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November 15, 2012, 10:12 PM | #1 |
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Winchester Ranger 120
Anybody familiar with this?
Winchester Ranger 120 12 gauge, 19" barrel and pistol grip Might be getting one as a part of another deal... |
November 16, 2012, 09:36 PM | #2 |
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November 16, 2012, 10:08 PM | #3 |
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I have no use for a pistol grip and don't like how the barrel was cut just behind the vent rib support. In stock form the Ranger 120 was a nice utility gun. In that shape, I don't know what else was done to the internals and would steer clear. Just my opinion.
November 16, 2012, 11:54 PM | #4 |
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I had one in the 1980s. It was a club. It was effective, but certainly not refined. It was a good starter. It will kill stuff. Thats about all I can say about it.
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Another Bubba job. Check the mechanicals out thoroughly, should be OK. Get a piece of metal installed to support the the end of the rib, epoxied in place should work. LOSE the pistol grip, it is useless and you won't like trying to control the gun, put a buttstock on it. JMHO. Goat
November 17, 2012, 12:44 PM | #6 |
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FWIW, the Ranger 120 was an econo version of the post-64 Winchester Model 1200, with a non-walnut stock & less polishing prior to bluing.
AFAIK, it was never made in that "cruiser" config - and certainly no factory "cruiser" utilized a vent rib bbl (they were always plain bbls). "IF" you want to include it as part of another deal, I wouldn't advise putting more than $100-$125 value into it. . |
November 17, 2012, 07:13 PM | #7 |
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My Ranger 120 doesn't look at like your 120. Mine has the Walnut stock and will knock clays out of the air all day long...Deer barrel with rifled sites none the less. Great shooter..very reliable and accurate. Good luck
November 19, 2012, 07:35 AM | #8 |
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I like my winchester 120 and 1300 shotguns and wouldn't have anything else. That said I would give 50.00 for parts after the horrible hack job done on it and that may be too much.
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Feb 16, 2008 at 1:43 pm #1227329
MB Balislight wind jacket, turquoise, med, hood stores in collar, 30d tensilite nylon, stuff sack, xlnt condition, 5.9 oz $25
MB 2 layer unlined GTX bivy sack, blue, 30d tensilite, durable if used wisely – not for abusive applications, xlnt condition, 7 oz $70
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Purchase price refundable if return shipped in original condition within 1 week after receipt. Check, M.O., add 4% for PaypalThanks, Al
Feb 16, 2008 at 3:01 pm #1420868i'd like the harness and if the bivy's a loong, that too!
i'm away from normal internet until wed but i'll send the dinero soon after that if its okay…
Feb 21, 2008 at 6:04 pm #1421476Al, are you out there?
Feb 22, 2008 at 12:27 pm #1421591Sorry Doug, I don't have a computer at my house.
Harness is available, bivy is size regular.
AlFeb 22, 2008 at 5:09 pm #1421635Harness is sold- just tell me your e-mail Al and I'll get to you pronto.
But I need a long bivy- thanks anyway!
Feb 22, 2008 at 10:26 pm #1421665what color is the jacket?
Feb 23, 2008 at 8:11 am #1421698Al,
thanks, the GoLite Ether received.
MikeFeb 23, 2008 at 2:00 pm #1421734Michael,
Sunburst is a bright, yellowish orange.Feb 23, 2008 at 4:00 pm #1421745GoLite Ether SOLD -thanks, Mike.
CAMP harness SOLD – thanks, Doug
All other items still available.Feb 27, 2008 at 7:07 am #1422242>MB Balislight wind jacket, turquoise, med, hood stores in collar, 30d tensilite nylon, stuff sack, xlnt condition, 5.9 oz $25<
I tried to Google info on this, and looked on Montbell's webiste, but could not find out anything about it. Is it breathable? What is (was) the retail price? Is there a DWR finish? Thanks!
Feb 28, 2008 at 5:50 pm #1422449Jane,
I bought this jacket several years ago. I actually don't remember the price that I paid. It is well designed and manufactured which you would expect from MB and is in mint condition. Like all garments of this type it has a durable water repellant (DWR) treatment. Yes, it is breathable. Non-breathable film type garments are essentially vapor barrier liners (VBL) and would be very unpleasant to wear as a general purpose jacket.However, I perspire far more than most when I exercise. Garments that work for most people fail me. My moisture transfer needs are too great for this garment. Other than that, I like this jacket very much. If you don't sweat heavily like me and it fits you, I would recommend it.
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Burgers, Booze & Bison Highlight Burger Days IV
Burger Days IV came and went in a flash like all Burger Days tend to do. It seemed like we had just settled in for our first burger in Adams Morgan and the next thing we knew we were waking up Monday morning afternoon in a puddle of grease with blurry memories of burgers and booze.
Despite the less than sharp recollections, we can affirm one thing for certain: Burger Days IV was a blast.
Our biggest turnout ever for a BD, we were rolling deep when we showed up to kick off the day at The Black Squirrel in Adams Morgan. We were the first people in the joint when we arrived a little past noon and set up shop near the front door.
Right away, we knew this was a spot after our own hearts. In addition to having a fat stack of available burger toppings, the beer list was robust needing its own separate menu. (In one of our rare, wiser moments, we passed on their selection of absinthe. We can't imagine how the day would have ended up if we kicked it off with the green fairy.)
Sticking to just beer, the crew ordered up a round of burgers with a mix-and-match of fixings. And there was nothing half-assed about these toppings– eight different cheeses, homemade mayo and BBQ sauce, chili and a fried egg were just some of the standouts.
They use Hereford beef at the Squirrel: 100% chuck with a 90-10 lean-to-fat ratio. But this ain't just any fat; the meat is combined with 8% veal fat and 2% rendered duck fat. The resulting mix produced a mighty juicy patty with a richer, more-complex flavor than most of the burgers we run across. We can see why these guys get burger props.
They also scored major points with the execution of the toppings. While sounding great in print, when they showed up at the table, they were downright gorgeous. The egg was the textbook definition of sunny side up and rivaled the beauties we've had at Stoney's. A One Eye burger-off could be coming in the future…
Other topping all-stars were the homemade mayo (creamy, rich, goooood), bacon (thick-cut and fatty– just the way we like it), and the Chimay cheese which didn't look like much but hooked-up a strong, deep and distinct cheesy flavor in every burger bite.
Our only hang-up on the burgers was that they were slightly overcooked across the board. Rare orders were more medium rare, while medium rare orders were done up medium. We definitely would have enjoyed some more color in our beef. We might attribute that to the leaner burger mix, but still, they should work to hit the temps better.
After the Squirrel, we had to make an early audible as some of the other pre-scouted joints in Adams Morgan had yet to open, but we're the Boy Scouts of burgers– we're always prepared.
Jumping on our radar thanks to a tip from a member of the Twitter crew (who just so happened to be making his BD debut that day as well), we took the small hike over the bridge to Open City in Woodley Park and got our names on the waiting list at the bustling cafe/diner/coffee house on the corner of 24th and Calvert.
Idle time is never good on Burger Days– it's too much opportunity to think about your stomach and the impending beef soon to join the gastrointestinal party. To remedy it, we keep ourselves busy– particularly by drinking. Fortunately, not 10 yards from Open City was the cool, dark and booze-slinging Murphy's of D.C. Two or three rounds later and our table was ready and it was on to BDIV burger #2.
A bright, airy spot, we gotta admit, we were skeptical of this place's ability to produce a good burger. But after getting our table, we sneaked some peeks at neighboring dishes and spied burgers that looked surprisingly full-of-potential.
Toppings were limited when compared to our previous stop, but Open City's house burger –served with aged white cheddar and bacon– was right up our alley.
Like the Squirrel, Open City uses Hereford beef, but they opt for a fatter mix of 80-20. Seasoned with just salt and pepper this burger put the beef front-and-center. And it paid off.
While the Squirrel's burger was much more involved and complex, Open City's was just the opposite. It tasted like it came fresh off the back yard grill. With a solid, heavy char, the beef was all up in your face. It was delicious. The orders were right on the money too– the rare coming with a beautifully brown grill-marked and crispy outside and a pink inside just bursting with beefiness.
And while the beef was undoubtedly the star of the burger, two other components complimented the main attraction perfectly. The bun was spot-on for this type of burger. No fancy, brioche number here, they use a simple squishy, sesame-seeded potato bun. The slightly-charred number soaked up the burger juices and held up through it all.
Rivaling the bun for best supporting star was the bacon– it was some serious pork goodness. Just about every member of the crew remarked about the potent, smoky strips of pig candy. "It's thick, double smoked and definitely something we are proud of," Open City chef Courtney Parks told us.  If we could hook up bacon like that, we'd be proud of it too.
(We were toting along a bonafide vegan and she was adamant about a photo-shoot of her veggie burger. She was ooing and ahhing over the thing that looked more like something you'd find in a cow pasture rather than a burger bun, but we promised her a pic, so here it is. For what it's worth, it was deemed "delicious" and "fantastic.")
We left Open City and still had about 20 minutes to kill before the other joints on our list opened at 5 p.m. so naturally it was booze-o'clock once again. We ducked outta the heat into the bottom bar at Asylum, and –long story short– two-and-half hours, a beer-bong, a handle of Jameson, countless star-spangled Bud tall boys, various pints, 15 games of naked Photo Hunt and one Donnie Dark piñata later, we stumbled out of the bar onto 18th street once again.
Once way ahead of the pace of past Burger Days, our latest booze pit-stop left us now lagging behind.
With plans of shifting into burger over-drive, we crossed the street and hit up The Reef for our third, and sadly last, burger of the day.
If you're a veteran of these pages, you know we consider any four-legged animal game for Burger Days. However, when we were met with only a bison burger option at The Reef, we should of taken it as a sign.
We've got nothing against buffalo, in fact, Dances With Wolves is one of our favorite flicks, but the burgers we got here were not very good.
The menu's description sounded decent enough, if a little plain: an 8 oz. bison burger with tomato, mixed greens and onion on brioche. Wanting a little more going on, a couple of us added bacon and a fried egg to the deal, but neither did any to help the cause.
The rare ordered burger we got was cooked medium at best and the patty was too dry. We were hoping the egg would bring some flavor and juiciness to the mix but it was fried to a hard yolk so that was outta the question. We don't make a habit of it, but we sent back the overdone burger; unfortunately, the replacement was done just about the same way.
There was a bright side to our visit to The Reef, however. The fries that came alongside our over-done buffalo were insanely good. It may have been the booze, but, personally, they were some of the best fries I've ever eaten. (I'm not one for hyperbole either, so a statement like that doesn't come lightly.) They were salty, greasy, even a little bit sweet. If we knew what we were getting into at The Reef, we would've passed on the burger and ordered up a plate full of the spuds.
The previous week's training left us with plenty of room to spare for at least another burger, but it turns out our booze binge at Asylum ate up a bit too much time. Desperate for a sure-thing after The Reef debacle, we set off for 1905 in the U Street corridor but were met with a locked door– closed on Sundays.
We were holding out hope that Policy, which hosted a burger bash that same day, would still serve up the goods. But by the time we got to the joint, there was nothing but booze and a packed dance floor waiting for us– we took full advantage of both, however.
With Burger Days IV in the books, we saw two joints enter the pantheon of Burger Days goodness while a third will simply be viewed as the disappointing sidekick to some tasty fries. And while three burgers was our minimum requirement on the day, I can't help but think we could have done better. A little more restraint, a bit more preparation and four would've been well within our grasp.
With that said, we're making the bold assertion now that Burger Days V will be a minimum four-burger event. No more messing around. But don't think this means any less revelry. No, we'll still indulge in the shots, absinthe, beer funnels or whatever else we decide to throw back, we'll just make sure there's more burgers in our bellies soaking it all up.
Oh yeah.
Burger Days IV Destinations:
The Black Squirrel | 2427 18th Street NW, Washington, D.C. | blacksquirreldc.com
Murphy's of D.C. | 2609 24th Street, NW, Washington D.C. | murphysofdc.com
Open City | 2331 Calvert St, NW, Washington D.C. |Â opencitydc.com
Asylum |Â 2471 18th Street NW, Washington D.C. |Â asylumdc.com
The Reef | 2446 18th Street NW, Washington D.C. |Â thereefdc.com
Policy | 1904 14th Street NW, Washington D.C. |Â policydc.com


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In an attempt to find the kidnapped Bon Temps residents, Sookie, Alcide, Andy, Sam and Jason head to a neighboring town. There they discover that Hep-V vampires have cleared out the entire population, and that everyone who lived there is either dead or taken to be later fed on. The best moment of the episode comes when Sookie finds a diary of a girl who fell in love with a vampire just like she did with Bill. That girl's story ended poorly, so the question is whether Sookie's is fated to end the same way.
Alcide gives Sookie an out, offering to just drive away from Bon Temps with her and leave all the madness behind them. But this isn't the story of Sookie and Alcide, and she can't bring herself to leave. As much as she may love him, it's Bill she turns to for help at the end of the episode, and it's Bill and Sookie's story that's being told.
Meanwhile, Tara's storyline doesn't seem to be as over as it at first appeared when she died in the premiere. Turns out Lettie Mae actually is having weird V-induced Tara visions, and it sounds like Tara is trying to tell her something, though it's impossible to make out what she is saying. At least Rutina Wesley has something more to do this season than fight for a half a second like she did in last episode.
The fates of our favorite vampires aren't looking too bright. Something strange has happened with Jessica's arm, and it didn't heal after she bit it to give Adalind some of her blood. Then there's Eric, whose location is finally revealed at the end of the episode when Pam finds him. As it turns out, he somehow got infected with Hep-V. Could the disease be spreading to every vampire? Does that mean all hope is lost for them as a spcies?
That's something the citizens of Bon Temps should be happy about, as apparently they all have gathered together to fight the Hep-V vamps on their own terms while their law enforcement is off doing their jobs. It still is frustrating to watch them all act like such mindless masses, and "I Found You" ends up humanizing the Hep-V vamps more than the townsfolk. The social commentary seems to be that the people leading a witch hunt are worse than those who are being hunted, but the statement the show is trying to make hinges on where this storyline leads.
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Dr. Helen Smiley began her Western career as the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women from 1985-88. When the men's and women's department merged, Smiley served as the Director of Athletics for Operations until 1994. She took over as the Leathernecks' Athletics Director that year and served in that capacity until her retirement in 2001. Named NACDA/Continental Airlines AD of the Year in 2000, Smiley was honored by the Mid-Continent Conference (now Summit League) by having the Women's All-Sports Award named after her. The prestigious award is given at the end of the academic year to the Summit League member that collects the most points in relationship to placement in league-sponsored sports.
A member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) since 1981, she has moderated and presented roundtable discussions on several topics for the organization. Twice she did presentations at the NACDA convention (1982, 1989), served on the Nominating Committee (1889-90) and Board of Directors (1988-92). Smiley worked with the NCAA on basketball committees, including: Chair of the North Central Region Division II, Administrative team of the Division II National Tournament (1982-85) and Mideast Regional Advisory Committee (1996-99). Dr. Smiley was a member of the Board Round Table on Rules Education and presented materials.
During her tenure at Western she worked on numerous Administrative, Compliance, Promotional and Women's Basketball committees with the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference and Mid-Con. She served as Chair of the Director's Council from 1998-2000.
Smiley graduated with a bachelor's degree from DePauw, received her master's at Ball State and a doctoral degree from Iowa. She began her professional career as a teacher and coach at Northwestern High School (Kokomo, Indiana) then Western HS (Russiaville, Indiana) before taking over as the Director of Women's Recreational and Intercollegiate Sports Programs at the University of Iowa. She became the first Women's Athletic Director for the Hawkeyes. She took over as Associate Athletics Director at the University of North Dakota from 1971-85 and then began at Western Illinois.
Currently residing in Bella Vista, Arkansas, she volunteers her time doing community service for several groups, and is involved with three music groups: Perfect Harmony Women's Barbershop Chorus, Natural Sound Barbershop Quartet and Bella Vista Women's Chorus. Smiley has one son, Doug (former Western Illinois Sports Information Director and WIU graduate).


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We knew we were getting the final. Turns out only one other date at next summer's Gold Cup will be played in Southern California.
CONCACAF's urge to spread its nations championship to many sites has left Angelenos just two viewing options: A June 6 opener at Home Depot Center -- it'll be a doubleheader -- and the June 25 title game at the Rose Bowl.
No clue on who will be playing -- seven of 12 qualifiers have been determined and the draw will be held in early February -- but odds are it will be the U.S. and Mexico in the championship encounter.
The U.S. beat Mexico, 2-1, in the 2007 final in Chicago, and Mexico routed the U.S., 5-0, in the 2009 title game in East Rutherford, N.J.
Quarterfinals will be played in East Rutherford and Washington and semifinals in Houston. In all, 13 venues will stage games.
This will be the ninth time in 11 tournaments since the current format was adopted in 1991 that games will be played in Southern California. Five of the first six finals were played at the Rose Bowl or Coliseum, but next year's will be the first since 2002, when the U.S. beat Costa Rica at the Rose Bowl.
Home Depot Center has been the only So Cal venue in the past three competitions.
The U.S., Mexico and Canada automatically are entered into the tournament, and Jamaica, Cuba, Grenada and Guadeloupe qualified from the Caribbean Championship. Five Central American nations will emerge from the Jan. 14-23 Copa Centroamericana in Panama.
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First round
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June 7: Ford Field (Detroit)
June 9: Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, N.C.)
June 10: FIU Stadium (Miami)
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June 14: KC Soccer Stadium (Kansas City, Kan.)
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Palace by Night, framed by Arches
Dominick M. Dimacale 10/29/2007 12:06:14 AM
Beautiful capture of this lovely place, Ujjwal.
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Laurence Saliba 10/29/2007 12:10:09 AM
It is a beauty Ujjwal!!!! #4997652Su Sana E. P 10/29/2007 12:12:50 AM
Ujjwal, this is absolutely breathtaking!! Have no doubt this time itll make it.#4997665
Evy Johansen 10/29/2007 12:13:37 AM
Wow... So beautiful, Ujjwal! #4997670Jennifer L. Alder 10/29/2007 12:20:37 AM
OH MY!!!!Donna LaMattino Pagakis 10/29/2007 12:24:55 AM
Nice golden nice lights and perspective! #4997723Tiia Vissak 10/29/2007 1:06:46 AM
Beautiful! Great sharpness & details!Dr. Harmeet Singh 10/29/2007 1:28:17 AM
So beautiful..Great capture,Ujjwal ji. #4997882Jeff Robinson 10/29/2007 4:22:34 AM
Excellent comp and lighting! Very well done! Jeff #4998431Tarun Bose 10/29/2007 5:03:28 PM
This is a mind blowing shot. One of the best in this series. Very well done Ujjwal. #5001319Kay E. Mahoney 11/26/2007 4:09:04 PM
Congratulations on your finalist. #5128003Cassie L. Woodlee 11/26/2007 4:14:17 PM
A huge congratuations Ujjwal!!!!! #5128103Jennifer L. Alder 11/26/2007 4:36:01 PM
Ujj, CONGRATS!!! :) #5128445Cary Rogers 11/26/2007 6:20:40 PM
WOW! Great lighting, colors, POV and detail, Ujjwal! CONGRATULATIONS! #5130251Melissa McCabe 11/26/2007 6:56:09 PM
Congratulations Ujjwal!!! Well worth the effort and re-submit, it's gorgeous!! -mm #5130788Evy Johansen 11/26/2007 7:22:57 PM
Big congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Ujjwal!! #5131182Su Sana E. P 11/26/2007 8:17:51 PM
Yes!!!!! Huge Congratulations on this outstanding Finalist, Ujjwal!! #5131939Lynne Morris 11/27/2007 5:12:52 AM
Stunning finalist Ujjwal, huge congratulations! #5134043Lisa J. Boulden 1/5/2008 10:28:37 AM
A SPECTACULAR image!!!isabel C. Zepeda 8/8/2008 1:56:13 PM
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what a stunning shot! All the images in the gallery are simply beautiful #6734968Mysore Palace.This picture submitted last month didnt go beyond an EFP emblem, so decided to re-work on it.I cropped the not-to-impressive lawn which was there before the Arches and also removed a little part of the arch after the end of the background Palace from the right hand side of the image.
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These cookbooks address the specific cooking needs of grassfed meat, but they are not kosher cookbooks. Skip the appropriate chapters! Grassfed Gourmet by Shannon Hayes( Eating Fresh Publications, 2004) beautiful cookbook with an extensive range of recipes for chicken, beef and lamb (and pork). Shannon Hayes goes to great length to explain the different cooking techniques needed for grass-fed meats, and offers recipes in a range of categories, including Showstoppers, On a Budget, Kid Friendly and Quick & Easy. The book is peppered with anecdotes and stories from her own family farm. The Farmer and The Grill by Shannon Hayes, (Left to Write Press, 2007). Just in time for grilling season! A step-by-step guide to grilling all your favorite meats, with an extensive list of sauces and rubs. Nourishing Traditions (Sally Fallon, 1997). More a manifesto than a cookbook, this tome will expose the nutrition myths of the diet dictocrats and introduce you to the Weston A. Price Foundations food guidelines, which include a healthy dose of organ meats, whole grains, and fermented foods. These are excellent Jewish cookbooks, which do not make adjustments for pastured meats. When following recipes in these books, lower the suggested heat about 15F for cooking pastured meats; read more about cooking techniques here. Jewish Cooking for All Seasons by Laura Frankel (John Wiley, 2006). A beautiful, full color picture cookbook that lets your eyes decide what your stomach wants to eat for dinner. Recipes are organized by season to help you make the most of locally-available foods. 2ND Ave Deli Cookbook by Sharon Lebewohl and Rena Bulkin (Villard Press, 1999). A delightful cookbook and memoir of foods and stories from the 2nd Avenue Deli. Includes traditional Eastern European deli standards, as well as some Middle Eastern dishes. The Gourmet Jewish Cook by Judy Zeidler (William Morrow, 1988) Great recipes organized by theme, rather than ingredient, so if you're looking to throw a party, she's got a menu to suggest. |


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When the Herne Hill Music Festival was just a gleam in the eye 2 and a half years ago, it consisted of a sketchy plan for a few of concerts and musical events in Herne Hill during one week early in the Autumn. Now, after two successful Festivals, the 2013 event is leading to more music-making outside the week of the Festival itself.
The Festival runs from 11th-19th October this year, and there will be information on the music planned on this site later. Plans include an opera, folk and gypsy-jazz nights, family concerts, and a composition competition. But these plans have led to four sets of events in the run up to the festival, beginning later this month.
One of our members, band-leader Rupert Ingham has been running JazzJam sessions open to any jazz performer to turn up and play. He suggested that we could run a competition, and so Jazz-Factor was born. We are inviting any jazz performers over 18 – soloists, duos and trios, bands – to compete to win the competition. There will be First Rounds in June and July, Semi-finals in September, and a Final during the Festival week.
The concept of Jazz-Factor is bring local talent together in a spirit of appreciation and friendly competition … to give local talent a platform to perform and share, to give more than just one turn at an open-mic session.
The the first round will be in June and July. We hope to organise 4 nights of music and competition if there are enough entrants. The semi-finals are September 23rd and 30th, and the final is on October 18th. All these dates are at 8pm at The Half Moon in Herne Hill.
Competitors will play a few songs in the 1st round, and then longer stands in the Semi-finals and Final. Decisions will be made from the votes of a panel of experts plus votes by the audience. The Ingham Swing Ensemble will act as a backing band.
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Young Jazz-Factor
For under-18s, there will be a similar competition. The 1st round will be on July 13th, and competitors will perform just one song or number. The Semi-finals will be on September 14th and 28th, and the Final will be on October 12th.
All these events take pace from 3-5pm at St Saviour's Hall, Herne Hill Road. The Ingham Swing Ensemble will be the backing band again, and decisions will be made by a panel of judges plus the audience.
Again, anyone interested should email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The prizes – the glory, and a certificate. Finalists will all be presented with a certificate.
A Bandstand at the Market
Last September, on the wonderfully sunny Sunday 9th, we organised a great day of bandstand music at the Herne Hill Sunday Market. Weather permitting, we will have a another glorious day of music and sunshine on Sunday 8th September this year, and on September 1st as well if we can raise the funding.
On 8th, there will be two bands, taking turns. Lambeth Wind Orchestra will perform a range of traditional and fun bandstand music with their inimitable panache. The MAC Band will perform jazz, and fronted by a range of great soloists from the Brixton area.
The music starts at 11am and goes on to 3pm. There hope that we can put on a similar range on music on September 1st.
Joining an Opera Chorus
A highlight of the Festival this year will be a performance of Mozart's The abduction from the Seraglio, by Opera at Home. Thanks to a grant from Dulwich Community Council, there will be an opportunity for local people to take part as members of the chorus.
The opera will be performed on the evening of Saturday October 12th, from 8pm at The Half Moon, will a dress rehearsal in the afternoon at the same venue. There will be two training sessions for people who would like to be in the chorus. These will be on September 28th and October 5th. The training sessions will be at The Methodist Hall, Half Moon Lane, from 3-5pm.
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Details of the opera and the chance, to take part, and all the events of the Festival, are on our web site at: www.hernehillfestival.org.


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It was the first time an African team had scored four goals in a World Cup match and ended a 32 year win drought at the finals for the 'Desert Foxes'.
First half goals from Islam Slimani, Rafik Halliche and Abdelmoume Djabou put Algeria in total control.
Yacine Brahimi's second half strike, sandwiched by efforts from Son Heung-Min and Koo Ja-Cheol, ensured Algeria moved up to second in Group H behind Belgium.
Having been knocked out in the group stages of their three previous tournament appearances, and not won a World Cup match in their last seven attempts, Algeria were looking for a lift at the Beira Rio stadium.
They were off to a dream start as Slimani, one of five changes from their opening 2-1 defeat to Belgium, muscled off Korea's two centre-backs to latch onto a long ball forward and jab home.
Within three minutes, Halliche had doubled the lead with a powerful header from a corner.
Djabou, another player promoted to the starting line-up, fired home the third as Korea's hapless defence once again went missing.
The Asians were a different proposition in the second half and quickly pulled a goal back through Son, who fired through goalkeeper Rais Mbolhi's legs.
Mbolhi then made a brilliant save to deny Ki Sung-Yeung as the Koreans continued to push before Brahimi virtually killed the game after finishing off a slick passing move.
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Just when you thought that Austria was all the same, along comes Obertauern. The terrain is very much freeride-orientated with lots of areas to check out suited to all levels, and its noted for its excellent snow record. Obertauern is also home to Doresia and Heidi Krings, two pretty and pretty famous Austrian boardercrossers and it's probably no coincidence that they became so good, with a training ground like this on your doorstep.
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A Generalized Condorcet Jury Theorem with Two Independent Probabilities of Error
The Condorcet Jury Theorem is derived from the implicit assumption that jury members only commit one type of error. If the probability of this error is smaller than 0.5, then group decisions are better than those of individual members. In binary decision situations, however, two types of error may occur, the probabilities of which are independent of each other. Taking this into account leads to a generalization of the theorem. Under this generalization, situations exists in which the probability of error is greater than 0.5 but the jury decision generates a higher expected welfare than an individual decision. Conversely, even if the probability of error is lower than 0.5 it is possible that individual decisions are superior.
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It is through this history and Granpa and Granma's attempt to live in a world where Native Americans are denied certain civil rights and are forced to digest a religion that is not their own that Little Tree learns to distrust the government. Granpa's lack of faith in politicians is passed along to Little Tree, and justifiably so, considering the intrusion of the government workers on Granma and Granpa's property and lifestyle. Considering Native American history and Little...
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Bob was born on November 8, 1944, in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. He served in the U.S. Air Force from November 1961 until December 1981, retiring as a Master Sergeant. He was an active member of the American Legion Post 101, VFW Post 5423, and La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux (40/8) Voiture 336, serving as Sous Nationale Directeur of Nurses Training, Grande Le Editor/Publicist, and Grand Correspondent.
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Striped bass aren't native to California, and they forage on juvenile salmon. Should goals to increase their population be rescinded? There's no conservation need to protect nonnative fish in the area, but is the agenda to reduce water flow to rivers and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta? Read more here
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Blue Plate Special Garden Snail
Summer is coming to a close. It's time to start harvesting in the garden–and gathering the garden snails.
Prickly Pear
Fall is here, and the "cactus fig" is in season. Time to plate-up another widespread invader.
Sow Thistle
It's spring and time to weed. Sow thistle is a delicious invader found throughout the continent.
Lamb's Quarters
Lamb's quarters was a popular spring tonic in the South—an early season edible green—but its leaves are good throughout the summer. Chenopodium album Native range: Described by Linnaeus in 1753, this European native has been transferred throughout much of the world. Because its spread was rarely recorded, C. album's native and invasive [...]
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Alliaria petiolata Native range: Europe, Asia, Northwest Africa Invasive range: Much of the Lower 48, Alaska, and Canada. (See map.) Habitat: Moist, shaded soil of floodplains, forests, roadsides, edges of woods, and forest openings. Often dominant in disturbed areas. Description: Biennial herb. First-year plant has a rosette of green leaves close to the ground. [...]
The common periwinkle, which first appeared in New England in the 1860s, is now found along the coast wherever there's hard substrate–rocks, riprap, broken concrete, or docks–from Labrador to . . .
Some say it started in 1992 in Miami when Hurricane Andrew smashed an aquarium tank. Don't blame the weather, others say; in the mid-nineties, disappointed yet softhearted hobbyists…
Undaria pinnatifida Native range: Japan Sea Invasive range: Southern California, San Francisco Bay, New Zealand, Australia, Europe, Argentina Habitat: Opportunistic seaweed, can be found on hard substrates including rocky reefs, pylons, buoys, boat hulls, and abalone and bivalve shells. Description: Golden brown seaweed, growing up to nine feet. Forms thick canopy. Reproductive sporophyll in [...]
Asian Shore Crab
The first sighting of the Asian shore crab in the United States was at Townsend Inlet, Cape May County, New Jersey, in 1988. Though the source is unknown . . .
Green Crab
Since the green crab was first recorded off southern Massachusetts in 1817, it has been hard to ignore. A few minutes of rock-flipping in Maine can turn up dozens of them, brandishing their claws as they retreat…
Nasturtium officianale Native Range: Northern Africa, Europe, temperate Asia, and India Invasive Range: In USA: all lower 48 states, except North Dakota. Found in Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Also southern Canada, Sub-Saharan Africa, South America, Australasia, and parts of tropical Asia. Habitat: Common along stream margins, ditches, and other areas with [...]
There are numerous invasive crayfish. We include details for the red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) and the rusty crayfish (Orenectes rusticus). The same recipes can be used for both species–and many other invasive crayfish. Red Swamp Crayfish Native range: Known as Louisiana crayfish, crawdad, and mudbug, Procambarus clarkii is native to the south central [...]
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New Scientist reports on the annual dinner at the Explorers Club in New York. Gene Rurka, the club's resident chef, served grilled lionfish, Asian carp sushi, and iguana meatballs with a plum dipping sauce. An actual iguana splayed out on a bed of greens made a feral centerpiece. "I see this as a way of [...]
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HALF PRICE SALEMatmi and the Gorillaz join forces to bring "Escape From Plastic Beach", the latest Gorillaz game, to the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.Reviews:'If you enjoy the Gorillaz universe (and who doesn't?), you'll get a snapshot of entertainment out of the game... it pushes forward the bands' weird narrative and adds yet another layer to their increasingly labyrinthine collection of mediums they dabble in.' By Thorin Klosowski - blogs.westword.com'You'll find yourself smack dab in the middle of hectic battles against ships, planes, and who knows what-else as you swoop, glide, and bank furiously around the visually pleasant 3D environments.'By iPhoneapples'…this game gets an A+ for imagination. It might be strange imagination, but thought was obviously put into the app... If you are looking for a novel app to show off to your iPad friends, Gorillaz-Escape to Plastic Beach is a good choice" By iPadGames.orgAbout the game:Escape to Plastic Beach is a 3D action game in which Murdoc floats and fights above Plastic Beach HQ on his Doom Glider to foil 2D's repeated escape attempts whilst battling ghost pirate ships, and a mix of other hazards and obstacles.Designed especially for the tilt controls of the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, and featuring eight exciting levels of gun-toting, gliding actions in full 3D, as well as designs from Jamie Hewlett, and music and voice-overs from the band themselves, "Escape From Plastic Beach" is a must-have app for any Gorillaz fan."Escape to Plastic" Beach FeaturesEight Exciting Levels – Fight, fly and fire your way through eight levels of Gorillaz action with varied goals and missions and a whole bundle of hazards and enemies to deal with.Amazing 3D graphics – Plastic Beach is recreated in full 3D, with designs from Jamie Hewlett, designer of the Gorillaz.Awesome Sounds – Gorillaz soundtrack from the Plastic Beach album and voiceovers from the band themselves!Global Scoreboard – Compete against your friends or even total strangers by posting your score.Made by Matmi(Winners of best mobile game of the year 2009 at the Roses awards)
Release Date: July 26, 2010
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AppSpy | 07/28/10 | Review | 3 out of 5 |
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Pocket Gamer UK | 07/29/10 | Review | 6 out of 10 |
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Quick Reads are appropriate for readers at different levels. Our collection includes short books aimed at adults learning to read English.
Some of these books have less than 20 pages and use simple English with pictures to help the reader.
The collection also includes fast-paced, bite-sized books by bestselling writers for people who want to improve their reading, anyone who has lost the reading habit or those who simply want a short, fast read.
Quick Reads can be found in our Central Lending Library and all our libraries.
Titles include:
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My Son is Sick
A New Home
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Quick Reads are also available in sets of 10. These book sets may be particularly useful to ESOL groups and Literacy groups.
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Hebrew chanting is a form of meditation that opens the doors of the heart. Repetition of a sacred Hebrew phrase clears the mind of chatter, and connects us to each other and the Divine. Workshop available for your community: 6 Passages for Reopening Inner Awareness Through Hebrew Chant Tikkun Chant Circle The Tikkun Chant Circle meets monthly in East Pittsburgh - Squirrel Hill and Shadyside (Pennsylvania). During these gatherings, we explore sacred phrases from sources such as Psalms, Isaiah, Jewish liturgy, etc. by immersing ourselves in simple, repetitive melodies and rhythms. We use our collective group energy to deepen our connection to Creation. See the Chant Calendar to the right for locations and times. In these gatherings, we use music of Rabbi Shefa Gold (www.rabbishefagold.com), David Goldstein, and others. If you are interested in an upcoming chant gathering, please e-mail me at "dpgold", with the extension "@yahoo.com". No prior knowledge of singing, chanting, or Hebrew language is necessary. People of all faiths are welcome. Jewish Chronicle Article. Check out an article about the Tikkun Chant Circle and David in the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle: Chant Recordings Each of these chants can be used to help with a particular kavannah (intention) or to deepen your connection with Creator. To experience the Hebrew Chants, purchase a CD from the links on this page. To listen Hebrew Chant samples or to purchase individual tracks visit my Amazon or iTunes pages. Tikkun Chant Google Group Keep up-to-date with all TIkkun Chant Circle news and upcoming meeting times by joining our Google group. Send a join request to david (add the extension "@owlweb.org"). | |||||
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Upper Salmon River Steelhead Report 10/07/12
By idfg-vosborn on Tuesday, Oct 9th, 2012 11:00am MDTHello again, this is the first weekend update for the 2012 upper Salmon River fall steelhead fishery. These updates will be sent out each week from now until December 3rd and they summarize the creel data collected during the previous Saturday and Sunday.
Idaho Department of Fish and Game technicians began creel activities for the upper Salmon River steelhead fishery on October 4th. Since then, we have observed steelhead caught from Salmon downstream to Corn Cr. None of the river sections were very busy this weekend and many holes were left open. The majority of anglers were found in section 15 between the North Fork and the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. Section 15 also had the best hours per fish caught at 13 hours. Section 16 was a ways behind at 37 hours. With more steelhead moving into the sections every day, though, we expect the catch rates to only improve as we move into mid-October. Along with better catch rates, more anglers are also expected. Section 17 received very limited effort this past weekend and no data was collected. We will begin regular creel activities in section 17 this week, and that data will be included in the weekend report next week.
Two other things that are worth getting the word out on are the river level and the condition of the river corridor downstream of North Fork. First, the water level of the Salmon River is quite low for this time of year. As of today, it is 78% of normal just downstream of Cove Cr. I would suggest using smaller weights than last year because the current in most holes is much weaker than a year ago when it was above average. The second issue I wanted to discuss was the Mustang Fire. While the vast majority of the north side of the river corridor in section 15 did burn this summer, it was primarily an understory burn on the slopes near the river. Very few trees were lost on those slopes and in some places it is already difficult to see where the fire burned through. It is my hope that anglers will not be deterred from fishing in section 15 because, in most places, it is just as scenic as ever. Hope everyone has a great week. - Brent Beller, Salmon Region Fisheries Technician
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River Location | No. Anglers Checked | No. of Hours | No. of Fish Kept | No. of Fish Released | Total Fish | Hours/Fish | Water | ||
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14 Salmon R. - South Fork Salmon R. to Middle Fork Salmon R | 33 | 196.5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 66 | -- | 46 | CLR |
15 Salmon R. - Middle Fork Salmon R. to North Fork Salmon R | 61 | 165.5 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 44 | CLR |
16 Salmon R. - North Fork Salmon R. to Lemhi R. | 27 | 110 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 37 | -- | 44 | CLR |


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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States is urging fellow members of the U.N. Security Council to agree to demands by the government in Mogadishu to lift the arms embargo on Somalia, which has been in place for the past 21 years, U.N. diplomats said on Tuesday.
The U.S. push comes after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said last week that the 15-nation council should consider lifting the arms embargo to help rebuild Somalia's security forces and consolidate military gains against al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militants.
The Security Council imposed the embargo in 1992 to cut the flow of arms to feuding warlords, who a year earlier ousted dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and plunged Somalia into civil war.
"I think we'll come down in terms of having probably a political lift of the arms embargo but retaining some controls," said a senior Western diplomat on condition of anonymity.
"What the Somali government partly wants is a political signal that they are now a sovereign government and we're supporting them, rather than a trusteeship," the diplomat said. "They say the bad guys are getting weapons and the good guys are not."
The U.S. mission to the United Nations had no immediate comment. It was not clear what a "political lift" of the embargo would entail, though diplomats said it may involve easing arms import restrictions on Somalia while ensuring that a strict monitoring mechanism remains in place.
Diplomats said Britain and France have been reluctant to support ending the arms embargo. The Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group, which monitors compliance with the sanctions regime, has also opposed the idea of lifting it, U.N. envoys said.
Those who oppose getting rid of the arms embargo say Somalia's security sector still includes elements close to warlords and militants, an allegation the Somali government rejects.
"There are no Somali warlords that threaten peace and stability in Somalia," the deputy U.N. ambassador for Somalia, Idd Beddel Mohamed, told Reuters. "They are normal citizens now, members of parliament. The embargo must be lifted."
Somalia wants help strengthening its poorly equipped and ill-disciplined military that is more of a loosely affiliated umbrella group of rival militias than a cohesive fighting force loyal to a single president.
There are 17,600 U.N.-mandated African Union peacekeepers helping battle the Islamist rebels in Somalia. The AU mission's mandate is up for renewal in March, which is when the changes under discussion, if approved, would take effect.
"There's no guarantee there will be a lifting of the arms embargo but it's something the U.S. wants," an envoy said.
Several diplomats noted that Ban's recommendation to end the embargo was so weakly worded it was barely a recommendation at all. The wording was: "the Security Council may wish to consider the repeated request by the (Somali) government for lifting the arms embargo."
A diplomatic source said the recommendation did not appear in earlier drafts of Ban's report but was in the final version. It has happened before that secretary-general's reports on various issues have been amended before publication in response to complaints from U.N. member states.
AU troops from Uganda, Burundi, Kenya and Ethiopia are battling al Shabaab militants on several fronts in Somalia and have forced them to abandon significant territory in southern and central areas of the Horn of Africa country.
The militants, who merged with al Qaeda in February last year, launched their campaign against the government in early 2007, seeking to impose sharia, or strict Islamic law, on the entire country.
The U.N. Security Council is also considering a call to permit the export of stocks of charcoal from Somalia. It banned the sale abroad of Somali charcoal last February in an attempt to cut off al Shabaab's funding. Diplomats said the charcoal export ban would likely remain in place.
The Security Council's Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea, an independent panel that reports on compliance with U.N. sanctions, said charcoal exports from southern Somalia in 2011 generated over $25 million for al Shabaab.
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Summary: People's favorite fantasies don't reveal what they'll do, but provides a window into their thinking. Conservatives talk about the problem of the "takers" (ie, the "47%"). A famous science fiction author describes one solution in his best-selling books. Read and applaud!
A comment by Graydon at Brad DeLong's website:
Jerry Pournelle's Codominium stories from the early seventies used this idea as an explanation for social breakdown: economically parasitic non-working citizens, paid for by ever-shrinking numbers of taxpayers. It's been around a long time as a just-so story.
Totally impervious to facts, too; neither pointing out that money is the creation of the state nor demonstrating just how brutally hard poor people tend to work will put a dent in it.
My take is that it's not really economic at all; it's an attempt to de-legitimize democracy as a political process, because democracy keeps getting the wrong answers.
Jerry Pournelle's science fiction novels about Falkenberg's Legion describe not just the problem of too many "takers" (the 47%, a shiftless amoral idle mob) but also a solution: mass murder. Millions read Pournelle's stories and smile at the "happy" endings. And not just Pournelle. Apocalypse porn is popular on the Right, with mega-deaths leaving behind a purified world of the righteous, such as Larry Burkett's Chirstian sci-fi novel Solar Flare (1997).
This should worry the rest of us, as evidence of the real polarization in American. More important and deeper than differences in economics or who gets to screw who. Here are excerpts from two examples by Pournelle that illustrate the two Americas that uneasily coexist today.
(1) The opening to "The Mercenary" (Analog, July 1972; later reprinted in his books) describing a world ("Hadley") being ruined by the takers. It's an obvious analogy to the USA of today.


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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted is an computer-animated comedy film and the third installment of the Madagascar film series, also the first 3-D film in the series, produced by DreamWorks Animation, distributed by Paramount Pictures, and directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath and Conrad Vernon. It is a sequel to Madagascar and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. It was released on June 8, 2012.
The film received generally positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing $746 million worldwide against it's $145 million budget.
The story continues from the events of the second film, where the Penguins left Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, and Gloria the Hippopotamus, alongside lemurs King Julien, Maurice and Mort in Africa. The group wave goodbye as they leave, but Skipper suddenly shouts that they are never coming back, and the aircraft "warps" away. Alex turns around, and finds that all his friends and he himself have become extremely old while waiting for the penguins to come back. He wakes up suddenly, realizing the whole event was just a dream, but is still miserable to be stuck in Africa.
Marty, Gloria and Melman have built him a mud model of New York City in honor of his birthday, but it only makes the lion more homesick. He decides that the group should go to Monte Carlo, get the Penguins, and have them fly them back to New York City. Everyone agrees.
In Monte Carlo, the Penguins and two chimpanzees, Mason and Phil (disguising as the King of Versailles) keep winning in gambling. Their plan is to come go back for the group after this final win, but the Four's attempt to reach them blunders and starts chaos in the Hotel de Paris. The security call Monaco Animal Control Captain Chantel DuBois in order to capture the animals, but she wants them (specifically Alex) dead as trophies. During a high-speed chase between the relentless DuBois and the animals in a truck driven by the Penguins to reach their aircraft, DuBois's four associates all end up injured, but DuBois keeps after the group. When they finally get to the plane, Dubois manages to get a wire hoop around Melman's neck and holds onto it even as the aircraft takes off. Alex manages to cut the wire, and DuBois falls into a hotel's rooftop pool.
Above the skies of France, the plane's engines fail again and it crashes into a suburban train yard with the authorities closing in. Their only chance of escape is passage on the train of Circus Zaragoza, but the Russian tiger Vitaly will not let them on. However, when the Four desperately claim they are circus animals themselves, Stefano the sea lion and Gia the jaguar who Alex is smitten with upon first sight of her let them come aboard.
When asked about their act, Alex says that he climbs onto his rock, roars, and jumps off. The circus animals seem unimpressed, and the group quickly "enhances" it -- Alex jumps off his rock towards a pool of aquatic cobras, then pulls up at the last second by igniting a jetpack, and then he releases balloons into the air for all the children of the world. Stefano thinks this must be "Trapeze Americano", and Gia seems to perk up when she hears this.
The animals soon learn from Stefano that they are performing two legs in Rome and London, where they plan to impress a promoter to get them on their first American tour. When Vitaly begins to threaten Alex, since stowaways are not allowed on the train, the penguins drop in through the ceiling and state their intentions to purchase the circus. The next day the chimps (again posing as the King of Versailles) offer the circus manager a bag of jewels for the circus deed. He and the human acts seem suspiciously delighted to sell the circus.
Meanwhile, Julien encounters Sonya the Bear, a huge non-speaking brown bear who rides a tricycle. He falls in love with her and they go on a city tour across Rome while the others are preparing for the performance at the Roman Coliseum. During their escapades (which include knocking down ancient ruins and stealing the ring of a monarch), Sonya breaks her tricycle. In an effort to comfort her, Julian trades the ring he stole for a motorcycle, and the pair zoom off just as DuBois arrives in Rome.
She spots Julian and Sonya and leaps onto a police motor scooter to follow; however, the scooter she is riding is chained to several other scooters and moves slower. She eventually looses control of the scooter and crashes into a fountain. Several police officers come to confront her, and she shoots each with a tranquilizing dart. However, when she comes to the last officer, she has run out of darts, and is arrested.
To Alex's horror, the circus is awful; Vitaly moves his plastic hoop instead of jumping through it, Stefano swallows some of his juggling balls and they hit people or other acts as he coughs them out, an elephant sits on a boy, and one of the dancing dogs is knocked into a man's hot dog. The angered audience demands refunds to the point chasing the circus to the departing train. Julian instructs Phil and Mason, who are not yet on the train, to simply throw him the bags of money. They try, but the money ends up scattering all over the station. Though this serves as a distraction and they escape the enraged people, the circus is left completely broke.
En route to London, Stefano reveals to Alex that Vitaly used to be their inspiration. Once a professional hoop jumper, he would perform physically impossible feats by dousing himself in olive oil to become slippery and leaping through increasingly smaller hoops. One day, however, he attempted to jump through a flaming pinkie ring. The highly flammable oil caused his fur to catch fire and destroyed his confidence; the other animals suffered by his example. An inspired Alex has the train make a stop at the Alps and convinces the performers to rework their previous act to become the opposite of the successful human-only Cirque du Soleil as an animal-only circus. Among the acts developed, Stefano and Marty train to be living cannon balls, Gloria and Melman develop a tightrope dance act, and Alex teaches Gia the beginner's level of "Trapeze Americano"; it is painfully improvised but they both enjoy it and fall in love.
Meanwhile, DuBois was captured in Rome after causing problems with the local police officers, but escapes and learns about her quarry. Once accomplished, DuBois recruits her injured men and heads towards the Alps, forcing the circus (now going by the name Fur Power) to proceed to London despite their incomplete rehearsals. In London, the Penguins learns that the promoter has arrived and Alex learns from Stefano that Vitaly wants to quit the circus. Alex confronts Vitaly, and after a while, the tiger realizes that he loved his act because it was impossible, and makes the decision he will perform, no matter what the outcome may be. Per Alex's suggestion, Vitaly opens the act by using slippery conditioner instead of olive oil. He leaps through the flaming pinkie ring to the crowd's delight, and the show is both spectacular and successful, with a killer light show and fantastic acts; Alex and Gia perform trapeze, Stefano and Marty are repeatedly blasted out of cannons, Melman and Gloria dance across multiple tightropes, Sonya the Bear rides her motorcycle with Julien, the dancing dogs "dance" on rocket-powered skates Kowalski designed, the horses prance around wearing butterfly costumes, and the elephants blow colored smoke, resembling fire at the audience. Both the audience and the animals have the times of their lives.
However, after the impressed promoter arranges for an American tour, DuBois shows up. The Penguins manage to blast her and her companions out of the cannon, but Alex is forced to confess to the circus group about their zoo past and intentions to return there. The circus animals are so hurt, they turn their backs on them. The Penguins tearfully pretend to be just as surprised by this as the circus animals. Meanwhile, Julian and Sonya fight, and he decides to leave her so he can be King of New York; however, neither are happy about his decision.
Finally, both the zoo animals with King Julien and circus animals (along with the Penguins,Chimps,Maurice and Mort) arrive in New York City separately. While the circus finds that they are incomplete without the Four, that group finally return to the closed Central Park Zoo and realize that their time of freedom has changed them too much for them to return to captivity. Unfortunately, they are all tranquilized by DuBois. The Zoo Staff suddenly appear and thank the annoyed DuBois for (they think) returning Alex the Lion. A tranquilized Julian manages to stumble back to the circus and tells Sonya he wants to stay with her. When the circus animals learn what has happened to the Four, they make the decision to rescue them.
Alex and the others wake up in their old habitats, now with tall chain-link fences so they can't escape. A ceremony is being held in honor of DuBois rescuing and returning Alex the lion "and three other animals" to the zoo. However, Alex watches DuBois load her dart gun with a poisoned dart and conceal the weapon inside an "Alex #1" glove. She fires at Alex, but just before the dart hits him, Gia suddenly pulls him out of the way.
The circus animals built a flying circus, called the "Operation: Afro Circus Rescue", and held up by multiple clumps of balloons. The animals manage to stall DuBois long enough to rescue the Four, finally flinging her right through the brick wall of the reptile house. However, as they start to pull away, they realize Stefano is still on the ground.
DuBois comes out of the ruins of the reptile house, followed by several cobras who slip into the Penguin's old habitat. She grabs Stefano and slowly begins dragging him closer to her gun, with the intent of killing him. Alex and Gia trapeze down and manage to grab Stefano, but DuBois is still holding on. Alex grabs DuBois and then lets go of the trapeze, leaving Gia and Stefano to swing back to safety.
The struggling pair tumble downwards toward the Penguin habitat, where the now-aquatic cobras are waiting. At the last second, however, two of the dancing dogs, flying on their rocket skates, grab Alex and pull him up. The lion drops an enraged DuBois in his habitat, where she is tranquilized by Maurice and Mort. The dogs fly Alex back to the Afro Circus, and one clump of balloons comes loose. The children at the zoo are delighted by the balloons, and Stefano realizes that Trapeze Americano is real.
Deeply grateful for their new friends' help and now valuing their freedom, Alex and his company decide to stay with the circus and they all happily proceed on their American tour while DuBois and her men find themselves on a cargo box bound for Madagascar.
DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg confirmed in 2008 that there will be an additional sequel to Madagascar and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Katzenberg stated, "there is at least one more chapter. We ultimately want to see the characters make it back to New York." At the Television Critics Association press tour, in January 2009, Katzenberg was asked if there will be a third film in the series. He replied, "Yes, we are making a Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, and it will be out in the summer of 2012."
- Ben Stiller as Alex
- Chris Rock as Marty
- David Schwimmer as Melman
- Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria
- Sacha Baron Cohen as King Julien XIII
- Cedric the Entertainer as Maurice
- Andy Richter as Mort
- Tom McGrath as Skipper
- Frances McDormand as Captain Chantel DuBois
- Jessica Chastain as Gia
- Bryan Cranston as Vitaly
- Martin Short as Stefano
- Chris Miller as Kowalski
- John DiMaggio as Rico
- Christopher Knights as Private
- Frank Welker as Sonya
- Paz Vega as Andalusian Triplets
- Conrad Vernon as Mason
- Vinnie Jones as Freedie the Dog
- Steve Jones as Jonesy the Dog
- Nick Fletcher as Frankie the Dog
- Eric Darnell as Comandante, Zoo Official and Zoo Announcer
- Danny Jacobs as Croupier and Circus Master
- Daniel O'Connor as Casino Security and Mayor of New York City
- Originally, Zuba and Florrie were suppose to be in the movie. Zuba would have been replaced by Samuel L. Jackson and Florrie would be played by the same actress from the last movie.
- This is the first Madagascar movie to be in 3D.
- Marty's "Afro Circus" song has become a popular fad on YouTube, being used in remixes and edited videos.
DreamWorks |
Feature Films |
Antz (1998) • The Prince of Egypt (1998) • The Road to El Dorado (2000) • Chicken Run (2000) • Shrek (2001) • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) • Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) • Shrek 2 (2004) • Shark Tale (2004) • Madagascar (2005) • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) • Over the Hedge (2006) • Flushed Away (2006) • Shrek the Third (2007) • Bee Movie (2007) • Kung Fu Panda (2008) • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) • Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) • How to Train Your Dragon (2010) • Shrek Forever After (2010) • Megamind (2010) • Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) • Puss in Boots (2011) • Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) • Rise of the Guardians (2012) • The Croods (2013) • Turbo (2013) • Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) • Penguins of Madagascar (2014) • Home (2015) • Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) • Trolls (2016) |
Upcoming Films |
Boss Baby (2017) • Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) • How to Train Your Dragon 3 (2019) • Everest (2019) • Trolls 2 (2020) |
Feature films in development |
B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations • Shrek 5 • Me & My Shadow • Mumbai Musical • Puss in Boots 2: Nine Lives & 40 Thieves • Madagascar 4 |
Direct-to-Video Films |
Joseph: King of Dreams (2000) • Operation: DVD Premiere! (2010) |
TV specials |
Shrek the Halls (2007) • Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009) • Merry Madagascar (2009) • Scared Shrekless (2010) • Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010) • Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury (2011) • Madly Madagascar (2013) |
Shorts |
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party! (2001) • Shrek 4-D (2003) • Sinbad and the Cyclops Island (2003) • Far Far Away Idol (2004) • Club Oscar (2005) • The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005) • First Flight (2006) • Hammy's Boomerang Adventure (2006) • Secrets of the Furious Five (2008) • B.O.B.'s Big Break (2009) • Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010) • Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular (2010) • Megamind: The Button of Doom (2011) • Thriller Night (2011) • The Pig Who Cried Werewolf (2011) • Night of the Living Carrots (2011) Book of Dragons (2011) • Gift of the Night Fury (2011) • Secrets of the Masters (2011) • Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos (2012) • Almost Home (2014) • Rocky and Bullwinkle (2014) • Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014) • Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll (2015) |
TV series |
Toonsylvania (1998) • Invasion America (1998) • Alienators: Evolution Continues (2001–2002) • Father of the Pride(2004–2005) • The Penguins of Madagascar (2008–15) • Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2011–16) • DreamWorks Dragons (2012-present) • Monsters vs. Aliens (2013-14) • Turbo FAST (2013–present) • VeggieTales in the House (2014-present) • All Hail King Julien (2014-present) • The Adventures of Puss in Boots (2015-present) • Dinotrux (2015-present) • The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show (2015-present) • Dawn of the Croods (2015-present) • Noddy, Toyland Detective (2016-present) • Voltron: Legendary Defender (2016-present) • Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh (2016-present) • Trollhunters (2016-present) |


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This is a guide to running Linux with the Digimate M4522 laptop. The M4522 is believed to be out of manufacture now, but there are probably a few floating around on the second-hand market. Despite the lack of built-in wireless networking, this laptop was useful for Linux users as it could easily be bought without an operating system installed (and therefore at a cost that did not include a wasted operating system license fee).
This guide is intended to provide you details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which modules you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required modules have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.
Feel free to edit this page if you have further information or corrections to add, or send an e-mail to email@example.com if you don't know how to/can't be bothered editing this page.
Name | Digimate M4522 |
Processor | Pentium4 2.2GHz - Processor can, according to dmidecode, run up to 2.8GHz |
Screen | 14in, 1024×768 |
Optical Drive | Combo DVD/CDRW |
Graphics | ATI 340M |
Network | RealTec 8139 Fast Ethernet |
Other | 3xUSB2, 1xFirewire, 1xSerial, 1xParallel, 1xVGA, 1xPCMCIA Type2, 1x S-Video out, 56k Modem |
Device | Compatibility | Comments |
Processor | OK | |
Screen | OK | |
Optical Drive | OK | Reads and writes fine, plays video DVDs |
Graphics | OK | Uses xorg ati driver; with DRI runs Quake 2 and 3 at a push |
Sound | OK | us snd_ali5451 |
Ethernet | OK | use 8139too |
Wireless | N/A | PCMCIA or MiniPCI card required |
Bluetooth | N/A | |
56K Modem | Untested | ALi M5457 modem |
Fringerprint Reader | N/A | |
Firewire | Untested | |
Card Reader | N/A | |
PCMCIA | OK | Wireless card recognised but rt61 driver crashes regularly |
Getting (K)ubuntu working on this laptop was a breeze. Everything worked straight from the install. The DRI must be enabled in the xorg.conf file to get 3D accelleration; this is, however, far from essential to get the laptop working.
There's a slight anomaly with the keyboard: the key marked with the pipe and backslash symbols does not work as indicated with any keymap I've thrown at it. The pipe and backslash characters can be set up using keyboard shortcuts in KDE (and probably GNOME too), but they will not be available in a non-X session. This is only a big issue for those who regularly work on the command line.
Until I managed to smash the screen, I was very happy with the performance of this laptop. The battery could do with running a little longer, and suspend-to-RAM didn't really work properly (I would suggest only using the suspend-to-disk mode), but I'm not sure if this is a general problem with the ACPI standard. The graphics chipset is not particularly appropriate for running 3D applications on linux, but that's rarely a priority for laptops.


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Royal Ontario Museum Blog
Monthly Archive: December
The Making of Mesopotamia
Take a look behind the scenes as we prepare for the opening of the Mesopotamia exhibition on June 22.
Accessibility Awareness Week 2013 Spotlight - Alexis Pastuch
Alexis Pastuch has been a member of the ROM's Accessibility Advisory Committee since 2010
Accessibility Awareness Week Spotlight 2013 - Adam Roy Cohoon
Adam Roy Cohoon is an active member of the ROM's accessibility advocacy community
The ROM Celebrates Accessibility Awareness Week (May 26th to June 1st)
This week we will highlight some of the people who ensure the ROM is accessible for all.
The Cat's Tomb
Special display in the Ancient Egypt gallery, Summer 2013
Into the Heart of Borneo - A Month on Mulu Mountain & LIVE Google Hangout
ROM Biodiversity researchers studying insects, fungi, and mammals have been discovering new species in the heart of Borneo, in Gunung Mulu National Park, throughout the month of May....
Connecting Canada's newest citizens to Canadian culture at the ROM
Jess Duerden, Institute for Canadian Citizenship
Explorers' Club kids get a sneak peak at the newest Animal Explorer
Submitted by Courtney Murfin, Interpretive Planner and Explorers' Club Co-chair
Korea Reception
On Friday, April 26th, the Royal Ontario Museum officially opened our newly renovated Gallery of Korea at a special reception.
NEW Discovery: A Bone-headed Dinosaur the size of a Dog
A new species of bone-headed dinosaur, Acrotholus audeti, has just been announced by a team co-led by ROM paleontologist Dr. David Evans. The groundbreaking fossils are on display at the ROM until June.