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New in C08

This page summarizes all major changes and improvements to Cloudy that are included in C08. You may also view the HotFixes and KnownProblems pages, or return to the main RevisionHistory page.

The C08.01 service release

Version C0.01 was released on 2010 Nov 19. This version contains all bug fixes through this date.

Important Caveat

Cloudy will no longer compile correctly with g++ compilers from the 3.4.x series due to a serious compiler bug in this series. All g++ versions except 2.96 and 3.4.x will work OK. The compiler will now issue an error when you try to compile with a g++ compiler form the 3.4.x series. For Linux users this will usually not be a problem since modern installations usually have 4.1.x or 4.2.x compilers which work fine. Users with an old Linux installation that contains a g++ 3.4.x compiler will have to upgrade to a newer g++ version, or use another compiler, like e.g. the  Sun Studio compiler for Linux. For other UNIX systems you can either use the native compiler, or upgrade to a newer g++ version.

For Cygwin users the situation is more serious. There g++ 3.4.4 is the standard compiler and no newer versions are available. Cygwin users are strongly advised to downgrade their g++ compiler to version 3.3.3 which is being offered by Cygwin as an alternative.

To find out what version of g++ you have, issue the command "g++ -v".

Important Caveat

Main programs that call Cloudy as a subroutine need to be modified. Starting with version C08, Cloudy can generate C++ exceptions that need to be caught. This needs to be done in the main program. If they are not caught your program will crash on an unhandled exception and part of your output may be lost! The solution is to surround the code in your current main program with a try / catch clause. A template showing how this can be done is included in the tsuite/programs directory of your distribution and is called template.cpp. See also the chapter on Cloudy as a subroutine in Hazy 3.

The new version is roughly a factor of 2 slower than C07.02. This is mostly due to a major expansion in the physics of the H-like iso-sequence. The l-levels of the H-like sequence are now fully resolved, making these atoms formally correct, much like the treatment of the He-sequence outlined in Porter et al (ApJ 622L, 73 and ApJ 644, 586). The predicted H~I emission line spectrum has changed as a result.

Models using the large H_2 models atoms will run considerably faster, in about half the time, due to improvements in the memory layout.

Constant-temperature molecular models, such as the Leiden F series of PDR simulations, will take longer. This is because the code now approaches the molecular limit using small temperature steps. This allows the new version to converge simulations that are fully molecular at the illuminated face. The code had trouble doing this before.

Models using grains in a hard X-ray radiation field will also consume more CPU time and memory due to the improved X-ray grain physics. The current implementation parallels that described in Weingartner, Draine, & Barr, 2006, ApJ, 645, 1188 with only minor modifications.

The code is more stable. This is due to improvements in some of the solvers and several bug fixes.

Version numbers

The version numbering has changed

The middle two digits from the C07 numbering scheme have been dropped. The major version is still the year, so the C08 version was released in 2008. The next number indicates the subversion, where C08.00 is the original release of version C08, C08.01 is the first bug-fix roll-up release, etc. In other words, the last two digits have the same meaning as the last two digits in the C07 numbering scheme.

Starting with the C08 release series we will post UNIX-style patch files for each hot-fix. Each of these will bump up the patch level of the code, which will also be printed in the output. So version "C08.00 (patch level 1)" will have the first set of patches on the initial C08.00 release installed. Please quote the full version string including patch level (if present) in any publication presenting Cloudy results.

Updates to the simulations and commands

The code no longer accepts multiple density commands. This was never useful as density commands are mutually exclusive. This is now checked by the code and Cloudy will refuse to execute any script that contains multiple density commands. Currently there are 4 density commands: HDEN, DLAW, GLOBule, and FLUCtuations (without the ABUNdances keyword). Please alter your script if it contains more than one of these.

The new assert Case B H-like xxxx yy command will check the code's predictions against the Hummer & Storey Case B values. The xxxx can be the name of any element between and including hydrogen and oxygen. yy is the the relative error. The command makes a list of all lines included in the output and compares their intensities with the Case B predictions. If any differ by more than yy then a botched assert is declared. You still have to step up a proper Case B calculation, and disable the extra physics Cloudy does, to do a meaningful comparison with Case B.

The atom H-like levels and atom He-like levels commands now have a print option. The number of resolved and collapsed levels for all atoms of all iso-sequences will be printed. The number of levels is not changed by this version of the command since it is intended as a way to discover the number of levels for all members of the iso-sequences.

The grid command has a new repeat option. If the keyword repeat appears then the value of the parameter will not be incremented. The same value will be repeated for each step in the grid. The number of grid steps is not affected. It will be the number that would have been done had the increment been taking place.

The punch line populations command now has an off option, to turn off the limit of printing only positive level populations. If used, all lines will have their upper and lower level populations printed, even those with a population density of zero.

The punch H2 levels command now includes the sum of the transition probabilities out of each level, and the critical density for each of the colliders.

The syntax for the hextra command has changed. There are three optional keywords. Depth will make the heating depend on depth into the cloud - this was the only option in previous versions. Density will make the heating scale with density. Time will allow the heating to vary with time.

The syntax for entering numbers in the input files has changed. The input parser will now recognize any number that is correctly formatted according to C-style syntax. This means that you can use exponential notation, i.e. you can enter numbers like 1.e+40 into the input file. Note that Fortran-style syntax like 1.d+40 is not recognized!

The new command element limits off -6 will turn off all elements that have an abundance by number relative to hydrogen that is less than the limit set by the number on the line.

The crash exception command will cause the code to throw an exception, which should be caught by the handler in the main program.

The charge transfer rate coefficient for the process O0 + He+ => O+ + He0 is updated to Zhao et al., ApJ, 615, 1063

The grain treatment has been updated to include inner-shell photoionization, as well as the subsequent Auger cascade and emission of secondary electrons. This has important consequences for grains in X-ray environments. The treatment largely follows Weingartner, Draine, & Barr, 2006, ApJ, 645, 1188 with only minor modifications.

There is a new command no grain x-ray treatment that reverts the treatment back to the old one described in Weingartner & Draine, 2001, ApJS, 134, 263.

There is a new command assert grain potential to check on the potential of a grain bin.

There are new commands punch grain abundance and punch grain d/g ratio to punch the grain abundance in g/cm3 or the dust-to-gas mass ratio as a function of radius.

Ryan Porter extended the H-iso sequence to be parallel to the He-like sequence. The l-levels are now resolved. The precision of the H-like lines is improved greatly as a result. Some of the atom H-like and atom He-like commands have changed as a result. These include

atom He-like Bengamin no longer exists.

The compile He-like command has been renamed compile recombination coefficients with the options H-like and He-like. This computes large tables of state-specific recombination coefficients for use by the model atoms of the iso-sequences.

The option to print He-like emissivities rather than intensities has been removed.

The collision rate coefficients for H - H2 have been updated to Wrathmall, S. A.; Gusdorf, A.; Flower, D. R., 2007, MNRAS, 382, 133. These are often substantially larger than the previous values.

The punch lines structure and punch lines emissivity commands have long been the same code. The punch lines structure command has been removed. The quantity that is reported is an emissivity so this will remove a source of confusion.

There are now two sets of collision data sets, He-H2 and H-H2, for the hydrogen molecule. They are selected with the set atomic data molecule cs command.

The test command now has the molecular option, to do a smoke test in the cold molecular limit.

The coronal equilibrium command now has the vary option.

Dielectronic and radiative recombination rate coefficients for the Mg-like sequence have been updated to Altun et al A&A, 474, 1051 (2007. This changed the ionization distribution of some species by significant amounts.

More than one line can occur within a continuum cell in the output produced by the punch continuum command. The new print line cell xx command will print the label for every line that falls into a particular continuum cell. The number of the cell, with the lowest energy cell being 1, must appear.

The ionization distribution and H I emission spectrum of an unconverged one-iteration model will be different. The code had tried to guess total Lyman optical depths for the first iteration so that transfer through the cloud could be done. This often inhibited convergence when the guess was wrong. It now only includes the effects of gas between the continuum source and a zone during the first iteration. All effects are included during later iterations. This change has no effect on a converged simulation.

The Haardt & Madau 2005 continuum did not extend to the low-energy limit of the code. At high redshift the CMB filled inthis continuum but there was an obvious break in the continuum at at z = 0. Their table will be extrapolated to long wavelengths assuming a Rayleigh-Jeans energy distribution.

The hextra command now has the vary option.

The ionization fractions option of the punch averages command will give the hydrogen molecular fraction, 2n(H2)/n(Htot), if ionization stage zero of element hydrogen is requested.

The BOUNDS_CHECK macro makes it possible to do array bounds checking on multi-dimensional arrays. The crash bounds multi command checks that it works for direct access to the array. If the keyword iter is added, it will check if bounds checking works for access through iterators (pointers).

Ryan Porter enhanced the H-like isoelectronic sequence so that it now resolves l-levels.

The set drmin and set drmax commands now accept linear radius, and the keyword log.

Cloudy now supports the most recent version of the Rauch hydrogen-only grid. If you have the older version installed (prior to Nov 2006), you will need to upgrade. Simply delete the rauch_hydr.ascii and rauch_hydr.mod files, download the new grid, and recompile the ascii and binary atmosphere files. For links and more detailed instructions, see the StellarAtmospheres page.

The limit keyword has been removed from the atom H-like command. This is part of the merge of the H- and He-like iso-sequences, which will lead to a fully resolved model of the H-like ions.

The punch line list command now has a ratio option, which will give the ratio of the lines listed in the file the command reads. There must be an even number of lines in the file, and the code will find the ratio of the first over the second. As an example, if the file linelist.dat contains the following:

o  3     5007
totl     4363

The following input script

c following three commands do H and O-only, and set O
c ionization so that no O+3 is present (to prevent formation
c of 4363 by recombination).
init "honly.ini"
element oxygen on
element oxygen ionization 1 1 1 0.01
c set the continuum
blackbody 40,000K
ionization parameter -2
c next 4 commands vary kinetic temperature and density
constant temperature 4 vary
grid 4000 17000 3000
hden 4 vary
grid 2 6.1 1
c must stop this constant temperature model
stop zone 1
punch line list "test.pun" "linelist.dat" ratio  no hash
punch grid "test.grd"

will create two files, test.grd with the densities and temperatures given, and line ratios in test.pun. The following shows the [O III] 5007 / 4363 ratio as a function of density and temperature:

A new command, print version, will print the code and compiler version numbers.

The atom he-like levels huge and atom he-like benjamin commmands will no longer be available.

The new stop velocity command will stop a wind model when the velocity falls below the entered value.

Photoexcitation of upper levels of split ground terms by the UV radiation field is included using the "level2 lines", a large set of optically allowed transitions that D. Verner brought in from the Opacity Project. This pumping will not be included if the "no level2 lines" command is entered, since these lines are not computed. The code will no longer print column densities of excited levels if the level2 lines are disabled.

The physics of cosmic ray interactions with molecular hydrogen has been improved. We now treat excitation to singlets by scaling electric dipole transition probabilities by a plane-wave collision cross section. Cosmic ray excitations to the triplets are treated following Dalgarno et al. (1999, ApjS, 125, 237). This results in more cosmic ray dissociation of molecular hydrogen than the previous treatment. This is described in further detail in Shaw et al. (2007; ApJ submitted).

Energies for lower levels of FeII updated to Aldenius & Johansson 2007, A&A, 467, 753

The routines cdPressure_depth and cdPressure_last now include all forms of pressure in the total pressure rather than just the gas and line radiation pressure.

The set dynamics start command has been renamed to set dynamics relax. The argument is still the number of static iterations to perform in a dynamical or time dependent calculation. These allow the solution to relax to the correct geometry before changes are tracked. The default is still two iterations. This applies to both the dynamics and time-variable options.

The dynamical and time variable solutions will not permit the simulation to go deeper than it did during the first static iterations as set with the set dynamics relax command. The prevents the advection of material that is off the grid in the upstream direction from entering the modeled region and causing unphysical effects.

The set atomic data command now has the option sulphur DR to change the treatment of S dielectronic recombination. This change was merged into the C07.02.01 release. The guesses which are used when no DR data are available are now the mean of the logs of the DR rates. This is better due to the large dispersion in rate coefficients. Accurate DR rates do not now exist for low stages of ionization of S at photoionization temperatures. The relative [S III] / [S II] ratio is an important diagnostic indicator of conditions in many nebulae. This ratio depends on the DR rates chosen. This command changes the DR rates assumed for the lowest four ionization stages of S. The default, which can also be set with the keyword _mix, is to use the larger of the Badnell (1991; ApJ, 379, 356 ) or guessed rates. The keyword pure says to use only the Badnell rates. The keyword scale says to use scaled oxygen DR rates. In this case one to four scale factors, one for each ionization stage, will be parsed off the command line. If fewer than four numbers occur then the last number entered will be used for the missing scale factors. The DR rate for ions of S will be equal to the DR rate for the same ionization stage of O multiplied by its scale factor.

The column density command now has the keyword linear to force that interpretation.

The ionization parameter command now has the keyword linear to force that interpretation.

The ionic emission measures in the standard output now includes C+.

The dielectronic recombination rate coefficient for Fe+14 forming Fe+13 has been updated to Lukic et al. (2007, astro-ph 0704.0905).

It is possible to change the temperature units on the constant temperature command. The default is Kelvin but the keywords eV and keV are accepted.

The ORNL H2-He collision data set is now the default. The sets of collision data are available, Le Bourlot, J., Pineau des Forets, G., & Flower, D.R. 1999, MNRAS, 305, 802, and the ORNL data (Lee et al in preparation). These are selected with the commands atom H2 He collisions [ORNO or Le Bourlet].

The punch helium line wavelengths command will produce a file with the wavelengths of all lines produced by the n=2 complex of the He-like species.

The punch line labels command includes a comment explaining the origin of the line.

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Sampling detects contamination at WIPP

November 6, 2014

By The Associated Press

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) – A pair of air samplers at the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository detected low levels of radioactive contamination after workers restarted one of the fans at the facility in southeastern New Mexico, officials said Thursday.

They confirmed the contamination was well below levels that would affect the environment or workers at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.

"At no time were employees, the public or the environment at risk," the U.S. Department of Energy’s Carlsbad Field Office said in a statement.

The fan, which is part of the underground ventilation and filtration system, was restarted in late October as part of the lengthy process of bringing the plant back online after a canister of waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory leaked inside a storage room.

That radiological release in February contaminated 22 workers and forced closure of the plant.

Officials had expected some residual contamination in the adjacent ductwork and interior workings of the fan since it was running for two months following the incident.

As a precaution, workers took shelter inside buildings before restarting the fan last month and stayed in place for 30 minutes until it was determined to be safe.

Slightly elevated levels of airborne contamination were identified at an air sampler located at the end of the exhaust duct where filtered air exits the underground facility. Contamination was also detected by a second sampler about 60 yards away from the fan.

Officials said the results for the remaining samplers were either below the minimum detectable concentration or within the range normally observed at the site.

The Carlsbad Field Office said it would continue to monitor the air samplers to ensure there are no changes in the readings.

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/New Orleans// – /Public Housing residents from around the country have just taken over the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO). The public building that they have occupied has been surrounded by the National Guard, the New Orleans Police, including a SWAT team. It is now two years after Katrina and New Orleans public housing residents are still prevented from returning to their homes. Public housing residents and advocates from Miami, New Orleans, Georgia, Texas, Rhode Island, Chicago, California, and New York have taken over the HANO offices at 4100 Touro St. to demand that public housing, both in New Orleans and around the country, is saved, preserved, and expanded.

Across the country public housing authorities are selling off land, raising rents, firing workers, and leaving countless residents with no place to live. In New Orleans more than 300,000 residents, mostly poor and black, have been denied the right to return to their homes since Katrina hit two years ago.

The Housing Authority building has been locked down and is being surrounded by the National Guard, the New Orleans Police, and Swat. Residents are determined to save their homes and to show that public housing is still a valuable community asset.

The take over of the Housing Authority of New Orleans is a part of the International Tribunal and 2^nd Survivor’s Assembly, which is being organized by Grassroots Global Justice (GGJ) and is being held to bring charges of racial discrimination and the denial of the right to return.

The Grassroots Global Justice delegation includes representatives from at least six different organizations from around the country including, Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE) in Rhode Island, Fuerza Unida from San Antonio, TX, Community Voices Heard from New York City, Southwest Worker’s Union from San Antonio, Project South from Atlanta, GA, and the Labor Community Strategy Center in Los Angeles. The delegation is providing logistical support for the tribunals and working in solidarity with the People’s Hurricane Relief Fund, as well as many other organizations and volunteers from around the country.


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The Enid A. Haupt Conservatory of the New York Botanical Garden

The New York Botanical Garden's Enid A. Haupt Conservatory in the Bronx is the largest Victorian glasshouse in the country. It is the focal point of the New York Botanical Garden where most of the botanical shows take place. The conservatory was designed by Lord and Burnham Co. The design was modeled after the Palm House at the Royal Botanic Garden and Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace in Italian Renaissance style. Groundbreaking took place on January 3, 1899 and construction was completed in 1902. The building was constructed by John R. Sheehan under contract for the New York City Department of Parks. Since the original construction, major renovations took place over the years.

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Rolling with Strongloop! Converting to ES2015! and What's New in Mongo 3.2!

Wednesday 20 Jan 2016 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Hi Nodesters! We've got three great talks this month!

Remko de Knikker - Getting Rolling with Strongloop

Developer Evangelist for IBM Cloud Bluemix, Remko de Knikker will start us off, for the night stepping through code to explain how you can add user management, custom object models and object to database mapping to a Node.js application using StrongLoop's LoopBack API framework.

Lightning Talk - Glenn Hinks - Convert an ES5 based node project to an ES2015 project

How to convert a standard ES5 project over to a ES2015 project to take advantage of all the features while keeping your linting and testing consistent in a timely fashion.

Lightning Talk - Valeri Kapov - What's New for Node.js Developers in MongoDB 3.2

MongoDB 3.2 introduced several powerful new features, including fast failover, improved sharding durability, and a few additional storage engines. However, these new features are mostly ops-related. In this talk, I'll introduce you to 3 new features in MongoDB 3.2 that I've found indispensable for my Node apps: bitwise query operators, the $sample operator, and the $lookup operator (better known as JOINs for MongoDB).

***Note on security***: As always, please ensure your full name is listed on your Meetup profile, if you RSVP yes to join. Building security will need it to grant you access to the event.

We'll be trying out a new location, at Ebay's office just off 18th Street, this month. Thanks to Ebay for hosting! It's going to be a great event!

See you there!

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The Nyetimber Stops At Old Spitalfields

On Friday 2 December, our beautiful 1968 Routemaster Bus, The Nyetimber, pulled up at London’s historic Old Spitalfields Market for a weekend of Christmas celebrations. Situated in the heart of the market, The Nyetimber and our Winter Garden offered the perfect setting for shoppers to take a break from the Christmas rush and enjoy a

Nyetimber Wins At The IWSC

Last week at the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC), we were honoured to be awarded the English Wine Producer of the Year.

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McIlroy apologizes for walking off at Honda Classic

DORAL, Fla. — Rory McIlroy Wednesday took full ownership of his gaffe at last week’s Honda Classic.

McIlroy, who quit in the middle of his second round at PGA National last Friday because he was playing poorly, said he knew what he did was wrong almost as soon as he walked off the course and said he “regretted’’ doing it because it set a poor example for kids who follow him.

“I realized pretty quickly that it wasn’t the right thing to do,’’ McIlroy, speaking to reporters for the first time since the incident took place, said. “No matter how bad I was playing I should have stayed out there. I should have tried to shoot the best score possible even though it probably wasn’t going to be good enough to make the cut.

“At that point in time, I was just all over the place, and you know, I saw red … it was a mistake and everyone makes mistakes and I’m learning from them. Some people have the the pleasure of making mistakes in private. Most of my mistakes are in the public eye. I regret what I did, but it’s over now and it won’t happen again.’’

McIlroy, the world No. 1 ranked player, who tees it up alongside Tiger Woods in the first round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship here on Thursday, initially told reporters after he quit that it was because he was “in a bad place mentally,’’ but later his representatives issued a statement that blamed sore wisdom teeth.

Asked which was the truth, McIlroy said, “Both. I wasn’t in a good place with my golf game. Mentally, my head was all over the place. But at the same time, I have been struggling with my lower right wisdom tooth for over a year.

“I had braces on for six months last year to try and relieve a bit of the pressure on it and taking medication until I get home in northern Ireland and see my dentist, who is the only guy that I would trust to take it out.

“So, yeah, look, my tooth was bothering me, but it wasn’t bothering me enough to probably, you know, quit.’’

After McIlroy’s sudden withdrawal, there was speculation in the British press that his actions were related to something having gone wrong in his relationship with his girlfriend, tennis star Carolina Wozniacki.

McIlroy flatly denied that and actually found the speculation amusing.

“I’ve read what’s been written, and just because I have a bad day on the golf course and Caroline loses a match in Malaysia it doesn’t mean that we’re breaking up,’’ McIlroy said. “It’s sport. Look, I’d rather keep my private life as private as possible, but everything on that front is great and I’m looking forward to seeing her next week when she gets to Miami.’’

McIlroy said his actions were a result of “a buildup of everything.’’

“I’ve been putting a lot of pressure on myself to perform and I’ve been working so hard and not really getting much out of it,’’ he said. “That’s just been the frustrating thing and that’s what happened. It was a buildup of high expectations from myself coming off such a great year last year and wanting to continue that form into this year and not being able to do it.

“I just sort of let it all get to me.’’

McIlroy had a missed cut in Abu Dhabi, a first-round elimination at the Match Play and last week’s fiasco at Honda on his 2013 playing resume to date, and is also dealing with the change to Nike clubs — something he insists has not been a problem. But until he begins to play well, the whispers about his equipment being a problem will persist.

McIlroy said the lesson he learned from last week was “when the tough gets going I’ve got to stick in there a bit more and I’ve got to grind it out.”

“There’s no excuse for quitting and it doesn’t set a good example for the kids watching me, trying to emulate way do,’’ he said. “It wasn’t good for a whole lot of reasons, for the tournaments, the people coming out watching me. I feel like I let a lot of people down with what I did last week, and for that I am very sorry.

“Everyone makes mistakes. I’m 23 years old. I’m still learning. I’ve hopefully got 20, 25 more years of this to do and having the pleasure of talking to you guys every Wednesday.’’

He said when he got home and had time to think about things, he realized he’s stopped having fun with the game this year and he needed to change that.

“I’ve got to remember, I started to play golf because I love it, I really do,’’ he said. “It’s been my life for … well, it’s been my life for, my life. I have to remember that. I have to go out there and enjoy myself. When you start to enjoy your golf, you start to play better and I haven’t been enjoying it because I’ve been putting so much pressure on myself.

“I will go out here this week and I’m going to enjoy it. I’ve got four rounds, thankfully.’’

Indeed, because there is no cut at this week’s tournament, McIlroy is guaranteed to play all four rounds for the first time this year.


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Global warming hits standstill, extreme heating now unlikely: report

The Earth’s atmosphere won’t warm up as fast in the next few decades as climate scientists have been claiming because global warming has hit an unexplained standstill.

Since 1998, the atmosphere hasn’t heated up much as climate researchers had predicted which has caused a group of researchers to modify their predictions for the next few decades.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in 2007 that the short-term temperature from 2000-2009 would most likely rise by 1.8-5.4 degrees Fahrenheit, but a new group of researchers are reporting that the rise was probably only by 1.62-3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, according a report in Nature Geoscience.

In comparison, the 1990s saw a probable rise of between 1.62-5.58 degrees Fahrenheit.

The reason the measurements are given in ranges is because they are made based on what would happen to the Earth’s average temperature if the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere doubled.

Because the 2000s didn’t heat up as much as expected, the scientists writing in Nature Geoscience are predicting that global average temperature will rise 20% slower than had been expected over the next few decades.

“The hottest of the models in the medium-term, they are actually looking less likely or inconsistent with the data from the last decade alone,” said Dr Alexander Otto from the University of Oxford.

Even though the short and medium term are looking less bleak than had been predicted, the climate change projections over the long term have not been affected by the most recent “standstill.”

“We would expect a single decade to jump around a bit but the overall trend is independent of it, and people should be exactly as concerned as before about what climate change is doing,” said Dr Otto.


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In the increasingly shameless game of New York city real estate, Michael Meier takes the cake for most grotesque publicity stunt to date. As part of his “Selling Higher with Michael Meier” video series—who needs reality T.V. when you have YouTube?—the broker decides to use a time old advertising technique to sell a Chelsea Loft: hot, nearly naked people!

“To market it, I’m putting together a really provocative photo shoot” he says, strapping on a pair of his sick motorcycle gloves and mounting his Ducati in the video discovered by The Real Deal. Cue girl in a thong taking off her shirt,  in a shower a with brief-clad beau. Cut back to Mr. Meier sitting on his bike:  “Let’s go behind the scenes!”

Popping wheelies around Chelsea in “his” Ducati (instead of taking the plane or  yacht) the desperate-to-be-cool kid finally arrives at 103 West 26th street. The next agonizing four minutes show Mr. Meier having make-up applied, various unattainably attractive people dry humping around the apartment and shots of the interior. “I’m ready to move in!” he says excitedly.

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Blend Boutique, TCBY set for Ballantyne Village

Two new stores are set to open in Ballantyne Village soon, a women's boutique and a self-serve frozen yogurt place.

Blend Boutique will carry clothing, jewelry and accessories. Brands at the store will include Citizens of Humanity, LNA, Mother Denim, Ramona LaRue, MYNE and more. The store is set to open in August.

Owner Christy Ward said she was drawn to Ballantyne Village because of the other upscale shops and restaurants in the shopping center.

The TCBY location is owned by local franchisee Samuel Batt. He's something of a fro-yo magnate in the area, owning 12 TCBY locations in the Carolinas, nine of which are in the Charlotte area.

"These new additions further strengthen the boutique tenant mix and are anticipated to attract new and repeat patronage from the neighborhood community, as well as metro Charlotte," said Margie Bruner, who represented Ballantyne Village in the tenant negotiations.

There is still retail, restaurant, medical executive and office space available to lease at Ballantyne Village, the company said.

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getting tired of hearing about stupid Ballantyne, seriously focus more about uptown areas.... Ballantyne doesn't want to be part of clt anymore and they don't need any more focus....

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Dont hate just cause you don't live there... Ballantyne, where the important people live.... HAAA

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Posted 4 years ago on Jan. 2, 2013, 1:07 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt
Tags: tar sands blockade, environment, houston, texas

Follow this link to background information on Houston's toxic East End, more info on projects going on in Manchester such as the Free Store, and photos from other events. For more information contact greencircleas@riseup.net
 On Thursday, December 27th, in Houston, TX residents of the Manchester neighborhood joined in unity with anarchist community organizers, Tar Sands Blockaders, Occupiers, leaders from TEJAS (Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services), and hunger strikers Diane Wilson and Bob Lindsey, now in their 33rd day of a sustained hunger strike to protest Valero’s involvement with the Keystone XL Pipeline and ultimately their presence in this community. Movements like Occupy Wall Street have given rise to resistance movements that aim to prove that another world is possible.

Anarchists and Tar Sands Blockaders have been organizing in Houston’s toxic East End. For the past two months they have been working to cultivate a community of resistance in the fence-line neighborhood of Manchester. This was most recently displayed when residents of Manchester cheered on Diane Wilson and Bob Lindsey, after they chained their necks to industrial trucks outside this Valero refinery during a TSB action. People came out into the streets and began chanting, “Shut down Valero! Protect Manchester” and, “What do we want? Clean air! When do we want it? NOW!” Diane and Bob began a hunger strike immediately after being arrested for their actions. They were taken to the Harris County Jail where they were made to endure torturous and illegal conditions.

Anarchists and Tar Sands Blockaders helped to facilitate the gathering based on principles of mutual aid and solidarity. A barbecue was held less than one block away from the Valero refinery that poisons the neighborhood.

A sign proclaimed, “EVERYONE WELCOME! TODⒶS BIENVENIDⒶS!” and was accompanied by a free store containing many warm clothing items, books from Tony Diaz’s project, Librotraficante, live music from an Occupy Wall Street member, and toys for children collected and donated by Cherri Foytlin.

Cherri, an indigenous woman, and mother of six from Louisiana, chained herself to a Keystone XL Pipeyard gate on October 24th, a Tar Sands Blockade action.

“From destructive tar sands development that destroy indigenous sovereignty and health at the route’s start to the toxic emissions that will lay further burden on environmental justice communities along the Gulf of Mexico, this pipeline not only disproportionately affects indigenous frontline communities but its clear that it will bring death and disease to all in its path.” -Cherri Foytlin

Residents and allies marched the half block to the neighborhoods only park sitting in the shadow of the Valero refinery and it's insidious smokestacks to issue new demands on the corporate giant. “We demand to know what you are forcing us to breathe! ¡Exigimos saber lo que nos están obligando a respirar!” The community came together in a celebration of unity and strength. The following day, a young woman from the community who helped to write a demand letter to amplify the all too often silenced voices of Manchester, made her way to San Antonio. The president and CEO of Valero, William Kleese, lives there in a multi-billion dollar home in a gated community with a security check point. The young woman, Yudith, intended to speak directly to Kleese but no one came to the door. Yudith left a copy of this letter on the holiday wreath on Kleese's door.

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[-] 3 points by scvblwxq (155) 4 years ago

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[-] 2 points by ToxicAgenda (2) 4 years ago

Wow we would love some of you guys and girls over at our place to spread the word. We have a few people who do not understand what Occupy represents. basically putting occupy in the Communist bracket. It would be great to get an education on more of the issues even for myself. http://articlechase.com/beyondnews if you would be so kind to throw us some threads our way and help. We will help you also via social media bookmarking etc <3 Peace!

[-] 2 points by KofA (495) from Muenster, TX 4 years ago

Take samples to your local university and have them tested...

[-] 2 points by tankcoil (37) 4 years ago

What is legal and what is illegal? It seems power of money is legal. Where are the courts and judges?

[-] 0 points by chuckuschumer (-366) 4 years ago

Why don't you consult with Obama's EPA. Certainly,such a friend of OWS as Obama is,would do whatever he could to bring healing and peace to all his supporters.

[-] 0 points by crossley (6) 4 years ago

We got people complaining about little work but now you don't want this pipeline that can create jobs. At first I believed in the occupy movement, protecting the common man and punish those who take advantage of the government system. But the more I look at this movement the more it sickens me on how petty people are. I'm aware that this comment will get taken down because, let's face it "if I'm not with you I'm against you" mentality is strong here. When it comes down to it all you can do is take care of yourself and family. What we need is food on our tables, clothes on our backs and food on our plates. Ideals can't do that. Sure it's nice to say "don't do that". I say ok so what should we do? Most of the 99% say this is wrong have no answer. Those few that do have one that works in theory. Now before you say I'm a "troll" or "1%" supporter I'm just a regular Canadian that needs a job, nothing more. If you truly a believer in free speech keep this comment up on the site. I'm aware of the many "boos and hisses I'll receive but this is the real world not a make believe one. DEAL WITH IT!

[-] 2 points by DKAtoday (33037) from Coon Rapids, MN 4 years ago

You speak up for pollution - and say that you need a job. Speak up for green technology - it is better work.

[-] 1 points by TheSpectacle (1) 4 years ago

It seems like you'll take whatever "food on the table" they give you, even if it's poison. You don't seem to understand how dangerous this pollution is to people's lives but other's do. They have to live in an environment that cripples their lives and even endangers them. I think the problem here comes from your threshold for what constitutes a fulfilling life, a healthy environment, and just economic exchange. If lethargy is as good as health, if a cheeseburger is as good as any other food on the table, if shitty work is as good as any work, then it just goes to show that you are ill informed to what the real world is, and what you are telling us to "DEAL WITH" is actually your threshold for abuse set by your ignorance on these matters.

Pollution, environment, health, and abundance of life, are all very real, material things, not ideology. We should demand these these things. Not demand that they give them to us, but that they step aside so we can take it.

[-] 0 points by crossley (6) 4 years ago

We live in a world of realities not in a world of dreams. Ahh you Americians living the Americian dream. There's no "dream" in Canada for 2 reasons

  1. The British never gave us one
  2. We're awake! so step aside so we can take it.......oh yes lovlely. How's that Alaskan pipeline you yanks put across our lands doing? Through our wildlife preserves? bah another hippy. Go read a book, take time to know more about Canadian ways before showing me this ignorance that you "99%" love to embrace. You're mostly as ignorant as those "let them eat cake 1%". You got ideas but know way to implement them. Bravo sarcastic clapping
[-] 2 points by BShred (6) 4 years ago

Jobs went away because of outsourcing. Pay decreased because of outsourcing. This is all about supply and demand of labor. As much as we try to think of opportunity with hard work and education, The American Dream where we can pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, companies hire and pay based on the laws of supply and demand. Its unfair because it often doesn't take into account our talents and the credentials we've worked so hard to obtain and what we actually deserve. You're right about the problem of ignorance. Voting in elections is such a crude instrument of democracy specifically because the populace has incomplete information and they can not be expected to do long hours of research and keep a completely open mind when looking into the issues they vote on. If they did, third party candidates would get elected and the mass media wouldn't shape opinions like they do.

Outsourcing is unnecessary, has caused massive income inequality and the fix to it is not just theory. Trade barriers and tariffs have been around for hundreds and hundreds of years and are essential in protecting the workings of capitalism domestically. We have a different system than other countries and completely different economic demographics. They were in place specifically to prevent the thing we are seeing now, low cost labor and cheap products undercutting domestic jobs and businesses. In the nineties, multi-national corporations saw a great opportunity for lobbying the government and removing these trade barriers to the detriment of society. Bill Clinton hailed it as a great new era in our economy to be so globally connected through NAFTA and those other free trade agreements. and we were told that such "global conectedness" was inevitable because of the Internet and the end of communism. This is a lie. Economics and capitalism worked as it always does. Over-supply of labor is taking away the American Dream and your opportunity, it is lowering your wage and its destroying the local markets that have sustained your small businesses. This is also a blow to fair competition (another aspect of capitalism that has been completely taken for granted) between large corporations and small business. As with every aspect of capitalism, corporations been lobbying the government to pervert the rules of it and make it work in their favor. So if you're wondering why we don't have jobs, this is perhaps the biggest reason. Domestic energy vs environmentalism appears to me to just be a diversion in that discussion.

[-] 1 points by crossley (6) 4 years ago

My my, the rant I made is getting the intelligent out of the wood work this is great! What America needs is something that Canada has in spades. That my friend is third party or "Crown" run (not party run) investigation groups and adlters (ok I didn't spell that right). A recent example is an investigation that showed a northern chiefs mismanageing money that is supposed to go to their tribe and towns. The chiefs pocket the money and cry crocodile tears to the government that they're not doing enough. 13 chiefs to a tribe with a small population is not needed. This may have some negitive backlash to other tribes that use their money well. An example is a Micmaq tribe outside Turo NS that uses their money well to provide for their people by openiong inns, resurants and thier housing and the place looks well. That's an example of a 3rd party thats non-party ran and this info is put to the public for all too see. As for your Domestic energy vs environmentalism I say unless we're stamping out an animal species or not following laws put in place by the Dept. of Naural Recources, the more jobs the better.

[-] 1 points by crossley (6) 4 years ago

Ahh I'm in agreeing with the natural phenomenon of the climate change and us making about 3% of the total problem.

[-] 0 points by inclusionman (7064) 4 years ago

Do you support cutting pollution?

[-] 1 points by crossley (6) 4 years ago

If it help the economy and in the process creates jobs then yes.

[-] 1 points by inclusionman (7064) 4 years ago

What if it keeps people from dying? Does that move you? Or do you have to make profit?

[-] 0 points by inclusionman (7064) 4 years ago

Thank you. We do have an affect on many other similarly focused group. As we then spread their message we strengthen the forces fighting for the 99%. Even Occupy can't do it alone. We need to join up with as many groups as possible who are willing to embrace the plight of the 99%. That's about inclusion man!

[-] 1 points by DKAtoday (33037) from Coon Rapids, MN 4 years ago

Care2 has promoted OWS activities as well.

[-] 0 points by inclusionman (7064) 4 years ago

Care2, Sierra club, change.org, signon.org, and other petition sites have supported Occupy, and the issues that Occupy fights for. Petition sites are an important element in the growing coalition that is coming together, and strengthening our efforts against the anti 99% forces. It's about inclusion man!

[-] 1 points by DKAtoday (33037) from Coon Rapids, MN 4 years ago

I from time to time reach out to various groups and ask them if they could reach out to each other as the whole would be greater then the sum of the parts in supporting issues shared in common.

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[-] 0 points by crossley (6) 4 years ago

Now the Tar Sands is something I agree with. Money that is made from this can finance new work across the country. It's safer than off shore and provieds alot of employment. Plus the Dept. of Natural Recources is on them like hawks!

[-] 0 points by inclusionman (7064) 4 years ago

I am against the tar sands. My preference is to implement a largescale, widespread alternative energy strategy and eliminate all burning of fossil fuels.

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[-] 1 points by crossley (6) 4 years ago

God I love that song, but I'm no troll. I'm just putting my 2 cents!

[-] 3 points by GirlFriday (17435) 4 years ago

A French man nearly got away with stealing a number of paintings from the Louvre. However, after planning the robbery and getting in and out and past security, he was captured only three blocks away when his Econoline ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious error, he replied, “I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh.


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Non-candy Halloween Snacks

If you're experiencing a diabetic coma just thinking of all that sugar overload, you might consider making these really creative healthy Halloween snacks with an entertainment factor!
Like my spider pizza? Tutorial  here

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Friday, September 27, 2013

Sweet Treats And Cookie Ideas for Fall/Halloween

Running out of inspiration for Halloween and Fall? No worries, here are some ideas from my fave cookiers to share.

The Cookie Architect

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Saturday, September 21, 2013

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What started off as a prank when amateur baker Louise Caola created her first sausage and mash cake as a joke for a friend's birthday, turned out to be a full time baking pursuit for the Londoner. Surprised by the positive response from her friends,  the 23 year-old Caola began creating more faux savoury cakes, posting the pictures to her Twitter and Instagram pages.
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

It's still summer here, folks and forever will be! Though I'm not complaining (cold weather depresses me), it does get a little boring. If we had all the four seasons, Fall would be my favourite, hands down.
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"Ice" the pumpkins and squash in pretty pastel paints, embellish with lacy trims and adhesive gems, and stack
Draw bats on white pumpkins with a permanent marker
Use paper doilies as stencils to create intricate, lacelike designs
You  can download the free templates of these cat and mouse silhouettes
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Thursday, September 12, 2013

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HURD, EMAILINE - Adams County, Ohio | EMAILINE HURD - Ohio Gravestone Photos

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Adams County,

Leonard Feb 10, 1889 - Oct 6 1938
Emaline June 3 1896 - March 11 1985

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James Vernon Hysell
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Son of: Strauder & Electa Graham Hysell
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What started as a battle over water use issues in the Ventura River has just taken a turn that could impact every water user in the Ojai Valley.
The Santa Barbara Channelkeeper (SBC), a nonprofit corporation which acts as a watchdog for the Santa Barbara Channel and its tributaries, filed a lawsuit Sept. 19, 2014 in the state superior court’s San Francisco Division, against the city of Ventura.
The suit seeks to declare that Ventura’s pumping and diversion of water from a portion of the Ventura River from April through October is excessive and violates Article X, Sec. 2 of the California Constitution.
Not wanting to face the suit by itself, the city of Ventura filed a cross complaint late last week naming as a cross defendant every individual and entity that takes water from the Ventura River Watershed.

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Senator Dahm files Legislation to Safeguard our Second Amendment Rights

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Dahm files legislation to safeguard Second Amendment rights

Sen. Nathan Dahm has filed three proposals to protect the Second Amendment rights of Oklahomans to keep and bear arms. Dahm said the Constitution provides clear protections to gun owners, but if lawmakers are not diligent, those protections can easily come under attack by proponents of big government.

“Oklahomans understand that the right to keep and bear arms is intrinsic to our cultural identity,” said Dahm, R-Broken Arrow. “Our nation’s founders intended the Second Amendment to protect the right of individuals to own guns, and it is critical for lawmakers to be diligent in our protection of that right. This legislation furthers our efforts to protect Oklahomans from federal overreach.”

Dahm has filed Senate Bill 548, the Second Amendment Preservation Act, legislation that will protect the right of Oklahomans to keep and bear arms by opposing all unconstitutional laws, orders, or regulations imposed by the federal government that violate the individual right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed in the Second Amendment.

Also filed by Dahm, Senate Bill 401 states that licensed gun owners who have not been convicted of a felony will not be charged with a felony for possessing a weapon in a Gun-Free School Zone. The measure will close a loophole created by federal law, and protect law- abiding Oklahomans from wrongfully being charged with a felony. Senate Bill 552 will allow any Oklahoman 21 years of age or older, and who is not a convicted felon, to keep a pistol in their vehicle for the purpose of self-defense.

“When we were sworn in, we took an oath to support and uphold the Constitution, and I intend to do just that,” Dahm said. “A broad majority of Oklahomans oppose gun restrictions, and expect their elected officials to defend their Second Amendment rights. With federal authorities currently considering gun restrictions, we must be diligent.”

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OK Mozart International Festival To Begin June 7

Thirty years ago, a chamber orchestra from New York and the citizenry of an Oklahoma town decided to conduct an experiment — establish a classical music festival in the middle of the prairie.

That experiment was the OK Mozart International Festival in Bartlesville, which in the subsequent years has grown into one of the state’s major cultural attractions, drawing performers and audiences from all over the world to the Bartlesville Community Center.

Over time, the festival has expanded and evolved from that first weekendlong event in 1985. In recent years, the programming grew more diverse, to the point that it was at times rare to hear a Mozart composition during the course of the festival that bears his name.

For the festival’s 30th anniversary season, which begins Saturday, the idea was to return to the original spirit of OK Mozart, with the focus on orchestral and chamber music, while still engaging in some innovations.

Artistic director Constantine Kitsopoulos put together programs that all tie into the idea of Vienna, once known as “The City of Music” because of all the famous composers who at one time or another lived and worked there — Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler.

At the same time, said Randy Thompson, the festival’s executive director, “We like to say that, for our 30th anniversary, we’re putting the ‘OK’ back into OK Mozart.”
The primary way of doing that is featuring Oklahoma talent in several of the festival’s main concerts.

The first will be June 8, when the festival’s orchestra in residence, the Amici New York Orchestra, will be joined by the first OK Mozart All-State Youth Orchestra in a side-by-side performance of the Symphony No. 1 in D Major, “Titan,” by Gustav Mahler.

“I was a music professor in Charlotte (South Carolina) right around the time they were developing the Spoleto Festival there,” Thompson said.
And one of the things they did there was create an all-state youth orchestra to perform as part of the festival. “That was something I brought up when I first met with Constantine,” Thompson said. “And it was his idea of doing this side-by-side event.” Thompson approached the Oklahoma Music Educators Association about recruiting students from the all-state orchestras it had already assembled for concerts earlier this year. “It’s all voluntary, and we ended up with about 60 of the 90 students that were in the OMEA orchestra in January,” Thompson said. “That includes about two-thirds of their principal players. So it’s all worked out quite nicely.” It also allows the 45-member Amici New York the chance to perform a symphonic work as large as the Mahler First Symphony, which requires a large orchestra. “We will have to augment our numbers with some professional players from the region, as well,” Thompson said.

As for the students, their OK Mozart experience will not be confined to the stage. The students are expected to arrive in Bartlesville on Friday, where they will have a rehearsal with the full orchestral rehearsal, followed by rehearsals of the various sections, and finally personal instruction from their Amici New York counterparts.
“We’ll have them going through much the same thing on Saturday,” Thompson said. “Basically, they are getting private tutoring from some of the best musicians in the country.”

After a final dress rehearsal, the students will perform in the second half of the June 8 concert, which will also feature pianist Jon Kimura Parker as the soloist for the Piano Concerto No. 20 by Mozart.

Of the 60 young musicians that will be part of the OK Mozart All State Youth Orchestra, eight are from the Tulsa area: violinists Nicholas Bashforth and Hailey Hinnen, violists Yuna Ha and Daltan Pettigrew, cellist Brian Ki, oboists Sarah Gerlach and Taylor Spears, and timpanist Zac Simons.

The June 11 concert will be a special semi-staged concert production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” performed in English.
“When Constantine decided on the season and including ‘The Magic Flute,’ we decided it would be a good idea to cast some singers from Oklahoma,” Thompson said.

Thompson arranged for auditions to be held at various locales around Oklahoma, including Tulsa Opera. “Constantine ended up hearing about 60 singers,” Thompson said. “In the end, out of the 22 members of our ‘Magic Flute’ cast, all but six are from Oklahoma.”

“The Magic Flute” concert, as well as the festival Grand Finale Concert on June 14, which will be devoted to the Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven, will also feature the Bartlesville Choral Society.

OK Mozart International Festival schedule

Main Concert Series

All concerts at the Bartlesville Community Center, 300 S.E. Cherokee Ave. in Bartlesville unless otherwise noted.
6 p.m.: Opening Night Celebration, featuring music performances, giveaways, children’s activities, and a performance of “Romeo and Juliet.”
June 8
3 p.m.: Orchestral concert featuring the Amici New York Orchestra, the OK Mozart All-State Youth Orchestra and pianist Jon Kimura Parker. Music by Mozart, Rimsky-Korsakov and Mahler.
June 10
5:30 and 8 p.m.: Spencer Prentiss/Becky Wallace Chamber Concert, featuring the Miro Quartet, Jon Kimura Park and members of the Amici New York. Music by Schubert and Beethoven. Presented at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 210 S.E. Ninth St.
June 11
7:30 p.m.: “The Magic Flute,” semi-staged version of the Mozart Opera.
June 12
8 p.m.: Concert by Sarah Jarosz, Grammy nominated singer-songwriter whose music incorporates a wide range of Americana styles. Accompanied by members of the Amici New York Orchestra.
June 13
8 p.m.: Woolaroc Outdoor Concert, featuring excerpts from Viennese operetta, patriotic music, closing with the “1812” Overture with cannon and fireworks. At Woolaroc Ranch, on Clyde Lake, southwest of Bartlesville.
June 14
8 p.m.: The Grand Finale Concert, featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. With the Bartlesville Choral Society
Chamber Music Series

All concerts are 2 p.m. at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 210 S.E. Ninth Street in Bartlesville.
June 9
Miro Quartet and Jon Kimura Parker. Music by Schubert, Robert Schumann, Clara Schuman
June 10
Lecture-recital by Jon Kimura Parker about the William Hirtz “Wizard of Oz” Fantasy
June 11
Miro Quartet and Jon Kimura Parker. Music by Beethoven and Schumann
June 12
Miro Quartet and Jon Kimura Parker. Music by Beethoven and Schubert
June 13
Miro Quartet and Jon Kimura Parker. Music by Haydn and Beethoven
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Lisa Samson Answers The Faithful Fifteen -- November 2003

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Being the Hands of Jesus Wherever You Live

Lisa Samson
WaterBrook Press
ISBN: 1578568854

In the opening chapter of CLUB SANDWICH, Ivy Schneider is off and running... her mouth.

"No one's ever accused me of being balanced. If childhood maps out future beliefs and actions, it's no wonder I veer to the right when walking down the sidewalk. If I spin, I twirl right. If I dance, my right foot leads. Perhaps my left-handedness dictates this bent, but I know better. I even look conservative with my understated pageboy, my Keds, and my sundresses. Now if I chose orthopedic sandals, I'd look like a member of PETA. And dreadlocks on this stark white woman? That might land me a delegate position to the Democratic National Convention."

In this rambling narrative style, Ivy continues to wax reminiscent about the Cold War, growing up in a fundamentalist Christian church, her mom's virtues, Stephen Tyler, and hot baths. In one fell swoop, author Lisa Samson provides a neatly developed character whose life is anything but. She's a mother of three, part-owner of the family's restaurant, and a columnist for the local paper. Her mother is elderly, her no-good father only comes around for free meals, her brother is a womanizer, and her sister is self-absorbed. Oh yeah. And her husband is never home. For the last three years he's spent ten months of the year on the road as a singer.

"I'm a little mad right now," Ivy tells us, also still in the first chapter. "I haven't heard from my husband, Rusty, in three days. Granted, he's busy singing tenor for a traveling gospel barbershop quartet, Heavenly Harmonies, but would it be so hard to turn on the blinkin' cell phone before the concert begins and just say hi?

Frankly, I'll take anger over dear any day. At least anger buffs you up.

Lemons out of lemonade. Hmm Well, let's see now. Three days incommunicado may just equal that new light fixture I want for the front porch. Oh yeah. Drink up, Rusty. I just won this one."

Ivy may have "won" that one, but her busy (and lonely) life is quickly stretched to the breaking point. Her mother falls and begins to suffer from dementia, so she moves in with the Ivy brood. Then the no-good dad needs a place to stay. And, wouldn't you know, so does Rusty's dad. Before you know it, Chez Schneider is a glorified boarding house and Ivy finds herself firmly sandwiched between serving the needs of her parents and the needs of her children.

It's from this predicament that the book derives its name. Samson says she was inspired to write the book, in part, because she too was caught in this sandwich for four years. But while Ivy does form a support group of women in similar situations, these characters remain in the margins, probably to the detriment of the book. It would have been nice to see and know more of them. As it is, the major players are Ivy and her family members. And Mitch, the old flame she considers reigniting in her husband's absence.

Some will find the narrative flow, which often resembles an ongoing dialogue between Ivy and herself, engaging. I found it scattered, an inadequate shortcut to character development. But the topics that CLUB SANDWICH tackles --- adultery, economic strain on marriages, caring for parents and kids, handling adult siblings, etc. --- are especially pertinent to many women today. Figuring out how to be a servant without getting stepped on is tricky, and Samson explores these tensions with compassion and humor.

   --- Reviewed by Lisa Ann Cockrel

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THE PRODIGAL BROTHER: Making Peace With Your Parents, Your Past, And The Wayward One In Your Family
Sue Thompson
Tyndale House Publishers
Family Concerns
ISBN: 1589972597

This book's title phrase, "prodigal brother," doesn't refer to the intended reader but rather to a troublesome sibling --- the wayward one who has wreaked havoc on the family dynamics. Author Sue Thompson had such a brother, her only and younger sibling, the kind who could have been a child candidate for the "Dr. Phil" show: full of fear and anger...trouble from the day he was prematurely born. "After a lengthy separation from his mother he was handed to her as though there was nothing wrong --- but in fact, everything was wrong and he never recovered...Who can understand why one child is broken and another endures? I believe my brother's little spirit was simply fragile from the beginning."

With great honesty --- but from a distance --- Thompson weaves her own story through the book. She summarizes personalities and family patterns but rarely transports us to a scene. "My brother was completely without self-control...His language was shockingly foul, his friends were alarmingly gross, his hygiene was disgustingly indifferent. I remember my parents yelling and pleading and arguing with him, and I watched him win every time. Even when they seemed to win, they lost, because while their intentions remained steadfast, they just couldn't seem to follow through."

Yes, Thompson always refers to him --- Danny --- in the past tense, as he died "a few years ago," in his early forties, of heart disease exacerbated by "decades of drug and alcohol abuse." Her mother has also died, and her father lives far away in the fog of Alzheimer's. These principal players being absent, the book's subtitle, "Making Peace with Your Parents, Your Past, and the Wayward One in Your Family," refers more to making peace with the memories than to working out ongoing relationships with difficult prodigals or parents who have unintentionally caused great pain to the "faithful" child who stayed the course, prayed for peace, and longed for attention. "How should I have loved my brother? I still don't know. It's hard to imagine how I might have loved him rightly because I was not mature enough to understand the complexities of love."

In sorting through painful memories, Thompson, who has a master's degree in clinical psychology, looks at her own culpability in the family dynamics, placing herself in the indignant, angry, self-righteous role of the "older brother" as portrayed in Jesus' prodigal parable. The problems she raises are familial. The answers she gives are spiritual. Citing Scripture and biblical life-stories, such as Hagar and Elijah, she lays out a journey from immaturity to maturity, from denial to grief over what might have been, to gratitude, and eventually hard-wrought forgiveness.

There's a lot of thought-provoking material here for adult children who've been wounded by well-meaning families. Though Thompson never hears anyone say, "I'm sorry," she finds healing and offers every reader hope of the same.

   --- Reviewed by Evelyn Bence

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News 2003

May 2003
L&CPU (Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union) Annual Competitions – May 2003 – OPS members competed against 55 other clubs in the L&CPU and took joint second place in the colour section, third place in nature, joint fourth in monochrome and joint fourth in the creative section. Out of 51 prints sent, 22 prints were retained for exhibition, of which 16 were selected for the 2003/4 print folios and 5 will represent the L&CPU in the PAGB Inter-Federation Print Competitions.
Midsummer Ramble. Members were for once blessed with brilliant sunshine for their annual midsummer evening ramble in Saddleworth, ending at the Cross Keys Inn, Uppermill for a drink and conversation. Mike Lawrence even managed to get a competition winner in the evening light.
Battle success. On the 24th July – a resounding win for Oldham PS in the print and slide battle against local rivals Oldham Camera Club. The judge was John Smith from Rochdale.

Oldham’s Panoramas Exhibition
Gallery Oldham, Greaves Street, Oldham, 2nd August to 11th October

“An intriguing exhibition featuring urban and rural photographic panoramas from the 19th Century and present day.”

Oldham Photographic Society members show their work in a collaborative exhibition alongside work form the gallery’s archives. The panoramas on display are by Mike Lawrence, Sheila Goodyear, Chris Widdall, John Widdall, David Butterworth, Harold Archer, Jenny Binks, Charles Madders, Russ Hill and John Green. Congratulations to all who submitted work. The panoramas exhibition attracted much publicity for the society, including a double page illustrated article in City Life magazine (see left) and favourable reports in the Manchester Evening News, Oldham Chronicle and Oldham Advertiser newspapers.

September   Photography Monthlymagazine published a double page feature about Oldham Photographic Society in their September issue. Members who had their photographs published were Chris Widdall, John Widdall, Mike Lawrence and Sheila Goodyear.

President’s evening – John Widdall’s President’s Evening on 18th September was a great success, due to the showing of Digtal Audio Visual sequences by club members. The clubroom was still buzzing during the informal buffet supper held afterwards – looks like a lot more members will be getting into AV now – a real revival for AV in this society.AGM– On September 25th, members voted unanimously to move to the Radclyffe Upper School. Mike Lawrence was installed as President and Chris Widdall as President-Elect.

Oldham PS win Oldham CC’s Annual Monochrome Print Competition – On 30th October, Oldham PS won the Oldham Camera Club annual invitation monochrome print competition. Not only did we have the highest number of points overall, but Joe Chippendale’s portrait “Hemingway”(left) was judged to be overall best print. Congratulations to all who took part. One slightly quirky observation is that SLIC came second and all of the members of SLIC whose work was used in the competition are also members of Oldham PS! The Judge for the night was newcomer George Steele LRPS of Rochdale, who did a fine job (in our opinion!) of selecting the winners, but, above all, gave an entertaining and well considered appraisal of all the work shown.

Society moves to the Radclyffe Upper School – On 2nd October, the Society moved officially to Room 42 at the Radclyffe Upper School, Hunt Lane, Chadderton.

Family Learning Day – On October 12th members took part in a national Family Learning Day at the Radclyffe school, where family portraits were the order of the day. Mike Lawrence set up a temporary studio and skilfully coaxed groups of willing (and sometimes unwillling) toddlers and children to pose for him, assisted ably by Jenny Binks and John Widdall, while Chris Widdall tried and ultimately failed to keep up with processing and printing the masterpieces! Gary Waidson did a brilliant job of PR on the OPS stand and Sheila Goodyear did Digital AV demonstrations at intervals throughout the day. Overall, the activities provided a small profit for OPS funds and the exhausted band of helpers rounded off the day with a de-briefing at a local hostelry.

Oldham PS win battle against Oldham CC –On 6th November, OPS had a convincing win once again against Oldham CC in a print and slide “friendly” at their club. As usual, Oldham PS won the print section by a large margin, but Oldham CC (also as usual) won the slides. Fortunately for OPS, the large margin in the prints carried the day when the section scores were added together.The judge was Peter Lord from Rochdale PS and the evening was most enjoyable. Best print of the night went, once again, to Joe Chippendale for “Hemingway”.

Christmas Party Night
The Christmas party was a smash hit with the usual buffet meal assembled by Sheila and Chris. Sheila did her demo of Pictures to Exe, followed by a demonstration of the first Oldham PS AV disc, which proved poular. Fortunately Mike had made 10 spare copies and all were snapped up by eager members.

Oldham PS members take first and second places at Wigan 10 Focus Day.
Mike Lawrence was awarded first place for “Ricky “the Hitman” Hatton” in the open print competition held by Wigan 10 at their Focus Day on December 7th. Mike also entered a slide, which was placed in the last ten.

Chris Widdall was awarded second place in the print section for “Before the Mast”. Both prints are shown on the left.Seven members attended the seminar, hosted by top L&CPU club Wigan 10 and enjoyed a wide variety of lectures, including traditional monochrome printing from Tony Bond, creative work by Gwen and Phil Charnock, Bird Photography by Colin Smith and Travel Photography by David Butler. Special Guest Keith Brown gave a showing of some of his award winning sequences.

It was an occasion to renew friendships with club members from across the region as well as keeping up with current trends in photography


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