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I dont think that Bernadette Peters andPatti LuPone are before Mary Martin andBarbara Cook
The 25 best Broadway divas of all time
We name the top leading ladies of musical theater
Tue Jan 24 2012
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Bernadette Peters
Her Broadway career spans back to 1968's George M!, but Bernadette Peters has moved beyond her early kewpie-doll appeal to emerge as one of Stephen Sondheim's foremost interpreters. The seemingly ageless actor—she of the angelic soprano that can dip down to adorable, languid growls—had her initial Sondheim success in the '80s as Dot/Marie in Sunday in the Park with George and the Witch in Into the Woods. In recent years, Peters has returned to his work in revivals of Gypsy (2003), A Little Night Music (2009) and the recent Follies. While the productions had their problems, Peters was a revelation each time. Her Rose—one of four in our top five!—was sexy, driven, hard as nails and yet vulnerable underneath; anyone who doubted Peters's vocal strength or dramatic heft was silenced by her devastating "Rose's Turn." And make no mistake: She was robbed of a third Tony when she lost to the plus-size gal from Hairspray.—David Cote
Gwen Verdon
Gwen Verdon was the anti-Ethel. Where Merman was blunt and implacable, Verdon—a crackerjack dancer with a pinup body and a shock of red hair—specialized in sweetly damaged sexuality. Dance-hall girls, prostitutes, temptresses, mistresses: These were her trades in stock, plied in such hits as Damn Yankees, Sweet Charity and Chicago. Yet even or especially at her sexiest, she always seemed in need of a hug. Powerful as her dancing was, it contained elements of vulnerability and humor—she had been hobbled by rickets as a child—and her singing, tremulous and reedy, faintly suggested the shivers. In the 1950s alone, she won four Tony Awards; three were for shows choreographed by her husband, Bob Fosse, whose style she helped inspire and whose legacy she helped preserve. Many Broadway ladies have been deeply loved, but perhaps none has seemed so lovable.—Adam Feldman
Angela Lansbury
Mame Dennis. Countess Aurelia. Rose Hovick. Mrs. Lovett. Has any other musical-theater diva covered the breadth of class or theatrical styles as Angela Lansbury—the English performer who, at age 39, reinvented herself as a knockout comedy belter? Beginning with her bravura turn as crooked Mayoress Cora Hoover Hooper in Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents's short-lived Anyone Can Whistle in 1964, Lansbury has brought daffy comic skills and brassy pipes to a wide range of original projects and revivals, earning her five Tony wins, including an unmatched four for Best Actress in a Musical. Only a singer with her precise diction and witty phrasing could navigate the lyrical Charybdis of Sweeney Todd's "The Worst Pies in London" and "By the Sea." Still going strong in her eighties, Lansbury returns this spring in a remounting of Gore Vidal's election drama The Best Man. Yes, she's also famous from TV series and movies. But it's her stage work that's meatiest and most savory.—David Cote
Patti LuPone
Patti LuPone is thrillingly larger than life: Volatile on stage and off, she takes audiences to a world where drama is the norm. LuPone is a real actor (with a Juilliard pedigree) as well as the standard bearer for a modern generation of high-belt thrill trillers spurred to new heights by her soaring turns in "Meadowlark" and "A New Argentina." After setting the Street on fire in Evita and Anything Goes, however, she became a great star in exile; fans of her glorious singing, with its joyful blare and leering swoops, had to content themselves with concerts. Now, in a second act worthy of any great show, LuPone has reclaimed her Broadway spotlight with a vengeance—in revivals of Sweeney Todd and especially Gypsy, for which she won her second Tony—and taken her rightful place as the reigning diva of her generation. Detractors may sling mud at her Long Island–Sicilian earthiness, but LuPone's voice, and the evident joy she takes in using it, make such objections moot. Her style is stamped with an implicit credo: all guts, all glory.—Adam Feldman
Ethel Merman
No performer embodies the spirit of the Great White Way more than the Ethel Merman, the Queens stenographer turned Broadway megaphone. After rocketing to fame in 1930—singing "I Got Rhythm" in the Gershwins' 1930 Girl Crazy—she stayed in orbit for decades. Merman played lead roles in a whopping 13 original musicals, nearly all of them hits; among the roles she created were Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun and Rose Hovick in Gypsy. She had a voice that carried, and carried shows: Her wailing-siren volume and down-to-earth verve made her a paragon of bumptious urban energy; her robustness helped power the emergence of the Broadway-musical genre itself. "There's no business like show business," she famously sang, and when she sang, there was no point arguing. A voice like that comes along just once, and it echoes down the Street to this day.—Adam Feldman
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Agree totally with Julianna-where is Marin Mazzie?!
How the heck did sutton foster, Donna Murphy, and Gertrude Lawrence beat DOROTHY LOUDON in higher spots!?!
How in the world could you leave out the fabulous, Betty Buckley? She is the voice!
Another list slanted toward today's stars who do one hit and run off to Television. Where's Marilyn Miller, Ziegfeld's greatest star? Or Vivienne Segal who went from Operetta to Rodgers and Hart? These ladies performed for decades on Broadway. If you add it all up someone like Liza Minnelli has only been on Broadway for a year and a month in total. And Streisand disappeared after two shows.
Carol Burnett is on this list but not Bebe Neuwirth? You've GOT to be joking. Also, Patti LuPone is way too high up there...
YES! Carol Channing and Sutton Foster made the list!
No LEA SALONGA??????? Blasphemy!!!!
How come Barbra's only number 13????? THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS! Though I must agree that Patti LuPone is one of the top divas on Broadway. AND I had the blessing to meet her on NYC: two dreams coming true at once!! :)
You forgot: Heather Headly Bebe Neuwirth Linda Eder AND CMON..... NO ONE bothered to mention Marin Mazzie???
I agree entirely that she is the diva of divas. So why is there no Broadway theatre named after ETHEL MERMAN ? Jacobs, Schoenfeld, Friedman? Really? But no, Merman? I guess her family didn't know the right people or donate enough money to buy the naming rights.
I agree entirely that she is the diva of divas. So why is there no Broadway theatre named after ETHEL MERMAN ? Jacobs, Schoenfeld, Friedman? Really? But no, Merman? I guess her family didn't know the right people or donate enough money to buy the naming rights.
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Blame it on the Rain: Scientists Link Climate Change to Fate of Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations
International research team uses stalagmites to detect 2,400 years of rainfall for Southern Mexico; climate and cultural change inextricably linked
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UNLV geoscientist Matthew Lachniet and an international team of researchers used stalagmites to unveil a 2,400-year climate history from southwestern Mexico. This discovery, coupled with archaeological evidence, links the rise and fall of ancient Mesoamerican civilizations to changing rainfall. The findings were reported Jan. 23 as a "Pre-Issue Publication" of the journal Geology.
Little is known about what contributed to the fate of the prosperous ancient Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan, though historic evidence suggests periods of above average rainfall followed by extreme drought might have played a role.
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"Only recently have scientists started to unlock the secrets of stalagmites as ancient rain gauges," said Lachniet. "Stalagmites from tropical regions provide a much longer record than tree rings. They also grow rapidly which allows us to pinpoint climate variations on near-annual timescales."
The team correlated the region's cultural milestones with measured rainfall. Above average rainfall between the first and third centuries coincided with the rise of the early Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan. At its peak, more than 125,000 people lived around the massive pyramids in the highly developed city.
Conversely, a 500-year drying trend, including a drought of more than 150 years, coincided with rapid population decline in Teotihuacan around 550 CE. The drought likely impacted spring-fed agriculture practices in the semi-arid Mexican Highlands.
"We can't say with certainty that other social factors were drivers of the cultural change, but we now have well-dated and robust climate information to compare," said Lachniet. "Climate change was the norm for the region dating back thousands of years, and similar variations are to be expected for the future."
The study was funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society. Lachniet partnered with Juan Pablo Bernal of Mexico's Centro de Geociencias in Juriquilla; Yemane Asmerom and Victor Polyak of the University of New Mexico; and Dolores Piperno of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
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Hope this hasn't been posted before, but if you go to this URL http://www.seetickets.com/granddesignsbirm and enter the code FIRSTNEC into the promo code box and click proceed (you then have to select the date) it will show as £0.00 for 2 tickets for Grand Designs on Fri 9th October only. You print your tickets out via email.
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- Katiem5 years, 2 months ago1 Like #1Show comment tools ReplyOh and just to add it would cost £13 advance and £18 on the door - not been before so not sure how good it is i'm hoping someone else has and can let me know :)
- starsailor123uk5 years, 2 months ago #2Show comment tools ReplyI think it may have been posted on MSE but still worth a post
One note of caution is with these offers they usually for the low attended days. If you are goign for a look and see day expect a lots of interruptions in the walk-ways for competitions and such like to obtain personal details for post show junk-mail
On Sat/Sun they usually have the customers go to them
- millies.cookies5 years, 2 months ago #3Show comment tools ReplyI went last year having had free tickets through HotUKDeals. It was an excellent day out, something for every one. I defy any one, any age (apart from children) not to find something of interest. As usual, food and drinks can be a bit pricey.
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- jacquij1235 years, 2 months ago #5Show comment tools ReplyIf you copy and past the url from the first post it works, just ordered two tickets, and you can get a copy of the magazine for 89p.
Thanks for this.
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- taraweeh5 years, 2 months ago #9Show comment tools ReplyIt IS still working, just got two tickets for the friday. Don't be put off in the initial stage, proceed until you see the £0.00 and choose whether you want 1 or two tickets, they are then sent to email address for you to print off:thumbsup:
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Volume 78 Number 7
A Basic Advocacy Primer for ASA Members
Joseph F. Cassady, Jr., M.D. Committee on Governmental Affairs Chair, Task Force on State Advocacy
"I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant: I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow … I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures that are required … I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science … I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirmed."
– Excerpted from the Modern Hippocratic Oath
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment."
– Will Rogers
The Oxford Dictionary defines "advocacy" as "recommendation of a particular cause or policy." Having pioneered the principles of informed consent doctrine, the medical profession must now master the key skills of political dialog so that we may advocate our core values more effectively. In this effort, nothing less than the safety of our patients is at stake.
Every contemporary ASA president has advocated for availability of state-of-the-art medical and surgical care for all. As featured on the homepage of ASA's website, patient safety is our society's pre-eminent core value. ASA provides vigorous advocacy for our core values in Washington, D.C., through the ASA Committee on Governmental Affairs and ASA's Advocacy Division. Through the efforts of ASA's Task Force on State Advocacy, and Director of State Affairs Jason Hansen, M.S., J.D., ASA coordinates advocacy of our core values with our component societies in state capitals. Each spring, ASA members convene in Washington to attend the annual ASA Legislative Conference, where distinguished speakers provide substantive analysis of current public policy issues impacting perioperative medical care. During the ASA Legislative Conference, our members visit their congressional delegations on Capitol Hill to advocate principles essential for safe, state-of-the-art medical and surgical care for all patients.
Scope of Practice
Unfortunately, shortsighted public policies regarding scope of practice and physician payments have contributed to shortages of physicians in some states. Taking opportunistic advantage of this threat to public safety, the nursing lobby has convinced some politicians that access to care and budgetary deficits may be best addressed by lowering traditional standards of medical care. However, where these arguments have gained traction, relaxation of standards has not lowered costs or improved medical care.
Public officials must comprehend fundamental differences in medical and nursing education. During their entire formal education, it has been estimated that nurse practitioners receive approximately 600 hours of clinical instruction from a nursing school faculty. By comparison, during the first year of residency training alone, a physician receives more than 1,000 hours of advanced clinical instruction from medical faculty accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. By conclusion of residency training, a typical physician is estimated to receive 10 times the total hours of clinical experience received by a typical nurse practitioner. As prerequisites for sound clinical care, medical decisions require mastery of a full fund of advanced knowledge. Traditionally, therefore, physicians have been entrusted with the authority to make medical decisions and prescribe controlled medications.
In recommending changes in scope-of-practice rules, the nursing lobby seeks to invoke new regulations as a substitute for less education. Where state nursing boards have encroached on legitimate scope of medical practice, we must vigorously object and resist. Although most states require nurse practitioners to work cooperatively with physicians through a practice agreement, 17 states have awarded autonomy to nurse practitioners. To keep this in perspective for legislators, physician advocates should stress that the other 33 states (66 percent) have resisted such changes because they are not in the best interests of our patients.
Truth and Transparency
The nursing lobby understands that patients overwhelmingly want their medical care to be prescribed and administered by physicians. No other explanation can account for nurse practitioners with nursing doctorate degrees conspiring to deceive patients by employing the title "doctor" to refer to themselves in clinical settings. On behalf of our patients, physician advocates should press for effective truth and transparency legislation in every state.
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Since 2001, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' "opt out" provision has allowed states to discontinue medical supervision rules for CRNAs, if the governor attests that an "opt out" serves the best interests of the citizens of the state. At its core, the "opt out" movement is the product of an effort by the CRNA lobby to substitute new public policies in place of a medical education. Although 17 states have opted out, none has done so since April 2012. In 2013, a vigorous effort by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) to obtain an opt out in Wyoming was defeated when the Wyoming Department of Public Health rejected the proposal following an educational initiative offered by ASA members working with the ASA's State Affairs department (led by Director of State Affairs Jason Hansen).
In terms of breadth, depth and duration, the formal education of a CRNA cannot compare with that of a physician anesthesiologist. It has been estimated that a typical physician anesthesiologist completes more than 40,000 hours of formal education, including college and medical degrees and residency training, prior to being granted eligibility for examination by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Patients intuitively understand this educational difference. Despite furious lobbying by the AANA, 33 states (66 percent) have declined to opt out because their governors recognize that the safety of surgical patients is best assured when anesthesia is prescribed by a physician anesthesiologist.
ASA carefully monitors new developments in each state. If you become aware of new lobbying initiatives by your state's chapter of the AANA, please notify Jason Hansen at email@example.com.
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Other professions may flourish, but no other profession is bound by the tenants of the Hippocratic Oath. Accordingly, our advocacy initiatives are undertaken because we are members of an intelligent society with special obligations to our fellow human beings.
As physicians, we are experts in the strengths and limitations of the modern medical care system. Legislators are generally not prepared by training or professional experience to understand the complexities of the medical care system they are asked to regulate. Thus, decisions made by legislators may sometimes reflect a relatively simplistic political or financial perspective when compared with public safety priorities advocated by ASA. Legislators often form opinions primarily by listening to their advisors and most vocal constituents. Physicians must become more effective voices in this political process. ASA provides many forums to assist our members in acquiring and exercising advocacy skills.
When we engage our legislators and regulators, we must diligently articulate the case for state-of-the-art "medical care," while tactfully resisting the less rigorous term "health care." It is essential for public officials to understand key differences between "access to care" and "access to state of the art care." Our patients expect and deserve nothing less than the latter.
As Will Rogers colorfully observed, long experience is generally a prerequisite for development of judgment. The Hippocratic Oath posits that knowledge regarding our special obligations must be passed down from one generation of physicians to the next. Thus, the oath proffers a mentorship responsibility in our profession.
In a given advocacy sequence, effort does not necessarily equate with victory. Most ASA members with advocacy experience have discovered that victories may not come when expected, but may occur unexpectedly at other times. I encourage our members to resist becoming frustrated. Advocacy is a continuous process, spanning multiple presidential administrations. In the end, the most committed side usually wins.
Whatever your personal political perspective may be, there can be no doubt that governmental regulation is changing our patients' avenues of access to medical care. Whether or not you welcome current trends in health care policy, we must acknowledge that the future of our specialty depends on our ability to advocate effectively for it. ASA members should, at a minimum: 1) attend your state component society's meetings; 2) build relationships with your state legislators and become involved in your component's lobbying initiatives; and 3) stay informed by monitoring current developments on the ASA website and in other ASA news modalities. We must work together to advocate for ASA's core values and advance the cause of patient safety. ASA resources are available to help you.
Joseph F. Cassady, Jr., M.D. is an attending anesthesiologist, Iowa Methodist Medical Center/Blank Children's Hospital, Des Moines.
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The hand is powered by hydraulics, just like heavy construction equipment, instead of electricity, as is the case in most robot hands.
The developers expect the device to be used for such purposes as moving heavy debris at the scene of a fire. It can be used remotely through a special glove worn by the operator.
Professor Kenzo Nonami and other researchers at Chiba University's Faculty of Engineering helped devise the robot hand.
The developers now plan to improve the device's manipulation functions to decrease the time lag between the movements of the operator's hand and the robot's.
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I think I need to have a fundraiser
Due to the further implementation of a police state in the UK I'm offering British subjects free entry to Boomershoot 2006. Notify me a month early and I will supply the rifle and ammo. Show up a couple days early and learn how to make reactive targets.
It is bad enough probably not being able to afford to get to the States but when nice guys do nice things like this it makes me want to cry, or go and shoot something....
As the man says:
Q: Why does the average Boomershoot participant attend the shoot?"
A: As with some other things that are beyond what our ape-like evolution prepared us for, explosions are, at some level, very odd and curious things. Our brains are programmed to pay special attention to strange and unusual things -- 'magic' things. Explosions invoke that curiosity of magic in our brains. A gun with its 'action at a distance' capability is a magic tool. But at long distances there typically isn't the immediate confirmation that something really happened 'out there'. I change that. By creating a sort of Walt Disney-like world where 'magic' happens, I give the shooter an escape from reality. This is a Magic Kingdom for long range shooters. For one day I give them the keys to the Kingdom where they get to perform their own magic.
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The Guzzle Buddy wine device made its debut on TBS's "Cougar Town" last night. Loved seeing this infomercial spoof with a full demonstration using bottles of Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon. Great lines! Pouring wine is such a chore. Ouch! Wine wrist. Plug it and chug it. Pouring is boring. Check out the #guzzlybuddy post on their Facebook [...]
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Lou Malnati's Pizzeria
Lou Malnati's is a family-owned and operated company that takes pride in its service and quality. We ensure that every pizza served in each of our locations is handmade exactly to our specifications so we can deliver on our promise of quality. You'll know with every bite that each pizza was made with care and special attention.
CITY: Elk Grove Village
RoccoVino's Pizza Pasta Express
Featuring an extensive menu filled with our delicious recipes of Creative pasta specialties, a variety of Chicken, Steak, Veal & Seafood dishes, and of course PIZZA served Thin Crust, Classic Pan and Stuffed Deep Dish. RoccoVino's is always here to serve you. Stop by and Dine In with us or enjoy the best of Italy in your own home.
CITY: Elk Grove Village
Cousins Pizza Pub
Cousins Pizza Pub located in Roselle, IL has rapidly grown into a popular neighborhood Sports Pub & Eatery. You will find that our menu includes a variety of appetizers, soups & salads, sandwiches and best of all... the neighborhood's best tasting pizza. If you're looking for an extra value meal, look for our special web coupons on our website.
CITY: Roselle
UNO Pizzeria and Grill
UNO still makes their deep dish pizza fresh, from scratch every day. With the times, Uno® is adjusting its menu to how people want to live their lives. It will always be about amazing flavor and wonderful menus that have the right balance between indulgent treats and delicious and nutritious choices. Every guest can enjoy Uno® in a way that fits their mood and lifestyle.
CITY: Schaumburg
Cubby Bear's Pizza
Chicago Style Pizza at its best. Even though you are 6 hours away from Chicago you will feel like you are on the streets of the Windy City every time you bite into one of the handmade pizzas at Cubby Bears. A pizza buffet makes it easy to sample all that Cubby's has to offer. Sandwiches and pasta also available. 11:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Daily
CITY: Metropolis
Off the Rails
Off The Rails is a casual, family friendly restaurant and bar. They offer pizza, pasta, wraps burgers,steak, wine and spirits in a rustic historic building.
CITY: Woodstock
Anna Marie's Pizza
We deliver! All day! Everyday! Plus we do catering! And did we mention that we've got some of the most delicious slices in town?
CITY: Princeton
Firehouse Pizza & Pub
Firehouse Pizza & Pub in East Peoria is a family friendly pizzeria offering made-to-order pizzas using the freshest meats, cheeses and vegetables available and using our own dough made daily on-site. Try our special "sweet sauce" or one of our original 8 sauces. After enjoying the highest quality pizza in town, visit our contemporary pub right next door. Small group tours welcome!
CITY: East Peoria
Lou Malnati's - Lincolnwood
Lou Malnati's, considered the oldest family name in Chicago pizza, has been creating rich thick slices of pie since 1971. People all over the state, the country and the world have heard of Chicago pizza, and with 36 locations, Lou Malnati's has been the ambassador of this heavenly creation.
CITY: Lincolnwood
Pizano's Pizza & Pasta - State Street
From the son of Lou Malnati's, Rudy brings you Pizano's; a traditional Italian eatery featuring Chicago deep dish pizza – the way his dad made, hearty two-handed sandwiches, fresh salads and good times.
CITY: Chicago
Double A's Pizza Bar & Grill!
Double A's atmosphere is appealing to everyone! We offer a game room for the kids, a full bar for the adults, an outdoor patio, and 20 HDTV's including 10 behind the bar so sports fans of all ages have a front row seat to watch their favorite teams! Most of all, Double A's is known for great customer service! Katie and I have found that service is something that comes second at many places. That will not happen at Double A's. We will personally guarantee that if you choose to spend your hard earned money at Double A's you will receive great food and drink, AND incredible customer service!
CITY: Peoria
Uno Chicago Bar and Grill
Welcome to the restaurant that developed deep dish pizza! Uno's continues to be about amazing flavor and wonderful menus that have the right balance between indulgent treats and delicious and nutritious choices.
CITY: Gurnee
Giordano's - Evanston
Casual restaurant famous for stuffed pizza along with salad and pasta.
CITY: Evanston
Johnson's Corner Restaurant
Home of the "original pork tenderloin," pond raised catfish and homemade onion rings. Alton's most affordable sit-down restaurant. One of Alton's best kept secrets!
CITY: Alton
Mimmo's Pizza
Authentic Italian food and excellent pasta. Family oriented, dine in or carry out.
CITY: Carterville
Gino's East - St. Charles
Join us for our world famous Chicago style deep dish pizza. Ask about our "no charge" private party room.
CITY: St. Charles
Gino's East - Rolling Meadows
The "World's Most Celebrated" pizza. Deep dish or thin crust. Party rooms, pre-orders, carry-out and delivery.
CITY: Rolling Meadows
Pagliai's Pizza & Pasta
This family-owned and operated restaurant has been successfully serving delicious Italian cuisine in Carbondale's downtown for more than 20 years. Known for both thin and thick crust, there's no question that "Pag's" has set the standard high for "Carbondale Style" pizza!
CITY: Carbondale
Gino's East - Chicago
Gino's East pizza is legendary Chicago-style, deep-dish pizza with thick, golden "secret" recipe crust loaded with fresh mozzarella and chunky vine-ripened tomato sauce.
CITY: Chicago
Giordano's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria - Gurnee
Pioneer of the famous stuffed and equally renowned thin-crust pizza, Giodano's menu also has great pastas, sandwiches, soups, salads and desserts. Over 40 Chicagoland locations open for lunch or dinner including a full-service bar. Dine-in, carry out, delivery and catering are available. Located within 2 miles from Six Flags Great America and Gurnee Mills.
CITY: Gurnee
Dr. Jazz Soda Fountain & Grille
Come and experience the flavor of an old time soda fountain. Dr. Jazz is an old-fashioned parlor featuring Cedar Crest Ice Cream, Chicago-style hot dogs, sandwiches, soups, salads, and much more.
CITY: Lebanon
Lou Malnati's Pizza
Lou's is the home of the BEST Chicago-style deep dish pizza in the world. If you love a buttery, flaky crust, sweet and tangy tomatoes, gooey mozzarella cheese, perfectly seasoned sausage, and other fresh ingredients- you've come to the right place. They pride themselves on making each handmade pizza just the way you like it.
CITY: Schaumburg
Crazy Beaver Pizza Lodge
Hungry after a day shopping and seeing the sights in Grafton? Then stop by the Crazy Beaver Lodge for a hand-tossed fresh pizza made with the toppings of your choice. On Fridays only, you can buy a 5 pound deep dish pizza which is sure to satisfy even the biggest pizza lover in your crew. Sandwiches, salads and appetizers are also available. Live music on Sundays. Hours: W - F 4 p.m. - 10 p.m. S - Su 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.
CITY: Grafton
Papa Dels Pizza
An institution in Champaign County for over 40 years, Papa Del's is known for their deep dish pizza. Some argue the best south of I-80, many say the best in the state. University of Illinois students and alumni have clamored for Papa Del's since opening their doors in 1970, waiting the 45-minutes it takes for the dough to cook and the mass amounts of cheese to melt. Alumni all over the country have such an insatiable taste for their favorite pizza, that Papa Del's now ships up to 8 pizzas overnight anywhere in the country. As one Yelp reviewer says, it's "Legendary in every sense of the word."
CITY: Champaign


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Adam Jacobi
- Basic Information
- Awards & Honors
- Publications
- Areas of Interest & Research
- Professional Affiliations
- B.S., Carroll University
- Teaching Certificate, Marquette University
- Professional Development, Harvard University
Current Courses Taught
Public Speaking
Awards and Honors
- National Forensic League Distinguished Service Award
- National Forensic League Second Diamond Award
- National Forensic League Circle of Champion Coach
- Wisconsin Forensic Coaches' Association Coach of the Year
- Milwaukee Public Schools Educator Citation
- Milwaukee Common Council Resolution
Recent Publications and Presentations
- Introduction to Debate: A Public Forum Debate Handbook. Beijing World Publishing Corporation (Beijing), 2013. Associate editor and contributing author for bilingual textbook in English/Mandarin, targeted for grades 8-12.
- "Debating, Speaking & Performing: Spark Cross-Curricular Critical Thinking to Meet the Common Core." National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Conference, Accepted for June 2013 presentation.
- "Speech, Literature, Social Studies, and the Common Core." Rostrum magazine, February 2013.
- "Speech and Debate in the High School Classroom." Dipont Education, China, May 2012 presentation to 120 high school teachers in Wuxi, China.
- "How Co-Curricular Speech and Debate Programs Can Bolster Standardized Test Scores, Literacy, Critical Thinking, and 21st Century Skills." National School Boards Association: National Conference, April 2012 presentation.
- "Advocating High School Speech Communication Education: Sowing Stronger Seeds for the Future." National Developmental Conference for Individual Events, August 2010 panel/paper (National Forensic Association).
- "Communication Education in the Information Age." National Communication Association: Convention, November 2009. Panel presentation, Elementary & Secondary Education Section.
- Coaching Guide: Directing Debate & Speech Activities. National Forensic League (Ripon, WI), 2009, 3rd ed. Comprehensive handbook designed for a variety of coaching/teaching circumstances.
- Student Congress Debate. Rosen Publishing (New York), 2007. Speech textbook.
Areas of Interest
- Forensic Public Speaking and Debating
- Pedagogy of Teaching
- Secondary Education
- Common Core State Standards
- Social Media
Professional Affiliations
- Wisconsin Communication Association (Secretary/Webmaster)
- National Communication Association
- Ripon Rotary Club (Board of Directors)
- City of Ripon Historic Preservation Commission
- Ripon Lumen Charter High School Governance Committee
- Harvard Debate Council – Curriculum Director and Tournament Division Coordinator


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Ice Cube - Nation CEO and Owner of the Raiders
Dear Mr. Cube,
Now that you and Dre are flush with cash from selling Beats we want you to buy the Raiders. Then build a new stadium on an Aircraft carrier in the Oakland harbor and float it down to LA for a couple games each season.
That would be the ultimate hip hop throw down - rapping on a big ass boat, with your NFL team playing in the background. Plus, we could throw Bronco fans overboard at halftime - like dwarf tossing. Did I mention you can have Casinos on boats so we could bet on the game at the game? I know this Italian dude who is out of work who can drive the thing.
As a life longer Raider and NWA fan I need this to happen.
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Welcome back to #CameraThursdays. Every week we bring you a camera-toting member of the Blurb staff with the camera they love. It's really amazing to see not just the variety of cameras people have here, but the photos that they take. This week's comes from a software engineer "with a particular affinity for building shiny things in the browser." And his photos are pretty great too.
Camera: Nikon D80 with f/1.8 50mm Prime
Employee: Andrew
Job: Software Engineer
"I shoot with a Nikon D80, with my primary lens being a Nikon f/1.8 50mm prime. It's a really fast lens which lets me take photos in low light and with fast-moving subjects. I find that I prefer the prime to my zoom lens in most situations, it's super compact (which is less intimidating to my subjects).


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Koss ESP950
Stax SR-003
Etymotic ER4 with Forza Audioworks recable @40 Ohm
Westone UM3x
I would be interested in trying: Stax 4070
Had (or tried):
Stax SR-009: You put a great, analogue sounding source with the SR-009 and the sound is magical. You put a great, analogue sounding source behind the SR-007, and someone will tell you that your amp is the problem, and/or your source is not enough.
Stax Omega 2 Mk1 (heard at least 8) -> 7xxxx S/N and 7xxxx have bigger chances to be much better. We found out that several 70xxx are too dark. We found out that SZ1xx and further are uninteresting to us.
Stax SR-X Mk3 Pro (2x) -> great midrange, lean midbass, but extremely rumbling and powerful deep bass; small soundstage, extremely discomfortable. Extremely source-dependant.
Stax Gamma Pro -> Princess of the loudness war
Stax 404/Spritzer modded -> I only remember it was sweaty
Stax SRS001 Mk2 with Audiocats-modded amp -> fantastic
Stax SR-003 -> lovely
AKG K1000 -> purest sounding earphone in the world.
Audio-Technica AD2000 -> live equalizer. Bass and treble are never out of place. Midrange can be, though.
Tamboti Thunderpants -> super aggressive midrange, small soundstage, smooth highs, fast, tight bass
LCD2 Rev1 -> unnatural, clinical, strong deep bass, empty midrange... sounds like it's making music for something else
LCD2 Rev2 -> in opposition to other people's impressions, the Rev2 I got was a darker than that Rev1. Great headphone if it retailed 200 Euro new.
Yamaha HP3 -> a bullet must have killed the midrange frequencies. Otherwise super tight/deep bass, super comfortable, very fast if properly damped
NAD RP18 -> darkish... sloppish, also
Sennheiser HD650 -> thick; thick and sibilant when badly amped; I wish to hear it in a proper, balanced setup
Sennheiser HD580 -> the bass goes its own way, constantly missing the timing of the music. Bloated. This is with CKKIII, regardless of the source and cables
Sennheiser HD250 Linear I -> hole in the midrange, fast, spikey treble
Sennheiser HD250 Linear II -> hole in the midrange, fast, more spikey treble, strong deep bass
Sennheiser HD800 (only loaned) -> super fast, hypertextured, wrinkled bass; distant, hollow midrange, spikey treble; huge soundstage
AKG K501 (repeatedly loaned) -> beautiful midrange, not very resolving, slightly sibilant, average soundstage and bass depth
Apuresound Etymotic ER4P/S -> fantastic but aggressive, not really "warm", the bass is as tight as a stone, in general a lean, aggressive, addictive sound without any hints of sibilance (the P), or with some hints of sibilance (the S).
Etymotic ER4P/S -> more linear midrange, but less emotionally addicting than the Apuresound version, easier to drive (the Apuresound P requires higher volume, go figure). The stock S is very sibilant
Etymotic HF-5 -> inferior to normal Etys, the bass reaches less deep; less refined across the notes; exceptional for home use with the Etymotic PtoS adapter, especially with a warm/darkish signal path behind
Westone 3 -> big sound, lovely low level details (echoes), the balance is weirdly u-shaped so that the midrange lacks some energy. Upper bass is full, treble is extended
Westone UM3X -> warm as a womb could be. With triflanges it can also sound airy, otherwise suffocating
JH13 -> transparent, neutral, small, polite midrange, transparent
Triple.fi 10 Pro -> big bass, big soundstage, overpowering bass, ghastly midrange, extended treble
HifiMan RE272, RE262, RE252, RE0 -> the RE272 and RE262 are very fine sounding, lifelike, if you can stand the comfort
Yuin OK1, OK2, OK3, PK1, PK2, G1 -> I will remember the PK1 as the one with a meaningful personality
Koss A250, KSC75
Grado SR60 (and I have heard RS1i, PS1000)
Shure SE530
|Headphone Amp Inventory
KG Megatron (in progress...)
Hiraga LeMonstre 20w (in progress...)
Stax SRM-007t (loaned)
Stax "KGSS-A" (Stax SRM-727A with Feedback mod and same output stage as KGSSHV - thanks, KG)
Stax SRM-717, Stax SRM-001 with SFC++ mods (by Audiocats, Vitq caps), Stax SRM-1 Mk2 Pro, SRM-Xh
AMB-Cavalli CKKIII
Burson HA-160DS
MisterX Mini^3 and less interesting portable amps.
|Source Inventory
|Subjective ranking that may change across time:
Metrum Hex
Audio Note DAC2.0
Museatex DA-44 Plus (Upgraded)
Museatex Bitstream Plus (Upgraded)
April Music Eximus DP-1
Yulong DA8
Metrum Octave Mk2
Antelope Zodiac Gold + Voltikus
Audio-gd NFB-9.2
Yulong D18, Assemblage DAC 2.7, Assemblage DAC 3.0
Yulong D200
JKenny Ciùnas
Mytek 192DSD
Halide DAC HD
Other stuff: Museatex Bitstream (stock is useless), Arcam Rpac (impressively decent), Yulong DAH1 (better than your average mp3 player), AMB Gamma 1 (not better than your average mp3 player), HiFiMan HM602 (too bulky to make sense), various portables, Imods. I loved the Kenwood HD20GA7 mp3 player, it started my Head-fi journey.
Would like to try: MSB Analogue, Phasure NOS, Digicode S192, Museatex Bidat
|Cable Inventory
|Silverfi Samarkand XLR interconnects
Paid, never received: RAL Paradise XLR interconnects (SCAM)
|Other Audio Equipment
|Mordaunt Short Performance 6 Ltd
Neumann KH120A
|Music Preferences
Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Tim Buckley, Robert Wyatt, Gong, Faust, Can, Amon Duul II, Red Crayola, The Velvet Underground, The United States of America, Jefferson Airplane, The Moody Blues, Silver Apples, Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Roxy Music, Public Image Ltd, Traffic, Royal Trux, Television, Pere Ubu, Talking Heads, John Cale, Lou Reed, Nico, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder, Van Morrison, John Fahey, Leonard Cohen, Cat Stevens, Roy Harper, Yes, Area, Van Der Graaf Generator, Henry Cow, Brian Eno, David Bowie, Cocteau Twins, Buggles, Jimi Hendrix, Pixies, Husker Du, Violent Femmes, Foetus, Mr. Bungle, Phish, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Lydia Lunch, Franco Battiato, Mercury Rev, Red House Painters, Lycia, Morphine, Solex, Peter Gabriel, Steven Ridgway, Antibalas, Sonata Artica, Dream Theater
Charles Mingus, Carla Bley, Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, Miles Davis, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, David Holland, Dexter Gordon, Eric Dolphy, Joni Mitchell, Alice Coltrane, Paroah Sanders, Zu, Paolo Conte
Shostakovic, Mahler, Beethoven, Arvo Part, Philip Glass, Oistrakh, Kogan, Lutoslavski
Penderecki, Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis
Moondog, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Steve Roach, Penguin Cafè Orchestra, Diamanda Galas
Shpongle, Ott, Hallucinogen, Younger Brother, Juno Reactor, Shulman, Amethystium, Spectral, Maneesh De Moor
|Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets)
|Motorola Photon Q
Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo Wii-U
PS Vita
iPhone 4S
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Pima Association of Governments is an active partner in bicycle and pedestrian planning efforts in the region. As the regional planning agency, PAG brings together diverse groups, interests and jurisdictions in order to improve bicycle and pedestrian facilities and programs.
Through PAG's leadership, the Tucson/Eastern Pima County region has been designated a Gold Level bicycle friendly community by the League of American Bicyclists (LAB). This is the only region in the country that collaborates and submits an application on behalf of all the local jurisdictions.
Our community is proud of the regional commitment to improve walking and cycling conditions and to encourage more people to try these healthy transportation alternatives. The current bicycle network consists of over 950 miles of bicycle lanes, routes, shared-use paths/trails and bicycle boulevards.
PAG recognizes the excellent work being done by jurisdictions throughout the region. To learn more about the existing jurisdictional programs, click on the links, at left, under Jurisdictional Bike/Ped Programs.
The Tucson/Eastern Pima County region is designated a Gold Level Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists.
In the July/August 2012 issue of American Bicyclist, the national publication of the League of American Bicyclists, Tucson was highlighted for the long history of bicycle achievement. Click here to read the article.
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Captive portals do cause issues on smartphones and tablets. Users hate having to open up their browser to authenticate before an app can be used.
If you want to invite the devices onto the network, you have to make them usable - over complicating matters unfortunately puts barriers in the way of the original brief. Finding the happy medium is tough.
Radius for us is part of the same ruckus setup that does dpsk that irritable tech mentioned, its reasonably smooth and we have the promise of shiny apps and services staff we can entice them with when they play ball
For those using pre shared keys and saying only IT know the key, you do know there are lots of tools out there that can recover the key once its on a system??? usually the tools require admin rights which all users shouldn't have but with it being there personal device then they will probably have admin rights. so my question is how do you stop this??
To the original question we have a separate SSID with a captive web portal which uses AD for authentication, this puts the users on a separate vlan with ACL's and then our firewall also filters traffic and only allows some ports out.
For email we run exchange 2010, we only allow SSL connections to the server and if the user wants to connect there phone they are required to encrypt there device and setup a passcode.
On a note about personal mobile devices being used to access emails, etc ...
Within your AUP you must point out that these devices must be encrypted, secured with a complex passphrase (4 digit pass code or being able to follow a greasy, sliding trail on the screen is *not* good security) and, where possible, set to autowipe after x failed attempts to log in.
Staff should give permission for routine checks to see that this is in place on personal devices, and should it not be then that device will be blocked from accessing the service.
These are the *reasonable* technical and organisational measures that can be put in place to protect data (DPA principle 7).
If staff don't like the IT staff doing checks then you increase the technical measures (VDI, etc) but the school accepts that this increases the capital and operational costs of the service.
You *do* need it in the AUP as you are keeping staff informed, gaining their acceptance and understanding of how and why things are set up in a particular way. If you don't include things like this you are not helping yourself or the school.You don't even need it in the AUP.
You can set security rules in O365 if they're adding it to mobile devices. [IIRC]
It is not *all* about the technology, but also about the education of users ... oh, and PR too.
This is a very handy post, although working in primary schools with very basic filtering etc makes BYOD much harder to implement. I have noticed remote wipe / policy pushing to devices in the Google apps for Education admin panel but have never played with it, something I will now rectify.
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Who do you think looks best today? (5 photos)
The best street style from London Fashion Week: http://ow.ly/p48HS via @StyleCaster
Haven't worked up the nerve to switch your neutral pink lipstick for one of this season's super-trendy vampy shades? Fear not, says Poppy King, founder of Lipstick Queen. She suggests using a black hue as a layering piece under a softer rose. "The black peeks through to give the pink shade a modern feel," she says.
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Maybe Don't Talk Abortion During a Chat About Execution
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The Western Athletic Conference announced today that a minimum of 13 football games will be televised on multiple ESPN platforms this fall. The season opens with a Thursday night contest on Aug. 30 featuring Texas A&M versus defending WAC champion Louisiana Tech. The game will be played in Shreveport, La., and will be shown on ESPNU.
Utah State makes an appearance on Friday, Sept. 7, when the Aggies host in-state rival Utah on ESPN2. The following day, WAC newcomer Texas State makes its first appearance when it hosts Texas Tech on a network to be announced at a later date.
The rest of September includes several games that will be shown on ESPN3. ESPN3 is ESPN's live multi-screen sports network, a 24/7 destination that delivers thousands of global sports events annually and accessible online via WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold level members. It is currently available to 73 million homes at no additional cost to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection or video subscription from an affiliated service provider. The network is also available at no cost to approximately 21 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via computers connected to on-campus educational networks and on-base military networks.
In October and November, ESPN Regional Television (ERT), will produce five games that will be available for syndication to the local markets of the teams involved and on the nation-wide ESPN GamePlan package.
Additional television games are expected to be added in the upcoming months.
2012 WAC-ESPN Football Schedule
Date Game Time (Local) ESPN Platform
Thursday, Aug. 30 Texas A&M at Louisiana Tech 6:30 p.m. CT ESPNU
Friday, Sept. 7 Utah at Utah State 6:00 p.m. MT ESPN2
Saturday, Sept. 8 Texas Tech at Texas State TBD TBD
Saturday, Sept. 15 Rice at Louisiana Tech 6:00 p.m. CT ESPN3
Saturday, Sept. 15 Colorado State at San Jose State 5:00 p.m. PT ESPN3
Saturday, Sept. 22 New Mexico at New Mexico State 6:00 p.m. MT ESPN3
Saturday, Sept. 29 Nevada at Texas State TBD TBD
Saturday, Sept. 29 UNLV at Utah State 6:00 p.m. MT ESPN3
Saturday, Oct. 6 UNLV at Louisiana Tech 6:00 p.m. CT ERT
Saturday, Oct. 13 Utah State at San Jose State 1:00 p.m. PT ERT
Saturday, Oct. 20 Idaho at Louisiana Tech 6:00 p.m. CT ERT
Saturday, Nov. 3 UTSA at Louisiana Tech 3:00 p.m. CT ERT
Saturday, Nov. 24 Idaho at Utah State 1:00 p.m. MT ERT


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Governor Patrick Signs Energy Bill Promoting Cost Savings, Renewable and Clean Energy Technology
Legislation will hold down electric bills, promote the development of renewable energy, and stimulate the clean energy industry
BOSTON - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 - Governor Deval Patrick today signed the Green Communities Act, a comprehensive energy reform bill resulting from close collaboration with House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi, who filed the bill in 2007, and Senate President Therese Murray, who led the Senate to pass its version in January.
"Today, Massachusetts has taken a giant step forward toward a clean energy future," said Governor Deval Patrick, who signed the bill at a ceremony at the Museum of Science. "This legislation will reduce electric bills, promote the development of renewable energy, and stimulate the clean energy industry that is taking root here in the Commonwealth."
"This new law puts Massachusetts in the lead nationally in crafting bold, comprehensive energy reform," said House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi. "This law will spark a significant increase in the use of renewable energy that will significantly curtail our use of fossil fuels, improve our environment and save us all money in the long run. Working together, we in the House, Senate and Patrick administration have much to be proud of."
"With the cost of energy skyrocketing, this legislation comes at a critical time and puts Massachusetts at the forefront of clean energy policies and the development of alternative fuel sources," Senate President Therese Murray said. "With this landmark legislation, the Commonwealth will tip the scales away from fossil fuels in favor of more efficient and affordable energy alternatives. Emerging technologies and conservation are major parts of this effort, and Massachusetts will lead the way."
Lower Energy Costs
Under the new law, the state will make energy efficiency programs compete in the market with traditional energy supply. Utility companies (NSTAR, National Grid, Western Mass. Electric, etc.) will be required to purchase all available energy efficiency improvements that cost less than it does to generate power, ultimately saving money on consumers' electricity bills.
Utility companies will offer rebates and other incentives for customers to upgrade lighting, air conditioning, and industrial equipment to more efficient models, whenever those incentives cost less than generating the electricity it would take to power their older, less-efficient equipment.
Existing efficiency programs have already shown savings at 3 cents per kilowatt-hour versus 9 cents for power generation. Customers who take advantage of these incentives will save money as they reduce how much energy they use. The incentives will encourage more efficient energy use, lowering the overall demand on the system and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Promoting Renewable Energy
The Green Communities Act promotes renewable energy in a number of ways. The law requires utility companies to enter into 10- to 15-year contracts with renewable energy developers to help developers of clean energy technology obtain financing to build their projects. The agreements will target Massachusetts-based projects.
The law also makes it possible for people who own wind turbines and solar-generated power to sell their excess electricity into the grid ("net-metering") at favorable rates, for installations of up to 2 megawatts (up from 60 kilowatts currently).
The measure also authorizes utility companies to own solar electric installations they put on their customers' roofs - a practice that was previously prohibited - up to 50 MW apiece after two years. If utilities take full advantage of this new opportunity, it will poise Massachusetts to meet Governor Patrick's goal to harness 250 megawatts of installed solar power by 2017.
Making State and Municipal Power Greener
A new Green Communities program comes into effect under the new law, offering benefits to municipalities that make a commitment to efficiency and renewable energy. The state Division of Energy Resources, which is expanded and elevated into the Department of Energy Resources, will now include a Green Communities Division to provide technical and financial assistance to municipalities for energy efficiency and renewable energy efforts. The program will receive $10 million in funding from a variety of sources, including emissions allowance trading programs, utility efficiency charges, alternative compliance payments generated by the Renewable Portfolio Standard, and the Renewable Energy Trust Fund.
In addition to these provisions, the new energy law doubles the rate of increase in the Renewable Portfolio Standard from 0.5 percent per year to 1 percent per year, with no cap. As a result, utilities and other electricity suppliers will be required to obtain renewable power equal to 4 percent of sales in 2009 - rising to 15 percent in 2020 and 25 percent in 2030, and more thereafter. In addition, the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust Fund, which is administered by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, comes under the direction of a new governing board chaired by the Commissioner of the Department of Energy Resources.
The law also requires the State Board of Building Regulations and Standards to adopt, as its minimum standard, the latest edition of the International Energy Conservation Code as part of the State Building Code. This will keep Massachusetts building standards at the highest international levels of energy efficiency.
The Green Communities Act gives final legislative approval to the Commonwealth's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Substantially all of the emissions allowances issued under the program will be auctioned - in accordance with the policy announced by Governor Patrick in January 2007 - allowing the proceeds to go toward reimbursing municipalities that lose property tax receipts as a result of RGGI mandates, funding Green Communities, providing no-interest loans for municipal energy efficiency projects, and promoting energy conservation.
"With this legislation, Massachusetts takes its rightful place as a national leader in energy reform and environmental protection," said Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Ian Bowles. "This legislation will help businesses and residential consumers fight rising energy costs, reap the benefits of renewable energy, and grow our clean energy industry."


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Porsche Communication Management (PCM) is available as an option. Powerful, multifunctional and yet easy to use, PCM is your control centre for audio, navigation and communication functions.
The main feature is the intuitive 7-inch high-definition touchscreen. Alternatively, you can choose to operate PCM using the rotary pushbutton controls or the buttons and thumbwheels on the optional multifunction steering wheel.
The DVD-audio drive plays CDs and audio DVDs and is MP3-compatible. Audio playback of video DVDs is also supported. A six-disc CD/DVD autochanger integrated into PCM is available as an option.
The universal audio interface (USB) in the glove compartment enables you to connect your iPod® or any audio source – also for the purposes of charging.
You can download the performance display data from the Sport Chrono Package and data from the electronic logbook via the USB port. You can also transfer up to 5,000 tracks (40 GB) in MP3 format to the internal hard drive (or Jukebox) of the PCM and play them from there. Podcasts and audiobooks are recognised and played and cover art is displayed.
The navigation module in PCM features a high-speed hard drive and allows you to choose between a 2D display and a 3D perspective. In some regions, it is also possible to display the terrain (with an overlaid satellite map) and buildings in 3D.
The navigation module also has a dynamic route guidance function which takes into account official traffic messages (TMC) and additional traffic flow sensors (TMC Pro).*
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Hey, James Bond villains: here's how you build an ocean fortress
Designer Phil Pauley has a dream: he wants to build a new biosphere, but instead of putting it on solid ground, he wants to put it in the middle of the ocean. He envisions a scientific utopia, one that could work either floating on the surface or down in the watery depths.
His design consists of eight living biomes surrounding one larger, central biome full of control equipment. The smaller biomes would be where people would live and experiments would take place. And through an "innovative control of variant atmospheric pressures that occur at depth," the entire thing would be self-sustainable, generating its own electricity and other resources.
It sounds neat, to be sure, but who would lay out the cash for such a pricey endeavor?
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Needing a Swim
December isn't really when I should be whining about swimming, but between travel and something bouncing around my respiratory system I've been out of the pool for two weeks now, and it's making me cranky. I've been very fortunate since switching gyms last spring, and the schedule and facility of our local Y got me into some good habits. Both the fitness and the stress relief were going well.
But now I'm cranky and stiff, and I've got less than a month to look good for Penguin Plunge. Hope the new meds work on this cough quickly,
Lifeguards and Donuts
Christmas may be dominating the news, the mail, the calendar, the living room, and, well, everything, but as a Public Service Announcement I'd like to remind you that we're now only thirteen days away from the 28th annual Penguin Plunge at Del Mar.
Mmmm…donuts. Mmmm…lifeguards.
We're planning to make this year our eighth start for a new year with a "refreshed mind and a slightly numb body," to quote the stylish certificate that comes with the donuts and coffee.
Photos from previous years are posted under the tag 'Penguin Plunge', and a video we made from the 2013 event is hosted at YouTube.
2013 Is Here
It's not that I think 2012 was a particularly bad year, but 2013 has gotten off to such a great start that I'm not that sorry to see it heading out the door.
First New Year's resolution: I need a better tan at this point next year.
It's A New Year
We welcomed in 2012 with a wonderful jolt of refreshing coldness at our sixth Penguin Plunge, and the year has gotten off to a great start. Nothing like this though:
1st day of 2012 from Benjamin Dowie on Vimeo.
Back For A New Year
2011 started nice with a great time at the Penguin Plunge, but has been pretty much work and escrow frustration ever since, with a big touch of something-I-ate wiping me out. At least the something-I-ate is helping me get started on the gym goals I set after seeing the Penguin Plunge photos, without the bother of actually going to the gym.
2010 Through Blog-Colored Glasses
Given the last two months, it would be easy to just say 2010 sucked and be done with it. Gout, diverticulitis and the never-ending escrow have taken their emotional toll. Fortunately though I do have this website and was able to read back through the year, and after doing that have say that overall it wasn't bad.
Maybe the bar was set a little low by starting the year with a post about clean undies and a photo of me freezing my bits off at the Penguin Plunge. The year progressed well though. My fifth Valentine's Day with Spinner. Roadtrips to Palm Springs and through the Central Coast, and a vacation in Kona. Crew Classic and Comic-Con were fun as always.
The San Diego County Fair in July was particularly nice what with taking home an Honorable Mention ribbon for this photo and all. The party for Spinner's 50th birthday came off without a hitch, with many thanks to the wonderful people at The Linkery.
Sure the year wasn't perfect, and I'm certainly feeling no better about the economy on December 31 than I was on January 1. Too many people I know are still out of work, and too many small businesses are still failing, while too many bankers still walk free. It was a good year for us though, and on that note I'll shake Father Time's hand a midnight a bid him adieu rather than kicking him out the door, even while I'm hoping the New Year baby can bring us something better for 2011.
Weather permitting we'll be starting the New Year tomorrow morning at the same beach, making this our fifth Penguin Plunge. As the certificate says, nothing like starting off the year with a "refreshed mind and a slightly numb body." Free coffee doesn't hurt either.
Childish Focus
Lalalalalalala. Fifteen more days until Penguin Plunge. Lalalalalalalala. Other issues? I see your lips moving but I can't hear what you're saying. Lalalalalalalalala.
Big Bowl O' Christmas Eye Candy
Yeah, I know some of you a freezing your bits off under tons of snow that are collapsing your buildings. Not really my problem, but I do have other issues that I need to take my mind off of, so here's a bit of Christmas eye candy for ya [via Kenneth in the 212].
Remember, Christmas is only for bundling up if you're in badly stereotyped movies. Otherwise the secular aspects of the holiday season are all about Speedo Santa Runs and prepping for the Penguin Plunge.
Back To The Water
Made it back to the pool this morning for the first post-Christmas-gluttony swim. Minor panic attack when I pulled into the parking lot, but fortunately all the New Year's Resolutionists were staying in the dry areas of the gym. Either they're committed non-swimmers or they haven't resolved enough of their body issues to be seen in swimwear yet. Either way I won – I had a lane to myself for the entire workout.
We'll see if the effort pays off on Friday. Weather permitting, at 11ish we'll plunge into the ocean like little penguins with 300 or so of our closest friends to celebrate the New Year. Most of our friends normally wince at the thought of going, with the imagery of icebergs and hypothermia shivering up their private bits just as surely as the cold water itself would. Still fun though, and free coffee, doughnuts and certificates always make for excellent motivators. See you there? This will be the 24th annual plunge, and our fourth together.
Like A Horse Out Of The Starting Gate
2009 started off with a bang with the Penguin Plunge and then three nights up in Pismo Beach enjoying the central coast. But I'm back at work now, alternating some briefing with some de-Christmasing of the Casa and a bit of gym strategizing that became necessary after seeing the Penguin Plunge pictures. Going to have to look at coordinated plungewear next year, like these gentlemen on the Central Coast [gallery] . The Chippendale look might give the New Years event just the formality it deserves. Laundry and dishes and accounts receivable are rounding out the agenda here at the end of the extended holiday. Then I can try and post the weekend's photos.


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Kanye West to Appear on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'
Kanye West and Jimmy Kimmel are putting their differences aside. The hip-hop superstar will appear on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Wednesday night.
The talk show host made the announcement on Twitter. "TOMORROW NIGHT, MY GUEST WILL BE @kanyewest (for real, yes and was it all a setup, no)," tweeted Kimmel.
The two faced off after Kimmel parodied the rapper's BBC interview in a sketch on his show. Kanye fired back in a series of all-caps tweets.
"JIMMY KIMMEL IS OUT OF LINE TO TRY AND SPOOF IN ANY WAY THE FIRST PIECE OF HONEST MEDIA IN YEARS," tweeted 'Ye. "JIMMY KIMMEL, I DON'T TAKE IT AS A JOKE…. YOU DON'T HAVE SCUM BAGS HOPPING OVER FENCES TRYING TO TAKE PICTURES OF YOUR DAUGHTER."
Kimmel laughed off the beef, adding, "I don't know why he's angry. The bit was I thought pretty innocuous, but finally I'm in a rap feud."
Tune in tomorrow night at 11:35 p.m. to see them hash it out.
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Cheryl Goodman from Qualcomm on Mirasol, the low-power color tablet screen technology.
e-Readers and multimedia viewers will merge. There are so many tablets, how many will fail without content? How many magazines will fail without content strategies? An internet connection is not a content strategy.
We expect 200 million tablets in next 5 years. There's a lot of enthusiasm for tablets, but not as much satisfaction with available content. But, a majority of publishers (67%) of publishers have not changed their approach to publishing to deliver content in new ways. They are being dragged into market.
First technologies are not best, just first. Content must live up to capability of platform; PDFs are a bridge format, not the best format.
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