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GM says China partnership with SAIC strongUpdated: 2013-10-28 10:53
A man walks in front of SAIC in Shanghai. [Photo/Agencies]
Shanghai - General Motors Co has dismissed speculation its ties with China's SAIC Motor Corp are fraying, saying the partnership is thriving and the two car makers are discussing further collaboration in Indonesia.
Recent independent moves by SAIC outside China had been seen by some industry insiders and experts as signaling the two companies might be drifting apart, but GM's top China executive said it was merely a consequence of its state-owned partner's growing maturity as an automaker.
"The relationship between SAIC and GM has never been better," GM China Chairman Tim Lee said in an interview.
Within China, Lee and GM China President Bob Socia said sales by GM's joint ventures with SAIC and others were likely to grow this year by 300,000 to 3 million vehicles.
Roughly half of the volume would come from no-frills microvans GM produces with SAIC and another partner.
According to the two executives, GM plans to launch more new or significantly redesigned models in China next year, including a key small car update next year. It also plans to further grow exports of jointly designed and produced cars out of China.
To keep up with demand, GM China and SAIC are rushing to open four new plants - two along the country's prosperous east coast and another two in the middle western region of China to add an additional 1 million cars a year to capacity by 2015.
"It's a big bet" with SAIC, Lee said.
Lee, who is also GM's global manufacturing chief, recently agreed to give up his broader responsibility as head of GM's international operations to focus just on China.
"The conclusion that (GM Chief Executive) Dan Akerson and the board came to was China is so important to us and the relationships within China are so important" that GM needed to have Lee focus on China, he said.
Southeast Asia market
Despite the expansion in China, some industry experts have suggested a cooling of ties between GM and SAIC elsewhere.
In 2010, SAIC became a 50-50 partner in GM's operations in India, jointly selling Wuling microvans under the Chevrolet badge. At the time, officials at the US firm described the alliance as an ideal way to break into other emerging markets, pointing to Southeast Asia as a possible second target.
Last year, however, SAIC passed on an opportunity to inject more capital into the struggling operation, letting its stake decline to 9 percent. Moreover, SAIC also announced plans to start making cars in Thailand with local firm CP Group Co Ltd, in a deal that did not involve GM.
GM's Socia said SAIC's move in Thailand showed that the Shanghai-based company was feeling more confident as a standalone automaker to compete with GM and others in some areas.
"I don't think it's fair to expect everything we do outside of China, we have to do with SAIC and vice versa," Socia said.
Lee said GM and SAIC had never discussed cooperating in Thailand but noted the two companies were still in discussions over Indonesia, a key emerging market with a population of more than 240 million people.
"We've always said we're looking at options and alternatives in Indonesia with SAIC, but we've never (disclosed) what the business model is," Lee said. Options include a deal for GM to do contract assembly for SAIC or a more full-fledged GM-SAIC joint venture. "Those are ... under discussion," he said.
SAIC spokeswoman Judy Zhu agreed the relationship between GM and SAIC was healthy. On Indonesia, Zhu said SAIC was "still learning the Southeast Asia market and exploring possible business opportunities". She declined to elaborate.
No change in China
GM's move to invest in a 7 percent stake in France's PSA Peugeot Citroen and to cooperate on joint projects has been seen by some analysts as a further chill in the GM-SAIC relationship.
GM has said its ties with Peugeot were mainly for Europe, where GM is trying to fix its troubled Opel unit, but the two firms have also talked of exploring opportunities to cooperate in Russia and Latin America.
Before, top GM executives had indicated it would use SAIC as its preferred partner to expand into emerging markets worldwide.
GM's Lee did not elaborate in the interview on GM and Peugeot's effort to cooperate in Russia and South America.
"It's basically a western and central European plan," he said.
Whatever happens outside China, Lee said GM's alliance with SAIC remained key to GM globally, as it tries to tap more demand in the world's biggest market with plenty of gas left in the tank for growth.
Despite recent talk of change, Lee said he thought it unlikely that China would abolish its long-standing policy requiring all foreign automakers to operate in a 50-50 joint venture with a Chinese partner in the foreseeable future.
That would be "a huge, huge sea change move for China Inc. to undertake", Lee said. "It would be years and years before they get to that point."
In the meantime, SAIC will remain "a great partner of ours," Lee said.


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Getting stuck in a crowded elevator for nearly an hour may not sound like fun, but it can be if you're with the cast of Modern Family. Julie Bowen, Eric Stonestreet, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson found themselves in a bit of a tight situation when the elevator they were taking to a charity event stopped suddenly between floors, trapping them and 12 others for more than 45 minutes on Friday, March 1.
What could have been a nightmare, however, turned into something like a scene out of the co-stars' hit sitcom. Using their phones to communicate with the outside world, the trio enlisted their fellow elevator passengers in recording funny video messages to post to Twitter.
The actors kept things light — and calm — until rescue workers from the Kansas City Fire Department could make their way down from the 40th floor to the third floor to free the group. Afterward, they joked about the incident on social media.
"Finally made it out of the stuck elevator at the one hour mark," Ferguson wrote. "At least the firemen in K.C. are cute."
Quipped Stonestreet: "I honestly handled being stuck in an elevator for 50 min better than I thought. All Jesse Tyler did was pass wind."
Bowen, 42, Stonestreet, 41, and Ferguson, 37, were en route to Kids Night Out 2013, a fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel in Missouri. According to the Kansas City Star, they were supposed to take the stage at 9 p.m. but didn't make it on until after 10, by which time a third of the crowd had already left.
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Severe infectious diseases of wildlife are on the increase mainly due to the globalization of trade leading to increased mobility of pathogens, including invasive alien species. These epidemics are a serious threat to biodiversity and result in the degradation of ecosystem functioning.
Research by the BiodivERsA-funded RACE project on the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which has caused population declines and extinction in amphibians worldwide, brings evidence of this threat in Europe. The results of the study suggest that the Bd fungus is implicated in the decline of many European amphibian species. Some species have suffered extensive mortality leading to a significant decline of their natural populations. Examples are found on mainland Spain and Portugal (Common midwife toads and Fire salamanders), on the island of Mallorca (e.g. Mallorcan midwife toad) and on Sardinia (Tyrrhenian painted frog). The study has shown that the Bd it is now present in more than 17 EU and affiliated countries like French Guiana.
The movement of amphibians between continents mainly for trade purposes is one of the major causes for Bd spread worldwide. The global amphibian trade moves millions of frogs annually for a variety of purposes, such as food, animal pets and biomedical research. Read the BiodivERsA Policy Brief for more detailed information.
The alarming data revealed by the RACE project show that action against the spread of wildlife diseases affecting species is needed to halt biodiversity loss by 2020, as called for by the EU Biodiversity Strategy.
Several EU policies (wildlife trade, invasive species and animal health) and better coordination of measures among them could contribute to addressing the problem and help reach the 2020 targets. For example, species carrying diseases should be further studied in order to evaluate their addition to the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations which lists species whose conservation status may be threatened by trade and species which, if introduced, could pose an ecological threat to European native species. Moreover, the upcoming EU Regulation on Invasive Alien Species should be aligned with existing measures, such as on wildlife trade. As additional steps, wildlife diseases should be better reflected in reporting on the conservation status of species under the EU Habitats Directive, in which species that need conservation measures are listed.
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Little Rock-based Bank of the Ozarks announced Thursday that it has entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger with Summit Bancorp, Inc. and its wholly-owned bank subsidiary Summit Bank. Bank of the Ozarks will acquire the Arkadelphia-based bank for $216 million.
Little Rock-based Bank of the Ozarks announced Thursday that it has entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger with Summit Bancorp, Inc. and its wholly-owned bank subsidiary Summit Bank. Bank of the Ozarks will acquire the Arkadelphia-based bank for $216 million.
Summit Bank operates 23 banking offices and one loan production office in nine Arkansas counties. At December 31, 2013, Summit Bank had approximately $1.2 billion of total assets, $778 million of loans and $994 million of deposits. The move will push Bank of the Ozarks to more than $6 billion in total assets.
Tyson Foods first quarter profits leap
Tyson Foods pulled in a first quarter profit of $254 million, up nearly 47 percent from the previous year as all segments of the Springdale-based meat giant performed better. Total revenue for Tyson Foods in the quarter was $8.76 billion, an improvement from $8.36 billion one year ago.
"I'm very pleased with our strong first quarter results, and I'm confident in my expectations for the full year," Donnie Smith, president and CEO of Tyson Foods, said in the earnings statement. "We're growing sales and earnings and executing our strategy – including making our third prepared foods acquisition in less than a year – while reinvesting in our existing businesses and buying back shares."
Cotton only Arkansas vote against farm bill
GOP Rep. Tom Cotton was the only member of Arkansas' Congressional delegation to vote against the Farm Bill, a compromise measure that emerged after House and Senate negotiators ironed out differences in previously passed bills. The Farm Bill funds direct payment programs to farmers, crop insurance programs, and food assistance for families.
Republican Sen. John Boozman and Rep. Rick Crawford both served on the conference committee that developed the final measure. Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor, who is being challenged by Rep. Cotton, voted for the bill.
Arkansas Best turns corner to profitability
Arkansas Best appears to have turned the corner. The Fort Smith-based less-than-truckload trucking firm posted fourth quarter net income of $10.3 million, a big swing from last year's fourth quarter loss of $7.9 million. Revenue rose to $578.55 million during the quarter, up from $537.04 million last year.
For the full year, Arkansas Best recorded profits of $15.8 million, a major turnaround from a $7.7 million loss in 2012. Revenues rose to $2.99 billion for the full year, an improvement from $2.06 billion one year ago.
Murphy Oil 2013 profits top $1 billion
Murphy Oil Corp. saw a diminished fourth quarter due to the spin-off of its refinery and retail operations, but its full-year earnings topped $1 billion. For the fiscal year, Murphy Oil's 2013 net income cleared $1.12 billion, up from $970.9 million one year ago. In the fourth quarter, the El Dorado-based firm saw profits fall to $75.4 million, down from $158.7 million in 2012′s fourth quarter.
A variety of one-time charges swung earnings lower in the fourth quarter, including lower oil sales prices and higher expenses for the abandonment of operations in the Republic of Congo. In August 2013, Murphy Oil spun off its refinery and retail operations into a new public company, Murphy USA.
Acxiom net income improves
Acxiom Corp. saw its third quarter net income rise to $15.0 million, up from $14.5 million one year ago. Revenues also climbed higher to $277.87 million during the quarter, an improvement from $273.1 million in the previous year.
The Little Rock-based data marketer – which has been downsizing its work force, realigning its internal operations, and expanding its client offerings – saw higher revenue in two of its three key segments.
Arkansas jobless rate falls slightly
Arkansas' December unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent, down one-tenth of a percent from November. One year ago, Arkansas' jobless rate stood at 7.1 percent in December. The U.S. unemployment rate for December fell three-tenths of a percent to 6.7 percent. In the non-farm payroll jobs report, seven sectors reported job gains, while seven sectors posted losses during the past 12 months. The highest growth sector was the trade, transportation and utilities industries with 4,900 new jobs added in the past year.
NW Arkansas fourth in nation in job growth; Jonesboro 11th
The Northwest Arkansas metropolitan statistical area ranked fourth in non-farm job growth in the nation in 2013, according to preliminary information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Tuesday. Or 11th, depending on how you look at it.
The Northwest Arkansas region averaged 9,580 more jobs in a typical month in 2013 over the same month in 2012, a "moving average" growth rate of 4.56 percent. However, Northwest Arkansas ranked 11th with its year-end ranking comparing the end of December 2013 with the end of December 2012. The region grew by 8,900 jobs over that time period.
Jonesboro's moving average ranked 11th in the country with a 3.69 percent growth rate after adding an average of about 1,880 jobs. Jonesboro ranked 14th comparing December 2013 to December 2012.


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Not Your Ordinary Chocolate Chip Cookie
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup spectrum organic shortening
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons ground Vietnamese cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 heaping teaspoon ground pepper
1 3/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted
In a large mixing bown, mix butter and shortening until creamy. Add sugars and beat until light and fluffy. Add in eggs, one at a time, beating until combined. Mix in vanilla.
In a medium bowl sift together, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and pepper.
Mix flour into butter mixture in 2 or 3 additions, mixing just until incorporated. Stir in chips and toasted pecans by hand.
Place cookie dough, covered, in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350
Using a tablespoon cookie scoop, place dough balls on parchment lined baking sheets. For softer cookies, bake about 10 minutes, until the edges are slightly golden and the center is just set. For crisp cookies, bake 11-13 minutes, until the cookie is golden brown - they will crisp up more as they cool. When done, cool on the baking sheet for 2-3 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Not Your Ordinary Chocolate Chip Cookie
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- Anonymous6/09/2006 07:02:00 PM
I am going to try these very soon, Joe...maybe without the pepper. I loved the Spectrum shortening, btw.ReplyDelete
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The Bayan 3 Speaker Dock for iPod/ iPhone is the baby brother of the Bayan Audio Bayan 7 - a monstrous dual iPhone speaker dock that was large and cumbersome. Can a smaller version be more in keeping with your home?
We had a play to find out.
The Bayan 3 from Bayan Audio is considerably more dinky, and better for it in our minds, than the Bayan 7 (it measures 290mm x 180mm x 230mm and weighs 2.8Kg). Gone is the dual docking station, and gone too is the clear acrylic design. In is a tidy little package that will sit comfortably on your bookshelf rather than the microwave-sized device we looked at previously.
Using the same sound platform as the Bayan 7, the compact Bayan 3 sports a 9mm solid wood casing and front panel that promises to reduce energy dissipation and reflections to channel maximum sound energy towards the front of the speaker.
The Bayan 3 main connection point is a front docking port for Apple iPod and iPhone that lets you charge and play at the same time - as you might expect.
The design doesn't allow iPad users to dock their tablet, but we had no problem docking a 3GS or 4S. The phone fits snugly into the design and doesn't look out of place when charging.
Those who do want to use their iPads can use the USB charging port around the back and then connect the audio via a 3.5mm stereo jack. This is a little more clumsy, and you won't get the same audio quality as you would through the all-digital dock connector. There is also an AUX socket for additional devices.
Included in the box is a rather standard IR remote that lets you control the music from your sofa. The size of an iPhone, the buttons are large and rubbery. It's not amazing in its design but it does the trick and means you can skip the track or turn the volume up without having to touch the Bayan 3 at all.
There are dedicated buttons on the remote that allow you to select any of the three inputs on the rear of the device, either the iPod, tablet or auxiliary.
Sound performance
Sound is always the important factor for a speaker dock and, thankfully, the Bayan 3 delivers, especially considering the £99 price tag. The thrust of noise comes from the two front-facing speakers; a 5.25-inch bass and tuned bass reflex port, and a 2-inch mid/high frequency speaker that gives a rather natural 45W of sound that isn't overly basey, or too heavy on the treble either.
If you want to focus on the voice even more, the speaker has a "voice mode" which reduces the bass still further and picks up the voices on the track for better results when listening to audio books or spoken word - ideal for Radio 4 listeners.
The power light on the top of the device changes so you know which setting you've selected, although you can normally tell very quickly.
We tested the Bayan 3 with a number of different tracks and different genres of music from Deadmau5 to Norah Jones, Clint Mansell to Dave Matthews Band - and a couple of other artists inbetween. We are impressed by the speaker's performance. It sounds good, offers good bass, good treble and a volume that will fill most rooms in your house.
Future bolt-ons
Bayan Audio tells us that the Bayan 3 will be compatible with the company's Airstream add-on accessory that is launching shortly. That means you'll be able to upgrade this dock to work with other A2DP Bluetooth compatible devices including laptops, smartphones and other non-Apple players.
The Bayan 7 produced a great sound, but also came in a box that was unlikely to fit in your home. The Bayan 3 is a very different kettle of fish. It's a third of the price, a third of the size, and produces a great sound that will fill your room.
Normally at the sub-£100 price point you are left with cheap, nasty sounding iPhone speaker docks. Bayan Audio just showed us that that doesn't always have to be the case.
The music really does sound better with them.


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SECRET GARDEN (Korean Drama 2010) Episode 01 - (English) TYPE4
(시크릿 가든)is a November 13, 2010 - Janaury 16, 2011 TV series directed by Shin Woo-Cheol,
Kim Joo-Won ( Hyun-Bin ) is from a wealthy family, smart and good looking. He runs the luxurious Roel Department store, which his family owns.Oska ( Yoon Sang-Hyun ) is a popular singer around Asia, but he doesn't have musical talent. He is also a womanizer. Joo-Won and Oska are also cousins and highly competitive towards each other.
On a request by Oska, Joo-Won goes to pick up actress Park Chae-Rin from a shooting set. Joo-Won mistakes stunt woman Gil Ra-Im ( Ha Ji-Won ) for Park Chae-Rin and takes stunt woman Ra-Im to a hotel. Oska made the request in an attempt to prevent Park Chae-Rin from revealing their relationship to the press. At the hotel, Joo-Won discovers that the woman he picked is not actress Park Chae-Rim but a stunt woman. During this time, Joo-Won starts to experience strong feelings for the feisty stunt woman, even though she isn't his type. Joo-Won tried getting Ra-Im out of his mind for Ra-Im does not own a high status life nor is even rich. Nevertheless, Joo-Won can't stop thinking about Ra-Im.
Later, Joo-Won sneaks into an action school to watch Ra-Im. Meanwhile, Ra-Im tries her best to ignore Joo-Won because she knows Joo-Wan belongs to another higher social level compared to her. Nevertheless, Ra-Im can't help her blooming feelings towards Joo-Won.
Yeun-Sul ( Kim Sa-Rang ) and Oska are ex-lovers, but they can't seem to forget each other. Because Yeun-Sul had a high-living status, she was arranged to attend a blind date with Joo-Won. Even though Joo-Wan made it clear that he doesn't have interest in her, Yeun-Sul keeps pursuing Joo-Won. Yeun-Sul knows Joo-Wan is Oska's cousin and wants to use him to get under Oska's skin. Yeun-Sul then manages to become the director for Oska's next music video, which is scheduled to be shot on Jeju Island.
Meanwhile, stunt woman Ra-Im is a fan of Oska's music and wins a contest to go to Jeju Island with Oska himself. Ra-Im also wanted to take part in Oska's music video. Joo-Won learns that Ra-Im won the contest to spend time with Oska and decides to follow them to Jeju Island.
On Jeju Island, the main participants all gather. While they were mountain biking, Ra-Im gets separated from Joo-Won and Oska. Joo-Won searched frantically to find Ra-Im. Eventually, Joo-Won was able to find Ra-Im but ended up stranded in a mysterious restaurant in the middle of the woods called 'Secret Garden'. Even more mysteriously, the owner of 'Secret Garden' seems to know both Joo-Won and Ra-Lim very well. The owner presented two bottles of homemade floral wine to Joo-Won and Ra-Im. They manage to find their way back to the hotel before night and went their separate ways. At night, neither Joo-Won nor Ra-Im find themselves able to sleep and each takes this time to clear their mind while drinking their individual gifted wine. A twist of intrigue takes place in the plot when both Ra-Im and Joo-Won wake up in the morning to find that their souls have switched to the other's body!
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I started out my day yesterday with hopes of changing up my Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe to make it a little more festive. I thought that adding Mini M & Ms to the cookies would make them more festive. I got that butter out when I was making breakfast in the morning to let it soften. The recipe calls for melted butter, but I have never had success when melting the butter (gluten-free or not gluten-free). I didn't get around to mixing the dough until 4:00. Here is how the first tray turned out:
After this, I promptly stuck the dough in the fridge to chill, hoping that would help. Not my luck. A little better, but still spread way too much. The next tray came out like that as well. I quickly abandoned any thoughts of making another tray & pressed the remaining dough into a round Pyrex dish & made a round bar cookie. It came out wonderfully!
Here are the cookies – I cut them into thin bars. They taste amazing, but look horrible! LOL!
I was tweeting last night about my flop and Shirley from Gluten-free Easily had a great idea. She told me to freeze the cookies & use them later for a pie crust! Brilliant! I would just need to crush & add butter or oil & press into a pan. Never throw away your flops – they can be used for something. These may not make it to the cookie crumb crust – the kids love them!
- The recipe can be found on the link above. Omit the oats and don't use melted butter. Do soften the butter, but only for a hour or 2.
- This recipe is normally a huge success. I love the flavor.
I wanted to show that even though "Life gave me lemons, I made lemonade". I turned a potentially frustrating & upsetting situation into a joke & laughed about it. That is all you can do. Baking is about trial & error, just like a lot of things in life. It isn't just gluten-free baking that is like that, either, though it does seem to require a little more patience at times. There have been times over the past 4 years that I have thrown in the towel and said I wouldn't bake again, but I did. I am glad I did. It may just be the flour mix or the temperature in the oven. Or, you may never figure out what the problem was. Just don't stop trying. 🙂
Buddy the Elf showed up again today. He was hanging from our pot rack in the kitchen!
Hannah got a big kick out of that! 🙂
Did you catch Dr. Oz's show on Celiac Disease yesterday? I thought the first 15 – 20 minutes were very informative. The animation & details about symptoms were just what needed to be shown & said to get the word out to those who may be suffering. I was a little disappointed when the conversation turned to the gluten-free diet being great for weight loss even if you don't have Celiac or gluten intolerance. This seems to lessen the importance of the gluten-free diet for those who really need it. While it is great to have so much awareness, this shouldn't be promoted as the newest "fad diet". For those who have Celiac, this is the only "cure". Cross contamination can make Celiacs sick and cause damage. I was also curious as to how many people actually lose weight on the gluten-free diet. I tweeted the question and I received mixed responses. Some people did lose weight, but others gained. I gained weight (needed to). The weight gain most likely comes from the body finally being able to absorb the nutrients that it couldn't when the villi were damaged. Another very important point that I initially missed – Dr. Oz mentioned trying the GF diet first for a few weeks and then getting tested – don't do this! If you remove gluten-from your diet & then go get tested, the results can be skewed. Get tested first, then remove the gluten. Dr Oz does have an informative page on his site – lots of good info there.
Make sure to stop by Diane's today – The Whole Gang. She is hosting the Friday Foodie Fix and the secret ingredient is chocolate! You all know how near & dear to my heart chocolate is. 🙂
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The art of folding paper is usually a solitary, meditative endeavor. But when your origami project involves 49,000 business cards and a healthy dose of non-Euclidean geometry, you probably want to enlist some help.
Beginning today, The USC Libraries are displaying an origami model of the Mosely Snowflake Sponge, a newly discovered three-dimensional fractal object designed by MIT-trained engineer Dr. Jeannine Mosely. The six-foot-tall structure consists of nothing but tens of thousands of business cards folded into paper cubes paneled with the school's red and gold colors. The finished project is a group effort; Mosely enlisted the help of Margaret Wertheim, director of the Institute for Figuring and USC's first Discovery Fellow, as well as several hundred volunteer folders, to help realize her vision.
The Snowflake Sponge resembles a hollow cube with each corner removed (termed "Level 1"). The Level 1 blocks are used as the components for a larger version of themselves — Level 2 — and so forth. Mosely's installation at USC is a Level 3 fractal.
But while the math behind the Snowflake Sponge's repetitive structure is fairly straightforward, figuring out how to assemble its final form was anything but. "Not only are we building a mathematical object that's never been made before, [but] it's a huge challenge of engineering," Wertheim told me. "How can you actually put this structure together?" After trying out a few mathematically elegant strategies, the team settled on a method based on x- and y-modules, which are "basically Level 1s with a few cubes missing." That extra empty space made it easier for Wertheim and her assistants to link the modules into spines that form the structural basis for the Snowflake Sponge.
Their module method created the added benefit of utilizing a kind of origami production line. Hundreds of students and other volunteers contributed to the project over the past seven months, building cubes, assembling modules, or even just creasing business cards. "In that sense it's a really substantial community art project," says Wertheim, who was able to focus on the more delicate work of assembling the spines and constructing the Level 3 thanks to the thousands of hours of volunteer labor.
This isn't Mosely and Wertheim's first foray into crowdsourced origami. In 2006, they worked together to build a business card model of the Menger Sponge, the first three-dimensional fractal ever discovered and a close mathematical relative of the Snowflake Sponge. Volunteers from all over the country built the model out of 66,000 of Mosely's own out-of-date business cards; the team displayed the finished product at Machine Project in Los Angeles.
While Mosely also does technically sophisticated curved-crease origami, she is drawn to the repetitive elegance of fractals and how they lend themselves to participation from even the most novice folder. If her curved-creased pieces resemble delicate sculptures, teaching hundreds of people to fold cubes and assemble modules is like conducting an orchestra. Mosely compared the Snowflake Sponge project to a performance that can be repeated on many scales — much like the infinitely self-similar fractal it has created.
The Mosely Snowflake Sponge will be on display in the rotunda of USC's Doheny Memorial Library through the end of the year, along with an exhibit about the mathematics of fractals and the engineering challenges the team faced.
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This Blog focuses on Ancestor Stories, both the stories themselves about my family's ancestors and discussions of where they come from and how to prepare and share them. These stories may be non-fiction or fiction – we will always tell which is which, of course. Also see my KINNICK blog and The HOMEPLACE Series Blog, left sidebar, scroll down.
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Tombstone Tuesday - Glenn and Ruth (THOMAS) BOLGER
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Do you know if you are related in any way to the actor, Ray Bolger? I don't know how common the last name is, but I don't seem to hear it very often.ReplyDelete
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Nice to expand into your wife's family. Look forward to learning the origin of that name on Surname Saturday:)ReplyDelete
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Bolger, O'Bolger, Bulger.
Irish in origin. Nancy's great-grandfather Michael emigrated during the potato famine, late 1840s. We have essentially traced all his descendants. Any relation to Ray Bolger, or Marc Bulger (LA Rams QB) would go back before crossing the ocean.


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TASER Introduces New TASER X2 Electronic Control Device (ECD) with Second-Shot Capability
High Performance ECD Designed by Law Enforcement for Law Enforcement
Scottsdale, Ariz. – TASER International, Inc. (NASDAQ: TASR), a global provider of safety technologies that prevent conflict and protect life, is proud to introduce the new TASER® X2™ a high performance handheld electronic control device (ECD). The TASER X2 ECD is the most customer-driven TASER® ECD ever developed and incorporates the capabilities most requested by law enforcement professionals.
The TASER X2 is cost effective, simple to use, and similar in size to the current TASER flagship product, the TASER® X26™ ECD. The TASER X2 features a second shot for instant miss recovery, dual LASERs for improved accuracy, enhanced power magazine with more than 500 firings, and a warning arc that helps prevents conflict from escalating -- all in a small, compact size and competitively priced at under $1,000.
The TASER X2 is shipping in the second quarter of 2011.
On May 4, 2011, TASER will host a live webcast to discuss more about the features, benefits, and trade-in/upgrade opportunities of the new TASER X2 ECD. The webcast will be hosted by TASER International CEO and Founder, Rick Smith.
Webcast Details:
Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Time: 1:00 pm PST
Hosted By: Rick Smith, CEO and Founder, TASER International
How to Register: Click here or go to www.TASER.com/x2
TASER X2 ECD Facts:
High Performance
• Semi-automatic back up shot capability for multiple targets or miss recovery with Cross-Connect technology
• Dual LASERs improve accuracy of aiming
• Highly improved power magazine provides more than 500 firings
• IPX2 rated weatherproofing to better resist rain and humidity more than previous ECD models
• Self diagnostics indicate status of unit's capabilities
• Trilogy™ Logs record if the probes made human contact
More Effective
• Cross-Connect technology allows for six different probe combinations in case of a single probe first shot miss
• Warning Arc displays (with TASER® cartridges loaded or unloaded) helps prevent conflict from escalating
• Current Metering measures and accurately delivers the precise amount of current to maximize both safety and effectiveness
Quality and Reliability
More than six years in research and development including:
• 3000+ hours of testing and validation
• 1500+ customer surveys collected making the TASER X2 the most customer-driven product in TASER history
Supporting Links
• TASER X2 website
• TASER X2 photos
• TASER X2 videos
• TASER International website
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Rick Smith, TASER International CEO & founder: "The TASER X2 was the result of our most extensive Voice-of-the-Customer process in the company's history. Thousands of officers participated in the design of the X2 through online surveys, interviews, and focus groups. The result is a breakthrough device that integrates key enhanced features into a simple, compact design optimized for full time carry."
"The X2 is the culmination of more than six years of intense research and development and offers exponentially increased capabilities, including vastly enhanced data, as well as enhanced safety feature with its second shot capability and dual LASERs."
"Our customers and shareholders know the company has made major R&D investments over the past several years to deliver technology breakthroughs in innovation that protect life -- including the TASER X2™."
"Our customer-driven development of the X2 technology provides instant second shot backup that every officer deserves. The small, compact size, enhanced features, and TASER's proven history of safety, reliability, and performance makes the X2 an exceptional value at an affordable price."
"We provided a built-in semi-automatic second shot by adding just two ounces of overall weight in comparison to a TASER X26 with a spare TASER cartridge attached to the handle's XDPM."
"The TASER X2 with dual-shot capability is 31 percent smaller in size than the TASER X3 with its three-shot capability."
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TASER International, Inc., (NASDAQ:TASR) is a global provider of safety technologies that prevent conflict and protect life. More than 16,000 public safety agencies in 40 countries rely on TASER® electronic control devices (ECDs) and AXON on-officer camera systems to help protect and serve. TASER innovations benefit individuals and families too; providing personal protection and accountability while maintaining regard for life. Since 1994, more than 230,000 individuals have relied on TASER technology as a means for effective personal safety. Learn more about TASER International and its solutions at www.TASER.com, www.EVIDENCE.COM and www.Protector.com or by calling (800) 978-2737. Be a part of the TASER community by joining us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
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Study Updates Ovarian Cancer Treatment Standard For Women
Results of a phase III, international randomized clinical trial demonstrate a new standard of care for treatment of advanced ovarian cancer that significantly reduces side-effects and post-operative deaths compared to the previously established treatment course. The study, presented at the 12th Biennial Meeting of the International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) in Bangkok in October, has a major impact on many countries where the new standard represents a more practical course of treatment.
The prospective study was presented by Professor Ignace B. Vergote of University Hospital Leuven, EU, on behalf of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer-Gynaecological Cancer Group (EORTC-GCG) and the National Cancer Institute Canada-Clinical Trial Group (NCIC-CTG).
A total of 718 patients from 60 institutions with advanced ovarian cancer were enrolled in the study. The women were randomized to receive either primary debulking surgery (PDS) prior to receiving six cycles of chemotherapy (329 patients as per protocol), or interval debulking surgery (IDS) performed after three of six cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (339 patients as per protocol). The current treatment guidelines for stage IIIc and IV disease recommend debulking surgery prior to administering chemotherapy. This study represents the first randomized phase III neoadjuvant clinical trial ever reported for ovarian cancer treatment.
"Most women diagnosed with ovarian cancer have advanced stage disease. Surgery before chemotherapy is not a practical course of treatment for patients in many countries because of difficulty scheduling surgery for patients with extensive cancer and associated complications," said the study's author, Prof. Vergote. "Because of this trend in treatment, our trial was designed to validate the administration of chemotherapy prior to surgery. In addition to establishing acceptability for this strategy, our study demonstrates fewer complications when chemotherapy is administered prior to surgery."
The median follow-up for all participants was 4.8 years. Overall survival and progression free survival were similar in both arms of the study, but a statistically significant reduction in complications, including postoperative deaths (2.7 percent in PDS versus .6 percent in IDS) was observed. The PDS arm of the study demonstrated a higher rate of hemorrhage (7 percent versus 1 percent) and blood clots (2.4 percent versus .3 percent).
"It was concluded that in patients with very extensive disease, as included in our study, neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by interval debulking surgery can be considered as the preferred treatment. However, chemotherapy before surgery should not be used in patients with less than FIGO stage IIIc ovarian cancer, or small IIIc ovarian cancers, as these patients were not well-represented in the study" said Prof. Vergote. "Aggressive debulking surgery to no residual tumor remains the most important prognostic factor, underscoring the importance of a maximal surgical effort whenever the surgery is performed, whether the surgery is performed before or after chemotherapy."
Worldwide, nearly 200,000 women are diagnosed of ovarian cancer each year and every year, over 100,000 women die of the disease.


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Whether you are a university, military or fitness facility professional, the Athletic Business Conference & Expo is waiting for you next month in Orlando.
From Dec. 3-5 at the Orange County Convention Center, attendees can attend seminars from nine educational tracks, including aquatic programming and management, facility design and construction, facility management and operations, financial and risk management, fitness center management, and others.
Preconference workshops run at various times between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Dec. 2. Tours of the Pro-Health & Fitness Center at Viera run from 7:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Dec. 2, the same time as the annual golf tournament. Tours of the Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex run from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 2.
However, attendees should save time at noon on Dec. 4 to listen to the show's keynote presenter, Mitch Albom, columnist at the Detroit Free Press and author of "Tuesdays with Morrie."
Albom's keynote is based on his new book, "Have a Little Faith." The book chronicles his eight-year journey moving between two men of different faiths who taught him about life, belief, forgiveness and the fact that people are more alike than different. His keynote will share how that applies to everyday hopes and dreams.
The 2009 Excellence in Youth Sports awards, sponsored by Athletic Business and the National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS), will be held prior to the keynote presentation.
From 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Dec. 3, attendees can check out the more than 270 exhibitors in the exhibit hall, and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on that day, they are invited to the opening reception, which will be held in the hall. Exhibit hall hours continue from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 4. New to the conference this year is the Fitness Demo Stage, on which various companies will demonstrate equipment and programs. Also on Dec. 4, the conference will host the Facility of Merit Awards reception from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
This year, three groups are partnering with the Athletic Business conference. The International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) is hosting its ICAA: Active Aging 2009 conference to educate fitness professionals about the older fitness market. The Medical Fitness Association is hosting its Medical Fitness and Healthcare Conference focusing on medically integrated health and fitness. NAYS also is hosting its NAYS Youth Sports Congress, offering a youth sports track and a program for individuals to earn the certified youth sports administrator credential. Athletic Business attendees can sit in on sessions for these conferences as well.


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Oracle Open World Unconference sessions
My proposal is definitely for a group discussion on PL/SQL design: approach, tools, methods, best practice. I've described myself as a facilitator rather than a presenter. I might try to make it an actual fishbowl session, if the room will permit such a layout.
The thing which puzzles me is how this Wiki stuff is going to link up with the whiteboard on the 3rd floor of Moscone West. Are our proposals actually booking sessions in the Unconference or are we just flaoting ideas? If all the slots get booked up on the wiki, will there be any scope for spontaneity at the Unconference itself?
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UPDATE: This article was orginally posted Monday, before the ballot numbering process was changed by a budget trailer bill that places constitutional amendments, such as Gov. Brown's initiative, ahead of other measures on the ballot. On Friday, June 29, a Sacramento judge blocked the numbering of all ballot measures because of a legal challenge by backers of a measure that is a competitor to Brown's.
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"No on 38, 39 and 40!"
"Yes on 38! No on 39!"
"Yes on 38! And Yes on 40!"
"No on 38! Yes on 39! Yes on 40!"
Whatever you think about taxes and the three tax-raising ballot initiatives that have qualified for the November ballot, you should get ready to hear a lot -- probably more than you want to -- of three numbers, 38, 39, and 40.
We won't know for sure until the California Secretary of State numbers the ballot. But if previous precedent holds, and the Secretary of State numbers the ballot in the order in which measures qualified (and there's a hot rumor that Gov. Jerry Brown's team was trying to change the usual order), then the three tax initiatives would appear on the ballot together.
Brown's measure to temporarily raise taxes on sales and on the income of rich folks to raise money for the budget -- an initiative which mysteriously qualified before the other two, even though its signatures were turned in later than those of the other two -- would be Prop 38.
Civil rights attorney Molly Munger's initiative, to temporarily raise income taxes on everyone to provide funding for schools would be Prop 39.
A change in corporate taxes to raise $1 billion for green energy programs and for the budget, backed by Tom Steyer, would be Prop 40.
Having these measures on the ballot together would be intriguing because they are competing with each other in multiple ways.
Brown's initiative and Munger's initiative seek to raise the same income taxes, which puts them in direct competition, and the two backers have been waging a war of words, particularly over which measure would be better for education, for months.
Opponents of all three taxes might benefit from being able to mount a simple "No on 38, 39 and 40" campaign.
The corporate tax measure is a wild card. It's quite possible that Brown and Munger could each express support for the measure. But Prop 40, if it ends up numbered that way, could be hurt by too much love.
Its backers will want to separate it from the other tax measures -- since it doesn't raise taxes that people feel as directly, and it doesn't raise taxes as much as other measures. The result: a a variety of different campaign messages using the three numbers -- 38, 39, and 40 -- in combination.
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The answers could be in the numbers.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index, or HHI, is calculated by squaring the market share of each company in an industry, and then adding the squared values together. For example, assume for a minute that the market in widgets is equally shared by 10 widget makers. Their premerger HHI would be:
102 + 102 + 102 + 102 + 102 + 102 + 102 + 102 + 102 + 102 = 1,000
The highest possible HHI is 10,000 (a monopoly = 100 percent); on the low end, an HHI can be extremely small, of course, because the index declines with each added player and there is, conceivably, no limit to the number that can be added.
Now suppose a merger occurred between two of them, doubling the market share of one company, and shrinking the total market to nine companies. In evaluating mergers, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) looks at the post-merger HHI values, which in the case of the widget makers would be:
202 + (102 + 102 + 102 + 102 + 102 + 102 + 102 + 102) = 400 + 800 = 1,200.
The DOJ also considers any increase in the HHI after the merger, which in this case is 200. In determining whether a merger will affect competition, the DOJ considers a HHI value under 1,000 to be unconcentrated, and mergers within such a market are not considered to have adverse effects on concentration.
An HHI value of 1,000 to 1,800 is considered moderately concentrated, and increases of more than 100 points (like in the case of the widget makers) "raise significant competitive concerns," according to DOJ guidelines.
An HHI value of more than 1,800 is considered highly concentrated, and a post-merger increase of more than 50 points raises red flags with the DOJ. Using the HHI, any four-firm market share of 70 percent would fall in the moderate to highly concentrated category, depending on the distribution of individual market shares.


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"Nah, I can't come back," Lewis said, via CSNBaltimore.com. "My kids are calling for Daddy. It's a great reward to see the sacrifice my babies have made for me, and it's time that I sacrifice for them."
Lewis has made clear that he's serious about the commitment he made to his kids to spend more time with them. Specifically, Lewis told PFT in October that he doesn't want to miss any games that his son, Ray Lewis III, plays in college.
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Dad and Mom, Pete and Eileen, with Jimmie, Tommie and Billie - two to follow in the years ahead.
In a couple of months, all three of we boys will be on Social Security! Mom and Dad long gone.
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Families are forever! ;-)
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Wordless (nearly) Wednesday - 1948 Smith Family
Posted by Dr. Bill (William L.) Smith at 5:30 AM
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What a precious family! I'm lamenting 50, but I think you boys should celebrate SSS Day - Smith Social Security! I pray I make it!ReplyDelete
Great family photograph! Everyone looks very happy. Thanks.ReplyDelete
What a wonderful photo. I also go on social security this fall. We are now the ancestors I guess they will talk and wonder about some day. GraceReplyDelete
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Since opening its doors in 1933, the Seattle Art Museum has entertained and educated visitors with special programs, exhibitions, and an impressive permanent collection that has grown to some 23,000 pieces. While SAM sees close to one million visitors annually across its three sites, the emerald city institution is committed to identifying new audiences and opportunities for outreach.
"SAM has been very invested in seeing what role museums can play in student learning in and through the arts," says Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Kayla Skinner Deputy Director for Education and Public Programs at SAM/ and adjunct curator. "We continue to be interested in the work that we can do to address student learning in informal and formal ways."
This mission led to the development of the "Art Goes to School" program, which – thanks in part to funding from an IMLS Museums for America grant – has created a range of programs designed to keep K–12 students continually learning in and through the arts. With an emphasis on local, economically disadvantaged schools (defined as schools with 40% or more students on a free or reduced cost meal program), the program promotes collaboration, partnership, professional development and the involvement of teachers.
A main goal of the program is for SAM to be a resource for underserved segments of the public. "Greater Seattle is an interesting place because it is a region with a great deal of wealth," says Jackson-Dumont. "Some of the most innovative companies in the world are headquartered here – Amazon, Starbucks, Costco, Microsoft. Yet in our public schools, creativity and innovation are not central to teaching and learning."
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The first step was researching the needs of the educators and the students they serve. Over the past five years, Jackson-Dumont and her colleagues have focused research on examining data on a more granular level – "Not just collecting data to report, but to impact our work," she explains. "That's been a big shift for us. We wanted to find out who was coming to the museum and who wasn't coming. Did these numbers align with lower-performing schools?"
"For example there were some schools that came to our Picasso exhibition that had never been to the museum before. What was it about that show that was so enticing for them?" she wonders aloud. "Equity in access to creative arts learning is important to us."
Jackson-Dumont and her team also attended school board meetings and community organization meetings. "We discovered we could increase the capacity of serving these schools if we targeted them specifically."
The research data illuminated the need for new art outreach suitcases, which became an essential component of the "Art Goes to School" project. Based on the museum's permanent collection, these traveling containers offer students the chance to touch, feel, and experience art in their very own classrooms. Although designed for schools that are geographically more remote, any institution can check them out. "We had a prison borrow them once," explains Jackson-Dumont.
"We looked at the most popular suitcases and the ones that weren't used as often," she says. "The idea was to rejuvenate and resuscitate the materials where needed."
The IMLS grant funds allowed SAM to revamp the suitcases. "They allowed us to explore a new path into something that hadn't been explored before," says Jackson-Dumont. "They opened up a door for us to make these connections across cultures – which really mimics a vision that we live by now."
The new outreach suitcases include "Ways of Seeing: Australian and Oceanic Art Outreach Suitcase," "Places, Spaces and Faces: Modern and Contemporary Sculpture," "Trading Traditions: History, Culture, and Exchange in the Philippines," "Art of Identity, Expression and Adornment: African Art," and "Arts of Asia: Stories Across Time and Place." An additional set of SAM's most popular suitcase – "Values to Live By: Northwest Coast Native American Art and Culture" – was also created.
"The suitcases were checked out 115 times, reaching over 8,000 students over one year," says Jackson-Dumont. "In specific schools, we have a trained point teacher who rotates the suitcases among other teachers, which fosters greater collaboration. The teachers are playing an active role in being ambassadors for the outreach suitcases."
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With the help of the IMLS grant, SAM also succeeded in creating a Facebook page to share successful arts integration lesson plans among teachers.
"This is a group of people who needed a community all their own, so we originally thought about creating a microsite," explains Jackson-Dumont. "But once we received the grant application, everyone was getting into Facebook. We really rethought our social media presence."
The Facebook page was preferable to a microsite because "it wasn't yet another site people had to visit and remember yet another password for, and it was low maintenance for the museum," says Jackson-Dumont. "Plus, we can push ideas out there and connect to other resources."
"Art Goes to School" also provides professional development opportunities to increase the number of teachers teaching in and through the arts. "We realized that we wanted to focus more on impact than frequency," says Jackson-Dumont. "By actually offering fewer workshops, we create more of an event atmosphere. We've learned that audiences really thrive in environments where there is a balance between the social and the intellectually rigorous."
Successes and Challenges
The "Art Goes to School" project has proven to be a star pupil among SAM's special programs. During the grant period, the project grew the museum's capacity to serve 25 percent more students during the school day (from 24,000 to more than 30,000) – particularly those from economically disadvantaged schools – with art experiences both at the museum and in the classroom. More docents and teaching artists were also hired and a new educator position was added.
With success come new challenges. "The demand has really increased," says Jackson-Dumont. "We have to train more docents. We have to train more educators for multi-session workshops in the schools. We need greater resources.
"Unfortunately, we need two things that funders don't find 'sexy' – support staff positions and marketing," says Jackson-Dumont. "We need marketing campaigns for this work like we do for exhibitions. Imagine if a bus went by and it advertised student learning, or it said get out to a cultural institution because your child will be more civically engaged because of it."
Despite these obstacles, Jackson-Dumont sees examples of how "Art Goes to School" is creating positive outcomes every day. "SAM has a partnership with Chief Sealth High School in Seattle," she explains. "The school had seen several challenges over the years, but the administration and school community was committed to a positive transformation. . With new leadership, great teachers, and partnerships, the school has continued to grow."
Jackson-Dumont and her colleagues met with the school's principal and began training teachers to integrate art into their curricula. "We did lots of coaching through museum educators and teaching artists," she says.
Arts education became part of the core curriculum at Chief Sealth. During one project, students learned about the Dust Bowl of the 1930s and were shown propaganda posters and films. "They learned about the role that artists played in this moment in history," says Jackson-Dumont. "Students made propaganda posters for three Seattle organizations, and one of the organizations has adopted one of the students' posters as part of its marketing campaign."
The partnership continues at the school. Chief Sealth's principal has since gone to a new school district, and he has already called SAM to find out how he can replicate the program there.
"This is such a good example of doing deep work that's built on partnership and collaboration," says Jackson-Dumont. "It's not about taking over or pushing our work; it's about integrating. It's about art as a vehicle for change."
Photo caption: Some/One, 2001, Do Ho Suh, Korean, works in America, born 1962, Stainless steel military dog-tags, nickel plated copper sheets, steel structure, glass fiber reinforced resin, rubber sheets, 81 x 126 in. (205.7 x 320 cm), Seattle Art Museum, Barney A. Ebsworth Collection, 2002.43, © Do Ho Suh


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The defending MLS Cup champs have achieved the most home points in a season in MLS history (37), as well as fewest goals allowed at home (seven) and biggest home goal-differential (+24) - one better than the mark it set last season at Rio Tinto Stadium.
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We are a husband and wife team in Burlington Ontario Canada. We are looking to rent heritage homes on our street. We now live in one of them with our children and rent out the other 3.
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Frederick Park "Fred" Williams, 89, of Chestnut Hill, a retired investment broker, musician and longtime community volunteer, died April 28 of heart failure at Fairview Nursing Home, where he had been a resident for the past six years.
Mr. Williams retired in 1989 from the Kidder Peabody & Co. investment firm, but he was best known in the Chestnut Hill community for his 36-years as manager of the Pastorius Park Summer Concerts. For his years of dedicated service to this annual event, he was cited by the City of Philadelphia and received the Chestnut Hill Community Association's Benefactor's Award in 2000.
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Mr. Williams was considered to be an authority on music history, especially on John Philip Sousa and the marching-band music of that era, which he loved. He wrote numerous articles for music journals and was constantly sought after for his encyclopedic knowledge of music.
His extensive record collection of marching-band music is now housed at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Born in Los Angeles, he traveled around the world with his mother and father, who was a mining engineer, and, while living in New York, became an Eagle Scout. During World War II he served in the Canadian Army.
He received a bachelor's degree in music education from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and a master's in music from Columbia University. He taught music in the Philadelphia public schools for several years in the 1960s before entering the investment field with Eastman Dillon & Co.
Mr. Williams is survived by his wife, Barbara; a son, Robert W.; four grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. A son, Frederick L. Williams, preceded him in death. Funeral services were private.


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Posted by Walter Mason on Thursday, 5 August 2010
Labels: beauty, country music, cowboys, music, nostalgia
Can I make a confession?
I love country music!
Does that shock you? I know I am famous for my love of 80s trash and 50s cocktail-lounge music, but at least once a day I thrill to the guitar-twang of a bit of good 'ole country. I am a man of diverse interests, what can I say?
You see, I grew up in the bush, and my beloved grandmother was a real country and western fan. Our days were spent singing along to cassettes of Jim Reeves, Tom T. Hall and - the most elevated of all - Slim Dusty. Once a year or so Slim Dusty would bring his touring show to our small town, and my grandmother and I were invariably in the front row, applauding Slim and admiring the beauty of his wife Joy McKean. They were like royalty to us. When Chad Morgan would come on we would literally weep with laughter.
The most important television show of the week was always Reg Lindsay's Country Homestead, and indeed, the whole town would come to a standstill while this was on. Woe betide anyone who telephoned or visited during that sacred hour. And remember Donny & Marie's segment "I'm a little bit country, I'm a little bit rock & roll"? I bet you can guess which side I tended towards.
As I grew up my tastes in country refined somewhat. I became a slave to the by-now fashionable Divas of country, people like Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn and Lynn Anderson. By the time I was a club-going party-boy in the big city, Tammy Wynette had even released a House hit. My CD collection was briefly fashionable. Of course, there was more than a slight element of camp to all of it.
In recent years I have come to appreciate once more the rough-throated reflections of male country singers. Indeed, from an academic point of view I have begun to see Australian country music as a uniquely nuanced poetry of working-class masculinity. It expresses the particular sorrows and anxieties of men that have no other outlet in our popular culture. Ironically, it is in country that men are allowed to be their most vulnerable, as well as sentimental.
From a Queer perspective, there is also something intensely homosocial, and occasionally homerotic, about country music. This observation is, of course, nothing new - remember the cowboy in the Village People? The trope of the hyper-masculine country man has always been erotically charged, and though it's now more subtle (and the men more sensitive), I think it's still very powerfully there. The flanellette shirts and the bonds singlets, the two-day growth and the brooding stares are all still much in evidence, and are part and parcel of how men are packaged in the country music industry.
In Australia, too, country music is the only art form which still engages in serious questions of national identity and belonging. And it's not all triumphalism, as the uninitiated might imagine. Many of the songs one hears in this "new country" express ambiguity about national belonging and are quite complex and troubled meditations on being Australian. Interestingly, country still remains the musical genre of choice for many Aboriginal Australians, and indeed Aboriginal artists are common and popular on the scene.
So there it is, my apologia for a love of Aussie country music. Keep your eyes peeled for reviews.
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- Dolly said...
village people.
Oh nostalgic.
- 5 August 2010 at 23:48