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Will YouTube Help Cate Blanchett Land An Oscar?
A private lunch for Cate Blanchett at Le Cirque Thursday seemed as much a gathering of stage veterans as it was a celebration of the actress's film "Blue Jasmine," directed by Woody Allen.
Doing theater even helped the actress's startling performance in Allen's film as Jasmine, the ex-wife of a Madoff-like swindler who, bereft of her family, wealth and society, becomes hooked on Xanax and vodka and moves across the country to live with her sister Ginger (Sally Hawkins). Blanchett received strong reviews and is considered a frontrunner for the Best Actress Oscar.
"I was very fortunate to be here [in New York] with 'Uncle Vanya,' and so Sally and I hung out for a couple of weeks and talked about the characters' backstories, which was a gift," Blanchett said. "Then I drank a little bit too much rosé in the Upper West Side restaurants, just people-watching."
"The deep strand of self-loathing that was in her really humanizes her," she said at Le Cirque, describing her character. "We often delude ourselves because we cannot stand to look at who we really are."
Guests at the lunch, organized by Peggy Siegal, included Bobby Cannavale (who starred with Blanchett in "Blue Jasmine"), Philip Seymour Hoffman (who worked with Blanchett in "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and also directed the play "Riflemind," by her husband, Andrew Upton), F. Murray Abraham, Dana Ivey and Celia Weston — all longtime theater, film and television actors. Dan Jinks, the producer of the new musical "Big Fish," was also there, as were director Paul Haggis, artist Marina Abramovic, and Sony Pictures Classics presidents Tom Bernard and Michael Barker.
The lunch followed last night's New York Film Festival gala tribute marking Blanchett's career. While the evening singled out her performances in such films as "Elizabeth," "I'm Not There" and "The Aviator" (for which Blanchett won an Academy Award), she said "Blue Jasmine" was her favorite, the culmination of her work in both theater and film.
Though she didn't base her performance on any particular figure, real or fictional, Blanchett said she thought much about women in theatrical writing such as Mary Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night" or Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams's "A Streetcar Named Desire" — a role she played at BAM to critical acclaim in 2009. "But in the end, I think it has to leap out of the imagination," she said.
Not having had an addiction to Xanax herself, the actress watched videos on YouTube – "it's incredible what you can find" – to learn and be able to chart through Jasmine's physical state over the course of the film. "Woody had her breaking quite a lot. She's a woman on the verge, so I wanted to calibrate that so it wasn't always coming out in the same way," she said.
Blanchett recently completed filming "The Monuments Men," written and directed by George Clooney. At a lunch for "Gravity" yesterday, Clooney called Blanchett a pro who is also a lot of fun. "A lot of times people think actors as talented as she is are really tortured. She just makes the world a lovely place to be," he said.
While Blanchett is quick to praise the directors she's worked with over the years, including Allen, Clooney, Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, and Todd Haynes, she is setting out to make her own directorial debut soon, an adaptation of Herman Koch's bestselling book, "The Dinner." The thriller is about two families who sit down at a restaurant to discuss a heinous crime committed by their teenage sons.
"The material is a searing social commentary but apart from being absurd, I think it has the ability to tap into a deep, emotional vein in terms of how far we'd go to protect our children," she said. "It's a big responsibility, but also incredible fun."
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I have connected a monitor to the 2nd. port on my G400, thinking it would be
usefull to watch TV and DVD's on while using the computer for other things.
But linux 2.6 + framebuffer + G400 + some of my hardware is really broken
and won't display anything but trash, so i settled on using X to do the
dual head stuff instead. I use Debian testing with X86Free 4.3 and the mga
driver by matrox. Dual head works fine without xinerama and mplayer
-display :0.1 directs the output to the second monitor, but theres only XV
support on the first monitor (and my CPU is too slow for software scaling)
and no DRI on any of them. Is there any way to fix that? Or another way,
besides X and framebuffer, to get fullscreen video output to my second
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While there is evidence of commencement ceremonies starting as early as 1873, the earliest Commencement Program held in the University of Arkansas archives is dated June 17, 1875. The ceremony was held in a brand new building, which is now known as Old Main.
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The lives of notable architects Fay Jones and Frank Lloyd Wright intersected during the ten-year period from 1949 to 1959. This digital exhibit of photographs, correspondence, lectures, writings, and other media highlights their affiliation, architecture, and theories of organic architecture—the harmonious and seamless relationship between the built environment and nature.
|" The Ozark Folksong Collection," originally recorded and compiled between 1949 and 1965, is the largest and most complete collection of traditional music and associated materials from Arkansas and the Ozarks in the nation. The physical collection contains audio recordings of songs, oral histories, anecdotes, and tales from over 700 performers. In addition there are transcriptions of lyrics, and music notations. The contents illustrate a rich diversity of cultures, economic classes, and occupations.
|"Colonial Arkansas Post Ancestry" covers 279 items relating to the historic colonial Arkansas Post settlement and fort in southeast Arkansas and focuses on the names listed in the censuses and inventories of 1723, 1726, 1731, 1743, and 1749. Materials on the Lower Mississippi Valley include maps, letters, land grants, wills, censuses, and genealogical records that describe the peoples and events of Arkansas's first capital. Items in French and Spanish have been translated. A table of 98 primary family names and their derivatives is included.
|"Fine Lines, Late Nights: The Converging Histories of Vol Walker Hall and the Fay Jones School of Architecture" is a digital exhibit that explores the history of Vol Walker Hall, a prominent campus building, and that of the Fay Jones School of Architecture, the lively design school which has called the stately building their home for more than 40 years.
|"40-50-100: Milestones in Arkansas's Environmental History" contains close to 40 images and documents regarding the establishment in 1972 of the Buffalo River in northern Arkansas as the first "National" river, the creation of the Ozark Society environmental stewardship organization in 1962, and the 1912 birth of Dr. Neil Compton, the founding president of the Ozark Society. Events commemorating these "40-50-100" year milestones took place in 2012.
|"Fruit-full" Arkansas: Apples is a collection of 69 items on apples assembled from a variety of collections of Arkansas folklore, souvenir booklets, poetry, photographs, speeches, and other documents. Among these are 50 images of apples from color plates in historic nursery catalogs held at the Library of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
|The BAD Times digital collection includes twenty issues of newspapers published between 1971 and 1977 by the Black Americans for Democracy, a student organization founded at the University of Arkansas in the late 1960s.
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|"Politics and Principles: Documenting the Career of Congressman Brooks Hays" covers Hays' seven-decade career, early life and subsequent work in public service and education. Hays worked in five presidential administrations, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Lyndon B. Johnson, and he personally knew seven presidents, from Harry Truman to Jimmy Carter.
|"German Prisoner of War Letters" is a collection of 10 letters sent after the war by former German prisoners at Camp Dermott to a prominent farmer and merchant near Parkdale in Ashley County, Mr. E.D. Gregory, on whose farm the men had labored as prisoners.
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I find a discrepancy between screen output and log file output when running
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I find no discrepancy when I omit the "-n" option. The screen listing seems
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/opt/local/bin/rsync -n -i --stats -aES -x --exclude-from ${EXCL_FILE}
--log-file=${LOG_FILE} / /Volumes/${BACKUP_DISK}
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>f..t...... .Spotlight-V100/.journalHistoryLog
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This combination of options is important to me while debugging a script to
backup my system. I next plan to use the MacOsX "bless" command on the backup
filesystem to make it bootable. Note that the latest MacOsX-10.5 supplies
version 2.6.9 (2006) of rsync, which is unsuitable for Mac "resource forks" in
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I'm using the w2k remote access server and w2k/xp built-in vpn client which
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Starting year at UNCG: 2008
Ph.D. in Mathematics, Rutgers University (2001)
TeachingFall, 2016
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Current Students: James Rudzinski
Selected Recent Publications
- Clifford Smyth, The BKR inequalities on finite distributive lattices. Combinatorics, Probability and Computing (CPC), Volume 22, Issue 04, pages 612–626, July 2013.
- Clifford Smyth, Approximate Query Complexity. Association for Computing Machinery - Transactions on Computation Theory (ACM - TOCT), Volume 3, Number 1, pages 3.1–3.11, 2011.
- Jeffry Kahn, Michael Saks, and Clifford Smyth, The dual BKR inequality and Rudich's conjecture. Combinatorics Probability, and Computing (CPC), Volume 20, Number 2, pages 257–266, 2011.
- Todd Kemp, Karl Mahlburg, Amarpreet Rattan, and Clifford Smyth, Enumeration of non-crossing pairings on bit strings. Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A, Volume 118, Number 1, pages 129–151, 2011.
- Jozsef Balogh, Oded Regev, Clifford Smyth, William Steiger, and Mario Szegedy. Long monotone paths in line arrangements. Discrete and Computational Geometry, Volume 32, Number 32, pages 167–176, 2004.
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Dr. Smyth earned a Ph.D. in 2001 from Rutgers University, advised by Michael Saks. He joined the UNCG faculty in 2008. In the interim, he was a Member of the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study from 2001 to 2002, advised by Avi Widgerson, a Zeev Nehari Visiting Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University from 2002 to 2005, advised by Alan Frieze, and an Instructor in Applied Mathematics at MIT from 2005 to 2008 advised By Daniel Kleitman. His research lies in combinatorial probability, computational complexity, and discrete geometry.


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1. It is not even the end of September (a month back home that signals the start of Spring, but really just a milder summer because we don't really have distinctive seasons at the bottom of the dark continent. Sun, sun, one month less sun, more sun. Edinburgh's summer is our winter. It is glorious. I miss vitamin D. Remind me why I left? *chants* first world, first world, first world...) and yet my adopted city has decided it is winter already. It's dark, wet, cold and windy. All my worst weathers in one.
2. Anyone else feel like Christmas is coming early this year? Or just Sainsburys in Edinburgh who already have an entire aisle dedicated to Christmas goodies. WTF. It's not even Halloween people. I feel like this may or may not be related to point number 1. Stop confusing the weather gods big Retail giants! Unless I get presents early, in which case, do continue.
3. I will see Jemily this weekend. YES. Despite getting the months mixed up (ugh, see 1. and 2.) as to when I was meant to be visiting, I managed to organise my life, get very last-minute leave approved, bought presents, restrained myself from playing with said presents (have had to box them up, because I am 5 years old with zero self-control), bought vodka (because, obviously) in no time at all. Jemily and I are mostly excited for the bouncy castle that will be at a kid's party we are attending, and the fact that we are going to introduce beer pong to Liverpool (with proper red cups specially sourced from America!). Outfits planned, bags (almost) packed, fun ahead.
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The little game Motorola started yesterday appears to be going south already. After announcing a mystery 4G LTE smartphone would be unveiled on Friday, they've now backtracked on that to clarify that it won't be a "new" phone, but they will unveil something after all the clues are figured out. So those expecting to see a new device, sorry for the bad news.
Basically this isn't about a new phone, instead it is about brand awareness. After having a nice little hidden square and asking everyone to "guess the smartphone," we all figured it was a new device. Why would we guess on something we already know. Either way here's what they had to say:
Let's play a game, Guess the Smartphone. We'll give a clue each day all week and make the big reveal on Friday. I have the power of 4G LTE. Which smartphone am I?
After all the leaks of Motorola's upcoming DROID RAZR HD, everyone assumed (us included) that we'd be seeing that new smartphone. Today however Motorola has spoiled the fun and changed the tune. Either they've decided not to unveil a new smartphone, or they never were planning on it to begin with. Here is the hint from today:
I browse the Web, multitask and power through emails with my 1.5 GHz dual-core processor. And just a note, I'm in market in the U.S. from Motorola already."
Yup, you guessed it. That would be the Motorola Atrix HD on AT&T -- see our review. Motorola's Atrix HD is a great smartphone on AT&T, especially for $99. Why they are running this little promotional guessing game this late after launch has us confused. Either way an update was in order. Sorry folks, we won't be seeing the DROID RAZR HD on Friday. We'll update when we know more on that device, because the Atrix HD is old news.
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On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
On the Road Madness Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #25
I could hear Dean, blissful and blabbering and frantically rocking. Only a guy who's spent five years in jail can go to such maniacal helpless extremes; beseeching at the portals of the soft source, mad with a completely physical realization of the origins of life-bliss; blindly seeking to return the way he came. (II.5.14)
Sal attributes much of Dean's madness to his criminal youth and time in jail.
Quote #26
He had a set of chains in his room that he said he used with his psychoanalyst; they were experimenting with narcoanalysis and found that Old Bull had seven separate personalities, each growing worse and worse on the way down, till finally he was a raving idiot and had to be restrained with chains. The top personality was an English lord, the bottom the idiot. Halfway he was an old Negro who stood in line, waiting with everyone else, and said, "Some's bastards, some's ain't, that's the score." (II.6.34)
The mad characters in On the Road seek to characterize their madness in order to organize and understand it.
Quote #27
He held on. Dean had gotten worse, he confided in me. "He seems to me to be headed for his ideal fate, which is compulsive psychosis dashed with a jigger of psychopathic irresponsibility and violence." He looked at Dean out of the corner of his eye. "If you go to California with this madman you'll never make it. Why don't you stay in New Orleans with me?" (II.6.42)
The mad characters all make judgments on each other's madness, no one recognizing that they themselves suffer from the same instabilities.


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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Nationally, officials say 60 percent of families are one paycheck away from being homeless and people in Grand Junction are not an exception.
On Saturday the Grand Valley Homeless Coalition tried to improve the community's awareness on homelessness. Their goal was to have the community stand up for the homeless and hungry.
Without the next payday, over half of US families could be the next homeless victims and workers at both Homeward Bound Homeless Shelter and Housing First No More Deaths say that homelessness affects everyone and could happen to your mom, grandfather or cousin.
Jordan McGinnis works for Homeward Bound. But he also says homlessness affected his family. "Last year my cousin died on a park bench in Whitman Park. She had two children and died of pneumonia."
Ian Lafferty says he has been homeless himself and that statistic isn't a far-fetched idea, "Half the people in there talking today are a paycheck away from being homeless themselves... I have been homeless since September."
McGinnis said homelessness doesn't just happen to adults. He said last year more than 60 District 51 students were homeless.


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Robin Thicke Gets More and More Pathetic as the Days Go By
2/28/2014 3:00 AM PST, by Sarah Taylor
When it comes to a big, smarmy, handsy, greasy turnoff, nobody outdoes Robin Thicke -- and his latest antics in trying to "get the girl back"? I virtually rolled my eyes 'til I got dizzy and then I threw up because greasy vertigo. Robin Thicke is indulgent and embarrassing and inauthentic, and that amused little smirk you see in practically every single video these days? It only sweetens the pot of putrid that he keeps stirring with those big white teeth of his anytime he opens his mouth.
Last night Robin performed in Fairfax, Virginia, and oh boy, guess to whom he dedicated a cheeseball song called "Lost Without U"? You got it -- his estranged wife, Paula Patton, who's just fine and also all smiles, but not wearing her wedding ring, unlike Robin. Robin said:
"For y'all that don't know me and my wife separated, but I'm trying to get my girl back. She's a good woman."
No, Robin. Just ... no. You did this yourself, and now you're adding insult to injury. We used to think disappointing things about Paula Patton for seeming to put up with your gross on- and off-stage antics, but now we commend her for having the sense to dump your ass to the curb before you embarrass her any longer. If she seriously caves to your public pleas for forgiveness, and relents because of your gaudy floral displays, we're gonna be real disappointed ... in humanity at large.
Give it up, brother. You're only making yourself look (even more) foolish, which is quite a feat. God, it's like you've never even seen "Growing Pains." Move on (ha ha, as if you probably haven't already).
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STOCKTON - A spectacular fire in an abandoned warehouse at 1825 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. quickly went to three alarms shortly after 6:30 p.m. Monday, bringing out most of the Stockton Fire Department's arsenal to fight the stubborn blaze.
Two aerial ladder trucks took positions around the large wood-frame building, raining tons of water down on the burning structure as flames continued to flare high into the cold night sky.
Firefighters on the scene reported the building would probably burn down to the ground because the large wood beams were old and dry. They were working to keep the flames from spreading to adjacent structures.
Nothing was stored in the building, fire officials reported.
Signs outside the building, which parallels Bieghle Alley, advertise it for lease through Lee & Associates.
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by Lori Stanley Roeleveld
My 7-year-old daughter pouted. "But it won't be special." She rested her round face on her fists at the kitchen table.
"Why do you say that? Grandma's going to love it." I continued to gather permanent markers so Hannah could decorate a white tablecloth with her own design as a Christmas gift for my mother.
"I want to get her a real present from a real store with real money," Hannah said. "Besides, is it a real gift if we make it from stuff Grandma bought us? That seems like cheating."
I laughed at my daughter's reasoning. "She gave you the materials, but your imagination and hard work will create the gift, my girl."
Everything we were using had, indeed, come from a box of craft supplies Hannah's grandmother had given us last Christmas. Every year Grandma filled a storage box with art supplies. It was my favorite gift because it encouraged creativity in my children.
That Christmas, Hannah presented her grandmother with the tablecloth she'd created. "Look what I made with what you gave me, Grandma!"
My mother was overjoyed not only to receive something created by Hannah, but also to know her original gift had been put to use. In that moment, I learned a lesson I was able to apply for years to come.
Extended family members sometimes wonder if the gifts they've given are appreciated or if they're sitting, forgotten, on a closet shelf. Beyond a thank-you note, my mother now had evidence that her gift had been used and enjoyed.
After that day, I looked for opportunities to show relatives what my children did with the presents they received. I now send pictures of my children using or wearing their gifts, and when my kids receive money, we spend it on outings. Then I work with them to write stories about their adventures. We enclose those stories with their thank-you notes or express gratitude over the phone.
Doing this for our extended family has created meaningful relationships. And every meal our family has enjoyed at Grandma's house over the tablecloth my girl made for her has deepened the bond between my mother and my daughter — and reinforced to my daughter that gifts should come from the heart. After all, the best gift grandchildren can give to any grandparent is to return the love and joy they've received.
This article first appeared in the November/December 2010 issue of Thriving Family magazine and was originally titled "A Gift Returned." Copyright © 2010 by Lori Stanley Roeleveld. Used by permission. ThrivingFamily.com.
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text: Bad title for a thread, but I didn't want to say "You can have a bigger penis in three days" because nobody would open it. I'm old, but I'm new to fantasy. I've read bits and pieces over the years, but not near as much as most of you. How do you prefer a writer to give the background for the culture or society where their story is taking place? I started Kushiel's Dart a couple of weeks ago, but I put it back down pretty quick. Ms. Carey is starting with lots of information and detail, and it almost reads like a textbook. It's being narrated, or at least it feels like narration. But I don't know who the narrator is or how or if he/she fits into the story, so I'm just not caring too much. Someone told me the book continues in that vein, and for me, it's boring. On the other hand, I also put down Gardens of the Moon not that long ago because I didn't feel I was getting *enough* background to get me to become involved in the story. But then I started The Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn Fewelling (sp?) and she seems to be striking the perfect balance between telling the story and expounding on the culture. I'm getting acquainted with the characters and picking up just enough bits and pieces to want to know more. I'm not lost, and I'm staying interested. So how do you folks want it? Do you want sort of a history at the start, so you know who's who and what's what? Or do you prefer to learn gradually? Maybe an analogy would be in traveling. Do you want to be on the tour bus or would you prefer to take off on your own?


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August 18, 2006
Five people have been arrested after a six-month drugs for guns investigation in Aiken County.
Aiken County deputies found guns and drugs at two homes in Bath.
They seized a rifle, shotgun, two pistols along with marijuana and cocaine in the raid.
ATF agents also arrested one man for a transaction at an Aiken hotel.


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by Jane Austen
Mrs. Elton Timeline and Summary
- We learn Mrs. Elton's history before she arrives:
- She's the daughter of a merchant; her sister is married to a somewhat wealthy man.
- She brings £10,000 to her marriage with Mr. Elton.
- Mrs. Elton tries to establish herself as one of the members of high society.
- She tries to befriend Emma.
- Talking incessantly about her sister's husband, Mrs. Elton annoys everyone.
- She decides to become Jane's "friend."
- Suddenly, she no longer tries to talk to Emma all the time.
- Mrs. Elton forgets to pick Jane up for the Westons' party, but then she insists that her carriage should be sent.
- She rejoices when her husband slights Harriet.
- Mrs. Elton tries to organize an expedition to Box Hill.
- She and Mr. Knightley get into a battle of powers over the Donwell Abbey party. Mr. Knightley wins.
- Her sister's friends need a governess. Mrs. Elton insists that Jane take the position.
- She writes to her sister on Jane's behalf.
- After Jane's engagement is made public, Mrs. Elton believes she's the only one who knows about it.
- Mrs. Elton attends Emma's wedding and criticizes it.


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WILLIAMSTOWN - Wood County Christian scored eight unanswered points to open the final quarter to break open a close ball game as the Wildcats pulled away to a 66-53 victory Friday night over the visiting Elk Valley Christian Eagles.
Patrick Goff posted a double-double as the senior tossed in 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as WCC found a way to score a win in a game in which it trailed for the better part of three quarters.
"Elk Valley came out hot and got off to a terrific start," said Wildcat head coach Dan Ellis of his opponent, who connected on five-of-10 three-pointers in the first half to lead by as many as 10 points. "We were able to get some steals and transition baskets and get some momentum in the second half."
Trey Suffle got off to a big start for the Eagles as he scored 10 points in the first eight minutes including a pair from behind the arc to give Elk Valley a 15-5 lead.
Goff's basket cut the lead to eight and a three-ball from freshman D.J. Spencer at the buzzer on an assist by Douglas Ernest cut the lead to five.
Elk Valley dominated the boards in the game as the Eagles out rebounded Wood County by a 43-29 margin and Suffle and Bert French cashed in on a pair of offensive rebound put-backs to extend the lead to nine.
Fact Box
Elk Valley Christian 14 9 15 2 - 40
Wood County Christian 15 13 10 12 - 50
Elk Valley Christian: Chelsea Burdette 3 4-6 11, Jamie Brown 2 0-0 5, Katie Burdette 2 2-2 6, Hannah Williams 5 1-1 11, Anna Oxley 1 2-2 4, Sydney Davis 1 1-3 3, Totals: 14 10-14 40. Three-Point Goals: 2 (Burdette, Brown).
Wood County Christian: Hannah Lord 5 2-2 13, Heather Lord 8 3-4 21, Kate Ward 3 0-0 6, Rachel Ruble 1 0-0 2, Sophia Knolle 1 0-0 3, Adria Herridge 1 0-0 2, Hannah Riggs 1 0-0 2, Lexi Gutberlet 0 1-2 1, Totals: 20 6-8 50. Three-Point Goals: 4 (Heather Lord 2, Hannah Lord 1, Knolle 1).
Team Stats
Wood County Christian (9-5)
Shooting: 20-54 (37 percent), Rebounds: 29 (Ward 7), Assists: 10 (Hannah Lord 5), Steals: 13 (Hannah Lord 4), Blocks: 3 (Herridge 2), Turnovers: 16.
Next game: Tuesday, Wood County Christian at Licking Christian.
Elk Valley Christian 15 17 10 11 -53
Wood County Christian 10 18 15 23 - 66
Elk Valley Christian: Trey Suffle 10-19 2-2 25, Jordan Elkins 6-14 2-2 16, Bert French 1-5 2-2 4, Luke Williams 1-9 3-6 5, David Johnson 1-6 0-4 2, Noah Garcelon 0-8 1-2 1, Totals: 19-61 10-18 53. Three-Point Goals: 5 (Suffle 3, Elkins 2)
Wood County Christian (13-4): Douglas Ernest 2-7 4-6 9, Logan Huck 3-6 0-0 6, D.J. Spencer 3-8 0-0 8, Mitch Morris 0-3 2-2 2, Josh Stevens 0-1 0-0 0, Isaac Brown 5-12 3-5 16, Patrick Goff 10-19 5-9 23, Joseph Krupinski 1-4 0-0 2, Totals: 24-60 14-22 66. Three-Point Goals: 6 (Brown 3, Spencer 2, Ernest 1).
Team Totals
Elk Valley
Shooting: 19-61 (31.1 percent), Three-Point Shooting: 5-21 (23.8 percent), Rebounds: 43 (Elkins 17), Assists: 5 (French 3), Steals: 10 (Elkins 5), Turnovers: 17, Team Fouls: 17, Fouled Out: Williams.
Wood County Christian
Shooting: 24-60 (40 percent), Three-Point Shooting: 6-21 (28.6 percent), Rebounds: 29 (Goff 10), Assists: 14 (Ernest 9), Steals: 9 (Goff 4, Brown 3), Turnovers: 14, Team Fouls: 16, Fouled Out: Huck.
Next game: Tuesday: Calvary at Wood County Christian.
Goff began to make his presence known as the 6-foot-2 forward converted an old fashioned three-point play and a field goal to cut the lead to 19-15.
Three-pointers by Suffle and Jordan Elkins increased the EVC lead back to seven but the 'Cats answered on another inside score from Goff and a three-point play from freshman Isaac Brown.
Suffle scorched the Wildcat defense for 17 points in the opening half, including a driving bucket with less than a minute to play to make it a seven-point lead once again, but Brown closed out the half with a trey for WCC to send the 'Cats to intermission trailing 32-28.
After chasing the Eagles for almost all 16 minutes of the first half it took the Wildcats just seconds to pull even with EVC on baskets by Goff and Logan Huck to open the second half.
Yet another score off of an offensive rebound by David Johnson sent the Eagles back in front but Brown answered with a short jumper followed by a long triple to give the Wildcats their first lead since the opening minute of the game at 37-34.
The lead would trade back and forth some six times in the third quarter with a pair of freebies by Goff putting WCC in front 43-42 heading to the final period.
Goff gave Elk Valley a taste of its own medicine by scoring off an offensive rebound to open the fourth quarter and Huck followed with a bucket to give WCC a 47-42 lead.
Ernest dished out a game-high nine assists for Wood County and his driving lay up increased the lead to seven before Goff came up with a steal and Spencer finished on the other end to cap the 10-0 run and give the 'Cats a 51-42 lead with six minutes to play.
Brown drained his third triple of the game to send the lead to double-digits and the Wildcats took care of business at the charity stripe the rest of the way to secure their 13th victory of the season.
"We just started making shots and were able to hit our free throws down the stretch," said Ellis, whose team made 14-of-22 free throw attempts in the game, including nine-of-their last ten.
The win marked the second time in just over a month that the Wildcats downed the Eagles as they scored a 71-55 victory back in December at the Charleston Civic Center.
Goff filled out a rather impressive box score by coming up with four steals and four blocks in addition to his 23 points and 10 boards.
"They (Elk Valley) were a very physical team," said Goff, who was joined in double figures by Brown's 16.
"Our guards did a great job of getting me the ball and it was just a great team effort."
Suffle led the way for the Eagles with a game-high 25 points while Elkins completed a double-double as well with 16 points and 17 rebounds.
Wood County Christian will next host Calvary on Tuesday night.
Wood County Christian 50, Elk Valley 40
The Wood County girls team opened the double header with a 50-40 victory over the Lady Eagles in a game very similar to the one played later on by the boys.
The Lady Wildcats out scored Elk Valley 12-2 in the final period to break open a 40-40 tie to register their ninth victory of the season in 14 tries.
The Lord twins led the way for WCC as Heather finished with a game-high 21 points while Hannah added 13 points, while leading her team with five assists and four steals.
Hannah Williams and Chelsea Burdette led the way for Elk Valley with 11 points apiece.
The WCC girls hit the road for a Tuesday night match up with Licking Christian.


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Barons rally to take 2 of 3 from No. 3 Senators
MOUNT VERNON -- After taking three wins in five games over two of the NAIA's best basketball teams, the Brewton-Parker College Barons find themselves in the middle of the tough Georgia-Alabama-Carolina Conference race.
The Barons overcame their 10-5 loss Friday night to No. 3 ranked and GACC-leading Auburn University-Montgomery (Ala.) with a pair of comeback victories over the Senators in Saturday's doubleheader, 6-5 in eight innings and 5-4.
Saturday's sweep lifted the Barons (17-10 overall, 7-6 GACC) to matching their 17 wins achieved last year in the rebuilding effort under second-year coach Chad Parker and also gave AUM (29-13, 13-2) its first two conference losses.
"We have accomplished some good things," said Parker, whose team is 5-2 against NAIA top-10 teams and 6-4 against top-25 opposition. "By beating these top-25 teams, we are not scared of anybody. We want to play them. It makes us proud that we can beat somebody like that.
"Our thing is we are fighting it out until things get better, and a lot of good things are happening. It is a credit not only to our players but also to our school and our athletic department. We have been on hard times and now we are fighting back."
The Barons led Saturday's first game 4-2 after scoring all their runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Auburn-Montgomery scored two runs in the top of the seventh and then took the lead 5-4 in the eighth inning before Brewton-Parker struck for the win.
After freshman pinch-hitter Kyle Barfield and junior Jason Halstead drew walks, sophomore Rex Harrison singled home Barfield for the tying run, and sophomore Jeremiah Barrow's double scored Harrison for the win.
Harrison was 2-for-4 with two runs batted in, senior Denson Gleaton was 2-for-4 with one RBI and freshman Madison Herrin went 2-for-3.
Sophomore right-hander Andrew Gernatt (5-0) pitched the final two innings in relief of sophomore left-hander Trae Wiggins to get the victory. Gernatt allowed three hits and the eighth-inning run with three strikeouts and one walk. Wiggins had scattered seven hits and four runs (three earned) in six-plus innings.
In Saturday's second game, Brewton-Parker again took the lead with a four-run rally, in the second inning. After sophomore Josh Hendricks drove in senior Travis Long on a sacrifice fly and Halstead singled home junior Miles Zachary, Barrow hit a two-run homer to put the Barons up 4-1.
AUM gained one run back in the third and then tied the game in the top of the seventh on a two-out, two-run home run.
Brewton-Parker then broke the tie when Harrison, who led off the inning with a single, scored on Herrin's bases-loaded sacrifice fly. Zachary was 2-for-3 with a double and Harrison went 2-for-4.
Junior right-hander Brent Kennedy (6-0) got the complete-game victory after he scattered seven hits and four runs (all earned) with five strikeouts and three walks.
"They kept fighting back, but we just refused to lose," Parker said of AUM's late-inning rallies. "I think that is an overall air of the school, refuse to lose."
In Friday's series opener, Brewton-Parker had a 3-1 lead before the Senators scored nine runs in the final four innings. AUM scored four runs in the eighth inning and three more in the ninth before the Barons scored three in the bottom of the ninth, with two runs on a single by freshman Eric Beasley.
Sophomore right-hander Ashley Hooks (2-1) took the loss after allowing three runs (one earned) and three hits with seven strikeouts, four walks and two hit batters in six-plus innings. Sophomore Jonathan Davis was 2-for-2 with one RBI.
"Our players are not going to give up," Parker said. "We believe we can win and deserve to win because we work so hard."
The Barons look to continue their success Thursday, when they play host to the University of Maine-Presque Isle in a 5 p.m. doubleheader at the Brewton-Parker field.
Another ranked team, No. 23 Faulkner University (Ala.), visits the Barons for a three-game GACC series that begins Friday with a 6 p.m. nine-inning game and continues Saturday with a twin bill starting at 1 p.m.
The series also concludes the Barons' home schedule, and the team's four seniors - Chris Coker, Gleaton, Long and Ricky Nelson - will be honored before Saturday's first game.
Brewton-Parker College junior shortstop Jason Halstead prepares to tag out Auburn University-Montgomery junior Chad Whitacker on a pick-off throw from Barons senior first baseman Travis Long in the third inning of Saturday's first game at the Brewton-Parker field on the campus in Mount Vernon. (Photo by Charles Conkin)


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Growing up as a New Orleans musician in the 1940s and '50s, Mac Rebennack had a street-level view of jazz legend of Louis Armstrong.
"We're both from the same neighborhood in New Orleans," says the man who became Dr. John, "and every time my pa would pass his pad, he would say, 'That's where Louis Armstrong was born.' He wouldn't say 'Satch' or anything. He would say 'Louis Armstrong,' and that meant a lot to me as a kid."
Dr. John's dad operated a general store that sold records, so "Louis was a slamming influence," he says. "I remember when my pa was selling records -- traditional jazz, bebop and Afro-Cuban music -- and that was the three forms of jazz at the time. I can remember lots of Louis Armstrong."
They met only once, in the office of their mutual manager, the infamous Joe Glaser, around 1967, three years before Armstrong died. Dr. John remembers their conversation being about a different store, Ralph Schultz's Fresh Hardware, a popular gathering spot for any and all needs.
A few years ago, the two musicians had another conversation -- of sorts.
"Louis came to me in a dream and said, 'Do my stuff ... your way,'" Dr. John says. "I thought about it for a while. And then I just started doing it."
One result is "Ske-Dat-De-Dat ... The Spirit of Satch," a vibrant, all-star tribute to Armstrong that comes out on Aug. 19 from Concord Music Group.
Fittingly, it's stacked with great trumpeters: Nicholas Payton ("What a Wonderful World" and "Gut Bucket Blues"), Terence Blanchard ("Mack the Knife," "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams"), Arturo Sandoval ("Tight Like This," "Memories of You"), Wendell Brunious ("That's My Home") and James Andrews ("Dippermouth Blues"), along with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band ("When You're Smiling").
Dr. John, sounding as strong as ever vocally at 73, enlists the Blind Boys of Alabama on "What a Wonderful World," Bonnie Raitt on "I've Got the World on a String," Anthony Hamilton on "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" and Shemekia Copeland on a funk version of the insult-flinging duet "Sweet Hunk O' Trash."
"It's one of those songs (Armstrong) did with Billie Holiday that touched me big-time back in the game," he says. "When I was a kid, in the '40s, it was like, 'Wow, this is a slick maneuver.' "
An early surprise on "Ske-Dat-De-Dat" is a hip-hop verse on "Mack the Knife." "We was rolling, and I thought not only do I have Mike Ladd doing something on that song, but I have Telmary Diaz from Cuba doing a rap on another song ("Tight Like This"). And I just think you gotta put all the perspects in order."
About the drawn-out process of making the record, Dr. John says, "We did everything in sequential maneuvers. Hey, listen, nothing is easy, but you've got to roll with everything in this racket, you know. After working with Joe Glaser, and when he was managing Louie Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie, I had a feeling it was a good thing to do." He credits Glaser for getting "B.B. King and I good starts."
For Dr. John, that happened in 1968 with "Gris-Gris," a trippy album from druggy days that put a voodoo tinge on psychedelic rock. It's ranked No. 143 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
His more commercial breakthrough came in 1973 with "In the Right Place," which featured his two signature songs, "Right Place Wrong Time" and "Such a Night" (the latter was performed in The Band's landmark 1976 farewell "The Last Waltz"). It was one of the bigger showcases for Dr. John.
"I just remember that Robbie (Robertson) didn't want the girl singers on that gig, and then he had to overdub something, you know, with the Staples Singers and somebody -- I can't think right now. I'm sure I would have liked to brought my girl singers to spice it up a little, you know. And I had some bad girl singers back then."
Along with churning out his own records at a rapid pace, Dr. John was a popular session musician for acts ranging from Sonny & Cher to Canned Heat. What stands out the most to him, he says, was "playing organ on Aretha's 'Spanish Harlem' and using the same stop on James Taylor and Carly Simon's 'Mockingbird' -- using the same stop on a lot of records. But it was Jimmy Smith's organ, and it had a good sound. That was the main thing about it all for me."


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What materials did you use? Goodnight Monkey by Erin Michael for Moda, Moda Bella Solids Natural for the sashing; Moda Bella Solids Dill for the backing; green Essence Leaves pattern by Sandy Gervais for Moda for the binding; bamboo/cotton batting
What are you most proud of? This quilt was made entirely from my stash, some of which I've had for quite a while. Hooray for stash-busting!
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Port Map
Some times you want to access your computers at home from anywhere in the world. Be it the web server on your home server, the file sharing on your desktop machine or a remote login to your parent's computer to support them doing their work.
This is where the application "Port Map" might come handy. Originally written as a proof of concept for our framework, it's a fully featured all-purpose port mapper supporting all major routers, with presets and URL templates.
Required OS: not specified
Tags: port , mapping , ports , networking , upnp
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wow! this program is so simple and it does exactly what i need it to do!
Would recommend to anyone! (who needed a port forwarding program)
Should be in the toolbox of every mac user who uses any internet apps.
Probably the most useful app I have found in a long time.


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The 33-year-old Arango joined Gladbach from Mallorca in 2009 playing a total of 155 league games for them and scoring 25 league goals, many with his left foot, including a stunning 50-metre goal against Mainz 05 in 2012.
"We had intensive negotiations for a contract extension with Juan Arango and made him an offer," said Gladbach sports director Max Eberl in a statement.
"His ideas and ours unfortunately did not match. Juan is a gifted player and we hare happy to have had him so long among us and regret that our ways must part."
Lukas Rupp, the 23-year-old midfielder, also joined Arango at the exit after turning down his own contract extension offer and opting to leave to get more playing time.
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- 1 countable and uncountable (Finance) (before noun) endowment insuranceseguro-ahorro (masculine)endowment policypóliza (feminine) de seguro totalExample sentences
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- And many, of course, have substantial endowments to guarantee more income.
- In return, he presented the University with a handsome endowment for genetics student prizes and scholarships, funded by the sale of the cream of his reprint collection.
- They would also give top universities massive endowments to free them from state interference.
- From a bank's point of view, life policies can broadly be divided into two types: whole life policies and endowment policies.
- The department spokeswoman said it did not distinguish between life assurance policies and endowment policies.
- The argument for the latter advice being that an endowment policy pays out a lump sum on maturity.
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- Naturally, the student brings into this situation certain genetic endowments: intelligence, talents, and preferences.
- The extent to which various aspects of human behavior are found to have a firm biological basis is a strong indicator of how much changes in genetic endowments will be able to change mental qualities in human offspring.
- Clearly, every person enters the world with different natural endowments that fall along a distribution of emotional, cognitive and sensory capabilities.
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American, probably New York, Sautoir Lorgnette. Platinum, diamonds, engraved glass, and eye glass, about 1920. 29 ½ in. Purchased with funds given by David K. Welles, Jr. in memory of his grandmother, Virginia R. Elmes, 1997.306. Gallery 34
This beautiful necklace from the early 20th century is more than just an elegant decoration for a woman's neck. Sautoir lorgnettes served as a fashionable way for women to carry a hidden pair of eyeglasses. "Lorgnette" derives from the French word lorgner, meaning to peer at or stare; "sautoir" means chain. The dangling pendant has an engraved glass center that depicts a dancing woman. The folded pair of eyeglasses on the other side of the pendant spring open when the ring is pulled. The long, platinum bejeweled chain and carefully engraved details tell us that this necklace belonged to a woman of style (if a slightly near-sighted one).
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R. 142(4), first sentence, EPC (R. 90(4), first sentence, EPC 1973) states that the time limits in force as regards the applicant for or proprietor of the patent at the time of interruption of the proceedings shall begin again as from the day on which the proceedings are resumed. R. 142(4) EPC includes two exceptions in this respect, namely the time limits for making a request for examination and for paying renewal fees. R. 142(4) EPC does not, however, constitute an exception to the general principle that all time limits are interrupted. Its sole purpose is to specify how time limits are to be calculated when proceedings resume (J 7/83, OJ 1984, 211).
In J 7/83 (OJ 1984, 211) the board held that in the event of proceedings for grant of a European patent being interrupted because the applicant company has gone into receivership (R. 90(1)(b) EPC 1973), the period prescribed by Art. 94(2) EPC 1973 for payment of the examination fee is suspended as from the date on which payments were discontinued by court order up to the date on which proceedings for grant are resumed (R. 90(2) EPC 1973). The period then resumes for the part remaining to elapse, or for at least the two months prescribed by R. 90(4), second sentence, EPC 1973. In J ../87 (=J 902/87, OJ 1988, 323) the board stated that such an interpretation could not be applied to renewal fees, for which the EPC did not prescribe a time limit for payment but simply dates on which they fell due. The only time limit affecting renewal fees that might be suspended was the six-month period for paying the renewal fee together with an additional fee referred to in Art. 86 EPC 1973. R. 90(4) EPC 1973 had to be interpreted as deferring, until the date proceedings are resumed, the payment date for renewal fees which had fallen due during the period of the representative's or applicant's incapacity.


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Arizona lawmakers have approved several changes to the recently passed sweeping law targeting illegal immigration.
If Gov. Jan Brewer supports the changes, they will go into effect at the same time as the new law, 90 days from now, reports ABC15.com.
The law's sponsor, Republican Sen. Russell Pearce, characterized the race and ethnicity changes as clarifications "just to take away the silly arguments and the games, the dishonesty that's been played."
The Arizona Republic reports:
The phrase "lawful contact" would be changed to "lawful stop, detention or arrest" to clarify that an officer would not need to question a crime victim or witness about their legal status.
The word "solely" would be eliminated from the sentence "A law enforcement official or agency . . . may not solely consider race, color or national origin" in establishing reasonable suspicion that someone is in the country illegally.
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Phoenix, worried that another change would lead to more people being questioned about their status. It would require a citizenship check if police are responding to any crime or even local ordinance, according to the East Valley Tribune.
She said that means an officer sent to check whether someone's grass is too tall would have to question people if they suspect the homeowner is an illegal immigrant.
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From the moment it hit the nation's movie screens in 1939, John Ford's Stagecoach was declared a masterpiece. Not just a pretty good Western, but a masterpiece. Never before had an "oater" earned that sort of praise.
From the moment it hit the nation's movie screens in 1939, John Ford's Stagecoach was declared a masterpiece. Not just a pretty good Western, but a masterpiece. Never before had an "oater" earned that sort of praise.
Gone with the Wind is hugely entertaining, with great acting, compelling characters and production values capable of impressing even those of us raised on computer-sweetened cinema.
With 1939's The Roaring Twenties, James Cagney put a cap on his career as a movie tough guy. It would be a full decade after for him to star in another gangster film.
Whatever its merits as entertainment, 1939's Confessions of a Nazi Spy is a social and historical landmark, the first time a major Hollywood studio pulled out all the stops in attacking the rise of Adolf Hitler and Nazism.
Warner Brothers was noted for its emphasis on films that dealt with social problems. Each Dawn I Die is a prison film pairing James Cagney with tough guy George Raft – a man with intimate knowledge of underworld characters.
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Dallas isn't ready to tip its hand concerning new vehicles-for-hire regulations
Monday at 1 p.m. the Dallas City Council's Transportation and Trinity River Project Committee will wrap its thoroughly entertaining series of transportation-for-hire briefings, but it's not prepared to say how the trilogy ends. You will not find a spoiler in any of the docs and memos sent to the council Friday night; we do not yet know if or how council will tell the City Attorney's Office to rewrite the limo and taxi ordinances to account for the likes of Uber, Lyft, Sidecar and all the other new-tech newcomers allowing riders alternatives to the same ol' same ol'.
Once again we are left, literally, with more questions than answers in the memo sent to council. Some are remarkably basic — like, say, "What does dispatch mean?" Another wonders, "Why not let the market determine prices for limousines and taxicabs?" Another is a question to which we already knew the answer: Of the city's 13 cab companies, eight are owned by Yellow Cab's parent company, Irving Holdings, which kicked off this dust-up when its attorney complained to the City Manager's Office all the way back in October of 2012.
The briefing docs are equally short and sweet, offering four possible directions in which this could go. The committee will pick from one of the following options: "specific regulations for each service," "universal regulations for all services," "region-wide regulations involving multiple jurisdictions" or a "combination of specific, universal and region-wide regulations." In other words: Dunno.
Regulating each individual service — taxis, limos and the interlopers using smartphone and fist bumps — has its myriad upsides, says the briefing. "All providers will operate under separate set of rules," says the doc below, and "ensure public safety [and] accessibility." Problem is, it will be "difficult to regulate."
Then again, the city isn't even enforcing its existing regulations, which Yellow Cab more or less wrote in the mid-1990s with the help of then-council member Al Lipscomb. Until November Yellow Cab was self-insuring in violation of city rules. And despite Irving Holdings honcho Jack Bewley's prepared remarks delivered to the council Tuesday night, it does not run background checks on every single one of its employees, according to court docs recapped on Unfair Park Wednesday. Yet Yellow Cab controls a huge majority of the city's permits — many of them unused, many of which could go to competitors or would-be newcomers blocked from entering the market.
As for the other options: The council is looking to Austin, Houston and California for guidance. But the Austin and Houston regs cited below are under scrutiny as Uber negotiates with those respective city governments in the hopes of cracking the cab companies' regulated monopolies. Uber's in talks with Houston, for instance, about rewriting regs that say services need to be pre-arranged 30 minutes in advance and that limos have to charge a minimum of $70 for a two-hour ride. "It is time for some healthy competition," insisted the Houston Chronicle's editorial board in August. "It is time for Uber."
[Update at 10:30 a.m.: And as commenter Wylie H points out below, the briefing is actually incorrect as well. California and D.C. laws do not mandate that limo rides have to be prearranged half an hour ahead of time. As The Los Angeles Times noted in September, that state's new laws maintain only that "ride services must apply for a permit and comply with safety requirements such as driver background checks, vehicle inspections and insurance coverage" — something several council members have suggested for Dallas.]
Or perhaps Dallas will decide it's time to take a time-out and let the Regional Transportation Council make its decision for it. Michael Morris, the transportation director for the North Central Texas Council of Governments, asked for a pause back in September and reiterated his plea to the council Tuesday. The RTC is looking at perhaps a single medallion that would extend to all cars in all cities. If Dallas goes its own way, Morris said, the city threatens to undo years' worth of study and negotiation.
On Tuesday and in the documents below you find the same buzzwords: safety, quality, access, assurance. Some council members, chief among them Lee Kleinman, want all of that; others, such as Scott Griggs and Philip Kingston, say let the market sort it out. But the briefing doesn't mention Yellow Cab's head start — the fact that since 2007, Bewley and his wife have contributed more than $56,000 to council members and candidates, including sitting council members Kleinman, Dwaine Caraway, Tennell Atkins, Monica Alonzo, Jerry Allen, Sheffie Kadane, Carolyn Davis, Transportation Committee chair Vonciel Jones Hill and Mayor Mike Rawlings. It also doesn't bring up Uber's latest bit of bad news involving a competitor in New York and Uber's, um, "determined" efforts to steer it off the road.
So we'll meet again here on Monday for another two-hour meeting. Get your popcorn (or coffee, for those tired of a subject that's not disappearing soon). Till then, read on …


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The Believers – reviews of 'electrifying' stage thriller
Bryony Lavery's 'deliciously spooky' new drama about belief is another hit for Tricycle, say critics
What you need to know
Bryony Lavery's new stage thriller The Believers has opened at the Tricycle Theatre, London. Scott Graham, of physical theatre troupe Frantic Assembly, directs the play by Lavery, who is best known for her Tony Award-winning work Frozen.
In The Believers a family are forced to seek refuge with their eerie evangelical neighbours during a flood. The two families share an awkward evening until a shocking event forces them to confront what they truly believe. Runs until 24 May.
What the critics like
"This is, surely, British theatre's most electrifying spine-chiller since The Woman in Black," says Kate Bassett in The Times. Staged with breathtaking visuals, this acutely disturbing production is another hit for the Tricycle.
This "deliciously spooky" show is a starkly ethereal theatrical chiller, says Fiona Mountford in the Evening Standard. The stylish and cryptic sound and lighting effects enhance the arresting set and the startling non-verbal sequences created by director/choreographer Graham.
Lavery's "brilliant new drama" is extremely economical and taut as a nerve-string, says Aleks Sierz on The Arts Desk. This is truly great new writing - fast, acutely observed and emotionally truthful - and the pace is thrillingly alive.
What they don't like
It's spooky stuff, but the production begins at such a level of hysteria that it has nowhere else to go, says Lyn Gardner in The Guardian. "It's more of a theatrical conjuring trick and thriller than a soulful laying bare of mysterious truths."


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Yesterday I was updating my site and I put a code in the wrong place and now can't login to my site or wordpress to delete what I put in there! I'm so frustrated because a couple months ago I lost all my data on my site so I'm starting all over and just a couple new posts and now its all messed up again....I need to stop messing with it :)
Can anyone let me know where to start and how to fix this warning:
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If I can just get into my dashboard I would be able to fix this but I CAN'T!
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There are so many amazing things that you can do with a Raspberry Pi, from running your own space program to building a media centre. But what about using it as a desktop PC?
Although ostensibly intended as a compact computer that can be produced cheaply in order for students to learn programming basics, the Raspberry Pi has developed into something of a phenomenon. But rather than build a retro gaming centre or NAS box, how does it measure up performing basic desktop tasks?
After all, there may be times that you need to check your email or browse the web. You might want to use your Raspberry Pi to make notes of what you're doing (perhaps keeping track of your progress using the programming tools, for instance), or use the web browser to carry out some brief research.
Performance wise, a Raspberry Pi isn't going to be able to handle web pages with active content and may struggle with video feeds, but on the whole it can make a useful desktop PC, if set up correctly.
Preparing for Pi PC
Along with the Pi itself, you'll need a few extras. To use the computer as a desktop PC, you will need a keyboard and mouse, items you may have avoided using if you've been accessing the device via SSH.
You'll also need to install your preferred Raspberry Pi operating system, such as Raspbian, although there are several alternatives of varying degrees of suitability. Also consider a hard disk drive and other storage if you're planning to try using the Pi as a standard desktop long-term.
Our guide to the cost of a Raspberry Pi should give you an idea of what you will need for this configuration, and how much you may need to spend.
Optimising Your Raspberry Pi Desktop
After installing your preferred operating system for the Raspberry Pi, you will need to optimise it for desktop use. The following configuration steps apply to Raspbian.
First of all, you will need to determine how much memory you wish to apportion to graphics. You can do this on the first boot of your Raspberry Pi or in the configuration menu later on, accessed by opening the command line and entering raspi-config. Next, head to the Advanced section, where Memory Split is the third option in the menu.
Choosing the memory_split option, you should see that it is set to the default 64 MiB – 128 MiB is more suitable for running XBMC and watching HD video, while 32 MiB is perfect for low-intensity desktop tasks such as word processing and email. You can also drop as low as 16 MiB.
You might also opt to change the boot_behaviour option so that the Pi boots into command line rather than the X desktop. This is only advisable if you're comfortable using a command line-based word processor or text editor.
Best Apps for a Desktop Pi
With your Raspberry Pi desktop computer up and running, you will no doubt want to use particular applications. Office, email and web browsing apps are all available for the Pi. Some are included – but would you want to use them?
For standard office tasks, head to the Pi Store and install LibreOffice, a version of the popular Open Office fork that has been configured for the Raspberry Pi. Including a word processor, spreadsheet tool and presentation software, LibreOffice will complete your Raspberry Pi desktop!
Meanwhile, should you fancy kicking back and playing a game, you can take a look at our lists of top games from the Pi Store. The first includes FreeCiv, while the second features the Quake clone OpenArena.
Conclusion: The Raspberry Pi is a Desktop Computer Too!
I was asked recently why I find the Raspberry Pi so fascinating. After all, it doesn't run popular MMORPGs, it can't easily be used as a portable computer and it's not ideal for things like multimedia production. When I pointed out the possibilities such as retro gaming and building a compact media centre, my friend confidently reminded me that standard desktops and laptops and even phones can do the same things.
Then again, standard computers and phones cannot be the key element of a low budget space program. The price of the Raspberry Pi alone is reason enough to buy it – this computer is just as versatile (if not more) than a standard desktop, laptop or even a phone.
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CHENNAI: Sony Music Entertainment has acquired the 146 existing catalogues of leading Tamil music label Think Music, which belongs to Chennai-based theatre group Sathyam Cinemas. But the name that's conspicuous by its absence in the list is India's costliest movie ever made, the Rajinikant-starrer Endhiran.
"When the negotiations began with Think Music, the catalogue was frozen at point of time and at that time Endhiran wasn't yet being released," said Shridhar Subramaniam, President, Sony India & West Asia. But four different sources in the industry said Endhiran couldn't become part of the catalogues bought by Sony because it was expensive.


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Sunday, May 25, 2008
Dreams and Storytelling
Researchers have found the following: If you teach a new task to a group of people, and that night disturb the sleep of half the group in such a way that they aren't able to dream, the non-dreaming group won't remember how to perform the task the next day. The dreaming group will--and will still remember how to perform it years later, too. We need to dream in order to learn.
And what's a dream? It's your brain telling itself a story.
Here's some of the most important things human beings do with their minds (while awake):
1) We figure out the logic that underlies the world we see
2) We find solutions to our problems
3) We witness the struggles of others, and when we see someone else come up with a good idea, we recognize it as such and appropriate it for our own use
If you think about what a story is, it's a narrative which describes a person figuring out a solution to a problem and thereby coming to a greater understanding of their self or their world. In other words, your protagonist is performing activities (1) and (2) above, while your reader is engaged in activity (3).
There's obviously more than that involved in the enjoyment of stories, but I do think the reason we like them in the first place is because we evolved to watch others and try to learn from them. If you think about humanity's most ancient forms of storytelling, they were usually lessons, and they always tried to make sense of both the world and the human condition.
A story is a conscious dream. We love stories because we're all hungry to know how to navigate our lives, and that's what dreams are for--literally. Dreaming is what builds our understanding of the world.
Does that theory seem reasonable to you? Does it sound insane? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments! And remember that dissent is always welcome here, so long as it's polite. :-)
8 comments:
- Conduit said...
I think it's a valid point. It's clear that storytelling is a crucial part of human society, and is present in all cultures. And I know that, for me, dreaming and stories go hand in hand. I read an interview with Stephen King once where he said he doesn't dream in the same lucid way when he's in the thick of a project as he does when he's on a break. I realised it's the same for me, in that I don't dream so vividly when I'm writing as when I'm not. Also, most of my ideas that have come to anything arrived in dreams, or as I woke from sleep. It wouldn't take much to convince me there's a relationship there.
- May 26, 2008 4:22 AM
- Travis Erwin said...
I think there is a little bit of voyeur in all of us and a story give us a chance to get inside of another's person head and see what drives them.
- May 26, 2008 9:00 AM
- Mom In Scrubs said...
I like the theory, and it definitely applies to me.
I love the little bit of research you threw in, too. Appeals to the concrete part of me!
- May 27, 2008 1:19 PM
- illana cool said...
I dunno....Henry Miller seemed to have it right. Of course I am paraphrasing tons. He basically insisted that writers write to act as a God on a tiny stage, given that they cannot control the cruel and loveless universe around them. Miller also speculated that others read stories with the subconsious drive to ridicule and judge the maker for making.
- May 27, 2008 2:54 PM
- Ello said...
I love that you said a story is a conscious dream. First because it is a beautiful line which I shall steal (but will credit you of course) and secondly because I really do believe that. I think I have better day dreams then night dreams and that is why I'm a writer, does that make sense?
- May 27, 2008 7:39 PM
- jjdebenedictis said...
Conduit: That's really interesting about Stephen King (and you) and dreaming. I'd never heard that before, and it does appear to give credence to there being a connection. Cool! Thanks for adding such an interesting tidbit to the discussion.
Travis: Definitely; establishing reader-empathy for the protagonist is so important that it makes you think that's the point of reading novels--to get inside another person's head and experience what they do. Great point!
Mom in Scrubs: I'm always fascinated by the point where science and art collide. I really want to know, on a biological level, why we create art and why we respond to it. Pity that biology wasn't my field!
Illana: *waves* Hi and welcome! I'm not familiar with Mr. Miller's work, but he seems to be reading a lot of motivations into the process that I don't see. Then again, maybe I'm just too much of a geek. I tend to be more interested in the brain science angle of it rather than the psychology.
Still, the psychology of why we create art is pretty fascinating too. I'll have to read up on Mr. Miller now, so thank you for bringing up his name!
Ello: Ooh! I said something good enough to steal? Awesome-sauce! :-D
I have really great night dreams, but they don't make logical sense to my conscious mind. I think my day dreams are more satisfying as far as entertainment goes--so yes! What you said makes perfect sense. I completely agree.
- May 28, 2008 12:50 PM
- Lisa said...
I think this goes hand in hand with the theory that some of our best writing/problem solving comes from the unconscious. Robert Olen Butler's book FROM WHERE WE DREAM is one of my favorite writing books. He maintains that the worst stories come from having ideas and the best come from what he calls "dreamstorming".
- May 29, 2008 11:03 AM
- jjdebenedictis said...
Lisa: "[D]reamstorming". I love that phrase! And that sounds like a really interesting writing book; I'm going to have to try to find that one. Thanks for mentioning it!
- May 30, 2008 9:13 PM


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I am deeply thankful and appreciative for the guest column titled "What does Measure "C" mean to you?" written by Connie Marmet and Neal Clark in the May 22 Siskiyou Daily News. It certainly opened my eyes with respect to explaining many of the intricacies and interpretations from the Jefferson Action Committee website.
I have always been a small investor in various enterprises both locally and in the stock and commodity markets. Never have I invested any resources in a cause or company which does not have a philosophy of complete transparency. Unfortunately, the Jefferson Action Committee members have not explained and come forth with a plan for the citizens of Siskiyou County which is transparent and easy to understand.
I urge all of the citizens of Siskiyou County to read their article. As an investor in the wonderful lifestyle of this rural area, I certainly will vote "no" on measure "C."
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Friends of Science Caught in the Gauntlet [1]
Richard Littlemore [2] | November 2, 2007
By Richard Littlemore [2] • Friday, November 2, 2007 - 08:04
The Friends of Science - the nearly bankrupted [3] Canadian climate change denial organization - comes under fire in the University of Calgary student newspaper, the Gauntlet, [4] which asks a few pointed questions about why the university has not done more to sever the frequent (and financial) associations between Friends and the school.
Most particularly, Jon Roe at the Gauntlet suggests that Professor Barry Cooper, a political scientist who has promoted the connection and helped hide the oily source of the Friends' declining revenue, should be held accountable for having damaged the university's reputation by his actions.
As noted in the Gauntlet article, the DeSmogBlog has also queried Elections Canada about the legality of the Friends' undeclared third-party advertising campaign in the last federal election. The answer may not come quickly, but we're all sitting by the mailbox looking forward to the response.