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Nicely rambled Jim.
I agree, as I get older it takes more effort to pick the question out of the mire. Sometimes I can't find it so I don't answer it,
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24 Feb 2014 11:30
Nicely rambled Jim.
I agree, as I get older it takes more effort to pick the question out of the mire. Sometimes I can't find it so I don't answer it,
24 Feb 2014 12:56
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Nicely rambled Jim.
I agree, as I get older it takes more effort to pick the question out of the mire. Sometimes I can't find it so I don't answer it,
Like me at work. When I've drifted off and missed the point I just repeat a little bit. 'So, you want to…" They always, gladly, repeat it all.
24 Feb 2014 17:27
Could you talk to your Citizens Advice Bureau and or the police about anti-social behaviour.
24 Feb 2014 17:57
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Could you talk to your Citizens Advice Bureau and or the police about anti-social behaviour.
I've tried but I can't stop them phoning.
24 Feb 2014 18:05
Verd - that was very naughty....mother in law indeed...
It's the white I want Jim because I don't like the colour of the others Salmony- pinky- orange is a no no for me!
Good luck Duncan. The biggest advantage of Pyracanthas is the wildlife it brings in. In fact, with a bit of luck there'll be loads of bees....that'll keep the little cherubs at bay!
24 Feb 2014 18:09
My Kiftsgate rose is unstoppable - throws out long wands and grows a mile a minute. The flowers are held in huge lemon-scented clusters, and it is the most violent rose I know. Pruning makes it grow even longer and stronger. Or the old-fashioned American Pillar Rose has equally unpleasant thorns - the sort that reach out to grab you when you're not looking. I suppose you'd need to tie them in to uprights, but nobody in their right mind would think of trying to walk through or even near to these.
As far as anti-social behaviour is concerned, the police have no powers to do anything other than knock on the offenders door and ask them politely not to do it again. A solicitor could bring an injunction... not a happy place to be.
24 Feb 2014 19:59
That's the problem ggranny. The police rarely bother anyway, and will do nothing unless there's damage. If you call in lawyers it all gets messy and you just risk retaliation. It's a very sad state we have nowadays when so many people just can't behave in a considerate way, and law abiding decent ones feel helpless
24 Feb 2014 20:44
Citizens advice are useless in my area, the police won't get involved unless I give next door a (much needed) good kicking.
I have come up with what I think is quite a good idea. Difficult to explain without pics and I can't figure it out using my phone.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281162610234?_trksid=p2055120.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT this what I'm now looking at for in front of my shed to block off another route into my garden, how easy would it be to keep it to around the 6ft height it comes in??
25 Feb 2014 01:07
What a terrible tale of woe, and not uncommon on this forum, methinks. I have suffered bad neighbours in the past, but more to do with late karaoke parties full of drunks and bad Neil Diamond impressions at 4am.
We then, in calmer daylight hours, sorted a pact and a warning system. If it was too loud, I would bang on the wall and he would turn it down. We became almost friendly, and I got some sleep!
These days, I live in a small hamlet with 4 adjoining neighbours and another close one, all around my back garden. All lovely people. As are the further ones. My young boys are the only kids, other than a wee girl 2 doors down and older kids much further along.
We have other children to play often, and all are read the riot act. Not too much noise, If balls or toys go over the fence, they are lost. (not really, as they are allowed to retrieve them from 4 gardens except in the middle back to which there is a large and spiny hedge) For this garden, they must either go around to ask for the ball back (and the lady of the house is profoundly deaf, so they don't bother any more) or wait until it is thrown back over, which the neighbour does obligingly do, once he sees it. However, his dogs may have seen it first! This has taught my boys to be much more careful of their toys, and I have no problem with this. They have a play area, and know, in no uncertain terms, that boisterous play must be kept there or on the lawn, and away from the very dangerous greenhouse. Any small accidental damage of veg or plants is not looked upon too harshly. My closest neighbours spoil them rotten (and the dog!) and allow them to play in their gardens, too.
Anyway, I know from this site that I have been very lucky in my neighbours all of my life, even when moved to emergency housing in a very bad area, where everyone hated everyone else, we got on ok. Maybe I'm a soft touch, or something, but there is always a way around any problem if you look hard enough. I have never found anyone to be completely unreasonable except the odd hardened drug addict. Perhaps you need to find a soft point? Or offer some small amount of help in some way? In the bad place, I offered to cut the whole of the communal lawn, not just my bit, as it suited me for the kids and I hated seeing it a mess with some bits cut and others not. They thought I was weird, but they were nice to my face at least.
You could try to bore the kids to death. If they want their toy, they have to see the damage they have done, and listen whist you explain how long it took to grow that plant they killed, or insist that they help you to repair the greenhouse. They'll either get bored or interested, either way, they'll get more careful. Or, If you have to hand over balls, pop them with a needle first. If every toy goes back damaged, they will learn. The ball landed in the roses, etc. Whilst they don't care about damaging your property, they will care if their own is damaged whilst on your property. Take up golf, and practice in the direction of their house. No Sorry, that kind of tit for tat should not be encouraged
Anyway, direct confrontation almost never works. one big stick invites a bigger stick. Use stealth and be friendly, however annoyed you feel. It is the best way of disarming people and getting issues resolved. Also use big thorny hedges! That'll keep the wee nasty gobshites out! And any rubbish they throw into your garden, either throw back, or put into a bag and politely place on thier doorstep. If they want their belongings back, let them have them all! Throw the bag over with the toys if diplomacy doesn't work.
Hope you get sorted, and I wish everyone could have the neighbours I have. I know I'm a very lucky girl.
25 Feb 2014 20:49
I always go to sleep at Downton Abbey, Jim
27 Feb 2014 10:16
I hadn't realised how common this problem is!
You're right that confrontation and tit-for-tat don't work, and involving the police seems to escalate the problem as neighbours don't like being told off and simply retal;iate with more vigour.
I think tall prickly plants it the best solution, and still favour very prickly rambling roses which can be grown along the fence.
27 Feb 2014 10:58
My large Agave Americana variegata immediately burst the 2 neighbours balls that came over the fence last summer. No more balls have come over.
I also have a large driveway (shared) that a lot of other neighbours use to turn. Very annoying, esp in winter as the headlights can blare in even from a distance.
27 Feb 2014 14:21
Sorry Joe, did you say something I nodded off?
Blairs I know what you mean, verry occasionally I got people using our drive to turn round in! Why I don't know, and it always kicks off the dogs. I wouldn't mind, we're in the middle of the lane and it's not a shared drive even. Really annoying if I'm waiting for my partner to come home too. The amount of times, I've jumped up and taken dinner out of the oven, only to have to put it back in!!!, then just as I've got it all back in, I have to take it out again!!!. I'll do sandwiches from now on!
27 Feb 2014 14:56
Gardenning Granny, neighbours made it quite clear that NOTHING can touch HIS fence.
I have all 3 lots (30 plants) of Pyracantha now and a Quince tree and Quince bush.
Cant do anything till his fence goes up, then its full steam ahead
Got some wooden stakes too, I'm going to put wire connecting each stake so that the plants can grow against them, Unfortunately due to not being rich, I might have to use some old Barbed wire I found in my shed
27 Feb 2014 16:33
Duncan Blackwell I feel your pain (and bubbling annoyance). It was nice for me to sit and read your thread and know we aren't alone as we have had similar and worse problems with our neighbours since they cut down our boundary hedge one day whilst we were at work.
We live in a mid terrace and both sides have had a vendetta against us since the day we moved in almost 5 years ago, the sad thing is we only bought the house for the garden but over time they have vandalised our property and threatened the OH on our own doorstep!
You are so right, the powers that be do nothing and the situation escalates if you get them involved.
Good luck with your project, I hope it gives you peace in your garden and gives them something to think about. Let us know how it goes, I for one will be watching with interest.
Blairs - now looking up agave to see if I have the right conditions and knowledge
27 Feb 2014 18:51
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Gardenning Granny, neighbours made it quite clear that NOTHING can touch HIS fence.
My response would have been, Well you shouldn't have put half of it facing my garden then! Is he going to come around and paint it when it needs it?
27 Feb 2014 19:06
Lisa- it breaks my heart to hear of the issues you have with neighbours. Like Duncan's thoughtless, inconsiderate and ignorant ones, it becomes so difficult to deal with because if you stand up to them it can end in retaliation. There's no support for decent people who are just trying to live their lives in peace and quiet. I'm fortunate that the ones I have issues with aren't immediate neighbours, but it makes me feel quite insecure at times.
Duncan - it's great to recycle isn't it? That wire will make a lovely support for all your lovely plants...
27 Feb 2014 19:11
Jim, this is where half the argument comes from, I mentioned a couple of years back that the concrete posts were crumbling. He replied with a few choice words and blamed me for it, as I hadn't painted his fence. The panels are the lift out sort, so I told him...... your fence, you paint 'em. You don't decorate my house for me !!!
The fact that painting the fence would not have cured the concrete cancer anyway is irrelevant.
The best is yet to come though, although the back fences are lift out, the fence on the front is 8ft and all in one, on top of his garden wall which is crumbling away. The only way he can do anything to that, which is in desperate need, is from my property. He says when his back fence is done we don't have to have anything to do with each other........SWEET......I don't have to be pleasant and let him onto my property pmsl
03 Mar 2014 19:25
Duncan, feel so bad for you. The barbed wire will pop a few balls, maybe. I'd be putting it up high, above his fence, just for devilment.


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Okay, so IF you're doing pulse updates, presumably you slug in a day's or week's worth of data. Then you possibly rebuild some aggregates or do summarizations on the newly arrived time based data, possibly update your statistics and get ready to hand the datawarehouse over to the users for a reporting window, but you want a backup before you turn them loose. You don't want to archive the big pulse update because you figure you could just apply the cycle to the previous cold backup if the wheels fall off. You don't want to endure the overhead of archiving the massive periodic update.
*THIS IS NOT AN ANALYSIS OF WHETHER THIS IS A GOOD STRATEGY, NOR AN ENDORSEMENT OF THIS STRATEGY. I'm just telling you the environment I'm presuming leading up to the following:
IF you're in that usual mode for data warehouses, then you have protracted periods where you're only reporting and not generating much redo anyway. So AFTER all the massive updates are in, switch to archivelog mode, do a hot backup any which way you want, being sure to cycle out that last redo log to archive that might be needed to create a coherent recovery set, and then flip archivelog mode off. Actually you might want to leave archiving on until just before you enter the period of mass updates, since there will be little or nothing new, but that is up to you and your perception of archivelog mode overhead during your reporting window.
Figuring out the ins and outs of making this airtight with your particular backup/recovery methodology is up to you, but you can definitely make it work with at least several different methods of backup. I realize this is not exactly what you asked, but I'd bet a dozen crullers (in a legal jurisdiction for such wagers) that is what you want to do. Oh - and your users get access sooner this way, too.
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Is anyone doing a cold backup on a grid? If so, how are you shutting down the database in the rman script? Putting Shutdown in the script only stops one instance. The best I can come up with is to run srvctl stop database before the script.
I have a data warehouse with no archive logs, so an online backup is out.
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Americans in the Tournament: Timothy Wang is the only American entrant in the Men's tournament. Ariel Hsing, Lily Zhang, and Erica Wu will be competing in the Women's tournament. None of the Americans are ranked in the top 100 in the world in either Men's or Women's Table Tennis. Apparently, that dude from your fraternity that you thought was really good at ping pong decided to do other things with his life than become an Olympic athlete.
Events: Men's Singles, Women's Singles, Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles, Mixed Doubles
Remember what I said about Asians being really good at tennis-like games? The same is true for Badminton. Of the top 10 seeds in Men's Singles, 3 are from China, 2 from Japan, and 1 from Malaysia, South Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam and Denmark. In Women's Singles the top 3 seeds are all from China with other top players from India, Denmark, Germany, Chinese Taipei, South Korea, and Thailand. In doubles, 4 of the top 5 seeded Men's teams are from China and South Korea. In Women's Doubles, 6 of the top 7 teams are from China, South Korea, and Japan.
Americans in the Tournament: Rena Wang (#57 in world) is the #27 seed in Women's Singles. No US men qualified for the Men's Singles. The duo of Howard Bach & Tony Gunawan is the #13 seed in Men's Doubles. The US failed to qualify a team in either the Women's Doubles or Mixed Doubles tournament. Americans might not be great at Badminton, but we're really good at Final Cut Pro.
Adam's Take: Tennis is a pretty brutal sport. You basically spend the entire time running around in an area the size of a mobile home, baking alive on a super-heated surface covered with Cheetos-like dust. I'm guessing Raf Nadal will reassert himself in this event, though Djokavich is another smart bet. Unlike tennis on the WPT or whatever, the Olympic version of sports like tennis, badminton & table tennis (each with doubles) have their alternate medal competitions televised. This is awesome because I enjoy hoping the server hits their partner up playing net, or they hit into each other or someone ends up with a shuttlecock in their ear.
In Table Tennis you should probably just bet on Jike Zhang & Hao Wang of China. In fact, look for China to dominate this sport on all fronts. Germany and Korea may snag a medal or two, but the Chinese women are just as strong.
Badminton is not sport I remember getting a lot of pub back in Beijing, but it is unreal to watch. Sure, you're pumped about table tennis with all the hoping around and whatnot…but imagine that with the threat of nasty welts, sprained angles and 120 mph serves. For the betting, just stick with Asia. China swept gold in the mens last time and Korea is again a threat, with Indonesia likely get to get a gold or two in womens.


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Map depicts States of the Southwest United States. Montage of small images illustrating aspects of the Southwest. Cowboy herding cattle; Skier stirring up snow on downhill slope; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Red hills; Cowboy riding bucking horse at rodeo; Saguaro Cactus at sunset; Southwestern cuisine; Native American Indian in traditional costume; Native American crafts; Grand Canyon National Park; A steam locomotive underway;Carlsbad Caverns; Montage of normal-size moving images of Southwest scenes begins. Two riders in western clothes, on horseback, ride across a stream. Views of desert flora (mainly cacti). Sunlit peaks above a dark canyon. Ancient pueblo dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park. Rock formations and snow-covered mountains. A steam locomotive pulling a train and leaving a trail of steam and smoke, in a Southwestern valley. Vacationers riding in an open observation rail car. Coal being shoveled into the locomotive fire box. Passengers taking photographs. Riders competing in bronco busting at a rodeo. Skiers in deep powder snow. Musicians playing, steaks grilling, and customers sipping beer at a restaurant in Park City Utah. Car driving away from rock formations. Visitors in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Native Americans displaying handcraft items on their porch there. Views of visiters perusing the wares and closeups of some items. The Grand Canyon and visitors mounting horses and riding down a trail into the canyon. Riders on horseback reach a group of people who applaud. They prepare an outdoor picnic for the visitors. Couples dancing at a Texas Honky Tonk. Couples square dancing outdoors. Visitors in front of the Alamo, and riding in boats on the San Antonio River in the River Walk area. The skyline of Dallas, Texas. Western fashions in boots, handbags, shoes, and sun glasses. Dallas skyline at night.
Tribute to war correspondent, Ernie Pyle in New Mexico. Newspaper with the headline 'Roving Reporter' consists of an article on Ernie Pyle. A building in a field. Ship at sea. Smoke arises from the stacks of the ship. A train passes on the track. Pyle's home in New Mexico. A woman plays with a dog outside the house. Books in shelves inside the house. Photographs of soldiers and officers on the wall. Views of Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Silver cities. Scenes of Carlsbad Caverns, the Rio Grande and a Pueblo reservation. Troops fire in the field. Trees in the field. A globe on a table. New Mexico pointed on the globe. Buildings in the city. People walk on the street. Cars pass on the street. A woman paints a picture. Houses on the ground. A grave on the ground. Mining of lead, zinc and silver in the city.
A film includes panoramic views of the Western United States and accounts of trade caravans moving towards Santa Fe, New Mexico from Missouri in 1821. Panoramic views of mountainous terrain, rivers, trees and rocky hills of the Western United States and the Santa Fe Trail. Exteriors of Pueblo houses in Santa Fe. Chili peppers drying on a wall. Several adobe-brick houses. Interiors of an adobe house showing furnishes, silver coins, ironware and blankets of early times. An adobe church in Santa Fe. Interiors of the church showing the oldest reredos.
Scenes of the South Western region of the United States. A map shows Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. Scenic sweeping wide views of Mountains, plains and canyons in the United States in lofty mountainous area. View of the Grand Canyon. Tourists visit ruins. Ruins of Aztec dwellings in the Chaco Canyon area. The Pueblos at Santa Fe. Native American Indian Navaho Indians weave rugs. Indian Men and cowboys on wheel carts and horses in a dry area. Women sow seeds in the farm. Cattle grazing and Sheep graze in a field. A copper mine.


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Quoting Luk Claes (firstname.lastname@example.com):You should check the website www.d-o/security/nonvulns-woodyThis extremely useful page[1], unless I'm missing something, appears to NOT be linked from either the Security Team page nor the Securing Debian HOWTO. It deserves to be more prominent. (/me waves to the Web Guys.)
Yeah, I didn't know about it's existance either... I immediately bookmarked it too... useful for defending security scans from external parties :-)


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Results by Lusy Von Partypizza and F4WOnline.com …
Before the show started, Don West was in the ring pitching everything from glow sticks to ODB posters. He was throwing out a lot of free shit too.
Mr Pectacular Jesse Godderz vs Johnny Spade – This was a really basic match. I'm pretty sure they're both OVW guys. Pectacular spent a lot of time working the crowd and Spade won with a rollup.
Mr Anderson vs Christopher Daniels w/Kazarian – The crowd was really hot for Anderson here. He cut a promo about assholes being better than douchebags. Daniels was a douchebag. Daniels won with the Angel's Wings after Kazarian interfered.
Tara vs Gail Kim for the TNA Knockouts title – Tara was obviously hurting. She kept adjusting her knee brace and tape. Of course, they spent a good chunk of the match working the knee. Kim won. It was a short match.
Rob Terry vs Eric Young – They did a posedown before it started. Eric seemed to be insisting that Terry didn't know how to pose, so he kept showing him. Earl Hebner got in on the act and he and Eric posed together. This match sucked. Terry did a lot of power moves. Eric won with a crucifix rollup. This match sucked.
They did an intermission. They had Earl and Brian Hebner signing shirts at the merch table. Even though they were the lowest priced shirts in the building, there wasn't even a line. Don West told everyone to buy them because Bret Hart was suing him. 2 years ago when they were here, there were tons of you screwed Bret chants. This time there were none.
Kazarian w/Christopher Daniels vs AJ Styles ended almost as soon as it began. AJ and Kazarian worked for a minute before Daniels got in the ring and they both stomped AJ in the corner. Anderson ran out for the save. He cut a promo and it turned into a tag. The heels refused to get back in the ring and Brian Hebner said if they didn't, he'd suspend them.
Kazarian/Daniels vs Styles/Anderson – This match was surprisingly short. They got the heat on Anderson, AJ finally got the tag and wasn't in there very long. Finish came when AJ dived on Kazarian outside and Anderson hit the Mic Check on Daniels to get the win. I should add that there were a handful of guys who took bumps outside on this show, and there were no mats around the ring.
Kid Kash vs Alex Shelley – There was a lot of stalling in this match. A lot. It was ok otherwise. Shelley won with the Sliced Bread #2.
Bully Ray vs Kurt Angle vs James Storm vs Bobby Roode for the TNA title – Bully came out first and cut a promo on a 5 year old that was awesome. Before the bell rang, Roode said that he was changing it to a non-title match. Bully got on the mic and said he came to win a title. Somehow this got changed to a #1 contenders match, but I don't know how. It was confusing. The match itself was good, but not great. Bully, Storm and Roode did all the work. Kurt laid outside and sold the entire match. Storm won and everyone around me thought they'd just seen a title change until they announced him as the #1 contender.
Final thoughts: This wasn't nearly as good from a wrestling standpoint, as the show they did two years ago. The one thing TNA did perfectly was crowd interaction. They kept offering people different ways to get backstage (buy a pass for $50, buy a belt and take your whole family, etc) and they had a handful of autograph sessions and things.
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Published 1:00 am, Wednesday, December 2, 2009
John "Jack" Aiden Conroy, 84, of Westport, husband of Doris Helen Conroy, died Nov. 30, 2009, at home in the company of his family.
Born Nov. 1, 1925, in Cambridge, Mass., son of the late John J. Conroy and Catherine Sheehan Conroy, he was a resident of Westport for the past 50 years.
Prior to retiring, Conroy was anadvertising executive with J. Walter Thompson Company, F. William Free & Co. and Interpublic Group in New York City. He led the firms' account activities in Airline Transportation, Tourism and International Operations. He also built a successful construction business.
He was a graduate of Northeastern University (1951), where he was captain of the football, baseball and hockey teams, and a founding member of the "Bean Pot" tournament. He was known by The Boston Globe as "The Ray."
A sports enthusiast, Controy was active with Westport Little League and a member of Masonic Temple Lodge No. 65 AF&AM. A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, he served in the South Pacific.
Survivors, in addition to his wife of 55 years, include daughter, Ann E. Antoniewski and her husband, Dennis, of Pawley's Island, S.C.; sons, John A. Conroy and his wife, Barbara, of Grosse Isle, Mich., Thomas A. Conroy and his wife, Nicky, of Newtown, Brian J. Conroy and his wife, Leslie, of Shelburne, Vt., and James E. Conroy and his wife, Mary Kate, of Ridgefield; 13 grandchildren, six step grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, five step great-grandchildren; a first cousin, Harriet Heffernan of Glen Cove, N.Y.; as well as many additional relatives and dear friends.
Friends are invited to attend a celebration of life with military honors at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 6, at Harding Funeral Home, 210 Post Road E., Westport.
Memorial contributions in memory of Conroy may be made to the Mid-Fairfield Hospice Inc., 180 School Road, Wilton, CT 06897.
Harvey Franzel of Westport died Nov. 26, 2009, at Norwalk Hospital, after suffering a stroke a week earlier.
Born in 1924 in St. Louis, Mo., son of the late Abraham and Mary Franzel, he graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, in mechanical engineering, in 1943. A veteran of World War II, he was a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Franzel served at Fort Dietrich, Md.
He married Melba Silberman, his high school sweetheart, in 1946, and they were blessed with 56 years of marriage, a daughter and two sons.
Franzel and family settled in St. Louis, Mo., and moved to Westport in 1958.
He loved hiking, jogging, sailing and, most of all, spending time with his family. He collected and repaired clocks and collected and read books. He worked as a mechanical engineer for Shell Oil until 1976, then was a consulting engineer tinkering around in oil refineries. At age 82, he was called to New Orleans to help restart an oil refinery damaged during Hurricane Katrina.
Energy conservation in oil refining was his mission, long before it became fashionable. And he carried out the energy conservation mantra to the letter, as anyone visiting his house in winter without a sweater quickly found out.
Although there were two tragedies (the death of daughter, Donna, in 1995 from ovarian cancer, and wife, Melba, from lung cancer in 2002), Harvey's last years were joyful, linking up with partner Alberta Eiseman and traveling the world.
A particular pleasure was funding a scholarship for minority engineering students at Washington University.
Vigorous to the end, Harvey could be found walking within a three mile range of his house on Beachside Avenue, washing his car in front of his house, or visiting art museums and attending concerts in New York.
Survivors include his partner of the last six years, Alberta Eiseman, a son, Steve and his wife, Karen Hairston Franzel, of Maitland, Fla., and their sons, Daniel and Jason; a son, Jeff and his wife, Joanne Franzel, of New York City, and their sons, David and Jon; a brother, Melvin Franzel and his wife, Joan Franzel; and a sister-in-law, Julie Iken and her husband, Joseph.
A memorial service took place Nov. 29 at the Abraham L. Green and Son Funeral Home, 88 Beach Road, Fairfield. His family observed shiva Nov. 29 through Tuesday, Dec. 1.
In his memory, donations may be made to the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Washington University in St. Louis, earmarked for the Donna Franzel Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Ms. Libby Gutberlet, scholarship coordinator, School of Engineering & Applied Science, Washington University, Campus Box 1202, St. Louis, Mo. 63130-4899.
Carol Hofflich, 73, a resident of Fairfield for the past 50 years, died Nov. 30, 2009, at Yale New Haven Hospital.
Born in New York, N.Y., a daughter of the late Herman and Henrietta Honig, she was a graduate of the University of Bridgeport, and received a masters and sixth-year teaching certificate from Fairfield University.
Hofflich was a teacher at Greens Farms Pre-School, a kindergarten special education teacher in the Westport school system, a high school teacher at the Vitam Center School in Norwalk and a volunteer at the Mercy Learning Center and Bridgeport Public Schools. An avid golfer and tennis player, she loved gardening, books and world travel.
Hofflich is survived by her husband, Henry Hofflich; her children, Jill Walker and her husband, Rick, of East Hampton, Debbie Hoing and her husband, Scott, of Steamboat Springs, Colo., Karen Moshel and her husband, Alan, of North Potomac, Md., David Hofflich and his wife, Megan, of Los Angeles, Calif., and by her brother, Daniel Honig and his wife, Diane, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Hofflich is also survived by her grandchildren, Alison, Kristen, Andrew, Jonathan, Sara, Jacob, Adam, Max and Olivia.
Services will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 11 a.m., from Congregation B'nai Israel, 2710 Park Ave., Bridgeport; interment will follow at B'nai Israel Cemetery on Moose Hill Road in Monroe. Shiva will be observed at the Hofflich residence in Fairfield on Wednesday and Thursday, from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m., and on Friday from 2 to 5 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Connecticut Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
The Abraham L. Green and Son Funeral Home is in care of the arrangements.
Alice S. Morris, 69, of Bluffton, S.C., wife of Hagen S. Morris, died Nov. 22, 2009, in Bluffton.
Born Aug. 7, 1940, in Seattle, Wash., daughter of the late Charles and Janet (McNeill) Smith, she resided in Westport for 47 years before moving to Bluffton, S.C., in 2001.
Prior to retiring in 2001, Morris was employed at the Tri-Town Credit Union. She was a graduate of Staples High School and a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Doric Chapter.
Survivors in addition to her husband include one son, Charles E. Morris of West Haven.
Friends are invited to attend a funeral service Thursday, Dec. 4, at 11 a.m. in The Harding Funeral Home, 210 Post Road E., Westport. Interment will follow in Willowbrook Cemetery. The family will receive friends in the funeral home Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m.
Memorial contributions in memory of Morris may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011.
Thomas Dominick Sarno, 56, of Westport and Boca Raton, Fla., died Nov. 26, 2009, at home.
Sarno was born in Norwalk, son of the late Dominick and Connie (Rizzi) Sarno. He had been a long-time resident of the Westport-Norwalk area and Boca Raton, Fla.
A jeweler and gemologist, Sarno was vice-president and co-owner of SZ Jewelry Manufacturers in Westport for 30 years. Sarno was a graduate of Staples High School and the Gemology Institute of America in New York City.
An avid motorcycle rider, he loved Harley Davidson Motorcycles and spent weekends enjoying rides on his bike and participating in motorcycle fund-raisers. Generous and loyal to his family and friends, Sarno lived life to the fullest; he traveled extensively as an outcome of both his adventurous spirit and his successful business.
Survivors include one brother, Jack Sarno and his wife, Annabelle, of Easton; three sisters, Palma Manes and her husband, Bruno, of Oxford, Frances Pollak and her husband, Phil, of Westport, and Antoinette Wrubel and her husband, Paul, of Half Moon Bay, Calif.; many nieces and nephews and his long-time business partner and friend, Kuti Zeevi and his wife, Nava.
A Mass of Christian burial took place Dec. 1 at Saint Luke Church, 49 Turkey Hill Road N., Westport. Interment was in Willowbrook Cemetery, Westport.
The Harding Funeral Home, 210 Post Road E., Westport, was in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Westport Police Benevolent Association, 50 Jesup Road, Westport, CT 06880.
A service to remember and celebrate the life of Ann Allen Schaefer, the life-long Westport resident who died Nov. 16, 2009, will take place at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 4, at Christ and Holy Trinity Church, 55 Myrtle Ave., Westport. The Rev. John H. Branson III, rector, will officiate.
Following the service, all present are invited to join Schaefer's family in the Great Hall for refreshment, remembrance and fellowship.
Schaefer died at the age of 90. She was born in Westport and lived her entire life in the Greens Farms area. The youngest of 10 children, she was a descendant of some of the earliest settlers of southern Fairfield County.
Schaefer's family would like to recognize and thank the staff members of Home Instead Senior Care, Bayada Nurses, Sunrise Assisted Living of Wilton, Miss Daisy's Home Care and VITAS Hospice Services for their caring assistance over the past few years.
The Harding Funeral Home of Westport is assisting the family with the arrangements.


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Written by: Michael Den Boer on November 12th, 2011
Theatrical Release Date: Japan, 2010
Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura
Writers: Yoshihiro Nishimura, Daichi Nagisa
Cast: Yumiko Hara, Eihi Shiina, Kazuki Namioka, Yûrei Yanagi, Minoru Torihada, Gadarukanaru Taka
BluRay released: November 22nd, 2011
Approximate running time: 116 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen / 1080 Progressive
Rating: NR
Sound: DTS-HD 5.1 Japanese, Dolby Digital Stereo Japanese
Subtitles: English
BluRay Release: Well Go USA
Region Coding: Region A
Retail Price: $29.98
Synopsis: When mysterious mist blankets the northern half of the country and turns anyone that comes into contact with this mist into a zombie. The government erects a way to contain the contaminated from attacking and further spreading the disease they have contracted. And while this plan proves to be successful at first, things turn for the worst when an opposing fraction of the government opposes the current administration's stance on the contaminated.
Helldriver was co-written and directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura, who other notable films as a director include Tokyo Gore Police, Vampire Girl Vs. Frankenstein Girl and Mutant Girls Squad. When he is not directing he is also known for his special effects work on such films like Suicide Club, Meatball Machine, Sukeban Boy, Exte: Hair Extensions, The Machine Girl and Cold Fish.
Narrative wise, Helldriver is Yoshihiro Nishimura's most ambitious film to date. And while the main attraction is once again his jaw dropping gore sequences. It is refreshing to see him flesh out his characters and go once again with the one dimensional characters that have become synonymous Japanese gore film.
Structure wise, some may have trouble digesting what Helldriver is serving up. After a kinetic blood soaked opening sequence, the film takes a dramatic shift in tone as it flashes back to a time before the zombies roamed the northern half of Japan. And during these next few moments the film sets in motion who Kika the heroine of this film is and what her motivations are for doing what she does? From there the narrative shifts once again, as it leaps back to present day and the remaining main players are introduced.
First off, how many films wait until the forty eight minute mark, before unleashing their opening credits and in many ways this is very appropriate, since everything leading up to this moment almost feels like a different film. Sure there several deranged moments of bloated soaked carnage in these opening half of the film that are in line with what we have come to expect from Yoshihiro Nishimura. Most notably a scene where a meteor rips through a woman, burns out of her heart and then she rips the heart out of her daughter's body and inserts said heart, into the hole left behind by the meteor that penetrated her.
After the belated opening credits have scrolled off the screen, the film finally hits its stride as the insanity that Yoshihiro Nishimura is most known for has now become the focal point of the film. With each new gore set piece topping the next. Some of the highlights include a scene where a zombie decapitates other zombies as though their heads were golf balls. These heads are being projected towards the vehicle carrying the heroine and her cohorts. There is a zombie baby still attached to its mother via its umbilical cord and used as a weapon. Let's just say that there are way too many outlandish moments to catalog and to reveal any more of them, might run some of the fun of experience them for the first time.
The cast features several recognizable faces like Eihi Shiina (Audition, Tokyo Gore Police) in the role of Kika mothers, who goes onto become the queen of the growing zombie population, Yûrei Yanagi (Ringu) in the role of a former detective that looks a lot like the character that Edward James Olmos portrayed in Blade Runner and Asami (Sukeban Boy, The Machine Girl) has a brief cameo. Cast in the role of Kika is an actress named Yumiko Hara and though her film credits are limited, she more than holds her own as the protagonist of Helldriver.
The BluRay:
Helldriver comes on a 25 GB single layer BluRay. The film is presented in a 1080 progressive anamorphic widescreen. This is a clean looking transfer that remains faithful to the intended look of the film. There are no problems with compression and DNR is kept in check.
This release comes with two audio options, a DTS-HD 5.1 mix in Japanese and a Dolby Digital Stereo mix in Japanese. Both audio mixes sound clean, clear and balanced throughout, with the stronger of the two being the DTS-HD 5.1 mix in Japanese that offers a more dynamic sound range and does a slightly better job with the more ambient aspects of the soundtrack. Also included with this release are removable English subtitles.
Extras for this release include a intro with director Yoshihiro Nishimura, trailers for Helldriver, Yakuza Weapon, Mutant Girls Squad, Karate-robo Zaborgar and Deadball, a featurette about the launching of the Sushi Typhoon label (20 minutes 6 seconds – anamorphic widescreen, in Japanese / English with English subtitles) and three spin off short films for Helldriver, the first one titled 'Helldriver Dokata' (11 minutes 17 seconds – anamorphic widescreen, in Japanese with English subtitles), the second one titled 'Catch Me If You Can' (11 minutes 23 seconds – anamorphic widescreen, in Japanese with English subtitles) and the third one titled 'Bailout!' (19 minutes 11 seconds – anamorphic widescreen, in Japanese with English subtitles). The plot for 'Helldriver Dokata' revolves around a loner zombie that is so desperate to make friends, that he even tries to bond with the humans that are trying to exterminate him. The plot for 'Catch Me If You Can' centers around two sisters, one of which is confined to a wheelchair. One day a they meet a stranger, who offers to help the crippled sister to get strong enough to walk again. Unfortunately he has ulterior motives. This is the most entertaining of the three short films and easily the most bizarre of the lot, at one point a young woman's lower half becomes unattached and roams around of its own free will. The plot for 'Bailout!' has a pair of scavengers, who get more then they bargained for, when they comes across two women that have been luring people into their sanctuary to help sustain their food supply. Also included with this release are trailers for film also available from Well Go USA. Overall Helldriver gets a first rate release from Well Go USA.
Note: Well Go USA are also releasing Helldriver on DVD and as a stand alone BluRay. It should also be noted that all the content present on the BluRay for this combo release, is also included on the DVD counterpart of this release.


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Q&A: How to Wear a Blue Blazer, Part I
Q: I have recently received a blue blazer as a gift and I was wondering what I could wear with it to keep the young look and what colors would go best with it.
The blue blazer is a timeless classic, a versatile staple of a man's wardrobe, so first of all, kudos to the gifter! However, the blue blazer often conjures up images of old men at country clubs – sometimes justifiably so – which is unfortunate.
You can make your blazer less "country club" by changing the buttons from gold to a dark navy blue (if they aren't already). Changing buttons is a fairly simple task for a tailor and shouldn't be too pricey.
As for what to wear with your blue blazer, you can't go wrong with jeans, as long as they aren't too similar in color. You can wear blue, of course, but you can experiment with other colors, such as a darker gray denim. For more formal occasions, you can still look young in gray pants, such as chinos or flannel trousers. Earthy tones such as brown or olive also work here. Avoid khakis, which will give your blue blazer an older feel. As for fit, look for pants that are well fitted and slimmer rather than baggier.
For shirts, a crisp white oxford works well here (when doesn't it work well?). You can make the blue blazer more casual by wearing a graphic tee. For something different, though, try a windowpane plaid or smaller gingham shirt, but don't get too crazy here. For those blazers that are dark and inky (the ones I like), a skinny-but-not-too-skinny tie looks great here especially in a dark purpleish/gray.
Complete the look with brown shoes, a brown belt and even a crisp white pocket square. You could even get away with wearing white sneakers, but be careful – if they're too athletic-looking you might give off the Jerry Seinfeld vibe. What to wear? You can't go wrong with lowtop Jack Purcells.
Now that you know what to wear with a blue blazer, you need to pick one with the right fit. Check back tomorrow for How to Wear a Blue Blazer, Part II to learn how to fit a blazer correctly.
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The university requires that each of its academic departments and programs goes through a comprehensive program review every seven years. The process takes three semesters and we are two-thirds of the way through. In the first stage, the department rates itself in a number of categories covering teaching, research, and administration. The second stage involves a group of CU faculty members from outside economics offering their own studied opinions of the department's situation and progress. In a third stage, expert economists from outside the university visit the campus and write their own report. Those economists will be here in September 2004. In the final stage, the university administration reads these various reports and makes a series of recommendations about how to improve things. These recommendations are quite important in determining the resources that the department will receive over the next planning period and in setting a course for its future.
In this article I would like to share some highlights of the department's report on itself, because I think it will help explain the nature of our activities. Probably the most remarkable aspect is the enormous undergraduate student demand. In economics, the number of undergraduate student credit hours (SCH) rose from 21,979 in 1996 to 33,409 in 2003, an increase of 52 percent. Economics generated the largest number of SCH of any unit on the Boulder campus in 2003. The department accounted for 1,166 SCH per faculty member, the largest figure on campus by far. In fall, 2003 there were 30 faculty members and for the ratio of SCH per faculty to decline to the highest levels for other large departments, economics would need 44 faculty in total. Unfortunately, with retirements and departures, the number of faculty entering the fall 2004 semester will be only 24. In short, we have a significant shortfall in the size of our department.
This does not mean that students are taught poorly. Rather, we have an unusually large number of visitors and instructors teaching our undergraduates. Indeed, in the coming fall semester 70 percent of our undergraduate courses will be taught by instructors and visitors. These people are informed and dedicated teachers. We do think, however, that our students ultimately would be better served by having more faculty in the classroom and we are pushing the administration to recognize this need.
A second highlight is the continuing improvement in our doctoral education. In the chair's report I wrote of the placement success we have had with our PhD candidates. It is also noteworthy that structural changes in our graduate program, higher expectations, and improved technical skills on the part of students have resulted in a quantum leap in the research productivity of the doctoral students. For example, in the academic years 2000-01 and 2001-02, nine of 15 PhD recipients had published professional articles before leaving CU, while at least four more have done so since completing the degree. These articles appear in such prestigious journals as Journal of International Economics, Journal of Health Economics, and Journal of Development Economics. Research productivity among our graduate students is at an all-time high, which is directly related to their successful placement.
In its report the department recognizes that it needs to gain more productivity from faculty who are less active in research, improve diversity and gender balance among faculty, and become more entrepreneurial in seeking outside financial support. Over the coming few years we will be implementing procedures to achieve these goals. Ultimately, our major need is simply in having more faculty in the classroom and performing high-quality research. We will work with the administration and donors to find resources to bring that objective to fruition.
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Mizmar, a single or double reed wind instrument known as a "horn" because of its trumpet-like sound. Mizmar also refers to a group of 2 or 3 Mizmar musicians who are accompanied by a bass drum ensemble. As one effect of modernization, the Mizmar is now made out of metal and not with the original apricot wood, which has transformed both the sound of music but as well the lives of the few remaining artisans who use traditional techniques to make this instruments. While urban Egypt is being newly transformed through modern media and technology, the skill of these artisan-musicians in the Delta show the efforts involved in "working" to preserve traditional culture and craft in the modern Middle East. Again, the breathing technique is special: air is inhaled through the nose and stored in the cheeks before being channelled into the Mizmar.
Ibrahim Abdel Aziz
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1. Introduction to ONC+ Technologies
4. Programmer's Interface to RPC
5. Advanced RPC Programming Techniques
6. Porting From TS-RPC to TI-RPC
Differences Between TI-RPC and TS-RPC
Creating and Destroying Services
Registering and Unregistering Services
7. Multithreaded RPC Programming
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B. RPC Protocol and Language Specification
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Application transport independence means applications operate over more transports than before.
Use of new interfaces makes your application more efficient.
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The board unanimously voted on July 26 to approve sales tax incentives for the theme park, which is being constructed off Ky. 36 in Williamstown.
The Ark Encounter is another development of Answers In Genesis, a conservative Christian non-profit that also operates the Creation Museum in Boone County.
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Friday, September 16, 2016
Michael Liebreich, founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, is a pioneer in the renewable energy industry and an inspirational evangelist for the ongoing global energy transition. His annual state of the industry keynote at the New Energy Finance Summit is the "go-to" resource for new energy trends. Power for All caught up with him to ask his predictions for the future of decentralized renewables and energy access. Read about the three powerful emerging trends he sees on the horizon, and one revolution!
Expanding on the second of these trends, the chairman of the advisory board for Bloomberg New Energy Finance highlighted the potential for a full-scale efficiency revolution in the wider electronics market. Noting the breakthroughs that have come out of the Global LEAP program—a competition for manufacturers to create very low energy appliances—Liebreich noted that as people in low energy use environments become wealthier, they will want increasing levels of energy services, including cooling from fans, refrigerators and air conditioning units. "In order to forestall this huge demand in energy, Global LEAP is trying to ensure there is a supply chain and models of very low power appliances, and the low powers that they are achieving are just phenomenal", he explained.
Making a link between the urgent need to increase agricultural productivity in the 1970's to cope with the growing population and avoid widespread famine, and the huge advances needed now to ensure that higher levels of energy services can be provided to a still growing population whilst avoiding the worst impacts of climate change, Liebreich highlighted his belief that the shift to low power appliances is "structurally as important in the energy space as the Green Revolution was in the agriculture space". Dramatic breakthroughs in energy efficiency will not only bring huge benefits for energy access, but prove fundamental to protecting the future of our global environment. "If we can shift not just the developing world but the developed world to very low energy appliances, and address the absurd waste of energy in our buildings… therein lies the solution to the climate problem."
Original blog posted on PowerforAll.org. Reprinted with permission.


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by: Jose Grijalva
The matchup of the game when the Dallas Mavericks visit the AT&T Center to rekindle their rivalry with the San Antonio Spurs will be between Cory Joseph and Darren Collison. This will be Cory Joseph's first game against the Dallas Mavericks this season and the Spurs will need him to contain Darren Collison to have a good shot at winning this game.
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Here's what I learned today.
When thinking about becoming an affiliate marketer there is some basic knowledge required in making the decision process when searching for a product and/or company to endorse. Most of it is simple, while some of it can become a bit complicated. Note how I will use affiliate marketing and internet marketing interchangably.
When a sista is working as an affiliate marketer they need to establish a criteria. By criteria, I mean that a sista has to decide what exactly they are looking for in terms of commission from a company. Questions to ask yourself:
- Do I want to be paid my affiliate marketing commissions weekly, bi-weekly or montly?
- Do I want to my affiliate commissions to be in check form?
- Do I want to earn a little bit of money – say 50% of a $20 product or am I looking to go high end and earn a few hundred bucks per affiliate sale?
- Would I or have I used that that I am endorsing? (Be honest.)
- Would I recommend this affiliate product to my friends and family? If not, should I really be endorsing it? Do I even care?
- Do I even care when, where or how the dough comes in – just as long as it comes?
No two companies are alike. When establishing your criteria, it is a good idea to be selective. I mean, you are the one busting a sweat for the dime.
Some things to keep in mind. Some companies when establishing your criteria:
- offer recurring income.
- offer two-tier affiliate commissions.
- offer a one-time commission.
- will pay you for a lead.
- will track your visitor for a lifetime.
- will track your visitor for only 7, 14, 30 or 60 days.
- will take your lead and not pay you for it :_)
Let's face it girls. We can go and select the first affiliate program we see. Or, we can do what we do so darn well, analyze and assess. That's right. You know i'm telling the truth.
I went shopping the yesterday. I spent about 2 1/2 hours in macy's digging and scruffing through the clearance racks, trying on and trying off all sorts of fabulous wears. Here's a glimpse into my thought process during my tenure – "A black blazer (I need this for work), a sequin top (got a wedding to go to next month), a hot red miniskirt (gotta get shoes to match this)."
After all that time spent running back and forth to those cute little price checkers and dressing rooms, I decided that I didn't want any of it. Why? Because that is what I do best. PERIOD. I'm a sista. Need you know more.
All of that was said to teach you what I learned about making the decision to work as an affiliate marketer and earn affiliate commissions. Let me repeat. A sista has to establish a criteria. You have to be selective in your choice of companies and/or products to promote – Just as you are selective about which shoes to wear with that black dress.
Once that criteria is established, it will be a lot simpler for you to scan a company's profile, eyeball the commission rate and payout time and make a decision on whether or not to work at promoting that particular product and/or service. Uhmmm.
Here's a short list of affiliate programs from which a sista can choose:
- clickbank.com
- lifetimecommissions.com
- paydot.com **
- commissionjuction.com
- performics.com
- kolimbo.com
- thesecondtier **
**These are my affiliate links. Feel free to join with them.
No choose wisely. Your affiliate commissions are waiting….
Deb George


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Past Reviews
Regional Reviews: Seattle
It's the Real World, Charlie Brown, in
No spoiler to say that Charlie Brown (CB here) has lost his beloved dog Snoopy, who indeed became the star of the whole "Peanuts" world. His chum Van, aka Linus, has become a pothead and, no joke, smoked his blanket, while his sister Lucy set the strip's never seen Little Red Haired girl's hair on fire, landing her in the funny farm where she still gives out psychiatric advice. Beethoven (Schroeder) is still an accomplished pianist, but now alienated from the gang, and presumed to be gay, especially by Matt, a germophobe/homophobe who reacts violently when anyone eludes to his former, well-deserved nickname of Pig-Pen. And Tricia York, once Peppermint Patty, is a sex-obsessed loser, still pals (and maybe more) with her friend Marcy (one of the two characters, along with Lucy, who retain their names from the strip).
CB isn't quite the pariah he once was, thanks to his affiliation with the explosive and dangerous Matt, though his Sister (Sally) is dismayed by his modern-day persona. CB's efforts to rekindle a friendship with Beethoven lead to dire consequences, yet the conclusion of the show has an uplift, as a key ingredient of the original "Peanuts" tales is woven in.
Playwright Royal has done the near impossible by capturing the wry wit of Schulz and interweaving it into a world where bullied and estranged young people are told to hold onto an uncertain promise that "It Gets Better." Eller's compelling cast is an all- star team of young actors, none of whom ever strike a false note. David Goldstein's CB is not as easy to commiserate with as the Chuck of old, but Goldstein makes him fascinating, and, as his sister Libby, Barnard captivates as a girl still experimenting with just who she wants to be. Bobby Temple is beyond touching as Van, who yearns for the days when everyone was friends, while Ben MacFadden gives a chilling performance as the messed up Matt, in a case of brilliantly fleshing out a really minor, though memorable, character in the "Peanuts" pantheon. Megan Ahiers, whose Lucy arrives late in the plot, poignantly shows us a character who seems to have perhaps grown the most of the whole gang, while retaining her wry sense of humor. Allison Standley etches a fascinating Tricia, and Amy Hill lightens things up as the perennial sidekick Marcy.
Balagan is the first company to use ACT Theatre's newest venue, The Eulalie Scandiuzzi Space. The small, tidy black box comfortably houses Ahren Buhmann's clever, two- level set, which incorporates elements of Schulziana (the dog house, the "Dr. is in" sign) with the school the gang attends. Co-costume designers Hannah Schnabel and Jen Moon have wisely outfitted the cast with clothing that makes little effort to suggest any of the gang's childhood apparel, a nod to the changes in the characters.
Like many of my 1960s childhood peers, I grew up wishing for the idealized "Peanuts" world to be the world I lived in, and simpler though it was, I realized quickly enough it was escapist fantasy tinged with very real observations. There is nothing escapist about Dog Sees God, but it is a very enveloping piece, and deserves to, in fact demands to be seen.
Dog Sees God: Confessions of A Teenage Blockhead from Balagan Theatre plays at ACT through October 30th. For tickets or information contact the box office at 206-292-7676 or visit them online at www.balagantheatre.org or www.acttheatre.org.- David Edward Hughes


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A particle of mass 1 moves in a 2D harmonic oscillator potential . If the position and velocity of the particle at time t = 0 are given by and ,
(a) Find the position and velocity of the particle at any time t > 0.
(b) Determine the period of the motion.
The period depends on r(t) or v(t) or both?
How to get this? Why?
(c) Find the total energy of the particle.
How to get this?
(d) Suppose that the potential is instead . Is there a period defined for the motion in this case? Explain why or why not.
Any advice and comments will be helpful, thanks a lot, guys


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Thanks to public for following PSC debates
August 4, 2014
I'm writing to thank the public and the press for following the Public Service Commission's nine-day-long hearing on NorthWestern Energy's proposed acquisition of a dozen dams. The PSC expects to make a decision on this matter in September, and that decision will have consequences decades to come for Montana consumers.
There is still time to offer public comment on the deal, and you can do so online at http://psc.mt.gov. The fundamental issue in the proceeding boils down to how much skin in the game NorthWestern Energy should be required to have, if things don't turn out as they have projected. NorthWestern has made predictions that the dams will need a modest amount of capital infusions, compared with the past decade, to keep them in good working order.
The Montana Consumer Counsel, which represents ratepayers, questions that judgment. Likewise, NorthWestern has factored into its valuation a significant cost for carbon emissions, which drives up the value of noncarbon-emitting resources like the dams. The Consumer Counsel believes NorthWestern is overstating the likely costs. While those two parties don't have a big disagreement over the first-year price of the dams, there is a vast difference between the two parties on who should have to pay if NorthWestern' s long-term predictions are wrong. Should it be consumers, shareholders, or should the risk be shared between them?
The PSC will have to resolve that question. And we want to hear from you.
Travis Kavulla
Montana Public Service Commissioner
(Travis Kavulla is a Republican from Great Falls. He represents the Hi-Line on the PSC.)


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This HunterGatherer Slider Case is just what your iPhone has been looking for. This 15" wood-inspired sleeve is how Mother Nature herself would like to deck out her iPhone.
The case is part of a series that involves a collaboration between Incase and HunterGatherer and will be available for purchase on June 23rd. The HunterGatherer iPhone case will include a video detailing the process and inspiration of designers Todd St. John and Gary Benzel.
Woodn't you like to have an iPhone case like this?
Fake Wood Phones
More Stats +/-
iPhone Sneak Peeks
30 Cutting-Edge Phones
$108,880 iPhone Shells
Snakes on iPhone
Louis Vuitton's iPhone cases
The HunterGather Slider iPhone Case Mocks Mother Nature
- By: Shelby Lee WalshJun 17, 2009
References: huntergatherer.net & highsnobiety
References: huntergatherer.net & highsnobiety


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The winter solstice has arrived and, with it, the end of the Midwinter Blog Tour! But before we bring things to a close, we do have one last special event planned to celebrate the release of Circle of Witches: The Great Midwinter Blog Tour Quiz.
Here's how it's going to work: Below you'll find a list of twelve questions. They can all be found within either the guest posts, interviews, or sample chapters of Circle of Witches which have been posted during the Midwinter Blog Tour. (And you can find links to all those posts on the blog tour's home page.)
1. Answer the questions.
2. Send your answers to email@example.com by December 31st, 2012.
3. A winner will be drawn at random from among those who answered the most questions correctly.
4. PRIZE: A signed copy of Circle of Witches + 1 e-book of your choice.
Wait… how am I going to sign an e-book?
I'm not. Surprise! Circle of Witches will be getting released as a trade paperback! (It was actually supposed to happen during the blog tour, but we've had some quality issues with the initial round of proofs and it's been held up until we can make sure it gets printed the way it's supposed to.) I'll be posting more information as soon as I have it!
1. How many novels have I written including Circle of Witches?
2. What were the two books I wrote while taking chemotherapy for the first time?
3. What are the names of Damaris' cousins?
4. Where did I work as an assistant matron?
5. How old was I when I wrote my first story?
6. If there was a fire, what's the one book I would save from my shelves?
7. What are the names of BOTH of Damaris' uncles?
8. If I wrote a memoir, what would be its title?
9. What's the book I said I found most useful as an author?
10. How long did I live in the Yorkshire dales?
11. How old was I when I read Shakespeare for the first time?
12. What is herb named "lily of the valley" used for according to Aunt Elspeth?
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The only reason Ben Flajnik came on the show was to get some hot ladies.
The Bachelor Ben Flajnik's season ended exactly the way we have been promised it would in all of the spoilers. There were no surprises thanks to Reality Steve.
*Spoilers ahead*
Flajnik is clearly not using his head (at least not the one that houses the brain). Had he been, he might have made a different choice a long time ago. Flajnik chose Courtney, the model everyone loved to hate. She is gorgeous, sexy, wild, and strange. And clearly she loves him. But why? We may never know the answer.
Much as we all wanted to believe she was evil, the real villain was Ben. He is the reason they won't last.
Read why Ben is a jerk on The Stir: 'Bachelor' Finale Recap: No One Deserves a Dude As Bad As Ben Flajnik
More from The Stir:
- 'Bachelor' Ben Flajnik Is Obviously Not Ready for Real Love
- Ellen DeGeneres Hilariously Spoofs 'The Bachelor' Women (VIDEO)
- 35 Brutally Honest Reasons Women Say No to Sex
This article was originally published at . Reprinted with permission from the author.


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Utah's Electronic High School has come up in recent discussions at the Capitol as lawmakers consider a proposal about a statewide online education system, outlined in S.B. 65. Here is some information about Utah's Electronic High School:
Did you know there are more than 330 classes available 365 days a year on Utah's Electronic High School? Since 1994, 33,033 students have earned credit at EHS. In the 2009 school year, almost 7,500 students earned EHS credit. Students can take as many credits as they need and have time to do. In the 2009 school year, the program educated the equivalent of a 660-student high school.
Who are these students who enroll in EHS? They are students seeking credit recovery, wanting to improve their qualifications for scholarships, working to graduate early, taking a class unavailable at their local school, looking for courses specifically designed for students with disabilities or learning challenges, pursuing career goals, struggling with health or family problems, seeking flexible schedules, needing classroom choices, supplementing their regular classes, and working toward a GED as an adult.
- Student-body
Electronic High School has students in classes year-round. Students come from public and charter schools, home-schools and adults. Teachers teach all quarters of their classes concurrently and students are at all stages in each class – from just starting to just completing the class (open entry/open exit). Students work at their own pace.
- Instruction
The curriculum is developed by Utah teachers and uses written instruction, Internet resources, and custom media files. Licensed teachers give feedback to student work and custom instruction as needed.
- Contribution to the community
Excepting the assessment items, the EHS-developed curriculum carries a Creative Commons license – making class curriculum freely available for us by other teachers in non-commercial schools. EHS has an iTunes U site where an increasing number of EHS and other state K-12 resources are available for use on mobile devices.


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Pelagia noctiluca, a relative of the common sea nettle, has been found in large numbers near the barrier islands in recent days. Commonly called the purple-striped jellyfish, the species is found in all warm and temperate oceans. While more common offshore, winds and circulation patterns may periodically move swarms of these sea jellies into nearshore waters.
John Anderson, a research biologist in the Fisheries Center at The University of Southern Mississippi's Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL), first collected a few specimens of the purple striped jellyfish offshore several miles south of Mississippi during a trawl survey on May 30.
By June, specimens were noted on the north side of Horn Island around the grass beds and swarms were observed south of the islands. Anderson noted that the jellyfish seemed to be accumulating near the passes and that some of the jellies were found mid-Sound.
Harriet Perry, GCRL senior research biologist, noted that while several studies have noted the presence of these sea jellies in local waters, large swarms are not common in Mississippi. Like the sea nettle, they have stinging nematocyst cells which they use in food capture and defense. They feed on large zooplankton and fish eggs.
Swimmers should be aware that the sting of the jellyfish can be painful, and should avoid waters where they are observed. The organisms are pink to purple in color and range in bell diameter from 1 to 3 inches, with very long tentacles.
The mission of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Mississippi's marine laboratory, is scientific discovery related to coastal and marine resources, development of new marine technologies, and the education of future scientists and citizens. For more information about research and programs at GCRL, visit www.usm.edu/gcrl


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In Florida this afternoon, Vice President Joe Biden reminded supporters that thanks to President Obama, they could now get colonoscopies without a co-pay.
During his speech, Biden reminded the audience that some of their Republican friends would distort Obama's record on Medicare.
"Everyone knows, everyone in this room knows that President Obama has increased the benefits available to people on Medicare by the action he took," Biden said. "You are now able to go get a wellness exam, and guys, if you conclude you need a colonoscopy because of the feeling you had or you need a breast health examination, you don't have to pay a co-pay for that."
Biden made his remarks during a campaign event at the Century Village Clubhouse in Boca Raton, Fla.