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Seniors, your last month of high school is here. This series has given you a monthly to-do list to prepare for life beyond high school and culminates in this article. Among the last few items to
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Financial aid letters will start showing up between now and mid-April. Use this month to get a clear financial picture. Understand each award you have received, compare them side by side and explore the ramifications each choice will have on your future.
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Basic Computer Skills Tutorial
Basic computer skills tutorial teaches one on generally what is a computer system and the operations of a computer. To put is simply basic computer skills is the like a manual to to teach you on how to operate a computer. From the first step of switching a computer to the last minute when you switch of the machine. A computer is generally an electronic system housed in the television box and runs on a platform known as an operating system. In basic computer skills its good to understand that a computer takes in data and processes it and then produces information that can be used for other purposes.
In basic computer skills you should understand that a computer is used for various purposes. In the past years a computer had very limited uses and was taken to be a very complicated machine. Basic computer skills help you understand that in our world today we cannot live without using a computer. The average person is supposed to understand how to at least switch a computer and do a couple of tasks without the help of someone. Basic computer skills enable an average person type and edit a letter that can be sent or printed for sending purposes.
Basic computer skills enable you to do a couple of things like send electronic mails, view and edit digital pictures on the computer that have been uploaded or saved on the computer. Basic computer skills will also allow you to download your favorite music from the internet and even listen it on your computer. Basic computer skills will also enable you to use the internet, download stuff and even pay your bills online. The computer is the future in this world and all people should at least have basic computer skills to be able to take on the world of possibilities.

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, it seems incredibly aibiitmous technology wise). Plus the tire industry etc as I mentioned (and the fact that if anyone can make this happen infrastructure wise it will be the car and oil companies, who will then be able to pretend they had our best interests at heart all along, even though they bear a lot of responsibility for the situation we find ourselves in)But it's funny that you even claim it's such a revolution of mindset. If it is, it will surely be just as unpalatable as bike, sandals, lentils etc (and I think even fancy high performance electric cars will still be tainted with hippy' for a while, just because of people's prejudices, and the way damaging industries promote them. And they will if they're selling petrol cars and you're trying to get their market share)You try to suggest that other ways of transporting ourselves than cars would form a vision of the future that for many many people will be simply too bleak to comtemplate . I think you are really really wrong here. I think you are drastically over-estimating how many people actually want to be driving everywhere/putting up with others doing so. If you look in the local papers around the country traffic congestion is usually a major complaint. People are sick of cars spoiling their local environments much more directly than they do the global environment. Electric cars can't solve this problem They don't solve the problem of things being further away than they used to be because the world is being built for cars, not people. They don't question the fact that most commuting is a ridulous people swap' with some people going one way, while others go another And they can't!You say my proposals aren't at odds with yours, but it's about priorities, you've picked the wrong one the opportunity cost' is picking the right one! (like retro-fitting a double decker bus with fantastic electric technology, and working on how public transport can be make more attractive to the mass of people)You may think you're going to attract the mass of public with your fancy car, but you will put off many many people, for whom such things appear what they are middle class toys to reduce guilt and look good, not environmental solutions for the mass of people. Need I remind you that many of the mass' of people don't own cars because the already can't afford them, or are starting to struggle with rising costs (the price of travel is a huge issue in this country, right?) To which you are proposing even more expensive ones. You also ignore the fact that many of the mass' of people are put off by such macho interests as fast cars just cos you like em doesn't mean everyone else does surely you realise this? Clarkson isn't exactly everyone's favourite TV celebrity is he? Fast Cars aren't uncontroversial? it's not just the carbon impact that's the reason for this Anyway, I could go on (as you've probably guessed), I'm sure you could too.Ultimately, it comes down to a simple problem You think I have a slightly rabid world view so you can dismiss me. Fine. Good to know that the guy at the top of one of the country's (world's?) most significant green companies enjoys dismissing genuine greenies I think you have a similar problem (a slightly rabid worldview ), but you're in charge of a large green company that forms people's opinions far more than I can, and I think you need tomuch more seriously consider the impacts of projects such as this, and providing wind power for lotus to produce fossil-fueled cars, and wind power for sainsbury's (whose model of food distribution is not going to survive into the future, and I would argue are clearly using you for greenwash, they have no genuine commitment to the environment), etc etcA bit of mainstreaming is fine, but too much, and you're just greenwashing the status quo. You might get carbon reductions here and there, but you won't get the real change we need.Happy considering !
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the only problem you had with the viiosn of mass use of electric cars was the need to throw away what we have and build a new set. I responded that this is not our viiosn', the car we're building is a retro-fit, and I think this could be a model that works. Certainly way more sustainable than binning what we have and building millions more. And your response to having your one objection taken away? Well there wasn't one.I do disagree with you on the social side of the revolution (of the move the electric cars) have you overlooked the closing of garages and refineries and the ability of us all to make our own car fuel? that's more than just a technical revolution, way more. This is power to the people stuff.And I disagree that EVs won't change how we travel and think about travel. One of the fundamental truisms of renewable energy is that when people start to think about where their power comes from, and especially if they make it themselves then they start to change how they use it. The two travel together.This isn't supporting the car industry, that's such a silly thing to say is building windmills supporting the coal and gas generating industry? or replacing them, making them redundant? Just because it has four wheels doesn't make it bad.In all the stuff you say about cars you only focus on the bad things, you overlook the personal freedom cars have given to so many people, people for whom public transport or a bike just won't work. Cars are not *all* bad. They need reining in not killing off.I think that's the real point here. Balance. The future of transport won't be bikes only it will be a blend, bikes, better public transport, less travel, building the world' to enable that less travel and clean cars powered by renewables.In energy another truism is we need to use less and make what we do use from sustainable sources the same thing is true in transport.I've not dismissed you or your arguments (far from it), it's silly tosay so. Nor have I intended to offend you with my rabid' comment. It is just how you come across to me, no offence intended. None taken for your middle class guilt, rich men's toys shot either .. Your comments about Sainsbury's and greenwashing don't appear well informed.In the 9 years since we built the first turbine for Sainsbury's (how many years ahead of the trend were they? hmm about 8!) they've not, to my knowledge ever publicised the fact, consider that if you will before declaring their motives to be suspect. And what do you actually know of their motives, or is it just prejudice you're offering here?Shame you should end on such a note. Probably my fault for irritating you. Cheers.E2A: We definitely are on the same side though. If we were the Tory party, you'd be the rightwing nutter (no offence seriously) advocating we leave the EU and join NAFTA, sell the NHS that kind of stuff and I'd be the guy saying no we need to be electable, or we stand no chance of making any difference.
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Dean,Your comment about dferfient accounting was indeed valid – but not completely in the way you think.I went back and looked at the FERC report, and indeed I had made an error: the operating costs in the small hydro/wind section are set up dferfient than in the 'main' power generation section. In particular, the 'main' section talks per kwh generated whereas the small hydro/wind is just apparently a lump sum.Thus indeed the differences are not 100,000x – the wind operating costs are lower than coal/natural gas/small hydro and are comparable to large hydro. One big reason for this, however, is because the wind plants all had maintenance costs under $0.40 per MWh generated.All of the hydro/coal/natural gas facilities had appreciable ($5 or more per MWh generated) maintenance and non-fuel operating costs.This extremely low maintenance number definitely looks odd. Of course the wind plants are almost all very new – it would be interesting to see how this holds up over time. The only wind generation plant which is older has a blank where the maintenance costs should be and has the highest operating costs of all the wind generation plants – on par with coal.Just for a bonus – a large hydro plant:Name: MerwinBuild date: 1936Capacity: 136 MWPeak Demand capacity: 148 MWTotal Generation: 442,443 MWhTotal Cost: $65,850,831Install Cost per MW: $484,197Operating Costs: $3,292,961Operating Costs per MWh generated: $7.44More than 2/3rds of the Operating Costs for Merwin are associated with Operation Supervision and Engineering (category 23) and Miscellaneous Hydraulic Power generation expenses (category 27).If these costs (supervision = human, miscellaneous = repairs?) are fairly fixed per facility it would explain why the wind power (and smaller hydro plant power) numbers are so high in relation.The above hydro operating cost number is in fact better than any other plant I looked at for this FERC report, but equally it is one of only 3 hydro facilities rated to provide more than 40 MW of install capacity.In any case, objection noted, verified, and the article/excel will be updated.
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I had a rather hard time chnioosg just one type of physician I would want to work for. So many of them fascinate me, and with me not really going into any medical field other than support, I never gave this any thought in the past. After reading the list, I am more favorable of working for a neonatologist. It is difficult to think about how neonatologist physicians sometimes have the most difficult job in the world, but I can only imagine how amazing it would be to be a part of saving a baby's life. I had a coworker once whose baby was born at 36 weeks, and her baby had a lot of heart and lung problems. There were concerns about whether or not they would ever fully develop once she had him, but after many months in the NICU, and many scares that happened during it, the doctors were able to save him and he is now a very healthy 5 year old. It is because of that I have a higher interest in the neonatologist field.I hate to say which type of physician I would care less to work for, and it is because I worry that many will take it the wrong way. When I was 16, I used to help my mom at an assisted living home as a caregiver. We would get to work at 7:00 A.M. every morning to prepare breakfast for four of the elderly men and women that we were caring for. We would then make sure that all bedding was changed, rooms were cleaned, meals were prepared, and appointments were handled. We worked 12 hour days, and they were always grueling. The owner of the home made sure that everyone had their medicine and made it to their doctor appointments on time. However, she was more worried about getting paid for her services than actually helping the elderly. She would yell at them if they did something wrong, and even call them terrible names. My mom reported her and we both quit our job, but it has always left a sting in my heart since then. It is because of my experience with that situation that I do not think I could ever work for a gerontologist. I know that the situations would be much different, but ever since my experience with caring for elderly individuals it is very hard for me to think about assisting a physician in geriatrics because I worry that someone else might treat the elderly in the same way the owner of the home did. I am a firm believer that the elderly deserve the ultimate care and comfort when going through any treatment and aging in general, but I do not think I could ever work in that environment again.
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Kim Kardashian and sisters Kourtney and Khloe celebrate Kim's bachelorette party at Tao Nightclub in Las Vegas on July 23, 2011.
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An awkward blind date has the potential for great comedy — as long as it's not happening to you. In an alternate world, such a date might unfold amid a series of snappy musical numbers with irreverent lyrics. As the clumsy encounter unfolded, maybe the couple's inner baggage would even surround them with song and dance.
That's the entertaining idea behind the sassy new musical comedy, "First Date." The overall tone is satiric, but there's a sneakily persistent undercurrent of optimism in the fun, fast-paced production that opened Thursday night at the Longacre Theatre.
Handsome Zachary Levi (of TV's "Chuck") dons dorky glasses as nervous, nerdy, blind-date newbie Aaron. Krysta Rodriguez ("The Addams Family" and TV's "Smash") is world-weary and edgy as hip, jaded Casey, a sophisticated veteran of the dating wars.
After a cynical opening number about how difficult it is to find "The One," which includes daters' laments like, "Where the hell's the fairy tale!," the duo meet up in a restaurant. He's earnest and bumbling; she's suspicious and off-putting, giving him dating tips and judging his every move.
Their tentative conversation is soon interrupted with well-choreographed antics, performed by an ensemble of five energetic actors in multiple roles, as the seemingly mismatched couple's inner thoughts are enacted around them. A bevy of imaginary characters muddy the already-choppy waters, including disapproving relatives and inappropriate exes.
The book by "Gossip Girl" writer Austin Winsberg provides the couple with plenty of flippant repartee. A madcap mashup of musical styles and lyrics blazing with one-liners are provided by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner. Director Bill Berry keeps a steady pace amid the dynamic musical staging by Josh Rhodes.
Making his Broadway debut, Levi has a strong leading-man presence, smooth in his dance moves while handling Aaron's nervous gaffes with comedic flair. Aaron's baggage includes a womanizing best friend, Gabe (a sly, hipsterish Bryce Ryness), and a selfish, unstable ex-girlfriend, Allison (played with sultry aloofness by Kate Loprest). Levi knocks it out of the park with his mesmerizing solo, "In Love With You," a get-it-off-your-chest, often misogynistic number bursting with invective against Allison.
Rodriguez is polished and cool, gradually showing underlying vulnerability as Casey unbends a little. Casey interacts in her head with her still-alluring, bad-boy ex-boyfriends and her know-it-all big sister Lauren (Sara Chase), among others. Performing "Safer," Casey's lovely lament wondering why she can't find the right guy, Rodriguez delivers with emotion and class.
One of the funnier bits is a fevered performance by Kristoffer Cusick as Casey's best friend Reggie. He calls her several times to offer variations of "The Bailout Song," so she can get out of the date if necessary with an excuse. Blake Hammond is quite entertaining in a variety of roles, primarily as a waiter who encourages the daters toward success.
While many of the songs are harmlessly humorous, a religion-themed number, "The Girl For You," veers toward simplistically offensive, as Jewish stereotypes clash with Roman Catholic ones (Aaron's Jewish, Casey is not). Aaron brings up the subject of a treasured letter from his deceased mother (played by Chase) which seems oddly downbeat for a date, but leads into a poignant duet between Chase and Levi about a mother's love and regrets, called "The Things I Never Said."
"Something That Will Last" is Casey and Aaron's final duet, about the uncertainties of falling in love. Never mind love, will they even make it to a second date? The point is that after just 90 minutes with this mismatched couple and their comical parade of demanding advisers, we still care how it turns out.
Let's just say it: The mating-game musical "First Date" isn't first-rate. Third-tier is more like it. Or below-deck, since this singing catalogue of cliches by a team of Broadway rookies would fit better on a cruise ship than the Great White Way.
The show follows financial analyst Aaron (Zachary Levi of "Chuck") during his New York rendezvous with gallery girl Casey (Krysta Rodriguez of "Smash"). Aaron is nice (down to his blue suit and brown shoes), nerdy, stumbling, Jewish. Casey is spiky (including her cool red-and-black mini and black boots), confident, commitment-phobic, non-Jewish.
Can opposites attract? Oh, hell, what do you think?
But that's the well-traveled road we're led down by composers/lyricists Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner, who've worked for Disney, and book writer Austin Winsberg, whose credits include "Gossip Girl." Along the way, the trio hits every familiar mile marker — from inevitable awkward pauses to the who'll-pay-the check dilemma. Zzzz.
The show unfolds in real time in a nondescript restaurant. A multitasking ensemble — Sara Chase, Kristoffer Cusick, Blake Hammond, Kate Loprest and Bryce Ryness — pop up, Greek chorus-style. They play friends, parents, siblings, ex-lovers and therapists who speak and sing in Aaron's and Casey's heads during the date.
The songs are peppy but generic. The script boasts a couple of laughs, including when Casey says a cheeseburger sounds great. "It sure does," scolds her sister, "if you're trying to make weight right before a big sumo wrestling competition."
But that's a bright spot amid buzzkill. Phone calls by Casey's megagay BFF, intended to bail her out of the date if needed, increasingly grate. The lengthy solo by a singing waiter is filler in a show with two leads sitting frozen too much of the time.
That detail has escaped director Bill Berry, of Fifth Avenue Theatre in Seattle, where the show ran last year. His strategy: Throw in lots of tricks to see what sticks — megaphones, a leaf blower and talking video screens. But he lets Casey get saddled with saying things like "turn that frown upside down."
Despite such clunkers, Rodgriguez cuts a strong presence. She has a pretty, but not especially colorful, voice. Levi, who sang in the cartoon "Tangled," is a pleasant enough singer and does the required geeky self-deprecation very well. All fine, but not enough to recommend the show.
"First Date" runs 90 minutes without intermission. In other words, there's no chance to bail out.
By the end of Broadway's "First Date," Zachary Levi has won over the entire audience — you can feel everybody, women and men, young and old, swooning. If someone happened to smuggle in a small dog, you can bet it would go gaga over him, too.
He's so remarkably at ease, it's hard to believe the show — about a date unfolding in real time — marks his professional theater debut. And a singing one at that.
Levi spent five seasons as the star of the action-comedy series "Chuck," in which he played a computer nerd who stumbles onto covert operations. His part here isn't entirely dissimilar in spirit.
Levi's Aaron is a gawky, likable corporate banker who's been set up on a blind date by a colleague. This makes Aaron uncomfortably nervous, but he gamely trundles through, allowing Levi to set a new standard for adorkableness.
The show's book, by Austin Winsberg ("Gossip Girl," "Jake in Progress"), is neatly efficient. Aaron meets Casey (Krysta Rodriguez) at a restaurant, where their fellow diners and the waiter, changing costumes and personas at the drop of a hat, provide a kind of Greek chorus, alongside imaginary interventions from friends and family members.
But while Levi quickly wins us over, it's harder to root for Rodriguez's relentlessly caustic Casey.
The role is a tough one because Casey is such a cliché: the walking wounded hiding behind a cool, blasé exterior. "We both know that all this bravado is really just you being afraid of getting hurt," her sister, Lauren (Sara Chase), tells her.
Just in case we still don't get the message, Casey has a whole song, "Safer," that explains how she uses sarcasm to protect herself from disappointment.
Rodriguez made a fine Wednesday in Broadway's "The Addams Family," but here she just duplicates her brittle performance as Katharine McPhee's roommate, Ana, on TV's "Smash." She's just not likable enough to make us overlook Casey's rudeness.
Despite this imbalance, "First Date," smoothly directed by Bill Berry, is a very pleasant show. Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner's pop-rock score won't dominate anybody's iPod, but it's perfectly adequate. The supporting cast does wonders in a variety of roles, especially the funny Kristoffer Cusick as Casey's panicky gay friend, Reggie.
But the show really rests on Levi's shoulders — and he carries it effortlessly.
The only clue we had that he could carry a tune was from his duet with Mandy Moore in Disney's "Tangled." Here, he turns out to be able to do far more than just sing a song: He can sell it. His 11 o'clock number, "In Love With You," is a tour de force of comic timing, physical clowning and effective interpretation.
A loving relationship does come out of "First Date," but it's not between Aaron and Casey — it's between Zachary Levi and theater. And it will last.
Who doesn't love a blind date? Of course, by this I mean, who does?
I had one the other day, with the new Broadway musical "First Date." I'd heard little about the show, and its authors were entirely unknown to me.
Didn't go so well.
Does any of the following sound familiar? An instant lack of rapport; a growing aversion as the minutes pass; a mysterious sense that time has suddenly stopped; a desperate hope that the apocalypse will arrive, preferably right this minute. Magnify those feelings, set them to bland pop-rock music, and you'll have some idea of the oodles of fun I didn't have during my evening at "First Date," the singing sitcom that opened on Thursday night at the Longacre Theater.
With a book by Austin Winsberg and a score by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner, "First Date" depicts, in all-too-real time, the initial encounter between Aaron (the very winning Zachary Levi, of the series "Chuck") and Casey (the big-voiced Krysta Rodriguez, of the little-lamented "Smash"), two generically mismatched New Yorkers who've been set up by her sister.
Aaron, who arrives at the appointed watering hole first, overdressed in suit and tie and rippling with nerves, is the Nice Jewish Boy with a good job ("investment banking," "corporate finance," "mergers and acquisitions" are all mentioned). Yet he has, apparently and none too plausibly, never before been on a blind date. Casey is his opposite, the Artsy Tough Chick who's all hard angles and wary experience, attired in a flashy leather-and-lace dress and mildly threatening ankle boots.
"She's kinda indie and pretty hot," as Aaron sings, "and a lot like all the things that I am not."
She's kinda familiar, too: the cool serial dater with a thing for bad boys. Aaron is also a recognizable type: the sweet, slightly nebbishy but cute guy who's had his heart kicked around. Groaningly obvious, too, is the antagonism that animates their getting-to-know-you banter, which is set to the mechanical rhythms of formulaic television comedies about single guys and gals on the loose and looking for love in the city.
After zigzagging between moments of bonding and alienating missteps (when Aaron learns that Casey's an old hand at this, he jokingly nicknames her "Blind Date Slut"), these two all-wrong-for-each-other sorts begin to find common ground. Casey flares up in outraged sympathy upon hearing that Aaron's fiancée dumped him at the altar — another minty-fresh twist — and by the evening's end, they have established a tentative rapport, just in time for the curtain to fall on a passionate smooch. (Sorry, but no, that's not a spoiler.)
Annotating the couple's predictably rocky path to love, or at least a second date, are voices in their heads. Aaron is haunted by memories of his emasculating ex (Kate Loprest) and upbraided by his best buddy (Bruce Ryness) whenever he makes a rookie mistake, like bringing up the emasculating ex. Casey's primary noodge is her sister, Lauren (Sara Chase), who pesters her about her ticking biological clock and her tendency to withdraw, then scolds Casey when she has the scandalous thought of ordering a burger, lamenting that she'll "end up on 'The Biggest Loser — "Gee, I Wonder Why I'm Still Single" Edition.' " (Aaron, meanwhile, gets an earful from his buddy when he ponders ordering a "sissy salad.")
Casey also hears frequently — or rather we do — from her Gay Best Friend (Kristoffer Cusick), who rings her cellphone to give her a chance to "bail out." Although the character is a noxious stereotype (his parting terms of endearment are "bitch" and "slut"), this song has a certain snazzy comic verve and is among the musical's rare moments that approach originality. But then the Gay Best Friend comes back a second time, and a third, singing reprises of the same damn song, and your nerves start to fray.
Mine were in tatters long before he came flouncing onstage for the last time, having been shredded by the comic banality of most of the material. When Aaron discovers that Casey's not Jewish, the supporting cast leaps into action, dressed in Orthodox costume, representing Aaron's scandalized family. (Chorus: "This isn't the girl for you — oy oy oy! This isn't the girl for you — a goy goy goy!")
When "First Date" tries to be serious, it's no more inspired. Casey's big, soul-baring number, "Safer," brings us the unsurprising news that her tendency to shut down viable relationships stems from a fear of getting hurt. "I go building up walls, yet I wish to be found," she plaintively sings.
And I wish to be anesthetized, Casey, particularly if you keep going on about Eckhart Tolle and "The Power of Now."
I have been harsh on this modest musical, efficiently if facelessly directed by Bill Berry, so I should underscore that Mr. Levi and Ms. Rodriguez are both appealing performers. Although his singing is merely adequate, Mr. Levi brings a vitality and off-kilter humor to his performance and succeeds in rubbing away some of Aaron's more generic qualities with his warmly quirky line readings. Ms. Rodriguez has the drearier role — it's obvious that the show was written by three guys, since only the female characters are accessorized with flaws — but her singing is ardent and assured.
I also feel honor-bound to report that the audience at the performance I attended seemed to respond with genuine warmth. In fact, they were a virtual live laugh track, erupting with gusts of guffaws at each worn joke or familiar torque in the give-and-take between Aaron and Casey.
But even those who can never get their fill of dating-game gags would have to admit that the singles-searching-for-love thing was a lot fresher back in the 1990s, when "Friends," "Seinfeld" and "Sex and the City," along with their lesser ilk, began digging around this terrain. By now it's been thoroughly strip-mined and needs to be reinvented, not just rehashed and set to mediocre music. A more appropriate title for "First Date" would be "Last Rites."
A lot of care has obviously been lavished on "First Date," the middling relationship musical-comedy that has somehow wandered onto Broadway after a start at Seattle's The 5th Avenue Theatre.
The cast is sweet: Zachary Levi ("Chuck") plays a straight-arrow nerdy guy and Krysta Rodriguez ("Smash") is a cool, artsy chick on a blind date in a restaurant. The structure has promise: their awkward getting-to-know-you banter freezes, periodically, so each can share internal monologues with us in song or production number by a Greek chorus of friends.
Unfortunately, his character is clueless, an insecure dullard with no nobler ambition than making money in his Wall Street job. And she, though more interesting, is tediously conflicted between commitment issues and, sigh, the ticking of her biological clock.
There is no credible reason for these people to belong together, except that author Austin Winsberg and composer-lyricists Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner put them into their well- staged, musically-generic little pop show.
Emotional clashes feel stunted; their friends are all cliches. She says she has dated a lot. He, not entirely joking, calls her a slut. Although the setting is New York today, the strangers get to know each other by talking about people they know who went to the same Jewish summer camp in Michigan. And, it turns out that she isn't Jewish, which is the cue for a visit from his dead grandmother (singing "I will break your matzo balls").
Her Catholic background gets spoofed with comparable rote amusement, after which they imagine their – gasp - "mixed-marriage" child. Among the nagging friends who appear in the fantasy scenes are her sister with the conventional marriage (Sara Chase), his neurotic ex-fiancee (Kate Loprest) and her flamboyant gay friend (Kristoffer Cusick) whose clever phone messages get less endearing with each repetition.
Rodriguez has a pingy, lively voice. So does Levi, though first he has to drag out a shameless dead mother story and he doesn't get an edgy song until about 85 minutes into the 90-minute show. Director Bill Berry contributes most of the brightest ideas with a throwaway glance here and a well-timed visual surprise there. The audience at Friday's preview appeared to be having a great time. But, really, if matchmaking is this forced and random, no wonder so many marriages don't last.
Early in the new Broadway musical First Date (* ½ out of four), a waiter approaches a nervous-looking young man who has wandered into his restaurant. "So ... this is a first date?" the waiter surmises after a brief exchange.
The man, named Aaron, winces. "Is it that obvious?"
Well, yes — and so is just about everything else in this dopey midsummer entry, which opened Thursday at the Longacre Theatre.
The simultaneously dimwitted and hyperactive brainchild of TV scribe Austin Winsberg (Gossip Girl, Jake in Progress) and songwriters Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner, First Date follows Aaron (Zachary Levi) and a gal, Casey (Krysta Rodriguez), as they meet over drinks and dinner. During an encounter that lasts, mercifully, only 95 minutes, the two reveal themselves to each other and to the audience. And suffice to say that no cliché is left unturned.
In their opening number, First Impressions — a rock-flavored, utterly generic contemporary show tune, typical of the score — Aaron, who's never been on a blind date before, worries that Casey, an old pro, is too "hip" for him, while she fears that he "likes to cuddle." It soon unfolds that he works in finance and ended a serious relationship not too long ago; she describes herself as a more creative type, though her main occupation seems to be avoiding romantic commitment.
References to M. Night Shyamalan and Google remind us that we are observing the mating ritual as it has evolved in the 21st century. But First Date is ultimately striking in its squareness. Casey's revelation that she is not Jewish — Aaron is — is followed by a cringe-inducing production number in which Aaron's dead grandmother and Casey's father take turns warning the prospective couple of their differences, fueled by Zachary and Weiner's increasingly lame stabs at politically incorrect humor.
The show introduces us to a number of similarly hokey, irritating supporting characters (juggled by five actors), several of whom appear in Aaron's and Casey's heads. There are the "edgy British guy" and "the edgy rocker guy" — identified as such in the libretto — from Casey's past, thrusting their crotches and boasting of their vices as she looks on longingly. There's her married sister, who nags Casey relentlessly about her poor judgment and ticking biological clock. There's Aaron's buddy, who begs him not to mention his "frigid, emotionally manipulative" ex-girlfriend, who also turns up.
For all the pains that First Date's creators take to stress Aaron's sensitivity, in fact, there's a whiff of misogyny in how his sad story of previous rejection plays out — and how he reacts, for that matter, when Casey expresses doubt about their chances.
Levi nonetheless manages to make Aaron likable enough, just as Rodriguez gives Casey an authentic, appealing tartness. And being a romantic comedy, of course, First Date ends on a hopeful note.
Still, when one of Casey's abrasive pals rings her — three times — to try to bail her out, you may well be tempted to ditch the proceedings yourself.
"First Date," a romantic musical comedy about the horrors, humiliations and occasional happy surprises of blind dates, is cute (but not too cute) and sweet (but not too sweet). So, indications are that this appealing show will do well (but not too well) on Gotham's Main Stem, despite having come out of nowhere and been assembled by no one you've heard of. Creative team of Austin Winsberg (book) and collaborators Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner (music and lyrics) should thank their lucky stars for Krysta Rodriguez and Zachary Levi, who are seriously charming as mismatched blind daters destined to become lovers.
Ah, the joys of the modest musical, a rare commodity on Broadway these days but an ideal tenant for the intimately scaled and lovingly restored Longacre Theater. Helmer Bill Berry, producing director of the 5th Avenue Theater in Seattle where the show originated, makes judicious use of his resources. David Gallo's unit set adapts to the various restaurants, wine bars, and cafes where all the dating and mating takes place, enhanced by the witty background projections of a big, bad, sexy city. The design is nice and tight, a perfect fit for the stage, which Mike Baldassari has drolly lighted in those deeper shades of midnight-blue-to-black (with splashes of red) that are universal signifiers of moody music, hard liquor and sex.
The bar is packed with dating couples (for obvious budgetary reasons, scaled down to two boy-girl pairs, joined by a waiter) singing their hearts out in a rousing opening number ("The One") about the hazards of looking for a mate on the open market. It's a long list, with blind dates running the gamut from the ones who lie about their age, their weight, and even their gender, to the painfully honest chap who admits that he's not allowed within 50 feet of a playground.
The tall, weedy guy who nervously enters this lions' den is Aaron (Levi, the Chuck of the NBC spy series "Chuck"), who hasn't been on a date since his wife left him and already regrets that he let his best friend fix him up on this blind date. Aaron is what any woman would recognize as Mr. Nice Guy, who makes a better friend than a lover, so it's quite an achievement in character-building when Levi carefully draws out the more interesting and yes, sexier side of this sweet, sensitive guy.
Rodriguez ("Smash") is quite the bombshell as Casey, the neo-punk, height-of-fashion cutie who drinks with both fists and goes for bad boys. Armed with Rodriguez's strong voice, solid acting chops, and snazzy Jazz Age costume, Casey seems likely to make short work of awkward Aaron.
But the friction between their personalities produces terrific chemistry, and the smart book guarantees that, while their early exchanges are abrasive, they're also genuinely witty. When Casey insults Aaron by calling him a BDV ("blind date virgin"), Aaron politely replies that he'd prefer a name like "A-Train" or "Wolverine." The clever lyrics of "First Impressions" take them a long way in getting over the initial discomforts of their blind date.
Of course, no sooner do Aaron and Casey get past the first meeting rituals, than they find themselves stumbling over other social landmines, like "The Awkward Pause" and, inevitably, "The Check!" Not to mention the familiar critics like friends, exes, and family who materialize at the drop of a hat (or the sound of a musical intro) to offer ill-timed and unwanted advice.
Kristoffer Cusick, as Casey's gay bff Reggie, has some funny moments in the three "Bailout Songs" that he calls in on his cellphone. Blake Hammond scores some laughs as all the waiters in all the single bars in the world, or at least, in this cold and lonely city. The other performers also stand up tall doubling and tripling as the voices in our young couple's fevered brains.
Like the show's romantic sensibility, the musical idiom is Broadway-lite; but again, not too-too Broadway and not too-too lite — quite suitable, really, for this entertaining, but not overly pushy show.


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Attached for your consideration is a draft submission for Cabinet on the above subject.1 It was prepared by the AAEC and this Department and it has also been discussed at inter-Departmental meetings with representatives of the AAEC, the Prime Minister's Department and the Departments of Defence and National Development. The draft submission has been approved by the Minister for National Development.
- Ministers have in the past taken a cautious attitude towards international safeguards, particularly on nuclear materials imported by Australia, and the recommendation in the attached submission for accepting the United States proposal is based on the opinion that this is the only practical course open. In inter-Departmental discussion careful attention was paid to the question whether accepting the United States proposal would significantly prejudice Australia's freedom of action in any possible future weapons programme. This matter is dealt with in paragraph 38 of the draft submission.
- The United States Government is now firmly committed to securing the transfer of the administration of the safeguards of all its bilateral agreements to the IAEA, and has stated its position unequivocally both in international forums and in discussions with Australian representatives. Neither we nor the AAEC believe that there is any likelihood that the United States Government would withdraw its request to Australia on this issue, and we can therefore see no advantage in attempting to draw out negotiations with the Americans in the hope that their position would change. On the contrary delaying tactics might compromise the close cooperation at present existing between us in the atomic energy field.
- The United States will probably regard our agreement to the proposal as being of some importance and Ministers may consider that some compensating benefits should be sought by Australia. In fact, we already get considerable American co-operation in the peaceful uses of atomic energy which is of value in building up in Australia nuclear facilities and a growing number of trained nuclear scientists to develop them. From the External Affairs point of view it would be preferable if Ministers did not recommend any horse-trading with the Americans in this situation. Other Departments have not been able to suggest any other specific fields in which we might seek compensating advantages from the United States. The occasion would not seem to us to offer a suitable opportunity for pressing for firm assurances from the United States on the nuclear defence of Australia.
- The only facility which would be affected by the United States proposal at present is the AAEC establishment at Lucas Heights. If Australia were to set up new facilities elsewhere which incorporated United States nuclear plant or materials attracting safeguards these new facilities would be made subject to IAEA safeguard procedures as a matter of course- following an amendment to the schedules which will be attached to the proposed trilateral agreement between Australia, the United States and the IAEA. In this connection the present AAEC view is that it is most unlikely that any new nuclear facilities, such as nuclear-power generating plants, will be established in Australia using United States equipment or significant quantities of United States nuclear materials which could not be replaced if necessary by materials from other sources.
- Some references may be made in Cabinet to the assurances given by the Americans in 1960 that they would not press Australia to transfer safeguards provisions to the IAEA (paragraph 32 of the submission). This assurance was obtained orally not in writing and as pointed out in the submission the United States Government is now providing the firmest possible support for the IAEA safeguards system.2 Further evidence of United States Congressional attitudes on this question is provided in the attached telegram No. 214 of 19 January from Washington.3
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With one sweep in the books and two more potentially coming tomorrow night, the second round of the playoffs has been like the cheap knock-off Pogs that your parents bought you when Pogs were the only thing that could make a kid cool. But the one series that's at least provided the illusion of being competitive is the Canucks/Predators tilt.
Between phenomenal goaltending, dramatic overtimes (including a double-overtime), and pathetic officiating, we've seen a bit of everything in just three games. But one thing we really need is a Sami Salo injury, and of course we can't have that unless Salo is actually playing.
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There were more than a few chuckles when Mike Gillis handed Chris Higgins and Maxim Lapierre Canucks jerseys at the trade deadline. Now they've become key contributors and role players.
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Throughout the Canucks/Predators series there's been a steady stream of mainstream media outlets becoming infatuated with the excitement about hockey in this far off land called Nashville. And it truly has been nice to see the jubilance at every game.
But with all the stories taking a poetic look at a growing legion of puckheads, a few cute little narratives were bound to surface. Here's how Carissa Bigue, a recently minted Preds fan from Little Rock, Arkansas, determined her hockey allegiance with several teams within reasonable driving distance…
"There are the Dallas Stars, but we hate the Cowboys and they have the same logo, so that wasn't happening. There are the St. Louis Blues, but their mascot is a music note. That's not very tough. The Nashville Predators with a sabre-tooth tiger, that's a given."
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Predators veteran forward Steve Sullivan suffered a lower-body injury in Game 3 after colliding with Canucks defenceman Dan Hamhuis. He won't be in the lineup tonight, and he may miss the rest of the series.
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Cameron Isreal knocked down a 3-pointer at the buzzer as the VCSU men's basketball team was stunned by Isreal's Presentation College Saints on Saturday, 57-54 in Valley City.
The first conference victory of the season is on the line for both the Valley City State and Presentation College men's and women's basketball teams Saturday night.
The Viking basketball teams were swept Wednesday by University of Jamestown in their North Star Athletic Association conference openers.
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I agree with that. The gig was f***in amazin!!!!
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Ozzy, you played a stormer in Dublin tonight! It looked like you were having a better time than anyone else in the place. You bounced around all night and sounded great - my highlight 'War Pigs' - thank you for that wonderful piece of history. I know your oldest son lives in Dublin so please come back soon and teach 'em all how's it done!
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Man what gig where you listening too. Ozzy and the band looked like they where doing the deed but the sound was appalling I can only guess they where using the house PA "shoot the sound guy" worst sound I've ever heard at a gig!! seen Ozzy loads of times before and always played a blinder but that was like listening to a bootleg tape on dirty heads. Worst was No more tears could bearly hear the guitar and the bass was flat...the gig was such a disappointment and I was looking forward it for months!!
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Was a f***in excellent gig. The sound was a bit off on a couple of songs, but that in no way detracted from the whole affair!!!!!!!
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Sound a bit off on a few songs it was off the whole gig!! I've seen Ozzy everytime he's come over for the past 25 years and if thats the sound quality for the gigs it was my last! It seems if you where right up the front you heard the band PA and it sounded good but any further back and it was a no sound show maybe explains why it was half full and the queue at the bar was so long. And no I'm not just moaning I'm an Ozzy fan as are alot of my mates who won't show up for the next one. Ozzy man I hope you read these because you've got to sort s*** like this out if you want to draw the crowd your performance and talent deserves!! Just sake your sound guy fast!!!!!!
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That Gig WAS F***in Crazy I thought you were amazin you are the best it was the best gig I have ever gone to and the fact I was so close to you Ozzy that was AMAZIN!!!!!!! Come back soon I will defo go again and always will !!!!!!!!!!!
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As activists and politicians prepare for a possible marriage vote in the New York State Senate by the end of the year, they continue to scoff at the primary challenge threats the National Organization for Marriage has made against any Republican Senator who supports the bill.
Attached is a link to the article I posted to EDGE earlier this morning that contains an interview with state Sen. Tom Duane [D-Manhattan] and others. Maine's successful marriage referendum has certainly energized and even emboldened NOM and other like-minded groups. The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington further disclosed yesterday it could not continue to fund the various social programs if the District's lawmakers do not change a proposed law that would allow marriage for gays and lesbians.
These are obviously only threats until they are actually put into practice, but these claims certainly prove anti-marriage groups continue to try to go on the offensive in the wake of Maine.
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I would love to have some help picking out the color for the shutters on our home. The house is a pale yellow, with grayish brick and a wood stained door. The current color for shutters is a bright blue. I have tried olive green, slate, black and sage green on my photo shop tool, though I was having a hard time with it.
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The blue seems a bit too intense. I hope I don't bore you, but I think your shutters would look best in white to match the trim. I looked at lots of yellow house pictures earlier today while trying to help on another thread, and the most attractive yellow houses (IMO), had white trim and shutters. It's a classic combo, very crisp. If you must be colorful, my very amateur opinion is that you might also be able to do a gray or gray/green (or perhaps a shade from the stone?). Hopefully tomorrow funcolors or someone else with a more nuanced and artistic eye than mine will chime in. |
Kudos for your architect for attaching the shutters to the window frames where they belong. Your photo is showing brown brick and a brown roof on my screen, so I am not seeing the colors as they really are. If you don't get many responses here, try posting this on the Home Decorating forum. |
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After a week of preliminary hearings during which the court heard investigators describe how 22-year-old Marine wife Brittany Killgore was brutally raped and strangled, a judge in Vista, Ca., has ruled that the man and two woman accused of her murder will stand trial.
Yesterday, authorities released search warrants which detail the slave-master relationships of the two women and man accused of murdering Brittany Killgore in April. The warrants include evidence found in their home, as well as a suicide note left by Jessica Lopez, in which she takes the blame for the killing before attempting to take her own life. The note can be read here in its entirety.


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Discuss Kohler Residential Generators with a TAW Specialist: 800-456-9449. Email: email@example.com
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* Load Control Module only compatible with the RXT line G6120
*Kohler manufactures several types of transfer switches in 100, 200, 225, 400 and 600 amp sizes.These switches offer the ability to have only specific appliances turn on during a power outage or allow you to send power throughout the whole house. They are available in either a NEMA 1 enclosure (indoor use) or a NEMA 3R for outdoor application; with or without built-in load center.
Transfer Switch Basics Two scenarios for ATS installation
Whole house installation - The transfer switch is wired directly into the main power line coming to the house, and will be located outdoors with a NEMA 3R enclosure. When the power fails and the transfer switch goes over to generator power, the whole house is "hot" meaning power is going to every circuit in the house. This gives you the freedom to turn on different appliances in the house. However, if you turn on too many appliances, it will cause the generator to overload and turn itself off.
Essential Load installation - The transfer switch has a built in sub-panel. The electrician wires 12-24 circuits, appliances or outlets that you select to be the only items that run during a power outage. This prevents you from exceeding the power output of the generator. However, anything not wired into the sub-panel portion of the transfer switch will not have power during an outage.
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Who will install my generator? The unit should be professionally installed by a licensed electrician and plumber (gas connection) for your safety, peace of mind and for the Kohler warranty to be valid. Factory certified dealers/installers are available throughout the State of Florida to perform the installation at your home. Kohler also recommends a factory authorized distributor perform the initial startup and test of the system. This will update the start of the warranty period to the actual date of startup, not the purchase date and will ensure the unit is installed and operating properly.
Does installing a generator at my home require a building permit? Yes, anytime you alter your electrical or gas set up at your home or business, you are required to acquire a local permit. Depending on where you live, you may have to pull up to three permits. The dealer/installer performing your installation will be able to show how to pull the permits or pull the permits for you, depending on the local code requirements where you live.
Can I run my whole house with the generator? That depends on the size of your house and the size of the generator you have installed. Typically the average home will require 5,000 watts of power during peak times of the day if the power is out. If a "whole house" automatic transfer switch is selected and installed, this allows you the freedom to move throughout your home and turn on various appliances and lighting. However, you need to avoid turning on too much at once, since this may overload the generator. If an overload happens to occur the generator will turn itself off (avoiding damage to the generator) and you then need to go outside and reset the generator. Transfer switches with built in sub-panels will allow only certain appliances to run during an outage. Study the sizing considerations on the Residential page and consult with your dealer/installer to assure proper sizing.
How long can I run the generator continuously? The generator can run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as long as the proper oil level is maintained in the engine and other features like the oil filter and air filter, are maintained. In the event of an extended power outage (more than two days) you need to make sure you are able to service the unit with fresh oil. The recommended maintenance times are outlined in the owner's manuals. One of the benefits of owning an automatic home standby system is having an ample fuel supply because the generator runs off the natural gas or liquid propane you already have at your house. As a result, you do not have to worry about going to the gas station to fuel up, transporting or spilling gasoline or having the fuel go bad after 30 days. Also, gas stations are often unable to pump gas when the power is out for them too. For questions regarding LP fuel tank sizes (if needed), refer to the contractor performing the installation.
Would an automatic home standby system increase the value of my home? For most homeowners, yes. The addition of a permanently installed generator will increase the value of your home. Return on investment varies and may be as high as two times the initial overall cost of installing the unit.
How noisy are the generators when they are running? Kohler has designed their units with ultra-quiet sound enclosures that have decibel ratings as low as 65-68dB. This sound level compares to an outside air conditioning unit and is 10-15 decibels less than a portable generator.
Aside from the installation of the generator and transfer switch, are there any other costs that may come up prior to installation? Yes, depending on your current electrical and gas supply, there may be upgrades to your current service that may require you to bring your home or business up to current codes prior to installing the generator and transfer switch. These upgrades can include laying a cement foundation for the generator to sit on, updating your electrical panel, or changing the gas regulator at your house to accommodate gas requirements to run your generator. All costs should be discussed and covered with your dealer/installer prior to agreeing to a final installation charge.
How long is my warranty good for? There is a 5-year/2000 hour warranty on RES generator models and ATS that begins the day the generator is started up in your home or business by a factory certified service technician. Specific details of the warranty program are outlined in the owner's manual. If a warranty start up is not completed by a factory certified service technician on or about the date of installation, the warranty start date defaults to the date of purchase.
Does my house switch over to the generator when it goes through its test cycle once a week? No, the generator itself will run, but the transfer switch will not change over to the generator during the weekly exercise. The weekly exercise feature is designed to let the engine run and test for any problems within the system and then it will turn itself off. This test cycle lasts 20 minutes and you can set the specific time this occurs so the system does not test itself in the middle of the night. Since the generator does not run your house during this test cycle, the amount of fuel used during this time is minimal. Transfer switches are also available that allow programming the weekly test cycle to switch your house over to the generator.


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Prof. Marina Herrera
- ISPP Member since 1995
Universitat de Valencia
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Valencia 46010
Spain - 34-96-3864571
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