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Chris Chavez cranks his arm back while palming a deflated volleyball. His other hand grips a broomstick positioned between his legs. He eyes his target: a 39-inch rubber hoop mounted to some PVC pipe. Before releasing his ball, he has to maneuver around his brother, Alex, a former Burroughs High football player armed with a deflated dodgeball.
Alex is "riding" a four-iron.
A quick jog around his brother and Chris is free. His target is wide open, but Mary Beshenich comes at him in a half-sprint, half-trot as she uses her legs to keep her own broomstick in place. She slams into Chris and knocks him off course, forcing him to rein in his arm to clear himself for a better shot.
Again, she checks him. It's a hard hit, but Chris' feet are planted. Mary keeps the pressure on with a few more hits. He shoves her away equally as hard.
It may sound harsh, but this is Quidditch, a co-ed full-contact sport with no pads and no holds barred.
"I think [women] take advantage of it," said Kate Tucci, a player on the Hollywood Harpies, the largest club in Los Angeles. "I'll just body-check you and score."
The strategy works, especially when playing men who are Quidditch rookies.
"I never thought I'd hit a girl, but a couple games in and they didn't care," said Alex, a former tackle at Burroughs High School.
He and the other three players met Monday morning at Whitnall Highway Park South for a quick practice and some drills. Chris is trying to start a team that would encompass Burbank and North Hollywood. He met Mary and Kate while playing for the Harpies.
"I feel we could get a couple more teams around here," Chris said. "I'm trying to start this team, but right now it's just me."
Players usually discover Quidditch in one of two ways: They're fans of the Harry Potter franchise in which it originated, or they played more traditional sports in high school or college and take up Quidditch in the off-season.
Often, it makes for a playfully volatile dynamic between people like Kate who love J.K. Rowling's books and movies, and those like Alex who wanted to play something besides football.
"Even though I'd be there for half the touchdowns I never got credit," he said. As a Quidditch chaser, "you have the ball, the points, in your hand. I'd get the ball and go for it."
Over the last decade, Quidditch has grown into an international game and includes its own governing body that sets the rules. In the Harry Potter books it's played on flying broomsticks, and physics aside it's probably for the best because Whitnall Park is surrounded by power lines.
Each team guards three hoops set 48 yards apart. According to the International Quidditch Assn., three chasers score points by putting the quaffle (volleyball) through the hoops, which are guarded by a keeper or goalie. Two beaters can toss bludgers (dodge balls) at other players to knock them out of play. Each team also has a seeker, who runs after a snitch — a person with a tennis ball inside a sock at his or her waist.
Once the snitch is caught, the game is over.
Sound complicated? It's basically the brutality of rugby combined with the dexterity of lacrosse (you try catching and throwing a volleyball with one hand) and the sprint/stop pace of a soccer match.
"When I tell people I play Quidditch, they laugh a little bit," Chris said. "Most who laugh probably haven't seen an actual game — they don't know how difficult it is."
If you think you've got the guts and the broomstick to play, contact Chris at firstname.lastname@example.com for practice schedules.
BRYAN MAHONEY is a recent transplant from the East Coast. When he isn't attending conventions, he can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and on Twitter: @818NewGuy.


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Screening Protocol for Genetic Diseases of Allergic Inflammation
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Know the risks and potential benefits of clinical studies and talk to your health care provider before participating. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00852943
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : February 27, 2009
Last Update Posted : January 15, 2019
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- Mast cells are responsible for most symptoms of allergic reactions. In some allergic diseases, it is unusually easy to cause mast cells to release their contents and cause allergic reactions. In other cases, mast cells grow abnormally and, in rare cases, can result in tumors. Mast cells also control other parts of the immune system.
- Understanding why mast cells behave abnormally in allergic diseases is important to finding better ways for diagnosing and treating these potentially life-threatening disorders.
- To screen mast cells at the genetic and functional levels to characterize abnormalities, identify mutations, detect carrier states, and/or develop therapies for such disorders.
- To create a library of information about inherited diseases of mast cell homeostasis and activation, including piebaldism (problems with skin and hair pigmentation), anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction), allergies, asthma, atopic dermatitis (eczema), allergic rhinitis ( hay fever ), food allergies, urticaria/angioedema (hives/swelling), immunodeficiency diseases, and autoimmune diseases.
- Patients between the ages of 1 and 80 years who have been referred by a physician and are known to have or be suspected of having an inherited disorder of mast cells, in particular patients (and their relatives) with piebaldism, allergies, or anaphylaxis that is not caused by allergies.
- Study population will consist of up to 1000 participants in a 5-year period. One third of the study population will consist of patients; the other two thirds will consist of biological relatives.
- Evaluation is limited to testing on blood specimens; no treatment will be provided.
- Clinical and research laboratory evaluations of patients will include the following:
- Clinical evaluation and previous laboratory tests as documented in outside medical records by health care providers. A standard questionnaire will also be administered at the time of subject enrollment.
- Blood collection for clinical laboratory testing, tailored to each subject s clinical evaluation where appropriate (5 ml).
- Blood collection for research laboratory testing, tailored to each subject s clinical evaluation including genetic screening and assessment of mast cell growth and functioning and storage of additional frozen blood specimens for future studies (up to an additional 30 ml).
- Evaluations of blood relatives will include the following:
- Clinical evaluation as documented from outside medical records by health care providers and administration of a standard questionnaire.
- Blood collection where indicated for diagnostic or research purposes.
- After 12 consecutive months on the study, results from initial evaluation will be reviewed. Subjects with findings deemed to be of continued interest will be contacted and invited to remain as active participants to this protocol for another year, provided that they renew their consent to participate.
|Condition or disease
|Piebaldism Idiopathic Anaphylaxis Allergy Chronic Urticara Angioedema
|Study Type :
|Estimated Enrollment :
|1000 participants
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|Screening Protocol for Genetic Diseases of Allergic Inflammation
|Study Start Date :
|February 25, 2009
- Designed to screen subjects with suspected or identified genetic diseases of allergic inflammation or of mast cell homeostasis and activation. Blood specimens will be obtained for research studies related to understanding the genetic and biochem...
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|1 Year to 99 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Subjects, ages birth to 99 years old, known to have or suspected of having an inherited disorder of allergic inflammation or mast cell homeostasis or activation, will be eligible for enrollment. Because of the intensive time and labor required for research laboratory testing, subjects will be enrolled only if in the opinion of the investigator (based on discussions with the patient s private physician) there is a high index of suspicion of a genetic disease of allergic inflammation. Blood relatives of enrolled subjects will be eligible for enrollment. There will be no discrimination as to age, gender, race, or disability.
- Subjects must have a health care provider outside of the NIH.
- Subjects/guardians must be willing and able to give informed consent.
- Subjects must agree to have their blood stored for future studies of the immune system and/or other medical conditions.
- Women will be included in the study, including those who are lactating or may be pregnant.
- Children will be included in the study.
- The presence of an acquired abnormality of the immune system, such as cytotoxic chemotherapy or malignancy, may be grounds for possible exclusion if, in the opinion of the investigator, the presence of such a disease process would interfere with evaluation.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00852943
|Contact: Thomas H Dimaggio, R.N.
|(301) 443-8341
|Contact: Kelly D Stone, M.D.
|(301) 435-0993
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|Contact: For more information at the NIH Clinical Center contact Office of Patient Recruitment (OPR) 800-411-1222 ext TTY8664111010 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator:
|Kelly D Stone, M.D.
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00852943 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|February 27, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|January 15, 2019
|Last Verified:
|January 11, 2019
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) ):
Mast Cells
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Skin Diseases, Vascular
Skin Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Eye Diseases, Hereditary
Skin Diseases, Genetic
Pigmentation Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Metabolism, Inborn Errors

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Mayu Watanabe is a member of uber popular Japanese idol troupe AKB48. The sixteen year-old is also in a commercial for upcoming Wii game Xenoblade. But something is different.
And yeah. A double yeah.
Another... yeah.
Perhaps the actual ad isn't so Uncanny Valley!
Published by Nintendo, Xenoblade is the latest entry in the Xeno series of role-playing games.
任天堂、Wii「ゼノブレイド」新テレビCM公開 [Game Watch]


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by Michael Caruso
Following right on the heels of its memorable production of Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro" (The Marriage of Figaro), the Delaware Valley Opera Company (DVOC) is set to present Massenet's "Werther" at 8 p.m. July 13, 17 and 20. The mounting will be performed at Stage One, 101 Plush Mill Rd. in Wallingford.
Jules Massenet based "Werther" on a libretto written by Eduardo Blau, Paul Millet and Georges Hartmann, who based their work on "The Sorrows of Young Werther" by the great German philosopher and novelist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Massenet was born May 12, 1842, in Montaud, St. Etienne, and died in Paris August 31, 1912. His life spanned the epoch in French history that includes the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty following the fall of the Emperor Napoleon and the rise of the House of Orleans and the so-called "Bourgeois Monarchy," the Revolutions of 1848, and the establishment of the Second Republic. This led to the coup by Louis Napoleon (Napoleon Bonaparte's nephew), the Second Empire, and the humiliating defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, resulting in the loss of Alsace-Lorraine. It also produced the Second German Reich (the first being that of Charlemagne) and the Paris Commune, which was violently overthrown and replaced by the Third Republic.
Massenet's most famous and acclaimed opera is "Manon," which received its premiere in 1884 at Paris' Opera-Comique. It remains an active part of the standard repertoire of all major opera houses even though Giacomo Puccini's "Manon Lescaut" (based on the same story) is by far the greater work. Massenet's "Le Cid" followed "Manon" the very next year, receiving its premiere at the Paris Opera. "Thais," from 1898, and "Don Quichotte," from 1910, are the last of his important operas, with "Werther" falling in between. "Werther" was given its premiere (in German) in Vienna in 1892; it received its French-language premiere the following year at the Opera-Comique.
"What is so special about the 'Werther' score," explained music director Michele Scanlon, "is the unabashed emotionalism. It is a small, intimate story with grand opera music. There is no adult chorus, only a small children's choir that appears in the first act and at the very end of the fourth act. It's like an emotional pressure cooker that periodically explodes with nuclear power.
"It is extremely well written for the voice. Charlotte, in particular, is the dream role of every lyric mezzo on the planet and is sometimes 'stolen' by sopranos who also sound quite beautiful in it. There's a 'high C' in the fourth act. The role of Sophie is standard soubrette repertoire and is also highly sought after."
"I have never worked on 'Werther' before," added stage director Albert Chaney, "and it has been a great pleasure. One of the joys of working on this opera is the strength of its libretto. It adheres so well to its source material and brings its characters to life in a way not always found in opera. It is deeply romantic in a way that brings this tragic story straight into your heart.
"One of the difficulties of directing this incredible opera is finding the right balance for the people, the characters, on the stage. They all have such strong personalities, supported by such insightful, beautiful music, that staying focused on only one at a time is proving more difficult than I imagined at first."
For ticket information, visit www.dvopera.org.


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The Commons supports the individual and collaborative learning and academic work of the Binghamton University community. The following policies are intended to ensure an environment that is conducive to academic work. Patrons of the Commons are expected to respect the rights of others and to exhibit responsible behavior.
By using the Commons patrons agree to abide by the following policies.
Acceptable Use of Computers
Acceptable Use of Electronic Resources
Adaptive Technology Workstation
Authentication for Accessing Computing Resources
Cellular Phones and Other Devices that Ring or Generate Audible Noise
Circulation of Materials
Community Users/Guest Computer Access | Frequently Asked Questions
Food and Drink
Group Study – Presentation Practice Room
ID Check for Late Night Study
Inclement Weather
Laptop Assistance
Leaving Public Computers Unattended
Lost Data Retrieval
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- Computers are intended for the academic and professional use of Binghamton University students, faculty and staff.
- Any person utilizing this facility for non- academic purposes (e.g., game playing, social networking) may be asked to yield the machine to a person with an academic need.
Access to information technology is essential to the Information Commons mission to provide leadership to the University community in accessing and using information resources in support of teaching, learning and research. The preservation of that privilege by the full community requires that each faculty member, staff member, student, and other authorized user comply with institutional and external standards for appropriate use. For more information: Binghamton University Computer and Network Policy
Acceptable Use of Electronic Resources
All "BU only" resources are library subscriptions that are accessible only from the Binghamton University network or from an Internet Service Provider using the library proxy server. Access and use is restricted by license agreements to purposes of research, teaching, and private study by current BU faculty, staff, and students. The following are strictly prohibited: all commercial use; copying or tampering with any software or code used to display and/or run the resources; the systematic downloading, copying or distributing of information (including for use in course packs); and removing or altering copyright notices. Misuse of these resources violates the terms of BU's license agreements. Violation of a licensing agreement could result in termination of the resource to the entire campus community. See also Binghamton University Copyright Policy
Adaptive Technology Workstation Policy
The Information Commons provides two adaptive technology workstations in LS-1546 which are available to students with special adaptive technology needs. Students who have registered with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities and received training on the use of the technology may contact the Bartle Library Reader Services Desk to obtain access to the room.
For more information, including assistance learning how to use the adaptive technology, contact the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities, 777-2686.
Authentication for Accessing Computing Resources
A sign-on is required to use all public computers in the Libraries. For Library users who just need to check a record in the Library Catalog there are catalog-only computers in both Bartle and Science Libraries. Courtesy access may be granted at the Information Commons Service Desk, the Bartle Library, or the Science Library Reader Services Desk in accordance with the Guest Logon Agreement Form. Authentication is necessary to ensure network security. For more information: Binghamton University Privacy Policy
Cellular Phones and Other Devices that Ring or Generate Audible Noise
When you enter the Libraries or the Information Commons, please turn off the ringer to your phone. You may use your phone outside of the library entrance, on the glass-covered bridge on the second floor of Bartle, or in any library stairwell. Headphones and laptop audio features should be kept low so as not to disturb patrons.
See also the Libraries' Noise policy.
Reference collection items can be loaned based on the discretion of librarians/profession staff.
Community Users/Guest Computer Access|Frequently Asked Questions
The Bartle and Science Libraries are open to the public during normal business hours (except for late night hours in Bartle). Borrowing privileges are extended to members of the local community for a small fee. For more information, see Circulation Services for Courtesy Borrowers.
Computers in the Bartle Library and Science Library Information Commons are intended for the academic and professional use of BU faculty, staff, and students. Guest access to computers is limited to four Community Access PCs in Bartle Library, one Community Access PCs in the Science Library, and one Community Access PC in the UDC Library-Information Commons, on a space available basis. A valid picture ID and a completed Library Guest Computer Account User Agreement are required to obtain a guest account. Accounts may only be used in the issuing library.
Accounts are issued for a two-hour period. After two hours, you may be asked to relinquish your workstation if patrons are waiting to use computers.
To ensure computer availability for students, guest accounts will not be issued during busy periods (frequently in the afternoons and evenings), mid-term exam week, and the final two weeks of the fall and spring semesters.
Any person using a computer for non-academic purposes may be asked to yield the computer to a person with an academic need.
This policy may change to meet requirements and needs of BU faculty, staff, and students.
See also, Authentication Policy
The purpose of the Libraries' food and drink policy is to aid in the preservation and care of library materials and electronic equipment, to maintain pest-free buildings, to reduce litter, and to ensure a clean environment for research and collaboration. Users are liable for any damage to library property caused by food or drinks.
Please see the University Libraries' complete Food and Drink policy.
Group Study – Presentation Practice Room
The Group Study – Presentation Practice Room in the Information Commons is designed for the use of students working on group courses and academic research related projects and for use as a rehearsal space for presentations. The space may be reserved in person up to a week in advance. When the area is not in use, it will be available on a first come basis.
Reservation guidelines :
- All Reservations must be made 24 hours in advance using the sign-up sheet posted on the room's door.
- Individuals may reserve a maximum of 2 hours per day/ 4 hours per week
- Groups may reserve a maximum of 4 hours per day/8 hours per week
- Individuals must reserve in person
- If you are 15 minutes late, you forfeit your reservation for that hour.
- Room must be physically occupied to maintain your reservation
A valid BU ID card is now required to access the Bartle Library upon entering during late night hours. This policy has been established to ensure the safety of Binghamton University students and to preserve the facility for its intended use. Cooperation of all library users is appreciated. Upon entering the library late at night, you will be asked by library staff to present your BU ID card.
In case of inclement weather reduced staffing may result in reduced services in the Libraries and Information Commons.
Laptop computer support will be provided to assist users in connecting to the campus network, configuring standard tools, and basic trouble shooting as time permits. Staffing and resources do not allow for a drop off/pickup service or hardware repair of any type.
Leaving Public Computers Unattended
Please do not leave the public computer you are using unattended. Besides the danger of having items stolen and your personal computer files and accounts tampered with, it may prevent your fellow students from being able to access a computer in a timely manner. Information Commons staff are authorized to make any computer unattended for more than 15 minutes available to another user. With the high demand for Information Commons computers, we must enforce this policy.
We do not guarantee the retrieval of lost data. Efforts will be made to locate and retrieve lost data as time permits.
The Information Commons is a research, study, and collaborative work environment. Conversation is acceptable as long as it does not disturb other library patrons. Head phones and laptop audio features should be kept low so as not to disturb patrons. If you wish to listen to audio, please provide your own head phones.
See also Quiet study areas in the Libraries' Noise Policy.
Privacy – Confidentiality of Library Records
Confidentiality of Library records is governed by New York State Law. Information regarding Binghamton University borrowers is considered confidential. Requests for disclosure of information will be denied and referred for review by University counsel in consultation with Albany.
See also, Binghamton University Privacy Policy
Reference Service Privacy : BU Libraries Reference Services Privacy Statement
Binghamton University Libraries will not give, share or sell your personal information in its possession except as required by law. New York State's Privacy of Information Law protects the privacy of individuals by prohibiting libraries from revealing certain borrower information to third parties lacking proper jurisdictional authority.
When using reference services at the library, you may be asked to provide: your name; email address; telephone number, and academic status. This information may be used for follow-up on reference questions, and to allow us maintain statistics for analytical use.
Questions you ask using email, chat and IM reference services may be saved and shared by Binghamton University Library staff who participate in public services (including library staff, reference librarians, and graduate assistants). These questions may be used for training, or to populate the "Frequently Asked Questions" database. All identifying information from these questions will be removed.
In order to use our IM service, you must have an IM account from AOL, MSN or Yahoo. You may not install the client software on public campus computers. Binghamton University Libraries is not responsible for the use of your personal information by these services. For information on how these services may use your information, please consult their policies:
When patron questions cannot be addressed by the Information Commons staff or documentation in a timely manner, referrals will be made to appropriate sources such as subject specialists, professional staff, the Computing Services Help Desk, other campus units, online resources, or other libraries or organizations that can provide the needed information or assistance
Scanning equipment is available on a limited number of workstations in the Bartle Library Information Commons, Science Library Information Commons, UDC Library Information Commons, West Pod, and the Hinman Pod. Although these workstations are available for general computing, priority use of them shall be given to those needing to scan materials for academic needs. Those using the workstations for other purposes may be asked to yield the computer to those needing to scan.
If you are scanning and other are waiting to scan, we ask that you limit your time on the workstation to 30 minutes.
If you need assistance or have questions about this policy, please contact staff at the nearest service desk. Thank you for your cooperation.


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pmic needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 218 designs submitted by 46 freelance designers.
Design a logo for a new internet based business that helps people find and book services online. The initial focus of the business will be on personal needs such as health and fitness services as well as alternative therapies. Our preference is that the brand is not category specific as the range of services will expand over time.
The image of the company is taking a professional and trustworthy approach toward finding services, creating greater ease and simplicity for both our customers and suppliers. The purpose of our site is to save time for our end-users and assist in creating 'me time'. Our users will be both male and female and relatively time poor. The logo should be able to work on a standalone basis so it can be incorporated into stationary, print marketing and our website.
- A simple and strong image that is clearly unique
- Emphasis that the brand is also our URL as this is our primary channel
- Fits with the brand promise of finding things for our customers to make life easier for them
- All work to be delivered in Illustrator vector format. .ai or .eps
- Text should be converted from font to outlines
- Entries on a white background
- Website favicon version of the logo required
- Designs that are based on our current site as this is a beta site based on a Wordpress template and should not be replicated
- Any stereotype logos that could be associated with the health and wellbeing industry e.g. People running, lotus poses, waterfalls, stacks of rocks
- Anything too complex or fanciful
- Magnifying glasses
- The '4' to be emphasised
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Things to Expect When Remodeling Your Home in Ashland, California?
For many family models your kitchen in Ashland, California may be the middle of numerous activities as well as the focus of the house. Making the effort to transform your kitchen could be a significant job. It's the responsibility towards the family that provides numerous home owners doubt when it comes to this kind of effort, in addition to the price. Aside from this, homeowners continue finding good motives to carry on having a kitchen repair in California. The key reason homeowners choose to transform their home may vary from requiring more space to using subsequently have to update cooking area. Help look for the newest project as well as the explanation for a home remodel will help produce a budget.
Reasons to Transform a Home in Ashland, California
Damage is among the factors that some decide to transform their home in Ashland, California. Your kitchen might fundamentally be breaking. Separate tiles, lost or damaged cabinet doors, counters which are ripping or breaking and useless devices do not that doesn't lure you're your family even to have family/social events or to prepare a delicious dinner. The vulnerable home takes a remodeling in California and has fundamentally outlasted its helpfulness.
Some homeowners decide to transform their home to be able to boost the price of the home. A home that's been redesign will help boost the marketability of the house in general. Home customers in Ashland, California that are prepared may interest significantly more than an exhausting and useless one. The home owner might recover the price of the redesign; this can depend on the amount of the remodel a variety of elements, for instance as well as the situation of the present housing market.
Saving cash will be the primary motivation to get a home upgrade. The inclusion of skylights within the home will help decrease the have to use artificial lights throughout the day. Additional money saving improvements for example energy-efficient tank-less or devices water heaters may decrease the power and water bill every month.
Your kitchen could be perfect yet useless. In case that the home screams 1980s and you'd prefer to reside in the present year it might be time to get a redesign in Ashland, California. Using decoration, the proper devices, and furniture your home will have the ability to become launched to the present century.
Your kitchen layout might have worked remarkable however not for you, for your previous home owner in California. Perhaps it doesn't possess a breakfast club, as well as your household must construct gently within the home to understand caffeine without going towards the dining room table or obtain a fast meal. Regardless of the cause, one motivation to get a home overhaul would be to orchestrate the area to best match the household's wishes and requirements.
Once in some time it's very important to repair your kitchen in Ashland, California to higher assist certain requirements of relatives which are disabled. For example, in case this one of relatives or the friends is in a wheelchair or is or able to gain access to cabinets which are higher-up, remodeling a home could make products within the space more straightforward to reach and accessible.
The primary motivation operating a repair might fundamentally be cash related motives, for instance, a government plan might provide bonuses or discounts for people that redesign their particular to be able to help save energy.
Several homeowners only need change. The current home in Ashland, California might be well-created and purposeful, appealing and rejuvenated, however did not actually contain the home holder's attention.
Particular home improvement TV shows encourage and may inspire a homeowner to overhaul their home. They might not have considered this type of venture until a remodeling TV program started their perspective they discovered.
Some homeowners enjoy preparing higher level foods and consider they pro chefs. They may need cooking for preparing meals in a home in Ashland, California that displays their enthusiasm. A situation of the art home with elegant features will help support the requirements of those home chefs.
Decide How Much to Invest
Outstanding inside and placing a financial arrange for your home overhaul it seems fundamental and so obvious, nevertheless itis tougher than you may think.
The standard price of an upscale home repair is significantly more than $80, 000 three elements must determine if you want to spend much. The very first is the total amount you are able to stand to invest. Examine your records to determine this number. You have to think about - as to the extent would you intend to stay in your house in Ashland, California. In case that you're expecting on putting your property available on the market your choice to transform your kitchen ought to be regarded as an expense for you. In case which you anticipate residing in your house longer than five years, you need to perform your family the most reasonable as well as a repair that'll allow you to. Finally, town is just an excellent issue when determining how much to invest on renovations. Would you live in a higher- one or stop community that is moderate? If you choose to attempt to spot a higher-end home within a house situated in a small community you then may be wasting your cash.
Whenever you budget your home remodel it's very important to determine what proportion of one's resources may proceed towards what area. A list below can help you to budget your project.
The large elements inside your budget will most likely be work and your units. All these may take upto 35% of the budget. The price of work will most likely need about 20% to 35% of the budget. Normally, homeowners can get to invest about 20%.
Work will eat anywhere within the selection of 20 to 35 percent of one's enterprise prices. Cabinets may also digest a significant bit of your home upgrade spending plan.
Listed here is the means through which other groups are separated.
Choosing the ideal company in California for the home remodeling project in Ashland, California can happen as an overwhelming task, however it does not have to be. A few simple advances often means the difference between finding one which may keep you in despair and getting a company as possible trust.
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text: Push for Exports January 8, 2013 08:26 PM Tweet Thomas C. Dorr said agriculture has not pushed trade enough, leaving global demands to be met by other countries. © DAVID HATHCOX TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Boyce Thompson AgWeb Email Trade needs a boost The tide of international opportunity, supported by a burgeoning global middle class, has lifted production agriculture's boat during the last five years. But this tide could easily recede without a concerted push from policymakers and ag interests, according to speakers at the Farm Journal Forum in Washington, D.C., last month. The importance of trade to economic growth and jobs does not appear to be on anyone's agenda, said Thomas C. Dorr, president of Thomas C. Dorr and Associates. "I would suggest this oversight…might be as much our responsibility as those we have elected." Dorr said that from 1990 to 2009, more than 1 billion people migrated into the global middle class, defined as having an annual purchasing power of about $20,000. Moreover, he said, another 1 billion people will reach this milestone around the world by 2020, fueling demand for meat, fresh vegetables and processed food. Be Aggressive. Dorr, a former president of the U.S. Grains Council who worked for USDA under President George W. Bush, was critical of the Obama administration for paying "lip service" to its goal of doubling U.S. exports by 2015. He also took issue with an agriculture industry that hasn't "conveyed its commitment" to exports. He singled out the meat, dairy and poultry industries for "lashing out" at recent feed price increases, even as they "work hard" to expand internationally. The Obama administration, Dorr said, "did not get serious until after the 2010 election." He pointed out that agriculture was slow to push for passage of free trade agreements with South Korea and Colombia. However, ag exports have grown by roughly 50% during the last four years, from $96.3 billion in 2009 to a projected $145 billion in fiscal year 2013, according to USDA's Economic Research Service. In 2012, the U.S. ran an ag trade surplus of $32.4 billion. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who also spoke at the Forum, highlighted the administration's trade accomplishments. He explained that the U.S. Senate had passed a Russia export bill that very day. Obama signed the bill into law days later, normalizing Russian trade relations. "It's a victory for all of us interested in free and unfettered trade," Vilsack said. "It will give us the opportunity and capacity to significantly expand trade in Russia, and to do it in a way that will compel Russians to play by an appropriate set of rules." Vilsack attempted to rally support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Vilsack said the agreement has tremendous potential. The Asia–Pacific Rim area comprises 75% of our international trade, he said. Vilsack is keeping an eye on discussions about a European Union free-trade agreement, but said he recognizes some agriculture and technology issues need to be worked out before "we could be convinced that an EU trade agreement is going to be, in fact, free trade." Trade Benefits All. "You need trade liberalization," said Jim Wiesemeyer, Informa Economics senior vice president. "It won't guarantee growth, but you are not going to have growth without it." He expects foreign trade to keep U.S. farm profits strong in years ahead, but is concerned about the nation's deteriorating transportation infrastructure, which might make it difficult to meet foreign demand. Dorr wasn't as optimistic about a fractious industry's willingness to commit to feeding the world. "Are we willing to address these issues?" he asked. "Are we willing to commit…resources to the development of this new world trade order? Or, in the final analysis, are we going to elevate an old playbook designed to protect legacy systems as opposed to elevating our traditional American genius for innovation and entrepreneurship?" Hosted in partnership with Informa Economics, the Farm Journal Forum's premier sponsors were Farm Credit Services and SFP. Supporting event sponsors were BASF, Charleston|Orwig, CropLife America, Dow AgroSciences, DuPont, FMC, and Syngenta, in association with the Farmers Feeding the World initiative. Back to news


text: On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Laurent Itti wrote: > Hi all: > > ok, what was wrong is that the MAC addresses did not truly get all set to > the same value for the three branches in the bonded channel. > A peculiarity of the Realtek driver I guess. > > however, there is a very cool program "rtl8139-diag" written by Donald > Becker (available on his driver page) that allows for low-level access to > the realtek eeprom; it seems that the program was all setup to change the > HWADDR except that there was no implementation for doing the actual change > (i.e., the option existed, the argument would get parsed, and then nothing > would be done with it!) That was just a matter of adding a few lines of > code, and it works flawlessly. > > fantastic! Have you checked the performace of the three channel network yet. When we tried using three channels we did not get as good of performace as the two channel setup, so that is what we have been using. I also had problems with the setting of the MAC on the first ethernet card enslaved (KNE100TX). The problem was that ifenslave was reading the MAC from the first card and setting the bond's MAC with that. It would then read the MAC of bond back and set the MAC of the ethernet card. On my system when it it would read the MAC back from the bond it would come back with 00:00:00:00:00:00 and set the first ether to that. To fix it I put in a delay in ifensalve between the setting of the bond MAC and the reading it back. I did not check the interrupt settings back when I did the tests, but now all ethernet cards are assigend different interrupts, so I am not sure if that was a problem when I did the tests. Judd Tracy jtr at isl.engr.ucf.edu


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SGI Busts into Linux with 64-Processor Scalability
Breaking the Eight-Processor Ceiling
There's been a rather odd rumor in the world of high-performance computing that Linux does not scale well beyond eight processors. But Silicon Graphics, Inc. has blown that myth right out of the proverbial waters with today's release of a new line of servers that can physically scale up to 12 processors and 96 GB of memory.
If that does not sound like a major breakthrough, then how about this one: SGI also announced the release of a supercluster product line that will scale up to 64 Itanium 2 processors and 512 GB of memory in a single node.
Using SGI's new hardware architecture, these 64-processor machines can be tied together to form superclusters that eventually will virtually behave as a single computer with up to 2,048 processors.
This may seem impossible to believe, if you listened to hardware vendors that proclaimed left and right that Linux simply did not scale beyond the magic number eight processors. Those familiar with Linux and its underpinings in the kernel knew full well that there was nothing inherent in the operating system that was creating this limitation. SGI's new Altix 3000 product line seems to prove this once and for all.
SGI, which has long been in the business of high-performance computing for technical and media clients with its IRIX operating system on MIPS processors, decided that it would capitalize on the same architecture the company uses to create 1,024-processor IRIX Origin 3000 servers. This architecture, known as NUMAlink, allows data to be shared between separate machines with only a negligible performance hit, compared to multiple processors on the same machine.
Addison Snell, Marketing Manager of High Performance Computing, explained is in this way: on a local multi-processor machine, the average time that data takes to make a round trip across a switch between processors is about 200 nanoseconds. If a similar operation is made between a local processor and a remote, clustered processor, that time is up to 10 microseconds.
Using NUMAlink, that local-to-remote round trip is slashed down to just 50 nanoseconds--200 times faster than ordinary clustered switches. Because of the speed enhancements in connecting nodes together under the NUMAlink architecture, SGI has been able to bring a new trick to their Linux/Itanium machines: something they call global shared memory.
One of the drawbacks to running a conventional cluster is that applications may need to be tuned to the limitations of multiple-OS memory management, Snall said. For instance, on a 4-node, 16-processor cluster, there will be four instances of an operating system--and each instance will have to deal with its own machine's memory separately.
If the application running on the cluster needs more memory than one single node in the cluster has, then it will have to be reprogrammed to adjust for the limitations of each node's memory capabilities.
With global memory management, each node's operating system instance still deals with the memory on that node--but if one node suddenly needs more memory, it can request--and get--memory capacity from one of the other nodes.
"In a regular clustered system," Snell mused, "the nodes would be talking to each other like you and I are having this conversation. With this shared memory management, it would be like we could read each other's minds."
The advantages of this process are three-fold, according to Product Manager Jason Pettit. Now, applications wish could not run on clusters before due to memory requirements can utilize clustered technology. This solution also eliminates the need for inefficient overallocation of memory that some clusters have just to avoid memory limitations. And finally, Pettit added, "it just flat out runs faster."
The Altix systems have also cranked up the I/O rate to a huge 2 GB/second throughput rate, which is another reason why large, memory intensive applications will find a better home on these superclusters than other cluster systems, Pettit said.
Pettit described some of the technical aspects of the Altix line. SGI is using a stock 2.4.19 kernel, with the appropriate patches that allow the kernel to use the hardware's chipset. Pettit emphasized that much of the work was done in conjunction and cooperation with standing open-source projects, such as the Linux for Large Systems project, the Linux Scalability Project, and the work done by David Mosberger to port Linux over to the IA-64 platform.
Because of the adherence to the IA-64 standards, any binary capable of running on a 64-bit platform can be run on the Altix machines.
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text: Ok this guy got arrested in front of Fenway when he hit his wife in the face. Philadelphia fans (the ones who once booed Santa) are not likely to be to forgiving when he has a rough outing. His wife bailed him out and hes on leave from the team till after the All Star game....my question is if the Phils called you got to consider him..hes pitching well and is young. Change of scenery and work on his problem he'd be a good pickup. Id send them kearns in a minute. Thoughts?


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Plans for the Bud Light InfieldFEST were unveiled February 5. The day will feature a main stage concert with three rock performances, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers ZZ Top, Grammy-nominated Buckcherry and Maryland's #1 Rock Band, Charm City Devils, along with The Toyota Pro Beach East Women's Volleyball Tournament and an interactive competition including virtual NASCAR racing, where fans can win over $10,000 in prize money .
The Bud Light Breakfast Bash will kick off at 8:00 a.m. in the Bud Light Beer Garden. >From 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., InfieldFEST fans will enjoy $1.00 draft beer and a slew of entertainment, including a meet and greet with Keibler, photo op with the Bud Light girls, games and prizes, and music with DJ Yummy.
A second InfieldFEST stage will buzz with a wealth of activity, hosting the first ever InfieldFEST Hooters Bikini contest, Sumo wrestling, DJ Grooves spinning records, a set from former Derek St. Holmes (former member of Ted Nugent's band) plus appearances by 98 Rock DJ's, WNST's Nestor Aparicio and the NISL championship Baltimore Blast.
InfieldFEST gates will open at 8 a.m. The $1 million Preakness® Stakes, the famed middle jewel of thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown, is the largest single day sporting event in the State of Maryland with attendance figures topping six-figures in nine of the last 10 years, including a record 121,263 in 2007.
Tickets for the Preakness Infield remain $50 in advance and $60 on May 16. A special on-line discount offer of $45 is available only through http://www.ticketmaster.com.
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ive watch negima 1 and 2 already.but there is something i been looking for a new season. :D posté il y a plus d'un an
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Fuka and Fumika's mysterious disappearance plagued everyone's minds. Even Kaede, who cared for them, couldn't determine what happened. According to her explanation she went away for at lease five seconds, heard the screams of the twins, and par the time she returned they were both gone- never to be seen again. Everyone was completely shocked par the events. All except for Asuna, who was filled with anger and vengeance. "Wait until I get my hands on those dirty little!" Konoka and Negi both calmed her down. Kasey however was busy pondering. Kaede took notice of this and tried asking if...
Two days after returning from their trip to the hot springs, Negi and his students have been under hot pursuit. Sense the awakening of the legendary beast that was sealed thousands of years il y a the actions regarding the magical terrorists continued to plaque the minds of both Negi and Kasey.
In the Mahora Academy building, Negi, Kasey, and Chamo were all in his office. They have been debating as to what they believed was going on. "But why would they go through such measures just to release a monster that was sealed many years ago?" Negi asked. Kasey did what he could to...
The night sky soon filled all of Mahora. Everyone left the academy grounds. The entire complex was very quite. Not a single sound could be heard except for the wind and leaves that were being carried. As they were flying, a hand quickly reached up and grabbed one of the leaves. It was revealed to be Evangeline's hand. "The way he looked at me," She a dit while staring at the leaf. "Stupid little boy." Just then, Chachamaru spoke. "Master, is it possible that toi were being a little over the haut, retour au début with him?" What she a dit made Evangeline very mad. She turned and gave her a glaring...
After talking to Evangeline, Kasey made his way back inside the building. He was currently walking through the shaded sector, thinking. "Well, at least that's out of the way," He a dit in his mind as he proceeded walking. "She may not like me now but I'm sure she'll come around." He continued walking until someone blocked his way. It turned out to be Kaede, who was exploring the academy grounds on her own. "Hey," She a dit while looking down at him with her eyes closed. "What do toi think you're doing walking around out here?" Kasey sat perfectly still as he didn't know...
Something huge was about to occur. Kasey, who was hanging at the plage for sometime, quickly flew to the sand while transforming into an Allosaurus. The mysterious changes and couleurs from the sky brought his senses to high alert. He was prepared for whatever was coming. The shifts from the sky continued for quite a while until they came to a halt. Assuming that it was nothing, Kasey slowly turned. But before he could do anything, he could see large mass of dark shadows that were formed from the sand behind him. With ease, he turned and came face to face with a group of mysterious creatures...
The whole park became quite as the epic battle in history came to a major close. While Asuna, Konoka and Setsuna were passed out cold and starving, Negi, Chamo and Kasey were helping them. For Kasey, it was easy as all he had to do was transform into an animal that could carry things on its back. Though a chameau was an excellent choice, he went for a mule. "What kind of animal is that?" Chamo asked. Negi thought he was being rude and told him to stop. Kasey however gave a little chuckle and responded that he was a mule, which was a traverser, croix between a donkey and a horse. They were both...
Kasey has so far gotten a lay of what all is in and around Mahora Academy. What else could he possibly have missed? There was just one thing that was remaining. "I don't think this is going to work," Negi a dit nervously. "What if he questions me?" Asuna was getting annoyed par Negi's complaints. "You have to face it Negi! Sense he is part of our lives, it's only fair toi have to montrer him." Despite what she said, Negi still didn't feel comfortable. "What is he going to say if I do it? I could be in trouble." Because of Asuna's pity advices, Konoka offered to explain....
NOTE: Before lire this story, there is one thing I should mention. If you're wondering how the other students know about Kasey's powers it is because this story takes place a few months after some events from "Negima! Earth's Survivors". I wanted to clear this fact in case a lot of toi are wondering how the other students knew about his powers. Please enjoy!
It was the jour of October 31st and this meant one thing- fun, the craving of sweets, and dressing up as a character from one's imagination. Halloween is worth celebrating across the world. Most cultures...
Mahora Academy: An amazing school filled with wonderful students. Thirty one and all are female. It might come as a surprise, but life here can be astonishing as it can be wonderful. What makes it astonishing is that Mahora is a place where even danger lurks- magical dangers. With these dangers, a certain wizard named Negi protects these grounds with the use of his magic. His thirty one students are also magical as well- being his partner and supporting him with their own magical capabilities. As toi can imagine, life around here is as crazy as it is adventurous.
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Computer scientists at the University of Southampton in the U.K. have developed a system of computerized agents that can manage energy use and storage in homes.
Having already developed agents that can trade on the stock market and manage crisis communications, a team of researchers, led by Alex Rogers and Nick Jennings at the University of Southampton's School of Electronics and Computer Science, have now developed an agent-based micro-storage management technique that allows homes to adapt their energy use to match market conditions.
The ultimate aim of this system is to optimize individual electricity usage and storage, in order to improve efficiency of the electricity grid and to reduce emissions.
The system, developed by Krishnen Vytelingum, Thomas Voice, and Sarvapali Ramchurn, is outlined in the paper Agent-based Micro-Storage Management for the Smart Grid, which has been nominated for the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2010), which will take place May 10-14 in Toronto, Canada.
According to Rogers, who earlier this year launched an iPhone application, named GridCarbon, to measure the carbon intensity of the U.K. grid, this system will make it possible to install smart software into electricity meters. This will mean that the agents will be able to optimize the usage and storage profile of the dwelling and learn the best storage profile given market prices at any particular time.
"This approach focuses on the system dynamics where all agents in the system are given the freedom to buy electricity whenever they see fit and, building on this, they can then learn the best storage profile in a marketplace where prices keep changing," said Rogers. "Another advantage is that if most homes in the system start using storage and manage to reduce peak demand, the overall cost of generating electricity is reduced."


text: Unlikely I have to do it on the terminal character console, I Cannot use X11 for a internal policy no X11 is intalled on the farm. Thank you anyway Rick On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Robert G. Brown wrote: > On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Beowulf mailing list for PC clusters wrote: > > > > > Hello, I got a Linux Pc farm of 80 PCs. > > Using the hardware switch is really uncomfortable so I decided to search > > for a proper software but I cannot find it anywhere. > > I need a software which can allow me to open multiple windows on one > > terminal like the screen GNU software does but I am not interested in > > having a shell spawned. I am interested that every new window opened on my > > console terminal spawns a ssh or telnet process to one machine of my Linux > > cluster and i want t oswitch between one connactoin to another. > > Does a software like this exist already in the Beowulf software ?? > > I Tryed to search for something like this but I did not find anything. > > Could someone give me some hint about if such a thing exists within the > > Beowulf project?? > > thank you a lot. > > I'm not exactly sure what you are looking for here; it's either > something really trivial or something extremely complex. > > One can invoke an e.g. xterm with a shell command. That shell command > can be (e.g.) ssh b1 or ssh b2... Alternatively, one can ssh b1 xterm, > ssh b2 xterm... > > One can contruct an icon or GUI to spawn the xterms (by name) a variety > of ways depending on your windowing system and pack them into a taskbar. > Doing this by hand would be very tedious, but if you learn to edit stuff > in e.g. .gnome/* by hand you can probably autogenerate a gnome-style > launcher. > > Just one of many ways to create a more portable and general solution is > to write a C application or perl-Gtk script with e.g. glade with 80 > buttons (1-80) which exec xterms when pressed. If you go this route you > can choose to run the xterms locally (and execute ssh bX in the xterm) > or ssh bX xterm (remotely execute the xterm on the bX host). Obviously > you can choose to use ssh (good) or telnet (bad) to communicate with the > nodes. > > There are some nice things about such an applet -- you could easily > enough make the hosts checkbuttons instead of icons and construct an > entry box for a string to be ssh'd on all the hosts. To execute a whole > stack of xterms, you select the hosts via checkbutton or menu item > (select all/clear all), put "xterm" with your favorite geometry into the > entry box, and click a "run" button. I've been meaning to write such an > beowulf applet panel for years but somehow have never had time. I've > been playing with glade, though -- maybe it is finally time for me to > finish it. > > rgb > > -- > Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ > Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 > Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 > Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu > > > >


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Question for the Money Doctors
Question submitted on Oct 12, 2012.
QuestionI am a college student interested in investing. What is the easiest, most secure way to invest without paying taxes. I have about $400 dollars that I would like to invest, would like to see it grow so that I could potentially use it to pay student loans (>$8000). The stock market scares and confuses me.
Growing $400 into $8,000, while not impossible, is typically unrealistic in a short period of time, especially if you are uncomfortable owning stocks. Being a college student, let's assume you are in a low or "no" tax bracket. You could invest the $400 into a Roth IRA to begin saving for retirement. While there is no tax deduction on the contribution, future withdrawals including earnings are tax free.
Another option, if you are certain that you will use your money to pay for college expense, would be to consider a 529 savings plan. These college savings accounts allow your money to grow tax-free, provided you use the money for qualified education expenses. A 529 plan cannot be used to pay for student loans. You must use the funds to pay for expenses as they are incurred. I would consider this depending on how many years of schooling you anticipate and what future contributions you might be able to deposit to the account.
No matter what type of investment account you choose, the goal to achieve $8000 at the end of your college career is lofty. You will need to make regular deposits to the account in addition to your initial $400 investment if you want to reach that goal within a shorter period of time.
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Early last summer, Tracy and Kevin Keegan were walking in Wellfleet center when Kevin Keegan recognized Dan Lombardo, the artistic director of Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, behind the window of the company's Main Street box office. They struck up a conversation.
"And he said, 'My daughter was a playwright.' And I said, 'Tell me about her,'" Lombardo recalled. "And suddenly it hit me this was Marina Keegan's father."
Marina Keegan, a Wayland native, had just graduated from Yale University and accepted a job at The New Yorker when she died in a car crash in Dennis last year, on the way to her family's summer home in Wellfleet. She was 22.
Keegan's writing — including a Yale Daily News essay titled "The Opposite of Loneliness," which led to a piece for The New York Times DealBook blog — had already attracted enough attention that her death made headlines: in the Globe, in the Times, and across the country.
Like seemingly everyone else in town, Lombardo had heard about the accident, and the chance meeting with her parents took him by surprise. But the possibilities were obvious. Later in the summer, the Keegans loaned Lombardo a DVD of "Independents," a big-cast musical whose book Marina had written that debuted at last year's New York International Fringe Festival. They also sent him the script for her play "Utility Monster." He was eager to read it, but also a little concerned. What if, after all that, it wasn't quite good enough? He quickly decided it was.
"Marina's fluidity with dialogue and the way she builds characters, immediately you knew these were authentic people on the stage," Lombardo said. "There were no stereotypes, no cliches, no throwaway lines. It's beautifully evocative writing, and you wanted to know what was going to happen to these characters."
Now her family and others will gather this weekend for the opening of "Utility Monster," which begins performances Thursday, with Lombardo directing. The official opening is Saturday night. Sunday is the first anniversary of Keegan's death.
The timing of the premiere at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater wasn't what the family expected, said her father, but now they're glad. "The nice part is that we're going to be surrounded by family and friends who are going to be coming up to the Cape for the opening, and in many ways that should be comforting," he said.
"I can't think of a better way to celebrate my daughter than to share her words with the world," said her mother.
Even so, her family and friends are determined that the play's back story not overshadow the work.
"She was a fantastic kid. Very difficult, very feisty, very fierce, very funny, very bright," said playwright Deb Margolin, an associate professor in Yale's theater studies program who taught Keegan and became a mentor to her. "Nasty loss. A nasty and terrible loss."
But Margolin and others say Keegan would want the attention focused on her play and the ideas it grapples with, not the emotions stirred by her death.
"Utility Monster" is the story of two New York City 15-year-olds straddling the gulf between idealism and reality. Everything changes for Claude (Ryan Rudewicz) when he discovers that, for the price of his Taco Bell meal, he could provide life-saving nutrition for a child in Africa. He begins to see everything through the philosophy of utilitarianism, which he defines as "when you start thinking about everything in terms of how many starving African children you can save."
The notion appeals to Sadie (Lily Flores), whose privileged life has been shaken by the death of her father, a well-known painter, and her mother's subsequent cancer diagnosis. But how far will these two teenagers take their fund-raising campaign? Sadie's mother (Laura Latreille), her stoner older brother (Ari Lew), and her uncle (Marc Carver) will be dragged into the mess they create — all of it inside Keegan's exploration of altruism and its complications.
"She said she never met anyone her age who hasn't agonized about what to do with one's life," Tracy Keegan said. "'Utility Monster' raises the question of responsibility, asking if anything that doesn't directly benefit people who need help is worth doing. Whether you could possibly value a painting more than a human life. And therefore, by extension, she would say, it also looks at the value of theater itself."
That sort of interrogation was part of the way Keegan operated, Margolin said. "What struck me most about this kid was she really wanted people to be called to account for their choices and their ethics," she said.
Keegan had revised the script over a couple of years, through Margolin's class, a student production at Yale, and staged readings. A St. Thomas getaway with her mother turned into a rewrite marathon.
"She was able to hone it and sculpt it and get her message out in the way she wanted," Tracy Keegan said. "It's a complete thought for her, which is a great thing."Joel Brown can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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It's a hard life.
The show moves around different cities in the United States. This year SC10 is in New Orleans, Louisiana, and running from 14th to 21st November, with around 10,000 registered attendees. It's the 23rd outing since the first one which took place in Orlando, Florida in 1988. NAG has attended every single one of these events, and is one of just a handful of outfits to do so.
New Orleans was founded in 1718 by French speculators interested in making money from trade and finance, and named after the then French Regent, Philippe, Duke of Orléans. In the mid-eighteenth century it was ceded to the Spanish. They're the ones who actually created most of the characteristic architecture in the heart of the city now known as the French Quarter. In 1801 it returned to French control, only to be sold to the United States a couple of years later as part of the "Louisiana Purchase". In more recent times New Orleans was badly hit by Hurricane Katrina, and there's a nice museum detailing all the sad events of that calamity next door to St. Louis' Church in downtown New Orleans.
So, SC is always a great place to find out about the latest developments in computing technology, talk to NAG customers, meet old friends and make new ones, and this year is no exception. By the way, if it's not too late and you want to come to talk to us, the NAG booth is number 3131 in the exhibition hall.
The trouble is the parties. They start on the Sunday evening, with the "Exhibitors' Party". This is open to anyone with an X on their name badge, meaning that they're working one of the booths in the exhibition hall. The food is piled high, and there's enough drink to float the Queen Mary.
Monday evening is the "Opening Night Party", which is at the nearby Metropolitan Night Club. A jazz band plays the hits of Fats Domino, Louis Armstrong and other New Orleans greats. The food is piled high, and there's enough drink to float the Queen Mary.
Tuesday evening. Two big parties going on, one hosted by Cray and AMD which takes place in a ballroom at the Marriott Hotel, and one hosted by SGI and Intel, which is at Pat O'Brien's Bar on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter. In the interests of vendor neutrality, of course NAG staff must attend both parties. O'Brien's has another great jazz quartet playing, and is famous for "The Hurricane", a drink containing rum and a secret mix of fruits and spices. It's lethal, and guess what, there's enough of it to float the Queen Mary.
There are more parties to come. So, although we have the compensation of being able to learn more about what NAG users want in the way of fast numerical software, and finding out what our contemporaries are working on, the fact is, we've all got blisters on our feet from walking between the different parties.
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Changed scout_avr's main.cpp to use rosserial
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Also fixed bug in the bom's timer usage, where it depended on an integeroverflow that was no longer occuring due to the higher F_CPU.
Fixed pins to work with 128rfa1 instead of 2560
Moved some sensors to different timers
Most notably, change the ROS millisecond counter to share the BOM 38 kHztimer instead of having its own. The range sensor and BOM rx will nowshare timer 5, but they both have to be fixed for the higher F_CPU.
Some fixes to BOM, which is now tested and it works
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Thomas H. Bergmann, 59, who for years restored Balasses House's antiques and who recently came to own the well-known Amagansett business, died unexpectedly following a brief illness in Cancun, Mexico, near where he had a vacation home, on July 27.
Mr. Bergmann's woodworking skills soon came to the attention of George and Teda Balasses after he — a housepainter then — moved here from Roxbury upstate in the late 1970s.
He and the Balasseses, who opened the store on Amagansett's Main Street in 1962, met when he was painting the trim on their house. In a Star interview in 2002, Mr. Balasses said he and his wife intended that Mr. Bergmann should "take the business over lock, stock, and barrel" in the future. He did so after Mrs. Balasses died several years ago.
Mr. Bergmann not only restored the store's popular English country style furniture, including the large dining room tables that Mrs. Balasses had a special fondness for, but he helped with the sales and also went on buying trips.
A friend recalled Mr. Bergmann once saying, "Teda and George took me under their wing. They were like family to me. They gave me my life here."
He leaves two children, Kate, a preschool teacher in Boston, and Max, of Los Angeles, who plans to do graduate work in zoology or marine biology.
"He was a great father," said Max. "All my friends were very close to him. He was a wonderful cook. He was a generous, kind person. He was loved by everyone who knew him."
Kate said her father loved gardening and reading, had "a wicked sense of humor," and often walked and ran on the beach in the early morning.
Some of Mr. Bergmann's ashes were spread at Indian Wells Beach in Amagansett Tuesday as the sun went down. His son said to those gathered there that "he loved this beach as he loved every one of you. . . . He made me the man that I am."
Born in Rockville Centre on Dec. 8, 1951, Mr. Bergmann, one of nine siblings, was a son of Frank and Gloria Logan Bergmann. The family moved upstate from Long Island when Mr. Bergmann was 8 years old, his son said.
Mr. Bergmann's parents predeceased him. In addition to his children and his former wife, Marcia Izant, he is survived by two sisters, Dori Hamilton and Christine O'Connor, both of Virginia, and by six brothers, four of whom — Frank, Billy, Keith, and George — live upstate, and two of whom — Tim and Jim — live in Virginia.
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Disease blamed for many Indiana deer deaths
LAGRANGE, Ind. (AP) — Large numbers of dead deer have been found in parts of
Indiana after an outbreak of an insect-spread disease made worse by this
summer's drought, state wildlife officials said.
Wildlife officials have been receiving daily reports of dead deer recently.
Tiffany Dunkel, of Pigeon River Wildlife Area, told The News Sun of
Kendallville that one person found 30 dead deer near a pond on a
northeastern Indiana property.
Wildlife experts blame the deaths on Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease, or EHD.
The viral disease is spread by biting gnats, or midges, that breed well in
exposed mud flats.
Indiana Department of Natural Resources spokesman Phil Bloom told The
Associated Press Tuesday that EHD has been confirmed in LaGrange, Miami,
Morgan and Sullivan counties and is suspected in 51 others. The disease also
has been identified in captive deer farms and one cattle farm, he said.
Dean Zimmerman, a district biologist for the DNR, said the dry summer was
perfect for midge reproduction.
"The midges like to breed in the mud flats," Zimmerman told WLFI-TV. "The
rivers are down, the ponds are down, and it exposes some of the mud banks."
The infected deer suffer internal bleeding, dehydration and a high fever,
causing them to seek out water to drink and to wade in as they attempted to
cool themselves down. That leads to many dead animals being found near
sources of water, said Jason Wade, a Department of Natural Resources
Wildlife officials expect to learn more about how badly the disease has hit
the state's deer population from deer hunters during the Nov. 17-Dec. 2
firearms season.
"We will look at the harvest in counties hit hard," Zimmerman said. "This
year (hunters) may be able to take eight antlerless deer, or doe, we may
have to drop them back to two antlerless deer, or three, next year."
Bloom said the disease is not transmitted from deer to deer and that a hard
freeze should stop the spread of the illness.
He said some deer built up immunity and that even hard-hit areas can rebound
within a few years.
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Mammoth Mountain, CA – Mammoth Mountain has appointed Michael Gregory as the Manager of the world-famous Unbound Terrain Parks. Under the direction of Josh Chauvet, Gregory will oversee all operational aspects of Mammoth's terrain parks.
"Over the years Michael has become an integral part of the Unbound Park crew with his passion and knowledge of the resort. In his past role as Unbound's Outside Operations Supervisor, he helped oversee the day crew, photo shoots and events with great success," said Josh Chauvet, Action Sports Brand Manager at Mammoth Mountain. "With Michael leading Unbound, he will help further our success in the winter sports industry as one of the top parks in the world."
Gregory was born and raised in Mammoth where he spent his winters on the slopes and in the Unbound Terrain Parks. In 2007, Gregory graduated from Whittier College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration and Management. After starting working in the terrain park four years ago, Gregory brings his ambition and education into design, construction, maintenance and operation of the Unbound.
"I am very exited to be leading the new Unbound. Mammoth has always been at the leading edge of the industry, but especially in the park," said Gregory. "With Josh's creative drive and unparalleled experience, and the existing operational team that we have here, I have no doubt that we can recreate the action sports experience at Mammoth as we know it. I'm thrilled to have one of the best opportunities in the world at the resort and parks that I grew up in."
Gregory just returned from a season abroad at Perisher Ski Resort in Australia where he organized and structured Perisher's first legitimate Terrain Park Department. Gregory played an integral roll in organizing Mammoth's major on hill competitions including the U.S. Grand Prix of Snowboarding, the West Coast Invitational, the Volcom Peanut Butter & Rail Jam and the Roxy Chicken Jam.
The Mammoth Mountain Unbound Terrain Parks lead the industry in innovation and quality with eight parks, three half pipes, two acrobags, 80+ jibs and 50+ jumps on over 100 acres of California's favorite mountain resort. Using state-of-the-art equipment to provide a progressive environment for all levels, from beginners to a team of 10 professional athletes, the Unbound earns consistent ratings among the top parks of the world. The Mammoth Unbound Terrain Parks are on the forefront of progression with the Stomping Grounds, Mammoth's new Evolution Park complete with soft rails, sequence jumps and dual acrobags. For more information on the Unbound and Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, visit www.playbigproductions.com or call 800.MAMMOTH.