the wrong opinion too. It's part of why I love hearing from you. And why you tolerate hearing from me no doubt.
It's a five o'clock world when the whistle blows...
You can also check out Off the Tracks for The Vinyl Countdown, reviews and other posts


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Did Dustin Johnson get a raw deal?
The controversy at the end of last weekend's PGA Championship isn't going away. Dustin Johnson was knocked out of a playoff because of a two-stroke penalty on the 18th hole. Johnson's tee shot landed in the crowd, and the ball rested in a patch of sand that practically no one except the people at the Whistling Straights golf course considered a sand trap. Before hitting his shot, Johnson grounded his club, meaning he touched his club on the ground as he addressed the ball. Instead of finishing in a three-way tie and qualifying for a playoff, Johnson finished two shots behind the leaders.
Now, check out what long-time golf writer John Feinstein wrote on his blog:
On Monday, I talked to five different rules officials I know well. Here's the synopsis of what they all said: "Officiating 101 -- when a player hits a ball into a crowd you go there RIGHT AWAY. You have to establish the state of the ball. Did it hit someone? Did it get stepped on? Is it on someone's lap? Under someone's chair? In a hazard?.'' Next step: "Make sure the player knows you're there. His mind can be anywhere at that moment. Let him know you're there to help AND if he's in a hazard, REMIND HIM.' Usually those last two words apply to water, where a spot might be red-staked but it is a little more than a ditch and a player's ball may be on dry land but still in the hazard. "Usually what you say is something like, 'now you know you're in the hazard,' said one -- 'even though 99 times out of 100 they know. You don't want the 100th time to become a disaster.' ''
Click here to read Feinstein's excellent post. (Thanks to the TheBigLead.com for uncovering the Feinsten story.)


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Speaking at the company's annual general meeting at the NLG-owned Willoughby Hotel in Sydney, chairman
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"If we can hang out there long enough until trading improves, we can probably pay the way. But that's a long way down the track."
The group, which operates 36 hotels in NSW and Queensland, has been crippled with debt and high rent rates.
It managed to restructure its debt facility with National Australia Bank in August, and has focused on cutting costs and expanding food services in its hotels.
National Leisure & Gaming general manager Dan Brady affirmed the group's trading outlook for the financial year to June 30, 2011, for total revenues of about $193 million.
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By caughtinside
From: Oakland CA
Apr 14, 2008
|Great face climbing with several distinct cruxes. Knob climbing up high was really cool!! Great TR after doing Dominion.
By Drewsky
Jul 6, 2008
|Leading this route is not so bad, but it probably *almost* gets an 'R'. I remember one foot/hand match move on the upper part that felt pretty committing; otherwise it seemed relatively safe. I don't think you ever get more than 10 feet above the bolts until the relatively easier top part (5.9ish, fairly runout).
By aaron hope
From: Walnut Creek, CA
May 18, 2014
|Does anyone know the first ascent story with this thing? I'm curious why the first half of the climb is so well protected on both 5.10 and 5.11 terrain, but the last half seems to be runnout at very similar grades. Was it led ground up? Drilled from hooks?
By Salamanizer suchoski
From: Vacaville Ca.
May 19, 2014
rating: 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13
Yeah, It was originally lead by Paul Crawford ground up drilled on stances and called Swamp Thing. It was protected with a piton down low and three bolts on the face. There was no bolted anchor, the route went another 30 or so feet up above the current anchor to a ledge with a gear anchor. The route was retro bolted sometime in the early 90's adding a bolt before the pin, several on the face above and one added next to the last original bolt on the route to create the current anchor and re-named Telesis. It was rated .11a R.
Or something about like that...
I believe it was retrobolted with permission.
By almostrad
From: Lake Tahoe
Feb 13, 2016
|Led this thing yesterday after not climbing much all winter, and I took the ride that drewsky mentioned. Committing hand-foot match on an incut knob just below the second to last bolt. the fall could be bad if you jump out and take the slam, but it's pretty clean overall. such a great route though; can't wait to get back on this gem.
By Salamanizer suchoski
From: Vacaville Ca.
Feb 14, 2016
rating: 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13
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Chronicle Country brownies are to celebrate the movement's centenary with a series of special events.
The Girlguiding Biggleswade District will be marking the milestone with special activities arranged for brownies aged from seven to 11 from all over the area.
Amanda Barker, district commissioner for the Girlguiding Biggleswade District said: "Our district is the biggest in our division and we have units in Langford, Biggleswade, Northill and Upper Caldecote.
"Brownies from all of these units will be joining us for the special events and celebrations."
The first, the Brownie Boogie will take place on Friday, March 14 and will see youngsters from all of the units enjoying a fun disco.
Then on Saturday, March 15 there will be a brownie recruitment drive in Biggleswade market square.
Visitors to the Saturday market can find out more about the units and how youngsters can join.
In May there will also be a celebratory day of activities at the Boyd Memorial Campsite and Activity Centre in Henlow, and in June girls from all of the units can take part in a giant sleepover on the theme 'then and now.'
Brownies were first organized by Lord Baden-Powell in 1914, to complete the range of age groups for girls in scouting.
Today they hold regular meetings and learn new hobbies, play music, explore other cultures and enjoy outdoor adventures. See www.girl guiding.org.uk


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Canadian rider, Spencer O'Brien has claimed medals at X-Games, 2nd at the U.S. Open and 1st at Winter Dew Tour. She also has starred in female shred movies like Runway Film's La La Land and Misschief's Ro Sham Bo. These are just a few of her numerous accomplishments, and besides killing it in the comp and film scene, this young 23 year old's shred kit is dialed.
Spencer rides the Burton Blender any day in the park to throw down her rodeo 540s and switch back sevens; and on a powder day it's her Burton Easy Easy Living or Burton Malolo. What she's really excited about are her Nike Vapen boots. "The Vapens are my favorite boot. They're soft and forgiving but have the right amount of response. I've got the purple colorway, and the swoosh glows in the dark." When is the last time you had boots (or shoes for that matter) that glow in the dark? Yeah, that's sick. She accompanies her luminous footwear with her Burton Lexa EST bindings, those of which have B3 Gel Cushioning for smooth landings and shock absorption.
Spencer's favorite jackets include the Nike 6.0 Vashi Down jacket and the Nike 6.0 Bellevue jacket. "The Bellevue is one of my favorite jackets in the line." Ads Spencer. "I rode in just the shell for most of the spring, but when it would get a bit colder I could throw on the vest and feel like I was wearing a puffy. It's the perfect transition piece." For her pants, it's all about the Nike 6.0 Shucram Bibs.
Under her outerwear, Spencer rocks the Nike 6.0 Thermal Henley shirt and the Nike 6.0 Luxe Layer pants to keep her warm and comfy. As far as the rest of her accessories go, she's pretty stoked on her Dragon Rogue Goggles for her eyewear, and her Clast Knitted Neckwarmer and Fleece Hood. Says Spencer, "All the Clast gear is amazing, but the Knitted Neckwarmer is so cozy. It's by far my favorite."


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My name is Al and for the past seven years, I have been working as an assistant professor for the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS) in the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU). In nearly the same span of time, I have also acted as an IT manager and now currently carry the official title of Director for UPOU's ICT Development Office. From 2007 to 2014, I chaired the Diploma in Computer Science program and reassigned the Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Studies program immediately thereafter.