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Bowes Const. v. South Dakota Dept
Morris, Inc. v. State ex rel. Dept. of Transp.
They also agreed to depart from the SD220 and run the soundness test with a redrain/repour method. See Bowes…
Morris, Inc. v. State
Full title:BOWES CONSTRUCTION, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SOUTH DAKOTA…
Court:Supreme Court of South Dakota
Date published: Dec 22, 2010
2010 S.D. 99 (S.D. 2010)
2010 S.D. 99
Supreme Court of South Dakota
listing the existence of "an enforceable promise" as an element of breach of contract
Summary of this case from Lindberg v. Dimon
No. 25653.
Considered on Briefs on November 15, 2010.
Decided December 22, 2010.
Appeal from the Circuit Court, Hughes County, Kathleen F. Trandahl, J.
Thomas R. Olson, Joshua I. Welle of Olson and Welle, PC, West St. Paul, Minnesota and Steven C. Beardsley of Beardsley, Jensen and VonWald, LLC, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellant.
Jeffrey Sveen, Julia M. Dvorak of Siegel, Barnett and Schutz, LLP, Aberdeen, South Dakota, Attorneys for defendant and appellee.
SEVERSON, Justice.
[¶ 1.] Bowes Construction, Inc., a subcontractor hired to produce aggregate materials for three asphalt paving projects, initiated this breach of contract action against the South Dakota Department of Transportation. Under the subcontracts, Bowes was contractually obligated to produce aggregate materials that would pass the Department's sodium-sulfate-soundness test, and the Department was contractually obligated to accept Bowes' aggregate materials in the absence of a valid basis to reject them. The parties' subcontracts incorporated South Dakota's standard test procedure for the sodium-sulfate-soundness test. Bowes contended that its aggregate materials failed the Department's sodium-sulfate-soundness test because the Department did not follow the standard test procedure. Bowes alleged that the Department therefore rejected its aggregate materials without a valid basis and breached the subcontracts with Bowes. After a bench trial, the trial court entered a judgment in the Department's favor. We affirm.
[¶ 2.] Bowes is a heavy highway construction company located in Brookings, South Dakota. Approximately one-third to one-half of its business is producing aggregate materials. Producing aggregate materials involves procuring projects, selecting a source or "pit," setting up a portable "crusher" at the source, producing the aggregate, and testing the aggregate for quality. In addition to producing the aggregate, Bowes may be responsible for developing and producing the mix design. Bowes has produced aggregate materials for the Department for more than thirty years.
A mix design is a recipe for asphalt or concrete. The composition of asphalt or concrete varies depending on the quality of the aggregate.
The Sodium-Sulfate-Soundness Test
[¶ 3.] The sodium-sulfate-soundness test is used to determine whether aggregate is suitable for use in asphalt paving projects. The use of aggregate that is too soft will cause roads to prematurely crack, break, ravel, or fall apart. To perform the test, one must first wash and dry the aggregate, separate the aggregate into samples based on gradation, and weigh each aggregate sample. A sodium-sulfate solution is then prepared. When used, the solution must have a specific gravity between 1.151 and 1.174, and the temperature must be between sixty-eight and seventy-two degrees Fahrenheit. The aggregate samples are covered in one-half inch of the solution for sixteen to eighteen hours. During immersion, the porous aggregate absorbs the solution. After the immersion period, the aggregate samples are removed from the solution. The aggregate samples are placed in a drying oven at 230 degrees Fahrenheit until they achieve constant weight. This entire process is repeated five times. After the fifth cycle, the aggregate samples are washed and weighed. A percent loss is calculated for each aggregate sample. South Dakota tolerates a fifteen-percent loss rounded to the nearest whole number. By contrast, some states have sodium-sulfate-soundness-loss limits as low as five percent. Because the absorbed solution crystallizes during the drying cycle and expands during the subsequent soaking cycle, the sodium-sulfate-soundness test measures the durability of the aggregate to freeze and thaw cycles.
Only the Department's sodium-sulfate-soundness testing of the course aggregate is at issue in this case. Course aggregate consists of rocks one quarter-inch in diameter or larger.
Specific gravity, or relative density, is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a standard reference substance. Specific gravity (physics), Britannica Online Encyclopedia, www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/558700/specific-gravity, (last visited December 16, 2010). In other words, specific gravity is a measure of the strength of the solution.
Constant weight is achieved when the aggregate sample loses less than 0.1% of its weight in four hours of drying.
[¶ 4.] Several states utilize the sodium-sulfate-soundness test, but the testing methods vary by state. The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) has published a standard test method for the sodium-sulfate-soundness test known as ASTM C88. SD 220, a modified version of ASTM C88, is the standard test method used by the Department. The most significant difference between ASTM C88 and SD 220 is the containers used during the tests. ASTM C88 requires the use of "baskets made of suitable wire mesh or sieves with suitable openings." SD 220, by contrast, requires the use of "pans." The different containers result in other variations between ASTM C88 and SD 220. According to SD 220, after the soaking cycle, the sodium-sulfate solution is poured off the aggregate sample, and the aggregate sample is placed in the drying oven. Because ASTM C88 requires the use of sieves, it is not necessary to pour off the solution. The sieve containing the aggregate sample is removed from the solution and allowed to drain before it is placed in the drying oven.
Although the Department uses metal pans to conduct its sodium-sulfate-soundness tests, several materials-testing laboratories in South Dakota use glass bowls.
[¶ 5.] The Department has performed the sodium-sulfate-soundness test for decades. Howard Schill was primarily responsible for performing the sodium-sulfate-soundness test for the Department from 1966 to 1999. He testified that when the sodium-sulfate solution is poured off the aggregate sample after the soaking cycle, sodium-sulfate crystals remain in the pan. These crystals liquefy when the aggregate sample is placed in the drying oven. Because SD 220 requires the use of pans rather than sieves, this additional liquid does not drain away from the aggregate sample as it would under ASTM C88. Thus, when Schill began working for the Department in 1966, he was taught to place the aggregate sample in the drying oven, allow it to warm, remove it from the drying oven, and pour off any remaining solution. Schill refers to this additional step as the "double pour" or "redrain."
[¶ 6.] Schill testified that he performed the sodium-sulfate-soundness test with the double pour during his entire tenure with the Department. In 1996, Schill helped the Department develop SD 220. At trial, Schill acknowledged that SD 220 does not require that the sodium-sulfate-soundness test be performed with the double pour. Yet he testified that he intended SD 220's requirement that "the sodium-sulfate solution from the pan . . . be poured off" to include the double pour. In 1999, in order to train his replacement to perform the sodium-sulfate-soundness test, Schill prepared a procedure sheet, which was posted on the wall of the Department's materials-testing laboratory. Although the procedure sheet explained the several steps necessary to conduct the sodium-sulfate-soundness test, the sheet did not include the double pour.
[¶ 7.] The Department no longer performs the sodium-sulfate-soundness test with the double pour. For a short period of time after Schill left the Department in 1999, Everett Lawver performed the sodium-sulfate-soundness test. Lawver testified that he performed the sodium-sulfate-soundness test without the double pour. The Department subsequently hired Reed Sommers to perform the sodium-sulfate-soundness test. Schill trained Sommers to perform the sodium-sulfate-soundness test with the double pour. But Sommers passed away in 2001, and Brian Hipple replaced him. There is no evidence whether Hipple performed the sodium-sulfate-soundness test with the double pour. In December 2001, Perry Griffith, who had no previous experience performing the sodium-sulfate-soundness test, replaced Hipple. Hipple, not Schill, trained Griffith. Griffith, who was primarily responsible for performing the sodium-sulfate-soundness test for the Department at all times relevant to this lawsuit, has consistently performed the test without the double pour since 2001.
The Highway 37 Project
[¶ 8.] The Department let bids on an asphalt paving project on Highway 37 in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, in May 2004. Brauer Construction from Sioux City, Iowa, the successful general contractor on the project, selected Bowes to produce the aggregate and mix design for the project. The parties' subcontract incorporated SD 220 and the South Dakota Quality Control/Quality Assurance (QC/QA) program. South Dakota implemented the QC/QA program in the 1990s to build better roads by providing contractors more control and responsibility in the production of aggregate materials. Under the QC/QA program, a contractor must submit a mix design to the Department that will pass the sodium-sulfate-soundness test as set forth in SD 220. Thus, under the parties' subcontract, Bowes was contractually obligated to produce aggregate materials that would pass the Department's sodium-sulfate-soundness test as set forth in SD 220, and the Department was contractually obligated to accept Bowes' aggregate materials in the absence of a valid basis to reject them.
[¶ 9.] Bowes chose the Beeson Pit in Bon Homme County to produce the aggregate materials for the Highway 37 project. While investigating sources for the project, Bowes spoke with another company that had done an asphalt project at the Beeson Pit, but did not contact the Department to inquire about the quality of the aggregate in that pit. Bowes also ran several preliminary laboratory tests on aggregate taken from the Beeson Pit, but did not run a sodium-sulfate-soundness test. Before the Highway 37 project, Bowes had not used the Beeson Pit to produce aggregate materials.
[¶ 10.] In September 2004, Brauer obtained a sample of the mix design Bowes was producing for the Highway 37 project and submitted it to the Department for testing. The mix design failed the Department's sodium-sulfate-soundness test. On January 20, 2005, Bowes submitted a second sample of the mix design to the Department. On February 1, 2005, the Department notified Bowes that it would not test the mix design a second time. In a letter dated February 8, 2005, Bowes argued that the first sample was not representative of the mix design it was producing. The Department therefore agreed to perform a second sodium-sulfate-soundness test. The representative second sample of the mix design failed the Department's sodium-sulfate-soundness test with a 15.6 percent loss.
[¶ 11.] Because Bowes had never before failed a sodium-sulfate-soundness test, it submitted representative samples of the mix design it was producing for the Highway 37 project to independent materials-testing laboratories. In December 2004, before the Department agreed to test the mix design a second time, Bowes sent a sample of the mix design to Maxim Technology. Although Maxim is aware that SD 220 does not provide for it and that the Department performs the sodium-sulfate-soundness test without it, Maxim performs the sodium-sulfate-soundness test with the double pour. The mix design passed Maxim's sodium-sulfate-soundness test with a 13.4 percent loss. Bowes also sent a sample of the mix design to GeoTek Engineering Testing Services in February 2005. GeoTek ran the sodium-sulfate-soundness test twice. Because the test results are rounded to the nearest whole number, the mix design passed both tests with 14.7 percent and 15.3 percent losses. Ultimately, the Department allowed Bowes to proceed on the Highway 37 project with a mix design containing five-percent Spencer quarry rock.
Spencer quarry rock is very durable to freeze and thaw cycles. It is often added to mix designs to compensate for lower-quality aggregate with higher sodium-sulfate-soundness losses.
[¶ 12.] The Department let bids on an asphalt paving project on Highway 50 in Bon Homme County in January 2005. Like the Highway 37 project, the Department awarded Brauer the general contract, and Brauer selected Bowes to produce the aggregate and mix design for the project. Again, the parties' subcontract incorporated SD 220 and the QC/QA program.
[¶ 13.] Bowes chose the Beeson Pit to produce the aggregate materials for the Highway 50 project. Bowes planned to use the mix design it was already producing for the Highway 37 project on the Highway 50 project. But after Bowes was awarded the Highway 50 subcontract, it learned that the mix design it was producing for the Highway 37 project failed the Department's sodium-sulfate-soundness test. Highway 50, unlike Highway 37, is a medium-volume-traffic roadway, thus requiring stricter testing standards. Therefore, if the mix design Bowes was producing for the Highway 37 project had been submitted to the Department for the Highway 50 project, it almost certainly would have failed. Accordingly, Brauer submitted a mix design that contained five-percent Spencer quarry rock to the Department. In May 2005, that mix design passed the Department's sodium-sulfate-soundness test. The Department allowed Bowes to proceed on the Highway 50 project using the mix design containing five-percent Spencer quarry rock. Bowes did not fail a sodium-sulfate-soundness test performed on a mix design it was producing for the Highway 50 project.
Bowes did not learn that the representative sample of the mix design it was producing for the Highway 37 project failed the Department's sodium-sulfate-soundness test until February 2005.
[¶ 14.] The Department let bids on an asphalt paving project on Highway 47 in Lyman County in March 2005. The Department awarded Commercial Asphalt the general contract, and Commercial Asphalt selected Bowes to produce the aggregate materials for the project. Unlike the Highway 37 and 50 projects, Bowes was responsible for not only producing the aggregate and mix design, but also developing the mix design and submitting it to the Department for testing. Again, the parties' subcontract incorporated SD 220 and the QC/QA program.
[¶ 15.] Bowes chose the Lafferty Pit in Lyman County to produce the aggregate materials for the Highway 47 project. The central part of South Dakota has lower-quality aggregate with higher sodium-sulfate-soundness losses, and Bowes had never before used the Lafferty Pit to produce aggregate materials. Bowes was therefore concerned about the quality of the aggregate in the Lafferty Pit and contacted the Department for information. The Department provided information showing passing sodium-sulfate-soundness-test results for aggregate samples taken from the Lafferty Pit, but Bowes ultimately took its aggregate from a different part of the pit. Further, Bowes ran several preliminary laboratory tests on aggregate taken from the Lafferty Pit, but did not run a sodium-sulfate-soundness test. Bowes did not contact other contractors about the quality of the aggregate in the Lafferty Pit.
[¶ 16.] Bowes contracted with Maxim to develop the mix design for the Highway 47 project. After developing the mix design, Maxim performed a sodium-sulfate-soundness test on it in July 2005. The mix design passed Maxim's sodium-sulfate-soundness test with a 14.9 percent loss. On July 15, 2005, Maxim submitted the mix design it developed to the Department. Maxim did not, however, send tensile strength ratio (TSR) data, which is required to properly complete and test a mix design. Nonetheless, the Department began its sodium-sulfate-soundness test on the mix design on July 18, 2005. When the Department contacted Maxim to inquire about the missing TSR data on July 19, 2005, the Department learned that Maxim had already run a sodium-sulfate-soundness test on the mix design. On July 21, 2005, Maxim sent the Department the TSR data and the results of its sodium-sulfate-soundness test. Although Maxim's mix design had passed the sodium-sulfate-soundness test it conducted, Maxim submitted a second mix design containing five-percent Spencer quarry rock to the Department that day.
[¶ 17.] On July 22, 2005, the Department began a sodium-sulfate-soundness test on Maxim's second mix design. The Department completed its sodium-sulfate-soundness test on the first mix design on July 28, 2005. That test showed a failing twenty-one-percent loss. Given the significant sodium-sulfate-soundness loss, Commercial Asphalt knew that a drastic change to the mix design was necessary. Before the Department completed the sodium-sulfate-soundness test on the second mix design, Commercial Asphalt asked the Department to perform a sodium-sulfate-soundness test on a mix design containing seventeen-percent Spencer quarry rock. The Department completed its sodium-sulfate-soundness test on the second mix design on August 2, 2005. With a twenty-percent loss, the second mix design also failed the Department's sodium-sulfate-soundness test. Only the mix design containing seventeen-percent Spencer quarry rock passed the Department's sodium-sulfate-soundness test. The Department allowed Bowes to proceed on the Highway 47 project using the third mix design.
[¶ 18.] Bowes initiated this breach of contract against the Department in May 2006. Bowes alleged that its aggregate materials failed the Department's sodium-sulfate-soundness test because the Department did not follow SD 220. Bowes contended that the Department incorrectly performed its sodium-sulfate-soundness test in three respects: (1) the double pour was not done; (2) the temperature of the sodium-sulfate solution was too warm; and, (3) the specific gravity of the solution was too high. See supra ¶ 3. Bowes alleged that the Department therefore rejected its aggregate materials without a valid basis and breached the subcontracts with Bowes. After a bench trial, the trial court entered extensive findings of fact and conclusions of law. The trial court concluded that the Department followed SD 220 and did not breach the subcontracts with Bowes. The trial court thus entered a judgment in the Department's favor. Bowes appeals.
Bowes, an approved subcontractor for the asphalt paving projects at issue, may directly sue the Department for breach of contract under SDCL 31-2-34. See Fisher Sand Gravel Co. v. S.D. Dep't of Transp., 1997 S.D. 8, ¶¶ 9-10, 558 N.W.2d 864, 867; Sweetman Constr. Co. v. S.D. Dep't of Transp., 293 N.W.2d 457, 461 (S.D. 1980).
Although the Department presented evidence that the temperature of its materials-testing laboratory was within the allowable limits, it presented no evidence that it monitored the temperature of the sodium-sulfate solution. Nonetheless, testimony at trial established that if the solution exceeds seventy-two degrees Fahrenheit, the results of the sodium-sulfate-soundness test will favor the contractor.
ANALYSIS AND DECISION
[¶ 19.] Whether the trial court erred by concluding that the Department did not breach the subcontracts with Bowes.
[¶ 20.] Bowes argues that the trial court erred by concluding that the Department did not breach the subcontracts with Bowes. Although Bowes argued at trial that the Department incorrectly performed the sodium-sulfate-soundness test in three respects, the primary issue in this appeal is the double pour. Bowes concedes that SD 220, which is incorporated into the parties' subcontracts, does not require that the sodium-sulfate-soundness test be performed with the double pour. But Bowes claims that SD 220 is ambiguous and should be supplemented or explained by oral testimony of the South Dakota materials-testing industry's usage of trade to perform the sodium-sulfate-soundness test with the double pour. Bowes therefore alleges that the Department breached the subcontracts by rejecting its aggregate materials on the basis of a sodium-sulfate-soundness test performed without the double pour. The Department, on the other hand, contends that SD 220 is not ambiguous.
[¶ 21.] The trial court found that Bowes failed to establish it suffered damages caused by the breach it alleges. The elements of a breach of contract are (1) an enforceable promise; (2) a breach of the promise; and, (3) resulting damages. Guthmiller v. Deloitte Touche, L.L.P., 2005 S.D. 77, ¶ 14, 699 N.W.2d 493, 498 (citing McKie v. Huntley, 2000 S.D. 160, ¶ 17, 620 N.W.2d 599, 603; Krzycki v. Genoa Nat'l Bank, 242 Neb. 819, 496 N.W.2d 916, 923 (1993)). If the trial court properly found that Bowes failed to establish it suffered damages caused by the breach it alleges, we need not decide whether SD 220 is ambiguous thus allowing oral testimony to explain or supplement its written terms. We therefore address the causation of damages issue first.
[¶ 22.] Bowes presented testimony at trial on its hypothesis that its aggregate materials failed the Department's sodium-sulfate-soundness test because the Department performed the test without the double pour. Bowes argued that excess sodium-sulfate solution remains in the pan during the drying cycle if the double pour is not performed. And although the water in the solution evaporates during the drying cycle, sodium-sulfate crystals remain in the pan. These remaining crystals raise the specific gravity of the solution in the next soaking cycle. The solution is thus stronger in the subsequent soaking cycle. The stronger solution causes more crystallization on the aggregate and more sodium-sulfate-soundness loss. Accordingly, Bowes maintains that if the double pour is not performed, the results of the sodium-sulfate-soundness test will be artificially high. Bowes asserts that the fact that its mix designs passed the sodium-sulfate-soundness tests performed with the double pour by independent materials-testing laboratories supports its hypothesis.
[¶ 23.] The Department, by contrast, presented evidence at trial that performing the sodium-sulfate-soundness test without the double pour does not materially affect the test results. Upon having its sodium-sulfate-soundness test results questioned, the Department ran several sodium-sulfate-soundness tests on the mix design Bowes produced for the Highway 47 project. The Department first ran a series of tests to determine if the specific gravity of the sodium-sulfate solution increased after each soaking cycle. The tests showed that the specific gravity was within tolerance. The Department also ran two tests with sieves, three tests with the double pour, and one test without the double pour. The results of all six tests were within close parameters. In fact, the sodium-sulfate-soundness test run without the double pour had the lowest loss percentage. Finally, the Department sent samples of the mix design Bowes produced for the Highway 47 project to materials-testing laboratories in Wisconsin and Wyoming. The sodium-sulfate-soundness tests performed by those laboratories had higher sodium-sulfate-soundness losses than the Department's tests.
[¶ 24.] The trial court carefully considered and weighed all the evidence and testimony presented on the causation of damages issue. Ultimately, the trial court found that Bowes failed to establish that its aggregate materials failed the Department's sodium-sulfate-soundness test because the Department performed the test without the double pour. The trial court was in the best position to weigh the conflicting evidence, and we will not disturb the trial court's factual findings unless they are clearly erroneous. See Geraets v. Halter, 1999 S.D. 11, ¶¶ 12, 18, 588 N.W.2d 231, 233-34 (citations omitted). The record contains sufficient evidence to support the trial court's findings and conclusion that Bowes failed to establish it suffered damages caused by the breach it alleges. We therefore need not further address whether the Department breached the subcontracts with Bowes or breached a duty of good faith and fair dealing. With no proof of causation of damages, Bowes cannot prevail under any of the theories of recovery it has presented.
[¶ 25.] Affirmed.
[¶ 26.] GILBERTSON, Chief Justice, and KONENKAMP, ZINTER and MEIERHENRY, Justices, concur.
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Cecilie Løveid (Mysen, 21 d'agost de 1951) és una escriptora, dramaturga i poeta noruega, considerada una de les principals exponents del teatre modern nòrdic. Una de les seues primeres publicacions fou Most el 1972. El 1990 rebé el Premi Dobloug de l'Acadèmia Sueca i el Prix Itàlia.

Obres

Obres de teatre
 Mannen som ville ha alt – radioteatre (1977)
 Hvide Lam og Lille Tigerinde – radioteatre (1980)
 Du, bli her! – radioteatre (1980)
 Kan du elske? – sèrie de televisió (1982)
 Måkespisere – radioteatre (1983)
 Vinteren rivnar – teatre (1983)
 Sug – performance (1983)
 Lydia – radioteatre (1984)
 Dusj – òpera (1984)
 Balansedame: fødsel er musikk – teatre (1984)
 Titanic – skipet som ikke kunne synke – performance (1985)
 Vift – radioteatre (1985)
 Madame Butterfly on the Beach – teatre (1985)
 Fornuftige dyr – teatre (1986)
 Sete Sange – performance (1986)
 Fødsel er musikk – radioteatre (1988)
 Dobbel Nytelse – teatre (1988)
 Reise med båt uten båt – drama musical (1989)
 Da-Ba-Da – espectacle de dansa (1990)
 Badehuset – performance (1990)
 Tiden mellom tidene eller Paradisprosjektet – teatre (1991)
 Barock Friise eller Kjærligheten er en større labyrint – teatre (1993)
 Konsekvens – espectacle de dansa (1993)
 Maria Q – teatre (1994)
 Rhindøtrene – teatre (1996)
 Østerrike – teatre (1998)
 Sapfokjolen, eller Det hvite smykket som opphever mørket – radioteatre (1998)
 Kattejomfruen – teatre (2001)
 Visning – teatre (2005)

Prosa
 Most – novel·la (1972)
 Tenk om isen skulle komme – novel·la (1974)
 Alltid skyer over Askøi – texts (1976)
 Mørkets muligheter – (1976)
 Fanget villrose – (1977)
 Sug – novel·la (1979)
 Badehuset – text i foto (1990) (amb Lisbeth Bodd i Asle Nilsen)

Poesia
 Mykt glass (1999)
 Spilt. Nye dikt (2001)
 Gartnerløs (2007)
 Nye ritualer (2008)
 Svartere bunader (2010)
 Flytterester (2012)
 Dikt 2001-2013 (2013)

Literatura infantil
 Lille Pille og Lille Fille i Den Dype Skogs Teater – literatura infantil i juvenil (1990) (il·lustrat per Hilde Kramer)
 Hund får besøk – literatura infantil i juvenil (1993) (il·lustrat per Marek Woloszyn)
 Den dype skogs teater – literatura infantil i juvenil (1998) (il·lustrat per Hilde Kramer)
 Den dype skogs ballett – literatura infantil i juvenil (1998) (il·lustrat per Hilde Kramer)
 Den riktige vind: teatre (1999)
 Fars ansikt – literatura infantil i juvenil (2000) (il·lustrat per Akin Düzakin)

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Cecilie Løveid en Norske Dramatikeres Forbund.
 Cecilie Løveid en Norsk Rikskringkasting
 Cecilie Løveid en Dagbladet Forfatter
 Llibres digitalitzats de Løveid i sobre Løveid a la Biblioteca Nacional de Noruega
 Cecilie Løveid får Kritikerprisen

Novel·listes noruecs
Escriptors noruecs en noruec
Persones d'Østfold
Escriptors del segle XX
Escriptors del segle XXI
Pàgines amb traduccions sense revisar
Guanyadors del Premi Dobloug
Naixements del 1951

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A Culture of Passionately Gradual People
On February 1, 2017 January 27, 2017 By RadicalDiscipleshipIn Just Peacemaking
From Martin Prechtel in The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise (2015):
That feeling of frustrated justice and hatred for the unpunished "perpetrator" is the hardest thing for people who cannot truly grieve. On the other hand, it is also not any good to become people who glide along on bliss and don't care about anything, either. It's needful for the peace of a people, peace of the human heart, peace of the earth, for grief to be there, not transcending on a bliss journey to avoid grief. Being zoned out, numb, unconnected, "above it all," and not caring is just the lazier flip side of the coin of vengeance. They need one another.
Better to let vengeance speak without losing grief's medicine of beauty and life. We need a culture of passionately gradual people who can hear, give, and truly feel the deep weeping grief inside the absurd platform of hate caused by the writing of human pain. Instead of compulsively defusing the situation, these cool people would know to find and digest the grief through the whole bigger "story" of life, knowing it is hard in our frustration not to always want to fight against "something" to make it all right.
How relaxing it would be if there really just was a bunch of bad guys who you had only to depose to make the world all fixed up. But that's too simple and the source of even more loss, because in the instance of trying to cure it all by force you plant the next round of the sickness of revenge. So what do you do?
Get courageous.
Become a person. Make beauty out of grief. Become real people who might have untenable rotten ideas, but who in the end grow into solid old people who are generous and unconniving, people who know things and don't just see everything as a business opportunity. Be courageous, make your hate into an art of love beyond your wants, and stop sending undigested grief in the form of sorrow frozen into hate into the arms of the future. Hand over the world with some modicum of the possibility for peace.
Martin Prechtel
Sermon: Grounded in the Bedrock of Faith
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An important and much hyped event in the Flynn Lives! ARG came to fruition May 6th–the public unveiling of Encom International's online version of their 1981 arcade classic "Space Paranoids," which debuted at San Diego's Comic Con 2009 for the Flynn's Arcade event.
As a prelude to its release, a special countdown teased the game's release. Players who visited the countdown splash page were able to click and destroy Recognizers that appeared and hovered across the screen. It served merely as a timewaster, but if players had the patience to keep clicking and destroy 99 Recognizers, they received a badge on FlynnLives.com. By persisting further and destroying 999, they received another badge. Finally, when the countdown ended on May 6th, Encom published their much-anticipated Space Paranoids Online arcade game, just as Alan Bradley had announced.
At the same time, a member of the Flynn Lives Organization who had previously worked for Encom revealed an interface into one of Kevin Flynn's old servers which he set up at HelloFlynn.com, although no one had found a way to retrieve content from it beyond two light-cycle blueprint files already available for viewing. It was soon discovered that hidden within each of the 15 levels of Space Paranoids Online were graphic barcodes left by Kevin Flynn, that once retrieved and decoded provided additional file retrieval codes. These new secret files showcased new blueprints and illustrations of digital Tron vehicles – a behind the scenes look at the creation of vehicles that will be making an appearance in Tron: Legacy.
Within days, reports started rolling in of people receiving packages in the mail from Flynn Lives!, containing pins, stickers, and a thank you message. Even players who, by word of mouth, out of curiosity, or just for fun, registered at FlynnLives.com to play around and earn some badges were unexpectedly rewarded with highly sought-after Tron swag.
As of this writing, a more recent update posted to the Flynn Lives forum seems to hint that the Flynn Lives! ARG will be sitting quiet for a few weeks.
Tron: Legacy is still 7 months from theatrical release, so expect much more yet to come from Flynn Lives! as the film's release date draws near. Watch ARGNet for news and updates!
Sign up for FlynnLives.com and join the movement!
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The Minaret, Symbol of a Civilization - Muslim HeritageMuslim Heritage
The Minaret, Symbol of a Civilization
by Cherif Jah AbderrahmánPublished on: 17th January 2007
The minaret is the architectural shape which best indicates the presence of mosque. Over the centuries the mosque assumed a number of roles including a social centre, place for prayer, teaching institute, court of justice, space for financial transactions and an area for administrative organization. This presentation reviews the philosophy behind the shape and function of the Minaret.
Figure 1. Yivli (Grooved) Minaret Mosque, Antalya, Turkey (Image from Miniaturk, Istanbul).
This is an edited version of a presentation given by Cherif Jah Abderrahmán, (President, Islamic Culture Foundation) at a seminar in Marrakesh on 7 March 2006. Published here with kind permission from funci.org.
Traditionally Western culture has had some difficulty in interpreting, in abstract terms, the physical and material realities of Islam. So I wish to share a few ideas and thoughts from the point of view of a humanist and of someone who has studied Islam.
The study of semiotics is always ambiguous and complicated given that the attributes of symbols are not static, but change according to the feeling and attitudes evoked in the observer.
However, our day-to-day life is full of symbols, and it is important to learn to unravel these as they are an abstract construct of ways of thinking, ways of life, and essentially embody the product of a civilization. Thus the "tower", an edifice taller than it is wide and which was devised in response to problems of defense and communication, has throughout history come to represent dominance and power. In mankind's collective unconscious, since the beginning of time, there has always been this association between elevation and height with the concept of superiority, divinity, and supreme power. Cities, harbors, countries and civilizations display their towers with pride. We could almost trace History through their presence: Babel, symbol of the confusion of languages; Mesopotamia's ziggurats as symbols of the quest for wisdom; Italian towers, symbols of the rivalry among cities; the Eiffel tower and New York skyscrapers, symbols of the power of technology…All these bring to mind mankind's earnest for perpetuation. Every builder, had the capacity been available, would doubtlessly have made them taller, higher.
Figure 2. Spiral minaret in Samarra, Iraq (Source).
In the case of the Islamic civilization, the architectural shape which best and more clearly indicates the presence of Islam, is the minaret, whatever its current function and whichever may be the social reasons which led to its construction.
The main problem which we face in dealing with the minaret is how and when it acquired a towering shape, given that the ceremony of calling the faithful to prayer, almost as ancient as the Prophet's settlement in Medina, originally took place in the streets and then from the highest roof of the neighboring houses.
If there is a feature particular to Islam it is this: that particular capacity, that intelligent attitude of providing a service to the community when a need must be overcome. Islam was born, grew, and evolved with and for the Umma. As tradition states, "Wherever you may be as the time for prayer comes and you perform salat, that place is a mosque." But the mosque had to physically match the community's need for a dedicated space, although the structure was not seen in a rigid, defined manner. It adapted instead to circumstance.
Accordingly it also became a social centre, a place for prayer and teaching, a court of justice, a space for financial transactions, an area for administrative organization, etc.
Figure 3. Cifte (Double) Minare Madrasa, Erzurum, Turkey (Image from Miniaturk, Istanbul).
In response to this principle of meeting the community's needs the adhan therefore also arose, as an efficient method of calling the faithful. The minaret later became the physical location for this purpose.
We note once again how the symbol stands for a multiplicity of principles, a system of values, of knowledge, of tradition. In the same way as Islam struggled and worked to lay down its foundations, like any other expanding civilization, its architects and builders needed to solve technical problems which forced them to adopt specific shapes. These led to ever taller, more beautiful, more significant minarets.
As part of this logical evolutionary process, which paralleled the establishment of mosques throughout the Islamic world the minaret grew, limited only by conditions prevailing in the surrounding environment.
But as the minaret unified the various social, political, and religious elements common to the unifying force of Islam, it never lost its primary function as the main lookout from which to gather the members of the community.
The usefulness of symbols, whether architectural or any other type, stems from their capacity to remind us of the values for which they stand, and they will always remain present as long as their driving principles also continue to exist.
All this leads us to think it logical that any idea we hold must ultimately aim at gaining knowledge, which shall become useful if it can help in creating a future. Otherwise, all our efforts would be sterile.
Figure 4. Minaret Koutoubia, Morocco (Source).
The world of Islam must thus remain faithful to the principles embodied in the minaret. Today's increasingly globalized culture which blends the various civilizations; the major problems facing mankind, the need for cooperation and solidarity in response to future challenges, all these factors make it necessary that there be a call for unity in humanity from the many existing towers.
Islam has proven throughout history that it has no problem in evolving according to need by adapting to different circumstances. Today's Islamic world must thus provide solutions in solidarity with the rest of the world without losing sight of its own traditional values and of its original balance.
The Kutubiya, which together with the Tinmal mosque is an emblem of the Almohade civilization which provided so much knowledge and development for Humanity, well deserves that we all honor it by providing our single grain of sand to the Euro Islamic dialogue.
The Western Institute for Islamic Culture, over which I am honored to preside, and on the basis of the deep respect inspired by the traditions it studies and transmits, is carrying out a series of activities aimed at bringing together the Islamic world and the West, both victims of fanaticism and ignorance.
Last May another high-profile institution, the Council of Europe, jointly organized with our Institute a seminar held in UNESCO headquarters in Paris on the contribution made by Islam to European culture. As a follow-up to the discussions and debates that took place the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly approved Recommendation 1162 in plenary session on September 19 with the purpose of taking concrete measures to help overcome problems in the area of intercultural relations which affect all of us.
Figure 5. Qutub Minar, Delhi, India (Source).
On this occasion, where we are dealing with a cultural and political movement which extends to both shores of the Mediterranean. I must call for, as I did in Paris and this is included in the text of the Recommendation, the need to consider the cultural unity of the Western Mediterranean as an unquestioned reality and as a Basic premise which we can and should accept in a natural manner, without any complexes.
I would finally like to express my wish that this type of activity should multiply so that symbols as beautiful and suggestive as the minarets in the Kutubiya and in the Giralda, which represent the two leading Almohade capitals, retain their significance and their current values.


The Israel Antiquities Authority has launched a new online museum, featuring objects from the Israel Museum, Rockefeller Museum, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. The National Treasures website currently has more than 5,000 artifacts with more to be added regularly.
The artifacts on the site are arranged both chronologically (according to archaeological periods) and typologically (according to the type of artifact), allowing either a gradual guided entry through the main title pages to the artifact's information card, or directly to the artifact's information card using an advanced search box.
The artifact's information card presents detailed archaeological data about the selected artifact, including provenance, type, dimensions, material, site where discovered, dating and bibliography. In addition, hi-resolution images of on-line artifacts may be purchased on-line from the photographic archives of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
It would be great if they would also organize the artifacts by site. This is particularly important because of the variety of spellings of some sites (not Ekron nor Mikne nor Muqanna, but Miqne). You can check it all out here.


The first half of 2013 hasn't lacked for new television: With more and more outlets offering an unprecedented amount of programming across multiple platforms, TV fans don't want for viewing options. What's surprising, however, is the number of worthwhile options being offered by those outlets. Cable is expanding its influence and streaming services are creating quality content, and even the ailing broadcast networks provide myriad reasons to tune in. Recognizing that the greatest television achievement of the year might still be lying in wait on, say, RFD-TV, The A.V. Club hands out superlatives for the best of what we've managed to watch in 2013.


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4.	Frost the cake with white frosting. If using the Coconut Buttercream Frosting recipe, set aside 1/3 of the frosting before adding the coconut. Then, frosting the wheels with some of the no-coconut portion and frost the rest with the coconut portion.
5. Dye some of the remaining no-coconut portion brown or black. Pipe on wheels.
6. Form a baby's head with the Peanut-Butter or Chocolate Decorating Clay. Dye the remaining no-coconut portion of the frosting as desired, and pipe on facial features and text on the cake.


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Completing the Story
Working to increase and improve the representation of women in public spaces.
About Completing The Story
The gender parity problem in Toronto's public art (Edmonton Metro, March 7, 2016)
"With so many men memorialized in bronze, it's time for the city to get with the times, some say."
On the positive side, here are a couple of good examples of representation:
Barbara Barrett was the founder of the Toronto School of Art in 1968. She moved her expanding school to the corner of Brunswick and Sussex Avenue in 1972 where it stayed until 1984 when it needed even larger premises. Under her guidance, the school provided independent but classically oriented art instruction to hundreds of students. She also hired many now well-known artists to teach at the school. The Toronto School of Art continues to this day on Dufferin Street near Bloor Street West.
Barbara was honoured by the federal government when she was awarded the Lescarbot Medal for patronage of Canadian artistic endeavours. She died in 2005. Located in the Harbord Village neighbourhood, Barbara Barrett Lane is an east-west laneway south of Bloor Street between Borden Street and Brunswick Avenue.
Petition aims to rename Edmonton street after local boxing star Jelena Mrdjenovich
Black Canadians celebrate Emancipation Day with four historical designations
Building a better future from the debris of racist monuments
B'nai Brith Taking Action Against Nazi Glorification
Edmonton: Article in Canadian Jewish Record about Shukhevych Monument
Interview on CityTV about Nazi Monument in Edmonton
Speaking Out Against Monuments to Nazis Collaborators in Edmonton
Oliver Community League opposes Oliver name
Edmonton's Most Problematic and Racist Place Names
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Fahmeen Faruki from the Medical Education Campus was recently selected to participate in the prestigious VaCIE-VCCS International Exchange with the Netherlands.
After a competitive college-wide application process, Faruki was chosen and partnered with Jolande (Johanna) Nijkamp of Deltion College in Zwolle, Netherlands. A nurse educator by profession, Nijkamp is particularly interested in a comparative study of curriculum development, program goals, student learning outcomes, evaluation methods and assessment results, as well as the use of those results. The exchange will foster a dialogue of academic goodwill and a culture of global learning and excellence.
The delegation from the Netherlands was in the U.S. from October 12 through 26. The U.S. exchange partners will travel to the Netherlands May 17 to 31.


The Next System Project is an ambitious multiyear initiative aimed at thinking boldly about what is required to deal with the systemic challenges the United States faces now and in coming decades. Responding to real hunger for a new way forward, and building on innovative thinking and practical experience with new economic institutions and approaches being developed in communities across the country and around the world, the goal is to put the central idea of system change, and that there can be a "next system," on the map. Working with a broad group of researchers, theorists, and activists, we seek to launch a national debate on the nature of "the next system" using the best research, understanding, and strategic thinking, on the one hand, and on-the-ground organizing and development experience, on the other, to refine and publicize comprehensive alternative political-economic system models that are different in fundamental ways from the failed systems of the past and capable of delivering superior social, economic, and ecological outcomes. By defining issues systemically, we believe we can begin to move the political conversation beyond current limits with the aim of catalyzing a substantive debate about the need for a radically different system and how we might go about its construction. Despite the scale of the difficulties, a cautious and paradoxical optimism is warranted. There are real alternatives. Arising from the unforgiving logic of dead ends, the steadily building array of promising new proposals and alternative institutions and experiments, together with an explosion of ideas and new activism, offer a powerful basis for hope.


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Q: Polymer paper-dialog-backdrop child's opacity? <style is="custom-style">
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A: I'm not sure I understand your question, but let me try this: If you wish to style the overlay for a particular dialog, you do so on the body of the page that holds the paper-dialog, as you can see in this pen. The CSS used is
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While the paper-button and the paper-dialog are in another custom element, this approach works if both elements are instead in a plain HTML page. Look at how I'm handling a general error dialog in my app. If I put the CSS above on that page, it would work like the pen.

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There are more than 20 Marc Pircher fan clubs throughout the German-speaking region. A few members shared their thoughts about life as a fan.
The two of us, Andrea and Walter, used to go to plenty of music events. And when we did, we always noticed the musician Marc Pircher from the Zillertal. Because of his repertoire (some of it traditional folk, some of it modern) and how accessible he is (pleasant personality, not a diva, ready to listen to everybody), it didn't take long before we founded the Weng Marc Pircher fan club. Since it was established in February 2003, the number of members has increased continuously to the present 160.
Running a fan club involves a lot of dedication year round. The fact that what we did during our spare time would change completely as a result, that took us by surprise. Our active members meet every three or four weeks, such as at Pircher's concerts, barbecue parties, excursions, etc. Of course, it's an honor and a privilege that we have a personal relationship with Marc and his wife, Michi.
Some friendships have also developed within our club that would never had come to be if it wasn't for Marc Pircher. We've become a wonderful "extended family." Each one of us looks forward to the next meeting. For example, January 27, 2013, when Marc will perform for us in Weng for the 17th time. On top of that we're scheduled to celebrate our founding, the "10th Anniversary of the WENG MAPI FAN CLUB," on October 26, 2013. Preparations have already begun. This afternoon we convinced TV broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk's soccer team, FC Sternstunden e.V., to come and play a group of local celebrities. The party will, of course, include a performance by Marc Pircher. The proceeds will be donated to charity, like always (such as the non-profit leukemia organization). So far we've given about 8000 euros to groups like theirs.
The fact that we're so fortunate as to support Marc's career and keep our cozy little group happy, we're really proud of that.
Walter Huber founded the Bad Griesbach-Weng Marc Pircher fan club in Bavaria in 2003 and has run it since then with the help of his partner, Andrea Högl.
A fan … is a person who is enthusiastically devoted to something, such as a band, a sports team or entertainer. … They may show their enthusiasm by being members of a fan club, holding fan conventions, creating fanzines, writing fan mail, or by promoting the object of their interest and attention.
That was really smart, wasn't it? But all in all, it's true. We love a certain type of music: Schlager and pop folk, especially from the Zillertal region, and of course Marc Pircher in particular. We go to up to 50 of Marc's concerts or performances each year. We collect CDs, design and make our own T-shirts, buttons, calendars and a lot more. Photos are of course part of a fan's life and make it all complete. It's always nice to look at pictures of old performances. That brings back memories, and they're something we'll always have. Being at our favorite musicians' performances is almost a must. It's also really helpful for getting away from any problems you might have and forgetting it all for a few hours. That's good for the soul.
But being a fan means so much more. The person standing on stage isn't the only important thing, the person inside is important too. That can also mean dealing with his worries and concerns, possibly helping with suggestions, some advice, and talking about your own experiences.
So we have a kind of craze, but this is better than being different somehow or vegetating at home alone.
Rudolf and Inge Karber run the Marc Pircher fan club for Vienna and Lower Austria.
It was in March 2007 when my daughter Bettina, who was 13 at the time, asked me to drive her to a Marc Pircher concert in Michelbach. She saw him in the summer of 2006, at the "Wenn die Musi spielt" open-air concert in Bad Kleinkirchheim, and has just loved him ever since! Unfortunately, I couldn't let her, because it was an evening event and she had school the next day. But I told my parents about it, and also my cousin Christine, who likes folk music too. After that we all decided to go to this event, where the Zellis were appearing too. It was an indescribably great evening, and we loved the mood Marc was able to create with his accordion and his songs.
That same week Marc appeared at St. Pölten's Live Club, and we went there too. At the beginning of this event a lot of the people were surprised that nearly everybody in the audience was young and were probably hearing this music for the first time ever. At the end they were all gathered around Marc and everybody joined in.
On June 16, 2007, Marc came to Brunn am Gebirge one morning, and Bettina and my youngest daughter, Melanie, finally had a chance to come along. It was like the two other events: Marc got the audience fired up and everybody joined in. My daughters were surprised by what he did on stage. That day we also met the woman he's now married to, Michi. We were immediately thrilled by how nice and polite she was. From that day on we kept track of all of Marc's concert dates in Lower Austria and became real fans. We went to every concert we could make it to.
In January 2008 we went to Zillertal for the first time, to the winter meeting of Marc's fans. That evening, we realized how lucky we were to meet Marc and his family and get to know beautiful Zillertal with them.
Marc, to put it simply, is someone who can do everything needed on stage. He can play instruments and sing songs with lyrics that are just what we like. Every time, he provided great entertainment all evening with his guitarist, Mani. Marc's concerts are always special for us, at all kinds of events, ski huts, beer tents, cruise ships or hotels! But for us one concert is always particularly special, something the whole family looks forward to: our MAPI festival each June! It has everything: an evening with Marc Pircher and band, a concert with lots of stars you can watch up close, and Marc's family is always there, of course.
And we're personal acquaintances of his family. We've been at the Pircher tavern, which his parents own, a few times, and at his vacation apartments, where we've always felt at home. His parents, his wife, Michi, and his daughter, Anna, are often at Marc's concerts in the Zillertal. He has a really nice family, and we wish them all the best and lots of happiness in the future, and also his second daughter, Emma.
We're passionate Marc Pircher fans and have all his CDs, because they include just everything, from Schlager to traditional Zillertal folk music and lyrics that make us think or want to sing along. We've also met lots of nice people at Marc's concerts who are just as loyal as we are. And I met my especially nice friend, Helga, at a MAPI festival in June 2010. Since then we've gone to lots of his performances together and enjoyed every one! The pleasure you get from Marc's performances stays with you for several days, and then you always look forward to the next one!
Theresia Wiebogen and her family are loyal Marc Pircher fans from Lower Austria.
I was, I think, at my first Marc Pircher concert in 2007 in Lower Austria (it was definitely at the Michelbachhalle), where Marc has appeared with the Zellberg Buam a lot. I noticed his refreshing musical style right away, and the songs stuck with me, so I've gone to more and more concerts given nearby since then, and find out on the internet and through other media where the next event I might be able to go to will be.
When I was looking around on the internet, I found out that Marc even puts on his own festival for several days every summer in the Zillertal. In June 2008 I convinced my girlfriends to go with me to the three-day festival, in Kaltenbach, where the tent was completely full. I was so thrilled by the performances of his songs and the way Marc does his festival that I've been a big Marc Pircher fan ever since, and just as big a fan of the Zillertal. I've gone to his festival in the Zillertal (in Mayrhofen) every year, and last year I even went with my leg in a cast (not even that could stop me!!!). We've met lots of nice people from many different countries at these events, and it's always great to see them again and again and talk. That's why I'm already looking forward to the upcoming fan meeting in Ried, which is always like a family get-together.
Almost everything in Marc's repertoire is fast and upbeat folk music, just what I like! But he also sings slower songs with incredibly powerful lyrics, such as "Da drob'n in die Berg is der Herrgott dahoam" (God's lives up there in the mountains), which is my favorite. I like to go hiking in the mountains myself and have often listened to this song on a mountaintop while enjoying the wonderful view of Tyrol's peaks, and I get goose bumps every time!
I was and still am very impressed by the way Marc sets up and manages his performances by himself, and how he still finds time for his fans, sits down with them to talk and make jokes. I've never seen this with another musician, where you can meet "your star" up close and even have a little chat. On top of that, there's always a fun and refreshing conversation when Mani and Franz are there.
I even met my current girlfriend, Theresia, at the Zillertal festival in 2010, and we've gone to many performances together since then. We totally enjoy every evening. Sometimes, the whole family's there—then it's a real reunion, like all the cruises where Marc performs (DDSG, Kristallschiff, Achensee, etc.). I estimate that we go to about 20 to 25 concerts every year, and being at each one, all across Austria, is an experience! A special treat for me are his smaller gigs, because they're extremely nice and personal.
We've also had a chance to meet Marc's wife and daughter. Michaela's at many of the small concerts in the Zillertal with Anna, which the fans love and appreciate, because Marc doesn't hide his family, but really makes a "presentation" with them. You can see how proud he is to have found such a nice woman and that they have a sweet daughter. Now they even have two daughters. I'm really looking forward to meeting Emma! Even though he travels so much, Marc's a real family man. His family's extremely important to him, and he always puts them first.
Marc's a real jack of all trades, and I'm fascinated by that! He not only does this one job, he also hosts a lot of TV shows, appears on a bunch of others as a candidate, and even won "The Race" in Schladming. Of course, that was because, and I'm sure of it, I was on stage in person at minus 20 degrees, with a huge banner I had made myself: "WHO SHOULD WIN THIS RACE, IF NOT YOU!!!" I was at the finish line and cheered him on the entire way. It paid off in the end!
I like that fact that Marc the star is still, in spite of everything, accessible to us. He always asks how we like a certain song, or whether we enjoyed the evening.
For the future I hope Marc continues to have lots of success, and that he can take advantage of it as much as possible for himself and his family—and that he still stays "our Marc"!
Helga Buza has been a Marc Pircher fan for many years.


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Home » News & Events » Samuel Barondes Lectureship in Biological Psychiatry
Each year, the UCSF Department of Psychiatry invites a distinguished scholar to speak on campus as part of a special distinguished visiting lectureship series highlighting the integration of biological sciences and psychiatry in honor of Jeanne and Sanford Robertson Endowed Chair and Chair Emeritus Samuel Barondes, MD.
The 3rd annual Samuel Barondes Lecture in Biological Psychiatry
The University of California, San Francisco Department of Psychiatry will host the 3rd annual Samuel Barondes Lecture in Biological Psychiatry on April 22, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. in Byers Auditorium on the UCSF Mission Bay campus. Our lectureship honoree will be noted developmental biologist and neuroscientist David J. Anderson, PhD.
2019 Barondes Lectureship honoree David J. Anderson, PhD
Dr. Anderson is the Seymour Benzer Professor of Biology at the California Institute of Technology, where he has been on the faculty since 1986. He is also an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Dr. Anderson received his AB from Harvard, PhD from the Rockefeller University under Günter Blobel, and was a postdoctoral fellow with Richard Axel at Columbia.
For the first 20+ years of his career, Anderson's research focused on the biology of neural crest stem cells. He was the first to isolate a multipotent self-renewing stem cell for neurons and glia, and subsequently identified growth factors and master transcriptional regulators that control their differentiation into neurons vs. glia, as well as their self-renewal. He has also made important contributions to angiogenesis and nerve-blood vessel interactions, including the discovery that arteries and veins are genetically distinct from before the onset of heartbeat.
Beginning in the early part of the last decade, Anderson gradually switched his research focus from neural development to the study of neural circuits underlying innate behaviors that are associated with emotional states, including defensive behaviors and inter-male aggression. His work employs both mice and the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster as model organisms, and incorporates optogenetics, pharmacogenetics, electrophysiology, in vivo imaging, and quantitative behavior analysis using machine vision-based approaches.
Dr. Anderson played a key advisory role in the initial foundation of the Allan Institute for Brain Sciences and the Allen Brain Atlas, and now serves on their scientific advisory board, as well as on the advisory council for Project MindScope and the Connectional Atlas. He has also been a visiting scientist at HHMI's Janelia Farm Research Campus. Dr. Anderson received the Alden Spencer Award in Neurobiology from Columbia University in 1999 and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2007.
Previous lectureship honorees
2018 - Cori Bargmann, PhD (video of concert and lecture)
2017 - Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD (video of opening remarks)
About Samuel Barondes, MD
The official department portrait of Samuel Barondes, MD, the Jeanne and Sanford Robertson Endowed Chair and Chair Emeritus.
Samuel Barondes was educated at Columbia and Harvard and learned to do research at the National Institutes of Health as a postdoc with Gordon Tomkins and with Marshall Nirenberg, in whose laboratory he contributed to the Nobel Prize-winning studies that deciphered the genetic code.
Thereafter, Barondes devoted himself to integrating psychiatry with molecular biology and neuroscience. He has been a professor at the University of California since 1969, first at UC San Diego, where he was a founding member of the Department of Psychiatry and the Neuroscience Program and, since 1986 at UC San Francisco, where he initially served as chair of the Department of Psychiatry and director of the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute. Since 1994, he has served as the Jeanne and Sanford Robertson Endowed Chair and Director of the Center for Neurobiology and Psychiatry. Throughout his time at UCSF, Barondes chaired the Chancellor's Art Committee, overseeing the acquisition and commissioning of hundreds of works, with special emphasis on the J. Michael Bishop Collection at Mission Bay.
Barondes is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1976, he was a founder of the McKnight Neuroscience Program, and served as its president for 10 years. His books include Cellular Dynamics of the Neuron (1969); Neuronal Recognition (1976); Molecules and Mental Illness (1993); Mood Genes (1998); Better Than Prozac (2003); Making Sense of People (2011, 2016); and Before I Sleep: Poems For Children Who Think (2014).


Tiffany Burba is a poet and photographer who lives in the Pacific Northwest. She began writing in 2009 as a way to process a very painful relationship. She found that writing was the one way to express all emotions and be completely vulnerable while healing the pain of heartbreak. She is a photographer who likes to capture sunsets, sunflowers, and the New York skyline. She is a mother of two and a grandmother of one.
Meet Me Where I Left You, (Printed Matter Vancouver, August 2016) is her first full-length volume of poetry. Tiffany's work has also appeared in Ghost Town Poetry, Volume Two (Printed Matter Vancouver, 2014); in the windows of local businesses for Poetry in the Shops in Vancouver, WA; The Poeming Pigeon: Doobie or Not Doobie? (The Poetry Box, 2016); and on C-Tran buses from January – June 2015 for Poetry Moves. Tiffany is a massage therapist and Reiki practitioner who believes in the body's ability to heal itself. She loves to dance, drink whiskey, and spend time with poets, musicians, and people who enjoy life.
Lori Loranger is a native Washingtonian who practices mediation, tai chi, permaculture and civil disobedience on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, where she's lived for 35 years. Lori's poetry appears in both Ghost Town Poetry anthologies (edited by Toni Lumbrazo Luna and Christopher Luna), Visions of Light by Raymond Klein, and The Poeming Pigeon.


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'Involuntary' removal of St. Thomas from MIAC sets up awkward 2 years
By: Michael Rand
The spare, two-paragraph news release from the MIAC announcing the departure of St. Thomas from the conference didn't provide a lot of details or elaboration.
But the 94-word release, advertised on the conference web site under the unassuming headline "MIAC announces conference membership change," provides three key points that allow for the mind to wander and expand a bit.
1) The words "involuntarily removed" in regards to St. Thomas' membership in the MIAC are key. It's a reiteration that St. Thomas didn't want this, and that the key drivers were other schools.
2 "The MIAC Presidents' Council cites athletic competitive parity in the conference as a primary concern" is telling.
St. Thomas vows to 'attack what's next' after being kicked out of MIAC
Poll: Will the MIAC be hurt by the departure of St. Thomas?
Well, at least we don't have to guess about motivation any more. Maybe St. Thomas' undergraduate enrollment was also a factor — more students means more athletes which can contribute to that competitive parity.
But a bunch of schools in the conference were tired of losing to the Tommies at just about everything — especially football, and especially by lopsided scores like 97-0, which was the final when St. Thomas played St. Olaf in 2017. Like it or not, at least we know.
Competitively, St. Thomas and a lot of the rest of the MIAC are bad matches. The argument of St. Thomas supporters is that other schools should try to rise up to compete. The argument of detractors is that St. Thomas is winning a game that is rigged in its favor. I can see both sides.
3 "St. Thomas will begin a multi-year transition immediately and meanwhile is eligible to compete as a full member of the MIAC through the end of spring 2021."
This part is necessary with schedules already set and processes taking time. But this is the part where things could get really awkward and/or interesting depending on your point of view.
This means St. Thomas, which has been "involuntarily removed" — if you've ever been involuntarily removed from a bar, you realize it's a polite term for kicked out — will likely have two more full seasons of competing against MIAC schools, the large majority of whom orchestrated the Tommies' ouster for being too good or winning by too many points.
I have placed a figurative circle around Nov. 2, 2019 — the date St. Thomas is scheduled to travel to St. Olaf for a football game.
It's hard to get more lopsided than 97-0, but I'm not sure there's a point spread big enough if St. Thomas goes into that game especially angry about how all this went down.
The Tommies might publicly say all the right things. But with nothing to lose in the next two years, we'll see how ugly the wins get.
Then again, the MIAC statement did conclude: "St. Thomas is one of seven founding members of the MIAC and will leave the conference in good standing with a long and appreciated history of academic and athletic success."
Maybe everyone will really appreciate the next two years?
St. Thomas president: 'Today is a difficult day for our community.'


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Knights Templar is now in W 12
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The 4th Plague is here !!!
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Knights of the Round Table...
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[WOLF] The brotherhood of the wolf
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[HH] The Head Hunters (pm me if interested)
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KHS coming to W12
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[GOD] God's Of Destruction
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W12 plans.
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Key equity indexes made dull moves ahead of a two-day Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates, but the quiet motion in stocks today did not stop new market leaders such as Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Acacia Communications (ACIA) and TransDigm (TDG) from scoring strong gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, a 1.6% winner last week, edged less than 0.1% lower in afternoon trading.
Chipotle, Acacia and TransDigm have all advanced significantly since joining IBD Leaderboard in recent months. On a portfolio-weighted basis, stocks on Leaderboard achieved an 11.8% gain in 2018 vs. a 6.2% fall for the S&P 500 excluding dividends.
On Leaderboard, a full position takes one-eighth of a cash-based account focused on growth stocks. A half-size position takes up one-sixteenth. Currently, 14 stocks qualify for a spot on the Leaders Near A Buy Point and Leaders lists.
Meanwhile, the Leaderboard ETF market trading strategy currently notes that index ETF traders should remain fully invested since the Jan. 4 follow-through took root. Innovator IBD 50 (FFTY) traded slightly lower. Yet at 32.97, it's risen 19.5% since a Day 7 follow-through indicated a key inflection point stocks emerged.
Apple (AAPL), meanwhile, is stretching its nice rebound to a seventh straight session as shares at one point rose more than 1% and reached a session high of 188.39. But the iPhone and digital services innovator still needs to rally at least 2% to retake its 200-day moving average.
The Street sees earnings in the March-ending fiscal second quarter falling 13% to $ 2.37 a share, following a 7% gain in fiscal Q1. In the December-ended first quarter, revenue sank 5% to $ 84.31 billion on limp iPhone unit sales. Read more about the chart action in Apple in this recent Stock Market Today feature.
The intraday range for the Dow Jones was very narrow, less than 0.4% from low to high. Interestingly, the Dow Jones transportation average rallied more than 0.5% despite another tick up in crude oil prices. WTI near-term futures gained as much as 1.2% and notched a session high of $ 59.23 a barrel.
The Nasdaq composite, which soared 3.8% last week, traded near break-even.
The Dow got support from banking shares amid a recent rally in long-dated U.S. Treasuries. Goldman Sachs (GS) rallied more than 2% in active trade. The stock's 50-day moving average has been rising for at least four weeks, a bullish sign.
Goldman is still working on a new first-stage base.
Chipotle shares, currently extended past a proper buy point at 501.08 in a good double bottom, have been energized in part by strong execution on the top and bottom lines.
The company, a member of IBD Leaderboard, has grown earnings by 24%, 62% and 28% vs. year-ago quarters. The three-quarter average of 38% more than meets the C in CANSLIM, IBD's seven-point paradigm for success with growth stocks.
Revenue growth has begun to pick up as well, a good fundamental sign. New CEO Brian Niccol has led a campaign to make it easier to take in digital orders for food. Sales lifted 7% in both the fourth quarter of 2017 and in Q1 2018, then accelerated 8%, 9% and 10% in the past three quarters.
According to IBD Stock Checkup, the Denver-based company gets a healthy B grade for SMR (Sales, Margins, Return on equity) on a scale of A to E.
The Street sees revenue in the first quarter rising 9% to $ 1.26 billion and the bottom line boosting 36% to $ 2.90 a share.
Please follow Chung on Twitter at both @SaitoChung and @IBD_DChung for more on growth stocks, breakouts and financial markets.


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John Di Lemme Interviews Liz Wheeler, One America News Host, about her New Book
In this episode of the Conservative Business Journal Podcast, John Di Lemme interviews Liz Wheeler, host of "Tipping Point with Liz Wheeler" on One America News Network about her new book, "Tipping Points: How to Topple the Left's House of Cards."
Plus John and Liz discuss how to defeat and debunk the left lies that are thrown at you every single day about President Trump, Conservatives, and basically anything or anyone Pro-America.
Buckle your seat belts, because this interview is absolutely explosive!
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Here's a little bit more about Liz's experience and background…
Liz Wheeler is the host of "Tipping Point with Liz Wheeler" on One America News Network.
In April 2018, Liz was profiled by Politico Magazine as a "titan of conservative media" along with Ben Shapiro, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, Tucker Carlson, Allie Stuckey, and Dana Loesch.
In August of 2016, Liz was named a top 10 "30 under 30" conservative rising star by Red Alert Politics. That same year, Liz spoke at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) & at the Steamboat Institute Freedom Conference. In 2017, she keynoted the Liberty Dinner for the Riverside Republican Party & in 2018, Liz delivered they keynote address for the Alaska Republican Party's state convention.
Liz's pithy, poignant three minute "Final Point" videos that air at the end of her nightly broadcast rack up hundreds millions of views on Facebook every year.
Liz graduated from high school at 16 ½ years old. During college, Liz served as a Commissioner on the Board of Zoning Appeals in her hometown in Ohio. She was the youngest person in city history to hold the Mayoral appointed position. During this same time period, Liz organized a group of 14 young conservatives to self-publish a handbook called "Young, Conservative, & Why it's Smart to be Like Us – which reached #2 on Amazon's Kindle Bestseller list in the Civics category.
Liz is a graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and a minor in Homeland Security. Her book "Tipping Points: How to Topple the Left's House of Cards" can be purchased here on Amazon…
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Kfar Darom, en , est une ancienne colonie israélienne de la bande de Gaza.

En 1946, un kibboutz est établi sur une surface d'environ  de terres achetées seize ans plus tôt par Tuvia Miller pour cultiver un verger. Une des motivations est d'assurer une continuité territoriale entre la plaine côtière et le Néguev pour justifier le rattachement de ce dernier au futur État juif.

Le kibboutz se retrouve cependant dans la partie dévolue à un État arabe selon le Plan de partage de la Palestine et est la cible de nombreuses attaques durant la Guerre israélo-arabe de 1948. Sa population est évacuée et il est protégé par un contingent d'une trentaine de combattants du Palmah. Il est finalement évacué le  à la suite d'un siège de plusieurs mois par l'armée égyptienne.

Après la Guerre des Six Jours, un avant-poste de Nahal est construit sur le site, dans ce qui est devenu les Territoires palestiniens occupés. Un avant-poste militaire est établie en 1970 et en 1989, sous le gouvernement d'union nationale de Shimon Peres et d'Yitzhak Shamir, il passe sous contrôle civil.

En , la colonie a été évacuée conformément au plan de désengagement de la bande de Gaza d'Ariel Sharon, mais ce retrait a été marqué par des incidents graves dans la synagogue, largement relayés par les médiaux internationaux. Les habitants ont dans un premier temps été évacués à Ashkelon, puis dans une nouvelle colonie à proximité de Netivot.

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  Évacuation de la synagogue, sur le Sydney Morning Herald,

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