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Regional Reviews: San Francisco
West Coast Premier
The Actors Theatre of San Francisco is presenting the west coast premier of Paula Vogel's comedy The Mineola Twins. The play had a successful run off-Broadway several seasons back with Swoosie Kurtz playing the role of one of the twins. This is the first time I have reviewed this young and exciting company of actors. Actors Theatre was founded in 1989 by a group of professional actors and directors who shared a common desire to produce ensemble theater works.
The theater is now in its ninth season and it has gained a reputation for producing compelling works, and they've also won a series of awards and nominations from the San Francisco press. We were interested in seeing a production from this group of actors and we were not disappointed.
I will say that Paula Vogel's play is not as good as her prior plays, How I Learned to Drive and The Baltimore Waltz. It is a thinner piece of work that borders on a fantasy fable. I thought the play was disjointed and the dream sequences at the beginning of the first and second act were unnecessary. In fact they were over the top and it jarred the flow of the play. I am sure Ms Vogel thought it would be clever to insert these dream sequences which takes place in Hell but I thought it was just over the top and it had nothing whatsoever to do with the construction of the comedy.
The story is about an almost identical physically pair of red-haired twins who are completely different from each other. They were raised in Mineola on Long Island. Myra was the bad girl who had slept with the first string of football players on the high school team and was now working on the second string. She tells her sister "I happen to like football." Myrna was the good girl. She was saving herself for her husband. She wanted to be the perfect housewife and in fact had been saving up all of her receipts for casseroles for her husband. She had over 100 different ways of serving casseroles to her intended husband. My! Wasn't he lucky to find a Stepford wife?
The action begins in the Eisenhower years and continues intoto the Bush era. We see how these two twins fare during these periods. One becomes a strong conservative, believing in apple pie, motherhood, and family life while the other becomes a terrorist. Myrna's fiance, Jim, is tired of waiting for that big night of wedded bliss, so he ends up in bed with Myra. Myrna finds out and there goes the wedding.
The scene shifts to the Nixon era where we see Myra is now escaping the police after the Patti Hearst style bank robbery. She was doing the robbery for a left wing anti-Vietnam cause. In the meantime, Myrna has undergone shock therapy for some unknown reason. Every few minutes when Myrna tried to open her mouth, static come out. Luckily this gimmick did not happen much.
Myra convinces her sister to withdraw $5000 from the bank so she can escape to Canada. This was a great scene as Myrna sends her long haired, tie-dyed son Kenny to Greenwich Village with the money. The son, who is deep into the "movement", wants to go to Canada to escape his straight-laced mother. One good scene is that Myrna, who is thirsty, is drinking a bottle of Coca Cola. The boy asked why she drinking a beverage made by a large corporation she had claimed to despise. Myrna replies, "Sometimes you gotta use the system to crush the system."
The final scenes take place during the Bush administration and Myrna has become a right wing radio talk show hostess. Myra has found the joy of lesbian love and is living with her partner. Myrna's son comes to visit his aunt. (I am not sure how Myrna got a son since it is not explained in the play.) Ben, the son, is the direct opposite of his mother. A preppy school boy in shirt and tie and a school shield on his blue blazer. He has become a straight-laced conservative 14 year boy. The ending was a little too pat for me as the two sisters are finally on the stage together and it involves a convoluted plot about bombing an abortion clinic.
Although the play itself had weak spots, the acting was superior to the play itself. Susi Damilano played Myra with smarts and a great variety of characterization. Peggy Lopipero was marvelous as Myrna, a real comic tour de force. There were just two others in the speaking cast and these male roles were played by actresses Liz Ryan and Melanie Slivka. Liz Ryan was good in the role of Jim, Myrna's finance, however, it took a little time for me to get use to her playing the male role. Melanic Slivka did a bang-up job as both Kenny, who wants to be a hippie, and finally, as the conservative Ben in horn rims and blue blazer.
The set was minimal, using back wall projections of the time and place of each era, which gave added dimension to the production. There was little furniture but the play did not need many props. The production runs until April 22.


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Need For Speed World Online - Teaser
EA's decision to revamp the NFS series by splitting it into three 'target audience titles' was a brave one, and it remains to be seen just how canny it was. Launching alongside the sim-like 'Shift' and the arcadey 'Nitro' later this year.
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Is the term "crowdfunding" applicable to peer-to-peer lending?
The P2P money website are running a poll on the P2P Independant Forum on the term "crowdfunding". Should this term also be applicable to peer-to-peer lending?
The reason for the poll is that we are starting to see the interchange of these two terms, but some people see these as mutually exclusive concepts, one lower risk on lending money, the other one higher risk on investing money. The FCA and EU are starting to use the term crowdfunding as a heading for all crowd activities, but I'm not sure everyone would agree with this terminology.
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TORONTO, Oct. 28, 2015 /CNW/ - The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) is proud to announce that Humber River Hospital (HRH) has won the Gold Award in the Infrastructure category of the 2015 National Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Public-Private Partnerships (P3s).
Humber River is one of Canada's largest acute care hospitals and North America's first fully integrated and interoperable digital hospital. This $1.75 billion P3 project (known as Alternative Financing and Procurement – AFP in Ontario) is a state-of-the-art facility covering 30 acres, and is designed to serve more than 850,000 people in the northwestern Greater Toronto Area.
"The HRH project stands at the forefront of innovation and is recognized widely as using some of the most modern technologies in the medical field," said Mark Romoff, President and CEO of CCPPP. "As one of 88 hospitals and health-care facilities built under a public-private partnership in Canada, it is also a testament to the benefits of P3s, opening on time and on budget," added Mr. Romoff.
Some of the facility's innovative digital technologies include robots to deliver non-narcotic drugs and other supplies, immediate charting of diagnostic images for real-time remote consultation with experts, and self-serve check-in kiosks that automate patient records and notify the relevant care teams when a patient has arrived.
"Ontario is a recognized leader in procuring high-quality hospitals through the P3 approach," said Bert Clark, President and CEO of Infrastructure Ontario. "North America's first digital hospital will help put patients first by providing better access to high quality health care services in a modern, high-tech facility."
The hospital is designed to meet LEED Silver certification standards, and is tracking LEED Gold compliance. It was designed and constructed to minimize environmental impact with 100 percent fresh air throughout, 20,000 equivalent savings in tons of CO2 due to green initiatives, and 95 percent of construction waste diverted from landfill.
The Humber River Hospital opened its doors to the public on October 18. The project is a partnership of Humber River Hospital, Infrastructure Ontario, and Plenary Health Care Partnerships.
The award will be presented on November 2nd at The Council's annual conference. This event is internationally recognized as the premier forum on public-private partnerships, bringing together 1,200 senior government and business leaders from across Canada and around the world.
About the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships: Established in 1993, CCPPP is a national not-for-profit, non-partisan, member-based organization with broad representation from across the public and private sectors. Its mission is to promote innovative approaches to infrastructure development and service delivery through public-private partnerships with all levels of government. The Council is a proponent of evidence-based public policy in support of P3s, facilitates the adoption of international best practices, and educates stakeholders and the community on the economic and social benefits of public-private partnerships.
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Riverside Golf Course renovates oldest 9 holes
May 24, 2013 at 12:24 a.m.
Construction at Riverside Golf Course is underway, and the course's oldest nine holes is set to reopen for Labor Day.
The red nine holes, a group of golf holes that was created in the 1950s, is currently being renovated. The expectation is that the completion will be done in September, said Kevin Girt, director of golf operations at the Riverside Golf Course. The red nine is currently closed.
"We're going to end with nine championship caliber greens," said Girt about the completion of the golf course. "Years ago, (people playing at Riverside) told me Riverside Golf Course was one of the top golf courses in Texas. My plan is to get into the top 10 for municipal golf courses in Texas. Once I get into that list, I will shoot for the top five."
Work on the red nine is being done because grass on the course is not the same as the other holes, such as the white and blue holes at Riverside. The blue nine was built in the 1990s.
The total cost for the Riverside Golf Course will be $75,000. The city of Victoria will pay for half while the golf course pays for the other half.
The renovations are part of a two-year project, started in 2012, when the white nine was renovated. Membership costs would not increase because of the renovations being made to the course, Girt said
Don Mahaffey, an independent contractor renovating the golf course, said he has seen differences before doing work at Riverside.
"Their greens were built many years ago. The greens themselves were steep," Mahaffey said. "The new greens will function much better. I fully expect the golf course to improve and be very well-maintained in the future."
Leif Toombs, treasurer of the Riverside Golf Course board, said he is looking forward to seeing the completion of the golf course. Toombs said he is interested in what others playing on the course will think of it.
"When people come down and want to play on a quality golf course at an affordable rate, they will find that Riverside Golf Course greens would be more receptive," he said.
Mickey Daugherty has been playing at Riverside for 40 years and said the course has not been consistent since he started.
"It played pretty short because the grass did not get watered," he said. "With the renovations, the grass will be the same on all three nine-hole courses."
Girt, who started his position in January, said the golf course will be a place to bring family and friends once the renovations are complete.
"The golf course is a huge calling card," he said. "For the people who visit Victoria, for them to have a golf course in the middle of the park - it gives a family a place to go for the day or weekend."


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PRETORIA (Jul. 23)
Five thousand South Africans launched a cultural cum-political movement here two months ago that raised eyebrows all over South Africa, particularly in the Jewish community.
The formation of the Afrikanervolkswag (AV) brought together under one banner an outright anti-Semite, a radical rightwing politician, the son-in-law of a former Prime Minister, and a one-time deputy minister of education. It was enough to make Jews take notice, or wince.
Dr. Sylvia Kaplan, national president of the South African Association of Arts, said she was "absolutely horrified" by the emergence of the AV and appalled by the Nazi-like tone generated by the AV's inaugural mass meeting. South African newspapers were equally aghast.
In Parliament, the AV was roundly condemned. The Minister of Education, no doubt speaking for the ruling Afrikaner-dominated National Party, ridiculed the AV's claim to being solely a "cultural movement." Roger Burrows, an opposition MP, asked the government for assurance that no state funds would be given to the "(white) supremacist, racially divisive" organization.
Bursting upon the South African scene like a thunderclap, the AV is far to the right of the National Party, which in 1948 introduced apartheid. To the AV, the present National Party has traitorously deviated from apartheid by introducing constitutional proposals that would give Asian and Coloreds — but not Blacks — a limited voice in policy determination.
In the view of observers, the AV comprises disgruntled, frustrated rightwingers, disaffected lower middle class Afrikaners (South Africa's first white settlers, mainly Europeans of Dutch, French and German stock) and Pretoria-based civil servants. All these groups appeared to be represented the night of May 5 when the AV was launched into prominence. Eugene Terre Blanche, accompanied by a uniformed guard of six young men wearing swastika-like emblems and heavy black boots once favored by the SS, put in an appearance. Terre Blanche, leader of the Afrikanse Weerstandsbeweging, has been quoted as saying that South African Jews would be deprived of political rights under an AV regime. Joining him were the following personalities:
* Jaap Marais, head of the Herstigte Nasionale Party, who is regarded both as an anti-Semite and an anti-Zionist. The party, which publishes a newspaper called Die Africaaner, has no parliamentary seats.
* Carel Boshoff, a professor, and his wife Anna, daughter of Hendrik Verwoerd, who served as Prime Minister until his assassination in 1966.
* Andries Treurnicht, leader of the 18-seat Conservative Party. His deputy, Ferdie Hartzenberg, has reportedly said that it would be difficult for Jews to serve in a government formed by the CP. (Although Jews here are suspicious of Hartzenberg, they do not think that Treurnicht, a former minister, is anti-Semitic. Thomas Langley, a CP member of Parliament, stated categorically: "We're not anti-Jewish at all. Get it out of your mind.")
Althought the AV is shot through with anti-Semitic rabble-rousers, AV's chairman, Carel Boshoff, has stayed clear of the Jewish question so far. The AV, in short, has not adopted a public position on Jews. Yet Jews cannot ignore its existence. A random sampling of Jewish opinion found that Jews are either disturbed by the AV, or confident that its influence will be minimal.
Aubrey Joffe, a Pretoria lawyer, doesn't close his eyes to the AV. "I wouldn't ignore it, but in the context of South African politics, it's a total irrelevancy," he said.
John Moshal, president of the Council of Natal Jewry, in Durban, observed that the formation of the AV might even be a sort of blessing in disguise, because Afrikaners would be forced to take sides and would opt for the middle-of-the-road National Party (which has cordial relations with the Jewish community but once didn't). Chris Moolman, an Afrikaner editor in Port Elizabeth, said that the AV has no appeal for Afrikaners.
If the AV fails to attract the loyalty of Afrikaners, as is generally thought, it will not pose any threat — real or imagined — to Jews. In general terms, anti-Semitism is a fairly inconsequential phenomenon in contemporary South Africa, if only because non-whites are usually on the minds of bigoted whites.
"It's safe to say that anti-Semitism has never been an instrument of any South African government," pointed out Michael Katz, the youngish chairman of the Jewish Board of Deputies, the umbrella organization of South African Jewry. Yet, as Katz would probably agree, the Jewish community has not always been so blessed as it is today.
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RIDGELAND, Miss. —After a disaster, it takes many partners working together to rebuild communities. Two months after tornadoes and storms swept across the state on April 28, public, private and nonprofit organizations have made significant progress in responding to the needs of communities created by the disaster.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Individual Assistance section has reached out a second time to the more than 5,000 people who registered with FEMA for help. The outreach, dubbed "100 percent touch," is making sure registrants understand the application process, submit timely documentation and works to find solutions to unmet needs.
To date, nearly $19 million in total federal assistance has been approved for Mississippi disaster survivors. This includes more than $5.3 million for temporary housing and home repairs and other serious disaster-related needs, such as medical and dental expenses or funeral costs. And the U.S. Small Business Administration has approved just over $13.6 million in low-interest disaster loans to homeowners, renters, businesses of all sizes, and private nonprofit organizations.
During the 60-day registration period that ended June 30, FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance crews visited more than 12,000 homes and interacted with more than 9,000 disaster survivors, helping them register with FEMA and making referrals to other agencies and organizations for specific needs outside of FEMA.
More than 4,000 disaster survivors made one or more visits to the 10 disaster recovery centers established in the disaster areas. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency/FEMA centers in Brandon, Canton, Columbus, Laurel, Louisville, Mantachie, Tupelo and Waynesboro offered face-to-face contact with program representatives knowledgeable about disaster assistance and rebuilding.
FEMA mitigation representatives at the recovery centers and at home improvement stores in the disaster areas have met with more than 8,000 people, providing advice on how to rebuild stronger. Three teams will be at locations in or near the disaster area until mid-July.
MEMA and FEMA created a joint housing task force to address the complex housing needs of the 767 households left homeless in the aftermath of the tornadoes. Survivors have received rental assistance grants and FEMA's direct housing mission has completed placement of nearly two dozen manufactured homes for the residents of Winston County. Temporary housing is installed in commercial parks for survivor use or on an individual homeowner's property for use while the primary residence is being repaired or rebuilt.
Projects to repair public infrastructure damaged in the storm are being developed. FEMA reimburses 75 percent of eligible disaster-related repairs through its Public Assistance program administered by the state. At the June 30 deadline for receipt of the official notice to FEMA requesting participation, 53 eligible governments and certain private nonprofits such as utilities had signed up for the program. Applicants will work with MEMA and FEMA to be reimbursed for emergency protective measures, debris removal and permanent work such as road and building repairs.
Among the applicants are the City of Louisville, which seeks to rebuild a building leased to a wood products company and the Winston County Medical Foundation, which lost its Winston Medical Center, nursing home and outpatient clinic to the EF-4 tornado that struck the area. The hospital is operating temporarily out of the National Mobile Disaster Hospital, a FEMA-owned facility composed of 27 modular units that arrived in Louisville May 3.
Through its virtual Business Emergency Operations Center, MEMA is working with employers to stabilize jobs affected in the tornado; partners in recovery have donated equipment and materials for the volunteers to use in cleanup and rebuilding.
When the disaster struck April 28, the American Red Cross opened shelters that eventually provided 678 overnight stays and more than 47,000 meals or snacks. The Salvation Army opened eight mobile kitchens and three fixed feeding sites, serving more than 17,500 meals or snacks. Since then, many other volunteers have stepped up both from the local area and outside the region to clean up debris and begin rebuilding.
MEMA and FEMA Voluntary Agency Liaisons have helped connect unaffiliated spontaneous volunteers with affiliated groups and identify and organize groups that are not part of the Mississippi Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster. VALs have also assisted in making referrals to appropriate agencies and helped establish the NE Mississippi Community Based Recovery Committee to address unmet needs of survivors in Lee and Itawamba counties.
Disaster survivors in Itawamba, Jones, Leake, Lee, Lowndes, Madison, Montgomery, Rankin, Simpson, Warren, Wayne and Winston counties who registered for assistance may check the status of their applications, update contact information or ask questions via the FEMA helpline, 800-621-3362. The TTY number for those who are deaf or hard of hearing is 800-462-7585.
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RIDGELAND, Miss. —After a disaster, it takes many partners working together to rebuild communities. Two months after tornadoes and storms swept across the state on April 28, public, private and nonprofit organizations have made significant progress in responding to the needs of communities created by the disaster.


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Video Premiere for Kings of the QC
This coming Sunday, 9/11/11, we will be premiering the final videos from the top teams in the King's of the Queen City contest. These guys went all out for a week busting their ass trying to win the title for this year so come check out what went down and see who won!
The event will be at VBGB Beer Garden/Restaurant and is open to all ages. There will be an all day event from 3pm-10pm with food, live music, and a flatbar and ledge to skate! The videos should start around 7pm. See you there!
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Hitting long drives. Its what we all want. From the Pros down to the double digit handicappers. Well, it just a bit easier thanks to Long Drive Champ Sean Fister's book, "The Long Drive Bible: How you Can Hit the Ball Longer, Straighter and More Consistently"
I will preface that by saying some chapters were especially interesting for me. For example, in the chapter "Drills and Tips" Sean reveals some of the training aids he uses on a regular basis. I think there were about 5 he listed. Not sure about you but I was fascinated to know exactly what a long drive champ uses for training aids. I won't spoil the read for you but one of them which is *sort of* predictable – the Momentus Driver. I WILL say some of the others ARE quite eclectic.
Other chapters that I enjoyed were, "The Ten Commandments of Distance" and "Equipment." Some of these tips for distance are exciting to try to implement into your game. The other chapter, "Equipment" also covers a lot of ground. What got my attention was Fister's instance on getting fit for your driver. He mentions something to the effect of buying a driver off the shelf is a "total crapshoot." The other key factor he goes into detail about is the golf shaft and how absolutely critical that is to get right (hence getting fit for your driver) thatt is, if, you're interested in hitting long drives 🙂
Other chapters include, "Fix your Slice." "Preparation," "The Future of Driving" among a few others. All I can say is: if you ARE interested in hitting your drives longer why not learn from a long drive champ who has spent a good part of his life studying HOW to do it. I sure picked up some good tidbits. I'm sure you'll find even more.
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Archive for November 12, 2015
GORGON CITY 06.11.15November 12, 2015
After the music comes to an abrupt stop, the sound of metal grinding its teeth on meth explodes into the air. As if nails were scratching a chalkboard, the drums scowl with a nasty drawl. This is grime music, the choice sound of U.K.'s underground edge. Seconds later the grime thrusts straight, four-counts that is, into the arms of acid. All the while, the sight of purple and pink lasers pushes toward the ceiling and pulls to the floor again in erratic shifts. The performance stage's dynamics border haywire. In the audience an army of fists arises. Voices cheer. Welcome to…
Thoughts of Gorgon City swallowing you whole would seem most appropriate. Given so, Gorgon's Greek root gorgós translates: dreadful. Recall in Greek mythology, the three monster sisters? Stheno, Euryale and the stone-turning Medusa were Gorgons. Monsters! Terror! And dread! Oh my. You will be hard pressed to find any hint of hideous in Gorgon City. The only Gorgon in sight is a printed Medusa silhouette head on T-shirts selling for $20.
In the bowels of the Masquerade where Hell and Purgatory are playmates, the heart of Gorgon City beats upstairs. In Heaven! Yes, Heaven. Heaven is 10,000 square feet of conspicuous space guarded by exposed walls. Heaven bares a stage-a massive stage. Where metal beams protrude vertically into the air, like exaggerated frames of future skyscrapers, which are connected to more beams that run horizontally across the stage like railroad tracks. Four-way resembling traffic lights perform stop and go commands on the edges of the platform. Where three light traffic signals are not enough and four lights are a must, Gorgon City is a fortified fortress.
A fortress partitioned by a gate where Gorgon City's denizens are separated from the elevated action. Their stares gaze upward, eagerly awaiting the sight of their alderman. The creative counsel responsible for unbridled screams.
"ATLANTAAAA!!! Are. You. READY?" A voice calls from the stage. Lights out! The room goes black. Bodies are heard moving about in the shadows. For one mili-minute voices fall silent….until. Lights flash like a bolt of lightening. A game of green turned white fluorescents floods the stage to the back of the room. A spectacular LED show blinds retinas. "BOOOMMM!!!" A crackling explosion drops from speaker cabinets. The sound of bass jolts the heart. The pitter-patter of live drums crescendo as an approaching freight train.
A shield of dense vapor breaks away, revealing two youthful faces; one bearded the other with a light goatee. Their hands glide and pluck at controls, steering their sonic youth in forward directions. They stare at each other from their DJ techno pods that are separated by an actual acoustic drum kit played by a live drummer. Imagine music played live, merged electronically with 'Live and Push.' This is the future of house music realized in the 21st century.
Kye "Foamo" Gibbon and Mat "RackNRuin" Robson-Scott provides more than Gorgon City's soundtrack, the duo is Gorgon City. Both are British, raised in North London, and never gave much inkling to music or music careers as lads. Whilst teenagers their music tastes were more diverse than their traditional rearing: Kye in hip-hop and Mat in punk. Their mutual attraction to jungle, AKA drum-n-bass led them to pursue DJ stints as monikers "Foamo" and "RackNRuin." Separately signing with the same DJ agency, unbeknownst at the time, paid off when one night, the two met at a club and purposed to record together. After success, the two now named Gorgon City signed with the powerhouse Black Butter Records that fronted them vocalists such as Tanzania born and South Shields resident LuLu James.
Onstage appears her hourglass figure. Her elongated fingers clasp a microphone. The mocha-skinned beauty sashays as her long mane brushes against her back. The solid black multi-pattern white print dress she wears is wrapped around her frame so tight that she might have to be scissor out of it by nights end. She lowers her legs until she sits atop her wedge heels. With her back straight she sings, "We Used To Be Real."
The purists could argue so. Where Gorgon City's earlier work paid tribute to Athena and Thor as underground themes, it was their vocal number "Real" that danced onto the UK Singles Chart. The duos tasting of commercial success dictated 2014's "Sirens" be all pop house. A trend currently followed by several British duo DJs, the most successful to date, two brothers hailing from Reigate, Surrey, England.
A month earlier, on a balmy early October night, Disclosure stepped onstage at Atlanta, Georgia's historic Tabernacle. Guy and Howard took to their swiveling techno pods. Their smiles promised the greatest. What could ever go wrong? This stop marked the fourteenth date on their "Caracal" U.S. tour. "Superego" jump-started their set. "Omen" erupted in flames. "F for You" proved well with Howard's chops where "Jaded" felt remote. After several bubbling numbers, the pop fizzled. "Willing and Able" stalled. "Nocturnal" failed to impress, even as the lads were air lifted and played electric guitars. "I heard their first album is better than the second album." A blue-eye with blond highlights spectator whispered. Perhaps so, as "Bang That" and "When A Fire Starts To Burn" thrust the performance into hyper rave. With the stage lit, actual pyrotechnics exploded against erratic laser beams. A thunderous applause erupted as gigantic monitors played an animated Gregory Porter lipping "Holding On." "Caracal" the concert exceled the moment Lionbabe's Jillian Harvey strutted onstage and sung "Hourglass." Her birdwalk and high kicks stole the show. American born Brendan Reilly appeared and sung the hell out of, "Moving Mountains" and brought the chuuuuh to the Tabernacle. Side note, Google him. All before the two Lawrence brothers disappeared into the black and reemerged with "Latch" the show closer.
"Atlanta this is so far the best show." Bragged Guy-the younger of the two brothers. Honestly this was far from their best show played in Atlanta. The Disclosure concert lacked star power. Real star power. Not to say, the band-of-brothers are not on the road to stardom, or stars themselves. But when your music plays the soundtrack to the stars, then the stars had better show and perform live. *
"If I Had A Dime and Dollar, For Every Motherf….."raps a gravely voice. As vocalist Josh Barry steps out, he spews a few bars from "6AM." The former Britain's Got Talent contestant takes his place alongside LuLu James. The two make the perfect pairing; her bangs, his dreads, both dressed in complimenting black and white, as they sing "We Were Meant To Stand Out From The Crowd" into each other's eyes on "Elevate." On the smash-up of Peven Everett's "Gabriel," interwoven with Whitney Houston's "It's Not Right but It's Okay" the two come off sincere and genuine.
Don't get it twisted like the serpents twisting on Medusa's heads. Gorgon City is vocal house as much as Gorgon City is one entire dance party. Where the people actually dance in Gorgon City is on the outer banks of the standing crowd where a young man slams his body to every count on Omni Trio's "Renegade Snares." This is Mat "RackNRuin's" roots-his best attempt that challenges the audience to dance on double counts.
Crowd pleasers continue. "Ready For Your Love"-Gorgon City's highest UK chart-topper to date-whips bodies into motion, one twenty-something wearing a man bun mouths every lyric to "Imagination" and a alumni raver sings "Here For You," her left arm flinging in the air as her torso shifts left to right, her face reads, "F-U-C-K off, I'm diva extraordinaire.
The diva driven powerhouse vocals on "Go All Night," the most apropos song for a party that could have went all night, closes the party. As the sound of single stroke drumming builds into a frantic frenzy, synthesizers play sharp chords for a true rock star ending. Gorgon City closes with a bang! In a world of British dance music competitors, one winner is crowned. Where Disclosure has attained rock star status, Gorgon City performs like rock stars.
*Contains excerpts from Disclosure 05.10.15 review on ajdancelegacy.com words by aj dance.
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Without debate Nene was a poor choice to be on this show. She adds nothing positive to the show, she has no talent, no self respect, just a worthless place holder. In a time of change and positve image for Black Americans, NeNe sets it all back 50 years. How did she actually get cast for the show? The casting director should be terminated.
NeNe is a typical example of a person whose only contribution is reproduction. If not for having a man with money to take care of her what other quality does she bring to the show. Surely the women of Atlanta is not this boring.


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In Memory of
Mary "Polly" (Jackson) Currie
February 16, 1931 - December 17, 2012
Mary "Polly" Jackson Currie
East Lansing
Born February 16, 1931, in Mt. Vernon, New York to C. Lloyd and Mary Benson Jackson, passed away December 17, 2012 at the age of 81. Mary held a Bachelor's Degree in History from Goucher College and a Master's in Library Sciences from the University of Michigan. While attending U of M she met her husband Harold "Hal" Currie. Mary was a stay-at-home mother to 4 active, rowdy boys. After her boys were in school she worked on the Lansing Bookmobile as a librarian and was a librarian in the Rare Books Room at Yale University. She was proud that her grandfather, Allan L. Benson, ran for President of the United State in 1916, and was the author of numerous books.
Mary loved spending time with her family. She cherished the time when her four son and their families were together talking, laughing and picking on each other. She loved to sing and enjoyed going to sing-a-longs at area nursing homes. Mary also loved flowers and traveling. She was an avid gardener in her earlier years and always liked to have flowers around. Mary traveled to Europe (where she met some relatives in Switzerland), Hawaii and Canada. She belonged to several bridge clubs.
Mary is preceded in death by her parents, and her husband of 31 years, Harold. She is survived by her sons, Brad (Theresa), Ben (Vonnie), Bruce (Alice) and Brian (Mary) Currie; 6 grandchildren, Josh (Brooke), Matthew, Kevin (Sarah), Jackson, Allan (Allison) and Daniel; 3 great-grandchildren, Rebekah, Owen, and Jude; brother, L. Brewster (Elizabeth) Jackson and niece Julia Gwyn Jackson.
The family would like to thank Independence Village of East Lansing, Care Solutions caregivers, and Hospice Advantage for taking such good care of our mother in recent months.
A memorial service will be held Friday, December 21, at 11:00 a.m. at Cedar Street Church, 1705 Cedar Street, Holt, MI 48842. In lieu of flowers, we ask that you make a contribution to the
The family is being served by Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes, East Lansing, Michigan. On line condolences may be made at
Memorial Service
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Apple's main London store in Regent Street was evacuated today after a fire broke out.
The cause of the fire was not revealed, but speculation is rife that it may have been caused due to overheating iPods, which Japan has recently criticised Apple for.
With almost coincidental timing the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has given the fruity company until tomorrow to explain itself over the overheating problem, which has caused burns to users in some cases. The issues were not isolated to Japan, however, as numerous reports have been made throughout the world, including several that have resulted in fires.
Another possible reason for the fire is an arson attack by little green androids from outer space, which is likely to be the party line as far as Apple is concerned. These robots also force people to watch porn and steal signal strength, apparently, the naughty buggers.
In the end, however, the most likely cause of the fire is probably the opening of the new Covent Garden store, which is set to dwarf the one in Regent Street, formerly the UK flagship store. The fancy new shop is set to open this Saturday and the Reverend Steve Jobs is rumoured to be attending.
It is possible, though we are not suggesting it is truth, that Jobs himself started the fire in Regent Street in order to ensure all his slaves, I mean minions, I mean customers, show up for the grand opening at Covent Garden. He can't be having anyone lagging behind at Regent Street when there's expensive broken toys to hawk.
Of course, anyone trapped inside the Regent Street store would not have been able to call for the fire brigade, due to woeful reception on their iPhone 4. We hear the fire brigade may have sent an email back: "It's a non issue".


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The last rays of a dying sun bathed the gardens at Bag End with a rosy glow. But it brought no comfort to him today. There would be no more rosy days, no more comfortable nights with his Rose by the fire. Today Sam had given her back to the earth he loved so much…had covered her with the Shire's rich soil and had showered her with his tears.
He could hear the clatter of dishes and the chatter of daughters and granddaughters as they tidied the house, sweeping out the last of the visitors with the dust and crumbs.
"Thank you for coming," he heard one of them say. "Yes, yes…I'll be sure to tell him you stopped."
"No," another one chimed in; "he's really not quite up to it yet. Perhaps in a day or two, when he's rested."
'I should go in,' Sam thought, watching the lights wink on one by one down New Row. But try as he may he couldn't force his old body to move one inch from the familiar touch of the garden bench.
Shadows lengthened into night as the long, warm day spilled into a chilly evening. They'd be coming for him soon, fussing and fretting these lasses of his. Yes, there was the door opening now, the anxious peering of blue eyes and the bounce of golden curls – his Goldilocks had come to claim him.
"Da?" her call was quiet and respectful of his grief. Such a gentle child this dear daughter of his. "Please come in now. They've mostly gone and the rest will be leaving soon."
He sighed, letting her take his arm and guide him to his feet.
She was like her mother, so much so that it made his heart ache to see her. He shuffled along, feeling all the weight of the long years laying on him – clinging to his shoulders like a darkness he couldn't shake. He'd known darkness beyond reckoning, had felt the very touch of evil, and yet in his Rose's company he'd always been able to struggle back to the sunlight.
He hesitated a step from the thresh hold, reluctant to step through the doorway. For the first time in sixty-two years she would not be there to greet him and that thought both grieved and frightened his aching heart.
Sam could picture that bittersweet morning…the last moments they had shared. She'd been sewing by the fire, crafting tiny stitches into stems and blossoms of her own making. He'd stroked her hair, kissing her soft lips in goodbye.
"Be back soon," she'd demanded of him, her voice a sweet caress teasing him with a saucy wink. "I'll have your favorite for lunch…"
He'd laughed, remembering many stolen lunches filled with her sweet kisses more delicious than food. After so many years and thirteen babies together his cheeks still colored at the thought.
"I will," he'd promised with a wink of his own, his heart so full it could burst for love of her. He'd left with a song on his lips, not knowing…not knowing. Had he known, he would never have gone.
He'd only stayed out for a little while, just long enough to gossip with a couple of the other old gaffers on New Row, enjoying a pipe and remembering the good days that were now long gone. Then gathering a bunch of summer flowers, he'd wandered home with a nimble step a happy tune whistling from his lips.
He'd found her in that same chair, hands resting on her lap the sewing set carefully aside. A ray of golden light touched her serene face and for a moment he'd thought she had fallen asleep in the midday sun.
"Rosie," he'd whispered softly, his bouquet of summer flowers gone limp in his hand. "Rose, my love."
But the rose had gone from her cheeks, had fled with the last sighing of her breath, and Sam knew in his heart that she had passed beyond his quiet calling. He'd knelt at her side, laying this last bouquet in her lap. Gently taking the hand she'd pledged to him a lifetime ago, he'd held it to his cheek – remembering the sweet feel of her touch on his face, the soothing hands that had guided him through many dark hours filled with loss and sorrow. Who would guide him back from those despair filled moments now…now that his Rosie was gone?
Little Tom had found him that evening, kneeling in the darkness, the door ajar and lamps unlit.
Sam had been holding her cold hand in his, brown eyes dark and distant. He had gazed at his youngest child without seeing or knowing. The wilted flowers had littered the floor with their bruised petals.
But now she was laid to rest, with Sam's carefully tended flowers scattered on her grave, and he wept once more for their parting.
"Da?" Goldilocks questioned her own eyes welling, as he stood there on feet made of stone. "Please come inside. I'll make you a cup of tea."
Tears trickled down his sun-creased cheeks and he raised a weathered hand to brush them away.
"No my dearest," he whispered, walking through the doorway at last. "I just want to be alone for awhile. I'm tired and the day has already gone on too long for my liking."
"Of course, Da," she smiled, touching his face with a soft hand. "I'm sure you are worn out. I'll just bank up the fire and put on your kettle then head on off myself."
"That's a sweet lass," he mumbled, wandering away from her voice and her touch. He couldn't bear it any longer; she was so much like her mother.
He tottered off down the hallway, away from those few of his children that remained and slipped into the bedroom shutting the door behind.
It was a room filled with memories, and Sam couldn't help but smile through his tears. How many wonderful moments had been shared in this room? So many sweet times of life and love, joy and happiness.
The joys of that room had predated even his Rose, going back to another life, another time long distant. He'd lost his heart with his innocence in that room, a willing victim to blue-eyed passion. He'd spent long summer evenings there wrapped in pale arms and legs, drowning in the succulent taste of forbidden fruit. There had been nights of talking too, a sharing of secrets and dreams, and later the taint of fear as darkness fell over their lives and their love.
The room had belonged to another then, his sweet Master Frodo, and Sam felt his presence still, although he'd been gone away over the sea these many long years.
Their partnership had started when Sam was a new tween, just twenty years old, and had filled eighteen carefree years before the Ring brought their world crashing down around them. He'd followed Frodo far from the Shire on their long quest, supporting his master and heart's friend even as the darkness claimed him beyond recall. When the Ring had been destroyed at last, Sam had hoped for a long and happy life together in peace, though in his heart, he knew it was not to be.
Frodo had encouraged Sam to marry his childhood sweetheart – desiring a wife and children to fill the gardener's life with the happiness his own damaged soul could no longer provide. It had been Frodo, who'd contrived to bring the newly wedded couple to Bag End. He'd offered to share his home and hearth with Sam and his new bride, even preparing his own room as a honeymoon suite. Sam and Rose had consummated the marriage in that room. In each other's arms, they had affirmed their commitment to the dark-haired hobbit they both adored.
Sam would see all his children born upon that bed. Each one had taken their first wailing breaths while he and Rose laughed and cried over their love made real in thirteen wonderful little bundles. Frodo had been there for the first one, their sweet little Elanor, and had shared their joy and wonder. Yet he had already gone over sea by the time his little namesake, their second child had come.
Of course there had been dark times too, sweat filled hours of terror, as he lay trembling in the throws of a nightmare that never died. The first years after Frodo had gone were the worst, with hardly a week going by that didn't find him sobbing in that room – grief stricken over a life and love he had lost and could not reclaim. She'd always respected that sorrow, comforting him when she could and leaving him alone when her words fell too painfully in his empty heart.
And now they were both gone, both just ghosts of memory in the quiet of that room and Sam felt their empty presence as an aching in his soul. He collapsed onto the edge of the bed, his age-lined face supported in his hands and wept.
For days he wandered through the motions of his life, finding no joy in the tasks that once filled him with happiness. He puttered about the smial, seeing his Rose in every corner, every room. He felt her presence everywhere. And when he did not see her, he saw his Mister Frodo – writing in the study or reading a book on the garden bench – as if he had never gone.
"Oh Mister Frodo, why does the memory of you haunt me as clearly today as it did sixty years ago?" he wondered, sitting at the kitchen table, hands clenched around a hot mug. Inside, his heart breaking with uneased grief. "And Rose, my dear Rose, how can I go on without you."
He drove his children from the house and back to their own lives as soon as he could, desiring the peace and quiet that only solitude could bring. Yet when the last of them had gone, his heart found no rest in the memories of that place. Day by day they consumed him.
Whispers assailed him in the night as he lay unsleeping in that bed. At first he'd get up, wandering the dark rooms of Bag End, searching for them in the empty corners. He'd see a fleeting glimpse, the bright wash of a full skirt, swishing through a doorway or catch a scent, the smell of pipe weed in the study and then they'd be gone again, leaving him aching and alone.
"Sam…Sam…." they called, incessant voices pulling at his consciousness. Sometimes it would be her voice, sometimes Frodo's, but always they beckoned him with a siren song. Crying softly into his pillow, he'd lay with fingers shoved in his ears to dull the sound.
"Where are you Sam…"
"Please," he pleaded, when he could bear it no longer, "please let me be…"
If he asked, they'd go away for awhile and allow him to fall into a restless sleep filled with dreams. Yet in sleeping, one or the other of them would always be in those visions. And though they filled him with love, Sam could find no peace in their presence.
As summer passed to fall, Sam's resolve hardened. He had to get away from that place. He could no longer find joy in those rooms or even in the once beloved gardens. Sam was adrift in a sea of memories – memories that threatened to drowned him.
"I have to go. There is nothing for me here but sadness."
Quietly he settled his affairs. Drawing up the papers, he turned ownership of Bag End and all his possessions over to his children. The smial would go to Frodo-lad – a fitting heir, this namesake child, to the roomy home. The rest he carefully labeled, distributing it amongst his progeny – each item in order. He knew, in his heart, that this new adventure would be his last. Once gone he did not mean to return.
When he told them of his plans to leave, to venture out one last time in a true Baggin's style, they were dismayed. He expected their objections, their pleas for him to change his mind, but he steeled himself against them.
The tears were the hardest.
As Sam glanced sadly at the anxious faces of his children, he felt his heart grow even heavier. Exhaustion marred his mood and colored all his thoughts with gray.
They pleaded with him to stay this madness. He was much too old for such a long trip and they feared for his well being.
"Da," Tom begged, watching as he packed his bag, shoving a clean shirt and waistcoat in the pack with frustrated vigor, "please don't do this. We know you're still upset but it'll pass. Give it some time."
Sam smiled indulgently patting his youngest son's cheek. "Go home Tolman. My mind is made up."
"Da, you're not thinking straight," Rosie-lass continued with gentle sobs. "This is your home, why would you want to leave it now?"
He stopped then, turning to face his beloved children with eyes grown hard with determination. When he spoke again, it was with his "father voice" the one that since their earliest recollections had brooked no arguments. When he spoke to them in that tone, they knew his mind would not be changed.
"No. My home is not this place, not this hole," he explained, piercing each child in turn with his firm stare. "Home was where your mother dwelled, where she sang and laughed and loved. That is gone now. I cannot bear to be in this place any more. I cannot bear the darkness here, not without her bright light to temper the memories."
They all knew the darkness of which he spoke, had heard it whispered between their parents in the night. They all knew the story of the Ring, of Mister Frodo and the dark quest their father had suffered at his side. All of them knew of Mister Frodo's leaving, of the grief their father still bore even after all the long years.
"Then come to Great Smials with Faramir and me," Goldie begged, taking his hand in hers. "Please da, you don't have to go away."
"Yes, my sweet Buttercup," Sam admitted with a nod, "I do."
"But why Da? Why must you leave us?" He could see Ruby's question echoed in the other's faces.
"Oh my dear ones," he explained, sighing softly, touching them each in turn. "I've lived all these long years with one ghost in this home; my heart cannot bear to stay here with two. Now, my dears, let's have no more arguing, and no more tears. Let's not fill our final hours together with sadness."
"Keep it safe, do not let it be forgotten. It is the story of my life, and of yours."
Sam hugged his eldest child, his beautiful Elanor. Weeping, he handed her the red leather bound book and she cradled it to her breast as delicately as she'd held each of his grandchildren.
"I will Da," she whispered, clutching the volume to her body as if holding it tight would prevent her father from going away.
"You're a good lass, Elanor," he spoke, stroking her hair. "Please don't grieve; my time has come."
"And where will you go Da?"
"Past the towers and to the Havens, to the sea," he admitted, confiding his plan to her alone. "Perhaps there will still be a ship for me, the last of the Ring-bearers. Frodo said it may come to pass."
"And if not, what then?" Elanor asked, struggling to hold back her tears.
"Then the last journey of Master Samwise will be for naught," he explained, eyes distant. "And if there is no ship, then I will seek my final rest there on the shores. There at least I will be closer to my heart than I can be here."
As she watched her father ride away, back straight, shoulders strong, Elanor knew that she would not see him again.
The Gray Havens were much as he remembered them, unchanged over the course of time. He slipped from his pony's back and unharnessed him with trembling fingers. Pulling the saddle and bridle, he slapped the loyal fellow on his rump, sending him on his way.
"Go on Bill. Go home." he whispered in goodbye, watching the shaggy descendent of his faithful Bill, the Bree pony who had borne him to the Haven's on that joyless day so long ago. He watched while the sturdy beast trotted off then paused to graze in the tall grass some yards away. He glanced at his master with gentle eyes.
In his heart, Sam was comforted that the little pony remained nearby. He sighed, easing out of his pack and setting it on the rocky ground.
"Well, Samwise," he muttered, glancing around the abandoned harbor. "Now what?"
He didn't know what he'd expected to find when he got there. A boat perhaps, though rumor had it that the last boats had gone over the sea many years ago. Or some message or sign left for him, the last of the Ring bearers. Frodo had said that perhaps his time too would come, yet there had been no promise, only a vague reference at their last parting. Now he stood there on the shores of the sea, tears in his eyes, and saw that there would be no final journey for him.
Sam wept for his foolishness, his hope and his belief, and sank to the ground. Exhausted by the journey and hard pressed by the lateness of the hour, he lay down, pillowing his head on his pack. Drawing the familiar fabric of his elven cloak around him, he closed his eyes and drifted into fitful sleep.
Sam jerked awake, hearing his name whispered on the breeze. He sat up, rubbing the sleep from his eyes and looked around. It was not yet dawn and mist slipped over the ground in wispy tendrils, reflecting the silvery moonlight.
"Hello?" he called, softly. "Is someone there?"
He struggled to his feet, feeling the stiffness of a night sleeping on the ground aching through his bones.
"Samwise…" the voice called again, trickling over him like a warm caress. "Sam."
He knew that voice, had heard it in his dreams all his life. "Frodo?"
Laughter echoed against the stone, slipping around him softly. "Of course, my dear Sam, who else would it be?"
"Where are you?" Sam called, easing forward in the darkness. He squinted into the night, his tired old eyes struggling. "Frodo, I can't see you?"
"I'm here Sam," the voice called softly, guiding him towards the water, and the docks that lay there. "Follow my voice."
He saw it then, the ghostly silhouette of a ship moored at the docks. A figure stood on the deck, gilded by the moonlight and Sam's heart pounded in his chest.
'Could it be?' he wondered, stopping and staring. "Frodo, is it really you? Are you here to take me with you?"
The figure shook with laughter, the musical sound trickling across the water. "Oh Sam. I told you your day would come." He laughed again softly, walking to the head of the boarding ramp and holding out his hand. "Yes, I'm here for you. I'm here to take you home. Are you ready to go?"
"Oh yes Mister Frodo," Sam cried, hurrying to climb the ramp.
Sam could finally see Frodo as he reached the top and gasped placing a trembling hand against his mouth. "You haven't changed…not one bit, not in all these years."
The dark-haired hobbit took Sam's aged hand in his own smooth one and drew him onboard the ship.
"Neither have you my dear Sam," Frodo whispered with a smile, pulling Sam into his embrace. He cupped Sam's face in his hands and pressed soft lips affectionately to Sam's forehead.
"Oh, but I have, Mister Frodo," Sam admitted, leaning his head on Frodo's shoulder with a sigh. "I'm all used up. The years have not passed me by."
"Silly hobbit," Frodo murmured, gently stroking gray curls and kissing the head that they covered. "Do you think the years matter to me? I see you in my heart exactly as I remember you, my sweet Sam. Unchanged, ageless and still filled with the wonder of a child."
"I don't know how you can," Sam sighed, pulling away from Frodo's embrace. He looked down at his gnarled hands. "I'm old. So much older than you are."
"That's because you're seeing things through tired eyes," Frodo admitted, placing his arm around Sam's shoulder and giving it a squeeze. "That will change, once you let go of the past and start this final journey. Do you want to come with me Sam? It's not too late to change your mind."
"Do I want to…yes, of course I do," Sam admitted, hesitantly. "But I don't want to be a burden to you."
"Burden, Sam?" Frodo questioned his blue eyes glittering. "I love you Sam, you could never be a burden. You've cared for others all your life; it's time that someone cared for you for awhile. Besides, I've been waiting a long time for this day."
"No, Mister Frodo, I wouldn't feel right about that."
"Shhhh," Frodo ordered softly. "Just answer me, do you want to go or not?"
Sam stared into Frodo's eyes with longing and after a long moment he smiled. "Yes, I do want to go, whatever the consequences."
"Then look once more on Middle Earth, my dear Sam, and say your good byes," Frodo urged gently, "then close your eyes and we'll be off."
Sam glanced at the shore, smiling a sad little smile. He'd miss his family, that was one thing he was certain of, but Sam knew they'd be okay in the safety of the Shire – a Shire that Frodo had helped to save for them. Then with a suddenly light heart he closed his eyes and lifted his face to the wet morning breeze.
The ship shuddered softly under his feet and he trembled in fear tinged excitement.
After a long moment, Sam felt Frodo ease up behind him, slipping strong arms around his waist and pulling him close. Warm breath tickled his ear as the dark-haired hobbit leaned his chin on Sam's shoulder.
"Open you eyes, Sam," Frodo breathed, brushing a light kiss against his neck.
Sighing, Sam opened his eyes and marveled at how quickly the shore had disappeared into the mist. They were already far from the land and the ship was making a swift journey out to the open sea.
"Oh my," Sam spoke at last, gazing at the retreating land with wonder. Something seemed strange about his voice; the raspy quality that had come with age seemed lessened now.
Probably the moist sea air,' he thought.
He leaned back into the body that embraced him and thrilled once more at the feel of those slender arms around his waist. He touched the long fingered hands gently, and traced the lines of a scar that lingered there from long ago. He wondered at the sudden flexibility of his own hands, and gasped when he realized that they no longer stiffened with the aches of his long years of laboring. He glanced down, holding the hands out in front of him for a better view and gaped in wonder at the straight, strong fingers and smooth skin.
"Mister Frodo?" he questioned, easing from Frodo's arms and turning to face the smiling hobbit.
Sam's fingertips stroked at his own face, feeling smooth skin where once it had been creased and wrinkled with sun-kissed age. He flexed now limber shoulders, free from the pains that had plagued him for many years, and laughed with easy joy.
"Yes, it's true," Frodo explained, smiling. "The years that weighed heavily on you before have slipped away with the disappearing shore."
"How can this be?"
"Are you ready for your final adventure, Sam?" Frodo wondered, sidestepping the question. "This one will end so much better than the last one – I promise you."
"But Frodo…"
"No more questions, Samwise Gamgee," Frodo chided. "You're just seeing yourself through new eyes, undying eyes. You're as unchanged now as I am. It is the gift of the Valar to you as a Ring-bearer – just as it was a gift to Cousin Bilbo and me. You've earned it my dear Sam, accept it and know that we shall be together – unchanging – until the end of all time."
The hobbit gardener grinned, throwing his arms around Frodo to give him a tight squeeze. "Oh Frodo, how I've dreamed of this day – though I must admit I didn't expect it to be quite so strange and wonderful."
"So have I Sam." Frodo's eyes were warm and filled with love. "I've waited a long time for you to return to me."
"Yes, I guess I am back then," Sam agreed, laying his cheek against his master's shoulder and closing his eyes.
Frodo circled him with his arms and pulled him close. "So you are, my dear Sam."
On the shore a gentle breeze began to blow. Leaves danced and fell, covering the empty shell of a hobbit that rested there, finally at peace.
Sam was home at last.


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January 2016 - Caribbean Princess to Caribbean - Western
We cruise a lot. This was definitely not one of our best. It was relaxing and enjoyable, but it lacked excitement and fun people. Most passengers were older than us... (and we are pretty old). Everyone we met was pleasant and the crew was great.


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Yingming Zhao, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Proteomics and Precision Medicine
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) represent a major vehicle to diversify a cellular proteome, the inventory of all protein species in an organism. PTMs have critical roles in all the major cellular pathways and diseases. A protein can be potentially modified by more than 300 types of post-translational modifications, which are catalyzed by enzymes encoded by more than 5% of the genome in higher eukaryotes. A combination of a dozen PTM sites in a substrate protein could lead to more than a million possible protein structures with potentially different functions. Given the high abundance and diversities of PTMs, they are likely the most complex regulatory mechanisms in cells. Despite their critical roles in cells, little is known about their biology, except several most extensively studied PTMs. Functional characterizations of PTMs at the molecular level have been slow, largely due to a lack of suitable information infrastructure and technology infrastructure.
Biological mass spectrometry and proteomics
Our research aims to develop mass spectrometry-based proteomics technologies, and to use them to dissect PTM pathways and to identify biomarkers. We are developing new mass spectrometry and bioinformatics tools for reliable, sensitive, and comprehensive analysis of proteins and PTMs. We are interested in dynamics analysis of diverse PTMs in order to understand their functions. We are using proteomics approach to identify and quantify substrates of novel lysine acylation pathways under diverse genetic background and extracellular environments. We also use powerful proteomics technologies in conjunction with biochemistry, molecular biology, and cell biology to decode PTM networks that have major implications for human health and are not amenable to conventional techniques.
Lysine acylations, epigenetics and cellular metabolism
Our lab carried out first few mass spectrometry-based proteomic studies of lysine acetylation that led to identifying thousands of acetyllysine substrate peptides. These landmark works challenge a long-standing notion that lysine acetylation is restricted to nuclei and catalyze extensive investigation of non-nuclear functions of this modification pathway. Our lab recently discovered eight types of new lysine acylation pathways: propionylation, butyrylation, crotonylation, malonylation, succinylation, glutarylation, 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation and 3-hydroxybutyrylation. They identified about 350 new histone marks, which more than doubles the tally of the previous known histone marks discovered during the first forty years of chromatin biology. They revealed numerous enzymes for the new PTM pathways, such as Sirt5 as a desuccinylase, demalonylase, and deglutarylase, as well as specific binding proteins (or "readers') for the novel histone marks. His laboratory demonstrates that the new PTM pathways have critical roles in epigenetic regulation and cellular metabolism, and contribute to multiple inborn metabolic diseases.
Discovery of biomarkers, precision medicine and immune oncology
In the past few years, we have built a mass spectrometry-based proteomic technology and bioinformatics platforms for quantifying protein expression, protein modifications (e.g., phosphorylation and acetylation), and histone epigenetic marks. We have use the technology for identifying proteomic signatures that can classify tumors. We are also using proteomics approaches to identify tumor-specific antigens. A major advantage of the proteomics-based strategy is that this approach enables to identify mutation-irrelevant biomarkers, which is a gold mine that has not yet been carefully explored. We are using these approaches for identifying predictive biomarkers for precision medicine and for immune oncotherapy.
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Hi guys; Is there anyone that uses a DT25 or 50 head with a cab other than the matching DT25/50 cab ? Could I use a Mesa C90 cab with the DT25 head ? Would that be okay ? Or does the DT25 head have to be paired specifically with the DT25 cab ? Thanks
Is It Best To Use The Dt25/50 Head With The Matching Dt25/50 Cab ?
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Perhaps the 2 models of speakers found in the Line 6 cabinets cover most sonic territory that the diverse range of consumers would need.
For me, I'm a Marshall guy but couldn't afford 3 or 4 heads and so I use the DT50 as a more than adequate 'consolidation' of the Marshall catologue and for me, my choosing of a Greenback loaded cab helps get the specific era tones I'm chasing.
I hope that makes sense.
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Changed the speaker in my DT50112 to a Jenson Jet Tornado...Typically, I prefer a 112 combo on a 212 cabinet...This means three 16 ohm speakers in parallel running a 5.3 ohm load...I am happy with my results. When rehearsing I often use my DT25 head with a 212 cab...sometimes the stock cab...That speaker has also been changed...Nothing special about the stock speakers...GH-90s are decent Celestion OEM speakers, but not spectacular...I am not a Celestion fan in general, so my opinion is likely biased anyway.
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Let your ears decide... Take your head down to the local music store and "try" every cab they have using the proper load match.
You may be surprised at what you discover...
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Greek4645. skleruno -- to harden
... Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: skleruno Phonetic Spelling: (sklay-roo'-no)
Short Definition: I harden Definition: I harden, make hard, make stubborn. ...
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4644. sklerotrachelos -- stiff-necked
4642. skleros -- hard, rough
4643. sklerotes -- hardness
829. authades -- self-pleasing
Strong's Hebrew5637. sarar -- stubborn or rebellious
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Spelling: (saw-rar') Short Definition: stubborn. Word Origin a prim. root ...
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5620. sar -- stubborn, resentful, sullen, implacable
7186. qasheh -- hard, severe
6203. oreph -- back of the neck, neck
7185. qashah -- to be hard, severe or fierce
4696. metsach -- brow, forehead
3820. leb -- inner man, mind, will, heart
47. abbir -- mighty, valiant
2389. chazaq -- strong, stout, mighty
6440. panim -- face, faces
A Stubborn Foe Routed.
Stubborn Facts.
What Say Ye, O Minds Incredulous, Stubborn, Hardened? did that ...
Stubborn Little Sammy.
Pharaoh the Stubborn Ruler
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The Hardening in the Sacred Scripture.
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The Will.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary(a.) Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule.
Topical Bible VersesGenesis 25:18
And they dwelled from Havilah to Shur, that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brothers.
John 1:11
Acts 2:38
ThesaurusStubborn (40 Occurrences)
... unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion;
refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn...
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Stubborn-hearted (1 Occurrence)
Stubborn-minded (1 Occurrence)
Stubbornly (10 Occurrences)
Stiff-necked (18 Occurrences)
Stiffnecked (9 Occurrences)
Rebellious (63 Occurrences)
Unyielding (4 Occurrences)
Behaved (21 Occurrences)
Bible ConcordanceStubborn (40 Occurrences)
Mark 3:5 When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.
Mark 10:5 "It was in consideration of your stubborn hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses enacted this law for you;
Mark 16:14 Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn't believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
Acts 19:9 But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
Titus 1:6 wherever there is a man of blameless life, true to his one wife, having children who are themselves believers and are free from every reproach of profligacy or of stubborn self-will.
Exodus 7:13 And Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, and he hearkened not to them, as Jehovah had said.
Exodus 7:14 Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.
Exodus 7:22 And the scribes of Egypt did so with their sorceries; and Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, neither did he hearken to them, as Jehovah had said.
Exodus 8:19 Then the scribes said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God! But Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, and he hearkened not to them, as Jehovah had said.
Exodus 9:7 Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the livestock of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he didn't let the people go.
Exodus 9:12 And Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn, and he did not hearken to them, as Jehovah had told Moses.
Exodus 9:35 And the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, neither would he let the children of Israel go, as Jehovah had spoken by Moses.
Exodus 10:20 And Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
Exodus 10:27 But Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn, and he would not let them go.
Exodus 11:10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; but Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
Exodus 13:15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, that Jehovah slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of men and the firstborn of cattle: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that breaketh open the womb being males; and every firstborn of my children I ransom.
Leviticus 26:19 I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil like brass;
Deuteronomy 2:30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as at this day.
Deuteronomy 9:6 Know therefore, that Yahweh your God doesn't give you this good land to possess it for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people.
Deuteronomy 9:13 Furthermore Yahweh spoke to me, saying, "I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people:
Deuteronomy 10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.
Deuteronomy 21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not listen to them;
Deuteronomy 21:20 and they shall tell the elders of his city, "This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard."
Deuteronomy 31:27 For I know your rebellion, and your stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, you have been rebellious against Yahweh; and how much more after my death?
Judges 2:19 But it happened, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they didn't cease from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.
2 Kings 17:14 Notwithstanding, they would not listen, but hardened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who didn't believe in Yahweh their God.
Nehemiah 9:16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and didn't listen to your commandments,
Nehemiah 9:17 and refused to obey, neither were mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn't forsake them.
Psalms 78:8 and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn't make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
Psalms 81:12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.
Proverbs 7:11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
Proverbs 11:22 A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.
Isaiah 46:12 Give ear to me, you feeble-hearted, who have no faith in my righteousness:
Jeremiah 5:23 But this people hath a stubborn and a rebellious heart; they have turned aside and are gone.
Jeremiah 7:24 But they didn't listen nor turn their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Jeremiah 16:12 and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you don't listen to me:
Ezekiel 2:4 The children are impudent and stiff-hearted: I am sending you to them; and you shall tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh.
Ezekiel 3:7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are of hard forehead and of a stiff heart.
Hosea 4:16 For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow.
Zechariah 7:11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
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Dependency injection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A beginners guide to Dependency Injection
I used to try to think of dependency injection as an evolution for singleton manager types of patterns, where something that needs a handle on something else would do a somethingelse.getInstance() which gets complicated when there are a lot of pieces, and limited re-usability of the components.
where as dependency injection, something else creates instances of the components, invokes setters to have the references to other objects set, and stores the object instances in a kind of map. Spring framework happens to use XML, and more recently annotations, to articulate the relationship between individual parts.
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The following article explains the IoC and its differents types:
Inversion of Control – IoC « Blog AgileWorks
And also there is a easy manual with all the concepts for the core spring in the following:
Introducción a Spring « Blog AgileWorks
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A million nightingales / Susan Straight.
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June Random Ramble
I tend to think of things that I need to get out of my head but aren't worth a separate post. Feel free to join in, read as you feel like, boost your rank etc!
SO glad DD didn't have a fever this morning! Back to school for her!
Yesterday she stayed home but being as DH and I are both in accounting/finance, it's not the best timing. Thankfully I posted on FB About it and one of DD's old teachers who just happens to live 3 blocks away said she was welcome to come hang out with her, that she was getting over food poisoning and was home anyway! YAY! I got to go into work for about 4 hours, perfect to get a ton done!
My back is bugging me BIGTIME today :( I think it's doing improper form for some squats (Started a squat challenge on Sunday) did me in. found a different form that still keeps my legs and body right, but doesn't bother my back. now to do 75 today! I think 3 sets of 25 is in order! LOL
I think my tired feelings from last week were me trying to fight something off. I was feverish all weekend (never really having much more than about 99.5) and I'm finally feeling better, not quite as tired. altho DH jokingly gave me the "30-day Nap Challenge" printout and I was boastful yesterday that I completed day 3! a 5 minute nap ;) I think tomorrow is a day of rest, har har!
Ahh, DH is getting into a debate over the new Seattle $15 min wage plan (it won't be like tomorrow, but within 4 years or so, all businesses will have to abide by it) and we've discussed it at length and people don't seem to think it's going to have any bad outcomes. my wages won't be going up 60% in the next 4 years, so essentially, my wages will be reduced :\ (I live outside of Seattle, in the burbs).
Shew, I have a ways to go before hitting gold! LOL
Ahhh, the parade of chatters at the desk next to mine. she's my friend, but she just doesn't seem to be able to turn people away. mornings can be very unproductive!
Hey! earn 75 points doing searches on bing rewards today! If you want a referral, I'll PM you my code. not going to spam, but I sure do love searching for free Amazon money!
Trying to figure out exactly how to tell my Usborne sponsor that I don't intend to help out at a Flower Farmers Market that's 9-6 EVERY Saturday this summer, and it's probably a good hour away, 60-90 minute setup and takedown too.....for probably like $25 in commissions. Truth is, our family has decided it's finally time to step it up and get to a better place health-wise. So that means hiking on the weekends (or going to the gym and working out and swimming). We also have a busy schedule with 3 weddings (we usually have NONE! LOL) and since we both work M-F, it's just hard to say "Yeah, I'll work 6a-8p on a Saturday" when it really doesn't benefit me all that much. I don't sell much, I love the books, enjoy being able to spread the word and maybe have a party once in a while, but it's just not going to be a career for me.
51 days until my girls weekend in the Great Smoky Mountains. 30+ moms from my expecting group that I met on another message board site 6.5 years ago when we all got our BFPs!! there are twice as many that aren't able to come, it's an amazing group of women, nearly 90 of us still together! Met a few over the years, excited to meet more :D


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Today, Congressman José E. Serrano released the following statement on the U.S. Postal Service's announced plan to end Saturday delivery.
"The U.S. Postal Service has many budgetary issues, and needs Congress to complete a reform package, but they are acting outside of their legal authority if they suspend Saturday delivery. They have been prohibited from doing so by language in the Financial Services and General Government appropriations bills for the past several decades. The passage of the continuing resolution did not suspend that language, as they claim, but in fact extended it. They receive ongoing payments from Congress through which they are subjected to our oversight and guidance. That also has not changed. Rather than use very dubious legal arguments to end Saturday delivery, the USPS should work hand-in-hand with Congress to come up with a successful restructuring and reform package that allows them to become more efficient while maintaining vital services like Saturday delivery.
"I intend to work with the majority on the Financial Services Appropriations Subcommittee to ensure that the USPS complies with the spirit and the letter of the law. Circumventing Congress is not a successful strategy for tackling the huge challenges that he USPS faces. Their challenges require that we all work together and come up with creative and sustainable solutions."
Source: http://serrano.house.gov/press-release/serrano-usps-saturday-delivery-plan-ignores-law