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The Library Collectors' Council is a group of major donors who help direct the growth of the collections through active involvement in the acquisition process.
Library Collectors' Council's purchase of family archive and early railroad photographs bolsters holdings in 19th-century American historyCouncil also purchases rare Medieval church document, set of letters by Charles Dickens, among other treasuresTwo remarkable collections representing the twin pillars of 19th-century American history—the Civil War and westward expansion—were among the items purchased recently at the 16th annual meeting of its Library Collectors' Council.
The papers of Jonathan Davis Hale (1817–1898), some 300 items in all, document the turbulent life of an extraordinary family whose support for the Union during the Civil War forced them to flee their home in East Tennessee for the duration of the conflict. In addition the council acquired a group of 34 stereographs by Alfred A. Hart (1816–1908) documenting the construction of Collis P. Huntington's Central Pacific Railroad in the mid- to late 1860s. That group brings the number of Hart photographs at The Huntington to 357, the most complete archive of stereographs in any library.
Also purchased: A set of letters from Charles Dickens; a collection of papers from the family of Henry Z. Osborne (1848–1923), whose successive careers carried him from mining to newspapering and finally to the halls of Congress; a rare 13th-century manuscript of a text dating back to Pope Gregory the Great (ca. 540–604); and a collection of early 19th-century correspondence between a Massachusetts congressman and his friend, a general who had served in the Mexican-American war.
"The purchases this year underscore our long-standing commitment to add material in those fields where our collections are strongest," said Steve Hindle, W. M. Keck Foundation Director of Research at The Huntington. "Academics and authors come from far and wide to examine our collections. From a research perspective, the materials we've just acquired are a scholar's dream come true—they add depth and texture to The Huntington's world-renowned collection of archives and images."
One of The Huntington's strongest collecting areas, the Civil War, for instance, is typically imagined as a conflict between two uniformed armies battling it out on an open field, says Olga Tsapina, Norris Foundation Curator of American Historical Manuscripts. But the newly acquired Hale papers document another side of the war that raged in the border territories of Union and Confederate states—West Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. "This was the unorganized, brutal, and much less honorable war between Unionist and secessionist guerrillas," says Tsapina. "The papers of Jonathan D. Hale, who ended up serving as the chief of scouts for the Union command in Tennessee, also sheds new light on the fate of civilian spies in the Union service."
Tsapina curated the recent Civil War exhibition "A Just Cause: Voices of the American Civil War." "Olga has an astonishing capacity to discover extensive collections of family papers which belonged to very obscure individuals who have been hidden from history," says Hindle. "But the stories that can be told on the basis of the Hale papers will allow historians to write the history of the Civil War from a completely different perspective." The Hale papers, says Hindle, will be consulted and cited very intensively by scholars for many years to come.
Highlights of the newly purchased materials:
Papers of Jonathan Davis Hale (1817–1898),
a Unionist from Tennessee who served as a scout in Kentucky during the
Civil War. This extensive archive of 300 items (more than 1,500 total
pages) documents the turmoil of irregular warfare in Tennessee and
Kentucky. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
The voluminous correspondence, notebooks, affidavits, eyewitness testimonies, and published pamphlets of the family of Jonathan Davis Hale (1817–1898) contain a wealth of previously unknown information about the Civil War in Tennessee and Kentucky, including the organization of Unionist communities; women's contributions to the war effort; guerilla warfare; the fate of Unionists' slaves; Reconstruction in East Tennessee and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan; and complicated and bitter politics of veterans' affairs in the wake of the Civil War. The letters, orders, reports, and communications written during Hale's services with Gen. George H. Thomas (1816–1870) is a unique resource for historians of Civil War civilian scouts and guides, a topic that remains largely unexplored.
There are few surviving documents of the so-called irregular aspects of the Civil War. Both Hale and his wife, Pheroba, kept meticulous diaries, wrote letters to newspapers, and tracked and reported the movements of Confederate sympathizers. Hale's written records from his scouting missions represent exceedingly rare intelligence reports of the chaotic and brutal warfare that took place in Tennessee and Kentucky.
The acquisition of 34 stereographs by Alfred A. Hart (1816–1908) adds to The Huntington's pristine—and very rare—set of more than 300 by the photographer chosen by railroad magnate Collis P. Huntington to document the building of the Central Pacific Railroad. Just last year, The Huntington displayed all of its Hart photos as part of the exhibition "Visions of Empire: The Quest for a Railroad Across America, 1840–1880." With this purchase, the Huntington collection of Hart stereographs is just seven shy of a complete set of 364.
"Building Water Tank," "Depot at Elko,"
and "Railroad Camp near Victory," stereographs by Alfred A. Hart
(1816–1908) documenting the construction of the Central Pacific
Railroad, ca. 1864–69. Hart produced 364 stereographs for Collis P.
Huntington. With its acquisition of a group of 34 stereographs, The
Huntington now owns 357. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and
Botanical Gardens.
"In setting out to build the western half of the transcontinental railroad," says Jennifer A. Watts, curator of photographs, "Huntington and his cohorts used visual evidence to dazzle legislators, investors, and the public with dramatic scenes of the progress of the rails." From 1864 to 1869, Hart documented the incremental advance of the CPRR through hundreds of miles of inhospitable terrain. The photographer halted locomotives and workers, scaled trestles, stood on vertiginous ledges, and endured High Sierra winters and blistering Great Basin summers to capture heroic feats of engineering against seemingly insurmountable odds. The views, when seen through an optical device held up to the eyes, produce a captivating three-dimensional effect.
Yet another family archive purchased by the Library Collectors' Council reveals the rise of California at the turn of the 20th century. More than 1,500 pieces from the family papers of Henry Z. Osborne (1848–1923), whose successive careers carried him from mining to newspapering and finally to the halls of Congress add to The Huntington's rich holdings on California history. Like the acquisition of the Hart stereographs, the new Osborne material will be reunited with more than 3,000 items from the family archive that were already housed at The Huntington, purchased from different sources in two batches in 1997 and 2002.
Papers of Henry Z. Osborne (1848–1923),
businessman, newspaperman, and congressman from California. The archive
of more than 1,500 pieces covers the economic development of California
from the late 19th century to the middle of the 20th century. Huntington
Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Osborne was a New Yorker by birth whose travels as a young man carried him across the Southwest. Once established in Los Angeles, he became involved in many of the great issues of his day, from the clashes over the city's railroad access and the location of its harbor to the Spanish-American War and America's entrance into World War I.
The Huntington also acquired a rare 13th-century manuscript of a text dating back to Pope Gregory the Great (ca. 540–604). When Gregory sent St. Augustine to convert England to Christianity in 597, he sent with him his recent treatise on the responsibilities of a bishop to his flock, the Liber Regulae Pastoralis [or Cura Pastoralis; On Pastoral Care]. Among the most important texts of the Middle Ages, it became the practical and spiritual handbook for bishops and priests for nearly a thousand years. In it, Gregory considers what kind of man should become a priest, how he should order his life, how he should balance spiritual contemplation with the cares of the secular world, and how he should execute his primary responsibility as a "physician of souls" through careful directed preaching (both in word and deed) and through compassionate discipline.
Pope Gregory the Great (ca. 540–604), Cura Pastoralis,
in Latin, 32 pages. This hand-decorated manuscript on vellum was owned
and probably written at the Reading Abbey in Berkeshire, England, around
1225–1250. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
For the second time in four years, The Huntington has added to its Charles Dickens (1812–1870) holdings, acquiring a set of 15 letters by the prolific 19th-century British novelist. Academic interest on Dickens remains strong, driven perhaps by the commemorations last year of the bicentennial of his birth. At least 35 books have been published about him in the past two years alone, but none of those authors had access to this set of letters, which until now has been in private hands.
Set of 15 letters by Charles Dickens
(1812–1870). The letters, written between 1837 and 1868, cover topics
such as the author's financial dealings and editorial concerns.
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
The letters, written between 1837 and 1868, are addressed to a variety of people. An Oct. 10, 1850, letter to Dickens' brother Frederick shows the novelist dealing once again with the chronic indebtedness of his sibling: "If I were security for you, and you were false . . ., you never could pay me back the value of that broken trust and never could satisfy confidence again." Other letters address editorial and business matters.
The Huntington has more than 1,000 letters by Dickens, including the 35 acquired by the Collectors' Council in 2010, making the library one of the top repositories in the world for Dickens research. Other major collections of letters are in the Morgan Library, the New York Public Library, and the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Francis Baylies (1783–1852) was a member of Congress from Massachusetts before the Civil War and maintained an epistolary friendship with Gen. John Wool (1784–1869), a veteran of the Mexican-American War. The set of 47 letters by Baylies to Wool, acquired by the council, show that Baylies' sharp tongue and savage wit spared no one—Whig or Democrat, Free-Soiler or slaveholder—with the exception of Wool himself, about whom Baylies had written a glowing account of his war service.
Set of letters from Francis Baylies
(1783–1852), U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts, to Gen. John Wool
(1784–1869), veteran of the Mexican-American War. In addition to the 47
letters from 1848–52, the new acquisition includes two manuscripts. The
entire collection is 225 pages. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and
Botanical Gardens.
Routinely lamenting the venality, ineptitude, and petty-mindedness of officeholders at all levels, Baylies filled his letters to Wool with his acerbic portrayals of the political controversies of the day, from making peace with Mexico and limiting the expansion of slavery to the rambunctious conduct of party politics during the presidential elections of 1848 and 1852. At the same time, he frequently counseled Wool about the latter's efforts to protect his reputation from envious brother officers, to ensure that he would gain the credit for the American army's triumph at the battle of Buena Vista in 1847 and to enhance his potential as a candidate for electoral office.
2012 - Huntington Acquires Collection of Lincoln Telegrams Thought Previously Destroyed
2011 - Huntington's Latest Library Acquisitions Demonstrate Vast Range of Holdings 2010 - The Huntington Acquires an Extensive Collection of Charles Dickens' Letters, Among other Treasures 2009 - Five New Acquisitions Join the Library's Research Holdings2008 - Library Collectors' Council Makes a "Clean Sweep," Funding Seven Important Acquisitions
The Huntington welcomes inquiries from those who would like to participate in shaping the Library's collections through new acquisitions. For information about joining the Library Collectors' Council contact Avery Director of the Library, David Zeidberg, 626-405-2176.
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In good faith, Mr. Rich, I am more sorry for your perjury than mine own peril; and know you that neither I nor any one else to my knowledge ever took you to be a man of such credit as either I or any other could vouchsafe to communicate with you in any matter of importance.
Saint Thomas More
Two arresting scenes from A Man For All Seasons, (1966). Usually the second scene in the video clip is remembered for the statement by Sir Thomas More that he would give even the devil benefit of the law. I have written about that statement here. However there is another interesting facet to the pairing of these two scenes: a comparison of William Roper and Richard Rich.
Sir Thomas is fond of Roper the suitor of his daughter, and the fondness is obvious in the scene. However, he will not allow him to marry his daughter because he is a heretic. More notes that at one time Roper was a passionate churchman and now he is a passionate Lutheran and hopes that when his head stops spinning it will be to the front again. (Roper did become an orthodox Catholic again and remained one till his death, even under the reign of Bad Queen Bess.) In spite of Roper being something that Sir Thomas detests, that does not alter either his liking or his high regard for the young man. Why is this? Because Roper is obviously seeking after the truth and attempting to do what he thinks is right. Such good motivation is to be respected even when it reaches erroneous conclusions.
Richard Rich on the other hand lacks such motivation. More likes him also, but recognizes that he has no character. Rich will do whatever it takes for him to rise in the world, and if that involves immoral actions, so be it. Unlike Roper he lacks any good motivation or honest intent. (The historical Rich was a complete scoundrel and recognized as such at the time. He specialized in betrayals and making himself useful to whoever was in power at the time. Under Henry and Edward he persecuted Catholics, under Mary he persecuted Protestants, and under Elizabeth he was whatever she was. It is a sad commentary on the human condition that such an open, time-serving villain prospered and died in his bed, the founder of an aristocratic dynasty.) Continue Reading

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Federal Nationals Leader Warren Truss says a leasehold will allay concerns about foreign development of irrigated food bowl land in Western Australia's Kimberley region.
The lease to develop 15,200 hectares of irrigated agricultural land in Western Australia is due to be officially announced next week, but News Limited has reported the lease has gone to Chinese Property conglomerate Shanghai Zhongfu.
State and federal governments spent $510 million building infrastructure to support the second stage expansion of the Ord irrigation scheme for food bowl farming, News Ltd said.
Mr Truss said he was not aware the deal, which includes developing, farming and creating a sugar-mill on site had been given the go-ahead.
"It is my understanding the Western Australia government has not yet come to a decision as to who would be the preferred tenderer," he told journalists in Melbourne on Wednesday.
However, concerns about foreign ownership would be allayed by the deal's leasing arrangement, Mr Truss said.
"The fact that the land is to be leasehold will mitigate some of the concerns that Australians feel about the levels of foreign ownership," he said.
Mr Truss said whoever the preferred tenderer, the deal would provide jobs, investment and community benefits.
"Our argument has always been that foreign investment needs to be subject to a national interest test," he said.
"In this particular instance it's quite clear a number of the proposals offer significant community benefits ... new infrastructure, first stage processing of primary products, the creation of hundreds of new jobs."


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"Bernie" -- The real stars of Richard Linklater's black comedy are, unquestionably, the townspeople of Carthage, Texas. In documentarylike interviews, the East Texas locals (a mix of real Carthage folk and Texas actors) fill the film from start to finish: a gang of colorful gossips whose heavy accents and wry prattle essentially narrate the story. What drives their fascination is the true-life tale of a mannered, devout mortician, Bernie Tiede (Jack Black), who in 1997 was arrested for killing the elderly millionaire heiress Marjorie Nugent (a bitter, hardened Shirley MacLaine). The remarkable thing about the case is just how out of character such an act is for Tiede. As Black plays him, he's cartoonishly cheerful -- not just a churchgoing man, but a member of the choir and just about every other community group. The film never quite rises to full comedy, but remains locked in a state of satirical curiosity, marveling at its own contradictions. Black, who memorably starred in Linklater's "School of Rock," never gives in to a punch line, but his grand, absurdist performance is closer to parody than realism. He has a number of musical moments, including belting out "Seventy-Six Trombones" in full regalia. This is Linklater's Preston Sturges comedy, an ode to small-town Texas life, where civil society is prized so much as to outweigh a little ol' thing like murder. With an excellent Matthew McConaughey as a self-promoting district attorney. PG-13 for some violent images and brief strong language. 104 minutes. Three stars out of four.
-- Jake Coyle, AP Entertainment Writer
"The Five-Year Engagement" -- The problem that plagues so many Judd Apatow productions -- the one that keeps good comedies from being great ones -- unfortunately exists here, too. It's a matter of knowing when to say when, of knowing which bits should be trimmed and which should have been cut altogether. "The Five-Year Engagement" is so scattered and overlong, it really feels like it lasts five years, and even the inherent likability of stars Jason Segel and Emily Blunt cannot overcome the film's pervasive sense of strain. It becomes so tortured, it almost gets to the point where you hope these two will break up for good, just because it's the pragmatic thing to do and because it would finally wrap things up. And that's a shame, because the movie reunites Segel with Nicholas Stoller; the two also co-wrote 2008's "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," one of the more well-balanced Apatow productions, with Stoller once again directing and Segel starring as the doughy everyman. As in that earlier film, "The Five-Year Engagement" touches on themes of love found and lost in a serious way, and to its credit it does find some moments of emotional truth amid the inconsistent laughs. But man, it can be a messy slog to get to them. Segel and Blunt star as a newly engaged couple who encounter multiple obstacles on the way to the altar, including cross-country moves, career ambitions and family issues. If it sounds like a drag, that's probably because it is, and wacky supporting players including Brian Posehn and Chris Parnell don't exactly liven things up. R for sexual content and language throughout. 124 minutes. Two stars out of four.
-- Christy Lemire, AP Movie Critic
"Marvel's The Avengers" -- The hype has been building for years and it couldn't possibly be more deafening at this point. After a series of summer blockbusters that individually introduced Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor and Captain America, all these characters come together alongside several other friends and foes. And with director and co-writer Joss Whedon, they couldn't be in better hands. He's pulled off the tricky feat of juggling a large ensemble cast and giving everyone a chance to shine, of balancing splashy set pieces with substantive ideology. Stuff gets blown up real good in beautifully detailed 3-D, but the film as a whole is never a mess from a narrative perspective. Whedon keeps a tight rein on some potentially unwieldy material, and the result is a film that simultaneously should please purists (one of which he is) as well as those who aren't necessarily comic-book aficionados. He also stays true to the characters while establishing a tone that's very much his own. As he did with the recent horror hit "The Cabin in the Woods," which he co-wrote and produced, Whedon has come up with a script that's cheeky and breezy, full of witty banter and sly pop-culture shout-outs as well as self-referential humor, one that moves with an infectious energy that (almost) makes you lose track of its two-and-a-half-hour running time. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), the head of S.H.I.E.L.D., assembles a dream team of superheroes to retrieve the Tesseract, the cosmic blue cube that gives its bearer unlimited power, when the evil Loki (Tom Hiddleston) descends from Asgard and steals it. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) are among those on the case -- once they stop fighting each other, that is. PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action throughout and a mild drug reference. 143 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.
-- Christy Lemire, AP Movie Critic
"The Raven" -- What would Edgar Allan Poe be doing if he were alive today? Clawing at the inside of his coffin, desperate to get at the people who used and abused his diabolical tales as the basis for this pile of cinematic bird poo. Like carrion feeders themselves, director James McTeigue and his colleagues peck at Poe's stories to fill out a plot that sounds sort of cool in concept -- a serial killer using the author's fiction as a blueprint for ghastly murders -- but is featherheaded in execution. John Cusack makes a terrible Poe, the somber role as one of literature's great tortured souls spotlighting his limitations as an actor. With his little goatee and his black cape, Cusack vaguely looks the part, but he's a lightweight -- voice too whiny, mannerisms too exaggerated, cadence too reedy to bring alive the movie's frequent passages of Poe's lyrical writing. Cusack's Poe is enlisted by a Baltimore police detective (Luke Evans) to help solve a string of killings inspired by the author's macabre stories. The movie reinforces how fiendishly clever Poe's ideas were, but the filmmakers make poor use of their source material, wringing a few moments of gore from them while adding no suspense or originality of their own. R for bloody violence and grisly images. 110 minutes. One and a half stars out of four.
-- David Germain, AP Movie Writer
"Safe" -- This is the worst Jason Statham movie since the last Jason Statham movie, carrying on the bargain-budget action star's tradition of building a body of work out of, well, dead bodies. Writer-director Boaz Yakin (who directed the gentle football drama "Remember the Titans" but now is back in the mode of his first-produced screenplay with Dolph Lundgren's vigilante tale "The Punisher") proves the ideal enabler for Statham's brand of mindless carnage. Together, they turn Manhattan into a shooting gallery, stacking up corpses in service of a supposed story about one man's path to redemption. But really, all they care about is stacking up corpses, as many as they can, ripped apart by as many bullets as possible, with a few snapped necks and other more intimate moments of savagery to break up the repetitive tedium of the gunplay. The thin story has Statham as a mystery man with deadly skills who becomes the unlikely protector of a Chinese math prodigy (newcomer Catherine Chan) on the run from Chinese and Russian mobsters. Yakin selectively leaves enough bad guys standing for no apparent reason other than the prospects of a sequel. Please, Hollywood, keep us safe from that. R for strong violence throughout, and for language. 95 minutes. One and a half stars out of four.
-- David Germain, AP Movie Writer
"Sound of My Voice" -- Is the young, beautiful blonde truly a time traveler from a war-torn future, promising safety and enlightenment for a chosen few? Or is she merely a con artist who knows how to use her looks and magnetism to manipulate people for her own gain? That is the question at the heart here, one that you'll be asking yourself until the very end and even afterward. Brit Marling follows up on the promise of last summer's "Another Earth," another sci-fi thriller that makes the most of its meager budget with intimate settings, well-drawn characters and steadily mounting mystery. Marling co-wrote (with first-time director and fellow Georgetown University alum Zal Batmanglij), co-produced and stars in both, and once again she leaves a strikingly naturalistic impression. Before we get to Marling's character, though, we meet mousy Peter (Christopher Denham) and reformed party girl Lorna (Nicole Vicius), dating documentary filmmakers who have infiltrated a San Fernando Valley cult in hopes of exposing its leader, Maggie, as a fraud. She's got a mesmerizing strength about her, though, and it doesn't take long for her to burrow into Peter's brain and root out his innermost secrets in a quietly intense scene that'll make you hold your breath. The film never reveals her truth, though; you could argue your interpretation of her actions in a number of ways. R for language including sexual references and brief drug use. 84 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.
-- Christy Lemire, AP Movie Critic


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Origin of Species, 1st Edition, Draft
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The San Antonio Express-News reported Wednesday that 643 homicides are among the Texas cases solved with assistance from the Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS.
Department of Public Safety director Steve McCraw says many crimes might never have been solved if not for the DNA database. Registered sex offenders, convicted felons and youths in the Texas juvenile justice system must provide samples.
Texas averaged about 200 matches annually during the first five years after the national database was created in 1996. Records show that number rose to an average 1,000 hits annually for the next 10 years.
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences uses computer automation to help process about 400 samples monthly


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We actually had a cooking extravaganza at our home last Friday. It was supposed to be our last sumptuous meal in this house before disassembling the kitchen and moving to our new home near Dusseldorf. So, I made couscous-pomegranate salad, herby crown rib roast with pan-roasted baby potatoes, two different types of sauces and a quick Irish soda bread for dinner. Yes, yes, it was festive and was surely very filling as well!!!
For dessert, I had actually two brownies and a full cup of left-over chocolate ganache in the freezer that I couldve easily used up on another chocolaty delight but after having stuffed plenty of heavy food in it, my stomach wasnt willing to tolerate even a small amount of anything rich again so instead of having a dessert, my husband and I just settled on small cups of dark espresso. While taking the brief sips on espresso and watching our little son spooning up his favourite strawberry yoghurt on the other side of the table, I suddenly felt the urge to mix the two flavours. I know, I know, it sounds crazy but please do have a look at the pictures below before declaring me insane. Only then, youll be able to visualise what I wanted at that time;)
Its a coffee sponge cake filled with strawberry yoghurt mousse and raspberry glaze on top. The torte took hours to put together, making me postpone the packing plans and a lot of other important stuff around but it certainly was worth all the wait and effort. A true thing of beauty!!
Coffee - Berry Torte
Coffee Sponge:
3 eggs
100 g icing sugar
1 tbs instant coffee mixed in 3 tbs hot water
50 g plain flour
50 g cornflour
2 tbs cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
few drops of vanilla
100 g raspberries/strawberries
3 tbs sugar
1 pkt vanilla sugar
100 g strawberry yoghurt
200 ml heavy cream
3 tbs water
1 1/2 tbs powdered gelatin
1 1/2 tsp powdered gelatin
3 tsp water
200 g raspberries
3 tbs sugar
few drops of lemon juice
The sponge cake is the usual sponge I make but this time I flavoured it with instant coffee. Bake an 8 inches coffee sponge according to instructions shown here. Take out from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack. Remove the sticky crust on top with your finger tips.
Prepare the mousse filling. Its not an ideal season to buy fresh berries, so I have compromised on using the frozen raspberries. Take the raspberries and puree them with an electric mixer. Strain if desired (I personally like the mousse with seeds but the glaze without). Add sugar and lemon juice.
Dissolve gelatin into water. After 3 minutes, microwave for a few seconds (dont boil or itll lose its setting power) until hot. Stir with a spoon, mix into the strawberry puree and allow to cool. Sorry I havent taken any pictures here but its more or less like the raspberry glaze shown below.
Meanwhile whip the heavy cream with electric beaters. Stop beating once you see the soft peaks forming.
Beat the strawberry yoghurt with a fork and mix it in the raspberry purree.
Gently fold the whipped cream into the puree with a rubber spatula until well incorporated.
Slice the sponge cake into two equal layers.
Take an 8" ring mould and set it on a cake plate or anything similar. Make sure the plate fits in your freezer. Fit a layer of sponge inside the ring.
Pour the prepared mousse over the sponge base. Place in the freezer for an hour.
Take out the cake from the freezer and carefully place the second layer of sponge on top. Return the cake back into the freezer for another hour.
After 40 minutes, start preparing the raspberry topping.
Take 200 g of raspberries in a sauce pan and purree them.
Dissolve gelatin in cold water and set aside.
Add sugar and lemon juice to the purree.
Bring to a boil. Remove from the stove and add gelatin. Stir gently until the gelatin is well incorporated into the purree.
Strain and remove all the unwanted seeds. Allow to cool.
Take out the cake from the freezer and pour the prepared glaze over it.
Place the torte in the refrigerator until set (ca. 5 hrs).
Carefully remove the ring.
Coat the sides with white chocolate (use your vegetable peeler to make white chocolate shavings).
Carefully transfer the torte onto the serving plate. Tip: Slide a long heavy knife under the torte and carefully lift it up giving additional support with your other hand. Be very careful as its a soft mousse-like cake!
Decorate with sugar-coated raspberries and sliced apples. Tip: If you want to give your torte more professional touches, brush the top with a clear cake glaze (we call it Tortenguss here in Germany) or with melted apricot jam.
Enjoy the flavours and..
have a great day you all!!!


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Derry officials say administrator to remain on paid leaveBy ADAM SWIFT
Union Leader Correspondent
August 16. 2013 9:03PM
DERRY — For the second time in just over a month, the Derry Town Council held an emergency meeting to deal with allegations against Town Administrator John Anderson.
On Friday afternoon, the council met in a non-public session and resolved to keep Anderson on paid administrative leave pending a Town Council inquiry into criminal charges against him.
Anderson was charged Friday with indecent exposure and lewdness resulting from an incident at his home on July 11.
Anderson makes just under $125,000 per year.
On July 12, the council during an emergency meeting voted to place Anderson on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. At that time, the council also voted to appoint assistant Town Administrator Larry Budreau as acting town administrator and made him the official town spokesman for all inquiries into the case involving Anderson.
Under the town charter, the Town Council is able to inquire about and investigate incidents involving town employees, Budreau said.
"We anticipate the inquiry to be expeditious, and we hope to have it concluded within a week," said Budreau.
Budreau said he had no reaction to allegations against Anderson.
Councilor Mark Osborne said he respected the council vote to have Budreau act as the town spokesman on the Anderson issue and referred all questions to Budreau.


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After having always been in the "I wanna meet face to face to book" camp, I'm noticing more and more folks booking through technology. Everyone has a smartphone these days.. and it makes things quick and easy. On top of that, a lot of the more professional businesses (agents, venues, sports teams) aren't really keen on face to face meetings, they'd much rather deal with things on their time.
I'm in the process of sending out emails and press kits to book the band, both through traditional email and through Facebook. I'm sending messages to 400+ venues and potential clients... from bars and clubs to sports teams to theme parks, to agents and more, trying to make them aware of who we are and what we do.
Coming up with a subject that will make people want to open the email is proving to be difficult... but here's what I've got for the body, replacing the generic details with mine and my bands, and "Entertainment Coordinator" with the intended receipient, of course.
(NOTE: I edited my band name as I don't want this to appear in a Google search for the band name, for obvious reasons. I'm sure most of you should have no trouble finding it!)
Hello Entertainment Chairperson,
I'm writing to introduce you to one of Virginia's favorite party bands, *BANDNAME*!
If you could take a minute and check out the band's website ( www.*BANDNAME*.com ), you'll find a live video demo, audio samplers sorted by genre, a songlist, photos, past dates, and lots more to show you just what the *BANDNAME* experience is all about!
Since it's formation in January 2010, *ABBREVIATED BAND NAME* has brought it's high energy stage show to hundreds of festivals, clubs, colleges, and events, 3-6 nights a week, and has shared the bill with the likes of Kip Moore, the 10,000 Maniacs, Tracy Lawrence, and Colt Ford. Featuring genres such as pop, country, rock, top 40, dance, 80s, 70s, and much, much more, *BAND NAME* has the music to appeal to crowds of all ages and tastes.
Thank you for checking out what *ABBREVIATED BAND NAME* is all about, and we look forward to working together in the near future to create memorable events and fun times!
- Jason
Going to the website takes you to the main page, where the promo video is front and center. There are obvious links at top for a songlist, audio samples sorted by genre (country, rock, top 40, dance.. all little five song montages, no more than 1:30 per montage).
Consider that some of these clients are bars or clubs (which this feels a bit formal for, but meh)... but many of them are festivals, agents, and events or places that have events (theme parks, sporting events, etc)... and those clients tend to appriciate a well worded email more than "hay can my band play ur place?". Still.. do you guys think this email will capture someone's attention enough to look at what we do?
Thanks in advance for the advice, guys, ya'll are always good for a helping hand!


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When DePaul called, Meghan Waldron just couldn't say no.
Wheaton Warrenville South's junior guard, recently offered a scholarship by DePaul, committed to coach Doug Bruno and the Blue Demons this weekend.
Waldron's decision ultimately came down to DePaul and Northwestern, who both saw her in person the last two weeks.
"The offer from DePaul came, and she had to jump on it," WW South coach Rob Kroehnke said. "It's a good fit. She's happy to be getting it done, but she was also enjoying the process."
Blue Demon blood runs in Waldron's genes. Her mom, Jean Fitzpatrick-Waldron, a 1982 Willowbrook graduate, played at DePaul after starring at Willowbrook.
"But that also was a concern for her. Not a sticking point, but a concern," Kroehnke said, alluding to the anxiety of living up to her mom's legacy. "She's going there to make her own mark."
Waldron isn't near done in Wheaton but already has left quite a mark.
She recently became the sixth player in program history to score 1,000 varsity points. Last year she led WW South to a 28-4 finish, DuPage Valley Conference co-championship and sectional final and was named the Daily Herald's DuPage County All-Area Captain.
This season Waldron is averaging 18 points, 8.4 points, 4.3 assists and 3.4 steals for the Tigers, who are 24-3 and leading the DVC. Despite losing two starters to season-ending ACL tears, Waldron and WW South have won 23 of their last 24 games. With Bruno in attendance 10 days ago, Waldron scored a season-high 26 to beat Naperville Central.
Waldron will join a DePaul program that has advanced to the NCAA Tournament in each of the last 10 seasons with Sweet Sixteen appearances in 2006 and 2011 under Bruno, now in his 27th season in Lincoln Park.
"She's going to a program that fits her style of play," Kroehnke said.
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- ITV Report
Yeovil through to Wembley final
- YEOVIL TOWN 2 - 0 SHEFFIELD UNITED (Yeovil win 2-1 on aggregate)
Yeovil struck a dramatic late winner to move a step closer to their first ever promotion to the second tier of English football.
Ed Upson nodded home with just six minutes remaining to complete the turnaround and sentence Sheffield United to a third successive season in npower League One.
Gary Johnson's men took just five minutes to wipe out the Blades' 1-0 lead when Upson's top-draw through ball teed up Kevin Dawson.
But after Jamie Murphy's curling effort crashed off the woodwork the Glovers' strike pair of Paddy Madden and James Hayter both missed fantastic chances to put the tie to bed.
Upson's 12th goal for the club teed up a pitch invasion and a clash with Brentford at Wembley for a place in the npower Championship.
After a rousing reception it was the unchanged Glovers who made all the early play, Dan Burn heading wide of the back post inside two minutes before the one-goal lead was wiped out.
Yeovil coach Johnson believes that a number of his line-up are already Championship standard and the combination that saw the deadlock broken was certainly would have looked at home in the second tier.
Dawson's well-timed run saw him saw him latch onto a perfectly-weighted through ball from Upson. The Irishman kept his cool before sliding his effort into the bottom corner to nearly lift the roof off Huish Park. Madden may have picked up the League One golden boot before kick off but it was his long-time friend who came up trumps.
Sheffield United, backed by fewer away fans than the Glovers took to Bramall Lane, then had George Long to thank as he denied Joe Edwards' at the near post.
At the other end Murphy came within a lick of point of an equaliser. Callum McFadzean drifted through a posse of green shirts before teeing up the winger who cut inside before bending in a curling effort that thundered off the crossbar.
McAllister, a play-off finalist with Bristol City under Johnson's tutelage back in 2007, saw his drilled effort from a free-kick routine deflected wide after Harry Maguire had hauled back Madden.
Chris Porter, United's hero at this stage of last season's play-offs, fired into the side netting with the first chance of the second half after Burn had done superbly to block his first effort.
Five minutes later Madden missed a guilt-edged chance from close range with the goal gaping after being found by Luke Ayling's delivery.
Maguire's free header with 20 minutes remaining landed well wide as the Blades searched for just their second goal in five games and a return to Wembley for the second-successive season.
Yeovil have been late goal specialists this campaign with 20 scored in the final 15 minutes of games, but with time running out Hayter nodded wide when he rose to meet Foley's left-wing cross.
Midfielder Upson may have only scored one goal from inside the box for the club but he showed Hayter how it is done with just six minutes remaining. The former Ipswich man met Madden's inviting right-wing cross with a lovely glancing header which dropped into the bottom corner to send the Yeovil faithful wild.
With a minute remaining Foley's snapshot was just the wrong side of the post the home side saw out the final minutes to extend Sheffield United's play-off hoodoo to seven attempts and tee up a second Wembley trip in five seasons for the ecstatic Glovers.
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Encouraging Creativity in a Non-Curricular Setting
The Craft Center has fulfilled its mission since 1999 by providing members access to its resources 24-hours a day, seven days a week throughout the entire year.
Housing permanent pottery, fabric and glass studios, the facility gives members almost all supplies necessary for work with a nominal semester fee. A third multipurpose studio is used for holding a variety of workshops year-round. Programming at the Craft Center attempts to encompass a broad range of craft workshops based on student request and interest. The Craft Center is run entirely by the Director and Student Managers on a part-time basis, so the facility demands that members abide by the honor system to utilize and respect the space. To ensure safety and responsibility, all users must sign an art code and participate in a safety class before access to the Craft Center is granted. The Art Pledge:
The Bowdoin College Craft Center is a shared resource available to all Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff. I pledge to respect the artwork of others and conduct myself in accordance with the Bowdoin Honor and Social Codes. I am committed to maintaining a clean, non-disruptive working environment, while promoting active and creative thinking. I understand that if I do not utilize the Craft Center my access fee is not refundable. My ID card access is strictly for my entrance to the Craft Center only. If I fail to follow this code, then the privilege to work at the Craft Center will be taken away and my dues will not be refunded.
After signing the pledge, Craft Center members (now restricted to students, faculty, staff, and spouses/significant others of staff) are given 24-hour ID-card access to the Craft Center. Members are allowed free run of the building, and access to unlimited amounts of clay, glazes, pottery wheels, sewing machine, fused and stained glass equipment and fabric remnants. Sign up takes place throughout the semester at the Smith Union information desk (Monday through Friday, 9-4:30). The membership fees are currently as follows:
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Do you remember the history of how the world moved from the Julian calendar to the modern Gregorian calendar? On February 24, 1582, Pope Gregory XIII, assisted by the Italian astronomer Luigi Lilio Ghiraldi and the German Jesuit mathematician Christopher Clavius, issued a papal bull. This official letter in the Catholic Church declared, among other details, that Thursday, October 4, 1582, would be followed by Friday, October 15, 1582. The intervening 10 days would never exist. This took effect in the Papal States and Iberia, then a little later in France. However, it took nearly 200 years for England and its American colonies to adopt the change: There, September 14, 1752, followed September 2, 1752. (By this time, the error had grown from 10 days to 11 days.) Not by accident, then, do datetime values in SQL Server 2000 and 2005 start on January 1, 1753.
The adoption of the Gregorian calendar was staggered in some other parts of the world. In some cases the adoption didn't happen until relatively recently. It was adopted by Protestant Germany in 1699, by most of Scandinavia by 1700, by Japan in 1873, by China in 1911, by Russia in 1918, by Greece in 1923, and by Turkey in 1927. So remember that if you deal with historical dates, the specific date strictly depends on geographic location: The same day may have calendar dates 10 or more days apart in different countries.


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Introduction of Mongo2MarkLogic Converter Speeds Transition to MarkLogic's Enterprise NoSQL Database With Integrated Search
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"By providing a free Developer License we enable developers to quickly deliver reliable, scalable and secure information and analytic applications that are production-ready," said Gary Bloom, CEO and President of MarkLogic. "Many of our customers first experimented with other free NoSQL products, but turned to MarkLogic when they recognized the need for search, security, support for ACID transactions and other features necessary for enterprise environments. Our goal is to eliminate the cost barrier for developers and give them access to the best enterprise NoSQL platform from the start."
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|2011-06-13, 01:04
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One last thing before I head out... I don't use Twitter, but is Chris Broussard saying there was an altercation between LeBron and someone else in the Heat locker room? http://twitter.com/#!/Chrls_Broussard
In his previous entries, he says someone was posing as him or something, but then in his most recent post, it looks as though his report is official, but he had to remove it initially 'cause ESPN requested he did.
|2011-06-13, 03:22
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Join Date: Dec 2005
I don't mean to completely change the topic away from the miami/LeBron grill-fest that seems to be going on here, but does anyone know what the story was down the stretch of that 4th quarter? I realize my memory is probably very fuzzy, but it seemed like when Miami was down by around 10 points with 3-4 minutes left on the clock, I remember distinctly feeling like there was a clear lack of aggressiveness and energy from the team (and from the 2 major players) about to lose an entire freaking championship. I mean with the time they had left, it was definitely still possible to still make a comeback. And yet they were playing defense and standing around allowing the Mavs to shave easy time off the clock as if Miami were the ones up by ~10. In short, the energy just felt gone. I swear it was like they gave up long before that last 2 minutes. So despite how much I wanted the Mavs to win, there was something about those final minutes of the quarter that felt very anti-climatic (and even somewhat suspicious). It's probably just me, but I do wonder if anyone else got that vibe.
On a different note, congrats to Kidd. Seriously, I'm happy for Nowitzki, Terry, and the rest of Mavs, but I didn't even start to care for Dallas until recently. On the other hand, I've been a Jason Kidd fan since I was little kid. In hindsight, I can't think of anyone in the NBA I've personally wanted to see get a championship more over the last 10+ years. IMO, he may not be a Kobe, or a LeBron, or Wade, but he's one hell of a team player who doesn't even have to take single shot to have an amazing game or to have a profound impact on the floor. IMO, he definitely payed his dues to earn that ring tonight. So I'm happy for ya Kidd!
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|2011-06-13, 07:47
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Metal Gear!?
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Tampa
Miami just wasn't good in the 4th quarter especially during game 3. I'm not going to hate on Miami since they had a great run considering this is the big 3 first year together. Highly expect them to be very hungry for the championship next season. Lebron wasn't as good as he usually is in the series. We'll see how he responds next year.
Congratulations to the Mavs btw.
|2011-06-13, 11:46
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Miami Herald Runs Macy's Ad Congratulating Heat On Winning Title
|2011-06-13, 14:36
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Mama there goes that man!
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: UK
LeBron's Finals performances, especially this past one, have no doubt been underwhelming but two regular season MVP awards, a scoring title, two Finals appearances(one on a team where he was the only quality player), and numerous other accolades in 8eight years don't constitute "extremely underwhelming" to me.
I won't deny LeBron has fed into the hype with how he's marketed himself but again, when you simply look at his career for what is and not what "experts" anticipated it would be or compared to the "G.O.A.T.", it's been more impressive than underwhelming.
|2011-06-13, 14:43
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|2011-06-13, 15:25
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Location: Massachusetts
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Yes, James wasn't clutch but neither was Wade. He missed a game tying FT and turned the ball over in key situations but no one blames him?
|2011-06-13, 16:16
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Mama there goes that man!
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: UK
|2011-06-13, 17:48
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Kuu-chan is hungry
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Raleigh, NC
No one blames Wade because he was always part of the Heat and he already proved himself by winning a championship in '06. He also carried the Heat pretty well in the previous games.
LeChoke left Cleveland in a ridiculously bad way, blaming the lack of a supporting cast in Cleveland, and then failing to show up late in the Finals.
I actually feel sorry for Wade. I am a fan of his but just can't root for the Heat now.
|2011-06-13, 19:31
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Retweet Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: ニュー・オーリンズ、LA
When will people stop putting their faith into super-rich super-young super-athletes?? I love sports almost more than life itself, but it's tragic how much the general public expects from tattooed action figures...
Who cares if Stevenson is a hypocrite? YES HE IS...I AM...LEBRON JAMES IS...The nice guy who your cuts lawn is...This is a non-issue, unless we're talking about 26 year old damn near LeBillionaires who have to live their lives according to the general public and not their own desires...(Not you Elo, just in general) Stop putting these guys on a different level than the average person...You're talking about a large majority of guys who have been pampered and coddled their entire young lives and have been exploited as much as the game they now exploit...Yes there are exceptions to the rule, but not many...You gotta detach yourself from the expectations of young rich a$$holes, who can also be good, caring a$$holes...There's nothing different between the $hit going on now and the $hit that went on 20 years ago, but a f**king twitter feed...
|2011-06-13, 22:28
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i thought the stevenson shirt is funny . since shaq made fun of my favorite player (Kobe) by saying "HOW MY A** TASTE?"
Cuban: Players might not receive rings
|2011-06-14, 00:01
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Central Texas
Age: 34
Don't know about anyone else...I'd still want my ring.
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STOCKTON - A woman charged with murder claims she killed her husband after he threatened to make her vanish the same way he helped serial killers Loren Herzog and Wesley Shermantine clean up their blood trail.
STOCKTON - A woman charged with murder claims she killed her husband after he threatened to make her vanish the same way he helped serial killers Loren Herzog and Wesley Shermantine clean up their blood trail.
Rebecca Mendoza, 54, says she gunned down Michael Laurence Bradford after he claimed to be the third wheel in the killing spree.
The District Attorney's Office has found references to Bradford in the Herzog and Shermantine case, according to information submitted to Superior Court Judge Brett Morgan on Monday in response to a discovery motion filed by Mendoza's defense attorney Ralph Cingcon.
But the context in which Bradford's name is mentioned in those reports is still unclear.
Mendoza was arrested March 14, 2011, on suspicion of shooting Bradford during an afternoon dispute in a home in the 1200 block of Hiawatha Avenue in Stockton, police reported.
Bradford, 50, was transported to a hospital in serious condition. He died five months later.
In an obituary published in The Record, Bradford's relatives said he had a unique sense of humor and a kind heart that made him easy to love.
"We will miss you greatly," the obituary said.
Mendoza tells of a different side of Bradford, one that caused her to have battered woman syndrome, Cingcon said.
Mendoza said Bradford had abused her, as well as his ex-domestic partner. Cingcon is requesting domestic violence reports related to Bradford from prosecutors.
"We believe and assert that the victim has been convicted of domestic violence," he said.
Cingcon says Mendoza feared for her life based on statements Bradford had made to her. "He told her, 'I have ways that you never would be found again.' "
According to Mendoza, Bradford boasted about helping Herzog and Shermantine get rid of bodies.
The two led a methamphetamine-fueled killing spree for 15 years until their arrest in 1999. Some of the victims' bodies have never been found.
Herzog, who was released from prison on a technicality, hanged himself in January 2012. It was the same day he received a call that Shermantine was going to cooperate with authorities on locating the bodies.
Shermantine, still awaiting execution on California's death row, has pinpointed places that possibly hold human remains.
The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office last year found some of the remains of victims Chevy Wheeler and Cyndi Vanderheiden buried in Calaveras County and days later discovered the remains of three women and a fetus in a Linden well.
In August, Shermantine took federal authorities to four other possible sites, although federal agents say he is no longer cooperating.
The FBI recently announced it found no remains at an excavation site - a second Linden well on Flood Road.
Bradford's involvement is not clear. The only indication is his name appears in reports associated with Herzog and Shermantine.
Morgan ordered the documents be produced to the court under seal.
Supervising Deputy District Attorney Jeff Derman was not available for comment Monday.
The issue is expected to come up before Morgan again today.
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MOSCOW, July 3 (UPI) -- Russian security officials said the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi would be safe despite a recent threat from a militant leader in Chechnya.
The National Antiterrorist Committee (NAK) issued a statement Wednesday saying Russia's police and special services were ready and on alert for any threats to the games.
"Despite calls by various gang leaders ... active in certain regions of the North Caucasus, all of Russia's state institutions, special services and law enforcement bodies are constantly implementing a set of measures aimed at providing security for Russian citizens," the statement said.
The NAK statement came in response to an Internet video from Doku Umarov urging Islamist militants "not to allow" the Sochi games to take place. Umarov is the fugitive leader of Imarat Kavkaz, a Chechen militant group branded as a terrorist organization, Russia's RIA Novosti news agency said.


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Accounting, Economics, Quantitative Methods, and Sustainability also rank highly
CLEVELAND—The Finance program at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management claimed the top spot in BusinessWeek's rankings of "Best Undergraduate Business Programs by Specialty" for 2010. Along with the #1 rank for Finance, Weatherhead earned high marks in Accounting (#15), Economics (#6 for Microeconomics, #10 for Macroeconomics), Quantitative Methods (#22), and Sustainability (#17).
BusinessWeek compiles its annual rankings by surveying senior business students from 139 schools, asking them to gauge their school's undergraduate offerings and to assign letter grades A through F to their business program in twelve specialty disciplines. The magazine then calculates scores based upon these grades, meaning that the rankings are wholly determined by levels of student satisfaction.
Often hailed for its superior graduate programs, Weatherhead is also known for abundant experiential learning opportunities and small undergraduate class sizes, along with the one-on-one instructor contact this affords. Weatherhead undergraduates also cite the opportunity to enroll in elective graduate courses, enabling them to develop additional technical expertise in business disciplines, as a special advantage.
Weatherhead offers the Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and the Bachelor of Science in Management, a well-regarded undergraduate business degree that may be enhanced with two concentration options: Finance or Marketing. The school also hosts Case Western Reserve's Bachelor of Arts in Economics, a degree awarded by the College of Arts and Sciences but based at Weatherhead. Minors in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship are also available.
About Case Western Reserve University and the Weatherhead School of Management
Case Western Reserve University, one of the nation's leading research universities, traces its origins to the founding of Western Reserve College in 1826 and the Case Institute of Technology in 1880, culminating in the merger of both the undergraduate and graduate schools in 1967. Approximately 10,000 students are enrolled, from more than 100 nations. Two-thirds of the student population attend Case Western Reserve University's graduate and professional schools.
The Weatherhead School of Management is different from other business schools. We are bold in our ideas, creative in our approach, and adaptive in our interactions within a changing business environment. We've enhanced traditional management education by integrating the fundamentals of business with ideas and practices that change individuals, organizations, and societies. Our graduates are ready to add immediate value to their organizations, their communities, and the world.
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The rise and rise of Ukuleles!
The Hawaiian Ukulele is making something of a comeback - the instrument made famous by George Formby is now a popular choice for primary school children, because it is easy to play and looks a bit like a small guitar.
George Formby
According to a BBC report, for a growing band of school children it's out with the recorder and in with the ukulele. The craze for the instrument has hit primary schools across Britain.
Elvis Presley and his trusty ukulele
Of course, adults also find much to like about Ukuleles, and even The Beatles were heavily into the instrument - George Harrison wouldn't travel without his, John Lennon has been photographed with one, and Paul McCartney often plays it at his live shows...
George Harrison, John Lennon and Paul McCartney with their ukuleles...
Out of the new generation of rock stars, the most notable Ukulele player is indie cult-hero Patrick Wolf, who many consider to be the 21st century David Bowie and was one of the highlights of the 2007 Leeds & Reading Festival.
Patrick Wolf, new ukulele star
Ukuleles are a delightful instrument to play - for small children and seasoned musicians alike. The upcoming release of a SpongeBob SquarePants Ukulele Pack will certainly help to boost the instrument profile even more - if such help was needed! Ukuleles are sure to be a popular xmas presents this year...so what are you waiting for??? It's time to get yours, too!
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A Tampa mother who is accused of killing her two teenagers told a detective that her children had been "really mean" and she hoped they were dead.
"I loved them when they were birth through six," Julie Schenecker told Tampa Police Det. Gary Sandel in January 2011.
But they became "sassy" as teens, she said, especially her daughter.
"I just topped over. The last straw," Schenecker said in the interview, a recording of which was played in court Wednesday. "My daughter, the 16-year-old, is mouthy. She calls me names."
Prosecutors said Schenecker killed the daughter, Calyx, and her 13-year-old son, Beau. She has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to two counts of first-degree murder. If convicted, she will face a life prison sentence without parole; prosecutors declined to seek the death penalty.
Schenecker, who is now 53, also told Sandel how she met her husband, Parker Schenecker, while both served in the military and said she worked as a military debriefer in the Army before having children.
During the interview, her voice was slow and slurred. She said she had been in therapy and took multiple prescriptions, including Lithium for bipolar disorder.
She told the detective that she had long thought about suicide.
"I feel horrible. I just feel horrible," she said. "But I've been thinking about doing this for a long time."
Schenecker's attorneys say she has suffered from bipolar disorder and depression for decades.
During the interview, Schenecker did appear confused at times.
"Are my kids coming in later?" she asked the detective.
Later, the detective asked her where her kids were. She said that Calyx was in her bed where she had placed her after the shooting, and that Beau was in the family's minivan where she had shot him.
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Schenecker detailed how she had intended to kill herself after she killed her teens, but wasn't able to articulate why she didn't.
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The researchers at St. Michael's Hospital found that bilingual people have twice as much brain damage as unilingual people before they exhibit symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
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Dr. Schweizer and his colleagues studied the CT scans of 40 patients whose cognitive skills, including attention, memory, planning and organizational abilities, were found on testing to be similar.
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Schweizer said that bilingual people are constantly using their brain and keeping it active, which may contribute to overall brain health. That's why many physicians encourage older people to do crossword puzzles or Sudoku.
Previous observational studies have found that bilingualism delays the onset of Alzheimer's symptoms by up to five years, but this is the first to find physical proof through CT scans.
Although being bilingual appears to stave off onset of the symptoms, Schweizer stressed that bilingualism does not prevent someone from developing Alzheimer's. Once symptoms start to appear in bilingual people, it is not clear whether the disease progresses at an accelerated rate.
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 12:30 pm
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Hey, I sail off a beach that is almost surrounded by islands and land. The wind is spotty and shifty even when it is blowing. I have a Hifly 274 and a 5.5, 7.5, and 8.5 sails. I find myself getting frustrated not planing in lulls and waiting for puffs. I feel like it is not wind velocity that is holding me back, but rather my rig setup and trim. Im wondering if anyone knows what the best setup is for like 12-18kts. I think my sail feels depowered. What is the best way to get all the power out of a sail. Downhaul? outhaul? mast base? Any suggestions would help. I have basically tought myself windsurfing, can waterstart and jibe, but my rigging needs help.
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 2:28 pm
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Where are you?
Your questions are so fundamental and the issues so broad that my main recommendation is to find the windsurfing school nearest you.
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 3:17 pm
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Hi, getting planing in lower wind conditions is as much about fin size as rigging. You need more fin at lower speeds to generate the same lateral resistance (lift). So with lighter wind and bigger sails you need more fin to get up and planing (a bigger fin helps low wind waterstarting as well). More is better up to the point that you cannot balance the fin and hold the board flat (tail walk). This is based on your weight and the leverage it gets from the width of the board at the back. Thats why Formula boards can carry huge fins and point like crazy.
Im not familiar with the HiFly 275 and dont know how much fin you have. One starting point is to assume that whatever fin you have works for the 5.5 and scale up what you could need in proportion to the sail area.
Hope this helps.
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 5:12 pm
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If youre feeling underpowered, try easing off on the outhaul and perhaps downhaul to power up your sail better during the lighter wind/lulls. Just dont let the sail hit the boom on the opposite side of the sail when powered up. If that happens, crank up the outhaul to pull it off the boom a touch.
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 6:13 pm
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I agree with GEM about lessons.
Something to try for gusty winds though:
Rig a bigger sail than you normally would and downhaul the sail much more than you normally would. The leach should be falling off loose down to the third or forth batton. This will only work with sails newer than about year 1999, unless its a race sail, then newer than about 1996. Basicly youre rigging big for the lulls and the sail spills wind in the gusts. This will only work if your planing in the straps and sheeting-in to go faster in the gusts. (You didnt say what your skills were).
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 6:35 pm
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First off - gusty is always tricky, even for expert sailors, so dont despair!
If your sails are fairly modern, they are designed to be rigged with a fair ammount of downhaul. Using the correct mast will help alot, too stiff or too bendy will make the sail underperform. If you have the correct length and stiffness mast (IMCS) as printed on your sail then rig the sail so that the mast length + the base extension length is equal to the luff length printed on your sail. This should give you a loose leech (trailing edge of the sail away from the mast) between the second and third battens. If you dont understand, keep downhauling until you see the sail going floppy near the top. This will give your sail the ability to spill the wind in gusts. The looser the sail top the more wind shedding ability. Downside is that it also will have less power too, its a trade-off for gusty conditions.
Next rig the outhaul fairly loose, so that the foot of the sail has some pocket but make sure the sail doesnt touch the windward side of your boom when it is powered up. This should give you some low-end power for the lulls. Try experimenting with it and you should get a feel for how your sails like to be rigged. It does vary by sail type. Main thing is to have fun!!
If youre getting nowhere take a lesson and ask lots of questions
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 7:18 pm
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I often sail in gusty and spotty wind that many people consider un-sailable and my answer to it is to rig big but with tons of downhaul and outhaul. Actually I have an adjustable outhaul, which I use a lot in such wind conditions. In these conditions, I also use a weed fin to calm the board down. Moreover for early planing and increased stability, I use a bigger board than yours (HiFly 279) with my 9.0 and 7.8 cambered sails. Im 180 lbs for your reference.
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 12:01 am
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Try an adjustable outhaul. It should work great for the conditions you are describing.
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 4:16 pm
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Yeah. Pretty much you have to rig for the lulls or for the gusts, and the best choice depends on how much time is powered and how much depowered.
If its windy with holes, then Id rig for the wind and schlogg when lulls happen. In this situation I typically like a small sail rigged deep (low wind setting).
If its light with big gusts, I like the sail big and flat (to handle the gusts). This setting will coast nicely, and I like a race sail because of its stability.
But all of this and enjoying it takes a LOT of practice. Nowadays I often pick the small sail and freestyle the lulls. Sometimes that means LOTS of freestyle.
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 6:37 am
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GEM has it right in the last post when it comes to the average sailor. The inexperienced will find it easiest to rig for the full gusts, then schlogg though the lulls, holes, ect. If the gusts are far and few between, you will have to attempt to rig the way the rest of the posts have suggested. Its also important to have a board which will support you in the lulls.
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What you say is based on the idea that there is a hierarchy among sutras, and your hierarchy is based on the Tiantai interpretation that the Lotus and Nirvana sutras are the highest, or on some Tibetan idea that the tathagatagarbha is the highest teaching. As for the first one of the Tiantai idea of the five periods, schools outside of Tiantai don't necessarily accept it. And the idea of the third turning of the wheel, that is not accepted by all schools either, nor is it interpreted in the same way in each school that accepts it. Beyond the ideas and interpretations of specific schools, the categorisation of sutras is arbitrary and not based on the texts themselves. Why? Because almost every sutra claims superiority above all other teachings, and neither the Lotus nor the Nirvana sutra is special in that. As the Diamond Sutra (ch. 8, tr. C. Muller) says, "all of the buddhas and all of their teachings of peerless perfect enlightenment spring forth from this sūtra."
So, where does the Lotus Sutra says explicitly that the six paramitas are superseded by a different path?
"I would need more detail or explaination for this qoute,are you saying it is empty of Tainted defilements and samasa existance)i wouod agree)?I also wouldnt say it exists provisionally at once,the Nirvana sutra speaks of that which is emty of false self and tainted ego defilments,then states the Tathagatagarbha isnt empty of itself and is permanet,so it wouldnt exist "provisionally" it would exist as the reality of all Phenonina."
It means that things exist provisionally (conventional truth) but does not exist ultimately as self-existent things (ultimate truth). This is the middle way, the non-dual view. This is the correct understanding of emptiness in the Prajnaparamita sutras, Madhyamaka and Yogacara.
When you say that the buddha-nature is not empty of itself, what is itself?
"which would mean empty of everything even itelf,which means everything including the Buddha is subject to dependant origination"
That's absurd. The point of being enlightened is that one becomes free of karma, free of rebirth, free of dependent origination. It is exactly because there is no self that there is freedom. If there was a self, it would be either deluded or enlightened, making any path of liberation impossible or unnecessary.
"the Best view I have come across tht discribes the Emptiness that is empty of all defilments but is not empty of its ultimate reality would be the view of shentong,"
Emptiness is not a thing, it means that appearances are without an independent self-nature, thus they are dependently originated.
As for Shentong, Taranatha says (in "Essence of Zhentong" PDF),
As was discussed already, the realisation of emptiness is non-conceptuality, and it is exactly the way to realise buddha-nature. That's why Taranatha says, "So, those who assert rangtong unerringly, and those who definitively assert that there is no essence are both proponents of zhentong." This awareness is prajnaparamita, that's why it's also called the mother of buddhas."Naturally radiant self-cognizant pristine awareness that is not divided from the expanse is known as ultimate reality, the unconditional actuality of phenomena."
"Because of this, the essence of the tathāgatas and the nondual pristine awareness that pervades the nature of phenomena are equally adorned with all of the ultimate enlightened qualities of buddhahood. Just this great and invariable perfected nature is endowed with every aspect of pristine awareness while remaining free from all fabrications. This is the only unmistaken abiding reality. Because it is established as real, it is the object of experience for the undistorted pristine awareness of the exalted ones. Because it is invariable, it is constant, stable, and everlasting."
"To relinquish your subtle fixations on the discursive thinking of the relative, meditatively subsume yourself non-conceptually within the expanse. Through this process, you will then gradually come to encounter the non-conceptual enlightened essence directly."


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