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Christina Middlebrook?would have been only 72 today.
Taste for Poetry??You have until tomorrow afternoon to compete for the fun of reading, to poetry lovers, one of your favorite poems not of your own creation) on Saturday, 9 November, at your Ukiah Library. Two categories of readers: K-8th grade & adults (guess that's everyone else). Additional hook: you get to explain (briefly) why the poem is important to you, memorable.?Happy memorable: "This is just to say / I have eaten the plums . . .". Bitter memorable: "A savage servility slides by on grease."?Guidelines & forms at the Library, and you can submit online to: email@example.com. I may offer Wilbert Snow's "The Hungry Shark": And under the place where he had no chin/The shark was a-tucking of his napkin in. Or something done by the Dean of London's St. Paul's Cathedral: "License my roving hands, and let them go/Before, behind, between, above, below./O my America! my new-found-land . . .". ? Or Richard Wilbur's "Love Calls Us to the Things of This World."?Whether or not you're chosen to read, hope you attend, 2 p.m. (K-8), 7 p.m. (adults).
The Financial World?apparently hangs from the split hair of the tax on Durable Medical Equipment (may be it's DMDs "durable m. devices"). Contemporary radical Republicans hate that tax as much as the Sons of Liberty hated the Tea Tax. Obvious compromise: Dems & Reps agree to substitute a tax on Unendurable Medical Devices & everyone else gets to draw their back pay & visit Nat'l. Monument of choice.
Built a New Shed?with a sloped 12x14' corrugated roof. Perfect water collector, so I was pricing 1500-gallon storage tanks. One dealer said he wasn't restocking because the selling season was over. Doesn't compute: rain WILL come in the next month or so. Isn't this the season to buy & install cisterns??Local version of parable of grasshopper & ant.
JM lives in Redwood Valley.


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Editor's Note: This article was originally published on Real Money at 7:20 a.m. EDT on July 18. To see Jim Cramer's latest commentary as it's published, sign up for a free trial of Real Money.NEW YORK ( Real Money) -- How did they not see cloud and mobile coming? How were they not able to move fast enough? What were they thinking? Do you know those questions can be asked of pretty much every information technology CEO who has reported so far, with the exception of SanDisk ( SNDK) and Xilinx ( XLNX)? When you listen to these quarters just reported, you realize just how disruptive both cloud and mobile are. Unless companies are specifically built for cloud or mobile and have the cost structures and infrastructure in line with those two themes, they just couldn't deliver what investors wanted. Take Intel ( INTC). Yesterday, both on television and on the conference call, the executives bemoaned how slow they were to mobile. "We're are little slow to recognize the trend toward mobility," CFO Stacy Smith told CNBC. Huh? How could they not see this coming? How did Yahoo! ( YHOO), before Marissa Mayer, not see it coming? She admitted that the company, a little more than a year ago, didn't see mobile coming. How about cloud? SAP ( SAP) and IBM ( IBM) admitted that the accelerated move to the cloud hurt profits and revenues. Oracle ( ORCL) said as much when it reported last, although Oracle did team up with Salesforce.com ( CRM), which saw these trends coming years ago, to get moving faster on the cloud. But it may not matter for Oracle, because it's infrastructure is heavily non-cloud based. Meanwhile, Sandisk, often considered to be the lightweight of techs because of its focus on flash, blew the numbers away because flash is in the sweet spot of mobile. Xilinx also reported a terrific number because it saw mobile and the accelerated move to video coming. But still, because of weakness in Asia, Xilinx gave a muted outlook. I think they were just being conservative, but it did cause the company to catch a downgrade and muted the original excitement. Now, after these reports, there is no doubt whatsoever that the old-fashioned, expensive software that's sold by salespeople to institutions with hefty licensing fees may rapidly become a thing of the past. That's a high-margin business.
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Summertime provides a window for major transportation projects to advance, but some of the biggest changes in transit come from personal decisions and changes in habit. We want to know more about how you get around.
This week Ground Level is reporting on various innovative approaches underway in Minnesota to get people to the places they need to go. A personally owned or leased vehicle continues to be the primary method of transportation for most Minnesotans, but other approaches to getting around like car-share, biking, private shuttles are are viable alternatives in some communities.
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ST. PAUL - The two newest Oilers will both be in the lineup tonight in Minnesota when Edmonton tries to end a five-game road losing streak.
Former Los Angeles backup Ben Scrivens will get the start in goal while rugged winger Matt Hendricks will get a chance to inject some energy into a club that's won just four times in the last 16 games.
"He's been practising. He's been backing up in LA, played some games. I'm not sure why we would wait," head coach Dallas Eakins said of the decision to start Scrivens, who arrived in St. Paul at about 10 pm Wednesday night.
"He's hungry, that's for sure. Ben's trying to establish himself in this league. He believes he can be a very good goaltender in this league.
"We'll get him in there right away and make him feel part of our group."
It's been a whirlwind 36 hours, but Scrivens is excited to be thrown right into the fire.
"I'm happy to get right into the thick of things," he said.
With Scrivens scheduled for unrestricted free agency in the summer, and Edmonton without a starting goalie for next season, the mutual audition begins now.
"This is an unbelievable opportunity for both of these goalies, to not only audition for our team, and grab a spot, but to audition for the league," said Eakins, who isn't ruling out Bryzgalov for next season.
"Both these young men should be doing everything they can to stand on their head, steal games, really have our team take notice, or have other teams knocking on their door July 1."
Eakins knows Scrivens well, having coached him for two seasons with the Toronto Marlies of the AHL. He says the 27-year-old definitely has some unexplored upside.
"I was able to watch part of his development and he's extremely dedicated to his craft. He's a real technical guy, an intelligent kid and a guy of high character.
"It'll be interesting to see how he does here. He has great numbers this year in front of a very powerful team. He smells opportunity and he's extremely happy to come home."
HEMSKY GOES HOME - Ales Hemsky has been sent back to Edmonton for further tests on his ankle after being hit with a Luke Gazdic shot in Dallas.
"That X-ray sometimes shows no break, but there's micro-fracture or something else going on there," said Eakins. "The swelling was large. He obviously wasn't going to be able to play so we'll send him back and have them run some of those different scans on it to make sure that all is well."
"That's a big blow, especially with Hemmer playing so well, h's brought a lot to our group this year."
Today, 6 pm Sports Net, 630 CHED
OILERS : PP 17th, 18.4%. PK 21st 79.6%
WILD : PP 11th 19.1%. PK 24th 79.2%
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Sun hockey guy ICE T breaks it down
FORWARDS - Oilers
Minnesota still doesn't score a lot of goals
DEFENCE - Wild
Ryan Suter alone makes Minnesota better
GOALTENDING - Wild
Wild struggled here, too, just not as badly
POWER PLAY - Wild
This is where the Wild do a lot of their damage
PENALTY KILL - Oilers
Oilers streaky, but slightly better than Minny
COACHING - Wild
Minny's guy has been to the NHL playoffs
OVERALL - Wild
Oilers 6-18-3 against the Western Conference
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Taylor Hall had five points in three games against the Wild last season. Nail Yakupov had three goals in four games... The Oilers should get a boost of energy with the arrival of Matt Hendricks... Minnesota is without Zach Parise and Mikko Koivu... Only Nashville and Calgary have scored fewer goals that Minnesota.
The Oilers have two wins in their last 14 games against Western Conference opponents... Justin Schultz went -7 in four games against Minnesota last season... The Wild won three of four games last season and outshot Edmonton 140-85... The Wild have allowed 54 fewer goals than Edmonton this year.
Oilers (15-29-5) vs Minnesota (25-19-5)
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Spring '17 Schoolhouse Session Schedule (Quilt Market - St. Louis, MO)/
If you'll be at International Quilt Market in St. Louis, MO later this month, make sure to stop by our schoolhouse sessions, held throughout the day on Thursday May 18th in Room #131!
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11:00 am - 11:30 am
Sew-A-Thon with Lucy and Ollie!
Join Valori and her studio cats Lucy & Ollie for creative happenings, fun teachable moments, and social media inspiration. Come see the projects, and leave with full plans for your store activities!
11:35 am - 12:05 pm
Reef, a new collection from Elizabeth Hartman
Come see new quilts and patterns by Elizabeth Hartman, all featuring her new print collection, Reef. With its range of gorgeous colors and patchwork-perfect prints, Reef will make an excellent addition to any fabric stash!
12:10 pm - 12:40 pm
Panache - New fabric by Rebecca Bryan
Come see Rebecca Bryan's debut fabric line, Panache. Explore the playful palettes and wide variety of options for quilt patterns.
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Blake - New knits by Carolyn Friedlander
Take the mystery out of sewing with knits! Carolyn Friedlander shares a curated list of patterns to pair with her knit collection, Blake, plus the best class-friendly projects. Don't miss a first look at new quilt patterns.
1:20 pm - 1:50 pm
New from Darlene Zimmerman - Windowsill Garden
Explore Darlene Zimmerman's collection of 1930's feedsack flowers with her new line, 'Windowsill Garden.' Learn the history of embroidery and redwork and to expand shop offerings using these panels and their coordinates.
2:55 pm - 3:25 pm
New Violet Craft patterns + tricks to increase sales
SNEAK PEEK! Be the first to see Violet's NEW abstractions pattern. Plus, increase your shop sales by learning how to recolor and kit Violet's quilt patterns to target your customer base!
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Fall '16 Quilt Market Recap & Giveaway!/
Fall '16 Quilt Market Schoolhouse Session Schedule!/
Yippee! Fall '16 Quilt Market is coming up quickly, so we wanted to let you know about the 6 amazing Schoolhouse Sessions we'll be hosting - you won't want to miss it!
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Schoolhouse Sessions - Spring '16 Quilt Market in Salt Lake City, UTAH!/
We're so excited! Spring '16 Quilt Market is just around the corner, and we've got some pretty awesome things going on, including our 7 schoolhouse sessions!
If you are attending Spring '16 Quilt Market, make sure to stop by one (or all) of our Schoolhouse Sessions in room 255B on Thursday, May 19th!
We look forward to seeing you there! Check out the full schedule below and mark your calendars! All sessions are in Room 255B on Thursday, May 19th.
11:00-11:30 || Elizabeth Hartman || Paintbox Basics
Strike a balance between bright hues and soft neutrals with Elizabeth Hartman's new fabric collection 'Paintbox Basics.' See NEW patterns + learn how to strategically use your saturated prints effectively!
11:35-12:05 || Heather Jones || Color Dash
Introducing Heather Jones' debut fabric collection 'Color Dash,' Kona Coordinating stash-builder basics inspired by sketches. Each design has an organic, hand-drawn quality, full of variations. Plus, NEW quilt patterns!
12:10-12:40 || Valori Wells || Marks - Bringing Block Printing to Fabric Design
See Valori and Jean Wells' first collaborative fabric collection 'Marks.' This group captures the freedom of the outdoors with hand-carved block printed designs. Plus NEW patterns, projects + ideas for in-store support!
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See Carolyn Friedlander's new fabric collection 'Euclid,' printed on Essex Linen. This versatile collection is a cross platform opportunity, working seamlessly in quilts, garments, backs and more! Plus NEW patterns by Carolyn!
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Extra-wide fabric is not JUST for backing quilts. Angels Walters shares quilt patterns focusing on extra-wide fabrics, plus tips to up-sell wide backs in your shop! Turn 'backings' into 'training wheels for quilting!'
2:35-2:50 || McKenna Ryan || Dive in to Discover McKenna Ryan's Tigerfish!
McKenna Ryan presents her new fabric collection Tigerfish, a fresh and fun textural batik line! Allow McKenna to take you from land to sea!
2:55-3:25 || Julie Herman || Color in the Shapes with Julie Herman of Jaybird Quilts
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Blurs my vision... It really does... Unchained-In Memory Of Peg... I... Feel... Hollow...
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very misterious and dark, me likes!
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Very ambient piece you got here. It's so well mixed, it doesn't even feel repetitive. Love the soundfonts you used here. For a crappy week, you made something pretty damn good. Would love to hear this expanded upon though, maybe a flute section or something. Please, continue to explore this...dark side of yourself ;)
Oh, and tell Dutton I said, "What's up." :P
Why thank you! Yes, I'd like to be able to make more stuff with this vibe but it would have to come straight from a bad mood.. So I guess I can try again when another crappy week arrives :P
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From wilddog73- Is there a deeper side then what you've shown? What's portrayed seems more like a mood from the music. Do you avoid it? Does it scare you?
Oh hay again! And I guess you could say that, yes. I'm usually generally happy, but I'm only human and it's impossible and a little unhealthy to be happy 100% of the time. I don't tend to avoid it, I just don't advertise it.
If I'm sad I'd usually make something happy to cheer me up but this time it wasn't working and I guess I just let it take over in a sense :P
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Woah nice! This is definitely good! I like the dark feeling in it! And cool profile pic btw :D What did you use to create this? Soundfonts? Or a vst? I'd like to create something similar like this.
Thank you ^^ I'm glad you like it :D and thanks again! :P you should check out the artist on (hitogata on deviant art) she does some amazing stuff.
I used both sound fonts and vsts. That heavy flute and breathy noises are made with malstrom in reason and the rest are sound fonts with heavy reverb effects on them, such as the reversed sitar.
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SEC lays down new rules to prevent 'flash crashes'
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WASHINGTON — Federal regulators yesterday put in place new rules aimed at preventing a repeat of last month's harrowing "flash crash'' in the stock market.
Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission approved the rules, which call for US stock exchanges to briefly halt trading of some stocks that make big swings.
The exchanges will start putting the trading breaks into effect as early as today for six months. The New York Stock Exchange will begin today's trading session with five stocks: EOG Resources Inc., Genuine Parts Co., Harley Davidson Inc., Ryder System Inc. and Zimmer Holdings Inc. The exchange will gradually add other stocks next week, expecting to reach by Wednesday the full number to be covered.
The plan for the "circuit breakers'' was worked out by the SEC and major exchanges after the May 6 plunge, which saw the Dow Jones industrials lose nearly 1,000 points in less than half an hour. Regulators don't know what caused the crash.
Under the new rules, trading of any Standard & Poor's 500 stock that rises or falls 10 percent or more in a five-minute period will be halted for five minutes.
The idea is for the trading pause to draw attention to an affected stock, establish a reasonable market price, and resume trading "in a fair and orderly fashion,'' the SEC said.
On May 6, about 30 stocks listed in the S&P 500 index fell at least 10 percent within five minutes. The drop briefly wiped out $1 trillion in market value, as some stocks traded as low as a penny.
The disruption illustrated a sudden, but temporary, breakdown in the market's price-setting function when a number of stocks and exchange-traded funds were executed at clearly irrational prices, the SEC's chairman, Mary Schapiro, said in a statement.
"By establishing a set of circuit breakers that uniformly pauses trading in a given security across all venues, these new rules will ensure that all markets pause simultaneously and provide time for buyers and sellers to trade at rational prices,'' Schapiro said.
Exchange-traded funds are popular investments that often track a market index such as the S&P 500 and can be traded throughout the day, unlike mutual funds. The funds were affected by the May 6 plunge more than any other category of securities.
The markets will use the six-month pilot period, ending on Dec. 10, to make needed adjustments based on how the new rules work, the SEC said. The scope of the rules could be expanded to securities beyond the S&P 500, including ETFs.


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Located 30 miles south of Nashville, Snooty Giggles rescues dogs from high kill shelters, otherwise overlooked due to appearance, illness, injury, common breed, age or other insignificant "flaws". The name Snooty Giggles emanates from those who turn their noses to these magical dogs while we giggle and smile at the happiness they bring to their forever families.
We temperament test every dog increasing the success possibilities of our placements. We are proud to state that we've placed 100% of our rescues. Part of this success pertains to our matchmaking talents if we can be so bold and proud to say.
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Our adoption fee is set to a level to make adoptions happen. They do not cover our costs. Thank you for additional generosity you may be able to add. Snooty Giggles depends on the kindness of people like you to continue our mission. Snooty Giggles offers safe and secure online Adoption contracts & payment for adoption fees and donations through PayPal.
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Two weeks ago, while I was visiting winemakers Alessandro Fenino and Silvia Loschi in Maiolati Spontini (Jesi), you could find wild asparagus on the edges of the vineyards.
Of course, when you farm grape biodynamically, there are all kinds of plants that grow spontaneously within and outside of the vineyards (like a renegade nettles bush that Alessandro showed me).
That's part of the "balance" that biodynamic farming creates, he pointed out.
As I drove the next day from Maiolati Spontini through Matelica and then through the marchigiana country side, there were tractors along the roads where farmers were selling wild asparagus and red potatoes.
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Curiosity is the first step to scientific discovery, which makes Curious George the perfect guide for a program that explores early science, math and engineering through interactive play. The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History exhibit "Curious George: Let's Get Curious!" sets the learning in the neighborhood where Curious George lives with his friend, the Man with the Yellow Hat. There'll be familiar characters and places from the H.A. and Margret Rey books and Imagine Entertainment television series. The Minnesota Children's Museum and a PBS Kids advisory panel developed the exhibit in accordance with national science and math standards for kids.
Oct. 5-Jan. 5 at 1600 Gendy St., Fort Worth. $14, $10 for kids 2-12, free for ages 1 and younger. 817-255-9300. fortworthmuseum.org.
Learn all about brass instruments and the special role they play in the orchestra at Plano Symphony Orchestra's interactive Family Symphony Sundays in Frisco, offered in partnership with FC Dallas. Arrive early for the Instrument Petting Zoo, Conductor's Station and crafts in the Frisco Discovery Center lobby.
Oct. 6, with lobby activities at 2:15 p.m. and the concert at 3, at 8004 Dallas Parkway, Frisco. $7 in advance, $9 at the door. 972-473-7262. planosymphony.org.
Dallas Heritage Village honors Dallas artist Frank Reaugh with activities for all ages. Reaugh founded the Dallas Art Society, which evolved into the Dallas Museum of Art, and taught students to paint outdoors and create their own art supplies. Here are some highlights for the kids:
Oct. 5 from 6:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Wake Up and Paint the Dawn! Take three hours to paint the village in the morning light. Kids can place their work on display for the weekend in the village if they wish. Free.
Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kids can make pastels by starting with white chalk and adding pigment, learn about the history of color, try painting outdoors on easels with pastels or watercolors or on the sidewalk with chalk, and watch a painting demonstration at 1. Activities after 10 a.m. included in general admission.
Oct. 6 from noon to 4 p.m. Family Past Times. Learn about the history of color, make your own pastel, and paint with chalk and pastels in the village. Free for kids 12 and younger.
Oct. 9 from 11 a.m. to noon. Barnyard Buddies. Kids ages 2 to 5 will be read Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson and The Red Chalk by Iris van der Heide, learn the history of favorite colors, make a pastel, and paint with chalk on the sidewalks of the village. $5 per participating child and free for one accompanying adult (includes general admission for the day).
1515 S. Harwood St., Dallas. $9, $7 for seniors 65 and older, $5 for kids 4-12, free for kids under 4. 214-421-5141. dallasheritagevillage.org.
The 26th annual Dallas VideoFest is packed with kid-friendly offerings and a chance to see and support the work of local youth in a variety of venues. Founded by Bart Weiss, its artistic director and a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, it's the oldest and largest video festival in the United States, with some offerings free and others $8 for adults, $6 for students with ID, and one-day passes for $25, $15 for students. 214-948-7300 or email@example.com. videofest.org. Here are some kid-friendly highlights:
Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. Expanded Cinema. A program of 13 new video art works, including one by students of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, which can be seen from wherever the Omni Hotel is visible. Official public watching party is at Hickory House Barbecue, 600 S. Riverfront Blvd., Dallas, with an after-party at the Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson Blvd., Dallas, at 9:30 p.m. Free.
Oct. 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. Animation Workshop. The Video Association of Dallas and the DMA's Center for Creative Connections co-present this stop-motion animation workshop for kids 8-12 where groups write, shoot and edit their animation for public viewing. Reservations required for limited spots at videofest.org/animation-workshop. Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St., Dallas. Free.
Oct. 12 at 11:45 a.m. Science Girl. Executive produced by Southern Methodist University alum Kaleta Doolin, this television show, made for New Zealand and the U.S., is about girls in a Science Girl band, who are assigned to write a song about water purity. When their school's water turns murky, their quest to write the perfect song morphs into a sleuthing adventure to solve the problem. Alamo Drafthouse, 100 S. Central Expressway, Richardson. $8, $6 students.
Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. Emerging Filmmakers of North Texas. Catch the work of local students from Parish Episcopal School, the Hockaday School, Richardson High School, Wylie East High School, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Garland High School, McKinney Boyd High School, School for the Talented and Gifted at Ewell Townview Center, and Berkner High School. Alamo Drafthouse. $8, $6 students.
Kids with special needs can enjoy a 2-D version of the new animated sequel about a boy who tries to stop a machine from churning out dangerous living pickles, hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees and apple pie-thons. The movie, featuring the voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris and Will Forte, will be shown in a sensory-friendly environment as Studio Movie Grill partners with Variety the Children's Charity of Texas, and AMC partners with the Autism Society for its Sensory Friendly Films series. They'll turn up the lights, turn down the sound and give the kids freedom to talk, dance and sing as desired.
Oct. 5 at 11 a.m. at all Studio Movie Grill locations. Free for kids with special needs and their siblings, $6 for adults. studiomoviegrill.com.
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DORA THE EXPLORER LIVE! DORA'S PIRATE ADVENTURE Kids in the audience will be encouraged to help Dora, her buddy Boots the Monkey and the rest of her friends navigate over Dancing Mountain and through Silly Singing Bridge and a confrontation with Pirate Piggies. Oct. 11-27 at Casa Mañana, Fort Worth. 817-332-2272. casamanana.org.
GHOULS & GRAVEYARDS The Teen Scene Players at Dallas Children's Theater bring spooky Halloween-themed tales to life in this adaptation of works by Edgar Allan Poe and W.W. Jacobs, along with Texas ghost tales, aimed at ages 12 and older. Oct. 18-27 at Rosewood Center for Family Arts, Dallas. 214-740-0051. dct.org.
ANGELINA BALLERINA THE MUSICAL See Angelina Ballerina, star of the best-selling picture books about a little mouse who loves to dance, in her own musical as the Methodist Richardson Medical Center Family Theatre Series begins its season. Oct. 20 at the Eisemann Center in Richardson, with a free story time Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble at Creekwalk Village in Plano. 972-744-4650. eisemanncenter.com.
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK Three performers sing the story of the boy who trades his cow for magical beans in this 40-minute, kid-friendly, English-language Dallas Opera production. Oct. 26 at the Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, Dallas. 214-443-1000. dallasopera.org/family.
DIARY OF A WORM, A SPIDER AND A FLY If your kids think the first day of school is tough, they should try seeing it from the point of view of Worm, Spider and Fly. Happily the insects figure it all out in this musical adaptation of the popular picture book. Nov. 10 at the Eisemann Center, Richardson. 972-744-4650. eisemanncenter.com.


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The 19 primary schoolchildren of Croppa Creek, a tiny town nestled between Moree and Goondiwindi in northern NSW, have never had an excursion to the Sydney Opera House. The trip would be too long and costly. So the Sydney Opera House came to them last month.
''The kids were on site,'' Jenny Schiller, the teaching principal at Croppa Creek Public School, said. ''They looked at a panoramic view of the Harbour Bridge and they learned about the history from white settlement to today. It was fabulous to overcome the geographical distance without being in a bus for 12 hours.''
Ms Schiller is describing the ''digital excursion'' undertaken by her pupils, who range from kindergarten to year six. Thanks to video conferencing and an interactive whiteboard, the Croppa Creek children experienced a virtual tour of Australia's most famous building, followed by a Q&A.
''It was great,'' Ms Schiller said. ''It's much better than looking at a website or books. It's real.''
The Sydney Opera House launches an ambitious digital education program today for which the Croppa Creek digital excursion was a trial. Focusing on live, interactive engagement, the program has several strands.
In ''discover the house'', pupils can take a roaming, interactive tour of Joern Utzon's landmark, complete with history, anecdotes and behind-the-scenes access. In ''discover the stage'', actors take teachers and pupils through warm-ups and drama exercises to simulate performing on the stage. Also on offer will be the live streaming of performances and a series of interactive master classes for pupils and teachers.
''We ran quite intensive pilots of the program over five days in February,'' said the Opera House's Hannah Le Coic.
''We took a Sydney Opera House experience to classrooms as far north as Boomi, as far west as Carrathool, and as far south as Bemboka.''
The Opera House is just one arts body embracing digital technology and offering virtual excursions. The Museum of Contemporary Art, which reopens on March 29 after a $53million redevelopment, has a detailed strategy for connecting with outlying schools, and Musica Viva has been particularly active in the virtual space. Optimists such as Rachel Perry are heralding a digital education revolution.
"This is a new way of pedagogy,'' says Perry, a lecturer at UTS. ''You hear of the old-fashioned talk and chalk style, but this is a new teaching and learning process.''
Perry is a lecturer in teacher education. After the passive, recipient model of teaching, she says, digital technology offers a more dynamic, engaged model.
Announced by the NSW government in 2007, the Connected Classrooms initiative aimed to install interactive whiteboards and video conferencing facilities in every state public school by 2011. The Department says this goal was met - although some schools in outlying areas report that their internet access is inadequate for video conferencing.
Not Croppa Creek Public School, which has also taken digital excursions to Taronga Zoo and had video conferences with guest writers. The Croppa Creek kids were particularly positive about their ''visit'' to the Opera House.
''The majority of my kids haven't been to Sydney,'' says Schipper. ''And they really enjoyed it. This really broadens their understanding of the world beyond the farm gates.''


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TODAY 1. The Supreme Court and Same-Sex Marriage — A Decision Not to Decide is Still a Decision. 2. First Same-Sex Marriage in West Point's Chapel — What it Means. 3. Sharia Law Combines with Autocracy in Egypt. 4. The Two-Edged Sword of Palestinian Statehood. 5. Does Justice Require that Stay-at-Home Moms Leave Home? I discuss all these and more in today's edition of The Briefing: A Daily Analysis of News and Events from a Christian Worldview.
1. The U.S. Supreme Court and Same-Sex Marriage — A Decision Not to Decide is Still a Decision
The justices of the Supreme Court went behind closed doors last Friday to decide whether to take a list of cases, including crucial cases concerning same-sex marriage. It was expected that the Court might announce its decision in one or more of the same-sex marriages cases on Friday, but no announcement came. This morning at 9:30 the Court has scheduled another opportunity to announce cases, but the more traditional announcement on Mondays is the list of cases the Court will not take.
Many Americans, including millions of Americans concerned about the same-sex marriage cases, may not understand what such an announcement might mean. For example, if the Court announces that it will not grant a hearing to the case known as Hollingsworth v. Perry, same-sex marriage will almost immediately become fully legal in California.
The reason for this is quite simple. If the Supreme Court decides not to take the case, it will let stand the decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. That court ruled that California's voter-initiated Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, sustaining an earlier ruling to that effect in a San Francisco Federal District Court.
In other words, a decision not to take the case is still a decision — a decision to allow the Ninth Circuit's decision to stand.
It takes four justices to agree to take a case, and at least five justices to decide most cases. Observers of the Court often try to predict such decisions, but the decision making process of the justices is hidden from view.
In addition to the Proposition 8 appeal, there are cases dealing with the Defense of Marriage Act [DOMA], passed into law in 1996. The Court will have a harder time declining to hear that case, given the fact that it represents a frontal challenge to a Federal law passed by Congress and signed into law by the President Bill Clinton.
In any event, a decision in any of these cases, if taken up by the Court, would likely come in late summer.
Some same-sex marriage advocates are already celebrating what they believe will be a major victory at the Court, one way or the other. "2012 has already been the watershed year in the history of this movement," Chad Griffin told USA Today. Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, also said: "It's so clear where this country's headed."
Speaking of a DOMA case, Paul Clement, a former Solicitor General of the United States under President George W. Bush told the paper, "The Court will want to take this case and get it resolved." Time will tell.
2. The First Same-Sex Marriage Ceremony in West Point's Chapel — What it Means
This past Saturday, Cadet Chapel at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point was the site of a same-sex marriage ceremony. It was a first for the stately chapel, and it came over a year after President Obama rescinded the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" that prohibited openly-gay people from serving in the U.S. military.
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"Penelope Gnesin and Brenda Sue Fulton, a West Point graduate, were exchanging vows in the regal church in an afternoon ceremony attended by around 250 guests and conducted by a senior Army chaplain."
"Fulton said the only hassle involved in arranging her ceremony came when she was initially told that none of West Point's chaplains were authorized by their denominations to perform same-sex weddings. Luckily, she said, they were able to call on a friend, Army Chaplain Col. J. Wesley Smith. He is the senior Army chaplain at Dover Air Force Base, where he presides over the solemn ceremonies held when the bodies of soldiers killed in action oversees return to U.S. soil. The couple planned on adding other military trappings to their wedding, including a tradition called the saber arch, where officers or cadets hold their swords aloft over the newlyweds as they emerge from the church."
Though the wedding was the first held in the Gothic-styled Cadet Chapel, it was the second at West Point. The first was just a week earlier, held in a smaller chapel on the campus.
According to the Pentagon, the ceremony did not indicate the Army's approval of same-sex marriage — a doubtful point made necessary by fact that the Federal government defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
What does all this mean? The celebration of a same-sex marriage ceremony in Cadet Chapel at West Point, complete with the saber arch and full military honors, represents a huge step toward the normalization of same-sex marriage, and of homosexuality itself, in the larger society. The event was a powerful symbol of the great revolution in sexual morality that marks our times.
3. Sharia Law Combines with Autocracy in Egypt
Last week, Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi consolidated his grip on power, establishing himself as an autocrat with apparently unlimited political power. Morsi had previously handed down a set of decrees that established his rule as beyond any judicial constraint, leading to protests in the streets.
As last week came to an end, Morsi approved a rushed new draft of an Egyptian constitution. To no one's surprise, the draft constitution supports Morsi's new claims to power. Also to no one's surprise, the new constitution bears all the marks of influence by Morsi's colleagues in the Muslim Brotherhood.
The new constitution includes references to Sharia law, without specific language that would limit its application.
As The Wall Street Journal reported:
"The draft constitution was finished early Friday by Egypt's 100-member Constituent Assembly, a body that had been conceived as representing Egyptians broadly. The group became dominated by Islamist politicians, however, after it was boycotted by Christian and secular members who had made up more than one-quarter of it."
"Many legal experts said they saw major ambiguities and contradictions in several articles dealing with the role of Shariah, or Islamic law; the powers of the president and the legislature; the nature of the judicial and electoral systems; and the establishment of regulatory and oversight bodies and agencies."
This is a sad development for Egypt. As one observer noted, the new constitution combines the autocracy of Anwar Sadat with the Islamist agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood. Instead of an Arab Spring, the signs in Egypt point to a new dark and dangerous epoch.
4. The Two-Edged Sword of Palestinian Statehood
The decision of the United Nations to grant "observer state" status to the Palestinians last week is still reverberating throughout the world. The U.N. took this action despite the fact that the Palestinians have utterly failed to meet the most minimal criteria for statehood. The Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (1934) represents the international standard for defining the marks of statehood. According to that agreement: "The state as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications: a ) a permanent population; b ) a defined territory; c ) government; and d) capacity to enter into relations with the other states."
The Palestinians have met none of these requirements. To the credit of the Obama Administration, Susan Rice, the U.S Ambassador to the United Nations, set her argument clearly: "This resolution does not establish that Palestine is a state."
Nevertheless, the granting of "observer state" status does mean that the Palestinians can now claim to be a state, and to appeal for membership on U.N. bodies and international tribunals such as the International Criminal Court.
This may set up an interesting two-edged sword for the Palestinians, as Christine Hauser of The New York Times reports:
"In recent years, the Palestinian Authority has tried to have its accusations of Israeli war crimes investigated by the International Criminal Court, only to see its request go nowhere because the Palestinian territories were not recognized as a state. But now the court says it will take a fresh look at the issue after the United Nations General Assembly voted to enhance the standing of the Palestinians, conferring on them the word "state" as part of their new status as nonmember observers. On Friday, a spokeswoman for the prosecutors office said it 'will consider the implications of this resolution.'"
That represents a threat to Israel, which could now find itself tied up in international criminal courts for decades. But the double-edged nature of the threat was also made clear by the Times.
Hauser reported:
"Some analysts said that by accepting the jurisdiction of the court, the Palestinians could also open themselves up to prosecution for war crimes, including Hamas's attacks on Israeli civilians."
The action of the U.N granting observer state status to the Palestinians is likely to breed more division, rather than to enhance the cause of peace.
5. Does Justice Require that Stay-at-Home Moms Leave Home?
Jill Filipovic of The Guardian [London] begins her article by pointing to a recent statement by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bade Ginsburg that has drawn a good bit of controversy. Justice Ginsburg said last month that there will be enough women on the Supreme Court when there are nine female justices.
In her words:
"So now the perception is, yes, women are here to stay. And when I'm sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the supreme court]? And I say when there are nine, people are shocked. But ther'd been nine men, and nobody's ever raised a question about that."
Filipovic then argued that "It's not unreasonable to think that, at some point, nine of the finest legal minds in the country would belong to women.
Interestingly, that is where the article actually gets interesting. Filipovic turns to argue why more women are not reaching the highest ranks of the law. Her answer is that the desire to "have it all" takes many women out of the routes to power in the law and other professions. As women decide to marry and have children they take on responsibilities that limit their progress in their chosen profession.
In an extended argument, Filipovic argues that many men actually do "have it all" because they have stay-at-home wives. As she explains,
"Consider, for example, the fact that only 44% of married male lawyers have a spouse who is employed full-time. That means that more than half of male lawyers have a person at home who can dedicate significant amounts of time to taking care of every aspect of the couples' out-of-work life: housekeeping, childcare, home finances, vacation-planning, social calendaring. Female lawyers, by contrast, are overwhelmingly married to partners who have full-time jobs. It's a whole lot easier to be the kind of employee who works 16-hour days and dedicates your life to your job when that's the only thing you actually have to worry about – because you have a spouse who takes care of all the rest."
Her answer to this inequity?
"Justice Ginsburg is right: there will be enough women on the supreme court when we see it filled by nine female justices. But that won't happen until women have real access to power and when, crucially, men start to change by actually pulling their own weight, not relying on stay-at-home wives, being aware of just how deep unconscious gender bias goes, making efforts to promote and mentor women, and recognizing that, for all of their individual hard work, they were also given a heck of a lot for free."
She asserts that men must pull their own weight and stop "relying on stay-at-home wives." In her worldview, justice requires that stay-at-home wives and moms must leave home and go into the workforce simply because their existence in the home is harming their professional sisters.
Filipovic is not alone in making this kind of argument, but it is still worth taking a clear-headed look at it when it appears in public. Brace yourselves for similar arguments to come. The feminist movement is supposed to be all about choice, but leading feminists show little respect for women who decide to stay at home as wives and mothers.
I discuss all these stories and more in today's edition of The Briefing: A Daily Analysis of News and Events from a Christian Worldview. LISTEN HERE.
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TODAY: Another Decision Day at the Supreme Court — Marriage on the Line / Does the Fiscal Cliff Really Matter? / The Gender Police Hit a Toy Store / The United Nations Grants Palestinians Observer State Status, But Where is the State? I discuss all these and more in today's edition of The Briefing: A Daily Analysis of News and Events from a Christian Worldview.
1. Another Day of Decision at the U.S. Supreme Court — Marriage on the Line
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will meet behind closed doors today to decide whether to take a case that will require the Court to rule on the question of same-sex marriage. The case in question today is an appeal by defenders of California's Proposition 8, the measure passed by the voters of that state in 2008. That voter initiative defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman, overturning a decision by the California Supreme Court that legalized same-sex marriage.
Advocates for same-sex marriage went to the Federal courts, demanding a repeal of Proposition 8. They won at both a Federal District Court in San Francisco and at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Defenders of Proposition 8 now hope for the U.S. Supreme Court to take the appeal. Otherwise, the decision of the Ninth Circuit will stand and Proposition 8 will be stricken down.
As Bill Mears, Supreme Court reporter for CNN explains:
"The justices will meet privately Friday for a closed-door conference to decide if they will accept any of 10 pending appeals, essentially over whether a fundamental constitutional right for gays and lesbians to marry exists. If they agree to hear the issue, oral arguments would be likely be held in March with a ruling by late June."
In other words, the Court could also decide to take another case on the same issue, particularly one that challenges the Defense of Marriage Act [DOMA] that defines marriage for the Federal government as the union of a man and a woman.
Political considerations are always at work, as Mears acknowledges:
"As more states legalize same-sex marriage, one of the key questions the justices may be forced to address is whether a national consensus now exists supporting the idea of expanding an "equal protection" right of marriage to homosexuals. Three separate issues confront the justices, who are likely to only accept only one for review in coming months. These include federal benefits, state benefits and state referendums."
One way or another, the Supreme Court will have to rule on some question related to same-sex marriage. If it decides to take one of these cases now, it could hand down a decision that is limited in effect to California, or it could also take either the Proposition 8 case or the DOMA case and hand down a ruling with nationwide effect. Even if a decision has direct implications only for California, the impact will be national. The direction set by the Supreme Court in any one of these cases will tell us a very great deal about the direction the Court intends to go on the larger question of same-sex marriage and the law.
2. Does the Fiscal Cliff Really Matter?
Should Christians in the United States give much attention to the fight in Washington over the so-called "Fiscal Cliff?" The short answer to that question is yes. The Fiscal Cliff is not the largest financial, economic, or political crisis facing the United States — but it is the most urgent.
Just what is the Fiscal Cliff? The Wall Street Journal explains it succinctly:
"The fiscal cliff is the combination of large spending cuts and tax increases that are scheduled to be automatically enacted at the start of 2013. Bush-era income-tax cuts will expire for tens of millions of Americans, and billions of dollars of spending cuts will take effect because Congress couldn't reach a deal last year to reduce the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion over 10 years. Democrats want a combination of spending cuts and tax increases for upper-income households. Republicans want to cut spending but don't want to raise tax rates, though they have signaled they would consider raising revenue through other measures, such as limiting deductions. Both want to avoid the fiscal cliff, because it forces severe cuts, particularly in military spending."
This represents a true and urgent crisis — partly because the issues directly involved are so critical, but even more because the impact of "going over" the Fiscal Cliff would almost surely lead to another economic recession.
The prospects for avoiding that catastrophe are not clear, given the divide that separates Democrats and Republicans. Nevertheless, neither party can afford to allow the nation to "go over" the Fiscal Cliff — nor to be seen as responsible for making that happen.
In the end, however, avoiding the Fiscal Cliff is not the greatest challenge our political leaders face. The greater challenge is dealing with the fact that we are borrowing ourselves into national peril, robbing future generations as we do. If the long-term economic facts are not faced with courage, the Fiscal Cliff of 2013 will be hardly worth remembering.
As Robert Pear of The New York Times explains, President Obama and the Democrats now face the greater responsibility — facing the crisis of entitlement spending.
As he reports:
"President Obama's re-election and Democratic gains in Congress were supposed to make it easier for the party to strike a deal with Republicans to resolve the year-end fiscal crisis by providing new leverage. But they could also make it harder as empowered Democrats, including some elected on liberal platforms, resist significant changes in entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare. As Congress returned Monday, the debate over those programs, which many Democrats see as the core of the party's identity, was shaping up as the Democratic version of the higher-profile struggle among Republicans over taxes."
Pear offers an insightful report, including the fact that some argue that if Social Security and Medicare are transformed by Democrats into welfare programs, rather than earned benefits, the programs themselves will quickly lose public support.
Any agreement will likely require an increase in Federal revenue by tax income. But no tax increase can come close to closing the gap on entitlement spending. That represents a moral crisis larger than any Fiscal Cliff.
3. The Gender Police Hit a Toy Store
Back on November 15 I reported on a preschool in Sweden that had disallowed the use of masculine and feminine pronouns among the children. The pronouns for "he' and "she" are now replaced with "hen," a newly created word that is supposedly free from gender.
As reporter John Tagliabue of The New York Times told the story:
"At an ocher-color preschool along a lane in Stockholm's Old Town, the teachers avoid the pronouns 'him' and 'her,' instead calling their 115 toddlers simply 'friends.' Masculine and feminine references are taboo, often replaced by the pronoun 'hen,' an artificial and genderless word that most Swedes avoid but is popular in some gay and feminist circles."
The article also included this:
"Peter Rudberg, 36, an anesthesiologist whose 3-year-old son, Hjalmar, attends the kindergarten, called its gender-neutral approach 'a boon,' though, like many Swedes, he believes the country has moved beyond the problem. 'In modern Sweden, gender equality is a nonissue,' he said. Yet he cautioned against extremes, like 'boys prohibited from playing boys' games.'"
Well, Mr. Rudberg, you had better watch what is happening at Top Toy, a major toy store chain in Sweden. As The Herald Sun [Australia] reports, the Swedish affiliate of Toys-R-Us has had to go gender-neutral in advertising, after being sanctioned by the national advertising authority for the crime of portraying boys with toy machine guns and girls with dolls.
From the report:
"The country's advertising watchdog reprimanded the company for gender discrimination three years ago following complaints over outdated gender roles in the 2008 Christmas catalogue, which featured boys dressed as superheroes and girls playing princess. A comparison between this year's Toys R Us catalogs in Sweden and Denmark, where Top Toy is also the franchisee, showed that a boy wielding a toy machine gun in the Danish edition had been replaced by a girl in Sweden. Elsewhere, a girl was Photoshopped out of the 'Hello Kitty' page, a girl holding a baby doll was replaced by a boy, and, in sister chain BR's catalogue, a young girl's pink T-shirt was turned light blue. Top Toy, Sweden's largest toy retailer by number of stores, said it had received 'training and guidance' from the Swedish advertising watchdog, which is a self-regulatory agency."
Reflecting the "training and guidance" the company had received from the advertising police, the Director of Sales told the paper: "With the new gender thinking, there is nothing that is right or wrong. It's not a boy or girl thing, it's a toy for children."
Does he actually believe that? Note that the "gender-neutral" approach required "photoshopping" the photographs. Actual children allowed to choose for themselves are unlikely to get with this program, regardless of the advertising. Gender still matters. Give a six-year-old boy a doll this Christmas and you will probably see that truth in living color.
4. The United Nations Grants the Palestinians Observer State Status — But Where is the State?
Voting 138-9, the United Nations General Assembly granted the Palestinians observer state status, handing Palestinian leaders a great gift. The new status will allow the Palestinians to participate in debates at the U.N. and to request seating on U.N. agencies and the International Criminal Court.
The move was strongly opposed by both Israel and the United States. Very few media reports even mentioned the fact that the Palestinians had utterly failed to meet the leading criteria for state status, but they were granted observer state status anyway.
The Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (1934) represents the gold standard for defining the marks of statehood. According to that international agreement:
"The state as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications: a ) a permanent population; b ) a defined territory; c ) government; and d) capacity to enter into relations with the other states."
The Palestinians have met none of these criteria. Most importantly, the failure of the Palestinians to form a stable government is made clear by the fact that the Palestinian Authority is not even in functional control of Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas.
This was a political decision that was as much about marginalizing Israel as about rewarding the Palestinians.
I discuss all these stories and more in today's edition of The Briefing: A Daily Analysis of News and Events from a Christian Worldview. LISTEN HERE
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Fuse, the upcoming squad-based action game, will not require an online pass, developer Insomniac Games has announced.
In a FAQ posted on the Insomniac Games website, the answer to the question "Online pass?" reads: "Nope. But, you should still buy it new to support us because there are no microtransactions to make up for it, though."
It's not unusual for an EA Partners title to skip the online pass system, with Crytek's Crysis 3 also offering multiplayer without the need to buy the game new.
Fuse will launch on May 31 for Xbox 360 and PS3, with a demo to appear close to this date.
Source: Insomniacgames.com


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Frank Lloyd Wright: Selected Writings, 1894-1940
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Place Published: New York
Publisher: Duell, Sloan and Pearce
Date Published: 1941
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Book Id: 13264
275pp. Square octavo [22 cm] Red cloth with gilt stamped title on front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Minor chipping to corners with subtle losses. Faint rubbing to corners of boards. This is the first volume in a series of three devoted to a complete presentation of the life, literature, and work of Wright.
By This Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd
By This Publisher: Duell, Sloan and Pearce


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It couldn't have happened to a nicer nor less deserving person could it?
There I was, minding me own when I came a cropper right outside of the Muslim restaurant
Crashed my knee on the pavement last night on the way back from the Spar shop but all the lovely Muslim staff came to my aid and helped me back on to my feet! I went in to the bar area and had a glass of red to steady my nerves and told them to keep the change (a £20 note!). Well 'tis the season for good will and I was just so grateful that someone came to my assistance!!
Moral of the story - don't venture out unless absolutely necessary - you'll save £20 and a busted knee!


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There is a certain adrenaline-fueled mysticism that belongs to the blues alone; it lives on in the songs passed down through legends and in the roots of what we call rock and roll. These stories were penned by freewheelers like Jimmy Reed, whose legacy came in unleashing the blues to the mainstream, and were told in songs like his "Bright Lights, Big City" as it changed hands through history from Reed to the Animals, to Eric Clapton, to the smoky, pulsing version resurrected by Gary Clark Jr.
On the night Thaddeus Anna Greene released Directory of Thieves, he stood in front of the American flag backdrop of Bad Racket Recording Studios and, with a brash grin and gleam in his eyes, chanted the modernized Clark Jr. line in Reed's classic, "You gonna know my name by the end of the night". Today, the 22-year-old gives a likely response when asked if he's worn thin on Hendrix comparisons over the past year but, between all the steamy, mid-summer swagger, in that moment I couldn't have helped but to expect Greene to light his Fender on fire with the velocity of infamous Monterey Pop Festival "Wild Thing" grandeur.
"I wonder what people will say when they see me now," Greene has a playful smirk, twisting a dread in one hand. "I have this picture where I look just like Bob Marley. Don't play like him, though. Everyone wants to see the next Bob Marley, the next Jimi Hendrix, the next Bob Dylan. They're so busy trying to find that they're letting all the moments pass them by."
Greene, drummer Anthony Foti, and bassist Matthew Augusta released Thaddeus Anna Greene's debut in June, but Directory of Thieves was an album that almost didn't happen. Before moving home to Cleveland, Greene was a film student in Chicago. Then money, a brief stint in Los Angeles, and heartbreak happened. "A green-eyed gypsy," he laughs, shaking his head a little too knowingly. You can't help but think of her haunting the tambourines running through the instrumental "Electric Bull".
"That album was kind of a prophetic thing. Because I wrote most of it before any of that happened," he unravels his scarf and the smell of Nag Champa fills the corner of the small east side coffee shop near where he grew up. "And then everything just started coming true. You better be careful what you write."
For all the barreling, straightforward psych-rock, it's Directory's moodiest, most brooding corners that bare witness to why the blues still bridge generations through tales of turmoil and love lost. Just as the blues of the World War II era were going electric, it only seems appropriate for the album's closing track, "Message from the High Chair Tyrant", to end in a fuzzed-out, unnerving 1960s informational recording of how to prepare for an atomic bomb. And where Directory of Thieves leaves off, Greene picks up as a voice for a new youth coming-of-age in uncertain times.
"Children are dying, schools are getting shot up; there's so much going on in the world now, I don't see how your music can't be dark in a sense," he says on writing new material. "I just have this idea of acceptance, exceeding expectations, and changing people's perspectives on what it means to young in America. And furthermore, what it means to be young and black in America. And not black enough for black people and not white enough for white people. Being in that middle, where no one understands."
In the months following Directory's release, Greene received a phone call from legendary rock photographer Robert M. Knight, founder of the Brotherhood of the Guitar program that places young musicians with Fender guitars. He invited Greene down to Nashville to meet other young players. "Nashville was humbling," explains Greene. "They're monsters, they eat, sleep, and breathe music."
The band plans to begin recording in March and hopes to release their sophomore effort fall of this year, one Greene says is less jam-based and more structured with intricate instrumental and rhythm sections. "What I really want to get across musically is the attitudes of bands like Nirvana, bands like Red Hot Chili Peppers, and early punk, but with dirtier, bluesier music," Greene says. "People are scared to let it all hang down. They need to realize it's not that cerebral."
Thaddeus Anna Greene plays at 6 p.m. on the Brite main stage. Stream Thaddeus Anna Greene's debut album Directory of Thieves on Bandcamp and keep up with them on Facebook.


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Hikin' & Bikin'
by docinsano
A fine summer day
to head out West
Out to the mountains
to see Nature's best
Out in the wild
for some hikin' and bikin'
Little did I know what I might get into-
Travels were great
'til I saw this sign
"Falling Rocks" it said
and it stuck in my mind
-Of course Nature is never so kind
She pushed one of those rocks
right on to my legs
I was stuck, I was trapped
The rock had me pegged.
Oh what would I do?
This really wasn't cool
Then I remembered-
I brought my Leatherman tool!
I cut through my legs
hacking with the blade
I was free from the rock
and next to my legs I laid
About an hour later
help did arrive-
I cut off my legs
and that wasn't very cool
But hey, I'm alive
Thanks to Leatherman tool!


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This Evening: Partly sunny and cool.
Tonight: Clear to partly cloudy with temperatures falling quickly after sunset. Low 38.
Tomorrow: Partly to mostly cloudy with a passing shower. High 53.
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Perfect weather for football here in Columbus tonight. Skies will be clear to partly cloudy and temperatures will fall quickly once the sun goes down dropping into the upper 40s. Tomorrow will have more clouds than today and the chance for a passing shower. Then a FREEZE WATCH goes into effect for tomorrow night and Monday morning. Temperatures will drop down to freezing or just below freezing in rural areas.
Alerts : FREEZE WATCH for tomorrow night into Monday morning. Temperatures will drop down to near freezing and even below freezing in rural areas.
Inconvenient Weather: Scattered showers tomorrow afternoon. Best chance for rain is south and southeast of Columbus.
Planning your Day: Clear and cool for the Buckeye game tonight. Once the sun sets… temperatures will quickly drop into the upper 40s. By the end of the game, we should be in the lower to middle 40s.


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text: Spotlighting the spectacular Stargirl! The Star-Spangled Kid enlists the aid of her partner and stepfather S.T.R.I.P.E. as she heads out on a hunt for the one person she'd rather forget: her biological father. Plus a backup Golden Age Starman tale by the team of James Robinson & Tony Harris (STARMAN)!


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SHINee's Jonghyun shared a new selca with his fans through his Twitter account.
On March 17th, he tweeted, "I did a facial mask on the flight home. But I think the flight attendant thought she saw a ghost. She was surprised. Sorry! Thai Airways! I'll use the earphones I bought at duty-free well!"
In the picture, Jonghyun is in the middle of enjoying a white facial mask, taking care of his great skin.
Upon seeing the hilarious photo, netizens commented, "I would love to meet a ghost who looks like that!", "The secret to Jonghyun's great skin is his facial mask!", and "Taking care of your skin on the plane! He looks great even with his entire face covered."
It was revealed that as a model for Etude House, Jonghyun was using the brand's collagen mask on the flight.
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Prepare to have your mind blown by this irrefutable evidence of the utter lack of craft projects on the Internets in the late 90s! I recently came across this amazing article by Susan Lazear called, "The World On-line for Knitters," from a 1997 issue of Fashion Knitting Magazine. It basically explains exactly what the Internet is, how to use it and how it can benefit your knitting endeavors. Ironically, this article does not currently seem to be available anywhere on the Internets, so I've scanned it for your nostalgic reading pleasure.
In the 1960's, we sent man to the moon. In the 1970's, the hand calculator came into our daily lives. In the 1980's, the personal computer entered our homes, becoming an indispensable tool for personal and business use. Now in the 1990's, whether we are ready or not, we have the Internet. Knitters, the Internet and on-line services are here to stay! It's time to start learning.
What is out there? How could you utilize it? You will be surprised by how much knit technique, tip and pattern information passes through the telephone lines each day. This article is an introduction to getting on-line, using either a commercial network service and/or the Internet, for your knitting knowledge, pleasure and social pastime.
Susan Lazear, you are a visionary.


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SANCHEZ-ROMAN, Francisco Raúl; MEDINA-FIGUEROA, Alda María; RANGEL-ZERTUCHE, Ricardo Alfonso and SANCHEZ-RAMOS, Apolinar. The teaching of occupational medicine in Mexican medical schools. Salud pública Méx [online]. 2009, vol.51, n.2, pp.97-103. ISSN 0036-3634. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-36342009000200004.
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the current situation of teaching occupational medicine (OM) in academic programs and medical schools in Mexico. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A descriptive survey was conducted and schools were identified through the main directories of medical schools. For the analysis of information descriptive and inferential statistics were used. RESULTS: A total of 75 medical schools were identified. In 39 (52%) the subject is mandatory, with a predominance in public schools (p< 0.02). Among the schools that offer the subject, only 15 (38%) have professors specialized in OM. CONCLUSIONS: Disparity in teaching basic aspects of OM in medical schools explains the little development and social and professional recognition of the specialty; it also highlights serious problems for public health, derived from the lack of prevention of risks in work environments.
Keywords : occupational medicine; medical education; undergraduate medical education; Mexico.