| David Hamilton
Works have been performed in a number of places around the world including Japan, Germany, Canada, United States of America and England, with recent choral commissions from Japan, England, United States and Finland. Nearly thirty of his choral works have been published outside New Zealand, and a number have been recorded in North America, England and Finland. In 2000 'Veni Sancte Spiritus' won first prize in a choral composition competition organised by the University of Bologna, Italy, and in 2005 he took the NUVOVOX Choral Award in the USA with 'Deus, Deus meus'. In 2006 he won the Ned Rorem Award for Song Composition (another NUVOVOX competition), and also a competition organised by the New Zealand Flute Society. Source: David Hamilton, June 2007 .
Braves considering Kotsay or Patterson for CF?
The Braves don't have huge interest, but I think they still have some. Why Kotsay or Patterson instead of, say, Boston's more productive and expendable CF Coco Crisp? Simple answer: Because of the commitment required. With Crisp, the Braves would have to give up some talent (not sure how much) in a trade, and then would owe him at least $11 mill over two years ($10.5 mill in salary over the 2008-09 seasons, plus a $500,000 buyout of a 2010 option). Kotsay will make $8 mill in 2008 before becoming a free agent. I'm guessing the Braves would require Oakland to pay close to half of that figure before Atlanta would give up anything of value in a trade for Kotsay. He's coming off an injury-shortened, career-worst season (.214-1-20 in 56 games), but did hit .275 or higher in more than 500 at-bats each of the previous three seasons, with 37 total homers and 204 RBIs in that stretch.
Claims about climate change rebutted
Savage stated, "Antarctica . . . is gaining - not losing - ice." On the contrary, as reported in the March 24, 2006, issue of the prestigious journal Science, measurements by NASA's twin GRACE satellites indicate that between April 2002 and August 2005 the Antarctic ice sheet lost an average of 37 cubic miles of ice per year. He pointed to the average sea level rise over "the recent 50 centuries" as evidence, somehow, that it will continue at that same rate. But in the May 4, 2007, issue of Science, Rahmstorf et al. state, "The rate of rise for the last 20 years of the reconstructed sea level is 25 percent faster than the rate of rise in any 20-year period in the preceding 115 years." For people like Savage who reject the science because they fear "tax increases," I recommend they look at the real cost of climate change.
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