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Thiel: Ballmer is the boss all 'bout that action
Never shy, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer upended the NBA again, this time acquiring two big stars for a title run. Perhaps thinking about Paul Allen, he doesn't want to wait.
Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, making a loud point at a Geekwire event, is all about the coming NBA season. / Geekwire
On the one hand, no one should be surprised that Steve Ballmer upended the NBA last week. He already did it once in 2014, when he paid $2 billion to buy the Los Angeles Clippers, a then-unimaginable sum in pro basketball, even for an industry pickled with Foghorn Leghorn personalities steeped in cash as well as the art of bombast.
On the other hand, if you're a Seattle sports fan, feel free to be melancholy.
Ballmer in 2013 wanted to upend the NBA from his adopted hometown of Seattle. But when NBA owners, under heavy pressure from Commissioner David Stern, voted against relocating the Kings from Sacramento, Ballmer, who bid up the offer for the Kings to $625 million, would split from Seattle arena partner Chris Hansen.
In 2014, he bought the No. 2 NBA team in LA.
Now he likely has the No. 1 team in the NBA.
"We're just stacking it up," Ballmer said. "We're stacking it up with Jerry (West), stacking up with Lawrence (Frank), stacking it up with Doc (Rivers), stacking it up with a new arena.
"We're headhunting in a place where this team has not been before."
That's what he told the Los Angeles Times — in December, seven months before last week's acquisition of two of the league's top 10 players, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, put pinwheels in the eye sockets of NBA followers worldwide.
Already employed by Ballmer were West, who might be as successful as a sports executive as he was a player; Frank, the well-regarded president of basketball operations, and Rivers, one of the game's best coaches, who on May 31 said of Leonard, "He is the most like Jordan that we've seen."
The remark cost him $50,000 because it violated the league's anti-tampering rule. But since Ballmer, who had an estimated net worth of $20 billion when he retired from Microsoft in 2013, is now said to be worth $51 billion, the guess is he has Rivers covered on the fine.
Consider the flattery just part of the investment in Finals MVP Leonard, 28, a SoCal native who Wednesday was reported to have agreed to a three-year deal worth $103.1 million. He will make $32.7 million in his first year, $34.4 million in his second year and $36.1 million in a third year in which he can opt out.
The deal is shorter than the initial report of four years, and the opt-out was a surprise. Then again, when one works for the richest owner in sports by a factor of two — the empire of the late Trail Blazers/Seahawks owner, Paul Allen, is said to be worth about $25 billion — in a location next door to Hollywood, it is difficult to see Leonard moving on.
The foregoing details are presented as an explainer for Ballmer's phrase, "stacking it up."
In five years of ownership, Ballmer has transformed the franchise, which under the bigoted helm of Donald Sterling was one of the greatest laughingstocks in pro sports, into a powerhouse that eclipses even the LA Lakers with LeBron James and newly acquired Anthony Davis.
Bookmaker William Hill cast the Clippers as the 3-1 favorites to win the title next season, with the Lakers second at 10/3. When the teams meet next season at Staples Center, Ballmer may be the only one able to afford tickets.
"If, when we all leave this, we've done something grand, with this organization, it would be the best story ever," Rivers said. "It's a key selling point for free agents. You can make your history here."
That remark was also made in December, before Leonard and George arrived. Clearly Ballmer means to win immediately. He chose to go the other direction from the trendy NBA strategy of tanking.
"Our fans can and should expect more than that," he said this week. "That also should be attractive to players. You come here, you know we play to win every year, every year, every year."
That will not be the case with Oklahoma City, which now has lost George after seeing All-Stars Kevin Durant and James Harden go away. Speculation grows that the Thunder will trade their last superstar, Russell Westbrook, and basically start over with youngsters.
As much glee as Sonics fans are having over the hoops dismantling in OKC, Ballmer — as is the case with every guy I know worth $51 billion — overpaid. The Clippers basically gave their draft future to the Thunder.
Here's the draft assets owned by the Thunder, as compiled by USA Today:
Nuggets' first rounder (top 10 protected)
Own first rounder (1-20 protected)
Own second rounder (top 55 protected)
Own first rounder
Heat's first rounder (unprotected)
Own second rounder
Own first rounder (top 14 protected)
Clippers' first rounder (unprotected)
Own second rounder (could be owed to 76ers)
The better first rounder between Thunder and Clippers
Heat's first rounder (lottery protected)
Grizzlies second rounder
Clippers first rounder
That is heavy ordnance for GM Sam Presti, who's been proven shrewd at getting players to the prairie, just not keeping them there. It's hard to trade one's way out of Tornado Alley.
But after five years of building, this is Ballmer's time in the NBA. If somehow he had managed to get the Kings to Seattle and spiff up the Key, it's hard to know whether he could have replicated what he has done in LA. But it would have been highly entertaining to watch him swashbuckle alongside Jerry West.
As we know, there are no guarantees.
Two years after that transcendent moment in 1986 when Microsoft shares went public and forever changed Seattle, Allen indulged his passion for basketball and bought the Portland Trail Blazers, but only because owner Barry Ackerley told him the Sonics were not for sale. When the Sonics did come up for sale in 2006, Ballmer couldn't quit his day job.
For all of Allen's wealth, influence and hoops passion over 30 years, he did not live to see the Blazers win a championship.
Ballmer, it seems, is aware. He's stacking it up.
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It will be interesting to see how this plays out. As a displaced Seattleite living in Los Angeles, the Clippers are about number seven in the sports pecking order behind UCLA hoops. This city's pro sports teams are the Lakers, Dodgers and USC (I know), then a huge gap to maybe the Kings or Rams. Even at lob city peak when they were actually entertaining, they were an afterthought. During the playoffs, they were giving the Warriors a series, and everyone here was talking about who the Lakers were going to get to team with Lebron. The Kawhi signing has just made Lakers fans mad, I don't know any Clippers fans. You go into Staples, and there's no doubt whose house it is, there's statues of Lakers greats surrounding it, and about a forty foot painting of Shaq going at Arvydas Sabonis when you ride the escalators up to club level. They actually cover all the Lakers banners now for Clippers games, but then you just see no banners. You go to Clippers games when you can't get Lakers tickets. The Lakers have been trash for half a decade, the Clippers good, and that hasn't budged.
Ballmer wants his own house for obvious reasons, and he could afford it because public money aint happening here, but MSG who owns the Forum will fight tooth and nail against his preferred site in Inglewood to protect their investment when they converted it into a concert venue (plus Laker fans would go apoplectic if they tore it down for the Clippers). I don't know where else he'd go. Even if they have their own place, as the Chargers have proven, winning doesn't necessarily make Angelenos care. Heck, the Rams were in the friggin' Super Bowl and during the lead up to the game you'd be hard pressed to know.
TL;DR, he needs to move the Clips to Seattle. LA is a weird sports town. He can take the hit.
As a longtime LA visitor, I agree with your description of the sports landscape. But I don't necessarily agree that the Clippers can't advance fast. LA is the ultimate front-runner town. A championship makes them cool and trendy. They'll never match the Lakers tradition, but once Ballmer engages kids with egames, gambling and VR headsets, they will be cool and trendy with the right demo.
Ballmer is the most visionary NBA owner, even if he wasn't seen that way at Microsoft.
WestCoast…..Where do the Angels, Chargers, Ducks, Galaxy, FC LA, Long Beach State, Cal Poly Pomona et al fit in? The number of sports teams in SoCal is dizzying.
Raising the flag for Cal Poly Pomona? Don't see that a lot.
The Lakers owned LA for a long time. It is now (and again) Dodgertown.
Last Dodger WS win: 1988. Not good enough for LA.
True…BUT, six consecutive NL West championships and two straight NL pennants top anything else in LA at the moment. Three SF Giants World Series championships this decade does chafe.
I've heard Ballmer say in effect that the Clippers are worth more as a supporting player in huge-market L.A. than as a bigger fish in 14th-biggest market Seattle, so moving them up here made no business sense. That said, I always thought the Clips should've been in Anaheim instead of Los Angeles proper; they'd have their own sizable population base to draw fans from, while still being in the same TV market as L.A.
I think Ballmer is right about market sizes. Anaheim has been decent as a stand-alone market for the Angels and Kings, but I think Ballmer's plans for an arena in Inglewood next to the new NFL stadium is the better business move. It's still LA, not Orange County.
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wow great comment. I would add that LA seems to still prize the Raiders even tho they're long gone. I see LA Raiders gear all over town, and in various permutations. I'm always puzzled too that the Rams have such little interest there.
As I wrote in these comments, LA is the most front-running city of all. If you're going to get people to put down their movie scripts and watch, gotta be a champion. Ask Pete Carroll.
USC had a pretty rich history before Pete, and a ton of Alum. A counterpoint to LA being a front-running city is the Rams. Lakers fans are pretty loyal and it's generational, just like Raiders fans who are still Raiders fans even though they're a dumpster fire and haven't played here in like 25 years. I don't see the Clippers ever resonating here in a way that would satisfy a guy like Ballmer. They'll always be second banana to the Lakers, and a billionaire software guy from Seattle will always be less interesting to the locals than the Buss family drama, Magic, Shaq, the burgeoning Kobe media empire, the future Lebron media empire, and every sports show here that has a showtime Laker on it throwing shade at the Clippers.
A reminder: The Rams haven't won a championship in LA yet. Therefore, they aren't cool.
An LAC title won't mean they're on the Lakers level in LA because of the absence of history. But it's the best they can do until they win two, then three . . .
Very much a Steve Ballmer move and I don't blame him. The biggest competition for the Clippers from a business perspective is the Lakers and despite being a team in transition they're making moves. The Clippers needs to keep pace with them at the very least and their GM, Michael Winger, used to be Sam Presti's assistant so he knows how to deal at least. He probably can make up for the lack of draft picks with some shrewd undrafted pick ups or trade for picks. I'd love to see the Clippers succeed after getting out from under Donald Sterling. He'd take a lot of grief for sure.
Sadly, the Clippers successful direction under Ballmer could have happened here if certain parties worked with him and Chris Hansen. And Phil Jackson probably would have had better results here than he did in NYC. Remember Jackson was interested in joining their group.
The Clips see an opening with the Buss/Pelinka regime hurting the Lakers.
Ballmer was willing to give money in 2007-8 to upgrade the Key, but he didn't retire from Microsoft until 2013. Hard to say how the franchise would have operated.
The Lakers are a mess right now and Jerry West is either shaking his head or chuckling over that. The Buss/Perlinka team chased away Magic and though I'm not sold on Magic being in charge he deserved better treatment from them. That fiasco only proved that the focus there is on everything except winning basketball. IMO they shouldn't have gone after Lebron right when they started a youth movement.
Magic is not a sports executive. He's interested in being Magic.
Chuck Henry
It's great for the league that the Clippers got Leonard and George, I figured there's no way Kwahi would have wanted to play on a team being run roughshod over by Lebron. He likely want to beat Lebron since he's such an intense competitor. I don't think he's big on drama. Clearly Kwahi doesn't need Lebron to win a championship. Good ownership is pretty important, and Ballmer listens to his basketball people, many of who played actual basketball. Now the Western Conference is just plain crazy. I wish we had NBA here, it's a lot of fun to watch in person. The Lakers are going to be good mind you, so Ballmer has helped create what should be a brutal rivalry for a few years.
LAL vs. LAC will leave the rest of the NBA DOA.


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A BRIEF HISTORY OF LEICESTER CELTIC
Leicester Celtic Football Club was founded in 1967 by Michael Flaherty and Father C. F. Lee, then a curate in Rathgar parish. In return for financial assistance from the Parish, the name of a local street was to be used in the club name. Hence... Leicester Avenue resulted in the name Leicester Celtic. The similarity to an English league team was purely coincidental. In our first season we fielded one team at under 17 level. The following season two teams at under 14 and under 18 represented the Club.
The season of 1969/70 saw the first real expansion when we fielded five teams. Through the good offices of Father Lee we obtained use of Mill Hill Fathers in Dartry for our Saturday home matches. Our Sunday venue was Bushy Park. The Club continued to develop until 1975 when we moved our base to Marley Park in Rathfarnham. The simple logical reason was that our catchment area of Terenure, Rathmines and South Circular Road was no longer providing players in sufficient numbers. It's a tribute to the strength and dedication of the club officials that the move resulted in an expansion of teams to an average of twelve, drawing its members from Churchtown, Dundrum and Ballinteer.
Mini leagues for very young players started in 1977, and we became the pioneers of the small sided game with the introduction of our "Six-a-Side" in 1986. Almost every year since 1970 we have travelled to England at easter to watch Premiership clubs in action and to play against local teams. The cost of the first trip was £13 per player.
In the 1980s we moved to our current home base of Loreto Park in Rathfarnham. Three Rock Rovers and St. Tiernan's Community School provided our training facilities until 2003 when an investment of €1 million saw Leicester Celtic build our own All Weather Playing Facility and Clubhouse beside our pitches in Loreto. This investment now means we have some of the best facilities in the country available to us.
Since 1967 we have achieved a considerable amount thanks to the dedication and effort of many people. The summer of 2002 saw Leicester Celtic's first player play in the World Cup when Damien Duff graced the tournament for the Republic of Ireland. Richard Sadlier joined Damien Duff and John Coady as former Leicester Celtic players to achieve Senior International recognition for Ireland. Other ex-Leicester players play football professionally in Ireland and in England. Click here to see their profiles.
In 2009 we entered into an agreement with Swansea City whereby we will benefit from their professional coaching expertise on several occasions each year. In addition, our teams will have the opportunity to visit Swansea and enjoy their facilities for coaching sessions and matches. Swansea City are a progressive club, promoted to the Premier League for the 2011/2012 Season. We look forward to the day when a Leicester Celtic players turns out for Swansea City.
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Misser - Every Day I Tell Myself... (2012)
The somewhat recent signings of pop punk/indie bands Transit, A Loss For Words, and Make Do And Mend came as a bit of a surprise to me because Rise Records has always been pinpointed as a great label for post-hardcore bands. The signing of Misser was not as much of a surprise because Rise has been starting to show that they want to expand their label into more genres. Despite playing a different style of music than the majority of their label-mates, the aforementioned bands are likely to get more exposure than they would if they were on a lesser known label.
Misser is a two-man project of Tim Landers (Transit) and Brad Wiseman (This Time Next Year). They released an EP entitled Problems. Problems. Problems. in 2011 and started recording their new album Every Day I Tell Myself I'm Going To Be A Better Person shortly after. It was released digitally on May 15th and is expected to be released in stores sometime during the summer of 2012.
The first song, "Permanently", is eerily similar to Brand New. It's a very short song, but if I hadn't known any better, I would have guessed I was listening to Brand New. Near the end of the album, there is a song titled "Sanity" that is also very reminiscent of Brand New. I have become a huge fan of Brand New as of late, but oddly enough, these are two of my least favourite tracks. The other song that I don't like as much is titled "Stay Asleep". These songs are, in my opinion, the weakest on the album because they are much slower paced than the rest of the album. Thankfully, these songs are approximately a combined six minutes and they are the only flaws (I use this word very loosely as this is not much of a flaw) of the album.
During the rest of the album, Misser brings a few very important aspects to the table. First, the vocals sound incredible and the lyrics are very catchy. Second, the guitar parts are very good. It's quite obvious that Tim really likes the pop punk/indie style of guitar that he displays on Transit's albums because it is maintained in this project. Last, but not least, the majority of the songs are extremely catchy and have a feel good vibe to them.
Every Day I Tell Myself I'm Going To Be A Better Person features some of my favourite pop punk songs of 2012 in "Bridges", "I'm Really Starting To Hope The World Ends In 2012", "Reconnect This", "Bad News", and the re-recorded version of "Just Say It". All of these songs are executed almost perfectly but the song that sticks out the most is "I'm Really Starting To Hope The World Ends In 2012". Everything about it is in fact perfect. The lyrics. The vocals. The guitar parts. The instrumental outro. Everything.
From start to finish, the album flows very well and it's apparent that Tim and Brad have found some chemistry with each other. In my opinion, Misser features the best elements of Transit and This Time Next Year to form an incredible pop punk duo. I am a fan of Listen & Forgive (Transit) and Drop Out Of Life (This Time Next Year), but Every Day I Tell Myself I'm Going To Be A Better Person is much better than both of them. Just a few short days after listening to their debut full-length album, I am already waiting for more music from these two.
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MOSCOW, Russia -- Ukraine may join a customs union formed by its ex-Soviet peers Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, the Ukrainian president said Friday, casting doubts on Kiev's hopes of a free-trade pact with the European Union.
Russia's Medvedev (R) and Ukraine's Yanukovych.
"This is possible, but there are procedures we need to go through in Ukraine such as amending the constitution, which can be done either by the parliament or through a referendum," Viktor Yanukovych told reporters after meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The two sides have stated a desire for their trade volumes to reach $40 billion.
Ukraine is in talks with the European Union on signing an association agreement that includes a free-trade deal, but Brussels has not promised it EU membership or proposed that it be given EU-candidate status.
Joining the Russia-dominated trade bloc may hamper a deal with the EU because the customs union has a common foreign-trade policy with tight links to Russia.
Russia pushed through the customs union after losing patience over its bid to join the World Trade Organization.
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed a macroeconomic policy coordination agreement last week, a key part of their drive to create a free-trade zone in 2012.
The talks between Medvedev and Yanukovych resulted in an agreement from Ukraine to cut transportation rates for Russian crude at its ports by 50 percent and increase oil imports.
Russia will ship 18.5 million metric tons of oil a year to Ukraine for processing at refineries and further export, Russian Ambassador Mikhail Zurabov told reporters Friday. The amount exported further will depend on how much Ukraine uses, he said.
Medvedev and Yanukovych also discussed gas prices. The Russian president said the two countries need to "find such compromises" on energy issues that will allow their economies to develop.
During the presidential visit Gazprom chief executive Alexei Miller told Ukraine Energy Minister Yury Boyko that the company would consider contributing deposits from the Astrakhan region on the Caspian Sea to a proposed joint venture with Naftogaz.
Since coming to power in February 2009, Yanukovych has tilted Ukraine's foreign policy toward Russia, abandoned the goal of joining NATO and extended the deal under which the Russian navy uses Ukrainian Black Sea facilities.
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7 Questions That Will Determine the Success or Failure Of Barack Obama's Second Term
20 Nov, 2012 by	John Hawkins
When British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was asked what might knock his administration off course, he famously responded,: "Events, dear boy, events.": There's a lot of truth to that. At any point in time, an unexpected event can throw the political world into turmoil. However, more often than not, it's not the blindside hit that gets you so much as the freight train you've seen coming for miles.
When Barack Obama came into office, he had a number of serious challenges to deal with and not only has he effectively addressed very few of them, many of them have worsened on his watch. In fact, the thing Barack Obama has proven most adept at in his first term is pointing the finger elsewhere. He may have been able to shift the blame from himself to George Bush, the filibuster, the Supreme Court, Republicans in Congress, Rush Limbaugh, ATM machines, the economy in Europe and everything under the sun, but after four years and counting in office, more and more of the American people are going to be interested in results rather than excuses. How Barack Obama handles those issues may not only determine how he's viewed by the American people, it could conceivably impact the reputation of the Democratic Party for decades.
1) When does the economy recover?: At some point, you have to think that the natural vitality of the economy will reassert itself and get the country moving again. On the other hand, just as FDR's tinkering caused the Great Depression to extend out for over a decade, Obama's socialistic policies could continue to stall economic growth. Obama's determination to increase taxes, expand government, take over new industries and generally make war on productive industries and people — along with the impact of our debt, the soft housing market, the implementation of Obamacare and the hundreds of billions of dollars in new regulations he'll impose — will all be drags on economic growth. Can the economy recover and start pumping out jobs at a decent clip despite all of Obama's handicaps? Your job may depend on it.
2) What happens in the Middle East?: Barack Obama embraced the Arab Spring that's throwing the Middle East into turmoil. That means if Egypt and Libya fall apart, Obama gets the blame. If Egypt were to end its peace treaty with Israel, Obama would also be at fault. Then there's Iraq and Afghanistan. He put timelines in place in both nations, which was a very risky strategy. An implosion in either country would reflect badly on him. Additionally, our relationship with Pakistan, which is a highly unstable, nuclear armed nation, has deteriorated significantly on Obama's watch. We also can't forget that Iran is still pursuing nuclear weapons, which would be a terrifying prospect for Israel and could create a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. Barack Obama may be great at managing the media, but he isn't effectively managing any of these issues right now and the potential is there for things to quickly spiral out of control.
3) Will there be key Supreme Court vacancies?: There are four Supreme Court Justices that are over seventy years of age including Antonin Scalia (76) and Anthony Kennedy (76). Unlike the conservatives on the court, the liberal justices slavishly vote based on what serves liberalism, not the law. What that means is that if Obama were able to replace one or both of those retiring justices, it's not an exaggeration to say that the Constitution would for all intents and purposes cease to exist because there would be five liberal votes for almost anything that the Left wants to do.
4) Will we have any large scale terrorist attacks in the United States?Al-Qaeda is certainly degraded, but it's not spent, the border is still wide open, the Obama Administration doesn't seem to take Homeland Security all that seriously, and the remnants of Bin Laden's organization would love nothing better than to show that it's still a powerful force by launching a large scale attack in the United States. In the wake of a serious terrorist attack, there could certainly be a rally-round-the-flag effect, but the American people have become very complacent at this point and are assuming the government has it all handled. If that turns out not to be true when the perception is that this isn't a big issue for Obama in the first place, the reaction could be savage.
5) Does Obama get caught up in any scandals?: Obama is not a "letter of the law" sort of guy. He plays it fast and loose, lies if he gets in trouble and assumes the press will cover for him. That has already produced Fast and Furious and the Benghazi cover-up — two scandals with body counts. Neither Fast and Furious nor Benghazi has reached its apex and you can be sure that there will be other significant scandals in the works just because of Obama's habitual try, lie and deny way of tackling issues. Then the question becomes, how aggressive will the Republicans be and will there be any major mainstream media organizations aside from Fox that have enough integrity to go after Obama? Although it's unlikely that Obama would be impeached, realizing that Obama makes Nixon look like a choir boy would be no small matter.
6) How bad will our debt crisis get?: Republicans seem to be more willing to consider tax increases, but Democrats still don't seem to have any interest in tackling entitlement reform and their willingness to make other significant cuts to the budget seems to be extremely limited as well. On the other hand, although it could just be a negotiating posture, the early indications seem to be that the Democrats' strategy is to go over the fiscal cliff and then try to blame Republicans for the slowdown. The good news is that would undoubtedly help a great deal with the size of the deficit, but it could also slow down the economy. Unfortunately, unless Obama has a change of attitude, it could conceivably be the one opportunity for large spending cuts in the next four years. If that turns out to be the case, expect our credit rating to slide even further. If Western Europe gets its spending issues under control and investors feel more comfortable in putting their money back in those countries, it even possible that our full transformation into Greece could start before the end of Obama's second term.
7) How difficult will the implementation of Obamacare become?While working to get Obamacare passed, the Democrats just said anything and everything that people wanted to hear about Obamacare. Now, there are a lot of people who are expecting a nearly free, well-run medical care system that covers everyone and allows people to keep whatever they like about the current system. Instead, they're going to see tax increases, a decrease in the number of available doctors, businesses dropping insurance because of Obamacare, delays, uneven implementation, and price increases among a plethora of other problems. In other words, it's going to be a Hurricane Sandy for the American medical system.


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Despite shortcomings, Mr. Obama's Clean Power Plan sets an important example
Smoke no longer rises out of the smokestacks at the coal-fired Castle Gate Power Plant outside Helper, Utah. (George Frey/Reuters)
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PRESIDENT OBAMA unveiled the final version of his signature climate change policy Monday, to aggressive attack and enthusiastic cheering. The cheering is on target: Mr. Obama's Clean Power Plan will be the single largest action the country has taken to combat global warming. It sets an important example for other nations; draft rules on the table before Monday already had helped galvanize climate commitments from other major polluting nations.
It remains true, though, that this is a second-best plan, for both the environment and the economy. Congress left the president with no better option. In a rational world, legislators would take this as an opportunity to inaugurate a debate, not about whether the country must cut its greenhouse emissions but about how to do it better, more cheaply and for the long term.
Within the complex legal world of the Clean Air Act, the law in which the administration found its authority to regulate, the president's plan is about as flexible as possible. The regulations assign each state an emissions target but allow each to design its own program to achieve the target. State plans will accelerate a move away from coal-fired electricity, the dirtiest kind, and toward cleaner natural gas and renewables, along with more energy efficiency. States that act in good faith but can't meet the deadlines without endangering the reliability of their power grid will be eligible for waivers.
Most important, the president's plan encourages states to create rudimentary market-based emissions programs in which companies can buy and sell pollution credits. This is the most efficient way to reduce pollution, ensuring that emissions cuts happen where they are cheapest to attain. States could join interstate greenhouse-gas trading blocs or they could allow companies within their borders to participate in interstate trading without such a formal move. State leaders should look at these options and begin talks with each other sooner rather than later.
The rules will reduce emissions from the electricity sector by 32 percent by 2030, which will be like taking 166 million cars off the road, according to Environmental Protection Agency figures. The EPA also reckons that benefits will significantly exceed costs.
What are the drawbacks? First, the plan covers only one sector — power generation — which accounts for a third of the nation's greenhouse emissions. Other policies cover other sectors (transportation, for example), but a comprehensive approach would be more efficient. Second, the plan is only a medium-term policy, when some of the hardest emissions-cutting work will have to come after 2030. Third, the plan is complex and requires close supervision from Washington, when policies that rely less on federal mandates would be simpler and almost certainly cheaper.
Congress could address all three failings with a simple, economy-wide, market-based, long-term strategy that could credibly replace the president's Clean Power Plan. A federal carbon tax or a national carbon trading program would do the trick. Until and unless critics of the president's plan get behind a policy like that, their attacks will remain unconvincing.
Read more about this topic:
Lawrence Summers: Oil's swoon creates the opening for a carbon tax
The Post's View: A good-enough plan to cut greenhouse gases
Letter to the Editors: Supreme Court's EPA ruling a second-best outcome
Jon B. Wellinghoff: Clean power is right for Virginia
The Post's View: A climate for change: The EPA's limits on emissions are important but not enough


The Fundación César Manrique is located in the distinctive home that the Lanzarote born artist César Manrique had in Tahíche, and which he shaped after his return from New York. It is a work of art in itself, where nature and architecture fuse into a single piece. A visit to this house, which seems to spring from a sea of lava, is an exceptional experience and helps to understand the artist's work and message.


David Hunsaker (right), owner of 31st Union, and part of his team visited Blue House Farm with the farm's owner and operator Ryan Casey (second from the right). Photo provided by 31st Union.
As a staff member of POST, there are many times when I am lucky enough to witness how all of our efforts come full circle. Last night was one of those special moments. 31st Union in San Mateo held a farm-to-table dinner for 80 guests in support of POST's Farmland Futures Initiative. The dinner featured produce from POST-protected Blue House Farm.
It was especially meaningful to me that David Hunsaker, owner of 31st Union, and Ryan Casey, founder of Blue House Farm, met at POST's Taste of the Coast event in late April. We had asked David to participate as a chef/restaurateur and paired him with Ryan at Blue House Farm to collaborate on small bites for the event. They struck up a friendship and this partnership continued as David learned more about POST's work protecting farms and supporting farmers like Ryan who are producing local organic food.
David was eager to contribute to this effort through his restaurant's annual benefit dinner. And, the connection goes on beyond that, as the entire 31st Union team went out to visit the farm last week. You should have seen the excitement on the face of our waiter as he told me about going out to pick berries and produce! He was so proud of the meal he was serving to us.
Blue House Farm grows certified organic produce and flowers on POST-protected land near Pescadero, CA. Photo provided by 31st Union.
Our five-course dinner was beautifully presented and incredibly delicious. But what made the meal so unique was the unbeatable fresh produce and the opportunity for guests to meet and talk with Ryan. Ryan shared his story of growing his farming operation and describing the melons, green beans and berries that would be served at dinner. How often do you get to meet the person who grew the food that is on your plate?
I thought to myself, "This is the way it is supposed to work." For me, it was a reminder that it's the connections we create that make a lasting impact in our communities. This new relationship is an example of that; everything came together in the right way.


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Throughout the real estate lifecycle, and across the entire portfolio from operations up to investors, the company provides cost-effective solutions to help the client work more efficiently, be more competitive, and grow. No matter how many properties are in the client-s portfolio, no matter where they are located, my client has the real estate management software solution that will work for them.
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Bed-Stuy Workers Tell Hipster Apartment Building Owner They Can't Survive After Pay Cut
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Vertices Principal Abraham Hoffman, known for his "decidedly hip" developments in Brooklyn, has cut pay almost in half at 1711 Fulton Street
New York, NY – April 24, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — Workers at 1711 Fulton, a residential building complex in Bedford-Stuyvesant that gets state assistance for affordable housing, today called on Vertices Holdings to restore the good jobs at the building after the new owner cut their pay by as much as 45 percent and eliminated health care and retirement benefits.
The workers were joined by supporters in front of Vertices' headquarters in Brooklyn to urge the company to restore the pay and benefits that had made these good middle-class jobs for more than a decade.
"I went from $26 to $16 an hour," said building superintendent Willie Hill, who has four children under 7 years old. "It's a change of life. Now I'm just trying to survive. I don't even know how I'm going to take my kids to the doctor if they're sick."
When Vertices bought the building on March 3, the nine workers were informed their pay would be cut by $10 an hour and that they would lose their health care and retirement benefits. The company refused to honor the workers' union contract and the workers say they are subject to harassment and threats they'll be fired because they want to keep 32BJ as their union.
Vertices Holdings Principal Abraham Hoffman is also the CEO of Bushburg Properties, which has been called "decidedly hip" by the Real Deal and has developments in Ridgewood, Downtown Brooklyn, Bushwick and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.
In Bed-Stuy, the workers are feeling the pinch as the wage cut is forcing them to cut out everything but absolute necessities.
"My cable is off and I can't pay the phone bill," said porter Lamont Starkey. The father of two has seen his pay cut from $22 to $12 an hour and he said he is looking for another job to do at night. "You have to cut things out," he said. "I'm sacrificing for the kids but I couldn't even take them out for Easter this year."
Right after the sale went through the workers at 1711 Fulton were informed by the new owners that the good jobs many of them had held for decades were being turned into low-wage work and that they no longer had any voice on the job. The nine workers, including the building's superintendent, handymen and porters, are calling on new owner Vertices Holdings to restore the good jobs they have relied on to support their families and to treat their employees with respect.
The workers' union 32BJ has filed an Unfair Labor Practice with the National Labor Relations Board over Vertices' refusal to bargain a contract for the workers and for harassing the workers because of their support of 32BJ as their union and bargaining representative.
"The treatment of these workers is unjust and inhumane," said 32BJ Secretary-Treasurer Kyle Bragg. "Mr. Hoffman is making his mark in Brooklyn and we urge him to take a stand for good middle-class jobs for residential workers so that they can continue to live in the borough with their families."
With more than 145,000 members, including 70,000 in New York City, 32BJ is the largest property service workers union in the country.
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Hi! Thanks for checking out **httpBL-django**, a django app that integrates [http:BL](https://www.projecthoneypot.org/httpbl.php) into your Django project. **http:BL** is a service that identfies comment spammers and content harvesters. By using this app with the service, you have another tool to combat these malicious web users.

Below, I'll first show you how you would use this, followed by installation and configuration.

## How To Use httpBL-django

**httpBL-django** inserts a python dict named httpBL in the request.session object. If you have a view that needs special processing for comment spammers or content harvesters, follow the following steps.

If you are following along with your project, make sure you go through the installation and configuration steps first, they are further down this page.

###Step 1 - Find the httpBL dict in the session
~~~python
def myview(request):
	...
	httpBL = request.session.get('httpBL', None)

	# Check if we have the httpBL data
	if httpBL:
		...
~~~

###Step 2 - Check the httpBL data is valid
Check if the httpBL data is valid by checking the value assigned to the 'error' key in the httpBL dict. Building on the previous example:

~~~python
def myview(request):
	...
	httpBL = request.session.get('httpBL', None)

	# Check if we have the httpBL data
	if httpBL:

		if not httpBL['error']:
			# No error, so we we can use the rest of the httpBL data
			...
		else:
			# We had an error in retrieving the httpBL data,
			# it is up to you to decide how you want to handle that.
			...
~~~

###Step 3 - Use the httpBL data to control the view
There are 5 keys that can be used to check the status of the visiting IP address:

Key                   | Meaning
--------------------- | -------------
'unknown'             | This is potentially good news, http:BL has not found malicious behavior from this IP address.
'is\_harvester'       | The IP address belongs to a known content harvester.
'is\_comment\_spammer'| The IP address belongs to a known comment spammer.
'is\_suspicious'      | Suspicious behavior has been observed for this IP address.
'searchengine'        | The IP address is known to belong to a search engine.

The 'is\_harvester', 'is\_comment\_spammer', 'is\_suspicious' keys may all be true at the same time.

The value for 'searchengine' is False if the IP is not deemed to be a search engine or is a string containing the name of the search engine, if it is deemed to be a search engine.

Again, building on the previous example:

~~~python
def myview(request):
	...
	httpBL = request.session.get('httpBL', None)

	# Check if we have the httpBL data
	if httpBL:

		if not httpBL['error']:
			# No error, so we we can use the rest of the httpBL data

			if httpBL['is_harvester']:
				# Redirect the browser to another page
				return HttpResponseRedirect('http://www.google.com')
			elif httpBL['is_comment_spammer']:
				form = MyFormWithCaptcha()
			else:
				form = MyForm()

			...

		else:
			# We had an error in retrieving the httpBL data,
			# it is up to you to decide how you want to handle that.
			...
~~~

##Installation and Configuration

At this time you cannot install use pip to install **httpBL-django**. So, the easiest way is to download the zip file from the links on the right, or use git clone.

Next move the httpBL folder you'll find in the zip file into the root folder of your django project. So it becomes an app inside your project.

Now **httpBL-django** needs to be configured in your project's settings.py

###1. Add httpBL to INSTALLED_APPS
Because **httpBL-django** uses sessions to store the data, make sure django.contrib.sessions is enabled. If you do not use django.contrib.sessions, you'll need to make sure that there is a dict called 'session' in the HttpRequest (though this has not been tested).

~~~python
INSTALLED_APPS = (
	 ...
    'django.contrib.sessions',
	 ...
    'httpBL',
)
~~~

###2. Add httpBL to MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES

~~~python
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    ...
    'httpBL.middleware.httpBLMiddleware',
    ...
)
~~~

###3. Mandatory Constants in settings.py
There is only one mandatory setting at this time.

~~~python
HTTPBLKEY = '<your httpBL API key>'
~~~

You can obtain a key by setting up an account on the [http:BL website]((https://www.projecthoneypot.org/httpbl.php))

###4. Optional Constants in settings.py
The following optional constants are available:

####HTTPBL\_IP\_HEADER
Especially when you are in a setup behind a load balancing reverse proxy, you may find that the proxy does not rewrite the REMOTE_ADDR header in the HTTP request. That means that httpBL will be checking the (internal) IP address of your reverse proxy, which is not what you want.

Often, your reverse proxy will include an additional header such as X-FORWARDED-FOR that will list the IP address of the browser requesting the page. Find this header and tell **httpBL-django** about it using the HTTPBL_IP_HEADER constant.

Note that **httpBL-django** expects the ip address as a IPv4 string, like '127.0.0.1'.

Example:

~~~python
HTTPBL_IP_HEADER = 'X-FORWARDED-FOR'
~~~

####HTTPBL\_CACHE\_RESULTS\_SECONDS
To improve performance and reduce load on the http:BL service, results are effectively cached in the session. Every httpBL dict gets stored in it's relevant session and contains a timestamp. On each new request the timestamp is checked to see if the data has expired.

If you do not configure the cache duration, the following defaults will be used:

* if DEBUG == True, default cache duration is 10 seconds.
* if DEBUG == False, default cache duration is 1 week.

You can override the setting as follows:

~~~python
HTTPBL_CACHE_RESULTS_SECONDS = float(<time in seconds>)
~~~

####HTTPBL\_RANDOM\_IP
This setting is meant only for developers on this module. When set to True, **httpBL-django** will generate a random ip address for each request. This setting is ignored when DEBUG == FALSE

##Logging
**httpBL-django** can automatically generate logs for you. It generates INFO and ERROR log messages.

Level | Description
----- | -----------
INFO  | Warning: very verbose. Will tell you httpBL results for every request. Make sure you have enough disk space if you turn this on.
ERROR | Only communicates errors that are the result of malformed ip addresses, connection failures etc.

Below is an example configuration for settings.py that generates both an error log and an info log.

~~~python
LOGGING = {
    'version': 1,
    'disable_existing_loggers': True,
    'formatters': {
        'default_log_format': {
            'format': '%(asctime)s - %(message)s',
        },
    },
    'filters': {
        'require_debug_false': {
            '()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse'
        },
    },
    'handlers': {
        'httpBL_handler': {
            'level': 'INFO',
            'class': 'logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler',
            'formatter': 'default_log_format',
            'filename': 'httpBL.log',
            'utc': True,
            'when': 'midnight',
        },
        'error_log_handler': {
            'level': 'ERROR',
            'class': 'logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler',
            'formatter': 'default_log_format',
            'filename': 'error.log',
            'utc': True,
            'when': 'midnight',
        },
    },
    'loggers': {
        'httpBL': {
            'handlers': ['httpBL_handler', 'error_log_handler'],
            'level': 'INFO',
            'propagate': False,
        },
    }
~~~

To stop the info log, just remove or comment out the whole 'httpBL_handler' section.

In this example ERROR messages are written into the project wide error log.

Each log entry carries the prefix 'httpBL:'.

##Dependencies
* django >= 1.7.4 - may work in earlier versions, but it has not been tested.
* Python 2.7 - not tested in Python 3.x

I would much appreciate if you let me know if you are using this successfully on different versions of the the above platforms.

##Change history

Feb 13, 2015 - Bug fixes, test for changing ip

Feb 12, 2015 - Initial commit

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Agatha Christie wrote 69 novels in her lifetime. Stephen King has written 54 so far. But LDS author Dean Hughes has topped them both—two of history's most successful and prolific writers—with his new novel, Home and Away: a World War II Christmas Story, which will be his 101st published book.
The novel is about a family who struggles to find the joy of Christmas during the horrors of World War II. Money is tight, and the oldest son is in Europe on the front lines. The family's 16-year-old boy, Dennis, is reflective of the author's own story growing up. During the novel, Dennis struggles with his relationship with his father and seeks to give his mother the perfect Christmas gift. "In many ways, this is my story," Hughes said. "It started with an actual experience in my life—during the 50's, not the 40's—and Dennis's struggles are ones I faced growing up."
New York Times best-selling author Jason F. Wright describes the novel as "beautifully nostalgic." He goes on to say that Hughes "expertly captures the spirit of family, of war, and of Christmas. Home and Away isn't just a book—it's a gift."
Hughes first wrote Home and Away as a short story that was published by Deseret Book in a collection called Once Upon a Christmastime. "You'll notice that each character in [the novel] is dealing with challenges to his or her faith," he said. "Times of great stress can test us and often bring out the worst in us—or the best. I've gone through times of questioning and doubt in my life, just as these characters do, but in the end, my faith has been strengthened by my experiences. I don't want to offer any easy answers in my fiction, but I do try to encourage the idea that faith can get us through the hard times of our lives."
"I hope readers will feel the emotion of the book and the powerful influence for good that Christmas brings," he continued. "I tried to let the love the family felt in spite of their stress lead them toward hope. I'd like to think that families can pass through difficult times and use those challenges to deepen their commitment to one another."
-->Click here to read our extended Q&A with Dean Hughes!
Norma Hayes has always tried to make Christmas special for her family, but this year it is going to be difficult. Money is tight, and wartime rationing is taking its toll as well. Harder still, her oldest son, Glen, is on the front lines of the battle in Europe.
Glen Hayes wants nothing more than to be home for Christmas. He holds a sprig of lavender in his pocket. The scent reminds him of his mother. The memory of home may be the only thing that is keeping him alive and sane during the horrors of war.
Dennis Hayes is 16 and longs to see his older brother again. He also longs to have a relationship with his father, but most important, Dennis is determined to buy something special for his mother this Christmas—the one gift he feels certain she deserves.
So many families have had their hopes dashed in World War II. Will the Hayes family make it through? Pick up your copy of Home and Away: A World War II Christmas Story at Deseret Book stores and deseretbook.com.


A love of street art sparked by a short stint living in Berlin has led to a book and a new business for this longtime 4101 resident.
Street art can be a controversial topic however. Paul investigated getting a grant from Brisbane City Council to help fund the project, but was told it would "conflict with their anti-graffiti policy". Artists' names were left out of the book over concerns they could get in trouble, with pieces identified by the street where they were done instead.
Paul understands people getting upset when someone tags their front fence, but says from his experience that most artists chose places that were not offensive.
The book itself has been a mammoth achievement by Paul, completely self-funded and self-published. To date, he's sold almost 1000 copies, at Avid Reader, GoMA, the National Gallery in Canberra, MONA in Tasmania and bookshops in Sydney and Melbourne.


In a letter of 30 April/12 May 1878 to Nadezhda von Meck, the composer wrote: "A while ago I thought that it would not be a bad idea to make a small contribution to the stock of children's musical literature, which is very modest. I want to create a series of little individual pieces just for children, and with an attractive title, like Schumann's".
Some months before this letter was written, while staying in Florence on 14/26 February, Tchaikovsky told Pyotr Jurgenson that he wanted "to write a number of easy pieces, like Kinderstück". Evidently, the idea of creating a collection of pieces for young people had not been abandoned by the composer, and after his return to Kamenka in April he decided to begin composition. In the aforementioned letter to Nadezhda von Meck, he informed her: "Tomorrow I shall start work on my collection of miniatures for children".
On 1/13 May the composer wrote to Anatoly Tchaikovsky: "I'm working well and have done rather a lot". On 4/16 May the sketches for all 24 pieces were ready. Shortly afterwards, Tchaikovsky accepted an invitation from Nadezhda von Meck to stay at her Brailov estate until the end of May/beginning of June, before spending a few days in Moscow; from there he went to spend five days with his friend Nikolay Kondratyev at Nizy, and in mid/late June he called at Kiev, before returning to Verbovka. In the days following his arrival, he began to put the finishing touches to all the pieces written in April and May. The fair copy of the Children's Albumwas begun, it seems, on 13/25 July.


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Suki Waterhouse cast in 'Divergent' sequel 'Insurgent'
You'll be able to spot the model as Marlene, a member of Dauntless.
By Ellen Scott
Model/girlfriend of Bradley Cooper, Suki Waterhouse, has landed another acting gig. She'll be playing Marlene in the upcoming Divergent sequel, Insurgent - a character who has a decently sized role in the books.
The character is described as easygoing, with a great sense of humour and a sense of childish joy. She's also meant to have a flirtatious side, and is part of the Dauntless faction. Sounds like a perfect role for Suki.
This will be the British model's fourth film appearance, firmly marking her as the new model/actress to watch. Her previous acting credits include 'Pusher', while she's had lots of success modelling, landing campaigns and walking catwalks for Burberry, H&M, and quite a few other big names.
Insurgent is set to hit theatres on the 20th of March, 2015. Get excited, Divergent fans.
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Does MRI screening benefit women with extremely dense breasts?
by Serena Gordon, Healthday Reporter
(HealthDay)—Health experts already know that women with extremely dense breasts don't get the same benefit from mammography as women without very dense breast tissue. But what hasn't been clear is if MRI screening might spot cancers that mammography didn't.
Now a new study from Dutch researchers found that when MRI was used in between mammography appointments, the women in the study were half as likely to be diagnosed with an interval cancer. That's a cancer that occurs between mammography screenings.
However, MRI screening also resulted in a higher rate of false positive results compared to mammography.
"The benefits need to be carefully weighed against the harms, as MRI examination is more expensive, and it requires the injection of a contrast agent into the body. MRI will also detect abnormalities that later turn out not to be breast cancer after all," explained study senior author Carla van Gils. She's a professor of clinical epidemiology of cancer at University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands.
"Also, MRI may detect breast cancers that grow so slowly that they would never have caused health problems and therefore are treated unnecessarily," van Gils added.
Dr. Richard Wender is chief cancer control officer for the American Cancer Society. He said somewhere between 10% and 20% of women have extremely dense breasts. He said it's been known that mammography isn't as good at finding breast cancers in extremely dense breast tissue.
"This is a very well-done study addressing a difficult conundrum that faces millions of women," Wender said.
"It's very important to realize that women in the highest category of breast density face two problems—they are both more likely to develop breast cancer and more likely to have it missed on mammogram," Wender said.
The current study was a multicenter randomized controlled trial including more than 40,000 women in the Netherlands. The women were between 50 and 75 years old.
All had extremely dense breast tissue. They all had a normal mammography screening. A little more than 8,000 were invited to also have an MRI screening in the year between their mammographies.
The researchers found the interval cancer screening rate was 2.5 per 1,000 screenings in the MRI group compared to 5 per 1,000 in the mammography-only group.
The false positive rate for MRI was nearly 80 per 1,000 screenings. Van Gils said that in a previous Dutch study, the false positive rate for mammography was 24 per 1,000 screenings.
This study "is a first important step towards evidence for supplemental screening for MRI, but there are still questions to be answered and benefits and harms that need to be carefully balanced," van Gils said.
She added that the researchers are conducting a study using mathematical modeling that will help predict what the long-term benefits of MRI screening might be.
Wender agreed that there are still questions to be answered before MRI screening might become more commonplace.
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How we answer this question will affect every decision we make today and in the future.
For if we are bound and determined to protect the interests and well-being of our family, we will make the construction of our walls of defense and isolation our central purpose. Our time, our money, our skills, and our resources will be self-centered and self-motivated.
However, if we center our sights upon Jesus Christ and trust in Him as our Shepherd, we will seek out ways to invite others into His fold to receive His love, care, guidance and blessing. Our time, our money, our skills, and our resources will be made available for Kingdom purposes and for the good of others. Our sights will not set inward, but outward.
For me, my choice is Letter B.
I base my decision upon the example of Jesus Christ and the attention and care He gave so sacrificially to those living in the society of His time who were judged as unacceptable, unsafe, and unpardonable. Jesus chose to be with outsiders. He purposely strolled outside the city gates and its walls to minister, to encourage, and to share the good news of the Kingdom that is to come! He walked, talked, and lived a life of gracious invitation to those that suffered in life as society's outcasts.
Jesus Christ chose to suffer and offer up his life on this earth for those in this world who lived on the outside for any number of reasons.
Truly, is there any one of us who has not been on the outside at one time or another in our lifetimes? Don't we all need some one to greet us outside the gate of our present reality and offer us an invitation inside where we may be loved, nurtured, and encouraged to live and grow?
As I type, the internet is ablaze with opinions of how to respond to the Syrian Refugee Crisis. This outsider group is excluded and denied entrance to many gates at the moment. The internet responses and opinions are especially volatile due to the fact that a terrorist impersonated himself as a refugee and then caused significant mortal harm. States and countries contend that the safety and well-being of their people warrant keeping the refugees outside their gates and borders indefinitely. The threat is too great to allow even one undocumented person inside who could potentially cause great suffering and harm.
For me, I can not help but believe that if Jesus Christ was here, He would be a first responder in this crisis. And the first step I believe He would take is to get to know who these refugees are and determine what they need most. As I view the photographs and read the stories, I see a very vulnerable and very heart-sore group of people. They need to be invited in and offered a place of refuge, don't they?
Could it all blow up in our faces?
Yet, there is no greater good and no greater opportunity in this life than to offer some one the hope and love found in Jesus Christ. To be met and greeted while on the outside, to be known and offered love and security on the inside – who wouldn't be captivated by such generous and lavish acceptance and grace?
Isn't this why Jesus Christ came into the world in the first place?
That is how I want to live – regardless of the risk and the sacrifice.
I was on the outside once.
I want to invite others in – just as my Savior did for me.
My safety and security are found in Christ – not in the man-made, insecure walls I see others choosing to build that offer solace to no one.
Thank you, Jay. I believe that as followers of Christ we need to have a compassionate response to this need – it's what our Savior would do.
Agreed. For me what appeals most to me is both the safety and well-being of my family AND the safety and well-being of others. I believe it is the height of immorality to turn our backs on people who are most in need of refuge and opportunities. The number of people, especially Christians, who have turned their own theology on its head and insist on exclusion and rejection of the most desperate people truly sickens me. I hope that kindness and compassion will over-ride fear and hatred. If not, the terrorists truly have won.
Hi Evan, thanks for dropping by. I agree with you. The Christian response that is exclusive and closed in heart and spirit serves no one. Jesus showed us the way – He went outside the perimeters of comfort and the norm to serve and care for those that needed compassion and love the most. Shouldn't we do the same?
Exactly. From my reading of the bible and understanding of the message there, Jesus as he is depicted would certainly welcome the opportunity to clothe, feed, and protect refugees. It boggles my mind that anyone could read the christian holy book and come away with any other opinion, and I am grateful to those of you that remain true to the ideals of compassion demonstrated there. This is something that should surely unite all of us.
Thank you, Evan. It's my heart's desire to unite and not divide as I follow Jesus.
🙂 And mine as well (minus the Jesus part). All the best!
I love that you still keep engaging with me, Evan! Sorry I haven't been over to your blog in a very, very long time! I'm looking forward to heading back to South Africa in a couple of months and getting back to 'normal' whatever that is! Have a terrific Thanksgiving!
Heather, thank you. It is a choice and not an easy choice. You challenge us. You sharpen us. Thank you for that.
Thank you, Julie. We encourage and sharpen one another in the Body of Christ. Thanks for your care and encouragement shown to my family and me. Love you!
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Thomas Hartmann (* 1950 in Zetel) ist ein deutscher Maler.

Leben und Wirken

Thomas Hartmann studierte von 1974 bis 1979 an der Hochschule für Gestaltung Bremen bei Karl Heinrich Greune. 1979 arbeitete er mit einem Stipendium an der Cité Internationale des Arts Paris und 1984/1985 an der Deutschen Akademie Rom Villa Massimo.

1994 hatte er eine Gastprofessur an der Sommerakademie Pentiment der Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg. 1998 absolvierte er einen Aufenthalt im Künstlerhaus Leschwitz bei Görlitz. Im Jahr 1999 hatte er einen Lehrauftrag an der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald. 2005 bis 2018 war er Professor für Freie Malerei an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg.

Thomas Hartmann ist Mitglied im Deutschen Künstlerbund. Er lebt und arbeitet in Berlin.

Auszeichnungen
 1989: Overbeck-Preis für Bildende Kunst
 1992: Niedersächsisches Künstlerstipendium, Künstlerstätte Schloss Bleckede
 1992: Leeraner Kunstpreis
 1996: Kunstpreis der Künstler, Große Kunstausstellung NRW Düsseldorf
 2000: Willi-Oltmanns-Preis für Malerei, Delmenhorst

Ausstellungen
Thomas Hartmanns Arbeiten wurden ab 1979 in etwa 80 Einzelausstellungen und 60 Gruppenausstellungen gezeigt, darunter in Galerien in Bremen, Köln, Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, Dortmund, Berlin, Greifswald, Görlitz, Basel, Palma de Mallorca und Wien.

Einzelausstellungen:
 1983: Galerie in der Böttcherstraße, Bremen (mit Hartmut Neumann und Karl Manfred Rennertz)
 1984: Kunstverein Kaponier, Vechta
 1987: Über die Städte, Galerie Georg Nothelfer, Berlin (Katalog)
 1988: Kunsthalle in Emden
 1989: Nord-Süd, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven
 1990: Millionen Stadt, Galerie Georg Nothelfer, Berlin (Katalog)
 1990: Galerie Bernhard Vidal, Paris
 1994: Neue Städte, Galerie Georg Nothelfer, Berlin
 1996: Theater Vorpommern, Greifswald
 1997: Brecht-Haus, Berlin-Weißensee
 2000: Kleines Haus, Delmenhorst (Willi-Oltmanns-Preis)
 2002: Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks, Berlin
 2003: Aus der Sammlung Böckmann, Ständige Vertretung Bremens, Berlin, durchgeführt vom Neuen Museum Weserburg Bremen
 2003: Pinturas, Kunstmann Galeria d'art Santanyi, Mallorca
 2004: Viele Einzelne, Kunstsammlung Neubrandenburg
 2004: Triangel, Oldenburger Kunstverein
 2005: Drei Säulen eines unbekannten Gebäudes, Galerie Beim Steinernen Kreuz, Bremen (mit Hartmut Neumann und Norbert Schwontkowski)
 2005: La mirada di diferente, Kunstmann Galeria d'art Palma de Mallorca
 2005: Viele Einzelne, Kulturhistorisches Museum Görlitz und Städtische Galerie Eichmüllerhaus, Lemgo
 2005: Triangel, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg (Katalog)
 2006: Auf dem Grat, Städtisches Museum Kalkar
 2008: Duo sotto lo stesso cielo, San Lorenzo arte, Poppi,
 2009: Rosenbaum Contemporary, Boca Raton, Florida
 2010: Unruhe, Museum für moderne Kunst, Weserburg, Bremen (Katalog)
 2010: Immer am Anfang, Galerie Georg Nothelfer, Berlin
 2010: Landschaft wie gemalt, Galerie Beim Steinernen Kreuz, Bremen
 2010: Galerie Rigassi, Bern
 2014: Galerie Rigassi, Bern (mit Yves Dana, Bildhauer)
 2016: Malerei aus der Sammlung Seinsoth, Worpswede-Barkenhoff
 2019: Alexander Kluge, Galerie K', Bremen
 2020: So! Galerie Georg Nothelfer, Berlin

Gruppenausstellungen:
 1979: Peintres d'Europe, Atelier de Creations Arts Plastiques, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage
 1979: Brückenturm Galerie, Gruppe NN, Mainz, (Katalog)
 1980: Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Gruppe NN, (Katalog)
 1981: 17 Bremer Künstler in Holland, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, (Katalog)
 1981: Wilhelm-Morgner Preis, Morgner-Haus, Soest
 1982: Zweite Bremer Kunstausstellung, GAK, Bremen
 1982: Herbstausstellung niedersächsischer Künstler, Kunstverein Hannover, (Katalog)
 1983: Deutscher Künstlerbund, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, (Katalog)
 1983: Große Kunstausstellung, Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, (Katalog)
 1984: Deutsche Landschaft heute, Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin
 1984: Kunstlandschaft Bundesrepublik, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, (Katalog)
 1984: Vom Sturz der Dinge, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, (Katalog)
 1984: Huldigung an Max Beckmann, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, (Katalog)
 1985: Junge Kunst in Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen
 1985: Jahresausstellung Villa Massimo, Rom
 1985: Treppen, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, (Katalog)
 1986: 3. Rassegna Internationale d'Arte, Amalfi
 1987: 35. Jahresausstellung des Deutschen Künstlerbundes, Kunsthalle Bremen
 1988: Entgrenzungen, Hahnentorburg, Köln
 1988: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
 1989: Refigured painting, The German Image 1960–1988, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, (Katalog)
 1989: 40 Jahre Malerei in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin, (Katalog)
 1990: 40 Jahre Kunst in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Kunsthalle Rostock, (Katalog)
 1992: Asser Stadtgezichten, Centrum voor Beeldende Kunst, Assen Zeichnungen, Galerie im Turm, Berlin
 1993: Landschaft, Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus Schloß Plüschow, (Katalog)
 1994: Kunst der Gegenwart, Schloss Plön
 1995: Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen
 1996: Lichtblicke, Galerie im Marstall, Berlin
 1997: Passagen, Mädlerpassage, Leipzig
 1997: Phönix Berlin, Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin, (Katalog)
 1999: Goethe-Institute Barcelona und Mailand
 2000: Guten Morgen Malerei, Toskanische Säulenhalle im Zeughaus, Augsburg
 2001: Landschaft des XX. Jahrhunderts, Landesmuseum Oldenburg; (Katalog)
 2001: Das flache Land, Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen Cottbus
 2004: Von Bonifatius bis Boys oder: Vom Umgang mit heiligen Eichen, Kunsthalle Erfurt
 2011: Aller Zauber liegt im Bild, Museum Würth (Katalog)
 2011. Rom sehen und sterben …, Kunsthalle Erfurt (Katalog)
 2011: Vierunddreißig zu Kleist, Frankfurt (Oder) (Katalog)
 2011: Zwischen Film und Kunst, Kunsthalle Emden (Katalog)
 2020: Wasserbilder, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven

Veröffentlichungen
 Langsame Flüchtlinge. Menzel, Berlin 1984.
 Über die Städte. Mit neun Ansichtskarten von Rolf Dieter Brinkmann. Galerie Nothelfer, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-87329-925-9.
 Thomas Hartmann. 2 Jahre Berlin, neue Arbeiten auf Leinwand und Papier. Ausstellung 6. November 1987 – 19. Dezember 1987, Galerie Rolf Ohse. Bremen 1987.
 Thomas Hartmann, Nord-Sued. Ausstellungen im Kunstverein Freiburg 17. Dezember 1988 – 15. Januar 1989 und in der Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven 26. Januar – 5. März 1989. Kunstverein, Freiburg 1988.
 Thomas Hartmann. Willi-Oltmanns-Preis für Malerei. Hrsg. Willi-Oltmanns-Stiftung Delmenhorst. Raute, Görlitz 2000, ISBN 3-933777-08-9.
 Thomas Hartmann – Land und Leute. Hrsg. Axel Zimmermann. Texte: Annette Meyer zu Eissen, Carsten Ahrens. Ausstellung 26. Juni – 27. Juli 2001, Galerie Von Braunbehrens, München 2001, ISBN 3-922268-24-2.
 Richtige Malerei = Real painting. Nicolai, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89479-314-7.
 Thomas Hartmann, peintures. Ausstellung 18. Januar – 24. Februar 1990, Galerie Bernard Vidal, Paris 1990.
 Viele Einzelne. Arbeiten auf Papier. Ausstellungen Stadtmuseum Beckum, 25. Januar – 7. März 2004 und Kulturhistorisches Museum Görlitz, 13. Mai – 10. Juli 2005. Vice-Versa, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-932809-47-5.
 Triangel. Hrsg. Perdita von Kraft. Brandenburgischen Kunstsammlungen Cottbus, 4. April 2004 – 10. Juni 2004, Oldenburger Kunstverein, 7. November 2004 – 9. Januar 2005, Heidelberger Kunstverein, 17. Juli – 28. August 2005. Vice-Versa, Berlin 2004.
 Unruhe. Ausstellungen in der Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst. Kunsthalle Rostock, Kunsthalle Erfurt. Verlag für moderne Kunst. Nürnberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-86984-149-6.
 Direkter Umweg. Malerei von 2010–2013. Texte: Eckhart J. Gillen. Vice-Versa, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-932809-74-3.
 Gemalte Mengenlehre – Hartmannsche Hängung. Texte: Alexander Kluge, Eckhart J. Gillen. Gemalte Mengenlehre 2. Texte: Johannes Listewink. Kettler, Dortmund 2021, ISBN 978-3-86206-871-5.

Weblinks

 Website von Thomas Hartmann
 Thomas Hartmann auf der Website der Galerie Georg Nothelfer
 Thomas Hartmann auf der Website der Galerie K Strich

Einzelnachweise

Maler (Deutschland)
Maler (Berlin)
Mitglied im Deutschen Künstlerbund
Hochschullehrer (Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg)
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Geboren 1950
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The first interview with the man behind 'Million Voices' and a future EDM legend
Welcome to DMCWORLD Otto. I have to say I been on the internet all day looking for old interviews with you…
"…and you can't find any! Ha ha, there's not much on there is there Dan?"
Well you are either the most secretive producer in the world…or you just don't like interviews?
"Well I am not so secretive, it's just that perhaps now is the right time to start doing press now that things are exploding for me."
Cool. Well okay Mr Jetteman, let's begin. So what came first the DJing or the producing?
"The DJing came first, I first started to DJ when I was about 16 or 17 spending a lot of time going to all of the underground clubs in Stockholm and caught the bug."
The tune that has made you a household name is obviously 'Million Voices', a beautiful record that has been one of the biggest records of 2012 and is now about to hit the six million views on YouTube. Most producers when they have a huge hit that takes over their lives start to hate the record and resent playing it in their sets…
"It's just the opposite for me Dan. How can I not enjoy playing a record that is bringing so much happiness to people? The record is still the highlight of my set and I hope people aren't getting sick if it just yet. I have started to notice a few faces in the crowd shaking their heads so we'll see ha ha."
Is it true you made this record in the back room of the studio whilst Sebastian Ingrosso and Alesso made their 'Calling' anthem?
"Yes it's true, I was in one small room whilst they were putting the final touches to 'Calling' in another. That studio complex has been very kind to us all."
And did you and your close circle of producer friends know instantly that the track was something special?
"I mean, you never know 100% how a track is going to be received. But I was very happy with it and sure, Seb did turn to me and tell me I had something big and went and fetched Alesso telling him he had to come and listen to what I had just done. Avicii played it a couple of times early on and I gave Tiesto the tune and he was another who helped the record take off."
How long did the record take to create?
"It didn't take long to be honest with you. I had the idea in my head and I just had to lay down the melodies, it was a pretty easy tune to lay down in the end. Very simple."
Pete Tong on Radio 1 loves you and your music, he sees you as one of the most important young producers in dance music alongside the likes of Madeon, Porter Robinson and Disclosure. What are your thoughts on that?
"I am so happy to have his support, I have been listening to The Essential Selection for as long as I can remember and it was obviously a huge moment when he started playing 'Million Voices'. And an honour to be mentioned with those guys."
How important do you think the close guarded protection and guidance that the Swedish House Mafia and their close circle has been for you…
"They have been really important to me, they are like big brothers really. Alesso also, even though he is younger than me I learn so much from him every day – he is super talented. Avicii has always supported me and Seb has just been brilliant from day one. And the best thing is we are great friends and have so much fun together."
Ah I was going to ask you about the fun part of your life. I interviewed Fatboy Slim last week and we discussed all the young producers who are making No. 1 hits in their home studios and before they have finished school have managers, tour managers and press teams. Fatboy Slim said he would advise all young DJs to firstly get as high as their audience to understand what the crowd really want and are experiencing. What is your opinion on that…?
"Ha ha. I'll tell you Dan, we have so much fun making our records and seeing the reactions on the peoples faces is the best feeling in the world, better than any chemical high. Most young guys have fun playing computer games, we make music instead. There is no competition between us either, just a load of friends making great music."
So a new tune on the way, tell us about it…
"It's almost finished. The track is called 'Always' and it's much more of a club track. I wanted to show people I can make different sides of dance music and I'm really happy with it. We haven't got a release date for it yet, but we are not far off."
Are you one of these producers who has a whopping big vault of tunes ready to go, or is it one tune at a time?
"I prefer focusing on one track at a time, that was one piece of advice Seb gave me early on in my career. I have loads of ideas running around my head but I like finishing a track rather than having fifteen unfinished tunes sitting there gathering dust."
You are back over to America in a few weeks. What are your thoughts on the huge multi million dollar EDM explosion – do you think it is good thing for dance music having all of this money thrown at it – the Sensation brand being offered $100 million, Sander van Doorn signing to Jay Z's Roc Nation label…
" I really don't know to be honest, it could go either way couldn't it? I am very curious how things turn out in the States, perhaps things are moving too quickly? All myself and the other producers can do is continue to put out great records. That is really important to me, I don't want to put out any old track, every tune has to be something special, I want to stand out from everyone else. But going back to your original question, it would be great if people could just live for now, live for the moment and not worry too much what is down the road…"
You have just been to New York City to play at Nassau where you were playing with Seb and Alesso, the party got closed down – what happened?
"I am not sure Dan, I think it was some problem with the police concerning the license maybe? It was such a shame, I had just played my set and it was an incredible crowd in there, so much energy. These things happen…"
I interviewed Nicky Romero last week, he said that he preferred DJing to a crowd in the States rather than Ibiza. What are your thoughts on that?
"That's a hard one and I can't really comment for Nicky. But Ibiza will always hold a special place in my heart. I have spent two great summers there and I love playing to the Ibiza crowd. The island really is something else."
You played at the Swedish House Mafia party a couple of times at Ushuaia this season, did you get a chance to check out any other clubs?
"I checked out Amnesia and obviously went to Pacha to see Tiesto play, I had a great night but probably went a little overboard on the Jagermeister! But my favourite moment was over at Mambo for the sunset, I love that place and I love Javier's sons Christian and Alan who run the place. Boy do they love their Hierbas!"
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