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Two years ago, during the spring of his senior year at Phoenix Mountain Pointe High, Chris Felix left his golf clubs in the trunk of his car and pulled out track shoes.
"I was getting out of school at noon and was tired of just sitting around on my butt," he said.
Felix competed in the pole vault — about as extreme of a departure as it gets from golf.
"I'll get up and I'll get down on the golf course," he said. "With pole vaulting, I could just cut loose. It was a great way to get out all of that anger you hold in on the course."
The 20-year-old left-hander was letting loose this week on amateur golf's biggest stage, playing in the 113th U.S. Amateur Championship in Brookline, Mass. He missed the cut Tuesday after shooting 82-83 in the first two rounds.
Felix, a sophomore at the University of Texas-Pan American, qualified by shooting a second-round 66 and finishing third with a score of 137 at the Wigwam Golf Resort in Litchfield Park in July. That 66 is his all-time low score.
"It's just a thrill to be here," Felix said. "This is my first time. I've never qualified for something this big."
Felix began playing the sport seriously the summer before starting high school. He did not win a state tournament in his four years in high school, but he cracked the top 10.
Not bad for somebody more apt to pick up a baseball bat growing up.
He honed his skills on the Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Club, where he also works when he's not in Texas going to school. He was named Employee of the Month for 33 consecutive months.
"I'll probably get into the business side of golf, but I'd like to see how far this can take me," he said. "I kind of started out late in golf. But I pick up sports quick."
Such as the pole vault.
After his vaulting coach at Mountain Pointe realized Felix was vaulting right-handed, Felix got turned around with the pole and started to see good results. He didn't win state, but he earned respect.
Felix was voted the most improved golfer his junior year at Mountain Pointe. Texas-Pan American coach Joshua Fosdick calls Felix one of the more-athletic golfers he has seen "with a body better suited for soccer."
"But it's that athleticism that helps him generate a massive amount of speed," Fosdick said. "If you see him hit golf balls, you'd know he could be a great player. He has a great golf swing — lots of speed, solid tempo."
Fosdick believes Felix is just starting to scratch the surface of his true potential in the game.
"I think he is going to have a break out year this year and that this experience is going to help shape his mentality going into our fall season," the coach said. "He should have a tremendous amount of confidence."


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After an exhausting evening of advertisements, talking heads, more advertisements, music, more advertisements and some bonus corporate shilling, the Spike VGAs have finally concluded for another year. It wasn't all a waste of time, because From Software chose this evening to announce Dark Souls 2. Hurrah for that.
Oh yes, some awards were given out to various games of 2012 as well. Let's have a look at those, shall we?
- Game of the Decade – Half-Life 2
- Game of the Year – The Walking Dead
- Studio of the Year – Telltale Games
- Best PC Game – XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Best Shooter – Borderlands 2
- Best Action-Adventure – Dishonored
- Best RPG – Mass Effect 3
- Best Multiplayer Game – Borderlands 2
- Best Individual Sports Game – SSX
- Best Team Sports Game – NBA 2K13
- Best Driving Game – Need for Speed: Most Wanted
- Best Song in a Game – "Cities" by Beck (Sound Shapes)
- Best Original Score – Journey
- Best Graphics – Halo 4
- Best Indie Game – Journey
- Best Fighting Game – Persona 4 Arena
- Best Performance (Woman) – Melissa Hutchison as Clementine (The Walking Dead)
- Best Performance (Man) – Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2)
- Best DLC – Dawnguard (Skyrim)
- Best Downloadable Game – The Walking Dead
- Character of the Year (viewer voted) – Clap Trap (Borderlands 2)
- Most Anticipated Game (viewer voted) – Grand Theft Auto V
No awards for Diablo 3, nor for Assassin's Creed 3, which may be considered something of a surprise. With regard to The Walking Dead winning Game of the Year; that was nailed on from the moment Michael 'Prediction King' Pachter said it had "no chance" of taking the award in a pre-show interview.
A good night all round for The Walking Dead, and for Borderlands 2 which nabbed three awards (four, if you include the viewer voted character award).
LOL they gave upscaled 720p halo4 best grahics LOL
The walking dead.. This is just sad, im going to boycott all story games from now on. Video games are meant to be played, you know, since they are GAMES. The walking dead might have a good story, im not sure, but I now see the vgas as a complete joke, along with g4
I bet Ubisoft weren't pleased not getting anything for Assassin's Creed 3 considering how much they have been pushing it.
every single one of them is a disagree from me, both graphics and GOTY should be far cry 3 hands down.
I am not sure Far Cry 3 was considered because it only just came out.
I think the judges are out of their collective minds.Obviously I do not live in their galaxy.
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Message to U.S. Citizens No. 5: Time to Check Your Passports
October 29, 2012
As the holiday season approaches and you begin your travel planning, it is essential that you take time to review your passports, both to ensure that they will be valid during the period in which you plan to travel, and that they still contain a sufficient number of blank pages for immigration stamps. Some countries require that a traveler's U.S. passport be valid at least six months or longer beyond the dates of the trip. Processing for tourist passport renewals generally runs about two weeks. Adding pages to your current passport can generally be done within two days. Instructions for renewing your tourist passport or adding pages to any valid passport can be found here:
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Explains how to calculate the mole fraction and the mole percent of a mixture, given the moles of each component.
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Back to Lecture 19
The Nature of the Athenians
(from the Speech of the
spoken to the Spartan assembly prior to the advent of the Peloponnesian War,
and dramatized by Thucydides (I.70)*)
"...'Then also we think we have as much right as anyone else to point out faults in our neighbors, especially when we consider the enormous difference between you and the Athenians. To our minds, you are quite unaware of this difference; you have never yet tried to imagine what sort of people these Athenians are, against whom you will have to fight - how much, indeed how completely different from you! An Athenian is always an innovator, quick to form a resolution and quick at carrying it out. You, on the other hand, are good at keeping things as they are; you never originate an idea, and your action tends to stop short of its aim. Then again, Athenian daring will outrun its own resources; they will take risks against their better judgment, and still, in the midst of danger, remain confident. But your nature is always to do less than you could have done, to mistrust your own judgment, however sound it may be, and to assume that dangers will last forever. Think of this, too: while you are hanging back, they never hesitate; while you stay at home, they are always abroad; for they think that the farther they go the more they will get, while you think that any movement may endanger what you have already. If they win a victory, they follow it up at once, and if they suffer a defeat, they scarcely fall back at all. As for their bodies, they regard them as expendable for their city's sake, as though they were not their own; but each man cultivates his own intelligence, again with a view to doing something notable for his city. If they aim at something and do not get it, they think that they have been deprived of what belonged to them already; whereas, if their enterprise is successful, they regard that success as nothing compared to what they will do next. Suppose they fail in some undertaking - they make good the loss immediately by setting their hopes in some other direction. Of them alone it may be said that they possess a thing almost as soon as they have begun to desire it, so quickly with them does action follow upon decision. And so they go on working away in hardship and danger all days of their lives, seldom enjoying their possessions because they are always adding to them. Their view of a holiday is to do what needs doing; they prefer hardship and activity to peace and quiet. In a word, they are by nature incapable of either living a quiet life themselves or of allowing anyone else to do so.'"
* taken from Hobbes translation, The Peloponnesian War: The Complete Hobbes Translation. Thomas Hobbes, 1998.


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The American Heart Association announced plans Wednesday for Art for Heart 2003.
The event is the association's biggest fund-raiser of the year, and it will be held Feb. 20.
"This will be our fifth year to have Art for Heart and of course it's a wonderful event for our community and also a great event for the American Heart Association," said Gayle Callahan, a representative of the group.
Last year art for heart raised almost $100,000. Organizers expect to exceed that in 2003.
The money raised from the nearly 100 pieces of art will go to fund education and research projects in the state. To get tickets to the event this year at Northwood Country Club, contact the American Heart Association at 485-7268.
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As the title indicates, this is my map of the Inner Sea and the surrounding Korachani empire. I've been working on this for some years now (yes you read that right) though the main reason its taking me so long is that the map has been secondary to my worldbuilding project and regions and localities have only been added to the map as I've fleshed out the world itself. If you look at the corners (particularly the N-W part of the map, you'll notice that it's a lot more bare than the central parts - those areas are still rather vague in the 'Encyclopaedia Elyden' and will be added to later as I flesh them out, though the map is as good as done.
The first iteration of the map was drawn on an A3 paper about 7-years ago and it has gone through countless updates and was first digitised about 2-years ago. All work is done in PS and a cheapo wacom tablet (cannot recommend a tablet enough - it speeds up work so much!). When I first started work on the map I had never used PS before and all my experience with PS comes from this and other doodles and lots of help from this site (especially the Saderan (sp?) tutorial). The original PSD is 300 dpi CMYK 41" x 61" and will be printed at full-size for my man-cave once I declare it done. The jpg this upload is based on is RGB 200 dpi and 41" x 61" and is about 75mb big so rather than shrink it down to a 4.5mb file I decided to split it into four and upload the separate maps, which preserve a lot of detail. I'm still not 100% sold on some parts of it (mostly the texture and colour), though i think this one is as good as done. To anyone interested the WIP thread is here and the map goes through a few iterations due to changing personal preferances and other peoples' opinions and if i end up changing the map it'll mostly be done there.
Please do give feedback and criticisms as this is something I want to turn out as good as I possibly can, so any help is welcome. One thing I've noticed is the displacement layer I used to distort the picture to match the parchment background might be a bit too obvious in places (with the text taking on a wavy appearance in some areas) this is going to be toned down.
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Neiman Marcus is rebranding its contemporary departments within each of the 42 Neiman Marcus stores as Cusp shop-in-shops.
Neiman Marcus said Thursday it has launched its first-ever foursquare challenge to take place on Oct. 1 in conjunction with the department store retailer's Shoe & Handbag Event.


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Igor Siddiqui is an assistant professor at the University of Texas in Austin School of Architecture. He is also the principal of ISSSStudio, an emerging design practice established in Brooklyn in 2006.
Siddiqui's current work focuses primarily on novel relationships between architectural space and the decorative arts, viewed through the lens of technological innovation and shifting cultural values.
His practice, teaching and research have been recognized for effectively operating across the fields of product, interior, and architectural design.
The work of ISSSStudio has been exhibited in a range of venues, from museums and galleries to art fairs, alternative spaces and temporary sites. They include the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and Descours in New Orleans; Flux Factory, Center for Architecture, and the Metro Show art fair in New York; Arthouse and Design Within Reach in Austin; Form Gallery in Perth, Australia; Axis Gallery in Tokyo; and many others.
The work has appeared in Interior Design magazine, Dwell, Tribeza, and SNAP, as well as numerous features on sites such as Dezeen, Archinect, ArchDaily, TreeHugger, and suckerPUNCH.
Siddiqui's CCA lecture will be entitled "(Not) Everything":
The lecture is a presentation of Siddiqui's evolving body of work as a practicing designer and design educator. By sampling the recent work of his practice ISSSStudio alongside projects from advanced courses that he teaches at the University of Texas at Austin, the aim is to articulate specific feedback between contemporary practice and academia.
Referencing the tradition of total design, the lecture proposes an updated model for considering architecture's migration into other allied fields, particularly in the realm of product and interior design. Such a model, as the title intimates, calls for a sensibility that favors the tension between the highly specific and the seemingly ubiquitous.
The 2013-14 Interior Design Lecture Series is funded by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and CCA's Graduate Program in Visual and Critical Studies.


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I got 63.2 GB free memory of 114 GB
2.4 GHZ, Geforce 4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X, 512 MB RAM, 266Mhz DDR
I have to play at 800x600 at low to make it able to play. Shouldnt need to as the system specs is far over the recommended! Crytek or Ubi! Please fix this, as this seems to be a very common problem!
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Oct. 4, 2007
HEAD COACH Bob Toledo
On the week of practice heading into Saturday's game at Army
"We had a good week of practice. Playing as well as we did, even thought we didn't win the football game, gives our guys a little confidence going into this next week. Realizing that they practiced hard, they have a chance to win."
On the amount of enthusiasm surrounding the program after the last two weeks
"It's incredible. The talk shows and all those things, everyone is so excited. I've gotten a lot of e-mails and I think a lot of people are excited about what they saw. Nobody's pleased with losing football game, but I think they see the positive steps we're taking, and that's the important thing."
His take on how prepared the Tulane team is to play Army on Saturday
"I think our guys practiced really hard and they're focused on what they have to do. It's our first road trip, and of course, we haven't won on the road in over a year. Our guys are looking forward to going to West Point, playing against Army and playing in front of a lot of our fans who live in New York and are going to the game."
On the matchup between Tulane and Army
"I think it's a good matchup. We compare favorably to Army. We have bright young men here and we have good leaders. Size-wise, speed-wise and athlete-wise, I think we match up very well."


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The literate, deeply felt story of a woman attempting to take control of her life.
Theater helmer Georges Hachem makes his film debut with "Stray Bullet," the literate, deeply felt story of a woman attempting to take control of her life. Set in 1976 during Lebanon's civil war, this absorbing chamber piece avoids feeling stagebound thanks to considered lensing and editing that are beautifully modulated to evoke time, place and psyche. Star Nadine Labaki ("Caramel") should provide initial enticement for international buyers who'll then be wooed by the pic's force, notwithstanding a few overdrawn moments. Regional arthouse play is likely to make a mark, while fest exposure could lure Euro satcasters.For the most part, "Stray Bullet" displays a rare balance: It's a period drama boasting exceptional art direction, yet doesn't feel straitjacketed by time. Likewise, it's a story of the struggle for self-realization that could stand on its own divorced from the setting, though the spirit of Lebanon's dark years remains a vital element that underscores the film's power. The action takes place in one day, two weeks before the marriage of Noha (Labaki) and John (Nazih Youssef). For Noha's family, the union comes as a relief, since they feared the independent-minded woman would wind up an old maid like her sister Layla (Takla Chammoun). However, Noha's heart isn't in this marriage, and she's hesitantly arranged a meeting with ex-lover Joseph (Rodrigue Sleiman), whose mother (Inaam Germanos) broke them up three years earlier. The rendezvous, in his car amid forested hills near Beirut, doesn't go well, and Noha walks away from her spineless ex, only to spy two rebels shooting their kidnap victim. Shaken, she makes it back to town for the engagement party thrown by her brother Assaf (Badih Bou Chacra), but that, too, ends badly when her desire for self-actualization violently clashes with her family's expectations. Broken engagements, both formal and informal, as well as frustrated people mustering the strength to act on their desires form the pic's core, and in that sense, it's a story that could be happening at any time or any place. But Hachem wants universality sublimated to a Lebanese specificity: The country is wracked by internecine conflict, and though life for Noha's middle-class family goes on with relatively minor difficulties, there's an inexorable slide into a tragedy whose causes are personal as well as national. Lensing by Muriel Aboulrouss has been carefully designed to underline emotional states, nowhere more so than in the climactic dinner-party scene, where the observational camera acts as another guest in the spacious yet cramped apartment. A modified fish-eye lens and unexpected pull-backs generate disquieting sensations fully in keeping with Noha's inner turmoil and sense of oppression. Occasionally, the helmer miscalculates: An artificial monologue by Layla doesn't quite work as a stand-alone scene, and an instance of clouds covering the moon, accompanied by an unsettling soundscape, over-forces an already upsetting sequence. But in general, Hachem's evocation of atmosphere is very impressive, especially in the way he highlights the bucolic parts of the city and its surroundings, contrasted with the occasional stray bullet that reminds auds exactly where and when the story takes place. Thesping is universally strong — Hachem is also an acting teacher — and it's a pleasure to see Labaki in such a meaty, ruminative role. Blow-up from Super 16 adds a pleasantly grainy period quality that's expertly matched by Petra Abousleiman's art and costume direction, strong on 1970s browns, greens and yellows. Editing, too, is commendable, and the restrained use of music reinforces without pushing mood.
Stray Bullet
An Abbout Prods. production. Produced by Georges Schoucair. Directed, written by Georges Hachem.
Camera (color, Super 16-to-35mm), Muriel Aboulrouss; editors, Simon El Habre, Elias Chahine; music, Nadim Mishlawi; production designer/costume designer, Petra Abousleiman; sound (Dolby SR), Rana Eid, Rayan Obeidiyin, Florent Lavallee; line producer, Jean-Pierre Noun; assistant producer, Nermine Haddad. Reviewed at MedFilm Festival, Rome, Nov. 17, 2010. (Also in Montreal World, London, Cairo, Dubai film festivals.) Running time: 77 MIN.
Nadine Labaki, Takla Chammoun, Hind Taher, Badih Bou Chacra, Rodrigue Sleiman, Patricia Nammour, Nazih Youssef, Pauline Haddad, Nasri Sayegh, Joelle Hanna, Lamia Merhi, Mireille Badran, Celine Tannous, Leila Issac, Rajaa Ghannam, Antoine Khadra, Inaam Germanos.


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Exploding out of the blocks is Outline In Color's latest, Masks, thanks to caustic opening salvo "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," a searing array of djent-rooted, stilted staccato riffs, blistering percussions, spiraling hooks, and Issues-esque vocals that can stop and turn on a dime (shout out to K.C. Simonsen and Trevor Tatro). Masks features its fair share of familiar metalcore we've surely all heard before ("Pick Your Poison," "55," "Con Artist Culture Vs. Pax Americana"), but there are more than enough above-average instances smattered about (the overarching, grandiose "Beaut...READ MORE
Exclusive Video: Peace Mercutio - "Say Something" (A Great Big World rock cover)
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If you've ever wondered what A Great Big World's piano ballad "Say Something" would sound with a full band - the fine folks in Peace Mercutio entered the studio to record a live video of the track. If you like the cover, you can download it right now for FREE just by joining the bands mailing address at www.peacemercutio.com.READ MORE
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First things first, The Hunting Party is not Hybrid Theory. While it may find the band at their heaviest since 2003's Meteora, it's still an unfair comparison as they are two entirely different records indicative of two entirely different time periods. The Hunting Party sticks an emphatic middle finger in the face of today's sterile rock scene as frontman Chester Bennington defiantly proclaims 'No control/No surprise/I'm my own casualty/I fuck up everything I see/Fighting in futility' during the opening seconds of "Keys to The Kingdom," a clear result of Mike Shinoda and company being tired...READ MORE
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CD Review: Mushroomhead - "The Righteous and the Butterfly" (Megaforce Records)
5/31/2014 1:07am EDT
It's about both the journey and the destination on Mushroomhead's The Righteous and the Butterfly, an album that really does save the best for last. Bucking the norm of putting your best foot forward, much of the band's eighth studio album comes during the second half of the record, which isn't to say you should be bypassing the first eight or so tracks.READ MORE
The Righteous and the Butterfly is littered with classic Mushroomhead output – flat out chugging metallers ( "Our Apologies," Devils Be Damned") - interspersed with cuts seemingly plucked off the next Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack...
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the ability to impose losses on private creditorsso-called bail-inrather than have those losses borne by taxpayers. As with systemic surcharges, the issue here is not to so much the bail-in principle, but its application in practice. Bail-in, whether of big banks, sovereigns or companies, faces an acute time-consistency problem. Policymakers face a trade-off between placing losses on a narrow set of tax-payers today (bail-in) or spreading that risk across a wider set of tax-payers today and tomorrow (bail-out). A risk-averse, tax-smoothing government may tend towards the latter pathand historically has almost always done so, most notably in response to the present financial crisis. Next time may of course be different. But the market is sceptical. For example, in the US the Dodd-Frank Act on paper rules in future bail-in and rules out future bail-out. Yet market expectations of state support for US banks are higher today than before the crisis struck and are unchanged since Dodd-Frank became law. The time-consistency dilemma, at least in the eyes of markets, is as acute as ever.
(c) Structural reform: One way of lessening that dilemma may be to act on the scale and structure of banking directly. Several recent regulatory reform initiatives have sought to do just that, notably the Volcker rule in the US, the Vickers proposals in the UK and, most recently, the Liikanen plans in Europe. While different in detail, each of these proposals shares a common objective: a degree of separation or segregation between investment and commercial banking activities.
In principle, these ringfencing initiatives confer both ex-post (improved resolution) and ex-ante (improved risk management) benefits. Because they act on banking structure, they have a greater chance of proving time-consistent. While this is a clear step forward, those benefits are only as credible as the ringfence itself. The issue raised by some is whether, in practice, the ring-fence could prove permeable. Without care, todays ring-fence could become tomorrows string vest.
If each of these initiatives is necessary but none is individually or collectively sufficient to tackle too-big-to-fail, what is to be done? One solution might lie in strengthening these proposals. For example, re-sizing the capital surcharge, perhaps in line with quantitative estimates of the optimal capital ratio, would be one option for bearing down further on systemic externalities.
Another more radical option, mooted recently by a number of commentators and policymakers, would be to place size limits on banks, either in relation to the


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Hampton Inn And Suites Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach
Hampton Inn And Suites Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach
Hotel Guest Rating: 8.9/10
1989 Eastwood Road
Wilmington, NC 28403
Welcome to the Hampton Inn And Suites Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach
Rocking chairs on the porch, plush beds and a beachside location plus a free hot breakfast mean even if youre here on business youll feel the relaxing vibes at the non-smoking Hampton Inn & Suites Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach.
Hotel Features
This four-story hotel with lodge-style decor has 120 rooms with cushy signature beds featuring pillowtop mattresses and 250-thread-count sheets. Rooms include large work desks, ergonomic desk chairs and flat-panel LCD TVs. You can boot up your laptop on the lap desk as you lounge. Wi-Fi is free. Some suites have fireplaces or jetted tubs. Savor yummy eggs, succulent sausages, crispy bacon and more at the free hot breakfast. If you're on the go, grab a breakfast bag of muffin, fruit, cereal bar and bottled water. The outdoor pool will tempt you with its sparkle. Perhaps youd rather lounge and sip cocktails from the poolside bar (open seasonally). You can crunch your abs in the fitness center or crunch some numbers in the business center. Stay hydrated at the free beverage area. Theres also a 24-hour convenience shop and an on-site restaurant. Parking is free.
Hotel Location
The Hampton Inn & Suites is located on Eastwood Road just two miles from Wrightsville Beach. You can go fishing off Johnnie Mercer's Pier, a local landmark, two-and-a-half miles away. The University of North Carolina at Wilmington is four-and-a-half miles away. Visit the USS North Carolina, a World War II battleship and war memorial (a 17-minute drive). The hotel is eight miles from Wilmington International Airport.
Guest Favorites
A location near the beach and free hot breakfast heighten the value factor at Hampton Inn & Suites Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach.
Hampton Inn And Suites Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach Amenities
- 24-hour security
- Air conditioning
- Air conditioning individually controlled in room
- Alarm clock
- Buffet breakfast
- Business center
- Cable television
- CNN available
- Cocktail lounge
- Complimentary buffet breakfast
- Complimentary cocktails
- Complimentary in-room coffee or tea
- Conference facilities
- Desk with electrical outlet
- Direct dial telephone
- Evening reception
- Exercise gym
- Fire safety compliant
- Fitness center on-site
- Free airport shuttle
- Free high speed internet connection
- Free parking
- Gift/News stand
- Hairdryer
- Heated guest rooms
- High speed internet access fee
- Interior corridors
- Iron
- Ironing board
- Jacuzzi
- Kitchenette
- Laundry/Valet service
- Meeting rooms
- Non-smoking
- Non-smoking rooms (generic)
- On-site business center
- On-site business center is staffed
- On-Site parking
- Outdoor pool
- Parking
- Parking lot
- Photocopy center
- Pool
- Public area air conditioned
- Remote control television
- Safe deposit box
- Secured parking
- Security
- Sundry/Convenience store
- Valet cleaning
- Voice mail
- Welcome drink
- Whirlpool
Hotel Information
Upon check-in photo identification and credit card is required. All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.Please note a one time USD 100.00 charge applies to guests staying with pets and is non refundable. Contact hotel for additional restrictions. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
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I was sitting in my car in the dark and observed a suspicious couple circle the parking lot and pull into a dark parking space about 9 pm. When I walked into the lobby and alerted the front desk staff, they immediately called the Police. The Police responded immediately and I watched from my bedroom window as they pulled the occupants out and handcuffed them and searched their vehicle. The Police ended up letting them go but I was impressed that the front desk staff took me seriously, especially since my vehicle with all my equipment was parked nearby. ...
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They've successfully parlayed their childhood stardom in to a massive style empire, and Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen have some of the best duds on the rack.
However, celebrity stylist Lysa Cooper claims that the "Full House" cuties actually rip off other designers rather than come up with their own concepts.
Flying solo without her twin sister, Ashley Olsen attended The Sixth Annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic at Liberty State Park in New Jersey on Saturday (June 1).
The 26-year-old mogul opted for a red kaftan with gold embellishments and sandals as she posed for pics in her aviator sunglasses.
Enjoying a leisurely weekend with her man, Ashley Olsen shopped at Maison Martin Margiela in Beverly Hills on Saturday (May 11).
The "Full House" star sported a black blouse, matching jeans, and black flats as she chatted with her smiling mystery beau.
They may be twins, but Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen showed off their individual styles at the 2013 Costume Institute Gala in New York City on Monday (May 6).
Stepping out to watch a legendary band, Gwen Stefani and Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen went to see The Rolling Stones in a surprise concert at Echoplex in Echo Park, California on Saturday (April 27).
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While one of the power twins wore her hair down while clad in all black with loafers, the other wore her hair up and accented her black outfit with a tan scarf.
Looking to check some items off of her to-do list, Ashley Olsen ran errands with a pal in New York City on Saturday (March 23).
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My Vista laptop has broken down and requires repair. It is NOT Vista's fault, but instead it appears to be a hardware problem (probably loose connection to the display on my laptop that randomly causes vertical bars). Here goes, in no particular order:
For the last few weeks I've been using Ubuntu on my 7 year old 2GHz P4 + 1GB RAM PC. Installing apps under Linux is currently a pita. I'm sure it's not that difficult and I can learn how to install, but why should I? I much prefer the Next.. Next.. Finish simplicity of Windows. And I dont think it has much to do with me not being accustomed to using Linux's (new to me) install method; afterall when MS introduced the Install Wizard, it was new and I wasn't accustomed to it, yet I liked it. But not so with Synaptic Package Manager and install routines and... like I said, I could learn it, but I'm not sure I have the time for that. The end result however is I did install a few apps and the install was ok, but I had to spend time finding stuff out. When MS intro's Install Wizard, I had no problems with it.
Still haven't got my loudspeakers working too well (actually I only spent 30 mins attempting to fix this problem - I could schedule more time to do so, but why should I?
Overall, I do like Linux, a lot. I like using Terminal, I like VI, I like the sense of freedom and lack of restrictions (I haven't actually experienced this freedom yet, it's just a perception right now). I need to make a backup of a really old DVD and I doubt I'll have any problems. And it works superbly on my old PC. I need to play around with NTFS-3G to read my USB NTFS HDDs. As long as I keep this old computer, I'll keep Linux on it. I like what the Ubuntu guys have done for a user of my level and they should keep up the good work.
I've used it constantly for 9 months. I tore my hair out before SP1. It wasn't that bad, I just wanted it to be so much better. I braced myself before opting for a Vista laptop and figured if I dont like it, I'll install Ubuntu (which I have done) and buy a Mac (which I'm thinking of but am too cheapskate). After installing SP1, it is better, it's the product MS should have released in the first place. I still dont like it though but the reasons for not liking it are rather superficial: I usually dont care about marketing BUT those darn Mac adverts have really got under my skin and I just want a Mac. Vista IS somewhat slow and cumbersome (I swear I felt like Linux was flying on my 7 year old PC and so much faster on my new Dell laptop). It's like, well I cant quite fathom it, but it felt like I had to wait a while before Vista responded to my commands (laptop spec = 2.2 core 2 duo, 2GB Ram). And that damn anti-virus software keeps popping up. And I try and un-install it (ok, I only spent 2 mins attempting an uninstall, but it runs with an account that has higher privileges than ME, and truth is, I dont wanna spend time fixing that. I'm not lazy, I just dont wanna fix it).
So why is Vista good for me? Well, I bought it for .NET, Adobe PhotoShop Elements, Adobe Premiere Elements, iTunes, Flight Simulator, and some other stuff I like to run. But it kept on crashing, and freezing. I done Win Update, it was already up to date. I went to Dell's driver's page. Holy crap that page is a mishmash of dog poo (I was too lazy, I was tired of having to fix stuff by then). In the end, just before I had enough and decided to install Linux, it was a hardware error (and hence not Vista's fault) that got to me. But the problems with Vista, then the hardware fault, it pushed me over the edge. So I started looking at alternatives. And I really dont wanna blow money when I know I can fix the problem. Oh but those Apple adverts...
Ah, Apple, portayer of all things simple and the tag line "it just works". After playing with a Nokia N95 and the 1st gen iPhone, the Nokia used to freeze once in a while (and I only had it for 2 weeks and it already started reminding me of Vista). The iPhone which I used on/off for 6 months (it belonged to my company) never froze. And this was a FIRST gen product! So I bought an iPhone 3G for myself and it's worked perfectly, not as many functions as an N95, but what it did have, it worked well. I also have an Airport Extreme, also works well (as does my old NetGear) and was simple to set up (NetGear was simple too, but I knew a lot more about networks back in those days and was more 'familiar with stuff' (read, I was younger ).
So hence my experience with laptops got me thinking about Apple (again). I like the hardware, I occasionally use it at work, seems like a nice OS. But where are the apps? I read so much about all the apps are available on Mac that you could possibly need. Then where is PhotoShop Elements (ok ok it's out now, and I think it runs natively on OSX now too)? And where is Premiere Elements? Do I really have to spend £130 for Aperture 2? Ok £130 isn't that bad, but I get the feeling it's a photo manager application rather than a photo editor (someone correct me, I've done so much reading up I've forgotten what app does what). iPhoto just doesn't do it for me after using PhotoShop Elements for some time. And iMovie? I'm not sure that has half the features of Premiere Elements. Ok I understand the price difference, but the end result is the standard set of apps pre-installed on a Mac aren't gonna do it for me, I'll have to spend more. And I sure cant find anything that's better than iPhoto/iMovie without going to PhotoShop Elements and Final Cut Express (£190 together). Then I'm not sure how well PSE and FCE is integrated (PSE and Pr El are made by the same company and work great together, the complete bundle is £100).
I can live without .NET, no big deal, but I dont know about the photo and video editors. I thought Mac was supposed to be awesome for this kinda stuff, and at the higher end it probably is. And at the baby level it's fine too. But I need something in between before I spend $$$ on a Mac. Sure I mentioned PSE for Mac and FCE for Mac. But I'd like to know how well they integrate (can I take photos from PSE and put them into FCE?) I just heard these things about FCE not being too great for prosumer level stuff.
Well, I'm gonna stop using my heart and leave that to do what it's supposed to do... help me cycle up great mountains. Instead I'll use my head and get my Dell laptop fixed up, re-install Vista on it (oh god I'm already getting anxiety just thinking about it, again, it's a superficial thing, I dont know why I'm getting this anxiety), and, well, just work with it for the same reasons I first bought it.
Having written that though, I do like the idea of having an iMac as a desktop machine, maybe I dont need a 24", I'll just get a 20", and play with PSE and FCE, but only if they run natively on Intel Macs. I could then get Apple TV to showcase my (amateur level) videos on the main TV...


text: In 1960, Benjamin Britten received a commission to compose a new work for the consecration of the St. Michael's Cathedral, Coventry. The original cathedral had been destroyed during World War II. The commission specified that the new work "could be a full length or a substantial 30/40 minutes one: its libretto could be sacred or secular."Britten, a lifelong pacifist and a conscientious objector during World War II, chose to portray his disdain for the conflict that led to the cathedral's destruction. In a letter dated February 16, 1961,to German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925-2012), Britten described his vision:Please forgive me for writing to such a busy man as yourself … Coventry Cathedral, like so many wonderful buildings in Europe, was destroyed in the last war. It has now been rebuilt in a very remarkable fashion, and for the reconsecration of the new building they are holding a big festival at the end of May and beginning of June next year. I have been asked to write a new work for what is to us all a most significant occasion.I am writing what I think will be one of my most important works. It is a full-scale Requiem Mass for chorus and orchestra (in memory of those of all nations who died in the last war), and I am interspersing the Latin text with many poems of a great English poet, Wilfred Owen, who was killed in the First World War. These magnificent poems, full of the hate of destruction, are a kind of commentary on the Mass; they are, of course, in English. These poems will be set for tenor and baritone, with an accompaniment of chamber orchestra, placed in the middle of the other forces. They will need singing with the utmost beauty, intensity, and sincerity.Peter Pears has agreed to sing the tenor part, and with great temerity I am asking you whether you would sing the baritone.Peter Pears (1910-1986) was Britten's partner and the creator of most of the composer's music for lead tenor. Wilfred Owen (1893-1918), a British Army officer who served in France during World War II, was killed in battle on November 4, 1918—a week before the Armistice. During his military service, Owen wrote a series of remarkable poems. Stripped of any romanticism or patriotic fervor, the poems graphically depict the horrors of war. Indeed, Owen repeatedly portrays enemy soldiers as kindred spirits, innocent pawns in the hands of those who send them off to battle.Britten's plan for two vocal soloists in the War Requiem changed in the summer of 1961. As part of the Aldeburgh Festival, Russian soprano Galina Vishnevskaya (1926-2012) gave a recital at Jubilee Hall, accompanied at the piano by her husband, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007).Britten approached Vishnevskaya after the recital, and, according to her, "said he was particularly glad he heard me right at that moment because he had begun to write his War Requiem and now wanted to write in a part for me." Vishnevskaya continued, "His composition, which was a call for peace, would bring together representatives of the three nations that had suffered most during the war: an Englishman, Peter Pears; a German, Fischer-Dieskau; and a Russian, myself." When Britten learned that Vishnevskaya had never sung in English, they agreed he would write her part in Latin.Britten completed his War Requiem on December 20, 1961. The work bears the following dedication:In loving memory ofRoger Burney, Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer ReservePiers Dunkerley, Captain, Royal MarinesDavid Gill, Ordinary Seaman, Royal NavyMichael Halliday, Lieutenant, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer ReserveThe dedicatees were all friends of Britten. Three died during World War II; Piers Dunkerley committed suicide in 1959.The premiere of the War Requiem took place at St. Michael's Cathedral, Coventry, on May 30, 1962 (the performance has recently been issued on the Testament label: SBT 1490). On that occasion, Vishnevskaya was not the soprano soloist. The Soviet government, not at all pleased with the symbolism of reconciliation with Germany and England, prohibited her from traveling. English soprano Heather Harper (b. 1930) was pressed into service. Harper studied with Britten, learning the music in just 10 days while in the midst of her busy opera and concert schedule.Like Britten, Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) was both a great opera composer and the author of a Requiem Mass. Prior to its 1874 premiere, the German conductor and pianist Hans von Bülow dismissed the Verdi Requiem as an "opera in ecclesiastical garb." Johannes Brahms responded that with such comments, "Bülow has made a fool of himself for all time." Some observers leveled similar accusations toward Britten's War Requiem. In a 1969 interview, Britten responded:I think I would be a fool if I didn't take notice of how Mozart, Verdi, Dvořák—whoever you like to name—had written their Masses. I mean, many people have pointed out to me the similarities between the Verdi Requiem and bits of my own War Requiem, and they may be there. If I have not absorbed that, that's too bad. But that's because I'm not a good enough composer, it's not because I'm wrong.Galina Vishnevskaya did join Peter Pears and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in January 1963 for the first commercial recording of the War Requiem, conducted by the composer. During rehearsals, Decca/London producer John Culshaw recorded (without Britten's knowledge) the composer's directions to the performers. These rehearsal recordings, included in later issues of the Decca/London War Requiem, are an invaluable historical document. Britten was a first-rate conductor, and it is fascinating to hear his persuasive synthesis of perfectionism, spirit of collaboration, warmth, and humor.Britten's comments also provide a unique insight into the composer's view of his War Requiem. It is clear from Britten's instructions to the choruses that he envisioned the traditional Latin Mass for the Dead and Wilfred Owen's despairing World War I poetry in the same light. Both are uttered not as a source of comfort, but as an expression of world-weariness and despair.Britten told his sister that he hoped his War Requiem would "make people think a bit." And it is a work that never fails to make a profound impact, both upon the audience and the performers. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, a prisoner of war during World War II, recalled in his autobiography, "The first performance created an atmosphere of such intensity that by the end I was completely undone; I did not know where to hide my face. Dead friends and past suffering arose in my mind." Peter Pears had to assist the grief-stricken Fischer-Dieskau to his feet.—Ken Meltzer


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I am reading this book called "Java Concurrency in Practice" and the author gives an example of an unsafe object publication. Here is the example.
public Holder holder;
public void initialize(){
holder = new Holder(42);
public class Holder {
private int n;
public Holder(int n) { this.n = n; }
public void assertSanity() {
if (n != n)
throw new AssertionError("This statement is false.");
So does this mean that other thread has access to an object when it is not even fully constructed? I guess that when a thread A calls
holder.initialize(); and thread B calls
holder.assertSanity(); the condition
n != n will not be met if thread A has not yet executed
this.n = n;
Does this also mean that if I have a simpler code like
int n;
System.out.println(n == n); //false?


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Christmas Stories
A Christmas Carol
Christmas Stories
Charles Dickens
Written in 1843 by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol is one of the most beloved and narrated Christmas tales of all time. This classic Victorian story exemplifies the charity and kindness that is the Christmas spirit. A Christmas Carol has been adapted for film, television and theater and continues to remain popular over a century after it was first published. Here is an excerpt from the original text.
"There are some upon this earth of yours," returned the Spirit, "who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us and all out kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us."
Scrooge promised that he would; and they went on, invisible, as they had been before, into the suburbs of the town. It was a remarkable quality of the Ghost (which Scrooge had observed at the baker's), that notwithstanding his gigantic size, he could accommodate himself to any place with ease; and that he stood beneath a low roof quite as gracefully and like a supernatural creature, as it was possible he could have done in any lofty hall.
And perhaps it was the pleasure the good Spirit had in showing off this power of his, or else it was his own kind, generous, hearty nature, and his sympathy with all poor men, that led him straight to Scrooge's clerk's; for there he went, and took Scrooge with him, holding to his robe; and on the threshold of the door the Spirit smiled, and stopped to bless Bob Cratchit's dwelling with the sprinkling of his torch. Think of that! Bob had but fifteen bob a-week himself; he pocketed on Saturdays but fifteen copies of his Christian name; and yet the Ghost of Christmas Present blessed his four-roomed house!
Then up rose Mrs Cratchit, Cratchit's wife, dressed out but poorly in a twice-turned gown, but brave in ribbons, which are cheap and make a goodly show for sixpence; and she laid the cloth, assisted by Belinda Cratchit, second of her daughters, also brave in ribbons; while Master Peter Cratchit plunged a fork into the saucepan of potatoes, and getting the corners of his monstrous shirt collar (Bob's private property, conferred upon his son and heir in honour of the day) into his mouth, rejoiced to find himself so gallantly attired, and yearned to show his linen in the fashionable Parks. And now two smaller Cratchits, boy and girl, came tearing in, screaming that outside the baker's they had smelt the goose, and known it for their own; and basking in luxurious thoughts of sage-and-onion, these young Cratchits danced about the table, and exalted Master Peter Cratchit to the skies, while he (not proud, although his collars nearly choked him) blew the fire, until the slow potatoes bubbling up, knocked loudly at the saucepan-lid to be let out and peeled.
"What has ever got your precious father then." said Mrs Cratchit. "And your brother, Tiny Tim! And Martha warn't as late last Christmas Day by half-an-hour!"
"Here's Martha, mother!" said a girl, appearing as she spoke.
"Here's Martha, mother!" cried the two young Cratchits. "Hurrah! There's such a goose, Martha!"
"Why, bless your heart alive, my dear, how late you are!" said Mrs Cratchit, kissing her a dozen times, and taking off her shawl and bonnet for her with officious zeal.
"We'd a deal of work to finish up last night," replied the girl, "and had to clear away this morning, mother!"
"Well! Never mind so long as you are come," said Mrs Cratchit. "Sit ye down before the fire, my dear, and have a warm, Lord bless ye!"
"No, no! There's father coming," cried the two young Cratchits, who were everywhere at once. "Hide, Martha, hide!"
So Martha hid herself, and in came little Bob, the father, with at least three feet of comforter exclusive of the fringe, hanging down before him; and his threadbare clothes darned up and brushed, to look seasonable; and Tiny Tim upon his shoulder. Alas for Tiny Tim, he bore a little crutch, and had his limbs supported by an iron frame!
"Why, where's our Martha?" cried Bob Cratchit, looking round.
"Not coming," said Mrs Cratchit.
"Not coming!" said Bob, with a sudden declension in his high spirits; for he had been Tim's blood horse all the way from church, and had come home rampant. "Not coming upon Christmas Day!"
Martha didn't like to see him disappointed, if it were only in joke; so she came out prematurely from behind the closet door, and ran into his arms, while the two young Cratchits hustled Tiny Tim, and bore him off into the wash-house, that he might hear the pudding singing in the copper.
"And how did little Tim behave?" asked Mrs Cratchit, when she had rallied Bob on his credulity and Bob had hugged his daughter to his heart's content.
"As good as gold," said Bob, "and better. Somehow he gets thoughtful, sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see."
Bob's voice was tremulous when he told them this, and trembled more when he said that Tiny Tim was growing strong and hearty.
His active little crutch was heard upon the floor, and back came Tiny Tim before another word was spoken, escorted by his brother and sister to his stool before the fire; and while Bob, turning up his cuffs — as if, poor fellow, they were capable of being made more shabby — compounded some hot mixture in a jug with gin and lemons, and stirred it round and round and put it on the hob to simmer; Master Peter, and the two ubiquitous young Cratchits went to fetch the goose, with which they soon returned in high procession.
Such a bustle ensued that you might have thought a goose the rarest of all birds; a feathered phenomenon, to which a black swan was a matter of course; and in truth it was something very like it in that house. Mrs Cratchit made the gravy (ready beforehand in a little saucepan) hissing hot; Master Peter mashed the potatoes with incredible vigour; Miss Belinda sweetened up the apple-sauce; Martha dusted the hot plates; Bob took Tiny Tim beside him in a tiny corner at the table; the two young Cratchits set chairs for everybody, not forgetting themselves, and mounting guard upon their posts, crammed spoons into their mouths, lest they should shriek for goose before their turn came to be helped. At last the dishes were set on, and grace was said. It was succeeded by a breathless pause, as Mrs Cratchit, looking slowly all along the carving-knife, prepared to plunge it in the breast; but when she did, and when the long expected gush of stuffing issued forth, one murmur of delight arose all round the board, and even Tiny Tim, excited by the two young Cratchits, beat on the table with the handle of his knife, and feebly cried Hurrah!
There never was such a goose. Bob said he didn't believe there ever was such a goose cooked. Its tenderness and flavour, size and cheapness, were the themes of universal admiration. Eked out by apple-sauce and mashed potatoes, it was a sufficient dinner for the whole family; indeed, as Mrs Cratchit said with great delight (surveying one small atom of a bone upon the dish), they hadn't ate it all at last! Yet every one had had enough, and the youngest Cratchits in particular, were steeped in sage and onion to the eyebrows! But now, the plates being changed by Miss Belinda, Mrs Cratchit left the room alone — too nervous to bear witnesses — to take the pudding up, and bring it in.
Suppose it should not be done enough! Suppose it should break in turning out! Suppose somebody should have got over the wall of the back-yard, and stolen it, while they were merry with the goose: a supposition at which the two young Cratchits became livid! All sorts of horrors were supposed.
Hallo! A great deal of steam! The pudding was out of the copper. A smell like a washing-day! That was the cloth. A smell like an eating-house and a pastrycook's next door to each other, with a laundress's next door to that! That was the pudding. In half a minute Mrs Cratchit entered: flushed, but smiling proudly: with the pudding, like a speckled cannon-ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half-a-quartern of ignited brandy, and bedight with Christmas holly stuck into the top.
Oh, a wonderful pudding! Bob Cratchit said, and calmly too, that he regarded it as the greatest success achieved by Mrs Cratchit since their marriage. Mrs Cratchit said that now the weight was off her mind, she would confess she had had her doubts about the quantity of flour. Everybody had something to say about it, but nobody said or thought it was at all a small pudding for a large family. It would have been flat heresy to do so. Any Cratchit would have blushed to hint at such a thing.
At last the dinner was all done, the cloth was cleared, the hearth swept, and the fire made up. The compound in the jug being tasted, and considered perfect, apples and oranges were put upon the table, and a shovel-full of chesnuts on the fire. Then all the Cratchit family drew round the hearth, in what Bob Cratchit called a circle, meaning half a one; and at Bob Cratchit's elbow stood the family display of glass; two tumblers, and a custard-cup without a handle.
These held the hot stuff from the jug, however, as well as golden goblets would have done; and Bob served it out with beaming looks, while the chesnuts on the fire sputtered and cracked noisily. Then Bob proposed:
"A Merry Christmas to us all, my dears. God bless us!"
Which all the family re-echoed.
"God bless us every one!" said Tiny Tim, the last of all.


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"Would you feed animal waste to your dog or cat? Probably not. It's dirty, disgusting and intuitively just seems wrong. Unfortunately, not all animals are so lucky. In areas of the United States where large cattle and poultry operations coexist, chicken waste (or, more accurately, 'poultry litter') is routinely fed to cows. Poultry litter consists primarily of manure, feathers, spilled feed and bedding material that accumulate on the floors of the buildings that chickens and turkeys. It can contain disease-causing bacteria, antibiotics, toxic heavy metals, substances that cause Mad Cow Disease, and even foreign objects such as dead rodents, rocks, nails and glass.
Surprisingly, this unhealthy and inhumane practice is legal and poorly monitored - creating unacceptable risks to human and animal health. The FDA needs to ban the use of animal waste as animal feed before human and animal health is further compromised".
The website goes on to say that many prominent groups have endorsed its efforts to elicit an FDA ban on feeding poultry litter to cattle. These groups include the Center for Food Safety, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Food & Water Watch, Humane Society of the United States, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, etc.
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In undertaking four plays in three days up at Spring Green's APT, the odds favored at least one dud. But on paper, "Troilus and Cressida" did not look to be that one. Not only was this the first production ever of this play for this Shakespeare-centric company, but acclaimed Chicago director William Brown was at the helm. At best, this tale of love and betrayal set against the Trojan War gave me a chance to brush up on my Greek history; at worst it challenged my wakefulness through all of its three hours. Though I was perhaps jaded by the riveting performance of "Skylight" I'd just seen at the matinee, Brown and company did little to bring the Bard's "problem play" out of the woods. In general, the actors were fairly monotonous in their adequacy, failing to inject conversational fluency into the Elizabethan text, and the play's action was more detached than dangerous. Boy, though, Shakespeare sure thought Achilles was a heel.
Though a better performance might have salved the work, not even a great one could save it. For ultimately, the fault lies most with the author: It's just not a good play. (Brian Hieggelke)
At American Players Theatre, 5950 Golf Course Road, Spring Green, Wisconsin, (608)588-2361, americanplayers.org. Through October 5.
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ragtag Says:
August 24th, 2012 at 1:07 pm
Well you probably could've directed, designed or acted in it better yourself. Thankfully these uninformed reviews continue to make what you do less and less relevant to the theatre. Must be nice to sit back in judgement of real artists and artisans who work harder than you ever will, on someone else's dime. Congrats on getting your Achilles heel joke in though. Funny stuff. Really.
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