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US Open Tennis 2016: Updated Men's Bracket and Final Predictions
In a showdown between very familiar foes, Novak Djokovic will look to cap off a stellar season as he takes on Stan Wawrinka in the final of the 2016 U.S. Open. Djokovic is potentially looking at a third Grand Slam win in 2016, which would be the second time he has accomplished such a feat in his illustrious career. However, that looks to be a difficult task, with Wawrinka coming off consecutive wins...
US Open Tennis 2016: Men's Semifinal TV Schedule, Start Times and Picks
Novak Djokovic highlights a group of four of the top players in the world who will take the court Friday afternoon for a berth in the championship round at the semifinals of the 2016 U.S. Open. With Andy Murray now gone, Djokovic is undoubtedly the favorite to win his third title at Flushing Meadows, but a talented Gael Monfils stands in the way. Kei Nishikori, the man who beat Murray, will also face...
US Open Tennis 2016: Women's Semifinal TV Schedule, Start Times and Picks
A spot in the finals of the 2016 U.S. Open will be on the line Thursday night when the last four women take the court in a semifinal round loaded with stars. Will the tournament's top two seeds, Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber, win to set up a colossal final or will Karolina Pliskova and Caroline Wozniacki force upsets and continue their stellar runs? Each contest looks to be a...
US Open Tennis 2016: TV Schedule and Monday's Afternoon Draw Predictions
Spots in the quarterfinals will be on the line Monday, as the final day of the fourth round commences at the 2016 U.S. Open. Juan Martin del Potro will be looking to continue his career renaissance, and Venus and Serena Williams will face different types of matchups at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Monday's U.S. Open slate will be broadcast on ESPN2 all day. The fourth round will air from...
US Open Tennis 2016: TV Schedule, Picks for Saturday Afternoon Draw
The final afternoon of the U.S. Open's third round commences Saturday with a slew of top-ranked women hitting the court along with several contenders on the men's side. Andy Murray is the headliner of the afternoon as he looks to strengthen his case as possibly the tournament's favorite. David Ferrer will also take on a resurgent Juan Martin del Potro in what could be the match of...
US Open Tennis 2016: TV Schedule, Start Times for Friday Night Draw
The opening day of the 2016 U.S. Open's third round continues Friday night with a slate short on quantity but not star power. A resurgent Rafael Nadal is the headliner, as he will take the court in prime time, looking to prove he can still contend for Grand Slam titles despite recent injuries. On the women's side, Angelique Kerber continues her quest to capture her second major event win...
US Open Tennis 2016: TV Schedule, Start Times for Thursday Night Draw
Several contenders will take the court Thursday night as the second round wraps up at the 2016 U.S. Open, including women's perennial favorite Serena Williams. Williams will be part of the only female matchup of the evening, but stars like David Ferrer, Nick Kyrgios and Stan Wawrinka will look to overcome scrappy underdogs to continue their runs in the year's final Grand Slam tournament. Thursday's...
PGA Announces Cancellation of Greenbrier Classic Due to Extreme Flooding
The PGA announced Saturday it has cancelled the Greenbrier Classic due to damage from substantial flooding throughout West Virginia. The announcement came via press release. The event was scheduled for July 7 through July 10. Torrential rain earlier this week devastated large parts of the state, as creeks and rivers overflowed into the streets and other residential areas. Per Joe Sterling,...
US Open Golf Purse 2016: Prize-Money Payout for Top Players on Final Leaderboard
After a late collapse at Chambers Bay last year, Dustin Johnson finally broke through to win his first major title Sunday at the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club. In addition to earning the country's most prestigious golfing championship, Johnson will also receive $1.8 million in prize money. The purse for the competition is $10 million. Here are the payouts for the top 10 finishers at...
US Open Golf Purse 2016: Projecting Payouts for Top-10 Leaderboard Standings
With numerous players vying for position atop the 2016 U.S. Open leaderboard at Oakmont Country Club, there is no clear favorite heading into Sunday. What will remain the same is the purse, which stands at $10 million. The winner will receive the same $1.8 million that Jordan Spieth received in 2015, per GolfandCourse.com. Shane Lowry seized control of the lead at five under par overall before darkness...
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Yesterday on my commute home from work I was making my usual transfer from Red to Purple at the Fullerton stop and an older lady hops on at last second and asks me in her hurry, "this is the Purple Line right?" I advised her it was; she smiled gratefully and thanked me.
It really made me realize how rare it is to encounter someone with notable people skills on the El. I don't know if it's just because interaction among other riders is not something that is typically necessary, or if when it is it's because something is wrong, or the train is overly crowded (shocker), but people are not just unhappy on the El. I'd go as far as saying they can be genuinely unkind. This isn't really a bold or shocking statement but it makes me wonder, why?
Are people bitter because they have access to mass transit? That they can afford to not have to walk to where they need to be? Or especially, directed towards those with a steady job and comfortable life, that you don't live life day to day on the CTA? Why is it that this demographic can be one which is so displeasing to interact? That question draws me away from my initial point but is nonetheless a good thought to ponder alongside – just be sure you're humbled enough to realize it can be worse than commuting to work on the CTA.
My real point is that people on the CTA are rarely spotted being good samaritans to one another and it's incredibly sad.
I can't even tell you how many times I hear "chivalry isn't dead" and then later that week see a guy taking a seat right from under my nose on the train or bus. To be fair to the CTA buses, I do feel like the chivalry and just plain common courtesy is a little more prevalent on there than the trains for whatever reason, but is by no means magical.
The worst example I have actually been a part of included someone getting stuck in the train door as it was closing at the Diversey stop: The girl was hopping on at last second and her bag and I believe a part of her arm was caught in the doors as they closed. I was holding on to the pole near the door, with a girl leaning against the glass right next to the doorway playing on her phone. No headphones, just texting or likely playing Candy Crush is my guess. The other girl who was clearly stuck in the door struggling to get on was frantic, as anyone in her position would be, so I reach over to help pull her bag out of the door and in a burst of adrenaline I must have bumped the oblivious/ignorant girl playing on her phone and her phone dropped. As I'm trying to help the girl in to the train and am successful in doing so she picks up her phone and lets out a big sigh of relief that her phone is okay. No concern that a human being was stuck in a moving train's doors. I of course apologized to the girl for bumping her phone out of her hands but she still made no mention of the poor girl who was just getting herself collected and inside the train car.
To be fair, the girl stuck in the door did not really ask for help, but you'd think it should be human instinct to look up from your cell phone for long enough to help someone out in need.
What can the CTA do to increase morale of their ridership? Is it even the CTA's fault the riders are so angry and closed off? More people need to speak up about what is causing such misery in their commute because if the CTA is even a semi-reputable company they would be willing to listen and consider ideas/concerns of their customers. Please let me know your thoughts and opinions because I, myself am at a loss.


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Sed Contra: The U.S. Catholic Conference Strikes Again
Deal W. Hudson December 1, 2000 Catholics must wonder sometimes why the U.S. Catholic Conference (USCC) exists. On October 16, Catholic News Service (CNS) of the USCC issued a story with the headline, "Gore sees hope for 'common ground' movement on abortion." Written by Patricia Zapor, based on an interview with the vice president, the… Continue reading Sed Contra: The U.S. Catholic Conference Strikes Again
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Sed Contra: What's All the Fuss?
Deal W. Hudson November 1, 2000 On the heels of Cardinal Ratzinger's letter to bishops, Dominus Iesus (Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church), comes the predictable chorus of boos. Once again, the papacy of John Paul II is accused of destroying post-Vatican II progress toward genuine interreligious dialogue by affirming the… Continue reading Sed Contra: What's All the Fuss?
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Music: Our Golden Age
Deal W. Hudson October 1, 2000 The golden age of the Broadway musical may be long past, but never has the musical been so gloriously recorded as in the present. Those who only know and treasure the familiar original cast recordings of shows like Brigadoon, Oklahoma and West Side Story have a great treat in store.… Continue reading Music: Our Golden Age
Categorized as Crisis Magazine 2000, Culture, Ethics, Movies, Music, Personal, Spirituality
Sed Contra: Bishops Put Kids First!
Deal W. Hudson October 1, 2000 Catholics who crave greater political involvement by their bishops should take note of Michigan's seven bishops, led by Adam Cardinal Maida. Two years ago, they helped defeat a referendum legalizing euthanasia; now they are weighing in on the most important contest over school choice yet to arise in our… Continue reading Sed Contra: Bishops Put Kids First!
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Sed Contra: Reading Madeline St. John
Deal W. Hudson September 1, 2000 Crisis readers, I am sure, will want to know about the recent publication by Carroll & Graf of three novels by Madeleine St John (pronounced "sin-gin"), an Anglican and a Londoner, of Australian birth. St John's work deserves to be widely read by Catholics who are in the habit… Continue reading Sed Contra: Reading Madeline St. John
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Sed Contra: Mortimer J. Adler, Catholic
Deal W. Hudson July 1, 2000 The most influential American philosopher of the 20th century was received into the Church this past December. Those familiar with the trajectory of Mortimer Adler's work, not just the Great Books Program, should not be surprised. Born December 28, 1902, Mortimer has been a Catholic philosopher all his long… Continue reading Sed Contra: Mortimer J. Adler, Catholic
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Sed Contra: Gore's Catholic Strategy
Deal W. Hudson June 1, 2000 Vice President Gore had the opportunity to address the Catholic Press Association at its May convention in Baltimore, Maryland. He decided not to at the last minute, but I couldn't help thinking about what he might have said. Here's how I imagined the question-and-answer period following his speech: During… Continue reading Sed Contra: Gore's Catholic Strategy
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Sed Contra: Stem Cells Equal Baby Parts
Deal W. Hudson May 1, 2000 A sense of tragedy helps to keep a culture moral. Tragedy reminds us of the suffering we cannot alleviate, the finite boundaries we must not cross, no matter how tempting the horizon. In the ancient world, tragic boundaries were policed by the gods so that the men who acted… Continue reading Sed Contra: Stem Cells Equal Baby Parts
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Sed Contra: Late-Night Humor That Hurts
Deal W. Hudson April 1, 2000 With the departure of Johnny Carson, I lost my late-night viewing habit. Like his predecessor, Jack Parr, Carson could entertain a broad audience while maintaining a reasonable standard of taste and decorum. When we laughed at Carson's jokes, we laughed not just at others but at ourselves, as well… Continue reading Sed Contra: Late-Night Humor That Hurts
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Sed Contra: Catholics and the GOP
Deal W. Hudson February 1, 2000 Catholics make up the largest religious denomination in this country-65 million. They are also one-third of the electorate in a presidential election, some 30 million. Yet in more than 200 years, a Catholic priest has never served as chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives. In December, an 18-member… Continue reading Sed Contra: Catholics and the GOP
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New memorial to missing of the Somme
Military News, WWI
The families of thousands of soldiers who were missed off official World War One memorials will finally have a place to commemorate their relatives after The Commonwealth War Graves Commission revealed plans to find new memorial sites in the Somme.
Thousands of men slipped off official lists of the dead as bureaucracy failed to keep up with events following the war.
Many soldiers who died of injury or illness after they were discharged from the Army were not included.
Now The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is trying to find a place in the Somme for a new memorial with thousands of names that have not yet been commemorated.
Terry Denham, co-founder of the In From The Cold project, which tries to identify all servicemen and women missing from the official war graves, said it was "a shock" to the families of the soldiers that people still cared about their loved ones.
He began his research after noticing a man from his local village memorial was not listed by The Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The majority of soldiers missing were British with around one quarter coming from Commonwealth countries such as Australia and Canada. Mr Denham said: "The families did know [that they went to war] and many of them have their names on their local war memorials but unfortunately the bureaucracy of the day didn't quite keep up with events – names slipped off lists and people got forgotten. "Some of the men died of injury or illness after they were discharged from the forces and there was no mechanism in place for the authorities to be informed of these deaths." "There were no computers, no internet and everything was on paper and no doubt maintained by clerks who didn't want to be there. Names got forgotten." He said that for many people, the project had renewed interest in their family history. "It becomes a shock to them [the family] initially that people still care and that things can still be done about their forgotten relative," he said. "They become desperate to know when their headstone will be erected and when their name will appear on a memorial and it renews an interest in their family history. "Their gratitude knows no bounds. It's quite embarrassing on occasion. We do it because we think these men ought to be remembered and we can sometimes forget the soldiers have families still. It may now only be great-great-grandchildren left but they still want to see their relatives remembered." In France there are eight or nine sites for memorials but they are full up with names. The War Graves Commission is seeking a new site somewhere in the Somme area for a new memorial and for any future names that are uncovered. It is hoped it will be finished by August next year – the centenary of the First World War. Source: Telegraph.


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Blanket Town is a historical documentary film about the rise and fall of the Beacon Blanket Mill and the people who worked there. Once the largest manufacturer of blankets in the world, Beacon was described as the "big red thumping heart" of the small mountain town of Swannanoa, NC. Blanket Town looks at the forces that built and destroyed this thriving mill town and asks the question, what happens to a community when it loses its heart?
With your help here is some of what we were able to accomplish this year.
Hire a professional cinematographer to shoot additional footage, including interviews with former Beacon workers; Swannanoa business owners, and a walking tour of historical downtown Swannanoa.
We are proud of the progress we have made on the film in 2018. But we still need your financial help to bring the film to completion and to pay for the things we can't do ourselves. We need to raise funds to pay for color correction, sound mixing, finish editing, and copyright and clearance fees.
Please consider donating to our fundraising campaign to help us finish the film!
We are so grateful for the generous support we have received this year from the Black Mountain/Swannanoa Valley Endowment Fund and for the sponsorship opportunity with the Center for Independent Documentary. as well as the advice and support from our friends at The Center for Documentary Studies. And of course for all of your ongoing support !
Our Christmas gift to you this year is a short holiday video we've created just for fans of Blanket Town. Set to the original song "Blankets for Christmas" written by Lucy Martier and Cameron Lash, the song lyrics are taken from oral history interviews with former Beacon workers. We hope you will recognize some familiar faces and long lost friends. From all of us at Blanket Town, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
at Juicebox Studios in Swannanoa.
We were thrilled to be able to show half of Blanket Town at the Rough Cuts Film Festival at Wake Tech Community College in Raleigh. It was such an honor to be able to screen part of the film and hear feedback from faculty, students, and staff. Favorite comment ? When one viewer said "I'm not from Swannanoa and I don't know anyone who worked at Beacon.
But this film told my family's story."
It is a huge story -- the rise and collapse of US manufacturing -- told small. Our documentary film,Blanket Town, brings this complex and urgent history alive through amazing archival footage, interwoven with the voices of former mill workers and townspeople who speak with honest emotion and humor.
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Birthday: Jan 7, 1990
An impish child actor, Liam Aiken made his name in the late 1990s by stealing scenes from such seasoned pros as Ed Harris, Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Kim Basinger and Parker Posey--all before his tenth birthday. Born in New York City, this adorable little boy made his Broadway debut at age seven in the award-winning production of Ibsen's "A Doll's House" (1997) as one of the two sons abandoned by Janet McTeer's confused Nora. Next came the small, but memorable role as the long-suffering child of Posey's sharp-tongued tart in the delightful comedy "Henry Fool" (1997), followed by a cameo as Paul Rudd's student in the romantic comedy "The Object of My Affection" (1998) and a turn as Harris and Sarandon's precocious offspring in the maudlin misfire "Stepmom" (1998). Although Aiken was praised for the range of emotion he revealed, alternating between lovable moppet and distraught child facing his mother's death, this by-the-books, big screen disease-of-the-week movie received a lukewarm response from critics and audiences alike. Aiken offered another good performance as Emanuele, son to Kim Basinger's Kuki, in the overblown, critically panned travelogue "I Dreamed of Africa" (2000). He later appeared in the World War II drama "The Rising Place" (lensed 1999) and "Sweet November" (2001), a remake of the 1968 Sandy Dennis/Anthony Newley weeper that starred Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron.
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It is paradoxical that Arsenal won the Super Cup in the summer after a penalty shootout. And with Bohemia among the poles. Even though the Czech goalie did not have a shot, but the Chelsea shooters were firing next.
Bohemia celebrated with Arsenal. In the current season, however, it was the first and last time.
The team's coach Arsena Wenger's performance is again awaiting. Arsenal has been failing since the beginning of the year at crucial moments, in important matches.
Like on Saturday at Watford. Instead of taking advantage of the hesitations of the rivals, he ran into the first four in the table, losing the game in the last twenty minutes.Again, he was charged with the penalty, even though his regulation, after the minimal contact between Bellerin and Richarlison, described coach Wenger as "scandalous." But if he were on the other side, he would have wanted the penalty, "said BBC Danny Murphy.
But back to the Czech. When Arsenal on Saturday again needed a key action, the penalty was not enough again.
This time, Bohemian player Trophy Deeney beat Watford. Although he did not basically miss the ball and beat the ball almost to the center of the gate, Arsenal goalie to the right and not hit.And so did most of the penalty that Czechs faced in Arsenal.
Once upon a time the ball touched the ball, just one shot down the direction of the bullet…
No, the penalty was never a Bohemian exchange, nevertheless in the whole career he never had such bad numbers.
In Chelsea, he caught four of the twenty-one penalties in the league. During his entire career he faced sixty-nine penalty kicks in the competitions abroad and during the matches, including ten of them. In the next six cases, the goalkeepers helped him, or the bailiffs did not score the gate at all.
Arsenal's missile defense has so far unsuccessful. In most cases, they seem to be jumping too early and the shooters will simplify the position.
ČECHŮV DEN.In the Champions League final in 2012, Chelsea scored three out of six penalties for Bayern footballers. And he celebrated the title.
What difference did he make with his famous dinner five years ago. The final of the Champions League was played, filled with the Allianz Arena, rival Bayern Munich…Chelsea shone at Chelsea, extended Arjen Robben's penalty and in the decisive shot destroyed the attempts of Ivici Olec with Bastian Schweinsteiger.
"There were six penals for the whole game, three caught and every time I went to the right side, I was always close," he described the famous finals.
Then he was a hero, thanks to his captured Chelsea Champions League kicks won the Champions League.In England they are now asking when a penalty kicks again.
Their last defeated in the preparatory international match against Canada (2: 0) in 2013.
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Students leave college without graduating for a variety of reasons. Berklee Online's Degree Completion program offers them a road back.
Dylane York graduated in 2018 after enrolling in Berklee Online's Degree Completion program.
When A. David Ucci left Berklee in the spring of 1994, he was six credits shy of graduating. But the music production and engineering student was offered an opportunity he couldn't pass up: an assistant engineering position at the Hit Factory on West 54th Street in Manhattan.
The Hit Factory was exactly that, the studio that had churned out chart-toppers for Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon, Whitney Houston, and many others. The shop garnered 41 Grammy nominations—just in the year Ucci was hired.
"If you looked on the back of your records, you saw a lot of Hit Factory," says Ucci, who was recommended for the job by Bill Scheniman, the then-chair of the Music Production and Engineering department.
Still, the decision was hard to make. Ucci would be leaving school, but he was also leaving behind a small production company he had formed with other Berklee students, and asking his girlfriend—now wife—to join him. Nevertheless, he left.
"Sometimes in the artistic world, timing is really important—you get an opportunity, and it might only come once," he says. "If I hadn't gone and done that, I think I would have regretted it to this day."
Berklee doesn't want its students to regret anything. That's why it has built up a robust online education program offering 47 certificate programs, nine undergraduate majors, and three graduate degrees. Berklee Online also offers something specifically for students like Ucci: Degree Completion. In the program, Berklee staff work closely with former students to create an individually tailored path to graduation. Students earn either a Bachelor of Music or a Bachelor of Professional Studies, depending on how many credits they completed on campus.
"You can be a drummer on tour and finish your degree," says Jeanine Cowen B.M. '96, a film scoring professor who helped create the Degree Completion program when she served as vice president for curriculum and program innovation. "When the call comes, you should absolutely take that opportunity."
Helping Alumni Finish What They Started
Berklee Online students come from more than 140 countries and include famous musicians, major recording studio producers, and leading music business executives. The first online Degree Completion student, Larry Oppenheimer, graduated in May 2015. Since then, the program has grown organically, mostly by word of mouth; to date, 238 students have earned their degree through it, and 277 more are working toward one. The program has expanded so quickly that last year Berklee Online hired a full-time Degree Completion specialist to analyze transcripts for former students who are interested in finishing their degree.
"It goes back to our mission," says Carin Nuernberg, Berklee's vice president of academic strategy. "We want to serve students and really position them to have sustainable careers in the music industry and performing arts: How can we help you finish what you started?"
Of course, not everyone is leaving Berklee for jobs at places like the Hit Factory. Some students withdraw from the college because of circumstances entirely outside their control—health problems, family obligations, or a lack of finances. Others don't immediately see the value of a degree. Pedro Ito was working as a professional musician in Brazil before he came to Berklee in 1999 at the age of 24. He loved being on campus: "I got in touch with styles of music that I never imagined," he says. "Arab music, Indian music, Greek music, music from the Balkans." But he was less fond of the liberal arts and classical music requirements he needed for his degree.
"I was already playing a lot and traveling," he says. "I didn't have the patience for it."
Instead of finishing school, Ito built his career as a musician and music teacher, first in Boston and later back in Brazil. Eventually, however, he found himself limited by his lack of a degree.
"I had some invitations to teach in universities, but you have to have the titles," he says. "It doesn't matter how good you are."
After enrolling in the Degree Completion program, Ito finished his degree in 2019. He's now considering graduate school.
Dylane York also found herself stymied without a music degree. A pianist from Orlando, Florida, she started at Berklee in the fall of 2011 and stayed for two years before she had to leave for financial reasons.
"It felt kind of like a dream shattering," she recalls.
Back home in Florida, York eventually earned an associate's degree and a bachelor's degree in communication. But she was frustrated with herself for not finishing at Berklee, and, even though she had always worked in music—as an accompanist, a music director, and a private instructor—she found herself constantly explaining to potential employers why she didn't have a degree in the field.
In 2017, she went to the Berklee website to see if she could earn "something legit." When she emailed to ask about certificate programs, Mark Hopkins, a senior academic advisor, called her that same day to tell her she could finish her degree instead.
"I clearly remember that day because I texted my mom and said, 'I might be able to finish my degree from home,' and she was ecstatic," York recalls. "It was awesome."
Around the same time, York applied "on a whim" for a music teaching job that required a bachelor's degree, preferably in music.
"Because I was finishing my music degree, they offered me the position," she says. "It made a huge difference."
High Level of Engagement
York, who graduated in 2018, says the personal feedback she received from her online professors was so "amazing" that she would often redo her assignments just to implement their advice.
In general, university faculty and administrators sometimes battle a perception that remote learning is somehow less rigorous or meaningful than traditional classroom learning. But that's a false dichotomy, Berklee Online professors say.
On-campus and online classes each offer advantages, depending on a person's preferences and personal and professional commitments.
Online classes are designed to allow a high level of engagement between faculty and students, says Professor Kenn Brass, former chair of the Professional Music Department. Brass, who has online students from all over the world ranging in age from 18 to 67, offers internet "office hours" three times a week.
"I do one at midnight because it's 8 o'clock somewhere," he says, laughing.
Anita Fearon studied under Brass when she was a Professional Music student on campus between 2008 and 2012. In her last semester, she missed the final exam for her Conducting 2 class to be with her mother, who was ill. Fearon was so close to finishing her degree that she walked in Berklee's commencement ceremony. But, even though she always intended to, she never returned to make up the conducting credit. Despite her many accomplishments—the Jamaican-born Fearon finished in the Top 10 on NBC's The Voice in 2014, performed at the White House in 2016 as the Caribbean American Heritage Month Musical Ambassador, and released her first album in 2018—she never felt good about not finishing what she'd started.
When she was on campus, Fearon remembers Brass pointing out a filing cabinet where he kept the names of students who had not been able to finish their degree.
"That visual stuck in my mind," Fearon says. "And then, somehow I ended up in that cabinet."
In 2018, with Brass' help, Fearon enrolled in the Degree Completion program to retake Conducting 2 (she got an A). When she received her official degree in the mail, "I cried," she says. "It felt really, really good."
Brass says he "pushes the envelope" for his students "every chance I get." He knows from personal experience that college isn't always a straight line from start to finish; it took him seven years to earn his bachelor's degree from Governors State University—mostly on weekends and through correspondence courses—because he was gigging and raising a child at the same time.
"Baby literally needed a new pair of shoes, and I had to work," he says.
'A Total Roadblock'
For Ucci, who spent a couple of years at the Hit Factory before building a career in business, not having a degree didn't seem like a problem for a while.
"It wasn't a positive or a negative," he says. "No one ever said, 'Where's that piece of paper?'"
However, after he worked his way up to general manager of Guitar Center's flagship store near Fenway in Boston, eventually overseeing annual sales of $13 million and managing nearly 50 staff members, he began to find it difficult to advance.
"It was a total roadblock," he says. "The person I was on paper and the competency level I had in the job setting were wildly different. And that needed to be fixed."
After finding the Degree Completion program, Ucci took five classes online and one—Conducting 2—on campus (a fellow student's roommate was Ucci's employee at Guitar Center).
Online classes offer a major advantage for people who have full-time jobs or families or both, like Ucci (he and his wife, a nurse, have three sons). Berklee classes are asynchronous, meaning the content and lessons can be accessed at any time and don't have to be viewed live.
As a Berklee Online student, Ucci says he would "race home to wolf down dinner" before heading up to his music room to work on his assignments. Often, he would be joined in his lessons by his youngest son, who plays the baritone sax.
"It turned into family time," Ucci says.
(Debbie Cavalier, senior vice president of online learning and continuing education, will publish two children's books—My Dad is Going Back to School and My Mom is Going Back to School—in August to promote the idea that a parent's education can be, as she says, "a family adventure"; all proceeds from the books go to the Berklee Online Undergraduate Degree Scholarship fund for B.P.S. students.)
After Ucci graduated in 2019, he left Guitar Center for a director of sales position at a boutique retail wine chain, a position he wouldn't have even been eligible for without an undergraduate degree. Now, he's applying for M.B.A. programs.
Ucci is still a musician at heart—he practiced two hours a day before he enrolled in the bass classes he needed to complete his degree just so he could "compete with 20-year-old kids" again—but he's a business professional too. And finishing his degree through Berklee Online means his career options are no longer limited by a decision he made to follow his dreams more than 25 years ago.
That's exactly the point, says Nuernberg.
"Education should be a lifelong endeavor," she says. "I'm really proud of the fact that we're helping students figure out that path to completion. It could take you six years or 60; we just want to make sure we're giving you the tools to complete your degree."
This article appeared in the spring 2020 issue of our alumni magazine, Berklee Today.
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For me, July means the Tour de France, the greatest and arguably the toughest sporting event in the world . In my lifespan, I have followed this three-week bike race for a longer period of time than I have not followed it. It is a beautiful race to be sure, sometimes cruel in it's relentlessness, but always intriguing. The personalities and races within the race for sprinting, climbing, and team classifications provide a glorious three weeks of drama each year. It never fails to give me goosebumps or cause me to yell out loud at the drama that unfolds in front of me.
When I first started following the Tour, there was no local TV news and very little newspaper coverage of the daily races, as our national sport of baseball took up most of the daily ink. The limited TV coverage was provided with quick recap coverage and highlight shows and only shown on the weekend. Thank goodness for ABC's Wide World of Sports, which gave U.S. spectators glimpses of sports out side of the big four, football, baseball, basketball, and for some, hockey. Pre-ESPN and pre-internet, a devoted fan would have to seek out alternative outlets for information as to what was happening in a country that seemed very far away. I remember going to the larger downtown library to hunt down French newspapers to review results from midweek stage results. The results were a couple of days old, but they would get me through the week.
Nowadays, I can watch live TV coverage for about 3-4 hours a day with live internet commentating in full swing an hour or so before that. Multiple sources can provide the devoted fan Tour content via blogs, smartphones, twitter, and video delivered to your choice of hardware. However, my experience is virtual, I'm not really in France running alongside the riders as they try and make their way up steep 10% grades for kilometers on end. (Yes, I would almost certainly be that guy) It doesn't diminish my experience though, I am still participating, still interacting with my world at large. The technologies allow me to widen my world view, and enrich my life by taking part in something that I might not ever get to do in person. I learn about French history, food, architecture, customs, art and more, and my world view gets just a little bit wider.
I taught at a neighborhood school last year, meaning that there were no bus' that delivered the students to the door, as they either walked or were dropped off by their parents. Sadly, many of the student's world view were limited to the streets surrounding their home. In a class full of kids that were in pain (psychological - another post, another time), one of the saddest comments I had relayed to me was "Mr Johnson, I've never been to a zoo." I extended the conversation with the student to learn that he never had been to a museum, a parade, concerts, pro (local-team) baseball game, or similar. Unfortunately, this fourth grader's experience was not unique in this class. Revealed in subsequent class discussions was the fact that a number of these kids were not exposed to diverse experiences that can help them lead richer lives.
Similar to the vocabulary gap that forms in early child development between children who are read to and those who are not, I was concerned that these kids were at risk of a cultural gap. My small solution was to dedicate learning time each week, both independent and complimentary to regular curriculum, to something that they had never seen, nor likely to experience firsthand. We would take virtual tours of great museums, art galleries, view thought provoking or intriguing pictures from cultural celebrations from around the world. Our class would then either talk about or compose responses to what we had just seen. Once in a while we would create our own images, create building floor plans, or imagine a celebration for something that was meaningful to them. We used technology to bring the world closer and open it up.
I was very pleased, and consistently amazed at the students observations and comments. They would offer insights and opinions that were generally respectful to strange (to them) scenes and customs. (e.g. India's festival of Colors or Holi MSNBC Week in Pictures or CBS News ). The learning activity spurred more learning and was soon an anticipated part of class. As usual, I learned more from them than I what I was able to impart. I felt that by the end of the year, we were able to close the gap a little more.
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El Districte de Bačka de l'Oest (en serbi:Западнобачки округ/Zapadnobački okrug) és un districte de Sèrbia situat al nord-oest del país. Es troba a la regió geogràfica de Bačka, a la província autònoma de la Voivodina. Té una població de 188.087 habitants, i la seva seu administrativa es troba a Sombor.

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En serbi el districte es coneix com a Zapadnobački okrug o Западнобачки округ, en croat com a Zapadnobački okrug, en hongarès com a Nyugat-bácskai körzet, en eslovac com a Západnobáčsky okres, en romanès com a Districtul Bacica de Vest, i en rutè com a Заходнобачки окрух.

Municipis
El districte està format pels següents municipis:

 Sombor
 Apatin
 Odžaci
 Kula

Demografia
Segons l'últim cens oficial, de l'any 2011, el districte de Bačka de l'Oest té 188.087 habitants. La composició ètnica del districte és la següent:

Història administrativa
Al segle IX l'àrea va ser governada pel duc búlgaro-eslau Salan. Del  al XVI, durant l'administració del Regne d'Hongria, el territori va estar dividit entre el Comtat de Bács-Bodrog i el Comtat de Csongrád. El 1526-1527,l'àrea va ser administrada per un governador serbi independent, l'emperador Jovan Nenad, mentre que durant l'administració otomana (segles XVI-XVII) va formar part del Sanjak de Segedin.

Durant l'administració dels Habsburg (segle XVIII), el territori es dividia en el Comtat de Batsc, el Comtat de Bodrog i la Frontera Militar. Els dos comtats es van unir en un sol comtat, el Comtat de Batsch-Bodrog al . Des de l'abolició de la secció de Theiß-Marosch de la Frontera Militar l'any 1751, part d'aquest territori es va incloure també al comtat de Batsch-Bodrog. Cap al 1850, l'àrea formava part majoritàriament del districte de Sombor, tot i que algunes parts pertanyien al Districte de Novi Sad. Després de 1860, la zona es va tornar a incloure al comtat de Batsch-Bodrog.

Durant l'administració del Regne dels Serbis, Croats i Eslovens (1918-1941) l'àrea va formar part del comtat de Novi Sad (1918-1922), l'Oblast de Bačka (1922-1929), i la Banovina del Danubi (1929-1941).

Durant l'ocupació germano-hongaresa (1941-1944), l'àrea va ser inclosa al Comtat de Bács-Bodrog. Des de 1944, el territori va formar part de la Voivodina Autònoma Iugoslava. El districte actual va ser definit el 29 de gener de 1992.

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Nota: Tot el material oficial editat pel Govern de Sèrbia és públic per llei. La informació s'ha extret de .

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Often horrendous, occasionally hopeful. Cheap Nike Shoes On Sale ... overall, Englands performance in the 90s was haphazard, as a record of 43 defeats, 38 draws and only 26 wins over the decade will testify. England did have a number of excellent players at their disposal in that time but there was also a number of more unusual selections.Here we look back at four of the finest players of the decade and four of those whose time in the limelight was all too brief… THE FINESTMichael Atherton The tenacity required to captain a struggling England side for a record 52 Tests over five years in the mid-90s should not be underestimated. To do so while nursing a chronic back condition, and in a pre-central contracts era where everything was stacked against the national side succeeding, speaks volumes.Limited bowling options and inconsistent batting meant his side was often up against it and his was the wicket that opponents craved above all others. 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News from the Committee on International Trade: September 2015
1. False labeling with investment protection!
The European Commission has come up with a new designation for investor-state arbitration tribunals. Instead of ISDS (Investor-State Dispute Settlement), the talk now is of ICS (Investment Court System). Unfortunately, there has been little change in the content. All that has changed is that the arbitrators will from now on no longer be designated by the parties in dispute. Instead, the contracting states to the trade agreements will agree in advance on persons who can then be called upon in cases of dispute. These arbitrators will not be permanently employed at the court, but may instead, for example, work as lawyers and be appointed only for the processing of individual cases. As the salary of ICS arbitrators has been set quite high at 3,000 euros per day there is, however, an incentive to delay the resolution of cases and to ensure that investors are also willing to sue in future.
Furthermore, foreign investors will be able to bring an action before a private, international investment court. They will thus enjoy more extensive rights than domestic businesses or citizens. Actions before the arbitration tribunal will not continue to be subject to the general principles of law which actions before ordinary courts are obliged to follow. Instead, cases will be decided solely on the basis of the underlying agreement. Also bearing in mind also that there is no connection between international investor protection and increased investments, we say that ISDS - under whatever name - should be abolished as a system. An analysis of the new system can be found here.
2. Transparency Initiative of the European Commission? Was there ever one?
Contrary to its promise, the European Commission has made it more difficult to access an important document of the TTIP free trade agreement. Access to the report on the latest round of TTIP negotiations is now possible for EU parliamentarians only under strict conditions in the reading room of the European Parliament. The Commission also continues to seal off the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). Despite the fact that I am the shadow rapporteur for the Green Group, and thus responsible for the TiSA negotiations, I and the other shadow rapporteurs have been denied any access to the report on the latest round of negotiations.
3. Parliamentary report on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)
The TiSA Agreement is currently being intensively discussed by the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament (INTA). A report is to be prepared which - similarly to the report on TTIP – is intended to exert influence on the negotiating position of the European Commission. The rapporteur is a former Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding. She has already set out her position in a working paper. In it, she speaks in favour of facilitating access to the European services industry for other States while protecting consumers in Europe. We are very sceptical, as simplified market access to European industry often means domestic industries in countries from the global South coming under pressure.
Furthermore, many more explosive details have been inserted in the TiSA Agreement. For example, the provisions relating to the structuring of national regulations severely restrict the room for manoeuvre available to state institutions, such as municipalities. Through so-called ratchet clauses and standstillclauses, a liberalisation performed once can be enshrined for eternity. In this newsletter we will be reporting frequently in future on the development of the debate in Parliament on the report on the TiSA Agreement. This is to be voted on in December in the International Trade Committee. There could still be slight delays, however.
4. Trade and the United Nations
I was the rapporteur for the statement of the International Trade Committee on the role of the EU in the United Nations. My report was adopted by the Committee with a very large majority. We were able to enshrine into this, among other things, that a possible multi-lateral investment court be established at the United Nations.


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A Steve King year: Iowa congressman's style attuned to the current Congress — in fact, it helped create the current Congress
Iowa's new 4th congressional district chose its representative a year ago and here's what it got: a blizzard of sound bites that sometimes provoked national condemnation, partial successes on conservative priorities, and what could be a crushing failure on one issue, ethanol, that matters deeply to the district's economy.
Say what you will, Congressman Steve King's record in Congress is consistent — he represented Iowa's old 5th district for a decade — and it is emblematic of the Congress as a whole, where victories are measured by political points scored rather than bills enacted into law.
That yardstick serves King well: This year he has introduced 11 bills, and none has even advanced to the House floor. Regardless, this catalogue of ideologically charged measures is quite popular on the far-right edge of conservative politics.
The congressman declined to be interviewed for this article. But he declared in 2002 that his goal was to "move the center of gravity in Congress to the right."
To the extent this means grinding the institution to a halt, he can claim to be part of a success story.
On matters that hit closer to home, King has been unable to defend the mandate for biofuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard, a potentially costly loss for the 4th district.
In terms of his own career, it's unclear where else King might go on the political ladder. Earlier this year he declined to enter the race for the Senate seat Tom Harkin is leaving next year.
Within the House, it seems like a long-shot that he will ever grab the chairmanship of the Agriculture Committee despite his seniority.
King may not be producing new laws or earning important titles, but he may be right where he wants to be.
"He enjoys the kind of platform he has in Washington and he has a safe seat," observed James McCormick, chairman of the political science department at Iowa State University in Ames.
Steve King's kind of year
The first session of the 113th Congress was a banner year for King: He infuriated the animal welfare community and pro-immigration reform advocates, and cemented his place as an arch critic of Obamacare and the rest of President Obama's agenda.
King is a go-to guest in the world of cable network news with his willingness to let rip on illegal immigrants with "calves the size of cantaloupes," jaunty dismissals of any downside to a default on the federal debt and his defense of dog fighting.
King's remarks on those subjects were not particularly welcomed by Republican leaders in Congress, but they did win him plenty of time on cable news outlets.
His clamorous opposition to the type of immigration reform that passed the Senate disconcerted Republican leaders who were searching for an acceptable path forward on the issue, but it certainly cheered and emboldened foes of the legislation.
King earned another burst of national attention in recent days, and probably produced a few winces in the GOP leadership, by hinting about the possible need to impeach the president over alleged abuses of power.
Rebukes from Republican leaders and mockery in the mainstream press roll off King's back - and become fodder for his fundraising efforts.
It was members of the anti-establishment Club for Growth and other conservative activists who stepped in with over $500,000 in contributions to help King defeat well-funded Democrat Christie Vilsack last year, according to the Center for Responsible Politics.
"The more he gets attacked, the more his constituents are endeared to him," said ISU's McCormick.
King has had a dollop of more traditional congressional success this year, too. He scored a spot on the Farm Bill conference and was able to attach anti-Dream Act immigration language and a locally important soil dumping amendment to a couple of annual spending bills.
There is a catch: King's successful amendments are unlikely to ever make it into law because Congress' appropriations process is a shambles.
A Farm Bill is expected to move through Congress early next year, but King's most notable contribution has been an amendment targeting California's state law on the treatment of egg-laying hens.
The amendment won the support of the influential Farm Bureau while creating a difficult political hurdle for the Farm Bill to clear, amid the numerous hurdles already blocking the path of any significant legislation in this Congress.
It galvanized opposition from animal welfare and food safety advocates, but more significantly for Farm Bill negotiations, it kicked up a dispute over the applicability of state laws that threatened to hopelessly entangle the farm legislation.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that 14 law professors in a recent letter to Farm Bill negotiators said that if the amendment becomes law, there is "a significant likelihood that many state agricultural laws across the country will be nullified, that public health will be threatened, and the amendment could be deemed unconstitutional."
King struck back in an op-ed published in the Tulsa World.
King wrote: "There is only one state law that I know will be impacted by the King amendment - California's 2010 law, AB 1437. The language of my amendment is clear; it restores the Commerce Clause in the Constitution, and clarifies that the states cannot dictate the manufacture and means of production of agriculture products raised in other states."
Despite his desire to protect the Constitution, King said he might be willing to trade the hens amendment for deeper cuts to federal nutrition programs, according to the Sioux City Journal. Of course, the food stamp cuts contained in the House-passed version of the Farm Bill already were the biggest stumbling block to a final agreement.
And then there is the Renewable Fuel Standard. The single most important federal program for Iowa's ethanol industry faces its toughest challenge ever. But this isn't the kind of challenge Steve King typically takes on.
Ethanol on the ropes
King knew this was coming. It's just unclear whether he did anything about it.
A review of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency database shows that King exchanged letters with EPA's regional administrator about combined animal feeding operations, certainly an important issue for the 4th district.
His legal petitions to block EPA's greenhouse gas rules are well known.
But while he was defending dog fights on cable TV, when it comes to the RFS, it was a dog that didn't bark.
"I didn't see it coming early enough … you have to be ever vigilant," King said last February of the repeal of the ethanol blender tax credit, approved by the previous Congress.
Ethanol policy has been under siege for several years, battered by environmentalists on one side and the booming domestic production of oil and gas on the other. The environmental and national security arguments for ethanol were on shaky legs and everyone could see what was coming next.
Governors and influential lawmakers papered the EPA, urging the agency to scale back the RFS, citing its impact on food prices among other issues.
There is no sign that King ever contacted EPA about the standard.
"I'm going to go back and read the statute," King said at a November press conference, after EPA's announcement that it was reducing ethanol goals for the coming year dealt a major blow to the industry. "I'm not sure the administration has the authority to do this."
King was playing catch-up. He ripped the EPA decision on Facebook and Twitter and urged the crowd at that November press conference to activate their "networks" in opposition to EPA's move. But he wasn't well positioned to reverse it.
And, as the benefits of a major federal policy shifted away from his 4th district constituents, King was off in another direction.
He had an urgent new legislative priority: shifting around federal judgeships in retaliation for Democratic changes to Senate filibuster rules.
Consistent, to a fault?
King's record reflects that of the troubled institution where he serves. The bills that pass the House of Representatives are message oriented and destined to die in the Senate, which on occasion can pass some notable measure that is unacceptable to House Republicans.
The tone on Capitol Hill is antagonistic and compromise is a dirty word.
It's a lock that King will introduce measures mandating the use of the English language, attacking rules requiring union-scale wages on federal construction projects and repealing the 16th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the one that authorized the income tax.
None of his 10 bills and one proposed amendment to the Constitution have passed the House so far in the 113th Congress; he was 0-for-20 in the 112th Congress and 1-for-15 in the 111th Congress, passing a resolution "congratulating the on-premise sign industry for its contributions to the success of small businesses."
One King-sponsored, stand-alone resolution passed in the 110th Congress: The House agreed in December 2007 to recognize the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith.
He has had more success over the years pushing amendments to other lawmakers' bills on the House floor.
Many of his amendments focus on illegal immigration, stopping spending on foreign language services, eliminating perceived union advantages, and, of course, repealing or defunding Obamacare.
Defining success in Congress
King and other tea party conservatives can claim two tangible successes this year: They continue to make it extremely difficult for their party leaders in Congress to reach any kind of deal with the Obama White House, and, through the so-called budget sequester, federal government spending is dropping dramatically.
The Republican Party tends to shy away from the achievement for two reasons: First, sequester is a politically loaded word, and second, they are loath to share any credit for deficit reduction with President Obama.
King is eager to keep the battle raging elsewhere.
With his unceasing verbal campaign against Obamacare, his willingness to begin a discussion on impeaching the president and the ongoing rhetoric against immigration reform, King ensures that the issues closest to the hearts of conservative activists are constantly raised and then echoed throughout the media.
That may or may not benefit the 4th district but it provides a distinct service to the conservative movement.
According to CQ Roll Call's profile of King: "His service to conservatives includes many media appearances covering a wide range of subjects. King is polite and self-deprecating in individual encounters, but capable of delivering a 30-minute stemwinder on the House floor. … He elicits a response. One of his closest friends and colleagues in Congress is Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, and, like Bachmann, King is admired by the like-minded and reviled by opponents on the left."
The similarities go beyond that: Bachmann, like King, doesn't move actual legislation and both members are indifferent to the protocols and niceties of Capitol Hill.
That may discomfort Republican leaders more than it upsets Democrats, but King's conservative credentials are unquestioned and have created a cottage industry championing rightward causes in Congress.
By other measures, King's role on Capitol Hill are a little harder to rate.
He has risen to a senior position on the Agriculture Committee, winning a subcommittee chairmanship this year. But the subcommittee has been idle; its web page shows no hearings at all since King took over.
Observers are skeptical that King has much chance to win the full committee chairmanship when it comes open in three years, even though he would have a strong case to make based on seniority.
"He's probably too much of a lightning rod for a chairmanship," ISU's McCormick said. "That would give the Democrats a real person to take aim at and use in the campaign."
King has also largely avoided the fundraising game of trying to win friends and influence the agenda with cash contributions to his colleagues.
King pays his dues to the National Republican Congressional Committee but not at the level of a would-be committee chairman. Frank Lucas of Oklahoma, the current Agriculture chairman, kicked in over $500,000 during the election cycle before he won the committee gavel.
King is on pace to contribute one-quarter of that amount during the current cycle.
Voters' choice
However things play out for King in Washington, D.C., it's a good bet that candidates for the Republican presidential nomination will make the trek to western Iowa.
And given that King, 64, has changed little or nothing about his approach since moving into a district where he was a new face to half the voters, it's a good bet he will continue offering the same bills, pounding the same notes on cable TV and living largely on the periphery of the legislative machinery in Congress.
Lawmakers can choose several paths when they arrive in Congress: Master specific policy issues and rise through the committee ranks to positions of authority on agriculture, for example, or work up the ladder as a political leader who helps your party run the institution and win elections.
A member of Congress also can decide to stay on the outside - independent, or marginalized.
King's path doesn't promise many rewards that lawmakers typically seek on Capitol Hill, but it does come with a cheering section of conservative activists and a chance to be heard on a handful of issues that he is passionate about.
Ultimately the voters of the new 4th district will decide what kind of representative they want, and one year after electing him, they know exactly what they'll get with Steve King.
Charlie Mitchell has covered Congress for over 20 years for Inside Washington Publishers, National Journal and Roll Call. He is the former editor of Roll Call, a newspaper that covers Capitol Hill. He reported this piece for The Carroll Daily Times Herald and Jefferson Bee &Herald.


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In preparation for the ICANN Board-GAC consultation in Brussels on 28 February and 1 March 2011, ICANN has prepared briefing papers to address the 12 topics identified in the GAC's Cartagena communiqué as "…outstanding and require additional discussion between the Board and the GAC." As some of the topics were considered to overlap or be inter-related, more than one topic is covered in some of the briefing papers.
The aim of the briefing papers is to identify the areas of difference which remain between the ICANN Board and the GAC on the nominated topics to focus the discussion on the issues in Brussels. These areas of difference have been identified through the GAC Principles on New gTLDs, GAC communications to the Board on the new gTLD program, and GAC communiqués. There have also been conference calls among ICANN Board, GAC and staff in the past few weeks to confirm the areas of difference. The papers also provide background and ICANN's position on the issues raised. Also attached to most briefing papers is an annex containing reference documents: the first is a summary of actions taken responding to GAC and public comments; and the second is a table which provides a chronological listing of GAC advice and comments on new gTLDs, responses provided by ICANN and key documents published on the topics.
Note that the GAC is preparing its own scorecard on these same issues – highlighting GAC consensus positions on the New gTLD Program and where that position differs from the current implementation model. It is expected that the GAC and ICANN papers will differ. The primary purpose of the Brussels consultation is to get joint understanding of specific differences between the GAC and Board positions. Once that understanding is obtained, the parties can work toward a common position.
These briefing papers are being posted for information only, so that interested participants will be able to have a sense of the issues to be discussed during the ICANN Board-GAC consultation. They are not being published for public comment.
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Cuneiform asked Phillip Johnston [PJ] & Joel Forrester [JF], The Microscopic Septet's co-leaders/ co-composers, questions about the Micros' new album.
Tell us about the ALBUM'S NAME: Been Up So Long It Looks Like Down To Me: The Micros Play The Blues.
PJ: A pun on the title of Richard Fariña's 1966 novel, the title speaks to the essential optimism of the Micros' music, and the paradox that the blues ostensibly a music that is meant to express suffering and longing can as easily express joy, rebellion and boisterous eroticism.
JF: PJ chose the name but I like it because it reflects the Micros' approach to the Blues: to the content, whole hearted; to the form, unfaithful.
Tell us what the music on THIS album means to you, any personal thoughts.
PJ: Blues and jazz have been inextricable since the beginning, and the blues have been a substantial part of the Micros' repertoire since our beginning. Every one of our recordings contains a blues in one form or another and the blues language is part of the expression of every soloist here. It made sense to devote an entire recording to various expressions of the blues.
JF: I love the music on this recording because it underscores that although our lives have gone in seven differing directions, we can still get together as a band.
The TRACK titles: how did they come about?
JF: Nearly each of my titles is a verbal glove that fits snugly over the principal hook of the tune.
How does this album DIFFER from your previous works - and how is it the SAME?
PJ: Different: The CD is different in that it focuses on one particular form–the blues–(like the Micros Play Monk focussed on the music of Thelonious Monk). It also maybe focuses on the soloists a little more.
The Same: It is the same in that Joel and I are writing in the Micros idiom that we have established over the past 35 years or so, combining arrangements which invoke various eras of the history of jazz ensemble writing (Ellington/Mingus/Gil Evans) with other elements from free jazz to R&B and our own personal peculiarities.
JF: We are older than we were. We're thinking younger than we did.
Tell us about the COVER ART.
PJ: The cover art is by the great comix artist Kaz, best known for his comic Underworld, and his writing for SpongeBob SquarePants. Post 2005 Micros cover art has included works by Art Spiegelman, New Yorker cover artist Barry Blitt, Australian graphic artists Antonia Pesenti and Keith Lobue, and this wonderful cover extends that tradition in his own unique style. Check out Underworld online!
JF: Well-chosen as almost always.
What would YOU like the public to REMEMBER about this album?
JF: I'd like the public to recognize that "Silent Night' has always been a blues.
Do you see your music as part of any musical movement?
PJ: No, not really. I do consider us to be part of a peer group that has continued since our youth, so that would include groups like the Jazz Passengers, Kamikaze Ground Crew, Steve Bernstein's groups, all of whom are currently performing. While none of us have ever really fit into any movement or style, we have all individually found a place four ourselves in music, and continued to make our own idiosyncratic contribution.
JF: All music can be viewed as commentary. And you can't escape your time. But I think the Micros continue to speak to the present.
Tell us about other interesting projects that each of you are working on outside of The Micros.
PJ: [currently based in Sydney, Australia] I have been touring internationally with my collaboration with graphic artist Art Spiegelman, Wordless!.
We just opened the London Jazz Festival at the Barbican Centre, and recent gigs have included Comicópolis in Buenos Aires, and a 10-city tour of the US. I've also been touring my original silent film scores, primarily Lotte Reiniger's The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in Australia at venues including the Sydney VIVID Festival, the Capital Jazz Project (Canberra), MONA FOMA (Tasmania) and the upcoming Woodford Folk Festival (Queensland). A 2015 residency at John Zorn's The Stone was also a recent highlight.
I'm doing the Australian premiere of Page of Madness: Suite for Improvisers, in 2017 at SIMA's Sound Lounge, a large ensemble piece based on one of my silent film scores that premiered at The Stone. I also have a once-a-month residency at Foundry616 in Sydney with a band of great Sydney jazz musicians, which plays (mostly) my arrangements of jazz tunes from the 1920s and 30s, focussing on early Duke Ellington and Jelly Roll Morton.
I'm soon going to start some other new projects but right now I'm focussing on continuing to tour Wordless! and Prince Achmed.
JF: [based in NYC] In January 2017, I'll be touring all over France. Proudest claim: steady work in a falling New York market for music of our sort. I will have written 2000 tunes, by sometime in 2017.
What do you want to do NEXT / in the FUTURE?
JF: I want to keep playing with the Microscopic Septet. I want people to keep wondering, "How many people are in that band?"
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