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Each week we post a round-up of some of our most exciting national and international PUP book coverage. Reviews, interviews, events, articles–this is the spot for coverage of all things "PUP books" that took place in the last week. Enjoy!
What if you could witness evolution in real time? Researchers Peter and Rosemary Grant, who have spent time on the Galápagos Island named Daphne Major each year since 1973, have found that changes are happening–right now. The Grants are featured in a recent New York Times piece that details their years of research and the incredible discoveries that they have made. Jonathan Weiner writes:
Charles Darwin spent only five weeks on the Galápagos Islands, and at first, the British biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant didn't plan to stay very long either — a few years at most.
They landed in 1973 on the tiny uninhabited island of Daphne Major, the cinder cone of an extinct volcano. (Darwin himself never set foot there.) Daphne is as steep as a roof, with cliffs running all around the base, and just one small spot on the outer slope flat enough to pitch a tent.
Their goal, as they relate in their new book, "40 Years of Evolution," was to study finches in the genus Geospiza — the birds that gave Darwin some of his first inklings of evolution by natural selection — and to try to reconstruct part of their evolutionary history. Instead, they made an amazing discovery.
After several years of meticulous measurements, the Grants and their students realized that the finches' dimensions were changing before their eyes. Their beaks and bodies were evolving and adapting from year to year, sometimes slowly, sometimes strikingly, generation after generation. The researchers were watching evolution in real time, evolution in the flesh.
Check out the full article, entitled "In Darwin's Footsteps" in the New York Times.
In the richly illustrated 40 YEARS OF EVOLUTION: Darwin's Finches on Daphne Major Island, the authors explore evolution taking place on a contemporary scale. By continuously tracking finch populations over a period of four decades, they uncover the causes and consequences of significant events leading to evolutionary changes in species.
The authors used a vast and unparalleled range of ecological, behavioral, and genetic data–including song recordings, DNA analyses, and feeding and breeding behavior–to measure changes in finch populations on the small island of Daphne Major in the Galápagos archipelago. They find that natural selection happens repeatedly, that finches hybridize and exchange genes rarely, and that they compete for scarce food in times of drought, with the remarkable result that the finch populations today differ significantly in average beak size and shape from those of forty years ago.
The authors' most spectacular discovery is the initiation and establishment of a new lineage that now behaves as a new species, differing from others in size, song, and other characteristics. The authors emphasize the immeasurable value of continuous long-term studies of natural populations and of critical opportunities for detecting and understanding rare but significant events. By following the fates of finches for several generations, 40 YEARS OF EVOLUTION offers unparalleled insights into ecological and evolutionary changes in natural environments.
View Chapter One of 40 YEARS OF EVOLUTION for yourself.
For PUP author Anat Admati, American banks are doing it all wrong — and the status quo needs to change.
Admati, who was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People for 2014, argues that banks are as fragile as they are not because they must be, but because they want to be–and they get away with it. Whereas this situation benefits bankers, it distorts the economy and exposes the public to unnecessary risks. Weak regulation and ineffective enforcement allowed the buildup of risks that ushered in the financial crisis of 2007-2009. Much can be done to create a better system and prevent crises. Yet the lessons from the crisis have not been learned.
These arguments and her recent progress are highlighted in a recent NYT feature entitled "When She Talks, Banks Shudder." The article begins by discussing Admati's tenacity:
Bankers are nearly unanimous on the subject of Anat R. Admati, the Stanford finance professor and persistent industry gadfly: Her ideas are wildly impractical, bad for the American economy and not to be taken seriously.
But after years of quixotic advocacy, Ms. Admati is reaching some very prominent ears. Last month, President Obama invited her and five other economists to a private lunch to discuss their ideas. She left him with a copy of "The Bankers' New Clothes: What's Wrong With Banking and What to Do About It," a 2013 book she co-authored. A few weeks later, she testified for the first time before the Senate Banking Committee. And, in a recent speech, Stanley Fischer, vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, praised her "vigorous campaign."
Dennis Kelleher, chief executive of Better Markets, a nonprofit that advocates stronger financial regulation, said Ms. Admati has emerged as one of the most effective advocates of the view that regulatory changes since the 2008 crisis remain insufficient. "She has been, as one must be," Mr. Kelleher said, "dogged from the West Coast to the East Coast to Europe and back again and over again."
Read the full article in the New York Times.
The past few years have shown that risks in banking can impose significant costs on the economy. Many claim, however, that a safer banking system would require sacrificing lending and economic growth. THE BANKERS' NEW CLOTHES — now available in paperback — examines this claim and the narratives used by bankers, politicians, and regulators to rationalize the lack of reform, exposing them as invalid.
Admati and co-author Martin Hellwig argue that we can have a safer and healthier banking system without sacrificing any of its benefits, and at essentially no cost to society. They seek to engage the broader public in the debate by cutting through the jargon of banking, clearing the fog of confusion, and presenting the issues in simple and accessible terms.
Check out the new preface from the paperback edition of THE BANKERS' NEW CLOTHES. And for more, watch Admati's TED talk from earlier this year:
Yoga practitioners — is what you think you know about ancient yoga philosophy actually incorrect? PUP author David Gordon White brings us an exhaustively researched book that demonstrates why the yoga of India's past bears little resemblance to the yoga practiced today.
Consisting of fewer than two hundred verses written in an obscure if not impenetrable language and style, Patanjali's Yoga Sutra is today extolled by the yoga establishment as a perennial classic and guide to yoga practice. As David Gordon White demonstrates in this groundbreaking study, both of these assumptions are incorrect. Virtually forgotten in India for hundreds of years and maligned when it was first discovered in the West, the Yoga Sutra has been elevated to its present iconic status—and translated into more than forty languages—only in the course of the past forty years.
THE YOGA SUTRA OF PATANJALI: A Biography received great attention recently in three different publications. The book was reviewed in both Tricycle Magazine as well as in Shambhala Sun, which describes the book:
A lively account of this sutra's unlikely history and how it has variously been interpreted, reinterpreted, ignored, and hailed. The colorful characters on these pages include Vivekananda and Krishnamacharya, two giants in modern yoga, as well as literary figures such as T.S. Eliot. There is also Alberuni, a Muslim scientist and scholar who translated a commentary on the Yoga Sutra a thousand years ago, and the outrageous Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, who fused the principles of the Yoga Sutra with Western ideas of the occult.
Check out this author Q&A with David Gordon White for more on why he chose his area of study, and view Chapter One of THE YOGA SUTRA OF PATANJALI.


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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that the agency is making progress in rebuilding its capacity to enforce the civil rights laws protecting the nation's workers. Over the past two years, the EEOC has begun to replenish its depleted ranks and dedicate significant resources to training employees, the largest sustained training effort the agency has conducted in at least a decade.
As a result, the federal agency ended Fiscal Year 2010 with 86,338 pending charges—an increase of only 570 charges, or less than one percent. Between fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the EEOC's pending inventory increased 15.9 percent.
"The EEOC is on the path toward rebuilding and on track to make further progress in the upcoming fiscal year to more efficiently and effectively enforce the federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination," said EEOC Chair Jacqueline A. Berrien.
The EEOC received a record 99,922 charges in FY 2010, which ended Sept. 30, —the highest number of charges in the agency's 45-year history. EEOC staff also delivered historic relief for victims of workplace discrimination. The agency secured more than $319 million in monetary benefits for individuals—the highest level of relief obtained through administrative enforcement in the Commission's history. Among other agency achievements:
The EEOC's FY 2010 annual Performance and Accountability Report is posted on the agency's web site at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/plan/2010par.cfm. Comprehensive enforcement and litigation statistics for FY 2010 will be available in early 2011.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the Commission is available on its web site www.eeoc.gov.

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Milan, ItalyGenome assembly and annotation course 5 https://elixir.mf.uni-lj.si/course/view.php?id=45 https://tess.elixir-europe.org/events/genome-assembly-and-annotation-course-5 A **genome assembly and annotation course** will take place on **July 1-5, 2019** in **Milan, Italy**, hosted by the Italian ELIXIR Node in cooperation with other ELIXIR nodes that are involved in the ELIXIR-EXCELERATE task 10.3 "Capacity Building in Genome Assembly and Annotation". Some of the most experienced assembly and annotation experts in Europe will be teaching at the course. The course is aimed at researchers interested in learning more about genome assembly and annotation. It will include information useful for both the beginner and the more advanced user. We will start by introducing general concepts and then continue with a step-by-step description of all major components of a genome assembly and annotation workflow, from raw data all the way to a final assembled and annotated genome. There will be a mix of lectures and hands-on practical exercises using Unix/Linux command line. After the course, the participants will have knowledge of commonly used assembly practices and tools. They will be able to run assembly and annotation projects on their own. **Prerequisites:** - **Working knowledge of Unix/Linux command line** - **As part of the course agenda, course participants will prepare a short presentation about their own projects.** Optionally, they may also bring their own data. **Instructions how to register for the course are available on the [ELIXIR-SI eLearning Platform (EELP)](https://elixir.mf.uni-lj.si/course/view.php?id=45).** You will be able to access the course after you register and your registration is approved by the course organizers. 2019-07-01 09:00:00 UTC 2019-07-05 17:00:00 UTC ELIXIR Italy University of Milano-Bicocca, Building U7, Lab 715, Milan, Italy University of Milano-Bicocca, Building U7, Lab 715 Milan Città Metropolitana di Milano Italy Genomics University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy General questions: email@example.com Questions about the course agenda: email@example.com National Research Council of ItalyINRANBIS - National Bioinformatics Infrastructure SwedenELIXIR EXCELERATE life scientistsResearchersPhD students 24 workshops_and_courses registration_of_interest Genomics AssemblyTrainingeLearningEeLP
The Brain Mosaic: Cellular heterogeneity in the CNS (2nd edition)
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Leuven, BelgiumThe Brain Mosaic: Cellular heterogeneity in the CNS (2nd edition) https://vibconferences.be/event/the-brain-mosaic-cellular-heterogeneity-in-the-cns-2nd-edition https://tess.elixir-europe.org/events/the-brain-mosaic-cellular-heterogeneity-in-the-cns-2nd-edition Recent advances in technology now allow us to explore multiple aspects of heterogeneity at the single cell level. Nowhere is this more important than in the Central Nervous System (CNS), where cellular heterogeneity has profound effects on all aspects of normal brain function and behavior and explains important aspects of disease pathology. With the second edition of the Brain Mosaic conference we aim to bring together leaders in this emerging discipline to discuss how it is advancing our knowledge of CNS function and disease. Speakers at this neuroscience meeting on 'single cell' will emphasize the multi-disciplinary nature of the field in several sessions: • Single cell sequencing and cell diversity • Spatial transcriptomics • New developments in technology and bioinformatics • CNS sequencing and relevance to disease research • Connections an activity Poster information: Format: A0 (841 x 1189 mm / 33.1 x 46.8 in), portrait orientation Deadlines: • Early Bird: 8 September 2019 • Late Registration: 26 September 2019 • Abstract deadline: 29 August 2019 2019-10-10 08:00:00 UTC 2019-10-11 18:00:00 UTC VIB Conferences KU Leuven - Promotion & Jubileumzaal, Naamsestraat 22, 22, Naamsestraat, Leuven, Belgium KU Leuven - Promotion & Jubileumzaal, Naamsestraat 22, 22, Naamsestraat Leuven Vlaams-Brabant Belgium 3000 Bioinformatics Transcriptomics Sequencing [] Evy Vierstraete +32 9 244 66 11 firstname.lastname@example.com [] [] meetings_and_conferences [] Single cell sequencing Sequencingcell diversitySpatial transcriptomicsTranscriptomicstranscriptomicsAlzheimers Clinical Trials And StudiesAlzheimers DiseaseAmnesiaAnimal Models In DementiaAnxiety Autoimmune Disorders & Multiple SclerosisBehavioral IssuesBiopsychiatry Blood-Brain BarrierBrain DiagnosisBrain Disease & FailureBrain InjuryBrain TumourCentral Nervous SystemCerebrovascular DiseaseChild NeurologyClinical NeurophysiologyCNS TumorsCognitive DisordersDementiaDementia CareDemyelinationDiagnosis And TherapyEpilepsyGenetics Genetics And Epigenetics Geriatric NeurologyGut- Brain AxisHeadacheIntervention NeuroradiologyMeningitisMental HealthMental Health NursingMetastatisMovement DisordersMultiple SclerosisMultiple Sclerosis DiagnosisNervous SystemNeural EngineeringNeural EnhancementNeuro-Oncology NeuroanaatomyNeuroanatomyNeurocritical CareNeurodegenerationNeurodegenerative DisorderNeurodegenerative DisordersNeurogeneticsNeuroimagingNeuroimmunologyNeurological DisordersNeurological Disorders And StrokeNeurological InfectionsNeurological SurgeryNeurologistNeurologyNeuromedicinesNeuromuscular MedicineNeuronal AutoantibodiesNeuropathyNeuropeptidesNeuropharmacologyNeuroscienceNeurosurgeryNeurotoxicologyNeurotoxinsNeurotransmissionNeurotransmittersParkinsonParkinsons DiseasePediatric NeurologyPharmacology Psychiatry Psychology PsychoneuroimmunologyRecent Research And Case StudiesRehabilitation TherapyStem Cell Treatment For Neurological DisordersStrokesTraumatic Brain InjuryCNS sequencing disease researchbioinformatics• New developments in technology
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The smart young men of MUSIGA (Musicians Union of Ghana) have taken possession of all the GH¢2million that the government set aside in its last budget to support the creative industries and President John Mahama did not know.Only last week, when the President was making a policy statement in Accra on the direction of the country for the next four months, he told the nation that his government appreciated the potential of artists and it was in recognition of that, the last budget allocated an amount of GH¢2million to the creative industries.He went on to indicate that his office was working towards an acceptable way of disbursing the funds to the creative industries.The President was too late. By the time he was making the statement, half of the amount had already been paid and the second half was on its way to the headquarters of MUSIGA.By press time Wednesday, it was unclear whether the Minister of Finance, Dr Kwabena Dufour was aware that the money meant for the creative industries comprising performing arts, music, visual art, publishing, film and traditional cultural expressions had been paid out.That was unlikely because Dr Dufour himself was seated directly in a front row seat during President Mahama's speech and he wouldn't have kept quiet and allowed the President to make such a faux pas.While practitioners in other sectors of the creative industries may be moaning over their close-shave loss, MUSIGA stalwarts insist that the money, which is reckoned to be bigger than the total budget allocation to the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture for the last four years, was theirs to take.According to officiandos of MUSIGA, the ¢2million was meant for them because it was they who presented a proposal to the Minister of Finance in October last year asking for ¢5.5million to undertake a number of important projects.The proposed projects included research and capacity development study, continuous professional development, strengthening of music industry structures, a one week music fair, and rehabilitation of MUSIGA headquarters building.MUSIGA Administrator, Ahuma Bosco told Showbiz last Tuesday that even before the announcement was made in the budget, they were confident that they had made a credible enough proposition to be considered by government.He indicated that because MUSIGA was not given the total ¢5.5m that they asked for, they have had to scale down the projects that they intended to undertake.One of the immediate activities MUSIGA is undertaking is the Ghana Music Week which is expected to attract over 500 musicians, bands, industry experts and representatives of music unions across Africa."The key goal of Ghana Music Week", according to MUSIGA is to create the industry's biggest platform to bring together and encourage participation of artistes, stakeholders, policy makers, media and music users to recognise, promote and underscore the importance and value of Ghanaian music forms."In response to a Showbiz question, Ahuma Bosco said that although MUSIGA had taken the ¢2m, they might consider extending some of their largesse to practitioners in other sectors of the creative industries if they present concrete proposals to them. "This is the taxpayer's money and we're keen to ensure that every pesewa that is given out is properly accounted for," he said.
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has been selected for a €1.9M ($2.2M USD) equity-free investment by the program. The SME Instrument invests in companies that demonstrate world-class technology innovation, prove they have a sound business plan, and show great promise in becoming a profitable high-growth company. "Competition is tough—only the most convincing and excellent proposals get funded after a thorough evaluation by multinational panels of technology, business and finance experts."
This investment will support WonderLogix's enterprise platform enhancements and commercial expansion. It will allow for the development of Siemens PLC integration—to complement existing integration with Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley—and a live-monitoring control system dashboard.
Control systems run industrial facilities like power plants, water systems and factories, via programmable logic controllers ("PLCs"), industrial computers that are notoriously challenging to program. Twenty percent (20%) of accidents in industrial control systems are caused by PLC programming errors, leading to costly operations and unplanned downtime.
The WonderLogix enterprise platform provides the solution by replacing manual programming with reusable logic requirements in plain English, and automatically generating operational code and documentation. The benefits and potential of this disruptive technology are clear to anyone who works with PLCs and control systems. "The human language is the key driver and the automatic delivery of functional specs is a game-changer", says Stan Spence, Regional Manager, Wunderlich-Malec, United States.
"I want to thank the EU committee that selected us. We know that the competition was fierce (and deserving!) and we're proud to have been chosen. We want to improve PLC programming effectiveness and efficiency, with a significant, lasting effect on the industry. Our clients accelerate their time-to-market by at least 50%, by cutting out manual programming and documentation time, and minimizing commissioning time", says WonderLogix CEO .
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The Lorentz model, describing the electron of the atom as an harmonic oscillator forced by an oscillating electric field $\vec{E}$, shows that the dipole moment $\vec{D}$ obeys the following equation in the stationary regime: $$\vec{D}=\frac{q^2}{2m\omega_0}\frac{\vec{E}}{\omega_0-\omega-i\gamma_d}$$ where $\omega_0$ and $m$ are the natural frequency and mass of the electron, $\gamma_d$ is the dissipation introduced by hand to take account of the energy emitted by the electron when accelerated (and also its collisions).
My trouble is that one finds that the energy transmitted by the electron to the field by unit of time, given by: $$P=-\vec{E}.\frac{d\vec{D}}{dt}$$ is always negative, implying that the electron cannot "feed" the field, however how much it is radiating. Can it be attributed to the fact that the electron energy is in first place coming from the field, and thus, our electron cannot give more than it receives? In what cases does the electron sources the background field?


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Hope College has won the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Commissioner's Cup for the best overall athletic performance during the 2008-09 school year.
Hope College has won the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Commissioner's Cup for the best overall athletic performance during the 2008-09 school year.
The Commissioner's Cup is presented to the league member with the best cumulative finishes in the 18 men's and women's sports sponsored by America's oldest collegiate conference. The NCAA Division III affiliated conference consists of nine schools -- Adrian, Albion, Alma, Calvin, Hope, Kalamazoo, Olivet, Saint Mary's and Trine.
It marks the ninth consecutive year that Hope has won or share the honor and the 24th time since 1980.
Hope also finished first in the MIAA men's and women's all-sports standings. It marks the fifth time in 11 years that Hope has led both categories in the same school year.
A year ago Hope and rival Calvin shared the Commissioner's Cup, a first in the 71-year history of the award. This year Hope's margin of victory over second place Calvin was 11 points.
In the men's all-sports standings Hope edged Calvin 94-93 while in the women's all-sports standings the margin was 10 points (114-104) in Hope's favor.
Hope crowned MIAA champions in four sports -- volleyball, men's swimming & diving, women's basketball and women's tennis. The Flying Dutchmen and Flying Dutch displayed amazing competitiveness with no team in any of the 18 sports finishing lower than fourth place.
The Commissioner's Cup has been presented since 1934-35. Hope has won the award a record 31 times, followed by Albion 14, Kalamazoo 13, Calvin 9 and Alma 5.
08-09 Commissioner's Cup Standings: 1. Hope 208, 2. Calvin 197, 3. Albion 138, 4. Adrian 109, 5. Olivet 104, 6. Alma 97, 7. Trine 94, 8. Kalamazoo 91.
08-09 Men's All-Sports Standings: 1. Hope 94, 2. Calvin 93, 3. Albion 66, 4. Adrian 58, 5. Olivet 54, 6. Trine 50, 7. Kalamazoo 42, 8. Alma 31.
08-09 Women's All-Sports Standings: 1. Hope 114, 2. Calvin 104, 3. Saint Mary's 74, 4. Albion 72, 5. Alma 66, 6. Adrian 51, 7. Olivet 50, 8. Kalamazoo 49, 9. Trine 44.
Hope's 08-09 MIAA Finishes by Sport
Women's Basketball, 1st place
Men's Swimming & Diving, 1st place
Women's Tennis, 1st place
Volleyball, 1st place
Men's Basketball, 2nd place
Men's Cross Country, 2nd place
Women's Cross Country, 2nd place
Men's Golf, 2nd place
Men's Soccer, 2nd place
Women's Swimming & Diving, 2nd place
Men's Tennis, 2nd place (tie)
Men's Track & Field, 2nd place
Women's Track & Field, 2nd place
Baseball, 3rd place (tie)
Women's Golf, 3rd place
Women's Soccer, 3rd place
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There's nothing to see here. Move along. Nothing, that is, but this report of a minor incident in Russellville, Arkansas: "Democratic Congressional candidate Ken Aden's campaign manager returned home to find his family pet slaughtered, with the word 'liberal' painted on the animal's corpse."
A statement from the Aden campaign describes the cat as an adult mixed-breed Siamese and included a graphic description of the pet's injuries.
The statement said that the four children of campaign manager Jacob Burris "discovered the gruesome scene as they exited the family vehicle to enter their home" after "the perpetrators scrawled 'liberal' across the cat's body and left it on the doorstep of Burris' house."
"To kill a child's pet is unconscionable," the candidate is quoted as saying.
I know, I know. It's not the most important story in the news this week. In a time of war and financial crisis, there are a lot bigger stories to report than the death of a house cat. It was just an ordinary pet like millions of others, a playmate to some children and a companion to their parents.
Nor is this an electoral scandal. The Aden campaign said they "did not believe the Womack campaign to be responsible," adding that "before Christmas … a (radio) station owned by Womack's father, actually promoted a toy drive held by Aden's campaign for children in the Third District."
People, especially conservatives, will rush to say it's an isolated incident of random violence that could've happened to anyone. They've said that before. Lots of times, in fact.
The shooting of churchgoers at a liberal Unitarian church in Knoxville was an isolated incident.
The shooting of police officers in Pittsburgh was an isolated incident.
The shooting of deputies in Okaloosa, Florida was an isolated incident.
The killing of a Tucson man and the shooting of his wife and daughter (the nine-year-old was shot in the head at point-blank range) was an isolated incident.
The murder of an African-American woman and the raping and wounding of her sister, followed by the killing of a homeless man, was an isolated incident.
The killing of an African-American security guard at the Holocaust Museum was an isolated incident.
Except …
The man who shot those Knoxville Unitarians had these books on his bookshelf: Liberalism is a Mental Health Disorder by Michael Savage, Let Freedom Ring by Sean Hannity, and The O'Reilly Factor, by Bill O'Reilly. Michael Savage said the ACLU "will kill us all," that "the white male has nothing to lose … you haven't seen him explode … his ugly side," and that "the radical left and the radical Muslim are blood brothers." Hannity has a book called Deliver Us from Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism. O'Reilly calls liberals "Nazis" and encouraged Al Qaeda to attack liberal San Francisco.
The killer said he shot those people because "liberals" are "destroying America." Hmm. Wonder where he got that idea? "Who I wanted to kill was every Democrat in the Senate & House, the 100 people in Bernard Goldberg's book." That would be the book entitled "The 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America." (Hint: None of them are conservatives.)
The man who killed those Pittsburgh police officers was afraid that Obama would take away his guns and deprive him of other rights.
So was the man who killed those deputies in Florida.
The accused killers of that Tucson man – including a woman who was identified by the little girl who was shot in the head – were extreme right-wingers in the anti-immigration movement.
The man who killed that woman, raped and wounded her sister, and then murdered a homeless man was a right-wing white supremacist. He was on his way to a Jewish Community Center when he was arrested.
The man who shot that security guard was a right-wing tax protester.
These are the deaths of human beings, not pets. Their absence is still being felt every day – by family and friends, by co-workers, by an entire community. Nobody will mourn a little housecat from Russellville, Arkansas – nobody except four children and their parents.
So why does it matter? The Talmud says that when someone destroys is a single soul it's as if they've annihilated "a universe entire." Who can doubt that there are living souls inside the creatures that live among us and inhabit our emotional worlds? Killing a pet is a sick act. The dehumanization of psychopathic human beings often begins in childhood with the torture and killing of animals.
The same gradual dehumanization can take place in a society, too. After Gabrielle Giffords was shot I refused to raise the volume or turn up the heat on our rhetorical divide, and opted for a "moment of silence" instead. But just as there's a time for silence, there is also a time to speak.
If we don't speak now, when will the dehumanization stop? Of course, the cat's killers don't represent an entire movement. But where's the outrage within the right over the violent and extremist rhetoric? Where was the outrage when people died, over and over?
Here are the kinds of statements that are still tolerated by the conservative movement without censure or criticism:
Ann Coulter said "the only way to talk to a liberal is with a baseball bat," that "We need to execute people like John Walke… to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too," and "My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times building."
"Even Islamic terrorists don't hate America like liberals do," said Coulter. Sure, she's getting increasingly strident as her star continues to fade. But she's got plenty of company.
Leading conservative publication Human Events has a regular "Guns & Patriots" section.
Andrew Breitbart said "We outnumber (liberals) in this country, and we have the guns… I'm not kidding."
Rush Limbaugh said "I tell people don't kill all the liberals. Leave enough so we can have two on every campus – living fossils …"
Rep. James Hansen said of President Bill Clinton, "Impeach him, censure him, assassinate him."
Michele Bachmann said she wanted her supporters "locked and loaded" and "on the front side of the political battle."
CNN commentator Erick Erickson suggests that "mass bloodshed" might be appropriate if the Supreme Court's rulings on abortion aren't to his movement's liking.
Glenn Beck says liberals are "the enemies of God," coming "for the kill on religion," and are "enemies of freedom." He also said he was "thinking about killing Michael Moore … I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it … No, I think I could. I think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and I could just be choking the life out — is this wrong?"
If liberals are Nazis, fascists, mass murderers, enemies of freedom, if they should be shot, hanged, choked, beaten, killed, then what's wrong with killing a liberal's cat?
There's no way to tie one public personality's violent rhetoric to any specific act. But the climate of violence is everyone's responsibility, especially those who look the other way when their allies speak violently. t's true that not all the ugly rhetoric is on one side, but it's vastly greater on the right.
When I wrote about bank crimes a while back one or two commenters began mentioning violent acts against Wall Street executives. But they're commenters, not public voices. I immediately toned down my rhetoric, which wasn't violent but was strong. It's a balancing act every day: To convey injustice without encouraging vigilante justice. To express outrage without fostering rage.
Here's what I keep thinking: If someone were ever hurt by someone who had read something I'd written I'd be devastated. I'd devote a large part of my life to reflecting on what role I might have played in the violence, and to helping reduce the violence from that moment on. I think bankers should be investigated, and the lawbreakers among them should be prosecuted. But if one were hurt, especially because of anything I'd done – however unintentionally – I'd be heartbroken.
Wouldn't you?
But there hasn't been a single moment of reflection, much less remorse or contrition. Not from Hannity. Not from O'Reilly. Not from Savage or Goldberg.
Now a cat is dead. Not a first responder or a churchgoer or a toddler in an Oklahoma day-care center. Just a cat. We don't know if it was male or female. We don't even know its name.
If there wasn't any remorse or reflection after a litany of human death and injury, there certainly won't be any over the death of a tiny creature in a little Southern town. The town was Russellville, Arkansas, in Pope County, population 27,000 or so. Bet you didn't know it's the county seat.
They'll probably arrest some teenagers sooner or later. Just kids. Just kids who learned this behavior somewhere.
And it was 'just' a cat. It was just a companion for an Arkansas family, a playmate for its children. The kids will cry but life will go on. The rhetoric won't change. The cat's killing will be forgotten in a week.
There's nothing to see here. Move along. It was an isolated incident.


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ARENA: "I think that our team played well. The result isn't going to change anything in this world. It's an exhibition, but I thought our team had a good attitude about the game tonight. They played well against a very good team tonight. We understand though that we're playing in an exhibition, I don't want to play them when it really counts."
(On the field at Dodger Stadium…)
ARENA: "I actually thought this was the best converted baseball field to a soccer field that I've ever been on. I've been on these for years. I thought that the Dodgers did an excellent job. The field was very good again, and watching other games not only in this tournament, but throughout the years, they usually don't get it as good as this one. I thought the field played as well as expected. "
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ARENA: "Robbie played well. He's been out three weeks and our plan all along was to give him some minutes, most likely on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, and we thought about giving him 30 minutes tonight, but gave him the start in the second half. If he had to come out then we would have taken him out. I was pleased that he was able to get 45 minutes."
(On the return of Clint Demspey to MLS…)
ARENA: "I think that it's good. Obviously, Clint is the right person to discuss the reasons for his move, but he's an exceptional player and he'll obviously be a very good player in this league. I think that he's going to obviously say that he wanted to come back home and that's why he made the move."
(On Whether he would have wanted to have Clint Dempsey…)
ARENA: "Sure. I would have loved to have Clint."
ARENA: "We don't discuss any of that."
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ARENA: "It's just different. Maybe years ago, we could not step on the field, even in an exhibition season, and play as well as we did tonight. We are getting better, but I simply stated don't read too much into this result."
(On the importance of playing at Dodger Stadium…)
ARENA: "I thought that it was good especially for our players from the Southern California area. They thought it was great. I thought it was a nice night, I got here early for the first game and it was great to see the excitement in the stands. I think that this is a wonderful tournament and I'm happy that we've been able to participate in it. All the teams, we get something out of it. The European clubs are moving things along to get fitness and maybe the schedule is a little hectic for them, but for our team, it was a good experience for the young players and, something that can certainly help as we get back into MLS play."
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ARENA: "It's great. It's a nice experience. I came here the other night for the Dodgers, Yankees game and it was great to be here, then to think that some days later that I would be here with my team is kind of amazing."
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ARENA: "Not sure yet. We'll see how our players react to this game. We used more players on Thursday in Phoenix so that we could be able to put it a little more quality on the field tonight. I think that the extra days rest is going to help us. The rhythm that we're in of playing Thursday night then Saturday night, then Wednesday night in Miami, and Sunday in Dallas, I don't think that's going to impact us drastically. We should be able to use a full lineup perhaps in both games. I don't think that we'll be rotating for the rest of this tournament, but I do think that as we get into play in August and September, we'll certainly be rotating players."


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University Professor as well as professor of religion and international affairs and of Islamic studies at Georgetown University, John L. Esposito is founding director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding in the Walsh School of Foreign Service.
Esposito has served as consultant to the U.S. Department of State and other agencies, European and Asian governments, and corporations, universities and the media worldwide. He is a former president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America and of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, vice chair of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, and member of the World Economic Forum's Council of 100 Leaders. He is currently vice president and president-elect of the American Academy of Religion, a member of the E. C. European Network of Experts on De-Radicalisation and the board of C-1 World Dialogue, and an ambassador for the UN Alliance of Civilizations.
Among other honors, Esposito is recipient of the AmericanAcademy of Religion's Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion and of Pakistan's Quaid-i-Azzam Award for Outstanding Contributions in Islamic Studies and the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University Award for Outstanding Teaching.
He is editor-in-chief of "Oxford Islamic Studies Online" and series editor of "The Oxford Library of Islamic Studies," and editor-in-chief of "The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World," "The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World," "The Oxford History of Islam," "The Oxford Dictionary of Islam" and "The Islamic World: Past and Present." His more than 45 books and monographs include: "Islamophobia and the Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century," "The Future of Islam," "Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think" (with Dalia Mogahed), "Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam," "The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?" "Islam and Politics," and "What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam." His books and articles have been translated into more than 35 languages.
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Their 130 guests were already starting to fly in from all over the country for the ceremony this Saturday when they received an ominous email from the National Mall and Memorial Parks permit management office on Monday morning. If the federal government shut down and remained shuttered by the wedding's 5:30 p.m. start time on Oct. 5, Cassesso and Le and their family and friends would be barred from stepping foot on the property.
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"Shutdowns are one of those things that on an intellectual level you know are going to impact an average person, but you really don't get it until it hits you in a way like this," said Cassesso, 29, a legislative analyst for the American Association of Retired Persons. "There are plenty of people around the country who may not understand that this isn't just going to hurt nameless government workers and that, in a depressing way, it impacts your wedding plans with just a few days' notice."
His intended — who said she'd prided herself on being a low-stress bride — had a somewhat more visceral reaction to the situation.
"Oh [expletive]," said Le, 30, a project coordinator for an executive search firm, when she read the email from the National Mall's permit office. "This is really happening."
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"I can't even imagine it; it's clearly so crushing. It would be so devastating," she said. But Johnson said that there's nothing she can do and that Cassesso and Le aren't the only couple whose wedding is on the chopping block. A total of 24 weddings are scheduled on the Mall in October, Johnson said.
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All day Monday, Cassesso and Le, who paid $50 for a permit fee to host their wedding beside the Jefferson Memorial, scrambled to choose a backup site. Their options: Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar on Capitol Hill, the site of their reception; or the back yard of their apartment building in Washington.
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Le, again, had a somewhat more visceral reaction.
"There's a dumpster there," she said. "I don't want there to be a dumpster. It'll smell."
Ultimately, the two sides reached a consensus: the backup wedding site will be at Sonoma. (Who was Cassesso kidding? The bride always has the legislative upper hand.)
Cassesso and Le met in the summer of 2009 through the Plenty of Fish dating website. He was a staffer for Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and she was working for a government relations law firm in Washington. On that July day, they rendezvoused outside the Smithsonian Castle, strolled through the National Air and Space Museum, and then took a paddleboat ride by the Jefferson Memorial. They talked for two hours straight.
"What made her really like me was when I talked about my nephew who was 2, and who was the light of my life," Cassesso said. "And she was telling me about her love of comic books. I'm a lifelong geek. That really sold her to me."
Three years later, they both moved to St. Louis. By then, he was working for the reelection campaign of Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and she was working for the reelection campaign of Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat. They got engaged in May 2012 and moved back to Washington seven months later.
The couple are so nostalgic about their date by the Jefferson Memorial that, in the runup to their wedding, they had a professional photographer take pictures of them paddleboating by the memorial again.
"This is a very meaningful site to me," Cassesso said. "And Thomas Jefferson is one of my favorite presidents."
Their families were excited about seeing them say their vows at such a key location in the narrative of their romance.
It wasn't until Monday night, several hours into the implosion of their wedding plans, that Cassesso told his parents about the situation. "I wanted to have a plan in place before I told them," Cassesso said. "My mother is very emotional."
A couple of weeks ago, when they began pondering how a shutdown might impact their nuptials, Cassesso and Le never thought that the wedding site would be off-limits. "We just thought there'd be leaves on the ground, that there'd be no maintenance, no rangers or Park Police," Cassesso said.
They briefly contemplated crashing their own wedding site. "They're going to barricade the entrance," Cassesso said. "We'd have to jump some kind of fence to get on the grounds. MaiLien can't do that in a wedding dress."
Meanwhile, Le has had to ponder serious questions about love in the time of a government shutdown. Is the universe telling them something foreboding about their relationship?
"I mean, the one thing that could wrong is Mike not showing up," Le said, laughing. "But I am 120 percent sure he will."
There was, she said, a third alternative for a wedding location. They could have it at the private residence of either Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., or House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
"Maybe I'll send an email to one of their schedulers now," Le said.


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At the White House on Friday, President Obama apparently told the "summoned" that he wants Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell to reach a deal on the income threshold for tax hikes along, I assume, with a few other partial "cliff" fixes. If they don't reach a deal, Obama will have Reid call for a Senate vote on Obama's plan to increase taxes on everyone earning $250,000 or more, plus an extension of expiring unemployment benefits.
The idea is to apply pressure on McConnell to reach a deal in order to avoid a vote on Obama's plan. Such a vote, as I have said, would be a win-win for Obama. Either he gets his tax hike on "the wealthy" or Republicans (in one chamber of Congress or the other) get blamed for permitting a tax increase on all taxpayers in order to protect top earners.
How should Republicans respond? If Reid and McConnell can agree on a deal that includes suitable spending cuts, Republicans should accept it. But this seems unlikely.
If Reid proposes Obama's plan on the Senate floor, Republicans should seek to amend it to include appropriate spending cuts and savings. If Reid won't allow consideration of amendments (his normal practice) Republicans should filibuster. In the unlikely event that Reid allows amendments and they are defeated, Republicans should filibuster.
Senate Republicans will be blamed for filibustering against tax relief for the middle class. But if, as seems likely, Reid won't allow amendments, they can respond that they filibustered only after Reid wouldn't permit them to propose spending cuts via the amendment process. Since the public supports cutting spending, and since the blocking of amendments seems inherently unfair, the Republican position will not entirely be despised.
The alternative is for Senate Republicans to permit the up-or-down vote, i.e., passage, and hope that the House kills the tax increase. But the House might not kill it — enough Republicans may peel off to enable the tax hike to pass. In any event, an up-or-down vote in the House would leave House Republicans vulnerable however the vote turns out.
With so much riding on the 2014 House races, Senate Republicans should be willing to filibuster for the team.
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Executive Summary
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. product manager John Leisner examines the benefits of renting or owning your fleet of welding equipment. Points include:
Shortly after the founding of the first construction equipment rental company, the great debate began: Is it better to rent or buy? Decades later, the debate continues, as contractors and engineering firms constantly re-evaluate how to best deploy their capital and weigh this against their welding equipment needs.
Equipment needs can be divided into three subcategories:
In the construction industry, a general rule of thumb is that if you don't utilize a piece of equipment at least 60 to 70 percent of the time, you should consider renting.
However, if your utilization rate exceeds a certain threshold, consider purchasing or leasing the equipment. Another factor that weighs in favor of the purchase option is this: if you don't have the right equipment immediately available, are there significant cost consequences? For example, would your service trucks be unable to perform a field repair without welding or generator power, thus idling a critical piece of equipment and disrupting the job schedule?
Because they are used so frequently for both welding and generator power, most contractors choose to purchase gas engine drives like Miller's Bobcat™ 250 (250 amps of multiprocess CC/CV welding output and 10.5 kW of Accu-Rated™ generator power).
Volume requirements may dictate supplementing equipment you own by renting additional welders. For example, building a power or processing plant, or working on a scheduled plant shutdown, may easily demand 100 to 300 arcs. To meet this sudden increase, most contractors prefer to rent rather than incur the capital expenses to purchase such a large fleet of equipment.
Note that two trends have emerged to meet high volume arc needs, whether you chose to buy or rent. The first is running an inverter off an engine drive with strong simultaneous welding and generator power. This enables a two-man team to work from a single engine drive, cutting all costs associated with the second engine drive (note: Miller recommends using the Trailblazer® Series or PipePro™ 304 units in this application for best performance). The second trend, when work is confined to a smaller area, is to power a 4- or 8-arc XMT® or CST™ inverter rack off an 80 or 100 kW generator. This will lower costs compared to using four separate diesel engine drives (see Fig. 1. However, note that if you need to run hundreds or thousands of feet of welding lead from a multi-arc welder, separate engine drives may be more cost effective).
Fig. 1: Powering a 4-arc XMT® inverter rack off an 80 or 100 kW generator will lower costs compared to using four separate diesel engine drives.
Technology requirements may also influence your decision to rent or buy. If you only need an engine drive with a Stick or carbon arc gouging output, you'll have no problem renting the right equipment. However, if you routinely require equipment with a premium multiprocess arc, lightweight portability or strong generator power, it may make better sense to purchase it so it will be available when you need it.
Fortunately for contractors, leading rental houses and welding supply distributors recognize the need to offer the latest welding technology so they can help their customers work more efficiently. Equipment available today includes plasma cutters, multiple-arc inverter racks and flux cored welding using suitcase-style wire feeders paired with an engine drive that has a CV output (which many welding codes and procedures now require).
Other industry trends may dictate equipment needs, too. As older welders retire, more young welders are entering the workforce, and these welders have been exposed to new technology in technical schools and training centers. As a result, you may need access to new technology to meet the demands of this younger, tech-savvy generation.
Working with an up-to-date rental house or welding supply distributor can allow you to gain experience with new equipment before buying it, and it can allow you to make head-to-head comparisons before purchase. In addition, moving up to new technology might enable you to bid a job more competitively (such as offering shorter lead times by switching from Stick to flux cored welding or replacing flame and/or resistance heating with induction technology).
When considering financial decision drivers, many contractors overlook total cost of equipment management (see Fig. 2). For example, say you're based in Chicago and successfully bid on a job in St. Louis. You now have think about the cost of transporting welding equipment 300 miles, and that includes the cost of the truck, the driver, loading and unloading time and diesel fuel. Then, once on the job site, you'll need to hire someone to maintain and fuel the engine drives.
Fig. 2: Factors Influencing the Rent or Buy Decision
Also, ask yourself if your core competency includes fleet management. If you excel at transportation, storage, logistics and equipment service and maintenance, purchase your own fleet. Otherwise, consider outsourcing equipment management. Another trend in the construction industry is to create a separate division (or even a separate corporation) for equipment management. By focusing solely on this task, these divisions or entities can excel at controlling costs while meeting the needs of their "internal client" or sister company.
If you decide to rent, the cost of renting is treated as job cost, so you can charge it directly to the project. Further, if the value of the equipment rental compared to the total project is low, then the "lost" profits due to renting are almost immaterial. Conversely, if the equipment costs comprise a large portion of the job's budget, then a contractor owning the equipment operates at a competitive advantage.
Renting equipment also adds a tax incentive, as there are no associated property taxes or licensing fees, and you can write off the rental charge as a business expense. Further, if you own a large fleet of welders, you'll need storage space, which in turn adds all the cost of building ownership. With a rental house, all the equipment is off your hands once you're done with it.
In the construction industry, most companies choose to purchase gas engine drives and rent additional diesel engine drives or multiple arc welders to supplement a smaller, core fleet. The reason is simple: gas engine drives cost just one-third to one-sixth of a diesel engine drive (see Fig. 3). With a strong economy over the last several years, many companies have elected to invest their capital in good welding equipment.
Fig. 3: Equipment Costs
Many companies also choose to buy engine drives because the technology remains relatively stable (with a few notable exceptions, such as Miller's PipePro 304 engine drive, which essentially blends a Kubota diesel with an XMT 304 CC/CV inverter). Most engine-driven technology advances focus on improved quality, reliability and simplicity, as opposed the process advances common most often associated with manufacturing (e.g., pulsed welding). With "ordinary" Stick, flux cored welding, carbon arc gouging and DC TIG as the "core" construction process, a CC/CV engine drive is much less likely to become obsolete, so there is little of a chance of buyer's remorse. Also, an engine drive holds its resale value very well. Unlike a car, for example, you can use an engine drive for 1,000 hours and still get close to what you paid for it if you choose to sell it.
The one "technology trend" that has evolved rapidly is the use of portable inverter-based welders, plasma cutters and suitcase-style wire feeders on job sites. If you are hesitant to invest in this equipment, try it out on a rental basis before you purchase it.
With pressure on companies to increase productivity and efficiency, contractors constantly analyze what it takes to set themselves apart from the competition. This means taking a much closer look at equipment costs and needs before the next bid. Rental companies and welding supply distributors are well aware, and they want to make it easy to do business, which is why many offer rental, rent-to-own, outright purchase or even lease options (although the latter is not a major trend for welding equipment—yet). To determine which avenue is best for you, use the worksheet in Fig. 4, contact both your local rental house and your welding supply distributor and weigh the options they present.
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Any DJ can get a boozy Manhattan crowd dancing on a Saturday night, but few have done so for the likes of Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey and President Barack Obama. "There is no crowd I can't move," says DJ Cassidy, the otherwise earnest 30-year-old mixmaster, born Cassidy Durango Milton Willy Podell. The born-and-bred Upper East Sider jets all over for gigs — from St. Barts and Norway to Japan and Croatia — garnering upward of $100,000 a night. This holiday weekend, he's hanging local, out east, spinning mixes of soul and funk for high-heeled Hamptonites and their big spending sugar daddies. This is his New York — the remix!
1. House of Oldies Rare Records, 35 Carmine St., between Bedford and Bleecker streets
"This is still my favorite record store in the world. There's no record manufactured before 1990 that Bob [the owner] doesn't have buried somewhere. The store itself is the size of a New York City bathroom. I once found an amazing Michael Jackson 'Off The Wall'/'Thriller' 7-inch pack with all the singles from those albums in one fold-out package."
2. Sara Mills Salon, 11 Worth St., between Hudson Street and West Broadway
"Sara is the only person who's ever cut my hair in a way that maintains its style after I take off my hat. Her TriBeCa loft is the anti-salon. I'll end up hanging out all day, drinking green tea and watching beautiful woman get their hair done. Sara's the best in the biz."
3. Candle Café, 1307 Third Ave., at 75th Street
"Neighborhood vegan at its best. You can find me almost daily at the bar sending e-mails, making calls, sipping on banana/berry/orange/agave smoothies. I'm a pescatarian, not a vegan, but Candle makes it seem brighter on the other side. One day . . ."
4. Jay Kos, 293 Mott St., at Houston Street
"Where else can you find ostrich jeans, alligator waistcoats, rose-gold jewelry and navy blazers under one roof? My red suede bucks are permanent staples in my wardrobe. I've always enjoyed bridging the gap between classic and innovative when I DJ — both musically and visually — and Jay Kos symbolizes that hybridization."
5. B&J Fabrics, 525 Seventh Ave., at 38th Street
"I have all my suits, pants and shirts custom-made by L&S Tailor, and B&J is where I buy the majority of my fabrics. Sometimes I go there on a mission and sometimes I go to be inspired. No matter which it is, I always leave with something fun that I didn't expect. The yellow wool I used for my tuxedo at my 30th birthday on The Intrepid is from B&J and all the equestrian silk I've been wearing lately is from B&J."
6. The Central Park Dance Skaters Association skate circle, Skaters Road in Central Park, north of Sheep Meadow
"There's not a better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than this weekly jam in the middle of Central Park. DJ Nick Johnson rocks soulful house till the sun goes down while skaters skate and pedestrians dance. It's the most sincere party in New York."
7. The "Alice in Wonderland" Statue in Central Park, 76th Street at Fifth Avenue
"It always amazes me when such an obvious destination gets such little attention. This is where I come to think and listen to new music. It's funny how many of the ideas I've used in my DJ sets were conceived chilling on a statue of a Disney fairy tale that's over 100 years old. A snowy day is as magical as a sunny day. With the exception of a few tourists here and there, I always get to sit on Alice's lap for hours."
8. HeadQcourterz Studios (a k a D&D Studios), 320 W. 37th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues
"This is where I love coming to work on music. What better environment than the room where [hip-hop producer] Premier recorded Nas, Biggie, Jay-Z, Gang Starr and Nice & Smooth? [It] should be a New York City landmark. Premier hasn't changed his room in 20 years — speakers, couch and everything in between. Nas once told me that the room should be extracted from its building and put back together in a museum. He's dead right."
9. La Caridad, 2199 Broadway, at 78th Street
"My local Chinese spot is actually my local Cuban-Chinese spot. I get fried fish filet, black beans, yellow rice, sweet plantains, garlic yucca, corn soup and guava juice — all for about $20. My favorite New York City meal on the run."
10. JJ Hat Center, 310 Fifth Ave., between 31st and 32nd streets
"Everyone has been asking me where they can find my signature pink-and-green boater. They actually can't. It's something JJ's makes me using two separate color ribbons. The only way to get your hands on one might be to catch it if I throw my hat out to the crowd, which is something I do at the end of all my sets."
Cassidy's Top 5 Summer Songs
* "212," Azealia Banks
"If Salt 'N Pepa released 'Push It' [today] it might have sounded like this."
* "Money Makin,'" A-Trak & Dillon Francis feat. Greg Nice
"Two outstanding electronic dance music producers recruit a hip-hop legend for a brilliantly sunny track."
* "Mercy," Kanye West feat. Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz
"This summer's drive-with-the-windows-down-pump-up-the-volume-and-turn-up-the-bass-up song."
* "Street Knock," Swizz Beatz feat. Asap Rocky
"A new hip-hop visionary and an MVP unite to make the dancefloor bump."
* "See You Go," Yuna
"This Pharrell-produced track is a mid-day beach party waiting to happen."