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Tarr's star rises over Carnegie Hall
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Ever since he was eight years old Simon Tarr has been making films. Since then, his thirteen films have been screened on every continent, even Antarctica, in hundreds of film festivals. They're available on DVD from Netflix and Amazon and as digital downloads from iTunes.
Today Tarr, a digital filmmaker and USC professor, can strike another venue off the list when he takes his visual act to the holy grail of stages--Carnegie Hall.
"I've done shows in Toyko and in clubs and auditoriums across the country, but never in Carnegie Hall. But, it's a great way to make a visual statement, Tarr says.
That may well be the understatement of the year.
At the invitation of a musical composer with whom he worked last year, Tarr is partnering with Dan Visconti again. This time, Tarr, will "play" his film on stage at Carnegie Hall.
"Dan asked me to do this with him. He's writing the music and I'm writing the visuals. We worked together last year during the Indie Grits Festival, and we developed a relationship because I really like his musical sensibilities and he really liked the way I treated images, Tarr says.
Visconti says he's thrilled to partner once again with Tarr on this collaboration commissioned by the American Composer's Association.
"It's exciting to hear instruments of the classical orchestra interacting with 20th century technology, and Simon's video really ties these themes together for a unique multimedia experience."
Tarr has been creating his part of the performance in his USC art studio on a laptop, and Visconti has been creating the music for the piece titled "Glitchscape" in his Washinton, D.C. studio. With the exception of one face-to-face collaboration, the two have been creating their production long distance.
"I show him some images, he takes that into account when he writes music, and sends that to me, and I take that into account when I write visuals, and we've been going back and for with that, almost like a correspondence," Tarr says.
Tarr uses specific software called VDMX to make his visuals. It sounds very "Jetson-like."
"It allows you to choose what videos you're going to see, where they'll be on the screen, when they show up, how fast they'll be and how it will look," Tarr says.
The show, called "Playing it Unsafe" will feature five composers playing new musical works. Tarr will be playing the visuals live like an instrument, on stage with the musicians as another performer, but instead of playing a violin, he'll be playing a laptop.
"I've got some things tuned to certain frequencies of the music, so when the bassists section plays a certain note at a certain frequency, I have a piece of software that knows when that happens, and it changes the video as that note gets played, and it breaks the video, on purpose," Tarr says.
Peter Chametzky, USC art department chair, says Tarr's accomplishment brings great pride to the department.
"The Tarr-Visconti collaboration represents the cutting edge of contemporary artistic processes, earning it a place on that legendary stage. Our students get a tremendous benefit from working with dedicated teachers who are leaders in their fields."
Tarr says never in his wildest dreams did he think he'd ever be playing Carnegie Hall, describing it as an interesting and exciting way to be a filmmaker.
"There's the terror that things might go wrong, but there's a certain energy that comes from being in front of an audience that you just don't get making a movie," Tarr says.
The curtain goes up at 7:30 p.m. tonight.


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Dutch incumbent KPN reported declining profits and revenues for the third quarter, with tough competition in Germany's mobile-phone market largely blamed for the slump.
The operator's net income fell by 38%, to €250 million ($324 million), compared with the third quarter of 2011, while revenues dropped 3.6% to about €3.1 billion.
E-Plus, KPN's Germany subsidiary, managed to sign up 210,000 new postpaid customers in the quarter, compared with 92,000 during the same period of 2011, but had to slash prices in response to competition from the country's MVNOs, triggering a 9% fall in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA).
"In Germany, competition on price has intensified in recent quarters, which is leading to a slowdown in E-Plus' top-line growth," said Eelco Blok, KPN's chief executive. "The growth from higher postpaid net adds is being offset by customers optimising their tariffs."
KPN (The Hague, the Netherlands) said that conditions remain difficult in its domestic market, where total revenues dropped 5.7% to €1.56 billion and EBITDA shrank 12% to €777 million.
The company's mobile-phone unit lost customers to rivals during the quarter, although it managed to boost its profitability by introducing handset-lease arrangements that have lowered its spending on high-end smartphones.
In broadband, KPN says that FTTH activations are steadily growing, but it continues to spend heavily on rolling out infrastructure. Capital expenditure was $48 million higher than in the third quarter of 2011.
Analysts polled by Reuters think KPN may struggle to hit 2012 EBITDA targets of €4.7–4.9 billion.
Moreover, the company's net debt was 2.7 times EBITDA last quarter, up from 2.6 times EBITDA in the second quarter and exceeding a company target of 2.5 times EBITDA.
According to Reuters, analysts at Espirito Santo think KPN may be forced to slash its dividend because of the need to pay down debt while it continues to invest in FTTH and '4G' LTE networks.

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Molecular Evidence to Support the Expansion of the Hostrange of Chlamydophila pneumoniae to Include Reptiles as Well as Humans, Horses, Koalas and Amphibians
Bodetti, Tracey, Jacobson, Elliott, Wan, Charles, Hafner, Louise M., Pospischil, Andreas, Rose, Karrie, & Timms, Peter (2002) Molecular Evidence to Support the Expansion of the Hostrange of Chlamydophila pneumoniae to Include Reptiles as Well as Humans, Horses, Koalas and Amphibians. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 25(1), pp. 146-152.
The Chlamydiales are a family of unique intracellular pathogens that cause significant disease in humans, birds and a wide range of animal hosts. Of the currently recognized species, Chlamydophila (previously Chlamydia) pneumoniae, unlike the other chlamydial species, has been previously considered to be solely a pathogen of humans, causing significant respiratory disease and has also been strongly connected with cardiovascular disease. Here we report the finding that strains of C. pneumoniae are widespread in the environment, being detected by molecular methods in a range of reptiles (snakes, iguanas, chameleons) and amphibians (frogs, turtles). Of particular interest was the finding that genotyping of the chlamydial major outer membrane protein gene in these newly identified C. pneumoniae strains showed that many were genetically very similar, if not identical to the human respiratory strains. Whether these reptilian and amphibian strains of C. pneumoniae are still capable of infecting humans, or crossed the host barrier some time ago, remains to be determined but may provide further insights into the relationship of this common respiratory infection with its human host.
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Aliquippa grad finds home with Titans
Tommie Campbell never wants to forget the long shifts working as an airport janitor, cleaning toilets and mopping floors for $8 an hour.
"I think about that every day," he said. "That's what keeps me going."
The former Aliquippa High School star, who less than three years ago was ready to abandon his NFL dreams, will be on the field for the opening kickoff on Thursday night when the Titans host his hometown Steelers at LP Field.
Campbell has established himself as a special teams ace, scoring return touchdowns in each of his first two seasons since being selected out of California University (Pa.) with the fourth-to-last pick, No. 251 overall, in the 2011 NFL Draft.
The 6-foot-3, 205-pound Campbell is also a reserve cornerback for the Titans (1-4), who are allowing an NFL-worst 36.2 points per game.
"I've been playing really well on special teams," Campbell said. "On defense, I don't get in as much as I would like. But I take everything I know and work as hard as I can."
Campbell is finally reaching his potential. He played at Pitt from 2005-06, before being suspended indefinitely for violating team rules. He transferred to Division II Edinboro University, where academic problems led to his dismissal after one season.
He didn't play football or go to school for the next 2 ½ years. But with a family to support, the father of two young sons took a job as a full-time janitor at Pittsburgh International Airport for six months. Campbell, who was Darrelle Revis' high school teammate, also worked as a manual laborer and in a local food market during 2008-09, his NFL dream rapidly fading away.
"I was real close to giving up," he said. "My kids told me to go back to school and give it a shot. That's all I wanted, to give it a shot."
Campbell, 25, got a break, when he moved in with a friend, Larry Dorsch, 55, a Cranberry real estate developer, and his family. Campbell started lifting weights and running. He trained with former Indiana (Pa.) star Jai Hill, who in turn spoke with Cal (Pa.) defensive coordinator Mike Conway.
"He had a lot of baggage, and we really weren't interested," Conway said of Campbell. "(Cal head) coach (John) Luckhardt insisted that I at least talk to him."
So Conway drove to Beaver County in the winter of 2009 and met with Campbell for three hours. An emotional Campbell, tears in his eyes, poured it all out.
"His story tugged at me a little bit," Conway said. "I really felt he wanted to change."
Campbell enrolled at Cal, took his grades seriously and played well enough to be invited to the Cactus Bowl, where he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.31 seconds.
By comparison, only one player at the 2011 NFL Combine recorded a faster time (Steelers cornerback DeMarcus Van Dyke).
"The fastest person (on the field Thursday night) is going to be in blue," Campbell said.
Campbell was one of eight NCAA D-II players to participate in the 2011 Eastham Energy All-Star game. The Titans picked him in the seventh round and he made the 53-man roster.
Campbell, who plays on all four special teams, returned a kickoff 84 yards for a TD on a reverse against Tampa Bay as a rookie. This year, he took a cross-field pass and returned a punt 65 yards for a score in a 44-41 overtime victory against the Lions.
Conway gave credit to everyone who had a hand in Campbell's eventual path.
"The people from Aliquippa and the people at Pitt," Conway said. "All of the people who had something to do with his life should take pride in this."


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San Bernardino >> Even as two of the three San Bernardino City Unified school board incumbents were able to head to bed, sure they had won reelection, election night ended Tuesday with the wife of the embattled San Bernardino City attorney squeaking out a victory to retain her seat on the board.
Danny Tillman and Barbara Flores held commanding leads over the other five competitors in the field, as of 10:39 p.m. Tuesday, according to the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters Tuesday.
The only challenger to get within striking range of the top three positions, parent Abigail Medina, was in fourth place, with 100 percent of the vote counted but a gap of only 90 votes between her and Judi Penman.
"I feel good. I feel really happy that we've put in all the effort. We've run a really good campaign," Medina said earlier in the evening, when only a little more than 5 percent of the vote had been counted.
Medina and her husband have five children attending district schools, ranging from a senior at San Gorgonio High School through a fourth-grader at Roosevelt Elementary. Medina is an activist parent, serving on multiple district committees and councils and several school site-level organizations.
Judi's husband James F. Penman is the city attorney and the focus of a recall attempt that appeared to have succeeded as of 10:39 p.m. on Tuesday night. The president and chief executive officer of the San Bernardino Chamber of Commerce, Judi Penman has served on the school board for 10 years.
Securing reelection would mean another four years on the board for the incumbents. Flores, Penman and Tillman have served five, 10 and 18 years, respectively. (The board has twice moved election dates in the past, extending the current terms of those on the board by a year each time.)
Tillman has served on the board for 18 years. Even if he wins this year's election, he may not serve out his full term: He's also seeking to unseat Rep. Gary Miller, R-Rancho Cucamonga, and claim his 31st Congressional seat in the Nov. 2014 election.
A Cal State San Bernardino professor of education, Flores has served on the school board for five years and is the current board president.
Although the vote count was complete as of 10:39 p.m., the registrar of voters still considered the results unofficial at that time. The next update is scheduled for Thursday at 4 p.m.


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Polamalu won't play tomorrow against Carolina
Steelers strong safety Troy Polamalu did not participate in today's walk through and has been ruled out for tomorrow night's game against the visiting Carolina Panthers.
Tight end Heath Miller, who has missed the last two games because of post-concussion symptoms, is expected to play in the 8:20 p.m. game after practicing yesterday and taking part in the walk through at Steelers' headquarters.
Millier, who sustained a concussion in a 13-10 win against the Ravens on Dec. 5, is not listed on the Steelers' injury report.
Polamalu, who is tied for second in the NFL with six interceptions, will miss his second consecutive game after aggravating a lower leg injury. The Steelers would like to rest Polamalu until the playoffs, and they have a chance to clinch the AFC North prior to their Jan. 2 regular-season finale in Cleveland.
If the Steelers, who have already qualified for the playoffs, beat the Panthers and the Ravens lose to the Browns on Sunday the Steelers win their third division title in four years under coach Mike Tomlin.
If that scenario plays out, they would also secure the No. 2 seed in the AFC playoffs and a first-round bye.
In addition to Polamalu, wide receiver Arnaz Battle (chest) has been ruled out for tomorrow night's game. Defensive tackle Steve McLendon (stinger) is listed as probably for it.


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Distinguishing Features: Ms. Demeanor is a very large woman with bulging biceps and a face full of hate. She often wears a long red dress, but do not be deceived by her feminine appearence, she is evil, cutt-throat, and downright mean. Even through the long dress you can see her muscles rippling with an almost inhuman power and she is unbelievably strong and quick. Even if she is unarmed, her body must be considered a deadly weapon!


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DVtv's Israel Luna and Brad Pritchett filed this video report from Sunday's Easter in the Park celebration at Lee Park. To view our slideshow from the event, go here.
DVtv: Easter in the Park 2011
DEATHS: James 'Kissey' Olson, James Edward 'Beaux' Geer, Ray 'Alpha Pup' Witt
James "Kissey" Olson, 62, died at his home in Dallas on March 30 after recently being diagnosed with liver cancer.
Olson was native of Iron River, Mich. After graduating from high school, he served in the U.S. Air Force for six years. He went to work for AT&T, living in Phoeniz, Little Rock and finally Dallas, where he retired.
He had lived in the Dallas area for more than 24 years.
His home here was party central and was always open to his many friends who will miss his and his hospitality.
Olson is survived by his mother, Minnie, and sisters, Ruth and Doris, of Iron River; his brother, Ron, of Milwaukee; his ex-wife, Jo, of Yuma, Az.; his two children, Scott and Amy of Phoenix, and six grandchildren; and his beloved Chihuahua, Moose.
Olson was cremated and his ashes were buried at Iron River. A celebration of his life will be held on the patio at The Hidden Door, 5025 Bowser St., on Saturday, April 30, at 2 p.m.
James Edward "Beaux" Geer, 46, died April 13.
Geer worked as a hairdresser with Salon D for 23 years. He was also an artist who founded "Healing Texas through the Arts" to showcase new artists and make their works available to the public.
Geer was truly loved by friends and family, and he had an innocent sweetness of spirit and extraordinary talent that turned everything he touched into a thing of beauty. His paintings provided a view into his soul. He will be profoundly missed by those who knew him and will keep him forever in their hearts.
Geer is survived by his mother and stepfather, Bill and Millie Ritter of Plano; his father, Thomas Geer, Lafayette, La.; his brother Greg "Blackie" Geer, wife Kayce, daughter Typhane and grandson Thor, all of Austin; his best friend and brother-of-the heart, Dale Hall; and a host of other family and friends. Plans are pending for a celebration of life memorial gathering.
Ray "Alpha Pup" Witt, 59, died March 30 from an apparent stroke. Witt, loving boy and partner to Daddy Ron Hertz of Dallas and a member of the Dallas leather community, was a former member of Discipline Corps and NLA-Dallas. He held the first International Puppy title presented in 2001, thus becoming the "Alpha Pup." His gift for storytelling and his warm heart endeared him to many in the community and his presence will be missed.Witt is survived by his partner of 9 ½ years, Ron Hertz of Dallas; his mother, Duluth Witt of Lexington, Ky.; and his canine friend "Mugsy." A celebration of his life will be held at a later date.
FEEDBACK: Tavern Guild treasurer responds to criticism over gay Pride festival changes
Clearing up some Festival facts
I'm a bit disappointed by the tone of Hardy Haberman's article on the Festival in Lee Park ("The end of the free festival," Dallas Voice, April 15).
The writer admits up front that he never attended the event. I'm not sure where the nostalgia comes from if you have not been a regular in the park following the parade.
We all miss the "good old days" when the world was different. Days when people respected the law, followed rules, respected each other and controlled their drinking and fighting.
Things have changed. Sadly, the festival has degenerated to an embarrassing level. It was evident on the parade route this past year. It was most evident in the park for the last two years.
Uncontrolled drinking of cases and cases of beer brought into the park led to a lot of issues: Gay on gay issues; drunk, loud, vulgar language in front of children; rude behavior and more fights than we have ever experienced.
The actions of a few of our community disgusted several GLBT families with children. Rude, vulgar actions led only to anger on the part of the offending parties that their actions were questioned. And most all of it was due to uncontrolled beer and even liquor consumption.
Public drunkenness is illegal. Bringing liquor into the park is illegal. We run the risk of losing the support and attendance of much of the GLBT community if we do not control the events in the park. That would be a real loss.
TABC and Homeland Security are an issue, even though the writer scoffed at the idea. Homeland Security is the reason police requirements rose from 20 officers to 85 officers (DPD wanted 100 officers). These are all $35 to $45 per hour, per officer. We are approaching $20,000 in security.
Add to that a clean-up cost of $12,000 because in a celebration, no one wants to pick up after themselves. Add to that a festival in the park where the celebration is used by a few as an excuse to get as drunk as they want, with no thought or respect for others in attendance.
Frankly, this damages the GLBT image. It drives away good, responsible GLBT people from attending, and it cheapens the event.
A loss for the community? Yes, but that loss is not about a free event in the park. It's a loss of reason, a loss of responsibility, a loss of respect and decency.
Americans in general have lost it. Some in the GLBT community have lost it. Fencing in the park was a last resort effort to control the drunkenness and the sanity during our festival.
The decision would have been taken out of our hands next year anyway. The Tavern Guild made the only good choice, and thanks to that decision, the festival will continue, "for now."
Alan Pierce
Treasurer, Dallas Tavern Guild
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Though I understand the reasoning, I think they will find that far fewer people attend the event, myself included … unless truly there is big name entertainment.
Bummer, via DallasVoice.com
The entire "Pride" thing is a joke. There is no pride. Its an excuse to be exhibionistic and to get stinking drunk. Sad, sad, sad.
Jim, via DallasVoice.com
This is what you get when you allow a community event to be sponsored by a group of business people whose main concern is getting a large amount of people into their bars and drinking their overpriced drinks. Lee Park is a PUBLIC PARK and the idea that a business group could fence it and charge admission goes against everything the idea of a public park should be. Of course, if the Tavern Guild is decrying the amount of "drunks" at the parade, they have no one to blame but themselves. Pride Schmide.
Brett, via DallasVoice.com
It (charging admission) is a great idea. I wish it would have happened sooner. I re-read the article and the negative comments seem extreme and unfounded.
Little Monster, via DallasVoice.com
Log Cabin Republicans was planning on having a booth as it always does at the festival until we read about the rule changes. The rule changes will impede attendance as much or more than the $5.
Can you imagine Lee Park with a perimeter fence? Nobody will be able to enter without going through a main entrance. Can you imagine renting a booth and not being allowed to bring in a cooler for your workers and guests? We just offer water and soft drinks, but coolers are now prohibited.
I don't believe these rules will stand for very long as surely nobody will commit to a festival that nobody will attend.
Robert Schlein, via DallasVoice.com
Photo exclusive: On the field at the Super Bowl
We had an inside man working for us at the Super Bowl on Sunday, and he was able to get some up-close-and-personal pix from the field during the half-time show and even as the Green Bay Packers took the field in celebration of their victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Here are some photos from the gridiron.
Why am I not celebrating more?
Although the swearing in of the first trans trial judge is cause for celebration, there is still a long, hard fight ahead
WREN A. WYNN | Special Contributor
We have recently seen America's first transgender trial judge sworn in. So why am I not celebrating more?
Are you kidding? I read the news to my husband and son, and we all cheered and breathed a sigh of great relief and deep gratitude. This momentous ceremony brought us all one step closer to lawful and societal equality and a much safer pursuit of that very happiness our Constitution grants to us all.
But this is where I — as an American, a woman and the wife of an amazing transgender man — must restrain my celebration. The full celebration will commence the day society's labels fade away.
Humans always try to define things we do not understand. Our lack of understanding leads to fear. Labels are incessantly cast onto anything we need defined for us.
For instance, say you have two tin cans, both sealed. One is labeled "beans;" the other has no label. Which would you choose?
Unless you have an aversion to legumes, you would probably choose the labeled one. I would — I mean, what if the other can has beets?
We should be electing transgender officials. We should be electing lesbian and gay officials, female officials, African-American officials, Hispanic officials, Jewish and Muslim officials — and so on. Because, quite simply, every one of the members of our global society are human beings.
We are all born inherently equal and all hold the same worthiness as our neighbor. Our labels do not designate our worth or, believe it or not, our contents. Existence is where our worth lies. You are here. I am here. We are amazing.
The full celebration will commence when all marginalized people refuse to be yoked to such a lexicon: marginalized, victimized, worthless, wrong, immoral, dangerous. These are only a very few of the terms used by the media, the Biblical Christian right and those in seats of actual "power" when referring to "them."
When you are marginalized, the first thing that is stripped from you is your name. It is far easier to be cruel and hateful when you are aggressively pursuing the nameless.
How many of us have found ourselves in such a place — no name, no support, no safety? I was hit in the face in seventh grade by an extraordinarily hefty repeat eighth grader because my being gay offended her. Her name was Amie. I bet you a million dollars she doesn't remember my name.
We cannot continue to allow our names to be replaced with a vocabulary of invisibility and hate. My name is Wren.
The full celebration will commence when those seated in positions of power and authority stop being so damn afraid that they will be dethroned and overrun. If you are a just and compassionate leader, this is not a concern. So it is no wonder that so many higher-ups are constantly having to towel off their flop-sweat as they stand at their microphones and bullhorns leaking their heartlessness and fear into the world.
This decidedly ridiculous behavior, though, should come as no real surprise. Look at what the leaders worship. All religions at all moments in history, both patriarchal and matriarchal (though to a lesser extent), worship very wrathful and immature gods and goddesses. How many times has a deity cruelly destroyed all of life because another god was getting more attention or because the people weren't pliant enough or, sometimes, just for the hell of it?
I am all for America. This is proven by the fact that I haven't run off to Canada or Europe … yet. I truly do believe, very dearly, that America is the home of the brave. Every day I encounter transgender people (my husband included) who are changing the world and saving lives by simply being who they are.
We hear and see and know lesbian, gay and bisexual people who are not willing to let another person die because bullying gay kids and adults is seen as not so big an issue. We have seen the African-American community rise up saying, "We are not second-class citizens." Everyday the cycle of racism slows.
In recent months, we have witnessed the courageous stance of the Muslim community in New York as they prepare a way for a mosque, even as the Koran is being threatened in Florida. With every passing moment we see and hear men and women standing up for women's and human rights and equal passage and opportunity in the world.
What amazing and brave people we all are when we stand up for one another!
So God, Goddess, Allah, Abba, Brahman, Waheguru, Yahweh, Jesus, The Light, Almighty, Bahá, Jehova, El Cantare, Oya — all of them — bless America, Mother Earth and all of her beautiful creations. We live in truly amazing times. May we be awake and willing, enthusiastic, even, to stand with one another in our various fires.
This is not a case of "If you're not with us, you're against us." This is about celebrating life and Victoria Kolakowski, America's first sworn-in transgender trial judge. You go girl!
Wren Wynn is a local writer and artist and the author of Chrysalis, a collection of poetry and artworks. She is also a commissioned artist and her paintings have been chosen to hang in the Visual Arts Center of Dallas galleries. Wynn is currently working on a collection of personal essays and a second poetry collection. Go online to Open.Salon.com/blog/wrenaw to read a sample of her work.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition Jan. 21, 2011.
Deaths 01.14.11
Gary L. Allen, who was known as "The Uscan Man" at Kroger on Cedar Springs Road, died on Jan. 9, two days before his 61st birthday. He had worked at Kroger for 35 years and was one of two people who had worked at the store on Cedar Springs since it opened in 1998.
Throughout the years, he participated in many charity events. He won several honors for his volunteerism.
Allen is survived by his beloved dog Bo, who has been given a new home by some of his friends; and by friends Elaine and Mike Casey, John "Spanke" Studer, Mark Sharp and Rod Wait, Shannon Percell and Ronye Mitchell-Percell, Mariann Slocum and Cyndi Richards, and Don Maison.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to AIDS Services Dallas, P.O. Box 4338, Dallas, Texas 75208. A celebration of his life will be held at a private home on Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. Address and additional information is available at Kroger.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition Jan. 14, 2011.
Holiday kick-off
LIGHTING THE WAY | The DFW Sisters perform a ceremonial lighting of the Christmas Tree on the patio of TMC during the Cedar Springs Merchants Association's First Wednesday celebration on Wednesday, Dec. 1. The event marked the third year in which businesses in the gayborhood have welcomed the holidays with a First Wednesday party. (John Wright/Dallas Voice)
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition December 3, 2010.
New Delhi holds first pride celebration since the decriminalization of homosexuality
Over 2,000 out and proud lesbian, gay, bisexual and trandgender people and their straight friends marched through India's capitol today in the 3rd annual pride parade.
"Today is about saying that we are gay and we are proud. We are not going anywhere, we are a part of society, and today we can celebrate being different." –Amit Agrawal, a parade organizer
Past pride marches were held in protest against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a colonial-era nugget which criminalized consensual sex between adult same-sex couples. But this year was all about celebration because on July 2, 2009 the High Court of New Delhi ruled that Section 377 no longer applies to same-sex couples.
"Last year it was about protest, but this year it is all about celebration. It has only been a year, but it has been a huge year." –Hillol Dutta, gay activist
As we all know, changing the law doesn't erase the bigotry in people's hearts and many gay Indians still enter into the closet of heterosexual marriages. But the positive effects of the High Court's ruling are already being felt. Mohnish Malhotra, another if the pride parade's organizers said that
{Because}…gays and lesbians can no longer be legally prosecuted…this has had a visible trickle-down effect on people's attitude to homosexuality on a grass-root level, at least in urban areas. "We are no longer considered criminals – people in general have become more tolerant," he says. [snip]
Since Section 377 was struck down, many of Delhi's hottest venues have started hosting gay-themed nights and businesses openly targeting gay consumers have sprung up in a variety of sectors. They include lifestyle magazine "Fun," web-based travel agent "Indjapink", and the specialized online bookstore "Queer Ink."
Delhi India's First Pride Celebration
Nearly 2,000 people gathered in Delhi, India's capital, to celebrate gay
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Grindr members can celebrate. The app has surpassed 1 million members and that means a celebration, of course. With parties across the globe, the app continues its worldwide domination of man-to-man hookups … er, socializing.
The local Million Man Celebration (because Million Man March was taken) happens at BJ's NXS! on Sept. 30 at 10 p.m. Expect drink specials and prizes — and hopefully that guy you've been trying to chat with who's 146 feet away from your daytime gig.


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The series will be based on Blyton's original books about Julian, Dick, Ann, George and Timmy the Dog, but will be given a 21st century setting.
Blyton's books, which were written between 1942 to 1963, continue to sell 450,000 copies each year in the UK.
The cartoon series is expected to air in early 2007.
An initial 26 episodes will be made of the adventures as the children go about solving mysteries.
The rights to Blyton's books are owned by entertainment group Chorion, which hopes to sell the cartoon series around the globe.
Delighting generations
Chorion chair Lord Alli said: "The Famous Five represent the heartland of Blyton for generations of young readers throughout Europe.
"I am delighted that we will be making an animated television series that will allow us to introduce the characters to an even wider global audience."
The first Famous Five book, called Five on a Treasure Island, was published in 1942.
They were made into a TV series, starting in 1957, with the most recent filmed in 1996.


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Noonan's Tavern set to open next week at Heather Ridge
Last year the B.U.F.F. Brothers Group sold four of their bars -- the College Inn, Dirk's, Gibby's and Pifler's -- to the Little Pub Company. B.U.F.F. Brothers co-owner Rob Lanphier says the sale basically came down to money: The Little Pub Company, which now owns nineteen saloons in the area, made an offer they couldn't refuse.
The B.U.F.F. Brothers kept their FuNuGyz bars in Parker and Arizona, and last year opened the University of Colorado-themed Ralphie's. And now they're slated to open Noonan's Tavern at the Golf Club at Heather Ridge (that's at 13521 East Iliff Avenue in Aurora) on Monday. Anyone who's seen the 1980 film Caddyshack might recognize the reference to the film's caddy, Danny Noonan. But while the house drink will be the Danny Noonan, the place won't necessarily have a Caddyshack theme.
"Basically, it's going to be a neighborhood tavern," Lanphier says. "It's just a place for people in the neighborhood to come out and have some good food and cold beer. With each one of our bars we kind of figure out, hopefully, what the neighborhood wants."
Lanphier should have a fairly good idea of what that is, since he's lived in the Heather Ridge area for a while. "The one thing people ask is why we're back out here in Aurora," he says. "I grew up out here, actually. I used to live five minutes from the golf course. I live two minutes from it now. I've been in this area for about 25 years. I just wanted to have something where I'm not driving 35 minutes to one of my locations."
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For years, Florida Republicans have believed that the senate seat occupied by Democrat Bill Nelson should—and could—be theirs. And it's often seemed easy enough: First elected to the Florida House in 1972, the moderate legislator has managed to spend 30 years cultivating an image that is nothing above mediocre. A recent poll found that just over a third of voters approve of him and 12 percent of voters still don't recognize his name. As Democratic pollster Tom Eldon put it, no one hates him, but no one really loves him either: "There isn't a large passion factor."
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Quakes Take Two of Three with Sunday Win
Twelve hits power Rancho to their second series win of 2014
By Brandon Liebhaber / Rancho Cucamonga Quakes | April 27, 2014 10:04 PM ET
Rancho Cucamonga, CA - The Quakes took their second series of the year with an 8-6 win over the Lancaster JetHawks Sunday afternoon. The win was Rancho's second in a row and third in four games.
Tom Windle (2-2, 5.16 ERA) was fantastic outside a shaky start to pick up his second win of the season. The southpaw from Minnesota fanned six batters and walked just one while giving up four runs (two earned) in five innings. Lancaster scored three runs on Windle in the opening frame thanks in large part to two Rancho errors.
Rancho Cucamonga (8-16) answered back with a run in the bottom of the first. Adam Law led off with a hit for the sixth straight game, extending his hitting streak to a California League-best 15 games. Steven Proscia scored Law with a sacrifice fly later in the inning.
The Quakes tied the game with a pair of runs in the third. Rob Garvey, who finished with two hits and an RBI, led off with a double and scored on consecutive wild pitches by Lancaster starter Mike Hauschild. Two batters later, Chris Jacobs launched his third home run of the year to left-center field.
Lancaster (14-10) took back the lead on an RBI single from Dan Gulbransen in the top of the fourth inning, but Rancho followed with a run of their own in the home half. Rob Garvey's groundout scored Leo Rodriguez to tie the game at four.
Rancho took the lead in the fifth inning off of Lancaster reliever Tyson Perez (0-2, 5.06 ERA). Tyler Ogle's two-run single to center field scored Chris Jacobs and Jeremy Rathjen to give the Quakes a 6-4 lead.
Matt Shelton threw two perfect innings of relief to keep the Quakes in front before Rancho added some insurance in the eighth. With the bases loaded, Steven Proscia's bloop single to right field plated two and Rancho led 8-4 heading to the final frame.
Those runs would become very important when Owen Jones struggled to close out the game. Lancaster scored two runs on four hits against Jones before manager P.J. Forbes went to the bullpen. Blake Smith, who notched his first save of the year on Saturday night, came in with the tying runs on base. After issuing a walk to load the bases, Smith retired Lancaster's Rio Ruiz and Bobby Borchering for the save.
Rancho Cucamonga will look for their third win in a row Monday afternoon in San Bernardino against the Inland Empire 66ers. Fabio Martinez (0-1, 4.50 ERA), who has limited opposing hitters to a .188 average, will make his fourth start of the year for Rancho. Southpaw Tyler DeLoach (1-0, 1.89) will start for Inland Empire. He gave up one run on three hits in four innings against the Quakes on April 7th. First pitch is at 3:30 pm and the game will be broadcast live on Fox Sports 1350.
The Quakes are on the road for their next seven games before returning to LoanMart Field on May 5th to take on High Desert. Monday, May 5th is Social Media Monday powered by Social Universe! Follow the Quakes on Twitter, Instagram, or like us on Facebook for a chance to win prizes and behind-the-scenes experiences at LoanMart Field. Fans who bring ten (10) CRV-eligible bottles and cans to LoanMart Field on May 6th receive a free club level ticket as part of Healthy RC Recycle Tuesday. Wednesday, May 7th is Education Day at LoanMart Field, as kids will learn about the game of baseball and watch the Quakes play at 10:35 am. Thursday, May 9, is US Foods Thirsty Thursday! Fans can enjoy 16-oz. domestic drafts and 24-oz. Pepsi products for $2, while wine, champagne, margaritas, and 16-oz. premium drafts are just $3. Tickets are still available by calling (909) 481-5000 or online at rcquakes.com. We hope to see you at LoanMart Field. Go Quakes!
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he Pharisees and their scribes
Timothy George says he never understood the radical nature of Jesus' ministry until it was driven home in a dramatic way. He was in his first year as pastor of the First Baptist Church in, Chelsea, Massachusetts. Chelsea, says George, is one of the most isolated, economically deprived, inner-city sections of greater Boston: there are 27,000 people crowded into less than two square miles. Chelsea is a receptacle for all kinds of dropouts --prostitutes, pimps, drug addicts, all the people who have not "made it" and probably never will.
Every new minister to Chelsea at that time soon became acquainted with one of these drop-outs, an alcoholic known to everyone as Johnny Cornflakes because he often rummaged through the trash, looking through the cereal boxes or whatever to find a bit of food. George's church sometimes gave Johnny Cornflakes food and clothes and tried to see that he had a place to spend the night.
One Sunday after church Timothy George and his wife held their first dinner party in Chelsea for out-of-town guests. They had worked very hard to make everything perfect: they had brought out their best linen and their finest dishes in order to make a good impression. But right in the middle of the main course the front door of the parsonage burst open. Into their dining room in all of his inebriated glory sauntered Johnny Cornflakes. Everyone was startled!
Timothy later wrote that he suddenly knew what the Pharisees must have felt like. "Johnny Cornflakes was someone you'd hand a sandwich to at the back door, someone you'd deliver a CARE package to at the inner-city mission, but definitely not someone you would invite to a Sunday dinner! Yet," George continues, "this is exactly what Jesus did, he invited all the Johnny Cornflakes of Jerusalem to Sunday dinner with the best linen and the finest dishes."


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Lady Gaga has worn some crazy outer-worldly looks over the past few days while in London.
Yesterday while leaving ITV studios in the capital, her latest unique look was straight off the runway from Louis Vuitton Spring 2014.
She donned the feather showgirl headdress, which looks to be the same height as the petite singer, with a sheer fringed top with strategically placed embellishments paired with the black loose-fit pants featuring the Louis Vuitton graffiti motif with shimmering embroidery.
The look was of course topped off with platform heels.
I'm not sure if this was a performance look, or just another 'day in the life of Gaga' street-style look, but I have to say I like it a lot.
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Today's Tuesday Tune is The Final Countdown - Europe.
Tuesday's Tuesday Tune is brought to you by Federal Express and Arrested Development. Would you care for and explanation? Why sure, you say! I like how you play my stupid games.
Thank you.
This particular Tuesday Tune is brought to you by Federal Express because the FedEx truck delivered my passport with attached Visa today. Did you know you need a Visa to get into India? It's true. You can't just show up and say, "I'm here! Let me vacay!" Nope. You must ship your passport and a few hundred bones to the Indian consulate in San Francisco. They take your cash, print a sticker, attach it to your passport and send it back.
We are getting down to the wire folks. And that wire is a thin one. The Final Countdown.
After many sleepless nights of scrutinizing contemplation, I've decided to post my adventures on this here web log. Indeed, it's a breech of security. However, the house will be lived in while we're away - by peoples with weapons and a protectively territorial Pound Hound. So don't even think about it.
Today's Tuesday Tune is also brought to you by Arrested Development. Arrested Development is my favorite TV show of all time --put's the FUN in disFUNction. You say you don't know Arrested Development? Oh. You are missing out. Hulu carries it now--all three seasons.
Every time I hear The Final Countdown, I think of GOB and giggle with joy. GOB stands for George Oscar Bluth and is pronounced jobe. GOB is a magician who performs magic to this Final Countdown song.
If you haven't had enough material to aid in your eternal quest for wasting time, you can check out the Final Countdown with Cellos. Rock on!
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Labels: music, pound hound, Rabid India, Tuesday Tune, vacation
4 comments:
- Jessica said...
oh, how I love Arrested Development and I was just discussing Tobias today. My favorite never-nude of all time.
p.s. one of my friends had the Final Countdown as her ringtone. Made me laugh every time her phone rang.
- November 10, 2009 at 11:06 PM
- Lars said...
Are you familiar with Vitamin String Quartet? They do covers of modern bands like The Red Hot Chili Peppers and turn them into string music. I may have to send you a taster....
- November 10, 2009 at 11:59 PM
- Winder said...
Ok, time to break out the Arrested Development series again.
Have you seen Gob perform his act as "Max the Magician" on Seasme Street yet? It is a must maybe it is on Youtube.
- November 11, 2009 at 10:41 AM
- Winder said...
I mean Sesame Street. You must forgive me for all grammar errors. I almost always have a toddler tugging on my leg when I post or comment.
- November 12, 2009 at 5:33 PM
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wabash college caps off a great semester with some gingerbread and a fun economics activityDecember 08, 2011 | Crawfordsville, Ind.
Every December, all of College Mentors for Kids chapters host a holiday party to recognize and celebrate the achievements of the kids and the chapter as a whole. This year, College Mentors' Wabash College chapter paired the holiday party with an end of year economics activity.
Ike Homburg, Wabash College chapter president, said their holiday activities keep kids engaged while teaching an important lesson.
"For the past couple years, we have been making gingerbread houses out of graham crackers, icing and candy," Homburg said. "We encourage our mentors to work with the kids, holding the graham crackers in place and giving ideas and opinions, but the majority of the work is done by the kids. We're really trying to show them fun ways to be creative that they can take home and work on with their family."
Along with decorating the houses, the kids participated in an activity with an economics professor focused on supply and demand, and how to responsibly save and spend money.
"The education-half of our final activity corresponds with the 'store' that our kids can buy small but fun prizes at," Homburg said. "The professor who helped with the activity split the kids in half and let some be buyers and some kids act as sellers, but they both had to try to make a profit. The kids learned that if they save their money by buying something small or nothing at all this time, they can save up and get a bigger prize in the spring."
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The impact Wabash College mentors are having on these kids was demonstrated at the very end of the activity when Homburg was passing out "buddy bucks" to be used at their prize store.
"We always make sure that we are rewarding the kids' accomplishments and good behavior," Homburg said. "At the end of our last activity, I was handing out the buddy bucks like we usually do, and I was stopped by one of the kids who just received theirs. He told me that I gave him one dollar too many, and instantly handed it back. I was so impressed with his honesty, I had to reward him one more, anyway!
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Lock-out delights Johnson
Date published: 03 February 2014
ATHLETIC'S centre-back pairing may have been "chucked together", in the words of Lee Johnson, but the two full debutants combined to shut out a Swindon side gunning for the play-offs.
James Wilson, brought in on deadline day until the end of the season having negotiated a release from his contract at Bristol City, only met his new team-mates the night before the game.
But the 24-year-old Wales international combined very well with veteran Adam Lockwood to form such an effective barrier that goalkeeper Mark Oxley only had one real save to make.
"I like the way we were really organised," said Johnson, after a result which means Athletic have taken six points from a run of three tricky matches against Peterborough, Wolves and Swindon.
"We were very rarely threatened. Oxley was organising well and that was an important part of it.
"It is a good combination. James Wilson is wiry and very quick and sweeps up well and you have got Locky who is aggressive and wins the first ball.
"Locky was never quick, anyway. He is getting better and better and we see that in training, where we have had to quicken his feet up a bit just to get use to this level again.
"But you are talking about a former captain of Doncaster. He knows the game."
Jonathan Grounds settled the contest with a low drive as the ball broke to him in the 73rd minute at the County Ground.
Athletic were fully deserving of the victory, in trying circumstances given the poor conditions and the loss of centre-back James Tarkowski to Brentford the day before.
Johnson added: "We were excellent. We played the conditions better than they did, amid a howling wind and on a pitch that was boggy. In the first half we were against the wind totally, but for 20 minutes they didn't get near our box."
Charlie MacDonald, who was ill with flu-like symptoms at the team hotel, was told to go home to rest on the morning of the game. In on the bench came new signing Jon Stead, who only completed a loan move from Huddersfield the night before. Johnson's former Bristol City team-mate had an impact, too.
"He was the number one target and I am delighted to have got him. He is here for a month, initially, but all going well I think we will get him for three months and hopefully he can score a few goals."
Well done lads kept a great clean sheet at play off chasing Swindon who had only been beaten at home twice before ! Not bad for a centre half pairing from Guisley and a Bristol City reject .....eh whingers ?
Great pairing, can't believe they are thinking of breaking the pairing up by bringing Tarky back on loan.
Well combo you normally one of the wingers one win does not make it right ???
yep the whingers have gone missing but im sure they will be back if we lose saturday.
great clean sheet and display from back pair.
I think you have me confused with someone else mason, the vast majority of my posts have been supportive of LJ, SC and the team. Unless you can prove otherwise ?
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text: Why isn't Britain's Got Talent on this Saturday? ITV's live coverage of the Champions League Final means the talent show has moved days Comments Written By Paul Jones 12:23 PM, 24 May 2014 BGT fans awaiting their weekly fix of talent show goodness will have to be patient for one more day as ITV's live coverage of the Champions League Final between local rivals Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid replaces the show this Saturday. Britain's Got Talent will instead move to Sunday evening at 7pm as judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, David Walliams and Alesha Dixon select the 45 acts that will go through to the live semi-finals. They begin the very next evening, on bank holiday Monday, continuing every night throughout the week until Saturday. You know how it is, you wait an extra day for an episode of BGT then seven come along at once... Britain's Got Talent is on Sunday at 7:00pm on ITV Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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I first visited Bangalore in 1996, when the information technology boom was just getting going. One of my stops 12 years ago was Infosys, an Indian IT company, which then employed roughly 3,000 people and had revenues of $30m a year. Revisiting the firm last Friday, I discovered that it now employs 97,000 people and has a market cap of about $20 billion.
Chatting to my hosts, we established that the man I had interviewed 12 years ago was none other than Narayana Murthy, the company's co-founder. They were a bit startled that I couldn't instantly recall his name. I suppose it's a bit like turning up at Microsoft and vaguely remembering once having interviewed a chap with glasses – who turns out to have been Bill Gates.
Talking of American business icons, I then went on to visit the John F. Welch technology centre run by GE in Bangalore. The first time Welch, the legendary boss of General Electric, visited India – he had what you might call a gut reaction. He got a stomach bug so bad that he decided that he wanted nothing further to do with the country. Fortunately for GE and for India, he was eventually prevailed upon to change his mind. GE opened a research centre and technology park in Bangalore in 2000. It now employs 4,000 engineers – with a further 2,000 hires planned. Read more


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Etosha's new Dolomite Camp which has opened in the restricted western side of the park makes it an exceptionally exclusive and ideal to get away from the hustle and bustle of other Safari goers. Being perched on the top of a little hill, Dolomite Camp offers elegantly decorated, permanent luxury tents with en-suite that are elevated to harness every inch of the beautiful view and let the endless plains of Etosha National Park expand out in front of you.
The wildlife is pristine, as it has developed without human disturbance and rare species such as black rhino and black-faced impala have established themselves in the area. The many waterholes make for hot spots and attract frequent visitors such as elephants, rhinos, leopards, lions, springbok, gemsbok and the red hartebeest. The birdlife is prolific and the seasonal flowers of Dolomite Hill are a highlight for botanists too!
The camp is unfenced allowing animals to roam freely between the tents and communal area. However, with personal escorts your safety is guaranteed at all times. The restaurant serves delicious and satisfying meals and the personnel will always greet you with a smile.
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A major in Global Studies offers students the knowledge, perspectives, and analytical skills needed to navigate our increasingly globalized world. Most jobs require an understanding of complex international economic, political, and cultural interactions. Combining an interdisciplinary Global Studies degree with a Business Studies major or minor thus positions students for dynamic careers in the private, public, or nonprofit sectors.
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All arts and science majors, including Global Studies, must be proficient in a modern foreign language up to the intermediate level. The Center for Languages and International Collaboration (CLIC) supports this with informal language opportunities, live video and computer conferencing, a multimedia library of instructional materials, and access to international satellite broadcasting to enhance classroom learning.
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The eccentric, stilted presenters on Gardening Australia are a big part of its appeal. These aren't heavily-styled television stars but endearing, ordinary-seeming men and women who are passionate about dirt, roots and leaves. They make for an unspectacular but comforting viewing experience.
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By Shelley Arnusch, Special for USA TODAY
CALGARY The forecast for Lilith 2010 had been gloomy, with reports of low ticket sales and canceled dates casting a dark cloud over the female-centric festival captained by Canadian songbird Sarah McLachlan.
But the weather at the tour's kickoff on Sunday gave concert organizers a reason to smile. Approximately 9,000 Lilith fans, a predominantly female group ranging from twentysomethings in sundresses and gladiator sandals to seniors in capris and comfortable shoes arrived at the gates of McMahon Stadium, an open-air venue on the west side of the city, to sunny blue skies.
Early arrivals were corralled into Lilith Village, a cluster of sponsor tents and two side stages set up in the parking lot at the southeast corner of the stadium. A few audience members tried to get into the festival spirit by putting down blankets on the asphalt, but for the most part the dispirited crowd just stood around. The lack of festival atmosphere permeated the main stadium area, which was devoid of folksy festival touches such as vegetarian food stands and craft vendors.
The afternoon music lineup in Lilith Village culminated with a rousing performance by Vermont's Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. With her commanding voice and saucy black flapper dress, the fiery blond frontwoman managed to generate a ripple of energy through the docile audience as she lead her hirsute male bandmembers (and brunette bass player Catherine Popper) through a strong set that was worthy of a slot on the main stage.
Sun-kissed beach babe Colbie Caillat, a vision in a sparkly minidress and boots, kicked off the main stage performances just after 5 p.m. Caillat's short set included radio hits Bubbly and Lucky, with a bandmember filling in for duet partner Jason Mraz. The golden girl also took a second to tell the crowd about how she had first come to Lilith as a 12-year-old audience member and how special it felt to have come full circle with a spot on the Lilith stage.
Soul mama Erykah Badu followed Caillat, gliding on stage to the strains of low-fi grooves, commanding attention in black leather pants, a Navajo blanket, a black top hat and heavy gold finger-bling. Backed by four supporting vocalists and a black-clad band complete with flute player, Badu cast her spell over a handful of dedicated fans who grooved along with newer tracks like 20 Feet Tall, and an up-tempo version of oldie-but-goodie On and On and On, though her surreal style was ultimately too far out for this in-bounds audience.
Sheryl Crow had no trouble getting the sedentary crowd on its feet with a rocking version of Every Day Is a Winding Road, drawing wild applause when her adorable, ear-protection-wearing 3-year-old son, Wyatt, made a surprise cameo appearance on stage. She followed with a tender version of Are You Strong Enough to be My Man, during which she veered into an endearing ramble about how she's looking for a few good men, but would be happy just to find "one half-ass nice guy," who can accept that she and her kids are a package deal. Crow stepped away from her hit song catalogue to serve up a bluesy treatment of Terrence Trent D'Arby's Sign Your Name before signing off with crowd favorite Soak Up the Sun.
The audience was just as sweet on Nashville country duo Sugarland. Frontwoman Jennifer Nettles poured on the Southern charm during a "Kumbaya-style" sing-along of Baby Girl, and turned the barn-dance vibe up a notch with the down-home hit Everyday America, which segued into a medley of Beyoncé's Single Ladies, the Jackson 5's I Want You Back and Miley Cyrus' Party In The U.S.A.
But even in this country-music-loving city, there was no doubt the main event was tour founder McLachlan. Shrieks of adulation greeted the Canadian chanteuse as she made a quiet entrance, performing the heart-tugging ballad Angel sitting at her piano while audience members held each other and held back their tears. McLachlan's lilting voice is better than ever, slightly world-weary this time around but still as clear as the northern air on emotional heavies like I Will Remember You, and the complex and dark Possession, whose concluding high note garnered spontaneous applause.
Unfortunately, the Stadium's stringent curfew cut the evening short, leaving no time for an all-artist finale number, though McLachlan did reappear for an encore sing-along of her girlie hit Ice Cream, a sweet treat for those who had resisted bolting for the exits in a futile attempt to beat the parking lot traffic.
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(2009/12/19 12:05), Robert Haas wrote: > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Tom Lane<tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote: >> Robert Haas<robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes: >>> Oh. This is more complicated than it appeared on the surface. It >>> seems that the string "BLOB COMMENTS" actually gets inserted into >>> custom dumps somewhere, so I'm not sure whether we can just change it. >>> Was this issue discussed at some point before this was committed? >>> Changing it would seem to require inserting some backward >>> compatibility code here. Another option would be to add a separate >>> section for "BLOB METADATA", and leave "BLOB COMMENTS" alone. Can >>> anyone comment on what the Right Thing To Do is here? >> >> The BLOB COMMENTS label is, or was, correct for what it contained. >> If this patch has usurped it to contain other things > > It has. > >> I would argue >> that that is seriously wrong. pg_dump already has a clear notion >> of how to handle ACLs for objects. ACLs for blobs ought to be >> made to fit into that structure, not dumped in some random place >> because that saved a few lines of code. > > OK. Hopefully KaiGai or Takahiro can suggest a fix. Currently, BLOBS (and BLOB COMMENTS) section does not contain owner of the large objects, because it may press the local memory of pg_dump when the database contains massive amount of large objects. I believe it is the reason why we dump all the large objects in a single section. Correct? I don't think it is reasonable to dump all the large object with its individual section. However, we can categorize them per owner. In generally, we can assume the number of database users are smaller than the number of large objects. In other word, we can obtain the number of sections to be dumped as result of the following query: SELECT DISTINCT lomowner FROM pg_largeobject_metadata; Then, we can dump them per users. For earlier versions, all the large objects will be dumped in a single section with anonymous user. What's your opinion? -- OSS Platform Development Division, NEC KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)ak(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>
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IUPUI High School Math Contest: Entry Deadline
Friday, 16 April 2010 - 6:00pm
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2010 Theme: Math and Biology
This contest is open to students attending high school (grades 9-12) in the fifteen-county area of central Indiana: Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clinton, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Howard, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan, Putnam, Shelby and Tipton.
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When I first picked up one of the Readers they had on display, I, too, thought it was a sticker or a fake screen. It really is quite impressive! But I agonized over the whole DRM deal for a while in the days after our shopping visit, till the husband convinced me that even if I just bought the Anne McCaffrey books I have digital form, it would be a nice gadget. I gave in, and so sometime this past week he went back to the Sony store on a lunch break and picked one up.
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ARDMORE, Pa. - Even for Phil Mickelson, his path to the top of the leaderboard Thursday in the U.S. Open was unconventional.
He traveled about 2,400 miles in the air and 7,000 yards on the ground. He took a short nap on his private jet from San Diego and another one during a rain delay when he found a secluded corner of the library room in the Merion clubhouse. He carried five wedges but no driver.
Some 17 hours later, Mickelson had a 3-under 67 to match his best opening round in the U.S. Open.
Mickelson returned from his daughter's eighth-grade graduation about 3<MD+,%30,%55,%70>1/<MD-,%0,%55,%70>2 hours before his tee time. He three-putted his first hole for a bogey and didn't give back a shot the rest of the day at Merion, which yielded only one other round under par to the 78 players who completed the first round.
Because of two rain delays, the first round won't be completed until this morning. Mickelson won't have to tee it up again for another 24hours.
Enough time to fly back to San Diego?
"I don't want to push it, no," Mickelson said with a tired smile.
Tiger Woods faced a tougher road. He appeared to hurt his left hand after trying to gouge out of deep rough on the opening hole. He grimaced and shook his left wrist again after hitting a 5-wood out of the rough on the fifth hole. He already had three bogeys though five holes before starting to make up ground with a 50-foot birdie putt on the par-4 sixth.
Woods, however, shook his hand again after shots out of the rough on the 10th and twice on the 11th. He was 2 over for his round and faced a 4-foot par putt on the 11th when play was stopped for the day.
"I've got a lot of holes to play (today)," Woods said. "And, hopefully, I can play a little better."
Luke Donald was 4 under through 13 holes and made one last birdie before leaving the course. The first round was to resume at 4:15 a.m. PDT today and the forecast called for drier weather the rest of the week.
Masters champion Adam Scott, playing with Woods and Rory McIlroy, was 3 under through 11 holes while defending U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson was 2-under through eight holes. McIlroy was even par.
Lee Westwood got the full Merion experience. He was 3 under when his approach on the 12th hit a wicker basket - the signature at Merion in place of traditional flags - and bounced off the green, leading to a double bogey.
For Mickelson, this could be the start of yet another chance to win the major championship he wants so dearly. He already has been a runner-up a record five times in the U.S. Open.
"If I'm able - and I believe I will - if I'm able to ultimately win a U.S. Open, I would say that it's great," Mickelson said. "Because I will have had ... a win and five seconds. But if I never get that win, then it would be a bit heart-breaking."
Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium, the only other player from the morning wave to break par, picked up birdies on the short seventh and eighth holes for a 69.
Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel, Tim Clark, Rickie Fowler, Jason Day and Jerry Kelly were the only others who at least matched par at 70. Clark and Kelly were at 2 under deep in their rounds until running into trouble, which isn't hard to do in the U.S. Open, especially at Merion. Clark took a double bogey-bogey stretch in the middle of his back nine. Kelly was one shot behind Mickelson until a double bogey on the 18th hole.
"It's a lot tougher than they say it is," Schwartzel said.
The only other time Mickelson opened with a 67 in the U.S. Open was in 1999 at Pinehurst No. 2, and his oldest daughter was part of that story, too. Mickelson carried a pager with him that week because his wife was due with their first child. He finished one shot behind when the late Payne Stewart holed a 15-foot par putt on the last hole, and Amanda was born the next day.
Mickelson always was going to be home before the U.S. Open because Amanda, who turns 14 next week, was chosen to be a featured speaker at her graduation. He left Merion on Monday, a day earlier than planned, when more heavy rain washed out most of the practice round. Besides, Mickelson felt like he knew the course well enough from his scouting trip last week.
"She told me that it's fine. `Stay, it's the U.S. Open. I know how much you care about it.' And I told her that I want to be there," Mickelson said. "I don't want to miss her speech. I don't want to miss her graduation. She spent nine years at that school. And she's worked very hard and I'm very proud of her."
The ceremony was at 6p.m. Mickelson was on the plane two hours later and landed in Philadelphia about 3:30 a.m. He had a few hours of sleep on the plane, and then played five holes before the rain delay. He found a few cushions for a makeshift bed in the clubhouse library.


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System.DirectoryServices, System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory, and System.DirectoryServices.Protocols managed APIs provide directory service access and management. Together, these managed APIs provide a complete solution for developing directory-centric and directory-enabled applications using managed code.
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