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Jean Dubuffet's Art Brut: the origins of the collection
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L'Art Brut dans le monde
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Aloïse. The Solar Ricochet
Charles Steffen
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Charles Steffen
The oeuvre of Charles Steffen is obsessed with never-ending variations on the theme of nudes and the mother figure. Through that theme, however, Steffen confronts us with changes we ourselves experience. He calls into being the transformations he faced during his own lifetime — notably illness, solitude and weaknesses for alcohol and tobacco. He holds a mirror up to us, exposing us to our own transformations: "A change of matabulism [metabolism)], metamorehiss [metamorphosis], we all change for our own satisfaction, right or worng [wrong] we do."
Charles Steffen (1927-1995) is the creator of an imaginary world peopled by creatures resembling aliens. Everything lends itself to metamorphosis: some of his figures are hermaphrodite, while others, subjected to mutations, present hybrid features straddling the realms of humankind, animals and plants.
Born to a family of eight children in Chicago, at the age of twenty-eight Charles Steffen took up studies at the Chicago Institute of Design, a part of the Illinois Institute of Technology at the time. However, his Catholic faith prevented him from adhering to the ideas set forth in one of his philosophy courses. In an act of rage, the young student set his course papers on fire and threatened to commit suicide; he ended up sinking into depression, bringing about his departure from the school barely a year after his arrival there. Two years later, he was committed to the Elgin State Hospital, a psychiatric hospital of the State of Illinois.
Over about a decade he alternated between stays at the hospital and at the family home. He left the psychiatric establishment in 1963, returning to his childhood home to live with his mother, brother and sister (Rita). Psychologically and physically impaired, he was not able to take up a job. Steffen himself often referred to his regular visits to the doctor, the medicine he had to take and
the pains in his feet. He would also mention a lack of money. At home, he did help out with a few domestic chores, but spent most of his time drawing in lead pencil or colored pencil on brown wrapping paper. This latter activity involved reinventing a totally original graphic vocabulary. He would produce one to three drawings a day — some up to 2 meters (6 and a half feet) long — and generally signed them with his nickname, "Chas." When not drawing, he enjoyed drinking heavily and smoking (specially the pipe).
Steffen ended up producing several thousands of drawings. Once he'd finished them, he would roll them up, seal them with scotch tape and store them in the basement of his house. However, his sister, fearing the outbreak of fire, obliged him regularly to destroy them. And he himself would impulsively take to destroying a number of them from time to time. Thus, almost all his production dating from 1963 to 1989 no longer exists. Upon his mother's death, the family home was sold and Steffen moved to an old people's home north of Chicago. He was about to burn his drawings but then thought the better of it and left them to his nephew, Christopher Preissing, who had expressed interest an in his work. This represented the rescue of some two thousand pieces done between 1989 and Steffen's death in 1995.
For inspiration, Steffen looked to his own past and memories of his student days, depicting — notably — a woman he'd loved prior to his hospitalization (a certain Alishia), female nudes, dancers in a bar he used to visit as a student, life scenes from the Elgin Hospital, as well as crucifixions. In another register, he drew upon the limited sphere of his own daily life, portraying the bank teller who cashed his Social Security cheques, his neighbors, the artificial flowers in his home or the garden plants and, above all, his mother, in either her wheelchair or her bed.
Still another, and favorite, subject was that of female nudes, whose classicism he adapted to his own taste by combining human shapes with botanical subjects, inventing the figure of a "Sunflower Nude." In his later years, Steffen also took to annotating his drawings, turning them into diaristic supports.
The Collection de l'Art Brut extends its heartfelt thanks to Christopher Preissing and Russel Bowman Art Advisory for their collaboration. We are also most grateful to Andrew Edlin and his gallery, the representatives of the Charles Steffen Estate, for their loan of several pieces for the exhibition, as well their generous donation of several works.
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May 23 - september 329 2013
Opening Reception
Wednesday 22 May 2013, 6:30pm
at the Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne
with the attendance of Christopher Preissing (Charles Steffen's nephew)
Exhibition curator
Sarah Lombardi
Charles Steffen, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, 2012, with a bilingual (English/French) text by Michael Bonesteel, ISBN 978-0-9778783-7-6
The show is not accessible to persons with reduced mobility.
Free guided tours
Samedi 15 juin 2013 à 11h00
Samedi 7 septembre 2013 à 11h00
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Free guided tours upon request
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Free guided tours for teachers of secondary school levels and higher
Thursday 30 May, 5pm (length 60 minutes).
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Sophomore (2012)
Appeared in 41 games, starting all 41 at third base • Hit a team-high .365 (62-170) with 30 runs scored and 35 RBIs • Tallied 11 doubles, one triple and three home runs, putting him at fifth on the team with 84 total bases • Drove in a season-high six RBIs to tie his career high against Wright State (2/25) • Also registered a career-high five hits as he went for the cycle with one double, one triple and one home run, while scoring three runs in that same outing • Notched at least one hit in 18 straight games from March 11 through May 17 • Tallied four hits and two RBIs while scoring two runs against St. John's (2/28) • Also tallied four hits against Princeton (3/20) and Cornell (6/1). Summer 2012: Appeared in 39 games for the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod League • Hit .314 (50-159) with 25 runs scored and a league-high 42 RBIs • Tallied eight doubles, two triples and six home runs • Also appeared in the postseason all star game • Named Baseball America's second-best prospect in the Cape Cod League.
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Baseball America Freshman of the Year • Perfect Game Freshman Hitter of the Year • Baseball America First Team All-America • Perfect Game First Team All-America • ABCA Second Team All-America • Baseball America and NCBWA Freshman All-America • ACC Freshman of the Year • First Team All-ACC selection • Appeared in 67 games with 66 starts at third base • Hit a team-high .335 (83-248) with 46 runs scored and an ACC-leading 71 RBI • Became the first freshman to lead the league in RBI since Jamie D'Antona of Wake Forest in 2001 • The 71 RBI ranked 12th in the country • Tallied 31 extra base hits to lead the team • His 20 doubles ranked sixth in the ACC • Finished ninth in the conference with 83 hits • Drew 47 walks to finish second on the team, sixth in the ACC and 21st in the country • His nine home runs led the squad • Drove in a season-high six RBI against UNC Wilmington (3/22) • Tallied four hits in a game twice on the year vs. Maryland (5/8) and vs. Virginia (5/21). Summer 2011: Hit .289 (28-97) in 26 games with the Bourne Braves in the Cape Cod League • Selected to the Cape Cod League All-Star Game.
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Played for coach Fred Gallo at Iona Prep School • Ranked as the No. 10 prospect in the state of New York and the No. 486 prospect nationally by Perfect Game • Named All-Bronx-Westchester as a junior • Earned All-Archdiocese honors as a senior • Named a Journal News Westchester first team all-star • Two-time team MVP • Named to the honor roll as a junior.
Colin Richard Moran is the son of Bill and Diane Moran • Born Oct. 1, 1992 in Port Chester, N.Y. • Older brother, Brian, was an All-America for the Tar Heels before being drafted by the Seattle Mariners in 2009 • Uncle, B.J. Surhoff, was a national player of the year at Carolina and 19-year MLB veteran • Majoring in communications at Carolina.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — The six candidates for IVGID general manager will be put through a lengthy public interview process early next month at The Chateau.
The all-day slate on Oct. 7 includes presentations and Q-and-A with the finalists — Keven Burnett, Tom Masterson, Richard Mears, Rosemary Menard, Eric Severance and Dan St. John — before three panels, which are:
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As of midday Wednesday, the peer panel included Deborah Hackett, CFO of the Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation; Fred Findlen, general manager of the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe; and Lynn Gillette, president of Sierra Nevada College, Herron said.
Herron said she had yet to hear from North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District chief Mike Brown and South Tahoe Public Utility District General Manager Richard Solbrig, who both were asked to be on the peer panel. A sixth panelist, Douglas County Manager Steve Mokrohisky, declined an invitation, Herron said.
Sacramento-based Peckham & McKenney Executive Search and Consulting — which the district board hired earlier this year to find a replacement for outgoing GM Bill Horn — set up the process for Oct. 7.
Each finalist will give a presentation in the morning, prior to interviews before each panel from 9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., according to a schedule provided to the Bonanza.
After debriefing of the panels, a social reception will occur from 5:30 to 7 p.m., allowing residents to speak one-on-one with the candidates.
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Initially, 158 people applied for the general manager position, said McKenney, who eventually whittled the list down to 17, all of whom the search firm interviewed.
"Seventeen, that's a very large number," McKenney said. "I'm usually used to 10 or 11, but based on the board's desire to see (candidates) from the private and public sectors, it was that many…"
McKinney then narrowed the list to 11 before involving IVGID trustees by supplying each with information on the candidates.
Without knowing candidates' names, locations or other redacted information, each of the trustees gave feedback to McKenney to create the final six-person list.
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So, the questions: Is this inevitable or is there any way around it? If things go well and I get off the "treatment treadmill", will I just be getting on the "queen replacement treadmill" instead?
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(On the absence of Isabelle Harrison)
It's not just that. We get up and then we can't stop penetration, you know it's not just [Isabelle] Harrison. It's about what's important on the other end. Our mentality is that we're going to outscore people, but we gotta get stops. With Harrison on the bench or not, we've gotta get stops. You go into the game knowing that Foggie and Lister are their best players and they get 21 and 22. Until defense is important to us, we know we're going to struggle.
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I think Bashaara was fine today. I think that she's been hurt, but I think that today she was fine.
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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Gear (General) › Trying something new – trail runners
Jul 8, 2012 at 6:29 pm #1291789
Steven HanlonBPL Member
@asciibaronLocale: Mid Atlantic
one of the tips from Mike C's book that i have made my motto is to try something new every time you go out. i find myself experimenting more and more and i have been able to shed some bad habits, both in camp and what's on my back.
a few weeks ago i glued my Oboz boots back together but it didn't hold after a weekend of Dolly Sods so i decided to try the Salomon XA 3D Pro Ultra 2 trail runners. i used them this past weekend at a very dry Dolly Sods and they seemed to work well for my first time out. i did two days worth of day hikes and found them to be very comfortable after 7 miles and my feet haven't finished a day of hiking feeling so good in years.
i'm heading back out to Dolly Sods for a full weekend of backpacking in two weeks and i'm looking forward to showing them off at the end of the day to my boot wearing buddy who swears i'm insane. i see trail runners in his future!
i would never have considered trail runners for backpacking, esp at a place like Dolly Sods but reading about success after success with them has given me to the confidence to try them out. the real test will be this section at Dolly SodsJul 10, 2012 at 7:16 pm #1893818
Seth BrewerBPL Member
@whistlerLocale: www.peaksandvalleys.weebly.com
I used 4 pairs of the XA Pro Ultra 2's on my A.T thru-last year along with Superfeet and then SOLE Dean Karnazes insoles. A great shoe with excellent traction. Good luck on your continuing adventure in trying trail runners !Jul 10, 2012 at 8:31 pm #1893827
The Salomon Comp XA models are nice too. Just get the one without goretex and you are set. I really like the XA 5; haven't tried the XA 6. Nice support and theres not one thing a boot does better. Boots aren't even in the vocab anymore.
BTW – You'll do fine. Trail Runners let you move allot easier through anything. Enjoy.Jul 10, 2012 at 8:48 pm #1893831
Nathan HaysMember
@oroambulantLocale: San Francisco
Here in the West the trail crews pave talus with sand and gravel. I always wondered what they did with the talus they dug out…Jul 10, 2012 at 8:56 pm #1893832
Dustin ShortBPL Member
Nathan, maybe in your part of the West…but here in AZ we're lucky if we get any trail maintenance beyond the occasional cairn that blends in with all the other natural rock piles.
That section looks pretty hairy…but at least it's flat unlike out here (and green!).
The beauty of trail runners is that if you're light on your feet (unlike tromping with boots) you can react to an unstable talus field pretty easily and not twist or roll an ankle. I find I'm much "quicker" and light footed with trail runners.Jul 10, 2012 at 10:38 pm #1893851
Nathan HaysMember
@oroambulantLocale: San Francisco
I switched to trail runners about 5 months ago and never will go back unless it is mountaineering time. Some 370 miles later, I find my ankles are much stronger and like you said, it is much easier to deal with unstable rocks.
One big difference is that my feet aren't nearly as bruised after a long hike as they used to get with the boots. I've figured out that like walking on concrete or asphalt, boots present a very consistent surface for your feet to land on. That sameness of every step means the same points on the foot take the hit again and again. With trail runners every step is different and spreads the impact to different places.
This also affects muscle soreness. I used to get a very specific sore spot – on the anterior tibialis in front and just above my ankle. Now it is more like a general workout and sore all over – the good kind of soreness. And I importantly note that I'm not feeling sore until after the first twenty miles!
Ankle support is only needed if you are setting out without any pre-training. A couple months of hiking on uneven ground makes for a huge difference when carrying a pack over many miles.Jul 11, 2012 at 11:12 am #1893974
Dean F.BPL Member
@acrosomeLocale: Back in the Front Range
I have to admit that when I was first getting into this weird UL thing a few years ago one issue about which I was VERY skeptical was wearing trail runners instead of at least a lightweight boot. But a single experimental weekend hike made me a believer. My feet felt great, no blisters, etc. Further experiments in wetter conditions (with Hydropel) solidified my conversion. Nowadays if there is one UL tenet to which I adhere it is that boots are unnecessary (unless you need to wear crampons for real mountaineering or somesuch). And I just accept that the trail runners won't last me several years like a sturdy boot will. IME a trail runner only has 500 or so miles in it.Jul 11, 2012 at 11:56 am #1893982
Chad WebsterMember
@blakteeLocale: Targhee National Forest
So, I have been a boot guy for years. I wore Keens, and to be honest thought I loved them. This year i have made the switch to light weight. Spent a ton of money and one thing i bought was trail runners. Last years model on close out :) 60% off. I buzzed up the trail last and did 8 miles fast. I was going solo. When the sun was telling me it was time to find a place to sleep for the night my feet and legs were saying "I want more". Much of the trail looked just like your picture. (I backpack in Idaho, seems we raise rocks and potatoes here)Jul 11, 2012 at 7:09 pm #1894143
" I really like the XA 5; haven't tried the XA 6. "
Been wearing the XA Comp series for years. Just got a pair of the XA Comp 6 and took them on a hike in June. If anything they seem even narrower than the 5 – got some blisters in places that I've not had them before (outside of my foot, outside edge of both big toes.) But I was wearing a different model of sock, too, which may have changed the fit (though they don't seem thicker than the old socks in hand.) Got a fairly stiff superfeet-style insole during a town stop and that helped, but by then the damage was done. Not sure what I'm going to do now.Jul 11, 2012 at 7:38 pm #1894153
to hear your report Ken. I guess now I hope that my 5s last until the 7s come out and hopefully they are similar to the 5s. Did you see if you could find some XA 5s in your size on Amazon or other site? Good luck.
Thread hijack over. Resume.Jul 12, 2012 at 7:19 am #1894229
Sarah KuhnBPL Member
@sckuhnLocale: Mountainous Ohio
What has been your experience with the 'quick lace' system or do you replace it with traditional laces?
I have a pair of XA's but I've never liked/trusted the 'quick lace' system.Jul 12, 2012 at 7:36 pm #1894422
I like it allot. I gets the shoe evenly tight in a snap. With laces you have to fiddle with getting it right or at least I do. I think they are one of the pluses of the shoes. Like it much better than the Saucony Peregrins I have and not only for the lacing system I might add.Jul 13, 2012 at 6:24 pm #1894621
Love the quick lace system. One of the main features of the shoe for me. It's much easier to tweak the tightness of the shoe than with normal laces — a simple pull of even a millimeter or two makes a difference.Jul 13, 2012 at 6:28 pm #1894622
Thanks Warren. My Comp 5 GTX have another season left in them (this coming winter,) but my mesh shoes are worn out. I'm going to try the Comp 6's again, this time with some very thin socks and see what happens.Jul 13, 2012 at 10:23 pm #1894658
Ken. The lacing system is a system, not just laces. I totally agree with your comments.
Good luck on the new shoe. I'd be interested in how they work for you. It sounds like the shoe doesn't have as big of a toe box? That's what I took from your comments that they are narrower. Am I reading you right? Cause the toe box is really good on the Comp XA5. Room to move my toes but they aren't swimming in an ocean of no support. And they aren't too pointy and lacking room either. The other thing I really like about the XA is the lateral support. Doesn't add much weight but really does the trick.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A total of four student-athletes from both the Oregon Tech baseball and golf squads were named 2014 NAIA Scholar-Athletes, announced recently by the national office.
Two Tech baseball athletes earned the academic honors, including Ryan Hayden (Grants Pass, Ore.) and Ryan Grant (Oregon City, Ore.) with Tyler Dearing (Klamath Falls, Ore.) earning the award from the men's golf team and Mallory Rose (Coos Bay, Ore.) from the women's golf team. Hayden became a two-time honoree having made the list last year.
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Eli's contract does end after the 2015 season, he would only be 35/36 then. Maybe he wants to play till 40 too?
Eli's contract does end after the 2015 season, he would only be 35/36 then. Maybe he wants to play till 40 too?
First round has 5 guys who probably will make the hall of fame. Outside the first round there are only 15 guys who have made a probowl, and nobody even close to hall of fame type talent, (for comparison, there are 14 probowlers in the first round)
I think it might have been better to go fishing for trades with Bradshaw, Canty, Boley for some 5-7th round picks, knowing that they were going to get released anyway. Cap results would have been exactly the same anyway, except the team gets more bottom tier picks to play around with.
First, thanks for a detailed analysis, slip, before I tear this research to shreds, .
Seriously, though, the thing that is most concerning with any free agent analysis is the assumption that too many players on "our" team are ready for removal in favor of some magical players out there in free agency that are much better.
The truth of the matter is that all teams have large holes to fill and most go into a season with band aids at one or more positions, as well as being razor thin at a number of other positions.
Many fans really fail to appreciate players who don't/can't match up to their best previous year and fail to realize or ever know how much injuries had hampered a player's performance in the most recent year.
But then, it's time to overpay for that special free agent that will put "us" over the top. And dump the rest of "our" guys since "we" didn't win.
My point: sometimes it's just signing your own free agents that can put a team over the top, and the grass isn't always greener. "Fixing" one of our own is infinitely preferable to bringing in too many newbies who might take a whole year to fully grasp a playbook.
The first thing I thought of when I started to read this was, "If a train leaves New York, and travels an average speed of 76 miles per hour....." Damn, you guys really get into this s**#. Are you going to do this all again when a bunch of the guys get released? I have to hand it to you, that's a hell of a lot of research. Damn Slip...was this a job application for a FO job with the Giants?


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Sigma Designs Drops 13%: FYQ2 Rev Beats, EPS Misses; Q3 Rev View in Line
Shares of chip designer Sigma Designs (SIGM) down 66 cents, or almost 13%, at $4.58 in late trading after the company reported fiscal Q1 revenue that beat analysts' estimates slightly, and missed by a penny on the bottom line.
Revenue in the three months ending in April rose 19% to $52.5 million, yielding EPS of a penny.
Analysts had been modeling $50 million in revenue and 2 cents in profit per share.
CEO Thinh Tran said the company was "very pleased" with quarterly profit, a reversal of the year-earlier loss of 50 cents a share.
Said Tran, "We remain focused on sustaining our non-GAAP profitability in fiscal year 2014 as well as achieving profitable revenue growth throughout the remainder of the fiscal year.
"We are continuing to execute on our plan to achieve our targeted $45.0 million cost reduction plan for fiscal 2014."
For the current quarter, the company sees revenue in a range of $52 million to $54 million, which, at the mid-point, is roughly in line with the average Street estimate for $53.2 million. Gross margin, on a non-GAAP basis, is expected in a range of 52% to 53% "driven by higher margin product mix and continued worldwide cost savings."


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Overlooking the Appalachian Trail in Adams
Mount Greylock Inn • Adams, MA
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- A Two-Night Stay for Two in the Thunderbolt Trail Room ($217), the Overlook Trail Room ($223), or the Appalachian Trail Room ($239), Any Nights of the Week
- Full Breakfast for Two Each Day
- Bottle of Wine Upon Arrival
- Tasting for Two at a Local Winery
- Combine Vouchers to Stay Up to Six Nights
The Destination
No matter which season you visit, the Berkshire Mountains of northwest Massachusetts offer plenty of year-round fun, both indoors and out. Outdoorsy types mountain bike and hike along a local section of the Appalachian Trail, as well as on paths up Mount Greylock. Those with an interest in aesthetics can stop off at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts, which is one of the largest modern-art museums in the world, while American classics abound at the Norman Rockwell Museum. Sure, they're just blips on the map, seemingly middle-of-nowhere locales in the heart of the Berkshires, but towns like Adams and North Adams might just surprise you.
The Digs
The mighty Appalachian Trail winds right past the historic Mt. Greylock Inn, a Craftsman-style B&B just a few blocks from the Hoosic River in Adams. Boasting lovely views of its namesake mountain, this quiet inn features individually decorated rooms appointed with queen-size beds, hardwood floors, and charming period antiques. Each morning, a hearty hot breakfast offers a delicious alternative to road-trip fare and microwaveable meals.
"The inn was wonderful, very clean, and comfortable. The back porch was delightful for a relaxing evening after a day of hiking. I would definitely go back."-- TripAdvisor
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intentional misspelling of the word "give", used in the sense "give it to me" or "give me something". It is commonly seen in online rpg-style games referring to a coveted "godly item". Also, commonly written two at a time (i.e. geib geib)
"zomfg gotly itam! geib geib!" -person who sees a rare item drop
"nowai mang!" -person who actually got the item
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Don't blame the Hope College Flying Dutchmen if
they choose not to consider their upcoming football season opener
as just that, their first game of the year.
On Saturday (Sept. 11) the Flying Dutchmen host the Vikings
of Augustana College from Rock Island, Ill. for the 34th annual
Hope/Holland Community Day game at Holland Municipal Stadium.
Kickoff will be 1:30 p.m.
Season openers have been less than friendly to the Flying
Dutchmen in recent years. Dean Kreps begins his fifth season as
head coach pursuing his first opening-game victory. In fact, the
Flying Dutchmen have not won their season opener since 1993 and
have not been victorious in their home opener since 1990.
For that matter, no one can accuse Hope of scheduling a
"patsies" in their season opener. In fact, over 89 years of Hope
stands 39-48-2 in the opening game.
The Flying Dutchmen would probably prefer to consider their
upcoming contest as the second "game" of the season in light of
Hope's impressive 49-7 triumph over the Autonomous University of
Queretaro, Mexico last Saturday (Sept. 4). However, it was just
an exhibition game and won't go into the record books as anything
more than that.
Augustana presents no small challenge in Hope's attempt to
end the season-opening losing skid. It will be the renewal of a
rivalry that started more than 30 years ago and still has - more -
Hope seeking its first-ever win over the Vikings. Augustana
posted back-to-back shutout victories over the Dutchmen in 1966
(6-0) and 1967 (10-0). In a 1986 NCAA playoff game Augustana
prevailed 34-10 enroute to winning the national championship.
Last fall in Rock Island, Ill. Augustana won 20-6.
Fans might get confused from a first glance at the sidelines
on Saturday. Former Hope defensive coordinator Mike Ricketts is
now the offensive coordinator at Augustana. He is back at his
alma mater where he was n NCAA Division III All-American
Both teams have players considered among the best in NCAA
Division III football. Don Hansen's Football Gazette pegged Hope
tight end Brian Adloff (East Grand Rapids HS) and Augustana
fullback Ben Nelson among the top players in the North Region.
USA Football listed Hope offensive tackle Tony Petkus (Jenison
HS) and Augustana quarterback Joe Schmulbach as "players to
The Flying Dutchmen are coming off a 5-4 record in 1998
while Augustana was 7-2. Hope will be seeking to snap as two-
game losing streak while Augustana will be trying to win their
sixth in-a-row.
The Flying Dutchmen will be back in action at Holland
Municipal Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 18 hosting the Tigers of
DePauw University. Kickoff will be 1 p.m.


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Nick Katsoris writes books and creates contests that help kids make a difference in their own lives and in the lives of others
Loukoumi is a traditional Greek candy that is chewy and covered with powdered sugar. It is also the name of the main character, a fluffy little lamb, in books for kids by Nick Katsoris!
The five books in the series "are all about teaching kids to make a difference in their own lives and the lives of others," Katsoris told TFK. Katsoris leads by example, giving some of the money that he makes from selling the books to charities such as St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Chefs for Humanity, a group that aims to reduce global hunger.
Through annual contests, Katsoris provides kids with many opportunities. The Growing Up With Loukoumi Dream Day Contest, inspired by the second book in the series, gives kids the chance to try their dream careers for a day. Make a Difference With Loukoumi Day, inspired by the third book, encourages kids to do good deeds on National Make a Difference Day in October. Last year Katsoris says more than 20,000 kids participated.
Loukoumi's Celebrity Cookbook, which features recipes from Bailee Madison, Beyoncé, Eli Manning and more than 50 other celebrities, included a "Favorite Childhood Recipe" Contest. Grace LaFountain, 8, won the chance to cook with world-class chef Cat Cora. An anti-bullying book, which will likely include a challenge for kids, is due out next fall. Find information about upcoming contests on loukoumi.com.
"I was very blessed to have several great role models in my life who encouraged me to pursue my writing and to believe in myself," Katsoris explains. "It is so rewarding to be able to do that for children through my books and the contests modeled after the [books'] lessons."
Click here to read recipes from Bailee Madison and Eli Manning, as seen in Loukoumi's Celebrity Cookbook.


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Town Square
Town Counsil votes to alter or end Hot Summer Nights
Original post made by Concerned Citizen, Danville, on Apr 2, 2008
On April 1st, 2008, at the Town Council Meeting, the council recklessly reduced the number of Hot Summer Nights car shows from 4 nights to 2 nights. This is the end of a 13 year legacy that is responsible for bringing 60,000 people to Danville each year. The decision was not made based on personal preference and not economics. Boutique owners complained about having to park 1/4 mile away from their store fronts, while a woman from a bank said she was too scared to leave work (in daylight) because of a crowd gathering is the parking lot and considered calling for a police escort! Give me a break! My family and I only discovered Danville because of Hot Summer Nights. We're always considered it to be a safe and well organized event. In this economy, we can not afford to be turning away potential business. Due to sponsorship and insurance issues, the 4 Hot Summer Nights events might not be able to be condensed into 2 days. The committee has 60 days to come up with a workable plan; otherwise Hot Summer Nights will not happen at all.


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Day 31
My favourites are turquoise ink and purple ink. Black ink and blue ink are OK for every day, but to get away from the mundane sometimes is good, like for birthdays and other special occasions. When I was growing up, ink colour had particular and well-known associations eg black was used for sympathy cards or to write letters of condolence, blue was the 'accepted' colour for correspondence, green denoted envy or jealousy, red denoted anger. Few wrote in green or red in those days unless … Now we have myriad colours available. We've moved on from the ubiquitous blue Quink.
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With a marijuana legalization proposal on the horizon and a medical cannabis program that continues to evolve, Maine is an active participant in the country's pot revolution. Last week, after voters in Colorado and Washington passed bills to abolish marijuana prohibition, state representative Diane Russell, a Democrat from Portland, announced her intent to introduce a treat-pot-like-alcohol bill in the next legislative session. (A similar bill was also announced in Rhode Island.) Meanwhile, as Massachusetts became the 18th state to legalize weed for medicinal use, advocates in Maine are working to improve our own approach to medical marijuana even after losing an important ally in Augusta.
The third-most-popular recreational drug in the United States (behind alcohol and tobacco), the drug that 50 percent of Americans believe should be made legal, is undergoing major image rehab. We no longer think that pot use leads to violent criminal behavior or irrational sexual desires, as Harry Anslinger, head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics during the 1930s, did. Fourteen states have passed some sort of marijuana-decriminalization law, meaning no prison time or criminal record for someone caught with a small amount of weed for personal consumption. We've come a long way since Reefer Madness.
"Reformers are buoyant, and well they should be," says Allen St. Pierre, executive director of NORML, the Washington DC-based organization working to repeal marijuana prohibition nationwide. The confluence of science and popular opinion, he says, would appear to be pushing more reticent entities "toward a more rational and pragmatic area."
That said, the crystal ball is pretty muddy. No one knows how the federal government — which still considers marijuana a "Schedule 1" substance, in the same class as heroin, meaning it has high potential for abuse and no medical value — will respond to the new laws out West. Technically, every sale of pot in every state (whether for recreational or medical use) is a federal crime. As a result, half of this country's drug-related arrests (more than 850,000 in 2010) are related to small-potatoes pot violations, 88 percent of those for mere possession. Some of these arrests have happened in states with medical or decriminalization laws. Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron estimates that marijuana legalization would save $7.7 billion per year in law enforcement costs.
Earlier this month, 19 members of Congress including Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) called on US Attorney General Eric Holder and Michele Leonhart, of the Drug Enforcement Administration, to back off.
"These states have chosen to move from a drug policy that spends millions of dollars turning ordinary Americans into criminals toward one that will tightly regulate the use of marijuana while raising tax revenue to support cash-strapped state and local governments," the letter reads. "[W]e ask that your Departments take no enforcement action against anyone who acts in compliance with the laws of Colorado, Washington and any other states that choose to regulate access to marijuana for medicinal or personal use."
Unlike in other places, where medical marijuana users and providers have found themselves vulnerable to federal investigation and prosecution, Maine has been lucky to dodge the wrath of the Department of Justice and the DEA — so far.
"They appear to be going after the folks who are in states where there is less regulation than Maine has," says Alysia Melnick, public policy counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine. In crafting and enforcing our medi-mari law, Mainers avoided "the types of things that seem to be triggering federal scrutiny," including huge billboards (as in Montana) or hodge-podge municipal policies (as in California). "The vast majority of stories I've heard about encounters with law enforcement [in Maine] have been positive," Melnick says.
But there remains ample room for improvement here. And as with the rest of the country, Maine's marijuana landscape is still very much in flux.
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Oporto Center Private Room
Size15 m²
Floor No.1
- Kitchen
- Smoking allowed
- Balcony/terrace
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
Accommodation summary
|Travessa Fontinha, 4000 Porto, Portugal
|Property type
|Private room
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|A week ago
Free WIFI internet.
Includes towels and bedding.
The house has three floors.
-The guest room is in the middle floor. I have two more bedrooms guests on the same floor.. The rooms Share a bathroom, 1Wc and a fully equipped kitchen to prepare your meals.
-I live on the ground floor which has a garden and our guest can enjoy a barbecue. We have a dog that loves to play.
The house is located 300 meters from the metro stations of the Trindade. and Bolhão (this is the easiest to get to the house).
The house is located next to Rua Santa Catarina, is located 300 meters from the metro stations of the Trindade and Bolhão (this is the easiest to get to the house).
Given its exceptional location allows you to move on foot beginning to explore the surrounding area: from sights, shops / shopping, the traditional business, Ferreira Borges market, Avenue of the Aliados,, emblematic monuments, art galleries river Douro, Porto Wine Cellars and area nightlife.
Fast access and wide range of public transport.
- Subway: Line (E) directly to the airport. 27 minutes travel
- Train: Both train stations have direct lines underground. Campanhã 10 'and St. Benedict 5'
- Bus 50 meters
House rulesDo not make much noise, respect other guests.
Keep the kitchen clean after use.
|Price for > 2 guests
|$ 12 US per guest/night extra
|Maximum nights
|1 month
|Check-in after
|Check-in before
|On arrangement
|Check-out before
|Cancellation Policy
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Paula's flat is amazing, it feels like home straight away. It has everything that you want and it is good quality too. We loved to stay in this place,
Paula is very welcoming host, she explained where to go what to eat and gave us a very useful map with few routes and lots of the local places.
Highly recommended,
Thank you Paula
Excellent stay, warm welcome, clean, etc.
We will come back! Anna and Adriana Groenewegen - Holland.
It´s a really nice flat and it was a verry good stay there, you can walk to the city and have a lot of attractions around there.Paula and her husband was really nice and stand right there if something is.
thanks a lot for stay in your appartement
I had a great time in beautiful Porto thanks to a fine stay in Oporto Center!! Paula is a very kind and warm host. I immediately felt at home. The atmosphere is very good!
The house is so charming and has a nice artistic decoration.
My room was perfect (i had the room for 1 person). The house is located is quiet neighbourhood so you get your rest if you need it ;-). Is is nice walk to the center of Porto.
The bathroom and kitchen are well equipped and very clean. Everything you need is available. There also is a beautiful green garden, a fine place to start your day with a cup of tea.
Thank you Paula for the nice stay and an the unforgettable time i had in Porto! I will recommend Oporto Center!
Laura is friendly, welcoming and particularly available. His studio is very comfortable and ideally placed to visit Porto on foot. I highly recommend this address
Laura est sympathique, accueillante et particulièrement disponible. Son studio est très confortable et idéalement placé pour visiter Porto à pied. Je recommande vivement cette adresse
Nice place to discover the city. Paula is very reliable and friendly. Everything works, bed is firm so if you need a soft bed take precautions. bakery around the corner, open every morning. Electric heating available in the apartment.
Sorry for the delay. We want to convey our full satisfaction with the apartment as well as the exquisite de Paula. Everything was attentions and details with us.
Very cute, clean and with a lot of details the apartment. We felt like in our own home.
The superb location, with the metro station within walking distance and the very near old town.
The truth is that the experience has been to repeat anytime and recommend it to anyone who is interested in visiting Porto.
Beautiful and comfortable city.
Very grateful for everything.
Paula greetings, Sergio and Wimdu.
Perdón por el retraso. Queremos trasmitirles nuestra plena satisfacción por el apartamento así como por el trato exquisito de Paula. Todo fueron atenciones y detalles con nosotras.
El apartamento muy coqueto, limpio y con un montón de detalles. Nos sentimos como en nuestra propia casa.
La situación magnífica, con la estación de metro a un paso y el casco antiguo muy cercano.
La verdad es que la experiencia ha sido para repetir en cualquier momento y recomendarlo a cualquier persona que esté interesada en visitar Oporto.
Bonita y cómoda ciudad.
Muy agradecidas por todo.
Saludos para Paula, Sergio y para Wimdu.
Wonderful care to detail apartment. The hosts are waiting (in our case and for personal reasons before the scheduled time after they agree with them). They gave us a map handy for people who will like us one day stop and even has a basket with pastries and candies !! Internet, cable TV ... and very good area, very close to the center (that if, from the River ready to twins !!. Fully recommended!
Un apartamento Maravilloso cuidado al detalle. Los anfitriones te esperan ( en nuestro caso y por motivos personales antes de la hora prevista tras acordarlo con ellos). nos entregaron un mapa MUY UTIL para gente que va, como nosotros un pare de días y hasta tiene una cestita con bollería y caramelos!!Internet, TV cable...y la zona muy buena , cerquita del centro (eso si, desde el río prepárate para hacer gemelos!!. totalmente recomendable!
A wonderful stay thanks to the warm and welcoming people. The apartment is very functional and well located. We enjoyed the circuit and Sergio plans that we were really helpful. We recommend these hosts!
Un séjour formidable grâce a des gens très accueillants et chaleureux. L appartement est très fonctionnel et bien situé. Nous avons apprécié les circuits et les plans de Sergio qui nous ont été vraiment utiles. On vous recommande ces hôtes !
Ola Paula! I had a lovely stay at your home, loved the quirqyness of it, the freedom of staying, in such a relaxing room after all wanderings in Porto – private indeed.. And indeed the lovely little garden.. (and your dog loves her attention ;) Thank you for all your hospitality! Love to come back to Porto and stay some more at yours again, Ciao!
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The Big Push to Defeat Malaria »
"According to the World Health Organization, in 2010, malaria caused an estimated 219 million illnesses and 660,000 deaths, mostly children under 5 years old in Africa. These numbers represent a 25% decrease in malaria deaths globally and a 33% re"...
Orally administered erythromycin base and its salts are readily absorbed in the microbiologically active form. Interindividual variations in the absorption of erythromycin are, however, observed, and some patients do not achieve optimal serum levels. Erythromycin is largely bound to plasma proteins. After absorption, erythromycin diffuses readily into most body fluids. In the absence of meningeal inflammation, low concentrations are normally achieved in the spinal fluid but the passage of the drug across the blood-brain barrier increases in meningitis. Erythromycin crosses the placental barrier, but fetal plasma levels are low. The drug is excreted in human milk. Erythromycin is not removed by peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis.
In the presence of normal hepatic function, erythromycin is concentrated in the liver and is excreted in the bile; the effect of hepatic dysfunction on biliary excretion of erythromycin is not known. After oral administration, less than 5% of the administered dose can be recovered in the active form in the urine.
The erythromycin particles in PCE tablets are coated with a polymer whose dissolution is pH dependent. This coating allows for minimal release of erythromycin in acidic environments, e.g., stomach. This delivery system is designed for optimal drug release and absorption in the small intestine. In multiple-dose, steady-state studies, PCE tablets have demonstrated rapid and generally adequate drug delivery in both fasting and nonfasting conditions. However, the presence of food results in lower blood levels, and optimal blood levels are obtained when PCE tablets are given in the fasting state (at least ½ hour and preferably 2 hours before meals). Bioavailability data are available from Arbor Pharmaceuticals.
Erythromycin acts by inhibition of protein synthesis by binding 50 S ribosomal subunits of susceptible organisms. It does not affect nucleic acid synthesis. Antagonism has been demonstrated in vitro between erythromycin and clindamycin, lincomycin, and chloramphenicol.
Many strains of Haemophilus influenza are resistant to erythromycin alone but are susceptible to erythromycin and sulfonamides used concomitantly.
Staphylococci resistant to erythromycin may emerge during a course of erythromycin therapy.
Erythromycin has been shown to be active against most strains of the following microorganisms, both in vitro and in clinical infections as described in the INDICATIONS AND USAGE section.
Gram-positive organisms
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Corynebacterium minutissimum
Listeria monocytogenes
Staphylococcus aureus (resistant organisms may emerge during treatment)
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pyogenes
Gram-negative organisms
Bordetella pertussis
Legionella pneumophila
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Other microorganisms
Chlamydia trachomatis
Entamoeba histolytica
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Treponema pallidum
Ureaplasma urealyticum
The following in vitro data are available, but their clinical significance is unknown.
Erythromycin exhibits in vitro minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC's) of 0.5 μg/mL or less against most ( ≥ 90%) strains of the following microorganisms; however, the safety and effectiveness of erythromycin in treating clinical infections due to these microorganisms have not been established in adequate and well-controlled clinical trials.
Gram-positive organisms
Viridans group streptococci
Gram-negative organisms
Moraxella catarrhalis
Susceptibility Tests
Dilution Techniques
Quantitative methods are used to determine antimicrobial minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC's). These MIC's provide estimates of the susceptibility of bacteria to antimicrobial compounds. The MIC's should be determined using a standardized procedure. Standardized procedures are based on a dilution method1,2 (broth or agar) or equivalent with standardized inoculum concentrations and standardized concentrations of erythromycin powder. The MIC values should be interpreted according to the following criteria:
For Staphylococcus spp:
|MIC (μg/mL)
|≤ 0.5
|Susceptible (S)
|Intermediate (I)
|≥ 8
|Resistant (R)
For Streptococcus spp. and Streptococcus pneumoniae:
|MIC (μg/mL)
|≤ 0.25
|Susceptible (S)
|Intermediate (I)
|≥ 1
|Resistant (R)
A report of "Susceptible" indicates that the pathogen is likely to be inhibited if the antimicrobial compound in the blood reaches the concentrations usually achievable. A report of "Intermediate" indicates that the result should be considered equivocal, and, if the microorganism is not fully susceptible to alternative, clinically feasible drugs, the test should be repeated. This category implies possible clinical applicability in body sites where the drug is physiologically concentrated or in situations where high dosage of drug can be used. This category also provides a buffer zone which prevents small uncontrolled technical factors from causing major discrepancies in interpretation. A report of "Resistant" indicates that the pathogen is not likely to be inhibited if the antimicrobial compound in the blood reaches the concentrations usually achievable; other therapy should be selected.
Standardized susceptibility test procedures require the use of laboratory control microorganisms to control the technical aspects of the laboratory procedures. Standard erythromycin powder should provide the following MIC values:
|MIC (μg/mL)
|S. aureus ATCCa 29213
|E. faecalis ATCC 29212
|S. pneumoniae ATCC 49619
|aATCC is a registered trademark of the American Type Culture Collection
Diffusion Techniques
Quantitative methods that require measurement of zone diameters also provide reproducible estimates of the susceptibility of bacteria to antimicrobial compounds. One such standardized procedure2,3 requires the use of standardized inoculum concentrations. This procedure uses paper disks impregnated with 15-μg erythromycin to test the susceptibility of microorganisms to erythromycin.
Reports from the laboratory providing results of the standard single-disk susceptibility test with a 15-μg erythromycin disk should be interpreted according to the following criteria:
For Staphylococcus spp:
|Zone Diameter (mm)
|≥ 23
|Susceptible (S)
|Intermediate (I)
|≤ 13
|Resistant (R)
For Streptococcus spp. and Streptococcus pneumoniae:
|Zone Diameter (mm)
|≥ 21
|Susceptible (S)
|Intermediate (I)
|≤ 15
|Resistant (R)
Interpretation should be as stated above for results using dilution techniques. Interpretation involves correlation of the diameter obtained in the disk test with the MIC for erythromycin.
As with standardized dilution techniques, diffusion methods require the use of laboratory control microorganisms that are used to control the technical aspects of the laboratory procedures. For the diffusion technique, the 15-μg erythromycin disk should provide the following zone diameters in these laboratory test quality control strains:
|Zone Diameter (mm)
|S. aureus ATCC 25923
|S. pneumoniae ATCC 49619
1. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. Methods for Dilution Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests for Bacteria that Grow Aerobically, 7th ed. Approved Standard, CLSI Document M07-A7, Vol. 26(2). CLSI, Wayne, PA, Jan. 2006.
2. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, 18th Informational Supplement, CLSI Document M100-S18, Vol 28(1). CLSI, Wayne, PA, Jan. 2008.
3. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Disk Susceptibility Tests, 9th ed. Approved Standard CLSI Document M02-A9, Vol. 26(1). CLSI, Wayne, PA, Jan. 2006.
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03G Red take 1st in the Houston Rush Cup Tournament!
Aug 27 2014 - Jeny Mather
The Lonestars 03G Red team took 1st place in the Houston Rush Cup Tournament earlier this month!
As U12s playing up in the U13 White Bracket, they finished 4-0-0 with 13 goals for and 1 against. This was their first action in 11v11 play making the transition from 8v8.
Congratulations ladies on a job well done and good luck in the upcoming Lonestar Austin Labor Day Cup Tournament!
We are Lonestar!
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Ford's C-Max Hybrid, Fusion Hybrid to Get EPA Review Following Fuel Economy Complaints
Tiffany Kaiser
December 10, 2012 12:15 PM
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Consumer Reports Said Ford's 47 mpg claim is too high for both vehicles
There are questions regarding
Ford's C-Max Hybrid
and Fusion Hybrid's advertised 47 mpg, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to check it out.
Ford's C-Max Hybrid and Fusion Hybrid both show an estimated 47 mpg, but
Consumer Reports
recently pointed out that neither are living up to the automaker's claims. According to its testing, the C-Max Hybrid received 35/38/37 mpg for city/highway/combined. For the Fusion Hybrid, it found 35/41/39 mpg for city/highway/combined.
"Yes, the disclaimer on EPA fuel-economy labels notes that your results may differ," said
Consumer Reports
. "But the overall mpg for these C-Max and Fusion models is off by a whopping 10 and 8 mpg, respectively, or about 20 percent. Our overall-mpg results are usually pretty close to the EPA's combined-mpg estimate. Among current models, more than 80 percent of the vehicles we've tested are within 2 mpg."
2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid
Ford responded to the claims, saying that mileage varies among hybrids.
"Early C-Max Hybrid and Fusion Hybrid customers praise the vehicles and report a range of fuel economy figures, including some reports above 47 mpg," said Ford spokesman Wes Sherwood. "This reinforces the fact that driving styles, driving conditions and other factors can cause mileage to vary."
While all vehicles must undergo the EPA test for fuel efficiency, the test isn't actually administered by the government agency. Instead, automakers perform the test and the EPA reviews it. In many cases, factors like temperature and speed result in gas mileage being lower than the EPA sticker.
2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid
Ford's testing found 47 mpg overall for both vehicles, and while it's common for the EPA to review such claims and discover a variation in gas mileage,
Consumer Reports
complained that this is a pretty big gap between Ford's findings and its own.
The EPA said it will "look at the report and data."
Back in December 2011,
Consumer Watchdog
called on the EPA to investigate Hyundai over its fuel economy claims. Hyundai claimed that its Elantra achieved 29 MPG in the city and 40 MPG on highway. However, the organization received a higher-than-usual number of complaints that real-world mileage was in the mid-20 mpg range.
From there, the EPA investigated Hyundai for misleading mileage claims and found that the fuel economy estimates of most of its 2012-2013 models were inflated. The same goes for Kia. Both Kia and Hyundai will be lowering the fuel economy estimates on the majority of their 2012 to 2013 models after EPA testing discovered a gap between its data and what both of the companies are claiming.
Hyundai and Kia admitted to overstating the estimated fuel economy on window stickers of about 900,000 vehicles sold since late 2010. Reports show that Hyundai alone
could spend $100 million
trying to fix the fiasco.
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Re: st: BOOTSTRAP and pweights
email@example.com (Jeff Pitblado, StataCorp LP)
Re: st: BOOTSTRAP and pweights
Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:18:19 -0600
This is a repost, I originally forgot the subject like.
Sabrina Di Addario <email@example.com> asks about using
-pweight-s with -vce(bootstrap)-:
> I am trying to use bootstrap now (rather than jackknife) to do the same
> as before:
> biprobit (y1= x2 y1 y2 u1) (y2 = x2 z2) [pweight=weight], robust
> cluster(clusty)
> I tried several specifications - none of which worked:
> 1) biprobit (y1=x1 x2 y2 u2) (y2 = x2 z2), ///
> vce(bootstrap [pweight=weight]) cluster(clusty)
> 2) biprobit (y1=x1 x2 y2 u2) (y2 = x2 z2) [pweight=weight], ///
> vce(bootstrap) cluster(clusty)
> 3) bootstrap, reps(100) seed(1): biprobit (y1=x1 x2 y2 u2) (y2 = x2 z2)
> [pweight=weight],/// robust cluster(slnew)
> Is there a similar problem as in jakknife in bootstrap too or there is
> another way of writing the syntax? Or, more simply, bootstrap does not
> allow pweights?
Although you may get wierd error messages with syntax 2 and 3 (which will be
fixed in an upcoming ado-file update), -bootstrap- does not allow weights as
reported by Stata if you use syntax 1.
Question: Why doesn't Stata allow weights with -bootstrap-?
Besides the book by Shao and Tu (1995), there are papers in the survey
literature on using the Bootstrap with complex survey data. Unfortunately
there doesn't appear to be a single satisfactory method for Bootstrapping
data with sampling weights.
Given the number of alternative methods for bootstrapping weighted data and
the lack of a clear winner (popular or otherwise), we decided to disallow
even the 'naive bootstrap' until there was sufficient demand (at least for a
statistically satisfactory method).
The only exception here is when you have bootstrap replicate weights. You can
-svyset- the bootstrap replicate weights as -jkrweights()- with the proper
-multiplier()- option (or use -brrweights()- with the proper -fay()- option).
Shao, J. and D. Tu. 1995. The Jackknife and Bootstrap. New York: Springer.
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August 19, 1971
Vancouver, BC CA
Pacific Coliseum
setlists during this tour include: Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Since I've Been Loving You, Black Dog, Dazed and Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Going to California, That's the Way, Celebration Day, What Is and What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love (medley), Communication Breakdown, Thank You.
Canadian Journalist Rick McGrath interviewed Robert Plant backstage after the concert, which continued past midnight into Plant's 23rd birthday. Rick shares his story:
Ah, yes, Led Zep... the seminal sex heavy metal band of the early 70s... let's face it, Robert Plant was The Frontman for any rock ensemble, and Jimmy Page was by far the definitive guitar hero of his age. For me this was The Big Time, an exclusive interview with what was probably the world's hottest band.
I got to watch the concert from the stage -- about 10 feet away from Page. About 3,000 Zepheads from Seattle drove up for the show, only to find there were no tickets available. I remember them leaning on the glass outside the Pacific Coliseum until showtime, when the promoters decided it was safer to let them in rather than risking them crashing through the glass... so the Coliseum swelled to about 18,000 fans. Twice during the show they had to stop the concert and move the equipment back, because the crush of fans at the front was so thick they started to rip the stage apart. Zany.
It was one helluva show, culminating in Dazed & Confused and for me, the biggest interview of my Straight career!
After Led Zeppelin's tumultuous second encore I waited for the crowds to disperse and then slipped backstage: lots of cops, a few groupies (these surprisingly more sophisticated than the usual fare) and the now-familiar faces that appear backstage after every concert.
I had previously made arrangements with Led Zeppelin's manager, Peter Grant, to get in and see the group after their show. For some reason The Straight was the only Vancouver media to obtain an interview. After waiting a half hour or so, the door opened, Peter looked out and me motioned me inside the dressing room.
They looked like they were having fun, as well they might. Vancouver was the first date of a long North American tour, and spirits are helped considerably if the first night is a winner. I guess they figure 18,000 people can't be wrong.
Once inside the dressing room, Peter motioned me over to Page and Plant who were sitting off in a corner discussing, I thought, either a new song or part of an old one. Page was playing and singing and Plant was listening intently. Jones and Bonham were in the opposite corner, flailing away on acoustic guitars and loudly singing old rock hits like "Save The Last Dance For Me," "The Bristol Stomp," etc., etc. They got louder, in fact, and as I started talking to Plant, Page joined them and on occasion during the interview Plant would leap to his feet and join in on some chorus.
I did come away from the experience with a few observations. First, these people are not stupid. Plant is extremely articulate and certainly is his own man.
He has definite ideas about his work, his public and his critics, and at 23 (his birthday arrived during the interview) he is a seasoned performer who is trapped somewhat by the wishes of his audience and the limitations of his own creativity. If pressed, he is defensive about Led Zeppelin, but that I find understandable. It is, after all, the ultimate male fantasy....
Rick: It was pretty hot out there. . .
Robert Plant: Yeah, sometimes it gets a bit scary when we see half the stage disappearing...
Jimmy Page: It was a bit rough.
Rick: Let's talk about what you've been doing since you were here last.
Plant: We've been to Italy, Switzerland, Denmark. We did a tour of England, intending to go back to all the old clubs that we played in the beginning. .
Rick: ....around Birmingham...
Plant: All those sorts of places. In some way it was a successful move, in other ways it was a bit of a dead loss, because you'd be playing in places that only hold 250 people.
Rick: Isn't that what the club trip is like in England? A lot of smaller halls and stuff?
Plant: Yeah, that's what it used to be like at the beginning. But there's always something bigger than a club in each town, a hall or something. Not so much a Coliseum, though.
Rick: And you've finished your new album?
Plant: We finished that, and we did it in our own home. Well, how it went was that we used a mobile truck for our recording unit and we went to an old manor in Surrey. There we put up all the equipment in one room and stuck all the mike leads through a window. Straight into the recording van. So anything that we did just went straight down on tape. Bit by bit it grew up into a great collage of numbers.
Rick: Do you like it?
Plant: (nodding head): Yeah. It was another atmosphere altogether.
Rick: What are your thoughts on Led Zeppelin III? It didn't seem to have it the way a lot of people thought it would.
Plant: I thought it would as well. I was really happy with it, because to me it was just one step in growing up.
Rick: Well, it got some bad press. That's something we should talk about later. But there was an incredible wave of Led Zeppelin mania, or whatever, and you had just finished a very successful tour, and then the album came out and nothing happened.
Plant: Yeah, but to me, personally, that album was certainly a large step after the second one. Because you can't keep turning out the same thing. If you do that, you can't do anything for yourself. We know we can rely on things like Whole Lotta Love and it is quite easy to work within the same framework all the time. But who does that? Just people who haven't got anything going for them in the brains, that's who. And I think the third album was an essential thing, I don't care if it sold any copies at all, because it showed there was a bit more attached to us and it than Shake Your Money-Maker sort of stuff.
Rick: Which leaves you in the bind of wanting to progress, when the audience doesn't want you to.
Plant: I daren't say they don't want you to, but it seems they're not ready to accept, or even give it a fair try because I think if people play the third album and listen to it with the same amount of justification that they gave the second one, they might see what's going on.
Rick: What about rock critics? They seem to be the other extreme. On one hand you have the audience screaming Whole Lotta Love, and on the other a critic saying the opposite.
Plant: Well, a critic who's been a critic in one position for more than six months gets a bit cocky, right? He feels pretty cool. So he suddenly starts making assumptions and statements that aren't his to make, man. You can't condemn something just by.... a critic can't fucking state what he wants to... like if he goes to a concert, like tonight, and he goes away and writes, "Well, I don't know what to say because it wasn't too good at all." For 17,000 people going it was fucking too much, but that one guy could get quite a reputation for decrying it. And unfortunately that seems to be the general system of critics.... to make themselves a name. Instead of just transposing what happens, and saying it was accepted, they suddenly start becoming an entity for themselves, instead of a courier for the people.
And just as a new society is growing and moving, we've got to eliminate all this old crap, and we've got to be fair with each other. Because if we get all these blase attitudes at an early stage where we're still trying to prove to a lot of people that it's a wholesome, positive thing and they keep tearing away inside it, well, it'll be ruined before it's even gotten halfway. Because that attitude doesn't stop just at music, but it goes everywhere. And that attitude of somebody in a position to influence somebody else is open to somebody with no talent but a pen and a job. And it worries me, really, because I don't just see it for us, I see it for people who I really fucking admire. They've given something and are working really hard. And people are digging it and going out and getting some satisfaction from it. But that guy, well, he's on another one altogether, isn't he?
Rick: I'd have to agree, even though I've been accused of the same thing on a few occasions.
Plant: Well, you've only got to be fair.
Rick: Right, the way I look at it is that a critic is no good unless he's honest with himself. And if he has constructive things to say. That's part of criticism. It should help more than hinder.
Plant: Yes, but things like Rolling Stone get out of hand. Even in England people buy it because it's been around for such a long time. It gets to be a habit. And what they read is something else, man. Because it's always down, down, down. Why don't they stop all that and start being nice? Is that such a hard thing to do?
Rick: Yeah, but they're in it for the bucks and controversy always sells more than good news.
Plant: Yeah, but we're in it for a buck as well, to an extent. But we go out there and there's no bad ones. People could throw a fucking bottle and it would still be cool because they're there and the thing incites them to do that. So you just ride along with it.
Rick: They ripped the doors off the front of this place tonight.
the aftermath...
Plant: They've been eating good breakfast cereals or else they've captured energy in long hair. I wonder if any of them were in your Gastown thing. We heard about it, but see, when you're in our position, mate, you're in so many fucking places in such a short time and everybody's going look at this, and people keep coming up and saying what do you think about them saying this and what do you think about them saying that? Half the time you miss it or you just don't even know it's there. Because if you get affected by these things, well, you just go on stage shivering, more or less.
Rick: I've noticed the stage act has changed since you were here last. It seems to be getting back to a hard rock and blues thing.
Plant: Well, it ain't wanting to change, it's just how it goes. Tomorrow is another day. It's like with albums. People say "Do you follow in the same pattern as before?" And you talking about the third album. The third album, to me, was a disappointment in the way it was accepted because it wasn't given enough of a chance.
After Heartbreaker and Bring It On Home. And thunder, which was what it was. So we say try this for size and I thought when we were doing it that I was able to get inside myself a little more and give a little more on the album. I thought the whole thing felt like that. I was pleased with it, and I'd play it now without hesitation and dig it. And you can't always do that to an album that you've played a million times. But I really thought it stood up and then everybody was saying, well, noo, and they'd leave it and then come back in a couple of weeks time and say, well, we can see. . .but nevertheless, we think it's best. But that's what people say because the simple, heavy thunder is much easier to assimilate, much easier to react to in every way. But you can't just do that, otherwise you become stagnant and you're not really doing anything, you're just pleasing everybody else.
And the whole thing about the whole music scene now is that we didn't follow Sam the Sham, we didn't follow all those people. We came over here and nobody knew who we were and we weren't following anything. We weren't saying "It's Gary Puckett for us," and come over here. . .do you know what I mean? And it's just by playing what we had to do, with all the bollocks that we got, that people said fair enough. And anything we can do new on an album I think is a good move.
Rick: What direction is your new material taking?
Plant: It really varies, Because having that place in the country... it's that old cliche about a place in the country... but it was really great. The mikes coming in through the windows and a fire going in the hearth and people coming in with cups of tea and cakes and people tripping over leads, and the whole thing is utter chaos. Bonzo's drums are in the hall, in the entrance hall, with one mike hanging from the ceiling. And things like that. And everyone's going... and we set up anther set of drums and I was playing drums... and it was a good feeling, and we did it as easy as pie. So this album's got a lot of feeling to it.
Rick: You write the lyrics. How do you get them to music? Do you make them up as the music goes, or what?
Plant: Sometimes, like now, there's a few things. Like we went to Milan, and there was a big music festival with people from all countries contributing. They travel around, and we just came for one gig. And we were told that it was a cool thing and even though there was a reputation for bottles being thrown in Rome, we were assured it wouldn't happen to us. Anyway, we started playing in a big cycle arena, and they'd been booing everybody else, and as soon as we walked onstage, I noticed some smoke at the back of the arena. And there's all this smoke and there's firemen behind us and I was going "fire! fire!" in my finest Italian.
Anyway, nobody took any notice of me and we carried on for about a quarter of an hour and the fire had gotten all around us. And I turned around and looked at everybody and Peter (Grant, the manager), his eyes had all gone big and red. And everybody was suddenly coughing. People suddenly appeared with masks and things like that and suddenly there were bombs going off, everywhere. And the whole thing about what I'm doing is that I've been doing it seven years and I'm. . . what time is it?
Rick: Midnight.
Plant: I am now 23.
Rick: Your birthday? Well, let me be the first to congratulate you (we shake hands).
Plant: And so it's been seven years and suddenly I find we've been tear gassed. So I got an Italian guy to come on and I told him to tell everybody to (Robert purses his lips and blows several times). And everybody's blowing. And everyone was just sitting down and coming around and digging it. And I was getting so I couldn't sing, and the feeling, if you've ever been tear gassed, is that if you move, you've got 15,000 kids who are going to freak out. So you don't move and you become so nauseated. Anyway, it finally broke up and there were kids running everywhere.
There were 250 stormtroopers there, in line, and I forgot to tell you, as we got there, there were wagons all alongside the road, and there were all these guys lined up by the front door. So I jumped out of the car and I was saluting and shouting and checking the uniforms and walking up and down the ranks going (makes faces) and I saw something I've never seen before, because they were completely devoid of anything human. They just looked at me as if to say "Objective number one" or something.
And suddenly everyone was running. And the kids came running over the stage, and we split and ran down a passage under the cycle arena. And then they tear gassed the passage. So Peter, who can't run very fast, was in trouble. So we found a room and we barricaded ourselves in. Broke into a medical cupboard and had all these fucking weapons and stuff. They were bringing the roadies in unconscious. We had one nurse and some oxygen and we looked out the window into the streets and there was fighting and shooting and cars being smashed and driven into trees and the whole thing was like a war. And it was because we stood up on stage. But that was not the real reason for it all. There were 250 people who just didn't know what the fuck was going on. 15,000 people are jumping in the air trying to escape the fucking tear gas and they don't understand.
And as we drove back to the fucking hotel, round the wrecked cars and round the fights and all that, there were roadside hospitals all the way to the center of Milan. I've never seen anything like that.
And I got up the next morning and got the papers and the driver translated and just told us that the kids had caused a riot and the police had had to move in and do the fucking honours. People lost their sight. I cried for days and days and everything I think about it, or I think of something gentle, I even saw a silly film with Cary Grant in it, and he was going on about what man must do to be man, and I was fucking crying. Because it just fucking hit me and if I'm ever down in America all somebody has to do is say. "Are you a boy or a girl" and I'll fucking dive at him. Because it's an animal reaction. I've already been in a rathole once.
And I know it's not just because we're radicals or rock 'n' rollers. It's because there's nobody understanding. And our side of the fence are going over there and saying "Fuck That", and that side is coming over and saying "Up Yours", and it's the wrong thing, you know. The concerts should be in twice as big a place and everybody should bring their parents. And then we can get it together. What we need is more of a bridge between the two sides, and in Milan. What are you going to do? - - R. McGrath.
-- Footnote: The dangerously overcrowded arena resulted in some damage to the stage and injuries. Over 3,000 fans without tickets attempted to storm the gates causing 35 youths and two police officers to be injured. On the group's follow-up tour in 1972, Vancouver officials refused to grant a licence for their scheduled concert, after tickets were virtually sold out.
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My First Concert
Really cool. Most memorable concert. Myself and two Grade 11 buddies from Victoria going to our first real concert in Vancouver. Pitty our fourth friend whos parents would not let him go.
First time hearing Stairway to Heaven, and thought is was kid of boring compared to the prior material. Who would know it would be such a big hit.


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Actually, no, you're not. Back in high school, to hear you tell it anyway, you were a goddamn god; now you're just somebody else's pimply-faced roommate. Get over it. And while you're binding and gagging that unearned ego, get prepared for an entire semester's worth of smaller adjustments. Long before your time, a comedy troupe called the Firesign Theatre preached: "Everything you know is wrong."
They were right. Boston isn't wherever you're from, and there are lots of notions and expectations new students in our city need to put behind them. Like, immediately.
Among the more immediate are ZEBRA CROSSINGS — those inviting pathways of diagonal white lines painted on the street at intersections. You may think there's a law that cars have to stop and let you cross if you so much as cast your shadow onto one of these. After all, pedestrians have rights! Inside a zebra crosswalk, you're as safe as if you were flanked by the offensive line of the '78 Steelers. There is such a law, but if you believe the rest, you're going to die. In Boston, no car even slows down for a mere mortal. You can explain about your rights to the EMTs as the ambulance mows down other pedestrians rushing you to Mass General. The only safe way to cross a Boston street is in the middle of the block. That way you can spot anything that might run over you in time. We are not kidding about this.
Do you believe in BIKE LANES? Yeah, hey, everybody wants to be green. Don't pollute; ride your bike to class. The city encourages this by painting more lines on the streets— lines defining narrow makeshift corridors between the cars parked at the curb and the cars weaving in and out of traffic at 40 miles per hour. Like zebra crossings, bike lanes are not safe havens. They are death traps. If, asserting your rights as a cyclist, you pedal along them, you will 1) have to stop short for a double-parked UPS truck; 2) be hit by the opening door of a parked car; 3) be sideswiped by somebody driving like a drunk Asian nun on a cell phone. You're better off taking your chances in the real traffic lanes. Trust us.
You were told that Boston is a CHARMING URBAN ENVIRONMENT. Northeastern students need only gaze down Huntington Avenue to realize that all urban charm comes with equal measures of blight. And then there's Kenmore Square, which, believe it or not, was once (okay, like around 1966) a nice low-key student village with horrible traffic running through it. Well, the five-way merging traffic has never improved, but the surroundings sure got worse. For decades, there was an ugly old bus station in the middle of the square. For the past eternity, they've been disruptively replacing it with, apparently, an unbelievably hideous new bus station. At the rate things are progressing, it will likely never be finished. That's a shame because the construction-site landscape clashes with the tacky pretentious yuppie-scum new buildings on the south side of Comm Ave, which themselves replaced a bunch of cozy, funky shops and such.
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Roger Brunel studied at the School of Fine Arts in Grenoble and started his career working for a printing firm and in the advetising field. His first humorous drawings and caricatures appeared in Le Progrès de Lyon, La Presse and Le Hérisson from 1960. Brunel created his first (short) comic story for Spirou in 1972, 'Graphos et Mandou'. He then joined the publishing house Glénat.
Parody on Jean Roba's 'Boule et Bill'
His work was featured in the alternative comics magazine Le Canard Sauvage, and in Circus, where he made his famous 'Pastiches', naughty parodies of famous comics, which appeared from 1978 to 1995. In 1981, he drew 'Tel et Matic in Gomme. In 1984, he became director of Glénat Concept, a department speciliazed in advertising comics.
Tel et Matic
Brunel wrote 'Le Solitaire' for Alain Mounier in 1987, and 'Le Rugby en BD' for Michel Rodrigue. In the beginning of the nineties, he returned to cartooning, and his work was collected in various albums throughout this decade ('Attention, École!', 'Ciel, mon Avion!', 'Papie Boum et Mamie Blue' and 'Attention, Prof!', etc.).
Parody on Al Capp's 'Li'l Abner'
He also began a new series of funny 'Guides en BD' with Rodrigue, published by Albin Michel and Vents d'Ouest. Roger Brunel is also an illustrator of art books, such as 'Vie et Fables d'Esope' (Editions du Grésivaudan, 1996) and 'L'Oeuvre Poétique de Georges Brassens' (Editions Martinsart, 2004).
Parody on Tabary's Iznogoud'