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Gigabytes and terabytes are so passé. It's soon going to be a zettabyte world thanks to all the digital data--images, books, music, movies, video, documents, maps, you name it--that we collect and engage with throughout our lives.
Industry research firm IDC predicts a 50-fold increase in the total amount of digitally stored data between 2010 and 2020. This means that in the next seven years, the world's total data footprint will reach 40 zettabytes (that's 40 trillion gigabytes), and every man, woman and child on the planet will account for some 5.2 terabytes of data whether in the cloud or local storage.
That's a lot of ones and zeroes, and, unfortunately, help is not on the way in the form of some high-tech, sci-fi breakthrough. To wit: Holographic storage will not bail us out in the next seven years. Nope, between now and 2020, the heavy lifting will be done by that venerable mainstay of storage--the mechanical hard drive. And, yes, USB flash drives, SSDs (solid-state drives), optical drives, and even tape backup systems will also remain in play.
None of these technologies is poised for a revolution, but we should see some interesting evolution in various hardware areas. So let's take a peek at the incremental technology improvements that will help humankind reach that magic 40 zettabyte mark.
Next Up: Hard drives: Dull but reliable
Hard drives: Dull but reliable
The workhorse hard drive will remain the dominant storage mechanism for the world's data into the foreseeable future. According to Gartner's John Monroe and Joseph Unsworth, in 2016 hard drives will still account for 97% of total drive sales, despite the penetration of SSDs into the desktop and laptop markets. Hard drives continue to lead SSDs in both capacity and competitive pricing, and will do so for the foreseeable future--this in spite of growing capacity and price reductions for flash drives.
Luckily, hard drive performance and capacity will continue to see improvements in the coming years, thanks to several new technologies on the horizon. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies recently announced helium-filled drives aimed at enterprise and cloud storage. These drives promise a 40% increase in drive capacity and a 20% improvement in energy efficiency.
(See related: SSDs vs. hard drives vs. hybrids: Which storage tech is right for you?)
Helium has one-seventh the density of air. As such, the element can reduce the drag and turbulence between drive platters, which translates to more precise read/write head placement, and allows narrower tracks to be written and more disk platters to be placed inside a drive.
Hitachi hasn't commented on increases in areal density (that is, how many bits can be squeezed into a single square inch), but it has said that its new 3.5-inch helium-filled drives, scheduled for delivery sometime in 2013, will boast seven platters instead of the current five. This increase in disk platters--all thanks to helium--will give us that 40% capacity increase per drive.
Two technologies still under development could a deliver a tenfold or greater increase in areal density: The long promised (but yet to be commercialized) Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) and patterned media such as Self-Ordered Magnetic Arrays (SOMA).
HAMR uses current read/write technology in conjunction with a laser to heat the media. The heat is required to facilitate writing to disk-coating compounds such as iron/platinum alloys that are capable of greater areal density than today's compounds, but are less magnetically malleable until heated. Eight nanometer and even 3nm particle separations are envisioned. HAMR still remains in development, however, and we shouldn't expect to see anything deployed sooner than two years.
Where today's magnetic layers involve magnetic particles that can be oriented to represent data, in HAMR these particles are arranged rather chaotically. This makes them difficult to pack any tighter than they currently are. But patterned media, such as SOMA (a group of nanoparticles that can be induced to align in an ordered fashion), pack magnetic bits much tighter by eliminating the random shapes and spacing of the current technology. It all sounds great on paper, but deploying this technology en masse at an affordable price will be a challenge.
In terms of personal data storage, hybrid hard drives--which marry high-speed flash memory to traditional spinning discs--will likely make a greater impact on our lives than any fancy new technology cooked up in an R&D lab. Hybrid drives deliver the storage capacities of traditional hard drives along with some of the performance benefits of SSDs, but at only twice the price per gigabyte of standard hard drives.
Seagate is already in the hybrid drive game, and Toshiba and other drive manufacturers have recently weighed in with plans for hybrid drives. Toshiba sent samples of its 1TB and 750GB hybrid drives last fall to manufacturing partners. Toshiba expects 3 million of the hybrid drives to be produced by the end of 2014. However, unless the products can approach the tangible kick in performance delivered by SSDs, they may be relegated to being a stopgap solution.
Next Up: The future of flash memory
The future of flash memory: speed and price reductions
Smartphones, tablets, USB flash drives, digital cameras, video recorders and SSDs all rely on fast, rugged, nonvolatile NAND flash memory. Gartner predicts that yearly NAND sales will reach 200 petabytes by 2016, up from just 50 petabytes in 2012. Much of the memory will go into the SSDs for servers and desktop PCs, as well as laptops, tablets, and other mobile devices.
The difference in speed between an SSD and a fast hard drive is obvious even to the untrained eye. In PCWorld's December 2012 roundup, the fastest consumer SSDs read at almost 500 MBps and wrote at over 600 MBps. Meanwhile, a high-end, 10,000-rpm hard drive averaged around 200 MBps reading and writing. That's a three-fold advantage in performance, and enterprise-grade SSDs are even faster.
With NAND's limited number of write cycles rendered moot by advanced operating system support and techniques such as wear-leveling, SSD technology's only constraints are cost and capacity.
Current consumer SSDs top out at 512GB, and each gigabyte costs 10 times what a gigabyte of a platter-based hard drive costs. The prices of both storage technologies are dropping at similar rates (20 to 25% a year), and this 10-to-1 ratio should remain about the same for at least the next five years according to numbers Gartner shared with us.
Traditionally, NAND has suffered a limited number of Program/Erase (P/E) cycles. Each cycle reflects an erasure and write on a memory cell. Fortunately, though, the P/E problem is being rendered moot by advanced operating system support and firmware techniques such as wear-leveling, so now SSD technology's only constraints are cost and capacity.
Currently, faster and more expensive 100,000 P/E, SLC (single-layer cell, 1-bit) NAND is used in enterprise-level drives, with 10,000 P/E, MLC (multilevel cell, 2-bit) NAND used in consumer-grade drives. This is likely to remain the pattern for the near future, especially as firmware improves practical longevity even further--and it may have to, because as dies shrink, so do the P/E ratings of NAND. The promise of TLC (triple-level cell, 3-bit) NAND is often bandied about in SSD discussions, but without substantial improvement in lifespan (currently about 1000 P/E cycles) and performance (it's slow), you'll only see it in smaller mobile devices over the next few years.
The biggest challenge for NAND is physics. Greg Wong of Forward Insights says that there is most likely only one die shrink left after Intel's current 20-nanometer process. After that, decreasing endurance and performance will force a halt to further reductions in die size for flash memory. When asked by how much Intel might be able to reduce the die, Wong says he was unsure.
But as many real estate--challenged metropolitan areas prove, when you run out of horizontal space, you can always go vertical. To this end, 3D or layered NAND chips will likely provide the increase in capacity that's required for NAND to continue growing in capacity.
With a large, well-established manufacturing infrastructure, it's unlikely that we'll see serious inroads by competing nonvolatile memory technologies anytime soon. But trust us--various technologies are vying to offer an alternative, including HP's Memristor (memory resistor),Toshiba's ReRAM (resistive memory), and FeTRAM (Ferro-Electric Transistor memory), to name just a few.
Next Up: Optical: On the way out?
Optical: On the way out?
Gartner analyst John Monroe describes CD/DVD/Blu-ray as "the cockroach of the industry." Nobody really wants the technology. Nobody is really satisfied with it. But you can't get rid of optical because it's still by far the cheapest removable media available. That said, according to a DigiTimes.com report, Robert Wong, chairman of Taiwan's largest optical disc maker, CMC Magnetics, warned that optical media prices will jump by 50% in the second half of 2013 due to plant closures in 2012 and an industry reshuffling. Higher prices could very well hasten the format's decline.
Moving forward, consumers will deal with optical media primarily as a physical delivery system for entertainment and software, and occasionally as emergency boot media. Most PCs still ship with optical drives, but increasingly these drives will be offered only as external USB options.
Though the industry appears stagnant, new optical technologies are still being developed. FujiFilm, for one, recently announced a 1TB disc to ship in 2015 (no pricing was available). TDK has also been showing a similar technology. If shipped with affordable media (it's supposedly easier to produce than Blu-ray), 1TB optical could keep the unloved, unwanted, but still undeniably handy optical disc around for the next decade or so.
Meanwhile, Blu-ray continues to be offered on PCs, and remains a convenient way to share maximum quality, high-definition movie content. BDXL for write-once discs is currently at 128GB of capacity. However, its drives need to become more prevalent and media needs to drop in price for BDXL to gain traction. That said, 4K video, the big trend at the 2013 CES, could give BDXL new life--and give Blu-ray new life as a whole--if the Blu-ray Disc Association adds 4K support to the format.
Data bus/Interfaces
With current SSDs bumping up against the limits of even SATA 6Gbps (as it's usually referred to), something will have to give in the near future. But the SATA III bus will remain in play for at least several more years, because it's more than adequate for hard drives, which will dominate the landscape through 2020.
Several new external interface buses have the performance chops to make inroads in 2013.
Thunderbolt (nee Light Peak) from Apple and Intel already ships on newer Macs and a relatively few cutting-edge PC motherboards. It's basically an external version of PCI Express with a whopping 10Gbps transfer rate. For high-performance backup and external storage--particularly when there's an array of drives in play--Thunderbolt should eventually supplant the slower eSATA and USB 3.0. However, USB will certainly remain as a peripheral and flash drive bus.
SATA Express (SATA 3.2)--an internal storage bus that uses the SATA software and protocol layer over the physical PCIe bus and connectors--is also on the horizon. Intended for internal SSDs, it supports current legacy and SATA/AHCI, as well as an NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) mode. NVMe is an interface spec designed for SSDs. Theoretically, SATA Express's throughput is limited only by the bandwidth of the PCIe bus. With PCIe 2.0 that's 5 gigatransfers per second, and with the PCIe 3.0 found on newer Intel chipsets, that's 8 gigatransfers.
Next Up: Cloud storage: Let it rain
Cloud storage: Let it rain
Today about 7% of personal data is stored in the cloud, according to Gartner, a market research firm. But by 2016 the amount of personal data stored in the clouds will jump to 36%. Gartner says trends in mobility are driving the growth of "personal clouds." The rise of camera-equipped phones and tablets that automatically upload video and pictures to the cloud will create a "direct-to-cloud model, allowing users to directly store user-generated content in the cloud," Shalini Verma, principal research analyst at Gartner, wrote in a 2012 report.
Terri McClure, analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group, says the more mobile gear we have, the more we'll want push data to the cloud so we can later access documents, video, and music from anywhere.
On the back end, the rise in the number of big cloud storage services such as Amazon S3, Nimbus.io, and Nirvanix is enabling smaller consumer cloud services to flourish online. For example, Amazon S3 has become a turnkey service for customers like Dropbox. It just passed its 100 millionth registered user milestone and says one billion files are stored per day on Dropbox.


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Jordan Rudess, the keyboardist for Grammy-nominated prog rock/metal icons DREAM THEATER, has teamed up with PledgeMusic to launch his next campaign. Through PledgeMusic — a music company offering artists a new music model to take control of their work through their online, hands-on, direct-to-fan music platform — and the support of his fans, Jordan will release brand new music, technology and videos while encouraging fans to participate in the creative process in exciting and unique ways.
In the four-minute clip below, Rudess talks to Artisan News about why he's asking for the public's help.
Rudess has designed a tailored fundraising campaign to raise money to help release his upcoming projects. As a pledger, you will gain access to exclusive content and experiences and PledgeMusic will keep you informed of the project's status every step of the way.
"It's been a few years since I recorded my last solo album, 'Notes On a Dream'," comments Rudess. "The inspiration has been flowing ever since and I'm now ready to set forth in recording my orchestral piece, 'Explorations', as well as my solo piano album, 'Explores'. You know that I am not one to sit back and drive on the traditional path so we are going to explore some cutting edge technology options.
"For 'Explorations', we will be creating an entirely virtual orchestral experience. We will bring virtuoso instrumental players into the studio and not only make an audio recording but also capture them on film with the goal of creating a unique, visual experience.
"My solo piano album, entitled 'Explores', will be created as a completely interactive iOS app experience in addition to being made available in a CD and digital download format. You can sit back and simply enjoy the album or add your personal touch or play a duet with me and share your version with your friends.
"Things have changed so much in the music business in recent years and now we have the possibility of coming directly to all of you, the fans, to get involved and to be a part of making this happen. No longer are we subject to what was, rather, what is possible!!
"By enlisting YOU and working through PledgeMusic, the pipelines will be running with unfiltered Jordan Rudess creativity! As a member of my team, you will be able to follow along with me as these projects come to life — sharing the journey and the inspiration to explore new musical and interactive frontiers.
"Your pledge will pre-order the new album."

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Management Services
This is a section that falls under Conservation.It mainly deals with the conservation of wildlife, anti-poaching, hunting, permits and licenses, Problem Animal Control (PAC), and radio communications.
The Problem Animal Control Unit deals with problem animals such as snakes (venomous and non-venomous), hippos, crocodiles, etc. Pythons are non venomous therefore they can be caught by hand by two people.
After the Python is caught it is not killed because it is an endangered species. Instead, it is disposed into its natural habitat where the area is protected e.g. Lake Chivero Recreational Park or Darwendale Recreational Park. However, venomous snakes such as Cobras and Black mambas are killed using shotguns and burnt or buried.
Crocodiles are captured using crocodile cages and then disposed into lakes or dams such as Lake Kariba.
Poaching is the illegal taking of animals and wild plants contrary to local and international Wildlife Management Laws.
Anti-Poaching involves Law Enforcement pertaining wildlife in Parks Estates, communal lands and within the country. An example of such a law is Section 59, Subsection 2A of the Parks and Wildlife Act Chapter 20:14, which states that NO PERSON SHALL HUNT ANY ANIMAL ON ANY LAND, EXCEPT IN TERMS OF A PERMIT ISSUED.
Patrols have increased within potential areas.
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Barry M lip paint in 52 shocking pink : superdrug (£4.49)
After my woes with the Look Beauty Double Hit Lip in Pink Punch I needed a nice bright pink in my lipstick collection! Bought this Barry M lip paint in Topshop a few days ago. I saw it at another Barry M counter in Superdrug but the counter was so filthy I just couldn't bring myself to buy it. 52 is a bright blue toned neon pink. A touch drying like all the matte Barry M lip paints, which can look cakey on dry lips. I think its because of the high colour pigmentation to make it super bright leads the formula to be quite thick and stiff. I like matte lipsticks personally so this is a good'un for me. I wouldn't recommend it if you had dry lips though as it really can look cakey! Its best worn after the lips have been exfoliated and a lip balm applied under it. Its not really something I'd recommend to most people but the colour and price are spot on! It wears well but does stain the lips a little so be careful!


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Overall Rating: 10
Optics:9 Ease of Use:10 Value:10
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Date: 02/04/2006 06:03:48 am PST
By: shorty39
Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=489399
>I couldn't vote for the mount,as I only purcased an OTA,to make a Dob with and because I used to have the Later Tasco 302012 114/900mm model,which was an excellent telescope.
>After mounting it on an EQ2 mount and collimating it,the views were very good.
>Replace 5x24 finder and cheapy ep's and you'll have a very good telescope.
My final vote is for the OTA only,which is why I have rated it slightly higher than I did the 302012.Had it come with the mount the result would have most likely been equal.
Overall Rating: 7
Optics:7 Mount:5 Ease of Use:5 Value:6
Weight: 3 (Unreliable Vote)
Date: 01/12/2006 09:08:37 pm PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.27.33)
Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=484851
>I bought mine second hand and didn't pay much for it ($25 US dollars). It's really not worth much more. Like others have said, the supplied eyepieces aren't much good. Neither is the finder as originally built, but the mirror optics are decent.
>You'll need to do a bit of tweaking to get this scope to work. Here's what you'll need to do to get the 11TR up to decent standards:
>1. Upgrade the focuser from 0.965 to 1.25. That way you can use readily available good eyepieces. Decent 0.965 eyepieces are very hard to find.
>2. Upgrade the finder to 6x30 or replace it with a red eye BB gun type finder. 3. Learn to collimate (align) your optics.
>With decent eyepieces and collimated mirrors, this isn't a bad scope at all. The mount could use some improvement as it is hard to set and keep the proper latitude for polar alignment. However, the mount has wooden legs which help with vibrations.
>Bottom line is, if you can get this scope cheap enough, have good eyepieces, and are prepared to do some tinkering you'll have fun with this vintage telescope. If you are looking to go observing right out of the box, you'll be disappointed.
Finding reasonable quality 0.965" eyepieces can be quite difficult,but if you keep a regular check on ebay,you will eventually find some.
I managed to buy some excellent quality Japanese made 0.965" orthoscopic and kellner eyepieces,which I originally purchased for my thirty year old 90mm f9.3 reflector,made by "Astro" of Tokyo,a great little scope!
The orthos are actually superior to my 1.25" Plossl ep's and way better than the ep's that came with my Skywatcher.
Having been made in Japan,the kellners are also very good.
I purchased an old Lunagrossa/11tr OTA off ebay for only £12,I intend to use it to make a small Dobsonian.The 0.965" focusser is of all metal construction and far superior to the modern plastic 1.25"units that come with 4.5" scopes these days.
It came with the mounting sleeve,but without a finder,so I added a Meade 6x30 finder and bracket,which I only paid £5 off ebay for(cost so far £17)
I,ve already tested the scopes optics,by temporarily mounting it on my Skywatcher 130's EQ2 mount.Once I had properly collimated it,it performed really well and I had some excellent views.
I must admit to having a liking for retro equipment!
Overall Rating: 8
Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote)
Date: 05/14/2004 05:28:08 am PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.116.202)
Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=359590
Overall Rating: 4
Optics:4 Mount:3 Ease of Use:6
Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote)
Date: 10/20/2002 08:40:38 pm PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.206.10)
Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=141645
Overall Rating: 10
Optics:10 Mount:5 Ease of Use:8 Value:10
Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote)
Date: 04/18/2002 06:31:00 pm PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.150.55)
Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=83455
Overall Rating: 8
Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote)
Date: 12/08/2001 05:35:11 am PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.174.118)
Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=40243
Overall Rating: 1
Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote)
Date: 08/14/2001 08:23:51 am PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.57.38)
Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=40242
Overall Rating: 5
Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote)
Date: 04/04/2001 10:59:39 pm PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.33.172)
Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=40241
Overall Rating: 4
Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote)
Date: 03/25/2001 09:08:08 pm PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.39.200)
Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=40240
Overall Rating: 8
Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote)
Date: 12/26/2000 07:22:29 pm PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.105.22)
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Jefferson Theater almost finished
Crews are putting the finishing touches on the 1912 Jefferson Theater in anticipation of its long-awaited re-opening as a four-level music hall. In this November 17 photo, the 1915 plasterwork by French sculptor Victor Pierret (he had to re-do his work after a devastating fire three years after the place opened) leaps out from an eggplant-colored background. Last time the Hook peeked in was nearly eight weeks ago when this space was filled with scaffolding.
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Thank you Hawes Spencer, for seeing this grand old lady through a difficult time so she could regain her beauty, and live to see another day.
ââ?¬Å?History will continue to live at the Jefferson," says Spencer, citing Capshaw's goal of preserving the historic beauty of the 1912 structure while bringing in more special events.


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Mission Appearances
I just removed "Toreno's Last Flight" from the Mission Appearances section of the article, because, I do not recall him ever actually appearing in the mission, as you find out later he was not in the helicopter that was taken down. Therefore, he was not in the mission. Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks- GTA all day 20:41, June 20, 2010 (UTC)
What do we know?
Alright,so Mike T. is my Favorite character.But what do we know about him?Nothing.He barely gives you a chance to figure out who he is.I personally think the organization he works for is U.L. Paper.He never explains what organization he works for and nor does Mr.Paper.If you play all the Toreno missions and U.L. Paper missions in one day,you would see the obviousness .I had a page that explains this already but some one summarized it so now it just shows the long and short of it.-User:HuangLee
- First, please sign your posts with the four tildes (~). Secondly, Rockstar Games have confirmed that the storylines of the GTA III Era and the GTA IV related games are separate, meaning, that there are no connections between them. Thus, Toreno can not be working for United Liberty Paper, because in the GTA III Era it does not exist, whilst in the GTA IV related games Toreno does not exist. Also, I was the one who summarized your edit to the United Liberty Paper article, primarily for being far too long for something that could be explained using far less words. A-Dust 21:48, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Well now that you mentioned it U.L. Paper didn't exist in the game,but who's to say it didn't exist in this era?Couldn't it have existed but just never gotten mentioned?Maybe only Agents of the government know about it in San Andies.It sorta makes sense.And I only want to discuss possibilities.I'm almost sure what you said is true but I'm only discussing the chance.For all we know,R* may have been lying.Maybe It's a joke.Besides,you can find Claude's clothes AND you can see a picture of El Burro.That's like pseudo existence of recurring characters.You really this whole article is right or wrong.We can only trust opinions.-User:HuangLee.
- The only opinion that counts is, where information is available, is that of Rockstar Games, who have stated that there are no cross overs from the GTA III Era and GTA IV related games. The things you mentioned are there as easter eggs for players of GTA games. What I mean is, something for previous fans to recognize, and nothing more. Also, why would Rockstar bother to lie about something they have complete control over? Seems pointless to me, especially when there are more important things for them. Like, producing GTA IV, Bully: Scholarship Edition and their other games. A-Dust 23:41, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
- I'm just voicing my opinion.I couldn't find many other place for opinions and theories.I thought I would be accepted with warm hearts and extended arms.I feel like Niko Bellic when he came to America,the united states of.I expected open thoughts,a land of freedom and a mansion!Nobody takes me seriously.Not Gboyers,not Lioshekna or whatever,not Biggest GTA fan ever.NO ONE.Screw it,I think I'm going back to Saints Row wiki...-User:HuangLee
- This is not the place for theories and opinions, you could do that in the forum. The wiki is supposed to provide facts in articles and the talk pages are for discussing changes to the articles content. A-Dust 01:06, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
I take you seriously and Mike Toreno is also my favorite character! I love his cool, humorous way of acting. I also loved the missions that were assigned by him. I'd much rather steal military jets from amphibious assault craft over chasing after some idiot hanging of a firetruck.<badge user="Optimist33gta"/> 00:47, 12 July 2009 (UTC)


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The film stars one of Sweden's most successful young actors Sverrir Gudnason as Björn Borg and American actor Shia LaBoeuf as his antagonist John McEnroe. They are supported by internationally acclaimed actor Stellan Skarsgård as Borg's legendary trainer Lennart Bergelin and Tuva Novotny as Borg's wife at the time, Mariana Simionescu. Robert Emms is portraying Vitas Gerulaitis, Ian Blackman McEnroe's father and in a small role Björn Borg's own son, Leo Borg, is portraying his father as a youngster.
"Being one of the world's most prestigious international film festivals we are deeply honored and very proud that TIFF has chosen Borg/McEnroe to open the event, especially since this is the first time ever for a Swedish film", says Michael Porseryd, CEO at SF Studios.
"Our goal has been to honor the legacy of Björn Borg and John McEnroe with a film that would engage and touch the hearts of audiences worldwide. To start that journey by opening TIFF makes us both humble and happy. Now it´s up to the audience to decide if we have succeeded", says the film´s producers Jon Nohrstedt and Fredrik Wikström Nicastro.
The Borg/McEnroe project was announced in Cannes 2016 and immediately received a lot of attention in international media and with international buyers and distributors. Shooting commenced in 2016 on locations in Prague, Monaco and the Swedish cities of Gothenburg and Södertälje. The film has already been sold to over 150 countries on the international market, including the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, South Korea, Poland, Latin America, China and Australia with theatrical releases this fall.
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...the assessment from Joel Kotkin of Forbes about how blue states voted for policies that are likely to hurt themselves was pretty fascinating:
With their enthusiastic backing of President Obama and the Democratic Party on Election Day, the bluest parts of America may have embraced a program utterly at odds with their economic self-interest. The almost uniform support of blue states' congressional representatives for the administration's campaign for tax "fairness" represents a kind of bizarre economic suicide pact.
Any move to raise taxes on the rich -- defined as households making over $250,000 annually -- strikes directly at the economies of these states, which depend heavily on the earnings of high-income professionals, entrepreneurs and technical workers. In fact, when you examine which states, and metropolitan areas, have the highest concentrations of such people, it turns out they are overwhelmingly located in the bluest states and regions.
So I put together my "Soak the Blue State Rich" plan:
• Keep the tax rate on capital gains the same.
• Raise income taxes on the top income bracket for 2013, those making $398,350 and up (single filers, married joint filers, or head of household).
• Means-test, or eliminate entirely, the mortgage-interest deduction (which benefits taxpayers in areas with the highest real-estate values and mortgages -- i.e., Hawaii, D.C., New York, California, and Connecticut).
• Means-test or eliminate entirely the federal deduction of state and local taxes, which is disproportionately utilized by those in high-tax blue states: "In 2005, taxpayers in California and New York together made up 20 percent of those claiming the deduction and accounted for 30 percent of its value. Itemizers in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and California claimed on average over $12,000 per household."
Of course, there are some wealthy right-leaning folk who will get snared under this plan. But they will have at least two options to alleviate their tax bill: first, move to red states with lower real-estate prices, lower state and local taxes, and lower costs of living...
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New Capabilities to be Demonstrated at IMTS 2010, Booth E-3810
New Capabilities to be Demonstrated at IMTS 2010, Booth E-3810
Gibbs and Associates, a Cimatron company and developer of GibbsCAM® software for programming CNC machine tools, announced today that it will demonstrate forthcoming features of GibbsCAM MTM (multi-task machining) at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS), September 13-18, at McCormick Place, in Booth E-3810, where the Cimatron Group will also highlight other GibbsCAM modules and its CimatronE CAD/CAM suite.
Next Generation MTM Features to Be Highlighted
Highly Extended, Generalized MTM, with Improved Postprocessor Engine
No longer based upon or restricted to lathe operations, MTM has been redesigned to reduce the time and effort required to develop postprocessors, generate CNC programs and simulate machine motion. With its redesign, the software will program more complex machines and give users greater control of postprocessor creation. Users will interact through a new Machine Manager module to readily create definition files for multi-axis machines of various configurations; define assembly files for Machine Simulation; specify kinematics of machine configurations (axes, part stations, tool groups, etc.); specify machining preferences, such as work envelope, cycles and most frequently used options; and define interoperational events (tool or tool group changes, spindle changes, parking locations, etc.).
Extended Swiss-style Machine Support
Improved and extended support for thread whirling will be included in the new, generalized MTM. Machine Manager will replace the current MDD (machine definition) Editor to support programming and synchronization for machines with more than three flows.
Swiss-style Machine Simulation
GibbsCAM Machine Simulation moves beyond 5-axis, to include other multi-axis configurations, including multi-axis, multi-flow Swiss-style machines. Machine Simulation will now provide users off-line testing and prove-out for the most complex machines.
"As developers of what is probably the most capable CAM system for multi-task machines, we recognize that MTM machines are becoming too sophisticated for lathe-centered CAM software," said Bill Gibbs, president of Gibbs and Associates and Cimatron North America. "Our new software will extend programming capability, efficiency and flexibility to drive more complex machines, and simplify the programming effort for our customers. It will also enable dynamic simulation of complex Swiss machines with multiple flows and other machines with more than five axes."
For more information about GibbsCAM or GibbsCAM MTM's capabilities, call 1-800-654-9399, or email [email protected]. Information about GibbsCAM is also available at the company's website, www.GibbsCAM.com.


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Corporate News
Munich, 29 May 2013 – At the Annual General Meeting of Linde AG held today, the shareholder representatives were elected in rotation for the new Supervisory Board. At the constitutive meeting of the Supervisory Board held immediately after the AGM, the members of the new Supervisory Board confirmed Dr Manfred Schneider as their Chairman. Dr Schneider has been a member of Linde AG's Supervisory Board since 29 May 2001 and has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board since 27 May 2003.
Franz Fehrenbach was elected as a new shareholder representative on the Supervisory Board. Matthew F. C. Miau, Taiwan, retired from the Linde AG Supervisory Board.
Linde AG's newly-elected Supervisory Board for the term of office ending in 2018:
Shareholder representatives:
Professor Dr Ann-Kristin Achleitner, Munich,
Professor at the Technical University Munich (TUM)
Dr Clemens Börsig, Frankfurt am Main,
Former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG
Michael Diekmann, Munich,
Second Deputy Chairman of the Linde AG Supervisory Board
Chairman of the Board of Management of Allianz SE
Franz Fehrenbach, Gerlingen,
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Robert Bosch GmbH and Managing Partner of Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG
Klaus-Peter Müller, Frankfurt am Main,
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Commerzbank AG
Dr Manfred Schneider, Cologne,
Chairman of the Linde AG Supervisory Board
Former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bayer AG
Employee representatives:
Anke Couturier, Oberursel,
Head of Global Pensions, Linde AG
Gernot Hahl, Worms,
Chairman of the Worms Works Council, Gases Division, Linde AG
Hans-Dieter Katte, Munich,
Deputy Chairman of the Linde AG Supervisory Board
Chairman of the Pullach Works Council, Engineering Division, Linde AG
Dr Martin Kimmich, Munich,
Second Authorised Representative of IG Metall Munich
Xaver Schmidt, Binnen,
Secretary to the Executive Board of IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie Hannover
Frank Sonntag, Dresden,
Chairman of the Works Council of Linde Engineering Dresden GmbH
About The Linde Group
The Linde Group is a world-leading gases and engineering company with around 62,000 employees in more than 100 countries worldwide. In the 2012 financial year, Linde generated revenue of EUR 15.280 bn. The strategy of the Group is geared towards long-term profitable growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment – in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
For more information, see The Linde Group online at www.linde.com
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The Air Jordan XX8 (just got 'em in today). Pimped by the mighty Spike Lee. Inspired by James Bond. Bolstered with carbon fiber plates: a purple eyescar sheathed in some kind of snakeskin-meets-moonscape-meets-pixelcamo footcondom. This has gotta be the ugliest shoe ever made. Amirite?
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Imagine a world where any surface could potentially become a touchscreen for your phone: your hands, clothes, a wall or table. That's the vision behind a new Kinect-like technology called OmniTouch, a wearable system that projects any multi-touch interface onto everyday surfaces, reports New Scientist.
Perhaps the most convenient aspect of the technology is how it can be operated on the go, requiring no special calibration for each new surface it is used on. The system adapts easily to surfaces of most textures in 3D space, so it works even when the surface is not flat, such as with your hand, or perhaps a tree trunk.
The technology, which is primarily composed of a shoulder-mounted depth camera and a Pico-projector, was developed by researchers at Microsoft and is a vast improvement over previous prototypes that could only work on skin. A user study of the technology showed that dragging performance and touch accuracy approached the sensitivity of conventional touchscreens.
The device also allows for user flexibility far beyond the capability of your phone or tablet. For instance, users can choose the position and size of the projected interface, meaning that they can adjust the size of the screen to better suite their needs and eyesight. OmniTouch is also itself capable of intelligently choosing the best display setting, so the user doesn't have to readjust with each new surface.
The only inconvenient aspect of the prototype is the bulkiness of the camera and projector, which are mounted on a user's shoulder like a large parrot. The good news, though, is that future prototypes are expected to be much smaller, closer to the size of a matchbox.
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Clenard necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 176 diseños de 39 diseñadores freelance.
Affiliit.com is an Internet Marketing Training program that focuses on Affiliate Marketing, utilizing all of the major traffic sources (SEO, PPC, PPV/CPV, Mobile Marketing, Media Buys, etc).
Our program has training that is appropriate for beginners and intermediate marketers to further their knowledge and increase their revenue.
The program has Video training, forum training and even PDF (downloads) training that our members can use. We also have a lot of Internet Marketing tools that our clients can use to take advantage of the traffic sources we train them for.
We offer customer support through our private forum, but also allow them to private message us so that we can work with them in a 1-on-1 atmosphere.
While we have plenty of competitors, none of them are very professional in appearance, and it's something we'd like to take advantage of. We're very fond of branding, but we feel that our current design work is far too cheap looking and we'd like to upgrade it to give it more of a Web 2.0 feel.
Our Target Audience is really focused on beginning Affiliate Marketers who already have a basic understanding of what Affiliate Marketing is (or how else would they find us?), but we also cater to more advanced individuals.
These individuals prefer our product because we have not only the training, but also the tools and customer support to help them gain more of an understanding of how they need prepare their campaigns.
We have no strict requirements. We chose 99designs because we have viewed a lot of the current contests and feel that this is, by far, the best place to find great designs.
We want you to be as creative as you want, but please keep the design relevant to Internet Marketing Training, Affiliate Marketing, etc. in one form or another.
This logo will become the center of our website design, so we'd like to stick with basic colors (red, blue, black, green).
Attached is the current logo with the gradient of the current website design at http://www.affiliit.com
We'd like to get a much more professional look than what we currently have.
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I am reading about the total, orbital and spin angular momentum, and I am not clear as to what these generators actually do after exponentiating.
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History of Hyde Park
Hyde Park
Hyde Park is bounded by Elizabeth, Liverpool and College Streets and Prince Albert Road in central Sydney.
It is in the area reserved by Governor Phillip in 1792 for the use of the town of Sydney on an elevated and comparatively level site adjacent to the town, and is therefore Australia's oldest park.
It was used as a common (for gathering firewood and grazing animals) until its proclamation by Governor Macquarie in 1810. He named it after the park in London which was formerly the Manor of Hyde, a possession of Westminster abbey seized by King Henry VIII for a forest hunting reserve in 1536.
Although architect Francis Greenway envisaged it as the 'grand quadrangle' of a neo-classical town plan, Hyde Park's first use was as a course for horse racing. By the 1820s it had become a popular venue for cricket matches and informal children's games.
In the 1830s Governor Darling proposed to sell off the park for houses, but his successor Governor Bourke decided against this plan and re-affirmed its status as a park.
College Street was built in 1832 which divided off part of Hyde Park, in the area which became Cook + Phillip Parks. In 1837 a new water supply known as Busby's Bore brought water to Hyde Park where a raised pipe was used to fill the town's water-carts.
With the building of Sydney College (1832), nearby Lyons Terrace (1841) and the Australian Museum (1849-51), the southern end of Hyde Park attracted significant and imposing buildings which increased its importance as a planned open space envisaged by Francis Greenway.
The park remained without grass or trees until 1854, when the Hyde Park Improvement Committee was established. The cricket ground was moved to the Domain and the park was formalised with paths and plantings. Civic monuments were also installed in the park. The first in 1857 was the obelisk facing Bathurst Street, which is actually a vent for the underground sewer.
A bronze statue of Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, was erected in 1866 five years after his death. This statue was moved to the Botanic Gardens in 1922 and was relocated in front of Hyde Park Barracks in 1987. Another statue, erected in 1879, depicts Captain James Cook.
During the 1850s, with the coming of responsible government, Hyde Park became a venue for Sunday oratory on political and civic topics, and later election meetings. It was also used for processions and official gatherings such as the ball to welcome Queen Victoria's son in 1868. Its nineteenth century layout featured straight paths rather than curved ones, with the central avenue of Moreton Bay fig trees continuing the line of Macquarie Street. Elsewhere lawns were interspersed with clumps of trees and shrubs, water features and a bandstand.
The park was handed to Sydney City Council in 1904 and a programme of upgrading began, but all this work was swept away with the coming of the city circle rail line in the 1920s. The whole park was dug up to build the lines, and two stations (St James and Museum) were located within it. Work began in 1919 with the felling of the fig trees, and it was 1926 before reconstruction of the park could begin.
The 1926 design competition for Hyde Park was won by Norman Weekes, an engineer who was influenced by the 'City Beautiful' movement. Weekes's design was heavily modified by the assessment committee, although the basic work of importing fertile soil was the first priority.
As the re-establishment of the park began, its two major monuments were erected. At the northern end of the park the Archibald Fountain was completed and installed in 1932. The Anzac Memorial to Australia's World War 1 soldiers was opened in 1934 at the Liverpool Street end of the park.
In the 1950s, as the replanted trees matured, more changes were made to the park, with the demolition of the bandstand near the corner of Park and College Streets and its replacement by the Sandringham Garden.
In 1964 the Nagoya Gardens were built at the northern end of the park, and the giant chess board near St James Station was installed in 1972.
YININMADYEMI Thou didst let fall
This prominent sculpture by Aboriginal artist Tony Albert aims to acknowledge and honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women that served in the nation's military. The artwork is composed of 4 standing bullets and 3 fallen shells. The arrangement of the bullets represents those who survived and those who were sacrificed, but also references the discrimination faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service men and women when they returned to Australia.
Anzac War Memorial under construction, 1932. (City of Sydney Archives, SRC8770)
Anzac Memorial and Pool of Reflection
This memorial to Australia's World War 1 soldiers was designed by Bruce Dellit with sculptures by Rayner Hoff. It was opened in 1934 and consists of an Art Deco ziggurat in red granite. In front of the memorial along the line of the park's central avenue is the Pool of Reflection.
"Emden" Gun
This war trophy stands at the south-east corner of the park facing Oxford Street. It is a four-inch naval gun from the German cruiser "Emden" which was sunk off the Cocos Islands by HMAS "Sydney" on 9 November 1914, the first Australian naval victory. It was installed here in 1917.
The obelisk, irreverently known as "George Thornton's scent bottle", was erected in 1857 opposite Bathurst Street. It is an air outlet for the underground sewer cleverly disguised as a full-size replica of Cleopatra's Needle (the Egyptian antiquity now displayed in London).
Captain Cook Statue
The statue of the English explorer of Australia's east coast was erected in 1879 to mark the centenary of his death. It stands near the corner of Park and College Streets, the highest point in the park. Its sculptor was Thomas Woolmer who was prominent in the English pre-Raphaelite movement and spent several years in Australia.
Frazer Fountain
This sandstone fountain on the College Street frontage opposite Sydney Grammar School is one of two donated by merchant and MLC John Frazer. It has been moved three times since it was first installed in the park in 1881.
Hyde Park Family Centre
Sydney's first women's public lavatory was built in 1910 in the park near the corner of Park and Elizabeth Streets. It was considered a 'failure' by council due to low usage and was replaced in 1955 by the Hyde Park Family Centre to provide facilities for women and children visiting the city including child care. The centre was demolished and the area grassed over in 2000.
Archibald Fountain
J F Archibald, founder of the "Bulletin" magazine who died in 1919, left money for a fountain to commemorate the association of France and Australia in World War 1. The fountain was designed by François Sicard and completed in 1932.
Dalley Statue
This bronze statue stands at the northern end of the park near Prince Albert Road. It was erected by public subscription in 1897 to commemorate the populist politician William Bede Dalley (1831-1888).
Oddfellows Memorial
This elaborate drinking fountain commemorates members of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows who served and died in World War 1. It stands on the corner of Park and Elizabeth Streets.
Sandringham Garden
This terraced garden was designed by Ilmar Berzins, the first qualified landscape architect in Australia. It is a memorial to King George V and George VI and was opened by the Queen during her first visit to Australia in 1954. It is named after the Royal family's residence in Norfolk, England.
Walker Fountain
Erected in 1961 facing Elizabeth Street, this fountain was presented by the family of Frederic Joseph Walker to commemorate farming pioneers of Australia. It was sculpted by Gerard Havekes.
Further reading
Helen Proudfoot, "Hyde Park Sydney: Statement of Significance and Historical Analysis", 1987
McDonald McPhee Pty Ltd, "Hyde Park South Conservation Plans for Culturally Significant Items", 1990
Ian Kirk, "Heritage Assessment Report and Heritage Impact Statement of Hyde Park Family Centre", 1999
DPWS Heritage Group, "Anzac Memorial Proposed Vertical Lift Screens and Roof Repair Works: Heritage Impact Statement", 1999
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text: TV presenter Maddow's latest book speaks out against war, but not the system which makes wars inevitable [AP]Washington, DC - Once upon a time - say, three years ago - your average Democrat appeared to care about issues of war and peace. When the man dropping the bombs spoke with an affected Texas twang, the moral and fiscal costs of empire were the subject of numerous protests and earnest panel discussions, the issue not just a banal matter of policy upon which reasonable people could disagree, but a matter of the nation's very soul. Then the guy in the White House changed. Now, if the Democratic rank and file haven't necessarily learned to love the bomb - though many certainly have - they have at least learned to stop worrying about it. Barack Obama may have dramatically expanded the war in Afghanistan, launched twice as many drone strikes in Pakistan as his predecessor and dropped women-and-children killing cluster bombs in Yemen, but peruse a liberal magazine or blog and you're more likely to find a strongly worded denunciation of Rush Limbaugh than the president. War isn't over, but one could be forgiven for thinking that it is. Given the lamentable state of liberal affairs, Drift, a new book from MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, is refreshing. Most left-of-centre pundits long ago relegated the issue of killing poor foreigners in unjustifiable wars of aggression to the status of a niche concern, somewhere between Mitt Romney's family dog and the search results for "Santorum" in terms of national importance. So in that sense, it's nice to see a prominent progressive at least trying to grapple with the evils of militarism and rise of the US empire. It's just a shame the book isn't very good. For one, Maddow, a self-described "national security liberal" who is "all about counterterrorism", writes more like a politician seeking to flatter her US audience than a teller of tough, uncomfortable truths. While at times briefly alluding to its war-filled past, Maddow repeatedly paints a picture of the US as, at heart, a peaceful nation, one with a government structured by its noble founding founders with a "deliberate peaceable bias". It is only recently, she maintains - post-World War II, but especially since Ronald Reagan - that war and a gargantuan military-industrial complex have been deemed "normal". "Jeffersonian prudence held sway in this country for a century and a half," Maddow claims. When politicians did start wars, they did so after a thorough public debate and with the explicit approval of Congress. One person, the president, couldn't just cite their "inherent" but unstated constitutional power to start a war and kill people with military force. Or so the story goes. Anti-unilateralism, not anti-war Though many might perceive it as an anti-war work, Maddow's overriding concern seems to be not so much the wars themselves - certainly not the non-American victims of them, who are never once mentioned - but the modern, unilateral way in which we go about fighting them. Reagan, for example, invaded Grenada without first seeking approval from Congress and armed and funded right-wing insurgents in Nicaragua despite a congressional prohibition, facts she holds responsible for the creation of all that "'imperial presidency' malarkey". It wasn't always this way, we're told. Even as recently as the early 1990s presidents occasionally felt compelled to acknowledge Congress' constitutional war powers. Before launching the first Gulf War, Maddow notes, President George HW Bush first sought the consent of the Senate, which - as it is wont to do - gave it. Sure, the bombs dropped just the same and thousands of people died, but before that happened we talked in public about doing it and let a group of mostly old male millionaires vote on it. "Agree or disagree with this outcome," Maddow writes, "the system had worked. Our Congress had its clangorous and open debate and then took sides. We decided to go to war, as a country." The problem today, she laments, is "there isn't enough debate, there isn't enough chivalry toward the virtues of the old system we're killing for efficiency's sake". But if the system was working as late as 1991, albeit in fits, that raises a pretty big question: is it really worth saving? The history of the US is characterised by near-constant military action and threats of war, including during the first century and a half when all those constitutional checks and balances were purportedly operating at full capacity. With "Jeffersonian prudence" holding sway, the US government fought major wars with Britain, Mexico and Spain. It militarily occupied Haiti, Nicaragua and the Philippines. Long before Reagan purportedly created the imperial presidency, US presidents were authorising the killing of hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese, Cambodians and Koreans. And then there's the whole matter of the people who lived here first: The United States didn't exactly expand from 13 colonies to a continent by asking politely. These are hardly aberrations, mere pock marks on the country's greatness that only a Frenchman or a blame-America-first professor would dwell on. These are defining episodes reflective of the institutions this country's fawned-over founders built. Perhaps there was more debate a few decades back over whether to kill this group of poor people or that one, but the debate then, as now, was a faux one, based on official falsehoods - "Remember the Maine, to hell with Spain!" - and involving the input only of moneyed interests and their elected representatives. But Maddow doesn't tell her readers any of that. Nor does she advocate a radical break from the system of hierarchical power that allows a few people in Washington - one if you're a unilateralist, 535 if you're not - to have the literal power to destroy the world. Rather: "The good news is we don't need a radical new vision of post-Cold War American power," she says. "We just need a 'small c' conservative return to our constitutional roots, a course correction." That's a comforting thought; flattering even. We were good before and we can be good again. But it relies on a whitewashing of American history. It depends on bizarre assertions like the claim that, "in 1895, the US had enjoyed peace for more than a generation", which ignores more than a century of war against North America's indigenous population, including the murder of more than 150 members of the Lakota Sioux - men, women and children - by US troops during the Wounded Knee Massacre, in 1890. A militaristic bias To be fair, America was indeed once a more peaceful place, the idea of permanent war once as foreign as the European colonisers who landed there. But that was before the time of Christopher Columbus, not Ronald Reagan. Yet, cheerfully whistling past the real history of America - and revising it to mostly cast Democrats as reluctant imperialists, ignoring Harry Truman's never-declared war in Korea while dwelling on Reagan's comparatively less bloody invasion of a Caribbean island - is crucial to Maddow's Bad (Mostly Republican) Presidents theory of American history. It's not the system, it's Dick Cheney. As Maddow puts it, in order to get back on the peaceful path bequeathed to US citizens by their country's slave-holding, indigenous-peoples-killing founders, we just need to "vote people into Congress who are determined to ... assert the legislature's constitutional prerogatives on war and peace". Rinse and repeat every two to four years. If the country is to break its addiction to war, however, electing more and better politicians to the same system that's brought us to where we are today doesn't seem up to the task. Whether the constitution authorised the permanent war national security state or not, this much is true: it sure didn't stop it. What's needed is not the same old tried-and-failed remedy of electoral politics but, as Martin Luther King Jr remarked during a speech on the war in Vietnam, a "genuine revolution of values". That means not returning to our "constitutional roots", but striking at the root of our problem: the country's penchant for violence, particularly when waged against the foreign "Other". What's needed, in other words, is a social revolution, not political reformism. War will end the day the average US citizen learns to love the Afghan people more than they love their iPads - and is willing to do more than sign an online petition or vote for a promise-filled politician when their government murders them. "Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism," King told that audience at New York City's Riverside Church back in 1967. "All over the globe, men are revolting against old systems of exploitation and oppression, and out of the wounds of a frail world, new systems of justice and equality are being born." Defending the system, ceding the debate But Maddow, representing the far left of acceptable televised opinion in the US, is explicit that she does not want a new system. She doesn't even want a particularly liberal one. Embracing "small-c conservatism", she's loyal to the system she thinks we're losing. And like a lot of her fellow progressives, she's unwilling to so much as challenge the assumptions made by the national security establishment she decries, preferring instead to regurgitate them with a liberal veneer. After all, writes Maddow, the hawks are right when they say non-America is terrifying. "We can cede their point that the world is a threatening place," she writes. "We can cede their point that the US military is a remarkable and worthy fighting force." Indeed, says Maddow, "We all have an interest in America having an outstanding military." The only thing she isn't willing to cede is that using that outstanding military is always "the best way to make threats go away". A stirring anti-war manifesto Drift is not. In fact, Maddow's book contributes to the very culture of militarism that makes war possible, elevating the soldier to the status of the Ideal Citizen, never mind their role in making unjust wars of aggression possible. Instead of tragic figures, members of the military are cast as heroic. "There are no Americans more impressive or more capable than the post-9/11 generation of Iraq and Afghanistan soldiers and veterans," she writes. Indeed, "they are a huge part of why I'm bullish on America's capacity to adapt, lead, and succeed in the the twenty-first century". Let's hope no impressionable young people read that. They may be left with the idea that there's something honourable in serving the US empire, that helping invade and occupy places such as Iraq and Afghanistan is something to be proud about, not something for which to seek forgiveness. Maddow is right to bemoan the influence of the national security establishment in Washington. She makes a strong case that stockpiling thousands of nuclear weapons is not just costly and dangerous, but really kind of insane. But her liberal faith in the essential goodness and "peaceable bias" of the institutions of US power, including the military itself, leads her to overlook the root problem causing all the wars she at times decries: not a few bad presidents and misguided policies, but the system of state power - and the violence-worshipping culture - that enables presidents and their policies to decide who lives and who dies. Charles Davis is an activist and writer who splits his time between Washington, DC, and Nicaragua. He is a contributor to the newswire Inter Press Service and his work has aired on public radio stations across the United States. To read more of his work, visit his website. Follow him on Twitter: @charlesdavis84 SOURCE: Al Jazeera ABOUT THE AUTHOR Charles DavisCharles Davis is a writer currently based in Los Angeles. 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Cottages for Kids has made a return appearance on the lawn at Rosemary Beach, just in time to make a lucky child's dreams come true for Christmas.
The five cottages are all one of a kind and constructed by local builders, who along with their team donated time, expertise, and resources for this good cause.
Of the five cottages now resting on Rosemary Beach's lawn, some are simple, some are three stories high with multiple choices for activities, but all would make a child's day or year pretty special.
Visitors can buy raffle tickets for the cottages to help other less-fortunate children's dreams come true in a different way.
There are children living in Walton County who don't have health or dental insurance adequate to cover needed procedures.
In 2005 Tricia Northcutt encountered such a child and wanted to help. The encounter led Northcutt and her husband Mark to establish the Children's Volunteer Health Network.
Since its inception, the faith-based 501(c)3 organization has facilitated more than 10,000 medical, dental, vision, and mental health procedures for low income families who are unable to access health services due to the unavailability (or inadequacy) of insurance.
The organization has established a network of more than 95 local physicians, dentists and healthcare providers who donate their time and services.
CVHN also operates a mobile dental clinic that visits local elementary schools and opened a dental clinic this year.
In its sixth year, this annual fundraising event helps fund and continue the mission of CVHN.
This year's cottages and contributing builder teams include:
�Little Hangleton: Corestruction & RW Lowe Architecture. The creation was inspired by the back-drop mythology and setting of Harry Potter.
�Sand Shack: DKM Custom Homes. A cottage that combines home and playground.
�Schoolhouse Rocks!: Davis Dunn Construction and Studio : A : Architecture. The old town schoolhouse comes to life with this creation.
�Torre de Juego (Tower of Play): Heritage Builders with Tanney Design & Merchants of Rosemary Beach. This cottage chock full of bells and whistles is sure to spark imaginative play for hours of entertainment (includes a lookout post, rope ladder, zipline and telescope).
�Up-N-Down-N-All-Around: Randy Wise Homes & Freeport High School Key Club. This cottage has nostalgic character that could inspire a range of play from Harry Potter to a Romeo and Juliet romance.
The builders team up with local businesses and architects to create the cottages, and the team sponsors pick up all the related expenses (materials, supplies, manpower) which are then donated to CVHN for the Cottages for Kids event. Each design is unique, earth-friendly, and the materials must be safe for kids.
CVHN's Executive Director Zach Billingsley said, "We are so grateful to the builder teams and the sponsors that have stepped up to make this event twice as big as last year."
The cottages are all available for viewing and inspection, and even a little play, on the East Long Green in Rosemary Beach along Scenic Road 30A Thanksgiving Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Raffle tickets are available for purchase at the event and also online. Or, win one of three cottages through an online auction. Buy It Now prices are available onsite and online. Visit online at www.cottagesforkids.org.
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Hailing from "America's County" (Somerset), my buddy Rick is probably the only guy to have memorized the ancestry of every holstein in Pennsylvania and been to a Penguins game. He's going team-by-team to suggest trade ideas for the Penguins as we near the stretch run. Yes, some are never going to happen, but thats exactly what makes it fun to talk about. Seem like an idiotic trade? Let him know in the comments.
General Team Overview
The Pen's are 18th in the league in GA/G and 16th in GF/G....so they need help both ways. The ratio of this when they are playing 5 on 5 is 14th in the NHL at 1 to 1. PP is 12th, PK is 23rd which is a concern since we have been shorthanded a lot. Keeping all of this in mind...
Goalie: Don't worry about it. We can win with Conklin. He is and Unrestricted Free Agent next year, so he has to play well for a big contract. His .939 save percentage would be good for 1st in the league. He is not the solution long-term, but neither is Fleury or Sabourin. Let's just sit tight and milk his greed for a big contract next summer.
Defensemen: Here we have 2 UFA's (Orpik and Eaton.) The Pens are high on Mark and coming off his injury they will get him cheap. So that means they have made a commitment to: Eaton, Gonchar, Whitney, and Letang.
Sydor. I like him. He is minus three, but he is good on the PP. Also, his late goal vs Washinton got us going. He has 2 or 3 cups and we don't have veteran experience. He will be big come playoff time. Also, this man does not take penalties, he has 13 PIM and 5 of those were the major for the fight against Ruzcicka.
Scuderi: Fuck him.
Orpik: With the money we have tied up in Crosby, Whitney, Gonchar, and soon 11 and 71.... we ought to see if we can get something for him. People say he's tough. Every time I see him he is getting slammed. Our entire defense is vaginas so we need to get tougher.
Trade Idea: I think we should trade him for.... Adam Foote, Columbus.
Foote has a big, mean streak and playoff experience. Also, he is fairly large and mean, and a decent offensive threat. Columbus would look to get his $4.6 million off the books and acquire a younger defenseman who will make less next year. Foote will merely be a rent a player, and next offseason we will sign a tougher defenseman. Our lines now become:
Gonchar and Foote- Gonchar will be protected by Foote.
Whitney and Letang- The future top line of the pens.
Sydor and Scuderi- I can't believe I put a Hall of Famer, a guy who played with Gretzky, on the same line as this piece of shit.
Let me know what you think.
Tomorrow: The Kings
Editors note: This is completely random, but I promised a shout out to a new Pittsburgh sports blog Raise the Jolly Roger. Check out their weekend wrap up which gives nice insight on the Pitt loss to Villanova.
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Monday, January 7, 2008
Penguins' Trade Ideas
Hailing from "America's County" (Somerset), my buddy Rick is probably the only guy to have memorized the ancestry of every holstein in Pennsylvania and been to a Penguins game. He's going team-by-team to suggest trade ideas for the Penguins as we near the stretch run. Yes, some are never going to happen, but thats exactly what makes it fun to talk about. Seem like an idiotic trade? Let him know in the comments.
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- Henry said...
Agreed we need a tough defenseman. Adam Foote? We can't pry him away from the blue jackets for Orpik. We would need to sweeten the deal. Maybe throw in a minor leaguer.
- January 7, 2008 at 2:08 PM
Giving up on MAF awfully quickly, no? Fleury's 23, so he's nowhere near his peak as a goalie -- he is the Pens' long-term solution in goal. If anything, Fleury's probably farther along in his development than he really has any right to be, especially since he basically plays behind a team with a nonexistent defense.
I wonder if the Pens could pry Brian Campbell away from Buffalo in the search for a big defenseman -- he's cheaper and seven years younger than Foote, and he'll be a UFA at the end of this season. Mike Commodore in Carolina is also a UFA after this year, but I seriously doubt the Canes would ever take Brooks Orpik in return with the bad blood that exists over the time Orpik boke Erik Cole's neck. It's going to be tough to make any deal, but I think the Pens can (and should) do better than Adam Foote.
- January 7, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Oh yeah, and Scuderi's played better this season than Darryl Sydor. There's a reason why Sydor's been a healthy scratch and Scuderi hasn't.
Sydor has played better of late, and it's probably because he's getting used to the Pens' system. Remember how long it took Sergei Gonchar to find his game when he came to Pittsburgh? I'd keep Sydor around through the remainder of his contract (he's signed through next season) because he'll probably play a lot better next year.
- January 7, 2008 at 4:01 PM
Name that goalie:
The season he turned 23 (as Fleury did this season), he posted a 16-33-4 record, with a 2.77 GAA and a .915 Save percentage. This goalie didn't post a winning record until the season he turned 27.
Dead giveaway of a hint: He'll probably win the Vezina this season. And he's 29.
Answer: Roberto Luongo.
So once again, DON'T GIVE UP ON MARC-ANDRE FLEURY AT 23.
- January 7, 2008 at 4:29 PM
- Sam said...
I agree with you completely about MAF, Nathan. He needs more time and will develop. Thoughts have crossed my head about trading him for a winger for Crosby, although only from the streak that Conklin has been on.
About Campbell, I would love to get him, but we would have to pay a fairly stiff price, I would imagine. He ranks 8th in points for defensman, and even though he is a UFA we'll probably have to give something up.
I think the Blue Jackets are interesting because as of now they won't make the playoffs and three out of 6 of their defensemen will be UFAs. Ron Hainsey (6'3") interests me the most, putting up 3 goals and 18 assists...a definite offensive upgrade over Brooks...and a solid +8. I wouldn't mind Jan Hejda (6'3"- 0 G - 8 A - +8) too, but he wouldn't be too much better.
I like both Sydor and Scuderi...Rick has a thing for older veteran defenseman. I hope you're right about MAF and I want to be patient with him as well. It's never a bad thing to have depth at goalie, and maybe Conklin can provide that at the end of this year. Even when MAF was healthy we were looking for trades for a capable backup. Looks like we've solved that problem at least.
- January 7, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Name that goalie:
The season he turned 23 (as Fleury did this season), he posted a 22-14-6 record, with a 2.61 GAA and a .909 Save percentage. This goalie did posted a winning record the season before. Like Luongo and Fleury he was drafted in the top of the first round.
Dead giveaway of a hint: He was drafted by Calgary and was annoying as hell.
Answer: Trevor Kidd.
For every Luongo, Brodeur and Barrasso taken in the first round there is a Kidd, Jamie Storr, and Eric Fichaud. While Fleury still has time to develop, it doesn't mean by any stretch that he is destined to. Each year that goes by without him making that elite jump the odds of him joining the Sabus of the world only increases.
- January 7, 2008 at 5:33 PM
- Bmac21 said...
Hey Sam, thanks for the plug.
- January 7, 2008 at 6:57 PM
- Pat said...
Trevor Kidd. Wow. That is why we started a blog way back when: so people could remind us that Trevor Kidd exists. Great name pull.
- January 7, 2008 at 7:03 PM
this blog is a joke. this kid knows absolutely nothing about hockey. jobbing scuderi this season is anything but good hockey analysis.
- January 7, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Seriously, jobbing Scuderi means that you have limited hockey knowledge. Have you watched him play this year? This whole analysis is a joke.
- January 7, 2008 at 9:20 PM
- Pat said...
Yeah I kinda thought Scuds was playing solid D too. Guy continually gives up his body in front of the net to break up odd-man situations. That sentence sounded really weird, but it's too true. He has clearly been better than Orpik or Whitney. As Adam said over on Faceoff-factor, you don't notice him and that is a good thing.
- January 8, 2008 at 12:17 AM
- Henry said...
Scuderi has been awesome this year, but its only been a half a year. I hope he keeps it up, but saying Scuderi deserves a spot on this team for the future is like saying Staal should be off the team next year for his first half troubles.
I love the pensblog. But get your own material. The overuse of "joke" and "jobbing" is like repeating lines from napoleon dynamite or superbad. Unoriginal.
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When Stead was appointed to the job last January, editor-in-chief John Stackhouse said: "The Globe and Mail is among the most respected names in Canadian media, because we've always been held to the highest standards. Credibility is our currency and we want to protect its value."
That currency has taken a fast plunge. One reader addresses it in a comment attached to Stead's column: "As questionable as I find Wente's lapses of journalistic integrity, the greater blame falls to The Globe for being so irresponsible as to give her this space and lending her an air of credibility by virtue of their (former) reputation. I stopped subscribing to the Globe years ago when it became apparent they were abdicating their responsibility to the public as a source of responsible journalism. This gutless editorial downplaying and excusing Wente's abuses has made me lose any remaining respect I had...No accountability = No subscription."
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Some games just lack interest, this was one of them, unless you are a huge fan of lake enhanced fog, and who isn't?? The only thing that would have been better is if Cheryl Scott was there to tell us about it. It was a foggy mess at Wrigley and the Cubs followed suit as they lost to Brandon Phillips 6-2, that's right, Brandon Phillips drove in all six runs, the guys a jerk. One bad inning did Scott Feldman in, and the Cubs probably couldn't see the ball, home field fog is supposed to help the home team!
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From the tabloids to the blogosphere to MSN to NPR, there's hardly a news source that doesn't find this story irresistable. The elements alone are the stuff of sitcom, even before we get to the action.
Exhibit A is a wealthy Manhattan couple, Michelle and Jon Heinemann, whe are all too easy to poke fun at if only for the fact that they named their children Hudson Cornelius and Hyacinth Cornelia.
Exhibit B is the "posh" (that adjective came from the British press) kindergarten that little Hudson Cornelius attends, the Cathedral School of St. John the Divine, with tuition rates of $39,000 a year.
Exhibit C is a fingerpainting that Michelle, an artist, helped the divine little schoolchildren create for the school's fundraising auction. She intended to place the winning bid on it herself, for $3,000, and apparently arranged this with the school before she went on vacation.
Now, for the action: The school apparently decided that its power over the absent Michelle's bidding didn't stop at $3,000. So when a first-grade teacher named "Ms. Bryant" threw herself into the bidding with great enthusiasm — or, according to the Heinemanns, with a wink and a nod from the school — it countered with proxy bids for the Heinemanns until the bidding topped out at $50,000. (Collective gasp.)
The Heinemanns may not want to spend $50,000 on a fingerpainting, but they may be about to spend that amount on lawyers. They're suing the school for $415,000, a figure they derived from the costs of placing young master H.C. in another school. You can read the details about that in the various tabloids. Let's talk now about why the school's actions were — if we're to believe the basic gist of what happened — just plain dumb, and a reminder to every nonprofit not to get into the same type of trouble.
First off, if the school was really told that its bidding-proxy power stopped at $3,000, then failure to honor that is a major breach of trust. And even if that memo got lost somewhere, bidding a fingerpainting up to $50,000 just doesn't pass the smell test, no matter how wealthy the bidders.
But let's say it all seemed okay to the school in the heat of the moment, and no one rethought it until what must have been a rather awkward phone conversation with the Heinemanns. ("Uh, good news! You outbid the competition for the fingerpainting!")
The school had a couple of perfectly viable options here. First, it could have offered the fingerpainting to the second highest bidder ("What, Ms. Bryant? You don't want the fingerpainting for $49,000 after all?"). Okay, maybe the third-highest bidder. Oh, that was probably the Heinemanns. Come to think of it, the better option would probably have been to ask the Heinemann's to pay the $3,000 that they thought they'd agreed to. And by the way, making them happy would have increased the chances of higher donations down the line.
The priceless lesson that the school hopefully learned here is that a nonprofit that gets into activities like auctions is acting somewhat like a business — and business customers expect to be treated with great deference, not as the walking checkbooks that nonprofit donors sometimes complain of being treated like. For more useful tips on how to run a fundraising auction, see The Volunteers' Guide to Fundraising (Nolo).


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Strawberries in Bubbles of Snow & Foodies of the World recipe book
Hi SSWF readers, there's a new unique recipe book published by Slattery Media Group, Australia, Foodies of the World. I'd like to introduce you to the book as I think the idea behind the book is wonderful, it's a collection of great recipes from the best cooking blogs from around the world. It covers an international spread of cuisines, courses and recipe styles, as well as profiles of the bloggers themselves from all corners of the globe! Containing stunning photography, styling and images, this is a high-quality cookbook filled with delicious real food from real people, including yours truly. The editor of the book contacted me earlier this year and without any hesitation, I immediately agreed to participate in the project. I felt flattered and was very excited to be invited as one of the recipe contributors.
Right now, I am eagerly waiting for my very own copy to arrive. If you plan to get a copy of this book either for it's great recipes or to discover new blogs, please do consider to use the link here or simply click on the Foodies of the World widget on the right side of my blog link for your purchase. (No secret here, they will obviously allocate a small commission to SSWF for copies purchased through the link.)
Meanwhile, I will indulge myself with these delicate Strawberries in Bubbles of Snow or also known as Ichigo no awayuki-kan in Japanese. These cuties are snow light and they taste like soft marshmallows that's served chilled.
Recipe adapted from Japanese Cooking by Masako Yamaoka
Strawberries in Bubbles of Snow-Ichigo no awayuki-kan
(Printable Recipe)
2 Cups (500 ml) Water
2 ½ tsp Agar-Agar Powder
½ - 2/3 Cup Sugar (I used ½ Cup)
2 Large Egg Whites
1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
16-24 Medium or Small Strawberries, washed and hulled
1 Baking Pan (I used brownie pan 13" x 8 ½ ")
Combine water, agar-agar powder, and sugar in a medium size pot. Bring it to a boil and continue to simmer until agar-agar and sugar dissolves.
Using a mixer beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. Add the agar-agar in a fine stream while continuing to beat the egg white, and then mix in the lemon juice. Continue to beat the mixture until light and fluffy. (About 50 seconds)
Moisten the pan with cold water. Spread the egg white mixture evenly and arrange the strawberries, bottom end up, in several rows. Allow the mixture to congeal, uncovered, for about 30 minutes. Then chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 to 3 hours. Cut into squares and serve chilled.
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These look beautiful! Fresh strawberry marshmallows -- what a treat...TheresaReplyDelete
Wow, super coolReplyDelete
congrats for getting published in the book. The strawberries look really good. Think I can get a copy over here?ReplyDelete
I've never had these before, but a friend of mine was describing them to me and I've been wondering how I would find these... now that you've posted instructions, I guess I'll find them in my kitchen! Great post - Thanks!ReplyDelete
I used to make something similiar with your "snow", but set with gelatin.ReplyDelete
It wasn't in good terms with our hot weather here, therefore, got sticky within minutes out from the fridge.
I think making it with agar-agar will be a much better choice.
hey these look adorable! but is it possible to use konnyaku powder or gelatin instead? my family members are not fans of the texture of agar agar :sReplyDelete
Oh, I so badly want to make these. What a fantastic presentation. thank you very, very much for sharing it with us.ReplyDelete
What cute little packages for a wonderfully sweet strawberry!ReplyDelete
I was really honoured to be included in the book with a blogger of your calibre. I've been a follower of your blog for a long time :)ReplyDelete
My copy arrived yesterday in the mail, you are going to love it, it's the most beautiful book :)
oh wow! Thats pretty cool! So its basically a strawberry inside a marshmallow right?ReplyDelete
@Lisa: Congrats! I'm still waiting for my copy.ReplyDelete
Angie..Congrats for being one of the contributors to the book :) And thanks for this recipe. Will make it for my Piggies :)ReplyDelete
that's so unique! i've never seen anything like this before. very Japanese.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 7, 2010 at 6:05 AM
How unique and beautiful, great job!ReplyDelete
Wow, how unique. I've never saw those before!ReplyDelete


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Group B in the 2013 World Baseball Classic is just as talented as some of the other divisions, but some of the best teams in this quartet of teams lack the star MLB players found in other divisions. From Netherlands unique blend of top prospects and washed out big leaguers to Jae Weong Seo's veteran presence on an inexperienced Korean team, Group B definitely has it's share of stories. They key for the two teams that will advance out of this round will likely be pitching. There seems to be a lack of proven pitchers in this year's WBC, particularly in this group. With less than one month before these teams start playing each other, here is a preview of what to expect from Group B in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
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Perfect harmony: Marriage in black and white
If– as is asserted in the forward to Mary Motley Kalergis' moving new book, Love in Black and White– 99.9 percent of the DNA of every person on earth is identical, then here is a celebration of that nine-tenths of a percent of uniqueness.
Kalergis, a celebrated documentary photographer, trains her camera's eye on interracial marriage, and the beautiful contrasts of her black and white photographs are a testament to the crossed color-line that their subjects represent. Complementing each conjugal portrait is the story of how it came to be, told in the subjects' own voices from interviews conducted by the photographer.
Many of the featured couples live in Virginia, where interracial marriage was illegal 35 years ago, and where prejudice, resentment, and divisiveness still reign in some places. Some are high-profile Charlottesville personalities: Maurice Cox and his wife, Giovanna Galfione, as well as Rita Dove and her husband, Fred Viebahn, combine mixed racial roots with different nationalities in their unions. Boyd Tinsley of Dave Matthews Band fame is featured with his wife, Emily, who remembers her hockey- and lacrosse-playing youth as "pretty much filled with blue-eyed blondes."
Kalergis, who celebrated commitment and family in her last book, With This Ring, says the premise of Love in Black and White is to ask "Can our society moved beyond the resentment, guilt, and expectations that are a legacy of slavery and segregation?"
The pictures she presents as an answer show clearly that society has done just that, even if only on the small scale of the individuals found in its pages.
While many of these people are aware of their societal role in testing racial attitudes and assumptions, other express a bemused indifference to the issue: "I don't think our different races have been much of an issue in our life together," says Carlotta McIntyre, who met her husband, Biff, in Jamaica. "We just feel like us, whether we're going to a Contra dance or a Reggae show."
Portraits of people in love are inherently pleasing, but perhaps the most beautiful subjects are the cherished offspring of these unions. Without exception, the children found in the pages of this tasteful album are astonishingly beautiful.
"Do I look like an Oreo to you?" asks 10-year old Daniel Burns, whose dazzling smile is framed in the fork of a tree as he poses with his more clearly definable parents. "I'm tan," he concludes, a color not found in Kalergis' non-discriminating photographic palette.
Mary Motley Kalergis signs copies of Love in Black & White (Dafina Books) at New Dominion Bookshop on Wednesday, October 30, 5:30pm.