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Atlas Shrugged Part 2 box office plummets
Last weekend, Atlas Shrugged: Part II had one of the worst domestic openings ever for a movie in wide release (600-2,000 venues). If that wasn't bad enough, the widely derided sequel to last year's major box office bomb Atlas Shrugged: Part I suffered the worst box office drop among the top 15 movies on Box Office Mojo's domestic weekend chart. (Image: Atlas Shrugged Part 2 Esai Morales as Francisco d'Anconia, Samantha Mathis as Ayn Rand's businesswoman Dagny Taggart, Jason Beghe as Henry Rearden.)
Starring Samantha Mathis as individualistic entrepreneur Dagny Taggart (The Lucky One's Taylor Schilling in Part I), Atlas Shrugged Part 2 was down an alarming 65 percent, raking in a comatose $613,000 at 945 venues (67 fewer than last weekend), according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Among the top 15 movies, the closest to Atlas Shrugged Part 2's drop-off rate was Trouble with the Curve's: the Clint Eastwood / Amy Adams baseball flick was down 53 percent – but after losing 887 sites.
For comparison's sake: on weekend no. 2, Atlas Shrugged Part 1 was down 48 percent despite the addition of 166 locations. That's a terrible performance, of course, but even after the first Atlas Shrugged began shedding theaters on weekend no. 3, it never suffered as steep a drop as the sequel. In fact, Part 1's worst drop-off rate was 58 percent on weekend no. 3 – after losing 143 venues. Three weekends later, the film was gone.
After ten days, Atlas Shrugged Part 2 has yet to reach $3m; its box office cume currently stands at an estimated $2.9 million. And as mentioned in my previous post about Atlas Shrugged Part 2's box office performance, the John Putch-directed sociopolitical drama will likely end its run with less than $4 million at the domestic box office. And that means less than $4 million at the box office, period. Reportedly budgeted at $20m, Atlas Shrugged Part 2 will find no international following.
And, U.S. presidential elections or no, expect even fewer theaters screening Atlas Shrugged Part 2 next weekend. On weekend no. 1, the film averaged a disastrous $1,731 per venue. This weekend, the estimated average is a catastrophic $649.
Atlas Shrugged Part 1 has a 6 percent approval rating and 3.2/10 average rating among Rotten Tomatoes' top critics. That's about as low as it gets. True, Atlas Shrugged Part 2 currently has a 0 percent approval rating and 2.2/10 average, but that's because only ten top critics have been listed so far (vs. 17 reviews for the first movie). Someone will eventually post a positive review at Rotten Tomatoes.
A mind-boggling flop
Atlas Shrugged Part 2's dismal box office performance is quite surprising, considering the fear in the hearts of so many Americans that the United States government is about to be taken over by those who want to destroy their civil liberties. As a reflection of author Ayn Rand's views, Atlas Shrugged Part 2 is a cinematic depiction of the dangers of government control, dictating what choices people are allowed to make for themselves.
In my understanding, that would encompass what to produce, what to create, what to read, what to watch, which gods (and/or goddesses) to believe or not believe, whom people are allowed to marry (and/or divorce), taking away women's (and men's) control over their own bodies and sex lives, allowing the megarich and the megapowerful to usurp democracy, and higher taxes to finance disastrous military operations. Watching the news, those seem to be clear and present dangers the United States is currently facing; so, it's truly mind boggling that Atlas Shrugged Part 2 has been unable to reach a broader audience.
Atlas Shrugged Part 2 cast
Besides Samantha Mathis, the Atlas Shrugged Part 2 cast features Jason Beghe, Esai Morales, Kim Rhodes, Richard T. Jones, and Patrick Fabian. The screenplay is credited to television writer Duke Sandefur and Atlas Shrugged Part 1 and Cemetery Gate's Brian Patrick O'Toole.
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Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer?
The issue first came to public attention in 1993, when a Florida man appeared on a popular TV talk show and claimed that his wife's brain tumor was caused by RF (radiofrequency) radiation from her cell phone.
The lawsuit was dismissed in 1995 due to a lack of scientific and medical evidence, but the issue had already taken on a great deal of importance. Since then, there have been many allegations in the media that cell phones cause cancer.
The question remains: Are cell phones really dangerous? The following summary of recent research results and answers to frequently asked questions may shed some light on this burning topic.
what is the concern?Cellular phones operate with RF (Radio Frequencies); a form of electromagnetic energy located on the electromagnetic spectrum between FM radio waves and the waves used in microwave ovens, radars and satellites.
The amount of RF a person is exposed to with the use of a cell phone depends on a number of factors:
A number of organizations, such as the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), have set limits for human exposure to RF fields. Nevertheless, many individuals claim that repeated RF exposure from cell phones, even at low levels, may cause brain tumors.
research resultsBecause cell phones have only been in widespread use for about a decade, there hasn't been much opportunity to carry out long-term studies of their effects on our health. However, four recently published studies that compared cell phone use in brain cancer patients and individuals with no brain cancer found the same results.
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Frankenweenie is opening in theaters today! My kids are going to be begging me to go see it this weekend – and it looks good enough to justify paying to see it in the theaters!
A couple of weeks ago, Disney sent us a bunch of printable activities with the fun Frankenweenie characters – this week they also sent over some adorable printable masks to share. We're having a Halloween birthday party for my daughter in a few weeks, and I will totally be printing these out and sticking them into the goody bags for the kids.
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The former world number one, coming off a wretched 2013, channelled the halcyon days of his new coach Stefan Edberg, dominating at the net to humble the stunned Frenchman in 112 electrifying minutes under the lights of Rod Laver Arena.
Having suffered early exits at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, Federer muscled into his 41st grand slam quarter-final, equalling the record of American Jimmy Connors in the professional era.
The 17-times grand slam winner sealed the match with an imperious cross-court volley to book a blockbuster clash with Wimbledon champion Andy Murray for a place in the semi-finals.
"I thought I played really well tonight," Federer said. "Against Jo-Willie you've gotta bring your best game because he dictates play a lot.
"I thought I did a good job myself dictating a lot of the play tonight. It helped that I played well in the first three matches to come in and play a solid match tonight."
As for Tsonga, he had to admit that Federer was on another level.
"He was playing unbelievable. I was not good enough to destabilise him," said the Frenchman.
"I played good tennis, but maybe I didn't serve well enough. Everything in my game was there. I was pretty strong on the baseline. But he took the ball very early today, and he was always taking [time away from me]."
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DURHAM, N.C. � Anthony Ranaudo tossed seven dominant innings, combining with two relievers on a three-hitter while Christian Vazquez homered and drove home four runs as the Pawtucket Red Sox blanked the Durham Bulls, 7-0, on Friday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park to salvage a split in the four-game series.
Ranaudo (6-4) allowed two baserunners, a second-inning double to Justin Christian and a third-inning single to Cole Figueroa while striking out seven. He threw 95 pitches and retired the final 13 batters he faced in matching his longest outing of the season.
Jose Valdez (eighth inning) and Chris Resop (ninth inning, one hit) finished the shutout as Pawtucket pitching combined to retire 19 of the final 20 batters.
Vazquez started his big night with a two-out, three-run homer in the first inning against Bulls starter Enny Romero. Vazquez�s blast to right, the first homer of his Triple-A career, scored Corey Brown and Travis Shaw who had each singled.
Pawtucket chased Romero from the game by scoring three more times in the third on four more hits. Vazquez lined an RBI double to right that made the score 4-0, and two batters later, Carlos Rivero lined a two-out, two-run single.
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A fire in a piece of machinery led to the evacuation of Formed Fiber Technologies on Allied Road in Auburn on Monday afternoon.
No one was injured in the processing machine fire which was reported at 1:51 p.m., said Battalion Chief Tim Allen of the Auburn Fire Department.
The building and the machine had about $230,000 in damage. The cause is under investigation, Allen said.
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Karina Thompson.
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Textile artist Karina Thompson was based at Soho House, the home of Matthew Boulton, a leading figure in the Industrial Revolution. Weaver Lauren Crawford supported Karina and together they worked with women from the Asian Women's Textile Group using the interior of Boulton's house for inspiration.
The Asian Women's Textiles Group has been meeting together for many years and have excellent skills base in traditional Indian hand stitch. Karina wanted to offer some new techniques to stimulate new directions to the women. To encourage more of a link between the group and Soho House, Karina took them on a 'pattern safari' around the house, to photograph examples of interesting patterns. She also showed them various textile techniques including machine embroidery, heat bonding and slashing.
By the end of the project, a number of women had grown in confidence to get involved in decision making for the group. The individual pieces are really beautiful and have been sewn together to make a new piece of work on display at Soho House. Karina was very impressed by how committed the women are to the group.
I am interested how we as humans use technology to make our lives better. Recently my work has been about digital technology in the 21st Century but Matthew Boulton and the significant developments that he instigated have been a longstanding interest of mine. The time at Soho House has allowed me to look at his life in greater depth. It became clear early on that circles were a recurring theme; steam engine rotary movement, coin making, button making, clock faces. Given the importance of the Lunar Society within Boulton's life, the idea of a piece of work reflecting both the lunar cycle and the circles became apparent.
These pieces are taken from a site specific installation in the Lunar Room at Soho House. The installation uses imagery from Boulton's involvement in the development of steam powered rotary movement, his creation of the Birmingham Mint and the coins it made, his co-foundation of the Lunar Society and his interest in astronomy and time keeping.
The original installation consisted of 29 pieces each representing a phase of the moon. The piece was laid out around the dining table in Soho House that the Lunar Society regularly met at. Each piece uses digitally programmed embroidery, often on digitally printed fabric.
Working with the Asian Women's Textile Group enabled me to revisit my experience of working with an interpreter. It's something I have done before with sign language and it was a useful reflective practice. It was also good to build on experience in terms of talking and interacting with participants appropriately.
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NEW BEDFORD — Following the end of the public comment period on the Environmental Protection Agency's $366 million settlement with harbor polluter AVX Corp., residents will have to wait to find out if the settlement will be enforced.
Comments will now be reviewed by the EPA, the U.S. Department of Justice and Commonwealth of Massachusetts before being submitted to a federal judge for approval, according to a "community update" released by the EPA.
EPA officials would not provide a time line for how long that process will take.
"The Court's role will be to review the settlement terms, to consider the public comments and the governments' responses, and to approve the settlement if the Court finds that it satisfies the applicable legal standards," according to the update.
The update also formally announces the EPA's plans to begin a "Focused Feasibility Study."
That study would reconsider the use of Confined Disposal Facilities, or bulkheads filled with contaminated sediment, in the harbor cleanup.
As part of that study, the update says, the EPA may evaluate how to use a specially engineered hole in the harbor floor to hold contamination, called a CAD Cell, in the Upper Harbor.
In 2010 the EPA decided to use a CAD Cell in the Lower Harbor. Environmental groups oppose the use of CAD cells for Superfund cleanup anywhere in the harbor, saying that the cells themselves will be too contaminated. They are also concerned about the risk of humans inhaling PCBs when the PCB-contaminated sediment is exposed to air while it temporarily sits on a split-hulled barge before being dumped into the CAD cell.
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This is the second in a series of blog posts on those who will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, N.Y., on Sunday.
Julio Cesar Chavez had more than 30 professional victories to go along with his budding reputation as one of Mexico's hottest prospects when he fought for the first time on U.S. soil.
However, his sixth-round knockout of Jerry Lewis on the undercard of Rafael Limon-Bobby Chacon IV in Sacramento, Calif., in December 1982 failed to make a lasting impression on the fans or those on press row that night. Part of the reason was that the main event, THE RING's fight of the year, was so memorable. It was also because Chavez did what he was supposed to do with his journeyman opponent, who he had stopped in five rounds in his previous bout in Tijuana.
But it wouldn't take long for the fresh-faced kid from Culiacan to live up to his hype. His third fight in the U.S., a 10-round decision over capable Adriano Arreola on the Alberto Davila-Francisco Bejines undercard in September of 1983, may have signaled the beginning of a legend.
"That was a tremendous fight, a one-sided war," said veteran publicist John Beyrooty, who covered the card, which took place at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, for the now-defunct Herald-Examiner. "Chavez had an impressive record and a huge buzz was building among Mexican fans, but he had to prove himself against a decent fighter, which Arreola was.
"Arreola was tough and skilled and he had his moments, but Chavez had many more. I remember that the place was packed. It was a great crowd. I think he made his name in L.A. with that fight."
Chavez made a name for himself throughout Mexico one year later when he won his first title, the WBC's super featherweight (130 pounds) belt, with a bloody eight-round stoppage of battle-tested Mario Martinez in the same storied arena.
By the end of the decade, Chavez, who will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, N.Y., on Sunday, would be known to fight fans around the world as "El Gran Campeon Mexicano," the great Mexican champ.
By the early '90s, when he had extended his incredible record to more than 80 consecutive victories, he was almost unanimously hailed as the greatest fighter ever from Mexico, a true honor given the country's rich boxing tradition.
Chavez wasn't the most talented or skillful fighter Mexico has ever produced. Fellow Mexicans who are enshrined in the hall of fame, such as Salvador Sanchez, Miguel Canto, Rubin Olivares, and Ricardo Lopez, were superior boxers in terms of their versatility, athleticism and technique.
However, Chavez is hands down the most accomplished Mexican fighter ever, and he's arguably the most popular.
"He is beloved," said Beyrooty. "He was so beloved that his fans couldn't accept that he was done by the mid-to-late 1990s, when he lost twice to Oscar De La Hoya. They thought the cut made a difference in the first fight (with De La Hoya, a fourth-round TKO) and actually paid to see the rematch.
"But that's OK. He was beloved because he earned it by fighting the best of his era."
Chavez, who won his first title at age 22, defended the 130-pound belt nine times, including nationally televised victories over Top-10 contender Ruben Castillo (TKO 6), and respected former titleholders Roger Mayweather (TKO 2), Rocky Lockridge (MD 12), and Juan LaPorte (UD 12).


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Water 2014, 6(8), 2339-2352; doi:10.3390/w6082339
Tracking Inflows in Lake Wivenhoe during a Major Flood Using Optical Spectroscopy
1 Centre for Water Management and Reuse, School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia 2 School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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AbstractLake Wivenhoe is the largest water storage reservoir in South-East Queensland and is the primary drinking water supply storage for over 600,000 people. The dam is dual purpose and was also designed to minimize flooding downstream in the city of Brisbane. In early January, 2011, record inflows were experienced, and during this period, a large number of catchment pollutants entered the lake and rapidly changed the water quality, both spatially and vertically. Due to the dendritic nature of the storage, as well as multiple inflow points, it was likely that pollutant loads differed greatly depending on the water depth and location within the storage. The aim of this study was to better understand this variability in catchment loading, as well as water quality changes during the flood event. Water samples were collected at five locations during the flood period at three different depths (surface, mid-depth and bottom), and the samples were analysed using UV and fluorescence spectroscopy. Primary inflows were identified to persist into the mid-storage zone; however, a strong lateral inflow signature was identified from the mid-storage zone, which persisted to the dam wall outflow. These results illustrate the heterogeneity of inflows in water storages of this type, and this paper discusses the implication this has for the modelling and management of such events.
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"I don't let him have a Facebook account because I don't want him meeting people online," Crystal Sunderman said. "I didn't realize they could do so much on Xbox."
Late Friday night, the boys snuck out of Corey's home to go skateboarding and were caught by the cops for violating curfew. After police brought the boys back to the Sundermans' home, Crystal Sunderman tried to make sure the teens wouldn't run out again.
"This is going to sound really stupid, but I took all the shoes downstairs and put them in a bag and took them up to my room, thinking if I had the boys' shoes, they couldn't go out and go skateboarding again," she said.
This is not Corey Sunderman's first disappearance from home. He's left twice before, though he always returned and has never had any legal trouble, his mother said.
His most recent run this past summer, Crystal Sunderman said, also involved a girl he met on Xbox.
"He's got contacts in Pennsylvania, in Washington, in all these places," Crystal Sunderland said. "I mean, it's just like are you kidding me?"
If your kid was brought home by the police, would you only take their shoes?
I felt sympathetic that she was naive about XBox; maybe she was thinking of the days of the old Nintendos and Playstations and didn't realize all you can do online. But then she says all the rest of it, and he's done this before. And all she did was take his shoes. I hpoe the kids are found safe soon before anyone is hurt, but what in the world.


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Stage Presence: A member of the band Skillet salutes the crowd as pyrotechnics blast off behind. "I absolutely love shooting their shows because there's so much energy and stage presence," says Savinelli. "All that excitement and the adrenalin of the crowd results in better shots."
Backstage Pass: Connecticut-based shooter Dan Savinelli gives us an all-access look at building an identity as a concert and event photographer.
Jessica Gordon: When did you first pick up a camera?
Dan Savinelli: In my late teens, I purchased a friend's Nikon FE with an all-in-one zoom lens. My favorite thing to do was gallivant around New York City shooting black-and-white photography.
JG: Where did you study photography?
DS: At the Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut. However, college wasn't my only influence; a good portion of my education was self-taught—following blogs, looking at others' work, playing in Photoshop, online training, workshops and practice. The most important stage of my learning has come from assisting—you learn everything from top to bottom. It's something I highly recommend every photo student try, even if it's an unpaid internship.
JG: What has been your most memorable shoot?
DS: It was my first concert shot for a promoter—I was a volunteer production assistant, setting up and breaking down shows and doing the dirty work. After the promoters got to know me, I asked if I could shoot one of their next shows. I sent the promotion company's founder and president jpegs from the show in the middle of the night and within minutes got return e-mails that were so complimentary and said how very excited they were about the job I did. It was an overwhelming response, which felt good, especially since it was my first concert.
DS: Shooting Skillet, a band signed to Atlantic Records. I absolutely love shooting their shows because there's so much excitement, energy and stage presence, not to mention amazing pyrotechnics, huge explosions and lights. All that excitement, energy and the adrenalin of the crowd results in better shots.
JG: How have you defined your identity as a concert shooter?
DS: When people look at my work as a music photographer, I want them to say, "Wow, that's what I missed by not going to that concert." When I achieve that, it gives commercial value to pictures—bands and management like pictures that make people want to go to their shows. I try to capture the personality of the performer—freezing the prized moments of the concert in images is the ultimate goal.
DS: A fairly good amount—cameras do not see with the colors or in the depth that your eye does. The pictures at times can look flat, the blacks are unflattering and the lighting dim. I don't manipulate concert images, I enhance them. I try to use all different Photoshop methods to bring maximum enhancement to the images, while keeping it real to what happened.
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JG: What's been the single most useful tool in building relationships with bands, agents, promoters and so on?
DS: I think the most useful tool is one's attitude. This applies to professional commercial photography as a whole, not just the music world. Over the years, I have worked with art directors, designers, directors of photography and so on, asking them this very question myself, and their answer is usually that they would rather work with an easy-to-work-with person who has a good portfolio more than an egomaniac who has a perfect portfolio. A humble approach, a good attitude and respect for others you work with will take you a long way. Mix integrity with your talents.
DS: At the concerts I shoot, I give bands Internet resolution shots with my Web address on the bottom of the photos. They can only use them for promotion on Facebook, Myspace and their Web site. Because my Web address is on the bottom, it usually drives a lot of traffic to my site—I've found this to be the most effective.
JG: Tell me about your relationship working with commercial and editorial photographer Joe McNally?
DS: Incredible and educational; the whole experience started in an unusual way. I was a carpenter and painter, and was building a set for Joe's self-produced video lighting series. The building of the set got cancelled, but they needed an extra photo assistant for the shoot, so they brought me on. It was pretty surreal to get to work for and learn from one of the world's top shooters on a personal level.
JG: Where do you hope to take your photography next?
DS: One big direction I would like to go into is unit stills photography. Unit stills photographers work alongside the film crew and director as a movie is being shot, taking all the pictures used in the promotion of the film. Concerts and unit stills are similar in that you're capturing the action, and the energy of the production. One of my big dreams is to move toward a movie-based career.
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LENSES: AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D
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LIGHTING: Nikon SB-900 AF Speedlight, Pocket Wizard Plus II
MEDIA: Sandisk 8gb Extreme Compact Flash Cards
ADDITIONAL GEAR: Manfrotto 055 CXPRO4 Tripod, Acratech GP Ballhead, Manfrotto 682B Monopod, Really Right Stuff L-bracket
BAGS: Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Bag (The best concert bag, bar none!), Pelican 1510f Rolling Case


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- Owners: To protect both your house and personal property.
- Tenants: To protect your furniture and other personal property.
- Everyone: Protection against liability for accidents that injure other people or damage their property.
How much home insurance do I need?
- Property protection: The better the coverage, the less you will have to pay out of your own pocket if disaster strikes.
- Self-protection: You need enough liability coverage to protect yourself from lawsuits resulting from your negligence.
- Lender requirements: Your lender may require you to cover the house for at least the amount of the mortgage. This may be either too little or too much coverage for your individual circumstances. You are not required to purchase insurance from the insurer recommended by your lender.
- Policy requirements: Insurers may impose some coverage requirements for replacement cost protection.
What is the difference between the "replacement cost value - (RC)" and the "actual cash value - (ACV)" of my property?
- Replacement cost coverage pays to replace your home and belongings with materials of "like kind and quality" at current prices. Actual cash value policies reimburse the depreciated value: Replacement cost value minus depreciation = actual cash value.
- A replacement cost policy will usually cost more. Some companies do not offer replacement cost coverage.
I rent a home. Why do I need to purchase insurance?
Tenant insurance offers renters coverage similar to homeowner insurance. It is normally a special "package" that combines coverage for personal liability, premises medical coverage, additional living expense, and personal property (contents) coverage. Tenant insurance does not cover the building but may have a provision to cover tenant improvements.
Who can buy tenant insurance?
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Is there other coverage that can be purchased with the renter's policy?
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On the 12th of November 1881, two local sides from the outskirts of northern industrial town in England came together to play a game of Association Football. They were Newton Heath and St Mark's (West Gorton).
That match was watched by just a handful of spectators, though a correspondent from the local paper - the Ashton Reporter - did make it along to the clash, and told readers that it was a 'pleasant game'.
Fast forward 133 years, and those sides have become two of the biggest football clubs on the planet: Manchester United and Manchester City.
The Ashton Reporter is still going too, incidentally, and after a series of rebrandings and mergers over the years is now a full-colour free paper covering the area. By rights it should have become the north of England's answer to the New Yorker, but while the paper stayed small the clubs got big. And then they got huge.
There are many other huge derbies in world football - Spain's Clasico, for example - while United also enjoy fiercely vitriolic rivalries with clubs including Liverpool and Leeds.
But there remains something special about the Manchester Derby. As the clubs get ready to do battle once more, we trace back through the years to look at the progression of this once-local clash into a coming together of titanic football organisations.
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1881 — West Gorton (St Marks) v Newton Heath
The very first Manchester derby was before the names City and United came into existence. West Gorton (later to become City) and Newton Heath (United) were just two of a number of clubs in the Manchester area that used to face off against each other. The Heathens won the friendly match 3-0 in a match that the Ashton Reporter newspaper called: "A very pleasant game." The first league meeting between the sides would not take place for another 13 years when Newton Heath beat the now-named Manchester City 5-2 in a Second Division match played in front of 14,000 people at Hyde Road.
1906 - Newton Heath v Manchester City in the first top flight clash
The two sides had met in the league for the first time in 1894, when City had just re-named itself from Ardwick AFC (which it had become in 1887) to Manchester City. But the first top flight clash between the two sides would have to wait a further 12 years - and when it did, it was a moment of sweet revenge for City's 1904 FA Cup winners beat their local rivals 3-0. The joy didn't last long: a few months later City were found guilty of making illegal payments to 17 players, with the club fined and the players banned. United actually picked up four of the City players when those bans ended (a move seen at the time as a good way to help a beleaguered fellow side rather than cruel poaching), and United would win their first ever league title a year later thanks in large part to the efforts of the former City stars.
1957 - The Busby Babes' final derby
While this game provided plenty of entertainment at the time - United won it 4-1 - it was to take on far greater significance the following year. The First Division match at Old Trafford proved to be many players' last derby date, with the Munich air crash decimating Matt Busby's squad on that fateful night in February 1958. But it was a fitting farewell to derbies for Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, David Pegg, Liam Whelan, Duncan Edwards and Tommy Taylor, as the latter two added goals to those of Johnny Berry and Dennis Viollet to see United run out comfortable winners.
1974 - Denis Law's backheel
United legend Denis Law is one of a select few who have crossed the city divide, and one of an even smaller group to have scored against his former club. The goal, a delightful backheel, came at the end of the 1973-74 season in a 1-0 City win at Old Trafford which is widely, and erroneously, credited with sealing United's relegation to the Second Division. In fact, the goal was irrelevant as United were already doomed, but nevertheless Law was left visibly distraught by the goal and was eventually substituted.
1989 - City spank United 5-1
A result that gave City bragging rights for many years, the 5-1 result at Maine Road was arguably City's proudest moment against their bitter rivals from across town before the famous 6-1 in 2011. Forget that United have since beaten City 5-0, this result in the 1989-90 season remains one of the most memorable derby results in Mancunian history. David Oldfield was on the scoresheet twice with Trevor Morley, Ian Bishop and Andy Hinchcliffe getting the others for City. Mark Hughes hit a trademark scissor-kick for United, but the visitors still scurried back to Old Trafford with their tails between their legs.
1993 - Cantona inspires United comeback
Eric Cantona tops almost every modern-day United fan's greatest player list, such was the impact he had on the club following his shock transfer from Leeds. And his influence was never more evident than on a cold November night at Maine Road in 1993 when he led United from two goals down to an improbable 3-2 victory. The Frenchman was at the heart of United's recovery, scoring two himself before Roy Keane netted the winner. United went on to record a league and cup double while Cantona ended the season with 25 goals and was voted the PFA Player of the Year.
2001 - Keane v Haaland
"I'd waited long enough. I f***ing hit him hard. The ball was there (I think). Take that you ****." Roy Keane exacted revenge in the most brutal fashion in the derby of 2001 after Alf-Inge Haaland had made the mistake of accusing the United midfielder of feigning injury three years earlier. Keane's horrific knee-high challenge on the Norwegian deservedly earned him a red card with four minutes remaining in the 1-1 draw at Old Trafford. But perhaps even more shocking than the tackle itself was Keane's apparent lack of remorse, proven by the above extract from his autobiography. Haaland was never the same player again.
2009 - Owen steals it at the death
City's generous spending during the summer of 2009 gave hope to Blues fans that their team would become more than just 'noisy neighbours' - and in their first real test they did not disappoint. A rip-roaring derby at Old Trafford saw City match United all the way, with Craig Bellamy's last-minute equaliser seemingly securing a deserved point. But Michael Owen came off the bench to net a glorious winner in injury time and put City back in their place - at least until the thrilling Carling Cup semi-final first leg, which they won 2-1. United again had the last laugh in that one though, winning the second leg 3-1 and going on to win the trophy.
2011 - Rooney's goal-of-the-season winner
A surprisingly drab encounter at Old Trafford looked like fizzling out into a draw when David Silva's effort 25 minutes from time cancelled out Nani's first-half opener. That all changed in a moment when, in the 78th minute, Nani's speculative cross from the right curled towards the corner of the box. Rooney, with his back to goal, defied the looming defenders as he leapt into the air and fired a crisply-struck bicycle kick straight into the top corner. The magnificent strike was voted goal of the season, and rightly so: the goal was a virtually flawless piece of footballing skill, but to pull it off under such pressure made it even more special.
2011 — Why always Balotelli?
Just days after stories emerged about Mario Balotelli having to call out the fire brigade when fireworks were let off inside his house, the Italian showed why Roberto Mancini had put up with his antics for so long as he played a key role in City's derby humiliation of United. Balotelli scored twice and drew the foul that got Jonny Evans sent off - an incident that prompted an astonishing second-half collapse from United. Evans saw red at 1-0, and shortly afterwards Balotelli plundered his second goal. Sergio Aguero added a third, before Edin Dzeko scored twice and David Silva once in a chaotic finale. Darren Fletcher netted a lone reply for United, who conceded six in a home league game for the first time since 1930, when Newcastle went one better in a 7-4 win.
2012 — Cup thriller at the Etihad
A nail-biting clash at the Etihad Stadium in the FA Cup third round saw City's defence of the trophy (where they beat United along the way) end at the first hurdle. United achieved a small measure of revenge for the 6-1 spanking handed to them at Old Trafford three months previously, but not without making life hard for themselves. Wayne Rooney opened the scoring on 10 minutes, and soon afterwards City captain Vincent Kompany was harshly sent off for a lunging tackle on Nani. A goal from Danny Welbeck and another from Rooney had United 3-0 up at half-time, but in the second half they almost contrived to throw it all away: Aleksandar Kolarov whipped in a fantastic free-kick just three minutes after the break to give City hope and Sergio Aguero struck midway through the half. However the 10 men of City were not quite able to salvage a replay. All this was played out against the backdrop of Paul Scholes coming out of retirement, news of which was broken just an hour or so before kick-off.
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Dailey said, "Growth is probably the number one issue because it directly or indirectly impacts all aspects of quality of life, whether it's education, whether it's public safety, whether it's parks."
Alan Williams, a former aide to Mayor John Marks mentioned that young people will help pass the buck saying, "The actual good part of it is they are now helping their community and helping, you know, some kid who needs a mentor or someone who needs support."
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Annual WIU "Economics Day" Feb. 1
January 24, 2013
MACOMB, IL – Issues concerning U.S. and global economics will be addressed at Western Illinois University's "Economics Day," Friday, Feb. 1. The event will be held in Stipes Hall, room 121, and is open free to WIU students, faculty, staff and the local community.
Sponsored by the WIU Department of Economics and Decision Sciences (EDS) and the WIU Visiting Lecture Series, the day's activities and speakers are planned in conjunction with the Center for Economic Education (CEE) at WIU. As a part of a national and state network of economic education, the CEE's primary goal is enhancement and improvement of the recruiting process for economics students by encouraging economic education.
This year's "Economics Day" events include:
10 - 11 a.m. – A discussion of "Freakonomics"—should schools should pay students for good grades?
11 a.m. - noon – "Economics in the News" an overview of the economy, the fiscal cliff and the trillion dollar coin.
2 - 3 p.m. – Alumni viewpoint with Linsey Ackerman of Caterpillar. Ackerman will discuss economics, education and working in the global business environment.
"We really enjoy this opportunity to educate our attendees about current economic issues," said Tom Sadler, associate professor of economics and decision sciences and director for the CEE. "This is such a terrific opportunity to illustrate the impact of U.S. and global economics on some of the world's most pressing business challenges."
For more information contact Sadler at TR-Sadler@ wiu.edu or Tej Kaul, EDS department chairperson, at email@example.com.
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The Daily Fail didn't quite live up to the epic treatment The Times gave of our future (look after yourself Ma'am!) King. Trust me, this is champagne idiocy…
The Prince of Wales has blamed a lack of belief in the soul for the world's environmental problems, and said that the planet cannot sustain a population expected to reach 9 billion in 40 years.
Well Chuckles, we can solve this problem one person at a time. I assume you have a set of Purdeys. Do us all the favour.
He said he found it "baffling" that so many scientists professed a faith in God yet this had little bearing on the "damaging" way science was used to exploit the natural world.
Prince Charles finds many, many things "baffling". I believe I should not dignify such outright bollocks with an answer but I shall. I have known scientists of many specialitities and of many faiths but I have never known one who didn't compartmentalise. What I mean is I have known Pagans, Christians and Jews who could hack Quantum Mechanics and their religious beliefs were, in that context, irrelevant.
The Prince pinned part of the blame on Galileo. Criticising the profit imperative behind much scientific research, he said: "This imbalance, where mechanistic thinking is so predominant, goes back at least to Galileo's assertion that there is nothing in nature but quantity and motion.
That is unfiskable nonsense. That is utter twattery. That's royalty for ya. I bet Chuckles doesn't know what the derivative of a sine function is and yet he is holding forth like some form of cunt in ordinary and particular.
"This is the view that continues to frame the general perception of the way the world works, and how we fit within the scheme of things."
"As a result, Nature has been completely objectified — 'She' has become an 'it' — and we are persuaded to concentrate on the material aspect of reality that fits within Galileo's scheme." The Prince said that he believed "green technology" alone could not resolve the world's environmental problems. Instead, the West must do something about its "deep, inner crisis of the soul"."
I knew an Italian law student who was barking. He was frequently chucked out of the flat by me and a burly Canadian flatmate. He once claimed to have a "magic toy shop in his head". Clearly Carlo has sold that one to Chuckles. Same name, really.
"Crisis of the soul"… Jesus fucking wept. There is a reason we are called "natural scientists" and it is our love of nature. Science is about glorying in nature and also figuring it out by rational means. Anyway, Prince Chuckles I spent the night of my wedding in bed with my wife. The night of your first one you were shagging another man's wife. "Crisis of the soul" – I guess you'd know. And him a brother officer in the Army and that is strictly against Queen's Regulations and that's your Mum that is!
Speaking at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies to mark its 25th anniversary, the Prince — who is patron of the centre — said that the West had been been "de-souled" by consumerism.
My wife, myself and my cat live in a reasonably spacious two bedroom house in Cheshire. Where do you live Chuckles? You utter cunt.
He said that the present approach to the environment was contrary to the teachings of all of the world's sacred traditions. The desire for financial profit ignored the spiritual teachings.
Oh my Gods! He has gone entirely woo-woo! What a complete tit-end. There is another way of stating "financial profit". It's called making a fucking living and is clearly something an inbred cretin like you can't grasp Chuckles.
"Over the years, I have pointed out again and again that our environmental problems cannot be solved simply by applying yet more and more of our brilliant green technology — important though it is."
Is this a backhanded way of acknowledging that "green technology" doesn't work so it's back to the yurt lads and lasses? (last yurt I saw on telly had a sat dish anyway) Also not the "again and again". Chuckles is getting narked that he is being treated like a quarter wit and not the Philosopher King he thinks he is. Technology, Chuckles is pretty much by definition how shit gets done. If I visit a client I have a laptop, a set of posidrives, a multimeter and a few other things (depends on the job) and not a fucking dowsing rod and a host of whirling dervishes. Inductive and deductive reasoning Chuckles is the only reason this world is not ruled by mysticism and tyranny.
Further note to Chuckles: Philosopher Kings do net tend to aspire to be tampons. I know I always bring this up but… Love makes fools of us all but you know if it has a fool to work with in the first place then it has a thousand yard start.
"It is no good just fixing the pump and not the well," he said. Talk of an "environmental crisis" or of a "financial crisis" was actually describing "the outward consequences of a deep, inner crisis of the soul".
Does Chuckles have the faintest grasp on reality? I think he's melting.
Focusing on population growth, he warned of "monumental problems" as numbers rose. "It would certainly help if the acceleration slowed down, but it would also help if the world reduced its desire to consume," he said.
Ah, the fixed wealth fallacy. From a geezer with two palaces. Magic.
You think I'm harsh on Prince Chuckles? Chuckles is a cunt-standing fucktroon of a turd-burglar. By that I mean no offence to male homosexuals at all (I tend to hold nothing against them*). I mean he simply creeps around in the dead of night and literally burgles turds. It's a sustainable industry. Monbiot does it too – on the sly – he's more of a felcher. If you are in the vicinity of either Highgrove or Clarence House I wouldn't go out after dark without a firearm otherwise you could face a fate worse than death. And beware of dithering men in double-breasted jackets. They might be called Charles.
*Sarge, You can shoot me for that later. That was bloody awful.


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The custom cards of the Perfect Pyramid deck are used to play new games and variants of great games you love: Path to Perfection, Pyramid Rummy, Pyramid Poker, and Solitaire Pyramid.
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Martinez, Ga--It's not a glamor spring sport but there's a pretty good talent pool in the world of track and field in the area. This year is no different. Over at Lakeside, usually it's the distance events we're talking about. Not this time with a sprinter that's leaving her mark.
Ashlan Rosier has blossomed into one of the top sprinters in the area. This past weekend, rosier, along with a handful of other area athletes were in New York City for the New Balance Track and Field Championships. While she didn't perform up to her standards in the big apple, it may have served motivation for the outdoor season.
"It' just showed me I need to work more and work harder at practice to get better" said Ashlan Rosier "My coach also helps us with practice, during practice he takes pictures of us and everything."
"That wasn't good enough for her" said coach Derek Myers "She wanted to be on the podium and so I love that because I know that's going to drive her further for this season and next season."
This weekend Rosier and the Panthers are competiting in Georgia Tech where her coach full expects her to set a school record in the 100 and 200. Her ultimate goal, follow in the footsteps of Reese Hoffa and be an Olympian. Rosier does run with an AAU team year 'round and should only get better seeing she's just a junior.


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Tracking the Storm: Analysis
Kirk Muller's head coaching debut with the Carolina Hurricanes didn't go exactly how he would have wanted. Result aside, he and the team liked the effort put forth, especially in the 5-on-5 game. "Honestly, I was really pleased," Muller said. "I thought the way our guys played, for the first couple of periods, we really pushed." Cam Ward, who faced just 20 shots, said the Canes deserved a better fate in what was a tightly contested match-up. The Hurricanes' power play struggles came to the forefront tonight as they failed to convert on any of their five chances. Florida, on the other hand, scored 13 seconds into their first power play and went 1-for-2 on the night. This is a part of the game that Muller won't be able to fix over night but will certainly get a lot of attention in the next few days of practice. When asked about the power play in post game, Muller smiled and said, "Well, we've got to work on it." He added later, "The tough thing tonight is that 5-on-5 we were going so well, but the power play didn't create any momentum for us." Andreas Nodl skated in his first game as a Hurricane after being claimed off waivers from Philadelphia. The 24-year-old winger got into Raleigh at 4 p.m., so he didn't have much time to prepare. All that considered, he was noticeable in a good way in over seven minutes of ice time; he's got some speed, which, paired with Stewart on the opposite wing, could make the fourth line more of a scoring threat. "I wasn't too familiar with the system, and there wasn't really much time to talk about that," Nodl said. "[Muller] pretty much just told me to go out and play as hard as I can, and I thought that's what I did. We'll talk about systems tomorrow." Muller wasn't the only change behind the bench tonight – Rod Brind'Amour and Tom Barrasso switched places, with Brind'Amour posting up with Muller and Lewis while Barrasso was the "eye in the sky." Muller said he wanted Barrasso up top for between-period insight and Brind'Amour on the bench to help Muller get more familiar with the players. It's a set-up we might see flip-flop again as Muller settles in. The Canes play again on Thursday and Saturday, rounding out their games-every-other-day-for-a-month stretch before heading out for a four-game road trip. The bounces didn't go the Canes' way tonight, and that's been the case recently. Once the team can start putting together some wins, maybe they'll see the bounces start to shift as well. "We've just got to roll our sleeves up," Muller said. "We can't afford to make a lot of mistakes."
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The breaks are going Florida's way, and that's why the Panthers are in first place.
Those things aren't happening for Carolina, and that's why the Hurricanes changed coaches.
Kirk Muller's debut behind Carolina's bench ended in defeat Tuesday night when the Panthers beat the Hurricanes 3-1 on a goal by Shawn Matthias with 3:19 left.
Matthias added an empty-netter in the final minute and Tomas Fleischmann also scored for the Southeast Division-leading Panthers. Jose Theodore made 26 saves.
"If I'm (a) player with a new coach, I'm going to come out with a ton of jump, and they did," Florida coach Kevin Dineen said. "That one was not our finest effort. It wasn't our worst effort. It was one of those games where you find a way and we found a way tonight."
Florida went more than 20 minutes between shots before scoring late to snap a two-game losing streak and earn points for the fifth time in six games. It moved five points ahead of Washington, which lost 2-1 to St. Louis.
Jeff Skinner scored and Cam Ward stopped 18 shots - and stuffed Jack Skille's penalty shot midway through the third period - for last-place Carolina, which lost its fourth straight.
Still, Muller's postgame message was positive.
"I said to them, `You guys did your part. You came, played hard."' Muller said. "It's been probably the way some of the games have been for them this year, and you want to give them hope. I just told them, `It wasn't tonight, but if the negative energy and when you go through these things, it can drain you so much.'
"I said, `You know what, as an athlete, if you give it all you got, you have to feel good - especially in these times now."'
Matthias' winner came after Carolina defenseman Tomas Kaberle attempted to send the puck around the boards and out of the zone. Matthias held it in, then skated near the right post, took a pass from Tomas Kopecky and stuffed the puck past Ward.
"He banked it in on me," Ward said.
The matchup between coaches and teams was appropriate, with Muller making his debut against one of his former clubs in Florida and one of his playing contemporaries in Dineen, the Panthers' first-year coach and a former Whalers and Hurricanes captain who holds the club record with 1,439 penalty minutes.
Without question, the overriding subplot of this game was Muller, who took over a day earlier after Paul Maurice was dismissed by Carolina for the second time in a decade.
Under Maurice's watch, the Hurricanes appeared headed for a third straight finish outside the playoff field after starting 8-13-4 and dropping to 14th place in the Eastern Conference. They entered having lost 10 of 13.
"The effort was there. We competed," captain Eric Staal said.
In discussing Maurice's firing, general manager Jim Rutherford expressed concern that the team had not jelled. Owner Peter Karmanos Jr. said following the morning skate Tuesday that "the thing that we seem to be lacking most, lately, is confidence."
The 45-year-old Muller was brought aboard to change that. The six-time All-Star had five 30-goal seasons and seven 70-point years during his nearly two-decade playing career which included the Montreal Canadiens' last Stanley Cup in 1993.
On his first night behind the Carolina bench, a sign behind the glass proclaimed him "Captain Kirk;" he wore the "C" for multiple teams when he played. Instead of blowing up the depth chart or overhauling the Xs and Os - and acknowledging that would be nearly impossible since he'd been on the job for only about 24 hours - he made subtle tweaks and wanted the Hurricanes to relax, skate with confidence and be accountable to one another.
"We just asked them this morning to bring a good, competitive part of your game here tonight," Muller said. "We added a couple things, a little change in the system to be a little more aggressive and up-ice, so you don't have any time to really practice it. I thought they really did their part."
Of course, some things will take plenty of time to fix - like the power play, one of the worst in the NHL. Carolina, which scores only 12 percent of the time with the man advantage, was 0 of 5 in this one.
"We've got to work on it," Muller said. "The tough thing tonight was, 5-on-5, we were going so well but the power play didn't create any momentum for us."
Fleischmann put the Panthers up 1-0 midway through the second and 13 seconds into a boarding minor on Patrick Dwyer when he rocketed a shot from behind the circle that beat Ward high and rang the crossbar on its way into the net.
Skinner tied it 64 seconds later when he beat Theodore from point-blank range.
Skille was awarded his second career penalty shot with 12:09 left in the third after Joni Pitkanen dragged him down from behind, but his free shot went directly into Ward.
"We were frustrated," Matthias said. "We just kept working hard and staying with it."
NOTES: The Hurricanes claimed RW Andreas Nodl on waivers from Philadelphia and reassigned Brett Sutter to their AHL affiliate in Charlotte. Nodl skated on Carolina's fourth line with Anthony Stewart and Tim Brent. ... The Panthers matched a season low with two shots on goal in the first period. That also marked the fewest shots allowed in a period this season by Carolina. ... The Panthers recalled C Mark Cullen from their AHL team in San Antonio.


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heavy chain
The protein subunit that, as one of a pair, makes up the major part of an immunoglobulin molecule.
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Epistles of Fredman (Bellman, Carl Michael)
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6 Melodies from Fredman's Epistles
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Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen, n.d. Plate: 7430
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|82 Songs and Poems
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According to Grove Music, this is a song collection that is "a collection of fictional letters portraying imaginary scenes in the lives of known contemporary drunkards and loose women". Bellman was a gifted poet who took most of the melodies from other sources, though he may have composed a few himself. Grove doesn't mention what the original accompaniment was in the 1791 publication, but some of the melodies are from Swedish dance books where the music is transcribed for 2 violins.
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Well things didn't go as planned for Skype or for Firefox. 33 thousand crashes in one week for an add-on means that it was pushed out too soon. Now two companies have egg on their face.
Crashes, and poor performance has caused Mozilla to pull the plug on the Skype add-on toolbar for Firefox. Likewise, it remotely disable it following because of performance issues.
Skype is a computer software software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet (VoIP). Calls to other users within the Skype service are free; others are available outside of the service for a nominal charge.
Mozilla thought they had a good add-on when they contracted with Skype to produce a toolbar add-on. It comes bundled with the chat program and it installs automatically with the main application. The add-on transforms telephone numbers found in web pages into clickable hyperlinks for easy dialing. Sounds good right?
But the add-on caused serious performance problems, as well as crashing the browser for over a total of 33,000 times in a single week. Mozilla, didn't give up easily. They spent two weeks on the problem, but in the end couldn't resolve it; what was worse, Skype couldn't either.
A Mozilla representative explained it this way. "Given the volume of crashes, the extent of the performance impact, the fact that users don't actually choose to install this add-on, and the extension team's lack of response during the weeks we were giving them to solve these issues, we should continue as planned to soft-block all versions of Skype in all versions of Firefox immediately."
What is a soft block? A soft-block will remotely disable the add-on, yet users will have the option of overriding the block. A hard-block would disable the add-on and not give the user a chance to override the block.
Mozilla hopes that by soft-blocking the add-on, which is a partnership ploy, (they still want to work with Skype) this will encourage someone at Skype to fix the add-on problem.


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Definición de condense en inglés:
1 [with object] Make (something) denser or more concentrated: the morning play on Saturday was condensed into a half-hour package
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- Where the Davis Cup is played over the course of four rounds, home and away, the Fed Cup condenses its semi-final and final rounds into one week.
- Each two-decade period is assigned an overarching theme giving it a broad historical overview while serving to limit and condense the curatorial scope.
- Major League Baseball has joined with an internet service to record, digitize and condense a typical three hour game to 30 minutes.
1.1Express (written or spoken material) in fewer words; make concise: he condensed the three plays into a three-hour drama
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- True, some of this material could have been condensed.
- Knowledge of the Vedas has been condensed into 555 short lines.
- This is condensed from an essay Siegel wrote for the New York Observer.
truncate, curtail
rare epitomize
abridged, shortened, cut, cut-down, concise, contracted, compressed, abbreviated, reduced, truncated;
summarized, summary, abstracted, precised, synoptic, synopsized, outline, bare-bones, thumbnail
informal potted, slimmed down
2Change or cause to change from a gas or vapour to a liquid: [no object]: the moisture vapour in the air condenses into droplets of water [with object]: the cold air was condensing his breath
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- Then, while still contracting, the star cools through yellow and red-hot, and the protyle condenses into progressively heavier elements.
- This creates enough pressure to force the ammonia vapour into another vessel, where it condenses into a liquid.
- What results is a super-saturated vapour, which cools to near ambient temperatures in a few milliseconds and condenses into the aerosol particles that make up the smoke.
precipitate, liquefy, become liquid, deliquesce, liquidize
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- First, the work - if it contains inspiration, glee, sorrow; if it is complex, actually provocative or disturbing - is not easily condensable to those three paragraphs allowed the script-reader.
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- As shown in Table 1, the refractory lithophiles and siderophiles constitute about 1 per cent by mass of the total condensable material (rock + ices) in the solar nebula.
Late Middle English: from Old French condenser or Latin condensare, from condensus 'very thick', from con- 'completely' + densus 'dense'.
Palabras que riman con condensecense, commence, common sense, dense, dispense, expense, fence, hence, Hortense, immense, offence (US offense), pence, prepense, pretence (US pretense), sense, spence, suspense, tense, thence, whence
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NEW YORK — Ecco Domani is adding "green" to its annual Fashion Foundation program.
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The winemaker kicked off the eighth season of the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation on Monday. The initiative provides emerging designers in women's wear, men's wear and accessories design with a $25,000 grant toward their fashion week presentation. As in previous years, Ecco Domani will award four women's wear, one men's wear and one accessories award.
For the 2009 edition, the company is adding a sustainable design category to its lineup, which is being made available to a women's or men's wear apparel designer who, through their work, is committed to the environment, social equity and economic viability.
"True talent, in my opinion, is creating the same great design, style and energy that talented designers give, but also being concerned about lessening the footprint they are creating," said Julie Gilhart, vice president of fashion merchandising at Barneys New York and a judge for the Fashion Foundation.
For women's wear and accessories, the foundation judges also include Neiman Marcus' Ken Downing, Macy's Nicole Fischelis, Vogue's Sally Singer, Paper's Kim Hastreiter, The International Fashion Syndicate's Marylou Luther and The Fashion Calendar's Ruth Finley. The men's wear committee of judges includes Barneys New York Inc.'s Jay Bell, Interview's Christopher Bollen and DNR's Alex Badia.
Ecco Domani has granted the awards to designers early in their careers, many of whom have gone on to develop significant businesses. Past winners include Proenza Schouler, Peter Som, Zac Posen, Thakoon, Doo.Ri, Derek Lam, Rodarte, Brian Reyes, Elise Overland, Alexander Wang and Réyes by José Ramón Reyes.
The closing date for applications is Oct. 3, and winners are traditionally feted with an event around fashion week in February.


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If preparing for your first cruise, you have probably heard a lot of things about cruise vacations. Some are probably true, some are probably not true. For example, if the little pictures that you imagine in your brain when thinking about cruises involve scenes from the movie Titanic, forget it. That is a movie. What you are about to experience is real. The ships really don't sink all that often. Odds are yours will not. But there are important life lessons to be learned from movies just like there are important life lessons to be learned from television and comic books.
- If the ship does hit an iceberg, forget your money, you can't bribe your way on to a good life boat.
- Wear your rubber scuba suit at all times. It gets really cold hanging on to a floating door in the middle of the ocean after the ship goes down.
- Buy seasons one through twelve of Survivor and take good notes before boarding your cruise ship.
- If you have a cell phone signal, call for help. This is not the time to be Tweeting "My #cruise ship is #sinking"
- If a rescue helicopter approaches frantically point to the water and motion for them to come closer..From their point of view it will look like you're telling them someone just went under. Those people love saving lives and won't be able to resist coming to you first. Hey, those choppers only hold just so many people!
Here are some other myths
REAL travelers don't cruise.
Sure, they backpack, walk, fly, drive or tele-transport. I get it. They're cooler than me. Great. Have a good time, but don't rub it in my face. I'm glad you can take a month to trek through the mountains or embed yourself with a tribe of monkeys. I can't. Mr Average American has seven days of vacation a year that they can actually devote to a real vacation. Some may get more time than that but they use it up by slapping a day on the front or back of a weekend for a mini-vacation to keep from strangling their co-workers. Others burn vacation time via giving it up because their company cut back on benefits and they have to use it as sick days from time to time. On a seven-day cruise I can see up to seven different places if I have the energy and that's what I want to do or just a couple if I want to take it easy. On that same cruise ship, I know that I will be safer than pretty much any other vacation style because cruise ships can and do avoid places where it is not safe to be on the ground, where you are Mr Backpacker.
Cruises are easy to book, I don't need a Travel Agent
Tell that to the people who find out later that those who used a travel agent paid less, got more and had a better time once on the ship. Actually, you don't need a regular Travel Agent at all and you sure don't need an Internet Cruise Broker (think Used Car Salesman). Travel Agents, the kind that sell all kinds of travel to anyplace on the planet, are ill-equipped to handle cruise vacations that are changing daily in price, itineraries and ships offered. Internet Cruise Brokers have the unique ability to accept your money and forget your name at exactly the same time. What you need is a Travel Expert that specializes in cruise vacations. They are out there, you just have to find them. They most often don't cost you a penny either. Actually, they most often save you money so just on a dollars and cents issue, they are the way to go. Cheapskates: Get over yourself. Just because you have the ability to "Click to Book" does not mean you should.
You will get bored. You might get bored on a cruise, but chances are greater you will get exhausted. The range of activities for both the passive and active is wide. I entered (and won!) a trivia contest on presidential history and I entered (but lost) one on old television show theme songs. My family and I loafed by the pool, danced in a nightclub and watched live entertainment. I don't get that on the couch at home. Cruise ships now have everything from miniature golf courses to wave pools. When we needed downtime we vegged-out in our cabin and screened an in-room movie, hung out on deck watching the ocean roll on by or, get this: read a book.
You will have to dress up for dinner.This is 2011, not 1965. Most of the time you don't have to be formally dressed for dinner in the main restaurant, although periodic formal nights are scheduled. On a seven-night cruise, there are two. One can always opt out by going to the buffet or grab something quick at a variety of dining venues or room service. We ate at the buffet on one formal night, not because we didn't want to dress up but because we had a late dinner seating and an early docking the next morning.
You'll get claustrophobic. You might but its not likely. The cabins are not as big as they look in pictures but they are quite efficiently designed and pleasant to be in. If being in small spaces is a problem, book an Oceanview cabin with a window or a balcony cabin. Most cruise lines' standard cabins range from 140 to 150 square feet; some are as small as 100 square feet. As for the actual ships, they literally are floating resorts, with up to 17 decks and innumerable public rooms. If you feel uneasy on a ship, it is probably not claustrophobia.
Cruise costs are all-inclusive. They aren't. I really don't even know where that came from. They never have been. The cruise cost includes your cabin and twice-daily service for it, meals and entertainment. Drinks, including non-alcoholic ones, are extra on most lines. Shore excursions and Spa Treatments are extra. Go to one of the ship's extra restaurants and you will probably pay extra. Ship photographers are always ready with camera in hand, and the photos are extra. Most cruise lines have trashed the old empty envelope system for tips and switched to automatic service charges. That's $10- $12 per day per person, regardless of age, depending on the cruise line. Still, add it all up at the end, divide it by the number of days and odds are you would have paid much more for a similar vacation minus the ship.
Cruise shows consist of cheesy, grade-B entertainment. First of all, the quality of live entertainment is subjective. On a recent cruise we attended live shows every night. We saw two Vegas-style revues, two comedians, an ice skating show and one hypnotist. The talent was as professional and enjoyable as anything we have seen in theaters that don't float. Each of the revue cast members could dance and belt out a song. The hypnotist and comedians were laughable, but they were meant to be. That"s pretty much the minimum experience you will have.
The ships have stabilizers, so you will never feel any motion.
Yes you will indeed feel motion. For the vast majority of people it is not enough motion to disrupt your cruise, make you sick or anything like that. Bonine, the over the counter motion discomfort medicine is my favorite to recommend because no one has ever told me "Chris, that stuff did not work and I was sick as a dog the whole time" That's good enough for me. Get the generic brand of it though at Wal-Mart for a fraction of the price of the name brand. Actually, you are more apt to be rocked to sleep by the gentle lullaby motion of the ship rocking from side to side or front to back. But you will feel movement. And that is not a bad thing. Get over it.
You have to sit with people you don't know at dinner and you're stuck with them
Nope. Even if you are on a group cruise you can request a different dining time, smaller table, or specific location. Dining room requests, though, are just that: requests. The cruise line does not guarantee anything in that area. The Maitre d' on the ship, though, is the king of the dining room and can make any of your requests reality. No matter what, going to the dining room to check your table assignment when you first get on the ship is a must. If you don't like it, there will be a Maitre d' there who can change it if you are nice about it. If you are a jerk they probably won't change anything and will put a little note by your name with a skull and cross bones for the kitchen staff to see. Ok maybe not but a few bucks in the right palm can be one of the best investments you will make on the cruise.
Everyone gains a ton of weight on cruises
True in some cases. But it mainly depends on what you choose to eat. Today's ships have a wide variety of dining options with something for everyone. You will not gain weight on a cruise unless you want to. The crew does not hold you down and force-feed you nor are there only high-fat junk food selections on the menu. The culinary staff on the cruise ships these days write cookbooks and feature award-winning chefs who produce the latest trendy food as well as homestyle old-fashioned favorites, all on the same menu.
So don't worry about icebergs, torpedoes, gaining weight, how much it will cost or where you will go all that much. A cruise vacation is a great way to spend your time if you do it right. More on "doing it right" next time.


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The Pet Shop Boys, the legendary London synth-pop act, returns in support of its 12th studio album, "Electric."
Still, fans will turn out in hopes of hearing the old stuff -- classics like "It's a Sin," "West End Girls" and the great Willie Nelson cover "Always on My Mind."
The Pet Shop Boys perform Tuesday at the Fox Theater in Oakland. Show time is 8 p.m. and tickets are $49.50-$65, www.ticketmaster.com.
Neutral Milk Hotel is best known for the indie-rock gem "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea," which some place among the finest albums of the '90s.
Neutral Milk Hotel originally called in 1999, yet its legacy has continued to grow.
It performs Wednesday-Friday at the Fox Theater in Oakland. Show time is 8 p.m. and tickets are $39.50, www.ticketmaster.com.
It's hard to imagine the kind of music Siouxsie Sioux might have made if she'd worked with Phil Spector.
Yet, it's plausible that it might have sounded something like the Dum Dum Girls.
The music is a mixture of '60s girl group and '80s goth, resulting in something that feels oh-so 21st century.
The Dum Dum Girls perform Tuesday at The Independent in San Francisco. Show time is 8 p.m. and tickets are $16-$18, www.ticketfly.com.
The band also performs Wednesday at the Blank Club in San Jose. Show time is 8 p.m. and tickets are $13-$15, www.ticketweb.com.
Follow Jim Harrington at http://twitter.com/jimthecritic and www.facebook.com/jim.bayareanews.


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