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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Towards silence this Christmas
Those who find the prospect of 4' 33" of Christmas silence too much to bear should try the CD seen above. Independent label Signum Classics has just released the world premiere recording of John Tavener's Towards Silence as a 34 minute budget priced (£5.99 UK) CD. Towards Silence was composed in 2007 to a joint commission from The Rubin Museum, New York and The Music Mind Spirit Trust. The latter is a charity dedicated to 'enriching lives through music' and their website is a rich resource for the new work. John Tavener's spiritual path has taken him from the Russian Orthodox Church via Greece towards the East. His recent compositions are influenced by the controversial Swiss metaphysician Fritjhof Schuon (1907–98) who proposed that all the authentic spiritual traditions present in the world today share the same origin and the same metaphysical principles.
Towards Silence, which is scored for four string quartets and a large Tibetan singing bowl, uses a mathematically determined structure of increasing movement lengths. The work is a meditation of progressively increasing austerity on the four states of Ātman, the eternal soul of Hinduism. John Tavener's inspiration came from René Guénon's 1925 book Man and his becoming according to the Vedānta. René Guénon (1886-1951), who was also known as Sheikh Abdul Wahid Yahya, is a little known French intellectual and writer who made an important contribution to metaphysics. He was born a Catholic and embraced Advaita Vedānta and Sufism after an early dalliance with occultism, theosophy, and freemasonry.
One of René Guénon's best known books is The Crisis of the Modern World. This builds on the theory that we are now in the fourth stage of the human cycle (Manvantara) called the Kali Yuga (time of troubles). Kali Yuga is characterized by a remoteness from the principle and source of positive human development and instead exhibits darkness, materialism, and chaos. The Crisis of the Modern World advocates a return to Eastern spiritual values to counter rampant materialism and is disturbingly prophetic for a book written in 1927.
All of which makes this new disc sound rather unapproachable, which it most definitely is not. The paths to esoteric belief systems are the icing on the cake, because, as they say elsewhere, if you like John Tavener's The Protecting Veil you will like Towards Silence. This new work is a triumph when viewed as abstract music. But it is an even greater triumph when viewed as a musical and spiritual commentary on the vacuity of today's X Factor and social media fixated culture. For me there is no disc more deserving to be Christmas number one.
* Towards Silence receives a superb performance by the Medici, Finzi, Cavaleri and Fifth Quadrant Quartets with young music scholar Louisa Golden playing Tibetan singing bowl. The sound from the Salisbury Cathedral sessions is excellent and the Signum Classics disc is a hybrid CD/SACD. I do not have SACD replay equipment but the sleeve notes tell me that a surround mix on the SACD layer places the listener in the middle of the four quartets, shades of Bernstein's 1973 Rite of Spring!
** As Towards Silence is the theme of this post an esoteric comment on the disc programming is justified. The first movement of the work is silent and John Tavener's mathematics indicate a duration of two minutes for this movement. But the producer decided not to start the disc with silence, so it opens with the second movement. This is a much more sensible solution that the eleven minutes of 'black' (ie non-ambient) silence on Simone Mancuso's recent John Cage release. But one small negative, Towards Silence comprises four (with the opening silence) linked movements, but the disc is a single track with no index points for the movements.
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5 comments:
- billoo said...
oh, that's really shocking about Schuon-if it's true. His 'feathered sun' is one of my favourite books.
Best wishes,
- 1:27 pm
- Pliable said...
'oh, that's really shocking about Schuon-if it's true'
Yes, one of the problems with an article like this is trying to cover all the bases. If I do not flag up allegations like this somebody else will, usually with alacrity.
The difficulty is that there is almost always baggage, some of it fairly heavy, attached to figures such as Fritjhof Schuon. I am not qualified and certainly do not have a brief to pass judgement, so all I can do is say caveat emptor.
It is sad but true that there is an alleged skeleton in virtually every cupboard visited by these kind of posts. For instance both René Guénon and Fritjhof Schuon have been accused of spiritual fascism - http://textosdeinteresse.blogspot.com/2008/05/spiritual-fascism-of-rene-guenon-and.html
The challenge is not to ignore these allegations while also not allowing them to detract unnecessarily from the main thrust of the post. It is a difficult challenge.
- 2:12 pm
- billoo said...
dunno, pli. there are a lot of crazies out there on the net! which is not to deny that there can't be (or hasn't been) an authoritarian aspect to religion and/or some of its followers. Nor is it to deny the crimes of so-called religious people against children and women. But someone who writes of khidr in terms of spiritual fascism?! Holy moley!
sorry for bringing this up and detracting from the music. I've read a lot of Schuon and would be very surprised. I mean, it's hard to fathom a person (muslim) with a love and deep respect for Buddhism, Hinduism, and Native American traditions being a "fascist".
But as you say: challenging (and disturbing).
take care,
- 3:16 pm
- The Wound Dresser said...
So Tavener has moved well, southeast I reckon.Last I saw he was posing with a rather austere easter nun.I think,P, that my ear is lacking, for though you have high praise for Tavener, I always find his work hollow and sentimental.Perhaps I am wrong, often this is the case. I was unaware that Schuon was controversial.His Islamic books tend to become a bit dogmatic,however, i never found them disturbing{his criticism of telhard de Chardin always struck me as odd coming from a sufi]Anyhow, as always, your posts are intelligent, informative and one of the first things I turn to each day for another lesson in music.As always, thank you.
- 5:17 pm
- Unknown said...
According to Kyle Gann's recent book on Cage, the Traditionalist philosopher Ananda Coomaraswamy (an associate of Guenon's) was an important influence on Cage. Among other things, it was Coomaraswamy (originally Thomas Aquinas) who was the source of Cage's famous "the purpose of art is to imitate nature in its manner of operation."
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Argentina had just won the 1978 World Cup, on its home soil no less, by a 3-1 count over the Netherlands and the emotions poured through the country like lava.
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A military junta had been in place for two years and the rogue government used the World Cup triumph as a chance to tell the world that its way of life was the best. Martial law had been imposed and the regime was cited for more than 30,000 disappearances from 1976 until its demise in 1983.
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COVER- Mad about you: Archie and Amélie's Albemarle
They were the Scott and Zelda of the Gilded Age. She was a scandalous author from a pedigreed Albemarle family. He was a rich-as-sin Astor, who escaped from a New York insane asylum.
Albemarle at the turn of the 19th century was no stranger to the national spotlight. It was the era that produced the beautiful Langhorne sisters, one of whom achieved worldwide fame as the "Gibson Girl," as well as the sensational case of former Charlottesville mayor Sam McCue, hanged for murdering his wife. Yet Amélie Rives and John Armstrong Chaloner really gave Virginia– and America– something to talk about.
"It has everything: sex, money, celebrity, and tangled psychological states," says Donna Lucey, whose book, Archie and Amélie: Love and Madness in the Gilded Age, came out this summer. Better yet, much of the story is set in Keswick.
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Amélie Rives lived at historic Castle Hill on Route 231. Her ancestor, Dr. Thomas Walker, was a pioneer in the area, as well as guardian to the young Thomas Jefferson. Her godfather was Robert E. Lee. The beauteous Southern belle became one of the most famous authors of her day with her steamy 1888 novel, The Quick and the Dead, a potboiler that shocked the nation by implying– now hold onto your corset– that women might feel passion.
Archie was born John Armstrong Chanler, great-great-grandson of John Jacob Astor, and the oldest of 10 Astor orphans who inhabited the Astor estate, Rokeby, in the Hudson Valley. He founded the town of Roanoke Rapids, which he intended to be a model of industry near the Virginia border in North Carolina.
The two were connected to virtually everyone who was anyone in their day, including luminaries such as Stanford White, Theodore Roosevelt, Oscar Wilde, and Henry James.
Both strong-willed children of privilege, Lucey contends they were a disaster waiting to happen.
"From early on, Amélie understood that she had two unmistakable gifts– a knack for writing and a mesmerizing appeal," writes Lucey. "Men could not resist her, and she was ruthless in wielding her charm."
Archie's monied status appealed to Amélie Rives in the post-Civil War era, when the Rives family– like many others of the landed gentry– had become near-penniless aristocrats. Her marriage to Archie at Castle Hill on June 14, 1888, would provide much-needed repairs for the genteelly shabby estate.
But the marriage was not a happy one, and they spent much of it apart. For a time, the couple resided at Madame de Pompadour's chateau near Fontainebleau.
By the time they returned from France, the high-strung Amélie was strung out on morphine, and the marriage was over– though not because of her addiction. Lucey thinks it's possible, despite Amélie's fevered prose, that their marriage was never consummated.
Divorce in the Gay Nineties was a scandal to be avoided at all costs, but Amélie was willing to risk it after she found a prince– Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy. After divorcing Chanler, she married Pierre in 1896, and the press breathlessly followed the newlyweds on their honeymoon. Unfortunately for Amélie, the prince, while a talented painter, had no money, and– perhaps another indication of her mesmerizing charm– Archie continued to provide financial support to the love of his life even after she married someone else.
After Amélie's remarriage, a devastated Archie purchased another Keswick-area estate, Merrie Mill, just down the road from Castle Hill, where his life took an interesting turn. Soon he was performing psychological experiments in which he tapped into his subconscious with his so-called "X-Faculty" to produce "automatic writing," according to Lucey.
Spiritualism and seances were the rage of the day, but Archie did them one better, reportedly having the ability to go into a trance and turn his face into what witnesses described as a dead-ringer for the death mask of Napoleon Bonaparte.
All this provided the necessary fodder for his brother, Winthrop Chanler– who was also a partner in the Roanoke Rapids venture– to have Archie declared insane in 1897 and committed at Bloomingdale Asylum in White Plains, with the help of Archie's buddy, architect Stanford White, who lured him to New York.
(About this time White was rebuilding the Rotunda at UVA following its 1895 fire. His work was dispatched in the mid-1970s.)
Archie remained in Bloomingdale for four years, until he was able to escape and head back to Virginia, another national news story. At the Albemarle courthouse, he was declared sane in Virginia in 1901, but it took until 1919 to have his sanity legally certified in the rest of the U.S.
He was so outraged by the family that committed him to an insane asylum, ignored him for four years, and took control of his fortune, that he changed his last name to Chaloner– which he considered the original form of Chanler– in 1906.
Then when his brother Robert signed a disastrous pre-nup that assigned his money to an opera diva who put him on a $20 a month allowance, Archie telegraphed Robert– and the press– with what would become the catch phrase of the day: "Who's looney now?"
History of eccentricity
In the book-lined reading room at the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Margaret O'Bryant still chuckles over Archie's infamous telegraph. "He's been among our progression of world-class characters," she says. One of the books on her shelf actually declares that Chaloner earns "top honors for eccentricity in a county which has been home to many individuals of a similar bent."
Archie became a benefactor to the county much as Paul Goodloe McIntire was– only more fun, according to that same book, John Hammond Moore's classic history, Albemarle: Jefferson's County.
Among his McIntire-like gifts to the community, Chaloner built the county's first swimming pool at his Merrie Mill estate. "All the children in the neighborhood learned how to swim there," writes Lucey. He also turned a barn into a silent movie theater with a player piano, and opened the door to the public, reserving a quarter of the seats for blacks, unheard of during those segregationist times.
"He was really beloved by the black community," says Lucey, who describes Archie's attitude toward his integrated movie "theater" quite simply: "If you don't like it, don't come."
And his Fourth of July parties were so extravagant that the Thomas Jefferson Foundation moved its festivities to Merrie Mill in 1923, when an estimated 10,000 people attended.
But it's what happened to John Gillard in the Chaloner dining room that helped seal his place in the history books.
Attack with tongs
Lucey says that local mechanic and ex-Australian bushwhacker John Gillard was a known wife beater and an alleged terrorist to his children as well. Things reached a boiling point on March 15, 1909, when Gillard's wife sought protection– under Chaloner's roof at Merrie Mill.
That night, Gillard came over and began beating her with fireplace tongs.
Archie always carried a pistol, and Gillard ended up dead on the dining room floor. A brass star on the floor still marks the spot where he died.
There's a story that another man present at the time, John Grady, who was black, actually shot Gillard but that Archie took the fall, knowing he'd have a better chance at acquittal– and because of what Lucey calls his "romantic code of chivalry."
Archie was hailed as a hero, and no charges were ever filed against him. Of course, the shooting by an Astor heir once again made the news, causing a nephew in school at Eton to disavow any relationship to the clan, Lucey says.
But the brass star Archie had affixed to the floor suggests that he wasn't too embarrassed about the deed.
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In his later years, Chaloner stayed in his room at Merrie Mill. If he wasn't insane when he was committed to the asylum in 1897, he came closer to incapacity in the years following his escape, and Lucey guesses that he suffered from bipolar disorder.
The prince died in 1936, and like her first husband, Amélie became a recluse in her room, living in genteel poverty at Castle Hill, although she continued to attract literary admirers such as H.L. Mencken, Sherwood Anderson, and William Faulkner, who popped by– as did a young Katherine Hepburn, Lucey reports.
Archie died in 1935 and Amélie 10 years later, both penniless. But in Keswick, their legends live on.
Amélie Rives never met a man she couldn't charm– and her Astor husband continued to support her even after she dumped him for a penniless Russian prince.
Pistol-packing Archie Chaloner made Virginia his home, even after his marriage to Amélie Rives ended in divorce in 1895.
Archie thought he resembled the Napoleon death mask. His psychological experiments and "automatic writing" landed him in an insane asylum.
Amélie drew this provocative self-portrait dated August 21, 1892, the same day her lover, George Curzon– who would later become viceroy to India– arrived at Castle Hill.
Amélie Rives' homeplace is now on the market for $14.5 million. Castle Hill is on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register, and its 600 acres are in a conservation easement. Amélie's beloved boxwoods remain, and she and Troubetzkoy are buried just beyond them.
The historic marker at Castle Hill omits the tenure of infamous author Amélie Rives, the last Walker descendant to own the estate.
Grace Episcopal Church burned to the ground in 1895 and was rebuilt thanks to an insurance policy Archie had conveniently– and somewhat suspiciously– taken out shortly before the fire. "That would be like Archie," says Donna Lucey. "In the midst of his marriage collapsing, maybe he thought that if he saved the church, Amélie would come rushing back to his arms."
"I am so sick of people coming here looking for Archie, Archibald, whatever his name is," grumbles a woman in the Grace Episcopal Church office when asked the location of Archie's grave. His relatives were shamed into putting up a marker two years after his death.
Merrie Mill was called the Merry Mills during Archie's heyday, and served as a community center– with Archie holed up in his room.
The brass star where John Gillard died remains in the dining room at Merrie Mill. Author Donna Lucey, left, tells how Archie sat up all night with the body, and the next morning reporters found him, dressed in leather pajamas, having breakfast of roast duck and vanilla ice cream. Archie paid for Gillard's funeral and tombstone, but was dissuaded from making "He died game" Gillard's epitaph.
The entrance to Castle Hill is on Route 231 in Keswick.
The living room at Merrie Mill– complete with billiard table– was where Archie performed experiments with his "X-Faculty." One message from his subconscious ordered him to pick up live coals and falsely promised that he wouldn't be harmed.
Archie turned this barn into the "Merry Mills Motion Picture Theatre" and screened free silent films accompanied by a player piano.
Archie was a founder (and funder) of the Keswick Hunt Club. When the club's charter was registered in 1898, he was listed as "President: the presently incarcerated John Armstrong Chanler," according to Archie and Amélie.
When his brother signed a disastrous pre-nup, Archie telegraphed: "Who's looney now?"


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These mini tostadas make terrific appetizers. The topping is seasoned with cumin, serrano chili and cilantro.
- Yield
- Makes 54
- 9 5- to 6-inch corn tortillas, each cut into 6 wedges
- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- 3 garlic cloves, unpeeled
- 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
- 1 1/2 pounds uncooked medium shrimp, peeled, deveined
- 3 1/2 teaspoons finely grated lime peel
- 6 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 6 tablespoons plain nonfat yogurt
- 6 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 1/2 teaspoons minced seeded serrano or jalapeño chili
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Place tortilla wedges in single layer on 2 large baking sheets. Bake until crisp, turning once, about 30 minutes. Cool on baking sheet.
- Spray small baking dish with oil spray. Add garlic; cover with foil. Bake until tender, about 30 minutes. Cool slightly. Peel garlic; mash in small bowl.
- Heat small skillet over medium heat. Add cumin seeds; stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Grind in spice grinder or in mortar with pestle. Add to garlic.
- Bring large pot of water to boil. Add shrimp and lime peel and cook until shrimp are opaque, about 3 minutes. Drain shrimp and lime peel in fine strainer. Cool. Coarsely chop shrimp. Transfer shrimp and lime peel to bowl.
- (Tortillas, garlic mixture and shrimp can be made 1 day ahead. Store tortillas in airtight containers at room temperature. Chill garlic mixture and shrimp separately.)
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UnNews:How the Halloween franchise can dig itself out of its hole
This editorial is part of UnNews, your source for up-to-the-moron misinformation. You can bloody well piss off if you don't like it!
10 August 2011
HADDONFIELD, Illinois -- Conflicting reports are unsure of whether or not Halloween 3D is in production as we speak. Trancas International Films and HalloweenMovies.com say it is; other sources say otherwise. HalloweenMovies.com even conducted a recent poll asking where Halloween 3D should pick up.
An overwhelming thirty-two percent (352 votes) are demanding that the franchise start over fresh; twenty-eight percent (313 votes) want a continuation of the previous franchise killer, Halloween: Resurrection; only twenty-two percent want to pick up from the prevous film and current franchise killer, Rob Zombie's Halloween II; the remaining eighteen percent would prefer to pick up from the sixth installment, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.
The results are none too surprising. Halloween II was hated by every human being on the face of the earth and bombed at the box office. The reasons why are voluminous:
Daeg Faerch, who had played Young Michael Myers in the previous film, 2007's Halloween remake, was unjustly fired due to his "increased height," though he hadn't grown or aged so much at the time as to make a difference. He still could have played the role just fine. What the fuck were you smoking, Rob Zombie?
Daeg's role was filled by some no-talent-ass-clown named Chase Wright Vanek, who makes Justin Beiber look like Shaft. Not only should Daeg have never been replaced in the first placed, Vanek should never have gotten into the acting business. Vanek butchered an iconic role; I don't even want to see how he tackles an original role.
Every semblance of a Halloween movie was stripped away at the expense of the film being any good. Dr. Loomis (Malcolm McDowell) became a total egotistical dick, the polar opposite of the Loomis Donald Pleasence played to perfection.
Rob brought his wife, Sherri Moon, back as the ghost/hallucination/vision of Deborah Myers, along with visions of Faux Young Michael Myers, and some stupid white horse bullshit that is supposed to represent Michael's psyche. Rob tried to give Michael Myers a clear motive. This shit isn't needed in a Halloween movie. The Boogeyman should always stay mysterious.
John Carpenter's Halloween theme music was jettisoned until the end credits. What?! No!
And then there's Michael Myers himself. Not only was his younger self butchered beyond all recognition, but it only got uglier for adult Michael. No longer The Shape, Michael Myers became a half-masked (and later maskless), Sith-hooded, bearded, Zakk Wylde hobo. But it gets worse, in the director's cut ending, Michael Myers SPEAKS!!!!! He tells Loomis to "DIE!!!" I wanted this protrayal of Loomis to die, but I wanted this protrayal of Michael to die even harder. Michael Myers shall NEVER speak as an adult. Loomis even said in the original, "You haven't anything to worry about; he hasn't spoken a word in fifteen years." I hope this is still true in future installments.
And speaking of Zakk Wylde, Halloween II is the very definition of "riconculous." Wylde defines the word as "Something beyond stupid. So retarded, you don't even want to know." Halloween II is riconculous. Period.
So where does Halloween go from here? The Thorn storyline is dead; the H20 storyline is finished; Resurrection was a disaster; H2 was a trainwreck.
All roads lead to a reboot. Start over fresh. It's the only logical way to continue Halloween. It's not the right time to pick up from the original series, and there's no continuing Rob Zombie's mess. Rob screwed the franchise over so bad that it's time for a clean slate. A completely clean slate. The only Rob Zombie carryover I would bring back is Daeg Faerch; the rest can go sit on a cactus and rotate. Everybody who had anything to do with H2 should be fired.
The 3D should be put on the backburner in favor of some effort. The thought of Michael Myers stabbing the audience may be amusing, but Halloween has already become a joke at its own hands. It's time to quit clowning around! Get a competent writer and director on board (if both roles are covered by the same guy and he has a boss vision and a respect for the original, all the better). I'm not totally familiar with the work of Patrick Lussier or Todd Farmer, but I'd like to see someone tackle Halloween like:
Me. I know what Halloween needs to survive Zombie's wounds. I loved the remake, but hated H2. The difference between those two Rob Zombie installments is night-and-day, a huge drop of quality and effort. But after all these years of great installments (Halloween 4) and trainwrecks (Resurrection, RZH2) and those in between, the original is still the best. It is the only Halloween in which Michael Myers is not related to Laurie or after any blood relatives. It relies solely on suspense rather than blood and gore; there's almost not a drop of blood. The story and music were simple and basic, yet effective. It is the only Halloween that makes you afraid to turn out the light. It is the only one that makes you turn around to see if Michael is behind you.
I want to strip down Halloween to the bare essentials and bring back the Carpenterness of the original. I want to bring back the anamorphic 2.35:1 aspect ratio, with Dean Cundey as cinematographer. I want the original themes and cues to return. I want Daeg to return especially; it would be a different take on Michael than in the Rob Zombie universe, but Daeg could adapt to the change. I'd ditch Malcolm McDowell with Ben Kingsley as Loomis; he's not only a great actor (no offense, Malcolm) but he also resembles Donald Pleasence. Brackett should be played by young Charles Cyphers lookalike Josh Brolin; he's also a good actor. I would jettison Laurie, etc., for this film and give Michael new, random victims to stalk. I'd bring back the suspense, the scares. I'd bring back The Shape.
Christopher Nolan. If he could save Batman from a sophomore jinx (Joel Schumacher), he can do the same for Halloween. Having seen "Doodlebug," Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and Inception, I know I can trust Nolan. The man is a genius and he can do no wrong, at least from the evidence I've witnessed. He would probably never touch Halloween with a ten-foot pole, but it would be great to see some effort put into a Halloween movie.
David Fincher. It could be Se7en with Michael Myers. His style would work wonders and also respect the original.
Bryan Bertino. Though I've never actually seen The Strangers, from the trailers, etc., it looks like it has the same kind of style that made the original Halloween such a success.
Simon West (to a degree). His remake of When a Stranger Calls was better than I would have thought at first sight. The film's style could possibly work for Halloween, or at least the way the antagonist was handled would be great for Michael Myers. They didn't show too much of the villain, mostly kept him in the shadows. It may be a more average slasher, but the style works for me, for the most part.
Alfred Hitchcock. The Weinsteins can pick up a shovel and start digging Hitch's grave, because a Halloween from the master of suspense would have been a killer idea. They could find a way to resurrect the late director. He couldn't have deteriorated that much since his 1980 death!
|This article features first-hand journalism by an UnNews correspondent.


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Weekend Show Preview: 12.6 – 12.8 UPDATE
Who's on the weekend shows this week? Glad you asked:
–CBS's "Face the Nation": Maya Angelou, Former Sec of State James Baker, TransAfrica's Randall Robinson, Gwenn Ifill of PBS, NAACP's Lorraine Miller, Michele Norris of NPR, author Rick Stengel, Gayle King of CBS
–"Fox News Sunday": Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel; Panel: Brit Hume of Fox Julie Pace of AP, George Will of WaPo, Juan Williams of Fox
–NBC's "Meet the Press": Tom Brokaw, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Harvard's Charles Ogletree, Jesse Jackson
–ABC's "This Week": Sen. Dick Durban (D-IL), Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), Carnegie Mellon's Jendayi Frazer, Stan Greenberg, Bill Keller of NYT, Dr. Gay McDougall; Round table: Matthew Dowd of ABC, Georgetown's Eric Michael Dyson, James Carville, Mary Matalin
–CNN's "State of the Union": TBA
–PBS's "Washington Week": David Wessel of WSJ, Jackie Calmes of NYT, Michael Fletcher of WaPo
–BTV's "Political Capital: Madeleine Albright, Bloomberg's Julianna Goldman, Heidi Przybyla, Rich Miller, Margaret Carlson, Ramesh Ponnuru
We'll update as we know more.


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What is impressive in the 'Chocolate' trailer is that is it slightly different from the usual trailers you see out there nowadays. Remember those Jackie Chan movies right at the end, when they show the audience all the failed stunts and we see how the actors whine in agony after a stunt has gone wrong? Well, Mr. Prachya decided to 'Ohhh' and 'Ahhhh' us waaaaaayyy before the movie has ended, and some of the stunts-gone-wrong clips are included right into the trailer. How can you not love the guy? Watch on:
So my question is, where's the chocolate? Hhmmmm...
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There's a lot about Larry King to mock: the gargles-with-Drano voice ("Is the caller there?"). The suspenders. The incredibly growing eyeglasses. The many, many marriages (eight weddings, seven wives). The lightweight, often clueless questions (asking Jerry Seinfeld if NBC canceled "Seinfeld").
But as King hosts the last edition of "Larry King Live" Thursday, capping a quarter-century on CNN, we prefer to remember his reign as a bastion of affable civility – if not hard-hitting journalism – in a cable news world increasingly dominated by division and near-demagoguery.
Don't get us wrong: King sadly overstayed his time, losing speed on his softball. But there's something to be said for a cable talk show pioneer, who, at his best, modestly advanced the cause of national discourse.
It's hard to fathom now, but in 1985 "Larry King Live" was ahead of its time. CNN was the only cable news network, and King was interactive before the Internet, letting callers ask the questions he didn't.
King didn't alter his game much over the years, though his going-on-curiosity questioning style proved far more effective when he was more attuned to the news world around him.
While King stayed largely the same, the nature of celebrity changed vastly over the last 25 years – how many hosts have interviewed both Frank Sinatra and Paris Hilton? More significantly, Fox and MSNBC capitalized on the growing political polarization over the last decade, employing partisan hosts who squeezed King out of the ratings game.
There's clearly a place – and certainly a need – for agenda-free, mass-audience interview shows where hosts seek answers rather than strive to reinforce viewers' worldview.
King's time is past, though he recognizes the need the value of intelligent conversation in the media. Talking to New York magazine about possibly hosting a new show called "Bright People," King said: "Both sides would be heard. With dignity. Respect. Truth. Do you think that would work?"
It's not clear where his replacement, talent show judge and former newspaper editor Piers Morgan, will take the CNN show. We're not sure what to make of Morgan's reported recent attempt to goad Madonna by calling her "boring" and banning her from the show.
As for King, who turned 77 last month, he'll host the occasional CNN special. He also told New York mag he plans to do some stand-up comedy.
That isn't as odd as it sounds – King can be intentionally funny, too. Anyone old enough to remember his overnight radio talk show on the Mutual Broadcasting System will recall his hilarious, if possibly exaggerated, stories from his Brooklyn youth about a not-dead-yet classmate named Gil Moppo and a bizarre trip to a Connecticut Carvel.
Anyone with memories of his radio days and best CNN years also will recall a smart, engaged host who shed some light with effective interviews of authors, public officials and celebrities who earned their stardom.
We lost that Larry King a while back. Which makes the inevitable end of "Larry King Live" all the more bittersweet – losing even one gravelly voice of civility is no joke.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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30MTF "Sculpting Rx" has two very different body shaping workouts:
- Workout One focuses on a moderate to heavier weight load, and involves supersets to effectively target all major muscle groups in less time.
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Mayor Chris Beutler and the Joint Antelope Valley Authority (JAVA) today announced that seven bridges in the Antelope Valley Project area will be repaired at no cost to taxpayers. An agreement was reached last week with project consultants and contractors to repair areas of cracking concrete surface material on the bottoms of the bridges. The agreement includes the assignment of financial responsibility. Repair work will begin this week and is expected to be completed in mid-November.
"The consultants and contractors took total financial responsibility, and the JAVA partners were even reimbursed $30,000 to defray expenses related to the repairs," Beutler said. "We did exactly what the public asked of us: we insisted on accountability and held the taxpayer harmless. I want to thank the JAVA partners — the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District and the University of Nebraska — for their unwavering commitment to a firm and fair resolution. I want to thank the consultants and contractors for stepping up and helping find a solution."
The primary consultants and contractors are Parsons Brinckerhoff Americas, Inc.; Hawkins Construction Company; Constructors Inc.; United Contractors Inc.; and Watts Electric Company.
The bridges opened to traffic between July 2007 and October 2009. Defects were discovered by City staff late last year, and trails under the bridges were closed January 4 after an 18-inch piece of concrete fell from the "O" Street bridge. The trails were reopened January 28th after temporary bridge repairs.
The Mayor thanked the Federal Highway Administration and the Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR) for their work on the issue. The NDOR's independent evaluation concluded the problems were caused by several factors, including the absence of required drainage in electrical conduits, poor workmanship and poor inspections. (The NDOR also found a problem with roadway expansion joints which will be corrected by the City.) The NDOR report also covered the extent of the damage and proposed solutions. The estimated cost of the repairs is about $250,000.
"In the course of a project as large as Antelope Valley, it is not unusual to have aspects that don't work as planned," Beutler said. "In this case, a problem was identified, project leadership demanded accountability on behalf of taxpayers, and good corporate citizens stepped in to fix the problems. It is a successful conclusion to a difficult challenge."
The repair plans were approved by federal and state officials in August. Repair work will begin on the Military Road Bridge and will proceed south to the "Y", Vine, "P", "Q", "O" and "N" street bridges. Temporary trail closures will be necessary.
More information on the Antelope Valley Project is available at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: antelope).


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Russia asteroid impact: ESA update and assessment - continuation
Continuation of Russia asteroid impact: ESA update and assessment
How is ESA helping to find asteroids that may hit Earth?
NB: Our SSA programme is already supporting astronomical teams around Europe in a continuing sky search. While complex and requiring very good equipment and trained astronomers, it really comes down to a simple process: acquire images of the sky and then check these for pinpoints of light that move.
In the past couple of years, ESA-supported teams working at various observatories have found several previously unknown objects, including asteroid 2012 DA14 that also passed by on Friday at the extraordinarily close distance of just 28 000 km.
This effort, however, is just a start, and we really have to place the search on a long-term effective footing by increasing our observational capabilities.
In the future, ESA's SSA programme aims to establish a 'wide survey' based on a network of automated 1 m-diameter telescopes. This system would scan the complete sky once per night for moving objects. It would be capable of detecting objects of the size of last week's Russian event a few days before they enter the atmosphere, provided they are seen approaching from the dark sky.
It will also take advantage of space-based observations performed through ESA missions such as Gaia .
ESA's SSA programme has already secured funding and a mandate from ESA Member States to develop a first prototype telescope. A total of four to six such telescopes would be needed for the complete survey.
On 15 February, a large fireball was reported over Chelyabinsk, Russia.
- Time of impact: 03:20:26 GMT
- Location: 55° 10' N, 61° 25' E
- Entry angle: 20º above horizontalº
- Entry speed: below 20 km/s
- Trajectory: northeast to southwest
- Asteroid diameter before entry: about 17 m
- Kinetic energy: 500 kt TNT equivalent, corresponding to 30 times the energy of the Hiroshima bomb
- Explosion altitude: 15–25 km
These results are preliminary and could be updated as new information is confirmed.


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TMZ—of all places—is reporting that Derek Boogaard's family will sue the NHL Player's Association for the money left on the enforcer's contract when he died in May 2011 (as well as some punitive damages). The family says that the NHLPA was supposed to help them collect the remaining balance, but didn't.
TMZ explains as only TMZ can:
Because Derek's parents believe the NHL teams are partly responsible for their son's death, they turned to the NHL PA which promised to help them file a grievance to get the Rangers to pay out the rest of Derek's multi-million dollar 4-year contract with the team.
But, according to the lawsuit, the NHL PA failed to file the grievance by the required deadline, so the Boogaards were unable to collect ... and now the Boogaards are PISSED.
Derek's parents are demanding the NHL PA make things right by shelling out the $4.8 million PLUS $5 million in punitive damages.
While it does sound like the NHLPA reneged on a promise, there are a lot of villains in Boogaard's story, not the least of which is the league itself. Boogaard's family understands that—it was the point of the grievance that was never filed—but that message gets lost a bit in headlines that compress Boogaard's complex story into the latest legal action. Hopefully they get a fair shake, regardless of which organization has to shell out to make it happen.
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States crack down on top earners who flee as levies rise
NEW YORK -- With professional golfers and hedge fund managers talking about moving to lower-tax enclaves, states are stepping up audits on top earners who flee.
Several states including California and Maryland raised taxes on high earners last year, and Congress boosted federal levies on them. Families who look to change their domicile to a state with no income taxes such as Florida or Nevada open themselves up to years of scrutiny and possible litigation as local governments search for revenue.
"I look at some of these domicile audits almost as an archeological dig and a full physical including MRIs and CAT scans," said David Scott Sloan, a partner who advises high net worth families at Boston-based Holland & Knight. "What we're seeing at least in Massachusetts is the tax authorities are not going quietly into the night."
States are using automated programs to track down residents who say they have moved and may be keeping two residences, and officials are seeking to tax earnings on stock awards beyond their borders. In Minnesota, Gov. Mark Dayton proposed a so-called snowbird tax that would lower the number of days a person spends in the state before having to file a return.
Some families are considering moving from high-tax states such as California and New York to a lower -- or-no tax -- state because tax rates are climbing, said Jim Steiner, president of Abbot Downing, a unit of Wells Fargo whose new clients generally have at least $50 million in investable assets.
Congress raised the top rate this year to 39.6 percent from 35 percent for taxable income above $400,000 for singles and $450,000 for married couples. Those same top earners saw the rates on long-term capital gains and dividends jump to as much as 23.8 percent from 15 percent.
Golf champion Phil Mickelson drew attention in January after saying he would make some "drastic changes" because of higher taxes. Voters in California, where he lives, approved an increase in the top state income tax rate to 13.3 percent from 10.3 percent.
Hedge fund manager John Paulson of New York was exploring a move to Puerto Rico, Bloomberg News reported last week, citing four people who spoke with him. Puerto Rican law lets new residents pay no local or U.S. federal taxes on capital gains.
Paulson said Friday he won't set up a permanent residence on the island.
Top earners who change domicile have to prove they have changed their life if they are audited by their former state.
The audit and appeal process can take years, said Phil Olsen, a partner at Burns & Levinson in Boston who litigates state and local tax cases. Olsen has 14 such cases pending now, nine of which are in litigation and five in the audit process. Families often reach a settlement and pay some taxes before agreeing to a date when they are no longer considered a resident, he said.
"It feels to clients like states are making you pay an exit tax," similar to how the U.S. government assesses those above a certain income level who give up their citizenship only at the state level it's not statutory, said Sloan, chairman of the private wealth group at Holland & Knight.
Taxpayers filing a part-year-resident tax return or one that indicates they are no longer residents can trigger an audit, Sloan said.
"That typically puts the first red flag up," he said.
A new trend is the attempt by states to capture more revenue from equity awards even of people who have moved out, said Cara Griffith, legal editor of Tax Analysts' weekly publication dedicated to state and local taxation.
Federal law prohibits states from taxing certain retirement income of non-residents such as distributions from 401(k) and individual retirement accounts. Other equity-based compensation including restricted stock units or stock options don't have those limitations, said Griffith.
"States are starting to look at how they can tax that money," if it was earned while people were working within their borders, she said. "States are getting aggressive across the board. Anywhere they think they can get money they're going to grab it."
Revenue departments in states also have gotten better at using technology to tap information in Internal Revenue Service databases as well as credit reports to E-Z Pass records to track down former residents, Griffith said.
Audits done by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue more than doubled in 2012 to 45,887 from the prior year with assessments on taxpayers totaling $79 million, according to the state's bureau of desk audits. The jump was largely due to automated programs, spokeswoman Ann Dufresne said.
New York state's tax department uses tools for audits including analytics, third-party data and IRS referrals, spokesman Geoffrey Gloak said. "The department uses its business analytics to review every return and identify those that have the greatest likelihood of compliance issues," he said.
In Minnesota, Dayton proposed a snowbird tax to require those in the state more than 60 days rather than 183 to file a return.
"He feels that if individuals live in the state for part of the year, they should help pay for the services that they enjoy," spokeswoman Katharine Tinucci said in an e-mail.
Sloan gives high net worth clients who move a checklist of actions such as obtaining a new driver's license, cancelling memberships to local organizations in the prior state and transferring investments so they are based in the new locale.
"You have to change your life," Sloan said. "You can't just say I'm spending 183 days here and not 183 days there."


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So it seems that Call of Juarez's brief stint in the modern era is over with. Goodbye and good riddance, I say. Returning to the old west setting of its series heritage, Call of Juarez: The Gunslinger aims to bring an arcade flair all its own.
Does it actually work, though?
Call of Juarez: The Gunslinger (PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, PC)
Developer: Techland
Publisher: Ubisoft
Release: 2013
Right now, it's too early to gauge the answer to that question -- the build we saw was hands off and in an alpha state. Here's what we do know: Gunslinger tells the tale of a yet-to-be-named bounty hunter, who after a long hard life on the open road, returns to his hometown to spend his twilight years.
As he sits in a saloon one day, he is recognized by a young man who insists on hearing all about our hero's great adventures. You see, Gunslinger places you as a member of many old western gangs, always as this same bounty hunter. As you play through the events the protagonists describes, you start to wonder how much of his account of events is trumped up folk legend.
Techland is really aiming to play around with this idea, as you play in romanticized versions of Billy the Kid's and Jesse James' gangs, among others. There is even some banter between the hero and the young man, as the young man finds plot holes and unbelievable stretches of truth in the story. If you find yourself wanting to know a bit more about where the truth ends and the legends begin, there are collectible dossiers on all the outlaws you will be running with. There are even dossiers on the famous lawmen of the time such as Pat Garrett, and other men noted for taking down outlaws.
When seen in motion, the first thing you'll notice is the change in art direction. The Gunslinger uses a cel-shaded look for all of its in-game visuals, supplemented with comic book-style storyboards for its cutscenes. An odd choice for sure, but one that is meant to sell the whole arcade tone that Gunslinger is aiming for. Apart from a different art style, The Gunslinger features a scoring system which works pretty much how you would expect. You earn points for every kill, with additional points awarded for more stylized kills, such as headshots, environmental kills, and multipliers earned for kills in rapid succession.
Though we didn't get to go hands-on, the scoring system looked rather basic. It just doesn't seem very comprehensive in terms of the variety of rewarded kills, with pretty much all kills scoring higher than the norm being headshots. Again, this was early stuff, so that could change with time.
Once you have raked in a number of points, you can spend them to unlock a variety of upgrades. The two we saw in our demo included one where you can mash on the X button to speed up reloads, and another that allows corpses to be looted for different weapons.
The upgrade shop can also be used to purchase augments to the series' staple Concentration Mode. Like in past games, Concentration Mode can be used to slow down time and take out targets in your line of sight. It is functionally similar in Gunslinger, but can also be upgraded to include an auto-aim feature to quickly snap on and off of targets.
As our demo came to a close, the final feature shown was a new mechanic called Sense of Death. Somewhat comparable to Concentration Mode, Sense of Death allows near-death players to enter a slow-motion sequence where they are given the opportunity to dodge the final bullet that would put them down. In order to avoid death completely, however, you must not only dodge the bullet, but also kill the person who fired it. Otherwise, you are left vulnerable to another shot.
Sense of Death operates on a cooldown, so don't expect to rely on it every time you are about to die. It certainly seems like an interesting enough mechanic, and if tied to the upgrade system at all, could potentially evolve in new and exciting ways as the game progresses. At the very least, it does fit well with the arcade vibe of the title.
While there is still a lot to be proved as an arcade experience, it is nice to see that Call of Juarez: The Gunslinger has returned to the Wild West where the series made its name. Series fans (if any of you are left after the last one) have plenty to look forward to; it seems to be returning to form. Personally though, I'm going to keep my excitement tentative.


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Richmond Renegades abruptly fold
Less than seven months after the Richmond Braves played their final baseball game at The Diamond before moving to Georgia, the city's other major professional sports franchise has announced they will fold. Hockey's Richmond Renegades announced Thursday, March 26 that they will cease operations, effective immediately. "There isn't a financial stone my business partners and I have left unturned," says team president Alan Harvie in a message on the team's website. "There just simply isn't the money available." The Renegades played their last home game at Richmond Coliseum on Saturday, March 21.
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I'm a huge hockey fan and I was only somewhat aware there was even a team in Richmond.. never saw/heard any marketing or promotion from them.
Sad.. hockey rules. :(
I attended as many games as possible this season, and am a die-hard hockey fan. Not having the 'Gades playing next season will make me sad. It has been great to have affordable games to go to locally. The players, and Coach Goudie, are all great guys, and I wish them well in finding a new (better?)hockey town.
I guess Richmond just isn't committed to having professional sports teams. I will have to go back to focusing on the NHL.
well another pro team as slipped thru the cracks,in a major city, oh but keep the ballet and the richmond city orcastra,for the upity,upities, and nascar for dimwitted, nothing fun about watching a bunch of cars, go in a circle, you wanna watch racing, go on midlo trpk in the morning


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It's been a tough year for Israel in the media. A slew of accusations were leveled against the Jewish state: "excessive force," "escalation," and "indiscriminate killings." It almost seems as if media coverage of the conflict was inherently skewed.
In many cases it is.
Foreign journalists aren't free to just walk into Gaza and start snapping pictures. As a result, Israeli media expert Ehud Ya'ari says that 95 percent of the photos and videos coming out of the territories are provided by Palestinian freelancers. These crews obviously identify emotionally and politically with the intifada and, in the best case, simply don't dare film anything that could embarrass the Palestinian Authority.
95 percent of the photos and videos coming out of the territories are provided by Palestinian freelancers.
The problem was never more evident than in these days following the terror attacks on New York and Washington. Upon hearing the news, Palestinians in Beirut, Nablus and eastern Jerusalem exploded in street celebrations -- rejoicing, dancing and handing out candies.
Then, to prevent the world from seeing these incriminating images, armed Palestinians -- some in uniform -- trapped photojournalists inside a Nablus hotel while festivities continued in the streets. One cameraman on assignment for Associated Press Television News was summoned to a Palestinian Authority security office and told that his video footage must not be aired. Ahmed Abdel Rahman, Arafat's cabinet secretary, threatened that if the footage is broadcast, the PA "cannot guarantee the life" of the cameraman.
Other networks said that the PA threatened to revoke their entry permits into Palestinian Autonomous areas.
At the moment that freedom was under attack in America, this different strain of terror was at work in the West Bank. The tactics were different, but the goal was the same: assail the bastions of freedom.
At the moment that freedom was under attack in America, a different strain of terror was at work in the West Bank.
The scene was repeated three days after the attacks, when 1,500 Palestinians demonstrated in Gaza by waving posters of Osama bin Laden. Again, Palestinian police detained foreign journalists and confiscated videotape, film and other camera equipment.
In protest, the Foreign Press Association (FPA), representing hundreds of mainstream journalists in Israel, declared:
"The FPA expresses deep concern over the harassment of journalists by the Palestinian Authority as police forces and armed gunmen tried to prevent photo and video coverage of Tuesday's rally in Nablus where hundreds of Palestinians celebrated the terror attacks in N.Y. and Washington. We strongly condemn... Palestinian officials who made no effort to counter the threats, control the situation, or to guarantee the safety of the journalists and the freedom of the press."
None of this is new. Freedom House, the human rights group, reports: "Under a 1995 Palestinian press law, journalists may be fined and jailed, and newspapers closed, for publishing 'secret information' on Palestinian security forces or news that might harm national unity or incite violence."
The threat is real. In November 2000, the Palestinian Journalists' Union published a letter in the Palestinian daily "Al Hayat," condemning the Associated Press for its portrayal of the "struggle of the Palestinians," and threatening that if AP did not change its coverage, the Palestinian Journalists' Union would adopt "all necessary measures against AP staffers."
How can a journalist report honestly if his life is threatened?
How can a journalist report honestly if his life is threatened?
All this evokes haunting memories of the Palestinian reign of terror in West Beirut, where a half-dozen journalists were killed by the PLO.
No wonder so many news agencies have complied with Palestinian demands to censor the celebration scenes -- as they have undoubtedly done on other occasions throughout the past year.
But let us be clear: We must not capitulate. When terror strikes at freedom, the proper response is to strengthen freedom. Join a media watch group. Demand that news agencies publicize these images. By doing so, it will send a message to all terrorist thugs that, despite violence and intimidation, freedom will surely prevail.


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MBS Highway is pleased to announce its CEO Barry Habib has received the prestigious '2016 Pulsenomics Crystal Ball Award as part of the Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey'.
The award is presented in connection with Pulsenomics survey of more than one hundred of the nation's top economists, investment strategists, and housing market analysts, who then rank the winners based on the accuracy of their predictions of future real estate trends. Barry's forecasts were the most accurate of all the experts polled.
"I could not be more pleased by this award," says Habib. "It's a credit to all of us at MBS Highway who work hard every day to give our clients the most accurate mortgage, interest rate, and real estate information and forecasts." Habib went on to say, "We have received many kudos over the years for making accurate forecasts on home prices and on the direction of interest rates, but this award ranks above them all and is quite an honor for all of us at MBS Highway."
Winners receive the coveted Pulsenomics Crystal Ball Award which is a genuine crystal ball complete with a crystal stand and an engraved plaque to commemorate each winner's accomplishment.
MBS Highway is a cutting-edge digital platform that helps industry professionals interpret and forecast activity in the mortgage rate and Real Estate markets.
Barry Habib is an American Entrepreneur and frequent media resource for his mortgage and housing expertise. Barry has had a long tenure in the media with numerous appearances on various financial TV networks.
Barry is the CEO of MBS Highway, a company and platform created to help mortgage professionals and Real Estate Agents articulate the opportunity in the housing market for their clients, along with a better understanding of the interest rate environment.
For more than 25-years Barry has also been a well-known professional speaker on the financial and real estate markets.
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In The Lead: Pittsburgh leads with the most bars per person
Pittsburgh is the top of the list for bars per capita and second for pizza restaurants per capita.
In The Lead: Low vacancy recorded in Downtown Pittsburgh
Downtown Pittsburgh had the second lowest vacancy rate for Class A space among downtowns in the United States last year.
In The Lead: Banking on the future in Pittsburgh
With the curtains hung, the work is under way at the PNC Center for Financial Services Innovation.
In The Lead: Retaining talent the new challenge for Pittsburgh area companies
With the Pittsburgh region ranking low in talent retention, it's hard to say just how far the bump in jobs will affect the regional
Top 50 / Overall top-performing companies
Verizon finishes again in top spot, besting European-based Glaxo-SmithKline and Royal Philips.
Top 50 / Public companies based on stock price
When it comes to winning regional stocks, The ExOne Co., North Huntingdon 3-D printing company, topped the list in 2013.
Top 50 / Colleges based on revenue
An increasing number of young adults are leaving school with high debt as well as a diploma.
Top 50 / Healthcare organizations by revenue
Consolidation trend picks up among regional health facilities.
The pride and passions that make the region a place to cherish and share.
Penguins outscore Steelers and
Pirates when it comes to filling
up seats
Pittsburgh has served as an
incubator of sorts for early
childhood education going back
to the 1950s
Arts community is finding
alternative sources of funding
Pittsburghers love their pizza
and beer
Curiousity and a thirst for answers kindle brighter futures.
Western Pa. universities make
national rankings in research
and development expenditures
Pittsburgh is gaining social
media cred
Libraries are about more than
learning; they boost local
Pittsburghers soak up knowledge
outside of the classroom
Putting theory into practice and possibilities into production.
Thank Philadelphia for bringing
the local wage tax to
Pennsylvania in 1939
Pittsburgh's entrepreneurial
community says it needs
more focus and more
Pittsburgh weathered the
recession better than most
cities but is lagging behind
in the recovery
Already short of skilled workers,
manufacturers brace for the
looming retirement of an aging
The building blocks of vibrant commerce and a solid standard of living.
Downtown Pittsburgh's low office
vacancy rate sparks more
Lack of a true beltway
brings traffic and vibrancy
to Pittsburgh's Downtown
Disparity remains between wages
and the cost of renting a
standard two-bedroom housing
unit in the area
Reaching out and taking risks for tomorrow's success stories.
With the region ranking low
in talent retention, the tech
sector's influence on the
economy is muted
Jobs in health care moving out
of acute care hospitals
PNC Center for Financial
Services Innovation is developing
banking of the future
The Marcellus Shale is so good
that traditional ways to
calculate its benefits may no
longer apply


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Key Issues, Tax Withholding, NEA Grants, and FEMA (7/15/2008)
Key Issues Await Action
Several priority issues for orchestras have seen promising progress on the Hill, but remain unresolved as Congress tries to wrap up work before adjourning early for the elections.
NEA Funding: On June 11, the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee recommended a $15.3 million increase in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in FY09. If approved by the full House and Senate, NEA funding would total $160 million. However, Congress is deadlocked over how to move ahead with funding for nearly all federal programs. Spending will likely be set at last year's level until a new Congress and President arrive in Washington next year.
Arts Education: The House Appropriations Subcommittee has approved $38.6 million for Arts Education at the U.S. Department of Education - only the second time in the past eight years that the House has included any funding for the Arts in Education programs. As with NEA funding, the most likely scenario for arts education spending is steady funding at last year's level until Congress re-considers federal funding in early 2009.
Artists Visas: The ARTS Act was approved by the House on April 1. The bill to improve the visa process for foreign guest artists is now up for consideration in the Senate, with strong hopes for passage before the end of the summer.
IRA Charitable Rollover: A one-year reinstatement of the IRA Rollover charitable giving incentive was approved in the House as part of a larger tax package, before the overall bill became entangled in arguments over how to pay for a number of tax provisions.
Take an opportunity to communicate with your elected officials on any issue that resonates with your orchestra, and stay tuned for specific League advocacy alerts.
Find Complete Background and Details
Steer Clear of IRS Penalties
The IRS is stepping up enforcement of the tax and withholding requirements for foreign entertainers. If your orchestra engages musicians from abroad, it's important to know that the tax rules are very different than the usual procedures for U.S. musicians. Do you know enough about the rules (and the exceptions!) to safely avoid IRS penalties? The League offered two webinars on this topic in May and continues to provide online technical assistance. Visit Artists from Abroad, and check out the tax section, where the League has posted all new guidance to help untangle the web of IRS requirements. Authored by attorney Robyn Guilliams, the site includes details on withholding requirements, U.S. tax returns, identification numbers, and links to all of the forms needed to comply with IRS rules.
Visit ArtistsfromAbroad.org Today
Upcoming NEA Grant Deadlines
Two opportunities remain for orchestras to apply for FY09 NEA Grants. The Access to Artistic Excellence grant category encourages and supports artistic excellence, preserves our cultural heritage, and provides access to the arts for all Americans. An orchestra may request a grant amount from $5,000 to $150,000. The deadline for Part Two of this program is August 11, 2008. Applications to the Arts on Radio and Television category, which supports radio and television programs intended for national broadcast, are due September 5, 2008. Grants range from $20,000 to $200,000. As your orchestra considers applying, check out the League's grant application tips and lists of previous grants to orchestras.
Learn About and Apply for an NEA Grant
Prepare for Disasters - Before They Strike
Just one year ago, performing arts organizations officially became eligible for disaster relief assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The League, together with the Performing Arts Alliance, worked with Congress and federal agencies to ensure that performing arts organizations in communities affected by disaster will have improved access to federal relief. The key to qualifying for FEMA assistance is to plan ahead and have the proper documentation in order - namely, if your orchestra rents a facility, you'll need to show language from your rental agreement that spells out that your orchestra is responsible for repairs. The League is compiling an overview of FEMA rules. In the meantime, check out the official FEMA policy.
View the FEMA Performing Arts Policy
Invite Congress to Your Concert
One of the best ways to convince elected officials of the public value of your orchestra is to show them - firsthand - an orchestra experience. This August, and throughout the fall, members of Congress will be returning to their home state and districts. It's the perfect opportunity to invite them to a concert, reception, community event, or education program. The Performing Arts Alliance, of which the League is a founding member, has crafted clear guidance for understanding how to invite members of Congress to your events, keeping in mind the Congressional gift rules.
Find it in PowerPoint by clicking here.


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KyLynn Hull is a freelance writer who dabbles in many things including writing, urban farming and raising backyard chickens. She writes regularly for garden and food blog, Green City Garden Girl - Bound by the Seasons.
After feeling a little worse for wear this week when my 4-year-old son busted out his front teeth following a downhill face-plant at the zoo, we (or rather me) decided we needed some cheering up. In lieu of babying him until his face hurt again, I decided we would color eggs using foods rather than chemical dyes. These Eco-egg dyes were a fun alternative to the store-bought ones and more interesting to prepare.
First, we gathered up all our special ingredients including red cabbage, canned beets, yellow onion skins, grape juice and vinegar. The beets (pink) and the grape juice (purple) required no cooking and were the easiest to put together. (They were also the best things to eat, and both Elias and I ate beets and drank grape juice after putting what we needed into our bowls.)
We used red cabbage, canned beets, yellow onion skins, grape juice and vinegar to naturally color our eggs. Photo By KyLynn Hull.
Next was to peel the skins off the onions and put them into a saucepan. We added water and vinegar and let it cook for about 45 minutes. In another saucepan, we cut a purple cabbage in half and separated each piece. This was Elias' favorite part because it was like undoing a puzzle. We added all the cabbage, water and vinegar and cooked it for about 45 minutes.
Elias separating the cabbage leaves. Photo By KyLynn Hull.
After cooking, we strained the juice and cooled it down. Once cooled, we started adding eggs into our natural concoction to start the coloring of the pretty, white eggs. We dumped the eggs semi-equally into our mismatched bowls and kept them soaking for what only needed to be a half hour, but we decided to keep them in throughout the afternoon.
What we found was the purple cabbage and yellow onion skins produced the deepest colors. The beet produced the lightest and the grape juice was somewhere in between. We even messed around with coffee grounds, but they didn't turn brown. (We used recycled coffee grounds; we're thinking next time using fresh coffee grounds and maybe boil it.) Also, the longer we let them soak didn't necessarily make them sharper colors. In fact, over time, the dyes seemed to dissipate and the eggs would barely color.
Right to left: purple cabbage, yellow onion skin, grape juice, coffee grounds, misc and beets. Photo By KyLynn Hull.
Elias enjoying the leftover "grape juice dye." Photo By KyLynn Hull.
We've got some good ideas for next time: blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and spinach. We'll keep you posted on our findings.
Here's the gist. We cooked and soaked them longer than these guidelines.
• PINK: 1 cup beet juice, 2 cups water and 1 tablespoon vinegar; combine in bowl
• PURPLE: 1 cup grape juice, 2 cups water and 1 tablespoon vinegar; combine
• ORANGE: Onion skins peeled from two yellow onions, 2 cups water and 1 tablespoon vinegar; combine in sauce pan and boil for 1/2 hour. Strain and cool.
• BLUE: Half red cabbage, leaves separated (my son's favorite part—taking apart a puzzle), 2 cups water and 1 tablespoon vinegar; combine in sauce pan and boil for 1/2 hour. Strain and cool.
• BROWN: Coffee grounds (pre-steeped), 2 cups water and 1 tablespoon vinegar; boil and cool


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If your baby has signs of a minor illness (such as cold symptoms or mild diarrhea), it is best to continue your breastfeeding routine. Breast milk provides your baby with the best possible nutrition.
If your baby is too ill to breastfeed, try cup-feeding. With this technique, you feed your baby collected breast milk. Take your baby to a doctor if he or she eats very little or not at all.
Even if your baby does not have much appetite or is in the hospital on intravenous (IV) fluids, use a pump or hand express your milk on your normal schedule. This will help you maintain your milk production until your baby's appetite returns.
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