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Arsenal v City: Sold out
- 15 March 2014 09:38
- Posted by @MCFCHelp
Supporters are advised that tickets for our Barclays Premier League away game against Arsenal have now sold out.
Barclays Premier League - Ticket Information
Arsenal v Manchester City
Saturday 29th March 2014
Kick off – 5.30pm
Official Match Ticket
Entry to the Stadium will be granted on the presentation of a valid ticket purchased from the Club. The Club excludes all liability to any supporter who is denied entry to the Stadium as a result of their ticket having been purchased through an unauthorised seller. The unauthorised sale or disposal of tickets may also amount to a criminal offence and the Club will inform the police as soon as it becomes aware of any unauthorised sale or disposal of tickets.
It is important that you have purchased, and are in possession of, the correct ticket and that it is activated to allow you access in to the stadium. If the supporter who originally purchased the ticket is no longer able to attend the match, please contact the Supporter Services team on 0161 444 1894 (option 1, then option 3) to discuss, and where appropriate, upgrade your ticket. Please note that in some instances, you may be required to visit the Ticket Office above the City Store at the Etihad Stadium in advance of the match so that we can make the necessary amendments to your ticket (this is applicable where there is a change from a concession to an adult). Failure to upgrade your ticket before you attempt to enter the ground may result in a stadium ban.
Duplicate Ticket(s)
Should you misplace your ticket, we can arrange for a duplicate to be collected on the day of the match from the Arsenal Ticket Office. Please contact the MCFC Supporter Services Team on 0161 444 1894 (option 1, option 3) who will be happy to help. Failure to provide the correct information in advance or on the day may result in either club not being able to provide a duplicate ticket. Identification will be required at the Arsenal Ticket Office.
Getting to the Emirates Stadium
Plan your journey following the directions as advised by Arsenal. http://www.arsenal.com/emirates-stadium/get-to...-emirates-stadium
We would like to remind everyone why we have the best supporters in the country. On your visit to the Emirates Stadium, please respect the stewards and staff at the Club and we ask that you:
- Remain in the seat that you have purchased.
- Keep your ticket with you at all times.
- Do not block the aisles or gangways.
- Use of pyrotechnics, flares and smoke bombs is prohibited
- Do not smoke.
The Ticket Office and Supporter Services Team are available Monday - Saturday, 9am to 5:30pm (closed Sunday & Bank Holiday). Supporter Services will open for all scheduled First Team away fixtures, and will open in line with our standard operating hours for this fixture. Please call +44 161 444 1894 (option 1, option 3). Out of hours you can use our online 'frequently asked questions' resource, #mcfchelp. You can also ask us a question and keep up to date via our official Supporter Services Twitter account, @MCFCHELP.
All tickets and hospitality are sold subject to availability and are issued subject to Manchester City Football Club Limited's 2013-14 away match terms and conditions of sale and the applicable ground regulations of the opposing team.


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Bill Baldwin's 1940 Ford Deluxe coupe - Back In TimeWritten by on January 1, 2008 Contributors: Kevin Lee It's 1957 Again When Bill Baldwin Drives His '40 Deluxe Coupe
Bill Baldwin's '40 Ford Deluxe coupe was freshly finished in July when it showed up in Columbus, Ohio, at the Goodguys Nationals. That's where the hot-rod red paint, starting-line stance, and overall emphasis on getting everything just right made us take notice.
Bill has owned a bunch of '40 Fords-"Henry's finest," as he calls them-and was looking for a coupe to go along with his current collection. That collection includes a high-mileage convertible built in 1978, a phantom pickup from about five years ago, and now this recently completed Deluxe coupe.
Let's back things up about 52 years to when this story really began. It was 1955, and Bill was just a youngster, looking for a car to build into a dirt-track stocker. One of his friends was putting together a '40 Deluxe, until Bill bought it from him. In 1957, Bill swapped the built-up Flathead for an OHV V-8 with three carbs. He dressed it up with a fresh red-and-white pleated interior, whitewall tires, and Moon discs, and painted it bright red. After a few more years, Bill needed money for a dragster project and sold the '40. Starting to see where this is going?
The world changed a lot in the half-century that came and went between Bill's first '40 and his latest, but a couple things that didn't change were Bill's taste in cars and the appeal of late-'50s hot rods. So when Bill started thinking about how to build this car, his first decision was to do it in the timeless style he remembered and loved.
His second decision was to turn over the project to Ray Bartlett and his team at the Hot Rod Garage in Denton, Maryland. Bill showed up at the Hot Rod Garage with a head full of ideas as to how the coupe should look and perform. He wanted it to bear a resemblance to the coupe he owned in 1957, but just as importantly, it had to be a reliable driver. The crew at the Hot Rod Garage built Bill's phantom pickup and rebuilt his convertible, so he was confident that they understood exactly what he wanted with the coupe, and could build an excellent car. He was right on both counts.
The body was located in Delaware, fairly complete and acceptably straight. The '57 312 Y-block was contributed by his nephew, Meade Jr. A barn full of parts-souvenirs of cars owned and swap meets attended over the years-got the project underway. In a year's time, the Hot Rod Garage crew had the car done just the way Bill wanted it, and just in time for the trip to the Goodguys Nats in Columbus.
Now all that's left to do with the car is drive it. And when he does, 2007 becomes 1957 and he has a half-century's worth of miles to make up.
Rod & Custom Feature Car
Bill Baldwin
Millersville, Maryland
'40 Ford Deluxe coupe
When the '40 was found in Delaware, it was sitting on its original frame, which was maintained during the buildup. Jason Gallo at Hot Rod Garage cut some notches in the 'rails in order to make room for the exhaust pipes. The Super Bell I-beam axle drops 4 inches to give the car its aggressive crouch. That look is enhanced by Pete & Jake's spindles and multileaf springs. In the rear, parallel leaf springs and P&J's shocks suspend the Ford 8-inch rear, running 3.00:1 gears. The stock steering was replaced by a Chassis Engineering box. The front GM disc brakes and rear 10-inch Ford drums are fed by a Mustang dual master cylinder, with a power booster.
Bill ran a Flathead in his first '40, then a 283 small-block ("It was time to build a real hot rod out of it"). Now he has returned to Ford power, but taken it a step further with a 312ci Thunderbird motor. The '57 Y-block was purchased at the Hershey, Pennsylvania, swap meet, and had been previously rebuilt. "So we took a chance and dropped it right in," Bill told us. The triple Holley 94s are reminiscent of the 3x2 induction he ran 50 years ago, this time on an Edelbrock #553 manifold. Henry Stewart at the Hot Rod Garage made the brackets and mounts to make the Y-block work in the '40 engine compartment, and Jason Gallo built custom headers, running into Smithy's glasspack mufflers. A Walker radiator keeps things cool on the street (it's a driver, remember?). Pro Trans in Wilmington put together a C4 transmission to back up the Thunderbird, adding a shift kit, and running a stock converter.
Wheels & Tires
Radials would've been inconspicuous inside those fat fenders, but Bill owed it to nostalgia to make 'em bias-plies. Firestone wide whites, 5.00-16s and 6.50-16s, do the trick. The 16-inch reverse steelies are 14-series Gennies from Wheel Vintiques, painted body color and dressed up with Ford Deluxe caps. The front rims are 16x6 with 4 inches of backspacing; the rear 16x7s have 3 inches of backspacing.
Body & Paint
It's the original steel, uncut the way Henry intended. The mirrors came from SO-CAL Speed Shop, but pretty much everything else-the hood, headlights and taillights, bumpers, handles, you name it-are stock pieces. The grille is a repop part from Bob Drake Reproductions. Jason Lester at the Hot Rod Garage made sure the sheetmetal was straight before shooting the DuPont red, and Jim Wright's Custom Chrome brought the brightwork back to like-new condition. Under the hood, the firewall was customized to accommodate the Y-block and painted with the same white used in the interior.
All that red is mixed with white in the interior, where the factory appearance is modified just enough to tell you this is a hot rod. Dean Alexander at the HRG used two-tone vinyl to cover the '40 two-door sedan seats in a traditional rolls 'n' pleats pattern. It continues to the door panels, which are broken up with custom stainless trim. Bill kept the stock gauges and dash-wisely, we'd say-with a little bit of 'striping along the top. He can flip up the stock speaker grille to access the Sony AM/FM stereo, installed by Henry Stewart at the HRG. A Vintage Air heater blows through vents in a hidden custom panel. Juliano's seatbelts were installed, and LimeWorks provided the 16-inch '40 steering wheel. The Lokar 23-inch swan-neck shifter completes the picture.

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January 17, 2013
J&B Met 2013 fashion: tips from designers
Let your imagination run wild for this year's J&B Met, taking place at the Kenilworth Racecourse on February 3. With Made to Fly as the theme, there are high expectations for amazing outfits, made from soft fabrics in dazzling colours.
This year's theme is a wide-ranging one, and with fashion being fickle we called in the experts to help you choose the perfect ensemble.
Fashion gurus say bold, bright colours, made with flowing fabric like georgette, are the way to go. Forget the cheap fairy wings – think beyond airline crew, if you want to stand out.
Be bold in your choice of colour, says Dennis Hamer of Hip Hop fashions. Proudly South African design house Hip Hop traditionally develops a range of outfits for the J&B Met, and this year is no exception. They've gone all out, using the entire yellow spectrum, and dipped into orange, as their main colour for their range.
Hamer says choosing fabric is key when deciding on an outfit. February is traditionally one of the hottest months in Cape Town, so it is advisable to wear free-flowing fabrics that will not only keep you cool, but will also create the illusion of flight.
The Hip Hop range is about anything that can fly, Hamer says. They have used feathers, butterflies and dragonflies in their designs, and are punting wearing orange with black.
Mahlatse James is one of Johannesburg's top fashion journalists and says: "I do love everything about this year's theme, and would be interested to witness how most people will interpret it."
James, who has been in fashion journalism for over a decade, feels the best way to achieve optimum styling is not to go the literal route.
Most people will probably try to inject humour in their clothing, and I foresee most dressed in airplane cabin crew-esque uniforms. It could be fun," he says, but warns people to avoid looking like they're at a "random costume party".
And wings?
"Yes. Sadly, we are bound to see wings, too. Not Victoria's Secret's angel wings, but a few of the cheap fairy kind."
You guessed it: wings must be avoided at all costs.
James advises attendees to opt for flowing garments and subtly layered fabrics, and to play with lengths to make it fun and appropriate for the event. And one thing you should never fail to consider for the J&B Met, is plenty of shoe options.
"Shoes can always breathe excitement into an outfit. Sky-high heels are fabulous but not very practical for a day event outside. I'm not a fan of flats at all, so kitten heels and wedges are my absolute go-to shoes," he adds.
The fashion journo says he can't wait to see Bonang Matheba, since she always has a way of making any and every outfit work, "She is every fashionista's dream BFF. I simply cannot wait for her."
James says he'd love to dress twins Hlelo and Ntando Masina of Yfm.
"They are such amazing girls, with even more beautiful bodies. I'd love to reel them out of their royal 'twin-set branding' and put them in clothing that will bring out their individual personalities. Hlelo in tailored perfection, and Ntando in a multi-textural garment," concludes James.
But while James feels the Met is no place for cabin-crew outfits, young up-and-coming fashion designer Melissa Somerset, of SomersetJane, disagrees.
"Two trends that I love, and never really go out of style, are 60s retro and military."
She says shows like Pan Am have brought retro style to life in a big way. A scarf at the neck, bold colour blocking or a gown topped off with a Pan Am-inspired stewardess hat, perhaps?
Somerset also loves a good mix of masculine and feminine – teaming an air force-inspired collared shirt, offset by a chiffon ball-gown skirt and finished with an army beret, is something she'd love to see. "Keeping the execution of the theme abstract, as apposed to too literal, would be the key," she also warns.
"I'm expecting to see a lot of feathers, bird-inspired hats and fascinators. And yes, perhaps some wings."
"I'd like to see the feather trend stretched into the tropical print trend we've seen throughout this summer, or even taken darker into feathered gowns in blacks and purples, à la Beyoncé in Givenchy at the Met Gala last year."
Black and white is a huge trend in gowns right now, and "solid white and black, fully feathered gowns would definitely make a statement", she continues.
A super shade of lipstick should accompany every girl – or guy – to the Met, she adds: "As the day is long, a fresh lick of lippy throughout the day is something you can't do without."
Somerset would also love to see Bonang Matheba as well as Miss SA Marilyn Ramos, who she thinks will keep it conservative – or could bring it right out the box.


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All of us are in our twenties, running our own business or in a career good growth prospects and we would like this to be a place were we can: 1. learn new things, expand our general and business knowledge 2. develop skills like public speaking 3. set goals and be accountable to each other 4. help each other by listening to one another's problems and offering suggestions or advice 5. brainstorming ideas
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We made this easy and delicious guacamole just a few miles South of San Francisco, near Half Moon Bay.
Guacamole is the perfect snack for entertaining. Everybody loves it and it's very easy to make. Be sure to pick good avocados: they should be pretty black and slightly mushy. Stay away from green and firm avocados - they are not quite ready yet!
Delicious Guacamole Recipe from Julia and Julieta on Vimeo.
Here's the list of ingredients:
- avocados
- tomatoes
- fresh cilantro
- green or white onions
- jalapeños
- lime juice
- salt & pepper
The key to a nice guacamole is to chop the ingredients very small (concassé). Start with the onions, follow with tomatoes and jalapeños. Mash the avocados with a fork and sprinkle with lime juice right away, so they don't get black. Finish with fresh cilantro, salt and pepper.
Now go get some tortilla chips and dig in!


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Very interesting picture
it's beautiful
Great lighting and composition.
Great shot and an awesome idea!
cute :)
What an absolutely great photo of chickens being raised in a healthy, humane and environmentally friendly manner. Seeing this makes me long for old ways.
Great farming! Animals being looked after in a humane manner. Much better than battery hen farming.
This image is endearing! I have looked at it multiple times & enjoy it more each visit!
This picture just makes me smile every time I look at it! Gorgeous morning, sun peeking over the horizon, and fat, happy hens starting their day free ranging through this beautiful green field. One of the best pictures I've ever seen in NGEO. I would love to purchase a print if they're ever offered.
I love this picture because of the sunrise or is it a sunset?but it is a beautiful.
I love how this picture makes common, everyday farm life look beautiful and unique. It's difficult to do, I know.
What a beautiful picture.
That sky is gorgeous and the color of the chickens really pops against the green of the grass. Love this photo.
the photo is powerful and with a gorgeous sense of positive energy, and depicts a concept which is even more so! Congratulations to the photographer but above all to who first put 2 & 2 together to come up with this genial idea!
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Great composition, use of available light and depth of field. Nice work.
cute photo
This is ideal farming, both animal-friendly and eco-friendly. If only all the farms can do the same....
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Good picture. Nice to see free range chickens and they are given the best home and yard to scratch in. The owners are responsible as well.
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Beautiful, The chickens look cute.
Cute!! Chickies doing their chicken-thing. All chickens should be so fortunate to be free-range like this. Good picture!
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Former Durango resident Mary Elizabeth England died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, at the Valley Inn Nursing Home in Mancos. She was 83.
Ms. England was born to Dr. H.H. and Garnet (Keller) Levi on Feb. 8, 1929, in Carrollton, Ill. She graduated as valedictorian of Carrollton High School in 1948, going on to earn a bachelor of arts in home economics from MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Ill.
On Oct. 25, 1952, she married Dr. Robert Gale England in Richmond Heights, Mo. The marriage later ended in divorce.
She moved to Durango in 1991.
Ms. England was a homemaker, home economist, interior decorator and elementary school teacher. She enjoyed playing bridge, travel, gardening and cats. She also enjoyed hand-quilting and once won second prize at the La Plata County Fair for one of her quilts.
�She had a sassy sense of humor and an outgoing personality throughout her entire life,� her family said. �She went to a Grateful Dead concert in the �70s, where she was the only attendee in a pantsuit with a matching purse.� The staff members at the Valley Inn who cared for her in her final days described her as a �firecracker,� the family said.
Ms. England is survived by her sons Andy England of Durango, Edward England of Shorewood, Ill., and Frederic England of Springfield, Ill.; four grandchildren; one cousin; and numerous nephews and nieces.
At her request, there will be no service at this time. An informal memorial service will take place in the fall.


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The anticipation, or more so the fear, has subsided. Coach Charlie Strong, the man who's returned a program to its prime, has committed to the university that gave him his long-awaited, first opportunity at a head coaching job.
Not since LeBron's infamous "Decision" has a choice to stay or leave a team seemed so overplayed, dramatic and stressful. But, unlike King James, Strong chose loyalty in the end, over salary, the allure of the SEC conference or whatever other precious amenities the University of Tennessee was willing to offer.
In a press conference Thursday morning, Strong announced his "Decision" before a room packed with the media – the same media who sang every speculative tune reported via the internet, TV and radio about Strong's status last night, until finally Pete Thamel of "Sports Illustrated" unofficially put the rumors to rest, running with an unnamed Louisville source's testament that Strong would remain a Card.
As Strong approached the podium today, everyone knew the answer to the one looming question hanging over Strong's – and every Card fan's – head. Addressing the crowd, his voice seemed to carry an air of increased confidence and poise, yet, at the same time, demonstrated a humble, reflective tone.
"This was a decision that was made with a few minutes of deliberation, as you know," Strong said. "It was the toughest decision I ever had to make in my 29 years of coaching. It was a life decision for myself, my family and for my school."
It was a life decision based on Strong's personal values. Unlike a previous coach at the university who left for the NFL, then suffered a blow to his career at the University of Arkansas, Strong didn't see a greener field on the other side of the fence.
I can't entirely blame Petrino for his decision to try his hand in the National Football League after Louisville's victory in the Orange Bowl in 2006. It was a choice I'm sure he grappled with, and one I'd probably make as a coach myself. What person wouldn't dream of coaching at the top level if given the opportunity? You can't blame someone for doing what makes him or her happy – or believes will make him or her happy at the time.
But enough about Petrino. Ultimately, Strong's decision was based upon the very same principle: What would make him happy and his family happy?
Yet, Strong, being the man he is, wasn't looking out solely for himself, his wife and his children. He considered the staff he'd assembled at Louisville, the players such as Teddy Bridgewater, who'd left Florida to follow Coach to the Bluegrass State. Strong also looked to the task at hand and how close UofL was to claiming uncharted territory for the program.
In three years, he's taken a team from a losing record to a BCS Bowl game and a 10-2 record. There's not much room for improvement with a resume like that. But, there is something the Cards have yet to accomplish: A National Championship.
Strong addressed the idea Thursday: "Leading to me isn't about telling people what to do, its all about serving others. It's about watching players come to college as grown boys and developing into men. When I thought about leaving, I kept going back (to) – we haven't finished the job yet. We're still growing together. We have a lot of work to do."
By joining the Atlantic Coast Conference next year, Strong's chance is even better now that ESPN and the BCS committee won't be able to downplay the competition UofL faced in the Big East.
Next year certainly carries promise – even more so after Strong's announcement today. For now, the Cards can refocus on the upcoming matchup against Strong's former team, Florida, on Jan. 2 in the Mercedes Benz Superdome. Then, they can work toward an even brighter future the following season.
But, before all this attention surrounding Strong shifts back to the team and the Sugar Bowl, let's just take a moment to acknowledge the individual behind the powerful Louisville squad's athletic and academic success. (Let's not forget the massive credit belonging to Athletic Director Tom Jurich, either. He's the best in his business, absolutely no question about it.)
According to Strong's bio on the university's official athletic site, www.gocards.com, he's brought energy and enthusiasm back to the Cardinals' football program with his ability to motivate, teach and recruit at the highest level.
As an assistant coach for 27 years, winning two national titles, Strong has a clear vision of rebuilding the Cardinals' football program based on character, hard work and honor. Since coming to Louisville, Strong has also emphasized the importance of succeeding in the classroom. His teams have earned over a 2.5 GPA in every semester that he has been the head coach.
Strong's also, in general, known as an overall good guy, which makes it that much easier to root for him. Even had he chosen to leave, I'd have remained on the "Strong side." You can't hate on a man who demonstrates qualities you'd hope most any other football coach would not only adopt but foster in his own team.
Strong's closing statement during the press conference may best reflect his admirable character. Standing at the podium Thursday morning, he slowed his speech a bit to emphasize the sincerity and profoundness of his message:
"I close with this paraphrase by Steve McCovey. 'You can buy a person a lot, but you can't buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm is,'" his voice overcome with emotion, "'where his loyalty is,'" he continued. "My enthusiasm and heart are with the University of Louisville."
There you have it CardNation – Strong is here to stay. Thrown into a wave of speculation and hounding by the press, he stood firm in his faith in the Cards, Jurich's faith in him and the people of Louisville's faith in the entire UofL program. All Strong desires now is an extra show of support, not necessarily to him, but to his team, if you wouldn't mind.
I think after today he's proven he and the Cards deserve every bit of it.


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Is it possible to set the "urgent" flag in Gmail for outgoing mail? I'd like to be able to flag time-sensitive emails as such.
I tested by sending an email to my Gmail acct from an Exchange account, and setting the flag urgent. Then I looked at the email in the web interface and from Outlook. In Outlook (getting Gmail) I saw the message flagged urgent. In the Web interface, I saw no urgent indication.
I replied to the message from the web interface and from Outlook. In the web interface, the urgent flag was not shown, and did not make it back to the Exchange account. In Outlook, the reply did not have the urgent flag activated, but when I activated it it was visible back on the Exchange account.
So, to summarize .. the Gmail web interface does not recognize the urgent flag, at least not as implemented by Microsoft Exchange. But the Gmail engine does not lose the header data when it is provided by another client.
As an aside .. I find the urgent flag far more irritation than it is worth. Rarely does "urgent" to you mean that it should be "urgent" to me. When is the last time that you received a message flagged "low priority"?
IMHO it is far better to indicate in the subject and body that the issue is urgent or time-sensitive.
EDIT: Google just added (1-Sept-2010) the "Priority Inbox" functionality and some kind of importance measure. I will redo my tests and update.
It's not possible using the web interface. I haven't tried with IMAP, but I assume it would honour an Urgent flag if set in your email client.


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Mar. 11, 2012 Le Corsaire (Live in Cinemas)
Posted 11 March 2012 - 09:46 AM
Posted 11 March 2012 - 04:36 PM
Lunkina does not come across like Zakharova, or Osipova, or even Alexandrova. She is her own pristine, delicate, unassuming self - the same self who told me once how much she loves to dance, how ballet is everything to her and how she tries each time she's on stage to serve it well.
She doesn't knock you down with her virtuosity, nor make you swoon with her very presence, as some others do, but she is as pure as the driven snow (and with her hair dyed black, reminds me of Snow White). She is ballerina, above all, and carries herself through all her perfectly executed steps, with dignity and a little almost-restrained playfulness (when appropriate). Skvortsov was her ideal partner, as he exhibited similar traits. A noble pirate!
Burlaka and Ratmansky's version has painstakingly restored so much from the 19th century and expanded their remake to remarkable proportions. They present a completely jam-packed jardin animé, for example, overflowing with group dances large and small, solo variations, and much mime. They've also included a children's dance for the young'uns in the grotto (two boys and four girls ages 10 or 11). The only thing they've reduced is the pas de trois, which is instead a pas de deux for Medora and Conrad, as we've sometimes seen. So, all those slave poses of humility were changed to hunky pirate poses of bravado.
Loved the addition of the 'Little Corsaire" folksy dance that Medora liltingly and joyfully performed during the celebrations in the grotto. The absolute giddy happiness on Lunkina's face and in her steps was such a delight. She had a quick change back into her tutu, topped with a red pirate-y overlay to match Conrad's garments, as soon as she finished her lively little diversion. Wonderful insert!
The three odalisques - Olga Kishnyova, Anna Nikulina, and Anna Tikhomirova, were more than adequate in their variations, but not (yet) something to write home about - except, perhaps, for the third, Tikhomirova. Her variation is always the most memorable and liked, and she performed it very well. Still, these chosen ones have to mature some more. I'm sure nerves (at being part of a worldwide broadcast) played a part.
A few funky, personal observations: When Conrad was poisoned and Medora attemped to leave the grotto for help, she reminded me of Clara and the Mice. At each exit she approached she was suddenly turned back by a pouncing pirate or two - they leapt at her from all the wings until they surrounded her. A little Nutcracker reference.
With all the pains taken with costuming, restoring and creating many new - there was a very interesting interview with the head of the costume department during one of the intermissions - I thought it funny that Medora's guardian's shoes were store-bought. He wore leather pull-ons, dyed blue, with those big stretchy elastic inserts on both sides of the foot!
At the very beginning, as soon as Skvortsov appeared on stage, he got applause - not from everyone, but a small claque-ish smattering. However, when Lunkina first appeared, up on a balcony, not a single clap was heard (if you discount mine). I thought, oh, perhaps they're waiting for her to come from the wings - but no, she never got any 'recognition' appaluse. And that about sums up how people react to Lunkina, even those who adore her. She's simply there. Respected, honoured, but not someone to elicit wild behaviour, of any kind, from her audience. True to her word, you can see she simply loves ballet, but is not going to be showy about it.
There was a spoken word in this ballet! (Or perhaps two words - in any case, two syllables I didn't understand). It was shouted out by Medora! She was being held aloft and was in a spirited mood. Anyone know what it was and why it was included?
The shipwreck - which Medora (with her hair down) and Conrad alone survive - was staged lavishly with the addition of fog and visual effects that I suppose had to be present in the theater, too - no? The boat snaps dramatically in half, held together by a thin layer of its bottom, but broken and totally out of commission. As the storm raged and pirates went overboard left and right, I found it amusing that one of them, leaving the ship from the back, jumped into the 'sea' feet first, as if he were jumping down to the floor from a crouched position on a tabletop or something (which, in reality, was exactly what he was doing!). Totally wrong kind of disembarking!
Anastasia Stashkevitch and Vyacheslav Lopatin were standouts in the Pas d'esclave - especially Stashkevitch! Wow! All the character dancers were given a lot to dance and provided wonderful diversions from the tutu dances.
Now, get this. The theater I was at is up the road a couple of miles from one of the prides of the Canadian arts - the Quinte Ballet School - the generously subsidized Quinte Ballet School. It houses serious ballet students from all over, year-round, has a prestigious summer intensive program, runs a recreational ballet school for local students as well, and generally thinks it's the cat's meow. I was - naturally! - expecting the theatre to be FILLED with students and staff from the school. What a rare opportunity for a school outing (even taking into consideration that they don't cotton to Russian ballet) - and on a free day, a Sunday, to boot! Don'tcha know, there was NOT ONE student nor teacher nor staff member from the Quinte Ballet School of Canada at today's production of Le Corsaire!
In fact, there were only 25 people in the audience. And, except for the grandmother - who appeared younger than I am, with her granddaughter (who may or may not be a student at the school - or at some other studio, I didn't ask) - every other person there was more elderly than I, by 10-20 years. It never ceases to amaze me.
Posted 11 March 2012 - 04:50 PM
Posted 11 March 2012 - 05:26 PM
Did anyone keep count on how many costumes between Svetlana Lunkina and Nina Kaptsova?
Posted 11 March 2012 - 06:34 PM
Maybe the third time I see this production will be the charm: "Grand pas des eventails" was cut from the Kennedy Center touring production a few Junes ago, presumably to keep the run-time at three hours to avoid overtime. Too bad it was moved from its original position in the second act (if I understood Ms. Novikova correctly), or we would have seen it! Perhaps the Bell HD PVR is on union time.
"The Sleeping Beauty" was a sell-out here, and there were some very dressed-up and disappointed children heading away from the theater when I arrived. The theater was at least at 85% for "Le Corsaire" on the top level. (The first five rows are awful, and I didn't see many people there.)
I agree 100% with Marga's description of Lunkina: she's a modest dancer with prima gifts, and she was exquisite. She's also scheduled to dance Zina in "Bright Stream" on the next HD I was lucky enough to see Kaptsova live in DC, and she was even better this afternoon. I also loved Skvortsov: he's such a virile presence, but always elegant. Two details really enthralled me: he is one of the few male dancers who, in preparation for turns in perfect fifth, does not move/turn-in his standing foot as he tendus to the side and ronde de jambs his leg back. More critically, the timing and command of his port de bras is gorgeous: in his Act I Grand Pas solo, at one point preparing for some big technical thing, he gestured back from stillness just a tad behind the beat and pulled me in.
I loved all three Odalisques, but was particularly taken with No. 3, the very musical Anna Tikhomirova. Vyacheslav Lopatin was wonderful in the "Pas d'eclaves"; virtuosos who can leap and turn without pushing are my favorite, but he was also an elegant and attentive partner. I was disappointed with Anastasia Stashkevich in the first, fast pas of the "Pas d'eclaves" and in her solo; in allegro, I thought she looked forced and hit beats without much phrasing. She was more interesting to me in the second adagio pas. I adore Andrei Merkuriev's characterization of Birbanto, and the "Danse des forbans" with the spirited Anna Antropova was superb.
"Jardin animee" might be the most beautiful dance I've ever seen.
I would buy this in a second if it is released. This production is a treasure.
Posted 12 March 2012 - 04:48 AM
I missed this, b/c I was traveling home from Jupiter, FL by car after seeing 2 performances of Miami City Ballet's Giselle this past weekend. It was a great weekend, and I knew I would miss Corsaire, b/c the live feed wasn't playing anywhere in Jupiter or South Florida. Instead I was stuck on Florida's Turnpike passing 13 car accidents!!!! It was end of Spring Break for students and raining. Sure wish I had been watching Corsaire instead. I hope to see it during an encore presentation. You have whetted my appetite!
Posted 12 March 2012 - 11:17 AM
Oh my.
Posted 12 March 2012 - 03:05 PM
And IIRC, Bart Birdsall, the "Au bord!" matter came up when this (or most of it) was shown in DC a few years ago. It does seem little odd, though if you're going to put something odd in a ballet, that shipwreck is it, for my money. Go for it!
And a thought about empty theaters: When I tried to find out whether this was showing in the Chicago area, I entered my ZIP (post) code on Fandango's web site and got nothing, but then, not sure how comprehensive a sample of their database I might be getting, I tried a few more widely-scattered codes, including the distant suburb where I went to see one of the Met productions, and lo! That same theater is showing this on the 20th! So, what was Fandango's thinking? No one's going to travel across the metropolitan area for this, or if they would, we don't want 'em in here, so don't let 'em see that? So if your theater was empty, folks, it may just have been another triumph of marketing. Maybe, few knew.
Anyway, I'm enjoying the discussion on the strength of my having seen most of this onstage and considering the possibility of seeing it on screen on the 20th, if it doesn't turn up somewhere else first, like, on line?
Posted 12 March 2012 - 03:15 PM
Posted 12 March 2012 - 03:29 PM
Lunkina did call out something into the megaphone in the HD.
I read somewhere that Medora (during the Little Corsaire interpolation) historically shouted, "Au Bord" in a megaphone, but I don't remember where I read it. I think I also saw Alexandrova dance and shout it on YouTube (from the Corsaire reconstruction) and it doesn't sound like "Au Bord," but I assumed it was the Russian words for the same idea. Maybe someone who knows Russian can decipher what she says.
Posted 13 March 2012 - 11:21 AM
Marga, were the spoken words during the interpolated "Little Corsaire" variation? I read that Medora shouts "Au bord!" (or a Russian version of that phrase) at the end of that variation.
Vocalization during "Little Corsaire" would certainly fit in with the choreography, but it wasn't then that she shouted out. She was in a tutu, held up high, and triumphantly called out what did sound similar to what your wrote, although I would have understood "Au bord", so it wasn't that.
I think it was at the end of Act I when Conrad's pirates "kidnapped" Medora, rescuing her from the Pasha, whereupon they all triumphantly left for the grotto.
Posted 13 March 2012 - 12:47 PM
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Posted 13 March 2012 - 01:12 PM
Truth be told, He contributed, yes he did, But it was also BURLAKA. Shame on Mr. New York Times critic.
ANd the truth is - from the Bolshoi's site
Хореография Мариуса Петипа
Постановка и новая хореография -
Алексей Ратманский, Юрий Бурлака
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Revival: Alexei Ratmansky, Yuri Burlaka
New Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky
The English and Russian version present contributions of Burlaka and Ratmansky slightly differently (Russian states - Revival and new choreography - both names.....)
Posted 13 March 2012 - 01:40 PM
"Na abordage!" is what she shouts in Russian. Same meaning.
Thank you! (I knew it had more syllables than "au bord" )
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Towards the end of this, how do I get
$$ \frac{\sqrt{8z + 1} - 1}{2} < w + 1 $$
Here $w = x + y \geq 0, t = (w^2 + w)/2 , z = t + w, x,y \in \mathbb N_{\geq 0}$.
Towards the end of this, how do I get
$$ \frac{\sqrt{8z + 1} - 1}{2} < w + 1 $$
Here $w = x + y \geq 0, t = (w^2 + w)/2 , z = t + w, x,y \in \mathbb N_{\geq 0}$.
In that Wikipedia article it is shown that inverse function to $$f(w)=\frac{w^2+w}2$$ is the function $$f^{-1}(t)=\frac{\sqrt{8t+1}-1}2.$$
These functions are strictly increasing on $[0,\infty)$.
So $$f(w)\le z<f(w+1)$$ implies $$w\le f^{-1}(z)<w+1,$$ which is what you wrote.
I'll add the link to the current revision of the Wikipedia article, so that this post makes sense even in the case the article is changed.
Actually \begin{eqnarray*} z<\frac{(w+1)(w+2)}{2}&\Leftrightarrow&2z<w^2+3w+2\\ &\Leftrightarrow&2z<\left(w+\frac{3}{2}\right)^2-\frac{1}{4}\\ &\Leftrightarrow&2z+\frac{1}{4}<\left(w+\frac{3}{2}\right)^2\\ &\Leftrightarrow&\frac{\sqrt{8z+1}}{2}<w+\frac{3}{2}\\ &\Leftrightarrow&\frac{\sqrt{8z+1}-1}{2}<w+1 \end{eqnarray*}
Rather than follow the Wikipedia derivation, I've produced my own; it's essentially the same, but I think that it may be a bit easier to follow.
Let $T_n=\binom{n+1}2=\sum_{k=1}^nk$, the $n$=th triangular number. We can write the pairing function as $$\langle x,y\rangle=\frac{(x+y)(x+y+1)}2+y=T_{x+y}+y\;,$$ making it clear that every $\langle x,y\rangle$ is of the form $T_n+k$ for some $n,k\in\Bbb N$ with $k\le n$.
Inverting the pairing function is then simply a matter of calculating the unique $n$ and $k$ such that $z=T_n+k$ and $k\le n$: once $n$ and $k$ are known, just set $y=k$ and $x=n-k$.
From the proof of the lemma it's clear that finding $n$ and $k$ boils down to finding the maximal $n$ such that $T_n\le z$, i.e., the unique $n$ such that
$$\frac12n(n+1)\le z<\frac12(n+1)(n+2)\tag{1}\;.$$
The first inequality in $(1)$ can be rewritten $n^2+n\le2z$, or $n^2+n-2z\le0$; over $\Bbb R$ this has the solution
$$\frac{-1-\sqrt{1+8z}}2\le n\le\frac{-1+\sqrt{1+8z}}2\tag{2}$$
from the quadratic formula. The first inequality in $(2)$ says nothing useful, since $n\ge 0$ anyway.
Similarly, the second inequality in $(1)$ becomes $n^2+3n+2-2z>0$, with the solution
$$n<\frac{-3-\sqrt{1+8z}}2\quad\text{or}\quad n>\frac{-3+\sqrt{1+8z}}2\;,\tag{3}$$
where the first alternative is plainly impossible. Combining the useful parts of $(2)$ and $(3)$, we see that
$$\frac{-3+\sqrt{1+8z}}2<n\le \frac{-1+\sqrt{1+8z}}2\;.\tag{4}$$
Let $$\alpha=\frac{-1+\sqrt{1+8z}}2\;;$$ then $(4)$ just says that $\alpha-1<n\le\alpha$, i.e., that $n$ is the unique integer in the range $(\alpha-1,\alpha]$ so that $n=\lfloor\alpha\rfloor$. (If that's not immediately clear, note that from $\alpha-1<n$ we get $\alpha<n+1$, and we already have $n\le\alpha$.)
The computation of the inverse is now essentially complete. Given $z\in\Bbb N$, let
then $z=\langle x,y\rangle$, where $y=z-T_n=z-\frac12n(n+1)$ and $x=n-y$.


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The 7 Most Terrifying Pirates from History
Between Johnny Depp and numerous sports logos, pirates have become cartoon characters in modern culture. It's easy to forget that the real thing did exist, and that in many cases they were much more badass than the Hollywood version.
Don't take the word "badass" the wrong way; these men were unspeakably violent, often mass murderers and slaveholders. They were pirates, real pirates, not goofy caricatures. Here's proof.
#7. Francois l'Olonnais Eats a Fucking Heart, Holy Shit
French pirate Francois l'Olonnais really, really hated Spain. Early in his pirating days, l'Olonnais was almost killed by Spanish raiders, and instead of reconsidering his career choice and becoming a dairy farmer or something, he decided he would spend the rest of his life on an anti-Spain rampage. He let them know exactly what he intended by beheading everyone in the crew of a Spanish ship except one man, sending him back with this message: "I shall never henceforward give quarter to any Spaniard whatsoever."
"Yeah, we sorta got that from the beheadings, thanks."
That was just the beginning, though. Considering what happened next, it looks like those beheaded Spaniards were actually the lucky ones.
Having made a reputation for himself, l'Olonnais raised a pirate fleet of eight ships and hundreds of men and proceeded to terrorize the coast of South America, sacking Spanish-ruled cities, capturing treasure ships returning to Spain and generally being a huge pain in the ass to anything Spain-related. Presumably he also killed his fair share of Portuguese sailors during this time, because really who can tell the difference?
Assuming they're all Spanish because they're having siestas is an odd point to make at 2 a.m.
However, the situation was reversed when l'Olonnais himself, returning from pillaging the coast of Venezuela, was ambushed by a much larger force of Spanish soldiers. With his pirate buddies being blown to pieces left and right, l'Olonnais narrowly managed to escape and somehow captured a few Spanish hostages along the way. The problem now was that l'Olonnais and the other survivors needed to know which way to escape so they didn't run into more Spanish ships, which they weren't in any condition to fight. What to do?
Easy: l'Olonnais drew his sword, sliced into one Spanish prisoner's chest, pulled out the heart with his hands and began to "bite and gnaw it with his teeth, like a ravenous wolf, saying to the rest: 'I will serve you all alike, if you show me not another way.'"
"Also, morale is down for some reason. What gives?"
While we wouldn't recommend you use this technique the next time you need directions to the nearest Taco Bell, in this case it apparently worked like a charm. The pirates escaped safely. So if you were wondering what happened to all the heads of the decapitated Spaniards we mentioned earlier ... well, let's just say the whole crew dined like kings for like a week.
#6. Jean Lafitte Tells King George to Suck It
Jean Lafitte, despite his effeminate name and Frenchness, was an honest to goodness pirate king. He led an entire pirate island in Louisiana, capturing ships and smuggling stolen goods into New Orleans. He was so successful that when the Governor of Louisiana offered a $300 price for his capture (back when 300 bucks was half the national budget) Lafitte responded by offering a $1,000 reward for the capture of the governor.
"In fact, what the hell, bring me six governors. And an elk."
The media and the authorities painted Lafitte as a dangerously evil mastermind and mass murderer, the Osama bin Laden of the 1800s, if you will. Apparently his reputation spread across the Atlantic, because in 1814, Lafitte was approached by the British and handed a letter signed by King George III himself, promising citizenship and landholdings if he joined their side. Also, if he refused they would tear his little island to pieces, and sell it for scrap. Lafitte said he needed a few days to think about it ... and ran straight to New Orleans and warned the Americans that the English were coming.
You see, the United States may not have been a very big fan of Jean Lafitte, but Lafitte was apparently a huge fan of the U.S. of A.
The first libertarian.
Even though he wasn't American, Lafitte watched the new country with great admiration and ordered his entire fleet never to attack an American ship. The one time a pirate disregarded his order, Lafitte killed the guy himself. He was also known for treating captured crew well and sometimes returning their ships if they weren't fit for pirating. Lafitte was a hero among the people of New Orleans, since his smuggling operation allowed them to buy stuff they otherwise couldn't afford.
"This cloth will be great after all the blood has been washed off."
So how did the U.S. respond when he warned them about the English? Why, by raiding his island and locking up his men, figuring he was full of shit. It wasn't until badass future president Andrew Jackson stepped in and pointed out that New Orleans wasn't prepared for a British attack that the authorities agreed to release Lafitte's men if they agreed to assist the U.S. Navy -- which, at the time, consisted of a fraction of the ships in Lafitte's personal pirate fleet.
It's stuff like knowing how to count that makes a good president.
It's a good thing, too, because the pirates were pretty much the only reason New Orleans didn't fall to the British, which would have been a huge strategic victory. New Orleans could have given the British a place to gather their forces before attacking the rest of the country. Think about it: The U.S. might not even exist today if it weren't for this unwashed French "terrorist."
#5. Stephen Decatur: All-American Pirate
Wikipedia, airbournecombatengineer
Stephen Decatur doesn't really fall into the stereotypical image of a pirate, in that he was actually a respected U.S. Navy officer. Decatur was the youngest man to reach the rank of captain in the history of the navy, which sounds like a bullshit line of expository dialogue from an unbelievably stupid Hollywood film trailer. But in this case, it happens to be true. He was also the first American celebrated as a national military hero who didn't play a role in the American Revolution -- hell, they even put his face on $20 notes.
Proof that, at one point, our nation had its priorities straight.
So how did he get to be so famous? Why, by pulling off some of the most epic (and bloody) sea raids of all time.
For example, when the USS Philadelphia was captured by Tripolitan pirates in 1803, the 25-year-old Decatur gathered a group of men, disguised them as Maltese sailors and infiltrated the enemy harbor armed only with swords and pikes. Did they recover the ship? Nope -- they overtook the entire crew without losing a single man and set it on fire just so the pirates couldn't use it. Admiral Horatio Nelson, the same man who had his arm removed so that he could get back to battle, called the raid "the most bold and daring act of the age."
"After that time I cut my fucking arm off, of course."
But wait, there's more. Later, as Decatur was returning from seizing another ship with a crew twice as large as his, he learned that his brother had been shot while fighting the pirates. Even though the whole crew was exhausted from the latest raid, Decatur turned around and chased the enemy ship, which he and 10 other men proceeded to board.
Decatur, seconds before shooting his attacker in the face.
Disregarding everyone else, Decatur, a Liam Neeson-like machine of vengeance, went straight after the man who shot his brother and killed him. The rest of the crew eventually surrendered, leaving Decatur with 27 prisoners and 33 dead pirates in a single day.
Again: he was 25.
"I'm 97 in homicidal years."
#4. Blackbeard's Mentor, Benjamin Hornigold, Just Didn't Give a Shit
Benjamin Hornigold was the Emperor Palpatine to Blackbeard's Darth Vader. While his protege went on to become the most famous pirate of all time, Hornigold went on to become a footnote in hundreds of books with the word "Blackbeard" on the cover. Still, for our money, Hornigold is where it's at, even though you've probably never heard of him before.
"No, it's OK, Blackbeard. I'll do the pirating while you stand there looking like an idiot."
Hornigold started his career of piracy in the Bahamas with little more than a few canoes. A few years later, he had a huge fucking 30-gun warship, possibly the most heavily armed in the area. This made sailing over to merchant ships and stealing their goods and booze extremely easy. So easy, in fact, that he apparently did it just for shits and kicks. Which leads us to the story that, to us, is Benjamin Hornigold in a nutshell:
Hornigold overtook a merchant ship in Honduras and the only thing he demanded was everyone's hat. He explained to the puzzled crew that his pirates got drunk and lost their hats the night before, then took off without stealing anything else.
"We only got up to the 'yo ho ho' bit."
This was not an isolated incident. Another time, a captured crew reported that Hornigold let them go having taken "only some rum, a little sugar, powder and shott."
"We're making a surprise rum cake for Jonesy's birthday. The surprise is the gunpowder."
Sadly, it looks like his crew didn't share his priorities. Hornigold always considered himself a "privateer" rather than a pirate, and to prove it he refused to attack British ships. His men didn't share this delusion and eventually deposed him, with a good part of his crew and ships going to that asshole Blackbeard. Who subsequently lost his head.
Proof that the Peter Principle also applies to piracy.
Hornigold eventually retired as a pirate, but rather than simply moving to a condo and taking up golf (or whatever the 18th century equivalent of that was), he accepted a royal pardon and became a pirate hunter -- being tasked with chasing some of the same guys he used to run with.


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Strengthening Positive Relationships. Please join us at Gladstone High School for the 3rd annual Celebrating Familes. With keynote speaker Tim O'Brien, "Parenting in a Changing World".
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Improve student reading comprehension skills! These reading selections have been developed to provide: instructional reading practice for below-average and/or reluctant readers; independent reading activities for the average reader; and supplemental reading for the more competent readers in your classroom. Also includes a reading level analysis for reading selections and answer keys. 128 pages.


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It's still some weeks before your baby-still an embryo-will become recognizable as a human fetus. At the end of this seventh week, however, there are four simple limb buds, each slightly flattened at the end where, over the next two weeks, a hand or foot will form.
With the exception of muscle tone, which comes much later on, all stages of your baby's upper limb development precede any developments in his lower limbs.
The eyes are the first recognizable landmarks to form on the face. At this stage, the eyes consist of two simple surface indentations, which then develop a second indentation within the first; the inner one will become the lens and the outer the eyeball. Your baby's eyes are wide apart at this stage and his ears and nose have yet to form.
Fish is packed with essential nutrients that are good for your baby's development, so try to eat at least two portions a week.
You do, however, need to be careful of consuming high levels of mercury, present in trace amounts in nearly all fish and shellfish, since it can harm an unborn baby's nervous system. The FDA and the EPA recommend the following for pregnant women:
There is no evidence to suggest that, as long as you're healthy and have been given the all-clear from your doctor, exercise will put you at a greater risk of having a miscarriage. In fact, the benefits of getting regular moderate exercise while you're pregnant far outweigh the risks to you and your baby.
The most important factors at this stage of your pregnancy are to exercise at the same level you did prior to being pregnant. Do not attempt any new high-impact and strenuous activity or take up a new sport. Follow these guidelines.
Excerpted from Pregnancy Day by Day.
Copyright © 2008 Dorling Kindersley Limited.
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The Beast of Caerbannog t-shirt for $10
$2.75 shipping
A follow up to the t-shirt I posted yesterday. http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/466f28cd-1ef9-44e1-b967-cbf0fd34fffa/bunnies-are-evil-t-shirt
Another one for the Monty Python fans.
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Cool shirt, in for three! Looks like I have a new daily T-shirt site to add to the morning rotation.
Cool shirt!! In for 2...
Hmmm... "Your order will ship in 3-7 business days."
Plus!!! 4 to 10 days shipping....
Is that 4 to 10 days including the "Your order will ship in 3-7 business days."???
Must be patient....... Must be Patient.......


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SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2015
Released March 4, 2015
The 2015 manual is to be used for cases diagnosed January 1, 2015 and forward.
The Summary of Changes (PDF) provides the list of changes included in this release.
- SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2015 [PDF - 199 pages]
- Appendix A - County Codes [PDF - 14 pages]
- Appendix B - Country and State Codes [PDF - 32 pages]
- Appendix C - Site Specific Coding Modules
- Appendix D - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics [PDF - 30 pages]
Other Manuals
- Collaborative Staging
- SEER Summary Staging Manual - 2000
- Historical Staging and Coding Manuals
- Abstracting and Coding Guide for the Hematopoietic Disease
Note: Previous versions of the SEER Program Coding and Staging Manuals are available for download from the Historical Staging and Coding Manuals page.
See the SEER Research Data pages to find out how to access the SEER data.


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Bowling Green Police received a call at 6:40 a.m. Thursday December 6, saying someone had been shot behind Kroger on Scottsville Road.
Officers found the victim and a witness who told police a white male had approached the driver, pointed a gun, and demanded money. The two men fought over the gun momentarily, which resulted in the driver being shot.
The suspect is described as a white male in his mid-20's, wearing glasses, with blue eyes and sandy-brown hair. He wore a dark sweatshirt with "WKU" in red letters on the front and stonewashed jeans.
If you have any information about this or any crime, please call South Central Kentucky Crime Stoppers at 781-CLUE, toll free at 866-842-CLUE, or click here to go to their web site.
Crime Stoppers only wants your information, not your name. Their telephone lines are not recorded and they don't use caller ID or *69.
And now you can "text a tip" to Crime Stoppers. Text "SCKY" plus your message to 274637 (Crimes). All information is secure, and you will remain anonymous.


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A few years ago it was announced that a 2-state symbol Turing machine was proven to be universal. However, Vaughn Pratt disputed the proof, and I gather he still disputes it. Wolfram's prize committee seems to be satisfied.
Is there anyone not on team Wolfram who believes the proof is correct?


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FORT HOOD (November 16, 2012)--Two meals will be provided to the public on Thanksgiving Day.
At 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Virginia baked ham, beef, turkey, stuffed flounder, salmon, soup, salad and more will be served for $19.95 for adults and $6.95 for children ages 5-12.
Of course, desserts will be served too.
The feast will be held at Club Hood at 24th Street and Tank Destroyer Blvd.
For reservations, call (254) 532-5073 or (254) 532-5329.


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Untangling the HIE Mess
Young Docs: The New Blood That Health Care Needs
It's a Jungle Out There: The New Health Insurance Ecosystem
Depression and diabetes have long been associated. A study links diabetes with bulimia, binge eating, and intermittent explosive disorder. A key point: These disorders are often evident long before the appearance of diabetes. Targeting the eating disorder might be the best defense.
Continue reading…
By 2035, there will be about 592 million people in the world with diabetes, according to the International Diabetes Federation. "This figure takes into account changes only in the population and patterns of urbanization, and is almost certainly an underestimation."


text: I just realized few things. Today with Canadian/Australian fantasy boom I realized how though it is to be a good writer - How hard it must be to impress, to make a good story and come up with creative world. Not many can make a classic storyline with not many fantasy elements and pull it of (GRRM). It requires good thriller, good characters, and twists and turns... Most writers go other way - want to create different world, something new - Stover, bishop, Windermere, mieville, Erikson...plus steam punk books...it is getting harder and harder but i like new concepts and ideas. I mean you can put arsen lupen, casanova, poirot, jason burne or sherlock holmes in any setting and make it good but I like new. This 2 authors just gave me another insight. authors can borow and integrate ne w ideas from 1)computer games - planscape torment, warcraft, oblivion, fallout, ufo... 2) ANIME CARTOONS - trigun, beepob, the third, black lagoon, and of course anime like big 0, battle angel, death note,GITS, samourai champoolo, LAST EXILE, KINO's JOURNEY (Last exile and Kino's journey are good for couple of great books as a concepts) fullmetal alchemist, darker then black...hundreds and hundreds of anima with concepts of parallel universe + action and fantasy, obsession with AI... I mean if you want ideas watch anime - they borrow and then broden up the concept just like authors do. Integrating classics like Jules V., Little prince, philosophy, and borrowing elements from few anime, other writers can just make incredible books. Integrating known into something new is for me creating art not theft. Stephen Hunt integrated aloooot and it is great.


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best toon for wolk?
'Nuff Said!
Don't believe me, then check out the Mage blogs that like to tell you the good and the bad.
On a completely different note, I just notched up 20,000 page views! Mind you 10% of that is my Twinking your level 19 Warlock: Part 3. Twink "Epic" gear post.
Gnomer and Out!
This was another post in the continuing exploration of how people reach Armaggedons Coming via Google. As usual, plese feel free to comment or ignore


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When the health department tested private wells in a county for two impurities commonly found in drinking water, it found that 20% of the wells had neither impurity, 40% had impurity A, and 50% had impurity B. (Obviously, some had both impurities.) If a well is randomly chosen from those in the county, find the probability distribution for Y , the number of impurities found in the well.
The answers:
P($Y=1$) = P($A$) + P($B$) - P($A\cap B$) ** , which is 0.7
P($Y=2$) = P($A\cap B$), which is 0.1
However, my friends and I disagreed about how to find P($A\cap B$). If you're given P(A), which is 0.4, and you're given P(B), which is 0.5, then in order to find P($A\cup B$), don't you just do $0.4 + 0.5 - 0.4(0.5$) as according to the theorem?
But then the answer when you multiply the two is 0.2, which is NOT 0.1 as given.
My friend, on the other hand, subtracted 0.1 from 0.4 and from 0.5, so she added 0.3 + 0.4 together in order to get the result 0.7. But if you're using the theorem, you can't subtract from both. What are we doing wrong? Did the 0.2 have something to do with this?


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Keshia Slocum began working with the Athletic Academic Center in the Fall of 2013, following an internship in 2013 with SAC and Venue Management with Charlotte football.
She currently serves as the Administrative Assistant and helps the advisors with their duties and student athletes with scholarships and other things they need.
She earned her Bachelor's degree in Communication Studies from the University of New Mexico in 2009. She worked in Event Management with Ferris State University and the Lobos throughout her college career and continuing with Global Spectrum, Arizona State University, and the U.S. Airways Center.
Keshia enjoys watching and playing sports, working out, hiking, snowboarding, wakeboarding, and traveling to places she has never been and her favorite spots.
She enjoys trips back to the Hawaiian Islands to see her Ohana and friends.
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I'm building a cedar fence and I want it to turn gray, but we also want it to be sealed so it will last longer. If I seal the cedar, will it age to the gray color? If not, how can we get a gray cedar fence that will last a reasonable amount of time? This is in Southern California.
If you want the grey natural look anyway, I would not bother sealing it. Here in Southern California a cedar fence should last a very long time. The things that seem most likely to damage it (posts rotting out from sprinklers, insect damage) are not going to be helped by sealing, and you will have to redo the sealing frequently to keep it looking nice.
The best way to get the color you want and to keep it that color is to stain it and then seal it.


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Notice of Change to the 12-month FMLA Period
During 2015, UW will transition to a rolling 12-month period to calculate the balance of the 12 workweeks of FMLA leave available each year to eligible employees. The transition to the rolling 12-month period will take full effect on January 1, 2016. For more details about this change visit the FMLA Update webpage.
This page only describes employee entitlements under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). For help with leave planning and other important information see:
The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides job protected leave and benefits coverage entitlements to employees who meet FMLA eligibility requirements. The entitlements and eligibility requirements are described in the table below.
The FMLA has its own definition of "family member". For purposes of the FMLA, the University has adopted a common definition for "family member" that is more inclusive. The University's definition is as follows:
Family member means the employee's spouse or same or opposite sex domestic partner, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sister, or brother. Family member also means individuals in the following relationships with the employee's spouse or domestic partner: child, parent, or grandparent. It also includes those persons in a step relationship.
|Family and Medical Leave Act
|FMLA Eligibility
Generally, a qualifying leave (see next section) will be covered by the FMLA if an employee has worked for the UW or the state of Washington at least 60% FTE for at least one year, and has not already used the annual 12 week FMLA leave entitlement.
More specifically, an employee is covered by the FMLA if he or she meets the following eligibility requirements:
*Hours worked are not counted for overtime exempt professional staff and for excepted classified staff (indicated by "NO" designation in overtime column in the compensation plan). These employees are automatically considered to have worked 1,250 hours unless the work records clearly reflect otherwise (for example - a 50% FTE employee will normally not have worked 1,250 hours in a 12 month period).
|Employee Leave Entitlements
The FMLA guarantees that an eligible employee can have job-protected time off work as follows:
A) Up to 12 workweeks of job-protected time off work per year because of:
B) If the employee is an eligible family member or next of kin of a covered service member, the employee can have up to 26 workweeks of "Service Member Family Leave" during a single 12-month period to care for a covered service member who is:
If FMLA covered leave is taken under A and B above, the combination of leave taken may not exceed 26 workweeks in a single 12-month period. The amount of leave taken under A may never exceed 12 weeks during the single 12-month period, even if the employee takes fewer than 14 weeks of FMLA leave under B. Where medically necessary, leave may be taken on an intermittent basis or as a reduced work schedule
Husband and Wife: The combined number of workweeks of leave to which both husband and wife may be entitled under "A4" and "B" above may be limited to a combined total of 26 workweeks during the single 12-month period.
|Employee Notice and Certification Requirements
Employees are expected to give at least 30 days notice of the need for leave, where the need for leave is foreseeable; or,
For leave under A4 in the preceding row of this table, when the need for leave is not foreseeable, the employee must provide notice as soon as both possible and practical.
Employers may require certification of the reason for taking FMLA covered leave. Contact your Human Resources Consultant for assistance.
|Use of Paid Leave
Employees can use eligible paid leave, compensatory time, or a personal holiday while on FMLA leave.
Use of donated shared leave is normally covered by the FMLA, as long as the employee meets both the FMLA and shared leave eligibility criteria.
|Intermittent Leave or Working a Reduced Schedule
The FMLA guarantees an employee the right to take FMLA covered leave intermittently or as part of a reduced work schedule when medically necessary.
For parental leave, the supervisor may require that leave be taken in one continuous period of time away from work. Under state law, a birth mother's period of temporary pregnancy-related disability is not deducted from the 12-week FMLA leave entitlement.
|Unpaid Leave
Under the FMLA, the employee is guaranteed time away from work. However, if the employee does not have available paid leave, the time off is taken as leave without pay.
|Benefits Entitlements
During a leave covered by the FMLA, the UW pays the employer-paid portion of medical benefits coverage for up to 12 workweeks or up to 26 workweeks for "B" in "Employee Leave Entitlements" above. The employee is responsible for any insurance co-payments, extra premiums to cover family members, life insurance, long term disability insurance, parking fees, or other payroll deductions.
For employees whose leave extends beyond the FMLA-covered period, employer paid medical benefits coverage is continued as long as the employee is in pay status for at least eight (8) hours during each month of leave. Employees who do not have available paid leave may self-pay in order to continue basic medical benefits coverage.
|Return to Work Rights
The FMLA entitles an employee to return to the position held prior to the leave, or to a position that is virtually identical (i.e. job title, work location, salary, work hours etc.).
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Terbutaline Sulfate
Terbutaline Sulfate
Injection, USP
Terbutaline sulfate injection, USP is a beta-adrenergic agonist bronchodilator available as a sterile, nonpyrogenic, aqueous solution in vials, for subcutaneous administration. Each milliliter of solution contains 1 mg of terbutaline sulfate, USP (0.82 mg of the free base), sodium chloride for isotonicity, hydrochloric acid for adjustment to a target pH of 4 and water for injection, USP Terbutaline sulfate is (±)-α-[(tert- butylamino)methyl]-3,5-dihydroxybenzyl alcohol sulfate (2:1) (salt). The molecular formula is (C12H19NO3)2 • H2SO4 and the structural formula is
Terbutaline sulfate, USP is a white to gray-white crystalline powder. It is odorless or has a faint odor of acetic acid. It is soluble in water and in 0.1N hydrochloric acid, slightly soluble in methanol, and insoluble in chloroform. Its molecular weight is 548.65.
Last reviewed on RxList: 5/28/2008
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I know similar questions have been asked, but this is a little different I suppose. All files for our client need to be sized to max:9600px. I'm debating if I process from ACR with default sharpening, then upsize OR turn off sharpening in ACR, upsize, and then use un-sharpen mask. I'm going to test some files come monday but was wondering if anyone has any ideas/experience. The files are from a 39mp hassie back, so they're reasonably sharp to begin with. Not sure how big of a difference it will make in the end. Thanks for reading!
Resize and then sharpen is the answer.
It is commonly said that sharpening should be the last step. This make sense because you do not want to stretch the effects of sharpening. Sure you could do more complicated things but the lest steps are applied the less change there will be of seeing artifacts in the final image.
Itai has given you the correct answer - but there is also another way of thinking - with the same result.
By upsizing an image you will invariably add some blur - no matter how sharp the original image is. (How visible the blur is, is another matter depending on the algorithm used and amount of magnification.) Thus if you were to sharpen first and then upscale, you would need to sharpen it again. If you upscale the image first, you need to sharpen it only once - the fewer steps get you to your desired result, the better as the less chances there are of any steps degrading the quality.
Having said that though: For certain artistic effects, it might be effective to sharpen the images first. In the end you need to try yourself, but upscaling first and then sharpening once should give you the better result.
Some interpolation algorithms used when resizing have sharpening builtin, like Lanczos, but for extreme resizing, on an engineering level, it is actually a well known technique to blur the image first and then resize in multiple steps. Ie, sharpening might actually be in vain. So I'd go with Itai's suggestion: resize and then fix it up.


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William Oller Jr.'s dad is accused of trying to kill him because he was singing karaoke. Oller Jr. had an exclusive interview with KRCR and he says he does not want his dad to be charged.
Oller Jr. couldn't recall which Kenny Chesney song he was trying to duplicate, but deputies say it enraged his father so much, that he shot his son multiple times.
Oller Jr. was grazed by five bullets and tells me one is still in his shoulder.
Despite the near death experience, William says his dad is a loving man, who even coached his singing.
Oller Jr. tell us, "it is totally out of character and the last thing I want to see is my Dad in trouble or prison for something that truly I believe he didn't know what he was doing at the time."
William told us his dad is recovering from two recent strokes and that might have contributed to the shooting.
70-year-old William Oller Sr. was arrested last Thursday in Shingletown.
He pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges on Tuesday.


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College baseball roundup: Virginia downs Clemson in 11 innings
Published: Friday, March 15, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 12:10 a.m.
In Clemson, pinch-hitter Mike Papi hit a two-out, run-scoring single in the ninth inning to tie the score, then hit a solo homer in the 11th inning to lead No. 12 Virginia to a 6-5 win over Clemson on Friday night.
Clemson (10-6, 2-2 ACC) got seven strong innings from Byrnes product Daniel Gossett, who allowed two runs on five hits and struck out six without walking a batter.
Mike Kent (0-1), the last of seven Tigers hurlers, suffered the loss. Shane Kennedy had three RBIs, including a two-run homer.
Nick Howard had a pair of RBIs for Virginia (16-1, 3-1).
South Carolina 4, Missouri 1: In Columbia, Mo., sophomore right-hander Even Beal (2-0) struck out a career-high 10 as No. 5 USC (16-2, 1-0) defeated Missouri (5-8) in both teams' SEC opener.
Beal allowed one run on eight hits in 6 1/3 innings. Grayson Greiner homered and scored twice and TJ Costen added a key two-run single.
Due to the weather forecast for Sunday, the teams will wrap up the series today with a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m.
ETSU 8, USC Upstate 0: The Spartans (10-6, 0-1) left nine runners on base and visiting East Tennessee State scored seven runs in the ninth inning in the Atlantic Sun Conference opener for both teams.
Brandon Lee (4-1) pitched well into the ninth inning before the wheels came off. He had allowed only a solo homer in the third inning to Alex Reynolds prior giving up six earned runs in the ninth before being pulled. He struck out five and walked one.
Wofford 5, The Citadel 4: Eric Brenk drove in two runs with an infield single in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Terriers a comeback win against the visiting Bulldogs.
Wofford (8-11, 1-3 SoCon) snapped a six-game losing streak.
Matthew Milburn earned the win in relief with a scoreless seventh inning. Alex Paradowski and Seth Neely led Wofford with two hits each.
Limestone 6, North Greenville 2: In Gaffney, the Saints (13-10, 4-5 Conference Carolinas) got seven innings of one-run ball from Cameron Ward to down the Crusaders (9-13, 2-5).
Avi Ahlzadeh was 1-for-3 with two RBIs for the Saints, who scratched out just six hits but drew seven walks.
Andrew Lawrence, Frank Polino and KJ McAuliffe each had two hits for North Greenville.
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