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FORT MYERS, Fla. – The FGCU women's soccer team recently took time to assist in putting a roof on a house for Habitat for Humanity on April 13 at the local Lehigh Acres location. The Eagles spent the day rehabilitating a home and making sure the roof was secure on one of the houses for the community.
"It was a great opportunity for our team to make a difference in the community," said head coach Jim Blankenship. "The team enjoyed helping out and would like to get involved again."
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, Christian ministry founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a decent, safe and affordable place to live. The organization helps build with people in need regardless of race or religion. They welcome volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds.
The project is part of an FGCU athletics commitment to service in the community. The Eagles look forward to a continued relationship with the Habitat for Humanity organization.
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Report: 'Memory issues' send Jack Nicholson into retirement
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Originally published: Sep 4, 2013 - 9:34 am
Jack Nicholson is calling it quits from show business after a successful career spanning five decades.
A Hollywood film insider recently revealed the news to Radar Online.
"Jack has -- without fanfare -- retired," said the source.
"There is a simple reason behind his decision -- it's memory loss. Quite frankly, at 76, Jack has memory issues and can no longer remember the lines being asked of him."
The silver screen has seen less of the Oscar winner in recent years. He hasn't appeared in a film since "How Do You Know" in 2010.
Nicholson has starred in films including "The Shining," "Terms of Endearment," "Batman," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "As Good as It Gets," among many others.
Nicholson or his camp have yet to make an official announcement.
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I love doing traverses. I learned to climb this winter on the gunsmoke traverse in Joshua tree. What are some other amazing traverses across the country???
Blanca/Little Bear Traverse Sangre de Christo range in Colorado. It's an easy traverse thats arguably 5th class but it has a great view.
ummm seems a bit ridiculous but middle cathedral rock if youre ever in yosemite
www.mountainproject.com/v/favorite-bouldering-traverse/10709>>> www.mountainproject.com/v/ghetto-simulator/106432787 www.mountainproject.com/v/the-hueco-traverse-boulder/1066313>>> www.mountainproject.com/v/the-monkey-traverse/105761538
Iron Man in the Buttermilks.
Great Wall of China, its only 5.9!
The Gutter on the Second Flatiron....an overlooked classic in my opinion, but climbs more like a route.
Go back to J-tree and do I can't believe it's a girdle. Just dont be the poor guy that follows!
Mars Attacks, i think its called, in Sedona AZ.
On the Lamb!
Footless Traverse in Leavenworth.
I like traverses a lot too. Simplicity of bouldering, and the flow of sport climbing. A few of my favorites: Gunsmoke (V3) Joshua Tree Kirkatron (V5) Joshua Tree Sabres of Paradise (V7+) Happies
Linkinstien in Redstone. The Beach Traverse in Unaweep.
Monkey Traverse in Boulder!
Evolution Traverse
The Autobahn. Chandler Park, Tulsa, OK. 800ft V8


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Throughout the 2010 offseason the type of offense that Tampa Bay offensive coordinator Greg Olson is going to employ has been discussed. Olson has characterized it as having West Coast principles but also some influence from his time with the St. Louis Rams and their downfield passing attack. Buccaneers fullback Earnest Graham has said that the Bucs are running the same offense as they ran under Jon Gruden with a lot of short passes. A statistical analysis in the Tampa Tribune indicates that Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman is more effective when throwing short passes in a West Coast scheme.
Of the 291 throws Freeman made last year, 25 of them were thrown to a receiver waiting behind the line of scrimmage and 148 of them were thrown to a receiver running less than 10 yards downfield. Of those 173 throws Freeman completed 112 of them, including four for touchdowns, while being intercepted just once.
That works out to a completion percentage of 64.7 and a passer rating of 88 on what was more than likely a lot of traditional West Coast type of plays. And that's a far better result than what Freeman got when he was asked to throw intermediate or deep routes.
Source: Tampa Tribune - Roy Cummings
PewterReport.com's Take: While Freeman had better results in the short-passing game don't expect the Buccaneers not to push the ball downfield next year. During the offseason practices, Freeman was throwing plenty of passes in the intermediate and deep part of the football field. While Freeman completed almost 65 percent of his passes in the short part of the field that still is not a great completion percentage on short throws. A 65 percent completion percentage is very good in total, but in the short part of the field with short throws a quarterback should have an even higher completion percentage. Olson and Freeman stated this year that he needed to improve his accuracy and ball security. During the OTAs Freeman seemed to make progress there. Freeman's big arm and his ability to throw the ball deep is one of the attributes that sets him apart from other quarterbacks, and the Buccaneers are planning on utilizing that over Freeman's career. This year the Bucs will have some short passing that reminds some of Gruden's offense, but they still plan on going downfield more often than was the norm under Gruden.


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CATEGORIES Action, Sports, Site Announcements, Universal, Home Entertainment, Remakes and Sequels, Features, Announcements, CinematicalThose of you interested in buying The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, which goes on sale today, have an interesting option. Instead of purchasing the DVD, which Best Buy has for $14.99 (other chains may sell the DVD at the MSR price of $29.99), you can download the movie from CinemaNow for only $9.99. This may not sound like an especially novel idea, with movie downloads having been available for some time, but the deal here is in the price. Typically CinemaNow offers new releases for about twice as much, a factor that has been the cause of most consumers' disinterest with the site. Even with their announcement over the summer that their downloads can be burned to disc (Chris told us about some problems there, though), a perk that puts the service ahead of iTunes and other download shops as far as viewing options go.
But is $5 off a good enough deal, really? Maybe for those of us who don't usually bother with the featurettes, deleted scenes and commentaries (the DVD has one with director Justin Lin), but in a culture that likes to own and collect things, near-ten-bucks sounds a bit much for a burned DVD. I still see shops like CinemaNow being good for renters, the audience that doesn't care about possessing the copy, and since The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift isn't available to rent on the site yet, Netflix still sounds like the better idea.


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French look awful, awful team. Completely gone here. Love it when yer Gauls live down to my long-cherished prejudices.
Considering the players they have (and those Domenech hasn't picked) it's a disgrace, tbh.
French look awful, awful team. Completely gone here. Love it when yer Gauls live down to my long-cherished prejudices.
Considering the players they have (and those Domenech hasn't picked) it's a disgrace, tbh.
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- As featured in The Independent.
"The committee discussed the issue of illegal bowling actions, and believed that there are a number of bowlers currently employing suspect actions in international cricket, and that the ICC's reporting and testing procedures are not adequately scrutinising these bowlers."
- Even the ICC's own official press release thinks things must change
Haha, that was brilliant. France totally outplayed, no ideas, no spark, very poor. Hilarious mind you.
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Fancy South Africa might be shot after yesterday but would be amusing if France failed to score a goal.
The results are not dissimilar to their performances in 2002 really, both now and then saw them pick up 1 point from their first two games, in both this tournament and that they drew 0-0 with Uruguay. Now we just need South Africa to play the role of Senegal and finish the job.
At least this result will make people understand that france in this WC not comparable to 06.. Everyone refering to their slow start to previous WC, forgetting the fact that they used to have makelele, viera, zidane in the team. This team has half the class of the previous one, besides no experience of winning majors together. If anything, their performances more or less mirroring their euro 08 debacle.
This is why I hate Diaby. One great game and a completely liability for the next few. Bye bye and good riddance Domenech.
Oh the delicious irony of the French being virtually eliminated by a team in green
Nothing but joy watching that game eh? Well deserved by Mexico, and now France should be out.
Jesus saves
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Clay City Pottery in Clay City Indiana is one of the few family potteries still making traditional stoneware.
Very little about the crafting process has changed since the factory was opened in 1885 by Beryl Griffith, an English- Welsh potter. In 1927, Beryl's son Clyde and grandson Lloyd built the large kiln still used today. In the early 1960s Lloyd replaced the old steam engine that had driven the potters' wheels since 1914, converting the factory to electricity. Lloyd converted the kiln from coal to gas around 1971. Lloyd's daughter Cheryl inherited the business in 1979, since making the pottery available in many places around the country.
The original Griffith family methods of making glazes, processing local clays, and producing utilitarian stoneware are still in use today. The stoneware is formed by a process called "jiggering," adopted around 1900, and many of the molds are originals made by founder Beryl Giffith. The traditional look of the Clay City wares still involves quite a bit of hands-on work. Slight differences in the surfaces of individual pieces give them character and make them resemble antique bowls costing much more.
We offer Clay City Stoneware for sale at the new Near West Bloomingfoods, where it is hard at work throughout the store: in the produce department holding garlic and other organic fruits and vegetables, and in the deli cases displaying fresh salads and other take-home items. You can purchase bowls, crocks and even piggy banks from among those on display in our café's classic Hoosier cabinet.
Traditional stoneware is kiln fired for about 72 hours at a temperature of 2300 degrees Fahrenheit. This makes it very durable and dishwasher-, oven-, and microwave-safe. The glazes contain no lead, making Clay City stoneware safe for all foods. While it looks great on display, it is hardy enough to be used every day, as it is here at the co-op. Food stays warm and serves well in traditional stoneware crocks and bowls, making it ideal for cornbread, chicken casserole, fruit pies or cobblers.
Clay City Pottery can be found 39.4 miles west of Bloomington, in Clay City IN. The factory operates from 9am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, and on Saturdays in April through December from 10am to 2pm. A visit to this unique business makes a great day trip!


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The structural framework of the container market can hardly be termed as competitive, robust and mature enough for fair determination of tariffs.
Tariff fixation by the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) in the case of private container terminal operators in India has become an issue of intense debate and concern.
The Authority was constituted in 1997 as an independent statutory authority to fix tariffs to be levied and collected by Major Port Trusts as well as private operators in such Port Trusts for various services provided by them.
The role of the Authority is limited to fixation and revision of tariffs.
The private sector participation in Major Ports began in 1996. The policy has been modified from time to time. The Major Port Trusts entered into concession agreements with terminal operators to create efficient capacity for handling growing container traffic in India.
Under the licence agreement, operators are required to levy and collect tariffs as approved and notified by the Authority from time to time.
The recent downward revision of tariffs has evoked sharp reactions from both the terminal operators as well as the port trusts.
Market knows best
The Port Trust is advocating that tariff fixation should be left to the market and not to the Authority. It is also argued that the drastic rate cuts by the Authority have made the terminals unviable.
It is feared that the terminal operators instead of increasing their throughput will reduce it as the present system penalises performance and efficiency.
It is further argued that there is no need to regulate port tariffs, which constitute only 3 per cent of the total logistics cost.
The present regulation does not provide a level playing field as non-major ports are not regulated. Therefore, it may lead to movement of private investment from major ports to non-major ports.
Public-private partnerships
The objective of private sector participation in major ports is to create efficient infrastructure to handle increasing cargo volumes and providing services to customers at competitive prices.
The idea is to enhance capacity, efficiency and competitiveness in providing port services through private participation.
Therefore, a public-private-partnership (PPP) project is not a matter of privity between the private operator and the Government-owned port authorities.
Public interest, an important dimension of any PPP project is critical and needs to be kept in mind during the entire period of operationof the licence agreement.
The port authority as an agent of government has the mandate to uphold this important dimension of a PPP contract.
The role of a regulator such as TAMP, which has power to fix tariffs, is limited. In the absence of a broad-based regulatory mechanism in place, the port authority acts both as a licensor and regulator.
Therefore, the argument to undermine the limited role of the regulator has to be viewed seriously. This is not to say that all is well with the Authority. The tariff guidelines need a breath of fresh air.
Efficiency Argument
The argument that rate cuts penalise efficiency and performance is simplistic. The concession agreements entered into before 2008 are of two types. The projects prior to July 2003 were awarded on per-TEU royalty basis, whereas for projects after that, the bidding parameter has been the percentage of revenue to be shared with the licensor.
While partial royalty was permitted as cost or pass-through for determination of tariffs in respect of pre-July 2003 cases, revenue share was not permitted as a pass-through or a cost for fixing tariffs for post-July 2003 ones.
The operator was selected on the basis of highest royalty represented by its net present value on the minimum guaranteed throughput (MGT).
In the second type of cases, the selection parameter was the highest percentage of revenue share assuming MGT. It was left to the operators to invest and achieve more than the MGT and earn more profit.
It is also pertinent that the Authority followed a cost-plus approach in tariff fixation, where the part of royalty and revenue share was not considered as a cost. In both these cases, the operators were saddled with tariff risk when the tenure of the agreement was fixed and traffic was not a problem. The tariff was left to be decided by the Authority by following its guidelines which were modified periodically.
This created a situation where the surplus earned by the operator over and above the permitted return was required to be adjusted by the Authority while fixing tariffs for the next tariff cycle; hence, the tariff reduction.
This situation has primarily arisen due to the fact that the operators achieved throughput which was far in excess of what was projected by them at the time of submitting their tariff revision proposal.
In all cases while submitting the tariff proposal, the operators have sought increase in tariffs. Therefore, the efficiency argument lacks credibility because efficiency and optimised operations should result in cost savings, both for the operators as well as the end users.
Whether the incremental throughput, that is, the difference between the actual and projected throughput, is exclusively attributable to efficiency factor needs scrutiny.
The terminal operators should not relate efficiency only to increased volumes. An efficient operator would not always propose for increase in tariffs without any drastic improvements in the service standards.
Non-competitive Market
The argument of deregulation of tariffs needs reflection. Is the container market in India mature and competitive?
Major ports handle 84 per cent of the country's trade. The private terminal operators account for 85 per cent of the Indian market.
If we analyse the private terminals further, we would see that the share of DP World (Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Vallarpadam, Chennai, Mundra and Vizag) is 43 per cent, PSA Terminals (Kandla, Kolkata, Chennai and Tuticorin) is 15 per cent and APM Terminals (Pipavav and Gateway Terminals India) is 27 per cent of the country's trade.
The dominance of private terminal operators in major ports is evident.
Since, the Authority controls over 84 per cent of the container trade, the argument of absence of a level playing field seems to be overplayed.
In any case, tariff as a single factor influencing movement of investment from major ports to non-major ports is uncertain as other important factors are responsible for investment decisions.
In JNPT, India's premier Major port that handles 55.62 per cent of total volume of container in major ports, the scenario is no different.
Among three terminals in JNPT, Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal (DP World) and Gateway (APM) account for 76 per cent of traffic.
DP World, PSA and APM are among the top five largest port operators in the world. Strategic alliances between the shipping companies and these world leaders are common commercial practices.
For instance, at JNPT the top 10 shipping alliances control more than 60 per cent of the cargo. Nhava Sheva and Gateway attract a major share of alliance-based services, while the State-owned Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal caters to smaller shipping lines.
Alliances are entered to obtain scale advantage and extend service coverage where individual capacity is constrained.
They also limit external competition and catalyse to enter into new trade routes. All this has a bearing on the cost of container movement.
The container freight station (CFS) business is also highly influenced by shipping lines as tie-ups and line nominations can directly promote the use of the associated CFSs.
Therefore, the structural framework of the market can hardly be termed as competitive, robust and mature enough for fair determination of tariffs.
In the present scenario, it would be undesirable in the trade interest to leave tariffs to the market.
Too Small a Cost
The demand for deregulation of tariffs on the ground that it constitutes only about 3 per cent of total logistics cost is simplistic.
The jurisdiction, control and operation of the various logistics components are outside the domain of port authorities. The shipping lines have a significant control in the logistics chain.
The port (the licensor) collects vessel-related charges from shipping lines and the terminal operator collects cargo-related charges from the shipping lines.
The Authority has regulatory control over these two types of charges, which account for a small portion of the total logistics cost. In the past, at JNPT vessel-related charges have been reduced.
However, there is no mechanism to know whether such reduction of charges has been passed on to the trade by the shipping lines.
Since the cargo-related charges constitute a small percentage of the total logistics cost, shipping lines always have the flexibility and manoeuvrability to adjust them by revenue streams of other components of the logistics chain.
When more than 95 per cent of logistics cost is unregulated, the demand for deregulation of tariffs will leave the entire sector beyond the reach of any regulation.
Under the existing law, the scope for further regulation is highly limited.
(The author is former Deputy Chairman, Mumbai Port Trust.)


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The IT suites house both PC and Apple Mac open-access computers, offering a wide range of cutting edge and industry standard software, to ensure students gain experience of software used in their chosen field. The Learning Centre is also equipped with a technology support desk providing expert support, advice and guidance. Open Access computer facilities are also available 24 hours a day. As with all of our campuses, the entire building has Wi-Fi accessibility.


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My Fair Lady is one of the most popular stage shows of all time, and audiences at the current London revival of this Lerner and Lowe musical can be heard singing softly with Eliza Doolittle as she recalls how she "could have danced all night" or with her father, Alfred Doolittle, as he's on his way to "getting married in the morning." This revival, which premiered last March at the Royal National's Lyttleton Theatre (produced in association with Cameron Mackintosh), transferred to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in July and has proved to be the hottest ticket in the West End.
The original production of My Fair Lady opened on Broadway in 1956 with Julie Andrews as Eliza and Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins, a linguistics professor who bets that within six months he can transform Eliza, a Cockney flower seller, into a lady fit for London society. Higgins wins his bet, but does not bargain for the effect Eliza will have on his peaceful life as a bachelor. The same cast moved to London, where My Fair Lady opened at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1958, and ran for almost six years, setting the record for the longest-running show at that theatre (the record held until it was broken by Miss Saigon in 1994).
Directed by Trevor Nunn, this year's My Fair Lady has choreography by Matthew Bourne, set and costumes by Anthony Ward, sound design by Paul Groothius, and lighting by David Hersey, in his return after a two-year millennium sail around the world. The production stars Martine McCutcheon (who has been on-again, off-again since the beginning and now is slated to only perform six times per week due to vocal problems) as Eliza, and Jonathan Pryce as Higgins. Set in 1910, the year King Edward VII died, the production evokes scenes of life in London in the early years of the 20th century.
A gauze scrim painted with floral patterns spans the stage at the top of the show, with soft, diffused lighting from ETC Source Four ellipsoidals with break-up gobos and Vari*Lite® VL7™ automated spot luminaires to add color to the scrim. This scene crossfades to a 2.5kW compact halogen Pani projector and a black-and-white period photograph of people in Covent Garden, where London's wholesale flower market once stood side by side with the Royal Opera House. (In fact, the Theatre Royal Drury Lane is just steps away from the Covent Garden flower market site and the Opera House.)
The street scene in Covent Garden sees flower girls peddling bunches of violets to well-heeled operagoers. It is here that Higgins first hears the deplorable speech uttered by Eliza Doolittle. "At the top of the show the light grows slowly, and the gauze stays in to keep the light soft," says Hersey, who worked closely with Jenny Kagan (associate lighting designer), Alistair Grant (production electrician), and Rob Halliday (lighting programmer) on this production.
"Because of the structure of the set, which has heavy steel arches to suggest Floral Hall and the Covent Garden market, there were only a few narrow gaps for the lighting," says Hersey, who used DHA Digital Light Curtains to provide broad color washes and toplighting. "I had to get in early and book my space." In fact, the arches are a permanent set element, remaining onstage throughout, with a lot of flown scenery coming in around them. "The sets are very cinematic," Hersey adds. "They move in and out without any blackouts in the lighting."
The shape of the lighting rig was dictated by the shape of the set, with the overhead instruments hung on electric bars of different sizes to follow the false perspective of the set. The bars get narrower as they go upstage, with eight-light and six-light DHA Digital Light Curtains in various combinations. Trapezoidal gobos in Vari*Lite VL6C™ automated spot luminaires are used with the zoom feature to change the size of the gobo and follow the shape of the set.
The set is delivered downstage by a scenic conveyor belt. Since there is 6' more forestage space at Drury Lane than at the National, Hersey was able to add five extra VL6Cs in the first electric position. A variety of Rainbow and Wybron color scrollers help get the best use out of the limited positions. The 5kW and 2.5kW Strand fresnels, all with Rainbow color scrollers, are used throughout the show to help light the cyc and as big color washes though the arches.
When the action moves into Higgins' study, for example, Hersey was faced with a large box set with little room for sidelight; the overhead light has to filter in through the high arches. As a result, the set is heavily illuminated by frontlight, with additional help from the overhead Digital Light Curtains and Vari*Lite automated luminaires. Hersey was able to sneak in a little bit of crosslight through the upstage door.
Because it is impossible to run cables to them, six practicals (table and floor lamps) in Higgins' study are run by radio-controlled dimmers, from Howard Eaton Lighting Ltd. (HELL), as they move onstage via conveyor belt. The practicals add a warm interior glow to the room, yet one of Hersey's challenges here was picking out the actors on a very busy set, filled with furniture, bookshelves, and extensive props. This is achieved, again, with frontlight from tightly controlled ETC Source Fours hung on two newly-installed front-of-house trusses, and the Reich & Vogel Beamlight followspots which are fitted with Rainbow color scrollers.
Hersey created a new gobo effect using the specifically designed DHA YoYo+ (a new indexing version of DHA's long-established YoYo). To create a window effect in Higgins' study, a YoYo+ is used in each of four Selecon Pacific 80V ellipsoidals. At the National, these gobos were used in ETC Source Fours. "David wanted more brightness in the rig at Drury Lane since the theatre is so much bigger," notes Halliday. "He went to 750W Source Fours for the entire rig. For the window effect, he needed something even brighter," hence the Selecons.
The four Selecon luminaires have distortion-corrected glass window gobos with mesh as a net-curtain effect. The YoYo+ gobo has a heavy curtain profile, so that when Higgins pulls a rope, all four window curtains "open" to reveal the window patterns, as the room floods with light (the effect is heightened by the sound of the curtains opening). The Selecon Pacific fixtures are also used to light people through the windows, with Wybron Coloram scrollers adding effects for different times of the day. In the final scene, as Higgins and Eliza are each standing in a window, the gobo curtains "close" as the set fades to black.
A pretty effect for Eliza's song "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" is a sharkstooth gauze scrim placed upstage with painted clouds. This sits in front of a backcloth with the same images for depth, and a plastic layer to diffuse light. The top of the front gauze is lit with L&E Mini-Strips. DHA Digital Light Curtains (with their built-in scrollers) are also used to light the scrims and add washes of color.
To solve some of the problems involving the lighting and the moving sets, Hersey worked with Dave Stewart of London's Stage Electrics (conveniently located on the ground floor of Hersey's DHA headquarters) on a series of WYSIWYG renderings. This turns out to be the designer's first direct encounter with WYSIWYG, but he admits to being "intrigued by it. WYSIWYG gives you a leg up on the planning and gets you thinking about things earlier in the process."
Hersey's rather effective "rain" for My Fair Lady was created using four Vari*Lite VL7s™ with modified gobo wheels. First, he replaced the usual 11-gobo wheel in the VL7 with a special DHA-made gobo wheel with a continual image of rain (there is one clear gap or "hole" in the image so that you can "park" the gobo and use the VL7 during rain-free moments in the show). This gobo spins continually, with the "rain" falling through vertical lines of "rain" on a second gobo which remains upright in one of the indexing positions (which give you control of the orientation of the gobo image). "The use of these gobos together creates motion for the rain that is linear and not just curved," explains Hersey. "It's a question of scale and good intensity."
The Ascot Derby racing scene (unforgettably black and white in the 1964 film version of My Fair Lady starring Audrey Hepburn as Eliza) takes on a new look this time around, with the color scheme for the costumes almost all black with deep plum trim. "Since it was the year the king died, they had a 'Black Ascot,' with fancy mourning clothes in his honor," explains Hersey, who livened things up a bit with bright green in the Vari*Lite VL6Cs and VL7s. The green accents a green grass carpet that is rolled out to create an exterior look.
The Wimpole Street set, a shallow exterior facade of Higgins' house (where Freddy, Eliza's "boyfriend," sings "On the Street Where You Live") has windows which are backlit with MR-16s on lighting bars since there is not enough depth for anything else. One VL6C lights the doorway. "There is a combination of very big and very little lights," notes Hersey, who decorated the facade with custom DHA tree patterns in Source Fours and VL7s (two hung on the balcony rail). DHA fiber optics create stars in the sky above the house.
The year 1910 was about the time the first Underground line opened in London, so Hersey created a moving train effect. A Source Four in a City Theatrical AutoYoke has a period train window gobo combined with a DHA DMX-controlled vari-speed flicker wheel to produce an effect of the train slowing to enter a station. There is also a DHA indexing gobo rotator to keep the window straight as it pans across the stage. "It creates an authentic look," notes Hersey.
The steel arches of the set are used beautifully in the ballroom scene, where Eliza makes her society debut. Hersey used VL6Cs overhead, with their patterns and prisms moving with the music. When Eliza appears in an all-white gown she shimmers in the light of the automated luminaires, with a followspot to heighten her entrance. Three chandeliers made by HELL have been added to this scene at Drury Lane. The tiny bulbs built into them add extra sparkle to the scene.
In contrast to this is a cabaret scene featuring Alfred Doolittle and his pals singing "Get Me to the Church on Time," in which Hersey used vivid pinks and reds in VL6Cs and DHA Digital Light Curtains. "The director and choreographer didn't want to do just another pub number, so they added the dancing girls. It works well in context," says Hersey. "A lot of cues happen really quickly and the Wybron CXI scrollers allow for a bigger range of colors, and simple dissolves from one color to another," adds Halliday.
The rig used for the Drury Lane production was supplied by White Light and The Moving Light Company, with the Vari*Lites from Vari-Lite London. The rig in its entirety is controlled from a Strand 530i console (with a Strand 510i for backup). Drury Lane's in-house Strand dimmers are being used as well. Halliday points out that this was also the first show to use Strand's new version 2.5 of its Genius Pro software for the 530i. "This was very helpful in modifying the show from the National to Drury Lane," he says. "It made the whole process more efficient."
"This is a big show, and the challenge was getting it all done on time," says Hersey, who starts the design process by dealing with the physical realities of getting light onto the stage. "Working with a good director makes it easier. There is a real clarity you get from watching rehearsals. But the rig for My Fair Lady was an issue," he insists. "It had to be terribly specific because of the set. I didn't want to see the rig or the moving lights, except for a swirling effect in the ballroom scene. Yet you couldn't do this show with a conventional rig and get anywhere near the variety and color options we had."
It remains to be seen if this production of My Fair Lady can win back its championship title at Drury Lane by running longer than Miss Saigon (also produced by Cameron Mackintosh, starring Jonathan Pryce, and lit by David Hersey), but for Hersey the move from the National Theatre to the West End meant a chance to make the lighting more precise. "Look at Miss Saigon," he recalls. "The lighting evolved as we went along from London to Tokyo to New York and Chicago. Having a second bite at the cherry is really nice."
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Lighting control on My Fair Lady at both the National Theatre and the Theatre Royal Drury Lane was from Strand Lighting's 500-series lighting consoles, with one console controlling the entire rig of moving lights, conventional lights, color scrollers, and effects.
At the National, the consoles were running 2.4e, the current version of Strand's GeniusPro control software. For the Drury Lane transfer, Strand was able to supply programmer Rob Halliday with the first trial version of its latest software update, GeniusPro version 2.5. "It proved invaluable," notes Halliday, "since it adds a number of new features designed to simplify the task of modifying and updating shows — exactly what we were doing on this show, where we were having to adapt the showfile to deal with a lighting rig that was considerably different in its make-up from that used at the National."
The principal new feature is something that Halliday has taken to terming "magic update," though Strand hasn't given the function an official name yet. "It means that, if you have a state onstage where a number of different moving lights are in a number of different preset focus groups, you no longer have to worry about what those groups are. You merely reposition the lights as required, then hit 'update group': The console does the rest of the work of figuring out which position came from which group and updating them all accordingly. This feature alone saved many keystrokes and a considerable amount of time."
Other new features include additional macro keys by allowing the use of shifted sub-bump keys; the ability to copy channel levels from live into blind; and an improvement to the time command that allows times to be set, increased, or decreased across multiple cues in one operation. Also added, though not used on My Fair Lady, is support for 16-bit operation of any attribute, not just pan and tilt as in previous versions, which will be invaluable as ever-increasing numbers of moving lights add support for 16-bit gobo indexing and other functions.
At Drury Lane, the main console was a Strand 530i, with four universes of DMX taken to the dimmer room via Strand's ShowNet ethernet network before being redistributed around the building on conventional DMX cable; one line fed the theatre's house Strand STM dimmers via a DMX-to-D54 converter. The theatre also has a 510i as a backup; the consoles and network nodes were supplied by White Light.
"The 530i was the obvious choice for the show because it existed in 530 format from the National," says Rob Halliday, "but I also still believe that these consoles are the best choice for this kind of theatrical production, where the rig is a mixture of moving and conventional lights. The consoles have also proved utterly reliable once again, with Strand quick to attend to minor problems with and suggestions for improving its new software."


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In one fell swoop and with an automatically distributed patch, Google and T-Mobile fixed a problem with the G1 mobile phone whereby users could access root privileges and possibly raise all kinds of havoc.
In its originally delivered state, the G1 interpreted keyboard input as a remote shell request. This could be pretty annoying if you happen to type in "reboot" with applications running.
T-Mobile has since plugged the security hole with firmware update RC30, hoping thereby to raise the bar for any future hacks. The problem was discovered in early November, but got special notice after an experience by user jdhorvat. While talking on the G1 with his girlfriend, he restarted it.
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Source of the security hole was boiled down to two lines of code in the init.rc file, according to the bug report. The file is a script that drives the boot process. A number of websites declared the problem one of the most embarrassing in recent history.
The G1 is manufactured by HTC and based on Google's Android platform, which is itself a knockoff of Linux and other Open Source components. Since its introduction, the G1 proved to be a favorite sport for hackers, who even managed to install and start Debian Lenny on it. The device is available in the U.S., but when other parts of the world start seeing it early 2009, all security holes will likely be plugged.
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A longtime member of the entertainment technology industry, Don Hamilton, died in Torrrance, CA, on July 14, of melanoma. He was 64. Born in New York, Hamilton spent most of his early years in and around Midland, TX. He joined the Navy in 1960 and served as an electronic radar technician, serving on submarines for four years. After his discharge, he went to work as a salesman for International Rectifier.
Later, Hamilton went to Van Buren Industries as sales manager. On a trip to the University of California at San Diego, to sell a dimming system to a theatre group there, he met a young man named Dave Cunningham. Because of that encounter, Cunningham accepted a position with Van Buren where, with the help of Bill Ward of UCLA, he invented the Comp-U-Set 2000, a forerunner of the Multi Que and Lightpalette automated lighting consoles and certainly one of the first full-featured microprocessor-based lighting control systems.
Later, in 1976, Hamilton introduced himself to Wally Russell, who had recently been appointed president of Strand Century, North America. Because of that meeting, Hamilton and Cunningham went to work at Strand (Hamilton was appointed international sales manager). Hamilton left Strand in 1982, and joined the rigging company Hoffend & Sons, where he worked on such projects as the Siegfried and Roy Theatre at the Mirage in Las Vegas, the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts in Cerritos, CA, the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, and the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, among others.
In 1992, Hamilton joined Electronics Diversified (EDI) as western regional manager; he was hired by then-president Tom Folsom, who was with him at Strand. Hamilton left EDI in 1995, then worked for the Las Vegas-based rigging company Protech until his death.
According to Folsom, Hamilton was a key player in some of the events that transformed the lighting industry. "The key to everything was that Don and Dave Cunningham left Van Buren at the same time and went to Strand, which was a relatively small company in the US at the time," he says. "Because of the joining of Wally Russell and Dave Cunningham, we got the Lightpalette, CD-80, and much more, allowing Strand to quickly grow and dominate the 1980s. Wally's collaboration with Cunningham continued even after both had left Strand. And Don helped to sell them. If Don had not introduced Dave to Wally, we might have had a much different, and less interesting, lighting industry."
After Russell's death, Hamilton became a founding member of the Wally Russell Foundation. Hamilton, who was divorced, is survived by a sister and his daughter Michelle.
Not long after celebrating the company's 21st anniversary, Celco's managing director Keith Dale and sales director Colin Whittaker departed Celco Ltd., the UK-based lighting console manufacturer and supplier.
Dale and Whittaker say the separation is a result of another change in the ownership of the company - one that they did not support. The new shareholders of Celco are Amptown of Germany, Applied Electronics of the US, and Sonoss of France, with Lightstorm Trading maintaining an equal interest with the new investors. Dale and Whittaker had been trying to strike a joint venture with a major British manufacturer.
In January 1999, Celco was sold by multinational parent Helvar Limited to Lightstorm Trading and set up as an independent company. During the first 16 months of independent business, Dale and Whittaker restructured the service side, oversaw the move of the manufacturing lines from Helvar's Maidstone facility to a new Midlands-based operation, introduced new models, and "managed to turn in a profitable balance sheet."
In a press release, the pair said that despite these short-term successes, they recognized the need to expand development to ensure the long-term viability of the company.
Dale started the business as a production rental company in 1978, following five years as a "semi-pro," during which time he built up equipment and contacts. In 1981, Dale merged Celco, or Celestial Lighting Company, as it was then known, with EFS Limited, a manufacturer of control equipment, and launched the Gamma, the world's first microprocessor-assisted console.
Said Dale of his departure, "I don't think anyone will understand how difficult it is to part with something that has been a major factor in my life for so long. However, at least I can leave knowing that our strategic plan was in the best long-term interests of the company, its staff, and customers - even if the major shareholders did not agree. We wish everyone at Celco continued success and are excited at the prospect of applying our wealth of experience in new and different directions."
Whittaker, who joined Celco in 1988 following 10 years as sales director for Cerebrum Lighting, said, "It's regrettable that my involvement with Celco has come to an end, but it's been a privilege to have worked with such a great team over the years. We consider ourselves fortunate to have enjoyed such fantastic support from colleagues and dealers alike, many of whom have become good friends."
Dale and Whittaker say they intend to take a break before "evaluating their options in the industry," either jointly or individually. They can be reached at: (Dale) phone: 44/208/249-8877; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com; web: www.kisska.co.uk; (Whittaker) phone: 44/1372/468-779; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Fresh off acquiring the No. 18 pick from the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Houston Rockets have another big move on the horizon. The Rockets have reportedly offered a deal that would send Kyle Lowry and the No. 14 and No. 16 picks in the 2012 NBA Draft to the Sacramento Kings for Tyreke Evans and the No. 5 pick, according to Draft Express' Jonathan Givony.
However, Sports Illustrated's Sam Amick reports that the trade offer never happened.
The Rockets continue to look to assemble assets in a trade package for Dwight Howard, and if this offer was indeed on the table, it would provide them with two strong assets in Evans and the No. 5 pick. Evans has fallen out of favor with the Kings after struggling with a move to small forward, but he is only two years removed from winning the rookie of the year award in a landslide. The Rockets could use Evans and the No. 5 pick as their top assets in a Howard trade, or they could keep them.
The Kings, meanwhile, would acquire Lowry, one of the league's top bargains, if they make this deal. Lowry was in the running for an All-Star berth before suffering a midseason illness, and he has a very friendly contract ($5.7 million next year, $6.2 million, but only $1 million guaranteed, in 2013-14). Lowry would play alongside promising rookie Isaiah Thomas and shooting guard Marcus Thornton. The Kings also would be able to take on two draft picks in a deep draft.
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Late Monday evening, two female students were robbed at gunpoint outside of the Saint James Apartment Complex at Bradley University.
Just after midnight, a male student was approached by a man with a handgun at the corner of Cooper and Bradley.
According to police reports, no one was injured in either case.
A text alert was sent to Bradley students warning them of the crimes.
Those alerts are being met with mixed reactions.
"I really like that they keep us updated pretty well," says graduate student Nhi Vo. "I got a bunch of texts the other day that there was a robbery and that they're pursuing it. They're keeping us updated on what they're doing. I think they're doing a good job."
Bradley Senior Justin Berkowitz lives in a house on the corner where the second robbery occurred.
He feels police spend more time looking for underage drinkers then they do protecting students at the university.
"To hear two hours after a robbery went down outside my house, I don't feel safe at all," says Berkowitz. "I don't feel their priorities are straight."
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The Official Brett Favre Tribute Thread
Before I say anything, I'd just like to preface this thread by letting everyone know that this thread is absolutely NO PLACE for bashing Favre. I don't care if you love him or hate him, this isn't a thread for arguing about whether he should've come back, whether he ever should've came to the Vikings, or any of that . I just want a thread where we can acknowledge the career of one of the best and most fun to watch players in the history of the NFL and to thank him for his two years he spent as a Viking.
I'm only 19 years old, so I wasn't around for most of the Viking's history, but I have seen a few. My "glory days" of the Vikings growing up was the era of Culpepper and Moss, which was always a blast to watch. Everytime Daunte would roll out and bomb it, my whole family would be screaming knowing that Moss would come down with the TD. That was pure excitement. Then Culpepper busted his knee, and then we traded Moss and I was devastated.
After that we all suffered through the days of Brad Johnson, Gus Frerotte, and other rejects that didn't want to throw in the towel. The days of an average defense, average receivers, and below average QB play were extremely dull. It was a tough period in my Vikings history as it seemed we were just an 8-8 team every season.
Then two years ago (as of today at midnight) the talks of bringing Favre to Minnesota started resurfacing from the previous year. Everyone had an opinion on it, but know one seemed to think they knew what would happen. Would he be a game manager as many people suspected, would he revert to his old gunslinging days, or would he just be another broken down QB for a franchise that seemed to be making a habit of signing them. I think I speak for all of us when I say that he surprised everyone.
The year started out slow with the Browns and Lions games, then it took a serious turn for the better in the last 15 seconds of week 3. As soon as the Vikings won that game against the 49ers, Favre became a Viking. Unfortunately for me, I missed the entire game because I was doing community service for school, but I had been talking to my dad periodically for updates on the score and such. He told me we basically lost, and I was so depressed, just sitting in the van hating my life. Then I get a call from him 3 minutes later and I know it could have been for only one reason. Favre did it. Sure enough, I picked up the phone, he let me know of the good news, and I couldn't believe it. Brett Favre, the guy who broke our hearts so many times, put together a perfect final drive to win us a game. From then on, the year became was I'll remember as my most exciting year as a Viking fan ever.
After watching Favre put together the best statistical season of his entire career, I, along with the entire Vikings nation, was ready for our first Super Bowl. The playoffs came, and we steam rolled the cowboys in what is one of my favorite games of all time (I have the game on my computer and watch it periodically). Then we played the Saints. This was the worst game of my entire life. We all know what happened, thanks to a compilation of questionable refereeing, some seemingly dirty hits, some stupid errors by the Vikings and Childress, and some opportunistic defensive play by the Saints, our hopes were dashed and our hearts were broken.
The season was over, but it was still a great one looking back in retrospect. This season obviously hasn't panned out the way many of us hoped, but that's ok. I don't blame Favre personally for it, nor am I bitter at him for it. We did our best to bring him out, and he came back, gave it his all, and it just wasn't good enough. Can't fault a guy for trying.
All in all, Brett Favre is one of the best QBs of all time, a shoe in HOFer, one of the most enthusiastic players ever, and one of my favorite Vikings. Love him or hate him, you can't deny that he has provided the Vikings with some incredible QBing and some great memories.
If you have anything positive about Brett, please post it below. Thanks Brett, and good luck in the rest of our life!!!
SKOL VIKINGSI am NOT here to provide good football insight or rational observations. I am an emotional 19 year old Viking fan and I expect you to adjust your expectations from my posts.
Re: The Official Brett Favre Tribute ThreadI am NOT here to provide good football insight or rational observations. I am an emotional 19 year old Viking fan and I expect you to adjust your expectations from my posts.
Re: The Official Brett Favre Tribute ThreadI am NOT here to provide good football insight or rational observations. I am an emotional 19 year old Viking fan and I expect you to adjust your expectations from my posts.
Re: The Official Brett Favre Tribute ThreadI am NOT here to provide good football insight or rational observations. I am an emotional 19 year old Viking fan and I expect you to adjust your expectations from my posts.
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Everyone's favorite play of the year by our favorite annoucer, Paul Allen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgxSzxIxPrYI am NOT here to provide good football insight or rational observations. I am an emotional 19 year old Viking fan and I expect you to adjust your expectations from my posts.
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I've been a Vikings fan all my life. I have always respected Favre's ability to win. I've always appreciated him, and never disliked him...no matter who he played for. He is one tough SOB.
He was one of the most exciting players to watch. He played this game like a kid. And I will always be grateful to him and the Vikings for the 2009 season, which was absolutely one of the most exciting seasons I have ever lived through.Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood. - H.L. Mencken
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I'm going to say this is the best post on PP.O ever.
There is a whole lot of historical fact that is inaccurate or at least revisionist.
But I'm not going to waste my time on correcting that.
Brett Favre got pounded in the NFC championship game last year, and came back to take an exceptional physical beating this year.
I'm sure someone remembers my posts saying that he would get busted up if he returned.
Well, it happened.
He didn't need the money. So he has my respect and thanks.
He now becomes a Packer again, but I thank him for what he gave us, both last year and this year.
I hated Brett Favre as a Packer, but loved him as a Viking.
Thank you Brett Favre.What takes a quarterback to the next level is not arm strength or mobility or any of that stuff. Its the ability to play on critical downs. Manage third downs, or red zones or four-minute or two-minute situations"
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First, thank you for posting this. What a great post. For those of you that know me they know I have never been embarrassed to say how much I admire Favre. Even as a Packer, his love and passion for the game of football was so fun to watch. As much as he beat the hell out of the Vikings for many years I still found my self rooting for him when he wasn't playing the Vikings. Of course I hate the Packers and never want them to do well but I always have my favorites. Favre was and still is one of them.
I thank Favre for the last two seasons. I hate to see him go out with probably his worst season as a pro but what I do like is the fact he had his best season as a pro with the Vikings. Unfortunately, it didn't get us a superbowl but he made the 2009 season one of the best seasons in Viking history. Farewell Brett. I hope you enjoyed playing for the Vikings as much as I enjoyed watching you. Although this year didn't turn out as we wanted I still thank you for giving it your all.
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Thanks for making this thread, 12purplepride28!
I don't think we have a Favre-appreciation thread and it was about time someone made one. I'm sick of all the negative comments on Brett Favre. On the forum, everyone talks about how Favre ruined the season and the media is all over the telephone picture scandal.
It's funny, but I think the most annoying thing this season has been listening to the game announcers talk about Favre's off-field issue. I don't think I've watched one single game since the allegations surfaced without them mentioning it. It's really not anyone's business. The announcers should ONLY talk about football and definitely not player's off-field stupid allegations which they haven't even been proclaimed guilty for.
That felt good to get off my chest.
I will always remember Brett Favre as the quarterback with the big arm who made the 2009 season one of the greatest seasons as a Vikings fan. And of course, the player who loved to play the game so much that he didn't stop until he became a grandpa. I think I've never seen anyone love the game of football as much as Favre.
I will miss you, Brett! I hope you'll have a great (and injury-free) life!
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Recently I came across a problem where I had to write tests for a method that calculates randomly distributed values within a certain range of possibilities 1. More precisely if you assume a signature that looks like
interface RandomRangeValueCalculator { long calculateRangeValue( long center, long radius ); }
a test might verify the following2:
public class RandomRangeValueCalculatorImplTest { @Test public void testCalculateRangeValue() { long center = [...]; long radius = [...]; RangeValueCalculator calculator = [...]; long actual = calculator.calculateRangeValue( center, radius ); assertTrue( center + radius >= actual ); assertTrue( center - radius <= actual ); } }
However calculating range values for the same center and radius multiple times will return different results (at least most of the time). Therefore the solution seemed somewhat brittle in a sense that a poor implementation might easily produce intermittent failures. On the other hand I did not want to descend into the depths of actually messuring the value distribution. The latter (random, gaussian or the like) was provided by a collaborator and its proper usage was already confirmed by additional tests.
It occurred to me that a more pragmatic solution could be to actually run the test above automatically over and over again to make it more 'significant'. Of course the easiest way to achieve this would be to put the test's content into a loop and go on living.
But for a start it looked somewhat wrong having the asserts within a loop and mixing two aspects into one test run. And even more important the covered problem domain required more tests of the kind. So given the intent of reducing redundancy I remembered my post about JUnit-Rules and implemented a simple repeat rule3. With this rule in place the test above could be gently amended to:
public class RandomRangeValueCalculatorImplTest { @Rule public RepeatRule repeatRule = new RepeatRule(); @Test @Repeat( times = 10000 ) public void testCalculateRangeValue() { long center = [...]; long radius = [...]; RangeValueCalculator calculator = [...]; long actual= calculator.calculateRangeValue( center, radius ); assertTrue( center + radius >= actual ); assertTrue( center - radius <= actual ); } }
I think it is quite easy to understand that the
testCalculateRangeValue method will be executed 10000 times while running the test case. The following snippet shows the implementation of the RepeatRule, which is straight forward:
public class RepeatRule implements TestRule { @Retention( RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME ) @Target( { java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD } ) public @interface Repeat { public abstract int times(); } private static class RepeatStatement extends Statement { private final int times; private final Statement statement; private RepeatStatement( int times, Statement statement ) { this.times = times; this.statement = statement; } @Override public void evaluate() throws Throwable { for( int i = 0; i < times; i++ ) { statement.evaluate(); } } } @Override public Statement apply( Statement statement, Description description ) { Statement result = statement; Repeat repeat = description.getAnnotation( Repeat.class ); if( repeat != null ) { int times = repeat.times(); result = new RepeatStatement( times, statement ); } return result; } }
So far the RepeatRule serves it purpose and the system functionalities based on the mentioned implementation is working like a charm. Nevertheless sometimes someone misses the forest for the trees and so I thought it might be a good idea to share this solution to see what other people come up with.
- Actually this was only one part of the problem domain but I consider it as a sufficient motivation for this post. ↩
- Formalistically spoken: f(n,m)∈{e|e≥n-m∧e≤n+m}, for all e,n,m ∈ ℕ ↩
- A short google search only came up with a similar solution available in Spring, which was not available in my set of libraries. ↩
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We still have Brownie, Allegra's cow, here at Regal-Hill. She prefers being in the barn. If she is put outside, she spends most of her time bawling. Just why I am not sure, except that she is all alone in that pasture, but can see the other heifers if they come down off the hill or the younger ones above our house when they come over for a drink. Inside she has a bull calf and a heifer calf for company plus a bunch of cats and kittens.
I am still trying to decide whether it is going to rain today or not here at Regal-Hill. It was warm and rather humid but cloudy this morning. So I figured it would be raining before too long. Well, so far it hasn't rained; according to the radio it could rain later today.
Here at Regal-Hill I am busy taking care of produce from the garden and cutting more flowers to arrange as bouquets for the house. Of course, the weeds continue to grow as well in both the garden and the flower beds.
Everything here at Regal-Hill is moving along. With the dryer weather the haying has begun in earnest. Even the wind has cooperated to help the hay and the clothes to dry. It has also helped to dry out the ground.
However, the weeds still grow as well as the lawn, so weeding and mowing still need to be fitted in while drying hay. For me, I continue to try to keep the weeds pulled while keeping up with the housework and preparing meals.
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It has been busy here at Regal-Hill. Three fields have been harvested, Allegra's heifer calved and we are still milking her, there continues to be thundershowers or rain with warnings of hail, saw two deer while walking and one day we even saw two bears.
by Gail Hillriegal
There will be another Baseball All-Star game on July 14. This year it will be at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. The president will throw out the first pitch. And according to the Internet the central theme is "Community Service." I am not sure just what that means. I am not sure whether the proceeds from the game will go to some nonprofit organization, or if the ball players will be expected to donate a big amount of money to a cause.
We finally started haying here at Regal-Hill. I don't think we have ever been this late before, but we don't make the weather either. Since there is still a chance of a stray shower today and tomorrow the hay is going in the silo. It was so nice to hear the tractor and mower, mowing down the hay. It was so nice to smell the sweet smell of the hay as well. It is different from the smell of freshly cut lawn grass, although that is nice too.
Thankfully, here at Regal-Hill we didn't get the hail that some people in the area got last week. When we learned that there could be hail with the thunderstorm we found empty pails, plastic ice cream containers and whatever we could find, and covered any plants that were big enough to be damaged by hail. Being there was no way to cover the peas, since they have brush for them to trail on, we concentrated on covering the broccoli and tomato plants. At least now if hail is predicted again, we are ready with things to cover plants with. The plants had grown considerably since they were planted so they needed bigger containers to cover them.
Here at Regal-Hill we are still waiting for the weather to be dryer so we can start haying. Showers are forecast for every day this week. Now that it is time to start haying you would think the weather would cooperate and be dry for awhile. George is all ready to mow as soon as the forecast calls for three days in a row of dry weather.
George finally fixed it so we could display the American flag once again here at Regal-Hill for Memorial Day. Flag Day is this coming Sunday. It is one of a number of days when the flag should be displayed. For me however, I hope it is a nice day as it saddens me to see a soggy flag on display. I realize that sometimes it is hard to take it down or put it up easily, but I was taught in my growing up days that in bad weather the flag was taken down.
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Work is now well under way on transforming a former industrial district into Nine Elms on the South Bank.
Construction work has already began on Battersea Power Station and the new US Embassy, while flats St George's Wharf and the Riverlight will be complete this year.
Up to 22,000 construction jobs are up for grabs between now and 2022 there will be 25,000 permanent jobs when the project is complete.
Alexandra Rucki takes an in depth look into the Nine Elms regeneration project in the first part of our Unlocking Wandsworth series.
US Embassy
The 11-storey embassy will be the centrepiece of Nine Elms, designed in the style of a giant glass cube.
There will be more than 800 American and British workers involved in the operation of the embassy.
It is expected to be complete by 2017, covering 54,000 sq m.
A bill past earlier this month in America prohibited any expense on the embassy, but a spokeswoman for the US consulate said this will not halt the construction of the building as it will now be entirely funded through the sale of the existing site at Grosvenor Square.
Security issues are of great importance with any US Embassy.
Acting Wandsworth borough Commander Chief Superintendant Paul McGregor said: "Wandsworth police has an excellent working relationship with the embassy as we do with other areas of the Nine Elms Development.
"Policing of embassies across London is the primary responsibility of the Met's diplomatic protection group. The local borough will of course support our colleagues in keeping the area safe."
The move over to Battersea is expected in 2017.
Battersea Power Station
The Grade II* listed building is being transformed into a mixed-use development.
There will be 200 shops, 248 homes and several venues located within the derelict power station, including a 2,000 person capacity venue.
A public viewing platform is being built inside the north-west chimney, providing visitors with a view of London from 110m up.
Construction began on the £8bn project last year and in January 2013 the first flats went on sale.
It is expected to be complete by early as 2016.
New Covent Garden Market
The largest fresh produce marker in the UK is being redeveloped to provide new facilities for traders.
Plans centre around new parkland, forming part of a linear park running from Vauxhall to Battersea Power Station and linking with the US Embassy Plaza.
There will be 1,600 new homes spread across nine new residential buildings around the park.
A Garden Heart building will act as the main hub of the market site, with a focus on food and flowers.
Covent Garden Market Authority offices will be located there, alongside a post office, bank, cafes and restaurants.
Six blocks are being constructed to the north and south between 11 and 17 storeys high.
Council leader - "There'll be jobs at all levels"
Councillor Ravi Govindia, leader of the council, said: "There is now activity right across Nine Elms.
"By and large it was a forgotten bit of the borough – nobody really lived there and many of the jobs were relatively low skill.
"There will be jobs in the Nine Elms construction phase and jobs at all levels.
"I am very hopeful we should build on the construction jobs and keep facility manager jobs once the places are built.
"I want to make sure these jobs are kept, 22,000 temporary and 25,000 permanent jobs.
"I think the over-arching thing for residents to take pride in is the borough is changing and changing for the better.
"It will have a new quarter for the 21st century and an international quarter not looking inward, but outward to the rest of London."
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Leaky News Archives for June 2004
Prisoner of Azkaban: Heidi's Review
As Heidi is running around NY getting things ready for tomorrow's IMAX showing, here is her review of PoA. Spoilers! It's written from a Mom-Of-Small-Child perspective. Enjoy!
This is not an ordinary review; I could babble for pages about the
cinematography and the revised sets and the Whomping WillowContinued...
Prisoner of Azkaban: Kristin's Review
Along with TLC managing editor Melissa Anelli, I had the great pleasure of seeing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban at the cast and crew screening this past Saturday, and the incredible good fortune to be invited to attend Sunday's London premiere at Leicester Square with Melissa and TLC editorContinued...
EW: OOtP Film News
The new issue of Entertainment Weekly is on newstands and has a photo of Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter on the cover of the magazine that reads " Inside The Scary New World Of 'Azkaban' --What's Next For The Series. " The issue contains its review of the movie( B+ ) , a feature on the film, and other variousContinued...
More on the Australia Rating Controversy
Fandomer Liz Barr was interviewed on the Australia Broadcasting Commission's radio station earlier this week about Potter-y issues, including the 15 rating.
We looked over the justifications from the board, and learned that their reasons for determining a "horror" element in the film were varied;Continued...
Of course, it's not perfect...
MovieMistakes has a list of continuity errors in PoA - vote, and if you see one, you can add your own. Thanks to the many readers who sent this in!
WARNING: The Knight Bus Sometimes Moves Quite Speedily
Now that the film is out in most of the world, there will be posts in the Comments Sections here on TLC which contain our readers' reviews and thoughts on the movie - the overall, the general, the specific, the Frog Chorus. While we will try to keep actual spoilers out of our posts for aContinued...
Ministry of Mayhem
Tom Felton, Jamie Waylett and Joshua Herdman will appear on Ministry of Mayhem (UK television) this coming Saturday morning.
Just a few more reviews
Praise comes from Slate Magazine for PoA. The reviewer notes that "he contrasts are higher, the blacks deeper, and Cuarón irises in and out of many scenes like a silent Expressionist master. The colors reflect a new uncertainty..."
And Salon Magazine's take is that "Alfonso Cuaron finally decantsContinued...
Harry Potter Madness Is Back, Newspaper Reports
The Star-Telegraph in Texas reports that
Potter fans are expected to wait in line for hours today at theaters nationwide to see a midnight screening of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Through the efforts of a sizable online fan base devoted to the popular Harry Potter books and movies, timeContinued...
BBC Reports on Virus Preying on Potter Fans
The BBC reports that a "pesky computer virus is taking advantage of the excitement surrounding the latest Harry Potter film."
The Netsky.P worm is enjoying a resurgence by disguising itself as a Potter game, say anti-virus experts, and Netsky.P, which only affects Microsoft Windows PCs, reliesContinued...
Finalization of Info for POA IMAX NYC on Saturday
Hi all! This post is specifically directed at those who have tickets for POA IMAX NYC on Saturday afternoon, and those who do not have tickets, but would like to try and get in anyway.
For those who have tickets - please be at the theater early. We are going to distribute tickets between 2:00 pmContinued...
Reminder: PoA TV Today
PoA related TV today
* E! Behind the Scenes 4:30pm (est)
A behind the scenes look at the making of PoA
* Nickelodean U-Pick Live 5-7pm (est)
many readers have emailed saying the trio is due to appear
PoA Review Roundup
We've gotten many emails about all the new reviews that are being posted for Prisoner of Azkaban. Several more reviews that have been posted include MSNBC, The Boston Herald, and Newsday. If that wasn't enough for you, Rotten Tomatoes has a huge roundup of PoA reviews. Many thanks to everyone who has sent these in !
UK Chat with the Cast of PoA
CBBC Newsround will be having a live chat with cast members of PoA on Friday, June 11th. Lucky UK residents can submit their questions here.
More Video Interviews
BBC Films, Hollywood.com, and Zap2It.com all have Prisoner of Azkaban features on their websites with articles and video interviews with the cast of PoA. Thanks to everyone who sent these in!


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Here is a look at how Sunday's Jets-Steelers AFC championship game could unfold from a fantasy perspective:
When the Jets have the ball: Like they did in their upset of the Patriots last week, the Jets will try their hardest to establish the run against the Steelers, as difficult as that may be. Pittsburgh has the league's best run defense, but New York was able to muster 106 rushing yards against them in Week 15 (the most Pittsburgh allowed in a game all season). It won't be easy for RBs LaDainian Tomlinson and Shonn Greene, but they will have to churn out some yardage to keep the offense from being one-dimensional. QB Mark Sanchez made huge strides last Sunday, throwing three TD passes and committing no turnovers at New England. Pittsburgh gives up some yards through the air, but it will make life difficult on the young signalcaller with its pass rush. Sanchez, who had a quiet last meeting with the Steelers, though he did score a rushing touchdown, will have to stay composed and make some plays with his arm for the Jets to win. WRs Santonio Holmes and Braylon Edwards give him two playmakers who can bail him out in tough situations; Holmes is going against his former club, and Edwards had 8-100-0 receiving at Pittsburgh in the last meeting. Jerricho Cotchery led the team with 5-96-0 receiving last week and could be an X-factor. TE Dustin Keller has fallen out of favor in the passing game and won't chip in with more than a few grabs.
When the Steelers have the ball: Just as they did last week vs. the Ravens, the Steelers will have to pick their poison Sunday against a Jets team that defends both the run and pass very well. Establishing the run to free up the aerial attack is ultimately what Pittsburgh would prefer. RB Rashard Mendenhall was able to put up 17-99-1 rushing vs. New York in Week 15, so the offense likely will try to get him going again. But after getting gashed by him just weeks ago, the Jets surely will focus on slowing him down. That's where QB Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers' potent passing game come in. Big Ben had only moderate success against Gang Green in their last meeting, so he'll definitely have to be better this time around. Avoiding sacks is a key, as the Jets will be bringing the heat to take advantage of Pittsburgh's weak O-line. WRs Mike Wallace and Hines Ward will have their hands full with CBs Darrelle Revis and Antonio Cromartie, although Wallace was able to post 7-102-0 receiving last meeting and can beat just about any corner in the league. If those two are locked down, however, Pittsburgh has a couple of secret weapons in rookie WRs Emmanuel Sanders and Antonio Brown. That pair led the team in receiving yards last week, and Sanders had 7-78-0 in Week 15. TE Heath Miller hasn't been a big part of the passing game all season, but he did have a TD catch last Saturday and could be targeted around the goal line.


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Highland Dress and Kilt Etiquette
There are two rules when it comes to kilts: they should only be worn by those with a Scottish or Gaelic connection; and the correct attire must be worn to suit the occasion.
Formal kiltwear involves donning one's own tartan - modern, ancient or dress. Ensure that the length of the kilt is right: whilst the contemporary trend is towards the shorter kilt, which sits above the knee, traditional wearers insist that it should sit high on the waist - beneath the bottom rib, and rest between the top and middle of the kneecap.
Accompaniments depend on the occasion. Daywear requires a plain tweed jacket, accompanied by plain sporran, shirt and tie, hose and brogues. The Prince Charlie or Kenmore doublet is appropriate for eveningwear. Marry this with a dress sporran, which is usually decorated with fur.
For a more versatile and less formal look, don an Argyll outfit: worn with a standard white shirt and classic tie, this attire is suitable for Burns Suppers, ceilidhs and afternoon weddings.