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A live wallpaper request from a customer: a green cornfield swaying in the wind under a live sky with birds, sun, moon, stars (including shooting stars and twinkling stars) and rushing clouds.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Microsoft will spend more than $250 million to expand a data center site in Southside Virginia.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced that the tech company's expansion of a data center in Mecklenburg County will create 44 new jobs.
Microsoft's total investment in the site now tops $2 billion since 2010.
McAuliffe approved a $500,000 grant for the expansion. The state's tobacco fund approved nearly $1 million for the project. The governor's office said it competed with other potential sites for the expansion.
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Gordon Scott's blog from the Isle of Tiree.
All is well. Joanne has just about fully recovered from her latest health scare. I should be blogging regularly some time next week. Today, we are leaving the island for a few days. The day is windy, wet and dreich. We'll see you at the other end.
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An excited Huma confirmed her presence in the cast saying, "Yes, but there will be an (official) announcement. I am glad because it will be a fantastic film."
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If the grapevine is to be believed, Huma has replaced Kangna Ranaut, who was supposed to be part of the film.
Asked when she will start shooting for "Dedh Ishqiya", Huma said: "There is so much of speculation going on right now; so I don't want to say anything."
Huma first hogged the limelight when she featured as Mohsina in Anurag Kashyap's "Gangs Of Wasseypur". She has some bold scenes with co-star Emraan Hashmi in the forthcoming Bhardwaj-Ekta Kapoor co-production "Ek Thi Daayan"....being a human...


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Jake Smith is an author and magazine editor who lives in Traverse City, Michigan, with his wife, Vickie, their three children, and a Labrador retriever. A former assistant high school baseball coach and All-State shortstop, Jake now spends his time on the field helping coach his kids' youth baseball teams. Wish is Jake's debut novel, and he hopes it will help support children's hospitals, patient and family foundations, and participation in the National Marrow Donor Program.
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I love pens. Nice pens. I don't have an irrational collection or anything, nor am I some sort of an expert. But in today's world of e-mail and social media, the art of the handwritten word is sort of lost. Maybe that's why I like them. They are a kind of relic that can still find a place in the modern age, like an old farmhouse bench in the entry of a townhouse, or your dad's leather gloves turning away the chill of an October morning in the woods.
The pen in the image above is mine. Upon my college graduation, my outdoor author father gave me that Sheaffer fountain pen as a gift. He said, "From one writer to another." I never considered myself a writer then. I had a couple of nonfiction outdoor books under my belt by that time and some magazine articles; but I had a Bachelor's degree in Wildlife Sciences in one hand, and a ticket to a Master's degree in the other. Writing nonfiction was more a job to help with some college expenses.
But fiction. It began as a hobby, an escape to where my imagination could explore the richness of fresh landscapes, interact with new characters desperate for their voices to be heard, or hold its breath and soar into the stars to see what was really out there. I'd finish reading a book or walk out of a film moved in such a way that I became anxious, almost to the point of obsession, to create something that would stir people in the same way.
The world of published fiction, however, as so many aspiring writers discover, remained "out there," an Everest — something huge and magnificent and insurmountable. Yet still my personal measure by which I would consider myself a "writer" or not.
That fountain pen became my talisman. Each time I sat down to write, it began the same way: I'd close my eyes, hold that pen, and say a short prayer for an open mind and the ability to put into words the images in my head. I couldn't write longhand with the pen, mostly because I wouldn't have been able to decipher it later, but it remained on my keyboard, in the front row to everything I've written.
I used that fountain pen to sign the publishing contract for Wish.
But when I dotted the "i" that, honestly, is there in my squiggled last name, there didn't come some great relief of finally arriving at being a "writer."
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Overall scaffold generator for Third Corner.
Docs are located at scaffi-docs.
First, install Yeoman, Javascript Package Manager (jspm), and generator-scaffi using npm (we assume you have pre-installed node.js and NPM).
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Well folks, as much as the Black and white sidekick was a hit, T-Mobile announced yesterday that the colour version of the popular device would be out today. So who knows. Keep your eyes and ears on the look out for this cool new device.
T-Mobile Introduces Award Winning Color T-Mobile Sidekick
Customers Get More� with Color Screen, AOL� Mail and More Monthly Service Options
BELLEVUE,�Washington�� – 06/05/2003��The highly anticipated color version of the award winning T-Mobile Sidekick? becomes available to T-Mobile USA customers Friday, boasting a new color screen, AOL� Mail functionality and new monthly service options. Based on Danger, Inc.?s hiptop� Wireless Solution, the one-of-a-kind device has stirred up a frenzy among loyal consumers and celebrities alike as the ultimate communication device. The T-Mobile Sidekick allows customers to surf the Web, chat using the AOL� Instant Messenger? (AIM�) service, send and receive email, play games, exchange mobile snapshots and talk it up with friends ? all from a single device. Beginning tomorrow consumers can purchase the new color version of the T-Mobile Sidekick for $299.99 by calling 1-800-TMOBILE or visiting their nearest CompUSA store.
The new screen features 65,000 vibrant colors giving customers the ultimate web browsing experience. The color screen swivels up to showcase a full QWERTY keyboard that complements the T-Mobile Sidekick?s instant messaging capabilities. A fully integrated version of AIM� and the ability to keep instant messaging (IM) active in the background while surfing the web have made instant messaging the ?killer app? among T-Mobile Sidekick users. Additionally, customers can now send and receive email from their AOL� email account, through the T-Mobile Sidekick?s Web browser, in addition to three other POP3 email accounts via the device?s integrated email application.
The early success of the T-Mobile Sidekick really speaks to the device?s innovative design and simple user interface it's the ultimate way to communicate whether it's by voice, email or AIM, said Nick Sears, vice president of consumer products for T-Mobile USA, Inc. Now with a color screen and simple rate plans, there?s never been a better time to get a T-Mobile Sidekick and see for yourself what the buzz is all about.
Since the T-Mobile Sidekick first hit the market eight months ago, the device has transcended the ranks of traditional wireless devices, becoming a pop culture icon as a ?must have? for athletes, celebrities and musicians.
It's everything at your fingertips in one device, said All-Star Shortstop, Derek Jeter. ?No more excess gadgets and it?s all in color.?
Consistent with its Get More� promise, T-Mobile announced new rate plans, giving customers more flexibility to select the rate plan that meets their T-Mobile Sidekick usage needs specifically. New and existing T-Mobile Sidekick customers can now sign up on any T-Mobile voice plan and add unlimited email, Web browsing, AIM� and text messaging for $20 a month. Customers who want to use just the device?s powerful data functionality can get a stand-alone plan that includes unlimited email, Web browsing, AIM� and text messaging for $29.99 a month, with voice calls billed on a pay as you go basis for just .20 cents a minute, with domestic long distance and roaming included.
The T-Mobile Sidekick, recently honored as the 2003 PC World ?Product of the Year,? is available Friday by calling 1-800-TMOBILE and at CompUSA locations. The company expects the product to be available at T-Mobile company owned stores and authorized dealers later this month.
About T-Mobile, USA Inc.
Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile USA, Inc. is a member of the T-Mobile International group, the mobile telecommunications subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG (NYSE: DT). T-Mobile operates a national all digital voice and data network based on a single GSM/GPRS 1900 technology standard. In addition, T-Mobile operates the largest carrier owned Wi-Fi (802.11b) wireless broadband (WLAN) network in the country, available in more than 2,400 public access locations including Starbucks coffeehouses, Borders Books and Music, airports and American Airlines Admirals Clubs. T-Mobile is committed to providing the best value in wireless service through its GET MORE� promise to provide customers with more minutes, more features and more service than any other wireless provider. For purposes of this press release, references to T-Mobile USA, Inc. consist of T-Mobile USA, Inc. and Powertel, Inc. For more information, visit the company web site at www.t-mobile.com.
About Danger, Inc.
Danger's award-winning hiptop� Wireless Solution enables wireless operators to quickly and economically deploy new applications and services to consumers over next-generation data networks. Today, this solution includes: the hiptop� Service Delivery Engine a suite of server-based infrastructure software, which is currently hosted as a service for wireless operators; the hiptop� Development Platform?a platform for the development of mobile applications using industry standard development tools; and hiptop� device designs ? hardware designs for wireless all-in-one devices, which may be customized and branded by wireless operators. Additional information about the company and its products is available at http://www.danger.com.
Danger and hiptop are trademarks, service marks, and/or registered trademarks of Danger, Inc. in the United States and in other countries. All other trademarks, service marks, and product names are the property of their respective owners.
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Webster Groves School District
As one of the most sought-after school districts in the state, the Webster Groves School District faces tremendous pressure to provide state-of-the-art facilities, cutting-edge programs, and continually-educated teachers. The nonprofit, volunteer-run Webster Groves School District Foundation supports these goals by financing programs and projects that the district's public funding alone cannot provide.
The WGSD Foundation came to Spry looking for a website that could be easily updated by volunteers and allow WGSDF to share timely information with donors, potential grant recipients and community through an exciting, interactive format.
Spry built WGSD Foundation's new site on Drupal and moved their donor management functions from eTapestry to CiviCRM to eliminate limitations on user accounts and donor records. The organization also needed to be able to accept online donations, track donor information, and provide online event registrations, which CiviCRM handles well, at a fraction of the cost of eTapestry.


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John Barrow and Max Burns were a world apart Tuesday from the way they've portrayed each other in their TV ads.
There were ands, buts and some one-upsmanship, but the 12th Congressional District candidates agreed on much more than they disputed at a Savannah forum.
Repeal of the inheritance tax?
"It's way past time," said Burns, a Sylvania Republican seeking to take back the seat from which Barrow ousted him in 2004.
"I'm for cutting it or killing it," said the incumbent Savannah Democrat at the hour-long event sponsored by the League of Women Voters.
Stay the course in Iraq?
They were both for it.
And so it went, with each candidate drawing occasional applause from an audience of more than 100 at the Savannah Morning News auditorium.
They took turns saying they would raise the minimum wage, improve inspection of foreign cargo and drill more for offshore oil, even while developing other energy sources.
And they opposed amnesty for illegal immigrants, reinstituting the draft and partial-birth abortion.
There were some clashes.
Barrow rejected a proposal to substitute a national sales tax for all other federal taxes, which Burns has supported in the past but soft-peddled Tuesday night.
"There are some things we can take from it and make it better," he said.
Burns supported oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Barrow was against it.
Their concurrence on other issues was conditional.
Barrow's backing of a minimum wage increase was almost unqualified.
"The sooner we start, the better," he said.
But Burns said that while it should go up, a "full and honest debate" about the possibility of lost jobs and inflation must come first.
Moreover, Barrow - while giving support to requiring a national voter ID card - said any such measure must include provisions that ensure people won't be disenfranchised.
Each candidate inserted subtle and sometimes not-so-subtle barbs even as he agreed, at least in principle, with his opponent.
So while supporting, as did Burns, measures to crack down on lobbying abuses in Washington, Barrow said his opponent had worked as a lobbyist.
Burns said that by helping NutraSweet in Augusta - part of the 12th District - fight unfair trade rules, he helped save 400 jobs.
And after Barrow said he was pushing a bill to improve cargo inspection, Burns said: "He has a proposal, but he can't seem to make it happen."
The Republican also stressed that the 12th, which includes most of Savannah, "needs a candidate who lives here."
That was a reference to the fact that Barrow moved to Savannah this year after the Legislature lopped his home town of Athens out of the district.
Burns' veiled jab came during the candidates' closing statements, when both began to sound more like their TV ads.
Barrow said that during Burns' two years in Congress, the Republican voted 99 percent of the time with disgraced former Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
He said Burns is "a rubber stamp of a team ... that's running our country's ox into a ditch."
In contrast, the incumbent stressed that he is an independent who can "put blind partisanship aside and look to the best interests of the country."
But Burns insisted that he, not Barrow, is independent and predicted that, if re-elected, Barrow's first vote in the new Congress will hardly be non-partisan.
"He will not be independent," the challenger said. "He will not vote for Georgia."
Instead, Burns said, Barrow will vote to make Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, a San Francisco liberal, speaker of the House.
"I don't think that is the right direction our country should take," he said.


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MWC 2017: IoT, edge and cloud - friends or foes?
We have seen all kinds of 'things' – from fitness trackers to surveillance drones and smart light poles – being showcased at Mobile World Congress 2017. These 'things' are meant to collect all sorts of data. But where does all this data get processed – at the edge or in the cloud? Respondents to 451 Research's Voice of the Enterprise IoT Workloads and Key Projects 2016 study indicated that current applications are being analyzed on IT infrastructure located where the data is generated (44%) or on company owned/leased datacenter facilities local to the edge (55%) far more frequently than they are sent off-site to IaaS/PaaS or SaaS. However, over time, we expect more of this analysis to shift to the cloud.
The 451 Take
Ultimately, intelligent edge computing and gateways will not replace cloud computing (despite the hyperbole from blockchain enthusiasts), nor will the cloud somehow supplant the demands of edge computation. The IoT market decades from today will be a multipolar one, with the continuum of compute, analysis and storage envisioned by the OpenFog Consortium with some applications processed on or near the originating source; some on-premises due to technical, security or regulatory constraints; some nearby in operator networks (mobile edge computing); at interconnect sites by the Equinixes and EdgeConnexes of the world; and in public and private clouds. What was evident from MWC 2017 was that the IT industry is in a period of discovery about the diversity of IoT/OT use cases and applications. Some of these 'newly discovered' legacy use cases will require retooling of products, services and business models, the latter being the most challenging for large IT technology vendors, as well as the buildout of partner ecosystems to address the multitude of market requirements that cannot be met with 'off the shelf' technology. If there was one underlying IoT theme at MWC 2017, it was the widespread partnerships between technology titans and startups alike.
Edge computing encompasses data analyzed on the originating device or near-edge on a computing device or gateway. Processing data at the edge instead of the cloud or a data warehouse makes sense, for instance, in applications such as precision manufacturing and transportation where decisions need to be made quickly and locally, or when bandwidth availability or cost is an issue. IoT applications with stringent latency demands put more emphasis on local computation. Edge computing has the ability to reduce latency (no need to send the data to the cloud and wait for a response) and address potential network bottlenecks. However, the computing power and storage capacity of many devices are limited, and not all devices that need to work together are smart enough.
Edge computing was pervasive at MWC: robust compute and sensor capability from Intel, ARM Holdings, Samsung and HARMAN, and operating systems to enable these edge capabilities from companies including Ubuntu (Canonical) and Red Hat. There was a lot of IoT M&A activity – 44 deals – surrounding edge computing in 2015 and 2016 (excluding large semiconductor deals such as Qualcomm's acquisition of NXP Semiconductors and SoftBank's acquisition of ARM, taking it private).
Gateways sit next to endpoints, both IP-native devices and legacy endpoints, and perform the physical and protocol translations required to extract data for analysis by upstream applications, on the gateway or in the cloud. The gateway market has grown rapidly, as demonstrated by the sheer quantity of IoT gateway platforms on display at MWC. Dell Technologies leveraged the show to launch a new gateway to round out the lower end of its gateway portfolio, while HPE was demonstrating its EdgeLine family of gateways that also includes larger models with integrated compute and analog I/O capability for more demanding local analysis. In June 2016, Dell sibling VMware launched Liota (Little IoT Agent), an open source software development kit for building secure IoT gateway data and control orchestration applications.
For all the 'intelligent edge' messaging at the show, the importance of the cloud was not overlooked. The breadth of the IoT market, which is an abstraction of hundreds of distinctly separate markets in itself, means that not all data generated will have the stringent latency demands of an electrical substation or semi-truck brake pedal. Outside of these 'control loop' applications, the majority of value from IoT will be derived from the aggregation and integration of operational sensor data with business systems, which will happen in the cloud.
Cloud platforms can handle a high number of connections and data points and run complex jobs simultaneously, such as big-data analytics. The cloud acts as the connection, storage and analytics hub, and in many cases, the connected devices don't need to be smart because the cloud provides all the required intelligence.
Market leaders Microsoft (Azure IoT) and Amazon (AWS IoT) were balancing their cloud messages with nods to the intelligent edge at the show, as were IBM, Oracle and Cloudera. Communications PaaS provider Twilio has partnered with T-Mobile and launched 'Programmable Wireless,' a SIM card that provides data, SMS and voice communications to connected devices. Powered by its cloud, Twilio will deliver capabilities (including a new device API) that support developers in building cellular-connected offerings.
What are cloud providers doing?
IoT presents cloud providers with an opportunity they can't ignore: billions of connected devices exchanging huge amounts of data that needs to be stored, processed and analyzed. The leaders in the IoT cloud platform provider segment, according to customer responses in the most recent 451 Research Voice of the Enterprise IoT quantitative study, are Microsoft, AWS and Google. As stated above, providers are walking a fine line between legacy IT 'cloud first' strategies and enabling the intelligent edge use cases in markets such as industrial IoT and transportation that constitute the majority of IoT project spending today.
Verizon has bet on a combination of M&A, organic development in IoT platforms and people, ecosystem building, and networks. The company has been looking for new growth areas around connected smart devices, and it recently completed its acquisition of Sensity. The company's IoT development platform, ThingSpace, provides a data platform of record that can unify deployment silos within cities and also within Verizon. This is part of Verizon's smart cities initiative, which is in trial mode in Boston.
VMware's route to IoT is via strategic alliances, where it expects to leverage its strengths in device management, operational analytics and security to ultimately help partners and customers extend their reach from the datacenter and cloud to the edge. At MWC 2017, VMware and HARMAN announced a partnership to deliver IoT offerings to automotive, retail, industrial, building management and energy-efficiency industries. Other VMware partners include Bayshore Networks, Dell, Intwine Connect, Deloitte Digital, PTC and V5 Systems.
The OpenStack Foundation is running user surveys on IoT to get a better understanding of potential requirements, but we haven't seen any real use cases yet. Right now, OpenStack is more focused on how to better integrate with containers, Kubernetes, and helping telcos accelerate network functions virtualization delivery.


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Milliken Lagrange ISYE 6203 PROJECT "Evaluation of Consolidation Strategy for LTL Shipments". Chunhao GAO Halil Ozan GOZBASI Hashai PAPNEJA Jin SHI Lin WAN Jie ZHU. Company Overview. Textile Manufacturing Industry Produces finished fabrics for rugs and carpets
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Indo share the leader-board
Tuesday, 1 November 2016
Premier Division
Lumpers A 2 Indo A 6
INDO A jumped to joint top spot in the Premier League after defeating Lumpers A 6-2. The current champions trailed 1-0 and were drawing at the halfway stage. But the Boat Street team blasted to the tape by winning all four sets in the second half of the match.
Indo, with a game more played, share the top spot with Three Steps A (who had a bye) while another of the title challengers Trainor's A had their match postponed.
Indo: Stephen Kells, Cathal Rooney, Anto McCabe, Ollie Thompson and Jerome Magee. Lumpers: Damian White and Nathan Lambe.
Magee's A 3 Gap of the North 5
GAP of the North picked up their second Premier win of the season with a 5-3 scoreline over Magee's A. The Gap won the first couple but the Quaysiders levelled at two apiece. The Border boys then took the next two but Magee's hung in at 4-3. However, the Gap won the final set to pick up the points. Magee's: Stevie Noade (2x140), Marty McParland (2x140, 123) and Tristan Byrne. Gap: John Lawlor (140), Owen Caffrey (180), Carl Thomas (140), Mickey Kelly and John Donnelly.
Gorman's, Mayobridge 6 Ballyholland INF 2
GORMAN'S got off to a flier against Ballyholland INF, the Mayobridge side winning the first four sets. The Foresters pulled it back to 4-2 but Gorman's secured victory by taking the final couple. Gorman's: Sean Poland, Jimmy McManus, Kevin Coulter, Enda McConville, Thomas Coulter and Johnny Taylor. Ballyholland: Seamus Rice and Brendan McAteer.
Cloughmor Inn 6 The Wanderers 2
THE Cloughmor Inn climbed off the bottom of the Premiership when they defeated the Wanderers 6-2. And indeed the Rostrevor side had the points in the bag after a mere six sets. Cloughmor: Paddy Greenan, John Burton, Paddy McComiskey, Christy McCartan, James Morgan and Michael Gallagher. Wanderers: Dee Dutton and Austin Thompson.
Division One
WINDMILL increased their lead at the top of Division One to three points following a fairly comfortable win over Seasiders B. The Church Street side rattled off wins in the first four sets and although the Seasiders pulled it back to 4-2, Windmill rocketed to the tape by taking the final two. Seasiders: Liam Rice and Kevin Rice. Windmill: Davy McCutcheon, Conor McKeown, Vincie Conlon, Davy Watterson, Mickey White and Ralph Patterson.
Title challengers Railway Bar, on the other hand, dropped a point to Carrickcruppen. In a closely fought match, with neither side dominating, Cruppney won the final set to pick up a point. Railway: Willie McCabe, Martin McClelland, Gary McKeown and John McCartan. Carrickcruppen: Ross Flynn, Thomas King, Mark King and Seamus Kane.
The AOH took advantage of the Railwaymen dropping a point to edge into joint second spot in the table. And against CWC they had the points secured after just six sets. AOH: Gerard O'Brien, Jim Rowland, Chris Craven, Kevin McGivern and Kevin Woods. CWC: Johnny Quinn, Ciaran Quinn and Stevie Ling.
Meanwhile Quinn's and Killeavy GFC shared the spoils in a real tough tussle. Quinn's: Anna Madigan, John Brannigan, Gareth Haughey and Yvonne Campbell. Killeavy: Pat Quinn, Gerry O'Neill, Kevin Thompson and Peter Rice.
And it was also four apiece when Bosco and Madden's met. Madden's led 3-1 with Bosco reversing the scoreline at 4-3. However, Madden's won the eighth leg to earn a share of the points. Bosco: Gerard Donegan, Mickey Green, Mark McMahon and Michael Kavanagh. Madden's: Eugene McAleavey, Daniel Carroll, Gary McAleavey and Thom Ingle.
Division Two
ANN'S Army surged to joint top of Division Two with a 6-2 win over Trainor's Bar. Just one set separated the sides after five but the Army marched to success when they took the last three. Trainor's: Roger McCullough and Arthur McCaffrey. Army: Rodney Kimbley, Phil Hand, Peadar Mallie, Paul Lucas, Raymond Kimbley and Barry McMahon.
Previous lone leaders Dromintee GFC A lost their initial brace of points when former basement side Ballyholland Harps rose to the challenge in style to wrap up the match by taking the first six sets. Dromintee: Brian Larkin and Kevin O'Hare. Harps: Niall McKevitt, Mattie Shields, Paddy McNulty, Ciaran Hartigan, Paddy Fallon and Robbie White.
Forkhill GFC A won three from the last five sets to earn a point against Cornamucklagh House. House: Ciaran Loye, Jordan Loye, Niall Brown and Tommy Carlisle. Forkhill: Paul Canning, Aidan McKinley, Pat Byrne and Tony Byrne.
Meanwhile Glenn led 3-2 but rivals the Three Steps B took the last three sets to pick up the Division Two points. Glenn: Tony Bagnall, Paul Murtagh and Kieran Connell. Steps: Gerard Reynolds, Kevin Gallagher, Francis Purcell, Charlie Quinn and Peter McCoy.
And it was all too easy for Bellini's as they brushed the Sheepbridge Inn - their scorers were: Stephen McCann, Sebastian Waibel, Jimmy McVerry, Valerie Rooney, Jim Clarke, Seamus McVerry, Chris Niblock and Frank Harvey.
Division Three
PORT Bar led Division Three table-toppers Magee's A 2-0 but the Quaysiders quickly got back on track to win five from the remaining six legs, pick up the league points and in the process maintained their maximum points record of five wins from five games. Port: Philip Sterritt, Trevor Jenkinson and Kyle Williamson. Magee's: Chris O'Hanlon, Ciaran Magee, Conor Carlon (140), Chris Swinbourne and Hugh Lowe.
Title challengers Armaghdown trailed Slieve Gherkin 3-0 but they battled back to level at three each. Gherkin made it 4-3 but the Monaghan Street side took the last leg to share the spoils. Armaghdown: Jimmy McMahon, Paul Kavanagh, Jason Maguire and Kieran McFee. Gherkin: Anthony Russell, Sid Hughes, Oliver Mynes and Ruby Fegan.
Howe's Bar kept in the title race, the Omeath side defeating Boyd's 6-2. Howe's: Ciaran Morgan, Pat McCourt, Packie Walker, Leroy McGuinness, Peter Woods and Gerry Kierans. Boyd's: Jimmy Little and Tom Haughey.
Seasiders INF A led 3-2 but Shane O'Neill's won the last three legs to pick up the points. Shane's: Mick Mackin, Ciaran Mackin, Noel McTaggart, Gareth McLoughlin and Pete Lynch. Seasiders: Gabriel Zarfir, Jack Rafferty and Stephen Doyle.
Trainor's of Newry were comfortable 6-2 winners and their scorers against Doyle's of Camlough were: Noel Larkin, Richie Carlon, Martin Carlon, Francie Kearns, Graham Patten and Peter Jones. Doyle's: Aidan McKeown and Mickey Clarke.
Division Four
NAN Rice's picked up two points at the expense of Indo B ... and those points earned them a joint top-of-Division-Four spot. In a 7-1 victory Nan's scorers were: Stevie Bradshaw, John Bradshaw, Danny McCaul, Kealan Porter, Mark Bradshaw, John McCartan and Barry McNulty. Denver Jenkins was a lone Indo winner.
Phoenix dropped a point against Seasiders INF C and dropping that point cost them a clear lead at the head of affairs. Their scorers in a 4-4 draw were: Conor Murtagh, Cormac Malone, Paudi Rogers and Conor Madden. Seasiders: Bryan McElherron, Mark McElherron, Derek Dinsmore and Marty Patterson.
It was also a draw when Bears met Dan's Bar but the Church Street side would not have been pleased as they led 3-0 and 4-1 with Dan's storming to the tape and picking up a super point. Bears: Sean McKevitt, David Loughran, Joe McCourt and Neil Heaney. Dan's: Peter Hughes, Peter Cunningham, David Quinn and Colm Ruddy.
Meanwhile Dromintee GFC B led 3-2 but Madden's B won the last three legs to secure a fine win. Madden's: Stephen McDonald, S Murphy, Mags Jennings, Shannon Boyle and Ann Carroll. Dromintee: Alex Kilgallon, Stephen McDonald and Sean Fearon.
Trainor's Heroes cruised to the finishing line with six wins in the first six leaving rivals Charley's Angels to pick up two consolation legs. Heroes: Brendan Fitzpatrick, Miceal McEntee, Luke Phelan, Kieran Fitzpatrick, Decky Finnegan and Brian Fitzpatrick. Angels: Seamus Pearce and Joanne Markey.
Finally Forkhill GFC B were 7-1 winners over Armaghdown Ladies - and their scorers were: Ron Flynn, Sean Toner, Leo Magee, Aidy McArdle, Paddy Harte, Paul Bulger and Gary McArdle. Ladies: Tracey McKee.
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In fish, the relative amount of tissues of different densities changes significantly over short periods throughout the year, depending on the availability of food, nutrition and their developmental status, such as sexual maturation. If a land-living animal accumulates fat it influences not only its general state of health, but also markedly increases its energy expenditure for locomotion owing to the force of gravity. On a body submerged in water, this force, which acts on the centre of gravity (COG), is counterbalanced by a lifting force that is negligible in air and which acts on the centre of buoyancy (COB). Any difference in the longitudinal positions of the two centres will therefore result in pitching moments that must be counteracted by body or fin movements. The displacement of the COG away from the COB is a result of tissues of different density (e.g. bones and fat) not being distributed homogeneously along the body axis. Moreover, the proportions of tissues of different densities change significantly with feeding status. It is still unknown whether these changes produce a displacement of the COG and thus affect the hydrostatic stability of fish. Analysis of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging images of Atlantic herring, Atlantic salmon and Atlantic mackerel reveals that the COG is fairly constant in each species, although we recorded major interspecies differences in the relative amount of fat, muscle and bone. We conclude that the distribution of different tissues along the body axis is very closely adjusted to the swimming mode of the fish by keeping the COG constant, independent of the body fat status, and that fish can cope with large variations in energy intake without jeopardizing their COG and thus their swimming performance.
1. Introduction
The forces acting on a resting submerged body that produces no hydrodynamic forces are lift and gravitation. Gravitational forces act on the centre of gravity (COG), whereas lift acts on the centre of buoyancy (COB). In a body of uniform density these two centres essentially coincide. In fish, however, they may be separate because fish tissues are not of uniform density (Weihs 1993; Webb 2006). The position of the COB will always be at the centroid of the volume of the fish, because the displaced water is of uniform density. However, the position of the COG depends on the distribution of tissues of different densities along the body; for example, heavy tissues such as bone (ρ ≈ 2.0 g ml−1) may be concentrated in the head region, whereas special low-density organs such as swim bladders are located further posteriorly. Moreover, the relative amount of tissues of different densities depends on the feeding status of a fish (Varpe et al. 2005); the fraction of fat (ρ ≈ 0.9 g ml−1) is highly variable and may thus influence the position of the COG. Several studies have shown how seasonal changes in the distribution of body reserves have an impact on the control of buoyancy and static lift, particularly in some Antarctic species (Eastman 1993; Wells 2005 and citations therein), but the effects on pitching of the positions of body tissues and lipid deposits along the axis remain to be explored. We hypothesize that the distribution of different tissues along the body axis is regulated to keep the COG constant, independent of body fat status, and that fish can cope with seasonal changes in nutritional status/body condition without jeopardizing their COG and thus swimming performance. Because swimming mode and buoyancy regulation differ among species, we have examined the swimming modes of species ranging from subcarangiform to thunniform.
For a land animal, the main opposing forces that have to be overcome are lift and gravity. The general view is that these forces are relatively unimportant in water, and that the major forces become thrust and drag. However, pelagic fish have to take into account static lift as well as the pitch generated by the differences in the COG and COB when swimming both at cruising speed and during burst swimming. The magnitude of these forces is small compared with thrust and drag, but because any imbalances need to be continuously adjusted they will seriously affect the overall energy budget of the fish. In this respect we can compare the situation with aviation, in which an aircraft is trimmed in order to reduce the need to use force on the controls during flight.
Data on the COG in fish are scarce (see Webb & Weihs 1994 for an overview), and so far no studies have taken into account the contribution of tissues of different density to the COG, owing to the lack of suitable techniques for distinguishing tissues. The introduction of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has solved this particular problem, and we can now quantify the distribution of different fish tissues along the body and thus determine the volume fractions and COGs of bony tissue, muscle tissue and fat, separately. We performed measurements using CT and MRI on three species of fish: Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus L., 1758), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L., 1758) and Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus L., 1758). Using individuals of all three species with different nutritional status enabled us to test whether the position of the COG was conserved within each species when tissue composition varied.
2. Material and methods
(a) Fish material
Atlantic mackerel (S. scombrus) were caught commercially off the island of Askøy, and Atlantic herring (C. harengus) outside Haugesund, both on the west coast of Norway. Atlantic salmon (S. salar) originated from a feeding experiment at the Institute of Marine Research facilities in Matre, Norway. The fish were kept cold on ice until physical measurements and CT and MRI imaging were carried out at the Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen. The fish (mackerel and herring) were then frozen at −80°C before dissection and lipid analysis (gas chromatography) at the Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen.
(b) Image analysis
The fish were sequentially imaged using a Light Speed Ultra CT (General Electric, Milwaukee, WI, USA) to estimate the volume and length of whole fish, bones and swim bladder. The CT images were reconstructed using bone, soft tissue and combined algorithms. Typically, 300 axial slices were reconstructed with a resolution of 0.2 × 0.2 × 1.25 mm3.
Fat and muscle volumes were estimated by MRI imaging using a single channel, standard head coil on a whole-body clinical Signa Excite 3T Tesla scanner system (General Electric). Three-point fat–water separation imaging (IDEAL, 3D-FSPGR, field of view 380 mm, echo time TE = 3.372 ms, image matrix 256 × 256, bandwidth 31.25 Hz, flip angle 10°, 40 slices with no gap between neighbouring slices, slice thickness 1.5 mm) provided by the scanner manufacturer was used to acquire and quantify the water and fat content in each imaged volume element (voxel; Reeder et al. 2005, 2007). This enabled heterogeneities in the main magnetic field to be compensated for (Dixon 1984; Glover & Schneider 1991), and near-isotropic imaging, with image voxel size of 1.5 × 1.5 × 1.5 mm3. Additional T2 weighted fast spin echo pulse sequence imaging was included for completeness (Brix et al. 2009).
(c) Data analysis
Regions of interest (ROIs) were defined for all images for volume determinations of the whole fish, bones, swim bladder and muscles, using the nordicICE software (NordicImagingLab, Bergen, Norway). In addition to the slice-by-slice coronal views obtained directly from MRI, the fat image data were re-sliced in an axial representation and averaged across 5 × 5 pixels for colour coding and direct readout of the percentage of fat in the voxels using Matlab (The MathWorks, Natick, MA, USA). All the imaging data were transferred to Excel worksheets for final calculations of lengths, volumes, volume fractions and centre of masses for bone, fat, muscles and swim bladder (salmon and herring).
Body and tissue weights were calculated from the estimated volumes and densities, which were obtained by the upthrust method. According to this method, buoyancy mass mb was calculated from mb = mo[1 − (ρSW/ρo)], where mo is the mass of the object, ρSW the density of seawater and ρo the density of the object.
(d) Statistical analysis
Statistical analyses for comparing means were carried out using GraphPad InStat v 3.06 for Windows. Non-parametric tests (Mann–Whitney U-test; Kruskal–Wallis non-parametric analysis of variance) were used because parts of the data had a non-Gaussian distribution (CI = 95%).
3. Results and discussion
Figure 1 shows that the COGs for bones, fat, muscles and swim bladder (only present in herring and salmon) vary very little, despite very wide differences in volume fractions, especially of muscles and fat tissues. Table 1 shows the COGs and volume fractions of bones, muscles and fat for mackerel and herring in different seasons and with different feeding backgrounds, in addition to the overall means of the same parameters for all three species. In June the fat fractions in mackerel were as low as 3.8–7.9 vol%. Less than two months later, in a period when food is generally abundant (Varpe et al. 2005), the fat fraction had risen to 52.1 vol%, corresponding to a change in buoyancy mass for fat from −1.50 to −20.23 g and the mackerel had become virtually neutrally buoyant. Although the uncertainty in determining the COGs of fat at such low fraction levels increases, Table 1 clearly shows that the COGs of fat varied very little throughout the season (6 June, 49.4% ± 2.7; 17 June, 45.6% ± 4.5; 30 September, 52.8% ± 1.5), with the largest deviations occurring during the last month or two before the feeding season commenced fully in the period July–September (6 June−30 September, p < 0.0042, p < 0.0001 when comparing June and September). This feature thus greatly reduces the impact of this extra fat load on the balance properties of the mackerel, as is illustrated by the minimal changes in torque centred on half fork length (FL /2; figure 2). It is also the case that, in Atlantic herring, fat allocation related to the building up of the gonads in February seems not to have any serious impact on stability.
Like salmon, but in contrast to mackerel, herring have a swim bladder that aids buoyancy and also reduces the 'lift torque' needed for stability, owing to the location of its COG in the anterior part of the fish (figure 3). Even though the herring and mackerel were more or less the same size, the torque related to the bones was larger in mackerel (figure 2). This striking feature is due to the fact that the density of mackerel bone is higher than that of herring (O. Brix 2006, unpublished data) and may actually be related to its thunniform swimming mode, which benefits from posterior to anterior mass displacement. From the calculated torque for mackerel (table 1), we can further calculate the mean overall COG to be 28.2 per cent from snout to fork (28.7%, 29.2% and 26.5% on 6 June, 17 June and 30 September, respectively). The mean COG (fat) was 49.2 per cent (49.4%, 45.6% and 52.8% on 6 June, 17 June and 30 September, respectively). A consequence of the different positions of the overall COG is that mackerel will also tilt even if neutrally buoyant in September, and must generate lift by swimming if horizontal balance and level are to be maintained, irrespective of body fat composition (figures 2 and 3).
Figure 1 makes it clear that the overall COGs can be directly related to swimming mode. The COG of bone in salmon, which have a sub-carangiform swimming mode and thus undulate a larger proportion of the body than the other two species, is located at 30.1 per cent of the distance from the snout to the tail. This differs from the carangiform herring (24.7%; p < 0.0001) and the thunniform mackerel (21.1%; p < 0.0001). It is generally accepted, and is consistent with physics, that yaw movements during undulatory locomotion should be minimized in order to reduce drag. This is best achieved by anteriorly located COGs (for review see Webb 1984; Blake 2004; for experimental data see Donley et al. 2004). With respect to this it is particularly important to maintain the COG in an anterior location, regardless of seasonal changes in the amount of fat or nutritional state. This fact is well reflected by the data presented here.
There were large differences in fat allocation strategies for the three species (figure 3). Salmon and herring primarily deposit fat dorsally, and particularly in the abdomen. Mackerel deposit fat throughout their muscular tissue, with the highest concentration in the central area of the body, and there are very low concentrations in the tail region or ventrally in the anterior end. In all three species we found very high concentrations of subcutaneous fat throughout the season and also around the length of the backbone. This feature demonstrates that high priority is allocated to maintaining and safeguarding the levels of fat that are associated with the sensory and motor neurons in the nervous system and particularly to ensure swimming activity.
4. Concluding remarks
We have demonstrated that the total and tissue-specific COGs remain fairly constant in spite of large seasonal variations in muscle and fat content in particular. Furthermore, the COGs can be directly related to the swimming modes of the fish, thus confirming current theories regarding mass displacement (Evans & Claiborne 2006). Such constancy of COGs is of vital importance to the ability of fish of a given design to reduce energy expenditure. The importance of sensing spatial balance may increase with decreasing size and must be vital for the survival of fish larvae commencing first feeding. This may explain the pronounced appearance of the cochlear apparatus in these larvae. However, depositing tissue, especially fat, with such high accuracy, as this paper has shown, probably requires the sensory inputs to be linked to a sophisticated logistics system for spatial allocation of fat. Because lipid deposits can be used for both metabolic and buoyancy purposes (see review by Eastman 1993), further studies should aim to identify the mechanisms involved in regulating the dynamic deposition and use of fats stored in different tissues for both purposes. A possible mechanism was proposed in a cold-adapted polar fish of the nototheniid family, in which the substrate specificity of triacylglycerol lipases appeared to preferentially recruit unsaturated fatty acids for metabolic use, thus enabling saturated lipids to remain in the deposits and help to maintain static lift (Lund & Sidell 1992).
In the process of spatial allocation and recruitment of fats we believe cytokines such as leptin may play a key role, and future experiments will focus on identifying the mechanisms involved in communication between different peripheral tissues and the central nervous system centres that control energy homeostasis and growth.
We thank G. L. Taranger, the Institute of Marine Research, Bergen and A-G. Gamst Moen (UoB) for generously supplying the Atlantic salmon. The project was supported by the Michelsen Centre for Industrial Measurement Science and Technology, Bergen, a seed-corn grant (CMR Instrumentation, Haukeland University Hospital and the University of Bergen) and grant nos. 101846 and 172548 (Research Council of Norway).
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Miami Heat center Zydrunas Ilgauskas had dinner Monday night at Michael's Genuine Food & Drink with his wife, two kids and a male guest. The uber tall player apparently ordered and ate every single small plate on the menu. Also in the restaurant later that evening: Maverick Carter, LeBron James' manager and business partner, with friends.Speaking of James,after scoring 41 points in the Miami Heat's seventh consecutive win Tuesday,he headed to The Florida Room, where he ordered multiple magnums of Krug Grand Cuvee Champagne, toasting to the Heat while sharing some spirits with fellow party people. Congrats and good luck to Kimberly Green, president of the Miami-based Green Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization that has been active in Haiti for more than a decade, for her workasprimary funding partner ofa box set that was nominated for two Grammy Awards. Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936-1937, a 10-CD boxset, is up for Best Historical Album and Best Album Notes at Sunday night's awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Little Miss Sunshine star Abigail Breslin had dinner Monday nightwith some friends at Prime One Twelve. Landing at no. 2on Orbitz's list of the sexiest cities in the country as chosen by userswas Miami, which lost to San Francisco by two percentage points. It was baseball central at Town Kitchen & Bar Wednesday afternoon as Jorge Posada (NY Yankees)lunched at one table and Jim Morris (UM's head coach) with John Jay (St. Louis Cardinals) at another. As part of a Valentine's Day Auction, country superstar Keith Urban donated concert tickets and backstage meet and greets, which raised almost $20,000 this week for the Miami-based non-profit organization Gene Spotlight, which provides medical research grants to find better treatments and cures for some of the 7,000 rare genetic disorders.


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Happy October everyone! 'Tis the season for all of us horror movie lovers to pull out our favorite horror movies and have a month long marathon. I don't know about all of you, but I have been working on my list for this October for quite a while and I still may not get them all watched before October is over!
We all have our own lists and movies that we deem "number 1 must watch," so I thought I would share my list with you all and see what your go-to October horror movies are!
My October 2014 movie list is as follows:
- Scream - 1-4
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Dr. Tom is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare (UFH), a position he has held since 2008 having been Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the same University from 2006. He has been a staff member of the UFH since 2005, first as Director of the School of Public Management and Development as Acting Dean of the Faculty of Management and Development. A medical doctor by profession he holds MB and ChB degrees (University of Natal) and a Master of Family Medicine (University of Witwatersrand). He also holds a Master of Science in Public Policy Management (University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies). He completed a Senior Executive Programme with Harvard and Wits. Prior to joining UFH he served as Director – General of the Eastern Cape (1998 – 2004), Advisor to the Eastern Cape Premier for a few months in 2004 and as the Strategic Manager in the integration and transformation of the apartheid departments of health that formed the Eastern Cape, and as the first Permanent Secretary for Department of Health and Welfare in the Eastern Cape (1994 – 1997). He previously practiced in both the public and private health sectors as a clinician. His academic career started in 1992 when he joined the then UNITRA Medical School's Department of Family Medicine in Mthatha. Dr. Tom played a pivotal role in the anti-apartheid health struggles and the health policy formulation for the democratic South Africa. He served as President of the National Medical and Dental Association in the late 1980's and early 1990's then became President of the South African Health and Social Services Organization until the democratic dispensation in 1994, when he joined the public sector as a manager in the Eastern Cape Department of Health and Welfare. He served on various boards including the Eastern Cape Socio-Economic Coordinating Council, Board of the IDT, Masibumbane Development Organization (focusing on Health and Education), Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development, and Higher Education South Africa. He has served in two committees for the Ministry of Higher Education and Training, viz., The Ministerial Working Group on Fee-Free university Education for the poor in South Africa and the Ministerial Committee on the Review of Higher Education Funding. In 1994 he received the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights.


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With three Best Lead Actor Scenies (two for Hairspray, one for Les Miz) and one for Best Featured (for Oklahoma!), Orange County's very own Sam Zeller's return home as an Original Cast member of the First National Tour of the 2013 Best Musical Tony-winning Kinky Boots is big news indeed. Sam took some time out of his busy schedule to talk about being part of a Broadway smash and the shows that have led him back to his naive OC.
Sam, having grown up in neighboring Anaheim and graduated from UC Irvine, you must be especially excited about Kinky Boots' arrival in Orange County.
I'm very excited that Kinky Boots will be coming to Orange County! Having toured many times before, I have never performed at the Segerstrom Center, and it'll be close enough that I can spend some time with my Mom in Anaheim and go home to my apartment in West Hollywood and be with my partner Donnie and my new kitties. I know many people, including high school and UC Irvine friends, that are coming to the show. We are ringing in the New Year here.
As Orange County's Most Outstanding Student Leader during your school days, I imagine you could have had your pick of future careers. What made you choose arguably the riskiest of them all?
I remember being honored by the Irvine Company. Press releases touted that I would be a successful lawyer or politician someday. At the time, I was senior class president, the editor of the high school newspaper, and wrote for the local newspaper. I was also playing minor league baseball with the Minnesota Twins organization, so I was already dabbling in all sorts of career choices, but it wasn't until college, as a journalism major, that I auditioned for a Kaufman and Ferber play, got the role, and discovered my love of theater.
And that love led you to a professional career.
By the time I graduated college, I'd spent four summers doing summer stock, and decided that my path was to be an actor. Simply, it fed my soul. I loved to perform. I loved stirring people's emotions. I knew my life had to involve telling stories. I couldn't find that joy in anything else. I was forewarned by my parents to have "something to fall back on," but they supported me, and thankfully, I've not stopped working as an actor.
How did you get your start as a performer?
Growing up in Orange County, we didn't have theater or drama programs in the school system, but local community theaters did shows. I was constantly imitating people I saw on television, so my mom took me to an audition she saw advertised in the Pennysaver for kids to play Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz. My audition consisted of cartwheels. I was the youngest member of the cast at 5, and was cast of the Leader of the Lollipop Guild. So despite not having theater for many years after that, I was familiar with the joy of live theater.
What was the first great role that you played?
My first great role was in my third year of school at the Professional Actor's Conservatory here in Southern California. I played Che in Evita. It was my first musical. I never knew that I could sing, and even told my director, Victor Pappas, that he'd made a mistake. It was one of the greatest discoveries of my life to find out that my home was on stage … any stage … and that I had fallen in love with musical theater.
You've been able to travel the world as a performer, including stops in Japan, Sweden, Russia, Italy, Venezuela, Hawaii, the Caribbean, and not so long ago starring as Peter Pan's Captain Hook opposite Cathy Rigby in Macao. How has it been for you being such a world traveler?
I can't get over how many places I have lived and visited because of my work. My parents were not travelers, but they got to see the world by coming to see me wherever I was. I lived in Nagasaki, Japan for a year. It was the most amazing experience to be a part of a completely different culture, performing an original Japanese opera, based on the Dutch colonization of Japan in the late 1500's. It was long before computers and cellphones, so I spoke to my parents once a week, from a pay phone, and explored the world I lived in. I also performed on cruise ships, so I got paid to perform and saw the world at the same time.
Is there a favorite among the many places where you've performed?
I have no favorite place; I still have so much more to see and explore, although if I had to pick a favorite destination, it would be on my couch, in my apartment, with the ones I love.
Kinky Boots isn't your first National Tour, but I imagine it's a special one given the show's current hit status and Best Musical Tony. What is it about this musical in particular that made you want to pack your bags once again and tour the country?
Well, I'm a gypsy at heart. I knew nothing of the show when I auditioned for it in L.A. The feedback from my agent was that they "weren't going any further" with me.
And then?
I contacted a friend in the Broadway production and he told me to videotape my audition and send it to him and he would deliver it to Jerry Mitchell himself. Thankfully, Jerry said he wanted to see me. So $2,100 later for airfare and a hotel, I found myself in a callback for the show. The night before my callback, the producers arranged for me to see the show.
And how did you feel once you fully understood what you'd been auditioning for?
The music, the book was so rich, so entertaining, so enlightening. I was choked up from the very beginning, and by the time the show was over, I wanted to see it again, but more importantly, I wanted to be in it.
What is it about Kinky Boots that touched you so deeply?
Its message is so vital and important, and as an avid storyteller, I wanted to be a part of that message and bring that same joy to everyone who saw it.
Can you talk a bit about that audition in New York?
My audition lasted four minutes. It was over before I realized. As I walked out, Cyndi [Lauper] walked around the corner asking me if I was there to audition, and I told her I already had. I could tell she was supposed to have seen my audition, and she told me that I "looked perfect for the part." I walked away, and within a half an hour, I got a phone call from my agent, asking if I would be in the ensemble and cover three roles in the show. At that time, I had lost my father, my aunt, and my cat and was in need of some joy. It found me with this show.
As an original cast member, can you talk a bit about working with director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell and the legendary Cyndi, who wrote the show's Tony-winning score?
Jerry and Cyndi were wonderful. I had to remind myself that I was actually in the room with them. Jerry told some amazing stories of performing and directing. and how it relates not only to the show, but to life. His philosophy is that life is "full out," just like how we perform every single time. When you do that, you find more within your character, you find more in your performance, you tell the story and move your audience.
Tell me more about Cyndi Lauper!
Cyndi would sing a line once in a while, and her voice was so pure and clear. This woman is definitely an artist. Her lyrics are so wonderful. Between her, Jerry, Harvey Fierstein's book, and Stephen Oremus's arrangements (Stephen and I had worked together fifteen years ago at Goodspeed), we as a cast were in the presence of greatness … and they were lovely and kind.
What was the rehearsal process like?
DB Bonds and Rusty Mowery are our brilliant resident director and choreographer. We had a month to rehearse, so my life was immersed in Kinky Boots. While they were learning our names, for some reason my nickname in rehearsal was Hagrid, the character from the Harry Potter films. I loved being associated with such a beloved character and they regarded me with such love. We rehearsed at The New 42nd Street Studios, so daily we would ride the elevator with Stockard Channing, Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones … You know, another day at the office! Wow!
How did you go about learning how to play someone who makes boots for a living?
Since I play a factory worker, Jerry had given us a Dropbox file filled with videos on how shoes were made in these small towns in England. Jerry went to Northampton and filmed factory workers at the various stages of shoemaking. We, as a cast, work at machines throughout the show, so our lives on stage would be complete by taking such care in making these shoes. In the real story, this shoe factory was the town's livelihood and everyone worked at the factory. They were a family and so were we. We move set pieces like we're part of the assembly line, use tools, and wear clothing that we would wear in a factory making shoes.
Can you talk a bit about your "track" in the show?
I play various characters including a band member in a pub and a hoodlum that attempts to attack Lola, our lead character, but my main character, Mutt, is a happy, burly factory worker.
Is there any Kinky Boots role you'd love to play but aren't?
I would love to be an Angel, one of the drag queens in Lola's show at her club, but I'm happy being their Drag Daddy. You will not believe how amazing these "girls" are!
And what about those "kinky boots" themselves?
The boots were custom made by an actual shoe factory in Manhattan. They took several measurements and these six inch heeled boots are custom fit for my big 'ol feet. We all get to wear them in the show.
Kinky Boots the movie was a popular cult film, but hardly the smash phenomenon its Broadway adaptation has become. What do you think is the secret of its success?
You can't deny the music of Cyndi, the brilliant book by Harvey, and Jerry's commitment to the story with his direction. It truly is a recipe for greatness. The message in the show is so simple, yet powerful. It leaves the audience cheering every single night. How blessed we all are to be a part of it. We have people seeing it multiple times and they fall in love with all of us.
I understand you recently set some kind of record. What was that?
We recently became the highest earning national tour collecting for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. People would donate money, telling me how this show moved them, and even more personal, people would tell me that their loved ones died of AIDS, or a young person would tell me that they had just come out to their parents. This show is a movement of love and acceptance. We need more of that in this world and this show is teaching the masses just that.
Southern California audiences know you from your countless appearances on our stages in roles as diverse as Tevye, Edna Turnblad, and Jean Valjean. In fact, I can't imagine anyone else playing all three of these roles. What was it like for you to go from one to another and back again?
Well, the truth is, I'm an actor. I'm paid to be emotionally connected and to create a character. Thankfully, I'm also emotionally connected in real life. I've been around long enough to establish, I think, a great relationship and reputation throughout my career. I've booked roles solely on relationships, even through Facebook, and auditioned for many roles over and over again. I've been second choice for roles and strive to prove to be the only choice by the time the job is done.
What's your preparation process like when you undertake a new role?
I immerse myself in my work and every role is the most important I have ever played. I always study and make my work a continued work in progress. I continue to grow and learn from every experience.
Can you talk more specifically about Tevye, Edna, and Valjean?
I never knew Fiddler, yet I agreed to do it. When I got the script, I realized that I never shut up, nor do I hardly leave the stage. It was cathartic to play this iconic role every night. Edna was a joy to play and would tackle her any time. Valjean had always been a dream role, and to play him night after night … I was so grateful to play him. I became a better human being because I read the novel and wanted to be him. I saw people differently while I played him.
And if you had to choose between these three iconic roles?
I guess if there is a heaven and I got my choice to play one role every night for eternity, I would choose Valjean … but perhaps a matinee or two of Tevye. There are many roles that I have yet to play and hopefully will.
I very much enjoyed your lead performance opposite Melissa Fahn in the indie movie Tick Tock Boom Clap, in which you also played Captain Hook. How did the movie role come about?
This film was one of those gems that was brought to me from a friend of a friend. I had played Hook with Cathy and this screenplay involved a production of Peter Pan. I had introduced the writer/director to Melissa, a dear friend for many years, and to work with her in a film, as opposed to a theater piece, was a joy.
What's it like for a stage actor like yourself to make a movie?
I have such respect for film and TV actors. You're learning pages of different dialog and filming them every day, out of sequence, so knowing the story and your character's circumstances at that moment is so vital to the piece.
That must be a challenge!
It's hard, but it's also a joy to see the finished product. To cry on cue, time after time, was a challenge, but it was satisfying to know, as an actor, that I could live in the moment and do it. But I have to say, my final product was the result of many takes put together by an editor to create the best film possible.
Very different from performing live on stage, right?
There is nothing like live theater. The audience reaction that you hear, the applause, the instant moments you create with your fellow actors, is something I hope to experience for the rest of my life.
You've achieved so much in your career already. What would you like to see come next?
Well, I hope to go back to Broadway. I loved being there and being a part of a nominated musical revival with Peter Pan, but I think I would love to keep telling stories: new ones, revivals … any chance to move an audience and do my part to make people happy. I would love to do more TV and film, original musicals. I have no plans to settle down or change my career. I know nothing else, continue to strive to be better, and thankfully, I keep getting asked to play!
Thanks so much Sam for taking the time to answer all these questions. I can't wait to see you on Opening Night!
Kinky Boots plays from December 30 through January 11 at the Segerstrom Center For The Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.
Click here for more information or to purchase tickets.
Sam's Kinky Boots bio: Broadway: Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan (also film). Nat. Tours/Reg./Other: Les Miserables (Valjean), Fiddler/Roof (Tevye), Hairspray (Edna), Disney's Tarzan (Kerchak), Evita (Che), Star Trek: DS9 (Lt. Ch'Targh). Thanks to Eugene, Jerry, Stephen, D.B., Rusty, Mom, Pop, Donnie, and Dipsy!


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QUEST was designed to analyse the economies in the Member States of the European Union and their interaction with the rest of the world. The paper presents a new version of the QUEST model which is now considerably modified with respect to its theoretical structure. It first presents a model description for the following sectors: household behaviour, firm behaviour and government. Then, it proposes the markets and prices equations. The second section contains standard simulations. It first considers monetary policy and fiscal policy shocks, then an example of a productivity shock.II/511/97-ENQUEST was designed to analyse the economies in the member states of the European Union and their interactions with the rest of the world, especially with the United States and Japan. The focus of the model is on the transmission of the effects of economic policy both on the domestic and the international economy. The model was primarily constructed to serve as a tool for policy simulation; less emphasis was put on its ability to serve as a forecasting tool. Given the wide coverage of the model it must necessarily be highly aggregated. A high degree of aggregation and foundation of the specification in current macroeconomic theory also helps in interpreting and understanding the results of the simulations. Finally simplicity also facilitates the solution of the model and reduces the time and memory requirements of the computer-simulations. The new model contains structural models for the EU member states, the US and Japan and distinguishes 10 additional countries/regions in trade feedback models in order to model trade interactions with the rest of the world.Compared to the former version of the QUEST model, which was presented in European Economy No. 47 (1991), the new model is now considerably modified with respect to its theoretical structure. The previous version of QUEST was deeply rooted in the Keynesian tradition of econometric model building, strongly stressing the demand side of the economy and modelling consumer and investment behaviour in a backward looking fashion. In the new version an attempt was made to base the behavioural equations more strongly on principles of dynamic optimisation of private households and firms. That makes the model substantially more forward looking. Also the supply side is now more explicitly modelled. The present model is also closed with respect to stock-flow interactions. Those stock variables which can be identified on a macroeconomic level such as physical capital, net foreign assets, money and government debt are endogenously determined and wealth effects are allowed to influence savings, production and investment decisions of private households, firms and the government. Moreover, financial linkages between national economies are now more explicitly modelled. In the current version it is assumed that assets determined in different currencies are perfect substitutes - up to an exogenous risk premium. Consistent modelling of international trade and financial linkages also require that at each instant two adding-up constraints hold: trade balances and net foreign asset positions sum to zero. Also the long run properties of the model are now systematically explored.Apart from simulations related to the Commission's short and medium term projections, the model has been intensively used to analyse the impact of the Maastricht criteria on growth and employment and the long run effects of fiscal consolidation and structural reforms in Europe (e.g. Bayar et al., 1997a). Related to this, the model was used to study the impact of monetary policy on the success of government expenditure cuts (Roeger and in 't Veld, 1997a), and the macroeconomic effects of various tax reforms (Roeger and in 't Veld, 1997b) and VAT harmonisation (Bayar, Roeger and in 't Veld, 1997). The model has also been used to assess the employment and growth effects of the Trans European Transport Networks (European Commission, 1996), while the models for Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain have been used to look at the macroeconomic effects of the Structural Funds (Roeger, 1996b).
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What are Piney's characteristics in the story, "The Outcasts of Poker Flat"?
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Piney Woods, whose name suggests the natural and pristine, is a girl of fifteen, young and innocent, naive, delighted by life, and given to bravery.
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When Tom Simson first arrives at the camp of the outcasts, Piney, "a comely damsel of fifteen," has been hiding behind a pine tree. After Tom, "the Innocent," tells Oakhurst that he and Piney have run off because her father has objected to their marriage, she emerges "blushing" as she rides up beside Tom.
Because she seems to be so innocent, the other women refrain from cursing in front of Piney. After a few days when Mother Shipton curses the drifting snow, she returns to the camp to the "task of amusing 'the child' as she calls Piney.
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Piney is very unwordly as she does not recognize Mother Shipton and the Duchess for what they are. Thinking that the Duchess is Mrs. Oakhurst, Piney talks to her in an "impulsive, girlish fashion" which is so honest that the Duchess listens with delight.
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Piney shows no signs of distress by being in the camp. With enthusiasm she converses, and one night she proposes "a new diversion,...storytelling." Despite the continuing bad weather that traps everyone in the camp, Piney and Tom "turned from the dreary prospect and looked into each other's eyes and were happy."
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After Tom leaves on snow shoes for Poker Flat, hoping to get help, the Duchess finds fuel for two more days. In the morning, the Duchess and Piney look at each other and "read their fate."
Neither spoke: but Piney, accepting the position of the stronger, drew near and placed her arm around the Duchess's waist.
Later, Piney and the Duchess hold each other,
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Ooops! moment for the Postal Workers demonstration
The postal workers union will demonstrate this afternoon in Spokane against plans to close some Post Office facilities.
But the notice of that demonstration seems to be a model of Murphy's Law about things going wrong.
First of all, the notice received Wednesday wasn't sent out by standard mail but by e-mail, which is one of the reasons postal volumes are down.
Second, the first notice had the wrong day. Well, good thing it was by e-mail, because the union was able to send out a quick correction saying it was actually today.
But that new notice had a problem itself. In explaining the reason for the protest, the press release contained the following:
"Our postal workers are on the front line and they know how much these congressionally mandated cuts will hurt their customers," said xxxxx xxxxx (maybe local union pres).
Now, only the most naive reporter believes that a quote in this type of press release represents the exact words from the person mentioned. But rarely do we see such a blatant example of getting the cart before the horse in quotes, coming up with what the organization wants said, and looking around for someone to spoon feed that quote to.
When this last gaffe was mentioned to the union spokeswoman, her response wasn't really printable in a family newspaper, or even on a blog that it runs. But had they sent out the press release the old-fashioned way -- typed it up, made copies and put them in a series of envelopes -- there's a good chance someone would've noticed that little boo-boo.
The demonstration, by the way, is at 4:30 p.m. at 10 North Post Street.
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