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Venue is acoustically a fully functional "concert hall", sound reinforcement system consists of Stereo pair of Electrovoice Phoenix PX1122M 12" 2 way speakers, and multi delayed runs of 18 x Electrovoice EViD 8.2 delay speakers covering the under balcony areas, an audio loop covers approximately 1/3 of the main auditorium, and is driven from the same feed as the delay speakers.
There is one send of flown foldback on LX2, (EV SX100) and a pair of Quest 12" powered speakers available.
1 x Soundcraft Series Two 24/8/3 Mixing Console8 x Microphone stands3 x AKG C391B Shot gun microphones5 x Vocal microphones (typically AKG C900, SM58, Beta87a)1 x Denon DNT645 CD/Tape Player4 x DI boxes1 x lectern with motorized height adjustment, Shure microphone & light. 4 x Shure SLX radio microphone receivers2 x Shure SLX Handheld TX with Beta873 x Shure lapel transmitters
Additional radio mics are available but extra charges will apply
Sanyo 4000 ansi lumen medium throw projector is flown from LX2 and utilizes the cyc cloth (approx 4 x 3m) as a screen, native XVGA 4:3, it is cabled to prompt corner via RGBHV (VGA) and Composite Video, there is a Kramer switcher in the PS rack, and may be selected to source VGA from control room.
There is some RGBHV BNC patching available to a few locations throughout the venue, there is a remote PTZ camera at the front of the balcony which is fed to the MATV system. There is a 68cm CRT TV flown centre front of the balcony directed to the stage, there is not typically a camera available to feed this TV, but my be requested at an additional charge.
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A Doncaster hospital unit is to be renamed this week to mark its transformation into a specialist falls service.
Currently known as the day hospital at Tickhill Road Hospital, part of Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust, the unit will be unveiled as 'Evergreen' on Thursday.
The unit houses the specialist falls service which is made up of NHS staff including older people's consultants, nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
Its aim is to help older people to reduce the risk and fear of falls, and to increase their confidence and independence throughout their daily lives.
People who use the service and those who refer patients to the service are being invited along to the renaming event, between 1pm and 4pm at Tickhill Road Hospital, where there will be a range of information about the Specialist Falls Service and Parkinson's Disease and exercise taster sessions.
Anyone wanting to attend is asked to book a place, as light refreshments will be provided. contact Sue Thrush by ringing 01302 796456 or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com

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text: Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino Hotel rating Quick Specs Commissions 10.0%Rates $28Year Built 1994Year Renovated 2011 View Large Interactive Map Address 31700 Las Vegas Blvd SPrimm, NV 89019 Web http://www.primmvalleyresorts.com Phone + 1 702-386-7867 Fax + 1 702-679-7766 Toll-free 800-FUN-STOP Email OverviewMeeting SpecsPhotos & videos Description Sixteen-story Western-themed hotel and theme park located at the CA/NV border in the Mojave Desert.Year Built: 1994Year Renovated: 2011Check in Time: 3:00 PMCheck out Time: 12:00 PMNumber of Floors: 16Total Number of Rooms: 1,242Rates: $28Commissions: Room Only 10.0% GDS Hotel Reservation CodesAmadeus GDS: YX LASBUFGalileo/Apollo GDS: YX 35703Sabre GDS: YX 058144WorldSpan GDS: YX BUFFReps: American Accommodation Network Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino Location & Neighborhood25 miles from Las Vegas. Located in PRIMM, NEVADA - I-15 & California/Nevada Border. Mountain. Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino Rates & PoliciesBuffalo Bill's Resort & Casino rates are Daily in USDStandard: $28 - approx 300 sq ftSuite: approx 1,800 sq ftCredit Cards Are AcceptedReservations must be guaranteed with a credit cardMeals: No Meals IncludedDeposit Policy: First night's room/taxCancellation Policy: 24 hoursHotel Discounts offered: AAAGroup discountGovernment/ Military discount Nearby AirportsMcCarran Intl (35 miles northeast)Boulder City Mncpl (37.50 miles northeast)Laughlin/Bullhead (55 miles southeast)More Airports » Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino Room AmenitiesBuffalo Bill's Resort & Casino amenities are in All rooms unless noted otherwiseAir ConditioningCoffeemakerDaily Maid ServiceRooms for Non-smokersTelephoneRefrigerator (some)Cable/Satellite TelevisionTelevisionInternet Access (Wireless) (additional fee) Guest ServicesATM/BankBarber/Hair StylistConcierge ServicesCurrency ExchangeGift ShopMulti-lingual StaffWheelchair Access to Common/Public AreasCommon Area Internet Access (Wireless) (additional fee) Security ServicesElectronic Key/LockParking Area Well LitSmoke Alarm in RoomsSprinkler in RoomsUniformed SecurityValet Parking ServiceSurveillance Cameras On Site Pet ServicesPets AllowedAdditional Fee for Pets Nearby SightseeingLas Vegas (30 miles north)DiningTony Roma's (Onsite)McDonalds (Onsite) On-Site RecreationCasinoGame RoomHealth ClubHealth Spa/MassageHot TubPool (Outdoor Pool)Nearby RecreationGolf CourseHorseback RidingShopping Mall/Area Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino Meeting Rooms & Events3 Meeting Rooms holding 6,000 people.31,280 sq ft of Meeting Space31,280 sq ft of Exhibit SpaceStar of the Desert ArenaFlooring: carpetCapacity: Theater- 6,500Prima BanquetFlooring: carpetCapacity: Theater- 100 Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino Business ServicesA-V EquipmentFaxMeeting FacilitiesMeeting Room Internet Access (High Speed & Wireless) (additional fee) Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino Images, Videos, & Virtual Tours Photos & Videos Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino ExteriorBuffalo Bill's Resort & Casino RoomBuffalo Bill's Resort & Casino PoolBuffalo Bill's Resort & Casino MeetingBuffalo Bill's Resort & Casino RestaurantBuffalo Bill's Resort & Casino Suite Hoteliers! Is your listing up to date? With over 130,000 hotels in our database, no other source compares to our depth of information. Click here to review and be sure the travel professional knows your hotel's latest details.


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House Of Lies: Season 4 DVD
In season 4 of this viciously funny take on high-stakes business, failure is not an option. Fresh from a stint in prison, brilliantly manipulative management consultant Marty Kaan (Academy Award and Emmy nominee Don Cheadle) is driven to rebuild his faltering firm. Nothing's going to distract him, even if that means booting his extremely pregnant off-and-on partner Jeannie (co-star Kristen Bell). While spin-master Clyde initiates a start-up relationship with a hot computer nerd, and number-cruncher Doug copes with a marriage turned psycho, Marty remains laser-focused on out-stabbing the backstabbers in a corporate battle for survival.
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commandlinefu.com is the place to record those command-line gems that you return to again and again.
Delete that bloated snippets file you've been using and share your personal repository with the world. That way others can gain from your CLI wisdom and you from theirs too. All commands can be commented on, discussed and voted up or down.
You can sign-in using OpenID credentials, or register a traditional username and password.
First-time OpenID users will be automatically assigned a username which can be changed after signing in.
Every new command is wrapped in a tweet and posted to Twitter. Following the stream is a great way of staying abreast of the latest commands. For the more discerning, there are Twitter accounts for commands that get a minimum of 3 and 10 votes - that way only the great commands get tweeted.
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Use your favourite RSS aggregator to stay in touch with the latest commands. There are feeds mirroring the 3 Twitter streams as well as for virtually every other subset (users, tags, functions,…):
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sometimes this helps, when eject button fails
Ssh to your co-worker's box and watch them go crazy when the cd player ejects
My variation on an audio burning command from commandlinefu - this one doesn't crap out if you want to burn a CD in a directory whose permissions don't allow it, and instead rips everything to /tmp. If you mount your music partition like I do using Samba, you probably don't have write permission inside that file system in order to create the temporary directory other audio burning commands here use. Not a bad idea to add cdrom to your groups, and /bin/eject with visudo.
This command will lock the hardware eject button of your cdrom drive. Some uses are:
1: If you have a toddler and has discovered the cdrom button
2: If you are carrying a laptop in a bag or case and don't want it to eject if the button is inadvertently pressed.
To unlock the button use:
eject -i 0
Remounts a usb disk /dev/sdb, without having to physically remove and reinsert. (Gnome desktop)
this command limit the speed to 8 until next eject of your cdrom disc , can be usefulll when you don't want to listen the sound of your cdrom driver .
Decreasing the cdrom device speed may be more comfortable to watch films (for example)
Opens or closes the cdrom device.
This open the cd rom device and close it in a loop


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- Southern Star, Inc.13.Dec 2016
- Employee
Suggestions for improvement
- Stick to a uniform plan to follow with giving thought and feedback from all management together to help implement a clear plan and direction that will help make a change or direction much better with getting realtime feedback from all employees . Need better communication skills.
What I like about the company
The coworkers and customer base .
What I dislike about the company
Never any clear direction from upper management . Too many changes that cause a lot of frustrations in employees. Lots of high turnover.


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The autumn equinox last month marked the official end of summer, and thus we began the journey to the shorter days of winter. The change in daylight hours comes rapidly, urging us toward the darkness while the endless days of the season past seek refuge in our memories to become part of our life stories.
Sound off on the important issues at
Sunlight provides a vital source of emotional energy. As it leans farther to the southern horizon, the longer nights can also etch a shadow around our moods. The loss of daylight naturally impacts our state of mind. When the oncoming darkness lowers us into depression, it's aptly called SAD, the acronym for the clinically labeled seasonal affective disorder.
The Mayo Clinic describes three possible culprits to the disorder. The reduced level of sunlight may disrupt the circadian rhythm, our natural body clock. It may cause a decrease in serotonin, a natural chemical in our brain that affects our mood. Or it may be that our bodies usually produce more melatonin, a sleep-related hormone, when darkness prevails.
What's evident in all these descriptions is that the "disorder" is in a contentious mood, fighting the changes directed by our biological response to the increased darkness. Could it be that the resistance to the natural loss of daylight hours creates the sullenness we might feel? Is seasonal affective disorder a symptom of something more than biology going on?
Indeed, the Mayo Clinic's advice is aimed at managing just the symptoms. It describes light therapy as one of the primary treatments, which "mimics outdoor light and causes a biochemical change in your brain that lifts your mood."
But before technology allowed us to "mimic" daylight, all we had was Edison's incandescent light, which we could find at the flip of a switch. And how did people of a more distant past cope with their depression? Did they have to?
We're a culture highly dependent on artificial light. Our city streets remain ablaze until the dawn gives way to full daylight. Our homes are brightly lit throughout the night until we finally turn in. We can't read without light. The television beams a bright light of another kind so that we can see the stories we're being told without relying on our imagination.
Our children's nights often include stories read under the bedroom light. Is it the story they enjoy, or the delay of the night's arrival? They're often left with a tiny nightlight glowing to ward off the complete darkness. It seems to give them, and many of us, comfort before we give into the world of our dreams, which are stories of another kind.
Like our dreams, we don't need light to think about our own stories. The reaches of our imagination are full of them, threads of our lives sewed together from events held in our memories. But alone these aren't stories we're prepared to tell. Our past must feel meaningful to us to weave the events into a story, to turn what merely happened into experiences worth sharing.
Our stories may seem void of value when they're placed beside those told by pop culture's persistent reach into our homes. But the meaning to our lives won't appear on a flat screen that distracts us from wondering about it. And although the stories strangers tell us may be entertaining, they also diminish the time that we're available to listen to the people in our lives that we're closest to.
Psychologist and best-selling author Thomas Moore explains that you can "tell your story, again and again. Over time you may tell it more effectively, and its sheer beauty will help connect you with the people in your life. You will find unexpected pleasure in the aesthetics of your thoughts and words and that, too, will keep you going deeper, looking for further insights."
We all have stories, and after our one and only departure from this life, that's all we'll be, a story imagined in the minds of those we've left behind. But we have to discover them before they can be told and listened to. Perhaps the darkness arrives to ease the strain on our eyes so that we'll seek out the meaning in the stories we live.
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Highlander - Abilities League of Legends
Master Yi moves with unparalleled agility, temporarily increasing his Movement and Attack Speeds as well as making him immune to all slowing effects. While active, Champion kills or assists extend Highlander's duration. Passively reduces cooldown for his other abilities on a kill or assist.
100/100/100 Mana
85/85/85 seconds cooldown
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Is anyone experiencing Akismet going bonky today?
For the past two hours Akismet has been eating every single one of my comments THAT I WRITE!
Everyone else's comments are just fine.
I keep clearing myself from Akismet but I keep getting caught.
I know Support is still closed -- I wanted to see if anyone else is getting bitten?


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My del.icio.us tag overfloweth?
- A challenge to libraries from an information science professor: "I wish I could say that libraries were the obvious organization to take care of data? But? they have not been ambitious, they lack the subject area knowledge, they often lack the technical skills." What say ye, librarian Trogoolies?
- Cross-disciplinary use of data shines in this account of the decline of the Maya. "Space technology is revolutionizing archeology." Who would have guessed it?
- On the tools front, take a look at the Tranche Project, aimed at securely sharing datasets among researchers.
- On the interesting collections front, Canadensys is trying to collect biodiversity information from various researcher networks. Their technical infrastructure is very much "use what you have; build only what you must."
- Why build yet another silo for data? Exploring curation micro-services is a great introduction to the simple, UNIX-y tools coming out of the California Digital Library.
- And because it's Friday, a lovely lyrical reflection from John Mark Ockerbloom on why preservation matters. Sometimes it's not all about the bottom line.
Have a good weekend!


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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — High school students from across the Valley invaded the Youngstown State University campus on Monday.
More than 300 juniors and seniors showed up for Crash Day at the university, but the event was overshadowed by the buzz that university president Dr. Randy Dunn was leaving to become president at Southern Illinois University.
Students got the opportunity to tour the campus, sit in on classes and check out different activities to get the chance to see if YSU is the best college option. The recruitment event started in 2012 and has been very successful in getting students to visit the campus.
"I'm probably going to be attending here in the fall. And I came to view the classes," said Girard High School senior Kayla Seidler.
Her classmate, Juliana Cario, said she attended Monday's event to be part of the classes and be among the students already on campus.
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A Review of Girls of American History
If you are a parent, chances are you have some American Girl paraphernalia floating around your house or accumulating on your child's wish list. Perhaps you've even splurged for a doll or a trip to an American Girl Store. When we work with our children, we know that what they remember most is what they love. Children learn best when they are moving and doing, going and seeing. Justine Gamble has taken the best of hands-on learning experiences and combined them with the beloved book series in her new curriculum, Girls of American History.
Each of her eight units highlights a different doll and transports your child back to that time. From the story of Kaya, a Nez Perce Indian, in 1764, to Molly, from World War II, these units allow your children to discover what life was like for the characters in the accompanying books. Most of the books from the American Girl historical character series are written on a 3-5th grade level. Because of their relatively short length and colorful pictures, they also make for engaging read alouds with younger siblings.
Girls of American History has compiled book lists, crafts, projects, lapbooks, and even ideas for field trips. The guide includes ideas for extended study in history, geography, language arts and character study. Rather than spending hours on the internet looking for ideas and tracking down kits, Justine has compiled it all of the links and information for you, complete with a sample schedule, should you choose to use it.
These units would be perfect in either a family or co-op setting. Activities can be chosen based on the needs and interests of the group. This affordable, secular curriculum can be enjoyed by both girls and boys in a wide range of ages because of its flexibility. Girls of American History could easily provide the foundation of a study in American history, or add depth and variety to your current curriculum.


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Discussion in 'The Black & White Gallery' started by KmH, Jun 5, 2009.
Camera motion blur, side-to-side.
WWEEEEE!!! I love this use of pan blur. One can have a lot of fun with things like this, and I certainly enjoy it. One can also end-up with totally weird (but awesome) results like this photo (sorry, not B&W, but hence the link, and no reason to trounce on KmH's show).
Zoom, pan, and all blur in-between can be lots of fun. ^.^ Love it.
Another very fine image, good subject for this type of effect, the patterns and textures are lovely.
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The economy has become for President Obama what weapons of mass destruction is for President Bush; embarrassments that may haunt their presidencies for posterity.
Not to let a good hit pass them by, the U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee has released this info graphic digging into the Obama economy.
But hopefully when they finally find those WMD's, our missing home values and global competitiveness will be with them.
-Chris QuinnRepublican Policy Committee


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Actually, sakic is correct.
Willing buyer, willing seller is the only real solution at this point.
Insurance companies are able to be directed to cover anything government directs them to cover - and then let "the rich" pay - that is, anyone who can afford the new cost of their policies.
They are an anachronism and a mere extension of government at this point.
Under the willing buyer/seller scenario you'd be asked "it costs this much, do you want to buy it?"
Under the scenario you mock you'll be told "Wait in line and maybe you'll get it"
Wake up.
And by law you have to get it, so if you're in line and can't afford it we'll "tax" you until we take everything you have left.


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East Lothian on the Move - The route to smarter travel
Help shape the Future of Smarter Travel in Musselburgh
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East Lothian Council and the Musselburgh Area Partnership are working together to improve the choices people have about how they travel - and we need to hear from you...
The East Lothian on the Move project is starting off with a series of community events across the county one for each of the ward areas.
For the Musselburgh wards this will take place from 3-8pm on Thursday 3rd September 2015 at St Andrews High Church, Musselburgh.
Drop in between 3pm and 6.30pm to:
HEAR about initiatives in your area – cycle paths, walking routes, new bus routes, electric car charging points, car clubs and more
LET US KNOW what would encourage you to choose more active ways of travelling
TELL US how local public transport works for you and what could make it easier to use
MEET WITH personal transport planners
PICK UP walking and cycle route maps, public transport timetables and giveaways
ENTER the competition to win a day out by train
TAKE PART in the workshop from 6:30 to discuss what is needed in your area to help people
Download the Musselburgh Poster
Other ways to get involved :
- The East Lothian on the Move on-line survey open until 24th September - to complete the survey.
- Join the discussion on facebook or twitter @ELonthemove #onthemove
- Find other East Lothian on the Move events
- Email email@example.com or email@example.com with your ideas
Find out more about what is going on across East Lothian to support Smarter Travel:


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Bruce Goes Back on The 'Quiet Summer`
Wigan Athletic boss Steve Bruce said only last week that he was expecting a quiet summer on the transfer front, he`s now changed his tune saying that a deal has already been done on one player and two more are in the pipeline
Bruce is giving no hints as to who it may be but he is clear in the fact that the club need to bring in new blood, he said:
'It is always nice to get your business done early and we have two or three things bubbling away, although it would be wrong to identify anyone because they are still with their respective clubs'
'We have an agreement in place with a particular club and as soon as the window opens that one will hopefully be tied up.'
The position that needs strengthening is upfront with a distinct lack of goals a major problem, Zaki dried up in October, Mido has managed just two and new guy Hugo Rodallega has still to open his account despite a good run in the side, Bruce continued:
'We are eyeing a few targets and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to work out where we are looking and where to improve'
'Always at that end of the pitch it is difficult.
'You look at all the Manchester United players, all £30million-worth, and only Cristiano Ronaldo (17) has got more than 15 Premier League goals this year.
'That is how hard the Premier League is. For us to find one who is going to get 12 or 15 goals in the league we have to unearth one.
'We have to keep digging away and hope that we can but, make no mistake, it is very difficult. Even if you have huge finances it is not easy to get one who can do it.'
Bruce is aware that the Latics are, if not a selling club, certainly a stepping club that players will use to move on to a bigger stage and when he does build a good team it will be inevitable that he will have to break it up to allow the players to move on, this is unsettling for the team but at least allows the club to attract a high calibre of young players who will know that if they perform then they will not be held back, Bruce continued:
'In January we had arguably the best Wigan team this club has had but unfortunately I had to break it up'
'I can't sit here and say we will be very settled. We have to try to plan and if one of the big clubs comes along and offers the money like we had for Palacios then Valencia will go, we know that.
'It does become frustrating because you never want to sell but we have to keep trying to progress and find another one.
'Make no mistake, we will be working away in the summer to bring a few in.'
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Continental Airlines Customer Representative
Do vs Doing
Watch this video, then click on Exercise 1
Same video with Precise Subtitles
Do the exercises after watching the video. Subtitles begin at 00:47.
- Do vs Doing I
- Airline vocabulary
- Excellent job description
based on reality
Always watch the video without subtitles first in order to train your ears! It's a good idea to watch several times until you feel the "music", before watching the version with subtitles. Your pronunciation will be much better if you follow this rule.
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Continental Airlines Customer Representative
Do vs Doing
Watch this video, then click on Exercise 1
Same video with Precise Subtitles
Do the exercises after watching the video. Subtitles begin at 00:47.
Some teachers might say that I'm taking the difference between the Present Progressive and the Present Continuous much too seriously here. Some might even say that I'm not teaching real English.
My friend Siegrfried and I were interviewing people at one of the entries to the airport in Atlanta, Georgia one morning, asking people a variety of questions, including "Where are you going?" as people with suitcases approached the door. I suggested we go into the airport and find some airport personnel and ask them what they do for a living, since we were just beginning to collect "job" videos.
We found a really friendly fellow named Johnson who works for Continental Airlines. As soon as he agreed to be interviewed in front of his check-in counter, I set up the camera quickly, and my friend asked him "What are you doing?", and as you can see in exercise 9, he began explaining his job very simply and coherently.
But I couldn't help myself. I interrupted and said "No, Siegfried, the question we want to ask is What do you do?" After apologizing to Johnson, we began again with the "correct question".
The point is simply that in real life, these 2 questions are sometimes interchangeable. After all, he didn't answer "I'm talking to you". He explained what he does.
On the other hand, when teaching beginners and pre-intermediate students, we want to make certain that primary grammatical distinctions are made clear. So in this sense, I don't regret my interruption.


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What's Included
Hotel DetailsHotel options available in the package
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Classic Suite
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Sightseeing and TransfersOther inclusions available in the package
- Well appointed luxury accommodation for a couple. Welcome Snack, Tea/Coffee/Soft Drink on arrival. Buffet breakfast and dinner with soup and starter. Tea/coffee maker in suite rooms only.
- Complimentary use of gymnasium and game of Pool. Bonfire and music in the evenings (on request). Pickup and drop facility from bus stand on arrival and departure. 15% discount on additional F&B bill.
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Prices shown include two way flights, stay and all taxes
* Prices mentioned are for per person on twin sharing basis (minimum 2 people staying together)
Hotel Overview
At an altitude of over 7500 feet, is a different world altogether. Located at an exceptionally panoramic site along river Beas this beautiful resort commands a 360 degree spectacular view of the majestic snow peaks, layered mountain ranges and lush green Manali valley, amidst acres of apple orchards and deodar groves. An ideal base to rejuvenate your body and soul, in pure & pristine nature away from the city chores.
Hotel Highlights
Facilities at hotel
- Swimming Pool
- Tennis Courts
- Concierge Services
- Casino
- Wi-Fi
- Gym
- Spa
- Pets Allowed
- Baby Sitting
- Air Conditioning
- Airport Transfer
- Conference Facility
- Golf
- Bar
- Room Service
- Children's Club
- Restaurant
- Coffee Shop
Cancellation Policy
- The package once booked is refundable and cancellable.
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Activities Implemented Jointly Under the Pilot Phase
The uniform reporting format contained below is to be used in reporting on activities implemented jointly
under the pilot phase. It is noted that the reporting should be consistent with decision 5/CP.1 and 8/CP.2
(reproduced in annexes I and II to this reporting format). The SBSTA notes that the uniform reporting
format could possibly require revision in the light of experience gained and methodological work conducted
under the pilot phase.
List of
A. Description of project
A. 1) Title of project: The Village First Program
A. 2) Participants/actors:
Please fill in one table for each participant/actor. For individuals fill in as from item A Function
within activity".
Name of organization(a):
Appropriate Technology for Community and Environment Inc
Function within activity:
Project Development and Administration
C/o University of Technology Sydney, P.O.Box 123, Broadway
Post code:
Contact person (for this activity):
First name, middle name:
Job title:
Executive Officer
Direct tel:
Direct fax:
Direct E-mail:
Solomon Islands Village Electrification Council
Project implementation
Development Services Exchange
P.O. Box 556
Solomon Islands
+677 39551
+677 39080
Solomon Islands Meteorological Service
Ministry of Transport, Works and Civil Aviation
AIJ Designated National Authority
P.O. Box 21
+667 21757
+667 20046
Mr Mike
Director of Meteorology
International Greenhouse Partnerships Office
Department of Industry Science and Resources
Government AIJ / CDM administration
Level 3, 51 Allara Street
+61-2-6213 7891
+61-2-6213 7903
Dr Mark R
Assistant Manager, International Greenhouse Partnerships Office
a) Organization includes: institutions, ministries, companies, non-governmental organizations, etc.
involved in the activity, i.e. research institutes associated with the project, auditors, government agency
closely following the activity.
A. 3) Activity:
General description:
The Village First project aims to reduce the emission of Greenhouse gases through the application
of micro-hydro technology to Remote Area Power Schemes (RAPS). The project will construct two
complete run-of-the -river micro-hydro RAPS in prioritised rural villages participating in the
Village First Program.
As a result of the long term ground work and the inherent detailed project design, the local
capacity and institutional strength will be established through this project. The overall objective
is to enable the activities to be replicated in all constituencies (50) in the Solomon Islands
within a ten-year time frame.
The project includes the development of programs to increase the awareness in rural communities of
renewable energy technologies, their application within the Melanesian community context and the
regional significance of greenhouse gas submissions.
Further opportunities for capacity building will be provided by the development of methodologies
for monitoring greenhouse emission savings, which will be undertaken in conjunction with the
Solomon Islands Department of the Environment. The models so developed could be applicable to other
Pacific Island states that have agrarian economies.
Type of project:a)
Renewable energy
Location (exact, e.g. city, region,
Village 1. Bulelavata Village, Western Province, Solomon Islands
Village 2. Not yet identified but will be in one of six provinces (Guadalcanal, Malaita, Western
Province, Isabel, Choiseul, Makira/Ulawa) in the Solomon Islands
Activity starting date:
July 1999
Expected activity ending date:
June 2001
Stage of activity:b)
In Progress
Lifetime of activity if different from ending date:c)
Installation of replicate systems should occur for ten years after initial project.
The systems installed in the AIJ pilot project will continue to operate in a sustainable manner for
30-50 years.
Technical data:d)
Two complete 'run of the river' 100 kW micro-hydro systems generating continuous 240
Volt, 50 Hertz AC electricity. Project includes distribution system and the installation of two
fluorescent lights in each village house.
a) For example, using Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) classification: energy efficiency;
renewable energy; fuel switching; forest preservation, restoration or reforestation; afforestation;
fugitive gas capture; industrial processes; solvents; agriculture; waste disposal or bunker fuels.
b) Circle the appropriate option.
c) Methodological work will be required to define lifetime of activities.
d) Methodological work will be required to determine for each type of activity what the minimum data
requirements are.
A. 4) Cost (to the extent possible):
Cost of the project in US$:
AIJ component in US$:
US$ per avoided ton of CO2 equivalent:
Describe briefly how costs are determined:
The costs are associated with all elements of the project including
and are based on a conversion rate of $1 Aus to $0.64 US. A portion of the funding ($87,885 US) has been
contributed by AusAID (Australia's government aid agency) and therefore has been subtracted from the
total project cost to represent the AIJ project cost.
Based on diesel substitution for the full output of the two micro-hydro electric schemes, the project will
provide a saving in emissions of 683 tonnes of CO2 per annum. Applying the total project cost
over the project life (30yrs) of the micro-hydro systems gives the total investment cost per avoided ton of
CO2 equivalent.
Further information on emission savings is contained in Section E of this paper.
A. 5) Mutually agreed assessment procedures:
It is expected that the emissions from the micro-hydro electric schemes will be negligible..
Monitoring of the electricity demand when the system is in operation will refine the estimate for
the substitution of Diesel fuel and the resulting avoidance of GHG emissions.
This project will also encourage the development of a greenhouse model and monitoring procedure
pertinent to informal rural economies, which will be applicable through Melanesia. APACE and the
Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) will work together with the IGPO and the Solomon Islands
Department of Environment to mutually refine the greenhouse indicators, measurement and monitoring
a) Please ensure that detailed contact information for all organizations mentioned is reported under
section A.2 above.
B. Governmental acceptance, approval or endorsement
Bearing in mind that all activities implemented jointly under this pilot phase require prior acceptance,
approval or endorsement by the Governments of the Parties participating in these activities, which shall be
shown as follows:
(a) In the case of joint reporting, the report is submitted by the designated national authority of one
participating Party with the concurrence of all other participating Parties as evidenced by attached
letters issued by the relevant national authorities;
(b) In the case of separate reporting, the reports are submitted separately by the designated national
authority of each and every participating Party. Information will only be compiled once reports have been
received from all participating Parties.
B. 1) For the activity:
The joint reporting on this project has been endorsed by the project participants, namely Appropriate
Technology for Community and Environment Inc (APACE), Solomon Islands Meteorological Service, Solomon
Islands Village Electrification Council and International Greenhouse Partnerships Office (Australia).
B. 2) This report is a joint report:
The presentation of this report and its contents are considered to be submitted as a joint report from
Appropriate Technology for Community and Environment Inc (APACE), Solomon Islands Meteorological Service,
Solomon Islands Village Electrification Council and International Greenhouse Partnerships Office
B. 3) General short comment by the government(s) if applicable:
C. Compatibility with and supportiveness of national economic development and socioSeconomic and
environment priorities and strategies
The Government of the Solomon Islands sees the implementation of small renewable energy systems as
an integral step in the process of bringing sustainable development through new possibilities in
the rural areas, which is where 86% of the country's population resides. This will reduce the
level of migration from the rural to the urban setting which is creating increasing pressure on the
urban infrastructure.
Aspects of the capacity building component of the project will develop skills which will be
applicable beyond the boundaries of the project, such as technical capability and management
skills. The methodology of the project design and implementation aims to ensure the sustainability
of the scheme without the input of any external assistance.
D. Benefits derived from the activities implemented jointly project
Whenever possible, quantitative information should be provided. Failing that, a qualitative description
should be given. If quantitative information becomes available, it could be submitted using the update(s).
(If the amount of quantitative information is too large, the source could be indicated.)
Describe environmental benefits in detail:
Do quantitative data exist for evaluation of environmental benefits?
Yes – in relation to Greenhouse Gas reduction
Describe social/cultural benefits in detail:
Do quantitative data exist for evaluation of social benefits?
Describe economic benefits in detail:
Do quantitative data exist for evaluation of economic benefits?
E. Calculation of the contribution of activities implemented jointly projects that bring about real,
measurable and long-term environmental benefits related to the mitigation of climate change that would not
have occurred in the absence of such activities
E. 1) Estimated emissions without the activity (project baseline):
Description of the baseline or reference scenario, including methodologies applied:
For the community to achieve the same development objectives, the level of power generation required will
exceed the current capability of the combination of kerosene, rainforest timber combustion, small diesel
generator operation and dry cell battery use. Without the micro-hydroelectric scheme, power consumption
will increase with time to 100% diesel generator operation. Therefore the baseline scenario for GHG
emissions can be considered as the diesel generation of an equivalent amount of power, neglecting any
differences in end use technology.
The area that is serviced by the micro-hydroelectricity system delineates the boundary for the
consideration of GHG emissions. ie the households and enterprises that receive the electricity. The initial
estimate of emissions reduction assumes that the hydro scheme will operate at rated capacity 24 hours /
day, 365 days per year.
An output of 100 kWatts from this project would deliver 876,000 kWhrs/annum. Equivalent diesel generator
operation at full load would consume about 0.3 x 876,000 = 262,800 litres per annum of diesel fuel. With
2.6 kg of CO2 emitted from each litre, the baseline emissions can be calculated at 683 tonnes of
CO2 per annum.
In operation, the availability of water resources and the level of demand for electricity will limit the
amount of hydro-electricity supplied. The actual demand for electricity will be monitored together with the
load profile to enable an improved estimation of the amount of diesel, which would be used to produce this
electricity. It should be noted that small diesel generators operate at low efficiency when supplying
electricity to small communities where load factors are typically low.
E. 2) Estimated emissions with the activity:
Description of the scenario, including methodologies applied:
The generation of electricity through micro-hydro schemes produces negligible GHG emissions
E.2.1) Summary table: Projected emission reductions:
Over Project Year
A) Project baseline scenario
683 tonnes
B) Project activity scenarioa)
0 tonnes
C) Effect ( B-A )
- 683 tonnes
D) Cumulative effect
a) Includes indirect GHG leakages.
F. Bearing in mind that the financing of activities implemented jointly shall be additional to financial
obligations of Parties included in Annex II to the Convention within the framework of the financial
mechanism as well as to current official development assistance flows, please indicate
(For each source one line)
(US dollars)
G. Contribution to capacity building, transfer of environmentally sound technologies and know-how to
other Parties, particularly developing country Parties, to enable them to implement the provisions of the
Convention. In this process, the developed country Parties shall support the development and enhancement of
endogenous capacities and technologies of developing country Parties
As noted under Sections C and D of this report, the project will contribute significantly to capacity
building and in the transfer of environmentally sound technologies and know how to the developing country
parties involved in the project.
H. Additional comments, if any, including any practical experience gained or technical difficulties,
effects, impacts or other obstacles encountered
Annex I
Decision 5/CP.1
Activities implemented jointly under the pilot phase
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling that, in accordance with Article 4.2(d) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, the Conference is required to take decisions regarding criteria for joint implementation as
indicated in Article 4.2(a),
Noting that the largest share of historical and current global emissions of greenhouse gases has originated
in developed countries, that per capita emissions in developing countries are still relatively low and that
the share of global emissions originating in developing countries will grow to meet their social and
development needs,
Acknowledging that the global nature of climate change calls for the widest possible co-operation by all
countries and their participation in an effective and appropriate international response, in accordance
with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities and their social and
economic conditions,
Recognizing that,
(a) According to the provisions of the Convention, the commitments under
Article 4.2(a) to adopt national policies and to take corresponding measures on the mitigation of climate
change apply only to Parties included in Annex I to the Convention (Annex I Parties), and that Parties not
included in Annex I to the Convention (non-Annex I Parties) have no such commitments,
(b) Activities implemented jointly between Annex I Parties and non-Annex I Parties will not be seen as
fulfilment of current commitments of Annex I Parties under Article 4.2(b) of the Convention; but they could
contribute to the achievement of the objective of the Convention and to the fulfilment of commitments of
Annex II Parties under Article 4.5 of the Convention,
(c) Activities implemented jointly under the Convention are supplemental, and should only be treated as a
subsidiary means of achieving the objective of the Convention,
(d) Activities implemented jointly in no way modify the commitments of each Party under the Convention,
1. Decides:
(a) To establish a pilot phase for activities implemented jointly among Annex I Parties and, on a voluntary
basis, with non-Annex I Parties that so request;
(b) That activities implemented jointly should be compatible with and supportive
of national environment and development priorities and strategies, contribute to
cost-effectiveness in achieving global benefits and could be conducted in a comprehensive manner covering
all relevant sources, sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases;
(c) That all activities implemented jointly under this pilot phase require prior acceptance, approval or
endorsement by the Governments of the Parties participating in these activities;
(d) That activities implemented jointly should bring about real, measurable and long-term environmental
benefits related to the mitigation of climate change that would not have occurred in the absence of such
(e) That the financing of activities implemented jointly shall be additional to the financial obligations
of Parties included in Annex II to the Convention within the framework of the financial mechanism as well
as to current official development assistance (ODA) flows;
(f) That no credits shall accrue to any Party as a result of greenhouse gas emissions reduced or
sequestered during the pilot phase from activities implemented jointly;
2. Further decides that during the pilot phase:
(a) The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice will, in coordination with the Subsidiary
Body for Implementation, establish a framework for reporting, in a transparent, well-defined and credible
fashion, on the possible global benefits and the national economic, social and environmental impacts as
well as any practical experience gained or technical difficulties encountered in activities implemented
jointly under the pilot phase;
(b) The Parties involved are encouraged to report to the Conference of the Parties through the secretariat
using the framework thus established. This reporting shall be distinct from the national communications of
(c) The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation,
with the assistance of the secretariat are requested to prepare a synthesis report for consideration by the
Conference of the Parties,
3. Further decides:
(a) That the Conference of the Parties shall, at its annual session, review the progress of the pilot phase
on the basis of the synthesis report with a view to taking appropriate decisions on the continuation of the
pilot phase;
(b) In so doing, the Conference of the Parties shall take into consideration the need for a comprehensive
review of the pilot phase in order to take a conclusive decision on the pilot phase and the progression
beyond that, no later than the end of the present decade.
10th plenary meeting
7 April 1995
Annex II
Report of the Conference of the Parties on its second session, held at Geneva from 8 to 19 July 1996,
Part two: Action taken by the Conference of the Parties at its second session
Reaffirming its decision 5/CP.1 on activities implemented jointly, whereby the Conference of the Parties is
to review the progress of the pilot phase with a view to taking appropriate decisions on its continuation,
1. Takes note of the progress report on activities implemented jointly (FCCC/CP/1996/14 and Add.1);
2. Decides to continue the pilot phase;
3. Invites Parties to report in accordance with the initial reporting framework adopted by the Subsidiary
Body for Scientific and Technological Advice at its second session (FCCC/SBSTA/1996/8, annex IV);
4. Requests the secretariat to support the work on issues relating to activities implemented jointly as
agreed by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological
8th plenary meeting
19 July 1996
© 2014 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change


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When we were invited to muse about the state of the field, we thought it would be interesting to take these questions up as a dialogue; Barbara agreed to take the first swing at the questions, and Bill then to reply in what we hoped would not turn into a mise en abyme of commentary. Although the "dialogue" itself is a kind of fiction—we wrote back and forth, and forth and back—we've tried to preserve some of its flavor here. We so hate talking to one another, after all.
Will's invitation describes Renaissance Drama as "the annual publication on the institutions of theater and the cultures of performance in early modern Europe," mentioning also its predecessor journal, Opportunities for Research in Renaissance Drama (which I recall consulting long ago as a graduate student). Given how this description sorts with my interests, I should be reading RD faithfully, and yet I have not been. Wondering why, and being surprised that RD was not online (thus less easily accessible than other journals in the field), I went to the library: after browsing the last ten issues, I checked out RD 35 (2006), dedicated to "Embodiment and Environment in Early Modern Drama and Performance," edited by Mary Floyd Wilson and Garrett A. Sullivan Jr. Each essay in this volume teases out fascinating insights; each also mines the plays for evidence (or [End Page 19] evidentiary hints) about early modern performances and how they may have been perceived by auditors/ spectators. I certainly learned a lot. Then it struck me that the models of early modern performance these essays constructed were models of desired performance that relied heavily on textual evidence. Indeed, the dominant paradigm involved imagining that the (early modern) performance was, somehow, located "in" the text. What, I wondered, would any of these essays look like had it taken up a gaze that began with and on the material theater? Did these writers share what Will West referred to as the "practical but productive indefinition under which we carry out our research and publish [in] Renaissance Drama?" And would beginning from a position closer to early modern theater practices generate more clarity, more definition? Or does talking about the institutions of theater and the cultures of performance always take place in an indefinite half-light? And what, exactly, does "cultures of performance" mean or include?
It's always about desire, isn't it? I'm sitting here in front of my terminal in rainy Berlin, envious of your trip to the stacks. You're right of course that Renaissance Drama seems marked by the era of its origins, framing drama as a more or less exclusively written, textual, literary thing that stands in a magisterial relation to the institutions of its use. The assumptions are striking: would anyone say today that we could reverse-engineer the contemporary theater from the text of, say, Waiting for Godot or The Balcony, let alone Hamletmachine or The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World? I don't happen to think, as critics as divergent as John Russell Brown and Hans-Thies Lehmann seem to, that the relationship between dramatic writing and the institutions and practices of performance is a constant one, either that "the theater" is a privileged and unchanging instrument for insight into or expression of the drama or that from the Greeks to the present the dramatic expresses a single and continuous "discourse" that has been decanted—admittedly in various styles of performance—to the stage in the same ways. Indeed, I wonder whether contemporary theater practice—in which, postdramatically enough, the text's mimesis is not taken to govern the work of production—might lead us to estrange our assumptions about the necessary relation between text and performance, in ways that might lead to fresh takes on the material practices of theater itself. [End Page 20]
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Baseball: Viewpoint wins protest; semifinal to be replayed Thursday
May 28, 2008 | 10:47 am
Calabasas Viewpoint and Avalon will replay their Southern Section-Toyota Division VII baseball semifinal at 2 p.m. Thursday at Long Beach Millikan after the Southern Section upheld Viewpoint's protest.
Viewpoint lost to Avalon, 8-7, on Wednesday at Avalon but lodged a protest before the game that Avalon was not using a regulation field.
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If you happen to have a gift card(s) from KB Toys it's recommended that you use it/them today. Even though they are in bankruptcy they have decided to stop honoring the cards as COB today. There are some states that forbid a bankrupt business from refusing to honor a gift card. So check with your state law before dashing out.
CALIFORNIA -- It'd be nice if your employees wore name tags with actual names on them instead of the universal 'management' tag. I guess anyone can be considered as management even though one has just started. To help keep me as a potential future customer, I would like the following: Your company should really invest in name tags that let the customer know who your workers are. It would be easier to distinguish who the managers really are and who to properly direct my questions and comments to while I am in the store. Wearing 'management' tags is just an easy way to get out of complaint and an expense save for your company, and not the customer.


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Ar 08:52 -0700 1999-05-30, scríobh John Cowan:
>Markus Kuhn scripsit:
>> Used in most countries, used only partially in English-speaking
>> countries, used relatively little in the US (where a strange am/pm
>> convention dominates, even though the 23:59 notation is widely known and
>> understood).
>It would be more accurate to say "widely decipherable". Even I, who
>understand international mensuration as well as any American, have to convert
>20:22 into 10:22 PM before I can call up the correct range of
One can get used to things being at 20 o'clock if you have a sense of
humour. I don't like to convert, though. I have a nice Sony VCR which
displays time in unambiguous 20:22 vs. 10:22 format. Unfortunately the TV
guides here display the time only as 10.22, with no AM/PM marker, and so
everybody who is setting their VCR timers has to do this unnecessary
(Tirelessly, I am writing to the editors of a couple of our TV guides to
try to get them to see reason....)
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Creative Conflict Resolution
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And Frank and Kendyl's legacy of love lives on. Their influence is securely planted in the lives of thousands.
Each couple who knows Jesus and has been married much time at all has some wisdom to share. We encourage couples to get involved in couple's Bible studies, grow deeper in their own walk with God, and closer in their own marriage—then mentor other couples to help them gain God's enrichment, encouragement and equipping to live "Love-Wise" too.
Thanksgiving with family is a terrific time to influence others. The best ways to do that is to be other centered. Look for those you can comfort, care for, have conversation with and LISTEN to. Then naturally share how God has impacted your life, or things you are thankful God has been or done for you. Pray and ask God who in your world He wants you to influence this holiday weekend.
"…let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger…" (James 1:19)


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The weekend of October 4th-7th was the final event of the 2012 NMRA season, so the Gotta Have Builds team loaded up Gotta Have It Race and made the 12 hour trip to Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky for the 14th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA World Finals.
After last Friday's race at Beaver Springs Dragway, Gotta Have It Race and Gotta Have It Street were ready to do some more racing!
After a busy weekend two weeks ago, both Gotta Have Builds raced two more times during the last weekend in August, at Beaver Springs Dragway and another SCCA Autocross event!
It had been a few weeks since Gotta Have it Race and Gotta Have It Street had been to the drag strip, so Bill and Rick planned to take both cars up to Beaver Springs Dragway for their Friday Night Street Race!
What a weekend for the Gotta Have Builds team! After setting some new records last month in Milan, MI, the team took Gotta Have It Race to Joliet, IL with winning the NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing in mind.
Our main goal with Gotta Have It Street is to make it into a true street performance Mustang that can drive on the street, perform at the drag strip AND still handle great. This past weekend finally gave us a chance to test out how it handles.
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:Thomas Nikolajsen <email@example.com> added the comment: : :It is full build of HEAD from June 27th. :Updated source & rebuild today, but it didn't change panic. :I am going to make a virgin checkout & full build tomorrow; to triple check ;-) : :No problem with reboot, halt, or shutdown -o from serial console. :No problem running shutdown -p from ssh login. :Panic is seen every time shutdown without -o is used on serial console. : : -thomas I'm going to need a kernel core dump. If I do 'shutdown -h how "shutting down"' on a serial console on my test box it shuts down ok. I will note that there are definitely some shutdown issues in HEAD at the moment. These issues are primarily related to assertions that have been added to validate the shutdown code (meaning that the problems have always existed, but now we actually detect them). I really need core dumps to track them all down. -Matt


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Nadal closes on all-time record after easing past Djokovic
Rafael Nadal clinched his ninth French Open and 14th career Grand Slam title with a brutal 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-4 victory over Novak Djokovic.
The world No 1 also became the first man to win five Roland Garros crowns in succession as the 28-year-old took his record at the tournament to 66 wins against just one defeat.
His tally of 14 majors equals the mark of Pete Sampras and puts him just three behind the all-time record of Roger Federer, who is almost five years older.
Sadly, the final point left a bitter taste. Distracted by rude interruptions from the crowd, Djokovic pushed his second serve long on match point down. As he dragged himself to the net for the handshake, he made a sarcastic thumbs-up sign to the stands.
This would have been a bleak moment for Djokovic, however it came. There is nothing he desires in the world more than the French Open, the one title missing from his set of Grand Slams.
Since 2011, his record at Roland Garros stands at 17-0 against everyone born outside Mallorca. But against Rafael Nadal it is 0-3, and that is the statistic that counts.
"It is not easy playing best-of-five against him in these conditions," a softly spoken Djokovic said afterwards, in what must count as the understatement of the tennis year.
Nadal's tennis was only B++ yesterday, by his own high standards. But his physical resilience was awe-inspiring on what was a sultry, sweaty, sauna of a day.
Is he the greatest endurance athlete in the history of tennis? There is a case for saying so. His most obvious rival would be Bjorn Borg, the man whose record of four successive French Open victories he equalled in 2008 and 2013.
Djokovic has now lost five of his past six Grand Slam finals. This vulnerability at the most pressurised moments was the weakness that his new head coach Boris Becker was brought in to address.
Yesterday, there were three key points that bore Becker's signature as Djokovic charged into the net behind serves that slid wide to the Nadal backhand.
He won the first two with neat stop-volleys. But on the third attempt Nadal slammed a backhand past him for a clean winner. Psychologically, this was a blow to the solar plexus.
At the end of the third set, which ended when he planted the simplest of volleys into the net, a demoralised Djokovic fixed his player's box with a grim, 30-second stare that said: "Why haven't you prepared me better for this?"
Yet it was his body, more than his tennis, that let him down. He admitted later that he had felt ill for several days and vomited a few times in the build-up to this match.
In fact, Djokovic looked to be on the point of vomiting early in the fourth set. Even Nadal could not help hunching over after many of the points, which achieved a punishing intensity on this 30C day.
As the champion posed for photographers after the match, he had to put the Coupe des Mousquetaires down because his right arm was seized by cramp.
The heat had acted as a third participant in the drama from the outset. Even in the 2hr 36min semi-final against Ernests Gulbis on Friday, Djokovic had struggled physically.
Yesterday, knowing that a long final would be his downfall, he came out determined to seize the initiative, holding his ground on the baseline even as Nadal peppered him with those throat-seeking, dive-bombing forehands.
At first the approach worked. Nadal was discomfited and discombobulated by the salvos of winners being fired from the far side of the net. He missed three examples of his favourite shot – the inside-out forehand – in the blink of an eye to give away the first set. But gradually he reasserted himself and the arm-wrestle tilted in the other direction.
Rather than becoming tentative on his forehand side, Nadal looked for the winner more and more often as the match went on.
This was not perhaps such a classic as the semi-final contested by these two players on Court Philippe Chatrier a year ago, but it could once again have a far-reaching impact on the rest of the season.
In 2013, Djokovic took a while to regain his mojo, while Nadal went on to claim a second major title in three months in New York. On the evidence of yesterday, he is not planning to relinquish his grip on the No 1 spot in a hurry. (© Daily Telegraph, London)
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Interrobang?! Improv
Unbridled Passion since 2010
Interrobang?! Improv is seeking artists for future productions of "Script Tease"
Interrobang?! Improv is interested in working with playwrights, directors, and actors (whether those with more scripted or improvisational experience) for future productions of "Script Tease."movie The Fate of the Furious streaming "Script Tease" was originally created by Domeka Parker for production at Portland's Brody Theater. More information about that production…
The Interrobang Appointment of Timothy Gager
Date: October 9, 2014 Location: The Pocket Theater Cast: Britney Barber, Becky Bartlein, Dave Clapper, Derek Kavan, Phoebe Richards Guest Reader: Timothy Gager Videographer: Clayton Weller Note: the middle of this performance did not come through in the video, so a considerable amount of the story is missing.
The Experiment
Date: July 13, 2014 Location: Ballard Underground Cast: Britney Barber, Becky Bartlein, Dave Clapper, Graham Downing, Phoebe Richards, Bryan Sullivan Videographer: Clayton Weller
Script Tease
In November 2013, Domeka Parker created "Script Tease" with the Brody Theater in Portland. In June 2014, she workshopped the format with Interrobang in Seattle. And now we'll bring it to the stage. Jennifer Jasper will write the first six pages of a play, which Interrobang will read for the…
The Interrobang Appointment of Timothy Gager
Interrobang revives the format it created for its hit "A Bang and a Smoke," this time featuring novelist Timothy Gager. Timothy will read selections from his new novel, "The Thursday Appointments of Bill Sloan;" Interrobang will create a narrative story over the course of the evening inspired by the pieces…
September Guest Fest
On September 18 at 8:00 PM, Interrobang will join The Royal Friend Society and Human Propaganda in Jet City Improv's month-long celebration of local improv groups. Other groups appearing over the month include Scenic Detour, Illuminaughty, Sassy Borrell's Improv Laboratory, Carskee, Kara and Dan, Super Mega Art Show, Worst Case…
All shows at the Pocket are $10 online and $14 at the door, so get your tickets now: http://bit.ly/INTBANG. It's the second Thursday of the month again, and you know what that means: another new format presented for one night only by Interrobang?! Improv! This month, Interrobang examines endings. We…
Party of Four
Date: May 17, 2014 Location: Seattle Creative Arts Center Cast: Becky Bartlein, Dave Clapper, Derek Kavan, Phoebe Richards Videographer: Matt Hatfield
Party of Four
Fresh from their hit performance of "Post-Bang" in April, Interrobang returns to the stage for one night only of another new format, "Party of Four." Perhaps it's a family dinner. Perhaps it's four old friends reuniting. Regardless, these four diners know each other well… perhaps too well. A lifetime of…


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NFL Power Rankings: Week 6October 13, 2009
1. Giants
Took care of business at home. Great game versus the 4-0 Saints this Sunday.
2. Colts
MVP Manning?
3. Vikings
Jared Allen has been all over the field. He's a beast.
4. Saints
Slipped down one because of the bye.
5. Broncos
Nice win Broncos. My supposed 'upset pick' came through (I really didn't think these guys were underdogs when playing at home). For the doubters out there..yeah, I'd say this team is for real. Don't celebrate too much though Broncos. You guys have a great Monday night game in San Diego next.
6. Eagles
McNabb was rusty just like I suspected. 'Sigh.'
7. Falcons
Yeah..umm..kicking the crap out of a good defensive team at their place is a good thing. I didn't see that coming. Correction: Everyone outside of Georgia didn't see that coming. Nice win Falcons.
8. Bengals
Just like the Broncos: Yes..this team is for real.
9. Patriots
I guess count these guys out when they're playing in Denver.
10. Ravens
Loss to the Bengals has gotta hurt. No time to worry about it though. Big game Sunday versus a 5-0 Vikings in Minneapolis.
11. Steelers
Uhh...was that considered a win?
12. Packers
The Pack should have a couple of wins in the next few weeks before their O line's rematch with Jared Allen.
13. Bears
14. Jets
15. Cowboys
They beat the 0 and whatever Chiefs in overtime. Well..at least they have a nice stadium.
16. Chargers
17. Miami
Good Monday night showing.
18. Cardinals
Nice goal line stand. Cards needed that.
19. 49ers
20. Seattle
Hopefully Hasselbeck can stay healthy.
21. Texans
Tough game at Cinci.
22. Panthers
23. Jaguars
How many of you Jag fans plan to show up?
24. Redskins
New coach soon?
25. Bills
Repeat: New coach soon?
26. Titans
What the heck happened to this team?
27. Browns
Congrats Browns fans.
28. Chiefs
Shoulda' went for two.
29. Lions
Lions have been playing tough.
30. Raiders
Raiders fans: Yes, AL Davis still owns/runs your team. Sorry.
31. Buccaneers
32. Rams
At least Bulger will be back soon.


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The rapid growth of the electric railway industry has no better example than that afforded by the growth of the Schenectady Railway Company. Ten years ago, in 1891, this system consisted of two miles of single track with an equipment of four closed cars. Today it is operating over 144 miles of track and has in course of construction ten additional miles, while its equipment has increased to over 160 cars, with traffic during the year ending June 30, 1904, of 10,000,000 passengers.
The extraordinary growth of this system may be attributed to the rapid increase in the population of the City of Schenectady, which has doubled twice since 1880, due to the development of its two large industries, the General Electric Company and the American Locomotive Company.
In the City of Schenectady six lines are operated under 10 and 15 minute headways. These lines cover 26 miles within the city limits.
Interurban Lines
Three interurban divisions are now operated: To the north, a double track road to Ballston Spa, a distance of 16 miles, operated on a 30 minute schedule (at Ballston Spa connections are at the present time made with the Hudson Valley Railway to Saratoga); to the east, a double track road to Troy, a distance of 16 miles; to the south-east a double track road to Albany, a distance of 15 miles. Both the Albany and Troy divisions are operated on a 15 minute headway from 8:00 A. M. until 8:00 P. M. and on a 30 minute headway at other hours of the day. On the hour a special service has been established between Schcnectady and Albany, called the "Schenectady-Albany Limited." The trip is made in 45 minutes, without stops outside the city limits, and no extra fare is charged.
In order to accommodate the large number of employees who live in the neighboring towns, special cars are run, directly to and from the works, over all interurban divisions, both morning and night.
[Drawing: Map of Schenectady Railway Co.]
Rolling Stock
The rolling stock of the company is of the most modern type, equipped throughout with electrical apparatus manufactured by the General Electric Company. A brief description follows:
City Cars
Twenty-nine single-truck closed cars equipped with two GE-67 motors.
Eight single-truck closed cars equipped with two GE-57 motors.
Four double-truck closed duplex cars equipped with four GE-52 motors.
Six eight-bench and twenty nine-bench single-truck open cars equipped with two GE-67 motors.
Twelve thirteen-bench double-truck open cars equipped with four GE-67 motors.
Interurban Cars
[Photo: Interurban Car — Ballston Division: original size (6K) | 9x enlarged (40K)]
Twelve 40-foot double-truck closed cars equipped with four GE-57 motors.
Ten 47-foot double-truck closed cars, with smoking compartment, equipped with four GE-57 and GE-73 motors.
Six 51-foot double-truck semi-convertible cars equipped with four GE-73 motors.
Six 51-foot double-truck closed cars equipped with four GE-66 motors.
Miscellaneous Equipment
Twelve flat cars equipped with four GE-57 motors.
Twenty-five dump cars without motors.
Six 4-motor express cars equipped with GE-57 and GE-67 motors.
Three rotary snow plows without propelling motors.
Four small snow plows without motors.
One sprinkling car equipped with two GE-67 motors.
One sand car without motors.
Ballston Cars
[Drawing: Truck of Ballston Car: original size (26K) | 9x enlarged (133K)]
[Drawing: Brake Mechanism, Ballston Car: original size (10K) | 9x enlarged (43K)]
The Ballston cars were constructed after general plans prepared by the Schenectady Railway Company and embody some interesting features.
There are two separate and independent electric equipments which may be operated individually or together. The bottom of the car is covered with boards made of a fireproof material. The car bodies are mounted on double trucks.
The electric equipment is the General Electric Type M control with four GE-66 motors, each having a rated capacity of 125 H.P. and geared for 70 miles per hour. The motors are oil lubricated by means of wool waste which is packed in the oil well cast in the frame heads.
The master controllers have dead man's handles, and a release of the emergency button also applies the air brakes.
Track and Line Construction
All interurban tracks are laid with 75-pound T rails, thoroughly ballasted with either gravel or stone under the ties and filled up even with base of the rail.
[Photo: Concrete Bridge — Ballston Division: original size (10K) | 9x enlarged (68K)]
The overhead work on the present system is all span construction with 35-foot and 40-foot chestnut poles set 100 feet apart. Center pole, double bracket construction has been installed on the Ballston division, 35-foot octagonal yellow pine poles set in concrete being used. The tracks on the latter division are on 13-foot centers and the roadbed is graded 29 feet wide.
[Photo: Track and Line — Ballston Division: original size (12K) | 9x enlarged (83K)]
The trolley wire on interurban lines is 0000 grooved and on city lines is 000 grooved.
Power Supply
The power used for operating the Schenectady Railway is furnished mainly by the Hudson River Power Company from the large water power plant at Spiers Falls, transmitted at a voltage of 30,000 and a frequency of 40 cycles; augmented at times by the steam plant of the General Electric Company (old Power House, Building No. 13). Another source of supply for the railway company is the large steam turbine station of the General Electric Company (new Power House, Building No. 85), which contains at present three Curtis steam turbine sets of 500, 1500 and 2000 Kw. capacity but is designed for a much larger ultimate capacity.
The New Dock Street Sub-Station
[Photo: Dock Street Sub-Station, Schenectady Railway Company: original size (16K) | 4x enlarged (56K)]
This building covers an area 166 feet by 45 feet, and is of brick, concrete and steel construction. The basement is divided off by means of brick partition walls into air-blast, bus-bar and switch compartments. The machine floor is served by a 15-ton crane so arranged that teams driving into the station may be unloaded directly by it. All railway apparatus is arranged in one half of the building, all power and lighting apparatus in the other half.
Power is delivered from the Spiers Falls and Mechanicville plants to the General Electric Company's Power House at 30,000 volts, 40 cycles, and is stepped down to 10,000 volts for the sub-station. Three incoming lines are provided for railway, lighting and reserve; all entering over motor-operated oil switches controlled from three panels having 4000 Kw. capacity each.
Care is taken to avoid shutdowns by enclosing the main busses in brick housings; by the free use of sectionalizing switches; by enclosing the main leads in heavy iron pipes and the small leads in conduits; and by the use of overload relays on the alternating current side and circuit breakers on the direct current side. The station lighting is provided for by two reserve systems independent of the ordinary arc lamp system.
All high tension switches are motor driven and operated from the switchboard, which is equipped with alternating current instruments fed with low tension only.
There are installed two 300 Kw. and three 600 Kw., 600 volt rotary converters, together with airblast transformers, reactive coils, blowers, 10 rotary and 12 railway feeder switchboard panels. The converters are compound wound and are started with reduced voltage from the alternating current side.
The power and lighting part of the station contains three 500 Kw. frequency changers: 10,000 volt, 40 cycle synchronous motors direct coupled to 2300 volt, 60 cycle, three-phase generators. Excitation current is supplied by two induction-motor-driven, 75 Kw., 125 volt, direct current generators. The frequency changers are started with half voltage by means of a compensator, their excitation being regulated by the well-known General Electric Type TA regulator.
Space is provided for one additional 75 Kw. motor-generator and for three 250 Kw. frequency changers. The switchboard contains 28 panels.
[Photo: Interior of Dock Street Sub-Station: original size (23K) | 4x enlarged (73K)]
The commercial lighting load in July, 1904, was equivalent to 125,455 16-C.P. incandescent lamps, and the motor load to 26,818 16-C.P. incandescent lamps. Current for motors and incandescent lamps at 118 volts is distributed through small transformers placed at feeder points all over the city. Eight 75-light constant current transformers, controlled by nine switchboard panels, supply current for 471 arc lights for street lighting.
A feeder panel is provided for the Schenectady City Water Works in Rotterdam, N. Y., which has been recently equipped with two electrically driven pumps each having a capacity of 12,000,000 gallons per day.
Troy Sub-Station
The Troy sub-station of the railway company, located on the Troy-Schenectady turnpike, ten miles from Schenectady, is of brick, with concrete floor and a granolithic top.
The apparatus consists of three 300 Kw. rotary converters operating at 760 R.P.M., each provided with a reactive coil in the alternating current side for the purpose of regulating the voltage. There are two transformers of the three-phase air-blast type, each of 330 Kw. capacity. Part of the cellar is made into an air blast chamber for the transformers, while in the other part the cable work and wiring are carried on insulators fastened to the walls and converter foundations. The switchboard is of black enameled slate and is made up of three direct current feeder panels, two direct current rotary panels, two alternating current rotary panels, and three 10,000 volt panels. The low tension panels are all of the General Electric standard pattern provided with circuit breakers, ammeters, etc.
The 10,000 volt panels are provided with single-pole oil break switches, mounted in separate brick cells about 10 feet back of the panels themselves. The switches are provided with overload relays and on the panels themselves are mounted horizontal edgewise black oxidized finish ammeters, voltmeters, and power factor indicators, and one round pattern induction recording wattmeter. The bus-bars back of the panels are heavily insulated and carried on an insulated iron framework. All of the 10,000 volt feeders enter the station overhead and are connected with a suitable number of General Electric lightning arresters. At this station there is also an air compressor operated by a 20 H.P. induction motor belted to it, for charging car reservoirs.
Albany Sub-Station
The Albany sub-station is a one-story frame structure, with cellar, occupying a space 46 feet square. The apparatus installed in this sub-station is similar to that in the Troy sub-station.
Ballston Sub-Station
This new plant supplies current for the operation of the Ballston division of the railway company. The following General Electric Company apparatus is installed:
Two 300 Kw., 40 cycle, compound wound rotary converters running at 800 R.P.M.; three 220 Kw. airblast transformers provided with double secondary windings; one blower set consisting of a 2 H.P., three-phase induction motor direct coupled to a 35" fan; two 45 kilo-volt-ampere, air-blast reactive coils, one 20 H.P., three-phase induction motor having two pulleys for operating an air compressor, and the necessary switchboard panels for the above apparatus.
Freight and Express
[Photo: Special Express Car, says Electric Express Co. on side: original size (6K) | 9x enlarged (38K)]
The freight and express business of the company, practically all "through business" between Albany and Schenectady, is very extensive. It is divided into three classes and conducted by the Electric Express Company, a distinct organization. Class A, at 30 cents per cwt., includes handling by wagon service at both ends; Class B, at 10 cents per cwt., goods which are not thus handled; Class C, at 20 cents per cwt., goods which require wagon service at only one end. The company maintains three double and three single teams in Schenectady, and two double teams and one single team in Albany. The cars make four round trips daily, and have a running time between the cities of an hour and fifteen minutes. The cars are equipped so that they may be run two or more together in multiple unit. Recent figures on freight business are shown herewith:
May — 1,272,173 pounds incoming to Schenectady, 366,587 outgoing. June — 1,431,444 pounds incoming to Schenectady, 315,901 outgoing.
Promotion is by order of seniority. The men start as extra employees on the city cars and are moved up to regular cars, then "extra" on local interurban cars and finally to "regular" on a limited interurban car.
Benefit Association
In the Fuller Street car house an unusually complete club room is provided for the employees. The dues of the association are 50 cents per month, which is deducted from the pay of the men each month. Disability by reason of accident or sickness insures the member an income of $1.00 per day for a period not to exceed ninety days. The death of a member provides an insurance of $150.00.
It may be said that the character of service required of the Schenectady Railway Company makes it an unusually interesting study and that the results of its operation have been a revelation to experienced transportation men. This is especially true of the express and freight department, in which the facilities of the company have been overtaxed from the beginning. One important feature of this service is the handling of fruit and "garden truck." The quickness of transit and the relative freedom from the jolting incident to hauling by teams brings small fruit to the market in good condition.
The company maintains a complete system of records and accounts. The General Manager has constantly before him tabulated statements of all equipment, and these statements are brought up to date at frequent intervals. All operating expenses and receipts are figured on a basis of eighteen hour cars per day.


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