Use this thread for telling the other turtles if you're going to be away for a longer period of time. So they won't stand there in Combe waiting, *sighing* for you to turn up in the slowtro channel.
I'll start by saying that I'll be only sporadically in game during the summer.
Weekends I'll be away and I probably won't be there at all between July 21st and August 17th. (Except if the weather is really bad and we go back to the city).
I will, however, have internet access and will visit the forums, probably on a regular basis to get my LOTRO fix. So I'll make sure to raise level caps and so on, even if I don't play myself. I'll catch up to all of you in late August - yet another good thing about slowtro is that nobody is left behind while the others rush off to Moria.
Jullian is on vacation the next two weeks.
Cortobras out starting a week ago - family health emergency. Will return and catch up when the situation stabilizes.
We hope everything is ok, Cortobras!
Thanks. Running Chromebook tethered to phone in hospital - little lag but playable for crafting and light questing. Mother-in-law aged 89 gets surgery tomorrow for broken hip. Fingers crossed.
Best wishes to you and your family, Cortobras.
I'll be gone until Tuesday.
Again, I'll be gone until Tuesday.
Back again. She passed away from complications after the surgery. Life is fragile - let's enjoy the time given to us!
I'm finishing up the Barrow Downs except for some of the nastiest dungeons, then on to Saeradan's quests. See you later in Lone Lands.
Really sorry to hear that Cortabras.
Very sorry to hear this. My condolances to you and your family.
Hello everyone. My wife has been sick for the last ten days and in hospital since Friday. It's nothing serious, but it may take a while and creates a lot of logistical problems since we have two small kids.
I may not be able to go online much in the coming days - and won't get time to update the site or the forums. That's also why I haven't updated anything for a while.
Even if I'm not that active, please do carry on the slowtro way - like true turtles. I'll be back, as the Terminator said.
Hope the missus gets better soon.
You will need a break when she does.
We will try not to break anything.
Best wishes - hope she's better soon and that you don't go crazy with sole control of the kids!
My thoughts go out to you, Bera. Hope your wife gets better soon.
Best wishes for your wife. Hope that everything goes to normal soon.
I am not going away but may find it difficult to make regular appearances for a while.


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Nine people identified from Addison plane crash that killed 10
ADDISON, Texas - Seven of the ten people killed in a plane crash on Sunday at Addison Airport were identified on Monday as federal investigators said they have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the aircraft.
A family of four was on the twin-engine Beechcraft Super King Air 350 that crashed just after 9 a.m. Sunday into a hangar at the airport. Mom Ornella Ellard and stepfather Brian died in the crash, along with children Alice Maritato, 15, and Dylan Maritato, 13.
Alice attended John Paul II High School, which confirmed the deaths in a note sent to students. Alice was a rising sophomore at the school and Dylan would have been an eighth-grader at all Saints Catholic School. Brian was part-owner of Oak Lawn Italian restaurant Mille Lire. Ornella was an interior designer.
Steve Thelen, 58, and wife Gina also died in the crash. Steve worked at JLL real estate company, who notified employees of his and his wife's death in an email to its staff. Mathew Palmer, 28, was identified as a victim by the Dallas County medical examiner's office.
John and Mary Titus were also on the plane. The pilot has not been named.
National Transportation Safety Board officials said Monday they hope the information they are working to get out of the voice recorder will help them figure out why the plane crashed.
"The other thing we may be able to get out of, is some background noise that is picked up by the CVR which will give us a little better idea of what's going on with the airplane itself," said Bruce Landsberg, NTSB vice chairman.
The NTSB is looking at several factors in Sunday's crash, including the flight team's training and experience, weather conditions, air traffic control communications and the plane's maintenance history. The NTSB said the plane crashed into the hangar fully intact.
"The team was able to determine the landing gear was down at the time of the impact. Unfortunately, due to the extensive post impact fire and damage incurred during the impact sequence, other systems are virtually destroyed and at this time we do not believe we'll be able to establish positive conditions for other systems and flight controls," said Dr. Jennifer Rodi, NTSB investigator in charge.
The plane was headed to St. Petersburg, Fla. with two flight crew and eight passengers.
David Snell was with a friend, getting ready to fly from Addison Airport on Sunday when they saw the plane take off and then crash moments later.
"As a pilot, feeling helpless, watching this happen and there's nothing you can do, it was a sickening feeling," Snell said. "From the sound of it, it sounded as if it was grossly underpowered for takeoff power and then when it wasn't climbing and turned, it looks as though the airplane stalled, and when the wing fell to the left unfortunately there's nothing you can do that low to the ground to recover."
The aircraft was owned by EE Operations LLC and had recently changed ownership. It was previously owned by a charter company in Chicago. The plane is about two years old and the tail number was in the process of being changed.
NTSB officials say they hope to have a preliminary report on the crash in about two weeks.
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When server virtualization first emerged, it was a hard sell to many administrators. Consolidating all of your servers into an emulated software environment was unappealing for several reasons. Building a server through software sounded like complete science fiction at the time and that consolidation of servers onto fewer physical platforms increased the size of a failure domain. Today, server virtualization is pervasive throughout IT Infrastructures.
Virtualized computing has been growing in popularity for over a decade, but what about virtualized data? Let's examine some of the myths associated with data virtualization and try to find some clarification.
1. We don't need to virtualize our data – we already have a data warehouse.
The sources of unstructured data increase every day. For example, social media data can now be collected by interfacing directly with the sites. Also, the Internet of Things, or IoT, is generating an enormous amount of data such as telemetry, or raw data that must be collected and analyzed. You can still use your data warehouse, but virtualization allows you to tie in these new sources of data to produce better information and leverage it to provide a competitive advantage for your business processes.
2. Implementing new data technology isn't cost effective.
Data virtualization software costs have become comparable to building a custom data center. Additionally, the number of IT personnel needed to process Agile Business Intelligence tasks is much fewer. Scripting through applications like Puppet or Chef allow administrators to automate repetitive tasks. Tools like Microsoft's Power BI provide BI professionals the ability to incorporate multiple data sources into meaningful reports quickly without the need for highly technical personnel.
3. Querying virtual data can't perform like physical data queries.
The progression of computing platform technologies, including faster network connectivity, advancements in processor density, and the introduction of new technologies such as Storage Class Memory (SCM) means virtualization software can process queries with multiple unconnected data sources at near real-time speeds. Virtualization software experience and knowledge deficits are the primary sources of this myth more than actual performance data. Switching to data virtualization will likely improve your query processes when compared to physical data queries.
4. Data virtualization is too complex.
This myth is propagated by a lack of knowledge or exposure to tools specifically designed to query virtualized data. Software is available that will allow users to query multiple sources of data from any of several emerging data sources. Most virtualized BI software is straightforward enough to be utilized by non-technical personnel. Implementing data virtualization will allow you to reduce your network administration labor costs.
5. The purpose of data virtualization is to emulate a virtual data warehouse.
Data virtualization can be used as a data warehouse, but it is more beneficial if data marts are connected to existing data warehouses to augment them. They can be added after the fact and can change fluidly. There is no need to incorporate them all into one siloed data source. The flexibility of data virtualization allows you to customize a data structure that fits your business without completely disrupting your current data solution.
6. Data virtualization and data federation are the same thing.
Early virtualization vendors called their offerings data federation products. Later, new concepts were added that evolved these products into an entire virtualization solution. Data federation is only one aspect of data virtualization. Data federation can be helpful for your business by homogenizing data stored on different servers, in different access languages, or with different APIs. This homogenous capability allows for the successful mining of data from a myriad of sources resulting in a capability to maximize knowledge patterns for an effective and customized utilization.
7. Data virtualization can only provide limited data cleansing because of real-time transformation.
This claim can be made about any data query software. It is always best to clean up data in the system natively rather than tax query software with the burden of transforming data as part of the display process. The scope and velocity of raw data collection typically leads to the injection of non-valued data. Native tool sets within the data collection application will perform a cleansing of data during ingestion. These dimension reduction tools assist in the complex acquisition of the heterogeneity nature of raw data. While data virtualization won't necessarily improve your data cleansing processes, it also will not inhibit your current system.
8. Data virtualization requires shared storage.
Data virtualization works with direct attached storage (DAS) as well as many other types of data storage. DAS can be presented as unique data stores to the hypervisor and used the same way as any other data store. The emergence of Hyper Converged Infrastructure, or HCI, provides another high-performant alternative to SAN based storage. HCI platforms can be customized to include caching tiers and capacity tiers so your data can reside on the appropriate storage resource based on criticality and access requirements. The versatility of virtualization allows you to build a custom data solution within the parameters of your company's specific needs.
9. Data virtualization can't perform as fast as ETL.
By extracting only the pieces of data used for analytics instead of a full copy of the data (Data Reduction), data virtualization is faster than ETL. Operations perform at higher speeds because the raw data is presented in a more concise method due to compression, algorithmic selection and redundancy elimination. Switching to data virtualization minimizes the time you spend waiting for data queries to complete, allowing you additional time to address or expand deliverables from the data set.
10. Data virtualization can't provide real-time data.
Virtualization sources are updated with live connections instead of snapshot data which could be out of date. It is closer to providing real-time data and faster than other data types that have to maintain persistent connections. Using real-time data in your analysis provides your business with the most current results, facilitating accurate and effective solutions such as machine learning or artificial Intelligence capability.
There is no need for data virtualization to be complex or daunting with the help of companies like Sanity Solutions. Contact us today to find out what data virtualization can do for you. We can help dispel the myths of the unknown when it comes to the application and maintenance of your valuable data.


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New year's sun will prove to be ray of hope for Pakistan Hockey: Asif Bajwa
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Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) secretary Olympian Asif Bajwa thinks that the New year's sun will prove to be a ray of hope for Pakistan Hockey.
While talking to the media at the press conference secretary PHF announced that Dhaka in Bangladesh will host the Junior Asia Cup.
"Dhaka will host the Junior Asia Cup, The tournamnet will also be the qualifying round of the Junior World Cup," He said.
He also announced the camp date and the number of players participating. " The camp will commence from January 12 in Lahore for two weeks with 54 players participating," Bajwa added.
"Danish Kalim will be the Head Coach, Mohammad Imran, Mudassar Khan, and Rana Zaheer will be Assistant Coaches. Abid Amin will be the team's physio and nutritionist," he concluded.
It should be noted that last year proved to be disappointing for Pakistan hockey, where the national team lost matches, the Netherlands also defeated Pakistan hockey team and the dream of going to the Tokyo Olympics got diminished.
The Pakistani hockey team that have won the gold medal three times was out of the Olympics for the second time in a row.
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Europe starts watching television on the internet
Almost half of broadband users in major European countries have previewed or watched episodes of their favourite television programmes on the internet. Around half also expect to be making video calls using their television within five years.
An independent study commissioned by Motorola conducted an online survey of over 2,500 broadband users in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
The results indicate that 45% of them had ever watched previews or episodes of their favourite television programmes on the internet. That number increased to 59% in France, followed by Spain at 48%, the UK at 43%, Italy with 42% and Germany at 33%.
Unsurprisingly, almost two-thirds of those under 25 claimed to have watched programmes on the internet, while seven out of ten of those over 55 had never done so.
"These results show that viewers across Europe are no longer satisfied with fitting into schedules dictated by broadcasters and are turning to the choice and flexibility offered by TV over the internet," said Karl Elliott of Motorola's Connected Home Solutions division. "We are witnessing a nation of citizen schedulers who are in control of their entertainment, allowing them to watch what they want, how and when they want it."
At the moment, most online viewing of television programming is on the computer screen rather than the television, but that may change as new devices enable televisions to be connected directly to the internet.
A surprising 57% of respondents said they wanted to be able to go online via the television set during a live broadcast, while 35 per cent wanted the ability to pause, fast forward or rewind broadcast programming.
According to the survey, 36% said they had made a video call over the internet, rising to around half of those in Italy and Spain, while 45% expect to be making video calls via their home television by 2012.
So far, attempts to marry television with the web, or provide video calling using the television, have met with little success but Motorola hopes that its set-top boxes will change that. According to Karl Elliott of Motorola: "Your faithful television has become the doorway to entertainment in your home; the most recognisable living-room feature is becoming one of the most important means of communication."
A one-day workshop on Delivering Online TV and Video on Monday 14 May is being hosted in London by informitv as part of the informa Online TV and Video Summit.
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San Diego's Berry Good Food Academy hosts a Food as Medicine Cooking class with Dr. Sabrina Falquier Montgrain, who'll offer tips on healthy dishes that are easy to make
By Michele Parente
It's easy to be bad — after all, it's not called fast food for nothing.
But Dr. Sabrina Falquier Montgrain is on a mission to show people easy ways to eat well. Dr. Falquier Montgrain, an internal medicine doctor with Sharp Rees-Stealy, is an expert in a field colloquially known as "culinary medicine," or the relationship between food and health.
She'll lead this two-hour class on making better food choices and offer tips on how to combine seasonal produce and nutritious proteins to make everything from entreés to dessert. Sponsored by San Diego's Berry Good Food Academy, which promotes sustainable food practices, the class will be hands-on.
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Out-Preparing the Opposition in Class Action Employment Litigation
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1. George Speckart, Ph.D. Out-Preparing the Opposition in Class Action Employment Litigation: Hit Hard, and Hit Early
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2. 2 2 I t is tempting to simply conclude that the litigator's most important tasks in the early stages of class action employment litigation are unrelated to jury psychology, as class certification and various motions that require resolution well before trial appear to be the most obvious candidates for dominating the agenda. However, decisions made at early stages by the court when class certification and related motions are considered are, in some crucial respects, similar to those made by a jury later on the courtroom floor -- after all, judges are humans too, and they often react to the underlying human interest elements inherent in class action employment cases in ways that are similar to a jury's reactions. Therefore, the most astute trial team managers in class action matters will approach the bench in the pre-certification phase with similar types of preparation as those utilized when approaching a jury – especially since mistakes made in the early phases can, and usually do, haunt the trial team all the way to the courtroom floor. We approach the topic of preparation with a three- dimensional framework representing a structure for optimal persuasion, consisting of (1) The Substantive Themes; (2) Witness Performance; and (3) Demonstrative Exhibits. Naturally, these three dimensions are interdependent, as (2) and (3) serve the goals and purposes spelled out in (1) the Themes; consequently, in the discussion that follows, consideration of these content domains will not necessarily be entirely separate from each other. The adage "You win by out-preparing the other side" appears to hold as strongly in class action employment cases as in any other type of litigation, from our experience – if not more so. Early phases of pre-certification discovery should not be instituted without a strategic plan, and this plan should include persuasive elements that are effective with both the court and the triers of fact. Substantive Themes One issue that seems to continue to resurface in litigation is the observation that plaintiff attorneys conduct exploratory research (often operationalized as "Focus Groups") much earlier than defendants. As is well-known to litigators, this initial type of exploratory research is what guides theme development, and provides an initial "temperature gauge" as to the apparent likelihood of a favorable versus an adverse verdict result. Why do plaintiffs conduct this research earlier? Because their own money is at stake – they are funding their own cases, and they cannot afford to invest in a loser. What is the tactical implication? Defendants should approach the case with the same urgency, since knowing at the beginning what works and what does not in terms of substantive evidentiary material will provide the trial team with a working Employment cases are unique in the sense that jurors have a wealth of pre-existing background experiences – often referred to as "baggage" – ... regulating their overall, ultimate dispositions in the case.
3. 3 foundation on which strategy – especially themes for the witness testimony – may be effectively built. Focus Groups do not need to use "mock jurors" to guide trial preparation – in fact, in the pre- certification stage, research design options are available to investigate which arguments and contentions will shape the conclusions of a judge to obtain a favorable ruling as well as a jury. Recruiting judge-like research participants as opposed to jury- like participants is often referred to as a "Mock Bench Trial." In this approach, arguments by both sides are presented in an adversarial setting to a group of three, four or five paid judges recruited to serve as research subjects. As a result of conducting such research, once the effective themes are revealed, the trial team is then in a position to start preparing and training the witnesses for the depositions that will be used in pre-certification discovery. Employment cases are unique in the sense that jurors have a wealth of pre-existing background experiences – often referred to as "baggage" – which they superimpose on the contentions and responses within the case fact scenario, regulating their overall, ultimate dispositions in the case. The notion that "judges are humans too" means that their rulings will also be affected by this subjective backdrop to some extent (after all, if this were not the case, then judges would all rule similarly instead of differently on a given case). The myriad unique features of a given employment situation for a specific defendant make the requirements for such early research even more compelling. Thus, wage & hour; donning & doffing; and race/sex discrimination cases each have their own inherent human interest elements that are made even more idiosyncratic by virtue of the specific circumstances within the broad context of the particular defendant's business setting and environment. Deciding which of these elements make a significant difference in the perception of the plaintiffs' claims constitutes a task that requires implementation of an appropriate research design in order to obtain a reliable foundation for an action plan. For example, in wage & hour cases there are innumerable types of employment and work- related situations that create an impression as to whether a worker is really acting as a non-exempt employee. Is he/she doing "grunt work" (unloading trucks) or "higher level" (requiring executive decisions) work? Are the hiring and firing decisions "real" or "engineered" by someone else? Who is working under him/her? Does the person have an office? How hard does he/she work and what is the pay? How much does that work out to per hour? The enormous number of potential facets of the employment setting create a distinct danger of being "more clever than correct" in making inferences as to which features of the case are truly dispositive of a verdict decision – either for a judge or a jury. By the same token, removing the dangers of being "more clever than correct" is precisely the goal of exploratory research. Unexpected perceptions of fine details in events within employment settings can make or break a case. Thus, in wage & hour cases, the degree to which a store manager appears to act autonomously can be outcome determinative. This perception of autonomy is regulated by day-to-day activities that
4. 4 may slip under the radar screen in trial preparation. For example, one juror stated in a pre-trial research project, "The Regional Manager did not visit the store very often because it was too remote. It seems to me the store manager had to make hiring and firing decisions on his own because of the absence of anyone there to supervise him." In this case, jurors were coming to conclusions about personnel activities as a function of the rural, isolated locations of some of the stores. Other jurors opined that the store manager was not truly a manager because of the types of tasks in which he was often engaged, i.e., "Managers are not supposed to have to stock the shelves." The relative balance of time spent on each of various types of tasks were then weighed in making a final determination as to whether a worker is truly a manager and therefore an exempt employee. Perhaps most importantly from a thematic perspective, jurors begin a case with a "presumption of guilt" that can be a perceptual burden for a defendant in the Federal Court setting. The courtroom environment itself creates the impression among jurors that "if the defendant had not done anything wrong we would not be here" (especially if there is a class certification). Ordinary signs of nervousness and apprehension by key defense witnesses, once they are placed on the spot under cross-examination, are unfortunately construed as indicia of "guilt." These perceptions are exacerbated by negative perceptions of employers that are carried as "baggage" into the case by many jurors from their own work histories. Many jurors automatically assume that employers cannot be trusted; put profits over people; exploit employee vulnerabilities and take advantage of their lack of power or influence; discriminate against employees or create "glass ceilings" impeding upward mobility; etc. These assumptions tilt the playing field against defendants and make witness effectiveness training even more critical than it ordinarily would be. Witness Performance With the recent Supreme Court ruling in the Wal- Mart class action sex discrimination case, many litigators in employment cases expect pre-Rule 23 depositions to be more numerous and pervasive than they were in the past. In addition, the most damaging incidents occurring in witness testimony in class action employment matters almost invariably occur early, in depositions that occur even in the pre-certification stage. For example, in a race discrimination case in 2005, a senior manager at the defendant company with over 100,000 employees indicated in a rule 30b6 deposition that he believed that the "N" word could be considered as a "term of endearment." This statement would have been avoidable had the witness been adequately trained before the deposition, but once it went on the record, the case was essentially poisoned from the inside out and the defense trial team never fully recovered. As a result, the defendant was forced to settle for more than $150 million. Unexpected perceptions of fine details in events within employment settings can make or break a case.
6. 6 the strength of the defendant's position in the case is undermined accordingly, and the negative biases alluded to previously become fully activated. Once the toothpaste comes out of the tube with a witness, it cannot be placed back inside. Nonverbal behavior is translated into character assessment with lightning speed, and the first impression is difficult to dislodge. As one juror stated in a class action matter after watching the senior managers, "The culture of the company is a 'good-old-boy' network – that's the first impression I got when I looked into their faces." In other words, these assessments can be made just by observing facial expressions, before the testimony even begins. Demonstrative Exhibits It is also important to keep in mind that jurors do not deliberate based on what happens in the courtroom – they deliberate based on what they store and retain in memory, and then retrieve from memory later when the time comes to make a decision. What is retrieved from memory later to guide deliberations is a function of how strongly retained in memory the material is, and the manner in which information is presented has a pronounced, direct effect on such retention. In short, information that is graphically represented in a lucid and compelling visual context has a distinct advantage over competing material that is not similarly displayed insofar as creating an impact on the ultimate decision on the case. Again, this process occurs for judges in much the same way as jurors, although admittedly judges will have more information at their disposal in terms of legal briefs and other literary material on the applicable law surrounding the case. It is important to keep in mind, however, that – again for jurors and judges – dispositions on a given case are made on the basis of a tiny subset of all the potential information available, wither it be data, evidence or legal parameters involved. The goal of effectively-developed demonstrative exhibits is to guide the decision-maker through a vast array of potential facts and issues, focusing the attention on those with the most favorable impact and deflecting the attention away from those creating the most severe vulnerabilities. This process then "shapes" the retained information on the case to regulate the ultimate decision. For decertification, various means of analyzing and displaying summary data are required to create the impression of heterogeneity among the putative class in order to dissuade the court from concluding that the potential class members are similarly situated. Judges in many instances may need assistance in assimilating the importance of various types of analyses, requiring innovative approaches to graphics as a means to simplify concepts necessary As one juror stated in a class action matter after watching the senior managers, "The culture of the company is a 'good- old-boy' network – that's the first impression I got when I looked into their faces."
7. 7 to obtain a favorable ruling at the certification stage. The effectiveness of alternative means of displaying and presenting data can, and should, be tested in a mock bench trial setting to ensure that when the time comes to make the arguments before the court, the most compelling visual case possible is ready to be presented. Conclusion For both judges and jurors, psychological processes involved in decision-making in employment cases can often be centered on key witness testimony. In our experience, it is difficult to overestimate the extent to which effective witness training procedures are overlooked by trial teams. This deficiency is in turn linked to a pervasive under-appreciation of the pivotal role of nonverbal behavior and in particular the practical means and specific procedures available for optimizing performance in this domain. Testing a case with a pre-recruited group of judges or jurors almost invariably produces tactical benefits that cannot possibly be anticipated. Many of these benefits occur in the area of information reduction , not information augmentation. That is, within the virtually unmanageable amount of evidence and data available in the class action employment case, there will only be a handful of issues that are truly at the fulcrum of a verdict decision. Identifying these key issues early in the litigation not only makes the trial team more strategically focused, but it makes their efforts far more cost-effective as well. About the Author Dr. Speckart received his Ph.D. in Psychology from UCLA in 1984 with a specialization in personality measurement. He has been active in the jury consulting field since 1983, and has conducted over 800 mock trials and focus groups in pre-trial research for numerous types of litigation. Dr. Speckart has worked with litigators in over 300 jury selections, beginning with Dalkon Shields cases in 1983, the Agent Orange litigation in 1984, and Exxon Valdez litigation in 1994. His area of emphasis has shifted to employment litigation over the past decade as a result of increased demand for assistance in this complex area of jury psychology.
5. 5 Witness effectiveness training involves components that are both verbal and nonverbal, the latter being comprised of "body language;" facial expressions; tone; mannerisms; and similar areas of conduct. Moreover, these nonverbal components of witness performance constitute the vast majority of the overall message that is ultimately delivered. The value of a case for settlement purposes fluctuates markedly based on the nonverbal performance of videotaped depositions, and witnesses typically do not know how they "play on tape" until it is too late to change it. Impressions of witnesses regulate the conduct and settlement posture of opposing counsel and similarly affect dispositions by the court, and can steer the case into a tactically unstable position well before a jury trial is on the horizon. In mock bench trials conducted over the years, the similarity of judges' and jurors' reactions to witnesses has been noted on multiple occasions, suggesting that the most potent forms of witness preparation are those which are conducted literally as early as possible with the reactions of both judges and jurors in mind. In short, persuasion of judges on many employment-related issues is not dissimilar to persuasion of the jury, and witness training in particular should not be relegated to a position following certification. (Indeed, when we receive a call for help in witness training for a pre- certification deposition, we know that the litigator is well-informed on how to use such services and adequately prepare his case). Many trial team managers assume that the adequacy of witness testimony is a matter of verbal content , and that "sitting down and talking to the witness" is essentially the basic component of witness preparation. Experience with witnesses and their actual performance creates a markedly different perspective, however: In reality, effective witness training is more like teaching a 5-year-old how to ride a bike, and "sitting down and talking" in this task is about equally effective. Very few witnesses have the inherent ability to maintain composure in the pressurized context of class action litigation depositions, and implementing effective approaches to deal with their apprehension is not obvious or straightforward. Research in employment cases generally points to the universal conclusion that when employment disputes are construed as arising from personality conflicts or subjective foibles among defendant supervisors, the defense in general is saddled with severe tactical vulnerabilities. By contrast, defendants are on much more solid ground strategically when employment decisions and regulatory matters that affect plaintiffs are linked to more objective , verifiable performance-based criteria. Nonverbal behaviors are, virtually by definition, a set of indicia connected with subjective states of the witness. When judges or jurors get a sense that defendant supervisors or managers have any type of personality problems, biases, prejudices or temperament flaws, In reality, effective witness training is more like teaching a 5-year-old how to ride a bike, and "sitting down and talking" in this task is about equally effective.
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A convicted home invader caught with the drug ice says it's the only thing that stops him from fainting. Terrence Codling, 60, of Hopetoun Road, pleaded guilty in Warrnambool Magistrates Court to possessing methamphetamine and failing to answer bail. He was arrested on November 14 after police located a small bag containing 0.38 grams of ice in his hand. He was intercepted walking on Warrnambool's Menzies Street about 3.10pm. Police observed something in his left hand and he was subsequently searched. Codling was interviewed, charged and bailed to appear in court at a later date. But he failed to appear and a warrant was issued for his arrest. On Monday he told the court the drugs were for personal use. He said he used methamphetamine as it was "the only thing that stops me from fainting". Magistrate John Lesser said the statement had no medical validity. "Illicit drugs are not the way forward," he said. Codling appeared in court in September over a home invasion in Warrnambool's Kimberly Road. On that occasion his lawyer told the court he suffered from black outs. Mr Lesser convicted and fined Codling $400. Meanwhile, a former Mortlake dairy farmer caught with more than one gram of methampethamine says he turned to drugs after a frightening home invasion. Nathan Chatfield, 28, of Pound Lane, pleaded guilty to two charges of failing to aswer bail and possessing methamphetamine. He was arrested on July 24 after police intercepted a silver Holden sedan on Warrnambool's Garden Street about 11.40am. Chatfield was the front passenger of the vehicle. A search revealed 0.52 grams of ice in his wallet. He was conveyed to the police station and a further search located about half a gram in his pocket. Chatfield said drugs had been an ongoing feature since his relatives invaded his home with an axe. Magistrate John Lesser said there were alternative ways to deal with stress. "Most importantly, keep away from the drugs," he said. Chatfield was convicted and fined $500. Have you signed up to The Standard's daily newsletter and breaking news emails? You can register below and make sure you are up to date with everything that's happening in the south-west.
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Warrnambool, Mortlake men cop fines after possessing meth
A convicted home invader caught with the drug ice says it's the only thing that stops him from fainting.
Terrence Codling, 60, of Hopetoun Road, pleaded guilty in Warrnambool Magistrates Court to possessing methamphetamine and failing to answer bail.
He was arrested on November 14 after police located a small bag containing 0.38 grams of ice in his hand.
He was intercepted walking on Warrnambool's Menzies Street about 3.10pm. Police observed something in his left hand and he was subsequently searched.
Codling was interviewed, charged and bailed to appear in court at a later date. But he failed to appear and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
On Monday he told the court the drugs were for personal use.
He said he used methamphetamine as it was "the only thing that stops me from fainting".
Magistrate John Lesser said the statement had no medical validity.
"Illicit drugs are not the way forward," he said.
Codling appeared in court in September over a home invasion in Warrnambool's Kimberly Road. On that occasion his lawyer told the court he suffered from black outs.
Mr Lesser convicted and fined Codling $400.
Meanwhile, a former Mortlake dairy farmer caught with more than one gram of methampethamine says he turned to drugs after a frightening home invasion.
Nathan Chatfield, 28, of Pound Lane, pleaded guilty to two charges of failing to aswer bail and possessing methamphetamine.
He was arrested on July 24 after police intercepted a silver Holden sedan on Warrnambool's Garden Street about 11.40am.
Chatfield was the front passenger of the vehicle. A search revealed 0.52 grams of ice in his wallet.
He was conveyed to the police station and a further search located about half a gram in his pocket.
Chatfield said drugs had been an ongoing feature since his relatives invaded his home with an axe.
Magistrate John Lesser said there were alternative ways to deal with stress.
"Most importantly, keep away from the drugs," he said.
Chatfield was convicted and fined $500.
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Too many idea's have been pushed to the side due to other things going on, so this topic is to serve as a dynamic catalog of idea's and job's until a more appropriate method is found.
Please add and remove items on the list accordingly. Currently, item's are in no particular order.
Finish off the article we were working on.
Finish off the Team/Co-Founder project.
Create an email subscription option for the newsletter.
Re-ignite Link and make the torrent community aware of it's potential.
Create a community run multipool which pays out in ftc and collects fees for bounties.
Find the creator of this video and see if they can update it for when NeoScrypt arrives.
Continue work on the other video projects.
Start and Finish the Resources page.
Alternate the colours on the forum.
Make the chat box easier to find.
Include the chat box inline across all forum pages.
In no way is this list exhaustive. Please, as mentioned above, edit the idea in if it has all ready been discussed and deemed worthy of pursuing. Or pitch the idea here and it will more likely than not be added.
That way one can be in the chat and read the forum at the same time. I think this would help to populate the chat.
Great work Calum. I'm all for a "task based system", keeping a central list is a good start.
Just as an idea for the future, or where applicable (larger tasks).
I used to work setting up Planned Maintenance systems, which included the FMECA (Failure analysis) and Task creation/allocation.
Some "Faults" need to be monitored closely, like Wellenreiter and I are doing with the Network. Or, the task of monitoring support for any new problems occurring.
Some Task can be cyclic, i.e. weekly or yearly.
I don't want to go on to much, but (as an idea) add a second section, type of tasks required, who they are currently allocated to, or forum request for volunteer.
Task: Finish off the article we were working on.
I found this: as an example of an for possible long term direction, regarding forum task allocation.
Github is Feathercoin's "official" method of managing "one off", project style tasks. It is powerful, open source and free to public use.
It's disadvantage is it is quite technical. A massively useful and important skill for any one technical or who needs a work control system, to learn tho'.
I like the idea. Sorry for my absence lately, I'm snowed under with setting up a Community Interest Company, one of my projects has unexpectedly sprung into life and needs my support.
I like the sound of whatever this is.
Also, Feel free to amend the list in the format you've done. For now I suppose just have volunteers required written down for task which don't seem to all ready have people working on em.
This (Tasks) has need an open source method of control, knowing people are volunteers. We just need to keep gradually chipping at it. I'll get round to documenting forum maintenance tasks (etc) I have done or identified in the past and add them to the list.
As another idea worth looking into is the newly released Mozilla TogetherJS, which is an open source collaboration tool. Its a bit like Google Docs, without all the spys.
Update Feathercoin related information on other pages.
Should become a reoccuring task, e.g. every 3 month??!
That would be great if you were up for it. Asana is good as well.
I looked into asana tonight, unfortunately it seems they use a licensing model based on amount of people using it, the free version was limited to 15 which is to little.
For those who hasn't used trello yet it's super simple. Look at it as a digital board of post-it notes and columns to put them in. You can then assign labels, owners, due dates and other things to each note.
And of course, any community projects or similar could also be managed via a board under the feathercoin org if you want to (all this is just suggestions of course).


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Der Mother Goose Lake (engl. für "Muttergans-See") ist ein See auf der Alaska-Halbinsel im Südwesten des US-Bundesstaates Alaska.

Der 28 km² große See befindet sich 18 km westnordwestlich des Vulkans Mount Chiginagak auf einer Höhe von . Die Zuflüsse Vulcano Creek und Indecision Creek entspringen in der Aleutenkette. In der Seemitte befindet sich eine etwa 45 ha große Insel. Der Mother Goose Lake wird vom King Salmon River am westlichen Seeufer entwässert. Der See und dessen Einzugsgebiet befinden sich vollständig innerhalb des Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge. Am Seeufer und in der Umgebung des Sees gibt es Bestände an Balsam-Pappeln (Populus balsamifera).

Säureeintrag im Jahr 2005
Geothermale Aktivitäten des nahe gelegenen Vulkans Mount Chiginagak führten Anfang Mai 2005 zu einem Abschmelzen dessen vergletscherter Bergkuppe und zur Bildung eines säurehaltigen Kratersees mit einem pH-Wert von ungefähr 3. Der Kraterrand brach nach einer gewissen Zeit und der säurehaltige Inhalt des Kratersees floss in den Mother Goose Lake. In den Folgejahren laichten keine Lachse mehr im See.

Weblinks

 bathymetrische Karte (PDF, 6,8 MB) bei Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources

Einzelnachweise

Lake and Peninsula Borough
SMother Goose Lake

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Hamas govt hails 'noble' Turkish stance on Israeli siege
On Tuesday Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the Israeli siege on Gaza was "a form of collective punishment against a free people who chose to defend themselves."
The Hamas government in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday lauded recent remarks by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan – in which he conditioned reconciliation with Israel on the latter's commitment to lift its siege of the Gaza Strip.
"This is a noble position from Erdogan," government spokesman Ihab al-Ghosein told Anadolu Agency.
"Erdogan's position deserves appreciation at a time many Arab leaders have failed to follow his suit," he said.
The spokesman said that the world "lacks such brave positions on the unjust siege on the Gaza Strip".
On Tuesday, Erdogan reaffirmed his government's position that reconciliation with Israel must be accompanied by the latter's commitment to lift its years-long blockade of the strip.
He also said that a final protocol for the compensation of victims of the Mavi Marmara incident, which had severely strained relations between Tel Aviv and Ankara, must be signed before bilateral relations could return to normal.
Earlier, Palestinian lawmaker Gamal Nasser hailed Erdogan's statements as "highly appreciated".
"We thank the Turkish prime minister for rejecting reconciliation with Israel until the blockade [on Gaza] is lifted," Nasser said at a rally staged by Gaza fishermen to protest Israel's naval blockade of the strip.
"The siege…represents a form of collective punishment against a free people who chose to defend themselves," he added.
Nassar called on Arab and Muslim countries to "follow Erdogan's lead in supporting the Palestinian people."
He also paid tribute to nine Turkish activists killed in May 2010 when Israeli forces stormed the Turkish Mavi Marmara – the lead vessel in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla – miles from the Gaza seashore.
"They are honorable martyrs who tried to break Israel's siege of over 1.8 million people in Gaza," said Nassar.
In 2006, Israel imposed a crippling blockade on the Gaza Strip, which home to nearly two million Palestinians, following the takeover of the Palestinian enclave by Islamist resistance faction Hamas.
Over the years, Israel has gradually reduced the space allotted to Palestinian fishermen to a mere three nautical miles off Gaza's coastline.
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Gaza blockade attempts to degrade the Gaza people and economy to facilitate their murder, and eventual theft of land. Ocean blockade facilitates Israel theft of the off shore natural gas.
Israeli army launches raids on Gaza Strip
Israeli army detains 41 Palestinians across West Bank
Israel approves new 530 settler homes in East Jerusalem
Israeli PM approves 800 new settlement units in W. Bank
Palestine to sue buyers of Israeli settlement products


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Tag Archives: black folk music
Railroad Songs and Gandy Dancers
Posted on February 26, 2018 by Kelsey Anderson
Railroad songs were a genre created by laborers for the railroads in America. The origin of the genre is disputed and rather mysterious. We can all recall "I've been Working on the Railroad" (pre Civil War), but it is unclear if that is one example of the genres earliest pieces. Archie Green suggests in "Railroad Songs and Ballads: From the Archive of Folk Song" that "[the songs] welled directly out of the experiences of workers and were composed literally to the rhythm of the handcar. Others were born in Tin Pan Alley rooms or bars. But regardless of birthplace, songs moved up and down the main line or were shunted onto isolated spur tracks."1 John Lomax had recorded many of these railroad songs. Here is an example of one: http://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000326/ 2
These songs were created by workers to entertain and convey stories up and down the rails. The subjects of the songs, that are recorded, range from the erotic, basic railroad construction, and common themes like love and loss. The creators of the railroads songs included African Americans and many immigrant people. Unfortunately there are little to no record of the songs created by immigrants in different languages and today there is no way of rediscovering those songs. These songs created by African Americans and immigrants created a new slang term for these people called "Gandy Dancers".
In the article "Country Music and the Souls of White Folk" by Erich Nunn, we get a sense of the effect that the Gandy Dancer's music has had on country music, we are told, "In My Husband, Jimmie Rodgers, a biography of her late husband published in 1935, Carrie Williamson ("Mrs. Jimmie") Rodgers presents Jimmie as a crucible in which the "darkey songs" he learned as a boy are transmuted by "the natural music in his Irish soul" into something distinctive and new."3 The songs that Carrie writes on were created by the African American men that worked of the rails and influenced Jimmie Rodgers.
Gandy Dancers used their songs as a method of keeping rhythm for the laborers of the railroad and striking in time amongst the laborers. Here is a short snippet of a documentary done on Gandy Dancers: 4
Green, Archie. "Railroad Songs and Ballads." Archive of Folk Song, 1968. Accessed February 26, 2018. https://www.loc.gov/folklife/LP/AFS_L61_opt.pdf.
Lomax, John A, Ruby T Lomax, and Arthur Bell. John Henry . near Varner, Arkansas, 1939. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000326/. (Accessed February 26, 2018.)
Nunn, Erich. Country Music and the Souls of White Folk. Wayne State University Press.
Folkstreamer. "Gandy Dancers." YouTube. June 23, 2008. Accessed February 26, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=025QQwTwzdU.
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"The Ordering of Moses" and Robert Nathaniel Dett's compositional output
Posted on October 17, 2017 by hynes1
Photo courtesy of Library of Congress
Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943) was a popular African American composer who used spirituals and gospel songs as his inspiration for larger works. His works like the Juba Dance were performed by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and Dett conducted and performed as a pianist in Carnegie Hall.
His 1937 oratorio, "The Ordering of Moses," was seen in its time as controversial, but largely lauded. It was called "the most impressive Negro contribution to music" in the Chicago Defender's May 1937 issue. It combines "spirituals such as "Go Down Moses," reworked into a fugue; the lush romanticism of Dvorak; a seguidilla-like dance complete with castanets; and jazzy inflections throughout."1
When it was originally performed at the May Festival of 1937, the live recording on radio suddenly stopped midway through, supposedly due to scheduling difficulties, but in later years it is largely believed that too many people called in complaints about the composer's race for the broadcast to continue. Dett faced much discrimination for this work, and he felt it on both sides. He was told his symphony was too black, and that he was too black, but other people told him it wasn't black enough. Critic Olin Downes of the New York Times had this to say:
Image Courtesy of The Chicago Defender May 1937 Issue2
The oratorio can be heard in this playlist below.
In addition to creating large-scale works that provoked conversation, Dett made plenty of statements about the difficulties of black composers in a largely white-dominated field. At that time, spirituals when composed and sung by white performers was more acceptable than black people doing the same thing, and Dett made it known the many problems that accompanied that mindset. In the July 1943 edition of the Chicago Defender, he is quoted saying that black composers and performers should not try to confine to the popular, white and westernized version of songs that were originally from the black community in the first place. He also notes that the black community should "aspire to the top because of spirituals, not in spite of them."3
Additionally, Dett mentions the difficulties of being a black person in the institutional music system. He says that many African Americans who graduate from insitutions with degrees in music aren't able to fully cultivate their talent, because if they rise to fame they outshine even the president of the institution (on account of the novelty of being a famous black performer).
Dett's work "The Ordering of Moses" contradicts his own statements in two ways. First, it conforms more to western European musical standard practices than to traditional practices in the black community. This is something he directly condemned above. Second, it helped him rise to great fame, rather than let him meekly compose semi-successful pieces. However, he did not seem to outshine the reputation of Oberlin University, where he obtained his degree.
There is more to the story, however. If his work had conformed even more toward traditional spiritual practices, white audiences never would have heralded it as such an inspiring and important piece. Then, he might not have gained as much fame and thus wouldn't even have had an opportunity to share his opinions on the state of black composers and performers in the Chicago Defender. He played the game where he had to in order to balance both black and white audiences. If he hadn't, he'd have been lost to history, and we wouldn't remember his works or his name. So before we are too quick to judge the contradictions between his composition output and his musical philosophies, we should remind ourselves of the complex situation of being a POC in America. This should especially be taken into account regarding black musicians operating in a largely western European controlled system.
1 Amanda Angel, "Heavy-Handed Presentation undermines Cincinnati Symphony Revival of Dett's 'Moses'" New York Classical Review, May 10, 2014. http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2014/05/heavy-handed-presentation-undermines-cincinnati-symphony-revival-of-detts-moses/
2 (1937, May 22). DETT'S 'ORDERNG OF MOSES' LAUDED AS RACE'S BEST CONTRIBUTION IN MUSIC. The Chicago Defender (National Edition) (1921-1967) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/492486822?accountid=351/
2 Alfred E Smith (1937, July). "Dett Sees Music as Potent Weapon Against Race Hate." The Chicago Defender (National Edition) (1921-1967) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/492486822?accountid=351/
Artist Files: Tommy Dorsey , 1950-1975 © The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Popular Culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975.
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Tuskegee Institute Singers – Echoes of the Fisk Jubilee Singers
Posted on October 3, 2017 by hynes1
Whilst browsing the Library of Congress' "National Jukebox," I came across recordings from a group called the Tuskegee Institute Singers (later known as the Tuskegee Institute Quartet). They started around 1914 as a college a capella group that took their talents beyond the halls of the Tuskegee Institute (an HBCU founded by Booker T Washington).
They directly adopted practices of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, and sang spirituals in a modified harmonized style to appeal to white listeners as the Fisk singers did. Scholars have drawn direct lines from the Fisk singers to the Tuskegee singers. Even if their work had been changed to appease a broad audience, some still found their work "primitive."1
This follows a long line of judgement of the music of other cultures, which western Europeans often found strange and lower than their own. One review of their music from The Victor Records catalog of 1920 details their sound, which they found at the same time "wholly American" and "primitive" at the same time.2
They note their "weird harmonies" – though they also praise the fact that they, unlike other primitive cultures, have harmony at all. It is apparent that Western European critics felt that the African American community must try to be "American" and follow Western European practice, yet at the same time, they would never dare hold African American music in the same regard as music that originated in Europe. They expected the black community to strive to attain their standards, but also knew they would never accept the music of the black community.
Additionally, it is interesting that the critic here refers to their music as reverent and to be respected, but from his language does not himself revere the music. They reference that the music came from the grandparents of the singers – that it comes from a long tradition of workers. However, the description acknowledges the hard "American" work of the singers, but does not acknowledge that this work was carried out under the hand of slavery. This critic takes credit for the desirable aspects of the music but does not also take credit for the factor that slavery played in the music's inception.
Below is a recording of the Tuskegee Singers singing "Go Down Moses" (a spiritual). More of their work can be found at the Library of Congress National Jukebox online site.
What do you think of their sound? Did it earn its criticism?
1 Nick Toches, Where Dead Voices Gether, Little, Brown (2009).
2 Victor Records Catalog, (1920).
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The 'Practical Idealism' of "Porgy and Bess"
Posted on March 24, 2015 by swansocd
The day after the premiere of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess at the Colonial Theatre in New York City, a review of the performance appeared in the New York Times that would both articulate the positive aspects of the opera while also aptly summarizing its importance to American music. A portion of the opening paragraph reads:
"An audience which assembled, uncertain whether they should find a heavy operatic work or something more resembling musical comedy, discovered a form of entertainment which stands midway between the two. The immediate response was one of enthusiasm that grew rather than diminished as the evening progressed." [1]
In other words, Porgy and Bess was an immediate hit because it successfully bridged the gap between the styles of European grand opera and American musical theater in the style of tin-pan alley. By extension, Gershwin was cementing his reputation as the quintessential American composer: a perfect combination of elite artist and regular American. While this synthesis may appear to be a contradiction, there are a number of descriptions in this and other contemporaneous reviews that support this statement.
A scene from the original Broadway projection of "Porgy and Bess".
From the New York Amsterdam News:
"The first act represents George Gershwin's most serious writing. It is Gershwin struggling for a greater expression, endeavoring to transcend into the world of great music. Contrapuntally speaking, he does. This is evident in the crap game fugue." [2]
The author (Allen Gilbert) goes on to compare Gershwin to "Brahms, Bach, or Beethoven" for his clarity of theme in symphonic writing, effectively lifting him into a pantheon of greatness. Yet, Gilbert goes on to call the second act a "let down", describing it as a musical side-show that more resembles a smorgasbord of primitive American music (hot jazz, broadway ballads, negro spirituals) than it does the work of a grand master. He attributes to Gershwin a false quote suggesting that opera is for the "masses" but that they cannot understand it if it's not dumbed down for them.
But it is the third act that truly shows Gershwin's greatness, a "gathering together of the parts" that utilizes both ends of the spectrum without compromising on beauty and emotional power. It is with this in mind that the author crowns Gershwin as the "practical idealist".
While this is a deserving title for the young composer, we can see quite clearly how mind-numbingly kitschy this is, yet another example of American determinism seeking out the next great musical representative for the U.S. of A. This is especially frustrating when we consider the most problematic yet simultaneously inspiring aspect of the work and its initial performances: its nearly all-Black cast. While the New York Times review emphasizes this historic achievement (even including it in the subtitle), the New York Amsterdam review doesn't even mention it. The first lauds each cast member and the "characterizing detail" given to a normally inhuman and primitive setting; the latter lauds only Gershwin and his ability to humanize to black music without mention of the African Americans involved.
I don't mean to suggest that Gershwin is responsible for this discrepancy, but it is worth remembering that in the evolving world of American art music in the early 1900s, Porgy and Bess may have been more akin to minstrelsy than to grand opera for many white audiences. Though an article in the Chicago Defender less than a month later claims that "race music is dignified" by Porgy and Bess, this primarily African-American viewpoint doesn't necessarily reflect a popular perspective of the work. [3] While Gershwin's "idealistic" genius and his roster of memorable songs is undoubtedly responsible for the works success, it is fascinating to see how the "practical" matters of the performances may have been ignored.
[1] Special to The New York Times. "Gershwin's Opera Makes Boston Hit." New York Times (1923-Current File), Oct 01, 1935. http://search.proquest.com/docview/101340968?accountid=351.
[2] Allen, Gilbert. "George Gershwin, Practical Idealist." The New York Amsterdam News (1922-1938), Nov 16, 1935. http://search.proquest.com/docview/226210087?accountid=351.
[3] McMillan, Alan. "'Porgy and Bess' Scores on Broadway." The Chicago Defender (National Edition) (1921-1967), Oct 19, 1935. http://search.proquest.com/docview/492522466?accountid=351.
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The Beauty in "The Negro's Songs"
Posted on February 23, 2015 by sison
Black slave song was once a purely functional form of music that was described as "primitive" or "not inherently musical," and the thought of it pervading American popular music once seemed impossible. However, after going through a metamorphosis of sorts, it changed into a form that appealed to the people of the United States. By undergoing this change, the songs had lost basically all semblance of their original function as a work song to an art song. Thus began the assimilation of black folk songs into American folk-songs.
As a result of black folk music being introduced to the American public, people wanted to capture the origins and nature of this new genre. Books were written chronicling and collecting black folk songs, among them Afro-American Folksongs, A Study in Racial and National Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel and On the Trail of Negro Folk-Songs by Dorothy Scarborough. Although these books were invaluable as a source for the average person to learn more about black folk songs and accounts of their encounters with the people that taught the authors the songs, they were written by white people using standard musical notation that is not able to accurately portray how the songs would have actually been performed by the people that originally sung them.
For example, take this transcription from Scarborough's book of "I Went Up on the Mountain Top:"
The notes, rhythms, and words are present, but we have no idea how accurate this is. We can only assume how fast it went, how to pronounce the words, and the harmonies implied, if any. What results from this collection of songs is not an authentic depiction of black folk tunes, but "…a body of beautiful music. It has been neglected, distorted, made pretty, made tawdry, and now is being presented in various approaches to its native beauty." [3] This issue of "beauty" became even more contentious when considering how to perform these songs:
Due to the vague nature of the transcriptions written by authors such as Krehbiel and Scarborough, the "correct" rendition was up to interpretation. However, it was agreed that that the expression of the text was far more important than the style in which a person sang. Hayes and Robeson are incomparable, but they both hearken back to the original spirituals and the idea of expression as beauty. Although the black slave song was once thought as the music of savages, it quickly became an integral part of American music and was not going away anytime soon.
1. 3. 4. Seldes, Gilbert. 1926. THE NEGRO'S SONGS. The Dial; a Semi – Monthly Journal of Literary Criticism, Discussion, and Information (1880-1929), 03, 247. http://search.proquest.com/docview/89694543?accountid=351.
2. Scarborough, Dorothy. On the Trail of Negro Folk-songs. Hatboro, Pa.: Folklore Associates, 1925. Pg. 7. Accessed on archive.org.
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Maharajgunj Nursing Campus is a pioneer Nursing Campus in Nepal established in 1956 A.D. as a school of nursing under the Directorate of Health Services, Ministry of Health. In 1972, with the introduction of new education system plan in Nepal it came under the Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine and named as Mahaboudha Nursing Campus until 1986 AD. The campus was moved to Maharajgunj premises of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital and now it is renamed as Maharajgunj Nursing Campus.
The vision of the Maharajgunj Nursing Campus is to produce nursing and midwifery workforce of optimum level of academic excellence for universal health coverage in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals.
Its mission is to prepare nursing and midwifery workforce to lead and transform the care in a rapidly changing, diverse and complex health care environment through academic excellence, innovative research, strong partnerships, and global initiatives.
To deliver high quality nursing and midwifery education comparable to the international standards.
To promote quality education through faculty development initiative.
To upgrade and update the existing academic infrastructure including library and IT facilities to support quality education.
During its more than 6 decades of existence Maharajgunj Nursing Campus has made considerable progress in its programs. It has increased its academic programs from that of Proficiency Certificate level (PCL) to Post Basic Bachelor of Nursing, Generic Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Nursing, and PhD Nursing Program.
As per government policy PCL nursing programs has been phased out from this campus from the year 2015.
Objective: The objective of the Bachelor of Nursing Program is to produce middle level nursing providers and leaders who are capable of independent judgment, functioning in a leadership positions in the hospital and community; teaching the junior students and conduct research in areas in of nursing.
Candidates must have passed PCL Nursing Program from recognized institutes by securing minimum of 50% marks, must have at least one year of working experience in nursing after getting license to practice from Nepal Nursing Council (NNC) and must pass the entrance examination conducted by Institute of Medicine.
Objective: The objective of the Generic B.Sc. Nursing program is to prepare academically sound graduate nurses who are competent to carry out the role of care provider, manager, teacher and researcher in nursing areas.
The candidate must have passed I. Sc. or 10+2 securing at least 50% marks in aggregate with major subject such as physics, chemistry and biology. They must pass the entrance examination conducted by the Institute of Medicine.
Objective: To produce nurses who are capable of working at higher managerial level positions at the government offices, hospitals, academic institutions, research areas and nongovernmental organizations.
At least 1 year of working experience following Bachelor of Nursing program.
Must qualify the entrance examination conducted by Institute of Medicine.
The candidate must have passed Master's in Nursing at least in second division or equivalent.
Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital 700 hundred badded. Maharajgunj.
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All the printed reading materials are in open access system.
Bibliography of research reports and theses.
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The Campus has its own hostel facility with double-bedded room which can accommodate 284 students.


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CATALYST QUARTET
Bio Press Jessie Montgomery Karla Donehew Perez Paul Laraia Karlos Rodriguez
CQ@Howl! Bach/Gould Project Uncovered CQ Minute
Education and Advocacy Sphinx Performance Academy Native American Composers Apprentice Program
Watch Listen Photos Album: Bach/Gould Project Album: Strum- Music for Strings by Jessie Montgomery Album: Dreams and Daggers- Cecile McLorin Salvant Album: Bandoneon y Cuerdas- JP Jofre and Catalyst Quartet
Bookings Email us Program: Angels Program: Hemispheres- North America Program: Hemispheres- South America
About Us Bio Press Jessie Montgomery Karla Donehew Perez Paul Laraia Karlos Rodriguez Projects CQ@Howl! Bach/Gould Project Uncovered CQ Minute Education Education and Advocacy Sphinx Performance Academy Native American Composers Apprentice Program
Media Watch Listen Photos Album: Bach/Gould Project Album: Strum- Music for Strings by Jessie Montgomery Album: Dreams and Daggers- Cecile McLorin Salvant Album: Bandoneon y Cuerdas- JP Jofre and Catalyst Quartet Calendar Contact Bookings Email us Program: Angels Program: Hemispheres- North America Program: Hemispheres- South America
"The Catalyst Quartet offered a dynamic performance of Joan Tower's lyrical, melancholic 'In Memory,' inspired by events of Sept. 11, 2011."
- The New York Times – Oct. 16, 2015
Catalyst Quartet Gets Down and Dirty at Kohl Mansion
"Catalyst Quartet members passed for country fiddlers and even a Brazilian samba band in a recital of folk-based string quartet works. The most compelling pieces were contemporary takes on non-Western folk traditions. Stirred by his encounters with violence during a trip to Israel, Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov drew on Middle Eastern musical traditions for Tenebrae. In one particularly chilling passage, violist Paul Laraia emulated a traditional lament, while first violinist Karla Donehew-Perez provided an echo effect at the end of each phrase, playing an obsessive melodic figure as she shifted her bowing from the bridge upward toward the fingerboard. The resulting, eerie tone color sounded like it had been produced in an electronic studio rather than by an acoustic violin."
- SF Classical Voice – Nov. 18, 2015
"Catalyst Quartet was excellent in Marcus Goddard's atmospheric 'Allaqi' for string quartet."
- Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times –October 30, 2014
"Burlingame's swanky, century-old Kohl Mansion isn't a venue where you would expect to hear good-old-fashioned folk music. Its oak-paneled Great Hall usually serves as a stage for the chamber music of Brahms and Beethoven. And while the Catalyst Quartet is a classical chamber ensemble, in its Nov. 15 concert members passed for country fiddlers and even a Brazilian samba band in a recital of folk-based string quartet works." -San Francisco Classical Voice, CA
"The concert ended with the remarkable Brahms String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1. There is so much going on throughout its 30-minute duration that at times I felt as though I were listening to a huge Symphonic work reduced for four players of a string quartet. The energy and drama in this great work, plus its supremely effective writing for the instruments, was totally absorbing and earned a standing ovation." -Peninsula Reviews Carmel, CA
"Invariably energetic and finely burnished…The Catalyst Quartet, a new ensemble sponsored by Sphinx, played the Allegro Rustico movement from Ginastera's Quartet No. 2 with an earthy vigor that made you wonder why whoever assembles Sphinx's programs did not have them offer the complete work."–New York Times, NY
"In a program of overflowing energy, the Catalyst Quartet—another branch of the Sphinx Organization—performed single movements from the second quartets of Michael Nyman and Alberto Ginastera, each with relentless rhythmic force." -Chicago, IL
"One last piece dominated the proceedings, the String Quartet No. 2, Op. 26, by Alberto Ginastera from Argentina, played by the Catalyst Quartet, the first-chair players from the Sphinx Virtuosi. They were scheduled to play just Ginastera's finale, but in a spirit of enthusiasm presented the whole quartet, all five movements of it Through Ginastera's perpetual-motion opening movement and finale, his ghostly scherzo full of special sound effects, and the two cautious, softly dissonant slow movements, the resemblance to a really good performance of a Bartók quartet was unmistakable." -San Francisco Classical Voice, CA
Northwest Bach Festival in Spokane WA:
"The Catalyst Quartet playing was a continual source of pleasure. Careful to keep within the bounds of string playing appropriate to 18th-century music, they nonetheless succeeded in revealing the wealth of wit and pathos that lies in nearly every measure of Bach's great work. All four players employed light pressure on the string and used vibrato as Bach would have expected: as an occasional ornament, rather than a constant means of tone production. The result was a sweet, airy sound, capable of many shades of expression. In the Gould String Quartet, the group's sound darkened considerably, in keeping with the stylistic language of the work. Early in his career, Gould was deeply involved in the music of the Second Viennese School of composers.. These are the influences most noticeable in his String Quartet, and account for its dominant tone of brooding, super-heated emotion. Catalyst responded by digging into their strings more deeply and producing tone colors that would have been out of place in the Bach."
- Spokesman Review – March 4, 2015
"The Catalyst Quartet took the stage for Osvaldo Golijov's 'Tenebrae.' It's a meditative work whose floating mists and cosmic ambiguities can, in the wrong hands, seem like music to do yoga by, but the Catalyst players turned in a serious, convincing account. The tone shifted from dark to light when the quartet launched into 'Strum,' a hugely enjoyable new work by Jessie Montgomery. Turbulent, wildly colorful and exploding with life, 'Strum' sounded like a handful of American folk melodies tossed into a strong wind, cascading and tumbling joyfully around one another." -Washington Post, DC
"Some complain that classical music was written by dead white guys, is performed by white musicians and listened to by white senior citizens. Luckily, there are groups like the Catalyst Quartet to combat this trend. They serve not only to foster performer diversity but also to promote works by non-white composers… melodies emerged from between the cracks of tightly nested repeating cells and snaked in and out of the pulsing framework, occasionally taking wayward dips before retreating to allow a new theme to materialize." -Oberlin Review, OH
"The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival's commitment to new music plays out throughout
the two-week event. Monday's concert featured some compelling music, polished craftsmanship and percolating ideas that deserve wider circulation. Played energetically by the Catalyst Quartet, the String Quartet No. 4 (2011) packed a lot into three short, tightly argued movements. The music soared in the sweetly nostalgic finale." – Detroit Free Press, MI
"Goddard's Allaqi, performed by the Catalyst Quartet stood out. I was moved and enthralled by the quartet's performance, seeing the notes lifted high into the room, painting this grand picture."
- Splash Magazine
"The first movement of Michael Nyman's String Quartet No. 2 (1988) combines elements of minimalism with a rock aesthetic in a virtuoso setting. The finale Furioso movement, from Argentinean Ginastera's String Quartet No. 2, Op. 26 (1958), certainly shows Bartók's influence, but through a South American prism. This music is "in your face" seething, frantic and fabulous fun." -Classical Voice Greensboro, NC
The Catalyst Quartet opened the Modlin Center season in Richmond VA:
"The Catalyst takes a rather old-school approach to its music-making, phrasing without excessive edginess, producing a generally mellow sonority with a big, rich bass, reminiscent of great quartets of the past such as the Guarneri and Budapest. Bartók Quartet No. 3 is a showcase of spiky harmonic language that characterizes the master's mature music. The performance didn't underplay those qualities – cellist Rodriguez slid quite effectively, and violinist Donehew-Perez produced rarified, spider-webby figures faultlessly. The ensemble gave a comparably romantic sheen to Beethoven. String tone was robust and rounded with no shortage of vibrato, tempos were moderately paced, in the finale a hint of Haydnesque effervescence and volatility. The group's sound and the music's style were best reconciled in Brahms, a songful outpouring of high-romantic tone and phrasing that the four musicians audibly relished. The first violin paced a sweetly lyrical andante, and the closing movement's set of variations found the ensemble in its most plushly sonorous collective voice."
- Richmond Times-Dispatch - Sept. 9, 2015
"The last work on the first half was one that few in the audience have heard in its entirety, Samuel Barber's String Quartet, Opus 11. But most people are familiar with the arrangement for string orchestra of the quartet's second movement, the "Adagio for Strings." Surrounding this beloved lyrical movement are two much more dissonant and rhythmically complex pieces which the quartet played with as much assurance and ease as they did the lyrical adagio. I was very impressed by the many string colors that the quartet created." -New York Concert Review, NY
"Classical music is for everyone – or, at least, it should be. That's the message the Catalyst Quartet is bringing to Houston." -Houston Chronicle,TX
"New and old works dotted the playbill… The Haydn war-horse got a fresh take. Their energy shone in the perfect ensemble unity of the opening Allegro con spirito movement, and continued to present a remarkably mature Adagio second movement. The concluding movement was nothing short of fantastic." -Journal Star Lincoln, NE