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Sir Muir Russell to head the Independent Review into the allegations against the Climatic Research Unit (CRU)
Thu, 03 Dec 2009
Today the University of East Anglia (UEA) announced that Sir Muir Russell KCB FRSE will head the Independent Review into allegations made against the Climatic Research Unit (CRU).
The Independent Review will investigate the key allegations that arose from a series of hacked e-mails from CRU. The review will:
1. Examine the hacked e-mail exchanges, other relevant e-mail exchanges and any other information held at CRU to determine whether there is any evidence of the manipulation or suppression of data which is at odds with acceptable scientific practice and may therefore call into question any of the research outcomes.
2. Review CRU's policies and practices for acquiring, assembling, subjecting to peer review and disseminating data and research findings, and their compliance or otherwise with best scientific practice.
3. Review CRU's compliance or otherwise with the University's policies and practices regarding requests under the Freedom of Information Act ('the FOIA') and the Environmental Information Regulations ('the EIR') for the release of data.
4. Review and make recommendations as to the appropriate management, governance and security structures for CRU and the security, integrity and release of the data it holds.
Sir Muir will have the discretion to amend or add to the terms of reference if he feels necessary, devise his own methods of working, and call on appropriate expertise in order to investigate the allegations fully.
The University has asked for the Review to be completed by Spring 2010 and this will be made public along with UEA's response.
Announcing the Independent Review, Professor Edward Acton, Vice-Chancellor said: "The reputation and integrity of UEA is of the upmost importance to us all. We want these allegations about CRU to be examined fully and independently. That is why I am delighted that Sir Muir has agreed to lead the Independent Review and he will have my and the rest of University's full support."
Sir Muir Russell, Head of the Independent Review, said: "I agreed very willingly to Professor Acton's request to undertake this Independent Review. Given the nature of the allegations it is right that someone who has no links to either the University or the Climate Science community looks at the evidence and makes recommendations based on what they find. My first task is to scope the project, gather the information I need and source the additional expertise that will be required in order to investigate fully the allegations that have been made. Once this has happened I will be in a position to confirm timescales for publishing the review."
Notes to Editors:
1. On Tuesday November 17, a substantial file including over 1000 emails either sent from or sent to members of the Climatic Research Unit ('CRU') at the University of East Anglia, was downloaded on the RealClimate website, together with meteorological station data used for research by CRU into the rate of the Earth's warming, particularly over the past 150 years, and other material.
2. A police investigation is currently underway into the source of the theft.
3. Professor Jones announced on December 1 that he will stand aside as Director until the completion of the Independent Review to ensure that CRU can continue to operate normally and the Independent Review can conduct its work into the allegations. Professor Peter Liss, CBE, FRS is now the Acting Director.
4. The Review will be provided with appropriate administrative support and have access to, and the full collaboration of, university staff.
5. Sir Muir Russell KCB FRSE was Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow from 2003 to 2009. During that period he was Convener of Universities Scotland, a member of the Universities UK Main Board, a Trustee of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, and a member of the UCAS Board.
Sir Muir graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1970 with a First in Natural Philosophy (Physics) and took up a career in the civil service, assigned to the Scottish Office. His civil service career included a period in Whitehall as Head of the Home Affairs Secretariat of the Cabinet Office (1990-92). He was appointed Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Office in 1998, following open competition, and was the first Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Executive following the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999.
Sir Muir was awarded the KCB in 2001, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2000. He has honorary degrees from the Universities of Strathclyde, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Sir Muir currently chairs the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland. He is also a Trustee of the Glasgow School of Art, a Member of the Board of the Moredun Research Institute, and the Chairman of the Dunedin Concert Trust.
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Live Review: Britney Spears at the HP Pavilion, San Jose
How thrilled was I for the opportunity to take my young niece to the circus! Yes, the fond memories of Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey's 'Greatest Show on Earth' still linger in my mind as warm assurances of a childhood well spent. Never had I thought, as a lad, that I might one day be on the opposite end of this great tradition: a torch-bearer passing down to a generation anew the excitement of the traveling circus under the big top.
And yet the occasion was dew-dropped with sorrow. The circus has changed quite drastically in such a short span. I hardly recognized it. The brothers Ringling have nothing to fear in the poor competition presented by this newfangled "Britney Spears" circus of today.
We entered the arena in anticipation alongside droves of like-minded circus fans, bought our popped corn and cotton candy, and found our seats in the grandstand. When the curtain was raised, a group of female acrobats in clown makeup called the "Pussycat Dolls" filled the center ring, but they performed no somersaults, no balancing act, nor did they treat the children in attendance to any aerial trickery.
Instead, the acrobats moved their pelvises in ways that made me think they had to go to the bathroom. This hunch was proved correct when each girl ran to a pole and squeezed her legs around it. Why is there no bathroom provided for the performers? Circus budgets are so tight these days.
In my youth, the circus was a nonstop show. But when the poor Pussycat acrobats left the stage, there was nothing. Certainly, thought I, Merle Evans will march in with the opening strains of "Thunder and Blazes," followed by wagons of lions; or a caravan of unicycles will charge the arena; or, if fate does smile on us, a motorcycle "globe of death" will roll into the ring.
Instead, a large screen showed moving pictures of the circus. Moving pictures! I could not believe the indignity! The surrounding children in our section seemed content to occupy themselves by staring at their telephones and hitting the small devices with their thumbs, but I was incensed. This was not what I had paid $150 for!
After this half-hour mockery, the lights went out and more live circus tricks ensued, erasing the sour feelings. A clan of jugglers flung clubs into the air! A prancing maiden navigated dozens of hula-hoops! Two strongmen hoisted a nimble gymnast into flights of fancy! All those seated in the grandstands were tickled and on their feet in glee.
Unfortunately, the main attraction of this particular circus was the elephant, who I believe was advertised as a "singer." Upon the elephant's entrance, the small children cheered wildly. Yet to the more wizened it was very apparent that the elephant, replete with jovial blonde wig, was not singing at all but only moving its mouth in time with the loudspeakers!
From that point forward, the singing-imposter elephant took center ring. Clowns surrounded the elephant and held their bladders while horrendous crashes of noise mixed with the "songs." Trapeze artists dangled from the ceiling, unmoving, while the elephant ambled slowly to and fro in a cornucopia of silly outfits.
After an hour, an unknown defect created a gigantic electric malfunction in the circus apparatus, causing sparks to fly onto the rings, and the performance was over. What a disappointment!
I do hope the Ringling Bros. circus comes to town soon. I would relish a chance to show my niece the true spirit of the big-top instead of this shoddy knock-off currently being peddled across the country.
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At some point or another, we all need a career boost. Whether you're going into the dreaded performance review or need to find a new job, expanding and grooming your professional brand will always be a priority if you want to advance yourself.
But, how can you forgo the same tried solutions and become a remarkable employee? More importantly, how can you boost your career in the process, particularly in the eyes of a supervisor?
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1. Set a focus: Believe it or not, your manager may not know what you do on an everyday basis. In fact, they may assume that you're working on a certain objective when it's been passed on to someone else or no longer relevant. You typically have four to five focuses, depending on your role. Setting concrete focuses and then assigning goals under that focus can give your manager the feedback they need, while at the same time cluing them in on why you deserve the promotion, salary bonus, or job. Setting a focus also lets your manager know what your strengths are — which, again, they may not be aware of.
2. Go visual: We live in a visual world, so why shouldn't your work portfolio follow suit? A great way to showcase your work is to have a visual storyboard that tells your personal WorkStory. Plus, you no longer need to be a designer to build a biography of your accomplishments. Many platforms out there make it easy to showcase your work in minutes, helping you manage your own work portfolio. Additionally, visual storyboards can help you be that remarkable employee. First, your manager can see exactly what you accomplished, what you're working on, and how you got there. Next, a visual element is much easier to relay than words on paper. After all, if there are visual elements in your portfolio, it makes your work exciting, which puts you on a higher plateau than your competition.
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5. Get feedback: Endorsements and recommendations of others can have a huge impact in your career. By getting that little check mark, your great work can shine across the organization. Anything from a LinkedIn recommendation to written praise by coworkers, managers, or partners can be that little push you need to be remarkable in the eyes of your supervisor.
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The China We Don't Know
Catastrophe and Contention in Rural China: Mao's Great Leap Forward Famine and the Origins of Righteous Resistance in Da Fo Village
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In the late 1990s, Chinese peasants in the village of Da Fo, many of whom between 1959 and 1961 had survived the twentieth century's greatest famine, felt free enough to install shrines to Guangong, the traditional war god of resistance to oppressive rulers. Some were reading The Water Margin, an epic of peasant uprisings a thousand years ago against corrupt officials. They consulted late Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) geomancy manuals that predicted a sixty-year cycle of apocalypse and rebellion. The manuals were banned by the local security officials, who understood perfectly what the Da Fo villagers, known for over fifty years as a "headache," had on their minds.
To summarize their feelings briefly: "Village people…had come to associate socialism with starvation and the agents of the party-state with the specter of death." Such is the final judgment of Ralph Thaxton, professor of politics at Brandeis and the author of Catastrophe and Contention in Rural China, a horrifying and convincing condemnation of the Maoist programs that during the Great Leap Forward caused starvation among the rural population between 1959 and 1961 and beyond. Over almost twenty years Thaxton interviewed four hundred residents of Da Fo, in Henan province, people who had been traumatized by years of famine, humiliation, torture, and death. He records, too, how the Communist Party proscribed their traditional practices—not only weddings and other celebrations, but funerals; villagers feared that as a result the "famine-corpse ghosts" of the improperly buried dead were bringing misfortune to the surviving members of their families.
As he explored Da Fo between 1989 and 2007, Thaxton uncovered how the elements of Communist rule—autocratic, brutal, corrupt, and mean-spirited—combined with the plunder, forced labor, and starvation of the famine itself to turn the Da Fo villagers against the Party. They had once trusted it, but their grim experiences conditioned them, Thaxton writes, "to think about their relationship with the Communist Party in ways that do not bode well for the continuity of socialist rule." If there is another book that shows more profoundly how Mao, whose portrait still hangs in Tiananmen Square, inflicted disaster on a particular place, I haven't read it.
Only two other books I know of dig as deeply over many years into how the disasters of the Great Leap and the Cultural Revolution were experienced on the local level: Chinese Village, Socialist State and Revolution, Resistance, and Reform in Village China, both by the same authors.1 Magnificent and groundbreaking as those works are, their authors studied a model village, Wugong, that received secret help from the central government. Nonetheless, Wugong's experience was ghastly enough; indeed, much of its experience was similar to Da Fo's.
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Great Waldingfield, in the heart of Constable and Gainsborough country, is situated about three miles north-east of Sudbury on the B1115 to Lavenham, and has a present population of about 2000. Mentioned in the Domesday book (when it was known as Walingafella Magna), its origins go back even further, with plentiful evidence of Bronze Age settlements.
In the later part of World War II, Great Waldingfield was home to some 3000 men and women of the 486th Bomb Group of the USAAF 8th Air Force (the 486th Bombardment Group (Heavy) in full), with B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators flying over 6000 sorties.
The village itself spans 2 sites, the largest being the area astride the B1115 ("The Heath") which has grown up since the arrival of the USAAF in World War II. There is also another small group of buildings nestling behind the church, many of which date back to the 16th Century when the village was thriving as a result of the wool trade, and where there was a Post Office, shop and smithy until just after World War II.
Along with other nearby villages and local picturesque settings Great Waldingfield was chosen for the filming in July 1994 of an episode of the BBC series "Lovejoy", (Series 6 Episode 2: "Day of Reckoning" - originally planned as Episode 8). Sadly the script required the action (based in and around the church) to take place during the hours of darkness so it is quite difficult to identify the relevant pieces in the programme, but they are at around the 30-minute mark.
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Congrats to the 2013 James Beard Award Finalists
Today the James Beard Foundation announced the final nominees for the 2013 James Beard Awards. See the full list below, or click here [pdf]. Special congrats to our own Kenji, who was nominated in the Cooking/Recipes/Instruction category! The winners will be announced on May 6.
Food Coverage in a General Interest Publication Los Angeles Magazine Men's Health Real Simple Washingtonian
Personal Essay Fuchsia Dunlop (Lucky Peach) Hua Hsu (Lucky Peach) Joy Manning (Table Manners)
Humor Lisa Hanawalt (Lucky Peach) Alice Laussade (Dallas Observer) Michael Procopio (Food for the Thoughtless)
Cooking/Recipes/Instruction M. Goulding, M. Kadey, P. Kita (Men's Health) J. Kenji López-Alt (SE) Every Day w/ Rachael Ray Staff
Profile Brandon Chuang (Feast) Alex Halberstadt (NYT Mag) Brett Martin (GQ)
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Member Satisfaction: It's All in the Name
The fitness industry is booming and new clubs are popping up mere minutes from you. "New" looks good to your members. "Less expensive" looks even better.
Other than slashing your rates and completely replacing every piece of equipment you own, what can you do to keep your current members loyal? With a new club on nearly every corner, you must develop something your cookie-cutter competitors can't: unbelievably high customer service.
How do you do it?
It can be as easy as remembering a member's name.
The opening song from the old sitcom "Cheers" said it best: "Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name." It's true; no word sounds sweeter to a person than his or her own name. By learning each and every member's name, you will begin to position your club as the friendliest, most customer-oriented facility in the area. People who belong to your club will have a greater sense of loyalty because they feel comfortable and wanted, a member of the team.
Our club takes it to the extreme. Call us antiquated, but our members do not tote the fancy, laminated key tags proudly advertising the club's logo and bar-coded member number. Instead, when Bill Kelly walks through our front door, he is immediately recognized by the front desk staff-person. She quickly types his name into our check-in system and he's greeted with "Good afternoon, Bill! How are you?" Bill instantly has a feeling of belonging and ownership. We are his health club. We know his name, so he's part of us. Bill Kelly will be a member for life.
Learning hundreds of names is not the easiest task. This is something you and your staff will have to work hard to do. Here are some tips.
Say It Again
For some people, learning a person's name may be as easy as repeating it once or twice. When meeting someone for the first time, immediately say her name: "Hi Melanie, it's nice to meet you."
Drop her name a few more times during the conversation to seal it in your memory. Each time you see this member in the future, address her by her first name.
Take a Picture
Equip your club with a computerized check-in system that displays a photograph of the member.
Most front-desk systems are designed with this option. If yours isn't, get it. When a member checks into the front desk, his name and personal photograph will pop up onto your computer screen. The visual connection of the face with the name will assist you and your staff in memorizing his identity.
Personal Touch
As official as a bar-coded key tag may look, it may be guilty of taking away from the personal touch of your club and contributing to the "I feel like a number" mentality. Instead of a key tag — or in addition to it — go back to basics with a manual sign-in sheet. Also, station your front-desk personnel in front of the computer to key in each member manually. Staff may have to ask the member for his name initially, but this will only further assist the memorization. (Make sure to remember this person's name so when he leaves the club, he can hear, "Have a good night, Don!")
Play the Name Game
Make memorizing fun. Host memory contests with other members of your staff such as, "Who can name everybody in the free-weight room?" Play the game with yourself. When walking past a row of treadmills, list everybody's name. Did you miss someone? Immediately find her name by asking another staff person or the member herself.
Lisa Richardson has been a member of the management team of Rodman Health & Fitness (Foxboro, Mass.) since 1998. According to Richardson, the single most important aspect of her job is to provide exceptional customer service to her membership. She may be contacted at [email protected] or (508) 543-7777.
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2009年3月24日 18:34:00
Ichiro lifts Japan to Classic glory
After Korea ties it, country successfully defends its title in extras
By Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com
Ichiro hits a two-run single in the top of the 10th inning Monday. (Matt Sayles/AP)
LOS ANGELES -- It was one of those games for the ages that will certainly grow in proportion with the passage of time.
One game, winner takes all for the second World Baseball Classic. A game at Dodger Stadium on Monday night that had more twists and turns than kabuki. The Japanese essentially had to win it twice.
"That was as much intensity as you've seen in a baseball game in a long time," Commissioner Bud Selig said after the four-hour spectacular ended with Japan besting rival Korea, 5-3, in 10 innings. "It was incredible. It was really amazing."
And so the Japanese are the champions once again, successfully defending their 2006 title.
This time they can thank old faithful Ichiro Suzuki for the victory. The 35-year-old Mariners right fielder snapped a 3-3 tie with a two-run single on an eight-pitch at-bat against right-handed reliever Chang Yong Lim with runners on second and third and two outs in the 10th.
Daisuke Matsuzaka was named MVP for the second consecutive Classic. He was 3-0 with a 2.45 ERA in this year's tournament, and he's 6-0 with a 1.95 ERA overall.
In three years, Matsuzaka has won the Classic twice, the Classic MVP twice and the 2007 World Series as a member of the Red Sox. Try putting that all into perspective.
"It's not something that everybody can experience, and it's not something that everybody can earn," said Matsuzaka, who defeated Team USA on Sunday night to put his country into the final game. "So I feel that I'm very lucky. I'm really thankful about the MVP. I didn't think that it was going to be me at all."
The Japanese figured that the victory was secured in the eighth inning, when Akinori Iwamura gave them a 3-1 lead with a sacrifice fly, coming after Seiichi Uchikawa was moved to third on Atsunori Inaba's double.
But the Koreans tied the score, 3-3, in the bottom of the ninth inning against hard-throwing 22-year-old Japanese right-hander Yu Darvish, who was brought in at the start of the inning to try and preserve Japan's one-run lead and the victory.
Japan manager Tatsunori Hara actually let left-hander Toshiya Sugiuchi go out for warmups before striding to the mound to call for Darvish -- all part of the usual Asian gamesmanship. He lifted Sugiuchi with two Korean left-handed hitters coming up, because "in the bullpen, the pitcher who was the best is the one I picked. That's why I picked him," Hara said.
It ultimately worked out, but not without a lot of trepidation.
Darvish was erratic, striking out the leadoff hitter, Keun-Woo Jeong, and then walking Hyun-Soo Kim and Tae Kyun Kim on nine pitches to put runners on first and second with one out. Darvish then struck out Shin-Soo Choo, who earlier in the game had homered. But Bum Ho Lee singled to left, driving in the tying run.
"I had a great opportunity in a game like this," Lee said. "I regret a little bit that we could not win."
The Koreans had their chance, but Young Min Ko then whiffed to end the inning with the winning run on second.
The game was played in front of a raucous crowd of 54,846, which set an all-time single-game Classic attendance record in the 78th game over the course of the first two tournaments. For the three games at Dodger Stadium, the crowds totaled 141,834 and the overall attendance for the tournament for 39 games was 801,408. Both were also new Classic records.
The fans, banging dueling orange and blue Thunderstix all night long, reacted to the ebb and flow of the game with incredible thunder and enthusiasm as the 48-year-old facility literally shook up and down when Korea scored that ninth-inning run.
"When I think about what we set out to do years ago, this is what we had in mind," Selig said. "Through all the years and all the conversations, it all crystallized in these moments."
Like the Yankees and Red Sox in the U.S., the Koreans vs. the Japanese has turned into the preeminent baseball rivalry on the international scene.
It was the fifth time in this Classic that the Asian nations had met, with the two teams splitting the first four games -- two in each of the first two rounds.
"I believe [after all this], we are the best two teams in the world," said Jung Keun Bong, Korea's starting pitcher on Monday night.
It may be hard to argue. Dating back to the '06 Classic, the Japanese and Koreans have met eight times. Three years ago, Korea won the first two games, but then was eliminated by the Japanese, 6-0, in the semifinal at San Diego's PETCO Park.
Japan went on to defeat Cuba in the final game and win the inaugural Classic, but that 10-6 victory didn't have the drama or intensity of Monday night's epic.
It seemed only fitting that for Japan, it would come down to Ichiro at the end. The first and most successful Japanese position to player to come to the U.S.
Darvish became the winner, because Ichiro just wouldn't give in during his climatic at-bat. There was apparently some confusion between the Korean bench, catcher Min-ho Kang and Lim, who was told to pitch carefully to Ichiro before giving up the single, but apparently missed the sign. Kang, 23 years old, had just come into the game an inning earlier.
"They did not convey signals well," Korean manager In-Sik Kim said. "The catcher understood the signs, but the pitcher didn't understand it very well. It was not to try to walk him, but to throw him a ball. If it did not work, then we would walk him. That was the strategy. So the pitcher and catcher did not communicate well. That hurt us in the end."
Asked with the crowd roaring on every pitch if he was able to take a Zen approach at the plate, clearing everything from his mind as he faced Lim with the championship on the line, Ichiro chuckled.
"I really wish I could've been in a state of Zen," he said. "But I thought about a whole lot of things. I kept thinking of all these things I shouldn't think about. Usually when that happens, I can't really hit. But I was able to hit. So I felt like I may have surpassed something in myself."
Great players are able to overcome such obstacles to accomplish great things. And so it came to pass that way on a memorable night that will only grow in the glow of history.
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Q: How do I drag an image?
A: Dragging an image is a multistage process where one has to first erase the image previously drawn then move the coordinates of the image to a new position and finally redraw the image at the new position. Apart from that, one has to handle the mouse messages 'WM_LBUTTONDOWN', 'WM_MOUSEMOVE' and 'WM_LBUTTONUP'. Here are the basic steps to have the effect of dragging an image using mouse.
- Data members are to be defined, which are to be used in view class, like the image as a 'CBitmap' object point of insertion of the image and pointer to the cursor point.
I have chosen the cursor point variable as a pointer since I can set it to 'NULL' when the image is not being moved.Code:public: CBitmap bmImage; CPoint ptImage, *pCursor;
- Initialise the variables in view constructor.
Code:ptImage = CPoint(0, 0); bmImage.LoadBitmap(IDB_BITMAP); pCursor = NULL;
- Delete the 'CBitmap' object in view destructor. Furthermore, delete pointer to cursor, if it is not 'NULL'.
Code:bmImage.DeleteObject(); if (pCursor) delete pCursor;
- Paint the image in 'OnDraw()' member function of view.
Now we have to identify a click inside the image and make movements when cursor is dragged while pressed.Code:CDC MemDC; if (MemDC.CreateCompatibleDC(pDC)) { CBitmap* pBM = MemDC.SelectObject(&bmImage); BITMAP objBM; bmImage.GetBitmap(&objBM); pDC->BitBlt(ptImage.x, ptImage.y, objBM.bmWidth, objBM.bmHeight, &MemDC, 0, 0, SRCCOPY); MemDC.SelectObject(pBM); MemDC.DeleteDC(); }
- In 'OnLButtonDown()' function (of 'WM_LBUTTONDOWN' message handler) check whether the mouse click is within the image and note the cursor position if it is.
Code:BITMAP objBM; bmImage.GetBitmap(&objBM); CRect rectImage(ptImage, CSize(objBM.bmWidth, objBM.bmHeight)); if (rectImage.PtInRect(point)) { pCursor = new CPoint; *pCursor = point; }
- Check in 'OnMouseMove()' function (of 'WM_MOUSEMOVE' message) whether the image is being dragged (pointer to cursor not 'NULL') and update its position by calling a forced repaint.
Both the 'InvalidateRect()' calls can be combined to a single 'Invalidate()' without bothering to evaluate the rectangles to be invalidated. But this will give a flickering effect each time you move the image since the whole client area will be invalidated.Code:if (pCursor) { BITMAP objBM; bmImage.GetBitmap(&objBM); CRect rectPrev(ptImage, CSize(objBM.bmWidth, objBM.bmHeight)); ptImage.x += point.x - pCursor->x; ptImage.y += point.y - pCursor->y; CRect rectImage(ptImage, CSize(objBM.bmWidth, objBM.bmHeight)); *pCursor = point; InvalidateRect(rectPrev); InvalidateRect(rectImage); UpdateWindow(); }
- And finally, clean up the pointer to cursor position in 'OnLButtonUp()' function (of 'WM_LBUTTONUP' message).
This will give a smooth effect of dragging when the bitmap image is small.Code:if (pCursor) { delete pCursor; pCursor = NULL; }
One can also store the background image before a bitmap is displayed and reinsert the background image when the image is moved. Though result is smoother in this case, it needs more involved coding.


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This combined picture shows Italian sculptor Oliviero Rainaldi's statue of Pope John Paul II before its restoration, left, on Sept. 23, 2011, and at its inauguration after the restoration, in Rome on Nov. 19, 2012.
The Associated Press reports — The city of Rome has inaugurated a revamped statue of Pope John Paul II after the first one was pilloried by the public and the Vatican.
Pope or Mussolini? Statue sparks uproar
Artist Oliviero Rainaldi says he's pleased with the final product, saying it matches his original vision. He blamed foundry workers for a botched assemblage the first time around.
The statue was restored after Rainaldi was pilloried by the Vatican for creating a sculpture of Pope John Paul II that some mockingly said looked more like Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini than the beloved late pontiff. Even the Vatican's own art critic wrote that it looked like a "bomb" had landed.
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A woman stops to look at the newly unveiled Pope John Paul II statue in Rome on Nov. 19, 2012.
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I read a news story this afternoon that SHOCKED me. The story said, "Elena Urioste's critically acclaimed April 2010 debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Mark Elder is now airing on public radio stations across the country. This performance represents not only Urioste's CSO debut but, remarkably, the orchestra's first performance in its 119-year history of Ralph Vaughan Williams' exquisite tone poem, The Lark Ascending. Listen online until August 24, 2010 at http://cso.org/ListenAndWatch/Details.aspx?id=12256."
What's so shocking about the debut of a fine young violinist? One who has already appeared as soloist with the San Antonio Symphony and returns here for a pair of concerts on November 12 &13, 2010? Absolutely nothing.
The shocking bit was that Urioste's April 2010 performance of The Lark Ascending was the first time this piece had EVER been played by the great Chicago Symphony! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? The Lark Ascending is enormously popular. In fact, from 2007 to 2010, the piece was voted the NUMBER ONE FAVORITE by British listeners in the Classics FM annual Hall of Fame poll. For these four years it beat out Beethoven's 9th, Carmina Burana, Tchaikovsky's 5th, and Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto and everything else written by Chopin, Mozart & Brahms.
We are talking about musical tastes varying this wildly from Chicago to London. Not Chicago to Qiqihar! (Geek guide: Qiquar is a city of 1 million people in the Heilongjiang Province of Northeast China. I know nothing about this place; I chose it for two reasons. 1) it is about as obscure a place I could come up with for this comparison, and 2) it is the area of China that has Dong Bei cuisine, a fabulous Chinese cuisine I just discovered on my recent trip to NYC.)
How can Classical music tastes vary this much in two major Western cities? Every orchestra I've ever managed has performed The Lark Ascending. This is the kind of piece that we might choose NOT to program because it has been done too often! Vaughan Williams is one of Great Britain's most popular composers. But, we play British composers including Vaughan Williams, Holst, Elgar and Michael Tippet all the time. Is there some special long-running feud between Great Britain and Chicago that I don't know about?
I can't figure it out. Do you have a theory? In the mean time, here is a sneak preview about Elena Urioste. You can hear her perform the Glazunov Violin Concerto with the Symphony in November.
Elena Urioste, selected by Symphony magazine as an emerging artist to watch, has been hailed by critics and audiences alike for her rich tone, the nuanced lyricism of her playing, and her commanding stage presence. Since making her debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age thirteen as winner of the Greenfield Competition, she has appeared as soloist with major orchestras throughout the United States including the Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Pops, National Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, New Mexico, and San Antonio Symphony Orchestras, as well as Hungary's Orchestra Dohnanyi Budafok. Upcoming performances include debuts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Buffalo Philharmonic, among others.
As one of three recipients of the prestigious London Music Makers Award, a three-year international career development award, Urioste made her Wigmore Hall debut in 2009. First-place laureate in both the Junior and Senior divisions of the Sphinx Competition, she debuted at Carnegie Hall in 2004 and has returned annually to that esteemed venue's Stern Auditorium as soloist. In 2009, Urioste also made her debut at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall with conductor Alondra de la Parra (who was part of the Symphony's music director search the last two seasons.) She has collaborated with acclaimed pianists Christopher O'Riley and Ignat Solzhenitsyn; conductors Robert Spano, Keith Lockhart, Carlos Miguel Prieto (who conducts her concert here in San Antonio and is the Music Director of the National Symphony of Mexico) and Michael Stern; and violinists Shlomo Mintz, Cho-Liang Lin, and David Kim, among others. A featured artist in the Ravinia, La Jolla, Sarasota, and Kingston Music Festivals, the International Young Artists Music Festival, and Switzerland's Sion Valais International Festival of Music, Urioste has been most recently invited to participate in the prestigious Marlboro Music Festival next summer.
The 2007 first-prize winner of the Sion International Violin Competition, Miss Urioste was also awarded the audience prize and the prize for the best performance of the competition's newly commissioned work.
Urioste's media appearances include multiple performances on the popular radio programs From the Top and Performance Today, as well as on Telemundo. She has been featured in the Emmy award winning documentary Breaking the Sound Barrier, and in numerous magazines including Symphony, Strings, Careers and Colleges, and Philadelphia Music Makers. Urioste's first CD was recently released on the White Pine label.
Urioste is a graduate of the esteemed Curtis Institute of Music where she studied with Joseph Silverstein, Pamela Frank and Ida Kavafian, and also completed graduate studies with Joel Smirnoff at The Juilliard School. Other notable teachers include David Cerone, Choong-Jin Chang, Soovin Kim, and the late Rafael Druian.
The outstanding violin and bow being used by Miss Urioste are an Alessandro Gagliano, Naples, c. 1706 and Pierre Simon bow on extended loan from the private collection of Dr. Charles E. King.
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Prosecutors to ask for $10 million in bail
The Los Angeles County district attorney's office said former NFL defensive back Darren Sharper has been charged with drugging and raping two women.
A district attorney's statement said Sharper, a five-time pro bowl safety, will be arraigned Friday on two counts of rape by use of drugs, four counts of furnishing a controlled substance and one count of possession of a controlled substance.
The felony case involves alleged incidents in October and January. Prosecutors said Sharper met women at a West Hollywood nightclub, invited them to a party but stopped at his hotel room, where the crimes are alleged to have occurred.
Sharper was arrested Jan. 17 and released on $200,000 bail.
Prosecutors will seek to raise his bail to $10 million because the Miami, Fla., resident faces similar investigations elsewhere.
Sharper played for Green Bay from 1997-2004. He also played for the Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints.


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First: check out the type of TV programming you receive. Do you get free over-the-air television programming or do you subscribe to cable or satellite TV service?
If you receive free over-the-air programming, check out the type of TV you have. With a digital television (a TV with an internal digital tuner), you can continue to watch free over-the-air programming after June 12, 2009. However, if you have an analog television that uses a house antenna or "rabbit ears", you will need a digital-to-analog converter box in order to continue to watch broadcast television on that set. The converter box will also enable you to see any additional multicast programming that your local stations are offering.
If you subscribe to cable or satellite service, you do not need a converter box for any of the TVs connected to your service, no matter what type of TV they are. Cable and satellite TV subscribers with analog TVs hooked up to their cable or satellite service should not be affected by the June 12, 2009 cut-off date for full-power analog broadcasting.
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Second: if you receive free over-the-air programs with an analog TV and do not wish to buy a new TV, you will need to get a special converter box to enable your analog TV to process the digital signal. There is a Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupon Program, which can provide every eligible U.S. household with up to two coupons, worth $40 each, toward the purchase of eligible converter boxes. The coupons have certain restrictions (for example, they must be used within 90 days of issue). Manufacturers estimate that digital-to-analog converter boxes will sell from $50 to $150 each. The program is administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), a part of the Department of Commerce. For more information on the Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupon Program, visit the NTIA's website at www.ntia.doc.gov/dtvcoupon, or call 1-888-388-2009 (voice) or 1-877-530-2634 (TTY).
Third: if you decide you want to buy a new TV, be sure you get a digital TV set that can to receive and display the new digital format without a converter. Then your TV will be ready to work with the new digital broadcast standard.


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12 Foods That Sabotage Sleep
Have trouble sleeping? You may want to avoid these foods before bedtime
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En español l The foods you eat for dinner or shortly before bed can prevent you from getting some much-needed zzz's. Here's what to shun for up to several hours before turning in if you want to sleep better and wake rested — from tomatoes and chocolate to cheddar cheese.1 of 17
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Tangy and tart, grapefruit is packed with nutrients and vitamins, but it's also acidic. Eating grapefruit before bed can cause heartburn, notes endocrinologist Caroline Apovian, director of the Center for Nutrition and Weight Management at Boston Medical Center.
Countdown to bedtime: Enjoy it at breakfast
Note: Grapefruit can interact with some medications. Check with your doctor or pharmacist.2 of 17
Steer clear of celery just before bed. Celery and other foods with a high water content (cucumbers, watermelon, radishes and such) are natural diuretics that may cause you to wake in the middle of the night with a full bladder.
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Tomatoes are rich in tyramine, an amino acid that triggers the brain to release norepinephrine, a stimulant that boosts brain activity and delays sleep. Other tyramine-rich foods include eggplant, soy sauce, red wine and aged cheeses, such as brie and Stilton.
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Cheese Pizza
Foods high in fat and fried foods take longer to digest and can cause discomfort that interferes with sleep. They can also reduce the effectiveness of some medications taken at night, says Alon Avidan, a neurologist and director of UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine Sleep Disorders Center.
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Although a nightcap or a glass of wine before bed may help you doze off, it disrupts sleep later in the night and robs you of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Lack of REM sleep harms concentration, memory and motor skills.
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Black-bean chili
This dish could be a disaster if you eat it close to bedtime. The body has a hard time digesting beans, so stomach-rumbling gas pains will keep you from a good night's sleep, says Helen Rasmussen, a research nutritionist at Tufts University.
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Dark chocolate
A small piece of dark chocolate each day helps keep your heart healthy — but don't nibble it right before you go to bed. Dark chocolate (though not white chocolate), hot cocoa and tea all contain caffeine, and if you're caffeine-sensitive, you may find yourself staring at the ceiling instead of snoozing.
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A handful of gumdrops (or any candy) may cause your blood sugar levels to spike and then fall rapidly as the body releases insulin to bring them under control. You may fall asleep easily, but these fluctuations make it difficult to stay asleep.
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A taco liberally sprinkled with hot sauce may set your taste buds tingling, but eating it within a few hours of lights-out can set you up for a bad case of heartburn and a restless night. Ditto for other spicy foods.
Countdown to bedtime: 3 hours11 of 17
Save the leftover slice of steak for lunch tomorrow. Foods high in protein and marbled fats, such as steak and roast beef, are slow to digest. If your body is busy digesting food, there's more of a chance that you'll have a restless night.
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Carbonated soft drinks
Caffeine, that sneak thief of sleep, can turn up in unexpected places, including root beer and lemon-lime soda. Added to a food or beverage, caffeine must be listed as an ingredient; if it occurs naturally (coffee, tea, chocolate), it doesn't. Check the label.
Countdown to bedtime: 4 hours13 of 17
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A heavy meal just before bed can rob you of the shut-eye you need. Allow at least three hours post-meal before you turn in so your body has a chance to digest the food and you don't feel too uncomfortable to sleep.
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Broccoli is a nutrition powerhouse, but its slow-to-digest fiber will keep your body working hard into the night. Broccoli and its relatives cauliflower and brussels sprouts also contain an indigestible sugar that will produce large amounts of gas.
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Chips and Salsa
This popular pairing is the Bonnie and Clyde of evening snacks, sure to rob you of a good night's sleep. Salsa that registers high on the heat thermometer is infamous for causing heartburn, and fried chips, either potato or tortilla, are slow to digest. The result? Fragmented sleep and a restless night.
Countdown to bedtime: 3 hours16 of 17
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Food to Avoid Before Bed: We all love food and sleep, but they don't go hand in hand. Here are the worst foods to eat right before you sleep!
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Westhampton's Alex Tanzman, wrestling for his ailing mother, wins second straight county title
The initials JT are emblazoned on the T-shirts of the Westhampton wrestlers.
All season, Alex Tanzman, a senior pinning machine, has wrestled with a heavy heart. With his mom, Jina Tanzman, ailing with pancreatic cancer, and unable to attend Wednesday night's Suffolk County wrestling championships at Whitman, the state's top-ranked 106-pounder turned in an exciting third-period pin for his second straight county championship.
A resilient Tanzman erased a 4-0 deficit and came back for the pin in 4:56 to beat Steven Lee of West Babylon. Tanzman, who had 59 pins over the past two years, allowed two early takedowns but came back to tie the score at four before hitting a big throw for the win in South Huntington.
Tanzman, who improved to 32-1 and placed third in the state last year at 99 pounds, is excited to have another opportunity to win the state crown.
"I have a lot to wrestle for and I know my mom is proud," Tanzman said. "I wrestle for her every time I go out there. It's my senior season and the last chance to get a state title."
Ward Melville sophomore Nick Piccininni earned his third straight county crown with a win by technical fall over Floyd's Mat Bradice at 113 pounds.
Piccininni, who wears pink socks in honor of his mom, Lauren, and all the women who battle breast cancer, improved to 39-0. He will head to the state tournament in Albany as the top-ranked wrestler at 113.
Sayville senior Matt Leshinger and Half Hollow Hills West senior Tyler Grimaldi both won their second county crowns.
Leshinger, who finished third in the state last season, decisioned Chris Mauriello, 7-3, at 132 pounds. Grimaldi, who was a state runner-up last year, downed Kevin Rodriguez of Patchogue-Medford, 9-2, at 160 pounds.
Grimaldi, who will attend Harvard in the fall, was extremely fired up for another shot at the state crown.
"This is what I've waited to do all season," he said. "It's right in front of me."
Sachem East earned the district's first team title since 1992. The Flaming Arrows had seven county place winners, including finalist Jackson Mordente. They had an impressive five wrestlers come back for a third-place finish through the wrestlebacks to pile up points and win the county team title.
Conor O'Hara (132), Michael Pistone (152), Mark Tracy (160), Cristian Nuñez (195) and John Vigh (220) all placed third. Jakob Restrepo placed fourth at 138.
"I'm real happy and proud of our kids," Sachem East coach Sean O'Hara said. "We had seven wrestlers in the semifinals and only one advanced to the finals. That was pretty devastating but we bounced back in the consolation round and showed a lot of character. We were resilient and I'm especially pleased with that."
The last time Sachem won a county crown was when O'Hara was a senior and won the county championship at 126 pounds.
"Coming back through the wrestleback round to place third in the county tournament is very difficult," O'Hara said. "There are so many good teams in Suffolk and for us to win as a team is a great achievement. This is the first time we've won the county tournament as Sachem East and it feels good with a special group of kids."


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The ceinture fléchée is a type of colorful sash, a traditional piece of French-Canadian clothing of the 19th century (of the Lower Canada, Canada East and early confederation eras). The Métis also made ceintures fléchées and use them as part of their national costume. According to Dorothy K. Burnham who prepared an exhibit on textiles at the National Gallery of Canada in 1981, and published an accompanying catalogue raisonné, this type of finger weaving was learned by the residents of New France from the indigenous peoples.
In Quebec, this wool sash was used by men to tie jackets around their waists to prevent the cold from creeping in. It was a both practical and fashionable accessory, worn by both the bourgeois and the habitant classes. The width of a traditional belt can be 15 centimetres to 25 centimetres, and its length can easily be more than 2 metres. The ceinture also had a practical use: it helped prevent back injuries or hernias amongst the fur traders of the time.
It is adorned by an arrowed pattern and was worn around the winter coats of the time. It is also a symbol of the Lower Canada Rebellion and the Quebec Winter Carnival, as it is worn by the festival mascot, Bonhomme Carnaval. Imitations are sold and seen throughout the carnival. The belt is represented in a number of artistic creations, such as the illustration Le Vieux de '37 by Henri Julien, the painting L'Assemblée des six-comtés by Charles Alexander Smith and the song Mon Pays, suivi du Reel des Aristocrates from néo-trad musical band Les Cowboys Fringants.
The arrow sash was part of the traditional costume of the Lower Canada habitant at least from 1776 on. Although at that time the British visitors and the German mercenaries who noticed its presence called it a "coloured sash". That is what Thomas Anbury called it when he wrote his account of travel after his visit to Charlesbourg and Beauport in 1776. In 1777, Charlotte Luise de Riedesel, arriving from Germany to rejoin her husband, Major-General Frederick, related that when she met him in Chambly, he was wearing a red and blue sash with fringes over the traditional Canadian costume to keep him warm as he was still suffering from influenza. That same year, a German mercenery lodged at Sainte-Anne related how people in their home were weaving the colored sashes using their domestic wool. In 1778, E.V. Germann made a drawing showing clearly a Canadian peasant wearing his sash, the design was a chevron. That drawing is a proof of what is written by others. Elisabeth Simcoe who lived in Quebec city in 1792 for more than a year wrote about the Canadians, "(…) their coats are tied round with a coloured sash."
When in 1798, the corpse of a drowned voyageur was found along the St. Lawrence River, in Verchères, Labadie wrote in his personal diary that the voyageur was wearing "…une jolie cinture à flesche" Also in 1798, the inventory after death of Mrs Chaboillez, whose husband, Charles, was one of the founders of the Beaver Club, numbered "deux cintures à flesches". In 1806, the British John Lambert after having visited many villages wrote that five habitants out of six wore a colored sash. He even specified that sometimes the sash was decorated with pearls. The sash was changing in its design, but this cannot be attributed to anyone in particular.
The coloured sash was brought to western Canada by the men working for the North West Company. These voyageurs wore their sashes when leaving Lower Canada and travelling for the fur company. Their sashes attracted the attention of several nations with whom they exchanged goods and soon these people wished to possess such sashes. The company then had many sashes woven in Montreal and area with the fine worsted wool it imported from England. Beside the NWC, the Hudson's Bay Company also became interested in that barter article. One of its agents made a request to satisfy that wish. He wrote : "…worsted of colour to make sashes of the latter I have got sample of from my neighbour which will send home". His neighbour was Charles Boyer of the NWC. The sashes adopted by the Indians and the Métis, sons of the voyageurs, are still favoured. They even name it their identity symbol. However, quite often the so-called Métis sashes are not the authentic hand-woven sashes but the kind woven on loom in England probably to meet the requests at lower cost. This can be read in the HBC archives.
The design of the sash continued to be modified and finally became a standard type that was mainly produced in L'Assomption region around 1835, according to the historian Mason Wade. The HBC agents who came to collect them at Fort Assomption named these sashes lassomption or l'Assomption sash in the accounting books.
Despite its great popularity in Lower Canada as well as in the West, there was a slow-down in its production. That was probably due to the decline of the fur trade in 1870 and in part to the suggestion of the parish priest Tancrède Viger to the weavers, to stop producing, considering them very badly paid for their work.
Sashes were worn by snow-shoers and by retired fur traders who took residence in Montreal and area. Many artists left drawings, paintings and sketches confirming the popularity of the sash. A few women continued weaving sashes and ensured the handing-down of the craft to other generations and the current one.
Marius Barbeau was very interested in ceinture fléchée trying to find its origin. He did not, but left many clues to learn more of its presence, popularity if not its origin. E.Z. Massicotte, archivist at Montreal City Hall and folklorist, continued Barbeau's research and concluded: "la ceinture fléchée un chef d'œuvre de l'industrie domestique du Canada". Yet no such type of diagonal weaving is known elsewhere in the world, let alone in France. It seems that Native Americans were quick to improve their techniques upon the discovery of brightly coloured yarns that they did not have access to previous to contact, and often took apart fabrics to reuse the yarn for sashes, and a photo of an example is shown in Burnham's book. Since 1968 many persons learned to hand weave ceintures fléchées though not all kept weaving sashes, many taught the craft and are spreading its knowledge. Many popular singers, folklore dancers and especially Bonhomme Carnaval are contributing to make it known to visitors and in various countries.
Fabric-making process
Many steps are required in the creation of a ceinture fléchée (also known as an "Assomption sash"). First, the craftmaker picks the wool threads that he needs. The threads have to be long enough so that the person who will wear the sash can pass it twice around the waist. The craftmaker needs to add the length of the fringes at each end of the belt. The fringes are used to tie the arrow sash.
After that, the craftmaker organizes the threads and weaves them to create designs of lightning bolts (zigzags), flames (lozenges) and arrow heads (often in the middle of the sash). Finally, to make the fringes, the craftmaker finishes the belt by making twists or braids with the length of thread that remains.
In the creation of a perfect ceinture fléchée or the intricate beadwork designs that would adorn various artifacts a hard callus develops on the tips of the finger. This is referred to as a "needle finger". It is considered a "rite of passage" for young girls and is acknowledged by the matriarchs in the family.
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Golden, who plays Norma Romano in the acclaimed series "Orange is the New Black," returns to the role of Shirley — having previously appeared in Disaster! during its run at The Triad in 2012 — through Feb. 7, replacing Mary Testa. On Feb. 10 comedian, writer and actress Judy Gold will take over the role of Shirley.
Directed by Plotnick with choreography by Denis Jones and music direction by Larry Pressgrove, the new musical is based on 1970's disaster movies with a score consisting of 1970's pop, rock and disco hit songs.
The cast also features Haven Burton as Marianne, Paul Castree as Tony, Charity Dawson as Lavora Verona, Matt Farcher as Chad, Tom Riis Farrell as Maury, Seth Rudetsky as Professor Ted Scheider, Robb Sapp as Scott, Jennifer Simard as Sister Mary Downy and Jonah Verdon as Ben and Lisa. Playing multiples roles in the ensemble are Sherz Aletaha, Saum Eskandani and Maggie McDowell. Kristy Cavanaugh, Drew Geraci and Ashanti J'Aria are the company swings.
"The year is 1979," according to press notes. "All the hottest New York City A-Listers are putting on their platform shoes and polyester disco shirts and heading to the grand opening of Manhattan's first floating casino and discotheque. Little do they know that the pier built to house the huge boat was drilled into the center of a dangerous and unstable fault-line.… Earthquake, tidal wave, infernos, killer bees, rats, sharks and piranhas all threaten the guests. Who will survive? The greedy tycoon? The aging showgirl and her 11-year-old twins? The washed-up disco star? The disaster expert still mourning the loss of his wife? The nun with the gambling addiction? The older couple with a terrible secret? And will the bra-burning feminist find love with the man who's lost his dreams?"
The score features "Hot Stuff," "I Am Woman," "Knock On Wood," "Daybreak," "Signed, Sealed Delivered" and more. The creative team also includes associate director/choreographer Drew Geraci, costume designer Brian Hemesath, set and lighting designer Josh Iacovelli, sound designer Brett Rothstein, stage manager Jeff Lavotl, assistant stage manager Tom Kosis and musical supervisor Steve Marzullo.
Show times are Monday and Tuesday at 7:30 PM, Thursday at 7 PM and Friday at 8 PM.
St. Luke's Theatre is located at 308 W. 46th Street. Tickets, priced $49.50-$79.50 (previews - $39.50-$69.50), are available by visiting DisasterMusical.com.


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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce its participation in the inaugural year of the National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR), a ground-breaking new program created by the Library of Congress (LC) in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
The program enables 10 recent Master's program graduates in relevant fields to complete a paid nine-month residency at various institutions in the Washington, DC area. Beginning in September 2013, accepted residents will attend an intensive two-week digital stewardship workshop at the Library of Congress. Thereafter, residents will move to a host institution to work on significant digital stewardship projects. These projects will allow them to acquire hands-on knowledge and skills involving the collection, selection, management, long-term preservation, and accessibility of digital assets. The entire list of projects is available on the NDSR Web site.
NLM will host a resident to develop a thematic Web archive collection. The resident will create a collection of Web content on a specific theme or topic, such as medicine and art or the e‐patient movement. This project builds on a pilot Web archive collection completed by NLM last year and featured in LC's The Signal in October 2012. The final Web archive collection will become part of the permanent collection of NLM, the world's largest biomedical library. The resident will be embedded in NLM's History of Medicine Division under the mentorship of Christie Moffatt, Manager, Digital Manuscripts Program.
In addition to NLM, the inaugural NDSR host institutions include Association of Research Libraries, Dumbarton Oaks, Folger Shakespeare Library, Library of Congress, National Security Archive, PBS, Smithsonian Institution Archives, World Bank, and University of Maryland Libraries and Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities.
LC and IMLS are accepting applications for the NDSR until April 5, 2013. Applicants can apply online to be a part of NDSR's inaugural class.


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CFL Grey Cup 100th Anniversary Ultimate Fan Set of Pins, Stamps, Loonie, Cup Replica and 1 oz Grey Cup Stamp Silver Bar
On Sunday November 25 2012, the CFL marked a major milestone with the playing of the 100th Grey Cup championship game. To mark this event, the Royal Canadian Mint and Canada Post issued a number of collector coins, stamps and other collectible items. This "Ultimate CFL Fan Pack" is the top quality collectible offered to mark this event. This comprehensive collection comes presented in a large embossed mahogany finish case. Inside, all of the following items are included:
a reproduction of the Grey Cup stamp struck in pure silver (unique to this set)
a one-dollar uncirculated coin featuring the Grey Cup
an interpretive replica of the Grey Cup, one of 8,000 numbered (height 185 mm)
a special pane of the nine commemorative stamps
a souvenir sheet featuring the eight CFL team logo stamps
Nine silver-edged collectible pins depicting the eight team logos plus one featuring the 100th Grey Cup commemorative logo
a 28-page information booklet describing the various bowls and/or games depicted on the stamps—written by the CFL (unique to this set).
Limited Edition: 8,000 units only Dimensions: 300 mm x 260 mm x 120 mm
|Royal Canadian Mint
|Brilliant uncirculated
|Replica of the 100th Grey Cup stamp completed with the bars weight and purity.


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I love Halloween. It is easily my favorite Holiday (the perfect Fall weather, getting to dress-up, the excitement of trick-or-treating, haunted houses, vampire movies, etc.).
I think it is my birth-right to love Halloween, since my name graced the box of every Halloween costume everyone, currently 30-45, had as a kid. That's right. Those plastic-suit costumes you got at the grocery store as a kid (you know, the ones that caused heat stroke) were Ben Cooper costumes . . . no kidding (see above).
So it only makes sense for me to come up with a list of the best TV Halloween specials (similar to my top Christmas Specials here).
So, in no particular order:
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Halloween
This 1977 special, includes all the characters from the show who decide to dress up and trick people around town. Their antics result in getting kicked out of the neighborhood theater, and a visit to a somewhat creepy old man results in him eating all of the gang's treats. They then decide to visit the notorious Old Lady Blackwell's place, where one of the gang's sisters disappears. They are convinced she is gone forever. However, they are very surprised to find out that not only is she okay, but happy to be with Old Lady Blackwell. The episode features the ever popular Brown Hornet and Mushmouth. How can you not love Mushmouth and his linguisitic abilities.
Simpsons Tree House of Horrors (all of them)
I am a HUGE Simpsons fan. I have a theory on life – any event/situation in life can be related to an episode of The Simpsons or Seinfeld. Go ahead, try and prove me wrong. Anyway, I won't dive into the brilliance of the Tree House of Horrors Halloween specials, but I do have one gripe. The episode almost always airs the Sunday after Halloween. This is a travesty since the "magic" of Halloween is gone like so many smashed pumpkins by Nov. 2.
Garfield Halloween Adventure
This one follows the tried-and-true formula of "put the characters in a haunted house". After some debate, Garfield and Odie decide to dress like pirates, end up talking to some creepy old man (another common Halloween special theme) and have a run-in with ghost pirates. I can't remember, but I also think there is lasagna in this episode.
Witch's Night Out
This one is a little trippy. A babysitter is watching over two kids on Halloween night, and they run into a real-life witch. The witch isn't really a bad witch…not really a good witch…just a witch (I guess that could describe most people). The witch looked like a transvestite, which was a little disturbing as a kid (gender amiguity is a tough concept for kids). The kids and sitter decide to make the witch transform them into their favorite movie monsters, as they're later going to a costume party.
Frankenstein, the Wolfman, and a ghost (the kids and sitter), head off to the party with the witch as their guest. Everyone at the party ends up begging the witch to turn them into "their" favorite monsters. The results are the least scary, lamest, pseudo-pschycedelic monsters ever (see pic above). Most of them look exactly like they did before – only green or red. The rest of the town, forms a lynch mob to "kill the monsters". The result? Your typical Halloween-special-happy-ending (I can't quite remember how they got out of it, or what the moral of the story was).
The Halloween Tree
This one, written by Ray Bradbury, actually won an Emmy. Eight boys set out to go trick-or-treating on Halloween, only to discover that a ninth friend, Pipkin (an unfortunately named child), has been whisked away on a journey that could determine whether he lives or dies (I told you, this one won an Emmy). With the help of the mysterious Moundshroud, they look for Pipkin across time and space – learning about the origins of Halloween along the way. Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Celtic Druidism, Notre Dame Cathedral in Medieval Paris, and The Day of the Dead in Mexico are all stops along the way. The Halloween Tree itself, with its many branches filled with jack-o'-lanterns, basically serves as a metaphor for the historical confluence of these traditions. This one isn't suitable for really young kids (since it does deal with death, etc.)
NOTABLE EXCEPTION LEFT OFF THE LIST: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Why was this left off? Because there is no payoff. We never actually get to see the Great Pumpkin. I'm all about the "reveal"


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Crowley has pressed the city on the issue since taking office in January.
The councilwoman called on DOT to investigate traffic problems on 80th Street from Furmanville Avenue to Cooper Avenue earlier this month.
The DOT followed with an investigation that found the traffic signals on 80th Street between Furmanville and Cooper avenues are operating correctly.
However, the study did find that the traffic signals at the intersections of Dry Harbor Road, 80th Street, and Furmanville Avenue were operating too slowly, causing delays and congestion.
In a letter to Crowley, DOT Borough Commissioner Maura McCarthy outlined measures taken by the department to fix the problem. McCarthy said signal time for northbound traffic on 80th Street and southbound traffic on Dry Harbor Road has been increased by 11 seconds in the morning and six seconds after noon.
In addition, McCarthy said, the signal time for eastbound traffic on 80th Street and westbound traffic on Furmanville Avenue,has been increased by six seconds in the evening.
"This should help to alleviate the problems outlined in your letter," McCarthy wrote to Crowley.
"I am pleased with DOT Commissioner Maura McCarthy's quick turnaround with addressing the excessive traffic conditions on 80th Street," Crowley said in a statement. "As a city official, alleviating the traffic issues within the area I represent has always been, and will remain, a priority of mine."
Crowley said the 30th District has other traffic issues she hopes to address as well. She singled out problem areas along 69th Street, Fresh Pond Road, and Metropolitan and Grand avenues.
"For too long, too many traffic issues within council district 30 have been neglected," Crowley said. "I will continue to hold the DOT accountable for addressing the traffic on our streets and intersections."
And the case isn't closed for 80th Street either, said Crowley. She said a traffic study done later in the fall, when more people are on the road, could reveal further problems that might need more fixing than a simple traffic signal update.
"I will continue to work with Ms. McCarthy and the DOT to ensure the traffic on 80th street runs better and more efficiently," Crowley said.


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Steel yourself for an onslaught of "Lego" movie toys!
Warner Brothers, which has been kicking around a Lego movie since 2008, has finally given the project the greenlight, reported Variety.
The live action-animation hybrid film is due to arrive in 2014. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the men behind "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," have been hired to write the script, and will get a hand in directing it from Chris McKay of Adult Swim's "Robot Chicken."
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Animal Logic, the studio that worked on such films as "Guardians of Ga'hoole" and "Happy Feet," will handle the animation.
We're a bit disappointed that Michel Gondry, who did the brilliant Lego-animated video for The White Stripes' "Fell in Love With a Girl," was passed over. But considering his recent track record ("Be Kind Rewind," "The Green Hornet"), we can't say we're surprised.


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Trawsallt approach from the north. Typical rough moorland terrain, on the approach towards the cairn of Trawsallt from the north. The forest roads of the Hafod estate can be used to reach this point: photo by Nigel Brown, 3 September 2005
There was Dai Puw. He was no good.
They put him in the fields to dock swedes,
And took the knife from him, when he came home
At late evening with a grin
Like the slash of a knife on his face.
There was Llew Puw, and he was no good.
Every evening after the ploughing
With the big tractor he would sit in his chair,
And stare into the tangled fire garden,
Opening his slow lips like a snail.
There was Huw Puw, too. What shall I say?
I have heard him whistling in the hedges
On and on, as though winter
Would never again leave those fields,
And all the trees were deformed.
And lastly there was the girl:
Beauty under some spell of the beast.
Her pale face was the lantern
By which they read in life's dark book
The shrill sentence: God is love.
R. S. Thomas (1913-2000): On the Farm, from The Bread of Truth (1963)
Across the Camddwr Valley near Maesglas farm, Ceredigion. The edge of the very extensive Tywi Forest is on the skyline towards Soar-y-Mynydd: photo by Roger Kidd, 14 September 2009
About as remote as it gets. A nameless (on the map at least) cottage under Banc Sychnant, presumably a hafod (summer dwelling) for one of the farms in the valley: photo by Chris Denny, 3 August 2006