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Acrylic on Canvas 2015 by Kalmplex
So the weather got us showing more skin and feeling fine. This year we got CMW in May which also is the month of Toronto's Contact Photography exhibits. So i got to check out a panel at CMW about engaging with the youth who are change the nature of the music industry. Some sound advice was given about taking lead from those who are actually youth as oppose to those stuffy know it all business types who feel they know what millenials want. I'll be posting footage of that later.
After being in that air conditioned hotel for much too long as everyone was outside enjoying the sun I rolled down to Parts & Labour to Get Curious which has a Fido sponsored artshow equipped with fido mason jar take home mugs, vegan mushroom cactus tacos (fido gets bonus points from me for that) and of course some dope art from Michelle LeFade, Maya Fuhr and Chris Levett.
So sfter hamming it up with the woes (mindbender, zoe and micheal) i peaced out to the Norman Felix Gallery for their Contact opening featuring my friend Isaiah Trickey. His as well as the other featured artists will have their work up till the end of May. If you're in Tdot you should check it out. (445 adelaide st w )
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(K)ubuntu ALSA with two sound cards. Help :)
Kubuntu, fantastic, however I have a ONE and only issue I have spent hours scouring the net with no success in finding a workaround.
I have an NVIDIA NForce 2 based motherboard with onboard sound.
ALSA plays perfectly through onboard sound (NVidia NForce2 Chipset),
but my M-AudioPhile 2496 does not play, however is succesfully
detected in all forms.
foreman@ubuntuJFF:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [nForce2 ]: NFORCE - NVidia nForce2
NVidia nForce2 with ALC655 at 0xef001000, irq 21
1 [M2496 ]: ICE1712 - M Audio Audiophile 24/96
M Audio Audiophile 24/96 at 0xc000, irq 18
KInfoCenter, shows a similar story. However it shows the Synth mode is
disabled. Other posts for installing an ICE Envy VIA chip card
shows the synth should be enabled.
How do I tell Alsa, to make the M-Audio the default soundcard to play
Also, I tried running "alsaconf" and after doing a whereis
command it is not found... Yet if I try "apt-get install alsaconf" it
will say the alsa-utils are installed and upto date.' So I can't do
anything that way.
P.S. Solved below, ARTS in KDE/Kubuntu hates my Card, whereas GNOME and ALSA behave well with regular Ubuntu. Had to re-install dumping Kubuntu infavor of Ubuntu from ISO CD.
XMMS allows choice of which play back device. I tried choosing the M-Audio card.
XMMS won't work either, even if I choose either OSS, or ALSA for the M-audio card, when I try mp3 playback it says device is not properly configured or something along those lines.
However it will work for the onboard audio.
I thought about apt-get remove alsa-utils, etc... but it threatens to remove the ubuntu-base as well...
Why not just switch off the on-board sound card in BIOS? Or do you need both cards to be working?
As the Guiness guys say...
I would still like to know which .conf or whatever to edit, and I was reading and reading about the index=0 and all that for the files, but I can find where something like modules.conf is stored in ubuntu and although I found /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base and a few other similar files, I'm not sure which one to edit...
But I will try the BIOS idea it never even occurred to me!
Thanks, John
P.S. If anyone does know how to set the index priority that would be excellent incase someday (having a recording studio) I need both cards.
If all your apps are ALSA aware, you can name your cards in /etc/asound.conf, and use the card names instead of the normal 'default' output.
I've been messing about with asoundrc files myself (getting software mixing working so I can have two apps playing sound at the same time etc).
Anyway, as I said above, you can name your cards in /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc
As an example, you might have something like:
pcm.nforce {
Ubuntu not Kubuntu
Ubuntu with GNOME and ALSA detects and plays my audio card. (Default ISO install)
(K)ubuntu with KDE's Arts, does not behave well with ALSA. (Default ISO install)
1.)Also Kubuntu lacks Ubuntu's (automated bug-report tool.)
2.)Kubuntu Also lacks "Ubuntu's device database tool"
KDE's artsd should be killed, hard, until it is dead. Very dead.
Also, anyone that writes applications which cause artsd to be launched should be, at a bare minimum, made to feel mildly uncomfortable for an unspecified length of time.
That's what I think anyway. aRts is one of the reasons I stopped using KDE, and moved to Fluxbox. Once the OSS interface is finally put to rest, all of this will be a distant memory anyway...
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2014 Texas Governor's Race: Democratic Primary Preview
Who's On Deck for 2014?
State Representative Mike Villarreal: Representing San Antonio in the Texas House since 1999, Mike Villarreal has gained a name for himself as a serious legislator with an appealing personality. After growing up in San Antonio, Villarreal went to Texas A&M and then Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and is now pursuing a PhD in public affairs at UT's LBJ School while teaching as an adjunct professor at St. Mary's University. He has spent the last three years focusing on education (a perfect issue to bring statewide) and budget transparency. Villarreal is young, a strong campaigner, and would certainly appeal to Texas's growing Hispanic voting population. The 123rd House District is safely Democratic, making Villarreal an even more appealing potential candidate for Texas Democrats.
Former Houston Mayor Bill White: The Democratic nominee for governor in 2010, Bill White has spent couple of years laying low in Houston while working in investments. White ran an impressive campaign all over Texas in 2010 that garnered national attention, and his loss is blamed in large part on the year's difficulty for Democrats nationwide. A poll released a few weeks ago by Public Policy Polling shows White leading Perry in a 2014 matchup, making a strong case for White's electability. White was a hugely successful mayor, and has a down-to-earth persona appealing to a broad swath of Texans. Earlier in 2010, White sought Kay Bailey Hutchison's Senate seat before she took back her promise to retire. So it's not impossible that White will seek Sen. John Cornyn's Senate seat in 2014. But no one knows what White will do yet - he hasn't said anything either way.
State Senator Kirk Watson: Austin's former mayor is a well-known, personable legislator who would appear to have the energy for a run at the governor's office. He ran for Attorney General in 2002, losing to Greg Abbott, but 2014 is a very different year. Watson might be able to capitalize on his ability to rev up Democrats, six years of experience in the Texas Senate, and plentiful ideas to make a serious run at the governor's office.
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northoftheborder (5,534 posts)
1. All would be excellent!!!!
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thevoiceofreason (3,440 posts)
2. No way Bill White is running. N/T
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Gothmog (43,162 posts)
3. Kirk is a class mate of my in both law school and on the college debate team
I have known Kirk since he was a high school student at a debate workshop. Later he was on the same college debate squad and then he was a classmate at law school. Kirk is a great guy and would be a great governor.
Bill White ran away from President Obama in 2010 and refused to make any joint appearances with President Obama during the 2010 race. I have negotiated against Bill on a transaction when he was at Wedge and he is brilliant. Bill was a top litigator at one of the best litigation firms in the country where the rumor was that Bill was the brightest attorney at that firm. I like Bill but I did not like the way he ran away from President Obama in 2010. Bill had a well funded campaign and I have no doubt that he could raise some money.
I do not know anything about the third person.
Of the three, I would like to see Kirk be the nominee. However, if Greg Abbott beats Goodhair in the GOP primary, this would set up a repeat of the 2002 race for Attorney General where Greg beat Kirk. BTW, I practices law with Greg back in the 1980s at a large downtown Houston law firm.
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4. Greg beat Watson in 2002 for AG
Corndog beat Ron for Senate in 2002. Abbott sucked as a lawyer, sucked as a District Court Judge in Houston, sucked on the Texas Supreme Court, and now has gone full suck as AG.


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Several representatives from member companies of the GPS Innovation Alliance participated in panel discussions at an all-day FCC workshop on "GPS Protection and Receiver Performance." One of the top priorities of the GPS Innovation Alliance is to protect and promote the global positioning system, one of the most ubiquitous technologies in the world.
The following statement may be attributed to Jim Kirkland on behalf of the GPS Innovation Alliance. Kirkland is Vice President and General Counsel at Trimble, and a panel participant.
"We applaud the FCC for convening a wide range of stakeholders interested in the protection and responsible stewardship of GPS, one of our nation's technological crown jewels. The FCC's workshop highlights how GPS and GPS-reliant technologies and location-based services are deeply embedded in the everyday lives of all consumers, in critical private sector industries from agriculture to aviation to mobile broadband communications, and in essential government activities from emergency response to national defense. Just like the internet, communications networks, and power grids it helps to power and manage, the GPS-based ecosystem is vast, complex, and highly distributed, and the precise timing and location awareness that GPS enables are now essential parts of the central nervous system of our nation's economy.
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Quebec Liberals take the poll position on "values"
As Premier Pauline Marois looked back on her first year in office this week she said she was proud of her party's record thus far, but did note that Bill 14, its attempts to toughen the provisions of Quebec's language charter, had been stymied in large part by the Quebec Liberal Party.
And she was right. The Liberals had made it clear they would not support the legislation in any way shape or form, although the Coalition Avenir Quebec had suggested it might do so if certain amendments were made.
Fast forward now to the PQ's controversial charter of Quebec values. The CAQ says the PQ's proposed ban on all signs of religious affiliation in the public service goes too far and should be limited to figures of authority such as police, prosecutors, judges and school principals. And the Liberals? The Liberals unveiled their position today and, unlike its position on Bill 14, it isn't as brickwall opposed as you might think to secularization. Gazette Quebec City bureau chief Kevin Dougherty attended the Liberals announcement today and gave us the details. Click on the grey icon below to hear what he had to say. And remember, you can listen to all of our podcasts at montrealgazette.com/montreal@themoment and on iTunes .


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Of all the cat books on the market, this is the one that will tell you what your cat is really thinking. Cats have been seen as mysterious and inscrutable characters for many centuries, yet they live by a set of rules that have developed through the ages. They make perfect sense once you find out what they are. For the first time in history, one cat has broken ranks to put them into print. Dictated to his human servant, Lucky the Cat has shared the text of The Cat Rule Book in a form that is invaluable for any human who is in service to a cat. For the first time ever, humans are to be allowed into the secret doctrine of cat-ness and to understand why a cat asks for food and then dances round the cat bowl, sleeps in weird places and positions and meows to be let through a door that was just opened for him a moment before. If you only buy one cat book this year, make it this one. No other book will give you as much insight into the mind of your cat than The Cat Rule Book.
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Divorcing partners could avoid paying lump sums by going bankrupt
Divorcing partners could avoid paying lump sums to spouses and dependent children by going bankrupt.
Their obligations would be wiped out once any assets were disposed of to pay creditors, a test court case could rule.
The potential loophole could be used if a judge sides with 54-year-old Alexander McRoberts, whose business collapsed after he divorced.
Mr McRoberts, from Berkshire, gave wife Mandy their marital home and £211,000 after they split – and claims he can't afford to pay the remaining £349,000.
But Byron James, for Mrs McRoberts, told the High Court that discharging the obligations would 'open the door to all the bankrupts out there who don't want to pay lumps sums in family proceedings'.
Judge Mr Justice Hildyard delayed his decision but admitted there was a danger of setting a precedent.
'I don't want to do anything that suggests that so long as you go into bankruptcy that is the gateway to avoiding the family court's orders,' he said.


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When Vickie and Curtis Eberle of Prairie du Sac, Wis., woke up Monday morning, they were planning a day of celebration for the second birthday of their fraternal twins, Gideon and Delilah.
When the couple, both 29 and married for eight years, went to bed Monday night, they were the new parents of a second set of twins, also fraternal, and also a boy and a girl, Emmanuel and Bibiana.
The almost too-unbelievable-to-be-true coincidence is, indeed, true. The Eberles, the parents of three older children, have two sets of fraternal twins born on the same day, exactly two years apart.
"I knew it was a possibility that they could be born that day but I also knew I could not go into labor that day and have them after midnight," Vickie Eberle said of her first reaction when her water broke Monday morning, nearly one month ahead of her Feb. 26due date.
"In the back of my mind I thought, 'It would be really cool,' and I was kind of hoping for it," she said. "But when push came to shove, I was just focused on getting through the labor and having them come out healthy."
Come out healthy they did: Bibiana at 5 pounds-5 ounces, and Emmanuel at 5 pounds-12 ounces, just like their older siblings two years ago. When the twins and their mom go home from the hospital today, they'll join a bustling household.
Along with the two sets of twins, the couple, who conceived the twins naturally and both have twins in their extended families, have 7-year-old Simeon, 5-year-old Cecilia and 3-year-old Felicia.
"I think it's going to be kind of crazy but we'll have two shifts," Eberle said. "We'll get into our routine of the older kids being at school and the younger ones at home, and then when the older kids get home, we do homework, have dinner and do family time together."
Eberle works full time as a medical coder, at the same hospital where she delivered the babies, and plans to return to work after her nine weeks of full-time and then part-time maternity leave ends. Her husband works from home as a self-employed life insurance salesman, allowing them to juggle who watches the kids.
If there is any sign the Eberles had any intuition this coincidence could possibly happen to them, it is this: They held the party for the older twins' second birthday early Saturday, instead of Monday. Next year, however, that won't be the case. All four siblings will be celebrated on their collective big day.
"We'll celebrate them all together," Eberle said. "Generally, we just do family and their godparent and cake and presents. When you end up with this many children, it's hard to do a big bash for every one of them every single year."
Speaking of many children, Eberle says their sixth and seventh babies might not be their last.
"When we got married, we talked about wanting to have four kids," she said. "But now we're just open to how many kids the Lord wants to give us. We're open to more children but if that's not in the plans, that's not in the plans."


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Android 4.0 has not been widely as adopted as Google is expected so it is rumored that the company will be launching Android 5.0 (Jelly Bean) in Q2 2012. The Android 5.0 operating system would compete head-on with Windows 8 for the tablet PC market according to Asian suppliers for the two companies.
Android 5.0 will be optimized for tablets while Google will also integrate the Chrome operating system for laptops. Brand vendors would be able to either adopt only Android 5.0 or add Android 5.0 to Windows 8 devices with the ability to switch between the two operating systems without having to shut down the computer.
The problem Google faces is that because Android 4.0 did not do as well as expected, several of Google's downstream partners are hesitant about Android 5.0.


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Hidden Voices: Urban Refugees is a video produced by the International Rescue Committee and MediaServe International. The short film highlights the daily struggles facing thousands of urban refugees living in the Kenyan capital city of Nairobi. In their own words, the refugees tell of how they face poverty, harassment and violence as they make their way in the urban environment.
The video illustrates the many issues highlighted in a new report Hidden and Exposed: Urban Refugees in Nairobi, Kenya which you can read at http://www.theIRC.org
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Staff of the International Rescue Committee in Kenya,
Amina Abdi, Amina Bashir, Tsegay Geleta and Kadir Mumad Umer,
Kituo Cha Sheria, Zindua Afrika.
Written by: Joanne Offer & John Gyovai
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My Long Distance RelationshipI know my boyfriend for 3 years. We met at a online game called LaTale. First we were just friends and so we didn't really talk alot but i always liked him in away. So last year at the beginin of the summer he asked me to date him. We talked at skype most of the time because we live far away from each other. It lasted until the end of the summer when he broke up with me. With the next 6 months I tried to move on and forget him, but something inside me never did let go. So around February 2012 we started to talk again and soon after we got back together. And from that day forward we been dateing for almost 6 months. Its been a bumpy ride but love keeps us together. With him I really feel we are ment to be, even thought we are in a long distance relationship and sometimes its hard we survive it and take one day at the time.
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Tom Lane wrote: >Bruce Badger <bbadger(at)BadgerSE(dot)com> writes: > >>The thing is that from their point of view, Oracle keeps going where >>PostgreSQL does not. Given that both are running over the same network, >>the response of these people could well be to simply move everything to >>Oracle. >> > ><shrug> If that feature makes Oracle worth its price to them, then >no doubt that's what they'll do. Postgres doesn't have 6000 full-time >developers engaged in inventing bizarre features (and a substitute for >something that should be done at the network level is bizarre in my >book). > >The reason I'm so unenthused about this is that I think it'd be quite >difficult to do transparently at the database level. (1) How can you >know where communication was lost, from the other end's point of view? >(eg, client has no idea whether database completed the last request >sent.) I think you'd wind up reimplementing TCP, or something much like >it, just to deal with that aspect of the problem. (2) How can you even >be sure that you're reconnecting to the same other-end session? >Opportunities for security holes seem rampant. (3) Should the database >hold sessions open indefinitely, waiting to see if the client can be >recontacted? Won't take too long until your session limit is entirely >filled by dead connections. > >Non-broken TCP stacks are normally quite tenacious about surviving >transmission glitches in already-open connections. I think you ought >to be looking for solutions at that level, not trying to tell us that >it's our problem. > > regards, tom lane > Ah, Tom. I'm not demanding anything, nor saying this is any individual's problem. I was merely seeking the wisdom of others, and I am grateful for your feedback (apart from the bits that slap me for something I have not done ;-) ). FWIW, I too have invested a great deal of my own time in making PostgreSQL available to others, having built and supported the Smalltalk PostgreSQL library.
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Customer reviews for La Bete
Avg. Customer Review (3.1 Stars):
Number of Reviews: 18
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| 56 of 104 people found the following review helpful:
Wonderful..., Sep 25, 2010
|reviewer: M. Piazza from Brooklyn, NY
|Wow. Um...I...couldn't disagree more with the reviews thus far on this page. Stellar performances, smart production and direction...so much better than the original production. The play itself is fantastic; the best play / performances / production I've seen on Broadway in a long time. If your coming to see celebs, than yes you are wasting your time, money, hotel room. However, if you're coming to see famous people on broadway, perhaps you should stick around to the end of the play and absorb its message into your thick skulls, and then (maybe) we'd have less garbage calling itself theater on broadway.
| 51 of 98 people found the following review helpful:
LOVED IT!, Sep 26, 2010
|reviewer: Connie from NYC
|This show was a Pleasant surprise. Absoultely out loud funny! Great performances by all but I must say Mark Rylance was a scene stealer ....I would see it again! Loved it!
| 50 of 97 people found the following review helpful:
Simply brilliant, Oct 03, 2010
|reviewer: Eric from Melbourne Australia
|Yes, you have to like theatre to like this show. No, if you are there to see the TV stars do something familiar, or have an all-singing all-dancing special effects spectacular, you won't be happy. So that's fine, go see Cats again. Really: to those reviewers who didn't like this, I say: you didn't get it. Honestly, complaining about a lack of set changes...? Not all Broadway is Wicked you know. Rylance is one of the finest actors of his generation and here is in virtuoso form, and the others do a fine job of providing things for him to bounce off, the verse dialogue is ingenious and brilliantly delivered, and if I'd been in New York three more nights I would have seen it three more times. So: if you love theatre, rather than Broadway, you will love this play. If you want cheese and helicopters, there's always Miss Saigon.
| 48 of 95 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent, thoughtful, smart, Sep 30, 2010
|reviewer: april black from NYC
|I just got home from seing this play. It was enjoyable and so entertaining. All of the performances were excellent, especially that of Mark Rylance, so natural and flowing and the way the play is written to rhyme is great & surprisingly easy to follow. Great message too.
| 48 of 95 people found the following review helpful:
MARK RYLANCE!!!, Oct 01, 2010
|reviewer: SOLEDAD from Germany
|La Bête is an absolute rarity: an american comedy a la Moliere, playing in 1654 in France, and in verse. The play is a true festival of geniousity and talent and is profounder as it seems. Mixing extrem vulgarity with extrem rafinesse. Rylance brights in all Valere´s registers: an excessive character, egotistical, vulgar, pompous, showy and insensitiv beast: La bete It was worth to be one week in NYC only to see him!
| 48 of 95 people found the following review helpful:
Finally! I got the message!, Oct 04, 2010
|reviewer: Toots from New Jersey
|T totally agree with M. Piazza. The ending hit me right in the chest!Anyone who's engaged in mediocrity should stay home.
| 47 of 98 people found the following review helpful:
Boring & drawn out. DON'T SEE THIS!., Sep 27, 2010
|reviewer: Steven from Princeton, NJ
|I was at the 2pm sat. show this past weekend & WOW what a waste of my travel time. Between not hearing hearing Mr. Pierce voice clearly (I was 5 rows from the stage) & listening to that boring dialog, dealing with no intermissions & no set changes to liven it up & then hearing the cackling & giggling planted flaming theater guys to give the impression that the play is actually funny was too much... This is 1 long, boring scene... I don't know who funded this but it was a huge waste of your money..
| 47 of 94 people found the following review helpful:
The best kind of theater, Oct 03, 2010
|reviewer: Anonymous from Philadelphia PA
|Wonderful social and political satire with first class actors who seemed to enjoy the performance as much as the enthusiastic audience did. It was a treat to see such talent in a play of current history played out in a century now past. I'll watch for future plays by Mr. Ryland.
| 46 of 93 people found the following review helpful:
La Bete, Sep 25, 2010
|reviewer: Anonymous from Anytown, AT 55555
|At 9:20 pm I could not stand another minute of this show and I had to leave. I met women in the ladies room who felt the same way I did. We just sat there waiting for the show to end. I walked outside waiting for my husband to come out. I met a couple and asked how they enjoyed the show. "They said they did not want to walk out on the performers but it was so awful that they finally left. The actors were not the problem it was the show itself. I give the actors a lot of brain power to memorize what they did. I did not feel it was worth the drive and the cost of a hotel for this show.
| 46 of 93 people found the following review helpful:
A waste of time and money, Sep 26, 2010
|reviewer: Anonymous from Anytown, AT 55555
|If writing in rhyme and having the worlds longest monologues is the only measure, then this piece of garbage would surely rate 5 stars. As it is I am amazed that such fine actors would waste their talent on it.
| 46 of 93 people found the following review helpful:
Laughed till I cried!, Oct 04, 2010
|reviewer: Ken from Redlands, CA USA
|I went to the very first preview of this show and sat in the 11th row. It was delightful from beginning to end. Mark Rylance was off the charts hilarious. I was in NY for a week, and this was the 5th show I saw, and by far one of the best. To those who didn't like the show, you evidently didn't get it. I have never seen anyone funnier than Mark Rylance, but unfortunately for everyone else onstage, he stole the show. I highly recommend it!
| 46 of 93 people found the following review helpful:
carolg, Oct 05, 2010
|reviewer: carol gunter from UK
|Saw it in London and was absolutely entranced by the acting and the play itself. I hope that New York loves it as much as we did.
| 45 of 92 people found the following review helpful:
This play failed the last time it hit NY, Oct 19, 2010
|reviewer: Anonymous from New York
|I can't believe they brought this play back. The last time it was in NY I think it lasted all of 29 performances.
| 45 of 92 people found the following review helpful:
Dull, Predictable, Sleeper, Oct 19, 2010
|reviewer: limom3 from NY
|Sleeper....Saw the play Friday night what a boring play!!! It took 1hr and 45 mins to convey a message that could've taken 5 minutes. The main actor just babbled on, and on, and on....that's it. Jokes were predictable and dull!! Literally, the whole play entailed three actors who stood there and one who talked the entire time for an eternity. oh, and 15 minutes at the end a few more actors came on stage. That was the whole play in a nutshell!! Had to keep myself awake. Begged husband to leave but he said it has to get better....NOT. Thank goodness we didn't pay for these tickets!! Save your money folks.
I give it .5 star only because it's not the actors fault this play is so bad.
Read more: http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.php?thread=1023206&dt=11&boa
| 45 of 92 people found the following review helpful:
AWFUL, Sep 25, 2010
|reviewer: Patricia from PAtricia Nester
| 45 of 93 people found the following review helpful:
Excruciating, Oct 01, 2010
|reviewer: Anonymous from New York
|An awful theatrical waste. The monologues are simply unbearable. No subtlety, no wit. We endured the whole thing hoping for improvement, sadly it only goes from bad to worse.
| 45 of 92 people found the following review helpful:
It's funnier than you ever imagined it could be!, Nov 08, 2010
|reviewer: Linda from Minneapolis, MN
|Please see this show, if for no other reason than to witness the astonishing talents of Mark Rylance one more time! The monologue is long - yes! Stick with it; you'll enjoy it. What a privilege to have seen this show - we traveled from Minneapolis specifically to see it and couldn't be more satisfied!
| 45 of 92 people found the following review helpful:
Tour de Force!, Nov 15, 2010
|reviewer: montdorr from Chicago, IL
|Absolutely brilliant on all levels. I haven't laughed so hard in I don't know when. Rylance, Pierce, Ouimette, et al are fantastic. Direction, sets, lights, sound all in accord and fueled the performances. A real treat not to me missed!
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Singer Lance Bass, best known for his work with boy band 'N Sync, is engaged to be married to his partner Michael Turchin. Bass reportedly proposed shortly after 'N Sync reunited briefly at the MTV Video Music Awards, while the pair were in New Orleans.
Bass Instagrammed a photo of himself with Turchin on Sunday, writing, "He said YES!! Love this man @michaelturchinart".
He spoke about the engagement on his "Dirty Pop with Lance Bass" SiriusXM radio show Sunday, saying he had brought friends from his hometown of Laurel, Miss. and Los Angeles to the Big Easy, where Turchin (who he calls "Turkey") has roots. "I thought it was the perfect combination of (people and location) to do what I've been wanting to do for a while, which is propose," Bass said.
He admitted to having a little trouble in locating the right ring to propose with: "Trying to find a ring (in New Orleans was) impossible," he said. "They don't make guy rings; someone needs to start ... a line (of) gay man rings."
Bass ended up at Saks Fifth Avenue and purchased a David Yurman ring for the big moment. On the way to a karaoke bar called Cat's Meow, he pulled Turchin toward a park outside a church and popped the question. "I always knew that's where I wanted to propose," he said.
"I got down on one knee and I proposed, right in front of Jackson Square, my favorite place," he said. "I was pretty nervous."
"And I had no idea," said Turchin, who was also at the radio show.
A passing couple told the newly-engaged duo that they had also proposed in the same spot and just gotten married. They told Bass, "We just saw you propose, can we please take your camera and take a picture (of you) on your knee?' So I will have that for the rest of my life."
Bass and Turchin began dating in Dec. 2011. 'N Sync broke up in 2003, and Bass publicly announced he was gay in July, 2006.


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What do impossibly steep hills, Muscat and Mencía, and cardoon thistles have in common? They're all responsible for unique and tasty wines and cheese from Spain and Portugal! It's Iberian Month in our wine and cheese department and we're celebrating the varied and unique wines and cheeses from this part of the world all month long. Be sure to stop by 18th Hour Cafe (every Thursday night from 6-10pm at 18 Reasons) at some point in August to try some of our Spanish and Portuguese favorites. Here's what we're excited about this week:
2011 Avinyó Vi d'Agulla Petillant – $12.99
Do you like Vinho Verde? If so, you should definitely give this Spanish white a try! The Avinyó Estate is located in Penedès, Spain (just outside Barcelona) and is run by the Esteve Nadal family. The Esteves have been producing wine here since the mid 1800's and are best known for their Cava (Spanish sparkling wine). In an effort to expand beyond sparkling wine, they've planted a few 'non-traditional' grapes such as Muscat Petit Grain in addition to the more traditional Spanish grapes used in Cava. This white is made of 100% Muscat Petit Grain which has been fermented dry. The term "Vi d'Agulla" is Catalan for "wine with a prickle," and refers to the light bit of effervescence, similar to a Vinho Verde or Txakoli. Even though it's made of Muscat, it's not at all sweet. The nose has floral and honeysuckle aromas, typical of Muscat, but it's completely dry with tart grapefruit and minerally flavors. Light, very crisp, and super refreshing!
Perfect Pairing: Spicy pepper and cold noodle salad
2010 Guímaro Ribeira Sacra – $17.99
The hills are aliiiive…with the sound of . . . grapes growing? Okay, we much prefer Rogers and Hammerstein's version – but the have you seen the hills tucked into the Northwest corner of Spain?! Talk about steep!
The Galicia area of Spain has a long tradition of making the best of rough terrain. The Romans first planted vineyards along the very steep banks of the rivers Miño and Sil by terracing the land. These same vineyards were later carefully tended by monasteries and convents. The name of this sub-region of Galicia, 'Ribeira Sacra', in fact refers to the abundance of churches and monasteries in the area. Today, winemakers are producing exciting wines from these hills from the local native grape, Mencía. Pedro Rodríguez Pérez, of Guímaro, works his vineyards entirely by hand as there is no way to get machinery to these steep hills. This younger bottling of Mencía has aromas of plums and blueberry followed by scents of tobacco and bay leaf. It's medium bodied with an interesting savory quality of dark fruit, cured meat spices, and iron-like minerality. A great food wine!
Perfect Pairing: Sandwich of wild boar salami, 12 month aged Manchego, and arugula
Cheese of the Week: Queijo Serra da Estrela DOP
This week's cheese hails from Portugal and has a long and unique history in the region. Records of Serra da Estrela date all the way back to the 12th century, and it has always been made in the same manner. It's made with raw Bordalaira ewe's milk and has an interesting key ingredient as a coagulant: cardoon stamens. The use of cardoon stamens is not a modern invention but rather an ancient tradition dating back to 4 AD. Typically, milk is coagulated into cheese with the help of rennet, an enzyme traditionally found in the stomach of a calf. However, this cheese uses the unique properties of cardoon to coagulate the milk proteins. The cardoon thistles are harvested in the spring, dried, pulverized, and steeped in warm water to extract the enzymes. The particular enzyme released, cynarase, is particularly suited to sheep's milk (in cows milk, it releases bitter tasting peptides that do not occur when used in sheep's milk). This unique cheese making tradition translates to a cheese with a lush texture and a distinctly herbaceous flavor. Come ask our cheese team for a taste!


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August 2016:
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Is there a ' Sydney School ' of
The term has been bandied about since Jennifer Taylor wrote about Sydney houses between 1953-63 as the 'Sydney school' with very little evidence. But since then without setting out to do so, the over one hundred people employed in the Seidler office between and 1960 and 1992 have formed the de facto alumni of the 'Seidler university'. It's a school by any other name. Read more
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Academic Certificate Program in Retail Sales Specialist
Division of Business — Curriculum Code: 200R
Will Earn Upon Program Completion: Academic Certificate
Why major in Retail Sales?
This certificate program prepares students for employment as retail salespeople in the automotive, furniture, clothing, electronics, general merchandise, and other service-oriented retail companies. The program, offered within the Business Division at ECC, teaches students effective communication skills, basic business concepts, human and group behavior, business mathematics, and effective face-to-face selling techniques. Students also learn the value of effective advertising and promotion in developing and reinforcing the retail sales approach.
Are there any requirements I must satisfy before I start taking courses in my major?
Based on your placement test scores, you may have to take developmental courses in reading, English, and/or mathematics before taking the core curriculum courses in your major.
How long will it take for me to complete this program?
If you do not need developmental course work and you register for 16 or 17 credits each semester, you can complete the academic certificate in one year.
Where should I direct specific questions about this program?
Call the Division at (973) 877-3222.
Upon completion of this program, graduates will be able to:
Demonstrate knowlege of all stages of the sales process;
Analyze and manipulate the elements of the marketing mix;
Discuss and illustrate the selling of products and ideas; and
Recognize and describe the various types of business enterprises.
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Written & Oral Communication (6 credits)
ENG 101 and ENG 109 (two 3-credit courses)
Society & Human Behavior (6 credits)
PSY 101 and SOC 101 (two 3-credit courses)
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BUS 101 Business Organization and Management (3 credits)
|Total Credits Required for Academic Certificate: 33
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(1) The two General Education Integrated Course Goals, Ethical Reasoning & Action and Information Literacy, are both addressed by the required curriculum described above, regardless of specific choices made by the individual student.
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Bayrock | Mar 5, 2013 3:37 AMIt seemed that I joined this club right as it was getting buried in its grave, but alas activity has decided to shed way. I need to re-watch FLCL so I can bask in the eccentric rhomp of psychedelic awesomeness that creates Fooly Cooly as we know it. I've just had too much to do, and I've still got so many other series I plan to watch that it's overwhelming, really.
I personally believe that with a few well-deserved hours of attention you can completely grasp the meaning and plot behind this show in just one viewing. Although, a second run through would probably reveal more to your mind than met the eye before, and some people may need to re-watch it to grasp it at all. Subjective as it may be, FLCL will always have a place in my heart.
0tonashi | Mar 4, 2013 7:00 PM
ozy | Mar 4, 2013 6:43 PMit was clear to me after a few days of thinking about it and using wikipedia and imdb to look up quotes and info on it....
not a fan of tv i have to pay attention to but its still entertaining
Popka | Mar 4, 2013 2:13 PMIt's not that hard to get if you actually listen to what the characters are saying. I normally can at least see where people who criticize anime I like are coming from, but those who say FLCL is nonsense are simply not paying attention.
GiorgioAyanami | Mar 1, 2013 2:17 AMI agree with vizhmaster_vizhu
6 episodes is fine, FLCL is these 6 great episodes. cool music, funny characters, smart dialogues etc
but well, did you notice that its ratings here on mal are worsening?
i think people cannot appreciate it cause they don't try to understand it.
it's a gainax made anime after all. if you don't try to rewatch FLCL, then possibly you will call it random or meaningless.
vizhmaster_vizhu | Feb 27, 2013 5:32 AMIt wasn't released on TV so the proper way of watching it is to pause, rewind, and rewatch. and it's something you should rewatch and rewatch and rewatch IMO. Each episode is 20 minutes of pure quality. That's a good thing.
ozy | Feb 24, 2013 8:10 PMI missed like half the dialogue because of the pacing, it was just too fast. And it was soo insane I couldn't get myself to rewatch
vizhmaster_vizhu | Feb 24, 2013 7:07 PMI disagree. Part of what made flcl great was the low episode count and the quality of them. Pacing was just right IMO.
Popka | Feb 17, 2013 12:21 PMIt would be hard to achieve the feel of the first season. Though I would like to see the limits of modern animation techniques.
ozy | Feb 1, 2013 2:35 PMThere should be like a second season of flcl with more than six eps and possibly a slower pace. That would help this club and the anime
XqlucivE | Feb 1, 2013 6:14 AMim trying to keep this club alive but theres only a small group of people who actually enjoy this anime its kinda hard to keep it alive
ozy | Jan 31, 2013 10:04 PMLol you're the first post of the year. How is this club not dead
XqlucivE | Jan 31, 2013 9:29 PMWOOOOO i got my self a lefty rickenbacker bass
GiorgioAyanami | Dec 14, 2012 12:57 PMOh yes. And the saddest fact is that not many people can appreciate this great anime. They don't even try to understand it. One of the most controversial anime out there.
Bayrock | Dec 10, 2012 1:29 PMThis'll be the first club I've joined, and I'm happy to say it's for one of my favorite anime Fooly Cooly. I'm just getting into the groove of things here after leaving my account sit for awhile, so without further adieu let me project a couple thoughts.
I'm quite new to anime in general, but I was easily able to grasp the story behind Fooly Cooly. What the viewer comes to find out though is that this anime is not great because of its story.. oh no.. it's much better than that. FLCL was able to deliver a unique ride of pleasure and meaning to me that has yet to be met by anything else I've seen. The art is stunning, the music is prodigious, and the main characters are even deeper than portrayed.
The exact meaning behind FLCL could be controversial, but I believe ones personal interpretation of it is what truly makes it a masterpiece in my eyes. I'm also going to pickup the gainax print for this as my first manga. Overall, Furi Kuri is something I'd recommend to everyone who enjoys anime; maybe even doesn't enjoy it. This is the kind of thing that can get someone into the vast universe we call anime.
Hope I can get to know some of the club!
- Bayrock
GiorgioAyanami | Jul 23, 2012 2:39 AMAbout FLCL...Funny? Yes. Surrealistic? Of course. Insane? Sure. RANDOM? No way! This anime is one of its kind. Many ppl think Fooly Cooly is random and meaningless, but they just don't get it. The plot is not easy to understand(typical of GAINAX), cause everything moves at the speed of light and the story is full of symbolism and references. Not to mention the awesome design, the great animation, the special characters and the splendid music (by the Pillows). If you want to follow Flcl's storyline, you must be experienced anime-watcher.
Sajaho | Jul 6, 2012 11:33 AMsame. in every aspect of that comment. except i had to replace my first dvd, it wore out completely
nollypoli | Jul 6, 2012 11:32 AMAh, yes, FLCL. On my first day of registration I head straight for you. Always have been obsessed with this show. I can remember buying the dvd and watching it every single goddamn day one year.
I literally wore that dvd out. Part of an episode no longer works.
ozy | Jun 28, 2012 10:47 PMlucjy a friend had flcl, i watched it oveer 2 days. at first even after the end i was still like wtf i dont get it, but as with alot of shows a little time and forgetting stuff makes it make sense
Thorn_Pilgrim | Nov 18, 2011 2:01 PMReally? I haven't heard of that happening to DVDs. Heard of it happening to tapes, but I realize DVDs don't last forever either. I know it's on blu-ray.
When I first into it, I didn't buy it because it was on TV and I didn't want to watch it too much and lose my enjoyment of it . . . but SynchPoint went out of business. XD


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By Express News Service | Published: 12th May 2013 09:36 AM |
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As many as 10 lakh unemployed youth will get jobs as about 500 industries would be set up at Dugarajapatnam port in Vakadu mandal, Tirupati MP Chinthamohan said, adding that the port will be developed at Rs 5,000 crore . Ruling out the possibility of affecting the living standards of fishermen with the establishment of the port, the MP said that the government will protect the interests of fishermen. Speaking to the media Saturday, he made it clear that there would not be any threat to the existence of Pulicat lake with the establishment of Dugarajapatnam port. He appealed to the villagers located near the port as to not sell their lands as he observed that the land property rates will soar significantly in the future.


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What do people believe will happen today?
An earthquake unlike any we've ever seen. It's supposed to start on the other side of the world, near the longitude of New Zealand, roll west and get here, to the Eastern time zone, around 6 in the evening.
Who believes the world will end today?
It's unclear how many people believe in what is commonly known as "the Rapture." Many of the believers listen to a conservative Christian national radio network based in Oakland, Calif., called Family Radio. The local affiliate is 91.7 FM. The man who owns Family Radio and has hosted the show Open Forum for 50 years is Harold Camping. He's 89. He predicted the end before, on Sept. 6, 1994. When that didn't happen, he recalculated and came up with a new date, and that date is today.
Do the believers go to church?
No. They believe the "church age" is over, because, according to Camping, every single church in the world preaches something other than the truth. The truth, they believe, can be found only in the word of the Lord in the Bible.
What is "the Rapture"? Where does the term come from?
The etymology of the word is Greek and is a reference to "being caught up" or "taken away." Believers cite a passage in 1 Thessalonians concerning the expected resurrection of Christ: "Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air …"
Why do they believe today is the day? What passages in the Bible do they cite?
Camping believes it's in Genesis, if you know where and how to look, and what numbers to crunch. He says, start with when Noah loaded animals onto the ark — he puts that at 4990 B.C. — and then go to 2 Peter and read that "one day is with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years is one day." So the seven days Noah spent loading the ark were really 7,000 years, he says. Add 7,000 to 4990 B.C., and add one more year because, Camping says, there is no Year 1 in the Bible. That puts you in 2011. Genesis says the flood began on the "17th day of the second month." According to the Jewish calendar, which is what God uses, Camping says, that's today.
What is supposed to happen to those who do not believe?
Five months of incomprehensible awfulness — fire, plagues, corpses in the streets — until Oct. 21 when the world will end in utter annihilation. Believers see recent natural disasters — the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the tornadoes and flooding in this country — as mere preludes to the end.
Do unbelievers have a chance to change their minds after it begins?
No. Once the earthquake starts, Camping says and the believers believe, the door is shut. You're in or you're out. You're part of God's "elect" or you're not.
What have believers been doing as the date has approached?
Quitting their jobs. Dropping out of college. Spending their savings on putting up billboards spreading the word. Passing out pamphlets everywhere from street corners to state fairs to grocery store deli counters. Their chosen term: "sounding the trumpets."
If it doesn't happen, do believers have a ready explanation?
It's not a conversation believers are willing to have. They believe there's no possibility that today's not the day.
Are there other predictions out there?
People have been predicting the Rapture and the end of the world for a long time. Many believe Dec. 21, 2012, is the actual date. That's the end of the calendar of the ancient Mayans.
Why do people continue to predict the end of the world when it never seems to come true?
"A lot of times these prophecies gain traction when difficulties are happening in society," Catherine Wessinger, a professor at Loyola University in New Orleans and an expert in apocalyptic beliefs, told the Associated Press earlier this year. "Right now, there's a lot of insecurity, and this is a promise that says it's not all random, it's part of God's plan."


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Israeli forces responded to terrorist rocket attacks last night with a commando raid on a Lebanese village used as a terrorist base and a long range artillery barrage against terrorist concentrations in the Nabatiya refugee camp 20 kilometers inside Lebanon. A military spokesman said Israeli forces killed at least five terrorists in a gun battle in Tzarubin village and blew up three houses there used as an advance base for terrorist infiltrators. There were no Israeli casualties.
An Israeli woman, Rachel Zarihan, was wounded last night when three Katyusha rockets crashed into Kiryat Shemona. Two homes were damaged but there were no other casualties. The woman underwent surgery and was reported in a satisfactory condition today. Two Katyusha rockets were also fired at Safad, rattling windows but causing no damage or casualties. Two more rockets hit the agricultural settlement of Dovev near the Lebanese border, again without causing casualties or damage.
The appearance yesterday in the UN General Assembly by Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasir Arafat sparked some unrest on the West Bank but there were no serious incidents. West Bankers responded half-heartedly to terrorist radio exhortations to stage a general strike in solidarity with the Palestinian cause. Schools and shops were closed for about three hours in Nablus, the largest West Bank town'but normal activities continued elsewhere. In Nablus, however, students sent home from their classes, congregated in the main square waving flags and shouting such slogans as "Arafat we are with you" and "Jews get out."


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Our take on the newest breed of index funds.
The following article appeared in the October issue of Morningstar ETFInvestor, a monthly newsletter dedicated to making sensible use of exchange-traded funds. Learn more about Morningstar's newest publication.
Lately, a lively debate has sprung up in the indexing community over how stocks should be ranked in an index. That's not the sexiest of topics, but the debate picked up some public attention when it reached the editorial pages of The Wall Street Journal, where Jack Bogle, a respected indexing proponent and founder of Vanguard Group, squared off against Jeremy Siegel, a noted financial author and professor of finance at the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania. Bogle argues for a continuation of the dominant practice in indexing--capitalization weighting, while Siegel contends that investors would be better off if the stocks in the indexes were ranked based on fundamental investment factors.
For years, stocks in most indexes have been ranked according to their market capitalization. (A stock's market capitalization is simply its stock price multiplied by its float, which is the number of shares freely available for trading.) So, for most index funds, the stock with the largest market capitalization in its universe is its largest holding. ExxonMobil
If indexes are supposed to represent the broad market, then market-cap weighting makes intuitive sense. If an imaginary and very wealthy investor set out to buy the entire U.S. stock market, he'd of necessity own the stocks in the proportion that they are represented in the Wilshire 5000, a cap-weighted index that represents almost the entire U.S. stock market.
But a poor showing by large-cap index funds during the bear market exposed a glitch in the system. In 1999, the cap-weighted S&P 500 was caught owning a large slug of pricey tech stocks that had seen their market caps skyrocket in the late 1990s. Consequently, index funds that track that ubiquitous benchmark underperformed their peers during the ensuing sell-off. That provoked charges that capitalization-weighted indexes systematically overemphasize overvalued stocks and give short shrift to undervalued names, leaving index funds vulnerable to bubbles when valuations get really out of whack. Over the past couple of years, alternatively weighted indexes have cropped up with the goal of sidestepping that problem.
Fundamental Weighting Methods
The most interesting of these are the indexes that weight stocks using fundamental factors. Perhaps the most prominent of these is the FTSE RAFI US 1000, an index that ranks stocks based on four fundamental factors: sales, cash flow, book value, and dividends. ETF investors can get exposure to this new index through PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000
Additional alternatively weighted index funds that have really caught on with investors are those that rank stocks according to dividends. IShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index
These upstarts contend that their ranking systems are superior to capitalization-weighted indexes. Based on historical data, they all claim to outperform their cap-weighted counterparts by as much as 2 percentage points per year.
My Take
While those claims are eye-catching, I'm suspicious of back-tested results. No one ever got to their destination by looking in the rearview mirror. And the success of these indexes can at least partially be attributed to market trends that favored their inherent biases. Their fundamental screens favor value stocks, which have outperformed growth stocks for the past several years now. Furthermore, the RAFI index and a couple of the dividend indexes are also tilted toward the smaller stocks in their universes, which has benefited in recent years from the market's appetite for smaller names. Cap-weighted indexes, on the other hand, emphasize the largest stocks in their universes, and that's had negative implications for their relative performance lately.
The proponents of the new indexes claim that their systems should correct the cap-weighting problem of overweighting pricey stocks. But that doesn't necessarily mean that the fundamental indexes will look any better from a valuation perspective. In fact, they may very well introduce biases of their own. For example, most of the dividend-oriented indexes emphasize utility stocks because of their high yields, and that's a sector that's looking pricey at the moment. Furthermore, many of the smaller, value-oriented stocks that many of these indexes favor are looking overvalued after a lengthy rally.
What's more, the fundamental screens could cause these ETFs to miss opportunities. Because of their bias toward dividend payers, they could end up holding on to a tired industry giant with a fat yield and pass by a young upstart firm that is plowing all its cash into its growing business rather than issuing dividends. It's telling that the RAFI index dedicates 2.7% of assets to General Motors
Furthermore, given all the hype that alternative indexes have gotten lately, the contrarian in me can't help but wonder if the time is ripening for cap-weighted indexes. I suspect market winds are beginning to shift in favor of mega-cap stocks, a development that would benefit large-cap cap-weighted indexes. True, academic studies have shown that smaller, value-oriented stocks have outperformed over very long stretches of time. However, you could construct a small-value-biased portfolio more cheaply than any of the fundamental ETFs by using a combination of cap-weighted ETFs.
This brings me to another issue I have with these funds--some of them are pricey. PowerShares FTSE RAFI U.S. 1000's expense ratio is contractually limited to 0.60%, but that fee cap comes courtesy of fee waivers that may or may not continue after the contract expires on April 7. Although the WisdomTree ETFs are more reasonably priced, Vanguard Large Cap ETF
Plus, these newfangled indexes could also face higher trading costs than traditional cap-weighted indexes. When the market cap of a holding in a traditional index changes, the market does the work for the fund; no trading is necessary to adjust the stock rankings. However, alternatively weighted indexes have to adjust their holdings when the fundamental factors change. Granted, the RAFI and the WisdomTree indexes make such adjustments only annually to try to keep trading to a minimum, but I suspect these ETFs will see a bit more turnover than a traditional cap-weighted counterpart.
Despite these criticisms, I'm reluctant to dismiss these funds outright. There's something to be said for keeping a focus on fundamentals, and these ETFs might make sense for certain investors. For example, an income-hungry investor might benefit from owning a dividend-oriented ETF with a generous payout. But in my opinion now's not the time to ditch your cap-weighted index funds and jump over to one of these newfangled offerings. Before I'm ready to recommend these funds, I'll need to be convinced that the portfolios they hold are attractive.
Sonya Morris an analyst with Morningstar and editor of ETFInvestor.
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Lice and mange populations peak in January and February.
The best way to avoid costly external parasite populations is to complete an annual whole-herd pour, preferably in late fall or early winter, advises Brian Miller, professional services veterinarian with Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. Here are some recommendations for developing a wholeherd external-parasite control program:
• Dose properly. Incorrect dosing is the number one reason pour-on programs fail. Proper dosing depends upon the weight of the animal, so be prepared to reset the applicator gun as needed to ensure each animal receives the appropriate dose of pour-on.
• Apply properly. A proper application includes pouring along the back of the animal from the withers to the tail head.
• Pour new herd additions upon arrival. This would include springer replacement heifers, as well as bulls.
• Re-pour as needed. Animals that are the most severely infected with lice and mange at the time of the whole-herd pour should be re-poured three weeks later for optimal control.
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Carr is not the Raiders QB of the future:
He is not because saying that he is the QB of the future implies that he is not the QB of the present and after Thursday's performance, he is clearly the best quarterback on the Raiders roster.
Carr was an extremely impressive 11 for 13 for 143 yards and 3 TDs in the game. Yes, this was a preseason game and yes, the Seahawks did not have their full starting contingent out in the game.
However, most of the Seahawks vaunted defense was playing at the beginning of the game and Carr was still able to march the Raiders offense down the field and score – he even targeted Pro Bowl corner back Richard Sherman several times and came out on top.
Now, it was not only Carr that made plays – the offensive line gave him much better protection than what Schaub has recently enjoyed for example and the receivers made some spectacular plays, too.
Most notably, Denarius Moore made a fantastic reception going against Sherman on the Raiders first drive, snagging a ball that was thrown behind him and bringing in the catch. Also of note, TE Mychal Rivera showed great concentration on a ball that was tipped and he made the adjustment to come down with the TD reception.
Plays like those were in short supply when Schaub was under center. It is likely not a coincidence – the team with Carr under center seemed to have substantially more energy than when Schaub is playing. Even when McGloin came into the game, the energy of the team slowed noticeably.
Carr has had a very solid preseason and his biggest game came at the best time – the success against the defending Super Bowl champions' top-notch defense should carry true weight with the Raiders' coaching staff.
Raiders' head coach Dennis Allen consistently refers to "The Plan" when he's talking about his quarterbacks. Carr's success was so good, it should alter that plan, immediately. At this point, I expect Carr to be the Raiders' starting quarterback next Sunday versus the Jets – making him the quarterback of the present, not the quarterback of the future.
Latavius Murray breaks out:
Murray, the second year running back out of Central Florida looked difficult to tackle as a runner, achieving 41 yards on 8 carries – a 5.1 yard per carry average. He also was able to get into the endzone for the first touchdown of his NFL career.
Like Carr, Murray was going against most of the Seattle starters in this game and he looked like he belonged in the NFL.
Murray also looked good as a kickoff returner. He took his first and only kickoff return up the field for a 38 yard gain and, again, looked strong and decisive running with the ball. His main competition at kickoff returner, George Atkinson III, isn't likely to make the final squad so Murray looks fairly locked in as the teams' starting kickoff returner.
All in all, it was a very productive night for the 2nd year pro.
The offensive line needs to get settled, soon:
Throughout this last weeks' practices, Menelik Watson had been replaced by Khalif Barnes at right tackle and rookie Gabe Jackson had taken starter snaps at left guard. This arrangement continued into this weeks' game and so it looked like perhaps the coaches had shaken up the first-team offensive line.
Not so, said Allen. He said that Watson had not lost his starting role, but was still dealing with an injury he sustained the week before. After the game, Allen said, "Menelik [Watson] has still been nursing a little bit of a hip flexor. We worked [with Barnes at RT] all week during practice and that was something that we wanted to look at the first part of this game."
Gabe Jackson looked very good at left guard, with many of the big gains coming when the running back ran to the left side of the line. He should be a starter, there, sooner rather than later.
Watson and Barnes can each bring something to right tackle but Watson has not been too bad at right tackle throughout the preseason and his best football is still in front of him. The same cannot be said for Barnes, who continues to hold on to a roster spot but is no better than a serviceable option at this point.
While it may not be right away, look for Jackson and Watson to be the starters at left guard and right tackle, respectively, before too long – the Raiders are a team that is building for the future and those two players are set to factor heavily in that future.
Secondary remains a concern:
The Raiders were without their top cornerbacks, true, but the secondary was still a concern. Seahawks' Russell Wilson and the first team offense were nearly perfect, marching down the field and easily scoring in their only series in the game.
The Raiders' defense will need to get good pressure on the quarterback this season, because the secondary does not appear to be prepared to lock down receivers for any length of time. If the Raiders cannot pressure the opponent's quarterback, the defense will likely give up a number of points to opponents.


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Report: U.S. Considered Using Cyberweapons in Libya
Should warring countries be allowed to launch cyberattacks? Do they fall under the same laws of conventional military weapons? This is a sort of Manhattan Project-like debate no country wants to resolve; not even the United States, not yet anyway.
On Monday, the New York Times reported that in March, top Pentagon officials considered using cyberweapons to disrupt the air defenses of former Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
Ultimately they decided against opening the Pandora's Box of what would have been the world's first, known overt act of cyberwarfare. U.S. officials were especially afraid of setting a precedent for Russia and China to carry out similar offenses. Furthermore, according to the Times article, the cyberoffensive wasn't ready in time to be effective.
Instead, a U.S.-led coalition launched Operation Odyssey Dawn, a mixture of aircraft, cruise missiles, and drones, to cripple Gaddafi's air defenses, according to the Washington Post. The debate never reached the White House.
Another unresolved question was whether or not a cyberattack should be categorized as an act of war, and thus require the approval of the U.S. Congress. Under the War Powers Resolution, which President Richard Nixon passed after the Vietnam War, the president can only declare an act of war (or "hostility") with Congressional approval.
In the past couple years we've seen an ever-growing number of reports about cyber attacks on governments, with many traced back to China, though its government denies all involvement.
Some speculate that Stuxnet, a massive global cybercrime ring that targets industrial control systems, is government-sponsored. Stuxnet made headlines last year when security experts warned that the sophisticated bug could put the nation's critical infrastructure at risk. The Windows-specific computer threat, however, appeared to target Iranian nuclear facilities and infected tens of thousands IP addresses in the country. A similar threat, known as the Stars virus, also appeared in April.
On Tuesday, security researchers issued a warning about a virus, dubbed Duqu, that's similar in nature to the Stuxnet worm.
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