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Keeping with Kesey
Cuckoos Nest restores novels vision
by Rick Levin
|Nurse Ratched (Sabra Slade) crashes the party in One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Mention One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest anywhere outside the Pacific Northwest, and the image youll spark in most folks mind is Jack Nicholson leering like a salty sailor beneath a navy blue stocking cap. Fair enough. As with his maniacally outsized role in The Shining, Nicholson tattoos himself all over director Milos Formans adaptation of Ken Keseys classic novel ã hooting, hollering, cajoling and otherwise cantering around with bulging eyes and gonads the size of bowling balls. Its a strong performance in a decent movie that paints its strident social commentary in broad, manipulative strokes. But its hardly what Kesey intended when he wrote the book.
Apparently what most upset Kesey, aside from financial issues, was the fact that Nicholsons bravura performance stole the focus away from big Chief Bromden, who narrates the novel. The current staging by LCCs Student Productions Association, based on Dale Wassermanns script, goes a long way in restoring Keseys original vision of a society that, in the words of LCC director Chris Pinto, sometimes blurs the line "between sanity and insanity." Its a lovely production, vital and redemptive, which is all the more impressive for our deep familiarity with the story. The frenetic, furious pace of the film is replaced by a more measured and melancholy rhythm that leavens its tragic message with bittersweet humor and wry ambivalence.
The mood is set from the opening scene, which finds Chief Bromden (the excellent Kunu Dittmer) standing alone on stage, addressing his dead father. To the tone-deaf, the Chiefs meditations ã about the "combine" that controls the worlds outcasts with magnets and wires ã might sound like paranoid ravings, but they are in keeping with the traditions of Native American storytelling, which animates the wide world with spirit and intention. These soliloquies open nearly every scene, working to frame the story as a timeless fable open to endless interpretations and retellings.
Directed with economy and flair by Pinto, the production is propelled by strong performances all around. At the heart of Cuckoos Nest are three archetypical characters ã the spirited R.P. McMurphy, the dwarfed Chief Bromden and the uber-uptight Nurse Ratched, a "ball-buster from way back" ã and here each role is performed with uncommon sensitivity and nuance. As McMurphy, Johnny Rogers is less antagonistic than righteously empathetic, his actions fueled not by ego but humanity and a sense of injustice. Sabra Slades Nurse Ratched, with her pinched restraint and passive-aggressive condescension, BRING's to mind the psychosexual terror of Judith Anderson in Hitchcocks Rebecca. Dittmer gives a powerhouse performance as the Chief, a haunted, misunderstood man perfectly in tune with his surroundings. And a special nod should go to the superb Steven Coatsworth, who plays the aristocratic inmate Dale Harding.
One could argue that Keseys story is dated ã that we no longer scramble the brains of our undesirables with ice-pick lobotomies. Not so. Despite its particular setting, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, like The Great Gatsby or Mrs. Dalloway, has stood the test of time. We may have exchanged pre-frontals for Prozac and shock therapy for Celexa, but the grinding of individual gems into collective dust remains as rampant as ever. Whether you're flying from the east or from the west, dont miss this cuckoos nest. Its a jolt to the system.
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest plays 8pm Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 10-12 & Feb. 18, with 2pm matinees Sunday, Feb. 13 & Feb. 19-20, at LCCs Blue Door Theatre, 4000 E. 30th Ave.; $10, $8 sen. & stu., tickets at www.lanecc.edu/tickets or 463-5761.


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The Global Clinical Laboratory Services Market was valued US$ 168.9 billion in 2015 and is projected to expand at a CAGR of 7.3% during the forecast period (2016-2024), as analyzed by Coherent Market Insights in a detailed report about the same. Increasing health consciousness leading to higher preventive measures, especially in Asia Pacific region, would be a major factor for increasing demand of the clinical laboratory services market. Increasing insurance coverage is further propelling adoption of diagnostic testing and in turn favors growth of clinical laboratory services market.
In order to capitalize on this highly lucrative opportunity, clinical laboratory service providers such as Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp), Quest Diagnostics, Inc., Spectra Laboratories, Sonic Healthcare Limited, and Charles River Laboratories are offering additional services such as web-based booking of test/service and free home pick-up of test samples, complementing regular packages for health check-ups. Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., analyzes samples for metabolic disorders, bone therapy, diabetes and oncology. Globally too, clinical laboratories receive large volumes of samples for analyzing metabolic disorders. The market for clinical chemistry test types is therefore positioned on a strong growth trajectory.
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Increasing incidence of infectious diseases and the growing burden of non-communicable diseases is in turn driving demand for clinical tests. This is influencing clinical laboratory service providers to increase their functional capabilities to cater to the growing needs of patients. As mentioned by Quest Diagnostics, Inc., around 70% of the medical decision are based on lab results. In addition, genetic and cytology testing is increasing that enable better diagnosis of cancer. This is expected to proliferate demand and spur growth for clinical laboratory services market in emerging economies such as China and India. Core Diagnostics, Metropolis, SRL Diagnostics and Dr. Lal Pathlabs are few major diagnostic service providers in India expanding at a rapid pace.
Clinical laboratory service providers are thus, upgrading their processes and technologies to improve efficiency. Therefore, equipment manufacturers such as Abbott Laboratories, Roche and ThermoFisher Scientific also need to develop products catering to this evolving market. Seamless integration of equipment manufacturer and service provider technologies would be a great boost for the global clinical laboratory services market.
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WASHINGTON - Federal forecasters predict a warming of the central Pacific Ocean this year that will change weather worldwide. And that's good news for a weather-weary United States.
The warming, called an El Nino, is expected to lead to fewer Atlantic hurricanes, more rain next winter for drought-stricken California and southern states, and even a milder winter for the nation's frigid northern tier next year.
Elsewhere in the world, it can mean an even hotter year coming up, with billions of dollars in losses for food crops.
The National Oceanic Atmospheric and Administration Thursday issued an official El Nino watch. NOAA Climate Prediction Center director Mike Halpert said the warming should be in place this summer.


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Conway House, Circa 1892
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John F. Conway purchased this First Addition property in 1891 from the Oregon Iron and Steel Company. The house was probably originally sited on a large lot, possibly with outbuildings, that have since been partitioned. This house was originally built with a simple, rectangular volume capped with a gable roof. Despite additions, the house remains a very good example of the original vernacular style.


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CARDINAL CORNER . . . Nationally No. 1-ranked UCLA will join with No. 2 USC, No. 3 Stanford and No. 5 Stanford for the annual Stanford Intercollegiate women's golf tournament, a 54-hole event set for Friday through Sunday at the Stanford Golf Course. The 16-team field also includes No. 8 Pepperdine, No. 12 Vanderbilt, and No. 18 Kentucky. Tee times for Friday and Saturday are 8:30 a.m., while Sunday is 7:30 a.m. . . . Stanford forward Chiney Ogwumike was among 30 women's basketball players named to the John R. Wooden Award Preseason List, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced Tuesday. Ogwumike is one of two 2013 John R. Wooden Award All-Americans on this year's list, with Baylor's Odyssey Sims being the other. Back on Oct. 8 Ogwumike was named to the WBCA's Preseason Wade Watch List for the Wade Trophy Player of the Year award . . . For the 13th year in a row, Stanford was voted the preseason favorite by the Pac-12 women's basketball coaches to win the Conference title in 2013-14, Commissioner Larry Scott announced Thursday at Pac-12 Women's Basketball Media Day held at the Pac-12 Networks Studios in San Francisco. The Cardinal collected a maximum number of points (121) and first-place votes (11) to earn the distinction.
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Project Description
Alstom will develop an oxy-fuel firing system design specifically for retrofit to tangential-fired (T-fired) boilers and provide information to address the technical gaps for commercial boiler design. Several oxy-fuel system design concepts, such as internal flue gas recirculation and various oxygen injection schemes, will be evaluated for cost-effectiveness in satisfying furnace design conditions in a T-fired boiler. The evaluation will use an array of tools, including Alstom's proprietary models and design codes, along with 3-D computational fluid dynamics modeling. A techno-economic analysis will also be performed to assess the overall viability of concepts. Performance testing will be conducted in pilot-scale tests at Alstom's 15-megawatt (MW) T-Fired Boiler Simulation Facility and 15-MW Industrial Scale Burner Facility.
Project Benefits
Advanced combustion power generation from fossil fuels involves combustion in a high-oxygen (O2) concentration environment rather than air. This type of system eliminates introduction of most, if not all, of the nitrogen (N2) found in air into the combustion process, generating flue gas composed of CO2, water (H2O), trace contaminants from the fuel, and other gas constituents that infiltrated the combustion system. The high concentration of CO2 (≈60 percent) and absence of nitrogen in the flue gas simplify separation of CO2 from the flue gas for storage or beneficial use. Thus, oxygen-fired combustion is an alternative approach to post-combustion capture for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) for coal-fired systems. However, the appeal of oxygen-fired combustion is tempered by a number of challenges, namely capital cost, energy consumption, and operational challenges associated with supplying O2 to the combustion system, air infiltration into the combustion system that dilutes the flue gas with N2, and excess O2 contained in the concentrated CO2 stream. These factors mean oxygen-fired combustion systems are not cost-effective at their current level of development. Advanced combustion system performance can be improved either by lowering the cost of oxygen supplied to the system or by increasing the overall system efficiency. The Advanced Combustion Systems Program targets both of these possible improvements through sponsored cost-shared research into two key technologies: (1) Oxy-combustion, and (2) Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC).
Oxy-combustion power production involves three major components: oxygen production (air separation unit [ASU]), the oxy-combustion boiler (fuel conversion [combustion] unit), and CO2 purification and compression. These components along with different design options are shown below. Based on the different combinations of these components, oxy-combustion can have several process configurations. These different configurations will have different energetic and economic performance.
Today's oxy-combustion system configuration would use a cryogenic process for O2 separation, atmospheric-pressure combustion for fuel conversion in a conventional supercritical pulverized-coal boiler; substantial flue gas recycle; conventional pollution control technologies for SOx, NOx, mercury, and particulates; and mechanical compression for CO2 pressurization. However, costs associated with currently available oxy-combustion technologies are too high. The Advanced Combustion Systems R&D Program is developing advanced technologies to reduce the costs and energy requirements associated with current systems. R&D efforts are focused on development of pressurized oxy-combustion power generation systems, as well as membrane-based oxygen separation technologies.
Alstom is developing an oxy-combustion system designed for retrofit to tangentially fired, atmospheric-pressure boilers. This effort advances 2nd Generation Technology by conducting pilot-scale tests on a 5-MWe pilot facility to evaluate cost and performance impacts of the ratio of oxygen to recycled flue gas, injection of pure oxygen, injection direction, and firing system designs. The project represents an important stepping stone between 1st Generation technologies, such as those being employed as part of the FutureGen project, and transformational technologies under development. These transformational technologies have the potential to exceed the DOE/NETL objectives of developing advanced oxy-combustion CO2 capture technologies for coal-fired plants capable of 90 percent carbon capture, near-zero air emissions, zero-liquid discharge, and reduced-water consumption with capture costs of less than $40/tonne of CO2 captured.
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Thais are absolutely obsessed with food. Walking down almost every street in Bangkok – you'll be struck by a whirlwind of flavors and aromas wafting through the air. Bangkok boasts a multitude of cuisines from within its country's borders: Burma to Malaysia; Cambodia to Laos; from sophisticated royal palace fare to street offerings.
Chinese cooking techniques have influenced
the cuisine since the 13th century. Siam was a crossroads of the East to West sea routes, causing its culinary culture to be infused with Persian and Arabian elements. Portuguese missionaries introduced chilli. Buddhist monks from India brought curry and Muslim ingredients. Over time, Thais developed flavors uniquely identifiable as their own; and from this exotic melting pot of flavors and traditions, Thai food was born.
Thai meals are always decadent feasts with dishes that titillate the tastebuds with combinations of sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and spicy. This defining characteristic of cooking has been a hallmark of my cuisine – dessert and beyond.
With this menu, I want to share the vibrant foods that evoke childhood memories about my culture. For me, food represents happy occasions and celebrations: births; weddings; gatherings of friends and family. At Qi, I bring you all the secrets of the Thai world on a plate – because I want you to be obsessed with Thai food too.
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