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The Beatles' animated psychedelic fairytale, Yellow Submarine, will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray this May as its 1999 incarnation has gone out of print. Having been restored by hand, (a detail I lifted from the press release below), the new version of the film will be released with a lot of geek fodder like cels, drawings and interviews. Also, the movie's 1999 companion release, Yellow Submarine Songtrack, will be reissued as well, (though the actual Yellow Submarine album is all you really need.)
All information is brought to you courtesy of EMI.
Once upon a time…or maybe twice…there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland…
London – March 20, 2012 – The Beatles' classic 1968 animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, has been digitally restored for DVD and Blu-ray release on May 28 (May 29 in North America). The film's songtrack album will be reissued on CD on the same date.
Currently out of print, the film has been restored in 4K digital resolution for the first time by Paul Rutan Jr. and his team of specialists at Triage Motion Picture Services and Eque Inc. Due to the delicate nature of the hand-drawn original artwork, no automated software was used in the digital clean-up of the film's restored photochemical elements. This was all done by hand, frame by frame.
Bonus features for the Yellow Submarine DVD and Blu-ray include a short making-of documentary titled "Mod Odyssey" (TRT: 7:30), the film's original theatrical trailer, audio commentary by producer John Coates and art director Heinz Edelmann, several brief interview clips with others involved with the film, storyboard sequences, 29 original pencil drawings and 30 behind-the-scenes photos. Both Digipak packages will include reproductions of animation cels from the film, collectible stickers, and a 16-page booklet with a new essay by Yellow Submarine aficionado John Lasseter (Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios).
Lasseter writes in his essay, "As a fan of animation and as a filmmaker, I tip my hat to the artists of Yellow Submarine, whose revolutionary work helped pave the way for the fantastically diverse world of animation that we all enjoy today."
Directed by George Dunning, and written by Lee Minoff, Al Brodax, Jack Mendelsohn and Erich Segal, Yellow Submarine began its voyage to the screen when Brodax, who had previously produced nearly 40 episodes of ABC's animated Beatles TV series, approached The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein with a unique vision for a full-length animated feature.
Yellow Submarine, based upon a song by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, is a fantastic tale brimming with peace, love, and hope, propelled by Beatles songs, including "Eleanor Rigby," "When I'm Sixty-Four," "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," "All You Need Is Love," and "It's All Too Much." When the film debuted in 1968, it was instantly recognized as a landmark achievement, revolutionizing a genre by integrating the freestyle approach of the era with innovative animation techniques.
Inspired by the generation's new trends in art, the film resides with the dazzling Pop Art styles of Andy Warhol, Martin Sharp, Alan Aldridge and Peter Blake. With art direction and production design by Heinz Edelmann, Yellow Submarine is a classic of animated cinema, featuring the creative work of animation directors Robert Balser and Jack Stokes with a team of animators and technical artists.
"I thought from the very beginning that the film should be a series of interconnected shorts" remembers Edelmann. "The style should vary every five minutes or so to keep the interest going until the end." These styles included melding live-action photography with animation, 3-dimensional sequences and kaleidoscopic "rotoscoping" where film is traced frame by frame into drawings. The entire process took nearly two years, 14 different scripts, 40 animators and 140 technical artists, ultimately producing a groundbreaking triumph of animation.
On April 24, Candlewick Press will release a new, compact hardcover edition of the Yellow Submarine picture book, a read-aloud journey for the whole family. Featuring the lighthearted wit of the film's script alongside original artwork from the movie that has charmed children and adults through several generations, the beautiful, 40-page book will be sold by retailers everywhere and on the Beatles Store ( www.thebeatles.com). An interactive digital version of the book is also available as a free download on Apple's iBookstore for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch at www.iTunes.com/TheBeatles.
Yellow Submarine synopsis:
Once upon a time… or maybe twice, there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland, a place where happiness and music reigned supreme. But all that was threatened when the terrible Blue Meanies declared war and sent in their army led by a menacing Flying Glove to destroy all that was good. Enter John, Paul, George and Ringo to save the day! Armed with little more than their humor, songs, and of course, their yellow submarine, The Beatles tackle the rough seas ahead in an effort to bring down the evil forces of bluedom.
Production credits
Running Time: 89 minutes
Director - George Dunning
Producer - Al Brodax
Screen story - Lee Minoff
Screenplay - Lee Minoff, Al Brodax, Jack Mendelsohn, and Erich Segal
Art Director - Heinz Edelmann
Animation directors - Robert Balser and Jack Stokes
Production Executive - John Coates
Music Producer and Supervisor - George Martin
Featuring music by The Beatles
Yellow Submarine [DVD, Blu-ray]
Feature film [TRT: 89:00]
Fully restored in 4K and presented in the original aspect ratio of 1:66-1
Audio options:
English 5.1 DTS
German 5.1 DTS
Italian 5.1 DTS
English Dolby Stereo
Original Mono
Audio Commentary – Heinz Edelmann (Art Director) and John Coates (Producer)
Subtitle languages (feature only):
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Finnish, Japanese
Extra features:
Mod Odyssey documentary [TRT: 7:30]
Original theatrical trailer [TRT: 3:30]
Storyboard sequences:
- Sea of Monsters (split screen footage) [TRT: 4:20]
- Battle of the Monsters [118 images]
- Pepperland [64 images]
- Paul Angelis (voice of Ringo and Chief Blue Meanie) [TRT: 1:39]
- John Clive (voice of John) [TRT: 2:03]
- David Livesey (key animator) [TRT: 1:11]
- Millicent McMillan (Heinz Edelmann's assistant) [TRT: 1:12]
- Jack Stokes (animation director) [TRT: 3:42]
- Erich Segal (co-writer) [TRT: 1:38]
Original pencil drawings [29 images]
Behind-the-scenes photos [30 images]
Yellow Submarine Songtrack [CD]
1. Yellow Submarine
2. Hey Bulldog
3. Eleanor Rigby
4. Love You To
5. All Together Now
6. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
7. Think For Yourself
8. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
9. With A Little Help From My Friends
10. Baby, You're A Rich Man
11. Only A Northern Song
12. All You Need Is Love
13. When I'm Sixty-Four
14. Nowhere Man
15. It's All Too Much
Letters From A Tapehead
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The Beatles: Only A Northern Song (Yes, this is a promotion for the restoring and re-release of Yellow Submarine.)
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Shop small for the holidays
As much as I love the convenience of shopping online, I love to support local artisans and small independent business owners. Some have storefronts, studios, are web based or by appointment only.
As much as I love the convenience of shopping online, I love to support local artisans and small independent business owners. Some have storefronts, studios, are web based or by appointment only.
When Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell both lost their jobs in the Recession of 2008 and decamped to a small farming community in upstate NY to start their lives over, they relied on the help of their neighbors to teach them virtually everything they needed to know to start a surprisingly complex "simple life".
As their farm grew, so did their collection of artisans that make up the lifestyle company they created and named Beekman 1802.
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Are you making a list and checking it twice? As we get closer to Christmas, the pressure rises and so does the crowds. Shopping small local businesses can make the experience less stressful. Here is my list of suggestions of local spots to hit to make the season merry and bright.
With Veteran's Day on November 11, I wanted to recognize the hero in my life, my father. William Tirabasso was born in the United States but his family went back to Italy where he was raised. To this day my dad speaks with a thick Italian accent so people think he was born in Italy. Read more
For the last few years I had the privilege to spread the word about a special project that sends greeting cards to our troops.
Michelle Little organizer of Project CARD ONE, says "There are plenty of cards to share and we can always use more to distribute. All of my card angels are fantastic and have been receiving the cards throughout the past year!" Read more
Organically, I was meant to do what I am doing. As a young girl, I loved rearranging my room. In high school, with a strong interest in art, I remember designing a room for a project. My teacher said I was a natural.
One thing I truly believe, when something is meant to be, it will be. The universe has a way of grabbing your attention, providing endless opportunities. Thankfully, I listened.
It would take years before I studied interior design. At 39, I went back to school on a part time basis. The Sunday New York Times somehow ended up in my home and I read an article on Real Estate Staging, I registered for training. Soon after, I trained to learn Redesign.
In 2005 I started my business. A reporter wanted to do a piece on my unique services. Problem was, I didn't have any clients yet. Not wanting this opportunity to pass up, I suggested the paper run a contest for a room redesign. The editor loved the idea.
Based on photos, I selected the winner and ended up on the cover and centerfold of the Home section. I made suggestions for every contestant over the next few weeks, which turned into my Claudia's Corner column. Today it runs every other Sunday in the Times Herald Record's Home Section.
At the last minute, I was asked to fill in as a speaker for a Hudson Valley Builders Association meeting. The idea of public speaking terrified me. The late Jean Rowe, past executive director, would not take no for an answer. She wanted a power point, which I never did. She told me to find someone to show me. My children showed me.
To this day, I think fondly of Jean Rowe and how she pushed me out of my comfort zone. The presentation was a success. I don't remember much of that night due to nerves but I do remember what Jean said to me after the presentation. Jean hugged me and said, "You did an outstanding job! It was informative with a lot of photos. These builders are visual so they needed the power point, which is why I insisted on it. More importantly, you held their attention. I watched the crowd and every one of them was listening to you."
A few years ago, I was asked to teach a staging class last minute, the scheduled instructor pulled out. With a busy schedule, I found myself agreeing to teach a 6-hr class and putting together another Power Point. I now teach at multiple locations and have shortened the length of time of the class. These classes are geared for the home seller before they put their home on the market.
It was an honor to be nominated by the NJ Chapter of The Real Estate Staging Association and ended up winning 2011 Professional Stager of the Year in the Northeast. Entering on my own was not even on my radar.
The best parts of the last decade are the people I had the honor of working with. There is nothing more personal than working with someone in his or her own home. I would repeatedly hear, while preparing their home for sale, "We should have been living like this all along".
During a few recent classes and consultations I find myself repeatedly saying, "Cream always rises to the top" referring to homes for sale. The success rates are quite real and tangible if you know the formula of how to properly market a home for sale.
Staging instructor: Christine Rae
Redesign instructor: Ann Anderson
Reporter, Times Herald Record: Deb Botti
Former GO Home and Features Editor, Times Herald Record: Karen Harris
Past Executive Director of Hudson Valley Builders Association: The late Jean Rowe
My Power Point Instructions: Aston & Preston Jacobs
SUNY Ulster Kingston Continuing & Professional Program Coordinator: Linda Corsones
NJ Chapter of RESA: Fondly known in 2011 as the Jersey Girls plus 1 (I was the plus '1' from NY)
Definition of Staging: The act of preparing a home for sale in the real estate marketplace. The goal is to make a home appealing to the highest number of potential buyers, thereby selling a property quickly and for more money.
Definition of Redesign: is using what is in the home to create a fresh new look.
This is my first post in a series on friends whose work has been included in my stagings. To quote the Beatles song, "I get by with a little help from my friends".

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Middle of the road anti-conformist parable. Captain Fantastic is not the quirky Wes Anderson derivative I was expecting, it's more rugged. In it, Viggo Mortensen has decidedly raised his children in the woods outside of mainframe society (the movie glosses over how they manage to survive through winter). The parts I enjoyed best were scenes of him reaffirming that his children are better educated than mainstream schooled children. The six of his children together come up with discourse on subjects. The youngest one knows what the Bill of Rights are, and better yet, can interpret them on a practical level. Most mainstream American kids cannot sum it up better than that. Let's not overlook though that these kids can also catch animals and butcher their own meat.
The mother has killed herself, perhaps as a lament that this kind of life wasn't working for her long-term. As a testament, she requested herself cremated and her ashes spread unusually (left to you to see for yourself, albeit, that's the one part that's a little quirky). I was expecting the big funeral scene to be the cap finale. Not at all. It's the halfway point of the movie. When the bohemian father Ben makes an unprecedented oratory at a funeral with extended "normal" family, he turns himself into a social embarrassment. In time, he realizes how out of touch he is with negotiating with the norms of society.
How Ben makes amends with his bad behavior at the funeral is a surprising turn in the movie.
There are yet scenes that run on for too long. But the movie scores on the offbeat chances it takes. The oldest son George McKay is so self-aggrandizing he's antisocial, to the point that he's the type that you would expect him to turn into an antisocial killer. There's a redemptive scene where this young man admits that he's turning out antisocial, and that his father hasn't helped him adapt to the world.
As you can probably tell, I went back and forth on my feelings with "Captain Fantastic." It helped I was never lost with Mortensen as my narrative guide, with his hippie yet studly command of all things around him, yet malleable enough to know that change must come. In a way, Ben undergoes a Wes Anderson movie character arc, yet thankfully, Mortensen has jagged character edges to keep it engrossing. I'd also say that Mortensen has the ability to turn screenwriting malarkey into something adaptable, he does what he can to make it halfway plausible.
118 Minutes. Rated R.
Film Cousins: "The Mosquito Coast" (1986); "Running on Empty" (1988); "Grizzly Man" (2005); "Into the Wild" (2007).


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Thesis Help Online: How To Plan Your Work On A Paper Effectively
If you are going to write a thesis paper for submission in accordance with the regulations to ensure that you get awarded that degree that you are pursuing, you have to plan accordingly for it. There are a lot of students that hardly ever get to plan and as a result plan to fail. Since you are a responsible student, we will show you not just why you need to plan for the thesis, but also go ahead and show you how to plan for it accordingly.
The following tips should help you plan for your work on the paper.
Field of interest
Before you start writing the paper, you need to determine or select the area within which you are interested, and from there you will be in a good position to work on an effective paper. The reason for this is because when you are working on an area wherein you are interested, it is easier for you to gather as much information as possible, and you will also be working on the paper with an incredible amount of zeal.
Approach and the title
Thinking about the title for your paper is a good thing, but at the same time you also need to realize that thinking of the title is but the first step towards many. Even after you have already decided on the title, it is important for you to make sure that you have the right approach that you will use to go about the paper you are working on.
The approach that you will use will most definitely impact on the title that you are going to work with. Take for example if you are doing an exploratory paper, you will have a different title for the topic, and if you are doing a case study kind of paper, you will also have a different title for the paper. You need to make sure that the approach you make is well-informed and will help you determine so much.
Come up with an outline
Once you have done all that, you now need to come up with an outline on how you are going to write the paper. This outline will include the table of contents and make sure that you have it as detailed as possible, and also remember to indicate the amount of words that you want in each section.


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Liggett Log
A Cruiser with a Interesting Hacker Design Pedigree, a History Waiting to be Unlocked, and the Long Road Back to the Water!
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A boat that will attract attention this summer is one of the several duplicates now under construction by the Liggett Boat Company of Wyandotte, Michigan. The first one will be delivered to J.B. Farr President of Kermath Manufacturing Company and a 2nd to Commodore Alex J McLeod of Algonac, Michigan. The new craft, which were designed by Hacker and for Ferrman are 40 feet long, and 9' 6 inches beam. They are of the raised deck type, V bottom model, and have a number of interesting features.
As the plans show, the deck has forward has considerable crown, giving good head room low, and in the extreme bow is worked a cockpit with a seat across the after end. With a seat across the asked and. The bridge deck is protected by glass and mahogany windshield with a light standing top. A trunk gives headroom, light and air to the after cabin. Below decks, forward, is a good size cabin with upper and lower bunks on each side. A medium duty Kermit is installed under the bridge deck. 20 x 60 "Jasco" gasoline tank on the starboard side and storage batteries on the port side.
From the bridge the companionway leads to the aft cabin which has standing births on each side and a spacious toilet room with a locker large locker toward the port and a smaller locker to the starboard. In the Lazaret are fitted two 30 by 36 freshwater tanks.
Another Standardized Cruiser
A.G. Liggett & Company have designed and are building at this time 5 of the 40 footers illustrated above and powered with a 65 hp Kermath engine as standard equipment. This design is similar to the 40 footer produced last year by this concern, with the exceptions that there are few changes making the craft more graceful with out in any way detracting from its practical.
The flare at the bow has been accentuated giving slightly more deck space forward and the crown of the deck has been lowered giving better footing.
The cabin interiors are finished in mahogany, relieved by enamel. The galley is large and well ventilated and the engine room is one of the important features, for it is been built with the truth in mine that any engine, no matter how excellent, must have certain attention. While the motor is beneath the bridge there is an easy access through two large hatches in the bridge decking .
During the past 2 seasons these boats have been extremely popular with certain of the yachting element on the Great Lakes who demand a comfortable boat with plenty of room and yet able to go in, when and where they desire.
Liggett Cruisers are Built in Two Sizes
Both the Liggett 40 foot cruiser and the new 52 foot cruiser are boats which will catch any Yachtsman's eye and hold it. These boats not only represent the pinnacle of achievement in beautiful lines and graceful riding ability but they are well the embodiment of sound design that cannot be duplicated for accuracy coupled with the brand of workmanship and downright thoroughness. The 40 foot model has accommodations for 8 passengers forward and aft and a very complete galley. Powered with the Kermath 65 HP model gives a speed of 12 miles per hour. Price $10,500.
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I have had the privilege of playing Rudyard Funn in the award-winning podcast sitcom Wooden Overcoats since 2015.
The show follows the adventures (and misadventures) of rival funeral parlours on an island in the English Channel, Piffling, and the lives of the islanders.
Wooden Overcoats has released three series of eight episodes, two mini-series, two holiday specials, and some merch.
Subscribe in all the usual podcast places.
Rudyard is the jealous and paranoid co-owner of the oldest funeral parlour on the island with his twin sister Antigone (Beth Eyre). In the first episode, a sunny new funeral director Eric Chapman (Tom Crowley) moves in across the square and takes all their custom. Rudyard, Antigone and their incredibly competent assistant Georgie (Ciara Baxendale) fight to survive in this new economic reality.
Rudyard's best friend is a mouse called Madeleine who narrates the series (Belinda Lang and Holly Campbell).
Wooden Overcoats has won awards at the British Podcast Awards and Audioverse Awards, it's been Best of iTunes, and it's been nominated for the Prix Europa. It has made end-of-year best podcast lists for, among others, The New Statesman, The Irish Times and Vulture. It's been in The Guardian, The Times, The Financial Times, Forbes, Pop Culture Happy Hour, Vox, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph and many more.
We run live versions of the show in the year. These are incredible fun. The first two series' live shows took place above the The Horse & Stables pub in Waterloo. In 2018 we moved to King's Place. King's Place is also the home of the London Podcast Festival where we have performed every year since it began.
In total, about a hundred people have worked on the show. That includes our director/producers John Wakefield and Andy Goddard, our head writer David K. Barnes, our production manager Elizabeth Campbell, and our composer and conductor James Whittle along with our orchestra, The Piffling Philharmonic.
"Move over, Radio 4. This ensemble scripted comedy about a pair of doomed undertakers is funnier than anything broadcast on the BBC." - Caroline Crampton, The New Statesman - The Best Podcasts of 2016
"I. Am. In - oh boy this is great - I am in love." - Glen Weldon, Pop Culture Happy Hour
"A quietly significant moment in British radio comedy." - Pete Naughton, The Daily Telegraph
"As good, if not better, than any Radio 4 comedy offering. It's about rival funeral directors and it's fab." - Miranda Sawyer, The Guardian
"A good sitcom is one that reliably comforts while also deepening over time." - Nick Quah, Vulture - The 10 Best Podcasts of 2018


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Basketball Wives had its heyday about 10 years ago. The show featured some actual basketball wives and former wives and some baby mamas. It ran its course and died a natural death, but just like the vampire it is back. Some of the same cast mates are back and many of them are pushing 50 heard. One would think they have evolved and would not be willing to take part of in manufactured fighting situations, but they are not. They are back and they are cursing and fighting. Some of them have grown children, but they are still ready and willing to throw a punch or a drink at one of the wives. One of the cast mates reached out to Star Jones because she claimed she wanted to change. This same cast mate showed up on OWN presenting a more moderated disposition but she is back at it. It is sad that self respect and dignity get shelved when there is a check from Basketball Wives being flashed.
Basketball Wives is Back or should we just call it Black Women fighting
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Grace is a delightful ensemble created from a vintage pattern from 1955. The blouse and skirt are stitched in a steel blue & white, mini-gingham, cotton broadcloth. The fitted blouse has fisheye darts at the front and back. The Peter Pan collar as well as the cuffs are notched for added interested and are made from white cotton poplin. The blouse has four vintage buttons at the front.
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Nothing funny about wheelchair jokes!
By Tapiwa Mutizamhepo
People with Disabilities and their organizations have roundly condemned the flurry of "wheelchair" jokes and articles that recently circulated on social media and other sections of the mainstream media, calling them provocative and insensitive to the issues to do with disabilities.
After the cabinet presented the President Robert Mugabe with a belated birthday present which was initially called a 'special chair' by the state broadcaster which sent people into a frenzy connecting the statement to the first lady's past comments about getting Mugabe a special chair which he would continue to rule from.
The broadcaster later changed the narrative calling the chair what it really was, a special massage chair. Nonetheless, this didn't stop the masses from the having a field day making Wheelchair jokes to make a point that Mugabe was no longer fit for office. Other sections of the mainstream media were at the forefront of this ridicule.
The April 6 edition of the Newsday, carried a headline "No to 'Wheelchair' President" where it said opposition leaders vowed not to be silenced and stopped by a wheelchair-bound President.
Fadzai Mahere, who ironically is a human rights lawyer, also took to twitter on the 5th of April and posted an image of herself seated in a wheelchair with a caption "So exhausted. Decided to get a massage.
Tapera Nyoni, a wheelchair user says he found NewsDay's story, "very offensive, demeaning and placing people with disabilities and wheelchair users as second class citizens who are not fit to occupy leadership positions including the highest political office in the land"
Vice Secretary General of African Youth with Disabilities Network and Disability Human Rights Activist, Tapiwa Tsikai wrote on his Blog, (wearealsohuman.wordpress.com) said "I have made an observation that Zimbabwean society seems to think disability is hilarious, many people are really insensitive towards people with disabilities, the general portrayal of people with disabilities is that of insignificant people and if voted into office they would make terrible leaders".
He added, "It's sad how prominent lawyers such as Fadzai Mahere instead of helping us champion our rights as people with disabilities is seen working against us through making insensitive jokes about disability.
Newsday, Fadzayi Mahere and Bustop TV hurt the feelings of people with disabilities in Zimbabwe and it would be prudent for them to apologize to us".
Fambaineni Magweva is National Association of Societies for the Care of the Handicapped (NASCOH) Director, he explains some terms of the violated terms of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), "Article 8 of the convention requires State parties to combat stereotypes, prejudice and harmful practices relating to persons with disabilities, including those based on sex and age in all areas of life.
Article 17 states that every person with disabilities has a right to respect for his her physical and mental integrity on the equal basis with others. "
Advocate Fadzayi Mahere and Bustop TV have since apologized saying it was never their intention to hurt the feelings of people with disabilities.


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Portland Rockets Baseball Game
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 7:00
Wednesday, July 8th, Portland Rockets vs. Summit City Sluggers, 7 PM @ Runkle-Miller Field, 515 Blaine Pike, Portland. Admission is free. Food concessions on site. For additional information such as the Portland Rockets Full Schedule, please visit: http://www.ballcharts.com/teams/index.php?team=PortlandRockets2010
Location Runkle-Miller Field, 515 Blaine Pike, Portland
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11 animals that mate for life
In an ant colony, a queen mates once with the male(s), stores the gametes for life, and the male ants die shortly after mating. In contrast, several species of termites can form lifelong pair bonds between a female "queen" and a single male "king" who literally give birth to their entire kingdom.
Termites tend to stay with the same mates for a long time, reports Nature. They might stick together for as long as 20 years in some species. If termites do break up, things can get ugly, says researcher Janet Shellman-Reeve of Cornell University. She found that relationship splits are often accompanied by physical violence. Termites may chew off each others' antennae, for example.


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Romans 8:8-10 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
8 and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Any one who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if Christ is in you, although your bodies are dead because of sin, your spirits are alive because of righteousness.
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We've been flirting with rain. The wintertime landscape is clouds and pale light, the grey skeletons of trees, the dull gold of winter fields. Today the temperatures dropped, and it finally feels a little bit like winter.
It must be the light on days like these, but I love riding home in the late afternoon in the fading grey-ness. It is windless and silent. And I feel like I have fallen into some vintage photo, the colors are so subdued – grey, buff, steel blue and hints of ivory and amber. Almost monochrome. (With the exception of my very red, red bicycle, of course.)
My "good" cameras have been left at home on these rain-risk days … for now, just some of the iPhone snaps.
small change
I leave on my bicycle and often think: same roads, same fences, same old barns, same bike, same me … nothing changes.
And then I open my eyes and realize that nature, the natural world, is changing all around me. Beautifully. From minute, to day, to week, to season.
The same road is different each day in small and subtle ways. It is all the change I need.
It's totally worth the slobber all over my handlebars…
No destination, no Utilitairing today … just riding. On the cusp of Spring.
riding through puddles
The weather continues to mystify me. Heavy rains and severe storms have rolled through the area, and to see tornado destruction in AL and AR in January is mind boggling. I cannot bear the thought of a repeat of last spring – and we're still in the middle of what is supposed to be winter.
Rain or not, I needed to get out today. It was gusty but warm, and I revisited a road I hadn't ridden in quite a while. Cows, barns, creeks (overflowing) and plenty of mud. But I still have fun riding through puddles…
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Getting out, wandering around, same old, same old … it may be cold, but it sure doesn't feel like winter.
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Spent last week in northwestern Pennsylvania, visiting my husband's family. We took our bikes, hoping for some nice riding on the rural roads with leaves turning and crisp temperatures. Sadly, the weather did not want to cooperate. Gusting winds, rain and temps in the 40's (F) held little enticement for cycling …
My in-laws live in a small community in rural PA; there are lots of Amish and Mennonite families in the area. It's an odd feeling to pedal along and approach (or be passed by) a horse and buggy. Better than being passed by cars any day.
Toward the end of the week when the skies began to clear, we took a ride to the Conneaut Lake Park – an old amusement park that originated in the 1890's that became a local area attraction in the mid-1900's. In it's steel boom hey-day, it was a big draw to families employed by the railroad, as well as a convenient vacation getaway for people from Pittsburgh. When my husband was growing up in the area, he and his brother and sister all had summer jobs at the Park. Sadly, it has become one of those places largely lost to the past … although it still opens in the summer, it is barely able to survive any more. It was kind of fascinating to walk around the largely deserted grounds, covered in falling leaves.
Even though we didn't get to ride as much as we had hoped to, it was a good visit. Nice to see family, good to feel the chill of the North, and great to have a slice (or two) of my mother in-law's always-amazing pies. 😀
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Isiah Thomas is not convinced Allan Houston will ever be an All-Star caliber player again and hinted that early retirement is an option Houston may want to consider.Thomas, the Knicks president, didn't totally dismiss the idea of Houston hanging them up before his contract, which runs through the 2006-07 season, expires. Asked during a conference call yesterday if Houston's condition – chronic knee pain – could reach a point where the Knicks ask their veteran shooting guard to retire, Thomas said: "I think Allan has to make the decision himself in terms of retiring. That's a question that only the player can answer. That's probably a good question for you to ask him. As an organization we'll continue to support him and try to help him overcome his injuries."
Houston has missed the last three games due to a sore left knee but is expected to play tomorrow night against the Cavaliers. That same injury sidelined Houston for nine months, including last year's playoff series against New Jersey as well as the first 18 games of the 2004-05 season. In the 20 games Houston has appeared in, he has struggled to run and jump and looks nothing like the Knick who was once regarded as an elite player at his position.
"I think we all hope that he can get back to being Allan," Thomas said. "But I think realistically we may all have to come to the conclusion that he may not ever get there again and we may have to start dealing with that reality."
The Knicks did not practice yesterday and Houston was unavailable for comment. On Tuesday, Houston was aware of comments Thomas made on Michael Kay's radio show on ESPN during which he also alluded to Houston's best days being behind him.
Houston appeared disappointed by Thomas' evaluation but declined to comment. He did, however, say that he had no intentions of retiring and that he is confident he will be a productive player again. Houston's agent, William Strickland, said yesterday that he and his client have never discussed retirement.
"It has never been a thought in our minds," Strickland said. "I will only say that I know it's been Allan's desire to return to the floor at a level of play he feels comfortable with. He has considerable belief and faith in himself."
Houston, who signed a team record six-year, $100 million contract after the 2001 season, will earn $17.5 million this year, $19.1 million next year and $20.7 million in 2006-07.
Should Houston retire, his contract would still count against the salary cap unless the Knicks could prove he suffered a career-ending injury. Theoretically, the Knicks could have the last year of Houston's contract removed from their books, which wouldn't necessarily put them under the cap.
In many ways, Thomas has already moved on from looking at Houston as the Knicks starting shooting guard. Last summer, Thomas acquired Jamal Crawford in a sign-and-trade with the Chicago Bulls. Crawford, who signed a seven-year, $56 million contract, is the team's second leading scorer but he is shooting 39% and his shot selection has baffled the team.
By publicly questioning whether Houston can regain his old form, Thomas runs the risk of alienating a veteran whose contract sits at the top of the Impossible To Trade list. Houston is well-respected in the locker room and has strong backing from Garden chairman James Dolan, an occasional golfing buddy.
Thomas fully realizes the enormity of the challenge he faces when it comes to rebuilding the Knicks. The team is currently 17-24 and could end up in the draft lottery. Thomas is convinced that he can make one or two moves this summer to upgrade the roster.
Thomas defended the Knicks' record, saying that injuries to Houston, Tim Thomas and Crawford have undermined the season.
"If we're a healthy team we're not in this situation," said Thomas, whose team has lost 11 of 12 games. "Don't just think this is how it is. We've had a lot of people injured. If we're healthy we're a .500 team or above. We haven't had Allan Houston for basically the two years I've been here."
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A List of Famous Malcolm X Quotes
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A list of quotes from Malcolm X. Here are the best Malcolm X quotes on various subjects. The Malcolm X quotations list is sorted by popularity, so only the best quotes are at the top of the list. Enjoy these sayings coined by Malcolm X. You may copy this factual list to build your own just like it, re-rank it to fit your opinions, then publish it to share with your friends. Malcom X is a very important figure in American History and if you are interested in quotes from some other historical figures see our Nelson Mandela quotes, Frederick Douglass quotes, and Martin Luther King Jr quotes.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything. Malcolm X
You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being. Malcolm X
You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it. Malcolm X
You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. Malcolm X
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Nonviolence is fine as long as it works. Malcolm X
I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment. Malcolm X
If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country. Malcolm X
Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change. Malcolm X
Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it. Malcolm X
Speaking like this doesn't mean that we're anti-white, but it does mean we're anti-exploitation, we're anti-degradation, we're anti-oppression. Malcolm X
Without education, you're not going anywhere in this world. Malcolm X
I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color. Malcolm X
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it. Malcolm X
It's just like when you've got some coffee that's too black, which means it's too strong. What do you do? You integrate it with cream, you make it weak. But if you pour too much cream in it, you won't even know you ever had coffee. It used to be hot, it becomes cool. It used to be strong, it becomes weak. It used to wake you up, now it puts you to sleep. Malcolm X
Power never takes a step back except in the face of more power. Malcolm X
I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion. Malcolm X
The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba -- yes Cuba too. Malcolm X
You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker. Malcolm X
My alma mater was books, a good library. I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity. Malcolm X
If you're not ready to die for it, put the word freedom out of your vocabulary. Malcolm X
We declare our right on this earth to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary. Malcolm X
Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American. Malcolm X
In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure. Malcolm X
We do not condemn the preachers as an individual but we condemn what they teach. We urge that the preachers teach the truth, to teach our people the one important guiding rule of conduct -- unity of purpose. Malcolm X


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Beacon Power breaks ground on 20MW flywheel energy storage project in Stephentown, NY. (OTC Investor, 11/24)
ACENY files petition for rehearing in New York State Public Service Commission proceeding In the Matter of Generator-Specific Energy Deliverability Study (Case 09-E-0497) (NYS PSC, 11/19). Petition is in regards to new PSC requirement that renewable energy projects produce transmission studies prior to obtaining a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN). See earlier write up here.
New York State passes law to bolster New York's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by promoting energy efficiency in homes and businesses throughout the state. The legislation (Extraordinary Session Assembly Bill A.40004/Sweeney) allows New York state municipalities to establish the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program in order to apply for more than $400 million in federal funds to issue as loans to qualifying homeowners and businesses to install energy efficient retrofits and renewable energy (including wind) systems. Bill was signed into law by Governor Paterson on November 19. (NYS Assembly, 11/16)
Ecogen sues Town of Prattsburgh in state Supreme Court in Rochester. (Stueben Courier, 11/19)
And lastly, if you're going to drink this holiday season, you might as well do it thanks to wind power. Or something like that. (Open Forum blog, 11/20) (And if you drink or develop wind power projects, please do so responsibly.)
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Today's Wall Street Journal features a misguided editorial blasting the CFTC for considering constraints on oil speculation. The piece serves as a good reminder of how often those schooled only in the stock and bond world misunderstand the function of the futures market and the role of speculators within that arena. The Journal's editors and others are trying to apply the rules of those capital markets to contract markets like commodity futures. This makes no more sense than trying to play a game of baseball by the rules of football. In real life, as in the sports analogy, playing by the wrong rules leads to chaotic consequences.
Misconception #1: who should determine price? In the capital markets, speculators and investors determine the price of securities. This is not the way the commodity futures markets are supposed to operate. Commodities are consumables, not investment vehicles. Economic efficiency demands that the price be determined by those that produce or use these resources. The role of the speculator in price discovery should only be on the margin, testing the limits to see when commercial demand or supply enters the market. Speculators in these markets should not be the primary determinants of price.
"Overspeculation" or "excessive speculation" exists when speculators become primary drivers of price. When this happens, commodities are no longer efficiently allocated — if prices are driven below the point where commercial supply and demand meet, shortages result. When prices are driven to excessively high levels, economically wasteful inventory buildup is created; Nobel laureate Paul Krugman recently reversed his opinion on the impact of speculation, pointing to huge oil stores as evidence that oil prices have been artificially inflated. More dire consequences also can be the result of these price distortions, including unnecessary and economically damaging price volatility and even the potential for a systemic crisis in the oil industry and it financiers.
Misconception #2: We need all this speculation for liquidity. The commodity futures markets absolutely need a healthy amount of speculation to bridge the gap between commercial interests who may not be in the market at the identical time. But just like any powerful medicine, an overdose causes more harm than good. Speculation is good only up to the point where speculation becomes the main determinant of price.
There has been a great amount of confusion between volume, open-interest and liquidity. Traditional speculators are short-term traders who are indifferent to being long or short the market — such volume indeed creates liquidity. Much of the problem has been created by the new breed of non-commercial participant, particularly the commodity indexed funds which are long term holders and are overwhelmingly oriented to the long side of the market. They represent not liquidity, but a big fat bid, which actually drains liquidity from the markets by crowding out long commercial interests.
Misconception #3: Investors need unconstrained access to the commodity markets to protect against inflation. The idea that commodities are the only inflation hedge available to investors has been heavily promoted by those that profit from selling commodity-linked products. This is simply a myth promulgated by Wall Street marketing departments. As I've written about before, investors have very real, and possibly superior, alternatives, from TIPS to commodity linked equities.
Misconception #4: Position limits are an abridgement of free market rights. The confusion of capital markets with contract markets comes into play here. The imposition of constraints on non-commercial participation is not about heavy-handed regulation, but about appropriate market governance. In the capital markets, I know of nobody who complains about rules against front-running, touting or insider trading. Those are rules designed to protect the integrity of capital markets. Contract markets like futures exchanges need rules to protect their integrity as well. It's just that different markets require different types of rules. In the futures markets, integrity implies that commercial interests determine price, and this requires governance that restrains non-commercial participants. Speculative position limits are one of the time-tested ways to ensure this critical integrity.
Informed people of good will can argue whether the markets are indeed "overspeculated" at this point. We can reasonably debate whether position limits are the appropriate response, or whether whole different types of governance are needed. One can perhaps even argue whether the risks of overspeculation to the economy should be balanced against the risks to Wall Street profits from curtailing their activities. However, those that argue that the futures markets should play by the rules of the capital markets merely reveal their ignorance.
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It was a quiet week for the markets with a lack of economic data, the earnings calendar being light (that changes next week) and our president elect speaking to the press but not making statements to impact the equity markets too much. The result was a 0.35% gain for the Russell 2000 (RUT) and a drop of 0.04% for large cap stocks as represented by the Russell 1000 (RUI).
The next chart is a regular feature in this space. I decided since the premium of the CBOE Russell 2000 Volatility Index (RVX) to VIX exceeded last year's levels that I would include all of 2016 on the chart. Note that several closings this year have resulted in RVX at a premium of over 50% to VIX.
When I see something like the chart above it scratches part of my mind that makes me want to dig deeper into the numbers. So, I did just that. At CBOE, we have RVX data going back to January 2004 so I compared RVX to VIX from then through this past Friday. The result is the chart below that shows the distribution of the RVX / VIX premium in 5% increments.
The range varies from RVX closing at a discount of 3.08% to a premium of 88.4%. The average premium is 33.75%. I highlighted the 50% to 55% range as that is where we have been most of this year. It is not terribly common, but being this high is not a huge outlier either. Summing all the over 50% plus closes gives us 14.4% of trading days since January 2004.
Finally, a trade from beginning to end that occurred last week. On Tuesday, about an hour before the market closed someone came in to the RUT post with a short-term trade that expired on the close Friday. With the Russell 2000 around 1367.00 there was a seller of 200 RUT Jan 13th 1350 Puts for 1.42 who also purchased 200 RUT Jan 13th 1340 Puts for 0.62 resulting in a net credit of 0.80.
Note the RUT level upon execution of the trade along with Friday's close are highlighted on the payoff above. This trade turned out pretty good with both options expiring out of the money and the credit of 0.80 turning into a profit of 0.80.


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It still feels like summer. Temperatures still easily reach into the thirties, there's no rain, and the lawn looks the driest I've seen it since we moved here two and a half years ago. Here is Mentone, close to the bay and the beach. I'm not a beachgoer, but I love that the afternoon sea breeze and the smell of salty seaweed reaches our garden and, when the weather cools down, I enjoy a brisk walk along the bay. Since we've moved here, I haven't wanted to go away — living here feels like enough of a holiday.
Charles Conder's painting A holiday in Mentone is said to be 'the first to capture the intensity and brilliance of Australian light'. It is this light and — in summer — the accompanying heat that keeps me indoors on a day like today.
When Conder was painting here, Mentone had not long become more accessible from Melbourne — the railway had opened in December 1881. And in 1884, to encourage more visitors and residents, the sea baths had opened (visible on the right in the painting).
The lady in the foreground of the painting is reading a magazine with a pink cover (and so was the gentleman who is having a nap below the footbridge), apparently a copy of The Bulletin. This was a controversial (to say the least) weekly publication that had been in existence since 31 January 1880 and that, by the time Conder was busy painting on Mentone beach, was taking contributions from its readership. More and more, it published early work of people who would become Australia's literary and artistic figures of their time — people like Henry Lawson, Banjo Patterson, Miles Franklin and Norman Lindsay. In October 1887, The Bulletin published Henry Lawson's first published poem, 'A Song of the Republic', and in December 1888, it would publish his first story, 'His Father's Mate'. In December 1889, it would publish Banjo Patterson's 'Clancy of the Overflow', followed in 1890 by 'The Man from Snowy River'.
Apart from poems, short stories and cartoons, The Bulletin ran political and business news and a page of literary gossip and opinion. Because of its romantic portrayal of outback life, it attracted a strong readership in the outback and became known as the 'Bushman's Bible'. From 1908 onwards, the magazine became gradually more conservative and less popular. It lingered on until 2008.
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a book with a green cover
I used to work in a bookshop. One day, a young woman came in and said, 'I'm looking for a book with a green cover …'. She knew neither author nor title.
At another occasion, in another bookshop, a regular customer came past one day and said, 'I'm looking for a book'. She paused — and I said, 'You're in the right place'. She laughed.
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I've been busy! But I took some time out to look for an image of an editor at work so I could at least post that … and I happened upon this one. Not a woman, not behind a computer, not even wearing glasses, but hey …
The editor at work turned out to be more interesting than I had imagined. He is Félix Fénéon, an editor, a translator, a journalist, an author, an art critic, an art gallery director, and whatnot … After his stint as (eventually) editor-in-chief at La Revue Blanche, an art and literature magazine, he worked for some time at a Parisian newspaper, Le Matin, where from May until November 1906 it was his task to write short 'news fillers', des nouvelles en trois lignes (aka 'news in three lines'). He acquitted himself of his task with such style that his nouvelles have been compared to haiku.
« Si mon candidat échoue, je me tue », avait déclaré M. Bellavoine, de Fresquienne (Seine-Inférieure). Il s'est tué.
'If my candidate loses, I will kill myself,' M. Bellavoine, of Fresquienne, Seine-Inférieure, had declared. He killed himself.
They were printed without a by-line at the time, and when it was suggested to him they should be published as a book, apparently, he replied angrily, 'I aspire only to silence'. They were, however, posthumously published and, more recently, even translated and published in English. In my opinion, the author's wit and style get lost a bit in translation.


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The Rosenberg Police Department would like to remind citizens that it is illegal to discharge fireworks in the City of Rosenberg.
Although fireworks and celebrations go together, they can be dangerous, possibly causing serious burns, eye injuries and possible death.
Instead "We encourage the citizens of Rosenberg to enjoy the Family 4th Celebration at Seabourne Creek Nature Park sponsored fireworks from 6:00 pm to 10:00 PM on July 4th. It is a fun event where the family can celebrate safely," says Lieutenant William Henry
According to Rosenberg City Ordinance 11-4 (e) Possession, sale or use. Except as provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to possess, store, offer for sale, sell at retail, or use or explode any fireworks within the corporate limits and within the area immediately adjacent and contiguous to such corporate limits and extending for a distance outside the city for a total of five thousand (5,000) feet, and it shall be unlawful to do or perform any act in violation of this subsection within such five-thousand-foot area contiguous to the corporate limits and outside the city, provided that this subsection shall not apply within any portion of such five-thousand-foot area which is contained within the territory of any other municipal corporation.
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NANCY ESTELLE BUNT (nee Robertson) May 28, 1927 – November 23, 2018 Passed peacefully in her sleep early November 23rd. Nancy is survived by her husband of 67 years, and her love of 77, Don; her children, Donald (Lori), Janette (Scott Warne); her grandchildren, Darryl, Kaitlyn (James Hooks), Zachary, Jennifer (Steve Fortuna); and her great-grandchildren, Josh, Michael, Nicole and Anthony. What to say about mom? We could do the obvious and tell you where she was born, where she went to school and where she worked. We don't think that is necessary. We do want to tell you what a special lady mom was to all of us. We want you to know that even with a severe hearing loss, she didn't miss much. We want you to know that she really enjoyed a good party and threw some of the best. We want to tell you that she was the best wife and mother. We also want to tell you that she could be your best friend and would do anything for you; however, if you crossed her family, you had better watch out. But mostly, we want to tell you that she will be missed more than she could ever have imagined. The family will receive friends at the HUMPHREY FUNERAL HOME A.W. MILES – NEWBIGGING CHAPEL, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Davisville Avenue) for a service on Saturday, December 1st at 1:30 p.m. with a reception to follow in the Rosedale Room of the funeral home. If desired, donations may be made to the Canadian Hearing Society, 271 Spadina Road, Toronto M5R 2V3. Condolences, photographs and memories may be forwarded through www.humphreymilesnewbigging.com. Good bye mom, we love you very much!


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As a result of removing old-style (V2) triggers, V2 user exits have also been removed.
The following user exits, which are hard-coded callbacks to V2 trigger functionality, have been removed. It is now assumed that any calls to these user exits is calling a user-defined user exit rather than a built-in one. Therefore, any code that attempts to locate them is directed to the user exit with the same name in the IAPXTB structure. (IAPXTB is a file that acts as an index to locate each of the user exits that you create at runtime.)
You should recode any code that uses these callbacks to PL/SQL:


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23 February 2010 Unpublished
By Pamela Carter. An Ek Performance/Traverse Theatre review.
WE live in a society disconnected from death. For a certain generation this messy inevitability takes place unseen in far away hospitals and care homes. When finally it intrudes, as intrude it must, it generates a sense of outrage in the bereaved, as if it had no right to be there. This is why so many contemporary plays treat death as the starting point of a study of mourning and not, as in the less sentimental classical tradition, the end point of a tragedy.
Pamela Carter's What We Know, co-produced by her Ek Performance company, is in this territory, but she escapes the most indulgent pitfalls in two ways. The first is to make the death unexpected, turning the play into an exploration of shock as much as of grief. The second is to construct the play in such a way that the audience feels the jolt with a similar intensity to the bereaved woman at the story's heart.
In a technique reminiscent of the second act of Anthony Neilson's The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Carter kicks off the play with a scene of such ultra-realistic banality that the switch into a more metaphysical realm is genuinely disorientating. One minute, the excellent Kate Dickie and Paul Thomas Hickey are making a meal together in real time -– onions, tomatoes, chit chat and all – the next minute, Dickie is having an enigmatic conversation with a 16-year-old boy, then hosting a dinner party for three guests she didn't know she'd invited.
Not all of this works perfectly. The first scene is too long and the second too elliptical. The third, however, is superb, a comedy of excruciating social awkwardness worthy of Mike Leigh, boasting brilliantly observed performances by Anne Lacey, Pauline Lockhart and Robin Laing and topped by a raw and moving portrait of grief by Dickie herself.
Until February 27. Box office: 0131 228 1404.
© Mark Fisher 2010
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The implementation process of the US constitution has raised many questions into the minds of the citizens. Some feel that the constitution matters to some extent while others feel that the constitution is actually beneficial, and truly matters. However, some people do not believe the constitution matters. This essay addresses the constitutional issue through examining the works of two authors; "Does It Still Matter?" a book by Richard Stengel and "The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates that Define and our Country" by Howard Fineman.
In these two books, the argument is all about political grounds in both history and the present with arguments supporting the constitution and against the constitution. Fineman outlines 13 principal arguments that affect the politics of the US. On constitutional matters, Fineman looks at those who judge the Law and what the right balance is between local and national authority. Stengel, on the other hand, argues that the constitution is a guardrail meaning that it is just for guarding people when they are going off road that they may get back to track. He also insists that the constitution does not keep people moving down the center, to swerve all over the road without consequence. It is clear that the founders came up with the constitution to guide the country on each step it takes and not just to keep people on track. The aim of this context is to examine all these arguments and come up with the final decision if the constitution matters.
Many people were highly delighted when the founders established the constitution to guide every step the US government takes towards governance of its people. However, in the recent past, several doubts and questions have been raised over the implementation process of the constitution. The best example of people who came up with doubtful scripts that put question marks on the constitution includes Howard Fineman and Richard Stengel.
The two wrote "The Thirteen American Arguments" and "Does it Still Matter?" respectively. Stengel's book has several arguments that are against the constitution because he believes that the constitution is just but a guardrail meaning that it is just for guarding people when they are going off road that they may get back to track. However, the book by Fineman has several points and arguments that support the constitution although it also opposes some issues in the constitution. The aim of this paper is to examine both situations in the two books. The other aim is to provide relevant reasons that make the constitution remain vital to the nation and its people.
In the book "The Thirteen American Arguments" by Fineman, readers are ironically fortified above the fog of present politics. This is because it offers an extraordinary vantage tip to note that the arguments that model American politics are enduring and overwhelming. Fineman repositions effortlessly between alliances of Abraham Lincoln and Barrack Obama both of Illinois as stipulated he were a pilot flying high above history. Fineman was remarkably successful in mixing history with the present. He clearly implied that each debate from the founding of the nation to the current day is entrenched in one of the thirteen arguments in his book. The arguments provide resolutions to certain situations.
The arguments in the book are endless, and Fineman is happy about it. This is because that describes the citizens, inspires them and issues them with freedom. Often when the public differences appear to pierce, trill and insignificant, Fineman provides a convincing statement for cultivating the real American discussion. His arguments cover significant issues like description of a person. He asks a very straightforward question, who is a person? Several people including renowned writers responds to the question by saying a person is "everyone". However, Fineman argues that it took a civil war, Civil Rights Act and other significant movements to make the authenticity. He further justified his point by posing another question, what about the embryos and prisoners in Guantanamo? It means that people are the government, and a strong constitution establishes a legitimate government meaning that a strong constitution ensures better lives of its people.
Fineman also initiated another argument about religion by asking what the role of faith is in a country. His argument was that no single nation is more lawfully worldly and still be more avowedly prayerful than others. He insisted on this point by stating that from earlier days of Thomas Jefferson, to James Dobson, the aspect perseveres. The question he asks here is, where does God fit in such governments? He implied that faith also plays a significant role in the spiritual concepts of a nation especially if its people believe in God as their creator. God is the source of peace, prosperity and advancement in all aspects; he provides the best leadership guide lines.
Therefore, since the US government has never valued the role of faith in its leadership from the ancient days to present, it has never been than peaceful and progressive in all its endeavors especially the financial and economic prosperity. Another important issue that Fineman looked into is America in the world. He addresses the aspect of change, and asks whether America is able to change areas like Iraq and everywhere else in the world. America should change such countries and ensure they respect its values in the best ways they can. He tried to bring up the issue of those who judge the Law and the connection between local and national authority.
He argues that some people judge the law by disapproving its ability to impose change locally, nationally and internationally. Clearly, if the law is respected and obeyed, it can bring much change to world. For example, Iraq has been hosting illegal militants such as the Al-Qaeda. If the law is correctly followed and respected, it can eliminate such groups and bring peace to the world by reducing terrorist fear in people. That is exactly what President Obama tried to do, and although Al-Qaeda exists, its strength was weakened when its leader Osama bin Laden was killed. That is part of change that Fineman talked about that can be reinforced through accepting and respecting the laws of the land and the world at large.
The argument by Stengel in his book "Does it Still matter?", is slightly different. This is because he emphasized on the point that the constitution was just a banister that keeps the US citizens on track, not to lose focus on leadership matters. However, it honestly does not do what it was intended to do by its founders. Stengel put forward several points to justify his stand. First, he stated that the three-fifths section was not signifying that black slaves from Africa were not valued as other citizens of the US . They were only counted in the census when verifying representation and this did not mean they were only three-fifths of a person.
Secondly, during the 18th century, women were not allowed to vote in any community. Denial of women's right to vote began during the period of women's suffrage movement in the United State that was there even before the formation of the constitution. Besides, the entire function of providing all states with equivalent representation in the United State's Upper House Congress was the outcome of the Connecticut Compromise. According to Stengel, this was the most controversial debate of the complete constitutional resolution.
The argument was that all the states be given equal representation in the legislature. On the contrary, Stengel argues that, that is not what was happening . On the same point, Stengel stated that the author who denoted that the constitution was written to reinforce the federal government was right to some extent. This is because of the demerits of the Confederation Articles. He again added that the author was also wrong because the constitution weakened the states particularly in matters pertaining equality.
The fact remains that the constitution still matters to the United States citizens because other than the facts highlighted by Fineman, the constitution also provides freedom of speech, expression, religion, movement, and voting. Through the freedom of voting, citizens are issued with the right of democracy where they are able to vote-in whichever person they wish. This helps in determining the leadership they want. Despite the fact that Stengel opposed several issues in the constitution, he also agreed with the fact that the constitution was scripted to strengthen the federal government. This means that the federal government obeys the guidelines provided by the constitution proving that the constitution matters.


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Jaked swimsuits.
28 Dec 2009, 03:36
Thanks much Culmor! You saved me lots of time, because I was collecting Jaked swimsuit photos for a new post. I wonder if they can be bought. Probably not...
28 Dec 2009, 10:16
Definitely would like to try wearing one, but as far as I know, those are pretty much custom made for fit with sponsorship money or something.
I don't think you can really get this good fit from something you buy from a sports store.
What I wonder is, do those male athletes have really small junk or how does the formfitting garment hide the manly shapes so effectively? Look at this for example. http://dvice.com/archives/2009/07/phelps-beating.php
It could as well be a female's crotch.
28 Dec 2009, 11:45
(28 Dec 2009, 10:16 )Joyl27 Wrote: http://dvice.com/archives/2009/07/phelps-beating.php
Er, it is a female crotch. Specifically, it's Dutch Olympic swimmer Lia Dekker's crotch
The 'News' page of the Jaked website reads:
Sconto del 20%
Dal 1° OTTOBRE al 31 DICEMBRE 2009 - Sconto del 20% su tutti i costumi della Linea J01.
which leads me to think Jaked J01's are available to the public.
Edited to add some more pics:
28 Dec 2009, 15:54
Agreed, the article is badly worded, but I'm still convinced that's Lia Dekker:
Here's the image adjusted to match the skintones:
Just for interest, here's a super-high-resolution version of the pic showing the Jaked suit's fabric in detail (and some feminine-looking hands and fingernails...)
Edit, second comparison pic added.
Edit again, and I think this is definitive proof, look at the tattoos and muscles of Frederick Bousquet himself:
29 Dec 2009, 03:06
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14 Feb 2010, 16:16
But still looks cool! My last hope is synchro-swimming ;-) They do not care about the speed, do it would be pretty normal to wear long-sleeved leotards with pantyhose.
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Recognizing the City of Toronto's goal of increasing the City's tree canopy by 40%, the SRA wants to encourage residents of Summerhill to access two programs sponsored by the City:
Every Tree Counts
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Every Tree Counts
- is a new City of Toronto Program which offers every home owner a free tree to be planted on the public road allowance. Every Tree Counts has a comprehensive online brochure, outlining available species and relevant information. Trees can be ordered by calling 311 or online. After the tree is ordered, staff will visit the site to confirm the best species and planting location for your property. The tree will be delivered and planted for you the following spring or fall.
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is another program sponsored by the City (and others) which offers home owners a free tree. These trees can be planted anywhere you wish on your property.
Tree for Me has a great online website where you choose a tree - you can even take a quiz to determine the best tree for you. Trees are picked up at a prearranged location (in several neighbourhoods around the city ). When you pick up your tree there is a short workshop on how to plant and care for your tree. Like Every Tree Counts, these trees are available for either spring or fall planting.
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Integrating syntax coloring, code completion, and other editor features into the IDE used to be a lot of work. Not anymore! This article describes how a 19th century explorer called Heinrich Schliemann is inspiring the IDE to become fluent in many languages.
when creating editor support for a new programming language in the IDE, a vast
variety of NetBeans APIs must be implemented. By "editor support", we typically
mean syntax coloring, code completion, and the source navigation features
provided by the IDE's Navigator. Other examples include code indentation and
brace matching. Out of the box, the NetBeans IDE provides this kind of support
for several languages and technologies, such as Java (of course), JSP, and
There are many NetBeans APIs that
one needs to implement to provide editor support for a programming language.
This is unfortunate for two reasons. Firstly, the domain knowledge that a language
programmer typically brings to the table is the language itself, not the
versatile knowledge of the NetBeans APIs required to provide the necessary
features. Secondly, the underlying infrastructure for editor support is the
same for all languages. For example, the only difference between the Navigator
for Java and the Navigator for HTML is the actual code, not the container. For
these reasons, the language programmer should only need to provide the content of the language in the form of tokens that are
communicated in regular expressions. Nothing more than that should be needed.
Given the tokens and an indication
of where they should be used, the NetBeans Platform should be able to figure
out how to hook the tokens to the support features. Not only would this
approach simplify the process of integrating a new language into the IDE, but
it would leverage the current knowledge of the language programmer – rather
than requiring a steep learning curve of acquiring new knowledge before coding
can even begin.
Enter Schliemann
This, in sum, is what the new Schliemann project (languages.
netbeans.org) is all about. And why is it called
Schliemann? Heinrich Schliemann was a 19th century explorer who had a gift for
languages. He traveled the world while keeping a diary in the language of the
country he happened to be in. In the spirit of Schliemann, the 6.0 release of
the NetBeans Platform envisages the IDE as being Schliemannesque, able to pick
up languages very quickly and then being able to communicate in them fluently.
The project is especially pitched towards scripting languages, because the Schliemann project does not provide
compilation support, which is not required by scripting languages – and
because scripting languages, in particular, are increasingly in vogue today. In this article, we will explore the main facets of the Schliemann
project and touch on some contrasts with the traditional NetBeans API approach
to providing the editor features it supports.
Everything in a single
A central contrast between the traditional API approach
and the Schliemann approach is that the latter lets you specify all editor
features declaratively in one single file. This file has the .NBS file extension, which stands for NetBeans Scripting. To get a quick
flavor of some typical content of an NBS file, let's examine a code snippet –
see Listing
Listing 1. NBS file snippet.
# NBS Template
# definition of tokens
TOKEN:keyword:( "while" | "if" | "else")
TOKEN:operator:( "{" | "}" | "(" | ")" )
TOKEN:identifier:( ["a"-"z"] ["a"-"z" "0"-"9"]* )
TOKEN:whitespace:( [" " "\t" "\n" "\r"]+ )
# parser should ignore whitespaces
# definition of grammar
S = (Statement)*;
Statement = WhileStatement | IfStatement | ExpressionStatement;
WhileStatement = "while" "(" ConditionalExpression ")" Block;
IfStatement = "if" "(" ConditionalExpression ")" Block;
Block = "{" (Statement)* "}";
ConditionalExpression = <identifier>;
ExpressionStatement = <identifier>;
# code folding
# navigator support
# brace completion
# indentation support
INDENT "\\s*(((if|while)\\s*\\(|else\\s*|else\\s+if\\s*\\(|for\\s*\\(.*\\))[^{;]*)"b
# NBS Template
# definition of tokens
TOKEN:keyword:( "while" | "if" | "else")
TOKEN:operator:( "{" | "}" | "(" | ")" )
TOKEN:identifier:( ["a"-"z"] ["a"-"z" "0"-"9"]* )
TOKEN:whitespace:( [" " "\t" "\n" "\r"]+ )
# parser should ignore whitespaces
# definition of grammar
S = (Statement)*;
Statement = WhileStatement | IfStatement | ExpressionStatement;
WhileStatement = "while" "(" ConditionalExpression ")" Block;
IfStatement = "if" "(" ConditionalExpression ")" Block;
Block = "{" (Statement)* "}";
ConditionalExpression = <identifier>;
ExpressionStatement = <identifier>;
# code folding
# navigator support
# brace completion
# indentation support
INDENT "\\s*(((if|while)\\s*\\(|else\\s*|else\\s+if\\s*\\(|for\\s*\\(.*\\))[^{;]*)"b
This template is what you are given when you use the
new Generic Languages Framework wizard, which is part of NetBeans IDE 6.0. It
gives you a single NBS file with sample content, which begins with the
definition of four tokens. These tokens are named "keyword", "operator",
"identifier" and "whitespace". Within brackets, in the same line as the name of
the tokens, a regular expression is used to define them.
Right away, one can see the power of this new approach
to language support provision: a regular expression language, rather than Java,
is used to define tokens. As a result, programmers outside the Java ecosystem
can integrate their programming languages into the NetBeans IDE. Not needing to
know Java, at least for the simpler integrations of languages, is a central
benefit of the Schliemann project.
Once tokens are defined, one can already begin
assigning features. For example, this single statement would fill the Navigator
with the values provided by the "keyword" token:
Readers who are familiar with the NetBeans Navigator
API can only be amazed at this drastic simplification! However, normally you
would like more robust support for a language and to provide a grammar in addition to tokens. The grammar that the Schliemann approach
requires is also highly simplified. It is comparable to JavaCC or AntLR.
Ideally, one would wish that the grammar provided by JavaCC and AntLR could be
directly integrated into NetBeans IDE. Unfortunately, however, these grammars
are not tailored to usage within an IDE. For this reason, a conversion process
needs to take place, from AntLR or JavaCC (or from a similar approach) to the
Schliemann NBS format.
Early experiments have shown that both a manual and an
automatic solution for this process is feasible. However, this aspect of the
Schliemann project is definitely the area where most work needs to be done. A
unified, simple approach to integrating grammars provided by AntLR, JavaCC, and
the like, is needed in order for the Schliemann project to reach its full
In the NBS code shown before, you can see, in addition
to the tokens, that the grammar forms the basis of both the Navigator
implementation and the code folding implementation. In the case of code
folding, the Block grammar definition
determines each code fold, while the Navigator is populated by values
conforming to the WhileStatement definition.
Finally, notice that the code also shows how brace
completion and indentation is defined, all within the same single file, and
that one can fine-tune further by specifying that white space should be skipped
by the parser.
Hence, when the NBS file in Listing 1 is associated with a MIME type, documents corresponding to the MIME
type immediately have the following features:
In similar ways, a wide range of other language-support
features can be created, including code completion, which is frequently very
high up on the list of features that language programmers want to provide
support for.
Getting started
Now that we have a general flavor of the Schliemann
approach, let's put it into practice and create an NBS file for Java Manifests.
Manifests, as you know, are constructed from key/value pairs. In the IDE, there
is no language support for Manifests, not even syntax coloring. Let's provide
that... and a lot more besides.
We begin as one always does when creating a plug-in for
the IDE: by creating a new module project (see Figure 1). Next, in the New Project wizard, name the project
"ManifestEditorFeatures" and specify
"org.netbeans.modules.manifesteditorfeatures" as the Code Name Base. At the end
of the wizard, after having clicked Finish, you'll see that
the IDE has created a basic source structure, as it does for every NetBeans
module (see Figure 2).
Figure 1. Creating a new module project.
Figure 2. Result of the New Projects window: Plugin Source Structure.
Next, we can use the Generic Languages Framework wizard
to generate the NBS template discussed in the previous section. This template
is found in the NetBeans Module Development section in the New File wizard (see Figure 3). Once you've completed the wizard, you have a single new file, in
which we will do all our coding for this
module (see Figure 4).
Figure 3. Generic Languages Framework Template.
Figure 4. Result of the New File wizard: One additional file!
Now, let's begin! Unlike in the previous section, the
syntax we are dealing with here has the notion of state. By state we mean that if we know in which token we find ourselves,
we can always know where we are in relation to all the other tokens. So, for
example, if we are in the "key" part of a key/value statement in a Manifest, we
know that when we reach the colon we are entering the "value" part of the
statement. As a result, we can define our tokens in the context of their states. Below you see how this is done. Not much of this should be foreign
to you if you are familiar with regular expressions:
[^"#"] [^ ":" "\n" "\r"]* ):<VALUE>
TOKEN:whitespace:( ["\n" "\r"]+
TOKEN:operator:( ":" ):<IN_VALUE>
TOKEN:whitespace:( ["\n" "\r"]+
TOKEN:value:( [^ "\n" "\r"]* )
Notice that we start out by saying that we are not in a key if the first character is a hash (#). In that case we are, in fact, in a comment. It would also be good
to provide a specific syntax color for comments, so let's define a token for
"#" [^ "\n" "\r"]* ["\n" "\r"]+ )
Right now, without going any further, we can already
assign colors. Again we do so declaratively:
foreground_color: "blue";
foreground_color: "black";
foreground_color: "magenta";
Apart from the foreground color, there are many other
attributes that we can set per token, such as the style and background color.
Without going much further, though, we can already install our module and then
we'll have syntax coloring (see Figure 5)! It
couldn't be much simpler. Before we do so, however, we need to create a MIME
type resolver, which is a small XML file that specifies the file extension of
the files we want to deal with.
Figure 5. A Manifest file with syntax coloring.
If you use the New File Type
wizard, you can let the IDE generate such a MIME type resolver for you. You
then need to register both the resolver and the NBS file in the XML layer file
and declare a dependency on the Generic Languages Framework API. Eventually,
the Generic Languages Framework template will do all of this for you, one
imagines; but at the time of writing this is not the case.
After installing the module, we
can develop it further. To help you, NetBeans 6.0 will provide a number of
developer tools, such as the new AST window (see Figure 6), which lets you analyze a file, based
on the tokens you have assigned to its MIME type. Ultimately, for Manifests,
you could create a very detailed Navigator (see Figure 7), among other useful features for the
end user.
Figure 6. AST window.
Figure 7. Navigator.
Hopefully this broad introduction gives you a flavor of
what NetBeans 6.0 will do for scripting languages. Quickly and without much
fuss, language developers will be able to integrate their favorite scripting
languages into the IDE, thus turning NetBeans more and more into their own,
customized development environment. In short, just like Heinrich Schliemann,
NetBeans IDE will be able to pick up new languages and expand its usefulness
across more and more development
Geertjan Wielenga
) is a technical writer for NetBeans IDE and a co-author of the book "Rich Client Programming: Plugging into the NetBeans Platform". He is passionate about NetBeans and blogs about it daily at


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