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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina filed complaints with the World Trade Organization Wednesday over trade barriers it blames for keeping its beef and lemons out of the United States and blocking biodiesel sales to Europe.
Foreign Minister Hector Timerman said that if the WTO doesn't resolve the problem Argentina will seek compensation for damages.
The formal complaints raise the stakes in Argentina's ongoing disputes with two of its largest trading partners, and Timerman said there's more to come. The government is preparing an additional challenge of the subsidies that farmers get in the U.S. and Europe, which he says puts Argentina's exports at an enormous disadvantage.
U.S. restrictions against hoof-and-mouth disease block Argentine beef exports, even though Timerman said Argentina's Patagonia region has been certified free of the disease for nearly a decade, and beef exports totaled $731 million to other countries last year. He blamed protectionist favors for U.S. agricultural businesses, and said similar lobbying has blocked Argentine lemons for the last 11 years, even as 61 other countries accept these imports.
Argentina's demand against the European Union focuses on Spain's decision to cut off biodiesel imports from the South American country in retaliation for taking back Argentina's YPF oil company from Spain's Grupo Repsol. Timerman said the biodiesel barrier is arbitrary and violates WTO rules, "proof that a double standard exists between developed and developing countries when it comes to trade."

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Is there a risk when adding a cap when it's not really neccessary?
Of course I'd like it to be even better so I guess I should now start investigating this VREF that I guess is how the arduino close the arduino 5V supply is to 5V. Is that correct? Is there a prefered method of doing this?
QuoteIs there a risk when adding a cap when it's not really neccessary?Yes.
The caps I'm talking about are the ones that are placed for each analog input.
Well maybe I'm just lucky but I'm actually very happy with the measurements which are within 0.01V from what my volt-meter measures. This has now been tested between 4-12V and between -5 to +25 degrees C. If this is consistent I don't need the results to be any better in this project.The measured voltage on my Arduino doesn't seem to change noticably when I add a volt-meter to the circuit and vice versa.It's all about the output impedance of whatever you are wiring to the analog input if the 10/11 megohm input impedance of your DMM will effect the reading or not. As the analogRead() command is optimized (and recommended) for reading a voltage source with an output impedance of 10K ohms or less, a DMM reading at the same time will have no effect noticeable.LeftyNow my problem is making the PCB which was harder then I imagined... a real puzzle.
2 x 10 Megohm resistors across it (R1 and R2), making a 1:1 divider
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Ashley Tyler and Andrew Searingen, Pratt, announce the birth of their daughter, Maci Rhae, at 12:13 p.m. Dec. 9, 2013, at Pratt Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds and was 19 1/2 inches long.
Sean, age 3, welcomes his sister.
Grandparents are Clint and Cindy Tyler, Sawyer, Sterling Eubank, Lawrence, Mary Kresyman, Pratt, and the late Charles Gish Sr.


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ELGIN, Ore. (AP) — This time, crickets aren't the problem in the Cricket Flat area of Elgin.
The area got its name from a prevalence of the jumping, chirping insects in the 19th century. These days, the infestation pestering residents is grass bugs.
The Oregon State University Extension Office gets calls about grass bugs every year, but nothing like this summer. Extension agronomist Darrin Walenta said this year's population — in Cricket Flat and the region — has reached "plague-like numbers."
Walenta said the small bugs have no known predators in northeast Oregon, and they haven't been studied much because they're considered a nuisance — not an economic problem.
But don't tell residents such as Natalie Bustos that the insects are a mere annoyance. She checks her furniture for the bugs every half-hour, and dumps her vacuum three times a day. She lives with bears and bees, but can't deal with tens of thousands of these tiny insects that emit a smell that's been compared to Listerine and Pine-Sol.
"They get into my furniture. They love my pillows," Bustos told The (La Grande) Observer newspaper (http://is.gd/TrWFuG). "You can lose your mind."
Bustos said she has spent upward of $300 on various sprays and insecticides, and they don't really work. Bugs die when they are directly sprayed, but the residual effects vary.
Walenta said the insects, which are thought to host on grass as their name implies, appear this time of year and make their way into structures, where they hope to survive the winter so they can breed in spring. One of the best methods of protection against infestations is to seal doors and windows, but residents say even that doesn't seem to work.
"I've got a handle on killing them, but that's not really the right end of the problem," said Larry Hazard, who lives up the road from Bustos.
The swarms are worse on hot days with little wind.
Walenta visited Cricket Flat on Friday to collect evidence, hoping the scope of the problem would prompt more research.
"Right now we're looking at any and all possibilities," he said. "You've got to think outside the box."
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LONDON (Reuters) - Top seeds Spain moved to the brink of a shock Davis Cup exit on Friday when their weakened team slumped to a 2-0 deficit at the hands of Canada in a world group, first round tie played on lightning quick Vancouver hard courts.
Novak Djokovic was in no mood for upsets, however, and earlier got right back in the groove after his Australian Open triumph with a crushing defeat of Olivier Rochus as Serbia surged into a 2-0 lead in Belgium.
Holders Czech Republic were locked at 1-1 after the first day against a Switzerland side minus world number two Roger Federer - Tomas Berdych leveling the tie after Lukas Rosol had been outplayed by Stanislas Wawrinka.
Germany's hopes of beating Argentina in Buenos Aires suffered a cruel blow, however, as Philipp Kohlschreiber was forced to retire with a hamstring injury when serving for the match at 5-4 in the fifth set against Carlos Berlocq.
A later win for Juan Monaco over Florian Mayer meant Argentina ended the day 2-0 ahead as did France and Kazakhstan in their ties against Israel and Austria respectively.
Croatia and Italy were locked at 1-1 in Turin while the United States took a commanding 2-0 lead over Brazil in Jacksonville after Sam Querrey dispatched Thomaz Bellucci in straight sets and John Isner thumped Thiago Alves.
Spain, five-times winners of the Davis Cup, were weakened by the absence of top 15 players Rafa Nadal, David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro and the Canadians, who have never won a world group tie, pounced to take advantage.
Big-serving Milos Raonic was expected to bludgeon his way past Alberto Ramos and duly delivered when he sealed a 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-4 victory over the world number 51 with two thumping aces.
Frank Dancevic, ranked 161, provided the real shock of the day, though, humbling world number 34 Marcel Granollers 6-1 6-2 6-2 to give his country a 2-0 lead going into Saturday's doubles.
"I think I played the match of my life today," said the 28-year-old journeyman.
"I just went in with a lot confidence, like just had to go all or nothing today. Anytime I had an opportunity I went for it.
"This isn't over yet. We've (got) to go strong, these guys aren't finished yet, they're going to come strong tomorrow.
"They've got a great doubles team ... we just have to go hard until the last ball this weekend."
Less than a week after claiming a third consecutive Australian Open title by beating Andy Murray in Melbourne, world number one Djokovic quickly adapted to the indoor clay court at the Spiroudome in Charleroi to blow away Rochus 6-3 6-2 6-2.
Serbia's Viktor Troicki, playing in place of the absent Janko Tipsarevic, battled back from two sets down to beat David Goffin in the opening rubber.
Troicki, who won the deciding rubber when Serbia beat France to win the Davis Cup for the first time in 2010, produced a gutsy display after being outplayed for two sets.
Friday's match began to spin away from Goffin in the third set as Troicki clawed his way back to win 1-6 3-6 7-6 6-4 6-4.
On the eve of the match, Serbia had criticized the playing surface, saying the decision to lay a clay court on top of a wooden floor was dangerous.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) issued a statement saying they were happy with the court and it seemed fine for Djokovic who fired down 20 aces in a one hour 39 minute breeze.
"The serve was incredible and I think that helped me to get the match done in straight sets which was important," Djokovic said. "It wasn't easy playing on clay after a long time indoors and coming from Australia quite late.
"At the start I had trouble with movement and getting used to the conditions but I played my best tennis when I needed to."
A strong France lineup had too much for visitors Israel on the opening day in Rouen where Jo-Wilfried Tsonga needed four sets to beat Amir Weintraub before Richard Gasquet made short work of Dudi Sela.
"It is the perfect scenario because we've got two wins under our belt," team captain Arnaud Clement told reporters. "We will need to be very focused so we can wrap this up tomorrow."
(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Ken Ferris)


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Delicious olive oil from the province of Jaén, with low initial acidity and high tocopherol and polyphenol contents.
It is Extra Virgin Olive Oil, obtained exclusively from olives of the Picual variety. It is made in the olive-producing county of the Sierra Mágina Natural Park, in the south of Jaén, where a total of approximately 55,000 hectares of olives are set aside for growing it. The harvest is carried out manually by "milking", directly from the tree. Oil covered by the Designation of Origin is produced only in this way. It is a very fruity, slightly bitter oil, a little spicy and very stable. Its colour varies from deep green to golden yellow.
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Caruthersville Residents Featured in Historical Collection
At right, seven-month-old Plessie Ellitt IV distracts his mother, Laveta Lockridge, during Sunday morning services at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Caruthersville in 1987.
The image was part of the photo exhibit called Documenting the Black Experience in Small Town Missouri. The images were selected from the archive of the Missouri Photo Workshop (MPW), founded in 1949 by Clifton Edom, a professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia. Over the past 60 years, more than 2,000 photographers have documented 43 Missouri communities at MPW.
"The images touch the chords of universal human experience," says David Rees, co-director of MPW. "Some pictures will resonate with each person in a very personal way."
Other scenes captured in Caruthersville include the visual stories of teacher Elna Hill, who had a long teaching career in the Bootheel community. J.J. Bullington, the school superintendent, not only had been Hill's student but also had taught with her when she returned to Caruthersville to begin her own career in 1982.
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Level-5 and Studio Ghibli's Ni no Kuni may well be one of the prettiest games on the PS3 when it's released, so it's only fitting that its special edition console is just as easy on the eyes.
This limited edition machine, which will be out on November 17 in Japan, will include a 160GB HDD PS3 in this fetching pearl-and-gold colour scheme and a copy of the game (which is, when purchased alone, crazy expensive). Even the controller has been done up to match.
It'll retail for ¥33,780 (USD$440)
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On Wednesday, Sept. 10, Lehman Brothers attempted to calm investor jitters by announcing plans to carve from its balance sheet $25 billion to $30 billion in commercial real estate investments. The new publicly traded company was to hold the portfolio of predominantly senior whole loans, and provide shelter while investors awaited their positions to stabilize.
Two days later, the venerable firm that rose in the 1840s from a humble general store in Montgomery, Ala., looked anything but stable. The stock price had declined a full 93% for the year, dropping to just $3.69 per share. Lehman emerged from a weekend of talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Bank of America and Barclays Capital, only to file bankruptcy.
Barclays quickly moved in to pick off Lehman's New York headquarters building, 745 Seventh Avenue, along with two data centers and the firm's broker-dealer unit for $1.75 billion.
"The underlying theme to everything that's going on right now is the lack of transparency and when the storm passes, we're going to have to think how to provide transparency for many of these financial vehicles that have been created over the past couple of decades," says Dan Fasulo, managing director of research for Real Capital Analytics.
Indeed, as Lehman was filing bankruptcy, the U.S. financial system was teetering on the brink of collapse. The first question: Assuming the world would survive the immediate crisis, what impact — if any — would Lehman's downfall have on the commercial real estate industry?
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The answer to that question undoubtedly lies in understanding Lehman's complex portfolio of commercial real estate investments. For starters, Lehman held a total of $32.6 billion in senior whole loans ($15.8 billion), mezzanine loans ($4.4 billion), equity positions ($6.6 billion) and $4.3 billion in securities.
Of the $4.3 billion in securities, the firm held only $600 million in U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities. "That's an inconsequential amount that could be absorbed easily," says John Fitzpatrick, senior portfolio manager of real estate capital markets at Allstate Investments LLC.
In fact, it is the senior whole loans and mezz loans — not the CMBS — that pose the most ominous threat to commercial real estate prices. If the entire almost $16 billion in whole loans were to hit the market at distress prices, says Fitzpatrick, "that could affect all commercial real estate markets and could ultimately affect security markets." Such an occurrence could reprice all whole loans to lower levels.
"The vicious circle that I call the toilet bowl of everybody hanging their feet off the edge, was that they continued to mark down assets, which required them to go out and get more capital, which put fear into the market, which lowered the asset prices even farther, especially like CMBS, and it was a rinse-repeat cycle," says Fitzpatrick.
Odd man out
It has been postulated by industry experts that Lehman simply got stuck without a chair when the music stopped. The prime example of that may well be Lehman's $22.2 billion joint venture with Tishman Speyer to acquire apartment REIT Archstone-Smith last year. This single deal accounted for 61% of the bank's total acquisition volume since 2001, reports Marcus & Millichap.
While some of the apartment properties have sold since the deal closed in October 2007, most have not, largely as a result of the sudden credit crisis and the ailing economy. Many of the properties, in fact, are concentrated in upscale neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Seattle and Boston.
Lehman's skin in the game? About $250 million in equity and another $2.2 billion in debt. "That equity portion is probably wiped out at this point," says Fasulo. Given that commercial property values have fallen 10% to 15% in the U.S. on average, he says, if the equity portion were in even the top 10% of the capital stack, it would be now gone.
With an estimated 94% of Lehman's senior whole loans being floating rate loans, valuations plummeting and credit more expensive and harder to come by, the investment giant reported historic third-quarter losses of $3.9 billion, which it largely attributed to writedowns on its real estate holdings.
"One of the factors that I believe ultimately contributed to Lehman having no choice other than to declare bankruptcy," says Hessam Nadji, senior vice president and director of research for Marcus & Millichap, "was that it took too long for them to come to terms or at least disclose the magnitude of their troubled assets and to be more willing to dispose of some of those assets at more of a discount."
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For the page 10 months or so I've been using a Samsung Blackjack, before that I used various Blackberries for perhaps 5 years. I changed phones because the BB I had didn't offer the ability to tether and working mostly solo it's pretty handy to be be able to connect anytime. The tethering on the Blackjack worked fine, but the battery life wasn't great. In fact, it was so bad ATT gave owners a free extended life battery this past July.
My business partner Brian upgraded to an IPhone from a Win based smart phone, and my friend Chris also dropped his vanilla cell phone to move to an Iphone and both seemed happy. I decided to try a little harder to buy something I'd be happy with, so over the course of 45 days I tried to note how I used the phone, what I wished it could do, and what frustrated me about the current phone. I also started reading all the cell phone blogs to see what was coming up for release (as an aside, cell phones are an amazing market, there is always something new coming).
Top of the list it had to be a good phone with great battery life, had to have Bluetooth, and should make it very easy to manage three way calls when needed. It had to have the ability to sync contacts with Outlook, a feature I truly depend on. It has to offer a tethering option preferably at 3G rather than EDGE. Email is right below phone capabilities, it's definitely nice not to be tied to my laptop and still be responsive to the customer requests I get during the day. Web browsing on a phone is something I've always found barely usable and the 'real' browser in the IPhone had me interested, I could see where I would probably get a lot of adhoc reading down if I had a real browser. I also considered a smart phone with a touch display so that I could run SQL tools (Idera Mobile, or similar) but in practice I just don't need that functionality as much now that Im primarily a trainer. Having a camera was also something I preferred, using it to document white board discussions comes in handy.
I was sorely tempted to try the IPhone, based on the cool factor and the real browser, but the lack of a physical keyboard was a deal breaker for me after trying it - the virtual keyboard just didn't seem like a good fit for the way I work (and type!). That left me looking at the BB Curve and the upcoming Moto Q (I use ATT). The Curve only supports EDGE, the release date on the Moto Q was uncertain but would support 3G. Ultimately in a decision that was probably based as much on past experience as it was logic I with with the latest Curve, the 8310. Very very pleased with it so far, the only feature I miss from the Blackjack is the way it handled callerid. The Blackjack could be set to send your phone number if the number you were calling was in your address book, otherwise it suppressed it - nice for staying off calling lists. I wish the BB had a better browser and 3G, and that they'd unlock the GPS rather than charging another $10/month to use the TeleNav service!
I surprised by the number of IT pros that don't have a phone that does true email. My friend Steve finally saw the light and bought a Dash. Having email on your phone doesn't mean you have to answer every email right then, but it often is a way to keep things moving faster than they would otherwise. Finally, I'll say that as much as phones have gotten better and the IPhone is driving some innovation, they still have a ways to go.


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Dr. Jeffry Lusk pretty much planned things out but, as we know, making plans when you're dealing with big white-tailed bucks is kind of like building a bridge with twigs.
Everything can go right and you get a gorgeous twig bridge. Or you do one thing wrong and it collapses. Ditto with dealing with wary bucks that you've been watching for a while on game cameras.
Lusk's plans and hopes paid off, though, with his giant 183-inch Mississippi River island hunting club buck. The stud weighed 235 pounds and has 16 points on a thick rack with big bases and mass through the tips.
Lusk and his family have a club of about 5,000 acres on a 20,000-acre island in the river. Deer aren't penned or pet deer, either. They swim the river and it's all free range. His family manages their lease and keeps up with bucks and does through game cameras.
"We knew about this deer and decided a year ago after studying photos of him from trail cameras to give him another year because we saw his potential," Lusk told Louisiana Sportsman magazine. "He was a 14-point a year ago and would have probably scored in the 140s. My cousin saw him twice a year ago and another cousin saw him this summer in velvet and realized how much he'd grown over the past year."
That's an understatement. The buck rough-scored at 183-plus inches! Check out the full details of the hunt in Louisiana Sportsman.


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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has discovered the secret for a long life.
"I often say, if I only had 12 years left to live, I'd want to live it as a member of Congress—because that was the longest 12 years of my life," said Pence, a former Republican congressman.
He was addressing the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum in Indianapolis.
Pence got personal, recalling how when he first met his future wife, "she had a handgun and a motorcycle—it was love at first sight."
He described his strong support of gun rights.
"You – all of you – are the champions of liberty that our nation so desperately needs," Pence said. "You and tens of millions like you have defended limited government, personal responsibility, and liberty against the forces of expansive and paternalistic government, and against the efforts of those who want to regulate us into the dull uniformity of progressives' dreams.
"Nowhere is the ongoing struggle for freedom more visible than when it occurs over the Second Amendment. We all know that firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens don't threaten our families. They protect our families. Firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens don't cause crime—they help in the fight against crime. They have always been an essential component of our most basic liberties.
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After two weeks of play, perhaps one of the bigger surprises is that the Kelowna Rockets are the last remaining unbeaten team (2-0), as all 21 other clubs have at least one loss.
Another potential storyline in the WHL, barring some of these trends continue, is the Victoria Royals. The Royals are currently atop the standings with a 3-2 record despite giving up an average of 5-goals in each of their 5 regular season matches.
However, they've been able to barricade the barrage by countering that porous defence with 4-goals a game on offence.
In the not-surprised-here category, three-headed U.S. monster – Portland, Tri-City and Spokane – seems to be carrying over where it left off last season. Tri-City remains atop the U.S. Division standing despite getting blown out by Spokane 7-2 on Saturday.
The Portland Winterhawks are getting a ton of scoring from forwards Ty Rattie and Brad Ross who've combined for 17 points in 5 games to propel the Winterhawks to second place, while Spokane sits in third having only played two games thus far.
Weekend Winners
No combination of regional neighbours shared more glory on the ice this weekend than the Okanagan twins: Kamloops Blazers and Kelowna Rockets. The pair were the runaway weekend winners by hammering the competition, in particular their coastal nemesis Vancouver Giants. The Blazers beat up on the G-men 6-2 on Friday and then carried it over in an 8-2 win against the Victoria Royals on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Rockets raced past Vancouver 6-3 on Saturday to improve to 2-0 on the season.
Weekend Losers
Vancouver Giants – The G-men lost back-to-back games against Kamloops and Kelowna, despite having all-star forward Brendan Gallagher back in the lineup for Saturday's contest against the Rockets which resulted in a 6-3 loss.
Weekend Warriors
Mark Stone, 19, Brandon Wheat Kings: The veteran right winger scored a hat-trick on Saturday as the Wheat Kings blanked the Saskatoon Blades 6-0. Stone also the WHL players in points after two weeks of play, notching 5 goals and 8 assists for 13 points in 5 games.
Logan Nelson, 18, Victoria Royals: The surprise rookie standout had a 5-point weekend. The had three helpers in 6-5 victory against the Prince George Cougars on Saturday, and followed it up Sunday by scoring two goals as the Royals' suffered an 8-2 drubbing at the hands of Kamloops.
The 6-foot-1 centreman now has 4 goals and 4 assists in 5 games.
The Moose Jaw Warriors strengthened their last line of defence by picking up 19-year-old goaltender Luke Siemens from the Everett Silvertips on Monday for the rights to prospect Matt Grant, and a 3rd round pick in the 2013 Bantam Draft.
Siemens suited up the 'Tips last season and won 7 games in 23 contests with a GAA of 3.03 and save percentage of .927.
Top 10 Scorers
1. Mark Stone, Brandon Wheat Kings – 13 points
2. James Henry, Vancouver Giants – 10 points
3. Brad Ross, Portland Winterhawks – 9 points
4. Ty Rattie, Portalnd Winterhawks – 8 points
5. *Alessio Bertaggia, Brandon Wheat Kings – 8 points
6. Brett Lyon, Moose Jaw Warriors – 8 points
7. *Logan Nelson, Victoria Royals – 8 points
8. Brandon Herrod, Prince Albert Raiders – 8 points
9. Adam Hughesman, Tri-City Americans – 8 points
10. Kevin Sundher, Victoria Royals – 8 points
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Tips from the Firemen's Association of the State of New York
With Memorial Day Weekend upon us, many people will be hosting backyard barbecues and using their grill for the first time this year. The Firemen's Association of the State of New York reminds residents to make this summertime favorite a safe one by following some important fire safety tips.
"Everyone should take extra precautions to make sure that accidents don't ruin what should be an enjoyable time for family and friends," said FASNY President Jim Burns. "It is extremely important, when gatherings include children, that adults establish a kid-free zone around the grill of at least three feet."
From 2006-10, U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 8,600 home fires involving grills, hibachis or barbecues per year, including an average of 3,600 structure fires and 5,000 outside fires. These 8,600 fires caused an annual average of 10 civilian deaths, 140 reported civilian injuries, and $75 million in direct property damage.
Before Barbecuing
•Check your grill thoroughly for leaks, cracking or brittleness before using it.
•Check the tubes leading to the burner regularly for blockages. Check your specific grill manufacturer's instructions.
•Make sure the grill is at least 10 feet away from your house, garage or trees.
•Store and use your grill on a large flat surface that cannot burn (i.e. concrete or asphalt).
•Don't use grills in a garage, on a porch, deck or on top of anything that can catch on fire. Never use a propane barbecue grill on a balcony, terrace or roof; it is both dangerous and illegal.
•Keep children away from fires and grills. It is a good idea to establish a safety zone around the grill and instruct children to remain outside the zone.
•Before getting a propane cylinder filled, check for any damages to it.
•Never transport or store propane cylinders in the trunk of your automobile.
During Barbecuing
•Keep children away from the grill.
•Don't wear loose clothing that might catch fire.
•Use long-handled barbecue tools and/or flame-resistant mitts.
•Never use any flammable liquid other than a barbecue starter fluid to start/freshen a fire.
•Never pour or squirt starter fluid onto an open flame. The flames can easily flashback along the fluid's path to the container in your hands.
•Keep alcoholic beverages away from the grill, as they are flammable.
•Never leave the grill unattended.
Barbecue Safely
•When lighting your propane barbecue, make sure all the connections are secure and open the lid and strike your match or lighter before turning on the gas.
•Always shut off the propane fuel at the grill and at the bottle after you have finished barbecuing. Otherwise, this will lead to fire hazards, such as leaks and faulty regulators.
•Store your BBQ grill and propane cylinder outdoors.
•Follow the manufacturer's instructions for the safe use, cleaning and maintenance of your grill.
•Test your cylinder for leaks on a regular basis. When testing for leaks, never use matches or an open flame. Use soapy water or a leak detector.
•Store your cylinder away from heat and insert a safety plug on the valve.
After Barbecuing
•Always follow the manufacturer's cleaning and storing instructions that accompany the grill.
•Keep your grill clean and free of grease buildup that may lead to a fire.
•Never store liquid or pressurized fuels inside your home and/or near any possible sources of flame.
In Case of a Barbecue Fire
•Forpropane grills, turn off the burners. For charcoal grills, close the grill lid. Disconnect the power to electric grills.
•For propane grills, if you can safely reach the tank valve, shut it off.
•If the fire involves the tank, leave it alone, evacuate the area and call the fire department.
•If there is any type of fire that either threatens your personal safety or endangers property, always call the fire department.
•Never attempt to extinguish a grease fire with water. It will only cause the flames to flare up. Use an approved portable fire extinguisher.
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Tracy Daugherty: Hiding Man
Author Tracy Daugherty discusses Hiding Man, his new biography of Donald Barthelme, on Thursday, September 17, at 7 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Barthelme, who came to prominence as the leader of the postmodern movement, was a fixture at The New Yorker, publishing more than 100 short stories, but he is best-known for his classic novels Snow White and The Dead Father.
Daugherty is currently a professor of English at Oregon State University in Corvallis.
The event is the first in the 2009-10 Writers at Work series organized by Kansas City novelist Whitney Terrell and co-sponsored by Chris Davis and the English Department at UMKC.
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Dover Police are looking for three people who burglarized Spence's Bazaar Monday night.
Dover Police are looking for three people who burglarized Spence's Bazaar Monday night.
The break-in took place at about 11:45 p.m. July 21, said department spokesman Cpl. Mark Hoffman.
The three suspects got inside by shattering a glass side door entrance and, once inside, smashed a glass case and removed a number of imitation yellow gold jewelry items, mostly men's bracelets and necklaces.
The suspects also tried to break through an office window and another glass door, but were unsuccessful.
Police discovered the outside phone lines were disabled in an apparent attempt to disable the alarm system, Hoffman added.
Surveillance video, available at http://tinyurl.com/SpencesBurglary, shows the three to be young black men, Hoffman said.
Anyone with information on this crime is asked to call Dover Police at 736-7111.
Anonymous tips may be submitted via Delaware Crime Stoppers at 800-847-3333, or online at http://Delaware.crimestoppersweb.com.


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Elizabeth wrote:simple_love♫ wrote:Elizabeth wrote: Rascal Flatts is a good band, but occasionally the lead singer's voice gets on my nerves. Sorry if this offends someone! He can be a bit nasal at times. They have real good music that can be played on a country station or something mainstream.
Thank you for the Rascal Flatts comment!!!!! they get on my nerves so bad...
I like the song lyrics they have though... wait they don't write most of their songs never mind
Oh really? I thought that they wrote their material, or at least collaborated. I'm glad someone agrees with being a bit overwhelmed by the band at times! If people could just see through some of these music genres and just listen to the lyrics in songs, they'd see what they're missing out on.
I agree country music is about the lyrics that actually have a meaning


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State hospitals meet safety and treatment standards
ATLANTA – Georgia's psychiatric hospitals meet national standards for safe and effective care according to the independent body that accredits them. The Joint Commission, an organization that sets quality standards for healthcare providers and evaluates their performance, surveyed each of Georgia's seven state hospitals serving people with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance use disorders. During the unannounced inspections the Joint Commission looked at many of the same safety and treatment issues that were the subject of a settlement agreement between the state and the U.S. Department of Justice in January 2009. All seven hospitals received continuing accreditation based on their quality of care, physical environments, and operations.
"Our agency was created last year to improve care and to make our hospitals safer and more effective," said Dr. Frank Shelp, Commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD), the state agency that oversees Georgia's psychiatric hospitals. "That each of our hospitals has withstood the scrutiny of national experts and received their seal of approval is a testament to that hard work."
Hospitals and behavioral health programs that are accredited by the Joint Commission are evaluated every three years. The recent surveys were the first for Georgia since heightened attention was brought to its mental health system in 2007 and the first since the launch of DBHDD in July 2009. Governor Sonny Perdue and the Georgia General Assembly created the stand-alone agency to focus on policies, programs, and services for people with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance use disorders.
Additional funding provided to the department in the 2010 legislative session is being used to increase the number of doctors and nurses, provide better training, and improve the physical environments in the seven state hospitals, and to expand the community services that can help prevent the need for hospitalization.
"DBHDD's accreditation is a demonstration of the organization's leadership and staff commitment to excellence," says Mary Cesare-Murphy, Ph.D., executive director, Behavioral Health Care Accreditation Program, The Joint Commission. "Joint Commission accreditation requires organization-wide dedication to providing safe, client-focused care, treatment and services."
Founded in 1951, The Joint Commission seeks to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value. The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 17,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States, including more than 9,500 hospitals and home care organizations, and more than 6,300 other health care organizations that provide long term care, behavioral health care, laboratory and ambulatory care services. In addition, The Joint Commission also provides certification of more than 1,000 disease-specific care programs, primary stroke centers, and health care staffing services. An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. Learn more about The Joint Commission at www.jointcommission.org.


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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso's prime minister says the government will begin talks with trade unions after thousands of workers joined protests around the country against rising costs for basic goods like rice and sugar.
In an interview on state television late Saturday, Luc Adolphe Tiao said talks would begin "soon" but provided no details. He also did not address protesters' concerns about the creation in May of a new Senate, which the opposition says is part of a broader scheme by President Blaise Compaore to extend his time in office.
Compaore has been in power for 26 years, but his term ends in 2015 and current rules would not permit him to run again.
Tole Sagnon, spokesman for the union that organized Saturday's protests, said the new Senate was unacceptable.


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One type of table that has gained popularity relatively recently is the TV tray table. Invented in the '50s, TV tray tables were designed so that people could eat a meal in front of the TV instead of seated at the kitchen table. TV trays today are used for other tasks too, such as using a laptop in front of the TV or doing homework on the couch.
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Ok, so it goes without saying that I think the Bible, the Koran, the Torah, and all other religious books should be considered fiction. Now, how the hell do I convince others of this?
We were having a discussion at work (i am a teacher) about fiction and non-fiction. A student asked a teacher if the bible was fiction or non-fiction. The teacher said the student should ask his parent. I thought that was a cheap ass answer, I mean the kid deserves a straightforward…
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I can confirm this PRE label is the same one that put out G Isaacs and Prince Far I etc.
From memory the LP was deleted shortly after release (just prior to the JA issue). It could well have been a very limited (test) pressing. Who knows?
The catalogue number (on the label) was PRELP 3
Matrix = PRE LP-3-A / LYN 8503-1SC / JONZ / MAX
Matrix = PRE LP-3-B / LYN 8504-1SC / SOUND CLINIC / MAX
I don't recall any tracks from "Social Living" coming on single with the exception of the brilliant 12" 1978 release of
Civilized Reggae (7.07) / Social Living (7.52) - Island
The sound quality of the PRE LP and the Island 12" is amazing and no way was copied from a JA release or any Burning Spear 7".
Also of interest - it was around this time that Island had signed a distribution deal with EMI.
Plenty of wheeling and dealing from all concerned by the looks of it!


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November 16. 2012 2:45PM
In Benghazi testimony, Petraeus says al Qaeda role was known early
By Susan Cornwell and Tabassum Zakaria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former CIA Director David Petraeus told Congress on Friday that he and the spy agency had sought to make clear from the outset that September's deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, involved an al Qaeda affiliate, lawmakers said.
Petraeus told the House of Representatives intelligence committee that "there were extremists in the group" that launched the initial attack on the diplomatic mission, describing them as affiliates of al Qaeda and other extremist groups, said Representative C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, the committee's top Democrat. "The fact is that he clarified it."
Another lawmaker, Republican Representative Peter King, said Petraeus' account in the closed-door session differed from the assessment that the CIA chief gave to Congress two months ago, just days after the September 11 attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
"He also stated that he thought all along he made it clear that there were significant terrorist involvement, and that is not my recollection of what he told us on September 14," King said.
Petraeus later appeared before the Senate intelligence panel. His appearances before lawmakers came the week after he quit as CIA chief because of an extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. Lawmakers said a somber Petraeus told them his resignation had nothing to do with issues related to Benghazi or any reluctance to testify before Congress.
"The general did not address any specifics of the affair, of that issue," Democratic Representative Jim Langevin said. "What he did say in his opening statement was that he regrets the circumstances that led to his resignation."
Petraeus, a retired Army four-star general, slipped into the closed sessions unseen by a swarm of media.
The assault on the U.S. mission in Benghazi has turned into a flash point between President Barack Obama and Republicans, who accuse the White House of misleading the public in the days following the attack.
Some Republicans have suggested that Obama and his aides wanted to downplay the idea they had failed to prevent a terrorist attack, which might have dampened the president's re-election chances on November 6. Obama has denied that implication.
Petraeus' testimony to the House and Senate intelligence committees seems unlikely to dampen the controversy over why the Obama administration had asserted for days after the Benghazi attack that it had sprung from a spontaneous protest prompted by an anti-Muslim film.
Republicans have targeted Obama's U.N. ambassador, Susan Rice, who in five Sunday talk show appearances on September 16 said the assault was prompted by the video and then morphed into a more violent act. But she told CBS's "Face the Nation" that day that it was "clear that there were extremist elements that joined in and escalated the violence."
Rice aides and White House officials have said that she had based her remarks on talking points provided by the CIA.
Lawmakers appeared to treat the question of his personal life with kid gloves. They said the questioning was sometimes awkward against the backdrop of the Broadwell scandal and because some of them have known Petraeus for years and think highly of his military service in which he ran the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
"I consider him a friend, which made the questioning tough, to be honest with you," King told reporters.
"I've known him for nine years now. I actually asked him to run for president a few years ago," he said.
The affair has raised questions about whether any classified information was divulged to Broadwell that would affect national security. So far, FBI investigators have not discovered anything to suggest that was the case, law enforcement sources said.
Before his resignation, Petraeus had gone to Libya to interview people about what happened in Benghazi on September 11, when there was a series of escalating attacks on the diplomatic mission and a nearby CIA annex.
Ruppersberger said the committee learned on Thursday during a closed hearing in which it saw a real-time film of the events in Benghazi that the attack on the diplomatic mission was different than the subsequent attack on the nearby annex.
"The first incident was a lot different than the second incident in the annex," he said. The attack on the mission involved looters and people setting buildings on fire, while the attack on the annex was "well-organized" and involved people who had experience in conducting attacks, he said.


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In Perfect Harmony is a musical concert produced by the Dama Orchestra. It is a musical journey which takes the audience through the musical landscape of our country during the past four decades. On the journey we remember our differences and celebrate our diversity. We remember our dream and vision of a land of harmony, understanding and laughter. We applaud our achievements and learn from our mistakes. And we never lose the ability to laugh at ourselves. Laugh with our brethren. Malay, Chinese, Indian, Kadazan, Dusun and all the other more than 100 ethnic groups that make up this glorious land we all call home. Malaysia.
But at the end of the day In Perfect Harmony is a musical concert. A show. And we all take away from it what we wish to. Such is the democracy of theatre. And the liberty of the audience.
I would like to share one audience member's take of the show that he/she saw at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC) last night. But just to make things clear. The bunch of marauding bullies who attacked the Chinese man and his daughter were ALL Chinese! :-) Here, read this and think...
I met an old friend at the pres club he works for a big corporation and asked me if I want to go see a musical titled "A Malaysian Musical Journey" (AMMJ) at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC). So he gave me five complimentary tickets!
He said it was going to be good when the Solianos will start the night with my favourite Malay songs!
Well, it turned out AMMJ was not what it claimed to be. AMMJ should have been dubbed A Malaysian-Chinese Musical Journey, just one of those pathetic sad old story of how Chinese in this country struggled. No one else struggled just the Chinese.
But that is fine with me, they did help built the country, but please do not portray it at the expense of Malays, who were portrayed as a bunch of a marauding bullies attacking a Chinese man and his little daughter out to make a living.
When that scene was shown I bet you that crippled Chinese narrator was laughing so hard he would exclaimed "Niamah Melayu served you right!"
I was soooo looking forward to enjoying the show which I did, until that crippled Chinese narrator was jibing and making allusive and deprecatory remark on our prime minister by hinting the PM should, like Richard Nixon, resign because of being involved in an "explosive" in an unnecessary innuendo making reference to an alleged involvement of PM and the dead Mongolian woman.
Then this crippled Ciuniama Chinese made an unnecessary political remark about Mahathir Mohamad and Maggi Mee, very degrading indeed!
In the final analysis the musical was indeed very Chinese in essence, laced with a sprinkle of P.Ramlee and few Malay songs I did not stay to watch the second half of the musical I was disgusted.
Why can't a musical be a true depiction of a the essence of the journey it depicts, why must a frustrated crippled Chinaman destroyed my evening with an unnecessary political statement and innuendos?
To people like crippled Patrik Teo the narrator of the musical, with a good government do not for once that you think you can stage a musical anywhere in this country.
In the morning when you switch on the light of you fancy apartment or a house you live in or turning on a tap to take a shower there is government there, with a good stable government you will smell like a pig turd because in countries like Iraq, Egypt and Libya everyone smell, not as bad as you though, because they have no water and electricity.


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Life is serendipitous, and it is usually a joy to where it takes us. In November, I had the opportunity to meet Yoko Ott (through a semi sweet 16 birthday party), Director of Open Satellite exhibition space in Bellevue, Washington. Her quick conversation with me brought forth a connection, Heather & Ivan Morison, world-renowned guest artists for the months of April and May. As good directors do, we jumped right in and headed to the finish line, detailing a collaborative project with the Drachen Foundation and Open Satellite. With the assistance of kite artist and DF founder Scott Skinner, the magic will begin in April.
Exhibition Dates: April 28-June 19, 2010
Opening Event: Tuesday, April 27, 6-9 PM at Open Satellite
Location: 989 112th Ave NE, Ste 102, Bellevue, WA 98004
Contact: Voice: 425 454 7355 / Email: email@example.com
Web: www.opensatellite.org Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 12-6 PM
About the Exhibition:
Open Satellite announces a residency and exhibition by British artists Heather and Ivan Morison, curated by Eric Fredericksen. During their residency the Morisons will be researching at the Seattle-based Drachen Foundation which holds an internationally important archive of kites and is devoted to the increase and diffusion of knowledge about kites worldwide. Joining them will be kite artist Scott Skinner. The Morisons will be working with them to develop a future series of new small and large scale kite sculptures.
For their exhibition at Open Satellite, the Morisons will build a large timber prototype of an element of the new kite sculptures. The piece will be constructed from local trees that have had to be been felled to make way for a new commercial building to be built by the same development company that supports Open Satellite. Made of heavy timber beams, milled on site, burnt to charcoal, the sculptural prototype will reach out and touch all six surfaces of the space. Their project at Open Satellite will encompass the sculpture as well as the process of its creation and display.
Heather and Ivan Morison make art as an active engagement with materials, histories, sites, and processes. Through peripatetic travels that have taken them to Siberia, Tasmania, Ulaan Baatar, Beijing, Wales, and now Bellevue, Washington, the Morisons have produced sculpture, photographs, buildings, and fiction. A series of square postcards mailed from these locations serve as a sort of journal of their travels, with laconic texts. From Russia: "Mr & Mrs Ivan Morison do not understand it. Why are they cutting down all the Siberian Larches?" From Los Angeles: "It got to the point where I just had to get out. That's when I built my first escape vehicle."
For the last four years their base has been Arthog, a village in Wales. The Morisons have acquired a forest there, which they are transforming into an arboretum by introducing non-native trees collected on their travels. The arboretum is home as well to structures that suggest, variously, garden follies as imagined by hippie science fiction fans, or primitive earthen shelters. This project is at the core of their far flung projects, including their Open Satellite residency.
About the Curator:
Eric Fredericksen is the director of Western Bridge, a contemporary art collection exhibition space in Seattle, where he has curated a dozen exhibitions. His independent curatorial work includes exhibitions at the Or Gallery and the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver, the Noorderzon Festival in Groningen, the Netherlands, and juried exhibitions at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, and Soil and Punch artists' cooperatives in Seattle. He is a former writer and editor at The Stranger and Architecture magazine, and a 2000-2001 fellow of the National Arts Journalism Program, Columbia University.
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Open Satellite is a contemporary art exhibition hall for the Seattle metropolitan area. The residency-based program provides an opportunity for emerging and mid-career artists from outside the region to work for an extended period to create large-scale artwork in any medium. Exhibitions are staged four times annually with every fifth show focused on architecture as a critical position. Open Satellite was formed in 2007 and is sustained by Su Development.
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Trachypithecus obscurus
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Trachypithecus obscurus (Reid, 1837)
|Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:
Common Name(s):
Trachypithecus corax Pocock, 1934
Trachypithecus corvus (Miller, 1913)
Trachypithecus leucomystax (Müller & Schlegel, 1841)
Trachypithecus ruhei (Knottnerus-Meyer, 1933)
Trachypithecus smithii (Kloss, 1916)
|Taxonomic Notes:
|It may be that the blackish insular subspecies (halonifer, carbo, styx, seimundi) represent a distinct taxon which has been entirely replaced on the mainland by the contrastingly toned T. obscurus.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Near Threatened ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Boonratana, R., Traeholt, C., Brockelmann, W. & Htun, S.
|Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
Considering the extensive habitat loss that has taken place within the range of the species, there is reason to believe that this species is in decline, probably at a rate of less than 30% over three generations (approximately 30 years), thus qualifying if for listing as Near Threatened. Almost qualifies as threatened under criterion A2cd.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|This species occurs in Malaysia (troughout the Malay Peninsula along with a few small adjacent islands), southern Myanmar (including the Mergui Archipelago), and southwestern Thailand (including adjacent islands). It is found north to 15°10'N in Myanmar and Thailand (Groves 2001).
T. o. obscurus
Found on Peninsular Malaysia, north to about Perlis (Groves 2001).
T. o. flavicauda
Found in northern Peninsular Malaysia, southern Myanmar (including James, Kisseraing, and King Islands in the Mergui Archipelago) and southwestern Thailand (including Koh Lak Island). On the mainland found from Perlis north to the northern border of the species' range (Groves 2001).
T. o. halonifer
Restricted to Penang Island, Malaysia (Groves 2001).
T. o. carbo
Found off the western coast of Malaysia and Thailand, specifically on Terutao and Dayang Bunting Islands, and on Langkawi Island (Malaysia) (Groves 2001).
T. o. styx
Occurs on East Perhentian Island and, possibly, adjacent eastern coastal Malaysia (Groves 2001).
T. o. seimundi
Occurs on Phangan Island (Pennan Island), Thailand; may possibly occur in adjacent eastern Thailand as well (Groves 2001).
T. o. sanctorum
Restricted to Zadetkyi Kyun (St. Matthew Island) in the Mergui Archipelago (Myanmar) (Groves 2001).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand
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|On the mainland, at five sites surveyed (Kuala Lompat, Pasoh, Sungai Kenyam, Ulu Sebol, and Lesong) the density was estimated 1.8-7.3 groups/km2, with an average group size of 14. A population at Khao Lommuak (11°49'N) numbered 80 individuals in an area of 0.5 km2. The population status of several of the insular forms (Penang, Langkawi, Dayang Bunting, Terutau, East Perhentian, Pennan) is unclear, but most are presumed to be stable.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|This species prefers closed primary forests, but is also found in old-growth secondary and disturbed forests, urban areas, and parks. It is diurnal, primarily arboreal, and folivorous, although the diet is relatively varied and the animals will also consume fruit, flowers and other items. They are able to take advantage of unripe fruit, which have chemical defenses, by the same means that they break down toxins in plant leaves, using the bacteria found in their digestive system (MacKinnon and MacKinnon 1980).
|Major Threat(s):
|Hunting for food is a major threat, as is habitat loss and degradation due to expanding oil palm plantations, agriculture, and urbanization. In Peninsular Malaysia the animals are frequent victims of road-kill.
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NEW YORK (AP) — What do you get when you take a 70-page melodrama at the center of "War and Peace" and turn it into a musical? Now layer dance music onto the traditional Russian folk music. Now put it in a tent. While you're at it, throw in a meal and strobe lights.
What you get is the thrilling and yet cluttered musical "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812" — a feast for the senses and an assault at the same time. Dinner theater has never seemed as un-dusty.
The sung-through musical premiered at New York City's Ars Nova in a seven-week run last year before finding a new 6,000-square-foot space in the meatpacking district. It opened Thursday.
Befitting the ultra-cool neighborhood's roots, the show packs so much in that it feels overstuffed — snowflakes fall, strobe lights pulse, actors race about and smoke pours. It sometimes drags, the food isn't as well integrated into the show as it could be, and it often feels like an art project run amok.
And yet there's no denying that creator, composer and performer Dave Malloy has crafted a daring piece of theater. It just needs some editing.
Each ticket comes with a full Russian-themed meal — borscht, dumplings, brown bread, pickled vegetables, chicken and salmon — and a glass of wine or a cocktail. There's a full bar in back.
After the food is cleared, the 360-degree show begins. It centers on a bright young thing, Natasha, who falls for one man, only to be seduced later by another. The 16-person cast encourages you to follow the various turns of the thick plot via helpful program notes.
The show reaches for an immersive experience by trying to erase the line between audience and performer. You may find yourself asked to pass along a love letter, caressed by a pretty young thing, temporarily share a table with an actor or watch a shot of vodka slammed down on your table by a drunken soldier.
Malloy's songs are stunning in their breadth. While the music careens from Russian folk to thumping house beats to proto-rap, the lyrics are similarly establishing an uneven tone, slipping from heart-wrenchingly un-ironic — "I love him/I love him" — to the almost mockingly helpful — "In 19th century Russia, we write letters."
The addiction to recitative and use of descriptive passages grows weary and sometime seems just plain odd — "I throw my fur coat on my shoulders/Unable to find the sleeves," one character sings, as he finds the sleeves. Also it's unclear if Leo Tolstoy actually wrote the immortal line, "Shut your damn mouth!"
The lack of consistency in lyrics and music may be cool but it also acts as something of a coolant. With so many styles and sounds, it's hard to get invested in the show, no matter how good the performances are.
And they're good: As Natasha, Phillipa Soo, a recent Juilliard graduate, is simply a wonder, a delicate beauty with a strong emotional voice. She's almost as pretty as Lucas Steele, a strong singer and actor with Vogue model poses who triggers electronica whenever he appears.
Malloy as Pierre may not have the greatest voice, but he compensates by unleashing the force of his acting to devastating effect. (Plus, he wrote the show, so the kid stays in the play.)
The rest of the cast fully commits, never breaking character over the 2½-hour show. Costume designer Paloma Young mixes simple, beautiful period gowns and army uniforms on the featured actors, while dressing the ensemble in punk versions.
Some moments are thrilling — an opera-within-the musical that employs slow motion to hilarious effect is a sweet bit of stagecraft. And the cumulative song structure of the prologue — "Sonya is good/Natasha is young/And Andrey isn't here" — is a perfect stage-setter. Brittain Ashford also delivers a tingling "Sonia Alone" simply standing in a spotlight.
Choreographer Sam Pinkleton and Rachel Chavkin, the director who also manages the musical staging, use every available inch of Mimi Lien's ingeniously designed set and the audience's attention is always swiveling. Members of the eight-piece band are stashed in various pockets of the 199-person space and well led by Or Matias.
It is sensational, high-stakes stuff, especially as the room between tables is tiny and the speed the actors are moving is quick. Plus, there's alcohol flowing. Somehow, all the actors find themselves under Bradley King's complicated and myriad lights perfectly in synch, even if that's in your startled lap.
It's a show that gets so close, and yet so far.


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Gabe types his review of Jodi Foster's film with tiny surrogate finger puppets...
Walter Black (Mel Gibson) is the severely depressed executive heir to a popular toy company. As his depression spirals out of control his company faulters, and more tragically his family suffers. His wife Meredith (Jodi Foster), a rollercoaster designer, eventually finds the strength to boot Walter from the house. Walter checks himself into a hotel and attempts to hang himself from a shower rod with his neck tie. A beaver puppet he rediscovered while throwing out artefacts of his past remains affixed to his hand. The rod breaks, and in his drunken stupor Walter knocks himself unconscious when a television set falls onto his head. When he awakens the puppet has taken on a life of its own, and Walter successfully uses it to communicate with the people around him, rekindling his romance with Meredith, reconnecting with his youngest son, and pulling his company out of turmoil. Meanwhile, Walter's oldest son, Porter (Anton Yelchin), who wants nothing more than to be nothing like his father, takes money in exchange for writing academic papers for his schoolmates. One day popular and pretty valedictorian Norah (Jennifer Lawrence) comes to him for assistance with her graduation speech, leading the pair to forge an unlikely bond.
The Beaver is one of those films that will be forever ruled by the publicity that surrounded it. By now we all know the sordid, depressing, infuriating tale of Mel Gibson's belly flop out of the general public's good graces. I don't think I need to discuss it, or the fact that The Beaver was done in at the box office due in large part to this controversy. However, I feel that the producers and director Jodi Foster missed a chance at making back their modest budget had they embraced the circus, rather than quietly releasing the film in an effort to avoid the lime light. When word came down that the film had been held back to avoid association with Gibson's meltdown, only a brief description, and entirely bizarre photo still accompanied most of the news items. The picture and description implied something subversive, even interesting. Most intriguing was the fact that it appeared that there might be some autobiographical pieces to this puzzle, as Gibson likely was suffering some pretty severe mental anguish, and perhaps could use a little hand-puppet therapy. Had the film seen release that week I probably would've paid to see it out of sheer curiosity, but there was a nearly five month wait for its limited run, and in the interim the news and reviews verified the worst case scenario – The Beaver was pretty darn mainstream. Now I've seen the film, and the real truth is even more tragic – The Beaver is a precious, faux-quirky exercise that ends in a series of life lessons.
This isn't to say The Beaver is a waste, or even bad. Kyle Killen's script, though never particularly distinguished, features a unique hook. Foster's direction, though never spectacular, is appealing and colourful. The performances, including Gibson's, are at least good, and occasionally even great. It's even quite funny at times, and touches upon the subversive silliness I was hoping for from the concept. My problems with the film have very little to do with the concept, or Gibson's portrayal, they have everything to do with the stuff going on around him. The really dark stuff that opens the film, specifically Gibson struggling to commit suicide, is the strongest, and any scene featuring him interacting with himself sits well, but disappears for long stretches of film. Clearly Killen was afraid of diving too deeply such a murky pool, and probably didn't fill out a feature length screenplay, so he developed an incredibly boring B-plot that wastes the ample talents of Anton Yelchin (who really needs to start staying away from this kind of ostentatious, angst ridden, coming-of-age stuff) and Jennifer Lawrence. For every uplifting, occasionally challenging Beaver sequence there is a dull, pokey sequence where Yelchin and Lawrence awkwardly feel sorry for themselves. Minus this unneeded, emotionally false rubble, and with a bit of punch up on the third act, which takes things to delightfully absurd places, The Beaver could be genuinely great.
The Beaver looks so great on this 1080p transfer I assumed it was shot digital HD, but I see that Foster and cinematographer Hagen Bogdanski utilized good, old fashion 35mm. There is very, very little grain on the print, save some of the corners of the darkest night shots. This lack of grain, coupled with a slightly odd smoothness to some of the sharper details, leads me to believe that there was quite a bit of digital hullabaloo behind the scenes. It looks nice though, and there's plenty of texture to enjoy, specifically Gibson's chiseled facade, and the Beaver's matted fur. Most of the aggressive fine detail is delegated to the foregrounds, as generally shallow focus is used for at least half of the film. Compression artifacts are limited to the point of near nonexistence outside of some of the flatter light blue backgrounds. Contrast levels are brilliant, and black levels are quite deep and pure. Colour plays a very important part in the film. Foster doesn't quite pull the whole 'subtext representative hues' approach, but for the most part positive emotions seem to equate more complex hue arrangements, and darker emotions seem to equate desaturated blueness. The colour palette is consistently blue/green tinted, but flesh tones are usually quite warm, and poppy acrylics make a subtle appearance in most scenes.
The Beaver's generally lo-fi production, and this DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track follows suit. There isn't much else to say about it. The vast majority of vocals and sound effects are delegated to the center channel, with only occasional outdoor ambience to break the tradition, and give the stereo and surround channels something to do outside of music. There aren't really any directional effects to speak of, and even unless something very loud is happening off screen the sound designers basically ignore the possibility of widening their aural scope. This isn't really a problem given the aspirations and tone, and dialogue is always clear, so I don't really consider this disappointing. I caught a couple of off lip-sync moments, but most of these seem to be an effect of Gibson's cockney accent, which makes his mouth do strange things. Marcelo Zarvos' waltzing, European inspired score is warm and smooth, with some minor stereo effects, and bit of LFE punching bass.
Before I discuss the special features, I'd like to briefly mention The Beaver's menus. These are quite clever in concept, and even attractive, but are awkward to navigate, and slow moving. A for effort, D for execution. Anyway, extras begin with Jodie Foster's solo audio commentary. Foster approaches the track intellectually, and obviously came to the recording well prepared. She discusses subtext and themes, which can definitely grate, and sound like simple narration, but for the most part her input is welcome and helpful. Her grasp of film theory is consistently impressive, and if her presence on this track were more consistent it'd work well as an educational tool. She's also plenty aware of the problems with melding the father and son stories, though she comes to the conclusion that she succeeded in the balance, and I tend to disagree with her despite her compelling arguments to the contrary.
The disc also features two deleted scenes with optional commentary from Foster (who implies during the commentary that a whole lot more material was actually cut, 4:50, HD), 'Everything is Going to be O.K.' (12:00, HD), a decent EPK/extended trailer featuring footage from the film, a little bit of behind the scenes footage, and interviews with Foster, Gibson, Lawrence and Yelchin, and trailers.
The Beaver probably deserved more attention for being a generally well made movie, rather than being the death knell of Mel Gibson's career. Unfortunately there's something special in the concept that goes unexplored in favour of more modern, independent film bitter-sweetness. Director Jodi Foster manages genuine beauty, and structures the flawed narrative well, and the performances, especially Gibson's, are impressive, but the material would likely make a much better cynical, R-rated feature, like Death to Smoochy or After Hours. The disc looks gorgeous, sounds fine but unassuming, and features a solid director's commentary to boot. It's worth a rent for Foster's fans, but will likely disappoint the lookie loos hoping to see Mel Gibson embarrass himself one last time.
*Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray's image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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This was fine, but like you said, they should've taken bigger measures with this instead of quietly releasing this. It's their fault that this bombed so badly.
The more I read about this film, the more I want to see it
They look like the kid's wall, with all the post-it notes, and when you select something a hand comes in and moves around the post-its. It takes too long.
What do the menus look like?
You guys are aware he did not direct this one, right?
Gibson is the greatest actor/director/producer ever and I will buy this for sure.
Yes, not like giant alien robots that turn into cars, though. I mean, that could happen in the real world. A guy so mentally broken he can only communicate through a toy is totally more far-fetched.
I'm pretty open minded but the very idea of this film is outright stupid.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 23rd August 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Extras: Director Commentary, Deleted Scenes with Option Director Commentary, Everything is Going to be OK, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Jodi Foster
Cast: Mel Gibson, Jodi Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence
Genre: Comedy and Drama
Length: 91 minutes
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Unified Communications Virtualization Sizing Guidelines
From DocWiki
Go to: Guidelines to Edit UC Virtualization Pages
This article provides specifics and examples to aid in sizing Unified Communications applications for the UCS B-series and C-series servers.
Application Co-residency Support and Server/Storage Selection
All UCS tested reference configurations are sized for co-residency except for C210 M1 Tested Reference Configuration #1 (which is only sized to host a single VM of 7500 user capacity). Note that the tested reference configuration for UCS C200 M2 is sized for co-residency at a lower capacity per VM than UCS B200 or C210 so only supports a subset of Virtual Machine templates.
The max number of virtual machines supported per physical server depends on the hardware selected and the quantity and resource usage of selected virtual machine OVAs.
To determine which applications may share a physical server, use the following guidelines:
- Supported co-resident applications are "UC with UC only".
- Co-residency of UC with 3rd-party application VMs - such as TFTP/SFTP/DNS/DHCP servers, Directories, Groupware, File/print, CRM, etc. - is not supported at this time. These applications may be placed on a separate physical server from UC. For UCS B-series, this can be an adjacent blade in the same chassis.
- Co-residency of UC with non-UC VMs such as Nexus 1000V not supported at this time. These applications may be placed on a separate physical server from UC. For UCS B-series, this can be an adjacent blade in the same chassis.
- The following UC apps have product-specific co-residency rules on their web page. Product-specific rules take precedence over the support policy on this web page.
- Note that Cisco Unity requires CPU Affinity which may not be desirable for other applications sharing the server.
- All applications that will be co-resident must support UC on UCS. Note that supported versions may vary by application. so check inter-product version compatibility.
- You must use a server/storage/network configuration that is supported by all the applications/versions that will be co-resident. E.g. some applications/versions do not support C200, or only support M2 generations but not M1.
- Otherwise you can mix and match UC apps on the same server.
- All applications must use a supported virtual machine OVA template.
- All applications require a 1:1 mapping of VM vCPU cores to physical CPU cores. Cisco Unity VMs also require VMware CPU Affinity.
- If there is at least one live Unity Connection VM on the server, then one CPU core per physical server must be idle/unused (it is actually being used by ESXi scheduler).
- The sum of virtual machines' vCPU cores may not exceed the total physical CPU cores on the physical server (less one if hosting at least one live Unity Connection VM).
- The sum of virtual machines' vRAM (plus 2GB for VMware overhead) may not exceed the total physical memory on the physical server.
- For supported DAS deployments, the sum of virtual machines' vDisk may not exceed the physical disk space of the physical servers' logical volume(s) (based on RAID configuration).
- For UCS B200 and C210, you may otherwise mix and match applications, versions and OVAs (of any size) in any quantity as long as you do not oversubscribe any physical server resources as described above.
- For UCS C200, you must align with these rules:
- The only supported virtual machine OVA templates are:
- CUCM - Unified Communications Manager 1000 users
- CUC or UCxn - Unity Connection 500 users, 1000 users and 5000 users
- CUP - Unified Presence 1000 users
- CUCCX - Unified Contact Center Express 100 agents
- Other unlisted OVA templates are not supported on C200 as they are sized too big.
- If C200 is used for Unified Communications Manager Business Edition 6000 then you must follow its co-residency rules.
- Otherwise at this time the following co-residency scenarios are supported:
- Four VMs: CUCM 1000 users + CUC 1000 users + CUP 1000 users + CUCCX 100 users (the scenario used by Unified Communications Manager Business Edition 6000 )
- Up to four VMs: 1 to 4 CUC of various user sizes provided you don't over-subscribe any physical server resources as described previously.
- Four VMs: 4 CUP 1000 users
- Three VMs: 3 CUCM 1000 users
- Three VMs: 3 CUCCX 100 users
- The only supported virtual machine OVA templates are:
See the Sizing Examples at the bottom of this page for examples of using these guidelines.
Redundancy and Failover Considerations
Application-layer considerations (such as Unified CM Cluster over WAN or Unified CCE Remote Redundancy) are the same for virtualized (UC on UCS) or non-virtualized (MCS 7800) deployments.
However, since there is no longer a 1:1 relationship between hardware and application instances, "placement logic" must be taken into account to minimize the impact of hardware unavailability or unreachability:
- Avoid placing a primary VM and a backup VM on the same server, chassis or site
- For failover groups, avoid placing all actives on the same server, chassis or site
- Avoid placing all VMs of the same role on the same server, chassis or site
Note that Fibre Channel SAN is currently mandatory for UC on UCS B200, optional for UC on UCS C210 and not supported for UC on UCS C200.
To get the IOPS per virtual machine OVA and other information required to properly design SAN connectivity and array, see IOPS.
For more information on supported storage arrays, see the UCS page at http://www.cisco.com/go/swonly.
Sizing Examples
The figure below illustrates a sample system configuration based on the guidelines in this article and in the topics listed under Related Documentation. This sample has the following characteristics:
- General Characteristics
- Eight blades in system with two to four Unified Communications applications per blade
- Blade 7 used for non-Cisco applications and services
- Blade 8 reserved as a spare to be used in case of blade failure
- Two cores on Blade 6 are unused and available for future expansion or as a spare
- Unified Communications Manager
- Up to 7500 users
- One Publisher, five Subscribers
- DHCP, TFTP, MOH, and DNS
- 7500 User
- Unity Connection
- Up to 10,000 users
- Two Servers in Active/Active configuration
- 10,000 User
- Unified Intelligence Center
- Up to 1200 users
- One Publisher, Seven Subscribers , database replicated among all 8 nodes
- 200 Users
- Unified Presence
- Up to 10,000 users
- Two servers supporting 5000 users each
- 5000 Users
- Unified Contact Center Express
- Up to 300 agents
- Two servers supporting 300 agents each; active/standby redundancy
- 300 Agent
- Nexus 1000v
- Virtual machine access switch
- Refer to cisco.com/go/nexus1000v for detailed information on Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches
Note one CPU has been reserved on Blade 1 and Blade 3 to satisfy the Unity Connection resource requirement.
Sizing and Ordering Tools
The suite of tools listed below can assist you with the sizing, configuring and quoting of Cisco Unified Communications solutions on the Unified Computing System.
Cisco Solution Expert
Cisco Solution Expert assists Cisco field and Cisco Unified Communications specialized channel partners in designing and quoting UC on UCS solutions using the Cisco Unified Workspace Licensing or the traditional design model. Solution Expert delivers a Bill of Materials for the Unified Communications software and the UCS B-series Blade Servers and VMWare ordered as Collaboration SKUS.
Netformx DesignXpert
Netformx DesignXpert is a third party application used to design and quote the Cisco Unified Computing System B-series. DesignXpert has two advisor modules that can be used to quote a Unified Communications solution with the Unified Computing System:
- UC Advisor – a designing and quoting solution used to quote Unified Communications software and the UCS B-series Blade Servers and VMWare ordered as Collaboration SKUs. Other UCS B-series components must be configured via UCS Advisor below.
- UCS Advisor - a designing and quoting solution for all UCS B-series components ordered as Data Center SKUs, including Blade Servers, UCS 5100 Blade Server Chassis, UCS 2100 Fabric Extender and UCS 6100 Fabric Interconnect Switch.
Cisco Unified Communications Sizing Tool
Cisco Unified Communications Sizing Tool delivers hardware sizing for complex Enterprise Unified Communications solutions, including Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise. The Sizing Tool delivers the virtual machine requirements for Unified Communications applications on the Unified Computing System platform.
Cisco Configuration Tool
Cisco Configuration Tool(need link here) is part of the suite of Internet Commerce Tools for managing online ordering of Cisco products. It enables you to configure products and view lead times and prices for each selection. The Cisco Configuration Tool, also known as the Dynamic Configuration Tool, is used to configure the Unified Communications products and the B series SKU and VMWare ordered as Collaboration SKUs.
Ordering Guides
Ordering Guides for Unified Communications System 8.x releases are available for Cisco sales, partners, and customers.


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The Tallest Man On Earth is playing Union Transfer on Monday July 30
However simple his formula may seem, The Tallest Man on Earth is much more than just a man with a guitar. Matsson's intricately crafted finger picking, thoughtful lyrics, and big voice give his work height far greater than is average stature—making the name Tallest Man on Earth quite fitting.
In support of his new album, There's No Leaving Now, released June 12 on Dead Oceans, Matsson announced a few tour dates this summer, starting in Sweden, then the U.S. and the U.K., and finishing up in Belgium. In addition to the July 27 XPN Free At Noon, he's playing the 930 Club in DC on July 26, and the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island on July 29, and Union Transfer at on Monday, July 30.
Website: thetallestmanonearth.se/
Facebook: facebook.com/thetallestmanonearthofficial
Recent Release: There's No Leaving Now
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Label: Dead Oceans
Hometown: Dalarna, Sweden
Wanderlust is a band of Philadelphian musicians you may remember from way-back-when in the '90s. The band saw recognition for the track 'I Walked' off of their studio debut Prize, which was recorded in 1995 with RCA. After a long break, in which the band members have moved as far from Philly as California, Wanderlust is back with a new in-studio live album. The record, called Record Time, is available as an online stream for now.
Wanderlust is - Scot Sax on lead vocals, guitar, piano, percussion Rob Bonfiglio on harmonies, lead guitar, lead vocals, keys, bass and drums. Mark Getten on bass and Jim Cavanaugh on drums.
Scott Sax, who has worked on Grammy winning pop songwriting teams, is an important part of the XPN family. He has collaborated with Sharon Little and played with her on tour with Robert Plant and Allison Krauss. He also played last year's XPoNential Music Festival with Queen Electric, another project of his. The play the North Star Bar on Friday night, July 27.
Website: wanderlustfans.com/site/
MySpace: myspace.com/wanderlustfans
Recent Release: Record Time
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA


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Paulina Gretzky Instagram Photos Cause My Caucasian Brothers to Go Nuts
Paulina Gretzky reminds me of every cute white girl I went to school with at The Ohio State University.
The only difference is that back then there wasn't Instagram, so these type of activities were only documented on those cheap instant cameras at Walgreens.
The Sports Grid captured Paulina having a good time, but it wasn't like TMZ was stalking her, these pics are all on her public timeline on Twitter.
Poor Wayne Gretzky, what must be going through his mind when he sees pics like this.


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Hi there,
I'm planning a roadtrip from Toronto to LA this summer, and was wondering if anyone has route suggestions.
Mapquest gives me the fastest way to get there, but If anyone has any other ideas, I'd love to hear.
What are good places to see and stop along the way??
Has anyone taken this trip before?
Also, I know sleeping in your car is not recommended... but if one must do it, what locations do you suggest?
Thanks in advance!