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A Month in the CountryLes Biches et al
Posted 05 June 2005 - 05:51 AM
Les Biches had Leanne Benjamin and Zenaida Yanowsky and they were both in top form. I heard that Leanne was retiring but I cannot imagine why.
SV is for 6 dancers and it was fantastic! Alina Cojocaru & Federico Bonelli; Laura Morera & Johan Kobborg; Belinda Hatley & Steven McRae.
Morera replaced Jamie Tapper who is on maternity leave and McRae replaced Sadaki who is injured. I think Morera is a wonderful dancer and hope that she keeps be given more meaty parts.
The six dancers were so attuned to each other either as partners or as part of various combinations. We were still applauding when the lights came on and they took extra bows. This was the first time I had seen this ballet and I definately would like to see it again.
A Month in the Country was with Sylvie Guillem and Massimo Murru danced the tutor. Everyone in the cast were excellent. I do not know whom to highlight. Most of the dancers were new to me. Kolia, the son, was danced by Giacomo Ciriaci. What leaps! Does anyone know anything about him? Vera, Natasha Oughtred, is another find. When she, Guillem and Murru were dancing it iwas magic.
For us, the evening kept getting better and better. I do not think I shall forget this "Month" very quickly.
Posted 05 June 2005 - 09:14 AM
Mason is obviously a director on a mission and that mission is to restore the Royal to its former glory in terms of dancing and the best and only way to do this is to restore the company to its birthright, that being the greatest choreography of any Western company. Whether the company is yet able to fully step up to the plate is uncertain, but they are most definitely aware of all they have to achieve.
This is a difficult programme to pull off, three signature works, two made for the greatest ballerinas the Royal had at that time and one masterpiece from the Diaghilev era which if not done with absolute conviction comes off as naive and ill advised.
Let's start with Les Biches - this was stunning for me in one respect, in the evening performance the stupendous Zenaida Yanowsky equalled by memories of my beloved Beriosova. Les Biches does contain moments of virtuosity, but these moments must be sublimated to style, that ability to cast off effort is most jarringly not there within the performances of the three male soloists. Martin Harvey, in every role I see him attempt is defeated, at times it seems he is actually engaged in hand to hand combat with the choreographer, in Les Biches Nijinska won a resounding victory, with Harvey being knocked out in the very first round. Harvey is a man of handsomness, height yet very little dance perfume. Les Biches is a ballet of huge sexual ambivalence, the role of La Garconne being the epitome of this. I'm afraid I can see why Benjamin is due for retirement, the pirouettes sequence meant to start and finish on pointe is fiendishly difficult and defeated her, as it did Galeazzi, all this would be fine if the casting hadn't been so obviously sapphic. With both women cast for their qualities of androgyny, the role originally cast on Georgina Parkinson was far more playful, elegant, and feminine.
Symphonic Variations - again here was a role in which Fonteyn was the perfect examplar. I feel very much that we have seen the last of the great Symphonic Variations a long time ago. Bold attempts were made by Lauren Cuthbertson in the matinee and Larura Morera in the evening but the Ashtonian soul has been lost. I do take issue with the changing of the men's costumes to all being off the shoulder, the beauty of the original asymmetry where Somes was a v-neck blouson only added to the mystery. Cojocaru is a problem for me, she is too much the star, Fonteyn played down her star status to become a part of the whole. Cojocaru's much trumpeted partnership with kobborg was again the cynosure of this ballet and this is not right. Symphonic is not a star vehicle. Lamb in the afternoon was again too American. Ashton is troublesome for American dancers in as much as that to impose expansiveness on the technique is to miss the point entirely. Stephen McRae in the Henry Danton role in the evening was quite pleasent, McRae is the current great white hope for male dancing within the corps. It is interesting that barely a year in the corps he has been entrusted with this signature work - and he did it proud. Far more capable than Ferederico Bonelli in the fiendishly difficult Brian Shaw part who though capable of the virtuosity sacrificed ease and delight.
Month in the Country - This ballet is truly lost without its original interpretors or rather interpretor, Lynn Seymour. I have seen every dancer imaginable dancing Petrovna, great dancers - Makarova, Sibley, Guillem, Porteur and none have come close to doing the role justice.
Month is a masterpiece, but one whose genius is unrealised except by Seymour. Bussell made a cloyingly sweet attempt at the role in the afternoon Guillem an overwrought stab in the evening - both failed.
Bussell and Guillem's careers have been inextricably linked since Guillem joined the Royal in 88 and Bussell was pushed into a mould as being the English Guillem - now both in the autumn of their careers the roles they assume do bear comparative analysis, though analysis is invidious. Guillem's career path has always been braver and more independent than Bussell's but this new late blossoming dramatic tragedienne mould for Guillem I find arch and overwrought - what kind of dancer is Guillem? At the very least she keeps you on your toes which Bussell never does. Bussell's career, though rich by any standards has for me been a huge disappointment, she never fulfilled any mould she was cast as and her mentor Macmillan dying so soon into her career she was left to head a company which throughout her tenure as reigning ballerina has been lost in terms of direction. Under Mason it appears to have regained a sense of identity yet too late to benefit Bussell. Bussell's Petrovna was sweet, given to the general pained expression and self pity, Petrovna is none of these, to use the vernacular Petrovna is a "Bitch on wheels" yet at the same time we identify with her in that she is desperate to have one final attempt at happiness. She is given to a desire that obliterates sense and the senses, only Seymour has ever shown this it remains her ballet. Neither Murru nor Pennefeather are matches for Dowell.
In speaking of Month to friends who have never seen it, I talk of a masterpiece on several occasions they have seen it and thought me mad to eulogise but then we saw different ballets; the memories of Seymour, Dowell, Nunn, Rencher, and Sleep are what made this ballet great. And in fairness to Mason it seems those memories of the Royal's golden past still reside and live within her.
I should like this triple bill to be danced continually for a year once a week at least, it would be the greatest training ground for the current crop of dancers to resume their heritage.
Posted 05 June 2005 - 09:23 AM
Kate, I'm a "Month in the Country" fan as well and saw the original cast. (I agree that it's a masterpiece. I think some don't like it because they see it as a story ballet only, and it's so compressed that, for those used to "Manon"'s way of story telling, iit seems rushed. I don't think that's what Ashton was doing. It's more a character study and, of course, the style is as important as the dancing. I liked Guillem in it (I saw her several years ago) in a perverse way She played Natalya as a young woman who thought she'd struck gold marrying this rich old man, and had no idea how boring life in the country could be. Unfortunately, she would have gone after the footman if the Tutor hadn't come along, but at least it was an interpretation and not an imitation. I liked Porter very much as the delicious French chambermaid, but not after her promotion.
I'm delighted to read new voices fron London -- the Royal Ballet is an important company to many Americans, so I hope to be reading you regularly. Kate, I agree on Mason. I was excited by the next season, even though there are some ballets on it that I don't particularly like. I like the shape of it -- not too many full lengths, balanced triple bills Not "Memory Lane Evening for the Old Codgers" and "New Now Night fr Us Real Dance Fans!!!", but an old favorite/an interesting choice -- either from that Treasure Chest rep, or, it seems, a ballet that Mason just wants to see again -- /new work. I think good days are ahead.
Posted 05 June 2005 - 09:35 AM
EXACTLY, Alexandra, the interpretation has become worse for that very reason. Guillem when she started dancing the role was youthful, a bit of a nymphomaniac, but as you said, it was her interpretation. Now she has toned it down to be in line with the grande tragedienne mould and this doesn't work.
No one has ever dared to be so bloody as Seymour in their dancing, so unafraid to seem utterly ugly and unlikeable - her devil may care attitude is what made her such a one off.
On a related note, by far the worst Petrovna I have ever seen was Sibley in 88 which was interesting to see her so defeated by Ashton She was a perfect examplar of the Ashtonian lyricism yet the passionate, visceral Ashton was beyond her.
Guillem has abandoned the classical rep in favour of keeping her body healthy for a prolonged career, Bussell is doing everything in these the last years of her career and that of course is her choice - but a full career isn't a score card. Just look at Kirkland, selective to the point of being pathological and a career cut short by a good decade, but one of the greatest of the second half of the 20th century.
Posted 06 June 2005 - 10:59 AM
Attending both matinee and evening performances of this triple bill, i could not help be deeply disappointed by the standard of dancing throughout yet at the same time deeply hopeful at the programming.
We seem to have seen different performances on the same night at the same place.<s>
The first two ballets I had not seen before; the last (Month) I had seen many times. I have never felt that only one person does a role the "correct" way. Each dancer brings their own interpretation to a role. I am sure that each time a dancer dances a role it is different from the time before. I have seen Guillem in Month several times and as far as I remember, she danced it differently each time.
And the standard of the dancing was very high on Saturday night especially in Month and Symphonic Variations. Cojocaru was partnered by Bonelli; it was Morera who danced with Kobborg. I do not agree with you that Cojocaru was acting "the star"--I felt all six dancers were equal. I thought all the dancers were excellent and hope to see them again. And of course it is good that there are new dancers coming into view.
Posted 06 June 2005 - 01:39 PM
Attending both matinee and evening performances of this triple bill, i could not help be deeply disappointed by the standard of dancing throughout yet at the same time deeply hopeful at the programming.
We seem to have seen different performances on the same night at the same place.<s>
The first two ballets I had not seen before; the last (Month) I had seen many times. I have never felt that only one person does a role the "correct" way. Each dancer brings their own interpretation to a role. I am sure that each time a dancer dances a role it is different from the time before. I have seen Guillem in Month several times and as far as I remember, she danced it differently each time.
And the standard of the dancing was very high on Saturday night especially in Month and Symphonic Variations. Cojocaru was partnered by Bonelli; it was Morera who danced with Kobborg. I do not agree with you that Cojocaru was acting "the star"--I felt all six dancers were equal. I thought all the dancers were excellent and hope to see them again. And of course it is good that there are new dancers coming into view.
I did not say that the dancing was poor rather it was generic. The point I made re Cojocaru and Kobborg is that their presence together on the stage carries a weight of an establised partnership - that's all. Symphonic is NOT a ballet where one projects anything more than the dance. This is so hard for modern audiences to understand. Fonteyn in the role danced by Cojocaru was utterly perfect, she was the perfect exampler and exponent of the role. There is nothing more to say. Cojocaru, is an interesting dancer who has advanced too fast too quickly and as such I find lightweight. BUT she is a star within the company and one is aware of this and as such the performance is a failure, because Symphonic is a ballet where no dancer is greater than the sum of the parts, they are servants. I'll never forget the moment when Fonteyn stood downstage right one legged crossed in repose filling up on the music until she moved, even in stillness she moved, it was beyond powerful, it was religious. Saturday? Was a nice little movement based ballet. When Symphonic is danced as watered-down Balanchine it has failed. Saturday was an honourable failure.
Month, now I'm sorry, but I have seen every cast since 1975 and none and I do mean none has come close to Seymour ever. It's sad as I do feel that Month is a masterpiece, but I have never seen it live up to its masterpiece status without Seymour. Guillem gave a nice performance, very grand, tipping nearly into sentiment but that's all.
Posted 06 June 2005 - 02:24 PM
I never saw Fonteyn in "Symphonic," but I think I know the place where you mean, Kate. It's when the music suddenly becomes first happy and then almost triumphant? And the ballerina has been waiting, and she starts to move, riding the music as if a wave, and I could imagine that Fonteyn had been the personification of goodness, and that goodness will eventually triumph (it was 1946 and we needed a little goodness). If that's the place you mean; if not, perhaps you recognize it. It was a place where, to me, the choreogrpahy almost forced you to see her.
I've often wondered if "Sleeping Beauty" and "Giselle" have changed, too, so that if those who first saw them could come back and tell us -- after they were revived from a deep faint -- how the Maids of Honor's dance, or the Pas de Vendanges looked before it became just a dance -- and a dance that we now take pleasure in.
We have these kinds of conversations regularly on the NYCB and ABT forums too They're not resolvable -- one sees what one sees and only has the memoriies one has. (And even if everybody had seen the same performances and had the same history, we'd probably still disagree.
Posted 06 June 2005 - 02:45 PM
Not to wander away from the topic, but apropos of Cojocaru and Symphonic Variations, I thought of the following exchange with Marc Haegeman from 2001:
DV: You mention that you often have very little time to learn these roles. How do you prepare for them except by working in the studio?
COJOCARU: By watching videos. In Kiev we didnt have the people to show us the movements, so we had to learn with videos. With the Royal Ballet its different, but here we have to prepare roles on very short notice. Even for Symphonic Variations there was just one rehearsal and the next time we were rehearsing on stage. We had only three and a half hours or something, half the ballet maybe, and then I had to go home and learn the rest. When I arrived in the studio the next day, they asked me to continue where we left off the previous day, but because I learned it the night before, I was able to do the whole thing.
Link to the complete interview:
Posted 06 June 2005 - 02:57 PM
I am so glad that we have at least a couple of passionate Royal Ballet posters!
The best kind of thing this can lead to is dialogue. I love it when posters throw in a few questions: "Did you find that ....?" "What did you think of the way he ...?" "Were you as astounded as I when ...?" I don't like it so much when posters are didactic or insistent. I find that cuts off conversation, and the conversation is what I love so much to follow!
Oops, sorry, I might have taken us a little .
Posted 06 June 2005 - 03:54 PM
I preferred Bussell to Guillem in Month in the Country. (I felt Bussell was at least trying to meet the role halfway). Guillem seemed to regard the role as something she could change as necessary to suit. It made for a good Guillem performance, but there didn't seem to be much Ashton there. She changed phrasing in her first variation a good deal, slowing down the phrases to dance in a more controlled and shaped manner.
I liked Harvey in Les Biches a great deal, but I've liked him in most of the character roles I've seen him in (Eros, Devil's Holiday). I enjoyed all casts of the ballet.
In Symphonic, I also liked Cuthbertson and Morera a great deal, as well as Belinda Hatley. I like Putrov, but have a suspicion he's not doing the arms "right" - the arms move too slowly, and I can only say my instincts (I haven't seen the ballet enough to be certain) are that the port de bras aren't the "movement grows constantly" sort but a more deliberate sort where the arms are placed into their straight lines or curves. It's easier to see than to describe - you can see the contrast between what he does and the female duet (for instance) to see the difference. In less-than-ideal Ashton, as so in Balanchine, I feel it's still possible to look past certain performances into the ballet itself. (Although if it's bad, or wrongheaded or dead enough, a performance can kill a work, but this wasn't even close to that.) As an American, getting to see Symphonic in anything remotely resembling context is an incredible joy. There's an indescribable difference between this and what we see at ABT. I can see the ballet here. It's hard for me not to look for the structure and I could finally see it (like the music, everything is done attacca), but it is rather beside the point.
Sarah Lamb may look American to the British, but she doesn't look American at all to me. She doesn't dance American. To my American eyes, she dances Russian.
Sorry, I am writing fast, my internet connection is from stray wireless in my brother's house in Bristol! Back to London tomorrow am to see The Dream and Symphony in C. As for Sym in C, I shall not worry or carp if they dance it at least as well as NYCB would do Symphonic Variations I think they're safe.
Posted 06 June 2005 - 04:45 PM
Far more capable than Ferederico Bonelli in the fiendishly difficult Brian Shaw part who though capable of the virtuosity sacrificed ease and delight.
I believe it was Kobborg who danced the Brian Shaw role (?) and, as Carol M mentioned, Bonelli danced the central couple with Cojocaru. Based on this particular performance, I doubt people would have been able to tell Kobborg and Cojocaru are an established partnership. Personally I feel Cojocaru understands very well that this ballet is not a star vehicle. I thought the performance was well danced, although it was not the religious experience Kate L talked about. Perhaps when an Ashton or a Balanchine of a choreographer comes along and creates a ballet on todays dancers- drawing inspirations directly from them- we will get that kind of experience again In the meantime, I think the dancers today are doing well in trying to do the ballet, made on dancers some fifty years ago, some sort of justice.
I found Les Biches quite delightful and thought Yanowsky as the Hostess terrific. I am not always emotionally in tune with Guillem so I suppose it was not surprising that I remained so unmoved by her portrayal.
Anyway I obviously dont have the vast experience and knowledge people here possess but thought I would add my two cents
Ps. Leigh I hope you enjoy the performance tomorrow. I was not at all impressed the last time the company danced Symphony in C a few months ago- and this is an impression from someone who rarely ever gets to see NYCB! I hope they get their acts together and give a reasonably good performance this time around.
Edited by NNatalie, 06 June 2005 - 04:53 PM.
Posted 06 June 2005 - 11:18 PM
I was curious who did what in Symphonic as compared to the original - this is what I think so far -
Cojocaru Yoshida Fonteyn
Lamb Hatley (Shearer or May?)
Cuthbertson Morera (Shearer or May? Does anyone happen to know which part is the Shearer and which is the May?)
Bonelli Makhateli Somes
Kobborg Putrov Shaw
McRae Watson Danton
Posted 07 June 2005 - 08:57 AM
Cojocaru, is an interesting dancer who has advanced too fast too quickly and as such I find lightweight. BUT she is a star within the company and one is aware of this and as such the performance is a failure, because Symphonic is a ballet where no dancer is greater than the sum of the parts, they are servants.
Still a relative newbie , I saw Symphonic Variations in the last run but for sure I'm learning a great deal, especially from discussions on boards like these. I couldn't possibly comment on what SV is supposed to be like, but I do know what I loved about it.
I wouldn't agree that Cojocaru or her partnerships stood out or outshone anyone in SV - on the contrary, what amazed me was how perfectly balanced the first cast seemed to be. Especially at the rehearsal and first night, they seemed to be in harmony, equally and perfectly matched from the angles and curvature of their arms, the timings of steps and jumps, the way they instinctively appeared to come together, form positions and break apart again, the way they were listening and responding to the music. From the amphitheatre I watched through binoculars for a few minutes, then put them down and just watched it in it's entireity...although I could more or less recognise the dancers without them, it didn't seem to matter because the quality of each was so brilliant and made up to one gorgeous whole. I am a Cojocaru fan admittedly and in anything else my eye would be drawn to her, but this was not the case here. I think the fact that the dancers allowed the ballet to shine through more than their individual performances must mean they are doing some kind of justice to it. I hope I'm making myself clear here! I have to respectfully disagree with Kate and say that as naive or as inexperienced I'm sure I may be, that "Symphonic is a ballet where no dancer is greater than the sum of the parts, they are servants" is exactly what I saw. If anyone surprised me, it was Steven McRae. I've enjoyed watching him in the corps all season. This is only his first year in the company, and he while he catches the eye in the corps it was a shock to hear he was covering another injured dancer in SV. It was an even bigger surprise to discover how exceptional he is - I could rave for quite a bit but, put simply, he looked like he belonged alongside Kobborg and Bonelli.
I enjoyed 2nd cast as well, but I didn't think they achieved the kind of unity that the first one did. Certainly I felt they weren't hearing the music in quite the same way! I want to see them again before I say anything more.
I preferred Bussell to Guillem in Month in the Country as well. Watching Darcey as Natalia for the first time, I was surprised at how much of the Ashton style she had. I mean, I'm hopeless at spotting these kind of things unless they're pointed out to me and I'm usually content to enjoy a ballet all the way through rather than worry at how the style is being lost. But I noticed it in Darcey, the twists and turns in her upper body, they made her and made the choreography seem so alive. I then was anxious to see how Sylvie did and was terribly disappointed, at how she moved her arms rather than her back, she seemed so stiff in comparison. From an acting perspective, Sylvie's more subtle, very naturalistic, but the changes in emotion barely register in her face, and while she's wonderful to watch with binoculars, I can see why people can find her rather cool. I preferred Darcey's more vibrant and I suppose more hysteronic approach. I liked Murru more than I thought I would given my doubts about him in the last run. But he and Guillem didn't thrill me the way Darcey and Rupert Pennefather did. Pennefather's also still in the corps but has been thrust into principal roles this season and next. I thought he was absolutely terrific, displaying a confidence in his dancing, in the choreography, and displaying so much charisma and leading man qualities that for me he didn't have before. He has a beautiful, understated manner in his dancing as well as his acting that made me recall Cope's perfomances, (so I guess it wasn't a surprise to see later that he's coached him in this) I think his age certainly helps - he can't be more than 24, but looks younger and helps crystallize certain aspects of Natalia's personality. I was pretty late in cottoning on to the fact that she's meant to be significantlly older in the Guillem-Cope, Guillem-Murru casts last time!
Les Biches isn't really for me. I'm having a bit of trouble with the music to be honest and found myself drifting away several times during the rehearsal. Admittedly I've been arriving late to the mixed bill and haven't made it to any of the actual Les Biches performances, but I shall give it another go next week!
Posted 07 June 2005 - 09:04 AM
Back to more important matters thank you all for these reports -- I'm very jealous, of course. I'd be happy seeing more Ashton in (almost) any cast! I hope you'll all tell us more.
Posted 08 June 2005 - 08:23 AM
Back to London tomorrow am to see The Dream and Symphony in C. As for Sym in C, I shall not worry or carp if they dance it at least as well as NYCB would do Symphonic Variations I think they're safe.
I wrote about how disappointed I was with NYCB in another thread. I felt Balanchine would be very disappointed had he seen them dance in an unruly style. Last night we saw Symphony and loved it! Were you there too last night?
I would love to hear your opinion. I started a new topic on this subject.
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David Affleck
Associate Professor of Biometrics; Director of the Inland Northwest Growth & Yield Cooperative; Chair, Department of Forest Management
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I think it's fair to say that my upbringing on a nearly treeless expanse of Canadian prairie gave rise to my interests in forests and forestry. These interests took me to the University of British Columbia where I first studied forest science, specializing in forest soils, and then went on to obtain a master's degree in forest biometrics. Following this, I worked for several years as a biometrician with a forestry consulting firm in B.C., which gave me the opportunity to work in resource inventory design and analysis, on forest growth modeling, and on diverse quantitative and statistical modeling projects. But eventually I was drawn back to academics and moved to the east coast to earn a Ph.D. in biometrics from Yale University.
My research is focused on the development of probability sampling methods and statistical modeling techniques for natural resource assessment and monitoring. Recently my work has been directed to the design of sampling strategies for forest inventory and the survey of downed woody materials, and to the application of nonlinear mixture models for characterizing forest growth and mortality. Results from this research have been published in both the forestry and statistical literature.
Ph.D., Forest Biometrics, Yale University, 2006
M.Phil., Forest Biometrics, Yale University, 2005
M.Sc., Forest Biometrics, University of British Columbia, 2001
B.Sc., Forest Soils, University of British Columbia, 1998
Courses Taught
Biometrics (FORS 201)
Graduate Seminar in Forestry (FORS 594)
Sampling Methods (FORS505)
Statistical Models for Ecological Data Analysis (FORS 538)
Research Interests
Forest inventory and sampling strategies for environmental resources
Statistical modeling of longitudinal and spatially-structured ecological data
Development and integration of individual tree and stand growth models
Inferential methods in environmental statistics
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Affleck, D.L.R. (2008) A line intersect distance sampling strategy for downed wood inventory. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38(8): 2262 – 2273.
Affleck, D.L.R. (2007) Mixed and modified Poisson models for the analysis of stand-level mortality. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36(11): 2994 – 3006.
Valentine, H.T., M.J. Ducey, J.H. Gove, A. Lanz, & D.L.R. Affleck (2006) Corrections for cluster-plot slop. Forest Science 52(1): 55 – 66.
Affleck, D.L.R., T.G. Gregoire, & H.T. Valentine (2005) Edge effects in line intersect sampling with segmented transects. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics 10(4): 460 – 477.
Affleck, D.L.R., T.G. Gregoire, & H.T. Valentine (2005) Design unbiased estimation in line intersect sampling using segmented transects. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 12(2): 139 – 154.
Gregoire, T.G., D.L.R. Affleck, & H.T. Valentine (2004) Conditioning inference on line orientation in line intersect sampling. In Forest Inventory and Planning in Nordic Countries, Proceedings of SNS Meeting at Sjusjøun, Norway, September 6-8, 2004, K. Hobbelstad ed., NIJOS Rapport 9/2005, Norwegian Institute of Land Inventory, pp. 121 – 129.
Conference Presentations and Invited Lectures:
Affleck, D.L.R. (2008) Line Intersect Distance Sampling. XXIV International Biometrics Conference, Dublin, 20 – 25 July 2008.
Affleck, D.L.R. (2007) The Cofrenquency Principle: An Historical Aside? Western Mensurationists' Meeting, Kelowna, B.C., 25 – 26 June 2007.
Affleck, D.L.R. (2007) Characterizing Density-Dependent and Density-Independent Mortality in Even-Aged Stands: A Mixture Model Approach. Inland Northwest Growth & Yield Cooperative Technical Meeting, 16 January 2007.
Affleck, D.L.R. (2006) Statistical Models for Even-Aged Stand Mortality: Describing the Distributional Features of the Data. University of Montana, Department of Forest Management, 14 April 2006.
Affleck, D.L.R., T.G. Gregoire, & H.T. Valentine. (2006) Segmented Line Transects, Odd-Shaped Particles, and Unbiased Inference. National Down Woody Materials Inventory Summit, Durham, NH, 6 April 2006.
Affleck, D.L.R. (2006) Mixed Poisson Models and the Analysis of Heterogeneous Tree Mortality Data with Many Zeros. University of British Columbia Okanagan, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 27 March 2006.
Affleck, D.L.R. (2005) Stand-level mortality models: data distributions and regression models. Northeastern Forest Mensurationist Meeting, Freeport, Maine, 2-3 November 2005.
Affleck, D.L.R., T.G. Gregoire, & H.T. Valentine (2005) Boundary overlap corrections for segmented line transects. Western Mensurationists' Meeting, Hilo, Hawaii, 6-8 July 2005.
Valentine, H.T., M.J. Ducey, J.H. Gove, A. Lanz, & D.L.R. Affleck (2005) Corrections for cluster-plot slop. Western Mensurationists' Meeting, Hilo, Hawaii, 6-8 July 2005.
Affleck, D.L.R. (2004) On the performance of Masuyama's distance count sampling strategy. Northeastern Forest Mensurationist Meeting, Yale-Myers Research Forest, Connecticut, 28-29 October 2005.
Affleck, D.L.R., T.G. Gregoire, & H.T. Valentine (2004) A sampling protocol for design-unbiased estimation in line intersect sampling using segmented transects. American Statistical Association, Joint Statistical Meetings, Toronto, Ontario, 8-12 August 2004.
Affleck, D.L.R. (2000) Spatial analysis of Nelder systematic spacing trials. Western Mensurationists' Meeting, Whitefish, Montana, 19-20 June 2000.

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The standard approach to proving that $H^n(X; G)$ is represented by $K(G, n)$ seems to be to prove that $\text{Hom}(X, K(G, n))$ defines a cohomology theory and then use Eilenberg-Steenrod uniqueness. This is utterly spiffing, but as far as I can see gives little geometric intuition. In his treatment, Hatcher mentions that there is a more direct cell-by-cell proof, albeit a somewhat messy and tedious one. I haven't been able to find any such proof, but I'd really like to see one; I think it would help me solidify my mental picture of Eilenberg-MacLane spaces. Does anyone have a reference?
I'd suggest looking up some basic material on obstruction theory. There, you generally find classification of maps $X \to Y$ with domain a CW-complex in terms of cohomology groups $H^s(X;\pi_t(Y))$. The proofs are often very cellular indeed.
In the case where the range is an Eilenberg-Maclane space (for an abelian group), the dirty proof is something like:
This is a little messy. Often it's nice to use the filtration of $X$ by subcomplexes $X^{(n)}$ and use that each inclusion in the filtration induces a fibration of mapping spaces $$F(X^{(n)}/X^{(n-1)},Y) \to F(X^{(n)},Y) \to F(X^{(n-1)},Y)$$ to clean this homotopical analysis up a little into something slightly more systematic. This leads to a spectral sequence for the homotopy groups of the mapping spaces in terms of the cohomology of $X$ with coefficients in the homotopy groups of $Y$, but you have to be a little careful because there is a "fringe" that exhibits some non-abelian-group-like behavior.
I think that a nice write up can be found in the first chapter of Mosher and Tangora (a very nice book).
I don't know a reference, but here's an outline.
Step 1. Using the triviality of $\pi_k(K(G, n))$ for $k\ne n$, show that
(a) any map from $X$ to $K(G, n)$ is homotopic to one where the $(n-1)$-skeleton of $X$ goes to the base point of $K(G, n)$;
(b) such a map determines a function ($n$-cochain) $f$ from the $n$-cells of $X$ to $G$;
(c) $f$ above is necessarily a cocycle (because the map extends over $(n+1)$-cells); and
(d) two such maps are homotopic if (but not only if) the functions $f$ above agree.
Step 2. Similarly, a homotopy between two maps of the above form determines a function ($(n-1)$-cochain) $g$ from the $(n-1)$-cells of $X$ to $G$.
Step 3. Observe that if a homotopy with corresponding map $g$ which connects maps corresponding to $f_1$ and $f_2$ must satisfy $\delta g + f_2 - f_1 = 0$. Thus the homotopy classes of maps to $K(G, n)$ correspond bijectively with cocycles mod coboundaries.


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Each year the Women's commission recognizes men and women from the Grand Valley State University community who have made an impact on the lives of women.
This event is co-sponsored by the Women's Center, Women and Gender Studies, and Positive Black Women.
The following Awards and Scholarships will be recognized:
Outstanding Female Student Award
Positive Black Women Scholarship
Nomination Deadlines and criteria vary so please review each award/scholarship carefully.
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Windows Phone 7 - Como utilizar Splash Screen e Tiles
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Around 1998, I encountered a (forgotten) reference to a particularly strange space-filling curve.
Consider a foliation as a collection of continuous nonintersecting curves that start at (0,0) and end at (1,1) and collectively fill the unit square, such as the graphs of functions ft(x) = xt where t >=0. Supposedly there exists a continuous curve G that starts at (1,0), ends at (0,1), fills the unit square, and crosses each ft curve only once.
This initially sounds even more impossible than the Cantor curve. But intuitively a space-filling curve could trace back and forth over the ft curves and only cross at the corners (0,0) and (1,1). Can someone please explain a construction of such a space-filling curve?


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Aliph Jawbone 2 Noise Shield Bluetooth Headset for $39.99
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Considering these were over $100.00 a few months ago...great deal!
Do these work well and how is the comfort? I normally hate these type of headsets but the speaker I bought for my car isn't that great, and I was thinking about one of these.
Best headset that we carry at our "Wireless Store". As long as you get the fit right (and it includes many hooks and rubber ear pieces) you'll love it.
Got one myself earlier this year - works well.
Comfort is good - a number of different ear piece options and sizes are included.
This best noise reduction technology on the planet. Other manufacturers have duplicated but this is still one of the best. Talk on your headset at 60 mph with the top down!
Great deal on a great product. Have one for me and one for my wife.
These were $69 AT COSTCO about 2 weeks ago. So GREEEAAATTT deal
Shipping costs too much ($12).
Great price. Once you get the fit right you'll forget it's there, and then you'll be, "...one of those guys walking around everywhere with a headset sticking out of their ear."
For the price of $39 it's a great deal...
$39.99 is definitely a small price to pay to look like a Tool.
@babs1602: Like you, I've not made my peace with these headsets. I tried this one and found it acceptable - better than the first few I've tested. I had a little trouble turning it off/on, but I blame that on my manhands. lol. So far it gets one BIG thumbs up.
I have a very deep voice and most people have a hard time hearing me as a result of my timbre, any feedback if people will be able to understand my mumblings?
I have the original and love it. I have bought the new versions for people as gifts and they love them also. Shame it isn't in other colors.
zomg, the shipping costs almost half of the unit
I really wanted one of these when they first came out. I finally got one a year or so ago and it sits gathering dust on my nightstand! First off - getting a good fit is almost impossible. Especially if you have small ears. It doesn't matter that they come with different ear clips and ear buds as none are good. I know several people that have bought this and we all agree! Second - the sound quality left much to be desired as well. The customer support said that a lot of the sound quality & noise cancelling feature is based on proper fit. Go back to the first part of this comment. I've got a cheap LG one that I got from Woot and a Motorola H700 that are both BETTER than this one.
Great headset. Volume is a little low with a iPhone 3GS. Great price, $30 less than I bought it a month ago.
Does it work with I-Phone?
This is a great deal on a great product. I'm in for 1, just beware, the lowest shipping rate (to AZ anyway) is $12, making this a $51 deal. Still great but it shouldn't cost $12 to ship something weighing a few ounces. But I guess they gotta make their money somehow :) Didn't stop me from buying though!
You can find this price lots of places. Not such a great deal
For me, the shipping will be $5.99 with the only option being "Air Mail"
I haven't ordered it yet.
Sorry.. was commenting about a different product.
I haven't checked shipping on this one.
I had the original jawbone... It got washed and nobody could hear me after that, I bought the jawbone II, Now I lost it somewhere, Glad to see it cheaper somewhere else, it was getting expensive to keep replacing them :)
I'm on my second one the first went belly up and then Aliph sent a replacement. I've lost a lot of hearing over the years and with the volume problems of a Palm Centro to boot I was looking for a good earpiece for the road. This is a good earpiece. I love it and it's fantastic around my home office which is quieter then the road. Still have to pull over when their is a lot of road noise, but all in all this is great.
Great Deal for the money!
This is a good price, but it's not great. With shipping, it's $52. That's basically the same price you can get it shipped from a few other places by looking on Google Products.
This is also available in Silver, since someone asked about it being in other colors... http://www.n1wireless.com/Jawbone_Bluetooth-Aliph_Jawbone_2_Noise_Shield_Bluetooth_Silver.html
Like other said, shipping kills the value of the deal. =(
I like the technology, but the earbud design is not very good. I don't find them to be very comfortable.
I've tried several different types and this is the BEST. Noise reduction is truly amazing.
ugh, shipping is $13 for this thing
$12.00 shipping makes this less of a deal
NOT a great deal. I'm letting mine rot in my desk drawer. The sound quality is no better than a cheap-o Plantronic refurb that I picked up from woot for my kids. The hidden buttons are a real PITA.
i just bought the jawbone prime for $90. it works really well. i am not sure about this model.
Just got it in the mail yesterday. It came in a weird package; like it is a knock off. The packaging with the homeade "aliph" sticker on the box is kind of weird. Opened the package and the jawbone itself wasn't clasped shut all the way so I snapped it together and started charging it. It finised charging and the first time you turn it on it should go into pairing mode. It did not. To force pairing mode you have to push the "noise assassin" button and the power button at the same time. It just turns on, I think the noise assassin button does not work. I have the first jawbone and love it. I would just be careful about buying from here.
got mine. no extra ear wires and no ear buds. not holding charge. trying to contact Dycern. Careful Folks.
Product showed up missing pieces and would not sync properly. Appears to be open box (somebody else's return).


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My ubuntu laptop crashes with a bunch of code on the screen. Where can I look to see what is causing the crash?
closed as off topic by Marco Ceppi♦ Feb 6 '12 at 0:04
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Travis, start your PC with the LiveCD and follow the instructions of this post:
Remember that your /etc/default/bootlogd will be into your Ubuntu partition, when you're inside the LiveCD. Will be something like /media/[Disk-1-LABEL]/etc/default/bootlogd.
After that, put here your /var/log/boot contents.
Travis, I think that your bug is related here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/875571
By this way, you could try to update your kernel to the 3.1 version.
You can get the update to Kernel 3.1.4 here:
I have the same issue with my Toshiba laptop and Ubuntu 11.10. I reinstalled several times, and only when I disable the update settings and thereby using the original code from the boot CD I save my laptop from crashing within minutes after booting... Probably it is a kernel or graphic driver issue but it should be addressed!


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Nike Lebron Lion Crew Sock 3 Pack
Never play the game the same. Once you feel the incredible difference in the Lebron Lion High Crew sock, you won't want to take them off. These Nike Socks are high performance along with will finish your look. Every nice pair of shoes needs a nice pair of socks. This three pack is a deal.


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I can see from Wikipedia that there are possibly thousands of harmful mutations that have been cataloged and linked to disease. There are also unnumbered neutral mutations. But, does anyone know how many "beneficial" mutations have been cataloged in scientific literature?
That would be hard to say because really beneficial mutations become well distributed through the genome. Basically the differences between us and chimpanzees are a catalog of all the beneficial (or completely neutral) mutations since the ~4.7 M years since we diverged from each other.
Separating them from changes which have no special effect would be difficult too, but more to the spirit of your question, its difficult to explain what many mutations do, unless they cause significant changes in something we can observe in the individual (like height, weight, big nasty claws, etc).
For some more specific examples you can look at Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man. Some mutations which are useful sometimes might be related to skin color for instance (really helps when there is a lot of sun about) or lactose tolerance (a variation which is popular amongst europeans who have been drinking dairy milk for thousands of years).
Just continue scrolling down wikipedia: there are also listed two examples of beneficial mutations: the one conferring HIV resistance, and the one conferring malaria resistance.
Note that 'beneficial' is relative. The mutation associated to malaria resistance is actually causing sickle cell disease.
Others have posted that the term beneficial in genetics is contextual - single mutations may be harmless, unless another mutation is co-inherited; this is called epistasis (where more than a single mutation/genotype/allele is required for the phenotype).
I have not studied the list comprehensively, but there is a 'catalog' of all robust genome-wide association study results here. Depending on your outlook, all mutations associated with a disease are therefore also 'beneficial' if you have the protective allele and not the risk allele. Using this logic there have been many SNPs identified that are protective, rather than beneficial per se, and these are listed in the GWAS-catalog I linked to. As of 05/11/12, the catalog includes 1258 publications and 6400 SNPs.


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Marvel Assembles an Official Title for Third "Avengers" Movie
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Failure (Alternative Comics): Faithful readers of ROBOT 6 may recall the name of cartoonist Karl Stevens from a fall 2012 story about his Boston Phoenix strip Failure being canceled after an installment referred to Bud Light — one of the paper's advertisers — as "diluted horse piss." The Phoenix denied this at the time, and, coincidentally, several months later ceased publication all together (after a brief time in which it was split into five different newspapers with five different editors — Cyclops, Emma Frost, Namor, Colossus and Magik — until Cyclops assumed control over all five papers and it took the combined might of all of the Avengers to stop him … there's a comic book joke for you!).
While that history may not be particularly relevant to readers, Stevens covers his side of the incident in his introduction to the Failure collection, which packages the final installments of his strip — right up to, and a few past, the "horse piss" one — into 150 pages of gorgeously drawn material.
What is important is that this is some great work, of the must-read variety. Failure, at this point in its existence, had become a sort of slice-of-life strip, with one to four panels devoted to anecdotes from his own life, including his relationship with his girlfriend, funny things his friends said or funny things he overheard. There are, additionally, plenty of flights of fancy starring his descendant in the far-flung future, and recurring characters like Bongbot, a time-traveling robot bong, and Pope Cat, a cat who is also the pope (if I've got that right).
What keeps Failure from being as mundane as you might imagine it, based on how I just described its premise, is what an incredible artist Stevens is. He works in a lush, highly detailed, representational style, as if he were drawing portraits rather than cartoons. Check this out:


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I want to decide between Drupal and Joomla for building a football prediction game which automatically updates results from football matches and then user leagues with points based on the users predictions.
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Typical CMS like Joomla are usually geared towards web page content, not specific domain content. For a CMS that can be easily adapt to a specific domain, I suggest using WordPress with the Pods plugin.
Joomla! is suitable for your case. It has plenty of extensions that you can learn from examples and developer resources there.
I'd suggest writing a custom, simple CMS using a framework such as Django. That gives you significantly more control and knowledge over the code.


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Julian Henriques
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In this talk, filmmaker Julian Henriques investigates the sound system session—as a dramatic stage, dance arena, and performance space for sound system clashes and extemporized DJ competitions.
This talk includes illustrative stills and clips from Henriques's drama and documentary films, including We the Ragamuffin, Babymother, and Firelinks.
Julian Henriques is the producer and director of television dramas and documentaries including Derek Wolcott: Poet of the Island, The Green Man, States of Exile, and Dictating Terms (produced by BBC Music & Arts), and Carimac (produced by the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication, Jamaica), among others. He is currently a lecturer at Goldsmiths College, Department of Media and Communications, and he resides in London, England.
Presented by Ohio State's Department of Theatre and The Syndicate (Graduate Student Theatre Association). Cosponsored by the Wexner Center.


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Cycle of Love blood drive Wednesday
BETHANY - Because of diminished blood collection over the winter season, Bethany College's Pre-Health Professions Club will team with the American Red Cross River Valley Chapter to host a Cycle of Love blood drive from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the college's Benedum Commons.
Recent weather conditions, cold temperatures and widespread flu nationwide have forced the cancellation of many blood drives within the community and across the country, said Red Cross officials.
Area residents can celebrate Valentine's Day early by coming out to donate and help save the lives of others. All donors will be entered to win a Sheetz gift card.
For information or to pre-register to donate, visit www.redcross.org or email Site Coordinator Tanner Coles at firstname.lastname@example.com.
'Here Comes the Boom' now showing
WELLSBURG - The Brooke County Public Library will be showing the film "Here Comes the Boom," rated PG, at 1 p.m. Feb. 15.
The film stars Kevin James as high school biology teacher Scott Voss, who is desperate to save the music program at his cash-strapped school and decides to enter a wrestling competition to raise money.
Call (304) 737-1551 to reserve a seat and popcorn.
Church to hold spaghetti dinner
COLLIERS - Olde St. John's Episcopal Church, at Eldersville and St. John's roads, will hold a Valentine-themed spaghetti dinner from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 16.
The cost is $7.50 per person for the meal, and take-out will be available.
There also will be a variety of sweet treats for sale in addition to gift basket and 50-50 drawings.
Calendar marks state's birthday
CHARLESTON - The State Historic Preservation Office of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History has published "Land, People and Statehood," a free 13-month calendar highlighting the Mountain State's path to statehood.
"West Virginia will celebrate its 150th birthday on June 20, 2013, and we're proud to present this calendar of commemoration for the occasion," said Susan Pierce, deputy state historic preservation officer for the division.
Each month of the calendar focuses on a person or site, including James Hoge of Putnam County, a delegate at the Virginia State Convention who voted against secession; the Gibson-Todd House in Jefferson County, which sits on the site where abolitionist John Brown was hanged for treason in 1859; and West Virginia Independence Hall in Ohio County, which is considered the birthplace of West Virginia.
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Columbia College of Missouri-Elgin has awarded the 2012 Elgin Campus Excellence in Education Scholarship to Cassondra Reichenbach of Genoa, Ill. The $500 award for the upcoming June Session is made possible by donations of faculty members. Reichenbach is working toward a bachelor's degree in business administration.
The Excellence in Education Scholarship is presented to a full-time Columbia College student with a minimum 3.5 GPA who has maintained good financial standing with the college and has submitted an essay on how the scholarship will help the student achieve his or her academic goals.
In 1997, Columbia College of Missouri-Elgin was established as a degree completion program via an articulation agreement with Elgin Community College. Today, it is located in the University Business Center on the Elgin Community College campus and continues to serve adult learners in Elgin and surrounding areas.
Columbia College of Missouri-Elgin offers five on-campus bachelor's degrees as well as 23 associate, bachelor's and master's degrees online.
Founded in 1851 in Columbia, Mo., Columbia College has been helping students advance their lives through higher education for more than 160 years. As a private, nonprofit, liberal arts and sciences institution, the college takes pride in its small classes, experienced faculty and quality educational programs. With more than 30 campuses across the country, 18 of which are on military installations, students may enroll in day, evening or online classes. The college is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Columbia College educates more than 30,000 students each year and has more than 70,000 alumni worldwide. For more information, visit www.ccis.edu.


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By AIMEE KUVADIA
Contributing Writer
A sign in Robert and Stephanie Falks' living room reads, "Once in a While, Right in the Middle of an Ordinary Life, Love Gives You a Fairy Tale."
No one knows this adage more than the Falks, whose love for their home helped them through a nightmare remodeling to transpire into their very own "happily ever after."
The Falks' three-story, red brick, classic Victorian home was built in 1893. Robert and Stephanie became its sixth set of owners after they purchased it in 2007. Before that, it had been a historical museum and home to a series of single families.
Robert and Stephanie were eager to move from their modern, upscale Indiana condominium overlooking the Ohio River into a more practical place. Both work at Jewish Hospital – Robert as a radiologist, and Stephanie as a vascular technologist – and they wanted to live closer to work.
They looked everywhere for a home, including Cherokee Park and the Highlands. But it was love at first sight when they saw the Old Louisville beauty on South Third Street.
"We wanted something with charm and character," said Stephanie. "It was definitely a draw that this house was downtown. Now work, Fourth Street and so many places are just five minutes away."
The Falks knew the 119-year-old home would require major remodeling, so they set their move-in date for 2008 when the most grueling of renovations would be complete.
The Falk fairy tale isn't too much unlike Cinderella's. She had to be cleaned up and her wardrobe had to be changed for her true magnificence to be revealed. The Falks' home, in essence, needed the same.
It's obvious Robert and Stephanie have made modifications to the house. But they've managed to preserve many of its authentic fixtures, too.
"This is a historical home, so we wanted to keep some things that are original," said Robert, "but we didn't want the house to feel like a museum either."
The home's foyer flaunts an original built-in bench typical of Victorian style below its bay windows. In addition to the seating area, Robert and Stephanie also preserved an exquisite array of large, baroque mirrors; the home's original windows, three of which are stained-glass; seven coal-burning fireplaces; a black claw bathtub with a white rim; a pot filler above the stove; oak hardwood floors; and elaborate woodwork.
Some renovations were large-scale. The entire kitchen had to be gutted and redone before Robert and Stephanie could move in. Jerry Robinson of Jerry Robinson Design oversaw the remodeling feat. With his help, the Falks constructed a kitchen that subtly blends the old with the new.
"We wanted to keep the oldness of the Victorian look," said Robert. "But we wanted to add modern touches, too."
The kitchen's sand-colored tiles look like they're made of stone from a long-ago era, but really they're heated – and evidence that new age innovations can make even the oldest of homes exceptionally comfortable and up to date. In the same vein, the eton blue cabinets, designed by Robbie Walters of Walters Cabinets in Hodgenville, Ky., seem to merely be cabinets. But encompassed in them are the refrigerator, freezer and dishwasher. No modern appliances are readily visible in the kitchen, lending to its old-fashioned feel.
Robert was keen on keeping the home's original windows because of their historicity. But not only were they too thin to withstand Louisville's stormy weather, they also weren't energy-efficient. So instead of completely discarding them, Robert had them refinished. He also added storm windows to their outsides for fortification.
If the Falks' home were Cinderella, Jennifer Stetzler of Palazzina Interiors would be its fairy godmother. She helped Rob and Stephanie transform the home's antiquated appearance into classic elegance.
"We have a thimble of design talent," confessed Robert. "We knew what we liked, but we didn't have the ability to put it all together."
Before Robert and Stephanie had the whole house repainted, it was a murky mess of dark blues and reds. Now the colors are soft and mellow.
"We picked the color scheme: teal and cream," said Stephanie. "Jennifer helped us pick matching furniture and draperies."
The living room is a flawless fusion of modern and classical style. The plush, walnut-colored sofa and chairs are perfect accents to the sky-blue ceiling, which is adorned with a silver-finish crystal chandelier from Palazzina Interiors.
"My favorite room is the living room. It's a very comfortable room. It's not too formal or too casual," said Robert. "It's just right."
The dining room pays homage to much history. Most of the woodwork is original, and the chandelier from Drexel Heritage Interiors appears so traditionally ornate, it seems like it should be original, too. But the real history is contained in one of the home's original glass-display cabinets.
Franz Falk was the first member of the Falk family to travel from Germany to America. He settled in Wisconsin during the mid 1800s and opened the Falk Brewery, which he sold to Pabst Brewing Co. in 1892. Robert displays glasses and other rare memorabilia from the Falk Brewery in the aforementioned cabinet. He even possesses the brewery's original mortgage papers.
It might seem like this is where Robert and Stephanie's Cinderella story ends, but no fairy tale is complete without a Prince Charming.
Stephanie gave birth to Leo Franz Falk 16 months ago. He has a nursery that incidentally connects to the master bedroom. Its sea green walls are adorned with artistic black and white photographs of his mother and him, many of which Robert took himself.
The Falks' newest addition Leo has placed further home additions on the backburner for now. Within the next two years, Robert hopes to complete the unfinished third-floor bathroom, construct a garage and landscape the backyard. Nevertheless, with Leo as Prince Charming, the Falk fairy tale still ends happily ever after.
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I have limited internet access and played through Portal without being online. As a result, several of the achievements didn't unlock. I later went back and played through a second time online to try and get some, but they wouldn't unlock. Some of these achievements include: "Cup Cake", "Fruit Cake", "Vanilla Crazy Cake", and "Camera Shy". How can I unlock these achievements if they won't register?
Open the developer console (the
Make sure that you aren't using the commentary mode as well, which disables them. Worst case, perhaps try a full reinstall of the game.
For achievements like Camera Shy I found I had to play through the entire game without loading from a save game (I can't remember if I died or not - probably not).
If you save/load the game the count is probably reset (or the other completed levels are spawned intact, with cameras, who knows)
Portal is unfortunately very prone to such errors.
If it does not take its natural course the following day, i.e. Steam syncs and achievements appear, then it will probably not ever.
Contact Valve support and let them reset that specific achievement. Then you can do them from scratch.


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This is a page for capturing ideas associated with the preparation and painting of 2169 Mission #300.
General Guidelines
- We want a pragmatic and quickly-feasible approach taken to painting
- Our goal is to make the space usable, not finish every little nook and cranny with perfect coverage
Pre Move Stuff from 2009-08-07
- landlord point of contact - andy
- remove drying racks or junk?
- industrial sewing machines
- $200 a piece to us
- landlord dealing w/ sliding doors to fire escape
- no idea what this is but it kept getting mentioned
- moving day - reuben
- walls - shannon
- wall plan
- recycle as much material as possible for bath/walls/etc
- new floor plan
- area of rescue assitance
- in shop?
- near side exit ok?
- lighting
- rear area should be raised at leats 2'
- projectionable spaces
- wall plan
- interwebs - matt petersen
- kitchen/bath - miloh/christie
- kitchen
- standalone counter/sink
- electric stove (no gas hookup)
- test existing fridge?
- placement?
- rearward but along which axis?
- drain stub work contemporary w/ bathroom work
- dishwasher? disposal?
- kitchen wants/needs - stove + 2 circuits
- bathrooms
- scott - 510-904-7448
- expand front into ada
- bigger (5' turning radius minimum)
- rotate existing toilet
- wall mount sink (maybe not longer one)
- walls to ceiling
- door placement?
- tie into existing drain venting
- existing hot water downstairs
- kitchen
- hvac - ben
- central line? (back/front orientation)
- active venting/cooling/heating?
- access/interior control - dr jesus
- currently, lots of keys
- inner glass door
- locks from inside/outside
- upstairs 'entrance'
- elevator/stairwell separable?
- full wall?
- remove current gates for now (one less key)
- elec - rachel/jim
- front electrical enable/joint account
- one electrical panel poorly wired
- eg, 50A breaker to 8 rated wires
- 'self' upgrade to code-ish is easy/cheap
- ceiling rails
- has ground lines but wired well?
- boxes are 'custom' so need to be checked as well
- floors - ?
- rear patching
- refinish
- add utilities to nb titled accounts
- water
- sewage
- garbage service
- interwebs
- mail box?
- weirdly shared downstairs
- po box?
- insurance
- no water damage coverage?
- dumpster rental for demo?
- need 'permit' or something to park out front
Build Meeting 2009-08-14
Lights - Shannon
- Bringing lights in rear up to level of lights in front, or somewhat higher to put in walls
- Could possible raise them higher, working with Neil Sunday
- Budget: TBD
- Going to do with volunteer muralists
- We will not hold off on moving
- Basecoat Only, Something Close to White
- Needs a person to handle paint - co-headed by Steve C and Rachel McC
Spaces at 83c
83c has subspaces consisting of:
- The Main / Meeting Room
Spaces Planned for the Sweatshop
Concept: Usage Zones
Academic / Classroom
consisting of conference / classrooms, areas suitable for learning, planning, and colaboration. Room ideas are:
- Dungeons and Dragons room: a rectangular room with a board-room style table in it, walls covered in bookshelves and whiteboards.
- Math Room: Krutcher suggests that rather than a "conference room" style classroom, maybe we want a "math room" -- essentially a room with a couple of small tables, some chairs or couches, lots of pacing space, and a bunch of whiteboards; the idea is to facilitate active, creative discussion.
- Study Rooms: Small rooms just big enough for four people to crowd into or one person to spread out in.
- The chill space / lounge conceptually could belong to this Zone.
- Library -- bookshelves, chairs/cushions/lighting for individual reading, some tables for quiet study
- Possible to have a graphics/drafting area? Light table and drafting tables w/maylines, ETC.
Make / Build
Consisting of shop and lab space. Ideas include:
- Dirty Shop -- the machine room / fab space for actually sawing, hammering, lathing and milling.
- Clean Shop -- electronics lab filled with benches for soldering &c.
- Craft Space -- suitable for textile work &c
- Darkroom -- For developing pictures; double doors to allow entry when dark; red lighting
- Chem lab -- space suitable for chemistry / bio work
- A/V studio -- soundproof room.
- big enough for a small band and mics
- greenscreen & camera recording
- Ham shack -- Amaetur radio operating room. Needs good way to get feed lines to the roof.
Common needs:
- positive airflow ventilation to outside
- pressurized hoses to operate tools, blow / suck debris
- possible water & drainage hookup
- strong power lines
- security / fencing-off for party times
- sound barrier to other zones
- Painting -- Responsible for prepping and painting the vertical surfaces of the space beneath the ceiling and over the floor. Contact Steve AKA Mooch , Rachel


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Big Studio London zone 2 #K6
Size26 m²
Floor No.1
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Towels
|Kilburn High Rd, NW6 4HS London, United Kingdom
|Property type
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|2 weeks ago
Floor: 1st Floor
Self-contained fully equipped kitchen with Fridge/Freezer, Microwave, Cooker/Oven, Vacuum Cleaner (communal use - hallway area), Cutlery and Kitchenware
Private bathroom with a soap and a roll of toilet paper
Double bed
Double sofa-bed
Washing machine (communal use - hallway area)
Fresh Bed Linen and Towels on ARRIVAL
Furniture: wardrobe, chairs, chest of drawers, dining table/coffee table TV
Entry door code
Central Heating
ADDITIONAL ITEMS (on request):
Iron and ironing board
Additional set of keys
Washing machine liquids and detergents
Children accessories
Parking and storage spaces
Wheelchair access
Airport transfers
Kilburn Park, zone 2, Bakerloo line, 7 min. walk
Kilburn High Road Overground Station, zone 2, Overground line from Watford Junction to Euston Station, 4 min. walk
Kilburn Tube Station, zone 2, Jubilee line, 15 min. walk
Brondesbury Overground Station, zone 2, Overground line from Richmond and Clapham Junction to Stratford Station, 11 min. walk
Local and Night Buses walking distance
Several Buses to Central London
Minicab (local taxi service) walking distance
Less than 30 min. from Central London (by underground)
• Check in time: from 2pm – 8pm.
• Late check in: After 8pm. Additional fee: £20.00. This fee is automatically added to the total bill, which you must pay in full on arrival.
• Early check in: before 2pm. Please let me know if you need to check in earlier as it is a subject to availability
• Checkout time: before 11 am.
• Smoking IS NOT permitted in the apartments or in any other area of the property.
• You can come with your pet. Additional fee: £30.00. Please inform us about it before the booking is confirmed.
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
|Price for > 2 guests
|$ 7 US per guest/night extra
|Check-in after
|Check-in before
|On arrangement
|Check-out before
|Cancellation Policy
apartment unwelcoming, uncomfortable sofa bed for two people, only three chairs for four people ..... still convenient to public transport links to visit the city and close to many supermarkets ... overall we enjoyed it
appartamento poco accogliente ,divano letto scomodo per due persone ,solo tre sedie per quattro persone.....comodo comunque ai collegamenti pubblici per visitare la città e vicino a molti supermercati...nel complesso ci siamo trovati bene
Apartment most suitable for 2 people to 4. It has only 3 chairs and once opened the sofa bed is little space left over.
Pros proximity to the two metro stations and bus stations and supermarkets.
Things to improve: to increase to at least 2 towels to head those available, a really little.
Small problem in welcoming because we expected the main street in reality the apartment is at the back.
In general the area is quiet and we were good
Appartamento più adatto a 2 persone che a 4. Ha solo 3 sedie ed una volta aperto il divano letto lo spazio che rimane è poco.
Aspetti positivi vicinanza con le due fermate della metro e degli autobus e con i supermercati.
Cose da migliorare: aumentare almeno a 2 asciugamani a testa quelle a disposizione, una è davvero poco.
Piccolo problema nell'accoglienza perché noi aspettavamo sulla strada principale in realtà l'appartamento è sul retro.
In generale la zona è tranquilla e siamo stati bene
Excellent choice via wimdu. Very cozy and very clean. Rating 9
Ottima scelta tramite wimdu. Appartamento molto accogliente e molto pulito. Voto 9
El apartamento está realmente muy bien conectado por bus y metro y hay muchas opciones de supermercados para elegir.
El apartamento está en buenas condiciones y dotado adecuadamente pero algunos detalles han hecho que la estancia no fuera ideal: el televisor no captaba ninguna señal, la ventana estaba cerrada con llave y no podíamos abrirla para airearlo o para refrescarnos, las puertas del armario no estaban bien sujetas a la estructura y el tendedero estaba parcialmente roto. Decir que no reclamamos nada durante la estancia y que se trata más de comentarios de mejora de cara a futuros inquilinos.
Esta bien comunicado. Metro y autobuses cerca. Supermercados al lado.
Es pequeño , cuatro personas adultas no entran. Es para tres personas.
Solo tiene tres sillas.
The flat has a very strong smell of mold/dirty pipes. We have communicated to the property owner on the very first day and after our 21 days stay no one has come to solve this problem. On top of this, the shower has an electronic water heating device inside it, which is very dangerous. My wife and myself had electric shocks twice. We had to stay 2 days without using the shower until the property owner has replaced the old device for a new one. I wouldn't recommend this flat unless it is your last resort.
A very good location, close to the subway station, and a very good value for money! The apartment is really small but perfect for a short journey. The owners are kind and helpful. I would definitely advise this apartment.
Great studio! Just as it was described and looked exactly like the pictures. Very clean! The full kitchen was shared by two flats, but this wasn't an issue. You also get a microwave and small fridge in the studio. Bathroom was small, but worked fine for my stay with two people. Overall it was a great experience.
The pictures that are on the website are NO WHERE near what the actual apartment looked like! This property is less than filthy! There is a large misrepresentation.
I suggest that someone actually look at this property. The light switches in the hallway didn't work, the shower by no means had new cauking in it, the floor boards in the shower area are rotting and oh, 1/2 roll of toilet paper for 8 days for two people!!
There is a sink yes, nothing to wash with or dry the dishes with, we had to purchase. The dishes were mismatched from somebody's basement junk and dirty, they had to be washed before even using a glass!
This is not even close to what we expected. The pillows were flat and who knows how clean. The two bath towels which were left were well used and the hangers in the closet were so dusty, they couldn't be used....we had nothing to wipe them with unless we wanted to used one of the two towels were were supplied with as a hand towel and a towel for the floor ....
Would never trust the pictures again as a hostel would have been a better option but as the traveller, you are at the mercy of who you trusted and who took your money.
Amazing apartment with really good location! And good service! I would love to stay here again!
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First-place Wilby preparing for two Copper Division powerhouses
The Wilby boys basketball team, still stinging from its first loss of the season, 79-76, to Woodland on Friday, was back in the gym Sunday preparing for what may be the most important week of the regular season.
Tonight, the Wildcats host Kennedy, a team they edged on opening night, 54-51.
And on Thursday, Wilby travels to Crosby in a rematch of their classic Jan. 14 battle, won by the Wildcats, 83-82, in two overtimes.
Two nights, two Copper Division showdowns.
"We came back to practice on Sunday morning, we were focused and had a good practice," said Wilby coach Alan Piccolo. "I liked the overall attitude."
It was the combination of poor shooting and defense that got Wilby on Friday night. That, and some great basketball by Woodland.
"We shot 35 percent for the game," said Piccolo. "We also didn't play very good defense, so that combination will get you every time."
But that loss is behind them now, and the attention is turned toward Kennedy (10-2).
In their first matchup, Kennedy led 49-44 with less than three minutes to play before the Walter Wright's steal started a Wilby run. In the blink of an eye, the Wildcats led 52-51 with 1:29 to play.
"We played Kennedy so early in the year, it's really going to be two different teams playing (tonight)," said Piccolo.
Wilby, which dropped to seventh in the state media poll after its loss to Woodland, is also preparing to take on the fourth-ranked Bulldogs (13-1).
In that classic game, Crosby's only loss of the season, Stanley Foote forced overtime with a 3-pointer at the buzzer, and Wright won it with another trey at the buzzer of the second overtime.
Wright had a monster game with 42 points and eight assists.
"Execution on offense, and getting stops on defense," Piccolo said on facing Crosby. "These kids have played against each other for so long that there's really no secrets. At this point, and throughout the tournaments, its going to come down to who executes better on that particular night."
Besides Walter Wright, who is averaging 27.3 points per game this season, Piccolo praised the effort of Taifa Wright, Devon McClellan and Erick DeJesus.
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Relative Dating
Stratigraphy and the Principles of Relative Dating
Relative dating falls under the sub-discipline of geology known
as stratigraphy. Stratigraphy is the science of rock strata, or
layers. Layering occurs in sedimentary rocks as they accumulate
through time, so rock layers hold the key to deciphering the succession
of historical events in Earth's past.
The fundamental principles of stratigraphy are deceptively simple
and easy to understand, but applying them to real rocks and fossils
can be quite challenging. Here are the four fundamental principles
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Does anyone know where I can find a gallery of UIs built with stock WPF controls?
I want to give my business partners examples of what can be (fairly easily) accomplished with the standard WPF controls.
I've seen other threads ask about Windows UIs, but the responses have always been geared towards more custom UI elements and/or generic UX principles.


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It has been my general desire for a few years to acquire the basics in other European languages for the purpose of reading some of the classics in their original language, in a similar vein to this topic. I never pursued a whole lot, and so my knowledge of exactly what those classics might be for a particular language never developed very far. In anticipation for a trip to Lyon this summer I have begun to learn a little French, and would be very interested in reading some of the more palatable (in the sense of a reader who is fairly naive to the language) French texts. My first instincts would be Cauchy and Lebesgue, seeing as I am more analytically inclined, but I have no idea where to start or which of their works are readily available.
Since you mention Lebesgue, I would recommend the following two classics, which build on his lectures at the Collège de France :
Leçons sur les séries trigonométriques
Another suggestions : Topologie générale by Bourbaki, and Théorie des distrbutions by Laurent Schwartz.
The canonical excellent French author is Serre (his books are also quite easy to find) -- Cours d'Arithmetique has some analytic content, if you like that sort of thing, as you say you do...
I suggest that you have a look at Bourbaki's talks here as they range quite a few topics, are generally short enough, are often in french, and are regularly from masters. Of course, you'll find other interesting collections on the same website.
Roger Godement. His courses (in analysis, differential geometry, algebra, etc.) are magnificient.
If you're looking for French classics, I would recommend Darboux's Théorie générale des surfaces There is a lot of analysis there. In fact the text is mostly about the interplay between differential equations and differential geometry. Goursat's Leçons d'analyse are also quite nice. I read somewhere that Bourbaki started as a rejection to this text, but that only makes it more interesting. I also like Appell and Goursat's Théorie des fonctions algébriques et leurs intégrales. Appell's books on mechanics are really nice as well.
Actually Borel wrote a series of very nice little books, around 1900's. One of them is called "Sur les series de Taylor a coefficient positive". It has some very nice theorem, many of which are forgotten at this day; it reads like a beautifully written paper that just came out.
Also, Paul Levy. He has an exceedingly beautiful writting style. His 7 volume collected works should be available in a math library.
Cauchy's Cours d'Analyse is beautifully written, and good for the "analytically inclined". His treatment of infinitesimals is very interesting, and it contains the famous "mistaken proof" that a limit of continuous functions is continuous. There's a CUP reprint, and it is online here
Fourier's Théorie analytique de la chaleur is available online here. As an advantage, the English version The Analytical Theory of Heat is available here.
For the really analytically inclined :), while I have not finished reading it myself, I have been told by multiple of my French colleagues that Leray's original paper on Navier-Stokes has interesting mathematics and quite penetrable language.
I'm not fit to properly judge the quality of the language, but I've always found Dixmier's papers very lucid (although mathematically demanding for this Bear Of Little Brain). Plus, one gets to see some of the theory of Von Neumann algebras at an interesting time. Looking on NUMDAM ought to yield several papers, including IIRC the paper on $C^k$ functional calculus for self-adjoins elements in $L^1$ of a nilpotent group.
For operator theory, Dixmier seems to be a good option.


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