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Dr Ben Gauntlett
The Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Commissioner
The Australian Human Rights Commission
Ben Gauntlett commenced his term as Disability Discrimination Commissioner on May 7, 2019.
Ben is a quadriplegic following a schoolboy rugby union accident aged 16. He has the experience of a person living with a disability and accessing care in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. He will be a participant in the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Prior to commencing as Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Ben worked as a barrister in Western Australia and Victoria with a broad ranging practice. He has also worked as an associate to the Honourable Justice Kenneth Hayne AC at the High Court of Australia, as Counsel Assisting the Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth and taught law in Australia and the United Kingdom.   Ben holds undergraduate degrees in Law (Hons) and Commerce from the University of Western Australia, and was awarded the Rhodes Scholarship for Western Australia in 2003. He also holds a Master of Laws from New York University and a D.Phil. in Law from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.


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What are your thoughts on the November 2015 Paris attacks?
Nov 2015 Paris attacks
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What are your general thoughts? Why the attacks happened and why we weren't able to prevent them? Why France? How should France and the world respond?
On the evening of 13 November 2015, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks occurred in Paris and Saint-Denis, France. The attacks consisted of mass shootings, suicide bombings, bombings and hostage taking. Beginning at 21:16 CET, three separate explosions and six mass shootings occurred, including bombings near the Stade de France in the northern suburb of Saint-Denis. The deadliest attack was at the Bataclan theatre where attackers took hostages and engaged in a standoff with police until it was ended at 00:58 14 November CET.
At least 129 people were killed, 89 of them at the Bataclan theatre. More than 350 people were injured by the attacks, including 99 people described as being in a serious condition.
On 14 November, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attacks. More: en.wikipedia.org.
At: paris isis attacks, paris terrorism, paris 2015 attacks, debate, forum.
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Q: Why is Xcode 3 displaying multiple compiler errors or warnings for each that actually occurs When I build in Xcode, any errors or warnings are being duplicated.  So in the IDE, I get twice the number near the icons in the status bar, and where the yellow or red bubbles show up in the editor, there are two warning lines (or error lines) below the line where the warning (or error) occurred.  Anyone else have this problem, or know how to fix it?

A: When GCC is run with multiple -arch flags, it will produce a warning and/or error for each architecture because the compiler is essentially being run multiple times.
If you have set your project to be a Universal app containing both PPC and i386 binaries then you will get two errors/warnings, provided that the error/warning applies to both architectures.

A: Are you doing a release build? If so, it may be hitting the errors once while doing the PPC build, and again for the intel build.

A: The above answers are correct but don't tell how to fix it. Go to Project -> Edit Project Settings, and check the "Build Active Architecture Only" button in the Architectures section. Why Apple doesn't check this by default for debug projects is beyond me.

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I don't know how many of watched this movie already.
It's a movie as great as Kung-Fu Panda I.
2)This film is also about finding your "inner peace".
to be the one you want to be.
Agents,Lwyears, etc) are always wanted.


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Why is the world's largest nuclear plant closing?
It was the first time that a nuclear plant had shut down in the US in more than 30 years, and the first nuclear shutdown since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
The plant was being operated by Entergy, the country's largest utility.
It had shuttered its nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, in the wake of a meltdown in the cooling tower that released toxic radioactive steam and melted steel.
But after more than 20 years of operating the plant, Entergy has shut down four reactors, and now plans to shut down another, at Sellafield in the United Kingdom.
The UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change said on Thursday that it will no longer allow any more nuclear reactors to operate in the UK and the US, and announced that it would end the nuclear licensing process for existing nuclear power plants by 2035.
The UK government also announced that nuclear reactors are being retired in England, Wales and Scotland.
In its announcement, the Department of Climate Change stated that the decision to close the Sellafount and Three Mile island reactors was "due to the ongoing decommissioning of their reactors".
The closure of the Sellacourse, which was built in 1952 and has been operating since 1976, is the first of a series of nuclear retirements announced by the US government, with the closure of two more reactors expected by the end of the year.
The US government also said that it was considering closing down its remaining nuclear power stations, including its fleet of six reactors at Westinghouse, at least one of which has been in operation since 1963.
The two new nuclear reactors at the Vogtle plant in Georgia are expected to be operational by 2025.
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Dirty work mixes with 'snuggle time'
By RICK DANLEY THE IOLA REGISTER
May 3, 2017 - 12:00 AM
LAHARPE — Among the great train of worthwhile programs offered by SAFE BASE — Iola's after-school program — is its Junior Volunteer outing. Headed by licensed social worker Susan Hawk, Junior Volunteers buses school children, kindergarten through sixth grade, to the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility, where students split their time between volunteer work — cleaning floors, walking dogs, filling litter boxes — and a period of intensive "snuggle time" with some of the facility's furriest tenants.
"For one, they're learning what happens behind the scenes here," said Hawk. "But they're also learning what it feels like to give, and what it does for others when you give of your time and skills. It will be important in their later lives to have that basis of volunteering."
And the interactions with the animals? For Hawk, the moment when a first-grader cradles a nervous puppy to his chest — this is the perfect time to explore values of empathy, of kindness, of care for others. "We're learning what it looks like when an animal comes in and it's been abused — how does that animal feel? What I do, then, is try and equate those ideas back into the feelings of human experience."
Since the program began in March, many of the Junior Volunteers, moved by their interactions with the animals, have insisted on donating their allowance money to the struggling rescue facility.
TUESDAY'S session was reserved for the younger group (K – 2nd). Around 4:30 p.m., six bright-faced, well-behaved Junior Volunteers — a shy one, a bubbly one, two best friends, a watchful one, and a class clown — marched in a line from their bus into the offices of ACARF and trod, as ones who've traveled the carpeted path many times before, to the conference room at the back of the shelter. They took their seats around the table and awaited their assignments.
Karen Glukowsky and Broden Westerman were put on dish duty. The two children hurried down a long hallway and gained their positions at a large, industrial sink. ACARF employee Brittni Israel turned on the water and adjusted the high-powered spray. "I like doing dishes," said Karen Glukowsky, who suddenly remembered she was still wearing her glasses, and so removed them, folding their tiny plastic arms one over the other, and placed them on the counter, out of the way, before rejoining Broden at the sink.
Emma Michael, Sheridan Byrd and Adelyn Wacker were handed two bottles of glass cleaner and a handful of loose newspaper pages and gently asked to attend to the many windows at the LaHarpe facility. The helpless fact about five-, six-, and seven-year-olds is that they're short. Still, it's to the girls' credit that the lower half of all of ACARF's windows now rank as some of the cleanest in the county.
Christopher Kilby was in charge of sweeping the hallway. He did a good job, and was able to sweep while simultaneously riding his broom like a horse.
Chores done, the six kids regrouped in the conference room for the crowning point of their visit. Within minutes, the adults — Hawk, Israel, bus driver Heather Jones — were passing out puppies — a brown one and two black ones, none more than a few weeks old. The kids cheered and cooed and laughed. They ran their fingers through each puppy's fur. They leaned close, inviting kisses from the puppies. They placed their hands against the tiny barrel of one puppy's torso and felt its relentless trembling. "He's scared," one girl said. "It's OK, puppy. It's OK."
A six-year-old's allowance can only go so far in lifting a financially ailing organization. ACARF is asking willing adults to match the Junior Volunteers in their spirit of giving.
Contact ACARF at 620-496-3647 or on Facebook.


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World's Only Team of Professional Cyclists with Type 1 Diabetes Will Keep Racing
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By Hanna Gutow
Team Novo Nordisk will continue training and supporting professional cyclists with diabetes, as well as conducting research on diabetes and exercise, for another three years
Novo Nordisk recently announced that it has extended its professional cycling team partnership with Team Novo Nordisk for three more years. Team Novo Nordisk is the only professional cycling team made up entirely of people with type 1 diabetes. In addition to supporting some of the best athletes in the world with type 1 diabetes, Team Novo Nordisk is researching the relationship between exercise and diabetes management.
Novo Nordisk first became involved in the world of professional cycling in December 2012, when it joined forces with Team Type 1 to create Team Novo Nordisk. Team Novo Nordisk CEO Phil Southerland said, "It is through Novo Nordisk's ongoing commitment to supporting people with diabetes and helping them live their healthiest lives that this team exists. I'm eager to grow, inspire the next generation of heroes living with this condition, and motivate the youth of the world to get active. We know the bike serves as a powerful tool and platform for changing the health of the world."
Team Novo Nordisk is also dedicated to leveraging research to empower athletes with diabetes. All of the athletes on Team Novo Nordisk wear FreeStyle Libre 2 continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), and 14 of the 16 riders use multiple daily injections for their insulin therapy. Based on CGM data from their athletes, Team Novo Nordisk has published several small studies on how exercise impacts diabetes management and how to improve time in range while exercising.
Earlier this year, Team Novo Nordisk published a study evaluating its athletes while they were competing in the Tour of California. Team members biked between three to seven hours per day for seven days and did not experience hypoglycemia while racing! However, some riders experienced an increase in overnight hypoglycemia during the seven-day race – which the team is working to address.
Team Novo Nordisk also recently published data from a 2019 training camp –its athletes trained for 40 hours over ten days and were able to maintain 76% time in range! Southerland told us that the Team Novo Nordisk athletes "work really hard on diabetes management, but they're not perfect. Just like everyone else out there, they have high and low blood glucose. But they have the information and the tools so that they can make adjustments on the go and, for the most part, try to stay in range."
This year, due to COVID-19, Team Novo Nordisk hosted a virtual program, called Talent ID. It included 70 young people (up from the usual 25 participants) with type 1 diabetes. Athletes attended Zoom classroom sessions to develop their leadership skills, did workouts on an app to test their physical abilities, and had group rides every night using an app to connect with other kids with type 1 diabetes, all of which created a cycling community.
Southerland also discussed expanding the program. "We're working to roll this out to kids with type 2 diabetes who have had a hard time with weight and with fitness," he said. "We want to bring these kids together and create a culture of health, giving them the mental support and the physical support needed along with their families to help them become healthier young kids."
If you want to read more about professional cycling with diabetes, read our behind the scenes story with Team Novo Nordisk at the 2015 USA Pro Challenge and read about the inspiring athletes racing for Team Novo Nordisk.
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After Devastating Hurricanes, Puerto Ricans Lead on Tackling the Island's Climate Crisis
Blog Climate, Energy, and Environment After Devastating Hurricanes, Puerto Ricans Lead on Tackling the Island's Climate Crisis
By Sarah Alaoui on November 15, 2021
Climate, Energy, and Environment Our Climate Is Our Future
A mother and son help clean up in the coastal town of Loiza, Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Photo: Preston Keres/ U.S. Department of Agriculture
In the aftermath of two hurricanes that devastated Puerto Rico, UNA-USA Puerto Rico chapter Founder and Executive Director Ricardo Arzuaga Chaves saw an opportunity to bring people on the island together around a common goal: resilience against climate change and sustainable development for a more secure future.
"It was such a turning point for everybody in Puerto Rico," says Ricardo Arzuaga Chaves, the Founder and Executive Director of the island's chapter of the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA PR).
In 2017, two major hurricanes, Irma and Maria, struck the Caribbean island within less than two weeks, giving its people no choice but to confront climate change head-on.
The hurricanes, which killed close to 3,000 people, knocked out power and cellphone service, disrupted access to fresh food and drinking water, and devastated crops. Hurricane Maria, which was the worst storm to hit the island in more than eight decades, took the heaviest toll on rural and vulnerable communities. Many areas remain uninhabitable to this day.
"Now we must rise up and show the world that we need to work faster to address climate change. We are facing the direct hits of it, and it's going to continue," Ricardo says.
Children participate in the Beach Clean-up Day at Surfer Beach, inspired by the UN's Sports for Climate Action initiative. Photo: Play Ball Puerto Rico
For years, studies had warned that the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, like many other islands, is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and unprepared for the potential devastation it could incur as a result. However, in a territory that was facing a crippling debt of $70 billion long before the 2017 hurricanes, weak infrastructure, and the highest poverty rate of any U.S. state or territory, climate change and sustainable development were not on the top of people's daily concerns.
Ricardo's own passion for sustainable development and the UN started 25 years ago when he founded the local UNA-USA chapter after falling in love with Model United Nations during his college years in Massachusetts. With emotions still running high on the island, Ricardo and his UNA-USA chapter took the opportunity to really bring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and climate awareness home in a way that would resonate locally.
"We used that as a perfect turning point to start reaching people and try to get them to work in one direction towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals," he says.
Students prepare a signed Puerto Rican flag as a token of appreciation to Julien Dujarric, who sent them SDG materials. Photo: UNA-USA PR
One of the main priorities was to educate people about what the SDGs are, how they're interconnected, and how they affect everyone on a daily basis. Ricardo says that because Puerto Rico is not a member state of the UN, its people have vague knowledge about the institution and what it does. He is working with local partners and an agency on a large-scale communications campaign to spread the words about the SDGs on the island, with a focus on climate change.
Another step was to connect like-minded civil society organizations, companies, academic institutions, and other partners that are interested in promoting the SDGs and climate awareness in Puerto Rico. With the UNA-USA Puerto Rico chapter as a convener — and bringing to life SDG17, partnership for the goals — people quickly began to show interest. They put together an SDG working group that centralized SDG activities on the island into one place, creating a unique stakeholder network that keeps track of local progress and indicators. Importantly, it also gave members a sense of community and a feeling that they were giving back to the island at a time of utter devastation.
"There was a sentiment of impotence to be surrounded by such destruction and not have the collaborative networks that are needed for resilience in this era," said Ricardo.
After hearing about what happened on the island, others far away were also inspired to help. One eighth grader from Kentucky, Lawson Strenecky, turned his love for baseball into a community service project that raised funds to refurbish fields and buy equipment for boys' and girls' teams in a Puerto Rican community deeply damaged by the hurricanes. Ricardo also worked with Lawson and other volunteers on a local beach beautification project to help young people understand how climate change directly affects the places where they love to play. Hurricane Maria, for example, caused erosion along 35% of the coast in Puerto Rico, making the island prone to habitat loss and to further damage from future storms.
Because of its work connecting people around the SDGs, the Puerto Rico chapter of UNA-USA became the natural liaison when the island's government joined the Local2030 Islands Network, a platform for island-led solutions to global sustainability challenges, in April 2021. Coming from an island, Ricardo says it's heartening to see the strides that Hawaii and the U.S. territory of Guam have made in terms of tracking SDG indicators, and he hopes that Puerto Rico can make similar progress in gathering data and statistics, a key hurdle. He is acutely aware that this work will take time to get right — particularly in a way that honors the island's culture and way of life — but is confident that his UNA-USA chapter is uniquely positioned to get it off the ground.
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maybe it could have started earlier if the *click* came about never with them at all. i think that's the way it would have worked, like — if they hadn't pushed me to know about it i would have discovered myself.
done for developers' society's valentines day 2017 promotion in zobel. experiment with masonry !
never-ending story experimental that has .. ended.
a narrative, vague and mysterious episodic that takes form in days.
a little experimental fall out boy song sorter & lyrics searching majigy. made for practice with listJS and will fix in the future because it is currently an atrocity.
maybe there's a glimmer of hope when every single time i think it's a decent story. not a beautiful one filled with appraisal or respect, but one where just one person billows out, not a testament to the truth repeated on turnstiles beyond them. it's never a bad death, infatuation with the gore and grime and the ashen pale that lies after; it's imperfect — but rightfully so.


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What better way to spend your days, than trying one of our ever-changing beer selections. Whether it be one of our world beers or a local craft beer from right here in Kansai, there's one for everyone's taste. Every beer you get, brings you one step closer to the 100 Pint Club, and your name on a plaque on the bar.


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Asia, Indonesia, Java, Krakatau
December 4, 2017 Terry Donohue 4 Comments
Published in Indonesian Expat magazine December 2017
When Krakatau erupted in 1883, it became the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history. Scientists stationed in Batavia (Jakarta) used seismographs to measure the earth's movements and this information, along with eyewitness accounts, were telegraphed around the world through new transoceanic cables that connected every continent. It was one of the world's first global news stories.
View from Anak Krakatau
There were no settlements on Krakatau itself as the ill-tempered island had been rumbling for centuries. However, the nearby coasts of Sumatra and Java were well populated by both Indonesians and foreigners, attracted by the rich volcanic soil, the fisheries and the strategic Sunda Strait, a busy shipping lane use for the Dutch spice trade.
The forces that had formed Krakatau Island lay deep within the earth's crust where the Indo-Australian tectonic plate grinds beneath the Eurasian plate. This subduction process sends island-forming magma to the surface. In 1883, the island actually had three ominous volcanos: Rakata, Danan, Perbuwatan – and all of them were active. However, the magma chamber had been plugged by viscous rock for hundreds of years and the pressure that built inside intensified the eventual eruption on August 26, 1883.
Heading to Anak Krakatau
It must have been a terrifying sight that afternoon when all three volcanos erupted, spewing columns of ash and mushroom clouds 50 km into the atmosphere. Pyroclastic flows (fire, debris and gases) ran down the mountainside and across the sea, traveling at over 160 km per hour incinerating everything in their path. For the people in South Sumatra and West Java who witnessed the event, their world turned black and warm, sticky ash began falling from the sky. It must have felt like the end of the world.
Scientists believe that the partially emptied magma chamber was then filled with a hotter, darker magma from deep within the earth, creating a lethal mixture. Gases expanded, pressure increased and by 5:30 the next morning there was a cataclysmic explosion that ripped the island apart.
Black sand beach on Anak Krakatau looking towards Rakata Island
Over the next four and a half hours, there were two more explosions. The first one was so loud that it was heard in Perth, Australia 3,200 km to the south and Rodriguez Island 5,000 km to the west. It reverberated around the globe seven times and to this day remains the loudest sound in recorded history. The next explosion was so powerful that the island literally blew itself to bits and whatever was left standing collapsed into the magma chamber and disappeared into the boiling ocean.
The explosions caused deadly tsunamis. Boats in the Sunda Strait witnessed immense walls of water and the coastlines of South Sumatra and West Java were slammed by mammoth waves up to 40 meters high. By the time the damaged could be assessed, 165 villages had been destroyed and almost 37,000 people had lost their lives.
Today the only thing that remains of the original island of Krakatau is half of the Rakata volcano. Left scorched and devoid of life in 1883, Rakata regenerated at an amazing pace. Algae and ferns took hold within three years. Then grasses appeared. Over time trees took over the grasses and within 40 years the island was covered in dense jungle. Visitors today can explore the jungle and find two-toned chunks of lava, testimonials of the magma mixing that triggered the massive explosion and tore Krakatau apart.
Sulphuric gases rise from the top of Anak Krakatau
In 1930 Krakatau proved that it wasn't finished yet. After three years of churning magma onto the seabed a new island was born: Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatau). Regular eruptions have raised Anak Krakatau to the lofty height of 400 meters in less than 90 years – comparable to the height of the Empire State Building.
There are a few black sand beaches strewn with granite and lava rock. Areas undisturbed by volcanic activity are now covered in jungle. Birds sing and cicadas drone in the mid-day heat. At sunrise one is likely to be greeted by a biawak or two, cousin of the famous Komodo dragon. At dusk retiring egrets and seed-dispersing bats will cast silhouettes against the sunset.
Biawak
Multi-colored lava flows
Snorkelers will feel sudden currents of hot water, bump into chunks of floating pumice and get a fascinating look at underwater lava flows. New corals grow from the flows, temporarily providing food and shelter for marine life, waiting to be buried in the next eruption.
Snorkeling at the edge of the lava flow
Floating pumice
New coral growth
Above the jungle is a fascinating transition zone where pioneer species of grasses and trees establish themselves in the sterile ash and rock, laying the groundwork for future forests. Beyond the transition zone looms a barren and foreboding volcano. The trail zigzags upward through silty ash and lava flows of varying color. Sometimes the ground will feel warm as Anak Krakatau radiates from the inside out. Then the landscape becomes an other-worldly scene of bright yellow fumaroles belching out clouds of toxic sulfuric gas.
Enriching the soil with organic matter
Pioneer grasses
Pioneer tree
From the top of Anak Krakatau, looking out over the ocean at the distant Rakata, it's difficult to comprehend forces so destructive as to make an island disappear, but gazing into the mouth of the crater, one can imagine how it is being reborn.
Where there once was an island, now there is ocean – the view of what is now Rakata Island from the top of Anak Krakatau
The best way to see Krakatau is through a travel company
Door-to-door service from Jakarta can be arranged
Overland to/from Jakarta to Carita or Anyer
Boat to/from the west coast to Anak Krakatau
Volcanic activity will determine the trip – be sure to inquire
Boats do not operate during much of the rainy season
There are three types of trips
One day trips including hiking and snorkeling, returning to the west coast or Jakarta the same day
Overnight camping trips including hiking and snorkeling staying on Rakata or Anak Krakatau
One-day dive trips including hiking, returning to west coast or Jakarta the same day
On Java
Visit the ruins of the Fourth Point Lighthouse and see a 600-ton chunk of coral washed up by the tsunami in 1883
Visit the hills behind Carita to see what stopped the tsunami from advancing further inland
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Asia, Banyak Islands, Indonesia, Kayaking
Solo Kayaking in the Banyak Islands
October 31, 2017 Terry Donohue Leave a comment
Unplug in Paradise
Published in NOW! Jakarta magazine; November, 2017
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I paddled out of the little harbor serving the village of Haloban, returning the greetings of fishermen and kids along the way. An hour later I pulled the kayak up on a deserted beach and dove into the crystalline water. Welcome to paradise.
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Melanie got in touch with me a few weeks back saying that she was coming to the South of England for a few days with her fiancé and wondered if I was free to do a couple session for them. I'm so pleased that I could fit them in my already pretty full on diary because honestly, their love for each other is very special.
What I love the most about sessions like these if that they remind us of the things that we forget about. We can become to disconnected because of our busy schedules. It's truly an incredible moment to see couples having fun with each other during these sessions. There are no distractions. It's just them connecting, honouring and loving each other. When looking at the photographs once received, people often say to me: "Wow. It's quite something else to see what we have this way. It makes me want to protect our love even more than ever!"
Hope you enjoy their set as much as I enjoyed photographing them both.
I will be back on here next Friday with a new "love yourself" session. I literally cannot wait to introduce you to Ruth! She's one of a kind! She was brave and did something during the shoot that I have never photographed before! You'll have to come back next week to find out what that was!
Flo's photos are not only pictures to be seen but much more... emotions to be felt; Thanks to a wonderful artistic visual beauty.
"Once upon a time..." our story should definitely start like that. We were two young teenagers when we first met at school. We were not close friends and we did not stay in touch after school. But God decided otherwise and He reunited us at more than 2800km from each other! And 8500 km from our homes! But our God is the God of the impossible! Today I can thank God for having given me a fiancé with whom I can dream and hope with to meet God's goals for our lives, and all around the world! Having a husband (when we marry) with whom you can kneel down before God is among the most important and beautiful blessings God can give to His children.


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In the News: Headteachers weigh in
8th May 2013 by Dexter Findley
There have been two recent articles critiquing private tuition ("Warning from headteachers as parents dig deep to fund boom in private tutors" The Guardian 26/04/13 and "Tutoring for two-year-olds?" The Telegraph 03/05/13), both of which relied on Headteachers to pose their criticisms.
Some of their comments were rather silly, such as calling private tuition "a hideous concept", or claiming it "robs children of their childhood" (something disaffected kids and prog rock bands have been saying about schools for decades) and that it "undermines education" (but... private tuition is a form of education!).
One Head raised a legitimate concern over the fewer checks tutors face compared to teachers. Still, identity verification and reference collecting is part and parcel of contemporary tuition agency practice (well, for this one at least). Besides, we believe that parents have the capacity to judge who can educate their child best, whether they be a qualified teacher, a stellar academic or a wise layperson. And, most importantly, tutors are never in a position of sole responsibility for a child, unlike teachers, so are not eligible for DBS checks in any case.
Which brings us to our main issue; the articles' rather condescending attitude towards parents. The same head claimed the rise in private tuition is a bubble brought on by "parents talking to each other and panicking". Another (the headmistress of St. Paul's Girl's School, no less), says "[private tuition] is a significant industry which trades on [parent] insecurity and exam anxiety", i.e. it trades on the fact that parents want their kids to have a more individually-tailored education and better exam results. Given that St. Paul's is a private school, which offers parents a 'better' education, just like private tuition, the phrase involving glass-houses and stones comes to mind.
None of the commenters stepped back and thought, "I wonder exactly why parents are anxious, and why they might want to boost their child's career prospects?". Could it be that the poor state of the country's economy, the fierce competition for university places and the even fiercer competition in the job market might have something to do with it? So, we argue that private tuition is answering the demands of parents by helping their kids reach their full potential, something that not all schools can claim to do. It is encouraging to see some Heads acknowledging this: Phil Harte of a RC school in Salford admits that schools cannot be tailored to each individual's specific needs, and parents should have the right to support their child's education through private tuition.
In short, we'd like to see a more understanding approach to parental concerns. It's a tremendously competitive world out there, and parents should be allowed to supplement their kids' education with private tuition if they want to.
If you are a journalist or an academic writing a piece on private tuition, we'd love to share our data with you. Contact us for more details.
Tags: parents tutors news press response criticism headteacher DBS ID check


Ignacio's Makayla Howell (1) creates space for a hook shot away from Dolores' Brenn Jeter during Tuesday's game at DHS.
Ignacio's Larissa Gallegos (11) looks up for the rim as Dolores' Brenn Jeter (right) defends during Tuesday's game at DHS.
DOLORES - Showing signs of running out of fuel following a one-day, two-game assignment in Cortez a few days before, Ignacio's girls nonetheless remained unbeaten in the expiring Old Year with a road win Tuesday evening in Dolores.
"This is a tough place to play," head coach Trae Seibel stated. "It always has been, ever since I was in high school, and I'm glad we walked out of here with no one hurt; we're staying together as a team. As I reinforce to these ladies every day, the best player on the team IS the team. And when we walk out with a win, we understand there's things we've got to work on. But we move on, stay humble, stay hungry."
And when the food is free - as in free throws - feast freely.
Seibel's varsity went into halftime ahead 29-16 after sinking nine of ten charity shots during the second quarter and 11 of 12 for the half.
The 'Cats finished 12-of-14 from the stripe in a 43-25 triumph over their 2A/1A San Juan Basin League nemesis, though high-scorers Makayla Howell and Avionne Gomez were a humorous 0-for-0 combined.
Consistently hitting running hook-style shots in the lane with her right hand, Howell finished with 12 points while Gomez drained a conservative two three-pointers and totaled 10 points. Sophomore center/forward Morgan Herrera made her season debut and made three points, but played limited minutes after four personal fouls limited them further.
"Makayla stepped up as a captain," said Seibel. "She understands that she's got to take on that role and help be a leader for her team. or us, our offense is geared around post play; if our forwards aren't getting touches, aren't getting great position in their lines of deployment, then we don't have a great offense."
Four-of-four in the free-throw department, sophomore Larissa Gallegos finished with four points. Two freethrows in as many tries to her name, freshman Shelcie Gosney did likewise, and senior Allisianna Baker totaled three points via four FT tries.
"I thought our girls played well as a team," Seibel said. "You know, that's all that matters to me. There were moments we couldn't put the ball in the hoop, but that's basketball. There's going to be times that we don't make our shots and we've just got to shake 'em off."
Ignacio's JV squad also scored 27-26 overtime win, giving interim coach and former varsity player Pam Cotton her first victory heading a prep-level team.
The varisty girls are now off to a 2-0 league start, and 4-0 overall following dominant wins over SJBL foe Nucla (58-15) and 3A Montezuma-Cortez (56-27) at M-CHS' "Rumble in 'The Jungle'" last Saturday. Ignacio will next see action Tuesday, Dec. 19, at home versus Mancos.


I began to make my first prototype out of cardboard. My original design of a portable solar power bank was scrapped due to a lack of materials. My new design was going to be a solar powered motor with an on/off switch. At the time, I was still thinking about what to put on my motor. The cardboard prototype was only to test my wiring and basic structure.
First, I made the shell for the basic design. Then, I added a piece of cardboard to the motor to mimic the fan.
I put the solar panel on the back to test my wiring and if it is functional. My prototype was a success and I decided to start working on my final product. It will be made out of wood, a better material than cardboard.
By the end of the day, I managed to finish 70% of my project. I made 6 wooden sides to create a complete square. I cut a hole on one side to fit the motor, and another smaller one on another side for the power button. After hot-glueing motor and power button, I glued on two more sides. Soldering was a bit slightly complicated because of the tight space. Now, I just need to glue the top and bottom then wire the solar panel.


Ancient Egyptian medicine provides us with some of the earliest written evidence of medical practice. Medicine was prescribed, surgery performed and ailments were diagnosed. Along the banks of the Nile, medicine began to develop, alongside innovations in Public Health. In Ancient Egypt there were sophisticated methods of treating some illnesses. There was surgery that seems hard to believe possible some 5000 years ago. There was a system of providing water and removing waste in many places. Perhaps most importantly for historians of the history of medicine, the ancient Egyptians began to write down their medicines and the way that they should be used.
Evidence of medicine in Ancient Egypt comes in several forms. Firstly there are scrolls. These, written on papyrus, are among the earliest written records of medical practice. The most famous of these scrolls are the Papyrus Ebers and the Papyrus Edwin Smith. These scrolls show us a number of things. The types of medicines and potions used are recorded. The prayers or chants that accompany the taking of the medicine are also recorded. For surgical procedures, the precise method of conducting the operation is recorded.
The papyrus evidence hints at a strong link between medical practice and religious beliefs. This is re-enforced by the second form of evidence. That is the paintings that remain. Here we see images of the gods alongside doctors. In tombs the evidence shows that there is a large link with a belief in the afterlife. This explains the careful process of mummification that took place throughout much of the Egyptian Civilisation.
Our teaching resources section includes a number of free and premium resources on medicine in Ancient Egypt. You can find those worksheets and online lessons on this page.
Compare the Egyptians with medical practice in the Roman Empire to identify examples of continuity and change in medicine.


Our Italian American family always has fennel in some form on the Thanksgiving table. Often it is served raw as part of the antipasto. It is also a delicious side dish roasted. Fennel has a strong licorice flavor eaten raw, but mellows and is quite sweet when roasted. This is a simple fennel recipe that can be made a day or two in advance. The variations could include adding lemon or orange zest, Parmesan cheese, breadcrumbs, or sundried tomatoes and olives. You could also add sliced red cabbage for a more complex dish.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Wash the fennel bulbs and trim off the top stalk. Cut the fennel bulb in half from the stalk to the core. Remove the bottom tough core. Slice lenthwise into 1/2 thick slices. Pat dry with a paper towel and place on a half sheet baking pan. Trim leeks and chop then rinse in a colander to remove dirt. Pat dry with a paper towel and add to the trimmed fennel. Drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Toss vegetables to coat with oil. Roast for 25 minutes or until the vegetables are soft and golden around the edges. Serves 6.


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\section{Introduction}
\label{Intro}

The Cold Neutron Chopper Spectrometer (CNCS) at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) in Oak Ridge is a very flexible and versatile direct-geometry multi-chopper inelastic time-of-flight (TOF) spectrometer that provides both good energy and momentum transfer resolution at low incident neutron energies (1-50 meV).
This type of instrument is very popular at pulsed as well as continuous sources for the wide range of scientific applications
offered~\cite{Copley,in5,isislet,toftof,amateras,pharos,neat}.
Therefore, most of the major neutrons sources around the world host at least one instrument that is closely comparable to CNCS, such as IN5 at ILL, LET at ISIS, DCS at NIST, TOFTOF at FRM2, AMATERAS at J-PARC, PHAROS at LANSCE and NEAT at HZB (formerly HMI Berlin).
The CNCS is located at SNS beam line 5 with a cold coupled moderator, and features a source to sample distance of 36.25~m~\cite{Mason06}.
Two high-speed choppers, one to shape the neutron pulse from the moderator and a second to cut down the pulse length at the sample position, provide an adjustable energy resolution, ranging from $\sim{1.2}$\% to $\sim{10}$\% of the incident energy.
The secondary flight path, with a length of 3.5 m, has a highly pixilated detector covering scattering angles between $-50$\ensuremath{^\circ}\ and $+135$\ensuremath{^\circ}\ in the scattering plane and $\pm{16}$\ensuremath{^\circ}\ perpendicular to the scattering plane.
The detector array with a total solid angle of 1.7 sr consists of 400 two meter long tubes filled with $\nsup{3}$He gas at 6 atm.
CNCS has been operating since May 2009 (more than sixty peer-reviewed user experiments to date) with external facility users.

\section{Basic Design Choices}
\label{Design}

The general layout of the instrument is shown in Fig.~\ref{illu}.
The chopper system consists of four choppers~\cite{Sokol}.
Going downstream, the first chopper is a pulse-shaping Fermi chopper capable of spinning at up to 300 Hz.
Two slit packages are mounted on the same axis of rotation and can be changed with a vertical translation mechanism at full rotational speed.
The slit packages are relatively short (17~mm) with a shallow curvature of the slits, the overall neutron transmission of the device is $\sim{85}$\% when facing the beam.
The second and third choppers are 60~Hz disk choppers designed to remove frame overlap from the neutron beam.
These choppers have one opening of 14.3\ensuremath{^\circ}\ cut in the disks.
The final chopper, at a distance of 1.5~m from the sample, is a high-speed (300 Hz) chopper with two counter-rotating disks.
Each disk has three slits with widths of 2\ensuremath{^\circ}, 4.4\ensuremath{^\circ}\ and 9\ensuremath{^\circ}, respectively.
These openings can be paired in various ways to provide flexibility for the energy resolution setting.
All choppers can be moved out of the beam or stopped `open' to allow for `white beam' operation.
The two high speed choppers determine the neutron energy at which the instrument operates via the relative phase between them, and the energy resolution through the chopper opening times.
Even though the moderator pulse is relatively short (generally $\lesssim{300}{\,}\mu\rm{s}$, depending on neutron energy), it is generally too long for most applications. The pulse-shaping Fermi chopper offers flexibility in varying the effectively used moderator pulse length.
The chopper vacuum is separated from the guide vacuum for each individual chopper.

The overall design of the neutron guide was optimized for neutron flux at the sample position, at 25~cm behind the guide exit, for a sample shaped like the most commonly used cylindrical containers.
The design optimization was achieved in an iterative process, using the McStas
package~\cite{Lefmann,McStas}, while maintaining a few boundary conditions:
\begin{itemize}
\item a curvature is needed to reduce high-energy and thermal neutron background
\item the overall length impacts the resulting energy resolution of the instrument and must match other contributions to the resolution
\item a structural column of the target building had to be avoided
\item it was desirable to maintain a `simple' design to keep the manufacturing and installation cost within reasonable limits
\item it was highly desirable to have a narrow beam at the location of the last chopper to help achieve the shortest pulse possible at the sample.
\end{itemize}
The neutron guide entrance is located at a distance of 1~m from the moderator surface and has an initial cross section of 100~mm $\times$ 50~mm (height $\times$ width).
The overall length of the guide is 34.95~m.
The first section of the guide is straight, over a length of 6.57~m.  This is followed by a curved section (radius of curvature 2000~m) of 15~m length.
The remainder of the guide is straight again.
The curvature ensures that the guide exit is out of direct line-of-sight from the guide entrance, effectively introducing a high-energy cut-off at
around $\sim{100}$~meV in the neutron transmission of the guide.
At the end, over a length of 5.19~m, the guide is tapered for a cross section at the exit of 50~mm $\times$ 15~mm (height $\times$ width).
The guide is coated with supermirrors, mostly $m=2.5$, but increasing to $m=4$ towards the end.

Two low-efficiency beam monitors are placed in the incident beam line.
The first monitor is situated downstream of the first frame overlap chopper.
The second of the monitors is placed directly behind the high speed sample chopper and is calibrated for efficiency, allowing approximate estimates of the neutron flux at this position in the beam.

The sample area is designed to allow for bulky equipment, such as cryogenic magnets with a diameter of up to 1~m, to be placed on the sample table.
The last (relatively short) section of the neutron guide can be removed, putting the guide exit at 55~cm from the sample position.
In standard configuration, a 2\ensuremath{^\circ}\ radial collimator is mounted to the table to suppress scattering from the sample environment.

Detectors are situated at 3.5~m distance from the sample inside the detector enclosure.
During normal operation the enclosure is filled with argon gas, with the addition of 2\% CO$_2$ to increase the breakdown voltage of the argon.
Detectors are conventional $\nsup{3}$He tubes which are position sensitive along an active length of $\sim{1.95}$~m, operating at 1650~V with
6~atm $\nsup{3}$He gas pressure.
A total of 400 tubes cover scattering angles between $-50$\ensuremath{^\circ}\ and $+135$\ensuremath{^\circ}\ in the scattering plane and $\pm{16}$\ensuremath{^\circ}\ perpendicular to the scattering plane, resulting in a total solid angle of 1.7~sr.
During neutron beam production the overall detector background (electronic noise and background neutrons) amounts to less than 0.5 counts per minute per meter of tube.

\section{Instrument Performance}
\label{Performance}

High resolution images of the beam were taken at the guide exit and at the sample position.
These images are shown in Fig.~\ref{hirespic}.
Due to the wavelength dependent beam divergence, the beam at the sample position is generally somewhat larger than at the guide exit.

The instrument performance in terms of flux and resolution was characterized with various measurements.
These measurements are compared with the results of ray tracing Monte Carlo simulations.
The simulations were performed with the McStas
package~\cite{Lefmann,McStas} and are based on a source term that was developed for the cold coupled SNS moderator~\cite{Eriks}.
The goal was to assess whether all CNCS components work in optimal regime with no substantial loss of instrumental resolution/intensity.
The model was made up of the following components: the SNS neutron source that produces a time and energy distribution from the SNS top-downstream cold coupled moderator; 11 individual neutron guide sections (component ``Guide'') including 15 meters of a curved section (component ``Bender''),
Fermi chopper (component ``Vitess{\_}ChopperFermi''); two band-width disk choppers and one double disk chopper (component ``DiskChopper''); radial collimator; detectors (component ``Monitor{\_}nD''); Al windows; beam monitors.
The customized radial collimator module was written using the ``Exact{\_}radial{\_}coll'' component~\cite{McStas} with rectangular openings, specified length and blade thickness.
The number of simulated neutrons was $1\times{10}^9$ for each wavelength, which took about 30 minutes using parallel computing (MPI).
The simulations are showing good agreement between the calculated and measured data in a wide range of incident energies.
The absolute intensities as well as TOF peak-width at both the calibrated downstream monitor and the sample position were reproduced with reasonable accuracy, typically better than 20\%.

Measurements of the overall intensity and elastic instrument resolution were made with a standard vanadium sample, a solid cylinder with a diameter of 6.35~mm and a length of 5~cm.
This is shown in Figs.~\ref{vana} and \ref{elres}.
These data were complemented by measurements of the neutron flux at the sample position using two calibrated monitors.
While the instrument allows for many different settings for the resolution at a given incident energy, by changing the speed of the Fermi chopper and the sample chopper, and by pairing different slit combinations of the sample chopper disks, in standard operation most often one of two modes is chosen.
For convenience, these modes are termed `high resolution' (HR) and `high flux' (HF).
The `high resolution' setting gives nearly the best achievable resolution.
The `high flux' setting results in a neutron flux at the sample position that is generally about 4 times higher, at a somewhat relaxed resolution
(see Fig.~\ref{elres}).
The energy resolution can be further relaxed for more intensity.
In both standard modes the Fermi chopper runs at 180 Hz and the sample chopper runs at 300 Hz, and the two modes differ in the choice of the sample chopper slits that are paired.
At $E\nsub{i}=3$~meV ($\lambda\nsub{i}=5.2$~{\AA}), the elastic resolution for the HF and HR settings is 59~$\mu$eV and 42~$\mu$eV, respectively, and the measured flux at the sample (full beam cross section, flux normalized to a source power of 1~MW) is $7.6\times{10}^5$~n/s/MW and
$2.6\times{10}^5$~n/s/MW, respectively.
The best resolution comes at a price in terms of intensity, because a gain in resolution by a factor of $59/42\sim{1.4}$ is in general not quite worth an intensity loss by a factor of $7.6/2.6\sim{3}$.
This observation is also made at other operating energies.

The dependence of the sample flux on the incident energy is shown in
Fig.~\ref{flux}.
The measurements show that the peak flux is obtained around
$E\nsub{i}=10$~meV ($\lambda=2.9$~{\AA}).
Thus not only cold but also thermal neutron energies are readily available at CNCS.

The performance evaluation presented here concludes with a discussion of the energy and $Q$ resolution as computed with the McStas model,
see Figs.~\ref{inelreso} and \ref{momreso}.
The energy resolution of a direct geometry chopper instrument is given by
\begin{displaymath}
\delta{E} = m_n\cdot\left\{\left(\frac{v_{i}^{3}}{L_{1}}+
\frac{v_f^{3}L_{2}}{L_{1}L_{3}}\right)^{{\!}2}{\!}\delta{t}_{p}^{2}+
\left(\frac{v_{i}^{3}}{L_{1}}+\frac{v_f^{3}(L_{1}+L_{2})}{L_{1}L_{3}}
\right)^{{\!}2}{\!}\delta{t}_{c}^{2}+
\left(\frac{v_{f}^{3}}{L_{3}}\right)^{{\!}2}{\!}\delta{t}_{d}^{2}
\right\}^{1/2}
\end{displaymath}
where $E=m_n{/2}\cdot\left({v_{i}^{2}-v_{f}^{2}}\right)$ is the neutron energy transfer, $m_n$ is the neutron mass, $v_i$ and $v_f$ are the initial and final neutron velocities, respectively, $L_1$ is the distance from the pulse shaping chopper to the sample chopper, $L_2$ is the distance from the sample chopper to the sample, $L_3$ is the distance from the sample to the detector,
$\delta{t}_{p}$ is the pulse width at the pulse shaping chopper,
$\delta{t}_{c}$ is the pulse width at the sample chopper, and
$\delta{t}_{d}$ is the uncertainty of the time-of-flight in the secondary spectrometer due to the physical extension of the sample and the neutron detection volume~\cite{ANLreport}.
The $Q$ resolution can be expressed likewise, and since most of the terms are angle dependent, it is convenient to split the vector $Q$ in two components, which are parallel ($Q_x$) and perpendicular ($Q_y$) to the incident beam direction, respectively. These components read
\begin{eqnarray*}
Q_{x} & = & \frac{m_{n}}{\hbar}\cdot\left[v_{i}-v_{f}\cdot\cos{2}\theta\right] \\[1em]
Q_{y} & = & \frac{m_{n}}{\hbar}\cdot\left[-v_{f}\cdot\sin{2}\theta\right] {\;}.
\end{eqnarray*}
The $Q$ resolution is then
\begin{displaymath}
\delta{Q}=\frac{1}{Q}\cdot\left[Q_{x}^{2}\left(\delta{Q}_{x}\right)^{2}+
Q_{y}^{2}\left(\delta{Q}_{y}\right)^{2}\right]^{1/2} {\;},
\end{displaymath}
where
\begin{multline*}
\delta{Q_{x}} = \frac{m_{n}}{\hbar}\cdot\left\{
\frac{1}{L_{1}^{2}}\cdot
\left(v_{i}^{2}+v_{f}^{2}\cdot\frac{L_{2}}{L_{3}}\cdot\cos{2}\theta
\right)^{{\!}{\!}2}\cdot\delta{t_{p}^{2}}+
\frac{1}{L_{1}^{2}}\cdot
\left(v_{i}^{2}+v_{f}^{2}\cdot\frac{L_{1}+L_{2}}{L_{3}}\cdot\cos{2}\theta
\right)^{{\!}{\!}2}\cdot\delta{t_{c}^{2}}\right.\\
\left.+\left(\frac{v_{f}^{2}}{L_{3}}
\cdot\cos{2}\theta\right)^{{\!}{\!}2}\cdot\delta{t_{d}^{2}} +
 \left(v_{f}\cdot\sin{2}\theta\right)
^{2}\cdot\left(\delta{2}\theta\right)^{2}
\right\}^{1/2}
\end{multline*}
and
\begin{multline*}
\delta{Q_{y}} = \frac{m_{n}}{\hbar}\cdot\left\{
\left(\frac{v_{f}^{2}L_{2}}{L_{1}L_{3}}
\cdot\sin{2}\theta\right)^{{\!}{\!}2}\cdot\delta{t_{p}^{2}}+
\left(\frac{v_{f}^{2}}{L_{1}}\cdot\frac{L_{1}+L_{2}}{L_{3}}\cdot\sin{2}\theta
\right)^{{\!}{\!}2}\cdot\delta{t_{c}^{2}}\right.\\
\left.+\left(\frac{v_{f}^{2}}{L_{3}}
\cdot\sin{2}\theta\right)^{{\!}{\!}2}\cdot\delta{t_{d}^{2}} +
\left(v_{f}\cdot\cos{2}\theta\right)
^{2}\cdot\left(\delta{2}\theta\right)^{2}
\right\}^{1/2}
\end{multline*}
The expressions for the energy- and $Q$-resolution yield values that are very consistent with the McStas model, see Figs.~\ref{inelreso} and \ref{momreso}.
Thus they may be used in the scientific analysis of measurements of single crystal excitations such as spin waves or phonons.
On a time of flight instrument, such measurements are commonly accomplished by rotating the crystal around the vertical axis in the laboratory coordinate system, thus changing the direction of the incident neutron wave vector $k\nsub{i}$ in the reciprocal lattice of the sample.
This method was first used by Squires and Pynn to measure phonons in a single crystal
of Mg~\cite{tof1966,tof1972}.
The technique is now routine at CNCS, using a cryostat stick that allows sample rotation while the cryostat itself is stationary.
Currently the implementation is still classic, that is, a separate data file is measured for each sample angle.
Since the instrument data acquisition system saves neutrons as events, it is possible, however, to perform the measurements with {\em continuous} sample rotation, and to correlate the scattered neutrons with the sample orientation after the measurement has been completed.
This provides better coverage of reciprocal space, and it is anticipated that during the coming months, single crystal measurements at CNCS will start using continuous sample rotation.

\section{Conclusion}
\label{Conclusion}

Looking back over a little more than two years of user operation, it can be concluded that CNCS offers excellent intensity and resolution for inelastic and quasielastic neutron scattering experiments in the thermal and cold energy ranges.
A wide range of scientific fields has already been covered, most notably in studies of collective excitations in single crystal samples (spin waves~\cite{laco,feng} and phonons~\cite{pbte}), magnetic nanoparticles~\cite{coo}, the phonon density of states in a thermoelectric
material~\cite{ivo}, and diffusive processes in soft matter.
The most important improvements expected over the next few years will be concerning the instrument background and the overall flexibility with which experiments can be accommodated that require non-standard sample environment equipment.

\section{Acknowledgements}
\label{Acknowledgements}

The following people have made significant contributions to the planning, design or construction of CNCS:
M. C. Aronson,
T. L. Arthur,
W. B. Bailey,
A. Barzilov,
D. A. Bunch,
S. M. Chae,
S. H. Chen,
R. W. Connatser,
J. Cook,
R. G. Cooper,
R. K. Crawford,
R. A. Dean,
R. Dimeo,
W. R. Fox,
F. X. Gallmeier,
M. H. Gevers,
G. E. Granroth,
G. C. Greene,
W. M. McHargue,
L. L. Jacobs,
G. H. Jones,
W. S. Keener,
J. Morgan,
D. Narehood,
N. Page,
A. A. Parizzi,
J. Pearce,
D. B. Prieto,
F. S. Proffitt,
R. A. Riedel,
S. M. Rogers,
C. A. Schnell,
J. L. Stockton,
H. Strauss,
H. Taub,
B. M. Thibadeau,
D. M. Williams,
F. R. Williams,
P. A. Wright.
Construction of CNCS was funded by DOE grant DE-FG02-01ER45912.
Research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Spallation Neutron Source was sponsored by the Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U. S. Department of Energy.
We thank E. Pomjakushina and K. Conder for the HoBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_7$ sample preparation.

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Men's ice hockey hangs on to beat Harvard at Madison Square Garden
Max Molski
Derek Smith entered his junior year with No. 1 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey having recorded just two career goals. He finished the first half of the 2015-16 season scoreless, and it was not until a home-and-home series with Princeton that Smith found the net, scoring a goal in back-to-back games.
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Yet, after Quinnipiac surrendered a four-goal lead to send the game into overtime against No. 4 Harvard at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, it was Smith who sent the Bobcats home with a game-winning overtime goal. Smith registered his third goal of the season 2:55 into overtime to propel the Bobcats to a 5-4 win in New York City.
"It's something you dream of on this big of a rink," Smith said. "[Soren Jonzzon] did a good job in front, puck kind of squared off to me and I put it on net. It was awesome."
It was all Quinnipiac through one period, as the Bobcats began the "Rivalry on Ice" by scoring four goals in 20 minutes.
Alex Miner-Barron got things started with 12:31 left in the opening period. He wristed a breakaway shot past Harvard goalie Michael Lackey for his second goal of the year.
K.J. Tiefenwerth came right back and put the Bobcats up 2-0 just 23 seconds later. Tommy Schutt put the initial shot on goal before Tiefenwerth put in the backhand rebound.
Before the pro-Quinnipiac crowd simmered down from the Tiefenwerth goal, Sam Anas made it a 3-0 game. He brought the puck up the right side and deked both a Harvard defender and Lackey to cap a 36-second stretch that saw three Quinnipiac goals.
Quinnipiac was not done for the period. The first line of Anas, Landon Smith and Travis St. Denis worked the puck in front of the Harvard net before St. Denis knocked it in.
The Bobcats entered the game with a 14-0-0 record on the season when they have scored four or more goals. Yet, Harvard, a team that had blown a two-goal lead with under four minutes left on Thursday night against Boston University, stormed back with a vengeance.
"We knew down 4-0 that we could either go two different ways. We could pack it in and call it a night or four goals, chip away one at a time," Harvard senior Colin Blackwell said. "I think guys bought in, realized those 10-15 minutes were probably our worst of the season. There's still 40 minutes left to play so we kind of have to believe in one another and chip away."
Alexander Kerfoot started the rally with a wrist shot past Quinnipiac goalie Michael Garteig. Tyler Moy scored the Crimson's second goal. He came speeding through on a power play, deked a Quinnipiac defender and got around Garteig midway through the period. Ryan Donato scored Harvard's final goal of the period while slipping in front of the goal to bring the score to 4-3.
"The 4-3 goal, that could be goalie interference," Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said. "I think it depends on the look you have. It's part of life. You have to move on. It's 4-3 and then we got rattled. I thought we got really outside our game there."
Harvard came all the way back to tie midway through the third period. Blackwell wristed a shot past Garteig, who matched his season-high with four goals allowed, to match the score at 4-4.
The 4-4 score held into the overtime period. Both teams were able to create chances in the period, but it was Quinnipiac that sealed the game. Scott Davidson put the initial shot on net before it kicked out to Derek Smith. Smith then lined up a slap shot and launched it past Lackey for the team's second overtime victory of the season.
"[Smith] has been awesome all season," Pecknold said. "He's a big reason why we are where we are."
The win catapults the Bobcats to 19-1-3 on the season with a 10-0-2 record in ECAC play. Although it was not a conventional win, Smith is satisfied with the two points at "The World's Most Famous Arena".
"It's not the way you write it up after you go up four," Smith said. "We kind of laid back and they became pretty good. They're a really good hockey team. We found a way to win. It's what we've done all year."
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The Voice 11 Top 8 Power List and Photo Gallery
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The Voice season 11 LIVE Semifinals are here! You know what that means. BLOOD BATH! FOUR contestants will move on to next week's final on Tuesday. Four will get the axe. It's the most unpredictable and nerve wracking week of the competition. Y'all might want to pour yourselves a stiff one.
Typically, on results night, the three top vote getters automatically advance to the final. The bottom two head home. And, the 4th, 5th and 6th place singers perform for the Insta-Save. The winner of the three-way sing off takes the fourth spot in the final.
I've ranked all 8 finalists from Team Adam Levine, Team Alicia Keys, Team Miley Cyrus and Team Blake Shelton according to their relative strength at this stage of the game. Also, check out the photo gallery at the end of the post.
The way I see it now: Aaron Gibson and Josh Gallagher are probably going home. Three of either Ali Caldwell, Brendan Fletcher, Christian Cuevas or Wé McDonald will fight it out for the fourth spot. Sundance Head and Billy Gilman seem destined to advance to the final. But again–with half the field leaving the competition this week, anything can happen.
8. Aaron Gibson – Team Miley – I know! Aaron has been last on the list for several weeks in a row, but he manages to hang on. If he turns in a great performance I suppose it's possible he could nab a sing-off spot. But just like Season 10's Paxton Ingram who continued to advance against all odds–the semifinal will be the end of the road for Aaron.
7. Josh Gallagher – Team Adam – Josh turns in competent performances week in and week out, but he's largely stayed in the background. He's never hit the Top 10 on iTunes, had the pimp spot, or earned much buzz throughout the competition. The end has come for Josh, I believe.
6. Ali Caldwell – Team Miley – Ali has had several standout performances throughout the competition. She's one of the best vocalists left. Yet…even when she's had the pimp spot, her songs haven't moved much on iTunes. Despite promotion, the talented singer doesn't seem to be catching on.
5. Brendan Fletcher – Team Adam – Brendan has come on strong since the lives began and has a good shot at the final, but he'll probably have to sing for his spot.
4. Christian Cuevas – Team Alicia – Christian's earnest and emotional performances seem to be earning him fans week by week. Now would be a perfect time for Alicia to whip out the God card for the devout singer. If it comes down to singing for the fourth spot? Bring out Jesus and he'll be hard to beat.
3. Wé McDonald – Team Alicia – Her odd melding of opera and blues in last week's "God Bless the Child" withstanding, young Wé seems to have a passionate fanbase ready to vote her through to the finals. It's hard to imagine the finale without her.
2. Sundance Head – Team Blake – From a Vote for the Worst pick back in his American Idol days, to possibly the winner of The Voice? It could happen! Sundance has prevailed with a strong voice, solid performances, and an active social media presence. He's Blake Shelton's last singer standing. I'm sure they are both working very hard this week.
1. Billy Gilman – Team Adam – Billy came into the competition with name recognition, which gave him a built in advantage over the other contestants. Plus, he knows how to deliver Big Moments on stage. It's quite possible The Voice could deliver another child star winner. (Curly Sue's Alisan Porter won last spring).
Join us Monday for The Voice 11 Top 8 performances and Semifinal beginning at 8 pm ET. Right here.
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By 1779 it became obvious that the gradient of Old Mount Road was impractical for much of the wheeled traffic passing through Marsden on the way to Saddleworth and beyond. It was resolved to create a new road which would adequately meet the needs of passengers travelling in coaches and carriages. Meltham Road was extended to form a new route along what we now call Carrs Road, over Ottiwells Bridge and up Mount Road.
This improved version of the Wakefield to Austerlands Turnpike was built between 1779 and 1781 and provided the impetus for the building of large coaching inns along its route.
The Blue Lion built in or around 1780 was one such inn. It was certainly an inn at the time of the Luddite riots in 1812 and is believed to have quartered infantry who were stationed in Marsden to protect mill property. Many Marsdeners were antagonistic towards these soldiers who, they felt, 'contaminated the whole neighbourhood' and, following their withdrawal, there was a move to boycott the hostelries which had accommodated them. Not only did innkeepers face loss of trade due to the animosity of their customers but remuneration allowed by the Government was inadequate so that innkeepers were impoverished and, in some cases ruined. One or both of the above resulted in The Blue Lion closing in 1813.
The building was re-named Ready Carr House and became the home and workplace of Enoch Taylor and his brother James, when they relocated their metal working business from Goodall's Yard in Brougham Road to found the Marsden Iron Foundry, famous for being the manufacturers of the cropping frames which the Luddites protested so violently against.
Following the demise of the iron foundry in 1905 John Edward Crowther bought the property at auction and absorbed the, by then, extensive factory buildings into his textile business. Crowther sold Ready Carr House to the Adult School Trust in 1914. The Adult School building was taken over by the military in 1947 to house Polish ex-servicemen. They lived in this 'comfortable hostel' and worked in Crowther's mill leaving just one room for the Adult School. Ready Carr House was demolished in 1971 having had a dangerous building order placed on it.
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New Inspirational Song By Saint Dr MSG gets 2 Million Views in just 9 Hours
New Delhi (India), July 18: Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan released another inspirational song "Paap Chhupa Ke Punya Dikha Ke" on his YouTube Channel:
The song carries a very pertinent message addressing the the social evils and character building. All the creations of Saint Dr. MSG are always aimed at one or the other social issues and spread the positive messages among the masses. The songs instantly got viral in minutes of its release and attracted more than 2 million views in just 9 hours and still counting.
The song has been written, composed, directed and sung by Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan himself. Fans around the world are sharing their reactions on social media. The song was released virtually to his fans who were connected through video conferencing from various locations in India and abroad. As per the initial reactions, the song is expected to create new milestones on various social media platforms. The song is also expected to be available on other music platforms e.g. gaana, Jio Saavan, Spotify, Wink Music, Amazon, Apple Music, CRBT etc. soon.
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Annarosa Karrasch ( nee DiBlasio )
Annarosa and her son Larry meet Meher Baba at Longchamps restaurant in 1956.
Born : 3rd September, 1914, Brooklyn, New York
Died : 18th August, 1994 - ( 80 y.o.) Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Married : Theodore ( Theo )
Children : Lawrence ( Larry ) - Click here to visit Larry's page
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Baba greeting Larry and Annarosa Karrasch at a dinner reception for Baba given at Longchamps restaurant; Eruch is next to Baba, Elizabeth and John Bass seated are greeted by Annarosa's husband Theo.
location: Manhattan House, New York City
photographer: Leo Rosenthal
Lord Meher ; p.4988
During Baba's visit to New York, many of the Sufis came in his close contact, including Hans Ludwig ("Lud") Dimpfl and his family, Joseph Harb, and Annarosa Karrasch, 47, (who had met Baba in Myrtle Beach, along with her family.
In addition, Baba also gave his touch to others, such as Jean Adriel (who, because she had been ill, had not been able to come to Myrtle Beach), Barbara Mahon, Beryl Williams and Evelyn Blackshaw. Dr. Audrey Kargere, who first heard of Baba through Norina in the late 1940s in New York, came with her fiancé, Prince Robert Von Brancovan.
LM p.3111
Annarosa standing behind her son Larry on the Center at Myrtle Beach, SC.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, Baba came down the elevator. Jeanne Shaw was waiting there, and Baba took her hands and allowed her to kiss his cheek. She was given some of Baba's clothes to wash. Baba went to the rooms on the mezzanine reserved for giving interviews, which had been beautifully decorated by Jeanne. On a divan (belonging to the hotel) procured by Energy's husband, Harry "Mickey" A. Florsheim, a beautiful white spread (belonging to Annarosa Karrasch) was placed and then banked with flowers. For prasad, a bowl of seedless Thompson grapes had been placed by Baba's divan.
1956 ; Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. ; Annarosa with Meher Baba. The images were captured by Anthony Zois from a film by Sufism Reoriented.
It was still raining and the second group of women came somewhat late. Baba gave each of them a gift, to some handkerchiefs and to others something else. He asked Anna Karrasch, "Where is the little lover?" meaning her son Larry.
She asked, "Did you want me to bring him?" Baba shook his head, then reached over to a tray of gifts and felt among them. Finally he pulled out a small snuff box, remarking it was filled with his love, and handed it to Annarosa for her to give to her son.
After each woman had received a gift from Baba's hands, they left, their hearts filled with gratitude.
Larry Karrasch tells a wonderful story about this gift to him.
Click on this link : http://kendrasnotebook.blogspot.com.au/2007/10/babas-fragrance.html
1956 : Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC., Annarosa on the far left next to her mother and Adi K.
In this photo at the Myrtle Beach Center ,Baba is holding Larry Karrasch's hand, his mother Annarosa standing next to him, with Eruch and Adi K looking on.
Harold Rudd has Raphael on his shoulders with Virginia looking at them.
Courtesy of Deirdre Eaton & Virginia Gloor Sadowsky
Afterwards, Baba had this message cabled to Kenmore:
I have canceled the December sahavas.
I want you not to feel disappointed or disturbed for I know what I am doing. I also know how you and Annarosa [Karrasch] have labored and done your utmost to make possible for a large number of my lovers to see me. I am very pleased and proud of you. Remain happily resigned to my will and pleasure.
1956 ; Meher Baba greeting at Longchamps restaurant, Annarosa Karrasch's mother - Mrs. Theresa DiBlasio
The tension of expectancy and anticipation is mounting daily. Oh, how all concerned are aching to go to Baba in December! Confirmations are pouring in and we have 182 signed up with money on the line. The whole endeavor has gone relatively smoothly…You know Eruch, some people get more fun out of preparing for a picnic than they do on picnic day. But, in this case, it will be no picnic for those who are told it's all off!…But be assured without equivocation that Baba's wish and will in this matter, as in any matter in which he is concerned, will always be observed as he directs. On that you can bet your last paisa! Nobody ain't gonna get nothin', not even nothin', unless the Boss says so! For he am de General, de engineer, de major domo what runs this show jes' like all de other shows! What he decides is for our own best good. So let his will be done!!!
Although the sahavas was cancelled, there was no doubt that the combined energy given out by each who labored toward it, and the resultant concentration centered on Baba in the planning of it were used by him for his Universal work. In answer to his telegram sent throughout the world on September 4th, replies were wired back of the Westerners' humble and wholehearted acceptance of Baba's decision. Baba was touched and pleased with their responses and as some consolation to his lovers, despite the strict ban on correspondence, on September 8th, through Mani's Family Letter, he instructed her to write: "Baba wishes each of his Western lovers, old and new, young and old, men, women and children, to write one letter direct to him."
Courtesy of Lord Meher : Page 6383
That year, there was no mention of a fast in lieu of keeping silence. Also, according to Baba's instructions, it was the first time that Silence Day was publicly celebrated in New York City at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel. The program on 16 July was organized by Harry Kenmore with the help of Annarosa Karrasch, John Bass, Fred and Ella Winterfeldt, and others.
LM p.5238 ( 6465 )
When Harry Kenmore was invited to visit Baba in November of 1968, he brought with him a bound copy of the Family Letters which had been sent by Mani up until that time. Baba held it on His lap and expressed His pleasure with it and said that Harry should make enough for everybody. Harry said, "But Baba, we would have to make 1000", and Baba said yes.
So, after Baba's passing and after Mani had sent the last Family Letter, Harry and Annarosa Karrasch went ahead and had 1000 made. Rano Gayley gave a drawing for the frontispiece. Many Baba quotes are included here that cannot be found elsewhere.
Published 1976.
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Michael James Carlton,  (born 31 January 1946) is an Australian former media commentator, radio host, television journalist, author and newspaper columnist. He formerly co-hosted the daily breakfast program on Sydney radio station 2UE with Peter FitzSimons and later Sandy Aloisi.

Carlton was known for his criticism of conservative public figures such as former Prime Minister John Howard, former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer,
 former radio announcer Alan Jones, and conservative governments, including the United States' Bush administration.</ref>

Family

Carlton's father, James Carlton, was an athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. In 1930, he set an Australian national record for the 100 yards, which was not broken until 1953. He would have been selected for the 1932 Olympics but left sport to become a Catholic priest. During World War II he was assigned to teach the Catholic faith to a non-Catholic woman who was engaged to a Catholic man. He fell in love with the woman and left the priesthood. They had two sons, Mike and Peter. Jim Carlton died in 1951.

Mike Carlton has been married twice. He has two children with his first wife, Kerri. He met his second wife, Morag, when she was 52 and she was 23, working as his producer at ABC Radio. They have one child together.

Early career

Carlton began his career with the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) as a cadet journalist in 1963, aged 17. His file reports as an ABC war correspondent in Vietnam earned him great admiration within the industry and a promotion to chief of the ABC's news bureau in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Garnering further accolades on his return with the pioneering 1970s ABC-TV current affairs program This Day Tonight,

He moved to his first radio program as host at Sydney commercial station 2GB in the early 1980s, this is where "Friday News Review" was born. Carlton dominated morning radio for a number of years until Alan Jones was moved into the breakfast slot at 2UE in March 1988, and Carlton's ratings started to falter. In the early 1990s he was a presenter for London's LBC Newstalk 97.3FM, then under Australian ownership. At first he presented the drivetime programme, but it was as presenter of The Morning Report breakfast programme that he came to prominence, winning a prestigious Sony Radio Academy Award. This programme helped to change the station's financial fortunes. He later wrote a novel set at a London talk radio station called Off the Air, which became a best-seller in Australia in the late 1990s.

Talk show host

In 1994, Carlton returned to Sydney to host a morning program on music station Mix 106.5. He then moved to the drive slot at 702 ABC Sydney. Building a reasonable following and establishing a format that he has largely retained in the years since, he was then poached by commercial broadcaster 2UE. Carlton hosted 2UE's drivetime (3pm-6pm) program for a number of years, before moving to the breakfast timeslot (5:30 am – 9 am).
In a move to improve ratings, 2UE management teamed Carlton with media personality, fellow Sydney Morning Herald columnist and longtime friend of Carlton's, Peter FitzSimons on the breakfast show in 2006. The ratings for the show gradually improved, however in mid-2007 they remained well behind the top two AM talk stations for the breakfast period.

Peter FitzSimons left the show at the end of 2007, and was replaced by Sandy Aloisi from 2008. Carlton's former workmate, now rival, Alan Jones continued to dominate Sydney radio talkback.

A long-running feud with fellow 2UE broadcaster Stan Zemanek, noted for his conservative views, had become a feature of Carlton's recent career prior to Zemanek's death in mid-2007. On 17 July 2007, Carlton made comments regarding his late rival. Responding to a listener's question as to why he wouldn't attend Zemanek's funeral, Carlton replied that it would be "an act of sheer hypocrisy ... I loathed him."
 He continued: "I'd only go to check that he was actually dead." Carlton later apologised for the remarks, which had been the subject of criticism from fellow radio presenters and 2UE staff.

A highly popular feature of Carlton's long-running radio program (and indeed his previous radio career before he joined 2UE), was the weekly political satire segment, Friday News Review. The segment was well known for its fast-paced sketches, topical skewering of high-profile politicians, celebrities and sportspeople across the nation and around the world, and its extremely accurate voice-impersonations of the leading characters. Most of the characters in the segment not portrayed by Carlton were portrayed by Australian actor and television personality Josh Zepps. Friday News Review was one of the last political satire programs on mainstream commercial media in Australia.

On 18 September 2009, Carlton retired from his long-running 2UE Breakfast show after over 26 years on Australian morning radio citing an unwillingness to continue with early morning hours and a desire to spend more time with his family and newborn son.

Newspaper columnist

Carlton was a columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald, initially being sacked from the position on 29 August 2008, for refusing to write his column during a strike by journalists at Fairfax Media. After a lengthy campaign by Herald readers and the appointment of a new editor he was invited to rejoin the newspaper in 2009. He resigned from the paper when disciplinary action was taken against him by the Sydney Morning Herald for using offensive language in several responses to emails received from readers after criticism in his column of Israel's 2014 Gaza offensive.

Author

Carlton has published four books on Australian naval history:
 Cruiser: The Life And Loss Of HMAS Perth And Her Crew (William Heinemann Australia, 2011)
 First Victory (William Heinemann Australia, 2013)
 Flagship: The Cruiser HMAS Australia II and the Pacific War on Japan (William Heinemann Australia, 2016)
 The Scrap Iron Flotilla: Five Valiant Destroyers and the Australian War in the Mediterranean (William Heinemann Australia, 2022)

Memoir:
 On Air, William Heinemann Book published by Penguin Random House Australia, 2018,

Co-authored:
 The Great Australian Writer's Collection 2013 (RHA eBooks Adult, 2013)

Awards
In the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, Carlton was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "significant service to the print and broadcast media, and to naval history".

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Cantor Stephen Texon
By Recorded Sound Archives, July 29, 2013 10:22 am
Equally at home on the opera stage and in the synagogue, Stephen Texon's successful and distinguished singing career spans decades.
The Judaica Sound Archives is delighted to add the voice of Cantor Stephen Texon to its distinguished online collection of Cantorial and operatic recordings. A native New Yorker, Texon studied at Yeshiva University and NYU. His rich baritone voice was a natural for the opera stage and he was inspired to pursue operatic training in Geneva, Switzerland and at the Met in NYC.
Growing up during the heyday of the Catskill Mountain resorts, Texon was chosen by Sholem Secunda (legendary Yiddish theater composer and conductor) to be the baritone soloist in his choir at the Concord Hotel.
His operatic talents allowed him to perform on stage with such stars as Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Placido Domingo and Jerome Hines. But it was the experience of actually performing in a full dress rehearsal performance of "La Traviata" as the understudy for Robert Merrill that remains both a personal and professional highlight for Stephen Texon.
Click here to listen to the music of Stephen Texon.
General Interest, Judaic Collection, On-line music collections, Online Access, Performer Biographies |	 Cantorial music, Jewish Religious & Holiday Music, opera, Stephen Texon
Martin Bookspan: My friends Leonard Bernstein & Aaron Copeland
By Recorded Sound Archives, July 1, 2013 10:02 am
Martin Bookspan: classical music maven
Martin Bookspan had life-long friendships with two great classical music geniuses, Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland.
As the voice of the PBS television series Live from Lincoln Center from 1976 to 2006, Martin Bookspan riveted audiences with his eloquently distinctive voice and extensive knowledge of classical music. The N.Y. Times (May 24, 2006) described Bookspan as "One half erudite informer, the other half grandfatherly guide, [who kept audiences] tuned in during intermissions with easy-to-digest program notes and anecdotes."
A generous supporter of the Judaica Sound Archives at Florida Atlantic University Libraries, Bookspan spoke before a sold-out audience at FAU Libraries' 2013 Kultur Festival in March.
Still debonair and dynamic, Bookspan demonstrated that he has not lost an iota of his stage presence or his ability to mesmerize an audience as he shared wonderful stories and personal photographs of his friends Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland.
Now you can experience the uniquely personal stories of this classical music maven for yourselves. The Judaica Sound Archives has created video clip highlights from this unique event for you to enjoy. Of special interest is the broadcast recording of Martin Bookspan interviewing Leonard Bernstein live on the radio.
Please click below for video clip highlights from Bookspan's appearance at FAU's Wimberly Library in March 2013.
My Friends: Leonard Bernstein & Aaron Copland
Presented by Martin Bookspan at FAU's Wimberly Library on March 5, 2013
Aaron Copland at the piano with Leonard Bernstein
(1) Bookspan talks about the young Leonard Bernstein
(2) Bookspan interviews Leonard Bernstein
(3) Bookspan remembers Aaron Copland
(4) Copland's Lincoln Portrait
(5) Concluding remarks
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Known for its use of Cajun pepper, tropical fruits, and spices, dining out in New Orleans is an exciting sensory experience. Creole cuisine is a melting pot, incorporating French, Spanish, Mediterranean, Caribbean and African flavours, as well as hearty comfort food from the Deep South.
Travellers will find the world-famous French Quarter, mostly geared towards tourists and this is where just about any and every kind of Creole restaurant is found, particularly on the famous Bourbon Street. Restaurants serve mouth-watering arrays of jambalaya, red beans and rice, gumbo and Cajun crawfish, amongst other local favourites.
Those with a sweet tooth are in for a treat in New Orleans, where the desserts are as sticky as they come. Favourites include pecan pie, while pralines and Bananas Foster are staples on most restaurant menus.
Don't forget an order of deep-fried beignets with your coffee. Nor should you miss the cocktail menus in New Orleans, particularly as they sport the trademark, notorious cocktail called the 'Hurricane'.
New Orleans has its own special take on the sandwich, which comes in two varieties. Po'boys, served on a round French loaf and packed to the rafters with beef, oysters, shrimp, gravy and all the trimmings. Muffalettas are huge Italian loaves stuffed with cold meats and olive salad.
A classic old restaurant in New Orleans, grand Arnaud's offers a taste of history along with its ambitious menu. Arnaud's glitters with chandeliers, leaded windows and a mosaic floor, all look over by a portrait of the founder, Count Arnaud Cazenave. The eatery consists of 13 buildings in the French Quarter, including a brasserie, bistro, grill bar and banqueting halls. The main restaurant requires formal attire as one needs to look their best when sampling its celebrated fish dishes, as well as traditional favourites like filet mignon. Open daily for and brunch on Sundays.
An institution on Bourbon Street, Galatoire's has been serving up French-Creole specialities since 1905 and still uses many of the original recipes. Starched white linen and shiny crystal set the tone in this establishment where tradition reigns and New Orleans fine dining shows off. Locals and visitors return again and again, usually to enjoy the fresh local seafood. Galatoire's requires business casual dress for lunch, and jackets for men starting at 5pm. No shorts or t-shirts. Open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner.
The sounds of jazz music and the beautiful skyline of downtown New Orleans provide a wonderful backdrop for a moonlight dinner cruise. Upon the mighty Mississippi River, diners sit aboard the Steamboat Natchez. The cost of the two hour cruise includes a traditional southern buffet dinner. A Sunday brunch option at 11am is also available, with a mouth-watering buffet menu. Cruises depart from the Toulouse Street Wharf, opposite Jackson Square in the heart of the French Quarter.
Along the historic Saint Charles Avenue, Herbsaint respects its location's culinary history. The name gives a clue to the seasoning of this French and Louisianian blend of fine dining, along with more rural and rustic aspects of Italian cooking. An esteemed, award-winning chef and menu of classic dishes betray the restaurants' casual atmosphere, and an extensive French wine selection puts a classy spin on the delicious gumbo dishes. Reservations are advisable.
Founded in 1911, Parkway Bakery and Tavern is an institution with more than a century of New Orleans pedigree. It's not fine dining, it's better. The po'boy is a New Orleans classic fried sandwhich packed with so many ingredients it's better to try one than read about it. Parkway is the best and oldest place to grab a po'boy mouthful, and the shrimp and beef options have been voted the top po'boys in New Orleans. Parkway also doubles as a fun place to grab a beer. Note that Parkway is closed on Tuesdays.
An institution nearing its centenary year, Casamento's is one of the many jewels in the Big Easy's culinary crown. Much like the menu's delicious oysters, the rugged exterior of the restaurant betrays just how great this oyster bar really is. One of the oldest oyster bars in town, Casamento's serves them every-which-way, although the best way is to line up a big serving of fresh ones on the counter. Cheap prices and reliably tasty shellfish make it a favourite for locals. The restaurant is closed Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, as well as in June, July, and August.
Mulate's is the original Cajun restaurant, featuring authentic Cajun cuisine that embraces the small town cultures dotted along southern Louisiana's bayous. Be sure to try the Zydeco Gumbo and don't miss the homemade bread pudding. Live Cajun music and dancing each night attracts many New Orleans visitors. Even Bob Dylan stopped by when he was in town. This restaurant and bar is open for lunch and till late at night. While not required, prospective diners should make reservations.
Ralph's on the Park offers food fresh from the farms and waters of Louisiana, with a side helping of splendid City Park views. Their shrimp rémoulade is a favourite, creamy and not a bit spicy, and the filet mignon brings mutterings of 'buttery, so buttery…' to mind. The chocolate Kahlúa mousse or Creole cream cheese ice cream on peach cobbler wraps things up nicely. Ralph's is open for dinners and Sunday brunch.