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Adam Lambert gets arrested after a bar brawl in Finland, Ireland's Oxegen festival will sit out 2012, and Deadmau5 will get his day in Vegas.
Lambert Dust Up
Singer Adam Lambert probably isn't the first musician you'd pick for artist most likely to get into a bar brawl, but the American Idol runner-up evidently let his fists do the talking in Helsinki, Finland.
Evidently Lambert and his boyfriend – Finnish "Big Brother" star Sauli Koskinen – were in a popular gay bar in Helsinki when the couple began fighting according to Detective Superintendent Petri Juvonen.
The rumble eventually moved out to the street where Lambert was reportedly arrested for allegedly hitting two people who tried to break up the fight. No weapons were involved and no one was seriously hurt, according to Juvonen.
Both men were released a few hours later. Word is no further action will be taken.
Marina Bay Circuit, SingaporeSeptember 24, 2010
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A Lack Of Oxegen In 2012
Oxegen, the annual three-day festival in Naas, Ireland, at Punchestown Racecourse will not take place again until 2013.
From the festival's website:
"Oxegen, like Glastonbury, is taking a year off in 2012 and will be back July 2013. Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas & Peaceful New Year. Keep Rockin' in 2012 and we will see you in 2013."
Past Oxegen lineups have included Coldplay, Eminem, The Black Eyed Peas, Nine Inch Nails, Foo Fighters, Blur and Kings Of Leon.
Oxegen Festival, Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, IrelandJuly 9, 2010
(AP Photo / PA)
Deadmau5's Special Vegas Day
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman hadproclaimed Jan. 2 to be "Deadmau5 Day" in Sin City. The day will also mark the beginning of an exclusive partnership between Deadmau5 and Wynn Las Vegas with the electronic artist performing at Wynn's XS Nightclub during New Year's Eve as well as on other dates throughout the year at Wynn's Encore Beach Club.
"Las Vegas is the entertainment capital of the world and Deadmau5 represents the cream of the crop in electronic dance music, the hottest genre of music that has made a significant positive financial impact to the city this past year," Encore Beach Club and Surrender Nightclub co-owner/managing partner Sean Christie said in a statement.
"Mayor Goodman's proclamation of 'Deadmau5 Day' is an important symbolic acknowledgement of this wildly popular entertainment form that has come to define the best in Las Vegas nightlife."
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It's always fun to compare states and regions within lacrosse using polls. It might not be scientific in any way, but it certainly showcases perceived differences in talent, and makes for an interesting conversation. We'll take a look at the two biggest Top 25 Polls, and see if we can draw any conclusions!
US Lacrosse HS Top 25
1. Ward Melville (N.Y.) 22-0, 200 (8), State Class A champion
2. Loyola-Blakefield (Md.) 13-8, 185, MIAA champion
3. Garden City (N.Y.) 19-3, 176, State Class B champion
4. Boys' Latin (Md.) 19-1 175, MIAA runner-up
5. Gonzaga (D.C.) 19-2, 161, WCAC champion
6. Malvern Prep (Pa.) 16-2, 148, Inter-Ac League champion & Invitational runner-up
7. Culver Military (Ind.) 18-2, 147, Season complete
8. La Salle (Pa.) 23-2, 143, PIAA champion
9. Niskayuna (N.Y.) 21-1, 140, State Class B semifinalist
10. Jamesville-DeWitt (N.Y.) 20-2, 138, State Class B runner-up
11. McDonogh (Md.) 14-4, 114, MIAA semifinalist
12. Hereford (Md.) 19-2, 104, State Class 3A/2A champion
13. Chaminade (N.Y.) 15-2, 104, CHSAA champion
14. Gilman (Md.) 12-4, 95, MIAA quarterfinalist
15. Haverford School (Pa.) 15-7, 93, Inter-Ac third place & Invitational champion
16. Calvert Hall (Md.) 11-6, 73, MIAA semifinalist
17. Salesianum (Del.) 17-2, 59, DIAA champion
18. Cazenovia Central (N.Y.) 22-2, 52, State Class C champion
19. Ridge (N.J.) 20-3, 47, ToC champion
20. Episcopal Academy (Pa.) 15-6, 41, Inter-Ac League runner-up
21. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes (Va.) 18-6, 41, VISAA & Co-IAC Champions
22. St. Paul's (Md.) 15-5, 37, MIAA quarterfinalist
23. Yorktown (N.Y.) 17-3, 27 Season complete
24. Delbarton (N.J.) 17-1, 21, Season complete
25. St. Ignatius Prep (Calif.) 21-1, 20, WCAL champion
Others receiving votes:
West Genesee (N.Y.) 15-6, 16
Paul VI (Va.) 20-4, 13
Shoreham-Wading River (N.Y.) 18-2, 9
Fayetteville-Manlius (N.Y.) 17-1, 9
Bronxville (N.Y.) 22-2, 6
Conestoga (Pa.) 15-11, 3
St. Anthony's (N.Y.) 11-5, 2
Ithaca (N.Y.) 15-3, 1
Ok, now let's take a look at the other growing high school poll:
The IL/Under Armour Top 25
1. Ward Melville (N.Y.), 22-0
2. Boys' Latin (Md.), 19-1
3. Gonzaga (D.C.), 19-2
4. Garden City (N.Y.), 19-3
5. Culver (Ind.), 18-2
6. Chaminade (N.Y.), 15-2
7. La Salle College (Pa.), 23-2
8. Loyola Blakefield (Md.), 13-8
9. Deerfield Academy (Mass.), 15-1
10. Malvern Prep (Pa.), 16-2
11. Niskayuna (N.Y.), 21-1
12. Jamesville-DeWitt (N.Y.), 20-2
13. Yorktown (N.Y.), 17-3
14. Delbarton (N.J.), 17-1
15. Hill Academy (Ont.), 18-4
16. Haverford School (Pa.), 15-7
17. McDonogh (Md.), 14-4
18. St. Ignatius Prep (Calif.), 21-1
19. Massapequa (N.Y.), 15-2
20. Gilman (Md.), 12-4
21. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes (Va.), 18-6
22. Cazenovia Central (N.Y.), 22-2
23. Ridge (N.J.), 20-3
24. Upper Arlington (Ohio), 18-2
25. Salesianum (Del.), 17-2
Phew, that was a lot to take in. I'll now look for some basic takeaways:
State Representation – New York is represented 21 times between the two lists. Maryland is hit up 11 times. No matter who is counting, these states clearly still reign supreme. Pennsylvania impresses with 8 spots between the two polls, and New Jersey has 4 spots. Other states (or districts) rarely have more than one school on either list, and in most cases, the same schools show on both lists.
It is interesting to note that the Hill Academy shows up on the IL/UA poll, but is not looked at for the US Lacrosse poll. Deerfield also shows highly in the UA poll, but is not a US Lacrosse worthy team it seems. The closest New England schools to inclusion were likely Fairfield Prep (CT) and Lincoln-Sundbury (MA).
Culver Academy (IN) – Culver is in Indiana. Let's take a look at their roster, and see where these guys are from: 9 of these guys are actually from Indiana. That's pretty cool, and bodes well for future development in-state. There are 3 players from Ontrario, one from South Korea, and get this… NONE from Maryland or New York. In fact. the biggest lacrosse states represented are probably New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and each has a whopping one player. Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin… these kids come from everywhere.
California – It's still the land of potential out there. Top players are moving out there, competition is picking up, and it's only a matter of time before we start to see two or three CA schools gracing the Top 20. Within 10 years, I predict we'll see 3 or more pretty consistently. The game is exploding out there, and reaching new levels. Continue to keep an eye on that!
While the pack is still located back East in an area stretching only a couple hundred miles, it seems like lacrosse is still very much an "East Coast" sport, but as we've seen above, that would only scratch the surface. Once submerged, we can see that there is a true undercurrent at work, and it's pulling West. We will continue to see more Chase Carraro type players coming from non-traditional areas, and as we are seeing with Culver, when they pull together, they are up there with the best.
New York and Maryland are still the Kings of the Heap, but the others are coming… it's only a matter of time.


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Strauss, Richard
Die schweigsame Frau (1932-35)
Comic opera in three acts
Libretto by Stefan Zweig after Ben Jonson's 'Epicoene' (G,E,I)
Major roles: colS,A,lyrT,lyrB,B; minor roles: colS,M,Bar,2B; chorus
Abbreviations (PDF).
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World Premiere
Sächsisches Staatstheater Opernhaus, Dresden
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Company: Dresden State Opera
SIR MOROSUS | Bass |
HOUSEKEEPER | Contralto |
BARBER | Baritone |
HENRY | Tenor |
AMINTA, his wife | Soprano |
ISOTTA | Soprano |
CARLOTTA | Mezzo Soprano |
MORBIO | Baritone |
VANUZZI | Bass |
FARFALLO | Bass |
Actors and neighbours | chorus |
Time and Place
A room in Sir Morosus's house in a London suburb, about 1780
A rich, retired admiral, Sir John Morosus, cannot bear noise of any kind, particularly his garrulous housekeeper, so his barber suggests she should be replaced by a quiet young wife. Sir John argues that a silent woman cannot exist and that he is too old to marry. His long-lost nephew Henry appears in pursuit of an inheritance and Sir John believes he has found alternative companionship. However, Henry is married to Aminta, a member of an operatic troupe, and his uncle has no time for such noisy activity. He dismisses the troupe, disinherits Henry and demands the Barber finds a silent woman for the next day. The Barber and Henry hatch a plan and present Sir John with three possible brides (the opera troupe in disguise). Sir John rejects the clumsy peasant (Carlotta) and the bluestocking (Isotta) but falls in love with the quietest called Timidia (Aminta). But as soon as the marriage is sealed her raucous true nature emerges - and she wants to buy a pet parrot. Henry promises to arrange an annulment of the marriage, but Timidia will not accept any bribes as she wants to remain Lady Morosus. Sir John's divorce petition fails but at his point of total despair the deception is revealed. His initial fury turns to laughter and the troupe salute him. Aminta offers daughterly love and Sir John is content to accept Henry as his heir: "A rare delight it is to find a silent, beautiful girl, but it is more delightful when she belongs to another man".
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Blonde bombshell Catherine Deneuve scored her first Vogue cover at only 18 for the April 1962 issue. How incredible is that hairstyle?
Why so blue, Audrey Hepburn? No matter: her 1963 cover proves that she could still be gorgeous even if she wasn't smiling
Never judge a book by its cover? Perhaps. But when it comes to Vogue, the cover is the best part. So perhaps that's why French Vogue recently installed this presentation of its best works on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. With some 70-plus covers spanning the years 1920-2009, the collection offers up some incredible images--illustrations from the '30s of Parisian aristocrats, a Dali work featuring the face of Marilyn Monroe, classic vintage fashions, plus glam photos of style icons like Twiggy, Audrey Hepburn, and Catherine Deneuve.
What's most amazing about this collection is experiencing the feeling of different time periods through fashion--in short, a stylish history lesson in only one city block!
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Updated– The experimental diet drug combination of phentermine and topiramate demonstrated "robust efficacy" in CONQUER, a large new trial published online in the Lancet. The results of the trial follow a year in which the FDA turned down 3 new investigational diet drugs (including Qnexa, the phentermine and topiramate combination used here) and removed the diet drug sibutramine from the market, leaving only one diet drug, Orlistat, still on the market.
Kishore Gadde and colleagues randomized 2,487 overweight or obese patients who had at least two comorbidities to placebo or a high- or low-dose combination of phentermine and topiramate for 56 weeks.
At 56 weeks, weight loss was
- 1·4 kg in the placebo group,
- 8·1 kg in the low-dose combination group (p<0.0001), and
- 10·2 kg in the high-dose combination group (p<0.0001).
At least 5% weight loss was reached by:
- 21% of patients in the placebo group
- 62% of patients in the low-dose group (p<0·0001), and
- 70% of patients in the high-dose group (p<0·0001).
The investigators also reported improvements in blood pressure, lipids, glucose control, and inflammatory markers.
The most common side effect associated with the experimental combination was dry mouth. The investigators concluded that the side effects either were tolerable, including paraesthesias and taste disturbance, or could be managed by discontinuing the drug (nephrolithiasis, metabolic acidosis, and cognitive and psychiatric adverse events).
The authors concluded that the drug combination "could be a valuable addition to the small arsenal of effective obesity treatments that are available to family doctors."
Update: I just want to point out an important caveat to this news story (which I probably should have realized when I wrote it!):
The data in this study are not entirely new. Although unpublished until now, the data from this trial WAS considered by the FDA advisory committee last year. Click here to read an excellent news report from the LA Times that puts the study in context.
When FDA staff looked at the data from this trial along with a second trial, they concluded that the difference between Qnexa and placebo was "of nominal statistical significance."
So the message is to beware the hype. The Lancet press release and numerous news stories have already touted this study as a potential turnaround for the drug. Let's see what happens.
Here is the press release from the Lancet:
NEW TWO DRUG COMBINATION FOR OBESITY COMPARES FAVOURABLY WITH CURRENTLY APPROVED AND EMERGING WEIGHT-LOSS DRUGS (The Lancet)
A new two drug combination (phentermine and topiramate) achieves more than double the weight loss of orlistat, the only drug approved for the long-term treatment of obesity, and compares favourably with drugs in clinical development reported in phase 3 trials*. The findings published Online First in The Lancet also suggest that this promising new treatment has additional metabolic benefits—improving blood pressure, lipids, glycaemia, and inflammatory markers.
Obesity is associated with reduced life expectancy and increased mortality from diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and other causes. Phentermine is the most widely prescribed weight loss drug in the USA, but no long-term randomised trials have been done to assess its efficacy and safety. Topiramate is an anticonvulsant medication approved for the treatment of seizure disorders and migraine prevention. It showed significant success for weight loss in obese patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension, but a high frequency of cognitive and psychiatric side effects stopped further development. It has been suggested that drug combinations using lower doses and controlled-release formulations might improve tolerability.
The CONQUER phase 3 trial was designed to assess the efficacy and safety of the controlled-release combination of phentermine and topiramate in addition to diet and lifestyle changes to promote weight loss in overweight and obese adults with two or more weight related-comorbidities (hypertension, dyslipidaemia, diabetes or prediabetes, or abdominal obesity).
Between November 2007 and June 2009, 2487 overweight or obese adults from 93 centres across the USA were prescribed standardised counselling for diet and lifestyle changes and randomly assigned to a once-daily treatment with placebo (994 patients), once-daily controlled-release phentermine 7.5 mg and topiramate 46 mg (498 patients), or once-daily controlled-release phentermine 15 mg and topiramate 92 mg (995 patients) for 56 weeks.
At 56 weeks, change in bodyweight was significantly greater in the groups prescribed both doses of the phentermine and topiramate combination. The mean weight change recorded for placebo was -1.4 kg (3 lb), for low dose phentermine and topiramate -8.1 kg (18 lb), and for high dose phentermine and topiramate -10.2 kg (22 lb).
Overall, 21% of patients achieved 5% weight loss with placebo, compared with 62% in the lower dose phentermine and topiramate group and 70% in the higher dose group.
Phentermine and topiramate treatment was generally well tolerated with dry mouth, constipation, and paraesthesia (a feeling of pins and needles) the most commonly reported side effects. However, a dose related increase in the incidence of psychiatric and cognitive adverse events was noted. Discontinuation rates due to adverse events roughly doubled with the higher dose versus placebo, with a smaller increase at the lower dose.
The authors say: "Most importantly, weight loss achieved with phentermine and topiramate was sustained during 56 weeks with improvements in blood pressure, lipids, glycaemia, and inflammatory markers. Reduction in concomitant use of drugs with phentermine and topiramate suggests that an effective weight loss treatment could reduce the need for treatment of each disease by addressing the underlying pathophysiological changes and obesity-related disease."
They conclude: "The combination of phentermine and topiramate, with office-based lifestyle interventions, might be a valuable treatment for obesity that can be provided by family doctors."
Notes to Editors:
* After subtraction of the weight loss with placebo, 1-year weight loss with phentermine plus topiramate (–6.6% to –8.6%, some diabetic patients) compared favourably with orlistat (–2.9% after 1–4 years, some diabetic patients), the only drug approved for long-term treatment of obesity, and emerging drugs with reported phase 3 trial data—lorcaserin (–3.3% for non-diabetic patients), and naltrexone plus bupropion (–4.2% with some diabetic patients, –4.5% for non-diabetic patients).


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This document describes how to write, update, run, disable, and enumerate tests that are in a Test Suite. A test suite is a collection of tests, client and server side, that are run on a particular build to validate a larger system. Test Suites build on the Autotest control file specification. How to Create a new Test SuiteIn order to create a valid suite the following two requirements need to be met:
We have a mechanism that allows suites of tests to be defined dynamically by a control file at runtime. test_suites/control.bvt-inline in the autotest repo is a simple example of such a suite, and login_LoginSuccess is one test that's included in this suite. Looking at the control file for login_LoginSuccess, note the line ATTRIBUTES = "suite:bvt-inline, suite:push_to_prod, suite:smoke". This is used in control.bvt-inline like this:... args_dict['name'] = 'bvt-inline' dynamic_suite.reimage_and_run(**args_dict) The infrastructure finds login_LoginSuccess by matching the contents of the suite tags in ATTRIBUTES field in its control file against the suite name passed into dynamic_suite.reimage_and_run()
If one test should be in multiple suites, the ATTRIBUTES field in the control file can be a comma delimited list of suite tags.
ATTRIBUTES = "suite:bvt-inline, suite:push_to_prod, suite:smoke" For an end-to-end demonstration of the flow of creating a new suite, see Dynamic Suites Code Lab How to Modify SuitesThis section will go over adding, removing, and marking tests as experimental. Some suites have restrictions when it comes to adding tests to them. To read about the requirements of a particular test suite refer to its suite control under autotest/files/test_suites/control.suite_name. For example: control.bvt-inline Add the 'suite:<your_suite_name>' tag to the ATTRIBUTES field in the control file of the test you want to be run in the suite. If this test is new add it as an experimental test first, see below. How to Disable Tests in Test Suite?To disable a test remove the 'suite:<your_suite_name>' tag from the ATTRIBUTES field, if it is the only variable in the ATTRIBUTES field, remove the entire ATTRIBUTES line. You may consider marking a test as experimental to avoid closing of the tree but continue running tests. Add new experimental tests?Some times you may want to add tests that are experimental to start gathering some data but you do not want the tree to be closed. To do this use the EXPERIMENTAL control file variable. AUTHOR = "Autotest Team" NAME = "Sleeptest" TIME = "SHORT" TEST_CATEGORY = "Functional" TEST_CLASS = "General" TEST_TYPE = "client" ATTRIBUTES = "suite:bvt-inline" EXPERIMENTAL = "True"viarable An example of a test marked experimental. Suite OptionsThese are options that you can use to tweak the behavior in your suite control file. check_hosts Boolean, if the hosts required are not currently in good health fail the suite. You may want to let the suite sit around for a while and wait for the hosts to be repaired. Default: True add_experimental If you only want the suite to include non-experimental tests. Default: True file_bugs Whether or not bugs should be filed when tests fail (See below for a more detailed example) file_expermental_bugs Whether or not bugs should be filed when experimental tests fail max_runtime_mins How long each job should be allowed to run in a suite. Default is 24 hours. (See below for an example) suite_dependencies If you want to apply a dependency across the whole suite (See below for a more detailed example) version_prefix What version_prefix to use. Currently we have two types of version_prefix CROS_VERSION_PREFIX and FW_VERSION_PREFIX, defined in autotest_lib.server.cros.provision This tells our infrastructure how you would like to provision the allocateviarabled machines. CROS_VERSION_PREFIX tells the infrastructure to provision the machines to the correct OS version. FW_VERSION_PREFIX tells the infrastructure to provision the machines to the correct firmware version. deprecated option: skip_reimage This option has been deprecated. If you specify a build string when creating the suite, our infrastructure will automatically provision the allocated machines to the requested build. Add a suite-level dependency?In addition to DEPENDENCIES specified on a per-test level, a set of suite dependencies can be specified at the suite level. These dependencies will be appended to the dependency list of all tests when they are run through that suite. To add suite-level dependencies, pass in your desired dependencies to dynamic_suite.reimage_and_run with the suite_dependencies argument. For example: ... args_dict['suite_dependencies'] = 'carrier:tmobile' dynamic_suite.reimage_and_run(**args_dict )Multiple suite-level dependencies can be given as a comma separated string. How do I enable automatic bug filing for my suite?If your suite is already being run via suite_scheduler, you only need to edit the suite control file.
How do I define bug template in test control file?If you want to sign up (being owner or being cc-ed), or apply certain label to the bug when test failed, you only need to add an optional BUG_TEMPLATE dictionary into your test control file: BUG_TEMPLATE = {
How do I run jobs in a suite for longer than 24 hours?In your suite control file pass the max_runtime_mins option: An example to allow tests to run for 6 hours. ... args_dict[' max_runtime_mins'] = 60*6dynamic_suite.reimage_and_run(**args_dict) How to enumerate what tests will run for a given Suite?There is a tool under the autotest repo to enumerate tests that will run in a suite. From within the chroot the following command can be executed: $~/trunk/src/third_party/autotest/files/site_utils/suite_enumerator.py -a ~/trunk/src/third_party/autotest/files bvt-inline -a option is to specify what Autotest directory to look in. The argument bvt-inline is the SUITE you are intersted in. How to enumerate what suites are available?$~/trunk/src/third_party/autotest/files/site_utils/suite_enumerator.py -a ~/trunk/src/third_party/autotest/files -l How to run suites with test_that?(chroot)$ test_that -b ${board} ${host} suite:bvt-inline Note that if your suite contains multiple control files that are associated with the same autotest, you may get an error that says something like this: TestError: <AUTOTEST_NAME> already exists; multiple tests cannot run with the same subdirectory To fix this, add a "tag" parameter to the job.run_test() in the associated control files (e.g., job.run_test('foo', tag='some_tag')) to distinguish them and make the results get written into uniquely-named result directories. Suite Scheduler (Running suites out of band)Suite scheduler is the piece of software that is responsible for kicking off suites out of band based on a set of events as opposed to in a waterfall. If you are interested in running suites in a waterfall refer to the HW_Test section below. Below is a run down on how this works and what needs to happen to add new suites to this configuration. How are suites handled on branches?Suites are scheduled based off of build artifacts, the autotest tarball generated at build time is used to enumerate what control files belong to what suites and what version of those particular tests should be run. If updated a test on TOT it will need to be back ported to every branch that needs those updates just like any other change. How do I schedule my suite using suite_scheduler?If your suite is a part of bvt, kaen_bvt, or smoke it will automatically run and no further action must be taken. An out of band process runs on the Autotest server to schedule suite runs based on a number of events. The code lives under autotest/files/site_utils/suite_scheduler and is configured via a Python config file located under autotest/files/suite_scheduler.ini To add your suite send a code review with a new entry as outlined below. Example Config Entry[WeeklyKernelRegressions] run_on: weekly suite: kernel_weekly_regression branch_specs: >=R21 pool: suites boards: first_board,second_board file_bugs: False There are 7 parts to a configuration entry.
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Pending implementation: new_chrome crosbug.com/30269 *If there are other events you would like to have available please file a bug. Options for suite lineThe suite line can only be used to describe one individual suite. The name used pertains to the suite added under autotest/files/test_suites/control.suite_name. The above example would invoke the control.kernel_weekly_regression suite file. Valid branch_specs optionsThere are three different branch specs that can be used to ensure your suite runs on a particular branch:
What pool should I select?A pool is a label on a machine like pool:bvt. We are using pools extensively currently as our dependency support is not quite there yet. Unless you are doing something out of the ordinary with extra hardware required to be attached to the DUT you should always use pool: suites which is a general pool for suite runs. If you are doing things that require extra hardware chances are there is already a precedent for this in the suite_scheduler.ini file and you should reference those. When in doubt ask firstname.lastname@example.com. Bug filing is optional, and defaults to False. If file_bugs is set to true in the ini section of the suite each test failure will either result in a new bug or a comment on an existing open bug, on the chromium bug tracker. Deduplication of bugs happens based on the test name, the suite name and the reason for failure. You can specify more bug filing options through the bug_template in the suite control file. Running suites in BuildBot (HW_Test Stage)Suites can also be run as a step in the buildbot waterfall. This assumes you are running your builds via cbuildbot, if you are not please file a bug with your need and the Lab team can look at how to best direct you. *Note when running the HW_Test step you are blocking your waterfall on actual hardware tests. If you do not want your builders to block on this consider using Suite Scheduler as described above. *Note if your build master is not on the master2 vlan you will need to file a bug with the Chrome OS lab team so a proxy connection can be set up. Adding a HW_Test step to your cbuildbot config is as easy as editing cbuildbot_config.py in the chromite repo and adding a hw_test entry like the following: Example running the bvt suite for a lumpy build: internal_paladin.add_config('lumpy-paladin', boards=['lumpy'], paladin_builder_name='lumpy paladin', upload_hw_test_artifacts=True, hw_tests=['bvt'], ) You need to specify upload_hw_test_artifacts so that Autotest has access to the image and the build artifacts via Google Storage and specify what suite(s) you want to run via a list called hw_tests. Format of job names for running suites in AutotestFor suite jobs: $build-test_suites/control.$suite_name x86-alex-release/R20-2264.0.0-test_suites/control.kernel.per_build.benchmarks For sub-jobs run from the suite: $build/$suite_name/$test_name i.e. x86-alex-release/R20-2264.0.0/kernel.per_build.benchmarks/HackbenchIf a particular test is set with EXPERIMENTAL = True it is prefaced with experimental_test_name. i.e. x86-alex-release/R20-2264.0.0/kernel.per_build.benchmarks/experimental_platform_AesThroughput *How to force the scheduling of an event suite via suite_scheduler.py*This is not a typical use case for users. Suite scheduler lives under autotest/files/site_utils/suite_scheduler/suite_scheduler.py An example of forcing all nightly suites for stumpy to be kicked off. site_utils/suite_scheduler/suite_scheduler.py -i stumpy-release/R21-2270.0.0 -e nightly If you need to run an individual suite for a particular build but not all of the suites that would be kicked off by a particular event you can use the same command the buildbots use, run_suite.py. site_utils/run_suite.py -b parrot -p parrot_2gb -s kernel_weekly_regression -i parrot-release/R23-1913.156.1 -u 1 Other than the BVT suite no other suite results are displayed on the buildbot waterfall. To see your results you need to refer to the Wmatrix dashboard at https://wmatrix.googleplex.com From there, select "Suite list" --> select your suite name, e.g. "bvt". You will see a matrix where the column represents boards and the rows represents builds. Each cell shows the test results available for that (build, board). |
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NEW YORK (AP) — Mariah Carey is going to be a mom twice over.
Nick Cannon announced on his radio show Thursday that his wife is expecting twins.
Said Cannon on New York's 92.3 station: "I haven't even told my wife I doing this so I'm probably gonna get yelled at for not getting permission. ... We are having twins!"
Mariah Carey's publicist Cindi Berger confirmed the news as well.
Cannon said two VIPs did get the scoop: President Barack Obama and wife Michelle. Carey told the first couple during a taping of a "Christmas in Washington" show.
Cannon added: "Both babies are healthy, in tiptop shape."
Carey, 40, and Cannon, 30, have been the subject of a baby watch since they got married after a whirlwind romance two years ago.


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Had the privilege to photograph Yolanda recently. She was so obliging in my quest to master the poses I learned while watching the second installment of Sue Bryce on CreativeLIVE. Like I've moaned about before, those poses ain't easy!
I went about it very methodically this time. I made screenshots of all the poses while watching the workshop and then printed them out. I made notes on each sheet and grouped them together according to the type of pose. I labeled each group with the correct height of the light I was using, a 5' octabox. I highlighted this, as I usually forget to raise and lower the light according to the pose... not this time! Then, we went through the poses in this order: sitting on barstool, sitting on ottoman, sitting on floor with hands resting on ottoman (from behind), sitting on floor in front of ottoman, sitting on floor on the side of the ottoman, laying on top of the ottoman and lastly, standing. Yolanda's sister, Sonya was a huge help with the fan. Sue Bryce is a huge advocate of using the fan, and I can see why. An extra set of hands becomes a necessity, however. Thank goodness for Sonya!
All in all, things went very smoothly and perfectly according to my plan. All the preparation paid off. I can't wait till the day when I have it all memorized! Not sure if that day will ever come, but one can dream, can't they?
I must say that the CreativeLIVE Sue Bryce workshops (BOTH of them) are totally worth $149.00 each. I have learned SO much. Indebted to Sue for so generously sharing her knowledge and CL for making it happen.
In case you're wondering... that really IS Yolanda's hair color!
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- 5' octabox camera left at aprox. a 45 degree angle
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12-18-2012, 08:11 PMAllegedly, Scott Evans Dekraai, who shot up a hair salon where his wife worked in 2011, is a TEA Party member, though the evidence of this claim is pretty thin.
Anders Brievik is alleged to be some sort of right-wing extremist, but based upon what I've seen of his ramblings, he strikes me as just a Nazi-type statist.Olde-style, states' rights conservative. Ask if this concept confuses you.
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12-18-2012, 08:38 PMWell, his brilliant plan was to go to a youth camp for future liberal leaders and kill everyone there. You know, because liberalism is a disease and needs to be stamped out at the source... because if liberals keep gaining power their lip-wristed immigration policy will see Norway overrun by stealth Muslim terrorists within a generation.
Gonna say something very unpopular now. I had left CU for a number of years (returning only recently-ish) after a thread where members were "joking" about what caliber bullets were best suited for killing liberals. Guys like Brievik take the "liberals will ruin society, must be stopped at any cost" rhetoric to its absurd-but-logical conclusion. Which is... stopping them at any cost. This is what nuts do.
It's also why I'm very uncomfortable with the "liberalism is a disease" type posts that one reads from time-to-time on CU. There's people out there who take that sort of thing seriously. Because what do you do with a disease? You eradicate it.
I will say that there are a lot more liberal shooters than conservative, for the exact same reason we laugh at DU. Liberal boards are waaaaaaay worse about this sort of thing and talking about crazy extreme measures. I wouldn't be surprised if the vast majority of shooters got their ideas from places like DU, which is why they (coincidentally) tend to be liberal.Last edited by m00; 12-18-2012 at 10:54 PM.
You left about a year and a half ago because you were mad because I called you a liberal and then came back before the election trying to hawk Ron Paul until you found out that was an unpopular thing to do. You had better be able to produce the thread where CUers talked about the best calibers for shooting liberals. Liberalism is a disease and you have a chronic case of it you piece of shit!
Pffffffffffffffffffffff! Buh Bye Big Ears
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12-18-2012, 08:57 PMAs for "hawking Ron Paul" you have a tendency to read what you want to read. I supported Cain, Paul, and Gingrich as all sensible choices for the nomination. You latched on to the Paul thing and ran with it. I actually had hoped it would be Gingrich, which I've said before... because while I agreed with Paul on the issues, I never thought he would make a good Executive.
My observation (and to be fair, annoyance) is that I think you label anyone who disagrees with some arbitrary viewpoint you may hold as "the enemy." And because "liberal" is also "the enemy" anyone who disagrees with you must be a liberal. That's just not how my mind operates.
Search history doesn't go back far enough (I just checked). I assume there was a database crash or something, which also explains why I had to re-register my nickname. :p
See above.Last edited by m00; 12-18-2012 at 09:06 PM.
12-18-2012, 09:01 PMPffffffffffffffffffffff! Buh Bye Big Ears
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12-18-2012, 09:56 PMAs opposed to the premise of this thread, which is that mass murder is somehow related to being conservative or liberal? And not just related to be crazy?
If we are that bad why don't you get the fuck out of here and find another place that meets your high standards.
First, I did get out of here. Secondly, you are assuming that 2 or 3 people are representative of the board. Thankfully, this isn't true. This is a board with many differing viewpoints, and I appreciate that.
But you know... you kind of prove my point... crazy people go on the Internet and read all sorts of hyperbole nonsense about how this group or that group will be the end of civilization. I think there is no contradiction in having a majority of right-leaning positions (making that person a conservative) but not feeling like they should demonize people who disagree with those positions. And that someone chooses not to demonize liberals doesn't make them one.
I prefer the Reagan philosophy -- that liberals are our friends; but they are simply wrong. Not the Ann Coulter philosophy of Liberalism and terrorism: stages of same disease. Or the DU "I punched a RW-er in the face today, praise me" thread which is the same thing.
I mean, just in the practical sense. I used to be pro-choice about 10 years ago but I was playing devil's advocate and talked myself into a pro-life stance. Are pro-choice people evil? No, they just haven't thought it through... and I love debating the pro-life viewpoint with them. This is the "Reagan approach" -- show liberals where they are wrong in a civilized fashion. But the scorched-earth "Ann Coulter approach" is in vogue (more on the left than the right these days), and quite frankly it feeds crazy people.
So lets get real.
The seemingly modern day prevalence of shootings and bombings isn't due to guns or access to the materials. It's due to a combination of crazy and that modern society is sick. Part of this sickness is perpetuated by online pundits who speak in apocalyptic terms, and use bombastic and catchy phrases to make their point... but often there are real people at the business-end of that point. This trickles down to secondary online discussion forums. Another part is we don't raise children to think for themselves, and form their own opinions about the issues. So while it's helpful to advertisers, it's not helpful generally that we have a generation of people very susceptible to suggestion. The irony is that the coming downfall is entirely self-inflicted, and the inability of Americans to collectively have adult conversations about real issues with those who have different viewpoints (see: recent presidential election). Also, this issue (when liberals say "lets ban guns" it is them not willing to have an adult conversation).
/just my 2c.
edit: and if you are going to post an image of cheese as a response, don't worry I already have a reply.Last edited by m00; 12-18-2012 at 10:46 PM.
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The point is, the left is quick to politicize events like this to try to take guns away from law abiding citizens by not only blaming the gun but blaming the ideology of the majority of the gun owners. Face facts. Most gun owners are right leaning. Not all but most(in like a 55-45 majority is my guess). Well, my point is that in most cases(at least in recent memory) that in these mass shootings, the shooter's worldview is left leaning. We need to call this out. They are and as insensitive as it may sound, we need to point this out as well.
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Hitler was a National Socialist, which was a movement of the left (their association with the right was one of Stalin's greatest propaganda coups).
The Branch Davidians were pretty harmless, and if the ATF hadn't gone in shooting, there would not have been a standoff, and the FBI killed 80 people, not the Davidians.
Jim Jones was a Marxist who used religion as a cover for tax exemptions and as a means of fundraising. The following comes from a paper (http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJones...Introvigne.htm) examining Jone's political beliefs:
My Marxist Views: Jim Jones and Liberation Theology
Jim Joness fascination with Marxism is well-known. It has been used as a key interpretive tool in at least one of the important books about Jonestown, John R. Halls 1987 Gone from the Promised Land (Hall 1987). Hall appears to be genuinely puzzled by Jones Marxism. He vacillates between taking it seriously and regarding it as just another recruiting tool for a prophetic show aimed at feeding Jones megalomania rather than truly promoting social or political revolution.
Hall duly notes that as a teenager Jones became enamored of Stalin and the Soviets (Hall 1987, 13), and later reconstructed his experience as nothing less than a Marxist infiltration into Christianity. By Jones account, he was associating with Communists, who told him, Dont become a member of the Party; work for the Party How can I demonstrate my Marxism? The thought was, infiltrate the church (Hall 1987, 16-17). Hall wisely notes that aside from his own accounts, there is no confirmation of the communist inspiration (Hall 1987, 17), or that Jones was a man sent on a mission by the Communist Party. On the other hand, Jones eventually read some Marx, which made him somewhat different from your average country preacher. In the early years, Jones recalled, I approached Christendom from a communalist standpoint with only intermittent mention of my Marxist views. However in later years there wasnt a person that attended my meeting that did not hear me say at some time that I was a communist (Hall 1987, 26).--Odysseus
Sic Hacer Pace, Para Bellum.
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GREAT FALLS - Great Falls Fire Capt. David Dutton is facing an arson charge in a fire at the town fire department and is considered "a person of interest" in three other fires, authorities say.
Dutton, of 10 Farrow St., was charged last week with third-degree arson, an arrest warrant from the S.C. Law Enforcement Division said.
An arrest warrant says Dutton used the liquid antibacterial hand sanitizer Germ-X to burn a desk at the Great Falls Fire Department. Germ-X contains ethyl alcohol, a flammable compound.
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text: Jeep Releases Images of Frankfurt ConceptsMike Spinelli8/09/05 9:44amFiled to: Concept CarsUsCompassFrankfurtJeepPatriot0EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkThis image was lost some time after publication.Chrysler Group released artists' renderings of what its new Jeep Compass Rallye and Jeep Patriot concepts will look like when they're unveiled at the Frankfurt show in September. Yesterday, we noted that evoking off-road rally culture was a natural fit for Jeep's marketing of a carlike vehicle. But looking at the Compass rendering (pictured), with its signature Jeep Liberty face fused to a Dodge Caliber body, makes us feel weird. It's like one of those birthday cards where they put grandpa's face on grandma, or cousin Sally.This image was lost some time after publication, but you can still view it here.The Jeep Patriot is arguably the more attractive of the two, with a low roofline and high beltline, giving it a conceptual connection to the Grand Cherokee and, dare we say it, the Chrysler 300. We'll have the pictures, liveish, from Frankfurt, when these two appear in the flesh.Related: Spy Photos: Dodge, Jeep Crossover; More on Jeep's Dodge Caliber Platform Crossovers; Spy Photos: 2007 Jeep Compass; Jeep Crossover Concepts to Appear in Frankfurt [internal]This discussion is closed


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School Psychology Study Abroad
This past May, Dr. Bob Hiltonsmith and 11 students from the Graduate Program in School Psychology traveled to London, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland, to study services for children with disabilities and the work of school psychologists in the United Kingdom. On this trip, students visited a variety of public and private schools and talked with psychologists in England and Scotland. This is third group of students that Dr. Hiltonsmith has taken on this trip.


text: South Korea's Mr. Toilet House Is Now an Official Toilet MuseumJack Loftus1/16/11 11:00amFiled to: ToiletsHousesDesignArchitectureMuseumsbuildingssouth koreanSim Jae-duck54EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Are you sitting down? OK, good. Now, where are you sitting down? Maybe you should mosey on over to the throne room and perch that laptop on your knees. Mr. Toilet House, you see, is now an official Toilet Museum. Back in 2007, we told you about Korean Sim Jae-duck, the ambitious chairman of the Inaugural General Assembly of the World Toilet Association, and his unique home. Shaped like a toilet bowl, it was a 4,508 sq. ft. tribute to the water closet. Indeed, the reason Jae-duck created the home was to give greater recognition to the humble toilet and the heavy load this under-appreciated fixture must bear, each and every day. He had also hoped the house would lead to cleaner restrooms around the world. An admirable goal that—here in Boston, at least—is soundly defeated time and time again by riders of our public transportation train network, the T. But now the toilet house is a museum, and Giz reader Noam was actually there to snap a few photos of it this past December. Today, we are all beneficiaries of these photos, although I would have preferred a few more of the glass-enclosed toilet that allegedly occupies the bowl—er, courtyard excuse me—at the center of the structure. [Flickr - Thanks, Noam]Reply54 repliesLeave a reply


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With so many new restaurants, youll never have to eat at same place twice
Weekend!Food: Taste
Sipping pints in yet another new bar last weekend surrounded by people half our age, my husband and I reminisced about spending our early 20s in Portland.
Our choices going out then ranged from Satyricon, the Virginia Cafe, Space Room, Quality Pie, the Original Hotcake House and several dive bars. Food wasn't that important to me.
Souvlaki from Satyricon at night and dim sum the next morning at Fong Chong was really all I needed or could afford. Periodically I'd have a good meal at my parents' and, if I ever had a little extra money, I'd meet friends for drinks and appetizers at the Brasserie Montmartre and, later, Zefiro.
In 1992, Le Bistro Montage opened on Southeast Belmont Street, and it was good (then) and cheap.
Twenty years later I sometimes feel like a metal ball in a pinball machine. Portland is the machine, and I'm being slapped and smacked from restaurant to bar to coffee shop to bakery to restaurant while bells ring and buzzers buzz.
I'm dizzy. Where did all these places come from?
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One of the newest and swankiest spots in town is Ten 01 (1001 N.W. Couch St., 503-226-3463).
The lovely split-level restaurant from Adam Berger and Michael Rypkema (the fellows who own Tabla) opened last month in the Henry Building across the street from Powell's City of Books. The expensive and ambitious restaurant recently added lunch service and just announced a new theater package.
Ten 01 is next door to the Gerding Theater at the Armory, home to Portland Center Stage. Ten 01's theater package is $50 per person and includes valet parking, soup or salad, an entree, a glass of wine, coffee and dessert.
If you don't have time for dessert before the show, don't worry. Return to the restaurant and finish your meal after the play.
Ten 01's gourmet rustic menu is divided into five unusual sections: Indulgence (which includes a chorizo-wrapped banana), salads, Hearth, tandoori and grill. The long menu includes fish, steaks, deer, lamb and more. Entrees range from $18 to $38.
The restaurant is open for lunch 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 5 p.m. to close for dinner seven nights a week.
Visit www.ten-01.com for information and menus.
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Another new addition to Portland's restaurant and bar scene is Bo Restobar (400 S.W. Broadway, 503-222-2688), located across the lobby from Typhoon in the Hotel Lucia.
Enter the hotel and go left for Bo Restobar or right for Typhoon - either way you'll be in one of Bo and Stephen Kline's restaurants.
But whereas Typhoon is Thai food, the Klines describe Bo Restobar as Pan-Asian. The menu emphasizes small plates (such as a Peking duck spring roll and a Korean quesadilla stuffed with goat cheese and pork) and specialty cocktails like a lychee martini.
The striking restaurant is decked out in shiny blacks and muted browns with bright splashes of color.
Bo Restobar is open noon to 11 p.m. Monday, noon to midnight Tuesday through Thursday, and noon to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
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Across the river, Andy Ricker finally opened the Whiskey Soda Lounge (3226 S.E. Division St., 503-232-1387) last week. Ricker fed a foodie frenzy late last year when he opened Pok Pok, a to-go hut serving Thai street food. The food is terrific, but I'd have to reheat it by the time I got home.
Now Ricker's solved that problem. The Whisky Soda Lounge is a real sit-down restaurant in the basement of the house next door to the takeout space, now called the Shack.
The restaurant's mostly Thai and Vietnamese menu is much more extensive, but I'm especially happy to see the Shack's khao soi kai on the new lunch menu. The curry noodle soup with coconut milk and chicken is my favorite.
There's also a full bar with an emphasis on Southeast Asian beers. Most important, you can eat the food inside.
I can't wait to check it out.
Pok Pok is open 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m Monday through Friday and 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. Whiskey Soda Lounge is open for lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and for dinner 5 p.m. to midnight Monday through Saturday.
Visit www.pokpokpdx.com for information and both spots' menus.
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So will Portland's restaurant and bar boom eventually begin to fizzle like the housing market finally has? That's for the economists to predict; right now I've got a reservation to make. Ciao.


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Daddy got a bath! :) 5 Attachment(s) FINALLY! lol, he was getting pretty nasty.. :shock: He loved the bath part, but hated the picture taking part. All he wanted to do was EAT, but I wouldn't let him so he was giving me his best death glare, lol. Cheesin' for the camera. :wink: Attachment 107391 Licking the water like a dog, lol! Attachment 107392 Smiling again :-) Attachment 107393 After! ...now he wouldn't prick his ears forward. At all. Go figure. Attachment 107394 isn't he just so pretty?? I mean, handsome, lol. Attachment 107395 All done! :D |
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Thanks! Im starting to think that he doesn't prick his ears forward because he wants to look manly, lol. Posted via Mobile Device |
He's gorgeous. That is quite the look in the fourth picture ;P. |
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
2 comments:
- Super Wu-Man said...
haha, i love how you put the spot light grid on that guys head, haha, he cant deny it either because its on his head in the photo of him holding his caracature, haha.
do you ever do any signings/caricature work at any east coast shows? would love to get one! - 6:54 AM
- Ger Apeldoorn said...
Apart from doing my blog I contribute to the Dutch fanzine Stripschrift (the oldest continuously running in the world). I am setting up a short piece called Looking For Obama, showing political cartoonists trying to find a look for the new president of the US. I thought you might have some conceptual sketches and some thoughts about the matter from your recent figurine. It would be great to include them (and do a pitch for the figurine, which has not been noticed by the main stream media here yet). How do you go about making a caricature of the mightiest man in the world? What choices do yuou make and why? Please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com - 7:46 AM


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I am having a heart attack over that first shot. Was that ceiling carved by the gods?! And I too, have been drawn to pink, coral, peachy colors so much lately. It seems like such a finicky color, like I'm afraid I will feel completely different about it in 5 years, which makes me super hesitant to actually bust out a can of it and paint walls. I'm a wuss.
I adore pink walls! (Just did a post on them myself last week!) I used to have a pink kitchen when I was single and loved it! Am married now and would still love a pink room, but don't think I can get away with it now. 🙂
I think I'm the same as you – never been much of a girly-girl but I'm finding pink is becoming one of the my favourite colours for interiors! Lovely images!
I'm on a pink kick right now. I should probably slow down before my house starts to resemble a Barbie's mansion.
I want a pink room bad. I did manage to get my cheapo pink drapes from IKEA though. It's something.
Happy summer! I love the Windsor Smith Bubble-gum pink living room! I loved keeping up with your blog! Love, Jamie Herzlinger
Thanks, Nigel. I've tried some barely there pinks and found it wasn't enough of an impact that I want for my room. Scouting out pale corals now!
And yes, purple is my least favorite color so I agree that I'm not inclined to mix it with pink.
I painted my guest room a super-light pink, and as soon as it was up, I wished it were a warmer tone. In case this helps you…
As for whether any colors clash with pale pink: I wear a lot of pink, and in general, the only color I don't like with pink is any hue of purple. Pink and purple is kind of ridiculous. 🙂
I agree, pink has a bad rap for being girly and childish. Clearly, it's not! We painted the ceiling in our bedroom Martha Stewart's Pink Sea Salt and I love that color beyond words! I think I need a little more pink in my house, as well.
And don't forget about this ultimate, fab pink room. It's one of my all time favorites!!!
Soft browny pinks are easy to live with, although I keep hearing about wild aster, which seems like it may be right up your alley…
Love the idea of a sunny pink room!


text: Medical Definition of SuperfetationSuperfetation: An extremely rare situation in which a pregnant woman becomes pregnant a second time with another (younger) fetus. Superfetation is characterized by the fertilization and the implantation of a second oocyte in a uterus already containing the product of a previous conception. Superfetation is different from the process of twinning or multiple gestation and involves the conception of an additional fetus during an established pregnancy. With superfetation, the two fetuses have different gestational ages and due dates. Superfetation can occur in some animals but is so rare in humans that fewer than 10 cases have been reported in the medical literature. Source: MedTerms™ Medical Dictionaryhttp://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=105927 Last Editorial Review: 5/13/2016 Medical Dictionary Definitions A - ZSearch Medical Dictionary


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Evaluating transfer programmes within a general equilibrium framework
We develop a general equilibrium model for evaluating domestically financed transfer programmes and derive analytical expressions which provide a framework for combining results from a computable general equilibrium model with disaggregated household data. We separate the welfare impact into three components, i.e. "redistribution", "reallocative", and "distortionary" effects. We show how these are subsumed within one parameter, the "cost of public funds". Using a Mexican programme for illustration, we show that substantial welfare gains result from a switch from universal food subsidies to targeted transfers, reflecting both the improved targeting efficiency of the latter and the relaxation the trade-off between equity and efficiency when designing tax systems. Copyright 2004 Royal Economic Society.
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Just before kickoff in the All Blacks test against the Wallabies on August 24, data usage spiked as New Zealanders uploaded photos of themselves, according to a research by Vodafone.
And on a Sunday morning just before Races 9 and 10 of the America's Cup last month, when both Oracle and Emirates Team New Zealand, put points on the scoreboard Vodafone customers used 2.29 terabytes of data - the equivalent of more than 200 movie downloads.
Vodafone launched its 4G service nine months ago and has just released a white paper that mined information from the network's 20,000 users to see what they were doing.
The research tracked when Kiwis started using their smart devices and what sites they visited.
Just before 12pm sees the biggest spike of data use, with other peaks at 2pm and about 4.30pm before dipping at 6pm.
4G users also shopped online nearly twice as much as those on 3G, in part due to the speed and consistency of their new connections delivering better all-round browsing experiences, the white paper reported.
Nearly a quarter of 4G users used social media more than 20 times a week - more than twice the number of heavy social media users on 3G - and they were more likely to use picture-based services like Instagram and Snapchat. Vodafone said this was partly because those users were more likely to be "early adopters" and partly because 4G facilitated faster upload (typically 30Mbps compared to 1-2Mbps on 3G).
And surprisingly the biggest 4G users didn't live in Auckland or Wellington.
"When we launched 4G in New Plymouth, we saw a massive 400 per cent increase in data usage, compared to 30 per cent or 40 per cent increases in other areas."
The telecommunication giant's consumer director, Matt Williams, said 4G was ten times faster than standard 3G and twice as fast as dual-carrier 3G.
"The report is the first of a number of reports to come outlining the changing behaviours of Kiwis living in a faster and better connected New Zealand, whether that's ultra fast broadband, mobile or TV."
Key points
- 88 per cent of 4G users have used the portable hot spot feature on their handset
- 4G users are 87 per cent more likely to stream music than 3G users
- 4G users are 74 per cent more likely to stream video than 3G users
- 24 per cent of 4G users access social media more than 20 times a week
- 4G users stream four times more content than 3G users - 4G users are twice more likely to buy online than 3G users NZH lb


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Quick Answers to Common Questions about Financial Aid
Mark Kantrowitz
April 01, 2013
Financial aid is an inherently complicated topic. Sometimes students and parents have questions that may seem obvious to people who have more experience with financial aid. But they can't find the answers they need. This week's Ask Kantro column addresses several such questions.
Hi. I was wondering how or where you can apply for the federal supplemental educational opportunity grant. I can't seem to find out? I already filled out my FAFSA. I did qualify for a Pell Grant. Any info would be great. — C.T.
Students apply for the federal supplemental educational opportunity grant (FSEOG) by filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The FSEOG is a form of campus-based aid, where the college's financial aid administrator decides which students will receive the grant and how much they will receive. FSEOG funding is also limited, so there is usually not enough money for every eligible student to receive the grant.
The FAFSA excludes the primary residence as an asset, but what about income property held in a revocable trust, where the trust is owner and parent is beneficiary? Is that defined as an asset on the FAFSA? — L.W.
Trust funds are almost always counted as an asset on the FAFSA. The only exception is an involuntary trust established by court order, such as a trust fund to pay for future medical expenses of an accident victim. A revocable trust is voluntary in nature and as such must be reported as an asset on the FAFSA. The nature of the assets held in the trust does not affect this requirement.
My daughter is attending a university in Florida. I just remarried, but my new husband doesn't want to be used in or on the financial aid forms. He doesn't want to be responsible for my daughter or her expenses. We file taxes together and I use all of my disability checks to take care of her. Is there any way to file using just my information? — V.M.
When the custodial parent has remarried as of the FAFSA application date, the income and assets of the stepparent must be reported on the FAFSA. There are no exceptions, not even if the custodial parent and stepparent were not married until after the end of the previous year. The stepparent's information is required even if there is a prenuptial agreements. The requirement to include stepparent information on the FAFSA appears in section 475(f)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Filing the FAFSA, however, does not obligate the stepparent to pay for the student's education. But the stepparent should realize that the student will likely qualify for less financial aid because of the stepparent's income and assets.
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Mariners Blog
Geoff Baker covers the Mariners for The Seattle Times. He provides daily coverage of the team throughout spring training, and during the season.
July 28, 2008 9:54 PM
Johjima saves the day
Posted by Geoff Baker
A shot above of Ichiro, driving in pinch-runner Willie Bloomquist (no, not Kenji Johjima as I'd originally written -- he's not that quick) from third with a sacrifice fly and a huge insurance run in the ninth. Seattle goes on to win 7-5 over the Texas Rangers. Ichiro had his shot at No. 3,000 in career hits (in the majors and Japan) but he'll have the rest of the year to get it. The sac fly, off onetime M's closer Eddie Guardado, mattered just as much.
Johjima had led the inning off with a single before Bloomquist came on and stole second, then was bunted over to third.
Rangers manager Ron Washington then had Guardado pitch to Ichiro rather than walk him with first base open to load the bases and set up the double play. Interesting call. Wonder if Washington is aware of the 3,000 hits thing. Not necessarily, though probably. Ichiro said that went he saw Guardado come in for a lefty-lefty matchup, he knew he wouldn't be walked on purpose.
But Johjima likely saved the game as much with his defense. Texas had runners at second and third with one out in the eighth when Johjima nabbed lead runner Ramon Vazquez at third with a pickoff throw. That was huge because Josh Hamilton was at the plate. Arthur Rhodes then struck Hamilton out on a nasty 2-2 breaking pitch to end the inning.
Adrian Beltre has an eye signal with Johjima to use that pickoff play when the runner leads too far off third. They don't practice it in-season, but did back in spring training. With the count 2-1, Beltre went for it.
"Arthur was in a tough spot,'' Beltre said, "and we needed to make a play like that to try to give him some relief so he could make a pitch after that.''
Johjima gets the final say on whether the play will take place. It's no sure thing.
"I've been through a lot of similar plays like that,'' Johjima said through an interpreter. "I've had times where I threw the ball very well, but it would hit the runner and I would give up the run. Sometimes, it would tie it. Sometimes we'd lose that ballgame. So, it's very risky.''
Indeed it was. It helped that Hamilton swung and missed on the pitch. That caused Vazquez to take an additional step or two towards the plate, hoping to score on a groundball. Johjima didn't hesitate.
"That's huge,'' Mariners manager Jim Riggleman said. "It takes a lot of guts on both Bellie and Johjima's parts. Because we've all seen those balls go flying in the outfield and it begins to look like a Little League game. But it's a play that we've talked about in the past. That play's there sometimes and it's up to Bellie and Johjima to make it work.''
And they did. It took some of the pressure off Rhodes, who'd kept all his pitches down and mostly in the dirt to the dangerous Hamilton prior to that. But with two out and a runner at second instead of third, Rhodes knew he could get slightly more aggressive. He hadn't been aware there was a pickoff play on but was pumped up once it happened. Instead of being overly cautious with first base open, he got nasty.
"After that play, I told myself 'I can get this guy out right here','' he said.
And he did. That 2-2 slider he threw started out in the center of the plate and dropped down and away to shoelace level. Hamilton made a half-hearted swing and had zero chance of contact. He was whupped. Doesn't happen often. Rhodes will be in hot demand on the trade market these next few days. Even hotter when footage of that pitch makes its way around baseball tonight.
So, does Johjima deserve credit tonight? Of course he does. Hey, look. You don't have to tell me about his shortcomings. I know some of you don't like him and are upset that I've given him some credit. Read the blog posts from earlier tonight. From all season. We've been there to note when he's messed up. To comment on his contract.
But when someone does something right, it's OK to point it out.
When Jarrod Washburn gets fantastic results for two months, you don't have to pretend it didn't happen. You don't have to argue that he's been awful, or completely flukey. It's not all a fluke. Maybe some of it is luck, sure. But of course, he does have some talent. It's why the M's gave him all that money. Some of that talent is now showing.
It doesn't negate all the bad that happened beforehand. If anything, the bad stuff is a reason the M's are trying to trade him. One of the reasons they don't see him as a future Cy Young award candidate. I don't think any of us do. But it's OK to acknowledge that even the players you don't like in general are doing OK from time to time. Just like it's OK to acknowledge that Jeff Clement has not looked good at the plate so far. It doesn't take away from his potential. Or the fact he might develop into something real good.
But this is a daily blog. A daily experience. There are going to be good days and bad days for all players. We'll debate those players and those days. But I don't know. As fans, why not be happy when one of your players comes through for you? Johjima making a good throw isn't going to change the team's mind about keeping him. Right now, the team is stuck with him. Who's going to take him? You might as well hope for him to do something right if you're an M's fan. What good does it do to wish him to fail each and every night?
He has his challenges, I know. We were writing about them last year, long before the contract extension. The issue of his not properly framing pitches and ticking off umpires. Even before his hitting went south, the issues were there, they've been noted. But when he was hitting, many of them were largely forgotten. That's neither here nor there. Tonight, he made the game's biggest play. It's biggest throw. He's in the blog's headline because of it. He saved the day.
I understand your frustration with this season. I see it out on the field every night. In the end, you don't need me to tell you who to root for. I know many of you are rooting for change. I can tell you, the individual plays you see here each night will do little to change the overall focus of this team's management towarss the changes it want to make. They are looking long-term. This season is done. Individual plays will do little to improve one's stock or standing on a team already out of it. But if the players do well once in a while, then if the team is looking to deal them, it becomes a little easier to move them. The daily plays can increase trade value even if only marginally.
Had Washburn failed these past two months, he'd be going nowhere. But he's succeeded. No, it's not all luck, sorry. Two months straight worth of luck? A complete turnaround from the beginning of the season? Even with the improved defense we've seen, that's a little far-fetched. I mean, the defense isn't that much better. It's improved, yes. But it's still below average. Hasn't knocked two runs off Carlos Silva's ERA. Or done wonders for Miguel Batista's either.
I don't know. I just find it intertesting to watch all the reactions any time a Mariners player surprises. Keeps things lively, I suppose.
So, Ichiro will likely get his 3,000th tomorrow night. Lots of debate about that I'm sure, and it's a valid one. But it's an accomplishment any way you look at it. I'm just not sure what scale we're supposed to measure it on. Sounds like a blog topic for tomorrow.
Here's Ichiro on getting that sacrifice fly in the ninth. He wasn't compeltely satisfied with the result because he'd been trying to get a hit.
"I wanted to go for a hit and I didn't get the hit,'' he said through an interpreter. "But at the same time, we were able to get the run in, so that makes me happy. I consider them to be two separate things.''
Have a good one.
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What's the most absurd architecture you've ever seen?
From Rem Koolhas's CCTV Building in China to Frank Gehry's Stata Center at MIT in Boston, contemporary architects want their buildings to turn heads. But one man's masterwork is another man's hodge-podge with a leaky roof.
What's the most absurd building you've ever seen? Is Gaudí gaudy or gorgeous? Is bizarreness a pleasurable break from the ordinary or an attention-seeking blight?
Post an image and tell us why the building makes your day or ruins it. We may talk about your pick on the show.
Slideshow: Absurd Architecture
The Sharp Centre for Design at OCAD University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I was up in Toronto for a few days this March, wandering the City alone, looking for the Art Gallery of Ontario, when the Sharp Centre came into view around a corner. I was stopped in my tracks.
My first impression was that it felt juvenile, though not in a pejorative sense. The way this enormous, checkered structure is hoisted in the air above an existing (and relatively staid) structure had the air of childish whimsey. I couldn't help but smile at the absurdity of it.
RMJM 'Gate/Pants of the East'
Suzhou, China
'Nuff said. Take a look. It's amazing it made it past the render. . . and no one noticed.
Majesty Building
Altamonte Springs, FL
The Majesty building sits on Central Parkway near the Interstate Four overpass as an empty glass shell that has been under construction since 2000.
The building is owned by the local Orlando Christian television station The SuperChannel, and the reason the project has taken 11 years and counting to complete is the station has vowed to build the project debt free using donations from viewers and support from business claiming a portion of the office space on the buildings floors five to 17.
The Portland Building
Portland, Or
This is the ugliest building in Portland. To get into the University of Oregon Arch. School, I had to write an essay, "What built place has inspired you the most." I used Micheal Graves' Portland building as the building that made me want to build beautiful places... not Portland Buildings.
PPG Place
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburghers adore it but I think it's a tragic collision of gothic design and plate glass. PPG Industries was the old Pittsburgh Plate Glass company. It is as if the architect insisted on gothic and PPG insisted on plate glass. Compromise may be a beautiful thing it politics and marriage but it make for awful architecture
City Hall, Boston, MA
Boston, MA
Concrete. and lots of it. In comparison to the surrounding city, this structure looks like a penitentiary was constructed in the heart of the City. It is grey. It is enormous. and the tiny rectangle windows are recessed, further informing the world that justice is hidden from the population. A smidge of reading educated me that this structure belonged to the 1950's and 60's Brutalist movement in architecture, which should've been warning enough to stay away. Increasing the ire is the surrounding plaza. My first statement was "this must be handicap hell!" You know, I have never seen anyone in a wheelchair in the plaza.
The Experience Music Project
Seattle WA
Ugly from every view. Looks like a giant creature ran amok in a used car lot and then swept up all of the damaged cars and left them in a pile.
University Hall
Chicago, IL
The University of Illinois at Chicago's high-rise, known informally as UH, combines two terrible traits in a building: first, it's unspeakably ugly, and second, it's over-designed. The whole thing is made of unadorned concrete, and it's all straight lines and sharp angles, without even the slightest curve to be found. It's also designed to get wider and wider as it goes up, which makes it look awkward and unbalanced, like it's about to fall over at any time. Because, apparently, of its unusual shape, it creates a wind-tunnel effect. Any time there's a bit of wind around the UIC campus, it starts swirling around UH, getting so strong that it often becomes hard to walk into it. It doesn't just get that bad in major storms, mind you, but quite often.
It's ridiculous on the inside, too. The great thing about UH SHOULD be the view. UIC is located on Chicago's Near West Side, and it should have spectacular views of the downtown skyline, Lake Michigan, etc. And it does - sort of. Kind of. This is where the over-designed nature of UH really shines through. You see, the windows inside are all in the shape of the letter I for Illinois. So they're just narrow little slits you can barely see through, plus slightly wider trapezoid-shaped windows on the top and bottom of each. You can see a bit better out of these windows - if you get down on your hands and knees to look through the bottom one or climb up on a chair to see out the top. Otherwise, your field of vision is limited to a few inches, so you're squinting to see more than just the barest slice of the spectacular view that should be clear from the upper floors.
I got my Master's degree at UIC, and I graduated more than four years ago now, but I still think of UH and how ridiculous and how horrible and how stupidly designed it is. As I'm someone who knows nothing about architecture, that's quite a feat of design.
Sugarbush Ski Lodge
Warren, VT
It's just a ridiculously huge barn. Is that really appropriate for a ski resort?
Further more, the design, particularly the silo, does not seem to be in keeping with Vermont barn vernacular. It seems more midwest.
The first time I saw it it made me think of the end of "The Jerk" where they replaced to old shack with an enormous shack.
MIT alum
Gehry Stata Center
It is a boring cliche. Gehry's private joke at the expense of MIT and everyone who has this thing's presence imposed on them. Once you've experienced it, it is surprisingly easy to ignore. How long before MIT can figure out a good reason to tear it down?
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, Canada
They literally bolted this thing on to an old brick building, making no attempt at professional, attractive joinery. Hideous..
Libeskind House
Don't know, Don't care
This is suppose to be a house. It is a scuplture that has had a function forced upon it. If Mr. Liebskind wants to create an experiencial three dimensional sculpture that's great. But please do not insult me by trying to tell me that it is suppose to be lived in. Or that it was conceived with that purpose in mind. This is nothing more than a 3D fantasy created by a brilliant salesman who was able to convince some gulable person to build it. This is self indulgant art, not Architecture. Self indulgant art has it's place and can be a great thing if it is aknowledged for what it is. This man does not deal with all of the issues and concerns that go into and influence architecture.
Baku Flame Towers
Baku, Azerbaijan
My hometown of Baku, Azerbaijan is an ancient city - a small walled city built in the medieval period - is surrounded by a modern city that expanded in the late 19th and 20th Century. The city is a mix of architectural styles, which mostly work very well together. However recently - fueled by oil money, the city has embarked on a Dubai-inspired spree of ostentation. The city is building a grotesque complex of three skyscraper in the shape of a flame (a flame being the symbol of the city of Baku). Built on a slope, the monstrosity overshadows the entire city and sticks out like a sore thumb. I am yet to come across someone who has anything positive to say about this structure. See photo here: http://i52.tinypic.com/35cogig.jpg and here: http://i071.radikal.ru/1103/02/76ff513080a8.jpg
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timbuktu, TX
This is an insulting witchhunt. Please post the most ridiculous radio show you have ever heard. Don't encourage ignorance, rather encourage learning something about architecture. Please call your guest on his misrepresentation of Vitruvius. How about talking about what makes good architecture - the MOTHER of all the arts. It's not necessarily about profit. Long live Gehry and Libeskind.
Bayterek Tower
Astana, Kazakhstan
Self explanatory
The Stata Center
Cambridge, MA
If your college dorm had a baby with Optimus Prime, it would like exactly like the Stata Center.


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INGOMAR – Norris Ashley felt his Ingomar Falcons needed a contest with a little intensity.
Be careful what you ask for.
Made-to-order intensity is a Union County rival, and the New Albany Bulldogs almost gave the Falcons too much heat before Ingomar held on for a 74-62 victory Tuesday.
"We've got a lot of experience on this team, but we haven't had too many games with intensity this season," said Ashley, the winningest boys coach in Mississippi. "This was a good game for them to grow up, and handle what they threw at us."
The Falcons (8-1) threw their version of intensity at the Bulldogs (5-3) in the first half. The first period inside play of Zach Carnell opened up the outside shooting of Ingomar in the second quarter, as the Falcons built a 49-29 halftime lead.
New Albany responded in the second half. A little at a time, the Bulldogs fought back, closing within 59-56 with 4 minutes, 34 seconds to play in the fourth quarter on a pair of three point plays by Devante Berry.
That's when Tanner McCollum picked a good time to step off the bench, scoring 10 points in the final 4:17 to help Ingomar hold on for the win.
Carnell paced Ingomar with 21 points, and Tadarious Colburn shot in 15 for New Albany.
(G)New Albany 70, Ingomar 35
The undefeated Lady Bulldogs had the contest in hand by the end of the first quarter, leading 24-9.
"At 8-0, you've got to be pleased," said New Albany coach John Stroud, whose squad owns wins over H.W. Byers, Columbus, and (Memphis) Briarcrest, in the last 10 days. "But we start division play next week, and that's what's important."
Jasmine Spears totaled 15 to lead New Albany.
David Wheeler/NEMS Daily Journal


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LeBron stinks, Miller wrong
LeBron James will win an NBA championship, eventually. He's simply too good not to.
James is still only 26 and, remember, Michael Jordan didn't win the first of his six titles until he was 28.
Of course, by age 26, Magic Johnson had three NBA rings and, as a matter of fact, so did Kobe Bryant.
Speaking of Kobe, we wrote a couple seasons ago that James had surpassed Bryant in terms of being the NBA's best all-around player. James was, in our estimation, more unstoppable than Bryant.
Today, we're admitting we were wrong. We were woefully premature. We didn't realize James was so good defensively that he could even stop himself.
His fourth-quarter fades in these Finals were flatly remarkable, one of the most startling things to witness in sports in years. It was mind-blogging to continue seeing him defer and not make plays during those key stretches that Magic loved to call "winnin' time."
Though we never called James a better closer than Bryant -- Kobe's superiority in that regard never has been more obvious than it is today -- we also didn't think James would prove to be a mundane middle reliever when placed on the biggest stage of his career. Against Dallas, he was Justin Speier in short pants.
LeBron does have plenty of time to repair his clutch reputation and re-establish himself among the NBA's most elite. And that's a good thing. After what he just showed everyone, James is going to need every second he can get.
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oooh loved the thing about dogs!!! how nice indeed! :)
The Ghan (II)
Trip Start
Sep 08, 2011
Trip End
Jan 08, 2012
Things started well, but I only managed a couple of hours before being woken up by the constant stuttering of the train as it stopped and started throughout the night, At about 1am, I gave up trying to get some kip and decided to watch some tv on my laptop. I'd had the foresight to load up my hard drive with some movies and tv series for the slow moments, just like this. So, what might you ask do you think I might have watched to help me relax and possibly send me back to sleep? The Walking Dead. What possessed me to watch a series about zombies on a train full of people that I didn't know?? I was never going to get to sleep after that! Eventually, I ended up with about 4 hours sleep in total.
At 9:20 this morning – 21 hours into the journey – we finally left South Australia and crossed over into the Northern Territory. Let me make sure you understand what I'm saying: It took us TWENTY ONE hours to leave the state. Just how big is this country? And we're still 5 hours from Alice Springs, which maps misleadingly put as just over the border. Yeah, right.
Here's a burning question that has finally been answered. What do you do if you have a guide dog on a long distance train journey? Obviously the dog can't use the toilets like we do, so what's the solution? Well, the train is stopped (more than once I might add) to take the dog for a walk so that he can do his business. Yes, seriously.
Lots of red dust on the way, which became a little monotonous. Despite having things pointed out to us, like The Fink River, supposedly the oldest river in the world, they merely served to prove how drab the countryside had become. In the instance of The Fink River, this was because, despite being the 'oldest' river in the world (just how on earth is that measured?), it was bone dry. That's right there was not a drop of water in it, and when I say no water, I mean there was nothing, zip, nada. Oddly enough, the only things in the river bed were some camels (though I didn't see them).
Finally, we arrived in Alice on time – 26 hours after departing from Adelaide. I will never complain about long journeys ever again. Although to be fair, I can't think of a single journey in Europe that would be longer (voyages by ship don't count). Anyway, I'm in the red centre of Australia. Time to see what it's all about.
Afterthought: I was spent 36 hours on a bus drive from Barcelona to Slovakia, how you like that!!!! But I was young haha very young
So, George, just how many dogs used the service? I'm fascinated!
Though I'm a great train lover, myself, I'm not sure I'm a taker for that ride.So glad you're doing it for me, I'm taking notes for my next trip.
Kyzia, as far as I could tell it was just the one dog. Special treatment for being a guide dog I suppose. The strange thing was that the train didn't stop at any stations for the dog - it just stopped anywhere on the line and took him out. I'm not sure if the dog had super powers to let them know that he needed to go!


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Oscars win awards for sexism, homophobia, anti-Semitism and racism
Was anybody else offended by the not-very-subtle onslaught of sexist, racist, homophobic and anti-semitic "jokes" at the Oscar ceremony on Sunday night?
It seems as though the Oscar writers think that Hollywood is so liberal that it can get away with making offensive comments because everyone knows that they are "just joking."
I don't agree.
At a time when America is facing an epidemic of gun violence and debating how to limit the spread of assault weapons, host Seth McFarlane thought it would be clever to make a joke about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
"Daniel Day-Lewis is not the first actor to be nominated for playing Lincoln," McFarlane said. "Raymond Massey portrayed him in 1940′s Abe Lincoln in Illinois. I would argue, though, the actor who really got inside Lincoln's head was John Wilkes Booth."
[ANOTHER TAKE: Seth MacFarlane: Not an anti-Semite]
Perhaps hoping to win an award for "most racially insensitive" comment, McFarlane joked about Lewis' habit of staying in character during the filming of Lincoln, even when the cameras were off. "If you bumped into Don Cheadle in the studio lot," McFarlane said, looking at Lewis in the audience, "would you try and free him?"
McFarlane also made outrageous remarks about Adele's weight, gays, women, Latinas, and Jews.
It would be difficult to pick a winner in the "most sexist comment" category. McFarlane sang a juvenile song, "We Saw Your Boobs," about movie scenes where former Oscar nominees posed topless. Referring to the decade-long quest to find Osama bin Laden by Jessica Chastain's character in Zero Dark Thirty, McFarlane said it was an example of women never being "able to let anything go." To those women who lost weight before attending the Oscar ceremony, McFarlane said: "For all those women who had the 'flu,' it paid off … lookin' good."
Referring to Latina actresses Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek — both of whose English is impeccable — McFarlane said: "We have no idea what they're saying, but we don't care, cause they're so attractive."
After singing the "We Saw Your Boobs" song with the Los Angeles Gay Men's Chorus, MacFarlane made a point of explaining that he wasn't actually a member of the chorus, as if being gay was something to be ashamed of. MacFarlane also observed that the show's producers had invited the cast of Chicago to perform on the telecast because "the [Oscar} show isn't gay enough yet."
Perhaps the most offensive comments were made by "Ted," the talking stuffed bear who bantered (through McFarlane's voice) with actor Mark Wahlberg about Hollywood's domination by Jews. If putting those words in the mouth of a talking bear is supposed to make these remarks cute and cuddly, it didn't work with me.
The set-up was Ted's desire to gain acceptance with the Hollywood "in" crowd — which he said were the Jews — so he could attend a post-Oscar orgy party. After Ted begged Wahlberg to tell him where the orgy would be held. Wahlberg spilled the beans, saying that it would be "at Jack Nicholson's house." This was a not very subtle — and not very funny — reference to a 1977 incident that occurred at Nicholson's home, where director Roman Polanski raped a 13-year-old girl. Polanski pleaded guilty but fled to Paris before he was sentenced.
Remarking on all the talent assembled at the Oscar ceremony, Ted said to Wahlberg: "You know what's interesting? All those actors I just named are part Jewish," referring to Joaquin Phoenix (who has a Jewish mother), Daniel Day-Lewis (ditto), and Alan Arkin (whose parents, in fact, were both Jewish).
"What about you?," Ted asked Wahlberg. "You've got a 'berg' on the end of your name. Are you Jewish?"
Wahlberg explained that he is Catholic. Ted responded: "Wrong answer. Try again. Do you want to work in this town or don't you?"
To gain favor with the Hollywood crowd, Ted claimed that he was Jewish, that he "was born Theodore Shapiro," and that "I would like to donate money to Israel and continue to work in Hollywood forever."
When Wahlberg called Ted an idiot, Ted responded: "We'll see whose an idiot when they give me my private plane at the next secret synagogue meeting."
Ted's (or, in reality, McFarlane's) remarks about the "secret" Jewish cabal that controls Hollywood, discriminates against non-Jews, and is tied to Israel were not clever and witty. They were anti-semitic.
I'm certain that many film industry folks sitting in the audience were uncomfortable with the barrage of offensive comments throughout the evening. I'm not a prude and I believe it is OK to make fun of one's foibles. But McFarlane's (and Ted's) comments did not simply poke fun at specific individuals. They targeted entire groups. Sunday night's Oscar show crossed that invisible line between satire and bigotry.
As a progressive and a Jew, I found these comments outrageous, and I'm confident that many of the millions of Americans watching the show on TV were also offended by the bigoted stereotypes about women, gays, Latinas, and Jews throughout the broadcast.
Of course, there were no hooded sheets, burning crosses, N-words, or "fag" jokes. But bigotry comes in various shades. Sunday night's Academy Awards ceremony was ugly and unfunny.
Peter Dreier teaches politics and chairs the Urban & Environmental Policy department at Occidental College. His most recent book isThe 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame (Nation Books, 2012).