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U.S. solar panel imports fell 27% in third quarter
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U.S. solar panel imports declined 27% in the third quarter of 2021, the largest quarterly decline since 2018, amid supply chain pressures and the proposed expansion of tariffs, according to a new report.
The analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence found that the drop in imports from Q2 to Q3 2021 represented the largest quarterly drop since the beginning of 2018, when project developers preempted tariffs on the industry from then-President Donald Trump.
On Monday, the Solar Energy Industries Association sent a letter to U.S. Dept. of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to "refute the credibility" of the anonymous petition for circumvention tariffs on solar imports from Southeast Asia.
In the letter, SEIA CEO Abigail Ross Hopper rejected any suggestion that the advocacy group opposes domestic manufacturing because of an allegiance to China. Earlier this month, the Dept. of Commerce asked the companies behind the AD/CVD push to identify themselves.
Solar advocates fear the trade dispute could imperil the Biden administration's goal of producing 45% of U.S. electricity supply from solar by 2050. The U.S. Dept. of Energy's Solar Futures Study calls for the U.S. to install an average of 30 GW of solar capacity per year between now and 2025, then 60 GW per year from 2025. U.S. solar module manufacturers have the capacity to produce about half of the domestic demand, according to a SEIA/Wood Mackenzie report.
"SEIA was right to assert that the tariffs have failed the U.S. industry," Hopper said in the letter. "We forecasted that the Section 201 tariffs would cause significant loss of deployment, jobs, and investment, and we now know that at least 10 gigawatts of solar installations, 62,000 American solar jobs and $19 billion in investment has been lost as a result. Meanwhile, the petitioners in the Section 201 case expected the tariffs to lead to 45,000 new manufacturing jobs when we actually lost thousands of manufacturing jobs in the four years since."
Meanwhile, a report released in September by SEIA and Wood Mackenzie found that solar prices increased quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year for the first time since Wood Mackenzie began modeling solar market prices in 2014.
The most significant price increases are being seen with input costs, like steel and aluminum, and elevated freight costs.
"The solar industry continues to demonstrate strong quarterly growth, and demand is high across every segment," said Michelle Davis, principal analyst at Wood Mackenzie and lead author of the report. "But the industry is now bumping up against multiple challenges, from elevated equipment prices to complex interconnection processes. Addressing these challenges will be critical to expanding the industry's growth and meeting clean energy targets."
Wood Mackenzie forecasts an annual average of 29 GW of solar capacity additions through 2026, far short of the pace needed to reach President Biden's goal of solar representing 45% of the U.S. electricity supply by 2050. Average annual solar capacity additions must reach 80 GW from 2022 through 2035 to meet the goal.
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A 13th edition for the "Grand Prix Commerce Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield"!
Created in 2007, the "Grand Prix Commerce Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield" fosters innovation in retail by offering promising new concepts the opportunity to develop within the Group's shopping destinations.
A can't-miss event for retail entrepreneurs in France, the "Grand Prix Commerce Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield" is a springboard for the most innovative concepts in the industry. 37 startups have been awarded since 2007, including Lunettes pour tous, Tediber, Persillé, Bloomizon, Laboté, Glaces Glazed, Faguo, Jimmy Fairly, Marlette, Canard Street, and the winners of the 2018 edition: Mersea, Freddy's BBQ, BMK Paris-Bamako and Les Raffineurs. All demonstrated a strong identity and the ability to provide a unique experience to their customers, in a wide range of sectors: food, beauty and wellness, fashion, leisure, etc.
This competition demonstrates Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield's commitment to shaping the retail of tomorrow by giving young brands access to the most attractive locations. The winners benefit from the Group's unique retail expertise, and enjoy exceptional financial terms. The three winning concepts will receive a global grant of €1.5M to finance their opening in one of our shopping centres in France.
Startups have until April 13 to apply.


We bought our house about 1.5 years ago, and I've never really liked the color of it. It's a baby blue color with dark blue shutters, wood stained front door, and cream trim. Yuck. Not my style. At. All. This is only the second house I've ever owned and our first house was new, so there wasn't a lot that needed to be done to improve it. Not to mention we were only in it for 3 years. So, this is the first time I've ever done a home improvement project that everybody and their mama would be able to see and judge. I knew I hated the colors, but had no idea what I wanted done. My kids said I wasn't allowed to change the baby blue color. They love the idea of saying they live in the blue house. Weirdos. But that was fine with me. I didn't have the money to change the vinyl, too. I only wanted to update the trim/shutters/door. One day at lunch I brought up the color dilemma to my lunch buddies Alicia found a picture of a house about the same color as mine and it had white trim with black shutters and front door. It looked great!
So I went on a mission to get some quotes. I settled with a local painter, Randy Wardlaw, and I couldn't be happier with the way the house turned out. We've had so many positive comments from our neighbors that I know we made the right decision.
See the awful cream color and faded blue shutters?
And after!!! I can almost hear angels singing at the beauty!!!!!
Do you see the gold light fixtures by the garage door? Those needed a makeover, too! So I bought this spray paint and had the hubby work his magic.
Ta Da!!!!! It makes such a huge difference!
Now I can't wait to get started on the yard. I have some big improvement ideas!
What a huge change. It looks so beautiful and updated!
It looks so nice and crisp! Good choice on the color, it looks so shiny and new! Bravo!


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Roger Manners (Warner Baxter), a former aircraft manufacturer is wrongly accused and convicted of embezzlement of $400,000 and is given a long prison sentence. His wife, Shirley (Karin Booth), tries to prove his innocence. Manners escapes, hoping to track down the real culprit, his ex-partner Stanley Brown (Robert Shayne).
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Abdee, the formerly enslaved Scottish nobleman living on the lush 18th century colonial Caribbean island of St. Joseph's, is framed for murder and forced to lead a new rebellion.
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Abdou, Hussein, Mostafa, Wael and Eldomiaty, Tarek (2011) The Effect of Bank Capital Structure and Financial Indicators on CI's Financial Strength Ratings: The Case of the Middle East. In: World Finance Conference 2011, 17th-18th June 2011, Rhodes, Greece.
Abdou, Hussein, Pointon, John and El-Masry, Ahmed (2007) Neural Net Credit Scoring Models for Egyptian Banks: An Evaluation of Consumer Loans. In: Credit Scoring and Credit Control X, 30th-31st August 2007, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Q: Compilation error on using boost::future .then() I am trying to use boost::future .then() functionality.
The snippet is taken from Boost 1.54.0 thread synchronisation documentation
#include <string>
#include <boost/thread/future.hpp>
int main() {
  boost::future<int> f1 = boost::async([]() { return 123; });
  boost::future<std::string> f2 = f1.then([](boost::future<int> f)->std::string {
                                            int x = f.get();
                                            return ("Done" + std::to_string(x));
                                            });
}

Setup :
Ubuntu 13.04
g++ version g++ (Ubuntu 4.8.1-2ubuntu1~13.04) 4.8.1
Boost version 1.54.0
command line :
g++  then_test.cc -std=c++0x -DBOOST_THREAD_VERSION=4 -I        /home/prakash/maidsafe/MaidSafe/build/boost_1_54_0/src/boost -L /home/prakash/maidsafe/MaidSafe/build/boost_1_54_0/src/boost/stage/lib -static -lboost_thread-mt -lboost_date_time-mt  -lboost_system-mt -lpthread

Error:
g++  then_test.cc -std=c++0x -DBOOST_THREAD_VERSION=4 -I /home/prakash/maidsafe/MaidSafe/build/boost_1_54_0/src/boost -L /home/prakash/maidsafe/MaidSafe/build/boost_1_54_0/src/boost/stage/lib -static -lboost_thread-mt -lboost_date_time-mt  -lboost_system-mt -lpthread
then_test.cc: In function 'int main()':
then_test.cc:10:44: error: no matching function for call to 'boost::future<int>::then(main()::__lambda1)'
                                           });
                                            ^
then_test.cc:10:44: note: candidates are:
In file included from then_test.cc:2:0:
/home/prakash/maidsafe/MaidSafe/build/boost_1_54_0/src/boost/boost/thread/future.hpp:1598:9: note: template<class F> boost::future<typename boost::result_of<F(boost::future<R>&)>::type> boost::future<R>::then(F&&) [with F = F; R = int]
         then(BOOST_THREAD_FWD_REF(F) func);
         ^
/home/prakash/maidsafe/MaidSafe/build/boost_1_54_0/src/boost/boost/thread/future.hpp:1598:9: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed:
In file included from then_test.cc:2:0:
/home/prakash/maidsafe/MaidSafe/build/boost_1_54_0/src/boost/boost/thread/future.hpp: In substitution of 'template<class F> boost::future<typename boost::result_of<F(boost::future<R>&)>::type> boost::future<R>::then(F&&) [with F = F; R = int] [with F = main()::__lambda1]':
then_test.cc:10:44:   required from here
/home/prakash/maidsafe/MaidSafe/build/boost_1_54_0/src/boost/boost/thread/future.hpp:62:29: error: no type named 'type' in 'struct boost::result_of<main()::__lambda1(boost::future<int>&)>'
 #define BOOST_THREAD_FUTURE future
                             ^
/home/prakash/maidsafe/MaidSafe/build/boost_1_54_0/src/boost/boost/thread/future.hpp:3840:3: note: in expansion of macro 'BOOST_THREAD_FUTURE'
   BOOST_THREAD_FUTURE<R>::then(BOOST_THREAD_FWD_REF(F) func)
   ^
In file included from then_test.cc:2:0:
/home/prakash/maidsafe/MaidSafe/build/boost_1_54_0/src/boost/boost/thread/future.hpp:1601:9: note: template<class F> boost::future<typename boost::result_of<F(boost::future<R>&)>::type> boost::future<R>::then(boost::launch, F&&) [with F = F; R = int]
         then(launch policy, BOOST_THREAD_FWD_REF(F) func);
         ^
/home/prakash/maidsafe/MaidSafe/build/boost_1_54_0/src/boost/boost/thread/future.hpp:1601:9: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed:
then_test.cc:10:44: note:   cannot convert '<lambda closure object>main()::__lambda1{}' (type 'main()::__lambda1') to type 'boost::launch'
                                           });

Please let me know if I am missing something here.

A: Passing future by reference to .then() fixes the compilation issue on gcc 4.8 & clang.
For windows and gcc 4.7 we additionally need to define BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_DECLTYPE. (as per Xeo's comment). For gcc 4.8 & clang it seems available already.
boost::future<std::string> f2 = f1.then([](boost::future<int>& f)->std::string {
                                                             ^

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Everything you need to know about Communities in World of Warcraft
Communities bring friends and family closer, no matter the realm or guild they belong to.
We've all had friends or been the friend that switches realms for one reason or another—raiding, joining or fleeing now-bygone PvP realms, and the like. The ability to do cross-realm content has helped players stay connected for years, but group planning relied on external sources for communication and planning. Communities, one of the highlighted features debuted in the Battle for Azeroth pre-patch, blends the familiar functionality of in-game Guilds and the Blizzard Groups feature found on the Blizzard Battle.net Desktop Application.
Creating a Community
Open the Guilds and Communities dashboard (default J) At the top you will see the guild your character is in. Warcraft communities will appear below the guild tab and have a gold border around the icon. You can also access Blizzard Groups from within the game. They will have a light blue border around the channel icon. Blizzard Groups allow you to connect to players from other Blizzard or Activision titles available on the Blizzard Battle.net Desktop Application.
At the bottom is a big green plus sign, inviting you to join or create a new community. Clicking that will bring up the option to create a World of Warcraft Community or Blizzard Group. Enter the desired name of the Community, pick a short name that will appear in the main chat window, which can be up to six letters in length, followed by adding a description of what the community is about—raiding, mythic plus, pet battling, achievement runs, etc.
Joining a Community
There are a few ways to be invited to a community. You can be invited directly by character name from someone in the Community. Alternatively, you can copy and paste the invitation code from the unique website link created for the group. These links can be made to expire after 1 use or 1 day up to unlimited uses and never expiring. You can also join a community by clicking on a direct link in chat. Warcraft communities are character and faction specific—you must add each character you want to be in that community individually.
One major improvement to guild and thus community functionality is the ability to create multiple channels for specific use. Click the dropdown above the General chat pane, click Create Channel, enter the name and an optional description of the channel. Notifications for each channel can be managed separately. You can also add each channel to the main chat window or any additional window you may have in use. Chat persists after you log out, so you won't miss a beat when you return.
Integrated voice chat
Communities have the ability to use voice communications within the game. Before, it was required to create/enter voice chat though the desktop application. Open the Chat Channels dashboard (default T) Click Setting to set up your preferred speakers and microphone. Once your settings are in order, simply click the grey headset icon on the Chat Channels screen. Once connected, the headset icon will turn green. You can also mute and deafen voice chat from this screen. Each channel in the community will also have separate voice channels, so multiple groups can use voice channels simultaneously.
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Current: Shenmue 3 Trailer Shows Forklift Driving And Chai Battle
News Shenmue 3 Ys Net Yu Suzuki
Shenmue 3 Trailer Shows Forklift Driving And Chai Battle
Michael Harradence / July 11, 2019
A new Shenmue 3 trailer has cropped up following creator Yu Suzuki's appearance at Japan Expo 2019. Okay, technically, we've actually see this footage before, but it was a shaky off-screen version. This is the direct-feed release, and it's much better for it as you can imagine.
The footage showcases glimpses at the forklift truck sequence and as well as Ryo and Chai squaring off.
Ryo Drives Forklifts And Battles A Returning Enemy In Shenmue 3 Trailer
The Shenmue 3 trailer also depicts a brief conversation between Ryo and Ren, the latter of whom fans should recognise from the previous game. While it wasn't clear at first, it now appears that the Heavens gang boss will accompany Ryo as he ventures deeper into China on his quest for revenge.
Ys Net also released a fresh batch of Shenmue 3 screenshots following Japan Expo, so be sure to check them out in our earlier story here. It's also been revealed that Kickstarter backers of the game will not gain access to the bonus pre-order content.
The developer recently confirmed that it is adding a number of missed stretch goals into the finished product, which is good to know. Some things have been scrapped though, such as the Character Perspective System.
Shenmue 3 is pencilled in for a November 19 release on PlayStation 4 and PC, making it a staggering 18 years between the release of Shenmue 2 and the long-awaited sequel. The original Shenmue came out in 1999 for the Sega Dreamcast, and coined its own genre, FREE, and is often cited as a major influence on modern RPGs.
Suzuki-san announced the game during Sony's E3 2015 press event, where he launched the game on Kickstarter.
Shenmue 3 went on to become the fastest video game to reach the one million mark on the crowdfunding site, and went on to raise over $7 million by the end of the campaign.
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I knew John Kerry. We served together in late 1968 and early '69 as Navy Swift Boat officers-in-charge in Coastal Division 14 in Cam Ranh Bay and in Coastal Division 11 in An Thoi, Vietnam.
I didn't know him well. I found him a bit aloof and imperious. After a 24-hour patrol, most of us would kick back, get a cold beer, talk or sleep. After a 24-hour patrol, I remember Kerry would usually be in the squadron office writing. I never knew exactly what he was working on. Notes? Letters? His war diary? But always he was writing.
His service along the coast and in the rivers was commendable. But there was always something a bit odd about his time with us.
Kerry served approximately 41/2 months "in country" -- a little more than one-third the normal 12-month tour. Within a 90-day period, he received three injuries that resulted in Purple Heart awards. All three wounds were minor. Tedd Peck, one of our Coastal Division 14 fellow officers, says that Kerry pressured our squadron executive officer to "put him in" for his first Purple Heart after the squadron commander indicated he thought the injury was so minor it didn't rise to the level of an award.
Finally, Lt. j.g. Kerry could have remained in Vietnam with the rest of us, but he made a formal request to be reassigned to the States, as three Purple Hearts entitled him to do. I remember colleagues leaving Vietnam early . . . in body bags. I remember some being medevaced back home because of serious wounds. I recall no one, except Kerry, asking that his tour be cut short and that he be sent home.
All this has always seemed just a little strange to me. But no more strange than the son of a Texas congressman jumping over several hundred other folks to gain admission to the Texas National Guard, then not showing up -- or at least not having any record of attendance -- at many of the mandatory drills. But then the late '60s and early '70s were strange times.
Most Vietnam veterans I know who oppose Kerry are not irate over what he did or did not do in Vietnam but over what he did after returning. His mistake was in blurring the line between protesting the war and our foreign policy on the one hand and, on the other hand, tarnishing the reputations of good men who did what their country asked them to do.
This seems to be a consensus most Americans can settle on. His service in Vietnam was honorable. His performance on his return stateside was despicable.
I like the way he repeats the distortions about Bush's record. Is there ever a case where a lefty can criticize one of their own without the "yes, but..." of trying to downplay some wrongdoing by implying the other side is just as bad, if not worse?
Is this the same Hayes who writes for Weekly Standard? If so it is weird that, as Raoul notes, he drops in the anti-Bush lines.
I think the jury's still out on his Nam service. The Viet Nam vets have really yet to be heard from ... but I'm sure they will be as we close on November.
I'm sure they're different writers. The Standard guy is Steven Hayes, who I'm certain was too young to have served. Besides, have you ever heard of a Weekly Standard staffer who served in Vietnam (or any other war, for that matter)?


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module RailsAdmin
  module ApplicationHelper
    def history_output(t)
      if not t.message.downcase.rindex("changed").nil?
        return t.message.downcase + " for #{t.table.capitalize} ##{t.item}"
      else
        return t.message.downcase
      end
    end

    # Given a page count and the current page, we generate a set of pagination
    # links.
    #
    # * We use an inner and outer window into a list of links. For a set of
    # 20 pages with the current page being 10:
    # outer_window:
    #   1 2 ..... 19 20
    # inner_window
    #   5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
    #
    # This is totally adjustable, or can be turned off by giving the
    # :inner_window setting a value of nil.
    #
    # * Options
    # :left_cut_label => text_for_cut::
    #    Used when the page numbers need to be cut off to prevent the set of
    #    pagination links from being too long.
    #    Defaults to '…'
    # :right_cut_label => text_for_cut::
    #    Same as :left_cut_label but for the right side of numbers.
    #    Defaults to '…'
    # :outer_window => number_of_pages::
    #    Sets the number of pages to include in the outer 'window'
    #    Defaults to 2
    # :inner_window => number_of_pages::
    #    Sets the number of pags to include in the inner 'window'
    #    Defaults to 7
    # :page_param => name_of_page_paramiter
    #    Sets the name of the paramiter the paginator uses to return what
    #    page is being requested.
    #    Defaults to 'page'
    # :url => url_for_links
    #    Provides the base url to use in the page navigation links.
    #    Defaults to ''
    def paginate(current_page, page_count, options = {})
      options[:left_cut_label] ||= '…'
      options[:right_cut_label] ||= '…'
      options[:outer_window] ||= 2
      options[:inner_window] ||= 7
      options[:page_param] ||= 'page'
      options[:url] ||= ""

      url = options.delete(:url)
      url = url.to_a.collect{|x| x.join("=")}.join("&")

      url += (url.include?('=') ? '&' : '') + options[:page_param]
      url = "?"+url

      pages = {
        :all => (1..page_count).to_a,
        :left => [],
        :center => [],
        :right => []
      }

      # Only worry about using our 'windows' if the page count is less then
      # our windows combined.
      if options[:inner_window].nil? || ((options[:outer_window] * 2) + options[:inner_window] + 2) >= page_count
        pages[:center] = pages[:all]
      else
        pages[:left] = pages[:all][0, options[:outer_window]]
        pages[:right] = pages[:all][page_count - options[:outer_window], options[:outer_window]]
        pages[:center] = case current_page
        # allow the inner 'window' to shift to right when close to the left edge
        # Ex: 1 2 [3] 4 5 6 7 8 9 ... 20
        when -infinity .. (options[:inner_window] / 2) + 3
          pages[:all][options[:outer_window], options[:inner_window]] +
            [options[:right_cut_label]]
        # allow the inner 'window' to shift left when close to the right edge
        # Ex: 1 2 ... 12 13 14 15 16 [17] 18 19 20
        when (page_count - (options[:inner_window] / 2.0).ceil) - 1 .. infinity
          [options[:left_cut_label]] +
            pages[:all][page_count - options[:inner_window] - options[:outer_window], options[:inner_window]]
        # Display the unshifed window
        # ex: 1 2 ... 5 6 7 [8] 9 10 11 ... 19 20
        else
          [options[:left_cut_label]] +
            pages[:all][current_page - (options[:inner_window] / 2) - 1, options[:inner_window]] +
            [options[:right_cut_label]]
        end
      end

      b = []

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Cool Classes for the Summertime!
MindSpace is a space committed to a meeting of minds through sharing, and by sharing we hope to form a strong sense of community that all can rely on for joy, support, and aspiration.
Summer is just around the corner, and there is no better time to take advantage of the lineup of cool classes we have scheduled than the warm months of Santa Monica!
Our new classes include Stress Relief Techniques, Legal Aspects of Business, and Blockchain courses (see Michelle King column in this issue of Sound Bites). Although Blockchain might sound complicated, it's a hot new technology for business that can help your enterprise immeasurably. Read the descriptions of these specialized courses to get greater insight into Blockchain.
For those interested in jumpstarting their language skills, we have French Pronunciation Workshop, our very popular Beginning Spanish Level I & Level II, and Italian for Continuing Students as well as Italian for Travelers, which will get you ready for survival Italian in four compact Thursday classes.
And all of these wonderful classes are just a sampler of what we have on tap in summer.
Remember, you can browse our classes and register online or download the PDF of our Summer Class Schedule. You can also call (310) 434-3400 or email us at commed@smc.edu for questions or more information.
A native of Israel, she moved to the U.S. after her military service in 2006, having already performed as a dancer and actor in her home country. In Los Angeles she danced professionally, paying her way through L.A. City College's Theater Academy.
That led to a career in acting, writing, casting and producing, and in 2015 she founded her own film production company, LB Entertainment, which specializes in developing, financing, and producing independent films. LB Entertainment has produced more than 30 feature films, including Michael Almereyda's Experimenter (starring Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder); The Trust (Nicolas Cage, Elijah Wood); and The Forgiven (Forest Whitaker, Eric Bana) and Matthew Heineman's A Private War, which was nominated for two Golden Globes Awards in 2019. LB Entertainment's movies have premiered in the world's top film festivals including Sundance, Venice, Toronto, Tribeca, SXSW, BFI, and New York Film Festival and have been distributed worldwide, garnering international recognition and many awards.
The Santa Monica resident has been writing poetry since she was 12, but became more serious about it in her early 20s. About two years ago, she enrolled for the first time in Richardson's poetry class, and is currently taking her fourth class.
The classes have helped her develop her skills and gain confidence as a poet.
Broda said she has also been inspired by themes of women's empowerment, the MeToo movement, nature and travel.
She hopes to release her second book of poetry, "Facing North," at the beginning of 2020.
Adrian Harewood has been in the finance field ever since receiving his bachelor's degree in economics from UCLA. But now he is working toward a dramatic career shift into the nascent but growing commercial drone pilot industry.
Drone pilot Adrian Harewood (left) is doing his externship with Sky Ladder Drones. Owner Steven Katz is far right.
Harewood is among the 15 students in SMC Extension/Community Ed's first Commercial Drone Pilot Training program, which was launched last fall. The program is taught in three modules: Preparation for the Federal Aviation Administration's Remote Pilot in Command Exam; hands-on flight training; and a 120-hour externship at a commercial drone company. All 15 students passed the FAA exam and all are currently serving their externships.
Harewood is right to say the opportunities for drone pilot careers are growing. The Federal Aviation Administration projects the commercial, small drone fleet is set to grow from 110,000-plus in 2017 to almost 452,000 in 2022. The number of commercial remote pilots is set to increase from 73,000-plus in 2017 to 301,000 in 2022.
Typical of a job opportunity was a recent listing on indeed.com for a drone pilot with 0 to 3 years experience paying $30 to $40 an hour as a contract worker. Barry Brennen, instructor of the course at SMC, said most drone pilot jobs work on a contract basis.
Brennan, owner of Redondo Beach-based Flying Lion, Inc., said his first class at SMC was diverse, ranging in age from 18 to 64, with one-third women and several couples.
Brennan believes one of the reasons the field is growing so fast is that the applications for drone use are increasing rapidly. Among those who use drones are law enforcement agencies, property developers, energy companies, nature preserves and environmentalists, cinema, agriculture and more. In Los Angeles, he said the demand for drones "has gone up dramatically in the past few months" related to the recent, devastating wildfires, particularly in the insurance industry.
Student Harewood has been doing his externship with Sky Ladder Drones in Torrance. Recently a group of externs went out with company owner Steven Katz on a building inspection job of a downtown Los Angeles building. Harewood was also part of a team that mapped the 100-acre Point Dume Club community of Malibu, which lost homes in the recent Woolsey Fire.
But Harewood, who runs his own financial consulting practice and who says he is not "quitting his day job yet," hopes to turn his piloting skills into work with a nonprofit. He's still not sure in which direction, but noted that environmental organizations and governments are using drones for biological research and preservation, anti-poaching activities in Africa, and more.
Brennan, meanwhile, has enjoyed not only running his business but also teaching drone piloting.
Commercial Drone Pilot Training instructor Barry Brennan shows a drone to student Lucie Hronek.
"I just love the teaching aspect of it – particularly the ah-ha moment when the students get it," he said.
Brennan sees another advantage to commercial drone pilot training.
Barry Brennan's next Commercial Drone Pilot Training begins March 9. For more information, email commed@smc.edu.
From Santa Monica to Singapore and from San Francisco to Switzerland, SMC Extension's online courses are growing increasingly popular.
Offered through a partnership with Ed2Go, SMC Extension's classes fall into two categories: creative/personal enrichment (called Fundamentals) and career training. In the former category, registrations grew from 186 in 2016 to 602 in 2018, a more than 200 percent increase over two years. Career training registrations went up from four in 2016 to 26 in 2018, a six-fold increase.
"As people get busier and as traffic, not just in Los Angeles but in areas throughout the world, becomes more congested, online courses offer people an efficient and flexible way of upgrading their skills or taking classes for enrichment," said Michelle King, SMC's Director of Career & Contract Education.
In the Fundamentals, or enrichment, category, each class can be completed in six weeks and usually contain 12 lessons representing 24 hours of instruction, King noted. The Career Training Program is open enrollment and self-paced, lasting three to six months. A number of the topics or programs are bundled to create a more comprehensive training program.
Students from all over the world take the online courses through SMC Extension. A hefty percentage is from the Los Angeles area, but include many other portions of the state, from San Diego to San Francisco.
"What gets interesting is we get 10 percent of our online students outside of California in places like New Jersey, Wyoming, Puerto Rico and Texas, and then further out we have students in such areas British Columbia, Canada; New Zealand; Switzerland; and the United Kingdom," King noted.
The most popular courses represent a range of interests from creative to technical, from writing fiction to writing code. And there are some surprises on the popular class list, including A to Z Grant Writing, Accounting Fundamentals, Speed Spanish, Introduction to SQL (Structured Query Language, which is used in programming and designed for managing data), Medical Terminology Series, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Introduction to Interior Design, Introduction to Photoshop, and Beginning Writer's Workshop.
Another surprise for its popularity is a class called "Singapore Math Strategies." However, when looking at the data it became clearer why it was so popular – it seems a private California school had all their instructors sign up for the class.
King said that SMC Extension will continue to beef up its marketing efforts, which have already proven to increase online course registrations.
For information and registration for Fundamentals (enrichment) online courses, go to ed2go.com/smce. For Career Training, the link is careertraining.ed2go.com/smce.
If you're already thinking about what you might get your sweetheart for Valentine's Day this year, consider the story of Sean Gehrke and his wife Colleen McKinney.
Sean Gehrke and wife Colleen McKinney.
Sean wanted to surprise Colleen for her birthday last September and reached out to SMC Community Education to ask for a summer schedule of classes, whose cover is graced with a photo she had taken and entered into the annual Student Photo Contest. The image did not win the contest but Alice Meyering, SMC Program Coordinator of Community & Contract Education, liked it so much she used it for the summer catalog cover. Sean had it framed and presented to her for her birthday.
The framed cover of the SMC Community Ed class scheduled, graced with a photo by Colleen McKinney, was a gift from husband Sean Gehrke.
Sean and Colleen, currently Seattle residents, lived in Los Angeles from 2011 to 2015. She was getting a master's in public policy at USC and he was working on his doctorate in education, also at USC. He is the director of the Office of Education Assessment at the University of Washington and she works for the nonprofit Center for Good Food Purchasing. They have a 1-year-old daughter Cora.
Sean Gehrke and Colleen McKinney with their daughter Cora.
Colleen said a few years ago she bought a DSLR camera and enrolled in Larry Jones' photography class at SMC Community Ed to start learning more about the technical aspects of composition.
Beyond being a romantic gift, fitting for Valentine's Day, what else did it demonstrate?
Thomas Gin is a man without borders and yet a man who has grown up ever aware of a border.
SMC Community Ed's new mosaic arts instructor – who begins in March – crosses the U.S.-Mexico border every weekend when he travels from Los Angeles to an arts co-op he started in the poor Mexicali neighborhood he grew up in to teach mosaic art.
He has brought in artists from all over the world to work on a mile-long mural on a border wall separating Mexicali and Calexico – as well as other nonprofit arts projects.
He risked major injury – and indeed was tear-gassed – by climbing to the top of that same border fence, which was being torn down for construction of a new barrier, to try to save the murals that had taken the international team of artists three years to create.
Gin moved from Mexico to Los Angeles at the age of 23. He gained an interest in mosaic art when he remodeled his home in Mexicali and included many stylistic designs with the material he had available. During the years that followed, he made numerous mosaics from recyclable materials.
He was formally taught the craft of mosaic by Carmelo Fiannaca, who taught several years for Community Ed before recently returning to his native Sicily. Fiannaca selected Gin to be his successor, and Gin will teach Introduction to Mosaic Art and Mosaic Art II beginning March 2.
Thomas Gin was selected by Carmelo Fiannaca (right) to succeed him as mosaic art instructor.
The birth of Gin as a community arts activist was serendipitous – and involved mosaic art. In 2013 he repaired a pothole in the street of his childhood neighborhood and covered it with a mosaic. When he received a positive reception from the neighborhood, he realized the power that the art of mosaic has to create social change in a community.
He then founded the nonprofit, non-governmental organization El Arte Salva: Proyecto Calle 13 to transform his childhood neighborhood, the barrio Santa Clara in Mexicali, one of the city's most impoverished neighborhoods.
In 2016 he transformed his home, just steps away from the border fence, into an artist residency that has attracted artists from Italy, Tijuana, Mexico City, and UC Berkeley.
In 2017 the group focused on painting murals on the border fence between Calexico and Mexicali. The destruction of that fence in 2018 led to Gin's dramatic effort last year to save the 35 murals.
As reported by Voice of San Diego, Gin had tried to physically drag one of the pieces across the border to save some of the murals. When that didn't work, he climbed on top of another one and refused to come down. A La Crónica photojournalist captured the tense moment.
Gin agreed, and climbed off. In the end, only one of 35 pieces was saved – the mural of Aztec leader Cuauhtémoc by local artists Pablo Castañeda and Eduardo Kintero. The piece is currently displayed in the art collective's studio just a couple steps away from its original location.
The estimated $18-million project replaced just over two miles of a 1990s 12-foot barrier made of steel Vietnam War-era military aircraft landing mats with 30-foot bollards — poles placed close together to restrict entry but allow people on either side to see through.
In February 2018, Gin established La Joyita, a co-operative gallery that offers classes in the arts and hosts free events for the public. With about 50 students altogether, ranging in age from 5 to 80 years old, La Joyita has a gallery and performance stage and offers classes in mosaic, painting, sculpture, drawing, dance and more. Students from the University of Mexicali, UC Berkeley and USC help out at La Joyita, Gin said. And La Joyita participants help out the community by painting houses and curbs, filling potholes and more.
A La Joyita student with his mosaic standing on a floor with mosaic art.
Gin has been teaching mosaic-making classes every other month at Stained Glassed Supplies in Pasadena since 2017. He has also taught mosaic-making workshops at Centro Estatal de Las Artes (CEART) in Mexicali.
El Arte Salva: Proyecto Calle 13 has received bi-national media attention from numerous agencies such as La Voz de la Frontera, The Voice of San Diego and TV Azteca. In late 2018, the artists of El Arte Salva: Proyecto Calle 13 and Thomas Gin were awarded "Artists of the Year" by the media agency La Crónica in Mexicali.
Gin will teach Introduction to Mosaic Art and Mosaic Art II beginning March 2.
Arlene Weinstock knew what she wanted to be in the 7th grade – an art teacher – but it took her 30 years to fulfill that ambition. Weinstock, an award-winning artist who has taught Colored Pencil Techniques at SMC Community Ed for eight years, took a circuitous route to the classroom.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Weinstock pursued art by earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Boston University. But upon graduation, she was unable to find work as an art teacher and embarked on a three-decades career in corporate America – in sales, marketing, design, product development and IT. Eventually, she learned programming for creating websites and started her own business. All the while she was creating art on the side.
In the early 1990s, she took Colored Pencil classes and has specialized in that medium, as well as mixed media, since then.
She earned Signature and experimental Signature honors from the Colored Pencil Society of America. She shows her work locally and has been juried into national and international art exhibitions. Her piece February is published in "The Best of Colored Pencil 4" and January Dusk is published in "Colored Pencil Signature." Known for her colored pencil landscapes, she is also an accomplished pet portraitist and photographer.
What do you like about teaching Colored Pencil Techniques at SMC Community Education?
I am energized by the students. Adults who come to art class are enthusiastic and want to learn. Each person comes with a unique level of experience and innate skill. I get to see colored pencil beginners get more comfortable with the medium and begin to create work using their newly developed skills. This allows me to work individually to help each student discover his or her direction. Continuing students are welcome to return to the class and work on projects of their own choosing. I provide individual guidance for these students as they work to create finished art.
What kinds of students do you get at SMC Community Ed?
My students have ranged in age from 18 to 93. I've learned that these adult students are interested in learning how to make artwork, not just have a good time playing with art materials. By teaching techniques for using the colored pencils, my focus is on developing skills with the medium, not on creating finished artwork – the students do that on their own at home. This leaves lots of room for experimenting and making mistakes (the only way to learn anything is to make mistakes). As adults we get in the habit of trying to get things right, but watching a student push through the need to get things right and just try (make a mess, do it wrong) is great fun for me.
Leonardo for breaking all the rules and showing how to paint what he really saw.
Turner, especially his later works.
Manet for his sense of design.
Monet for his willingness to push through to get to the pure color in his sight.
Van Gogh, Bernard, Villiard and other Post-Impressionists.
Hopper for the quiet emotionality (and composition, color and draftsmanship).
Rothko for his color, of course.
A day without a disaster.
A friend once said of me that I drive like I'm trying to get to where I'm going.
I did the AIDS Ride two years in a row. It changed my life.
My classes are serious investigations into how to make art. An introduction into color theory is part of the class. Students also experience how to look at artwork and make judgments about what works and what doesn't. We have fun and we do serious work. It is best to have some drawing experience before taking the class.
Talk about a radical career change. Jackline Daneshrad worked as a chemical engineer for Intel – after getting bachelor's degrees in chemistry and French – when in 1992 she decided to become a health and fitness professional.
Jackline Daneshrad's enthusiasm as a fitness instructor is contagious.
In the many years since making that dramatic career change, she has taught an amazing array of classes at SMC Community Education and other venues, among them Total Body Workout, Cardio Salsa, Stretch and Release, Mat Pilates, and Barre. She even taught Chair Salsa in rehabilitation facilities to those who are recovering from strokes or injuries from accidents or other causes.
Daneshrad has been teaching fitness classes at SMC Community Ed for 17 years, and also at other venues, including the Bay Club in Pacific Palisades for 19 years and its Santa Monica facility for the last year, the Jonathan Club and Malibu Senior Center among other venues. She is also a personal trainer specializing in Strength, Core, Toning; Functional Training; Flexibility; and Balance and Injury Rehabilitation.
She holds a Group Exercise Teacher and Personal Training Certifications from ACE (American Council on Exercise) and many other certifications and workshops in related fields.
What do you like about teaching Total Body Workout & Cardio Salsa at SMC Community Education?
I love teaching at SMC Community Ed because I get a good cross-section of the Westside population. Not only have I built a strong following but I also get to meet new students each semester and receive very good feedback on students' progress, which is very fulfilling.
My classes are inclusive of all ages. I have young adults, college students, professionals, business people, young retirees and homemakers. Some students drive 45 minutes to get to my classes. While teaching, keeping in mind that the students are at various fitness levels, I offer modifications for each exercise to accommodate all levels.
A perfect day for me is not to have a very early morning class, having my morning cup of coffee while checking my emails, going to my classes and clients, and hearing that I gave a great workout, that my students are very happy and had fun in the process!
I took a picture of a red colored succulent plant yesterday after I voted. That is precious.
The Good Fight, A Perfect Life by Danielle Steele, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, and Shape magazine.
When I was going to school my passion was chemistry and I excelled in it. As a chemical engineer working for Intel Corp., I was promoted twice in four years through two pregnancies. When we moved to L.A., I followed my passion for fitness. I love teaching! Every day when I teach it feels as if I am enjoying my hobby rather than working which makes it fun for me and my students.
Jackline Daneshrad will teach Total Body Workout and Cardio Salsa beginning in early January.
Sarah Olim is SMC Community Ed's piano instructor par excellence. She teaches One-on-One Piano throughout the year, to all kinds of students – all ages (from 5 years old and up) and all levels, from beginner to advanced.
She teaches the students what they want to learn, whether it is pop, classical, jazz or other styles.
Olim has a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Texas at Austin in Piano Pedagogy and has done graduate coursework in music at California State University, Los Angeles.
She has taught piano and music all over the Los Angeles area, including Music Fundamentals for Adults (with an emphasis on the skill of reading and understanding musical notation) at SMC Community Ed from 1984 to 1986, 1991 to 1999, and 2006 to 2015. Her One-on-One classes – which are held at the beautiful SMC Performing Arts Center/Madison campus in central Santa Monica – have been offered for about two years.
Among the other places she has taught are University of Judaism, Los Angeles Pierce College and Pasadena City College.
What do you like about teaching piano?
I enjoy showing children and adults how to play the piano and for those who have some experience, other ways of reading and interpreting the music. I've had many adults tell me they like having the skills to play as it calms them down at the end of the day. Teaching also involves sharing ideas, so I sometimes pick up ideas from the student and even songs from the children.
It's also nice when I have a student return after a long while. I had one lady who just recently signed up for the private lessons. Turned out she had had a group class with me in the past and at that time had asked me to play for her 50th Birthday party. That was 25 years ago! So, it took 25 years, but she came back.
What kinds of music do you like? Who are your favorite composers?
I like most styles of music including classical, jazz and classic rock. Favorite composers would be Debussy and Ravel along with Beethoven and Chopin.
A day where all students are prepared by having practiced whatever they are working on so that we can move on to new material with new skills.
I've received applause at the end of adult group classes many times. I've also had parents come up and tell me how much their child enjoyed their class with me.
What activities do you like to do outside of music and piano?
I do a lot of volunteering for various organizations including ushering at The Broad Stage (SMC Performing Arts Center) and other theatre venues. I also help the Los Angeles Ballet with the boutique at their performances.
I videotaped a student playing so that he could hear his performance. I then used it for another student who was learning the same composition to get a comparison between the way she played the piece vs. what she heard the other student do.
Sarah Olim will teach several One-on-One Piano classes in the Winter Session.
An Amazing Reunion from 6,000 Miles Away!
Decades after they were friends in a junior high school in Lucerne, Switzerland, Carmelo Fiannaca recently reunited, via email, with Juan Carlos Serrano – thanks to SMC Community Ed.
Spaniard Serrano, who now lives in Barcelona, left a note for his old friend Fiannaca – an SMC mosaic art instructor and award winning and internationally exhibited artist – after reading an article about Fiannaca on SMC Community Ed's blog, SMC Mindspace.
Serrano found the Mindspace blog on Fiannaca by doing a Google search. The blog entry comes up fourth in a Google search of the artist.
The two were in junior high school together from about the ages of 12 to 15 roughly 40 years ago, in the mid- to late-70s. Although Fiannaca was born in Agrigento Sicily, Italy, his family moved to Switzerland when he was young.
Fiannaca said he has been corresponding by email and phone with Serrano and plans to visit him in 2019 in Barcelona.
"The really unbelievable thing is I've never been to Barcelona and I'm the biggest Gaudi fan, and my work is like Gaudi," he said, referring to the Spanish architect whose work – which often incorporates mosaic art – is found all over Barcelona.
Fiannaca, whose commissioned work can be seen throughout America (including John Wayne's former estate), has been teaching mosaic art at SMC Community Ed for seven years. Though he plans to return to Sicily this month to buy a house and eventually create an art and cooking retreat, he said he loves doing the course so much he will return to Los Angeles twice a year to teach. His Introduction to Mosaic Art and Mosaic Art IIclasses both began Oct. 20.
Fiannaca has been creating art from a very young age. By 10 years old, he gained attention through his comics and stories, whose illustrations showed advanced abilities in art. During a summer trip to Sicily, Carmelo discovered the Cathedral of Monreale in Palermo where he became inspired to explore the color, texture and surfaces of mosaic art.
He received his degree from Plattenleger Verband in Lucerne, Switzerland in design, restoration, fabrication and installation. Carmelo continued his studies through a scholarship from the National Art Association and later ended up at SMC, where he received his degree from the School of Design, Art and Architecture.
The path that led Fiannaca to SMC's art school was actually a musical one. A guitarist, he came to Los Angeles in 1993 to study at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood. Afterwards, he started playing in clubs and bars in Hollywood with a band called Big Muckamuck, whose lead signer was Tequila, a well-known vocalist.
Fiannaca is looking forward to reuniting in person with Serrano.
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We've put together a Christian Pilgrimage Tour day which will take you to see all of the main Christian Pilgrimage sites in Northern Israel in only one day.
The tour leaves from all major hotels in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Netanya, and Herzliya.
Take in the ancient city of Nazareth, where Jesus spent his first years, and see the Church of Annunciation, the place where the archangel Gabriel appeared to Mary to tell her about the birth of Jesus.
Go on to the Sea of Galilee and visit the ruins at Capernaum, the city which was home to the apostles Simon, James, Peter, Andrew and John, and which was the scene of several of the miracles performed by Jesus.
Stop at Tabgha, the traditional site of the Miracle of the Multiplication of the Loaves and the Fishes and the site of the Church of the Multiplication.
See Tiberias on the way to the baptismal site of Yardenit, the place where the Jordan River flows out of the Sea of Galilee and into the Dead Sea. Every year, millions of tourists flock here to get baptized.
Please note that you will be taken to a souvenir shop as part of the tour where you can (but are in no manner required to) purchase souvenirs and locally produced goods.
Looking for a two days Nazareth tour.
Before reaching the restaurant the guide will inform you about the menu, the price, and options available. (approx 25 USD).
If you prefer a "light meal" please ask for the cheaper option - "selection of salads".The specialty of the area is St.Peter's fish but if you don't like fish, there's a variety of meat...If you don't wish to eat at this specific restaurant, you don't have to and you can bring your own lunch with you on the tour!
It is generally possible for those who want to baptized at the Yardenit to do it. We do not, however, organize it. You should take into account that sometimes there might be circumstances such as bad weather or heavy traffic which can make it impossible, so it is not guaranteed. We recommend that in the morning of your tour you speak to your tour guide and let him/her know that you are interested to baptize at the Yardenit. Please note that there are no religious leaders on site for the baptism. The baptism is self-performed and time restricted.


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Professor David Gorton
BA(Hons), MMus, PhD, ARAM
Academic Studies - Senior Postgraduate Tutor and Associate Head of Research
Research Programmes - Senior Postgraduate Tutor and Associate Head of Research
Composer and researcher
Associate Professor of Music
A winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize, David Gorton's large-scale works include The Fall of Babel for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oblique Prayers for Claire Booth and the London Sinfonietta, and Schmetterlingsspiel for Christopher Redgate and Ensemble Exposé.
Described by Gramophone magazine as working in the "more radical domain" of British music, David Gorton's works are often characterized by microtonal tuning systems and performer virtuosity. Yet alongside apparently complex works his output includes compositions for amateur choirs and pieces in the ABRSM Spectrum series.
Since 2010 three portrait albums have been released of his music on the Métier and Toccata Classics labels. Trajectories (Métier, 2010) emerged from a series of residencies at the Tate Gallery in St Ives, and includes String Quartet: Trajectories, commissioned for the Kreutzer Quartet to be performed in the sea-facing gallery space.
Orfordness (Métier, 2014) comprises compositions that explore ideas of landscape and memory. The disc takes its name from a solo piano piece written for Zubin Kanga that draws on programmatic references to the abandoned military base on Orford Ness, including the testing of secret hardware and a UFO encounter. This preoccupation with East Anglian landscapes is continued in more recent works, including a collaboration with photographer Claire Shovelton resulting in Burgh Castle, written for CHROMA and pianist Roderick Chadwick at the Huddersfield Festival.
Variations on John Dowland (Toccata Classics, 2017) represents another compositional preoccupation, that of pre-baroque English music. The disc contains two substantial pieces based on original material by John Dowland: Lachrymae Variations for the string orchestra Longbow and violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved, and Forlorn Hope for guitarist Stefan Östersjö. These are set alongside arrangements of Byrd and Morley's own variations on Dowland.
David Gorton was a student at Durham University, King's College London, and the Royal Academy of Music, studying composition with Harrison Birtwistle and Simon Bainbridge. His music is published by Verlag Neue Musik, Berlin.
David Gorton was appointed University of London Associate Professor of Music in February 2016.
As a researcher David is interested in exploring new instrumental techniques, alternative tuning systems, performer virtuosity, and developing diverse models of collaborative practice. In 2004–06 he held a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship for a compositionally-driven project about musical time, structure, and performance. He has presented his work at conferences and universities in Europe, America, and Canada, and was on the programme committee of the Performance Studies Network International Conferences in 2016 and 2018. He is an associate researcher at the Orpheus Institute in Ghent.
David Gorton: Variations on John Dowland (Toccata Classics, 2017). Longbow, Peter Sheppard Skærved (director), Stefan Östersjö
David Gorton: Orfordness (Métier, 2015). Zubin Kanga, Christopher Redgate, Neil Heyde, Kreutzer Quartet
Electrifying Oboe (Métier, 2013). Christopher Redgate, Ensemble Exposé, Roger Redgate, Milton Mermikides
Trajectories: Music by David Gorton (Métier, 2010). Neil Heyde, Peter Sheppard Skærved, Roderick Chadwick, Kreutzer Quartet
Selected Compositions
Lachrymae Variations for 15 solo strings (Verlag Neue Musik, NM11773)
First performed by Longbow, Peter Sheppard Skærved (director), Maison Dieu, Dover, 20 May 2016. Recorded on David Gorton: Variations on John Dowland (Toccata Classics, 2017).
Three Deleuzabelli Variations for ensemble
Commissioned for the Deleuzabelli Variations project with the Hermes Ensemble as part of 'Experimentation versus Interpretation: Exploring New Paths in Music Performance in the Twenty-First Century' [ME21]. First performed by the Hermes Ensemble, Antwerp, 17 March 2015.
Burgh Castle for piano and ensemble (Verlag Neue Musik, NM11774)
Commissioned by CHROMA with funding from the Performing Rights Society Foundation. First performances given by Roderick Chadwick (piano) and CHROMA ensemble, The Forge and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 11 and 23 November 2015.
Fosdyke Wash for piano quintet (Verlag Neue Musik, NM2888)
First performed by Zubin Kanga (piano) and the Kreutzer Quartet, St John's Church Waterloo, Waterloo Festival, 29 June 2013. Recorded on David Gorton: Orfordness (Métier, 2015).
Austerity Measures II for Howarth-Redgate oboe and string quartet (Verlag Neue Musik, NM2885)
First performed by Christopher Redgate (oboe) and the Kreutzer Quartet, Wilton's Music Hall, 12 June 2013. Recorded on David Gorton: Orfordness (Métier, 2015).
Forlorn Hope for 11-string alto guitar and optional electronics (Verlag Neue Musik, NM2886)
First performed by Stefan Östersjö (guitar) and Juan Parra Cancino (electronics), ORCiM Research Festival, Orpheus Institute, Ghent, 5 October 2012. Recorded on David Gorton: Variations on John Dowland (Toccata Classics, 2017).
Orfordness for solo piano (Verlag Neue Musik, NM2887)
Commissioned and first performed by Zubin Kanga as part of the Out Hear contemporary music series at Kings Place, 13 February 2012. Recorded on David Gorton: Orfordness (Métier, 2015).
Schmetterlingsspiel for solo oboe and ensemble (Verlag Neue Musik, NM11775)
First performed by Ensemble Exposé, Christopher Redgate (oboe), Roger Redgate (conductor), Bates Mill, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 21 November 2009. Recorded on Electrifying Oboe (Métier, 2013).
2nd Sonata for Cello for cello and optional electronics (Verlag Neue Musik, NM2890)
First performed by Neil Heyde (cello) and David Gorton (electronics), Connect Festival, Malmö, Sweden, 15 November 2011. Recorded on David Gorton: Orfordness (Métier, 2014).
2nd String Quartet: Frozen Landscapes (ABRSM Publishing)
Commissioned by the London String Quartet Foundation and ABRSM (Publishing) Limited with funds provided by the John S. Cohen Foundation and the Neville Abraham Foundation. First performed by the Sacconi Quartet, Wigmore Hall, 11 March 2008.
String Quartet: Trajectories (Verlag Neue Musik, NM2892)
Commissioned by Tate St Ives. First performed by the Kreutzer Quartet, Tate Gallery, St Ives, 17 September 2006. Recorded on Trajectories: Music by David Gorton (Métier, 2010).
The Fall of Babel for orchestra (Verlag Neue Musik, NM11776)
Commissioned by 'spnm'. First performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Zsolt Nagy (conductor), Maida Vale Studio 1, 23 June 2006, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3, 'Hear and Now'.
Oblique Prayers for solo soprano and ensemble
Commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society. First performed by the London Sinfonietta, Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Claire Booth (soprano), Queen Elizabeth Hall, 27 April 2002, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3, 'Hear and Now'.
Eric Clarke, Mark Doffman, David Gorton, and Stefan Östersjö, 'Fluid Practices, Solid Roles? The evolution of Forlorn Hope' in: Eric Clarke and Mark Doffman (eds.), Creativity, Improvisation and Collaboration: Perspectives on the Performance of Contemporary Music (Oxford University Press, 2018).
David Gorton and Christopher Redgate, 'Austerity Measures and Rich Rewards' in: Kathleen Coessens (ed.), Experimental encounters in music and beyond (Leuven University Press, 2017).
David Gorton and Stefan Östersjö, 'Choose your own adventure music: on the emergence of voice in musical collaboration', Contemporary Music Review, Vol. 35, No. 6 (2016), 579-598.
David Gorton and Zubin Kanga, 'Risky Business: negotiating virtuosity in the collaborative creation of Orfordness for solo piano' in: Lauren Redhead and Vanessa Hawes (eds.), Music and/as Process (Cambridge Scholars, 2016), pp. 97-115.
Esther Coorevits, Dirk Moelants, Stefan Östersjö, and David Gorton, 'Decomposing a Composition: On the Multi-layered Analysis of Expressive Music Performance' in: Richard Kronland-Martinet, Mitsuko Aramaic, Sølvi Ystad (eds.), Music, Mind, and Embodiment: 11th International Symposium, CMMR 2015 (Springer International Publishing, 2016), pp.167-189.
David Gorton, Simon Shaw-Miller, and Neil Heyde, 'Instrumental Choreography: Gesture and Performance in Gorton's Capriccio for solo cello', in Michèle Castellengo and Huhues Genevois (eds.), La musique et ses instruments (Delatour France, 2013), pp. 485-493.
Simon Shaw-Miller and David Gorton, 'Performing Structure: Music, art, and space', Proceedings of the fourth Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology (2008).


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The Making of a Libertarian, Contrarian, Nonobservant, but Self-Identified Jew
Randy Barnett
Contributor, The Volokh Conspiracy
April 10, 2014 at 2:27 PM EDT
Yair Rosenberg has a nice article in Tablet, 'These Ideas Haunt You': At Chicago Conference, Scholars Link Lawyering With Jewishness, reporting on a conference at which I spoke last week on Judaism and Constitutional Law: People of the Book. The symposium was organized by DePaul's Center for Jewish Law & Judaic Studies (JLJS) at the DePaul University College of Law. Rosenberg's article summarizes pretty accurately the talks by Jack Balkin (Yale), Richard Primus (Michigan), Eugene Kontorovich (Northwestern), and me on how Judaism affected our approaches to the Constitution. I recommend the article's summary of the talks by Balkin, Primus, and Kontorovich. Here is his summary of mine:
Randy Barnett, a professor of legal theory at Georgetown and director of its Center for the Constitution, is known for many things, but being Jewish is not one of them. He has been called a "rock star" in the libertarian world, and in 2012, the New York Times dubbed him the "godfather" of the constitutional challenge to President Obama's health care reform. But few are aware that Barnett traces much of his political and constitutional outlook to his Jewish background.
"A typical reaction I get from academics, those who have known me for a very long time, is that they didn't know that I was Jewish," Barnett told the conference. In fact, he almost didn't get invited to the event, because the organizers didn't know either, until a non-Jewish academic clued them in. Part of the confusion no doubt stems from Barnett's last name, which was changed from "Kanefsky" at some point after his grandfather emigrated from Russia in the 19th century.
But another reason many mistake Barnett's background is his center-right libertarian philosophy, which is largely at odds with the prevailing liberal outlook of most American Jews. "The stances that I take both politically and constitutionally," Barnett said, "they don't really associate with the Jewish position." These include his advocacy for states' rights over a stronger federal government, and for causes like gun rights. Yet for the Chicago native and former prosecutor, these positions are a natural outgrowth of his Jewish upbringing.
Barnett's father, a strongly identified Jewish atheist, took the lesson of the Holocaust to be that individual rights needed to be protected against the tyranny of the majority, which could easily turn against despised groups like the Jews. For him and his son, the liberties guaranteed by the Constitution made the United States a "promised land" for Jews, who were protected by its curtailment of state power. And as one of four Jews in his high school—"where anti-Semitism was common and not all that well concealed," he said—Barnett learned early to distrust the wisdom of the crowd. (At the time, he was even "highly skeptical" of Zionism, popular among his Jewish peers, which he thought was "a really bad idea to get all the Jews in one place where they could be more easily exterminated.")
Today, Barnett sees his libertarian advocacy—with its emphasis on "locking in" constitutional rights—as an effort to "preserve the form of government that made the U.S. a haven for me and for my family," especially "as the world is now shrinking for Jews" with the rise of global anti-Semitism. What we have in America, he cautioned the conference attendees, "is not to be taken for granted."
You can download and read my whole essay (which is only 4 pages), The Making of a Libertarian, Contrarian, Nonobservant, but Self-Identified Jew here. And, for those who missed it, Rosenberg had a nice profile of Eugene Volokh and the Conspiracy in Tablet, The Volokh Conspiracy Is Out To Get You—And Everyone in America.
Finally, at the symposium we were told that DePaul's Center for Jewish Law & Judaic Studies would soon be going out of business due to lack of funding. They don't need much to keep going — much less than $100K per year. If you, or someone you know, might be interesting in becoming a benefactor, contact one of the Center's co-directors Professor Steven Resnicoff or Professor Roberta Kwall. It would be a mitzvah.