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There is just a little more than a week left before the KOZI Habitat for Humanity Home Building Day – and the community excitement is growing.
The third annual wall-raising event, showcases that a small group of volunteers can work together to build big things- even a house.
And for first time home-owners, Johnny Morfin and his wife, who are the recipients chosen to purchase this year's house, it means a lot.
Johnny tells us that KOZI Day is one more part of their Habitat experience that they are thankful for.
And for Johnny and his family, the opportunity to be homeowners through Habitat, has impacted their future with the organization –and adds that we are likely to see them at KOZI Home Building Days for years to come.
KOZI's Habitat for Humanity Home Building Day is Friday, May 18th- and you are invited to join us as we raise walls, build porches, construct a shed, eat and feel good – because we are making a difference in our communities!
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Sinful Saints and Saintly Sinners at the Margins of the Americas
March 30–July 20, 2014
Life at the margins in the Americas―borders both physical and societal―inspires sacred figures who walk the fine line between sinfulness and sanctity. In worship and artistic representation alike, such figures both reflect and impact the experiences of those who regularly struggle with complicated economic, political, legal, geographic, gender, and racial realities.
Featuring an array of paintings, sculptures, digital arts, mixed-media works, and site-specific installations, Sinful Saints and Saintly Sinners at the Margins of the Americas examines a series of crucial, and often controversial, divine beings in Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Argentina and the United States. Artists working in both traditional and contemporary genres interpret official and unofficial Catholic saints, martyred folk heroes turned supernatural intercessors, such as the New Orleans' "Voodoo Queen" Marie Laveau and the "Mexican Robin Hood" Jesús Malverde, and cultural heroes like the Native American deity known as Coyote.
This exhibition brings together works by numerous artists including Evelyne Alcide, Vitor Amati, Edgar Clement, Eduardo Closs, Jeff Cullen, Demián Flores, Harry Fonseca, Judithe Hernández, Ignacio, Leonardo Linares, Carolyn Long, Alma López, Marcos López, Teresa Margolles, Matjames Metson, Delilah Montoya, Engelis Oliveira, María Romero, Renée Stout, and Steven Yazzie.
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Sugarcreek Township announced that the Market Bag Give Away Day at the Farmer's Market is August 15, 2014, from 3-7 pm.
Shop the market and pick up a free reusable market bag along with your fresh produce, baked goods, honey and soaps.
Enjoy the following during the farmer's market:
· DJ Walt "Rockinbird" Barner will be on hand to spin some tunes from the '50's, '60's, and '70's;
· Goldie the Clown will face paint; and
· There will be free snow cones along with all kinds of fun.
Old Fort Bank is the sponsor of this year's market bag.
Some examples of what you might find at the Sugarcreek Township Farmers' Market include: certified organic and conventionally grown fruits and vegetables, grass fed beef, grass fed lamb, pork, chicken, eggs, fresh baked breads, cookies and desserts, raw honey, soaps, berries, jams, spun llama wool, organic lavender, farmstead and artisan cheese, fresh cut flowers, perennials, locally roasted coffee beans, and more!
Vendors slated to return this year include National Trail Family Farm, Webb Valley Farm, Chris' Honey, Blue Jacket Dairy, Big Sky Bread Company, Patchwork Garden, Our Family Soap, Twin Creek Apiaries, Silva Scensations, Berryhill Farm, Jackson's Farm Market, Irons Fruit Farm, Rue Family Farm, Fine's Creek Farm, Heather's Goodies, Friendly Knoll, Morning Granola, L&P Produce, Karolyn's Garden, Cook's Organic Farm, Rice Family Farm, Tom's Garden, Stropich Specialty Foods, Stengl's Catering, and Rosemary's Garden.
Vendors new to the market include: Michelle's Macaroons, Chesapeake Popcorn, Tallowderm.
The market will be held every Friday, May 16-November 21, from 3-7 p.m. The market is held in the old Cubs parking lot on Wilmington Pike.
For more information, contact us at (937) 848-8426.
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This is the second polish of the set I picked up at Big Lots for $2. I was Googling like a mad woman in the aisle and saw all sorts of rave reviews online about this polish, so I snatched it up with a quickness. Then I put it on. Blech. Well, maybe not blech, but it wasn't as impressive as I'd hoped.
Royal Cloak is an opaque purple creme with small, clear-ish flakies. The formula wasn't bad at all, but the thing that made this polish stand out in the bottle was the flakies, and they lost their oomph on the nail and ended up looking like shimmer particles. Boo! Was it worth $1? Absolutely, but I still wish it were just a bit more fabulous.
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Hugh Laurie Speaks about 'Arthur Christmas' with Atta Girl (Danai Maraire)
*Danai Maraire of Atta Girl Entertainment went one on one with actor Hugh Laurie to discuss the new film Arthur Christmas and how every child needs to be believe. Chek out our exclusive and then grab every child you know and GO SEE THIS FILM!!! Follow Danai Maraire on Twitter @Attagirlent. Thanks for watching!
Winfrey, Fishburne among Highest Paid on TV
*Oprah Winfrey and Laurence Fishburne are among TV's highest-paid performers in various categories, according to a newly released breakdown of star salaries from TV Guide. Winfrey, of course, tops the talk show category with $315 million earned this year. Judge Judy Sheindlin places second with $45 million, followed by David Letterman ("The Late Show") $28 … Continue reading Winfrey, Fishburne among Highest Paid on TV
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*An annual poll from Harris Interactive shows America has chosen Oprah Winfrey as its favorite TV personality. Glenn Beck of Fox News came in second, followed by newly-restored "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno, who topped the list last year. New "American Idol" judge Ellen DeGeneres tied with "House" star Hugh Laurie for fourth place. "The … Continue reading Oprah Winfrey Tops Harris TV Poll


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For the first time in history- US grown pears have officially gained access to the Chinese Market- a feat that has been in the works for about two decades.
Kevin Moffitt, President and CEO of the Pear Bureau Northwest, says they were able to crack the China market after overcoming some obstacles that China was concerned with, of which is the tree disease "Fire Blight".
Moffitt adds that the breakthrough into the China market will have a considerable impact on local growers.
The export deal will include Pears from Washington, Oregon and California.
Pear Bureau Northwest is a non-profit marketing organization that was established in 1931 to promote the fresh USA Pears grown in Washington and Oregon- which produces 84% of the US fresh pear crop."CLICK HERE" for Audio"CLICK HERE" for Audio


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Will Vanilla Ice skate on his homeowner association assessments?
Some of you may remember Vanilla Ice, the 1990s rapper. Among other lyrics, he wrote:
You better hit bull's eye, the kid don't play
If there was a problem, yo, I'll solve it
Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it
It appears that Vanilla Ice, otherwise known as Robert VanWinkle, has not yet solved his HOA assessment problem. According to the Palm Beach Post, when the association filed a lien against him for $2,800 in assessments, he conveyed his home in Wellington to Van-Rap LTD, a Texas company. Coincidentally the director and President of Van-Rap LTD is Robert VanWinkle – according to the website corporationwiki which cites as its source the Texas Secretary of State. The Association can still foreclose on the home if the assessments are not paid, but VanWinkle may personally only be liable for $2,800. That could be an interesting legal question. According to the Palm beach Post, VanWinkle said he "has" several houses in the community but none are in his name. I wonder how many are in the name of Van-Rap LTD? Or Van-Rap Bro, Inc.? There is nothing illegal about conveying a property to a corporation. One purpose of corporations is to provide a shield from personal liability – in some circumstances. There are ways to "pierce" the corporate shield to get to the owner who is attempting to improperly avoid liability.
This issue arose with one of my clients, with a unit owner who purchased a unit in the name of his corporation. Fortunately, that Declaration had a requirement for a corporate guarantor as a condition of approval for corporate buyers. I advise clients to review their documents and if necessary, propose that the members approve such an amendment to their Declaration. It is amazing how many Declarations do not have this as a condition of approval (where approval is authorized, of course).
This should be a warning to association members to consider a covenant requiring a personal guarantor for a corporate purchase. One way of looking this: Is it fair to allow some homeowners to be personally liable for assessments and not others, only because the latter use the corporate form to shield themselves from liability?
UPDATE: The Sun Sentinel has reported that Ice is not skating after all, but has paid his assessments. There's one for the rapper!
This story will hopefully spark discussion about corporate ownership of properties in associations. Most declarations and Florida statutes provide for personal liability as well as the remedy of foreclosure in certain circumstances. To accomplish this and to treat all homeowners fairly, associations may want to require corporate owners to execute a personal guaranty for assessments.


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Let's face it, are burgers really all that different? Sure, you can go fast food or you can order one at a fine steakhouse and pay twenty times the price, but honestly, what sets a burger apart from the competition? Bread. Meat. Lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle. Are you a mustard guy or a mayo gal? A burger is often a burger. Same goes for the burger joint itself. Most are as simple and nondescript as the delicious, juicy sandwich. But, in a sea of scantly adorned, grease-filled hovels, Twisted Root stands out from the crowd.
We arrived to a long queue of expectant, mouth-watered patrons ready to sink their teeth into the familiar luncheon fix. Suddenly, everything changed. The interesting digs of Twisted Root burst with uniqueness, from the industrial inspired decor, to the almost antagonistic chalk board menus instructing patrons how to order without much consideration for those with meek dispositions.
Of course they've got the standard fare: Hamburger, Cheddar burger, hot dog. Common sides like fries and onion rings pile high next to bakery fresh buns topped with 92% lean beef. But Twisted root also twists its menu.
Consider these alternatives to the burger joint doldrums: Turkey burger, spicy veggie burgers, buffalo, venison, and even ostrich burgers. I even tried the special of the day; the elk burger. But can all this wild experimentation bleed into their sides? Oh yes. Why not expand your taste-bud's horizons by ordering the Twisted Root Fried Ride: deep fried green beans, onion rings, sweet potato twists, and crunchy tart pickles. All this ground up craziness can be enjoyed by the adventurous, but you do so at your own risk.
See, people like their burgers, they covet the simplistic, consistent flavors of their nature, but sometimes violence can erupt if their expectations are thwarted. This happened to me. I found the presentation of the burger beautiful, with far more consideration than most burger establishments, but the elk burger was quite dry. I found myself eyeing the beef-burgers of those around me like an animal stalking the bushes for a fresher kill. The dryness of the elk didn't help what I felt to be a bun that, while adequately thick, added to my unwelcome cotton-mouth from the meat. I was also disappointed in the "fried ride." The green beans were terrible and do not lend themselves to deep frying as they also dry out, regardless of freshness. This unpleasantness was somewhat eased by the chipotle ranch that accompanied it, but I still cannot endorse the idea of deep fried green beans. I'm also not a fan of sweet potato fries, but this is a personal taste and should not be avoided it your particular tastes are so inclined.
One thing that must not be excluded is a fresh shake, I ordered the chocolate covered cherry version, and it nearly put me into a happy little sugar coma in the passenger seat of my friend's car. However, I do recommend you order the shake after you eat your meal, as if you order it with your burger, the shake will be delivered first.
So, I recommend Twisted Root Burger Co. at either their Richardson or Deep Elum locations for that break from the ordinary burger, just make sure you stick with the basics on your first time around. Variety is indeed the spice of life, just make sure you know what you're getting yourself into before you belly up and get too creative!
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modify the script so once opened to start first the "help1" file which will inject the parameter changing to the script, than to follow the script.
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The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting story last Saturday on using white (shiro) miso as a secret ingredient in desserts. The piece was akin to the story I wrote for them on fish sauce as a stealth component in food. This time, Elizabeth Gunnison Dunn referenced Kyotofu, a New York based maker of Japanese-inflected sweets that informed and inspired her to employ miso in unconventional ways. The results were desserts with a wonderful savory-sweet edge, she said.
There was a fudgy miso brownie recipe that looked terrific, and I wondered what it would be like if I substituted tofu for the bit of flour in the recipe. My logic in doing so is that in Japan, there are bakeries as well as restaurants that use tofu and soy in nearly every dish. Sometimes you'd know it, other times not. That kind of seemless but very smart swapping of ingredients was based on knowing the possibilities of the little soybean.
Since the miso brownie idea was Japanese in origin, I thought what the heck, I'd give it a try. If it succeeded then it would be like using soybeans two ways, family members reunited in a brownie.
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Seattle Mariners rumors include a Hisashi Iwakuma injury update. There is some good news buried in these Mariners rumors, including Iwakuma going through some exercises to build up his arm strength. According to a report from the team on Sunday (Feb. 23), they are not going to officially set a specific return date for the starting pitcher. They also didn't rule out that he could be ready to pitch for the team in the second game of the regular season (April 2 against the Angels).
Will M's Trade Nick Franklin, Brad Miller?
On Sunday, the veteran starting pitcher was going through his throwing motions on a bullpen mound to help keep his arm strength up. He first did it without the ball and then did so using a towel wrapped around his hand to simulate the weight of the baseball. He commented that he was feeling very good and that everything was good other than his finger. It is that finger which has been a concern during Spring Training, as he strained a tendon in it during a freak injury as soon as camps started. He isn't allowed to throw a baseball until the doctor clears him, but it has been suggested that could come in about three to four weeks now.
If these Seattle Mariners rumors play out as suggested he could face a best-case scenario of returning to the mound in mid-March. That could possibly give him around 15 days to prepare throwing and two or three Spring Training starts to get his control back. It's a stretch to assume that he could then be ready to pitch against the Los Angeles Angels on April 2, but it could end up happening, even if he is placed on an innings limit. If he can do that and the rotation can get set from day one, then the team will be better off in the long-run.
Last season, Hisashi Iwakuma had the best numbers on the pitching staff, making 33 starts and going 219 2.3 innings. He finished with a 14-6 record, a 2.66 ERA, and a WHIP of 1.01. Those are numbers that the team would love to see again in the 2014 MLB season, which is why it is also in the best interest of the front office and coaching staff not to rush him back. He is keeping in shape and getting his stamina up, but the biggest question will be just how well his hand responds to gripping the baseball again.
More Mariners News:
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I have a server which needs to communicate with another server (both win 2k8r2). One of them recently had an IP address change, and I suspect that the IPv6 address that the AD DNS server holds is now invalid. Nevermind, I switched off IPv6 on both servers. Now when I try to ping one from the other, it resolves the name to an IPv6 address, so the ping (and other services) fail.
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I had a blog exposing posts as "day and name". After exporting that blog and importing it on a new installation of WordPress I can't see the posts in that format, only in the default one: http://blog.xxxxx.com/main/?p=123
Also moving to previous pages (http://blog.xxxxx.com/main/page/2/) does not work.
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spoiler:If you use Darth Nihilus for your appearance, it's all screwed up. His animations frequently get stuck, so he's moving around without moving his legs.
It's too bad, he looks great.
Also, I tried using the "Bastila_SLAVE" file for my female's appearance. It works, but it freezes the game if there ever is a situation where you take her armor/clothing off. Whether you do it from the inventory screen or from the Handmaiden duels on Telos.
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Oct. 31–WASHINGTON — On the heels of a supportive super PAC doing the same, Mitt Romney's campaign is buying commercial air time in Pennsylvania, expanding its reach for the closing days of the razor-thin presidential contest.
It will be the first time Romney has made a TV ad buy in the state. He canceled a major purchase ahead of the April primary, when Rick Santorum, his biggest competition, dropped out.
The new spot was tailor-made for Pennsylvania, blaming the Obama administration's coal regulations for the closure of Pennsylvania coal plants.
Each candidate's camp offers a different spin on the late ad buy. Romney's team says momentum is making Democrat-leaning states like Pennsylvania competitive. Obama's says the ad buy shows desperation because Romney's path to the necessary 270 electoral votes is so narrow.
"This expansion of the electoral map demonstrates that Gov. Romney's momentum has jumped containment from the usual target states and has spread to deeper blue states that [Obama's headquarters] never anticipated defending," Rich Beeson, Romney's political director, wrote in a memo.
The Obama campaign responded with a quote from former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, who has been warning for months that the Romney team could make a last-minute play for the state:
"Mitt Romney's attempt to make a play for this state is more of a sign of desperation on his part than anything else," Rendell said. "Mitt Romney ignored Pennsylvania over the course of the last two years and didn't ask Pennsylvanians for their vote. A week of advertising won't change that."
On Monday, the super PAC backing Romney, Restore Our Future, as well as another GOP group, revealed they'd bought TV ad time in Pennsylvania.
The Obama campaign then announced it would be matching those buys. One of the ads in the Pennsylvania rotation is a softer, pro-Obama spot that highlights his goals for a second term and first-term achievements like the end of the Iraq War. Another one hits Romney on the percentage he pays in taxes compared to middle class families. "Mitt Romney's middle class tax increase: he pays less, you pay more," the ad says.
The new Romney ad's specific focus on coal, rather than a more general economic message, is an effort to stir voters in southwestern and northeastern Pennsylvania and therefore offset Obama's Democratic advantage in the southeastern part of the state.
Jeff Brauer, political science professor at Keystone College in Scranton, said it's a play for the white, blue-collar, male voters who are Democrats in Pennsylvania who have not warmed to Obama, but aren't sold on Romney either.
"This entire election comes down to turnout," Brauer said. "Those are folks that could just stay home, say there's no good choice and may sit it out. Romney is going to take the opportunity to show he's a legitimate choice."
Still, Brauer said the Joe Biden factor plays big with those voters who can overlook their unease with Obama to support Biden, a Scranton native.
Despite the new ads, the top candidates are not scheduled to visit as of now. Biden was supposed to headline a rally in Scranton on Thursday, but canceled because of Hurricane Sandy. The campaigns are not saying whether Pennsylvania may be in line for last-minute stops.


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|Geometric perspective on determining accurate and transferable coarse-grained models from structures
|Computational and Applied Mathematics Colloquium
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|Low resolution coarse-grained (CG) models represent a promising and highly efficient computational methodology for investigating complex phenomena that remain beyond the scope of conventional atomistic models. However, the development of CG models that accurately describe a particular system or phenomena of interest remains challenging. In this talk, I will first cast the problem of determining accurate CG models as a geometric optimization problem in a vector space of CG force fields. I will demonstrate that this force-based methodology can then be reformulated as a generalization of the famous Yvon-Born-Green (YBG) integral equation theory. This generalized-YBG theory determines variationally optimized CG potentials directly from structural information. I will also introduce an extended ensemble framework for systematically improving the transferability of CG potentials by compiling statistics from different systems. The extended ensemble g-YBG theory represents a promising first principles framework for determining accurate and transferable CG models using structural statistics sampled from the protein databank.
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Eyes Are Once Again On Canada And The Toronto International Film Festival.
The apple of Canada's eye and one of the world's most prestigious film festivals, the Toronto International Film Festival is bringing cinema buffs together again for the 37th time.
Offering participants more than 300 films from 60 countries around the world every year in September, the festival is bringing together once again choice selections from world cinema as well as Hollywood and Canadian productions.
Hosting 38 world premieres, 17 galas and 45 special screenings, the Toronto International Film Festival will take place this year between September 6 and 16.
One of the films whose world premiere will take place this year at TIFF is Cloud Atlas, which has drawn attention especially for its cast. You can see Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, Ben Whitelaw, Susan Sarandon and a whole host of other big names in this film that examines the complex relationship between time past, present and future.
A single film from Turkey is entering the Toronto Film Festival this year. Watchtower, directed by Pelin Esmer and co-starring Olgun Şimşek and Nilay Erdönmez, will have its world premiere at the festival.


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On this page you can find links to websites that might be of interest for visitors of the DSTA website, for instance with respect to information on the Dutch economy and financial supervision in the Netherlands.
The DSTA is part of the Dutch Ministry of Finance.
The Dutch central bank is a.o. responsible for supervision of financial institutions and the financial sector.
DNB gathers and publishes monetary and financial statistics for the Netherlands.
The AFM is the supervisor responsible for a.o. promoting fairness and transparency in financial markets.
The official statistical agency in the Netherlands.
Independent research institue. The CPB is responsible for the official forecasts for the Dutch economy.
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Game Moved to 4 p.m. For Tech at Oklahoma
Amber Battle leads Texas Tech with 16.6 points per game.
March 2, 2014
NORMAN, Okla. -- Texas Tech women's basketball will finish the regular season against Oklahoma at 4 p.m. Monday at Lloyd Noble Center.
The game was moved up to 4 p.m. from its original time of 7 p.m. due to winter weather conditions in Oklahoma. The game will be broadcast on FOX Sports Net.
Tech (6-22, 0-17 Big 12) looks to win its final road game of the season after Texas narrowly escaped with a 67-64 win on Saturday at United Spirit Arena. Senior Haley Schneider shined on senior day with a career-high 14 points and seven blocks while Amber Battle and Ivonne CookTaylor also chipped in 14 each.
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January 2, 2014
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Oklahoma (17-13, 8-9) fell to TCU on Saturday night despite a 26-point performance by senior Aaryn Ellenberg. It was the second consecutive loss for the Sooners and fourth in last seven games.
Tech will then head back to Oklahoma on Friday for the Big 12 Conference Tournament as the No. 10 seed and will face the seventh seed at 8:30 p.m. Friday at Chesapeake Energy Arena.


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It's new year's day—a time to review the past year.
April Fools! It's actually April 1, not January 1, yet that doesn't mean it's not a good, albeit belated, time to list the culturally high and low points covered in this column throughout 2013.
Best: During the summer of 2013, MCA Chicago presented Modern Cartoonist: The Art of Daniel Clowes. The artist's first museum retrospective displayed more than 125 original pieces in a wonderful and welcoming way.
Worst: Patronizing in every sense of the word, the Art Institute of Chicago's Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity exhibition displayed costumes alongside great works of art because they all featured clothes. What's next? Grouping still life paintings next to actual fruit to help the viewer connect the dots?
Best: Author Shane Portman assembled short stories and interesting images in Allister Cromley's Fairweather Belle (Bedtime Stories For Grownups To Tell) because everyone needs a quick dip into the imagination before gliding into dreams.
Worst: NaNoWriMo, the nationwide program that encourages non-writers to take on the near impossible task of drafting a novel within the busy month of November by promoting quantity of words over quality of work so they can flood the market with subpar publications—not to mention insulting real authors who actually take years to develop their skill and pen their novels.
Best: With Elliot Goldenthal's exceptional score performed by the Chicago Philharmonic and the gravity-defying performances by Dylan Gutierrez and Victoria Jaiani, the Joffrey Ballet's final performance of Lar Lubovitch's Othello at the Auditorium Theatre in May put the grand in grand finale in May. Runner up: Also at the Auditorium was the hauntingly beautiful Chicago premiere of Rodin performed by the Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg.
Worst: Forget the year, in probably the worst dance performance of the decade, Ballet West traveled to the Auditorium in October with such a limited treatment of The Sleeping Beauty, they proved it's best to let sleeping dogs lie.
Best: Before its release in December, Southport's Music Box Theatre via The New York Film CriticsSeries® showed an advance screening of American Hustle with a pre-taped Q&A with director David O. Russell. Runner up: Music Box also screened The Ghosts in Our Machine (a documentary on how animals are exploited by man in the food, fashion, entertainment, and research industries) in December of 2013.
Worst: In July, the Chicago French Film Festival opened with the unintentionally laughable comedy Fly Me To The Moon which perhaps is to be expected from a country that considers Jerry Lewis a comic genius.
Best: The 30th anniversary reunion of Chicago's punk rock staple Naked Raygun at Metro in June gave new meaning to the term "all ages show." Runners up: Metro's one-night performances by Wax Tailor & the Dusty Rainbow Experience in September; and Kate Nash in November; as well as Pokey LaFarge at Lincoln Hall in December.
Worst: The generically-bland third-rate cover bands that StarEvents continues to push on city and suburban festivals from Chicago's Summer on Southport to Rosemont's Rockin' in the Park.
Best: Goodman Theatre's magical staging and Larry Yando brilliant portrayal of Scrooge brought the spirit of the Charles Dickens masterpiece A Christmas Carol to life during the holiday season.
Worst: February of 2013 was made particularly bleak by Steppenwolf Theatre's sloppy adaptation of Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party which warranted no presence.


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Today's Western Mail reports on new figures that show that ambulances wasted 12,700 hours in three months waiting outside Welsh hospitals during long and inefficient patient transfers.
The emergency vehicles are supposed to spend no longer than 20 minutes at hospital after arriving with a patient, under Welsh Ambulance Service handover targets. But inefficiency forces ambulance to wait for longer especially at over-crowded hospitals where there are no beds available, leaving patients having to remain on ambulance trolleys.
The paper says thay opposition politicians have called on the Welsh Government to "get a grip" on the problem – the equivalent of 529 wasted days over the quarter. They warned that ambulances which spend a long time parked outside hospitals are unable to respond to 999 calls, creating potentially life-threatening situations.
Welsh Liberal Democrats Leader, Kirsty Williams said: "These figures paint a damning picture of how the Welsh Labour Government is running our NHS. We've been telling them for years that there is systemic failure in the way the Welsh NHS handles emergency situations.
"Month after month, we see that Welsh patients have to wait an unacceptable amount of time for ambulances to respond to emergency call-outs and now we see that ambulances have to wait an unacceptable amount of time to transfer patients and get back on the road to respond to other emergency calls.
"When I challenge either the First Minister or the Health Minister on ambulance services, their stock answer is that the ambulance trust is making good progress.
"This is a totally unacceptable situation and it must change."
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I am currently studying in the UK with a visa on my Lebanese passport. If I want to travel to Portugal I will need a visa. Can I use my Australian passport to get out of the UK and visit Portugal and back? Am I allowed to do that?
Yes, you can travel, but you need to use both passports. This is going to be the third answer saying basically the same thing, but let me break it down into exact steps.
When leaving the UK:
You are now in Portugal! And on the way back:
This obviously assumes you have a multiple-entry UK visa that will let you back in the UK. Given the UK's lack of exit immigration, you could probably re-enter with your Australian passport (no UK visa needed) and they might never even notice you left, but I would not recommend it -- things would get hairy fast if they notice a hole in your story, eg. claiming to be a student but not having a student visa in your Oz passport.
The general rule about multiple passports is that you must always exit a country using the same passport that you used to enter. This implies that you cannot:
because at that point, you have "entered" the UK twice with two different passports and clearly you can only leave once more at this point.
If your UK visa is multiple-entry, then you should be able to re-enter the UK on your Lebanese passport in step 3 above after visiting Portugal on your Australian passport. If your UK visa is single-entry, then you would probably have to apply for a new visa or something before returning to the UK.
No, you are not allowed to do that. However, you do not need to enter Portugal on the same passport that you left the UK on.
Since your Australian passport won't have any UK visa or entry stamps, you can't leave the UK on it.
Conclusion: You need to leave the UK on your Lebanese passport.
The Portuguese customs, will not know (and don't even care) where you just came from. So you can enter Portugal on any of your passports, as long as you hold a valid visa in this passport (or are allowed to enter without a visa).
Conclusion: Enter and leave Portugal on whichever passport it's easier to enter the country.
Same on your way back: You need to leave Portugal on the same passport, that you entered it with. However, now you can enter the UK with any of your passports - as long as you hold a valid visa in this passport (or are allowed to enter without a visa). But since you are apparently studying in the UK and your student visa is in your Lebanese passport, you should enter on your Lebanese passport.
Entering the UK on your Australian passport will probably just get you a tourist visa, which most likely means you need to leave the country after a certain amount of time.
That said, make sure your Student Visa is a multiple entry one. If it isn't you will loose it by leaving the country - no matter which passports you are using anywhere.


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WHAT'S HAPPENING: The University of Arizona women's basketball team will play the Slovakian club, Cassovia Bardejov, at home on Sunday, Nov. 12, at 2 p.m. in the Cats' final preseason tune-up. The contest will be played at the McKale Center.
1999-2000 Stats 22 Veranda James F 6-3 Fr. Pomona, CA 35 Krista Warren F/G 6-2 So. Cloverdale, CA 3.3 ppg 2.5 rpg 0.5 apg 45 Elizabeth Pickney F 6-4 Jr. Houston, TX 9.8 ppg 4.5 rpg 1.0 bpg 10 Reshea Bristol G 5-10 Sr. Omaha, NE 8.6 ppg 3.6 rpg 3.1 apg 13 Aimee Grzyb G 5-7 Fr. San Jose, CA
(in numerical order) 1999-2000 Stats 4 Candice Allen G 5-10 Fr. Ontario, CA 14 Jen Chesney # G 6-0 Fr. Newberg, OR 20 Julie Brase # G 5-9 Jr. Tucson, AZ 6.1 ppg 2.3 rpg 1.7 apg 21 Jamie Sturdivant G 5-7 So. Simi Valley, CA 0.7 ppg 0.2 rpg 0.3 apg 33 Tysell Bozeman G 5-8 Jr. Riverside, CA 2.9 ppg 1.1 rpg 0.4 apg 50 LaKeisha Taylor C 6-4 Jr. Houston, TX 2.6 ppg 2.5 rpg 0.3 bpg 51 Michelle Mitchell C 6-4 Jr. Oregon City, OR 0.9 ppg 1.0 rpg # currently sidelined due to injury
ABOUT ARIZONA: The Wildcats played their first outside competition of the year on Nov. 4, defeating the Love & Basketball club team, 98-53, in an exhibition game. Freshman forward Veranda James led all scorers with her 19 points, while junior Elizabeth Pickney racked up a 13-point, 10-rebound double-double.
This Sunday's contest is the Cats' last exhibition game before officially opening the 2000-2001 season against Brigham Young at home on Nov. 18.
The Wildcats are coming off a year which saw them go 25-7 overall and 13-5 in Pac-10 play, finishing in a tie for second with Stanford. The UA made its fourth straight appearance in the NCAA tournament, falling in the second round to eventual national runner-up Tennessee.
Eight letterwinners return from last year's team, headlined by the squad's lone senior, guard Reshea Bristol, who is one of the returning starters. Junior forward Elizabeth Pickney is the only other returning starter and is the team's top returning scorer (9.8 ppg) and rebounder (4.5 rpg).
After starting 19 contests last season, junior guard Julie Brase was slated as a starter for this year before preseason wrist surgery sidelined her until January. Junior center LaKeisha Taylor, junior guard Tysell Bozeman and sophomore swing player Krista Warren are now expected to press for starting spots. Junior center Michelle Mitchell and sophomore guard Jamie Sturdivant round out the list of returnees.
All four Wildcat newcomers this season are expected to contribute right away. The Cats gained three freshman guards -- Candice Allen, Jen Chesney and Aimee Grzyb. The only incoming post player is freshman forward Veranda James.
ABOUT CASSOVIA BARDEJOV: A Slovakian club team, Cassovia Bardejov is in the midst of a nine-game tour of the western United States. The club currently has a 1-4 record on its tour after a 73-61 loss at Loyola Marymount on Wednesday. Cassovia Bardejov will play at Northern Arizona (Nov. 10) and at Arizona State (Nov. 11) prior to travelling to Tucson for Sunday's game with the Wildcats.
With 16.2 points and 9.8 rebounds per game, forward Zuzana Skuarekova is leading Cassovia Bardejov in both categories. Guard Katarina Timkova is second in scoring with 12.0 ppg, while forward Ivana Jalcova is third with 10.4 ppg. Center Alzbeta Czakova and guard Zuzana Jarcuskova are tied for second on the team in rebounding, with 5.0 rpg each.
Under the guidance of head coach Vladimir Kornay, Cassovia Bardejov won the Slovak Cup in both the 1995-96 and 1999-2000 seasons. The club also placed second in the National Championship in 1995-96 and was fourth in 1999-2000.
THE LAST TIME: Arizona last faced a Slovakian club at the start of the 1998-99 season in an exhibition game against the Slovan Bratislava club. The Cats won that contest, 83-54, on Nov. 6, 1998.
In that game, then-freshman Elizabeth Pickney ran off 16 points and pulled down a game-high nine rebounds. Then-sophomore Reshea Bristol had eight rebounds, five points, five assists and four steals, while then-freshman LaKeisha Taylor tallied four points, four rebounds and three steals. Also a freshman at the time, Michelle Mitchell added two points and one rebound.
ARIZONA'S LAST TIME OUT: On Saturday, Nov. 4, Arizona faced its first outside competition of the year, handing the Love & Basketball club a sound 98-53 beating.
Love & Basketball kept the game close through the early going, never trailing by more than eight points through the first nine minutes of the game. Then Arizona finished out the first half on a 27-7 run, taking a 47-26 edge into the lockerroom at the break.
The Cats opened the game up even more in the second half, stretching the lead to 41 points (78-37) by the 8:10 mark. Arizona pushed out to a 48-point (98-50) advantage with 30 seconds left in the game.
Freshman forward Veranda James shot 9-for-11 from the floor and scored 14 second-half points en route to a game-high 19 points. Junior center LaKeisha Taylor came off the bench for 15 points, hitting 6-of-7 from the field.
Junior forward Elizabeth Pickney racked up a 13-point, 10-rebound double-double, while senior guard Reshea Bristol added 14 points and a game-high seven assists. Junior guard Tysell Bozeman and sophomore wing Krista Warren contributed 10 points each. Bozeman had a game-high five steals.
INJURY BUG STRIKES EARLY: The Cats have been afflicted with a rash of early season injuries. Junior guard Julie Brase had right wrist surgery late in September and could be out until January. Freshman guard Jen Chesney had left ankle surgery in August and should be cleared for play some time in November.
WILDCAT DEPARTURES: The Cats lost five impact players at the end of the 2000 season. Guards Lisa Griffith, the Pac-10 career three-point leader, and Felecity Willis were fixtures in the Wildcat backcourt for four years. Junior college transfers Tatum Brown, last year's leading rebounder and an All-Pac-10 selection, and Angela Lackey, last season's top scorer, have exhausted their eligibility as well. The Cats also lost the defensive prowess and steadiness of guard Monika Crank.
LOOKING AHEAD: Arizona will face Brigham Young on Saturday, Nov. 18, at home at 2 p.m. to officially tip off the 2001 season.
The Cats take to the road after their opener for a pair of tough non-conference games. Arizona plays at No. 6 Notre Dame on Monday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. EST. Then the Cats head to southern California for a match-up with No. 25 UC Santa Barbara on Sunday, Nov. 26, at 2 p.m. PST.
CATS INK EARLY SIGNEES: The Arizona women's basketball program signed four players on the first day of the early signing period this week. Forwards Danielle Adefeso (Santa Monica, CA/St. Monica HS) and Shawntinice Polk (Hanford, CA/Hanford HS) and guards Robin Roberson (Berkeley, CA/Berkeley HS) and Dee Dee Wheeler (Chicago, IL/Dunbar HS) will all join the Wildcats for the 2001-02 season
SEASON TICKETS: Arizona women's basketball season tickets are on sale now. The tickets are $65 each for the general public or $55 each for senior citizens, youth and UA faculty and staff. For more information, call the UA Athletic Ticket Office at (520) 621-2287.
ARIZONA IN THE RANKINGS: Although the Wildcats are not currently nationally ranked, they did receive votes for ranking in two preseason polls. In the Nov. 6 Associated Press Preseason Poll, the Cats earned 15 votes, while they picked up 71 votes in the USA Today/ESPN Preseason Coaches Poll.
HEAD COACH JOAN BONVICINI: Entering her 10th year at the helm of the Arizona women's basketball program, head coach Joan Bonvicini has collected an unparalleled list of accomplishments, both for the university and for her career.
Bonvicini has posted a 159-105 (.602) mark in nine seasons at Arizona and has as many wins at the UA as all six of the previous Wildcat coaches combined. In 21 years as a collegiate head coach, Bonvicini has a 484-176 (.733) career record. She also has a 23-14 mark in NCAA tournament play and has never lost a first-round game in 14 appearances.
Prior to taking over at the UA, Bonvicini led Long Beach State to 10 consecutive NCAA appearances, including two trips to the Final Four. She registered a 325-71 mark in 12 seasons with the 49ers.
THE REST OF THE STAFF: Awarded the title of associate head coach two years ago, Denise Dove Ianello (Northern Illinois, 1991) is beginning her ninth year at the UA, functioning as both the team's recruiting coordinator and a perimeter coach. Third-year assistant coach Karen Caires (Cal State Northridge, 1990) works with the perimeter players, assists with scouting and recruiting and directs the Joan Bonvicini Hoop Camp. In his second year at the UA, assistant coach Curtis Loyd (Southern Utah, 1994) is involved with scouting and with coaching the post players.
DID YOU KNOW: Since Joan Bonvicini took over the Arizona program in 1991, the Wildcats have gone 85-77 against Pac-10 teams, although they have a 51-21 league mark over the last four seasons combined.
ARIZONA'S PRACTICE SCHEDULE: Here is the upcoming practice schedule for the Wildcats...
Thurs. Nov. 9 OFF Fri. Nov. 10 4:30-7 p.m. McKale (lifting before) Sat. Nov. 11 9-11:30 a.m. McKale Sun. Nov. 12 vs. Cassovia Bardejov, 2 p.m. Mon. Nov. 13 OFF Tues. Nov. 14 6-8:30 p.m. McKale Wed. Nov. 15 6-9 p.m. McKale Thurs. Nov. 16 6-8:30 p.m. McKale Fri. Nov. 17 4:30-7 p.m. Bear Down (lifting before) Sat. Nov. 18 vs. Brigham Young, 2 p.m.
STRONG SCHEDULE: Several of Arizona's 2001 opponents have been listed in the preseason rankings.
In Monday's Associated Press Preseason Top 25, Notre Dame was No. 6, Stanford was No. 11, Oregon was No. 23, Auburn was No. 24, and UC Santa Barbara was No. 25. USC, UCLA and UNLV were among teams receiving votes for ranking.
In the USA Today/ESPN Preseason Coaches Poll, Notre Dame is No. 5, Stanford is No. 14 and Auburn is No. 20. UC Santa Barbara, Oregon, Kansas, USC, UCLA, Nebraska and Brigham Young were all among the teams receiving votes.
CHECKING THE RECORD BOOK: Junior guard Julie Brase is third on the UA career list for three-point percentage (.381), eighth in three-pointers made (51) and 10th in three-pointers attempted (134).
Senior guard Reshea Bristol is seventh on the Arizona career list in free throws attempted (320), eighth in free throws made (232), ninth in three-point percentage (.292), ninth in three-pointers attempted (144) and 10th in three-pointers made (42).
Junior forward Elizabeth Pickney is fifth on the career list in free throw percentage (.758) and in blocked shots (66). She needs only two blocked shots to move into the No. 4 spot.
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: During Joan Bonvicini's tenure at Arizona, the Wildcats have posted a 92-41 mark in McKale Center, including a 61-13 record over the last five seasons combined. Arizona has a record of 158-149 on its home court since the 1976-77 season.
GOOD BEGINNINGS: With Joan Bonvicini at the program's helm, the Wildcats have won five straight season openers and seven in the nine years she has been at the UA.
WE CAN HANDLE THE CLOSE ONES...: Under head coach Joan Bonvicini, the Cats have gone 25-19 in games settled by five points or less, including a 9-4 mark in games settled by one or two points.
...BUT WE REALLY PREFER THE BLOWOUTS: Over the last nine seasons, Bonvicini's Arizona teams have won 50 games by spreads of 20 points or more.
WILDCATS ON TELEVISION: The Cats are currently scheduled to make television appearances for four different games...
Fri., Dec. 29 Kansas Fox Sports Net 6:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 6 at Stanford Bay TV 7:30 p.m. PST Sat., Feb. 10 at Washington St. Fox Sports Net 1 p.m. PST Sun., Feb. 18 USC Fox Sports Net 2 p.m.
The Mar. 3 contest at Oregon and the Mar. 10 contest against California have been selected as potential TV games. The television status of each contest will be determined approximately 12 days before the specified dates.
80 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER: It seems that the 80-point mark almost always means adding another to the "win" column for the Wildcats. In the 28-year history of UA women's basketball, the Cats have posted a 121-16 record when scoring 80 points or more in a game. Under Bonvicini, the Wildcats have gone 81-9 when topping that 80-point plateau.
BY THE NUMBERS: Twenty of Arizona's wins last year were by an average of 10 points or more... Each loss was by an average of only 8.9 points per game... The Cats hit five or more 3-pointers in 19 games... Arizona had 20 or more assists in 13 games... The Cats had 10 or more steals in 19 games... Arizona forced its opponent into 20 or more turnovers in 20 contests.
KEYS TO THE WIN: Last season, Arizona was... 21-5 when out-rebounding its opponent... 20-1 when shooting better than its opponent from the floor... 22-6 when shooting 40% or better from the field... 21-2 when scoring 70 points or more... 18-2 when committing fewer turnovers than the opponent... 19-6 when three or more players reached double digits in scoring.
CAT SCRATCHES: The Arizona women's basketball program has a 318-396 (.445) all-time record, however it is 122-60 (.670) from 1994 to present... Joan Bonvicini has a 175-91 career record against Pac-10 teams.
ON LOCATION: The Wildcats were 12-3 at home last season, 9-4 in road games and 4-0 in neutral contests.
PAC-10 APPROVES CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS: The Pacific-10 Conference Chief Executive Officers have approved the establishment of men's and women's post-season basketball tournaments.
The men's tournament will be an eight-team event to be staged at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The women's tournament will be a 10-team event hosted on campus by one of the Pac-10 members. Both tournaments will begin in March 2002. In each case, the winner of the Tournament will earn the Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.
The Conference previously conducted a men's tournament following the 1987 through 1990 seasons. It has never sponsored a similar event for women.
OREGON TO HOST FIRST TOURNAMENT: Oregon has been selected as the first school to host the Pac-10 women's basketball tournament. The historical event will take place in March 2002 on the UO campus.
WHAT THE COACHES THINK: Here is the predicted order of finish for the Pac-10 this season, according to the league's coaches...
1. Stanford t6. UCLA 2. Oregon t6. Washington 3. USC 8. Oregon State 4. ARIZONA 9. California 5. Arizona State 10. Washington State
The Pac-10 women's basketball media members picked Arizona to finish fourth, as well.
BUT WE CAN DO BETTER: In each of the previous three years, Arizona has equalled or bettered the Pac-10 coaches' pick for its finish...
Picked Actual Year to Finish Finish 2000 4th tied 2nd 1999 5th 4th 1998 2nd tied 2nd
1999-2000 IN REVIEW: After returning 10 letterwinners and all five starters from the previous year's squad, the 1999-2000 Wildcats utilized their depth and experience to roll to a 25-7 overall mark, setting a new school record for most wins in a season. The Cats garnered a 13-5 record in Pac-10 play, finishing in a tie for second with Stanford.
Arizona opened the season with a nine-game win streak and went on to register an 11-1 mark in non-conference action. By winning their first Pac-10 game to improve to 12-1, the Cats tied the school record for the best start in the history of the program.
Pac-10 play brought about several historical moments as well. With wins at Washington State and Washington during the second weekend of January, the Cats earned their first-ever road sweep of the Washington schools. They repeated the feat during the final weekend of the regular season, recording their first-ever road sweep of Stanford and California.
The Wildcats earned their fourth consecutive NCAA tournament berth, ending up as the No. 8 seed in the Mideast Region. Arizona travelled to Knoxville, Tenn., where it downed No. 9 seed Kent, 73-61, in the first round of the tournament. The Cats faced No. 1 seed and eventual national runner-up Tennessee in the second round and put up a valiant fight, only to fall, 75-60.
The UA set or tied 23 school records during the season, including most wins in a season (25), highest winning percentage (.781), most three-point field goals made in a season (162) and most points in a season (2,484). The Wildcats were ranked 21st in the final Associated Press Poll of the year and were 20th in the last USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll.
Arizona finished the year as the Pac-10 leader in scoring (77.6 ppg), scoring margin (+9.9 ppg) and assists (17.94 apg). The Cats were second in three-point field goal percentage (.379), rebounding margin (+4.3 rpg), steals (10.31 spg), assist-to-turnover ratio (0.89) and three-point field goals made (5.06 per game).
ON THE INDIVIDUAL FRONT: With 12.7 points per game, forward Angela Lackey finished as Arizona's leading scorer for the second straight year. She was second in rebounding, at 5.3 per game. Fellow forward Tatum Brown was second in scoring, with 12.4 points per game, and was the team's top rebounder, with 7.7 boards per contest. Forward Elizabeth Pickney was third in both categories, averaging 9.8 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.
Guards Lisa Griffith (8.9 ppg), Reshea Bristol (8.6 ppg), Felecity Willis (7.8 ppg) and Julie Brase (6.1 ppg) followed on the scoring chart. Willis was the team's assists leader, at 5.3 per game, while Griffith had the highest steals average, at 2.1 per game.
Tatum Brown ended the season as the Pac-10 leader in field goal percentage (.590) and was third in rebounding (7.7 rpg). Felecity Willis was third in the league in assists (5.28 apg), and Lisa Griffith was fourth in three-point field goal percentage (.420).
Wildcat head coach Joan Bonvicini made her 14th career trip to the NCAA tournament. She has a 23-14 career record in NCAA play and has never lost an NCAA first-round game. With a 159-104 mark in nine years at Arizona, she has compiled as many wins as the six previous Wildcat coaches combined.
THE CATS AND THE NCAA TOURNEY: Arizona made its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance in 1997, receiving a No. 7 seed in the West Region. The Cats defeated 25th-ranked Western Kentucky in the first round, then went on to scare host and sixth-ranked Georgia (80-74) in the second game.
In 1998, the Cats entered the tournament as the No. 3 seed in the East Region. The UA swept through the first two games, picking up wins over Santa Clara and Virginia and making it into the Sweet Sixteen only to fall to third-ranked Connecticut.
In 1999, the Wildcats received their third consecutive berth, earning a No. 6 seed in the Midwest Region. The Cats pulled off an 87-84 overtime victory over Florida in the first game, and were subsequently pounded, 90-47, by ninth-ranked host team Rutgers.
Last season, despite owning the best overall record in school history, Arizona was handed its lowest seeding ever, at No. 8. However, for the fourth year in a row, the Wildcats won their first-round matchup, defeating Kent, 73-61, on Mar. 18. The Cats lost in the second round to No. 1 seed and eventual national runner-up Tennessee, 75-60.
Arizona has been placed in a different region in each of its four years of NCAA tournament competition.


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As if the news that Adam Berry and Amy Bruni were leaving the "Ghost Hunters" team wasn't enough, Britt Griffith just announced via Facebook and Twitter that he is leaving as well. Griffith has appeared on both "Ghost Hunters and "Ghost Hunters International."
Fans can't help but wonder who will be joining Jason Hawes, Dave Tango and Steve Gonsalves on future investigations. It was announced yesterday on Paranormal Pop Culture that former team members Dustin Pari and KJ McCormick would be returning to the show.
McCormick has continued to make guest appearances on the show from time to time as needed, but Pari hasn't been on "Ghost Hunters" or "Ghost Hunters International" since 2010. While McCormick hasn't posted anything about it, Pari posted today on Twitter, "Just so this is out there: I have much love for @amybruni and @adamjberry and I respect their decisions. I'm just going in to help out."
With the recent departures of Berry, Bruni and Griffith, it leaves the fans to speculate about the future of the show. The new season that starts in October will feature the shows tenth anniversary and their 200th episode. The "Ghost Hunters" team is expected to be back filming new shows later this month.
Pilgrim Studios has put out a call casting for a show in the "Ghost Hunters" franchise, of which "Ghost Hunters" is the only show still in production. Interested paranormal investigators have until June 13 to apply for a position.
Fans have also speculated on what the departures mean for upcoming events with certain team members. Bruni put those fears to rest, at least for her events, with this statement on Facebook earlier today, "Yes, I will still be attending all scheduled appearances and am happy to book new ones! Please contact Ideal Event Management if you'd like me at your event!"
In his announcement, Griffith stated that he will continue to pursue producing and acting in feature films. During his time with the "Ghost Hunters' franchise Griffith worked on several movies including "Black Dahlia Haunting," "Dead Sea" and "House of Manson."


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We just got back from two glorious weeks on the Atlantic Ocean. We did lots of swimming, playing, and exploring. It was a great adventure and I hope to share some of it with you guys, starting with this Easy Chickpea, Mushroom and Cauliflower Curry recipe.
Thankfully we had our own kitchen during our stay, it saved us lots of money and it made eating gluten-free much easier. We felt pretty good despite being away from our own kitchen for a couple of weeks.
We discovered a local health food store, which met most of our dairy-free and gluten-free needs. Scoping out a health food store ahead of time is one of my most important travel tips. I love wandering the aisles of new health food stores and finding great products I've never tried. I'd much rather do that than hit up the outlet malls. I know, I'm weird!
Pete is an amazing and natural cook (have you tried his Mushroom Gravy recipe yet?). I do most of the cooking at home, but when he cooks us dinner, we're always in for a treat. Pete's curry is one of my fave dishes.
This dish is kid-approved too. My kids have been eating curry since they were in high chairs. Callum likes the whole bowl (minus the mushrooms) and Livvie will eat some of the chickpeas and lots of rice. It makes for a happy family.
Easy Chickpea, Mushroom and Cauliflower Curry
Flavor is so important with a curry dish, so make sure to taste it throughout and don't hesitate to add a little more salt if need be.
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large yellow onion, finely chopped
- 4 cloves chopped garlic
- 1 ½ tablespoons curry powder
- 1 teaspoon sea salt, plus more to taste
- 2 cups chopped crimini mushrooms
- 4-5 tablespoons coconut oil
- ¾ cup unsweetened dairy-free milk (we use almond milk)
- 1 tablespoon red wine (veggie stock would work too)
- ½ head cauliflower, chopped into bite-sized pieces
- 1 cup chopped spinach
- 1 can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1. Heat olive oil and sauté onions and garlic for three minutes.
2. Add curry powder, sea salt and continue to cook for 5 more minutes.
3. Add mushrooms and coconut oil and continue to cook for another 4-5 minutes, then add milk (add milk earlier if pan needs liquid) and red wine.
4. Add cauliflower, spinach, and chickpeas. Simmer 15 minutes until veggies are cooked to desired tendency. Taste and add more salt if necessary.
5. Serve over brown basmati rice, sprinkle with raw cashews or fresh cilantro if you can get some on your vacay!
Prep time: 30 minutes.
Yield: 4-6 servings


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Few places can hit the jukebox button in your brain like Luckenbach, the tiniest dot on the Texas map made famous by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson singing its praises in 1977. Chances are that once you hear the opening strains, Waylon and Willie and the boys will have taken up permanent residence in your head until another song comes along to boot them out.
There's something about this miniscule Texas town (pop. 1) that stays with you even longer than the tune, and the regulars are hard pressed to come up with anything other than the word "magic." Cynics might claim it's a marketing marvel -- a congruence of people, place, and opportunity that turned into a literal treasure for entrepreneurial types -- while other say hogwash: Luckenbach is every bit as unpretentious as it seems.
Back to the basics
Located on ten acres about ten miles southeast from the Hill Country town of Fredericksburg, Luckenbach was established as a trading post by German immigrants in 1849. It grew into a post office, general store, dance hall, blacksmith and school, and was actually quite the hotspot of Gillespie County until it began to deteriorate sometime around mid-twentieth century. Local cowboy, folklorist, and reporter Hondo Crouch bought the town in 1970 with a couple of business partners, saving it from ruin. The tiny hamlet became a big draw for country western music enthusiasts, bikers, musicians, nature lovers, and anybody looking to -- as the song says -- get back to the basics. In Luckenbach, that means beer, food, and the biggest draw of all -- the music.
'Like an addiction'
"We have live music here every day but Christmas," says Virgil Holdman, whose business card says simply, "The Store Guy." He's also head of security and assistant manager of the bar, and claims that Luckenbach is "like an addiction. When you come here, you keep coming back."
Pictures of the countless weddings held under the half-century-old cypress tree dot the walls of the store chock-full of coffee mugs, wine glasses, metal signs, bandanas, and of course their best selling T-shirts ("Everybody's Somebody in Luckenbach"). On the grounds, in the bar, or anywhere there are chairs and guitars, jam sessions are a given, where local pickers play and sing for audiences of everyone from bankers to bikers. The monthly dances at the historic dance hall feature regional and national talent.
Every year, thousands of music fans trek to the town's legendary festivals celebrating everything from the Mud Daubers' return in the spring, to the Texas Hat Festival, to the Ladies Chili Cookoff.
"The people here are wonderful," says Jimmy Lee Jones, who tended bar from 1992 to 2002 and left to pursue a music career, touring with Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Ray Price and others. He stays closer to home now, but still plays Austin, Fort Worth, Conroe, and Luckenbach, which he describes as "magical. It's a place you can go and leave your worries behind. Everybody plays together and everyone has a good time."
Holdman agrees. "It's a lot of fun. It you love people this is a good place to love them at. All walks of life sit together here. It makes for a small world."
It doesn't get any smaller. So kick back, relax, listen to the pickers and some homespun poetry. Take a swig from an icy longneck, tuck into some barbecue, pick up some kitschy souvenirs, and before you know it, ain't nobody feeling no pain.
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May 28, 2010
Iowa-Purdue Day Three Photo Gallery
COLUMBUS, OH - With a season-high seven runs scored in the first frame the Iowa baseball team coasted its way to an 8-3 elimination game victory over Purdue Friday afternoon at Bill Davis Stadium. The contest against Iowa was the second game of the day for Purdue; the Boilermakers routed Indiana 15-5 earlier in the day to advance in the losers bracket and play the Hawkeyes.
"Our guys did great early," Head Coach Jack Dahm. "It's hard to play a team that just picked up a win but our guys came out early and executed. Matt Dermody did tremendous on the mound and he's really growing up as a pitcher. I can't say enough about his performance today. It was a great win for him and for our guys."
The win clinched a five-game season sweep over the Boilermakers and also extended Iowa's run in the Big Ten Tournament. The last time Iowa won five straight over Purdue was the last three games in 1989 and first two contests of a four-game series in 1992; the two teams did not compete in 1990 and 1991.
With the victory, Iowa will face the loser of tonight`s Minnesota-Michigan game tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow's contest will be at 2:35 p.m. (CDT) and will be televised on the Big Ten Network (HD).
"This team is having fun," Dahm said. "They may be having the most fun of any team I've ever coached. They're unselfish, they get along and we just want to keep playing games. This win will give us some momentum going into tomorrow."
Today's triumph matches the most Iowa has ever had at the Big Ten Tournament. In 1983, the Hawkeyes lost the first game, but won two straight to finish second, the highest in school history.
Kurtis Muller had a record day, tying two Big Ten Tournament records with three stolen bases. Muller now has five stolen bases at the tournament tying Matt Nohelty of Minnesota in 2009. His three thefts today also tied a individual game tournament record held by fellow Hawkeye Craig Conti (1983) and Minnesota's Ryan Lefebvre (1992).
Fellow Hawkeye Sean Flanagan tied a school record with two hit-by-pitches in today's contest. The last Hawkeye to be notched twice was Kevin Hoef in 2009. Iowa tallied its eight runs on an efficient nine hits. Eight different Hawkeyes collected a base hit, with Trevor Willis, Zach McCool and Tyson Blaser recording Iowa's only extra-base hits (doubles). McCool's double extended his hit-streak to 14 games.
Freshman Matt Dermody had a phenomenal outing in his first start against a Big Ten opponent. He earned the win, his third of the year, after going a career-long six innings and allowing only two runs, scattering eight hits and punching out two. The Iowa bullpen featured Zach Robertson and Kevin Lee. Robertson allowed only one runs in two and two-thirds, while Lee was upon to secure the final out.
Iowa sent 12 batters to the plate in the first inning and with only one extra-base hit, put up a big seven spot to lead, 7-0. Muller drew a walk, stole second then advanced to third on a groundout. Mike McQuillan hit a bloop RBI single to score him. Ryan Durant singled through the left side, followed by a Phil Keppler base hit. With the bases loaded, Blaser wore one to bring in a run. Flanagan followed suit, being hit by a pitch to pick up an RBI. Willis crushed a ball to center, driving in two with a standup double. Kurt Lee picked up an RBI with a single to center. Willis crossed home plate a wild pitch for Iowa's seventh run of the inning.
Purdue (33-24) got on the board in the fourth, plating a pair to trail, 7-2. The Boilermakers scattered four of their 12 hits in the fourth frame, all singles. Purdue picked up an additional tally in the bottom of the eighth.
Iowa (29-27) added one in the eighth to extend its lead, 8-2. Muller reached base on a fielding error and later swiped his third bag of the game. With a McCool double, Muller scored.
Today marked the fifth time in a week that the Iowa and Purdue faced each other. The last time the Hawkeyes faced a team five times in a season was Ohio State in 1990 and Iowa took three of the five.
WP - Dermody (3-2) LP - Jansen (2-5)


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I don't want a discussion about when to and not to throw exceptions. I wish to resolve a simple issue. 99% of the time the argument for not throwing exceptions revolves around them being slow while the other side claims (with benchmark test) that the speed is not the issue. I've read numerous blogs, articles, and posts pertaining one side or the other. So which is it?
I'm on the "not slow" side. I've written two short articles about this. There are criticisms of the benchmark aspect, which are mostly down to "in real life there'd be more stack to go through, so you'd blow the cache etc" - but using error codes to work your way up the stack would also blow the cache, so I don't see that as a particularly good argument.
Just to make it clear - I don't support using exceptions where they're not logical. For instance,
When using exceptions in "only reasonable circumstances" I've never seen an application whose performance was significantly impaired by exceptions. Basically, exceptions shouldn't happen often unless you've got significant correctness issues, and if you've got significant correctness issues then performance isn't the biggest problem you face.
There is the definitive answer to this from the guy who implemented them - Chris Brumme. He wrote an excellent blog article about the subject (warning - its very long)(warning2 - its very well written, if you're a techie you'll read it to the end and then have to make up your hours after work :) )
The executive summary: they are slow. They are implemented as Win32 SEH exceptions, so some will even pass the ring 0 CPU boundary! Obviously in the real world, you'll be doing a lot of other work so the odd exception will not be noticed at all, but if you use them for program flow except your app to be hammered. This is another example of the MS marketing machine doing us a disservice. I recall one microsoftie telling us how they incurred absolutely zero overhead, which is complete tosh.
Chris gives a pertinent quote:
As MusiGenesis said, "Exceptions are slow in .NET if they are thrown"
So, yes, you don't want to throw too many of them. On my computer, a simple throw inside a loop, it took 9.5 seconds to throw 1000 exceptions, but that time would increase, were the exception to be buried inside a large stack.
That is why flow control should NOT be done by exceptions (I know your question didn't ask for anything other than the speed, but you can work that out yourself with a timed test). Sure, you should throw exceptions whenever something goes wrong. However, you should keep the number of things going wrong to a minimum. E.g. don't pass bad data to a function.
Ha, and every answer so far (including this) is talking about when to, and when not to throw exceptions. Ironic.
In fact, I entirely agree with Jon, and I hadn't seen his answer when I wrote this.
I have no idea what people are talking about when they say they are slow only if they are thrown.
EDIT: If Exceptions aren't thrown, then that means you are doing new Exception() or something like that. Otherwise the exception is going to cause the thread to be suspended, and the stack to be walked. This may be Ok in smaller situations, but in high-traffic websites, relying on exceptions as a workflow or execution path mechanism will certainly cause you performance problems. Exceptions, per se, aren't bad, and are useful for expressing exceptional conditions
The exception workflow in a .NET app uses first and second chance exceptions. For all exceptions, even if you are catching and handling them, the exception object is still created and the framework still has to walk the stack to look for a handler. If you catch and rethrow of course that is going to take longer - you are going to get a first-chance exception, catch it, rethrow it, causing another first-chance exception, which then doesn't find a handler, which then causes a second-chance exception.
Exceptions are also objects on the heap - so if you are throwing tons of exceptions, then you are causing both performance and memory issues.
Furthermore, according to my copy of "Performance Testing Microsoft .NET Web Applications" written by the ACE team:
"Exception handling is expensive. Execution of the involved thread is suspended while CLR recurses through the call stack in search of the right exception handler, and when it is found, the exception handler and some number of finally blocks must all have their chance to execute before regular processing can be performed."
My own experience in the field showed that reducing exceptions significantly helped performance. Of course, there are other things you take into account when performance testing - for example, if your Disk I/O is shot, or your queries are in the seconds, then that should be your focus. But finding and removing exceptions should be a vital part of that strategy.
My XMPP server gained a major speed boost (sorry, no actual numbers, purely observational) after I consistently tried to prevent them from happening (such as checking if a socket is connected before try to read more data) and giving myself ways to avoid them (the mentioned TryX methods). That was with only about 50 active (chatting) virtual users.
The argument as I understand it is not that throwing exceptions are bad they are slow per se. Instead, it is about using the throw/catch construct as a first class way of controlling normal application logic, instead of more traditional conditional constructs.
Often in normal application logic you perform looping where the same action is repeated thousands/millions of times. In this case, with some very simple profiling (see the Stopwatch class), you can see for yourself that throwing an exception instead of say a simple if statement can turn out to be substantially slower.
In fact I once read that the .NET team at Microsoft introduced the TryXXXXX methods in .NET 2.0 to many of the base FCL types specifically because customers were complaining that performance of their applications was so slow.
It turns out in many cases this was because customers were attempting type conversion of values in a loop, and each attempt failed. An conversion exception was thrown and then caught by an exception handler that then swallowed the exception and continued the loop.
Microsoft now recommend the TryXXX methods should be used particularly in this situation to avoid such possible performance issues.
I could be wrong, but it sounds like you are not certain about the veracity of the "benchmarks" you have read about. Simple solution: Try it out for yourself.
I have never had any performance problem with exceptions. I use exceptions a lot -- I never use return codes if I can. They are a bad practice, and in my opinion, smell like spaghetti code.
I think it all boils down to how you use exceptions: if you use them like return codes (each method call in the stack catches and rethrows) then, yeah, they will be slow, because you have overhead each single catch/throw.
But if you throw at the bottom of the stack and catch at the top (you substitute a whole chain of return codes with one throw/catch), all costly operations are done once.
At the end of the day, they are a valid language feature.
Just to prove my point
Please run the code at this link (too big for an answer).
Results on my computer:
Timestamps are output at the beginning, between return codes and exceptions, at the end. It takes the same time in both cases. Note that you have to compile with optimizations.
If you compare them to return codes they are slow as hell. However as previous posters stated you don't want to throw in normal program operation so you only get the perf hit when a problem occurs and in the vast majority of cases performance no longer matters (as the exception implies a road-block anyway).
They're definately worth using over error codes, the advantages are vast IMO.
Just to add my own recent experience to this discussion: in line with most of what is written above, I found throwing exceptions to be extremely slow when done on a repeated basis, even without the debugger running. I just increased the performance of a large program I'm writing by 60% by changing about five lines of code: switching to a return-code model instead of throwing exceptions. Granted, the code in question was running thousands of times and potentially throwing thousands of exceptions before I changed it. So I agree with the statement above: throw exceptions when something important actually goes wrong, not as a way of controlling application flow in any "expected" situations.
But mono throws exception 10x faster than .net standalone mode, and .net standalone mode throws exception 60x faster than .net debugger mode. (Testing machines have same CPU model)
In release mode the overhead is minimal.
Unless you are going to be using exceptions for flow-control (example, non-local exits) in a recursive fashion, I doubt you will be able to notice the difference.
One quick note here on the performance associated with catching exceptions.
When the execution path enters a 'try' block, nothing magical happens. There is no 'try' instruction, and no cost associated with either entering or exiting the try block. Information about the try block is stored in the method's metadata, and this metadata is used at runtime whenever an exception is raised. The execution engine walks down the stack looking for the first call that was contained in a try block. Any overhead associated with exception handling occurs only when exceptions are thrown.
Rather than look at the number of exceptions per second, try taking a look at the performance of exceptions vs the performance of return values. Below is a small test I wrote. The results show that exceptions are MASSIVELY slow compared to return values.
For a depth-8 call chain, throwing an exception is 750-TIMES slower than checking and propagating a return value. (see below)
This proves the often repeated "only use exceptions for infrequent cases", which is unfortunate, because it means we have to choose to use or not use them based on performance, not whether the syntax is safe or clear.
Exceptions define a function over the validity of function return values. I don't see any reason we should expect exceptions to be less common than success cases. Consider checking a threadsafe cache for a hit. Using Contains() first causes two lookups instead of one, and is not atomic WRT threading. Something like TryGetValue() removes the compiler's ability to do useful analysis of whether the return value is valid based on success/failure. It also dirties APIs for library implementors to make both exception and exception-less versions of things (since they have no idea how frequent the exceptional case is).
I'd prefer to be able to use exceptions for the safety and expressiveness and have them be fast. I believe most of the cost is in generating the traceback that is not used when the exception is caught.
(abbreviated results below, run program for full results)
And here is the code..
When writing classes/functions for others to use it appears to be difficult to say when exceptions are appropriate. There are some useful parts of BCL that I had to ditch and go for pinvoke because they throw exceptions instead of returning errors. For some cases you can work around it but for others like System.Management and Performance Counters there are usages where you need to do loops in which exceptions are thrown by BCL frequently.
If you are writing a library and there's a remote possibility that your function may be used in a loop and there's a potential for large amount of iterations, use the Try.. pattern or some other way to expose the errors beside exceptions. And even then, it's hard to say how much your function will get called if it's being used by many processes in shared environment.
In my own code, exceptions are only thrown when things are so exceptional that its necessary to go look at the stack trace and see what went wrong and then fix it. So I pretty much have re-written parts of BCL to use error handling based on Try.. pattern instead of exceptions.


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Eric Talmadge, Associated Press
OBSERVATION POST OUELLETTE, South Korea — Lt. Col. Edward Taylor stands behind a wall of sandbags overlooking the North Korean landscape and a bank of trees along the most fortified border in the world. The trees obstruct the view, he explains. They need to come down.
But this is the DMZ.
The last time anyone tried cutting trees here was 36 years ago, and it set off a melee with the North Koreans. Two U.S. soldiers were hacked to death with their own axes, touching off Operation Paul Bunyan, a full-scale mobilization of fighter jets, B-52 bombers and an aircraft carrier strike group that brought the two sides dangerously close to conflict.
The axes and clubs are still on display in a North Korean museum near the border as evidence of how the U.S. — Pyongyang claims — used the tree-cutting as a pretext to incite mayhem.
But to this day, the U.S. Army believes the 1976 Ax Murder Incident — North Korea calls it the Panmunjom Incident — was a premeditated attempt to boost the hard-line reputation of Kim Jong Il, who was then being groomed to eventually succeed his father as North Korea's leader.
With Kim's own son, Kim Jong Un, now cutting his teeth, Taylor knows his pruning plans could be all that is needed to set off America's next big war. He commands the U.S. border battalion tasked with monitoring the Demilitarized Zone and providing security.
Though often overshadowed by more pressing conflicts elsewhere — Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and now the stare-down with Iran — the potential for bloody hostilities on the Korean Peninsula is as real as ever. An agreement announced this week trading U.S. food aid for North Korean nuclear concessions opens a path to broader talks, but challenging obstacles remain.
If war does break out again, the 28,000 U.S. troops in Korea defending a 60-year-old truce arrangement will be right in the thick of it.
"We are in daily contact, sometimes within arm's reach," Taylor told The Associated Press back in his base camp, named after Capt. Arthur Bonifas, one of the two Americans killed in the 1976 clash. "If something happens, it could happen in minutes."
Maybe, he says, the trees can wait.
It's easy to get complacent about Korea. The deadly game of cat-and-mouse on the peninsula hasn't changed much since the 1976 incident, or for that matter since the 1953 armistice to the Korea conflict.
Crises come and go with numbing frequency.
North Korea pushed the fragile truce to its limits two years ago, when Washington and Seoul say it torpedoed and sank a South Korean warship and later launched a limited but fatal artillery strike on a disputed border island. Pyongyang denies sinking the ship and says the artillery firing was provoked by the South Korean military, which was conducting a live-fire drill nearby.
Washington and Seoul play games of their own.
The United States regularly flies U-2 spy planes out of a base near the border that North Korea views as provocative. U.S. and South Korean soldiers frequently conduct patrols along the DMZ, often at night, that bring them into potentially dangerous proximity to their North Korean counterparts.
The three countries' militaries are at their most active right around this time of year.
Each year North Korea's 1.2 million troops, most of them based south of Pyongyang, mobilize for their December-to-April training, which is followed by a lull in the spring and summer as they return to the fields to help plant and harvest. After a brief respite following Kim Jong Il's death in mid-December, the winter training cycle is just reaching its peak.
This is also when the U.S. and South Korea hold their biggest war games. Some 200,000 South Korean and 13,000 U.S. troops are taking part in the annual Foal Eagle maneuvers that began this week and run through April.
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