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Excessive Egg-laying in Birds
I see many pet birds that have been laying too many eggs and are beginning to fall ill. The species I most commonly see are canaries, Gouldian finches, zebra finches, budgies, cockatiels, green-cheeked and other small conures, and Moluccan and umbrella cockatoos, and hybrid macaws, although any species of bird may be affected. The clutch size varies depending not only on the species of bird, but in some cases on the breed. For some birds, it's not unusual to double-clutch or triple-clutch in a year without harm, while in other birds it is extremely rare to produce more than a single clutch. This variation in egg output by species and breed makes it difficult to know when too many are being produced in too short a time; in general, you have to know the breeding particulars of a species in order to recognize excessive egg-laying.
Common misunderstandings
Before I go any further, let me clear up some of the confusion about egg-laying. In most species of birds, a hen (female) does not need a mate in order to produce eggs. There are some species that require either the courtship calls or displays of the male or actual copulation in order to induce ovulation, but the majority of birds have reproductive cycles cued to the light cycle (also known as photoperiod). Spring layers are triggered by gradually increasing day length from winter to spring. Fall layers are triggered by gradually decreasing day length from summer to fall. A single bird, alone in the home except for its non-avian companions, is the most common patient I see with excessive egg-laying.
A bird doesn't need a proper nest area in order to lay eggs. If the hormonal cycle is working, an egg will be produced whether or not there is an appropriate place to lay it. Many clients discover eggs on the bottom of cages, in food bowls, or even precariously balanced on stuffed toys attached to perches high up in cages. The right sort of nest area, or even one of the "sleeper tents" may stimulate egg-laying in birds that are already primed. It's uncertain if there is any increased risk of egg-binding (dystocia) if a bird does not have an appropriate nest.
A bird doesn't need extra calcium or a special diet to lay eggs. Many birds will produce eggs on startlingly poor diets, even when the birds are showing signs of malnutrition. These birds are at higher risk of becoming ill as the eggs withdraw vital nutrients from the females. Calcium, fat, vitamin A, and trace minerals are rapidly depleted in malnourished birds, and this can lead to life-threatening problems.
Finally, one misunderstanding is at a bit of a tangent. I've had clients puzzled how their "male" birds have just produced eggs. The sex of a bird isn't confirmed by lack of eggs; in other words, a bird that has never laid eggs is not necessarily a male. Even DNA sexing via blood, feather, or egg residue is not 100% accurate. If a bird is not sexually dimorphic, the only way to be 100% sure of its sex is to find an egg or to have the bird surgically sexed via endoscopy. I've known many "male" birds that have laid eggs after being alone for several years.
Factors affecting clutch size
Analyses of clutch size represent a complex branch of ornithology and is beyond the scope of this article. It is clear that there are genetic and environmental factors that influence clutch size. Some ornithologists prefer to call them long-term considerations (e.g., longevity) and short-term contraints (e.g., food availability). Some general trends are known. For example, over half of the bird species studied has 2 to 3 eggs in a clutch while over 6,000 species produce 5 or fewer in a clutch. Tropical species tend to lay fewer eggs than temperate species, and longer-lived birds produce smaller clutches than shorter-lived birds. Thus a small tropical species of bird is more likely to lay 3 eggs than 5 eggs in a clutch.
For captive-bred birds, within a species the biggest determinants of clutch size appear to be the genetics (or bloodline) and the diet. Some breeders select for larger hens that produce large eggs so that the hatchlings are larger; these larger hatchling parrots may sell at a premium price. Others have selected for the number of eggs that the hen produces regardless of the size of the hen, and the hatchlings are often smaller; while these may sell for less than the larger babies, more are available for sale per clutch. I've noted this trend most commonly in African greys and budgies.
Birds that are fed a balanced diet tend to produce larger clutches than ones on suboptimal diets. It's particularly important to provide sufficient protein, fat, vitamin A, calcium, and trace minerals to support egg production, and these must be balanced with other nutrients in order to be most effectively utilized. Be aware of the amount of calcium found in a supplement and avoid sources of calcium that also have high levels of heavy metals. For example, oyster shell flour has 38% calcium and 0.07% phosphorus but has enough lead so that it is not recommended by many human pediatricians as a source of calcium for children. It also has over 3000 ppm of iron. Iron has profound effects on the hematopoietic system and immunity as well as being likely to cause liver damage, particularly in birds like lories and toucans. An unhealthy hen will not produce healthy fertile eggs.
What is "excessive-egg laying"?
As mentioned, you need to know the breeding habits of your breed and species of bird in order to recognize "excessive egg-laying". (See Table 1) The following general guidelines apply:
- A hen continues to produce eggs after reaching the upper end of reported clutch size
- A hen starts to lay more eggs several days after the first clutch is finished, and before the first clutch's last egg would have hatched
- A hen that lays one or more eggs outside of the normal breeding season, particularly if the eggs are laid at irregular intervals
- A hen that is producing eggs with one or more of the following: thin shells, abnormal coloring, undersized, or misshapen
- A hen that is steadily losing condition with each egg or showing signs of illness (loss of appetite, labored breathing, change in stools, fluffed, lethargic, unsteady on feet, spending a lot of time sleeping on the nest rather than being watchful, or spending a lot of time on the bottom of the cage)
What do I need to do?
There is some debate about what is the best way to manage an excessive-egg layer. First, if the bird is seemingly ill or is producing eggs that look abnormal, get her to an experienced bird veterinarian. Your bird's life is on the line. If the hen is seemingly healthy, you can try a couple of tricks to shut-down egg-laying but do not delay getting her to an experienced veterinarian if she shows any distress or signs of illness. You may end up at the veterinarian anyway if you are not seeing results within a few days of trying some of these suggestions.
Dummy eggs are often used when eggs are pulled for artificial incubation or as a form of birth control. As an egg is laid, it is replaced by a dummy egg that is the same size and shape as the real egg. Most hens shut down egg production after they have laid the typical clutch size. Sometimes putting in enough dummy eggs to reflect the upper end of the clutch size will cause even a prolific hen to stop laying.
Dried raspberry leaf supplement may work synergistically with light cycle manipulation (see below) but can also be used on its own. There's not any hard-and-fast rule for supplementation, but typically ½ to 1 teaspoon per half-pound of food is sufficient. The exact method of raspberry's action is undocumented but it seems to have some hormone-like action that stops hens from further ovulations, and may help ease passage of eggs already shelled and in the oviduct. It may also be brewed as a tea and used as a drinking source, but this has not been as dependable as consumption in food. If it does work, it may be administered as a prophylactic treatment in future years. The raspberry leaf should be started about 4 weeks before the date that the first egg was laid.
Manipulation of the light cycle is a simple but stressful way to interrupt egg-laying. Leaving the hen in a cage exposed to continuous light for 3 to 7 days in a row may upset the circadian and annual rhythms to "reset" the reproductive hormones to a resting state. Most birds will rest with 3 days of continuous bright light but some may need up to 7 days. The light needs to be bright at all times, about as bright as a room gets in the middle of the day. You may need to leave on 300 to 400 watts worth of bright white incandescent bulbs in the room with the cage, or about 4200 lumens worth of daylight compact fluorescent bulbs (i.e., 95 CRI, > 5500°K). You have to remove the nest box or anything that the bird could hide in or under to get away from the light. If the hen goes off food or starts to appear fluffed or otherwise stressed, the natural day-night cycle should be resumed. Light cycle manipulation can also be used as a preventive, with the treatment started about 3 to 4 weeks prior to the date that the first egg was laid. If the bird continues to lay after a light cycle treatment, more aggressive intervention may be needed.
Many hens do not respond to home treatments. An experience veterinarian will perform a thorough examination on the hen and may recommend a variety of diagnostic tests to better assess the bird's condition. If there is a problem, that will need to be corrected. It's not unusual for older hens to have a diseased ovary, either from infection or a tumor, that has sparked the unusual egg laying. In some cases, a veterinarian may recommend injections with leuprolide acetate or other hormones. Leuprolide is an expensive drug, and may need to be repeated three or more times. A cockatiel may require $75 worth of leuprolide which a large cockatoo may require $400 or more each injection. The veterinarian may recommend the raspberry leaf and light cycle too as adjunctive therapies for the raspberry leaf. There are many other possible treatments that may be offered depending on exactly what your veterinarian thinks is wrong with your bird.
In some bird surgery is needed. Removal of the ovary is difficult in many birds and requires expert avian surgeons comfortable with endoscopic surgery. Salpingectomy, removal of the oviduct, is a simpler procedure may prove practical for birds that are excessive egg-layers with seemingly healthy ovaries. This surgery leaves behind the ovary but removes the oviduct and thereby breaks an important part of the hormone feedback loop that governs egg-laying. This works very well but there is a slight risk that a hen may ovulate into its body cavity if the feedback loop continues to function.
Excessive-egg laying can be a life-threatening disease of many common pet birds, as well as the more uncommon species in captivity. While there are some steps you can take to stop this physiological process, often the hens are in need of the care of an experienced avian veterinarian. Don't delay – if you are not certain that your hen is able to cope with the number of eggs she has laid, schedule an appointment!
Table 1. Commonly kept species and their expected clutch sizes.
|Common Clutch Size
|Normal Range
|Gouldian finch
|Zebra finch
|Green-cheeked conure
|African grey
|Moluccan cockatoo
|Umbrella cockatoo
|Blue & gold macaw
|Scarlet macaw
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Hootie & The Blowfish is getting a monument in South Carolina's capital city.
The State newspaper reported that a large steel and black granite art piece will be unveiled Oct. 21 in Columbia's Five Points neighborhood, just blocks from the University of South
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WILLIMANTIC, Conn. -- The third installment of Eastern Athletics Weekly is scheduled to be webcast live on LittleEast.tv Friday morning at 11 a.m., originating from the Eastern Connecticut State University Sports Center.
The hour-long sports show - hosted by students Nick Aconfora, Sean Harrison, Nick Minutelli, and Brent Pelella - exams Eastern intercollegiate sports, as well as Division I and professional sports. Viewers will also be eligible to win official Eastern athletics apparel by answering trivia questions which deal with Eastern athletics.
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There are tons of reasons why enterprise IT is nervous about the influx of consumer devices, but securing data is at the forefront.
Now that the line between corporate and consumer device is so blurry, the risks associated with smartphones and tablets connected to corporate networks are more abundant. Even in cases where IT doesn't have a lot of oversight, there are some general best practices for securing data that IT and users alike should follow. Additionally, there are specific ways that IT can manage Apple and Android security. This guide will give you the skinny on mobile device management (MDM) and device-specific issues, plus other mobile security tips.
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Securing data
There are general guidelines for securing data that can help IT and users keep mobile data secure. Use these tips and tricks as a foundation for your device security and MDM systems, and then you can build on these basics to craft a security program that works for you and your users.
Enterprise mobile device security best practices
Mobile device security should be a major tenet of any enterprise mobile strategy. Make sure your company requires device encryption and has remote-wipe capabilities. If you can't enforce screen protection on your end, ensure that users are locking down their devices and securing data.
Mobile device management market offers mobile device security options
In many companies, employees use a broad range of personal- and corporate-owned devices, which creates issues for IT pros looking to choose a MDM system. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a good way for admins to make a decision about which of the device security options is best.
Smartphone malware protection: Six steps for fighting cybercrime
Consumer devices in your company can bring all kinds of malware into the corporate network. To protect enterprise assets and personal devices, roll out an MDM program, install smartphone malware protection on devices and educate users about securing data and responsible device-use practices.
Training mobile employees on protecting data and device security
Sometimes mobile device security isn't within IT's control: It's literally in users' hands. Teach employees about protecting data and device security so they can help control the safety of corporate data and their personal devices.
Mobile data encryption techniques: On-device and on-the-go
Encrypting data is one of the best ways to keep sensitive information out of the wrong hands. Good mobile data encryption techniques, including encryption for both on-device and transmitted data, can help in securing data and preventing corporate data from being compromised.
Apple security
Apple devices have a relatively strong reputation for securing data, but there are still some ways in which devices and data can be compromised. Unfortunately for IT, there's not a good MDM option for iOS yet, so much of the responsibility of Apple security falls to iOS users themselves.
How an iOS virus can infect the enterprise and what to do about it
There isn't malware that attacks iOS yet, but that doesn't mean that Apple security is perfect: iOS devices can host viruses. An iPad or iPhone can carry an iOS virus that attacks enterprise devices when connected to the network. For now, there isn't much that IT can do in terms of securing data and protecting against iOS viruses.
iPhone's Siri security flaws: Is IT powerless?
Siri, Apple's voice-recognition service, circumvents iPhone security features. If a corporate user's phone is lost or stolen, hackers can use Siri to access data on the phone -- even if a screen lock is in place.
Enterprise iPhone security issues and how to address them
Because there are a few different ways that the iPhone can present Apple security risks to the enterprise, it's important for IT to have a good grasp on potential iPhone security issues. The more admins know about the problems they may encounter in securing data, the better prepared they'll be to handle any issues that arise.
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Securing data, app security and device management are the biggest Android security issues. In the past, Google has had trouble keeping viruses out of its Android Market (recently renamed Google Play), but the company is trying to address the problem with Google Bouncer. Third-party apps can encourage devices and the enterprise to get along.
Why Android malware protection is so important in the enterprise
Android's app store doesn't have a reputation for hosting apps that are iron-clad against malware, and users can download apps from anywhere online. It's important the devices connecting to the corporate network have Android malware protection to keep phones, tablets and the enterprise inoculated against infection.
Android tablet security: OS features and Android security apps
Some Android security features are built into the operating system, but IT and users can't rely solely on those features for securing data on devices. Android security apps can help keep viruses at bay while boosting overall Android tablet security.
Android security issues in IT
There isn't a great MDM option for Android devices yet, and there are concerns surrounding app security. With these Android security issues, IT may be cautious about letting the devices into the enterprise, but there are things admins can do to manage the devices. Plus, recent OS updates offer some new Android enterprise features.
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Recent versions of Android's operating system have improved management and Android security features, including encryption and remote-wipe capabilities. But IT can only create a comprehensive Android management program with the addition of third-party apps.


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The idea and ideology behind the stereotype of the blonde have provided food for thought to painter Birgir Snæbjörn Birgisson during the last decade. His newest series takes on the series of contests for the world's most beautiful maiden - The Miss World contest was established in 1951, and Birgir Snæbjörn Birgisson has painted portraits of winning contestants from every year. A selection from the series of Blonde Miss World made its debut appearance in Gautaborg in the summer 2007. The complete series will be seen for the first time in Reykjavík and is scheduled to travel to London in 2008.
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Port Blair, Apr 9: The Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar islands goes to poll tomorrow to send its lone representative to the Lok Sabha.
There are 15 candidates in the fray, out of which five are independents.
The poll battle is practically a straight contest between the Congress, which won the seat continuously until 2004 with the exception of 1999, and the BJP, though there are national level parties like the NCP, BSP, CPI-M, SP and TMC in the contest.
The Bengali votes in North and Middle Andamans along with Tamil in South Andamans and Nicobarese in the Nicobar group of islands hold the key to winning the election.
There are 386 polling stations for an electorate of 2,57,856.
Congress has fielded Kuldeep Rai Sharma as its candidate while Bishnu Pada Ray, the sitting MP, is the BJP candidate.
The main issue in the election is the removal of the buffer zone set up in the Jarawa Tribal Reserve area, where commercial activity is banned.
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Corel Digital Studio 2010 launches
Corel has introduced its all-new photo and video product Corel Digital Studio 2010 that brings together photo, video, DVD burning and playback.
The company says the new software makes it easy for anyone to create "beautiful photo and video projects" with no previous experience required.
Corel says: "With Corel Digital Studio 2010, all your photos and videos come together in one simple creative experience. Whether you are making one-click fixes to your photos and videos, creating a photo book, making slideshows or home movies complete with your own soundtrack, or burning high-definition DVDs, you'll enjoy the same elegant look and feel across the Studio".
Compatible with Windows 7, Corel Digital Studio 2010 is now available globally as an electronic software download at a SRP of £59.


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15 comments:
- R. Bloyce said... March 15, 2011 at 10:07 AM
Still no comments on this one, but what can one say, really, about a perfect fool? You just can't get any more shortsighted than this guy, and it is depressing to observe.
- Jason said... March 21, 2011 at 1:18 PM
And all four of you, are Morons with computers. Who is more dangerous now?
- qwerty said... March 26, 2011 at 11:12 PM
lol americans.
Me too. People out there proudly demonstrating against their own best interests and vigorously supporting the short-sighted goals of the extremely rich and greedy.
You put it up on Fox News, and morons with signs will believe it, no matter what. Hope you can keep on ridiculing them here. They deserve it, and this site, more than any other, has made America's rapid decline of recent years comprehensible.
- Whitney Williams said... January 16, 2013 at 7:42 PM
What an interesting sign! It reminds me of the signs in Toronto. There is stuff like this all over the place!
- Lance Tankmen said... November 6, 2013 at 6:41 PM
This is a really funny blog, i see a lot of people with signs in Kelowna. Nothing like this though.


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ePiX is a C++ library (written by Andrew D. Hwang) for constructing high-quality mathematically-accurate plots suitable for inclusion in textbooks and journal articles. Here are some examples of the types of plots it can create:
The output of ePiX is an EEPIC file intended for inclusion in a LaTeX document. Even if you do not use LaTeX, you can convert the EEPIC files into EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) files, then into any other format you choose (such as JPEG, PNG, etc.) To do so, however, requires a working LaTeX installation so that the EEPIC files may be translated into EPS. Modern Unix/Linux distributions include LaTeX. Users of other operating systems will have to do some research to determine how/if LaTeX can be installed on their systems.
Pyepix is a Python wrapper for the ePiX C++ library. The benefits of developing your mathematical plots in Pyepix are:
You do not have to learn C++ or fight with the C++ language (assuming that you are not proficient with C++)
You have access to Python's extensive built-in libraries and extension modules.
For example, the Numerical Python and/or numarray extensions provide very useful data analysis and manipulation functions that can be easily integrated with Pyepix.
As another example, the integration of Python CGI code with a web server can be used to construct and display mathematical plots on-the-fly in response to user interaction.
Pyepix produces EEPIC files just like ePiX, because in fact it is just a wrapper for ePiX. You will still need a working LaTeX installation to do anything useful with the EEPIC files.
- The GNU shell, bash
- A C++ compiler and development libraries, preferably g++
- GhostScript, ImageMagick, and teTeX (specifically, the programs convert, dvips, latex, and ps2epsi)
- GNU binutils, textutils, and fileutils (ar, sed, grep, ln, rm, etc.)
- Python 2.3 or later. This version of Pyepix was developed with Python 2.3.4.
- A C++ compiler and development libraries, preferably g++
- GNU make (gmake)
- Optionally, the Python Docutils if you want to rebuild this HTML file from its reStructuredText source.
This file is currently the only documentation for Pyepix. Since Pyepix is a wrapper, most of the interesting documentation is in the library being wrapped: ePiX. To become proficient with Pyepix:
- Read the ePiX tutorial to understand what this is all about. The tutorial serves as the main documentation for writing Python files that use the Pyepix package, even though the tutorial uses C++ code.
- Read the Differences between ePiX and Pyepix section below, as it makes up the difference between ePiX and Pyepix.
- Skim through the sample plot files written in Python, as they illustrate the usage of the library. If you're interested, compare the Pyepix sample files and the sample files from the ePiX distribution and ePiX web site (the Pyepix files were converted by hand from C++ to Python, with not much effort).
The picture size variables in ePiX are functions in Pyepix:
x_min ==> x_min() x_max ==> x_max() y_min ==> y_min() y_max ==> y_max() x_size ==> x_size() y_size ==> y_size()
The Triple class is implemented and accepted anywhere an ePiX point ("P") is. For example:
line(P(0,1), P(3,5)) // In C++ epix.line( (0,1), (3,5) ) # In Python epix.line( P(0,1),P(3,5) )
Both are equally valid, although the tuples have less overhead and will be faster. The benefit of using the P(x,y,z) object is that it has dot-product, Kronecker product, etc. semantics defined, as do points in ePiX. Python tuples do not. Have a look at epix/epix.py for more details on the implementation.
Note especially that class P is a factory function that returns a Triple object, regardless of whether it is called with a 2-tuple or 3-tuple. There are lots of ways of constructing points. The following are equivalent:
P(0,1) # Initialized from components, calls Triple(0,1,0) Triple(0,1) # Calling the class initializer directly with a 2-tuple Triple(0,1,-3) # Calling the class initializer directly with a 3-tuple P( (0,1) ) # Initialized from 2-tuple P( (0,1,-3) ) # Initialized from 3-tuple P( P(0,1) ) # Initialized from another Triple object P( 0+1j ) # Initialized from complex number...equivalent to P(0,1)
It is up to you to decide how to trade off the expressive power of pairs and triples against performance.
The various constants (like CIRC, and rt (label position)) defined by ePiX are available as constants in the Python module. For example:
import epix epix.marker( (1,-1), epix.OPLUS ) epix.label( (4,0), (2,4), "t", epix.tr )
from epix import * marker( (1,-1), OPLUS ) label( (4,0), (2,4), "t", tr )
ePiX functions that take function parameters (like plot()) take Python callable function parameters in Pyepix. For example:
def f(x): return x*x plot(f, -5, 5, 20)
See just about any sample file in the samples/Images directory for more examples of using callable functions as arguments to plot commands.
When a C function is expected to return a triple, the Python function must return something that looks like a triple: a 2-tuple, a Triple object, etc. As mentioned above, staying away from formal Triple objects greatly improves speed.
Otherwise, Python functions are expected to return floating-point scalars.
ePiX functions which take function parameters (like plot()) are not thread safe. In a multi-threaded Python program, you must ensure that no more than one such ePiX function is active at the same time.
There are various ways around this (define a global lock, implement thread-local-storage) but none of this seems to be worth it given the intended uses of ePiX. If you really really have a valid use for Pyepix in a threaded environment, let me know!
Some functions formally take an integer as an argument, but Pyepix allows them to take a float so that, for example, the common idiom:
h_axis(P(x_min(), 0), P(x_max(), 0), 2*x_size())
works correctly. In this example, x_size() is a floating-point value but the last parameter of h_axis() is an integer.
Internally, Pyepix rounds the last parameter to the nearest integer before calling the ePiX library function.
The only functions that are NOT float-tolerant are those which require an integer to indicate some constant, like CIRC (essentially, enumerations), or for which non-integers just don't make sense (like gcd()).
The contributed module (Cartesian co-ordinates) is not yet supported.
The ePiX id() function is not implemented as it conflicts with Python's built-in id() function. If you don't need the latter and you still want to use the former, you can simply define your own id() function:
def id(x): return x
Python doesn't know a function's return type ahead of time, nor is it easy to figure out how many function parameters are expected. For this reason, different function names are used to represent overloaded functions in ePiX.
For example, the ePiX plot() function can either be called (in C++) as:
plot(f1, f2, f3, ...)
plot(Triple f, ...)
where f returns a triple. In Pyepix there are two separate functions:
plot(f1, f2, f3, ...) plot_triple(f, ...)
The new function plot_triple() is used to indicate that the Python function f() returns a length-3 sequence instead of a simple floating-point number.
The table below maps ePiX function signatures to equivalent functions in Python. If an ePiX plotting function is not listed in the table, it means that the Pyepix function has the same name with no variations.
|ePiX Function Signature
|Pyepix Function
|plot(double f(double), t_min, t_max, num_pts)
|plot(double f1(double), double f2(double), t_min, t_max, num_pts)
|plot(double f1(double), double f2(double), double f3(double), t_min, t_max, num_pts)
|plot(char* filename, markType, columns, col1, col2, col3, P f(double, double, double))
|plot(FILEDATA& data_columns, markType, col1, col2, col3, P f(double, double, double))
|plot(P f(double), t_min, t_max, num_pts)
|plot(double f(double, double), P p1, P p2, mesh coarse, mesh fine)
|plot(double f(double, double), domain R)
|plot(P f(double, double), P p1, P p2, mesh coarse, mesh fine)
|plot(P f(double, double), domain R)
|plot(P f(P), t_min, t_max, num_pts)
|plot(P f(P), domain R)
|tan_line(double f1(double), double f2(double), t0)
|tan_line(double f(double), t0)
|tan_line(P f(double), t0)
|envelope(double f1(double), double f2(double), double, double, int)
|envelope(double f(double), double, double, int)
|envelope(P f(double), double, double, int)
|tan_field(double f1(double), double f2(double), double, double, double)
|tan_field(P f(double), double, double, double)
|slope_field(P F(double, double), p, q, n1, n2)
|slope_field(P F(double, double, double), p, q, n1, n2)
|dart_field(P F(double, double), p, q, n1, n2)
|dart_field(P F(double, double, double), p, q, n1, n2)
|vector_field(P F(double, double), p, q, n1, n2)
|vector_field(P F(double, double, double), p, q, n1, n2)
|ode_plot(P F(double, double), start, t_max, num_pts)
|ode_plot(P F(double, double, double), start, t_max, num_pts)
|ode_plot(P F(double, double), start, t_min, t_max, num_pts)
|ode_plot(P F(double, double, double), start, t_min, t_max, num_pts)
|flow(P F(double, double), start, t_max, num_pts)
|flow(P F(double, double, double), start, t_max, num_pts)
(1) See the Plotting Data From Files section below for information on using the FILEDATA class.
The Pyepix plot function can take a string argument as its first parameter representing a filename containing multi-column plot data. This behavior is the same as that of ePiX. Consult the ePiX tutorial for usage information.
Several ePiX plotting functions use a FILEDATA structure to represent multi-column data. This C++ type is essentially a vector of vectors. In Pyepix, the FILEDATA structure is replaced by a sequence of sequences (or tuple of tuples, etc.) The top-level sequence represents the columns, and each element (which is itself a sequence) represents all of the data points in that column. For example, to plot the function f(x) = 1/x from its data points (rather than as a mathematical function) we can say:
X = [] Y = [] for i in range(1,11): X.append(i) Y.append(1.0/i) filedata = [X, Y] plot(filedata, PATH, 1, 2, 0)
Other ePiX functions that use FILEDATA structures (like avg and histogram) work in the same way. The ePiX read function has a different syntax in Pyepix. It takes a filename string argument and returns the sequence-of-sequences structure as its return value:
filedata = read(filename)
With ePiX, animations are created by using the flix script. This script calls the executable file created by compiling a *.xp file with two parameters: the current frame number and the total number of frames. For example, a source file named atest.xp would be animated using:
flix atest.xp
Within the flix script, the executable would be called several times with increasing frame numbers:
atest 0 23 atest 1 23 atest 2 23 ...
This process generates a PNG file for each frame of the animation, then uses the ImageMagick convert program to stitch the frames together into a single MNG animation file. The *.xp file typically divides the current frame by the number of frames and assigns this ratio to the global variable tix. The code in the *.xp file uses the value of tix to parameterize the plot.
In Pyepix, the process is very similar. A source file should parse its first two command-line parameters and assign their ratio to the global variable tix:
import sys if len(sys.argv) == 3: temp1 = float(sys.argv[1]) temp2 = float(sys.argv[2]) tix=temp1/temp2 else: tix = 0.0
Instead of using the flix script, the pyflix script (distributed with Pyepix) should be used. This script is essentially the flix script modified to recognize *.py files and to call them directly rather than trying to compile them. For example:
pyflix atest.py
The script goes through the same steps, calling the *.py file with the frame parameters, creating PNG files, then stitching the PNG files together into an MNG file. Type pyflix --verbose --help for a listing of available script options.
For some working examples, see the samples in the samples/Animations directory.


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the network PCs in your organization may become cluttered with multiple user profiles, especially if they're shared computers used by many people. These profiles and their associated files and documents can easily eat up a sizable chunk of disk space. This is particularly true for accounts that are no longer active or in use. To remove inactive local profiles from computers in your environment, Microsoft offers the User Profile Deletion Utility, which is part of the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit.
Install the User Profile Deletion Utility by running the downloaded delprof.msi file. No shortcuts are created. Instead you'll find the program installed in the directory C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools. Three files reside there: delprof.exe (the program's executable file), tooldownloadreadme.htm (documentation on how to install and uninstall the software), and delprof.mht (documentation on how to run the program itself).
You can launch the utility directly from its executable in Windows or from the command line. Double-clicking on the delprof.exe file opens a console window that asks if you want to delete all inactive profiles on the PC. Be aware that if you answer yes, the utility will remove all inactive profiles without requiring confirmation for each one. Obviously, that can have unforeseen consequences. Running the program from a command line and using specific options, in contrast, may be preferable as it gives you greater control. From the command line, you can also point the tool to any network PC, so there's no need for sneakernet to run it on your remote clients.
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You can run the User Profile Deletion Utility on Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 Server. You'll find more details and a download link on the
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One year after "Glee" star Cory Monteith died of a drug overdose, his mother had broken her silence. In an interview on "Good Morning America," Ann McGregor admits that she's only now beginning to come to terms with her son's death.
"Only the last few days I've been able to accept it," she says. "Until three days ago I couldn't look at a picture of Cory, so there's been progress." If anyone knows her pain, it's Monteith's former girlfriend and co-star Lea Michele, who McGregor still keeps in contact with. "She texts me and emails me," she explains. "She's hurting too. I mean, you see the sadness."
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Samsung Q30 Plus
SpecificationsNotebook: Samsung Q30 Plus
Processor: Intel Pentium M 753
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900 128 MB
Display: 12.1 inch, 16:10, 1280x768 pixels
Weight: 1kg
Price: euro
Average of 6 scores (from 7 reviews)
Reviews for the Samsung Q30 Plus
Source: vnunet.com
Samsung's updated version of the Q30, internally badged the Q30+, but still available on its website as the Q30 Red, adds extra processing power and the 915GM chipset to this super-slim, ultra light notebook. It is aimed at people who don't want to carry around a heavy machine, but want enough power for office tasks and decent battery life. To gauge its performance and portability, we've been road-testing the notebook for several months, including two international trips.
eher kurz gehaltener Test; online abrufbar
(von 5): 4, Preis/Leistung 4, Ausstattung 4, Ergonomie 3
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/22/2006
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% features: 80% ergonomy: 60%
Foreign Reviews
Source: Chip.de DE→EN
Comparison, online available, Very Short, Date: 11/04/2006
Rating: Total score: 84% price: 60% performance: 56% features: 83% display: 86% mobility: 96% ergonomy: 81%
Source: Notebookcheck DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/17/2006
Rating: Total score: 88% performance: 48% display: 70% mobility: 98% workmanship: 96% ergonomy: 89% emissions: 86%
Source: Minitechnet DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/16/2006
Rating: performance: 75% display: 75% mobility: 85% workmanship: 95%
Source: PC Professionell DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/07/2006
Rating: Total score: 93% performance: 74% features: 94% ergonomy: 97%
Source: Connect DE→EN
Comparison, online available, Very Short, Date: 06/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Chip.de DE→EN
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 05/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 85%
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip with shared memory on Mobile Intel 915GM chipset. It is the predecessor of Graphics Media Accelerator 950. The performance can be compared with the Mobile Radeon 9000 (with a 64 bit memory bus).
These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Pentium M: With Intel chip set (855 or 915) and Intel WLAN also available with the name Centrino (name for the package).
In the comparison very fast per megahertz and very modest with weaknesses in floating point operations.
It is also available as a low voltage version with very small current consumption.
753: » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
12.1": This is a common display format for subnotebooks. Most netbooks have a tinier display. The advantage is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes, especially with high resolutions.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1 kg: This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist hardly any models in this extreme class of weight. 7-9 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
Samsung: The Samsung Group is composed of numerous international businesses, all united under the Samsung brand in South Korea. The meaning of the Korean word Samsung is "tristar" or "three stars". The Samsung brand is one of the most important brands of South Korea. Samsung is an international notebook manufacturer of medium size according market shares and reviews.
84.17%: This rating should be considered to be average. This is because the proportion of notebooks which have a higher rating is approximately equal to the proportion which have a lower rating.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.


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2011 Theater reviews
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1:20 PM EST, December 7, 2011
Theater review: 'South Pacific' from Florida Theatrical Association
The great American musical "South Pacific," for decades relegated to high-school and community theater, shone again in 2008 in a glorious Lincoln Center revival.
5:16 PM EST, December 6, 2011
Theater review: 'The Diviners' from Beth Marshall Presents
The mournful strains of that heartland hymn "Amazing Grace" sound over the drab-colored set as "The Diviners" opens. The somber music sets the tone. For this is a land of mourning, a place where townsfolk mourn their burned-down church, a mechanic mourns his drowned wife, and a preacher mourns his faith.
5:54 PM EST, December 5, 2011
Theater review: 'Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) from Bay Street Players
6:44 PM EST, December 30, 2011
Theater review: 'The Screwtape Letters'
I couldn't resist getting in one last theatrical experience before 2011 becomes a memory so I headed over to the afternoon performance on the closing day of "The Screwtape Letters" at Orlando's Plaza Live. And I'm glad I did.
10:59 PM EST, December 1, 2011
Theater review: 'Sleigh' from PB&J Theatre Factory
Remember the old movie "Sunset Boulevard" about fading silent-movie star Norma Desmond?
5:51 PM EST, December 4, 2011
Theater review: 'A Tuna Christmas' from Orlando Shakespeare Theater
Visiting eccentric old friends and relations is part of the bustle of this time of year for many of us. And that's what a trip to the little town of Tuna, Texas, feels like. Two busy actors play an entire community of small-town folk — male and female, young and old — in the holiday comedy "A Tuna Christmas," the latest from Orlando Shakespeare Theater.
12:18 AM EST, November 19, 2011
Theater review: 'Anything Cole!' from Winter Park Playhouse
Is it possible to listen to the words of Cole Porter and not break out in a grin?
1:08 AM EST, November 18, 2011
Theater review: 'Gem of the Ocean' from Theatre UCF
The protesters of the Occupy movement might find it surprising that they have something in common with the characters of August Wilson's "Gem of the Ocean."
5:32 PM EDT, October 17, 2011
Theater review: 'Phantasmagoria II' from Empty Spaces Theatre Co.
All the essential ingredients are in place for a good fright in "Phantasmagoria II," an evening of spooky storytelling and dance from Empty Spaces Theatre Co(llaboration): Classic tales of dread, creepy music, bizarre dancing and dramatic narrators weaving their spell in flickering light.
1:29 PM EDT, November 2, 2011
Theater review: 'The Addams Family' from Florida Theatrical Association
Charles Addams' cartoon creations are still creepy and kooky as described in the lyrics of their 1960s sitcom. They remain fond of the color black, instruments of torture, bumps in the night and screams of terror.
11:17 PM EDT, October 20, 2011
Theater review: 'The Drowsy Chaperone' from Mad Cow Theatre
"The Drowsy Chaperone" is a love letter to the good (and the bad) of musical theater told through the eyes of one devotee, speaking for all the fans of the genre.
October 1, 2011
Theater review: 'The Fantasticks' from Seminole State College
"The Fantasticks" holds the record as the world's longest-running musical, thanks to the original off-Broadway production that played 42 years. A community-theater staple since, it's now back off-Broadway with a revival that opened in 2006.
5:56 PM EST, November 11, 2011
Theater review: 'A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas' from Orlando Repertory Theatre
The elves at Orlando Repertory Theatre have been working overtime on staging and lighting, and the results put a dollop of holiday magic into "A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas," directed by Rob Anderson.
4:33 PM EST, November 15, 2011
Theater review: 'Quilt: A Musical Celebration' from Breakthrough Theatre
A lot has changed since the early days of the AIDS epidemic but what remain the same are the emotions that surround any death: anger, grief, regret.
11:27 PM EDT, October 14, 2011
Theater review: 'God of Carnage' from Orlando Shakespeare Theater
Maintaining a polite veneer around others is what makes us "civilized," yes? But what if the gloves come off?
12:46 AM EDT, September 24, 2011
Theater review: 'Next Fall' at Mad Cow Theatre
There was a time when people were taught not to discuss religion and politics in polite company. (Of course these days, the two topics so often seem to be the same.)
12:40 AM EDT, October 8, 2011
Theater review: 'A Wrinkle in Time' from Orlando Repertory Theatre
Madeleine L'Engle's teen sci-fi classic "A Wrinkle in Time" is full of strange planets, mysterious creatures and amazing sights.
4:27 PM EDT, October 12, 2011
Theater review: 'Looking for Normal' from Breakthrough Theatre
Jane Anderson's "Looking for Normal" is on its surface a story about a man who after 25 years of marriage confesses he wants a sex change. But deeper than that, it's a story about how we cope with life's curveballs and most important, how we love.
12:37 AM EDT, October 14, 2011
Theater review: 'Altar Boyz' from Florida Theatrical Association
Oh, remember the good old days — the late 1980s and early '90s — when you couldn't turn on MTV without seeing five clean-cut guys crooning innocently about love or ripping through some fancy footwork? It was the giddy era of Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block, and that is the teen-dream universe that "Altar Boyz" spoofs with deadly — and deadly funny — accuracy.
9:47 PM EDT, September 25, 2011
Theater review: 'The Sweetest Swing in Baseball' from Rollins College
Playwright Rebecca Gilman wants to say a lot in "The Sweetest Swing in Baseball," the dark comedy that's opening the Annie Russell Theatre season at Rollins College.
12:30 AM EDT, September 11, 2011
Theater review: 'Avenue Q' from Theatre Downtown
Manhattan's fictitious Avenue Q might be a rundown thoroughfare but Theatre Downtown's production of the Broadway musical "Avenue Q" is top-notch all the way from A to Z and back again.
12:51 AM EDT, September 11, 2011
Theater review: 'Oedipus for Kids' from Renegade Theater
Renegade Theater's "Oedipus for Kids" presents a tragedy of a different sort: A ragtag trio of actors stage an obviously misbegotten version of the Greek myth to 6-year-olds. The audience, as the 6-year-olds, is encouraged to respond, mostly with quacking. (Don't ask.)
4:32 PM EDT, September 19, 2011
Theater review: 'The Mommies -- A Musical Blog'
Most everyone thinks his or her mother is unique. Whether the best, craziest, most aggravating or most loving, Mom is usually in a class all her own.
11:52 PM EDT, September 15, 2011
Theater review: 'Satchmo at the Waldorf'
Bubbling under the clever monologues in "Satchmo at the Waldorf, and occasionally rising to the surface lurks a time-honored question of the arts, Is giving people what they want successfully entertaining them or selling out?
12:40 AM EDT, September 22, 2011
Review: Cirque du Soleil's 'Dralion'
One of the beautiful things about Cirque du Soleil is how viewers can see as much story — or as little — as they want in a Cirque show's collection of artistically acrobatic acts.
12:45 AM EDT, September 11, 2011
Theater review: 'Bouncers' from I.D.10-T Productions
"Bouncers," from I.D.10-T Productions, a scrappy comedy about clubbing, starts later than most shows, at 9 p.m. (None of the cool kids go clubbing early, you know.)
6:20 PM EDT, September 8, 2011
Theater review: 'Sideways Stories from Wayside School' from Orlando Repertory Theatre
How come my school days were never like this?
11:30 PM EDT, August 20, 2011
Theater review: 'The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)' from Winter Park Playhouse
It's probably clear from the title — "The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) — that if you like musicals, you'll like this show. If you prefer to make fun of musical-theater conventions — the divas, the plot repetition, the corniness — this nifty collection of song parodies has plenty for you, as well.
12:49 AM EDT, August 21, 2011
Theater review: 'Steel Magnolias' from FantasyLand Theatrical Productions
Late in "Steel Magnolias," Truvy the hairdresser says her favorite emotion is "laughter through tears."
1:04 AM EDT, August 20, 2011
Theater review: 'Spring Awakening' from Greater Orlando Actors Theatre
The energy of youth is plainly apparent in the Greater Orlando Actors Theatre's production of "Spring Awakening." Characters don't just exit the stage — they race from it. Props are whisked on and off, actors crawl around the floor, one actor even manages double duty, acting in the show and playing guitar with the band.
2:14 PM EDT, July 11, 2011
Theater review: 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' from Bay Street Players
The heroine of "Thoroughly Modern Millie" sings the praises of everything that's new, but there's an old-fashioned charm to this sweetly silly show that danced off with six Tony awards in 2002, including best musical.
11:39 PM EDT, August 6, 2011
Theater review: 'Spring Awakening' from Breakthrough Theatre
Director Wade Hair has put together a polished production of the rock musical "Spring Awakening," the Broadway darling of the 2006-07 season.
11:27 PM EDT, July 2, 2011
Theater review: 'Rashomon' from Mad Cow Theatre
In "Rashomon," three witnesses to a murder in Japan of long ago each present very different accounts of the crime.
6:13 PM EDT, September 22, 2011
Theater review: 'The Importance of Being Earnest' from Orlando Shakespeare Theater
Here are two truths of comedy: Erudite witticisms retain their humor long after faddish expressions fade away. Oh, and a man in a dress almost always gets laughs.
11:44 PM EDT, August 11, 2011
Theater review: 'Prelude to a Kiss' from Theatre Downtown
"Prelude to a Kiss" is a not-so-old-fashioned love story: Boy meets girl, they fall in love, marry within a few weeks — and then her soul changes places with that of an elderly man.
11:14 PM EDT, August 5, 2011
Theater review: 'The Understudy' from Mad Cow Theatre
"I'm not bitter," explains the title character in thecomedy "The Understudy." In fact, he explains it repeatedly, you know, in that way that makes you doubt the truthfulness of that statement.
June 22, 2011
Theater review: 'Hair' from Florida Theatrical Association
For a show built around the most important concepts of real life — self-expression, freedom, love, peace — an air of unreality hangs over the Broadway touring production of "Hair."
12:45 AM EDT, May 18, 2011
Theater review: 'Shrek: The Musical' from Florida Theatrical Association
"I'm a bit bipolar," sings Princess Fiona in "Shrek: The Musical," a fitting sentiment for a show that seems much the same. One minute, it's delightfully entertaining; the next, it's dully plodding.
12:08 AM EDT, July 1, 2011
Theater review: 'Veronica's Room' from UCF Conservatory Theatre
On the rare occasions I watch horror movies (always in the safety of my living room), I tend to yell at the characters on the flickering screen: "Don't go out there!" "Don't do that!" "Don't let it in!"
5:32 PM EDT, June 17, 2011
Theater review: 'Media' from Empty Spaces Theater Co./Tod Kimbro
One of the criticisms of our media age is how it can isolate us as much as connect us. We're like voyeurs, watching others' problems on reality TV from afar. On Facebook and Twitter, we communicate in pithy phrases or even one word — "like" — instead of through heartfelt conversation.
11:30 PM EDT, August 4, 2011
Theater review: 'Legacy of Light' from Mad Cow Theatre
I hesitate to tell you that "Legacy of Light" contains philosophical musings, references to Voltaire's "Candide," discussion of Sir Isaac Newton's science and a mini-lecture on dark matter.
12:59 AM EDT, June 11, 2011
Theater review: 'Evil Dead: The Musical' from Theatre Downtown
The first thing to know about Theatre Downtown's "Evil Dead: The Musical": There is a splash zone.
12:37 AM EDT, March 26, 2011
Theater review: 'Charm' from Orlando Shakespeare Theater
It takes a special kind of courage to buck the tide, ignore convention and march to the beat of a different drummer.
11:06 PM EDT, June 9, 2011
Theater review: 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' from Mad Cow Theatre
For those who think Stephen Sondheim is all about deep and complex music and lyrics … well they're right. But in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," Sondheim's cleverness is mixed into farce.
12:06 AM EDT, April 22, 2011
Theater review: 'Xanadu' from FantasyLand Theatrical Productions
When plans were announced for a stage musical of the movie "Xanadu," one of the most derided films of the past 30 years, theater folk mostly shook their heads in disgust.
1:42 AM EST, March 6, 2011
Theater review: 'Shout! The Mod Musical' from Winter Park Playhouse
Based on the audience response, there is a demographic who enjoys "Shout! The Mod Musical," a revue of '60s music onstage at Winter Park Playhouse.
12:05 AM EDT, March 25, 2011
Theater review: 'Greater Tuna' from Jester Theater Company
The little town of Tuna — third smallest town in Texas — is a mighty funny place to visit.
March 5, 2011
Theater review: 'August: Osage County' from Theatre Downtown
In Theatre Downtown's production of the critically acclaimed "August: Osage County," members of the Weston family find they are rarely alone. While marriages disintegrate, someone's straightening up around the corner. While secrets are being spilled, relatives are loafing on the sofa or playing cards nearby.
2:33 PM EDT, March 14, 2011
Theater review: 'Murder's a Drag' from NanciLu Productions
There's something about the very funny "Murder's a Drag" that conjures the past.
11:25 PM EST, March 11, 2011
Theater review: 'Freud's Last Session' from Mad Cow Theatre
It's no surprise that a play about two of the world's great thinkers would be thought-provoking.
March 27, 2011
Theater review: 'Into the Woods' from UCF Conservatory Theater
Fairy tales conjure up thoughts of youth. We read them as children; they relate the stories of impressionable young ladies and men. So maybe that explains the extra dash of magic in UCF Conservatory Theater's production of "Into the Woods."
3:12 AM EST, March 4, 2011
Theater review: 'Equus' from FantasyLand Theatrical Productions
Peter Shaffer's "Equus," with its mix of sexuality, obsession, religion and nudity is not an easy play to watch, neither comforting nor uplifting. So FantasyLand Theatrical Productions, which opened the Pointe Performing Arts Center last summer, deserves credit for going beyond safe, oft-seen works to try something edgier.
11:18 PM EST, February 25, 2011
Theater review: 'Beowulf' from Orlando Shakespeare Theater
Where, oh where was Charlie Bethel during my high-school literature classes?
3:12 PM EST, March 3, 2011
Theater review: 'Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type' from Orlando Repertory Theatre
Farmer Brown has a problem. All day long he hears the sound of "click, clack, moo" as his cows pound out missives on their battered typewriter instead of producing milk.
1:03 AM EST, February 25, 2011
Theater review: 'Wicked' from Florida Theatrical Association
If you're a fan of "Wicked" — and since 2003 there have been plenty of you — the touring production camped at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre for the next few weeks will surely raise your appreciation of the show
9:04 PM EST, February 27, 2011
Theater review: 'The Diary of Anne Frank' from Breakthrough Theatre
There's no way to watch "The Diary of Anne Frank" without feeling a knot in the pit of your stomach as the performers take the stage.
12:38 AM EST, January 31, 2011
Theater review: 'Seven Guitars' from Seminole State College
There's a lot of crowing going on in August Wilson's "Seven Guitars."
1:11 AM EST, January 21, 2011
Theater review: 'Twelfth Night' from UCF Conservatory Theatre
"Twelfth Night" gets its laughs at the UCF Conservatory Theatre production of the Shakespeare comedy that opened Thursday night.
10:54 PM EST, February 12, 2011
Theater review: 'Pride and Prejudice' from Orlando Shakespeare Theater
Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," published in 1813, seasons its tangled love stories with bigger issues: morals, manners, a woman's lot in life, and the class distinctions of turn-of-the-century England.
12:09 AM EST, February 13, 2011
Theater review: 'Shhhh!' from PB&J Theatre Factory
The mystery: How can seven actors barely uttering a word, miming absolute nonsense, keep an audience of adults — and children — chortling for two hours?
11:15 PM EST, February 13, 2011
Theater review: 'Letters from Sala' from Rollins College
When the source material for a play is letters, the words in those letters become paramount.
1:37 AM EST, January 30, 2011
Theater review: 'Anne Frank & Me' from Orlando Repertory Theatre
The most chilling part of "Anne Frank & Me" at Orlando Repertory Theatre is not the scene of Nazi soldiers rounding up terrified Jews in 1940s Paris.
11:41 PM EST, January 21, 2011
Theater review: 'Five Course Love' from Winter Park Playhouse
"Five Course Love" is one of those comedies that in order to work at all, its actors need to charge through it full-tilt.
12:57 AM EST, January 29, 2011
Theater review: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' from Orlando Shakespeare Theater
Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is comedy as light as the wings of the fairies that populate the story.
12:46 AM EST, January 12, 2011
Theater review: 'Rock of Ages' from Florida Theatrical Association
The 1980s, full of bright colors, big hair and loud guitar licks, are often derided as a time when style was more important than substance. If that's true, then "Rock of Ages" is certainly a product of its time.
January 8, 2011
Theater review: "Launch 2011" from Playwrights' Round Table
Officially, there's no connecting theme among the seven plays that make up the Playwrights' Round Table "Launch 2011" program.
1:35 PM EST, January 18, 2011
Theater review: 'Chicago' from Theatre Downtown
Eyeing the photos of the smiling actors in Theatre Downtown's production of "Chicago," I was feeling a bit skeptical.
12:01 AM EST, January 31, 2011
Theater review: 'Aida' from Greater Orlando Actors Theatre (GOAT)
"Fortune favors the brave," sing the Egyptian soldiers in the musical "Aida," and Greater Orlando Actors Theatre must have been feeling brave indeed to take on such a show.
January 15, 2010
Theater review: 'Glory Days' from Airhead Productions
It has only been five months since "Glory Days," a one-act coming-of-age musical, was staged in Orlando. And half the four-person cast of that production are in the current one -- although in different parts.
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THE Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) wants to grow its loan book by more than 20% this year and is targeting a total of N$1,7 billion in loans by the end of 2013.
Last year, the DBN's loan book grew to N$1,4 billion - less than the target of N$1,5 billion for 2012. This was the result of non-performing loans having exceeded target, the DBN said yesterday.
In total, the DBN granted loans worth N$518,4 million in 2012: N$103 million, N$81,4 million and N$242,9 million in the first, second and third quarters of the year, and N$91,1 million in the fourth. Loans approved in the final quarter of 2012 ensured 1 364 people of jobs. Of these, 472 were new jobs, while 507 were temporary ones and 385 were retained jobs.
"The approved loans have a 99,3% Previously Disadvantaged Namibian (PDN) impact, with 35,6% of the enterprises owned by women," the DBN said. The bulk of loans approved during the fourth quarter went to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Nearly 60% of the loans, or N$54,3 million, were for SMEs, followed by N$36,9 million for larger private sector projects. In the third quarter, the majority of loans were approved for larger projects in the private sector.
No approvals were made to the public sector during the fourth quarter, the DBN said. The bulk of approvals went to the transport and communication sector between October and December 2012, while the bulk went to the business service sector in the third quarter.
"Projects of note are a recycling business, a restaurant specialising in traditional cuisine and a construction company that received finance to construct a clinic in the Kavango region," the DBN said.
In terms of regional spread, projects in more than one region received the lion's share of approvals, totalling N$24,3 million, followed by the Khomas region with N$15,6 million and the Otjozondjupa region with N$13,8 million.
In the tertiary sector, a total of N$72,8 million was approved, while N$16,9 million and N$1,5 million got the green light in the secondary and primary industry respectively.
Identifying projects of note, the DBN highlighted Landsberg Drilling and SLS Crushers in the Omusati Region.
"Gerlaine Landsberg of Landsberg Drilling and Blasting is challenging the perception that drilling and blasting is the domain of males. Landsberg's first major tender involved the supply of 300 000 tonnes of crushed stones for roads construction.
The Roads Authority awarded a tender to Grinaker-LTA, who sub-contracted her company to provide the crushed stones for the road from Okahao to Omakange," the DBN said.
SLS Crushers was awarded a N$10,6 million loan and created 31 new job opportunities.
The DBN also financed the Ongwediva Town Council with N$20 million for infrastructure development in the town, which saw the creation of erven for residential and commercial use.


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"CEA's new Homeowners Choice coverage options can help our policyholders take more control of their earthquake-insurance premiums," said CEA CEO Glenn Pomeroy. "With just 10 percent of Californians currently buying earthquake-insurance coverage, this new product is an important step toward helping more people protect their homes and personal finances from the devastating disruption of a major earthquake."
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Homeowners can contact their insurance agent or company for an accurate quote or use the CEA's Premium Calculator at http://www.EarthquakeAuthority.com to get an estimate.
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What scientists are saying about earthquakes in California
*Source: Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, Version 2, or "UCERF" 2007