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With Robert Altman putting dance back on the big screen, Jacqui Taffel reveals the real-life dramas at the Australian Ballet.
The Australian Ballet's artistic director, David McAllister, was about 13 when he saw a short for The Turning Point. "I just nearly wet myself - oh my God, a movie about ballet! - and then went and saw it about five times."
The 1977 film, starring Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft, is one of a long line of behind-the-scenes ballet dramas, from The Red Shoes in 1948 to 2000's Center Stage.
But so far, The Turning Point remains the sentimental favourite, at least among Australian Ballet staff. It had drama, bitchiness, thrilling dance pieces, an arty sex scene with Mikhail Baryshnikov and a hilarious catfight between the two female leads. For the teenage McAllister, it "absolutely blew my mind".
It remains to be seen whether Robert Altman's new contribution to the genre, The Company, can compete. Starring Neve Campbell, known for her roles in Party of Five and the Scream films, with Malcolm McDowell as the campy artistic director, and the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, it's a day-in-the-life film loosely following the central character of Ry, played by Campbell.
Campbell began dancing at the age of six. She later attended Canada's National School of Ballet, but injuries pulled her out of that career and into acting. The Company was originally her baby - she wanted to make a "realistic" ballet film and spent seven years developing the project. From the start, she wanted Altman to direct. Knowing nothing about the art form, he baulked when the script arrived, but eventually said yes.
Most dance films follow a similar trajectory - ambitious nymphette leaps over physical hurdles and love life disasters to star in a triumphant opening night. However, according to Altman, The Company "has no narrative". The film "exists as ambience", confirms the generally positive review in The New York Times ("seductive" says Rolling Stone; "obtuse" and "cliched", sniff others).
David McAllister sees most dance-related films and is looking forward to Altman's. Though he thinks movies beat up the drama, he admits ballet companies are a hothouse environment where things can get "pretty dramatic backstage".
A dancer might be cast in a plum role and learn it, for instance, only to have someone decide at the final hour that he or she is not suitable. "It's very crushing," says McAllister, who has been through that wringer. "Art is so subjective."
Then there's the horror of injury - McAllister recalls the time he tore his cruciate ligament a week before Madam Butterfly opened, putting paid to his lead role. "Devastating."
And then there are the private, or not-so-private, lives of dancers. "It's that thing when two people are trying to have a private assignation and all of a sudden everyone knows about it," McAllister says. Or, conversely, when couples split up. "All those dramas go on that have absolutely nothing to do with ballet but are magnified because of the close proximity and the physical nature of ballet."
This physical intimacy is clearly part of the attraction for filmmakers, but McAllister feels it's also due to ballet's mystique as a silent art. "Everyone is quite fascinated by this whole thing about dancers not speaking," he says. "Which means there must be a whole lot of stuff going on that they're not talking about."
Altman, who loved working with dancers, is quoted as saying, "It's ruined me, it really has. I pick up scripts now and think, 'God, shut up, why do we have to hear all this?'"
Despite the various cinematic exposes, McAllister believes most people still have no idea about the scale of an organisation like the Australian Ballet. During the 18 years he danced for the company, people often asked about his "real job".
"And you say, 'No, this is a full-time job and there are 120 other people who work to get us all on stage and looking like this.'"
Even his own attitude has changed since becoming artistic director in 2001. As a dancer, he says, the whole world revolves around you. "When people say nice things, you say, 'Yes, of course, I deserve that because I was fantastic.'" He laughs. "When you step out of performing and start working with all these people who make it all happen, you go, 'Actually, mmm, I didn't do it all by myself, did I?'"
Inspired by Altman's film, we went behind the scenes with the Melbourne-based company which is on tour in Sydney. It was mid-April, the day of the last performance of Mr B at the Sydney Opera House.
9.30am Kerry Cumberbatch, the ballet's head costumier, is in Sydney for some emergency refittings. Due to an injury there's been a casting reshuffle for the Southern Lights world premiere, opening on May 21 in Canberra. It's not just adjusting one costume - when one dancer moves to a different role, others in the 70-strong company are also moved around to compensate.
Cumberbatch worked in theatre and opera before joining the ballet 11 years ago. "Dance is very different because they have to do really bizarre things with their bodies." Part of her job is to combine attractive costumes with freedom of movement. A period costume, for example, must look authentic but allow the wearer to "put their arms and legs in places normal people don't".
During fittings, dancers demonstrate the moves they need to do - better that it rips here than on stage. Even so, things can go wrong. At an opening last year a dancer tugged too enthusiastically on his partner's costume and ripped off the train. Fortunately, it was a lighthearted piece, so he pretended it was part of the act. "He was running around after her with it. We were wetting ourselves by the end," Cumberbatch says.
The costume department has six permanent staff, but at busy times there can be up to 20 casuals hand-finishing costumes. Cumberbatch's main difficulty is time constraints. "You might be working on something incredibly beautiful but you can't take the time to appreciate it, all you can think is, 'Oh God, I've got to have this finished by three o'clock.'"
10am The dancers start to arrive and warm up for ballet class at 11am. The ladies' class is in the rehearsal room, the gentlemen's class is on stage in the Opera Theatre.
Noon Artistic administrator Frank Leo pins up the latest rehearsal schedule on the Opera House noticeboard.
Fitting in enough rehearsal time for a company of 70 dancers on the road for up to five months of the year is like assembling a giant jigsaw puzzle. This is Leo's main task. Usually several shows are rehearsing at once, with key dancers playing roles in more than one. "In an ideal situation, you'd be able to split them into three."
Leo is the point of contact for the rest of the company about the dancers' movements - he knows if they've called in sick, or need to queue for a visa, or are available for a fitting or an interview.
Leo was a dancer himself until back problems got in the way and he took this administrative job 10 years ago. The dance experience helps, particularly in dealing with the emotional side of the work. One of his tasks is to put up casting lists; sometimes a dancer doesn't get the role they were hoping for. He knows the feeling. "You know they're going to be upset - you can expect some sort of reaction."
12.30pm Rehearsals start. Today the focus is on Swan Lake, which opens in a week. The company is also rehearsing Southern Lights and La Fille Mal Gardee.
2pm Seated behind one of two pianos in a backstage room labelled Music Staff, principal pianist Stuart Macklin concentrates on a tricky piece of music. It's from the ballet Continuum, part of the Red, Hot & New triple bill that premieres in Melbourne in August. Macklin started learning it late last year.
He is one of the ballet's three pianists, who spend a lot of time in rehearsals "pretending we're the orchestra". They also play for ballet classes and performances, including the occasional solo. Compared with a concert pianist on stage, Macklin is out of the spotlight in the orchestra pit, but the pressure is still on. "If you do something wrong, it affects the performers as well. There's that sort of responsibility."
In 20 years with the ballet, Macklin has accompanied some tense rehearsals. Very occasionally he's copped some flak, which tends to come from younger performers freaking out under pressure. "Sometimes they let off steam in the wrong direction," he says. "You just bite your tongue."
3pm Rehearsal is over for dancers performing tonight. Anyone not going on stage might be required for rehearsals until 6.30pm.
5.30pm Tiffany Moulton, administration assistant at the ballet's Sydney office, switches the phone over to answer machine, turns out the lights and locks up. Tonight she gets to go home, but on other nights she might be called out to assist the Development team whose area is corporate sponsorship, or the Private Giving team which deals with individual donations.
There are frequent special functions for sponsors and patrons whose contributions ensure the ballet's survival. As well as handling her receptionist duties during the day, Moulton often helps out after hours with meeting and greeting at opening nights or corporate outings. She might even attend a screening of a new dance film such as The Company as part of the patron's program which includes events outside the ballet itself.
Moulton is a former dancer - she performed with the ballet for five years before she'd had enough. After a couple of years in "the real world" she returned to the fold in this very different role. Though she misses being on stage she doesn't miss the daily grind or the emotional highs and lows. "This environment is a bit more stable."
6pm The company's master electrician, John "Beryl" Berrett, is in the opera theatre for the evening's lighting check. He and his assistant run through each lamp, replace any that have blown, replace any faded colour gels and focus the floor lights.
It's not widely known in the company that Beryl, as he is affectionately known, used to dance at school. "Nothing professional, but I enjoyed the art form," he says, which made moving to the ballet in 1977, from being an Opera House technician, seem a natural progression.
On big shows Berrett is in charge of a team of up to nine electricians. For new productions he assists the lighting designer to come up with a workable plan. "Once they've given us the design it's up to me to transfer it to the different venues and reproduce the shows." This kind of work has its own dramas, particularly on tour when unfamiliar lighting boards don't always behave. Sometimes they decide to take the lights down in the middle of a scene; sometimes they pump lights randomly, turning "a nice classical piece into a bit of a disco".
But generally, he reckons, "It's a fairly calm life and with the kids [as he calls the dancers] being quite young you don't have that much trouble."
6.30pm There's a 25-minute optional warm-up class before the performance. Some of "the kids" are already made up, as time is tight. After the class they disperse to the dressing rooms to get into costume and full make-up. The curtain goes up at 8pm.
10pm The performance of Mr B is over. Susan Mayes, the ballet's full-time touring physiotherapist, breathes a sigh of relief. She hasn't been at the theatre tonight, but is always on call in case anything goes wrong. Now she can go to bed (though the mobile can go at any time, such as the 6am call from a panicked dancer who woke up on the day of an opening with a swollen knee).
The days of dancing until you drop are long gone - dancers often come to Mayes as soon as they notice cramping or stiffness so as to avoid anything more serious developing. Mayes works as a team with the company's full-time masseur, mostly on injury management and prevention.
One of her hardest tasks is deciding who is fit to dance what for each performance. Dancers are rarely pulled out completely, but Mayes can suggest modifications to their work. Another dancer might be enlisted to perform a small section that could aggravate the original dancer's injury. "Some days you're making a call about who needs a rest compared to others," Mayes says, "so we get through a whole season without losing anyone."
After 39 performances, Mr B is over. David McAllister has mixed feelings. "I'm sure the dancers were pleased to see the end of it, but you're also thinking, all that work and then it's gone." There's not much chance to get nostalgic, with another opening (Swan Lake) in a week's time. "You're pretty much straight into the next thing the next day."
Swan Lake runs until May 17.
The Company opens on Thursday.
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Spring is almost here in New York City, and because it's not quite warm enough to eat lunch outside yet, I needed a wedding with a little sunshine this week. Luckily, I knew just the shooter to go to: Chaz Cruz.
I may be a little biased (he was one of Rangefinder's 30 Rising Stars of Wedding Photography 2013), but in my opinion, he is one of the best wedding photographers representing freshness and youth, mixed with high-quality professionalism. Plus, he always finds the off-beat or funny moment in every stage of a wedding, which is exemplified in these Orange County nuptials of Kristin and Phil.
"I had known Kristin and her family for a few years when it came time for her wedding; I had photographed her brothers wedding first, then her sister-in-law's two siblings weddings before I photographed Kristin and Phil," Cruz says. "So by the time their wedding rolled around, they were practically family!"
To capture this beautiful day, Cruz used the following gear: two Canon 5D Mark IIs, a 35mm f/1.4, 50mm f/1.4, 85mm f/1.4 Sigma, 45mm f/2.8 T/S and a 100mm f/2.8 Macro, plus a 580EX II on-camera and 580EX off-camera with gels.
As for challenges, Cruz says the day went off without a hitch...except for one thing: "The only hiccup was personal, as I flew into San Diego the night before from NYC with plans to drive up early to Orange County to start the wedding," says the photographer. "The airline lost my luggage with all my clothes, so I had to put together a makeshift outfit of jeans, old dress shirts and Converse to photograph the wedding day! I was embarrassed to be dressed so unprofessionally but everyone took it well and reassured me that its only my eye that they were worried about me forgetting!"
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Well friday i went to the drag strip for the second time with my 02 cobb stage 2 wrx, sti up, TBE, injen cai. First time i went i was stage1 and my best was a 14.7@94 with a bog for a launch. Much to my surprise my first run on my second track visit now @ stage 2 was a 14.7@96 with a bad launch again. I am using the gas blip/slip launch method @3-4k which i can get to work on the street but havent had success at thetrack yet. Talking with another subie driver at the track he suggested i blip my throttle between 4/4.5k and slip for a launch.
Here comes the freaky part.
Upping the rpms to between 4/4.5k i do a controlled slip launch start going and before you know it my rpms are screaming at 6.5k with my clutch pedal all the way out. I was "moving" but not like i should have something was not right and scared the crap out of me because all this was happening at 6.5k. Anyway i eventually went into second after the "launch" and took it easy down the track. Thinking i had really screwed somthing up i stopped the car and did some inspecting no visable signs of problems but smelled like clutch for about 1/2 hour.
Was this just my clutch slipping? My car has 70k and this was the first Use of the stage 2 power
I started the motor again to check it out and everything seemed ok but after ideling for abou 30 sec i noticed white smoke coming out of my exhaust i reved it a little and enough came out for someone to yell "looks like you need new rings!" so i turned the car back off and let it cool a little started it again. This time there was only a little white smoke not near as much and only after it idelled for a bit.
Is this because of me not having cats? What was up with all the smoke that one time?
The car ran fine all the way home even launched it after some toll stops and it was strong with no bog or problems. The exhaust has only a little smoke every once in a while after an idel. Probably due to not having cats.
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Last week I headed along to the first ever Auckland Apple Learning Tour with four teachers from my school. The format included a "keynote" introduction before splitting into two workshops and then coming together at the end for a final "keynote".
The four teachers are all trialling the use of iPod Touches and iPads in their classes so they were keen to get some practical ideas for their programmes. I was more interested in the deployment and management of mobile devices.
We all came away with some new knowledge and overall were pleased we made the effort to attend. It also gave us the opportunity to talk about issues we are grappling with as a school such as BYOD and how it would look for our community. Possibly one of the most beneficial aspects of seminars such as this is the face-to-face time with like-minded educators and sharing what is happening in our schools.
The biggest surprise of the afternoon was no alcohol at the drinks and nibbles at the end - this caused a group gasp when it was announced in the lecture theatre!
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Last week, we looked at a script that digests log files by making clever use of Perl's impressive implementation of arrays. This week, we look at a pared down version of the same script, paying close attention to performance and making some significant efficiency improvements. Though Perl seems to provide us with many ways of accomplishing the same task as does Unix in general, some methods are considerably more efficient than others.
The first change we'll make to the script this week is that, instead of reading the log file into an array (i.e., into memory), we'll simply read it and digest one line at a time. This won't make a lot of difference if you're digesting small files, but if you're using the script to digest huge log files on a busy computer, this can make a big difference in the amount of memory the script will use and how long it takes to run.
Another change is that we no longer check or manipulate the @ARGV structure. In very terse Perl style, we're simply going to read the file that's passed on the command line. The only down side to this approach is that, if you don't include a file name on the command line, the script will not warn you. Instead, it will simply process nothing, waiting for you to realize what you did and type control-C.
We continue to use an associative array (or "hash") to count up the number of duplicate messages. After all, this proved to be a very convenient way to keep track of each unique message type, but we no longer bother with removing duplicates from the original array. This is both because the original array no longer exists (i.e., we're reading the file directly instead) and more importantly, because the index of the hash already contains a single entry for each message type.
Now, let's look at the extremely simplified script. In its barest form, the script to digest a log file while removing digits looks like this:
while ( <> ) {
s/\d+/#/g; # change digits to # signs $count{$_}++; # count repeats }
for $line ( sort keys %count) {
print "$count{$line}: $line"; }
This script reads the log file, changes digits to # signs, and creates a hash with each message type as an index and the count as value. It then runs through the hash, printing out each line and each count. This is about the simplest and fastest way to digest a log file down to the unique record types. However, for some log files, this might still leave you with too much data to examine. Let's look at one reason why this might be the case.
The script that we've been looking at turns unique messages into message types by removing the numbers that, under many circumstances, make messages unique without adding to their value in a log file summary. Certain log files (such as the /var/adm/messages file) also contain date information such as the day of week and month of the year in a non-numeric format. Neutralizing this information can similarly remove a lot of information of little value at summary time. Adding lines such as these to our script:
will nullify differences between messages of the same type for different days by replacing the day of week string with "DAY" and the month with "MON". Remove the DAY and MON strings if you prefer to simply remove this information instead.
With the addition of the modifications to replace day of week and month of year from each record, the script is only slightly more complex. It would look like this:
while ( <> ) {
s/\d+/#/g; # change digits to # signs s/Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat|Sun/DAY/; s/Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec/MON/; $count{$_}++; # count repeats }
for $line ( sort keys %count) {
print "$count{$line}: $line"; }
The risk of replacing date information in this way is that these lines could change other data if it contains the specified strings and appears before the date information. This is not, however, true of most log files, in which the date appears first. Alternatively, you could use your knowledge of the record format to remove this information. For example, log files maintained by syslog start with dates specified in the "Dec 2 16:06:44" format. This line would remove the month from each line.
Apache log files generally start with a date in this format:
[Tue Dec 10
This information could be stripped with a line such as this:
s/^\[\S+ \S+//;
Digested log files can provide you with a summary of what's happening on your system. In many cases, you will still want to go back to the original log file to determine when and how often problems are occurring. However, without the summary, reading the detailed log file is not likely to seem like a good investment of your time.
The performance improvements and reduction in complexity in this new version of the script could not have happened without the insightful comments of these readers:
Brian Hatch, Jack Hawk, Pete Peterson, John Wiersba, Josh English, Dan Kubb, Dennis Pereira, and someone named Matt.


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I stole it
andersdenkend said
biyanpasau saidHa, ha, so perfect!
LOOOOL. Exactly.
I do like the idea of having the ability to toggle the section open/close that someone mentioned earlier.
You don't need a youtube shortcode. JetPack has this covered already
Hey there, I am the creator of the plugin
You can use the plugin definitely for your ThemeForest Items but I wouldn't suggest stripping it and putting it into the theme, like "itsmattadams" says…"It's a plugin for a reason".
- I keep this plugin updated constantly with new shortcodes (adding a few more soon)
- The plugin seems to be have a bug in 3.6 which I will be fixing
- If people want to switch themes they can take the shortcodes with them because its a plugin
What I suggest is you use the TGM Activation script to suggest people to use my plugin:https://github.com/thomasgriffin/TGM-Plugin-Activation
You can just add a zip of the plugin within your theme.
Then if you want to provide styling that matches your theme for the plugin then simply remove the plugin's CSS and then re-style in your style.css file or in a separate css file:
Good luck!
Looks great friend!
This has your name written all over it Chris (contempoinc).
Yes for most themes it should be easy to simply remove the responsiveness. In my responsive themes I usually add a checkbox to do so
Sorry if this sort of ticket has been opened before but I didn't see one.
Anyway, the functionality to leave a message to the reviewer is already built-in to the update system. If authors used this field to paste their changelog, which I think most people do, I think it would be great to include it in the email update notification to the buyer.
This way buyers can see right away what files have been changed and what has been updated. More importantly if there is a huge/crucial/security update it can be mentioned to ensure users update asap.
Just a thought
Of course a new field for "changelog" could work nicely as well, especially if it shows up automatically on the theme page.
You shouldn't have it built-in you can recommend users to install the plugin or use TGM Activation script to auto install it.
Or just load font awesome yourself and if users need a shortcode they can then get the plugin
CodingJack said
Because after all, the whole idea of being an exclusive author and also offering items as 100% GPL is silly to begin with.
Exactly my point.


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The Spirited Traveler: Drinking local in Denver
By Kara Newman
NEW YORK (Reuters) - With its sprawling hotels and conference centers, no wonder Denver has become a top destination for business events.
In addition to access to the scenic Rocky Mountains, the Mile High City also offers "a killer cocktail and food scene that's really starting to pick up," says Bryan Dayton, who co-owns and directs the bar at Denver-area restaurant OAK at 14th (www.oakatfourteenth.com/).
To many, Denver's iconic tipple is beer, Dayton explains. After all, the state is home to a great number of local breweries and microbreweries, and the city will be host to the Great American Beer Festival from September 29 through October 1.
However, spirited folks are likely to favor local distiller Leopold Brothers, which Denver bartenders praise for their array of luscious liqueurs, and Stranahan's, an unusual 100 percent malted barley whiskey.
For business-related engagements, Dayton recommends downtown steakhouses Elway's (www.elways.com/) or Capital Grille (here), or Ocean Prime (www.oceanprimedenver.com/) in the upscale Cherry Creek shopping district.
Though all three are chain restaurants, each offers plenty of Colorado beef and a robust selection of drinking options.
But when the workday is done, Dayton advises to head to Linger (www.lingerdenver.com/) in the historic Highlands area for cocktails like the Blood Orange & Sand, a riff on the Scotch classic Blood & Sand, but laced with Leopold's American Orange Liqueur. (Sister venue Root Down (www.rootdowndenver.com/) also is nearby.)
Other options include the homey Steuben's (www.steubens.com/), Continued...


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Yoho Comments on School Choice and Gun Control
GAINESVILLE--He has already stirred up some controversy for his stands in Washington, and the newest member of Congress came home to promote another issue - school choice.
Congressman Ted Yoho made a stop at "The Rock" private school in order to rally for school choice.
He spoke on behalf of a non-profit organization that's pushing for parents to consider alternatives to public schools.
The freshman congressman spoke to the student body about the importance of hard work and a civic education.
Yoho was clear about his views on the Second Amendment and the future of gun control.
"If you go back to the Sandy Hook tragedy you know if you have somebody like that in a household then there shouldn't be guns around where they're able to get to 'em, and so it goes to the gun owner's responsibility to make sure your guns are taken care of properly."- (Ted Yoho, Florida Congressman District 3)
Yoho mentioned he believes that the Second Amendment is a birthright and stated that gun violence rather than gun control may be the bigger issue.
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by ART JIMENEZ III
(Chicago, IL USA)
I am very disappointed that Keys fitness no longer supports this piece of fitness equipment. It is a decent treadmill in the beginning but it had it share of problems. So much for it being made in the USA (In Garland, Texas). The parts we're not all U.S. made. The lower board was Made in Korea. When I first got the unit it had a loud noisy sound. Keys sent a treadmill tech to troubleshoot it and it was gone. He unscrewed a plastic piece that was rubbing against the walking belt. I also had to spend on replacing the motor in 2009 next to another company which was called "Maverick Service Assembly" to provide parts such as the lower and upper circuit board. They could not even troubleshoot my problem over the phone from the description of the motor slipping after 10 to 15 minutes running on the unit. I now have the problem of running without setting the incline to 3% because the rubber bushings originally broke next to the rubber bumper cones wearing done. I am afraid that if I run with that it is going to rub on the plastic hood which will ruin the motor again. Next to replacing the walking belt and deck. I hate you Keysfitness.
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I was running stock 2.3 kernel version from 5th August. Tried to flash ofw 1010 on it, and it got stuck during update. I hardbuttoned it off, Tried again. It didnt work. ONLY the HAIPAD logo was showing and it was going to recovery mode. SO I decided to turn it off, take out the external SD and try with genesis 2.3. Thats when it happened, it bricked the device.
Now the tablet is like dead, no display, no logo no nothing. Only the charging indicator works when plugged in. Pressing power + menu makes no difference, when following the guide.
I have followed the how to revive your dead tablet in windows four times, but i got nothing, not even a boot screen. I even opened it up and formatted the internal card to fat 32 (I dont know how to format it to raw), and tried again. it didnt work. I am sure it has NAND, because i have a chip like mr tasselhof showed in the video.
I have tried a couple of older firmwares, and still nothing.
DID I FULLY kill my tablet by switching it off when it got stuck? Is there hope? PLease guide me! I spent a lot of pocket money on it I saved for months. :/ I am anxiously waiting for advice. i am now asking for paid help/services to restore my tablet. Please respond guys!
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Learning to program : from pear-shaped to pairs
Teague, Donna M. & Roe, Paul (2009) Learning to program : from pear-shaped to pairs. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education, The Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC Press), Lisboa, Portugal, pp. 151-158.
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The consistently high failure rate in Queensland University of Technology's introductory programming subject reflects a similar dilemma facing other universities worldwide. Experiments were conducted to quantify the effectiveness of collaborative learning on introductory level programming students over a number of semesters, replicating previous studies in this area. A selection of workshops in the introductory programming subject required students to problem-solve and program in pairs, mimicking the eXtreme Programming concept of pair programming. The failure rate for the subject fell from what had been an average of 30% since 2003 (with a high of 41% in 2006), to just 5% for those students who worked consistently in pairs.
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Lockland Fires Superintendent After Investigation
( Lockland ) - Lockland's school board voted Thursday night to fire its superintendent Donna Hubbard and her son Adam Stewart - the district's data coordinator - becoming the first Ohio district to push out its top administrator over the recent accusations of student records manipulation.
The small school district is under state investigation for improperly listing 37 Lockland students as withdrawn from the district in 2010-11. The 37 students either failed all or parts of the state achievement or graduation tests. However, according to the state because Lockland listed them as withdrawn, the district and school report card scores were inflated.
Since Ohio rules say not to count student test scores unless a student has had at least 120 days of instruction, Hubbard said she believed she was doing the responsible thing, not cheating. Hubbard said the 36 contested students were frequently absent for a variety of reasons.
The board voted 3-1 to fire Hubbard and unanimously to fire Stewart after a two-and-a-half-hour closed-door meeting.
Hubbard both spoke in defense of the practice of "scrubbing" the attendance data, with their lawyer Konrad Kircher calling the process "correcting" the data.
Kircher also stated that since state Auditor Dave Yost asked all Ohio districts to self-report their own improper student data, at least 25 other districts responded by Monday. Those include Columbus City Schools, Lockland and Toledo, however Yost has said he will investigate 100 more districts.


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How to go 'Trick Or Treating' as an Adult [VIDEO]
This old timer has some great advice on how to 'Trick Or Treat' as an adult. Some might laugh, but free candy tastes better and what's the harm in enjoying Halloween to it's fullest? No matter what your age, your never too old to go 'Trick Or Treating' for some free candy!
The problem is most people won't hand it over if they think your too old, whatever the hell that is. Or you run into those who won't give out the goods if you're not in costume. So what do you do? Well watch this incredibly informative video, then come Halloween hit the streets and score some FREE CANDY!
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Nick Cannon Comes to Mariah Carey's Defense In Midst of Divorce Reports
Their marital union is all but done, but that doesn't mean that Nick Cannon is willing to let critics take shots at his babymama Mariah Carey.
In a long Twitter rant, the "America's Got Talent" hunk stood up for his soon-to-be-ex-wife and affirmed his love for her.
Nick wrote, "What infuriates me most is to hear people slander @MariahCarey. I will forever be in debted to her for blessing me with our children."
"I will always love her unconditionally for this and so much more. @Mariah Carey is an amazing Mother and I trust her wholeheartedly," he added.


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Corbett Signs Ban on Texting While Driving
HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY - Gov. Tom Corbett made the message official.
He signed legislation Wednesday that bans texting while driving on Pennsylvania roads.
The new law, which goes into effect in 120 days, will make it a primary offense carrying a $50 fine.
Drivers are specifically prohibited from using a wireless phone, personal digital assistant, smart phone, portable or mobile computer or similar devices that can be used for texting, instant messaging, e-mailing or browsing the Internet.
The law defines a text-based message as a text message, instant message, e-mail or other written communication composed or received on an wireless device.
In 2010, there were almost 14,000 crashes in Pennsylvania where distracted driving played a role. Nearly 1,100 of those crashes involved a handheld cellular phone.
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CN Rail workers ratify 4-year collective agreement
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian National Railway Co said on Thursday its track-maintenance employees in Canada ratified a four-year collective agreement.
CN Rail said the agreement, effective January 1, 2008, offers enhanced wages and benefits to about 3,000 of its employees who maintain CN Rail track infrastructure across Canada.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue; Editing by Renato Andrade)
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"Side A (Old)", produced by Paul White, contains a distorted vocal sample from Danny's own track "New Era", from his 2010 project The Hybrid. "And I reps this shit right now, forever" can be heard at the 0:41 mark on the original and the 1:41 mark on the new song. The sample choice is itself a reference to the old Danny Brown, subtly introducing this central theme. Read the rest of the "Side A" lyrics at gotbars.com.
Origins: The Samples From Danny Brown's "OLD"
Although it doesn't seem to contain any direct samples, Danny has described "The Return" (produced by Paul White) as a remake of Outkast's "Return of the 'G'", from their 1998 album Aquemini. "We remade the OutKast song - it's part two," explained Danny in a July interview with Danish hip-hop site DrozDailySteezin. Although Big Boi and Three Stacks have yet to officially acknowledge the track, we're pretty sure they'd approve.
"Wonderbread", also produced by Paul White, contains a direct sample of Franco-British psychedelic rock group Gong's "Castle In The Sky", from their 1973 record Angel's Egg, which is wavy, to say the least. The sampled riff can be heard at the 12:05 mark on the original, and begins at the 0:10 mark on"Wonderbread", lingering throughout.
"Dope Fiend Rental", produced by Danny's go-to producer and tour DJ SKYWLKR, samples R&B vocal group The Moments (aka Ray, Goodman & Brown)'s "What's Your Name", from their 1974 project Those Sexy Moments.
"Torture", produced by Oh No, contains a direct sample of Belgian rock group Georgia Brown's "Pollution", from their 1973 record Pollution / Glory To The Music. OLD's production process clearly involved some heavy crate digging. The sample can be heard at the 1:14 mark on the original and throughout the entirety of "Torture".
"Lonely", produced by Paul White once again, contains samples from French singer-songwriter Morice Benin's "Apocalypse", from his 1980 record of the same name. You'll hear them at the 0:35 and 4:27 marks on the original track, and throughout the entirety of "Lonely".
Also, although not a direct sample, Danny quotes A$AP Rocky's "Demons" (from his 2011 debut mixtape Live.Love.A$AP) at the 0:12 mark with the line "hipster by heart, but I can tell you how the streets feel".
"Lonely", produced by Paul White yet again, directly samples British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project's "The Raven", from their 1976 debut album Tales Of Mystery And Imagination, a musical interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe's best work. Listen for the sampled elements at the 0:03 and 2:03 marks on the original song, and throughout "Lonely".
Those familiar with Poe's poem "The Raven" should appreciate the significance of the sample - we've included it in full below for those who aren't.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door
''Tis some visitor,' I muttered, 'tapping at my chamber door
Only this, and nothing more'
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor
Eagerly I wished the morrow - vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore
Nameless here for evermore
And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
''Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door
This it is, and nothing more'
Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer
'Sir,' said I, 'or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door
That I scarce was sure I heard you' - here I opened wide the door
Darkness there, and nothing more
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before
But the silence was unbroken, and the darkness gave no token
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, 'Lenore'
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, 'Lenore'
Merely this and nothing more
Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning
Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before
'Surely,' said I, 'surely that is something at my window lattice
Let me see then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore
'Tis the wind and nothing more!'
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter
In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door
Perched, and sat, and nothing more
Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore
'Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,' I said, 'art sure no craven
Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore'
Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore'
Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly
Though its answer little meaning - little relevancy bore
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door
Bird or beast above the sculptured bust above his chamber door
With such name as 'Nevermore'
But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour
Nothing further then he uttered - not a feather then he fluttered
Till I scarcely more than muttered 'Other friends have flown before
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before
Then the bird said, 'Nevermore'
Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken
'Doubtless,' said I, 'what it utters is its only stock and store
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful disaster
Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore
Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden bore
Of "Never-nevermore"'
But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking 'Nevermore'
This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er
But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er
She shall press, ah, nevermore!
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor
'Wretch,' I cried, 'thy God hath lent thee - by these angels he has sent thee
Respite - respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore
Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore'
Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore'
'Prophet!' said I, 'thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil
Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore
Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted
On this home by horror haunted - tell me truly, I implore
Is there - is there balm in Gilead? - tell me - tell me, I implore'
Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore'
'Prophet!' said I, 'thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil
By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden, whom the angels name Lenore?'
Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore'
'Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!' I shrieked upstarting
'Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken
Leave my loneliness unbroken! - quit the bust above my door
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door'
Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore'
And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted - nevermore
-Edgar Allan Poe, 'The Raven'
"Red 2 Go", produced by Oh No, samples multiple aspects of Zambian rock group Amanaz' "Green Apple", from their 1974 record Africa. Listen for the most prominent element at the 0:39 mark on the original track, and throughout "Red 2 Go". This is further evidence of a dedicated crate-digging approach.
"Dip", produced by SKYWLKR, contains a distorted vocal sample from the hook of Freak Nasty's hit single "Da' Dip", included on his 1996 album Controversee...That's Life...And That's the Way It Is.
Also, "Dip" lyrically references Jay Z and Kanye West's "Niggas In Paris", from their 2012 collaborative album Watch The Throne. Danny can be heard repeating "don't let me get in my zone" throughout the track, words which Kanye begins chanting at the 2:58 mark on the original track. Read the rest of the "Dip" lyrics at gotbars.com.
Finally, "Smokin' & Drinkin'", produced by Fools Gold labelhead A-Trak, contains an element from Ray Charles' "Bye Bye Love", from his 1962 record Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music. This is definitely the most minimal sample we've discussed, as it's simply the ad-lib "yep" heard at the beginning of the original song. It can be heard throughout "Smokin' & Drinkin'".
Snoop Dogg Changes Name To "Snoopzilla" For New Funk Album
Snoop has changed his name yet again for his upcoming Funk album.
"Origins" offers a breakdown of the samples used on Danny Brown's new album "OLD".
OLD is Detroit emcee Danny Brown's third studio project, released on October 8th via Fool's Gold Records. The audience rating on our review of the album stands at 85%, and we feel it's one of the better offerings of 2013, both sonically and lyrically. The production was handled by Paul White, A-Trak, SKYWLKR, Oh No, Corin Roddick, Rustie, JMIKE, Darq E Freaker and BadBadNotGood, a diverse group of musicians hailing from the U.S., Canada and the U.K. who've soundtracked a dark, psychedelic trip inside the mind of one of the game's most original poets.
Danny summed up OLD's production in a recent interview with XXL, and we couldn't have put it better ourselves: "I made XXX with the aim of getting great reviews. And when I started making OLD, I was trying to think of artists that came back from getting great reviews and made an album that was just as good – or better! The only group I could really come up with was Radiohead. So if XXX was my OK Computer, then I'd have to make my Kid A next. So I studied Kid A, and I took away that it's not so much about the lyrics as it is about the way the beats feel, so what drives this album is the production. I wanted to have the most amazing beats, but I still want them to sound minimal - it's still gotta sound like a Danny Brown beat. It can't sound like no fucking Kanye orchestra shit. That ain't me. That's why I took so long with making this album. I was waiting for the perfect beats. And I got 'em."
Indeed. To our knowledge, 10 of the album's 19 tracks either sample or directly reference other songs. Let us know if we missed anything and we'll be sure to make the additions. You'll find our list is complete with both the new tracks and those they were sourced from.
*Read all the words to OLD at gotbars.com.


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ECB's Trichet Dashes Rate-Cut Hopes
As expected, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank left their respective benchmark interest rates unchanged at their Mar. 6 policy meetings. The ECB's press conference after the announcement confirmed Action Economics' assessment that the central bank is not ready to consider rate cuts yet and remains focused on inflation risks, even though the bank's bias toward tightening rates has clearly disappeared, and the ECB now has a neutral policy stance. The news disappointed those in financial markets looking for quick cuts. ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet also remained reluctant to comment on the strength of the euro.
The ECB's introductory statement in the press conference proved less dovish than many had hoped, with no sign that the bank is in any mood to cut rates soon. Trichet said recent data confirmed that "there are upside risks to price stability over the medium term, in a context of very vigorous money and credit growth." The important first paragraph of the statement also repeated that economic fundamentals in the euro zone are solid and that data point to "moderating but ongoing" real growth. However, the ECB noted that "[u]ncertainty resulting from the turmoil in financial markets remains high."
Price Stability
Against this backdrop Trichet & Co. emphasize "that maintaining price stability in the medium term is the main objective in accordance with the ECB's mandate." Trichet also said that the ECB believes "the current monetary policy stance will contribute to achieving this objective" and that the ECB "remains strongly committed to preventing second-round effects and the materialization of upside risks to price stability over the medium term."
The ECB's monetary policy appears to mean that slowing growth does not necessarily equal rate cuts. At the same time, however, the fact that the ECB feels that current rates are appropriate to maintain price stability confirms that the ECB is in neutral gear and has shed the tightening bias, something Trichet was still reluctant to admit last month.
Cautious Projections for Growth
Trichet acknowledged the slowdown in euro zone gross domestic product growth in the 2007 fourth quarter. He also said that recent survey data "remain consistent with ongoing growth." Looking ahead, the ECB stressed once again that "the fundamentals of the euro area economy remain sound and the euro area economy does not suffer from major imbalance." The ECB admits that the global slowdown will have an impact, but still expects both domestic and foreign demand to support ongoing real GDP growth this year, albeit at lower rates than previously seen. Investment growth is expected to remain robust and consumption is expected to contribute to growth, in line with rising employment.
Economic projections prepared by ECB staff members show a 1.7% midpoint for growth this year, which is a clear downward revision from the previous midpoint of 2.0%. GDP forecasts for 2009 were cut to a midpoint of 1.8%, from 2.1%. Trichet stressed in the press conference that these are staff projections, which are based on a number of technical assumptions and do not necessarily reflect the view of the governing council.
Trichet repeated that "uncertainty about the prospects for economic growth remains unusually high" and that "downside risks to the outlook for economic activity continue to exist."
The warnings about the downside risks to growth and heightened uncertainty about the growth outlook are similar to the ECB's remarks last month.
As in the previous three months, Trichet said that risks relate "mainly to a potentially broader than currently expected impact of financial market developments." Other risks stem from the "scope for additional commodity price rises, protectionist pressures, and the possibility of disorderly developments due to global imbalances." The risks to the outlook are little changed from last month, although the staff projections confirmed the central bank's less optimistic estimate on growth.
Inflation Outlook
Turning to inflation, the ECB acknowledged that February inflation remained at 3.2% under its harmonized index of consumer prices benchmark, which, according to the statement, "confirms the strong upward pressure on inflation in the short term, stemming mainly from the increases in energy and food prices in recent months." Trichet also said that the ECB expects "a more protracted period of relatively high rates of inflation" than it did a few months ago. Inflation is now expected to remain "significantly above 2% in the coming months" and to "moderate only gradually later in the year."
Trichet also warned that the "technical assumptions for short-term interest rates are taken from market expectations as at mid-February." The fact that Trichet felt the need to point that out confirms what one ECB member recently suggested, namely that markets are too optimistic on rates. Asked about this point in the press conference, Trichet said the ECB does not endorse current market sentiment and never does.
All in all, it was a relatively hawkish statement that confirmed the ECB's wait-and-see stance and made pretty clear that the central bank's sole focus is maintaining price stability. This means a downward revision to the growth outlook does not counterbalance upside inflation risks in their view, and hence will not prompt a rate cut. Trichet once again said that the decision was unanimous, with no calls for either cuts or hikes.
Keeping Options Open
However, the ECB now has officially confirmed that it is in a neutral stance, and that means it is leaving all its options open for the future. Uncertainty is indeed high, but if growth continues to slow there could be room for some modest monetary easing in the second half of the year. Yet, the market shouldn't expect swift and rapid action as we have seen from the Fed.
Turning to the BoE, the decision to leave rates on hold, after last month's cut, was widely expected. There was no statement, but recent commentary by officials suggests that there are a number of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) members concerned about dislodging inflation expectations, with the British consumer price index seen heading to the 3% area in the near term.
All in all, the MPC is walking a fine line, noting the need to balance the risk of a sharp economic slowdown against "the risk that elevated inflation expectations keep inflation above target." As such, we would expect any further easing to be gradual, and conditioned on a further deterioration in growth prospects. We currently expect another 25-basis-point cut in May, bringing the benchmark Bank Rate to 5.00%.


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Student organizations at Vanderbilt are always trying to find the best way to create buzz about the work of their organization. Whether you want to your current members informed or engage other students on campus, the News feature on Anchor Link is a centralized location to share what is happening in your organization. Each time…
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Cadillac DTS Forum - 2006 through 2012 Discussion, front end mask in Past Cadillac Vehicle Discussion; Hello to all. I'm a new member and I am looking for a front end cover(bra) for my 2007 DTS. ...
- 11-28-06 09:00 AM #1Cadillac Owners Member
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Hello to all. I'm a new member and I am looking for a front end cover(bra) for my 2007 DTS. Can anyone help me?
Re: front end mask
Hello and
I would recommend getting a "Clear Bra" done on the car. It cost more, but will really help save the front in from rocks and chips. I'm damned glad I had my Cadi done.
Re: front end mask
not sure I would would put a bra on one but there are masks...if you look in the appearance sub-forum there is a guy who puts these plastic masks on it where they don't move. I think a bra would wind up ruining your paint...it did ony ex-GF's honda. just the vibration and dust getting under creates basically sandpaper that is always in motion....LOL!
I'll try and find the thread for ya...
Re: front end mask
I use a frontend bra on the STS for long highway trips only. It keeps road debris from damaging the paint at freeway speed. Bought mine here.
If I had an '07 like yours, I would seriously consider something like 3M's Scotchgard paint protection
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I filmed my last SRX and am considering doing it to our present DTS and CTS.
There are several makers of clear acrylic adhesive films that will do everything a bra will do and they are no UGLY like a bra. They can even do the front of the outside mirrors. In fact, I put thin strips on the door edges and covered the SRX sill plates since they were just sitting there saying scratch me. I even put a small bib under the gas filler door.
Anyway, please consider not doing the ugly route.
Also, there is a clear latex paint that can be applied to the front and left on for durations up to six months. It is available from General Chemical Corp and is called paintshield 5720. It dries with a whiteish cast but I don't care since the cars are Diamond White and White Lightning. Still wish they offered white diamond on the DTS. I put it on when we drove from FL to MI and back. Wouldn't recommend keeping in on all the time. It looks better than a bra but not as good as film.
Also, during love bug season and on trips, I soak the front end of the car with detail fluid and let it dry in place. Makes everything come off much easier.
Sometime I'll tell you about how I protect the paint on the rear bumper.


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August 5, 2010
The use of cigarettes in combination with other forms of tobacco is linked with higher nicotine addition, the inability to quit using tobacco, and increases chances of tobacco-related health problems, such as stroke, heart disease, and tobacco-related cancers, according to an analysis of data from the 2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
Data from 13 states surveyed indicate that polytobacco use, the use of cigarettes in combination with other forms of tobacco (including cigars; pipes; bidis, a South Asian cigarette wrapped in a leaf; kreteks, a cigarette made with tobacco, cloves and other flavors; and others), is most common among men (4.4 percent), people who were single (4.8 percent), young adults ages 18-24 years (5.7 percent), and those with household incomes less than $35,000 (9.8 percent).
The report, "Any Tobacco Use in 13 States — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2008," provides statistics about polytobaocco use among adults over the age of 18. The report also finds that 1 in 4 adults in these states use at least one form of tobacco, such as cigarettes, cigars, or smokeless tobacco.
"Every day smoking kills more than 1,000 people and is the leading preventable cause of death," said CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. "The more types of tobacco products people use, the greater their risk for many diseases caused by tobacco, such as cancer and heart disease."
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Other key highlights from the report include the following:
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Plains Exploration & Production
|Public company
|Traded as
|Oil and gas
|Houston, TX, USA
Area served
|North America
Key people
|James C. Flores
(Chairman), (President) & (CEO)
Natural gas
|US$ 2.403 billion (2008)
|US$ 2.627 billion (2008)
|US$ 0.709 billion (2008)
|Total assets
|US$ 7.112 billion (2008)
|Total equity
|US$ 2.377 billion (2008)
Number of employees
|806 (2009)
Plains Exploration & Production was an American petroleum company based in Houston, Texas. A spin-off from Plains Resources, Inc., the company was founded in 2002. Its operations, as of 2009, were all in North America, including California, Texas, Louisiana, Wyoming, and offshore of California and in the Gulf of Mexico. The company reported proved reserves of 292 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) at the end of 2008, with a potential total of over 2.2 billion BOE. In 2007, it was the fourth-largest oil producer in California (behind Chevron Corp., Aera Energy, and Occidental Petroleum).[1] It was acquired by Freeport-McMoRan in May 2013, at which time the former properties of PXP became part of the FCX Oil & Gas Inc. (FM O&G) division of Freeport-McMoRan.[2][3]
Plains Exploration & Production (PXP) was a spinoff from Plains Resources Inc., to which it was a subsidiary prior to 2002. Plains Resources at that time was a midstream production and transport company, but it spun off its exploration component on December 18, 2002 in order to focus on marketing, storage, transport, and terminalling of crude oil.[4] PXP grew further through the 2003 acquisition of 3TEC for approximately $313 million, and acquired Nuevo Energy in May 2004 for $945 million. These acquisitions gave it petroleum-producing assets scattered throughout the southwest and California.[4]
As of the beginning of 2008, Plains had numerous subsidiaries, including Arroyo Grande Land Company LLC (as Plains runs the Arroyo Grande Oil Field in San Luis Obispo County, California); Nuevo Energy, Nuevo Resources, and Nuevo International; Latigo Petroleum; Montebello Land Company; and Pogo Producing Company, which has branches outside the U.S. (Alberta, New Zealand, Vietnam).[5]
As indicated by its name, Plains was primarily an oil and gas exploration and production company, and had many active petroleum fields in the United States, offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as a prospect offshore of Vietnam. The company's stated strategy was to develop mature fields with a long reserve life, occasionally adding new prospects to maintain a consistent cash flow.
As of 2009, its core holdings were gas fields in Wyoming and Colorado; oil and gas fields in Texas, Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico; and oil fields in California, both onshore and offshore.[6] In California it was a principal operator on numerous fields, from Cymric and the South Belridge in Kern County to Inglewood in Los Angeles County. Many of its active operations were in the Los Angeles basin directly underneath Los Angeles and adjacent cities. Plains reported 2,602 active oil wells in 2008 in California alone.[7]
A joint venture in 2008 with partner Chesapeake Energy gave Plains a strong position in the development of the Haynesville shale gas play in northwestern Louisiana as well as extreme eastern Texas and southwestern Arkansas. At the end of 2008, Plains had 113,000 acres (460 km2) and 50 drilling rigs in conjunction with Chesapeake.[8] As of late 2010, Plains had closed on the purchase of approximately 60,000 net acres in the Eagle Ford oil and gas condensate windows in South Texas.
Plains attempted to negotiate a complex compromise deal in Santa Barbara County with environmental groups and state regulators in which the firm would be able to drill into the undeveloped Tranquillon Ridge, off the western coast of the county, in return for decommissioning and doing environmental restoration on the old and mostly played-out Lompoc Oil Field, which consists of approximately 3,700 acres (15 km2) of ecologically-sensitive habitat adjacent to the Burton Mesa Ecological Preserve. As part of the deal, Plains would have drilled into Tranquillon Ridge only from their existing Platform Irene, and would have retired the platform entirely in 2022. The project would have given the state of California $2 billion in tax revenues during that time, and Santa Barbara County about $350 million. The County Board of Supervisors voted to approve the project and sent it on to the State Lands Commission, which rejected it by a 2 to 1 vote on January 29, 2009, citing the unenforcability of the sunset clause.[9]
In May 2009, however, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger revived the project by including it in a revised budget proposal.[10] While this proposal did not pass, Plains announced that it would continue to try to persuade voters and legislators of the merits of the exchange.[11]
- ^ California Department of Conservation, 2008 Annual Report
- ^ Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Completes Acquisition of Plains Exploration & Production Company
- ^ Quarterly Report, 3rd Quarter 2014, Freeport-McMoran
- ^ a b SEC Filing: Form 10-K/A, December 31, 2003
- ^ Plains Exploration & Production Form 10-K SEC filing for 2007; full list of subsidiaries
- ^ Plains Exploration & Production Co., Form 10-K, for period ending December 31, 2008
- ^ "2008 Report of the state oil & gas supervisor" (PDF). Department of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources. California Department of Conservation. 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2010. pp. 145–146
- ^ Haynesville Shale article at Investopedia
- ^ Stewart, Ethan (January 29, 2009). "PXP Deal Defeated". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ^ Roberts, Jerry (May 14, 2009). "Tranquillon Ridge Project Returns". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ^ "PXP's Tranquillon Ridge Project Update". PRNewswire-FirstCall; iStockAnalyst. July 26, 2009. Retrieved January 5, 2010.