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I don't think there a huge number of raves about it - certainly not from me anyway. It's a not a bad string, good(ish) would be the way I'd describe it (with the emphasis on ish). It's main strength is that it plays very consistently but there's no 'shazam' factor as far as I'm concerned.
The main downside I'd say is that the feel/feedback is a bit muted (which shouldn't really bother anyone who plays a big baseline game), and spin is okay but not as great as the best 'spin' orientated strings.
That said, I don't think it plays that differently to Scorpion, the main difference (in my view) being that there's more of a muted feel and it seems to last longer than Scorpion before going dead - it doesn't seem to 'tighten' up with hitting in the way that Scorpion does. Personally, I think Scorpion is the better string when fresh (the better feel giving it the edge), but PTP seems to remain playable longer, though it does lose tension over time. It will be interesting hearing your thoughts in due course.
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As World No Tobacco Day falls on May 31, students of MGM dental college and hospital, Kamothe, in association with Inorbit mall, organised several activities to create awareness about the importance of quitting tobacco.
Carrying placards with hard-hitting messages like "You are a fool, if you think smoking is cool", 95 people including students, teaching and non-teaching staff of the organisation, conducted a rally from Vashi station to Inorbit mall yesterday evening. The rally and a series of other activities were part of college's annual attempt to create awareness about the ill-effects of using tobacco.
Initiated by Dr Sabita Ram, dean of the college, the anti-tobacco drive is being organised since last two years. "One cannot force people to quit habits like smoking or chewing tobacco; it has to be done voluntarily. We can only create mass awareness about the harmful and sometimes fatal effects of this substance abuse," said Dr Priyanka Machale, senior lecturer.
Wearing t-shirts with anti-tobacco slogan gave the group a solidarity. The rally was followed by a flash mob and a skit. Around eight interns depicted the mal-effects of tobacco. "This was followed by a signature campaign and a drawing competition for kids with the theme 'healthy teeth'," said Jasica Harold, one of the interns. She added, "This year World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged countries to increase taxes levied on tobacco and related products so as to discourage its use. It is a good move that has to be implemented far and wide."
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Ace choreographer Prabhu Deva and Shahid Kapoor are all set to create sensation with their new song 'Gandi Baat' from Rambo Rajkumar. While we can't help but snicker at the chosen title of the song, we are rest assured, given the presence of these two stars that the song is going to be a high octane number.
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Adam Rubin posted some comments from Mets GM Sandy Alderson on his blog at ESPN New York. Alderson seemed to enjoy responding to most of the questions he was asked with plenty of humor and dripping with sarcasm. Honestly, I'm not a big fan of that and I don't see other GMs doing it. I'd prefer a more direct and professional approach from our top executive, especially with the way things have gone for this organization in the last few years. It hasn't been a laughing matter… But anyway… On the state of the outfield particularly, Alderson quipped: "What outfield? We're gonna bring those fences in another 150 feet." Asked where the outfielders will come from, the GM again quipped, saying: "A cardboard box?" Lucas Duda in left field, though? "Yes," Alderson said. "He does come with a lot of furniture, though. I mean baggage. I'm sorry. He's very definitely in the mix. We're counting on him." And Kirk Nieuwenhuis in center field: "I think he may be. It's conceivable. Now
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Mongabay.com news articles on threats to the rainforest in blog format. Updated regularly.
DR Congo has great potential for biofuels says U.N. official
(01/09/2008) A UN economist is touting the potential of DR Congo for industrial biofuels production, reports Reuters. In a telephone interview, Dr Schmidhuber said the worn-torn country could devote millions of acres for oil palm, soy, and other biofuel feedstocks.
U.S. corn subsidies drive Amazon destruction
(12/13/2007) U.S. corn subsidies for ethanol production are contributing to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, reports a tropical forest scientist writing in this week's issue of the journal Science.
70% of rainforest island to be cleared for palm oil
(12/13/2007) Mongabay.com received information this week that the Malaysian company Vitroplant has been granted the permit it needs to begin developing 70% of Woodlark Island into palm oil plantations. In an e-mail received by one of the opposition leaders to Vitroplant, Dr. Simon Piyuwes said that "the government granted the permit to the oil palm company despite a widespread campaign and pressure from NGOs". In an earlier article Dr. Piyuwes stated that "we [the islanders] do not have money to fight the giant. We only hope for the support from the NGOs, and the mercy of the government to withdraw the project." It seems the government has refused Dr. Piyuwes what he hoped for.
Rainforest destruction continues in tropical Asia
(12/09/2007) Tropical forests in Asia have been rapidly and extensively destroyed over the past generation, with significant implications for the region's biodiversity and global climate. A new study, published in the December volume of Current Science, finds that Asian forest loss has occurred mostly in poor, corrupt countries that have high population density and robust population growth rates.
Kyoto pact ignores CO2 emissions from biofuels
(12/05/2007) The Kyoto climate pact, as it currently stands, ignores millions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions from the drainage of peatsoils for palm oil production in Indonesia and Malaysia, warnned Wetlands International, an international NGO, in a report released at the UN climate meeting in Bali.
Could the carbon market save the Amazon rainforest?
(11/29/2007) The global carbon market could play a key role in saving the Amazon from the effects of climate change and economic development, which could otherwise trigger dramatic ecological changes, reports a new paper published in Science. The authors argue that a well-articulated plan, financed by carbon markets, could prevent the worst outcomes for the Amazon forest while generating economic benefits for the region's inhabitants.
Cooking oil, palm oil biodiesel can reduce emissions relative to diesel
(11/28/2007) A lifecycle analysis of biodiesel by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) shows that using palm oil derived from existing plantations can be an effective biofuel feedstock for reducing greenhouse gas emissions relative to conventional diesel fuel. However, palm oil sourced from rainforest and peatlands generating emissions 8 to 21 times greater than those from diesel.
UN says palm oil destroys forests, indigenous cultures in Indonesia, Malaysia
(11/26/2007) Europe's demand for supposedly eco-friendly biodiesel is fueling destruction of biodiverse rainforests in southeast Asia, warns a new report from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Proposed gold mine proves controversial in French Guiana rainforest
(11/07/2007) Commercial gold mining threatens a key forest reserve and wetland in French Guiana say scientists who warn that exploitation could pollute rivers with toxic compounds, threaten wildlife, and put indigenous populations at risk.
Subtle threats could ruin the Amazon rainforest
(11/07/2007) While the mention of Amazon destruction usually conjures up images of vast stretches of felled and burned rainforest trees, cattle ranches, and vast soybean farms, some of the biggest threats to the Amazon rainforest are barely perceptible from above. Selective logging -- which opens up the forest canopy and allows winds and sunlight to dry leaf litter on the forest floor -- and 6-inch high "surface" fires are turning parts of the Amazon into a tinderbox, putting the world's largest rainforest at risk of ever-more severe forest fires. At the same time, market-driven hunting is impoverishing some areas of seed dispersers and predators, making it more difficult for forests to recover. Climate change -- an its forecast impacts on the Amazon basin -- further looms large over the horizon.
Carbon-negative bioenergy to cut global warming could drive deforestation
(11/06/2007) A proposed mechanism for generating carbon-negative bioenergy -- an energy source that reduces atmospheric carbon dioxide levels -- could drive large-scale deforestation in the tropics and undermine efforts to conserve forests for carbon offsets says a biofuel expert.
WSJ inquiry pushes FSC to cancel logging certification in endangered forest
(10/30/2007) An inquiry by The Wall Street Journal prompted the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), an environmental body that runs a widely accepted "green" labeling system for forestry products, to revoke certification for a Singapore-based Asia Pulp & Paper Co. (APP) project on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
Global warming puts primates at greater risk
(10/25/2007) 29 percent of the world's primate species are in danger of going extinct warns a new report from the Primate Specialist Group of IUCN's Species Survival Commission (SSC) and the International Primatological Society (IPS).
2007 Amazon fires among worst ever
(10/22/2007) By some measures, forest fires in the Amazon are at near-record levels, according to analysis Brazilian satellite data by mongabay.com. A surge in soy and cattle prices may be contributing to an increase in deforestation since last year. Last year environmentalists and the Brazilian government heralded a sharp fall in deforestation rates, the third consecutive annual decline after a peak in 2004. Forest loss in the 2006-2007 season was the lowest since record-keeping began in the late in 1970s. While the government tried to claim credit for the drop, analysts at the time said that commodity prices were a more likely driver of slow down: both cattle and soy prices had declined significantly over the previous months.
Brazil to search for oil in the Amazon
(10/21/2007) Brazil's plan to seek oil in the Western Amazon has upset environmentalists, reports the Associated Press (AP). The National Petroleum Agency, or ANP, plans to put US$36 million toward oil and gas exploration in Acre, a state bordering Bolivia, according to Brazilian state media Agencia Brasil, but environmental officials say no impact study has been done to assess how the plan could affect the Amazon.
Congo pygmies to meet World Bank President Zoellick over forest destruction
(10/17/2007) A delegation of 'Pygmies' from Democratic Republic of Congo are visiting Washington this week to discuss World Bank-sanctioned logging of their rainforest home. The 'Pygmies' are scheduled to meet with bank President Robert Zoellick, according to the Rainforest Foundation, a lobby group that sponsored the trip.
Amazon rainforest burning "worst" in memory
(10/16/2007) Fires continue to rage in the Amazon, according to local reports. John Cain Carter, a rancher who runs Alianca da Terra, an environmental accountability group for agricultural operators, says that the fires are the worst he has ever seen in the region. "I have never seen fires this bad," he told mongabay.com. "The fires are even worse than in 1998's El Nino event." NASA satellite images released at the end of September confirm widespread burning in the Amazon state of Mato Grosso.
Fires rage in Amazon rainforest park
(10/04/2007) Forest fires are raging in Xingu National Park in the Amazon rainforest, according to a pioneering cattle rancher-turned-conservationist in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.
South American development plan could destroy the Amazon
(10/04/2007) A plan to link South America's economies through a series of infrastructure projects, could destroy much of the Amazon rainforest, warns a new study by conservationists.
China urged to join sustainable soy efforts in the Amazon
(09/12/2007) Brazilian soy crushers have urged China to join an alliance to promote sustainable soybean production in the Amazon, according to Reuters. Brazil, soon to be the world's largest producer of soybeans, recently formed the Global Roundtable on Responsible Soy Association as concerns grow that global demand for biofuels will level the Amazon rainforest. Environmentalists say demand from China is playing an important role in surging soybean production in the region.
Scientists demand Brazil cease Amazon colonization project
(08/27/2007) A group of prominent scientists has called on Brazil to declare an immediate moratorium on a proposed forest colonization project that threatens one of the world's largest and long-running ecological experiments.
Groups demand AES withdraw from Panama dam projects
(08/23/2007) More than 50 green groups demanded Thursday that AES Corporation withdraw from three controversial hydroelectric projects that are threatening La Amistad International Park in Panama. Environmentalists say the dams threaten to displace wildlife and local communities -- the Naso and Ngobe people -- in the World Heritage site.
U.N. sends team to investigate gorilla killings
(08/10/2007) The U.N. said it will send a team of experts to probe the killings of critically endangered mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Four gorillas were shot "execution-style" last month, while three others have been killed so far this year. Rangers believe illegal charcoal harvesters from Goma are to blame.
Coal mining threatens the "Heart of Borneo"
(07/25/2007) Coal mining in Borneo imperils the island's fast-disappearing forests and threatens to undermine the effectiveness of an monumental conservation initiative, according to a report from the The Sunday Times and Parliamentary testimony.
China's paper recycling industry can help shield forests from destruction
(07/15/2007) China's massive paper recycling capacity is helping shield global forests worldwide from destruction by supporting an international market for wastepaper as an alternative to pulpwood, says a new report released by Forest Trends, an international forestry organization. Nevertheless, wastepaper alone is not enough to meet demand from China's growing paper industry.
Toll road could raise money for Amazon conservation
(07/15/2007) Southeastern Peru is arguably the most biodiverse place on the planet. A new highway project, already under construction, poses a great threat to this biological richness as well as indigenous groups that live in the region. While its too late to stop the road, called the Carretera Transoceanica or Interoceanic Highway, there are ways to reduce its impact on the forest ecosystem and its inhabitants.
NASA images show expansion of logging in Congo rainforest
(07/15/2007) New high resolution images of logging roads in the Congo region of Africa are helping researchers understand the expansion of industrial logging in Central Africa.
US says Brazilian ethanol doesn't increase food prices, destroy Amazon rainforest
(07/13/2007) Brazil's surging ethanol production does not put the Amazon rainforest at risk and is not fueling higher food prices, claimed a U.S. energy official visiting Brazil.
$11B Amazon rainforest dam gets initial approval
(07/10/2007) The Brazilian government has given preliminary go-ahead on a massive Amazon dam project that environmentalists and scientists say could be a potential ecological disaster.
Poverty and corruption reduce effectiveness of rainforest parks
(07/09/2007) Poverty and corruption are linked to higher incidence of fire in tropical forest reserves, reports a new study published in the journal Ecological Applications. Poor, corrupt countries -- like Cambodia, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Sierra Leone -- have the least effective parks when measured in terms of the incidence of fire relative to surrounding "buffer" areas. The findings have significant implications for rainforest conservation efforts.
Authorities bust multi-million dollar Amazon logging ring
(07/02/2007) Brazilian authorities have busted a logging ring that used fake permits to cut 500,000 trees in the Amazon rainforest, reports Reuters.
Set back for AES on rainforest dam project in Panama
(06/26/2007) The World Heritage Committee moved to assess threats to La Amistad International Park, a World Heritage site shared by Panama and Costa Rica, from AES Corporation's planned construction of four hydroelectric dams on the park's border. The decision was based on an April 2007 petition from the Center for Biological Diversity and more than 30 other organizations in the United States, Panama, and Costa Rica.
Mining gets approval despite recent species discoveries
(06/13/2007) Suriname will allow mining in a highly biodiverse tract of forest where 24 previously unknown species were recently discovered. The decision had been expected.
98% of orangutan habitat gone in next 15 years
(06/11/2007) Indonesia is losing more than 2.1 million hectares (5.2 million acres) of forest a year to illegal loggers, states a new report from the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP). The report, which estimates the value of illicit timbering at $4 billion annually, warns that 98 percent of Indonesia's lowland forests will be gone by 2022, putting species like the orangutan at risk of extinction in the wild. The report, Last stand of the Orang-utan: State of Emergency, was released Monday at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species meeting in The Hague.
Chinese demand drives global deforestation
(06/10/2007) From outside, Cameroon's Ngambe-Tikar forest looks like a compact, tangled mass of healthy emerald green foliage. But tracks between the towering tropical hardwood trees open up into car park-sized clearings littered with logs as long as buses. Forestry officers say the reserve is under attack from unscrupulous commercial loggers who work outside authorized zones and do not respect size limits in their quest for maximum financial returns.
Brazil debates $11B Amazon dam project
(06/10/2007) The eternal tension between Brazil's need for economic growth and the damage that can cause to the environment are nowhere more visible than here in this corner of the western Amazon. Now a proposal to build an $11 billion hydroelectric project here on the Madeira River, which may have the world's most diverse fish stocks, has set off a new controversy.
Logging roads rapidly expanding in Congo rainforest
(06/07/2007) Logging roads are rapidly expanding in the Congo rainforest, report researchers who have constructed the first satellite-based maps of road construction in Central Africa. The authors say the work will help conservation agencies, governments, and scientists better understand how the expansion of logging is impacting the forest, its inhabitants, and global climate.
Can cattle ranchers and soy farmers save the Amazon?
(06/06/2007) John Cain Carter, a Texas rancher who moved to the heart of the Amazon 11 years ago and founded what is perhaps the most innovative organization working in the Amazon, Alianca da Terra, believes the only way to save the Amazon is through the market. Carter says that by giving producers incentives to reduce their impact on the forest, the market can succeed where conservation efforts have failed. What is most remarkable about Alianca's system is that it has the potential to be applied to any commodity anywhere in the world. That means palm oil in Borneo could be certified just as easily as sugar cane in Brazil or sheep in New Zealand. By addressing the supply chain, tracing agricultural products back to the specific fields where they were produced, the system offers perhaps the best market-based solution to combating deforestation. Combining these approaches with large-scale land conservation and scientific research offers what may be the best hope for saving the Amazon.
Globalization could save the Amazon rainforest
(06/03/2007) The Amazon basin is home to the world's largest rainforest, an ecosystem that supports perhaps 30 percent of the world's terrestrial species, stores vast amounts of carbon, and exerts considerable influence on global weather patterns and climate. Few would dispute that it is one of the planet's most important landscapes. Despite its scale, the Amazon is also one of the fastest changing ecosystems, largely as a result of human activities, including deforestation, forest fires, and, increasingly, climate change. Few people understand these impacts better than Dr. Daniel Nepstad, one of the world's foremost experts on the Amazon rainforest. Now head of the Woods Hole Research Center's Amazon program in Belem, Brazil, Nepstad has spent more than 23 years in the Amazon, studying subjects ranging from forest fires and forest management policy to sustainable development. Nepstad says the Amazon is presently at a point unlike any he's ever seen, one where there are unparalleled risks and opportunities. While he's hopeful about some of the trends, he knows the Amazon faces difficult and immediate challenges.
Mahogany logging threats tribal people, says report
(05/30/2007) Ahead of the CITES meeting in the Hague, a new report alleges widespread illegal mahogany logging in Peru.
Uganda abandons rainforest logging for palm oil
(05/27/2007) The Ugandan government abandoned plans to log thousands of hectares of rainforest on Bugala island in Lake Victoria for a palm oil plantation, Reuters reported Saturday.
Uganda rainforest reserve safe, for now
(05/23/2007) Uganda's cabinet has suspended a proposal to allow a sugarcane grower to convert part of Mabria rainforest reserve for a plantation, reports Reuters. The plan, a pet project of president Yoweri Museveni, faced widespread opposition that was capped by deadly riots.
U.S. ethanol may drive Amazon deforestation
(05/17/2007) Ethanol production in the United States may be contributing to deforestation in the Brazilian rainforest said a leading expert on the Amazon. Dr. Daniel Nepstad of the Woods Hole Research Center said the growing demand for corn ethanol means that more corn and less soy is being planted in the United States. Brazil, the world's largest producer of soybeans, is more than making up for shortfall, by clearing new land for soy cultivation. While only a fraction of this cultivation currently occurs in the Amazon rainforest, production in neighboring areas like the cerrado grassland helps drive deforestation by displacing small farmers and cattle producers, who then clear rainforest land for subsistence agriculture and pasture.
Amazon nun-killer sentenced to 30 years in Brazil
(05/15/2007) Vitalmiro Bastos de Moura, a Brazilian rancher charged with ordering the killing of Dorothy Stang, an American nun, in the Amazon rainforest in February 2005, was convicted today of murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Environmental concerns mount as palm oil production grows
(05/15/2007) The booming market for palm oil is driving record production but fueling rising concerns over the environmental impact of the supposedly "green" bioenergy source. The two leading producers of palm oil, Malaysia and Indonesia, have rapidly expanded palm oil production in recent years, often at the expense of biodiverse rainforests and carbon-rich peatlands that store billions of tons of greenhouse gases. Environmentalists say that due to these factors, burning of palm oil can at times be more damaging the global climate than the use of fossil fuels.
UN warns on dangers of bioenergy
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Climate change could dramatically change forests in Central America
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Military technology uses satellite signals to catch poachers
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Back Mountain Bandits Youth Lacrosse (BMYL) will host the Fourth Annual Back Mountain Brawl Lacrosse Tournament on Saturday, May 11 at the Back Mountain Recreation Fields located on Outlet Road in Lehman.
This annual event will host 50 teams and over 1,500 spectators from areas as far away as Delaware Valley, Easton, Lower Macungie, Scranton and local teams from Wyoming Seminary, Valley Laxers and Mountain Top.
This day -ong event will host both boys and girls'games and will include divisions U11 to U15 for boys, girls grades third and fourth and girls grades five through eight.
Medals will be awarded to the team with overall wins in each division.
"Lacrosse has been one of the nation's fastest-growing team sports for more than a decade and that trend continues in 2013," said Rodney Driscoll, Back Mountain Youth Lacrosse president. "BMYL is proud to offer this opportunity to the players of the Back Mountain. The Bandits organization is on target to be one of the area's biggest competitors."
"The BMYL Girls program is growing rapidly with all of our teams from grades three/four, five/six and seven/eight all having great success this year," said John Delamater, girls coordinator and founder of the organization. "As our schedule keeps evolving to playing teams more locally like Mountain Top, Danville, Delaware Valley, Tunkhannock and Pleasant Valley, we are hopeful this trend will continue and the opportunities for our girls to excel at the sport will grow with it for many years to come."
The tournament is a fun-filled day with vendors such as Dick's Sporting Goods, Hockey Stop Sports, Philadelphia Hawks professional team, Maddog Lacrosse and more displaying their wares.
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I really appreciated your recent review of SCO OpenServer. Where I work, we recently had reason to take a computer that had Linux on it and make it into a dual Linux/SCO system. I would like to point out, however, an error in the review. Ken says:
While you're going through this process, OpenServer is merrily overwriting your master boot record and wiping it free of LILO.
While it is true that SCO overwrites LILO if you have it installed on the Master Boot Record (MBR), it is not true that LILO cannot boot SCO. In fact LILO is more than happy to boot SCO. The problem is that SCO expects its own partition to be active or bootable. From the README file for LILO:
Some PC UNIX systems (SCO and Unixware have been reported to exhibit this problem) depend on their partition being active. Such a setup can currently only be obtained by installing LILO as the MBR and making the respective partition active.
If, after you install SCO, you reinstall LILO to the MBR and make the SCO partition bootable, LILO will very easily allow you to choose one or the other at boot time. On our setup, we have Linux installed to /dev/hda2 and SCO on /dev/hda4. Our lilo.conf file, therefore, looks like this:
boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b message=/boot/boot.msg prompt timeout=100 # # Linux partition image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hda2 read-only # # SCO Unix partition other=/dev/hda4 label=sco table=/dev/hda
Upon bootup, LILO runs and displays our boot.msg file which tells the user how to load either Linux or SCO. This has worked out quite nicely for us. In the past, we had installed SCO on a machine that also used MS-DOS and the only way to switch between the operating systems was by using FDISK to toggle between the partitions. It's nice to see that Linux and its tools are still better than anything else out there. —Tanner email@example.com
Thanks for publishing my message in the "Letters to the Editor" in the December 1997, Issue 44. But you introduced a huge mistake in it, which can have security implications for readers who blindly trust LJ.
The message, published under the title "Big Brother", mentions the -T option of the Perl interpreter, saying that "-T tests that the file type is text, not binary." This is ridiculous and I never wrote that. I wrote that every Perl CGI programmer should use the -T option and explained that it refers to tainted mode (man perlsec for details). The -T option (a command-line flag) has nothing to do with the -T function (which indeed tests if a file is text). Any Perl programmer could have caught that mistake.
It seems to me that the treatment of my alert message (remember that anyone on the Internet could execute any command on a machine which uses the scripts you originally published) exhibited two serious flaws:
It was treated too slowly. Most people trust paper more than Usenet News or WWW. Many people probably assumed that the articles in LJ were carefully scrutinized and that the scripts were dependable. LJ had, in my opinion, a responsibility to warn users as soon as possible (at least in the next issue) of the mistake and not through a letter to the editor two issues later.
It is perfectly understandable that you edited my message; I know that my English is quite poor. But you could have sent it back to me for a last check. I do not think it is ethical to modify a message, not on a grammatical point but on a technical one, and to publish it without showing to the readers the edited parts and without sending it to the author for proofreading. —Stephane Bortzmeyer email@example.com
First, let me apologize for your letter getting changed in a way that changed technical content. We try hard not to let this happen. One of our copy editors thought the -T needed more explanation and obviously grabbed the information from the wrong place. I agree he should not have added to the text without consulting you. If you had put as much detail in the first letter as you did above, I don't think he would have felt he needed to add anything. Ultimately, though, I did let his addition pass, and I take full responsibility for the error.
LTE is just about the last column I put together. Consequently, there is not a lot of time to pass it back and forth. It is also the first time I even see the letters, so they can be old. By the time a magazine comes out, the next issue is already at the printer, so errors never get corrected until two issues later. It's too bad, but such is the way of magazine deadlines.
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Planning, Homework and Evidence in Your Tennessee Divorce
Planning, Homework, and Evidence Law in Your Tennessee Divorce Case. Steps you can take to prepare for your Tennessee divorce from Memphis divorce lawyer and family law attorney, Miles Mason, Sr.
Planning for Your Tennessee Divorce Case
Sleepless nights can be caused by either not having a plan or not understanding your plan. Meet with your lawyer and work out a plan with which you are comfortable. Divorce is stressful enough to cause you to forget even the most simple things. If you do not understand your plan, or forget why a decision was made, call and ask. It is your case. Do not feel silly or worried that you are bothering your lawyer.
Homework and Evidence Law in Your Tennessee Divorce Case
Just because you or your lawyer say something in court does not mean the judge can or will consider that statement or fact. In court, evidence is required to prove a case. Important documents, photographs, and notes around your home can be important evidence. Your lawyer will provide you with a list of things to photocopy and bring into the divorce lawyer's office. If your lawyer does not provide you with a checklist of documents to be located and copied, remind him. This is very important. You must begin this process as soon as possible. The typical divorce case may involve several boxes of such papers. Without disclosing your reason, you may want to visit your accountant, banker, insurance agent, or stockbroker to begin the process. For more information about evidence you might need in your Tennessee divorce case, look up FAQ's and factors for property division, child custody, and alimony on www.MemphisDivorce.com.
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So I want to change Kelty's feed from Purina Ultium to Nutrena Safechoice, and start supplementing him with half a cup of flax seed per day. (after his move on the 25th)
He will be regularly fed twice a day at his new barn. My old place fed twice a day but they fed at different times each day (which I don't really like)
So how do I get him safely switched to Safechoice? (ha)
I've heard I should wait ten days after the move to start trying to change his feed. Is that good advice?
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Out of the ashes of arson, a new home was created for Alaska's Girl Scouts. The 40-acre property, Camp Singing Hills, is located on the banks of Edmonds Lake in Chugiak. The camp will include a three-floor lodge — complete with a kitchen, showers and loft sleeping quarters — canoe storage and a dock, and four yurts for year-round camping. Outdoor education sites, two trails and a playing field will surround the buildings.
The Alaska Fine Arts Academy has several ongoing programs and activities. Here's a look at what they offer: Play continues: The final two shows of "Shake, Rattle and Rot: The Zombie Musical" will be put on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 25-26 at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.akfinearts.org or by calling 694-8909. General admission is $14 — seniors, military and children 12 and younger are $12.
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Two people died in an early morning shooting Oct. 17 in Chugiak. After its preliminary investigation, Anchorage Police said it was a murder-suicide that killed Nita Kilapsuk, 40, and Michael Hagood, 49. Kilapsuk, of Nuiqsut, called police just after 4 a.m. to report a verbal argument between her and Hagood, Kilapsuk's boyfriend. During the call, Kilapsuk said she wanted to leave the residence — a converted People Move bus — on the 21000 block of Valley Avenue, but Hagood, of Anchorage, had a gun and wouldn't let her leave, APD said.
The Anchorage Planning and Zoning Commission (PNZ) isn't satisfied with Eklutna, Inc.'s master plan for a proposed inert waste landfill in Chugiak. "They felt they needed more detail," Eklutna CEO Curtis McQueen said of the board's 6-1 vote that denied a zoning request Monday, Oct. 7.
A dead newborn baby was found in Turner Park in Eagle River on Tuesday, Oct. 15, according to the Anchorage Police Department. At 9:34 a.m., police received a report that a resident found a baby wrapped in a towel and that it was not breathing, APD said in a statement. Police and a crime scene team responded to the park on Regency Drive.
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The Minerva series, and Someplace Else, are one of the best executed mods I have ever played. The level design of Minerva is spot on and the gameplay very fluid. The mysterious story also kept me playing. If you are going to play a HL2 mod, this one should be high on your list!
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One of the best mods around. The maps and their architecture are top notch, gameplay is stellar, story was simple, yet sucks you in quickly. The simplicity of it was the main reason why it worked so well. All acts felt suspenful and very opressing, the atmosphere was isolating and cold.
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Flooding along the Platte River in central Nebraska is relatively minor because drought-affected areas have absorbed some of the floodwater, according to the National Weather Service. Several days of flooding, however, are still expected for low-lying areas and farmland near the river.
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The Salvation Army is hosting its third annual Mystery Dinner this Friday.
Before dinner they will be hosting a silent auction. Salvation Army Office Assistant Mindy McCloy said they have a ton of great baskets to auction off. Even the employees want to place a bid.
"It's funny because once we get the baskets made up a lot of the employees will come in and look at the baskets and say oh I love that basket I want to bid on that basket and once you see them they are really some very nice baskets," McCloy said.
After the bidding is over you'll get to see the Zanesville Community Theater perform a play "Reunion at Hippie High." Shelter Manager Karen Walker said it's a great thing for the community to come and enjoy all while helping the kids in our area. Plus Walker said it's going to be a blast.
"We're going to wear hippie clothes so if you're from the 60's and the 70's you know what I'm talking about come as a hippie or come in dressed up like you normally do but we're going to have a lot of fun," Walker said.
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Which sex is the worst about washing up? Why is it so important? We've got the dirty truth on how and when to wash your hands.
Women and Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injuries
Topic Overview
Women have more anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries than men: women athletes injure their ACLs up to 8 times as often as men athletes.1 Experts have identified three areas where differences between men and women may affect the risk of ACL injuries.
- Body differences. Compared to men, women have a wider pelvis, a smaller ACL, a narrower area containing the ACL (femoral notch), and a greater degree of the knees pointing inward (genu valgum or knock-knee). These differences increase the risk of an ACL injury, especially when landing from a jump.
- Muscular differences. Compared to men, women have less muscular strength, use the muscles in the front of the thighs (quadriceps) more for stability, and take a longer time to develop muscular force at a given moment. These factors result in greater stress being placed on the ACL.
- Laxity and range of motion. Compared to men, women have a greater range of motion and "looser" knees (knee laxity), hip rotation, and knee hyperextension (how far the knee can be stretched or straightened). The increased hyperextension results in a backward curve of the knee when the leg is straight. This makes it more difficult for the muscles in the back of the thigh (hamstrings) to protect the ACL. Looser knees may also make an ACL injury more likely.
Some studies suggest that the differences in ligament laxity may be due to changing hormone levels. These studies have shown that there is change in ligament laxity during the menstrual cycle and that women are at greater risk for an ACL injury during the ovulatory phase of their cycle than at other times. Other studies have not found a relationship between the menstrual cycle and laxity in the ACL.2 How hormones affect the ACL is not known.
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Joints form the connections between bones. They provide support and help you move. Any damage to the joints from disease or injury can interfere with your movement and cause a lot of pain. Many different conditions can lead to painful joints, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, bursitis, gout, strains, sprains, and other injuries. Joint pain is extremely common. In one national survey, about one-third of adults reported having joint pain within the past 30 days. Knee pain was the most...
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Training and rehabilitation
Training and rehabilitation programs for women may take the above factors into account. A program may include exercises to:
- Control inward movement of the knee.
- Emphasize using the hamstrings to stabilize the knee.
- Emphasize speed and reaction time of the quadriceps.
- Control hip and trunk movement and train the hip muscles to help stabilize the knee.
- Control knee extension.
- Increase muscular endurance.
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I think I know how I got full screen with FC6, though I am not 100% entirely sure.
Under F7, if I specify in xorg.conf:
Modes "1024x768" "840x525" "800x600" "640x480"
Then openarena can display at fullscreen with 1024x768. But if I specify:
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "840x525" "800x600" "640x480"
Then openarena could not display at fullscreen at all, because openarena does not have 1280x800 as an option, but 1280x1024, which I presume my LCD notebook monitor could not do. When I mean "openarena could not display at fullscreen", I mean that openarena uses only the middle of the display, and everything else around it is coloured black which the mouse could not go to.
However, I could not recall what resolution I was using with FC6 on this notebook. Using 1024x768 under F7 just looks ... odd .. but I seem to recall I was able to get full screen with openarena with the various display size options ( save for the ones that do not match my LCD of course ).
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The disappearing defensive prospects
Top prospects are heading straight to DH - what happened to defense?
Adam Dunn is finally a designated hitter this year, an inevitability that would have occurred years ago had he played with American League teams who didn't have to worry about hiding his defensive inefficiencies at first base or a corner outfield slot. Dunn is hardly the first bat-only player to be worth big money, and he'll hardly be the last.
Many believe that New York Yankees catcher Jesus Montero is the best offensive prospect in baseball. But the chances of him holding on to that catcher label seem thin. He's well below-average at the position and will likely spend the majority of his big league career known for his bat only.
And then there is Bryce Harper. Sure, he's very athletic now, but he's also a 6-foot-3, 225-pound 18-year-old who is far from physical maturity. It's easy to forget that Dunn was once a similar talent. As a teenager, he was a potential Division I quarterback and was similar in size and athletic ability to Harper at a young age, when he was listed at 6-5, 235 in Low-A when in the 2000 season he (believe it or not) had more stolen bases (24) than home runs (16).
Beyond the size, there are also elite-level young hitters consistently moving down the defensive spectrum. Some, like eventual Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Pedro Alvarez, lack athleticism, while others, like Milwaukee's Ryan Braun, just can't seem to find a knack at a position they have all of the tools to succeed at.
Is this new? Is defense overall in baseball declining, and if so, why? I spoke to a number of scouts, executives and industry insiders about the issue, and the opinions were wide-ranging.
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Comment: I was born and raised in 'Merica! (Score 1) 2288
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Being a US resident from birth I have asked myself this same question many many many times. Why do we not change over to a simple system that everyone can use and understand. Lets make the change and spend all this great "stimulus" money on changing out road signs for the next 5 years. Make them dual metric/imperial when you change them and then slowly faze them out to just use the metric system in 10 years or something.


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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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ATLANTA - Paul Johnson's first two Atlantic Coast Conference games look more like a rude initiation than a polite welcome.Johnson must take Georgia Tech on the road the next two weekends to face the two teams who played in last year's ACC championship game - Boston College and Virginia Tech. Some welcome. 'I jokingly said they didn't give us any favors when they gave us the two division winners on the road back to back,' Johnson said Tuesday as he talked with reporters about Saturday's game at Boston College. Georgia Tech opened with a 41-14 home victory over Jacksonville State on Thursday night, giving the Yellow Jackets a chance to show progress made in Johnson's spread option offense. Jonathan Dwyer and quarterback Josh Nesbitt each ran for two touchdowns as Georgia Tech rushed for 349 yards, had 484 total yards and only one punt. It was a confidence-building win. 'We showed our fans and the nation what this offense can do,' Dwyer said. 'We have a lot of talent here and we were productive.' Added Nesbitt: 'Every game we play this year, teams are going to have to respect our offense.' Boston College returns 12 starters from an 11-3 team that won the ACC's Atlantic Division. Georgia Tech started 14 freshmen and sophomores against Jacksonville. Many of the 26 freshmen and sophomores on Johnson's two-deep depth chart will be playing or starting for the first time in a conference road game. 'We've got to make sure we've got them prepared as a coaching staff and they've got to be focused and dialed in on what the task at hand is,' Johnson said. 'They can't be going up there to see what kind of lobster they're going to have or checking out to see who is at the game.' Johnson said his young players must match the effort and toughness he expects from the Eagles. 'Boston College is the kind of team that is physical and will hit you right in the mouth,' he said. 'We've got to be ready to hit back. 'I think it's all about going into the game in the right frame of mind, and that's a transition here. ... I don't think our guys are used to that, and that's partly from being young, too.' Nesbitt will be making his first road start. Johnson said he doesn't want the sophomore to feel he has to carry the offense, even though he said the sophomore has shown maturity in his new starting role. 'I thought he did well in that aspect,' Johnson said. 'He has progressed, but we're not going to put a whole lot more on Josh than we're going to put on everybody else. 'The onus this week is on those guys up front. They better get their tail in gear, and they know it, because if they get physically slapped around then we're going to have a hard time.' Nesbitt and Shaw combined to complete 8 of 15 passes for 135 yards against Jacksonville State, perhaps more passing yards than some observers expected based on Johnson's time as the head coach at Navy, Hawaii and Georgia Southern. 'The thing I found ironic is how everybody knew what we were going to do before the season started,' Johnson said. 'We hadn't played a a game and I read all year we're not going to throw the ball. ... There may be some games we throw it 30 times. There may be some games we throw it five. It just depends on how the defense is playing.' Boston College led the ACC and ranked second in the nation with its average of 75.5 yards rushing allowed per game last season. Johnson may threaten to throw 30 times, but on Tuesday he sounded excited about the challenge of pitting his option offense against Boston College's run defense. 'I'm not going to go into that game and say we can't run the ball,' Johnson said. 'Everybody says 'Oh, you can't run the ball against them.' We'll see. That's why we play the game. If we can't run the ball, it will be a long night, I'll tell you that.' Note: Georgia Tech already is facing a depth problem at linebacker. Inside linebacker Brad Jefferson will miss the game with a wrist injury. Johnson said outside linebacker Anthony Barnes 'probably is doubtful' with a less serious injury. ... Johnson said he expects DE Michael Johnson to have fewer snaps on special teams after the senior 'got gassed' against Jacksonville State.
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- Dwyer's run propels Jackets to 19-16 win over Boston College ( September 7, 2008 )
- Yellow Jackets look for repeat win over Gamecocks ( September 5, 2009 )
- Tech's bowl future likely a warm one
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- Tech's Dwyer in no rush to take spotlight from UGA's Moreno ( September 28, 2008 )


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We aren't surprised. Sonam Kapoor has emerged to be the undisputed red carpet empress on the red carpet. From frothy Elie Saab gown to diaphanous Anamika Khanna sari pants - Sonam's each look was a study in perfection. Superimpose the couture flawlessness with impeccable make-up and hair - it's no wonder that the stylissma was lauded for her sartorial picks on the red carpet with the international press giving her a perfect 10.
Femme Fatale Blake Lively (despite her hot accessory - Ryan Reynolds) lost the steam in front of the Indian Princess - Her Chicness Miss Kapoor.
Blake looked great in a slew of Gucci gowns but isn't red carpet today more about decoding new fashion rules and breaking the existing ones.
Huffington Post gushed, "Forget Blake Lively—Sonam Kapoor is the belle of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival!The 28-year-old Bollywood film star has been heating up the red carpet in showstopping looks that would make Cate Blanchett green with envy."
Full marks to sis Rhea Kapoor who did each look complete justice. Tour de force!


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SNOW HILL — Snow Hill High Schools sprinkler system extinguished a small early-morning fire in a closet in the science wing of the building, according to the school systems spokeswoman, Barbara Witherow.
This brought fire officials as well as administrative and maintenance teams to the school a little before 1 a.m. today, the Worcester County public schools spokeswoman said.
Witherow said the fire marshal declared the building safe for today and the small fire didnt delay school. Because of a slight smoke odor, some classes scheduled to meet in classrooms near the closet where the fire was will be moved, but other than that, school is functioning normally.
The building is safe and ready for use, she said.
She said the fire related to a computer cart that was plugged in and charging.


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eCONnections | February 2013
MUSC College of Nursing's monthly newsletter
EDUCATE COLLABORATE ADVOCATE INVESTIGATE eCONnections Medical University of South Carolina | College of Nursing VOLUME 10 | FEBRUARY 2013 INSIDE NEWS.................................P. 2 CALENDAR......................P. 3 ACADEMICS................... P. 4 RESEARCH.......................P. 5 PRACTICE....................... P. 6 FACULTY...........................P. 7 Numbers have an impact By Dean Gail Stuart, PhD, RN, FAAN Everyone focuses on numerical ranks and ratings. It seems to be part of American culture, whether it is sports teams, TV shows or brands of yogurt. But there are two types of numbers – absolute and comparative. Absolute numbers are important because they are standard bearers or benchmarks, like NCLEX scores or certification pass rates. We are appropriately very focused on these numbers and track them each year with care. But comparative numbers are different – they pit one group against others to see how one ranks comparatively. So this year the MUSC College of Nursing has some really important comparative numbers to celebrate. Drum roll please….. • In 2012 we ranked 21st in the country in NIH funding. This is up from 30th in 2011 and 48th in 2010. online graduate programs of nursing from • We also ranked 20th in the country in US News and World Report. This ranking of the best online graduate nursing degree programs is based on factors such as graduation rates, academic and career support services offered to students, and admissions selectivity. MUSC Nurses Change Lives! Hooray for us…these are truly incredible rankings and PUBLISHED BY: Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing Send inquiries to: Beth Khan MUSC College of Nursing 99 Jonathan Lucas St., MSC 160 Charleston, SC 29425 email@example.com they reflect the hard work of our faculty, staff and students. It's great to start a new year with tangible indicators of our success and it helps us set the bar just a little bit higher for the year ahead….Gail


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Fritz Kreisler Collection, Volume 3
Fritz Kreisler Collection, Volume 3 (Corelli, Tartini & Paganini A La Kreisler). Edited by Eric Wen. For Violin. Masters Collection. This folio contains twelve Kreisler arrangements of pieces from these violinist-composers, and three never-before published, "La folia" Variations. Classical. Difficulty: difficult. Collection and set of performance parts. Bowings, fingerings and introductory text. 175 pages. Published by Carl Fischer (CF.ATF125).
ISBN 0825836026. With bowings, fingerings and introductory text. Classical. 9x12 inches.


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Preview calendar: Clubs and concerts for Dec. 2-8
Midori ---- The Japanese-born violinist performs Ravel's Violin Sonata in G minor, Beethoven's Violin Sonata in A minor; Bach's Sonata in E major for Violin and Keyboard and Saint-Saens' Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor; 8 p.m. Dec. 4; Balboa Theatre, 868 Fourth Ave., San Diego; $25-$75; 858-459-3728.
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus ---- Performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" with guest soloists; 8 p.m. Dec. 4 and 3 p.m. Dec. 5 (preconcert lecture one hour before performance); Mandeville Auditorium, UC San Diego, La Jolla; $15-$29; 858-534-4637 or www.lajollasymphony.com.
MiraCosta Guitar Orchestra ---- Students, teachers and special guests perform a mix of guitar works from baroque to rock; 2 p.m. Dec. 5; Concert Hall (Building 2400), MiraCosta College, 1 Barnard Drive, Oceanside; $10, general; $8, students and seniors; 760-795-6815 or www.miracosta.edu/events.
Celebrate MiraCosta: Student showcase and recital ---- The two-part show features jazz/commercial musicians and student combos and then solo artists from the classical music program; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8; Concert Hall (Building 2400), MiraCosta College, 1 Barnard Drive, Oceanside; $10, general; $8, students and seniors; 760-795-6815 or www.miracosta.edu/events.
Palomar Women's Chorus: "Celebrating the Seasons" ---- Palomar College's women's choir presents works by Rodgers and Hammerstein, George Gershwin, Nacia Fred Brown and Rodgers and Hart that celebrate all four seasons of the year, particularly the December holidays; 8 p.m. Dec. 9; Performance Lab (Room D-10), Palomar College, 1140 W. Mission Road, San Marcos; $5; 760-744-1150, ext. 2453, or palomarperforms.com.
Melvyn Tan ---- Pianist performs four Chopin pieces: Etudes, Op. 10; Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major; Polonaise ---- Fantaisie in A-flat major; and Sonata No. 3 in B minor; 8 p.m. Dec. 10 (7 p.m. prelude with Benjamin K. Roe); Sherwood Auditorium, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla; $25-$75 ($90-$280, Frieman Family Piano Series subscription); 858-459-3728 or ljms.org.
San Diego Symphony: Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony ---- Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection"; 8 p.m. Dec. 10 and 11 and 2 p.m. Dec. 12; Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B St., San Diego; $20-$96; 619-235-0804 or sandiegosymphony.org.
"Hanacpachap" ---- The Palomar Symphony, Palomar Chorale and Palomar Chamber Singers present Mozart's Missa Brevis in F major, "Hanacpachap," a classic polyphonic piece, Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, and seasonal favorites; 2 p.m. Dec. 12; Howard Brubeck Theatre, Palomar College, 1140 W. Mission Road, San Marcos; $12, general; $10, seniors; $8, students; 760-744-1150, ext. 2453, or palomarperforms.com.
San Diego Symphony: "Richard Strauss' A Hero's Life" ---- Program features Strauss' "Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life)"; 7:30 p.m. Jan. 6; Copley Symphony, 750 B St., San Diego; $20; 619-235-0804 or sandiegosymphony.org.
San Diego Symphony: Ax Plays Mozart ---- Program features pianist Emanuel Ax performing Suppe's Overture to "Poet and Peasant," Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, Stravinsky's Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra and Strauss' "Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life)"; 8 p.m. Jan. 7 and Jan. 8 and 2 p.m. Jan. 9; Copley Symphony, 750 B St., San Diego; $20-$96; 619-235-0804 or sandiegosymphony.org.
Lang Lang Plays Beethoven ---- Program features John Adams' "Short Ride in a Fast Machine," Rachmaninoff's "Symphonic Dances," and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G; 8 p.m. Jan. 14; Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B St., San Diego; $20-$96; 619-235-0804 or sandiegosymphony.org.