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The College of Charleston is a state supported comprehensive institution providing a high quality education in the arts and sciences education and business. Consistent with its heritage since its founding in 1770 the College retains a strong liberal arts undergraduate curriculum. Located in the heart of historic Charleston it strives to meet the growing educational demands primarily of the Low country and the state and secondarily of the Southeast. A superior quality undergraduate program is central to the mission of the College. The College of Charleston seeks applicants capable of successfully completing degree requirements and pays particular attention to identifying and admitting students who excel academically. The College of Charleston serves a diverse student body from its geographical area and attracts students from national and international communities. The College provides students a community in which to engage in original inquiry and creative expression in an atmosphere of intellectual freedom. This community founded on the principles of the liberal arts tradition provides students the opportunity to realize their intellectual and personal potential and to become responsible productive members of society. In addition to offering a broad range of baccalaureate degree programs the College currently provides an increasing number of masters' degree programs which are compatible with the community and the state. As a prominent component of the state's higher education system the College encourages and supports research. Its faculty are important sources of knowledge and expertise for the community state and nation. Additionally the College provides an extensive credit and non-credit continuing education program and cultural activities for residents of the Low country of South Carolina.
School Information66 George St
Charleston, South Carolina 29424-0001
Locale: City: Midsize
Open Admissions: Yes
Sector: Public, 4-year or above
Carnegie Basic: Master's Colleges and Universities (medium programs)
Religious Affiliation: Not applicable
Accrediting Agency: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
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Students & Faculty
Total Tuition $48,057.00
SAT Scores:
25th-75th percentile
ACT Scores:
25th-75th percentile22-27
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I haven't been updating enough lately, I know. I'm gearing up for a move so I've been spending the last few weeks doing fun things like sorting through all my crap, finding good homes for my unwanted stuff (I needed to make sure my tutus and spiked bras found homes with fabulous people), and trying to consolidate my large costume and prop collection so it can be moved with little to no hassle.
Those boring details aside, I have been up to other stuff. One of the things I've been doing, besides not updating the blog, is practicing with the band Astorian Stigmata, since I signed on as their live show keyboardist a couple of months back. You've seen the dudes before–they pop up in a lot of posts and photoshoots, so you might already be familiar with the fact that their general aesthetic is sort of like…dark Neo-Victorian gone mad…or maybe romantic goth meets visual kei. Either way, when they asked me to be part of a lyric video for their song "Twilight Lullaby" I rolled with those general ideas. I had just a day to put an outfit together so I blasted some Emilie Autumn, gathered every bit of black, red, and tattered fabric I could find, and got to work.
These are casual outfit shots we took prior to filming, as opposed to a preplanned thematic photo set, but I think there is a cool, kind of chaotic quality to them [Photos by Dennis Condusta]. The outfit somewhat resembles what I wore for this previous shoot, but way more amped up and crazed.
The hat comes from FanplusFriend Garden, the corset Heavy Red, and the boots Dr. Martens. The wig comes from my go-to shop, Gothic Lolita Wigs, the gloves are from Hot Topic, and the lipstick is Lime Crime.


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Rogue priest pleads not guilty to meth sales
HARTFORD -- The money just kept rolling in.
There was $50 for a hit; $60 for a quarter gram; $575 for an eight-ball (3.5 grams); $1,000 for 7 grams.
From August to December, Kevin Wallin, the Catholic priest dubbed "Monsignor Meth," took in more than $300,000 selling crystal meth mostly from his Waterbury apartment, Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Caruso said.
On Tuesday, the 61-year-old Wallin who once advised two Bridgeport Diocese bishops, appeared in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Thomas P. Smith to plead not guilty to seven federal charges: participating in a conspiracy to distribute crystal meth and making six sales to an undercover police officer.
"My gosh, Father, for your first involvement in the criminal justice system you picked a real doozy," Smith told Wallin, who was not wearing his priestly garb, but sported an orange jump suit at least two sizes too big.
"The drug involved is very deadly. It has the capacity of destroying a person's mind ... it is so much worse than heroin ... than cocaine."
And the offenses carry a mandatory 10-year prison term with a maximum of life upon conviction, Caruso said.
"On the scale of federal drug offenses, this is about as serious as it gets," he said. "Our evidence is very, very strong. There were six controlled purchased by an undercover police officer ... a wiretap for 30 days in which the nature of the calls are very explicit and left little to the imagination in terms of quantity and dollar amounts."
Just as important, Caruso said, is the "bulk quantity of methamphetamine divided into prepackaged quantities" found during a search of Wallin's second floor apartment on 22 Golden Hill St., Waterbury.
The investigation also exposed Wallin's propensity for cross-dressing and engaging in sexual activity with men in his rectory room at St. Augustine's Cathedral in Bridgeport. Wallin had previously served at St. Peter Church in Danbury from 1996 to 2002.
Caruso said the federal probe's extraordinary evidence includes "a six-page color-coded detailed description and accounting of how much meth was shipped" from Wallin's sources in California and "how much Mr. Wallin paid."
The alleged sources -- Chad McCluskey, 43, of San Clemente, Calif., and his girlfriend, Kristen Laschober, 47, of Laguna Nigel, Calif. -- were arrested Jan. 10 in Nevada and are in the process of being brought to Connecticut by the U.S. Marshal's Service.
A copy of Wallin's six-page document also was found in Laschober's possession, the prosecutor said.
Two additional co-defendants, Kenneth Devries, 52, of 24 Golden Hill St., Waterbury, Wallin's right-hand man and Michael Nelson, 40, of Manchester, also are under arrest and detained without bond pending arraignment.
But Caruso named Wallin leader of the Connecticut distribution ring.
Looking thin and pale, Wallin gulped down glasses of water, while listening to Caruso review the evidence. Then his court-appointed attorney, Assistant U.S. Public Defender Kelly Barrett, tried to obtain his release to the St. John Vianney Center in Pennsylvania for treatment.
Caruso pointed out that Wallin left that same facility last spring, just five weeks into treatment.
"That speaks of the ability of the center to keep him there," Caruso said.
"He has no means to flee, nowhere to go," Barrett countered.
She suggested Wallin be released to the center, outfitted with an electronic monitoring device and forced to sign a $500,000 non-surety bond.
"What I glean from here is he's got a meth addiction that has be overcome -- and that is no small task," Smith said. "Once that's addressed, I believe other mental health issues have to be addressed."
Wallin, who is still technically a priest although he is not carrying out any ministerial duties, continues to receive a stipend from the Bridgeport Diocese


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Hubble Provides Infrared View of Moon, Ring, and Clouds
Probing Jupiter's atmosphere for the first time, the Hubble telescope's infrared camera is providing a sharp glimpse of the planet's ring, moon, and high-altitude clouds.
The presence of methane in Jupiter's hydrogen- and helium-rich atmosphere has allowed Hubble to plumb Jupiter's atmosphere, revealing bands of high-altitude clouds. Visible-light observations cannot provide a clear view of these high clouds because the underlying clouds reflect so much visible light that the higher-level clouds are indistinguishable from the lower layer.
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Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
Press Releases
Date: June 3, 2013
Contact: Diana Petterson, Juan Rodriguez
Phone: 972-850-4710, 972-850-4709
U.S. Department of Labor
Wage and Hour Division
Release Number: 13-1113-DAL
US Labor Department investigates oil and gas equipment manufacturer in Houston; finds more than $687,000 in overtime back wages for workers
133 roughnecks, crane operators misclassified as independent contractors
HOUSTON -- Honghua America LLC has paid $687,469 in overtime back wages to 133 roughnecks and crane operators after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime provision at its equipment manufacturing facility in Houston.
The investigation conducted by the division's Houston District Office found that Honghua improperly labeled workers, employed as roughnecks and crane operators, as independent contractors. The firm paid the workers straight time for hours worked over 40 in a week, rather than time and one-half their regular rates of pay for hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek. Employees worked as many as 80 hours per week at the company's 20-acre Houston facility, without any overtime compensation, as required under the FLSA.
"The misclassification of employees as independent contractors is a serious threat to both workers, who are entitled to good and safe jobs, and to employers who obey the law and are undercut when others use illegal practices" said Cynthia Watson, the Wage and Hour Division's regional administrator for the Southwest. "The department is committed to remedying employee misclassification, which is a problem we commonly come across in the oil and gas industry. It often results in employees being denied their proper wages."
Honghua, one of 10 subsidiaries of Honghua Group Limited, a large-scale equipment manufacturer and drilling service provider, specializes in research, design, manufacture and set-assembly of drilling rigs, offshore engineering and oil and gas exploration and production equipment. It is the biggest exporter of drilling rigs in China, and one of the largest land drilling rig manufacturers in the world. The company has agreed to fully comply with the FLSA in the future. Back wages have been paid in full.
Too often, business models and practices result in employees being misclassified as something other than an employee, such as independent contractors or LLCs. Under the law, however, whether someone is an employee is determined by the actual relationship between the worker and the business—not by label or registration. Similarly, simply providing employees with 1099 forms instead of W-2s does not transform them into legitimate independent contractors under the FLSA. Misclassifying employees can result in workers being denied minimum wage, overtime pay, unemployment insurance and workers' compensation benefits. This makes it harder for low-wage workers to put food on the table and provide for their families. It means a greater chance of working in unsafe conditions and not being compensated when hurt on the job.
The FLSA requires that covered employees be paid at least the federal minimum wage of $7.25 for all hours worked, plus time and one-half their regular rates, including commissions, bonuses and incentive pay, for hours worked beyond 40 per week. Employers also are required to maintain accurate time and payroll records.
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Oil prices jumped on the first trading day of 2016 as Middle East tension outweighed a selloff in financial markets around the world. Oil markets remain oversupplied and depressed, but geopolitical flashpoints have a historical tendency to disrupt market trends. Over the weekend, Saudi Arabia carried out a mass execution of 47 prisoners, including a prominent Shiite cleric Nemer al-Nemer. The executions prompted condemnations from around the world, but in Iran protesters threw Molotov cocktails at Saudi Arabia's embassy, setting fire to the building. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Saudi Arabia would face "divine retribution" for executing the Shiite cleric.
In response, Saudi Arabia cut off diplomatic ties with Iran, and kicked out its diplomats. Saudi allies in the Persian Gulf also downgraded diplomatic relations with Iran. The conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia has simmered for months, with the wars in Yemen and Syria playing out as proxy fights between the two rivals. Now the conflict has erupted into a more direct standoff. The execution of al-Nemer "risks to be really explosive in the broader region" a senior Western diplomat told The Wall Street Journal.
The U.S. government, which has sought to lower the temperature between the two countries in 2015 and bring Saudi Arabia on board with the nuclear agreement it brokered with Iran, called on both sides to take "affirmative steps to calm tensions" following this weekend's events.
Oil prices briefly jumped on Monday, with WTI up more than 3% and Brent up more than 4% in early trading hours. Both benchmarks spiked above $38 per barrel. That is a long way from the $100 per barrel routinely seen in years past when Middle East tension spooked oil markets, but prices were up from the 11-year lows seen in December.


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The pictures I took when I was there in 2005 came out horrible. It was late afternoon and the lighting was nonexistent. I would like to thank Mr. Richard Jordan who is a volunteer photographer at http://www.findagrave.com/ who went out to the cemetery for me and took the photos for me.
This is the entrance of Whitesides Road. You drive up this gravel path and the cemetery is on the left.
A group of descendants put up the brick wall around the stones.
John is the son of John Teeter Beam. The inscription on his stone reads:
In memory of John Beam, who died October 24, 1822, aged 52 years. "O yea whose cheeks the tears of pity stain; Draw near with reverence and attend; Here lies the husband's dear remains; The tender father and the generous friend."
Mary Hoyle Beam is the daughter of Michael Hoyle and Margaret Dellinger. I was only able to make out her name, birth - 1768 and date of death - 17 January 1847.


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Double the Birthday – Double the Fun!Thursday, May 5th, 2011
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Twins are so much fun!!!!!!! These twin girls are so loved by so many people, but not more than by Mom and Dad. The twin's mom contacted and wanted to plan an amazing event that would be memorable for all of her guests and a blast for her twins. The theme of the metamorphosis of butterflies was established by Mom but it was up to me and the Glam Squad to make it come to life. They thankfully gave me a love of freedom in conceptualizing the design and coming up with the ideas. So….. Let the fun begin!
Martha Ramirez and Mayleen Gonzalez for UDS Photo joined in for the fun that night ad took the great pictures below. Thank you so much ladies for everything. =)
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Our Fabu-Venue was White Space, an empty warehouse off of 595 and Sheridan St. We used the largest of the two studios which has a pre-function area and a large event space. The pre-function we split into two- the left as a MEGA entrance and the other for the flip book photo booth which you will see more about below. Rick Interian and his Avant Gardens design team hung a wooden structure from the ceiling over the entrance table scape. Mechanical butterflies were added throughout the entrance piece and were so life-like; it truly made this more of a show stopper. On the wall, we hung two canvases (one of each girl) for guests to write them a Happy Birthday note.
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Uplyte did a great job on the draping and the lighting. They now have White Space permanently draped which is great! The lighting around the room was a soft purple with a mix of pink. It was the perfect combination for our bright decor and whispie ambiance. Gobos were made to replicate the butterflies on the invitation and they placed on the draping behind the cakes.
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The cake table was so fun to design. Cake confectioner extraordinaire, Rosie Cunil of Elegant Temptations took our ideas and colors and ran with the wind. She custom made acrylic pieces to hold up the twin cakes as well as the mini parfaits that were placed behind them. Hanging crystals and butterflies were placed on the table and acrylic to incorporate our butterfly theme.
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Alexia's Cake, Olivia's Cake, and some yummy desserts for guests. When we sang Happy Birthday and the twins blew out their candles, we had a massive confetti blast to start the night off right!!!!!! So cute!
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I love the set up of this event. We set it as a cocktail style reception as there was never a chance to do anything else BUT party. =) There were several sets of tables both high and low. We added 8ft long tables extended 48″ inches in height to add something a little different to the decor. All of the floral decor we kept very organic but with pop colors as our twins LOVED pink and orange. Furniture from Room Service Rentals was placed throughout the room and in the VIP lounges.
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In the shoe valet, the twins had custom made converse to match their dresses. SOsoooo cute!
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We had two separate VIP lounges in the space, an Adult only lounge and a Teens lounge. Its important to assure that the adults have an area that is seprate from the teens to be able to order alcoholic beverages. When parents come to drop their kids off, this will make them feel assured that their teen will not try any funny business. Plus, any time you have a large event, I highly suggest you hire a reputable bartending/catering company who will not under any circumstances allow under age drinking. In creating a Teens bar, they felt just as important in their section. We served a fruit punch as the signature drink and it was embellished with three butterfly gummy candies with a skewer- it made it looks cool! Kids love cool lol.
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Chris from Delicious Catering did a great job in making all of the stations yummy and oh so delicious. We served kids comfort food but upped it up a notch and added some gourmet touches to it. This was a great way to make sure that every guest would like the options on the stations.
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We hired CircX to come and bring out the girls to their party. I love these customs, they actually light up! The butterfly ladies did an acro-improvisational performance and then they brought out the birthday girls. It was cute and so unexpected, the guests loved it!
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In the middle of the party which by the way was off the chain! thanks to Big Will, Power Parties, and the Fabulous and Famous Miami DJ, DJ ZOG, we opened up the photo booth room. This allowed the guests to go into the room and enjoy doing the photo flip books a favors and great memories of the night.
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Happy Birthday Olivia and Alexa! It was a great pleasure working with you and your family in this magical night. Congrats to the Mendez Family!
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Thank YOU SO MUCH to all of our vendors. It is so important to me that I take the time to thank them after each post as without them, we would not be able to what we do. To Dan Cohen and his team at UPLYTE and White Space for all of their hard work and allowing us to take over =). To Rick Interian and his Avant Gardens team- you did a stupendous job! Chris from Delicious Catering- ab-so-lute-ly delicious! Circx and Power Parties– Thank you so much for the great entertainment!


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Comforting Eve
There are countless places in the Bible that will comfort Christians in their trials or encourage them in their obedience through reflection on the things that are to come. Perhaps it is too common (and unhelpful) to reduce these things …Read More
The End of the End
When Alice found herself at a crossroads in Wonderland, she looked about for help. There in a tree nearby was a smile. Just a smile. Soon though, the full body of the Cheshire Cat appeared. Alice asked the cat which …Read More
The First and Second Resurrection
In a second perspective on the "thousand years" following the binding of Satan, John saw thrones and the judges who occupied them, the souls of those who had been beheaded for staying true to Jesus (Rev. 20:4–6). These souls …Read More
Not a Simple Matter
About ten years ago I had breakfast with one of the finest Old Testament scholars of our generation. A confessional Presbyterian, he has fought many battles for doctrinal orthodoxy and biblical fidelity, and since the 1970s has written numerous articles …Read More
Reigning with Christ
One of the primary themes in the book of Revelation is the paradox of the Christian life. Believers are united to Christ, the Lamb who was slain but now reigns as the Lion from the tribe of Judah (Rev. 5–6 …Read More
Eschatology Guy
My first two books were on the subjects of dispensationalism and postmillennialism, respectively. I was thrilled, then, when asked to write my third book on the doctrine of sola Scriptura and a fourth book on the doctrine of the Lord's …Read More
King of Kings
"In the beginning was the Word." With these majestic words, John opens his gospel, in which he gives us his account of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, all designed that his readers will believe that …Read More
The Apocalypse
The book of Revelation seems to lend itself to either obsession or neglect. In the first church I attended as a new Christian, our pastor preached through the entire book of Revelation at least twice in a two-year span of …Read More
As the end of the tenth century approached and the year 1000 loomed closer and closer, how did Christians react? Were they convinced that the end was near? Was there fear? Hope? A mixture of both? In the nineteenth century …Read More
Secular Eschatology
The Bible teaches that the universe had a beginning and that it will have an end. Christians believe this, though controversies about eschatology (the end times) have long roiled in Christian circles. It illustrates how profoundly the Bible has influenced …Read More
Come, Lord Jesus
When it comes to eschatology, there are two types of people that I do not want to be numbered among. There are those who avoid reading the book of Revelation because they are convinced they will never understand it, and …Read More
The Coming of the Kingdom
If you want to start a debate, simply ask a group of Christians to explain what the Bible has to say about church government. If you want to start a shouting match, ask them what the Bible has to say …Read More
The Coming of the King
Few doctrines of the Bible receive more attention among evangelicals today than the second coming of Christ. And since His return is a foundational doctrine of the historic Christian faith, it well deserves our notice. Unfortunately though, the second advent …Read More
Last Things First
It is a commonly held notion among Christians today that if you want to avoid an argument in polite Christian company, don't talk about eschatology. Well, the sentiment to avoid arguing with a Christian brother or sister may be commendable …Read More
Living in the Tension
"The Church is full of hypocrites!" Sadly, this statement is all too often true. Sometimes our actions betray our profession, leaving the spotless bride open to such charges. The presumptuous attitude of self-righteousness that we often convey to the world …Read More


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This will present ways to apply for Vietnam visa for Chinese citizens or citizens of other countries currently staying in this country.
You are required to get Vietnam visa if you are:
You can choose 1 of 2 following options to get Vietnam Visa in China
Applying for visa at Vietnam Embassy in China
Applying for Vietnam Visa On Arrival (visa picked up at Vietnam International Airports)
Follow 3 simple steps to obtain Vietnam visa on arrival
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Fill in the secured application form with required information such as full name, date of birth, passport number, arrival date, etc.
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Zimmerman's best friend pens book, goes on Dr. Phil
The federal air marshal who took George Zimmerman in after he shot Trayvon Martin has written a book about his controversial friend, and appeared on a national TV show Tuesday to say Zimmerman was a peaceful, loving — and innocent — man.
Mark Osterman, 44, is the friend who Zimmerman's wife Shellie first called for help on Feb. 26, when her husband, a former neighborhood watch volunteer, shot an unarmed teenager. Osterman, a former Seminole County sheriff's deputy, went to the scene, accompanied Zimmerman to his police interrogations and took the couple in for more than a month while they were vilified in the national media.
Osterman and his wife, Sondra, appeared Tuesday on the Dr. Phil TV show to plug their new book, Defending our Friend: The Most Hated Man in America. The show's host, psychologist Phillip McGraw, hammered Osterman with questions, repeatedly suggesting Zimmerman was a "Rambo" who was to blame because he violated the basic premise of neighborhood watch programs by carrying a gun and getting out of his vehicle to track a suspect.
Osterman described Zimmerman as "heartbroken and devastated" over the killing. He added that Zimmerman had a concussion, and would likely not have survived if he had not used lethal force.
"There is no upside to this," Osterman said. "From what George told me, he believes he would not be alive today if he had not done that. ... According to what he told me, there was no time to think."
He said Zimmerman only got out of his car to follow Trayvon because he thought the dispatcher would not send the police if Zimmerman lost sight of Trayvon — a point Zimmerman himself never made. Osterman also said he was prepared to defend his friend to the death, suggesting that anyone who came after Zimmerman, "a firearm apprentice," would instead encounter Osterman.
They'd better rest up for the encounter, Osterman said.
Osterman is a U.S. air marshal from Central Florida and his wife was a former co-worker of Zimmerman's who officiated at his wedding. A former Seminole County Sheriff's deputy, Osterman lost his job there after he was duped by a con artist who pretended to be a pro baseball player.
Osterman and Zimmerman regularly went shooting together, and the federal agent helped his friend pick out the gun that he used in the shooting — one that lacked an external safety and would be best for self defense, Osterman said.
Osterman's friendship with Zimmerman is controversial, because many critics believe he coached Zimmerman on what to tell police. The lead Sanford Police investigator said Zimmerman's account of the shooting sounded scripted, and many of the slain teen's supporters believe it was Osterman who drafted the talking points.
Assistant State Attorney Bernie de la Rionda listed the air marshal as a witness for the prosecution.
Although Osterman suggested he wrote the book to raise funds for Zimmerman, the defense legal team took to Twitter Tuesday to distance itself from him.
"Osterman's book and TV spot, although well-intentioned, are ill-timed and done without input and NOT approved by the defense," the legal team wrote it its Twitter account.
Trayvon's step-mother, Alicia Stanley, also appeared on the show.
"You sit here like you were proud: 'I picked that gun out,'" she said to Osterman through tears. "Why would you want people to know that? I know he's your friend, but that don't mean he's not a liar."
Zimmerman was a neighborhood watch volunteer who said he killed Trayvon because the unarmed teenager attacked him and reached for Zimmerman's weapon. Prosecutors, who claim that Zimmerman profiled Trayvon as a criminal, charged him with second-degree murder.
Osterman declined repeated requests for comment.
Steve Theodoropoulos, a former Orlando air marshal and well-known agency whistleblower, told The Miami Herald that Osterman continues to work with the air marshal service.
"He is a man who has integrity, values, and honor," Theodoropolous said. "Mark is a soft-spoken person who is always looking out for his fellow man. He places his family at the top of his list and his job second. Mark and I had worked together on many missions, and we should be proud of his service to our country.
"This man was his friend. What would you do if a friend was in trouble?"
Trayvon's parents will be on the show Friday, which airs at 4 p.m. on CBS4.


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Why Obama's picking fights
Barack Obama is looking for a few good fights.
Obama, the same president who campaigned twice on breaking the cycle of conflict in Washington, sees the utility — even the necessity — of rattling Republican cages as he plunges into a succession of upcoming battles over the nomination of Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense, the debt ceiling, $1 trillion in automatic budget cuts, immigration reform and gun control.
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Obama's willingness to take a more overtly adversarial stance is, in part, a nod to the reality that he's about to start his second term with solid approval numbers — "Hit now, as hard as you can, because your power starts to die in six, eight months," according to a top aide to a Senate Republican who has often locked horns with the White House.
That entails taking a tough line with the Hill GOP on Hagel — who has vowed to battle "distortions" of his record on Iran and Israel — and stiff-arming the GOP at the start of negotiations over the debt ceiling and across-the-board spending cuts. It's less clear whether Obama will be quite as bellicose on issues that require a more subtle approach, like immigration, guns and climate change, although his aides are talking tough.
( Also on POLITICO: Why Obama picked Hagel)
Picking a few choice fights "is a very good strategy if you know that applying all that pressure gets you the result you are looking for," said former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, an adviser to Obama's 2012 campaign. "But if you pick a fight, you have to be sure the tactic helps ensure the result you want rather than making it harder to achieve."
There's also a long-term strategy: Two months after a decisive presidential win, Obama and his party already are eyeing the 2014 midterms. Highlighting the contrasts between the White House and congressional Republicans could flip the House back to Democrats, giving Obama a final two-year governing majority that bookends the one he enjoyed during his first two years in office.
But it would be a mistake to attribute all of Obama's actions to dispassionate tactics. After four-plus years of embittered partisan combat, he views his GOP bargaining partners with more than a little contempt, and he momentarily vanquished enemies who just can't say "yes" to him.
His apparent conclusion, after watching the implosion of the House GOP's effort to pass a modest tax increase before the final fiscal cliff deal, is that the best way to deal with the Capitol is to throw rocks at it — then send Vice President Joe Biden in to clean up the glass.
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"There are 536 people who will be negotiating deals — the House, the Senate and the president," an Obama aide said. "Only one of them isn't running for reelection again. That gives us leverage."
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Cardinals rookie receiver Ryan Swope has been held out of offseason work because he is still dealing with the effects of concussions he suffered in college, and coach Bruce Arians is concerned about that.
"Only guy I am worried about is Swope with his head," Arians said when asked about his rookie class in a conversation with Ian Rapoport of NFL.com, via the Cardinals' website.
Arians said he was "very, very, very surprised" that Swope wasn't cleared to participate in minicamp and Organized Team Activities, and he isn't aware of anything Swope can do, other than hope his concussion symptoms go away with time.
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HAVELOCK � Havelock police responding to a breaking and entering call captured a fugitive from Florida.
HAVELOCK � Havelock police responding to a breaking and entering call captured a fugitive from Florida.
Aaron Joseph Christ, 25, was taken into custody at 10:52 p.m. Saturday after a break-in was reported on Glenn Drive, according to police.
Christ initially failed to reveal his identity, but once that was determined, Havelock police discovered that Christ was wanted by the Volusia County Sheriff�s Office in Florida on a warrant for felony battery.
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Authors: Joseph Malloch, Stephen Sinclair, Marcelo M. Wanderley (supervisor).
The mapping tools provide a framework and GUI designed to aid collaborative development of a digital musical instrument mapping layer. The goal was to create a system that allows mapping between controller and sound parameters without requiring a high level of technical knowledge, and which needs minimal manual intervention for tasks such as configuring the network and assigning identifiers to devices. Ease of implementation was also considered, to encourage future developers of devices to adopt a compatible protocol. (See the Mapping Tools project page for more information and a screenshot.)
The version available here for download has been implemented in Max/MSP. In the future, we will try to have other versions available here also - the documentation is all freely available, so if you feel like porting the max version, or including compatibility in your own software, please feel free :)
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People of Earth, the awards show gods have listened to your prayers: Amy Poehler and Tina Fey will return to host the Golden Globes for the next two years, NBC announced Tuesday.
"Tina and Amy are two of the most talented comedic writer/performers in our business and they were a major reason the Golden Globes was the most entertaining awards show of last season," said Paul Telegdy, president of alternative and late-night programming at NBC, which broadcasts the Golden Globes. "We're elated they wanted to host together again and that they committed for the next two years."
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The duo hosted the show for the first time this year, earning rave reviews (from virtually everyone except Taylor Swift) for their playful performance, which included an ongoing gag about a made-up film called "Dog President." The telecast was a ratings success, too, generating 19.7 million viewers -- the biggest Golden Globes audience in six years. Their banter was arguably the highlight of last month's gloomy Emmys telecast.
Both Poehler and Fey have longstanding ties to the peacock network, first as cast members on "Saturday Night Live," then as stars of the series "Parks and Recreation" and "30 Rock," respectively. Fey, who wrapped up her run on "30 Rock" in January, has a development deal with Universal Television, and has already sold a pilot to NBC.
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The nation's largest farm organization is joining the chorus of those questioning recent crop report data from USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. During the annual Council of Presidents meeting last week in Washington the American Farm Bureau Federation decided it would communicate its concerns directly with NASS.
Indiana Farm Bureau President Don Villwock says they'll ask the administrator to take a closer look at their reporting procedure, techniques and technology.
"There were quite a few presidents speaking about the crop report shaking their heads and asking how this could be," Villwock said. "So we're going to send a letter, AFBF is, to the NASS administrator and ask if it's the budget preventing them from doing a better job or are they being asked to do something that is not feasible."
Farm Bureau is also wondering why NASS can't partner with the Farm Service Agency, which receives actual acres planted from every farmer by July 15.
"Why would you guess on June 30 and within 15 days you're going have a hard number is going to be downloaded onto a USDA computer that you ought to have access to get the real numbers," Villwock said.
Villwock says many of the crop reports from state presidents were unbelievably negative.
"Western Kansas is almost like the Dust Bowl," Willwock said. "Folks are starting to liquidate livestock herds in Texas because of lack of pasture and hay starting to become short and fear that massive liquidations could start to take place latter on this summer if they don't get relief. The president of Ohio talks about all the unplanted acres there, the Missouri Farm Bureau talks about the levy situation and how tragic that was and the number of acres destroyed."
Add unplanted acres from other states and Farm Bureau has just decided the USDA numbers don't add up.


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Newly launched this week is the Perfecto Mobile MobileCloud Developer Toolkit to provide mobile app developers with test automation and collaboration capabilities for Agile.
Perfecto is selling its "custom designed for mobile" wares here based upon an assertion that today, many mobile developers are working around limitations with tools originally designed for interacting and testing web apps.
Developers will find support for "familiar open source tools" here including Eclipse, Selenium, and Jenkins.
"Mobile is agile by nature and thus forces developers to simultaneously contend with faster release cycles and an ever-changing mobile device feature set. Testing on real devices in real-life conditions earlier in the development process is key to delivering higher quality applications," said Yoram Mizrachi, CTO, Perfecto Mobile.
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Friday, November 9, 2007
A new indy pure malt from Ichiro
Ichiro Akuto, the man behind Ichiro`s Malts, has made his own pure malt. His card series has put an electric shock through the Japanese single malt world in recent years. Perhaps this "Ginkgo" pure malt will start to do the same for the rest of the market?
Half of the bottling is for export and the Number One Drinks Company in the UK is handling distribution in Europe. They have a notice on their website saying Ginkgo is now available.
Ginkgo calls itself a "blended malt" on the label and others would call it a "vatted malt" but basically what all these terms mean is that Ichiro has gone round several different Japanese distilleries and concocted his own blend.
While it is quite normal in Scotland to have different groups' distilleries contributing to one blended whisky or pure malt, the Japanese market has traditionally been divided on company lines: Suntory doesn`t blend with Nikka, Nikka doesn`t blend with Karuizawa and so on. This is therefore a bit of a coup for Ichiro and, although a relatively small bottling (6,000 bottles, I think), it is quite an interesting development for the Japanese whisky market. I wonder which distilleries contributed? Does Ginkgo include Suntory or Nikka whisky? Or is this a ganging up of the smaller players? Intriguing questions to which I will be trying to find the answers.
Anyway, the Number One Drinks Company have a nice marketing line for the new pure malt: "Ginkgo's intriguingly complex nose and spicy palate make it an ideal accompaniment to Japanese and other Asian foods." Clever! Like the "Kingfisher lager" of whiskies? Not to be knocked back with a cheap biryani though: one bottle is going to set you back around £52 if you are in the UK.
I'm eagerly awaiting my own taste of this but the well known Whisky writer David Broom has described it as a light, well balanced pure malt with spicy, acidic notes. His tasting notes are here.
Incidentally, I understand Ginkgo will be marketed under the brand name "Chrysanthemum" in Japan. I don't know whether it will be displayed in the Japanese "Kiku" or "Kikunohana" or perhaps in the English. Why the difference? I understand that the change was at the European end: "Chrysanthemum" didn't look right on the label and didn't carry the same positive associations it does in Japan (where it is associated with poetry, the Imperial family etc.)
Update (17 November): It seems the "Chrysanthemum" name has been dropped. For more on this, see this post.
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This is pretty exciting. I don't expect sudden love between Japanese distillers since Japanese companies are so insular, but maybe it'll be the stone that begins the eventual landslide of J-blends!
- November 9, 2007 at 10:48 PM
I think these chaps may be stocking some Ginkgo in Japan:
- November 10, 2007 at 8:55 AM
The above shop is selling it for 4,800 yen
- November 10, 2007 at 9:09 AM
Just posted a shop entry about Sake Shop Sato here:
- November 10, 2007 at 9:40 AM
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DEA Arrests High Ranking MS-13 Leader In Long Island Crackdown
The DEA has put MS-13 on notice after a major crackdown netted 17 arrests in Long Island. 12 of the people arrested were alleged members of the violent gang. According to the New York Post, they face "a laundry list of charges, including second-degree murder, drug trafficking and conspiracy" which could land the alleged gang members in jail for 25 years to life.
Not only did they take 17 violent criminals off the street, they managed to nab "the highest-level Mara Salvatrucha leader in the Northeast who reports to MS-13 in El Salvador."
The arrests were the culmination of a multi-agency investigation into MS-13's activities on Long Island, which has been "terrorized" by drug traffickers.
These alleged gang members have terrorized vulnerable immigrant communities, trafficked deadly heroin into our neighborhoods, and this coalition of more than 22 agencies nationwide will continue to be unrelenting in our efforts to dismantle MS-13.
DEA Special Agent in Charge James Hunt said what "started as a small-scale drug investigation on Long Island" quickly ballooned into a massive investigation with multiple agencies called in to help take down the violent gang.
The arrests are a major victory against MS-13, and officials say this is just the beginning. Hunt said the arrests "sent a message that we will continue to investigate their violent crimes and bring justice to their victims."
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Iannis Xenakis was born in 1922; it's hard to believe it's almost ten years since he died – in 2001. His life (and profession) as mathematician and architect are well-known. Ironically, his music less so. Here a representative selection of recent CDs from the specialist label, Mode, is examined in an attempt to expose the variety, depth, beauty and breadth of Xenakis' musical achievement. Particularly since there are otherwise very few reviews of his music on Classical Net. His is a special music full of an imagination, an energy and of a great deal of color that are both unpredictable and somewhat concealed by the emphasis usually given to his innovations in composing, production and other technical aspects of music-making. Specifically, Xenakis' application of mathematical models (notably certain aspects of set theory) and stochastic (randomly determined) processes to composition and performance, as well as his development of electronic music, have tended to put listeners off; the composer has acquired an aura of extreme difficulty, unapproachability and unnecessary abstraction. These are not deserved. It is hoped that this small survey will open new and enduring ways to appreciate Xenakis. Thanks to Mode for supporting Classical Net in this aim.
Plektó from 1993, Eonta (1962-64), Akanthos (1977), Rebonds (1987-89), and N'Shima (1975) make an excellent place to start. They come on the "Ensemble 1" CD, mode53. The music is as accessible in these six recordings as it is small-scale, concentrated and focused. The longest, Eonta ("Being"), lasts under 18 minutes. It's typical of Xenakis' way of using "batches", "bunches" or "clouds" of sound to identify and thus move forward the work's component sections. The unusual combination of piano, two trumpets and 3 (tenor) trombones explores relationships between timbre and scale. But that "exploration" – as always with Xenakis – is full of purpose. Music as music is just as important as sound as sound. Though if you're unfamiliar with the idiom, it has to be listened for. A relatively narrow tonal range is contrasted with emphasis on spatial change in the positioning of the brass on the (sound) stage. N'Shima ("Breath, spirit, soul – Hebrew"), from 1975, also uses prominent brass, and very effectively amplified cello, joined by small groups of vocalists – specified to be "peasant voices". Its broken, syllabic, at times gently staccato sounds are highly memorable and have advanced N'Shima to a place amongst Xenakis' most celebrated works. As with the other pieces on this CD, the commitment, energy and determination of the performers is virtually palpable. Their effort to respect the dynamics (climaxes, sostenuti and cycling tempi) throughout what is a very demanding piece is very compelling: in this case the dozen and a half-strong ST-X Ensemble reveal all the subtleties of the music.
Akanthos appears on first hearing to be much gentler and restrained. Yet one of Xenakis' characteristics is that sonic restraint may imply even greater tautness of conception and structure. Tellingly, Akanthos means "thorn". Furthermore, this is a piece which strongly exhibits Xenakis' concern to bring the past (it has been called "prehistoric") into his music – in this case by invoking (and thus, ultimately, conveying) fear, ritual and symbolism… snake-like glissandi; screams (invented phonemes) for instance. This is not program music, of course. Nor anything so mechanistic as it sounds. Again, the performers have thoroughly absorbed and understood the composer's intention and dedication to refining the relationship between conception and execution. Rebonds is a later work and just as full of life. But using percussion only, the remarkable thing is the sense of pitch which the soloist (Robert McEwan) achieves. Finally Plektó ("braids") further extends the range of Xenakis: counterpoint is emphasized over texture. Again, this is redolent of extra-musical reference – in this case the Chorus of Greek theater. As is the case with all the CDs considered here, the acoustic and the recording itself are excellent in providing a sense of space, immediacy and balance between instruments and overall impact.
The Xenakis Edition Volume 4 (Mode 80) contains the complete works for piano. Aki Takahashi is the pianist throughout – joined by Jane Peters, violin, in Dikhthas and The Society for New Music conducted by Charles Peltz in Palimpsest. There are seven works here – written between 1960 and 1987. Xenakis' principle that music is not a language but lives in the realm of numbers, and numbers as known to the Ancient (Xenakis considered himself an "ancient" Greek exiled in the 20th century) and early Medieval Greeks at that, is perhaps most clearly demonstrated in his solo piano music. It's a compelling theory, and one which repays study. Indeed, it was Xenakis' music that spurred pianist Aki Takahashi to devote her career to performing contemporary music. Her playing of all those on this CD is exemplary; it illustrates what's best in performances of this corner of Xenakis' output. There are clarity, excitement, depth and great perspective – for this is demanding repertoire.
Evryali dates from 1973; it explores Xenakis' mathematical "arborescent" procedure, whereby branches of ever smaller length originate in a common source. The essence of the piece and the application of the highly visual arborescence to it explore continuity on an instrument each of whose notes is of short (certainly finite) duration. At under ten minutes, to do this successfully is not easy. The need is to guide our attention between clusters of sound, though sufficiently close tonally almost to suggest – at times – melodic homogeneity. To convey the composer's intention is technically quite a feat. Takahashi does admirably, particularly since the momentum of the piece is interrupted frequently as the piece's internal "movements" come and go: this is no minimalist slur. Dikhthas (1979) has a strong conceptual thrust as well: in this case to examine the conflict, contradiction certainly, implicit in pitching piano with another instrument – here the violin. The word means "dual". But it could refer just as easily to "duel". Again, exposure (exploitation, almost) of the very nature of the sound of each instrument is paramount: the piano is percussive, polyrhythmic and dense. The violin is rich in portamenti, glides, gradualist playing and glissandi. The danger is that the players concentrate on these sonic qualities to the exclusion of what is musical. It's a danger they avoid from first to last – largely by intelligent use of tempi and an awareness of the architecture of the piece.
Herma from 1960-61 is Xenakis' first exploration of set theory. Indeed, the mathematics behind the piece, which means "bond", "embryo" or "foundation", are intricate. Herma focuses on the structural relationship between pitches and the order and combinations in which they exist. Once again, the idea is far more off-putting, perhaps, than the virtuosic, beautiful and compelling musical result. In fact, even the stochastic elements – especially when taken with the contrasts, variety and play between densities and timbres – should cease to intimidate after a listening or two. It will become clear that there is much with which to gain a toehold, then to become warmly familiar in this music. As its name suggests, Palimpsest (1979) is concerned with successive layers of music; at the start they are distinguishable, one from the other. As the twelve-and-a-half-minute work progresses, though, the density grows: one mass of sound results. Not the first time this had been attempted. But surely as successful before or since. A remarkable accomplishment by the percussionists, wind and strings. And of Takahashi to keep her head above water. The non-repeating nature of arborescence is in evidence here too. Though there is precious little microtonality alone in this one work on this CD
Typically for Xenakis, Mists (1980) has little or nothing to do with physical imagery. Rather, perhaps, the perceived uncertainty of the listener as scales played in varying tempi are slowly but relentlessly added to the sonic mass. Then again, the mists might be the process by which pitch-time space is explored using Sieve theory (a branch of Set theory) and rotational procedures mean that the sound textures provide constant stimulus and enjoyment. For, Yes, this is very enjoyable music. Alive, vital and searching. Yet with its implied answers never drawn away just as you're about to reach them. To the performers it seems to come very naturally to take us on that search. A.r. (Homage à Ravel) examines the relationships (implicit and more candid) between chains of sound and chords. Takahashi's approach is to work her way through the piece as effortlessly and suavely as if it were Schubert or even Mozart! The Six Chansons pour piano date from the early 1950s and reflect in part the influence on Xenakis of Milhaud and Messiaen, with whom he was studying. This is their first recording for they were only published in 2000. It's a worthy one – all the more so for taking the music at face value and not trying to read into it or color it with what we know about how Xenakis' music has evolved so significantly.
Equally accessible, despite what anyone as yet unfamiliar with Xenakis' world might have expected, is his percussion music. It's contained on three CDs which are cataloged as "mode170/73" and have labels, "mode171", "mode 172R" and "mode173". This collection in the Xenakis Edition is distributed across these three CDs, though, to give contrast on any one CD between style and instrumental forces; although the dates of the works on the CDs are roughly chronological – from 1969 to 1989. The two works for solo percussion are Psappha, from 1975, on mode171 and the two Rebonds (B/A) written in 1989 on mode173. The four pieces for percussion and instruments are Dmaathen, from 1977, on mode171; Komboî (1981) on mode172R; Kassandra (1987) on mode173; and Oophaa (1989) on mode173. The three works for percussion ensemble are Persephassa from 1969 on mode171; the four Pléîades (1978) on mode172R; and Okho (1989) on mode173. There is huge variety in and among these works. And, given the scope of Xenakis' musical and wider artistic intentions across the nine pieces, which last from nine to nearly thirty minutes, the playing of several soloists and groups is remarkably accomplished.
Perhaps the reason why this music sounds so familiar to us is that it was Xenakis who effectively pioneered tuned percussion with Persephassa. This is a truly startling and indeed truly beautiful work. It's closer to Varèse and even the percussive sonorities of Messiaen than later twentieth century works, which elevated rhythm to its own art form. Xenakis' conception was more subtle. More in the traditions of Henry Cowell and John Cage. This is in keeping with the positioning of Xenakis as a figure of contrasts, contradictions even. To have mapped the certainties of serialism onto percussive techniques was not Xenakis' way. He was happier with greater nuances and elusiveness. Xenakis was also ahead of his time in that Pléîades, for example, was using techniques borrowed from Eastern (particularly Gamelan) traditions – at least in their timbres and the complexity of their rhythms – when practically only Colin McPhee had done so before.
The percussion ensemble, red fish blue fish (Patti Cudd, Aiyun Huang, Terry Longshore, Brett Reed, David Shively, Vanessa Tomlinson), is resident at the University of California, San Diego. It consists of six soloists who also perform individually in several of these works. They are joined by nine others with "pure" percussion (though an ensemble of instruments) and the harpsichords of Shannon Wettstein and John Mark Harris in Komboî and Oophaa. These players are all completely in accord with what Xenakis wanted; their playing is vibrant, accurate and inspired. Really to enter into Xenakis' unique creativity using percussion it's necessary to understand the role of ritual, the role of antiphony, and of course of color (wood, metal instruments; the historico-liturgical origins of the instruments; the sonorities which result from chance as well as planned combinations). While you wouldn't expect such players as those on these recordings to lack the technique and imagination to cope well with all of these aspects, the relative weights necessary to emphasize what Xenakis wanted require subtlety and discernment are here in abundance in these performances. There is no letting up, for example, when complexity and frenetic tempi and texture give way to unity and simplicity. They're accorded just as much care and focus. The exact nature of the color of the West African drums, djembes in Okho, is as important as the relentlessness of the multi-voicing of Psappha. The players use the necessary contrasts and relative weights to bring these out. Similarly, to have successfully set the oboe against percussion in Dmaathen is a real achievement: the contrast lives.
Xenakis' electronic music is central to his output. An appreciation of it is thus crucial in understanding the composer's work. Volume 9 of the Xenakis Edition (Electronic Works 2), mode203, contains two works, which the CD label instructs should be played as loud as possible: Hibiki Hana Ma dates from 1969/70; and Polytope de Cluny (1972-74). Both are electroacoustic works for eight channel tape expertly realized here by Gerard Pape. In fact, Xenakis believed that this music should impart a physical experience, that you should literally feel its vibrations – in your body, let alone your ears!
Hibiki Hana Ma is just such a piece. It begins with barrages of low frequency sound articulated with such a force and intensity that the air pressure is in fact physically altered around you. The commission for the piece, from Tōru Takemitsu for the Osaka World's Fair in 1970, anticipated that it be performed in an acoustic which was then state-of-the-art, with a total of 700 loudspeakers disposed under, above and surrounding the pavilion's amphitheater. Space – conceived electronically – quickly (one suspects) took over from the original orchestral idea. Light and visual effects were added. Tempi, volume and timbre were all important; the piece that resulted lasts nearly 18 minutes and makes a marvelous fusion of sonic elements that is at once highly musical and also pre-eminently physical, both in the sense of clear feeling and mathematical mechanics. This exploration of mathematically opposite entities continues to the very end in its unexpected abruptness. Indeed, Hibiki Hana Ma is a fitting titleÉ "Reverberation - Flower - Interval". It's a piece of great originality, forward momentum and compelling presence.
It was while in Japan that Xenakis first encountered lasers and began to develop a sense of how they too could be used in composition. These, the particularities of space again and the blends that can result from an amalgam of media (in this case theatrical spectacle and sound), drive Polytope de Cluny. The Roman baths at Cluny inspired an elaborate polytope> (a multimedia work as aware as much of the relationship between sound and space as of either entity on its own) that seems to require an even louder, thunderous volume of sound. Not unlike being in the middle of a static (!) tornado. Computers were needed for the initial installation of the Polytope de Cluny to handle a total of over 43 million commands. This seems to be a more honest (and much more successful) application of technology and indeed pure science with music than merely overlaying sound with pulsing lights or spinning beams. It set a new landmark at its time. And was so successful that Xenakis was invited back to the Shiraz Festival, which saw the piece's first incarnation, the following year. In the case of both these pieces, Brian Brandt and Gerard Pape have made a stunning new stereo and 5.1 realization mastered digitally to 24 bits.
Mode 209 contains Xenakis' four string quartets – not a medium usually associated with the composer. Yet to draw too sharp a distinction between the worlds of huge polyrhythmic orchestral scores and the intimacy and focus of the string quartet is to misunderstand the qualities of intensity and concentration so central to Xenakis' work. From the first notes and phrases of Tetras written in 1983 suggest most powerfully yet again the extent to which the composer (like perhaps only Bartók and perhaps Britten in the twentieth century) was so deftly and deliberately able to direct the music into itself, the extent, too, to which its development matures organically from what comes before – rather than evolve out of any extra-musical topoi or ideas. It constantly folds into itself, thematically, harmonically, melodically, and even in terms of tempi. Add to this the fact that strings as a family at rarely far from Xenakis' orchestral heart. As with all the composer's music except the electronic (and arguably even here) he works with the inherent, essential sound of the instruments, elevates its unique characteristics and builds much out of little, like an inverted cone from the world of architecture, in which, of course, Xenakis was also so at home. Indeed that ST-4/1, Xenakis' first work in the medium, should date from the start of his career (1956-62) is evidence of his commitment to the form.
Xenakis effectively invented new string techniques such as the glissandi evident in these works (and Tetora (1990) in particular) where the sounds merge as the fingers are moved up and down the fingerboard. This agglomeration of sounds then itself becomes a building block with which to move towards entirely new composite sound experiences. And by suppressing expected vibrato Xenakis gently explored the relationship between tempo and rhythm with pitch also in radially new ways. Listen for these – and, other, groundbreaking – techniques in the playing of the JACK Quartet (Christopher Otto and Ari Streisfeld, violins, John Pickford Richards, viola, Kevin McFarland, cello), whose commitment to the innovation of the music is matched only by their unselfconsciousness in its intricacies, coupled with superb technical command of the three longer (at 13, 13½ and 17½ minutes) and the shorter (Ergma, just over 8 minutes) pieces. Note that ST-4/1 as heard here is in fact a transcription for string quartet of ST/10 and also explores stochastic techniques.
The arrangement on this CD of the four pieces is instructive: while it hints at the extent to which the composition of Xenakis' string quartets was spread out over his career, it also highlights the huge and rich variety between them. Ergma, for example, the last, seems to use sounds and motifs from the preceding three. It's more dissonant than the others and seems to return to a more basic, sparse style having, perhaps, the concerns of a composer reaching the end of his musical life. In fact, it is a little tempting to hear the hint of sentiment in the final strident bars of Ergma suggesting an awareness on the players', if not the composer's part, of the finite span of both music and life.
The JACK quartet never needs to indulge either themselves or the music. Their playing is forthright, crisp and full of weight without ever sounding coarse or abrupt. Worthy followers of the Arditti (for whom much of this repertoire was originally written and who also have recordings of their own, on Naîve 40016) tradition indeed.
Volume 11 in the Mode Xenakis Edition (Mode 217) contains four works with piano (the effervescent Aki Takahashi again), including another version of Eonta (1963) for piano, two trumpets and three trombones (members of the Callithumpian Consort). The performance illustrates nicely the essence of Xenakis' approach to instrumentation – as does, particularly, Akea (1986) as well: these scarcely set out to be virtuoso pieces in the way that even other composers of Xenakis' generation conceived and scored the resultant musical texture. In the case of the latter, the JACK quartet plays with Takahashi to explore the kinds of contribution that the piano (and "accompanying" instruments) can make to the music with the latter's own thematic identities, development and architecture.
The piano is not "incidental" in these pieces. Nor exactly "illustrative". Still less a vehicle for compositional principles. Rather, it's there at once both to articulate and exemplify, or typify, how the music works. At the same time, it's to be played as a key participant which almost compensates in stylistic certainty and decidedness for the (predetermined) set theory which Xenakis had begin to explore when Eonta was being written. For this reason, the acoustic and structural balance achieved by performers has to be informed by an intimate knowledge of the work(s) – in the ways in which it is in, say, Boulez', or Elliott Carter's music involving (otherwise) "solo" instruments. And these players understand this issue excellently. There is no hint of being over emphatic in their attack, nor reticent to expose the ritardandi, accelerandi, diminuendo and crescendi as they occur – so effectively, for example, at the end of the fourth and final piece, the beautiful Paille in the Wind (1992) [tr.4] with Rohan de Saram (cello) playing exquisitely.
Morsima/Amorsima (1962) is for piano, violin, cello and double bass; Akea (1986) for piano and string quartet again. The former is based almost completely on indeterminacy, using Xenakis' own software, "ST" (see above, ST-4/1, in the string quartet volume): durations, timbres, pitches, dynamics are all decided by chance. There are 17 sequences which can have from one to 53 bars. Akea is built as much upon mathematics… in this case on sieve theory with two complementary scales. Their intervals operate in a periodic way such that notes at the octave do not repeat. Scales as scales are entities in the music: they have as much as a life and role communicating color, sonority and melody as do the conventional relationships between instruments and their textures and ranges in earlier string ensemble compositions. The musicians here have to work with a different paradigm and do so very convincingly. Their achievement is all the greater when you recognize the great variety in textural effects… chords, clusters, changes in dynamic and so on. These are performances to marvel at.
Volume 6 of the Xenakis Edition (Music for Strings) is one of the most satisfying: Xenakis' affinity with strings is once more prominent and followed to its limits. For newcomers to the composer, the six works contained on mode152 are amongst the most accessible and attractive. Their sound world is rich, varied, clean and resonant. Ensemble Resonanz is conducted by Johannes Kalitzke, with John Eckhardt (double bass soloist) in Theraps. Xenakis is ever the experimenter, pioneer and innovator in these beautiful works, which were composed throughout his career. His tone and reach to communicate are striking from start to finish. The longest work (Theraps) lasts under 14 minutes. It was written between 1975 and 1976 and reveals an interesting and so far unmentioned characteristic of the composer: it was written for and dedicated to Fernando Grillo. In that successful playing of the piece (which explores new and exciting tones, timbres and registers of the (often virtually neglected) instrument) it's necessary for the performer to control their nerves, their sensibilities, as much as their muscles. Hence Xenakis' belief that a performer must be as much in control of themself as of their instrument. Theraps is an extraordinary piece – particularly in terms of the colors it evokes, almost without your realizing how Xenakis can possibly have achieved such depth and penetration. For sure, there are his signature glissandi and the work is aggressively microtonal. But its overall impact seems to come from deep inside, rather than from any superficial "effects". A highlight of this area of Xenakis' output and played to perfection by Eckhardt.
Syrmos is for 18 strings and dates from 1959. It too makes use of glissandi, clusters, dissonant statements and overlapping complex rhythmic patterns. It was works like this which garnered Xenakis the reputation of "difficult", "extremely unconventional" and even "violent" in the 1950s and after. Listening to it now, Syrmos comes across not as "tame" but stimulating, well-conceived and still exploratory. The challenges seem smaller – particularly in the hands of the expert musicians of Ensemble Resonanz. Aroura (1971) is for 12 strings. It is a summative and decisive work in the Xenakis canon in that it attempted to define the relationship between art and science – or, specifically, technology: although sounding neither mechanical nor mechanistic, it was conceived and developed on a system which later evolved into the UPIC synthesizer. Voile (1995) for 20 strings and Ittidra for sextet (1996) hint at the directions which Xenakis would have taken had he lived longer; certainly the concerns he was working with of the relationship between time, space and sound in his later years. They're the shortest pieces on this CD and have once more the compactness and sense of focus and concentration at which Xenakis is so accomplished without his ever laboring the point or making the steps he takes to arrive at them self-conscious or over intense. Again, the Ensemble seems able to have the music simply and effortlessly flow from their strings both as though encountering it for the first time, and as though it were the simplest, most linear music possible.
Analogique A+B is also an early work – from 1959 – and is for nine strings with tape. Typically of Xenakis, the tape passages appear both as "interludes" and as integral to the conception of the work, yet do not dominate it. Equally typically, that conception is abstract… the generation of a sine wave onto which acoustic material is superimposed. Nor is it a particularly austere sound. In fact, the piece illustrates a theme which applies to much of Xenakis' string music: that the sonorities of strings (albeit in this case with tape) are so basic to his conception of the way sound works that – in common with all the music on this (and Volume 10) CD – that they have a naturalness, a spontaneity and happy commonality with the very act of listening that cannot help but work very effectively. Again, it is to the players' credit that such a set of music is so successfully performed.
It's remarkable, pleasing, and highly gratifying that this music thus proves its enduring value and appeal after 40 years. It sounds not a bit dated, forced or stuck in its time. It's a tribute both to Xenakis and his conception and the team at Mode that the very essence of what the composer was aiming for, his commentary on the space-time continuum and place in achieving it and the profundity of his vision so original and full of life in what, on paper, could sound artificial, ephemeral and gimmicky. This is a volume in the Xenakis Edition (available as CD and DVD) which encapsulates and sums up much of what makes Xenakis such a pivotal figure.
One of the criteria for success of an Edition like this one from Mode is the extent to which the variety of performers both pursue their own visions and respect a common standard. In this case, the success is beyond doubt. And if a single reason explains that, it's that everyone involved seems to have approached Xenakis' music as beautiful, meaningful and delightful – in the most sensible and profound sense of that word. Although they have not, presumably, set out to "sell" wary listeners on how accessible Xenakis actually is, they (and the project) have surely won many converts. Not by hiding or downplaying such complexities as the composer's adherence to mathematics in music (not mathematics as music). But by embracing them, proving they work; and offering the listener hour after hour of stimulating and substantial music.
By and large the booklets that come with these Mode CDs are clear, helpful and well-written. Certainly always helpful. Although they contain inaccuracies (cadare, not "cadere" is Latin, not Greek, mode53, third page), they provide useful commentaries on Xenakis' importance and the essences of his music. This is, in summary, an important and excellently-executed project. Mode is to be congratulated. These recordings are all first rate. Whatever your experience of Xenakis, they offer some of the best that's available. Recommended completely.
Copyright © 2010 by Mark Sealey.


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