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President Barack Obama's decision to nominate former federal prosecutor Mary Jo White as the next chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission sends a signal to both his liberal base and the business community that cracking down on Wall Street will remain a second-term priority.
The administration has come under criticism from reform advocates and some liberals for being too timid in going after bad actors from the 2008 financial crisis.
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If confirmed, White also would keep a woman as the head of a top financial regulator at a time when the administration is facing questions about the diversity of the president's latest round of nominees for top administration jobs.
"It's not enough to change the law," Obama said at a White House event announcing the pick. "We also need cops on the beat to enforce the law."
White is expected to have bipartisan appeal.
She served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York for about nine years beginning with President Bill Clinton; during that time, she prosecuted terrorists and organized crime. She later became a white-collar defense lawyer, representing corporations and executives such as former Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis.
"Other than the fact she served under Clinton, you couldn't tell she was a Democratic appointee or a Republican appointee," said Neil Barofsky, a New York University law school senior fellow who once worked for White and was later confirmed as the first special inspector general of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. "That will come through in the confirmation process."
Barofsky, who praised the choice of White, has been a leading critic of the Obama administration's response to the financial crisis.
Also on Thursday, the president announced he will renominate Richard Cordray to be director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In January 2012, Obama placed Cordray in that job through a controversial recess appointment after Republicans blocked a vote on his confirmation.
On Thursday, Obama urged Republicans to drop their objections.
"Financial institutions have plenty of lobbyists looking out for their interests," Obama said. "The American people need Richard to keep standing up for them, and there is absolutely no excuse for the Senate to wait any longer to confirm him."
A White House official said White and Cordray are being nominated for "top enforcement roles" to implement reforms so that Wall Street is held accountable.
"The SEC plays an essential role in the implementation of Wall Street reform and rooting out reckless behavior in the financial industry, and White's background in enforcement and record of success make her the perfect choice to lead the agency at this important time," the White House official said.


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'Dust', first appeared in Forbidden Planets, edited by Peter Crowther, Daw, 2006
'Winning Peace', first appeared in The New Space Opera, edited by Jonathan Strahan and Gardner Dozois, HarperCollins, 2007
'Adventure', first appeared in Fast Forward 2, edited by Lou Anders, 2008
'City of the Dead', first appeared in Postscripts, 2008
'Crimes and Glory', first appeared in Subterranean Magazine, 2009
'The Choice', first appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, Dell Magazines, 2011
'Bruce Springsteen', first appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, Dell Magazines, 2012
'The Man', first appeared in Arc Infinity Spring 2012
'Crimes and Glory' is over at the Subterranean site (although perhaps for not much longer), and you can buy a Kindle version of 'City of the Dead' for a few pennies or cents.
Meanwhile, and this is one of the reasons posting has been so sparse here lately, I've just turned in the first of two Jackaroo novels to my editor at Gollancz. It's called Something Coming Through and is currently scheduled for publication in the UK in February 2015. I've also been working on a BFI Classics book on Terry Gilliam's fabulous dystopian comedy Brazil, which will be published (I think) in September, as part of the BFI's SF season. There's just a week to go before the deadline, and I still have to revise the conclusion and introduction and organise the footnotes. More later.

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Advanced Diploma Student - Alex Jessup
For the past 14 weeks, it's been a lot of fun art directing two of our Advanced Diploma students, Alex and Spiros. This is an extension course offered at FZD to further train students and hopefully give them a higher chance of entering AAA studios after graduation. Check out what Alex has done below. I will upload Spiros work tomorrow.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Art of John Liew
Check out these awesome works by FZD Alumni, John Liew. Freakin' cool!
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This is a giving time of year.
Cub Scout Pack 7 Buttonwoods made care packages for the troops in Afghanistan and mailed them in time to get there by Christmas; the Gorton Junior High Student Council held a competition between homerooms and collected nearly a ton of food that went to the Westbay Community Action (WCA) Marketplace; and Don Rodrigues and his Karate Academy held their annual holiday tournament with an entrance fee of a gift to go to the Toys for Tots program run by the Marine Corps.
But, as generous as people are, many of those who work to connect donations with people who need them are reporting a decrease in the level of giving and an increase in demand.
By this time last year, the Neighbors Helping Neighbors program run by the city and promoted by the Warwick Beacon had collected $15,000 in donations. A little more than half that amount had been received as of yesterday including $2,400 in mostly single dollar bills collected from a box outside the Gristmill Road home of Frank Picozzi.
"Every night there used to be at least one twenty," says Picozzi. Not this year.
"People are giving but just not as much," Picozzi said.
Yet Picozzi's 45-minute computerized Christmas light show put to music that people can watch it from their cars is attracting more spectators than ever. There's no charge for the show, but people are urged to make contributions to Neighbors Helping Neighbors. Last year donations totaled $4,200.
Picozzi would be happy if this year's collections come anywhere near that.
Rodrigues said he was "bummed out" when fewer than usual number of students registered for the 12th annual tournament for Toys for Tots. While fewer toys were collected during the tournament, families still came through and when Rodrigues counted them all up there were more than 200.
Bob Ventrini, who conducted the 18th annual Toys for Tots telethon at the Warwick Mall on Dec. 6 related a similar experience. Donations were slow to start with, and he feared the economy had put a serious dent in collections.
"But then they just kept coming and coming," he said yesterday.
That not what Roberta Steinle, of the City Department of Human Services has seen with the Neighbors Helping Neighbors program.
"They're coming in very slowly," she said last week.
A big boost of more than $1,300 came in over the weekend from the boot collections by Warwick Firefighters, but overall donations are running behind those of last year.
As the program works ahead by a year, using contributions made last year and over the summer to meet needs, $25,000 in $20 Stop & Shop vouchers has been already distributed to 950 families, an increase of 46 from last year. Depending on size, one family may get more than a single voucher.
"We're seeing people who used to wish for toys and games, telling us they need food," said Steinle.
Working with Westbay Community Action, Steinle qualifies requests for assistance based on income. They eliminate duplication by coordinating the giving from other agencies and groups. This is done at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
"We have more baskets at Thanksgiving," says Steinle.
Nonetheless, the donation of baskets for Christmas fills a significant portion of the overall effort. On Saturday the Rotary Club of Warwick assembled 100 baskets that recipients picked up from Westbay Marketplace. Another 74 baskets were assembled and donated by St. Kevin, St. Peter and St. Mark Churches.
Fortunately, there hasn't been a drop in the donation of baskets.
Westbay executive director Jeanne Gattegno sees "a change." Like Steinle, she has seen a shift away from requests for toys to a focus on food and heating assistance. She worries about the reduction in federal funding for heating grants that many low income people depend on. Warmer than usual weather has thus far masked what Gattengo fears could be a serious problem.
Westbay also coordinates the Christmas adopt a family program, matching 170 families with companies and groups that take on filling the wish list of a family. One of the program's largest contributors is Kent Hospital that annually adopts 40 families. The hospital remains a stalwart, but some other regular contributors dropped out this year. As filling a family wish list usually runs about $600, finding companies or individuals to fill those gaps can be difficult. At last Thursday's Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce board meeting, the hat was passed to adopt one family and a handful of board members opened their checkbooks to adopt two more.
There was a time when program donors went over the top buying more than what was on the list.
"We suggest they don't go out and buy big items like televisions," says Gattegno. That doesn't appear to be happening, although the circumstances of those being helped are so desperate there is an urge to do something extra.
"It's heart breaking," Gattegno says of people who have lost their jobs, can't make mortgage payments and find they can't even afford necessities.
WCA has been strapped by the economy, too. As the result of federal cuts, the agency has had to reduce staff from about 80 to 60. They haven't been alone. The Post Office has likewise made staff reductions, requiring carriers to expand their routes and doing away with its annual community food collection at this time of year.
"They don't have the manpower," Gattegno said.
"We make sure whatever resources we have go as far as possible," Gattegno said. Her biggest fear is not being able to meet the demand for heating assistance because of government cuts and rising fuel costs. With the date to register for the program rapidly approaching, Gattegno said the agency is processing about 40 new applications daily and "the cold weather hasn't even hit yet."
Patti St. Amant, Human Services director of family support, finds a commonality between those in need.
"I'm seeing your neighbors," she says. "I'm hearing how they got laid off and how they are losing their 99 weeks of unemployment."
"I wish there was a better way," she said of the unemployment program that, in many cases, pays more than available minimum wage jobs. St. Amant reasons these people would have a better shot of securing better jobs if they were employed.
"Once you have a job it's easier to get another," she said.
She doesn't see an incentive for people to give up unemployment as long as they would lose revenue with a job paying less. Yet they are trapped between utility bills, the mortgage payment or rent, the cost of food and paying for a car…"They have just hit the wall."
Nonetheless, she doesn't see the urge to help others lessening even though the means to do it are not always there.
"We are going to take care of each other because that's what we are," she said.


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"If we were to take a straw poll as to what already announced Android phone T-Mobile customers want to see on the Magenta network, the Galaxy S 2 would undoubtedly be at the top of the list. With that in mind we might have some good news."
Really, it's not all that surprising when you think about it. I imagine we'll see some variant of the Galaxy S 2 on every major and several of the minor networks before all is said and done. It is nice to see a bit of evidence though that it might me coming sooner rather than later. The Galaxy S 2 is one amazing phone that's for sure. One I really wish I could get unlocked for AT&T. Yeah, I know. Fat chance. But who knows, maybe this phone will be uncluttered enough that I might not be afraid to actually purchase a carrier branded phone? Yeah.... I know....


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smachimo needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 70 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
TrekStorm (http://www.TrekStorm.com) and Life Before Work (http://www.LBWtravel.com)
This project can best be classified as a promotional contest and giveaway, which is being co-held by TrekStorm and Life Before Work. The main purpose of the contest is to attract and gain fans on our Facebook pages and increase the exposure of our services. TrekStorm provides travelers with a simple environment where everyone can contribute and search through travel experiences. And, Life Before Work specializes in group tours to Thailand. Both companies have teamed up to increase the exposure of our services by offering a free trip to Thailand as the primary prize.
The promotion of this project will be through the distribution of postcards that provides details on the contest and directs these recipients to visit our Facebook fan pages to complete the required steps.
TrekStorm - "Providing travelers with a simple and clutter-free environment to share and search through travel experiences. Check out http://www.TrekStorm.com and use "thailand" as a signup code to join and post your travel experiences!"
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- TrekStorm Logo + quoted text from "brief overview" section above on TrekStorm.
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- "Please recycle this"
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FACEBOOK FAN PAGE LANDING AREA (ie: Facebook.com/99Designs or /QuikSilver - trying to create an interesting landing page for first time visitors and not simply the boring "wall". Ask for more info in comments.)
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo of bearing some responsibility for a 1997 massacre in a Mexican village and covering it up.
A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City on Tuesday rejected an appeal by 10 people who sued Zedillo for $50 million in 2011. The court upheld a ruling by U.S. District Judge Michael Shea in Hartford last July that Zedillo is immune from lawsuits as a former head of state.
The unnamed plaintiffs say they are survivors of the killings of 45 people in Acteal in the southern state of Chiapas on Dec. 22, 1997. They sued Zedillo in federal court in Connecticut, where Zedillo is an international studies professor at Yale University in New Haven.
Zedillo, who was president of Mexico from 1994 to 2000, has said allegations in the lawsuit are slanderous and groundless, and the U.S. State Department backed his immunity claim.
The plaintiffs argued that Shea improperly dismissed their lawsuit without giving them a chance to amend it.
"The additional allegations Plaintiffs want to press _ that Zedillo was personally involved in the massacre and that the Mexican Ambassador's request for immunity was invalid _ would not overcome the immunity," the appeals court ruled.
It's not clear if the plaintiffs will try to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Their Miami-based lawyer, Roger Kobert, declined to comment on the ruling Thursday.
"We're weighing our options at this point," he said.
Zedillo's lawyer, Jonathan Freiman, said the federal appeals court made the right decision. "We are gratified that this baseless lawsuit has been dismissed," he said.
The massacre was the worst instance of violence during a conflict that began when the Zapatista movement staged a brief armed uprising in early 1994 to demand more rights for Indians in Chiapas. During a prayer meeting in Acteal, paramilitaries with alleged government ties attacked Roman Catholic activists who sympathized with the rebels. The assailants killed 45 people over several hours, including children as young as 2 months old.
After the killings, Zedillo denounced them as criminal and urged government and human rights officials to investigate.
The lawsuit alleges that Zedillo's administration ended peace talks with the Zapatistas and launched a plan to arm and train local militias to fight them. It also claims Zedillo was aware of the actions in Acteal, covered them up and broke international human rights laws under the Geneva Conventions as well as a host of other laws.
The plaintiffs' lawyer argued that the State Department based its immunity recommendation on an illegal and unauthorized letter by the Mexican ambassador to the U.S. Kobert said the ambassador's letter to U.S. officials was declared void by a Mexican court, which ruled that the ambassador wasn't authorized to request immunity for Zedillo.
A Mexican appellate court later overturned that ruling, but Kobert said it was based on a technicality and not on the merits of whether the ambassador's letter was illegal.
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Congratulations to John Coggeshall on having his Zend_Service_Slideshare component accepted into the Zend Framework incubator.
What's the component? If you haven't seen it before, Slideshare.net is an excellent site for hosting various Powerpoint slide shows for public consumption (think YouTube for slide shows). I wrote the component during the my site redesign to host my various slide shows which can be found in the resources section.
If you'd like to get your hands on it and play with it before the official release, you can always grab it from the Subversion repository for the ZF project.


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An emotional crowd of about 350 gathered and witnessed the end of an era on Friday as eight young women marched into Town Hall and became the final graduates from Provincetown High School.
Dressed in black caps and gowns, the eight graduates sat onstage as the audience of family, alumni, and community members, applauded and celebrated their accomplishments.
"I don't think it could have gone any better," said graduate and cosalutatorian Kaitlyn Lee Silva, 18. "It was a really hard moment, because growing up in Provincetown, it's just something that was always known: If you grew up in Provincetown or Truro, you always knew you were going to Provincetown High.
"I didn't know whether to cry or to be happy to be graduating," she said.
The decision to close the school was made three years ago when Silva's class was in its freshman year, said Kim Pike, the principal of Provincetown High School.
The student body continued to shrink, which led to the shut down, she said.
Silva's class was given a choice: attend another area high school on Cape Cod or stay as the final graduating class, she said.
A few students decided to attend other schools, said Pike, but Silva and her seven classmates opted to stay.
By their senior year, "it was just the eight of us," Silva said.
Fellow graduate Molly Nelson, 18, said the decision to remain at Provincetown High was an easy one.
"I've lived in Provincetown since I was going into kindergarten and worked all the way through the system," she said. "I couldn't picture myself anywhere else."
Pike said she became the principal of the school when the eight graduates were freshmen. "I've been there exactly four years. They are my first freshman class and my last senior class. It was such an honor for me," she said.
The decision to end the high school program was a difficult one, said Pike, but being able to phase it out gradually helped.
"We had a chance to transition the program," she said. "That's given everyone the chance to mourn together, to go through and understand what's happening.
"This year we decided to make it a celebration," said Pike.
"We really reached out to the community to give us stories about this incredible high school, to look back and reminisce and celebrate."
The high school building at 12 Winslow St. has been around since 1931, she said.
The town will still have a prekindergarten through eighth-grade program, but high school students will travel to other schools such as Nauset Regional High School or Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, said Pike.
During the ceremony, heartfelt speeches were delivered, scholarships presented, and alumni were honored along with this year's graduates, said Nelson.
"Everyone was really watching intently," she said. "It was like having a giant family. People just wanted us to succeed."
Nelson said another senior described the ceremony and situation as "a tragic honor" in her speech and couldn't agree more.
"It's sad to see it end," said Nelson. "It's sad to see the students dwindle and the halls become empty. But at the same time, I feel blessed to be a part of the school. Being the last class is a special thing."Derek J. Anderson can be reached at email@example.com.


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Some of us recently realized there's a whole world out there, and perhaps it'd be a good idea to visit it once in a while, and an even better idea to (gulp) exercise in it.
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Lady Antebellum to Throw Prom Party for Tornado-Ravaged High School
Three weeks ago, we reported that Lady Antebellum had opened up a competition, agreeing to come perform for 45 minutes at the prom of the high school who submitted the best video via their website. They invited YouTube submissions and promised to review them and choose their favorite, selecting that school as the lucky high school who got to have an 'Own the Night'-themed prom, complete with a Lady A concert.
Now, three weeks after the contest kicked off, the trio have made their decision. In quite an inspiring turn of events, the winning video submission from Indiana's Silver Creek High School was not a request for the band to come to their prom. Rather than asking for the honor for themselves, Silver Creek students asked Lady A to come to the prom of a neighboring high school: Henryville High School, which was pretty much destroyed during the recent tornadoes that violently swept southern Indiana.
In the winning video, students from Silver Creek take a second to show off their school before getting to the heart of their video — they want the 'We Owned the Night' singers to skip their prom on April 28 and instead make an appearance at the Henryville High prom to help lift their spirits. Speaking of the devastating tornadoes, one of the two prom sponsors, a teacher at the school, speaks to why this night is of such importance to the community.
"It never came across our minds that we would not give these kids a prom," she explains, "and in fact, the very first thought I had was that I was going to make sure that this was the best prom that they ever had. If I had to spend my own money, they were going to have a prom." A female student says that, for such a close community, the presence of Lady Antebellum would do a good deal to lighten the recent load.
"We are a very tight-knit community, and everybody knows each other," she says. "I didn't lose my house, but I think for the kids who have lost their houses, it would give them hope and something to look forward to with Lady Antebellum coming to our prom." Though Lady Antebellum have a conflicting event on the night of HSH's prom, they're planning on doing one better and throwing an even bigger event in Lousiville, Ky. for the school's juniors and seniors on May 16, following that with a benefit for the community.
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Penguins Announce 2013 Preseason Scheduleby Staff Writer / Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins will begin the 2013 preseason on the road against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday, September 15 at 6 p.m. at Nationwide Arena.
The Penguins return home to host the Detroit Red Wings on Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. at CONSOL Energy Center.
The six-game preseason schedule includes home games against Columbus on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 4 p.m. and Monday, Sept. 23 against the Chicago Blackhawks at 7 p.m.
The Penguins will hold their fourth annual Free Game for Kids when the Penguins host the Blue Jackets on Sept. 21. Details for the event will be available at a later date.
The Penguins will also play road games at Chicago on Sept. 19 (time TBA) and Detroit on Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m.
The broadcast schedule for the pre-season games will be announced as it becomes available.
Penguins 2013 Pre-Season Schedule:
|Sunday, Sept. 15
|at Columbus
|6 p.m.
|Monday, Sept. 16
|7 p.m.
|Thursday, Sept. 19
|at Chicago
|Saturday, Sept. 21
|4 p.m.
|Monday, Sept. 23
|7 p.m.
|Wednesday, Sept. 25
|at Detroit
|7:30 p.m.
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Kval till Elitserien
Mora 1 @ Sodertalje 6
Riku Helenius [6], Sodertalje, DNP
Season totals: 18 GP, 4-11-0, 0 SO, 3.03 GAA, .884 sv%
Kval till Elitserien totals: 0 GP, 0-0-0, 0 SO, 0.00 GAA, 1.000 sv%
Ex-St. Cloud State forward Ryan Lasch had 1 goal and 1 assist to lead Sodertalje to a 6-1 blunt force pounding of Mora in their second game of the Kval till Elitserien. Sodertalje now sits in 2nd on the Kval till Elitserien table, 1 point back of Allsvenskan team Vaxjo and 1 point ahead of fellow Elitserien team MODO. 8 games remain in the promotion/relegation season.
KHL Eastern Conference Semifinals
(2)Kazan 0 @ (3)Ufa 1
Ufa Wins the Series 4-1
Dmitri Kazionov [7], Kazan, 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 3 SOG
Season totals: 44 GP, 2-5-7, +5, 32 PIM
Playoff totals: 5 GP, 0-0-0, E, 4 PIM
Happy trails to defending Gagarin Cup champions Ak Bars Kazan. Ex-Kings goalie Erik Ersberg made 27 saves for a 1-0, Game Five shutout win for Ufa to seal the series win. Ex-Predators first rounder Alexander Radulov had Ufa's only goal. Dmitri Kazionov was scoreless in 13:36 in the match.
That brings to a conclusion the Lightning prospect season in Russia. Yaroslavl and Ufa have already clinched spots in their respective conferences, while St. Petersburg has a 3-2 series lead over Mytischi and former Lightning netminder Karri Ramo [8]'s Omsk club holds a 3-2 series lead over Magnitogorsk.


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Gold climbed the most since September on central-bank buying and signs of more investor demand following last week's biggest drop in three decades.
Russia and Kazakhstan expanded gold reserves for a sixth month in March, International Monetary Fund data show. The volume for the Shanghai Gold Exchange's benchmark contract has been more than four times last year's daily average every day since April 16, while coin sales by the U.S. Mint are heading for the highest since December 2009.
"News about central banks buying is very bullish," Michael Smith, the president of T&K Futures & Options Inc. in Port St. Lucie, Florida, said in a telephone interview. "Prices are roaring higher with reports of increased physical buying worldwide."
Gold futures for June delivery jumped 2.2 percent to $1,454.50 an ounce at 10:38 a.m. on the Comex in New York, heading for the biggest gain since Sept. 13. On April 15, the metal slumped 9.3 percent, the most since March 1980.
Futures have rebounded 10 percent since dropping to a two- year low of $1,321.50 on April 16.
Assets held in the SPDR Gold Trust, the largest exchange- traded fund backed by bullion, dropped to a 3 1/2-year low of 1,092.98 metric tons yesterday and have tumbled 11 percent this month.
"Some of the central banks might take this drop as an opportunity to buy as some physical players did," said Dominic Schnider, head of commodities research at UBS AG's wealth- management unit in Singapore. "The ETF selling, which is likely to continue in the short term, just caps the price."
The U.S. Mint's gold coin sales totaled 196,500 ounces this month, up from 62,000 in March, data on its website show. The total for December 2009 was 231,500 ounces. It said April 23 that it ran out of its smallest American Eagle gold coin.
Silver futures surged 4.5 percent to $23.91 an ounce on the Comex, heading for the biggest increase since June.
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School of Music
Arthur E. Ostrander, Dean
William Pelto, Associate Dean
Craig Cummings, Associate Professor and Chair, Music Theory, History, and Composition
D. Kim Dunnick, Professor and Chair, Performance Studies
Keith Kaiser, Associate Professor and Chair, Music Education
For full faculty listing, see "Faculty and Administration".
Now in its second century, the School of Music affirms its fundamental belief that music and the arts are essential components of the human experience. The School of Music contributes to the ongoing realization of this belief by preparing the music leaders of tomorrow -- highly trained professional musicians educated through expert musical instruction coupled with outstanding performance experiences.
The School of Music:
· Provides an environment that fosters the highest level of musical expression through performing, teaching, and composing music;
· Maintains an international role in the growth, development, and refinement of the art of music;
· Upholds the values of attracting a diverse student body and faculty, and creating a comprehensive curriculum;
· Equips students with professional skills and knowledge in music along with a foundation in the liberal arts;
· Supports a faculty of dedicated teachers and artists who are actively committed to their profession, the School of Music, and the community;
· Provides an outlet for musical performance and study for non-music majors, helping these students gain both an individual experience in music and an awareness of the larger issues of the arts and their role in society;
· Provides a broad range of cultural experiences for the community through recitals, concerts, special lectures, symposia, and outreach programs by students, faculty, and guest artists.
The highest level of musicianship is fostered in all degree programs by developing and refining skills and knowledge in solo and ensemble performance, music theory, music history, and other supportive areas. Professional degrees in music education, performance, jazz studies, composition, sound recording technology, music theory, and music in combination with an outside field, as well as a liberal arts degree in music prepare students for productive careers in teaching, performance, composition, recording, arts administration, and related areas of the music industry. As dedicated teachers, performers, composers, recording engineers, and arts administrators, Ithaca College graduates are national leaders in the arts.
An appreciation of the expressive qualities of music, the cultural enrichment provided by the world of music, and the personal reward of creating music gives life and reason to the general study of music at Ithaca College.
A. Ozolins, Office of Publications, 21. October, 2002


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Sales of superfoods have exploded in recent years as Americans look for easy ways to make their daily diet more healthy.
"Consumers are increasingly looking for healthful nutrients from foods rather than from supplements," says Bob Jones, a principal at Scientia Advisors.
Superfoods are touted for their high nutrient content and disease-fighting properties. However, the health effects of these foods are controversial. While there is no set definition for superfoods, the term is often used for marketing purposes and there is little research on their health benefits.
What's happening, Jones explains, is consumers are increasingly looking for functionality in natural ways by eating yogurt instead of taking probiotics in capsules and eating fish instead of taking fish oil in capsules.
Superfoods, which come in the form of whole foods or drinks and juices, can provide affordable and convenient health and wellness options. Some, however, can be quite expensive.
"We are what we eat," says Elisabetta Poletti, director of nutrition at Duke Diet and Fitness Center in Durham, North Carolina. "There's an association between eating food that is wholesome and nutritious in our health."
Whole Foods tells CNBC it has seen a "renaissance" movement where customers are increasingly moving toward more healthy, less-processed foods.
Here's a look at top-selling superfoods grown in the U.S., based on retail sales data from the Perishables Group, a fresh food industry consulting firm.
By Julia La Roche
Posted 23 May 2011


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Chocolate filled Sticky Rice Balls with Coconut
01.26.09 by Jackie
I made some coconut flavored sticky rice balls but instead of making the traditional split mung bean filling, I stuffed the dumplings with chocolate. I steamed them then rolled them in freshly grated coconut. They're delicious and cholesterol free.
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Have Yourself a Very Vinyl Christmas
When I'm out "thrifting" at the Goodwill, I sure love finding albums with illustrated covers. Whenever I find some with a Christmas theme, I think of one of my fellow Flickrites, The King of Jingaling. He loves Christmas vinyl so much, he's not only sharing his fabulous collection of album cover art on Flickr, he's even created a great website, Falalalala.com, where you can hear audio clips from some of these albums, read about the artists who produced them - and discuss them - and even buy CDs ( and other Christmas-themed goodies) that the King has compiled and created himself. If you dig vintage vinyl Christmas music, pay the King a visit. Above is a piece by a mystery album cover artist I've featured before. I still can't decipher his signature and I don't recognize the style. There are a lot of knowledgable readers of this blog so I keep hoping someone out there will identify him for us.
Those of you who've been visiting this blog all year may recall a January post on album cover art where I showed the work of an illustrator named Neil Boyle. Well I dug up another gem (below) by Boyle - this time in a very different style from his other effort.
And for those who's tastes run to the cartoony styles of illustration, there's the obscure offering from Hanna-Barbera Records way back at the top of this post. Amazingly, this record has credits on the back - not just for illustrator Paul Julian, but for the art director (H.C. Pennington), layout (Tony Segri) and even the lovely hand lettering by Robert B. Schaefer.
I dunno about you, but its the little preview shots of the other albums in the series on the back of the record jacket that really make my mouth water. Just look at these wacky storylines from the folks at Hanna-Barbera Records: Wilma Flintstone Tells the Story of Bambi (!?) How is that even possible? The Flintstones lived in the stone age, for pete's sake - the story of Bambi takes place in, like, 1932 or something... Is Wilma Flintstone able to bend the time/space continuum?
Pixie and Dixie with Mr. Jinks Tell the Story of Cinderella - but what a Cinderella she is - hoochie mama - rrrowrr! And I love how this updated Cindy loses a gogo boot instead of a glass slipper - that Mr. Jinks sure can tell a story!
Finally, who could resist this awesome Jonny Quest album with a fully painted cover showing Race Bannon battling a giant squid. I would have snapped this up in a second as a kid and would probably (foolishly) pay too much on ebay to own it today.
Luckily, these albums are so not available that I don't even need to worry about them cropping up there and tempting me. I'll just have to keep digging through the stacks o' wax at the local Goodwill and keep my fingers crossed for that lucky find.
You can see all these images at full size in my Illustrated Album Covers Flickr set.
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Leif, thanks for the plug. You can download more than just clips at FaLaLaLaLa. You can download full albums in MP3 format--lovingly restored from the vinyl by yours truly.ReplyDelete
I'll have to make a point to dig through my vinyl for some illustrated stuff. There's some fantastic illustrations on these records!
A timely post considering Joseph Barbera passed away yesterday.ReplyDelete
Those previews are killer!ReplyDelete
I know this is an old post, but I just wanted you to know I have just about all of these HBR LPs shared at my Children's Music Blog. I also have about all of the COLPIX HB Lps there.ReplyDelete
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For almost three hours, members of the Armenian community sat transfixed as they heard two of their countrymen, violinist Khachik Babayan and pianist Serouj Kradjian, perform a rich and colorful execution of classical compositions Sunday evening at the First Baptist Church of Glendale.
Babayan, in his U.S. debut, and Kradjian delved into a fast-paced program of works by composers Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven, Giuseppe Tartini, Fritz Kreisler, Komitas, Aram Khachaturian and Johannes Brahms that was breathless in scope and virtuosic in its performance.
Both men have Canadian roots and have performed together in the past. A program similar to the one presented here was heard to great acclaim last November in Toronto. The 55-year-old Babayan was born in Tabriz, Iran, and during studies there was accorded first place in the Iranian Violinist Competition. He has toured internationally, and is a recognized violin pedagogue in Canada.
Kradjian has performed around the world. His compositions and arrangements, including those dedicated to Armenian composers, have been well received on the concert stage and in recordings.
As lengthy as the concert was (three encores were performed) the crowded sanctuary remained attentive. Babayan used his masterful technique on the violin to produce expressive and warm tones. Kradjian at the piano collaborated with Babayan, producing seamless interplay. The duo moved from Schubert's lyrical Sonatina in G-minor to Beethoven's darker-toned Sonata No. 5 in F-major (Spring) then, following intermission, moved to Tartini's gypsy-violin-inspired Violin Sonata in G-minor ("The Devil's Trill"). Five shorter pieces completed the concert, each given emotion-laden performances.
In the Schubert work, Babayan displayed the light touch that made Schubert the toast of Vienna in his day in a performance marked by clarity of tone. In an extraordinary switch to something more somber, Babayan and Kradjian started immediately in the first movement to develop the themes, worked to a masculine forthrightness in the third movement, the Scherzo and Trio, and finished with a flourish in the fourth movement, the Rondo.
Noteworthy work by Babayan in the final five works showcased the technique he is known for. There was the fleet-fingered cadenza in the Tartini work, a gypsy violin piece — the opening music reminiscent of Victor Young's score to the 1947 film "Golden Earrings; the bow control in Kreisler's "Preludium and Allegro"; and the culmination of technique and emotion that flowed in the bittersweet tone drawn from his violin in the beautiful "Lullaby" from the "Gayné Ballet Suite" by Khachaturian.
Not satisfied with the full program, the audience demanded the return of Babayan and Kradjian. Without identifying the pieces, the two produced three encores. They were the violin standard "Souvenir" by Franz Drdla, "The Bee" by Francois Schubert and an unannounced work by Kradjian.
The program was presented under the auspices of the Cultural Division of the Homenetmen Glendale Ararat Chapter.
BILL PETERS has reviewed the classical music scene in Southern California since 1998.


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Friday, February 3, 2012
A Short List of Long Marathon Swims
In addition to the English Channel, North Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, Tsugaru Channel, Cook Strait and Strait of Gibraltar, this is a short list of marathon competitions over 10K that are held annually around the world.
Swims listed by distance:
1. 193 km (120 miles): 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York (7-day stage swim)
2. 88 km (54.6 miles): Maratón Internacional Hernandarias – Paraná in Argentina
3. 81 km (50.3 miles): India National Open Long Distance Swimming Championship in West Bengal, India
4. 70 km (43.5 miles): Vuelta a nado Isla de Ibiza in Ibiza, Spain (5-day stage swim)
5. 60 km (37.2 miles): Open Water Swimming Marathon Kalamata in the Messiniakos Gulf in South Peloponnesus, Greece
6. 57 km (35.4 miles): Maratón Acuático Rio Coronda in Argentina
7. 45.8 km (28.5 miles): Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in New York, USA
8. 43.4 km (27 miles): END-WET in North Dakota, USA
9. 40.2 km (25 miles): In Search of Memphre in Vermont, USA
10. 38.6 km (24 miles): Tampa Bay Marathon Swim in Florida, USA
11. 36 km (22.3 miles): Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy
12. 35 km (21.7 miles): Salish Sea Swim in Vancouver, Canada
13. 34 km (21.2 miles): Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog in Quebec, Canada
14. 33.7 km (21 miles): British Long Distance Swimming Association Two-way Windermere in Windermere, England
15. 33.7 km (21 miles): British Long Distance Swimming Association in Loch Lomond in Scotland
16. 32.2 km (19.9 miles): International Bangla Marathon Swim in Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh
17. 32 km (19.8 miles): Traversée Internationale du lac St-Jean in Quebec, Canada
18. 31.8 km (19.8 miles): 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim - Stage 5 in New York, USA
19. 31.8 km (19.8 miles): 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim - Stage 2 in New York, USA
20. 30.83 km (19.15 miles): Ultramarató de l'Ebre 30830 Swim Marathon in Amposta, Catalonia, Spain
21. 30.5 km (19 miles): All India Sea Swimming Competition in India
22. 30 km (18.6 miles): Ohrid Lake Swimming Marathon in Macedonia
23. 30 km (18.6 miles): Giants of the Bay Race in Victoria, Australia
24. 30 km (18.6 miles): Open Water Swimming Marathon Kalamata in the Messiniakos Gulf in South Peloponnesus, Greece
25. 29.4 km (18.3 miles): 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim - Stage 1 in New York, USA
26. 29.1 km (18.1 miles: 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim - Stage 7 in New York, USA
27. 28.1 km (17.5 miles): Ederle Swim from New York to New Jersey, USA
28. 28 km (17.3 miles): Palmy Manly Swim from North Palm Beach in Sydney to Manly's Shelly Beach in Australia
29. 27.3 km (17 miles): Rose Pitonof Swim in New York, USA
30. 27 km (16.7 miles): La Batalla De Rande A Nado in San Simon, Spain
31. 26.5 km (16.4 miles): International Self-Transcendence Marathon in Lake Zurich, Switzerland
32. 26 km (16.1 miles): International Swimming Marathon of Toroneos Gulf in Nikiti, Greece
33. 25.2 km (15.7 miles): 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim - Stage 6 in New York, USA
34. 25 km (15.5 miles): U.S. Masters Swimming 25K National Championships
35. 25 km (15.5 miles): Cruce del Puerto Rosario in Rosario, Argentina
36. 25 km (15.5 miles): St. Vincent's Foundation Swim Across the Sound from Connecticut to New York, USA
37. 25 km (15.5 miles): Villa Urquiza – Paraná in Paraná, Argentina
38. 25 km (15.5 miles): FINA World Swimming Championships 25 km
39. 25 km (15.5 miles): LEN European Championships 25 km
40. 25 km (15.5 miles): Pensacola Bridge Swim in Florida, USA
41. 25 km (15.5 miles): Toroneos Gulf Swim in Greece
42. 24.4 km (15.2 miles): 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim - Stage 4 in New York, USA
43. 24 km (14.9 miles): St. Petersburg to Kotlin Island in Russia
44. 24 km (14.9 miles): Travessia 14 Bis across the Bertioga Channel in Brazil
45. 22 km (13.6 miles): Ijseelmeerzwemmarathon in the Netherlands
46. 21.2 km (13.2 miles): 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim - Stage 3 in New York, USA
47. 21 km (13 miles): International Marathon Swimming Beltquerung from Denmark to Germany
48. 21 km (13 miles): Travesia En Aguas Abiertas Por la Ruta de Olaya in Lima, Peru
49. 21 km (13 miles): Vidösternsimmet in Vidöstern, Sweden
50. 20.2 km (12.6 miles): Distance Swim Challenge in California, USA
51. 20.1 km (12.5 miles): Swim Around Key West in Florida, USA
52. 20.1 km (12.5 miles): FKCC Swim Around Key West in Florida, USA
53. 20 km (miles): Lake Argyle Swim in Lake Argyle in Western Australia
54. 19.7 km (12.2 miles): Rottnest Channel Swim (Rotto Solo) in Perth, Australia
55. 19.3 km (12 miles): Swim Around Charleston, South Carolina, USA
56. 19.3 km (12 miles): That Dam Swim in Alabama, USA
57. 19 km (11.8 miles): Medunarodni Plivački Maraton (Jarak-Šabac Marathon Swim) in Serbia
58. 18.8 km (11.7 miles): RiverFest Endurance Swim in Oregon, USA
59. 18.5 km (11.2 miles): BCT Gdynia Marathon in Gdynia, Poland
60. 18 km (11.1 miles): Fiji Swims in Fiji
61. 17.7 km (11 miles): Portland Bridge Swim in Oregon, U.S.A.
62. 17 km (10.5 miles): ILDSA & Swim Ireland National 17k Championships in Lough Erne, Ireland
63. 17 km (10.5 miles): British Long Distance Swimming Association in Windermere, England
64. 16.2 km (10 miles): La Jolla Cove Swim Club 10-miler in La Jolla, California, USA
65. 16.2 km (10 miles): Kingdom Swim in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont, USA
66. 16.2 km (10 miles): Deer Creek Open Water Marathon Swim in Charleston, Utah, USA
67. 16.2 km (10 miles): U.S. Masters Swimming 9+ mile National Championships in Minnesota, USA
68. 16.2 km (10 miles): Swim The Suck in Tennessee River Gorge, Tennessee, USA
69. 16.1 km (10 miles): International Bangla Marathon Swim in Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh
70. 16 km (9.9 miles): Faros Marathon Swim in Croatia
71. 16 km (9.9 miles): Lake Trichonida Crossing in Greece
72. 16 km (9.9 miles): Swimming Peace Marathon from Greece to Turkey
73. 15 km (9.3 miles): Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Challenge Swim Lough Sheelin in Cavan, Ireland
74. 15 km (9.3 miles): Távúszást rendezünk Paks-Kalocsa from Paks to Kalocsa in Bács-Kiskun, Hungary
75. 14.5 km (9 miles): North Evoikos Swim in Greece
76. 14.1 km (8.76 miles): Henley Swim's Bridge to Bridge Swim downstream in the Henley-on-Thames, England
77. 13.1 km (8.2 miles): Pennock Island Challenge in Alaska, USA
78. 13 km (8.12 miles): Great Salt Lake Marathon Swim in Utah, USA
79. 12.87 km (8 miles): Swim for Freedom in Wisconsin, USA
80. 12.87 km (8 miles): Boston Light Swim in Massachusetts, USA
81. 12.87 km (8 miles): YMCA & MVP Annual Lake Swim in Vermont, USA
82. 12.87 km (8 miles): Kirkton of Balmerino Championship in River Tay Estuary, Scotland
83. 11.2 km (7 miles): Bear Lake Open Water Swim in Utah, USA
84. 10.4 km (6.5 miles): Loch Earn Championship in Scotland 85. 11.1 km (7 miles): Maliakos Gulf Swim in Greece
86. 11 km (6.9 miles): Amvrakikos Gulf Swim in Greece
87. 10.2 km (6.3 miles): Little Red Lighthouse Swim in New York, USA
88. 10 km (6.2 miles): San Francisco Bay 10K Bridge to Bridge Swim in San Francisco Bay, California
89. 10 km (6.2 miles): Swim Across America Long Beach in Marine Stadium, Long Beach in California, USA
90. 10 km (6.2 miles): Nike Swim Miami in Miami, Florida
91. 10 km (6.2 miles): Diamond Lake Open Water Challenge in Minnesota
92. 10 km (6.2 miles): Pensacola Three-Mile Bridge Swim in Pensacola, Florida
93. 10 km (6.2 miles): USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Championships in Ft. Myers, Florida
94. 10 km (6.2 miles): Lake Del Valle Open Water Swim in Lake Del Valle, California
95. 10 km (6.2 miles): Fire Island Ocean Swims in New York
96. 10 km (6.2 miles): Sound to Cove Open Water Swim in New York
97. 10 km (6.2 miles): Change Your Latitude in Alaska
98. 10 km (6.2 miles): Swim to the Moon in New York
99. 10 km (6.2 miles): Horsetooth Open Water Swim in Horsetooth Reservoir, Colorado
100. 10 km (6.2 miles): Lake George Open Water Swim in Lake George, New York
101. 10 km (6.2 miles): CAST Classic in Idaho
102. 10 km (6.2 miles): Coney Island Aquarium Triple Dip Swim in Coney Island, New York
103. 10 km (6.2 miles): Flat River Reservoir Champions Challenge in Rhode Island
104. 10 km (6.2 miles): Escape From Skidaway from Georgia
105. 10 km (6.2 miles): FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Santos, Brazil
106. 10 km (6.2 miles): FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Patagones-Viedma, Argentina
107. 10 km (6.2 miles): FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Eliat, Israel
108. 10 km (6.2 miles): FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Cancun, Mexico
109. 10 km (6.2 miles): FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup in lac St-Jean, Roberval, Canada
110. 10 km (6.2 miles): FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Lac Mégantic, Quebec, Canada
111. 10 km (6.2 miles): FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Hong Kong
112. 10 km (6.2 miles): FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Shantou, China
113. 10 km (6.2 miles): Bale of Tortugas in Lake Conroe, Texas
114. 10 km (6.2 miles): Lough Gill 10K in Sligo, Ireland
115. 10 km (6.2 miles): Camlough Lake 10K in Camlough, Ireland
116. 10 km (6.2 miles): Human Race Eton Swim in Eton, England,br/> 117. 10 km (6.2 miles): City Beach Swim in Western Australia
118. 10 km (6.2 miles): Champion Lakes Swim in Western Australia
119. 10 km (6.2 miles): Sorrento Swim in Western Australia
120. 10 km (6.2 miles): Bridge-to-Bridge in San Francisco Bay, California
121. 10 km (6.2 miles): Hellenic Championship 5 & 10 Km in Greece
122. 10 km (6.2 miles): USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in California and Florida
123. 10 km (6.2 miles): MAXIFUEL Nutrition Open Water Swim Challenge (Bray) in England
124. 10 km (62. miles): Secbands EPA Swim Challenge Series in East Cape, South Africa
125. 10 km (6.2 miles): Metro South West Open Water Championships in New South Wales, Australia
126. 10 km (6.2 miles): Berry Rickards in New South Wales, Australia
127. 10 km (6.2 miles): NSW Open Water Championships in New South Wales, Australia
128. 10 km (6.2 miles): Narranderra SC in Australia
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- AnonymousFebruary 4, 2012 at 12:40 AM
Great overview...and basis for a new to-do list.ReplyDelete
Although it would be very debatable, if the degree of difficulty was a factor, the Great Salt Lake Marathon swim (#60), would be much higher on the list. 15 miles in calm water is still a cake walk compared to 8 miles in the Great Salt Lake.ReplyDelete
Great list. One correction: #44, That Dam Swim, is in Alabama, not Tennessee. One addition: the 21km Videosternsimmet in Sweden - http://vidosternsimmet.seReplyDelete
Did you put this together all by yourself?
Thank you very much, Mike, for this correction and additional information. It is greatly appreciated. These swims are in the global open water swimming calendar maintained by Open Water Source.ReplyDelete
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Once again (shock!), a movie marketed to religious conservatives is making a splash at the box office. This time it's "October Baby," about a woman who survives a late-term abortion.
The subject matter drew the attention of The New York Times, which this week featured the film in a front-page news story.
From the start, the Times — in a passive-aggressive sort of way — shows its skepticism of the notion that someone survived an abortion attempt and lived to tell about it.
This is the headline on the online version of the story:
Film Inspired by 'Abortion Survivor' Is Quiet Hit
The quote marks scream: This may or may not have happened.
The top of the story:
As mass entertainment goes, the abortion debate does not typically count as good Saturday-night date movie fare; the subject rarely makes it to the mainstream multiplex. But at a time when the issue is once again causing agitation in political circles, a small film, "October Baby," about a woman who learns she is, as the movie puts it, a "survivor of a failed abortion," is making a dent at theaters across the country.
The movie, the first feature by a pair of filmmaking brothers from Birmingham, Ala., opened the same weekend as the chart-topping "Hunger Games," but with the backing of evangelical groups and churches, "October Baby" managed to open at No. 8 and, through Sunday, had made $2.8 million, more than three times its production budget. It is expected to move to more than 500 screens on April 13.
Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films and the Sony-owned Provident Films, which specializes in socially-conservative religious fare, it benefited from the kind of grass-roots religion-focused marketing (enlisting Bible and prayer groups and ministries) that has carried their other Christian-oriented movies, like "Fireproof" and "Courageous," to box-office success.
Again, there are quote marks, this time around "survivor of a failed abortion."
Later, there's this intriguing paragraph:
It was inspired by the story of Gianna Jessen, who says she was delivered alive at a California clinic after a late-term saline-injection abortion. As a paid speaker at anti-abortion events she tells of her struggles and medical conditions. (The film doesn't get into the science, but a 1985 study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology examined 33,000 suction curettage abortions and found a failure rate of 2.3 per 1,000 at the 12-weeks or earlier.)
Did you notice that phrasing? Who says she was ...
My journalistic question is this: Are there facts to back up the woman's claim or not? Medical records? Is anyone claiming that her story is not true? Can any medical experts or journals speak to the question of whether, and how many, babies survive late-term abortions?
In the parenthetical statement, the Times gives a statistic on the abortion failure rate at 12 weeks or earlier. But how does that relate to a late-term abortion? On an anti-abortion website, one blogger noted:
Duh. Jessen was not "12-weeks or earlier."
Later in the piece, the paper's skepticism extends to a reference to crisis pregnancy centers. Note the term placed in front of that phrase:
The Erwin brothers said they had earmarked 10 percent of the movie's profits for a charity they founded, Every Life Is Beautiful, which supports adoption and so-called crisis pregnancy centers.
So-called, as in, "We ain't buying it."
There seems to be less skepticism in relaying a pro-abortion group's concern about the other side's extreme message:
Given the links to these groups, the abortion rights organization Naral Pro-Choice America contends that the film is tied to an extreme anti-abortion message. A spokesman, Ted Miller, added that his group was "concerned that some proceeds from this film could be going to organizations that may intentionally mislead women about their health-care options." The film's credits include a list of anti-abortion Web sites, some in the guise of therapeutic resources, Naral said.
It would be nice to know which websites appear in the credits, and what services they provide, so that readers can make their own judgment on their therapeutic benefit, or not.
Of course, the Times notes the timing of the film:
Though "October Baby" arrives at a moment when reproductive rights and women's sexual health are again part of a robust national debate, its makers say they weren't acting with a political agenda.
(That national debate, of course, does not include religious liberty concerns.)
All in all, however, this is not a terrible news story. In fact, it provides ample opportunity for the major players — including the filmmakers — to discuss their perspectives in their own words. That's always nice.
It's just that the piece, as the anti-abortion blogger referenced above put it, has the feel of an "anthropologist visiting some far place peopled by exotic natives."
I'd love feedback from GetReligion readers. Are the scare quotes used in this story appropriate or not? Did the Times handle the overall subject fairly? Was I too harsh in my assessment?
Remember, we want to focus on journalism and media coverage. Comments that advocate for or against abortion will be spiked.


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The following blog post appears on my "Media and the Environment" class blog. I've posted it on my blog to share some of what I've been learning this semester.
Recently while eating at Angler's in Lawrence, I saw something on the menu I hadn't noticed before.
On the back side of the menu, it was noted at the bottom that the restaurant was a sustainable seafood restaurant. I pointed it out to my boyfriend, feeling better about our decision to eat there, but I also wanted to know more about exactly what that meant. Below the headline, there was some information that kind of explained what the term "sustainable seafood" meant, but the two short paragraphs on the menu didn't really inform me completely.
Since then, I've checked out their Web site to see exactly what the restaurant meant by their sustainable seafood statement. They give some good explanations as to what they mean by sustainable seafood, but I wonder how the term translates to other restaurants and to those restaurants' consumers.
The term "sustainability" has been thrown into a lot of media coverage about environmental or political issues. Often the word is defined as a balance between people, planet and profit. But I think it's interesting that the word at one point didn't include anything about the environment.
I looked up "sustainablility" in the Oxford English Dictionary through the KU Libraries Web site and found that up until December 2001, no definitions included anything about the environment. The definitions before 2001 did include descriptions of maintenance and the ability to be upheld or stand alone, which I am realizing is essential for others to understand in order to apply it to the environment.
I agree that it's important to include the planet in the discussion when people take on sustainable projects or talk about making things more sustainable, but I'm not so sure that sustainability — the word itself — fully encompasses the aspect of the environment within its definition. It is nice to have a go-to word that can be used when discussing green or environmental issues, but I don't think a single word cannot possibly sum up the planet, profit or people.
Instead of just labeling some project or item as "sustainable," I believe meaningful discussions and definite definitions should be given to the public. Honestly, I don't have a great answer as to who should give that definition, but I see more news outlets and blogs who are trying to offer some guidance. But of course, there's always the question of who, if anyone, will actually take the time to educate themselves? My hope is that the term won't try to define or take on too many aspects, and I hope more people begin to understand that research should be done in order to truly have a meaningful discussion about the environment and the food we get from it.


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Have you ever had one of those projects that just seems to hit a wall at every corner? That's how we feel about this axle swap. We've been working on it a long time, off and on, but we were shocked to see that we ran the first installment in Jp magazine over three years ago ("Fullwidth," May '09). We had always planned it as a multi-part story and we started off by making a case for swapping the stock Dana 60 front and Dana 70 rear axle under our '68 M-715 for a more modern pair of 1-ton axles. In that first story we assembled a lot of the parts we were going to need and figured out how to get where we wanted to be. But there are always a lot of things to consider, especially when mixing and matching parts between the aftermarket and the junkyard.
So it went: We'd figure something out, discover we'd need a new or different (usually $3) part, put in the order, and then one of the other Jeeps would break—or life would get in the way. And pretty soon we'd become aware that a lot of time had passed and our new axles were still taking up space in our garage. Rather than let more trial-and-error take up more time, we took the truck and axles down to Higher Ground 4x4 & Fabrication. Even if you don't have an M-715, you'll be able to take some good information away from these stories about what to consider when building and swapping junkyard axles into your Jeep. In this installment, we figure out how the new axles are going to go under the old Jeep and get them ready to bolt in. In the next installment, we'll sling them under the Jeep and get it back on (and off) the road.


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Personal Story
On Talking to Your HIV Meds, and Listening to Your Body
Part of the Series Other Sides of HIV: People Taking HIV Meds Share Stories About Side Effects
September 3, 2013
In his private complaints on our drives there and back home, my father would sometimes talk about how medicine is just one huge experiment -- that the doctors and pharmaceutical companies wish that they had the right answer for every patient, every time, but they don't. He expressed a lot of frustration that sometimes what worked for one child would not work for another child, and seeing children die was very, very painful.
So, my first thought about having to take HIV meds was one of real resistance. I thought, this is a brand-new disease. They are giving us something that was formerly a cancer treatment. It was taken off the shelves, and then approved for HIV, and it didn't work well. This was AZT [Retrovir, zidovudine]. And to just give us what looked like random doses -- I just didn't like the idea of poisoning my body with something that would have a minimal chance of working. So, I resisted for as long as I could, until my T cells dropped to 11, in about mid-1995.
It didn't take very long for my immune system to just completely disappear. I was diagnosed with 189 T cells, and within a year and a half, I had 11. At that point, my doctor said, "Sorry. We have to try something."
I was put on the typical AZT, d4T [Zerit, stavudine], and 3TC [Epivir, lamivudine] regimen -- the "early stuff." I hated it! The side effects were excruciating. And with AZT, they don't go away. For some medications, the tummy side effects will eventually go away, but for some of that early stuff, they just didn't. It really does feel like your guts are falling out. Nothing works anymore.
For me, what was most alarming was the side effect of anemia. The anemia was excruciating. I kept adding iron. I was fully dedicated to eating organic, taking vitamins and supplements, and trying to do this alternative, natural approach. So, I was eating very excellently, but it didn't matter what I ate; everything went right through me. The nausea was most profound within the first couple of hours after taking the meds, but the diarrhea was pretty much constant -- and the gurgling and painful bloating, I also remember.
Then, when we came out with our new meds and our cocktails, and we were trying to figure out what would work, between 1996 and 1998, I went through five different combinations.
I remember the combination that was about my fourth, which contained Sustiva [efavirenz, Stocrin] and, I think, 3TC. That was the one that had the least side effects. Sustiva causes lots of really interesting, funky dreams at nighttime. You almost get this very mind-numbing sensation. But it had no effect on my virus at all. It was completely steady.
There's a special place in my heart for the diarrhea that's caused by Crixivan [indinavir]. My worst case of diarrhea happened while I was trying to adapt to Crixivan. Crixivan causes what I call the unknown, out-of-nowhere, completely out of the blue, no warning, explosive diarrhea. It's not like regular diarrhea. It's like your body is just trying to reject everything in a huge rush.
I got one of my best speeding tickets ever. I was pulled over on the highway, trying desperately to get home, because I thought that maybe something was going to happen. And then, something did. I was sitting there, crying -- and I still needed to get home. And I got pulled over.
I had to roll down my window for the cop. And I'm crying. And he's asking me why am I speeding. And I just blurted out: "Because I have AIDS and I crapped my pants, and my body's falling apart." He had no sympathy. He just gave me the ticket anyway.
I have to laugh at that these days. Because, at that time, I was just really, really hating my Crixivan. And that's something that is, I think, part of the process with dealing with meds. You go through these stages. It's like getting used to a new person: Do I like this? Can I live with this? Can I adjust to it? Can I accept this part? And this part is needed, but how do I honor what I don't like? And how do I express something in my relationship with these medications so that they are a part of my daily routine in a good way? So that medicine is not just the experimental mindset, but is really medicine? That it is, on a spiritual, physical, emotional, mental level, good for me, and helpful for where I need to go?
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The future stars of action sports
The Next Generation
The future of action sports looks bright, thanks to these 18-and-under athletes who will usher in the next generation. Pay close attention to these names, as you'll likely be hearing a lot more about them in the years to come.
Alex Midler
At 15, Alex Midler is already a street skateboarder to watch. When he was 12, he became one of the youngest skaters to make the semifinals at Tampa Am, and he started getting paid by his sponsors at age 13. In 2013, he won the Woodward Street League Showdown Championships. He also helps organize a charity skate event called the Roll-a-thon, which benefits children with cancer.
Chloe Kim
Last January, American snowboarder Chloe Kim, then 13, made her X Games debut in Snowboard SuperPipe. She got a silver medal, not all that far behind veteran champion Kelly Clark, who took gold. Kim wasn't even old enough to compete at the Sochi Olympics, but she could have been a top contender there, as well. Now 14, she'll be Clark's biggest threat in the years to come.
Jake Marshall
You'll likely be seeing Jake Marshall's name on the ASP World Tour one of these days. At 15, he's a three-time NSSA National Champion and winner of the 2013 King of the Groms. The Encinitas, California, native also skateboards and snowboards.
Cody LaPlante
Cody LaPlante, age 12, won the USASA National Championship title in slopestyle in 2012 and 2013, then in 2014, he won the halfpipe title and the overall combined title (thanks to getting second in slopestyle and fourth in skier cross). The Tahoe-area native landed his first double flat spin at age 11.
Adam Cianciarulo
Motocross rider Adam Cianciarulo joined the Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki team last year at age 16. Now 17, this year he started his first complete supercross season -- racing in the 250 class -- with a series of wins. He won three of his first five races, holding a commanding lead in the overall standings until a shoulder injury put him out for the rest of the season.
Alana Smith
Alana Smith became the youngest athlete ever to medal at X Games, after winning silver as a 12-year-old in the Women's Skateboard Park contest in Barcelona in 2013. Last year, she became the first female skater to land a McTwist 540 in a vert competition. She also rides the MegaRamp, and she's now 13.
Tyler Fernengel
Tyler Fernengel, 18, was a motocross racer before he switched over to BMX around age 12. He got his first sponsor at age 14, and now 18, he's recently moved from his hometown of Detroit, Michigan, to Southern California to pursue a career in action sports and continue competing in BMX dirt, park and street contests. Last year, he made the move to Haro Bikes' team and placed ninth at Simple Session.
Kelly Sildaru
This Tallinn, Estonia, native has been making waves in the freeskiing world for years already -- and she's only 12 years old. By age 10, she was doing switch 900s, landing on the podium at major international slopestyle contests and getting hundreds of thousands of views on her YouTube videos.
Toby Miller
Snowboarder Toby Miller, 14, was throwing double corks in the halfpipe by age 13. In 2013, he won the USASA Nationals in halfpipe. Coached by Shaun White's longtime snowboard coach, Bud Keene, Miller often gets to train in White's private pipes at Northstar. His goal? To win gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where he'll be 17.
Kanoa Igarashi
Kanoa Igarashi, now 16, is a top contender on the ASP North America Pro Junior Series. At age 11, he broke the NSSA record with 30 surfing wins in one season. Although he grew up in Southern California, he's a full-blown celebrity already in Japan, where his parents are both from and where he returns often.
Katie Ormerod
Sixteen-year-old Katie Ormerod made a name for herself just recently when she became the first female snowboarder to land a double cork 1080. She landed her first double backflip at age 15. Hailing from Yorkshire, England, she learned to snowboard on indoor dry slopes. She competes in both halfpipe and slopestyle, and in 2013, she took second place at the Burton European Junior Open.
Gabe Ferguson
Younger brother to pro snowboarder Ben Ferguson, Gabe Ferguson, 15, is making a name all for himself. A dominating player on the U.S. Revolution Tour, last winter, he earned his first invites to X Games and to the Burton U.S. Open.
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Mario Andretti, whose name will become synonymous with American auto racing, is born in Montona, Italy, on February 28, 1940. In a career that spanned five decades, Andretti was known for his versatility as a driver, taking the checkered flag behind the wheel of sports cars, sprint cars and stock cars on a variety of race courses. His long list of achievements includes a Formula One World Championship, four Champ Car National Championships (1965, 1966, 1969, 1984), three 12 Hours of Sebring victories (1967, 1970, 1972) and wins at the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500 and the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
As a boy, Andretti spent seven years with his family in an Italian refugee camp after fleeing their hometown, which became part of Communist-ruled Yugoslavia following World War II. In 1955, the Andrettis moved to America and settled in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Four years later, Mario and his twin brother Aldo began racing at a local track in a 1948 Hudson Hornet Sportsman stock car. By the early 1960s, Mario was competing full time. In 1965, he was named Rookie of the Year at the prestigious Indianapolis 500, where he placed third, and went on to win the first of his four Champ Car championships. (Then officially known as United States Auto Club and later known as CART, the series merged with the Indy Racing League in 2008.) In 1967, Andretti won the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR)'s Daytona 500 and also claimed his first victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race. In 1969, he won the Indy 500, as well as his third Champ Car championship. In 1971, he collected his first Formula One victory, driving for Ferrari at the South Africa Grand Prix. In 1978, driving for Team Lotus, he became the Formula One World Champion, just the second American (after Phil Hill in 1961) to do so.
In 1984, Andretti won his fourth Champ Car championship and was also named Driver of the Year for the third time in his career, the only person to receive the honor in three different decades. Andretti's sons Michael and Jeff also became race car drivers, as did his nephew John Andretti. In the early 1990s, all four men competed against each other in Champ Car events, the first family to accomplish such a feat. Andretti's grandson Marco is also a race car driver.
Mario Andretti claimed the last of his 52 career Champ Car victories in 1993. He officially retired from racing in 1994, with a record 67 Champ Car pole positions won and 7,587 Champ Car laps led.