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Gonzo, formally known as "The Great Gonzo" or "Gonzo the Great," is the resident daredevil performance artiste on The Muppet Show. He is an odd looking, unclassifiable alien creature with blue fur, bug eyes, and a long crooked nose. He takes pride in his uniqueness and enjoys everything that he does -- no matter how painful or ill-advised it may be.
The notion of Gonzo, as a character who performs terrible acts but considers them artistic, was devised by Jerry Juhl. As Dave Goelz recalled, the character might have been forgotten were it not for Jack Burns, the show's original head writer, who during an early meeting suggested Gonzo perform "these crazy acts like eating a tire to 'Flight of the Bumblebee!'" So, in the show's first episode, Gonzo did exactly that, and the character grew from there.[1] Burns also coined the character's name.[2]
Accounts of Gonzo's early life are sketchy and often contradictory. For example, in episode 210 of The Muppet Show, he explains that his mother died before he was born, leaving a note to his father regarding the matter of his name. However, this is contradicted in episode 108 of Muppets Tonight, when Gonzo claims his mother liked his unique college interpretation of Death of a Salesman.
As an infant, like many of the Muppets, he was under the care of Nanny (as seen in Muppet Babies). Looking at home videos of himself as a baby, Gonzo has said, "What a handsome little devil I was!"
According to the Muppet Kids book series, Gonzo was later raised by his grandmother and his aunt Grace, both of whom are, of course, the same species as he is. Grace's young son Gander (Gonzo's cousin) is also shown, and the four of them live together in a ramshackle house in the suburbs.
Gonzo, along with his chicken girlfriend Camilla, became a traveling plumber. He met Kermit and Fozzie and joined them in their quest for Hollywood. He started his acting career as a daredevil performance artist, but would later evolve to play dramatic roles, including Charles Dickens.
According to The Muppets Take Manhattan, Gonzo, at one point in time, lived in a cement mixer (which was far inferior to lodging in an airport locker). In the home video Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff, he and Camilla reside in a mobile home on the Bide-A-Wee Trailer Court.
However if Gonzo had never met Kermit, he would have ended up becoming a depressed street performer that plays guitar accompaniment for a dancing brick.
Baby Gonzo.
Gonzo's grandma, aunt Grace and cousin Gander.
Gonzo the traveling plumber flies high in The Muppet Movie.
Gonzo's acts frequently attempted to combine bizarre performance art with high culture: "I shall now eat a rubber tire to the music of 'The Flight of the Bumblebee'...music, maestro!" Another famous performance is best summed up by his quote, "I shall now defuse this highly explosive bomb while simultaneously, and at the same time, reciting from the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley." Other acts include dancing "Top Hat" in a vat of oatmeal, hypnotizing chickens, and being hammered feet first into a railway tie by two American Gladiators on Muppets Tonight.
Gonzo's musical performances include his song from The Muppet Movie, "I'm Going to Go Back There Someday", and his affecting rendition of "My Way" that he sang as his finale when he decided to leave the Muppet Theater in Episode 411.
Gonzo had a prominent part at the start of each Muppet Show episode, playing the final trumpet note of the opening theme. In each episode, something different would happen -- for example, the trumpet would explode, or spray water, or blow up a balloon. In the first season, Gonzo did not use a trumpet, but instead attempted to hit the white space within the "O" in the "Muppet Show" sign like a gong, usually with bad results.
The exact name of Gonzo's species has never been revealed. The character originally evolved from Snarl, a frackle from The Great Santa Claus Switch. However when "The Great Gonzo" appeared on the The Muppet Show the frackle species trait did not carry over.
In episode 223, John Cleese referred to Gonzo as "the ugly, disgusting little blue creature who catches cannonballs." And in The Muppet Movie, Kermit said that Gonzo looked "a little like a turkey," to which his conscience replied, "Yeah, a little like a turkey, but not much."
In 1985, a collection of Muppet comic strips were released in a book titled "Chickens are People, Too!...But what are Gonzos?". The Muppet Babies also tackled the subject with the book What's a Gonzo?.
In the late 90s, the question was posed in the Ask Henson.com web column, "What exactly is Gonzo?" Dave Goelz responded: "Nobody knows except his parents, and they're not talking. It was always one of those taboo subjects around the dinner table."
It was in 1981 during The Great Muppet Caper that Gonzo solidified himself as a formal "Whatever." When Kermit, Fozzie and Gonzo were shipped to England in crates. Kermit's crate was labeled "Frog", Fozzie's was "Bear", and Gonzo's crate read "Whatever."
"Whatever" was used thereafter whenever Gonzo's species came into question. In one of the later Muppet comic strips, Gonzo is seen walking past a "Men" and "Women" bathroom to enter a third door labeled "Whatevers". He was called a "Whatever" in The Muppets Take Manhattan and Muppet Treasure Island. In Muppets from Space, Gonzo told Noah to put him down as a "Whatever" in his dream.
On Muppet Babies, Gonzo's species was often cited as "Weirdo." However, in the episode "What's New at the Zoo?," Gonzo eventually became worried that he was an endangered species, and briefly imagined himself as an anteater. In "Fozzie's Family Tree," Gonzo imagined that he came from another planet and his family sent him to Earth because everything on his home planet was turning normal, and his parents didn't want him to become normal.
In Muppets from Space, Gonzo began to have disturbing dreams of abandonment and a feeling of aloneness in the world. He stated that he was "tired of being a one-of-a-kind freak." Gonzo lamented that he didn't know where he came from or what he truly was. Contradicting all past accounts of Gonzo's youth, it is established that Gonzo has never known his family (or anyone of his species) and feels that he is not just a unique and distinct individual, but also part of a species on the brink of extinction. Gonzo is contacted by aliens channeling his breakfast cereal, and a pair of Cosmic Fish soon reveal to him that he is, in fact, an alien from outer space. It is later revealed that many "zotons" ago as a baby, Gonzo was lost, and his family has been looking for him.
His alien family has been trying to contact him for some time by placing the message "R U There" all over Earth. After they make contact with Gonzo, they make plans (via a sandwich) to rejoin with their long-lost brother and take him home. They arrive at Cape Doom in their giant spaceship (guided by an egg-like light beacon).
The aliens displayed the same general physical characteristics as Gonzo's (such as the nostril-less crook-shaped nose and blue/purple fur). They are a musical culture, and their "most ceremonious of ceremonies" includes blowing the honoree out of a cannon. Gonzo is ecstatic to discover what he is, and considers going with them; however in the end he realizes his true home is on Earth with his Muppet family. In the years immediately following the release of Muppets from Space, most merchandise labeled Gonzo as an alien (his vehicle in Muppet Race Mania is a spaceship) but that direction with the character was soon abandoned and Gonzo was reverted back to being labeled a "whatever". In The Muppet Show Comic Book Issue #3: Gonzo's Story, the Muppets once again don't know what Gonzo is.
In episode 124 of The Muppet Show, Gonzo falls in love with Miss Piggy, who is disgusted and annoyed by him. He transfers his affections to guest star Madeline Kahn in episode 209, and informs Miss Piggy that he doesn't love her anymore. Gonzo is confident that Madeline will marry him, and is crushed when he finds out that she doesn't have any romantic interest in him. However, they agree to be friends.
In addition to the aforementioned episodes, in The Muppet Movie, Gonzo briefly shows interest in the prospect of a romantic dinner with Miss Piggy. He also tries to get Miss Piggy to dance with him in Episode 217, but only because he needs a partner. On Muppet Babies, Baby Gonzo has an ongoing crush on Baby Piggy, going so far as to view Baby Kermit as a rival.
In episode 217, Gonzo is briefly attracted to a live cow that appears backstage. However, Gonzo's amorous desires are most often centered on chickens. This poultry passion first surfaced in Episode 204, when he held auditions for dancing chickens. Dave Goelz ad-libbed the line, "Don't call us, we'll call you... nice legs, though!" After this, the writers decided that Gonzo should have an attraction to chickens.
In Episode 217, despite the cow crush, Gonzo's chicken attraction was further developed. In the episode's Talk Spot, he complains to Kermit that Sweetums and Thog were playing badminton with his chicken. He sings "Won't Somebody Dance with Me", looking for a dance partner before settling for a chicken. (The video Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff retroactively claims this was how Gonzo first met Camilla). When Gonzo learns that the cow is missing, he comments that he can still take a chicken out on a date.
Episode 318 introduced Gonzo's regular chicken girlfriend, Camilla. This did not prevent him from developing a brief fascination with Big Bird, however.
Beginning with the 1992 movie The Muppet Christmas Carol, Gonzo has been paired with Rizzo the Rat, who has since become his best friend. The two co-hosted The Muppet Christmas Carol (Gonzo as Charles Dickens and Rizzo as himself). The team connected with audiences, and Gonzo and Rizzo continued to be paired (often as the stars of the show) throughout the 1990s. Gonzo and Rizzo appeared as a team in Muppet Treasure Island (1997). The two, as a pair, hosted Muppet Classic Theater (1997). And Gonzo and Rizzo were teamed together for most of Muppets from Space (1999), in which they starred. It was shown that the two are roommates in The Muppet Boarding House. In episode 104 of Muppets Tonight, they hosted a one-shot segment called "Gonzo and Rizzo's Incredible Discoveries". The segment focused on what happens after a series of painful circumstances (Rizzo gives them all the same response: "It hurts!").
Their most recent appearance together was on the album A Green and Red Christmas, where they sang "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" together. They also sang "Mr. Spaceman" with Jimmy Buffet, on the Kermit Unpigged album.
Originally, Gonzo wore a reddish tuxedo. In The Muppet Movie, he wore a light blue shirt and a black vest, which he occasionally wore in later seasons of The Muppet Show, in addition to his purple tuxedo. Starting with The Great Muppet Caper and lasting throughout the 1980s, Gonzo's regular outfit was a white button down and a gray vest. Throughout the late 1990s, he wore a checkered button down. In Muppets From Space he wore a similar but different outfit; Instead of a jacket, he wore a vest, and also wore a tie with a chicken on it. In It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, he started wearing a blue sweater jacket.
Gonzo first appeared as Snarl the Cigar Box Frackle in the 1970 special The Great Santa Claus Switch, where he was performed by Daniel Seagren. In 1974, he appeared on the Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass special in the musical number "Five Minutes More". He was performed by Henson during this special, but was completely silent. Since then, he has only been performed by Dave Goelz.
In the first season of The Muppet Show, the character was underplayed with a permanently sad look. The producers noticed that he worked better in a more energetic form, so Dave Goelz modified the eyes to have movable eyelids which helped make him a more active character. As such, he became one of the principal characters in the series.
Jerry Juhl stated on many occasions that Gonzo was his favorite character to write for and develop. He said he had a special connection with the blue weirdo. Juhl gave a presentation at the American Film Institute talking about long term character development and used Gonzo as the example. Juhl has said that he really enjoyed evolving and developing the character with Goelz from his debut eating the tire to "The Flight of the Bumblebee" through his evolution up to Charles Dickens in 1992. For this reason, Gonzo has become one of the deepest and most developed characters. Juhl developed Muppets from Space (originally titled "Star Gonzo") as a film to focus solely on the emotional arc and development of Gonzo. [3][4][5][6][7]
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Can you recommend a place to seek advice on breaking through brickwalls of the more recent (19th century) variety?
I have a "brickwall" for which I've gathered some interesting evidence, but the evidence suggests a possible unmarried, interracial relationship between a white female from a fairly well-off, well-known family and a seemingly poor black male in 1870's rural Georgia. Anything is possible, of course, but this seems unlikely considering the social conditions of the time. Also, the children are always described as white, never mulatto. There are a few other unexplained oddities, too.
I'd like to get a clearer view out what happened in this family, but I don't know the best way to proceed. I've thought about hiring a professional...Although the details are not set forth in the question, there are a number of responses possible. As the commentator notes, unlikely is not impossible. One suggestion, that is also very unlikely to happen, is to put together a DNA study of the descendants of the alleged relationship and see if genetic markers indicate a black racial heritage. This may or may not be possible given the availability and social attitude of the putative descendants.
You might note from my earlier comments that I acknowledged that out-of-wedlock situations can be an end-of-line issue as far as identifying the father and if the child was put up for adoption, raised as the legitimate child of the grandparents or others, or left as a foundling for foster care, there may be no clear path to solve the lack of information.
The commentator refers to some "other unexplained oddities." These additional facts may be the key to whether or not a solution is available for this "situation." This is the type of incident that needs to extend the research to both the immediate family and to the surrounding family members and neighbors. Because of the time period involved and the possibility that the situation was the subject of comments by family members and acquaintances in letters or even newspaper articles, this type of information should be carefully sought.
The commentator does not identify the county in Georgia, but a quick look at the Library of Congress Newspaper Project shows 861 newspapers published in Georgia during the 1860 to 1880 time period. The researcher doesn't indicate whether or not any of these newspapers have been searched. I would think that the first level of research would concentrate on the child or children who supposedly came from the union and were "described as white." I would consult school, church and other records about the child or children to see if there is anything indicating a race issue. It is always helpful to look to alternate birth record sources also.
In this instance, I would carefully review all of the records available. See Georgia Vital Records in the FamilySearch Research Wiki for a start. I would also review United States Birth Records and United States, How to Use Birth Records for further suggestions about how to proceed. For some general instructions, also see United States, How to Find Genealogy Records. Another Research Wiki article that might help is How to Find Birth Information in the United States. This last link contains a long list of alternative sources for finding birth information all of which possibly apply to this situation.
If you do decide to use a professional researcher for assistance, I would suggest reviewing the FamilySearch Research Wiki article on Hiring a Professional Researcher.
The commentator did not indicate whether or not he lived in or near Georgia. The distance the researcher lives from the source area may also be an issue. The types of records likely to have information helpful for solving this situation are not likely to be on Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org.
I am sure that more suggestions would occur to me if I spent some time looking at Georgia records, but what I have written above will give you some places to start.


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Wabash scored seemingly at will in most of the first half Saturday against Kenyon en route to a 49-0 Homecoming win. Long bombs and long runs highlighted the first half romp.
The Little Giants improved to 4-0 while Kenyon remains winless. See photos here and here.
Chase Belton found a wide open Wes Chamblee for 47 yards to open the onslaught. Six minutes later Tyler Holmes ended an 85-yard drive with a one-yard plunge for 14-0. Belton then found Jonathan Horn for a 61-yard catch Horn wrestled free of a defender and dashed for another score. Then to open the second quarter Belton scooted 47 yards for 28-0.
If that wasn't a bad enough start for the Lords they made it worse on the ensuing kickoff by fumbling the kick and handing the ball right back to the Little Giants at the 21-yard-line. Then Belton found sophomore tight end Jeff Bell for a 7-yard TD, 35-0.
"Obviously, we played well on offense," Coach Erik Raeburn said. "We made some mistakes but we had some guys make some unbelievable plays to kind of bail us out of a couple mental errors in the first half. But this was obviously the best we've played offensively."
Belton's numbers were staggering, accounting for five touchdowns. He rushed the ball five times for 110 yards and two scores. He threw for three more touchdowns on 11-of-13 passing and 203 yards.
Quarterbacks Andy Walsh and Tyler Burke saw second half action and combined for 4-of-8 throwing the ball. A second half highlight for Wabash was junior running back Troy Meyers 67 hard-earned yards on 12 carries. He also picked up Wabash's final score of the game on a 7-yard run. Plenty of backs touched the football. Derek Rowe had 45 yards on 10 carries.Vann Hunt ran eight times for 41 yards. Tyler Holmes had six carries for 15 yards and a score.
"I've been pretty happy with our running game three of the first four games," Raeburn said. "I thought we ran the ball well today. We got a couple different run plays going today we had not run as well to this point. All in all, I'm happy with how we played."
Horn and Chamblee led the receiving with 90 and 50 yards, respectively. Sean Hildebrand, Bell, and Rowe each had two catches.Devin Kelley and Josh Wright had a catch apiece.
Wabash even used two different kickers with Ian MacDougall and Brock Smith each taking turns
The roster-emptying second half was the same for the defense. FreshmanAJ Akinribade had his second impressive outing, leading the Little Giants with seven tackles. Fellow freshman Denzel Wilkins also had seven stops and a pass breakup. Freshman Cody Buresh and Austin O'Neal each had six stops.Kyle Najar, Nate Scola, and sophomore linebacker Derek Dean had five stops apiece. Twenty-five different defensive players were credited with at least one tackle.
"It's a very good opportunity for a lot of younger guys to get some experience," Senior defensive linemen Tyler Buresh said. "It's great for them to get time on the field, especially with a homecoming crowd like this. That's really special."
Tyler's little brother, freshman Cody, made a big impression last week in his first extended play and followed that up Saturday with six tackles.
"It's so awesome (to get to play with my brother)," said big brother Buresh, who recorded three tackles. It's so neat and such a unique experience. I'm very glad to be able to play with him."
Cody didn't play as a freshman in high school so this season has been the first for the brothers to suit up together for action. There is another Buresh back in Holland, Mi., who is two years younger than Cody.
The final team numbers obviously reflected the individual accomplishments. Wabash had 545 total yards of offense to the Lords' 278. The Little Giants had a 287-89 edge rushing and 262-189 difference passing.
Wabash will be home for the second straight week Saturday for Washington University. While some may see it as a simple non-conference game, Coach Raeburn remembers all too-well the Bears' 24-20 win last year.
"We had a bad week of practice and then we went out and played that way," he said after Saturday's game. "We just did some really stupid things defensively. We gave up a 70-yard screen pass with like 20 seconds to go in half. Then we managed to get the lead and got a pass interference on third-and- 20 something. We ultimately gave up a touchdown pass. Defensively, they really put the clamps on us. We couldn't get much going. I felt they beat us in all three phases last year. I guess I wasn't surprised because we had a terrible week of practice."
The Bears lost 13-10 to North Park Saturday and to Wittenberg 20-17 a week earlier. They won their first two games.


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Tiger 21, the peer-to-peer investor group for ultra-wealthy investors, is celebrating the 15th anniversary of its founding in New York this spring.
The group recently added the 250th member to its ranks, and since then has taken on 10 new ones.
Members are primarily serial entrepreneurs, as well as corporate executives, Wall Street professionals, longtime private investors and senior members of top real estate firms and funds across the country.
These investors represent $25 billion in investable assets. The majority of members have $10 million to $100 million in assets, with a significant number well above the $100 million mark.
"Our members understand the value of the collective intelligence that is fostered through our peer groups and processes honed over 15 years," Tiger 21 founder Michael Sonnenfeldt said in a statement.
"Although we are not a fund, the $25 billion of investable assets within our members' personal portfolios now rivals many of the world's largest private investment vehicles."
In the past year, Tiger 21 has launched new groups in Austin, Atlanta, Chicago, Palm Beach, Florida, and Seattle. The existing network comprises Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego and San Francisco, along with the Canadian cities Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
Over the years, well-known names in finance, investing, business and other fields, including George Soros and T. Boone Pickens, have addressed members. In May, Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz participated in a private Q&A session.
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Former Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci says he's making a comeback bid to run Rhode Island's capital city again, 12 years after being sent to prison for corruption.
Cianci announced Wednesday on his radio show that he's running for mayor, shortly before a 4 p.m. filing deadline. He says he made the decision with "much soul-searching and reflection."
Cianci was the city's longest-serving mayor, serving 21 years and elected six times. He was twice forced to resign due to felony convictions, in 1984 for assaulting a man he believed was having an affair with his estranged wife, and in 2002, when he was sent to prison for racketeering conspiracy.
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West Ham suffered more jitters against Astra Giurgiu as they were held to a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Europa League playoff on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON — As pessimism mounted this week over the ability of a bipartisan Congressional committee to agree on a deficit-reduction plan, lawmakers began taking steps to head off the large cuts in Pentagon spending that would automatically result from the panel's failure.
Members of both parties and both chambers said they increasingly feared that the 12-member committee would be unable to bridge deep partisan divisions and find $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction as required under the law that raised the debt ceiling and created the committee in the summer.
As talks sputtered, one panel member publicly lamented that the process was not working, and the group was chastised by a bipartisan group of budget experts at a public hearing for failing to show progress. Several members of Congress, especially Republicans on the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, are readying legislation that would undo the automatic across-the-board cuts totaling nearly $500 billion for military programs, or exchange them for cuts in other areas of the federal budget.
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, has drafted a bill that would replace the military reductions that would occur under a process known in Congress as sequestration with 5 percent cuts to other, unspecified parts of the federal budget, and a 10 percent decrease in pay for members of Congress. In the House, similar measures are being assembled.
"If the joint select committee does not do what it needs to do," said Representative K. Michael Conaway, a Texas Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, "most of us will move heaven and earth to find an alternative that prevents a sequester from happening."
After listening to dire predictions by the Joint Chiefs of Staff about the effects of automatic cuts, Representative John Garamendi, Democrat of California, was even more blunt. "The sequester will never take place," he said. "It's not going to happen."
Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate and a member of the deficit-reduction panel, has repeatedly said he has no intention of letting such cuts occur. Some House members said they were being urged by military contractors and others in their districts to avert such reductions.
Representative Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland and a member of the panel, said the attempt to undo the triggers "reflects a total lack of seriousness." Adding that such efforts would not be successful, he said they were "the result of people trying to escape the fundamental choices before us, and one of those choices is whether or not we are willing to end special interest tax breaks to pay for defense." The White House is also highly unlikely to approve such actions. The president is averse to the military cuts, but saw the threat of them as a way to pressure Republicans to reach a deal. "There is more fear this time," Representative Mo Brooks, Republican of Alabama, said about the anxiety being expressed by military contractors in his district. Mr. Brooks said he voted against the debt-ceiling legislation because of the possibility of deep Pentagon cuts.
Under the debt-ceiling budget agreement, members of the joint committee, evenly divided between the parties, have until Nov. 23 to recommend ways to reduce budget deficits by at least $1.2 trillion over 10 years. Both houses are supposed to vote on the package by Dec. 23. If no legislation is enacted, the government would automatically cut almost $500 billion from military spending, with an equal amount from nonmilitary programs, between 2013 and 2021.
The inability of the committee to reach an agreement would be a major embarrassment not only for its members, but for the Congress, which already has record low approval ratings. Efforts to undo the automatic cuts could also lead to a further downgrade of federal debt, as rating agencies have been counting on the savings as evidence of Washington's commitment to easing the deficit.
Republican leaders have so far pushed the panel to come to an agreement that would make talk of undoing the cuts unnecessary.
The House speaker, John A. Boehner of Ohio, said he wanted the joint committee to succeed, but would not tamper with the mechanism for automatic cuts. "I would feel bound by it," he said. "It was part of the agreement. The sequester is ugly. Why? Because we don't want anybody to go there."
Some Democrats are increasingly concerned that some Republicans on the committee, in declaring that they will not be able to accept new revenues toward deficit reduction, are calculating that they will be able to reverse the triggered cuts.
"Republicans should not count on taking the easy way out if they continue to resist a balanced deficit deal that includes revenue increases," warned Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, the chamber's No. 3 Democrat.
Republicans have expressed more alarm about possible across-the-board cuts in Pentagon spending than Democrats have voiced about cuts in domestic programs that would also occur. Many safety-net programs for low-income people, like Medicaid and food stamps, would be exempt from automatic cuts. And Medicare payments to health care providers could not be reduced by more than 2 percent.
In recent weeks, Republicans have convened hearings at which Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and other Pentagon officials have denounced the possibility of large cuts to the military budget. At a classified briefing last week, Mr. Panetta said such cuts would be "devastating," lawmakers who attended said. Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, the chief of naval operations, told the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Representative Howard P. McKeon, Republican of California: "Sequestration will cause irreversible damage. It will hollow the military."
At a recent meeting of the deficit reduction panel, Representative Dave Camp, Republican of Michigan, sought assurances that nothing would prevent Congress from changing the mechanism for automatic cuts in military spending. Douglas W. Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget Office, replied, "Any Congress can reverse the actions of a previous Congress."
The special panel has been hamstrung by the same partisan divisions that have hampered negotiations on spending for the last 10 months. Democrats on the committee offered a plan to slash $2.5 trillion to $3 trillion through cuts in the growth of federal entitlement programs, including Medicare, and more than $1 trillion in new tax revenues, but it was rejected by Republicans who are dead set against new taxes.
The perception of gridlock surrounding the panel has contributed to a sense of gloom on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have begun to prepare for the worst.
"I almost did not vote for the debt deal because of the sequestration that so disproportionately targets the Department of Defense," said Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine. "I think it is a huge problem."
Some Democrats had expected the threat of automatic cuts in military spending to be the leverage to force Republicans to consider tax increases. Republicans said Democrats should not count on that. "If Democratic members of the committee think that Republicans just cannot resist calls or demands for a big tax increase because of the sense of unacceptable cuts, I think they would be wrong in that," said Senator Jeff Sessions, Republican of Alabama.


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This month I really spaced and forgot to post my recipe for my friends' Linkup! Ops!
The theme is "Spread The Joy", because everybody loves receiving home-made goodies. Enjoy these easy Jewish Italian Pumpkin (or butternut squash) treats: an old Jewish italian recipe perfect for this season!
- 2 lbs cubed butternut squash or pumpkin
- about 2 cups sugar
- pinch of salt
- pinch of cinnamon, if liked
- chocolate sprinkles or/and crystal sugar to decorate
Bake the pumpkin in the oven at 350 F wrapped in foil until soft.
Mash it and, if possible, weigh it and combine it with the same weight in sugar (if not, use about 2 cups). Cook on low heat in a heavy pot (I like enameled cast iron), stirring constantly, until it starts darkening. Remove from the heat, add the spices if liked, and allow to cool.
With a wet watermelon baller or coffee spoons make small balls, roll them in the crystal sugar first and in the dark chocolate sprinkles second, and arrange in mini baking cups.


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I want to set anchor point for the sprite like cocos2d has done for their implementation. I do not found any thing like that in andengine so please provide guidance on that. I want to move the sprite on touch so I use following code but that does not work for me.
super.setPosition(pX - this.getWidthScaled() / 2,
pY - this.getHeightScaled() / 2);
Because I touch on the corner of the image but automatically it comes at center of the image because of above code. I want to remain the touch at desire position and drag it. For me the anchor point became useful. But I don't found anything in andengine.


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- The "Essential Check" includes a check of all fundamental functions of the product.
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- Help leaders explore the variety of ways their constituents receive praise best
- Explore the variety of ways a leader can deliver praise most effectively
Leaders and managers, one-on-one or in a group setting
Time required
15–30 minutes
Materials needed
- One 8 1/2 x 11" blank piece of paper
- A pen or pencil
In giving praise and affirmation to others, I have noticed that some people read everything you give them while others ignore written communication entirely, preferring to be spoken to instead. Some people swell with pride at being recognized in public and for others--and for other cultures as well--public praise is embarrassing and humiliating.
I have also noticed that there are times in the course of business life where praise is expected--like at the end of a challenging project or when a constituent has achieved a major milestone. You don't want to let those times go unnoticed. But praise is also needed--and makes a significant impact--at totally unexpected occasions.
Finally, there are those whose cubicles are lined with pictures of their family, their friends, their dogs, their friends' dogs, and so on. And there are others with virtually no pictures at all in their work space. In other words, there are those where work is work and life is life and the two don't mix, and others where everything blurs together. Leaders must be attentive to all of these variables.
I refer to these variables as currency. If you were in Europe you would use the euro, while in Japan the yen, and in Mexico the peso. This exercise helps leaders make deposits into the accounts of their constituents with the currency that works best for the recipient.
1. Have each participant take an 8 1/2 x 11" piece of paper and hold it up in portrait orientation (8 1/2" side up). Fold it in half from top to bottom once, and fold it in half from top to bottom again. Then fold the paper in half, this time from side to side. Now open the piece of paper.
This is what you should have:
2. Now have each participant write in the center of the upper left-hand box the word SPOKEN and in the center of the upper right-hand box write the word WRITTEN.
3. In the box immediately below the upper left hand box (two from the top) have each participant write the word PUBLIC in the center and in the center of the box to the right, write the word PRIVATE
4. In the box that is three boxes from the top (two from the bottom), have each participant write the word EXPECTED in the center and in the center of the box to the right, write the word UNEXPECTED.
5. Finally have each participant write in the center of the bottom left-hand box the word PROFESSIONAL and in the center of the bottom right-hand box write the word PERSONAL.
This is what you should have:
Now it is time to use this matrix, combining elements from the rows and columns.
1. Imagine you are a sales manager with a member of your sales team who achieved the highest sales in your region for the last quarter. How would you praise this person for their achievement in a way that was:
2. Imagine that this sales person was more quiet and shy. (Yes, we are using our imagination, but such sales people do exist.) How would you praise this person for their achievement in a way that was
Notice how when you change just one of the elements, you a get a very different way to offer praise?
3. Now imagine that you manage this person virtually and there are no team meetings or face-to-face encounters. How would you praise this person for that achievement in a way that was
4. How would you do it in a way that was
5. Again, notice how when you change the elements, you a get a very different way to offer praise.
6. What would praise look like if it were
7. Work through all the "praise possibilities" in the actual situations with the actual people your leaders encounter.
8. Have your leaders make a list of each of their direct reports and determine a specific way they will praise each of them in the next week. Have your leaders write these down and share them with one other person as a point of accountability. Additionally, consider adding supervisors, co-workers, and family members to this list.
Facilitator tips: I have used this exercise in one-on-one coaching sessions and in group training events where it never fails to turn on the light bulbs. One executive actually taped his completed paper exercise to his computer monitor to keep it at the top of his mind.
One question I am asked almost every time I present this exercise is, "Is there some way we can know a person's preferred way to receive praise?" My answer is two-fold: 1) pay attention to your people — the items on The Affirmation Matrix are pretty easy to figure out; and 2) ask them.
Bill Zipp is President of Leadership Link, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in developing business and sales leaders. Bill applies the practices of The Leadership Challenge and the LPI 360 in sales management training, executive coaching, and team development. A popular speaker, master business coach, and author of The Business Coaching Toolkit


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Going to court?
Unless you want to court trouble, then it's best to leave your drugs at home.
Don't do what this woman did: She showed up for a court appearance 'armed' to party.
Lynette Lovett was busted when she showed up for a court appearance in the Polk County Courthouse last Tuesday on an outstanding warrant for Aggravated Assault with a Weapon, according to a news release from the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
The 44-year-old Arcadia woman wore an arm brace and sling on her left arm during her court appearance. As she was being booked into the pokey, Lovett reportedly told the officers that there wasn't anything in the brace and it would cause her pain if they removed it, according to the Sheriff's Office.
But deputies cast some doubt on her story after reportedly noticing some objects in the arm brace during the body scan and then summoned a nurse to safely check her brace.
They probably had to brace themselves for what they found next.
Inside a pocket that encased a supporting sponge in the sling, deputies found two containers holding 40 Xanax pills, 47 Oxycodone pills, and 1 ½ Hydromorphine pills -- and also an electronic cigarette device and a small glass container of banana-flavored liquid for the electronic cigarette, deputies said.
Now she's off to Sling-Sling with an additional charge: Introduction of Contraband into a Detention Facility.


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mattmerk wrote:I too have this problem. If I load the Autopano Giga Pro output into software that can read floating point values, the whites are clipped at 1.0. True HDRI used for image based lighting in 3D software such as Maya or 3DS Max, or any other, relies on true floating point irradiance maps with white values above 1. I've been struggling with this for days under the assumption that I am doing something wrong, but after hours of RTFM and pressing every available button in the software, I am coming to the conclusion that this is a software limitation in Autopano Giga. I think I'll be recommending PTGui to my friends from now on unless someone can point out how I have screwed up, which is still a great possibility.
I like how the software works. It is just sad that getting true HDRI output working is so difficult, or even impossible.
mattmerk wrote:Thanks for the reply Klaus. Very helpful. Much appreciated.
Now I know that Autopano Giga can at least do what I was told it could do. Now I just need to figure out how. Like I said, I have spent a lot of time with the manual and I am still not getting true HDR output. When I select HDR output and file type to either .exr or to .hdr with a 32bit color depth, my output is clamped at 1.0.
I have tried merging my stacks in advance in photoshop as 32bit HDR images that I can load in a program like Nuke or After Effects and color correct them down to see all the detail in the highlights. In other words, they are true HDRI, suitable for IBL in any 3D app. (I really don't care at all about tone mapping. All I care about is true HDRI, and I find it a shame that people call tone mapped LDR images HDRI. But that is a rant for another time.)
Once I load my bracketed images into Autopano Giga and make a pano, in the rendered output, my highlights are all clipped at 1.0. There should be way more info in a spherical panorama in those highlights well above 1. I get the same results in Autopano Giga if I load the images as stacks of bracketed exposures or if I pre-merge them into 32bit HDR .exr files and load those.
So, what am I missing here? Is there a button somewhere I missed? My panos look fine in terms of stitching. They just don't contain color values above 1.0 and no detail in the "overexposed" ares (which in an HDRI, there are really no overexposed pixels, except for maybe the sun).
Just a point in the right direction would be most appreciated.
I'm attaching four images.
1. A UI screen capture of my render settings.
2. The distorted one is a premerged HDRI out of Photoshop showing a split screen color correction bringing the white values down to reveal the data in the highlights above 1.
3. The flattened image is a blow up and color corrected cropped screen grab of the .hdr panorama file showing the exact same color correction where there is no information above 1 and is brutally clipped.
4. And the pano, to show that the distortion is fine.
>APG can very well output "true" HDR as .hdr and .exr. I use it in Maya, Maxwell and Cinema4D for IBL. I use 3 or 7 or 9 steps bracketing. No problem.
>What APG cannot do is tonemaping. Here it uses fusioning instead.
>best, Klaus
gkaefer wrote:so if you need real .exr output for IBL than I would suggest like Klaus to use Photomatix or oloneo to create .exr files from your Image stacks first. Here you have much more influence on the result and you can do a test tonemapping from your exr files too.
klausesser wrote:gkaefer wrote:so if you need real .exr output for IBL than I would suggest like Klaus to use Photomatix or oloneo to create .exr files from your Image stacks first. Here you have much more influence on the result and you can do a test tonemapping from your exr files too.
Hey Georg!
Sorry - you took me wrong: it´s NOT about using Photomatix or so FIRST - it´s about using it AFTERWARDS!
You don´t need to HDR single images FIRST when you need HDR-output. You put the stacks into APG and let it output a HDR/exr file. THIS you put into
a HDR application for judging the result and/or apply tonemapping to it . . IF you want. The TO doesn´t want to apply tonemapping - he wants to use native HDR
for IBL/GL as i understood him.
best, Klaus
mattmerk wrote:Now I am going to try and track down the programmers and ask them. Anyone want to maybe point me to where I can send THAT email?
Thanks again.
mattmerk wrote:........... I've never used PTGUI before and it required no reading of any documentation whatsoever to get these results. I spent a week with the Autopano Giga documentation.
Matthew Merkovich
mattmerk wrote:Aaron, in Hotoshop (CS6 for me) are you using the File/Automate/Merge to HDR PRO functionality? If you do that with bracketed images representing the brightest and darkest exposures, you should be getting 32 bit float results.
aaronpriest wrote:You can output stitched bracketed layers from both PTGui and AutoPano. The trouble is, most HDR programs will not handle very large panoramas to bring the separate 8 or 16-bit exposures into a 32-bit HDR file. For the time being I gave up on 32-bit panoramas, and I've often been tonemapping or fusing into 16-bit LDR files BEFORE stitching because neither APG nor PTGui have good enough control over the fusion process to do it all in one pass. There are obvious issues however with tonemapping or fusing before stitching, the biggest being inconsistency between images with such a large scene.
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Thank you letter to Brendan Eich
I can't imagine what kind of hell you've been going through the last week with all the public backlash. This decision you've made, I can only suspect, must be one of the hardest things you've ever had to do.
Whatever your reasons, I wanted to say from the bottom of my heart, that your work at Netscape and Mozilla over the past two decades have been direct influences and motivators of my love for programming, and my career. You've literally been a hero of mine since I was a teenager.
I started programming in 1995, just a little bit before you shipped the first version of Javascript. Around the time that Netscape 2.0 beta was first released, I was turned on to your creation, and it literally was like a calling for me. I was only 13, and your vision of tearing down walls to content creation spoke to me. Within days of having Netscape 2.0 beta, I was digging into Javascript and loving it.
Later, when Netscape was open sourced, and Mozilla was formed, your work introduced me to the open source movement. That same year I started writing my first open source project — a crappy little perl based MP3 player for HPUX and AIX . I also installed my first version of RedHat linux, and started going deeper down the rabbit hole…
Since then, my life's work has been centered around creating great open source software. When I finally got a chance to meet you and work for you (however far removed) in 2012, it was like a dream come true.
I know that we've only had a handful of direct conversations, but despite that, I want to thank you personally for all that you've done in the name of breaking down barriers. You've had a tremendous impact on my life.
I'm of course saddened by your decision to step down, but knowing how tenacious you are, I can only imagine that your next step will be something seriously awesome. Whatever you end up doing next, I would love to know about it
Keep fighting the good fight, and thanks again
- Marshall


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If you've tried to pump your fully-paid-up cable connection into, say, a computer running Windows Media Center, you've probably come up against the closed nature of pay-TV and the severe limitations of CableCARD. And what about satellite TV? Don't even think about it.
The FCC wants to blow open the market for third-party video devices, scrapping some of the current (failed) CableCARD rules and adding satellite providers to the list. The idea has a certain obvious simplicity to it: encourage huge innovation in the video content marketplace by crafting rules that allow third-party boxes to easily access TV shows and on-demand content from both cable and satellite providers (technically, the rules could cover all multichannel video programming provider distributors, or MVPDs).
But DirecTV has been making the rounds at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), telling staffers in the various Commissioner offices that Chairman Genachowski's idea for cracking open TV is terrific so long as it applies only to cable. DirecTV wants an exemption, just like it currently has one from the CableCARD mandate.
The company has filed a recent series of ex parte notices (PDF) with the FCC that detail these meetings. In them, the company makes a point that we are sympathetic to: "it is not clear that increasing access to Internet content through MVPDs' set-top boxes will spur broadband adoption."
One of the big goals of the new inquiry on set-top boxes is to spur Internet access. It's driven by the finding that 99 percent of US households have a TV while only 76 percent have a home computer. Make it possible to browse the Web and check e-mail through a set-top box, using the TV set as a screen, and a new set of Americans can suddenly get online. (If this isn't yet conjuring up shades of WebTV [now MSN TV], it should.)
But a scheme that could open up video content would be far more interesting, depending on the final rules. If set-top boxes and third-party devices like PS3s, Xboxes, PCs, Apple TVs, and TiVo could easily access, manipulate, and store cable and satellite programming, the potential for innovation would be enormous.
Rather than scrapping current industry efforts, such as CableCARD and the it's-coming-real-soon-now tru2way middleware program, the cable industry is pushing a plan under which it could continue to use tru2way while satellite could use its own decryption and middleware system. One box would support multiple standards; just take the box anywhere you go in the US, subscribe to any video service, and it should be able to output a signal.
In cable's view, this is just a matter of fairness; if cable needs to open up, so should satellite.
Satellite wants nothing to do with such a plan to open its content, though. Satellite broadcasters were exempted from the CableCARD rules back when they were first proposed on the grounds that the satellite market was more competitive than cable and that there was more competition in the satellite set-top box market. DirecTV says that all these things remain true and that it should continue to be exempt from any future rules on the topic.
A tale of woe
For now, though, consumers will continue to be seriously frustrated by the state of video openness. One agitated Comcast subscriber from Oregon recently filed his tale of woe with the FCC.
You see, our hero had purchased a TV and a few other devices that were capable of tuning unencrypted (ClearQAM) digital cable channels. "I have several ClearQAM-capable devices which I was using to view and record the digital services to which I had subscribed and am still paying to access," he wrote. "While the "navigation" was problematic (i.e., no fixed mapping between 'cable channel 63' and 'ClearQAM channel 67-3'), it was a minor problem.
Until November 11, 2009, when "without prior notice, Comcast of Oregon began encrypting all digital services except those corresponding to the analog basic services What remained in the clear were mostly local broadcast and public, education, and government (PEG) channels, with a few shopping channels. Even though I was still paying to access enhanced (digital) services, I was no longer able to use the CPE [customer premises equipment] I had invested in to view those services."
The man could pay for a CableCARD (and pick up a set-top box), but he had "purchased CPE both for enhanced capabilities and to avoid paying 'double' It is exactly this kind of situation which prompted the Cable Consumer Protection Act of 1992 The clear intent of the legislature was that CPE should not only be allowed but should be promoted in the interests of the consumer and the industry as a whole."
Without the ability to access a TV signal, would the VCR ever have flourished? Would TiVo ever have shown us the incredible power of a DVR?
Now, thanks to the encryption, the man fears the we have "returned to the dark ages, similar to the time when Ma Bell controlled what you could attach her phone lines According to Comcast of Oregon, it is sufficient for me to be able to schedule the recording of a show two days in advance (the limit of the on-screen program guide in the full-feature cable box I have been provided), with the additional requirement that I attach the VCR only to that box and must also program that VCR to record that signal. I cannot schedule two different channels to be recorded 'every week' or even 'day after tomorrow'—a task that was trivial using the CPE I have already invested in."


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. trade deficit increased in October because exports fell by a larger margin than imports, a sign that slower global growth could weigh on the U.S. economy. The trade gap with China also hit an all-time high.
The Commerce Department says the trade deficit grew 4.8 percent in October from September to $42.2 billion.
Exports dropped 3.6 percent to $180.5 billion. Sales of commercial aircraft, autos and farm products all declined.
Imports fell 2.1 percent to $222.8 billion, reflecting fewer shipments of cell phones, autos and machinery.
A wider trade deficit acts as a drag on growth. It typically means the U.S. is earning less on overseas sales of American-produced goods while spending more on foreign products.


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Bulletin HASKINS & SELLS 95
The Dawes Plan
MANY problems of considerable magnitude
confronted the nations of the
world at the close of the Great War in
their efforts to regain normality and in
arranging the settlement of various matters.
One by one these were disposed of as
the years went by. Probably the two
questions which will be with us the longest
for discussion and debate are those of
interallied debts and Germany's reparation
payments. The solution to both of these
is of vital concern to the welfare of the
United States.
With the adoption of the Dawes plan
in 1924, substantial progress had been
made with respect to the reparation debt.
Certain matters were agreed upon and a
tentative program mapped out for the annual
payments Germany was to make. At
that time, and until the present day, there
has been some doubt as to the efficacy of
the plan. One school of thought, which
has always had a more or less popular
following, is of the belief that it is economically
impossible for the debt payments to
be made and, therefore, favors cancellation
either in whole or in part. So far, Germany
has been able to meet its annual
payments of increasing amounts each year,
as specified under the plan, but a crisis is
expected in 1928 when the maximum of
$625,000,000 a year first goes into effect.
Mr. George P. Auld, of our New York
Broad Street office, has written a book
recently entitled "The Dawes Plan and the
New Economics" (Doubleday, Page &
Company) which presents a practical view
of the situation and takes exception to the
thought expressed by many theoretical
economists. Mr. Auld served during the
war as chief accounting officer of the
United States Navy. In 1919 he was
attached to the American Commission to
Negotiate Peace as an assistant financial
adviser. From 1920 to 1924 he was Accountant
General of the Reparation Commission
and in the latter year he assisted
Mr. Owen D. Young in installing the
Dawes plan. He has been associated with
Haskins & Sells since March, 1924.
Just as the economists who thought a war
of the magnitude of the late war impossible
were wrong, so Mr. Auld believes that those
economists who predict that the Dawes
plan will break down because of Germany's
incapacity to pay and who believe that the
mechanics of exchange will prevent the
transfer of the reparation payments to the
creditor nations, also are mistaken. As
for the safety of American foreign loans,
Mr. Auld states further that there is no
need for worry, so long as each loan is
sound in itself. "The Dawes Plan and the
New Economics" expresses an optimistic


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Tyler Farmer's Market is Back
The fresh fruits and vegetables straight from East Texas farmers at the Tyler Farmer's Market are back! Your taste buds and belly will be happy to hear this news. Come out and support your local farmers and eat healthy.
Straight from the farm foods are so very good for you. Supporting your local farmers does your heart good. So, there are no excuses to miss out on going to the Tyler Farmer's Market.
Don't believe me that farmer's market fruits and veggies are better for you? Sara Wilson, a Nutrition.gov registered dietician, is an expert on the subject. Here is what she had to say about it.
Farmer's markets can offer you a face to face farmer to shopper food purchasing experience. This personal interaction with your food grower has a lot of benefits.
1. You could try a new fruit or vegetable you maybe haven't even heard of.
2. Farmers can give you great ideas of how to cook and prepare their fruit or vegetables.
3. It gets your kids involved. They can learn about their food and have fun picking out the fruits and veggies they want to eat.
Why not come out and give the Tyler Farmer's Market a try.
The market is located in the Broadway Square Mall parking lot (4850 Old Bullard Rd Tyler, Texas). It opened up May 18, but will have a grand opening on the first of June. Come out every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday for your local and best fruits and vegetables. From seven in the morning until three that afternoon, you can support your local farmers and our East Texas economy.
Also, don't miss their 30th anniversary on June 22. But, make sure you visit them before the end of the season on August 31st.
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This isn't really a shocking turn of events for the company. Valve was a no-show at last year's E3, and used the 2010 event primarily to show off new footage of the previously announced Portal 2. The company's last major E3 reveal, 2009's unveiling of Left 4 Dead 2, almost immediately led to a substantial fan outcry that the company was rushing out a sequel before its time.
Still, the confirmation means fans' long wait for news on a new entry in the Half-Life series will continue for a little while longer at least, and that Valve is sticking to its policy of silence on the game, which it says is still going through a lot of developmental "twists and turns." It also means we shouldn't expect any official news on any of the many rumored hardware projects Valve seems to be hiring employees for.
That doesn't mean the show will be meaningless for Valve fans, though. The company will reportedly be presenting announced products like DOTA 2, Counterstrike: GO and Steam's upcoming, living-room-focused Big Picture Mode. And there's always a chance Valve could "pull a David Jaffe" with a surprise announcement of a game it swore it wouldn't be announcing (as Jaffe did with Twisted Metal in 2010). We wouldn't hold our breath, though...


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SubdivisionPEREGRINE CONDO
Listing Date10/26/18
Year Built1975
AreaCopper Mountain
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Peregrine Condo Located in the East Village overlooking golf course & West Ten Mile Creek! This END UNIT has been fully remodeled with an updated kitchen along with both bathrooms! This spacious 1,040 sqft gives you plenty of space to enjoy the open great room, dining room & gas fireplace. Large storage closets with washer/dryer in the unit! Ski closet at entry. Garage for owners, elevator, hot tub & sauna. Walk across street to ski & golf! Strong HOA that includes Heat!
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Copper Mountain, with 2,450 acres, is Summit County's largest ski area. At Copper you can enjoy Colorado's first high-speed detachable six-passenger chairlift, the "Super Bee" and an award-winning trail system that naturally separates snowriders by their ability levels. The Village at Copper is a pedestrian-only, high alpine community with spectacular Colorado views. While in the village take time to enjoy a concert, watch fireworks light up the sky overhead or sit-down for some fine dining. In the summer, your senses will be enhanced by fresh wildflowers and a Colorado blue sky. You can hike, bike, golf on a championship course or go whitewater rafting in nearby Buena Vista. One of the newest additions to Cooper Mountain is Woodward at Copper. A training facility where athletes of all ages can practice new tricks over foam pits before testing their skills on the mountain!
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Cultural Competency in Mental-Health Services
Jun Sung Hong and Wynne Sandra Korr
Since the 1980s, cultural competency has increasingly been recognized as a salient factor in the helping process, which requires social-work professionals to effectively integrate cultural knowledge and sensitivity with skills. This entry chronicles the history of mental-health services and the development of cultural competency in social-work practice, followed by a discussion of mental-health services utilization and barriers to services among racial/ethnic minorities. Directions for enhancing cultural competency in mental-health services are also highlighted.
Micro Aggressions
Laurens G. Van Sluytman
Through the efforts of individuals and groups, America has made significant strides in affording civil rights to a majority of its citizens. It has not, however, eliminated individual, institutional, and structural discrimination, and in fact, some efforts to eliminate inequality for certain members of society have elicited subtly coded forms of discrimination. These subtle forms are referred to as microaggressions. This entry defines microaggressions and explores the existing literature concerning its taxonomy. We discuss the impact of microaggression on individuals and groups (for example, social, cognitive, political, and economic) based on race, and extend this discussion to gender, sexual orientation, class, disability, and religion groups. The article makes use of examples within American history, such as the presidency of Barak Obama, voter ID laws and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Accumulated recommendations on best practices for countering microaggressions on the micro-, mezzo- and macro- level of social work practice are presented.


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Mr. Speaker, recently, Penticton Secondary School celebrated its 100th anniversary in my riding of Okanagan—Coquihalla.
Schools can be so much more than just bricks and mortar. In the case of Pen Hi, as graduates affectionately know it as, this school has been the heart and soul of the community, graduating future community leaders, and creating memories and friendships that can last a lifetime.
It was very rewarding to see so many graduates gather from far and wide to pay tribute to a true legacy asset in the city of Penticton.
I would like the House to join me in recognizing the volunteer committee, who put on an incredible anniversary event that made our whole community proud.
As graduation is again around the corner, may we all wish our future community leaders well, as they pursue their hopes and dreams all across this great country.


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Austin, where it's not unusual for perfect strangers to strike up a conversation, prides itself on giving all comers a warm welcome: punks and honky-tonkers, environmentalists and SUV drivers, cowboy boots and Birkenstocks. In spite of being the Texas state capital and home to the University of Texas, Austin maintains its small-town feel and green spaces. Whether you're looking for posh shopping or line dancing, you're welcome to ""do your thing"" in Austin.
Things to Do
Austin is home to the largest State Capitol in the U.S. The pink Renaissance Revival building's dome, while smaller than the U.S. Capitol's, is taller. (Like they say, everything's bigger in Texas.) Since Austin prides itself on being a little different, why not visit the Bat Bridge? Crowds of people hang around the Congress Avenue Bridge for the star attraction -- the evening flight of the million bats who live beneath the span.
Downtown Austin's shopping district sells a mix of goods, from local hot sauce to indie music, from Western wear to Texas folk art. SoCo, or South Congress, is home to art galleries, funky clothing boutiques and bargain antique stores. The real fun in SoCo comes on First Thursdays each month, when the shopping district throws a street festival to attract customers. Live music and entertainment (jugglers, magicians, street theater -- who knows?) keep things lively until 10 p.m. (or later if everyone's having fun).
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Antone's has always been synonymous with the blues. When Etta James or Edgar Winter head to Austin, it's Antone's they're heading to, although Willie Nelson and other country acts have been known to show up, too. Honky-tonkin' is the name of the game at The Broken Spoke. Expect cowboy hats, cowboy boots and lots of two-steppin'. The Backyard serves good barbecue and draws big names from all music genres.
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Home-style cooking is the rule at Threadgill's, an honest-to-goodness Austin restaurant dishing up chicken-fried steak, fried okra and ham with Jezebel sauce. It's a favorite venue for Austin's musicians. Americana lives at Shady Grove, with its yellow-pine Texas roadhouse decor. The food says Americana, too: Meatloaf, chili and fried catfish. Sit outside on the restaurant's large patio in summer and, on Thursday nights, listen to free live music when Shady Grove Unplugged features musicians going acoustic.


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I have a general question, and then the specific version of that question I need for research. All vector spaces over $\mathbb{C}$.
Grassmanians of planes
The $(2,n)$-Grassmannian, denoted $Gr(2,n)$, is the space of all 2 dimensional subspaces of $n$ dimensional space. This is naturally a complete complex variety. Its variety structure is usually realized through the Plucker embedding
$$Gr(2,n)\hookrightarrow \mathbb{P}^{\binom{n}{2}}$$
This starts with a space $V\subset \mathbb{C}^n$, chooses basis vectors $v_1,v_2$, and then maps $V$ to the point in $\mathbb{P}^{\binom{n}{2}}$ with homogenous coordinate given by all $2\times 2$-minors of the $2\times n$ matrix with rows $v_1,v_2$.
For $i,j\in [n]$, the Plucker coordinates $x_{ij}$ is the $\{i,j\}$th homogeneous coordinate on $\mathbb{P}^{\binom{n}{2}}$; therefore, the composition with the Plucker embedding corresponds to the $ij$th minor. The image of this map is defined by the homogeneous Plucker relations. For all, $i<j<k<l$, one has $$ x_{ik}x_{jl}=x_{ij}x_{kl}+x_{il}x_{jk}$$ Let $\mathcal{O}Gr(2,n)$ denote the homogeneous coordinate ring, this is the graded algebra generated by the Plucker coordinates, modulo the Plucker relations.
The group $PGL_n(\mathbb{C})$ acts transitively on $Gr(2,n)$, by its action on $\mathbb{C}^n$. Therefore, $Gr(2,n)$ is a homogeneous space. From this, it follows immediately that $Gr(2,n)$ is a smooth, irreducible variety.
Smoothness of hypersurfaces
Any homogeneous element $f$ in $\mathcal{O}Gr(2,n)$ defines a hypersurface $V_f$ in $Gr(2,n)$. My general question is:
How can one effectively check if $V_f$ is smooth?
As an example of the problem, the main general technique I know for showing a variety is smooth is to embed it in affine or projective space with codimension $c$, and then check the $c\times c$ minors of the Jacobian matrix of the defining ideal. The problem with this approach here is that the codimension of the Plucker embedding is quite large in general, and the minors rapidly become unwieldy.
My specific concern
Outside curiosity, I am not interested in the problem for general hypersurfaces. The specific hypersurface I have in mind is defined by $f=x_{ij}-x_{kl}$, the difference of two Plucker coordinates. This is a frustratingly simple variety, but I am having trouble saying things about it. Is it smooth? Is it irreducible?
More generally, I can look at the subscheme defined by intersecting several hypersurfaces of this form. Is it smooth? Is it irreducible?


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Gwen Stefani Hosting 'Family Day' Fundraiser at Her Home With Michelle Obama
Ever stylish singer (and fashion designer) Gwen Stefani isn't merely focused on 'Push and Shove,' No Doubt's first new album in over a decade, which is due to drop in September. Ahead of the album's release, the diva will partner up with the also fashionable First Lady Michelle Obama for a 'Family Day' fundraiser that she will host in her Beverly Hills home. How gracious of our gal Gwen to let deep pocket Democrats into her home for a quality hang.
Following in the footsteps of classy actors like George Clooney and Sarah Jessica Parker, Stefani will host a get-together in her own crib. It's set for Aug. 12.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, families will have the chance to spend some quality face time with Stefani and Mrs. Obama for an afternoon. For a $1,000 donation, family of four can enjoy some child-friendly fun with the terrific twosome.
Got more cash to spare and a desire to get President Obama elected to a second term in office? Well, for a $5,000 campaign donation, you earn more face time with these beautiful and well-dressed ladies.
You can have afternoon tea with a pop star and the wife of the leader of the free world. But as we said, it'll cost you. But if you are an ardent Obama supporter, then the cause is a good one and worth your pennies.
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Countryside to delight your senses in the Region of Valencia
Albufera Nature Reserve in Valencia
Delight all your senses in the Region of Valencia, eastern Spain. Sight to contemplate its landscapes. Smell to take in the aroma of its flora. Hearing to delight in the song of its birds. Touch to feel its warm sea and taste to enjoy its delicious gastronomy. Respecting the surroundings as they deserve and feeling part of nature. Sound good?
Are you looking for a destination where you can rest and relax surrounded by nature? Then you can be sure of the Region of Valencia, most famous for its wonderful beaches and fiestas, but which also offers stunning natural landscapes. The Region has more than 20 nature reserves, various internationally important wetland areas, more than 280 official walking trails covering some 4,000 kilometres, and a wealth of endemic flora that brings some seven million visitors to its mountains every year. This is the less well known side of the Region of Valencia.
Discover it on foot
One of the best ways to discover the area is walking on any of the easy routes to be found in the region. The Region of Valencia has six long-distance (GR) walking routes, that you can enjoy as you stroll amidst aromatic plants such as rosemary, thyme and lavender. You will also love the sound of birdsong - this region is chosen by a huge variety of migratory birds in search of warmer climes.
A good option is to do the GR7, a route that will show you some of the most beautiful nature areas in the Region of Valencia and the rich cultural heritage to be found there. The trail runs for more than 500 kilometres. It is especially long because it covers the Region's three provinces (Castellón, Valencia and Alicante) completely, from north to south.
The first vital stop on the route is Morella, protected by its old defensive walls and its castle. Close by, still in the province of Castellón, you will love the prehistoric paintings to be found in Cova Remigia Cave (Ares del Maestre). Not much further on you will also find the Cova dels Cavalls de Valltorta site (Tirig). They both have the UNESCO World Heritage designation.
Connection with the Mediterranean Sea
The sea is omnipresent in the landscape of the Region of Valencia. The GR7 offers surprising views of the Mediterranean from the shrine of Sant Cristòfol (Benasal). However, the most peaceful, quiet places to enjoy this unique landscape can be found in the Montlleó River canyon, with access from Culla.
Heading down to the province of Valencia on the GR7 you come to Penyagolosa, a mountain with extensive areas of woodland, the scene for traditional regional processions and pilgrimages. It is in these mountains that the GR33 starts. It runs directly to the Mediterranean, arriving in the town of Castellón de la Plana, one of the best places to enjoy Valencia gastronomy, with views out to sea.
Do you fancy more delights for your senses? Round off your visit to the Region of Valencia with a route in the L'Albufera Nature Reserve, an internationally important wetland area just 10 kilometres from the city of Valencia. You can find out how they produce the region's most traditional product: rice. You can also take a boat trip around the lakes to see some rare birds.
These are just a few suggestions. We would recommend you get much more information from the Region of Valencia's tourist offices. The Montgó Nature Reserve, the El Fondó Nature Reserve, the ColumbretesIslands… they will all show you that the Region of Valencia is much more than just beaches.
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Dipolog is the capital city of Zamboanga Del Norte in Mindanao. The city is a natural wonder, being enclosed by mountains, hills and the sea. Wild orchids grow abundantly here, earning it the nickname of Orchid City. One species, the rare and now endangered Dipolog Orchid, is so named because it was first discovered in the city.
Fun in the sun and on the sand
Dipolog's waters are very rich in marine life and is well-known for its sardine packing industry. You can buy Spanish-style sardines in different flavors packed in bottles, as well as handicraft made of nito, a strong fibrous vine that grows in virgin forests. The city is an eco-tourism destination with nature parks where mature hardwood trees grow wild. The beaches are also to die for. It has its own version of Sinulog in January. May is the best time of the year to visit Dipolog, when festivals are held and the summer sun is perfect for exploring the sights that the city has to offer.
Flights to Dipolog
Cebu Pacific and PAL Express fly direct to Dipolog Aiport from NAIA. Each airline has one daily morning flight to the city. Cebu Pacific also has flights to Dipolog from Cebu. Dipolog Airport is a small domestic airport but is one of the busiest in Mindanao. It has been expanded to accommodate more flights offered by Cebu Pacific. It is capable of handling three small planes and two Airbus A320 simultaneously.
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With a flight that is just 1 hour and 25 minutes long, the time passes by rather quickly. Cebu Pacific conducts fun games where lucky passengers win Cebu Pacific souvenirs such as caps, keychains, mugs, or T-shirts. Snack items for sale are available at the snack bar. PAL Express also has a snack bar for passengers who want to satisfy their hunger.
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About Best Way Company
Best Way was founded in 1991, in the Ukraine. Initially the company specialized in computer hardware, application software and networks. In 1999, the company's game development subdivision was created.
Soldiers: Heroes of World War II, published by 1C Company and Codemasters, has become Best Way's debut title. The highly anticipated title won many local and world-wide awards. In 2006 Best Way together with 1C and Ubisoft has released Faces of War - sequel to Soldiers: Heroes of World War II. The latest Best Way's title is Men of War.
The company created its own unique game 3D-engine "GEM", supporting the latest technologies and available for licensing by other developers.


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HOUSTON — TransCanada has begun moving oil into the Keystone XL pipeline's southern leg, which runs from Oklahoma to the Texas coast, a company spokesman said Monday.
"TransCanada is pleased to confirm that at approximately 10:04 am Central Time on Saturday, December 7, 2013, the company began to inject oil into the Gulf Coast Project pipeline as it moves closer to the start of commercial service," TransCanada spokesman Shawn Howard said in an email.
Northern leg: Feds meet with enviro groups as Keystone decision nears
The pipeline owner will need to fill the newly constructed line before it can begin delivering oil to refineries along the Gulf Coast, including those in Houston. TransCanada plans to fill the new pipeline system with about 3 million barrels of oil in the coming weeks, the company said.
The company has said it expects to begin deliveries by the end of the year.
Although TransCanada is still waiting for approval to construct the northern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would connect with oil sands fields in Canada, the company has completed the $2.3 billion southern leg.
The line will be capable of bringing up to 700,000 barrels per day of oil to the Gulf Coast, providing more supplies of crude to refineries.
Former adviser: Obama will reject Keystone XL pipeline
Refineries are eager to see the northern leg of the pipeline completed, since that portion would bring more of the heavy type of oil sands crude that is especially lucrative for them to process. Oil sands crude currently is priced lower than heavy oil imported from overseas.
The northern leg requires presidential approval since it crosses an international border.
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