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Sure we're all going to love looking at pictures of Beyonce Knowles in People magazine this week, where she reigns as the "world's most beautiful woman."
But the star as of late has proven she doesn't need old media to tell her story, smartly upping her social media presence with gorgeous, intimate photos of her life that have set a new standard for a celebrity image crafted online, practically DIY.
Knowles, 30, reentered the world of Twitter earlier this month to herald the launch of her website/Tumblr.
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"It's genius," said Anne Helen Peterson, teacher of media and cultural studies at The Putney School in Vermont. "While Beyonce has been reticent in her engagement of new media up until recently, the release of her Tumblr evidences tremendous savvy."
Previously, the superstar singer ensured her personal life was heavily guarded from prying eyes. Her wedding in 2008 to hip-hop star husband Jay-Z, and birth of their daughter Blue Ivy Carter in January were exercises in maximum-security media shut-out.
But now, Knowles is granting fans a glimpse into the world they once could only imagine: private photos of the couple on vacation and handwritten messages to first lady Michelle Obama, all displayed alongside news of her upcoming tour (she is set to play three shows in Atlantic City, N.J. over Memorial Day weekend) and music releases.
A foreshadowing of this raising of the secrecy veil came in February as the world's media clamored for the first glimpse of Blue Ivy. In a shrewd move, Knowles and Jay-Z launched a Tumblr focused solely on their daughter that featured five intimate images of mother and child.
Beyonce is certainly not the first celebrity to interact directly with her fans (she counts 4 million Twitter followers to Taylor Swift's 13.5 million for example), but what she gets right is what makes her current online presence a benchmark.
"The Tumblr manages to convey "openness," even though it's very, very controlled," said Petersen. "She adds access to her image, but she does so completely on her own terms."
"Having a direct relationship with your fan is now possible and easier than ever," said Steve Ellis, CEO and founder of WhoSay, a third-party application that is a social media intermediary for celebrities such as Tom Hanks, Eva Longoria, Chelsea Handler and Jim Carrey. "It is about that direct relationship with the fan and maintaining that long term." WhoSay now lists over 1000 clients that in turn make more than one billion connections via Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.
Success in the digital realm though, does not require you bombard fans with what you ate for lunch or how tired you may be whilst traveling in first class. Beyonce tweets and posts only what she wants, when she wants, in a less-is-more conversation with her adoring public, who can communicate back by doing things like buying one of her four fragrances or downloading her music.
Authenticity, or an aura of such, is what keeps fans coming back.
"It's not necessarily just volume," said Ellis. "It's really about the quality of the content. We have clients that post photos that are funny, clients that post sketches that are funny, clients that post pictures with them in them, pictures without them. Everyone has his or her own voice. And as long as that voice is authentic and the content is reflective of that you will see far more engagement and loyalty. And if you just try and market to people you see the opposite." WhoSay now lists over 1000 clients that in turn make more than one billion connections via Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.
While there is no denying such access is heavily mediated, Beyonce is not alone when it comes to taking the reins and directly using social media to control a public profile. Lady Gaga is a habitual tweeter, the aforementioned Swift balances stream-of-consciousness essays on her website while tweeting that she had buckwheat pancakes for breakfast. Even Queen Elizabeth II has a Facebook page, just don't try and friend her – her platform only operates one-way.
"There's a divide in the celebrity community right now: those who engage directly and those who do not," says Petersen when discussing who gets it right online. "It's not necessarily even an age divide, because everyone from Justin Bieber to Alec Baldwin Tweets. I don't think that Gwyneth Paltrow has been particularly savvy with her online presence, Goop is just so tone deaf. Will Smith's Facebook page seems to offer a good mix of 'authenticity,' ordinariness/extra-ordinariness, and I still think that Kanye's Twitter, for all of the negative press, is an effective mix of restraint and release that continues to fascinate people."
Discussing the future, Ellis sees no slowing when it comes the take-control trend of utilizing new media. "We've had an evolution already," he says. "There have been multiple forms of direct fan social interaction in varying platforms that have come and gone. In almost every case the most valuable portion of that example was the influence of the celebrity. In today's world with smart-phones and everything else just the capacity for them to be publishers combined with that technology makes a unique opportunity."


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There are two kinds of cases that are heard in the trial courts: civil cases and criminal cases.
Eighty percent of conflicts that come to state courts are civil cases. Civil cases involve conflicts between people or institutions, such as businesses. A civil case usually begins when a person or organization determines that a problem cannot be solved without going to court. In civil cases, one (or more) of these persons brings suit by filing a complaint in court. Once filed, the lawsuit begins. Filing a lawsuit is the first step of litigation, seeking resolution of a legal dispute by judicial process.
Civil Cases
Divorce and related lawsuits (child support, custody, etc.) account for a very large number of civil cases. Cases involving contracts (written or oral agreements) are also frequent.
Personal injury cases are another common kind of civil case. In personal injury cases, a person is injured and brings a lawsuit against the person at fault seeking money damages. A common type of personal injury case comes from automobile collisions. An auto collision gives rise to a civil case if one driver sues the other, or if a passenger in one of the cars sues either driver. An auto collision might also lead to a criminal case, if it involves allegations of a crime such as drunken driving or leaving the scene of an accident. A person who sues in a civil case generally wants the court to order the person at fault to pay them money damages.
Civil lawsuits can also arise from every day interactions. For example, imagine two neighbors share a common sidewalk and the sidewalk needs to be repaired. A dispute arises because the two neighbors cannot agree who should have to pay for the repairs. Now let's say one neighbor paid to have the sidewalk repaired and now wants the other neighbor to pay for half of the costs since they share the sidewalk. If all other negotiations fail, the first neighbor may bring a lawsuit against the other for the court to resolve the dispute.
The most common kind of civil cases are traffic violations, or infractions. Because traffic violations are a way of breaking the law, most people would assume traffic violations would be considered criminal. But because people cannot be imprisoned for traffic violations, the legal system considers these infractions civil. The classification of traffic violations as civil is one reason why the number of civil cases is so high.
|General Civil Cases
|Civil Plenary. Contract cases, property cases, and cases seeking to start or stop someone from doing something.
|Civil Tort. Cases where someone is suing for a "wrong" that is not a crime, but has resulted in some injury or damage. Example: car accident.
|Small Claims. Disputes involving less than $6,000.
|Domestic Relations. Divorce and related lawsuits.
|Reciprocal Support. Cases to force a parent to pay child support.
|Mental Health. Cases that involve having a person committed (sent) to a mental health institution.
|Protective Order. Cases where a person seeks an order from the court to make someone stay away from them. An example is an abused woman seeking protection from her abusive boyfriend.
|Civil Miscellaneous. All other civil cases that are not easily categorized.
|Infractions. Usually traffic violations.
|Ordinance Violations. Violations of local laws such as noise controls.
|Probate and Adoption Civil Cases
|Adoption. Cases where a person or couple wants to adopt (raise as their own child) a child whose birth parents cannot care for or raise the child.
|Adoption History. Cases seeking to release sealed adoption records.
|Estates. Cases deciding how to divide or distribute a person's property and things when the person has died.
|Guardianship. Cases to decide who should take care of another person such as a child, an elderly person, or someone who is mentally handicapped.
|Trusts. Cases to interpret a "trust" which is a legal fund set aside for the benefit of another person. For example, a parent sets up a "trust" for his or her child's education.
Criminal Cases
Criminal cases involve enforcing laws. In criminal cases, the government (here, the state of Indiana) brings charges against the person accused of committing a crime, such as robbery, murder, or drunk driving. An example of a criminal case would be if Joe Citizen were arrested for suspicion of killing someone. The state of Indiana would bring criminal charges against Joe Citizen for murder. Joe Citizen would then go to court to stand trial on the charges.
Generally in a civil case the person suing is seeking money. The person who files the lawsuit wants the court to order someone to pay them money. In a criminal case, the party pressing charges, the state of Indiana, is seeking punishment. The state of Indiana wants the court to order the person who committed the crime to be punished, either by having to go to prison, or having to pay a fine for committing a crime.
Which Courts Handle Which Cases?
Once you determine whether a case is civil or criminal, the next step is to determine which civil or criminal trial court will handle that case. There are different civil and criminal courts that specialize in certain kinds of cases. Major felony, misdemeanor, and juvenile courts are examples of specialized criminal courts. Major felony courts only handle serious crimes called felonies, such as robbery or murder. Misdemeanor courts only handle the least serious crimes called misdemeanors, such as shoplifting or trespass. Juvenile courts only handle cases involving children. Juvenile courts often hear cases involving crimes committed by children under age 18.
There are also a number of specialized civil courts. Small claims court, probate court, and family court are examples of courts that handle specific civil matters. In Indiana, the small claims court handles only cases where the dispute involves less than $6,000. Marion County, which includes the city of Indianapolis, is the only Indiana County that has separate courts in each of its nine townships that hear only small claims cases. In other counties, the circuit court hears small claims cases, or the superior courts have divisions within them that hear small claims cases.
Probate court handles cases that involve the administration of the estates of people who have passed away, guardianships, and mental health hearings. St. Joseph County, which includes the city of South Bend, is the only Indiana County that has a separate court that only hears probate cases. The probate court in St. Joseph County also has exclusive juvenile jurisdiction. In the other counties, the superior or county courts have divisions within them that hear probate and juvenile cases.
Family court is where some of the most difficult problems facing a family are usually heard. Family courts specialize in domestic matters such as divorce, child support, and visitation. In Indiana, there are no separate family courts, so the superior courts have divisions within them that handle family law cases.

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It was with no small degree of concern that Deadspin noted the lack of a Sign of the Apocalypse in this week's Sports Illustrated. Until August, the magazine had been chronicling the demise of Western civilization via sports news of the weird at least as far back as 1993, when it noted that "David Carradine, years older and pounds heavier than in his Kung Fu prime, is hawking his own t'ai chi workout video." We pray for the safe return of SI's SotA.*
Meanwhile Deadspin is happy to continue picking up the slack. We could discern doomsday portents in Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy confessing that his team didn't run up the score during its 84-0 demolition of weak-sister Savannah State, or in a Colorado school district construing Peyton Manning's No. 18 jerseys as possible gang signs. Whoda thunk! But instead, Deadspin's SotA:
Earthquakes Friday in southwestern China killed more than 80 people, injured more than 800 and forced the evacuation of 100,000 more as houses collapsed and boulders cascaded onto roadways, stymieing rescue efforts. Further, rains were forecast in the poor agrarian and mining area as aftershocks continued to terrorize the survivors.
UPDATE: The reported lack of a SotA was merely on SI's website. As Adam Duerson pointed out, the feature is alive and kicking in the print and digital versions. And if you're wondering how to best to point out a chowderheaded error like this to a ditzy Internet writer, take a note from Mr. Duerson, who closed his calm, respectful correspondence with, "Mistake is fine; maybe a correction?" Consider it done!


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The Stono Rebellion
(sometimes called Cato's Conspiracy or Cato's Rebellion) is one of the earliest known organized acts of rebellion against slavery in the Americas. On September 9, 1739, South Carolina slaves gathered at the Stono River (for which the rebellion is named) to plan an armed march for freedom.
Several factors may have convinced the slaves that a rebellion might successfully lead to freedom. A yellow fever epidemic had weakened the power of slaveholders, there was talk of a war between Britain and Spain, and accounts of slaves who had obtained their freedom by escaping to Spanish-controlled Florida gave the Carolinian slaves hope. Lastly, it has been suggested that the slaves organized their revolt to take place before September 29, when the Security Act of 1739 (which required all white males to carry arms on Sundays) would take effect. Jemmy, the leader of the revolt, was a literate slave described as Angolan, which likely meant he was from the Kongo Empire in Central Africa. He and the other slaves who led the rebellion may have realized that if they did not act to seek their freedom before September 29, they might not get another chance.
On September 9, 1739, twenty African American Carolinians led by Jemmy, an Angolan slave, met near the Stono River, twenty miles southwest of Charleston. They marched down the roadway with a banner that read "Liberty!"--they chanted the same word in unison. At the Stono Bridge they seized weapons from a store and killed the two storekeepers. They raised a flag and proceeded towards St. Augustine. On the way, they gathered more recruits, their number now close to 100. They burned the houses of slave owners. South Carolina's Lieutenant Governor, William Bull and four of his friends ran in to the group on horseback. The Lieutenant Governor fled and warned other slave-holders. They rallied a mob of plantation owners and slave-holders to seek out Jemmy and his freedom-seeking followers.
Late that afternoon, planters on horseback caught up with the group now numbering sixty to one hundred slaves. Twenty white Carolinians and forty of the slaves were killed before the rebellion was suppressed. The captured slaves were then decapitated though some also managed to escape.
That same year there was another uprising in Georgia, and the next year another took place in South Carolina, probably inspired by the Stono Rebellion - at the time, colonial officials believed as much. The Stono Rebellion resulted in a 10 year moratorium on slave imports through Charleston and enacted a harsher slave code, which banned earning money and education for slaves.
Cato Perkins was a Huntingdonian Methodist preacher. The Huntingdonian church he founded in Sierra Leone is one of the only remaining churches of that faith remaining in the world today. He was ordained in 1786 by John Marrant as a traveling preacher of the faith. Marrant chose Perkins to lead the Nova Scotia Huntingdonians in Marrant's absence.
In 1790 Perkins took on the duty of chief pastor to black Huntingdonians in Nova Scotia. He was appointed by Marrant as he left for England, and carried it out after his death.
At the time of the Sierra Leone exodus almost Cato Perkins' entire congregation went to Sierra Leone. His congregation was perhaps one quarter of the Christian population of Nova Scotia who left for Sierra Leone. Perkins continued to preach while in Sierra Leone and also was involved in organizing missions to the native African populations.
During the rebellion of the Nova Scotians against the white English leaders at Sierra Leone almost all of the Huntingdonian population supported the rebels. Perkins was nominated by the blacks to travel to England with their petition of grievances. To avoid being suspected by the Colony's administration, it seems that Perkins probably had to risk passage on a slave ship. Unfortunately for him, his petition was rejected.
Perkins died in Sierra Leone in 1805. However, even to this day a Huntingdonian society exists in Sierra Leone, evidence of the success of Perkins' missionary efforts.


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- The competition"Early Music Competition" began in the year 1987 to bring up young Japanese musicians in this field.
- From the 2nd competition the Early Music Committee arranges also concert by the Prize winners.
- From the 3rd competition it also arranges exhibition of instruments.
- From the 3rd competition it ties up with the "Tochigi-Kuranomachi-Music-Festival" to let the prize winner take recital in the city Tochigi.
- From the 10th competition it is international and the committee invites at least one jury from abroad every year. It has already invided Anna Carol Dudley, Francoise Lengelle, Monique Zanett, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Judith Nelson, Barbara Schlick, Jan Willem Jansen, Richard Wistreich, Bob van Asperen, kees Boeke, Jill Feldman, Jose Luis Gonzales Uriol, Agnes Mellon and ketil Haugsand
- Candidates of competition, Juries, Participants of exhibition and masterclass are also international
From the 21st competition the formal name of the Competition is "Early Music Competition YAMANASHI"
The Early Music Competition is consisted now of Competition, Exhibition and Demonstration of instruments, books, CDs etc. Masterclass by juries, Concer by prize winners, Concerts by juries etc."
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Ottumwa, Iowa ... video game capital of the world?
Well … not yet. But if local boosters and an arcade-gaming legend get their way, this small Iowa burg will be the official video game capital of the world, complete with a museum and a hall of fame.
Why Ottumwa? After all, Atari came out of the Silicon Valley. And Nintendo, Mario's house, is in Kyoto, Japan. Why should a farming community 90 miles south of Des Moines get bragging rights as the video game capital of the world?
As it turns out, Ottumwa was a video game hotspot in the early '80s, around the same time that video games were becoming a part of popular culture. Walter Day, who owned the Twin Galaxies video game arcade in town, says Ottumwa was considered the "Dodge City" of video games, since it's where all the top players would come to compete on "Asteroids" or "Pac-Man" or "Centipede." In 1982, the mayor of Ottumwa proclaimed the town the "Video Game Capital of the World." A year later, Ottumwa played host to the first video game world championship, which was filmed by the TV show "That's Incredible."
"A lot of seminal things happened in Ottumwa," says Day. "It literally was the center of the gaming universe."
Ottumwa is also the birthplace of the video game scorekeeping organization, also named Twin Galaxies, which Day founded. Twin Galaxies is still, 25 years later, the refereeing and adjudicating federation for video gamers. Want to know who drove the fastest lap in "Gran Turismo 4?" It's on the Twin Galaxies Web site. Want to know who scored the most points on the NES version of "Dig Dug II?" It's on the Twin Galaxies Web site.
The citizens of Ottumwa are mostly behind the effort to make the town the "official" video game capital of the world. The editorial board of the Ottumwa Daily Courier published an opinion piece on May 1 headlined "Ottumwa ready for video game hall of fame." The editorial acknowledges that "while local, state and federal dollars must be used for more practical and necessary projects, we're hopeful organizers will be able to secure private investment dollars for the hall of fame."
But there are some naysayers to the Ottumwa-as-game-mecca movement, both from residents, and the out-of-towners. Chris Hoeksema, who started a Facebook group called "Bring Twin Galaxies and Ottumwa the credit it deserves," told me that people don't get just how much video game history the town can claim.
"I think that if people knew a little bit more about just how much impact Ottumwa and Twin Galaxies had on video game culture, they would see that this idea is not very far-fetched at all."
Ottumwa is organizing to make the dream/hope a reality. This week, citizens and city officials are forming a committee to get things rolling, and Terry McNitt, director of Ottumwa's chamber of commerce, believes one of the first pieces of business will be to apply for non-profit status, to provide an avenue for donations.
McNitt isn't sure how the whole thing will be funded, or how much it will cost. But Day said he has a clear vision of what he wants the museum to be. "This has been my dream for a long time," he says.
Day says he hopes the museum will have about 75 key, playable arcade games. It'll have the obvious ones like "Pong," "Pac-Man," "Donkey Kong" and "Centipede," as well as the historical ones like "Space Wars" and "Night Driver." The games will be accompanied by museum-caliber storyboards and graphics.
One of the museum's key backers is Billy Mitchell, the legendary video-game champion and hot sauce magnate from South Florida. In 1982, when Mitchell was just 17, he traveled to Ottumwa to participate in a Life magazine spread about Ottumwa and video gaming.
"I clearly recognized what we did there in Ottumwa, not just that day, but for years, as a point of suffrage. It's what we went through. It was the beginning. It was the birth of organized video game play," he says. "I actually believe the idea of it being the video game capital and hall of fame is Ottumwa's birthright, because it's where it all began."
Last week, Mitchell, who was one of the main characters in the documentary "The King of Kong," was back in Ottumwa. He pledged to bequeath his "Donkey Kong" machine, the one he broke the world record on two years ago, to the museum. He says that experience he had there in Ottumwa, almost 27 years ago, set him on a path to competitive gaming.
"Maybe it's just bred in me to want to be the first to do certain things … so to be the first one to donate a piece of memorabilia, or an artifact, or whatever, it seemed like the natural thing to do."
Scoring the designation as the video game capital of the world might bring in the tourists. But McNitt hopes the moniker and museum would have another benefit: preventing local teens from leaving the town after high school or college.
"You always want your youth to graduate and stay home, and we're getting better at it, but we aren't where we need to be yet," he says. "Anytime we bring anything like this into town, anything new that's going to make us proud … we're going to have a lot of envy, we're going to have a lot of people looking at us and saying 'Wow, you guys did it.'"
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Improve your team's productivity with Quark Procedure Management's powerful reusable content capabilities. With Quark Procedure Management, you can stop copying and pasting content and procedures from one document to another. Instead, with our powerful XML Smart Content engine, you can write a piece of content once and then reuse it any number of times in other documents. And when it comes time to update or change your content or procedure, the solution will automatically update all of the documents that depend on it.
From engaging subject matter experts to getting final approvals, good process is the backbone of writing a procedure. However all too often we rely on emails and attachments to communicate, completely forgoing any kind of team accountability. Quark Procedure Management can help. With our powerful built-in workflows and collaboration features, we make it easy for your global team to work together to deliver great results on time.
Today's employees are used to working with web and mobile technologies, so why are your procedures still stuck in print or static PDFs? Quark Procedure Management can publish to print, PDF, web, and mobile with a single click - giving you device-appropriate output to all the platforms your company is using today or will be using tomorrow.
With so many processes and procedures, your employees might have to navigate through hundreds of pages of information to find the relevant steps for the problem they're facing. Meanwhile, while they're digging through documents, they're not focused on the issue at hand. Quark Procedure Management helps you untangle the mess by making it easy to add metadata and organization to your procedures. That means your team can quickly find the right information at the right time, saving both time and money.
The technology behind Quark Procedure Management is a powerful XML Smart Content platform, but your writers will never need to know. We've made Quark Procedure Management so easy-to-use, your subject matter experts can focus on writing instead of learning complex technical syntax. That means you can train your team faster and see results sooner, all with fewer support headaches.
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Rapidly reuse procedures and boilerplate
Almost every procedure has boilerplate text or other content repeated from document to document. But what happens when this information changes? You end up having to manually update dozens of documents, costing you time and money. Quark Procedure Management simplifies this by letting you organize and reuse content from a central location. When you change something, the server automatically regenerates all of the related pieces for you, so you can spend more time working on the things that matter to your business.
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While many content tools trade off ease of use with power and flexibility, Quark Procedure Management gives you both. With Quark Procedure Management you get both an incredibly easy to use platform and the power and flexibility of structured XML content. That means your subject matter experts can write your policies and procedures without knowing a thing about XML. Meanwhile, your technology and publishing teams get all the benefits of structured XML documents for organizing and distributing your content.
Organize your procedures and make them discoverable
Today's procedures are critical for business, but they're also getting longer and more specialized. Whether your stakeholders are servicing equipment in the field, managing compliance for your company, or answering questions in customer support, they need to be able to find the right procedure for the problem they have at hand faster than ever before. Quark Procedure Management makes it easy to attach custom metadata and taxonomy to any piece of content, enabling easy search and discovery of information on modern digital delivery platforms.
Align your teams around a single workflow
Writing procedures can involve lots of people throughout your company. Different people may need to create the content, approve the details, or perform legal review. Your procedures go through a long process from start to finish, but traditional collaboration over email inevitably results in a slow process with no accountability. Align your team using a flexible workflow and approvals platform. You'll be able to see at a glance the status of your process while uncovering any bottlenecks.
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Today's employees expect procedures to be available in modern digital formats – web in the office and mobile in the field. But all too often companies are stuck distributing procedures in costly, outdated print because formatting to other channels is too costly. Let Quark help. Our intelligent platform can publish the same piece of content to print, web, PDF and mobile. And with our background in digital publishing, you can have the confidence that your procedures will look right in every format, every time.
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Quark Procedure Management uses the latest API technologies to enable easy and secure integration with everything from Microsoft Office to complex business infrastructures. Our platform can integrate with many popular product information systems, enterprise content management systems, user directory platforms, and more.
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Quark Procedure Management is designed to help companies more effectively write policies and procedures. Structured content allows for harmonization and reuse of processes and work flows, and our software helps companies improve their risk management and regulatory compliance by making it easier to write, manage, and publish procedures in a timely and consistent fashion.
Yes, Quark Procedure Management can help companies document and share important institutional knowledge as part of a knowledge management process.
Yes, Quark Procedure Management can help companies document standard operating procedures for critical infrastructure, equipment, and business processes.
The solution is implemented on-premises but hosting options are also available.
Quark Procedure Management integrates with Microsoft Office applications. Your office content can automatically be synchronized between the two applications, as selected by the writer.
Yes, output is available for all major device formats (iPhone, iPad Air, iPad mini, Kindle Fire, Samsung Tab etc.), device types (tablets and smartphones) and operating system environments (iOS, Android, Mac OS X and Windows). Content can be published directly to mobile from the automated authoring workflow or requested by the mobile consumer, on-demand. Customers have the option of native apps, Web apps or both.
Yes, all content created with Quark Procedure Management is format neutral and can be pushed to any standard output format, including XML, HTML and HTML5. This means publishing into a Web content management system (CMS) already in place within an organization is possible, as well as delivery to an interactive Web app, providing an app-like experience within any modern browser.
Quark Procedure Management readily integrates with Microsoft SharePoint for distributing content to your organization.
Quark has an experienced professional services division, which is available to support the installation, configuration and implementation of any custom requirements. This team has experience with a wide variety of technology environments and has a deep understanding of the requirements for procedures authoring and publishing.
Quark can help you design your enterprise content strategy. Our experts can analyze your content's lifecycle, determine risks and challenges, and perform high-level and detailed content audits. This includes cataloging information products, and designing information models for published documents and source content.
Quark is a global organization with offices around the world. Many of Quark's existing procedure clients are global organizations, each with their own unique needs, each of which is supported by Quark's distributed sales, service and support organizations.
Quark offers a variety of support programs that fill most standard business needs, for example 5x8 during local business hours in primary time zones. Should special support requirements exist, Quark provides customized support plans to meet each client's needs.
Quark has hundreds of thousands of customers around the globe spanning a wide range of industries and applications. The company has more than 20 years of experience in enterprise software development, deployment and support.
Quark has an active partner community and has organized its relationships around strategy, technology, solutions and resellers. For more information on Quark's partner program, please see the Quark partner page on our website.
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Hello world and happy frikkin' Monday! I haven't done a Bloody Monday recap in a while, and there's a lot going on, so I thought I'd sit down and sort of try to feel organised and such. Bam!
- The Creative License by Danny Gregory.
- 365: A Daily Creativity Journal by Noah Scalin.
- Any Terry Pratchett I can get my hands on, I'm having a nostalgic revival.
- I've also already read a couple of great books around xmas and in the beginning of this year, maybe I should sit down and write a review or somefink. And maybe start writing my own personal 100 books I can't live without.
- Every xmas I get nostalgic about my one true MMORPG-love: Everquest 2. So, of course I've pottered about doing loads of xmas content this time as well. With both accounts. And I started a little Ratonga Beast Master. So… 11 characters and counting…
- Xbox Kinect: Got a Kienct for Jed for xmas, and it's great fun! Every time I use it I'm a bit amazed by how well it works. My mum got one from dad with a Zumba game, need to go over there and try it out 🙂 We tried some Zumba on xmas eve but couldn't keep it up for long, we were laughing to hard. We're playing the fitness game a lot these days, believe it or not, it's actually quite fun.
- I watched the documentary The Dungeon Masters (available here). I used to be in some RP-groups a long time ago and know a lot of people who are still very active both in gaming groups and as larpers, so a lot of the content felt very familiar. The documentary follow three individuals and their connection to the game Dungeons & Dragons. It covers their D&D life, but soon we get to follow their struggles in their personal life as well, and how they deal with them.
- I watched Black Swan with Natalie Portman. It creeped me out. Quite liked the buildup of the story and how the insanity followed the story in the actual ballet. Clever.
- We went to the movies and saw the English version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I think they did a good job. As the characters was introduced I started grinning to myself because I knew what would happen in the end and how well, for instance, Stellan Skarsgård was casted for his role. It was WEIRD though to see it in a Swedish setting, and having the characters suddenly say "Skål!" ("Cheers" in Swedish).
- I am hugely into Tim Minchin right now. His lyrics cheer me up.
Projects 2012:
- I have embarked on a project to create something every day. Just before xmas I found this book called 365: A Daily Creativity Journal by Noah Scalin. It's a year's worth of prompts, with room to make notes and plans or doodles, and I think it's pretty neat. I don't follow the prompts blindly, though, if I have another idea I will jump on that instead. Read my initial blogpost over at Jen&Tricks here. So far so good, I have done something creative every day this year. It's all being documented in my crafting blog, so if you want to see what I've done so far, this is a link for that category on that blog.
- One Photo a Day: I've committed myself to take at least one photo of my everyday life, every single day this year. It can be taken with whatever camera I have handy; my 60D, my phone, my lomo, my fisheye, it doesn't matter. I decided to do this because of several things: I noticed that last year I took a lot of random photos with my phone, and flicking through them has been a bit like looking through a diary. Also, last year's Week in the Life made me want MORE, I like documenting my life. Also, I now have this big old book I plan to use for the documentation. The result I hope for is some sort of comprehensive documentation of my life where I can highlight the positive things in my life and see some sort of progress.
- Self-portraits: I've also joined Urban Muser's project "in the picture", a self-portrait endeavour, and I hope that by the end of the year I will have taken 12 pictures of myself. This is also in the interest of progress, but also I've come to the conclusion that sometimes, further down the line, it's actually nice to have some photos of yourself. January's theme is "a piece of me".
- I was a bit surprised to find my little shop to be almost empty after xmas. The things I've put up there are things I love myself, so of course it makes my heart happy when other people like them too! Just the other week someone ordered one of my favourite items, the Plastic Fantastic Pony Earrings. So, right now I'm working on getting some more stuff up there. I have quite a few pieces I just haven't had time to post, mostly my PMC silver pendants.
Other stuff I've done recently that I approve of:
- For the 365-project I wrote a small Espresso Story, and it got published on their website. Read it here. Won't take you long. I promise.
- I put a moustache on my kitty and turned him into steampunk-inspired art.
- I made these cute earrings in blue, navy and turquoise and they turned out as well as I had planned.
- I managed to set up a fan page for jenandtricks.com on Facebook. It was a challenge, for me, so yay me!


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26. Subsequently, the letter Tzadik appeared before the Creator and said: "Master of the world, You should create the world with me, for Tzadikim (the righteous) are marked by me. You, who is called a Tzadik (righteous one), are also recorded within me, for You are righteous and You love righteousness. Therefore, my properties are suitable to create the world by."
The Creator answered: "Tzadik, you are truly righteous, but you must remain concealed and not be revealed to the extent required were the world to be created by you, so as to not give the world an excuse." The concealment of the letter Tzadik is necessary, for first came the letter Nun, which was then joined by the letter Yod from the Creator's Holy Name Yod-Hey-Vav-Hey (HaVaYaH), who stood above it as a mark of the bond between the Creator and His creations, mounted the letter Nun and joined it on its right hand side, thereby creating the letter Tzadik.
It's... not as suggestive as I thought it was, but somebody tried to make the point once, and it stuck with me.


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Thursday, February 16, 2012
My Gary Carter Story
This is the weird part...
On a Friday night in April, 2008 I told my mom that I was going to get an autograph the next morning even though I wasn't feeling that well. I couldn't explain it.
The autograph that I was going to get was Gary Carter. My mom calls me on Saturday morning asking me if I was able to get his autograph. I told her I'm not feeling too well and felt too lazy to drive up to Fullerton. I think my mom was surprised since she knows that autographs is my passion. My mom tells my wife to take me. That's another sign of me being really sick since I hate being a passenger. I need to be in control of the car. My wife takes me to Fullerton even though I didn't want to go. I remember getting out of the car in Fullerton and not being able to walk that well. It's like someone shut me down. I felt disabled.
I somehow managed to walk up a little hill in Cal State Fullerton where Carter was signing autographs for fans. It was a free event to promote a independent baseball league. Carter was to manage a team in Fullerton that year.
I got a baseball signed and chatted with Carter for a few minutes. He was excited about managing and wanted to get back in MLB as a coach or manager. He was really nice to everyone and I was happy that I didn't miss this event.
We left Fullerton and I honestly don't remember what happened next. Whatever I was saying didn't make sense. A few years later my dad told me that he was the one that took me to the hospital to meet up with my doctor and that I started to talk really quick and everything I was saying was about how the Dodgers were going to win the World Series. Till this day, my doctor makes fun of me and asks me "Dodgers going to win this year?"
It's a long story and I don't feel comfortable sharing it but the I guess I was diagnosed with "brain deficiency". My doctor in Children's Hospital says it was a serious problem that needed to be cured with antibiotics. My other doctor in UCLA said it wasn't a "brain deficiency". They claim it was a major infection in my brain and that it's a miracle that I'm alive. I don't know who to believe but I'm just happy that I'm still here.
I was in the hospital for a few weeks. When I was released, I was still stuck in bed at home with a IV (Intravenous therapy) connected to my arm. I missed many Dodger games. I remember being really upset because I couldn't watch Clayton Kershaw's first game at Dodger Stadium. That was May 25th. It wasn't because I had a IV connected to my arm. I just didn't have the energy to move around.
The nurses told me that I can still leave the house with a small IV machine. Want to know how obsessed I can get with autographs? On May 24th, I met Pedro Guerrero. Underneath my Dodgers jacket, I had the IV connected to my arm.
Photo Day was May 25th. Kershaw's first career game. I went but left after Photo Day was done. I just couldn't stay.
Chin-lung Hu.
My IV is underneath the jacket.
I find it really weird that I met Carter when I was having brain problems and he passes away because of brain tumors.
2008 was not the last time I was sick. If you were reading this blog in 2010, you might remember I went to the disabled list. {linked here}
Enough with this post. It gets me depressed. Plus I can't die yet. I need to see the Dodgers win a World Series so my doctor can shut up and my beautiful son needs me! :)
Rest in peace Gary.
4 comments:
- ANDY! said...
Hello Roberto, let me start by thanking you for sharing your touching, compeling & very encouraging story! I could only imagine the road you travel on a daily basis with your personal health. And all though I personally don't know you or have had the pleasure to meet you from what I hear you are a pretty awesome guy;) so I'm sure i speak for A LOT of us when I say we will keep you & your family in our prayers!!! Plus our MIGHTY DODGERS are goin to shut your doctor up;)
- February 16, 2012 at 7:28 PM
- Roberto Baly said...
Thank you Andy!
I appreciate the kind words. :)
- February 17, 2012 at 8:27 AM
- CreditWise said...
Just like what Andy said, I don't know you very well either and I don't know much about red blood cells or white blood cells but I can tell you gotta whole lotta strong heart Roberto, no matter whats going on with your blood cells. I thank you for sharing that as well. Remember anything is possible, think of the 88 Dodgers. God doesn't give you anything that you can't handle. And I'm sure Gary Carter would agree. You and your son are in good hands and you will be in my prayers too. God Bless
- February 17, 2012 at 4:27 PM
- Dusty Baker's Toothpick said...
Roberto, thanks for stopping your story when you did. You almost had a grown man in tears...
I met you briefly at the softball tournament last weekend, and it was a pleasure. Keep doing what you do, and keep doing it for many more years! Go Dodgers!
- February 17, 2012 at 4:30 PM


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Booker said:I just wanted to update the progress me and my buddies have been making playing "advantage" blackjack. One word- AWESOME! We started with $3000 between 3 guys. Our first trip using the cut card placement game and a little counting we made an additional $3300. The bankroll than became $6300. Next we went to A.C. to the casino Bojack told us to hit for the cut game. Well we stayed 3 days and 2 nights and made an additional $3800. We made one more trip up to the upstate NY casino, The Turning Stone, and beat them for another $1200. The bankroll is now over $11,000 on just 3 trips. Now my question is what else can we do to capitalize on our now much bigger bankroll? We've tried shuffletracking but its not working out, my buddies can't count good enough yet. Are there any other techniques out there we can use that are compareable to the cut game in advantage and success? This sure has been fun, I'd like to keep it going. Thanks for any advice.
learningtocount said:Keep double your money and do not lose back any more than that. About ten years there was the MIT blackjack team that one a million dollars playing blackjack and got kicked out of a lot of casinos. The kicker is they ended up losing all or most of the money back.
Deviance said:Tcash, please read these two threads. They outline the method used:
Booker said:nctom, Thanks for the input and the concern, I'll take any advice I can get. But as far as betting the Kelly criterion, basically broken down I thought it meant to for every percent of advantage you have bet that percentage of your bankroll. So even with a $10,000 bankroll if I'm landing an ace in my hand I have about a 51% advantage, which would mean a $5100 bet. Ive never bet that much ever but I have put up $1000 on it. So if anything I'm underbetting using Kelly. This way of playing is so different than just counting I think different betting rules apply. I'm still learning, but I must say so far I've never had that feeling of desparation even when I lose $2000 in 1 hour. Anymore info from anyone is appreciated. Thanks
Booker said:Just got back from A.C. yesterday. Let me tell youI'm seriously contemplating taking a leave of absence from my regular job. We got to A.C. on thursday night, it was kind of crowded so we really didn't play until 4 am Friday morning. We made $900 in 2 hours. Friday was mobbed so we barely played until late that night. The crowd was still heavy at night so we decide to take a chance and play the high rollers pit because there was no crowd in there and we could get our own table. So me and one of my partners took $5000 a piece and sat down in the high rollers pit and left our other partner with $2000 to be called in if we landed something to shuffletrack. In 1 hour we lost $2000 because our cut game didn't work out for us. We landed an ace both times perfectly, but it was matched with a 4 the first time, and a 5 the next, we lost both times. On top of that there was nothing really notable to track. And then it all changed. Over the next 5 hours we won back our $2000 that we lost plus another $4000. The only reason we quit was we were exausted. Saturday night all three of us sat in the high rollers pit. We stayed there for 7 hours and made another $4700, for atotal profit on the trip of $9600. Our bankroll is now over $20,000. At this point I believe with a little luck, and the playing methods we use we can beat the casinos on a fairly regular basis. My only question is, is $20,000 enough to play this game full time. I'm only 25 with no real responsibilities and so are my partners. I'm thinking we can do it. Any opinions, I'd like to hear them.
Booker said:Hello Cass, You see the thing is I don't feel I'm overbetting my bankroll. I think the problem is experienced players who count can't understand the cut game's advantages when played correctly. Just recently we played $100 dollar minumum tables because we had to, to get anywhere between a 13% and 100% advantage. Usually we only bet $25 minimums. But because we could'nt get our own table we took a chance and it worked out for us. Now with the the bankroll we have I believe we can seriously bet $100 minimums. I really need Bojack to step up and explain what is going on here. He walked me through every step of the way on this. He can explain why we can bet and win more than just an average counter. Cass you realized it yourself, when I know I'm getting an ace its a 51% advantage. When as a counter do you have that.... NEVER! This system, along with counting is as close to unbeatable as you can get. I know I can still lose, but I also know I will win more than I will lose because the math says so. And thats what all counters should understand. The house has the advantage because they go last, and even if they bust but you busted first they win. You change it all when you know what you're getting in your hand before you bet, or even better if you know what the dealer holds in his hand. This is a powerful way to play. Please talk to Bojack about it . Practice it. Its not like anything you'll ever experience as a counter. I'm beginning to see how the MIT students usually always won, and just plain counters struggle just to see a small advantage. Please believe me you need more.
Booker said:Bojack I must say I'm disapointed with your reaction to my success. Of all people I thought you would understand how it is. Are you that pompous to think you're the only one that can do this for a living? I can't believe you don't have faith in your own system of playing. The same one you taught me, and now I'm winning tremendously and all of a sudden I'm just lucky? Maybe there's some luck involved, but I'm also pretty darn good at it. Well its too bad I don't have your support, but honestly I don't need it. I play the tables, you don't play them for me. In 2 weeks my team and I go full time. Then you'll see whats what. I'll post my trips good or bad. All I can say to the doubters prepare to eat your words.
Booker said:Bojack I must say I'm disapointed with your reaction to my success. Of all people I thought you would understand how it is. Are you that pompous to think you're the only one that can do this for a living? I can't believe you don't have faith in your own system of playing. The same one you taught me, and now I'm winning tremendously and all of a sudden I'm just lucky? Maybe there's some luck involved, but I'm also pretty darn good at it. Well its too bad I don't have your support, but honestly I don't need it. I play the tables, you don't play them for me. In 2 weeks my team and I go full time. Then you'll see whats what. I'll post my trips good or bad. All I can say to the doubters prepare to eat your words.
Booker said:Well we did it again. Our first trip as full timers netted us $2400. I know its not a killing, but its a win. We toned it down a little and played a $25 - $200 spread. Except with the cut game where we did a $50-$500 spread. Nothing real exciting happened, just good consistent playing. Still can't land the shuffletrack like Bojack, but we'll keep trying because seeing that work first hand has got me really motivated to get it down, it's a pretty powerful thing to play. Its just hard to master. We also stayed away from the high rollers pit like we were advised and we got absolutely no heat. So with the $3000 I got with Bojack and the $2400 from this past weekend thats another $5400. Half is going to the bankroll the other half in our pockets. Thats how we're going to try to work it for now. Next trip is thursday for 2 days. Our goal is to get our bankroll up to $50,000 then hit Vegas. I'll keep posting the results as we go.
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Animal Planet Follows Crusaders of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 'WHALE WARS'
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., July 10 -- Captain Paul Watson
founded his Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 1977 because he believed
his new organization had to go even further to eradicate whaling, poaching,
shark finning, habitat destruction and purported ocean law violations than
the Greenpeace group he had co-founded. For three decades, Watson's group
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the bottom of the earth to save whales.
During the 2007-2008 campaign, Animal Planet captured the intensity of
Sea Shepherd's mission and the trials and tribulations of the crew in a new
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The series draws attention to this global conservation issue that has
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multiple engagements, capsizing, possible hostage-taking and alleged
shooting, and Animal Planet crews were onboard to document it as it
Highlighting both the controversial whaling trade and the tactics that
Sea Shepherd and its staff and volunteers use to attempt to cripple it, the
series documents the group's three-month sojourn across the icy Antarctic
waters at the far end of the globe. Each week on WHALE WARS, Animal Planet
will take viewers on a powerful and adrenaline-fueled adventure and
spotlight how the group takes action against alleged illegal whaling
operations. The Society's fight to eradicate Japanese whaling on the high
seas - where international laws are interpreted by different countries and
organizations in different ways - utilizes some aggressive techniques,
including ramming and disabling whaling ships; disrupting whale carcass
processing; engaging in physical entanglement; and boarding and dispersing
fleets of whaling vessels. For the campaign this season, Sea Shepherd
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with the blessing of his wife Terri, both of whom support the organization
independent of Animal Planet.
"WHALE WARS is an epic adventure that looks at the consequences of
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international-born crew. Two of the most notable incidents included the
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Japanese ships, and the gunshot inflicted upon Paul Watson, allegedly fired
from one of the Japanese crew, according to Sea Shepherd. The Japanese fell
nearly 500 whales short of the season's quota, and according to Sea
Shepherd and its standards, the 2007-2008 campaign was very successful.
"Whaling has no place in the 21st century," noted Watson. "Sea Shepherd
will not stop until the killing ends."
Among some of the crew members followed in WHALE WARS are Paul Watson,
captain; Peter Brown, 1st Mate; Peter Hammarstedt, 2nd Mate; Benjamin
Potts, chief cook; Dr. Scott Bell, medical officer; Amber Paarman,
quartermaster; Shannon Mann, quartermaster; David Jennings, bosun; Kim
McCoy, quartermaster; Tod Emko, communications officer; Alex Wallman,
deckhand; Peter Bradley, deckhand; and Daniel Bebawi, bosun.
WHALE WARS is a production of RIVR Media for Animal Planet. Rob
Lundgren, Lori Stryer and Liz Bronstein are the executive producers for
RIVR Media, and Jason Carey is the executive producer at Animal Planet.
Charlie Foley is the development executive for Animal Planet.
Animal Planet Media (APM), a multi-media business unit of Discovery
Communications, is the world's only entertainment brand that immerses
viewers in the full range of life in the animal kingdom with rich, deep
content via multiple platforms and offers animal lovers and pet owners
access to a centralized online, television and mobile community for
immersive, engaging, high-quality entertainment, information and
enrichment. APM consists of the Animal Planet television network, available
in more than 94 million homes in the US; online assets
http://www.animalplanet.com, the ultimate online destination for all things
animal; the 24/7 broadband channel, Animal Planet Beyond; Petfinder.com,
the #1 pet-related Web property globally that facilitates pet adoption;
PetsIncredible, a major producer and distributor of pet-training videos and
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robust Video-on-Demand (VOD) service; mobile content; and merchandising


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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Rage Against the Machine in Minnesota and the state of political pop
That's Rage, getting down with a megaphone after being denied access to the stage at the Ripple Effect festival, a day-long event held Tuesday on the Minnesota State Capitol's Upper Mall to promote non-partisan progressive politics in the shadow of the Republican convention.
The band was supposed to be the fest's surprise closer, but according to the Ripple Effect blog, capitol staff and state law enforcement agents shut down the concert because Rage was starting too late -- a half hour before the event's scheduled 7 p.m. curfew.
Rage's megaphone set ended with the band inspiring thousands of protesters to march toward the Xcel Energy Center, site of the convention. The music fans joined a larger march before being dispersed by police.
In light of this protest, which Zack de la Rocha predicted in an interview with me a few weeks ago, it's interesting to consider the position Rage currently occupies. These guys are elders now, nearing or past 40; many of the activists who came out to see them are likely from the next generation. This isn't the usual way musical-political moments unfold.
Shifting paradigms usually require new voices to express what's happening. But (aside from the celebrity candidates themselves) this year's political campaign hasn't produced any new pop stars. Instead, it's caused already established figures from Will.i.am to Sheryl Crow to new heights of creativity and optimism.
It's not surprising that lifetime progressives like Crow have stepped out to provide their support -- or that John McCain's found a stumper in country star John Rich. Barack Obama's effect on the hip-hop scene has been well-documented; most recently, veteran producer Jermaine Dupri has posted his admiration on the Huffington Post, and Spike Lee has predicted that the senator's candidacy could lead to a new golden moment in the African American arts.
Yet no young voice has emerged to embody this surge, the way Bob Dylan did in the countercultural 1960s or Rage did in the street-activist 1990s. Right now, the story seems to be of midcareer artists finding a new spark and stepping out to lead again.
After hearing of the Ripple Effect protest, I happened upon a telling quote from David Berman, the poet who records music under the moniker Silver Jews. In an e-mail chat with the Toronto-based critic Carl Wilson, Berman reflected upon the relationship between "slackers" -- i.e., fortysomethings -- and their youngers (warning to Republicans reading this post: Berman is an unapologetic leftist):
My generation doesn't have 'following' skills. The younger generations, growing up in a more enlightened world perhaps, are team thinkers. My belief is that the next twenty years will be the story of what the adults (us) and the young adults (people born after 1980) do to recover from the damage that this exceptionally stupid and selfish generation of Republicans, businessmen and God-botherers has inflicted.
There is no doubt in my mind that the 40-year-old guys out there who think life has passed them by, the slackers who kept slacking while their peers sold out, will have a very active second half of their lives.
What happened with Rage Tuesday night in the Twin Cities seems to enforce Berman's view. The other headliners on the bill for Ripple Effect -- Michael Franti, Dead Prez, Anti-Flag -- are also in their mid-30s to 40s. None of them could be called slackers; but neither has any lived through a moment when their often radical progressive views connected with the politics of the mainstream. Until, perhaps, now.
There's still time for a new Rage (or Dylan, or the Clash, or Mavis Staples) to emerge with a fresh musical vision. For now, though, it seems enough to enjoy the midlife renewal of so many.
Meanwhile, I'd love to know who your visionaries are. Who's best capturing the rhythms of this political season in guitar chords, samples and beats?
*** taken from www.latimes.com ***
16 comments:
- Bruno said...
Hi, Tom.
I´m Bruno, from Brazil. My wife and i went to Paris now, in August/08, to see you playing. The Hell of a show! We know that Zack wants to play in South America. Do you guys have plans to come anytime soon?
Take care!
PS: Great Speach in Minnesota!!
- September 3, 2008 at 11:36 PM
- Dirtman said...
Fuck Them I won't do what they tell me!!Got arrested 1 and a half hours after the show during a peaceful demensrtation of my 1st Amendement Right..Rage you kicked ass..Never stop touring you guys out perform every band I've seen...(seen a lot)...No joke keep freedom fighting thru the music..I survived the battle of Minneapolis.(9-3-08)
- September 4, 2008 at 3:33 AM
- getajob said...
All these people in their second half of life will slow down and become Republicans once they realize they are sick of giving all their money away to the Dems. Sooner or later you run out of energy. More than half of the people that were having fun in Chicago in '68 are probably now successful Republicans that look at this generation and say " they just don't get it." If you don't like rules and Government --then I hope you don't vote for the Dems -- becuase then the Government is going to get even bigger. Happy rioting!
- September 4, 2008 at 10:57 AM
- Matthew Shields said...
RATM is still relevant? These guys are a little old for this. LOL they would have been really cool back in 68! Face it guys, you've jumped the shark. Take all the money you made off your hypocritical leftist shtick and go retire to your wealthy, gated community. It's over.
- September 4, 2008 at 2:50 PM
- Unknown said...
Not much music out there that is political, still some punk bands like Anti-flag. It wasn't like when punk was fresh and Reagan was pres and we could crap on him. RATM is still tops on my list, but I do not think I can list 10 current bands that are not sheep to the masses. BTW, you may want to include the Dixie Chicks on the list for their stance.
- September 5, 2008 at 7:37 AM
- Unknown said...
You ask what act or band may be the new inspiration of sorts to get the next generation motivated and empowered? I saw an amazing act the other day at the DNC perform out of a truck that was constructed into a stage! These guys go by The Construct. Its only two of them and they play like they were a 5 person band. They have a third guy who does live visuals to the music. Afterwards I talked with them and they cited Fugazi and you guys as being an inspiration. These guys got everyone riled and so full of energy with their music and stage performance. Worth a check out I believe. Stay well and keep us moving to those revolutionary beats with RATM and the Night watchman!
- September 5, 2008 at 9:43 PM
- Gabriel Junod said...
Your action was what the world needs. Don't fight and crash yourself against the wall of the empire. You just have to byass. They can't beat us.
That makes me want to do a documentary film about the Rage against the machine. I'm in a french cinema school and I hope a such project can be realize. This film could make feel people the way to behave together, like in this video.
You can contact me : email@example.com
Continue to make us feel the rage !
- September 7, 2008 at 1:43 PM
- Matthew Shields said...
LOL Is this what we are "changing" to?
"This film could make feel people the way to behave together, like in this video." Gabriel Junod
This is how people should behave together?
- September 7, 2008 at 4:15 PM
- Matthew Shields said...
Wow, only 8 posts. And 2 are mine! Nobody cares about RATM. Maybe they can be on a reality show!
- September 7, 2008 at 4:19 PM
- Riotgrrrlcynic said...
That article is really thought-provoking. I saw Rage at Reading and they were amazing. But I think the kids in the crowd did not go off and start something in the streets, so much as what Josh Homme predicted, they went off to get laid in a tent afterwards. Rage were so foreceful I thought if music could provoke a revolution, they would do it. I therefore have to consider that it cannot. So is this question of muical/political inspiration to the next generation maybe academic?
The other issue, about the slacker generation waking up is really interesting. You may spend your twenties really not doing anything, but wake up in your thirties to find exactly how terrible the odious machine is, and worse that you are participating in it. This leaves a moral decision to me made - can the system be changed by those within it, or can it only be opposed from outside. Can you afford to do that now you are a grown up with responsiblities, or can you afford not to do it, for the sake of your conscience?
- September 8, 2008 at 10:52 AM
- Gabriel Junod said...
First, You will not make me change my opinion. So if you want to recruited me in your team of thinking, you have already loose.
Secondly, the video link that you gived to me has not his place here. That's not the topic of this discussion. (I don't understand why you are shocked by this kind of behaviour. I think you don't know what you are talking about : Have you ever been to a RATM concert ?(I don't need the answer)).
Finaly, if you want to afront somebody (that's regular for a teenager) you should try skateboarding. You afront yourself and that makes you think higer.
If you want to answer me, please don't pollute this topic. You have got my email adress, you can leave me a message (and please, send me a message where you thought about each word... and read again entirely this post).
- September 8, 2008 at 3:24 PM
- COORDINADORA ESTUDIANTIL POLITECNICA (CEP) said...
Saludos desde México!
Viva la furia!
Viva EZLN!
Viva Rage Against the Machine!
- September 18, 2008 at 2:00 PM
- Unknown said...
If there is anytime for RATM to make a stand and help, it's now. I feel helpless during this election with narrowing opinion polls and constant politicking, where do we go? How do we help? How do we take the power back?
- September 22, 2008 at 1:24 PM
- trocker said...
ratm you guy's rock, i might live in australia but that doesn,t mean i don't know what ur trying to do for this world. i play the guitar and tom is such an inspiration to my music and i my views.
- October 10, 2008 at 11:59 PM
- Evan W. Isnor said...
- November 11, 2008 at 8:48 AM
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Carboplatin, Gemcitabine Hydrochloride, and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Gynecological Cancer
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01652794
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : July 30, 2012
Last Update Posted : August 4, 2015
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|Condition or disease
|Leydig Cell Tumor Ovarian Sarcoma Ovarian Stromal Cancer Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Recurrent Cervical Cancer Recurrent Endometrial Carcinoma Recurrent Fallopian Tube Cancer Recurrent Ovarian Epithelial Cancer Recurrent Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor Recurrent Primary Peritoneal Cavity Cancer Recurrent Uterine Sarcoma Recurrent Vaginal Cancer Recurrent Vulvar Cancer
|Radiation: stereotactic body radiation therapy Drug: carboplatin Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Other: pharmacogenomic studies
|Phase 1
I. Determine maximum tolerated carboplatin/gemcitabine dose administered with SBRT as measured by < 30-day acute toxicity defined by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v4.0.
I. Off-study SBRT target local control assessment: 6-week post-trial fludeoxyglucose F 18 (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) or other imaging response by European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) PET criteria as listed and National Cancer Institute (NCI) guidelines.
II. Off-treatment late toxicity assessment: record 3-month and 6-month radiation-related toxicity defined by CTCAE v4.0.
III. Off-study global clinical benefit assessment: 6-month post-therapy clinical benefit (defined as percentage of patients who had complete, partial, or stable disease for at least 6 months).
I. Associate pretherapy tumor biopsy ribonucleotide reductase (R1, R2, p53R2), Tip60 and Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1/2 expression with 6-week therapy response.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of carboplatin and gemcitabine hydrochloride.
Patients also receive carboplatin intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes and gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on day 1 and undergo SBRT on days 2-4.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 1 year, and then yearly for 2 years.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|12 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase 1 Study of Carboplatin and Gemcitabine Chemotherapy and Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery for the Palliative Treatment of Persistent or Recurrent Gynecologic Cancer
|Study Start Date :
|May 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 2014
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|March 2015
Experimental: Treatment (carboplatin, gemcitabine hydrochloride, and SBRT)
Patients also receive carboplatin IV over 30 minutes and gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on day 1 and undergo SBRT on days 2-4.
Radiation: stereotactic body radiation therapy
Undergo SBRT
Other Names:
Drug: carboplatin
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride
Given IV
Other Names:
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Optional correlative studies
Other: pharmacogenomic studies
Optional correlative studies
Other Name: Pharmacogenomic Study
- Rate of acute grade 3-5 toxicities following carboplatin/gemcitabine hydrochloride and SBRT treatment graded based on CTCAE, version 4.0 [ Time Frame: Within 30 days of completing treatment ]A modified Fibonacci design used during the dose-finding portion of this study. When =< 1 out of 6 patients enter at highest next dose level below the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), this is the recommended phase 2 dose. At least 6 patients must be entered at the recommended phase 2 dose.
- Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: From the time from registration until time of progression, recurrence, or death, up to 6 months ]Calculated following the method of Kaplan and Meier and survival dependence on measured covariates will be assessed using the Cox proportional hazards model.
- Survival dependence on measured covariates [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Descriptive and tabular data will be reported. Assessed using the Cox proportional hazards model.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|19 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient has diagnosis of a persistent or recurrent gynecologic cancer
- Patient age is > 18 years.
- Patient must have at least one abdominopelvic measurable site of disease as defined by 9.1.3;. A treatment planning 18F-FDG positron emission tomography and computed tomography scan (PET/CT; whole body) may be used to complement assessment, & if done must be completed prior to first dose of carboplatin / gemcitabine and within 35 days of first day of SBRT. There MUST BE no more than four (4) intended radiosurgical target lesions. An individual (one of up to four) radiosurgical target lesion MUST NOT EXCEED a volume of no greater than 160 cubic centimeters (cc).
- No prior cryosurgery or radiofrequency ablation in SBRT-target lesion. Patients with prior cryoablation and radiofrequency ablation are excluded as these treatments are designed to destroy tissue with freezing or heat. Radiation treatments given by SBRT may not work biologically or may cause excessive tissue injury in patients who have had prior cryoablation and radiofrequency ablation.
Patient has no major medical illnesses or psychiatric illnesses:
- New York Heart Association (NYHA) class 3 or 4 congestive heart failure;
- unstable angina pectoris;
- symptomatic cardiac arrhythmia;
- hypertension with diastolic blood pressure greater than 110 mmHg;
- pulmonary disease consisting of dyspnea at rest requiring oxygen supplementation;
- renal function impairment (defined here as baseline serum creatinine >2.0 mg/dL);
- psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance.
- Patient must have no known brain metastases. These patients are excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurological dysfunction that would confound neurological and other adverse event evaluation.
Patient must demonstrate adequate organ function (< 35 days from enrollment):
- Bone marrow: absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1500/mcl, platelets ≥ 100,000, hemoglobin ≥ 10 mg/dL.
- Renal function: creatinine ≤ 2.0 mg/dL.
- Hepatic function: bilirubin ≤ 1.5X institutional upper limit of normal (ULN); AST, ALT, alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5X ULN
- Patient MUST have had prior chemotherapy or radiation for a gynecologic cancer. Patient is > 28 days from previous treatment (chemotherapy or radiation) and toxicities related to the previous treatment must have resolved to grade 1 or baseline.
- Patient has Gynecologic Oncology Group performance status score of 0 or 1.
- Patient is able to give study-specific informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any patient NOT meeting the above criteria
- Any patient with active connective tissue disease such as lupus or dermatomyositis is excluded; patients with active connective tissue disease are at an excessive risk of organ function-impairing fibrosis
- Any patient with active Crohn's disease or active ulcerative colitis is excluded; patients having these conditions are at an excessive risk of organ function-impairing fibrosis
- Any patient with known anaphylaxis to carboplatin or gemcitabine is excluded
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study because radiation has the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects; screening beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (hcg) levels (urine or blood) and diagnostic tests will be used to determine eligibility in women of childbearing potential; women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately; these potential risks may also apply to carboplatin/gemcitabine chemotherapy agents used in this study
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible because of the potential for pharmacokinetic interactions with carboplatin or gemcitabine; in addition, patients known to be HIV-positive patient are excluded due to an increased risk of lethal infections when treated with marrow-suppressive therapy such as carboplatin/gemcitabine; HIV testing is not mandatory for eligibility evaluation
- Due to a perceived increased risk to transplanted organ for lethal dysfunction or lethal infection, patients with visceral organ transplants are not eligible
- Patients with other active non-gynecologic invasive malignancies are excluded; patients with other invasive malignancies who had (or have) cancer present within the last two years are excluded
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|United States, Ohio
|Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106
|Principal Investigator:
|Steven Waggoner, MD
|Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Responsible Party:
|Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2012-00608 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
|First Posted:
|July 30, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|August 4, 2015
|Last Verified:
|August 2015
Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial
Fallopian Tube Neoplasms
Endometrial Neoplasms
Vulvar Neoplasms
Vaginal Neoplasms
Pseudomyxoma Peritonei
Leydig Cell Tumor
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Uterine Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Uterine Diseases
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Ovarian Neoplasms
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Ovarian Diseases
Adnexal Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Gonadal Disorders
Fallopian Tube Diseases
Vulvar Diseases
Vaginal Diseases
Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous
Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor