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Interview: Follow-up with Jimmy Carnes
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 3:20 p.m.
The interview was conducted at the Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department by Detectives Murphy and Armstrong. The interview was recorded with the witness' knowledge and consent.
- Detective Ted Armstrong
- Detective Samantha Murphy
- Jimmy Carnes
Detective Murphy: Right this way, Johnny. Take the same seat that you had the last time you were here.
Jimmy Carnes: Thanks.
Detective Murphy: Please state your full name and address for the record.
Jimmy Carnes: My name Johnny Ray Clark and I still live in my trailer on lot 66 at the Wheel Estates, on 913 South 18th St. I've lived with my grandparents most of my life, but I moved into town last year. Can't say I like it much.
Detective Armstrong: We'd like to ask a few more questions. Are you sure that you never spoke with Katie? Didn't she flirt quite openly with you?
Jimmy Carnes: No, I didn't talk to her, but yes, she did flirt a lot. Her and another girl came to the station a lot. Sometimes, just to buy gas and sometimes to get chips. Anytime she got out of the car, she flirted with anyone around, not just me.
Detective Armstrong: You tried to get her to go out with you, didn't you? What did she say to that?
Jimmy Carnes: No! I'm no fool. I knew she'd never go out with a farm boy like me. That by itself would've stopped her, but add to it the fact that I working at a gas station and that would have been the clincher. She thought she was too good for the likes of me. I was tempted to tell her to stop flirting because I wasn't interested, but I didn't.
Detective Armstrong: Now, come on, Jimmy. You and I both know you couldn't resist asking her out.
Jimmy Carnes: I thought about asking her to go to church with me once, but I never did get up the nerve to do it. I didn't want to deal with being laughed at.
Detective Armstrong: Are you sure you never saw her wearing skates before the evening you found her in the restroom?
Jimmy Carnes: No, she never wore skates in the store before that night. I would have noticed.
Detective Armstrong: What about the missing key? Are you telling us that you never missed the key until Rosalie Hansen brought it to your attention?
Jimmy Carnes: I never noticed the key being gone until then.
Detective Armstrong: So, did you put the Out of Order sign on the restroom door?
Jimmy Carnes: No, I didn't put that sign up. Do you know how much people complain when the restroom is closed?
Detective Armstrong: Did Katie make you mad enough to show her that you wouldn't take any more laughter from her?
Jimmy Carnes: What are you saying? I was never mad at her. Never! I thought she was beautiful. She acted trashy, but I knew she really wasn't.
Detective Armstrong: What did she say to you when she flirted?
Jimmy Carnes: Nothing. But her girlfriend didn't like it. I could hear them arguing about it one time. Her friend told her to stop flirting with me, and Katie told her to shut up.
Detective Armstrong: Did she stop flirting?
Jimmy Carnes: No, she still flirted every time she stopped for gas. They were still arguing when they got in the car one day, as they drove away.
Detective Murphy: About the stranger you saw earlier in the evening, have you remembered anything since we last spoke?
Jimmy Carnes: No, only that he was hurrying like he was in a rush. I have to get to work or I'll lose my job.
Detective Murphy: All right. We may need to talk again. Don't make any plans to leave town.
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Kendrick Perry scored 28 points and Youngstown State had its highest-scoring game this season, defeating Milwaukee 94-80 Friday night.
Perry was 11 of 16 from the field for the Penguins (15-11, 7-6 Horizon League), who shot 56.9 percent (33 of 58) overall. They made 66.7 percent (16 of 24) in the first half, including 6 of 12 3-pointers.
Blake Allen scored 15 of his 17 points in the first half, when Youngstown State took a 48-36 lead. DJ Cole added a career-best 18 points and Kamren Belin 15 for the Penguins, whose second-leading scorer, Damian Eargle, missed the game with a broken nose.
Youngstown State was coming off an 88-83 triple-overtime loss to Illinois-Chicago on Sunday.
Paris Gulley scored 18 points, Jordan Aaron 17 and J.J. Panoske 16 for the Panthers (6-21, 2-11), who were coming off a 71-53 win over Loyola of Chicago that ended a seven-game losing streak.

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In early 2014, the worst rains in five years caused heavy flooding and landslides affecting an estimated 335,000 people. In response, the Emergency Relief Coordinator approved a rapid response grant from CERF on 25 March. The US$3.2 million allocation will support critical assistance, including the provision of shelter, food, sanitation facilities and access to clean water.
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In 1654 Pascal and Fermat corresponded on the fair division of the stakes in gambling games that got interrupted mid-way. Fermat reasoned , counting the proportion of wins in imagined continued play. Pascal argued , establishing fair prices for all intermediate states. Pascal and Fermat arrived at the same answer, yet their methods make different assumptions and generalise in different ways.
Today, game-theoretic probability is an alternative foundation for probability theory. It goes beyond Kolmogorov's axiomatic (measure-theoretic) framework by considering an underlying dimension. We will start with various classical laws of probability and re-prove them in the following form. In an infinite game where we are allowed to bet on the outcomes sequentially, we have a that accumulates infinite wealth unless the sequence of outcomes satisfies the probability law. This will be the sense in which we can the law, no matter how the outcomes arise.
We will study the (intricate) strategies underlying such theorems. Throughout the course we will see how the generality of the framework allows us to reduce assumptions, clarify interpretation, and open up applications to other areas of science. In particular we will look at one application in machine learning in the form of .
The first two weeks are devoted to six lectures with associated homework. The last two weeks will be individual projects with one progress meeting midway.
Lectures are from 10:00 to 12:00, CWI, rooms L016, L017 or L120.
Reports are due on June 24.
An introductory probability course is indispensable. Familiarity with two-player zero-sum games will be an advantage. A good level of mathematical maturity is required, the strategies that will be considered are not simple.
Students will be assessed on the basis of six homeworks and a final report. The written report should provide either some (small) original result or a survey of some of the literature with a new perspective.
Each homework counts for 10% and the final report counts for 40% of the grade.
The course will cover the first half of the the book Probability and Finance: It's Only a Game! by Glenn Shafer and Vladimir Vovk. I will lecture from the book but do my best to keep the course self-contained. In particular I will post lecture notes.
Website dedicated to the book . You can read chapters 1, 3 and 9 online.
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Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic late on Thursday showed Papua New Guinea's official note rescinding its recognition of Kosovo as an independent state.
This is the sixth country to have done so in the past several years.
Ethnic Albanians in Serbia's southern province of Kosovo (officially: Kosovo and Metohija, KiM) unilaterally declared independence ten years ago, in 2008 - a declaration that Serbia continues to regard as a violation of its Constitution and territorial integrity. Kosovo has in the meantime not managed to join the UN - while five EU member-states also refuse to recognize it as independent. Dacic - who also serves as first deputy prime minister in the Serbian government - used a news conference called to mark one year in office of the current government to say that the six countries that recognized Kosovo, and then withdrew their recognition, have a combined territory of 800,000 square kilometers - "ten times bigger than Serbia" - and 25 million inhabitants. "Very often these countries are treated with disrespect, we say they are small and irrelevant. How come they were relevant when they recognized Kosovo - but now that they're revoking that recognition, they are not important... this is a great success for our state," Dacic - who last week announced the sixth withdrawal, without naming the country in question - said on Thursday. He also stressed that Serbia would "continue with this work" regardless of the amount of pressure it faces. "We are not fighting Pristina (Kosovo). You know who we are fighting - their mentors and protectors, who, as soon as we receive these notes (rescinding recognition)... I now expect them to travel to Papua to see if they really revoked it. That is why we, on Monday, are sending (Serbian) Agriculture Minister Branislav Nedimovic to Liberia (the previous country that revoked its recognition) - it's because we must fight everywhere," Dacic said. "(Kosovo Foreign Minister) Pacolli posts various tweets," Dacic continued, "they refute, they lie. We have (diplomatic) notes from six states revoking their recognition of Kosovo as an independent state, saying they will respect the results, the negotiations, and agreements reached in the Brussels dialogue. I think this is a great contribution, by these six countries - five have done it during the one year in office of this (Serbian) government."
The Serbian government passed a Decision on setting up a Commission for the fight against drug abuse in schools.
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A new creative contest – the Bigfoot Northwest Script Challenge – is ready to award $6,500 and unparalleled Hollywood access to the next great voices in screenwriting.
Top film industry professionals are set to award two grand prize winners and one runner up in three categories: original screenplay, television pilot, and digital short. Winners will be announced at theSeattle Film Summit on November 17-18, 2018, at the Hyatt Regency Lake Washington.
The competition aims to raise the Northwest's profile as a filmmaking powerhouse as entrants compete for exclusive fellowships at the most famous studios in Hollywood and local producers from Seattle's vibrant indie film community.
The Bigfoot fellowships are designed to advance a writer's material and career by pairing them with a notable industry professional that could pave the way for a writer to see their work on the big screen.
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Every year, thousands of spectators gather along the parade route in downtown Burien to see marching bands, floats, Seafair Pirates and much more.
Staging will happen on SW 153rd Street, east of Ambaum between 6th and 4th Ave SW, then starts the route east along SW 153rd turning North onto 2nd Ave SW. A turn will follow west onto SW 152nd to 4th where the route will head north to the entrance of City Hall, turning East and following along Town Square Park on 5th Ave SW. The final turn will be onto SW 152nd heading West and dispersing at 8th Ave SW and SW 151st Street.
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Photography is not an allowed medium (sorry).
Burien Arts provides the panels.
Artists can also submit existing works of any size to offer in a silent auction
The auction will take place this year on Saturday, Nov. 17, from 6:30 – 10:30 p.m. at the Burien Community Center, 14700 6th Ave SW, Burien, WA.
The event usually draws 300+ art lovers.
Each 8" x 8" panel is priced at $40 with a 50/50 split of the commission between the artist and Burien Arts. The silent auction items have the same commission structure.
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I mentioned in my last book review that the naval war between 1914 and 1918 witnessed the advent of some new aspects of warfare that had never been seen before. Alongside the submarine and the aeroplane, the naval mine made its debut in this conflict.
I must confess I had never really understood just how extensive mining was during the Great War. Large tranches of the North Sea, including the German and British coasts, were mined by the allies and the Germans. In particular,shipping routes were heavily targeted, such as the British North Sea coast and the areas around ports in the low countries.
The important thing to understand is that was not just the threat that a ship might strike a mine that made presented such a problem, it was the sheer inconvenience that there might be mines anywhere, and the limitations it put upon the enemy. Ships could only move freely in swept channels, which of course required much effort and danger to clear. Its the threat that mines MIGHT be there that really causes the damage – even if you know that there probably arent, you have to assume that there are until you know otherwise. Mines severely restricted and impeded the free maneouvring of naval forces. And compared to the vast cost involved in building a Super Dreadnought, they were also relatively cheap.
Much like the submarine, to begin with British naval circles scoffed at minewarfare, somehow thinking of it as 'un-British' – I suppose its similar to the popular clamourings for a Trafalgar-esque, Nelsonian pitched sea battle – all very nostalgic, but Trafalgar was over a hundred years ago. But by 1918 the Royal Navy had, slowly, and somewhat unconventionally, developed significant experience and expertise in both laying and dealing with mines. In anti-minewarfare in particular, much use was made of smaller ships, such as Trawlers. Paddlesteamers were also utilised for their maneouvreability.
I think its quite telling that whereas the Royal Navy has long led the field in mine counter measures warfare – perhaps motivated by her experiences in the Great War, and her geographical status as an island nation dependant on the free movement of shipping. By contrast, the US Navy never really mastered the concept of the mine, right up until the 1980's when several of her ships were severely damaged by Iranian mines in the Gulf. Incredibly, the largest and most powerful navy on the seas did not possess its own MCMV force. Yet after the armistice, each of the allied nations was alloted an area of the North Sea to clear of mines. One of them – the US Navy.
This is a very interesting book, and contains a number of salient points not just about mines, but about naval warfare in general. I enjoyed reading it very much. It is extremely well written, and complements the historiography of the Great War at Sea perfectly.
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TOLEDO, OH (Toledo News Now) - In a news conference Thursday morning, University of Toledo officials say a fatal stabbing was the result of an altercation between two male students. They stressed it was not a random attack.
The two were rooming together and had a dispute, which led to the fatal stabbing, according to UT.
The University says Josiah Galat, 20, of Mansfield, OH, was found deceased behind the International House. Erik Littleton, 19, of Detroit, was found and transported to a local hospital, the school said in a statement. Littleton is listed in critical condition.
Both students were studying engineering. Galat was a senior, Littleton is a sophomore.
Police say no one else was involved, and they are not looking for any other suspects.
Police activity was reported at the International House dorm around 9 p.m. After investigating overnight, police said the building was secure by Thursday morning.
The University of Toledo's Twitter account sent out an emergency alert stating there was dangerous activity on campus and that everyone should stay away.
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As you may be aware, ADE is in the process of converting the SDDI reports to new technology and we are placing the new reports in a new application within Common Logon called "Student Detail Reports". The ADMS75-1 report is the latest report to become available within this new application and can be found within either the District or School level reports. The exciting piece is that these reports pull up much faster than SDDI and have many available formats. My personal favorite is the CSV export as the data is exported and placed automatically in an Excel spreadsheet (as long as you have Excel on your computer). It's so easy then to filter, sort, and sum data.
This ADMS75-1 report can be pulled for ALL grades or individual grades, just like SDDI. If pulling by a specific grade, we are experiencing some issues with grades 1-8 data appearing on the screen. All other grades work as expected. We decided to make this report available now instead of waiting until those individual grades could be pulled as we know how dependent all LEAs are on this report and the new functionality and speed will make up for the data not yet being available when filtering on grades 1-8. All grades are included in the report when selecting the "ALL" grade. We are currently working to update the grade specific filtering and will update HOT TOPICS when that is available.
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To the Editor:
The T.F. Green Airport expansion may create jobs over the short-term, but what will the long-term effects be to the city of Warwick, and most of all the environment? The Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) has made it clear over the years to expand now and worry about the environment later. A modern trans-Atlantic airport does not belong in a residential neighborhood. It is time to build a new airport in the Ocean State with the clear zone over water for both safety and environmental reasons. Anything else is just plain stupid!
On Dec. 6, 2011, the Warwick Beacon stated, per the Warwick City Council, the city loses $11 million annually due to lost property taxes from the airport. As a resident of Warwick, my homeowner's taxes were reduced twice due to the standard airport devaluation and the uncertainty of the neighborhood. If the airport runway is expanded (once again), what is the projected annual loss in real estate taxes to the city of Warwick?
On Nov. 29, 2006, the Journal Bulletin printed an article called "Group Names Airport Top-12 Polluter." Toxic Action Center prints a yearly report of the top 12 corporate polluters in all of New England called the "Dirty Dozen." T.F. Green Airport was the first airport in 10 years to be selected for the Dirty Dozen Award due to non-compliance with the Federal Clean Air Act. The group also expressed concern of the plan to extend the runway, which "means more pollutants and more devastating environmental impacts."
The current planes taking off from Green carry up to 10,000 gallons of fuel. RIAC wants to bring in planes that carry up to 30,000 gallons of fuel. It has already been proven that there are higher cancer rates for residents living near T.F. Green Airport. RIAC has also been fined for illegal asbestos abatement. The airport has a history being fined for air pollution by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the pollution effects to Buckeye Brook is already being felt. These trans-Atlantic planes are huge and do not belong in a residential neighborhood. RIAC refuses to talk about the pollution increase and its effect on the environment and the city of Warwick.
In a Feb. 15, 2009 Journal Bulletin article, "Cities Depend on Small Planes," talks about small turboprop planes that have "become a vital part of the country's airline industry…" Why not build a larger airport with a clear zone over the ocean to service trans-Atlantic flights and service a smaller T.F. Green Airport in Warwick? These turboprop planes have 50 to 70 seats and are much more fuel-efficient and cause far less pollution. It is time to make T.F. Green a model for "green" airports instead of a "brown" airport.
As a resident of Warwick for 40-plus years, I have experienced firsthand the air and noise pollution from T.F. Green Airport. Every morning, I wake up at 6 a.m. to a vibrating house from the planes overhead. You can't be out in my yard without the air choking you. It burns your eyes and nose. My home has been sound proofed, but it is impossible to keep the fumes out of the house. RIAC has installed a blower in all the HVAC systems that blows the air into the house. When the city tax appraisers came to my home, I asked them, "…My roof leaks in three places, should I put on a new roof or smear tar all over it? Should I remodel my 1950s kitchen or is the airport going to take my house? Should I screen in my deck or are the fumes going to drive me away? Should I use my construction skills to fix the house and leave it to my family? Will it be worth my time and money?" The appraisers talked it over and my taxes were lowered a second time for the future uncertainty of the neighborhood. Is this the last of the expansion? (Otherwise the uncertainty remains.) How much more devaluation can the city of Warwick take?
It is time RIAC and Governor Lincoln Chafee looked at other locations for an international airport in Rhode Island. In my opinion, we should look at locations such as the old Charleston Naval Base, where the runway can be built over the ocean. It is time for Lincoln Chafee to call on the commander and chief, President Obama, to get economic stimulus money for the state of Rhode Island to build a new airport instead of expanding T.F. Green Airport once again. An international airport does not belong in a residential neighborhood such as Warwick.
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All of you people need to settle the **** down. Geno Smith has a glorious arm. He is not a headcase. He is not suddenly more risky after two bad games than he was after a few ridiculous ones. Every QB has bad games. How will he respond? How does he act when things don't go well? These are topics that matter, not whether or not he had a bad game vs. the best coached team in college football (and I say that as a damn KU fan).
You need to realize that first round talent at the QB position does not mean that he is a guaranteed prospect.
That's why Andrew Luck was Andrew Luck. He was as close to a "sure thing" as you are going to find. Sure Things don't exist, especially at QB. And look - RG3 is even having a better year. So... go figure.
The point is, it's this kind of pussy thinking that enables pussy GMs to pussy out of drafting a QB in the first round like a bunch of pussies.
You can all talk until you're blue in the tits about why Geno Smith or Barkley or Wilson isn't worth the risk. You know what you sound like? The guy who keeps dating great girls but breaks up with them because he's unsure she's "the one." Lemme tell you something... there is no "the one." You find someone that has all the qualities you're looking for, you make the commitment, and then you spend the next several years tweaking and adjusting to find that harmonious partnership.
Sack up and take the plunge or die alone looking for the sure thing. Your call.
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That's simply not possible. These road signs have no way of connecting with your cell phone. No internet, or any kind of wireless receiver. So we're stuck with breaking into it.
Nonsense. James Bond would do it from his cell phone. He'd make it blow up with his cell phone, too.
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text: Whitecaps claim 3-0 win over SFU March 29, 200812:00AM PDT Previous Next Simon Fraser University - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps - 3 Mercer Stadium, New Westminster, BC Vancouver Whitecaps FC men made it three straight wins in preseason after a 3-0 friendly result over Simon Fraser University Clan on Saturday morning. Early strikes by Eduardo Sebrango and Nick Webb set Teitur Thordarson's side on their way to victory. Second-half substitute Jason Jordan completed the scoring with a late third goal in front of a small but enthusiastic crowd at Mercer Stadium in New Westminster, BC. After claiming a successful set of recent friendly results in Washington State, Thordarson made five changes to the side that started last Saturday night's 2-1 win over USL First Division champions Seattle Sounders. Srdjan Djekanovic replaced Jay Nolly in goal, while Webb and Sebrango were given starts in the Vancouver attack. Geordie Lyall started at right fullback, while Polish trialist Mariusz Mowlik played the first half in the centre of midfield. Though it was a cool spring morning at Mercer Stadium, fans only needed to wait six minutes to see the opening goal of the game. A neat pass from strike partner Webb allowed experienced Cuban hit-man Sebrango to break clear on goal and slip the ball past SFU goalkeeper Thomas Lindley. It would prove to be a busy day for Lindley, as he kept the score-line respectable with some important saves. He denied Webb on the quarter-hour mark after trialist Mowlik played a fine through ball to the Oregon State University standout. From the subsequent corner, Webb was again denied by the Clan shot-stopper after a solid strike on target. Though disappointed not to score at that stage, Webb found the scoresheet on 19 minutes, as he converted on the rebound after Steve Kindel – who was playing on the left side of midfield – struck the crossbar with a fierce shot after initially intercepting a poor clearance by keeper Lindley before racing in on the SFU goal. Webb feels the team is shaping up well ahead of next month's season-opener against Montreal Impact at Swangard Stadium. "I think things are good," Webb told whitecapsfc.com after Saturday's friendly. "We're getting our team together and working out the kinks. Things are starting to fall into place, and when it comes time to play Montreal, it's going to be a fun game to play." The Whitecaps looked in control by the midway point of the first half, and it was not until 32 minutes that SFU forced Djekanovic into a save with a free-kick strike from Gary Badesha. In fact, Thordarson's side had chances to extend their lead even further in the final minutes of the half, but Lindley was able to save from Webb on two occasions before the whistle was blown for halftime. "The first half was not what I was hoping for," Thordarson said after the game. "I felt we should have dominated the game much more than we did before halftime, as we did not create as many chances as I was hoping we would do. However, we had full control of the contest by the end of it." The second half saw the Whitecaps make six changes for the game's restart, with another trialist in defender Desmond Brooks replacing Omar Jarun in the centre of Vancouver's back-line, while fresh from Canadian U-23 Olympic team duty, Diaz Kambere also came into the back four after replacing Lyall. One of those second-half substitutes was Alfredo Valente, who partnered Jordan in attack. The Whitecaps veteran came close to getting on the scoresheet, but his accuracy with two goal-bound headers from fine crosses by Takashi Hirano and Kindel eluded him. On 52 minutes, Cann connected powerfully with substitute Martin Nash's corner at the near post, but he was also unable to force Lindley into a save. Past the hour mark, Valente had an effort well stopped by Lindley before Jordan's turn and shot was also blocked by the Clan keeper, as the Whitecaps started to take control of the contest. Thordarson then gave a run-out to Whitecaps veteran Dave Morris after he replaced Kindel on 66 minutes, while Luca Bellisomo came on to play his former SFU teammates after replacing Cann four minutes later. As the game entered the dying stages, Jordan capped the Whitecaps win with a third goal, as he was quickest to a loose ball in front of the SFU goal after Morris had an initial shot stopped on the goal-line by Clan defender Todd Lucyk. Jordan was even unlucky not to register a second goal two minutes later, as he rattled Lindley's crossbar from close range. In the end, the Whitecaps held on for another morale-boosting win, as the 2008 season draws ever nearer. Thordarson has one more preseason friendly to fine-tune his squad before the visit of Canadian rivals Montreal, as the Whitecaps head to Langley, BC, for a match against Trinity Western University men's team on Wednesday evening. Kick-off at the Spartans Sports Complex is 7pm. Goal Summary: 6' Vancouver - Eduardo Sebrango (Nick Webb) A neat pass from strike partner Webb allowed experienced Cuban hit-man Sebrango to break clear on goal and slip the ball past SFU goalkeeper Thomas Lindley. 19' Vancouver - Nick Webb (Steve Kindel) Kindel at the top of the area cracked a shot off the crossbar, with the rebound falling to Webb, who fired it in. 85' Vancouver - Jason Jordan (Dave Morris) Vicente Arze on the left did well to fire the ball in. 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Mahmoud Darwish burst on the Arab poetic scene in the mid-1960s with the publication in Beirut of poems written while he was living in Haifa, Israel, and working as a translator and editor for the Israeli Communist Party, Rakah. As Munir Akash points out in his introduction to this volume of selections from Darwish's recent work, with their fiery intensity and assuredness, the early poems touched a raw nerve in Arab readers. In a matter of a few years Darwish had become the most vocal and eloquent poetic spokesman of the Palestinians, and the foremost practitioner of what had come to be known as "the poetry of resistance."
Among poets writing in Arabic today, in fact, Darwish is the most widely translated. His work has made a home for itself in more than twenty-two languages, the bulk of it in some twenty books in French, which are bestsellers. By contrast, English has so far been less receptive to Darwish's poetry, except for a handful of volumes mostly out of print and a number of individual poems published in English-language literary magazines and anthologies. The Adam of Two Edens is only the second book-length volume of translations into English currently available to readers in the United States. Adam invites into our midst a deeply lyrical, sorrowful and unforgettable poetic voice.
The selections in The Adam of Two Edens are from Darwish's later works, mainly Ahad Ashar Kawkaban (Eleven Planets, 1992) and Limatha Tarakta al-Hissana Waheedan (Why Have You Left the Horse Alone?, 1995). Both collections were occasioned by a constellation of historic and personal events, at the center of which was the flawed Oslo Declaration of Principles in 1993. That year Darwish resigned from the PLO Executive Committee in protest and returned to the Middle East after an eleven-year exile in Paris. He settled first in Amman, the Jordanian capital, and then in the Palestinian town of Ramallah, where he also edits the Modernist Arabic literary journal al-Karmel, which he founded in 1981 in Beirut and continued editing in France.
Akash notes that the differences between Darwish's early, more declarative "poems of resistance" and the later works are striking–in thematic complexity and expressive sophistication. The curve of Darwish's poetic progress is little short of staggering–not only in the volume of his writerly and editorial output but also in the ways in which his writing has enlarged itself, consciously and systematically. For more than a decade now, the poet has slowly steered toward more open spaces and brought into his poetic sphere voices from other literary traditions and grafted their symbols, concerns and directions onto the trunk of Arabic poetry. His aim has been to create a poetic community of cultures, especially those that have been obliterated or are threatened with erasure–from the Native American to the Andalusian to the Palestinian and beyond.
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Beyonce Confirms Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Gig With Football-Themed Photo
Beyonce has pretty much confirmed the worst-kept secret in sports, entertainment and sports entertainment — that she will be performing at halftime during Super Bowl XLVII — by posting an incredibly red-hot, football-themed photo of herself.
Bey shared the shot on her website, labeling it 'Countdown to Touchdown.' While most artists might post a digital clock ticking off the hours, minutes and second until the event, Bey did something sexier and more unexpected. We love her in football goddess mode.
Bey puckers up with blood-red, luscious lips and golden locks, but it's her "other" makeup that is so striking.
Like a football player, she painted her face with black, anti-glare strips, placed under her eyes. And while some gridiron greats encode their stripes with Biblical citations or words, Bey had "Feb. 3″ on one side and "2013″ on the other, which is the date of Super Bowl XLVII. The big game will be held at the Super Dome in New Orleans, Louisiana. So that's the site where Bey will work her magic.
The oddsmakers in Las Vegas have got to be creating stakes on what songs Bey will perform, what she will open with, what she will wear and more!
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By Sam Lee
"Bitter" is the word often bandied about where football rivalries are concerned. The pre- and post-game posturing between rival fans often descends into who, in fact, is the most bitter.
Over the years, the word has become as much a part of the Manchester rivalry as Denis Law, Curly Watts, "plastic fans" and, latterly, "Agueroooooooooooooooooooooo...".
For years, United fans referred to City as bitter. Bitter of United's dominance, bitter about their riches, bitter about everything. The examples - blue ketchup at Maine Road, a ban on red cars for City employees - have been trotted out ad infinitum since Abu Dhabi ploughed their money into the blue half of Manchester.
|The Argentine opts to leave Manchester United on a free transfer after two trophy-winning seasons in a red shirt, signing a lucrative contract with their local rivals. The "Welcome to Manchester" billboard erected to celebrate his arrival at City does not go down well with Red Devils supporters.
|A match that sent shockwaves through English football as Manchester City pitched up at their rivals' stadium and tore them apart. The famous "Why Always Me?" T-shirt was revealed to the world as Roberto Mancini's men announced themselves as genuine title contenders.
|After threatening to lose their grip on the Premier League in their final few games, Manchester City complete an astonishing injury-time turnaround against QPR to lift the trophy. At Sunderland, United see glory slip through their fingers.
The infamous "Welcome to Manchester" billboard erected on Deansgate sparked more point-scoring between clubs and fans. Was it an example of City being small-time or was it harmless fun to which United reacted bitterly? Either way, it was certainly a benchmark in the modern rivalry.
But, even as City started to ramp up the volume off the pitch, they were continually served up heartbreaking defeats on it. Michael Owen in the last minute in the league, Wayne Rooney in the last minute in the Capital One Cup, Paul Scholes in the last minute at Eastlands. All in that same season. Just like the old days.
Those games were interspersed with crowd unrest. The atmosphere at Old Trafford for Tevez's early-season return was toxic, as it was later that season in the Capital One Cup after the Argentine had taunted United fans and substitute Gary Neville after scoring a penalty in the first leg. Neville had fired back a one-fingered salute.
City frustrations grew with each cruel defeat and, for them, every match became more and more an opportunity to give United the beating that they had coming to them. Wayne Rooney's overhead kick did nothing to help matters as the next season wore on.
The tide turned in City's favour later that campaign when they reached the FA Cup final at the Red Devils' expense. They went on to win the trophy, their first since 1976. United clinched the league title on the very same day and the point-scoring got louder and more passionate in an hour of mutual glory. Whose success meant more? Who was overshadowed?
And so the 2011-12 season started. United were the defending champions, City had won the FA Cup. United's crowing about City's long barren spell, a staple of match day Stretford End sing-songs, had been put to an end. "Thirty-five years...", no more.
The first derby of the campaign rolled around with United fans wondering quietly if City might actually go one step further. They had got a trophy under their belt, after all.
The 6-1 hammering that followed turned English football on its head.
Were United about to be overthrown by their "little brother", as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer once remarked? It was as big a result as the English top flight had seen. Had the lie of the Premier League land been changed forever? Was this the oft-mooted power shift?
This time it was United who had been embarrassed and they did not like it one bit. They knew that they were in a fight and worries set in as the season dragged on. The bitterness over that defeat was only multiplied months later when the Red Devils were outplayed at the Etihad Stadium as City went top with a handful of games to play.
And what happened in the final minute of season will have been the bitterest pill that United fans have ever had to swallow. The kind of miraculous recovery that had typified Ferguson's side had bitten them on the backside in the most dramatic circumstances.
Martin Tyler's throaty roars will haunt Reds forever, even if they win the league by 30 points this season and the next five editions after that.
It was enough to make any man bitter. Sir Alex has never publicly discussed his feelings on that fateful day, stating only that the club had to move on.
In the unabating narrative of football, the first derby of this season, back in December, offered United a chance a revenge. The atmosphere was again electric.
From an emotional point of view, the match was a disaster. United fans were jubilant as they went 2-0 up. The glory days were back, they had put the last day of the season behind them, United were playing brilliantly and would go six points clear.
But they were soon a nervous mixture of anger and sadness as their rivals pulled it back to 2-2 in the second half. City fans, once again, were lording a dramatic comeback over their red counterparts. The team had again showed that they just flat out refused to be cowed by United and their fans responded in kind.
Then Robin van Persie scored in the last minute and everything went blurry. Rio Ferdinand was hit by a coin as he celebrated with his own fans, lucky that only one flying object struck him. Moments later, a fan ran onto the pitch to confront the England defender. A number of arrests were made, as is common at big derbies. What was unusual was that one of those detained was not even at the ground - he was so furious after watching events unfold on television that he racially abused Ferdinand on Twitter.
The 15-point gap that has developed between the sides since then should actually serve to diminish the emotions surrounding the match - but only a little. United can exert their traditional dominance once again on Monday. If the destination of the title is not certain already, a home victory will dispel any doubts.
City, for their part, can show that they are not a flash in the pan. They can give United, who have underperformed since Nani's red card against Real Madrid, something to worry about for the run-in.
Either way, old wounds are about to be reopened as the Manchester derby gets fiercer than ever.
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Understanding how sensory information is processed by the brain in order to give rise to behavior remains poorly understood in general. Here we investigated the behavioral responses of the weakly electric fish Apteronotus albifrons to stimuli arising from different contexts, by measuring changes in the electric organ discharge (EOD) frequency. Specifically, we focused on envelopes, which can arise either due to movement (i.e., motion envelopes) or because of interactions between the electric fields of three of more fish (i.e., social envelopes). Overall, we found that the animal's EOD frequency effectively tracked the detailed timecourse of both motion and social envelopes. In general, behavioral sensitivity (i.e., gain) decreased while phase lag increased with increasing envelope and carrier frequency. However, changes in gain and phase lag as a function of changes in carrier frequency were more prominent for motion than for social envelopes in general. Importantly, we compared behavioral responses to motion and social envelopes with similar characteristics. While behavioral sensitivities were similar, we observed an increased response lag for social envelopes primarily for low carrier frequencies. Thus, our results imply that the organism can, based on behavioral responses, distinguish envelope stimuli resulting from movement from those that instead result from social interactions. We discuss the implications of our results for neural coding of envelopes and propose that behavioral responses to motion and social envelopes are mediated by different neural circuits in the brain.
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For anyone interested I have ported the complete LSJ to the Kindle.
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The ninth edition of Liddell & Scott's Greek-English Lexicon (LSJ) has been freely available in electronic form since 2007, having been released by the Perseus Project under the Creative Commons Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 3.0 license. In addition Handheldclassics.com has added all known Greek word-forms, corresponding grammatical parsings and headwords to the lexicon. This allows direct look-up of any poly-tonic Greek word-form within a given text. Search can also be performed within the lexicon by typing the headword using the Kindle keyboard and Beta-code transliteration. The LSJ is a must have for any serious student of Greek and the Kindle edition works wonderfully fast.


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WIU-QC Riverfront Campus Phase II Groundbreaking
August 29, 2012
MOLINE, IL -- From the initial groundbreaking for Phase I in March 2010, to a ribbon-cutting and grand opening of that first building in January 2012 to the start of the fall semester last week at the new campus, the Western Illinois University-Quad Cities campus has been expanding over the past two years. Today (Aug. 29) added even more to the growth of WIU's presence in the Quad Cities as the official groundbreaking for Phase II of the Riverfront Campus took place at at the campus' River Drive location in Moline.
Throughout the years, businesses, industries, local organizations, government leaders and higher education have worked together to support legislation and funding for the expanded Riverfront Campus.
"We are so thankful for our many partners. Because of these relationships and the support Western Illinois University has received from a variety of constituency groups, we have moved the expansion of Western Illinois University's Quad Cities campus forward to provide the region with outstanding public higher education opportunities," said WIU President Jack Thomas.
"Today, I'm pleased to once again mark a milestone in the 100-year history of the Western Illinois University's Riverfront Campus," Gov. Pat Quinn said. "This investment will create jobs now and in the future by expanding the educational opportunities that are so vital to our students competing in the 21st century economy."
In addition to the grand opening of Building One and moving forward with Phase II, Western marks another milestone in 2012: the 100th anniversary of Western's presence in the Quad Cities. In 1912, Professor E.E. Van Cleve began teaching extension classes in various locations throughout the region, including Moline-Rock Island. The anniversary celebration with the WIU-Quad Cities Founders' Day Tuesday, Sept. 25.
"We have provided affordable, accessible public higher education opportunities for 100 years. Western truly is the public choice for the Quad Cities," Thomas added.
According to Joe Rives, vice president for Quad Cities and planning, the Riverfront Campus expansion allows WIU-QC to further its mission as a comprehensive public university for the region by serving more than 3,000 Quad Cities-area students. The City of Moline is also revitalizing the area surrounding the WIU-QC Riverfront Campus into community and University-friendly development. The Quad Cities campus currently serves more than 1,300 students at its current 60th Street campus in Moline and at the Riverfront Campus.
"We are truly proud of Building One. It's an exceptional facility that represents the very best of the Quad Cities. We will continue to build and support high quality educational opportunities based on regional needs and partnerships. Together, we have accomplished many things and we should all be proud," said Vice President for Quad Cities and Planning Joe Rives.
Phase II will allow for the continued growth of the Quad Cities campus on the 20 acres of donated land and allow Quad Cities academic programs in the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Education and Human Services and Fine Arts and Communication to relocate to the Riverfront Campus. The $42 million project is funded by the Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction program. According to Bill Brewer, assistant director of the physical plant - Quad Cities maintenance, single prime construction bids for Riverfront Phase II are due Sept. 26. Following receipt of bids, the State of Illinois Capital Development Board will review, process and submit to state procurement for award, with a contract to immediately follow. The Phase II project is expected to be completed by Spring 2015.
"The WIU Riverfront Campus continues to create construction jobs and to prepare students for in-demand careers. These short- and long-term benefits are a boon to the Quad Cities economy, and we are proud to be a part of this ongoing campus improvement," said Jim Underwood, executive director of the Capital Development Board, the state's construction management agency.
Building One, the former John Deere Tech Center, which was donated to WIU by Deere & Company in 2003, supports the College of Business and Technology, including the School of Engineering; academic and student services; and University administration.
"The presence of Western Illinois University in the Quad Cities helps define who we are. Knowledge is power. Raising the bar on the education level in the Quad Cities area identifies us as a community with a highly skilled workforce and an appreciation for higher education," said Moline Mayor Don Welvaert.
WIU-QC has established partnerships with Renew Moline, including the development of a Midwestern Intellectual Property Institute, and the Illinois Quad City Chamber of Commerce, and WIU-QC continues its strong working relationship with John Deere, The Moline Foundation, Modern Woodmen of America, the Rock Island County Board and other Quad Cities businesses and organizations to help create new jobs and workforce retention.
"I congratulate Western Illinois University on its new state-of-the-art campus where, as the Quad Cities' only public school, it will bring quality, affordable education to thousands of young people in northwestern Illinois. Several years ago, I secured $1.2 million for River Tech Boulevard, a critical access road running through the River Tech district, designed to withstand any future flooding of the Mississippi River and improve students' and professors' access to the campus. Pursuing a higher education is part of the American Dream, and it's great to see Western Illinois University bringing that dream to an ever-growing number of students," said U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.
WIU-QC has also partnered with Black Hawk Community College in Moline and Eastern Iowa Community College to allow students to enroll at their respective community colleges and take classes simultaneously at both WIU-QC and the community college. This fall, the University also introduced freshman/honors cohorts at the Quad Cities campus.
"The construction of Phase I of Western Illinois University's Riverfront Campus was a significant turning point for the University, redefining not only its place, but also its role in the Quad Cities landscape for decades to come," said Gregory R. Noe, chair of the Renew Moline Board and corporate secretary and associate general counsel for Deere & Company. "As we celebrate the groundbreaking for Phase II, Renew Moline is pleased to be a partner of both WIU-QC and the City of Moline in securing funding and support for the campus and working in tandem on the development of this campus and the adjacent, city-owned property. Together, along with our many other local and regional partners, we have created a place to live, work, play and now learn, in the downtown riverfront."
"The business community is thrilled to see Phase II of the WIU Quad Cities campus taking shape," said Tara Barney, president and CEO of the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce. "Employers in all industry sectors are excited about the expanded offerings for students and employees as well as the business opportunities this phase of riverfront development will spark in our region. An educational initiative of this scale has tremendous economic upside for the Quad Cities and we thank the State of Illinois and WIU for their partnership in supporting the economic growth of our community."
WIU-QC also works with the Quad Cities Graduate Studies Center to provide graduate degree courses, and partners with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District to protect natural resources and enhance environmental sustainability in the region.
"President John F. Kennedy provided lasting advice to educators, parents and elected officials when he said 'Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.' As a father and grandfather, it's important to me that our educational system is the best in the world, and that America remains a world leader. The Riverfront Campus is one of the Quad Cities many treasures, but most importantly will be invaluable in developing the minds of young adults pursuing quality higher education now and into the future," said U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling.
The University has also established an agreement with the Rock Island Arsenal to provide educational opportunities to civilian and military personnel employed at the Arsenal.
"The continued growth of WIU-QC will encourage students not to leave the community in search of schools and it will also help to draw new students to the region with new programs and graduate studies," added Sen. Mike Jacobs.
"Despite tough economic times and scarce resources, Sen. Jacobs and I are proud to have secured $64 million in capital funding for the Riverfront Campus project. This is a win for the local economy and for students from the region, who will have even more options to further their education. The hard work that got us here is a model for what we can accomplish when people work together," said state Rep. Pat Verschoore.
"We are not just breaking ground a new building, we are breaking ground on the future of the Quad Cities. This is a great example of what can be accomplished when leaders from both the public and private sector come together and work for a common goal. I am grateful for all of the hard work that went into this worthwhile project," noted Rep. Richard Morthland.
To view architect's renderings of the proposed WIU-QC Riverfront Campus development plan, visit wiu.edu/qc/riverfront_campus.
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Keen to check out what the Dutch clubbing scene has to offer? Itching to hit the dancefloor this weekend but find clubbing solo a little too daunting? Attended a party that ended early and you're still not ready to call it a night? Wanna party with like-minded folks and make new friends? Whether you're an expat, a Dutch, or anything in between, we welcome you all. Join us for a night out in one of Amsterdam's fine clubs.
I am leaving Holland soon and I plan to leave with a bang by partying till I drop. I started this group for the simple reason of finding party buddies who would like to join me for a night of clubbing every weekend as it's just so much more fun partying with friends than hitting a club alone.
I also belong to several other meetup groups and while I thoroughly enjoy their events and plan on continuing to participate in, recommend and support them, none of them organize dance events regularly enough for my current appetite. The purpose of this group is more to fill in the gaps on nights where there isn't much going on to keep me entertained. On nights however where there are DJ or dance events going on with my favourite groups where I myself will be participating, I will not be planning any events but will instead steer everyone to the events run by these groups.
Most of the time we will first gather in a pub or bar before heading to the clubs together between 11 PM to midnight as that's usually when the party starts to heat up. The location of the pubs will usually be either close to the club's location or the location of another meetup group's current pub event that I'm also attending. This is a great chance for everyone to mingle with people both from our group and other awesome groups before we start our own party.
I'm not ambitious about the turnouts and would be just as happy hitting the clubs be it with 50 or with just 3. Some of my best party memories came from partying all night long with only 2 - 3 awesome folks. My goal is at the end of the night, we would not only have had a memorable clubbing night, but we'd also have met new interesting people and gotten acquainted with other awesome meetup groups.
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July 20, 1953 - December 26, 2013
Warwick, NY
John E. Skinner Jr. of Warwick, NY, entered into rest on Thursday, December 26, 2013 in ORMC, Middletown, NY. He was 60.
The son of the late John E. Skinner Sr. and Joan Terwilliger Skinner, he was born July 20, 1953.
Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Marion Langlitz Skinner at home in Warwick; five children: Wendy Shockley and husband, Steve of Carthage, MO; Dawn Lewis and husband, Scott, Brian Skinner, Christopher Skinner and Sarah Donna Skinner, all of Springfield, MO; five grandchildren: Michael, Tiffany and Michelle Lewis; Daelon and Chase Shockley; mother-in-law, Ruth Langlitz of Warwick; two brothers, Howard J. Skinner of Middletown; Harry C. Skinner of Warwick; two sisters, Carol Lynch and husband, Grant of Westtown and Jane M. Skinner of Dobbs Ferry, NY. He was predeceased by his sister, Sue Ann Eurich.
There will be no visitation and cremation will be held privately.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the T.S. Purta Funeral Home; to send a condolence online, or for directions please go to www.purtafuneralhome.com


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We are sharing a personal journey with you today. Yes, it's personal, but when you love what you do for work (like we do!) personal and professional often become one. At the end of last year, our art director Katrina took a trip to Japan (on her way to Thailand for a little R&R) and made sure to fit in a visit to our Japanese retailer, Ito-Ya.
Located in the posh Ginza neighborhood of Tokyo, Ito-Ya is an amazing nine-floor stationery mecca. We are very proud to be one of the few custom letterpress wedding lines they carry!
Here are a few photos Katrina captured during her visit:
Clockwise from top: /1/ View from outside, their signature giant paperclip /2/ The Matsuya Ginza mall /3/ View of the bustling first floor (it was this packed everywhere!) /4/ The nine floors! /5/ View of the neighborhood from the first floor /6/ Ito-ya carries our cards through Madison Park Greetings!
Most of the orders we work on together include art provided by Ito-Ya of the invitation wording, which our team pairs with elements from our Design Library. The result is always gorgeously striking and we love seeing our designs along with the intricate Japanese scripts on the letterpress printed cards.
There are so many more photos to share than we have room for in this post, but we thought we would send you off with a few of Katrina's favorites from her travels about the city.
Sensō-ji – an ancient Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, Taitō, Tokyo.
Design inspiration: Beautiful engraving on the Japanese Yen
Walking through Asakusa
Mural in Ueno
Walking through Ueno district, the smaller neighborhood she stayed in. She loved the laid back and peaceful attitude of this place and can't wait to go back to visit.
On that note, we hope your weekend is filled with fun travels and lots of inspiration!


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Children fans we need you to join our team in a great 5 week fundraising challenge online by making a team of your own with us. We have officially kicked off our UnChained Project to bring local hope and support to survivors of child abuse right where they live in your area.
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Sanofi Aventis v. Ratiopharm GmbH and Ratiopharm Nederland B.V., Court of Appeal The Hague, the Netherlands, 1 November 2011, Case No. 200.068.342/01
In its judgment of 1 November 2011, the Court of Appeal of The Hague has confirmed the District Court's decision that Sanofi-Aventis' patent EP 0 881 901 relating to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a combination of the active substances clopidogrel and aspirin was invalid for lack of inventive step. Clopidogrel and aspirin have a synergistic effect on the inhibition of blood platelet aggregation, which means the combination product is useful for the treatment of thrombosis.
The Court dismissed Ratiopharm's argument on claim construction. According to the Court, the term "composition containing " (both clopidogrel and aspirin) did not necessarily mean that both active substances had to be included in one dosage form. However, the Court did agree with Ratiopharm that the patent was obvious, in light of the prior art publications that indicated to the skilled person that a combination of ticlopidine, an active substance with properties similar to clopidogrel, and aspirin had a synergistic effect on blood platelet aggregation. The skilled person would have had an incentive to replace ticlopidine with clopidogrel, in light of other prior art documents indicating that clopidogrel had shown better results and less side-effects than ticlodipine.
Sanofi-Aventis' argument that the skilled person would not consider combining the two active substances, in light of the known risk of extended bleeding time, was dismissed. The Court held that the skilled person would not be deterred by the data relating to extended bleeding time from using the combination product, but would weigh the severity of the condition to be treated and the known potential benefits of the combination product against the known risks.
Read the decision (in Dutch) here.
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106 national geographic • december 2013 Rushmore—this is among the most difficult. By 12:30 p.m. the equipment has arrived. As team members open the crates, they are met with their first challenge: two busloads of Ra jasthani schoolboys on a class trip. They swarm around Wilson as though she's a Bollywood star. A uniformed guard in a beret coaxes them back with a long, swinging stick. For the next two weeks the team will fight the heat—the electronic scanners will have to be protected from the sun with handheld um brellas—and cope with curious crowds while they bounce laser beams off every surface of the step well, feeling out every contour. Should the monument be lost again, through floods, war, earthquakes, or just the slow grind of time, there will be a precise threedimensional simulation available on the Internet. The India expedition is part of a program called the Scottish Ten, which aims to produce virtual reproductions of ten worldclass cultural sites. Essential to the effort is CyArk, a nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California, that has been working with various groups to scan scores of sites around the globe, from Dead wood, South Dakota, to Pompeii, Chichén Itzá, and ancient Thebes. Whatever happens to the hard copies, the blow may be softened by the fact that there is a digital backup. When I'd visited Scotland earlier in the year, Douglas Pritchard, then at the Digital Design Studio in Glasgow, gave me a virtual tour of a re cent project: Stirling Castle, where Mary Queen of Scots was crowned in 1543. Sitting in the pro jection room wearing 3D goggles, we swooped like birds through the dark entranceway and into the light of the courtyard. We soared past the Great Hall as clouds were reflected lifelike in the windows. When we reached the roof, it peeled back (reality is not so cooperative), al lowing us to hover in the rafters and gaze down into the vast space where the Scottish Parliament once met and the thrones of the king and queen stood. About all that was missing was the cold, damp gloom that pervaded parts of the castle and the sounds of voices muffled by stone walls. Maybe someday that too will be simulated. But there is more to these efforts than produc ing hyperrealistic simulations. Rosslyn Chapel, south of Edinburgh, has faced centuries of threats. "Oliver Cromwell's troops used the cha pel as a stable in 1650," Pritchard said. Around the turn of the 20th century suffragettes tried to blow it up. With its intricate carvings—the novelist Dan Brown called it "symbology heav en" in The Da Vinci Code—the chapel has long attracted conspiracy theorists, who insist on linking it to the Freemasons, the Knights Tem plar, and the secret bloodline of Christ. Several years ago a man with a pickax made a bumbling attempt to break open a pillar he believed held the Holy Grail. Now that the stones have been scanned, damage could be faithfully repaired. Failing that, the old church could be conjured up in cyberspace. The next morning at the step well the first full day of work begins. As the morning sun intensi fies, I descend deep into the well, overwhelmed by the complexity the team must record. On a lower level seven incarnations of the fourarmed god Vishnu adorn the walls. Kalki, the warrior king, sits tall on a horse, one hoof about to crush an enemy's skull. Then there's Varaha—Vishnu with a boar's head—and a tiny goddess perched on his shoulder lovingly rubbing his snout. "It reminds me of the wonderful Hollywood movie King Kong," says K. C. Nauriyal, India's superintending archaeologist for this region, as he shows off his favorite sculptures. Interspersed among the gods, erotic serpent maidens called nagakanya stand naked with snakes slither ing around their limbs. Subtler are the nature nymphs, or apsaras, putting on lipstick or an earring, gazing at a mirror, or drying their hair. "The spice of life," Nauriyal calls them. In front of us an apsara playfully strikes a monkey as it pulls down her garment. Another apsara tugs the beard of a beggar mounting her leg like a dog. One blow with a hammer by a prudish vandal and the beauty would be destroyed. of the step well and assembles the first pieces. Weirdly colored columns and lintels appear on the screen. The colors—greenish in the brightest areas, grading to oranges and yellows—indi cate reflectivity, or how readily the laser comes bouncing back. Barton grabs the image with the cursor and swings it around like a Lego block, fitting it into a model. He's also looking for "shadows"—places the scanner beam missed— and "ghosting." An apparition standing on the steps turns out to be me. With a few clicks of the mouse, I'm expunged from the scan. Back in Glasgow the simulation will be com pleted, ultimately joining more than a hundred others already in CyArk's digital repository. But that's barely the beginning. "So much heri tage is being lost on a daily basis," Barton says, "through war and human aggression, environ mental changes, and the wear and tear of time." The Scottish Ten recently finished work at the Eastern Qing Tombs, an elaborate royal necrop olis in China. During the next five years CyArk and its partners aim to scan 500 cultural heritage sites. But the projects need not be grandiose: Historic missions and other buildings along the El Camino Real in California are on the growing list of treasures to digitally preserve. "Every day something gets a little older," Bar ton observes. " This is really an endless task." j Climbers negotiate the famous faces on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota to position 3-D scanners. Project partners include the National Park Service, Historic Scotland, Glasgow School of Art, and CyArk, a nonprofit organization recording cultural heritage sites around the world. riCharD Barnes George Johnson is the author of nine books. His most recent is The Cancer Chronicles. As we near the well's bottom, we pass through a colonnaded chamber and emerge in front of a towering vista of more vulnerable carvings. High on the left is the Hindu trinity: Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu. Between two of the gods, an apsara is disrobing and preparing to flick a scorpion from her thigh. A final flight descends to the lowest of the pavilions and a dark passage that leads into the well shaft. Standing on a ledge, I look down at the bottom, which is barely damp, with a bath tub ring of algae clinging to the rock. Then I look higher: tier upon tier of stonework rising nearly a hundred feet skyward to a distant circle of light. On three lower levels, which would often have been underwater, Vishnu lies sleeping on the back of the serpent Shesha. On the next tier, just above the waterline, he's sitting straight up. "Rani ki Vav is highlighting the sanctity of water," Nauriyal tells me. " There was a belief that if there are Lord Vishnus in this form, that water will never dry up here." But it did. Agricultural development and, perhaps, a warmer climate sucked down the water table. You would have to dig deeper now. Inevitably the carvings too may disappear, surviving perhaps only in some future computer as sculptures of pure information. Later in the week I watch Justin Barton of CyArk as he sits in a makeshift tent at the edge Every detail of a "green man," from fronds on its head to its gap-toothed grin, comes to life in a digital rendering of a stone carving in Scotland's Rosslyn Chapel. Scans of the 15th-century chapel's exterior and interior reveal niches and features that previously were hard to study. Centre for Digital DoCumentation anD Visualisation 107 see rosslyn Chapel in 3-D glory on our digital editions.
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