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Nicko van Someren, CTO, Linux Foundation.
Open Source is huge and it's here to stay, with nearly 4 million contributors world wide, 31 billion lines of committed open source, etc - we aren't getting away from it now! Open Source is the "roads and bridges" of the Internet, which runs on Open Source.
Sometimes open source breaks... things like heartbleed, shellshock, Poodle, etc. The Internet runs on opensource, but it's not always properly looked after. Linus's Law: "Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow" - so why are there still bugs? Well, not enough eyeballs!
Open source software is not more or less secure than closed source - but different. Typically there are more diverse group of people working on the source, but serially over a long period of time. There is often a culture of "code is more important than specification" - a cultural difference from most businesses.
Major projects are very under resourced, like OpenSSL - run by millions of businesses, but only got $2000 in support in 2013. NTPD is run by every major stock exchange, but some of the code is 35 years old, maintained by one guy, part time. Same for bash, GnuPG, and OpenSSH.
These open source projects are not given the resources they deserve.
The Linux Foundation created the Core Infrastructure Initiative. The CII aims to substantially improve security outcomes in the OSS projects that underpin the Internet. The CII funds work in security engineering, security architecture, tooling and training on key OSS projects.
This market is changing quite quickly as well - who would've known 4 years ago how important node.js would be?
CII is a non profit funded by industry partners, like Intel, Microsoft, Google, Hitatchi, Dell, Cisco, Amazon, Bloomberg, Fujitsu, etc.
Open source can do all of the same things commercial enterprise does for building secure software - just harder, because there is no way to give a top-down mandate (ala Bill Gates fixing security mindset at Microsoft).
Groups and individuals must think about security early and often, it cannot be just one squeaky wheel mentioning security. It requires buy-in from the entire community. Fostering this culture of security within your open source project is the single most important thing that you can do to improve your security outcomes. Security needs to be given equal weight with scalability, performance, usability and other design factors.
CII is trying to find out where the risks and problems are by doing the CII Census Project to discover the really critical open source projects, how responsive the developers are, historic trends for bug and vuln density and how healthy the development community is. Did a snapshot a couple of years ago and created a scorecard. working now on updating it to be a continuous evaluation.
Once critical projects have issues identified, CII is trying to focus their resources on fixing it. Maintenance work is not fun, but it is vital. They are trying to pay developers to work on key projects full time, match willing and able developers to relevant projects and encourage educational establishments to get students involved.
Additionally, working on improving open source security tools. This means funding development of new or improved OSS security tools, make sure they are usable and have a good signal to noise ratio. Problem with some of the existing tools - terrible documentation! So, there is even a need for paying people to write documentation for how to use and deploy continuous security testing.
CII also wants to drive better security process in OSS projects with their CII Badge program - an open process for evaluating security processes in your community. It's a self assessment, with the goal of avoiding security theater, so it only includes items that really improve security.
CII has a travel fund to send developers to security conferences to learn about security and additional funding to get key OSS developer teams to meet face to face to set priorities and collaborate (like OpenSSL).
If your company is building your business on open source software, you should consider funding those projects and CII to help push better security practices, etc.
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Walking is a form of aerobic exercise
and is one of the easiest ways to increase your physical activity and improve
your health. Physical activity increases your
heart rate, strengthens your heart, and increases
blood circulation through your body, bringing more oxygen and nutrients to your
organs. Exercise also increases your lungs' ability to take in oxygen, lowers
blood pressure, helps to reduce body fat, and improves blood sugar and
cholesterol levels.
Try to make a walk an essential part of your day. It's fine to walk for
10 minutes or more at a time throughout your day and week. Being active in
small blocks of time throughout your day can be just as good as walking for a
longer amount of time a few times a week. Accumulating activity throughout the
day helps burn calories and maintain your weight.
activities such as taking the stairs instead of the elevator or parking far
away and walking to your destination can add up quickly to the minimum
recommendation of 2½ hours a week. Be creative. Instead of emailing or phoning
a coworker, get up and walk to his or her desk. If you need to meet with
someone, suggest taking a walk instead of staying inside.
To get
the heart-healthy benefits of walking, you need to walk briskly enough to
increase your pulse and breathing, but not so fast that you can't talk
It isn't necessary to walk a certain amount of time
each day. I can be active in blocks of time that work best for me throughout
the day and week.
Experts recommend at least 2½ hours a week of
moderate exercise, which is equal to brisk walking. But it isn't necessary to
do it all at once. It's fine to be active in several blocks of 10 minutes or
more at a time. For example, you could walk twice a week for at least 1 hour and
15 minutes at a time. Or you could walk 10 minutes 3 times a day, at least 5 days
a week.
Continue to Why?
Your heart is a
muscle with fibers that allow it to contract and pump blood. When used during
aerobic exercise, the heart becomes more efficient and pumps more blood with
each heartbeat. Exercise, such as walking, also increases your muscles' ability
to take oxygen from the blood. A more efficient heart can pump more blood with
each heartbeat and deliver more oxygen and nutrients to other organs.
Walking is a form of aerobic exercise that elevates
the heart rate and increases the efficiency of the heart.
Walking briskly increases your heart rate and
increases the efficiency of your heart. A more efficient heart can pump more
blood through your body, which circulates more blood and nutrients to other
Continue to How?
of the best ways to stay motivated to walk is to include other people. Ask
friends and coworkers to join you. Join a walking group or club.
Buying a pedometer or step counter is an easy way to
motivate yourself to walk more.
A pedometer or step counter can help you
determine how active (or inactive) you are throughout the day. After you know
your level of activity, you can set goals to increase your steps, and your
fitness, throughout the day.
Continue to Where?
Now that you have read this
information, you are ready to plan a walking program that suits you.
you have questions about this information, take it with you when you visit your
health professional.
If you would like more information on cardiac
rehabilitation, the following resources are available:
Visit the American Heart Association (AHA) website for information on
physical activity, diet, and various heart-related conditions. You can search for information on heart disease and stroke, share information with friends and family, and use tools to help you make heart-healthy goals and plans. Contact the AHA to find your
nearest local or state AHA group. The AHA provides brochures and information
about support groups and community programs, including Mended Hearts, a
nationwide organization whose members visit people with heart problems and
provide information and support.
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CitationsU.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2008). 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (ODPHP Publication No. U0036). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Available online: http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/guidelines/default.aspx.Other Works ConsultedAmerican College of Sports Medicine (2010). Exercise prescription for patients with cardiac disease. In WR Thompson et al., eds., ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, 8th ed., pp. 207–224. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
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September 27, 2012
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Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is a nutrient that is critical to many bodily functions. Vitamin D3 is beneficial for supporting bone health, immune wellness, cardio- vascular function, and cellular metabolism, among others. Mounting research is highlighting the ever-increasing benefits of optimal vitamin D3 status. Vitamin D3 is known to interact with over 200 different genes and thus plays a crucial regulatory role as a metabolic activator for a multitude of metabolic processes.
Mounting research is highlighting the ever-increasing benefits of optimal vitamin D status. Scientific studies have demonstrated that vitamin D levels are often low in the general population.The standard assessment for vitamin D levels is measuring the level of the marker 25(OH) D3 in the blood. Researchers suggest that levels between 50 and 80 ng/mL are optimal for supporting health.
Vitamin D is known to interact with over 200 different genes and thus plays a crucial regulatory role as a metabolic activator for a multitude of metabolic processes. Common supplemental forms of Vitamin D include D3 (cholecalciferol) and D2 (ergocalciferol). Vitamin D3 is the naturally-occurring form in humans. Research shows that supplemental vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is significantly more efficient at converting to active vitamin D in the body than vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol). This makes vitamin D3 the preferred supplemental form of this nutrient.
Vitamin D is essential for life. It regulates calcium homeostasis in the human body, which is of vital importance as calcium is involved in the function of all cells. Calcium balance is also essential for bone growth and formation, as well as for the function of the nervous system.Vitamin D has been shown in multiple studies to support healthy bone structure. However,over the last several years,more and more research has focused on other critical functions of this hormone-like vitamin. Vitamin D plays a role in most organs and systems of the body. Like other hormones, vitamin D acts as a "molecular switch" by influencing the expression of multiple genes. Thus, activated vitamin D not only influences bone health, but is involved in supporting the function of the immune system, cardiovascular system, respiratory system and the musculoskeletal system, among others.
Added to the knowledge of how vitamin D can affect the function of various organs throughout the human body is research showing that a majority of individuals are not getting optimal levels of this crucial "supervitamin" on a daily basis, placing them at risk for deficiencies.
While we obtain some vitamin D from our diet, the major source for replenishment of vitamin D levels is exposure of the skin to sunlight. Adequate daily sun exposure is considered to be sufficient to fulfill the human requirement for vitamin D. However, a number of factors affect our ability to refresh our vitamin D supplies. First, due to the climate we live in, sun exposure is not always possible year-round. This is the case especially in northern latitudes and much of the northern United States. Second, direct sunlight exposure on the skin is needed for vitamin D production to occur. Covering skin with sunscreens and other topical products prevents the necessary exposure from occurring. Skin color is also a factor when it comes to adequate vitamin D production. Individuals with darker skin require longer sun exposure than individuals with lighter skin to produce the same amount of vitamin D. Furthermore, UV rays from the sun do not penetrate indoors through windows. Since UV light is required for vitamin D synthesis in skin, being indoors leads to no production of vitamin D. For one or more of these reasons, we often fail to meet our vitamin D requirements for health.
The second common source of vitamin D is from dietary intake. However, few foods are naturally high in vitamin D, with fish and seafood being the richest source. Adequate intake levels for vitamin D have been established by the Food and Nutrition Board (FNB) at the Institute of Medicine of The National Academies. For adults between 19 and 50 years of age, the FNB advises an intake of 200 IU per day, while for individuals aged 51 to 70 years, an intake of 400 IU per day is recommended. Recent studies have shown that these levels are often woefully inadequate for assuring optimal vitamin D status and for achieving the health benefits associated with adequate vitamin D levels. Some researchers suggest that a minimum daily intake of 1,000 IU is necessary to maintain barely adequate blood levels of vitamin D. Others agree that significantly higher doses are needed to ensure levels are optimal enough to promote health.
Vitamin D from dietary intake or sun exposure requires two activation steps in the body. The first activation occurs in the liver, while the second activation occurs in the kidneys, allowing for regulation of calcium metabolism. However, vitamin D receptors are present throughout the body, in tissue such as the skin, cartilage, heart, prostate, bones and intestines. Thus, the second activation step also takes place in local tissues. Recent discoveries have highlighted the important modulatory effects of vitamin D on various cells of the immune system.
Vitamin D enhances and regulates immune function
Studies show that vitamin D has important immunomodulatory effects. It is known that various cells of the immune system, such as T lymphocytes and antigen presenting cells, express the vitamin D receptor on their surface when activated. Recently, it has been found that treatment of these immune cells with vitamin D influences their expression of cytokines, which are chemical messengers of the immune system. The immune modulating effects of vitamin D extend to monocytes and dendritic cells of the immune system as well. Dendritic cells are important antigen-processing cells of the immune system that function to initiate the immune response. By altering the cytokine expression of dendritic cells, vitamin D may prevent overactivity of the immune response and keep the immune system in a normal healthy state of vigilance.
Vitamin D supports optimal cardiovascular function
Research has uncovered the role vitamin D plays in supporting cardiac function. Heart myocytes (cells) express the vitamin D receptor, as do smooth muscle cells of blood vessels. The benefits of vitamin D on the heart are potentially far-reaching. Studies on mice heart cells have shown that vitamin D administration impacts their growth and proliferation. In these cells, vitamin D inhibited the release of a protein that could be detrimental to the function of these cells, displaying cardioprotective properties. It has also been shown that vitamin D has a modulatory effect on heart rhythm. Again, in mouse heart cells, knocking out the effects of the vitamin D receptors led to an increased rate of contraction and relaxation. In normal mouse cardiac myocytes, administration of vitamin D led to normalization of heart contractility. Further studies in mice have led researchers to conclude that vitamin D supports the overall structure and function of the heart in terms of shape, size and performance.
Studies in humans have confirmed the importance of vitamin D for heart function. In a study consisting of 1,739 participants from the Framingham Offspring Study, those individuals with the highest levels of vitamin D had superior cardiac function in relation to those with low vitamin D levels. These results make sense when taken in context of the overall effects of low vitamin D. These effects include an imbalance in the immune production of inflammatory markers, disturbing the normal inflammatory response and leading to potential effects on all tissues, including the heart and blood vessels. Restoration of optimal vitamin D status supports a healthy, normal inflammatory response and may thus restore the optimal health of the heart and cardiovascular system.
Furthermore, recent research highlights the profound benefits of vitamin D sufficiency in the realm of markers of cardiovascular wellness. Studies have previously shown that vitamin D supplementation has no effect on weight loss. However a recent study conducted in 200 healthy overweight individuals has shown that vitamin D supplementation can enhance the cardiovascular benefits associated with weight loss. The individuals participating in a 12-month weight reduction program were divided into two groups – one received placebo while the other group received supplemental vitamin D on a daily basis. At the end of the study, it was found that neither placebo nor vitamin D had a measurable effect on weight loss, as both groups lost similar amounts of weight. However, cardiovascular markers and blood lipid markers significantly improved in the vitamin D group, indicating enhanced cardiovascular support with vitamin D supplementation.
A further way in which vitamin D may influence the health of the cardiovascular system is through its potential blood pressure regulatory effect. While the mechanism of vitamin D's effect on blood pressure regulation is unclear, it is known that vitamin D regulates calcium balance, supports endothelial function, activates gene transcription, and influences the sodium-potassium balance and aldosterone system in the kidneys. It is likely that vitamin D exerts its blood pressure regulatory effect in one or more of these ways. A study was conducted to assess the effects of vitamin D status on blood pressure. In this study, data from the Third US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey was used to determine the association of blood pressure levels with vitamin D status in healthy individuals. The results of this study, which included data from 12,644 people, showed that those individuals with the highest vitamin D status had an increased ability to maintain their blood pressure levels in the normal range. By supporting blood pressure levels within a range that is already normal, vitamin D promotes the health and wellness of the cardiovascular system.
Vitamin D supports healthy bone density and structure
The role of vitamin D for bone health (alongside that of calcium) has been well-characterized in published literature. Vitamin D is obviously required for optimal calcium absorption. Recent studies have shown that possibly a majority of women with bone health issues have low levels of vitamin D. In some studies, this number is well over 60%. One such study found that out of a total of 2,606 postmenopausal women assessed, more than 64% had levels of vitamin D of less than 30 ng/mL (measured as serum levels of 25(OH) D, a common blood measure of vitamin D sufficiency). These authors state that, according to a recent review article, the optimal vitamin D levels as measured by 25(OH) D are between 50 and 80 ng/mL.8 Thus, levels near 30 ng/mL are significantly below those considered optimal.
An interesting study was performed recently in Finland in which 212 adolescent females were divided into three groups – a placebo group receiving no vitamin D, a low-dose vitamin D group (200 IU per day) and a higher dose vitamin D group (400 IU per day). The study aimed to measure the effects of vitamin D intake on bone mineral density in these young healthy females who also had adequate calcium status. At the end of the one year study, both vitamin D groups had significant improvements in bone density measured at the femur bone, whereas the 400 IU group also had significantly higher mineral density at the lumbar spine. These findings indicate the importance of vitamin D in bone structure and formation and also indicate the role of vitamin D in bone health independent of calcium intake.
Vitamin D promotes healthy aging by enhancing cellular function
Given its role as a promoter of gene expression, vitamin D affects numerous systems throughout the body. Research unmistakably shows that vitamin D is also a regulator of cellular health and wellness. Aged, unhealthy cells tend to lose their ability to differentiate and perform their original intended function due to the cumulative effects of oxidative damage. Vitamin D, acting as a pro-hormone, promotes the ability of cells to maintain their normal life cycle of birth, differentiation, functional performance and death, when they have become overly damaged. Damaged cells can lead to damaged tissue function. By promoting the normal cell cycle, vitamin D ensures the progression of cells through their functionality and their healthy renewal.
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South Dakota's Deputy Fire Marshal Certified by Association
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota's deputy fire marshal has earned an international accreditation.
Cliff Dahl is now a certified fire investigator from the International Association of Arson Investigators. He's stationed in Rapid City.
Dahl has been with the State Fire Marshal's Office for nine years. With the accreditation, he becomes only the third certified fire investigator in South Dakota.
State Fire Marshal Paul Merriman says the field of fire investigation is constantly changing, and Dahl has taken steps to keep abreast of those changes. Merriman says it takes a great deal of time and work just to qualify to take the testing for the accreditation.
The International Association of Arson Investigators describes the CFI program as "a standard measure of an individual's competence in all phases of fire investigation."
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Several people asked the name of the block and I do not know. I looked in Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia and didn't find one just like it so I'll venture to say something like a Four Patch Variation. Doesn't sound too exciting does it?!
Janet, who left the first comment let me know it is a double four patch. It sounds kind of obvious now!
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ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals are about to get their cleanup batter back, just in time for the World Series.
Allen Craig, who has not played since Sept. 4 because of a foot injury, took batting practice Sunday and said he expects to be on the Cardinals' World Series roster. Craig would serve as the designated hitter when the Series opens in Boston on Wednesday and Thursday.
Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright will start Game 1 against the Red Sox. Cardinals Manager Mike Matheny declined to announce his rotation beyond then, but Michael Wacha, Joe Kelly and Lance Lynn are expected to follow Wainwright.
Craig batted .315 with 13 home runs and 97 runs batted in, and he led the major leagues by batting .454 with runners in scoring position. It is unlikely that Craig could play first base when the Series returns to St. Louis, but neither he nor the Cardinals have ruled it out.
The deadline for setting the World Series roster is 7 a.m. Pacific time Wednesday. The Cardinals plan to include Craig on the roster, barring a setback that makes it even harder for him to run.
"If nothing else, he adds a little pop on the bench," General Manager John Mozeliak said.
Mozeliak acknowledged Craig might need some at-bats to shake off the rust.
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Read the MIT News Office Oct. 11, 2013 article about EECS PhD student Cody Gilleland receiving the inaugural Regeneron Prize. Along with 9 other finalists, Gilleland presented his dream research proposal in April to Regeneron. He was named inaugural recipient, based on his presentation to essentially bring Moore's law to early stage drug delivery by designing a new system for developing and validating drug targets (prior to mouse model trials). Read the full text below. Read the Regeneron Press Release.
Cody Gilleland, a PhD student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), was recently awarded the first ever Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation by a Graduate Student.
According to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, which created the annual prize, this "new initiative [was] designed to acknowledge, reward, and foster talented early-career scientists." Gilleland was nominated by the Office of the Dean for Graduate Education.
As a key component of their application, nominees were asked to draft a proposal explaining a "dream" project in biomedical research. This allowed Regeneron's selection committee to gain insight into the nominees' creativity and ability to think independently as a scientist.
Gilleland explains his novel research: "Revealing the function of genes in living organisms relies on primarily manual techniques that have remained relatively unchanged for decades and are unable to scale due to human fatigue. My research focuses on bringing Moore's Law to early stage drug discovery by developing new tools that automate experimentation on small model organisms."
In the world of computer processing, Moore's Law holds that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits will double — along with the circuit's processing power — approximately every 18 months.
Of his Regeneron proposal, Gilleland says, "I proposed the development of a new suite of high-throughput technologies to accelerate the discovery and validation of novel drug targets for potential therapeutic intervention, prior to moving into a mouse model."
Ten finalists were invited to Regeneron in April to give presentations on their proposal. Upon being selected for the prize, Gilleland was awarded $50,000 and MIT received a $5,000 donation to support a seminar series. The donation has since been given to EECS to support ongoing seminars.


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By now it should be clear what the problem is. A race condition exists between the two threads and the access to the trace buffer.
Thread1 may write to the global data value and then start logging that write event in the trace buffer. Meanwhile,
Thread2 may read that same global value after the write, but log this read event before the write event. Thus, the data in the buffer may not be an accurate reflection of the actual sequence of events as they occurred in the system.
One potential solution to this problem is to protect the operation that you want to log and the subsequent trace buffer access with a synchronization object. A thread, when logging the event, could request exclusive access to the trace buffer. Once the thread has completed logging the event, it would then unlock the trace buffer, allowing other threads to access the buffer. This is shown in Listing Three.
Listing Three: Incorrectly Synchronizing Access to the Trace Buffer.
// This is NOT RECOMMENDED unsigned __stdcall Thread1(void *) { // ... thread initialization // write global data LockTraceBuffer(); m_global = do_work(); AddEntryToTraceBuffer(msg); UnlockTraceBuffer(); // ... finish thread } unsigned __stdcall Thread2(void *) { // ... thread initialization // read global data LockTraceBuffer(); Thread_local_data = m_global; AddEntryToTraceBuffer(msg); UnlockTraceBuffer(); // ... finish thread }
There are a number of drawbacks to this technique. Using a synchronization primitive to protect access to a trace buffer may actually mask bugs in the code, defeating the purpose of using the trace buffer for debug. Assume that the bug the developer is tracking down is related to a missing lock around the read or write access in the thread. By locking access to the trace buffer, the developer is protecting a critical section of code that may be incorrectly unprotected. Generally speaking, when tracking down a race condition, the programmer should avoid synchronizing access to the trace buffer. If you synchronize access and your application works, it's a clue that there may be a problem in the synchronization mechanism between those threads.
The preferred method to overcoming this limitation is to log a message before and after the event occurs. This is demonstrated in Listing Four.
Listing Four: Preferred Method of Logging Messages with a Trace Buffer.
unsigned __stdcall Thread1(void *) { // ... thread initialization // write global data AddEntryToTraceBuffer(before_msg); m_global = do_work(); AddEntryToTraceBuffer(after_msg); // ... finish thread } unsigned __stdcall Thread2(void *) { // ... thread initialization // read global data AddEntryToTraceBuffer(before_msg2); Thread_local_data = m_global; AddEntryToTraceBuffer(after_msg2); // ... finish thread }
By logging a before and after message, a programmer can determine whether or not the events occurred as expected. If the before and after messages between the two threads occur in sequence, then the developer can safely assume that the event was ordered. If the before and after messages are interleaved, then the order of events is indeterminate; the events may have happened in either order.
A trace buffer can be used to gather useful data about the sequence of operations occurring in a multithreaded application. For other more difficult problems, more advanced threading debug tools may be required.


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Sleeping with Schubert: A Novel (Paperback)
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It seems that the legendary composer Franz Schubert is alive—well, sort of—in the twenty-first century: His soul has taken up residence in the body of Brooklyn lawyer Liza Durbin. Even more astonishing, so has his prodigious gift. A mediocre pianist at best as a child, Liza can suddenly pound out concertos and compose masterly music out of the blue. But how can a brilliant male Austrian composer from the nineteenth century coexist in the everyday life of a modern American woman? And how can Liza explain what's happened to her without everyone thinking she's gone off the deep end?
Fortunately, the evidence is tangible, and Liza is soon brought into the esteemed halls of Juilliard under the tutelage of the revered—and feared—Greta Pretsky, a humorless woman whose only interest in Liza is her channeling of Schubert. Greta's greedy for her next big star, and the entire New York City press is whispering of Liza's brilliance as the public awaits her debut at Carnegie Hall. Even Liza's boyfriend, Patrick, seems more in love with her than ever.
Yet as Liza yields to Franz's great passion, her own life and identity threaten to elude her. Why was she chosen as the vessel for this musical genius—and when, if ever, will he leave? Their entwined souls follow a path of ecstasy, peril, and surprise as they search for the final, liberating truth.
A strikingly original novel, Sleeping with Schubert plays on years of speculation regarding Franz Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony." Bonnie Marson's extraordinary imagination supposes that Schubert cannot truly die until the mystery is solved—even if it means being resurrected in the body of a deceptively ordinary woman. Filled with drama and humor, this irresistible novel explores love, genius, and identity in ways that will engage and amaze readers.
About the Author
BONNIE MARSON is an artist who has worked in many media including painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, and mosaics. She has sold her work in galleries and to collectors around the country. Sleeping with Schubert Film rights have been acquired by Paramount Pictures. The author lives in Tucson, Arizona, with her husband, Steve Sadler.
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"Combining just the right amounts of love, lunacy, and lyricism, Bonnie Marson has given us an enchanting tale about genius and relationships sparked by the improbable convergence of a dead composer and a Brooklyn lawyer. This book is as original as they come. You will be captivated."
—Tawni O'Dell, author of Backroads
"A charmed and charming novel—an imaginative joy ride with a gifted and generous spirit."
—Katherine Dunn, author of Geek Love
"From the opening lines, Sleeping with Schubert is a hilarious, whimsical romp through the looking glass of a great musical mystery. The writing snaps, crackles, and pops with humor as Bonnie Marson makes Schubert a sexy, happening kind of guy who gives new meaning to our dreaming the impossible."
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Do Gas Additives Really Improve Gas Mileage?Monday, April 9th, 2012
So… Do gasoline additives really help make cars drive a bit further on a tank of gas? After some research we have determined that some do, and some don't.
We all want to know how we can stretch our gasoline budget just a little further, right? Of course we do! With gas prices clearly over the $4 mark in a lot of the country most of us have started doing ANYthing we can to get better gas mileage.
That dumb bastard, however, appeared to have other motives for his use of a 'gas additive' and although we didn't actually log any miles on the test vehicle, we have concluded that man-made, all natural beer-induced fuel additives will not stretch a person's fuel budget.


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It is hard to imagine how Washington D.C. could be more dysfunctional that it is right now.
It is hard to imagine how Washington D.C. could be more dysfunctional that it is right now.
As I'm writing, Republicans and Democrats are digging in, insisting they are right and the other side is wrong. Meanwhile, most Americas are losing interest in the partisan political argument and strategizing; they care more about whether the trains will run on time.
The whole situation reminds me of a scene from a Broadway play, "Into the Woods." The play combines several fairy tale stories into one musical. Things go horribly wrong with the wife of the slain giant — from the "Jack and the Bean Stalk" storyline — she climbs down another bean stalk and seeks revenge on those who killed her husband. The characters turn on one another in a song called "Your Fault." Jack, Little Red Riding Hood, and Cinderella all chase one other around the stage screaming, "You're responsible! You're the one to blame! It's your fault!"
Those characters are the modern-day equivalent of Republican House Speaker John Boehner, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and President Barrack Obama.
Sorting out facts from spin is impossible, but the basic problem stems from the inability of either side to give an inch. All firmly believe they have the moral high ground and therefore are unwilling to budge.
Part of the problem is most members of Congress do not have to worry about a general election opponent. Safely drawn into either reliably red or blue districts, winning in November is not a concern. Rather, the fear is a primary opponent in May.
Republicans who appear moderate fear a tea party-backed primary opponent while Democrats who stray from their liberal base can be rewarded with an opponent from the left.
Former Sen. Blanche Lincoln discovered that when she broke with the unions on card check legislation they supported. The unions poured millions into former Lt. Gov. Bill Halter's Senate campaign in 2010. She survived May and a runoff in June but left the primary season wounded, then was beaten soundly in the general election.
Likewise, Rep. Rick Crawford stirred the tea party groups twice by even suggesting a compromise on a proposal to raise taxes on those with incomes over a million dollars in exchange for a vote on the balanced budget amendment. He also had conservative groups attacking him for supporting a farm bill that included funds for the federal food stamp program, even at a reduced level. It is doubtful a primary opponent will actually materialize, but that is yet to be determined.
Former congressman and current gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross expressed frustrations with hard party-line politics when he decided not to seek re-election to Congress and made a brief exit from politics in 2012.
"When I got to Congress 12 years ago, there were more people in the middle that understood that governing means compromise and working together. When I got to Congress 12 years ago, we actually created policy in odd years and played politics in even years," Ross told the Arkansas News Bureau last year. "Now it seems like the political game is never ending. As soon as one election is over, it's all about the next election and who is going to control Congress, and it all comes down to about 75 districts and who is going to determine who is going to control Congress."
And things have only gotten worse. The one bright note is that the more Washington D.C. continues its dysfunction, the more I appreciate the state elected officials in Little Rock. Of course, there are partisan fights at the state level, but at the end of the day the two sides seem to be able to come up with some sort of compromise.
Here is hoping the dysfunction stays in Washington and does not spread to Arkansas
Jason Tolbert is an accountant and conservative political blogger. His blog — The Tolbert Report — is linked at ArkansasNews.com. His e-mail is email@example.com.


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Recipe courtesy of Todd Wilbur
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
- Yield: 12 pieces
- Total: 2 hr 5 min
- Prep: 5 min
- Cook: 2 hr
1 cup peanut butter
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 (12-ounce) package Hershey's milk chocolate chips
- In a small bowl, mix the peanut butter, salt and powdered sugar until firm. Slowly melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler over hot, not boiling, water. You may also melt them in a microwave oven set on high for 2 minutes, stirring halfway through the heating time. Grease the muffin tin cups and spoon some chocolate into each cup, filling halfway. With a spoon, draw the chocolate up the edges of each cup until all sides are coated. Cool in the refrigerator until firm. Spread some of the peanut butter onto the chocolate in each cup, leaving room for the final chocolate layer. Cool the cups again to firm up the peanut butter. Pour some chocolate onto the top of each candy and spread it to the edges. Let sit at room temperature, or covered in the refrigerator. Turn out of the pan when firm.


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**My club will be there and doing the Whipsaw trail on the 14th. If conditions are dry, stockers can make it, though struggle. Took a stock JK4dr Sahara though a couple years back with just scratched belly plates. If wet, can be a different situation. Let me know if your interested**
*this event is open to all, but please note, all vehicles need plates*
To gather wheeling clubs and wheelers in one location for a weekend of fun and wheeling to improve information flow in the four wheel drive community. In other words, to have a good old time.
Granite Creek recreation site overflow. Coalmont, BC
September 13-15, 2013, Friday evening through Sunday.
Friday- arrival. Evening welcome to the gathering
Saturday- morning/afternoon club activities. Individual clubs will host runs on the Whipsaw trail on an open invite basis. Groups may have vehicle limits and may be staged depending upon numbers. There is also an opportunity to have mine tours held by club members if there is interest.
Saturday- evening gathering hang out, open discussion of the District of Mission Interpretive Forest Initiative.
Sunday- morning hang out and journey home.
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The Four Wheel Drive Association of BC is picking up the tab for any and all wheelers who camp on Friday and/or Saturday nights at the Granite Creek Rec Site overflow area. Bring your own food and beverage(s) of choice.
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Junk King Houston East
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Jose Urdaneta owns and operates Junk King East Houston. He provides the community with a junk hauling service that helps people dispose of their junk in a green way. Jose is a franchisee of the #1 junk removal company in the United States, Junk King. It was founded by two friends in San Carlos, CA. Their idea was simple. They would offer great customer service and recycle the haul. Jose's East Houston Junk Removal business follows the Junk King plan. He offers fair pricing, calls the customer 15-30 minutes ahead of the job, and sweeps up after the work is completed.
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The McAllaster Scholars are named after Dr. Elva McAllaster, who began teaching the first "honors" course at Greenville University in the 1950s. In the time since, we've grown into a full-fledged honors program that accepts approximately thirty new students each year.
Today, GU's McAllaster Scholars program nurtures excellent students who are especially gifted to serve God and neighbor through the work of Christian learning and scholarship.
Consider how your future might be transformed by the opportunities you'll have as a McAllaster Scholar at Greenville University.
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Ravenwood Slideshow
12 comments:
- Goneferalinidaho said...
Great work, great photography .
- September 9, 2011 at 9:19 PM
- Autumnleaf said...
Just too cool. Does anyone know what music is used in this haunt? Beautiful look!!
- September 9, 2011 at 9:35 PM
- Pam Morris said...
that was a good one--love the crypt!
- September 9, 2011 at 9:38 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
Really cool graveyard atmosphere....
- September 9, 2011 at 10:41 PM
- wicKED said...
The lighting was amazing! Wonder if they hand made all those tombstone from foam? Creepiest thing I have seen in ages.
- September 9, 2011 at 11:00 PM
- In Irons said...
YouTube commentary by the Ravenwood folks indicate that the music is by Midnight Syndicate... Great atmosphere, tombstones are great and the crypt with the FCG is nice
- September 10, 2011 at 1:00 AM
- Emjay Girling/ Seeing Things Art Apothecarium said...
Amazing work! Hundreds of hours of creativity. Would love to visit. The music really set the scene.
- September 10, 2011 at 10:00 AM
- Autumnleaf said...
Thanks for that...upon further investigation the track is 'Crypt of the Forsaken' from MS's Vampyre album.
- September 10, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- Shelby Young said...
Wow! very realistic! I probably would have held my momma's hand through that. :)
- September 10, 2011 at 2:21 PM
- Shani said...
Amazing haunt! I love the music that they used along with the video. And I love that they went for more of a creepy feel instead of the usual gore. They've created a fantastic atmosphere!!!
- September 11, 2011 at 8:28 AM
- Chris 'Frog Queen' Davis said...
Just breathtaking! Thanks for sharing.
- September 15, 2011 at 4:22 AM
- VctrFrnknstn said...
Thanks for all of your kind comments!
The Midnight Syndicate tracks are "Crypt of the Forsaken", "Raven's Hollow" (appropriate), and "Dusk". Their music really helps to set the mood and is playing on a loop throughout the cemetery in the background. I love thier music.
The lighting is strings of 5 watt up lights every ten feet, kind of like outside stage lights, very dim, using the darkness to its full effect.
We're in Oxford, PA. Come down on Halloween if you dare to walk through our cemetery.
- October 2, 2011 at 10:23 AM


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Production will have an estimated $80 million local economic impact
NEW ORLEANS–Today, the City of New Orleans announced the upcoming closure of several blocks in the Central Business District and Lower Garden District for filming of the major motion picture Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Beginning Saturday, May 11, the 100 and 200 blocks of South Rampart Street, the 1000 block of Common Street, and the 1100 block of Tulane Avenue will be closed to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The street closures will remain in effect through June 24, 2013 to accommodate filming.
In addition to the downtown street closures, parking restrictions and street closures will be in place on 500 Orange Street, 500 Market Street, 500 Richard Street and the 1500 to 1600 blocks of South Peters Street through May 24 to accommodate filming in the area.
All street closures and detours will be marked by signage and uniformed police officers will be on duty daily to assist with efficient traffic flow.
A traffic plan with maps and alternate routes for downtown traffic can be found at www.nola.gov/film, the home page for Film New Orleans in the Mayor's Office of Cultural Economy.
Film New Orleans, the City's Traffic Engineering Division, the New Orleans Police Department, New Orleans Fire Department and other City agencies have worked closely with the production company to minimize the impact to area business, residents and commuters. The production company has done extensive outreach to businesses and property owners in the surrounding area.
Twentieth Century Fox announced today that principal photography is underway on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Andy Serkis, celebrated for his performance in the last film, reprises his role as Caesar. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes also stars Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty, Public Enemies, The Great Gatsby), Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Rises, The Harry Potter film series), Keri Russell (The Americans, Mission Impossible III), Toby Kebbell (The Prince of Persia, Wrath of the Titans, Rock N Rolla), Kodi Smit-McPhee (Let Me In, ParaNorman), Enrique Murciano (Traffic, Black Hawk Down), Kirk Acevedo (The Thin Red Line) and Judy Greer (The Descendants, Three Kings, 13 Going on 30).
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is directed by Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In). The producers are Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Oblivion), Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver (Rise of the Planet of the Apes). Tom Hammel (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) is executive producing.
The production will employ about 600 local residents and involve approximately 200 visiting cast and crew. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes will have an estimated local economic impact of $80 million, which takes into account what the production will spend on costs such as labor, lodging, good and services.
"We're proud to welcome Dawn of the Planet of the Apes to New Orleans," Mayor Mitch Landrieu said. "The fact that this production is in New Orleans is a testament to the incredible growth of the local film industry into a major economic engine, creating jobs and supporting existing local businesses and new ventures."
Film New Orleans assists productions with the City's permitting process, connects productions with local crew and resources, and facilitates communication between productions and the local community. In 2012, New Orleans hosted 61 tax credit film projects (TV, films and commercials with budgets over $300,000), with direct spending of $669.8 million. In 2011, the City hosted 46 tax credit projects with an estimated $544 million in direct spending.
Additional information will be released and posted at www.nola.gov/film as it becomes available.


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Apr 22, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – An international avian and pandemic flu meeting in Hanoi concluded yesterday, with health ministers and top officials from more than 70 countries agreeing on a set of strategies for responding to future disease threats.
The agreement, titled the Hanoi Declaration, includes national measures to identify new diseases that cross from animals to humans and quickly deploy public health responses, the United Nations (UN) said yesterday in a press release. Documents related to the meeting are available on the Web site of the Seventh International Ministerial Conference on Animal and Pandemic Influenza, where the Hanoi Declaration will be posted shortly, according to the group.
The ministerial conference was hosted by the Vietnamese government and organized by the United States, the European Union, UN groups, and other global health organizations. It was the latest in a series of high-level meetings over the past 4 years to tackle international avian and pandemic flu issues.
Clouds of volcanic ash hampered travel to the 3-day meeting over Europe, which blocked about a fifth of the delegates from attending the meeting, the UN said. China's earthquake limited that country's participation. "The severity of these natural occurrences, and the suddenness with which they struck, reminded delegates about the swift and unpredictable spread of new hazards that can emerge from the animal world," the UN release said.
The meeting also took place in the wake of warnings from several global organizations about the continued risk of H5N1 avian influenza. Countries where the disease is endemic, such as Egypt and Vietnam, have reported several outbreaks in poultry this year, along with a spate of human cases.
A few weeks in advance of the meeting, organizers released a draft report on how to sustain momentum in the fight against animal and pandemic flu. The report was slated to be finalized when the group met in Hanoi. Some of the topics include broad-based prevention and control, incentives, measuring progress, and building financial and technical assistance.
The health officials rejected an effort put forth by Poland to include in the declaration a statement on pharmaceutical company conflict of interest and their responsibility for vaccine side effects, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) reported yesterday. The Polish government did not purchase a stockpile of pandemic vaccine, in part because it objected to liability limits on companies' pandemic vaccines.
David Nabarro, the UN's system influenza coordinator, said in the press release that the global capacity to collaborate in response to disease threats has improved over the past 5 years, but the conference helped identify areas that can enhance the world's security during future emerging disease threats.
At the closing ceremony yesterday, Bui Ba Bong, Vietnam's vice-minister of agriculture and rural development, said the world needs to continue responding to H5N1 and pandemic H1N1 while preparing for other diseases that move from animals to humans. "In Vietnam's experience, this calls for good human and animal health services, excellent communications, and whole of society responses," he said.
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The year 2012 is unlikely to go down well in the annals of Jewish-German relations.
In June, a German court ruled that religious circumcision of minors is a criminal act. Two months earlier, Germany's largest-selling daily broadsheet had published a poem by Nobel prize-winning author – and former SS recruit – Günter Grass, accusing Israel of endangering world peace.
A month before that, parishioners of Berlin's Cathedral threatened to leave their church should it allow an Easter performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St. John Passion [BWV 245]. The libretto had been altered by three Jews to make it less "Judeophobic." They had replaced passages depicting Jews calling for Jesus's crucifixion with extracts from Jewish liturgy and Muslim poetry. In the event, the altered version went ahead.
Of the three events, the Bach boycott was perhaps the most predictable. Germany, Jews, and music have often proved an unhappy combination. From Richard Wagner's bitter diatribe against Jews in music to the forcing of musically proficient prisoners to form an orchestra at Auschwitz, the music of Germany has seldom given Jews much cause for celebration.
From Wagner to the orchestra at Auschwitz, Germany, Jews and music have often proved an unhappy combination
Add to this mix Martin Luther, founder of the denomination to which Bach belonged, and it becomes still more volatile. Among Luther's works, in Bach's extensive theology library, was his notorious essay, On the Jews and their Lies, which declared: "Be on your guard against the Jews, knowing that wherever they have their synagogues, nothing is found but a den of devils. . . . [T]hey are nothing but thieves and robbers . . . one should toss out these lazy rogues by the seat of their pants . . . eject them forever from this country." [Rick Erickson notes: "In his Bach's St. John Passion and the Jews, Michael Marissen reports that 'Lutheran church bodies have officially repudiated Luther's anti-Jewish writings.'"]
Given how widely known Bach's Lutheranism was, it is small wonder the Nazis adulated him. To mark the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of his birth in 1935, they helped stage a Reich Bach Festival in Leipzig, where Bach spent his last three decades as cantor of the choir school of the Thomas church and director of church music. It was there he composed his most celebrated choral works, including the St. John Passion.
Of the Leipzig celebrations, a newspaper at the time reported: "The Führer followed the austere music of Bach seriously . . . It is a music in harmony with his spirit – austere, disciplined to its core, and German through and through." This was also the view of Nazi musicologist Richard Eichenauer, who asserted that: "The fugue is blond and blue-eyed." Eichenauer also said: "The nature of the German chorale in its great era during the religious wars contained nothing specifically Christian in musical terms, but rather something generally and eternally German, i. e., that elemental joy in combat, a characteristic of Nordic man."
In such a context, some might applaud the three Jews who revised the St. John Passion. Others might wonder why any Jew would bother at all with Bach's music.
In fact, there is no reason why Jews should not embrace Bach and his St. John Passion. In some ways, they have more reason than most, Jews having played such a decisive role in preserving it for posterity as well as in elevating Bach to his current position among the world's best known and most widely performed composers.
The St. John Passion is regarded as antisemitic not just through depicting Jews as calling for the death of Jesus, but doing so in a particularly frenzied and discordant manner. However, one should not rush to judgment without some understanding of the nature and history of Christian liturgy.
For a millennium before the Reformation, the liturgy for the Christian Holy Week (the seven days before Easter) included readings from all four gospels of the so-called "Passion" – the arrest, trial and crucifixion of Jesus. Traditionally, the evening service for Good Friday was given over to reading the account of the Passion according to John.
In time, these Easter readings from John's gospel became subject to ever more elaborate musical setting. By the time of Bach's appointment at Leipzig in 1723, part of his duties involved providing a musical setting of the St. John Passion for the Good Friday service.
Unlike Telemann and Handel, Bach could not simply avail himself totally of the 1710 libretto by Barthold Heinrich Brockes. This was because Brockes had partly précised John's text, whereas Bach was under instructions to reproduce unaltered in his church music all scriptural passages from which he drew. It is John's gospel that states Jews called for Jesus' death. So the way Bach depicts Jews in his St. John Passion proves nothing more than that he was adhering to the terms of his employment contract.
In Bach's day, few Lutherans took seriously their founder's teachings about Jews. Most of the better educated ones, among whom Bach was decidedly one, were tolerant of and accommodating towards them. For example, in April 1715, the Hamburg Senate issued a proclamation relating to Easter renditions of John's Passion. It asserted that: "The right and proper goal of reflection on the Passion must be aimed at the awakening of true penitence . . . Other things, such as violent invectives and exclamations against . . . the Jews . . . can by no means be tolerated."
Their accommodating attitude towards Jews was shared by many of Leipzig's better educated Lutherans, as is illustrated by a document discovered only in 1994. This is a report, dated 14 May 1714, written and signed by theologians at the University of Leipzig. The report's existence had long been known of, but not its contents.
The report had been commissioned by Augustus, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, who had wanted to know, as its title indicates, Whether the Jews Use Christian Blood, in their ceremonies. Many suspect the Leipzig theologians were consulted because Augustus knew in advance they would exonerate the Jews. He needed theological ammunition against his less enlightened subjects who were calling for the banishment of Jews – on whose loans and tax receipts he was reliant.
In no uncertain terms, the report denied there was any evidence that Jews used Christian blood and plenty of reason to suggest they would have considered its use anathema. Among the report's signatories were two highly progressive Leipzig theologians. One, its principal author, had studied at Oxford during the 1690s, becoming a keen follower of John Locke and translating the English philosopher's 1693 tract on education. The other, who outlived Bach in Leipzig by two years, venerated that first theologian and also possessed a portrait of the Rabbi of Amsterdam.
It is inconceivable they would not have known and fully agreed with Locke's 1689 Letter Concerning Toleration, which championed tolerance towards Jews, even supporting their being accorded full citizenship rights, along with Muslims.
Bach seems to have been no less devoid of antisemitism. Although unable to alter John's account of the Passion, he had discretion over what additional material to include in its musical setting. While he drew on Brockes's libretto, Bach refrained from borrowing any of its non-gospel passages that some consider hostile to Jews. Instead, the passages he added firmly locate the blame for Jesus's death in the sinful behavior of all errant humankind. Jews go entirely unmentioned in his St. Matthew Passion [BWV 244], composed two years later; that gospel's account having not mentioned them by name.
Bach also identified with the Levite musicians of the Temple, whose job was to summon the Divine Presence through music. In his copy of the Bible, he wrote appreciative comments next to verses from the Book of Chronicles alluding to this. And, upon turning fifty, the normally taciturn composer compiled a family tree showing how far back in his male lineage professional musicianship ran. Some have seen in this act a symbolic fulfillment of the biblical injunction for the Hebrews to engage in family reunion in the fiftieth "Jubilee" year.
At the time of Bach's death in 1750 some fifteen years later, however, it might have seemed that the musical offerings of this Lutheran "Levite" had fallen on deaf ears. Few of his compositions had been published; manuscript copies were scarce and expensive; his polyphonic style unfashionable; and his choral works unperformed.
For the next eighty years, Bach's musical flame was largely kept alight by a small coterie of Berlin Jews, members of the Itzig and Mendelssohn families. In 1804, union between them was forged through the marriage of Abraham Mendelssohn, son of the philosopher Moses, to Lea Salomon, daughter of the Berlin banker Jacob Salomon and Bella Itzig.
Bella was one of sixteen children of Daniel Itzig, court banker to Frederick the Great of Prussia and a close friend of Moses Mendelssohn. Among Bella's ten sisters was a younger sister Sara, who married another prominent Berlin Jewish banker, Samuel Solomon Levy.
During their childhoods, Bella and her elder sister Hanna received musical instruction from Johann Philipp Kirnberger, one of Bach's foremost students. Sara was taught by Bach's eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann, and became an accomplished performer of Bach's keyboard works – and an avid collector of his manuscript scores. After ceasing to perform publicly in 1816, Sara Levy donated her large collection of musical scores to the Berlin Sing-Akademie, a choral, later musical, society established in 1791 by Carl Fasch, assistant to Bach's second son.
After Fasch's death in 1800, directorship of the Sing-Akademie passed to his pupil, Carl Friedrich Zelter, who later taught composition to the children of Abraham and Lea Mendelssohn, Fanny and Felix. Abraham and Lea may have met at the informal Sunday gatherings of the Sing-Akadamie, both having joined in their teens.
Like her aunt, Lea Mendelssohn was a keen lover of Bach's music, as was her husband Abraham. After the death of its last custodian in 1805, Bach's estate was auctioned. From it, the couple purchased the bulk of Bach's manuscript scores that they donated to the Sing-Akadamie. The music it thereby acquired included more than one hundred unique autograph scores of Bach's works among which is likely to have been a manuscript copy of the St. Matthew Passion. For shortly after the donation, Zelter began to perform excerpts at the Sing-Akademie.
Felix Mendelssohn joined the Sing-Akademie in 1819 aged ten, quickly developing such a keen interest in the St. Matthew Passion that his grandmother arranged for a professional copy to be made for a birthday present.
Six years later, in April 1829, Felix Mendelssohn put on and conducted the first public performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion since the death of its composer. So well received was it that a second performance was hastily arranged. Practically all of Prussia's most eminent public figures attended one or other performance. Together they cemented Bach's reputation in Germany.
To secure their residency rights, rather than out of religious conviction, Abraham Mendelssohn had all his children converted to Lutheranism while young. But Felix, against his father's advice, never repudiated his Jewish roots or his grandfather's surname. After his triumphant performance, Felix reputedly quipped to an actor friend who had sung the part of Jesus: "And to think that it must be an actor and a Jew-boy who had to restore the greatest Christian musical work."
The Nazis made no distinction between race and religion. In their endeavor to erase from Germany all trace of the contribution of Jews to its musical heritage, they removed in 1936 the memorial statue of Felix Mendelssohn from outside of the Leipzig concert hall.
On that basis alone, Jews today should not emulate their practice by ignoring or doctoring the music of Germany's non-Jewish composers, especially Bach's. Given how prominent a role Jews have played in preserving and promoting it, they should instead have no compunction in celebrating and enjoying it – with passion.


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HB 2295 was filed on 3/8/04 by Robby Cook, an A-rated Democrat from Eagle Lake. This bill effectively does away with "exceptions" to the application of any part of the Penal Code, including exceptions to prosecution for UCW (unlawful carrying of weapon) under 46.02.
In essence, it would make everything an affirmative defense, once again shifting the burden to the defendant to prove his conduct came within the scope of an exception. This would negate the gains we have made in prior years by moving all of the former "defenses" to new "not applicable" sections in 46.15.
Please note, as I mentioned in the post on HB1037, there is a remaining problem with the language in 46.15 and HB1037 introduces the proper language to take advantage of "exceptions" to certain Penal Code provisions relevant to CHL holders. I suspect HB2295 was filed at the request of the association of district attorneys (I don't know the association's proper name) to negate the effect of HB1037, if it passes this session, or at any time in the future.
I seriously doubt Rep. Cook realized the full effect of this bill. In fairness to him, HB2295 appears to non-attorneys to be merely a procedural change, rather than a substantial change in the prosecution of all criminal cases, not merely UCW cases. As we have seen several times this session, special interest groups and constituents are submitting bills to Representatives and Senators and their full scope is not often appreciated on first reading, or until they get to committee. Also, the filing deadline for new bills is March 11th, so I'm sure all of these folks are getting hit with a flurry of new bills to file.
The bottom line is HB2295 would deprive the Legislature of the authority to make reasoned decisions as to whether any provision in the Penal Code should be an "exception,� a "defense,� or an "affirmative defense.� HB2295 reaches this goal through procedural means, rather than doing so in an above-board manner by directly changing every "exception� to a "affirmative defense.� The Legislature should retain the authority to make these decisions on behalf of all Texans.
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