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A lot for Brodeur to consider in 2011-12
Friday, 09.16.2011 / 4:56 PM ET / News
By Eric Marin
Brodeur going with a reboot of his original Devils design. (New Jersey Devils)
As he enters the final year of his contract, the NHL's all-time wins leader with 625 indicated Friday he's already considering the next step in his playing future.
"Whenever I'm going to be ready to make a decision, I'll make a decision," Brodeur said. "It doesn't mean it's going to be now, it doesn't mean it's going to be in the middle of the season, it doesn't mean it's going to be at the end. I'll listen to everything, but it's going to be what I'm at peace with when the time comes."
The Devils' early struggles last year were enough of a challenge before Brodeur injured his right elbow in November. Even a 15-2-1 run from Jan. 9 to March 15 couldn't prevent the first sub-.500 finish of his career. He ended the season 23-26-3 with six shutouts.
"When you get to my age, there's a lot of different things to take under consideration," he said. "It's not just playing hockey to play hockey, it's a way of life and you want to be happy to play hockey. Your family has to be OK with it. My kids are gone from the house now, they're in class playing hockey and doing all different things, so everything has to be considered when you make decisions like that."
The 39-year-old has reached out to players familiar with the process.
"I've talked to a lot of guys that retired just to see how it feels because I know I'm coming close to it, so I want to make sure I make the right decision and won't regret it either," he explained. "I don't want to jump the gun too quick then regret it a year [later]."
Brodeur sounded eager to see what the team's style will be under new head coach Peter DeBoer. Though a coach determines forward lines and defensive pairings, his on-ice system can also impact the goaltender.
"Style of play will always affect a goalie, there's no doubt about that," Brodeur said. "I think what's good about having a coach that seems to be organized, that means you're going to know what's going to happen [on the ice]. For me, when Jacques [Lemaire] came in, I knew exactly where my chances would come from. It stabilized the way you played, and you knew what to expect more."
He acknowledged that he'll soon pass the torch to the Devils' next generation, but until then he's sticking with the game as long as it feels right.
"It's not about what kind of team that I have, it's about how I feel about playing the game that will make my decision one way or the other," he said. "I trust that Lou's [Devils' President/CEO/GM Lamoriello] going to put a team together that's going to be competitive. For me, Zach [Parise] and Kovy [Ilya Kovalchuk] they're the franchise now. I was tied with Scotty [Stevens] and Nieder [Scott Niedermayer] for a lot of years, but I know there's a turnaround and these guys, it's time for them."
|Brodeur's new tools. (New Jersey Devils)
Brodeur is going back to a mask design featuring the stylized "J" that he used through most of his career. His catching glove and blocker will sport a retro design, while his pads were kept simple to match.
"I had about 40 different kinds of pads to choose from," he said. "They get the computer, these guys, and it was tough because most of them [the designs] were similar and I just came in with something that's the most simple as possible. I really like the blocker they made, it's old school. I wanted to try and match with something that fit with it."


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Golfer Lee Westwood retained his world's No. 1 position with an exciting finish to the Ballatine's Championship in South Korea over the weekend.
Lee had to sweat out a birdie putt attempt on the last hole by Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez, which if it had gone in would have put the two friends in a playoff. The win is Lee's second in as many weeks (he won last week on the Asian Tour in Jakarta to take over the world's No. 1 ranking).

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Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: "Imagining the Past in France, 1250-1500"
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority No. 236-3 of August 28, 2000, I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition "Imagining the Past in France, 1250-1500," imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, from on or about November 16, 2010, until on or about February 6, 2011, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these Determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.
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According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Charles William Sleeman of Farmersville had exited his Toyota Tundra to check on a vehicle he was towing when he was fatally struck about 8:50 p.m. Sunday on westbound Interstate 30 near County Road 4108.
The truck that struck Sleeman did not stop, and police believe the driver may not have realized that he hit someone, authorities said.
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Inflation rose far less than expected in April, mitigating fears that the Feds would have to grapple with both trying to loosen credit and fight off rising prices. [AP]
Inflation didn't go up as much as expected, but who cares if some of us are doing all the right things but still have trouble living day-to-day by the huge jumps in prices? I know, nobody does because the inflation didn't go up as much as expected.
@azntg: nobody said everything is okay. Just a little good news to brighten your day. Wish this was a little bigger on consumerist's front page.
Phew. Thank the GODS that food and fuel prices – which are excluded from inflation calculations – haven't risen in years. Otherwise, we'd be in big trouble.
Since the Republicans have done such a swell job of managing the economy, let's all toast our Dom to the new Permanent Conservative Majority!!
There is a mistake in your headline, it should read "CPI fails to represent true rate of inflation. Again."
It strikes me as very odd that a site with so much experience distrusting the official version of things from corporate mouthpieces unfailingly reports the government's doctored economic figures as the gospel truth.
@Bladefist: It's getting to the point where I can't tell when you're being funny or just wrong.
wrong? I didn't submit a statement that could be wrong or right.
@Bladefist: Doesn't matter, you're not some pussy trendy liberal, so you must always be wrong. Nevermind, that markets have been rebounding since March, before Bush's stimulous will have any impact. It's all doom and gloom, all the time.
@HIV 2 Elway:
Someone has a persecution complex.
@azntg: "Inflation didn't go up as much as expected"
Oh, that all depends. A good way to strip out all the tweaking and adjusting (especially the "seasonally adjusted" BS) is to simply look at year-over-year changes. That'll give you a *much* better idea of what the annual rate looks like. Let's have a look at energy costs, shall we?
From Big Picture (link below):
As reported by the BLS for April 08 vs April 07:
Fuels and Utilities………….8.6%
Household Eneregy……………9.4%
Fuel oil and other fuels…….42.8%
Gas (piped) and electricity…..6.6%
@HIV 2 Elway: Yes I know. I figured I would be attacked when making political statements. But getting attacked at that statement, wow.
I know it's always doom and gloom. The housing market is a perfect example. When home values are going up, then young married people cant afford to have the American dream. waaaa.
When home values go down, senior citizens cant sell their house and afford the American retirement. waaa.
@HIV 2 Elway: The very best thing about being conservative: I get to be happy and I don't have a lifetime of bad news to complain about.
@BigElectricCat Yep. And the bike industry is booming in light of growing gas prices. What else is new?
@BigElectricCat: Assuming TypePad is as legitimate as it gets, I don't agree with comparing YoY, unless you're looking for something to complain about.
We can compare with 1920, and keep our doom and gloom outlook. Also I think using energy as an inflation example is shameful. I don't think energy inflation is anywhere near the norm of normal yearly inflation. But lets complain about energy and then make it cost more for global warming.
Back to the article: There was an expected rise in inflation for April that just didn't happen. It didn't play out. That's all there is to this. No one is saying anything else.
@Bladefist: I'm sorry you're being serious instead of funny. RTFA.
"The unchanged reading for energy reflected a big 4.8 percent jump in natural gas prices, offset by a 2 percent decline in gasoline costs.
The reported drop in gasoline prices reflected the government's accounting process, which discounts expected seasonal price changes."
How did that expected seasonal price change work out for you? My gas prices have risen from 3.39 to 3.75 in the last month.
I can't believe you want a "bigger" play on Consumerist for what is essentially an accounting trick in order to make the inflation numbers look better.
@PunditGuy: Apology accepted.
@PunditGuy: Price increases and inflation increases are two different things.
Last I checked this wasn't a political blog. I try to check my politics at the door when I post here. There are a plethora of websites where I can express those opinions. I'll pimp Swords Crossed since I'm a pseudo-admin there.
Personally, I don't trust government figures without some sort of outside verification. And inasmuch as the figures are correct, I don't live my life based on numbers at the end of a worksheet. All I know is that gas is flirting with $4/gal and stuff at the grocery store costs more than it used to.
@Bladefist: "I don't agree with comparing YoY, unless you're looking for something to complain about."
If you don't agree, that's certainly your right. However, I assure you, I'm not "looking for something to complain about."
@Bladefist: "We can compare with 1920, and keep our doom and gloom outlook."
That's quite simply ridiculous. YoY numbers from a year ago will tell you a lot more than YoY numbers from over 80 years ago. If you want to discount those numbers, go ahead, but given your penchant for playing King Of The Mountain when you're the first to cite data, it's pretty apparent that you just don't want to talk about those numbers at all.
@Bladefist: "Also I think using energy as an inflation example is shameful."
Well, I think that leaving it out entirely is just as shameful. Now what?
@Bladefist: "I don't think energy inflation is anywhere near the norm of normal yearly inflation."
And of course, no one claimed that it was. Next?
@stinerman: your link points to domain parking. you mean .org?
@stinerman: Also you should check more often. Remember the article about republicans killing the passengers bill of rights? Sounds political.
Yes, .org
I have it bookmarked, obviously, and forgot the name.
And WRT the Passengers' Bill of Rights, yes, you are right. The editors should also try to foster a non-partisan attitude here. I don't pretend to be a Republican or conservative, but such bad-faith language makes me wince a bit. One can make the case on several grounds that increased regulation is ultimately bad for the consumer.
Hey, if GOP pols rush headlong into anti-consumerist, America-hating behaviors, it's fair to call them on it. To do otherwise would be disingenuous. Or Republican.
@Trai_Dep: nothing but the best from you, once again.
Boy, that IS good news. The economy still blows, but to a slightly lesser degree than expected! Sure, the report doesn't count inflation on basic necessities like food and utilities, but let's not dwell in negativity and quibble over such things, shall we? USA! USA!
@bladefist: Dude. Seriously. Stop the ad hominem attacks. It's not befitting of you and detracts from the discussion.
Back on topic, to suggest that carefully screened figures from a White House notorious for defunding agencies that don't present Pollyanneish reports, any reasonable, thinking person would look askance at these figures. Especially with fuel and food inflation (rampant by historical terms) cheerfully excised from their estimates.
It's not being a Sad Sally, it's being an intelligent consumer of information. Isn't that something we should all strive for?
From the NY Times, "Seeing Inflation Only in the Prices That Go Up" which explains why the inflation numbers are lower than people expect including the high inflation in food and fuel. And in hindsight, its kind of obvious.
and don't brighten your day too much:
Since the Reagan administration, the consumer price index has been repeatedly changed to decrease the apparent inflation rate. Reagan's administration changed housing prices to include "equivalent rents" rather than the true cost of owning a house. Other changes were made in the Bush41 and Clinton eras. shadowstats.com points out that the current inflation rate measured via the preClinton CPI is about 7.3%. The preReagan CPI would clearly be even higher.
shadowstats.com is a subscription service, but always has some useful freebies on its front page. Currently its CPI/preClinton CPI graph.
@Trai_Dep: "It's not being a Sad Sally, it's being an intelligent consumer of information."
Excellent point. I don't think anyone here is trying to claim that energy costs, on their own, paint an accurate picture of inflation. But I do think that quite a few posters here — myself included — don't think that leaving energy and food costs out of the economic picture is accurate, either.
Food and energy are two very significant parts of consumer costs, and IMO, cutting them out and proclaiming 'see, it's not all that bad' is either misleading, dishonest or self-deluding. Add those costs in and then let the chips fall where they may.
@BigElectricCat: Yup. The rationale is that food and fuel are too volatile to include. "Distorting!", they proclaim. Said by people – most who have advanced degrees in statistics – who are unfamiliar with the concept of averaging.
Alternately, they could issue two numbers, basing COLA increases on some sort of weighted average. But they'd rather misinform. And short-change the elderly.
Which is fine, it's their job. But there's no excuse for people not to be informed about this. Even if it turns their lil' smiles upside down. Truth does that, sometimes. Price of freedom, that.
Food and particularly energy ripple through the economy quickly. I pay more not just for energy, but energy intensive products along with raw materials. Copper is up 3x in price. Soil, lumber, firewood, compost, metals, plastics, fertilizer and other raw materials are skyrocketing because they are either petroleum dependent, or have a large energy cost in their collection or prep.
Yes, there is a lag with some of the consumer items produced, unless you need some of your copper plumbing replaced. I do most of my own repairs, so I see these prices rising rapidly.
Some of the inflation is less apparent. There are fewer sales on many items, so that while the "regular" price may not have changed, the average price paid is significantly higher.
Another case of the government moving their lips and lying.
Yeah, I know it's ex-food and ex-fuel. Because, you know, everybody doesn't have to eat or go anywhere. Or have electricit.NO CARRIER


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French Open 2013: Men's and women's draw preview and analysis
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Greetings and welcome to the 2013 French Open Championships and the beginning of 2 weeks of coverage of the year's second Grand Slam, courtesy of The Satellite Serve.
Coming to you daily during this year's tournament, The Satellite Serve is back with predictions, opinions and analysis in relation to all the action from Roland Garros.
Tournament predictions – Men's Singles
The happiest man after the men's singles draw was announced in Paris yesterday was undoubtedly Roger Federer, and not simply because the Swiss legend has just joined Twitter and is accumulating followers at a furious pace.
The luck of the draw saw Federer's biggest rivals for the French Open title, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, pitted in the same half of the draw. Whilst Federer will of course have to overcome some seriously talented opponents en route to the final (Federer's half of the draw includes the clay-court warriors David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro, along with the flamboyant Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and the big-hitting Tomas Berdych), the second seed will see this tournament, for which both Andy Murray and Juan Martin Del Potro are out injured, as a prime opportunity to capture his second French Open crown and turn around what has been something of a disappointing season to date by the Swiss maestro's extremely high standards.
All of the talk in tennis circles of late is about Rafael Nadal's incredible form since returning to the ATP Tour, and the Spaniard's statistics most certainly make for impressive reading. In 8 tournaments since returning from a 7 month injury lay-off, Nadal has made 8 finals and collected 6 titles. Arguably the best of player of all-time on the red dirt, Nadal has lost just once in his career at Roland Garros, and will this year be looking to collect what would be an astonishing eighth French Open.
Nadal looks to have a relatively good draw prior to the semi-finals, with Italian clay-court specialist Fabio Fognini and Japan's Kei Nishikori, a recent winner on clay over Roger Federer, the biggest threats lurking in the early rounds. A quarter-final against Stanislas Wawrinka or Richard Gasquet is on the cards, but neither should seriously trouble the Spaniard on his favoured surface.
Despite Nadal's scintillating start to the season, I'm backing top seed and world number one Novak Djokovic to claim his maiden French Open and complete a career Grand Slam. The Serb has made Paris his priority for 2013 and, although he suffered surprising losses in Madrid and Rome, Djokovic snapped Nadal's 46-match winning streak in Monte Carlo – a huge confidence booster ahead of Paris.
Although Nadal has been near-untouchable in recent weeks on the red dirt, I think Djokovic still troubles the Spaniard mentally. The world number one is one of the few players not to be intimidated by Nadal and who backs himself to beat the Spaniard, even on the red dirt. Djokovic will go toe-to-toe from the baseline with the Spaniard without giving an inch and has the stamina and the shot-making ability to hurt Nadal.
Last year's final in Paris between the pair went the distance and, after a poor start, Djokovic was somewhat unlucky not to record a famous comeback victory. I also think that the Serb is fitter than Nadal at present, with the Spaniard not having played any best of 5 set matches since his return to competitive tennis earlier this year. If their scheduled semi-final eventuates and goes the distance, I think Djokovic will be the stronger player physically and mentally down the stretch.
To my mind, Federer should more or less cruise through to the final Sunday of the tournament, but whoever comes through the Nadal-Djokovic half of the draw should be too strong for the Swiss master in the decider. I'll take Djokovic to dismantle Federer in 4 sets.
Winner: Novak Djokovic
Finalist: Roger Federer
Semi-finalists: Nadal, Ferrer
Outside Chance: Berdych, Almagro
Tournament predictions – Women's Singles
Last year I picked Serena Williams to win the ladies' singles at Roland Garros and the American let me down big-time, collapsing in her opening round match against Virginie Razzano. But Williams has bounced back in the best possible way since that defeat, winning 67 of 70 matches since Paris last year and capturing the Wimbledon and US Open titles and the Olympic gold medal along the way.
Clay is most definitely not her strongest surface, but in my opinion Williams is clearly the best player on the WTA Tour when she is fully fit and playing at her best. That means that the American is the player to beat on any surface, including the red dirt, and I'm backing Williams to add to her lone French Open title, which she collected way back in 2002.
German left-hander Angelique Kerber is the player most likely to give Williams difficulty in her quarter of the draw, with the 15-time Grand Slam champion likely to square off in the semi-finals against either last year's finalist in Paris, Sara Errani, or fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska.
In the bottom half of the draw, defending champion Maria Sharapova will be hoping to capitalise on her good form of late in order to make a spirited defence of her crown. The Russian has been placed in a difficult quarter, with former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, former French Open finalist Sam Stosur and former world number one Jelena Jankovic all posing major threats.
If Sharapova can negotiate her way past those big names to earn a semi-final berth, she will likely face Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka or 2011 French Open winner Li Na. With Azarenka battling some injury problems since winning in Melbourne earlier in the year and not at her best on clay-courts, I'll back Sharapova to make it through to another final in Paris.
Unfortunately for the second seed, I think the result will be similar to the recent final in Rome played between Sharapova and Williams, where the American was victorious for the loss of just 4 games. Sharapova's game is perfectly suited for Williams, who likes to receive a ball with pace and who can climb all over the Russian's weak and unreliable serve. I'll back Williams to record a straight sets win in the final.
Winner: Serena Williams
Finalist: Maria Sharapova
Semi-finalists: Errani, Azarenka
Outside Chance: Stosur, Radwanska, Li Na
That's it for today. I'll be back with another serve once the schedule of play for Day 1 is released.


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CERAMICS, photopgraphy, watercolours, jewellery, embroidery and wood art will all be included in a Warwickshire exhibition this month.
The Clay Barn in Redhill, near Alcester, is displaying the works of eight varying artists from November 23 to 26.
Included are ceramicist and photographer Louise Darby, who organises and hosts this biannual exhibition. She invites fellow exhibitors whose work, like hers, uses traditional techniques, with a contemporary interpretation and development of skills and design.
Also taking part is Leamington artist Jane Moore, who practises the ancient art of enamelling - the process of fusing glass to metal - to make her colourful jewellery. Each piece is hand-blown without the use of moulds.
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KELSO -- Alfred A. Menz, 88, died March 21, 2012, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
Born Nov. 2, 1923, in New Hamburg, to the late Theon and Bertha Hahn Menz, he was U.S. Army veteran, having served during World War II. He worked at Missouri Electric Works, Missouri Utilities and retired from Procter and Gamble. He was a member of VFW in Scott City, a Fourth Degree member and trustee of Thomas A. Langen Assembly 568 and Knights of Columbus 1111 in Cape Girardeau, a member of St. Augustine Parish and Men's Club and served 25 years on the school board of Kelso C-7 School District. He was also a volunteer with St. Francis Medical Center Auxiliary.
On June 27, 1953, at Kelso, he married Helen B. Diebold who survives.
Other survivors include: two daughters and sons-in-law, Cecilia and Jim Seiler and LaVerne and Kenny Dirnberger of Benton; five sons and daughters-in-law, Charles and Donna Menz and Denis and Linda Menz of Kelso, Greg and Denise Menz of Benton, Steve and Jenifer Menz of Boerne, Texas, and Tim and Bonnie Menz of Jackson; and 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers.
Visitation is scheduled from 4-8 p.m. today at the St. Augustine Church. Parish prayers will be at 7:30 p.m. followed by a Knights of Columbus rosary. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church with the Rev. Oliver Clavin officiating.
Burial with full military honors will be in the St. Augustine Cemetery.
The Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Scott City is in charge of arrangements.


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Manual of the Laws of Naval War. Oxford, 9 August 1913.
Section V : On the rights and duties of the belligerent with regard to individuals - Art. 64.
Art. 64. C. Religious, medical, and hospital personnel. The religious, medical, and hospital staff of every vessel taken or seized is inviolable, and its members may not be made prisoners of war. On leaving the ship they take away with them the objects and surgical instruments which are their own private property.
This staff shall continue to discharge its duties while necessary, and can afterwards leave, when the commander in chief considers it possible.
The belligerents must guarantee to the said staff, when it has fallen into their hands, the same allowances and pay which are given to the staff of corresponding rank in their own navy.
The commissioner put by the belligerent on board the hospital ship of his adversary, in conformity with paragraph 10 of Article 41
, enjoys the same protection as the medical staff.
The religious, medical, and hospital staffs lose their rights of inviolability, if they take part in hostilities, if, for example, they use their arms otherwise than for defense.
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There were offensive boards long and short. Nuggets misses were tipped back in. Some were followed and missed only to be ripped away by the Nuggets' big men bullying the Rockets out of their way.
Yet for all the ways the Rockets were pushed around, with the Nuggets' most reliable offense often coming when they missed shots and beat the Rockets to the rebound, one rebound stood for all the rest.
With the Nuggets holding a three-point lead midway through the fourth quarter, Denver rookie Kenneth Faried missed a free throw and still beat the Rockets to the rim, slamming back home his miss almost before any Rockets player left his feet. The Rockets never stopped the Nuggets again as Denver blew out the Rockets down the stretch, 117-105, smashing the Rockets four-game home winning streak.
This is nothing new. The Rockets have been outrebounded in nine consecutive games. But in many ways, this was the worst. The Nuggets scored 33 second-chance points, a dozen more than any team has against the Rockets this season, 20 more than the Nuggets average or the Rockets typically allow.
"It's effort. It's technique. It's want-to," Rockets coach Kevin McHale said. "It's a myriad of things we're not doing right now."
The Nuggets outworked the Rockets just as clearly as the Jazz had on Wednesday. And just as the Rockets' defense fell apart in Utah, it crumbled in the fourth quarter Friday at Toyota Center.
As if the Nuggets had worked out the kinks with all those extra shots — their 97 attempts and 35 free throws attempted were both the most the Rockets have allowed in a game this season — the Nuggets scored with ease in the fourth quarter. They made 70 percent of their shots in the final quarter, the best shooting in a quarter against the Rockets this season.
They scored on each of their final 12 possessions, beginning with Faried's put back.
The Rockets stayed in the game with Kevin Martin scoring a season-high 35 points and Kyle Lowry scoring 15 of his 17 in the fourth quarter. But they did not have nearly enough defense or rebounding to win it.
"They had guys out there who were way hungrier than we were," Lowry said.
To McHale, it was all about effort and intensity.
"Did you see the game?" he said when asked how the Nuggets scored 54 points in the paint. "They threw it up there. Then they threw us out of the way and got it. That usually leads to paint points. You got a guy in front of you. He beats you. Helps comes. They drop it off. That leads to paint points."
The Nuggets beat the Rockets on the board with Nene out and with center Timofey Mozgov going out with a sprained ankle after just 18 minutes.
"There's no excuses for that," Chandler Parsons said. "We should never play that way. We should never get out-worked like that. We should never have guys beat us to the floor on loose balls. It's all about effort and our effort has been awful the last two games."


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The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi softball program added power and speed after signing Junior College All-American Kacie Smith to a national letter of intent on Wednesday.
Smith, a sophomore at Yavapai College in Prescott, Ariz., has been a key component to the success of her current team. The Yavapai Rough Riders are currently #1 in the NJCAA rankings.
"Kacie adds to our impressive list of transfer signings this year," said head coach Jake Schumann. "She is the ultimate 'gamer' with outstanding defensive capabilities at 3B and some pop in her bat."
Smith currently is hitting .423 as sophomore with nine homeruns, 13 doubles, 56 RBI and a perfect 20-for-20 in stolen base attempts. Smith is 54-for-55 in her two-year career in stolen bases. Her freshman year, she hit .414 with 67 RBI and 69 runs scored. For her production in her rookie year, Smith was awarded the honor of All-Arizona Community College Athletic Conference and 1st Team National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-American in 2007-08
"Kacie brings that win at all costs attitude, much like our other signings this year," said Schumann. "She is definitely part of the culture change that is taking place on the Island for the 2009-2010 season."
Smith chose the Islanders over the University of Minnesota. She is from Waddell, Ariz. and will be joining teammate Brittany Tucker on the island next season.


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The eighth annual Fall Fritter Supper served in the Social Hall of Jordanville Federated Church, 209 Main St., Jordanville, will take place from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19.
Fritters with maple syrup, scalloped potatoes with ham, green beans, coleslaw, applesauce and desserts will make up the menu.
Fritters are a batter that is deep-fried. They form irregularly shaped balls like a deep fried pancake.
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Well, we almost got to see Luccin play
Last week, one of the bigger stories surrounding FC Dallas was the possible first-team debut of one Peter Luccin, the French-born holding midfielder signed last December who then had to have knee surgery in February and had yet to see the field.
Luccin played in a reserve game earlier this month and was on the 18-man game roster for FCD in last Saturday's 2-1 loss at Colorado. But even with his knee now completely healed, the veteran d-mid is now battling a hamstring issue, specifically a left hamstring strain, which kept him out of last Sunday's Reserve Division game with Colorado and according to Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman also kept him at home for this weekend's trip to New York to face the Eastern Conference-leading Red Bulls.
"Well, he pulled himself out of the reserve game and there were a lot of things going on. He was all set and ready to go against Colorado. We didn't play him and when the reserve game came around, 10 o'clock in the morning in Colorado, raining and he felt a little strain and he pulled himself out," Hyndman said. "So, we've tested him and he's not really quite ready to be in that top 18."
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Former Sikeston High School All-American Blake DeWitt has been on fire since joining the Jacksonville Suns in the Double-A Southern League.
In Thursday night's 14-4 victory over Huntsville, DeWitt went 3-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored while blasting his second home run since joining the Suns.
DeWitt is now batting .400 with nine RBIs in 12 games with Jacksonville.
DeWitt played 83 games in Advanced-A baseball with the San Bernardino 66ers before his promotion.
He batted .298 with eight home runs, 29 doubles, 48 runs and 46 RBIs for the 66ers.
Jacksonville is a minor league affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
DeWitt graduated from Sikeston Senior High School in 2004. He held seven Missouri high school records after completing his career for the Bulldogs.


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When Jim Wilson took a job at Arizona Public Service Co. a year ago, he figured he'd pay $75 a week in gas and $40 a month on parking to commute from Surprise to downtown Phoenix.
So, when APS offered him a transit pass for free, he was thrilled. He swipes his Platinum Pass card on the 571 Express bus almost every day for the 45-minute trip. His employer pays the full express fare of up to $68 a month.
"Even if they made me pay for the whole bus pass, that's still well, well worth it," the 35-year-old said.
Wilson's free transit pass represents a little-publicized fact about the Valley's bus and rail system: A majority of passengers are paying less than full fare out of their own pockets - and often nothing at all. They rely instead on a subsidy from their private or government employers or on a public program such as discounts for the elderly and indigent.
About 1,100 employers participate in Maricopa County's trip-reduction program, the region's two-decade-old effort to get commuters to use transit or carpool and not drive to work alone.
In April, about 57 percent of all bus and rail passengers paid discounted fares. On Express and Rapid buses, which appeal to suburban commuters, 80 percent of riders used discounted passes, most from their employers.
People who are older than 65, younger than 18 or disabled pay half-fare.
Such discounts have helped the Valley's transit systems post record passenger counts in recent times.
But now, with fares set to jump July 1 in a struggling economy, some employers may cut back on their subsidies, lowering the incentive for employees to ride.
Arizona State University, for example, whose students make up a quarter of the riders on the light-rail system, says it can no longer afford to give students free transit passes. With the base fare of bus and rail soon to increase by 40 percent, to $1.75 from $1.25 a ride, students will likely have to pick up more of the cost, ASU said.
"We will continue to provide some sort of program that will be heavily subsidized," said Theresa Fletcher, ASU's director of parking and transit services. "However, it's not sustainable to assume we can continue the program at absolutely no cost to students."
When ASU reduced its contribution for faculty and staff transit passes last year, two-thirds of them stopped riding transit.
So far, few employers have indicated that they will slice the share of transit costs they subsidize because of coming fare increases, officials said.
Fiscal conservatives have long criticized public transit for not being self-sufficient. The federal government considers a transit system to be cost-efficient if it recovers a quarter of its operating expenses from fares.
Metro's rail system, for example, plans to recover 25 percent of its $34 million operating budget next year from increased fares.
To reach the 25 percent goal and to help a region meet federal clean-air standards, transit agencies have tried to broaden their market. Historically, transit was seen as a social service for people too poor or infirm to drive a car. In recent years, agencies have tried to lure people who have a choice of driving. In the Valley, that effort comes in the form of Express and Rapid buses and light rail.
But transit planners face a conflict: Fares need to be low enough to retain core riders and attract new ones yet high enough to cover 25 percent of costs.
That's where employers fit in. They have to be coaxed into offering a fare subsidy to employees. The inducement is a federal-tax deduction for the subsidies they pay.
Transit agencies not only get more riders, but the region gets help in avoiding penalties for failing to meet federal clear-air standards.
Maricopa County's trip-reduction program was created to ease congestion and clean the air. The county has failed to meet federal clean-air standards because of elevated dust levels. If the region cannot reduce particle readings, it could lose billions of dollars in federal highway funds.
Whether out of economic self-interest or concern for the planet, Phoenix-area commuters have flocked to buses and trains in record numbers. April saw the largest average weekday transit ridership on record.
Nationally, more people rode mass transit in the last three months of 2008 than any time since the early 1950s.
Transit advocates point out that the increase came after $4-a-gallon gas prices abated.
"A lot of people never used transit before gas hit whatever threshold they had," Phoenix Deputy City Manager Ed Zuercher said. "They discovered the value of transit wasn't just dollars and cents but also in the quality of their time."
But with fares going up July 1, so does the risk that passengers and employers will abandon buses and trains. So far, that fear hasn't materialized.
The Maricopa County Air Quality Department manages the region's trip-reduction program and said "very few" employers are rethinking their support because of the fare increase, spokeswoman Holly Ward said.
"So far, there hasn't been any impact or buzz about the fare increase," Ward said. "It usually involves some sort of pocketbook incentive to get people to give up the convenience of driving their cars. We would appreciate anything to push people to use transit, because it cleans the air."
Zuercher said Phoenix has no plans to trim its 100 percent contribution to transit passes.
City employees are among the most transit-loyal in a sample of larger employers, The Arizona Republic found in an analysis of ridership data, billing records for Platinum Passes and county trip-reduction plan rosters.
About 27 percent of the city's nearly 12,000 employees used a Platinum Pass in April.
But although many large firms pay the full cost of transit passes, transit usage generally remains low. At Salt River Project, only 8 percent of employees used the pass in April, for instance.
Overall, only 7 percent of workers enrolled in the trip-reduction plan take transit.
Ward points out that employers offer other alternatives to solo rush-hour driving, such as flex time, telecommuting or carpooling.
Transit agencies are now waiting to see how the economy unfolds and how big a hit the fare increase will take. Analysts predict a less than 1 percent drop in ridership after fares climb July 1.
It remains to be seen if the popularity of light rail, expected increases in gas prices and concern for the environment will offset any ridership slide. Officials at the trip-reduction program say they will know in a year if the region will sustain its momentum for luring more commuters to transit.
Republic writer Anne Ryman contributed to this article.
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To whom it may concern:
After twenty-eight years of whole-heartedly living "after the manner of happiness," I found myself miserable, insecure, resigned and lonely. Confused by the anger and self-loathing I felt participating in the church of the god I loved, I did something unthinkable: I stopped going.
And, I started seeing a therapist.
Just over a year later, I am happier than I ever was as a dedicated, believing member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Today, I feel proud of who I am and confident in my worldview. No longer paralyzed by my fear of missing out on motherhood (though motherhood still remains a goal), I have found a career path that challenges my potential. I feel satisfied by more authentic, loving relationships with friends and family members. I am dating someone who truly loves and respects me as his equal. I am humbled by the knowledge and wisdom that abounds in the "secular world." I am hungry to learn and contribute.
I no longer believe in the god of my upbringing. I am, in fact, an atheist. I am also very much the same person I was before: moral, empathic, loving, optimistic.
I no longer wish to be a part of a religion that I now recognize to be just as man-made as all the rest. My heart aches as I reflect on my past life. From personal experience, I have learned that "it is not the mind of heretics that are deteriorated most, by the ban placed on all inquiry which does not end in the orthodox conclusions. The greatest harm is done to those who are not heretics, and whose whole mental development is cramped, and their reason cowed, by the fear of heresy."
For twenty-eight years, I never dared cross the line. It is true that I did learn many important lessons within the context of Mormonism, such as the value of loving all people and of seeking knowledge and understanding. But, as with Adam and Eve during their stay in the Garden of Eden, I was unable to experience true love, happiness, and meaningful personal progress until I partook of the forbidden fruit and left the "garden" (the Church).
Within my field (educational psychology), I have found that ideal learning exists when understanding is sought through objectivity, experimentation and evidence rather than an approach characterized by emotional manipulation and declarations of authority. I cannot condone the closed, conformist approach of the LDS Church.
I hereby resign my membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, effective immediately. I request no contact from this point forward, except to acknowledge that my request has been processed and my name removed from church records. I expect this acknowledgment within 30 days of receipt of this letter.


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Power, Terror, Peace, and War: America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk (Paperback)
International affairs expert and award-winning author of Special Providence Walter Russell Mead here offers a remarkably clear-eyed account of American foreign policy and the challenges it faces post September 11.Starting with what America represents to the world community, Mead argues that throughout its history it has been guided by a coherent set of foreign policy objectives. He places the record of the Bush administration in the context of America's historical relations with its allies and foes. And he takes a hard look at the international scene from despair and decay in the Arab world to tumult in Africa and Asia and lays out a brilliant framework for tailoring America's grand strategy to our current and future threats. Balanced, persuasive, and eminently sensible, Power, Terror, Peace, and War is a work of extraordinary significance on the role of the United States in the world today.
About the Author
Walter Russell Mead, the Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the author of Mortal Splendor" "and Special Providence," "which won the Lionel Gelber Award for best book on international affairs in English for the year 2002. He is a contributing editor to the "Los Angeles Times; "has written for "The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, "and "The New Yorker; "and is a regular reviewer of books on the United States for "Foreign Affairs. "Mr. Mead also lectures regularly on American foreign policy. He lives in Jackson Heights, New York.
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"Arresting. . . . Mead has earned a deserved reputation as one of the country's liveliest thinkers about America's role in the world. . . . His ending dazzles." –The New York Times Book Review
"Ambitious . . . a new grand strategy for the United States . . . illuminated by a bolt of rhetorical lightning." –The Washington Post
"A serious and comprehensive survey of of the American situation." –Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Heartening words, indeed, for those who wonder about American efforts abroad." –The New York Sun
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"Power, Terror, Peace, and War gives clarity to our understanding of America's current imperialistic power." –Esquire
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"A splendid work. . . . [Mead's] even-handed and candid assessment of our foreign policy–past and present–is informed, perceptive and valuable." –Henry A. Kissinger
"The author should be congratulated for his courage…. Mead writes brilliantly about the French pratfalls on the eve of the Iraq War [and] ends on a high note of American noblesse oblige to the rest of the world." –National Interest
"An intellectually subtle, historically significant, and politically savvy discourse on America's role in the world. The product of a truly creative mind, Mead's elegant and most timely essay should be read by everyone concerned about this country's destiny." –Zbigniew Brzezinski
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|Systems developed to estimate poses of objects in 6 degrees of freedom (6DOF) Cartesian space (X, Y, and Z coordinates plus roll, pitch, and yaw) are reliant on the vendors' own processes to determine performance and measurement accuracy. These practices are not yet standardized, and are rarely reported by the vendors in sufficient detail to enable users and integrators to recreate the process. Efforts must therefore be made to enable the documented and, more importantly, independently repeatable evaluation of such systems using standardized processes, fixtures, and artifacts. In this paper, we describe three 6DOF ground truth systems utilized at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): a laser-tracker-based system for pose measurement, an aluminum fixture-based system that can be used to set the pose of artifacts, and a modular, medium-density fiberboard (MDF) fixture system. Descriptions, characterizations, and measured accuracies of these systems are provided for reference.
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Wayback Machine [Video]: Catherine Wheel, feat. Tanya Donelly – Judy Staring at the Sun
I had a huge crush on Tanya Donelly all through the 90's. As one of the founding members of the Throwing Muses, The Breeders (with Kim Deal of the Pixies) and later her own band Belly, she was one of the IT girls of early alt-rock in the late 80's/early 90's, and a core member of the Boston/New England scene. Her light, melodic voice used to raise the hairs on the back of my neck.
Catherine Wheel was a band out of England that weren't as well known (in the states, anyway), but still had some standout hits, most notably the song Black Metallic. Lead singer Rob Dickinson had a brooding baritone that had shades of Bob Mould in it, only slightly more depressing.
This song, featured on Catherine Wheel's third album Happy Days, is lightning in a bottle. The light/dark juxtaposition of their voices is absolutely brilliant, especially considering that the song is about heroin addiction. The video is a bit suspect, with typical 90's quirkiness, and Dickinson looks like a total creeper. Dude totally freaks me out. Why so serious, man?
What's interesting is that the album version of this song only featured Tanya in the chorus, not singing the second verse. I have no idea how they got together, or the backstory behind it, but I'm so glad they did. Its a wonderful gem from that era, and still remains one of my favorite songs.
Pair this one with my favorite beer of all time. North Coast's Red Seal. It's a hoppy, absolutely phenomenal amber ale.


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by Molière
Tartuffe Act 5, Scene 5 Summary
- Orgon turns to his mother and says, "I told you so."
- Of course now she's shocked by what she's seen.
- Dorine tells them all not to be so ungrateful (sarcasm alert!); after all, Tartuffe's just trying to rid them of all the earthly things that are separating them from heaven.
- Orgon tells her to shut up.
- Cléante reminds everyone that they still don't have a plan.
- Elmire proposes that they let everybody know what a liar and cheat Tartuffe is, in the hope that the resulting backlash – let's call it really, really bad publicity – will prevent Tartuffe from carrying out his plan.


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NEW DELHI: The government is contemplating a levy of 3-5% cess on domestic coal to make coal imports for consumption by power plants attractive.
At the first meeting of inter-ministerial Energy Coordination Committee (ECC) chaired by PM Manmohan Singh last week, Cabinet Secretary BK Chaturvedi suggested a cess on domestically produced coal to make it cost-comparable with that of imported coal. An official said against the planned imports of 10 MT of coal for power generation, only 4.5 MT was imported in '04-05 mainly due to high international coal prices.


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Gateway outlined for Lloyd boards
One of the definitions for gateway in the Webster's New World College Dictionary, is simply "a means of access." These four words aptly describe what Jeffrey Anzevino, director of land use advocacy for Scenic Hudson, and Elizabeth Waldstein-Hart, executive director of the Walkway over the Hudson, have proposed for the Town of Lloyd – from the Walkway, north to Milton Avenue and for its compliment area on the Poughkeepsie side.
The two appeared before members of Lloyd's Town, Planning and Zoning boards last week, to give an update of where they are in the process that began in earnest earlier this year.
Anzevino said what started out as a group of two dozen entities discussing the future of the gateway areas on both sides of the Walkway, has now grown to 70 organizations with approximately 120 people, all taking an active part in planning for the future at the entranceways.
"The idea was to find ways to leverage the economic success of the Walkway Over the Hudson into the surrounding communities," Anzevino said, adding that the challenge was how to let visitors of Walkway know all of the other attractions and amenities in the immediate area. Anzevino highlighted the fact that in the near future walking and bicycling connections will be made, via the rail trails, from Kingston south to Hopewell Junction.
Anzevino said the gateway meetings suggested new zoning is needed in the area "where Walkway hits the ground" on both sides of the river that would allow developers to transform former industrial areas into uses that are more appropriate to today's economy. He said what now exists in the area between the Mid Hudson Bridge and Milton Avenue near the Hamlet is actually preventing user friendly, pedestrian access because of the setbacks of the commercial structures and the reliance upon vehicles to get to them.
Anzevino said Walkway is working on "branding" tactics that will let people know what more is available in the area, while Scenic Hudson is developing conservation initiatives along the Black Creek corridor for water and fishing trails and access to Illinois Mountain. He said they are considering more trails in the Franny Reese Park and on the grounds of the proposed Wine Village development project.
"It's an exciting time. We're all working to put together a portfolio of parks and access that compliments the businesses that we have here," he said.
Waldstein-Hart said that since the Walkway opened in 2009 they have had 5 million visitors. She said it is incumbent on all of us to find ways to capitalize on this significant influx to the area by using the Walkway as a means to help benefit the entire region. She said a recent study pointed out that 500,000 visitors to the Walkway each year generate $23 million in sales, $9 million in wages, 383 tourism jobs and $78,000 in revenue to Dutchess County. The study is available online at www.walkway.org.
Waldstein-Hart said the region has many facets that make up its economy and it is imperative to develop a recognizable brand that will highlight and show off all the region has to offer.
"It's our job to market that and to tell that clearly and concisely to as many people as we can," she said.
To that end Anzevino showed a few posters that contained symbols and logos that will be used on signage in a forthcoming marketing/branding effort.
Waldstein-Hart also announced that a bid for $2.4 million has been accepted to build a 21 story elevator at the river's edge in Poughkeepsie that will cut the walk out onto the bridge by visitors using Metro-North by approximately 1 mile.
In June, Scenic Hudson hired planner Ted Fink to develop zoning options in the gateway areas for both the City of Poughkeepsie and the Town of Lloyd. He said the initial meetings on both sides of the river were aimed at gathering input on what visions people had for their communities in the gateway areas. Fink said the text of the first draft for zoning amendments can easily be worked into Lloyd's zoning code and will enhance and complement the Gateway area on Route 9W. He said the next step is to create illustrations to complement the zoning text. He suggested the creation of a small committee to "bounce ideas off" to "jump start" the visual process that is needed. Anzevino added that the illustrations will be particularly useful to the Planning Board in their consideration of these proposals.
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Surgical Implant Procedures
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The ducks will be surgically prepped at two sites: the dorsal synsacrum at the junction of the spine and pubis and the ventral abdominal muscles. The dorsal site will be done first. The sterile surgical preparation will be done using a 1% betadine solution and sterile saline. Once prepped, the surgical site will be covered with a sterile 2 x 2 gauze pad. The duck will then be placed in dorsal recumbency to prep the abdomen. The same sterile technique will be used. A clear surgical drape will be placed after the surgical prep is completed. The ventral abdominal incision will be made through the skin and rectus abdominis using a #15 scalpel blade. Once the coelomic cavity is opened, the right abdominal airsac will be manually deflated.
The antenna of the PTT will be placed into a blunt trochar and digitally guided through the incision (around the viscera) to the point of the pubic/spinal juncture. Using gentle pressure, the trochar will be advanced through the skin and out the dorsum of the bird. The entire trochar and antennae will be extracted sterilely (by manipulating it through the clear drape) out of the body cavity.
The PTT then will be digitally manipulated into place along the right body wall. The incision in the body wall will be closed using 4-0 PDS using a simple continuous pattern. The skin will also be closed with 4-0 PDS using a simple continuous pattern. A single 4-0 PDS suture will be used to anchor the antennae to the skin on the dorsum of the bird. The birds will be recovered on room air using an ambubag. Once the females have regained their righting reflex and have been extubated, they will be held in a warm, quiet area for 2 hours prior to release at the original capture site.
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Closed 7 years ago
#7501 closed (fixed)
template rendering doesn't reset cycle tag
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The cycle iter is stored on the node. Unless templates are re-parsed each request that will mean that multiple template renderings share the same cycle iter. As a result of that it is very likely that cycle skips items on renderings.
Proposed fix: store the iter on the context object.
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comment:1 Changed 8 years ago by anonymous
- Cc elsdoerfer@… added
- Needs documentation unset
- Needs tests unset
- Patch needs improvement unset
comment:2 Changed 8 years ago by ericholscher
- milestone changed from 1.0 to post-1.0
- Summary changed from {% cycle %} is not threadsafe to template rendering doesn't reset cycle tag
- Triage Stage changed from Unreviewed to Design decision needed
comment:3 Changed 8 years ago by SmileyChris
In #5908 Malcolm talks about the importance of keeping the state of the internal counter. Currently, the {% for %} tag (and potentially others) sets up a local context for each iteration, so if we put the counter straight on the context, it'll be lost the next iteration.
I think Context needs a way to set a "global" context variable (if you understand the internals, probably just stuffing it at the highest level context).
comment:4 follow-up: ↓ 5 Changed 8 years ago by harryman100
There's a workaround for this which can be used in templates:
Using the 'cycle as' syntax resets the variable. By outputting the 'cycle as' inside a comment it hides it from the rendering. It's not perfect, but it works in most cases
<!--{% cycle 'rowB' 'rowA' as rowstyle %}--> {% for post in posts %} <tr class="{% cycle rowstyle %}"> ... {% endfor %}
comment:5 in reply to: ↑ 4 Changed 8 years ago by harryman100
Replying to harryman100:
Scrap that, it was fluke that it worked with a particular dataset
comment:6 Changed 8 years ago by anonymous
- milestone post-1.0 deleted
Milestone post-1.0 deleted
comment:7 Changed 7 years ago by kmtracey
#11290 reported this again.
comment:8 Changed 7 years ago by bpeschier
I came across this a few times when rendering multiple tables next to each other with the same cycle (with 2 arguments for colouring) on a row. A double loop. If a table had an even amount of rows, the colours matched, otherwise, a grid appeared. It came out ugly sometimes, but acceptable.
Looking for a quick fix, I suspected there must be a reset of some sort, but there is not.
The {% cycle [] as var %} could be a nice way to fix this. But for starters, the output of {% cycle [] as var %} should go away. "as var" in other tags denotes a variable for later use. If we can reference the cycle-variable on the node, we could make a {% cycle reset var %} of some sort, which would reset the cycle referenced.
comment:9 Changed 7 years ago by steveire
- Has patch set
The attached patch fixes the issue and passes the test attached to #11290.
The test and fix are attached in the same patch here for completeness.
Changed 7 years ago by steveire
Fixes cycle reset issue by adding reset feature to node.
comment:10 Changed 7 years ago by SmileyChris
This would be fixed by #6262 - and I consider the ticket there to contain the correct fix to this issue.
comment:11 Changed 7 years ago by russellm
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from new to closed
Resolved by [11862]


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Definition of Italian in English:
- Deschamps brought in older players from Italy and also Italian coaches in that first year.
- He even knows two British guys who run an Italian cookery school in Italy.
- I have many friends in Italy and Italian football after playing all those years.
- Nor was there any question here of native Italians drafting their own constitution.
- The Italians at least showed us what a national anthem should be all about.
- Alessandro was also a firm believer that all Italians should live under Italian rule.
- She had been tutored by John Aylmer and she spoke French, Greek, Latin and Italian fluently.
- The French actors spoke French, the Italian actors spoke Italian and the boys spoke English.
- Naturally I couldn't say as I don't speak Italian or whatever language they were berating me in.
Italianist noun
- Example sentences
- He was also a soldier in the intelligence corps who volunteered for action in North Africa and, as a respected captain and distinguished Italianist, ultimately accepted the surrender of Italy during the Second World War.
- In fact, he begins, in what might be his strongest chapter, by taking to task Italianists who study 'literature of emigration' in a rather single-minded way.
Italianize (also Italianise) verb
- Example sentences
- After taking the post of general surveyor of royal building Jones began the Italianizing of medieval London.
- The chocolate-hazelnut gelato is yet another argument for Italianizing one's first name.
- Consider Italianizing your bedroom for springtime by getting rid of your 'dusty' dust ruffle, that frilly flounce around the base of your bed.
Late Middle English: from Italian italiano, from Italia 'Italy'.
Make mine a cappuccino
The Italian loves of food, music, and the good life have injected bright colours into English usage. At the other extreme, the Italian language of crime, captured on film and TV, has infiltrated talk of murkier areas of life.
IF you want pasta cooked so that it is still firm when you bite into it, you should ask for it to be al dente, literally 'to the tooth'. Varieties of pasta include fusilli or 'little spirals' and penne or 'quills'—most were unknown in English until the 20th century, but vermicelli or 'little worms' and macaroni date back to the 17th century. A determined meat-eater might ask for carpaccio. This name for thin slices of raw meat comes from the surname of the medieval Italian painter Vittore Carpaccio (c.1460–1525/1526), because of his characteristic use of red pigments, resembling raw meat.
Baroness Frances Bunsen (1791–1876) was a diplomat's wife who travelled widely. A letter about one of her trips has given us the first mention of the pizza, in 1825: 'They gave us ham, and cheese, and frittata [a kind of omelette], and pizza.' The Italian word simply means 'pie'.
Some kinds of Italian food suggest their appeal rather than their look or shape, such as the veal dish saltimbocca, whose name means literally 'leap into the mouth'. The dessert tiramisu was unknown to English until the 1980s, since when the combination of coffee-and-brandy-soaked sponge and mascarpone cheese has become irresistible. The name comes from tira mi sù 'pick me up'.
After the meal you might have the strong black espresso, whose name comes from caffé espresso 'pressed-out coffee', or the milder latte, from caffé latte 'milk coffee'. A macchiato, espresso with a dash of frothy steamed milk, is short for caffé macchiato, literally 'stained or marked coffee'. In Italian cappuccino means 'Capuchin monk', probably because the drink's colour resembles a Capuchin's brown habit. The Capuchins are a branch of the Franciscan order that takes their name from the sharp-pointed hood worn by the monks—cappuccio in Italian, which is from the same root as cape. It is now found on every high street, but cappuccino has been known in English only since the 1940s.
A life of heedless pleasure and luxury is a dolce vita, or 'sweet life', a phrase brought into English by the 1960 film La Dolce Vita, directed by Federico Fellini. A lazy person who likes the idea of pleasant idleness is attracted to dolce far niente, literally 'sweet doing nothing'.
The term fresco for a painting done rapidly on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling means 'cool, fresh' in Italian. The same word is part of al fresco, meaning 'in the open air'—in English this phrase tends to refer to eating outdoors, as in this example from GQ magazine: 'Open 7 days a week…with al fresco dining in fine weather'. The phrase dates back to the 1750s in English and was used by Jane Austen.
Sheet music was first printed during the Renaissance by Italians, which is why Italian is the language of musical terms, a number of which have moved into the wider language. We might talk of excitement reaching a crescendo, a word originally used to indicate gradually increasing loudness in a piece of music. Someone might be speaking fortissimo, 'very loudly', or sotto voce, 'in a quiet voice'—literally 'under the voice'. Italian has also given us the names for different ranges of singing voice, including alto 'high', soprano, from sopra 'above', and baritone, which is ultimately from Greek barus 'heavy' and tonos 'tone'. Many of the great opera singers have been Italian, and opera itself is the Italian word for 'work'.
Films like The Godfather (1972) and Goodfellas (1990), and the more recent television series The Sopranos, have familiarized us with some of the enigmatic vocabulary associated with the mafia. Members practise omertà, or a code of silence, which is a dialect form of umità 'humility'. Within the group the adviser to the leader, who resolves internal disputes, is known as the consigliere, literally 'member of a council'. Presumably it is only after his arts have failed that someone may reach for his lupara, or sawn-off shotgun, a slang term that comes from lupa 'she-wolf'. A high-ranking member of the Mafia is a don, a word also used for a British university teacher, which comes from Latin dominus 'master'.
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"Surgical Gloves"
I said…the only thing that could have made OB4CL2 better, aside from replacing "Kiss The Ring" with "Walk Wit Me" as the official closer and including more RZA production (or at least the joints like "State of Grace" and "Baggage Handlers")…was a cameo from the real "God MC"…KGR.
I AM HEAVILY ANTICIPATING THIS COLLABORATION (even better, in EXTENDED-PLAY or FULL LENGTH form). True stillz.
Just when you thought you knew about everything…you find out …ah, you know the rest.
What the hell was up in 1991?! Let's continue with this tough joint…
Classic N.O. Hip Hop…shit is severely fresh. I can't name a soul on the East Coast who was bumpin' this when it came out…I wasn't…simply because I had no clue about MC Thick's (way too short) existence (R.I.P.).
Check it…