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By Joy Hampton
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NORMAN — He might be just a country boy, but Oklahoman Toby Keith knows how to throw a party. Some of the biggest names in the state are playing at the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and, for once, it's not football but music that is drawing national attention to Norman.
"It's a pretty complex situation when you get 70,000 people coming to town," Sooner Legends hotel owner Doug Kennon said. "It's almost like a home football game."
Summer is busy for Norman hotels because of families visiting the university, but the concert date is particularly popular, local hoteliers report. Kennon said a few room reservations were made at his hotel when the concert was announced, and the day tickets went on sale, Sooner Legends was booked.
Organized by Keith, the show sold out within hours and features such big names as Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Ronnie Dunn, Sammy Hagar, Mel Tillis and John Anderson. Oklahoma native, Carrie Underwood will do a set via satellite from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.
Keith grew up in Moore, lives in Norman, and said he wanted to do something to help the victims of the tornado that hit May 20.
Norman business leaders are getting on board to aid the effort.
"I bought 25 tickets for my employees," said local restaurateur Hal Smith. "I think there's going to be a large crowd. I've talked to a lot of folks that I know are planning on going. I think it's going to be a real event."
Smith's business interest, Charleston's Restaurant Group, also donated $100,000 to Red Cross. Smith is a partner with Toby Keith on the county singer's, "I Love This Bar and Grill" restaurants. Saturday, Toby's restaurant will provide food for the stage hands and performers — about 500 people — during the course of the concert.
"I can't imagine it not being a great thing for Moore, Oklahoma as well as for Norman," Smith said.
On Campus Corner, merchants are unsure how much boost in business they will garner from the show that starts at 3 p.m. and runs until 11 p.m., but they anticipate an influx of foot traffic throughout the day.
"We're planning on a big day," said Jeff Stewart, owner of O'Connell's Irish Pub and Grill.
Campus Corner Merchants will contribute a portion of their proceeds on Saturday to the relief fund. Several merchants have already helped feed the crews that are here setting up for the event.
Ford Trucks, Verizon, Wal-Mart, and the Association for Country Music Lifting Lives are the show sponsors. Those sponsorships will allow 100 percent of ticket proceeds — minus credit card merchant fees and Oklahoma sales tax — to benefit the United Way of Central Oklahoma May Tornadoes Relief Fund to aid recovery efforts.
The doors will open at 1:30 on Saturday.
"Toby did it the right way," said Smith. "I think its going to be a regional draw."
The Norman Convention and Visitors Bureau reports that area hotels are seeing an influx of guests in connection with the concert.
Embassy Suites Norman said they have seen a lift in room bookings.
"We're excited for Norman," said General Manager Michael Vance. "We're excited to open up our doors and have a sold out weekend. We'll roll out the welcome mat to visitors coming to Norman for the event. We're happy to be part of helping to put the spotlight on Norman for such a great cause."
The Hilton Garden Inn staff also said they have seen an increase of bookings from the concert.
"Yes, we are booked," said Mayra Cordero, La Quinta sales manager. "It is a result of the concert."
Fairfield Inn & Suites is completely sold out and some of those guests are associated with the concert. Hampton Inn is getting full which is not uncommon for the summer, but at least some of those clients have said they're coming for the concert.
"We've had a ton of calls asking for reservations on the sixth," said Kristi Randall, of Hampton Inn guest services. "It's normally a real slow weekend for us the Fourth of July and the hotel is totally sold out and very busy on Friday," said Kennon. "People are coming all the way from Tuscaloosa, Ala., for the concert."
Sooner Legends donated hotel rooms for crews, staff and the bands. The promoters and set up crews came in days ago.
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---- — Two good Samaritans made headlines over the weekend when they pulled a Londonderry man from his wrecked vehicle before it burned beyond recognition. They also pulled the man's dog to safety.
It's pretty staggering to consider people risking their own lives to try to save that of a stranger, but that's just what happened.
Dramatic though their efforts were, they're not the only community heroes to be found in Derry and Londonderry.
Head to Hampton Beach this weekend and watch a number of local residents race into the frigid Atlantic during the annual Penguin Plunge, all to support the state's Special Olympics programs.
Count among those brave souls Londonderry police Lt. Tim Jones, Londonderry's Special Forces team and Nicole Ferrante of the Derry Recreation Department.
Don't forget the 169 people who lined up to have their locks shorn earlier this month at Londonderry High School's seventh annual Pantene Beautiful Lengths event, donating their hair to those battling cancer.
Last week, we mentioned a canine hero, Derry dog Sesame. He barked insistently one cold January morning until his owners investigated and discovered their neighbor, lying in his driveway.
Derry trailblazers rightfully celebrated the completion of the local rail trail last year, a staggering accomplishment that took many hours of sweaty work, fundraising and persistence.
Now, Londonderry volunteers are doing the same to get trail work underway there, trying to help complete project that ultimately will link Methuen to Lebanon, 115 miles of rail trail.
A group of Derry residents is working to find a way to save Adams Pond and its dam, citing the historic value of those assets, something once lost that can't be replaced.
And speaking of history, our own columnist Richard Holmes is a hero of historic proportions, researching, revering and sharing local history, work that will serve generations to come.
At the other end of the spectrum, young Daisy and Brownie Scouts went to Derry's Central Fire Station last week, bringing with them stuffed bears the girls had made. They were delivering them so firefighters could distribute them to children in need of comfort in traumatic situations.
The Marching Lancers, pride of Londonderry High and the state of New Hampshire, made people sit up and take notice last week when they stepped sharply up Pennsylvania Avenue and past President Obama and his assembled guests.
Dressed smartly in their red, white and blue uniforms, and led by a talented and colorful color guard, the 262 students celebrated the inauguration with a medley of patriotic tunes.
Their second inaugural parade appearance in four years was truly awesome. They looked great, sounded great and well represented the Granite State, perhaps best known in Washington for its first-in-the-nation primary status.
But the Lancers didn't parachute in from a chartered flight. Six coach buses and an instrument truck carried the band, chaperones and music directors south in a caravan that was on the road for about 12 hours.
It took countless hours of rehearsal and dedication to make the cut, no matter how celebrated the band might be locally.
It also took many hours of fundraising, planning and logistical work to get the band on to Pennsylvania Avenue.
The student musicians and color guard deserve sound applause, but so, too, do the parents, chaperones, business supporters and music department members who helped make another dream a reality.
The list truly is endless. The lack of a mention here does not equate to exclusion from hero status.
Derry and Londonderry are communities of heroes, some of lifesaving proportion, others quietly working to make the world better for the greater community.
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Last fall, University of Colorado officials made headlines when they said they would take a hard look at the future of their journalism program. While other universities have completed the same exercise, CU's has been more public and contentious than most.
University of Colorado Regents got an earful from Boulder's School of Journalism and Mass Communication's professors and former students.
Public comments at Tuesday's Regents meeting were as much about the school's individual struggles as the future of journalism. Citing budget woes and the ever changing media landscape, CU initiated the discontinuance process last August. But it's been confusing, and according to Len Ackland, co-director of the school's Center for Environmental Journalism, anything but transparent.
For the first time in its history, the University of Colorado in Boulder has more graduates serving in the Peace Corps than any other large college or university in the nation.


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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Damian Lillard had 23 points and the Portland Trail Blazers got revenge for a Friday night loss to Utah with a 105-99 victory last night. Utah defeated the Blazers 86-77 on Friday night in the first game of the back-to-back between the division rivals. J.J. Hickson added 21 points and 11 rebounds for the Blazers, who have won four of their last six.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — David Stockton hit a runner in the lane with 55.9 seconds left after Kelly Olynyk (oh-luh-nik) scored on consecutive possessions and No. 7 Gonzaga held off San Diego 65-63 last night for its fourth straight win. The Toreros still had a chance after Olynyk missed the front end of a one-and-one with 8 seconds left, but Elias Harris blocked Ken Rancifer's shot and the Toreros couldn't get off another.
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — California hung on to beat No. 10 Oregon 58-54 yesterday, handing the Ducks their second straight loss to an unranked team this week. Tony Woods had 14 points and eight rebounds for Oregon but failed to get a potential tying shot after grabbing E.J. Singler's missed 3-pointer with 5.2 seconds left. The Ducks were held scoreless over the final four minutes.
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Mark Lyons scored 20 points as No. 8 Arizona beat Washington State 79-65 yesterday, the Wildcats' fifth consecutive win over the Cougars. Brock Motum and DaVonte Lacy each scored 15 points to lead Washington State, which has lost four of its past five games. D.J. Shelton added 13 points and 10 rebounds.
SEATTLE (AP) — Andrew Andrews led Washington with 20 points off the bench and the Huskies held off Arizona State 96-92 last night despite 32 points from Sun Devils' freshman Jahii Carson. The duo of Aziz N'Diaye (AH'-zeez EHN'-jeye) and Shawn Kemp Jr. dominated the interior for Washington, but no rebound or basket was bigger than N'Diaye converting a three-point play off an offensive rebound with 34 seconds left.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Temperatures in the 20s have mushers in the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race predicting a slow-moving event, with more rest stops and water breaks needed for the dogs. The race kicked off yesterday with 26 mushers under a sunny sky. The weather helped the 30th running of the 1,000-mile Whitehorse-to-Fairbanks race attract hundreds of fans at the starting gate and down the road.


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Lee Dirks is the Director for Portfolio Strategy in Microsoft Research Connections, the team within Microsoft Research responsible for working closely with academia and research organizations to help solve some of the world's most challenging scientific and social problems via collaborative research projects.
A 20+ year veteran across multiple information management fields, Lee holds an M.S.L.S. degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill as well as a post-masters degree in Preservation Administration from Columbia University. In addition to past positions at Columbia and with OCLC (Preservation Resources), Lee has held a variety of roles at Microsoft since joining the company in 1996 - namely as the corporate archivist, then corporate librarian, and as a senior manager in the corporate market research organization.
In addition to participation on several (US) National Science Foundation task forces, Lee also teaches as adjunct faculty at the iSchool at the University of Washington, and serves on the advisory boards for the University of Washington Libraries, the UW iSchool's Master of Science in Information Science (MSIM) program and the Metadata Research Center (MRC) at the School of Information and Library Science at UNC at Chapel Hill.
Born in Texas and raised in Louisiana, Lee loves real slow-cooked barbeque and is a rabid college basketball fan. Lee currently lives in the University Park neighborhood in Seattle, WA with his wife and two daughters.
Recent Presentations:
"Microsoft Academic Search: Next-Generation Scholarly Discovery" (slides and audio) at the Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) International Conference 2011 on 9/15/2011 - at Heythrop Park (near Oxford, UK).
"The next generation scholarly communication ecosystem: implications for librarians" at "The 39th LIBER Annual Conference - Re-inventing the Library" at the Aarhus State and University Library (Denmark) on 6/30/10
"Speeding Science -- Microsoft Research Solutions for Data Curation" (slides & video) at the DataCite Summer Meeting June 8th in Hannover, Germany -- hosted by German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB)
The 2010 OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture in Information and Library Science – "The Next Generation Scholarly Communication Ecosystem: Implications for Librarians" at the School of Information & Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (4/13/10)
Science Commons Symposium hosted by Microsoft Research in Redmond, WA on 2/20/10
Presentations at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) on 11/9/09:
eResearch Australasia 2009 in Sydney, Australia on 11/11/09
University of Washington Open Access Week (Panel Discussion) in Seattle, WA on 10/22/09
Sun Microsystems - Preservation & Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) in San Francisco, CA on 10/8/09
Berkman Center At Harvard University in Cambridge, MA on 9/19/09
Recent Publications:
"The TEDS Framework for Assessing Information Systems from a Human Actors' Perspective: Extending and Repurposing Taylor's Value-Added Model" in The Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology - Volume 62, Issue 4, pages 789–804, April 2011
The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery (Microsoft Research, 2009) - a collection of essays expanding on the vision of pioneering computer scientist Jim Gray -- for a new paradigm of discovery based on data-intensive science
Final Report of The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access -- "Sustainable Economics for a Digital Planet: Ensuring Long-Term Access to Digital Information" (Febrary 2010)
NSF Blue Ribbon Task Force Interim Report - "Sustaining the Digital Investment: Issues and Challenges of Economically Sustainable Digital Preservation" (December 2008)
NSF Task Force on Cyberlearning - "Fostering Learning in the Networked World: The Cyberlearning Opportunity and Challenge" (June 2008)
"The Coming Revolution in Scholarly Communications and Cyberinfrastructure" in Cybertechnology Watch Quarterly - Vol. 3 No. 3 (August 2007)
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) School of Information & Library Science (SILS) Board of Visitors, 2009 - present.
University of Washington iSchool MSIM and Informatics Advisory Board, 2007 - present.
National Research Council (NRC) Study Committee on "Future Career Opportunities and Educational Requirement for Digital Curation" undertaken by the Board on Research Data and Information (BRDI) / Policy and Global Affairs Division (PGAD) / National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Term: December 1, 2011, through December 31, 2013.


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Ken, can you help me fix my account? I used to have an account as hifidigital but I can't login and I can't get e-mail at my old provider (comcast)
Ken, I saw your post on the Thorens turntable & thought you might be able to answer my question. I have a Thorens TD 126 MkIII Electronic turntable I purchased while stationed in England around 1980. It is 220V. There's a 50hz/60hz switch under the platter; does that also changed voltage from 220V to 110V-120V?? The switch isn't addressed in the owners manual. I've never used the turntable since returning to the states in 1982, and it's been packed in it's original box since then. I'm getting back into vinyl and hope to put my vintage Thorens to use. Thanks! Mickey
Hi Kenneth, May I ask how long Watler has been supporting Canada?
Wondering if its the same guy that used to help me way back in the day when I used to sell polk :)
Greetings Kenneth,
I have a blacked out fuse in my PSW505 Subwoofer. A Google search led me to the following thread:
The fuse is fully blacked out, so I believe that I may need to send the unit in for service. I realize that this thread is from 2004, so I figured I should check if it is still acceptable to send just the amplifier. I would rather avoid the cost of shipping the entire cabinet. Please let me know if this is acceptable.
David M.
Hello there Kenneth,
My name is Sean and I am a current owner of a pair of RT800. I believe both of my tweeters are blown and I am looking for replacements which are currents. From what I understand, silk domes are being made which isfine with me. I appreciate any help. Thanks,
Sean S.
I saw in a post from a few years ago that Polk Audio could recone a blown MW-8002 woofer. I have a blown woofer in a RT10 tower. Can you still do that at Polk? Would I be advised to recone both woofers to keep them matches?
Thanks in advance...
Bill Moss
My user name is SphagnumPI on the Polk forum in case it doesn't show up.
Hi Ken,
I packed the PSW10 amplifier last night, wrapped the amplifier on bubble wrap and put it inside a cardboard box with plenty of foam "peanuts", I have included on it a Note with my Name, my US shipping address, my Mexican Mobile and my skype and whatsapp ID's, I also included the description of the problem, the copy of the amazon Invoice and the shipping instructions from you
I also wrote all my email addresses to be contacted if they are unable to call my mobile.
I still have 1 question, How will I know the repair/replacement status?
Hi Ken,
I have this Polk Speaker setup - Fronts RT1000i Center CS400i Rear f/x500i Subwoofer PSW650. Should I setup all these speakers as LARGE on my Yamaha RX-V1065 receiver? Should my LFE be the PSW650 or both the PSW650 and the RT1000i's.
I had the speakers set as LARGE and the PSW650 as the LFE but when I play audio CD's 2.0 the subwoofer is never engaged. I selected SMALL for the front speakers and that fixes the output to the PSW650 issue but essentially there is nothing coming out of the subs in the RT1000i's
Yamaha told me to set the fronts as LARGE and the Sub as (both the PSW650 and RT1000i's). That produces bass from all 3 but I am concerned about phase cancellation and a fairly jagged frequency response if all 3 subs are sending out the same frequencies.
What do you recommend? Thanks
Oh Ken....I owe you a detail job on that car! Thanks again SOO much for everything! It was great meeting you and your wife. You both are awesome!
Hello Kenneth, I have gone over this in the past and think it might be time to add an exaust fan to my avr which I tink runs hot and clipps on coccasion. I was given the info ages ago and being a very weak computer type I need some help w/ some websites to track down some models. Thank you and I must for the most part this has been a most enlightening experience and when deserved politely put in my place. Could you please direct me to these sites. I have tried stores and google but no luck. Thanks .....LW


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Is the cabinet reshuffle merely cosmetic?
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh retained key allies in a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday in a bid to help him fight accusations of corruption and policy paralysis, choosing instead to focus on gaining support ahead of state elections next year.
Key ministers were retained while Jairam Ramesh was moved to the rural development ministry from environment.
Will the minor cabinet reshuffle be sufficient to fight a slew of graft scandals, public protests and high inflation that have undermined the government?
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Agree that these are cosmetic changes. Pankaj Vohra has a good analysis of the reshuffle here:
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In conjunction with Team Wilkerson, who will be competing at the O'Reilly Auto Parts Northwest Nationals with a special-edition car, Rottler Manufacturing has announced a series of Demo Days at their Seattle headquarters, for all racers and engine builders who will be in the area during the week preceding the Seattle race. The daily events will run from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each day, from Tuesday July 29 through Friday August 1.
Rottler is a leading manufacturer of machines that are specific to the building and servicing of racing engines, and racers are invited to stop in during any of the open-house days to see a variety of machines in action. Rottler will have their latest 5th-axis head-porting machine running, their newest line of seat and guide machines, as well as valve refacers, a new true vertical stroke CNC cylinder honing machine, and both of Rottler's CNC block machining centers.
Racers arriving from Sonoma can take the Orillia St. exit off Interstate 5, then head east on Orillia. From there, turn left on S. 200th which then becomes S. 196th Street. Turn right on 81st Avenue South, and then right on S. 200th. Rottler is immediately ahead on the left side of the road. Racers can contact Rottler at 253-872-7050
A benefit fund has been established in the name of Valerie Bennett, a 15-year-old Ohio NHRA Jr. drag racer who committed suicide recently after being a victim of online bullying.
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A unique partnership was announced today that Western Technical College based in El Paso, Texas, has become the Official Technical College of Don Schumacher Racing's U.S. Army (Tony Schumacher), Battery Extender Powered by Schumacher (Spencer Massey), Valvoline/Infinite Hero Foundation (Jack Beckman), and Make-A-Wish Foundation (Tommy Johnson Jr.) teams.
Western Technical College's mission is to provide quality training and education in a caring, professional environment that prepares new students and working adults with the skills they need to succeed and advance in their chosen careers. Those objectives will be enhanced through a unique internship program with the largest professional drag racing team in NHRA.
"We're always looking to add skilled and ambitious people to the DSR organization," team owner Don Schumacher said. "We started our relationship with Western Tech through Matco Tools and we expanded it last summer during the Western Swing internship program for all parties involved. We see this as an opportunity to help facilitate the skill set of the students as they move into professional working careers. We hope that a few of these students can call DSR and Brownsburg (Ind.) home in the next few years."
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▶ Keeseville native Leonard Bezio, 36, was killed by blood poisoning after scratching his finger on a pipe while doing a sewer construction job in Whitehall.
▶ L. W. Bromley moved his Livery stable to the barns on Cornelia street previously occupied by W. H. Fordham.
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So, what keeps you hungry as an actor?
Audiences have only been given some buzz words about The Anarchist: Passion, redemption, deception, revolution. Can you elaborate a bit on what you feel it's about?
What is the atmosphere like in the rehearsal room? It's just the three of you, essentially, right?
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PL: Good material. It's really only that. I read a lot of bad material and it's depressing. But when it's good material, you can't wait to get on stage. I'm a stage rat, so that's where I want to be. I want to be on stage acting. This is truly, truly among the most challenging things I've ever done. It was one of the hardest things to memorize.
PL: I think it's ideas. It's an argument. David is presenting two sides of an argument. I play a prisoner who has served a life-term, she's been in prison 35 years, and she's had an exemplary record in the prison system. She's meeting with a fictional character, someone who doesn't really exist in the penal system, but is somebody who will judge me and determine whether I am fit to go in front of the parole board. And this is a long relationship that I have had with this same woman after 35 years. She is trying to find out whether I am suitable to go in front of the parole board. And I am trying to convince her I am. If anybody knows anything about politics in the 60's they will recognize a character. You'll recognize certain aspects if you know the politics of the revolution.
PL: It's a loving environment. It's a protective environment. David loves actors and he loves the theatre. Where else would you like to be? Like I said, I love being in the room with David. It's fun and instructive. I can't think of a better rehearsal period. You want joy in the experience. He's right there listening and directing. There has been a great deal of rewriting and editing. That's what I love about David. He's not precious with his work — he wants to make it clear. David wants clarity. Also, it's work. Debra and I are just getting up to speed. I'm the kind of actor who loves a long run because on the last performance I get it. You have all that time to investigate and to deepen the performance. It's a remarkable play and I'm so lucky to be in it.
PL: Here's my bitch right now. We're on a five-year loop of revivals. Where are the new playwrights? I mean, God bless Jeffrey Richards for taking on David and this new play. More producers should be taking on new works so we can grow as an audience and they can grow as playwrights. Where are the new fucking playwrights?
So, what keeps you hungry as an actor?
Audiences have only been given some buzz words about The Anarchist: Passion, redemption, deception, revolution. Can you elaborate a bit on what you feel it's about?
What is the atmosphere like in the rehearsal room? It's just the three of you, essentially, right?
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What is your personal relationship with Mamet like?
PL: We have fun. He's smart, but he's also a regular guy. Whenever there's a break he's at the piano playing or writing a song, or we're reminiscing about the old days. David and I got in trouble when we were kids. I don't think he remembers doing donuts in a golfcart at the Breakers Hotel. We got thrown out!
Is The Anarchist going to be a kind of explosive nail-biter?
PL: These are cerebral arguments and they're legitimate arguments facing people in prison today. I don't think it will ever be incendiary because it might diffuse the argument. The fireworks are in the language, not the volume of the actors, and that's the way it should be. Come in, and sit down, and listen. Let the play do the work, and let the play work on you. It may become incendiary, but we're still rehearsing. It's very tight writing.
I'm going to drag out that old argument in which people criticize Mamet for not writing strong roles for women. I know you have said you don't believe that to be true. Do you think The Anarchist will finally satisfy those critics?
PL: I have no idea! Because I don't buy into that argument at all. I have played several of his female characters and they are deep and emotionally complex women. I don't buy into it — I've played 'em! I don't know if this will deliver what those critics are looking for? Is it a Martha? [from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?] It's a pity that they have an expectation. It would be better if they just came in and sat down and listened.
If you could pick any Mamet role to play, which would it be?
PL: I would love to have done the role in Cryptogram and Oleanna. I would have loved to have played all of David's women!
Any fantasy Mamet male role you dream of playing?
PL: Nah! [Laughs] I mean, well, I'm a woman, I don't necessarily want to play one of those parts. But, I also can't wait to see Bobby Cannavale as Richard Roma in Glengarry Glen Ross. He's so fabulous and that's a showstopper that part.


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At the National University of Singapore, he led a series of research projects supported by the MacArthur Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation investigating how to improve energy security for impoverished rural communities throughout Asia, including in-depth assessments of Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka. With a grant from the Singaporean Ministry of Education, he explored how to improve resilience to the impacts of climate change in twelve major metropolitan areas (including cities in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia) in addition to the evaluation of national adaptation projects in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, the Maldives, Nepal, and Vanuatu.
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As a graduate student at Virginia Tech, Professor Sovacool worked on a large grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation's (NSF) Electric Power Networks Efficiency and Security Program analyzing the barriers to small-scale renewable electricity sources and distributed generation in the United States. In addition, he assessed the renewable resource potential of Virginia in conjunction with the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Furthermore, he was part of a U.S. National Academies of Science team looking at how to displace the use of nuclear power in New York through the use of energy efficiency practices and distributed solar energy, and he received a NSF "Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant" to fund his field research on energy efficiency and renewable energy.
He is the coeditor of Energy and American Society (Springer, 2007) and Energy Poverty (Oxford University Press, 2014), and the editor, author, or coauthor of The Dirty Energy Dilemma (Praeger, 2008), Powering the Green Economy (2009, Earthscan), The Routledge Handbook of Energy Security (Routledge, 2010), Contesting the Future of Nuclear Power (World Scientific, 2011), Climate Change and Global Energy Security (MIT Press, 2011), The National Politics of Nuclear Power (Routledge, 2012), Energy Access, Poverty, and Development (Ashgate, 2012), The Governance of Energy Megaprojects (Edward Elgar, 2013), Energy and Ethics (Palgrave MacMillan, 2013), Energy Security, Equality, and Justice (Routledge, 2013), Energy Security (Sage, 2013), Global Energy Justice (Cambridge University Press, 2014), Energy, Poverty, and Development (Routledge, 2014), and Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015).
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Americans are not visiting Canada as much as they used to, but a recent study says the reason is not simply border crossing hassles. Canadian businesses have pulled back on their advertising to Americans. Traffic headed to Canada did slow down dramatically after passports or other documents were required, but that no longer is an impediment to visiting Canada, according to a study by Deloitte & Touche. In a self-fulfilling circle, Canadian busineses stopped advertising to Americans when the visits slowed, and now Americans are no longer being enticed to make the trip north.
The damage from the earthquake in Japan, a tragedy of epic proportions, was reduced slightly by a Tonawanda company. Taylor Devices makes giant shock absorbers used in building in earthquake zones. the structures that used Taylor's equipment all survived without major damage.
Making the leap from a start-up Internet company, to an established business with $10 million in sales is a feat no matter where it is done. When it's done in Western New York, it's amazing. KegWorks is one such firm, and its success shows that with the right product and execution, it can be done.
Using public money to keep tenants in the HSBC Tower may be the smartest thing for Buffalo.
First Niagara Financial Group is asking shareholders to change its certificate of incorporation to remove provisions that could help block an unwanted takeover. The move, favored as good corporate governance by some shareholder groups, sounds a little scary to others. First Niagara is one of the city's best corporate citizens and a employer with about 1,400 local employees.
Which insiders are buying and selling shares in local companies?
Who is getting hired, promoted and honored?
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Canada not wooing us, earthquake protection, making it online and take-over protection...
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Valentine's day was here again and we wanted to go somewhere half decent for a dinner.
Last summer we stayed at Hotel du Vin in Harrogate and thought it was rather nice. Ever since then we had it in our minds to try the Edinburgh one for a meal.
We skipped starters and just ordered a basket of bread instead, which was a beautiful selection of freshly baked breads.
We both had the 'Hdv beef burger with bacon and cheese, served with pommes frites and homemade tomato ketchup' for mains. Does it look good in the photo? Yes, it was good, very good. Unfortunately and extremely unlikely to me I had not much appetite that night, so I had to leave most of it... such a shame, but more of a reason to dine here again!
Appetite or not, I always manage to find room for a dessert, so creamy and sophisticated 'Lemon panna cotta' it was and 'Irn Bru Turkish delight' to go with it... something different.
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Thank you for the story on the "Don't believe in God?" billboard alongside Interstate 8 ("Billboard gets word to nonbelievers / Nontheists looking to raise their profile," B-1, Nov. 12). Regarding Bob Siegel, a church member who was interviewed and said he didn't find the billboard offensive, also said this: "But I do see a double standard from the atheists. They can put up a sign like that, but during Christmas, if a manger goes on public land, they act like their civil liberties are being taken away."
Where is the double standard? A billboard on private land is not equivalent in any way to a religious display on public land. I'm not sure it was good reporting to let that stand without comment but I could be wrong.
Bob Siegel accuses atheists of holding a double standard ("Billboard aims to raise profile of nonbelievers," Nov. 12). "They can put up a sign like that, but during Christmas, if a manger goes on public land, they act like their civil liberties are being taken away."
The critical distinction between a crèche on public land and an atheistic billboard on private land is not that one is Christian and the other supports atheism. The important difference is that one is on public land and the other is not. That is what makes the first an unconstitutional violation of the separation of church and state, and the second a constitutionally protected expression of free speech.
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As an nonbeliever, I say "It's about time!" Christians often put up billboards (they have plenty of money to do so) and no one says a word. How is this different?
I've never heard of the San Diego Coalition of Reason, but would proudly contribute to the cost. Other groups such as American Atheists and Freedom From Religion Foundation do similar things, but not in this area. It probably won't change any minds, but at least it lets people know there are folks who believe differently. That's the beauty of America.
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I must admit that I laughed as I saw the photo of the nontheists' billboard and smiled the whole way through John Wilkens' article. How ironic that the message conveyed by the billboard is confirmed by one of my favorite passages from Psalms.
"Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast." Ps. 139:7-10
So here's my message to the nontheists: You finally got something right – you are not alone!
I admire the people from the San Diego Coalition of Reason who created the campaign to enhance awareness of a secular world view, and to support those of us who do not believe in god but who hold a reasoned and science-based view of our universe. No doubt in the coming days your editorial pages will be inundated with letters from "believers" who will somehow take offense to any articulation of a world view sans an improbable and unprovable deity and based on untested and unquestioned propositions.


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barczyk Posts: 5I bought my 2000 Ford Focus SE in July 2003 with 47k miles on it for $5000. Since then I have driven back and forth across the country and just passed the 70k mark last week. The only money I have put into the car aside for changing the oil has been $450 for new tires and then a couple bucks for new brakes. I plan on keeping this car as long as it'll run.
mindaugus Posts: 20I went down to the local dealer in Upstate New York and was surprised to find they had no manuals. The salesman tells me 99.9% of Americans buy autos. I thought he was full of it. Anyway his only bright idea was to order one and didn't find it strange to have just autos. I wonder if this is a large problem with ford. On other brands lots I've never not found manuals. Anyway the closest dealer is several miles away and I'll see if I can at least test drive one there.
rwhaugen Posts: 1Just bought a new 05 Focus (base model, only option was the air conditioner, manual transmission) - for $9125 plus TTL, etc. Drive out was just over $9900.
Sticker price was approximately $15,250.
The dealer had an ad in the paper for $8980 for the base models with AC but when I got to the dealership they had only this one for $9125.
Has anyone else have info on a recent base model purchase?
Is this price reasonable?
snwyvern Posts: 2Hi there -- There's a '04 focus at my local Ford dealer I'm unsure what incentives, rebates, holdbacks and marketing cash this vehicle has already soaked up. If anyone has any ideas.. Oh--
Car was made in late '03, It's a ZX3 (2 door hatch) Power everything was included in the base (ford sticker) price, with the only options being ABS, 6 disc and premium sound before the 8,000 add for the roush sticker... It's at the Ford store as a "make an offer!!!" car, I'd like to be armed with some intelligence as to what's reasonable to offer (for a three year old new car)
pdana Posts: 19I recently tried to purchase a new ZX3 under the ford family plan. The price for the car was just over 10,000, but when calculating the final purchase price for the vehicle the salesman added the dealer fee which was over $500. This was all before he added the document fee, which was almost $300 and taxes. I was just wondering if this was normal. I live in a small town in Alabama and they're the only ford dealer around, the next one is about 90 miles away.
tomatina Posts: 1I just was curious if anyone had recently bought a 05 Focus ZX4 SE with the ford family plan discount and what they ended up spending?
In the end my out the door price (including tax, title, docs fees) with added sport package, automatic trans, and added cruise control for $14,300. (oh originally they wanted to charge aprox $2000 for some really expensive paint job, rust proofing, sound proofing which they knocked off the price because I told them I wasn't willing to pay for it).
So Focus owners did i get a good deal?
evandro Posts: 1,108I just got one for $15500 out of the door. The only option was the automatic transmission, but I'd have paid and extra $500 for ABS and TC.
I was actually shopping for a used car, either hatch or SW, and the cars I was looking at were between $13000 and $14000, so an extra grand for a new car with warranty was a bargain.
The shopping experience was OK, but whenever I buy a car I'm left with the feeling that I should have haggled more.
My local Ford salesman says FMC will not allow price haggling on a new Focus ZX5, which already has $2500 cash back, and $1500 "Employee Price Discount". Now, while these discounts are great, I assumed that there would be a like reduction in the dealer invoice price, and that there would still be some room for haggling. His reply, "Absolutely not -- we're not allowed (by FMC) to sell for one dollar more or one dollar less than the sticker, with these incentives applied". Is this correct, or is this just a line to keep me from talking down the price any more?
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The rain date is Friday, Sept. 30.
The walk begins at Hollow Park, then extends to St. Teresa of Avila, then back to Hollow Park, where a candlelight service will occur. Participants are asked to bring flashlights.
The walk is sponsored by the Woodbury-Bethlehem Parent Connection. Additional information can be obtained by calling 203-266-0487.
The Woodbury-Bethlehem Parent Connection is a confidential venue for parents or caregivers who are concerned about their child's suspected or confirmed drug or alcohol use or abuse.
The goal of the group is to education, learn how to receive strength and support for one's self when dealing with addiction, according to a press release from the Woodbury-Bethlehem Parent Connection.
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By Nick Snow
STILLWATER, Okla. —
Not rain, sleet, nor even snow was going to keep the Stillwater High School girls golf team from advancing to state this year — and that was just in the regionals. That's how dedicated the Lady Pioneers to getting back to state.
A year after Stillwater was shut out of the state tournament for the first time in school history, the Lady Pioneers hope to start a new streak beginning Wednesday at River Oaks Golf Club in Edmond.
"I think we're excited," Stillwater coach John Weaver said. "The girls are just absolutely thrilled about it. They worked really hard this year. Gabbi (Shelton), Sarah (Carpenter) and Reid (Green) were all on that team from last year and they were kind of disappointed to be on the team that broke the streak."
It's that experience — and that feeling disappointment — that Weaver hopes to fuel the Lady Pioneers not only through the tough terrain of River Oaks, but perhaps even to a state championship.
"I think all five of our girls are playing their best golf right now," Weaver said. "I don't know about their confidence, but they have a lot of fun playing. They really enjoy each other and they like learning on the team together and they kind of feed off each other.
"As weird as it sounds, they've done a really good job coming together as a golf team. One will pick up the slack when another shoots bad or vice-versa. They all have just kind of come together and all have a lot of fun playing and playing for each other."
No doubt, the Lady Pioneers will be leaning on each other a little more when they tee off at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
In fact, of the five Stillwater golfers only three have any state experience — and only senior Gabbi Shelton has been there more than once, qualifying as part of the Stillwater team her freshman and sophomore years before making it as an individual as a junior.
"This will be her fourth trip to the tournament," Weaver said. "So she's had a lot of experience going to the state tournament. I understand that golf isn't quite as big of a spectator sport as others, but there's a lot of pressure standing on the tee box with a number of fans that show up at the state tournament. It's good to have a girl like Gabbi who has been there three times and can help them relax."
While Shelton has helped relax the younger players like freshmen Mackenzie Enmeier and Samantha Dennison, it's her role as a translator than could make the biggest difference this week for the Lady Pioneers.
"She's kind of my translator," Weaver said. "I kind of run things through her, tell her what I need done and she gets it through to them."
For a team that's battled through seemingly every kind of possible situation this spring — from the cold to downpours — this group has stuck together. And now, all that hard work and hours in the rain are about to pay off.
"Last week at regionals was the worst weather I've seen a golf tournament played in," Weaver said. "It was windy, it was snowing, it was sleeting, the course was wet and they still went out and shot one of the lowest scores that I've seen as a Stillwater golf coach. That tells you that they're loving it right now and they're ready to play."
And with more rain projected this week during the tournament, Weaver seems almost at ease with the conditions his team might face.
"We haven't had a good day yet at a golf tournament," Weaver said. "I'd be a little bit worried if it was perfect weather. I'm not sure they'd know what to do.
"You just have to stay in the fairway. There's a lot of native grass and several fairways where you're either in the fairway or not finding your ball. We have some young girls — Mackenzie and Sarah — they don't hit the ball far. They're hitting the ball farther now, but they do hit the ball straight and they put the ball down the fairway. That will help them. Reid, Gabbi and Sam all drive the ball a long way, but their challenge will be if they can get that driver going and put the ball in the fairway. If they can do that, they'll be good to go."


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Its possible Joyce Davis sat on a loaded 9mm semi-automatic pistol every time she drove her 2002 Chevrolet Malibu.
She didnt know it until Tuesday, when she noticed that the drivers seat cushion in the car she bought at least eight years ago was loose. When she lifted the cushion, she found a gun underneath the seat.
I said, Oh my God, Davis said, adding that she never felt the weapon under her seat.
Police took the loaded gun and asked dispatchers to check if it had been entered as a stolen gun into the National Crime Information Center, a criminal information clearinghouse.
Dispatchers confirmed that the weapon had been reported stolen from Winston-Salem, N.C., on Feb. 11, 2003, according to a Rock Hill Police report.
The gun was severely rusty, police reported, and looked like it had been sitting under the seat cushion for a long time.
Davis said she bought the used car several years ago from a Rock Hill auto dealership. She uses the car all the time, she said, and could not think of anyone who could have been in her car with a gun or taken her vehicle to North Carolina.
After discovering the pistol, Davis said she called several friends who borrowed her car and asked if they left a gun inside. They all said no, she said.
I thought someone planted it under there trying to get me in trouble, she said. I got nervous. I froze up. I didnt know what to do.
The gun belongs to a 37-year-old dental assistant in Winston-Salem who 10 years ago reported that someone broke into his car overnight, said Officer J.C. Hartzog of the Winston-Salem Police Department.
The thief got away with several CDs, stereo equipment and the pistol, which the man kept in his glove compartment, Hartzog said.
It was the only item stolen from his car that he was able to provide a serial number for, he said. Police entered the gun as stolen in the NCIC database.
Guns last forever, he said, and they typically surface somewhere, usually in the commission of a crime.
Ive had them stolen here, recovered in California ... recovered in New York, he said.
Discovering the culprit who left a gun in Davis car would require detectives to trace her cars ownership history and piece together any connection to the Winston-Salem break-in, Hartzog said.
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Davis found the gun under her seat the same week police announced that eight Rock Hill residents were indicted in connection with a New York gun-smuggling operation that authorities called the biggest bust in the states history.
Earl Campbell, indicted on 237 gun and criminal conspiracy felonies, used to live in Rock Hill until he moved to Charlotte.
He is accused of smuggling guns into Manhattan via Chinatown buses that dont require travelers to show identification before boarding.
Campbell, 23, is charged with selling 90 guns including two assault weapons, four rifles, two shotguns and some inoperable guns during 24 meetings with undercover detectives. He made a $75,000 profit in illegal gun sales, authorities say.
Warquisha Michaux, Larick Michaux, Marcell Dyess, Arthur Antonio Barber and Brandon Rashad Potts are accused of conspiring to supply Campbell with the illegal firearms. Campbells girlfriend, Kendall Jones, also was charged after police say she traveled with her boyfriend to sell up to nine guns at one time. Chris Hill is charged with conspiring to supply guns to a Sanford, N.C., man who bused guns from North Carolina to New York.
York County drug enforcement agents, who helped U.S. Marshals, Rock Hill Police, the New York City Police Department and York County Sheriffs Office make the Aug. 5 arrests, said Monday they were waiting on more information about the specific guns sold to determine whether they were stolen or bought in York County.
Marvin Brown, drug unit commander, said Wednesday that agents havent received word that any of the guns were stolen, but he was unsure if New York authorities were finished checking all the weapons.
A gun is a restricted item, said Earl Woodham, spokesman for the Charlotte branch of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Everybody cant have a gun. Everybody cant buy a gun. Everybody cant possess a gun. If you cant go to a gun dealer and buy one ... the other option is to steal one.
People who want a gun despite federal and state restrictions turn to theft, burglary, robberies or break-ins.
Others turn to lying and buying or straw purchases to pay individuals who legally buy guns on their behalf.
Greed, money and a high profit margin are incentives smugglers have for buying and selling guns in bulk, he said.
Valuable lesson
Woodham said Davis situation is not normal.
Its not normal for people to lose accountability of their firearms as far as where theyre at, he said.
But, he said, its possible the cars previous owner put the gun in the car, died and then his family members sold or the traded the car in back to the dealership, he said.
Nevertheless, Davis said the situation has taught her a valuable lesson.
I would encourage anybody, if theyre going to get those used cars, check under your cushions, she said.
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WhatsApp is one of the most popular and successful applications for Android smartphones. The Messenger is used to send messages, photos and other files – and is, so to speak, an extended SMS replacement. We call functions that download link and hidden costs.
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For those who know WhatsApp already, I would first like to point out a few innovations that brought the last update in May or known of pre-release versions:
A telephone function allows you to call other users. The profile view of WhatsApp is also thanks to a slightly revised designs 2014 tidier . Further improvements simplify the deletion of media (eg images) and allow the elimination of group chats for 100 years …
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Functions of WhatsApp Messenger for Android
The WhatsApp Messenger is a messaging software: We can users send messages, photos and other files. This runs across platforms, because the Messenger is available for other mobile operating systems (see eg WhatsApp for iPhone ).There is also a version of
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The data are sent and received via the Internet. A WiFi or cellular connection is therefore a prerequisite for its use.
The communication between the contacts is shown chronologically in small bubbles. If the application is not open, learns of smartphone owners via the push notification of his device of newly arrived messages. If there is no Internet connection, as the provider stores the data and delivers it to a later date.
WhatsApp for Android smart phone accesses the address book and displays the contacts who use the service. At registration therefore the name of the mobile phone number is required. That some people find objectionable, on the other hand it makes a tedious manual link unnecessary.
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WhatsApp is thus similar to SMS and IM services. Despite – or because of – this competition WhatsApp is very popular.
SMS and MMS are indeed compatible with almost all mobile phones. Especially with the sending of images but it is expensive quickly.
In some chat apps, the application must be open in order to receive messages.
Other services, for example iMessage , are not nearly as common. Consequently, less reached his friends.
Alternatives to WhatsApp include
- Threema from Switzerland,
- the free Telegram Messenger or
- Facebook Messenger for Android .
The latter Messenger is no real competition more: On February 20, 2014 WhatsApp was from Facebook for 19 billion U.S. dollars bought. We discuss what the acquisition means by Facebook to users of WhatsApp .