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I suppose then that any qualms about Romney's taxes should be referred to the IRS, and anyone publishing those concerns is simply muckraking?
Seriously? At first I really thought you were just trying to relay the fact, but if you're now comparing Romney's taxes, which nobody is claiming are illegal just insulting, with this then I'm now much more strongly considering you've got some wierd dotorg beef with her. Show me on the doll where Elizabeth Warren touched you.
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LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed right-to-work legislation, dealing a devastating and once-unthinkable defeat to organized labor in a state that has been a cradle of the movement for generations.
He put his signatures on the bills Tuesday, hours after the state House passed the measures as the chants of thousands of angry pro-union protesters filled the Capitol.
Snyder says a failed ballot proposal to enshrine collective bargaining rights in the constitution triggered the discussion that led to the passage and signing of right-to-work.
During a news conference, he called the protests "an exercise in democracy."
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An ongoing series of articles on songs & performances of the early Grateful Dead.
August 21, 2009
The Fillmore East - September 1970
The shows from this time were generally quite long, billed as "An Evening With the Grateful Dead". Since December '69 the Dead had been including a few acoustic songs in their sets; in May '70 they started a new format where they'd play an acoustic set, then the New Riders would play a set with Garcia on pedal steel, then the Dead would play the electric set. Sometimes with the New Riders the Dead would play entirely acoustic shows (for instance on 7/30 and 8/5); by August the setlists included new songs the Dead were recording for American Beauty. These Fillmore shows are some of the last we have with the full acoustic sets; the Dead would drop them by December and not bring them back for another decade.
Since most people have just listened to the soundboard portions of these shows, I thought I'd talk a bit about the whole run (not including the New Riders sets) to put them in context.
This night survives in a decent audience tape (with a polite audience) which captures most of the acoustic set and part of the electric set - it's unknown what happened to the rest of the electric set. The Dead start the show with an acoustic Truckin' but quickly stop with their usual cry of "Monitors!" After things are settled, they get down to a very nice acoustic set with several new songs, though it's somewhat hampered for us by the sound quality. Pigpen's piano is barely audible, but sometimes we can hear David Nelson on mandolin, for instance on Rosalie McFall. The highlight of this set is definitely the acoustic Box of Rain debut - it's too bad the sound is so murky that Garcia's pedal-steel just disappears. (Check out the very similar acoustic set on 8/18/70, which fortunately was recorded in good, clear quality for the time.)
In the electric set, we have one of the early Sugar Magnolias, closer to the album version with its fast pace, Garcia on wah-wah and the band singing the "doo-doo" backing vocals at the end. (They would play it each night.) From there they jump into a Dark Star - due to the lack of taped shows, these two Fillmore Stars are the only ones we have between the Capitol Theater shows on 6/24 and 11/5, and they are major events. On this night, they proceed quickly to the verse, and then drop into a long five-minute space with gongs, feedback squeals and strange noises - finally they return to a pretty melody, creating a huge sense of relief as the audience cheers - from there they travel into the Tighten Up jam which they explore for several minutes, getting more cheers at the climax - and then wind up the jam with a lovely quiet, soothing melody. After Dark Star, of course comes St Stephen (much to the crowd's delight) - they had stopped doing the Eleven earlier in the year, so Stephen usually led into Not Fade Away, but not tonight - the band hesitates in confusion as the song ends, so it's time for a drum solo - they decide to go into Good Lovin', which means another drum solo after the verses, and the jam continues to be dominated by over-the-top percussion, pausing for a bass/drums break.
(Note: The Tighten Up in the Dark Star was a very common Latin-style jam theme in 1970; it's often known as a proto-Eyes jam due to the chord resemblance to Eyes. Its first appearance I'm aware of was on 8/30/69, where Weir plays the chords as Garcia's changing a string during Dark Star; it gets a full band performance on 10/25/69. After that they played it steadily for a year, in many Dark Stars (usually following the Feelin' Groovy jam), and after March '70 in most of the Dancing in the Streets; they seem to have dropped it in 1971 except for a surprise appearance on 10/31/71. It's unusual for the Dead to use a jam-theme interchangeably between two different songs like that, but Tighten Up works well in both of them. (It's surprising it took so long for them to play it in Dancing, since it's similar to the usual Dancing two-chord jam pattern - on 12/11/69 for instance, the Dancing is extremely close to a Tighten Up.)
It may be worth a post of its own someday - there used to be a webpage devoted to the Dead's Tighten Ups, but I think it's disappeared. These are the performances I've found so far; I've probably missed a few, but this is the most complete listing available:
10-25-69 Star
11-2-69 Star
12-26-69 Star
1-2-70 Star
3-1-70 Dancing
3-21-70 Dancing
4-3-70 Dancing
4-15-70 Dancing
4-24-70 Star
5-2-70 Dancing
5-6-70 Dancing
5-8-70 Star
5-24-70 Star
6-6-70 Dancing
6-24-70 second Star
7-12-70 Dancing
9-17-70 Star
10-5-70 Dancing
10-24-70 Dancing
10-30-70b Dancing
11-8-70 Dancing
12-17-70 Dancing
10-31-71 Star
(I might add that Deadlists claims there's a Tighten Up in the 2/2/70 Star, but there isn't.)
The audience tape is better than the night before, with the band clear and up-front. We have the brief acoustic set from the soundboard - a very nice Truckin' with piano, and a Black Peter with mandolin - but Garcia suddenly halts things saying, "Hold it. This is insane, man. I'm sorry, but it's just horrible up here, really awful." So they decide to go ahead with the NRPS set instead.
Whatever was the problem, it was worked out by the electric set, for the Dead were definitely in a jamming mood this evening. There is a strong, compelling Other One, heading into a short (three-minute) but hypnotic Cryptical and a sublime, perfect segue into Brokedown Palace. Then we get the last Man's World - one of Pigpen's best covers with a snaky groove and captivating solo - and the rarely-played Till the Morning Comes and Operator. The Dancin' in the Streets is long and excellent, going through several moods. (Note how they carefully avoid the Tighten Up jam, after playing it the night before!) St Stephen is sloppy but rousing, and shifts to Not Fade Away (which they'd play three nights in a row, each one different). As usual, tonight's NFA is great with poetic guitar lines; it includes the Bid You Goodnight jam which formerly resided in Alligator, and a few weeks later would become the coda to Goin' Down the Road. This leads to another Good Lovin' which is better than on the 17th - Weir kicks off the jam with a hot solo, then Garcia lifts it to an intense, fiery level - there's a nice end to the jam as the band take turns trading licks in the return to the verses. The audience demands an encore, but the band just sings them a brief We Bid You Goodnight.
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-09-18.sbd-aud.cotsman.17893.sbeok.shnf http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-09-18.set2.aud-sbd.sirmick.sbeok.30882.flacf (late set only)
This night has the worst-sounding audience tape of the run, distant and plagued by a very rowdy audience that constantly claps through all the songs. I can imagine the plight of the poor taper, surrounded by hollering clappers who just won't stop.... The soundboard on the other hand sounds superb (in fact Bear-like), and it would be nice to clear up the mystery of what happened to the missing sections on the 18th and 19th.
Most of the acoustic set (except the gospel closers) is missing from the audience copy on the Archive; from the setlist it looks more like one of the acoustic sets from May, mostly older tunes. They start the electric set with a standard Morning Dew, then unleash a surprise with Good Morning Little Schoolgirl. A guy exclaims, "I haven't heard this one in years!" - we only have three from 1970, and this is the last Pigpen version. Pigpen gets another song with Easy Wind (which would also soon be dropped), and then it's time for business: the sweetest Dark Star the Dead ever played with Garcia in fits of lyrical ecstasy, an upbeat Feelin' Groovy jam, a fine St Stephen, and an excited, bubbly Not Fade Away in which Garcia plays the Darkness Darkness riff, and then starts a blazing China Cat jam, Weir playing guitar-tag throughout and soloing right alongside him. By the time they get to a raucous Lovelight the crowd is quite carried away and sings along with Pigpen. When he exclaims "Let's fuck!" they explode in cheers (it takes so little to excite deadheads....), and afterwards they keep stomping through the PA's "time-to-leave" Get Together until Lesh comes out to explain that there won't be an encore: "It's been a really long night, and Garcia's got a cramp in his hand, and we're all tired, and Bobby's lost his voice." The delirious audience cries out, "No!" - so Pigpen tells them, "Why don't you guys go home and fuck somebody?"
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-09-19.aud-toner-weinberg.warner.25473.sbeok.flacf (aud)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-09-19.sbd.kaplan.5217.sbeok.shnf (sbd) http://www.archive.org/details/gd1970-09-19.mtx.chappell.SB14.31510.sbeok.flac16 (matrix)
(Note: The China Cat jam was an occasional occurrence in 1970 when the band was in a good mood, and later it would become a regular part of late-'71 NFAs. We can hear a few others in these shows - see how often the Dead tend to string together various common themes:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-01-03.sbd.ret.19440.sbeok.shnf - in the Alligator jam (briefly, China Cat jam>Bid You Goodnight riff) - this jam is very similar to 4/29/71
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1970-03-21.late.aud.lee.pcrp.21779.shnf - in the Not Fade Away (Stephen riff>China Cat jam)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-05-07.aud.weiner-gdADT04.5439.sbefail.shnf - in the Lovelight (a great jam that includes the Stephen riff>Darkness riff>jam>China Cat jam)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-06-04.sbd.miller.12135.sbeok.shnf - in the Midnight Hour (briefly)
The Darkness jam (from the Youngbloods song) was also played at a few more shows in 1970:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-05-24.sbd.hanno.6481.sbeok.shnf - in the Lovelight (briefly)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-06-06.sbd.ashley.2172.sbeok.shnf (in the fantastic Alligator jam, following the Bid You Goodnight riff)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-12-12.sbd.clugston.5985.sbeok.shnf (after Goin Down the Road, goes into the Stephen riff, very low-key)
The sound quality on this night is rather dodgy, especially during the Caution when the levels go haywire (our source comes from a copy, not the master). Although Marty Weinberg must have taped the whole show, unfortunately many of his early tapes were erased or taped-over, so we only have the end of the show from his recording - it would be great to have a matrix of this part, since it's the worst-sounding portion of the soundboard. The audience tape is bass-heavy and has some glitches but mostly sounds clear, and gives us an alternate look at the famous NFA>Caution.
The acoustic set is much-loved due to the soundboard quality and the song selection (all it lacks are the gospel tunes). We have more mandolin playing from Nelson & Grisman, and several new songs including an unusual acoustic Big Railroad Blues - of the many highlights, I would single out To Lay Me Down with its unusual instrumentation.
The electric set is more of an average '70 set than the preceding nights, and it takes them a while to get going. They bring out a couple rarely-played songs like Big Boy Pete, rouse everyone with a strong stretched-out Easy Wind and the best Sugar Magnolia of the run, and soothe them again with a wispy, tentative Attics of My Life. Then they're ready for the big jam with Not Fade Away (one guy exclaims, "They're back to rock and roll!") - Garcia is in a very melodic mood and we have another great, long NFA with its Bid You Goodnight jam, leading to a fine Caution>feedback (one of the last ones) - Pigpen might be better appreciated on the audience tape. They only played show-closing feedback a few times in 1970, and it's pretty cool here; this performance echoes the 2/14/70 Fillmore East show, and is almost a farewell to their '69-style psychedelic blowouts. As the embers settle, they end the run by singing a full-length We Bid You Goodnight.
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1970-09-20.aud.weinberg.bunjes.81728.flac16 (partial aud) http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-09-20.aud.remaster.sirmick.27583.sbeok.shnf (sbd)
(Note: We only have four full-fledged Cautions from 1970 - Caution had pretty much become separated from Alligator, and was only brought out on rare occasions. (On 1/3/70 they just tease it a little at the end of the Alligator jam before going into a long blast of feedback.) 11/6 and 2/14 are the best Cautions of the year; 2/5 is also unique the way it comes out of the Eleven. There is one more from 3/18/71, before they dropped it for a year - it's mostly laid-back until finally coming to a frenzy at the end, but is notable for Pigpen playing harmonica and singing a rap much like the ones he was doing in Good Lovin'.
2/14/70 Dick's Pick
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-11-06.aud.warner.17183.sbeok.shnf http://www.archive.org/details/gd71-03-18.sbd.yerys.1663.sbeok.shnf
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- AnonymousMarch 4, 2011 at 5:54 AM
By September 1970, Pigpen seemed to be at his lowest point as a keyboard player. I was listening to the amazing 9/19/70 soundboard portion, and I don't think his organ uttered one note. Not in the Dark Star, St. Stephen or anything else. The other nights follow the same pattern. Maybe an organ doodle in "Me & My Uncle" or "Morning Dew" but basically his role as keyboard player was non-existent. I know from photographs of the era there always was an organ onstage, but why didn't he even touch it? Anyone know?ReplyDelete
That year was Pigpen's low ebb on the keyboards. Basically, they didn't need him playing. Remember that Pigpen hadn't been playing organ for the 14 months that Constanten was in the band; and after TC left in Jan '70, Pigpen would've had to get back up to speed on the Dead's repertoire - so it was easier for him to just sit out most of the sets, coming back to the keyboard maybe for a familiar song or two. And at some shows, I get the feeling he might be 'distracted' with some girl backstage & the band has to call him out...ReplyDelete
If you listen to early/mid-1970, you do hear him more often, but it's kind of at random. In summer '70, he did make a big contribution - on piano. He's all over these Fillmore East acoustic sets on piano. Of course you're not going to hear him in a Dark Star, but if you listen to the 9/18/70 SBD portion, he plays organ on several songs.
And by Europe '72, he did make an effort to play organ on more songs.
- AnonymousApril 9, 2012 at 1:39 PM
9/19 is one of the best Dark Star jams. IMO. particularly coming out of the weird feedback- the second portion of the jam. Great interplay between Bob and Jerry.ReplyDelete
I believe the boys learned of Jimi Hendrix death that morning and were inspired. My recording from the GDH is fine.Replies
It is indeed. And a superb recording, too - the Fillmore East secret-taping crew knew what they were doing.Delete
I don't believe the Dead were "inspired" by Hendrix's death though - they sound quite happy, and weren't really friendly with him; in any case, his death was announced in the news on Sept 18.
For some reason no one ever talks about the 9/18 show as being inspired by Jimi, though, whereas 9/19 gets that all the time!
- AnonymousMarch 12, 2014 at 3:59 PM
guess i gotta get 9/19 ... but then the best dark star is one the one your listening to hehehe example:Delete
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The Jan 2, 1970 fillmore dark star... one o my favorite dark stars goes thru all sort planes...scary , beautiful edgy
jam approx 18:45 ?
jam at 22:46 of dark star has always reminded me of beginnings from chicago
I've gone into much more detail about Marty Weinberg's tapes in a new post:ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 21, 2013 at 11:15 AM
Hi- Reading here in and interview Jay Itkowitz got with Jerry in November 1970 (http://www.itkowitz.com/mam1965text.php?aid=260), these shows at the Fillmore were 6 hours each?ReplyDelete
It was common in 1970 for the Dead's shows at the Fillmore to be 6 hours, or to go til dawn. Of course that would include NRPS/acoustic sets, and presumably lots of downtime in intermissions. None of our tapes are nearly that long.Delete
I don't know how long these September shows specifically ran; they seem to have been shorter than earlier Fillmore sets were that year.
- AnonymousNovember 8, 2018 at 7:18 AM
I would love to know what the status of these tapes are. I seem to remember that Dave played some of the stuff that we know is in circulation in the tapers section which would lead me to believe at least those reels are in the vault. What about the rest of them? I would think the entire shows were taped from the 18th-20th (maybe not the 17th but you would figure that they would have).ReplyDelete
I think if the rest of the reels are in the vault then we would have seen a release by now. Hopefully they turn up one day. But even with the stuff that's already out there, I'm surprised we haven't seen 9/20 released in full with 9/19 filler?Replies
I don't think Dave has played any of these shows in the Taper's Section, though maybe they've been aired on Sirius. I suspect the actual tape masters are long gone and old 1st-gen reel copies are the best that circulate. In any case, the sound quality on 9/20 on our copies is nowhere near release standards.Delete
Thanks for the reply LIA, maybe my memory is failing me then. At any rate, where have they gone. Obviously the million $ question. But, maybe Wolfgangs vault, wonder what the relationship is there between the two parties? I would think that since they have the Fillmore East Crew tapes from the Feb run that they would have access but maybe the reels are somewhere else yet to be found.Delete
I don't think any of the Dead shows on Wolfgang's Vault are actually from Bill Graham's own archive; I suspect most of them are the same circulating tapes as on the Archive, but with no source info. So I don't think they have special access to master reels, just a financial agreement with the Dead (and all the other bands on there) to sell the music. (Though I wonder who wrote the Dead show reviews there?)Delete
Oddly, Wolfgang's currently has 9/20 up but not 9/18 or 9/19. Their 9/20 appears to have the same sonic malfunctions in Caution as all other copies.


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Even so, he is "obligated by an oath" to seek the worthiest people to join the Society's ranks, and York is among a relative handful of inductees chosen for this year.
All he has to do is mail the Society's "membership invitation certificate" to a Dallas post office box or fax it to a Dallas phone number, and he'll receive a free copy of the group's secrets.
According to the letter, these include how to make tons of money, seduce whomever you choose, boost your intelligence, get others to like you, beat the odds at poker and lose as much weight as you desire.
Pretty great secrets, right? And not at all the sorts of things that seem designed to catch the fancy of self-esteem-challenged introverts desperate for a sense of popularity and belonging.
The Internet is dripping with comments from people who have received identical letters. But it's no easy task to find the people behind the Society. That Dallas address and fax number, for example, are a blind alley. They're for a Texas company that handles the group's correspondence.
It took some digging, but I was finally able to track down a man who goes by the pseudonym of Mark Hamilton but who is actually the son of Neo-Tech's founder. He operates out of Henderson, Nev.
Hamilton, 55, acknowledged being the current torch bearer for the Neo-Tech movement and the source of the Society letters, which he admitted are sales pitches that lead to people receiving free pamphlets that spell out Neo-Tech ideas in greater detail.
The pamphlets, in turn, are intended to draw people into spending $135.50 for a 1,200-page manuscript Hamilton wrote that he described as "faction — mixing fact with fiction." He said that, like his father, he was strongly inspired by Rand's "Atlas Shrugged."
I asked if sending people a 10-page letter purporting to be an invitation to join a super-secret organization is the most honest way of selling a book.
"This is our business model," Hamilton replied. "This is how we sell them."
I asked if he was comfortable with saying in the letter that he would "share the secrets of the Society with you … absolutely free!"
Hamilton acknowledged that full access to the Society's secrets will cost $135.50 — not to mention additional charges for other works — but he said the movement's "main secret" was included in the free pamphlet.
What is it? Hamilton said it's the secret of self-leadership. He described it as knowing how not to be a follower but to instead take the initiative and "forge your own path."
What about the letter's claim that only a "select few" are worthy of membership in the Society? Hamilton admitted that about 200,000 copies of the letter are mailed out each year, but he said recipients were carefully chosen from mailing lists obtained by his company, Neo-Tech Publishing.
For example, he said, a person who subscribes to Forbes or Fortune magazines and who also has ordered a copy of Rand's "The Fountainhead" from the Book of the Month Club — all data that Neo-Tech has access to — would be deemed a prime candidate to receive the Society's letter.
He said the Society now has "a few hundred thousand" members who convene from time to time to share their plans for fame and fortune. But even though Buffett and Redstone are mentioned prominently in the Society's letter, Hamilton said neither man is a member of the group.
"I've spent years studying these people," he said. "They very clearly know these secrets."
And that tells you everything you need to know: These aren't really secrets. They're common-sense approaches to life that people can figure out on their own.
Hamilton told me he's about to try a new strategy. He's going to give away nearly all Neo-Tech secrets for free online in hopes that people will be so impressed, they'll want to splurge on leather-bound copies.
You can call that self-leadership. Or self-delusion.
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Review: Crash Into Me by Jill Sorenson
Monday, March 7, 2011
In this heart-stopping novel, Jill Sorenson delivers a romantic thriller featuring one too-tough female agent, one too-hot male suspect, and a head-on erotic collision.…
Though he'd gone into virtual seclusion, Ben Fortune was still the world's most famous surfer, known as much for his good looks as for his skill. He's also a suspect in a series of brutal murders that may have begun with his late wife. Now FBI Special Agent Sonora "Sonny" Vasquez has been sent undercover to the elite beach community of La Jolla to make friends with Fortune. With her fierce beauty and take-no-prisoners attitude, she's more than equipped for the job, and soon she and Ben have collided in an affair that is both intense and irresistible. But for the first—and worst—time in Sonny's career, her emotions are threatening to get the better of her. Could this sensual, wounded man, who is genuinely anguished over his troubled daughter, really be a killer? And could falling in love blind Sonny to the greatest danger of all?
When Carolyn Crane told me how much she adored Jill Sorenson novels and even compared her to Megan Hart, I couldn't hold myself back and bought 2 of her backlist titles. I started Crash Into Me and I read this 400+ pages novel in under 24 hours. It just took me so long because of the evil job and OMG I'm in love.
Crash Into Me is such an emotional and suspenseful novel that I fond myself at a loss for words. Some books are just that good that you have to tell everyone about them and I think this is one of those for me. I didn't plan to review it but I can't seem to concentrate on anything else so I just have to get it out of my system. What made this book so special to me?
1. The whole structure of this suspense novel is rather unique and highly intriguing. It's not the usual one romance per novel- we actually have 2 love-stories in this one. I loved how the focus varied but never highlighted one plot line too much. The balance between all the stories and subplots was perfect. Never did I have the urge to skip some pages to get to the "good" part. Everything just fit together.
2. The characterization in this book was also perfect. I love when an author gives us such an insight into their characters but doesn't make it too subtle. I hate when we are thrown from one internal discussion into the next. It has to fit the story and shouldn't feel forced. Sorenson did just that and so much more. I can't remember many books where I felt such a deep connection to the characters. They were shown in so much detail they actually jumped off the pages for me.
3. The story itself was really sad but all the rather "heavier" topics were handled with so much love and care that you just couldn't look away. This book forces you to keep reading even when you think that you would prefer not to read about this. My heart still hurts when I think about parts of this story. But on the other hand we have those moments full of love which balance out the sad parts.
4. In addition to #1 I have to admit something. I know I'm one of those big YA deniers who just out of protest don't read this genre and here I caught myself adoring a YA plot. It just totally blew me away but I'm also sure I wouldn't have liked it if it would have only been YA. I think the mix totally does it for me.
5. I'm not a huge suspense fan but Crash Into Me kept me on the edge of my seat and I may have mentioned this before, I couldn't put it down. The plot was never too prominent or pushed the romance into the background but it was always there, reminding you that something horrible happened and you could already feel the doom approaching. And yep I didn't see the end coming.
As you can see I loved this book- it had everything I love about books and so much more. I had high expectations and this book didn't disappoint at all- it exceeded everything I could have imagined before I started it. LOVED it! If you haven't read this author I urge you to give her a try-I was blown away and I hope you will be too. And yes, I already started my next Jill Sorenson novel. *g*
To learn more about Jill and her books please visit her website here.
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by Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh and Lawrence J. White
The financial regulatory reform bill that was recently proposed by Senate Banking Committee Christopher Dodd has a huge hole: It says nothing - absolutely nothing! - about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. These are the two investor-owned government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) that currently are at the center of the residential mortgage markets in the United States. They are the two 900-pound (or $900-billion-in-assets) gorillas in the room that keep getting ignored.


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The Architecture Podium has announced the winners of this year's International Architecture Awards 2018. Winners from the 20 different building categories not only demonstrate excellence in contemporary architectural design but also further design process in innovative ways and serve as an inspirational project for the young generation of architects. This year, Architecture Podium received about 586 Registrations from across the globe.
Previous Winners in the Awards hosted by Architecture Podium includes prestigious firms from the world such as Aedas, TerreformOne, Rockwell Group, Pepe Gascon Arquitectura, Morphogenesis, Dada & Partners, Nadaaa, XTEN Architecture, Mecanoo, ABIBOO Architecture and more.
Read more about the winners below.
Commercial (Built) | Duke Ellington School Of The Arts by LBA-CGS Joint Venture
The Design-Build Team was challenged to transform this aging 1898 National Landmark through a comprehensive modernization and expansion program into a world-class facility that finally matches the school's reputation as one of the nation's premier High Schools of the Arts. The design finds the balance between restoring and respecting the historic fabric, while creating major new academic and performance venues. To accommodate the new technically sophisticated Arts programs, approximately 73,000 sf of outmoded secondary space was replaced with 175,000 sf of new construction. The remaining historic space was restored, renovated and adaptively re-used, expanding the 600 student facility to a total area of 265,000 sf.
Commercial (Concept) | Angolar Market by arktonic
This project is proposal for the marketplace at Sapu area in Luanda, Angola as part of a social contribution. The goal of this project is to be a public space for low-income people in Luanda, Angola, as a social interaction that responds to the community in a sustainable way beyond the commercial market to the community. The most challenging task of this project was to form a social community in the local environment with an extremely low budget. In addition, the project site is located in sub-urban area and accessibility in this area is low; poor infrastructure and public transportation.
Cultural (Built) | Hiroo Inokuchi Hall by Takenaka Corporation
The late Dr. Hiroo Inokuchi was a proposer of the term "organic semiconductors." This project involved the creation of a place not only to hand down his great works to future generations but also to serve as a hub of information network to present the research results of many researchers in the future. We designed this building to be in a linear configuration that evokes the image of a "spine" passing through the center of the facilities on the site and to serve as a "core of wisdom," a new main feature of the whole research center property while preserving and utilizing the surrounding environment which includes the conservation "satoyama" forest and irrigation reservoir (Fukuda Pond).
Cultural (Concept) | Maritime Museum & Research Center In Dubai by Studio Niko Kapa
Dubai has always been a city with a strong maritime heritage, which today is transformed to massive waterfront developments. This project asks for a greater recognition and awareness of the oceans and marine resources as well as their importance to mankind. Relating to both the sea and the city and in constant dialogue between them, the building is an extension of the city to the sea and vice-versa. Conceived as a continuation and a transition through the wide public space, the building dives into the ocean and merges with it.
Hospitality (Built) | The Ecotone Hotel by RAA
The project is a hotel on the shores of Biwa Lake, the largest lake in Japan. The design intent was to revitalize the site's Ecotone (a transition area of vegetation between two different plant communities, in this case water and land) that has been damaged by rapid, economic-driven development while utilizing the abundant potentials of the site, incorporating them into the design.
Housing (Built) | Happy And At Ease by Studio Prospettiva
This project was about taking care of people, while making architectural choices. Both beauty, meant as esthetic values, and gain, meant as economic value, enhance specific aspects of people's life. But good also is something essential that leads to a positive experience of life.
Institutional (Built) | Arizona State University, Tooker House by Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB)
Tooker House at Arizona State University is a seven-story, 458,000-square-foot living/learning facility for freshman engineering students. Developed through a collaboration between the University and the Fulton Schools of Engineering, Tooker House a case study on the impact of design solutions created for unique student groups to further their social growth and development. The building features 1,582 beds; five staff apartments; a 27,000-square-foot dining hall and convenience store; numerous study and social lounges; a large maker lab and flexible classroom; and a fitness center.
Commercial (Built) | Hotel Axel Madrid by El Equipo Creativo
The design of the AXEL Hotel Madrid superposes a series of historic references forming a complex and explosive tandem. One of the starting points is the privileged location in the very midst of Madrid's literary neighborhood, where it is located in a palatial 19th Century building, where its noble rooms still conserve elements of great patrimonial interest.
Interior Design – Corporate (Built) | Quartz Media by Desai Chia Architecture
The open floor plan layout is flexible with flowing circulation that encourages people to take different routes around the office (which promotes chance encounters with colleagues from different fields of expertise.) A broad expanse of "seating cubbies" lines the window wall; the cubbies provide open book storage for editors, and they have become a gathering destination for small group chats. A range of conference rooms provide ample meeting spaces for larger groups, and 'phone booth' rooms serve as quiet retreats for private calls, interviews, and even meditation.
Interior – Residential (Built) | 123 Hillcrest by REdesign.build
This new single-family residence infills an underutilized lot. The design intentionally avoids mimicking neighboring architecture, identifying instead with the founding spirit of place. The home's form is an outgrowth of the neighborhood's cultural roots: respect for nature, modern living and individual expression. The home integrates four levels of modern, indoor-outdoor living and honors its owners' aspirations for a progressive and sustainable home.
Mixed Use (Built) | The Contemporary Area Of Al Seef by 10 Design
Stretching 1.8 km along the creek, Al Seef is located in the historic heart of Dubai adjacent to the Al Fahidi Cultural Historical Neighborhood. The contemporary area of Al Seef, designed by the nominated design architect, spans around 670m of the creek, covering GFA 85,000m2. The site has been developed in 2 phases: Phase 1 accommodates the retail, F+B, and marina spaces while Phase 4 accommodates hospitality and F+B spaces along with the car parking structures for both phases.
Mixed Use (Concept) | Retro67 by Andrea Vattovani Architecture
The project RETRO 67 is inspired by the appearance of the oldtown of Beirut. The architects have reinterpreted several elements of the new building's surrounding environment in aim to communicate its strong relation to the city. To them urbanistical aspects were important to underline the perspectives of a street, in site plan it is made clear that, while designing, they respected the structure of the city and improved it.
Office Building (Built) | C&P Corporate Headquarters by INNOCAD Architecture
A real estate company's corporate headquarters, located at the city's highest traffic entrance, brings clarity and conciseness to an industrial transition area as a new landmark in this emerging district. The projects main ambition was to create an authentic example of "Build Identity" within the context of a seven story building, incorporating the client's logo icon throughout the building elevation. The project name, CUBEND, translates firm values by unifying the words "cube" relating to wholeness and persistence, plus "bend" standing for movement and dynamics.
Pop-Ups and Temporary Structure (Built) | Runaway by SPORTS
In order to emphasize the client's goal for the pavilion to act as a vibrant beacon and extension of its stationary location in Santa Barbara, Runaway emphasizes a saturated visual environment that aims to architecturalize the aesthetic quality of air of the region. The aesthetic qualities of the air in Santa Barbara is often very powerful and visible – a beautiful blur caused by heat (heat shimmer or mirage) and beach fog (June gloom). Runaway privileges this visual and atmospheric effect and in so doing, acts as a beautiful spectacle and object of urban decor for the communities of Santa Barbara.
Product Design – I.D. Elements (Built) | Gaudi System by Studio Niko Kapa
Sponsored by Audi Innovation, Gaudí System is a responsive bath system designed to give the users full control of their basic bathing necessities as well as minimise use of excessive water and electricity. Taking into account physical posture and ergonomics, Gaudí System can transform the floor and reshape a bathing landscape as decided by the user.
Public Building (Built) | Extension Of The Ctles by Antonini Darmon Architects
Extension of an existing building designed by D. Perrault in 1995, this project is intended to archive documents from the libraries of universities and research centers in the Paris region, as well as from the French National Library. The first CTLES building imposes a strong identity on the site. From the point of view of both implementation, functional and architectural expression, the extension is designed in perfect continuity with the existing structure. As the building is set into the ground, the heights of the two structures are almost aligned.
Public Building (Concept) | Floodlab by Desai Chia Architecture
FloodLAB, an education pavilion and boat house for the New York Restoration Project, expresses resilience and sustainability along a tidal flood zone— a new publicly-accessible gateway to the Harlem River waterfront. As the site is subject to potential storm surges of six feet due to the rising sea level, our landscape strategies celebrate and enhance the sustainable coastal ecologies that are native to the area. FloodLAB transforms a derelict site into an engaging educational destination— the architecture and a new waterfront promenade include a range of teaching tools to explore water stewardship and the biodiversity of the natural habitats at the water's edge. Ecological zones organize a series of saline terraces and reflect naturally occurring habitats that will vary with tidal influence. Our site and buildings will be resilient to tidal and flood influences.
Residence (Built) | Ring House by decaARCHITECTURE
Residence (Concept) | The Dior Chance Residence by Welch Design Studio
The sight of the mystical rustic building, the barn, often reminds one of a simpler life in our American history. Historic barns vary in style, but the common thread they all share is they are built with economy, purpose, efficiency, and common sense. There were no architects at the time to meticulously craft a custom design. Rather, the community converged together, pulling resources, working hard towards realizing a common vision. This practice of barn building was passed on from generation to generation.
Transportation (Built) | Chennai Airport by Creative Group
The wings of a bird in flight inspire and shape this very mammoth terminal building, whose sheer scale and size awes the onlooker. The two wings evolve as structural portals and culminate into a system of roof, shading Asia's one of the greenest airport. With a total site area of 100 acres, the terminal buildings, with elegant 300 m twin wing-like hovering roofs on both sides provide complete shade to the south facing elevation and protect the departing passengers from heat gains.
Transportation (Concept) | Klenovy Boulevard Station by ARCHSLON
Rich cultural context of the area forms a colourful and recognizable image of the untouched natural landscape. It stretches along the banks of the Moscow River, accompanied with the iconic architectural monuments of Russian wooden and stone architecture. The Palace of the Tsar Aleksey Mikhailovich stands as a symbolic figure of the entire ensemble. Its characteristic silhouette becomes a symbol for the object itself and for the entire surrounding area.
Urban Design (Built) | Side Walk Café by SWA Architecture
Unlike the outdoor eating cafes in Europe which appeared spontaneously whenever there was something delightful or fascinating to look at nearby, the history of New York City's sidewalk cafes was not as organically accepted in the physical and legislative landscape; the process has been slow and arduous.
Urban Design (Concept) | Ri-Gjanica _ Urban and Landscape Regeneration of Fier's City Center by MAU Architecture
The project's strategy aims to increase those elements that characterize Fier's identity, to achieve the reconstruction of a series of relationships that have conditioned the quality of life of its citizens.
The city's reconnection with the river Gjanica is sought not only through the presence of a new urban platform, but through a link to its broader and more complex territory, towards transparency, visibility, usability and access to the coast; a green relationship permits the recognition of a permeable boundary within compact constructions, by enhancing visual perception.
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Defending the Authorized Version's (KJV) Use of the Word Devil
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The use of the term devil is the subject of much debate in the issue of translations. Modern translations have dropped the use of the term devil and have replaced it with the Greek transliteration demon. There are two Greek words that are the subject of the debate: diabolos and daimonion. Some authors such as Derek Prince (authored the heretical They Shall Expel Demons) believe that daimonion are different creatures than diabolos. This is a serious error that can lead to concocted theories such as the belief that the so-called demons can control Christians.
Gail Riplinger addresses the issue on page 723 of In Awe of Thy Word:
Some pretend that word 'devil' (Gk. diabolos) refers only to Satan. Even the Greek New Testament shows the broad meaning of the term 'devil' in John 6:70 where Jesus himself calls Judas, a diabolos (a devil), not the devil (diabolos) or a daimonion. New versions refuse to translate the Greek word daimonion into English, transliterating it instead, as demon, and bringing with that Greek transliteration (not translation) all of the positive meanings and connotations it carried in ancient pagan Greek culture. New Age Bible Versions (pp. 218-220) describes the subtle problems caused when the archaic Greek transliteration demon is substituted for the English 'devil.' The pronunciation 'devil' resounded since the first Anglo-Saxons. Devil has its own built-in definition.
Gail Riplinger points out the hypocrisy of critics of the KJV's use of 'devil' to refer to both diabolos and daimonion on page 220 of New Age Bible Versions :
N.T. Greek dabblers may jump to the floor with reference to the Greek's use of both diabolos and daemonium to refer to Satan and the devils, respectively. Any objection to translation the two different Greek words as one English word fails disastrously since new version editors themselves translate two different Hebrew words, shed and sair, as one word 'demon'. Scholars who live in glass houses should refrain from throwing 'original language' stones, particularly when their house of cards appears to have been designed by a New Age architect.


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Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation in partnership with Cross-Country for Youth (CCFY) is proud to offer a unique fitness program that introduces young people to cross-country training and character-building concepts to aid in overall development. CCFY Mission: To impact the lives of youth with the skills they need to run cross-country and live healthy lives with character.
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REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION: Ages: Available to all boys and girls ages 9-14 (grades 4th through 8th)Registration Dates: Fall registration will open on August 1st Registration Fees: TBAPractice and Competition Sites: Coordinates regionally with registration siteHow To Register: Please visit the website www.crosscountryforyouth.org and click on the blue "register" tab located on the right and provide the necessary information.Additional Information: For more information about the youth cross-country program, please contact Revolution Park Sports Academy at (980) 314-1116 or email email@example.com.
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Important Notice: "The late-breaker abstract submission now opens from 1 - 30 June 2009
Late breaker abstract: 1 – 30 June 2009
The late breaker abstracts will be reviewed and selected by the Scientific Committee in July. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent to the corresponding author by mid July. Because of the proximity to the conference, authors will have 72 hours to confirm their participation before a back-up presentation is invited.
Regular Abstract Submission: 1 December 2008 - 30 March 2009
The submitted abstracts will go through a blind peer review process by international review panel consisting three expert reviewers from respective fields. The author(s) should state in the abstract submission form their preference of presentation (oral or poster presentation). The result of abstract review will be announced in April 2009.
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Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
The Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine (PACCS) encompasses all facets of medicine that relate to lung science.
Over 30 faculty are employed in this division providing broad expertise, a diverse clinical practice, and fellowship training at four hospitals.
With generous support from the NIH, VA Research Service, American Lung Association, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and several other private foundations, we are committed to providing our students the best graduate and postgraduate education in lung science available today.
PACCS proudly features internationally-recognized programs in Critical Care Medicine, Advanced Lung Disease and Lung Transplantation, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Physiology of Mechanical Ventilation, Genetics of Asthma, Fungal Infections, and Sleep-disordered Breathing.
The division is expanding with major new investments from the Medical School and Academic Health Center. Training is offered in Lung Cell and Molecular Biology, Bioengineering and Clinical Trials, with joint Masters and PhD programs.
We strive to find cures for Acute Lung Injury, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension and other deadly lung diseases as we continuously improve current preventive strategies and treatment modalities.


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A couple of mates of mine are working on the vfx for episode VII and kindly let me try on this wicked crew jacket at the weekend.
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Here's the word from CultTVman (bold emphasis my own):
Whilst I'm happy to know it's being re-issued (because I want one next to my Reliant), it boggles the mind why R2 can't simply create a new one entirely, sans panel lines, etc. Surely there must be demand for a high quality Refit at this scale, even if it costs a bit extra (versus a simple re-issue of the old one).CultTVman website wrote:The Refit Enterprise – this is the old AMT 1:537 scale kit. It was originally produced in 1980 when Star Trek The Motion Picture came out. The kit was reissued for each Trek movie up through Star Trek VI, and was also issued with lights and sound. The original issue had a smooth hull, but the tooling was later modified with etched panel lines. This reissue will still have the panel lines. More info when it is available.
In any case, he's reporting early 2018 as the release date.
Looks like putty manufacturers and after-market parts makers are going to be making a bit of money next year.
Here's the link (the old Vor'Cha is being re-released, too): https://culttvman.com/main/new-box-art-from-round-2-2/


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Lately, I've been thinking a lot more about jobsite safety than I normally do, thanks to a little do-it-yourself remodeling project I'm currently tackling in my master bathroom. Each time I climb up that ladder, squeeze the trigger on a corded power tool, or grab hold of some conductors — yes, they're de-energized — I'm reminded of the ever-present dangers of working in the construction field. I realize that in a fraction of a second one small mistake on my part could change my life, and the lives of my family, forever.
I'm also reminded that as a weekend warrior I'm only required to think about these safety issues on a part-time basis, although I'm sure my wife would like me to think about them much more frequently than I do. At the office about the only thing I have to protect myself against is a paper cut, or possibly carpal-tunnel syndrome from clicking my computer mouse too much. On the other hand, most of you deal with life-threatening safety hazards on a full-time basis. You face the dangers of slips and falls, eye and face injuries, and electric shocks and burns every day you go to work.
In support of this important topic, this month's editorial theme focuses on safety. In fact, many of the articles focus exclusively on it.
For starters, Staff Writer Amy Fischbach rounds up the top 25 construction violations as tracked by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in this month's cover story. As the article points out, improper ground-fault protection, inadequate protection systems for excavations, and poorly constructed scaffolding systems consistently show up near the top of the chart. A summary of OSHA's requirements in these areas and several "How-To" sections provide a nice refresher on the steps you need to take to avoid the risk of injury for you and your fellow workers, and not to mention the hefty fines you may incur if you're found in violation.
On the topic of speech and communications, Managing Editor Matthew Halverson addresses the rise in workplace injury and fatality rates among the ever-growing population of Hispanic workers, many of whom don't speak English. As reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, deaths among this demographic group have risen of late, while those of other groups have declined. This alarming trend has even captured the attention of OSHA. Interviews with contractors that employ large numbers of Spanish-speaking workers provide an inside track on how best to address this growing concern.
Probably one of the hottest issues discussed today centers around new requirements set forth by the NEC, IEEE, and OSHA with regard to protecting workers from the hazards of arc flash. George Gregory of Square D/Schneider Electric provides an overview of the four industry standards that establish work practices for the prevention of arc flash injuries, what constitutes an electrically safe work condition, and how to perform a flash hazard analysis at your facility. Reducing the probability of an arc flash event and its devastating effects is a goal we should all rally behind.
As I'm reminded each time I climb the steps of my ladder to replace some insulation, grab my drill to bore a hole, or twist on a wire nut for a splice in a branch circuit, safety is a serious issue for those who work in the construction industry. Jobsite safety starts with you. No matter how many rules or regulations are in place, you're ultimately responsible for making it home in one piece. Make the effort. Your family will thank you.


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Our Company Brand
The Credit Suisse brand reflects our strong heritage and ambitions that have guided our pursuit of value creation and protection for clients since 1856.
Our brand is an expression of our longstanding commitment to helping clients achieve their growth ambitions, build and expand their businesses, and meet their objectives.
We are dedicated to our clients – to understanding them; creating solutions for them; and connecting them to the right resources. For more than 160 years and in more than 50 countries. Across private banking, wealth management and investment banking.
Our Logo
Our logo symbolizes the transformation of Credit Suisse into an integrated global bank in 2006, when the areas of Private Banking & Wealth Management and Investment Banking were combined under a single roof, as well as our international orientation, heritage and goals.
The sail-like symbol echoes the pioneering spirit of the entire bank and the heritage of our business. The logo has evolved throughout the company's long history to compliment its constant growth, the founding of new branches and the various mergers and acquisitions that have taken place since its foundation in 1856.
Our Brand Ambassador
Credit Suisse entered into a long-term partnership with Roger Federer in 2009. This world-known tennis player with Swiss roots is an ideal ambassador for our brand as we share a number of values: wide international appeal, the desire to excel and a distinct sense of quality. This is complemented by a high degree of responsibility toward society at large.
Credit Suisse assumes responsibility toward society and the environment as well as toward its clients and employees through a numerous and varied activities in the corporate responsibility field, while the Roger Federer Foundation provides disadvantaged children with quality education.)


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Stockton, CA
Irene Lee Oliva
Oct. 31, 1945 - Nov. 20, 2012
Irene Lee Oliva entered into Heaven at the age of 67 on November 20th while home surrounded by
the love of her family. During her battle with cancer, she was able to share very special moments with her entire family and long-time friends.
Born October 31, 1945 in Weed, CA, she moved to Stockton at the age of nine. After having three children, Irene returned to school receiving a bachelors degree from Stanislaus State University in education at the age of 33. In 2008 she retired after 31 years with Lodi Unified School District as a bi-lingual Kindergarten/1st Grade Teacher at Lakewood Elementary and then Ansel Adams. She was the first bilingual teacher for the school district and received their "New Teacher of the Year Award". Her legacy is the thousands of children's lives she touched through her ability to teach with love, commitment, and expectation.
As a devoted Catholic, she offered her love of teaching through catechism at St. George and St. Luke Churches. She was an avid reader and enjoyed retirement while working part-time at her daughter's frame shop. Spending time with her family gave her great joy and watching novellas with her sister Molly became one of her favorite past-times.
Preceded in death by her parents Leandra & Julian Godina, father Joe Moreno, brother Raul DeVora. She leaves behind her beloved daughters Lorraine Josol (George), Jonise Oliva & son John Oliva (Marian), five grandchildren and three great grandchildren devoted sister Molly Bustos & brother Robert Moreno (Yolanda) and sister Rose Maestas and many loving nieces, nephews and Godchildren.
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Bombers kill more than 35 across Iraq
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KIRKUK, Iraq, Jan 16 (Reuters) - More than 35 people died in a suicide attack and other bombings in northern Iraq and Baghdad on Wednesday, worsening sectarian strife as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki faces mounting pressure from minority Sunni Muslims and Kurds.
Shoppers and police helped drag bloodied survivors out of the rubble and wrecked vehicles after a car bomb and a suicide bomber in a truck set off huge blasts in Kirkuk, near the local headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).
Maliki, a Shi'ite Muslim, is locked in a feud with ethnic Kurds in autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan over disputed oilfields and is also confronting Sunni protesters in a western province calling for him to step down.
"A suicide bomber driving a truck packed with explosives detonated the vehicle outside the KDP headquarters. It's a crowded area; dozens were killed and wounded," Police Brigadier Sarhat Qadir told Reuters in Kirkuk.
Local Kirkuk health officials and police said at least 25 people were killed and more than 180 were wounded.
Another five people died and 37 more were wounded in another bombing outside a rival Kurdish political party office in Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad.
Roadside bombs and gun attacks in Baghdad and Baiji, north of the capital, killed seven policemen and soldiers.
A year after the last U.S. troops left, Iraq's government of Sunni, Shi'ite and Kurdish parties is mired in a crisis over how to share power, increasing worries that the OPEC member state may relapse into wide-scale sectarian bloodshed
Violence and unrest are compounding concern that the conflict in neighbouring Syria, where mainly Sunni rebels are fighting Shi'ite Iran's ally President Bashar al-Assad, will upset Iraq's own delicate sectarian and ethnic balance.
Wednesday's attacks came a day after a suicide bomber killed an influential Sunni Muslim lawmaker in the west of Iraq, where thousands of Sunni protesters have been holding mass demonstrations against Maliki.
Sunni turmoil erupted in late December after state officials arrested members of a Sunni finance minister's security team on terrorism charges. Authorities denied the arrests were political, but Sunni leaders saw them as a crackdown.
Since the fall of Sunni strongman Saddam Hussein after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, many Sunnis feel they have been marginalised by the leadership of the Shi'ite majority.
Maliki's National Alliance Shi'ite coalition and Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc held preliminary talks in parliament on Wednesday in attempt to defuse the crisis by addressing the demands of the demonstrations.
"We have to admit that we have a tough job ahead to reach common ground," Ali al-Shallah, a lawmaker with Maliki's alliance. "All the blocs agree to allow time for the government to review protest demands; that's one step."
Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani, a prominent Shi'ite who heads the committee investigating protest demands, said the government had so far freed more 400 detainees held under anti-terrorism laws as a concession.
But protesters want detainees released, a modification of terrorism laws and more control over a campaign against former members of Saddam's outlawed Baath party, a measure they believe is being used unfairly to sideline their leaders.
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A NASA spacecraft circling Mars has found evidence of flowing water on the Red Planet's surface — and in our time, not in some dim and more verdant past. New data reveal that Earth's close neighbor boasts multiple seeps of salt-laden water that were wet, or at least damp, as recently as last year. The water may be many times saltier than Earth's ocean, but there could be enough of it to provide a bonanza for humans exploring the surface.
"Mars is not the dry, arid planet we thought of in the past," NASA planetary science chief Jim Green said Monday. "Under certain circumstances, liquid water has been found on Mars." Until now, "we thought of the current Mars as a barren, extremely dry and cold desert," SETI Institute planetary scientist Janice Bishop, who did not take part in the research, said via email. "What is new and exciting here is that this provides evidence for liquid water on Mars in the current environment."
Eons ago, Mars had enough water to fill enormous lakes and rivers. Scientists prospecting for the wet stuff in recent decades, however, had to content themselves with ice at the planet's poles, small amounts of water vapor in the atmosphere and water locked up in minerals in the Martian soil. The wet Mars of billions of years ago seemed to have become a desiccated world.
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Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from, dare I say it, God. He died today at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, after a punishing battle with esophageal cancer, the same disease that killed his father.
He was a man of insatiable appetites—for cigarettes, for scotch, for company, for great writing, and, above all, for conversation. That he had an output to equal what he took in was the miracle in the man. You'd be hard-pressed to find a writer who could match the volume of exquisitely crafted columns, essays, articles, and books he produced over the past four decades. He wrote often—constantly, in fact, and right up to the end—and he wrote fast; frequently without the benefit of a second draft or even corrections. I can recall a lunch in 1991, when I was editing The New York Observer, and he and Aimée Bell, his longtime editor, and I got together for a quick bite at a restaurant on Madison, no longer there. Christopher's copy was due early that afternoon. Pre-lunch canisters of scotch were followed by a couple of glasses of wine during the meal and a similar quantity of post-meal cognac. That was just his intake. After stumbling back to the office, we set him up at a rickety table and with an old Olivetti, and in a symphony of clacking he produced a 1,000-word column of near perfection in under half an hour.
Christopher was one of the first writers I called when I came to Vanity Fair in 1992. Six years before, I had called on him to write for Spy. That offer was ever so politely rejected. The Vanity Fair approach had a fee attached, though, and to my everlasting credit, he accepted and has been writing for the magazine ever since. With the exception of Dominick Dunne (who died in 2009), no writer has been more associated with Vanity Fair. There was no subject too big or too small for Christopher. Over the past two decades he traveled to just about every hot spot you can think of. He'd also subject himself to any manner of humiliation or discomfort in the name of his column. I once sent him out on a mission to break the most niggling laws still on the books in New York City. One such decree forbade riding a bicycle with your feet off the pedals. The photograph that ran with the column, of Christopher sailing a small bike through Central Park with his legs in the air, looked like something out of the Moscow Circus. When he embarked on a cause of self-improvement for a three-part series, he subjected himself to myriad treatments to improve his dental area and other dark regions. At one point I suggested he go to a well-regarded waxing parlor in town for what they indelicately call the "sack, back, and crack." He struggled to absorb the full meaning of this, but after a few seconds he smiled a nervous smile and said, "In for a penny . . . "
Christopher was the beau ideal of the public intellectual. You felt as though he was writing to you and to you alone. And as a result many readers felt they knew him. Walking with him down the street in New York or through an airplane terminal was like escorting a movie star through the throngs.
Christopher was brave not just in facing the illness that took him, but brave in words and thought. He did not mind landing outside the cozy cocoon of conventional liberal wisdom, his curious, pro-war stance before the invasion of Iraq being but one example. Friends distanced themselves from him during those unlit days. But he stuck to his guns. After his rather famous 1995 attack on Mother Teresa in these pages, one of our contributing editors, a devout Catholic, came into the office filled with umbrage and announced that he was canceling his subscription. "You can't cancel it," I said. "You get the magazine for free!" Years ago, in the midst of the Clinton impeachment uproar, Christopher had a very public dustup with his good friend Sidney Blumenthal, a Clinton White House functionary—the dispute was over which part of a conversation between them was or was not on the record. Christopher wound up on television a lot defending himself. He looked like hell, and I suggested we bring him to New York for a bit of a makeover and some R&R away from the cameras. The magazine was pretty flush back then, and we set him up with a new suit, shirts, ties, and such. When someone from the fashion department asked him what size his shoes were, he said he didn't know—the pair he had on was borrowed.
I could not begin to list the pantheon of public intellectuals and close friends who will mourn his passing, but it would most certainly include Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Richard Dawkins, James Fenton, Christopher Buckley, and Hitchens's agent, Steve Wasserman. Christopher had his share of lady admirers too, including—but certainly not limited to—Anna Wintour, back when he was young and still relatively fragrant. His wife, Carol, a writer, filmmaker, and legendary hostess, set a high bar in how to handle a flower like Christopher, both when he was healthy and during his last days. An invitation to their vast apartment in the Wyoming on Columbia Road, in Washington, D.C., was a prized reward for being a part of their circle or even on the fringes of it. We used to hold an anti–White House Correspondents party there in the 90s and 2000s; the Salon des Refuses, he called it. You could meet anyone there. From Supreme Court justices to right-wing windbags to, well, Barbra Streisand and other assorted totems of the left. He was a good friend who wished his friends well. And as a result he had a lot of them.
Christopher had an enviable career arc that began with his own brand of fiery journalism at Britain's New Statesman and then wended its way to America, where he wrote for everyone from The Atlantic and Harper's to Slate and The New York Times Book Review. And we all called him our own. He was a legend on the speakers' circuit, and could debate just about anyone on anything. He won umpteen awards—although that was not the sort of thing that fueled his work—and in the last decade he wrote best-sellers, including a memoir, Hitch-22, that finally put some money into his family's pocket. In the last weeks of his life, he was told that an asteroid had been named after him. He was pleased by the thought, and inasmuch as the word is derived from the Greek, meaning "star-like," and asteroids are known to be volatile, it is a fitting honor.
To his friends, Christopher will be remembered for his elevated but inclusive humor and for a staggering, almost punishing memory that held up under the most liquid of late-night conditions. And to all of us, his readers, Christopher Hitchens will be remembered for the millions of words he left behind. They are his legacy. And, God love him, it was his will.
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A Virtual Private Network Can Fuel Cost-Effective Growth
With VPN, you can secure your network and also offer secure access to remote partners and employees.
Technology—no small business can succeed without it. Your network not only provides secure connectivity to your employees, but also to your community of partners, suppliers, and customers. Although your network is the lifeline of your business, you probably view it as a cost center, buying equipment as necessary—sometimes on the fly when a problem or immediate need arises. However, your network can be a source of cost-effective growth for your company.
If you installed a VPN as part of your infrastructure, it was most likely to provide employees with secure access to your network while working at home or on the road. Apart from the obvious productivity gains that companies can achieve by providing employees with the ability to work from anywhere anytime, VPNs can also make it easier to expand your business and share pre-existing network resources and information.
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Using an on-demand workforce of experienced, knowledgeable contractors allows your company to both hire and grow while keeping overhead expenses down. And a VPN is key to making that cost-effective growth possible. By choosing a solution that provides Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN functionality, such as the Cisco RV220W Wireless Network Security Firewall, you can provide flexible, secure remote access to your network for non-employees such as contractors and partners.
With SSL VPN, you can allow contractors to access just a portion of your network via any web browser. This ability to provide a selected set of services, applications, and data is more secure than opening your entire network to a non-employee.
In addition to being able to take advantage of a broader, cost-effective talent pool, VPNs can help fuel your company's growth in other ways. For example, by making sure employees have the data they need when they need it, your organization can make intelligent decisions faster. And when you have the technology that works, you can spend more time serving customers and focusing on projects that will make your company more efficient and expand your business.
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