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Title: Vigils
Author: Noah Haidle
Director: Olivia Trevino
Run: June 15 – July 13, 2013
Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Thursday and Sunday night shows available for private parties.
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Dates: April 22nd and 23rd
Times: 7-9pm
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This is an Equity Waiver production. Union members, as well as non-Union members are welcome.
Date: April 24th
Time: 7-10pm
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Two years ago the Widow's husband, a fireman, died in a burning building trying to save a baby. Instead of grieving, she keeps his Soul in a box in her bedroom and takes it out for conversation and the occasional hug. She and the Wooer, a friend of her husband, go on a date—one that he has been looking forward to for years. While they are out, the Soul and the Body play out moments from their life with the Widow, and their death. Finally, the Widow decides to let her husband go; she puts the body in the ground where it belongs and watches the Soul ascend to heaven. Instead of accepting new love from the Wooer, she walks into a field of marigolds, the flowers that have come to symbolize both her husband's love and his imperfection.
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WIDOW- (F 25 – 40) A widow. Became pregnant senior year, which led to her marriage. Miscarried and was unable to conceive despite a deep desire to be a mother. Unable to let her husbands spirit go, although she knows it is time. Isn't quite comfortable with the idea of dating yet and gets very nervous about it. No good at small talk, so she practices with the soul prior to her date. Genuinely likes the Wooer, and is surprised by how comfortable she feels around him right away.
SOUL- (M 25 – 40) Loves his wife. His two deepest desire are for his wife to move on and find happiness without him and to have her release his soul so he can pass into the afterlife. Fears eternal judgment for his deeds on earth.
WOOER- (M 20 – 30) A youngish suitor. Strapping. A firefighter who was a friendly acquaintance of the widow's husband when he was alive. A down to earth working man who describes himself as "not the fanciest guy" but makes an effort to make the widow feel special by buying her roses and making reservations at a fancy restaurant. Loves the widow. He is patient, understanding and genuine. He wants to help her move on.
CHILD- (M or F 8 – 13) An imaginary child, either a boy or a girl.


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Would give this 10-stars if possible, very good and easy. Didn't make the cream and didn't put the actual chile in the soup (had someone who didn't like hot so just used the "juice" in the adobo can and there was a touch of spice for us (a lot for her. Very easy and delicious!
This soup is really great with a few changes. I reduced the amt of chipotle in the soup down to about 1/4 what the recipe calls for, added a splash of agave nectar and some cinnamon to the soup, similar to suggestions from other reviewers. Just felt it needed a bit more sweetness, and with a 7-year-old, didn't want all the heat of the chipotles in the soup itself. The cream is spicy for those who want more spice. I really liked that this soup recipe just has chicken broth, no heavy cream as other squash soup recipes often have. Will definitely make it again, with those few modifications.
This is the best soup I have ever made! My hubster loves it too!
Too much chipotle in the recipe for my taste. It overwhelmed the squash to the point of me not being able to taste it. Next time I won't use it in the cream and will only use 1/2 tsp in the soup itself.
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This soup was delicious! The chipotle peppers were a tasty smoky addition and since my family loves spice it was perfect! Would definitely recommend!
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This was a very good soup, but needed a bit of doctoring to up the flavor. We added a splash of maple syrup and a bit of nutmeg and cinnamon, and voila, perfect! The cream was a perfect counterbalance to the heat that the chipotles packed.
I first made this soup for Thanksgiving and have made it three times since. We love a little heat so I add a bit more chipolte to the soup and plenty of the adobo sauce as it adds so much flavor. I have served it as a main dish topped with a couple of seared shrimp or scallops and a swirl of sour cream. Serving it Christmas Eve in martini glasses as a cocktail hour nosh.
I made this for thanksgiving following the recipe and thought it lacked any kind of flavor; which didn't really surprise me considering its essentially chicken stock and squash. The soup ended up being rather runny, earthy and bland - at least to me. The good thing is this recipe is forgiving and a pretty good base to adjust to your liking. I ended up adding a bit of nutmeg and honey; also only used 3 cups of ck stock and about a half cup of heavy cream. I did put in the chipolte which was good but I'd go sparingly. I made the chipolte cream and offered it as an option for those who wanted it. All my family loved this soup with and w/o the cream. The squash took an hour and 15 min to roast...but I got a slightly larger squash so I would have to disect around the skin and worry that some got in my soup.
I never had butternut squash soup before but a friend of mine kept saying how good it is - so I thought I would finally try it and looked on food network for a tasty recipe. This one caught my eye so I gave it a whirl. I am sold -- this is one of the best soups I ever had. My all time favorite is tomato soup on a cold night but this one is running a very close second and I will definitely be making it several more times over the next few months. It will be a great warm up after being outside this winter. I only used 4 cups of broth and I didn't have chipotles so I used a small amount of diced green chiles to mix with the sour cream. It was absolutely delicious.
By rubec
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on October 23, 2012
Spicy but, I love spice so it's yummy. I just used the 4 cups as I like a thicker non broth soup. I omitted the chipotle cream which likely would have tempered the heat somewhat but, it was still a soup my husband and I loved. Filling dinner for soup and salad.
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A virtual analog computer for your desktop
Arthur Glazar
Editor's Note: This article came about from another article called "Circuits without wires" in which a comment by Arthur Glazar led to my discovery of this gem of an article, thanks to my colleague Margery Conner.
If you "do" circuit design, then you probably use PSPICE or one of its derivatives in your design process. If that's the case, you can easily add a powerful "virtual analog computer" (VAC) to your desktop.
Why would anyone want an analog computer, since they became extinct, for good reasons, back in the 1970s? The answer is first, analog computers are fun to use. Second, you can't beat an analog computer for solving, analyzing, manipulating and teaching differential equations. Finally, the limitations that led to the demise of traditional analog computers are eliminated in a PSPICE virtual implementation.
Traditional analog computers utilize operational amplifiers (op-amps) that are configured as functional blocks such as integrators and summers. But op-amp signals can only swing between the supply-voltage rails. As a consequence, traditional analog computer simulations must include "amplitude scaling" to keep all signals within that dynamic range. Similarly, "time scaling" is needed in a traditional analog computer to account for the frequency response of the functional blocks. These considerations vanish in the VAC, so that kilovolts and microvolts, hours and microseconds peacefully coexist in a simulation. Also, there are no leakage currents (and hence no integrator "drift"), no potentiometer loading effects, no limits on the number of integrators, multipliers. etc., etc. Examples will follow.
A final observation before getting into the implementation of the VAC: To avoid ambiguity, it is recommended that the International System of Units (abbreviated SI from French: Système international d'unités) of measure be used exclusively; that is, kilograms, meters, seconds, newtons, amperes, etc. By doing so, the voltage at any node of an analog simulation will be a one-to-one analog of kilograms, meters, newtons, etc. For convenience, various function blocks may be included to perform input/output conversions to and from SI. In short, although SI may be the "native" system of units, VAC can be customized to handle other systems of units as well.
I use LTSPICE(R), a product of Linear Technology Corporation. This is a world-class circuit simulator available from LTC as a free download from LTC.com. If you prefer a different "Alphabet-SPICE", that's ok as long as it includes the features that will be discussed.
In "building" a VAC the first step is to create a library of commonly-used functions. Other functions can be created as needed. Here is a basic list:
Figure 1 shows the symbols that I use for these functions. And of course, any of LTSPICE's existing library components can be used within a VAC simulation as we will show. For very complex simulations, the LTSPICE hierarchy methods can keep things organized.
Figure 1: The symbols for the library of common used functions in this analog computer
Let's now look at a simple example of a differential equation and how to set up and run it in LTSPICE. We'll use an electrical problem, but it could be a mechanical or mechatronic problem just as well.
Figure 2 shows a simple R-L-C series circuit together with the 2nd-order differential equation that relates the current, i, to the other elements.
Figure 2: A simple R-L-C series circuit together with the 2nd-order differential equation
R(di/dt) + L(d2i/dt2) + (1/C)i = dV/dt
In setting up a VAC simulation, the first step is to apply the following general rule:
RULE: Rearrange the differential equation so that the highest-order derivative is isolated on the right side of the equation.
Applying this Rule to the previous equation gives the following:
−(R/L)(di/dt) − (1/LC)i + (1/L)(dv/dt) = d2i/dt2
The notation in the above equations is not amenable to keyboard entry in LTSPICE, so instead, we will use "primes" to denote time derivatives and rewrite the equation as follows:
-(R/L)i' -(1/LC)i + (1/L)V' = i'' ..................... (1)
The three terms on the left side of equation (1) represent inputs to a summing amplifier, and the single term on the right side represents the output of the summing amplifier as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3: The summing amplifier with inputs representing the left side of equation (1) and the output representing the right side of equation (1)
Since the output of the summing amplifier is i'' (the second derivative of current, i), it can be integrated once to obtain i' and twice to obtain i as shown in Figure 4. Then i' and i can be multiplied by -(R/L) and -(1/LC), respectively, and fed back to the appropriate input as shown in Figure 5.
Figure 4: Showing the inputs being integrated twice to give i as an output
Figure 5: Showing i' and i being multiplied by -(R/L) and -(1/LC), respectively, and fed back to the appropriate input
I hope I can find time for this soon! I still have a precious gift my family gave me one Christmas, a Heathkit EC-1, waiting for restoration one of these days! I had to wait until my first year in college to get access to an oscilloscope for the "bouncing ball" simulation. What a thrill it was to see that! I had considered "upgrading" the EC-1 with improved SS amplifiers but this virtual solution might suffice and I can preserve the warm and friendly glow of all those old vacuum tubes to show my grandkids!
Thanks, Arthur, for this unique article. No doubt you can use a simulator to plan a setup, but it's no substitute for the real thing. I'm told that an analog computer was once programmed to solve Schrodinger equations, allowing quantum mechanics problems to be solved with ACs.
I remember not so long ago, when a Mig fighter pilot defected to the West along with his plane. Reverse-engineers soon found that it used vacuum tube avionics! How primitive. But then, the tube versions were naturally radiation-hardened, as the ss versions were not. If I'm ever in the Garden City neighborhood, I'll have to drop in the museum.
I appreciate your comments and interest. If you plan to visit the museum, drop me an email.
I did learn a lot of interesting things while building and exploring the EC-1 at the age of 11-12 or so. One of the longest lasting lessons is not to touch terminal strips with unknown voltages on them! I'm lucky I didn't kill myself but I've been much more cautious ever since so it was a good lesson learned.
OH NO! Another interesting project for the backlog! Great idea!
When I was in school, we had an Analog Computer lab with a beautiful, room-filling analog computer -- and a professor that loved it like a first-born child. Plugging up your equations, setting your pots and then watching the simulation on a scope screen was magical, and made all those differential equations (ordinary and partial!) come alive
I'll definitely try this soon!
Interesting idea of using SPICE (or any variant) simulator to solve differential equations. But then, you can do the same thing with more modern tools like Simulink using the same approach and much more!
The point is not about tools, but in the methodologies that are being presented, i.e. analog computers were used in solving for "analytical" solutions to differential equations, which required the "programmer" to understand the phenomena in differential or Laplace transform representation. And, over many years, and advent of the digital computer programming, the analog computer approach has fallen into disuse, but its foundations are solid and does rival the digital computer approach although it is very cumbersome the way it was. Think of operational amplifiers when you think of analog computers. That's one of their most popular uses. But I have to say, since I've also studied analog circuits and design that this methodology is far from dead.
Scilab is a free simulation tool that is similar to matlab/simulink. Someone pointed out that digital computers are nothing more than large analog computers in which all the amplifiers are saturated.
I thought I'd post this comment here, as well as on the file download page.
I found there was an error with the 3summer.asy file. Apparently this was adapted from a "7Summer" file, somewhat incompletely. If you edit the attributes in the 3Summer.asy file to refer to the 3Summer.sub file (instead of 7Summer.sub), then edit each of the pins to match the subcircuit interface description in Sumer3.sub, the file works and the output of the analog computer matches the actual inductor current exactly.
Thanks for pointing that out... I appreciate it. You're right about the origin of the error. I thought I had cleaned out all of the unused by-products.
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You're more than welcome. I figured you were just testing us.
By the way, thank you for a very interesting article. For some reason, I've been intrigued by the concept of analog computers ever since I came across the term, even though I was born about the time they were fading from the scene. I am a technician, and I spent most of my career on the digital side, but for the past 5 years, I've been working exclusively in the analog domain on high-voltage dc-to-dc converters.
Since reading your article, I've jumped in with both feet. I did a quick search and found some great resources. I received my copy of Johnson's book from 1963 (in good condition, considering it's nearly as old as I am) this week, and I just ordered a copy of Korn and Korn from about the same year. I also downloaded the old Philbrick book from Analog Devices' website. Fascinating material. It looks like 90% of what is covered in a modern op amp text book was already covered extensively in these three books fifty years ago. And it's all still pertinent.
I also came across a Users Manual for the Heathkit EC-1 that some contributors had mentioned. I just ran the "falling body" problem in SPICE and, of course, got the same result. This is a very interesting approach to DE's, at least for me. Now I've got to figure out the "bouncing ball" problem. It's interesting seeing the single-ended, inverter-only, vacuum tube op amp configuration. I think I had heard of that in a book by Jung, and I learned a little about tubes in my USMC technician training, but I never realized it's significance until now. You've got to be careful how you set up your DE if everything gets inverted. (Another reason your SPICE technique is preferable.)
I've blathered on enough. Thanks again for an eye-opening article. I'll get a lot of use out of this technique in my ongoing studies of op amp design and control theory. I might even try to build my own analog computer.
That's not blather! I greatly enjoyed your comments. I had a lot of fun using a state-of-the-art EAI 231-R analog machine (actually 3 of them bundled into one installation) back in the sixties. I hoped that my article would stir up interest and, by golly, it did. I will forward your comments to a colleague who also will enjoy them. By the way, building your own may sound like fun, but the devil is in the details! Also, the bouncing ball and an automobile front wheel spring/mass/damper are fun simulations.


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And, Christ, are they painful to "pass"!
Truth be told, Keyser has now been on this earth for fifty years. The festivities are about to start (and the dancing goyles are getting a bit rambunctious), so I'll have to shut down the computer for a while to put it aside and make sure no ill comes to it.
But I'll try to be back again later. Or at least tomorrow…
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July 15th, 2012 at 9:39 pmI shall be on the pontifical blower to the Mensch Upstairs, to ensure you are still posting naughty pictures for the edification of the masses another 50 years from now, and yes, another 50 years after that as well.
Felicitations ex cathedra as always.
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July 15th, 2012 at 11:31 pmSay, you're not talking about the cathedra in the pontifical WC, are you?
Anyway, thanks for the thought (though I'm not so sure about another 50, much less a further 50).
Keyser will strive to live up (or down) to your popical expectations!


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The man was found during a search Wednesday near the Pottawatomie Park Golf Course, according to police. Here's what happened.
A Batavia man faces multiple burglary charges after police were called to investigate an alarm at a golf course clubhouse early Wednesday morning.
Taylor B. Erickson, 19, of the 700 block of Walnut Street in Batavia, was charged with two counts of burglary and one count of possession of burglary tools in connection with the incident, St. Charles Police said in a press release.
A Kane County judge set Erickson's bail Wednesday at $15,000, according to court records. To be released, he or someone else must post 10 percent, or $1,500, plus a $46 processing fee.
St. Charles police were called to the Pottawatomie Golf Course clubhouse at 1:36 a.m. Wednesday. The first officer to arrive found that someone had broken into the building, cut a hole into the drywall, and left tools at the scene, the press release said. Someone had also entered the pool area.
More officers were called in to help search the building and the surrounding area. Officers searching an area north of the building found footprints, the release said. That discovery sparked a request for a Kane County Sheriff's K-9 team to assist in the search.
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As officers followed the footprints, another officer on the outer perimeter of the search area saw a male walk out of a wooded area north of the golf course and enter a vehicle parked on North 2nd Avenue. The man then drove away, police said.
Officers stopped the vehicle on North 3rd Avenue and the driver was identified as Erickson. He was taken into custody without incident at about 2 a.m. Wednesday to the St. Charles Police Department Detention Facility.
The Kane County State's Attorney's Office authorized the burglary charges, and Erickson was taken to the Kane County Correctional Facility to await bond call, authorities said.
The burglary charges are a Class 2 felony and the burglary tools possession charge is a Class 4 felony. If convicted of any burglary charge, Erickson faces up to seven years in prison, according to sentencing guidelines in the current state statute.
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On Aug. 29, 2011, U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, was in Whatcom County meeting with local farmers. Afterwards, Larsen said he would oppose legislation that would force farmers to use E-Verify, a computerized federal system that checks validity of a worker's identity documents, unless a way could be found to enable farmer to get access to legal labor to harvest their crops.


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DEAR DOCTOR, - I found three English families at Aix, with whom I could have passed my time very agreeably but the society is now dissolved. Mr. S - re and his lady left the place in a few days after we arrived. Mr. A - r and lady Betty are gone to Geneva; and Mr. G - r with his family remains at Aix. This gentleman, who laboured under a most dreadful nervous asthma, has obtained such relief from this climate, that he intends to stay another year in the place: and Mr. A - r found surprizing benefit from drinking the waters, for a scorbutical complaint. As I was incommoded by both these disorders, I could not but in justice to myself, try the united efforts of the air and the waters; especially as this consideration was re-inforced by the kind and pressing exhortations of Mr. A - r and lady Betty, which I could not in gratitude resist.
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Aix is situated in a bottom, almost surrounded by hills, which, however, do not screen it from the Bize, or north wind, that blows extremely sharp in the winter and spring, rendering the air almost insupportably cold, and very dangerous to those who have some kinds of pulmonary complaints, such as tubercules, abscesses, or spitting of blood. Lord H - , who passed part of last winter in this place, afflicted with some of these symptoms, grew worse every day while he continued at Aix: but, he no sooner removed to Marseilles, than all his complaints abated; such a difference there is in the air of these two places, though the distance between them does not exceed ten or twelve miles. But the air of Marseilles, though much more mild than that of Aix in the winter is not near so warm as the climate of Nice, where we find in plenty such flowers, fruit, and vegetables, even in the severest season, as will not grow and ripen, either at Marseilles or Toulon.
If the air of Aix is disagreeably cold in the winter, it is rendered quite insufferable in the summer, from excessive heat, occasioned by the reflexion from the rocks and mountains, which at the same time obstruct the circulation of air: for it must be observed, that the same mountains which serve as funnels and canals, to collect and discharge the keen blasts of winter, will provide screens to intercept intirely the faint breezes of summer. Aix, though pretty well provided with butcher's meat, is very ill supplied with potherbs; and they have no poultry but what comes at a vast distance from the Lionnois. They say their want of roots, cabbage, cauliflower, etc. is owing to a scarcity of water: but the truth is, they are very bad gardeners. Their oil is good and cheap: their wine is indifferent: but their chief care seems employed on the culture of silk, the staple of Provence, which is every where shaded with plantations of mulberry trees, for the nourishment of the worms. Notwithstanding the boasted cheapness of every article of housekeeping, in the south of France, I am persuaded a family may live for less money at York, Durham, Hereford, and in many other cities of England than at Aix in Provence; keep a more plentiful table; and be much more comfortably situated in all respects. I found lodging and provision at Aix fifty per cent dearer than at Montpellier, which is counted the dearest place in Languedoc.


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Michigan's Right to Work Passes
Union protesters in front of the Michigan Capitol on December 11 knocked down an enormous tent erected by Americans for Prosperity, the Koch-brothers-funded group that helped bring right to work to the state.
Several dozen protesters were sitting down in the Capitol Rotunda, risking arrest, and more were outside the governor's office. Three school districts were forced to close schools because so many teachers took off for the day.
Four giant inflatable rats in the 10,000-person crowd were named for prominent Republican politicians and their richest backer. But, despite the anger and the chants, the legislature made it official.
Snyder had previously said right to work was too divisive and not on his agenda. Such laws outlaw union contracts that require all represented workers to pay dues, allowing members to resign and deplete union treasuries. United Auto Workers President Bob King, who has 151,000 members and 190,000 retirees in the state, said the governor's about-face "blind-sided" him. But the plan to make
Writing in a blog for the Nation, Lee Fang shows that Americans for Prosperity's
Long Time Coming
Michigan Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer dates the campaign for right to work to at least 2007. A video shows former Michigan Republican Party Chair Ron Weiser speaking to a Tea Party meeting in August. Weiser, now finance chair of the Republican National Committee, describes meeting with DeVos, former Michigan Governor John Engler (now with the Business Roundtable), representatives from Americans for Prosperity, and Frank Keating, former governor of Okla- homa, which passed right to work in 2001. (The CEO of Oklahoma's Chamber of Commerce admits he can't name any companies that moved to
Weiser: "We hired a political consultant and I invested a bunch of money and time and I was working on that full-time from October [2007] until March [2008]…. [After meeting with the above-named players], what we determined was that to win that election, and to be sure we were gonna win it, we couldn't have a governor that was against it. "So we decided to wait until we had a governor. Now we have a legislature and we have a governor."
Those elements were in place by January 2011. But Snyder and the Republican majority in the legislature held off on right to work, perhaps warned by the tumult next door in
To head off right to work and to nullify all the laws that interfered with collective bargaining, the UAW's King and other union leaders developed an offensive plan to pass a constitutional amendment.
Proposal 2, on the ballot last month, would have made collective bargaining a constitutional right in the state.
Proposal 2 went down to defeat decisively—57 to 42 percent. It fell victim to a $30 million disinformation campaign, with ads citing the sanctity of the constitution and warning that the bill would prevent school districts from firing child molesters.
Campaign leaders were reluctant to specify any particular laws that Proposal 2 would have outlawed, according to Mark O'Keefe, a staffer for the Detroit Federation of Teachers—presumably afraid that any specific was likely to offend someone. O'Keefe thought the vagueness "created uncertainty and mistrust" among voters, and that a simple ban on right to work would have stood a better chance.
The campaign seemed to come from nowhere, in any case. It was not the result of discussion within the union base. Community allies were only approached after the decision was made.
Ray Holman, legislative liaison for the UAW's big state employees local, thinks the proactive strategy was actually a disadvantage. He contrasted the defeat with last year's victory in
He probably won't have the chance to find out. Legislators attached appropriations to the right to work bills and money bills can't be repealed by the citizens in
At the same time, O'Keefe noted that pre- election polls showed union members backing Proposal 2 by just two-thirds. "If we only get two-thirds within the unions, it's not surprising we don't get a majority overall," he said.
Some now want to blame Bob King for Snyder's initiative. If he hadn't demonstrated to the world that unions aren't that popular in
But it didn't take the defeat of Proposal 2 to alert Republicans to right to work or any desire for personal revenge on Snyder's part. The Nerd, as he likes to be known, doesn't have that personality. More likely, he moved because the balance of votes in the legislature would shift in January. Though they retained a majority in both houses, Republicans lost five seats in the House in November and not all Republicans have been voting with the majority on right to work.
Stepping back, it is possible to partly blame the victim of this latest assault. The UAW is the leading union in
At the rally on December 11, Teamster President James Hoffa, who's from
Jane Slaughter is editor of Labor Notes (labornotes.org) where this article first appeared.
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Not knowing what to expect, I was pleasantly surprised with this, the smallest of my 8 marathons. The weather was perfect and most of the course was very easy with one exception; having to constantly run on the cambered edge of the road which is bad news for those of us with ITB issues. The scenery was nothing less than inspirational and even in the urban areas toward the end, beautiful. Aid stations were right where I needed them with enthusiastic support & plenty of GU & sports drink. The event tech shirt is sharp looking and functional, not just another cotton shirt to add to the collection. The remainder of our stay in Fort Collins was also very enjoyable. I don't understand why it is such a well kept secret. Neither our motel staff nor many of the local merchants even knew there was a marathon going on. The community should be proud of this fine event.
The course was pretty nice, although at the end it was pretty hot running through the fields. The pounding from the concrete bike paths was tough also. The finish was great - lots of excitement cheering you through the finish line. Running through the canyon was amazing - although there were a few more hills than the one they advertise. One bottle of water and no energy drink was a bit disappointing at the finish. The coolers of water were not cold also. Have to love the free beer at the end - nice that everyone stuck around and had a few beers and talked about the run. Biggest disappointment was the finisher medals. The mini marathon was embarrassing and even the marathon ones were sad. Make them something special that you look forward to getting and maybe there will be repeat runners. If Premier Mortgage has to have their name somewhere, then put on the ribbon - not stamped across the medal.
The course was nice to run until you hit the open space, but that's part of the course. I ran the Mini and I was dying at the end. Need more water stations. There weren't that many fans, which is OK since you are running in the mountains a bit, but the ones who were there were great. The race overall was nice; hot after you hit the bike trail and hell on the body because of running the concrete. Very disappointed at the medal. I would have thought that there would have been a little more work put into it. Kind of a bummer after running it and seeing the end result. The finish line was great, with cheering fans and your name called out. Lots of bagels, fruit, cookies... and awesome beer, even though I am a Coors Light fan (Bud is on the list of favorites). But after running 15 milea, it's nice to suck down a few. May run it next year - not sure.
This was my first marathon, so I have nothing to compare it to. However, I thought the scenery was wonderful and, having trained by myself, I thought even the few spectators who showed up were great--very energetic and excited! At the time of the marathon, I lived in Colorado, so the altitude was not a problem for me--I ran at 6,000 feet daily.
This was my 13th marathon, my first in Colorado. Course was all I had expected: gorgeous sunrise at the start; beautiful canyon run; peaceful; nice crowd of runners. Being a flat-lander, the altitude definitely got to me, despite the descent. Last five or so miles were definitely a slog. Course moves onto a windy, CONCRETE, bike path - desolate, in the middle of nowhere; hard on both the legs and the psyche. I would have preferred they kept it on the roads. Overall, a well-organized, fun, beautiful marathon. Recommended.
The weather was VERY cooperative this year. 50-60 and overcast. The only wind was a tailwind! Good parking at the finish. No bussing or potty issues. I carried 3 small bottles in my fuel belt, and that worked just fine along with the available tables. The decline was gradual and I had no trouble staying on pace without bashing my legs. However, I did lose a toenail as did a running buddy. (A first for me.) Overall an uncomplicated and well organized race with great scenery in the first 16 miles. I would do it again.
If you are looking for an smooth, downhill marathon, this is not it. The first half is too uphill; it will make you suffer, and there is no water - just three aid stations in the first 13.1 miles. Nice course along the river, cool weather, no spectators. Be careful and reserve for the second half.
The buses leave early, but they are nice coach buses - not yellow high school buses. Plenty of porta pots at the start made it easy to get in one last bathroom break. The first 15 miles or so through the canyon was absolutely beautiful. Most of this portion seemed gradual, but consistently downhill. More water stations would be nice though. The second half of the course was nice, but running up on many of the half marathoners was a big pain. The runners themselves were very nice and many of them cheered as I passed, but the walking trail over the last 6 miles was far too crowded. Too much energy went into avoiding runners and weaving through the crowd. I didn't see it, but my wife told me a train crossed the road less than a couple hundred yards from the finish causing runners to wait around 8:50am. Thankfully for those runners, it was a short train. The medals were great. A nice pewter carved piece from a local artist, I believe. Very unique! Overall, a great race, but something should be done about the crowded walking trail.
After being promised Gu gel at every aid station, racers in the latter half of the pack found that they had entirely run out at EVERY aid station. Aid stations at 3+ miles still not frequent enough. Goody bag included only a water bottle and coupon for a beer. The course, especially the first half, is along the Poudre River and gorgeous. You will hardly see any spectators until the end. If you do this race, bring your own of EVERYTHING you think you may need.
I enjoyed running the race. The course, itself was...a Colorado course. Downhill on a somewhat narrow canyon highway and more or less level throughout the second half, but this is not the race for a PR. Weather was great. Organization was good, however, I would have really appreciated more aid stations during the first half. Definitely BYOW. People of Fort Collins are wonderful and great hosts to their gorgeous town. I may run this again someday, but I need a course that lends itself to more opportunity for a better time. If you are out to enjoy stunning canyon scenery and Colorado atmosphere, this is a great race.
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The Art of Warfare
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The year is 2512. The human race has colonized multiple planets, and has met with more alien races. Some friendly, others hostile. Where there is hostility, there will always be conflict. And where there is conflict, there is warfare.
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Whether it is verbal warfare or psychological warfare, there is always the possibility of armed warfare. With the possibility of armed warfare, you must have a military force.
Recruiting humans to join was a problem. Many humans no longer do anything, as all the machines that were made to make their life easy now were so good that humans are almost no longer needed to do anything for everything. Most humans think that those machines that do everything can also fight for them, and they are right. However the scientists that made them did not program them with artificial intelligence in fear of a revolt, which leads to the fact that they couldn't think on their feet.
Humans, on the other hand, had both the ability to think on their feet and they had a much more important thing. Instinct. The instinct of survival, the instinct of caring, the instinct of direction, of many things. All the things that allowed humans to survive for so long, was also all the things that the humans needed for combat. Yet those humans have grown lazy, they no longer work so hard.
Therefore, the military does a despicable but necessary thing: they remove target humans at a younger age, an age in which they can still change their future, change their body, and remove indolence.


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Skin Suitability | For Fine or Oily Hair. |
Ingredients | |
Ingredients | Aqua, Decyl Glucoside, Lauryl Betaine, Xanthan Gum, Aloe Barbadensis (Organic Certified Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice Powder, Phenoxyethanol, Citric Acid, Benzoic Acid, Dehydroacetic Acid, Citrus sinensis (Sweet Orange), Aniba rosadora (Brazilian Rosewood), Hippophae rhamnoide (Seabuckthorn), *Citral, *Geraniol, * Limonene, * Linalool *Occurring naturally in essential oils. |
Precautions | Do not swallow. Avoid contact with eyes. |