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Living the Dream: Author Patti Callahan Henry
- Annabelle Robertson Contributing Writer
- 2007 1 Jun
Years ago, when Patti Callahan Henry married and started her family, she had no idea that she would someday be a best-selling author.
A clinical nurse specialist and a strong Christian, Henry had met her husband, Patrick (yes, he's actually named "Patrick Henry!") at Auburn University, where the two were students. After the wedding, Henry quit work to become a full-time wife and stay-at-home mother.
But a decade later, when her oldest child announced that she wanted to be a writer, Patti realized she had abandoned that dream herself. So she sat down and began the task of teaching herself to write. Six years later, Henry's first novel was published to widespread critical acclaim.
A finalist for the Townsend Prize for Fiction and one of only four authors chosen in 2006 by the Reader's Club of America, Henry's fourth novel, Between the Tides (Penguin/New American Library), will hit the shelves on June 5, 2007. It tells the story of Catherine Leary, a young woman who lives with buried memories of a childhood tragedy. When Catherine's father dies, he leaves instructions for Catherine to return to the scene of the accident.
A professor of English literature, her father has always told Catherine that life is a story—and now he wants Catherine to reclaim hers, so that she can finally be set free. Along the way, Catherine will unravel a family mystery and start a brand new chapter of her life.
Henry spoke with me about her new book and what it's like to finally live the dream. Here's what she had to say. . . .
Between the Tides is your fourth published novel. Can you tell us a little about the inspiration for it? Where it came from and what was in your heart when you decided to write it?
Between the Tides is actually the first book I ever wrote. This is the novel I wrote when I knew I wanted to be an author, when I made a promise to myself to write. I wrote it seven years ago—then rewrote it, rewrote it again and finally put it away. I pulled it out again last year and rewrote it for the last time. It was a challenge that I couldn't shirk any longer.
As I rewrote the book, I began to see, as we usually do when we engage in a creative act, a mirror to my own journey—not in literal terms, but in the journey of returning to something I said I'd never look at again (just like Catherine Leary, my main character, who said she'd never return to Seaboro).
As for the inspiration, I wanted to tell a story about a woman who refused to look at the past. Her heart was shut off and guarded, and I wanted her to awaken to who she really was and the promise of a life fully lived.
The major theme of Between the Tides is about finding the courage to face the truth, so that we can live with an open and healed heart. Where did this theme come from?
Well, there are many things in the novel that force Catherine to find truth, but another character in the novel uses three questions to help her open up and talk. These questions are:
- What do you want to be doing when you die?
- What do you want your tombstone/obit to say about you?
- What would you regret not having done?
These questions, along with a journey to her old hometown—where she also revisits her favorite novel—allow her to open her heart for the first time since childhood.
You're a strong Christian as well as the daughter of a Presbyterian (PCA) minister. How does your faith work its way into your writing?
I always say that all great stories are just an echo of THE great story. So, in that respect, I hope that my novels open the hearts and minds of those who read the stories. I don't "preach" in my novels, but I hope and pray that the larger themes of forgiveness, sense of purpose and unconditional love thread their way through my words.
Why did you opt for a secular publisher instead of a Christian one?
It wasn't a conscious decision at the time. My goal was to find the editor and publishing house that understood my work and was excited about the potential for future work—and that was Penguin/NAL.
You grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, spent your summers in Cape Cold, Miss., and attended high school in South Florida. Now you live in Atlanta, Ga. Yet you always set your books in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. Why is that?
In the Lowcountry, I found that my heart slowed down. It offered me not only peace and quiet, but was also reminiscent of my days in Cape Cold—those slow summers where kids could be kids. The Lowcountry setting has worked well for my stories as the land is a character and moves the story forward.
What does the writing process involve for you? Where do you begin, and how do you get your ideas?
I begin with a 'what if' and the characters are usually wrapped up in that 'what if'. Then I start to write the story and thoughts of the characters. I wish I was better about outlining and pre-plotting, but my mind seems to work through the story as I write. My ideas and inspiration come through the writing; only in the work do I know where the work is going.
Like most authors, you're often on the road or at home, working on a book. How does this affect your family life?
Fortunately, I'm at home the majority of the time. My traveling is limited to intermittent weekends and then a book tour at book release. I work when the kids are in school or asleep. Home is my priority, and I work the writing and traveling around family. I've been at home full time since my firstborn arrived fourteen years ago, and a book tour is hard on all of us (I'm gone four or five days at a time for a few weeks). But then the rest of the year is me bugging them all day every day!
Now that you're a mother and a successful author, are you finally living the dream?
In the chaos of writing, publishing, and raising a family, I always try to step back and take a look at where I am and be grateful for this journey, instead of trying to figure out what is next. Publishing is a strange business; you're always working on something way out in the future, and it's easy to forget to be grateful for what I have right now, which is that my fourth novel on the shelves.
Looking back, is there anything you would do differently?
No. I can't think of anything—this is a long journey and I'm just taking it step by step.
What are the answers to the three questions you ask in your book?
Everyone has to answer the questions for themselves. It's great fodder for book group discussions.
Between the Tides releases on June 5, 2007 from Penguin/New American Library. For more information about Patti Callahan Henry, please visit her web site at www.patticallahanhenry.com.


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Gold Version to do List
We aspire to release a gold version of the code every two to three years. Minor releases, mainly fixing bugs, occur from time to time. This gives the steps that we need to take.
A major release exists as a separate branch in the svn repository, beneath the /branches directory. The name consists of the last to digits of the year ending in "_branch". An example is "c08_branch". The branch should be created when the new release goes into beta, and no further major changes are expected.
The actual release is a tag created from the release branch, which will be in the /tags/release directory. The tag should have a name like c08.00, where the last two digits indicate the minor release version number: 00 should be used for the first release in a new release series, 01 for the first bug-fix roll-up, etc.
Starting with the c08 release series, we will also post patch updates to each release. These have names like c08.02_pl01 (this would be the first patch to the c08.02 bug-fix roll-up release), etc. Every time a hot-fix is posted, it should be accompanied by a UNIX patch file. The procedure for creating a patch update is described on the HotFixToDo page.
For all types of releases (main release, bugfix roll-up, patch update) make sure that the variables CLD_MAJOR, CLD_MINOR, CLD_PATCH in version.h have values that correspond to the version number in the svn tags directory. For main releases and bug-fix roll-ups CLD_PATCH should be zero. If you check out the release or patch_versions tag with svn and run the code (e.g. the smoke test) it will test if CLD_MAJOR, CLD_MINOR, and CLD_PATCH are set correctly (i.e. agree with the name of the tag). A PROBLEM string will be printed at the start of the output if a mismatch is found.
Preparing the trunk for a gold version
Check that there are no blocking tickets.
Top directory
- check copyright year across all of source including license.txt and license_doc.txt. Don't forget the file source/license.txt [automate, generate errors for non-standard headers]
- others.txt - this is a list of those who contributed to the code. Mail file to developers list to confirm whether it needs to be updated.
- list_headers.pl - This checks on any header files that are not used. [=> regular hygiene]
It produces following output files:
- headers.txt is a summary of all header files
- listfiles.list with all source files using each header
- uninclude-headers.pl - This prunes duplicate headers from source files. Dry-run first before modifying source.
- The RemoveHeaders page documents a series of scripts that perform this code hygiene
- todo_search.pl This makes a prioritized list of todo's, [=> regular hygiene]
creates todo_table.txt and todo_table.htm, checks no TODO criticality 0
- doc_atomic_data.pl - This extracts all atomic data references. [=> build of Hazy]
The files created are:
doc_atomic_data_refer.txt containing new references
doc_atomic_data_refer_old.txt containing old references.
dense_fabdenshould stop with statement that it needs to be replaced [=> crash subdirectory of test suite]
- fudge factors - check that fudge factors are used appropriately [=> test suite]
- run doxygen
- readme_data.htm [=> move to wiki/hazy auto update] review and update
- For versions c17.xx. Make sure md5datafiles.dat is up to date. To do this run ../scripts/generate_md5sums.sh in the root of the data directory. This requires the executable ../source/md5datafile.exe which is built alongside cloudy.exe by the make script. If you build in one of the sys_xxxx directories you must copy md5datafile.exe into source.
- For versions after c17. Make sure checksums.dat is up to date. To do this run ../scripts/generate_checksums.sh in the root of the data directory. This requires the executable ../source/vh128sum.exe which is built alongside cloudy.exe by the make script. If you build in one of the sys_xxxx directories you must temporarily copy (or symlink) vh128sum.exe into source.
tsuite/auto/ and tsuite/slow
- readme_tests.htm
- doc_tsuite.pl
this creates a list of all test cases, including the input commands and a description of its purpose
doc_tsuite.txt: contains a tab delimited list of the files,
doc_tsuite.htm: formatted list
create doc_tsuite.pdf from doc_tsuite.htm - this pdf is included in Hazy2
- Run suite through on systems [=>which do we support? how to run?]
Run checkall.pl to diagnose results
Check for sims close to an assert - this is in close.txt
Check that no debugging information is present - this is listed in debug.txt
Review minor problems - these are listed in minor.txt
Do grep on "C-" to see what cautions there are. There should be no warnings, "W-"
save files
- Check coverage run to confirm that all
saveoptions are used in at least one of the tests. [what script does this?]
- CheckPunchSharp.pl
Save files should start with a header saying what the column indicate. The first character should be a sharp sign. This script lists all files that do not start with "#". This is an error, and may indicate that the header was not properly produced.
- run the programs then check the output
- run_programs.pl will run the set of programs with either gcc or icc.
It obtains a list of the programs from run_programs.dat
- Run ./prep-bib.sh. This is a driver script that will gather atomic data references from the Stout database into LaTeX / PDF formats, and will prepare a LaTeX table (also a PDF) with the database provenance of all species known to Cloudy. The PDFs are copied to the docs/ directory.
- Run the script LineLabels.in to make sure that the files
SpeciesLabels.txtare up to date.
- In
head_info.texcheck that copyright and citation information, any other numbers that might have changed, are correct.
- Update table atomic data sources.
- Check whether in press papers in references have appeared
- Run script "latex/CompileAll.pl" once to create PDFs in each subfolder -- you only need to run script once to get working cross-references between Hazy 1 & 2.
- Replace any old pdf versions of hazy in the top directory with the current version and add them to the branch. The original names, as in "hazy1.pdf", must not be changed since cross references rely on them.
- Check that no TODO's are in latex with
grep -r --include="*.tex" TODO .
Creating the branch
A branch lives in the branch directory on svn and will have a name like c10_branch. The following should be changed on the branch after it is copied off from the trunk:
- Version numbers are set at top of version.cpp. Typically it will look something like the following:
static const int CLD_MAJOR = 8; static const int CLD_MINOR = 1; static const int CLD_PATCH = 0;
CLD_MINOR indicated the rev level, in this case, the version would be given as C08.01. The CLD_PATCH level has not been used so far.
- Edit
date.hto set YEAR, MONTH, and DAY to the date of the creation of the branch. We will change it to the date of the first release when that occurs. We do not change the date on xx.01 and later sub releases.
- Code exists within version.cpp to determine if this is a beta version from the svn name. It will then set nBetaVer to a non-zero value, 1 for first beta. etc.
- The flag lgRelease in version.cpp is true if this is a release. This says not to print comments about fixits, broken, todo etc. For a release branch we should set lgRelease = true around version.cpp:125-127
- The flags nBetaVer and lgRelease should not both be set - use one or the other.
- The flag lgReleaseBranch should be set to true around version.cpp:125-127 right after the release branch is created, it is OK to keep it true for releases.
Note that nBetaVer, lgRelease, and lgReleaseBranch will be set automatically in svn working copies. The explicit versions in the else-clause in the constructor in the file version.h are the ones that need to be modified by hand and are only used in source code that was not retrieved via svn.
Creating tags
We have two types of tags, release versions and release candidates. They have different locations in the repository.
Release candidate tags
- The name and release status is automatically created from the repository location.
- Release candidates are located in tags / develop / and have names like c17.00_rc1, so the full path name will be tags/develop/c17.00_rc1
- Copy the branch to this location.
Release tags
- In the head of the branch, edit
date.hto set YEAR, MONTH, and DAY to the date of the first release. We do not change the date on xx.01 and later sub releases.
- Code exists in
version.cppto set
lgReleaseBranch = true, and increment
lgBetaVerfrom the repository name. If this is a gold copy release it will also set
lgRelease = true
- Increment version.cpp
CLD_MINORas needed.
All tags
- Create release branch in git mirror repository on nublado
cd webapps/gitweb/repos/cloudy.git/ git log c13_branch git branch release/c13.xx <ID>
<ID> should be replaced with the git commit number shown by git log.
Creating distribution files
The release source and data files.
Create a tarball from the
releases/tags checkout.
Use the following commands and sftp the file to nubado.
cd cloudy_releases svn export svn://svn.nublado.org/cloudy/tags/release/c08.01/ tar cvfz c08.01.tar.gz c08.01 rm -rf c08.01
Never use the "file://" form in the svn command since that would expose internal information of the server!
Output files from the test suite
After running the test suite enter the tsuite directory and give the command
find . -name "*.out" | xargs tar cvfz c17_01_tsuite_out_gcc640unx.tar.gz
You may wish to remove the one output file
which is larger than all of the other output files together.
Then copy this to the nublado site.
The release
The wiki
- post on front page of web site
- make discussion group announcement
- update DownloadLinks page
- update contents, date, and rev number on RevisionHistory page
- update reference in StepByStep
Links to version documentation
- update in
data/citation_cloudy.txtfile used for print citation
- update bibtex reference. Alias name should be CloudyReview so that it is picked up across Hazy.
TODO find all references to 2013 paper
Return to DeveloperPages
Return to main wiki page

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During her employment as museum artist at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology from 1908-1936, M. (Mary) Louise Baker established an international reputation as the preeminent archaeological artist of her time with unmatched technical skill in scientific illustration. Her work at the University Museum included paintings of Maya pottery for limited edition folio volumes; paintings and reconstructions of Ur of the Chaldees' royal tombs findings for Sir C. Leonard Woolley and of the Palace of Merenptah at Memphis, and a reconstructed drawing of the Piedras Negras Lintel 3. She spent much of her career dividing her time between the positions of museum artist and as art teacher at the George School in Bucks County, PA. A life-long Quaker, M. Louise Baker was born in Alliance, Ohio, on August 4, 1872. At the age of 19, she came to Pennsylvania to complete her education. By 1900, she had decided to concentrate on art and enrolled at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art. Early in her career, Baker was a free-lance artist for commercial illustrations and children's magazines. She also did scientific drawings for archaeologist Clarence B. Moore at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. In 1908, she was hired by Dr. George Byron Gordon at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. During her career as an archaeological artist, Baker traveled to parts of the world where women never ventured unattended. The M. Louise Baker collection spans the years from 1889 to 1962 and contains her unpublished autobiography; 54 detailed diaries from 1889 to 1960; sketches, commercial art, illustrated stories and poems for children's publications from her early career; scrapbooks which she compiled; drawings and paintings. A large portion of the collection, including Baker's unpublished memoir, family photographs, scrapbooks, and diaries, was donated to the Penn Museum Archives in 2011 by Baker family members after a connection with Museum Research Associate Dr. Elin Danien. It is housed in ten archival boxes, plus additional drawings and paintings housed in the Oversize Plans and Drawings Collection and other examples of Baker's work relating to Ur and Egypt on display in Museum exhibit galleries. The Penn Museum owns over 500 works by Baker, including all her work for the Maya Pottery publications, much of it unpublished.


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I gave a presentation on SKOS and Semantic Web Deployment last week at the Library of Congress. Here's the blurb..
Links are valuable. Links between documents, between people, between ideas, between data. Data is now a first class Web citizen, and the Web is expanding as more of these valuable networks are deployed within its fabric. Well-established knowledge organization systems like the Library of Congress Subject Headings will play a major role within these networks, as hubs, connecting people with information and providing a firm foundation for network growth as many new routes to the discovery of information emerge through the collective action of individuals. Or will they?
This talk introduces the Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS), a soon-to-be-completed W3C standard for publishing thesauri, classification schemes and subject headings as linked data in the Web. This talk also presents SKOS in the context of the W3C's Semantic Web Activity, and in particular the work of the W3C's Semantic Web Deployment Working Group where other specifications are being developed for publishing linked data in the Web, for embedding linked data in Web pages, and for managing Semantic Web vocabularies. Finally, this talk takes a mildly inquisitive look at the value propositions for linked data in the Web, and how LCSH might be deployed in the Web for better information discovery.


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Daily Trojan, Vol. 22, No. 90, February 18, 1931
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jmuiNQ J lfte«""P *~r f - tedar. S O U T H ERN A L 1 F O R N I A DAI LY P TROJAN XXII WDSHAIL IN'S QUEEN ON RETURN U* Comes Home to Spanish Ruler Dur-Impending Crisis. ... rfTi£-<uP)-Q««n f»B* battle from En*lBnd ,t her huaband's King Alfonso X111 ***'" dictatorial measures j,, popular tide toward Uilim "f " constutlonsl *Mch would strip him ' miocratlc power he ' >n- hrom of thousands. Intar-j liberally *i'h uniformed Jtiiaily garbed aristocrats bin. met ,h* <JUPpn *' ,he thn h»r train from Parle i it S:30 P m There wer# inuttvw from the Britlah ^grti (tnbsisies. pp|AR AT BALCONY limlltd graciously and eager-:rf abou' the kin*. The peo-ol Inceiaanl unreal and -»t the uncertain political •eaponded to her bow and ri i welcome, fliieenhad hurried back from (Ida of her mother, Princess i, mm of King George of \jd, to be with Alfonso dur->>, crisis which threatened A moment after her it tbe royal palace, ahe ilig Alfonso, both looking tint tired, appeared on a Tbe crowd cheered re-. It was a moving sight, I til political unrest and the jlttni-martial law in mind. ItCUMION CONTINUES king and queen then re-tmide th* palace and the dlsperaed, The night waa wMle political conference* to lolva the lateat crials li continued. Count Roman-tht Marques De Alhucemas ther liberal and constitution-1 leader* gathered to continue »:c'*is talk of a new regime willletions on the powers of throne. They sought to find Continued on Page Two) Lo* Angeles, California, Wednesday, February 18, 1931. Men Will Meet For Sweater Measurements The following men will meet In Blll Hunter's office at noon tod*y to be measured for sweaters: Byron Gentry, Gene Clark, Tom Mallory, Gene Brown, Ward Bond, Vaughn Dertmlutn, Irving Winfield, varsity men. Burt Sherman, Robert. Collier, Lee Summers, freshmen. S.C. ALUMNUS SPEAKER FOR RALLY TODAY NOVEL BIDS WILL CARRY OUT MOTIF OF DINNER DANCE School of Merchandising Holds Annual Social Event Friday Evening. From bids disguised as sales-checks to miniature bill boards for j place cards, the theme of the j seml-formal dinner dance of the ! School of Merchandising is gym j bolic of Its cardinal interests. To ! be held Friday at the Pacific | Coast club ln Long Beach, the af I fair Is the annual social event of this division of the College, of Commerce.. One member of each couple attending must be enrolled in the School of Merchandising or a member of the Univeralty Advertising club, Alpha Delta Slgma, or Gam ma Alpha Chl, national profession al organizations. Don Millican stated that the bids were aellinc rapldiy and they may be obtained from a member of the bid committee or In ihe office nf the School of Merchandising. Patrons and patronesses Include a number of Influential business people, including Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rundy rtf the Bundy Quill and Press; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Marti and Mr. and Mra. Harry Buffum, Long Beach merchants; Mr. and Mrs. B* C Slavin, store superintendent of Bullock's; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Buell, general man ager of the May company. Dr. and I Mrs. W. D. Moriarty and Dr. Flor-j ence May Morse will represent the I university on the patron list. Ship Tons Glider AY WILL BE In 25'Mile Flight ATE OF NEXT DIG Cher Open Water ist to the ho'lclay which hns ! declared to commemorate | !* Washington's bi tltda/, the scheduled for Monday will | Wd Tuesday nl.;ht, nud wl'l ' irate the all-unhenity social • lor the lecond semester, social hall wag decide! upon lf all-univet iity social coin* j to be th* -i ene nt i be 1 Thi* decision Is Hi* result attempt to keep tiie Student > building a rendezvous for 1 **'*nts. in order tn arovlde room for dancing, the furni-•ill be removed from ths 'lounge ai well as from 'he >'"• The it*K Un»-. according * MW syatem. will form in ""'r of th, f)oor. •* Thompson's popular ten- * orcheaiia lua been chosei 'sb the music. a check-room be maintained for the con-!°te of thf gutats. I *111 begin promptly al UA Jane, McCoy haa re-!i 'be cooperation of all *or-p houses in holding pledging ti" 11 »" early hour so Pi> house will he rt*pre-»t the "dig •• * u,»al spirit of informality both in the matter of lnl Introductions. Informal Wjrt ciotha* will he proper, CU!|lng-ln" win be encour- '♦rs. dropped in tbe tradl »,' " ,hp ,1nor »'H admit i ■ *hllP , charming smile' entrance for the wo ! >SCUl. W W'LL SPEAK I in Hl'"* for tho Club | •" M.ss Ellia fcr, ,h. B ^ 1 *"*•< speaker lot w " r|'jb °f the Fede-Lr, °®en« c|ub(1 21();< go IH.Il'" F"j,) morning at ik«JLri'ud* Uw*u <h* ,or lhe meeUBg AVALON. Sania Catalina Island, Feb. 17—(IP)—A 25-mile night over open water from San Pedro on the mainland, to Pebble Beach here was made in a motorless glider today by Richard Devine, Los Angeles airplane pilot. The craft was towed by the power yacht Fellowship, operated by Joe Fellows. Sr. Devine brought his glider down 1 hour, 25 minutes after taking off. breaking a wheel in landing, but escaping un-injured. As the glider neared Pebble Reach, Devine cut the two rope and soared above tlie ar>a for several minutes, selecting a strip for landing. The glider has a wing spread of 50 feet. TWO DROWNED PHOENIX, Ariz.. Feb 17—(I Pl —High water In the Verde river caused two men to drown, th* sheriff's office here was Informed loday. Credit Expert to Address Commerce Students at 10 This Morning. Mr. Paul H Cunningham, for mer Trojan student, who Is now conneclerl with the credit department of the Security Flrat National bank In Los Angeles, will speak at an assembly of the student body nf Ihe College of Commerce at 10 this morning in Touchstone theater. All 10 o'clock classes In commerce will be dismissed so that as many students ss possible may attend the meeting aciording to Leslie Fay, president of the Col lege of Commerce. Substituting on the program for Chester A. Rude, who is vice-president of the Security Nstlonal bank, Mr Cunningham will speak as a guest nf the accounting department on the topic "Why the Ranker Says No." He waa, while a student at S. C., president of the senior class of '28. Is now permanent class president of the class of '28. and a member of the Skull and Dagger honorary fiaternity. Phi Beta To Give Program Phi Reta, natlnnal prolesslonal fraternity of music and art, will stage an Intereating and varied program at the Knickerbocker hotel on the evening of Feb. 28. featuring eminent artista, with the prnceeda being used fnr the scholarship which is offered every year to students in music and art. Gilmore Brown, who has been the director of the Pasadena Community Playhouse for many sea-snns has promised to attend the ptogtam. and will be a guest of honor along with such noted personalities as Edward Everett Horton, stage and screen celebiliy. Alec U. Francis, Warner Brothers' chai after sctor. .Marlon Schilling, youug Pathe star, and Dean Wal ter Fischer Skeele of the College of Muaic. Phi Beta lias several national figures as patrons, including. Artur Rodzinski, Philharmonic conductor, .lolin McCormack, world famous tenor, May Hobeson. the grand old lady of the stage. Dr. and Mts. Rufus B. vou KleinSmid, Dr. Fran-sic Baron, Dean Mary Sinclair Crawford, Mrs. Pearle Aiken Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Giles Gil- J bel t, pianists, and Conrad Nagel ' and Ann Harding, motion picture ; favorites. Tickets for this Phi Bi-la pro | gram can be ohlalut'd al the Associated Student Store, or the Col- j lege of Music, 26nl South Grand. CATCH INDIAN BANDIT CALIPATRIA, Calif, Feb 17 — (f p)—Pnllard Boyken sn Indian, was captured after a brief chase loday when he fled from a btanclij of the Security Flrat National Bank with *7,000. Boyken ez | changed a number of shots with J Chief of Police Frank Benson and other officers before being cap tuted. Bids Are Nou1 On Sale For Annual Underclass Dancc To Be Held Friday Night With only 150 bids available for the annual .underclass dance, scheduled for Friday night in the Student l'nion social hall, tickets for the event ar* rapidly being sold by tbe >alcs men and in the Student Store, 'aid Kd Lee, chairman of the j tirkct sales yesterday. ASSEMBLY TO WELCOME NEW SPRING TERM This affair offers the members of the freshman snd sophomore classes an opportunity to become better acquainted. A few bids ar $1.50 are left for students who desire to attend. Invitations have been Issued to prominent off csmpus people. In eluding some of the leading mo tion picture stars nf Hollywood, for the dance. Other novelty fea Rolph 'Fires' Board Head; Backs Down Governor Finds "Dismissed" Officer Has Four Years of Term Left. SACRAMENTO, Calif. Feb 17 -(UP)— Governor Rolph today "dismissed'' Dr. Oeorge K. Ebrlght, president of the state board of health for many years, and laler found that the dismissal »aa lm possible. Ebrlght had opposed appointment by Gov .Kolph of Dr. George C. Sablchl of Pf "rsfle'd ss dep uty director of the departme and head nf the department of epidemiology. "For the good of public service,' 'ihe go\ernor said In concluding a lengthy statement, "I now hereby remove Dr. George Ebrlght from public service. If he will remember that I was elected to the office of Governor of California by a million people of California, he will realise that I am going lo direct the affairs of the slate department of public health as governor." Rolph thought that Kbiighf's appointment had ezpired laat June and lhat he was holding office bn cause there was no new appointment. LAWYER SAYS U.S. IS 'SPOILED CHILD' tures hsve been planned for the progiaiu In addition. Bob l.abri-ola'a nlne-plece orchestra will pio vide music snd entertainment for Ihe dancers from tt to 12 p m. Within keeping with the season, a George Washington motif will be followed in the decorations and refreshments. Vnder tlte lead ershlp of Hyrum White, members of Ihe Flying Squadron will dls tribute bids to rsmpua fraternity snd soroHty houses. Albion King To Discuss Drunkcness Philosophy Instruct or Will Speak on "Activities of the Inebriate." Before an open meeting of the Y. M. C. A council tonight at 5:S0 In the "Y" building, Albion j King nf the philosophy depart-j ment will talk on the "Psychol-i ogy of Drunkenness." | Taking a scientific angle. King | plans tn point oul the physical condition of a "stewed" person with relation to the menial ac-| livities of Uie Inebriate. Sped | flc illuanatlons of drunken Indl I vlduals as menaces to society will be given throughout Ihe lecture. King's article on ths previously named topic has bei-n fhe cause nf considerable dlscussinn nnrong j prohibition antagonists and de j fenders since ils publication ln ihe Christian Century several months ago. • Frank Purcell will direct community singing before Ihe main J apeaker of the meeting make- * liia address. Dinner will be serv-1 ed at 5:30 for 25 cents a plate Kvenlng plants will nol be disrupt ed sinoe the dinner will be over by 7. COLUMBIA CHEMIST TO ADDRESS GROUP Classes Tomorrow Will be Dismissed Early for AU-U Gathering. Fm mal oi>enlng of the nrw sem ester will take place at the all-university assembly to, be held at 9:2t». Thursday morning in Bovard auditorium, when President Rufus B von KleinSmid will officially welcome new students to the campus. Dr. Bruce Baxter, who will pre side at Ihe meeting, made this announcement yesietday. together with the fac I that the bank of it o'clock classes will be dismissed at 9:15. Everyone Is required to attend his 9 o'clock class, five minutes being allowed for fime to get to assembly which opens sl exactly 9:20, running through the regular chapel period ami dosing at 10:ii6 Hecause of this, the last portion of tlie president's speech will be broadcast over station KM PC. At the beginning of each semes 1 ier, Prealdent von KleinSmid gives such an addiess. Therefore, lllla welcome, which was to have been given lust Tuesday, but was postponed due lo the Illness of tiie President, will open in a very n-al fashion tlie present aprlng semester. While It Is intended for a welcome to new studenta, those who have been ln-ie during the past semester are alao urged lo attend, for this is one of the few | occasions w hen lhey have an opportunity to hear Ihe President speak. In addition In the adtliess. spec lal music wllUbi* furnished for (he assembly by Dean Waller F Skeele, dean of the College of | Music, w |io w ill present several organ solos. False Teeth Gag Is No Johe To Local Man By United Press Suddenly choking and gasping. Mark Thorne, 63, awakened loday and discovered lhat he had swallowed hla false teeth aa he slept. Al Hollywood receiving hoa-pltal he was given emergency treatment and returned to his home Doctors said sn opera tion would be necessary to re cover the molars. TROJAN DEBATERS MEET NAZARENE COLLEGE TONIGHT - Steck and Jones Are S C. Speakers; Contest Held in Porter Hall'. Graduates to Receive Supplement To Alumni Review hy S.C. Faculty Marked with enthusiasm on the part of Trojan alumni for the mimeographed supplement to -he Southern California Alumni Review written by various members of the Trojan faculty on subjects of vital current interest has been noted. Monthly copies of the supplement are mailed to the members of Ihe Souhern California Alum nl association The purpose of Ihe supplement Is to further lhe education of^ the graduated atudenis of Ihe Ini versity of Southern Callfoinia. This month's contributions of lectures lo the supplement are: English, "The New Attitude Toward American Literature" by Dr the Prevention of Juvenile Maladjustment and Delinquency" by Prof. Norman Fenton. Music, "Adult Music Education" by Prof. Adelaide Trowbridge Perry, zoology, "The Hessian Fly and Man" by Dr. Bruce M Harrison: philosophy. "Philosophy Through th* Lives of ibe Philos Louis Wann; economica, "Panic ophers" by Dr. Herbert L. and Panacea" by Dr. Joy L. Leon- , Searles; history. "Activities in ard; politicsl science, "The In- j California and Latin American creasing Cost of Government" by Htl,ory * by Dr. Clarence V. Oil Dr. Roy Malcom. engineering.1 "Trends in Electric Power Trans hiland: law, "Commercial Arbltra i tion' mission'' by Prof. Wm (J. Anger mann; education, "A Program for ; IIV by Prof. Orville P. Cocker By UMed Press America was arraigned as the "spoiled chlld of fortune' by Sam uel Unlermyer, nationally famous law-yer, In an address before l*os Angeles University club members j yesterday on business and social conditions. Frankly assuming Ihe "unproflt j able role of reminding ua of our | blunders," Unlermyer scored Am erica for deficiency In "even Ihe ; rudiments and practices of a sound social and economic pliilo- ! sophy," yet added that he was an incurable optimist for ihe country and its future. "1 differ." he said, "from the j people of other nations and from J our ow n smug self satisfied fellow j citizens who blindly worship our j material success and prosperity to the poim at which they assume that It must have been achieved by superior thrift and ability and t by a more profound knowledge of economic laws than thast of other countrlea with which we compete." | Dr. Starbuck to Speak on God at Luncheon Today •God ia the Life of Ihe World" la the subject chosen by Dr Bdwln Dlllsr Starbuck professoi In the depaitment of philosophy, for the first Y W. C, A. meeting to be held this noon in Divinity hall. University avenue and 34th atreet Meeting* will be held every Wednesdsy noon, st which time various speakers will address the campus women The price ia 20 centa, and reservation* are not neteaaary. In* lation Is exiended to all women on the campus, ea peclaliy io Inelming freshmen Prof Victor K. La Mer, noted professoi sciential from Columbia university, will lecture on the theory of dissociation of salt solution* at 8 p. Ul, Feb. 20. In the Chenilatry building on llils campus. The lecture Is lo be a part of the initiation priiKiaui sponsored by Phi Lambda Upsilon, honorary chemistry lialernlty. al which time Professor LaMer will be gueal of honor. Professor LaMer, though one of the younger membeis of the staff at Columbia. Is well known In the field of physical chemistry as a teacher, scientist and author, ant} al the present time ia on asbhatical leave from Columbia Following the initiation which la scheduled for 4 o'clock ln the afternoon, dinner for active and alumni membera of that organization will be served. The cost will be (I per plale; for reservations phone or write Prof. LeRoy S. Wetherby Richmond 4111. atailon 2*8, or call at t* Chemistry building. Wind Sinks Tu# In Deep Water Off Washington HIOIjLINGHAM Wash . Feb 17 (irpi—The tug Barbaia Foss, which went aahore at Puffen Rocks, off Natla. laland broke loose today and sank in deep water during a windstorm loday, according to reporla reaching here. The crew of four men aboard Ihe Barbara Fo»a waa taken off safely, and the tug stood by with salvage equipment and a scow to salvage the sinking tug if poa alble. Earlier in the day reporta said that the stranded tug was in no danger, but waves and a strong wind washed It from the rocks Fraternities Trade Meals III an effort to bring about a wider acquaintance between fraternity men, campus gioupa will hold the fourth series of exchange luncheons thla uoou, Fred Chase, chairman of Ihe interfraternity i * - la i ious com mittee. announced. Houses which will egchauge hospitality today are: Heta Kappa 'Gamma Epsilon. Delta Clil— Kappa Alpha Delta Sigma Phi Kappa Slgm-c. Phi Kappa Psl — l'iii Kappa Alpha. Phi Kappa Tau Slgma Alpha Epsilon. Pill Nu Delta—Slgma Chl. Phi Slgma Kappa Slgiua N'u. Slgma Tau Alpha Nu Della, Theta Psl Della Phi Delta. Phi Beta Delta — Tau Epallon Phi. 'I'lie first house nsrued ls asked to act aa host to tlie upperclassmen of the second house and make the arrangements for the affair. Aa there la an odd number of ftalernlilea. otle must be omitted from the exchange each week. HEARING FOB SANI fY PHOBNIX, Ailz, Feb. 17 M Pi - Charles R. Foster. Clayrdste, Pa , youth, under sentence to hang Friday, will be given an Insanity bearing at Florence, Aria., lale tomorrow. Two debalera from Northwest N a serene college of Tampa, Idaho, will speak from the Trojan plat Ioi in tonight against Kmll Steck and (llenii Jones. The visiting speakers are Theodore Mai tin and George Tayloraon who will defend the negative issues ot Ihe Fi ee Trade quest loll. Th* appearance of the vlalllug I es til toutgclit In Poi Ier hall, la the first time that debaters from Northwest Nnaarene have debaled with Trojan apeakera. Fight intercollegiate couteata liuve been anangeit for Ihe vlait-ng speaker* during tliel" first trip lo the Southwest. Including debates with Utah, Stanford. South ern Callfoinia, Pasadena college Hnd lhe College of Puget Sound. Besides the two apeakera irt tonight's contest, Robert Coulter la also making the Hip. The team ia debating both aidea ot Ihe Free Trade question on the tour wltn Coulter a* the affli luatlve, Minin as Ihe uegatlve and with Taylot-non debating, both aidea. All of thu vlaiting apeakera have hnd t»o yeara of debating expert-ence. Jones and Steck, who have debated aaainat Stanford ou Mon day evening of this week in a nondeclKlon contest, aie leady to defend their view* of Ihe quea tion. The last non deciaiou coulee! tills week ia echeduled for Fri-('ay night when Ucegson Uaulssr and Lockwood Miller meet theOre gnu Slate college team ou tile Chain Siote question. March Wampus Deadline Feb. 24 For Manuscripts Deadline for the March issue of ihe Wampus, campus hunio- mag axlne, lias been set for Feb. 24. This Issue will *>•• lh« Avial'on numbei and all short a! iries and other literary work should be writ-■ en in accordance with thi* thanie. All staff membera are lequealed lo See Ihe editor some tlttan Thursday. Ml** Goodwin will be In her office from 910, and from 2-5 Art work for the next number is needed and new studenta wbo have artistic talent should sub mlt their woik to the Wampus of flee by Ihe deadline dale. BANDIT ESCAPES BKI.t.FI.OWKH. Calif, Feb 17 (IP) A bandit escaped with approximately 12.000 from the Commercial National bank here I loday. International Council Will Hear Two Speeches on Modern Russia Members of the Council ou Iniei national Relation* will hold their mouthly dinner meeting at the Los Angele* City club, H33 South Spring street, tomorrow evening at fi:15. Dr. Gordon 8. Watkins and Prof. Geoige Day will speak on "Russia Today." Dr Borla V. Morkovin will be the gueal of the club, and many persous who lisve been in Husaia are planning to attend. "Indications are," Dr. J. Kugene Hailey aald, "lhat Ihis will be one of the most widely attended meeting* the council has had." Dr. Walkins is a protessor of economics at U. C. L. A., and ha* spent several months in Russia. Professor Day, professor of sociology st Occidental college, has re- Hope street, Iftinity 4751. cently returned from a yesr'a study in that country, He haa worked with the Execu tlve Committee of International Relations, and has done eglenslve work with the Cosmopolitan club In soul hern California. Profeaaor Day will present a comparative picture before and after the Soviet upheaval. Reservations may be secured from Miss Rlgnche Sleber, 715 So BACHELOR'S CLUB Thar* will bs s lurch eon meeting of th* Pieh*. lor'* club today lh 323 Student Union, It ia necessary that every men-be. be present. No. 90. PAN-HELLENIC CHANGESDATE FOR PLEDGING Hour of Preference Dinners Set Ahead in Favor of Basketball Game. Preference dinners may be held from R'SO until io Saturday even ing, and pledging will be held any lime sfter 5:S0 p.m. Tuesday. These two Important changes were announced by Miriam Brownstet ier, ptesldent of Pan-Hellenic yes terday. The hour for the dinner has been set (head so that sorority girls and rushees may attend the U. C. L. A. 8. C. basketball game Ulrls msy be taken lo the dinner. and home, but not to the xaiue with girls from I lie sorority, said Misa Brownstetter. Each house Is required to have the hour of tbelr dinner, together with the place it is to be held ln tbs office of the dean of women by 8 o'clock friday morning, when thn bids go ln. When tha sorority caila Its rushees lo Invite them lo Uie preference dinner ihe rushee should lie told the hour al which the din uef I* to be held. Pledging lias been moved up un-III Tuesday becauae of Ihe university .holiday Monday. This gives the sororities and Ihe ruaheeg 24 IIIOI* house of truce, which extends from the termination of tha rot-mal dinner date until the hour of pledging, 6:80 Tuesday afternoon. Miss Brownatetter requests that the houaea hold pledging as early as possible so that their members arid new pledges will be free to attend tbe "Dig," Tuesday evening in the gym. There now remain only two day* of ruahlng this week. Rushees msy attend aorority affairs today and tomorrow, but when they lea va the bouse Thursday evening there tuual be no more communication until the formal dinner on Saturday. They will receive the Invitations to the** dinners Thursday between tbe hcura of 10 and lt. Friday morning, those girls who Intend to pledge must report to the dean of women's office where they will be saked to algnlfjr which house they prefer. A Hat of girls who aro eligible to be pledged will be posted in ihe Administration building tomorrow morning. Rush captains should check thla for names of their rush-rea, so that they will know which girla are eligible. AIR AUTHORITY TO SPEAK AT CALTECH With a demonstration of tha world's outstanding wind tunnel, aud au addieaa by Dr. Theodor vou Kannan, International authority on aeronautice, the February dinner meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Knglneera will be held at the Athenaeum on tile campus of the California Institute of Technology, California street and Hill aveuue, Pasadena, un Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 6 30 p. in. Dr. von Karuiau, director of tha Guggenheim Graduate School of Aerouautica, will addreas the society ou the subject ot "Recent Developments In tlie Design of Aircraft." The lecture will be illustrated by slides and demonstration experiments, as well ss a rapid moving picture showing Ihe flow of air around an alr-foll. The pictures were taken at a rata of 20,000 per second. At the close of the meeting the Guggenheim laboratory will be vial ted where the wind tunnel may be seen operating at a speed of 200 miles or more per hour. The new astrophysics machine shop where work 1« now started | on accessories for the gigantic 200-Inch telescope will be open for inspection. Although this meeting 1* primarily for member* of the two student branche* of the A S M. K , at Caltech and 8 C.. all students are inflied to attend. Trans* i portation may be arranged for at j .30 p. m. ai Bridge hall, at which time the group will meet before leaving for Csltecia.
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Documents have officially emerged from the Federal Communications Commission that detail compliance testing on an Apple product, model number A1339, which is described as a "Bluetooth trackpad." Testing was apparently finished in October of 2009, leading some to believe that the wireless trackpad that was rumored to make an appearance at this year's WWDC is going to finally debut in the very near future.
A request of confidentiality, agent authorization, label format, and location documents were also made public Monday in addition to the certification. The label format and location documents give details on where the FCC ID label would go on the device, which is represented by a rather unimpressively rendered rectangle. Left out of the certification document are the setup photos, which were removed from the document at the request of Apple.
There isn't much valuable information as to the device's dimensions or methodology; instead, the document deals with frequency, power draw, interference, and radiation. The device was apparently tested with a MacBook, but it isn't clear whether it's meant to be used in coordination with the laptop's built-in trackpad or instead of it. The device may actually be intended for Apple's desktop line as well.
In my mind (and this is pure speculation), the device would be perfectly suited for an iOS-driven Apple TV. Bluetooth's range should be ample for the distance between most TVs and couches, and a multitouch trackpad would make all iOS apps immediately usable on a large screen. The Apple TV would need a hardware update to include a Bluetooth transceiver, but the device is due for a hardware update anyway. There might need to be some sort of acknowledgement of where your fingers are on the trackpad relative to the screen, but this would be a fairly simple task—one that is already accomplished in the iOS simulator that comes with Xcode.
It is far more likely that the device will be a multitouch trackpad intended for Apple's computer line, but one thing seems definite: with the filing of these papers, the "Magic Trackpad" is apparently coming to market, and it could arrive sooner than later.


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Apple's Latest iPad Mini Ads Are Genius
Apple has had mixed success in recent months with its ads, but the company has struck gold with its latest set of print advertisements for the iPad mini.
The company has begun placing ads that show the actual size of the iPad mini on the back covers of several national magazines. In this way, Apple cleverly shows off what the reading experience is like on the iPad mini compared to the magazine itself.
The ad was featured on the back of last week's issue of The New Yorker as well as the latest issue of Time Magazine, among other publications.
"We began running the new iPad mini print ads before Thanksgiving, starting with Marie Claire, Women's Health and The New Yorker, and have followed up with Time," a rep for TBWA\Media Arts Lab, Apple's longtime ad agency, told Mashable. "We are looking forward to future partnerships."
Shortly after the iPad mini was unveiled, Apple started advertising the it with billboards that made similar use of white space to show off the smaller size of the new device.
Apple has also aired several iPad mini commercials, which emphasize that the experience of using the device is just like the iPad, just smaller.
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Ranjith Raj
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Free Software Hacktivist and Knowledge Commons advocate.
Journey with Mozilla in teenage started from advocating Firefox browser and interesting add-ons. Came to know about Mozilla mission in when I'm in college. Organised a master training camp(training the trainers) in IIIT Hyderabad December, 2015 and taught how to build FIrefox OS apps http://swecha.org/content/advanced-workshop-developing-mozilla-firefox-os-apps.
In 2016, actively campaigned for Open Web by Mozilla Advocacy
In 2017, Started contributing to localization projects of Mozilla into Telugu, became translator and organised localisation sprints. Coordinating to organise Telugu l10n event in near future.
Recently joined WebVR community, organised a session on WebVR+Drupal in IIIT Hyderabad. working to bring Drupal India & Mozilla India communities with WebVR+Drupal.
Following recent improvements in Open Design, working on policy and licencing terms of it.
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sandeep kapalawai
I have known Ranjith as an active L10n contributor who has been doing a great job, also helps in building the community. He is a big asset for Mozilla .
Ranjith has been a great help in building community and also organized many events related to Localization,Advocacy and community development. Happy to vouch Ranjith for his contributions.
Deepak Upendra
Ranjith is an active person in the Mozilla Telangana community, contributing actively to L10n, helping us organize major events like the A Frame with Drupal event and several others. He is also helping out with finding new spaces where Mozillians can organize events and helping the Connected Communities initiative. Ranjith is working on stepping up the gear and organizing more events in the area to lure more contributors.
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SANDY, Utah – Real Salt Lake (2-2-1, 7 points, West 4th) got first-half goals from FW Robbie Findley and MF Luis Gil to down Western Conference rival Seattle Sounders FC (0-3-1, 1 point, West 9th) in front of a sold-out crowd at Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday night.
RSL completely dominated the match, outshooting Seattle 25-8, putting 10 shots on goal to Seattle's 4 and keeping the Sounders on their back foot throughout the 90 minutes.
Real Salt Lake came out of the gates firing, nearly going ahead in the fifth minute. MF Ned Grabavoy slipped Findley into the left side of the box and the speedy striker cut in on his right foot before firing a shot that nearly deflected off of a Seattle player and in.
RSL had a double chance in the seventh. Claret-and-Cobalt DF Abdoulie Mansally hit a fantastic early cross from the left to FW Devon Sandoval in the right side of the area, putting him in for a 1-v-1 chance that Sounders GK Michael Gspurning blocked. MF Sebastian Velasquez pounced on the rebound at the top of the 18, cutting in on his left foot before ripping a shot that Gspurning deflected out of bounds.
The Claret-and-Cobalt broke through in the eighth minute. A long RSL throw from the right corner started a goalmouth scramble, with Findley eventually pouncing on a Sandoval block just two yards from goal. Gspurning stopped Findley's first shot, but couldn't do anything about the rebound, with Findley toe-poking the ball in from two yards out. The goal was Findley's first of the year and his first with RSL since returning to the team this offseason after a two-year stint at English Championship club Nottingham Forest.
Unfortunately, Findley strained his left adductor during the goal play and had to be subbed off for FW Joao Plata in the 14th minute.
Gspurning stood on his head again in the 34th minute, miraculously turning away a RSL triple chance to keep it 1-0. Plata started the play, bringing the ball down on the left side and playing Sandoval through into the middle of the box. Sandoval's shot was blocked by an onrushing Gspurning; Gil picked up the rebound, firing a shot off a Seattle defender; Velasquez pounced on the loose ball, firing a shot toward the top corner that Gspurning deflected over the bar.
RSL scored on the ensuing corner kick, with Gil finishing off a pretty set play to put the Claret-and-Cobalt up 2-0. Velasquez rolled the corner from the right side along the end line to Grabavoy, who chipped the ball toward the top of the box with his first touch, allowing Gil to smash a long-distance header inside the far post.
Plata nearly made it 3-0 RSL in first-half stoppage time, running onto a long ball over the top of Seattle's back line and getting into the box before hitting a 1-v-1 shot that Gspurning saved.
Seattle had its first really good look immediately after Plata's chance, with FW Eddie Johnson collecting a long ball at the top of the box before dribbling into the left side of the area and hitting a low shot that RSL GK Nick Rimando kept out with a diving save.
The Sounders had the first chance of the second half, forcing Rimando into another diving stop in the 54th minute. MF Steve Zakuani crossed from the left wing to MF Brad Evans, who snapped a header from the middle of the box to the far post that Rimando stopped.
Gspurning came up big again in the 55th minute, stopping another Plata 1-v-1 chance. Sandoval created the opportunity, springing Plata in on the left side of the box with a neat flick from the top of the area.
Evans pulled one back for Seattle in the 57th minute. MF Mauro Rosales laid DF DeAndre Yedlin's cross off to Evans at the top of the box, with Evans ripping a deflected shot off the right post and into the back of the net.
RSL MF Javier Morales made his 2013 debut in the 62nd minute when he came on for Gil. Morales – who missed the Claret-and-Cobalt's first four matches while recovering from preseason knee surgery – was given a standing ovation from the sold-out Rio Tinto Stadium crowd when he entered the game.
Seattle had its best look at an equalizer in the 72nd minute. Johnson and substitute FW David Estrada both got on the end of a Yedlin ball at the left post, but neither really connected on a shot, allowing Rimando to pick up the loose ball to end the dangerous opportunity.
RSL was denied in its shout for a penalty in the 85th minute. Morales thought he had earned a spot kick after Seattle DF Jhon Kennedy Hurtado bodied him off the ball in the box, but referee Mark Geiger waved it away.
Real Salt Lake plays again on Monday, when it will host Brigham Young University in an exhibition match at Rio Tinto Stadium. The Claret-and-Cobalt will return to MLS play next Saturday, April 6, taking on Subaru Rocky Mountain Cup rivals the Colorado Rapids at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
Real Salt Lake Match Notes – RSL 2-1 SEA
- Saturday's sold-out crowd of 20,359 is RSL's eighth-straight non-playoff sell-out and seventh-consecutive MLS regular season sell-out.
- FW Robbie Findley's eighth minute goal broke a 408-minute scoreless streak for RSL against Seattle. RSL hadn't scored in its previous four matches against Sounders FC, last finding the net against Seattle on May 12, 2012.
- Findley's goal was his first regular season strike in a RSL uniform since Aug. 7, 2010, when he found the back of the net in RSL's 1-1 tie at Kansas City. Findley is third in RSL history with 30 career goals for the Claret-and-Cobalt.
- MF Javier Morales made his 2013 debut on Saturday night, entering the match to a standing ovation in the 62nd minute for MF Luis Gil. Morales had missed RSL's first four games while recovering from preseason knee surgery.
- FW Alvaro Saborio missed Saturday's game due to a knee injury suffered in the Costa Rican national team's Tuesday win over Jamaica. Saborio missed RSL's loss at FC Dallas last Saturday while with Los Ticos.
- Rookie FW Devon Sandoval made his first MLS start on Saturday, playing for the injured Saborio and nearly scoring several goals in 90 minutes of action.
Goals by Period 1 2 F
Real Salt Lake 2 0 2
Seattle Sounders FC 0 1 1
Scoring Summary:
RSL – Robbie Findley – 8'
RSL – Luis Gil (Ned Grabavoy, Sebastian Velasquez) – 35'
SEA – Brad Evans (Mauro Rosales, Deandre Yedlin) – 57'
Misconduct Summary:
SEA – Andy Rose (Foul) – 87'
Real Salt Lake (4-1-2-1-2) – Nick Rimando; Tony Beltran, Chris Schuler, Nat Borchers, Abdoulie Mansally (Lovel Palmer, 81'); Kyle Beckerman (C); Ned Grabavoy, Sebastian Velasquez; Luis Gil (Javier Morales, 62'); Robbie Findley (Joao Plata, 14'), Devon Sandoval
Substitutes Not Used: Josh Saunders (GK), Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Enzo Martinez, Olmes Garcia
Seattle Sounders FC (4-4-2) – Michael Gspurning; DeAndre Yedlin, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Djimi Traore, Marc Burch; Brad Evans (Andy Rose, 81'), Osvaldo Alonso, Mauro Rosales (C), Steve Zakuani; Obafemi Martins (David Estrada, 62'), Eddie Johnson (Sammy Ochoa, 78')
Substitutes Not Used: Marcus Hahnemann (GK), Alex Caskey, Leo Gonzalez, Zach Scott
Referee: Mark Geiger
Referee's Assistants: Corey Parker, Brian Dunn
4th Official: Allen Chapman
Attendance: 20,359


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U.S. Empire Built on a Foundation of LiesPolitics / US Politics Nov 29, 2010 - 04:02 AM GMT
"Every single empire, in its official discourse, has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort." – Edward Said
The increasingly fragile American Empire has been built on a foundation of lies. Lies we tell ourselves and Big lies spread by our government. The shit is so deep you can stir it with a stick. As we enter another holiday season the mainstream corporate mass media will relegate you to the status of consumer. This is a disgusting term that dehumanizes all Americans. You are nothing but a blot to corporations and advertisers selling you electronic doohickeys that they convince you that you must have. Propaganda about consumer spending being essential to an economic recovery is spewed from 52 inch HDTVs across the land, 24 hours per day, by CNBC, Fox, CBS and the other corporate owned media that generate billions in profits from selling advertising to corporations schilling material goods to thoughtless American consumers. Aldous Huxley had it figured out decades ago:
"Thanks to compulsory education and the rotary press, the propagandist has been able, for many years past, to convey his messages to virtually every adult in every civilized country."
Americans were given the mental capacity to critically think. Sadly, a vast swath of Americans has chosen ignorance over knowledge. Make no mistake about it, ignorance is a choice. It doesn't matter whether you are poor or rich. Books are available to everyone in this country. Sob stories about the disadvantaged poor having no access to education are nothing but liberal spin to keep the masses controlled. There are 122,500 libraries in this country. If you want to read a book, you can read a book. The internet puts knowledge at the fingertips of every citizen. Becoming educated requires hard work, sacrifice, curiosity, and a desire to learn. Aldous Huxley describes the American choice to be ignorant:
"Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know."
It is a choice to play Call of Duty on your PS3 rather than reading Shakespeare. It is a choice to stand on a street corner looking for trouble rather than reading Hemingway. It is a choice to spend Black Friday in malls fighting other robotic consumers for iSomethings, the latest innovative, advanced TVs, flashy Rolexes, and ostentatious Coach bags rather than spending the day reading Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman, a brilliant Pulitzer Prize winning history of the outset of World War I, which would provide insight into what could happen on the Korean Peninsula. It is a choice to watch 6 hours per day of Dancing With the Stars, American Idol, Brainless Housewives of Everywhere, or CSI of Anywhere rather than reading Orwell or Huxley and discovering that their dystopian warnings have come true.
Conspicuous Consumption Conquistadors
Americans have chosen to lie to themselves. They have persuaded themselves that buying stuff with plastic cards while paying 19% interest for eternity, driving BMWs while locked into never ending indecipherable lease schemes, and living in permanently underwater McMansions bought with 0% down on an interest only liar loan, is the new American Dream. They think watching the boob tube will make them smart. They soak in the mass media hype, misinformation and lies like lemmings walking off a cliff. Depending on their political predisposition, they watch Fox or MSNBC and unthinkingly believe the propaganda that pours from the mouths of the multi-millionaire talking heads who read Teleprompters with words written by corporate media hacks. They tell themselves that buying stuff on credit, giving them the appearance of success as measured by the media elite, is actually success. This is a bastardized, manipulated, delusional version of accomplishment. Americans have chosen to believe the lies because the truth is too hard to accept.
Becoming educated, thinking critically, working hard, saving money to buy what you need (as opposed to what you want), developing human relationships, and questioning the motivations of government, corporate and religious leaders is hard. It is easy to coast through school and never read a book for the rest of your life. It is easy to not think about the future, your retirement, or the future of unborn generations. It is easy to coast through life at a job (until you lose it) that is unchallenging, with no desire or motivation for advancement. It is easy to make your everyday troubles disappear by whipping out your piece of plastic and acquiring everything you desire today. If your brother-in-law buys a 7,000 sq ft, 7 bedroom, 4 bath, 3 car garage, monolith to decadence for his family of 3, thirty miles from civilization, with no money down and a no doc Option ARM providing the funds, why shouldn't you get in on the fun. It's easy. Why sit around the kitchen table and talk with your kids, when you can easily cruise the internet downloading free porn or recording every trivial detail of your shallow life on Facebook so others can waste their time reading about your life. It is easiest to believe your elected leaders, glorified mega-corporation CEOs, and millionaire pastors preaching the word of God for a "small" contribution to their mega-churches.
Americans love authority figures who act as if they have all the answers. It matters not that these egotistical monuments to folly and hubris (Bush, Obama, Paulson, Geithner, Greenspan, Bernanke) have committed the worst atrocities in the history of our Republic, leaving economic carnage and the slaughter of thousands in their wake. The most dangerous man on this earth is an Ivy League educated, arrogant ideologue who believes they are smarter than everyone else. When these men achieve power, they are capable of producing catastrophic consequences. Once they seize the reigns of authority these amoral psychopaths have no problem lying to the American public in order to achieve their objectives. They know that Americans love to be lied to, so the bigger the lie, the more likely it is to be believed.
The current lie proliferating across the land of the free financing and home of the debtor is that austerity has broken out across the land. The mainstream media and the government, aided by various "think tanks" and Federal Reserve propagandists insist that Americans have buckled down, reduced spending, increased savings, and have embraced austerity.
They now proclaim that it is time to spend again. It is the patriotic thing to do, just like defeating terrorists by buying an SUV with 0% down from GM was the patriotic thing to do after 9/11. Defeating terrorists by going further into debt was the brilliant idea of those Ivy League geniuses Bush & Greenspan. Let's critically examine the facts to determine how austere Americans have become:
- Consumer credit outstanding is $2.41 trillion, the same level reached in early 2007, and up from $1.5 trillion in 2000. This is a 60% increase in ten years. Personal income has risen from $8.4 trillion to $12.6 trillion over this same time frame, a 50% increase. Americans have substituted debt for income in order to keep up with the Joneses. The mass delusion lives.
- The MSM declares that the reduction in overall consumer debt from its peak of $2.56 trillion in 2008 to $2.41 trillion today proves that consumers have been cutting back and paying off debt. This is another media lie. Non-revolving debt, which includes car loans, education loans, mobile home loans and boat loans sits at $1.6 trillion, an all-time high matched in 2008. Credit card debt has "plunged" from $957 billion to $814 billion, not because consumers paid down their balances. The mega Wall Street banks have written off $20 billion per quarter since early 2009, accounting for ALL of the reduction in credit card debt. Clueless consumers continue to charge at the same rate as the peak in 2008.
- Average credit card debt per household with credit card debt: $15,788
- There are 609.8 million bank credit cards held by U.S. consumers.
- The U.S. credit card default rate is 13.01%
- In 2006, the United States Census Bureau determined that there were nearly 1.5 billion credit cards in use in the U.S. A stack of all those credit cards would reach more than 70 miles into space -- and be almost as tall as 13 Mount Everests.
- Penalty fees from credit cards added up to about $20.5 billion in 2009.
- The national average default rate as January 2010 stood at 27.88% and the mean default rate is 28.99%.
- Total bankruptcy filings in 2009 reached 1.4 million, up from 1.09 million in 2008. Bankruptcies in 2010 are on pace to exceed 1.6 million.
- 26% of Americans, or more than 58 million adults, admit to not paying all of their bills on time. Among African-Americans, this number is at 51%.
Does This Look Like Austerity? Really?
This data clearly proves that austerity has not broken out across the land of delusion. The billions in consumer loan write-offs by the Wall Street banks that run this country have masked the fact that Americans have not cut back on their spending habits at all. GMAC (taxpayer owned) and Ford Credit continue to dish out car loans to anyone with a pulse and a 600 credit score. The Federal Reserve and the FASB have encouraged, if not insisted, that banks fraudulently value the commercial real estate loans on their books. The Federal Reserve has bought $1.5 trillion of toxic mortgage loans from the criminal Wall Street banks at 100 cents on the dollar. The government's corporate fascist public relations firms then spread the big lie that the economy is recovering and consumers should join the party and spend, spend, spend.
If Americans were capable or willing to do some critical thinking, they would realize that those in power have created the illusion of a recovery by handing $700 billion of your money to the banks that created the financial meltdown, spending $800 billion on worthless pork barrel projects borrowed from future generations, dropping interest rates to 0% so that the mega-Wall Street banks can earn billions risk free while your grandmother who depended on interest income from her CDs edges closer to eating cat food to get by, and lastly Ben Bernanke's blatant attempt to enrich Wall Street by buying US Treasury bonds in an effort to make the stock market go up, while the middle and lower classes are crushed under the weight of soaring fuel and food price increases that exceed 30% on an annual basis. The illusion of recovery is not a recovery. With a true unemployment rate of 22%, a true inflation rate of 8% and a real GDP of -1.5% (Shadowstats), we are in the midst of the Greater Depression. You are being lied to, but most of you prefer it.
The Little Lies We Tell Ourselves
"Our ignorance is not so vast as our failure to use what we know." – M King Hubbert
When Jimmy Carter gave his malaise speech in 1979, Americans were in no mood to listen. Carter's solutions were too painful, required sacrifice, and sought to benefit future generations. The leading edge of the Baby Boom generation had reached their 30s by 1979, and the most spoiled, pampered, egocentric generation in history could care less about future generations, long term thinking, or sacrifice for the greater good. They were the ME GENERATION. The 1970s had proven to be tumultuous episode in US history. M King Hubbert's calculation in 1956 that U.S. oil production would peak in the early 1970s proved to be 100% correct.
The Arab oil embargo resulted in gas shortages and economic chaos in the U.S. Hubbert used the same method to determine that worldwide oil production would peak in the early 2000s. If long term planning had been initiated in the early 1980s, combining exploration of untapped reserves, greater utilization of natural gas, development of nuclear plants, more stringent fuel efficiency standards, increased taxes on gasoline, and more thoughtful development of housing communities, we would not now face a looming oil crisis within the next few years. Instead of dealing with reality, adapting our behavior and preparing for a more localized society, we put our blinders on, chose ignorance over reason and pushed the pedal to the medal by moving farther away from our jobs, building bigger energy intensive mansions, and insisting on driving tank-like SUVs, Hummers, and good ole boy pickups. Kevin Phillips in American Theocracy explained that hyper-consumerism, fear, and inability to use logic have left our suburban oasis lives in danger of implosion when the reality of peak cheap oil strikes:
Besides the innate thirst of SUVs, some of the last quarter century's surge in U.S. oil consumption has come from Americans driving more – some twelve thousand miles per motorist per year, up almost one – third from 1980 – because they as a whole live farther from work. In consumption terms, exurbia is the physical result of the latest population redistribution enabled by car culture and the electorate that upholds it.
Family values are central – if by this we mean having families and accepting lengthy commutes to install them in reasonably safe and well churched places. In the 1970's such households might have been fleeing school busing or central city crime; in the post – September 11 era, many sought distance from "godless" school systems or the random violence and terrorist attacks expected to occur in metropolitan areas.
We willingly believe the lies espoused by the badly informed pundits on CNBC and Fox that if we just drill in Alaska and off our coasts, we'll be fine. The ignorant peak cheap oil deniers insist there are billions of barrels of oil to be harvested from the Bakken Shale, even though there is absolutely no method of accessing this supply without expending more energy than we can access. Environmentalists lie about the dangers of nuclear power, while shamelessly promoting the ridiculous notion that solar, wind and ethanol can make a visible impact on our future energy needs. Ideologues on the right and left conveniently ignore the facts and the truth is lost in a blizzard of their lies. Here is an explanation so clear, even a CNBC "drill baby drill" dimwit could understand:
When oil production first began in the mid-nineteenth century, the largest oil fields recovered fifty barrels of oil for every barrel used in the extraction, transportation and refining. This ratio is often referred to as the Energy Return on Energy Investment (EROEI). Currently, between one and five barrels of oil are recovered for each barrel-equivalent of energy used in the recovery process. As the EROEI drops to one, or equivalently the Net Energy Gain falls to zero, the oil production is no longer a net energy source. This happens long before the resource is physically exhausted.
After the briefest of lulls when oil reached $145 per barrel, Americans have resumed buying SUVs, pickup trucks, and gas guzzling muscle cars. They have chosen to ignore the imminence of peak cheap oil because driving a leased BMW makes your neighbors think you are a success, while driving a hybrid would make your neighbors think you are a liberal tree hugger. It boggles my mind that so many Americans are so shallow and shortsighted. According to Automotive News, at the start of 2008 leasing comprised 31.2% of luxury vehicle sales and 18.7% of non-luxury sales. This proves that hundreds of thousands of wannabes are driving leased BMWs and Mercedes to fill some void in their superficial lives.
I bought a Honda Insight Hybrid six months ago. It gets 44 mpg and will save me $1,500 per year in gasoline costs. I put 20% down and financed the remainder at 0.9% for three years. My payment is $450 per month. I will own it outright in 2 ½ years. I could have leased a 2010 BMW 328i with moonroof, bluetooth, power seats with driver seat memory, lumbar support, leather interior, iPod adapter, 17" alloy wheels, heated seats, wood trim, 3.0 Liter 6 Cylinder engine with 230 horsepower for 3 years at $389 per month. At the end of 3 years I'd own nothing. In 2 ½ years I'll be able to put $450 per month away for my kids' college education and I'll be saving more on fuel as gasoline approaches $5 per gallon. The self important egotistical BMW leaser pretending to be successful will need to hand over their sweet ride and move on to the next lease, never saving a dime for the future. I'm sure they'll make a killing in the market or their McMansion will surely double in price, providing a fantastic retirement.
The delusion that cheap oil is a God given right of all Americans can be seen in the YTD data on vehicle sales. Pickups and SUVs account for 48.5% of all sales, while small fuel efficient cars account for only 16.5% of all sales. Americans will continue to lie to themselves until it is too late, again.
Americans are so committed to their automobiles, hyper-consumerism, oversized McMansions, and suburban sprawl existence that they will never willingly prepare in advance for a future by scaling back, downsizing, or thinking. Our culture is built upon consumption, debt, cheap oil and illusion. Kevin Phillips in American Theocracy concludes that there are so many Americans tied to our unsustainable economic model that they will choose to lie to themselves and be lied to by their leaders rather than think and adapt:
A large number of voters work in or depend on the energy and automobile industries, and still more are invested in them, not just financially but emotionally and culturally. These secondary cadres included racing fans, hobbyists, collectors, and dedicated readers of automotive magazines, as well as the tens of millions of automobile commuters from suburbs and distant exurbs, plus the high number of drivers whose strong self-identification with vehicle types and models serve as thinly disguised political statements. In the United States more than elsewhere, a preference for conspicuous consumption over energy efficiency and conservation is a signal of a much deeper, central divide.
M King Hubbert was a geophysicist and a practical man. He observed data, made realistic assumptions, and came to logical conclusions. He didn't deal in unrealistic hope and unwarranted optimism. He knew that our culture had become so dependent upon lies and an unsustainable growth model based on depleting oil and debt based "prosperity". He knew decades ago that we were incapable of dealing with the truth:
"Our principal constraints are cultural. During the last two centuries we have known nothing but exponential growth and in parallel we have evolved what amounts to an exponential-growth culture, a culture so heavily dependent upon the continuance of exponential growth for its stability that it is incapable of reckoning with problems of non-growth." – M King Hubbert
Our country is at a crucial juncture. It is time for thinkers. It is time for realists. It is time to deal with facts. It is time to drive the ideologues off the stage. Are you tired of lying to yourselves? Are you tired of being lied to by the corporate fascists that run this country? It is time to wake up. Right wing and left wing ideologues will continue to spew lies and misinformation as they are power hungry and care not for the long-term survival of our nation or the unborn generations that depend upon the decisions we make today. It is time to see how we really are.
"Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself from thinking. People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are." - Aldous Huxley
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By James Quinn
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Social Media Reacts to #DOMA
The Supreme Court's Defense of Marriage Act decision was met with almost immediate social media reaction, including a tweet from the President himself. Simon Constable rounds up reactions from across the Twittersphere. Photo: Getty Images.
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Charity holding Summer Jazz Picnic at Saffron Walden's Bridge End Garden
PUBLISHED: 22:43 24 June 2014 | UPDATED: 11:43 26 June 2014
The Hastingwood-based charity Accuro is holding its second Summer Jazz Picnic with Barry Tyler's Original Dixieland Jazz Band at Bridge End Gardens, Saffron Walden.
Following the success of last year's event, Accuro has decided to hold another this year on Sunday, July 6 (2-6pm).
Under 19 project co-ordinator Gemma Rich said: "Come along and join us on a weekend where there will be a massive buzz in the town with plenty to see and do.
"There will be stalls with arts and crafts, plants for sale, summer refreshments such as cakes and a strawberries and cream stall supplied by Tesco with all the money raised coming to Accuro.
"We will also have hot and cold drinks and a licenced bar with beer, Pimms and wine for sale.
"Visitors can listen to music while helping raise funds for Accuro's Under 19 project and the Saturday play club.
"All ages are welcome, and there will be something for everyone. Bring all the family with a picnic, explore the beautiful Bridge End Gardens, sit in the wonderful walled kitchen gardens and listen to some great live jazz!"
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