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PYONGYANG, North Korea — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman brought his basketball skills and flamboyant style — tattoos, nose studs and all — to the country with possibly the world's strictest dress code: North Korea.
PYONGYANG, North Korea — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman brought his basketball skills and flamboyant style — tattoos, nose studs and all — to the country with possibly the world's strictest dress code: North Korea.
Arriving in Pyongyang, the American athlete and showman known as "The Worm" became an unlikely ambassador for sports diplomacy at a time of heightened tensions between the U.S. and North Korea. Or maybe not so unlikely: Young leader Kim Jong Un is said to have been a fan of the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s, when Rodman won three championships with the club.
Rodman, 51, is joining three members of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team and a VICE correspondent for a news show on North Korea that will air on HBO later this year, VICE producers told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview before they landed.
"It's my first time, I think it's most of these guys' first time here, so hopefully everything's going to be OK , and hoping the kids have a good time for the game," Rodman told reporters after arriving in North Korea on Tuesday.
Rodman and VICE's producers said the Americans hope to engage in a little "basketball diplomacy" by running a basketball camp for children and playing with North Korea's top basketball stars.
"Is sending the Harlem Globetrotters and Dennis Rodman to the DPRK strange? In a word, yes," said Shane Smith, the VICE founder who is host of the upcoming series, referring to North Korea by the initials of its formal name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. "But finding common ground on the basketball court is a beautiful thing."
The notoriously unpredictable and irrepressible Rodman might seem an odd fit for regimented North Korea, where men's fashion rarely ventures beyond military khaki and where growing facial hair is forbidden.
Shown a photo of a snarling Rodman, piercings dangling from his lower lip and two massive tattoos emblazoned on his chest, one North Korean in Pyongyang recoiled and said: "He looks like a monster!"
But Rodman is also a Hall of Fame basketball player and one of the best defenders and rebounders to ever play the game. During a storied, often controversial career, he won five NBA titles — a feat appreciated even in North Korea.
Rodman, now 51, was low-key and soft-spoken in cobalt blue sweatpants and a Polo Ralph Lauren cap. There was a bit of flash: white-rimmed sunglasses and studs in his nose and lower lip. But he told AP he was there to teach basketball and talk to people, not to stir up trouble.


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Wow, this is crazy… Nate writes–
SparkFun is all about open. Whether sharing the pcb design files for our products or posting pictures from the office on flickr, we're pretty open about what it's like to work here. Today we'd like to share with you a cease and desist letter we received from SPARC Industries. Here's a link to SPARC on wikipedia in case you don't know who SPARC is.
SPARC Industries' attorneys seem to think SPARC looks and sounds an awful lot like SparkFun. Tuesday morning we received a cease and desist letter from K&L Gates law firm. Amongst other things they demand that we "immediately take steps to transfer the sparkfun.com domain name to [SPARC International]."
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Virtual Radio Mixing Console
Remixing Radio
Meet crystalCLEAR, the virtual mixing console for radio. Its entire control surface is software, driven by a multi-touch interface on a high-resolution computer display. Without the limitations of physical knobs, buttons and faders, crystalCLEAR presents the user with only relevant controls and information, hiding anything not needed for the task at hand.
Sometimes a few faders are all that is needed to control levels during a segment. In this case, crystalCLEAR provides the faders to users. At other times, more faders may be required to host a show mix of multiple signals.
crystalCLEAR is fast, intuitive and easy. Operators will feel right at home right away. It's as easy to drive as a tablet computer, while powerful enough to manage complex workflows in the most fast-paced broadcasting environments. One touch and you'll be convinced.
Comprehensive Scope of functions
Most DJs, whether novice or experienced, say crystalCLEAR is faster and easier to use than traditional radio boards with physical knobs and buttons. crystalCLEAR has a flat menu structure, only two levels. The top level is the main screen which provides familiar controls. The option screens that users may wish to access are only one touch away from the top screen. Complete familiarity can be attained within only 15 minutes of use. A large clock and a small event timer are central to the display.
Touching the timer will cause it to become large and change places with the clock. crystalCLEAR can be instantly reconfigured by recalling a SCENE or PRESET. Different shows and/or different users are easily accommodated. Even though the layout and functions are quite intuitive, a PANIC button returns crystalCLEAR to the current SCENE without any user changes. And unlike a physical surface, crystalCLEAR remembers every detail when loading a SCENE, even the fader positions.
Though simple for operators, crystalCLEAR has all the functions needed to create even complex live and recorded radio programming. There are dozens of available sources, any eight of which can be active at a time on the faders. Each source is configured in advance (by the installer/engineer) to be a mic, line, phone or codec. The system knows exactly how to treat each of these different source types when they are loaded onto active faders.
Microphone sources, for example, will automatically mute the monitor speakers when engaged. crystalCLEAR will automatically create backfeeds (mix-minus) for phone and codec sources and activate TALKBACK features. All of this is transparent to the operator who never has to worry about creating a mix-minus or ensuring that speakers are muted before bringing up a fader. Everything is "automagic".
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Software control is much more flexible than the hardware buttons and knobs found on traditional control surfaces. For example, assigning a DJ microphone to a fader on crystalCLEAR changes the button above the fader from CUE to MUTE, giving the DJ a convenient COUGH button. It takes fewer buttons and options to run a show than on a physical control surface. And yet, even with its streamlined interface, crystalCLEAR is right at home in the most fast-paced complex radio workfl ows. Less clutter and confusion means fewer mistakes and happier talent.
Engineers will be happy too... . Faders never get dirty or fail, buttons never break or need lamps replaced, and even novice users can learn the system in minutes without training or making frantic phone calls during the overnight shift. In addition, the system can be accessed by an engineer using standard tools - even remotely.
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Like all crystal consoles, crystalCLEAR also offers integrated AutoMix and AutoGain. The AutoMix function adjusts the levels of active and inactive microphones, giving a constant ambient that allows an interview to be conducted without technical operation - the console manages the microphone mix, while the talent conducts the interview. AutoMix also works perfectly with automated voiceovers live to air, while AutoGain provides yet more simplification. This feature calibrates all microphone signals at the press of a button.The operators need not understand dB values and overloads, as AutoGain levels microphone gains automatically within seconds, while the talent or guest talks.
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- Multi-touch enabled mixing control
- Intuitive GUI optimized for fast-paced radio workflows
- 3 stereo mixing groups (PGM-1, PGM-2, RECORD)
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- Talk buttons automatically appear on mix-minus channels
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- PANIC button clears any changes to current SCENE
- 24 sources available, eight can be simultaneously active
- Advanced DSP for microphones and external sources
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- Broadcast-grade compact 1RU rack-mount audio engine
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100 Bands in 100 Days documentary
Without further ado, I give you, the 100 Bands in 100 Days documentary. Which had its World Premiere at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival, was an official selection at the SIFF, SPFF, KahBang, Docuwest and 1-Reel Film Festivals, and screened at Sensoria.
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The 100 Bands in 100 Days documentary will make its World Premiere at this year's 2011 SXSW Film Festival.
March 12 at 11:30am
Alamo Lamar Theater B
Austin, TX
Additional Screenings:
March 15 at 4:00pm
March 17 at 11:30am
Visit the film website here
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100 Bands in 100 Days documentary got into SXSW 2011!!
That's right. The short documentary about this long musical journey has been accepted into this year's South by Southwest Film Festival, March 11 – 19, 2001 in Austin, TX. I can't think of a more perfect place to relive those amazing 100 days than at a festival like SXSW.
This. is. gonna. be. fun.
Official screening dates/times [...]
100 Bands in 100 Days documentary short film website
Check out the new site for the 100 Bands in 100 Days documentary short for the trailer and other film information.
I hope to post the full short at some point, but we kind of have to wait and see what happens with all the festivals we sent it to.
Fingers crossed…
There will be cake
I made a trip up to Woodstock this weekend, to relax in the country with Sunshine and her parents. While there, they bought me a cake to celebrate the 100 Bands project. It was delicious
What I learned in 100 Days
Here goes: the last and final "What I learned…" post. But this time, for the whole 100 days.
This is the most exciting time in music that I've ever experienced
And I grew with Motley Crue, Guns 'n Roses, R.E.M. Metallica, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, U2, Public Enemy, N.W.A., Run DMC, Red Hot Chili Peppers and more. These [...]
5/2/09: 100 Bands in 100 Days Final Show with Takka Takka, Anamanaguchi & Right on Dynamite @ Fontana's (100/100)–PART 2
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The 100th show: Part 2
Friends started showing up, and then just kept coming and coming all night long. First, it was Brent and Tim. Then John and Kara. Then Lance. Then Scott, Josh, Dave, Dan. Then Thomas…and so on and so forth. The next thing I knew, the place was packed, [...]
5/2/09: 100 Bands in 100 Days Final Show with Takka Takka, Anamanaguchi & Right on Dynamite @ Fontana's (100/100)–PART 1
The 100th show: Part 1
Wow. I have no idea what to say about this party. What an amazing, amazing night.
I will start off by saying thanks to Al Risi from ARMM and Francis Garcia from Shout It Out Loud Music for throwing me such a kick ass party. Thanks to Right on Dynamite, Anamanaguchi and [...]
100 Bands in 100 Days Final Show, in Pictures
Select pictures from the 100th show.
Most photos by Mike Pollock. Others by Sunshine Flint or me.
5/1/09: The Reverb Brothers @ White Eagle Saloon, Portland (99/100)
99 days of live music on the wall. 99 days of live music. Take one down. Pass it around. No wait, don't take it down. Fuck that. Put it up. I have done 99 days of live music in a row. I can't believe it. 99 days? Seriously? What the hell is wrong with me?
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So maybe you missed out on your bid for a street legal Tron lightcycle. Who needs it? Just strap on this Tronified helmet from Ruby, and every commute is a race against Master Control Program.
The helmet was created as part of a limited for the French premiere of Tron: Legacy in January, which means you can't buy it—yet. But it'll be worth returning a few Christmas presents for when it finally goes on sale. [High Snobriety via SuperPunch]


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The year is 2010, and as of last year, Donnie Yen is now the most, or is among the most highly paid actors in Hong Kong.
Since finishing Ip Man in 2008, Donnie Yen has gone on to release 5 films, 3 of which being high-profile blockbusters.
The first of these was Bodyguards and Assassins, an action-drama set in turn-of-the-century Hong Kong.
With an all-star, ensemble cast, the film sported impressive production values, perhaps most notably the set, which consisted of a brick for brick recreation of several blocks of 1906 Hong Kong.
The film is essentially split into two halves, with the first being drama-heavy and ultimately responsible for setting the stakes, and the second being action-heavy, taking all the pre-established pieces of the plot from the first half and running wild them non-stop until the final reel.
While occasionally weighed-down by protracted bouts of melodrama, particularly in the film's action-heavy second half, the film saves itself by providing an impressive level of characterization to what at first glance would appear to be an overwhelmingly bloated cast of characters.
Despite my ignorance in regards to pronunciation and recognition of Chinese names, I never found myself puzzled as to who was who or how every character related to one another.
Donnie Yen has a small but important role as a down-on-his-luck gambler seeking redemption for his past sins.
The role is minimal, with Donnie Yen being used primarily as an action element among the players, however he does have some truly effective dramatic moments.
The highlight of his performance, and perhaps the entire film however, is of course, a fight:
The above bout between Donnie Yen and former MMA champion, Cung Le, was reportedly re-shot and re-choreographed sometime after filming had officially wrapped.
Apparently Mr. Yen was unhappy with his performance, and thusly organized a reshoot, without supplemental pay or benefits.
The result is a fight that, while inspired, and certainly beyond the norm in terms of choreography, is somewhat uneven and ultimately, unbalanced.
The parkour element of the fight was brief, but effective, with much of the camerawork being downright spectacular, particularly when use of steadicam is used to weave between bystanders.
The sparring between the two players is crisp and on point for the most part, with great sound effects and music to back it up, but the MMA style joint locks and grappling seem largely out of place given the time period.
Perhaps most disappointing though, is the awkward use of wirework.
Though I've said before that wuxia isn't really my thing, the fact of the matter is, that if one is going to incorporate fantastical wirework into a film, it's implementation should be consistent rather than sporadic.
In all, the fight was a highlight for this film, however it doesn't rank very high on Donnie Yen's resume.
Donnie Yen's next film, also released in 2009, was the 90's wuxia throwback, 14 Blades.
I have not seen this film, so I feel I have no right to comment on it in detail, however I will say this:
I have very little desire to see this film anyway.
In fact there are many films Donnie Yen has made, particularly in the 2000's, that I have almost no interest in seeing.
As I mentioned in previous articles in this blog, Wilson Yip was a blessing on Donnie Yen's career.
In between the classics that Yip and Yen were cranking out in the late 2000's, Donnie Yen also released a number of smaller, poorly regarded films, most of which were, you guessed it: wuxia films.
Twins Effect I and II… 'Nuff said.
Seven Swords seemed overblown and lacked the proper "Yen Quotient."
An Empress and the Warriors didn't peak my interest in the least, given the plot and Donnie Yen's presence as a character who exists for no other reason than to hit people.
And then there's Painted Skin…
Well, Painted Skin just plain looked like ass.
I haven't seen any of these films, including 14 Blades, but to my knowledge they have all received poor reviews, and while impressive to look at in some cases, and not terrible films in their own right, they simply don't offer the Donnie Yen experience I'm looking for.
Despite being of the relatively advanced age of 46, Mr. Yen remains the top dog in terms of Hong Kong action cinema, with many of his upcoming films having him cast in action-heavy roles.
As I type this, Donnie Yen has more than 3 major films in the works, not the least of which being Ip Man 2, which was recently released in theaters.
The film reunites nearly all of the principle cast from the previous entry in the series, however this time the story has moved to 1930's Hong Kong, and includes Sammo Hung in a co-starring role as an overbearing Hung Gar master at odds with Ip Man.
Highlights in the film look to be a long overdue rematch between Yen and Hung following the impressive nature of their brawl in SPL, as well as what appears to be Sammo and Donnie pitting their form based Hung Gar and Wing Chun against English screen-fighter, Darren Shahlavi's more fluid Western boxing.
Sadly, from what I've read, Fan Siu Wong's role in the film is very small, and totally devoid of action.
A shame really, as I was very impressed by his performance in the first film, both as an actor and a combatant.
Also on Donnie Yen's plate for this year, is Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen, a truly bizarre semi-sequel to Bruce Lee's 1972 classic, Fist of Fury.
I call the film bizarre due to the fact that the protagonist of the first film, Chen Zhen, was supposed to have gone down in a hail of gunfire at the end of Lee's film, and yet, based on recent teaser footage, the sequel appears to have Yen cast not only as the same character, but as a masked vigilante practitioner of parkour.
Though I can't say my hopes are up for The Return of Chen Zhen, it's this continued process of adaptation and innovation that, in my eyes, keeps Mr. Yen's performances from going stale.
Despite being discovered in the 80's by one of the great directors and choreographers of our time, Yuen Woo Ping, Donnie Yen would not rise to prominence in the industry until more than a decade later, well after he had already begun to direct and choreograph his own films.
Unlike so many screen-fighters, in particular Jet Li, Donnie Yen has proven himself to be a student of the game.
Beyond being a fantastic martial artist, he has also displayed a remarkable sense of awareness in regards the kinetics of filmmaking.
Truly, particularly in recent years, he has come to embody the role not of screen-fighter, but that of a physical actor.
Some men, when placed into a fight scene, do nothing but hit their marks, keep to the beat, and wow with their physical prowess.
Donnie Yen does all of these things while injecting a sense of dramatic weight to his actions.
You care when he throws his punches and more importantly, you know why he chose to throw the punch the way he did.
Donnie Yen is of the rare breed of men that can not only teach, but also do.
Not only that, he is of the even rarer breed that can do both well.
At 46 I understand that Donnie Yen most likely has maybe 3-4 years left in him to produce truly great physical performances in his career.
Unlike Jackie Chan however, I believe Donnie Yen's vanity and pride will keep him from stretching his fighting career beyond his means.
It saddens me to know that I was among those that overlooked Mr. Yen until such a late stage in his career, only to find that he was already beginning down the road to the inevitable end of his career.
I guess I should look at it not as me having missed the first 17 years of Yen's career, but as me having witnessed the past 9, which is more than most can say.
I look forward to whatever the Mr. Yen is able to produce in the coming years.
Here's hoping we'll all be "wowed" one last time by the greatness that truly is, Donnie Yen.
Thank you to all who took the time to read this epic tribute of all I know and love about Donnie Yen!
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There are two, according to the AP. They weren't there during the incident but they took photos and helped carry out the bodies afterwards.
One of them, Lance Cpl. Ryan Briones, was interviewed by the LA Times:
Briones said he took pictures of at least 15 bodies before his camera batteries died. He said he then helped other Marines remove the bodies and place them in body bags. He said his worst moment, and one that haunts him to this day, was picking up the body of a young girl who was shot in the head.
"I held her out like this," he said, demonstrating with his arms extended, "but her head was bobbing up and down and the insides fell on my legs."
I take Briones at his word because he's a Marine, but I admit that if he weren't, I'd find some elements of his story suspicious. Regardless, he sounds shattered by what he saw — not only inside the houses but inside the bombed-out humvee where he found Lance Cpl. Miguel Terrazas's body. Terrazas's death is what allegedly inspired the rampage, you'll recall.
The Times says three or four Marines are suspected of carrying out the killings with several more facing charges of having covered it up or done nothing while the shooting was going on.
The rest of today's coverage follows two tracks. One is devoted to showing how tough the Marines have had it in Haditha. This AP story paints it as the equal of any snakepit in Iraq; Zarqawi is rumored to have lived there, and voter turnout for last year's constitutional referendum was estimated at 150 out of a city of 90,000. So hard is it, in fact, that Knight-Ridder's Iraq correspondent reported last August — three months before the alleged massacre — that some of the Marine officers stationed there worried that their men might crack. Editor & Publisher reprinted the article today. Quote:
Officers worry about the enemy while trying to make sure their men don't crack under the pressure.
"I tell the guys not to lose their humanity over here, because it's easy to do," said Marine Capt. James Haunty, 27, of Columbus, Ohio. "I tell them not to turn into Col. Kurtz."…
Sitting with his men at a morning meeting in the town of Hit, Marine Maj. Nicholas Visconti said he was up late the night before, unable to sleep in the heat, when a call came from a patrol requesting permission to shoot an Iraqi man. The man, the patrol leader said, was out past curfew and appeared to be talking on a cell phone. Visconti intervened and told the patrol leader not to shoot…
With a worried look, Visconti, 35, of Brookfield, Conn., continued: "There's killing bad guys and there's murdering civilians. Let's do the first and not the second. Murderers we're not, OK?"
Read it all. It's even more vivid than the AP story re: the snakepit.
The other track is Iraqi reaction to the killings. WaPo reports little outrage in Baghdad; the people there have too many massacres to keep count of. Time magazine goes back to Haditha and, surprisingly, finds some good news: the diligence of the military's investigation has impressed the residents.
Belated as the investigation was, the residents of Hay al-Sinnani say they were gratified by its thoroughness. That there have been three separate enquiries suggests the U.S. military "want to get at the truth," says Walid Abdel Khaliq, the doctor of the Haditha morgue where the victims' bodies were taken.
They were especially impressed by the NCIS investigators. "They must have visited the houses 15 times," says Khalid Raseef, a spokesman for the victims' kin and uncle of Emaan and Abdel Rahman Waleed, the children who lost almost their entire immediate family in the massacre. The investigators "asked detailed questions, examined each bullet hole and burn mark, and took all sorts of measurements. In the end, they brought all the survivors to the homes and did a mock-up of the Marines' movements. It was a very professional investigation."
No charges have been filed yet, but this doesn't bode well:
Two weeks ago, a Marine on foot patrol came up to Thabet's home, stopped and smiled at Thabet's two little daughters who were playing in the yard. He gave them some candy. Peering into the house, he saw Thabet's sister making fresh Iraqi bread in the oven. "Can I have some?" he asked. Thabet says the rules of Arab hospitality obliged him to invite the soldier into the yard and share his bread. As they ate, the two men made small talk — the Marine spoke some broken Arabic, and Thabet has a little English. When Thabet gave him a business card, which says he works for Hamurabi Human Rights, which produced the incriminating videotape, the Marine grew apologetic. "He told me that the men who killed my neighbors were not typical Marines," Thabet recalls. "Even among the Marines, they are known as the 'Dirty Force.' Then he said, 'For myself, I don't think killing 15 Iraqis is a fair response for the death of one Marine.'"
Me neither. Stay tuned.
Update: Denial at Camp Pendleton — or something worse?
Jerry Alexander, the owner of G.I. Joe's and a Navy man who served with the Marines for a dozen years, had much the same perspective, saying, "If I saw my buddy laying there dead, there is no such thing as too much retaliation."…
"In the heat of combat, you cannot hesitate; he who hesitates is lost," he said. "I would not prosecute these young men because they were just doing their jobs."
Some of the people whom the Times spoke with speculate that the rogue Marines' C.O. must have known about, or perhaps even ordered, the attack.
Update: WaPo says this morning that investigators have recordings of radio transmissions made during the attack, and may even have video via a drone that was circling over the city. One lawyer says he's heard the audio and that it corroborates the Marines' account of having come under small-arms fire after the bomb went off. Meanwhile:
Two of the lawyers said the message traffic will show officers in higher headquarters knew early on that a large number of civilians had been killed and that they did not raise alarms.
"The chain of command knew about it," said one, and "the number of deaths was reported" by the commander of the company involved, Capt. Lucas M. McConnell of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Marine Division.
The use of drones shows that senior commanders were interested in what was going on in the city that day, but that doesn't necessarily point to the massacre: as the Post explains, a lot was happening in Haditha on November 19th.
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Local and state police participate in national initiate to cut down on drunk drivers
Law enforcement officers across the country are cutting down on the number of drunk drivers.
Sgt. Randall Dias, of the Arkansas State Police, says more troops will be on patrol this week, as the weather gets warmer.
"Spring is coming up, travel increases," says Dias. "Especially with young people and traveling for Spring Break, so we see an increase in traffic at this time."
Dias says the state police use several different techniques to determine if a person is driving under the influence.
"There are a number of factors that we look at," says Dias. "Many of them you pick up just through your senses. The odor of intoxicating beverage is apparent, sometimes the condition of person's speech, their balance, or lack thereof. Those kinds of things are clues that we take into account immediately."
Dias says although the majority of drivers arrested for driving under the influence are adults, sometimes underage drivers decide to get behind the wheel.
"The legal drinking age is 21, and unfortunately, some people under that age do make the decision to drink and drive," says Dias. "The alcohol level required for a DUI violation for underage people is much less than for an adult. One drink in most instances is more than enough to get someone in trouble."
Dias says 20 DWI arrests have been made this year by the state police headquarters in Fort Smith.


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Recently I began to notice the striking new designs on the boxes of biscuits sold in National Trust shops. It turns out that the graphics have been designed by design consultancy Studio H, who commissioned artist Adrian Johnson to provide illustrations for them.
Johnson's work, which is bold and yet gently whimsical, seems to be building on the style of British modernism of the 1940s and 1950s.
To make the designs more specific to the National Trust, Studio H asked Johnson to incorporate visual references to Hidcote Manor, Little Moreton Hall and Seaton Delaval Hall – can you spot them?
Rob Hall of Studio H has designed a range of 'icons' in a similar romantic modernist style. These icons can be used in different combinations for different products.
All this is part of a programme to refresh the National Trust's corporate brand. The main brief was to give the range of products more visual coherence while at the same time reflecting the huge diversity of what the organisation looks after.


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While UFC lightweight contender George Sotiropoulos carried the expectations of a nation on his shoulders in a UFC 127 loss to Dennis Siver, the submission ace wasn't the only Aussi competing on native turf.
Kyle Noke (19-4-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC), Anthony Perosh (11-6 MMA, 1-3 UFC) and transplanted New Zealander Mark Hunt (6-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC) all earned victories at this weekend's card in Sydney, Australia.
All three said the chance to claim octagon victories in front of an enthusiastic hometown crowd was a dream come true, and all three said they couldn't wait for the next test in their way.
"It feels good," Noke said at the evening's post-event press conference. "It's a dream of mine to fight in the UFC. To have the opportunity to fight at home, in Australia for the UFC, I'm happy. I'm excited."
Noke needed just 95 seconds to dispose of fellow "The Ultimate Fighter 11" cast member Chris Camozzi via rear-naked choke. The quick win earned Noke the evening's $75,000 "Submission of the Night" win, but he wasn't the only Aussie to take home a bonus check. Veteran kickboxer Mark Hunt also nabbed the night's "Knockout of the Night" award with a second-round destruction of wrestler Chris Tuchscherer.
The upset win snapped a six-fight losing streak for the 36-year-old that dated all the way back to 2006.
"I haven't won a fight in so long," Hunt admitted. "It was great to win.
"It's been a long time between drinks for me – a long time."
Perosh found himself in a similar position. Sure, "The Hippo" was 5-3 in his previous eight fights, but he had been trying unsuccessfully since 2006 to register his first octagon victory. He had failed three previous times before earning a first-round submission win over Tom Blackledge at UFC 127.
"Everyone told me, 'Don't let the pressure get to you,' but sitting at this table, all the other Aussies, they all had wins," Perosh said. "Kyle Noke had wins. George had wins. James Te Huna is doing well. It was that pressure.
"I wanted my first win in the UFC, and now I just want to keep moving up that ladder and see how far I can go."
Te Huna came up short agains Swedish prospect Alexander Gustafsson. Nevertheless, the Aussies held their own even as Sotiropoulos fell short. It's a promising sign for the potential of Australian MMA. Noke appears to offer the most upside at the moment, and he expressed an attitude that seems pretty consistent with all the fighters Down Under.
"I'll fight anyone that they want me to fight," Noke said. "I don't pick my opponents, but I'll never turn one down. I'll fight whoever they want me to."
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Small triumphs for peace in the Middle East are always worth noting, especially ones driven by idealism. On Wednesday a 39-year violent conflict between Turkey and its minority Kurds saw a welcome turn of events. About 2,000 Kurdish guerrillas began a withdrawal from Turkey as the first step in implementing a historic peace agreement.
The pact still has a difficult path ahead but both the rebels, or PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party), and Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, have strong incentives to keep the peace process on track.
The PKK sees the Arab Spring as having created a regional acceptance for freedom and rights, including for non-Arab peoples like Turkey's 14 million Kurds. And a more-secure Turkey seeks higher standards for itself on human rights to enable it to be a global leader and perhaps join the European Union.
The pact was struck in recent months between Hakan Fidan, Turkey's spy chief, and Abdullah Ocalan, the PKK founder who has been in an island prison since 1999. Its exact details remain secret, but the PKK has declared a cease-fire. It has dropped demands for a separate Kurdish homeland and appears willing to accept autonomy within Turkey.
But more to the point, both Mr. Ocalan and Turkish leaders may have realized that ethnic identity isn't always the best basis for governance in the global advance of democracy and its reliance on the dignity of the individual.
In a written statement read to Kurds in March, Ocalan said that Turkey is changing and that it is "time for the guns to fall silent and for ideas to speak." Killings by both sides in this conflict have left 40,000 people dead and not much to show for it. But as the world has changed around them, both the PKK and the Turks see a need for reconciliation.
Mr. Erdogan still has much to deliver as the rebels take the initial step of withdrawing to a valley across the border in the Kurdish area of Iraq. Many political prisoners must be released. The Constitution must be changed to allow autonomy in Kurdish areas. And references to Turkish citizenship and a ban on teaching the Kurdish language also would go.
Turkey's ardent nationalists could gum up the works. But they, too, have incentives to comply. The Kurds in Iraq are a virtual state within a state and the Kurds in Syria may soon be able to command an area of their own. The long-held dream of an independent state for the Kurds – a group left out when the Middle East map was redrawn nearly a century ago – is not an impossibility.
Erdogan, however, has told the Turks that the peace deal and the start of the PKK withdrawal is closing the door on a "dark era." "Turkey is changing its ill fortune," he said.
If all goes well, perhaps by the end of the year the pact will be well along. Turkey will have rid itself of a major blight on its reputation. And the Middle East will have a rare model for peace, defined by a mutual recognition of how societies should be run more on principles than bloodlines.


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Who says your front stoop can't be a scene-setter for the rest of your house? Certainly not us; we like our projects to show their best faces at all times. If beset with front-door foibles, we'll amplify sidewalk presence before doing anything else. Put simply, first impressions do count. And then some.
As far as curb appeal is concerned, correction needn't be costly. Sometimes, lurking in the hungry depths of your basement - or that mountainous landfill you call the garage - are all the components of a successful update. By combining a few new items with surplus paint, spare furniture, redundant window blinds and discarded accessories (kit which you thought would never again feature "front of house") you can create surprisingly results.
First, real estate mathematics. If the average Canadian home costs approximately $370,000 and measures 2,000 square feet, the value averages about $185 per square foot. An average porch measures 15 feet by seven feet or 105 square feet. Multiply this by $185 and you arrive at $19,425.
Real estate agents don't generally quantify the dollar value of your porch, but we did so to demonstrate the "lost" value if that space isn't properly used.
When we arrived, the stoop had all the allure of an Occupy Wall Street camp under siege. After gutting it and painting everything the softest bone hue, we cleaned the windows and regrouped with our client. His only proviso was that his porch shouldn't be austere. For him, it was a place to enjoy a beer at the end of a day. So we installed a smart sofa along the far wall to give the space a summer house identity. Plasticized "rattan" is popular and robust; some types can be left outdoors all year round, although we recommend referring to manufacturer's guidelines for care.
Our privacy-producing specification provides a spot of Colonial charm, while baffling strong sunlight. These blinds were harvested from the basement and trimmed to size. If you're buying new, don't spend too much as they're liable to degrade and may indeed need to be replaced annually. If you'd like to invest a little more, consider metal and fabric awnings.
Before going overboard with wall colour, consider your neighbours; as much as you adore Barbie pink, a sugary-toned patio might send them into toxic shock. Often, accessories are the better way forward. Here, for instance, soft blue and white provide a relaxed but posh feel, while setting the perfect background for bright dressing. Soft furnishings are perfect as detailing and easy to update.
When conspiring your update, it's fun to mix past and present; assembling personal elements with select newer indulgences will allow you to recognize your own efforts. Here, for example, the stained glass panel which already belonged to our client (but hadn't been properly showcased) contrasts beautifully with all the modern inclusions.
Just as a gently flickering flame adds welcome in a living room, so too can a portable modern fireplace - like the bowl shown here - bring an outdoor space alive. This cute wee setup runs on bio-ethanol. It can be used indoors or out, but a little common sense goes a long way: shield it from flammable materials and don't leave it unattended.
Now is the perfect time to bag a bargain. Outdoor furniture typically discounts by late July or August - savings of 30 to 50 per cent common.
Before investing, think about how you intend using your porch. If space is restricted, you may well have to choose between sofas or a dining table and chairs. That said, with auspicious planning, you might be able to squeeze in both; a wicker loveseat and a bistro table, for example, could prove the perfect compromise.
Select an outdoor rug to coordinate with cushions and throws. Home Depot, for one, has a good range of affordable weatherproof options.
Accessorize with plant stands, ceramics and artwork to add pop. Keep an eye on Craigslist or eBay for unusual items that will help your space stand out.
Storm lamps, candles and votives add lovely kinetic illumination. And don't forget to harness the sun; three summers on, we're still getting great use from Home Depot solar lamps.
Add a porch swing for outdoor ambience. Just imagine enjoying your local streetscape; kids playing road hockey, neighbours pruning, everyone all the while wishing they could relax and be swingers, just like you.
Invest in Muskoka chairs; their wide, flat arms are the perfect resting place for a magazine or a glass of chilled Pinot. Even big-box stores now carry Muskoka (or Adirondack) chairs in a variety of finishes and materials.
Add vases of flowers or aromatic herbs plucked from your own garden to avoid florist's costs. Position hanging baskets and dress bright foliage into troughs wired onto porch rails. If space is tight, flank your front door with matching tubs stocked with daphne, one of our favourite sweet-smelling flowering plants. Strategically positioned wind chimes or bells will help suffuse mood while serving as useful "white noise" to mask traffic and neighbourhood buzz.
We hope to have demonstrated that a little bit of "Posh" goes a long way. If you're in any doubt, consider Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, a veritable high priestess of style. Through gritted determination, and a whole load of pouting, she's made Posh a global brand. So come on, "Spice up your [home] life - and let others be the wannabes on your street. Altogether now: Zigga zig ah!"
Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan are the hosts of HGTV's Colin & Justin's Home Heist and the authors of Colin & Justin's Home Heist Style Guide, published by Penguin Group (Canada). Follow them on Twitter @colinjustin or on Facebook (ColinandJustin). Contact them through their website colinandjustin.tv.


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Anthony Bourdain on Neapolitan Pizza
Did you watch the Naples episode of No Reservations last night? If not, here's a link to the relevant video segment of Anthony Bourdain explaining and eating Neapolitan pizza. And some key quotes, courtesy of Eater's "Just the One-Liners" feature:
"Here's the most significant difference between New York style and Italian-style pizza: You eat it with a knife and fork. At no point is it acceptable, what I've seen with this technique, nationwide, you don't see people picking up the slice. They don't pick it up. Kooky, right?"
"I think everybody's pizza box or plate ends up looking pretty similar, all the sauce and cheese eaten out of the center, and who gets left behind, the crust. Like Jeremy Piven at a strip club."
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A Calendar of Events letting you know what, where and when is happening throughout the Chopin Year:
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The Chopin Year celebrations commemorating the legacy of the great Polish composer and providing an excellent promotion opportunity for Poland around the world have been privileged with the patronage of
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At its 35th session in October 2009, UNESCO's General Conference approved a list of anniversaries celebrated in 2010–11 with which UNESCO will be associated. The list contains Fryderyk Chopin's bicentenary of birth.
"UNESCO's patronage is granted to honour figures of exceptional merit, whose accomplishments have had a global dimension and are connected with cross–cultural dialogue and international understanding. Taking into account the important role that celebrating anniversaries under UNESCO's patronage plays in enriching and promoting the world's cultures, we are certain that by way of these celebrations' international character, honouring prominent figures of Polish culture by UNESCO will serve to make their legacy better known in Poland and abroad," claimed Sławomir Ratajski, Secretary General of the Polish National Commission for UNESCO.
The Chopin Year celebrations are not only an opportunity to promote Fryderyk Chopin's works, but also a chance to build bridges across different languages and cultures, and bringing people closer to each other by means of music – a universal form of human communication. Considering the great social and cultural significance of the event, the European Parliament decided to become a honorary patron of the Chopin Year Celebrations, as did the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland.
Institutional organisers willing to use the UNESCO logo should contact the Polish National Commission for UNESCO (e-mail: email@example.com). For queries concerning the use of the European Parliament's logo, please contact the Parliament's Information Office in Warsaw (e-mail: epwarszawa(at)europarl.europa.eu). The Council of Europe's logo may be downloaded from the official website of the Council's Information Office in Warsaw - www.coe.org.pl.


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If you think you're good at board games, you just met your match. Because a computer scientist has developed machine learning software that can watch your playing for just two minutes—then comprehensively thrash you.
Łukasz Kaiser, a computer scientist from Paris Diderot University, has developed a machine learning algorithm that uses visual recognition software to recognize the board and pieces of different games. During the processes, it crunches the data corresponding to different moves in order to work out how they affect the outcome.
Supplied with a few rules of the game, it can then analyze all viable moves when playing and, using data gathered from watching a player for two minutes, calculate the most appropriate move. So far, the software can wipe the floor with people playing Connect 4, Gomoku, Pawns and Breakthrough.
This isn't some IBM-style supercomputer system, either: Kaiser in fact runs the software on a laptop with just 4GB Ram and a single processor core. The reason that's possible is because he's junked the theory used by previous game solvers that relied on inductive logic, instead using relational structures that recognize the rows, columns and diagonals of a board game, then makes use of several different logic systems.
Of course, Connect 4 doesn't sound much of a challenge—which is why he plans to investigate games that require "hierarchical, structured learning or a form of probabilistic formulas" in the future. Sadly, he won't let on which games he's thinking of; let's just hope he stays the hell away from Global Thermonuclear War.. [Łukasz Kaiser via Wired]
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From the 1820s, with the invention and growth of the American system of mechanized production from interchangeable parts, American managers and engineers created factories, railroads, mines, steel mills, and banks that offered opportunity to the laborers and investors of Europe. By 1930, however, the great century of industrialization was stumbling to a seeming end in the Great Depression.
But the story wasn't over. In honor of the contributions of capital and management, without which Labor Day would be Drudgery Day and Poverty Day, we pick up the story 10 years later, with the aid of Arthur Herman and his book published last May, Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II. For the home front in World War II brought the second great awakening of mechanized production from interchangeable parts, a triumph of industrial management and engineering. It was not, as often imagined, a triumph of central planning.
The captains of industry enabled the Greatest Generation to be great, made it possible for Rosie the Riveter to rivet, provided the tools for the common man's bravery and patriotism to be effective against the enemy.
Preparing to Build
Even as it became clear in the late 1930s that Germany and Japan were bent on war, Congress was reluctant to arm the nation.
Prewar half-measures were not intended to make the U.S. military the equal of Britain, France, Germany, Russia, or Japan. Even after Germany invaded Poland to touch off the war in Europe, most Americans thought the country could stay out.
But America would not be able to stay out, and those who knew it also knew the country would have to expand to produce weapons for a total war. Civilian factories would have to convert to military production.
On the advice of financier Bernard Baruch, Roosevelt made a critical decision. In May 1940, as France was falling to Blitzkrieg, he swallowed political pride and asked Danish-born Bill Knudsen, then president of General Motors, to serve his adopted country by advising on the industrial conversion for war.
Knudsen was a business executive and a Republican, despised by the administration's most ardent New Dealers, but he was also recognized by Baruch and many others as the foremost industrial engineer of his time. Present at the creation of the auto industry, working for Ransom Olds, Henry Ford, and Alfred P. Sloan, he had brought the assembly line from infancy to maturity.
In the auto industry, Knudsen stood for mechanization and organization. His watchword was accuracy. Parts had to be made so precisely that they would fit the first time. He also built continuous improvement into every part and process. More than anyone else, he had made it possible to redesign cars almost on the fly, so that there could be a new model every year.
Roosevelt created a new board for the new task. He dubbed it the National Defense Advisory Commission and gave it no power. When Knudsen asked, "Who is boss?" the other members of the commission had no idea, until the president said, "I guess I am."
The sole advantage of the Roosevelt system was that it let the most determined men, those least interested in legalistic authority, rise to leadership. Although on paper no one was boss, Knudsen convinced American industry to convert gradually, voluntarily, and efficiently.
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In those days, the captains of industry really had unchallenged authority over their businesses. Supply-chain management was a matter of calling up one's friends at the Chamber of Commerce. Knudsen had many friends among the suppliers and dealers for GM products, and his friends had friends.
After the government got out of the way by abandoning competitive-bidding requirements and other formalities, Knudsen could meet with auto executives and win their agreement to build tanks. He could meet with aircraft-industry leaders and teach them how to apply mass-production methods to what had been a hand-built industry. He could help the companies improve on Army designs, and he could work with architects and engineers to help create efficient new factories.
On the West Coast, Henry J. Kaiser, a king of construction, could build shipyards from scratch and turn out miracles of mass production called Liberty ships.
Knudsen brought a keen sense of practicality to the task. He saw that ordering conversion of peacetime factories to all-out war production would require factories to lay off workers during a long retooling process. Drawing on his experience with continuous improvement, he convinced the government to keep out of the industrial changeover. Factories added lines for war products while continuing to make civilian goods. They could add workers and train them in advance of complete conversion to military work.
Victory on the Home Front
Led by Knudsen and not ordered by bureaucrats, U.S. factories converted more smoothly than anyone had expected, with astonishing gains in output, even in the high-technology sector of aviation. The auto industry turned to making engines and parts and subassemblies for the airplane makers. Auto-parts suppliers converted to a huge variety of military parts and products.
In the 11 months of 1941 before Pearl Harbor, the U.S. produced 20,000 planes and 4,000 tanks, up from practically none in 1939. After the country entered the war, American business tripled weapons production in 1942 and then raised it a further sevenfold in 1943. The U.S. produced more war materiel than all the other combatants on both sides.
Freedom's Forge provides a counterbalance to those who believe that central planning, price controls, and deficit spending won the war. The book covers far more than Bill Knudsen's contribution, but each chapter illuminates the importance of engineering and management on the industrial front.
Herman should write another book on the conversion to peace and the prosperity of the postwar era. As he mentions in a postscript, many experts believed Depression-style unemployment would return. Instead, Knudsen-style mass production created another economic miracle.
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Manuel Ramos Rejano was born in Palma del Río (Córdoba) Spain on October 19, 1851. Having perfected a ceramic enameling process, he founded his ceramics factory in the district of Triana in Seville. At thirteen, he arrived in Seville intending to join the Spanish army, but took employment instead in a hardware store until he was 25. His brother motivated him to open the Bazar Sevillano shop in Seville, initially a toy and fine-jewelry store which eventually added pottery. Through this he met potters Francisco Diaz Alvarez, Fernando Soto Jimenez, and Mensaque (of Mensaque Rodriquez and Co.). During this time he perfected techniques for clearcoating without impurities. As production increased, he moved the factory in 1905 to San Jacinto. Its output in the early Twentieth Century along with that of competitors Manuel Garcia and Carlos Montalvan Pickman started a new boom in Seville ceramics, receiving awards at the 1930 International Fair of Liège and the Grand Prize of the 1929 Ibero-American Exhibition of Seville (1929). Besides the benches depicting the Don Quixote legend in the Grand Lobby of the 1927 Gateway Theatre in Kenosha, his work was seen in the 1929 Latin American Exhibition of Seville in ceramic decorations on the exhibition buildings, the fronts for Metro Buenos Aires, Madrid's Palacio de Comunicaciones interiors, and Hospital Day Laborer Maudes on commission from architect Antonio Palacios. Manuel Ramos Rejano died in Seville on October 26, 1922. The factory continued on with a change in the name to Vda. Rejano Ramos and Sons and later as Rejano Ramos Sons until its final closure in 1965.


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Yet in February, hedge funds enjoyed their strongest monthly inflows since before the 2008 financial crisis, the majority coming from sophisticated institutional investors.
In a recent paper, Donald Steinbrugge, founder and managing partner of Agecroft Partners, a hedge fund consulting and marketing firm, analyzed the disconnect between media reports and investors' attitude and behavior.
Steinbrugge wrote that institutional investors don't use the S&P 500 as a benchmark for the performance of their diversified multistrategy hedge funds because hedge funds are not an investment asset class. "They are a legal structure that represents a highly divergent group of strategies, many of which have little to no equity exposure."
Comparing a hedge fund portfolio consisting of CTAs, global macro, structured credit, market-neutral equity, distressed debt, event driven investing, volatility strategies and long/short credit managers with the S&P 500 makes as little sense as comparing an average mutual fund with the index, he said.
Asset Allocation
So, why are institutions increasing their hedge fund allocation and how are they gauging performance?
Typically, pension funds meet annually to determine the optimal asset allocation with the highest expected return for a given level of volatility going forward.
Steinbrugge points out that a diversified hedge fund portfolio has a low correlation to long-only benchmarks, which can improve portfolio diversification and potentially provide downside protection during a market selloff.
A diversified hedge fund allocation can also enhance the forward-looking return assumptions of the overall portfolio.
According to Steinbrugge, most institutions are currently using a return assumption of between 4% and 7% for a diversified portfolio of hedge funds, which compares favorably with core fixed income, where the expected return is only 2.5% to 3%.
"As long as the expected return is higher for hedge funds than fixed income, we will continue to see money shift from fixed income to hedge funds."
Since most of the new flows into hedge funds are coming from fixed income and not equity portfolios, many institutional investors in the short term will be happy if their hedge fund portfolio outperforms their fixed income portfolio, validating the decision they made, he said.
Others will be happy if their hedge funds outperform the forward-looking return assumption they used in their asset allocations model.
In both cases, Steinbrugge said, they were happy in 2013, because Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index was down approximately 2%, while the average hedge fund was up 7% to 12% depending on the index used.
Alternative Benchmarks
Steinbrugge laid out some alternative ways to evaluate a diversified hedge fund portfolio, noting that "it is important to remember that, since most hedge funds hedge a portion of their market exposure, all benchmarks are more accurate comparisons over longer time periods." Most investors want to get the highest return for a given level of risk, and the most common way to measure this is by calculating the portfolio's Sharpe ratio. Steinbrugge said this was "the fairest way to compare the performance of a portfolio because it equalizes the return generated based on the level of risk taken."
A customized blend of global stock and bond market indices is another way to measure performance, he said, because some investors' hedge fund portfolios allocate only to equity-related strategies, while others may have no equity market exposure. "Investors should consider using a blend of various long-only indices that most closely match their underlying portfolio."
For their part, the media want a simple benchmark they can use to report monthly hedge fund performance. Steinbrugge suggested that they switch to a 60% blend of the MSCI All Country World equity Index and 40% of the Barcap Global Aggregate Bond Index.
He freely admitted that blending the two indices as a benchmark for the hedge fund sector was flawed. However, he said, "it is simple and would be an improvement over just using the S&P 500. The 60–40 split is also the approximate asset allocation pension funds used before diversifying into alternatives."
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CALGARY — A strengthened Stephen Harper Tuesday promised his majority government won't spring any surprises on Canadians, even as election aftershocks shook the ranks of the other parties.
In Toronto, NDP leader Jack Layton reassured Canadians that his party, now the official Opposition, can do its job effectively, even though it includes four students and a winning Quebec candidate who struggles with French.
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, meanwhile, said he was stepping down after the Grits' devastating defeat. And analysts were still sifting the results of the vote in Quebec that pulverized the separatist Bloc Quebecois.
At a news conference in Calgary, Harper said he was pleased with his party's 167-seat haul in Monday's election, which propelled the Tories to Canada's first majority government since the days of Liberal Jean Chretien.
"We're honoured, we're humbled by the mandate we received from Canadians last night," Harper told reporters in Calgary. "We got that mandate because of the way we have governed. Because of our record.
"And Canadians expect us to continue to move forward in the same way. To be true to the platform that we have run on, to be true to the kind of values and policies that we have laid out before them. And that's what we will do."
He now has four years to move ahead with a wide range of policies on taxes, criminal justice and foreign affairs.
Layton, with his sprawling 102-seat opposition caucus, was at pains to explain how he'll be able to put effective pressure on the majority Conservatives to accept NDP policies.
He also defended the number of students — among them a 19-year-old who will be the youngest ever to serve in the House of Commons — who are part of his expanded team of MPs.
"It's a diverse group. We have a former MP, we have a former cabinet minister, we have a former deputy chief of the Cree of the James Bay Nation, we have the first Innu lawyer from the community in the north of Quebec, we have an expert in international law," he said.
"Yes, we have some young people, but young people got involved in this election in an unprecedented way. . . . I think we should see that as something to celebrate, not something to criticize."
There was no celebration among the Liberals Tuesday, when Ignatieff announced at a Toronto news conference that he'll leave his post as soon as the party wishes.
"I go out of politics with my head held high," Ignatieff said.
He criticized the negative advertising to which he was subjected as leader, saying he was the victim of an "unscrupulous campaign of personal attacks."
Ignatieff has said he accepts responsibility for his party's "historic defeat" in the election, which saw the Liberals reduced to just 34 seats.
The Bloc Quebecois was all but wiped off the electoral map, clinging to just four seats amid the NDP onslaught. Leader Gilles Duceppe announced his resignation late Monday.
The Green party, meanwhile, has its first elected MP, thanks to leader Elizabeth May's victory in the B.C. riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands.
But the election clearly belonged to the Tories.
Harper said he celebrated the win Monday night by downing some bubbly.
He said his staff "made me pop this Champagne" in one of the party's hotel rooms.
"After I said a few words, they passed me the Champagne and wanted me to guzzle it out of the bottle. And as some of you may know, I am not much of a drinker, but I did. However, they tricked me —there was only that much in it," he said, motioning with his fingers close together.
"So much for my wild side."
U.S. President Barack Obama called Harper Tuesday to congratulate him.
Harper told Obama that he looks forward to working closely with him in the years to come, said spokesman Dimitri Soudas. As well, Harper congratulated the president and U.S. armed forces for the recent operation against Osama bin Laden.
Elections Canada said Tuesday that preliminary estimates put voter turnout at 61.4 per cent — a slight increase from the previous election three years ago, when 58.8 per cent of eligible voters made the effort.
According to the federal agency, 14,720,580 out of 23,971,740 registered electors cast their ballots for Monday's vote.
Estimates for 2006 and 2004 were 64.7 per cent and 60.9 per cent, respectively.
In Ontario and Quebec, where 181 seats were in play, a Conservative wave west of the Ottawa River and an NDP tide to the east largely determined the outcome of Canada's 41st general election. The Tories took 73 of Ontario's 106 seats, an increase of 22. And the NDP will send 58 of Quebec's 75 MPs to Parliament.
The New Democrats had held just one riding in Quebec — Thomas Mulcair's Montreal seat in Outremont — prior to Monday's vote.
On Tuesday, Layton said his party, as No. 2 in the Commons, will be ready to make a difference.
"With a strong Opposition we can influence the choices that are made by a government and that is our objective," Layton said, noting that under the Westminster system, an opposition party can have a major influence on a government's direction.
Layton added that he will "take Harper at his word when he says he wants to work with other parties."
"We'll oppose you when we think you're wrong, but we'll work together to try to find areas where we can agree."
The NDP juggernaut in Quebec not only wiped out the Bloc's 47-member caucus but also toppled high-profile Liberal and Conservative members, including Lawrence Cannon, who was foreign affairs minister, in the Gatineau-area riding of Pontiac.
Both the Liberals, who had 14 seats in Quebec heading into the election, and the Conservatives, who had 11, lost seats in the province.
Besides Ignatieff, several other high-profile Liberal incumbents in Ontario, including Mark Holland, Ruby Dhalla and hockey legend Ken Dryden, were defeated by Conservative candidates. Former Ontario NDP premier Bob Rae, a Liberal, was re-elected in Toronto.
In Quebec, Stephane Dion and Justin Trudeau were survivors of the Liberal collapse, as was former astronaut Marc Garneau.
The NDP's surging fortunes nationally suggested the party might build significantly on its complement of 17 MPs in Ontario — including Layton and his wife, Olivia Chow, in two downtown Toronto ridings.
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The 12th and final bout for Saturday's UFC Fight Night 24 event is now official, and the card's lineup is again complete.
As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) previously reported, promotional newcomer Edwin Figueroa (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has replaced an injured Nick Pace (6-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and now meets fellow bantamweight Michael McDonald (11-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) on the night's preliminary card.
UFC Fight Night 24 place March 26 at KeyArena in Seattle. The night's main card airs live on Spike TV.
Figueroa, a four-year pro who's fought primarily in his home state of Texas, owns seven stoppage victories among seven career wins. Five have come via knockout and two via submission. Although most of his wins have come against journeymen and low-level fighters, he recently scored a TKO victory over Bellator vet Johnny Bedford (16-8-1 at the time).
McDonald makes his UFC debut after a successful one-fight stint in the promotion's recently merged sister organization, the WEC. Then just 19 years old, McDonald submitted Clint Godfrey in fewer than three minutes at WEC 52. McDonald has earned all 11 of his career wins via stoppage and has fought out of the first round just twice.
With the official addition, the UFC Fight Night 24 card now includes:
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Phil Davis
- Dan Hardy vs. Anthony Johnson
- DaMarques Johnson vs. Amir Sadollah
- Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan
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- Jon Madsen vs. Mike Russow
- John Hathaway vs. Kris McCray
- Edwin Figueroa vs. Michael McDonald
- Sean McCorkle vs. Christian Morecraft
- Mario Miranda vs. Aaron Simpson
- Johny Hendricks vs. T.J. Waldburger
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The first ingredient in this food is a named meat product. This is chicken inclusive of its water content which, once removed as it must be to create a dry food, will leave the ingredient weighing around 20% of its wet weight. It is thus unlikely that this is the true first ingredient in the food but would be more accurately placed further down the ingredient list.
The second ingredient is by-products. It is impossible to ascertain the quality of by-products and these are usually products that are of such low quality as to be rejected for use in the human food chain, or else are those parts that have so little value that they cannot be used elsewhere in either the human or pet food industries. We recommend avoiding any pet food using such ingredients. The AAFCO definition of chicken by-product meal is a meal consisting of the ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered chicken, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs and intestines, exclusive of feathers, except in such amounts as might occur unavoidable in good processing practice.
The main grain in the food is corn. Corn is difficult for dogs to digest and thought to be the cause of a great many allergy and yeast infection problems.
The inclusion of a second meat product (fish meal 6th on ingredient list) is appreciated. However the manufacturer does not claim to use ethoxyquin-free sources (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish meal, and that is banned from use in human food because it is believed to be carcinogenic).
Brewers rice is a low quality grain and by-product.
Beet pulp is another controversial ingredient it is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food especially so high on the ingredient list. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required. We would prefer to see the use of whole eggs rather than egg product.
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Move over, Emily Blunt; Dollhouse's Echo is after your place in the next Iron Man movie, as Eliza Dushku goes public with her desire to play Russian superspy Natasha Romanoff, AKA The Black Widow.
Dushku's announcement came on the Howard Stern show, where she was appearing to promote her new Fox show. She explained:
I'm so perfect for the Black Widow character, that they just need to get into it... They need to understand… I just learned Russian because I had to play a Russian girl in 'Dollhouse.' Maybe we could all tell them. Lets get on a Black Widow Iron Man 2 campaign.
As much as I love Eliza, this seems a little too much like Sean Young's ill-fated public campaigns to be Catwoman in Tim Burton's Batman movies for my liking. Eliza, you've just launched a new TV show! Concentrate on that, not on trying to get a movie role that's already been cast!
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The Ozarks, like the nation, will be more racially and ethnically diverse by mid-century, and minorities are expected to become the majority by 2042, according to the U.S. Census.
While this evolution will have sweeping effects, a steering committee of Greene County citizens is being recruited to help health care organizations prepare for that change.
Volunteers are being sought now through December 31 to apply to serve on the Patient-Centered Care Task Force. Those interested in learning more may read a synopsis (PDF) of the duties, and download, print and send a completed application (PDF) by mail to The Library Center, 4653 S. Campbell Ave., Springfield, Mo. 65810, Attention: Community Relations Director.
The task force is part of a larger, ongoing project of the University of Missouri Extension to help reduce health disparities in Missouri's urban areas of St. Louis, Kansas City and Springfield.
The task force will be asked to help implement eight recommendations approved by the project's Health Care Cultural Competency Steering Committee.
The recommendations focus on developing a health care work force that is, itself, diverse, but also understands and is sensitive to the needs and health disparities of culturally diverse patients. That sensitivity is called "cultural competency."
It describes the ability of individuals or health care systems to provide care to patients with diverse values, beliefs and behaviors, including tailoring care to meet the patients' social, cultural and language needs.
According to the steering committee's background report, "Cultural competency skills and the recruitment and retention of minority health care professionals and staff can improve the quality of patient care, enhance employee satisfaction and better position health systems and clinics to meet the emerging challenges including work force shortages."
Officials of the Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services say cultural competency is important because "it is one of the main ingredients in closing the disparities gap in health care. It is the way patients and doctors can come together and talk about health concerns without cultural differences hindering the conversation, but enhancing it. Quite simply, health care services that are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices and cultural and linguistic needs of diverse patients can help bring about positive health outcomes."
The Health Care Cultural Competency Steering Committee provides these facts in making the case for cultural competency and diversity:
- The nation will be more racially and ethnically diverse by mid-century, with minorities expected to become the majority by 2042.
- Non-minority health care workers are aging out of the labor force, and non-minority young groups are not growing to meet labor needs of the future.
- The coming glut of aged baby boomers will create more demand for health care and workers.
- The growing ranks of racially and ethnically diverse individuals will also need health care services. Clinics and health care systems that increase the diversity of their organizations will be better equipped to identify and meet the increasing cultural demands of the younger generations.
The Missouri Foundation for Health highlights troubling health disparities among minorities in two reports. Among them, it said, Hispanics have less education than the overall population, are less likely to have access to preventive care and are more likely to be without health insurance.
Disparities between blacks and whites in Missouri are widespread and are documented in a wide range of disease and treatment categories. They culminate in this disparity: Life expectancy at birth was 77.7 years for white Missourians in 2006 and only 71.9 for African-Americans.
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