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Saturday, August 01, 2009
20 comments:
- David Bikki said...
I can't fucking wait. One of the few times a year I'm envious of critics.
- Aug 1, 2009, 4:10:00 PM
- Hurricane Hagner said...
Is it September yet?
- Aug 1, 2009, 6:24:00 PM
- Unknown said...
Hell ya, sure it will be FUCKIN Great.
All the best,
Rio de Janeiro
- Aug 2, 2009, 1:34:00 AM
- andrea mangiri said...
90 minutes finale? cool!
- Aug 2, 2009, 5:29:00 AM
- Marion SOA said...
J'arrête pas de le dire mais franchement vivement que la saison 2 arrive, marre des séries qu'on nous diffuse en France, Sons Of Anarchy est vraiment super et j'espère bientôt pouvoir la visionner sur nos télés en France.
- Aug 2, 2009, 7:37:00 AM
- Caffiend said...
Hell man, all they have is the first part of the first act right? You can't have a clear picture until you've seen the whole thing; well so long as the story holds together, but lack of cohesiveness is not an issue for you from what I can tell.
2+ weeks for the video release of season 1 which I am fully planning a generous re-watching of.
- Aug 2, 2009, 9:22:00 AM
- Ben said...
Sons of Anarchy is, in my opinion, on par with The Sopranos. The acting is fantastic as is the story. Charlie Hunnam is a fantastic actor to watch and Charming feels like a real place. The story is put together so well that you feel like Charming actually exists and the Sons of Anarchy is truly a family. Bad review or good review, it is ultimately up to the viewers to decide how good the show is, and so far you've got a lot of them with you. If season 2 has the quality of season 1, then you've got nothing to worry about. Keep up the good work, you've made a fantastic show.
- Aug 2, 2009, 10:13:00 AM
- fxdgirl said...
AllI can say is last night I started watching episodes from last season.....I cant wait for the new season to start.
- Aug 2, 2009, 11:39:00 AM
- g said...
There are only 2 reasons to get insulted from critics:
1. If they touched a real vulnerable spot
2. If they write from pure evil, so the critic is irrelevant.
Stop killing them, Donna was enough!
Talk philosophy about Sam crow as a metaphor for the economic situation, USA today and the new flu, that should satisfy the critics.
Good luck!
- Aug 2, 2009, 11:48:00 AM
- zzzdog said...
"I hate the fact that I'm deeply impacted by the opinions of others" ...
I get what you're saying, but seriously, for your own good, you need to accept the futility of that thinking. You wouldn't be a person whose life-work is about communicating richly and imaginatively with others if you weren't deeply impacted by the reciprocity of that process. You're a communicator, a story-teller - you're invested and connected - feeling, projecting and caring about what others think is the flip-side of your work. There's really not much percentage in blaming yourself and calling yourself an immature idiot for the flip side of your gifts. Be grateful for one side and forgiving of the other - it's the price you pay for the goods.
I deal with this in my own, much smaller, world and I pretty much suck at it. I'm a wormy, irrational knot of mixed emotions about scrutiny and assessment. You know it's subjective and as much or more about the reviewer than it is about you, but that only goes so far. The real sticking point is that there's really no way around the fact that it feels personal if contempt flavors it at all -- no matter what the back-story variables you know nothing about. Snarky, cutting, or dismissive writing hits below the belt, intentional or not. How's that not going to sting? Who lives in that kind of vacuum? No one worth listening to, and you're worth listening to.
You may well be an emotionally immature idiot, obviously I wouldn't know. :) But, not on this score. Just my opinion of course, and I'm not sure why I felt moved to say any of this to a stranger who puts out a TV show I like, but there you go ...
Oh, was surprised to see episodes of SOA airing on FX late last night and into the wee hours. That's what made me check your blog today. Are they going to re-play the first season in a run up to the second?
- Aug 2, 2009, 12:24:00 PM
I just discovered the show over the weekend. I saw that Ryan Hurst was in it, and being a big fan of his, I had to watch. Got completely sucked in and stayed up to the wee hours of the morning watching a few episodes on FX. I'm still trying to catch up on Season One, but I'm already looking forward to Two!
- Aug 3, 2009, 4:24:00 AM
- Sons of Anarchy France said...
Hi Kurt, I think that if you are so impacted about what the critics could say, it's only because you love your job and because SoA is like your Baby. No ones likes that someone touches his baby. You're making a great job and we are all behind you !!!
Ludo from http://www.sonsofanarchyfrance.net
- Aug 3, 2009, 7:51:00 AM
- Caffiend said...
jesus fucking christ, I just read about the emmys trying to shit on the writers by not allowing them to receive their awards live.
More power to you Kurt for signing the letter to ATAS. You know, primacy might be too big a word for them. Just saying....
It is interesting to note that from all the internet tv stalking I do, which is not that much truth be known, that your fans appear way more literate than most. You should take that to heart.
- Aug 3, 2009, 8:08:00 PM
- Max Randal said...
Do not even think about the critics until you write the last 90minutes, they will only shrink your brain.
- Aug 4, 2009, 6:27:00 PM
- iamerica said...
I accidentally stumbled into Charming last weekend. I've had a rough summer and, though I love all of the high quality cable dramas already on my watch-list, I was feeling restless for something new.
It's been five days and I just fininshed the first season for the third time. I've never done this before. I'm usually more of a grazer when it comes to television. But Charming, the Sons, and Jax have pulled me in forever.
I joke with my co-workers that I'll never be able to love anyone again because my true love is a fictional man named Jax.
But it's more than that. The quality of the writing, filming, and acting are sensational. I'm constantly amazed by the depth and range of emotions portrayed by each character. Their complexity is astounding. I've always been a fan of bood/bad characters, bandit films and the like. And, more often than not, I'm caught rooting for the "bad" guy because he's so much better than the good ones.
Thank you for this. What a treat.
- Aug 5, 2009, 3:22:00 PM
- Pointman said...
Thanks for the heads up- but to tell you the truth I don't want the series to have a finale and go for 'x' number of seasons!
But you're the creator and I'll be damned if I will critique a industry I know very little about.
I'll drink in every sentence, phrase, and action.
Thank you again for bringing this series to life.
- Aug 6, 2009, 5:19:00 PM
- Unknown said...
Like everyone, I'm pysched about the upcoming second season of SoA. This show is one of my alltime favorites and I've watched a helluva lot of TV over the last four decades. Season One of SoA was so awesome, it re-ignited a long dormant urge to learn how to ride a motorcycle and earlier this summer I did just that and am now a licensed rider. Thanks Kurt & Kompany!
One thing that I would love to have with Season Two would be a weekly series of audio podcasts to coincide with the broadcast of each episode. I've been listening to the "Breaking Bad" podcasts from this past season of that series and it's really interesting hearing the producer, editors, writers and actors talk about what went into making each episode and the challenges that caused changes in the scripts etc.
Now that the taping of Season Two is nearing an end I'd be curious to know if things have gone along the path that Kurt envisioned for these episodes.
ALL THANKS to everyone involved with Sons of Anarchy for such an awesome TV show. Cheers!
- Aug 7, 2009, 12:26:00 PM
- EJL said...
Just saw a new promo for season 2! It kicks ass. Whoever is doing those this season is earning their money.
- Aug 7, 2009, 11:22:00 PM
This season looks like it will be AMAZING, Cant wait brother. Do you have any names for the episodes yet?
- Aug 8, 2009, 10:27:00 AM
- Keen Writes said...
Great Work! Love season one, looking forward to season two. I know some of those guys that you portray in the characters. Keep up the good work. And DO NOT let critics bust your balls. Pigdog
- Aug 12, 2009, 1:09:00 PM


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Luke Syverson is entering his fifth year as an assistant track & field and cross country coach at Lipscomb University.
Coach Syverson primarily serves as the field event coach. For the past four years he has also functioned as the recruiting coordinator for Men's and Women's Track & Field and Men's Distance events. Syverson also assists with both the men's and women's cross country programs.
The 2014 Indoor and Outdoor season followed previous record breaking seasons for the field event athletes since Syverson's arrival in 2010. This past season, 11 ASUN All-Conference honors were earned along with 14 new indoor and outdoor school records being broken by Bison field event athletes. The jumpers were led by sophomore Gemikal Prude who earned NCAA All-American honors at both the 2014 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Gemikal is the first Lipscomb men's track & field athlete to qualify for either championship event. He also improved the Lipscomb school record in the event to 2.21 meters outdoors. Bison newcomer, Phillip Smith capped off a great freshman campaign by finishing as ASUN runner-up in the triple jump and went on to finish seventh at the USATF Junior Outdoor National Championships with a personal record of 15.16 meters.
On the women's side, junior April Terry led the way by once again re-breaking all four of her school records in the shot put, weight throw, and hammer. Freshman Annika Backlund and sophomore Ki'Ana Christy each broke both indoor and outdoor school records in the pole vault and triple jump respectively. Lipscomb javelin throwers also shined taking three of the six ASUN All-Conference honors available at the outdoor meet.
During the 2013 season, Syverson coached his athletes to nine ASUN All-Conference honors including ASUN Outdoor Championship titles in the men's high jump and men's discus. This past season, 10 Lipscomb women's track & field school records and four men's track and field school records were broken in the jumps and throws. Highlights included freshman Gemikal Prude winning the ASUN high jump title after finishing second during the indoor season, breaking Phil Bodiford's indoor and outdoor records from 1976. Prude went on to qualify for the NCAA East Preliminaries in the event, where he finished 18th. Bison sophomore Houston Ward won the ASUN discus title along with runner-up honors in both the indoor and outdoor shot put. Sophomore April Terry continued her progression as she broke all four of her own school records in the indoor shot put, indoor weight throw, outdoor shot put, and hammer throw. Junior John Clevenger earned all ASUN honors with his third place finish in the javelin and sophomore Kevin Flyod earned all ASUN honors with his runner-up finish in the outdoor pole vault.
In 2012, his second full season at the helm of the throwing events, Syverson coached freshman Houston Ward to All-Conference honors in the men's shot put at the 2012 ASUN Indoor Championships, and coached Houston's teammate and fellow freshman April Terry as she added four school records in the women's throws. Lipscomb throwers and jumpers accounted for 12 top eight finishes at the 2012 ASUN Outdoor Championships in 2012. These honors included All-Conference honors earned by Junior Taylor Mason in the women's javelin.
In his first season (2011) at Lipscomb, Syverson's athletes accounted for 14 new school records in the sprints and throws, and included all of the outdoor sprint and relay records on the women's side. Other highlights included freshman Tucker Peabody's ASUN All-Conference honors in the 200 meters, with a time that broke a 35-year-old Lipscomb school record. Tucker qualified for the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships in both the 100 meters and 200 meters.
Syverson competed in the long jump and triple jump for Washington State University of the Pac-12 and finished his Bachelor's degree from Eastern Washington University in Physical Education in 1998.
Syverson began his coaching career at Pullman High School where he was responsible for the horizontal jumpers. During his two years at Pullman, he coached five state qualifiers in the jumps including the fifth farthest long jumper in Washington state history.
From 1996-2002, Syverson served as the assistant coach at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington where he coached the long, triple, and high Jumps. While at Whitworth, Syverson coached numerous conference and national qualifiers in the jumps at the NAIA and NCAA D III level. At the 2001 Northwest Conference Championships, Whitworth's women's track & field team won their first ever title and the men won their first conference championship in 30 years.
After a brief break from coaching due to a career in retail management with Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), Syverson became the Athletic Director and Dean of Students at Mount Rainier Lutheran High School in Tacoma, Wash. in 2005. Syverson was charged with creating the first athletic program at the new school and became the school's first cross-country and track & field coach. In the first five years, Syverson's teams captured three state track & field championships, sweeping both the boy's and girl's titles in 2010. It was the first time a school in their classification had swept both titles in state history. His cross-country teams placed in the top eight at the state championships three times. His teams earned six District and six league championships, and his track & field athletes qualified for the state championships 47 times while his cross country runners qualified for the state championships 38 times. He was named Sea-Tac League Coach of the Year six times.
Syverson has also served as the horizontal jumps coach at the Washington State University track & field camp 12 times. He has coached all event areas and has been a presenter and speaker at several coaching clinics and schools. He is a USATF level two certified coach in the sprints, hurdles, and relays. He also holds a USTFCCCA Technical Certification in throws and still competes occasionally at the Master's level. He was the 2008 USATF Master's National Champion in the triple jump and javelin in his age group.
Luke and his wife, Sarah, reside in Franklin with their four children. He enjoys all sports and outdoor recreation including mountain bike and cyclocross racing, hiking, and skiing.

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CRESTVIEW � Revising the city charter may again come before voters in 2014.
CRESTVIEW � Revising the city charter may again come before voters in 2014.
Council President Robyn Helt said she will bring a draft city charter, including a city administrator position, before the council early next year. A city administrator, or manager, is a council-appointed professional who would oversee the day-to-day operation of the city.
A professional administrator who oversees all departments could address redundancy and potential liabilities, and identify cost-saving, revenue generating measures, Helt said.
Helt raised the matter during a Dec. 16 meeting while city leaders mulled a proposed water rate increase. The council sometimes debates matters it has minimal expertise with, but ignores hired experts' advice, she said.
One example, Helt said, is consultant Tetratech's evaluation of Crestview's water utility billing. The company's final report recommended raising water rates, but in September, the council instead raised property taxes.
"We spent more than $100,000 for a qualified expert to tell us whether or not we should raise water rates, and now we're debating ... whether the city should raise water rates," Helt said. "That doesn't make sense to me."
"The point is, because department heads are so focused on doing day-to-day work, how much of our fiscal house is being overlooked?" she said.
Helt has supported a city manager form of government at least since 2009, when she served on a citizens advisory committee that evaluated the current 1960s city charter.
She said she is "willing to concede an elected city clerk instead of an appointed city clerk. Voters resisted a provision for an appointed clerk in a recent proposed charter. Retaining an elected city clerk was also one of the charter review committee's recommendations.
To bring public safety under the city manager's authority, the charter would have to be changed to remove the police and fire departments from the mayor's purview.
Voters have consistently rejected a city manager form of government six times since it was first voted on in 1957.
A November 2012 revised charter ballot item was rendered moot by a clerical error but was discovered too late to remove it from the printed ballot.
Though their vote was non-binding, 72 percent of registered voters � a record turnout for the charter issue � voted on the measure anyway, defeating the proposal 4,319 to 3,795.
Following the defeat, the council suggested presenting the city administrator and clerk provisions � which had generated the most opposition � and the balance of the proposed charter in a "menu" of three components.
Supervisor of Elections Paul Lux said if a new charter is brought before voters, two scheduled opportunities in 2014 include the August primary and the November general election.
"Because of the length of a normal general election ballot, I normally do not recommend any municipality place anything on a November ballot," Lux said.
Contact News Bulletin Staff Writer Brian Hughes at 850-682-6524 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cnbBrian.


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An enduring education
January 04, 2012
Biology-Psychology Hall
Amelia Wilcox '81 traces her Lewis & Clark connection over the course of her life. One of six in her family to graduate from Lewis & Clark, she earned a bachelor of arts in psychology on her way to a career in clinical psychology.
"There is a way in which this school allows students to find their own path," Wilcox said. "The journey I took here changed me forever. My coursework did that. My overseas trip did that. I learned so many things here that have served me all of my life."
Currently teaching in the Department of Psychology, Wilcox previously worked as assistant clinical professor of psychiatry in the School of Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco and as a member of the medical staff at San Francisco General Hospital. A passionate advocate for the college, she served as president of the Board of Alumni from 2009-11.
In this video, Wilcox and fellow alumni reflect on what makes a Lewis & Clark education special. From our global community to our rigorous academics, we offer a well-rounded liberal arts experience.
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President Barack Obama comes to San Francisco Tuesday night. By the time he leaves the Bay Area on Wednesday, incumbent Senator Barbara Boxer will have a lot more money.
Two fundraisers are planned; one atop San Francisco's tony Nob Hill and one at the Pacific Heights mansion of Gordon Getty. Boxer's campaign war chest could grow by seven figures after the two events.
In fact, the quick fundraising stop could give Boxer enough money to last through November. If Tom Campbell or Chuck Devore beat out Carly Fiorina for the Republican nomination in the June 8 primary, Boxer should have enough money for the general election, University of San Francisco political science professor Corey Cook said.
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Fiorina, the well-financed former Hewlit Packard CEO, could draw Obama back -- especially if Meg Whitman wins the Republican gubernatorial primary. Obama could knock out two birds with one stone, campaigning for Boxer and goburnatorial candidate Jerry Brown.
But it's the Senate race that looms large in November -- it's possible that the battle for control of the Senate could be down to one or two seats.
"It's critical for the Democrats to hold California in the senate," Cook said.
Republicans see the Obama visit as a sign of Boxer's weakness.
"This is his second visit to California in less than a month," says Mark Standriff of the California Republican Party. "She's in trouble. Boxer isn't polling above 43% against any of the Republican candidates, and she has a high negative ranking."
All the more reason for a visit from the President, local democrats say.
"The fact that he's coming here makes Democrats feel good," Santa Clara Democratic Chairman Steve Preminger said.


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Siri could be coming to your new iPad, at least according to one report.
Apple is at work on Siri Assistant for its iOS 6, according to 9to5Mac, and the talkative app will be available on the iPad, not just the iPhone. That means that Siri will have all the features (barring the phone ones) available on the iPad, including iMessaging, playing music, calendar management, contacts, reminders, emailing and notes.
While some may worry that the iPad's microphone may be too far for Siri to hear properly hear what's being said, 9to5Mac's sources scoffed at this. Instead, they say that it has the "same or similar accuracy to the iPhone 4S."
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However, Siri for the iPad isn't a full-screen application but a small window on top of the screen. It also is unlikely that it will used on any iPad other than the three-month-old version with retina display. Those with an iPad 2 will probably miss out on the app.
Will this be one of the big announcements at WWDC next week? It could be, but it's hardly a showstopper. Siri for the iPhone is kind of a necessity because people tend to be on the move, but not so for the iPad, which is generally used while relaxing at home. We will be hoping for a much more interesting announcement next week.


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Lorenzen, Mark (, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The paper presents stylized facts about the economic organisation of the film industry, arguing that while we know a lot about production, specialization and internationalization, the complex processes of globalization are still under-researched. The paper concludes with a research agenda of how to address globalization. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7775
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Bille, Trine; Agersnap, Flemming; Jensen, Søren; Vestergaard, Trine (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to study careers and income conditions of performing artists in Denmark on the basis of national statistics. The paper uses three different criteria for defining performing artist, and looks at the implications observed on careers and income conditions. The three different criteria for defining performing artists are: 1) Having a job as performing artist, 2) Graduation from a performing art school, and 3) Membership of professional performing artist's association. The paper has focus on three questions: How are the income conditions of performing artists in the period 1996 – 2007? How are the career length and patterns of the performing artists in Denmark? How is the careers related to the income conditions of the artists? The results concerning the living conditions for performing artists shows in general very low income levels for most of the artists, and only about 1/3 of them are working within the theatre sector. A regression model for 2007 shows a positive effect on earning of age, being a man, working in Copenhagen capital area, having work experience, having a basic actor education, and work as a dancer/choreograph or as an actor/director. The analysis of career length shows that most performing actors have very short careers of one or two years. Cross-tabulations for 2007 shows that those with short careers in general have very low income, while those with longer careers have substantial higher income, and most of them have an income high enough to make a living. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8177
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Shared Leadership in a Filmmaking CompanyStrandgaard, Jesper (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: How can organizations innovate and break with conventions without losing their legitimacy? Organizing for legitimacy (serving tradition and convention) often contrasts organizing for innovation and is often perceived a choice between two evils. This paper suggests that leaders can reconcile the legitimacy-innovation tension by combining and addressing them as two complimentary processes. An ethnographic case study depicts how shared leadership in a highly successful filmmaking company, confronts the legitimacy-innovation tension and, based on a combination of 'out-of-fashion' and contra-intuitive actions, their search for new solutions makes them balance between being a rebel or an outlaw. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8392
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Csaba, Fabian Faurholt (, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This study first addresses some of the key definitional, conceptual and moral issues arising in the analysis of luxury. It points to the challenges of even defining luxury, and instead adopts and extends a flexible scheme for conceptualizing luxury. This provides a framework for investigation the consumption and management of luxury today. We then examine contemporary luxury through different perspectives on "new luxury" and the related issue of the rise of Asia as the world's primary market for luxury. While the paper does aim to give a sense of the characteristics of the present-day luxury scene, the central focus of the study is on discourses on luxury. We consider to what extent and in which ways luxury is being redefined – by "new luxury" and Asia's ascent. Finally the paper suggest themes and pointers for further research. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7765
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Skov, Lise; Melchior, Marie Riegels (, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Dress and fashion are rich and varied fields of study. Some scholars refer to them as 'hybrid subjects' because they bring together different conceptual frameworks and disciplinary approaches, including those from anthropology, art history, cultural studies, design studies, economics, history, literature, semiotics, sociology, visual culture and business studies. Invariably, such a pervasive phenomenon as dress has always been the subject of much commentary. Since the late 19th century, there has been no scarcity of research, but studies have been somewhat sporadic and tended to stay within these bounds of their own disciplines. From the 1960s to the 1990s, the leading educational institutions with words like dress and fashion in their titles, were, firstly, design schools and technical training institutions, servicing the industry, and secondly, institutes devoted to the study of dress history, directed as museums. It was only in the last decades of the 20th century that various approaches were integrated across disciplines and institutions so that it became possible to talk about something like 'fashion studies', reflected by the emergence of research centres, academic journals and graduate programmes with such heading. However, both the term, and what it is perceived to represent, is contested; while some scholars and institutions endorse 'fashion studies', others reject it or distance themselves from it. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7766
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CPH Kids and Danish Children's FashionCsaba, Fabian Faurholt; Larsen, Frederik (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: During the Copenhagen Fashion Week A/W 2010, CPH Kids opened as the first independent trade fair for children's clothing. Despite considerable resistance, the fair managed to establish itself and challenge the established order by providing a venue devoted fully to children's clothing and luring away exhibitors and visitors looking for change. In this paper, we analyze the dynamic development and distinctive traits of the children's clothing sector symbolized at the new fair. Our study contributes to inquiry into the role of fairs and festivals in the creative industries by examining the special case of coinciding, competing trade fairs. We introduce and build on three closely related, but in our view complementary, concepts applied and developed in analyses of festivals, trade shows and other kinds of temporary, usually competitive events, namely tournament rituals, field configuring events and tournaments of value. We establish the common ground of the three approaches, particular their assertion of the rich research potential and vital significance of festivals, fairs and similar events for many fields, whether deemed creative or not. We also single out particular strengths of each approach, which inform our inquiry. They review of theory, points to how existing work has explored fairs as arenas of conflict between exhibitors as well as the rivalry between events separated in time and/or place. In our case, we demonstrate how the emergence of a rival fair both incites and exposes division or segmentation of a field. This observation in our view, challenges prevailing understandings of the relationship between fields and the events, we assume represent and shape them. We argue that it is more complicated than extant theory suggests, and this has implications for the analysis of the fairs and to their role in configuring field. We raise questions about the precise manner in and extent to which events configure field, and point to the agency of event organizers, the fair context and the fair as medium as factors that need to be factored in. The reflections on the field configuring capacity of fairs and similar event, inform our explorations of Danish childrenswear. Following the tournament of value-approach, we place values – more specifically how different values are affirmed and negotiated at the fairs – at the center of our analysis. The approach suggests, that symbolic value, and ultimately the (economic) value exchange value, of cultural products are established through judgments of their technical/material, social, situational, appreciative and utility values. However, we do not focus as much on specific evaluative practices in the field, as the cultural values and norms around which childhood is constructed. These values are vital for the field of children's clothing, so we address contemporary concerns about childhood placing a particular emphasis on the Nordic context with its the notion of "the competent child". While our analysis only offers only selected snapshots of the many activities at the two fairs, we have pointed to some of the ways in which positions are staked, values are addressed, forms of capital built and exchanged, and different field configuring mechanisms operate. We conclude, that while further research is required to gauge the field configuring impact of CPH Kids and explore the values, identities and structures of Danish children's fashion in more depth, our investigation points to the field dividing impact that fairs might have. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8254
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analysed through costume and movement in Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonSkov, Lise (, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this essay, I wish to examine the relation between body, movement and costume in Chinese martial arts film. I propose to see fight choreography as dance, and I rush to say that this is a totally unoriginal claim on my part; practically any book or commentary on the martial arts genre will use the word dance, either literally or evocatively. There are good reasons for this, as I will discuss below. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7778
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Singapore as a City for the ArtsOoi, Can-Seng (, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Can the arts and cultural prosper under a less than democratic political regime? This paper looks at the soft authoritarian Singaporean government and the making of Singapore into a "City for the Arts". Many scholars advocate that a culturally vibrant and creative city must also celebrate diversity, tolerance and experimentation. This implies that a democratic space is needed for creative energies to flow. Singapore is not known for its democracy. But Singapore has become relatively successful in being the cultural hub in the region. A more liberal approach to diversity and criticism of the authorities can now be observed but there are still many strong-handed social and political controls in the city-state. This paper shows that the Singapore authorities weigh the economic, political and social costs while they liberalize the environment to promote Singapore as a City for the Arts. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7916
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An Anthropological ApproachMoeran, Brian (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This working paper – written for inclusion as a chapter on Japanese society, to be published in Chinese by the Beijing University of Foreign Studies later in 2011 – looks at popular culture as a form of cultural production. It argues for the need to study popular cultural forms like advertisements, ceramics, fashion magazines and folk art as both products and as processes of design, manufacture, distribution, appreciation and use, which must all be taken into account. Precisely because popular cultural forms are both cultural products and commodities, they reveal the complementary nature of the two categories of culture and the economy. The paper outlines and analyses the different ways in which social, cultural, symbolic and economic capital are converted by those participating in advertising, ceramic, fashion magazine and folk art worlds, and suggests that popular culture may best be seen as a name economy. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8252
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Abstract: This working paper is a case study about the development of a faience product line in Royal Copenhagen and illustrates several aspects of how, at what stages of development, and by whom, cultural products in general are evaluated. Three theoretical issues emerge. One concerns the constraints imposed upon design and production by the use of materials and, to a lesser extent, technology. Another argues that product development has to take place within a particular brand and genre – in this case, those of Royal Copenhagen. A third reveals the way in which the design and manufacture of a particular cultural product had to be negotiated within a particular organizational world embracing both management and workers, with differentiated skills. These issues lead to a more general discussion of craftsmanship and storytelling. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8338
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Abstract: Film festivals are claimed to be leading events establishing the reputation of directors and producers in the film industry and they constitute a well-established field in itself. Film festivals have become a widespread phenomenon over the last fifty years with specialization as an emerging feature, profiling festivals on the basis of the participating genre and quality of movies, directors and actors. Such a structured field constitutes an interesting domain to analyze challenges and advantages of late adopters in an institutionalized field. This paper is concerned with the strategic responses and efforts made by two late adopters film festivals – Copenhagen international film festival (CIFF), launched in 2003, and Festa del Cinema di Roma (FCR) launched in 2006 – in order to establish themselves as international film festivals within the international film festival field. The comparative study of two film festivals is based on qualitative data and thrives on business ethnographical methods. The paper investigates how the two festivals have positioned themselves and how they face the inclusion-exclusion dilemma (Brewer, 1991; Alvarez et al., 2005) establishing themselves within the institutionalised field of international film festivals. Combining the classical work by Tolbert and Zucker (1983) on early and late adopters in the diffusion of management ideas and practices with Suchman's (1995) forms of legitimacy and Lawrence and Suddaby's (2006) notion of institutional work, we analyze how imitation and innovation pressures have shaped the frames used to position and legitimate the film festivals and their relation with the industry. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7782
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Abstract: It seems to be an established fact in the organizational psychological literature that participation in decision making leads to creativity and innovation in work groups and organizations. A quite extensive amount of research has claimed that the link exists, although only a somewhat smaller amount of research has established that there is a link between the two constructs of participation in decision making and creativity. But although this link has been clearly documented theories with clearly stated causal explanations of why participation in decision making (pdm) would lead to creativity and innovation are extremely rare. The literature has pointed to a large number of mediating variables and possible effects of pdm that could possibly explain the link to creativity, but explicit causal theories and experimental evidence of the validity of such theories remain relatively few. Suggested mediating factors include such different models as enhanced intrinsic motivation (Amabile, 2001; Conti & Amabile, 1999), reduction in resistance to change (De Dreu & West, 2001), pooling of unshared knowledge (Latham, Winters, & Locke, 1994) and better utilization of individual differences in cognitive style (Kirton, 1989), and improved work environment for creativity (e.g., Isaksen, Lauer, Ekvall, & Britz, 2001). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8256
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By Ruth Ellen Gruber
The Prague Jewish Museum is the most visited museum in the Czech Republic -- drawing more than half a million visitors a year.
So in a way, it's high time that it has opened a new visitor information and reservation center.
The new facility opened Feb. 3 at Meiselsa 15, close to the historic synagogues that house the museum's collections, as well as to other Jewish sites such as the Old-New synagogue, the Old Jewish cemetery and the Jewish Town Hall.
According to the museum's announcement on its web site:
This new site provides visitors with a multimedia information space and offers a range of additional services. It is an interactive information gateway with basic details about the monuments and permanent exhibitions in the Jewish Town, as well as about specific Jewish monuments in Prague and the rest of the Czech Republic. It also contains information about current educational and cultural programmes held by the museum and related organizations and institutions. Visitors will also be given useful tips on where to find kosher meals and on services provided by travel agencies specializing in Jewish heritage tours. [...] As well as providing services for individual tourists, the new centre will also accept bookings from guides, school representatives and travel agencies. It also includes a rest area with refreshments and toilet facilities, as well as disabled access and a baby changing table.
In October, the museum will mark 20 years since it was given back to Jewish ownership by the state, and the new visitor center is just one of the initiatives and changes that are being implemented this year to mark the anniversary.


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Gartner recently released it's Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies and ReadWriteWeb has some good analysis. For those who aren't familiar with the Gartner Hype Cycle , it's essentially a map of technologies over five phases. Those phases correspond with the value of a particular technology. As you would imagine, technologies start off very exciting with a ton of hype. As reality sets in, the hype dies down, and people end up underestimating the technology (this is the Trough of Disillusionment). Finally people start to figure out both the true value of a technology and how to use it effectively and it enters the Plateau of Productivity.
I've always thought the Flash Platform provided the best way to experiment with emerging technologies and provided companies with a widespread distribution on which to experiment and test these technologies. Our community also has the most cutting edge and creative developers, so Flash has a built in advantage that you guys just try things first. As a result, I've always tracked this particular Hype Cycle to plot it against the Flash communities interests. I've mapped out the hype cycle below and then explained in detail which technologies relate to projects or capabilities of the Flash Platform
- Video Search – This is something we've been working on for a while. The latest version of Flash Media Server supports adding searchable metadata to live streams so you can make live video searchable.
- Surface Computers – Surface computing is all about the multi-touch. We've got you covered with Flash.
- Augmented Reality – The guys over at Spark have been doing this for a while with their port of the FLARToolkit. And we're seeing a lot of examples of augmented reality and Flash.
- Internet TV – This can mean a bunch of different things, but I take it to mean internet connected TVs (of course just Internet TV like Hulu is also covered by Flash). While Adobe isn't in the TV hardware business, we are working on Flash Player for television sets with our Digital Home initiative. That means Flash Platform developers can target these internet connected TVs.
- E-Book Readers – We're not working on our own eBook Reader, but the EPUB format is becoming an eBook standard for consuming digital book content. And we've got software like Digital Editions, a desktop eBook Reader.
- Video Telepresence – arguably not the most cutting edge, but Gartner predicts that video telepresence will cost the travel industry $3.5 billion annually by 2012 and Adobe Connect is a slick little product that does a lot and works everywhere the Flash Player is installed.
- Online Video – Hopefully this one doesn't need any backup. Flash IS video on the web.
- Public Virtual Worlds – A bit of a stretch but Flash is powering a number of virtual worlds including SmallWorlds and AllGirlArcade's Spark City. The collaboration feature, interactivity, and runtime proliferation make the Flash Platform a pretty good place to deploy virtual worlds.
- SOA – LiveCycle ES is all about SOA and it makes it easy for companies to integrate existing systems and leverage them as services.
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By Tom Withers | Associated Press
CLEVELAND -- Alex Tanney can perform trick shots with a football. The Browns don't need him to do anything more fancy than learn their plays.
At least, for now.
With starter Jason Campbell out with a concussion, the Browns agreed to contract terms with Tanney on Tuesday, bringing him in to back up Brandon Weeden, who is expected to start on Sunday against Jacksonville.
Tanney has spent this season on Dallas' practice squad. The second-year pro set several Division III records while at Monmouth College (Ill.), and he's also a YouTube sensation with a video in which he throws a football over scoreboards, into a moving pickup truck, from 40 yards from his knees to hit a goal post's crossbar, and into basketball hoops from long range.
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Tanney completed 40 of 73 passes for 423 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions in the exhibition season for the Cowboys. He signed as an undrafted free agent with Kansas City last year, but spent the season on injured reserve with a finger injury.
At Monmouth, he set Division III career marks with 14,249 yards passing and 157 TDs.
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Campbell has not been formally ruled out, but Chudzinski said "chances are" Weeden will start.
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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and fail to win the Masters. Something's off with your golf game these days. Must be all the philandering. LET'S GO!
HOUSE – 8:00PM (FOX) It's the 150th episode tonight! Woohoo! Hooray! That makes it 150 times that you've watched House guess the wrong disease only to have a sudden epiphany right at the :53 mark in the show and solve the case. Never gets old. Coming back to the show tonight is the fetching Olivia Wilde, who surely can't be sticking around very long, what with the whole movie star leap. Wilde's character Thirteen comes back tonight and we learn that Thirteen has been in PRISON. Of course she has. She's so edgy! She likes girls, and knows how to buy drugs! She's tew kewl for yew! ANTICIPATION: WILDE!
TWO AND A HALF MEN – 9:30PM (CBS) It's a rerun tonight, but can I just point out the title of this episode is "The Crazy Bitch Gazette"? Why am I not sad that this show may never return? Also, I've noticed that virtually every mention of this show's hiatus is talked about strictly in terms of lost profits and industry jobs. No one is ever like, "Oh, and some people liked watching it." It's like when a Vin Diesel movie opens big. No one knows why, it just makes money. ANTICIPATION: SEXIST!
ANTIQUE ROADSHOW – 8:00PM (PBS) Coming to you from exciting Billings, Montana. Yes, Billings. Where people actually have time to sort through their aunt Gladys' estate sale. Among the items appraised tonight are weapons used at Custer's Last Stand. Like THOSE were effective. ANTICIPATION: PAWNY!
REDISCOVERING ALEXANDER HAMILTON – 10:00PM (PBS) Learn all about the dude on the ten-dollar bill, who you totally thought was a former President but was not! With thoughts from Nino Scalia, Rupert Murdoch, and Larry Flynt. And I never thought I'd hear those three names mentioned together, except on the invite for a secret Georgetown bondage club. ANTICIPATION: HISTORICAL!
KATE PLUS EIGHT – 10:00PM (TLC) Kate and her brood visit Steve Irwin's family (haven't they suffered enough?) at Zoo Australia, where Kate tries feeding a crocodile. And I think I speak for all of us when I say I hope that croc bites off a bit more than he can chew. ANTICIPATION: KATE DOWN UNDER!
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text: Now that 2011 has come to a close, it is time for me to look back on the year. This by no means is an inclusive list of all the activity in 2011. For something close to that, check out the archives of the Smithsonian/USGS Global Volcanism Program. However, this is a look back at many of the volcanic topics we tackled on Eruptions this year. Enjoy! January 2011 started with a number of the usual suspects making noise, including Kizimen in Kamchatka, a renewed burst of activity at Indonesia's Anak Krakatau and explosions at Bromo. By mid-month, we started to see the signs of what was to be a very busy year at Italy's Etna as small explosions began to occur at the beginning of the month and the st1st paroxysm of 2011 began on January 13. However, the biggest eruption was from Japan's Kirishima volcanic complex, where the Shimnoedake crater produced impressive explosive plumes (see above) and produced a small dome as well. The activity at Kirishima continued into the spring. January also brought my examination of Vatnajökull in Iceland (a bit of unintentional foreshadowing for the Grímsvötn eruption later in the year) and I posted the "Volcano webcams of the World" compendium. We also had the first of a long line of media sensationalism over geologic events, this first one on an earthquake swarm at Yellowstone (and somebody let Michio Kaku talk). Image: Webcam capture of Kirishima in Japan erupting on January 26, 2011.February February brought fresh seismicity to two areas that got people's attention – the Taal caldera in the Philippines and Vatnajökull in Iceland. Only one lead to an eruption this year, which shows how difficult it can be to make predictions of volcanic activity based on the hints a volcano can provide, like seismicity or gas emissions. Eruptions continued at Kirishima, we saw evidence for dome growth at Colombia's Huila (see above) and we saw activity at Kilauea (including a lava lake highstand) while new eruptions occurred at Bulusan in the Philippines and Indonesia's Lokon-Empung and we saw the bubbling at Dallol in Africa. We looked at the 1886 eruption of Tarawera in New Zealand after the famed Pink Terraces were rediscovered, while the south island suffered another significant earthquake in Christchurch. I also examined the potential of power generation from magma and the sensationalism of scientific research concerning Mt. Baker in Washington. And Etna erupted. Image: Dome growth at Huila in Colombia in early February 2011. Image courtesy of INGEOMINAS.March March started out with a bang, as the crater floor at Puu Oo collapsed. This was followed closely by the opening of a new fissure on Kilauea, what came to be called the "Kamoamoa" eruption. This new fissure would erupt for the next few weeks and was the first activity at Kilauea outside of the Puu Oo or Halemaumau area in years. However, by the end of the month, activity was returning to normal and the Kamoamoa eruption was over. The biggest news of the month, however, was not volcanic but rather the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan – we did see eruptions of Kirishima and Sakurajima after the earthquake but so far the "predicted" eruption of Fuji following the earthquake never materialized. Speaking of which, remember how the Supermoon caused global catastrophes on March 18? Yeah, me neither. In the Philippines, carbon dioxide emissions at Taal were on the rise, along with the seismicity. I also looked at the prospects of drilling into the mantle – and why it isn't entirely necessary. Image: The Kamoamoa Fissure on Kilauea seen in mid March, 2011. Image from HVO/USGS webcam.April Ruapehu in New Zealand started the month showing some signs of increased unrest, including very warm temperatures in the summit crater lake. However, nothing came of this activity. The alert at Taal in the Philippines also rose, with government officials preparing for evacuations and at the time, an eruption looked more or more likely. A couple volcanoes in South America got our attention as Tungurahua produced its largest eruption in a decade and Planchon-Peteroa in Chile produced a small explosive plume. People were getting nervous about an earthquake swarm near Aurora/Bodie on the California/Nevada border – was it magmatically related? It turns out it wasn't, instead it was motion along a normal fault. I looked at the Eyjafjallajökull eruption one year later and a study of the ash showed that the decision to close the airspace of Europe was likely the right one. I also talked about how a docudrama like Supervolcano can tell us about how people perceive certainty and uncertainty and why you might ever bomb a volcano (see evidence above). And Etna erupted. Image: Cement dividers dropped on a lava flow at Etna in Italy in 1992. Image courtesy of Claude Grampey.May As May started, another Chilean volcano was put on alert – a certain Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (we all know what comes next). Japan was another eruption as a small explosive event occurred at the Aso caldera while in Central America, Telica in Nicaragua has a number of significant explosive eruptions as well. However, the big event of the month was the eruption at Grímsvötn in Iceland (see above). The subglacial explosive event produced the tallest plume in decades in Iceland, reaching as high as 18 km / 60,000 feet. However, the eruption didn't produce the same level of disruption in Europe as 2010's Eyjafjallajökull and within a week, the Grímsvötn eruption was over. We also chuckled at the idea of a big action/romance about the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption and I get a little testy towards bad science in the media, including volcanic heating of the oceans (isn't happening) and the "Great Rome Earthquake" (didn't happen). And Etna erupted. Image: Radar image of the ash plume from Grímsvötn in late May, 2011.June I started June by looking at how carbon dioxide could be a volcanic hazard in its own right after all the news of degassing at the Dieng Plateau in Indonesia – later in the month I looked at an EOS article the very clearly showed how volcanoes cannot be the source of the sharply increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. However, our attention was quickly taken by the massive eruption of Puyehue-Cordón Caulle in Chile (see above) that disrupted life in much of southern South America for the winter. There was some impressive footage of the thick pumice and ash from the eruption, including scuba divers swimming through pumice-coated lakes. Not long after the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption came news of an eruption in remote Eritrea. At first it was thought to be from Dubbi, but it was quickly realized through satellite images that it was, in fact, the Nabro caldera. Across the planet, Mt. Rainier in Washington reminded us that even when a volcano isn't erupting, it can be hazardous. We also marked the th20th anniversary of the eruption of Pinatubo in the Philippines. Image: The ash plume from Puyehue-Cordón Caulle punching through the clouds in early June, 2011. Image courtesy of the NASA Earth Observatory.July When July opened, the alert at Taal as lowered as both seismicity and gas emissions were down – and no eruption ever occurred. However, the media did get a hold of "unrest" at Hekla in Iceland with the usual sensationalized results – but just to keep everybody on their toes, Katla chose July to produce a small jokulhlaup, likely caused by a very minor eruption under the Myrdalsjökull. I spent much of July in the field, so a couple guest posts kept us entertained along with a great Q&A from Dr. Clive Oppenheimer, including questions on the ongoing Nabro eruption (see above). However, I did have time to debunk some terrible "science" that claimed an eruption had occurred at Pisgah Crater in California – we would revisit this sort of nonsense in August with the "steaming hills" of Santa Barbara. Oh yes, and Etna erupted (four times!) Image: Nabro in Eritrea erupting in early July, 2011. Image courtesy of the NASA Earth Observatory.August The start of August saw my first post on the seismicity at El Hierro in the Canary Islands and I could a stab at what to expect (if only I thought the eruption would be submarine) and as the month wore on, we also saw deformation at the hotspot volcano. Over at another hotspot, the Puu Oo crater at Kilauea was hosting a large lava lake until the lava lake collapse and new flows issued from the crater. We got to see the results of recent volcanism on the ocean floor with a great live stream of the ROPOS dive to Axial Seamount (see above). I had some pictures from my visit to Lassen Peak in July and the heavy snows from the winter of 2010-11 were still readily evident. Closer to (my) home, at the end of the month the eastern U.S. felt its first sizable earthquake in decades, centered in northern Virginia. We also had news of new activity at Indonesia's Marapi (as opposed to Merapi). In fact, Indonesia was active the whole year and sometimes because of how constant that activity is we lose track of how volcanically active it can be – 2011 saw activity or rumblings at no less than 14 Indonesian volcanoes (Anak Krakatau, Karangetang, Bromo, Dieng Plateau, Lokon-Empung, Merapi, Marapi, Soputan, Papandayan, Tambora, Lewotobi, Ranakah, Dukono, Gamalama and Ijen). Image: Pillow lavas from Axial Seamount off the coast of Oregon, seen during the ROPOS '11 dive in late August.September At the end of August and into September, we heard that there were signs of unrest at one of the world's most famous volcanoes – Tambora. However, unlike many of the news stories, a new eruption of Tambora is not likely to destroy us all. Another favorite of the doom-and-gloom crowd, Katla, also rumbled, with seismic swarms that continued into the fall, making 2011 one of the most seismically-active years in the past decade at Katla. The eruption at Puyehue-Cordón Caulle in Chile continued, but the activity was more subdued so flights could resume to cities close to the volcano. I took a look at the rumblings in Colombia this year – not a lot of activity, but plenty of noise. El Hierro was also beginning to get more interesting, as the seismicity increased. I also made the move here to Wired during the middle of the month. And Etna erupted (see above). Image: Etna erupting in late September 2011. Image courtesy of Dr. Boris Behncke, INGV Catania.October October kept me busy in more ways than one – and showed my dedication to the blog as the activity at El Hierro finally lead to an eruption on October 10 (coincidentally the same day Esa was born). Over the next few weeks, we talked about all the "Jacuzzis" and "coconuts" related to this eruption that was taking place under hundreds of meters of seawater. A few volcanoes were showing signs of unrest or new explosions, including Costa Rica's Poás and Rincon de la Vieja and over at Anak Krakatau. Meanwhile, seismicity at Rainier and Mauna Kea got people's attention, but neither seemed to be directly related to magma in the volcano. I took a look at volcanism on Mercury and where I might put my volcanic "evil lair". However, the month closed with a surprise eruption as Cerro Hudson in Chile (see above) produced a small explosive eruption likely caused by steam in the upper parts of the volcanic conduits. And Etna erupted. Image: Plumes from Cerro Hudson in Chile seen in late October 2011. Image courtesy of SERNAGEOMIN.November We were all waiting for November to spawn a monster at El Hierro (see above), but the volcanic activity remained submarine for much of the month. The eruption was coughing up some impressive examples of magma mixing throughout the month. In Africa, Nyamuragira produced its largest fissure eruption in years, with fire fountains reaching over 200 meters tall. Taking a break from Vulcan's View of volcanoes from space, I took us in to see volcanic rocks under the microscope. And Etna erupted (for the 18th and last time in 2011). Image: A "jacuzzi" of hot seawater and volcanic material above the submarine eruption south of El Hierro, seen in early November. Image courtesy of INVOLCAN.December The year ended on the relatively quiet side in terms of volcanic activity. In Indonesia, Gamalama erupted and the rains that followed produced lahars (volcanic mudflows) that killed at least a half dozen people living near the volcano. Another surprise eruption occurred in eastern Africa as Jebel Zubair in the Red Sea erupted to form a new island (we'll see how long it lasts – see above). Finally, Cleveland in Alaska closed out the year with a new explosive eruption after spending much of the fall producing a new dome at the summit. In what might be my most popular post ever, I looked at what might really happen if you fell into lava and after my trip to AGU 2011, I talked about how to gauge the duration of giant eruptions. All in all, 2011 was another exciting year when it comes to volcanic activity – hopefully 2012 will be just as exciting! Image: The eruption near Jebel Zubair in the Red Sea, seen on December 23, 2011. 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Education and Outreach Events at the MRS Meeting
March 10, 2010
It's all-MRS-all-the-time around here lately (see here, here, and here)! Which is fine, because our partners at MRS are lovely. Also lovely: science education and outreach events at the MRS Spring Meeting! There are lots of them:
- First, as in past meetings, the NISE Net will be in the public outreach center. Learn about the NISE Net, NanoDays, and sign up to be a NISE Net scientist collaborator.
- While there, you can also catch a sneak peak of Making Stuff, the four-part PBS series on materials science. The 7 minute reel is showing Tuesday - Thursday, April 6 - 8 at 9:00 am, 10:00 am, 10:30 am, 11:00 am, noon, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:00 pm, and 4:00 pm.
- We'll also be doing hands-on demos Tuesday - Thursday, April 6 - 8 from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. and from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Those will be right across from the NISE Net booth.
MRS has a full list of the science education & outreach events up on their website here.


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This teak Office Bar originally had a small refrigerator in the right side and shelves on left. Refrigerator was dead when we bought Bar and have put shelves on that side.
Half the top folds back for work surface. It is lined with mirrors.
We would like to find out the designer and manufacturer of this item.


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Greetings, Commanders! This topic is created to let you know a little about Houses in Starfall Tactics. So let's start over:
What is a House?
Faction Wars features a massive conflict between three rival factions - Eclipse, Deprived and Vanguard. Battles for territories, ambushing enemy fleets, robbing freighters and colonies - while you can do most of this on your own, the whole situation can't turn to your side if you are a lone fighter.
That's why each faction has smaller organizations within it called "Houses" - associations of Commanders who share the same goals and are ready to fight in closer cooperation with each other. People in these Houses also spend a lot of time together, side by side, which makes them one big family cherishing its prestige and common goals. Reputation of each member directly influences reputation of the whole House - it can take more or less actions in Faction Wars, including ability to capture new systems and attack enemy territories or upgrade existing structures. Houses aim not only to complete their personal goals, but to gain more benefits for their faction - and here comes their main distinction from factionless guilds.
How can I establish my own House?
Just go to you mothership, visit "House" page and push "Create a House". Choose a name visely, as there is you won't be able to change it.
How can I join a House?
Someone should invite you - the best way is to find a recruiting topic, shout in a Faction chat or ask a freind if he already is in a House ;) When someone invites you, you should go to the Faction menu and accept this invite.
Have any other questions about Houses? Ask it here!


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By John Chambliss
Lakeland Linder Regional Airport turned a profit in 2012 for the first time in eight years.
The $153,000 profit comes at a time when Lakeland Linder lost its only commercial carrier and faces questions about the future of commercial air there.
"Obviously, the sky isn't falling," Lakeland Linder Director Gene Conrad said of the profit. "There is a positive feel and push for people to be here."
The airport made money by increasing its occupancy rate for the number of tenants who lease space there. In less than three years, the rate has gone from 70 percent to 90 percent, he said.
Conrad, who started in January 2010, said the airport has become more business friendly by reducing minimum standard restrictions for incoming businesses that rent space. For example, the city no longer dictates hours a business must be open or how many square feet of space must be rented.
There are two ways the airport can make money. This year, 90 percent of its money came from leasing space to businesses. If commercial air were to begin, the airport could charge an airline landing fees and rent space inside the terminal. In addition, the airport would make a percentage of gross receipts from rental car companies if an airline was flying into Lakeland Linder.
But questions persist about whether commercial air service will resume after Direct Air left in March. The Myrtle Beach, S.C., airline abruptly canceled all its flights, including service to Lakeland, on March 12. The discount airline filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy a few days afterward. Direct Air officials blamed "rising fuel costs and other operating expenses."
Early next year, a consultant and Conrad plan to meet with officials from both US Airways and Delta Airlines. Their goal will be to convince the airline officials that Lakeland can sustain a big airline despite previous failures and its proximity to Tampa and Orlando.
Conrad said he plans to stress the convenience of a small airport and that Lakeland is the biggest city in Florida without commercial service. Initially, parking at the airport will be free.
He also will come equipped with lots of data.
At a recent meeting, City Commissioner Phillip Walker asked Conrad if progress was being made to resume commercial air service.
Conrad said yes.
Data from the Airline Reporting Co. compiled by a consultant shows that from July 2011 to June 2012, there were an estimated 31,968 bookings in a 20-mile radius from Lakeland Linder on Internet-based travel web sites, such as Expedia or Orbitz.
The consultant will cost the city about $20,000 to $25,000.
The numbers, which don't include bookings made through airline websites, were good, Conrad said.
Lakeland ranks third among Pensacola, Fort Walton Beach, Melbourne, Gainesville, Tallahassee and Daytona Beach. Both U.S. Air and Delta fly out of the other cities.
Pensacola, with 39,721 bookings, and Fort Walton Beach, with 33,602, were ahead of Lakeland.
"They have Eglin Air Force Base," Conrad said of the No. 1 and No. 2 cities. "We're competitive with those guys, and we don't have a large military base."
Conrad said commercial air service that focuses on businesses could lead to big things for the city.
"We have reached the point where we are big enough to sustain it," Conrad said of Lakeland. "It would help future businesses wanting to locate here."
Despite the good numbers, Lakeland Linder may be wasting its time meeting with the two big airlines, said Robert Herbst, an airline analyst and founder of airlinefinancials.com.
"I would be pleasantly shocked if they were successful in getting any type of real airline service in there," said Herbst.
He said Delta or US Air wouldn't take service from Tampa or Orlando to start new service at Lakeland. "They would cannibalize traffic they already got," Herbst said.
Delta or US Air wouldn't be able to operate with anything less than three flights a day.
That's expensive, Herbst said. Many communities Lakeland's size no longer have service because of the price of fuel, which is about 40 percent of the average ticket.
"Any airline that is starting up and has empty seats is paying an exorbitant amount," Herbst said. "Getting started is so expensive."
He said Lakeland's best chance for commercial air would be Allegiant Airlines, a low-cost airline based in Nevada. The problem with bringing Allegiant to Lakeland would be similar to US Air or Delta, Herbst said.
The airline already flies from airports in Sanford, northeast of Orlando, and the St. Petersburg/Clearwater area.
Conrad said he doesn't want Delta or US Air to shift any of its service from Tampa or Orlando. He said he plans to tell the two airlines that Lakeland can stand on its own.
Of the nearly 32,000 bookings, Conrad said 70 percent flew from Tampa and 30 percent left from Orlando. Sixteen percent flew Delta, while 84 percent flew another airline.
Conrad said he thinks many Polk County residents would choose flying out of Lakeland Linder on Delta or US Air instead of driving an hour to Tampa or Orlando, where parking is pricey and security lines are long.
Commercial air service has a bumpy history in Lakeland.
Before Direct Air, the city had at least five commuter air services at different times. Most recently, COMAIR pulled out of the area in 1988. The commuter air service to Orlando lasted only three months before COMAIR officials decided to end it.
Those flights were designed to feed passengers to Delta planes in Orlando.
In the early 1980s, Allegheny provided a tie-in to US Air in Orlando.
Direct Air had a minimal impact on Lakeland Linder's $3.9 million in revenue this year.
The airport made $361,000 off Direct Air but spent $350,000 on marketing.
With the additional passengers walking through Lakeland Linder, the airport qualified for two separate $1 million federal grants that will be used in 2013 and 2014. Conrad said the money will be used to fix a runway and a ramp. Lakeland Linder will still receive the funds even though Direct Air left.
For years, the airport has struggled to make money. In 2010, it was $469,078 in the red, and 2011 was worse at $679,991.
In addition to more lease money from buildings, the airport has cut costs, Conrad said. Turning off runway lights at night saved the airport about $12,000 a year, he said. Previously, the lights were on all night. Now, the lights are off but can still be activated by an incoming aircraft.
Tailwheels Etc. owner John Amundsen said airport officials have been accommodating since the business moved in over the summer after a spat with the city of Winter Haven, where it previously operated.
The flight school business, which makes about $3 million in gross revenue annually, leases a hangar and about 3,000 square feet of office space.
It pays about $6,000 a month, but the airport covers most of the additional costs, such as utilities.
"They listen to our needs and try to accommodate us," Amundsen said.
Conrad said there had been a perception that the airport wasn't business friendly.
City Commissioner Don Selvage credited Conrad, 37, with turning that around.
Problems at the airport were a big issue when Selvage was running for the City Commission in 2009. He said many of the tenants at the airport wanted a change in the way Lakeland Linder was run.
It did change when Conrad started, Selvage said.
"The issues dissolved with the hiring of Gene," he said.
Lakeland Mayor Gow Fields said Conrad's knowledge of aviation has helped bring in new tenants. Conrad had worked at Dayton International Airport before coming to Lakeland.
"His skills were what we needed," Fields said. "He's created positive feelings about the possibilities at the airport."


text: Friday, October 11, 2013 Physical Therapy Just as Effective as Surgery for Degenerative Disc Disease Physical therapy and other nonoperative treatments are just as effective at reducing pain and disability as surgical spinal fusion for patients suffering from degenerative disc disease (DDD), according to a recently published study conducted at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Results of the study, which were published ahead of print in World Neurosurgery, show that among 96 patients treated for DDD, there were no significant differences in outcomes between the 53 who were treated with lumbar fusion and the 43 who chose to pursue nonoperative treatment. Measured outcomes included pain, health status, disability, and overall satisfaction. All patients were cared for by the same physiatrist. All of the subjects in the study received a diagnostic lumbar discography procedure between 2003 and 2009, and were offered fusion surgery based on the discogram and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) results. Researchers found that while all patients reported significantly lower pain scores, data for the 2 groups "do not demonstrate a significant difference for standardized outcomes measures of pain, generalized health status, satisfaction, or disability." Results from an APTA survey found that 61% of Americans experience low back pain, but only 4 in 10 seek relief through movement. The APTA patient-focused Move Forward website offers a host of low back pain resources for physical therapists (PTs) and their patients, including audio presentations and an e-book on low back pain and how PTs can help. Treatment of low back pain was the subject of a 2-day series of presentations at the 2013 APTA Conference in Salt Lake City in June, as well as the focus of several CEU courses in APTA's Learning Center. Comments This is a good evidence to prove to the patient that he/she should take the conservative ways of treatment before considering to undergo surgery. http://www.rehabexperts.com.ph Posted by Roland Villas -> BKYa?O on 10/11/2013 9:21 PM This is a good reminder that we should certainly look at alternative approaches that are less costly and less risky. We need to help our patients realize that studies like this show that surgery is not the treatment of choice in probably most cases. And a little patience will go a long way in seeing good results. However, without my being able to access this actual study for the details of the evidence, I wonder if we need to be cautious with the actual interpretation of this study, and correlative studies, as being the title of this article. Posted by Ed Dieringer, PT on 10/15/2013 11:13 AM As a result of PT I escaped the need for neck and back surgury. I really support this study from personal experience. Posted by Diana C. Sucich on 10/17/2013 7:20 PM Since the results of this study were posted in October, 2013, I'm wondering about the long-term results of PT vs. surgery. I have DDD and have already lost 2 1/2 inches in height due to it, have floating bone chips in my lower spine and a cyst growing there as well. How effective is PT for a person with those problems? The doctor I was seeing prescribed pool therapy (3 x week, 6 weeks), didn't want to see any new MRI results, and waved me off dismissively when I asked if I should see him when the pool therapy was done. I wonder if he even knows he raised his his voice to me when he angrily said "I'm not doing any surgery on you"...when in reality I had not even mentioned surgery. I had merely been following his instructions to have three epidurals done (they were not effective), and then to see him to determine what to do next. If I ever see another spine specialist, it won't be him, he made it obvious he was not interested in seeing me at any point in the future. I actually seriously doubt if I will ever see another spine specialist, or any doctor at all except my primary care, and there only to renew what few prescriptions I take. Posted by Jill Jones on 3/17/2016 3:22 PM