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With the Western Conference finals kicking off tonight at 8 p.m. ET on Versus from Vancouver, there's pressure on both teams to get over the hump and get their teams into the Stanley Cup finals. For the Canucks, they're looking to get back there for the first time since Trevor Linden, Pavel Bure, and Kirk McLean did so in 1994. San Jose is looking for their first Stanley Cup finals appearance in team history.
With great expectations comes great pressure and there are five players in this series who will be feeling the pressure a bit more than the others to get their team into position to win it all. We've got a list of five players who will come under the most scrutiny during the Western Conference finals.
1. Roberto Luongo – Vancouver Canucks
He's won a gold medal for Canada but he's never taken any team this far into the playoffs before. The Canucks are the top team in the NHL and his team is deep and loaded and on the precipice of getting the team into the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in 17 years. While Luongo was very nearly the goat in the first round against Chicago, he was lights out against Nashville which leads us to wonder just which Luongo we'll see against San Jose. With those sorts of doubts in mind still, despite his pedigree in the league, it makes him a prime candidate for the playoff pressure cooker.
2. Joe Thornton – San Jose Sharks
Speaking of guys with a bad rap in the playoffs, it's the Sharks captain Joe Thornton. When he was traded by Boston back in 2005 to San Jose he was labeled as a playoff choker who could never show up when it counted. All he's ever done is be one of the best point producing centers in the NHL with a penchant for not appearing on the score sheet when the games got really important. Now this year he's been solid on both sides of the puck scoring two goals and adding nine assists while drawing the assignment of shadowing the opponents top centers. Will he deal with Ryan Kesler or the Sedin line? It'll be curious to see how that goes, but the one thing he's got to do is keep putting points up and helping the Sharks win games lest that choker label still find a way to live on.
3 & 4. Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin – Vancouver Canucks
I know, you're thinking this is a cop out for the list by picking both guys but it'd be easier if the twins didn't put up essentially identical numbers. Daniel Sedin has six goals and four assists while Henrik Sedin has one goal and eight assists. Both guys have put up identical plus/minus ratings of -8 and struggled against Nashville to generate any offense. They should, ideally, get better chances against the Sharks but all eyes are on them now. With Henrik being last year's MVP and Daniel up for the award this year, they rightfully have a lot to live up to. The Canucks have been a great team with them taking care of their top line and now it's time for their most important games of the season and they have to get it done or else the criticisms will be many.
5. Patrick Marleau – San Jose Sharks
You were probably expecting this pick right off the bat and while we can thank Jeremy Roenick for a lot of that focus after Marleau's bumpy series against Detroit, there's more to it than just that. Marleau was the Sharks' leading scorer this season and in the playoffs he's been virtually absent thanks to just scoring one goal against Detroit in their seven game series. Marleau had 37 goals and 36 assists during the regular season but in the playoffs he's got three goals and three assists. He's perhaps the team's best scorer and they'll need him to provide nightmares for Roberto Luongo by stepping up and having a monster series. Marleau was able to be huge against Chicago in last year's Western Conference finals and similar production to that this time around would make him a hero.

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Hi, blogs!
Back to my post! Still on my holiday post in Jakarta. In this holiday chance, I had my quality time with my mom through by making Nastar Cookies. Yasss!! And... Today, I want to share the recipe with you, guys! Don't underestimate, guys! My mom's recipe is not an ordinary recipe, but the legend one! Lol. Why??? Because in my surrounding, around my family, my relatives, or my mom's friends, my mom's Nastar Cookies is the best one! The best one that I could proud of! Kyaaaa... I'm not lying, guys! There's no reason for me to lie too! Hahaha!
Before I jump to the recipe and how to make it, do you know Nastar Cookies? In Indonesia, Nastar Cookies is one of the famous cookies or snack which usually be provided in any celebration and tradition, such as in Chinese new year, Idul Fitri, or maybe Christmas. Nastar Cookies is the crunchy cookie which has pineapple jam inside. Because of delicious, simple to make, and has a small size so Nastar Cookies suits for the daily snack too! (But, Don't forget to consider your fat level too, guys!) And... Because I'm so craving to this since I've worked in another city. Therefore, I asked my mom to make it with me and satisfied my mouth!
Yes... As I wrote before, guys! Nastar Cookies is simple to make. Maybe you can follow this recipe and try it in your home! Let's make it!
The Ingredients
400 grams Butter
"We used 2 sachets of Blue Band (Brand) butter."
150 grams Wisman Butter
"We used Wisman Butter to make the cookies have the more good scent.
Even, It's enough if we just use Blue Band Butter.
400 grams Butter + 150 grams Wisman Butter = We need 550 grams Butter.
100 grams Fine Granulated Sugar
"It depends on your taste how much you'll input it.
This recipe is not too sweet to suit and fuse with the pineapple jam (sour and sweet)."
5 Egg Yolks
"5 Egg Yolks and there are more! I forgot to capture the pics because of a sudden activity. We still need 700 grams Flour, 25 grams Milk Powder,
and a couple drops of yellow food coloring."
Okay, guys! I'll resume and make it into a simple format! :))
The Ingredients for The Cookies:
1. 550 Butter (400 grams Blue Band Butter + 150 grams Wisman Butter)
2. 100 grams Fine Granulated Sugar
3. 5 Egg Yolks
4. 700 grams Flour
5. 25 grams Milk Powder
6. A couple drops of yellow food coloring
Now... How to make it?
1. Put the butter
"First thing that we always do before we make it is washing our both hands.
Then, put the butter into the container."
2. Put the fine granulated sugar
3. Mix up the butter and the fine granulated sugar
4. Dropping a couple of drops of yellow food coloring.
Just a couple of drops!
5. Put the egg yolks
6. Put the flours
"Put the flours into the container.
If you think the dough is too wet,
put the flours again little by little until you get the fine dough.
The fine dough is not too wet nor dry."
7. Put the milk powder
"The scent is better, It's mild flavor!"
8. Mix it!
"We've got the fine dough! Done!"
Our Pineapple Jam
"My mom made it by herself.
Make the pineapple juice, put the sugar, and cook!
That's it... Homemade pineapple jam!"
"After the jam had been cool, my mom put it into the fridge to make it tighter.
After that, She made it into a ball of pineapple jam."
9. Wrap the pineapple jam with the dough
"It helps somehow.
She already made the ball of pineapple jam so we just wrap it with the dough."
"Remember! Don't too slow when you wrap it, It'll be hard to wrap if the jam is melted. The dough will be mushy and easily crack."
That's it, guys! How to make Nastar Cookies! Before we baked it with oven, we should polish the Nastar with the egg yolk and the melted butter to make a beautiful color of Nastar. More beautiful it is, more it tempted me too. Kyaaa. And... This is how you make the polish!
1. Put a full spoon butter into the container
2. Melt it!
3. Mix the melted butter with the 4 egg yolks
(depends on the quantity that you should polish)
4. The polish is ready!
After the polish is ready, It's my main job to paint the Nastar beautifully. This is a challenge actually! Lol! After we polish it, we baked the Nastar in the oven. Don't bake it in the high temperature, It may cause the Nastar won't be baked. Just a fine temperature, around 150-celsius degree. Baked around 15 minutes, until the color of the polish out beautifully and the below side of Nastar is dry enough but not burnt. Remember, the Nastar should be dry! If there's still a dough in the tray, It's still not baked! After you make sure the Nastar is cooked well, you're done! :)) Oops! I think you still should put the cookies into the jar! Lol.
Tadaaaaa... This is our result!
The Nastar Cookies are so good, Aren't they?
Yes! It's so delicious that could make me drolling enough. Lol.
For one recipe, It could produce around 4 common round jars. Or... If I calculated it, It could produce around 160 cookies. Yes, that's a lot! I'm so satisfied with this! Besides my craving and the taste of the cookies, I'm so happy that I could have a quality time with my mom too! Talking about daily life stories, sing the songs along, and wash the dishes together. Thought, making the Nastar Cookies is a fun activity which we could do to spend the quality time and have the daily snack too! So, Why not?
Okay, guys...That's it... My mom's legend recipe of Nastar Cookies! I hope this article will help you to make the delicious Nastar Cookies! Hope you enjoy it! Don't feel doubt to ask me anything about this recipe. I'm glad to help. And... I will be gladder if you can share the result of this recipe with me too! You can leave a comment on the comment box below, guys.
Pardon me, If the quality of pictures is not too good due to the rush acts that I should do to help my mom. My mom wants to do everything quickly. Even, I barely get this recipe too. Lol. And... Pardon me too, if my kitchen's look is not as good as the others in media social (Yes, I know it). But, I'm on my way... :') I'm on my way to make a good kitchen for my mom! I hope I hope I hope! Please help me with your prayers too! Lol!
Anyway... Thank you for reading, guys!
See you in the next post,
I'll share a new cinema looks in Jakarta! Stay tuned!
Love from the author,
Cindy Tjahjadi


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I'm taking a half day on Friday and we're driving down to Davidson for a weekend reunion with Grace (and for Jonathan and Keara's wedding). Cannot wait to see her! That little muppet has been prowling the globe for far too long and I'm so relieved she's back home. It was so nice yesterday to just pick up the phone and call her and talk about Tracy Morgan, just like the old days.
Will return on Monday with lots of photos and stories, I'm sure. Until then, have a lovely weekend.


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About the Lodge
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Bakery work has turned me into someone who considers 6:30 am—when my shift at Tonglen Lake Lodge's cafe usually starts—something other than early. In the weeks on either side of the summer solstice, the sun barely sets and by this hour looks well on its way to noon when I bike up the hill from home. By the end of August, foggy twilight has settled into the 6:00 hour, and by September, the days lose minutes at a time, and soon the whole operation shuts down and I forget such an hour as 6:30 even exists. Alaska summer: it passes while you're busy doing other things.
Scones and muffins cool under the oven. I arrange them in labeled baskets, make myself an espresso, count out the register, and catch up with my coworker over either NPR's Morning Edition or Pandora's classic rock station.
Of course there's always some variable: a moose blocking the driveway, derisively eying my bike before stepping out of the way, or the realization as I pull off my XtraTufs in the closet that I grabbed mismatched kitchen shoes in my rush out of the house, or jet-lagged guests who forgot to order an early breakfast before their Denali bus tour and anxiously await coffee and directions and a weather report before I've processed the fact that I'm awake.
Most guests staying in the adjoining cabins filter in throughout the morning, before heading to the park for the day. I draw lop-sided ferns on their lattes, bag their lunches, and offer unexpectedly exuberant explanations of crepuscular mammals' latitudinal adaptations; we've all worked as guides or naturalists, and as grateful as I am that it's no longer up to get anyone anywhere, show them an animal, keep their feet warm and dry, there are some cues I can't resist taking.
Rather than information, I deal now in caffeine and calories: buttery scones and kale and bacon quiches, foamed milk and extra shots. I like the straightforward work.
The tourists bring the money, but the neighbors keep it real. They wander up in twos and threes, stand too long at the counter and still somehow forget to pay: the National Park Service retirees, whose friendships have long transcended the jobs they once had, the pants-less toddlers whose moms sneak chocolate chunk cookies into their own bags, for later. An old neighbor we all undercharge when he rattles up the hill in his 1926 blue and yellow Ford, who helps himself to coffee refills when we're too busy or distracted to get it for him.
On one of many mornings the phones are down, a neighbor bursts in at 7:01 to ask what time it is. She thought it was two hours later and here she is, dressed, and all for nothing. I offer her coffee, since she's here, clothed and everything, knowing she only drinks decaf, and only with company, knowing she'll say no. She shakes her head and goes back home, either to take her clothes off or reset her clocks or I don't know what. She lived here before phones, before power lines, before artisanal bacon date scones or Italian-style macchiatos, and now, like all of us, she's swiping helplessly at a screen, rushing to the closest business for assurance that there are still other people out there.
Another neighbor has taken great interest in my struggling pea crop; he never drops by to look at the stunted plants in person, but walks his two golden retrievers past my house and up the hill to the café almost daily to nurse a single cup of coffee and a scone, speculating about what went wrong with this year's combination of heat, nitrogen, and microbes. "Go look," I urge, but he says, "Nah, I just wanted to come up here and talk about it," and slides his empty mug across the counter.
Jane shares tidbits of wolf gossip, that cornerstone of Alaskan partisanship, and tells me who-said-what-ten-years-ago but don't-tell-anyone-unless-the-legislature, etc. I leave cookies too long in the oven when Jane comes in, and forget to refill the creamer.
I forget this isn't my house, and neighbors' kids aren't my kids when I reach across the counter to wipe boogers from their noses and then plate a cookie with the same hand, and then we all remember that this is food service and there are rules, but this is also a small community and a cool climate and little noses need a lot of help. I wash my hands too much one day and too little the next. When the cell signal returns, I hide in the back of the kitchen, sending forbidden emails about wolves, water overflowing in the prep sink. I am inefficient. Three summers and half the time my latte art looks vaguely like genitals. I eat dropped cookies off the floor. We watch who comes in together, and Jane likes to hear about it too; she's been around long enough to know it's not just wolves that keep people around Denali. It's the gossip.
And the scones.
We're damn proud of our scones.
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Gov. Ricketts Names Julie D. Smith to First Judicial District Judgeship
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LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts announced his appointment of Julie D. Smith to the First Judicial District Court of Nebraska.
Smith, 37, serves as the General Counsel for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. In her 12.5 years of practicing law in Nebraska, she has also served as a County Attorney in the Johnson County Attorney's Office and as a Partner at Smith & Smith, Attorneys at Law.
Smith earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Drake University and her Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas School of Law.
The First Judicial District for the District Court consists of Clay, Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Pawnee, Richardson, Saline, and Thayer counties. The primary place of office for the judicial vacancy is Auburn, Nebraska.
The vacancy is due to the retirement of Judge Daniel E. Bryan, Jr. effective December 31, 2016.


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Tiger killed after running loose in Georgia neighborhood
STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. | Police have confirmed that a tiger that was running loose on a Georgia highway was shot and killed.
Henry County Police Department Capt. Joey Smith tells local news outlets that drivers reported seeing a tiger early Wednesday on the northbound lanes of Interstate 75 in Stockbridge — about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Atlanta. Crews blocked off four lanes as they looked for the big cat.
Police responded to a nearby neighborhood shortly after 6 a.m. when residents reported seeing the tiger there. Smith says the Department of Natural Resources and Animal Control were en route when the tiger began chasing a dog. He says police then shot and killed the tiger. The dog survived.
Smith says he estimates the tiger was full-grown.
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Posts Tagged 'hakim warrick'
Posted on Apr 18
Derrick Rose had just made one of those plays in the Game 1 loss to the Cavaliers Saturday, a double move, slipping the trap on top, driving into the lane, changing direction, getting banged again by Shaquille O'Neal, who got credit for a block.
Rose paused and bent a bit, as if saying to himself, "What do I have to …
Posted on Apr 18
The first game of a playoff series is something of a feeling out process, getting a sense of what your opponent will do and where you are.
The Bulls, in losing Saturday 96-83 to the Cleveland Cavaliers, not only are trailing 1-0 in the series. But it should be obvious—and to no one's surprise since the Cavs had the best …
Posted on Apr 17
The Bulls made the playoffs. Great. Now what do they do? Or more precisely, how do they beat LeBron James, surely the league's MVP, and the Cavs, the NBA's winningest team?
I'm glad I asked because I know how to do it. Unfortunately, I am not coaching the Bulls, so I cannot be responsible if the Cavs win, as everyone …
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It was clearly written for the Bulls on the board as soon as you walked into the locker room before Sunday's potential playoff playin game with the Toronto Raptors.
"How bad do we want it?"
It might have needed an adverb, but the message was clear.
Joakim Noah got it, and everyone followed along for a 104-88 domination in which …
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It now comes down, as we probably always figured, to Sunday in Toronto.
With the Bulls' heartbreaking 127-116 double overtime loss to the New Jersey Nets Friday in which they blew a seven-point lead with 1:09 left in the first overtime, the Bulls head for Toronto at 38-41 tied for eighth place in the Eastern Conference with the Raptors.
The …
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I know if you were a Bulls fan what you wanted to do if you were watching Tuesday's awful, 79-74 Milwaukee Bucks victory over the Bulls, especially with Toronto losing in Cleveland with a chance to tie for eighth place in the Eastern Conference.
After kicking in your TV screen.
Sign a shooter. Can't anyone here make a shot? Hello, …
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By Adam Fluck
Tuesday marked the first time that the Bulls and Bucks hooked up following the three-player deal between the organizations on Feb. 18. On that day, Chicago sent John Salmons to Milwaukee in exchange for Hakim Warrick and Joe Alexander.
While the Bulls have struggled with injuries these last few months and are fighting for a postseason spot, …
Posted on Apr 3
The Bulls beat the Washington Wizards Friday 95-87. But make no mistake–they did not play very well, just well enough to beat a team that had just lost 16 straight games.
It took, in the end, a brilliant defensive sequence by Taj Gibson and then a Gibson jumper along with a Luol Deng three and a highlight Joakim Noah lob …
Posted on Mar 28
I wrote Saturday I didn't believe, based on the way the Bulls collapsed Thursday at home against the Miami Heat, that they could beat the New Jersey Nets.
It looks like my plan worked.
The Bulls needed someone to call them out, and I decided it had to be me at this point.
Yes, that's my story and I'm sticking …
Posted on Mar 26
I was reminded of the classic comedy movie "Airplane" Thursday while watching the Bulls joke they called a big game Thursday in losing 103-74 to the Miami Heat.
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When I play Warhammer, 95% of the time I'm playing the same guy, whom I frequently call my "arch rival" Vince. Vince works for the local Fire Department, and we play over in the station break room. It's worth noting, for the purposes of this story, to understand that in my city, firefighters do double duty as EMT's. Vince is a captain, which means that he can send other guys out on calls, or at least the first one.
Vince and I have been the "captains" of two teams of players who have been butting heads all summer long. My team, led by my Vampire Counts, have been keeping pace with my rival's, led by his Bretonnians. Most of my battles have been against Vince, with two factors generally making the difference in games: his blowing fear checks versus my miscasting. His failing fear checks means his knights hit me peacemeal where I can pick 'em off. My miscasting usually means my 500 point special character goes poof.
In the most recent game, Vince had blown three fear checks and I was feeling it. Then the first call came in: a toddler with a badly lacerated face. Vince dispatched his first squad. About twenty minutes later a second call: an eleven-year-old with a football-related neck injury.
Side note: about ten years ago the OSU Buckeyes were playing Penn State when a Penn player named Anthony Talliafaro (sp?) suffered a very serious spinal injury. I happened to be working as chaplain at OSU Hospital that year as a way to earn a little side money while in seminary, and was on call that day. I met Anthony's father, his family, and both head coaches, and got to sit with all of them as they heard Anthony would never walk again (they were wrong). But these kinds of injuries always give me a chill.
"I have to go," Vince said. "You win."
"You sure?" I asked, glancing at the table. A few fickle die rolls and the game would tip in his favor.
"No, it's cool. I'll have to go transport to the ER on this call. See you at the final battle."
Just not the way to win, and I'm feeling a distinct lack of victory thrills.


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Susan Salzbrenner, founder of Fit Across Cultures discusses mindfulness and its benefits to athlete performance.
Dennis was concentrating. "This is it. You got this! Stay focused. Just like in practice. Don't miss this. It will cost us the game". With the last seconds on the clock, he takes the last free throw. The score is 79-79. He shoots and …misses. A routine situation like a free throw in basketball, a serve in volleyball, or a penalty in football or hockey are habits that you have practiced many times over again. They are automatised. How come we still mess them up? How can we stay mentally present and strong in high pressure and high performance situations?
Using meditation and mindfulness for athletes can be one solution to staying mentally strong. Especially if you are playing professionally abroad, without our support network and under the impact of a new culture and language, finding a way to deal with stress, distractions, and mind chatter is essential to success.
What is the mindfulness approach?
Mindfulness can be defined as "a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique." … or, as in our case, a way to increase performance stability and to deal with high pressure and new situations.
Mindfulness for athletes has been used successfully by several professional and amateur sports teams. The video below shows a discussion between known mindfulness coaches in pro sports, Dr. Michael Gervais, George Mumford, and Mike Robbins. They talk about their coaching approach and interventions in the following discussion.
Let's try to tie it back to the example in the introduction.
Why didn't Dennis make the shot?
- His little pep talk made him focus more on himself instead of the situation. His mind was too self-conscious.
- Dennis is a foreign basketball player in Germany. He certainly has a lot on his plate. Instead of "being in the zone", playing in a state of flow, he might have been caught up by issues outside the court. His mind was restless.
- He might have been too concerned about his stats and what this meant for opportunities in the next season. This was a big chance to be a game winner in front of a big live audience and TV. His mind was wandering and unfocused.
- He was focusing on what not to do instead of staying present. He actively tried to push negative thoughts and doubts aside, instead making them even more present, hanging over him like a dark cloud. His mind was afraid to fail.
- Dennis overanalyzed a routine situation. Instead of focusing on the natural flow of movements, he was trying too hard to "make it right" which led him to a different behavior and routine than in practice. His mind was not letting his body do the work.
When our mind is too focused on negative thoughts from the past or the future (what could/has gone wrong), you essentially create a stress response that you have to instantly deal with. Not an ideal situation in the middle of an important game. It means we are using our attention and regulatory mechanism to attend these thoughts. It is difficult to stay composed, focused and make good decisions with all that mind chatter going on.
Research has shown that regular mindful exercises for only 8 weeks will…
- Improve your immune system (through a more robust antibody production)
- Increase your mood (heightened activation of the brain region associated with positive affect)
- Help regulate stress better and avoid distractions (faster decrease of the stress hormone cortisol)
- Experience a higher state of flow (the feeling of being in the zone which enhances performance)
(Research by Davidson, R. et al, 2003; Tang, Y., et al., 2007, Ying, H.K. & Wang, J., 2008)
The feeling of being in the zone is known to all athletes. You have all experienced that moment, that game when everything seemed to work. But here is the tricky part: a state of flow cannot be forced. But "being in the zone" CAN be a by-product of mindfulness. It helps you to not control your thoughts, to not be too self-conscious, to feel effortless while knowing exactly what your team mates expect. NBA Star players like Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant all worked with mindfulness techniques, most notably with the coach Greg Mumford. Read an interview with him on working with the Lakers.
It is often said that professional sports is a mental game. You are competing against the best of the best, so what makes the difference is who can stay cool and composed. Mentally tough. Mindful. Call it what you want. If you want to boost your talent and hard work with a mental practice that has proven results in multiple sports, give mindfulness exercises a try.


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The first major star to hit Broadway in the fall will likely be Samuel L.
As The Post reported last month, Jackson played Martin Luther King Jr. in a reading of "The Mountaintop," a new play by Katori Hall that received raves in London last year.
The reading — and Jackson's participation — was meant to be top-secret but, as they say over at the Times, several theater executives with knowledge of the event agreed to speak on condition of anonymity because their comments weren't authorized.
"He was really good, and he likes the play a lot," one source says. "We're pretty sure we've got him."
Now the hunt is on for a co-star. The play, a two-hander, is set in King's Memphis hotel the night before he's assassinated. He's visited by a sexy chambermaid who turns out to be something otherworldly.
Anika Noni Rose, who won a Tony for "Caroline, or Change," is in the mix.
I'm also hearing that the producers are pursuing Halle Berry.
Berry, an Oscar winner for "Monster's Ball," has long been on every producer's wish list. She'd certainly be a draw at the box office, and she's looking for a play to do.
She's been hanging around Broadway lately, catching up with several shows, including "Fences," starring her friend Denzel Washington.
"Fences" happens to have been directed by Kenny Leon, who'll stage "The Mountaintop."
SPEAKING of "Fences," it's still the hottest ticket on Broadway. Since it won the Tony for Best Revival, premium seats shot up to $400. But scalpers are getting $750 to $1,000 for good seats at most performances.
"Red" also raised prices to capitalize on its win for Best Play. The show closes on June 27, and there are very few seats left.
The new musicals didn't seem to get much of a bounce from the Tonys, however.
Hawkers wearing "Memphis" sandwich boards are all over Times Square offering steep discounts. There are plenty of "Fela" boards, as well. They're advertising the show's win for Best Dancing because, as one insider says, "The tourists don't know what 'choreography' is, and it's not a word that fits on a sandwich board."
"La Cage" is doing pretty good business, but the big beneficiary from the telecast appears to be, I regret to say, "Promises, Promises."
It's wrapping well over $100,000 a day, and its advance sale is closing in on $12 million.
TEN years ago, Marian Seldes rented her weekend house to some friends. They threw a cocktail party one afternoon and somebody pinched her Tony, which she received in 1967 for "A Delicate Balance."
Seldes seldom spoke about the theft. But the other week, after being interviewed on New York 1's "On Stage" program, she mentioned it to correspondent Frank DiLella. She cried when she told him the story.
DiLella immediately called The Broadway League and the American Theater Wing, the two organizations that administer the Tonys. Last week, at a pre-awards cocktail party, they presented Seldes with a replacement.
A nice story, but for the fact that Wing officials refused to acknowledge it was DiLella who got the story. In fact, they didn't even invite him to the party. And when they gave Seldes her new Tony, they left the impression that the whole business was their idea.
"They cut Frank out completely," says a source. "He was really hurt."
Well, today I'm giving him the credit he deserves.
These Wing officials can take credit for something else.
Like the low ratings for the Tony telecast.


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Microsoft is launching a program to hire people with Autism.
The software giant is working with an employment agency that creates and finds jobs for autistic workers. It plans to start with filling full-time positions at its headquarters.
Microsoft says people with autism bring strengths the company needs pointing out some have amazing ability to retain information and others excel in math or code.


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Ah, those Victorians.
22 February 2012
A few weeks back a friend and I went to see the new movie Daniel Radcliffe (a.k.a. Harry Potter) is starring in, a horror movie titled The Woman in Black (based on novel by Susan Hill). It had been ages since I saw a movie in the theater, and I enjoyed it, even though it was so-so. But man, that Victorian age. Talk about an era made for ghost and horror stories: everyone's wearing black; pollution in London and England was terrible; and they made some of the world's creepiest wind-up toys, evidently.
So it was a pleasure to go to the library not long thereafter and find Kate Colquhoun's historical true crime thriller Murder in the First-Class Carriage: The First Victorian Railway Killing waiting for me. It tells the story of the murder of a respectable City of London businessman, Thomas Briggs, the investigation of the crime, and the chase and apprehension of the prime suspect, a German expat named Franz Muller.
The book is divided into three parts: a description of the crime; the investigation of Muller (which included several detectives and witnesses following him across the ocean to America); and Muller's trial. I wouldn't say it's a great book--it dragged a bit in parts--but it was still sufficiently interesting to keep me reading until the end. And of course, who can say no to that good old Victorian atmosphere:
"The sun was low and swallows wheeled in the sky as the banker alighted from his omnibus to walk back through the City's stone warrens. Above him, the thin sliver of a bright new moon pulsed from between the clouds. The sounds of the metropolis had thinned. Passing under the great clock on the facade of Fenchurch Street Station and into the station with its modern vaulted roof, he nodded to the newsvendor. Eating his supper on a stool near the booking office, the ticket collector Thomas Fishbourne looked up as Briggs touched him on the shoulder and said goodnight. Alone, the old man mounted the stairs to the platforms, his empty black bag in one hand and his ivory-knobbed cane in the other." (p. 17.)
Rail travel! Stations called Fenchurch Street! Omnibuses! Old men carrying ivory-knobbed canes! It's the details that make this one interesting (I was going to say "fun" but that doesn't seem like the right word) and thought-provoking: imagine traveling on train cars that weren't connected to one another by doors and in which you had no way of alerting anyone to a problem (which is how early train cars in Britain were, evidently). Imagine a world before the telegraph line across the Atlantic Ocean, when the detectives had no way to alert anyone in America that they needed someone apprehended as he got off a ship in New York. Wild stuff.


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The whatever forum last night got into "first internet experience" so I thought I'd try and remember mine. I've been BBSing (and running BBSs, usually under Wildcat) since about 1984 or 85, but those were not on the Internet and I never really got that into pseudo-net tech like FidoNet (I was more interested in porn, programming libraries, and warez), although I was a DATAPAC user, primarily to talk to distant friends. In the early 90s I got a CRS Online account, which was a big BBS that had tried to tie USENET feeds into their forums.
I was able to read USENET fine, but I couldn't post to it, and I really wanted to take part. Toronto's first ISP was just opening (Internex Online) and when I went in to sign up I got the distinct impression that the person working the desk was hitting on me on account of my stretched ears (1″ ears were pretty rare in early 1994)… Anyway, I joined rec.arts.bodyart and on August 8th, 1994 made my delurk as follows:
Well, this is my official delurk... hopefully I have my server/editor figured out. I just got a rook done today and a 10ga PA about 2 weeks agon (all healed up)... I also have various small piercings (ears, nipple, frenum - misplaced) and an earlobe that I have managed to get up to over 1" and rising. Also I have a "full body" brand - from my hip to my forearm. Some questions: 1) What are the logistics of a large (4+ ga) piercing in the conch? (2) What is this metal OSMIUM - is it part of a joke, or is it a real metal? (3) How much does an ampallang hurt in comparison to a PA, and can I have both a large PA and ampallang? - like 0+ ga (4) Did this post arrive successfully?
shannon larratt
Yeah, I was a real newb, but not long afterwards I was already posting info files. Can you tell it's an obsession with me? Check out the very earliest version (August 11th, 1994) of the Ear Piercing 101 diagram… gotta love ASCII art:
Places to pierce your ear:
/ __------__
| / _-----__ \
| ,/ | 4 | | 1 is a rook (top-inner fold)
|* * + |--1__ | | 2 is a tragus (triangle-thing)
|/ __ \ \ | | 3 is a daith (innermost fold)
/ _. \ `3-_ | | | 4 is a conch piercing
|___/ 2 | -- | ,' 5 is a lobe piercing
|___ / __/ |
|__/ ---' ,'
| . 5 ,'
| -_____-
On August 12th a better version was posted:
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6 ,'--._ 4 | |
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`-. `. | |
`-._ `. 4`. |
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1 is the rook (topmost inner fold of the ear shell)
2 is a tragus (that triangle)
3 is a daith (in the fold of cartilage tissue just above the ear opening)
4 is a conch piercing (yes, all the way down are still considered conch's)
5 is a lobe piercing
6 (i think) is called a helix.
Not long after that (only August 15th) I was already trying to get a magazine or book rolling:
Is anyone out there interested in starting an e-zine dedicated to piercing and bodyart? It's a project I would like to get started... I have access to a 1200dpi scanner, and lots of equipment, and have various piercings of my own I could use, but obiously I need help... If anyone is interested please email me.
For a first issue I would like to make a sort-of-FAQ with photos (among other stuff) - something that newbies could ftp and would answer a lot of question - but I don't want to use magazine pictures so I would need people to mail me pictures or email me scans of stuff... not just finished piercings but procedural photos if you have an unusual piece of pierce. (I will probably use photos of having an 8mm dermal punch put through my conch.)
At about the same time I was running super early versions of what would later become the MegaSurvey; on September 9th, 1994 I posted some early results:
General Piercings:
ear (61%)|**********************
nipple (51%)|******************
navel (17%)|******
septum (17%)|******
tongue (11%)|****
eyebrow ( 5%)|**
Male Piercings:
pa (35%)|*******
frenum (21%)|****
ampallang ( 5%)|*
hafada ( 5%)|*
rev pa ( 5%)|*
Female Piercings:
inner labia (16%)|**
clit hood (16%)|**
Originally the magazine had been planned as an email newsletter with attached photos, but then it shifted over to being an FTP site (remember, this was before the days of Netscape; only Lynx was used for browsing and Mosaic was a prototype with limited penetration). On October 15th, 1994, I announced that the site was up:
OK - This is a confirmation of the FTP site for piercing that is STARTING to become active. It's address is:
and it's directories are:
/u/u3/g/glider/bodyart - main directory
/u/u3/g/glider/bodyart/incoming - uploads of all types
/u/u3/g/glider/bodyart/ezine - the ezine when it starts to exist
/u/u3/g/glider/bodyart/ezine/incoming - incoming articles, submissions, letters
/u/u3/g/glider/bodyart/pictures - pictures, JPEG or GIF usually
/u/u3/g/glider/bodyart/text - text
CURRENTLY, these directories are mostly empty, but hopefully will start to fill up soon.
shannon larratt
ps. if you want to subscribe to the ezine, mail me...
However, that course of action didn't work that well, and I don't really count it as "officially" launched at that point — it was just a small collection of photos really. The web started taking off as well, so, on December 7th, 1994, the following post was made:
Subject: Body Art Magazine / WWW Site
Ok, well the magazine is much more on its way! The initial pictures from the first issue are available on my WWW site.
There are a bunch of pictures: hand web, large piercings, stretching, implant surgery, eyebrow... they are 1200dpi colour 24bit scans, all 640x480 in .jpg format - check it out. Text will be there soon too...
shannon larratt
So that (BME) is "my first internet experience". Beginners luck I suppose. I'm sure folks like Barry (maybe Keith as well but I'm not sure) who pre-date me on RAB probably get a chuckle out of remembering those days… given that Barry almost got me shut down for slander — but that's another story!
Anyway, feel free to post your "first internet experience" story in the forum…
Anyway, feel free to post your "first internet experience" story in the forum…


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Faulty Math
A small miscalculation can throw off all your numbers and get you into trouble with the IRS.
Name Changes and Misspellings
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Time for this week's discussion. The story is here, and for the opinion round-up we start with Rich Horton:
"Alastair Baffle's Emporium of Wonders" is a thoughtful story about one of those mysterious shops, this on a magic supply store at which a couple of boys meet, leading to a lifelong partnership. And now they are aging, and try to find the store one last time. Inevitably, when they find it, they find that there is real magic on offer. But is such magic really worth the price? This is one of Resnick's better stories, though still not really one to which I'd give a Hugo. In the end, for me, the final revelations weren't intriguing or new enough to push the story from "decent" to "special".
In "Alastair Baffle's Emporium of Wonders" by Mike Resnick, Silver and Gold are two old men who met each other as kids in the titular shop, which purports to sell magic tricks. They are now ninety-year-olds in a retirement home, reminiscing on the past, but they decide to take one last look at the shop, to see whether it's still there, and when they find out it is, Baffle makes them an offer hard to refuse…
Although this starts slowly, I loved the atmosphere that it drew, from Chicago in the thirties to the present day, and the Emporium of Wonders is truly a wonderful place. The interplay between the two main characters was spot-on and often hilarious as they nagged at each other. The ending was not altogether surprising, but it succeeded in presenting both answers to a dilemma in a clever fashion, while not passing judgments on either. Recommended.
Like a lot of Resnick's writing, this story is a bit sentimental, but it didn't take the obvious and expected ending. It's about two old men, lifetime friends and partners in all sorts of things, who first met in a mysterious magic store. As retirees living in a nursing home, they decide on a final adventure and try to find some trace of the store that meant so much to their childhood. As one might expect, they succeed in finding it, and from there the two men have different reactions nad follow different paths. I liked the ending; it avoids any obvious happy ending and tells a more complicated story about aging, belief, memories, and decisions. (7)
The short story "Alastair Baffle's Emporium of Wonders" by Mike Resnick (in the January 2008 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine) deserves to be on every award and anthology short-list next year. Not only is the story amazingly well written, it'll stab you through the heart while leaving you both sad and optimistic about humanity and our desires. This is Resnick at his very best.
Stalwart Mike Resnick's story "Alastair Baffle's Emporium of Wonders" is a haunting tale of two old men having one last roll of the dice. They venture out of their sheltered home in search of a magic shop they remembered from the youth and lo and behold, they find it, just exactly as it was seventy years ago. Weirdly, the proprietor is equally unchanged. It is a bittersweet story of ambitions unfulfilled, suffused with gentle humour and a generous pinch of pathos.
At the other end of the age range, is a very, very satisfying story from Resnick. Two old guys, sharing a flat in a retirement complex, are getting very near to the end of their lives and their almost life-long friendship. With creaking joints and failing organs, they reflect on their moment of first meeting, in the magic store which they visited as children. They reflect on that time, as young boys when all was possible, and indeed, Alastair Baffle seemed to suggest that even more was possible.
Maury Gold is determined to see if the shop is still there. Against all the odds, of course, as he is 92, so the shop must be long gone. Nate Silver reluctantly accompanies him, and they find that not only is the shop still there, but so is the owner, and Mr Baffle appears to be not a year older. It appears that Baffle has much more to offer than sleight of hand tricks, and Gold is quite willing to take what is on offer, whilst Silver less so.
It's an extremely effective but gentle and subtle story.
A bit more positive than the initial reactions here, then. But what did you think?


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On Wednesday I participated in a Globe & Mail online Q&A chat on RESPs – you can read all the questions and answers here.
The Q&A was a lot of fun. I wasn't sure what to expect in the way of questions, but there were a lot of good topics covered. Thanks to Roma Luciw and Katherine Scarrow for setting it up.
The Globe & Mail also published an excerpt from my e-book "How to withdraw from your RESP" this week.
For those keeping track at home, I was in the Globe twice last week and twice this week. I'm wondering when they will have had enough of me? 🙂
On with the links
Dan Ariely says that investment advisors ask the wrong questions when discussing retirement planning.
Blunt Bean Counter had a good article called Who is your wealth management quarterback?
Echo is sitting around and wondering what he should do about his RRSP.
Michael James warns that some brokerages won't give you the preferred rate unless you ask.
My Own Advisor reveals his favourite Canadian equity ETFs.
The Oblivious Investor discusses a conflict in retirement savings. Is the money for living or for your estate?
A few more links
- 10 Ways to Save on Housing Without Moving in With Mom and Dad
- Do You Need Disaster Insurance? What Type Should You Get?
- How to Hold Real Estate in Your Roth IRA
- Net Worth Review for August 2011
Want to learn more about RESPs? Buy The Book:
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Cardiff Rugby Life Podcast 2020/21: Episode 11
Another bumper podcast this week with Cardiff Blues and Wales games coming thick and fast. In the Wales camp there
Since 1876
Another bumper podcast this week with Cardiff Blues and Wales games coming thick and fast. In the Wales camp there
Cardiff Blues went down to a heavy 40-5 defeat at the hands of Leinster on Sunday evening, as a late
Cardiff Blues battled hard but ultimately couldn't get close to undefeated Leinster after a final quarter blitz from the hosts
Cardiff Blues head on the road for the final time in the first Guinness Pro14 fixture block of the season
Cardiff Blues' game against Leinster in the Guinness Pro14 on Sunday evening will be refereed by Scottish official Mike Adamson.
John Mulvihill has been forced into a number of changes in the Cardiff Blues side to face Leinster on Sunday
It's all on-field action this week on the Cardiff Rugby Life Podcast as the games come thick and fast for
Cardiff Blues will be boosted by the return of Tomos Williams to the matchday squad for the trip to reigning
Cardiff Blues will likely be without six back rowers for Sunday's trip to reigning Guinness Pro14 champions and currently undefeated
It is two losses in two for Cardiff Blues after last Friday's defeat to Leinster in Dublin, the first time


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After weeks of waiting, RMI guide Chad Peele reports that the team is making a plan to attempt the summit very soon. Good luck, guys!
May 17, 2010
17,575 ft.
Taking advantage of a short weather window, a little over 80 people went for the summit today. News is still coming down from high on the mountain and things are sounding uneventful, which is a good thing!
For us RMI climbers, we had several meetings today with Guides, climbers and Sherpas and decided that our time has come as well. We are planning to let a short window of weather pass and will start our final push up the mountain within the next several days weather permitting.
The team is rested and excited at having known dates for our summit push and everyone is making their final preparations. Meanwhile, we will continue to listen, watch the weather and fine tune our dates as they get closer. Stay tuned for our upcoming summit launch!


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Today and tomorrow the Dare 2B Artzy design team is celebrating a coming release and showing you a sneak peek of new paper and stamps to be released. There are so many adorable new stamps coming and I think you will be excited to see what we have in store, including a moose themed set, reindeer and of course a ski bear set which I'm featuring today.
There is also a sale = 10% off with Code: Sunny10 until August 1st. New products will be in the store mid-August. We invite you to visit the Artzy Community over on Facebook to see all the sneak peeks as they are revealed today and tomorrow. You can leave a comment here on this blog to be in the drawing for a $15 gift card.
Here is my card, featuring strips of several of the new Christmas patterned papers as the background against red cardstock. I colored up the Ski Bear stamp with copics. I added some stripes to the skis and to the sleeves as well as some white gel pen to show a dusting of snow on the ski vest. Next, I die cut the bear with an oval die and inked the edges with red ink. I used stickles to add more interest by popping dots in the center of the pom poms on caps as well as the centers of stars.
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The second season of the big APEX pro Overwatch tournament has produced all sorts of surprises, but none have landed with as much oomph as Ryu "Kaiser" Sang Hoon's Reinhardt.
Kaiser's team, an unheralded org called RunAway, completed their improbable march to APEX's grand finals by hammering down APEX S1 standout LW Blue. With the series evenly contested at two games a piece and an even split on the final map, the castle ruins of Eichenwalde, things were tense. LW Blue were on their back foot, but RunAway still needed to make something big happen.
Initially, it seemed like LW Blue's defense on the last point was too strong, and RunAway would have to pull back, draining precious seconds from the clock. On top of that, LW Blue clearly knew Kaiser's ult—a giant hammer strike that would knock down anybody in range—was ready to go, so their own Reinhardt stuck to him like glue, ready to defend. Meanwhile, the rest of the team stayed cautiously out of range, biding their time and preparing to weather The Big One whenever it hit.
Fast forward to 2:40:50 to see the play.
As Dot Esports points out, what Kaiser did in reaction to all of this was simply brilliant. Initially, he positioned himself to the left of the payload, lulling the other team into positioning themselves counter to that—on the far right of the payload. He continued to back up in that direction, giving ground and boosting the other team's confidence.
"Kaiser, the king of Earthshatters in this tournament, needs to come up big here if he wants to send his team to the finals," said one of the commentators as this was happening. "Looks like they're going to have to wait, though, as [teammate] Bumper goes down, and this push... probably gonna get stalled out."
The words had barely left the tip of the commentator's tongue when Kaiser made his move. With agility utterly defiant of Reinhardt's colossal frame, Kaiser leaped from an inclined surface to the far right of the payload. He then dropped his ult, knocking down all six players on the enemy team. It was a fake-out, and a sublimely successful one at that.
Moments later, RunAway's Ana used her ult to boost Kaiser's damage, and the rest was like clean-up after a mildly raucous party (at your rich friend's dad's house, and also his dad is a king). Kaiser charged in, taking out three members of the other team in one fell swoop, then turned and obliterated their D.Va for good measure. His team took care of the rest. After that, they were able to push the payload to the final point without too much resistance.
This wasn't just the best play of the whole game, or even the match. It was the best play of the whole tournament. RunAway trended on Korean Twitter for hours afterward. I doubt even Kaiser can top himself at this point, but I suppose we'll find out at the grand finals on April 4.


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While you definitely should read the article, I thought that it dovetailed nicely into an excerpt from my band improvement book "How To Make Your Band Sound Great" on the same subject.
For some artists and bands the art of set dynamics seems to be inherent, while some never get the hand of it. For those of you who don't have your audience begging for more at the end of your set, try what's outlined below.
Like we said in Chapter 8, dynamics also applies to a set or show as well. You want to make sure that the show builds in intensity and peaks at the right time. It might start off with a couple of songs that are a 7 or 8 in intensity with a 10 being the most intense, back off to a ballad or something acoustic in the middle of the set that's a 3 or 4, then end the set with an 8 or 10. Once again, tension and release at work.
Let's look at a typical set list for a 45 minute set or show:
Song 1 - intensity level 8
Song 2 - intensity level 8
Singer speaks to audience, guitarist changes guitars
Song 3 - intensity level 7
Song 4 - intensity level 6 (alternative Song 4A - intensity level 6)
Singer speaks to audience, sets up next song, guitarist changes guitars, drummer on percussion
Song 5 - intensity level 5
Song 6 - intensity level 7 (guitarist changes guitars, drummer back to drums during intro)
Singer speaks to audience, keyboard player sets up backing tracks
Song 7 - intensity level 8 (alternative Song 7A - intensity level 8)
Song 8 - intensity level 10
Encore - intensity level 10
As you can see, the songs are set up so all changes are smooth and there's no extra time taken between songs. Also, alternative songs are predetermined (called "audibles" just like in football) and everyone knows what's going to happen in the set. If you give some thought to your show or set and practice it at rehearsal so everything is smooth, you'll be surprised just how professional you will come off.
Another thing - the old showbiz adage of "always leave them wanting more" really works. You're a lot better off to leave too early than too late, so sometimes just a single encore song (or none at all) is really the best.
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Bauer College Hosts Free Nov. 11 Harvey Financial Recovery Boot Camp
Published on October 30, 2017
Daylong Event Includes Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale Keynote, Interactive Programs, Expert Tips
In partnership with the Financial Planning Association of Houston, Houston Lawyers Referral Service and others, the C. T. Bauer College of Business will host an on-campus event Nov. 11 designed to provide ongoing resources to those impacted by Hurricane Harvey.
The Harvey Financial Recovery Boot Camp will bring together experts and leaders in the areas of finance, tax, real estate and legal issues, to share their insights of the impact of Hurricane Harvey on the greater Houston area and individuals.
The daylong event features a special lineup of interactive programs, expert speakers and one-on-one sessions to ensure that participants have plenty of opportunity to discuss challenges and solutions with a wide range of professionals.
The event will include an opening session featuring Gallery Furniture owner Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale as the keynote speaker. McIngvale made national headlines for transforming his furniture stores into shelters after Hurricane Harvey for fellow Houstonians.
"In the wake of Hurricane Harvey and flooding that had a significant impact on the lives and financial conditions of our students and community, Bauer College has partnered with several organizations," Undergraduate Business Programs Associate Dean Frank Kelley said. "We are thankful for this all volunteer effort by 'Mattress Mack' and many professionals in the financial, legal, and real estate fields donating their time and talents."
Kelley added: "Being able to provide help to the Houston community is what Bauer, and the University of Houston, is all about. The City of Houston is a giving city, so it is only natural that we give back in the way we can, through education."
For more information about the free event, and to register, visit www.bauer.uh.edu/hurricane.
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I liked this post over at Monevator discussing the limitations of the Buffett Valuation metric – Market Cap vs GNP. Like most valuation metrics, the Buffett metric is a guidepost and not a holy grail. I use it mainly for broad perspective, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have its limitations. For instance, the metric has to have an upward bias to some degree because market cap is likely to grow faster than GNP for various reasons. But there are other limitations noted in the post:
- Little UK data for the stock market to GDP/GNP
- Different countries have very different markets
- What about overseas sales?
- The ratio is often elevated, and thus arguably useless
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HGTV has launched its fall promotional campaign, highlighting two of its new shows, Consumed and Urban Suburban in the multi-platform effort developed in-house by the Shaw Media marketing team.
Consumed, a show described as an "extreme home experiment," which challenges Canadian pack-rat families to survive with only the basics for 30 days, is being promoted with a campaign illustrating people burdened by clutter.
Multiple on-air teasers will run on HGTV, depicting families in a series of pack-rat predicaments. Consumed posters are appearing on the interior of subway cars in Toronto and a print takeover of Metro in Toronto will appear on the day of the show's launch, Tuesday, Aug. 30 at 10 p.m. The campaign activity is also taking place in Vancouver.
Urban Suburban, a show which features real estate agents finding homes for families in either the city or the suburbs, is being promoted using an OOH tug-of-war themed campaign. Side by side posters are appearing on subway and GO trains platforms in Toronto, joined together with a vinyl rope. Urban Suburban premieres Wednesday, Aug. 31 at 10 p.m. Consumed and Urban Suburban will also have print ads in newspapers, including The Toronto Star and The Vancouver Province, as well as commuter papers t.o.night and 24 Hours.
Both campaigns are aimed at HGTV's target demo of adults aged 25 to 54, says Solange Bernard, director of brand and publicity for the lifestyle channels at Shaw Media.
"[Because] we are reaching a wide audience, through targeted media choices in subway and Go Trains stations [with] ads in both big city centres and in commuter papers, we are reaching consumers who are directly impacted by these dilemmas," she says.


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This was a news piece that I thought was kinda hilarious at the time, I still do. It's probably no longer relevant, I'm sure this was denied by those involved, but it's still being archived. I did end up being asked to turn my news piece into an article exploring why this was a good thing which I did, so that's why it goes on beyond "Oh my god, a porn site is doing a thing"
Yes, you read that headline correctly. No, It's not a joke.
#xHamster is offering the #Wachowskis a fitting production partner – us. Details https://t.co/qikpqCpDuH #Sense8 #Netflix
— xHamster (@xhamstercom) August 17, 2017
The legendary adult entertainment website xHamster have decided to make the Wachowski's an offer that they might not want to refuse. In an open letter that was mailed to the Wachowski sisters, xHamster has offered to step up to the plate to right Netflix's wrong. For those who don't want to click on a link to an adult entertainment website that they post on their twitter, someone on twitter posted a copy of the letter for all to share.
L'offre est sérieuse : La plateforme de vidéos pornographiques X Hamster propose aux Wachowski de produire la saiso… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…—
Fabien Randanne (@fabrandanne) August 17, 2017
"Dear Lana and Lilly,
We recently read that you're working on a third season of Sense8 despite the fact that Netflix has no plans to renew the series. We know it's unconventional, but we want to bring it back – on xHamster. We're not talking about a parody, or something less than, but an actual revival of the series.
Ever since we read about the cancellation, we've been wondering if there was something we could do. While we're happy that Netflix is picking up the series for a conclusion, before you wrap up the story, we wanted you to consider another option – letting xHamster produce the series.
Hear us out.
xHamster is currently one of the most trafficked websites on the internet. We get more visitors daily than the New York Times, ESPN or the Daily Mail. In short, we have the eyeballs, and the revenue. Unlike with Netflix, you wouldn't be competing for part of our production budget – it would be yours.
We also have the disposition. We know that a series about polymorphous perversity is a hard sell for a mainstream network like Netflix. We have no such limitations, and also understand implicitly the interconnectedness of sexualities across boundaries. In short, we are a we.
xHamster has a long history of fighting for the rights of sexual speech, and non-normative sexuality. In addition to allowing billions of users to connect with individual articulations of gender and sexuality, we continue to use our audience to speak up against repressive anti-LGBTQ laws in the US and abroad, and for sex ed in public schools Planned Parenthood and the rights of sex workers.
We'd like to set up a meeting to see if there's some fit for us in the future of Sense8. We know we're an unlikely home. But five years ago, people laughed at the idea of Netflix producing original series. We think that our time, like yours, has come.
Alex Hawkins
Vice President, xHamster
If the Wachowski sisters take xHamster up on this offer, this will be the first scripted original series for the adult entertainment streaming company and their second original series after the show The Sex Factor.
It would also be the first TV series to make the leap from an established network to an adult entertainment site, though it would join the long tradition of shows that leapt between networks. Doing this does mean a big potential change for the content of the program, beyond the obvious NSFW stuff. Previous shows that have changed networks have found new freedoms that previous networks didn't provide. Just to give an idea of what potential changes might come along with this shift, should the Wachowski's take xHamster up on its offer.
Change In Conditions
American Dad, as an example, started on Fox and moved to TBS for the most recent seasons. Such a change not only allowed the series to up the standard season episode count to a full 22 episode seasons, something that had never happened for the show before since every season has a different number of episodes. You ever wonder why the DVD's are listed as volumes? This irregular episode count is why.
It also meant that the show no longer had to match the audience numbers that a network like Fox would expect. It can continue to be renewed on TBS while only getting around a million viewers an episode because, for TBS, that's more than enough if they believe in the show. A change of network can mean a change in expectations regarding viewers, meaning good series that aren't getting eyeballs are able to keep going so they can be discovered later.
Change In Tone
Buffy The Vampire Slayer is another example of a show that moved, from the WB to the UPN. This change granted the show a lot more freedom to be darker. Sure back on the WB they were allowed to be pretty dark, look at how dark Angel got, but they probably weren't going to be allowed to get as dark as season six got.
Let's be honest, The WB would have never put this scene on air in this manner. Wouldn't happen
It gave them permission to take bigger chances, the iconic musical episode would not have happened had the show been put on the WB because that might be a bridge too far. A change in network can mean a tonal shift, a loss of innocence that can create some great TV. Not to mention it can allow creators to take major chances that their original networks wouldn't allow.
Change In Audience Access
Less common than it should be is the revival of a series without changing anything, something Netflix did themselves when they brought Arrested Development back to the world almost a decade after it originally premiered. The revival allowed old fans a chance to see more of their favourite show, while new fans who may have never given the show a chance could get into it easier with new episodes to entice them.
It's a tactic normally done for shows that were critical darlings, but ratings failures. It can also be done for shows that gained a cult following that was large enough for other networks to notice. The big thing is that this change in network tends to try and keep the show as close to the original as possible because they want it to remain in continuity with the original series. This also happened for Futurama and The Critic, both critically acclaimed and revived on different networks just so the cult audience of both shows could get more of what they love.
Sense8 has the chance to be any of these. We already know that the Wachowski's are writing a third season already and that Netflix might bring the show back to finish the story off in a two-hour special, but taking xHamster up on its offer means that the Wachowski's have a chance to push the show even further than they could on Netflix. They could grow the audience beyond what Netflix could provide, introduce the series to a whole new crowd of people and provide the world of adult entertainment some serious creative chops. They could make the sexuality of the show even more intense, take it to darker more powerful places that might've even been too far for Netflix but wouldn't be too far for an adult website like xHamster. Or, perhaps, they will just continue on as the same show. There is only one way we're going to find out.
If Sense8 moved to xHamster, would you still watch it?


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Agreements for Partial Payments & Late Payments
Partial payments and payments that are made with a disconnect or reminder notice, will only be accepted at Richmond Power & Light's Customer Service Office.
If you write a check for your bill, and the check doesn't clear the bank, a $20.00 returned check charge will be added to your bill. If your check doesn't clear the bank, you will have to pick up your check at our Customer Service Office, and the full amount of your check plus the $20.00 returned check charge must be paid in cash at that time. If your check was for a payment agreement payment, your agreement may be broken and the entire balance of the agreement would need to be made to continue services.
Your bill is due 17 days from the day it is mailed. After the due date, a penalty is charged. At this time, you would be sent a reminder notice giving you approximately 15 days to make the payment current. If you have a balance that becomes 49 days old, you will receive a disconnection notice.
If you receive a disconnect notice and have difficulty paying it in full, please contact our Customer Service Office at 765-973-7200 and select Option #3 to see if you are eligible for a payment agreement. Our customer service representatives will be glad to work with you. However, if a customer makes only a partial payment, sends in a promissory note, or makes no contact with us concerning a delinquent bill, we have no alternative but to disconnect the electric service.


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The 5.2 boot disk recognized my backpack CDROM, but
the 6.0 boot disk doesn't.
Same problem in my case, I installed 5.1 with no problems,
but it is impossible for me to install 6.0
Is anybody looking into this problem??!!!
Try the boot images at:
Can we expect to see any progress on this bug in the near future?
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Tried the latest boot image, did not work.
What was the error/problem?
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The problem is that the RedHat 6.0 boot disk does not recognize my BackPack cd-rom.
Are you using the image from the mentioned URL, or the
standard RH6.0/errata boot image?
What's the error when it tries to load the pcd module
(look on VTs 2,3,4)
The boot image from http://people.redhat.com.notting/ftp/paride does
not fit on a single disk. How can I get this to work as a boot disk?
ncftp /notting/paride > ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 notting notting 1474560 Aug 27 16:14 boot.img
It's the same size as all the other boot images. Did you
download it in binary mode?
The boot image on http://people.redhat.com/notting/ftp/paride/ works
just fine. Thankyou! I was making Linux "newbie" mistakes. Finally,
got my act together, thanks again!


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During their Reddit AMA, Lead Multiplayer Designer, Erin Daly, from Naughty Dog studios highlighted the future of The Last of Us multiplayer.
First answer up was by us, asking whether we would be receiving anymore DLC for the multiplayer. While it's not a definite yes, it certainly isn't a definite no.


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Sex abuse! Something so prevailing now a days in the country. The new generation or somewhat even the present one is also just concerned about intervening of bodies. Just for the sheer eleven minutes pleasure as described by Paulo Coelho.
Last day a friend shared an incident which happened in Trivandrum city. A teenage boy of 15 years old wants to have sex with his mom. And his justification is that she is a woman, and she being his mother is not his fault. So if he felt a desire towards her it's not his fault, but quite understandable. And what he did to satisfy his urge is so damn shocking. He gave sleeping pills to his own mom and fulfilled his sinful desire. And now she have a new life in her womb from her own son. The agony and the state of mind that mother would have felt or would have to go through till her last breath is beyond any words.
Another teenage guy fall in love with his own sister and he wants to marry her. They coming from the same womb and father is not a concern for him. She's a girl and she obviously will marry someone someday then why not him. He doesn't know the word sister have a meaning beyond her feminine looks.
Mother, sister and all are woman. But they are a part of one's life that cannot be replaced or destroyed just coz u felt some desire towards them coz of their sex.
It's always believed two woman guys usually would give their life is their mom n sister. Both of them who had been with him for everything. Their tears is equal to his heartbeat. But now the very same son or brother is destroying their life.
I wonder, how am I or the 20s, the future parents gonna give birth to their lil ones, knowing that they are gonna let their babies into a society that doesn't even understand the meaning of MOTHER?
P.S. God do help our future generation!
God Blez.


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One Song: Daniel Bejar's Destroyer finds a different angle on Kara Walker's words
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Daniel Bejar forces listeners to hear Kara Walker's words from a different angle on 'Suicide Demo for Kara Walker.'
Appropriation -- the act of making something your own by copying it -- has been a hot topic in the art world at least since Andy Warhol first closely examined the can that contained his lunch. It's become increasingly relevant in popular music circles too, leading to big questions about intellectual property and the nature of originality.
"Suicide Demo for Kara Walker" employs appropriation in fascinating ways. It's on "Kaputt," the new album from Vancouver-based bard Daniel Bejar's semi-solo project, Destroyer. "Kaputt" rethinks Destroyer's noisy, rococo indie rock within the startling context of New Romantic smooth jazz, in the process changing the meaning of clichés like "mellow" and "art rock."
All the songs on "Kaputt" pose this challenge, but "Suicide Demo" goes furthest by featuring lyrics Bejar cut up from text-filled cue cards sent to him by the fine artist Kara Walker. Walker herself is an appropriation genius, known for work that fearlessly interrogates the deep history of African American and female oppression through refashioned imagery. Singing loaded phrases like "Seen you consorting with your Invisible Manhole" or "Don't talk about the South, she said," in his quavery Canadian tenor, Bejar doesn't become Walker but forces the listener to hear her words in a different voice, from a different angle. Disturbing and illuminating, "Suicide Demo" leads us somewhere new.
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Nearly-transparent screen adds solar charge to phones
French startup hopes to market in 2014
"Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good" seems to be the motto of a French startup that believes it has a good-enough approach to adding solar charging to smartphones.
Rather than wait until fully-transparent solar cells are ready for prime time, SunPartner is using standard thin-film solar cells in an arrangement which it says can fit between a smartphone's screen and the protective glass cover.
SunPartner's arrangement is to alternate thin strips of photovoltaic cells with a transparent film, overlaid with a semi-cylindrical lens to focus incoming light onto the cells. This structure would sit between the smartphone's screen and the glass touchscreen cover.
The company has told IEEE Spectrum its prototypes it's already achieved 82 percent transparency, with a target of 90 percent.
SunPartner's nearly-transparent solar charge screen
At an additional build cost of a couple of dollars for the solar layer and power electronics, the company says, its technology would add 20 percent to battery life in normal use - and it can harvest enough solar power for a phone, left the daylight, to idle indefinitely.
SunPartner claims it's working with three manufacturers to test the technology. ®


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Happy New Year and welcome to the first WAD blog of 2010! As Tom mentioned last week the last year has been a busy one, and there is going to be plenty of exciting stuff coming up too. As I've talked about in a previous blog there is going to be a massive focus on the African continent this summer with the World Cup Finals hosted in South Africa. For the sport hungry people amongst you there is a nice warm-up to the World Cup with the African Cup of Nations starting in Angola within the next few days.
The African Cup of Nations is the main football competition for African countries held every two years. This historic year of African football kicks off the continent's football extravaganza this Sunday when Angola hosts the 27th Cup of Nations. The competition started in 1957, three years before Europe staged a similar tournament. Since then the Cup of Nations has evolved from a small event to become one of the most eagerly awaited tournaments in the world, featuring some of the finest talent from Europe's biggest clubs.
This event has been highly anticipated by Angolans who, using funds from the IMF and China, have constructed four new football stadiums. It was only seven years ago that the 27 year long civil war came to an end, a war which took a million lives and displaced four million others. The fact that Angola has been chosen to host the 2010 cup is a sign of confidence in the stability of the region and shows that this once deeply troubled country is on the rise. It is an oil rich country, and despite the controversies around African oil mining, this is surely what the government are relying on to help build up the infrastructure and bring the country out of poverty. Oil provides 95% of Angola's export wealth, mostly from exporting to China. China's role in Africa gets a bad rap in the Western media at the moment; this article gives an interesting counter viewpoint (but that's a whole debate for another day).
By hosting the African Cup of Nations over this month, Angola also hopes that it can kick start its tourism industry. Angola has a lot to offer with its pristine beaches, warm climate, and distinct colonial Portuguese architecture. However Angola is not a destination for your regular English speaking tourist, seeking creature comforts. English is not widely spoken (80% speak Portuguese) and means of transport such as taxis were only introduced a month before the cup. But this is where local operators on the ground can help and give tourists a unique and inspiring experience.
Unfortunately, flights to Angola from Europe are expensive and tend to be booked up by oil and construction companies in advance, with flights starting at 1,000 dollars. Travelling to Angola to watch their team this month will be way too expensive for most African football fans. A standard hotel room in the capital of Luanda cost more than 400 dollars per night, and restaurants charge the same if not more than what you would expect to pay in London. As Angola continues to grow a better tourism infrastructure can be implemented, with the money created going back into local communities.
Egypt may be the competition's current champions, but once again the West African region has shown its dominance of African football, claiming four of the five spots for the World Cup in South Africa. Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria have booked their places in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. For the 2010 African Cup of Nations, fifteen teams join host country Angola. They are Cameroon, Gabon, Togo, Nigeria, Tunisia, Mozambique, Ghana, Benin, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Malawi; eight of which are West African countries!
The bookmakers' favourites for the competition are Côte d'Ivoire with a team filled with players from the top levels of European football clubs. They qualified comfortably and have a number of talented players in their side including Didier Drogba, brothers Kolo & Yaya Toure, Didier Zokora, Emmanuel Eboue, and Salomon Kalou, also making them one of the outside chances for the World Cup. Two years ago Cote d'Ivore arrived at the Cup of Nations in Ghana as favourites only to be overrun 4-1 by Egypt in the semi-final. This time around they will be keen to dispel accusations of complacency and showcase their talent in what is set to be a great year for African football.
The groups have been drawn as follows:
Group A: Algeria, Angola, Malawi, Mali
Group B: Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo
Group C: Benin, Egypt, Mozambique, Nigeria
Group D: Cameroon, Gabon, Tunisia, Zambia
The first match is on Sunday with Angola Vs Mali. A full schedule can be found on the Confederation of African Football website. Stay tuned to West Africa Discovery for updates on the West African teams' progress in the Cup. Until Sunday check out this video made by Puma showcasing the new African team kits.
Visit www.westafricadiscovery.com
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The Beacon
Sunday, October 24, 2021
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
MVP is volunteering at The Beacon, which is a non-profit organization that serves the Houston homeless community through daily services, civil legal aid, counseling and mentoring and access to housing. As volunteers we will be helping greet guests, lunch preparation and serving, and assisting with laundry.
Volunteers will meet at the Student Center information desk at 9:25 and will carpool to the site at 9:40 AM. Please indicate on the sign up form if you can provide carpool- we always need volunteer drivers! We will then volunteer from 10:00AM - 1:00pm. After the event, volunteers will return to campus at 1:20 PM.
To sign up, complete the Google Form and Taylor Laredo, email@example.com, will contact you with more information about training.
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The academic year is officially launched and with it, PlayRight + continues to award prizes to the students who just finished their Master. The latest laureates have just completed their studies at Arts2, the Royal Conservatory of Mons.
PlayRight+ offers all Belgian universities the opportunity to award a PlayRight+ prize to the graduating young musicians and actors. The prize is awarded to those who have distinguished themselves during their training and studies as a performing artist. Our first collaboration with the teaching team and the Direction of Art2 allowed two students, selected by their teachers, to receive an award during the proclamations.
The cream of the theatre's teaching team, held by Frédéric Dussenne, Bernard Cogniaux, Bernard Clair and Sylvie Landuyt (Director of the Theatre department) have selected Guillaume Druez :
" Guillaume has this rare quality in the actors to show both great command and a magnificent permeability to the moment. He combines technical power and frailty. He is a team player, rigorous and attentive. Guillaume explores all facets of his body, his language, the stage and in different temporal durations. He hungers theatrical and performative experiments. This is where his talent lies, in the multiplicity and complexity of the theatre. He is dedicated and blossoms in several roles, he keeps transforming and surprising others, always on the edge, taking risks. He can appear out of nothing and make a strong impact.
He also developed an exciting personal writing style, combining the absurd, comedy, poetry and emotion. He carries his own projects with great success."
For the music section, the panel chose Ludovic Monnier. The guitar graduate also won the Public Competition held in June 2017 by Arts2.
"The career of Ludovic Monnier at the Royal Music Academy of Mons is exemplary: an exploration voyage with an open mind, while a personal work discipline that allowed him to reach true artistic independence. It was no longer a student that the external jury discovered last June, but the assumed, captivated and concentrated recital of a young performer we want to come back to. We are pleased that the Playright+ Prize will be awarded to a particularly deserving student, also saluting his teachers and their gift to pass on talent, so indispensable to any student: Odair Assad, who could not make it to the award ceremony, Françoise-Emmanuelle Denis and Magali Rischette"
The PlayRight+ prize tour is not over yet, as we will soon award a graduate of the Jazz section at the Brussels conservatory. New dates are already planned for 2018, do not hesitate to contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com if you are interested.


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This relaxed fit cotton/polyester blend t-shirt is so soft, you'll love how it fits and feels.
With all the restrictions around Covid we decided to get creative in our photoshoot. If you'd like to share your pictures with us once you get a shirt we'd love to see them!
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