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ELDER MUSIC: More Hooked on Classics
Sunday, 19 March 2017
This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to take over the column. He's been here each week ever since delighting us with his astonishing grasp of just about everything musical, his humor and sense of fun. You can read Peter's bio here and find links to all his columns here.
The name was suggested by Norma, the Assistant Musicologist, and has nothing to do with that dreadful bunch of records that came out some decades ago.
This is the second in the series; it's a sister to the columns called "Classical Gas" (another lot named by the A.M.). In this case, I feature more well-known composers, unlike the other ones which are devoted to lesser knowns.
Let's begin with one of the most important composers in history, JOSEPH HAYDN.
Papa Jo is most noted for his symphonies, string quartets and other instrumental music - however, he wrote quite a lot of vocal music as well. Actually, he wrote quite a lot of every sort of music.
While he was in the employ of Esterhazy (father and son), he not only wrote and produced his own music, he also staged operas by other composers. One of those was Guiseppe Anfossi and his opera La Metilde Ritrovata. However, it needed something extra so Jo wrote the aria "Quando la Rosa non ha più Spine" for inclusion in it.
Here we have NURIA RIAL performing that aria.
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS was best known for his symphonies, particularly the Organ Symphony as well as works like The Carnival of the Animals, Danse Macabre and so on.
These really don't float my boat. He wrote smaller works like string quartets, piano trios, violin sonatas and the like. One smaller piece I particularly like is his Romance for Horn and Piano, Op 36. This is for French horn and piano obviously.
♫ Saint-Saens - Romance for Horn and Piano Op 36
I was lying in bed the other morning listening to the radio (which is how I get inspiration for quite a few of these tracks) and they played a beautiful piece of music. That's obviously MOZART, I said to myself but I don't recognise it.
Fortunately, they told me what it was and naturally I searched my music and there it was (several times). A version I have was even better than the one they played, not surprisingly it's by RENÉE FLEMING.
The aria is L'amerò, sarò costante from one of Wolfie's lesser known operas, "Il Rè Pastore" or The Shepherd King. K 208 for those who are interested in such things.
♫ Renée Fleming - Mozart Il re pastore K.208 - L'amerò sarò costante
Not too long after they played the previous piece of music, they featured this one. I could lie in bed and have my column organised for me I thought at the time. This one was by LUIGI BOCCHERINI.
Old Boccers is another favorite of mine and he had a string quartet augmented by another instrument, in this case a guitar. Actually, two instruments - there are some castanets towards the end of it. Not really needed, but I suppose they add color and movement.
This is the third movement of his Guitar Quintet No. 4. It has the name Fandango (thus the castanets, I suppose).
♫ Boccherini - Guitar Quintet No. 4 (3)
CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH was the second son of the great J.S. Bach to go into the family trade.
He was hugely successful in his time and his music is still played today, probably more so than his brothers'.
I want to play for you what is called a Symphony for Strings. It's an interesting amalgam of baroque (although it's gone somewhat beyond baroque) and classical (it isn't quite a fully fledged classical piece). It's as if Vivaldi and Haydn sat down and wrote it together, although that would be unlikely as Haydn was only nine years old when Vivaldi died.
Anyway, here is the first movement of his Symphony No 2 in B flat major.
♫ CPE Bach - Symphony no 2 in B flat major (1)
I think that VINCENZO BELLINI ranks just behind Puccini and Mozart as an opera composer.
Vince is not only a favorite of the public; other composers admired him as well. Verdi raved about his compositions and Wagner, who pretty much didn't like anyone but himself, said he was spellbound by his works. Liszt and Chopin were both fans.
Quite a few of his operas are regularly performed today. However, what I've selected is far from his most famous and is not often performed. It's the opera "Adelson e Salvini" and the aria is Dopo l'oscuro nembo sung by LENA BELKINA.
♫ Bellini - Adelson e Salvini Dopo l'oscuro nembo
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY sure could write a good tune.
Actually, he wrote a whole bunch of good tunes, many of which have become the most popular works in classical music (and some of the best – I'm thinking of his fifth symphony)
Besides writing ballets, symphonies and concertos he also wrote operas, the best known of which is "Eugene Onegin". From act two of that opera is the Waltz, often performed as a stand-alone orchestral piece, as it is today. This is a real earworm. Sorry.
♫ Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin - Waltz
It's difficult to say what is BEETHOVEN's most famous composition, more than a dozen could fit the bill.
The one I've selected today certainly makes the short list. I had not thought about it for a long time until I was reminded of it by my sister, and that was enough for me to include it today.
It's a solo piano work, officially called Bagatelle No 25 in A Minor, and it was probably written for Therese Malfatti, a student of Ludwig whom he wished to marry. She turned him down.
Over the years, Ludwig's original title of Für Therese got lost along the way and these days it's known as Für Elise. The pianist is Gerard Willems.
♫ Beethoven - Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor) WoO 59
GUSTAV MAHLER wrote nine and a half symphonies – that half, the tenth was incomplete when he died.
These are quite long and are considered, by those who dwell on such things, to be important. "Important" is always in implied capital letters. All except number 4, which is shorter and considered of lesser note That one's my favorite of his.
Like Beethoven's Ninth, it has a vocal final movement, in this case a single soprano, not a choir. One of the versions I have has KIRI TE KANAWA performing that role.
So, here is the fourth movement of Symphony No 4.


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Multiple Artboards
This is definitely the headlining feature of Illustrator CS4: you can finally have up to 100 different-sized artboards in one document. Artboards can be made in two ways: multiple matching art boards can be made from a New Document dialog, or you can interactively create them by using the Artboard Tool. The first method uses the standard New Document dialog that has been updated with a few additions for artboard count, stack ordering and spacing between the artboards:
The right-facing arrow in this dialog reverses artboard stacking direction. This affects print/export order.
The resulting document:
The spacing is small because it was set to 0.28" above.
The second way to make more artboards is to use the Artboard Tool:
The Artboard Tool replaces the Crop Area Tool introduced in Illustrator CS3. It works basically the same way, except instead of making cropped areas within an artboard, you make artboards. Drag a marquee to create your new artboard, or use the Control Palette to specify a size numerically:
There's nothing more frightening to a graphic artist than a blank business card.
As you can see above, when you're using the Artboard Tool, each artboard's number is displayed with a close widget on the top right. The bleed setting—like color space—cannot be changed across artboards and is set in the New Document/Document Setup dialog. I don't think that this is too limiting, since you'd never send a multi-page document to a printer expecting more than one bleed size.
To keep things nice and tidy, the Artboard Tool works with the Smart Guides for easy alignment of multiple art boards:
Dragging and copying a business card artboard template. The bleed is created automatically.
So you know which artboard is active when working, Illustrator darkens the edge of the active artboard:
Inactive and active artboard edges.
Once the artboard is constructed and you have elements placed inside the board, content can be moved around with it by turning on the Move/Copy Artwork with Artboard button in the Control Palette:
If you have this option on, be careful when arranging artboards to not overlap any content from other artboards. You'll end up moving the content in both artboards. The Move/Copy Artwork with Artboard is on by default, so I'm sure a lot of people are going to be cursing this invisible glue until they realize how to turn it off.
Navigating multiple artboards
While you can still use the Navigator Palette to jump around the document without reference to artboards, page fitting is artboard aware. The revised View menu will let you deal with all artboards as a whole or based on which one is selected:
If you have a lot of artboards and want to go to a specific one, there is a handy popup at the bottom left of the document window:
The text field at the left can also be used as a "Go To Page X."
So you have a good combination of the freedom of Illustrator without adding the clutter of an Indesign-style Pages Palette.
Multiple artboard printing and export
Since these new documents are trickier to deal with when exporting or printing, Illustrator CS4 has some additions to the output options for multi-page docs. When printing, the usual suspects from Indesign are there—print range, skip blank artboards. You can also choose to ignore artboards altogether to get a big sheet of images, which can then be tiled or fit to your page as a whole. And even though you can't print spreads—understandable given that documents can be different sizes—you won't be left wanting more when printing from Illustrator CS4. Document exporting, on the other hand, isn't quite as perfect. While you can export to various raster or vector formats and handle all or selective pages, you can't export pages as separate PDF files. I use Batchoutput with Indesign for this since our online prepress system needs single-page PDFs. The lack of separated PDF output with Indesign is more forgivable, since you can't make separately sized documents, but Illustrator CS4 is built to let you make a whole kit of brochures and business cards in one document, so it's essential that it let you output to separate files.
Aside from the export gripes, I only have three minor complaints about the multiple artboards implementation in Illustrator CS4:
- There are no user-creatable presets. This was my complaint about CS3's Crop Area tool and it's the same with the Artboard Tool.
- You can't set the size parameters or move multiple artboards at once. Shift-selecting doesn't work.
- Isolation of your work when using multiple artboards is a mixed bag.
The first two points combined mean that if you need to change all page sizes for a brochure, you'll need to select every artboard manually and then type in your size for each.
The third point about isolating work and selections is going to be harder to work around. There is a Select All in Active Artboard option in the Select menu:
But you can't select only the inverse on your active artboard or constrain the magic wand to select only within the active artboard. If you're working on a complex illustration where a lot of this is done, you'll have to lock or hide everything outside your main artboard to work efficiently. There needs to be a toggle for constraining selection to active artboards since adding redundant "Select Inverse/Same/etc in Active Artboard" menu items would be an eyesore.
In the end though, the multiple artboards feature has been really well executed overall. For my work, where I'm often working on an English and French version of a design simultaneously, having the ability to create multiple versions and adjust colors and fonts across everything in one document is a huge time saver. Normally, I'd be scared to put all my eggs in one basket, but Illustrator documents have always been stable for me, and I have little worries about document corruption killing all my work. In sum, if you've been waiting for multi-page documents in Illustrator, then you're going to be very pleased with the job that Adobe has done with it in CS4.

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On Tuesday 15 January 2013, a concert will take place in the Berlin office entitled "In the olden days, it was…just like today". TRIO OHRENSCHMALZ has been making music in the style of the 1920s since 2003. Julius, Angelika and Stefan themselves are in their twenties, "from head to toe", as they sing.
it was…just like today!"
Julius Hassemer (vocals)
Angelika Feckl (violin)
Stefan Haberfeld (piano)
Tuesday 15 January 2013,
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We are in the twenties! In an exciting homage, TRIO OHRENSCHMALZ is reminiscent of perhaps the best known boom and bust period of our time, the good and the bad of which, like the repertoire of the 1920s songs, has lost nothing of its topicality. With Reutter's irony and much genuine wit, these Berlin artists affirm and admonish: things are on the up! In "In the olden days, it was…just like today!" Julius Hassemer (vocals), Angelika Feckl (violin) and Stefan Haberfeld (piano) play a highly enjoyable programme of old and modern classic favourites, as well as clever compositions of their own. A programme with style, stave rhyme – and Stroganoff, who else?
TRIO OHRENSCHMALZ has been making music in the style of the 1920s since 2003. Julius, Angelika and Stefan themselves are in their twenties, "from head to toe", as they sing. They are part of a generation that is in love with the lifestyle and, above all, with the music of those years. Charming like Heesters, cynical like Reutter and jolly like Hollaender, they demonstrate how current and informative the lyrics of those days are still today.
They have made this style their own: they now write and compose their own contributions in the style of the 1920s, and draw on a rich repertoire of classic favourites of then and now.
Julius took lessons as a tenor with opera singer Esther Lee, and is currently working on his doctorate in gesture research at RWTH Aachen University. Angelika studied violin as part of a teacher training course at the Berlin University of the Arts from 2005 to 2009; she qualified with an arts diploma at the Liszt School of Music Weimar at the beginning of 2012 and played with the Kiel Theatre philharmonic orchestra during the 2011/12 season. Stefan studied at University of Film and Television "Konrad Wolf" Potsdam-Babelsberg from 2005 to 2011; since then he has mostly been working as a freelance sound engineer.
Fantasy and reality
Music and lyrics: Otto Reutter, 1928
I have a passion
Music: Otto S. Fenes, lyrics: Friedrich Schwarz
Music and lyrics: Stefan Haberfeld, 2010
If only I could play the piano
Music: Friedrich Schröder
Lyrics: Hans Fritz Beckmann, 1940
Can you whistle, Johanna?
Music: Sten Axel Axelson, Ake Soderblom
Lyrics: Hans Joachim Bach, 1934
We go together like sugar and coffee
Music: Nikolaus Brodszky,
Lyrics: Fritz Rotter, 1936
Poor but sexy
Music and lyrics: Stefan Haberfeld, 2009
My girl and I are going home
Music: Fred Ahlert
Lyrics: Roy Turk, Stefan Haberfeld, 1934
When a girl has no man
Music: Fritz Löhner-Beda,
Lyrics: Johnson, 1928
For A.
Music and lyrics: Stefan Haberfeld, 2007
One girl after the other
Music: Franz Lehar, lyrics: Günther Schwenn, 1909
Music and lyrics: Friedrich Hollaender, 1958
Too much appeal
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Count on us to help you embrace new ways of working, building for change and put customers at the core. A wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture, we bring over 30 years of experience serving the federal government, including every cabinet-level department. Our 7,200 dedicated colleagues and change makers work with our clients at the heart of the nation's priorities in defense, intel, public safety, health and civilian to help you make a difference for the people you employ, serve and protect.
As an SAP Functional Manager - Supply, you are responsible for analysis, design, and testing of components of ERP Central Component (ECC), Public Sector Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), and Business Warehouse (BW) reporting. You are involved in maintenance, enhancement and/or development work of modules and those that interface with other applications. You have a range of skills and knowledge of the technologies used and applications supported by Client Service Teams and reports to their Accenture Supervisor and Client Service Team Manager.
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Protectionists want to force poor American consumers to subsidize well-connected cronies. They must no longer be given free rein to mislead with impunity.
There may be no state in the country that, at least on paper, should be less amenable to Donald Trump's doomsday message about trade and American manufacturing.
According to Team Trump, Trump's import tax would force Americans to pay 10 to 15 percent more for food, clothing, shoes, electronics, and other basic necessities.
Donald Trump's China trade plan would make American families pay a lot more for food, clothing, electronics, and everything else that now says 'Made in China.'
Start this glorious stuffing the day before Thanksgiving.
Americans fail to understand that Trump's claims about manufacturing, trade, and immigration actually protect the politicians and cronies that he claims to be fighting.
A misguided (or misleading) opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership really has no idea what it's talking about.
A vote for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement is a vote for lower taxes on American families and industrial consumers.
Republicans love defense spending, and that's why the F-35 will cost more than the Manhattan Project every year for the next fifty years.
Sen. John McCain has found an archaic, protectionist boondoggle whose time for death is long past. It's called the Jones Act.
The U.S. government had two decades to prove its Cuban embargo would work. It failed.
The 2014 Farm Bill could impose more harm on US taxpayers and consumers than our political and media elite promised us.
President Obama's last great push to slow the oceans' rise and heal our planet is going to really hurt.
The right's reform agenda should be based on a few fundamental, free market principles on which most conservatives and libertarians can agree.
Yes, liberals made severe labor force attrition a focal point of their emergency unemployment insurance advocacy.
It's almost enough to think that Krugman really doesn't care about poverty traps as much as he cares about pushing cheap political hits.
Paul Krugman remains convinced that North Carolina's unemployment "experiment" is a disaster, regardless of what the data actually say.
It's too early to tell if North Carolina's "experiment" cutting unemployment benefits is working. Thus, it's completely misleading for Paul Krugman and his ideological allies to claim that they do.
Does North Carolina's experiment in unemployment benefit reduction spell disaster? Only if you ignore the data.
Journalists have openly asked a seemingly-innocent question: How could the American media fail to see Obamacare's failure coming? Have they looked in the mirror?
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1 million Veteran March
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Veterans take down barricades at WWII Memorial
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Military veterans took down barricades around the World War II Memorial, which is closed as a result of the government shutdown. The veterans converged on National Mall and the White House demanding the re-opening of the memorial, stacking the barricades on a fence on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Veteran Carry Barricades To White House - Many Vets Outraged By Closed Memorials Due To Shutdown:
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Veteran Carry Barricades To White House - Many Vets Outraged By Closed Memorials Due To Shutdown
USA: Protesters break through barriers, carry them to White House
Patriots Carry WWII Barricades to the White House (10-13-13):
Published on Oct 13, 2013
October 13th, 2013 - Washington D.C. - In a spectacular act of civil disobedience, protesters took down the barricades surrounding the World War II Monument. In a long march through Washington streets, they carried their trophies directly to the source of the oppression, piling them in front of the White House gate.


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Plivo SDK is used to add voice functionality to clients applications on mobile devices and in web browsers. Plivo APIs and XML are used to control the calls on the server side. Both interact with each other and work in tandem.
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Alameda, California (EastBayDaily) — TRIC Tools, Inc. is proud to announce its participation in its 12th Annual Pumper Cleaner Show (Booth 5354) in Indianapolis, Indiana. This will be TRIC's 1st year to headline an educational seminar during the Pumper Show. On Wednesday, February 27th at 8:00 AM.
John Rafferty, TRIC's Director of Marketing will present "Cash for Compliance" in room 243 – 245. Gregg Abbott, TRIC's Director of Sales and Bob Grenier, Municipal Sales Director will join John Rafferty in Indiana. Mr. Rafferty's session will discuss Northern California's adoption of a Private Sewer Lateral ordinance for handling Sewer Replacements. In the late 1990's, TRIC invented and patented the first practical Lateral Pipe Bursting System while simultaneously gaining national approval of HDPE pipe for its use, thus opening the market for trenchless home sewer replacement in America.
TRIC has a great appreciation for the Pumper-Cleaner Show and Cole Publishing's magazines. TRIC and likewise many of its customers success can be directly attributed to news stories and advertising in Cleaner and Municipal Sewer magazines. TRIC's Pipe Bursting equipment has evolved greatly since it "burst on" the Pumper-Cleaner Show scene back in 2001. However, as much as the show has grown, TRIC's basic motto has remained, "Cleaning up America, and now the World, by replacing one sewer at a time," remarked Gregg Abbott, TRIC's Director of Sales
Since 2000, TRIC has added municipal cable pullers to its arsenal with its M Series line of Pipe Bursting equipment, always employing their formula of modular portability, including pneumatic and steel splitting heads designed to replace pipe sizes from 1/2" to 12" diameter.
For more information about Trenchless Pipe Bursting equipment or the Trenchless Industry in general – please call 888-883-8742 or visit TRIC's website at: http://www.trictrenchless.com to see how they can answer any of these questions for you. Get your Trenchless Sewer and Water Replacement service off on the right foot, one lateral at a time.
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Nokia C6-01 , a Candy Bar Unveiled to Increase our Curiosity
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Nokia C6-01 will be the next member of Nokia C-series, we see its terrific back style but still unable to see its face and form factor. All thanks to a Bulgarian operator , which mistakenly show-off Nokia C6-01 back image instead of Nokia C6-00.
Nokia C series mobile names are really confusing not for us but also for its carrier. As we told you that we get the information about this latest model only due to a Bulgarian mobile operator Vivacom who by mistake posted pictures of Nokia C6-01 in the ads of C6-00 model of
Nokia. Although this mistake has fixed yet we get some idea of this gadget.
From it stylish back we take some idea about its specification; now we are going to share it with you. This Nokia phone will have 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash. It will run on Nokia's latest Symbian^3 and you already know that the same is the platform of Nokia C7 mobile
phone. The wonderful nHD touchscreen will be a prominent facet of it and for connectivity it will pack 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity.
It seems that it will not slider phone so will not feature with QWERTY (judgment based on its photos). If we assumed it a slider then it must have the camera/lock/volume keys on the rear panel not on the front.
It is expected to soon release in the market and will be available in black and white versions. According to some rumors, the retail price of it will be 280 euro at launch but fluctuations are possible.
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The previously hapless Cleveland Browns had not won a game during the entire 2017 season. Their record—0 and 16—no wins, sixteen losses… While I'm not a fan of the Brownies (as people like to call them), I felt badly for them. No one should go winless for an entire season. It's got to be excruciating. I played on a couple of bad teams in my lifetime, but I've never gone through anything like that.
During the prior season of 2016, the Cleveland NFL franchise won only one game. I got out my calculator and discovered that adds up to one victory over a two-year span. My guess is that it's really tough being a follower of that team—at least over the past couple of years.
What brings this to mind is a video clip I saw this past Sunday. The Browns had finally won another game. They had beaten the New York Jets by the score of 21-17. The site of the video was a bar in downtown Cleveland. The fans were going wild, and they were singing the old Queen hit, "We Are the Champions." You have to take the joy wherever you can find it.
I don't think I'm revealing any secrets when I say that we really emphasize winning in our culture. No one wants to be a loser. In fact, few of us even want to be associated with a loser. Even in sports, I've seen a lot of die-hard fans ultimately reject their team after a few losing seasons. I've never been able to become that fickle, but it's not uncommon these days. So when I see the Browns fans singing and celebrating, it makes me feel good.
Invite the Winner
Noel Paul Stookey (of Peter, Paul, and Mary fame) once wrote a song entitled, "The Winner." It was an invitation to "invite the Winner into your heart." The Winner for Stookey is Jesus. He basically describes some of the actions of people who make decisions that put them on the losing side of life. Then, Stookey offers us an alternative. He says, "You get to choose." The choice is between the one who brings us together and the one who tears us apart. His choice is Jesus, the Winner. Having the Winner in our lives makes us winners as well.
It's interesting how, sometimes, having an MVP type player on your team will make all the difference. I've noticed how true this usually is in games like basketball, for instance. Having a Shaquille O'Neal, a Michael Jordan, or a LeBron James on your team puts you over the top. Every team needs a winning attitude as well as someone who knows how to win.
In that sense, Jesus is our MVP. Without him, we're losers. With him, we are the champions of the world—make that the universe.
Along with the Apostle Paul, I urge you to "press on toward the goal to win the prize." Just don't try to do it without Jesus.
[Dave Zuchelli is a graduate of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and currently resides in Aldie, VA.]


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"MR. MORAZZINI: So this morning, California asks this Court to adopt a rule of law that permits States to restrict minors' ability to purchase deviant, violent video games that the legislature has determined can be harmful to the development -
JUSTICE SCALIA: What's a deviant -- a deviant, violent video game? As opposed to what? A normal violent video game?
MR. MORAZZINI: Yes, Your Honor. Deviant would be departing from established norms.
JUSTICE SCALIA: There are established norms of violence?
MR. MORAZZINI: Well, I think if we look back -
JUSTICE SCALIA: Some of the Grimm's fairy tales are quite grim, to tell you the truth.
MR. MORAZZINI: Agreed, Your Honor. But the level of violence -
JUSTICE SCALIA: Are they okay? Are you going to ban them, too?
MR. MORAZZINI: Not at all, Your Honor.
JUSTICE GINSBURG: What's the difference? mean, if you are supposing a category of violent materials dangerous to children, then how do you cut it off at video games? What about films? What about comic books? Grimm's fairy tales?
Why are video games special? Or does your principle extend to all deviant, violent material in whatever form?"
"JUSTICE KAGAN: Suppose a new study suggested that movies were just as violent. Then, presumably, California could regulate movies just as it could regulate video games?
MR. MORAZZINI: Well, Your Honor, there is scientific literature out there regarding the impact of violent media on children. In fact, for decades, the President, Congress, the FTC, parenting groups, have been uniquely concerned with the level of violent media available to minors that they have ready access to.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: I don't think; is that answering Justice Kagan's question? One of the studies, the Anderson study, says that the effect of violence is the same for a Bugs Bunny episode as it is for a violent video. So can the legislature now, because it has that study, say we can outlaw Bugs Bunny?
MR. MORAZZINI: No -
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: There are people who would say that a cartoon has very little social value; it's entertainment, but not much else. This is entertainment.
I'm not suggesting that I like this video, the one at issue that you provided the five-minute clip about. To me, it's not entertaining, but that's not the point. To some it may well be.
MR. MORAZZINI: Justice Sotomayor, cartoons do not depart from the established norms to a level of violence to which children have been historically exposed to. We believe the level of violence in these video games -
JUSTICE SCALIA: That same argument could have been made when movies first came out. They could have said, oh, we've had violence in Grimm's fairy tales, but we've never had it live on the screen. I mean, every time there's a new technology, you can make that argument."
"JUSTICE GINSBURG: Is there -- you've been asked questions about the vagueness of this and the problem for the seller to know what's good and what's bad. California -- does California have any kind of an advisory opinion, an office that will view these videos and say, yes, this belongs in this, what did you call it, deviant violence, and this one is just violent but not deviant? Is there -- is there any kind of opinion that the -- that the seller can get to know which games can be sold to minors and which ones can't?
MR. MORAZZINI: Not that I'm aware of, Justice Ginsburg.
JUSTICE SCALIA: You should consider creating such a one. You might call it the California office of censorship. It would judge each of these videos one by one. That would be very nice."
"JUSTICE SCALIA: What about excessive glorification of drinking, movies that have too much drinking? Does it have an effect on minors? I suppose so. I -- I am not just concerned with the vagueness. I am concerned with the vagueness, but I am concerned with the First Amendment, which says Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech. And it was always understood that the freedom of speech did not include obscenity. It has never been understood that the freedom of speech did not include portrayals of violence. You are asking us to create a -- a whole new prohibition which the American people never -- never ratified when they ratified the First Amendment. They knew they were -- you know, obscenity was -- was bad, but -- what's next after violence? Drinking? Smoking? Movies that show smoking can't be shown to children? Does -- will that affect them? Of course, I suppose it will. But is -- is that -- are -- are we to sit day by day to decide what else will be made an exception from the First Amendment? Why -- why is this particular exception okay, but the other ones that I just suggested are not okay?"
"MR. MORAZZINI: Your Honor, as to minors, I believe, looking at some of the historic statutes States had passed, had enacted in the past, there was a social recognition that there is a level of violent material -
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: What's the earliest statute?
MR. MORAZZINI: Pardon?
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: What's the earliest statute and how much enforcement was -
MR. MORAZZINI: Your Honor, I don't know the earliest statute off the top of my head. I believe they go back into the early 1900s, perhaps later. I apologize, but I don't know that –"
"MR. MORAZZINI: Again, minors as a class. So those under 18-years-old.
JUSTICE KAGAN: You think Mortal Combat is prohibited by this statute?
MR. MORAZZINI: I believe it's a candidate, Your Honor, but I haven't played the game and been exposed to it sufficiently to judge for myself.
JUSTICE KAGAN: It's a candidate, meaning, yes, a reasonable jury could find that Mortal Combat, which is an iconic game, which I am sure half of the clerks who work for us spend considerable amounts of time in their adolescence playing."
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
The Best Parts
So after pouring over the 72-page transcript of yesterday's Supreme Court case of Schwarzenegger v. EMA, a couple of things surprised me. As much as I've feared what could be a worst-possible-situation, the Justices seemed to hover on the side of reason and common sense rather than protectionism. The Justices also seemed to be much more familiar with the games industry and the games within than the California lawyers were. Over the course of the hour proceedings, it showed that some of the briefs filed by organizations, such as the ECA, did have a favorable effect for the case. I wanted to highlight a couple of quotes that I think standout and sum up the oral arguments. These are direct quotes taken from the case transcript which can be found here.
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Due to high levels of smoke from agricultural burning, much of it from neighboring Kansas, the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) today issued a Health Advisory with concerns that the poor air quality will continue this weekend. The Health Department said levels of smoke in the air impact the health of all people, but especially those with asthma, lung disease, other respiratory conditions or heart disease. To avoid smoke exposure, people should stay indoors and avoid strenuous physical activity, said an LLCHD advisory.
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- Slip your shoes off. Spread and wiggle your toes!
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- Recall something really funny that happened to you or a close friend. A genuine smile really does make you feel better and if you laugh even better!
- Close your eyes and tilt your head (ear towards the shoulder) from one side and then the other. We store a lot of tension in this region and gently stretching the neck area can really help ease it all away.
- Scents are really good way to trick your body into relaxing as the scent receptors in your nose connect directly to the part of the brain that regulates emotions. So consider investing in a travel size atomiser which you can fill with an essential oil such as lavender or whatever fragrance helps you feel more relaxed. Spray a fine mist whenever you need it.
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"I feel like community isn't something that comes naturally to our generation," reflects Alice Glenn, somewhat neatly articulating the connective attribute that she and co-curator Elizabeth Barnett have sought to implement in their re-imagining of a former Steiner school in Abbotsford as a community-orientated arts space.
Six months ago the pair opened Schoolhouse Studios, an inviting space that avoids the stereotypically unsocial idea of the workspace. Spread across two buildings, 55 emerging and established creatives fill the old classrooms, producing work that collectively spans architecture, illustration, painting, writing, film production, theatre production and more.
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The monthly Show & Tell market evidences the point. "It allows the artists and designers to showcase and sell their wares from the studios' front yard," explains Glenn. Luring in curious locals, this "artisan garage sale" encourages a social exchange that is supportive to both artist and neighbourhood.
The girls place a high value on bringing people together and thus encourage work and play to co-exist, with additional activities including movie nights, book launches, plays, exhibitions, music gigs and even a spot of Sunday gardening to help harvest the vegetables and tend to the newly arrived chickens. As Glenn points out, "It's a chance to work independently but come together socially, too."
Wandering the studios, the atmosphere is friendly and welcoming. Smiling, the girls confess to regular impromptu studio visits, peeking in and exposing newcomers to the current Schoolhouse dwellers, such as record label Two Bright Lakes, architect Lauren Steller, communication designer Anna Harris, filmmaker Cameron Ford, visual artist Lisa Stewart and of course the girls themselves (Barnett, a printmaker, painter and illustrator and Glenn, a filmmaker, choreographer and joint-founder of No Lights No Lycra.
The diverse span of creative disciplines make opening each door in this time-stood building a unique experience. With no rules, the artists and designers have free reign over what is, unfortunately, only a temporary space. Ripping up dusty carpets, polishing floorboards and often re-designing the space, these studios come to resemble something that positively contradicts the saddening fact that in March 2012, 80 new town houses will force the demolition of this space.
It's an ominous fate, but one which Barnett and Glenn were fully aware of before signing the lease. Yet despite conceding to what could be an abrupt, unhappy ending, this story is directing its own – a tale of inspiring camaraderie, undeterred community spirit and, as the girls point out, a project that has been anything but futile. "Everyone is simply making the most of what they have now and that for us is what makes this process really inspiring."
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Humans first arrived in the Americas no earlier than 18,000 years ago, according to a new genetic study, undermining some theories that occupation may have first occurred 30,000 years ago.
"This discovery places the DNA evidence more in line with archaeological data, which is characterised by a clear dearth of sites credibly dated beyond 14,000 years ago," writes Assistant Professor Mark Seielstad, a population geneticist at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, and colleagues in the September issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics.
The researchers looked for traces of historical migrations by sampling the Y chromosome, which is found only in males, from 1,935 individuals. They were looking for the diversity in haplotypes, unique DNA configurations which characterise populations.
The major European haplotype, for instance, is M173, while most Native Americans carry the haplotype M3.
Both markers are descendant of M45, which is estimated to date from 40,000 years ago and is almost entirely confined to Central Asia - confirming that the source for both European and American migrations was an ancient Asian population.
But haplotype M3, carried by Native Americans, was not found in Asia, indicating that the mutation occurred after the first populations arrived in the Americas.
In order to find out when the Americas were first populated, the researchers needed to identify further markers on the M45 lineage that were ancestral to M3 but present in both Central Asia and the Americas.
A mutation, which the researchers called M242, looked promising. It originated after the M45/M74 mutations, which both arose in Asia, but before M3, which first arose in the Americas.
"This places it within a crucial gap that is very close in time to the entry of the first modern humans into the American continents," wrote the researchers.
By calculating an approximate rate at which DNA on the Y chromosome mutates, and the time taken for a single male generation, the researchers established that M242 originated at a maximum date of 18,000 years ago.
"There is no evidence for a pre-Native American [population]," said Dr Spencer Wells, a geneticist at Britain's University of Oxford and one of the authors of the study. "It is extremely unlikely that there could have been anyone there before."
The results also match existing archaeological data, according to Professor Richard Jantz, director of the Forensic Anthropology Centre at the University of Tennessee, USA.
"The oldest skeletal remains are not more than about 12,000 or 13,000 years," he said. "If people were [in the Americas] 30,000 years ago, it is odd that we don't find their remains. An early migration - circa 15,000 years ago - followed by a later one - 6,000 to 10,000 years ago- fits well with the cranial evidence."
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Best Australian Blog 2014 overall winner
We're thrilled to announce Christina Soong, South Australia-based food blogger, as national winner of the annual Best Australian Blogs Competition.
Christina's blog, The Hungry Australian, was selected as the overall winner from six category winners.
Australian Writers' Centre national director Valerie Khoo says: "The entrants in this year's competition reflect the diversity of voices and topics present in the Australian blogosphere. Christina's blog The Hungry Australian is a mix of deeply personal anecdotes, useful information, and beautiful imagery. It keeps readers engaged and entertained."
Christina wins the grand prize of a seven-day trip to Turkey with the global leader in guided holidays, Trafalgar.
This will be a seven-night guided holiday comprising return economy flights, centrally-located accommodation, most meals, an array of exclusive Insider Experiences, in-destination transfers and ground transportation, services of a Trafalgar Travel Director and insider moments from Local Experts.
Christina also wins:
- $1500 voucher for writing courses at the Australian Writers' Centre.
- $1000 in cash from Random House.
- A one-hour mentoring session with Brandon Van Over, managing editor at Random House, to discuss publishing a book based on their blog or any other writing projects the blogger wishes to discuss.
- $500 worth of books from Random House.
2014 category winners
Congratulations to all the winners in the Best Australian Blogs Competition 2014.
Personal and Parenting winner
Anna Spargo-Ryan, VIC
Personal and Parenting category judge Allison Tait on Anna Spargo-Ryan:
"Beautiful, evocative writing about the joys and challenges of parenting – with a hefty dose of personal opinion and unique experience."
Lifestyle/Hobby winner
Time Travel Turtle
Michael Turtle, NSW
Lifestyle/Hobby category judge Alecia Hancock on Time Travel Turtle:
"Michael's travel blog is not only an account of his adventures, he also immerses his readers into his destinations. He seamlessly weaves in history, facts, and stories – the result is a first class blog that many will find compelling."
Food winner
The Hungry Australian
Christina Soong, SA
Food category judge Carli Ratcliff on The Hungry Australian:
"The Hungry Australian is very engaged with the online community, very clear and clean in her writing, and transparent – in a technical and ethical sense in her pursuits and practice as a blogger. Her site is also elegant and well maintained and, importantly, her grammar and spelling are perfect; and she doesn't gush about experiences or fawn over products. Her food knowledge is good, and her styling is warm and accessible."
Business winner
Socially Sorted
Donna Moritz, QLD
Business category judge Robert Gerrish on Socially Sorted:
"This blog is focused and the content would be awesome for her business. It's a great example of what a business blog should be."
Words and Writing winner
twenty six
Andrew Hutchinson, VIC
Words and Writing category judge Brandon Van Over on twenty six:
"Andrew Hutchinson's blog twenty six thoughtfully wades into a wide variety of topics relevant to authors today. His own distinctive voice is woven through all of his posts and fiction pieces, creating a beautiful interplay of words and images that writers and readers will find inspiring."
Commentary winner
The Koori Woman, NSW
Commentary category judge Greg Jericho on The Koori Woman:
"I found The Koori Woman to be the most distinctive and interesting. It's certainly more of a traditional blog, rather than one trying to be a money making venture. I found her posts very thought provoking and interesting."
People's Choice Award
Simone Braverman, VIC
The most popular blog is Simone Braverman's IELTS-Blog, which received 2,781 votes. The public cast almost 17,000 votes in the People's Choice Awards. Congratulations Simone!
Special Award winner – New Blog
The Planthunter
Special Award winner – Outstanding Advocacy Post
Tara Moss's Blog
Manus Island – An insider's report
Special Award winner – Outstanding Humorous Post
The Shovel
Man Forced To Watch Concert With His Own Eyes
Special Award winner – Outstanding Use of Photography
Hello May
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Dedicated to Candace Conti and other little boys and girls who are dead or molested.
www.seekYeHoWaH.com and escape Christendom.
Jehovah's Witnesses need not apply. Where did anyone say that anyone would be serving that god in the end? Oh, you're right. He does factor in…
Dear Watchtower I am guilty. @MelissaBusyBee will attest: http://t.co/wQIFeJEVT6 https://t.co/XVxrMOOzRe Welcome to the internet.
— Baxley (@Baxley) October 30, 2014
Dear Watchtower at http://t.co/hbC2qywaIv, Your Contact Us Page e-mail link on your website is broken. How do I email you?
— Angela Glass (@Baxley) October 30, 2014
I wanted to design software for the Watchtower when I was 15 years old at it's headquarters, "Brooklyn Beth'el".
The Watchtower Corporation of NY, the one that's moving out so no one notice's that they topped the richest companies list for the city.
— Angela Glass (@Baxley) October 30, 2014
Guess what? God created Eve, and Eve was naked. And it was good. God said so. He also created weed. He also said it was good to eat.
I was so sweet before you guys got to me. Guess what? While you sleep and dream… Charlotte's tangled web unweaves… believe. — Angela Glass (@Baxley) October 30, 2014
Religion is a whore. She gave women a bad name. Catholics who give children away in the name of no shame. Universal. — Angela Glass (@Baxley) October 30, 2014
I was turned down. They don't generally "take sisters".
Here's what I did instead: www.linkedin.com/in/angelamarieglass.
"Angela experienced a crisis from an ill marriage and lack of support from the congregation."
I am a Silent Lamb?—Sacrifice me.
You know what makes me not sleep? Fearing for the children until the adults all die.
— Angela Glass (@Ang) October 30, 2014
For the record, you don't lose your faith when you stop believing God is Jehovah. But Melissa doesn't know what losing my religion is all about. Girl, I was a hoarder, and I still am though that was back then. Show you a few things, pretend to be my friend? Oh don't mind slandering the Baxley's while you're at it for the blood of the noble Niblick's.
Funny, baxleyvsunitedstates.org versus the Dominican nephew determined to shame me—calling me the "shameful aunt".
I took it in silence. I have learned how to turn away so it doesn't sink in. No, not really. It really hurt. But hey, I haven't got time to buy a new deodarant stick of Tom's every two months — so I use it but it doesn't work. I have no cash and thus I stink and am not buying it on Amazon and paying for shipping. So I am waiting until someone thinks I stink enough to do something about it. They have a pretty high tolerance.
Thanks mommy.
When I asked if they were going to stay there—in the DR—he sold me this line from his daddy's mouth: they aren't living there, they are missionaries. — For Christ's sake, who hasn't heard of God? Oh, yeah…
God isn't Jehovah. Jehovah isn't peddling love, he's got Watchtowers to print and has just discovered the Internet.
The Internet is for porn: "all these guys unzip their flys for porn, porn, porn." pic.twitter.com/vhXlUQdq0f — Angela Glass (@Baxley) October 30, 2014
Well I was in the middle of pestering this corporation called "The Watchtower" on Twitter, when I realized I needed a mood swing. Being a heavy hitter dealing with porno and pedo's is a bit much for this do-gooder.
I asked a guy today to film dying children and he told me that he wasn't interested in children. He wants to do it tho. And Porn.
— Angela Glass (@Ang) October 30, 2014
In foreign soil, in foreign land Who will guide us through the end? —Vampire Weekend, Worship You Answer: Rev 7 Topic: Jews in Exodus? — SMRTr World (@SMRTrWorld) October 30, 2014
I mean the internet is for porn, right?
Well anyhoo, distracted again from that to get the video to prove the point that I'm not lost on how I feel about life, I'm just so DAMNED tired of having to stay up all night to work against all of you.
Sometimes I can't help but feel like a momma Muppet… Should I tuck him in? pic.twitter.com/iNF9x22YYc
— SMRTr World (@SMRTrWorld) October 28, 2014
So I /quit.
Yeah, see I'm not a cultural fit. I'm not a woman in technology and there's no way come hell or high water, well—we all know which—I would never have a daughter, as I could never let her see this world. Dear God, preserve my seed within me. Save my belly for the beast. I am yours and have ever been devoted. I am sorry for so long I thought that the Watchtower's disapproval of me was somehow was the directive from God. Dear God, if you don't love me—Um? Who could you?
Watch me try not to cry as I try to explain RebeccaPurple? It's my @SMRTrWorld. If it must be to clean it up. I'd rather have wings. — Angela Glass (@Ang) October 30, 2014
A couple of weeks before she died, Rebecca informed us that she was about to be a big girl of six years old, and Becca was a baby name. Once she turned six, she wanted everyone (not just me) to call her Rebecca, not Becca. She made it to six. For almost twelve hours, she was six. So Rebecca it is and must be.
Pedophile alert!
Travis Foote, you touched me one too many times. And my mother blamed me. The Watchtower will pay and you shall be certain you won't see the outside of that cell. Enjoy.
I'm ready. I'm not a clown, exactly. I'm the last generation.
I'm the joker. Hello thief, it's time.
Dear Watchtower…
But instead I decided to be < ANON. Hi Watchtower. I heard you have a governing body and a corporation but only Jehovah's spirit. Holy.
— Angela Glass (@Ang) October 30, 2014
Today I would have explained to my mother how I loved @Tara so much I played with friends on demon day. — Angela Glass (@Ang) October 30, 2014
The Internet Is For Porn – HQ – Avenue Q – Original Broadway Cast The original cast performs this number, with clearer footage from the press reel synched to the live performance. (I saw the show in Vegas, and London.)
- Jennifer Barnhart
- Natalie Venetia Belcon
- Stephanie D'Abruzzo
- Jordan Gelber
- Ann Harada
- Rick Lyon
- John Tartaglia


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Since the early days of policing the sound of a siren has been used to announce to the public that the police were on their way. If you were driving you would move out of their way, or stay on the sidewalk if walking. If you are sitting a movie theater and see the villain running away you know the sirens are coming soon to signal the arrival of police.
SoundOff Signal was one of the first companies to advocate the 200 watt "Dual Tone" siren which uses two different tones at the same time. To the bad guys it sounds like two patrol cars following them not just one. This early auditory warning signals the police – and a lot of them – are on their way to restore peace and order.
Now, SoundOff's bluePRINT™ control system takes the "Dual Tone" to a whole new level.
By adding a simple inexpensive switch to the "A" pillar on the driver's side bluePRINT™ can be programmed to emit a loud piercing sound out of both speakers deterring a driver from getting out of his vehicle and coming toward an officer creating a dangerous and potentially life-threatening situation for all.
During this "Blitz" feature activation the officer can also use the PA to give commands to the aggressive driver.
This development in sound technology is just another example of how SoundOff Signal stands on the cutting edge of providing equipment, not just lights, to protect those who serve.


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Myles Brand earned his B.S. in philosophy from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1964 and his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Rochester in 1967. He served as chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1972 to 1980. In 1981, he moved to the University of Arizona, where he held a number of positions between 1981 and 1986: head of the Department of Philosophy, director of the cognitive science program, dean of the faculty of social and behavioral sciences, and coordinating dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
In 1986, Brand accepted the position of provost and vice president for academic affairs at Ohio State University (1986–89). He served as president of the University of Oregon (1989–94) during a difficult budgetary crisis, and as president of Indiana University (1994–2002) where among many other things, he made the decision to fire Bob Knight. Brand became president of the NCAA on January 1, 2003. Brand died on September 16, 2009.
These interviews took place at NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 8 and March 22, 2007.


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November 19, 2015
On November 16, 2015, the Department of Labor (DOL) published guidance to support the efforts of states in promoting broader access to retirement savings opportunities for private sector employees in the form of a proposed regulation and an Interpretive Bulletin.
The proposed regulation provides a safe harbor from preemption by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) for state laws that require certain employers to facilitate employee enrollment in a payroll deduction individual retirement account (IRA). The safe harbor requires that such programs be established by and administered under state law. For state programs that mandate auto-enrollment, the safe harbor requires that employees be allowed to opt out of payroll deductions and that employers not exercise any discretionary authority over the operation of the program. The proposed regulation, although not yet effective, clarifies compliance issues for several state programs currently under consideration that would enroll private sector workers in payroll deduction IRAs.
The Interpretive Bulletin assists states interested in helping employers establish ERISA-covered plans for their employees under three specific approaches. The first approach allows a state to establish a marketplace to connect employers with retirement plans offered in the private sector market that have been determined by the state to be suited to small employers. The second approach allows a state to establish a "prototype" plan design that individual employers could adopt and offer to employees. The third approach allows a state to establish a multiple employer plan that employers could join and that is established and maintained under state law. The Interpretive Bulletin indicates that, under these three approaches, the state law establishing the plan would not be preempted by ERISA, provided that employer participation was voluntary. The Interpretive Bulletin, which was effective November 18, 2015, mirrors the types of plans already established in various states.
A fact sheet on state savings programs for non-government employees is on the Department of Labor website.
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In March 2009, The Guardian featured a news story about lesbians in South Africa who were being raped and sexually assaulted, targeted because of their sexuality. A "corrective" rape, if you will. The story said that Triangle, a gay rights group, was "dealing with up to 10 new cases of 'corrective rape' every week." As if the rapes alone aren't bad enough, these women are also dealing with a government and police force basically looking the other way. The government even admitted it wasn't a priority. According to the story, "A statement released by South Africa's national prosecuting authority said: 'While hate crimes – especially of a sexual nature – are rife, it is not something that the South African government has prioritised as a specific project.'"
In August 2009, Change.org reported the story, "The Phenomenon of Corrective Rape in South Africa." In discussing a BBC article on the subject, they say "rape has become almost a game for many South African men - so much so that celebrated terms have popped up to crown a man who initiates a gang rape. Which might explain why 1 in 4 men have admitted to being involved in rape."
In November 2009, Sky News also reported on this story. One woman who had been raped said "the police did not even bother to finish taking a statement" from her. Men were reported to have said "they approved of lesbians being raped to 'correct' them and to 'teach them a lesson,'" and that "'women should behave like women' and this was a way of 'teaching' them that."
Sure sounds like nothing has changed in those eight months ... or ever, since this "trend" popped up years ago.
I don't need to explain how wrong this is, do I? I mean, let's assume for two seconds that one could "change" someone's sexuality. (I do not believe that possible, for the record.) Obviously forcing them to have sex against their will is not the way to do it. Rape is a weapon, not a teaching tool. You take a woman who likes women, have a man (or men) rape her, and then expect her to like men? No, no and no. This, to me, is obviously not about "correcting" a woman's sexuality, but punishing them for their sexuality. And it has to stop. Women aren't only being raped, they're being murdered.
But what do we do about it? I'm not sure. Shakesville suggests e-mailing the South African Ministry of Justice. I would suggest donating to Triangle (though I don't see a "donation" link at quick glance). There is also an ongoing petition by Care2 to "End 'Corrective' Rape of Lesbians in South Africa," with a letter that can be sent to the president of South Africa. Any other ideas or suggestions of what can be done to not only stop this, but also draw more attention to it?


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The Trio Koch, consisting of two violins and a piano, is a family affair. The father, Philippe (violin), his daughter Laurence (violin) and son Jean-Philippe (piano), explore the original and little-played repertoire of trio works for two violins and piano, performing music from all periods, from Bach to Shostakovich and Berio, taking in Mozart, Moszkowski, Martinu and Bartók along the way. Their projects include performances in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, UK, Spain and Japan. The audience has witnessed the keen musical empathy their family's long artistic heritage has given them.
"The performance of Moszkowski's Suite is intense and energetic, the one of Milhaud's Sonata very sensual, while Martinu's Sonata, undoubtedly the highlight of this release, comes with all the finesse and sensitivity you could want. So, we have here very fine interpretations which can be recommended with confidence."
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In addition to being leader of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Philippe Koch is a professor of violin at the Liège Royal Conservatoire, a soloist, a chamber musician and a co-founder of the Koch Trio. After perfecting his craft with master violinists C. Ferras, P. Amoyal and A. Grumiaux, he embarked on a solo career in Europe, Japan, the United States and Latin America, performing with leading conductors and orchestras. He has recorded more than 25 CDs, many of which have won prestigious awards (including the Diapason d'or, Choc de la musique, Recommandé par Répertoire and Pizzicato). He has also served as a judge at the Queen Elisabeth Competition (violin). Philippe Koch is a keen chamber musician, performing with the Trio Grumiaux (with L. Devos and L. Dewez), the Brussels String Quartet, the Quatuor Louvigny, G. Caussé, P. Gililov, M. Kliegel and others.
In addition to teaching violin at the Luxembourg Conservatoire, Laurence Koch regularly performs as a soloist in orchestras both inside and outside Luxembourg. She is also a member of a number of chamber music ensembles, such as the New Generation Trio, which she formed in 2008 with E. Reyes and S. Dupriez. She has won numerous awards, including the IKB Prize and the Stelmes Prize in Luxembourg and the Charlier Prize and the Prix de l'Oeuvre des Artistes in Belgium. Laurence also performs regularly with other artists, such as L. Devos, D. Blumenthal, E. Reyes, M. Kerschenmeyer, P. Petrov, C.
Krier and S. Walnier, at leading venues and Festivals (Stavelot, Bozar, Flagey, Midi-Minimes, Wilty, Echternach Festival, Château de Bourglinster among others).
Jean-Philippe studied the piano at the Musikhochschule in Saarbrücken, Liège Royal Conservatoire, Berklee College of Music in Boston, where hes been awarded a $10.000 scholarship by the school, and Codarts University of Arts in Rotterdam. Always on the lookout for new approaches to piano, Jean-Philippe has attended master classes given by L. Boulet, P. L. Aimard, K. Stott, D. Protopopescu, C. Fontlupt, T. Duis, S. Demay and others. In 2014, he joined the teaching staff the piano at the Conservatoire. Jean-Philippe gave a lot of performances around the world, at the Echternach Festival, BNP-Paribas bank, Flagey Brussels, in Japan, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands. He was also awarded the SACEM Prize, the EMCY (European Union of Music Competitions for Youth) Prize and the best composition prize for at the "Artistes en Herbe" international composition competition. Jean-Philippe also has a keen interest in improvisation, jazz and composing, performing both alone and as part of a group.


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Tyre pressures are very important. Pressure is related to grip. Too much or too little and you will be giving away valuable time. Experienced karters want maximum performance and grip towards the end of each race and will adjust pressures and kart setup accordingly.
Before your first session on race-day, allow all four tyres to reach the same temperature. This can be done by keeping all of them in the shade or in the sunlight. i.e. don't allow some of your tyres to be exposed to the warming effects of sunlight whilst others are in the shade. The initial tyre temperature will have an impact on the final operating pressure. Tyre pressures will increase from their initial values by 2 to 6 lbs after normal use on the track. The difference between the initial and final pressure is based factors such as
· If using an air compressor to pump tyres, how much water is in the tank and how much humidity in the air.
· Were the tyres initially in the shade or in direct sunlight
· Was Nitrogen used to inflate the tyres.
· Track and ambient temperature
· Chassis setup, tyre and track condition
The operating pressure of a tyre is related to the hardness of the tyre. Harder tyres require more pressure to operate effectively.
As a guide, hot pressures (immediately after racing) should be
· 21lbs for hard tyres such as Dunlop SL1s
· 15lbs for medium tyres such as MG Red and Mojos
· 13lbs for medium soft tyres such as MG Yellows
· 11.5lbs for soft tyres such as Dunlop DDS
Starting pressures should be 2 to 6lbs less. E.G. MG Reds might be set at 12lbs initially to reach a final pressure of 15lbs.