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The stirrling billing for the original play Aquitania is "Alice in Wonderland meets Magritte." That turns out to be a very apt description for this delicious theatrical elixir staged by the Ziggurat Theatre Ensemble, which beautifully restores a sense of fantasy, mystery, and the absurd to us grown-ups. Written and directed by Stephen Legawiec, artistic director of Ziggurat (which recently relocated from Los Angeles), the distinctive, gorgeously produced, and scintillatingly performed Aquitania should not be missed.
Like Alice, Aquitania opens with a small girl (the enchanting Fern Beede, who alternates with Lilly Victoria Gardiner); she is playing a chess-like game with oversized wooden pieces, coached by a mustachioed man called Malagigi (Legawiec). We'll slowly unravel the girl's connection with our protagonist, Marguerite (Astrea Campbell-Cobb), a sort of grown-up, post-rabbit-hole Alice: a shy, no-nonsense 1930s librarian wearing glasses and high-collared ivory. Marguerite has been mysteriously summoned by the king of the mountainous and liberal-minded seaside land of Aquitania, where she's received by his nephew Roland (Michael Dix Thomas) and Roland's consort Fleurdelis (Rachel Kodweis), enthusiastic high-society ingénues in cobalt blue. They reveal that the evil Gano (Caleb Lacy) has seized the mountain site of a legendary Aquitanian armory; Marguerite has been called to regain the mountain and so save Aquitania, much to her own bewilderment. But the whimsical Aquitanians need her practicality — just as Marguerite, it turns out, might need a dose of their magic.
The Alice absurdities and whimsies meet those of Magritte in Aquitania's dazzling, stylized production design: At the back of the stage stand six tall, gold-edged panels of the artist's quintessential blue and pillowy-white sky (Dorothy Royle's paintings), and much of the costuming and set dressing — Gano's bowler hat and black suit; Malagigi's mustache; Marguerite's pale, fitted shirt and skirt; even the wooden chess pieces — are direct allusions to his paintings. The dramatic low horns of a noir detective film punctuate dramatic moments, and the production in general conjures a coyly seductive essence of jazz-age France, particularly in the three "Aquitanians": a chorus of three exquisite chanteuses in short red dresses and red bobs (the divinely dulcet Carolyn Glaude, Zoe Raphael, and Melody Stolpp), whose singing — in French, Latin, and English — is both mellifluous and witty.
This ambrosia of stylized wit and fantasia is sustained throughout Aquitania's narrative, direction and performances. When the black-velvet garbed witch Ilaska (Dana Wieluns Legawiec) is first found hiding, she's voguing under a wine-colored lampshade. Each time she diverts a good guy with her magical cake, the victim begins helplessly grooving to the chorus's French pop get-it-on chanson. Fleurdelis is a dead ringer for Marilyn Monroe, and like everyone in Aquitania, she and Roland are constantly striking poses. Cockney secret-keeper Fobliar (Jacob Cote) has enormous fun with groundling comedy and a furry fish; court elder Bradamante (Kathleen L. Nation) weaves a tale of a magic ring as the chorus intones a chorale. The cast is magnificent, and Legawiec's blocking of all of them is beautifully conceived and executed, a series of shift-changing tableaux drawn with both painterly precision and a mime's sense of physical comedy and the absurd.
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For Bostonians familiar with her history, however, it's notable that a former indie-pop singer should have become one of the city's leading country voices. And if you've seen Borges perform, you know that's even more surprising given how shy and self-effacing she used to be on stage. As the singer/guitarist of Kipper Tin — who played no-glory gigs around town for a good six years — Borges was charming and waifish but gave no clue to the brassy frontwoman she's become.
You could waste time wondering whether Diamonds in the Dark, her sophomore disc on Sugar Hill, is a country or a rock-and-roll set — suffice to say that it has covers of both X and Dolly Parton plus a few originals that could've been done by either. (The radio track, a cover of the Reigning Sound's "Stop and Think It Over," is straight-up power pop.) Whatever you call it, this is vital, flesh-and-blood music steeped in barroom sweat and love/sex undercurrents, and a good antidote to the current drony, angst-ridden school of alt-country. Borges's band — formerly the Confidence Men, now the Broken Singles — are as adept at straight-up twang as Crazy Horse guitar demolitions. Her voice is powerful throughout, but she never shows off her pipes at the expense of a lyric. Making a quick home-town stop between a run of tour dates, she and the Singles hit the Lizard Lounge this Friday and Saturday.
Over coffee at Carberry's in Cambridge a week ago last Monday, Borges pondered her transformation. "I don't feel any differently about myself; but I've gotten better at telling people about myself. I used to be afraid I'd make too many mistakes. Now I make tons of mistakes, but I know how to make them work. I learned a lot with Kipper Tin — I learned how not to talk between songs; I learned not to drink too much beer beforehand." And the change in musical styles? "The crux of indie rock is that you're supposed to be witty, you're supposed to use metaphor. Not that I don't love that kind of music, but my voice is a little better for what I'm doing now. It's a thin line anyhow — I've always loved X, and they were partly a country band. And Chuck Berry has enough twang that he'd probably get considered country."
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MARYSVILLE — Highway 70 about five miles north of Marysville was closed for 15 hours Monday after a crash just before 6:30 a.m.
A pickup was stopped to make a turn, when a tanker truck carrying 8,000 gallons of ethanol struck it. The tanker overturned into a shallow ditch, and the pickup burst into flame.
The Marysville Appeal-Democrat reported the pickup driver escaped with only minor injuries. The tanker driver was not injured, the newspaper reported.
Highway 70 was closed until another tanker could empty the wrecked tanker's contents. Then the tanker had to be righted and removed.
Caltrans said the road should reopen about 11 p.m. Monday.
Northbound traffic on Highway 70 was diverted at Woodruff Lane and southbound traffic was diverted at Ramirez Road.
A diversion was also occurring at East Gridley Road, sending vehicles to Highway 99.
Northbound Highway 70 was also closed in north Marysville for several hours Monday after a truck carrying a backhoe hit the railroad overcrossing near the high school at about 3:30 p.m.
That part of the road was reopened by 7 p.m., according to Caltrans.


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I'd like to compliment this site (and Barrie's older site)on the equipment plans.Having some spare time,tools and free pallet wood,I completed a few projects these past two years.
box joint jig-works good although a little dificult to set up at first. built a few supers.Nice joints but if I put much value on my time its cheaper to buy.Humble Abodes,Windsor,Me.has a great price and acceptable quality for commercial grade.
solar wax melter-Used 2"foam insulation,large enough for an excluder.Can't wait to try it.
Screened bottom board- Had trouble finding #8 screening but finally found a partial roll.I used 1/2" Arrow staples to attach but I'm unhappy with the results.I plan on building a few more and will cut a groove 1/8"x1/4"deep aprox.1" away from hole and insert a rubber spline to hold screen (similar to an old wooden window sreen or screen door)
Thanks again
I would be interested in hearing other's experiences in constructing their own equipment.I'mthinking of building some nuc boxes next.Anyone with suggestions on sizes please respond.I plan on trying my hand at raising a few queens and 5 frames seems a bit big. Jack


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Last month, Mark Norell a paleontologist at New York City's American Museum of Natural History, came across an auction catalog. It featured a Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton that was for sale to the highest bidder. According to the catalog, the dino was found in Great Britain. Norell knew immediately that something was wrong. This type of dinosaur, discovered in 1946, roamed the Earth some 70 million years ago in what is now Mongolia, a nation in Asia. And Norell also knew that in Mongolia it is a crime to send fossils out of the country.
Norell wondered what the 8-foot high, 24-foot long skeleton was doing in New York City and why it was up for sale. The fossil scientist wrote a letter to other paleontologists. "As someone who is intimately familiar with [dinosaurs], these specimens were undoubtedly looted from Mongolia," he said.
Norell's letter reached the desk of Tsakhia Elbegdorj, the President of Mongolia. He demanded that the skeleton be returned to his country. Soon, American lawyers became involved in the case of the dinosaur skeleton, saying it had been smuggled out of Mongolia and illegally brought into the United States.
Saving the Old Bones
Attempts were made to stop the auction but it was too late. Someone had bid just over $1 million for Tyrannosaurus bataar. But the next day, the auction house agreed to hold on to the dino until the legal problems could be solved.
Five experts evaluated the skeleton. They confirmed that it almost certainly was a Tyrannosaurus bataar that was dug up from the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. So this week, the fossil skeleton was turned over to the United States government for safekeeping. It is being stored in a warehouse until a judge rules who owns it. Chances are excellent that Tyrannosaurus bataar will be returned to its home in Mongolia, where it once roamed the land millions of years ago.


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All brands start somewhere and diversify.
Different market, but Nokia started out as a paper mill.
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Mike Dickins wrote (see)Poor - a fashion shoe, like all Skechers. Shame on RW for even entertaining this on their site. What next - Nike Shox?Have you tried them, Mike?
I had a couple of pairs of Shox before I started running and found they were the best thing I ever had for cardo classes at the gym, lots of the instructors and runners at the gym wore them.
Have bought a pair and they are a great shoe. Don't let the branding put you off.
I actually bought them direct from a Skechers store in Birmingham. I was surpised by the service. The staff member was very knowledgeable about the product and asked all the right questions. They did not try to sell it to me as a fashion shoe but as a genuine running shoe.
It seems Skechers are very serious about the entering the market, seeing that they have trained their staff. Most impressed. You don't get that from your local high street retailer selling running shoes.
after putting 100 odd miles in them i have to agree with Ish, they are without doubt the most comfortable shoe ive worn, very very light, very responsive,
the bump or lack of heel is very noticable at 1st but not in a bad way, perhaps since i run with a midfoot strike anyway, if you heel strike then you might have some issues transitioning to this shoe, I dont even feel it anymore when i run in them, they just feel like a minimal shoe similar to my old kinvara's. or nike free.
It's a serious shoe and i think finally sketchers (or should i say the man behind the nike free range they employed to design it) got it right on this. they have a surprising amount of cushioning whilst still giving you a lot of feedback from the road, you do feel the surface underfoot much more than regular shoes, I will say though, unless you are a 5ft3 skinny elite runner with perfect form you probably wouldnt want to use them for much more than a half marathon, they (for me at least) are very much a middle distance shoe.
They do however fall down when it comes to running steep down hills, most of the time its fine but on one of my routes there is a pretty steep drop for about 100 yards where it's almost impossible to avoid coming down on your heels, But there are few races that include such steep gradients (in fact ive only seen it before usually on a trail/off road run where you wouldnt choose these anyway) so it not likely to be a problem for most people.
the only other possible negative is grip, i 1st ran in them after rain and they dont have the same grip as my nimbus, i didnt expect them to tbh but it was pretty noticable, i'm far from a fast runner but on wet ground i found myself taking some sharp corners a little more carefully, it's not bad though, i didnt feel like i was going to slip or slide at any point, my friend who bought them too usualy runs in Nike Lunaglides and she said they are much better than the Nike's in the wet, in the dry its no problem at all, very good grip.
This is obviously not a shoe for everyone, its name will never get a great deal of support from a lot of people, but if you midfoot strike or are looking to change your form a bit, and want a very lightweight and fast shoe, give them a try, or at least dont write them off. you only need to read around the internet to see even the most critical skeptics have changed their minds on them.
Thesae are very good shoes for serious running, well done sketchers (who I would never have looked at previously). In addition to all the positives above, there is one big plus for these - they were the only serious light weight / mid foot running shoes suitable for running in sockless that I could find that are sold in very small sizes, from a 2 up. And available in half sizes - so in addition to the size 2, we have also bought a size 2.5 for later. As they are a great triathlon shoe, these will be used in the UK national triathlon finals (children), in a few weeks, hopefully to good effect
I have a pair. I bought them for long road training runs. Can't comment about the grip as the only problem I had was on astro turf which isn't good for grip anyway. I only use them for LSR on the road.
I don't find them fast, I have other shoes that are much faster, they are also not quite so comfortable on runs over 15 miles as they are on shorter runs (but not tempo runs). Possibly the womens shoe fits differently to the mens. They do feel like slippers when you put them on though. i have very wide feet so I do put shoes under a lot of strain. That they have held up where others have failed says a lot methinks.
It sounds like I'm picking more holes in them than there are.
tempted to give them a try - what is the sizing like? I'm a 9.5 in Brooks/Asics
buy your size, they are true to size,
thanks - i might just give them a go.. if only i could choose which colour.. hmm


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Finally, a build thread! Now that DragonCon is over I've finally got the chance to sit down and actually post all the progress I'd recorded of my work over the last couple of months. I've always wanted to do a Star Wars costume but there were no canon female characters I wanted to do, as I wanted armour. So, already being a huge Clone Wars fan, when Bo-Katan came along I was sold, but it took a while to pluck up the courage and determination to do it. Having now worn it around at DC I'm excited to continue working on this build and upgrading it for next time. I went to the Costuming Insights panel on the Saturday and was pleasantly surprised to hear the panel discussing the new thermoplastic Worbla... as I'd actually used it to make several of my armour pieces and plan to remake the rest of them out of it too. Since there was interest in the material it gave me more of an incentive to post. :)
I got my helmet from Skirata Arms and my original armour kit from The Mandalorian Arsenal, but most of the kit did not fit my body properly (I'm a towering 5'4), hence my replacing pieces using Worbla. It did however make a great starting point for me and helped me learn a lot.
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Here's everything post-sanding and priming, and with a stainless steel coat of paint applied. This was before I chose not to use several of the pieces seen in the photo.
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For weathering, I used rubber cement to seal off the areas I wanted to appear particularly worn, and then used different consistencies of acrylic paint to add a dirtier look to replicate the animated style a bit more. In what other little free time I have I'm a fine artist who works with acrylics, so I had a bit of fun with that. Last picture shows some weathered, some not.
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Onto the holsters! The second image shows the original TMA piece, the shape of which didn't fit well on my thigh and couldn't be trimmed to size, and it also didn't fit the blasters I was working on. Next to it is the first one I made from Worbla. In the first picture I'd already made a craft foam base and used a heat gun to get the Worbla to its activation temperature, shaping it around the foam and then placing it on my actual thigh to get a closer, more accurate fit. I then made a holster out of comic book backing board and shaped more Worbla around it before placing it on the thigh plate (Worbla will adhere to itself when heated). Once both holsters were made I used spackling to fill in the edges where they connect to the plate, but forgot to take a photo. The third picture shows post-spackling, and with the first couple of coats of gesso applied. Worbla has a slightly rough texture to it, so applying a few layers of gesso and then sanding it down gives it a much smoother surface. Fourth picture is after priming, and last picture is complete (minus the belts)! I really enjoyed working on these. Also, we were working on my husband's Captain America at the time...
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I made the boot armour from Worbla too, using a two-layer craft foam base to shape it onto. First image shows the first layer of gesso on the left, second images is primed, third shows heels finished and the other two parts with a stainless steel layer on top.
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Blasters! I found those dreadful Rubies Pre Vizsla blasters and used them as a base. The first picture shows that horrible gluey mess they were originally. What I did was create Worbla templates to cover those rough parts and use spackling to fill in the gaps in the plastic (like the little speakers). The last picture shows them primed and before adding the two little notches on the base, and apparently I forgot to take a picture after finishing them. Still a bit rough, but certainly an improvement.
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I went to do my inspection today. First one since I added a 2nd hive body on the 15th. I filled the 2nd hive body with alternating frames of foundationless and small cell foundation. The small cell foundation seems to have a weird pattern where the bees have drawn it. I dont know if I should trash this foundation and let them start over with a new sheet or what. Any opinions ? 2. On one frame, the bees are building comb from the bottom of the frame and the top, is this normal ? Im sure it must be ok, because its what they wanted to do.
On the positive side, I had multipe frames of foundationless frames started, bees festooning everywhere, I found the queen doing well, and watched 3 bees eat their way out of their cells. Cant imagine an inspection much more exciting than this. There's lots of pictures, so the page may take a minute to load, but the pics are great, my wife is a photographer. Hope you enjoy.
Small cell pattern weird.
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Last week I Guest Posted over at Doodles and Doilies. Now I am back here posting the recipe on my blog.
Halloween is my favorite time of year.
These little dessert cups are the perfect size for the quick, sweet fix.
The layering of flavors blend well together and help in making it so that it isn't overly sweet.
Yellow Layer
1 3oz package Instant Vanilla Pudding
2 cups Milk
Orange Layer
1 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
1 1/2 cups Candy Corn
White Layer
1 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
Coordinating Sprinkles
1 Candy Corn for each cup
Yellow Layer
Mix milk and pudding together in a bowl according to package directions, and let it start to firm up slightly.
Place 2 Tablespoons of the pudding in the bottom of the dessert cup.
Orange Layer
Make the first part of the orange layer the night before or at least 4 hours before.
On medium heat, pour the whipping cream in a saucepan and stir constantly to prevent scorching. Once the whipping cream is heated, pour in the candy corn, again stirring constantly until the candy has disintegrated and turned the cream a pumpkin orange.
Remove from burner, bring to room temperature, then place in the refirgerator for 4 hours or overnight.
Once the orange layer is fully chilled, place it in a mixing bowl and whip until soft peaks form.
Place 2-3 Tablespoons on top of the yellow layer
White Layer
Pour whipping cream into a new mixing bowl and whip until soft peaks form. Add the powdered sugar, and whip on high speed until desired consistency is achieved. Be careful not to overwhip, as it will begin to break down.
Scoop a dollop or use an open star frosting tip in a pastry bag.
Sprinkle with desired toppings.
The orange layer is super sweet, just it is tempered nicely by the vanilla pudding and whipped topping in each bite.
This rich dessert is the perfect portion size, to not go into a sugar coma:)
A friend on facebook also talked about using the Chocolate Candy Corn, and Chocolate Pudding, then making it the same way.
Could be interesting... you would just have to see what color it turned out to be:)
A friend on facebook also talked about using the Chocolate Candy Corn, and Chocolate Pudding, then making it the same way.
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Hello All
this is a work in progress but I thought I had it to a point to post some pics and see if anybody had any comments
Hello All
this is a work in progress but I thought I had it to a point to post some pics and see if anybody had any comments
Looks good.
I hope to construct something along similar lines this winter, to put to use next year.
-Robert
Photos and Such
Hi Dave. Small world. Working on same but mounting 3/4" EMT conduit for legs directly to box via 2 home clamps so each can be adjusted for terrain. As well as a frame rest hooks.
what is EMT?
I'm still up in the air on stands
I'm debating how high to place them
a topbar hive I think you would want waist hight
but if you're gonna super it, maybe a bit lower
I'm wingin it here, ideas welcome
EMT is the metal conduit Electicians use. It also goes by the term "thin wall" as it is not as thick as "rigid". You also may want to get 1/2" "push penny" plugs as they can be tweaked to cap the ends of the 3/4" conduit to prevent water from filling. You can find them at lowes or home depot but I believe they go by the name plug caps as thier true purpose is to plug the hole of an electrical outlet box if you mistakenly nock out the wrong hole. Be shure and use the metal as the plasted plugs can't be tweaked.
If you go to electical distributer (ie Graybar) and ask for a "push penny" they'll know what you mean. I also use a thru bolt to fasten two clamps to each leg and as a extra measure Slide a hose clamp up agains the bottom of box and tighten just to be shure legs don't slide. I have tested on a 4 leg stand and have supported 400lbs whithout slipping however I use 6 legs since box is so long and there are times most of the weight well be on one end. I only make the legs 17" long so the center of gravity remains low but still out of skunks reach. By using the conduit it allows me to grease them to stop the ants. The one I'm working on now is going to have a sliding bottom so for checking/tearing down swarm cells I'll just use an inspection mirror with a metal hook so I will not have to open up the box to inspect.
IMO it's simpler, blows over less, and takes less material to put a stool, bench, toolbox, hive box on it's side etc. down and sit on it and put it the right height from there. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Good pictures, giving me ideas, hummmmmmmmmmmm, Honey, I need to go to the lumber yard, can I have the check book, PLEASE.
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here's a few more pic's
now I gotta get out the posthole digger and set the stands before the ground freezes


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Thorp Lecture
The Mary Tucker Thorp College Professorship Lecture
presented by
RIC Professor of English Susan Abbotson
"Why Arthur Miller is the Best American Playwright and 'Death of a Salesman' His Greatest Play"
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Alger 110, 4 - 6 p.m.
Through a brief video presentation, slides and lecture, RIC Professor of English Susan Abbotson describes why Arthur Miller has become one of the most important and relevant playwrights of today. Reflecting on the variety of productions of Miller's seminal play "Death of a Salesman" and discussing its impact, Abbotson shows how this work provides the purest touchstone to Miller's lifelong commitment to theatrical experimentation and his promotion of American potential and possibility. A reception follows the lecture.
The Mary Tucker Thorp College Professorship is awarded every three years to a full professor who has at least six years of service at Rhode Island College and who has demonstrated excellence in teaching and excellence in scholarship and/or professional and collegial service. The professorship honors the contributions of Mary Tucker Thorp, whose illustrious career at the college spanned more than 40 years, from 1926-1967.
Candidates for the Thorp College Professorship are evaluated by a college-wide committee composed of faculty from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development, the School of Management, the School of Nursing, the School of Social Work and the James P. Adams Library. The appointment is made by the college president.
Funds supporting the Thorp College Professorship were provided by a generous bequest in the will of Mary Tucker Thorp and are held in the Tucker Thorp Fund, which is administered by the Rhode Island College Foundation.
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Criticism of column stands
My criticism of Mr. Bye's writing stands. The beginning of his original Jan. 24 article makes casual reference to an article "in the Strib," and references Congressman Tim Walz. He then touches on several different topics.
Toward the end of his article he presents his false information about the NRA rating system, making no reference to his source, no quote, no mention of the information coming from a reliable source. He did, however, slam the NRA, one of the oldest, largest and most successful advocacy organizations in the history of the United States.
Such negative commentary requires citing reliable sources, not assuming that another writer is accurate.
After reading the Jan. 24 article, I spoke with Echo management and provided accurate information and sources. I suggested Mr. Bye take the opportunity to correct his error in his next column. He did not, so I submitted the correction.
Now, in typical liberal fashion, he attacks me for correcting his error. If I may quote him, "The complex issue cries out for a more reasonable approach."
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Barry Switzer Center
Outside the building is the Anderson All-American Plaza that serves the university as an outdoor site for special events. The plaza's feature attraction is a large wall honoring every OU All-American to wear the crimson and cream. The name of every letterwinner from each OU sport is also displayed.
The Touchdown Club Legends Lobby honors the people and events that shaped the Oklahoma football program. This three-story facility highlights the stories of some of the greatest teams ever to play the game and the seemingly endless list of coaches and players who brought glory to the university and the state.
The Barry Switzer Center was dedicated on April 24, 1999. The center was named after OU's all-time winningest head football coach, who led his Sooner teams to three national championships, 12 Big Eight Conference championships and eight bowl wins in 13 appearances.
Switzer led the Sooners on a 28-game win streak from 1973 (his first season as head coach) to 1975. When the Sooners won the national championship in 1975, it marked the first time in history a team had won back-to-back titles more than once.
After coming to Oklahoma from Arkansas in 1966, Switzer was named offensive coordinator and convinced Chuck Fairbanks, then OU head coach, to switch to the wishbone offense. After Fairbanks left the Sooners for the New England Patriots, Switzer was named head coach in 1973 and would head the OU football program for 16 years.


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The last week since the Australian Crime Commission released their explosive report has served up much rhetoric, finger-pointing and guarded comments from the clubs who have been implicated in the investigations.
The initial response to the commission's findings that organised crime and drugs were rife within Australian sport was one of shock and outrage. Phrases such as "Australian sport's darkest day" and promises of a clean-out dominated the headlines as they wallowed in national shame.
Now the coverage has taken a curious turn with much of the backlash directed at the ACC and the Government for what many see as a premature and unwarranted attack on the integrity of Australian sport.
The commission has been accused of firing blanks and in the process condemning all sports stars as drugs cheats in one broad stroke, while the press conference to announce the commission's findings has been described as nothing more than political grandstanding.
Where are the names of the clubs? Where are the names of the players? Where are the names of the criminal suppliers? Where are the details of the matches that have been fixed? the detractors shout.
In all their shouting they don't appear to hear the obvious contradiction.
On the one hand they are claiming that more evidence is needed, on the other they are saying persecute the suspected guilty parties now - give us names, people.
But those claiming the ACC has sullied the good name of Australian sport without any strong evidence appear to be taking false solace from the lack of detail in the unclassified report. Where the details will lie is in the classified documents, which only a selected group of high-ranking officials will have seen.
While it is frustrating not knowing all the facts, it doesn't mean the evidence is not there.
The ACC is a powerful body with a wealth of resource and wide-reaching access - they have gathered evidence through phone taps, customs stings and seized documents. I'd put a lot more value on their findings than any outraged fan's faith-based opinion that this whole mess couldn't possibly be as bad as the authorities are making out.
The timing and manner of the crime commission's announcements may be unpalatable for some, but they really had little choice but to release their findings now even if legal process and confidentiality prevent them from revealing the full picture. As soon as the sports had been briefed the scandal was bound to leak out anyway.
But even though there's an urgency to get to the truth, it's time to step back and take a breath until the ACC, the Australian Government, and the sporting organisations involved have had a chance to get to the bottom of these serious accusations.


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The Open University is hosting a series of educational events focusing on the controversial partnership between UC Berkeley and BP, which will provide the foundation for an informed and focused activist campaign against the corporate privatization of our university. This weekly series will utilize multiple mediums to critically explore the issues surrounding this arrangement, such as BP's history, details of the EBI contract, biofuels research, hemp for sustainable energy, public education principles, and the threats of privatization. Combining documentary film excerpts, short lectures, research reviews, and group discussions, these free and open events provide a space for effective awareness and coalition building.
This Saturday's presentation focuses on BP's history of reckless and unethical behavior, and outlines the dangers of inviting an untrustworthy corporation to wield extensive power over university research. The 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is the most recent catastrophe resulting from BP's prioritization of profit over people, and we will learn more about this ugly truth by watching the excellent documentary "The Big Fix". Their character credibility is crushed when we consider their crimes in this case: blatant disregard for safety, use of a toxic cleanup strategy, dishonest reporting, suppression of critical voices, and media manipulation. Next we will take an in-depth look at the BP-UCB Energy BioSciences Institute contract, which reveals an arrangement that threatens to corrupt academic integrity, suppress genuine sustainability science, and allow for private control of public knowledge. This deal was forcefully rammed through our academic senate in 2007 without sufficient consideration of the dishonorable intentions and negative consequences, and we will also revisit the passionate condemnations made by dissenting faculty.


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Størrelse160 m²
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It is a 3-storey house and it has 160 m2. It has 3 bedrooms and it is ideal for families with children or groups of friends. There is one room with a double bed, while the others have 2 single beds. There is a fully furnished bathroom with a big bathtub.
The living is a room that conserves the traditional high ceilings of the houses in Ciutadella, which gives a unique style to the house. It is the perfect place to relax reading a book, watching TV or just having a little nap. It has air conditioning.
The kitchen is fully furnished with everything you might need during your holiday: toaster, microwave, dishwasher, coffee machine, electric oven, vitro ceramic hob, fridge and a lot more. The kitchen has access to a little terrace here you can have breakfast while reading the newspaper. Of course there is washing machine, iron and ironing board.
The house is located in the old city of Ciutadella, so it is close to everything you might need during your holiday. The area is lovely and it is near the harbour. We recommend s stroll through Carrer Marina or Passeig Moll, where you can stop to a little terrace for dinner or just for a cocktail. The area of the harbour it is a must if you visit Menorca.
This house with a rustic and romantic style will make you feel at home. Her you will be able to experience Menorca and have an unforgettable vacation!
NOTE: The rental of this property is based on the Spanish Law on Urban Leases (29/1994, 24th November). According this law the property is available for seasonal renting. However, the contract does not offer any tourist service. It is only for the use and enjoyment of the property.
Restaurants: 50 m
Supermarket: 100 m
Pharmacy: 200 m
Sailing club: 300 m
Sand beach (Ciutadella): 1 km
Harbour: 2 km
HusreglerCheck-in: 4 pm
Check-out: 10 am
Very late check-in (from 24 pm) has an extra cost of 50 €
Damage deposit: 300 EUR (will be returned cash on your departure day)
Key handover: directly at the house
Pets are not allowed
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Vi kan anbefale denne eiendommen på det varmeste. Hyggelig vertskap, rent og ordentlig, alle fasiliteter tilgjengelig. Huset er bygget og innredet i tradisjonell mallorcansk stil, veldig flott! Fikk litt trøbbel med gateporten etter regnvær slik at vi ikke kom oss ut, men da var verten raskt på plass og fikset det. Området ligger litt utenfor allfarvei, så leiebil anbefales. Dagligvarebutikk og restaurant i nærheten, men tar nok ca 1/2 time om man skal gå dit (en vei).
Its a fantastic Finca in the countryside of Mallorca but still very close to Santa Margalida. It has a beautiful, large and clean pool. The sourrounding yard is decorated with beautiful flowers. The house is decorated in an "old-fashion/classical" style and very cosy. The furniture in- and outside is very comfortable and solid - no plastic chairs or similar. The interior gives you everything you need: A huge fridge including 3 big ice buckets, a washing mashine, a barbeque on the terrace and a nice outside-couchplace. The kitchen provides any tool you´d need. Well, I could write a novel about the beauty of this place...
Last but not least we had very nice expirience with the daughter of the owner who visited us the second day in order to ask if everything is okay and to give some info about garbage and electronics.
To make a long story short: We had a fantastic stay and we will come back to this beautiful place a s soon as possible.
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Very nice house! Very nice Garden. Great Beach! Very quiet arround the accomodation. Good Place to relax. We enjoyed our stay!
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LBJ Boyhood Home and Johnson City
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Johnson City is named after one of LBJ's relatives (I believe his granduncle). LBJ's father was in real estate but also was a representative for the town at the state capitol for a number of years
The exhibits also showed life as a rancher and owning the Texas Longhorns. There were two on the historic site near the original settlement of his grandfather's farm.
Our campground was located in Johnson City so we did not have far to travel and tomorrow we are headed west stopping first at the LBJ Ranch for a tour. Today was a beautiful sunny day but it was hot and humid in the high 80's.
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Tuesday, March 12 Roadrunner RV Park, LLC, Johnson City, TX This park is right off hwy 281 and 290 in Johnson City, TX. We stayed here for a night so we could visit the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park in Johnson City. The next day we are headed west to visit the other part of the park the LBJ Ranch 15 miles west towards Fredericksburg. The park has 44 pull through sites with full hookups, 10 new spacious sites with 50 amps for big rigs and 18 back in sites. The bathrooms were clean and the laundry only had one machine but it was new, fast and only a $1.00. When we checked in the owner had baked some chocolate chip cookies and they were so good right out of the oven.
There is no cable here but they do have free Wi-Fi, a market, restaurants and ACE hardware all within walking distance. There is a winery within a mile. It was a good stop!


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From old french denier meaning deny, and ancient greek gnosis meaning knowledge. One who refuses knowledge however it is presented to them. One in a state of denial. Deliberately ignorant. (As opposed to an agnostic which is one who simply does not know.)
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No need to remind everyone about our remaining scheldule but if they get past us Washington faces only one fairly tough opponent that's the Ravens ( not sold on Raven's offensive ). After that, they run the rest of the NFC east and the Browns. The worry is that we may have been reading too much of our press clippings from our Packer win and have another one of those " how can we beat the packers like that and play so sloppy the following week " type game.
I loved the win but: aganist the Packers Cruz still had only 3 catches for 36 yds. Yes I know one was for a TD but his production has really gone down and he had another drop when he was pretty much wide open. Nicks looked much better but still doesn't seem a 100%. He wound up with 77yds. and his TD. He got a lot of those yds. on one catch.
The run game has to step up this week. I think AB had about only about 60 rushing yds last week. Washington's O line is better than the Packers they have a steady run game and now our D captain Tuck seems to be having nightmares about facing RG3. That's a real morale boost especially when he's in the 1st line of defense to stop the league's "superman of the year".
We beat them or have another nail biting season finish. Personally, I can do without one this year.


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The book I love most is ... My tastes are kind of eclectic - I've got Jilly Cooper sitting next to Jeanette Winterson on my bookshelves. The general theme among books I like is probably escapism. I'm not into hard-core fantasy or sci-fi, but I find gritty contemporary lit just a bit depressing at times.
The book I'm reading now is ... The fourth of George RR Martin's A Game of Thrones series, A Feast For Crows. Devouring is probably more accurate than reading, however.
The book I'd like to read next is ... The fifth of A Game of Thrones series, A Dance With Dragons. Luckily I have it sitting there in the box set, waiting for me.
My favourite bookshop is ... Time Out in Auckland's Mt Eden. The cat (now gone to the great bookshelf in the sky) was a furry bonus. I also love secondhand bookshops.
The book that changed me is ... I've loved reading for as long as I can remember, so at some point, some book must have instilled that love in me. Maybe The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle? Who knows. I think any good book should change you a little bit.
The book I wish I'd never read is ... The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. A page-turner, but such abysmal writing. I kind of hated myself for reading it. Good storytelling and good writing aren't necessarily the same thing.


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Bomb Suspect Mother: Our Family Is Afraid of My Daughter
Local Woman Faces V.A. Bomb Threat Charges
REELSBORO - The mother of a Pamlico County woman charged with threatening to blow up a Norfolk area pier said her daughter is dangerous, and suffers from a split personality disorder.
Julie Ireland, 47, was arrested Wednesday, after police said she threatened to destroy a pier with powerful C4 explosives. Officers first ticketed Ireland at the Newport News, Va. pier in the morning for stealing scrap metal from fishing boats.
According to a police statement, Ireland then went to the city's Community Services Board to complain about the ticket. She became irate, and then told employees she would blow up the Newport News City Pier.
Officers found Ireland sleeping in King-Lincoln Park within the city hours later, where she was arrested.
In an interview Thursday, the suspect's mother, Peggy Ireland, said her daughter sometimes believes she is a Navy S.E.A.L., and is frightening because of her personality disorder.
"She's mentally sick. She has two personalities," Ireland said. "She doesn't believe it, but she's mentally sick."
Ireland said her daughter could have never obtained C4 explosives, but she is still dangerous.
"She's tried to find my gun to kill me," Ireland said. "The law came and took her out."
The 47-year-old was admitted to Cherry Psychiatric Hospital in Goldsboro following the confrontation with her mother. She was released, and her whereabouts were unknown until the bomb threat.
As she looked at faded pictures of Julie, Ireland said she hasn't seen her daughter for months. She does not plan on bailing her out of jail, and said if Julie is allowed to come back home, she will fear for her life.
"They need to put her in [the hospital] and keep her until she shows different in her life," Ireland said. "She's getting worse instead of better."
The Pamlico County native remains behind bars in Virgina. Her mother had a simple message for Julie.
"I would say to her that I love you very much. I love you and I'm sorry your life is like it is."


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Test Drive Unlimited 2 enters closed beta test
Namco Bandai's announced Test Drive Unlimited 2 has now entered into the beta phase.
Eden Studios headlines
Atari not shutting down TDU 1 online servers
Atari has confirmed to VG247 that it won't be shutting down Test Drive Unlimited 1's online servers.
Report - Atari to shut down TDU1 online servers next year
According to Playfront, Atari's set to shut down servers for Test Drive Unlimited 1 next year.
TDU2 trailer features Hawaii, looks awesome
Namco's released a brand new environment trailer of Test Drive Unlimited 2. Get it after the break.
Beta sign-ups for Test Drive Unlimited 2 now live
Atari's put live sign-ups for the online beta of Test Drive Unlimited 2. Go, go, go!
Test Drive Unlimited 2 DLC to be based on fan feedback
Namco Bandai has said that there's a schedule in place for Test Drive Unlimited 2 DLC, and that it will be "shaped by the fans".
TDU2: Bikes to be added post release
Eden Studios confirmed to VG247 in Spain today that bikes are to be included in the game but you won't be playing with them at launch.
Test Drive Unlimited 2 will have open beta this year
Test Drive Unlimited 2 director Alain Jarniou has confirmed to VG247 that the free-roaming racer will have an open beta this year.
Interview: Test Drive Unlimited 2's Alain Jarniou answers your questions
Test Drive Unlimited 2 is hot. It's hot today. It's hot because it's being shown in Spain at a Namco event and a lot of you really want to play it. It's hot because it's to include 600km of new roads on Hawaii as well as having a whole new island in Ibiza. It's hot […]
Get your TDU2 questions answered by Eden Games
Yachts and a return to Hawaii is all well and good, but what else would you like to know on Test Drive Unlimited 2? Step right up!
TDU2: "Out-of-car mode" and Hawaii confirmed, tons more
Eden Studios confirmed at a Namco event in Barcelona today that the Hawaii setting from the first Test Drive Unlimited is to be included in the sequel, although you'll be experiencing it "as you've never have before". But that's not the best bit. Sounds as though the developer's taken the concept of a "free-roaming" game […]
Test Drive Unlimited 2 gets new trailer
Namco Bandai's released a new trailer of Test Drive Unlimited. Get it after the break.
Test Drive Unlimited 2 gets debut trailer
Atari's released the first trailer of Test Drive Unlimited 2. If you ever wanted to know what it's like to drive fast cars in Ibiza, now's your chance.
Test Drive Unlimited 2 takes place on Ibiza, more details dropped
Test Drive Unlimited 2 details have dropped in the latest issue of GameReactor, confirming the game will take place on the Spanish party island of Ibiza. Big-fish-little-fish inclusion is unconfirmed at this time.
Test Drive Unlimited 2 announced for 360, PC, PS3
Atari's announced Test Drive Unlimited 2.
Rumour - Test Drive Unlimited 2 art unearthed
A ton of concept art, supposedly from Test Drive Unlimited 2, has popped up in this forum. Is it real? We'll have an ask. The game's never been officially announced. The Eden-developed, Atari-published 360 and PC original was released in 2007. Via Gamersyde. Thanks, DrDamn.
Alone in the Dark hits PS3 in November
Atari put out a release schedule this afternoon confirming the PS3 version of Alone in the Dark for a November release. That's it, pretty much. You probably already know if you're going to buy this or not.
New Alone in the Dark Wii movie released
After the break. The movie shows the Eden horror working with the Wii-mote, as you'd expect, and looks plenty good. The Wii version's out on June 20, which, again, is cool. Take a look.
Eden Studios latest
Interview: Test Drive Unlimited 2's Alain Jarniou answers your questions
Test Drive Unlimited 2 takes place on Ibiza, more details dropped


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Vail Daily obituary: Edwin Furtner, 1935-2013
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Edwin Furtner, 77, a longtime Lionshead resident, died peacefully Friday night in Atlanta after a brief illness. Jane, his college sweetheart and loving wife of 55 years, was at his side. Edwin and Jane married in Chicago in 1958. Also surviving are his four sons Steve, Rick, Bill, and John, his eight grandchildren and his brother Ray. He will also be missed by his sons' wives and several nieces and nephews.


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I just sent an email! I received my Down on the Farm squares and twists today and that was so much fun, I can't resist this swap!!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I just sent an email! I received my Down on the Farm squares and twists today and that was so much fun, I can't resist this swap!!
Debbie in Kentucky
Yea!!!! So glad y'all wanna play!!!! So, parade was amazing!!! Lt. Governor David Dewhurst came!!!! Then today we had an enternment ceremony at the national cemetery. Tomorrow is a wedding. Going to be ready for work Monday to get back to normalcy!!!
I am going to sit this one out, my mum has been sick and I may have to make a trip home to England to see her. Will keep watch for the next one.
Just received my down on the farm package, thanks to you all.
squires, oh no!!! Praying that she will be ok. Hugs!!!
Swappers List!!!
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Grandma Di - 4 sets
lauriejo - 6 sets
purplecat - 4 sets
Jannie - 6 sets
sustraley - 6 sets
kydeb - 6 sets
32 sets!!! Plenty of room!!!
I am thinking of joining this swap bc I think it would make a cute jar quilt. Does anyone know of a jar quilt pattern that you can use with the 6 1/2 in blocks?
Thank you ! Now to decide how many sets.
I want to join. I love your swaps! And I totally love the farm animals!
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Downtown heartbeat 2 corners away from the Danube - Apartment Bouillon
Size70 m²
Floor No.3(with elevator)
- Washer/dryer
- Disabled access
- Suitable for events
- Elevator in building
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Family/child friendly
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|Petőfi Sándor St, 1052 Budapest, Hungary
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If you choose apartment Bouillon close to the Danube as your accomodation , you will easily access it and, by public transport, you will quickly reach any point of the city. Would you like to visit museums, parks, clubs, thermal baths or just have a walk across the Chain Bridge to see the Castle in Buda? This apartment is the perfect basis to anybody who wants to get to know Budapest.
Sheets, bed linen, towels, hair dryer are provided.
Cheap airport transfer or parking possibility is available, reservation needed.
Baby bed and high chair upon request.
House rules1. The apartment can be occupied on the day of the arrival from 2PM and should be left before 11AM on the day of departure. When possible we are flexible with these times so please advise us of your requirements in advance.
2. We kindly ask all our guest to fill in our registration book upon arrival.
3. Please return all the keys received as agreed previously at the handover.
4. Please always lock the doors to your apartment, i.e. the street door, the apartment door and the security gate if available.
5. In case any apartment key would be lost you should inform us immediately; the necessary lock and key changes will be charged to you.
6. The apartment can be used only by our checked-in guests.
7. Please leave the apartment in the same general condition as you found it on arrival. Any damage caused during your stay must be compensated by you.
8. Should you face any problem with the apartment while your stay, please inform us immediately.
9. We accept no responsibility for your valuables left in the apartment.
10. Please take care of the cleanliness and tidiness of the apartment. At the check-out please wash any used dishes and remove any rubbish, leaving the apartment in the same condition as you occupied it.
11. Pets are not allowed in the apartment, unless formerly agreed with us.
12. Smoking in the apartment is strictly forbidden.
13. This point is particularly important and no concessions will be made: Please pay respect to other residents of the house. Please close the doors carefully and silently, stay away from any behavior that can disturb any residents particularly after 9PM. We reserve the right to cancel the service immediately with keeping the whole fee of the rental if we receive any valid complaints from other residents of the house.
14. We do not accept reservations of people who rent the apartments for illegal activities or to invite escorts during the stay.
15. We do not accept reservations for stag or hen parties, or of football supporters coming to European Championship matches. Thank you for your understanding.
16. Please do not adjust the thermostat setting new temperature levels, only switch between night & morning modes (button under the display).
17. There is a free WIFI access in the apartment.
18. The city tax not included in the total price.
19. The fee of the late night check-in service (after 9pm) costs 20 euros.
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Reviews of this property
great apartment, nice centrally located taxi from airport ideal. recommended!
prima appartement; mooi centraal gelegen
taxi vanaf vliegveld ideaal.
The apartment is very nice, right in the middle of town, walking distance to public transport and river.
The host is very helpful and let us check out late.
Definitely will stay again next time in Budapest.
Cuando volvamos a Budapest será en este mismo apartamento.
Whenever we go back to Budapest we will choose this apartment.
Reviews for this host's other properties
The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
Fantastic location. Very small elevator. We are travelling with a baby and had to take the wheels of the stroller when going in to the elevator. Lovely staff who provided both a highchair and a bathtub for babies. Fantastic. The gas stove was a little tricky to get going and the water heater has a life of its own (you never know when to expect high or low temperatures when showering). One bwd is really good the other is not as nice but not a big problem if you are staying for a short time.Would stay here again without a doubt.
We stayed for 2 weeks. Fast service and the host also answered emails fast. Really a great flat and location, although the toilet door is a thin wardrobe door which is hard to close.
The house was nice and clean. All necessary things were provided. It is in a comfortable central area of the city, perfect for group of friends. The owner was very friendly and cordial.
The only disadvantage is the gas water heater is placed too close to the passing area with open fire that can be dangerous.
clean appartment in center of Budapest.
Everything was great. Nice flat, evth is like on the pics and as described. Thanks a lot.
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I have two hives that I started with swarms from traps last summer. Both consist of one deep and one medium. I inspected them both last Sunday and they looked good, with the mediums full of honey and the deeps with bees. I only removed the mediums and look at the deep from the top. For the strong hive I added a medium and for the other hive I replaced 5 frame of honey with empty frames to give them more room. I put the mediums back on and went home.
Well, when I looked at the picture that I took at home, I saw a few mites on the broken broods that was built between the medium and deep of the stronger hive. I haven't use any chemical and would like to stay that way. Is these few mites a concern?


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Shaffron. Italian or Flemish, about 1515 (VI.31)
Shaffron. Italian or Flemish, about 1515 (VI.31)
Peytral of a horse armour. English or Flemish, about 1515 (VI.74, 82, 88-9)
Armour used for the figure of George II in the Line of Kings 1768 -1826. English, Greenwich, about 1560 (II.82)
The armour of the Earl of Leicester in the Line of Kings showing peytral VI.73
Object number: VI.31, VI.76, VI.83, VI.90–1
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|Shaffron, crupper and flanchards probably Flemish, about 1520; peytral probably Italian, about 1560
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Though not illustrated in any of the early photographs, this bard is described as that shown with the figure of 'Edward Clinton, Earl of Lincoln'. It is composite. The shaffron for the horse's head is one of a large group from the Tower Armoury under Henry VIII. It is made in one piece, decorated with three chevron ridges and roped and sunken border, and fitted with large fluted roundel.
The crupper and flanchards are distinctive in being made of small, square steel plates riveted together. The crupper is formed of seven inch square plates riveted together. The trailing edge of each row of plates has recessed borders forming vertical bands, and the piece as a whole has a plain edge with an inward turn and a recessed border shaped into wide scallops. The two halves of the crupper join down the centre of the back, the join concealed by a tail guard shaped to simulate vertebrae, the rear end left open. The flanchards are of the same construction.
The peytral, with its distinctive scalloped lower edge, can be seen in some of the overall views of the Horse Armoury. It is formed of three main plates each with a narrow plate riveted to the top, pierced with brass eyeleted holes for the attachment of a padded lining. The main plates have double recessed bands and triple recessed borders, while the lower edges are formed in wide scallops. The central plate flares sharply outwards at the bottom.
Tower arsenal
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Description of Painting
This course is for the High School Visual Arts Core Curriculum. Painting includes wet media with processes such as transparent and opaque painting and focuses on the operations of color. With an emphasis on studio production, this course is designed to develop higher-level thinking, art-related technology skill, art criticism, art history, and aesthetics. The prerequisite for this course is Foundations I or II.
Explanation of Standards
There are two basic goals in a visual arts education: one, creating meaning in works of art, and two, perceiving meaning in works of art. The Utah State Visual Arts Core divides each of these goals into two standards. The resulting four art standards are Making, Perceiving, Expressing, and Contextualizing. These four divisions or standards organize the curriculum into manageable and related units and guide the student toward a deep and holistic comprehension of the Visual Arts. Each standard is broken into objectives, each objective into indicators. A scoring box is placed to the left of each objective. The student scores his or her achievement within each objective using a number ranging from 0 to 10. A legend is provided wherein the student and teacher tally both the average score from the objective boxes and the total number of indicators the class has studied.
Technology requirements for this class include computers with art/graphics software, color printer, image projectors, and appropriate new technologies.
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Students will assemble and create paintings by manipulating art media and by organizing images with the elements and principles.
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Refine techniques and processes in a variety of media.
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Create paintings using art elements and principles.
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Students will find meaning by analyzing, criticizing, and evaluating paintings.
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Critique paintings.
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Evaluate paintings.
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Students will create meaning in paintings.
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Create content in paintings.
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Curate paintings ordered by medium and content.
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Students will find meaning in painting through settings and other modes of learning.
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Align paintings according to history, geography, and personal experience.
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Synthesize painting with other educational subjects.
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ARSC T3E Users' Newsletter 185, Dec. 22, 1999
Y2K Roll-Over: ARSC DowntimeTo help achieve a smooth Y2K transition, ARSC will shut down all user systems, including yukon, prior to midnight UTC on Dec 31, 1999, and come up again gradually in the morning on Jan 1, 2000, AST.
See "news downtime" and "news y2krollover" on yukon for details.
A T3E Debugging StoryActually, this is the outline of the story... for brevity.
- A fortran program, while being parallelized, started crashing: "floating point exception."
- The user added write statements so each PE would create its own formatted file for debugging output.
- The program still crashed and the debugging files were filled with binary gibberish.
The user added a CLOSE prior to the crash. The new debug files were readable.
LESSON: I/O buffers are vulnerable.
Next, he removed the CLOSE, and added a FLUSH after each WRITE. This fixed the problems with the debug files, and let him look at debugging info right up to the crash.
LESSON: When in doubt, flush...
- The debugging output pointed to a write outside array bounds. The users invoked automatic array bounds checking by recompiled with the f90 flag, "-Rb".
Bug found.
LESSON: Compilers are debugging tools, too.
- "Debugging Tips For F90 Programmers" /arsc/support/news/t3enews/t3enews135/index.xml
- "Debugging Debugging With FLUSH?" /arsc/support/news/t3enews/t3enews168/index.xml
- "Debugging Parallel Programs with Totalview" /arsc/support/news/t3enews/t3enews143/index.xml
- "Debugging Advice for Programmers" /arsc/support/news/t3enews/t3enews137/index.xml
Suggested Reading: High Performance Parallel ProcessingUpdate: End-of-year, 1999. (Suggestions welcome at all times.)
MPI information sources.
MPI: The Complete Reference. Snir, Otto, Huss-Lederman, Walker and Dongarra. MIT Press. ISBN 0 262 69184 1
(*)MPI: The Complete Reference, volume 2. Gropp et al. MIT Press. ISBN 0262571234
Using MPI. Gropp, Lusk, Skjellum. MIT Press. ISBN 0 262 57104 8
Parallel Programming Skills/Examples.
Practical Parallel Programming. Gregory V. Wilson. MIT Press. ISBN 0 262 23186 7
Designing and Building Parallel Programs. Ian Foster. Addison Wesley. ISBN 0 201 57594 9
Parallel Computing Works! Roy D. Williams, Paul C. Messina (Editor), Geoffrey Fox (Editor), Mark Fox Morgan Kaufmann Publishers; ISBN: 1558602534
Fortran90/95 Explained. Metcalf and Reid. Oxford Science Publications. ISBN 0 19 851888 9
Fortran 90 Programming. Ellis, Philips, Lahey. Adison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-54446-6
Programmers Guide to Fortran90. Brainerd, Goldberg, Adams. Unicomp. ISBN 0-07-000248-7
The High Performance Handbook. Koelbel, Loveman, Schreiber, Steele, Zosel. ISBN 0-262-11185-3/0-262-61094-9
Parallel Programming using C++. G.V.Wilson and P Lu. MIT Press. ISBN 0 262 73118 5
Scientific Visualisation, Overviews, Methodologies and Techniques, Nielson, Hagen and Muller. ISBN 0-8186-7777-5, IEEE order number BP07777.
Numerical Recipes in Fortran 77 and Fortran 90 : The Art of Scientific and Parallel Computing. William H. Press, Saul A. Teukolsky, William T. Vetterling, Brian P. Flannery Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt); ISBN: 0521574404 ;
Numerical Recipes Example Book (Fortran) William T. Vetterling, Saul A. Teukolsky, William H. Press Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt); ISBN: 0521437210
Numerical Recipes in C : The Art of Scientific Computing William H. Press, Saul A. Teukolsky, William T. Vetterling, Brian P. Flannery Cambridge Univ Pr (Short); ISBN: 0521431085
Numerical Recipes Example Book (C) William T. Vetterling, Saul A. Teukolsky, William H. Press Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt); ISBN: 0521437202
Numerical Recipes in Fortran 90: The Art of Parallel Scientific Computing, Volume 2 of Fortran Numerical Recipes - Press, Teukolsky, Vetterling and Flannery, Cambridge U. Press, ISBN 0-521-57439-0, 1996.
See also:
http://www.nr.com/nronline_switcher.htmlfor web versions of the Numerical Recipes series of books for browsing.
High Performance Cluster Computing: Architecture and Systems, High Performance Cluster Computing: Programming and Applications, (R. Buyya editor)...Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, 1998.
In Search of Clusters 2nd Edition. Gregory.F.Pfister. Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, 1998, ISBN 0-13-899709-8.
How to Build a Beowulf. Sterling, Salmon, Becker and Savarrese. The MIT Press, 1999, ISBN 0-262-69218-X.
Parallel Programming Techniques and Applications Using Networked Workstations and Parallel Computers. Wilkinson and Allen. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, 1999, ISBN 0-13-671710-1.
Programming Skills.
Debugging and Performance Tuning for Parallel Computing Systems, Simmons et al.
Foundations of Parallel Programming, A Machine-independent Approach, Lewis.
Background information/Fun Reading.
Hal's Legacy: 2001's Computer as a Dream and a Reality. ISBN 0 262 19378 7
High Performance Compilers for Parallel Computing. Michael Wolfe, Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-8053-2730-4
Supermen. C.J Murray. Wiley. ISBN 0 471 04885 2
The Victorian Internet : The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers. Tom Standage, Berkley Pub Group; ISBN: 0425171698.
The Java Array Package[ Article provided by Henry A. Gabb, Director of Scientific Computing, ERDC DSRC ]
Java is designed to be portable and general but is limited when it comes to scientific computing. Multidimensional arrays and complex variables - something that Fortran programmers take for granted - are not directly supported in Java. There is also the issue of poor performance. However, Java has some advantages: portability, exception handling, object orientation, and a large standard class library that includes threads. Java also has many proponents who believe that Java will become the language of choice for scientific computing (e.g., the Java Grande Forum www.javagrande.org).
To provide direct support for multidimensional arrays, an array package was proposed by the Java Grande Forum. An implementation of the Java Array Package was presented at SC99 by Jose E. Moreira of the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center (Moriera J.E., Midkiff S.P., Gupta M., and Lawrence R., "High Performance Computing with the Array Package for Java: A Case Study using Data Mining"). This package not only defines true multidimensional arrays (as opposed to arrays of arrays) but also enables Java programmers to use Fortran-like array notation. Proper exception handling is also available when array operations are attempted on nonconforming arrays. In addition to the new array features, a BLAS class is included in the package. A particularly nice feature of the Java Array Package is its use of the Java threads to express parallelism in the array and BLAS classes. So, portable SMP parallelism is provided but it is transparent to the programmer.
A data-mining case study was used to demonstrate the efficiency of the Java Array Package. (Please see the original paper for details regarding the data mining application.) The application was coded in plain Java (i.e., using only Java array primitives), Java plus the array package, and Fortran. The sequential performance of the plain Java code was approximately 20% of the Fortran code. The code using the Java Array Package achieved 91% of the sequential performance of the Fortran code - a considerable improvement. The multithreaded BLAS routines in the Java Array Package achieved a 2.7-fold speedup on a 4-CPU SMP. A 3.1-fold speedup was possible if the application was explicitly threaded. However, this required modifications to the original serial code.
The Java Array Package is written entirely in Java so it is portable to any platform with a Java Virtual Machine. The package and technical reports can be downloaded from www.alphaWorks.ibm.com/tech/ninja.
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A: {{ Holiday fun... Share a tip on ANY SUBJECT! Your favorite. Anything! # # Thanks to 10 respondants for tips, both serious and light-hearted. # # Happy Holidays to all! # Photo tip: To take photos outside in the Alaska Interior cold, use an older mechanical camera. The newer PHD (Push Here Dummy) cameras, that rely on electronics and motors, don't function well in the cold and batteries produce less power. And use a tripod so your shivering doesn't blur the image ;-) ---------------------- Poker : - Calling bets is generally a losing proposition. If you don't like your hand enough to bet or raise, you should probably fold. - No matter how many draws, the best hand going in is usually the best hand coming out. - You must bet occasional weak hands to get action on your good hands. - The best bluff is when you play blind; you can't be read because you don't know either. - Ask your opponent if unsure about his hand. It's easier to suppress facial expressions than nuances of voice. --------------------- Camping food --carry no water in your food and allow 2#/person/day. --------------------- Use denture cleaner to get coffee stains out of a thermos. --------------------- Getting candle wax out of table cloths: First peel or crack off all the wax you can, then stretch the table cloth over a colander and fasten with big rubber band, with the offending waxed spot in the middle of the stretched part. Boil water and pour it through the cloth, melting away the wax until it's all gone. Tip courtesy of Martha Stewart magazine. --------------------- Great punch recipe: 1 bottle champagne + 1-2 cups cranberry juice cocktail + 1-2 tablespoons Grand Marnier, Cointreau, Triple Sec or other orange-flavored liqueur. Makes about one champagne glass each for 6 people. Looks and tastes great, wonderful way to make inexpensive champagne more special for a party. (This recipe from Alaska Cooperative Extension Master Gardner December 1999 Newsletter) --------------------- Spelling - Keep and consult a good dictionary at your usual reading place. When no dictionary is at hand, write words down for later reference. - Make sure your dictionary provides etymologies; the origin of a word helps to fix it in your mind and provides important spelling clues. --------------------- When fly fishing , use barbless hooks. The joy of releasing a fish, with less damage to its mouth, makes a good day on the river even better. The diamond file on a leatherman tool will remove or lessen the barb of larger hooks or, if you tie your own flies, you can start with barbless hooks. --------------------- Television isn't all what it's cracked up to be. --------------------- When driving through the Serengetti , take plenty of water, a couple extra tires, and a heavy dose of resourcefulness. Should you have a breakdown, it could be a while before anyone finds you. Kind of like breaking down in an Alaskan winter except that it's hot and there are lions. --------------------- If you need a hip replacement , get it done. This problem won't go away. --------------------- When your dog eats foxtails in the summer, feed her peanut butter. --------------------- To scoop dog poop in winter , wait until it freezes; it's much easier to pick up once you kick it loose from the ground. --------------------- Hints about Christmas travel : - Go early. - Smile and be polite to everybody. - Drink plenty of water on the long flights. - Be prepared for the worst and it never happens. - Travel light, ask yourself do you really need to take it. - Take a favourite snack/book and don't eat/read until you're over half way there (or really stuck). When really, really stuck swap eat and read actions on above items. - Travel with a friend, or visit a friend you've not seen for years en route. - Help someone when they really need it. Q: I've installed the "dracula" software in my account, and it came with "man" pages: $ ls -1 ~/pkg/dracula bin lib man $ ls -1 ~/pkg/dracula/man man1 Using the "-M" option, "man" can access these pages. E.g., for help on the dracula "count" command, $ man -M ~/pkg/dracula/man count [ ... works ... ] Alternatively, using the MANPATH environment variable, I can get "man" to find them automatically. However, "man" is then unable to find the system man pages. E.g., $ export MANPATH=~/pkg/dracula/man $ man count [ ... works ... ] $ man f90 No manual entry found for f90. It's a pain in the neck! I want "man" to find the system pages AND the dracula pages: automatically. What should I do?
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