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After 25 years of conquering the worldwide jazz scene and performing with legends such as Carlos Santana and Chaka Khan, this KCK saxophonist returned to his roots.
Watson has composed soundtracks for Robert DeNiro and played in Grammy-nominated ensembles, but now he's "playing" it forward by mentoring jazz musicians as the first endowed chair at UMKC's Conservatory of Music and Dance. Watson led a moving performance with the Kansas City Symphony at the grand opening of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. His tunes in "The Gates BBQ Suite" can put souls at ease in a downbeat.
In recent years Kansas City has undergone something of an arts renaissance. The Crossroads arts district, just south of downtown is now a hub of arts and design innovation. Sculptor Tom Corbin, a KC native has a studio in the area where he produces work that is revered all over the world.
Corbin isn't the only KC native with a global following. Actors Ed Asner, Paul Rudd, Tuc Watkins, Chris Cooper and Brad Pitt all hail from the KC area. Interior designer Hal Swanson and Hollywood photographer have showcased their work all over the world.
KC Chiefs star Brandon Flowers and legendary golfer Tom Watson have all displayed their fair share of artistic flair in their respective sports in recent years too.


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Music in the Atrium
Atrium, Xiqu Centre , 23.11.2019 to 29.12.2019
From 30 December, join us to enjoy free performances of traditional Chinese music in the Xiqu Centre Atrium. Presented by a changing line-up of invited professional troupes, the programme features a range of styles – including classical and folk tunes and Chinese opera music – and showcases the versatility of traditional wind, stringed and percussion instruments.
Performances take place twice a day during our Pre-opening Gala week, and on alternate Saturdays and Sundays from 26 January 2019.
23-24 November 2019 (Saturday and Sunday)
14-15, 28-29 December (Saturday and Sunday)
Approximately 45 minutes
Atrium, Xiqu Centre
Free admission. Tickets not required.
The presenter reserves the right to change the programme and performers.
See also
Tea House Theatre Experience
21.11.2019 to 29.12.2019, Tea House Theatre, Xiqu Centre
Xiqu Centre Guided Tours
Xiqu Centre

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ufjason wrote:So I walk into my local target today and most every box was minisized. It was crazy, even the Kingdom Castle and the Airport were around 2/3 the size. Some were half size like the new star wars battle packs, the seaplane, police car. I took a bunch of pictures that I'll upload a little later. Toy Story got the treatment as well as some special edition sets like the new bank and cad bane's speeder. I agree with the smaller size of boxes for a few reasons. They can stock more on the shelf while taking less shelf space. This may even allow for a larger variety of sets at big box retailers that have done so much damage to TRU and other stand alone toy stores. They use less cardboard which is very green of them and always seemed a waste to me. Since the sets are moving around less you'll get fewer broken parts not that I've had a big issue with that. Anyways, good move Lego!
I saw the same thing at my local target today. Probably most startling to me was to see sets like the Hogwarts Castle and Clone Turbo Tank that were about 40% smaller than the older boxes. I wonder if parents will have sticker shock when they see these small boxes retailing for $120 or more.
I do like the new sizes and I applaud TLG for the move. One thing that surprises me though is how Lego made no effort to promote these "greener" box sizes. There is nothing written on the boxes, and no promotional signage. It seems to me like a missed opportunity to highlight the smaller box sizes and turn what might be perceived as a negative into a positive.


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WASHINGTON -- Massachusetts' two U.S. senators may represent different parties, but they're teaming up to stop production of the presidential dollar coin series. Sens. Scott Brown (R) and John Kerry (D) in late September introduced the Currency Efficiency Act of 2011 to prevent what they called a "massive overproduction" of the "unpopular $1 coin."
The Brown-Kerry proposal would stop the government from minting $1 coins when a major surplus exists. Earlier this year, the U.S. Treasury Department reported that $1.2 billion worth of unwanted dollar coins (and growing) are now stored in government vaults at a cost of more than $2 million a year.
The new Senate bill appears to be a counter response to the Currency Optimization, Innovation and National Savings (COINS)Act, introduced 10 days earlier by House members from Arizona that would eliminate the dollar bill in favor of dollar coins, achieving a $5 billion savings over 30 years. | SEE STORY
The Brown-Kerry bill is the second piece of legislation introduced this year intended to shut down dollar coin production. A California congresswoman offered legislation this summer to cease minting coins in the presidential series. | SEE STORY
However, the Brown-Kerry bill is widely seen as an effort to defend a home state industry and company. Dalton, MA-based Crane & Co., founded in 1801, is the sole supplier of cotton-based paper for U.S. banknotes, which are printed for the Treasury by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Crane has been supplying U.S. currency paper since 1879.
Nevertheless, the two sponsors presented their measure as a way to save taxpayers money by reducing the cost of storing unwanted coins. However, Brown and Kerry omitted to mention that if $1 banknotes were withdrawn from the market, all $1 coins would enter circulation and the cost of storage would be zero.
The Dollar Coin Alliance, a coalition of small businesses, budget watchdogs, transit agencies and labor groups, announced its opposition to the Brown-Kerry bill. The alliance conducted a poll earlier this year that suggests 65% of Americans favor the $1 coins over equivalent banknotes, and that more people supported the high-denomination pieces once they realized the savings associated with the switch.
As a result of the August compromise to raise the U.S. debt limit, a so-called "Congressional supercommittee" has been charged with finding $1.5 trillion worth of deficit savings over the next decade.
The Dollar Coin Alliance's honorary chairman, Jim Kolbe, a former Arizona congressman, said he expects the supercommittee to recommend passage of the COINS Act.
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I presented a paper at the University of Leicester's Caught in the Frame conference yesterday covering some of the main theoretical issues I'm working on for my PhD. You can view my presentation below and I should have a more substantial account of what I was trying to convey coming shortly which I'll share via the blog too.
My starting point took slight issue with to the conference's original call for papers: 'Frame analysis continues to offer valuable insights into the relationship between institutions, representations and audiences'. In response, my paper aimed to question the relevance of such values in a contemporary networked 'hybrid media system' – that is an environment characterised by the fluid interaction of new and traditional media, the disintermediation of institutions and institutional actors, dissolution of easily definable and discrete audiences and the crisis of representation brought about by the materialist turn in communications research.
I proposed a revised and renewed approach to framing by synthesising Stephen Reese's (2001) notion of frames as "organizing principles that … structure the social world" and the Deleuzian concept of 'assemblages'. Using Manuel DeLanda's schematic Assemblage Theory I developed a cohesive yet dynamic model – tentatively termed 'frames-as-assemblages' – for analysing the representational and material components and dynamic forces of territorialization and deterritorialization that constitute frame production in a contemporary networked media space.
The new model hopefully offers a radical re-engagement with, and contribution to, the conceptual debate surrounding one of the most widely applied theories in the field of communication studies.
Hopefully 🙂 Let me know what you think.


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The troops didn't like Kathy Griffin's fat joke about Bristol Palin, and neither did the former Alaskan first daughter.
Griffin mocked Palin while hosting VH1 "Divas Salute the Troops" on Friday, saying the teen mom-turned abstinence advocate is the only "Dancing with The Stars" contestant to gain weight during the grueling show. The jab drew boos from the crowd, then yesterday, a response from the joke's butt.
"The audience's reaction to this 'comedian' spoke volumes, and the decent people I know would probably have booed her, too," Palin, 20, told Fox News. "I hope people didn't have to pay money to hear her negativity and criticisms."
Earlier this week, Palin launched a lengthier rebuttal at comic Margaret Cho, who blogged that her fellow "DWTS" contestant only did the show because mom Sarah Palin made her.


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Integrating GPS Units and GeoPads
Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers provide users with information about their geographic position. Although there is a plethora of choices when it comes to selecting GPS hardware, for a moderate-sized field course where several to a dozen or more units need to be purchased, consumer grade GPS receivers should prove more than adequate in positional accuracy in the typical outdoor settings of field camps. All modern GPS receivers will be capable of monitoring 12 satellites simultaneously, yielding ~10 m accuracy in location. If higher accuracy is desired, many new GPS receivers incorporate the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), which is real-time differential correction system developed in part by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The WAAS system offers real-time accuracy of 1-3 meters in horizontal position, but it is available only in North America at this time.Wireless GPS receivers transmit GPS position information from the GPS receiver to a handheld, tablet, or laptop PC without the use of wires. The most common wireless connection for GPS receivers is Bluetooth radio. Bluetooth connectivity is already integrated into most laptop computers, and is available as an integrated option on many tablet and handheld PCs (as well as cell phones), or can be added to an existing computer with an internal or external expansion card. Bluetooth radio works over fairly short distances; up to 30 meters under ideal conditions, with 10 meters a more reasonable expectation. There are a variety of advantages to using a Bluetooth wireless GPS receiver. The radio connection means that the GPS receiver can be optimally located, on a hat, in the top of a backpack, or on a dashboard, to get the best GPS reception. Since the receiver broadcasts the GPS position information, several students in a mapping group can share a single GPS receiver. The lack of cables and wires hanging off of a field computer make tripping over it or dropping it less likely, and leaves the computer more sealed to environmental contamination. Disadvantages are that Bluetooth GPS receivers are somewhat more expensive than other options, and few Bluetooth receivers have displays, so they are non-functional without an additional piece of computer hardware. Many also have internal rechargeable batteries, such that a power point is required to recharge them, often more than once through the course of a work day.
Proprietary Integrated GPS Receivers
Proprietary integrated GPS receivers are designed to work with a specific brand or model of laptop, handheld, or tablet computer. In some cases, particularly with handheld PCs, the proprietary integrated GPS unit is installed inside the computer during fabrication. In other cases, such as many rugged Tablet PCs, the GPS unit is an external add-on or option. The advantages of a proprietary GPS unit are that setup and installation are likely to be straightforward with no hardware compatibility issues. The units designed to accompany rugged PCs preserve the environmental seal of the PCs and are often designed with break plates such that if you drop the unit, a cheap plastic plate snaps and saves both the GPS and the PC. Disadvantages of the proprietary units are the cost, which can be substantially more than other GPS options, and the fact that the GPS units are compatible, and therefore functional, with only a specific type of hardware.
Generic Integrated GPS Receivers
Generic integrated GPS receivers connect to a host computer using one of the common types of expansion slots. The most common of these are CompactFlash (CF) or SecureDigital (SD), both of which are standard on handheld computers, and which can be added to most laptop or tablet PCs through the use of an adapter card in the PCMCIA slot of the laptop or tablet. There are a few PCMCIA GPS receivers available on the market, as well as USB GPS receivers. The advantages of these add-on GPS receivers is that they can be used with virtually any type of computer hardware, and that they are relatively inexpensive. Disadvantages are that they can create an awkward appendage, particularly on laptop or tablet PCs, that is easily bumped, bent or broken, and that the GPS card itself is useless without a host computer.
Handheld GPS receivers have been around for years and are the most common type of GPS receiver to many people. Most handheld GPS receivers have a PC interface that allows them to connect to a computer and provide real-time GPS position information. Such a connection requires a cable from the handheld GPS receiver to the computer. The GPS receiver often has a proprietary connection, while the computer end is frequently a standard 9-pin serial connection. The advantages of handheld GPS receivers for use with GeoPads is that it may be possible to make use of an existing pool of GPS hardware with the purchase of a connection cable. The GPS receivers can be used with or without a computer attached, so they are functional for a wide variety of uses. Disadvantages are the cabled connection can be difficult to work around, and special cables and adapters are required to connect most GPS receivers to handheld computers. Handheld GPS receivers also require there own source of power, usually AA batteries.
Choosing a GPS Form FactorGPS receivers have become almost ubiquitous in the past few years, and can now be found in phones, cameras, computers, and watches. This explosion in the use of GPS has lowered hardware prices significantly, but has also led to a sometimes overwhelming number of choices when it comes to choosing GPS hardware. Generally, there are three categories of GPS hardware from which to choose. These are wireless, integrated, and handheld receivers. Each is discussed in some detail below, with a list of pros and cons of each variety.
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Bluetooth GPS receiver. This model is available from Mobile Crossing
Integrated GPS ReceiversIntegrated GPS receivers attach to a handheld, tablet, or laptop computer, rendering a single, integrated computer/GPS unit. Integrated receivers can be proprietary, and thus specific to a particular make and model of computer, or generic, and thus compatible with many types of computers. One advantage of almost all integrated GPS receivers is that they use the host computer's power source, so there is no need for additional batteries or charging capability.
Proprietary Integrated GPS Receivers
Integreated GPS receiver (on the left) of an Itronix Tablet PC. This model is available from Itronix
Generic Integrated GPS Receivers
CompactFlash GPS card. This model also has 1 GB flash memory and is available from SysOn Chip
Handheld GPS Receivers
Handheld GPS receiver. This model is from Garmin


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My Dad is terminally ill with a rare cancer. It has been a terrible thing to go down this path with him. I do feel helpless in the fact that there isn't anything, other than being there, that I can do for him. It's tough when you are a Type A in a situation that you can not change or control.
When the majority of people find out, they, of course, tell me they are praying for him. While it doesn't really bother me, because they are helpless as well, I find that as time goes on, I want to say something to them. If I, from a practical standpoint, can't do anything, what in the hell is prayer going to do for him? Do people think that by praying that they can actually change the outcome in anyway? And if by some crazy chance his health does change, will they accept credit it for it, because it was due to their prayers?
My family has steadily moved away from religion in the past several years, but I am the only who is not a believer. I know that they secretly pray for my dad to recover and I think they have that right, but when they talk about miracles happening, I want to slap them for it. If medicine and doctors can't fix him, where is this miracle going to come from?
I haven't voiced any of these thoughts to friends or family, but have any of you been in this place and if so (or even if not, but put yourself here) what did you do/say?
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This is a classic instance of where no possible good can come from an atheist intervention. You'll just look insensitive and worse.
My father died recently and the only time I let my atheism come up was when my sister asked me if I wanted to join a procession to carry his ashes up to the altar of his church. I admitted that, not being religious, I wasn't comfortable with that idea, which she accepted.
I did attend his memorial service and helped to bury his ashes on the church grounds.
Can you imagine how disrespectful it would have been to use my father's death to springboard into a discussion of my atheism?
My father's death and his memorializing was about him, not about me. It was my last chance to give him what he would have wanted.
My Dad is 87 and developing early dimentia. His best friend is 100% mentally but losing muscle control such that is is almost unable to swallow and has only two fingers which work.
That said, have I been in your place? Doubt it but I'm trying with the irrational hope that I can offer something which will help your circumstances. Foolish, right?
It's also some preparation as can see the clock ticking so am very grateful for your sharing.
As for people praying, I hate that! IMO, it is intrusive and manipulative. Regardless, I recall mention of a study regarding the effectiveness of prayer which I think concluded that prayer had no effect excepting for a negative effect when an ill person knew that that others were praying on their behalf. In that context, I would tell them that I would appreciate their not praying but that they should, under no circumstances relate that they were praying to the person who was ill.
Funerals are a terrible plague, IMO, because of the blatant promotion of religion. You might give that subject some thought also as funerals with their "final step" context can be what many people recall.
As is obvious, I am struggling with this subject also so hope that my reflections do not increase your pain.
Sometimes, I think, we all wish for a bit of magic in our lives, but we all know it won't happen. I lost both of my parents at different times and I miss them. All we can do is to make what time we have with them the best we can. There is nothing more than we can do than that. I don't think most teens realize that one day their parents won't be there for them anymore. They don't seem to realize that life isn't forever and things change.
We need to make the best, not only of our parents but of our families as well. Creating unnecessary strife and rancor is totally unproductive.


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Monday, February 13, 2006
Oracle XE License: I jumped the gun, my bad
Word is that the production release is scheduled for the end of februari. This will be accompanied with a license that will explicitly allow the usage in a production environment. Also, this license will do this for an unlimited amount of time.
I received the information regarding the licensing from Tom Kyte. Apart from being a genuine Oracle RDBMS Guru, he's also host to the Oracle XE Discussion forum and the author of the Ask Tom Oracle Magazine columns. In short - I'm very much inclined to trust this info.
Thanks again Tom for clearing it up. It puts me at ease for sure!
5 comments:
- Frankly Speaking! said...
Hey Roland,
Thanks for posting this.
Man I still keep getting confused on the two RBs on planet MySQL.
I think I am finally getting it down.
Thanks for your recent comments on my blog. I appreciate them.
- Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at 5:55:00 AM GMT+1
- Pedro said...
So, is it safe to say that I am able to use Oracle XE in a production environment without incurring a cost? That is, with the following limitations:
1. Express Edition is limited to a single instance on any server; 2. Express Edition may be installed on a multiple CPU server, but may only be executed on one processor in any server; 3. Express Edition may only be used to support up to 4GB of user data (not including Express Edition system data); 4. Express Edition may use up to 1 GB RAM of available memory.
- Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 10:33:00 PM GMT+2
- Roland Bouman said...
yes - it is exactly like you describe. You should not have to worry about the HW limitations - Oracle XE is built not to use more than the designated quota. So it is perfectly allright to run it on, say, a dual core processor - Oracle XE will use just one core. Same for the memory - it simply won't utilize more than 1 GB of memory.
I actually deployed two Oracle XE instances for a customer. In that particular case, it made sense for a number of reasons.
That said, I think that the number of cases where you can successfully deploy Oracle XE for production purposes are very, very scarce. Basically, the 1 GB memory limit is something you easily run into even with very modest application usage. And for those applications where that is just fine, it seems a waste of resources to use the still relatively heavy, resource consuming Oracle server.
I think that if you are serious about deploying Oracle XE, you should consider an open source alternative like MySQL or Postgres too. For many applications, the features are complete enough and you won't have any trouble scaling your application later on.
kind regards,
Roland Bouman
- Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 11:40:00 PM GMT+2
Can you tell me if I can use Oracle XE inside a commercial software
solution, free of charge?
Additionally i would really appreciate if you can give me the URL of the
document, or any comments from Oracle that gives that opportunity.
Kind regards,
- Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at 3:24:00 PM GMT+1
- Roland Bouman said...
thanks for your reply and interest.
To answer your question: yes - it is exactly as described in all comments on my blog entry. You can use distribute, and deploy Oracle XE at will.
Read more in the Oracle XE license:
That said, do you really need Oracle XE? In many cases, MySQL or PostgreSQL is a viable alternative that is not subject to the crippling limitations of a closed source product like XE.
I mean, once you deploy on XE and marry its features, you are basically already locked into buying Oracle when your application load grows.
When on the other hand your application is not going to grow beyond XE's limitations, then why use the still relatively heavy XE database when there are so many lightweight (faster) alternatives?
- Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at 4:00:00 PM GMT+1


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Well, I just got over a case of the "Blues" and here you guys are
sharing these wonderful tributes to our very "Best of Friends".
I have a photo each of both of the sweet "girls" I have lost.
I framed the photo and added a few words.
The first was "Tara" Promiselands Prairie Dancer... 2001 - 2004.
She was 28 months old and we were going to "set the world on
fire" or so I had hoped. My tribute to her was a verse of a song
by Garth Brooks. "Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
but I'd have had to miss the dance".
I know lots of folks have used this as I have seen it many many times
My second was our sweet Promise.... We lost her to cancer last year,
she would have been 9 on her next birthday which was Feb 5th, 2007.
The verse I used was from a poem by an unknown author but I know
you will recognize it.
"When tomorrow starts without me,
don't think we're far apart.
For every time you think of me,
I'm right there in your heart.
It is what it is....
Black Kettle's She's a Pistol - 2009
Twolabs Her Chance to Dance - 2012
Twolabs Yancy's Fancy Pants - 2012
You are right... This should be permanant...sort of like a Rainbow Bridge where people can read and feelsad and happy and maybe find some comfort in all this lovely verse and prose.
beauty fades, but dumb is forever. (Judge Judy)
Vicky ... thanks so much or re-posting that for me. I wish you would make it a sticky.
You may remember seeing the following one. It's not so much of a memorium as it is an explanation of where these wonderful animals came from.
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The XVth Day
On the fifteenth day, or thereabout, God and the Recording Angel were just taking it easy. Spread out beneath them was The Creation, and despite last-minute changes, they were feeling rather smug with the way it had all gone; so many miracles sound easier than they really are.
God was especially interested in Adam and Eve. He considered them the centerpiece of the scheme, and as he watched them, he got the feeling something was a bit off.
Eve had taken to spending more and more time sitting and at herself in one of the pools, fussing with her hair and trying to decide which was her best side. Adam was throwing sticks in the brook and watching them sail away. As God and the Recording Angel watched, Adam threw another stick, walked over to where Eve was working on a braid, and shouted, "Back!" pointing at stick with his finger. Eve barely gave him a glance as she stuck a large red flower in her hair and continued to stare into the pool.
The Recording Angel finally broke the silence. "Lord," he said, "something's missing."
"I know," God said, "but I can't quite put my finger on it."
Adam was still standing close to Eve and watching another stick he'd thrown. This time they heard him say, "Back, Eve!" As they watched, Eve slowly got up, waded out into the water, and brought back the stick. Just as God was about to smile, Eve swung the stick and broke it against Adam's shin.
"I think he needs a creature that will play with him," God said. He made a quick motion with his forefinger, and the stick that was lying across Adam's foot suddenly became a snake. Adam looked at it for a moment and then got another stick, waved it in front the snake, threw it a few feet into the water, and shouted, "Back!" The snake looked at Adam in a curious way, then slithered over to where Eve sat and whispered something in here ear. Eve looked up at Adam and made a small circular motion with here finger at her temple. The snake seemed to nod in agreement, and the two of them went of together, leaving Adam standing alone by the edge of the water.
"It's not the right size or something," the Recording Angel said. "It ought to be bigger."
"I've got just the thing," God answered. The rock that Eve had been sitting on suddenly stood up and yawned, showing great shinning ivory teeth. God Smiled.
"What's that?" the Recording Angel asked.
"Hippo," He said, obviously pleased with himself.
Adam could see that the hippo enjoyed being in the water. He got another stick, larger than the one he'd thrown for the snake. The stick made a great splash, and Adam watched expectantly as the giant beast slid into the water and disappeared. After almost an hour and no sign of the hippo, except an occasional water spout, Adam sat down on the bank and cradled his head in his arms. He was still sitting there in the fading light when Eve returned with the snake at her side. She was carrying a handful of leaves, which she tried on, looking for Adam's approval. He finally pointed at one she'd discarded and she angrily tore it in half and tossed it in the pool.
"Eve's acting a little cross, Lord," the Angel remarked.
"Well, nobody's perfect," God answered, somewhat annoyed.
It was getting dark when God turned to the Receding Angel and said, "I'm going to hold up the night for a while until we get this thing solved. What's left in inventory for delivery?"
The Recording Angel hauled out a thick scroll and began reading out loud, starting with aardvark. God listened attentively but did nothing more than occasionally shake his read, now and then making an outline of something in the earth with the quill-end of a long white feather. At the end of the list, the Recording Angel waited fretfully for God to ask him what a zygote was, but He didn't. The Angel was quite relieved; so much small stuff tended to look alike.
Suddenly God smiled. "I think I've got it," He said, waving His hand at a small passing Cloud, which stopped and rained on the ground where He had been sketching. God began taking handfuls of mud and and shaped them this way and that. As He worked, He spoke aloud, as if to give the Recording Angel a lesson in creating.
"It's got to be just the right size; strong, but not so big it's always knocking things over," He said. "It ought to like the water about as much as the land, so we'll give a nice thick coat and a powerful tail - even webbed feet!"
"You're not making another duck, are You?" the Recording Angel asked, somewhat anxiously. He knew God loved ducks, but He'd made so many already that it was difficult to tell them apart.
"No, nothing like that at all. This creature has four legs and can't fly. The really important thing is the disposition. I don't want it to ever get cross with Adam. I want it to follow him around and be good company, to please Adam more anything else. If Adam wants to run, it will run with him; if Adam wants to play, it will play with him."
God paused for a moment and then said, "I thought Eve would be like that, but maybe I used a little too much rib."
He continued to work with the clay, broadening the head and chest, shaping the leg and tail until they were just so. He looked it over with great care, and then said in a deep and warm voice that more than hinted at His pleasure, "That's good."
The Recording Angel walked around behind him. "I really like the looks of it, Lord," he said. "What are you going to call it?"
The Lord smiled and said, "A Labrador Retriever."
"Won't that be a little hard for Adam to Spell?"
"No," He said, "all he has to remember is i before e."
Then He reached out and touched the clay and said, "Sit!" The glossy black hair rippled over the heavy muscles as the Labrador sat, brown eyes sparkling. He seemed to be begging to be asked to do something. God reach for the the Recording Angel's staff, broke off a foot or so, and threw it. Then the Lord said, "Back!"
Instantly, the Labrador broke into a full-speed run, tumble head-over-heals as he grabbed the stick, and brought it back. God threw it again, and the Labrador bounded off even more joyously. When he came back, God and the Recording Angel were grinning like schoolboys.
"Let me try it!" the Recording Angel asked, and threw the stick far across a distant stream. The Labrador leaped into the water and, almost before they could believe it, was back in front of them, quivering with happiness.
The next day, the Recording Angel and God threw more sticks and the retriever, seemingly tireless, ran and swam and brought them back with an almost palpable joy. Eve stood off to one side watching them.. Finally, she walked over, picked up a stick and threw it. The Labrador sat, watching. When she cried, "Back," he leaped into the air and almost flew into the water. Eve laughed as the droplets wet her. When he returned and gave here the stick, she took it and playfully tugged his ear. The Labrador raised his head and licked her hand. God and the Recording Angel watched her smile; it was radiant in its loveliness.
"I think I'll make one for Eve," God said.
"Exactly the same?" asked the Recording Angel.
"Yes and no," God replied.
The Recording Angel had made his staff whole again and stood leaning on it for the longest while. Then in a very quiet voice, he said, "Lord, would it be too much to ask you to make one more? Then we could keep it here just to make sure it's perfect."
The Lord smiled and said, "I was thinking the very same thing."
Remi and Rusty aren't my whole life, they're just trying to fill the hole in my heart left by Cappy's passing.
From time to time, people tell me, "lighten up, it's just a dog," or, thats a lot of money for just a dog". They don't understand the distance traveled, the time spent, or the costs involved for "just a dog."
Some of my proudest moments have come about with "just a dog." Many hours have passed and my only company was "just a dog," but I did not once feel slighted.
Some of my saddest moments have been brought about by "just a dog," and in those days of darkness, the gentle touch of "just a dog" gave me comfort and reason to overcome the day.
If you, too, think it's "just a dog," then you will probably not understand phrases like "just a friend," "just a sunrise," or "just a promise." "Just a dog" brings into my life the very essence of friendship, trust, and pure unbridled joy. "Just a dog" brings out the compassion and patience that make me a better person.
Because of "just a dog" I will rise early, take long walks and look longingly to the future. So for me and folks like me, it's not "just a dog" but an embodiment of all the hopes and dreams of the future, the fond memories of the past, and the pure joy of the moment. "Just a dog" brings out what's good in me and diverts my thoughts away from myself and the worries of the day.
I hope that someday they can understand that it's not "just a dog" but the thing that gives me humanity and keeps me from being "just a woman/man."
So the next time you hear the phrase "just a dog" just smile, because they "just" don't understand.
http://www.oakdaleretrievers.com/Remembrance.html "You'll Cry"
Training is not science, it is art. A blend of this, a measure of that, a deep breath at the appropriate moment and always a loving touch.
GRHRCH Macabes Spring Lake Dude MNH QAA Dude passed away Sunday, February 17th after a brief illness at 9 years of age. Owned by Drs. Ernest and Patty Cook, Dude was trained and handled by Ronnie Lee of Duck Roost Kennels, Louisville, MS. Dude had 3 for 3 Grand Passes and was a member of the 500 Club. He passed his first Master Nationals in 2005 in Texas and the 2007 event in Virginia for his Master National Hunter title. He was also All Age Qualified.
For many years, Dr. Ernie Cook was a familiar face at hunt tests and an active member of the Ponchartrain HRC. He has been in a nursing care facility in Lafayette for the past few years but Ronnie Lee told me that hed had a good conversation with him at Christmas about Dude -- Just like the old days. Dr. Patty Cook kept Dude at home and let him be a couch potato between the hunt test seasons.
Dude was the first dog that Ronnie passed in a Grand and he had handled him since 2001. Our sympathies go out to the Cooks, but also to Ronnie & Shelia Lee, who loved Dude as one of their own.
Betsy Magee
Thibodaux, LA
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When you bring a pet into your life, you begin a journey. A journey that
will bring you more love and devotion than
you have ever known, yet will also test your strength and courage. If
you allow, the journey will teach you many things, about life, about
yourself, and most of all, about love. You will come away changed
forever, for one soul cannot touch another without leaving its mark.
Along the way, you will learn much about savoring life's simple
pleasures -- jumping in leaves, snoozing in the sun, the joys of
puddles, and even the satisfaction of a good scratch behind the ears. If
you spend much time outside,
you will be taught how to truly experience every element, for no rock,
leaf, or log will go unexamined, no rustling bush will be overlooked,
and even the very air will be inhaled, pondered, and noted as being full
of valuable information. Your pace may be slower, except when heading
home to the food dish, but you will become a better naturalist, having
been taught by an expert in the field. Too many times we hike on
automatic pilot, our goal being to complete the trail rather than enjoy
the journey. We miss the details: the colorful mushrooms on the rotting
log, the honeycomb in the old maple snag, the hawk feather caught on a
twig. Once we walk as a dog does, we discover a whole new world. We
stop; we browse the landscape, we kick over leaves, peek in tree holes,
look up, down, all around. And we learn what any dog knows: that nature
has created a marvelously complex world that is full of surprises, that
each cycle of the seasons bring ever changing wonders, each day an
essence all its own.
Even from indoors you will find yourself more attuned to the world
around you. You will find yourself watching: summer insects collecting
on a screen; how bizarre they are; how many kinds there are or noting
the flick and flash of fireflies through the dark. You will stop to
observe the swirling dance of windblown leaves, or sniff the air after a
rain. It does not matter that there is no objective in this; the point
is in the doing, in not letting life's most important details slip by.
You will find yourself doing silly things that your pet-less friends
might not understand: spending thirty minutes in the grocery aisle
looking for the cat food brand your feline must have, buying dog
birthday treats, or driving around the
block an extra time because your pet enjoys the ride. You will roll in
the snow, wrestle with chewie toys, bounce little rubber balls till your
eyes cross, and even run around the house trailing your bathrobe tie
with a cat in hot pursuit, all in the name of love. Your house will
become muddier and hairier. You will wear less dark clothing and buy
more lint rollers. You may find dog biscuits in your pocket or purse,
and feel the need to explain that an old plastic shopping bag adorns
your living room rug because your cat loves the crinkly sound. You will
learn the true measure of love. The steadfast, undying kind that says,
"It doesn't matter where we are or what we do, or how life treats us as
long as we are together."
Respect this always. It is the most precious gift any living soul can
give another. You will not find it often among the human race. And you
will learn humility. The look in my dog's eyes often made me feel
ashamed. Such joy and love at my presence. She saw not some flawed human
who could be cross and stubborn, moody or rude, but only her wonderful
companion. Or maybe she saw those things and dismissed them as mere
human foibles, not worth considering, and so chose to love me anyway.
If you pay attention and learn well, when the journey is done, you will
be not just a better person, but the person your pet always knew you to
be. The one they were proud to call beloved friend. I must caution you
that this journey is not without pain. Like all paths of true love, the
pain is part of loving. For as surely as the sun sets, one day your dear
animal companion will follow a trail you cannot yet go down. And you
will have to find the strength and love to let them go. A pet's time on
earth is far too short, especially for those that love them. We borrow
them, really, just for a while, and during these brief years they are
generous enough to give us all their love, every inch of their spirit
and heart, until one day there is nothing left. The cat that only
yesterday was a kitten is all too soon old and frail and sleeping in the
sun. The young pup of boundless energy now wakes up stiff and lame, the
muzzle gone to gray.
Deep down we somehow always knew that this journey would end. We knew
that if we gave our hearts they would be broken. But give them we must
for it is all they ask in return. When the time comes, and the road
curves ahead to a place we cannot see, we give one final gift and let
them run on ahead, young and whole once more. "God speed, good friend,"
we say, until our journey comes full circle and our paths cross again. ~
author unknown
"We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own, live within a fragile circle, easily and often breached. Unable
to accept its awful gaps, we still would live no other way. We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan." Irving Townsend.
Nestle Chessie/Lab mix, summer 1998 April 28, 2008
You didnt have a registered name. You were born of lower class parentage. But what did we care about such nonsense You were born a hunting dog, a family member, a guardian, and wonderful companion ..You made every visitor smile when you picked up your food dish or water bowl Whats the matter girl? theyd say, are you hungry, need some water?..And I'd have to explain that no, you got plenty to eat and drink, in fear they would think you were not well cared for Little did they know that it was neither food nor water you wanted, but their undivided attention; to have them grab a bumper to throw for you or come over to get slobbered on by your big wet tongue.
While you did not inherit the wavy coat of a chessie, you certainly inherited just about everything else the breed is known for. Your incessant rooing when we came home, your loyalty and devotion to your family. And yes, even your desire to do things your way. You are the dog that was responsible for me ever wanting a brown dog. I am not sure whether I should thank you or scold you for that. Because now the breed is in my blood.
Regardless of your 'low class' heritage, you were a true retriever at heart. Whenever you went into the house, the first thing in your mouth was a shoe, or sock, or glove anything. And you would walk around with that item for several minutes, eyes bright and tail beating hard. If nothing was immediately available, your tongue quickly found one of the kids cheek or someones hand to kiss. You would lay down for hours holding a bumper in your mouth. Even to the point of falling asleep.. Bumpers were your prized possession in all the world, except of course, for birds.
I never did get to take you pheasant hunting, though I am sure that now you are happily chasing some wily rooster through a field of green. Leaping and catching the ol man by his tail his raucous cackle inspiring you all the more. But I am so thankful for the days I spent last fall grouse hunting with you. I will hold those memories in my heart forever. How incredibly enjoyable it was, even when you got too far ahead and put up the birds before I could see them to shoot You were so happy and full of life during those hunts, your eyes bright and eager, tail beating wildly when you watched me bring out the shotgun. If I had known those would be your last days to hunt, I would have taken you even more.
You were the first dog I ever took to a hunt test. You were 5 or 6 yrs old by then. Life in remote Alaska had prevented us from being able to enter any tests until then. We worked together just enough to get one meager intermediate pass in a NAHRA hunt test - with at least 3 other failed attempts - to go along with a couple of started passes. I wish we could have done more and gone farther. Perhaps down the road we shall.
Thank you Nestle you will not be forgotten.
God answers prayers all the time. Even the ones we don't know we asked. God is Good (always)
"There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle."
- Albert Einstein
A Place For Us
Written and © copyrighted by Terri Onorato.
I know what you're thinking. You think I'm dead. Because you cannot see me with your human eyes, cannot feel me with your hands or hold me in your arms, you think I am gone forever. You recall how I looked when I left this earth and you cannot remotely imagine that I am alive in another place. You are racked and torn by the pain of our separation and it blinds you to that which is right in front of you...me.
How many times since I left your immediate sight have you been told that I'm dead and you should "get over it"? How many times have you cried yourself to sleep because you feel like an outcast, believing you're supposed to get over me because that's what people say is normal but somehow you can't and no one seems to understand? How many times have you put yourself through such excruciating pain because you aren't willing to consider that I am not, by any means, dead?
I want you to do me a favor and go back in time with me. Remember the glorious day you brought me home - was I not the most intriguing creature you'd ever met? Did I not make you laugh and giggle? Did I not look at you with such adoration that you wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of your life with me? I wanted this too.
Remember the days when I was in my prime and we did many things together. You were so proud of me! I was a good friend and I took care of you when you cried, were angry or felt down and unhappy. When you didn't have a lot of time for me because of your obligations, I waited patiently for you. I was always there when you needed me. Did I not look at you with such acceptance and patience that perhaps at times you felt a bit unworthy? You were never unworthy in my eyes.
Remember when age crept up on me, my bones became stiff and my movements slower. Still I met you when you came home and followed you around. We'd been together for so long, I was your very best friend regardless of what you were doing, saying and thinking. Did I not look at you with such kindness and understanding that you felt overwhelmed? I couldn't get enough of you.
Remember the last time we saw each other with earthly eyes. You tried to be brave but I knew you were crying...I know you so well, better than anyone else in the world. Did I not look at you with such pure trust and love that you yearned only to hold me close and keep me with you always? Did you not promise that you would love me forever? I believed you.
If this is so then why have you let me go by thinking I no longer exist?
Remember the depth of love in my eyes when I looked at you. Who created this love? Would the Creator diminish the song of our laughter that grew and flourished in this love? I am no longer an earthly figure, this is true. My body was only part of who I really am and it would have been but a mere shell on earth if it were not filled to overflowing with my soul, my spirit and my loving light. When we met you thought I was cute, pretty and adorable. What kind of relationship would we have had if this were all that I'd been? How could you have loved me if I'd had no spiritual substance?
We are all made up of energy that resides far deep down inside of us, it is our core and our soul, spirit and loving light. It is the energy that is all of life...it has no beginning, it has no end. It simply is and always will be and without it there is no life. You can't see it with the naked eye nor can you hold it in your hand, it is simply a certain knowing that this energy does exist. It's a knowing just as you know that our love existed on earth - you couldn't see our love in a solid sense, you couldn't gather it all up and confine it to one place. But you *knew* it existed. There was no doubt in your mind.
There are those who demand you get over me, insisting that I'm dead and you'll never see me again because animals don't go to Heaven. Oh really? I'm here to tell you different. You were as worthy of my love and undying devotion on earth as I was of yours. Do you really believe this love would be snatched from us *forever* by a loving Creator simply because I wasn't human? Was I not a living, breathing creation with personality? How could I have been so if I didn't possess the energy of soul, spirit and loving light? And if this energy is and always will be, then how can it be that I am dead? If my core is not the energy that is all of life then I was never alive to begin with. But you know better.
You cry because you miss me, this I understand. I miss you too - I miss the belly rubs, hugs and kisses that we shared. But life does go on beyond these wonderful, fulfilling physical connections. I came to this place to continue on in a new life, not because I didn't love you anymore or because I wanted something better. I came here because it was time for me to go to the next phase of my existence, something all living creatures must do eventually. It is the normal progression of life. I was not taken away from you because you cannot take away that which was never owned. My presence in your life was and is a gift to be cherished and honored just as I cherish and honor you.
Life is not simply about being born into a body, living a certain number of years and then dying. Energy cannot die. We are blessed with time in a body so that we can learn, share and grow. It prepares us for the next phase of our eternal life. The body holds within it the true life force of our existence...our soul, spirit and loving light. Without these our bodies would be empty, blank, void of feeling and expression. Without our energy we would indeed be dead and could never have experienced our love for each other.
You say that all you have left are memories but this is not so. You see, when I took leave of my earthly body I left a little something behind for you. You can't touch it, hold it or examine it, for what I left behind is far too uninhibited for confinement. I left in your tender care a piece of my soul. I placed it right next to your own which is quite fitting as we were always side by side in our earthly life together. I love you too much to have left you with nothing but memories that tend to fade and grow cloudy as the years go by. I love you too much to have vanished without a trace. How selfish it would be of me to remove love and light from your life.
I understand your tears, each one you shed is testament to your love for me and I am honored and humbled. But don't forget the good things we shared - remember and smile. This is an honor for me as well. When you need me I will be here. Close your eyes, relax, take slow, deep breaths and picture me in your mind. Shut off the world and your notions of what you think death is and give me a chance. Look for the subtle signs I send you. Don't stop being proud of me, I am a friend to be proud of, I am still your friend and soul mate. Don't memorialize the death of my body but instead honor and celebrate my never-ending life for it is eternal and forever as is my love for you.
Until we meet again...
I posted this on another thread, but this story should probably be here:
I have a father-in-law, out in East Texas, raises cattle. He had this one dog, named "Blackey", and that dog was a cow dog. That dog literally laid his life down on a couple of occasions, saving him from an old heffer stomping him to death. And my father in law would take that dog with him everywhere he would go. That old dog, I think he lived til he was 15. He was a fixture around the ranch. Every kid, every grandkid rode on that dog. You'd go visit them and there would be that old dog just waiting for you every time. Just lookin' atcha and you'd love on him and he'd lick you to death...just a great old dog and he'd lay his life down for Ben R. Newman.
That dog got to be about 15 years old and his hips got all crookedy and stove up and got to where he couldn't even go anymore. My father in law would then just take him and put him up in the cab, and he would ride with him everywhere he went.
But finally that dog couldn't get up, and my father in law knew what he had to do. You ever been there before? A person has said that there is no man good enough to be a dog. It's hard to put a dog down. You know, to send a dog to the vet. But he knew he had to do it. But he said "I took old Blackie and put him in the cab, took him over to Longview to the vet" He said like he always did he laid his head in his lap, looked up at him. It was like he knew where they were going.
My father-in-law said he petted him gently on the head and said to him:
"Boy, can you trust me?......just one more time"


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The pregnant Duchess of Cambridge has left the King Edward VII hospital after being admitted on Monday suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, a very severe form of morning sickness.
Smiling, and carrying a bunch of flowers, she left accompanied by the duke at around 10.45am on Thursday.
Responding to questions about how she was feeling, shouted by waiting journalists, she replied: "Much better."
She will now go to Kensington Palace, where she and Prince William have a small cottage, and she is expected to rest.
In a statement, a St James's Palace spokesman said: "The Duchess of Cambridge has been discharged from the King Edward VII hospital and will now head to Kensington Palace for a period of rest.
"Their royal highnesses would like to thank the staff at the hospital for the care and treatment the duchess has received."
The duchess is believed to be less than 12 weeks pregnant, possibly just two months.
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She became unwell while staying at her parent's Berkshire home at the weekend, and was driven to the hospital by Prince William on Monday afternoon.
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She has cancelled all her engagements for this weekend.
Palace officials said when she was admitted that she would spend several days in hospital, and would then require a period of rest at home on being discharged.
The King Edward VII hospital, in central London, found itself at the centre of controversy earlier this week when it was revealed its staff had been duped by two Australian radio DJs posing as an implausible Queen and the Prince of Wales, into divulging intimate medical details of her condition.
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Soapy Smith is one of the most well-known and amoral criminal masterminds of 19th century America. An accomplished con artist from the age of 19, he eventually rose to command a gang network of criminal activity through a combination of wit, charm, and weapons.
Jefferson Randall Smith II was born November 2, 1860 into a wealthy, educated Southern family. His grandfather was a plantation owner and his father was a lawyer. However, the after-effects of the Civil War broke the family financially, causing them to move to Texas for a fresh start.
At the age of 19, Smith got his own fresh start in Forth Worth when he began his career as a con man known for his soap shell game and the 3-card monte (which is simply another version of the shell game).
Shell games can be traced back to the Middle Ages where it was often played with thimbles. In the 19th century, it was a popular county fair distraction played with either peas and three shells or balls and cups. The object of the game was to bet where the pea had been hidden. If the guess was correct, the person would win double the money initially put down.
However, due to the expert sleight of hand ability of most shell game players, the bet placer would never win.
Note: Keep in mind that sleight of hand ability shouldn't always be considered bad. In 2006, David Copperfield confused a would-be thief by claiming he had no wallet on him at the time he was being mugged. Sleight of hand allowed Copperfield to hide his wallet elsewhere.
The same scenario plays out with 3-card monte.
Three cards are placed face-down and the person placing the bet is asked to find the winning card after they've been shuffled. In the rare event that a bet placer actually chooses correctly, quick sleight of hand allows the dealer to slide another, losing card under the winner by using a "throw" technique or a Mexican turnover trick.
Smith took the shell game a few steps further by wrapping $1 to $100 bills around several bars of soap and placing them alongside of regular soap bars. The customer put down $1 for a chance to guess where the currency- wrapped soap was located. However, Smith kept track of which bars were wrapped and ensured his accompanying gang members always "won" these, thus encouraging more people to play.
Hence the nickname, Soapy Smith.
But while con games kept food on the table, Soapy was always attuned to new opportunities that might make him some quick money. The instability found throughout many 19th century frontier towns certainly assisted him in this goal.
In Denver, Colorado one business venture included a 'discount' train ticket sales office. The money would be taken but strangely enough, the ticketmaster was never around to dispense the purchased tickets. Another scam included his acting as sheriff to help 'close down' local gambling joints and brothels. Patrons who had lost large sums of money in his businesses were 'arrested' and then released if they went quietly home without attempting to reclaim their losses. Unfortunately, this easy way of money didn't last too long after it was discovered Smith was rigging elections. He was asked to leave town sooner rather than later.
Smith's final hurrah was in Skagway, Alaska from 1897-1898 .
At this time, the Klondike Gold Rush was in full swing and seeing boundless opportunities for easy money in another frontier town, Smith moved north and began relieving miners of their heavy gold-carrying burdens.
A telegraph office (with wires extending only to the wall) was built. Miners stood in line waiting their turn to send a message home about their earnings while members of Smith's gang worked their shell games and 3-card monte cons.
When one vigilante crew was finally established with the goal of cleaning up crime (and ideally, getting rid of Soapy), Smith simply formed his own gang to go after the vigilante crew.
During the Spanish-American war, Smith organized his own Skagway Military Company as potential fighters, even obtaining President McKinley's recognition of his organizational efforts. Never one to leave a potential income stone unturned. Smith turned this presidential recognition to his advantage by using it to shore up his political control over Skagway.
But all good things must come to an end.
On July 8, 1898, the day after Soapy's crew swindled $2,700 from a Klondike Miner, vigilantes met with him to discuss repayment terms. An argument broke out and led to a gunfight and Smith was shot and killed.
His grave remains a highlight for Skagway tourists
Other Resources:
• YouTube Video: How to perform a Mexican Turnover
• YouTube Video: How to perform a card throw
• Legends of America: Soapy Smith, Bunko Man of America
• Google Timeline of Soapy Smith's life


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createProcess returns (mb_stdin_hdl, mb_stdout_hdl, mb_stderr_hdl, p), where
Similarly for mb_stdout_hdl and mb_stderr_hdl.
For example, to execute a simple ls command:
r <- createProcess (proc "ls" [])
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Computation system cmd returns the exit code produced when the operating system runs the shell command cmd.
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On Windows, system passes the command to the Windows command interpreter (CMD.EXE or COMMAND.COM), hence Unixy shell tricks will not work.
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On Unix systems, terminateProcess sends the process the SIGTERM signal. On Windows systems, the Win32 TerminateProcess function is called, passing an exit code of 1.
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Split phase will assist drivers exiting the high school onto Route 3
FREDERICKSBURG – Starting today, a new traffic pattern on Route 3 at the intersection with King George High School (Foxes Way) and St. Anthony's Road in King George County will separate the traffic movement from both side streets.
Previously, traffic exiting King George High School and St. Anthony's Road onto Route 3 yielded to oncoming traffic while making a left turn. Both side streets shared a concurrent phase with a solid green ball signal to exit.
Now, each side street will have separate green time to travel straight or turn left using a combination green arrow and solid green ball.
Traffic proceeding straight or turning left from King George High School will no longer have to yield to oncoming traffic from St. Anthony's Road.
Traffic signals on Route 3 in the vicinity of the intersection have been adjusted to coordinate with the new traffic pattern at the high school and St. Anthony's Road.
The change was made to improve safety by giving each side street its own dedicated green time, and will also improve the efficiency of the traffic flow out of the high school parking lot.


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Early in the calendar year is the perfect time to book a cruisetour: a special type of vacation that combines a cruise and a land-based vacation. While the carefree comfort of a cruise is a perfect way to introduce yourself to a new destination, combining it with a land tour will take your vacation to a new level of excitement.
Cruisetours are available for a variety of destinations: two of the most popular are Alaska and Europe. A delightful array of cruisetour lengths and itineraries are available for each.
For example, one of Royal Caribbean's Alaska cruisetours is a 12-night package that begins with a six-day land vacation. Starting in Anchorage, guests ride glass-domed train cars to the quaint interior town of Talkeetna, then on to Denali and Fairbanks. Along the way, guests view the spectacular scenery of Alaska and can try activities such as glacier walking, dog sledding and whitewater rafting. While the landscape is rugged, the accommodations are not: guests dine and sleep at some of the finest hotels and lodges in Alaska. For the second half of this cruisetour, guests board a beautiful Royal Caribbean ship. Sail past the awe-inspiring Hubbard Glacier on your way to port calls in Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan and Icy Strait Point, plus a trip through the Inside Passage.
If you prefer a European vacation, one of Celebrity Cruises' many cruisetour options is a land tour of Spain followed by a Mediterranean cruise. A 15-night cruisetour package begins in Madrid with two days of sightseeing, shopping and dining. Then, a high-speed train zips guests to Barcelona for three days of exploring the city's incredible architecture, history and modern sensibilities. On day five, guests board a Celebrity ship to cruise to Marseilles, Nice, Florence, Rome, Corsica, Gibraltar, Casablanca and Tangier.
Some cruisetour vacationers prefer to take the cruise portion first, which allows them to unwind and prepare for the land-based portion of the tour. Others like to start with the land tour, using their time on the ship to absorb all they saw, heard and tasted on land. Whichever arrangement of land and cruise you choose, you can pay for it all in one cruisetour package price.
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Working with Clickthrough Reports
In Report Builder 1.0, a clickthrough report is a report that provides detailed information about the data contained within the main report. A clickthrough report is displayed when the Report Builder user clicks the interactive data that appears in the main report. These reports are automatically generated by the report server. You, as the model designer, determine what is displayed in clickthrough reports by setting the DefaultDetailAttribute and DefaultAggregateAttribute properties that you assign to an entity in the report model.
Clickthrough reports are available only when running SQL Server Enterprise. If you are unsure of which edition of SQL Server that your organization is running, contact your database administrator.
Using Default Templates
By default, the report server generates two clickthrough template types for each entity: a single instance template and a multiple instance template. The item that you click on determines which template is used. If the person reading the report clicks a scalar attribute, the single instance template is used. If the person reading the report clicks an aggregate attribute, the multiple instance template is used.
Single Instance Templates
A single instance template displays all the attributes of the target entity and all the default aggregate attributes that are specified for the related entities that have a one-to-many relationship from the target entity. A single instance template looks similar to the following image.
Multiple Instance Templates
A multiple instance template displays only the default detail attributes of the target entity and all of the default aggregate attributes that are specified for the related entities that have a one-to-many relationship from the target entity. A multiple instance template looks similar to the following image.
Customizing Clickthrough Reports
Instead of using the default templates that the report server generates, you can create a report in Report Builder and use it as a customized clickthrough report. Then, you can link your report to the model as a drillthrough report in Report Manager.
To turn a Report Builder report into a clickthrough report, you need to select the Enable Drillthrough to this Report option in the Report Builder Properties dialog box. Once this option is selected, a drillthrough parameter is added to the report and the report can no longer be run in Report Builder directly. The drillthrough parameter is automatically calculated by the report server when the report reader clicks on an item in a Report Builder report. For more information on how to create your own report and use it as a customized clickthrough report, see Tutorial: Customizing Report Builder Clickthrough Reports.
The primary, or base, entity used in the report must be the same entity that you link the report to.
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Jonathon Sawyer, 31
Chef and owner, The Greenhouse Tavern, Noodlecat and Brick & Mortar Popups
If you're invested in the local food scene, then you know Jonathon Sawyer. Perhaps his name conjures up visions of foie gras, a mysterious fifth-quarter special or slurpalicious noodles.
And if you really know Jonathon Sawyer, then you're aware his passion extends beyond the business of running both of his high-profile, certified-green restaurants, The Greenhouse Tavern and Noodlecat, both in downtown Cleveland.
Mr. Sawyer, 31, also has a contagious zest for wholesome food, sustainable living, Northeast Ohio and his wife and two children. When you ask the chef, who has serious credentials for a relatively young career, what his most important achievement is, without missing a beat he answers, "My family."
"Being a delegate to Slow Foods, Veggie U, James Beard (Foundation) and the Countryside Conservancy is great, but being a parent is the greatest thing," Mr. Sawyer said.
The three-time James Beard Award nominee was named in 2010 one of Food & Wine's Best New Chefs. The Greenhouse Tavern also has garnered recognition as one of the top 10 best new restaurants in the United States by Bon Appetit.
Mr. Sawyer learned to cook at age 13, and worked during the early years at Mad Cactus in Strongsville. He graduated from the Pennsylvania Institute of Culinary Arts, and his résumé includes gigs at The Biltmore Hotel in Miami and Kitchen 22 in New York.
He opened Lolita with Michael Symon before initiating his own award-winning concept in 2007, Bar Cento, followed by The Greenhouse Tavern in 2009.
Mr. Sawyer recently introduced the area's first pop-up restaurant group, Brick & Mortar Popups. The pop-up concept enables chefs to test a certain restaurant or menu for patrons in a temporal setting. He said he's also seeking to acquire a plot of farmland from the Countryside Conservancy to foster what he calls America's first farm-to-pint brewery.
Of course, Mr. Sawyer aims to open more eateries, including a concept in Uptown in University Circle and perhaps a "hipster donut shop" downtown.
Mr. Symon, who is well-connected with some of the world's best chefs, said Mr. Sawyer is among a few with integrity and is one of the best chefs he knows.
"Johnny's true to himself. His restaurants have soul," Mr. Symon said. "It's one common thread I see in great chefs like Bobby Flay, Mario (Batali), (Jonathan) Waxman. ... Their food is an outpouring of who they are, just like Jonathon."


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It appears that fans of Supernatural will be following the adventures of Sam and Dean Winchester through their paranormal conflicts for at least one more year.
While television's favorite brotherly duo are currently battling the repercussions of the Apocalypse, The CW is focusing on the future of this successful Friday night series…and as of now, the future looks good!
Speaking with E! Online, CW president Dawn Ostroff revealed:
"We haven't officially picked anything up yet, but [Supernatural] is doing so well—and it's doing better on Friday night than it was on Thursday night—so I can't imagine we won't pick it up.
"We haven't started talking about next year, but I'd be shocked if we didn't pick it up."
As Ostroff noted, nothing is official. Fortunately, when a television network president says that a particular show is doing so well that they'd be "shocked" if it wasn't picked up, the whole notion of it being "official" is really a moot point.
Of course, one has to ask: If The CW is so interested in renewing Supernatural for seventh season, what – if anything – could prevent this series for coming back? Simply put, Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles.
Follow the completion of Supernatural's current season, both Padalecki and Ackles' contracts are up. While both have attempted to transition into more theatrical rolls, Padalecki and Ackles haven't given the impression that they're through with the characters, yet.
With Supernatural conventions being held almost every weekend around the world (Many of which Padalecki and Ackles attend), these two lead actors will now be put in a position where they have to make a decision that may impact their acting careers in the future (read: typecasting). While Padalecki and Ackles may love working on Supernatural, one or both of them may feel the need to move on from this 6-year-old series.
Of course, that doesn't mean that Warner Bros. and The CW won't be able to tempt Padalecki and Ackles into re-signing. Even though Supernatural has a somewhat limited budget and an appropriate salary raise probably isn't an available option, there's always the possibility of Padalecki and Ackles becoming executive producers on the series they helped make a hit.
Promoting lead actors into the role of executive producer is something that is often done on series where budgetary constraints make it impossible to provide them with a substantial salary raise. You may be wondering why someone would become an executive producer on the series, instead of taking a salary raise. I'll give you a hint: it's not all about creative control.
As an actor in a series, you receive a set salary per episode (sometimes bonuses are built in for exceptional rating performances) and without going too deep into it, you'll receive residuals from syndication, worldwide distributions, and perhaps some merchandising and DVD sales.
As an executive producer, you'll receive a similar payout to the actors (although usually more elements are included), but it'll be a larger amount. So, if an actor was getting 10 cents per every DVD sold, an executive producer may receive $1 (though these amounts I'm pitching are completely fictional, especially in relation to the difference in amount between the two).
That being said, Supernatural is one of the most lucrative franchises on television. With a series of Supernatural novels from HarperCollins, a mini-series of Supernatural comic books from Wildstorm (DC Comics), a pen & paper role-playing game, trading cards, shirts, posters, calendars, figurines AND a Japanese anime spin-off series, there's a lot of incentive in becoming an executive producer of the sereis.
Of course, we'll just have to wait and see what Jared and Jensen do.
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