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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Let No Campus Be Left Behind (in Having a Med School)
Feinstein, D-Calif., sent a letter Tuesday to the governor urginghim to include the money in his annual budget so UCR can open the school in2013…
“I am going to need your help to call on ourgreat governor and say, ‘Jerry, you’ve got to find $15 million,’” she said. “Itcan be found.” Gov. Brown was travelingto Washington, D.C., on Wednesday and his office did not have an immediatecomment on Feinstein’s letter. Themedical school has been in the works for years and was originally set to openthis year. But so far, UCR officials have not been able to secure ongoing statefunding…
Full story at http://www.pe.com/local-news/politics/duane-gang-headlines/20120222-riverside-feinstein-backs-ucr-medical-school.ece
All that's lacking is money:
Clawfinger - Biggest & The Best
Today Im going to break some thingies here :)
We usually do classics on sundays but I saw a video on a friends FB, and I really loved it.
This is a Swedish rap/metal, kinda industry metal music, that I really like. They have cocky lyrics and good ones too.
For givin u an example this is the beggining of this tune, its sorta sarcastic :D
"Nobody is perfect but I'm pretty fucking close
and I'm here to give you all a heavy heavenly dose
I think you'd better listen 'cos I know who you are
and I think that you should treat me like a superstar
because I'm more than just a human I'm a gift to all of you
and I'm here to make sure that my message gets through
I wonder if you're really all as dumb as you look
or are you smart enough to learn the rules in my book
I hope you understand that the knowledge I bring
puts me in the position of a god or a king
'cos I'm blessed with the gift of the magic touch"
Clawfinger are currently working on a re-recording of their debut album Deaf Dumb Blind. The plan is to re-record all the songs from that album and bring in guests. Zak Tell has stated they were speaking with the members of Rammstein and Peter Tagtgren from the bands Pain and Hypocrisy.
Current members are,
Zak Tell on Lead vocals, lyrics
Jocke Skog on Keyboards, vocals
Bård Torstensen on Rhythm guitar
André Skaug on Bass
Micke Dahlén on Drums
Okey lets DIG!
Cheers, Thetania
More info @ Homesite!
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Pepper Suit at UC-Davis
In any event, from the Chronicle:
UC Davis students who were pepper-sprayed by campus police during a sit-down Occupy protest sued the officers and university administrators in federal court Wednesday, claiming excessive force and suppression of free speech... The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Sacramento by 17 students and two graduates who took part in the demonstration, which was organized by Occupy UC Davis. Twelve said they were pepper-sprayed, and eight claimed illegal arrests... UC Davis spokesman Barry Schiller said, "Attorneys for the university and the plaintiffs have been talking. We hope those conversations continue." He said university officials haven't seen the lawsuit and wouldn't comment on it.
Full story at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/23/BA1T1NAV2S.DTL
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Jon Lord, and Jakob Samuel - Lazy
The singer from Swedish band Poodles Jakob Samuel just released a video to his new tune "Stars and Grace", thats on his new album that will be released later on.
but it wasent so much my cup of tea, so Ill give another video instead :D With my Keyboard/Hammond Organ God, Mr Jon Lord!
Then it jumped rapidely up :D
There was this concert at Dalhalla that Jakob and John preformed on.
John Lord also honoured Jakob Samuel with an invitation to join him on his own show An Evening With Jon Lord And New Symphony Orchestra in Sofia, capitol of Bulgaria, in 2010.
Ill give u the video of Jakob below, to u all that like to hear it.
More info on Jakob @ FB
Or Poodles Homesite.
Cheers folks!
Jakob Samuel - Stars & Grace
Sorry no spotify on this one.
Just spotify on Stars and Grace
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Too Many in the UC Lifeboat?
February 12, 2012,Chronicle of Higher Education
Fault Lines Form Among Campuses as Finances Strain U. of California(excerpt):
By Eric Kelderman
President Mark G.Yudof of the University of California often says that the system he oversees isone university with 10 campuses. Butsome higher-education experts say the economic strains and budget cuts of thepast three years are fraying the ties that hold the system together. Severalcampus leaders have proposed measures to increase their financial independencefrom the system, in some cases at the cost of the other campuses.
…Meanwhile, thesystem's youngest campus, at Merced, was shielded from the latest round ofbudget cuts, causing some people on other campuses to grumble that it is notfinancially viable and is weighing the system down. None of the institutions openly suggests thatit would leave the system, says David L. Kirp, a professor of public policy atthe University of California at Berkeley. But if the state's budget situationcontinues to force cuts, there could be "more drastic proposals fordisentanglement," he says.
…While six of theinstitutions are members of the Association of American Universities—aselective group of research institutions—the Merced campus is still strugglingfor a perception of legitimacy.
…Because it is stillso young, system officials spared Merced from the most recent budget cuts,which caused some in the state to gripe about whether it should remain a partof the system or even remain open…
Full article at http://chronicle.com/article/Fault-Lines-Form-as-Finances/130742/
Always room for debate:
Always room for debate:
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Orange Goblin - Red Tide Rising
Orange Goblin (a band name that is kinda funny, at least it put a smile in your face when you read it), a band that is well reckoned when it comes to high-octane stoner metal. A new album that makes you dance infront of your stereo. In my point of view its a great album, it's a well-composed record that includes nice lyrics, melodies and all the heavy (a bit doomed) riffs, with enough variation to keep a broad audience satisfied. This record has also been reviewed at WeRock by Chief Rebel, check it out here! And yes, this one is released on Vinyl and yes Orange Goblin will be returning to Sweden for the first time in 10 years to play at this year's Sweden Rock Festival.
Todays tune "Red Tide Rising" is the first single from the 7th and the latest studio album "A Eulogy for the Damned", released on 13th of february.
More info @
Official Orange Goblin Web
Official Orange Goblin MySpace
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Bargains at UC-Berkeley
Everybody misplaces something sometime. But it is not easyfor the University of California, Berkeley, to explain how it lost a22-foot-long carved panel by a celebrated African-American sculptor, or how,three years ago, it mistakenly sold this work, valued at more than a milliondollars, for $150 plus tax. Theuniversity’s embarrassing loss eventually enabled the Huntington Library, ArtCollections and Botanical Gardens, a large museum and research center in SanMarino, Calif., to acquire its first major work by an African-American artist. The circuitous tale of Sargent Johnson’s hugeredwood relief involves error, chance and a partnership of unlikely art-worldfigures, including an art and furniture dealer who stumbled upon the panels atthe university’s surplus store; an antiques dealer who was on a first-namebasis with Michael Jackson and his chimp Bubbles; and a lawyer whose hobby isbuying lighthouses and who convinced the government that even though the artwas commissioned by the Works Progress Administration, it could still be soldpublicly…
Full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/arts/design/art-by-sargent-johnson-berkeleys-loss-is-museums-gain.html
It's only money:
Governor's Pension Freeze for UC Deserves a Frosty Response
Under the new budgetproposed by Gov. Brown, the annual state payment to CalPERS drops from $3.5billion this year to $3.1 billion in the new fiscal year. The payment falls, at a time most pensioncosts are rising, because a $404 million payment to CalPERS for CaliforniaState University pensions is shifted from the state budget to CSU. The change is part of a proposal that could freezestate support for CSU and UC pensions. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office said CSU would befaced with a potential burden “out of proportion” to its limited ability tocontrol future pension costs. “For thisreason, we recommend that the Legislature reject the governor’s approach,” theanalyst said in a report this month…
As prior posts have noted, the governor proposes to give uspermission to use the general allocation to UC to pay for pensions – which issomething UC can do with or without his permission. UCOP and the Regents seem to think it is goodpolitics to view his proposal as some kind of a breakthrough – which it isn’t,particularly because the governor still proposes to sweep UC into his statewidepension plan.
A better approach would be to give the plan afrosty response:
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