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I am not any good at picking football games. Actually I was pretty good at it and had what I thought was a safe lead on Mike Schopp but then I fell apart and missed something like 11 out my last 12 picks and the result is I have to watch a season of a TV show chosen by Mike and Greg Bauch.
I want to die. Hoping for a power outage. Maybe a DVR malfunction.
Well this off to a pretty good start. The premier of Keeping Up With the Kardashians is only half an hour long. I was fearing maybe it would be some very special premier event that would go on over 3 nights or something. I hit play and one of them, Kim I think, is at a restaurant with Chris Humphries.
Did I miss the beginning? Boy, they're not wasting any time here at all. Within the first 30 seconds, Humphries, who is Kim's boyfriend, says he wants some of her food. She tells him "you always want what you can't have." Very deep. The timer on my DVR still says 0:00 and already the learning about life has commenced. I can't hardly wait to hear what other pearls of wisdom are going reveal themselves.
By the way, she can't share a plate of food?
Here are Khloe and Lamar Odom and his first line needs subtitles because he mumbles it. To be fair, I don't think he's had his coffee yet as Khloe is talking about waffles and sausage or something.
On to Kourtney and Scott. How many of these sisters are there? I hope this is it. I don't think I can handle another divergent story line. It appears that Kourtney and Scott have just moved into a new house. She says it will take "literally 10-years" to get the house organized.
Jenner house. Jenner's assistant is named Palm. This show isn't in HD which might be good for Jenner. If it were HD, I think there is a good chance he may look like a catcher's mitt that had been soaked in a tub of water and then left in the sun for a few years. In regular D, he just looks kind of shot.
The Mom is the manager for the three sisters. Kim wants to claim some 'K' names for the children she is going to have with a guy she in unwilling to share a plate of food with and we're still only 6 minutes in.
Game night at Kourtney's. Drama! Kim is not there. She's in NYC. Apparently that means that nothing interesting happens at game night because we're right on to a new scene and Mom/Manager has a meeting set up that the sisters are blowing off to teach her a lesson. They have not really established why Mom/Manager needs to be taught a lesson but that is likely on me. I can't expect to join a show like this in season 6 or whatever season this is and have everything from the previous seasons laid out. They have to keep moving. My bad.
The show is half over and my head hurts. A lot. I would have rather been assigned to learn and then explain the rules of Cricket to 1st graders than watch this show.
Mom/Manager is drinking wine out of a glass the size of Rob Ray's head and telling Jenner how the girls embarrassed her by blowing off the meeting. They decide to hire a chef so the family can have a dinner together. This is so relatable.
There is some friction when Kim discovers that there are pictures of her with her ex still on display in Khloe's house. The way they are talking one could get the impression that Kim "gets around". I am making no such judgement. She appears to me to be devoted to Chris although she would not share her food with him.
Family dinner at Jenner House complete with servers. Mom/Manager is drunk and Kim just found out she has the day off tomorrow. What a relief because she works so hard.
The episode ends with a blast of confusing teasers about story lines to come. Someone is drinking too much. One of the sisters hates Lamar. Someone else is taking birth control pills. Maybe Jenner, I don't know. It all happened so fast.
One week in and I'm already having trouble keeping up with the Kardashians.
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A.G. Spalding: From Byron to the Big Leagues Exhibit
Located at the Byron Museum of History, this exhibit features Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Albert Spalding, from his youth in Byron to his league pitching career and the founding of the Spalding Sporting Goods Company.
Built in 1876, this 19-room museum, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was the division headquarters for Illinois Central Railroad. The museum showcases local artifacts from Amboy and the surrounding area.
The memorials here are a tribute to veterans of the Vietnam War, Korean War, Gulf War and World War II. The war memorials are the only ones built in the U.S. by youth, constructed by Boy Scouts of Troop 312 Rochelle as Eagle Projects.
Begins the Trail Reagan Statue
A bronze statue of Ronald Reagan, astride the likeness of a palomino horse he rode nearly 60 years ago, sits at the head of the Heritage Crossing Riverfront Plaza located on River Street in downtown Dixon. The statue, created by local artist Don Reed, serves as the centerpiece of Heritage Crossing, an open-air plaza that looks out onto the Rock River.
The first brick home built in Polo is now a tourist information center and home of the local Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Musicals, comedies and mysteries are performed August-May at this civic center located in Byron High School.
Byron Museum Of History & Lucius Read House
The Byron Museum Complex consists of a large Exhibit Hall and the historic Lucius Read House, which was on the Underground Railroad and is a listed site on the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The Read House features a permanent exhibit entitled, 'From Shackles to Freedom: The Underground Railroad' which shines a spotlight on Byron's participation in the Underground Railroad. We are happy to accommodate group tours outside regular hours. Tours are free and are self-guided or a docent can be arranged. We also have ample meeting space available.
This natural history museum displays prairies, woodlands, wetlands and other interesting exhibits illustrating life as it existed hundreds of years ago in Northern Illinois. Be sure to make a stop at the museum gift shop.
Country at Heart Quilt & Gift Shop
Don't miss this quaint and unique country quilt and gift shop! Featuring Bowe pottery, candles, quilts, doilies, framed art, country gifts and accessories. We offer a huge selection of antique and primitive furniture too! The quilt shop offers a wide variety of quilting fabrics, notions, patterns, books and so much more!
Built in 1858, this Italian Renaissance-style home displays the history of the Dillon family and Northwestern Steel, as well as fine antiques which belonged to the Dillons.
Beautifully crafted silver jewelry, Minnetonka moccasins, log furniture, and an outstanding art gallery filled with sculptures and pottery can be found at the Eagles Nest.
First Christian Church served as the Reagan family church while they lived in Dixon and helped form Ronald Reagan's Christian-based work ethic, which included a short term as a Sunday School teacher.
Franklin Creek Preservation Area
Franklin Creek Grist Mill, 1893 Twist Road off Old Mill Road, Franklin Grove. Covered wagon tours. Interpretive Center.
CITY:Franklin Grove
Explore the largest Oliver Hart-Parr collection in the Midwest, including farm toys, advertising, and collectibles dating back to 1860, and real antique tractors and machinery. Bus and group tours are available, but should be scheduled in advance.
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Two-story stone building built in 1860 by Abe Lincoln's cousin. Restored dry goods store houses a consignment shop featuring local artisans. Also national headquarters for the Lincoln Highway Assn.
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Fine art gallery / sculptor, Jeff Adams studio. Tour full-service casting facility. Saturday by appointment.
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John Deere's home still stands with a working replica of his blacksmith shop and a preserved archeological dig that unearthed Deere's original shop.
CITY:Grand Detour
Abraham Lincoln, then 47, came to Sterling to speak at a rally for presidential candidate, John C. Fremont. On July 18, 1856, a twist of fate brought Mr. Lincoln to the home of Sheriff William Manahan to spend the night. He slept on a sofa with two chairs placed at its end to accommodate his long legs. In the morning he graciously thanked his host and left Sterling and the rest is history! The home has been restored and its interior, furnishings, and facade reflect the time when Lincoln visited in the late 1850s.
Step back in time in the Loveland Museum and get a glimpse of Dixon and Lee County history. See exhibits from the life of "Father" John Dixon, the Blackhawk War, Civil War and other conflicts, local industry and attractions, the Truesdell Bridge disaster and President Ronald Reagan.
Northwest Territory Historic Center
The Northwest Territory Historic Center is a History Research and Learning Center housed in President Ronald Reagan's boyhood South Central School; located in his hometown of Dixon, Illinois. Beautifully restored with the dedicated support of the townspeople and Reagan colleagues, the Center is proudly affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution and houses the Veterans History Project Regional Center, auditorium, research library, historical exhibits, art gallery, surround-sound theater and museum store. A visit to the Northwest Territory Historic Center includes: The Unchanged Land-an interactive exhibit on Native American & Black Hawk War; The Changing Land-an interactive exhibit on early American Farming; Ronald Reagan's Restored Classroom; Rock River Assembly Diorama; Chautauqua Assembly Building Model; Earth from Space Poster Exhibit; President Reagan History Room, changing historical exhibits, a museum store and much more.
On Any Sunday Motorcycle Museum
See 40 motorcycles on display, including European bikes built from 1942-1978.
We have a large assortment of beautiful fabric and other items to fit your quilting needs. Our staff has over 20 years of professional quilting experience and we are ready to assist you
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Long noted throughout northern Illinois for pencil drawings in black and white and color work in acrylic art, the gallery feature displays of Scheffler's art, and also provide a working center to fulfill commissions for patron's special requests. The Rooney Building was recently chosen as a location for a commemorative mural by the Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition. The Rooney Building is a companion to the renowned H.I. Lincoln Building as a Farming Heritage, Inc. historic preservation project.
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Full working pottery studio and store for 24 years, stoneware and porcelain.

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Located at the new Sprint Center directly across from Kansas City's Power & Light District, the 41,500-square-foot building features the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
In the Hall of Fame, visitors learn about the great players and coaches who have made significant contributions to men's collegiate basketball. Visitors will rediscover seminal moments in college basketball history and learn the special role that Kansas City played in the sport.
Hands-on, high-energy exhibits throughout the facility place visitors in electrifying game-like situations, from sinking the game-winning shot to announcing the play-by-play action from the ESPNU broadcast desk.
While physically part of the Sprint Center, the College Basketball Experience has a unique and separate identity. It evokes the game of basketball and stimulates visitor enthusiasm from the moment it comes into view.
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Retail chains may find eBay a valuable ally in their common struggle against Amazon.
EBay was the first blockbuster e-commerce success story. And so I was surprised the other day to hear eBay Inc.'s CEO talking up the allure of bricks-and-mortar stores.
"A lot of people really like shopping," John Donahoe told me during an interview following his speech at the annual Imagine conference of Magento, the e-commerce software company now owned by eBay. "It's entertainment, a social experience. I don't believe in the demise of the store. There may be segments that go to stores less and less and less. But there are other shoppers who love going to stores."
Donahoe may have good reason to pull for the survival of stores, and for the retail chains that operate them. For those retail chains and eBay are being pushed into an unexpected alliance against their common enemy—today's blinding e-commerce star, Amazon.com Inc.
Signs of this alliance started showing up last year. In the fall, eBay created customized mobile apps for Macy's and Best Buy. In doing so, eBay leveraged the mobile commerce expertise it has acquired in the past three years as it's spent $3.5 billion buying up some 20 technology companies. While Wal-Mart had the expertise to create a similar mobile app itself, many retail chains don't have the in-house talent to do it. Many chains likely would be happy to accept the help of eBay, which has emerged as a leader in mobile commerce.
Donahoe gave another example in our chat the other day. He says eBay plans to work with retail chain Kate Spade New York to put large touchscreens on store walls of the apparel retailer, so that consumers who can't find a style, size or color in the store where they are can search for it online, using the wall-mounted screen as a kind of giant iPad. There are also large kiosks in Toys 'R' Us stores that offer the same online shopping opportunity. Both those chains are clients of GSI Commerce, one of the companies eBay has bought in its recent shopping spree.
Providing that kind of online and mobile expertise could help eBay solidify its relationships with those store-based retailers. EBay not only hopes they'll continue doing business with GSI—most of whose 180 clients are retail chains—but also that they will use eBay to sell more of their excess and out-of-season inventory. Donahoe and his colleagues have been touting eBay to those retailers and major consumer brands as the perfect way to dispose of excess inventory—and even in-season stock—and Donahoe says that's been successful. But a little goodwill can't hurt.
(The eBay marketplace is clearly on the upswing, whether it's because of big chains and brands providing eBay with more merchandise, or the many changes the company has made in recent years to the eBay.com site and its seller policies. After years of below-market growth, the value of merchandise sold on eBay's U.S. marketplace increased 16% in 2012, in line with e-commerce growth, and by 19% in the fourth quarter, ahead of total e-retail growth. Global marketplace growth was 16% in the fourth quarter, which is important as eBay generated 56% of its marketplace revenue outside the U.S in that quarter. And the company has big plans for its international marketplaces, starting with Russia, as my colleague Katie Deatsch will explain in a story in the May issue of Internet Retailer magazine.)
There's another big play afoot: PayPal, another eBay business unit, wants to grow from its roots as an online payment method to a way consumers pay everywhere, including at checkout counters in physical stores as well as on smartphones, tablets, TVs and any other web-enabled devices that may emerge.
To date, 23 national retailers have begun accepting PayPal in 18,000 U.S. stores. A consumer pays with a plastic card PayPal issues or by entering her phone number and PayPal password. That doesn't make shopping any easier for the consumer, and Donahoe recognizes that PayPal will be successful offline only if it solves problems for consumers and merchants.
He has some ideas about how PayPal can do that. He points to a test at some Jamba Juice locations in California where consumers can use a PayPal app to order a smoothie for pickup at a designated time, then walk right up and collect their drink, without waiting in line. NCR, a major provider of electronic payment registers for stores and restaurants, is now building in PayPal functionality that will allow a diner to pay his check without waiting for waiter to deliver it. "One of the big challenges for restaurants is knowing when to deliver the check," Donahoe says.
Another store-friendly feature of the PayPal app lets a shopper make a purchase at certain stores, and click that she wants to pick it up. When she walks in, screens on the store's registers pop up her picture, name and order, so that employees can greet her by name. "It's the kind of personalized service you used to get on Main Street, now enabled by technology," Donahoe says.
Letting customers skip lines, restaurants turn over tables more often and stores deliver friendlier service, all address pain points for merchants and consumers. And good execution of these features, all just being tested, could win PayPal adherents among both shoppers and retailers. Add in the ability to store coupons and loyalty account information in a PayPal account—much handier than carrying paper coupons or adding several fobs to a consumer's key ring—and eBay is making the case that PayPal is the ideal all-purpose payment mechanism for the future, whether consumers are paying in stores, online or via their mobile phones and tablets.
To sum up, eBay has three big revenue opportunities: building its core eBay marketplaces, extending PayPal into the physical world, and promoting the e-commerce technology it's bought. In all three cases, good relations with big retail chains will help eBay achieve its goals. And retail chains may welcome eBay's offer of expertise, especially in mobile technology.
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not even i am that crazy
and if the Human Subordination magic is not really his how did loke know about it since he did not know he had that guy in him? or did he just know it by seeing it?
also i can not wait to see gray throw it down hard core. this arc is just epic,.


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- 11-03-2012, 05:42 PM Thread Author #1
32 or 64 bit Windows with Parallels Desktop question
Im planning on getting one of the new 27 inch iMac's early next year and I will be installing Parallels Desktop 8 and Windows 7 probably.
Now when I got my last PC which came installed initially with Windows Vista 64 bit by the system builder, I found that my USB devices and I think some software and hardware wouldn't work. I can't remember all the details has its 5 years ago almost, but I can remember plugging things in like external hard drives and usually you get a prompt installing driver, but with the 64 bit version it basically could not find the drivers if my memory serves me correctly.
Now I was wondering which version of Windows (32 or 64 bit) would you recommend to install along with Parallels Desktop 8 on my iMac. I am planning to have a total of 24GB of ram (the iMac would come with 8GB, and I would be installing an additional 16GB), but the last thing I want to do is run into compatibility issues like I did with the 64 bit Windows Vista that I had. Or has things improved from a compatibility point of view with 64 bit?
I've never had a 64 bit version of Windows in the 10 years of owning a Windows PC (apart from when the system builder supplied my machine in error with 64 bit Vista, which I later removed once the system builder sent me the correct version). So I don't know if 64 bit is something I'm going to need or miss. It's just with the iMac having a 64 bit OS I wondered if it would be beneficial to have a 64 bit version of Windows too.
The main things I do mostly on my computer are:
1: Email
2: Surfing
3: Photo editing
4: A bit of video conversion, for if I'm wanting to convert some avi, mp4, mpeg, mkv video to a different format to either then put on my iPad, Playstation 3 or to burn to a DVD disk.
5: Using iTunes
Someone did mention to me that video conversion would benefit from a 64 bit version of Windows due to been able to use more than 4GB of ram, but I wondered what you guys think of that?
So in light of my uses, would there be any benefit to me getting a 64 bit version of Windows.
Saying that though, it's quite possible (but I don't know yet) that I might be doing some of the above some of the time in the Mac side rather than Windows, but I wouldn't know this until I started using my iMac.
Also in light of what my uses would be. Has mentioned above, I would have 24GB of ram installed on my iMac (has others on other forums have said that its best to get as much ram as you can afford and this was based on my uses too)
I know that if I went with a 32 bit version of Windows it wouldn't be able to use more than 4gb of ram. So if I went with the 32 bit version. Would my uses I described and with running the VM (Parallels Desktop 8) would the 4GB limit be too low?
Thanks in advance.
32 or 64 bit Windows with Parallels Desktop question
Compatibility issues are much better since Vista. Go with the 64 bit Windows.
Not trying to say that you shouldn't get that memory or processor, but based on those uses, 24GB of memory is way overkill even if you assigned 8 or more to a Parallels instance. And you can easily run all of those types of programs on the Mac side so you may not even need Parallels.
- 11-03-2012, 07:53 PM Thread Author #3
Re: 32 or 64 bit Windows with Parallels Desktop question
Re the ram amount. A few people on other forums have said, if you can get the ram cheap enough, then get as much as you can afford. I thought well the iMac would have 8GB in it as standard and I looked on Crucial's site and I can get 16GB for a good price, so that's why I came out with the 24GB figure. I know very little about the Mac at present and thanks to people like your good self, I am learning more all the time.
My worry was that with there been a 4GB limit on a 32 bit Windows OS, I thought that I might run into to memory issues with running Parallels/32 bit Windows OS and the Mac OS, so that's what made me think and ask the question about whether to go for 32 or 64 bit Windows.
I know that I would still need Windows has I've went through the list of programs I use now (on Windows) to see if there is a Mac version. A lot of them there is a Mac version or failing that a similar program that done the same thing. But there was still a small percentage that I could only run on Windows.
My girlfriend would be the biggest user of Windows, has she is into card making and has a large collection of CD roms which will only run in Windows.
32 or 64 bit Windows with Parallels Desktop question
It never hurts to have more ram and it can help future-proof the computer. I just don't want people thinking they need it and getting it even if they can't afford it. If you can, then that's great.
- 11-03-2012, 08:05 PM Thread Author #5
- 11-04-2012, 04:04 AM Thread Author #6
Re: 32 or 64 bit Windows with Parallels Desktop question
I've just been thinking. If I went with a 64 bit version of Windows (Windows 7) and if I was wanting to install or download and install a piece of software that was only available in a 32 bit version, would I be able to install and use 32 bit software on a 64 bit OS in scenarios like this?
32 or 64 bit Windows with Parallels Desktop question
Yes. You can run 32 bit software in a 64 bit environment just not vice versa.
- 11-04-2012, 11:10 AM Thread Author #8
Re: 32 or 64 bit Windows with Parallels Desktop question
From off another forum I've read that some peripherals can sometimes be a problem with 64 bit with regards to drivers, drivers not been available.
My peripherals would be:
3 USB external hard drives. All are over 3 years old.
A USB 3.0 3TB hard drive I would be getting when I got the iMac for my Time Machine backups.
Printer which is around 6 months old.
Corsair Flash Voyager USB thumb.
The USB keyboard that would come with my iMac.
The bluetooth Apple Magic Mouse that would come with my iMac.
I'm just wondering if any of these would not work with a 64 bit Windows OS?
32 or 64 bit Windows with Parallels Desktop question
Of course I can't tell you with 100% certainty, but none of those peripherals sound like they would have any issues with 64 bit Win7. I ran 64 bit Win7 on a PC (not on a Mac thru Parallels) before I switched over to a MacBook Pro about a year and a half ago, and I never had any troubles with driver compatibility with things like printers, USB drives, etc.
- 11-04-2012, 11:59 AM Thread Author #10
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As you mentioned, nstalling 32 bit Windows would be a waste on a machine with 24GB of memory since it can only use about 3.5GB. That said, I run Win7 on a bootcamp partition on my MBP. I've had no problems with drivers. Unless you're looking for drivers for really old hardware, almost everything has 64 bit versions now. I believe now, most computers sell with 64 bit Windows as the default. As for your particular hardware, the only item I see a problem with is the Magic Mouse. Magic Mouse will work with Windows.... but it sucks. Get a regular Logitech or MS mouse, you'll thank yourself.
- 11-05-2012, 02:47 AM Thread Author #12
Re: 32 or 64 bit Windows with Parallels Desktop question
The oldest devices that I would be wanting to use on my iMac would be my external hard drives, which are over 5 years old. Your right, pretty much every PC I've seen lately comes with a 64 bit version of Windows.
I think I will go with a 64 bit OS has the price I've seen on the site I'm going to get it from is the exact same price for the 32 bit version has it is for the 64 bit version. Most of the time I'll be using the Mac side, but there will no doubt be programs that I can only run in Windows or I might prefer to do it in Windows or something else could arise in the future, so I think the 64 bit OS is going to be the sensible choice from a memory point of view, my girlfriend will be the one who will be using Windows the most with her card making cd roms.
Re the Apple Magic Mouse in Windows. Providing it works and I can move the mouse arrow, left click and right click on things then I'm not too bothered if it sucks a bit . I do have an old wired Logitech mouse that I've had for probably 8 years, so if I really cannot stand using the Apple Magic Mouse in Windows, I could always use this I suppose.
Thanks again for the help, it's greatly appreciated.
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Re: 32 or 64 bit Windows with Parallels Desktop question
As for your external drives, I presume they're USB. They'll work fine.
- 11-05-2012, 04:31 PM Thread Author #14
Re: 32 or 64 bit Windows with Parallels Desktop question
The external hard drives are all USB.
Providing I can left click, right click and move the mouse arrow, then I'm not too bothered about the other multitouch gestures whilst using Windows. Plus if it gets really annoying I can always plug in my old wiried Logitech mouse whilst using Windows.
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NovaQuest Pharma Opportunities Fund III to invest up to $40 million in Pharmaxis
Singapore: Pharmaceutical company Pharmaxis announced the signing of a financing agreement with NovaQuest Pharma Opportunities Fund III, under which NovaQuest will invest up to $40 million to support the continued development, manufacturing and commercialization of Bronchitol for cystic fibrosis in the EU and the US.
The minimum investment by NovaQuest of $20 million will be received by Pharmaxis within 30 days. Up to an additional $20 million may be invested by NovaQuest from January 30, 2014, subject to Pharmaxis meeting certain commercial and regulatory performance criteria.
As consideration for its investment, NovaQuest will receive payments based upon the US and EU sales revenue of Bronchitol for cystic fibrosis for a term of eight years in the EU and seven years from the launch of Bronchitol in the US. The payments are determined by reference to US and EU sales revenue bands and corresponding annual payment percentages which vary over the term of the agreement to reflect the expected growth in Bronchitol sales, and decrease in the event that the total investment is below the maximum $40 million.
Pharmaxis CEO Dr Alan Robertson, said that, "Pharmaxis explored a range of options to leverage its Bronchitol asset. The NovaQuest investment was selected because it is tailored to the expected growth of the business and it offers flexibility in the total investment amount. The investment returns to NovaQuest are based solely on the sales of Bronchitol."
The NovaQuest team has committed approximately $1 billion to the global pharmaceutical industry. NovaQuest Partner Mr Jonathan Tunnicliffe said, "NovaQuest has a long history of investing in global pharmaceutical products such as Bronchitol. NovaQuest is delighted to have made this investment, allowing Pharmaxis to pursue its plans for Bronchitol for cystic fibrosis in the EU and US."
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(1) deliver or mail their written claims to the Personal
Representative at the address above; (2) deliver or mail their written
claims to the Personal Representative's attorney of record at the
following address 880 W. 40 N., Cleveland, UT 84518; or (3) file their
written claims with the Clerk of the District Court in Castle Dale,
Utah, or otherwise present their claims as required by Utah law within
three months after the date of the first publication of this notice or
be forever barred.
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By GARY ARRINGTONSports writer
The one that got away may come back to haunt the Emery High Lady Spartans as the region softball season winds down. After defeating the previously undefeated in region 12 action Manti Templars on Tuesday, Emery let one that they should have had slip away on Friday at Juab. Emery is now 5-3 in region action and in second place.
On Tuesday, Emery defeated Manti for the second time this season, the first being in a preseason tournament in St. George, by a score of 14-12. On Friday, Juab grabbed an 8-7 win in Nephi.
In the Juab game, Emery starting pitcher Whitney Roper had her worst outing of the year. In the first inning, the Wasps scored eight runs on six hits, two walks and a hit batsman. Sophomore Jeridi Price replaced Roper on the mound and shut down the Wasp bats the rest of the game.
Price allowed one hit and one walk in her five innings of work. In those last five innings, Juab hit seven grounders for outs, four pop flies to the infield for outs and two fly balls to the outfield.
Emery scored two runs in the first inning as Jo Jennings and Makiah Sherman led off with singles and both would eventually score as Bryton Hess hit a double and Roper singled. Emery added another in the second inning as Price walked and scored on a double by Sherman.
Emery added a fourth run in the fourth inning. Auminee Bennett walked and Bennett would score on a single by Hess. In the fifth inning, Emery would score three runs. After the first two batters got out, Price walked again, Bennett doubled to score Price, Jennings singled to score Bennett and Jennings would score on a single by Sherman.
Emery had a double and a single in the top of the seventh by Price and Jennings but the Spartans could not score and game was over.
Jennings, Sherman and Hess each had three hits in the game as Emery out hit Juab 14 to 7. Sherman, Price and Bennett each had a double in the game. Emery left two runners on base while the Wasps only left three runners on base in the game. Definitely one that got away for Emery.
On Tuesday, Emery battled Manti throughout the game and came away with the win by outlasting the Templars. After Manti scored two runs in the top of the first inning, Emery would score seven runs in the bottom of the inning to lead 7-2. Manti added two runs in the second inning, one run in the third inning and five runs in the fourth inning to lead 10-7 after four innings.
After Manti went scoreless in the top of the fifth inning, Emery responded by scoring four runs and grabbed the lead back at 11-10. Manti scored a single run in the sixth inning while Emery added three more runs to lead 14-11. Manti scored one run in the seventh inning on a walk and two doubles but was unable to grab the lead back and Emery won.
The final play of the game was a fly ball hit to centerfield that Emery's Shelby Mason tracked down and then threw a perfect strike to home and catcher Markette Tanner tagged out the Templar runner for a game ending double play.
This was a game filled with extra base hits for both teams. Emery hit six doubles and a homerun while Manti hit four homeruns, a triple and three doubles. Emery had 13 base hits and Manti had 16 hits. Emery left five runners on base and Manti left 10.
Hitting the doubles for Emery was Jennings, Sherman with two, Tanner, Mason and Price. Bennett hit the homerun in the first inning.
Sherman and Mason each had three hits in the game with eight of the nine batters getting at least one hit in the game.
Emery has been hitting the ball really well the last four games. As a team, the Spartans are batting .393 with Jeridi Price leading the team with a .600 batting average over those same games. Shelby Mason is batting .563, with Bryton Hess batting .533 and Makia Sherman batting .529. Jo Jennings is batting .444 and Markette Tanner is hitting .333. Emery batters have only struck out 13 times in those same four games while they have walked 11 times.
Emery plays North Sanpete on Friday and then will close out the season next Tuesday with a home game against Delta. The first round of state is the following Saturday. Manti leads the region at 6-1 followed by Emery, North Sanpete, Juab, Richfield and Delta. Delta hasn't won a region game this season.


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A "boot in a sweater" is a cute idea but...
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I found this half hour film featuring Misha Ge's grandfather, an artist born in N E China of Russian mother. Watch Little Misha from 4:30 to 6:30! and at 27:41 till the end. Unlike his Grand Dad, Misha has great family support for his interests and talents. At 17, Grandfather literally ran away from home in the snow trying to get to Beijing to study arts. He made it there on foot. Misha's father appeared at 12:12 talking about being sent to study Arts in Russia, also at 17, by train, where he fell in love with Misha's Mom. He got his mother's blessing but without telling his father, married his Russian girlfriend at the Embassy. Misha's grandfather fell in love with the Gobi Desert and changed his ordinary Chinese name to Ge (Gobi) Sha (sand, shamo=desert). That's why Misha's family name is rather unusual, different from my guess. Quite an interesting life. Very touching about his reunion with his sister and mother after 33 years. At the end of the film, his biggest wish was to cheer on his grandson at 2008 Olympics when he would be 77 years old. (This film must have been made before the change of Winter Olympic years. Misha looked about 10.)
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Paatrick's 4CC FS CBC version with Kurt and Tracy
I like how the Canadian commentators point out what make for great skating. But as with most commentators, the highest respect is paid with silence. Waiting for longer version including replays and comments, as well as Takahashi's and others' with insights from Kurt and Tracy.
Durian, that video is titled Faces OF The Time, probably a series featuring persons of interests and character. Grandpa Ge Sha is an accomplished artist arising from poverty, running from home while being chased in the snow to pursue his real interest and passion in life, ending up a successful artist but not seeing his family for 33 years. His mother was Russian, doing laundry to support the family and his father wanted him to learn a practical trade. I assumed his wife is Chinese as his son and grandson are both raised Chinese though his son married a Russian like his gradpa. Thus Ge Misha's mother and great grandmother are both Russian. I was puzzled though when watching a video about him as, when asked how to pronounce his family name, he said "gee" instead of "ke".
2012 4CC Men's post small medal audience Q&A
Thanks again SF. Interesting family history of Misha's grandad.
I like Kurt as a commentator. Reason being, as a non-skater myself, I find that I learn so much from bi-partisan and experienced sports commentators. They are able to point out what went wrong and what is good, and this is applicable to all sports. Thanks for the video link.


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Breaking - Darryl Sutter Steps Down as Flames GM
Kent Wilson
December 28 2010 12:14PM
According to Vicki Hall, Darryl Sutter has (finally?) stepped down as the Flames General Manager, leaving Jay Feaster in charge.
More analysis and such to come.
while i don't think feaster is the guy either,i think you have to wait till summer to see if an experienced hockey gm is avil. i don;t want to see kisio he has no nhl experience nor was he ever able to get the hitmen over the tp even with some very good teams.this is the most important team decision for the next 5 years,hopfuly they find the right person.ownership waited too long and missed a shot at stevie y,hopefuly they get it right.
December 28 2010, 09:52PM
@Terry C
Actually, McNab in Anaheim (SVP Hockey Operations) would be a far better choice than Kisio. Or Feaster, for that matter. And he's signed for only one year with the Ducks. He's on the cusp of availability.
I stand corrected. I say nab McNab. Soon. He won't be in Anaheim next season, methinks...
Feaster scares me. He's a lawyer, not a hockey man. Probably never played a game of shinny in his life.
King and Feaster should go. Bring in Kisio. Goulet. And Plyafair.
Not sure where you are getting this from? Has been a GM at the AHL and NHL level for 20 years. Was AHL executive of the year in 1997. Joined Tampa in 1998 and won a cup with them in 2004. If this guy isn't a "hockey guy" then I'm not sure who is?
December 28 2010, 10:05PM
Not your typical hockey guy, but has had sucess primarily by being in the company of good hockey guys. demers,Barber,Goulet.
Whats with all the Feaster hating? I'm not saying that he's our answer, but i just dont get where all the hate comes from. He does have a cup ring to his name.
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Data Source Use of Oracle Edition Based Redefinition (EBR)
By Steve Felts-Oracle on Nov 30, 2012
Edition-based redefinition is a new feature in the 11gR2 release of the Oracle database. It enables you to upgrade the database component of an application while it is in use, thereby minimizing or eliminating down time. It works by allowing for a pre-upgrade and post-upgrade view of the data to exist at the same time, providing a hot upgrade capability. You can then specify which view you want for a particular session. See the Oracle Database Advanced Application Developer's Guide for further information. There is also a good white paper at Edition Based Definition.
Using this feature of the Oracle database does not require any new WebLogic Server functionality. It is set for each connection in the pool automatically by simply specifying
SQL ALTER SESSION SET EDITION = edition_name
in the Init SQL parameter in the data source configuration. This can be configured either via the console or via WLST (setInitSQL on the JDBCConnectionPoolParams). This SQL statement is executed for each newly created physical database connection.Note that we are assuming that a data source references only one edition of the database.
To make use of this feature, you would have an earlier version of the application with a data source that references the earlier EDITION and a later version of the application with a data source that references the later EDITION. Once you start talking about multiple versions of a WLS application, you should be using the WLS "side-by-side" or "versioned" deployment feature. See Developing Applications for Production Redeployment for more information. By combining Oracle database EBR and WLS versioned deployment, the application can be failed over with no downtime, making the combination of features more powerful than either independently.
There is a catch - you need to be running with a versioned database and a versioned application initially so then you can switch versions. The recommended way to version a WLS application is to simply add the "Weblogic-Application-Version" property in the
MANIFEST.MF file(you can also specify it at deployment time). The recommended way to configure the data source is to use a packaged data source descriptor that's stored in the ear or war so that everything is self-contained. There are some restrictions. You can't use a packaged data source with Logging Last Resource (LLR) - you need to use a system resource. You can't use an application-scoped packaged data source with EmulateTwoPhaseCommit for the global-transactions-protocol with a versioned application - use a global scope. See Configuring JDBC Application Modules for Deployment for more details.
There's one known problem - it doesn't work correctly with an XA data source (patch available with bug 14075837).


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V.swish Universal Diffuser - Pink
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No more bulky plastic diffusers that crack, no more diffusers popping off and hitting you in the head. This heat resistant diffuser features a cool touch silicon surface and has the ultimate space saving design that is great for storage or travel. The universal adapter fits almost any hair dryer.
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Works Best On Thin To Medium Curly Hair!Great item but works best on medium to thin hair types.
Thick curly hair can be too heavy for the collapsible silicone.
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Not UniversalWhile I like the silicon material and the collapsible body, this can hardly be called "universal". The silicon has a very small amount of stretch- maybe adjusting up to 1/8". Beyond that, I had to take a pair of scissors to it. I first tried snipping out the silicon tracks running along the inside. While that was easy enough to do, it still didn't provide enough room for my hair dryer to fit (which is ~1/2" larger in circumference than this diffuser). I then tried to make U-shaped vents, however the silicon ripped easily. While I did eventually get my dryer to fit, the end result is an unattractive disaster that I don't expect to last. Now that I've had to destroy it, I can't return the thing, so I'll soon have to shop for another diffuser. DON'T waste your money on this product!
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Winners of our 2010 Haiku Contest
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Writing haiku sounds really, really simple, doesn't it? The form is elementary: Just five, seven and five syllables, and wham-o, you've got a poem. It's not as easy as it sounds, though. Since the early August announcement of this here contest, I've been trying to think up a congratulatory haiku for all the entrants and have come up with exactly nothing.
Thankfully, you're all better at this than I, and more than 400 of you submitted tiny poems over e-mail, snail mail and Twitter. Nice job, y'all. Obviously, we can't publish all of them, so Alibi editors Laura Marrich and Marisa Demarco worked tirelessly with me, counting syllables on our fingers to pick the cream of the crop. The ones we've chosen as our faves in each category get a neat little package of prizes from Noah's Ark Café, Pepper's Ole' Fashion BBQ, Chillz Frozen Custard and Guild Cinema. Haiku masters can swing by the Alibi (413 Central Nw) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to gather up their goodies.
"Death Poem"
Half a cup of life
Plum blossoms littering the
Sudden April snow
—Richard Fye
MiscellaneousSingle, nonsmoking
diabetic vampire seeks
—Holly Hargrove
Jingle HaikuGoodwill Clearance Store
Where everyone grabs for more.
You'll sure dig the bins!
—Emily Severance
Red or GreenRed is my mistress,
and Green is my wife. Christmas
sucks bizchochitos.
—Kevin McGuire
5-0-5 (yeah, the second line is blank)
"The Sallie Mae Experience"
almost done, sign here,
now we own your ass
—Sierra Netz
BicyclingThe road to Hell is
Paved with good intentions and
Has a nice bike path
—Tony Santiago
Route 66wavy line asphalt
the pipe dream pushing peddler
low rider dream songs
—Angelica Sainz
LobosHordes of town folk out
Cheering all the Lobo teams
Well, maybe not chess
—Peter B. Ives
Mayor BerryPolitics aside,
Have you looked at his moustache?
It's freaking AWESOME!!
—Richard Groot
Jersey ShoreHey! Yo! MTV.
I get the "T" and the "V",
But what's the "M" for?
—Jason Zsemlye
Runners UpOK, so not all of these are in proper 5-7-5 haiku form, but they made us smile. So enjoy!
There is a spider
running across the bedspread
in this cool north light
—Megan Raloff
Heavy Sunflowers
Hanging out over the fence,
Eaten by the horse
—David Moroleon
The desert is dead,
Void of life. All the lizards
Must get so lonely.
—Gabby England
octopus in the high desert
to swim next to your inked body
is not all i'm thinking
—Cez C b
The train screeches in,
Passengers from distant lands,
or just from Belen.
—Michelle Valencia
Hey vatos locos
where are the 575 tatts?
only 505's
—Bernie Lieving
The mouse on the wheel
stopped. She broke the wheel and
ate the scientist.
—Nancy Tudor
Central, so much weird
That hobo has a huge beard
Nasty, so I steered
—Justin White
You value your fries.
Impoverished children starve.
Yeah, "I'm Lovin' it."
—Jessa Mckelvey
Red or Green
Manna from heaven
That is what green chile is
Red is okay too
—Gabriela Irwin
Red! speed past real fast!
But officer, light was green!
Tell that to the judge.
—Ramsey Rose
Ruby, rouge, cerise,
Rojo, crimson, scarlet, puce.
Wait. I'll have the green.
—David Martin
Why "the Q" is cool:
Let's stick with "Burque"
—Steve Bishop
A shout on Silver.
A honk on Yale. What's that for?
Oh, I'm on a bike.
—Juna Benjamin
Hey Velocipedes!
Stop signs apply to you, too.
Quit cutting me off.
—Lea Jones
What good are goatheads?
For flattening bike tires
They're the best around.
—Andy Moss
Route 66
chicago to coast
I wish 491 was
still called 666
—Jordan Wayne Sawyer
Red & silver streaks,
a pack of wild dogs they charge.
Victory is near.
—Matthew Idziak
When the moon is full
Or even when it isn't
We are all Lobos
—Angel Marquez
In New Mexico
We like to lose our minds, Howl
At the moon tonight
—Selenah Bequette Kaiser
Mayor Berry
The hummingbirds say,
"Mayor Berry-don't take 'way
Our sanctuary
—Ethan Kane
I like the mayor,
His name sounds like an ice cream,
Mmmmmm ... MayorBerry
—Richard Groot
This Mayor Berry
can't deport us all, but some
I will fight to end
—Hugo Ayala
Jersey Shore
Fake tans and fist pumps
Always fresh with high hair bumps
You can't miss Jersday
—Natalia Ruiz-Fabrega
Crisp melanoma
Abs big enough for laundry
What's in Snookie's hair?
—Stephanie Mladinich
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The bonobo society is characterized by high dominance status of adult females, co-dominance between the sexes, and cooperation and alliance formation between females. This is perhaps one of the reasons why previous research on bonobo has been biased towards social behaviour of females and the lack of information on males. However, in the light of the prominent function of female sexuality, is reasonable to assume that mating behaviour of males shows adaptations that enhance both mating success and reproductive success. Male bonobos have the reputation of being unusually peaceful and although agonistic encounters may be as frequent as in other primate species, the intensity of aggression appears to be low. Male aggression is usually related to the intensity of mate competition. When access to females can be monopolized, male contest is likely to lead to reproductive skew which can drive selection towards fighting ability and aggressiveness. This changes when males can not monopolise access to mates and under such circumstances, the need to invest in contest power and aggression will be reduced.
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- elucidating basic patterns of male social relations including male dominance relations, patterns of spatial associations and affiliative behaviour,
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The apartment is in a quiet residential neighbourhood well situated between the city centre and lively Leith area, both reachable by bus in just a few minutes. Arthur's Seat, Holyrood Palace and the Scottish Parliament are around a 15-minute walk while the Old Town, Princes Street and The Shore are just over 20 minutes' walk. Taxis are cheap and all the main central sights are reachable in a few minutes, mostly for under £10. The airport can be reached directly by the No 35 Lothian bus with the stop nearby on Easter Road. There are numerous great places to eat nearby (Indian, Italian, Chinese, traditional pubs, continental bars etc) and three Michelin starred restaurants just 15 to 20 minutes' walk away. There are also numerous artisan food stores close by.
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It is a nice flat newly built and very clean, well decorated and equipped with all kitchen utensils. There were coulpes of bus lines to get to the city center, taking aournd 10 mins. Supermakets can be found around flat. Everythig was perfect for this flat. I recommend this flat, 100%.
Lovely flat in great condition. Very helpful landlord. Just a shame that there was a construction site right outside that woke us up at 7 a.m. every morning.
We really enjoyed our stay. The apartment was tidy as new and everything functioned well. Special thanks to Allan's information booklet giving good guidance and a lot of useful tips for going around, including the walking time estimations; that is a great help in a new city. The park view was luxury. Also the location is great, close to so many attractions by foot or bus. Warmly recommended by us.
Très bel appartement, très propre, tout confort. A 20 minutes à pied du centre ville. A 5 minutes des bus.
La casa es estupenda. Bonita, limpia y nueva. Tiene información detallada de la ciudad y recomendaciones de lugares para comer, tomar una copa y visitar. Y lo mejor el trato con las personas encargadas de hacer que nuestra estancia fuera lo mejor posible. Gracias a Allan, Angie y, en especial, a Ken.
Sehr schöne Wohnung, genau wie beschrieben. Die Errichtung eines Wohngebäudes in unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft stört etwas. Da wir aber den ganzen Tag unterwegs waren tangierte es uns nicht. Komplette Vollausstattung der Wohnung , alles sehr sauber und in tadellosem Zustand. Sozusagen Erstbezug.
Gute Erreichbarkeit des Zentrums von Edinburgh. Der Mietpreis (900 € /10Tage) ist für den Zeitpunkt der Vermietung ( August - Festivalzeit ) günstig
Der Rabat für die 10 tägiger Buchung wurde durch Wimdu nicht berücksichtigt. Wir einigten uns mit dem Vermieter der das Geld in Bar in der Wohnung hinterlegte. Der Vermieter reagiert sehr schnell auf email und ist sehr entgegenkommend.
Very nice apartment, exactly as described. The construction of a residential building in the neighborhood is somewhat annoying. But as we were out all day, it did not affect us. Complete full equipment of the apartment, all very clean and in pristine condition. Brand new, so to speak. Easy access to the center of Edinburgh. The rental fee (900 € / 10days) is for the time of hire - cheap (August festival period)The discount for the 10-day reservation was not taken into account by Wimdu. We agreed with the owner of the money deposited in cash in the apartment. The landlord is very responsive to emails and is very responsive
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|Posted by Terry Love on September 02, 1999 at 10:36:43:
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: I bought a new cast-iron sink for the kitchen awhile back and now I want to install it. I currently have a 3/4 and 1/4 tub sink (cast-iron too). The new sink is 1/2 and 1/2 tub style. What I am unsure of is... Will I have to re-do all the piping underneath, cause at the moment the disposal is higher up and the main drain piping is lower. When I put in the new sink everything will be cattywampus. Help on that one please, if you understand my problem. As Well another ? while I'm here. I bought all the new parts I thought necessary for the new sink (drainers etc.) I shopped at the Home D. and I'm not sure if they directed me in the proper direction. Can you enlighten me on all the proper items I should have to
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: 2. When I put the new sink against my counter, what do I use to secure the edges. I got somthing called, Tub Seal. Should I have gotten some beading or something like that.
: 3. What do you charge for pipe replacement estimates in Duvall Wa.? We are in an 87yr. old house and need to do this.
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The new cast iron sink would set on the counter and seal with caulk. Kohler has a tube of polyseamseal in the box most of the time. If you are replacing the disposer at the same time, you would be using a "disposer kit" Whenever I replace kitchen sinks, the pipes draining the sink bowls are replaced.
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: Recently we noticed the constant sound of running water in the bathrooms, but have found no evidence of leaks in or under (crawl space) the house. We did locate a leak in the main water line coming to the house (underground) and had it repaired, but this has not stopped the noise of running water. We have also noticed that both water lines to/from the hot water heater are hot when no hot water is being used. We turned off the water heater overnight, but the noise still occurs. The water heater is 12 years old. Are we dealing with a water heater problem, or do we still have a leak somewhere?
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Over the past two months, one incredible woman took an incredible journey on foot. That woman, Jennifer Pharr-Davis, covered the 2,181 mile Appalachian Trail in 46 days, 11 hours, and 20 minutes. No one, man or woman, has ever covered the trail more quickly. iRunFar's Meghan Hicks sat down with Pharr-Davis just four days after the latter completed her journey at Springer Mountain, Georgia. Below is that interview.
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As I've argued previously, foreign policy shapes voter evaluations of the presidential candidates and ultimately influence how they will cast their ballot on the election day. Furthermore, a recent Foreign Policy Initiative poll of 1,000 randomly selected likely voters found that an overwhelming majority (97 percent) believe that readiness to be commander in chief is an important qualification for the White House. This week, Mitt Romney sought to convey and convince voters of his ability to lead the country in foreign affairs by delivering a major foreign policy address at the Virginia Military Institute. Moreover, the address sought to provide a comprehensive critique of President Barack Obama's foreign and national security policy and to paint a real choice between the candidates in this election. In a conference call ahead of the address, foreign policy advisors Richard Williamson, Alex Wong and Eliot Cohen sought to frame Romney's foreign policy in the "bipartisan tradition of peace through strength" pursued by presidents from Harry Truman, to John Kennedy, to Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Advisors attempted to frame Barack Obama as a Jimmy Carter with a weak and partisan foreign policy, a line of attack Williamson in particular has pursued for some time. However, others, such as Michael Lind of the New America foundation, have noted the influence of the Republican tradition "in the Obama administration's cost-conscious, realist foreign policy." So, how much difference is there between the candidates on foreign policy issues? While there are some policy differences between the candidates, there is largely a consensus between them on a big government approach to foreign policy and in support of broad executive power in this domain. Just as Romney is criticizing Obama's foreign and national security policy in this election, recall that so too did Obama criticize Bush's policy in 2008. And just as Romney has not provided many policy specifics, Obama did not enter office with an articulated philosophy for a foreign policy doctrine, preferring instead bureaucratic efficiency and responding to events on an individual basis. Yet, despite Obama's critiques of Bush, in the wake of the Arab Spring there has been an evolution in Obama's approach to foreign policy towards an idealism resembling that of his predecessor. Even Romney advisor Eliot Cohen has noted the dominant continuities in foreign policy between the Bush and Obama administrations and he has criticized the left for being critical of Bush while supporting Obama. Furthermore, liberals who criticized George W. 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France 1834 – 1917
Dancers climbing the stairs
[Danseuses montant un escalier] 1886-90
oil on canvas
canvas 39.0 (h) x 89.5 (w) cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris , Bequest of Count Isaac de Camondo 1911
© RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
Almost half of Degas' paintings were devoted to the ballet. However, like many of his canvases, this one does not actually depict a performance on stage. It was the behind-the-scenes subject matter, in this instance a dance class, which truly delighted Degas.
Degas created Dancers climbing the stairs in the horizontal format which he adopted for his frieze-like compositions of dancers, horseracing and hunting scenes. The artist began adopting this shape in painting and in drawing from the late 1870s and continued to use it for over twenty years, exploring its multiple variations and permutations.1
Here Degas has composed a narrow, shallow corridor which leads the viewer's eye from the left to the right of the composition and up into the open classroom beyond. A central dancer, dressed in a white tutu, steps up the stairs towards a classroom full of dancers practising their technique. A characteristic ploy used by the artist is the cropping of figures to add a sense of movement and vivacity to his dancers. In this work Degas has applied this strategy in a thoroughly radical manner. One young dancer is shown with her back to the viewer and, wearing a pink sash around her waist, is barely half a torso. She turns as if to speak to another dancer who is but a head and a raised hand. This suggests a sense of immediacy, as if the viewer has just walked in on the scene—one which is really of Degas' imagination rather than drawn from life.
The dancers in the far background are silhouetted against the windows of the rehearsal room—a technique called contre jour, another favourite device employed by Degas. Within the confines of the background space, Degas has carefully arranged a cluster of ballerinas in a sequence of favourite poses. The space is a vast expanse of empty walls and empty floors, while the strong diagonal line of the larger figures in the foreground emphasises movement. Despite all of these various elements, Degas has achieved a beautifully balanced composition. Unlike some of his early ballet pictures, which are full of the bustle of a busy rehearsal room, the figures in Dancers climbing the stairs possess a certain other-worldliness.
This work was sold on 20 August 1888 to the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel, providing us with the date by which the work was completed.2 Stylistically, however, it could have been painted a year or two earlier.
Jane Kinsman
Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2009
From Masterpieces from Paris: Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin and beyond Post-Impressionism from the Musée d'Orsay exhibition book, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2009
- For example, The dance lesson c. 1879 and Before the ballet 1890–92, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
- Journal and stock book from Durand-Ruel archives, in Gary Tinterow, 'Chronology III', in Jean Sutherland Boggs, Douglas W. Druick, Henri Loyrette et al., Degas, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada 1988, p. 389.


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