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Strolling into the press room at county hall last week, the lobbyist had a news flash. "It's going to be Thursday," he said confidently. "I just talked to Tallahassee."
The two Miami Herald reporters in the room stared back without saying a word. No one needed to translate this information. We all knew he was referring to the possible indictment of Miami City Commissioner Art Teele. "It was $200,000," the lobbyist added. This was the amount Teele supposedly pocketed as a bribe.
In the days leading up to last week's Herald story revealing the federal investigation of Teele, both city and county hall were overrun with rumors of Teele's imminent demise. On my way to the county commission meeting the day before the Herald article, four people stopped me between the parking lot and the commission chambers to share gossip. "I hear he took $300,000 from the stevedores," one supposed insider whispered. Another had this tip: Teele had fled the country and was hiding out somewhere in the Bahamas.
Thursday came and went without Teele being led away in handcuffs. The amount of money involved was actually $90,000. And the commissioner was still in Miami.
Inaccurate rumors notwithstanding, Art Teele is in serious trouble. In recent months federal agents pieced together a 1993 transaction in which Fiscal Operations, the company that operates the Port of Miami's gantry cranes, wired $85,000 to a bank in Puerto Rico. That money, as well as an additional $5000, was then sent to the office of Teele's Miami lawyer. Teele denies knowing that the cash -- which was described as a loan -- came from Fiscal Operations and its owner Calvin Grigsby, the San Francisco investment banker who is under indictment for allegedly bribing then-County Commissioner James Burke.
Anticipating that a Teele indictment would create a vacancy on the city commission, potential candidates last week were scrambling to line up support, most notably Pierre Rutledge, whom Teele defeated last fall. That election marked an extraordinary comeback for Teele. After he lost the county mayor's race to Alex Penelas in 1996, many predicted he would leave South Florida. But Teele not only won a city commission seat last November, he quickly established himself as that body's de facto leader, providing one of the few voices of clarity during Xavier Suarez's chaotic 111-day tenure. He was the only city politician with enough backbone to consistently support the unpopular but necessary fire-rescue fee. Indeed his future once again seemed boundless. Teele, a black Republican, was positioning himself to run for Congress in the next few years, depending on when U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek decided to retire.
Today, however, the question isn't whether he's headed for Washington but whether he's headed for prison. There is little doubt that Arthur E. Teele, Jr., will be indicted.
The nature of the charges, and the timing, is still being considered by the U.S. Attorney's Office. According to former federal prosecutors interviewed for this story, the charges could be a combination of any of the following: theft of government funds, wire fraud, or conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Prosecutors will have to make a decision in the next two weeks if they want to charge Teele with one particular count of wire fraud. According to sources familiar with the facts in the case, the money was wired to Teele on May 12, 1993. The statute of limitations on wire fraud is five years, which means prosecutors would have to indict Teele by May 12 of this year.
One possible scenario: Prosecutors will indict Teele; former seaport director Carmen Lunetta, who engineered the loan; and Grigsby by May 12 and then follow up a month or two later with a more comprehensive indictment. The superseding indictment would include not only additional charges against Teele (such as conspiracy to commit wire fraud) but all the other counts prosecutors have been quietly developing against Lunetta and Grigsby during a two-year investigation of the port's finances.
By indicting Teele within the next two weeks, prosecutors would force Governor Chiles to remove the commissioner from office immediately -- a goal in any public corruption prosecution. It would also allow them an opportunity to make public some of their evidence in order to counter the criticism being expressed in the black community that the Teele investigation is racially motivated.
An indictment may be inevitable, but a conviction is not.
Certain facts will be impossible to dispute. Teele did receive $90,000 in May 1993, $85,000 of which came from Fiscal Operations and Grigsby. And although it was described as a six-month loan, it still has not been repaid.
The specific events in this case unfolded in early 1993 but have their roots in Teele's tortured personal financial history. In 1985 he bought a small Brooklyn company called Applied Electrical Technologies Corporation (AETC), which rebuilt electric subway motors. Teele purchased the company for nearly three million dollars -- paying $1.4 million in cash and assuming more than a million dollars in company debt. Teele borrowed money from several individuals, including William A. Patch, a former army brigadier general who served with Teele in Korea. Patch provided $150,000.
Teele also borrowed $380,000 from a German tycoon, Hans Kugler. As New Times first reported five years ago, Teele and Kugler met on a Concorde flight from Paris to New York. Teele had to personally guarantee both the Kugler and Patch loans if AETC failed.
And fail it did.
The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 1990, but that did not prevent Patch and Kugler from hiring attorneys to go after Teele to recover their money. In early 1993 Kugler sued the county commissioner. That same year Teele's first wife Celestra filed an affidavit with the Alabama courts claiming that Teele was not providing adequate financial support for their son. Celestra also claimed that Teele still owed her more than $200,000 from their 1984 divorce settlement.
This financial pressure led Teele to look for a quick infusion of cash. According to sources familiar with the current case, Teele spoke to several people in 1993 about his need for a loan, including Lunetta and an attorney by the name of John LaCapra, who represents the Florida Ports Council, among other maritime clients.
Lunetta is alleged to have arranged for Fiscal Operations to transfer $85,000 from one of its seaport accounts to a law firm in Puerto Rico, which in turn sent the money to Teele in Miami. Sources familiar with the case say that in order to hide the unsavory nature of this transaction, the money was disguised as a loan, with LaCapra serving as trustee for an unnamed lender. LaCapra's attorney has said he did this as a favor to Lunetta, whom he has known for years.
LaCapra, who has also known Teele for more than ten years, has been cooperating with federal agents in building the indictment against his old friends, filling in the blanks from the incomplete trail of bank records and wire transfers. But even with his help, the most difficult aspect of the case will be proving who knew what when.
It is entirely possible, sources familiar with the case say, that Teele did not know the money was coming from Fiscal Operations and Calvin Grigsby. It is also possible, they contend, that Grigsby had no idea the money Lunetta asked him to send to Puerto Rico was going to wind up in Teele's hands.
And for anyone who has watched Teele and Grigsby over the years, the possibility that each was unaware of the other's involvement actually makes sense. The men were often adversaries, and on several occasions Teele, as county commission chairman, attempted to scuttle projects Grigsby brought before the commission. In fact, one of the reasons Grigsby allegedly began bribing Burke was to gain an ally to counter Teele's evident animus.
It is hard to imagine that Grigsby would ever knowingly do a favor for Teele, or that Teele would place himself in the position of being beholden to Grigsby. Even LaCapra's attorney has said that although his client acted as the loan's front man, he didn't know it was coming from Grigsby.
The only person who indisputably had complete knowledge of all aspects of the transaction was Carmen Lunetta, who built a fiefdom at the Port of Miami based on his willingness to do favors for powerful people. Such favors included soliciting campaign contributions on behalf of elected officials, finding jobs at the port for their relatives, and funneling money to their pet projects and charities. In return Lunetta wanted just one thing -- to be left alone to run the port as he saw fit, without supervision or oversight.
Teele is expected to defend himself by arguing that if he didn't know the money was coming from Grigsby and Fiscal Operations, it was impossible for him to know he was doing anything improper or illegal. That defense might work on a basic count of wire fraud. But other charges are possible that would not hinge on proving Teele knew the exact source of the money.
For instance, former federal prosecutors say that a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud does not require all participants in the conspiracy to know all the details. A jury would merely have to believe that the various players were acting as part of a scheme to acquire money through false pretenses.
Another wire fraud count in an indictment could arise from Teele having filed false financial disclosure forms in Tallahassee. In his 1994 disclosure forms, Teele did not separately list the loan in which LaCapra was acting as a trustee. Teele may try to counter the accusation that he did not report the loan by contending he believed the source of the $90,000 he received was a long-time Haitian friend named Claude Douyon, who had often loaned him money in the past. Rather than listing the $90,000 loan as distinct from the other Douyon loans that were still outstanding, Teele could argue, he lumped them all together. In 1994 he listed total debts to Douyon of $170,000.
But a jury may find this argument difficult to believe. They may wonder why Teele would negotiate one $90,000 loan from Douyon using LaCapra as a trustee when he'd never handled any of Douyon's other loans that way. (In 1996 Teele told me that during the previous thirteen years Douyon had loaned him approximately $1.5 million. According to Teele, Douyon, a former member of the Jean-Claude Duvalier government, would provide financial assistance to him whenever it was needed -- in blocks of $100,000 or $200,000.)
After receiving the $90,000 in May 1993, Teele signed a document agreeing to repay the loan within six months. Five years later he still hasn't paid back the money. Taken by itself, this might be damning evidence, as it could lead the jury to suspect it wasn't a loan at all but rather a direct payoff. Teele, however, has a history of not paying back his loans on time. As Teele noted to me in 1996, he has always been late in paying his debts -- but he does pay them.
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Teele is also enduring an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, which has been scrutinizing his finances for the past two years and has been sorting through the bankruptcy of Applied Electrical Technologies Corporation. According to sources familiar with the probe, agents are also examining allegations that Teele may have failed to report income from business dealings in Italy and in Haiti.
Teele was well aware of the IRS investigation, which explains why his current attorney is David Garvin, who is best-known as a criminal tax attorney. Garvin has been representing Teele on IRS matters for the past eighteen months. Teele learned of the investigation into the $90,000 loan only two weeks ago, when his attorney received a letter from the U.S. Attorney's Office notifying him that the commissioner had become a target in the seaport investigation.
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Patent application title: FISH-ON DEVICE
Luis G. Sanchez (Surprise, AZ, US)
IPC8 Class: AA01K9712FI
USPC Class:
43 17
Class name: Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying fishing signal devices
Publication date: 2012-09-06
Patent application number: 20120222345
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A new fish-on line indicator has a counterweight sufficiently heavy to
hold a fishing line taut and sufficiently visible to alert the angler
that the fishing has moved; a swivel to slip over the fishing line to
position the counterweight for view of the action; and a connector for
connecting the counterweight to the swivel, the connector comprising a
sufficiently heavy and water resistant material. A screw eye can be
substituted with a rod going through the counterweight and secured at one
end with a plate and the other end connecting directly to the swivel.
1. A fish-on line indicator comprising a counterweight sufficiently heavy
to hold a fishing line taut and sufficiently visible to alert the angler
that the fishing has moved; a swivel to slip over the fishing line to
position the counterweight for view of the action; a connector for
connecting the counterweight to the swivel, the connector comprising a
sufficiently heavy and water resistant material.
2. The fish-on indicator of claim 1 wherein the connector is a screw eye.
3. The fish-on indicator of claim 2 wherein the connector has an eye of about 1/8 inch to about one inch.
4. The fish-on indicator of claim 2 wherein the screw eye has an eye of about 5/16 inch in diameter.
5. The fish-on indicator of claim 2 wherein the screw eye is made of steel or brass.
6. The fish-on indicator of claim 1 wherein the connector is a rod that goes through the counterweight and fastened with a plate at one end and directly connected to the swivel at the other end.
7. The fish-on indicator of claim 1 wherein the swivel is about 2-1/2 inch long.
8. The fish-on indicator of claim 7 wherein the swivel is about 1-1/4 to about 3 inches long.
9. The fish-on indicator of claim 7 wherein the swivel is made of brass.
10. The fish-on indicator of claim 1 wherein the counterweight comprises UV and water resistant material.
11. The fish-on indicator of claim 10 wherein the counterweight is round and connected to the swivel with a screw eye.
12. The fish-on indicator of claim 11 wherein a rod passes through the counterweight and is fixed at one end with a plate and at the other end directly to the swivel.
13. The fish-on indicator of claim 1 wherein the weight of the fish-on indicator is about 1 to 4 ounces.
[0001] The present invention relates generally to the field of fishing floats and more specifically to indicators of a fish on a fishing line.
[0002] A float is a device used by anglers to accomplish various purposes when fishing. As they are designed to float on the water surface, floats are used to indicate when a fish is biting at the bait on a hook. As well as indicating a bite, a float also alerts other anglers to the location of a fishing line to prevent the tangling of lines. In addition to indicating means, floats provide for the suspension of bait at a desired depth in the water Some floats even provide the angler a means by which to guide the fishing line into hard-to-reach places such as under docks or trees. Produced in various shapes and sizes, floats are useful in multiple situations, including still and even slow-moving waters. While useful in their own right, traditional floats leave room for improvement in creating line tension to secure a fish on the hook. Slack allowed in fishing lines from traditional floats may allow fish to consume bait from a hook without being snared by the hook.
[0003] Key skills in successful still-fishing (angling with stationary hooked bait weighted down with a sinker) are being able to instantly detect a strike and quickly set the hook. Detecting a strike and setting the hook require that the angler maintain a taut line with no slack. This generally requires the angler to hold the rod for long periods of time, winding a turn or two on the reel to take up the slack and keeping one fingertip against the line in order to feel a fish strike. Fishing in this manner throughout an entire day can become tiresome.
[0004] Various attempts have been made to solve problems found in float art. Among these are the following: U.S. Pat. No. 4,845,884 to Thomas G. Pacitti; U.S. Pat. No. 7,454,863 to Bobbie D. Holsey; and U.S. Publication No. 2008/0040966 to Gary D. Stone et al.
[0005] In one embodiment, a fish-on line indicator has a counterweight, a swivel and a connector for the swivel and counterweight. The counterweight is sufficiently heavy to hold a fishing line taut and sufficiently visible to alert the angler that the fishing gear has moved. The swivel slips over the fishing line to position the counterweight for view of the action, and the connector connects the counterweight to the swivel, the connector comprising a sufficiently heavy and water resistant material. Optionally, the connector is a screw eye having an eye diameter of about 1/8 inch to about one inch, or more preferably about 5/16 inch. The screw eye is made of stainless steel or brass. The swivel is about 1-1/4 to about 3 inches long, and more preferably 2-1/2 inches. In a preferred embodiment, the swivel is made of brass. The counterweight material is UV and water resistant material. The weight of the fish-on indicator is about 1 to 4 ounces which helps hook the fish.
[0006] For a further understanding of the objects and advantages of the present invention, reference should be had to the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which like parts are given like reference numbers and wherein:
[0007] FIG. 1 shows an exemplary fish-on device on a fishing line.
[0008] FIG. 2 shows a perspective view illustrating a fish-on indicator as used by an individual according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0009] I have fished for years yet never found a suitable fish-on device. I have seen many improvised devices that quickly fall off or fall apart. None of the above publications and patents I have seen appear to describe the invention. Thus, I set to work on solving the problem of providing a reliable fish-on indicator to provide the tautness and visual indication means of a fish on an angler's line and to avoid the above mentioned problems.
[0010] My fish-on device solves the problem of providing the angler with a reliable fish-on indicator that visually indicates the presence of a fish nibble so that the fisher need not spend the entire day with holding the line taut. Thus, the angler can engage multiple lines or fish hands free. Because my fish-on device is made from strong materials (see the below), it does not contribute to the loss and disablement of fish with hooks and lines caught in their mouths. Moreover, because my fish-on device is not easily lost, it does not contribute to the littering and pollution of fishing gear on the bottom of fishable waters, thus contributing to a better environment.
[0011] I have surprisingly found that that my device also helps hook the nibbling fish, thus avoiding the frequent loss of fishes when the angler does not immediately tug on the line to set the hook. Not only are injured fishes lost to the fisherman, but these fish are weakened and may soon die, thus depleting the fish supply.
[0012] My fish-on device accomplishes these important tasks: first, the fish-on device keeps the fishing line taut and serves as a highly visible strike indicator; second the fish-on device serves as a resistant counterweight and prompts the striking fish to hook itself; and third, the fish-on device allows the angler to set down the fishing rod to fish hands-free until a fish is hooked and ready for the fight. "Fish on" is a phrase with which most anglers are familiar; it is often what is called out when other anglers are nearby and a fish has been hooked. Hearing the shout of "fish on," other anglers immediately see which line has a fish and give the successful angler room to maneuver. Frequently other anglers reel in their lines to avoid tangling their lines with that of the successful angler. The fish-on device is a simple and effective piece for tackle that helps hook the fish and also alerts the angler to the fish strike.
[0013] FIG. 1 shows one example of a fishing rod 10 with the fish-on device 20 installed on the fishing line 30 in one of the preferred locations between the rod guides 40. The fish-on device 20 is shown clipped onto the fishing line 30 where it helps maintain a taut line, provides automatic resistance to a striking fish and provides the angler with a visual cue of "fish on".
[0014] FIG. 2 shows a preferred embodiment, in which the fish-on device 20 has a counterweight 50, equipped with a connector such as a screw-eye 60 and a latched piece, such as a brass barrel-type swivel 70.
[0015] In one embodiment, the fish-on counterweight is round with a diameter of about 1-3/4inches. The diameter can be about one to three inches, or preferably between 1-1/4 inches and about 2-1/2 inches. The counterweight need not be round but can be any desired shape, such as a team mascot. The counterweight can be covered with any of a variety of designs. In any form, the counterweight is strikingly visible, for example, neon yellow or orange, so that it shows up day or night. For night fishermen, the fish-on can be supplied with and weighted by a light, either external to the counterweight or as an integral part of the counterweight. When equipped with a light, the counterweight has a waterproof door for batteries and replacing the light. In my preferred embodiment, the device has a weight of about 1.8 ounces. However, that can be varied from about 1 ounce to about 4 ounces. Heavier weights are preferred for poles that are set up and not immediately manned because the heavier weights are better at setting the hook. The counterweight is preferably made of a water and UV resistant material, such as plastic, neoprene or treated rubber.
[0016] To attach the fish-on device to the line, and my preferred part is a swivel, more preferably, a 2-1/2 inch standard barrel. This swivel can be about 1-1/4 inch to 3-1/2 inches long. The swivel width is preferably about 7/16 wide, but it can be about 1/4 inch to about 1 inch wide. This too is made of a UV and water resistant material that is also strong enough to not fall off and pollute the body of water. My preferred material is brass or steel.
[0017] Connecting the counterweight to the swivel is a screw-eye that is screwed into the counterweight and is preferably made of either stainless steel or brass. Any way of connecting the swivel and the counterweight can be used, including using a one-piece swivel-screw head. I used separate screw eye and swivel for convenience, but that is not integral to the invention. In this embodiment, I used a 5/16 inch screw eye, but a suitable range of dimensions is 1/2 inch to 1 inch.
[0018] Realizing that the screw eye can come loose from the rubber or plastic counterweight, I made an additional modification in which the screw eye is replaced with a rod going through the center of the counterweight. The rod at one end is secured with a plate and the other end is attachable to the swivel. The swivel can be attached directly to one end of the rod, thus avoiding the use of the screw eye for intermediate connection to the swivel.
[0019] Simple in design and construction, the fish-on device is easy to assemble. One obtains a strong swivel and uses it to connect to a screw-eye whose screw is imbedded in the counterweight. Additional wire can be used to connect the swivel and screw eye.
[0020] The fish-on device also is easy to use and is highly effective. When still-fishing with bait, an angler must keep the fishing line taut, else the fish merely strikes the bait and swims off with it. This tautness is necessary in order to sense a strike through the line and to set the hook into the fish's mouth by sharply moving the rod tip. The fish-on device automatically accomplishes both tasks. Once the line is cast and made taut by reeling in the slack, the angler opens the clasp of the fish-on swivel and slips the device onto the line above the first rod guide. The rod is then set into a rod holding apparatus or is leaned against the rail of a dock, boat or pier. The fish-on device pulls the line taut, and when a fish moves the bait, the motion is transmitted up the line, making the fish-on device bob in response. Since the fish-on device has sufficient mass to act as the counterweight, counterweight exerts pressure on the line that results in the fish hooking itself rather than simply removing the bait.
[0021] Although specific embodiments have been illustrated and described herein, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that any arrangement calculated to achieve same purposes can be substituted for the specific embodiments shown. This disclosure is intended to cover any and all adaptations or variations of various embodiments of the invention. It is to be understood that the above description has been made in an illustrative fashion, and not a restrictive one. Combinations of the above embodiments, and other embodiments not specifically described herein will be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reviewing the above description. The scope of various embodiments of the invention includes any other applications in which the above structures and methods are used. Therefore, the scope of various embodiments of the invention should be determined with reference to the appended claims, along with the full range of equivalents to which such claims are entitled.
[0022] In the foregoing description, if various features are grouped together in a single embodiment for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure, this method of disclosure is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed embodiments of the invention require more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive subject matter lies in less than all features of a single disclosed embodiment. Thus the following claims, and such other claims as may later be added, are hereby incorporated into the description of the embodiments of the invention, with each claim standing on its own as a separate preferred embodiment.
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This Ikelite protective cap is for sync cords that connect Ikelite strobes to Nikonos bulkheads. The caps are machined from black Delrin, they apply almost no squeeze to the o-ring.
There is a connector attachment on both ends so one cap accommodates both ends of the sync cord. The cap will keep the cord protected and clean without applying pressure that could deform the o-ring.


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Guitarist TOBY KNAPP Resurrects WAXEN
September 3, 2013, 4 years ago
WAXEN has returned. After an eight year hiatus guitarist TOBY KNAPP (ONWARD) finally has started working on the follow-up to the 2006 debut Fumaroth.
According to Knapp: "The as-yet-untitled recording picks up where Fumaroth left off, adding in a touch more progressive elements mixed with cold minimalism. The recording sessions are going great due to the warming up process that (Knapp's recently recorded album) Static Warfare has provided. This new album is not delegated to any record label as of yet, however, a few elite companies anxiously await the results. Stay tuned!!"
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Toshiba Portege Z835: A New Ultrabook Appearsby Dustin Sklavos on November 16, 2011 2:50 AM EST
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To be perfectly honest, while benchmarking the Toshiba Portege Z835, I felt pretty underwhelmed. While the SSD makes day to day use feel snappy enough, this is the first time in a while that I've watched an Intel processor just slog through CPU-limited tests. The 1.4GHz nominal clock of the processor wouldn't seem so bad if it could turbo, but as a Core i3 you're basically stuck there, and no amount of Hyper-Threading really mitigates that. So while you'll see the Z835 perform reasonably well in the PCMarks, once we get to the more CPU-limited tasks you'll see it falter.
The SSD in the Z830 helps it tremendously, but the other ultrabook in our lineup, ASUS's Zenbook UX21, just spanks it relentlessly due to the faster processor. ASUS's Zenbook also benefits from a 6Gbps interface on the SSD and the hardware to use it; even though the Zenbooks use different SSDs, both of them are easily two to three times faster than the one included in the Z830. While it's a notable improvement over a mechanical drive, there's no denying the Z830's SSD is pokey compared to the competition.
You'll notice that the Z830 seems to do well in PCMark Vantage, though, but that's not the whole story. SSDs have a tendency to grossly inflate these scores, so it's telling that the massive inflation from the Z830's SSD only brings its PCMark Vantage score in line with normal notebooks.
While the Portege Z830's i3 runs wild on the netbook CPUs (proving there's still a substantial gap in performance there), it gets absolutely murdered by everything else. Even the fairly anemic Husky cores in the Llano A8 run roughshod over the 1.4GHz i3. The loss of turbo severely curtails the i3.
If you weren't clear on all the gaming you're not supposed to do on the Portege Z830, 3DMark should seal the deal. While Intel is generous enough to include the superior HD 3000 graphics in the i3-2367M, it's still inadequate for gaming at anything above minimum detail: processor power is just barely there, and the HD 3000 remains a ways behind even low-end dedicated options as a result.
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inighthawki - Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - linkDepends on the kind of work. I do a lot of programming, and as a result, tiling two coding windows side by side in visual studio works wonderfully on a widescreen display, but not so much on a full screen display. Reply
uhuznaa - Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - linkI would really like to see some statistics how old people are who buy such things and how their eyesight is. 1600x900 on 13.3" with no way to adjust the OS to it means that everything you want to read and click on the screen becomes that small that working with it for many hours a day becomes a strain. Yeah, you can cram more content and toolbars and icons onto the screen, but this comes with a price.
I know more than enough "normal" users who think that such many pixels are even too much to be comfortable on 19" desktop displays and run them with non-native resolutions just to get comfortable UI sizes. Especially since they just have no need for 1600 horizontal pixels since they run everything full-screen anyway. Reply
retrospooty - Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - link"1600x900 on 13.3" with no way to adjust the OS to it means that everything you want to read and click on the screen becomes that small"
Win7 click start>control panel>display and set it from 100 to 125 or even 150% if you are really blind. Reply
SoundsGood - Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - link>> Win7 click start>control panel>display and set it from 100 to 125 or even 150% if you are really blind.
That's fine if you *only* use the laptop's screen. But not so great for those of us that often use an external monitor. It means always switching back and forth between 125 DPI and 100 DPI... which is NOT fun. Reply
Filiprino - Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - linkIt's a non-issue. Sony has the Vaio Z with 1080p on it's 13 inch screen. That's a real problem.
But 1600x900 on 13 inches it's not a problem. I've got a 15,6 inch laptop with full hd screen and it's really nice. Not only because you can have more things being displayed, but also for things that were traditionally huge now they aren't.
And of course, more resolution benefits productivity. Reply
peterfares - Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - linkSony's screen is wonderful. I used the Vaio Z with a 1080p screen at the Microsoft store. The DPI was set to 150% so everything appeared the normal size for a 13" computer, but everything was SO CLEAR. It was awesome. I really want one, but they're very expensive! Reply
MrSpadge - Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - linkFor me 1366x768 is borderline uncomfortable on 11.6". So I guess I wouldn't want more than 1400x900 at 13.3".
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peterfares - Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - linkYou can increase the DPI setting which makes everything bigger but sharper than a standard resolution display. Reply
peterfares - Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - linkWindows 7 has great scaling capabilities. The whole OS has higher resolution graphics for when you increase the DPI setting. Third party support is not quite there yet, but things just get blown up to make them bigger. Not that annoying when the DPI is high enough. Reply
piroroadkill - Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - linkI'm going to go further than this: They need to offer it in 16:10, not 16:9 as you suggest is OK.
How about 1680x1050, laptop makers :3
Look at the retarded huge bezel below and above the screen. This is getting out of hand. 16:9 is a terrible ratio for computing, but because the screens are getting spat out cheaply, this is what we get. Reply


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Alabama, Kentucky No. 1 seeds in NIT; Field of 32 teams announced
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Alabama, Kentucky, Southern Mississippi and Virginia highlight the 32-team National Invitation Tournament field that was released Sunday.
The field features 21 teams with at least 20 wins, 10 automatic qualifiers and representation from 22 of the 31 Division I conferences. First-round play is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, with the second round running March 21-25.
Quarterfinals will be held on March 26 and 27 and four teams will advance to New York City for the semifinals on April 2. The NIT will conclude with the championship game on Thursday, April 4. The semifinal and championships games will be played at New York's historic Madison Square Garden for the 76th year.
First round action, on campus sites, features number one seeds Alabama, Southern Mississippi, and Virginia hosting, Northeastern, Charleston Southern and Norfolk State, respectively. The fourth number one seed, Kentucky, will go on the road to Robert Morris.
Other first round games include Charlotte at Providence, Detroit at Arizona State, Long Beach State at Baylor, Louisiana Tech at Florida State, Washington at BYU, Mercer at Tennessee, Stephen F. Austin at Stanford, Ohio at Denver, Niagara at Maryland, St. John's at Saint Joseph's, Indiana State at Iowa, Stony Brook at Massachusetts.
St. John's is making a record 29th appearance in the National Invitation Tournament while 2012 NIT champion Stanford returns to the field as does 2012 semifinalists Massachusetts and Washington. In all, the 2013 field features seven teams that played in the NIT in 2012.
"Once again, the Committee has come up with an outstanding field of strong teams with outstanding credentials. In addition to the at-large bids we handed out, we're excited to reward 10 regular season conference champions as automatic qualifiers to play in the NIT," commented C.M. Newton, now in his ninth year as chair of the NIT Selection Committee.
NIT games are being televised by ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.


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- Lyrics: 8
- Overall Impression: 8
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Give 'Em All A Big Fat Lip is The Whigs' first album to be released. They are made up of Parker Gispert(Lead Vocals, Guitarist), Hank Sullivant(Bassist, later Tim Deaux in their second album), and Julian Dorio(Drummer). Garage Rock is the perfect word to define their sound. Their sound makes me think they would have a music video in a garage. They are a little bit different than most bands because Parker plays the rythym parts of the song and the bassist in this album plays the melody. Their songs are filled with beefy power chords and really simple guitar parts. But they had some cool sound effects like synthesizer type stuff behind the drummer and the bassist. I listened to this music a lot this summer to fall asleep because it completely cleared my mind and put me in a trance. This CD has a pretty interesting story in how it was made. The band members bought recording equipment on Ebay to make the album in an empty frat house in the middle of the summer. Then they resold the equipment to balance out the costs. It was sold independently in 2005 and eventually put out by ATO Records in 2006 when the Whigs were signed! I give it an 7 in sound because their second album is better personally and some of these songs sounded kind of similar.
Lyrics — 8
If you pay attention to the lyrics of some of these songs, they can get pretty deep. I really like the lyrics in the songs. With a name Give 'Em All A Big Fat Lip, you have to think that the lyrics in that song that the album was named after has to have some pretty creative lyrics, right? The lyrics really do go well with the songs. The song Don't Talk Anymore comes to mind. It's a slower song with a really simple guitar part and pretty neat bass riff. Parker sings softly then the chorus gets a little different and he says you don't talk anymore, don't talk anymore. I feel the vibe they were getting. Parker Gispert really does have some original singing skills. He has a rough, scratchy kinda voice that gets smooth at the perfect times of the songs. It sounds really good with the music.
Overall Impression — 8
I can't really think of any bands to compare their sound to. It's pretty unique. I guess you could say they sound like the bands they toured with during the touring to promote this album: The Drive By Truckers, Jason Lowenstein, Elf Power, and Franz Ferdinand. My favorite songs from this album were Technology, Violet Furs, All My Banks, and O.K. Alright. The Thing I love most about their songs is that they are smooth and rough at the same time. You really need to listen to this album to know what I'm talking about. But if your going to judge this band, don't judge them based on this album. Look at their second album Mission Control. I will write a review for this soon. The only thing I might hate is that some of their songs can sound similar. It it were stolen, I might buy it again. I might as well get it. But I definetly prefer their second album.


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Cycling diversity in New England has flourished since the turn of the last century. People have been riding home-made pedal-powered contraptions for over a hundred years. With national bike to work week (May 13 - 17) upon us, we take a look back at some of the eccentric means of transport, from unique to antique, that have carried us to work and play. - Lane Turner and Lisa Tuite.
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amazing but doesnt clear acne, the only thing for acne is antibiotics lots of water and fresh diet and duac cream... i have 1 or 2 peels per year at 15-20%. one befor winter and one just before summer....
They are awesome and are a good way of getting rid of fine lines and light hyperpigmentation, but only when done by a professional
I highly recommend this product, it was very affordable and last for a while. You can even buy it with friends and share it, because the bottle lets you do about 50 face treatments.
Those that have a negative response seem to be the ones that had a lower % peel and paid hundreds of dollars to get it done by a professional. If you can follow instructions, don't panic when it burns (it is supposed to) and are careful during the recovery, you should do it at home Imo I paid $20 for 2 100% strength Tca bottles. Diluted to make a 12% solution for my first peel, 4 weeks later made a 25% peel. The results are unquestionable, really great! 6 weeks after the second, I did another 25% peel and the overall results after these 3 peels are really awesome. The best product I've ever spent such a little amount of money on. I can't believe how slack they are charging thousands of dollars for a peel you can do yourself for $20! I had fine lines around my eyes and was beginning to get dark pigmentation around my eyes (dark circles) and they are all gone, like I am 17 again. Some wouldn't use it under their eyes, but I went ahead and put it all over my including right up to my eyes.
I had a bad acne a while ago which has left some scarring so decided to try a easy TCA chemical face peel to improve my skin..it comes with a course of 4 and it took one month.so i had one treatment every week for four weeks. after a second peel my acne flared up badly and i still had to have another 2 because of some kind of risk of affecting my skin in the future. Its been two weeks now and ive still got my acne,tropical creams not helping anymore(and it used to ) overall just feel very upset and misrable. cost me a fortune and it gave me the worst thing i could ever think of...
i had it done at skin clinic it cost £600.00 but u do get all creams,face wash 2 prepare the skin for 2 weeks prior to peel; skin lightening; sunscreen; cu3 which is for after the peel stop skin drying and tissue repair,,, which are important 4 pigmented skin ive had 4 done now but my skin is patchy it was 12.5% tca my skin is just acne scarred no spots
but now pores are smaller and skin fresher however need more treatments may try at home method now that i have all the creams 2
I wouldn't reccomend tca as an ongoing treatment for active acne but it can be extremely effective at treating scarring. I used to have terrible acne scarring to the point people would look away when talking to me, but after a year of regular peeling (18%) as well as TCA cross (100%) it is barely noticable. As an added bonus I now look years younger than my friends due to the peels effect on wrinkles. TCA peels and cross are one of the biggest scams in the cosmetic procedures industry with practioners charging outrageous amounts of money for what a procedure which is really a no brainer. Start at low percentage and work you way up. Do repeated peels and don't be concerned about thinning your skin. Peels actually increase collagen and thicken the dermis.
I have used TCA 25% peel only once. I applied it on my skin on Sunday and for two days my skin was red and tight. After 3-5 days light peeling of skin began and took about 3 days for the outer layer to become dead and dry.I did not have patience to wait for it to peel on its own, so I used dead skills remover machine and cleaned up my face.
The result today is I can see that my face looks fresh and clean without any adverse affect on my skin but this treatment hasn't really helped improve my scars. I'm planning to repeat the treament once my skin is completely recovered may be after a month or so and see if it helps my scars.
I have also been careful to apply sunscreen whenever I go out and protect my skin from sun.
I've used Glycolic/Lactic acids to remove some dark spots on my forehead and they only lightened them up as well as making the rest of my skin smoother. However, after using TCA (first 10%, then 20%), my dark spots on my forehead lightened a LOT (60%+ improvement). Made me skin much softer, smoother, and radiant. Only con is downtime and the amount of money to spend on one bottle, which probably won't last long...
Great product if used properly! Does what it's supposed to , however, I don't recommend doing it at home unless you have thoroughly researched how to use because it can very easily burn.
Use a hat and sunscreen after using this product.
While you may enjoy the benefits of your TCA peel it does leave your skin more succeptible to sun damage that is hard to reverse.


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"American Ruins" is the first photography book to document historic ruins throughout the United States. It presents a stunning visual record of ruins ranging from ancient Native American dwellings in the Southwest to the remains of Gilded Age mansions on the East Coast and a king's summer home in Hawaii. Luminous infrared photographs expose crumbled walls, weathered facades and overgrown flora, and are accompanied by brief essays detailing the historical, geographical and architectural significance of each site. This landmark publication raises awareness of and appreciation for overlooked ruins that remain unknown even to most Americans. It captures the visual poetry of each place and offers a new way of seeing the landscape, the past and the collective identity of America. This work is a unique, awe-inspiring photographic record of American history. This is the first photographic record of historic ruins throughout the United States. It will appeal to anyone interested in architecture, photography, history, archaeology and Americana.
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It's a very special day today!
It's my one and only boy's 5th Birthday!
I sat him down a few days ago and asked him what kind of cupcakes he would like me to make for his preschool class for this momentous occasion. I gave him a few options, but he quickly shot them down and stated that he wanted, "Chocolate, with chocolate, and maybe some more chocolate."
A mom can't refuse her one and only son.
After all, Mother's Day is just around the corner and I'm still trying to score some brownie points.
I know these cupcakes look super-dooper fancy and all, but they are actually a snap to make. I made these for a group of 4 and 5 year olds, so I wasn't about to go the "from scratch" route. I like adding to box mixes, it makes me feel creative, without getting frustrated.
So here I have just a Devil's Food box mix with your standard eggs, water and oil. To kick up these cupcakes a notch, I added a big helping of chocolate malted milk powder, and my secret ingredient of sour cream.
The malted milk powder smells a little funny by itself, but when added to the wet ingredients it brings out that creamy malt flavor.
The sour cream is awesome at making the cake super rich and moist. And I'm almost convinced that it makes the most perfect shaped cupcakes in all the world.
I usually have some funky shaped cupcakes that explode over the rim of the cupcake pan and get stuck. Not this time though. These were all perfect dome shaped cupcakes. Moist as all get out too!
Convinced yet?
I'm not going to lie, I originally made a batch of instant pudding frosting that I've spied all over Pinterest. It tasted incredible, but I didn't like the consistency for piping onto these cupcakes. So I went with a classic chocolate buttercream frosting infused with more chocolate malted milk powder.
It turned out rich and fluffy, and perfect for frosting these little guys.
I could have stopped here, but it is his 5th birthday, and I desperately wanted to impress all the other preschool moms, so I added a creamy layer of chocolate ganache right on top.
So easy- just heat up some heavy cream in a microwave safe dish until hot and bubbly. Pour over some bittersweet chocolates, and whisk until smooth and creamy.
Let it cool slightly and then drizzle it on top of the buttercream frosting.
Top each cupcake with a Whopper {chocolate covered malt ball}, and call it good.
Or incredible, whatever you prefer.
Happy Birthday little dude! Mommy loves you very much!
p.s.- just remember this when Mother's Day comes around…
p.p.s.- looooooove you!!
- 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 3/4 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
- Place heavy cream in a microwave safe bowl and heat for 1 minute and 30 seconds. Careful not to let the cream boil over.
- While it's still hot pour it over the chocolates in another bowl and let sit for 30 seconds.
- Use a whisk to stir until the mixture is smooth and creamy with no lumps.
- Let cool slightly before drizzling over buttercream frosting.
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Home Bancorp, Inc., the Lafayette parent of Home Bank, said its net income climbed during the second quarter. The company posted net income of $1.8 million, or 24 cents a share, in the recent second quarter. During the same period one year earlier, Home Bank recorded net income of $1.3 million, or 17 cents a share.
The bank's total deposits stood at $779.2 million at the close of the second quarter, an increase of 48 percent from the same quarter one year earlier.
Home Bank also said Tuesday that its board of directors approved a new program to repurchase up to 383,598 shares, or approximately 5 percent, of the company's outstanding common stock.


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President's Column: Mandatory Pro Bono?
by Bruce Weyhrauch
The American Bar Association adopted a rule that provides that lawyers should aspire to render at least 50 hours of pro bono public legal services per year.
In fulfilling this responsibility, the majority of those hours should be provided without fee or expectation of fee to persons of limited means or to organizations in matters designed to address the needs of persons of limited means.
Under the ABA's model rule, lawyers should participate in activities for improving the law, the legal system or the legal profession, and voluntarily contribute financial support to organizations that provide legal services to persons of limited means. You can read the rule here
Florida has a rule that as part of the attorney's professional responsibility, each attorney should aspire to provide at least 20 hours of pro bono services or contribute $350 to a legal aid organization. The only mandatory requirement associated with the Florida rule is that each member of the Florida Bar must annually report whether they met the 20-hour goal. See www.flabar.org. Some officials in other state bars occasionally consider mandatory pro bono. These ripples of interest have not built any waves of support in any other state.
I don't think that the Alaska Bar Association or the Alaska Supreme Court are ready to require mandatory pro bono service. Alaska was not willing to impose a CLE requirement on its attorneys although the majority of states have pro bono service.
In any event, it appears that Alaska Bar Association members are doing a fair job of providing pro bono service. According to the May 2000 Access to Civil Justice Task Force Report, about 960 Alaska attorneys participate in the pro bono program. That is about 43 percent of active in state attorneys.
Recommendations by the Task Force related to pro bono services include recommending that the Alaska Bar adopt the ABA's model rule on aspirational pro bono service. The Task Force also recommends encouraging public sector attorneys to provide pro bono and public service assistance. As noted in the Task Force report, some public sector attorneys are prohibited from performing outside practice of law, and thus cannot represent individuals through the pro bono program. Some public sector attorneys are restricted by internal policies or their supervisors.
The Bar, public sector employers, the court, and the pro bono program should work on these institutional barriers to free up attorneys in the public sector to provide pro bono services.
Pro bono legal service to the disadvantaged is an integral and particular part of a lawyer's pro bono public service responsibility. We should all work to maximize that service to the public.


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In case you were wondering, albóndigas is the Spanish word for meatball. These prove that the Italians aren't the only players in the game.
(in the spirit of Pollo Campero)
This mojo marinade recipes makes enough to marinate 2 pounds of pork (tenderloin, shoulder, or bone-in chops) or fish (firm, white-fleshed fish such as sea bass; shrimp or scallops).
These quick, easy, versatile tostadas are the perfect way to use up any leftover chicken you may have in the fridge.
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The Friday night matchup between Fremantle and St Kilda at Etihad Stadium received a heap of media attention throughout the week, mainly due to two big stories.
Nat Fyfe didn't end up playing as team doctors opted to rest him for a week and strengthen his dislocated shoulder while Ross Lyon coaching against the team he dumped in the offseason garnered more than a few boos from the St Kilda faithful.
But Fremantle were able to ignore all the hoopla surrounding the match and take a great win in Melbourne, a city that hasn't been kind to them in recent years, 14.8.(92)-11.13.(79).
In a theme that would reoccur throughout the first half, Fremantle had their chances to win the first quarter but careless errors cost them on the scoreboard.
Nick Riewoldt was fantastic in the first. He marked twice inside 50, the first he used to set up a Dal Santo goal and the other he bagged himself from the set shot.
Zac Clarke's athleticism, despite being a gangly giant, continues to impress and he was able to sidestep a defender in the goal square to kick Freo's first. Ryan Crowley added a second when he pushed forward after his tagging responsibility, Dal Santo, went to the bench and kicked a goal on the run.
But Fremantle gave up the lead shortly before quarter-time when a stupid Dawson turnover allowed Sam Gilbert to goal.
Aaron Sandilands kicked the first goal of the second quarter, towering over his defender and marking easily. The Dockers gave gifted opportunities to the Saints but misses to Brendan Goddard and Stephen Milne, among others, kept Fremantle in the picture.
Matthew Pavlich delivered a weighted ball into an open 50 allowing Tendai Mzungu a goal but it was negated when some beautiful ground work by St Kilda bigs Rhys Stanley and Ben McEvoy created another Gilbert goal.
When Riewoldt missed a gettable set shot, Freo blazed a path to the other end and Chris Mayne nabbed his second goal of the game courtesy of some brilliant playing making by Pavlich and Ballantyne, leveling the scores, but another careless turnover right before halftime gave Justin Koschitzke a goal and the Saints a six point lead.
Freo were better in the third and built a 15 point lead in a well execute quarter. Pavlich and Joel Anthony kicked majors to begin the term until the Saints got one via Koschitzke courtesy of a Nick Riewoldt delivery.
Anthony and Koschitzke traded another pair before a Matt De Boer goal gave Fremantle an eight point lead with 3:44 remaining in the quarter.
Zac Clarke added another piece of brilliance before the siren, taking on a defender and kicking a running goal from the 50 meter mark on the left side boundary.
But the visitors looked a little shocked under the pressure to begin the fourth. The Saints put on a great press and kept the ball inside the forward 50 for a lengthy period of time, creating a number of nail-biting moments.
Their defensive intelligence allowed them to kick two goals through Stanley and Cripps and sneak ahead by a point but Fremantle found their composure, collected themselves and retook the momentum.
The breakthrough came from Clancee Pearce, unmarked 35 out as Freo sprinted forward in transition. Another Saints slipup allowed Mzungu to goal as the Dockers ran through the middle with great skill.
A Milne goal cut the lead to just six but Greg Broughton, quiet the entire second half, lifted in the final moments and provided a goal to seal the match.
Stephen Hill was brilliant in the second half, breaking free from his tagger, and his running enabled Fremantle to break from the Saints pressure. Ryan Crowley did an excellent job on star St Kilda midfielder Nick Dal Santo and restricted him to just 18 possessions.
Matthew Pavlich's presence was fantastic, as was Michael Barlow, who had 30 touches.
For the Saints, Koschitzke kicked three but they didn't get enough from Riewoldt who disappeared after halftime. Lenny Hayes was terrific with 30 touches of his own and Goddard had 27 but wasn't as influential as in past weeks.
Fremantle head back to Perth to take on Carlton next Saturday while the Saints draw the lowly Demons.


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CARERS across the region attended a free event at Marie Curie's Hospice, Cardiff and the Vale, in Penarth as part of Carers Week 2014 (June 9-16 ).
The event, held on Monday, June 9, aimed to raise awareness of the importance of the work carers do supporting their loved ones through terminal illness.
The event gave carers the opportunity to meet other carers, share stories, and learn more about the support and services Marie Curie can provide. They also enjoyed taster complementary treatments including reflexology sessions.
The carers were welcomed at 1pm in the Day Centre and Garden Room, and explored the cliff top gardens with some tea and cake whilst enjoying the musical entertainment provided. The afternoon ended with a Balloon Release at 4pm.
Kathy Seddon from Cardiff, who has been a carer twice in the last five years, said: "I can only offer my heartfelt thanks to Marie Curie and other such organisations.
"The Penarth hospice gave wonderful, unstinting support to my family when my husband was dying. Community nurses offered the same outstanding help when my sister was dying.
"At these times every hour is precious and to have help coping with the physical and emotional demands, faced by carers, is immeasurably important."
Kathy added: "I am now really delighted to be able to offer my experience as a carer and my professional expertise as a researcher to the Expert Voices.
"The diversity and rich experience of the group members is humbling. We feel that each session produces much valued understanding about end of life care.
"We also feel very privileged to be able to contribute to the wonderful work done by the superb staff at Marie Curie."
Susan Court, Project Manager of Marie Curie's Caring for Carers Project in Wales, said: "An event like this really celebrates the great work carers in Wales provide for their terminally ill loved ones.
"Caring can take its toll on finances, health, career and family life. Marie Curie aims to provide the practical information and support carers need, building skills and confidence for their caring role."


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HOUSTON, TX - JANUARY 05: (L-R) Arian Foster #23 and Chris Myers #55 of the Houston Texans celebrate after Foster scored a 1-yard rushing touchdown in the third quarter against the Cincinnati Bengals during their AFC Wild Card Playoff Game at Reliant Stadium on January 5, 2013 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)Texans running back Arian Foster and center Chris Myers celebrate after Foster scored a 1-yard rushing touchdown against Cincinnati. (credit: Scott Halleran/Getty Images)


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Dmitri Shostakovich (Composer, Piano)
Born: September 25, 1906 - Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: August 9, 1975 - Moscow, Russia
Dmitri [Dmitry] (Dmitrievich) Shostakovich was a preeminent Russian composer of the Soviet generation, whose style and idiom of composition largely defined the nature of new Russian music, father of Maxim Shostakovich.
Dmitri Shostakovich was born in St. Petersburg. He was a member of a cultured Russian family; his father was an engineer employed in the government office of weights and measures; his mother was a professional pianist. Dmitri grew up during the most difficult period of Russian revolutionary history, when famine and disease decimated the population of Petrograd. Of frail physique, he suffered from malnutrition; Glazunov, the director of the Petrograd Conservatory, appealed personally to the Commissar of Education, Lunacharsky, to grant an increased food ration for Shostakovich, essential for his physical survival. At the age of 9, he commenced piano lessons with his mother; in 1919 he entered the petrograd Conservatory, where he studied piano with Nikolayev and composition with Steinberg; graduated in piano in 1923, and in composition in 1925. As a graduation piece, he submitted his 1st Symphony, written at the age of 18; it was first performed by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra on May 12, 1926, under the direction of Malko, and subsequently became one of Shostakovich's most popular works. He pursued postgraduate work in composition until 1930.
Dmitri Shostakovich's is 2nd Symphony, composed for the 10th anniversary of the Soviet Revolution in 1927, bearing the subtitle Dedication to October and ending with a rousing choml finale, was less successful despite its revolutionary sentiment. He then wrote a satirical opera, The Nose, after Gogol's whimsical story about the sudden disappearance of the nose from the face of a government functionary; here Shostakovich revealed his flair for musical satire; the score featured a variety of modernistic devices and included an interlude written for percussion instruments only. The Nose was premiered in Leningrad on January 12, 1930, with considerable popular acclaim, but was attacked by officious theater critics as a product of "bourgeois decadence," and quickly withdrawn from the stage. Somewhat in the same satirical style was his ballet The Golden Age (1930), which included a celebrated dissonant Polka, satirizing the current disarmament conference in Geneva. There followed the 3rd Symphony, subtitled May First (Leningrad, January 21, 1930), with a choral finale saluting the International Workers' Day. Despite its explicit revolutionary content, it failed to earn the approbation of Soviet spokesmen, who dismissed the work as nothing more than a formal gesture of proletarian solidarity.
Dmitri Shostakovich's next work was to precipitate a crisis in his career, as well as in Soviet music in general; it was an opera to the libretto drawn from a short story by the 19th-century Russian writer Leskov, entitled Lady Macbeth of the District of Mtsensk, and depicting adultery, murder, and suicide in a merchant home under the czars. It was premiered in Leningrad on January 22, 1934, and was hailed by most Soviet musicians as a significant work comparable to the best productions of Western modem opera. But both the staging and the music ran counter to growing Soviet puritanism; a symphonic interlude portmying a scene of adultery behind the bedroom curtain, orchestrated with suggestive passages on the slide trombones, shocked the Soviet officials present at the performance by its bold naturalism. After the Moscow production of the opera, Pravda, the official organ of the Communist party, publ. an unsigned (and therefore all the more authoritative) article accusing Shostakovich of creating a "bedlam of noise." The brutality of this assault dismayed Shostakovich; he readily admitted his faults in both content and treatment of the subject, and declared his solemn determination to write music according to the then-emerging formula of "socialist realism." His next stage production was a ballet, The Limpid Brook (Leningrad, April 4, 1935), portraying the pastoral scenes on a Soviet collective farm. In this work he tempered his dissonant idiom, and the subject seemed eminently fitting for the Soviet theater; but it, too, was condemned in Pravda, this time for an insufficiently dignified treatment of Soviet life.
Having been rebuked twice for 2 radically different theater works, Dmitri Shostakovich abandoned all attempts to write for the stage, and returned to purely instrumental composition. But as though pursued by vengeful fate, he again suffered a painful reverse. His 4th Symphony (1935-1936) was placed in rehearsal by the Leningrad Phil., but withdrawn before the performance when representatives of the musical officialdom and even the orchestra musicians themselves sharply criticized the piece. Shostakovich's rehabilitation finally came with the production of his 5th Symphony (Leningrad, November 21, 1937), a work of rhapsodic grandeur, culminating in a powerful climax; it was hailed, as though by spontaneous consensus, as a model of true Soviet art, classical in formal design, lucid in its harmonic idiom, and optimistic in its philosophical connotations. The height of his rise to recognition was achieved in his 7th Symphony He began its composition during the siege of Leningrad by the Nazis in the autumn of 1941; he served in the fire brigade during the air raids; then flew from Leningrad to the temporary Soviet capital in Kuibishev, on the Volga, where he completed the score, which was premiered there on March 1, 1942. Its symphonic development is realistic in the extreme, with the theme of the Nazis, in mechanical march time, rising to monstrous loudness, only to be overcome and reduced to a pathetic drum dribble by a victorious Russian song. The work became a musical symbol of the Russian struggle against the overwhelmingly superior Nazi war machine; it was given the subtitle Leningrad Symphony, and was performed during World War II by virtually every orchestra in the Allied countries. Ironically, in later years Shostakovich intimated that the Symphony had little or nothing to do with the events of the siege of Leningrad but actually with the siege of Russia in the grip of the dehumanizing and tyrannical Stalinist regime.
After the tremendous emotional appeal of the Leningrad Symphony, the 8th Symphony, written in 1943, had a lesser impact; the 9th, 10th, and 11th Symphonies followed (1945, 1953, 1957) without attracting much comment; the 12th Symphony (1960-1961), dedicated to the memory of Lenin, aroused a little more interest. But it was left for his 13th Symphony (Leningrad, December 18, 1962) to create a controversy which seemed to be Shostakovich's peculiar destiny; its vocalIst movement for solo bass and men's chorus, to words by the Soviet poet Yevtushenko, expressing the horror of the massacre of Jews by the Nazis during their occupation of the city of Kiev and containing a warning against residual anti-Semitism in Soviet Russia, met with unexpected criticism by the chairman of the Communist party, Nikita Khrushchev, who complained about the exclusive attention in Yevtushenko's poem to Jewish victims, and his failure to mention the Ukrainians and other nationals who were also slaughtered. The text of the poem was altered to meet these objections, but the 13th Symphony never gained wide acceptance. There followed the remarkable 14th Symphony (1969), in 11 sections, scored for voices and orchestra, to words by Federico Garcia Lorca, Apollinaire, Rilke, and the Russian poet Kuchelbecker.
Dmitri Shostakovich's 15th Symphony, his last (premiered in Moscow under the direction of his son Maxim on January 8, 1972), demonstrated his undying spirit of innovation; the score is set in the key of C major, but it contains a dodecaphonic .passage and literal allusions to motives from Rossini's William Tell Overture and the Fate Motif from Wagner's Die Walküre. Shostakovich's adoption, however limited, of themes built on 12 diffnotes, a procedure that he had himself condemned as anti-musical, is interesting both from the psychological and sociological standpoint; he experimented with these techniques in several other works; his first explicit use of a 12-tone subject occurred in his 12th String Quartet (1968). Equally illuminating is his use in some of his scores of a personal monogram, D.S.C.H. (for D, Es, C, H in German notation, i.e., D, E-flat, C, B). One by one, his early works, originally condemned as unacceptable to Soviet reality, were returned to the stage and the concert hall; the objectionable 4th and 13th Symphonies were published and recorded; the operas The Nose and Lady Macbeth of the District of Mtzensk (renamed Katerina Izmailova, after the name of the heroine) had several successful revivals.
Dmitri Shostakovich excelled in instrumental music. Besides the 15 symphonies, he wrote 15 string quartets, a String Octet, Piano Quintet, 2 piano trios, Cello Sonata, Violin Sonata, Viola Sonata, 2 violin concertos, 2 piano concertos, 2 cello concertos, 24 preludes for Piano, 24 preludes and fugues for Piano, 2 piano sonatas, and several short piano pieces; also choral works and song cycles. What is most remarkable about Shostakovich is the unfailing consistency of his style of composition. His entire oeuvre, from his first work to the last (147 opus numbers in all), proclaims a personal article of faith. His idiom is unmistakably of the 20th century, making free use of dissonant harmonies and intricate contrapuntal designs, yet never abandoning inherent tonality; his music is teleological, leading invariably to a tonal climax, often in a triumphal triadic declaration. Most of his works carry key signatures; his metrical structure is governed by a unifying rhythmic pulse. Shostakovich is equally eloquent in dramatic and lyric utterance; he has no fear of prolonging his slow movements in relentless dynamic rise and fall; the cumulative power of his kinetic drive in rapid movements is overwhelming. Through all the peripeties of his career, he never changed his musical language in its fundamental modalities. When the flow of his music met obstacles, whether technical or external, he obviated them without changing the main direction.
In a special announcement issued after Dmitri Shostakovich's death, the government of the U.S.S.R. summarized his work as a "remarkable example of fidelity to the traditions of musical classicism, and above all, to the Russian traditions, finding his inspiration in the reality of Soviet life, reasserting and developing in his creative innovations the art of socialist realism, and in so doing, contributing to universal progressive musical culture." His honors, both domestic and foreign, were many: the Order of Lenin (1946, 1956, 1966), People's Artist of the U.S.S.R. (1954), Hero of Socialist Labor (1966), Order of the October Revolution (1971), honorary Doctor of the Univ. of Oxford (1958), Laureate of the International Sibelius Prize (1958), and Doctor of Fine Arts from Northwestern University (1973). He visited the USA as a delegate to the World Peace Conference in 1949, as a member of a group of Soviet musicians in 1959, and to receive the degree of D.F.A. from Northwestern University in 1973. A postage stamp of 6 kopecks, bearing his photograph and an excerpt from the Leningrad Symphony, was issued by the Soviet Post Office in 1976 to commemorate his 70th birthday. A collected edition of his works was published in Moscow (42 volumes, 1980-).
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Aleksander Gorbach, a 35-year-old Jewish engineer who was tried in Vinnitsa, Ukraine over the week-end, has been fined $444 and will be freed on payment, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency learned from Jewish sources here today. Gorbach, who was arrested for possession of materials with Jewish themes, faced a sentence of up to two years' imprisonment. The prosecution however demanded only a fine in the amount of $555. The sources speculated that the lenient sentence may have stemmed from a desire by the Soviet authorities not to look "foolish" in the eyes of the world and that it might improve Gorbach's chances of obtaining an exit visa to go to Israel. Gorbach suffers from a serious eye ailment. Unlike other Soviet political prisoners, he was allowed to live at home while awaiting trial.
Richard Maass, chairman of the American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry, had cabled Soviet Communist Party chief Leonid Brezhnev, Premier Alexei Kosygia and other officials in Moscow over the week-end declaring that the Gorbach trial was "part of a deliberate campaign to discourage requests for exit permits by Jews who wish to live as Jews in dignity and freedom." On learning of the mild penalty imposed on Gorbach, Maass told the JTA today that it could be interpreted "perhaps" as a Soviet response to mounting world opinion against the political trials of Jews. If so, he added, this is only further indication that Moscow is sensitive to world opinion and that the pressure must be maintained. Jewish sources here reported today that nine Jews convicted in the second Leningrad trial will file an appeal to the Supreme Court of the Russian Republic on July 27. It had been reported earlier that they would appeal tomorrow. (An appeal by Valeriy Kukui, sentenced last month to three years' imprisonment for "activities harmful to the state," will be heard in Sverdlovsk at the end of this month according to Jewish sources in London.)


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Hollywood bigwig Harvey Weinstein owns the rights to One Chance, which will tell the story of the opera singer's rise from humble beginnings to stardom via Simon Cowell's ITV1 show.
He is looking for a big name to play Potts' wife Julie-Ann, and spoke to Katy about the role at an Oscars party.
The Teenage Dream star apparently replied that she 'loves a challenge', and Weinstein is optimistic about his chances of persuading her to sign up.
'I was talking to Katy about a new project, a possible dramatic role in the Paul Potts movie, which will be shooting in England soon,' he told the New York Post.
'We'd really like someone like Katy or Adele to play the role of Potts' wife, and Katy seemed genuinely interested.'
It would not be Katy's first acting role, as she has appeared in US sitcom How I Met Your Mother and provided the voice for Smurfette in last year's Smurfs movie.


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The power struggle for Bury council was won by Labour in dramatic and historic fashion today after the party clinched the deciding seat - by drawing straws.
Three full recounts for the Ramsbottom seat produced a dead-heat and under electoral rules, the two leading candidates had the choice of tossing a coin or drawing lots to decide the victor.
Labour's Joanne Columbine drew the longest straw to win the seat ahead of Conservative Robert Hodkinson who until then was tied for votes. Castle Leisure Centre erupted with cheers from the winning party after the nailbiting climax.
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She said: "It feels unreal. I didn't think in my wildest dreams that if I did win it would come down to drawing lots. It has been a great experience for me. It's the first time I have ever done anything like this and I've really enjoyed it.
"I thought of myself originally as the plucky outsider and I hoped not to embarrass myself with the result. I'm delighted."
The Ramsbottom victory left Labour with a one seat majority in Bury council chamber, after four years in the cold.
They now hold 26, while the Tories – who have led the council with Lib Dem support for the last 12 months – have 20. The Lib Dems have five seats, down from eight.
Labour had already made five gains – three from Liberal Democrats and two from the Conservatives – when the Ramsbottom drama began.
It was a very bad night for the Lib Dems.The council's third party lost all three seats they contested and saw their votes plummet in a number of wards.
Gains in Elton, St Mary's, Radcliffe North, Holyrood and Sedgley left Labour as the biggest party at Bury town hall for the first time since 2007.
At the start of the night at the Castle Leisure Centre count the Tories had needed to gain three of 17 contested seats to lead the council outright.
It was a subdued start fashion with candidates having to wait until after the verification of referendum votes at 1:50am for the counting to even start.
Three Labour gains were the Prestwich seats of Holyrood, St Mary's, and Sedgley - the later two lost to the Lib Dems back in 2007. They also took Radcliffe North and Elton from the Conservatives. Labour Leader Mike Connolly was returned in the East ward with an increased majority.
Veteran Lib Dem Wilf Davison failed to hold off the Labour challenge in Holyrood – losing by less than 200 votes.
Coun Davison conceded that tuition fees had been a major issue on the doorstep.
Turnout in Bury ranged from 32 to 49 per cent across the wards and was expected to have been low.
In 2007, when the same seats were last contested it was only 38 per cent.
The minority parties – with no BNP candidates standing in Bury – fared poorly.
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A delighted Labour leader Mike Connolly said: "What a fantastic result for us. We set out yesterday with four targets. If we won those we would have been happy, but to win five was even better.
"And to win today, albeit with the drawing of straws, is just absolutely amazing. It's a testament to the work the Labour teams have done. We never expected to come here and get an absolute majority."
Conservative and council leader Bob Bibby said: "This administration has fulfilled everything it has had to.
"It has done more for Bury than Labour has in 22 years."
A guarded Lib Dem leader, Tim Pickstone said: "It has been a difficult set of elections for the Lib Dems.
"Prestwich has lost some excellent councillors. It is too soon to say what happens next."


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By Roddy Thomson ,AFP Friday, February 24, 2012, 12:13 am TWN
BRUSSELS -- European governments have opened the way for a radical offer of "debt relief" for Arab North African and Middle Eastern neighbors, EU and governmental sources told AFP late Wednesday.
"Member states will examine possibilities of using debt relief as a signal of change" along the southern Mediterranean rim, conclusions drawn up for European Union leaders to endorse at a March 1-2 summit revealed.
The plan emerged barely 24 hours after eurozone governments backed an unprecedented write-down of Greek sovereign debt held by private investors which is expected to reduce Athens' debt burden by nearly one third, some 107 billion euros (US$141 million).
The North Africa initiative is being driven primarily by the French government diplomats said, on the eve of first talks on the proposal among ambassadors from the 27 EU states in Brussels on Thursday morning.
"Expect a vigorous discussion," said one senior EU official on the possible terms for debt relief that could be awarded in exchange for democratic reforms and preferential trade terms.
The idea is gaining currency one year on from the start of the 'Arab Spring,' with the EU leaders set to demand "rapid progress" on negotiations over free trade agreements between Europe and the countries of its "southern neighborhood."
The EU classes this group as including: Algeria, Egypt, Gaza and the West Bank, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia.
Egypt and Tunisia have been the biggest beneficiaries to date of loans from the EU's European Investment Bank, the EIB's website detailing nearly 4.0 billion euros to each prior to the revolts a year ago. The EIB has suspended loans to Syria, which had received nearly 2.0 billion euros by 2010.
Billions more in EU funds have been set aside through to 2013 as Europe steps up energy investments in particular, while national governments also make their own loans and investments — France and Britain having traditionally the biggest presence in the region.
Ahead of a "top-to-toe" revamp of the EU's policy in the region due on April 25, another official with a national government said "billions of dollars" could eventually be at stake.
"We need to see who else shows a determination here, who is neutral at this stage and who will put up opposition," one of these officials said.
EU leaders have ambitious plans to integrate fully this region into the world's biggest barrier-free market for goods and services as they turn to former colonies to help renew stagnant economic growth.
The draft summit declaration, if endorsed, would turn debt relief into an incentive to adopt EU political norms, alongside threats to withdraw support for states accused of oppression or grave human rights violations.