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Pavia, 17 - 18 May 2012
Please download the announcement flyer for information regarding registration fees, number of participants, contact details, and much more. The conference programme, however, can also be found below.
Day 1
Thursday, 17th May
|13.00 – 14.30
|Welcome lunch and registration
14.30 – 16.00
Session 1 - Chairman: A. Dazio
Design of Mixed MRF Systems Allowing for the Influence of Hysteretic Behaviour on Seismic Response
Evaluation of the shear strength capacity of precast-prestressed hollow core floor slabs
Behaviour of reinforced concrete panels subjected to reversed-cyclic shear loads
|16.00 – 16.30
|Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00
Session 2 - Chairman: T. Sullivan
Seismic behaviour assessment of a timber structure: numerical modeling and experimental results
Analytical assessment of the seismic response of Double Concave Sliding Surface based isolation systems under bi-directional motion
Secondary dynamic torsion in structural systems
|19.30 – 23:30
|ROSE Seminar Dinner
Day 2
Friday, 18th May
09.00 – 11.00
Session 3 - Chairman: G. Magenes
Accounting for progressive damage in SP-BELA method
Physical and Numerical Modeling in Slope Stabilization with Large Diameter Shafts
Some critical issues on the seismic modelling and analysis of irregular RC buildings
Developing Direct displacement-based design and assessment procedures for simplified Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering
|11.00 – 11.30
|Coffee Break
11.30 – 13.15
Session 4 - Chairman: A. Pavese
Identification of displacement-based damage levels from nonlinear dynamic analyses of masonry buildings
Experimental seismic response of unreinforced stone masonry buildings
Force-deformation relationships for masonry spandrels with arches
Numerical modelling of earthen structures: Actual knowledge and needs for research
|13.15 – 14.30
|Lunch break
14.30 – 16.30
Session 5 - Chairman: G.M. Calvi
Keynote lecture – Earthquake design of foundations: recent developments from research to practice
Overview of 2011-2012 Eucentre Activities
ROSE/MEEES Graduation Ceremony
Award of the ROSE Prize 2012
1PhD Student, 2PhD Alumnus, 3MSc Student


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NURSERY RHYMES lyrics : "I'm a little tea pot"
Short and stout,
Here is my handle, (one hand on hip)
Here is my spout, (other arm out with elbow and wrist bent)
When I get all steamed up,
Hear me shout,
Tip me up and pour me out! (lean over toward spout)
Second verse:
I'm a clever teapot,
Yes, it's true,
Here's an example of what I can do,
I can turn my handle into a spout, (switch arms)
Tip me up and pour me out!
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Resistance measurements with the airflow perturbation device (APD) were compared to directly measured pulmonary resistances with an esophageal balloon to validate the APD. The APD perturbs the flow and the mouth pressure during regular breathing. The ratio of mouth pressure perturbations to the flow perturbations was used to calculate the inspiratory, expiratory and average respiratory resistance. Six healthy subjects were tested during tidal breathing when known external resistances were added during inspiration, during expiration, and during both inspiration and expiration. The difference between the averaged APD measured and directly measured pulmonary resistances was 0.59 ± 1.25 (mean ± SD) cmH2O/L/s. Compared to the magnitude of the known increase in added resistance, the APD measured resistance increased by 79 %, while the directly measured pulmonary resistance increased only by 56%. During addition of external resistances to both inspiration and expiration, the changes in inspiratory and expiratory pulmonary resistance were only 36 % and 62 % of the added resistance, respectively. On the other hand, the APD inhalation and exhalation resistance measured between 82 % and 76 % of added resistance change. It was concluded that the APD detects changes in external resistance at least as well and probably better than classical measurements of pulmonary resistance. Additionally, expiratory isovolume pressure - flow (IVPF) curves, which show the pressure at which the flow becomes limited during forced expiration, were constructed in six healthy subjects with the classical invasive method of esophageal balloon (EB) and the alternative noninvasive method of stop - flow (SF) at 25, 50, and 75 % vital capacity (VC). The difference between the pressures (Pmax) and flow (Qmax) at which flow limitation first occurs and correlation with the stop - flow and esophageal balloon methods were studied. Additionally, the resistance at flow limitation was compared to the APD resistance during forced breathing. On average, PSF,max was 5.6 and 4.4 times PEB,max at 25 %VC and 50 %VC, respectively. QSF,max was 0.68 and 0.59 times QEB,max at 25 %VC and 50 %VC, respectively. No correlation was found between the stop - flow and esophageal balloon methods as well as between the resistances at flow limitation.


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Spicy Pineapple Shrimp Skewers
Spicy Pineapple Shrimp Skewers are a wonderful appetizer you can also serve them as an entree. Everyone will love being outside to grill! This is a good balance of sweet and spicy. And really grilled pineapple is so amazing anytime of year if you find its too tart you can always soak in in salt water for about 10 minutes. Pineapple is usually available year round ay the store.
Pineapples were spread around South America by the natives of Brazil and Paraguay and it eventually reached the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico, where it was cultivated by the Mayas and the Aztecs. Columbus came across pineapple on the Island of Guadeloupe in the late 1400's and its also said that Marco Polo reported many Chinese markets had Shrimp in abundance as early as 1280. However in Louisiana it wasn't harvested until the 17th century by hand! The first mecanical shrimping was not available until 1917.
Now you have had a bit of a history lesson for the day I hope you enjoy your Spicy Pineapple Shrimp Skewers!
Spicy Pineapple Shrimp Skewers
Spicy Pineapple Shrimp Skewers
- Prep Time: 90
- Cook Time: 10
- Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: appetizers
- Method: Grilling
- Cuisine: American
1 pineapple
1 red onion
1 red pepper
18 large shrimp (I used 16/20 size)
1 cup oil
1 jalapeño
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 cup honey
1 tablespoon lime zest
1 lime
1/2 cup cilantro
Cup pineapple I leave the skin on for presentation purposes but you don't have to. Cut the peppers and red onion is squares set aside. You will need 2 bowls non-reactive because you marinade the shrimp and the other half will be for brushing once on the grill. Next you will peel and deviate the shrimp and make the marinade and divide it in half. Whisk together the 1 cup oil, 1 jalapeño, 1 tablespoon salt ,1/2 cup honey, 1 tablespoon lime zest, 1 lime juiced ,1/2 cup cilantro. You will only want to marinade the shrimp for about an hour you don't want the lime juice to cook the shrimp. Next you will make the skewers I did two kinds shrimp and pineapple only and some with veggies. Make sure that your grill is really hot they take about 10 minutes to cook.
Keywords: appetizers, shrimp, skewers, spicy, pineapple, grilling, entree
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Watermelon Feta Bites
Watermelon Feta Bites is such a great summer appetizer. Watermelon Feta Bites is one of our most popular appetizers for weddings and summer parties because its so refreshing. Its also vegetarian. We make it all year long but its very popular during the summer time because its hot outside!
In the photos we cut the watermelon in circles but you can cut it in any shape that you want you can also cut it in small wedges or make a salad out if it. you can use the leftover peices if you use a cutter for your favorite watermelon drink! and I know some people also make vinegar with the watermelon rind. Please enjoy and share with your friends! This is a super easy fast recipie if your looking for a quick way to impress.Print
Watermelon Feta Bites
Refreshing Summer Appetizer
- Prep Time: 10
- Total Time: 10
- Yield: 1 small watermelon 1x
- Category: appetizers
- Method: quick
- Cuisine: American
1 small seedless watermelon
1/2 cup lime juice
1/2 cup honey
1 bunch fresh mint
1 cut feta cheese
Peel watermelon, slice watermelon diagonally in 1 inch slices then use your cutter to cut them unto the desired shape. Next in a small bowl whisk together the lime and the honey and pour over your shapes allow to sit at least 30 minutes, essentially your maranating it. You can leave it there longer but I would not recomend more than 4 hours because the lime will break down the watermelon. Remove from marinade put on dry area, whatever your going to serve it on put the mint leaves on top of the watermelon and the feta on top of that! Enjoy! This is a party favorite!
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The deal comes courtesy of Best Buy. Eligible items will guarantee you free access to the PlayStation Camera when you proceed to the checkout. As mentioned on the Bestbuy promo page...
"When you purchase a select PlayStation 4 console, a free PlayStation Camera (a $59.99 value) will be added to your cart automatically. Plus both items ship for free."
The three items that are eligible for the deal includes variously priced renditions of the PS4. One of the items include the PlayStation 4 500GB bundle that comes packed in with The Last of Us: Remastered for $399.99. The other item is the PlayStation 4 500GB unit that comes with one DualShock 4 controller for $399.99. In all honesty, between the two PS4 units there's absolutely no reason at all why you would want to go with the standalone PS4 unit when you can get the bundle with The Last of Us: Remastered for the exact same price. The only reason you might want to go with the standalone unit is if the Last of Us: Remastered bundle is all sold out.
The third and last item eligible for the promo is the the PS4 bundle with the PlayStation Plus 12-month membership card. This bundle goes for $444.98... surprisingly enough it's $5 off the regular price of $449.98. This one here is kind expensive because you only get the PS Plus card as opposed to a complete and whole game with the Last of Us bundle. I mean, I guess an argument could be made that getting the 12-months of PS Plus grants you eligibility to a ton of free games for the PlayStation 4 and other Sony platforms. The free games kind of make up for the extra $44 price hike compared to the other bundle. The gamer in me, however, still seems inclined to believe that getting a free Naughty Dog game is the better way about it, and then maybe pick up a cheap PS Plus card from some place like G2A.com or eBay.
Anyway, if any of the three PlayStation 4 items have attracted you to the console you can pick up one of the three above and instantly gain eligibility to add the PlayStation Camera to the basket free of charge. And, as mentioned, you won't have to pay any shipping or handling.
Be wary that this offer doesn't stand if you try to pull a fast one and add a PS4 bundle to the cart, add in the PlayStation Camera and then attempt to remove the PS4 just to get a free camera. On the terms and conditions page, it's stated...
"Savings will be reflected in your cart when all offer requirements are met. If you remove any of the qualifying items from your cart or cancel all or part of your order, you will not receive the promotional savings."
If you want more info on the promo you can head on over to the Best Buy offer page.


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Bacon Leaves Canonical, Red Hat Chief, and Witcher 2 on Sale
Our top story tonight is Ubuntu Community Manager Jono Bacon is leaving Canonical for more fertile grounds. In other news, Michael Tiemann, Red Hat Vice President of Open Source Affairs, has recently been accused, at least by software, of violating copyright claims. Another long awaited gaming experience has finally come to Linux in Witcher 2 - and at a heck of a price. This and more in tonight's Linux news recap.
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Stop me if I've said this too many times already: Facebook's biggest privacy problem isn't Facebook, it's the apps. Or as I like to call them, the craps.
It's not just those obnoxious Social Reader apps, which I ranted about earlier this week. It's not even the garish yet inexplicably popular apps like Words With Friends. (I like word games as much as the next guy, but playing WWF is like playing Scrabble inside a clown factory.) And don't even get me started about the dysfunctional ZyngaVille family.
No, the biggest problem is all the crappy little homemade apps that are designed to suck information and funnel money from users, mostly teenagers, all of which seem to eventually find their way to my daughter's Facebook wall. Like these:
Many of these slimy apps are operated by allegedly legitimate companies like TapJoy, which make money by selling "coins" that can be used to unlock new parts of games, and also by capturing your personal information and selling it over and over again to lead-generation firms.
So far, Facebook has done a thoroughly crappy job of policing its 500,000+ apps to remove things like this. That may soon change, now that it has introduced the App Center – its answer to Apple's iTunes Store and Google's Android Play.
According to the Facebook Developer Blog, the App Center will allow the best apps to rise to the top, while the scummy/spammy/slimey apps get kicked to the curb:
Success through the App Center is tied to the quality of an app. We use a variety of signals, such as user ratings and engagement, to determine if an app is listed in the App Center…. Well-designed apps that people enjoy will be prominently displayed. Apps that receive poor user ratings or don't meet the quality guidelines won't be listed.
So, problem solved, right? Well, maybe not. Note the wiggle room in the phrase "we use a variety of signals," including (but not exclusively based on) user ratings.
In other words, Facebook is saying yes, we want the best apps to appear at top of the charts. But it's also implying that if you pay them enough coin (real, not Tapjoy coins) they might consider promoting your crappy app alongside all the ones that earned their spots at the top.
Cynical? Sure. But it's not like Facebook hasn't done this before. For example, it was pretty obvious a few months back when Facebook tweaked its EdgeRank algorithm to give favorable treatment to Spotify song lists. Or just this week, when the Washington Post claimed that the massive decline in people using its Social Reader app was caused by a change in how frequently Facebook promoted it. Given Facebook's incredibly tight financial relationship with Zynga, can we really trust them to not promote the latest 'villes,' regardless of what users might actually think about them?
I think a merit-based App Center that promotes the good and punishes the wicked is a great idea. I just don't trust Facebook to not muck with it to its own advantage. They control the horizontal, they control the vertical, and they have an IPO coming up. Nuff said.
Got a question about social media? TY4NS blogger Dan Tynan may have the answer (and if not, he'll make something up). Visit his snarky, occasionally NSFW blog eSarcasm or follow him on Twitter: @tynan_on_tech. For the latest IT news, analysis and how-to's, follow ITworld on Twitter and Facebook.
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Video: Do I have a Michigan auto accident case?
An accident lawyer discusses what it takes to bring a lawsuit for pain and suffering
In this video, auto accident lawyer Steven Gursten discusses what it takes to bring a lawsuit for pain and suffering in Michigan. This includes an experienced auto lawyer proving the difference between "pain" and "serious impairment," which is an important requirement of the current Michigan car accident laws.
For help now, call Michigan Auto Law at (800) 777-0028. There is absolutely no fee or obligation.
Video Transcript
Hi. My name is Steven Gursten. I'm a partner in the firm. What I'd like to do is go over with you whether or not you have a case.
Unfortunately, Michigan probably has the worst law in the country when it comes to being injured in a car accident. Unfortunately, it is not enough if you were completely innocent. It is not enough if you are in pain every day. What you have to do under Michigan law is you have to suffer what's called a "serious impairment of body function." So the key word that you have to always keep in mind is it's not pain, it's impairment. And then it's not just impairment, but it has to be a serious impairment.
So what does that mean in terms of do you have a case or not? Well, if you were injured, the next step is determining if your life is impaired or if it's different now than it was before your car accident. Obviously, the more things I can do to help you to show differences between before the accident and after your car accident, the more likely you are to have a successful auto case.
So in terms of a serious impairment, what exactly am I talking about? Thankfully, a lot of it is common sense. So for example, the way you get better is by going to treat with doctors. Well, every time you go to a doctor, you're giving a medical history and you're letting that doctor know what's wrong with you. Every time you give a history, you're letting that doctor know and you're establishing your impairments for the record, all of the things that are hurting you or disabling you from a car accident.
Another common indicator is time off of work. For example, it would be easy for any judge or any jury to say that you are more likely to have suffered a serious impairment the longer you're off work.
Now, the problem is in Michigan is that the inverse of that is also true. So people who go back to work too early even though they're in terrible pain and are trying to do it, are the people who are most punished under our current law. The people who are trying to do their normal activities but they do it with pain are more likely to be punished. What's happening under our law is the courts are looking at these cases and they're saying, "Gee, I notice you're able to go back to work after a couple weeks from your car accident even though you say you're in pain. How is that a serious impairment?"
So unfortunately, under our current law in Michigan, those people who are normally most worthy of our respect are those who are most punished.
The key to having a successful auto case is really documenting your injuries with your medical doctors and being able to show how your life is different now compared to how it was before the accident. And then there's many common sense (methods) that we can show together about ways that your life is being impaired or is different now than it was before your auto accident.
Please call me if you have any questions. I'll be happy to help. Thank you.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Eliot Fall Foliage Arts & Crafts Show (Oct 3-4, 2009)
The Eliot, Maine Fall Foliage Arts & Crafts Show will take place on October 3-4, 2009 at the Regatta Banquet & Conference Center. It will be presented by the United Maine Craftsmen. There will be over 60 Maine artisans displaying their goods to include pottery, quilts, needlework, jewelry, wood products, fine art, birdhouses, stained glass, pressed flower art, and more. Admission is $2.00 with children free. Click here for more information on the crafts show.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Guide to Acadia National Park
There are lots of guide books published for Acadia National Park, but one of the best is available free online from the National Park Service. The online document has the guidebook divided into segments (sections and chapters) that are available in Acrobat Reader (PDF) file format. Most files are under a megabyte so they are easily downloadable. There are chapters on park information, different sections of the park to visit such as Jordan Pond, Sieur de Monts, Isleford Historical Museum, and Acadia's west side. There are several appendices on wildlife, plants, land, history, and trail guides. Click here to access the Guide's Guide to Acadia National Park.
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Great Fall Foliage Season in Maine This Year
Indications are that Maine will have a wonderful fall foliage season this year. Click here to learn more about leaf peeping in Maine.
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
Cumberland Fair in Maine Starts Today (Sep 27th)
The Cumberland Fair (Maine) will take place starting September 27th (today) and run through October 3rd. The fair has midway rides, food, music, livestock, craft shows, animals, pumpkin contests, and more. Visit http://www.cumberlandfair.com/.
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Saturday, September 26, 2009
Patrick Dempsey Challenge in Lewiston, Maine (Oct 4, 2009)
The Patrick Dempsey Challenge bike race (or walking or running) will take place in Lewiston, Maine on Sunday, October 4, 2009. The event will benefit The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing. Find out more info at http://www.dempseychallenge.org/.
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Friday, September 25, 2009
Map of the Maine Wine Trail
If you are interested in Maine wineries then you would like a map of the Maine Wine Trail. It is an Acrobat Reader pdf file accessible on the website of the Maine Wine Trail. Click here for a listing of other maps available for the state of Maine.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Merrymeeting Wheelers Bicycle Club (Brunswick, Maine)
I try to keep tabs on the different bicycle and biking clubs here in the state of Maine and include them on my "Biking in Maine" web page. But every once in a while I run across a new club (new to me; not that it is a new club) and I add it to my web page. The latest addition is the Merrymeeting Wheelers Bicycle Club located in Brunswick, Maine.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Eliot Festival Days (Maine) Sep 26-27, 2009
The town of Eliot, Maine will have its weekend festival September 26-27, 2009. There is lots of food, entertainment, road race, antique car and motorcycle show, hot air baloon rides, chili festival, music, the annual parade and more. For more info click on http://www.eliotfestivaldays.org/. Read a news article about the festival.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Maine Marathon (October 4, 2009)
The Maine Marathon will be held on October 4, 2009. Click on http://www.mainemarathon.org/ for more information. Also read "Entries running at record pace for Maine Marathon", Portland Press Herald, September 6, 2009.
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Monday, September 21, 2009
Wiscasset, Maine Antique Shops
If you are traveling along the coast of Maine (heading east) then you will eventually come to the lovely seaside town of Wiscasset. Wiscasset is one hour north (or east) from Portland and is a charming village. There are lots of antique shops to explore - over 22 by last count! To find out more about antique shops in Wiscasset, Maine click on http://www.shopwiscassetantiques.com/.
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine
The Farnsworth Art Museum located in Rockland, Maine is showing the "Robert Indiana and the Star of Hope" exhibit through October 25, 2009. The museum is located on 16 Museum Street in Rockland, Maine. You can call for more information at (207) 596-6457 or visit their website at http://www.farnsworthmuseum.org/. Click here to learn more about museums in Maine.
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
Acadia National Park Visits Up Significantly (Maine)
The number of visitors going to Acadia National Park along the coast of Maine have increased by 3% over last year. The good weather in August made up for a rainy June and July. Read the news article entitled "Acadia Visits Up Over Last Year", Maine Public Broadcasting Network, September 15, 2009. Click here for more information on Acadia National Park.
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Friday, September 18, 2009
Bath, Maine Autumn Festival (Oct 10, 2009)
Downtown Bath will be host to the October 2009 AutumnFest to be held on Saturday, the 10th. There will be activities for the entire family. Activities include scarecrow making, craft show, yarn shop open house, farmer's market, BBQ, music, food and more. Click here to learn more about the city of Bath, Maine.
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Ghostport - Bucksport, Maine (Oct 2009)
Planners in Bucksport, Maine have coordinated an event called Ghostport that will take place during the Halloween season this year. A full range of Halloween activities will take place during October 23 and 24, 2009. The Ghostport event will be linked with the Fright at the Fort event held nearby at Fort Knox. To learn more about these two Halloween events see "Something wicked for October", Village Soup, September 14, 2009.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
"The Maine Dog" - Maine Specialty Shop
"The Maine Dog" is a specialty shop selling T-shirts, sweatshirts, dog toys, books, and much more. Most products have a Maine theme. There are two stores - one in Camden and the other in Freeport. Plus you can buy stuff online at http://www.themainedog.com/. If you are looking for gifts with a Maine theme then try "The Maine Dog".
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Kennebec Valley Bicycle Club (KVBC) Blog (Maine Bikers)
The Kennebec Valley Bicycle Club (KVBC) has a weblog called "Posted Roads". They, judging by their blog, appear to be a very active bicycle club. Click here to visit the "Posted Roads" blog. Click here to learn more about bicycling in Maine.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Acadia Night Sky Festival (Sep 17-21, 2009)
The Acadia Night Sky Festival will take place this coming weekend on Mount Desert Island. Read more on this event in "Acadia Night Sky Festival", Bangor Daily News, September 12, 2009.
To draw attention to and to celebrate the visibility of stars in eastern and northern Maine, officials with the park and on MDI have organized the Acadia Night Sky Festival, which is set to get under way in the park and in Bar Harbor next week. The festival begins Thursday, Sept. 17, and runs through Monday, Sept. 21.
Peter Lord, director of the Island Astronomy Institute on MDI, said Friday that festival organizers expect to be busy during the event, which they plan to do annually. Individual festival programs, some of which cost money and require advance registration, include telescope-aided stargazing events in the park, art shows, panel discussions, planetarium presentations, and owl-related exhibits, to name a few.
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Maine Oyster Guide by DownEast Magazine
Ever wonder how many different types of oysters can be found along Maine's coast? Here is the answer. DownEast.com has published an online guide to Maine oysters. If you are interested in Maine seafood then this is a good read.
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Fall Foliage in Maine
The fall foliage is not here yet; but it is coming. Now is the time to make some hotel reservations, plan your routes, and schedule a trip on the calendar for a visit to Maine to view the upcoming fall foliage. The link below will bring you to a web page with lots of useful resources for planning your upcoming fall foliage trip to Maine. It provides info on how to get maps, fall foliage reports, driving tours and routes, bike trips, hiking trips, blogs and forums on leaf peeping, and more.
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
Maine Illustrated (Trivia Map of Maine)
There are lots of maps about maine. Hiking, camping, ATV trails, cross-country trails, road and highway, and more. A new map to hit the stores is the "Maine Illustrated" map by Beth Lambert of Mariaville, Maine. This map is " . . . filled with hundreds of cartoons about Maine oddities, factoids, and trivia". Read about the map in "Maine Illustrated (and now revisited)", Bangor Daily News, September 5, 2009. You can view the map online or purchase it by visiting the website located at http://www.mymainemap.com/. Click here to learn more about maps on Maine.
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Saturday, September 12, 2009
Today is Maine Lighthouse Day (September 12, 2009)
Today, September 12, 2009, is "Maine Lighthouse Day". For more information about lighthouses in Maine. Read all about "Open Lighthouse Day" by the Maine Office of Tourism.
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Friday, September 11, 2009
Portland, Maine: Cruise Ship Destination
A recent blog with the title "I Love Portland Maine.com" has posted a blurb about cruise ships visiting Portland, Maine on September 6, 2009. Read "Cruise Ship Destination - Portland, Maine". Click here for more information about Portland, Maine.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Colby College Museum of Art
The Colby College Museum of Art is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Attendance has grown in the past two years despite the economic downturn. Perhaps the bad economy is an impetus to the growth of attendance as admission to the museum is free. Read more about this museum in "In hard times, museum gets creative", Morning Sentinel, September 7, 2009. For a list of museums in Maine click here.
Colby College Museum of Art
5600 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, Maine 04901
Phone: (207) 859-5600
Colby College Museum of Art
5600 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, Maine 04901
Phone: (207) 859-5600
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Peary-MacMillan Artic Museum in Brunswick, Maine
Bowdoin College is host of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum in Brunswick, Maine. Robert Peary and Donald MacMillan were graduates of Bowdoin College and they made the trip to the North Pole about 100 years ago. The museum is located in Hubbard Hall, Bowdoin College.
Click here for a listing of museums found in Maine.
Click here for a listing of museums found in Maine.
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Pequawket Trail in Maine: A Scenic Drive
The Pequawket Trail is a section of a Maine highway from Stanish to Fryeburg. There is much to see in this country drive. An online posting by the Maine Outdoor Journal of MaineToday.com provides information on the sights and the routes. See "Hikes, waterways, attactions along Pequawket Trail byway" by Carey Kish. Click here for more information about hiking in Maine.
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Monday, September 7, 2009
Open Lighthouse Day in Maine (Sat, Sep 12th, 2009)
September 12, 2009 (Saturday) is "Open Lighthouse Day" in Maine. The event is designed to provide access to the public to all participating lighthouses on this one day. The intent is to increase awareness of Maine's maritime heritage and the rich history of its lighthouses and lighthouse keepers. For information on water tours and which lighthouses will be open visit "Open Lighthouse Day". Click here for information about lighthouses in Maine.
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List of Autumn Hiking Trails in Maine
If you are looking for a list of hiking trails in Maine (along with some descriptions) then consider clicking on the following link. DownEast.com has published an online posting of some great autumn hiking trails in Maine. See "Take a Hike!" Click here for more info on hiking trails in Maine.
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
Sebago to Sea Trail (Maine Hiking Trail)
Efforts are underway to establish a walking and hiking trail from Sebago Lake to the coast of Maine. The group heading the effort is called the Sebago to the Sea Coalition. Some of the trail is already established - such as the 6-mile long Mountain Division Trail from Standish to Windham. The total trail will be 28.5 miles long when completed; 10 miles remain to be identified. The trail will be a connection between two of Maine's' biggest bodies of water - Sebago Lake and Casco Bay. The trail would start at Sebago Lake and end in Falmouth. Read an online news report on this trail in "Group trying to complete trail from Sebago Lake to Casco Bay", Keepmecurrent.com, September 3, 2009.
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Labels: hiking-trails, outdoors, trails, walking-trails
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Camden International Film Fest (Oct 1-4, 2009) to be Held in Camden, Maine
The Camden International Film Festival will be held on October 1-4, 2009 in Camden, Maine. Read a news article on this event in "Camden International Film Fest Lineup", The Village Soup, September 4, 2009.
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Friday, September 4, 2009
Camden, Maine Windjammer Festival (Labor Day Weekend)
The Camden, Maine Windjammer Festival starts today (Friday, September 3, 2009). It will be held throughout Labor Day Weekend. Read more about it in "Camden Windjammer Festival Starts Friday", WABI TV 5, September 3, 2009. To learn more about the festival and Camden, Maine click on http://www.camdenwindjammerfestival.com/ and Camden, Maine.
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Paul Bunyan Bluegrass Festival - Maine - Sep 11, 2009
The Fifth Annual Paul Bunyan Bluegrass Music Festival will take place at the Paul Bunyan Campground next Friday, September 11, 2009. The location is on Route 222. Learn more at http://www.paulbunyanbluegrass.com/.
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Woman's Outdoor Workshop in Caribou, Maine Sep 18-20, 2009
"Becoming an Outdoors-Woman" (BOW) is sponsored by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife. The program is aimed primarily at women 18 years and older who are interested in learning or improving their skills in hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation in a safe and comfortable environment. Some of the topics covered in the camp include ATVs, forest ecology, firearms and range safety, archery, canoeing, self-defense, talking turkey, outdoor skills, survival, GPS, geocaching, campfire cuisine, kayaking, fly casting, map & compass, skeet shooting, first aid, bow hunting and bird watching. Click on http://www.mainebow.com/ for more information.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Lobsterman Triathlon - Freeport, Maine Sep 19
The Lobsterman Triathlon will be held at Winslow Park & Campground in Freeport, Maine on Saturday, September 19, 2009.
Click here for more information about Winslow Park & Campground in Freeport, Maine.
Click here for more information about Winslow Park & Campground in Freeport, Maine.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Bangor Labor Day 5-Miler Race
The Bangor, Maine Labor Day 5-Miler Race will take place at 9:00 am on September 7, 2009. Contact the Bangor Parks and Recreation at (207) 992-4490.
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Monday, February 26, 2007
Front-cross, Back-cross, GO!
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Rain, Rain Go Away
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Holly Regains Her Agility Diva Title
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
River Dogs
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Puppy Pictures, Finally!
Enjoy the puppy pictures! Try to figure out how many puppies squished themselves into one bed!
Currently reading 'The Queen's Fool' by Philippa Gregory.
Holly and Mikey say 'Hi' and 'Grown up dogs are more fun than puppies any day, right!?!'
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
I Know, I Promised Puppy Pictures!
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Happy Birthday CardiGrandma!
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Mikey is 'Da Man!!
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Assorted Fecal Matter (or Random Cr@p)
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Resting on Our Laurels
So, with nothing exciting going on today I will share with you the story of Mikey's first show, and Mikey's first big win! If you live in the Houston area, the Reliant Park World Series of Dog Shows is the one to put on your calender! The show is in late July and shows in conformation, obedience, rally, agility, and flyball are ongoing Thursday through Sunday, as well as 'Meet the Breed', training and health seminars, dog frisbee demos, and of course vendor booths with everything dog or dog related! The Reliant series is one of the largest dog shows in the country and Animal Planet comes to film the conformation groups and best in show on Friday or Saturday. The web site is http://www.reliantdogshows.com/.
Back to Mikey's story. I was afraid the Reliant series was way too big (and intimidating) for my first time ever walking into the conformation ring (and Mikey's first time too!). I took Mikey over to Paul and Doris a few weeks before the show and I have to thank Paul for encouraging me to jump in with both feet! So I entered Thursday and Friday, since showing all four days sounded too exhausting for both Mikey and me.
Now, conformation shows are a little complicated. In the breed ring, the males and females (bitches) start out separated. Each sex has several different classes based on age. The winners of each class then go on to compete for Winners Dog (or Winners Bitch). Only the Winners Dog (or Bitch) earn points toward their Champion title. So only one male and one female of all the 'class dogs' earn points. The Winners Dog and Winners Bitch then go back into the ring to compete in the Best of Breed class. This is the class for dogs that are already Champions to compete for Best of Breed (sometimes the Winners Dog or Winners Bitch win Best of Breed). The BoB will go on to compete in the Group competition (for example, the Herding group that Cardigans belong to). The first place winner of each of the seven Groups go on to compete for the honor of Best in Show.
Sounds complicated doesn't it? And the process of earning the title of Champion is complicated too. AKC requires a total of 15 points to earn a Champion title. Plus you must win at least two 'majors' as part of those 15 points. A major is a win of 3-5 points. This may all sound easy, but remember that only one male dog and only one female dog earn points at any show, and the number of points available at any given show is based on the number of dogs entered, so to win a major, your dog has to beat a lot of dogs. Needing to win those two majors can keep a dog trying for their Champion title for years!
The Reliant series is a huge show, and usually all four days are 'majors'. So Mikey was entered Thursday (the Bluebonnet Cardigan Club specialty) and Friday (a supported entry). (See 'Cast of Characters' post for definitions of specialty and supported entries). We really entered these shows just for fun and practice in the ring. Mikey and I had taken some handling classes, but we where both sooo inexperienced. I thought it would be nice if Mikey could place in his class, but that was about the height of my expectations.
Thursday went smoothly. I had bought a pink outfit for the show (I don't really like pink, but Mikey looks good standing in front of pink, and it stands out well in the show ring). My dad went with me and we showed up early to put Mikey's crate in the grooming space we had rented with the Bluebonnet Cardigan Club. It was really funny because everyone else was grooming away at their dogs, with blow dryers and whitening chalk flying, but all I had was one brush and a small towel; no grooming table, I just brushed him standing on top of his crate. The first class of the day was Sweepstakes, an entry for dogs under a year old and seniors only. No points can be earned in Sweepstakes, but it is one of the rare times you can actually earn money in showing, since the entry fees are split between all the placing dogs. I was so nervous I was shaking, and almost knocked Mikey off the table when I set him up there for the judge's examination. Mikey wasn't nervous at all, and acted like the entire thing was just the most fun adventure ever! Mikey won 3rd place in his class, a toy, and about $20. I was thrilled. The next class was the regular show class, and the judge was the well known Cardigan breeder, the Reverend Dr. Patrick Ormos. Oh terror! One of my idols in the breed, and my first day ever showing! Arg! But Mikey trotted around as confident as could be, and holy cow, we got second place in our class! I was on cloud nine!
Friday started out a little rocky, since my mother was having a hard time getting time off work to come watch. She had to miss Thursday, and I was afraid that now she would miss the whole thing. Thank goodness she was able to get away for a long lunch, and she and my dad showed up just a few minutes before we went in the ring. Mikey didn't show in Sweepstakes that day, because his breeder was judging Sweepstakes, and showing under her is verboten in AKC. That made me a little nervous, since I had felt that Sweepstakes had been a good warm-up for the show class the day before. The judge on Friday was Judith Goodin. And Mikey won his class! Yippee! Oh, no! That meant we had to go back in the ring to compete with all the other class dog winners for Winners Dog. So we filed back in for the Winners Dog competition, with Mikey and I at the end of the line because he was the youngest. We trotted around in front of the judge, and then lined back up. I was concentrating on Mikey, thinking I would be done in a few minutes and could relax. Then I hear 'Mam, mam' and I look up and the judge is pointing at me! Mikey was being awarded Winners Dog! I was thrilled! and terrified! because we had to go back in the ring again for the Best of Breed competition! Which went just fine, because Mikey and I were too tired by then to worry about much. We trotted around the ring, and watched the judge award Best of Breed and Best of Opposite Sex and Best of Winners and then we were finally done! And Mikey had earned a 'major' of 5 points, beating 16 other class dogs!


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What is the perfect vacation destination? A lot of people would answer that question with two words, Costa Rica!
There are many reasons why this small peaceful country in Central America is an ideal destination for your vacation. Costa Rica, named by Christopher Columbus, means "Rich Coast" in Spanish.
Located between the Pacific and Caribbean coasts, Costa Rica is the most visited nation in the Central American region. It is a small country, blessed with an ideal climate all year around and offers a quality of life unparalleled in the Western Hemisphere.
People who come to Costa Rica usually come back. Some fall in love with Costa Rica and move here permanently. Others purchase a second home away from home.
Friendly Costa Ricans will greet you with a smile and the words, "Pura Vida!" – "the pure life!" - Costa Rica, one of the most bio-diverse nations in the world and was a pioneer in ecotourism. More than 25% of Costa Rica's territories are protected as easily accessible conservation areas and national parks. And it is now recognized as one of the few countries with true ecotourism.
Two oceans, endless beaches, mystic rain forests, enchanting cloud forests, active volcanoes, awesome waterfalls, relaxing hot springs, winding rivers, exciting white water rapids, picturesque villages, romantic sunsets, and a tropical year around climate, all combine to make Costa Rica the most magical tourist destination you will ever experience.
The country is easy to explore as national parks, protected areas, and favorite attractions, are easily accessible by all transportation methods. Many international airlines also offer daily connections from the United States, Europe and South America.
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Many nesting beaches for the giant leatherback sea turtle can be found along the coast. Several times a year, female turtles come ashore in large numbers for mass nesting episodes or, "arribadas". During the peak nesting season more than 100,000 nests may be made during a single arribada, providing one of many wildlife conservation opportunities available in Costa Rica.
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All twelve of the S&P 500 Aerospace and Defense stocks were trading up this morning on the news that President Obama has decided to expedite the deployment of 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. Will the trend continue?
Since the markets reopened after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the S&P Aerospace & Defense subindustry (part of the Industrials Sector) has significantly outperformed the broader S&P 500 Index, up over 75% in the past 8 years compared to a 1% gain for the S&P 500.


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Photoshop Nut : AJ Wood
Howdy & Hello! As Photoshop continues to improve, our digital workflows become more efficient as we replace old techniques with new features. How many of you have embraced the Refine Edge dialogue commands, or the Adjustment & Masking panels? If you've been reading Michael Hoffman's articles here at TipSquirrel there should be no doubt about the usefulness of those improved features. What happens when you're put in front of an older version of Photoshop WITHOUT those cool new features? A smart person has TipSquirrel bookmarked because you never know when you'll need an old school technique. Let's take a look at how to use a "pinch curve" to choke in a layer mask in Photoshop.
NOTE - I cannot take credit for this technique as it was taught to me by the wonderfully talented master retoucher David Vaught from Vaught Studio.
1. In the image below I have isolated the bottles from the background using a layer mask. You can see there is a halo around the bottles--the white fringe--which is a possibility depending on how the selection was made & layer mask created. In Photoshop CS4 & CS5, you could simply adjust the layer mask by using the Masks panel, and Refine Mask. But what if you're not working with a newer version of Photoshop?
2a. Start by selecting the layer mask thumbnail of the bottles. With the layer mask selected, goto Image-->Adjustments-->Curves (CMD+M on Mac, CTRL+M on PC). The image below is the "pinch curve" for an RGB image. Applying this curve to the layer mask chokes in the white area--the part of the layer being revealed--effectively reducing the halo.
2b. The following image is a CMYK "pinch curve" which also chokes in the white areas of the layer mask.
3. The resulting image with halo reduced. Quick & easy, no new Photoshop features required. My thanks to David Vaught for enlightening all of us with this useful technique.


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WASHINGTON — Researchers, political satirists and partisan mudslingers, take note: C-Span has uploaded virtually every minute of its video archives to the Internet.
The archives, at C-SpanVideo.org, cover 23 years of history and five presidential administrations and are sure to provide new fodder for pundits and politicians alike. The network will formally announce the completion of the C-Span Video Library on Wednesday.
Having free online access to the more than 160,000 hours of C-Span footage is "like being able to Google political history using the 'I Feel Lucky' button every time," said Rachel Maddow, the liberal MSNBC host.
Ed Morrissey, a senior correspondent for the conservative blog Hot Air (hotair.com), said, "The geek in me wants to find an excuse to start digging."
No other cable network is likely to give away its precious archives on the Internet. (Even "Book TV" is available.) But C-Span is one of a kind, a creation of the cable industry that records every Congressional session, every White House press briefing and other acts of official Washington.Continue reading the main story
The online archives reinforce what some would call the Web's single best quality: its ability to recall seemingly every statement and smear. And it is even more powerful when the viewer can rewind the video.
The C-Span founder, Brian Lamb, said in an interview here last week that the archives were an extension of the network's public service commitment.
"That's where the history will be," Mr. Lamb said.
C-Span has been uploading its history for several years, working its way to 1987, when its archives were established at Purdue University, Mr. Lamb's alma mater.
The archive staff now operates from an office park in West Lafayette, Ind., where two machines that can turn 16 hours of tapes into digital files each hour have been working around the clock to move C-Span's programs online. They are now finishing the 1987 catalog.
"This is the archive's coming of age, in a way, because it's now so accessible," said Robert Browning, director of the archives.
Historically, the $1 million-a-year operation has paid for itself partly by selling videotapes and DVDs to journalists, campaign strategists and others.
Mr. Browning acknowledges that video sales have waned as more people have viewed clips online. "On the other hand, there are a lot of things people now watch that they never would have bought," he said.
The archives' fans include Ms. Maddow, who called it gold. "It's raw footage of political actors in their native habitat, without media personalities mediating viewers' access," she wrote in an e-mail message.
Similarly, Mr. Morrissey said the archives made "for a really intriguing reference set." He pointed out, however, that the volume of videos "is so vast that finding valuable references may be a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack."
C-Span executives said they hoped that its search filters would be up to the task. Mr. Lamb said, "You can see if politicians are saying one thing today, and 15 years ago were saying another thing."
He added, "Journalists can feast on it."
One of the Web site's features, the Congressional Chronicle, shows which members of Congress have spoken on the House and Senate floors the most, and the least. Each senator and representative has a profile page. Using the data already available, some newspapers have written about particularly loquacious local lawmakers.
C-Span was established in 1979, but there are few recordings of its earliest years. Those "sort of went down the drain," Mr. Browning said. But he does have about 10,000 hours of tapes from before 1987, and he will begin reformatting them for the Web soon. Those tapes include Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign speeches and the Iran-Contra hearings.
In a tour of the site last week, Mr. Browning said the various uses of the archives were hard to predict. He found that a newly uploaded 1990 United Nations address by the Romanian president Ion Iliescu was quickly discovered and published by several Romanian bloggers.
While C-Span does not receive Nielsen ratings, a recent poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University found that 52 percent of voters said they watched it at least once in a while. The poll did not distinguish among C-Span's three channels. The original one, C-Span, shows every House of Representatives session; C-Span2 does the same for the Senate; and C-Span3 shows committee hearings, briefings, conferences and other events.
The archives of all three channels have been mostly uploaded, but they can only be streamed. Mr. Browning said video downloads were on his agenda. Users can embed the videos on other Web sites and clip small sound bites for repeat viewing.
The clips can help citizens gain access to important information, of course, but they can also be entertaining.
Last month one of the top clips on the C-Span site was from President Obama's health care summit meeting, but it wasn't of a comment about proposed legislation, it was of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. caught on a microphone saying, "It's easy being vice president." A spokesman for the vice president told reporters that Mr. Biden was "obviously joking."
Regardless, the archives are a reminder that the cameras are always recording. For politicians or anyone else captured by C-Span, Mr. Browning said, "there's no more deniability."Continue reading the main story


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I know now that a property 'you can configure how you like' is not a loft space. It is a property which you are free to knock down and rebuild in your own special way (should building permission be granted). At best, it is a property which could do with some walls, thus creating rooms. I am also now alert to liberal use of the use of the conditional tense, as in, 'could have ten bedrooms', and 'could have a plunge pool'. These houses 'could have' a penthouse designed by Claudio Silvestrin, but they don't.
If I was to sit back down, work a bit harder for a couple of decades and come back with the extra tenner, I'd have more choice. There are, obviously, most excellent rural properties for sale across southern Spain, just not in my range. I do however have enough for a substantial doer-upper. 'How much work do you want to do?' is a very popular question with men in bars, the neighbours, the neighbours' mothers, the woman in the chemist, the wood man, local cohorts Manolo and Molino, the mayor, and so on, because everyone around here has a house they hate that 'needs a little work'. Probably, if I'm honest, I'm thinking more along the lines of choosing taps, not being very interested in building.
Anyway, so here we are again. This time in the west of Granada province, an area with an ageing population and plenty of unemployment what with the collapse of the construction industry and a minimal influx of tourists and everything. The house – or what's left of it – priced at 70-something thousand euros, is about 30 minutes from a town with a name that translates as cold mountain (Montefrio), and 30 minutes from Granada airport (more appealing), comes with a bed, a chair and a cage, and has 2.5 hectares of olives. Of course. 'Enough olives to give a good income' (no one had been arsed to pick them, I noted). While I'm not certain about this, I think journalism is still marginally more lucrative than olive farming, so at this stage, for me personally, having a lot of olive trees doesn't compensate for not having electricity. Or walls.
There were a lot of lugubrious blokes sat around on barstools watching a morning chat show on TV in the dark bar downtown. Tough times. Whole place is a bit of a doer-upper.


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Now, this is what a psychiatrist's office should look like. The wall of books; the African art; the Greek, Roman and Egyptian artifacts on the desk; the Oriental rugs; and the imposing, tapestry-draped couch. This is the sunlit London study of Dr. Sigmund Freud in TheaterWorks Hartford's decidedly satisfying new production of "Freud's Last Session," and what better place to debate the existence of God?
Freud, played by Kenneth Tigar, certainly has less abstract worries in Mark St. Germain's epigram-studded script. On this September morning in 1939, he is 83 and suffering from advanced oral cancer, and Germany has just invaded Poland. With disaster in the air, he welcomes a visitor: the author C. S. Lewis, played by Jonathan Crombie, before the publication of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" and the other Narnia books. Freud wants to know how such an intellectual man could suddenly abandon his atheistic ways and turn to religion or, as Freud puts it, "embrace an insidious lie."
Their meeting (at 90 minutes, luxuriously longer than the standard psychoanalytic session) quickly turns into a lively exchange, one that threatens to turn into ugly confrontation but always stops short.
As Lewis, Mr. Crombie is so likable and presents his points of view so reasonably that even hardened atheists in the audience may want to invite the man over for dinner and hear more. Lewis says that he now believes atheism, which he had professed strongly as a younger man, had "satisfied my desire to be left alone." Another of his arguments is that "choosing to disbelieve" in God is, in itself, proof of his existence.
When Freud cites some unpleasant facts about the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, Lewis shrugs and dismisses the point. "The stupidity of church leaders is too easy a target," he says.
The meaning of life, in Freud's philosophy, is obvious. "Sexuality is the font of all happiness," he announces. Shame and conscience are aspects of human existence to be overcome, not nurtured and prayed about. As for Jesus, "his teachings are naïve and destructive." Although Freud is Jewish, he knows whereof he speaks; he had a Catholic nanny.
Mr. Tigar passes this role's ultimate test: making the scene in which Freud is overcome with excruciating pain believable and sympathetic but not excruciating for the audience. At other times, Mr. Tigar and the director, Maxwell Williams, have fun with the caricature that Freud and his method have become over the decades. He strokes his beard when he says, "We're making progress" (with the requisite German accent, of course) and taps his mouth with a finger or two when asking, "How long have you been in this relationship?"
Oh, the conversation does turn personal. Freud wants to know why Lewis, 40, is unmarried — and exactly how he feels about the older woman he lives with, the mother of a fallen World War I comrade, whom he promised to look after. (As anyone who saw the 1993 film "Shadowlands" knows, Lewis married late in life, and his wife, an American poet, died four years later.)
Lewis does not take this innuendo sitting down. He shoots back with questions about why the good doctor's daughter Anna Freud, also in her 40s, is still single and seems to be devoting her life to winning her father's approval. (Anna Freud never married.)
The two men's conversation is punctuated by radio news bulletins, including Neville Chamberlain's declaration of war against Germany and George VI's eve-of-war speech to the British people ("With God's help, we shall prevail").
"Freud's Last Session" opened Off Broadway in summer 2010 and closed in 2012, an unusually long run for such a modest production, attributed in some circles to positive word of mouth. Sometimes it seemed that every psychiatrist in New York had seen the show, and that included the sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, who became the subject of Mr. St. Germain's subsequent, entertaining but far less thought-provoking play "Becoming Dr. Ruth," which opened at TheaterWorks in June.
Evan Adamson created the handsome set, and one of its most appealing elements is the windows, framed by hints of greenery outside, with pinched drapery panels letting in an alluring soft light. So cheers to Philip Rosenberg, the lighting designer, as well. Freud died three weeks after the action of the play; it is not known whether he saw or went into the light.


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As Global Force Wrestling sets off on it's first tour of the Northeast the founder of GFW, Jeff Jarrett stops by the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling to breakdown all the happenings of the most talked about promotions in the United States. Discussing the continuing evolution of GFW, the recent television tapings, the talent that has been spotlighted thus far and what the future holds for Jarrett's crew are a compelling and fast paced look inside the world of one of the last true visionaries in Professional Wrestling.
Global Force Wrestling was in Poughkeepsie, New York on Friday January 22 and Rahway, New Jersey on Saturday January 23rd. Visit: GlobalForceWrestling.com for more information and to purchase tickets to attend future shows.
Full Podcast Episode Download Link: Jeff Jarrett & TJ Perkins AKA Manik/Suicide
Full Length Jeff Jarrett Interview:
Jeff Jarrett On His Status w/ NJPW/The Bullet Club & Thoughts On The AJ Styles to WWE Rumors:
GFW teaming up with Pro Wrestling Syndicate for a co-branded Northeast tour of New York and New Jersey and performing at the Mid Hudson Civic Center:
You introduced me as the old Double J with, the worlds greatest and it's sort of appropriate as I am headed to Poughkeepsie New York and that is the first place that the Double J character / persona ever appeared on Monday Night Raw. That was in Poughkeepsie and we are headed back there this weekend.
The evolution of Global Force Wrestling & the growing worldwide expansion:
We had a meeting earlier this week with and I'll call them "soon to be partners" in the business world and as I was discussing and talking about things they were all nodding their head and it's a pretty cool little story in that as they were nodding their head and they said Jeff it's no secret, we've been watching every step of the way and I thought 15 years ago or even in 2002 when I founded TNA the world wasn't as transparent and you didn't have Periscope and all these different things to literally watch and they've watched us and Global Force Wrestling and the team we've got in front of the red lights and behind the red lights, they've watched us grow and that's the cool thing. In 2014 in April that was basically the day we came up with the name of the company and as the months rolled along and we formed the alliances with different promotions it became a step by step process. Then it was Wrestle Kingdom 9 and bringing JR on board and Executive Producing that product and introducing it to the worldwide audience and as we launched the Grand Slam tour and had the TV tapings just all the step by step evolutions are just really cool and now we are kicking off our first events in the Northeast and they are also the first events of 2016 and we've got several other co-branded shows on the books.
Continuing the Global expansion and awareness of GFW as well as a US TV Deal:
The International agency we've signed on with are out spreading and showing the world AMPED and as we gear that up, the million dollar question is The United States distribution deal and what is that going to look like. It's really been a step by step process and the fans (The AMPED Army) they are getting on board one at a time and all of our digital numbers have increased. It's exciting and it's even more exciting when you sit down with the people who are you think are brand new partners but in essence they've been watching all along and they are excited to jump on board.
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Musical Cheers: The NEA Launches Great American Voices Military Base Tour
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NEA ARTS is the 16-page newsletter of the National Endowment for the Arts, published five times a year. Each issue includes recent information on the NEA's national initiatives, sponsored programs, awards and grants.
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JiYoung Lee from Washington National Opera solos at the Great American Voices launch. Photo: Keith W. Wood, The Boeing Company.
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If you haven't seen or used one, a prepaid debit card looks and acts very similar to a regular debit or credit card. The biggest difference is that you don't need to maintain an account. Instead, you simply 'load' the card by paying a cashier at a retailer or bank selling the card.
Prepaid Cards Are Expensive
According to a study done by the NFCC, over 75% of prepaid card users believe that they are saving money by using a prepaid card over a regular debit or credit card. Unfortunately this is almost never true. Almost all prepaid cards come with a range of built in fees. In fact, I don't know of any prepaid cards where you can completely avoid fees. Depending on the card, you can be charged a purchase fee, reload fee, monthly fee, and a range of other fees.
A better alternative is to find a fee-free credit or debit card. A good bank will not charge any account maintenance or debit card fees, providing you don't overdraft your account. A good credit card will come without an annual fee. Depending on the card, you'll even earn rewards from your spending. A few good credit card options are the American Express Blue Cash Everyday or Capital One's Quicksilver. Just be sure you only spend what you can afford and pay your bill in full every month to avoid being nabbed with interest.
Prepaid Cards Are Less Safe Than Credit Cards
Many prepaid card users also believe their money is safer on a prepaid card. They reason that they only lose the amount on the card if the card gets lost. Most credit cards, however, come with a $0 liability policy. If you lose your credit card or your somebody steals your card number, you are not on the hook for any fraudulent purchases. Simply call the card company as soon as you realize something is wrong, and they will remove all charges and send you a new card. Debit cards range in their fraud liability policy, but typically are between $0 and $50. Credit cards are the clear winner here, trumping debit cards and prepaid cards.
Prepaid Cards Discourage Saving
Many prepaid card users use their prepaid cards in place of a bank account. Many prepaid cards even offer the option of having your paychecks directly deposited on the card. Doing this all but guarantees that you will spend every penny of your paycheck. This leaves you vulnerable to debt when unexpected expenses hit.
A far better alternative is to have your money directly deposited in a regular checking account (fee-free of course) with an automatic transfer to a savings account. At the very least this helps you establish an emergency fund. With a good budget, you'll also be able to save for future expenses and sock away at a retirement fund. These would be near impossible if your prepaid card was your bank account.
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Breast removal (mastectomy), is performed most frequently for cancer of the breast. Occasionally, in patients with a strong family history of breast cancer and genetic abnormalities that predispose them to breast cancer, bilateral prophylactic mastectomies are performed to prevent the future occurrence of breast cancer.
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End Of Life Vehicles : Scrap Cars
Not everyone is aware that there are new laws specifying how all scrap vehicles are to be dealt with.
(End of Life Vehicle Directive).
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Licensed sites, registered sites & storage sites
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Just a note to say that I posted a card tonight that I said was for One Layer Wednesday - but it is only Tuesday, and though I know I saw this inspiration somewhere, it was not OLW. I am officially losing my mind. I hope I can figure out which challenge was to use a flourish so I can submit my project. I am quite happy with it LOL.
2 comments:
- Luci said...
Glad to know that I am in good company... losing my mind, too. Hope you find your challenge. :)
- June 15, 2011 at 6:15 PM
- Shirley said...
Nice to have you aboard!!!
- June 16, 2011 at 3:08 PM
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