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Since it's now been around a week since the Nintendo Switch was formally announced, more people are starting to get over their hype and are now instead wondering what the tech for the Switch will look like. According to Eurogamer, the Nintendo Switch screen will be more than adequate to suit the console's needs.
See Also: Nintendo Switch Generated More Interest From Gaming Community Then PS4 Pro And Xbox One Scorpio
According to previous sources that had confirmed the detachable controls and the Switch's design, the Nintendo Switch screen is a 6.2-inch, 720p multiple-touch screen, a step-up from the touch screens of the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS. Both of those previous platforms had had resistive touchscreens, which were reliant on pressure, single-touch, and not very precise.
The Nintendo Switch screen is basically the same sort of screen as a mobile phone, meaning that it will also support multi-finger gestures instead of just tapping on it with one finger. But obviously, considering the Switch's detachable control things on its screen, Nintendo doesn't intend for you to just use your fingers to play games on the screen.
The Nintendo Switch will also give players access to a Pro Controller when it's plugged in and you want to play the console on your TV, or you can use the JoyCon controllers which would attach to the screen's grip.
Either way, considering that there will be a Nintendo Switch event coming on January 12 of next year, we'll likely learn a lot more not just about the Nintendo Switch screen, but also about every other feature that Nintendo's new console will have in it.
This will come a short time before the Switch is supposed to release next March, and hopefully at the event and in the time from now until next March players can expect to see all of the games that we'll be getting on the Switch's release.


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May 13, 2007.
So Mullah Dadullah is dead. NATO/USA/ANA/Afghan Police killed him. Apparently everybody gets credit for this one. But what really aggrieves me is the timing of his death in Helmand. It is one week too early. I'll explain why below.
My problem is that I had prepared a blog entry that I was going to post this week about Mullah Dadullah. Basically, it said that unlike Mullah Omar and others in the top leadership echelon of what's left of the Taliban, Dadullah is a true field commander. He prefers to be in the action, not staying back at Taliban HQ, which is usually some guy's guest room. And as such, I expected him to die violently in Afghanistan, if not in battle, at least near the field of operations.
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You believe me, don't you? I guess I've been punished for procrastination. I could have been that guy who predicted, quite accurately, the demise of the Taliban's #1 field commander. Instead I'm the lying blogger who claims that he saw it coming.
Who's the bigger loser in this? Me? Or Dadullah below?
Well, I'm still alive so I guess Dadullah is the bigger loser.
[Added later in the day:] OK, time to be serious. In my opinion Mullah Dadullah is not easily replaceable. The process by which Taliban commanders rose to the top goes back to campaigns by Jihadi groups like Haraqat and Hizb-i Islami (Khalis faction, not Hekmatyar) from which many Taliban commanders came from. Add to the Jihad years of the 1980s the years of Taliban campaigns to this experience and you have some very seasoned veterans who have proven themselves again and again in commander roles.
But for the last 5 and a half years the Taliban have been undergoing a process of organizational degradation and defections of their brighter fighters back to normal life. This is not a process by which you create effective leaders/field commanders. And below the remaining commanders are not exactly the type of men who can be relied upon to do much in the way of waging effective insurgency. I highly doubt there are many good leadership candidates ready to assume a role on par with Dadullah.
[Added two years later: what the heck? Did I write this? What has happened since then is that nobody of Dadullah's stature has risen to a similar level of prominence. But many anonymous field commanders are operating "efficiently" and have more than compensated for the absence of Dadullah's type. Also, the obvious thing now is that the process of fighting NATO/ISAF has been a good training session for insurgents.]

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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- The initial public offering from AltaVista has been dead for months, but now it's also gone.
The struggling unit of downtrodden Internet incubator CMGI CMGI formally withdrew its $296 million IPO with Morgan Stanley after the bell on Wednesday.
The company cited unfavorable market conditions. It had postponed the deal last April following the Nasdaq meltdown.
Stock of parent CMGI is trading at about $5 a share, down from a 52-week high of $151. The stock rose 47 cents to $5.16 in Thursday trades.
In an attempt to boost its bottom line, AltaVista announced two rounds of layoffs in May and September, but those moves apparently couldn't manage to turn its IPO prospects around.
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With 19.7 million unique visitors in November, AltaVista was the ninth-most-visited Web site in the United States, according to MediaMetrix.
But those traffic figures didn't translate into an appealing IPO, with so many formerly high-flying Internet stocks crashing and burning.
Even sector leader Yahoo YHOO is getting roasted amid slowing growth in online advertising. See full story.
As David Menlow of IPOFinancial.com puts it, dot-com has become dot-coma in the IPO market; the Internet sector has become the Inter-not sector.
The IPO market is still somewhat receptive to biotech stocks and the occasional tech player, but deals are likely to be sparse at least in the early part of this year.
AltaVista has plenty of company in withdrawing from the IPO market.
The fourth quarter saw more IPO white flags than any quarter in history in terms of dollar volume, according to CommScan Analytics. Ninety-three deals expected to earn $13.3 billion vanished in the fourth quarter, up from 30 deals expected to raise $1.1 billion in the year-ago period.
Early days
Developed in the early days of the Web in 1995, AltaVista was included in the $9.8 billion purchase of Digital Equipment Corp. by Compaq CPQ in 1998.
CMGI bought an 82 percent stake in AltaVista in 1999 for about $2.4 billion. AltaVista has since lost its chief, former Compaq executive Rod Schrock, and is looking to sell investing chat site Raging Bull.
The Palo Alto, Calif.-based search engine had planned to sell 14.8 million shares at an estimated range of $18 to $20 per share.
Dean & DeLuca
East coast gourmet coffee and food store Dean & DeLuca withdrew its $69 million IPO with underwriter Robertson Stephens on Thursday. The company filed for the IPO on May 10. It cited adverse market conditions for scrapping the deal.
Portland, Ore.-based Emerald Delaware, an e-business services company, withdrew its $50 million IPO with Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown.


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If phrases like 'circle the wagons' and 'all hands on deck' have you wondering whether you're in the wild west or sailing the seven seas instead of in a conference room, than you might have a problem with business jargon. Never fear! I've come up with a handy chart that will tell you what all that business jargon really means!
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To John Adams from George Miller, 8 June 1798
June 8th. 1798
Our best wishes, and sincere desires is that you may be ever happy, & long to govern the united states, in peace; We sincerely wish no war, nor rupture to take place in this, our peacefull land, with any nation or power, whatever—Therefore, we have viewed with much satisfaction, the noble, wise & peacefull measures taken, for reconciling the unhappy differences now existing between the two republicks (america & france) & do much regret, that your grand proposals are not accepted—by the french—but perceiving that nothing remains, now but the exertions and stedfast principles of the united states, to give evidence to the world, that we disdain their inveigling designs—Therefore we as a society, profess to you & to the world, that we as true patriots to american liberty, mean to defend the same at the risque of our lives and fortunes trusting in that power, who rules all dominions, will vouchsafe to defend you and all our Respresentatives, and give understanding to govern this great & populace america—Wishing that the name of Washington, may never be forgotten in the annals of America,—Sign'd by the order of the Committee appointed for the purpose of transacting the business of sd society.
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|I Am Rusty Zeprodalovitz
Why does he continue to haunt our unblessed land, this American president, so full of youth and vigor, his face untroubled by remorsefulness or doubt? One look is enough to confirm that this is a man who eats with regularity a diet of something more than beets and cabbage - his mouth is full of teeth and his eyes do not look yellow.
There are rumors in the village that he has made a pact with Scoundrel Putin. Such things are just a curiosity to a man in my position, looking up from my handcart with it's squeaky metal wheels. Do these wheels get the grease? Ha. Perhaps in Moscow. Here in Murmansk I am considered fortunate to have such luxury as this rolling plank. Someday I shall walk again, the doctors have assured me. A fortnight past, they removed my kneecaps, which had been crushed by misfortune in the salt mine. In Autumn, they promise, I shall have new knees, fashioned from the shell of the exotic coconut. Would that it were Autumn of this year.
We saw this Bush fly over our barren tundra in his Air Force 1, on the way to meet with Devil Putin. Everyone in the village stood outside to watch it pass, hoping for some sign that our suffering would soon be lessened. And like a silver vulture which has eaten too much lead-infested herring, it disgorged the contents of it's belly, sending forth a massive block of frozen excrement which crashed down through the roof of our small unheated church, thus ending the mobility of Father Brownskalonovich. Perhaps now the sanctimonious old fool can empathize with my sorrows.
Do you wish to know the thoughts of Rusty Zeprodalovitz as he listened to reports of marching feets on Radio Murmansk? Perhaps I shall write them down someday when I can buy new paper. It was a lovely May day here, the temperature rising to the upper twenties, and the Geiger count lower than it has been in weeks. The sound of martial music reminded me of my father, who would probably be celebrating the glorious victory over Hitler's hordes along with me, had it not been for his unfortunate impalement by Stalin's courtesy police following his unforgivable gum chewing incident. He loved gum, and had the same piece for thirteen years. Ah, well, it is all so much vodka over the tonsils now.
Radio Murmansk said that Failure Putin allowed the president Bush to take hold of the wheel of our Car of State. It is a lovely automobile, the Volga Gaz-21, a symbol of the greatness Mother Russia once possessed. My mother used to keep a picture of it, lovingly torn from the village's copy of Soviet Life, in a frame made out of twigs and tar. She would gaze upon it and dream of better days before her untimely demise from consumption. Someday it shall belong to my little daughter Donia, and should she somehow gain her sight back, I'm sure that she will treasure it.
Khrushchev was the first to drive the glorious Car of State, a vanity of which Stalin would have disapproved. But this was a new Russia, and the people were cheered to see that such rolling dreams were now within our reach. Odious Putin has defiled the dream. American buttocks have defiled the driver's seat. Putin, shameful seed of sorrow, may you be tormented by cuts of meat no knife can cut. They say he let Bush honk the horn, and for that I cannot forgive him.
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Guide to the Carr, Carr, Belknap and Pollard Receipts, 1880-1925
Collection number: MC 93
Size: 1 box (0.33 cu.ft.)
About the Carr, Carr, Belknap and Pollard Company
William M. Carr & Company was founded in Bradford, New Hampshire in 1824 by William A. and Daniel Carr, purveyors of general merchandise. William M. Carr & Co. touted a full line of "Dry and fancy goods, groceries, grain, furniture, carpets, curtains, crockery, glass and silverware, wallpaper, boots, shoes and general merchandise." The company supplied all manner of goods to south central New Hampshire for over one hundred years.
About the Carr, Carr, Belknap and Pollard Receipts
The Carr, Carr, Belknap and Pollard collection is an archive of invoices and receipts directed to William M. Carr & Co. during 45 years that the company served the surrounding areas of Sullivan and Merrimack Counties (1880-1925). There are over 500 documents, nearly all on interesting or colorful corporate letterheads, from turn-of-the-century New England.
This documentary collection details not only what merchandise William Carr & Co. was ordering, but the prices paid for these goods. Also included in this collection are some receipts to and from H.W. Belknap and the Pollard Brothers.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open.
Copyright Notice
Contents of this collection are governed by U.S. copyright law. For questions about publication or reproduction rights, contact Special Collections staff.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Carr, Carr, Belknap and Pollard Receipts, 1880-1925, MC 93, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Purchase, Scott Petersen, Kenilworth, IL, April 1988 (Accession number: 8755)
Collection Contents
|Box 1
|Box 1, Folder 1
|Receipts: 1877-1882
|Box 1, Folder 2
|Receipts/Invoices to Carr, 1897-1902
|Box 1, Folder 3
|Brown, Durrell & Co., Dry Goods, Boston, 1894-1902
|Box 1, Folder 4
|Receipts/Invoices, 1897-1902
|Box 1, Folder 5
|Receipts/Invoices, 1897-1902
|Box 1, Folder 6
|The Holbrook Grocery Co., Keene, NH, 1896-1902
|Box 1, Folder 7
|Receipts/Invoices, 1880-1902
|Box 1, Folder 8
|Receipts/Invoices, 1880-1902
|Box 1, Folder 9
|Receipts/Invoices, 1894-1903
|Box 1, Folder 10
|Receipts/Invoices, 1897-1901
|Box 1, Folder 11
|Woodworth & Co., Grocers, Concord, NH, 1894-1902 (29)
|Box 1, Folder 12
|Correspondence to Carr, 1879-1881, n.d.
|Box 1, Folder 13
|Receipts/Invoices, 1923
|Box 1, Folder 14
|Receipts/Invoices, 1923-1924
|Box 1, Folder 15
|Receipts/Invoices, 1923-1924
|Box 1, Folder 16
|Receipts/Invoices, 1923
|Box 1, Folder 17
|Receipts/Invoices, 1923-1924
|Box 1, Folder 18
|From J. Albert Peaslee, Selectman, 1877, n.d.
|Box 1, Folder 19
|Box 1, Folder 20
|Pollard Brothers, Proctorvile, VT: Receipts


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About AuthorGordon Morris Bakken earned B.S., M.S., Ph.D., and J.D. degrees from the University of Wisconsin. He teaches courses on American legal and constitutional history, westward movement, American military heritage, women of the American West, women and American law, as well as historical thinking and historical writing at California State University, Fullerton. He is the author or editor of numerous books including Icons of the American West: From Cowgirls to Silicon Valley.
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A former state lawmaker from northern Wisconsin is Governor Walker's pick to be the new DNR secretary.
Dan Meyer represented the Eagle River area in the Assembly from 2001 until 2013. He was also Eagle River's mayor, and the head of the city's chamber of commerce.
Walker says Meyer understands the balance between protecting natural resources and supporting the economy.
Former Secretary Cathy Stepp resigned last month to join the EPA in the Trump administration.


text: Like many of my friends I have not been blogging on LiveJournal as much lately, having moved much of my online activity to Facebook (for better or for worse). So it's especially annoying that the comments I am getting on my public entries lately are almost all spam. I know this problem is affecting others, so here are some suggestions on adjusting settings if you haven't already done so:- Go to your privacy settings page- Under comment screening, choose to screen anonymous comments- Under anti-spam, choose to show CAPTCHAs to anonymous commenters- Under IP Address Logging, choose to log IP addresses of anonymous commentersThose are the settings I have in place as of today. Otherwise, everyone is normally free to leave comments on my journal entries, which are also automatically imported to Facebook as Notes. (I do disable LiveJournal comments on the links to my funcrunchphoto feed, as I'm encouraging people to leave relevant comments directly on my funcrunchphoto blog instead.)


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The present application is a competing renewal of a U19 grant that was awarded in 2003. The stated goals of the original application were threefold: (i) To study the human immune response to a vaccine in its entirety;starting from the innate responses, to the peak effector T and B cell responses, to the development and maintenance of immunologic memory, (ii) To understand how a successful vaccine works, and to use this knowledge for designing strategies for enhancing vaccine efficacy, (iii) To understand the cellular basis of immune senescence and develop strategies for improving responses of the elderly to vaccination. A major emphasis of this proposal was to use genomics to define molecular signatures of a successful vaccine, and to use this knowledge to develop new vaccines against emerging infections. To achieve these goals, we studied one of the most effective human vaccines ever developed, the yellow fever vaccine-17D (YFV-17D) as a model. Our efforts resulted in several important advances, including the elucidation of: (i) the dynamics of antigen-specific T cell responses in humans vaccinated with YFV-17D and smallpox, (ii) innate immune mechamisms by which YFV-17D acts to launch a broad and robust T cell immunity, (iii) genomic signatures capable of predicting the T cell immunogenicity of YFV-17D in humans and (iv) identification of potential molecular defects that underlie the sub-optimal response of aged T cells to vaccination. In this renewal application, we aim to follow up on these exciting observations and to determine the extent to which such responses are unique to YFV-17D relative to other vaccines or viruses. This overall goal will be achieved in three Research Projects: 1. Immune Memory (Ahmed/Boss), 2. Innate Immunity (Pulendran/Rice), 3. Immune Senescence (Goronzy), and a Technology Development Project on Human Monoclonal Antibodies (Wilson/Lanzavecchia). This overall research effort will be supported by an Administrative Core (Ahmed/Ansari), a Clinical Research Core (Mulligan/Chokephaibulkit/Yu) and a Genomics &Computational Biology Core (Haining/Lee). In addition, there will be a program for education of scientists aspiring to do human immunology research, and a mechanism for funding pilot projects in human immunology.
Vaccination is the most effective means of preventing infectious disease. Despite the success of many vaccines, there is presently little knowledge of the immunological mechanisms that mediate their efficacy. Such information will be critical in the design of future vaccines against old and new infectious diseases. In the present proposal, we aim to understand the immune mechamisms by which a successful vaccine induces long-term protective immunity. PROJECT 1: [IMMUNE MEMORY (Ahmed, R)] PROJECT 1 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Our goal is to understand how a successful vaccine induces long-term immunological memory and protective immunity in humans. To achieve this goal we have initiated a detailed cellular and molecular characterization of human immune responses induced by the yellow fever virus (YFV-17D) vaccine. This is one of our most efficacious vaccines and induces long-term immunity that lasts for decades. Also, since YFV-17D is a live attenuated vaccine and most of the US population is not exposed to YFV-, this provides a unique opportunity to analyze antiviral responses in humans during the course of a primary infection and then to monitor the generation and maintenance of immune memory after resolution of the infection. One of the potential benefits of understanding how a successful vaccine induces long-term protective immunity is that this knowledge can be applied to improving other less effective vaccines and, more importantly, to develop new vaccines against emerging diseases. During the previous cycle of funding we have made substantial progress in characterizing human memory T and B cell responses not only to YFV but also after immunization with small pox and influenza vaccines. In this renewal application we will focus our studies on CD8 T cells and examine the mechanisms that regulate human effector and memory CD8 T cell differentiation. The following specific aims are proposed to achieve our goals: 1) To identify transcription factors that regulate naive to effector CD8 T cell differentiation. 2) To analyze the in vivo turnover of human YFV specific CD8 T cells and to examine their homing potential. 3) To define the genomic and epigenetic changes that occur during human memory CD8 T cell differentiation. These studies will provide the first view of the transcriptional changes that occur following CD8 T cell differentiation in humans and will provide unique markers that will enable identification, isolation, and characterization of the differentiated cell subsets. Examination of the epigenetic DMA methylation marks during the progression of the T cell response, as well as between CD8 T cells responding to acute versus chronic viral infections will provide a potential mechanistic view of how memory CD8 T cell differentiation is globally regulated.
YFV-17D is an ideal model to study memory T cell generation in the context of an acute viral infection. The underlying importance of this study is that the longitudinal analysis of YFV specific CD8 T cells in vaccinees, offers a unique opportunity to track differentiation of highly functional and long-lived human memory CD8 T cells and generate a signature that may be a benchmark for other vaccines.
|Kim, C; Fang, F; Weyand, C M et al. (2017) The life cycle of a T cell after vaccination - where does immune ageing strike? Clin Exp Immunol 187:71-81
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In many countries around the world, the tradition of hanging Christmas stockings for children to find stuffed with toys, candy and other treats is a part of families' holiday celebrations, and there are some fun and interesting variations of this tradition.
In some cultures, the legend that originated the stockings ritual is based upon finding gold nuggets or coins in stockings. Since gold nuggets cost a tidy sum, families replaced the gold with oranges that they felt resembled the color of gold and were far easier to obtain. Modern families still carry on the orange tradition, often replacing a large navel orange with a small Clementine or whichever orange is in season during the holidays.
In China, Christian families enact the stockings tradition, with children hanging muslin stockings in hopes that Dun Che Lao (a figure similar to St. Nicholas) will bring them presents.
In Germany and other Germanic and Scandinavian countries, children place boots filled with carrots and straw for the chief of the gods', Odin, horses to eat. Odin would then reward the children's kindness by filling their boots with gifts or candy. This unique twist on the stocking tradition we are familiar with has an element of giving and not just receiving.
In Hungary, children shine their shoes before placing them out by a door or on a windowsill for their gifts to be placed inside the next morning.
In France, shoes are placed by the fire for Papa Noel to fill with presents. In a fascinating and somewhat scary legend, Papa Noel is accompanied by a cohort whose name translates to "Father Spanker." He is said to give the bad children spankings.
In Italy, children leave their shoes out for the Good Witch La Befana to fill with treats on January 5, the night before epiphany.
In Puerto Rico, children place flowers and different types of greens in boxes and slide the boxes under their beds as gifts for the three kings' camels. The boxes may then be filled with treats for the children the next day.
In Brazil, children leave small shoes outside for Papa Noel to fill with treats and presents. However, according to some long-held traditions, the kids may not look for their gift-filled shoes until they have served their parents breakfast in bed.
In Spain, children leave shoes on a windowsill, again filled with straw, barley and other gifts for the horses of their version of St. Nicholas.
And in the United Kingdom, children leave their stockings by the fireplace. When that fire is roaring, the kids toss their Christmas gift wish list into the flames, with hopes that the smoke will bring their wishes magically to St. Nicholas, for their discovery the next day.
So across the globe, there are various versions of the "fill my footwear with treats" tradition -- whether it be shoes, boots or stockings. Some cultures embrace a "you have to give in order to receive" lesson with this tradition. Stockings in many cultures are the actual stockings, socks, shoes or boots the children wear. In others, families buy special, decorated stockings or shoes just for this festive tradition.
While the legend of "if you're bad, you will get coal" is considered to be too cruel for many families, enterprising retailers often sell bags of black jellybeans or other black candies. The bags are often marked with "coal" and used as a gag gift for a loved one -- usually an adult, so no tears are shed. As a way to share the positive lesson of some countries' kids leaving presents for the horses in their stockings, it's a nice idea to tell these stories to children well before the holidays so that your family may create a new giving tradition related to Christmas stockings. Perhaps your kids can leave gifts for the reindeer, for Santa, or even just printed wishes for the children of the world in their stockings before they find their own stockings filled with presents, candy and other treats.


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1. What I do best as a communicator is argue with facts and knowledge. Whenever I have an argument about anything, I clearly list all of the facts pertaining to the argument and why those facts and points prove my side of the argument is correct, not using emotions to sway opinion. I am not a good fiction or narrative writer. I have trouble thinking of ideas for that sort of writing. I am better at non-fiction or argumentative writing.
I am also good at quickly responding in texts or emails on my phone. I am able to clearly express any thoughts I have.
2. I believe I speak well and fluently.
3. No, not really.
4. I have never been asked to, but I could probably make a poster, but not a website.
5. I am comfortable with most aspects of writing. The most difficult part for me is getting all of my ideas written down, and putting them where they need to be to make the best paper.
6. I like to believe that I am funny, but that might be just a personal opinion, and not fact.
7. Yes I do. I like to think about how current events will affect me, the country, and the future in general, whether it is politics, economics, or anything else.
8. I have never composed song lyrics.
9. What gives me pleasure when communicating is when my audience completely understands the points I am trying to make, whether it be written or spoken word.
An area where I am not as strong as a communicator is with fiction or narrative style writing. I could also improve on using visuals and electronic tools more efficiently in my writing.
I could be a more confident communicator by thinking of and structuring out everything I want to express before I express it.
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Saturday, June 08, 2013
'Rising stars' talk party, future
Dane County Supv. Shelia Stubbs isn't exactly sure why the Dem Party tabbed her a "rising star."
"I really didn't get nosey, but I want to rise somewhere," she said.
Stubbs was one of four local elected officials the party invited to speak to the convention this morning. One of the frequent complaints about the party in recent years has been a lack of an experienced bench ready to run for higher office, in some ways embodied by the lack of an heir apparent ready to take on Gov. Scott Walker next year.
But Chair Mike Tate dismissed that suggestion this morning in introducing the four officials, while promising delegates the four would likely be addressing the party again as they continue the trajectory of their careers.
Stubbs said she was likely picked because of the obstacles she's overcome to become the only African-American woman elected to the Dane County Board.
She acknowledged the difficulty the party has had in finding someone to run against Walker next year and the tough time Dems have had getting over the recall election. Still, she said the party cannot forget the successes of candidates like U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan.
"Any time there is a loss, you feel it. But we have to pick yourself back up and move forward together," she said.
Stubbs was joined in addressing the crowd by Racine Mayor John Dickert, Manitowoc Mayor Justin Nickels and Ashland Ald. Kelly Westlund.
Some have talked up Dickert as a potential guv candidate next year, but he said he's not interested. He said he and Nickels are representative of the Dem mayors who are getting things done at the local level.
"It's very humbling to have people saying that," Dickert said of the guv speculation. "But I have a goal as mayor. If they bless me with 10 years as mayor, I'm going to turn the city around, and we're doing it."
Likewise, Nickels said he doesn't have any designs on state office right now. But it's not because the last round of redistricting left him in an area of largely GOP legislative seats.
Nickels, who said he's not running for state office next year, said he has shown that Dems can win in GOP areas by reaching across the aisle. He also said the state is in an era where it's all about lowering taxes and reducing services. Nickels said Dems have to do better at speaking to their constituents about the value of their tax dollars and the services they receive.
"We need something the voters can understand," he said.
Westlund acknowledged she'd like to run for state office some day, but she's not going to challenge Sen. Bob Jauch, D-Poplar, or Rep. Janet Bewley, D-Ashland, both of whom she praised.
She appealed to delegates in her speech to reach out to rural voters and to get involved with local offices, arguing they are the training ground for those looking to move up.
Westlund said the Dem Party does a good job of reaching voters in Milwaukee and Madison, but needs to do a better job of reaching those in areas like hers. She said farmers, for example, are open to many of the messages that Dems have. But because they don't hear them forcefully enough, they end up voting on other values that lead them to the GOP.
Westlund pointed to the mining bill that passed the Legislature earlier this year as a good example of where the party could do a better job of appealing to the farmers in her area who are now fearful of how the project will impact them.
"I get on my soap box and don't shut my mouth," Westlund said, adding the party would be well served by doing the same.
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Maasikas: tackling the migration crisis is a litmus test of the EU's ability to work together
Today, at the meeting of the EU General Affairs Council in Valetta, the Member States focused on the Priorities of the Maltese Presidency, the Summit taking place at the beginning of February and the discussion of the future of Europe on the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome in March.
Estonian Deputy Minister for EU Affairs Matti Maasikas emphasised in his address that Estonia fully supports the six priority areas of the Maltese Presidency as they are currently acute for the EU. According to Maasikas, "migration, developing the single market, security, social inclusion as well as the EU Southern Neighbourhood and maritime affairs are topics that affect our lives every day. Regardless of location or residence, safety and healthy environment, opportunities to study, work, receive services and pursue business activities are important to people. Providing the four fundamental freedoms has never been as necessary as it currently is."
Member States spoke about the need to keep the EU unified and strengthen the economy. To achieve this we have to concentrate on the single market, especially the digital single market and also on developing the Energy Union. Estonia also supports Malta's aim to bind the Neighbourhood Policy countries more closely with Europe. It is necessary to address both the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood to support their wish to cooperate in different policies.
According to Maasikas, "the EU's capacity to search for different solutions, execute decisions and protect its borders is a litmus test of our cooperation. At the moment, migration is at the core of EU's solidarity and capability problems. Here we need progress."
Illegal economic migration can be controlled by enforcement of readmission agreements and returns. According to Matti Maasikas, Estonia supports Malta's proposal to increase activities and volume of the voluntary return program in Libya by offering the opportunity to return home. "Greater involvement of the countries of origin and enforcement and implementation of readmission agreements help to stop the networks of traffickers and save lives."
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New Beauty Student Has 30 Million YouTube Views
Name: Jordan Byers
Age: 18
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
FIDM Campus and Start Date: Orange County, Fall 2017
Major: Beauty Industry Merchandising & Marketing
Admissions Advisor: Richard Kim
How did your advisor assist in the process? I met my advisor my sophomore summer at 3 Days of Fashion in Los Angeles. He told me about the early admissions project, I completed it, and was accepted not long after. He helped me through all of the steps and made it super easy for me throughout the acceptance process.
Tell us a bit about yourself. I am a beauty YouTuber who moved out to California to make my dreams come true. I think that the knowledge and experience I'll gain from FIDM will be a tremendous push in the right direction.
Tell us about your proudest accomplishments so far. I just hit 30 million views on YouTube the other day and am determined to continue growing my social media.
How did you grow such an impressive following? I started in my unfinished basement with a couple of studio lights and a Canon t5i a little over a year ago. I honestly didn't know what I was doing at the time, but I put myself out there.
Why was FIDM right for you? FIDM was right for me because I've always been a creative person and I needed a college that was accepting of that and had majors and classes that would further the creative and business sides of my career.
Describe your entrance project. I designed a makeup product, and, of course, I chose a blinding compact highlight.
What are your career goals? My goal after FIDM is to eventually produce my own makeup line and further my beauty career in the industry.
What are you expecting to learn at FIDM? All the tools I need to be successful in the beauty industry.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20841938015388795682018-06-01T23:36:45.357-07:00Musings on our museThe stories behind the songs of Diane Tuiofu and Toni ThomasTonihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084193801538879568.post-60219411905433830412011-01-23T11:45:00.000-08:002011-01-23T17:11:07.819-08:00Thrust in Your Sickle (SAB)I love the imagery of the scriptures. I love that the Lord has taken abstract principles and related them to every day things we can smell and touch and hold. These metaphors often deal with the routine rhythms of our days--snow as purity, blood as life, chains as ignorance.

And the harvest. Autumn is one of my favorite times of year. There is in the air a feeling of change. A last chance to gather in all of the summer's good intentions and hunker down for the coming blast of winter. It makes sense that the harvest would be associated with missionary work--gathering in the children of God so they are not forgotten.

I decided to one day pull together all of the promises, admonitions, encouragement, and warnings associated with the harvest addressing the need to bring souls unto salvation. There are quite a few. It took me awhile but I synthesized as many as I could into the text of this song:

We know not when the summer shall be past;

When the summer has an end, will your harvest be made fast?

Or will you return with empty hands?

See "Thrust in Your Sickle"

I love the music Diane created for the song. It evokes determination, anticipation, and yet melancholy at the final work before us as we labor in the waning light and prepare for the return of the Lord.
Tonihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084193801538879568.post-45507139806840277032011-01-23T11:33:00.000-08:002011-01-23T11:40:49.572-08:00My Garden
This song is very dear to Diane and me. It is one of the first songs we wrote together so many years ago. It is, in fact, my husband's favorite of our songs.

The text uses the metaphor of the garden as the heart or soul of a person--the place where our desires and intentions reside. The song is very personal to me; it is the story of how when I neglect my spirituality, it isn't long before my beautiful garden becomes overgrown, full of weeds, and not a very nice place to be. At those times I need of hand of the gardener, or the Savior, to restore my garden to a place of beauty. When peace and order are restored, then I find the presence of the Holy Dove--representing the Spirit of God--abides also there. The lovely flute trill is intended to represent birdsong.

This song was written to be sun by Anna Bjarnson Carson--who is an amazing, operatic soprano. It is difficult vocally and has a difficult flute score. But it is so very well worth the trouble to find the musicians capable of doing it justice.
Tonihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084193801538879568.post-59075537707744022512009-07-08T19:38:00.001-07:002009-07-09T16:29:22.872-07:00And Joy Be Mine AbodeA few months ago, our dear friend and Stake Relief Society President, Candance Melville, asked me and Diane to write a song for the Stake Women's Conference that was held in June. We gladly agreed to, know ing that Chieko Okasaki would be the keynote speaker, and because either of us would pretty much do anything that Candie asked us to do!

Then chaos erupted. I broke my arm and Diane and her husband's work situations became pretty crazy. Now you would think that since the arm is fairly distant to the brain, I'd still be able to accomplish something, even by typing with just one hand. But no. I gazed at the screen for hours, mostly just trying to remember what my last thought was.

But we did it. We managed to get it done in time, thanks to Diane's patience and flexibility.

And my arm is doing much better.

"And Joy Be Mine Abode"--The chorus was inspired by Lamoni's father's statement--"I would give away all my sins to know God." But I believe giving away the sins is only half the battle--like the clutter in my garage that I keep thinking I gave away, sins have away of hiding and clinging and transmorgifying themselves to appear harmless. Before I can give away my sins I have to find them under the layers of guilt and pride and fear.

I learned a lot writing the words to this song, and hope they will also aid you in coming closer to the Lord and learning to become like Him.
Tonihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084193801538879568.post-88722429148423419732009-01-10T11:33:00.000-08:002009-01-10T11:50:10.749-08:00A Vessel of LightTwo years ago, my Relief Society Presidency requested that I create a program for a special evening for our sisters, based upon The Ten Virgins by Emily Freeman. After obtaining permission from the author, I created a short play about the parable of the ten virgins from the New Testament. This song, A Vessel of Light, became the centerpiece of the play.

The main image of the song is that we are vessels of the Spirit, and as we keep our lamps full of oil, we will be able to be constant, vessels of light through every dark moment we are asked to endure. At the heart of this image is the atonement, for as Christ suffered for our sins, infirmities, and dark moments in Gethsemane--Hebrew for the place of the olive press--he created a symbolic source of oil that is inexhaustible.

Diane has a written lovely melody to the lyrics: the song was awarded Special Recognition for the 2007 Relief Society Song Competition. It was performed at the Assembly Hall on Temple Square in February 2008. The song and play are both available for free use on our website. We hope that the song inspires you and your audience to become greater vessels of light.
Tonihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084193801538879568.post-55397882367899745872008-11-09T13:33:00.000-08:002008-12-11T19:31:58.612-08:00They Are Wise MenCan you imagine the wise men, after traveling for many, many miles, finally reaching the place where Christ was staying? Can you imagine how eagerly they touched his little baby hands, and marveled at the light in the baby eyes?

That is the story that They Are Wisemen tells. It is amazing to me that the Star of Bethlehem stood overhead in plain sight--where everyone could see it--but only these few men watched for it and knew its import. While all the world went on its way oblivious.

This song encourages us to be wise, to not be so caught up with the world and its web that we never look toward heaven for the light that it sends.Tonihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084193801538879568.post-55850890715481313212008-11-09T12:52:00.000-08:002008-12-11T19:34:07.065-08:00If Not for LoveThe phrase came to me one day, "If not for love, what then?" What would we do if the Savior had not loved us? Certainly there would be no earth, no sun, no life. Even if there would be life, we would be doomed to endless damnation, with no way to move beyond the mistakes we make in life.

There would be no comforting peace of the Spirit to ease the journey. No exemplary life to show us a better way to live.

Somehow the phrase became the Christmas song, "If Not for Love." The images in the verses portray the condescension of Christ: "the King of Kings no castle knows; Swaddling rags for royal robes." And yet as this great gift was given, people went on their various ways, oblivious: "While in the city people sleep."

Diane has written beautiful, aching music to accompany the lyrics. We hope that together they will help you and your listeners to find greater appreciation in the love of the Savior, and greater determination to wake up and seek Christ.Tonihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084193801538879568.post-70402166862812296212008-10-25T10:54:00.000-07:002008-10-25T12:19:53.827-07:00Watch With MeI have always loved the works of Carl Bloch--his paintings always have a story to tell. When we were decorating our new home (not new anymore--this was nine years ago) I wanted just the right art work in our entry way. I wanted a certain Bloch painting, "Doubtful Thomas." For obvious reasons.

At the time, Bloch works were not readily available, and so I figured I'd just have to frame an old and, therefore, cool, book plate. I got on the internet and finally found a book of his works that was some 80 years old, but the description was in Danish, so I wasn't exactly sure what the volume was. I decided to buy the book anyway and take my chances.

It turned out to be a treasure--23 folio sized photoengravings of Bloch's works from the King's Praying Chamber in Frederiksborg Castle Chapel. One of them I had never seen before--it was a depiction of Christ in Gethsemane being comforted by an angel, a stunning piece of art. But this old, black and white photoengraving also showed something that is no longer visible today today due to the darkening of the work with age (See full color print here.). Off in the shadows, to the left of the Savior, a disciple is visible, fast asleep.

Now I mentioned that Bloch always has a story to tell, and this one jumped right out at me. "Which are you," the painting seemed to ask, "the sleeping disciple or the angel, comforting the Savior in his extremity?"

That is the story that  "Watch With Me" tells. Knowing that the Savior gave the ultimate gift on our behalf, at the greatest possible price, for the highest of reasons, are we willing to serve Him with our best? Or are we sleeping disciples, easily distracted, half in the shadows?

Diane has created one of her most beautiful musical settings for this song; hope you enjoy it!
Tonihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084193801538879568.post-58495722345602578632008-10-11T18:13:00.000-07:002008-10-11T19:01:18.615-07:00May Thy Daystar Rise in MeA couple of years ago, Diane and I decided that we ought to try submitting songs to the 2007 LDS Church Music Contest, and set a goal to do so. We weren't really certain what kinds of materials they were looking for, so we picked a couple songs, one for the Relief Society and the other for the General Music Competition, and submitted them. I also decided to try my hand at writing a hymn text, something I had never done before. Well, to our delight and amazement, each of the songs and the hymn text won awards, and we were invited to attend the two concerts on Temple Square to hear our works performed. (See A Vessel of Light and He Knows His Lambs.)

The text of May Thy Daystar Rise in Me draws from several scriptures that speak of Christ as the Light of the World. The final phrase of each verse, "May thy Daystar rise in me," is taken from 2 Peter 1:19, where the daystar refers to the sun. Peter encourages us to heed the words of the prophets, until one's personal witness and received light are akin to the brightness of the dawning sun, casting away doubts, and penetrating and illuminating all.

As we seek to reflect the glory of God in our lives--as the sun and stars and other creations do--we show our desire to have the Daystar rise in our hearts.

As we choose light to guide us through this darkened world, light that "darkness cannot comprehend," we also show our desire to have the Daystar rise in our hearts.

As we keep our eye single to God's glory, we are promised that the light will grow, "brighter and brighter until the perfect day" (D&C 50:24). Then indeed, we will have the "more sure word of prophecy," and the Daystar will live in our hearts.
Tonihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084193801538879568.post-71199125004931882862008-10-02T10:30:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:00:57.137-07:00As I Am LovedDiane and I were asked to write this song for a Stake Visiting Teaching Conference. The song is a duet, one voice representing a sister desperately needing fellowship and comfort, and the other her visiting teacher. I believe that every woman can relate to the expressions of emotion that both parts relate: the feelings of isolation and discouragement and the strong desire to be an instrument in the Lord's hands, to love as we are loved.

The song climaxes in the final chorus were the two separate choruses--prayers, really--weave around each other to exemplify the principle that we need each other:

"Father, ... look upon me with thine eye"/"Father, make me wise, help me see with thine eyes."

"Give me strength to bear, the burdens I despair"/"Teach me to watch with care, for burdens I can share."

"If it be Thy will, make my storms be stilled"/"Help me understand; Make me thy hands."

The point of the song is that we cannot become like Christ unless we are willing to love and serve, and also willing to accept love and service. sometimes the latter is more difficult than the former.

Diane has created a wonderful musical setting for this song; it is complex and somewhat difficult, but well worth the trouble.

Tonihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084193801538879568.post-79535130861842637522008-09-25T07:15:00.000-07:002008-09-28T22:33:48.798-07:00The Power of MusicAs I read over Toni's thoughts about our music I am again reminded of why I hooked up with her in the beginning: She has such a beautiful, poetic way of conveying gospel principles that soothes the soul, uplifts the heart, and brings hope when life feels gray. How grateful I am that she has this gift and way with words. Also, with Toni writing the lyrics, I can focus on writing music, which is where my heart is.

Having insightful lyrics is the first step in creating music that resonates within, but then comes the challenge of setting the lyrics to music that is equally stirring. Soulful music coupled with lyrics bearing truth is especially powerful because it has a way of slipping through the back door of one's heart, quietly, unannounced, and melting away emotional barriers that otherwise would remain in place. When composing heart-felt music, it is important to match the emotional depth of the lyrics with the style of music. Have you ever heard a song sung where the lyrics were intense, but the music just didn't fit? Or, the music was so beautiful, but the lyrics were trite? Creating lyric-music unity is something Toni and I feel strongly about and try to achieve in our music.

For the greatest musical effect, the climax of the music needs to align with the climax of the lyrics. All accents should come together at the same moment: lyric, agogic, dynamic, metric, and tonal. I like to have the vocal part/parts begin a piece simply, with thinner musical textures and harmonies, build to the climax utilizing these accents, and then simplify again, bringing emotional resolution and peace (closure). Hopefully, the heart of the listener is gradually softening as the song progresses so when the music and lyrics simultaneously peak, the spiritual message is deeply felt and internalized. That's the goal.

When Toni and I first began writing music together, we had to learn about these concepts through much trial and error, and through the graciousness of choral directors who were willing to subject their choirs to our first pieces. Though many moans and groans were expressed by those choirs as they tried to read hand-written scores, learn unfamiliar tunes and lyrics, and put up with editing changes along the way, it was through their patience and tolerance that we were able to grow as writers. We will be ever grateful for them. Zelma Kinnison is one choral director who will always remain an angel in my eyes. Another person whom I will forever thank is Anna Carson (her voice is not of this world). I probably sought her opinion of my music with a self-defeating motive--if she thought it was bad, I would quit writing. But...she liked it! That vulnerable beginning opened the door for me to believe a bit more in myself, gave me courage to continue on, and even allowed me to meet Toni. I often wonder what I would be doing today had I not risked asking Anna what she thought of my music. This has taught me to always encourage others in their artistic endeavors, no matter what their level of ability, believing it is better to inspire than to judge.Dianehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084193801538879568.post-62482831496810680632008-09-22T08:34:00.000-07:002008-09-22T08:52:20.005-07:00Child of MineChild of Mine was written at the request of our stake president, for a stake conference meeting. I came up with a lyric, but Diane pretty much thought it was lame-o. Nonetheless she began composing and had a pretty melody when, after more discussion, I rewrote the whole song!

The ideas of this song are important for parents to hear. Parenting brings such joy and misery, and can be very discouraging at times. Nonetheless, we need to remember, that we are not alone in this task--our children are God's children first.

The chorus borrows heavily from the words of Orson F. Whitney, because I don't believe anyone could say it better: "You parents of the willful and the wayward! Don't give them up. Don't cast them off. They are not utterly lost. The Shepherd will find his sheep. They were His before they were yours--long before he entrusted them to your care; and you cannot begin to love them as he loves them. They have but strayed in ignorance from the Path of Right, and God is merciful to ignorance. Only the fullness of knowledge brings the fullness of accountability. Our Heavenly Father is far more merciful, infinitely more charitable, than even the best of his servants, and the Everlasting Gospel is mightier in power to save than our narrow finite minds can comprehend" ( Conference Report, April, 1929 p. 110).

The verses are inspired by a letter that I wrote to my son as he left on a mission, expressing my hopes for him and the inadequacies every parent feels: "Have I taught him all he needs to know?"; "Have I passed on to him, unwittingly, my imperfections?"

This song has touched many hearers, and we hope it will continue to comfort and inspire parents, who have such an amazing charge to fulfill.

Tonihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084193801538879568.post-88832336924194630252008-09-19T09:14:00.001-07:002008-09-19T15:02:29.047-07:00A New Star Over Bethlehem

On that holy night so long ago when the Savior was born, the veil of the heavens was rent and glory spilled to earth as hosts of angels, a veritable army of heaven proclaimed peace to the world.

Yet as the angels departed and darkness once more claimed the night, one bright witness remained in the heavens; the scriptures tell us that a new star arose and stood fast over Bethlehem. Although wise men at some distance saw the star and knew its significance, apparently, those near Bethlehem were oblivious to the light shining from above.

Nonetheless, through that night and through the nights that followed, the new star gleamed in the sky, steady, penetrating, reaching every part of the world with its still, small light. Did not some glimmer of its light grace that scene about the manger where Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus found rest? In the loneliness of night could not the fisherman have seen its reflection dance in the black water of the Sea of Galilee? Night after dark night, did not the light of the star of Bethlehem offer hope to the child born blind? To the prodigal son who had forgotten the way home? To the woman, ensnared in sin, condemned by those who should teach forgiveness?

And still today, in man's darkest hours of despair and fear, does not the starlight yet shimmer as it weaves amid the twisted branches and tangled olive leaves of the ancient grove at Gethsemane? For the star of Bethlehem was sent as sign, symbol, and promise of the great work that Christ came to the earth to perform.

For in that ancient grove at Gethsemane, on another sacred night when moon and stars wove through twisted branches and tangled olive leaves, Jesus suffered in agony of body and spirit, in anguish so intense that an angel was sent to strengthen Him. There Jesus paid the penalty for all the wrong, the weak, the weariness and sin in all creation. When, finally, the Savior surrendered His life on the cross and rose to live again, the permanence of death and sorrow, misery, and injustice were destroyed.

"Come unto me," Jesus calls, "All ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I shall give you rest." That is to say, "I have suffered for your sins, for your weakness, for your sorrow. Allow me to take away what I have already paid for on your behalf. Come and have peace in your life now, and eternal blessings in the world to come."

That is why I wrote the lyrics to "A New Star Over Bethlehem." Diane has made a beautiful song of it: it is available as both a simple solo version and as a more involved choral arrangement.

Tonihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084193801538879568.post-90032099358114173292008-09-19T09:14:00.000-07:002008-09-19T14:35:45.829-07:00The KidronDiane and I wrote "The Kidron" more than ten years ago and it's an unusual song for several reasons. Usually we approach a song in a more traditional way: I'll write the lyrics and then Diane will create the music to the lyrics. In this case, however, we were working on another song when the Kidron music came to her. Diane knew she had something great, but it didn't fit the song we were working on.

When I heard the haunting melody, I knew what the music was telling about: Gethsemane.

When Jesus and his disciples left the upper room where they had been celebrating the Passover feast, John records that they crossed over the "brook Cedron," or Kidron, and entered into the Garden of Gethsemane. The Kidron Valley separates the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives, while the brook Kidron is actually a dry steam bed, except when it rains.

This song uses the imagery of the soft, soothing rain as a metaphor for the atonement: Christ suffered our sins; we are ransomed by the sacrifice of His life and His blood which flowed freely under the olive trees in Gethsemane as Jesus suffered the anguish of an infinite burden, and paid the debt for our cumulative sins.

The Kidron has been recorded by Michael Ballam and was presented at one of his Education Week lectures on Jerusalem. You can also hear it on our website, as sung by Anna Bjarnson Carson.

Tonihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084193801538879568.post-78701033474538106522008-09-14T12:44:00.000-07:002008-09-15T08:32:21.754-07:00Hearing the MusicFor me, writing music begins in the morning when my mind is fresh--free and uncluttered from the worries of the day. I remember back in my childhood, hearing bits and pieces of melody, and I would try to pluck them out on the piano to make some sort of musical sense out of them. As I played these simple themes, I would hear additional music coming into my mind. I didn't know why I heard these songs, but they were fun to play and kept me entertained.

Over the years, as I progressed on the piano, I began to hear more embellished music. I remember struggling to notate these pieces and turned to classical music books for help. I also studied the notation styles in favorite pieces of choral sheet music and tried to incorporate them into my own compositions. It was a long, arduous process. Before I had a computer, or music-writing software, I remember spending tedious hours cutting bazillion noteheads, clefs, staff lines, and every other music notation symbol out of old music in order to manually paste them together for a professional-appearing copy of our Cantata: Christ--Life and Light of the World. Now we have programs such as Sibelius to do this tedious work for us.

In writing music with Toni, the process of writing in the morning still continues. She will hand me some lyrics (the first draft anyway), and I sit at the piano with my mind a blank slate. I always say a prayer before I begin. I put my hands on the keyboard (in faith that something will come), and begin to pluck away. After a few random keystrokes, a melody often jumps into my mind, and I feel my fingers following the melody. This is the part that still amazes me, that a unique melody does come, each time. I am constantly humbled by each experience and know it is not "me" writing the music.

You might think that after all these years of composing I can do this by myself. I have tried to "write music" on my own--it doesn't work. I can sit on the bench all day long, struggle to logically put this or that chord together in some sort of musical semblance, but nothing magic happens, nothing spiritually stirring, or emotionally touching. But as I allow myself to "hear the music" Heaven wants me to hear, it flows easily. Miraculously. It is a gift.

As I write the initial music down, Toni usually hands me a second draft, or third, or...fourth! But I am no diffferent. Sometimes the opposite happens. I will be playing along, and I think the song is finished when all of a sudden my hands start playing something completely different, as if they had a mind of their own, right in the middle of the piece. I then tell Toni about the new section and need for additional lyrics. This has now become the norm, both in changes in music and lyrics, as we come to complete what the Lord has intended all along!

I remember being asked to write the music for a play for the stake that would be performed in the community in honor of the pioneers. Toni and I were hard-pressed because that meant a full 2-1/2-hour production with roughly 25 songs to be composed and arranged for full choir, soloists, and background music. In three months. We both needed a miracle. Never before, or after, have I experienced hearing so many melodies upon first awakening as I did writing that play. Each morning I would wake up with a new song in my head, clear as day. I would call Toni and ask her if she had ever heard the song before, as it sounded so familiar to me, like I had sung it all my life. She would say no and then hand me the lyrics for the next day's music she had just written. We were under intense pressure, and yet it was so wonderful to hear each new development of the play, and then write more music every day. The true miracle of it was that I had never arranged music to this extent before; I felt empowered with musical abilities greater than my own. This is a gift.

Diane

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084193801538879568.post-44858781686335550042008-09-11T12:59:00.000-07:002008-09-11T18:16:27.820-07:00Joseph KnewThis song is probably our best known. It is difficult to write a song about Joseph Smith; there is so much to say, but it's hard to find a new way to say it!

But the title pretty well sums up the song--Joseph knew. He saw; he heard; he felt; he knew. And with that knowledge, he was unshakeable from the course the Lord had set for him.

We originally wrote this song over 10 years ago for a fireside about Emma Smith. Since then, it has been included in plays, several missionary CD efforts, and many other sacrament meetings and firesides.

How have you used it? Send us a message and let us know!

Link to "Joseph Knew"Tonihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084193801538879568.post-7402223560481555792008-09-11T12:49:00.000-07:002008-09-11T18:17:52.692-07:00The YokeThis song is very dear to my heart. It began as a poem that I wrote many years ago. Then as we were considering a setting for an Easter song, the ideas of the poem came back to me and I decided to incorporate them.

The metaphor of the song--the Yoke--refers to Christ's promise to carry our burdens, a promise that was made possible through the atonement, which included Christ's willingness to shoulder the cross. Although often the cross is portrayed as something that resembles a plus sign, in actuality, Christ bore only the heavy cross beam through the streets of Jerusalem on his way to Calvary, and in my mind it seems as a kind of yoke.

And so I portray Him as a child, learning the carpenter's craft from his father, and then as a man fashioning a "yoke" that would bear all of our burdens.

There is a lot to think about in the words, but aside from that, I hope that the loveliness of the song can carry its message even on a superficial level.

Diane has done a wonderful job setting the emotions of the words to music, steadily building to the climax, and then delivering it with tenderness.

Most importantly, we hope that the words and music encourage people to accept the Lord's invitation, "Come unto Me."

Link to "The Yoke"Tonihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084193801538879568.post-23547047769933120922008-09-11T12:38:00.000-07:002008-09-11T18:18:48.417-07:00Here Am I; Send MeAwhile back, a friend of Diane's asked her daughter to sing at their son's mission farewell. Well, nothin' like a mission farewell to inspire the creativity and bring out the Spirit, so we decided we'd squeeze in a song. We had been quite busy, me with the Messiah and Diane with school and life, so it was an occasion where we really had to count on the Spirit it get it done. In a week.

So I wrote a verse and a chorus and sent it to Diane to start composing; then I wrote the second verse and bridge. It all came together amazingly quickly. Originally, the chorus ended simply with "Here am I; Send me," but Diane had the inspiration to stretch out the musical phrasing and repeat "Here am I" three times before concluding with "Send me." When she sent the music to me, I adapted the lyrics to read as they do now, "Here am I; I will go. Here am I; Send me." As is usually the case when we collaborate, the synthesis of our separate efforts combines to make something greater than either, alone, could have created.

"The love of God has followed me all of my days," is one of the phrases in our music I love the best. It says so much of how I feel about the Savior. I'm not sure I can even take credit for writing it; it was a gift.

But this song is our testimony of the Gospel with gratitude for all that the Lord has graced our lives with.

Link to "Here am I; Send Me"Tonihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084193801538879568.post-30795620845540289062008-09-07T15:06:00.000-07:002008-09-07T15:18:02.896-07:00How it began...Anna Carson introduced us. Diane wanted to write a song about a widow; I had written a poem. That's how I became a lyricist! Evidently that is all it takes, someone willing to write music to your poetry!

That was about 18 years ago, and we have written many songs, musicals, and programs since then.

I must say that I'm chagrined when people ask me if I "wrote" the music they just heard. I don't write music, you see. I only write the words. Diane is the one who has the genius for melody and setting, the knowledge, and the patience to work with me!

It's been great; that's the truth of it.

Toni ThomasTonihttp://email@example.com


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Now, the lighting in that photo may be a little weird, but that buttery goodness is the TRUTH.
This is part of a brunch menu I put together for a staff brunch at Portia's TurnTable for my coworkers awhile back, which included this strata and these biscuits.
Now don't you wish you worked in my office?
Here's a fun fact: you can do everything but the baking the night before. Let your croissants soak up the custardy deliciousness overnight in the refrigerator (covered, of course). Take out of the fridge 1 hour before baking time.
♫ Suggested listening: something maple-y. ♫
Click to listen: Jens Lekman – "Maple Leaves"
Recipe adapted from Food and Wine.
- 6 large croissants (about 1 pound), cut into 2-inch chunks
- Butter, for the dish
- 1 cup pumpkin puree (or get some pumpkin pie filling in a can and skip the spices below)
- Dashes of your favorite pumpkin pie spices: cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, etc.
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup milk
- 7 eggs
- 3/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup rum (optional)
- Pinch of salt
- Splash of vanilla extract
- Additional maple syrup for serving (or vanilla ice cream, if serving after a meal!)
- Preheat the oven to 425°. Spread the croissant pieces on a baking sheet and toast for about 10 minutes, stirring once, until golden brown. Let cool.
- Lower the oven temperature to 350°. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. In a large bowl, whisk the pumpkin pie filling with the cream, milk, eggs, maple syrup and salt. In the prepared baking dish, pour the pumpkin mixture on top of the croissant chunks, pressing with the back of a spoon until most of the croissants are moistened.
- Bake for about 40 minutes, until the center is just set; tent with foil if the top starts to brown too quickly. Let cool to warm and serve with the toppings of your choice. Some of my guests drizzled additional maple syrup on top, and some thought it had the perfect amount of sweetness without it.
And was it delicious? Uh… YEAH!


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northernbloke wrote:
What happened last time when he nearly walked?
What happened last time when he nearly walked?
The RFL bunged the landlord 100k to take us in.
If they hadn't, wed have folded and SL would have had a skewed fixture list.......as it was we were woefully unprepared and were relegated with only 1 win all year and an average gate of 1,295....again, another example of one mans arrogance impacting negatively on the club.
We lost 1,000 fans from our last year at the Stoop to our first at the Hive....1,000 fans! That is 13,000 over the season at a score a pop let's call it an even quarter of a million in lost revenue.....more than the rent at the Stoop.....so maths and marketing are at least 2 things we know he's not very good at!