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"As Pittsburgh is a quiet and reflective city, I was afforded a lot of time to read and be inspired by famous black authors in Harlem," Kyle Abraham, the Genius Grant fellow and choreographer who hails from the Steel City, explained to HuffPost. "Those writings, and my first adult introduction to Harlem, [revealed] a completely different subset of black gay American life."
Abraham has spent some time remembering and harkening back to Harlem's past, exploring the locale that once -- and, in many ways, still does -- played home to avant-garde artists and musicians in the street and club worlds. He's curating "Counterculture," part of Harlem Stage's "Uptown Nights" series, which will bring together figures in the dance, music and performance worlds in a celebration of everything from voguing to hip-hop.
"This event celebrates an updated Harlem life, as an embracing community of subcultures rich in history and self-expression," Abraham mused. " I liken [it] to my experience partying at all of the predominantly black, gay clubs of the 1990s. There was a melding of vogue, hip hop and house cultures in a way that, at that time, couldn't be as widely embraced as it can now."
Abraham has recruited an enviable roster of performers who will help make "Counterculture" the vibrant homage it's meant to be. DJ Edgar Um, known for his improvisational noise in Fuck Telecorps, will join openly gay rappers Le1f and Will Sheridan. Then there's Javier Ninja, vogue extraordinaire and member of the House of Ninja, along with dancer/artist Wendell Cooper, a yogi and advocate of consciousness studies who Abraham praises for communicating the complexities of gender in a performative body.
"Edgar Um is my absolute favorite DJ! I've been driven by his choice of records and inspired by his musical transitions," said Abraham. "Javier is another master of transitions, but in a movement sense. And I first saw Will perform several years ago at a hip hop party in the Lower East Side. I loved the energy that he brought to his set. He and Le1f represent two totally different (and needed) voices in hip hop."
They will all share the stage curated by Abraham, the choreographer behind "Pavement" and "Another Night," who was notably dubbed the "best and brightest creative talent to emerge in New York City in the age of Obama" by OUT Magazine. In keeping with Harlem Stage's knack for showcasing innovative projects by artists of color, the night will pay tribute to the diverse world that bubbles just below the surface of one of Manhattan's creative meccas.
"Counterculture" will take place on Friday, May 23 at 7 p.m. at Harlem Stage Gatehouse.


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Oct 11, 2007
Nintendo has finally unveiled its long talked-up Wii music game, creatively titled Wii Music. You can check out some screenshere.
Apparently it has you using the Nunchuk and Wii Remote in time with button presses to control a six person band.
In single-player you can either control the whole band or have the CPU fill up the extra slots, and of course four-player multiplayer is the biggest touting point.
40 instruments are lined up for the final game, which is due in Japan (and probably the US and Europe) next year. We get the feeling this one's going to sell like cheap porn... (really well)


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text: It should be no surprise who the trophy goes to here. When details of the news that Dave Chappelle was returning to stand up via Netflix were announced, the internet and fans went crazy and rightfully so. The comedian infamously walked away from the highly popular "Chappelle's Show" back in 2006 and though he's been on the road touring, his last special was released back in 2004. Guess the wait was worth it because the deal he signed with Netflix earned him $60 million for three specials. Now that the two out of three specials already streaming have earned him the Netflix title holder for MOST VIEWED COMEDY SPECIAL EVER, we patiently wait for the release of the third part of the deal.


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SHERRY BLAIR is an adjunct assistant professor at the Virtual Academic Center, where she teaches courses in human behavior in the social environment, and consultation, coaching and social entrepreneurship. She is a licensed clinical social worker in New Jersey, a board certified professional counselor and an International Academy of Behavioral Medicine professional coach.
As CEO and founder of the Sherry Blair Institute for Inspirational Change, she aims to inspire and motivate others by applying and encouraging positive psychology, rational emotive behavior skills and the nurtured heart approach. She teaches clients how to build effective teams and use nonviolent communication to achieve results and resolve conflict. The institute offers coaching, consultation, counseling/psychotherapy and training services, including an intensive, in-community program serving children and families in New Jersey's Wraparound System of Care. She also serves as a trainer consultant for New Jersey's Child Welfare Training Partnership.
Blair was one of the first 300 in the world to be trained by Martin Seligman in his Vanguard Authentic Happiness Positive Psychology Coaching Program. She is also advanced-trained in evidence-based Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy/Coaching and was trained by psychologist Albert Ellis. She is an advanced trainer/certified nurtured heart specialist and has served on the Ethics and Global Summit committees for the Children's Success Foundation and the Nurtured Heart Approach.
She is a graduate of Rutgers University with a bachelor's degree in psychology and women's studies. She went on to receive her master's degree in social work with a concentration in policy analysis and international social welfare from Columbia University. She is dually mastered in industrial and organizational psychology, supporting her vision to make change at the macro level in leadership and management.


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Brief Insight on Online Shopping in India Scenario
Websites of India are all about big collections & large selections, in fact great prices, easy and suitable, has its services around the world, and is just a single click away to be accessible from everywhere. Nowadays, people can take benefit of and purchase almost anything from their homes through all the comfort.
India is definitely helpful to us when it comes to buying home accessories, dresses, Bed Sheets online, home furnishing, decors, and even grocery and Bath Linen and body accessories, and stocks & shares. Then, that one trouble which people face these days in this front is where to shop online, choosing a website to shop at can be incredibly tricky and you can run into deception websites as well in the process. Thus, how do you go to a website that is transparent, does not have any hidden membership charge or extra-untold fees for shipping and the handling of the items? Here is how you can do that.
There are many important things you always require to consider when you choose to go for sites in India, initial of all, you require going to a website where it is safe to employ your banking information and account details. This is essential and cybercrime is at a great these days, so you should be able to make sure it, only then can you go for making any buy online shopping India. To India these days is a big way to make sure that it is suited for people who have busy lives and do not have the time to move out of home or work to go shopping or obtain their basic services.
Lives have become monotonous and boring, and everyone is very busy that even something as simple as conformist shopping can become difficult and time taking. Therefore, this is where the concept of shopping via internet comes in. In fact, it has the potential to modify your lives by making it so more easier. Means that you get contact to a wide based collection of products on a broad category at every time of the day, you can shop from the ease of your home, mainly for people who don't live in city places or have access to Buy Luxury Bedding just because they live in a tiny town, this can be a life changing situation. Is a great option and has a promising perception for the customers. There are numerous in India with cash on delivery services obtainable for you, and India cash delivery can be simple and very much suitable for you.
One great advantage is that there are so various unlimited numbers of stores accessible for individuals for buying any product in the market. Companies all around the world are choosing for online shopping, and so can be a big venture for you. There are some good sites for in India as well as Australia, UK, Europe, USA, Canada, Singapore, which can be useful to you a lot. You can have the products delivered to you within a week and so as well with these websites.


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Kerrytown by Annie Lupton
Spanx Faux Leather Moto Leggings from Trunk Club
Universal Thread Whisper Woven Backless Slip On Mules from Target
This is pretty much my perfect sweater. I've been wanting a cognac pullover (inspired by Penny's lovely reddish brown coat) all winter. I searched the interwebs for the perfect shade and eventually found it at a yarn store in Canada. Of course my perfect colorway, Nutmeg in Madelinetosh DK was a discontinued color, so it was hard to find a sweater quantity but I finally managed to track one down. I haven't weighed the sweater yet, but I used roughly 5-6 balls of Tosh DK. I alternated skeins for the entire sweater.
I knit the 40" size for a loose-fitting pullover. It has roughly 6 inches of positive ease. I did not knit a gauge swatch (I know, slap on the wrist), but having knit with Tosh DK before I knew that it would grow. I knit the back and front and joined the shoulders and then blocked it. I used the post-blocking info from the body to knit the sleeves and collar. Then I seamed and re-blocked the whole thing.
Modifications: I used tubular cast-ons and bind-offs. I went down a needle-size for all of the ribbing. I converted the shoulder shaping to German short-row shaping and did a 3-needle bind-off to join the shoulders. I changed the sleeves by keeping the texture pattern rather than knitting them in stockinette. I wanted longer, less fitted sleeves, so I did not do any underarm shaping until I reached the cuff. Then I evenly spaced all of my decreases in one row to make more of a bishop-style sleeve with a gathered cuff. I knit about a 4" cuff. I initially wanted a mock-turtleneck collar, but got bored with the ribbing and stopped after 3". I think it looks fine.
The sweater is pretty heavy but it's nice and warm without being overly so. Based on my other experiences with Tosh DK, it will probably pill fairly easily. Honestly this is probably not the best sweater yarn because it's so dense and heavy and prone to pilling but I will enjoy wearing it just the same. The yarn did bleed a bit in the wash but nothing too extreme.
A quick note on the rest of the outfit: I love these faux leather leggings more than is reasonable. They were quite tight at first but after wearing them a few times they've grown more comfortable. I did have to hem them by about 2.5". I was pleasantly surprised to find the shoes at Target. They are relatively comfortable and don't look cheap. Not bad for 25 bucks.
Since I am not able to podcast at this time I'm going to try to be better about blogging. We'll see how it goes.
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Hate is a powerful emotion. It causes people to do things that most of us can't even imagine anyone doing. How does someone become so hateful that they feel it's OK to walk into a club, a cinema, an office, a school, a market place, a marathon, and kill random strangers, or ex-coworkers, or kids! I don't have an answer to this question, I truly can't imagine what would drive someone to such a place in their minds. I'm glad I can't imagine…I don't want that amount of darkness in my mind.
At times like these, people ask "How do we make sense of this?", I say we don't. To make sense of it means to understand, to comprehend, to relate somehow, and that's not acceptable to me. So what DO I believe?
I believe that to counter hate, we must Love. Love our family & friends (this one should be easy enough), Love ourselves (hmm, not so easy for some of us), Love those who are different from us (different race, different religion, different economic status, different sexual-orientation, different color, different ____), Love those who don't Love us, or even like us (now, we're getting to the tough stuff!)
Why do I believe this, that #LoveConquersHate ? Because if there were more Love and kindness in the world, there would be less people to radicalize, less people willing to hate, less fighting, less posturing, less war, less fear of the "other".
For those of you thinking "But I'm just one person, what difference can I make", let me tell you…you can make an enormous difference! How many people do you encounter every day? 4, 20, 50? Imagine all the people that you drive alongside every day on the way to and from work, all the people who serve you lunch, dinner, your coffee, or pump your gas? Now, instead of honking your horn at the guy who cuts you off, or flipping off the woman who won't let you change lanes, smile and think "have an awesome day"…and mean it!
Instead of mindlessly ordering your coffee and simultaneously texting/Tweeting/Facebooking, look up, make eye contact with your server & say "Thank You!"
Call your family members & tell them you love them, even if it's hard.
A little kindness goes a long way. Imagine if all the people you touch with your kindness go on to touch 10 people, and they in turn each touch 10 people and so on…every one of your acts of kindness has the potential to positively impact hundreds of others!
This all takes a leap of faith of course because you will never know when & how far the ripples of your kindness spread but, I can guarantee you this, you will feel better about yourself & the people in your immediate circle will see and feel it too.
If you want to take this a step further, and I urge you to…reach out directly to someone the LGBTQ community AND someone in the Muslim community. I'm certain that both are feeling especially vulnerable right now & hateful rhetoric is being spread about both groups. What should you say in your outreach? That's up to you. It should be positive and supportive. Think about what you would want someone to say to you if you were feeling threatened & hated. If you are LGBTQ or Muslim, reach out to someone from the other community. If you are both, I love your strength. Reach out to someone & tell them your story, it will make an impact!
Let's drown out the voices of hate with Love and compassion
Promise me….
Then share this post on social media, & comment below what city & state you are in. I want to start a #KindnessRevolution and I can't do it without your help.
Share your #KindnessRevolution ideas in the comment box too, let's get this thing going!


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Cook The Book: Sister Pie
Cook The Book: Sister Pie
At Sister Pie, Lisa Ludwinski and her band of sister bakers are helping make Detroit sweeter one slice at a time from a little corner pie shop in a former beauty salon on the city's east side. The granddaughter of two Detroit natives, Ludwinski spends her days singing, dancing, and serving up a brand of pie love that has charmed critics and drawn the curious from far and wide. No one leaves without a slice—those who don't have money in their pockets can simply cash in a prepaid slice from the "pie it forward" clothesline strung across the window. With 75 of her most-loved recipes for sweet and savory pies—such as Toasted Marshmallow-Butterscotch Pie and Sour Cherry-Bourbon Pie—and other bakeshop favorites, the Sister Pie cookbook pays homage to Motor City ingenuity and all-American spirit. Illustrated throughout with 75 drool-worthy photos and Ludwinski's charming line illustrations, and infused with her plucky, punny style, bakers and bakery lovers won't be able to resist this book.
This is a new cookbook that will be released in October. At that time we will create the menu and post it here.
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autrepeau – What to wear underneath!
autrepeau is a luxurious layer of comfort. Not a shaper product, but designed for everyday comfort under: * itchy sweaters and pants * sheer blouses * clingy silk * stiff suits Wearing autrepeau helps extend the life of your clothes and you'll save money with less dry cleaning and laundering. The "other skin" that catches perspiration and guards against underarm stains. The lighweight fabric adds no bulk under clothes. Proudly made in the USA!
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Creative design or graphic services as some call it are the core of our business at Biz Launchers. Our goal with any new project is to match your style and color choices. At Biz Launchers, we consult with our clients so we understand the look and feel that you want.
We have designed business cards, post cards, brochures with a minimalist, modern look. Additionally, Biz Launchers has prepared the art for entire community coupon books. Each page of advertising must be design to maximized readership and draw the eye through the publication.
Since Biz Launchers also produces everything from; business cards to real estate signs to team banners for little league sports, we know how to create the files so they print as expected. By having creative services and production under one roof you will not have to convert files or send them all over town trying to get the marketing materials to run your business.
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In February 2014 the snowdrop project will begin a new aspect of its development - to amass a collection of rare and unusual snowdrops to be held in public trust in Shaftesbury.
Over time (it will take years as well as dedication), it is intended to establish Shaftesbury as the home of a Royal Horticultural Society recognised National Collection of snowdrops. We are planning to launch this initiative on February 16th 2014 at Shaftesbury Abbey. To make this endeavour possible we have enlisted the support of "Avon Bulbs" – an extremely prestigious snowdrop nursery from Somerset.
We will launch the collection with a private viewing of 20+ rare snowdrops: the guests and visitors over the following week will be invited to become the sponsor of one or more varieties.
These first rare snowdrops will be displayed at the Abbey from Saturday 15th - 23rd February during the Snowdrop Festival. This aspect of the festival will become the jewel in the crown of the Shaftesbury Snowdrop Community Legacy project. The Abbey Is open from !0am - 4pm daily except Sunday 16th when visitor entry will close at 12.30pm
The launch of this collection would not be possible without the generous sponsorship of BV Dairy a fitting sponsor for Galanthus -"The Milk Flower"
The snowdrops and their care.........
We are establishing a Trust and a board of trustees to both take ownership of the snowdrops for the benefit of the town and lend their assistance in developing the collection. In addition we are seeking the right place to establish our secure nursery for the collection.
Snowdrop image TOP "David Baker", BOTTOM "Grumpy" both are currently being cultivated in Shaftesbury;
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How to Maintain Legal Ownership of Your Marketing Video
Video marketing is a collaborative process, but this collaboration can lead to arguments over ownership. Technically, the script of your video belongs to whoever wrote the script. The same concept applies when you're shooting video: If you ask your next-door neighbor to hold the camera, for example, the footage she shoots may legally belong to her.
With nothing in writing to document, clarify, and establish ownership, the copyright belongs, by default, to the photographer (even though the physical footage does not). You can't use the footage, therefore, without the copyright holder's permission.
To maintain your ownership of a video and its script, everyone involved in your production must sign an independent contractor agreement.
This work-for-hire arrangement requires writers and camera operators, for example, to turn over ownership of their work products to you or your organization in exchange for agreed-to payments. Then you own the rights to the end product.
Failing to formalize a written agreement about the script leaves you open to copyright infringement litigation. In addition, a court may prevent you from showing your video — TV stations and Internet service providers (ISPs) may refuse to show it, and insurance companies may reject your application for liability insurance.
If you fail to properly document ownership before your script is complete, you have two options:
Buy the script from its author, using a script and copyright assignment that makes you the owner.
Negotiate with the author to give you the exclusive right to use the script in your film in exchange for compensation (usually, money).


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|Super Street June 2006
|2006 Media Coverage
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Congratulations on being in the article and coverage in Super Street June 2006 issue, pgs 108-109, covering Hot Import Nights, San Jose. Super Street wrote, "Car clubs like Team Hybrid... came in fine form, as usual."
There is also a picture of our display and our cars in the background on pg. 109. Like I have said many times before, more to come.
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Marti Belle and Leah Von Dutch collide in a battle of two fan favorites. Both competitors have made their mark on the indy scene, but so far, they've only met once, in a SHIMMER dark match. This time, it's one-on-one, and it's for real. Who will stand tall?
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On a Fence
Done in collaboration with Yeju Choi
Lumber, reclaimed scaffolding planks, exterior latex paint, sand, steel
150' x 10' x 9'
On a Fence was done as part of Paths to Pier 42, a pop-up park on the Lower East Side waterfront. The project transforms the fence surrounding the park into an interactive structure that incorporates color and signage on the outside, and seating and play areas on the inside. The project inverts the function and meaning of the fence from a physical barrier to a place of inclusion. Through workshops, meetings, and volunteer opportunities, we engaged with a number of local residents to design and build the work.
Chat Travieso, Eduardo M. Llinás-Meseguer (2013), Tyrene Calvesbert (2014), Yeju Choi, and volunteers
Volunteers and Special Thanks:
2013: Jerome Begin, Esmé Boyce, Cody Boyce, Giulia Carotenuto, Charlene Chai, Christine Chang, Isaac Esterman, Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES), GOLES Healthy Aging Program (GHAP), Grand St. Settlement, Ryan Hartley, Jenny Hong, Heechan Kim, Raj Kottamasu, Colette Krogol, Julian Morales, Ken Murphy, Neta Nakash, Pietro Pagliaro, Carmen Pedroza, Teresa Pedroza, Matt Reeves, Damaris Reyes, Carlina Rivera, Leah Solk, Jeanette "Jet" Toomer, Kristen Wilke, Christine Yao
2014: Ariel, Asher, Mike Beene, Carlos Bolanos, Esmé Boyce, Cody Boyce, Dexter Ciprian, Tyler Dehaarte, Gaudhi De Sedas, Emre Edev, Maria Emilia Escudero, Winston Ford, Pamela Giaroli, Lamar Dean Gillespie, Luther Gillespie, Jerome Haferd, Brian Hibbert, Trevor Holland, Jenny Hsiao, Danielle Kachler, Sean Kelly, Heechan Kim, Kee Kim, Stephen Klimek, Dahvid Mercado-Hastings, Julian Morales, Brian Odowd, Lily Padro, Max Prophile, Eli Rose, Joe Sakashita, Ryan Hartley Smith, Yara Travieso, Didier William, Jason Williams, Eric Wong, Maeve Woollen
On a Fence is co-commissioned and presented as part of Paths to Pier 42, a project of Good Old Lower East Side, Hester Street Collaborative, Lower East Side Ecology Center, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, in close partnership with the Lower East Side Waterfront Alliance, NY State Senator Daniel Squadron, and the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation.
LMCC's Arts East River Waterfront initiative, including the partnership on Pier 42, provides an opportunity for residents and local artists and community organizations to connect and imagine potential future uses of public space along the waterfront.


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LONDON — Men, here's a health tip from Prince Charles — rely on the ladies.
In an interview with Men's Health magazine, which specializes in advice on building muscle and flattening stomachs, the heir to the British throne discussed his sometimes controversial ideas about health and spirituality.
Asked how men could be encouraged to pay more attention to their health, Charles said: "Via the ladies, I'd have thought.
"It's funny, the influence that women can have on getting us men sorted out is enormous," said Charles, who celebrates the first anniversary of his marriage to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, on Monday.
The 57-year-old prince acknowledged that his advocacy of alternative medicine has provoked controversy and criticism.
"There's been endless ridiculing and rubbishing, endless laughing, full stop," he said. "But is it so controversial to suggest that we are actually made up of mind, body and spirit and not just of the body?"
Charles' office said the prince was happy to do an interview for the magazine's "best of British section," calling it a good opportunity to reach out to younger men.
The edition goes on sale Monday.
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Character and Wonder
I love movies. For good or ill, they have had a major impact on my life. I'm a fan of most genres—comedy, romance, drama, action. As a fairly analytical human, I was thinking a while back on what makes a great movie…great. Certainly there are many ingredients—good writing, talented (more…)


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Wrap Your Gorgeous Curves
Suzie is looking fabulously fresh in the Miss Moneypenny Wrap Dress in AUTUMN.
This transeasonal dress features a built up neckline and elegant 3/4 bell sleeves with contrasting border.
It is so easy to wash and wear and doesn't require ironing, making it the perfect travelling dress.
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Coleman, Hodges meet, discuss future of regio
Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Minneapolis Mayor-Elect Betsy Hodges met for lunch today to discuss their visions for the future of the Twin Cities region. Both expressed a continued commitment to working together as a region for the benefit of both cities.
"I couldn't be more thrilled to have Betsy Hodges as a partner in the Minneapolis Mayor's office," Mayor Coleman said. "Mayor-Elect Hodges has a proven record of leadership in crucial areas – education, economic development and more – and I am confident in our shared commitment to closing the achievement gap and building a region with a robust economic foundation. I am truly looking forward to continuing the strong partnership that Mayor Rybak and I built between Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The future of the region is exciting."
"Mayor Coleman and I have had a close relationship for years, and we have long shared a vision for the region that will make the Twin Cities the nation's leader in the 21st century - in education, in livability, in inclusiveness and equality," said Mayor-Elect Hodges. "I am excited to build on the excellent partnership Mayor Rybak and Mayor Coleman have created between our cities. Minneapolis and Saint Paul will achieve their brightest futures working together."
Mayor Coleman also presented Mayor-Elect Hodges with an art piece titled "612/651" by artist Adam Turman. Thursday's lunch continues the tradition begun by Mayors Coleman and Rybak in 2005 of welcoming the new mayor after an election victory.


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Mark Ravenhill clearly likes to have it both ways. In this wonderfully exuberant new musical play at the Lyttelton, he celebrates Sodom like there's no Gomorrah. But the satirist in him also attacks the commodification of sex and the resultant loss of love. The result is an evening rich in rudery and ambivalence.
The first, undeniably more brilliant half is set in London in 1726 - a period when sex and capitalism went hand in hand. We watch intrigued as Mrs Tull inherits her husband's dress-hire shop for whores. Discovering her apprentice, Martin, and some of his chums in skirts, she becomes aware of a bustling subculture that will enable her to fulfil two of her fantasies: to become a surrogate mother and to earn a pretty penny. From there it is but a short step to setting up a molly house, or male brothel.
The wit of the first half lies in the way Ravenhill gradually draws us into this world of secret sodomy and entrepreneurial initiative. The scene where Martin and his friend Thomas don dresses and act out sexual games is both touching and funny: clothes not only make the man but release the hidden woman. But Ravenhill also cunningly makes us admire the blossoming of Mrs Tull while questioning the amorality of capitalism as she dubiously announces, "That's the beauty of business: it judges no one."
After all this parodic verve and sexual subversiveness, Ravenhill becomes more explicitly moralistic in the second half. The scene shifts to modern London, where two Bloomsbury men are staging a gay orgy. Although the scene is penetrated by echoes of the 18th century, Ravenhill makes his points a little too obviously: that innocent games have turned into fetishistic rites and that a onetime celebration of otherness has now led to a world of pink pounds and commercialised sex in which love is a precarious survivor. In the process some of the ribald ecstasy goes out of the play.
But this is still an astonishing work to find at the National Theatre - or anywhere else for that matter - and it shows Ravenhill working on a much broader canvas than in his previous plays. Nicholas Hytner's inventive production also boasts a fine set by Giles Cadle, lively music by Matthew Scott and a host of good performances. Deborah Findlay's Mrs Tull is a delicious Hogarthian mix of native shrewdness and maternal longing, and there is fine support from Paul Ready and Dominic Cooper as the apprentice lovers, Ian Redford as a burly transvestite and Danielle Tilley as a rustic whore.
Delicate souls may be offended, but there is no doubting the sincerity of Ravenhill's assault on the transformation of sex into a dirty business.
Until November 24. Box office: 020-7452 3000.


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Ronnie Pattenhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961727131900697758.post-82099910625873031752016-07-25T21:54:51.243+08:002016-07-25T21:54:51.243+08:00r(small circle) = r(great circle) cos (latitude)r(small circle) = r(great circle) cos (latitude)email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961727131900697758.post-49606995589014557112016-05-30T17:43:44.403+08:002016-05-30T17:43:44.403+08:00Sure, fire away! Sure, fire away!
Russellhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961727131900697758.post-78655247140350166422016-05-30T11:00:49.815+08:002016-05-30T11:00:49.815+08:00Hi Russ, stumbled across your site in my research ...Hi Russ, stumbled across your site in my research of a WA initiative, an interesting read. Keen to chat more if you've got time?Andrew Glassonhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961727131900697758.post-54406982265257681512016-04-22T19:15:31.599+08:002016-04-22T19:15:31.599+08:00Indeed transition is difficult. I must say, the jo...Indeed transition is difficult. I must say, the job of principal is far more difficult than Head of Department. There is politics in every department and as an admin, you have to co-ordinate among these departments. Sometimes, one has to do something out of the league just to get popularity like introduce new codes of conduct, or implementing an old rule strictly. The thing is, while managing all this chaos, one gets lonely.Kate Yenghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961727131900697758.post-82729964736995603372016-01-28T06:29:34.752+08:002016-01-28T06:29:34.752+08:00This was written two years ago and Connect is abou...This was written two years ago and Connect is about to come up for renewal. It works to a degree now, with the community aspect pushed hard by the department where costs can be reduced. It could also be stated that flogged to teachers that don't have the skills to use it properly and are not going to benefit anyway.

Putting the SAIS dashboard, webmail and resources in there is good but overdue, but to get it implemented dump the existing portal and focus on Connect. Two years later they are still playing catchup with commercial products.Russellhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961727131900697758.post-16417929278160659162016-01-27T22:57:04.238+08:002016-01-27T22:57:04.238+08:00Thought I might leave a comment as nobody else has...Thought I might leave a comment as nobody else has. You're right. However, I guess the advantage of Connect is that is it Department endorsed and being flogged to teachers who might not otherwise give students any interaction with ITC. Shane email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961727131900697758.post-40508928332626375942015-07-12T21:19:41.735+08:002015-07-12T21:19:41.735+08:00Thanks, you may also want to consider sites like a...Thanks, you may also want to consider sites like au.ixl.com or www.grade5maths.com or www.selectiveschoolexam.comMike Anthonyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961727131900697758.post-22377854173857888332015-03-27T14:57:52.271+08:002015-03-27T14:57:52.271+08:00Cover letter makes the first impression of a perso...Cover letter makes the first impression of a person.This is such a blog full of informative info about cover letter for teachers.It's really a pleasure to me to have the blog.Many important info were collected from here.Thanks.
imrul kayeshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961727131900697758.post-10571633250830471152014-05-01T03:47:04.968+08:002014-05-01T03:47:04.968+08:00Some great goals, I use goal setting myself lol.Some great goals, I use goal setting myself lol.http://reginacassell.blogspot.com/2012/02/sunday-school.htmlhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961727131900697758.post-46049128152938154062013-10-20T07:38:19.018+08:002013-10-20T07:38:19.018+08:00You are welcome!You are welcome!Russellhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961727131900697758.post-42663699073796148332013-10-20T02:56:05.150+08:002013-10-20T02:56:05.150+08:00thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuu so much :)))))thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuu so much :)))))firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961727131900697758.post-20233196327024965632013-09-28T01:23:59.825+08:002013-09-28T01:23:59.825+08:00Cool idea. There is a lot of investigation and dis...Cool idea. There is a lot of investigation and discovery involved in Math. It takes creativity to solve problems and that's why Math teachers are often the first persons that other people go to when they want a creative solution to a problem.

I don't know why some teachers still persist in spreading the notion that Math is all about doing things one way all the time. It isn't.

This is one of the reasons why kids grow up thinking that Math is difficult. in real life, you have to solve problems creatively. When you find a method that works well given the resources you have, it doesn't mean that method will work in another situation, that is, given another set of variables.
Share documentshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961727131900697758.post-63297284900283314902013-09-20T06:03:12.598+08:002013-09-20T06:03:12.598+08:00put in -infinity as the lower bound. The symbol i...put in -infinity as the lower bound. The symbol is in the soft keyboardRussellhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961727131900697758.post-25634094918949738942013-09-19T21:05:43.649+08:002013-09-19T21:05:43.649+08:00Hi, I'm just wondering what to do if we just h...Hi, I'm just wondering what to do if we just has a upper value, i.e. P(X<1)? email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961727131900697758.post-75853060481665026422013-09-13T17:52:06.992+08:002013-09-13T17:52:06.992+08:00Thank you for your comments.. the blog is a journe...Thank you for your comments.. the blog is a journey and if nothing else, a statement of the times that can be looked on with hindsight. It is not widely read, but has a few influential readers (I barely have made 100K hits after 6 years) but I think it is important for my own development if nothing else.

I've never thought that its only about getting it right (low risk taking is not a good solution either).. I just wish we would get it so badly wrong less often! Our kids deserve a fair go.Russellhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961727131900697758.post-91323050251882206592013-09-13T02:49:09.438+08:002013-09-13T02:49:09.438+08:00It is beneficial to your blog followers in Austral...It is beneficial to your blog followers in Australia to read your post and be educated about what is going on in the public school system. In the U.S. curriculum is being changed once again in an effort to better educate kids. I don't think they're ever going to get it right! There are too many variables such as learning styles, learning disablities, etc. email@example.com


text: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/movies/13824243.htm By Bruce Newman Mercury News Feb. 08, 2006 If you think your family is dysfunctional, consider the fate of the perpetually imperiled screen tribe of Harrison Ford: wife kidnapped (1988); wife and daughter abducted (1992); wife murdered (1993); wife and daughter taken hostage (1997); wife killed in plane crash (1999). Ford is the big daddy of domestic disaster, a Swiffer mop of calamity. ``Firewall'' is Ford's latest excavation of the family-in-peril thriller, and it is a mostly rote attempt to reboot ``The Desperate Hours'' -- the taut psychological standoff between Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March from 1955 -- for the computer age. Instead of dramatic tension, ``Firewall'' makes do with a lot of frantic typing at computer keyboards. It's like watching Microsoft's Service Pack 2 download for nearly two hours. This time, Ford plays Jack Stanfield, the designer of an impenetrable computer firewall that protects the Seattle bank where he is a trusted and beloved figure. But that all changes when super-hacker Bill Cox (played by Paul Bettany) sends his team of hench-geeks bursting into Jack's home -- laptops drawn -- to take his wife (Virginia Madsen) and two children hostage. Cox has figured out that the back door through which he can slip past the bank's security system is Jack himself. You don't go to a Harrison Ford movie expecting gritty realism, but even by the lowered standards of the modern thriller, what finally causes ``Firewall'' to collapse is a series of increasingly improbable plot twists. The most laughable of these can't be discussed without revealing the movie's climax, but it is accompanied by what is sure to be one of the year's funniest lines (though not intentionally): ``Where are they, Rusty?'' Jack asks the family schnauzer, completely serious. ``Where have they gone?'' This comes shortly after he uses his daughter's iPod to hotwire the bank's servers, moving $100 million to Cox's offshore account, while downloading Sharon Stone's Celebrity Playlist from iTunes. (OK, he doesn't really get the playlist, just the $100 million.) Cox is one of those suave, arrogant, ill-tempered, blond British bad guys, and Bettany plays him as if he had been stamped from a cookie cutter -- he's Jeremy Irons 2.0. Cox is supposed to be ruthless, willing to stop at nothing to get his loot. But when Jack makes a couple of lame attempts to outwit him early in the movie, Cox is strangely indulgent of his prize pawn. And when Jack's family does something that infuriates him, Cox gives them a cold-blooded demonstration of what will happen if they get out of line again by cruelly executing one of his own men. This is so inexplicable and bizarre that it reminded me of the famous scene in ``Blazing Saddles'' when the town's black sheriff takes himself hostage. Trying to convince a mob of hostile white people to drop the guns they have pointed at him, he points his own gun at his head and threatens to blow it off, then pleads for mercy from himself. In ``Blazing Saddles,'' this disarms both the town's nitwits and the audience. In ``Firewall,'' it just seems like the movie is too weak-kneed to kill a hostage, even though that's the only leverage Cox has got. Eventually, Jack goes on the run with his secretary Janet, who monitors a laptop computer to give him satellite updates on the whereabouts of his family. This would be preposterous enough, even if Janet weren't played by Mary Lynn Rajskub, the potato-faced actress who plays Chloe on ``24,'' where she is the loopy girl Friday to another Jack. By the time Jack Stanfield drives Janet's car toward the picture's climactic fight scene, the story has become so convoluted that the two of them have a thudding conversation covering all the important plot twists to make sure everyone is completely caught up. I won't spoil the ending, even though anyone who has followed Ford's career -- and how could you miss it? -- has seen it before. One nice touch: Cox continues to demonstrate what could happen to Jack's family by helpfully killing off his own henchmen. By the time he and Jack meet, the only remaining question is whether he will take himself hostage. -=- `Firewall' * 1/2 Rated PG-13 (some intense sequences of violence) Cast Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen, Robert Patrick, Mary Lynn Rajskub Director Richard Loncraine Writer Joe Forte Running time 1 hour, 45 minutes


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Centuries have passed and an incredible change in fashion is experiences over the globe. To stay updated and in trend an individual needs to adapt with the changing market. Recently across the world headset is breaking the new trend and now it is placing its feet on the Indian soil. India is a very populated country and their people are very keen to stay updated about the latest trend and fashion.
When it comes to choose a headset it became very hard for people to make a choice, since there are many products available online with different features makes their task more difficult. The latest technology that is breaking the trend is the earphones with mic, it is also a good fashionable combination with an Indian dresses. It is not easy to find a perfect fit but the online market does the work for you. They can help you to choose the best product over the thousand products of different style and color available without compromising with the sound quality. An earlier pattern are used to be considered a major factor among Indian people but now days the case has changed and they noticeable look for a quality and an innovative product has taken that place. There are 5 best earphone manufacturers available in the market right now.
- Sennheiser: It is widely known for its quality audio equipment and sound engineering. They have being an excellent pair of headphones that excel in noise cancellation and comfort at the most affordable price. Their audio quality is exceptionally good and this product is certainly worth paying for.
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Hands up who's addicted to heavy eyeliner or lashings of mascara? I love wearing lots of eye makeup when I go out but so often eye makeup removers aren't really up to the job, and no matter how much I scrub at my makeup to remove it I still wake up with panda eyes and the remnants of last night's mascara all over my pillow slips!
I always swear by a Bi-Phase makeup remover for removing stubborn makeup so when I heard that The Hero Project was launching their own and that it was one of this month's Libbie Club offers I was pretty excited to see how this product compared to my usual favourite. The Hero Project is a company which only launched last year but is already gathering a following of loyal fans, and I had already fallen head over heals in love with their Hyasoft Gel and Glow Drops. Would I rate their latest offering? Well the proof of the pudding is in the eating, or in this case testing, so read on to find out.


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It seemed like a good idea at the time, and it actually worked.
Shortly after I arrived in Beijing, I learned about a European Union programme that encouraged young European scientists to pursue research in China. The EU's Science and Technology Fellowship programme aimed to build long-term links between research institutions by placing young European scientists in Chinese research groups for a period of two years each.
Unfortunately, political horizons are usually too short to fully appreciate long-term benefits. A change in the European Parliament's composition led to closure of the programme after having provided this unique opportunity to only two cohorts. Now, several years later, I know of quite a few fellows who established long-term links between their European home universities and their Chinese hosts, resulting in mutually beneficial, long-term collaborations.
I was reminded of this highly successful programme last weekend, since I'd been invited to give a public lecture on China's ambitions in astronomy and space science to an audience composed of members of the Royal Asiatic Society and regulars of the monthly science cafes we have been organizing in Beijing for a number of years.
The invitation to speak was triggered by last September's inauguration of the FAST radio telescope, the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (above right), located in China's southern province of Guizhou. In the meantime, in late December the Chinese government also released its long-awaited white paper on space, which prompted me to explore the history of Chinese space science.
So, why did this remind me of the Science and Technology Fellows? As active young scientists, they initiated a lively programme of public talks known as Understanding Science; in fact, since the Chinese character dǒng means "to understand", the movement's logo includes a visual word play involving the word understanding/-dǒng. When the programme ended in 2012, these science cafes were left in limbo.
Therefore, as Institute of Physics and Royal Society of Chemistry representatives in China, we decided to take over the coordination of these monthly public lectures in English, and the rest is history – literally. We also joined forces with the International Space Science Institute Beijing, a partnership that has proven successful over the past few years.
We've been able to fill a niche in Beijing's science-literate community, offering food for thought (as well as nourishment and drinks!) to a discerning audience. Drawing on our network of international scientists, we've hosted a wide variety of events, from the science of beer brewing to the multi-faceted eyes of butterflies, exploring the depths of the universe as well as the intricacies of the human mind and the ethics surrounding medical procedures.
Understanding Science Beijing has become a fixture on the monthly calendar, proudly supported by the Institute of Physics and its sister organisations, support for which all involved are immensely grateful.
Richard de Grijs
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20 mins to prepare // 1 hour, 10 mins to cook // Serves 10
- 200g - Skinless hazelnuts
- 200g - Butter at room temperature
- 200g - Caster sugar
- 3 - Medium eggs
- 4 - Tablespoon yogurt
- 200g - Self raising flour
- 1/2 - Tablespoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 - Pink Lady® apples cored and cut into thin slices (each ½ into 16)
- 1 - Tablespoon icing sugar sifted
- 75g - Butter
- 75g - Soft light brown sugar
- 3 - Tablespoon double cream
- 85g - Hazelnuts roughly crushed
- 1/2 - Pink Lady® apple cored and sliced into thin wedges
Full preparation
- Preheat the oven to 180C/fan oven 160C. Lightly grease a square loose bottomed 20x7.5 cm cake tin and fully line with baking parchment.
- Finely grind the hazelnuts in a mini processor. Put the butter and sugar in a bowl and cream together with a wooden spoon. Whisk in the eggs and yoghurt until fluffy. Sift the flour and baking powder together and fold in with the ground hazelnuts.
- Fold in the sliced apples and spread the mixture evenly into the tin. Sift over the icing sugar. Put the tin on a baking tray and cook for 1 hour.
- Meanwhile prepare the topping. Put the butter, sugar and cream into a small pan and melt together. Stir in the nuts and fold in the apple.
- Spread the mixture over the cake when it has cooked and put back in the oven to bake for a further 10-15 minutes.
- Put the tin on a wire rack to cool. When still warm lift out of the tin and serve warm or cold.


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Aspirin is the oldest analgesic in the world, you can easily find it at the pharmacy or at the supermarket. It is used for headaches, fever, and many other illnesses.
Through this article we will give you 3 other uses of aspirin that you probably had no idea of.
Anti aging product
Aspirin helps to overcome the small impurities that might cause brown and black spots. When using it as a facial mask, the salicylic acid contained in the aspirin allows to exfoliate the skin. Recipe ?
- Smash 5 Aspirin pills
- Add 60 ml of water
- 1 teaspoon of honey.
Apply the mixture on your face, leave it for 10 to 15 minutes and rinse with warm water.
Perfect coloration
You just decided to dye your hair with a blond shade ? Maybe you will have that bad surprise of color switch from blond to green. In general it is due to the chlorine contained in swimming pools. No worries, aspirin is here for you. Dissolve 6 aspirin bags in a big cup of warm water. Apply the mixture on your hair, leave it for 15 minutes, and rinse them.
Say bye to your Acne !
The salicylic acid contained in aspirin does not only avoid skin rashes but it also limits the inflammation they cause. You can find this property in many acne creams. Recipe ? Very simple:
- Crush a tablet of aspirin and mix it with a small amount of water until you get a thick paste.
- Apply the mixture on acne areas leave it for 10 minutes and rinse it with clear water.


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This yarn went in the naughty chair, but I was the one who lost my temper and pulled out my sock so maybe I should sit in the chair. I got this far:
Then I deliberated about what type of heel to use. After way too much dithering, I decided to do a short row heel. It's not very roomy, but I didn't think I would need much room because lace pattern are so stretchy (you can see how much stretch is possible even on the photo above). I don't have a go-to short row heel, though. I've only knit it a few times. I googled and landed on some instructions from Wendy Knits. They weren't super intuitive to me but I forged on. (Ironically, this lace pattern is by Wendy and she calls for a short row heel – but she does it over 66 or 74 stitches and that's way more than the 60 I had so I passed it by.) I goofed up once and double-wrapped a stitch, but I unknit and corrected it. I stopped for the night when I was halfway through the heel, ready to pick up the wraps on my second half. I remembered that Cat Bordhi's way of picking up the wraps is really seamless and perfect, so I refreshed my memory of her method by watching her videos (here and here). In doing so, I realized that she put her wraps in a little different than the Wendy formula I used. Oops, but not too much, I thought. But those wraps did NOT pick up right. BIG HOLES. Frustration. I might have said a bad word.
I knew I would have to rip the heel all the way back and start again. And then I thought: you know, my lace modification is fine for the foot but isn't going to fit perfectly around the leg (these toe-up approaches always surprise me – I am so much less proficient at them than at top-down socks). And I also thought "I don't even like lace socks! How did I talk myself into this pattern?!?"
So I ripped it alllllllllll back and messed around on Ravelry, trying to pick another pattern. Then I harumphed to bed, thoroughly dissatisfied with myself.
Maybe tonight I'll start the Elm pattern with this yarn. It's a Cookie A design (blessedly top-down – you can count on Cookie to be top-down) in Clara's book The Knitter's Book of Socks. I doodled around in Ravelry reading people's project notes and many find this sock to be too small/tight. The circumference is 60 stitches. But that usually works fine for me, so I'm planning to forge ahead.


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Sunday morning discipleship classes are opportunities to grow through Bible study and learning about theology, church history, spiritual formation, faith and life issues, and ministry skills and tools.
Our November class is Spiritual Development in Everyday Living led by Elder Renee Haynes-Johnson. We explore how God speaks to us as we are engaged in the business of daily life. Learn how to be expectant and alert to hear God's still, small voice 24/7/365.
Nursery and Rock Club for K-5th grade happen at the same time so parents can enjoy their own time for fellowship and study.


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"Baffled:" Secret Service can't find anyone to corroborate reporter's "Kill them" claim
The "Kill Them" claim spread like wildfire across the MSM as evidence of "insane rage" on the Right. Barack Obama mentioned it during the debate.
Now that the Secret Service has investigated and failed to find a single person to corroborate the reporter's claim, I'm sure you'll be seeing this on the front pages and nightly news lead stories in all the media outlets that spread it.
The Times-Leader reports:
The agent in charge of the Secret Service field office in Scranton said allegations that someone yelled "kill him" when presidential hopeful Barack Obama's name was mentioned during Tuesday's Sarah Palin rally are unfounded.
The Scranton Times-Tribune first reported the alleged incident on its Web site Tuesday and then again in its print edition Wednesday. The first story, written by reporter David Singleton, appeared with allegations that while congressional candidate Chris Hackett was addressing the crowd and mentioned Oabama's name a man in the audience shouted "kill him."
News organizations including ABC, The Associated Press, The Washington Monthly and MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann reported the claim, with most attributing the allegations to the Times-Tribune story.
Agent Bill Slavoski said he was in the audience, along with an undisclosed number of additional secret service agents and other law enforcement officers and not one heard the comment.
"I was baffled," he said after reading the report in Wednesday's Times-Tribune.
He said the agency conducted an investigation Wednesday, after seeing the story, and could not find one person to corroborate the allegation other than Singleton.
Slavoski said more than 20 non-security agents were interviewed Wednesday, from news media to ordinary citizens in attendance at the rally for the Republican vice presidential candidate held at the Riverfront Sports Complex. He said Singleton was the only one to say he heard someone yell "kill him."
"We have yet to find someone to back up the story," Slavoski said. "We had people all over and we have yet to find anyone who said they heard it."
Related from Patterico: Nobody Yelled "Kill Him" About Obama at a McCain or Palin Rally.
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Celebrities usually die in threes, so after the beloved triology of Yma Sumac, Nina Foch, and Betty Page passed on, I was horrified to find that Harold Pinter and Eartha Kitt had joined them on the great red carpet in the sky. Are celebs dying in fives now? And I'm not even counting Van Johnson!
More importantly, what will we do without mother Eartha? A ferocious talent and trailblazer, she brought her kittennish charms to Broadway, cabaret, and the White House, turning from meowing pusscat to raging panther when the occasion called for it, always in the height of style. Exuding sex appeal well into her twilight years, she was a soulful Lorelei Lee, purring her intricate songs about wrapping men around her bejeweled fingers while winning your cofnidence with wit and wisdom.
I once interviewed Eartha onstage at a Chelsea gay bar for an audience of drunks and was amazed that she was basicallly shy and soft spoken, not at all the virago she became when singing and dancing. The woman kept on surprising! And though I could live without so very many celebrities, there will never be another Eartha Kitt!
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Miami's new museum opens to the public with a bang during Basel, featuring a highly anticipated exhibition by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. According to What? is the first major international survey of this notorious artist's complex body of work. The construction of PAMM, a billion-dollar museum, represents the growth of Miami as a legitimate player in arts and culture. It's the first building to rise in the downtown's new Museum Park (formerly Bicentennial Park). Simply a must-see.
Several blocks away from PAMM, sits Primary Projects' stunning new gallery. The 5,000-square-foot space, opening its doors to the public for the first time during Art Basel, is devoted to showcasing what's next in contemporary art. Partners Booksllll "Books" Bischof, Typoe, and Cristina Gonzalez are at the helm and their track record is stellar – in galleries and on the streets. Primary Flight is their work of genius. It's a world-renowned mural installation project that transforms the walls of Wynwood — from barren to brazen – each year.
Artist to Watch: LA artist Kenton Parker inaugurates the new Primary Projects space with Contender, a solo show dedicated to self-portraiture through sculpture, painting, installation and photography. Through the use of universal scenarios like fighting, purging, nudity and apathy, Parker invites guests to explore their memories in the "safe space" he's created.
Miami-Dade Country Art in Public Places debuts its first temporary public art commission with a four-night installation that's designed to serve as the backdrop for the "most exclusive VIP party of Art Basel," according to Brandi Reddick, curator for Art in Public Places. Local artists Jim Drain and Bhakti Baxter created M|/\M|M/\X to celebrate the completion of their respective projects at PortMiami. Visible from I-395 and Government Cut in downtown Miami, the "secret" party will take place nightly from Dec. 4 – 7 in the cargo containers located on the waterfront. Visit miamidadepublicart.org for details if the organizers decide to release them.
Nestled deep within downtown Miami is the art fair Pulse, a progressive blend of acclaimed and innovative contemporary artists presented in tandem with special event programming throughout the week.


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McClafferty's Bar is a traditional Irish pub in the 4 * Plaza Hotel. With its old-time wooden interior, McClafferty's evokes memories of 'auld' Ireland with both its layout and memorabilia laden walls and shelves. This is the type of pub to sit back and relax in comfort with friends and enjoy a few pints and conversation.
Live music every Saturday! To book space for private functions please contact us by phone or email.
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Sportsman's Warehouse is expanding its operations to include new retail locations in Prescott, Arizona, Rock Springs, Wyoming and Gillette, Wyoming. The Prescott store will be the sixth store in Arizona and located in the Frontier Village Shopping Center. In Rock Springs, Wyoming, the new store will be located at 1537 Dewar Dr, in Rock Springs. The Gillette, Wyoming the store will be located in the KG Town Center. These two Wyoming stores will bring the number of Sportsman's Warehouse locations in the state to four. All of these locations will be small format stores and will open in the summer of 2016. Combined with the locations previously announced these stores bring the total of announced locations for 2016 to nine new locations as the Company continues to execute its growth strategy.
These stores will feature an extensive selection of hunting, fishing and camping equipment geared toward the local market, as well as a wide range of apparel and footwear. As with all Sportsman's Warehouse locations, the store will also feature instruction, seminars and special events related to outdoor activities.
"Wyoming and Arizona are great states with an abundance of hunting, camping and fishing access, along with a high customer base. We are excited to increase our presence throughout the western United States in markets we know very well," noted John Schaefer, Sportsman's Warehouse CEO. "The addition of these stores keeps with our business plan, promoting stable growth that will benefit our company, our vendors, and most importantly, our loyal customers for many years to come. Each of these areas has a strong outdoor heritage, and we plan to become an active, contributing partner in each of these great communities."


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The Maine Academy of Modern Music (MAMM) is proud to announce the addition of a new collection of programming which it will be launching this fall called MAMMOTH. Where MAMM is already well known for its fun, electric guitar-driven rock programming such as its popular summer camp series, its annual Girls Rock concert, and the MAMM SLAM battle of the bands competition, its new MAMMOTH program will allow the school to broaden its reach across genres and instrument families.
With a name as immense as its musical scope, MAMMOTH will consist of TWO major components:
- The MAMMOTH Brass Band is a New Orleans style brass ensemble for students ages 10 to 18. This funky, energetic group will give students a chance to perform in a professional setting alongside some of the best musicians in the Southern Maine area. Led by new MAMM instructor Kyle Hardy, this band program will educate students about different styles, grooves, off-beat rhythms, improvisation, and a bit of history surrounding the brass band tradition in New Orleans. Beginning in September The MAMMOTH Brass Band will meet at MAMM on Wednesdays from 6:30-8pm. Tuition is $75 per month.
- The MAMMOTH Rock Chorus program will bring local children and teens together to rehearse and perform popular songs in an inspiring and supportive setting. In both small and large groups the Rock Chorus will celebrate contemporary and classic rock, R&B, and pop music. The program will be run by MAMM instructors Emilia Dahlin and Chas Lester. Beginning in September The MAMMOTH Rock Chorus will meet at MAMM on Mondays from 4-5pm for 8-11 year olds, 6-7pm for 11-13 year olds and 7-8pm for teens. Tuition is $50 per month.
The brass band and rock chorus will rehearse independently and will perform individually at various MAMM events throughout the year. But don't be surprised if these two groups join forces with some of MAMM's rock ensembles to perform together at an epic end-of-the-school year concert!
To celebrate the launching of these new programs, MAMM is offering the first month's tuition for FREE to students who enroll in a MAMMOTH program by August 31st. Please note that MAMM is also offering an early bird discount of $10 off (enter code earlybird10) its $50 annual registration fee to ALL of its students who sign up for lessons or classes before August 15th.
And a special THANK YOU to our friends Glen Halliday of GHDESIGNCO and Matt McGillvray of McGillvray Designs for their help with the MAMMOTH logos and artwork!


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Many of you have dual blogs - things that post elsewhere and to LJ.
What are they? I, like many of you sense the slow decline of LJ, would like to keep condensed access to blogs as y'all run to the hills. So, give me addresses so I can stuff them into my RSS reader.
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St George's Go Walking: April & May
Spring has yet to arrive on the St. George's walks with both April and May's walks being a little inclement at times with what was described as 'exfoliating hail' on our descent of Roseberry Topping, North Yorks Moors in early May; very painful on any exposed hands and faces! However we have enjoyed some magnificent panoramic views, spotted some wildlife and been inspired by our cultural heritage. We hope we have welcomed the new walkers and have enjoyed catching up with familiar faces. For me walks offer a great opportunity to enjoy the fresh air, the physical exertion and the physical space of being in Yorkshire countryside amongst friends old and new.
Lindsey Pallant, Walking Group Leader
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To make the transportation more convenient for spectators during the BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon 9 from 22 till 25 March, there will be organized special shuttle-buses from the city of Tyumen to the Winter Sports Center "Pearl of Siberia" and back. Two bus-stops where spectators will be departured are confirmed, there are "Tsentralniy" Sport Complex (Ordzhonikidze, 60/1 St) and Judo Olympic Complex "Tyumen - Judo" (Valerii Gnarovskoy, 1 St). The one-way ticket will cost – 100 rubles. Tickets may be bought right in the bus. The shuttle-schedule will be announced soon.
For those who will decide to go to the "Pearl of Siberia" by their own cars, those spectators can leave their cars on the free park-and-ride and then get to the stadium by a free bus.
Shuttle bus schedule for spectators of the BMW IBU world cup the Pearl of Siberia stadium 22-25 march 2018
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Departure from Tsentralniy Sport Complex
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Arrival and Departure to the stadium of Pearl of Siberia, IBU 2018


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SOUTH WINDSOR — By day, Dr. Jay Sutay is a pediatrician with a busy practice in South Windsor. One night a week – more often if his wife lets him – Sutay is the Stand Up Pediatrician and performs at comedy clubs and open mikes around the region.
Sutay, 44, lives and works in South Windsor, where he moved to set up a practice with his partners after graduating from medical school at the University of Connecticut and completing his residency at Hartford Hospital.
He began doing comedy while a student at Fairfield University, but stepped away from the mike to get his practice going.
"I was getting weary 13 years into practice," Sutay said. So two years ago he began writing jokes and doing his act again. His vacation this summer was a weeklong gig at a casino in Laughlin, Nev. It was fun, Sutay said, but helped him realize how much he likes his day job.
Still, Sutay said performing comedy helps him deal with the challenge of practicing medicine in the era of managed care.
"Sooner or later you realize the system isn't going to change," he said. "Rather than fight it … I decided to blow off steam with comedy because most of it is making fun of parents." And getting people to laugh is addictive, he said.
Sutay will perform in South Windsor Saturday night in a fundraiser for the South Windsor Democratic Town Committee. South Windsor Comedy Night is scheduled for 8 p.m. at Nomads Adventure Quest, 100 Bidwell Road. Sutay will be master of ceremonies and plans a 15- to 20-minute performance. The event's headliner is Leighann Lord.


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when dealing with those with poor memory:
"You don't know how fast you were going? I guess that means I can write anything I want to on the ticket, huh?"
when dealing with name-droppers:
"I'm glad to hear that the chief (of Police) is a personal friend of yours. So you know someone who can post your bail."
when dealing with those with superior complex:
"Yes, sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don't think it will help. Oh, did I mention that I'm the shift supervisor?"
when dealing with those who believe in quotas:
"Yeah, we have a quota. Two more tickets and my wife gets a toaster oven."
"No sir, we don't have quotas anymore. We used to, but now we're allowed to write as many tickets as we can."
when dealing with conceited women:
"You didn't think we give pretty women tickets? You're right, we don't. Sign here."
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Quad. Bezier Interpolation
As I'm winding down on a long gig, I hope to return to answering questions and doing more work on Degrafa. The backlog of questions is in the hundreds, so I'm going to start with recent topics first. This question involves quadratic Bezier interpolation or fitting a quad. Bezier through three points. It seems to involve selection of the t-parameter at the inner control point. The first and last control points, P0 and P2 are fixed at t=0 and t=1. The problem involves selection of the inner control point, P1, so that the Bezier curve passes through some specified point, P.
This problem is actually over-determined; that is, there are more degrees of freedom than constraints. The online demo is here, including a link to TechNotes providing the equations. P1 is not uniquely determined given P. We must also choose the t-parameter at which the quad. Bezier passes through P. This selection influences the shape of the curve. Although the so-called midpoint formula has been floated around in the Flash community, the Singularity code uses a chord-length parameterization to choose t.
The same problem exists for fitting a cubic Bezier through four points, although now we are free to choose two t-parameters at inner interpolation points. This is implemented in Degrafa using a uniform parameterization.
Hope this helps.
Degrafa Natural Cubic Spline Demo 3
I remember my professor in my first numerical analysis course talking about Lagrange interpolating polynomials and sampling the test function f(x) = 1/(1 + x2). We already knew about oscillations in higher-order polynomials, so this discussion was about sampling increments. The natural thought is to sample in equal increments across an interval. Thus started a discussion about Chebyshev polynomials and Chebyshev nodes. I actually found a good blog post about this very topic at John Cook's blog. John has a great blog on math and computation, btw.
I wanted one more demo showing how to create cubic spline nodes in script and highlight sections of the spline that were not necessarily in-between knots. The new demo samples the above function at Chebyshev nodes in [-5,5] and fits a natural cubic spline to the nodes. The area under the curve in [-1,1] is highlighted as shown in the screenshot below (by clicking the 'Show Highlight' button.
Click on the 'Show Function' button to show the original function plotted point-to-point to see a visual comparison of the spline approximation. If you are interested, change the interpolation points and study the change in quality of fit.
Now that my trip down memory lane is complete, next step is to complete the Degrafa spline architecture (which is only about halfway there) and add a parametric spline. I did correct a typo in the code, so you will need to update SVN.
Degrafa – Introduction to Splines Part II
Continuing from Part I, we are discussing how to interpolate a set of data points with a smooth curve. Depending on your experience or college studies, you may have been introduced to the concept of polynomial interpolation, that is fitting a set of n points with a polynomial of degree no larger than n-1. You can read the Wikipedia article here. Looking at the example picture in the article, that looks pretty good and it's a well-known algorithm, so why are we even talking about this spline stuff?
As it happens, there are two issues with the general polynomial interpolation algorithm. As the number of interpolation points increases, there is a tendency for the polynomial to oscillate (sometimes wildly) between points. The second, and somewhat more subtle, issue is what happens if you want to create a closed shape? Will the curve look as if it were smoothly 'drawn' between all the points or will there be an abrupt change in the slope of the curve at the first/last points where the curve closes?
Primarily for the former reason, the textbook polynomial interpolation is undesirable. The idea behind a spline is to use multiple polynomial curves to fit the entire data set. There is one polynomial curve between each set of data points or knots. So, if three points were interpolated with cubic curves, there would be one cubic curve fit between the first and second data points. A second cubic curve would be fit between the second and third data points.
Interior knots are sometimes called joins as these knots indicate where separate polynomial curves join together. This is illustrated in the following diagram for a cubic Bezier spline.
In this case, the spline contains four separate cubic Bezier curves. One cubic Bezier curve interpolates knots 0 and 1. The second interpolates knots 1 and 2. The third interpolates knots 2 and 3. The final cubic Bezier curve interpolates knots 3 and 4. These separate curves are sometimes called 'segments' of the spline.
Each Bezier curve is constructed in a manner that meets certain continuity conditions at the joins. These conditions will be discussed in part III.
Text Along a Spline II
A couple of the questions I received regarding this post were how well the arc-length parameterization performs in the event the path is rapidly redrawn (i.e. knots are continuously modified) and how it works if the spline degenerates to a line. The intended application was along the lines of using a path to simulate a wave and then have the text move along the wave. It would eventually decay into a line, then the text would be animated along the line, off screen.
Well, that's a good question because the cubic spline interpolation uses a minimal number of interior interpolation points, but is somewhat expensive to setup and compute. It requires assembling and solving a tridiagonal system of equations, so it is best suited for situations where arc-length is computed once and then sampled many times. If the knots are continuously changed, then the spline's arc-length also changes continuously, forcing expensive recomputation.
The approach also assumes a smooth transition from knot to knot in terms of t vs s. For splines that are straight lines, the interpolated data is piecewise linear, so the spline tends to over- or under-estimate arc length in regions just past interior knots.
Linear interpolation is faster to setup but requires many interior interpolation points. A scheme that assigns the same number of points per segment easily creates too many points for one segment and too few for another.
I'm currently overhauling the arc-length parameterization for the cubic Bezier spline to use an adaptive algorithm for assigning interior interpolation points. Along with some additional information to speed lookup, this should allow linear interpolation to work reasonably well across a wide variety of knot distributions. It should also perform well with splines that are continuously redrawn with new knot placement.
The image below shows an example of the algorithm (still under development).
Although the knots form a straight line, the spline creates two cubic Bezier curves with C-1 continuity at the interior knot. So, the two straight lines are actually two cubic Bezier curves that happen to have zero quadratic and cubic coefficients.
The distribution of parameter value vs. arc length is not linear along the entire spline because the knots are not equally spaced along the line. The piecewise linear distribution would cause a slight difference in kerning among any letters that happened to lie just beyond that interior point in the previous approach.
The new algorithm handles this case nicely. I still have some work to do on making it more efficient. The tangent and normal calculations will also be overhauled for efficiency. After that, I need to resolve issues like how to handle text that extends beyond the extent of the spline. Lots and lots of details 🙂
Cubic Bezier 4-point Interpolation Part IV
Previously, we saw that to computing the x-coordinates of P1 and P2 involved solving a 2×2 system of equations,
a11*P1x + a12*P2x = b1
a21*P1x+ a22*P2x = b2
where P1x represents the x-coordinate of P1, for example.
Cramer's rule expresses the solution of a system of linear equations in terms of determinants. The determinant, det(A), is particularly simple for a 2×2 system,
det(A) = a11*a22 – a12*a21
from which the solution is
x = (a22*b1 – a12*b2)/det(A)
y = (a11*b2 – a21*b1)/det(A)
which can be used to solve for (P1x, P2x) followed by a new system of equations with the same coefficients to solve for (P1y, P2y). Cramer's rule is very efficient for this case since the determinant has already been computed.
You should see that if det(A) is close to or exactly zero, the solution is either undefined or very unreliable. We won't get into a discussion of ill-conditioning here, although the upcoming Singularity solver accepts a zero tolerance for the solution of any 2×2 system using this method.
The question at hand is will we ever have to consider this issue in Bezier interpolation? The answer is yes. The specific case is that of nearly or exactly coincident interior interpolation points. The automatic chord-length parameterization in such cases yields either t1 = t2 or |t1-t2| < e, where e is a very small number. The two equations are nearly or exactly redundant.
Handling this situation is left as an exercise; you can either test the interior interpolation points or test the determinant. When the demo is posted tomorrow, as an exercise try the following interpolation points,
(133, 303), (163, 219), (164, 219), (253, 323)
and trace the determinant (query the determinant from the solver inside the interpolate() method of the Bezier3 class). Change the 164 to 163.5, 163.1, 163.05, etc. and continue tracing the determinant. Then, set it to exactly 163 and watch the determinant go to zero and see what happens.
There are other variations to this type of test, which will be discussed tomorrow when the demo is presented.
Cubic Bezier 4-point Interpolation Part II
I finished the basic version of the demo, but it's evident that several aspects require some discussion. I don't have time for a full TechNote, so I'll go over each issue in a separate blog post. This will make it a lot easier to understand the code.
To review, the problem is as follows. Given four vectors, V0, V1, V2, and V3, find the control points, P0, P1, P2, and P3 of a cubic Bezier curve, B(t), so that the curve passes through V0, V1, V2, and V3. The first decision is how to parameterize the curve. In other words, what are the parameter values of B(t) at each of the interpolation points? Uniform parameterziation makes the following assignments.
In fact, any parameterization would have B(0) = V0 and B(1) = V3, so the two 'interesting' parameter values are B(t1) = V1 and B(t2) = V2. It's helpful to have an automatic means for selecting these parameter values and uinform parmeterization is the easiest approach.
An alternative, which is better if you do not require precise velocity control along the curve, is chord-length parameterization. It is a bit more expensive to compute, but that is not an issue if the curve is parameterized once and then sprites are animated along the curve over and over.
Let d1 = d(V0,V1), where d(a,b) is the Euclidean distance between vectors a and b. Let d2 = d(V1,v2) and d3 = d(V2,V3). If d = d1 + d2 + d3, then select t1 = d1/d and t2 = (d1+d2)/d. This method selects parameter values that are proportional to the cumulative distance along the chords from vector to vector.
It should be evident that P0 = V0 and P3 = V3, so the problem reduces to computing P1 and P2. There are four unknowns; the x- and y-coordinates of P1 and P2. To solve, we need four equations. The parameter values come into play here. The equation for B(t) is evaluated at t1 and t2 and set equal to V1 and V2, respectively. Since the parameter values are known, this yields two vector equations (or four scalar equations). The derivation of these equations will be presented tomorrow.
Cubic Bezier 4-point Interpolation Preview
The next online demo will be four-point interpolation for a cubic Bezier curve. This TechNote shows the general algorithm for three-point interpolation using a quadratic Bezier. It may seem as if the only variable is where to place the middle control point so that the quadratic Bezier passes through the specified second point. The classic midpoint algorithm (the formula you may have seen making its way around the Flash community) causes the curve to pass through the interior interpolation point at t = 0.5.
Selection of a parameter value is arbitrary as the shape of the interpolated curve depends on the t-parameter at the second interpolation point. This issue is discussed in the TechNote and illustrated in this online demo.
The situation is similar, although more complex for a cubic Bezier curve. Four control points must be determined so that the cubic curve passes through four specified points. The two endpoints are trivial, so the problem reduces to finding the two middle control points. The parameter values at the interpolation points must be specified in order to solve for the control point placement. Uniform parameterization selects t = 0 for the first interpolation point, t = 1/3 for the second, t = 2/3 for the third and t = 1 for the final point.
If the four control points are P0, P1, P2, and P3, then there are four unknowns; the x- and y-coordinates of P1 and P2. The upcoming demo will illustrate a chord-length parameterization of the interpolating Bezier. Given the parameter values at the two interior interpolation points, the equation for a cubic Bezier can be used to create a system of equations in P1 and P2.
These equations can be solved with a variety of methods, although there are some numerical issues with nearly or exactly overlapping interior interpolation points.
I hope to work on the code over the weekend, with a new demo up some time early next week.


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Principle of proportionality
|Judgement on Sentencing Appeal - 04.02.2005
NIKOLIĆ Dragan
21. With regard to the Appellant's submission that the Trial Chamber violated the principle of proportionality, the Appellant's argument is that the Trial Chamber did so by equating his offences and the position in which he was placed "to that of the likes of the ICTR Defendants".[1] The Appellant referred to paragraph 126 of the Sentencing Judgement, whereby the Trial Chamber indeed made clear that it would adhere to this principle. The Appeals Chamber finds that the principle of proportionality, in the Trial Chamber's consideration, means that the punishment must be "proportionate to the moral blameworthiness of the offender"[2] and requires that "other considerations such as deterrence and societal condemnation of the acts of the offender" be taken into account.[3] The principle of proportionality referred to by the Trial Chamber by no means encompasses proportionality between one's sentence and the sentence of other accused. As correctly noted by the Trial Chamber, the principle of proportionality implies that "[a] sentence must reflect the predominant standard of proportionality between the gravity of the offence and the degree of responsibility of the offender".[4] It appears that the Appellant misunderstands what the principle of proportionality encompasses.[5]
[1] Appellant's Brief, para. 117.
[2] Canadian Supreme Court decision in R. v. Martineau (R. v. Martineau, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 633, p. 645), cited at footnote 161 of the Sentencing Judgement.
[3] Canadian Supreme Court decision in R. v. Arkell (R. v. Arkell, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 695, p. 704), cited at footnote 161 of the Sentencing Judgement.
[4] Sentencing Judgement, para. 144, referring to para. 414 of the Akayesu Appeal Judgement.
[5] Asked by the Presiding Judge, at the Appeal Hearing, whether his reference to the principle of proportionality involved proportionality with sentences in other cases and proportionality between the circumstances of the crimes and the sentence rendered, Counsel for the Appellant replied that the principle encompasses both. However, he made no submission in respect of the latter.