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Dragon Ball Z Movie 7: Super Android 13 (DVD)
Title: Dragon Ball Z Movie 7: Super Android 13
Volume: DVD
Running time: 62
Distributor: FUNimation Entertainment
Release date: 2003-02-04
Suggested retail price: $24.99
Age rating: NR
When the quiet peace of a routine day is interrupted by violent explosions it seems like the entire world is under siege! But Goku quickly realizes that he is the target of the sudden attack! Who are these strange assassins When Goku discovers that despite their great power, the culprits are not emitting an energy signal, it can only mean one thing. They are Androids!With Dr. Gero dead, just who is responsible for master-minding this new wave of Androids that are stronger, faster, and ten times more deadly than before The mystery unravels itself as the Android assault begins!Format: DVD MOVIE
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The East Galician Zionist Executive and the Jewish Nationalist Deputies from Eastern Galicia have published a Yom Kippur appeal to the Jewish population to establish rescue committees to help the Jewish unemployed throughout Galicia whose position now is becoming desperate.
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The Lemberg Jewish Community has also started a relief campaign for the Jewish unemployed.
It is the first time, it is pointed out, that a Zionist Executive is devoting itself to a rescue campaign for the needs of the Jewish population on the spot.


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Evaluation of QTc Interval by Continuous Holter ECG Recording in Antipsychotic Drug-treated Patients With Schizophrenia
This study has been completed.
Northwestern University
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Herbert Meltzer, Vanderbilt University
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First received: September 12, 2005
Last updated: June 5, 2017
Last verified: June 2017
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The aim of this study is to evaluate the utility of continuous Holter ECG recording with automated, computerized data analysis for measuring antipsychotic-related QTc prolongation during a 24-h period under clinical conditions
|Schizophrenia Schizoaffective Bipolar Disorder
|Device: Holter Monitor
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: bipolar disorder schizophrenia
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Further study details as provided by Herbert Meltzer, Vanderbilt University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- The aim of this study is to evaluate the utility of continuous Holter ECG recording with automated, computerized data analysis for measuring antipsychotic-related QTc prolongation during a 24-h period under clinical conditions.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|August 2003
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2006
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects will be males or females between 18 - 65 years of age.
- Patient subjects will have a definite diagnosis by DSM-IV criteria, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar disorder.
- Patient subjects are currently under treatment with any antipsychotic, any mood stabilizer, any antidepressant or any combination of the above at the therapeutic dose for at least 3 months.
- Patients have a history of taking the medications listed in item 3 as prescribed.
- The subjects must be able to provide written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects with a DSM-IV diagnosis of substance dependence as defined by DSMN within three months prior to selection.
Subjects who are currently taking other medications that have been shown to prolong the QTc, including tricyclic antidepressants (e.g. amitriptyline, imipramine, maprotiline), fluoroquinolones, or antiarrhythmics (e.g. quinidine, procainamide, amiodarone, sotalol).
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00178958
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00178958
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Northwestern University
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|Herbert Y Meltzer, M.D.
|Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
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|Herbert Meltzer, Professor, Vanderbilt University
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|NCT00178958 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 12, 2005
|Last Updated:
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Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Bipolar Disorder
Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
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Bipolar and Related Disorders
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Phelim McAleer has a great piece in today's New York Post on how Matt Damon's "Oscar-worthy" movie on the evils of fracking has come apart at the seams when the basic premise of the movie was proved inaccurate by Obama's EPA. The opener:
Matt Damon and John Krasinski ran into a big problem while making their film "Promised Land"; how they solved it tells us a lot about Hollywood.
Some time ago, the two actors decided to make a movie about fracking — a method of getting once-inaccessible oil and gas out of the ground that has become the bête noire of many environmentalists.
The two wrote a screenplay they said was about "American identity . . . and what defines us as a country."
It was the usual Hollywood script. We all know the . . . drill: Damon's character works for an "evil" oil company. He comes to small-town America and sells locals a dangerous bill of goods.
Then he encounters two problems — his corporate heart is melted by an attractive local woman and Krasinki's character, an environmentalist, reveals the oil company plan to exploit, pollute and leave.
Shocked townspeople feel betrayed. Damon is conflicted — will he go with the company and his career, or with his heart and ride back into town in his white SUV, denounce the oil company and save the day?
The filmmakers were so pleased with the script that they announced it would be promoted as a potential Oscar winner.
But then came trouble.
I broke the news that "Promised Land" was about fracking and now I can reveal that the script's seen some very hasty rewriting because of real-world evidence that anti-fracking activists may be the true villains.
In courtroom after courtroom, it has been proved that anti-fracking activists have been guilty of fraud or misrepresentation.
There was Dimock, Pa. — the likely inspiration for "Promised Land," which is also set in Pennsylvania. Dimock featured in countless news reports, with Hollywood celebrities even bringing water to 11 families who claimed fracking had destroyed their water and their lives.
But while "Promised Land" was in production, the story of Dimock collapsed. The state investigated and its scientists found nothing wrong. So the 11 families insisted EPA scientists investigate. They did — and much to the dismay of the environmental movement found the water was not contaminated.
There was Wolf Eagle Environmental Engineers in Texas, a group that produced a frightening video of a flaming house water pipe and claimed a gas company had polluted the water. But a judge just found that the tape was an outright fraud — Wolf Eagle connected the house gas pipe to a hose and lit the water.
Other "pollution" cases collapsed in Wyoming and Colorado. Even Josh Fox, who with his Oscar-nominated documentary "Gasland" first raised concerns about flammable water, has had to admit he withheld evidence that fracking was not responsible.
These frauds and misrepresentations created huge problems for the Damon/Krasinski script about "what defines us as a country."
So, according to sources close to the movie, they've come up with a solution — suggest that anti-fracking fraudsters are really secret agents employed by the fossil-fuel industry to discredit the environmental movement.
In the revised script, Damon exposes Krasinski as a fraud — only to realize that Krasinski's character is working deep undercover for the oil industry to smear fracking opponents.
Maybe a third version of the script will have environmental activist Damon suffer from amnesia and eventually discover his true identity is a big-oil special agent?
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There'd be a lot of Jurassic parking going on, since both species are long gone. Unsurprisingly, their extinctions are humanmade: pre-European Maori hunted the various species of vegetarian moa to extinction; they used to flush them out by burning off vast areas of forest so they did a pretty good number on the flora while they were at it.
The Haast's eagle exclusively ate moa, so it's pretty obvious what happened there!
And squeezing in a cat reference...I can't see a 15kg bird being too excited by a domestic moggy
Jay Green wrote: Can't really expect a weasel or snake to clear out the rodents feasting on your chicken feed when there are so many delectable eggs and chickens in the same room, now can we?
Actually, I can.
I should mention I consider myself an extreme case of "live and let live." I feel that critters are under such attack all over (one of my neighbors even sprays herbicide on native fruit trees because they attract raccoons), I think I need to provide as much a chance as possible for as many native critters to live as possible, even if it is inconvenient to me. I know this is not a common attitude. I don't even like to free-range my chickens because they kill frogs, lizards, snakes, and toads (as do cats, of course).
Idle dreamer
Tyler Ludens wrote:Jay Green wrote: Can't really expect a weasel or snake to clear out the rodents feasting on your chicken feed when there are so many delectable eggs and chickens in the same room, now can we?
Actually, I can.
I should mention I consider myself an extreme case of "live and let live." I feel that critters are under such attack all over (one of my neighbors even sprays herbicide on native fruit trees because they attract raccoons), I think I need to provide as much a chance as possible for as many native critters to live as possible, even if it is inconvenient to me. I know this is not a common attitude. I don't even like to free-range my chickens because they kill frogs, lizards, snakes, and toads (as do cats, of course).
And I would consider my chickens weren't "living" unless they were free ranging and eating a more natural diet. Live and let live can go on exponentially but, in the end, all creatures must kill something in order to eat....as do we.
Tyler Ludens wrote: I live in a place with TONS of "pests" (so called). We try to provide conditions for the natural predators (many of which are also considered "pests") to flourish.
In my opinion the system can't balance itself if there is an unbalancing pressure on it in the form of cats. Cats eliminate (by killing) and displace the natural predators which would balance the system. With cats in the niche which natural predators would occupy, the natural predators may never be able to fill that niche, as it is already filled.
So the neighborhood cats prevent a (bigger) overrun of rats, mice, voles and moles, which left unchecked would attract meso-predators that would eventually naturally abate their numbers?
This may be true. The question is: what eats the meso-predators? In our ecosystem the answer is nothing -- we have no apex predators -- and we are not allowed to shoot, trap or otherwise kill native meso-predators. Our meso-predators eat chickens, dogs, transmit ticks and disease and took chunks out of children in the next canyon over. I don't think we need any more of them. Avian predators are already addressed as we have two pairs of mating owls (screech and barn) at opposite ends of the street (territory is totally covered), a yearling Redtail Hawk, migratory Eagles and a few aquatic stooping birds.
While I understand objections against outdoor cats, I am and will continue to be grateful for the neighborhood cat hunters who keep our vermin (and therefore meso-predator) population under control until I can replace the overabundance of seed-bearing colonizing weeds with more appropriate cover, and hopefully spread the idea to neighbors. Until then, current vermin levels, missing pets and chickens, and three wounded children needing rabies shots is quite enough.
Related: I REALLY REALLY wish we had coyotes again. Really really. Each one is worth, ecologically speaking, 30 - 50 of our worst meso-predators. That would fix a lot of problems... including excess outdoor cats.
In my region we're pretty much allowed to kill everything that moves, as far as I can tell. There are limits on some things, others none at all except one is supposed to get a hunting license....
I understand other places are different. I'm not telling other people what they should do. I really hope that is clear. I am sharing my personal philosophy which is mine. I don't expect it to be yours.
It is my theory, which is mine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAYDiPizDIs
Idle dreamer
elated: I REALLY REALLY wish we had coyotes again. Really really. Each one is worth, ecologically speaking, 30 - 50 of our worst meso-predators. That would fix a lot of problems... including excess outdoor cats.
We'll send you a couple...hundred. They have overrun this state and the next, to the exclusion of most small game like rabbits, groundhogs, possum, chipmunks, and even coon. They prey on livestock until local farmers give up and throw in the towel or stock their property with Great Pyrenees dogs and just try to keep up with replacing the torn up dogs. Rabbits have become an endangered species here..haven't seen one for quite awhile. Our wild turkey are gone as well. Grouse is something I haven't seen for the past 30 years and we haven't heard a whippoorwill in many years. Box turtles are gone, toads are gone, snakes are even gone...the 'yotes need food for their young and they have plenty of those.
You can have our coyotes if you will trade some wildlife for them. Or even cats...you won't find many outside cats here as they are quickly turned into coyote fodder. The only place you will find feral cat populations here is in the middle of towns. I have an easy fix for that....bring 'em out here in the country~the 'yotes are hungry and have eaten everything else.
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John Polk wrote:Birds can fly; cats cannot.
If an occasional bird gets eaten, he was probably not the keenest in the flock.
The flock is probably better off without him in their gene pool.
The Inside Story on Cats and Songbirds. I do enjoy cuddling a cat from time to time, though.
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I would imagine Bill looks it at from a closed loop perspective, from this perspective it is a bit of a stretch, especially given the extreme direction some people go to pamper their animals. Some of the breeding we have done for look and our pleasure doesn't help much either. Excessive ferals (usually a human caused problem), kitten breeders and crazy cat collectors make it a much bigger problem.
The facts are cats and dogs more recently have been a part of virtually all human societies as far back as records have been found... certainly less pampered than they are now... more a part of the tribe/member of the community and less of the posession they have become. But both were expected to do multiple and often various tasks and sometimes double as survival food when necessary. Cats have always been allowed free roam of the dwellings to help keep down less desirable things from nature doing things like eating your stored grain, keeping the spiders from building webs all over the home etc. some were even used with the express intention of keeping birds away from desirable seed crops. Most importantly they kept down rodents which helped reduce disease. To an aware observer cats can often be better watch animals than dogs since they have exceptional senses and are capable of taking in information even in a relatively dormant state. Cats being a potential predation item themselves are generally much more alert then their canine counter parts. Cats also will not alert outsiders the way a barking dog would. Both have their uses obviously.
It would seem the majority of the reasons given by people that are against cats are the predation events. Specifically the predation of birds, frogs, lizards, snakes and insects etc. All of these things can be easily mitigated and virtually eliminated through a simple change in the behavior of the cat and not a difficult change no less. If one were to observe all cats in general you begin to notice that while cats are not specifically nocturnal they are much more active at night then during the day; as are many of the rodents we would prefer the cats to deal with. So simply keeping you cat inside during the day and letting them out at night reduces the level of undesirable predation to virtually null. Cats like most animals are also territorial and help to keep other cats from their and your territory.
Finally I personally do not believe words like cruel and humane can be reasonably applied to anything natural beyond humans. These are strictly human concepts that should only ever be applied to people and the things people do, I might allow for other higher sentient mammals as well but that is not my point. While domestic cats do have it easy we have in no way removed the catness from cats, so cats are only doing what cats do, honing the skills of their catness which is required for all forms of life to survive.
I mean honesty would you call it cruel the way a constrictor snake eats or a shark eats. How about the frog? For the most part it stuffs anything that moves that will fit down its throat down and allows the stomach acids to do the work. Perhaps it is inhumane of the mistletoe to parasitize its host plant as well? And how about all of the carnivorous plants? Or for the eagle to carry a nice fresh alive fish back to the nest for its offspring? These things are only doing what nature intended them to do, nothing less and nothing more.
"Study books and observe nature. When the two don't agree, throw out the books" -William A Albrecht
"You cannot reason a man out of a position he has not reasoned himself into." - Benjamin Franklin
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All in all, she pays her way with vermin control and feeding my chickens.
Cliff (Start a rEVOLution, grow a garden)
You see the cats hanging around fairly regularly even when no one's obviously feeding them, but when we remove them, all the other urban "pest" species seem to come out of the woodwork. It's fairly interesting when you consider the balanced ecosystem that's been formed in urban areas, dependent on the human need to buy food and throw half of it away. And how easily we can send that system into tilt by removing one of the controlling factors.
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It's a bit tedious to go on about it, but that never stopped me before
In my environment, rodents aren't much of an issue. People have cats because they want a cat, not a mousetrap.
NZ birds, without predatory mammals for millennia, aren't going to get wise in a couple of hundred years.
Alison Freeth-Thomas wrote:Interesting that Bill is against cats and yet most permaculturists (probably Bill included) would welcome ducks. So, on the positive - cats get rodents, ducks get slugs/snails. On the negative - Cats get birds but ducks get frogs/frogspawn, toads/toadspawn, small fish, worms. I read that other day that ducks are totally destructive to pondlife. Maybe ducks are as destructive as cats yet no-one badmouths the duck!
I badmouthed the chicken upthread a bit. Personally I think if I'm attempting to not damage natural systems, and even help them to thrive (1st ethic), I need to take into account the potential damage any particular activity or animal in the permaculture system might do to the larger ecosystem. I like keeping chickens, I like to eat them and their eggs. But I can acknowledge the damage they can do if used inappropriately in my system. If I let my chickens forage too much, they do enormous damage to plants and small animals, so I need to limit their free-ranging. Other people in other ecosystems might not have this kind of problem; they might be able to keep any number of chickens free-ranging like crazy, and not have any negative effects. Same with cats. A good mouser who never catches anything but rodents right around the house and barn isn't doing any damage to the larger ecosystem, in my opinion; but a cat who hunts indiscriminately and/or who wanders away from the inner zones to hunt is probably doing damage to the larger ecosystem.
Idle dreamer
Bill is an Aussie, he dreamed up Permaculture whilst living in Tasmania - that's the little island to the south of the big island of Australia. In Australia feral cats are an obsolute curse to the environment. Australia's environemnt has been isolated for so long that it developed its own very unique biota. Feral animals such as rabbits, camels, goats, cats, mina birds, rats, mice and cane toads to name a few have successfully out competed many of the our native species to such an extent that Australia has one of the worst extinction rates in the world. Land clearing has been a huge part of this as well. Cats kill countless birds, small marsupials and reptiles and they displace and kill the few predatory marsupials we have as well. Cats are a very popular pet here and many people do not control them appropriatly, allowing them outside at night, not putting bells or shiny things on their collars and allowing them to hunt.
As far as Permaculture is concerned I think if you are trying to set up a sustainable ecology on your property cats do not figure into the equation at all, not if you are hoping to attract a range of cooperative animals into the ecology as well. Further more they shit in my garden and scratch all the seedlings up.
But they do make lovely slippers, and miny throw rugs. Prrrrrrr
len gardener wrote:
on the cruel side of things, cats are not a natrual creature they have been Xbred and hybradised if you like, and we have bread teh curr of thrill killing into them, once a cat return from being the domestic animal it is back to wild ferel status it cannot then be re-tamed, but its thrill killing lust continues, it is the same with domestic dogs, they too will chase and catch if they can all native critters only thing with a dog is they are a whole lot more easier to contain than a cat. the domestic cat is cruel in its thrill kill role, it does not obviously need food as a household pet, and unlike a dog is very hard to train in any obedience.
Hi Len,
I have yet to read anything on the subject of hybridizing cats to create thrill killing lust; even the breeding and training of dogs done in this direction would barely qualify as it is more the training (which you can blame on humans) than the breeding, mostly cats are bred for appearance as far as I can tell. As far as "thrill killing lust" is concerned to me this is simply another set of labels like cruel and humane. What do you call what chickens do to mice when they get a hold of them? How about that pecking order business in chickens, pretty cruel to an outside observer is it not? Or what a hungry hog might do to a stray chicken or other live animal? How about what a raccoon will do to that same chicken? With the exception of raccoons these animals have been bred by man right alongside cats and dogs throughout the years as well yet don't seem to elicit the same labeling for exhibiting similar behavior. Contrary to popular belief cats are not very hard to train at all understanding you are limited by the cats natural behaviors and instincts, controlling them or demanding obedience from them like one would a dog is a bit more work because their very nature makes them resistant to being controlled and made obedient. Of course there are shades of this for all animals but we don't seem to be very good about getting obedience from chickens either although we can train them to a certain degree. Also personally I don't consider ringing a hogs nose to stop its natural behavior training in obedience yet many still do, rather than understanding that rooting is a part of what pigs do many cruelly resort to this practice in an effort to control. I would call that inhumane treatment of a animal, we have knowledge that this is not necessary, we also know that rooting is a trait of all hogs. It would seem to me if you didn't or couldn't accept some rooting from a rooting animal one should reconsider their choices. Many do not!
The thing is what you describe here as thrill killing lust is found in virtually every wild feline, canine, primate, weasel and raptor families as well as most of the toothed whales and most of the amphibians and reptiles as well. Here in California where bobcats and mountain lions still exist one of the first rules should you encounter them (especially for mtn. lions) is to not run. This is because it is well known that their instinct to jump on and attack virtually any moving thing is so strong it often triggers attacks that would not have come from a slow withdrawal. All this without any human intervention through cross breeding or hybridization. Are then these felines(cats) also engaging in a thrill killing lust? Or is it perhaps that it is simply a part of the hard-wiring of being feline?
What all these animals are doing is called survival, none of these creatures have the luxury of joining a club where no harm from their practice can come, so instead through for lack of a better term play they practice their skills so when they are finally drawn upon for survival hopefully their skills are honed well enough to eat and/or escape from being eaten and survive for another day.
How I came to understand that human based labels and language is insufficient when dealing with nature and natural creatures:
I owned an Argus monitor for a long time, I raised it from a baby by hand making sure it knew I was no threat. Well fed it could be the nicest lizard you ever met; it actually seemed to enjoy scratching and rubbing but as it got bigger it seemed to get meaner and more aggressive. It finally occurred to me after much observation that the apparent aggression was food related, simply put the monitor was more hungry than any information I had come across said it would be. I tried something new, I tried to keep it so well fed that the aggression related to hunger would not show. It worked!!! the monitor was the docile creature I had raised once again. Unfortunately the increase in food increased it's size and the amount of food it ate as well. It was at this time in order to keep him fed I had to switch to live mice and rats. It had only ever had previously frozen mice and live insects before, I was not sure what to expect since it had never had to work for food so to speak.
I was not prepared for what appeared to be the sheer violence exhibited by the monitor running down and killing these creatures. It had never before needed nor exhibited any of these behaviors up until this time but it certainly knew what to do without any prompting when the time came. Small enough the rats were often swallowed whole and alive but above a certain size the monitor would behave in much the same manner you have above described as thrill killing lust. It is obvious to a human that the monitor is strong enough to break the neck of even large rats to quickly end the rats suffering. It never happened once. What was much more likely was a short race lost by the rat that ended in it being dragged, thrown, bashed and rubbed against anything that would not move, typically resulting in the rats head going in the monitors mouth and if still alive the monitor constricting on it with the neck muscles to suffocate the rat before being eaten. The resulting mess eventually led me to find a source of frozen rats sold in large packages for zoo and other uses. It always came down to a size issue though. There was also a certain size of rat above which the monitor simply would not bother with no matter how hungry etc. Just the right size would be inhaled; I mean 3-4 rats of the larger than the biggest mouse size eaten and gone in seconds it was stunning to say the least. But too big and even thawed dead rats got the brutal treatment every single time. I could guess it is a survival response, rats of this size could do considerable damage if not dispatched quickly particularly in the unprotected mouth and throat regions, however if not dispatched right away it was safer for the monitor to work over the rats in this fashion. I imagine it also helped break the rats up a bit to get them down easier and digest easier. I also imagine it could tell what it could reasonably swallow and did not waste the effort trying on those things that did not fit the criteria.
It did often at first appear like a thrill killing lust though...until I noticed this response perhaps expressed in slightly different ways in virtually every living creature that must prey on other living creatures to survive, even something as simple as the amoebas do it. That is when I realized our words, terms and labels are not generally appropriately used if appropriate at all when discussing the natural behaviors that have evolved in all living things.
"Study books and observe nature. When the two don't agree, throw out the books" -William A Albrecht
"You cannot reason a man out of a position he has not reasoned himself into." - Benjamin Franklin
There is no one big scary 'cat virus'. Zoonotic viruses are very dangerous (the 1919's Spanish Flu, H1N1 and H5N1 being a few) and their contagiousness is part of what makes them lethal. It is very possible for cats to pass parasites to humans. This and the damage to the environment are the major problems I see and are the two issues discussed on this thread. Therefore it seems that cats as themselves are just fine -- the problem is OUTDOOR cats in previously stable environments and owners who do not take care of their cat's medical needs with indoor care, worming, de-parasiting and so on.
cats are not 100% killers and i do think there is a place in the permiculture world for cats I just dont think it is in places that have no natural cats or places that the cat population is so huge that it is taking out the small critters. I dont see single feline problems i see colony feline problems and yes cats have colonies they are not naturally solitary just prone to it. mostly i think cause humans tend to only have one cat at a time.
Any how thats enough on this thread from me. cao
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len gardener wrote: they thrill kill, wild animals kill for survival cats kill because they can
if they are fed well? then they are thrill killers why else would they do it but for fun.
Characterizing a cat's natural, hardwired drive to kill as "thrill" and "for fun" seemed to me to be putting an emotional slant on a natural biological drive of an animal. A dog may hike his leg to pee on your lamppost because he doesn't like you... but more likely (and less anthropomorphically/emotionally), marking is a natural drive for dogs. In the same way, hunting is a natural drive for cats. This is why they chase laserpointers and feather toys and windup mice. They can't help themselves, it's hardwired... not emotional for them at all.
Please also note that cats know to hunt and capture as part of their natural drive, but must be taught how to kill their prey by their mothers. The knowledge of how to deliver the deathblow is not an inborn trait. Mothers and young cats 'play' with their dead prey to learn more about stalking and capturing, but if you see an adult cat toying with a mouse it's likely never been taught how to properly kill its prey. Once again, that's poor parenting, though this time on the part of the mothercat and not the ownerhuman.
I am a big fan of cats and am struggling with the idea of not having cats on a permaculture farm.
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The personal ad would read something like: devoted dreamer seeks fresh archetype to concert in her subconscious or black poet looking for primordial forms both on and off the page, or jazz trumpeter seeks benevolent archive for his scores, or black archivist looking for ark-esque vessels for notes and tones from the Black Ark. The romance is haunted from the start, by the outlandish yearnings it's founded upon and refuses to resist; but an unbreakable bond forms between the call and the response and a new layer of atmosphere, an exclusive cosmos, reveals itself and sustains the new range of vibrations between them.
But what gallant kindred spirit is equipped to answer this call? At AfroSonics, where this search began as a Call for an Archive, and then evolved into the work of creating an audio archive through recording out-of-print and rare Diaspora poetry and writing, the seeker is answering her own love call by carving out the space for a response that does not veil its roots in myth, improvisation and insurrection. AfroSonics, which originated as a Tumblr, is moving toward a more encompassing digital archive, as well as a physical/analog archive of jazz poetry that will feature over 100 LPs in the tradition, at Columbia University's Wiener Music Library.
We do all such work as a true labor of love, because we believe black people depend on sound for liberation and yet we would be hard pressed to find an archive at any U.S. university, museum, or library, that focuses on our relationship with sound and listening without the monolithic intervention of some nuance of western anthropology. This needs to change. We need to be able to study the audio forms of poetry, speeches and music that help express our own omni-layered relationship with speaking, writing/transcribing, and listening, without demeaning these practices or turning them into kitsch or relics. We need to be allowed the sensual, deliberate and lazy kind of obsession that lets the artist fall in love with the archive without trying to or even wanting to control it.
AfroSonics, which originated as a Tumblr, is moving toward a more encompassing digital archive, as well as a physical/analog archive of jazz poetry that will feature over 100 LPs in the tradition, at Columbia University's Wiener Music Library.
For to fall in love with an archive is to fall in love with a living myth, with the interaction between the ark and ankh, and the ka or spirit protecting and driving that interaction, the ancient future in there, the forever element which no degree of manipulation or twist or envy, which no mental, physical or emotional slavery, can temper or tamper with, the eternal and eternally regenerative creative force within a body, an often abused but always strikingly beautiful, body of source material.
And this love affair is no fairy tale. For the Black/African Diaspora artist, any affection toward the Black Archive or what Lee Perry properly calls the Black Ark, demands unconditional devotion to a long-neglected psyche that will not hesitate to lash out, unkempt as a caged or untrusting anything, and then ask for and merit all of the love and attention you have in spite of that, because of that, as in Miles' ineffable So What lifted to the mandate pitch of It ain't necessarily so, until the battered glimpse we can earn into the depths and peaks of this archive often plays out like the tale of Echo and Narcissus, we look into it intently and become obsessed with what of ourselves it reflects and shields, we need the reflection like a we a need a reflex, to lure us back into our own true natures, and for it we risk self-delusion in a ritual dance of paradox and purification.
This slick, slightly casual but actually very serious obsession, is what our best hip hop producers visit upon themselves when they spend days, hours, years, scouring record stores and reading the auras of one 33 and 1/3rd after another in hopes of finding echoes from the future somewhere in those waxed tones. This is the muffled taunt that the Diaspora student of Egyptian civilization faces when reading one racist, Eurocentric account after another, in search of the scholar who isn't a scholar but a healer, or in search of Sun Ra's discography and syllabus. This is the same coil of agony and bliss in equilibrium that the black filmmaker, painter, and photographer encounter as they pursue a visual landscape that does not promote visceral and almost voluntary blindness to self, or become brittle and stale through a self-conscious over-seeing. And indeed, this is the jade wall of stilted and awkward forms that the black writer and poet must walk through unflinchingly in order to reach what Amiri Baraka calls/reclaims: Black Dada Nihilismus, that Namelessness turned sacred anonymity that James Baldwin empowers with his elegant belligerence, that unabashed celebration of blackness from the inside-out that crystallizes in the poems of Helene Johnson, an ideal waltz or lindy of substance and light that is never rude, never polite; the place wherein we understand that rhythm and rhyme together create reason.
I introduce these dream-state themes and codes to suggest an under-credited but not under-activated alliance between: (1) creative/imaginative power; (2) mythos and/or the generating and regenerative power of autonomous black myths; (3) collective improvisation, (4) and archival practice. As with Jazz, Hip Hop, and just about every other Diaspora artform one could name, collective improvisation on a standard theme or piece of archival footage creates new myths, radicalizes that theme or aspect of a piece of archival material/data—and a work of art that both comprehends, and transcends the so-called original is born. This is the way in which black artists have managed to use art practice as a form of archival practice, with a keen awareness of the fact that establishing formal or traditional archives in libraries and universities is an arduous task for Diaspora art and scholarship, while simply engaging the work of preservation as a personal duty, and using that sense of responsibility to augment one's own creative power and output, can create a new kind of commons.
It is with all of this in mind that I set out to create an archive that admits the mythos upfront; or a myth that accommodates the archival material and tools for archival practice we have at our disposal. A Black Myth that says: so what if it isn't popular so long as it's pure of heart, so what if it doesn't abide by the rules, as long as it makes available information that the rules are in place to suppress.
In West Africa, art and performance have been linked to record-keeping and storytelling since far before we were sold or abducted, and the archives we create in this land need to name and rebuild that relationship to be effective at restoring our understanding of ourselves as artists and thinkers and overall lovers and masters of life. Because we architect our realities around sound and listening, this work must begin within those structures: deep inside of the science of sound, pulse, vibration, rhythm, frequency—and therefore the chief initiators of our archival practice are poetry, oration, footwork, and music.
Such are the goals of AfroSonics. We work toward all of this without aiming for any aloof hipness, but aware that a certain radiance is built into the affair between sound and listener, artist and archive. There is a sweet, disorienting, and reaffirming double hipness that enables new forms and ideas to flourish there in that space one only reaches through sincere devotion to its reaches. Here at Bold as Love I will be examining some of the recordings from this living and ever-expanding, archive of Astro and AfroSonics, with a more meticulous eye, looking at where, when, and how, specific recordings came to be and how they mobilize Mythscience and improvisation to create a new poetics, new genreless genres of writing and music, and a rejuvenating, soul-affirming aspect in the New Black Imagination.
Harmony Holiday is a poet and choreographer. You can check out her work on the AfroSonics Archive here.


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What is the best way to thread soft materials like bugtail, cotton, etc. through snug holes? When I thread a woven cotton through a hole that is the exact size of my material I can't use a needle. I end up cutting off a lot of material to get to a new point that's stiff enough to pass through the bead. Is there a hollow needle or wire wrapping technique that will guide the cord end through beads with a similar hole size?
I'm trying to make a necklace with a lamp worked frog bead (H20-2474FB) that is top-heavy. I would like the bead to hang horizontally on the string with the frog on top, but because the frog is heavier he always hangs underneath. I have tried using smaller beads inside the large bead, using a thick cord, clamping the ends of the bead with bead caps, and using clay to stuff the bead. None of this helps, as the poor frog is still upside-down. How do I get him to stay upright?
I made a couple of gemstone chip bracelets on Power cord, but I don't like the way they turned out. The knot area, with a small dab of glue on it, is stiff and brittle. The cord seems to have "warped" and appears to be stretched out of shape. The chips slid on the cord easily so that would not seem to be the reason for this distortion of the cord. Help!
I am looking to make a necklace where the beads are on the thread but not connected to other beads or spacers. Do I just need to knot around the bead or do I need to do something different to hold it in place?
I'm making a necklace with a pendant for a sister-in-law who has metal allergies. The pendant measures 3.5" long. I thought of making the necklace long enough to slip over the head so no metal findings would be used, but with the pendant so long, it would hang too low to look good. How would you finish a shorter necklace (16-17") without using metal findings?
Well, I just started practicing with tubular peyote, I didn't have thread, only elastic cord. I ended up making a bracelet I really like, and I was wondering how long my piece might last? I strengthened the stitching greatly, but I've never seen any videos or tutorials or anything on this site saying to use elastic.I have thread coming now, (thanks =D) but I kind of like the tightness the elastic offers, is it a bad idea to use this instead of thread?
I have been seeing watch bands made with beads and safety pins and they just stretch. What would be a good choice of stringing material to use so the safety pin will not break it and it stretches.
I have been making some necklaces with waxed cotton cord using a surgeon's style sliding knot. A few have been returned because the knots come undone. Any suggestions?
I would like to make stretch bracelets, and I have two different types of cord, one is plastic, the other is almost like a fabric, the fabric frays when I use it, how can I stop this from happening?
What is the best chain or cord to use with the Dione beads or any large hole beads.
I recently purchased from you some 8 inch satin cords in various colors. I originally thought that they were 18 inches and would use them for pendants. What do you recommend using the 8 inch sections for? How do you close the ends or attach them?
Would like to try and make bracelets to sell at a craft fair using stretch cord. What size stretch cord would you use and what size bracelet should I make for a general adult-sized wrist? Thanks.
Help! I'm trying to find cording that will knot well, is sturdy and visually appealing (like macrame) as much as the beads. I am making a Shekere, which is a percussion type instrument made from gourds. I will also need to know what size beads will fit with the diameter of the cord you recommend.Thank you so much!
When making items with elastic cord, can I use a hot glue gun to secure the knot on the project?
I am making rings using Powercord®. How do I hide the knot? My beads are not large enough for it to fit through.
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Updated on Wednesday*:
At one time over the weekend, the conversation turned
to why some of their states celebrated Memorial Day and others did not.
I thought it was because it had originated in the North, but this was
not true. I went to the Web and this is what was found.
"Every day is Memorial Day. We thank every person who
has ever served in America's Armed Forces. You have made us the Land of
the Free and you are the Brave. May God bless you for all you have done
for America."
One of the first was celebrated in the South. In
January 1866, women in Columbus, Ga., issued a public call for the
graves of Confederate soldiers to be covered with flowers. The first
Decora-tion Days were observed that year in Mississippi and Georgia.
"Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day
because it was a time set aside to honor the nation's Civil War dead by
decorating their graves. The first official Decoration Day was observed
on May 30, 1868, to commemorate the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers, by
proclamation of General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic,
an army of former sailors and soldiers."
Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, stated,
"It is our duty to keep the memory of our heroes green. Yet they belong
to the whole country; they belong to America."
We need to put the "memorial" back in Memorial Day and
observe as it was originally intended. We need to decorate the graves of
the departed so that their lives are not taken for granted. This does
not mean that we support war; it means that we want to remember their
sacrifice. Let us take one day to remember.
It is also a good time to remember our other
ancestors, who did not bear arms, but did bear the agony of living
through times of disappointment, death, and other trials. They survived
and helped to contribute to the continuation of the United States of
America, and our families.
A testimony to them is the fact that we are here
today. We cannot be sad when we see their faces, mannerisms and beliefs
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Books / Reviews Sep 21, 2013
Six great thinkers' 'lessons'
by Peter Conrad
Life is a career that none of us chose. The rich and credulous hire life coaches to flatter them. Others who crave enlightenment can sign on to the School of Life set up by entrepreneurial egghead Alain de Botton. LIFE LESSONS FROM ... Bergson, Byron, ...


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Sounds like Kevin Bacon is really wanting to saddle up and reprise his role of Valentine McKee from the 1990 classic Tremors. How do we know this? Well, we heard it straight from the horse's mouth, and now you can too!
During a fan interview on The Huffington Post, Bacon was questioned about the cult favorite hit. His answer was pretty surprising. "I have a real dream right now. I want to reboot [Tremors]," says Bacon of the film which is getting the reboot treatment from Don Michael Paul (Lake Placid: The Final Chapter).
Given his next comments we can only assume that he wants to reprise his role and NOT reboot the film as a director or what not. "To see the character 25 years down the line. Seeing what that guy may have become. When I started thinking about this, I hadn't seen the movie in 25 years so I went back and watched it recently. I was pleasantly surprised. It was still really cool."
Check out the entire interview below.
As reported earlier, the film will be more of a sequel than a complete remake with Michael Gross reprising the role of monster-killer Burt Gummer. Gross has to date appeared in every film in the franchise and even the short-lived TV series it spawned.
The new film, tentatively titled Tremors 5, is currently casting for a September kick-off in South Africa.
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Sephora's LashStash: Our biggest mascara review ever
We're always getting questions from readers about mascara recomendations. So when our colleague Sabrina Rocco got a big, honking mascara haul for Christmas, we had her help us out with a review. Here is Sabrina with some lashtastic guest blog action! Take notes, everyone.
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Over the years, my best friend Jordan and I reached an understanding. For Christmas, instead of giving each other clothes we might not like, or Ryan Gosling movies, we would thoughtfully explore the depths of Sephora and buy each other a new makeup product.
This year, she blew me away with Sephora's LashStash, a treasure trove of 10, yes 10, different brand-name mascaras plus a tube of mascara primer and a sexy set of falsies. I was floored. Would I ever buy mascara again? What would I use first? Which would become my new fave?
Here, I review all 10 products. While some are busts, there are more than a few gems tucked in here.
The best part: no clumping. The very fine-tooth brush separated all my lashes to create extra volume, but I was disappointed in the lack of length. I had to apply at least three heavy coats -- and really pull at my lashes at the root with the brush -- to get them as long as I like. Also, the formula seemed a little dry and crusty. Ew.
Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Volumizing Mascara, $22
LOVE. In just one coat, my lashes felt like long, silky paintbrushes. After that, I couldn't stop -- I had to apply another two for more volume. I wore this while doing errands for six hours and found that it didn't run or flake down my cheeks. Results:
Korres Volcanic Minerals Volumizing Mascara, $20
My thought at first coat: "Ehhhhhh, not great." This is just average -- lengthens a bit, adds a little volume -- but it's not anything fantastic. Also, it got clumpy at the roots of my lashes, which may be because the formula came out gummy on the brush. If you're just looking for something to throw on before you go to the grocery store, this does the trick. But at that price, I'd just buy a $5 drug store tube.
After I slathered on a few coats of this, I was impressed by how big my eyes looked. I felt like a Disney princess with gorgeous, giant peepers. This mascara really plays up length instead of volume, but leaves clumping behind. I was also able to successfully use the brush to reach my teeny tiny lashes without smearing it everywhere. Benefit sells a $10 mini tube of this mascara, so you can try it before you commit to buying the full-sized product. Not bad!
Lancome Hypnose Drama Instant Full Body Volume, $26
For some reason, every time I think of Lancome, I think of grandmas. But this... this was love at first coat. Despite the mild clumping, this mascara might be my favorite and it's perfect for a big night out. If you don't want to risk your fake lash falling off mid-shimmy at the Blue Martini, this is the closest you'll get to falsies without the risk. My lashes were long, curly, thick. It's just wonderful. GO BUY IT.
Sephora Outrageous Volume, $15
Don't let the price fool you. I put this on before I went to the USF-Syracuse hoops game and by the time I left the last bar, my mascara was pooling around the outer corners of my eyes, like I had been sobbing. The formula is thick, gooey and hard to work with. I'd rather pay a few dollars more and pick up a tube of the Stila Stay All Day mascara.
Clinique High Impact Mascara, $16
On one eye, I paired this with Tarte's MultiplEYE Natural Lash Enhancing Primer ($22) and was very impressed. My lashes looked visibly longer, but lacked volume. On the other eye, I used the mascara alone and got similar results. Save your money on the primer and buy an extra tube of the mascara. My lashes still felt soft despite the amount of product layered on, and it didn't clump. I normally don't buy eye makeup at Clinique because their stuff doesn't stay on and it's not dramatic enough for me, but I was really happy with this product.
Smashbox Full Exposure Mascara, $19.50
I tend to layer up on my mascara because I like my lashes thicker, but when I put this on, I didn't have to use 10 coats. In just one coat, my lashes swelled to perfection. While this mascara is stubborn to remove, it's great for all-day wear. I wore it on the treadmill -- not a smudge to be seen.
d.j.v. beautenizer Fiberwig LX, $22
If I had the extra cash to buy five tubes of this stuff all at once, I WOULD. My lashes looked natural, which means it's perfect for everyday use. I got stuck in the rain wearing this and immediately ran to the bathroom to see if my eyes looked like two Goodyear tires, but the mascara barely budged. It was a nightmare to remove at the end of the day, but well worth it. It doesn't dazzle at first coat, but if you spend a few extra minutes with it in the morning, you'll definitely be happy.
Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes!, $19
I typically don't use an eyelash curler, but I dusted mine off for this mascara, which made my lashes extra wispy. Even more impressive is how they felt so soft despite all the product on them. I'm wearing this today and, I have to say, I feel like some tootsie in a Cover Girl ad.
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While Suver and Brianne Nelson of the Boulder Running Company finished 1-2 in the women's 6-K race, Team USA Minnesota had the depth to earn its team victory, with Meghan Peyton, Ladia Albertson-Junkans, and Jamie Cheever taking fourth, fifth, and seventh place. The Minnesotans had 70 points to Boulder's 92.
Malcolm Campbell of the Atlanta Track Club and Gwen Lapham of Club Northwest were the masters champions.
There was tragic news in the aftermath of the club championships. Lauren Woodall Roady, 27, who had raced for The Georgetown Running Club, was killed in downtown Lexington on Saturday night when she was struck by a fire truck. The truck was reportedly not on an emergency call and did not have a siren sounding or warning lights flashing. The accident is being investigated. As Kentucky.com reports, Roady had competed for Davidson College and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She studied law at Georgetown and NYU and was an attorney with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. She'd been married for just two months.


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Like many preachers, I like to quote Charles Spurgeon. Recently I came into possession of the only existing copy of an extremely rare book: The Forgotten Quotes of Charles Spurgeon. ?These quotes give us an unusual and inspirational glimpse into the mind of the Prince of Preachers. Here is a sampling:
Sometimes when I am preaching I have 12 separate thoughts in my head at once. Then I take my medicine.
God chose the weak to shame the strong.? And he chose the ugly to shame the good looking.? I'm living proof.
The anvil is not afraid of the hammer. ?But my thumb is.
Sometimes I do the very things I hate–like slamming my shoulder into thin persons.
Sometimes I feel like my sermons lack the wow factor.
Do you think yourself wise? Then there's a donkey inside your waistcoat. ?Do you think yourself handsome? ?Then there?s a bernerk in your beard.
If I had to choose, I would rather smoke a cigar than a stick of barley-sugar.
All men are sinners and need to be saved but I think the French are a little worse than most.
My wife is a dem fine gel.
Oh yeah? ?How about you try climbing all these stairs up to the pulpit Sunday after Sunday then see how dang cheerful you are.
Well well well, look at all the Arminians who have joined us this morning. This is a pretty kettle of fish!
I just wish that the outside of me could match the inside of me.
When you preach, either go big or go home. ?And at the end of the day, it is what it is.
He who is unmerciful to his beast is worse than a beast himself. ?Unless he has a chijuajua.
Well, there you have a small sampling of this amazing and surprising book. ?I hope you were as inspired by these quotes as I was.
(Disclaimer: I have not yet authenticated this book, so I cannot vouch for the veracity of these quotes.? I'm planning on taking it to my friend Chuck the Authenticator as soon as I can locate where he's currently living.? He moves around a lot.)


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It seems that not only Matthew Farley can lay down the law at Graydon Sealy Secondary School. Blue House seem to know a thing or two about disciplining the competition. Led by victrix ludorum Tyneisha Rowe, Blue House emerged as champions for the second consecutive year when the school held its athletics championships yesterday at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic playing field. It was the first meet for the school, formerly known as the Garrison Secondary, after receiving a name change in October 12. When the dust had settled at the Pine venue, Blue were the runaway leaders, finishing on 861 points. Yellow were second with 619 points and White third with 616.5. Red (532.5), Green (501) and Orange (362) finished fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively. It was an impressive showing from Rowe, who was propelled to the title with a dominant showing in the field events. Competing in Division One, she won gold in the long jump and triple jump, placed second in the high jump and javelin and copped bronze medals in the discus and shot put. She also showed she was no slouch on the track, finishing third in the 400 metres and fourth in the 100 on her way to collecting 59 points. Rowe just managed to pip Green's Akilah Blackman for the coveted title, with Blackman, the Division Two champion, accumulating 58 points. The victor ludorum title was never in doubt, not after Red's Jafari Toppin took to the track. Having already achieved victories in the javelin, long jump and shot put, Toppin, a Division One athlete and cricketer, wasted no time in replicating those successes, claiming gold in the 800, 400 (58.36 seconds), 200 (25.60) and 100 metres (11.70). Toppin also added a second place in the discus and third-place finishes in the high jump and 1 500 metres just for good measure, on his way to amassing a mammoth 90 points. Ariel Jackson laid claim to not only being the fastest girl in the school, but one of the fastest of all time. In the performance of the day, Jackson, of Red House, obliterated the field in a record run in the Division One 100 metres. Her time of 12.10 seconds equalled the previous record set in 2000 by Lyn-Marie Cox. Rowe, Theo Greenidge, and Nathan Bishop also wrote their names in the record books after competing in three events which were introduced at the sports for the first time. Competing in the open triple jump for girls, Division Two boys and Division One boys, respectively, Rowe leapt to success with a distance of 10.47 metres, Greenidge went 11.61 metres and Bishop 11.11 metres.


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Assessing the Impact of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis in Developing Countries: the Case of Uruguay
This paper uses a static computable general equilibrium model (CGE) linked to a microsimulation model to analyze how the global crisis and some adopted policy responses may have affected the Uruguayan economy. The focus is on the trade channel and foreign capital flows, since they are the most important mechanisms through which the global crisis affected the Uruguayan economy. The crisis had a strong impact on exports and fixed investment. Poorest households would be the most affected, as they face a stronger reduction in real wages and a rise in unemployment. We find a negative impact on extreme poverty, but not on moderate poverty, as households near the poverty line would benefit from the fall in some consumer prices. A policy based in increasing current public consumption does moderately counteract some negative impacts of the crisis, but benefits mainly skilled workers, and does not act directly towards the most affected.
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Dedicated to Marcella Sali Grace
Cover by Squaz
1. With A Mirror And A Magnifying Glass
2. Children Slaves Make Childrens Toys
3. They Make Them For They.
4. Conformist Freedom, Reactionary Tourist
5. This Is A Simplified Response...
6. The Sickofwar Traine
7. (Yes) The Border Crossed Us
8. (We) Would You If You Could?
9. (Can) Don't Sleep Through This
10. (We?) This Is The Days Of Your Life
11. I May Not Get There With You.
12. Dust To People To Ashes.
13. Everybody Settle Down,
14. This Is How It Is:
15. Everything Is Easy
16. But The Sun Don't Wait.
Jacopo Andreini - Guitar
Andrea Caprara - Drums
Matteo Bennici -Bass
Thollem - Piano/vocals
ESP-Disk is proud to announce its
newest artist, Tsigoti, an international
band combining revolutionary
politics and intelligent semi-acoustic
avant-punk fervor. 'Private Poverty
Speaks To The People Of The Party'
was recorded with a group of players
that have run the gauntlet of life
experience and musical explorations
and you can hear it in the vitality
and urgency of the music.
'Private Poverty Speaks To The
People Of The Party' still
holds the same raw improvisational
qualities of their debut recording,
'The Brutal Reality of Modern
Brutality' (Edgetone Records).
Straying from the typical
notion of political commentary,
Tsigoti delivers a clever,
experimental, driving, AND fun
accessible work of art that is true
to the ESP mission: forward thinking
and forever changing.
Cover art by Martha Colburn
1. The Headline Whisper Screams.
2. On Our Way To Moving On The Way,
3. Sometimes With Our Knowledge,
4. Sometimes With Mass Confusion.
5. Thousands More Locked Up Today,
6. On The Way To Another Nothing.
7. Propaganda Blows
8. Hurricanes Of Distortion.
9. The Hard Reign Comes Down
10. Drowning The Bafflegab,
11. Thousands Killed Again Today
12. Liberty Versus Freedom:
13. Unargued Argument.
14. This Is A Constant
15. Action Is Necessary
16. For The Continued Existence of
Jacopo Andreini - Guitar
Andrea Caprara - Drums
Matteo Bennici - Bass
Thollem - Piano/vocals
With their third transatlantic bouilla
baisse of anarcho-virtuosi avant
-punk stylings, Tsigoti continue to
intone their unabashed frustrations
with the shortcomings of our human
experiment with war. The Imagination
Liberation Front Thinks Again (ILF),
our new slab from this quartet of
overly experienced anti- specialists,
merges the angst of punk, the
absurdity of Dada and the soapbox
political shoutings of the world's
finest provocateurs. ILF shifts like
the surface of an ocean. It's moody,
cinematic and forceful. The lyrics
are borne from genuine frustration
and dissatisfaction with the atrocities
of war, violence, injustice, genocide,
superiority, prejudice, arrogance,
oppression, pollution and freeways.
There's a Dadaesque boiling-over
to the words, which only supply
yet more integrity to the madcap
ravings of the guitar, bass and drums.
At times, Thollem provides an
exemplary bent circus piano, even
throwing in some ragtime, but as
if Scott Joplin swapped hormones
with Iggy Pop. Each musician grows
in and out of each other, in a
quantomly and musically entangled
force field. But this is not
inaccessible music, which makes
Tsigoti even more important. Their
whimsical, spasmodic punkestrations
exhibit a deep precision, like a finely-
oiled Jean Tinguely sculpture. You
just hit the power switch and watch
the whole thing unfold. That is how
to experience the world of Tsigoti.
- Gary Singh
ReadBetweenTheLines … ThinkOutsideThem
Cover art by Squaz
1. tastes like thoughts smell
2. great white lies
3. goose step noose tie
4. systemic sickness
5. ballad of a thin disguise
6. war's the common enemy
7. when the curtains move
8. village in ruin
9. more than none
10. drunk under war planes spitting bitter pills
11. tomorrow You'll visit why
12. existence fees
13. consumed with consumption
14. You're against us
15. the reason we do the things we do
16. corruption and ideals
17. chronicles of thought rearranged
Jacopo Andreini - Guitar
Andrea Caprara - Drums
Piero Spitilli - Bass
Thollem - Piano/vocals
The world's favorite anarcho blues
lullaby noise free jazz avant circus
punk band of joyful rebel revelers
has yet again created another
mesmerizingly entertaining
musical album of much needed
political provocation. With
Piero 'Torpedo' Spitilli joining
the band on bass (Squarcicatrici,
Baro Drom Orkestar), Thollem
(Hand To Man Band, Bad News
From Houston), Jacopo (L'Enfance
Rouge, Squarcicatrici),
and Andrea (Jealousy Party),
Tsigoti continues full steam
ahead on their fourth and
latest release, refining
the direction of their
previous works. The great
Italian illustrator Squaz
(check out his website HOTEL-
TARANTULA) contributes the
artwork, Alessandro Maffei's
behind the mixes, and
mastering the album was
Deerhoof's own John Dieterich.
Taking all into account, Read
Between The Lines…
Think Outside Them will become a
collector's item for those
who love this band already as
well as those yet initiated.


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The period of Napoleonic rule lends its name to the late Neoclassical style that characterizes artistic creations of the era, including the Directory and Consulate periods. Napoleon I visited French textile, porcelain, and furniture workshops to encourage their increased production for the greater glory of France, and all of the arts served to promote his regime. Revolutionary conquests were echoed in the fine and decorative arts, in which figures of Fame and Victory abounded (1978.55). Antique forms and ornament, already seen in the Louis XVI style, blended with Napoleon's imperial symbols, which included the bee, the letter N surrounded by a laurel wreath, stars, the eagle, and exotic hieroglyphic motifs culled from the Egyptian campaign (May 1795–October 1799). Empress Joséphine was fond of swans; they decorate the chair arms, curtains, carpets, and porcelain in the state rooms of her home at Malmaison (1985.119; 26.256.1).
Courts across Europe adopted the Empire style, especially in Russia, where it became a staple. In Germany and Austria, it coexisted with the gentler Biedermeier associated with modest domestic interiors. Charles Percier (1764–1838) and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine (1762–1853) were the two most influential figures in the field of Empire decoration and furnishing. Official architects to the court of Napoleon, their main responsibility was the renovation of the various royal residences. Their Recueil des décorations intérieures (1812) was an essential handbook of the Empire style.
Egyptian elements and themes were imported and distributed principally by Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon (1747–1825), the archaeologist to the Middle East expedition. In 1802, he published Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte pendant les campagnes du Général Bonaparte, in which drawings and etchings of herms, palm leaves, mummified Egyptians, caryatids, and other exotica are copied directly from temples, funeral columns, and royal tombs. Later appointed director of the Central Museum of Arts (Louvre), Denon was instrumental in associating the future emperor with Egyptianized design in France, though Egyptomania already had became à la mode in the eighteenth century (41.188; 26.168.77; 41.205.2; 1996.30).
Neoclassical and Egyptian images enlivened Empire objects of every description, including wall decorations (27.191.2), silver (34.17.1a-c), papiers peints (wallpaper) by Jean Zuber and Joseph Dufour, fabrics from Jouy and Lyon (X.404; 28.28.1), Gobelins tapestries (43.99), Sèvres and Dagoty china (1985.119; 56.29.1-8), and furniture (23.147.1; 24.230; 07.225.53; 2000.189; 19.182.5). Usually made of mahogany from Cuba and the Antilles (which replaced the variety of precious woods previously used), and fitted with brass and ormolu figurines drawn from myth and history, Empire furniture was largely austere and geometric. Goldsmith Pierre Philippe Thomire (1751–1843) drew recognition as a skilled maker of bronze mounts for such pieces (44.152a,b; 1978.55; 26.256.2,.3). Henri Auguste (1759–1816), Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot (1763–1850) (26.256.1), and Martin-Guillaume Biennais (1764–1843) (34.17.1a-c) crafted elegant services, nefs, jewels, and snuffboxes in precious metals for the emperor and empress, sometimes after Percier and Fontaine designs.
Painting was enlisted in the commemoration of Napoleonic triumphs. Jacques Louis David, who had used his paintbrush to magnify the heroic and civic virtues of the ancients, now dedicated himself with equal fervor to the service of the conquerer who personified the empire. To David we owe such monumental spectacles as Bonaparte Crossing the Saint Bernard Pass (1800; Malmaison), The Distribution of the Eagles (1810; Versailles), and Napoleon in His Study (1812; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.). His group portrait, The Coronation of the Emperor Napoleon I and the Crowning of the Empress Joséphine at Notre-Dame on December 2, 1804 (1805–7; Louvre), records Napoleon's imperial ascendancy and shows the dazzling costumes and jewelry fashionable at his court (1983.384.1a-c; 32.35.10).
François Gérard's (1770–1837) portrait of Madame de Tallyrand depicts her wearing the iconic white gown evocative of the classical world, a garment that came into vogue during the Directory and became the height of Empire fashion (2002.31). In December 1803, Jérôme Bonaparte (1784–1860), brother of Napoleon, married Elizabeth Patterson, a young American woman, who probably wore such a wedding gown of Indian muslin and lace (1983.6.1). According to a contemporary, it "would fit easily into a gentleman's pocket." In France, a ban was placed on the importation of the popular Indian muslins in an effort to promote French-made materials. Silk fabric was produced in great quantity at Lyon to meet the demands of Imperial fashion (28.28.1)
Two leading painters in the Napoleonic period were Antoine Jean Gros (1771–1835) and Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767–1855). Gros was official artist to the army and eyewitness to some of the most famous battles of the Imperial epoch. His masterpieces include General Bonaparte at Arcola (1796), Napoleon in the Plague House at Jaffa (1804), and the Battlefield of Eylau (1808) (all in the Louvre). Isabey was chief painter to Empress Joséphine and chief decorator and director of Imperial festivities to her successor, Marie-Louise. He is known for his court portraits and miniatures (17.190.1114), especially those on the celebrated Table of Austerlitz designed by Percier and decorated in bronze by Thomire.
Gontar, Cybele. "Empire Style, 1800–1815." In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/empr/hd_empr.htm (October 2004)
DeLorme, Eleanor P., ed. Joséphine and the Arts of the Empire. Los Angeles: Getty Museum, 2005.
Feigenbaum, Gail, ed. Jefferson's America & Napoleon's France: An Exhibition for the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial. Exhibition catalogue. New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art, 2003.
Humbert, Jean Marcel, et al. Egyptomania: Egypt in Western Art, 1730—1930. Exhibition catalogue. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1994.
Kenny, Peter M., et al. Honoré Lannuier, Cabinet Maker from Paris: The Life and Work of a French Ébéniste in Federal New York. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998. See on MetPublications
Le Bourhis, Katell, ed. The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789–1815. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989. See on MetPublications
Olson, Roberta J. M., and Margaret K. Hofer. Seat of Empire. Exhibition catalogue. New York: New-York Historical Society, 2002.
Percier, Charles, and P. F. L. Fontaine. Recueil des décorations intérieures. Paris: Chez les Auteurs, 1812.
Rosenberg, Pierre, et al. Dominique-Vivant Denon: L'oeil de Napoléon. Exhibition catalogue. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1999.
Gontar, Cybele. "Art Nouveau." (October 2006)
Gontar, Cybele. "Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827–1875)." (October 2004)
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Gontar, Cybele. "Neoclassicism." (October 2003)


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With Tony La Russa retired and Albert Pujols weighing other offers, we look back at a historic manager-player partnership.
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October 31, 2011 9:00 am
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October 23, 2011 1:15 pm
Albert Pujols makes history in the process of putting the Cardinals up 2-1.
"When you have the bat in your hand, you can always change the story," said Reggie Jackson years ago. Mired in the controversy regarding a post-Game Two no-show following his ninth-inning relay flub, Albert Pujols changed the story on Saturday night, becoming just the third player ever to hit three home runs in a World Series game and collecting five hits en route to a Series-record 14 total bases. Before hitting his first home run, Pujols had already collected two hits while helping the Cardinals build an 8-6 lead; his three-run, sixth-inning homer off Alexi Ogando broke the game open en route to a 16-7 rout and a 2-1 Series lead. The Cardinals' 16 runs tied the 2002 Giants and 1960 Yankees for the second-highest single-game total in Series history.
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June 23, 2011 9:00 am
How the Cards can cope with the abdication of Prince Albert (and its implications for his payday), a Barton in hand becomes one in the bushes, and the D'backs, Braves, and Giants pursue blasts from the past for their benches.
December 23, 2010 9:00 am
A look at the first basemen on this year's Hall of Fame ballot.
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December 8, 2010 12:00 pm
The Tony La Russa-Albert Pujols era in St. Louis is nearly unprecedented.
It's the last day of the season at Wrigley Field and I'm determined to wait out Albert Pujols.
I've been assigned to cover the Cardinals for the weekend series, the last three games at the antique ballpark in the 2010 season. Before each game, I spend about three hours hanging around the Cardinals in the visiting team clubhouse at Wrigley—a dank, cramped space that isn't as big as the locker room at the high school I attended in small-town Iowa. It's an awkward setup, leaving you hovering around 30-35 big-league personnel with no place to stand. On the flip side, there really is no place for them to hide. If you need to interview someone, this is the place to do it. Only the most resolute can avoid the press in there.
September 14, 2010 8:00 am
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Last year, our friends at ESPN tasked me with building an MVP predictor in the spirit of a system such as Bill James' Hall of Fame Monitor, one that awards points for various accomplishments in an attempt to identify who will win as opposed to who should win. Limiting my scope to the post-strike timeframe to take advantage of the fact that none of the ensuing winners were pitchers, that all of them save for the 2003 version of Alex Rodriguez came from teams that finished above .500, and that 22 of the 28 hailed from teams that qualified for the expanded postseason, I built a carefully-gerrymandered system—Jaffe's Ugly MVP Predictor (JUMP)—that could identify ("predict") 14 winners, and put 27 out of 28 winners in its top three in points for that year.
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September 1, 2010 8:00 am
Albert Pujols and Joey Votto both have a chance at the first Triple Crown since 1967, if Omar Infante doesn't get in the way.
At the end of last week I wrote about the idea that a Triple Crown is not a far-fetched feat this season. Miguel Cabrera is very unlikely to supplant Josh Hamilton atop the American League batting leaderboard, but in the National League, sluggers Joey Votto and Albert Pujols find themselves ranked first or second in all three categories. To make matters more interesting, each is within striking distance of one another in the categories as well, meaning that over the next month we might bear witness to a race almost as noteworthy as that which centers on qualifying for post-season play. The main reason I argued that a Triple Crown could be achieved this year is that the number of specialists had declined; that is, there didn't seem to be anyone running away with the batting title who didn't hit home runs or knock runners in, and Ryan Howard was not going to mash 45-plus homers this season.
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August 27, 2010 8:00 am
No one has won the league batting, home run, and RBI titles in the same season since 1967, but that could change this year.
Baseball is a game of inches, but those inches help shape the numbers produced for each and every player. A line drive an inch more to the right of third base will elude the long arms of Ryan Zimmerman and result in a hit, and a big fly an inch to the left of the foul pole could be the difference between a loud strike and a walk-off win. In most cases, any type of luck based on inches is expected to wash out over the course of a season, but there are currently three players vying for the coveted Triple Crown in their respective leagues for whom the aforementioned liners and dingers could make all the difference in the world. These players are Miguel Cabrera in the American League and Central Division rivals Albert Pujols and Joey Votto in the National League.
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February 16, 2010 10:22 am
A look at Frank Thomas' Hall of Fame credentials.
Last week saw a pair of future Hall of Famers officially hang up their spikes. The decisions weren't surprising, in that neither Frank Thomas nor Tom Glavine actually played in 2009 after seeing only limited duty and success in 2008. Both are well over 40 years old, both have reached milestones that virtually guarantee entry into Cooperstown, and both deserve to be hailed for their outstanding careers. Today, I'll dig into Thomas' case, saving Glavine for later in the week.
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[19 September 2007]
You go away for a few days…
I've been without my beloved Internet for going on a week now, which means I've heard precious little in the way of news. I heard second and third hand about the Chasers awesome arrest, I had to text five different people to find out who got booted from Idol on Monday night as I missed the eviction show, and I hit the IMDb in haste today to see how Ricky Gervais went at the Emmys. Pointless entertainment news is why the Internet was invented, right?
While it's good I finally get to see the Britney video everyone's talking about (this week has really demonstrated to me how quickly hot news becomes old news), I did not enjoy booting up today to find out authors Madeleine L'Engle and Robert Jordan had passed. While not especially fond of the works of either, I know how much they've given to my best friend, who will be as shocked when I relay the news to her (she has no Internet at all—and sometimes I envy her).
The BBC reports on Jordan's death.
The New York Times has a piece on Ms. L'Engle.
Published at: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/madeleine-lengle-and-robert-jordan/