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The new E-Series line of skid steer loaders and compact track loaders (CTLs) from John Deere feature enhancements and improvements that were developed after extensive input from customers. The new line includes five skid steer models and four new compact track loaders, each with Interim Tier Four or Final Tier Four engines and several improvements designed to enhance operator and machine productivity.
"The E-Series skid steers and compact track loaders are one of the finest examples of customer-driven product development the John Deere Commercial Worksite Products group has ever offered," said Gregg Zupancic, product marketing manager, John Deere Construction & Forestry. "We asked hundreds of customers how we could make this equipment better. They told us, and we responded."
The large-frame skid steers and CTLs feature a flat floor design with 25 percent more foot room than previous models, giving operators more comfort in the cab. Lower noise levels also contribute to reduced operator fatigue and increased productivity. All models include low-effort electro-hydraulic (EH) controls for additional comfort and ease of operation. The EH controls are available for ISO, H, and foot control patterns. In addition, the E-Series features an option to allow the operator to switch between all three previously mentioned industry control patterns.
Other new standard features include connect-under-pressure auxiliary hydraulic couplers, and a new courtesy lighting feature that automatically shuts the machine lights off after operation.
The mid-frame models have been improved to enhance performance and make the machines more versatile. The optimized boom design provides best-in-class boom and bucket breakout throughout the lift path. It also offers greater reach at truck-bed height and increases lift height to the hinge pin.
The E-Series consists of nine total models. In skid steers, there are three large-frame models (326E, 328E, 332E) and two mid-frame models (318E, 320E). In CTLs, there are two large-frame models (329E, 333E) and two mid-frame models (319E, 323E). All models will be compatible with more than 100 available Worksite Pro™ attachments for optimal jobsite performance.


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Dede Proulx will always remain a beautiful testament of selflessness to the world.
Dede Proulx will always remain a beautiful testament of selflessness to the world. Her genuine compassion for others and spontaneous acts of kindness touched the hearts of countless people. Even in her passing, we recognize that Dede lived her life the way we should all live ours – full of love, acceptance and overwhelming joy and generosity.
Dede lived in Manchester, N.H., until she moved to Hampstead eight years ago with her husband, David, their son, Kyle, 22, and their daughter, Sammie, 17. Friends often called her "mother to many" because she opened her home to everyone and treated every child like her own. But as her sister Darci explains, Dede's charitable deeds went far beyond what most people knew.
With her gregarious personality, Dede would approach the people that most of us fail to notice. Like the man who frequently walked alongside the highway. Or the woman mistaken for a bag lady outside the grocery store. Dede never missed an opportunity to offer assistance and companionship.
After learning the man didn't own a car, she began driving him to work. Whenever she saw the woman at the store, she'd drive her home to keep her from waiting out in the cold. When her husband mentioned a customer with no friends or family, Dede began delivering her meals, helping her run errands, and quickly referred to Sally as her new beloved friend. As Sally's health declined, Dede continued to visit her every day. Throughout the past year, as Dede battled an incurable cancer, she kept a picture of Sally by her bedside.
Yet, despite the pain Dede suffered, she never lost her sense of humor or humility. She would constantly make light of her dire circumstances and joke with friends that her sister ruined dinner by running over her IV line. During one of her final days in the hospital, Dede was celebrating her 47th birthday when a woman entered her room, introduced herself as the case manager and began discussing arrangements to move Dede home.
After a moment Dede innocently interrupted and asked, "Wait a minute. Didn't you say you're the cake manager?"
Everyone in the room chuckled, knowing Dede was so focused on celebrating that she had made such an honest mistake
It's been hard to say goodbye to such a remarkable woman. Yet anyone who knew Dede knows for certain that there were angels to greet her in heaven. They were celebrating her arrival and most likely honoring her ... with cake!
To honor the charitable way in which Dede lived her life, please consider a gift to the family. Checks made payable to David Proulx will help cover medical expenses, and contributions to her daughter's college fund can be made payable to Samantha Proulx Custodial Account (please state: "account ending in 23" on the check). All contributions can be mailed to First Federal Bank, PO Box 430, Hampstead, NC 28443.
Christine Vara is a friend of the Proulx family.
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At the end of the North Coast's dry Mediterranean summers, Humboldt County's rural communities scramble for water.
The most immediate solution is capturing the area's abundant winter rain and meting it out through the dry months.
"It's very basic in its concept," Sanctuary Forest Executive Director Tasha McKee said. "Store water in the wet season to use in the dry season."
Homes, gardens, schools and farms -- legal and otherwise -- have to balance their needs with salmon and other fauna and flora of the landscape.
But expense, finicky state and county regulations, and a back-to-the-land attitude in rural Humboldt County have slowed adoption of legal water tanks. Several Southern Humboldt environmental groups have been working for years to make it easier and cheaper for people to install water tanks, and it appears that a growing awareness of water conservation is spreading from the affected communities to their policy makers.
A recent focus on the environmental damage caused by outdoor marijuana grows has brought the issue of water into the limelight.
"We are not taking care of our hillsides. If these guys had a chainsaw and a logging truck they'd be in jail," 1st District Supervisor Rex Bohn said. "The environmental aspects of this is the biggest problem we have."
Bohn has found some unlikely allies, including Friends of the Eel River Executive Director Scott Greacen, who agreed to help Bohn look into easing water regulations in Humboldt County. In Southern Humboldt, the Mattole Restoration Council and Sanctuary Forest have been looking at ways to make tanks a more viable solution to water woes.
Sanctuary Forest -- a public benefit corporation based out of Whitethorn -- has been offering assistance and education to people interested in using water tanks.
"There's really a stewardship ethic here," McKee said. "They really want to do something. That's one of the reasons our program has been successful. In the Mattole it's 95 percent riparian water rights, which means that your water right is based on the fact that you own land adjacent to a stream."
Following a particularly dry year in 2002, Sanctuary Forest began attending community meetings to gather input on a water tank program.
"What came back to us was people really wanted to do this," she said. "But they didn't know how much (water) they needed, didn't know how to do it, and they didn't have the funds."
State regulations pose the first hurdle for a potential water tank owner.
"Riparian water rights don't allow you to store water for more than 30 days," McKee said, though an exemption can be acquired for several hundred dollars. "Even the state water board -- they've gotten used to the fact that it doesn't make sense."
Next, any tank over 5,000 gallons must be permitted by the county, a sometimes tricky feat. Before the building department will approve a permit for a water tank, the landowner must prove that a home or other structure on the property is permitted.
"The deal breaker is that, out here, most of the houses do not have building permits," McKee said.
Back-to-the-landers since the 1960s have built unpermitted homes in the rural county, and the expense of getting a home up to code and signed off is prohibitive to people just trying to get steady water during summer months, she said.
Mattole Restoration Council Executive Director Hezekiah Allen said a small water tank can cost $800 to buy and another $500 to install.
"The permit doubles that," he said. "It's a very onerous permit process."
McKee said larger tanks cost tens of thousands of dollars to install, but in the long run are more economical.
Then there are additional taxes. Currently, the county views installation of a water tank as an improvement to a home.
"The installation of a water tank would be new construction and the associated value would be added to the assessment roll," County Assessor Mari Wilson wrote in an email.
McKee said people on limited incomes suffer the most.
"People run into obstacles at every step of the way, and get punished by being taxed," she said. "The county is standing in the way of solving the water scarcity program."
She hopes Humboldt County officials will look at a tax credit for water tanks because they are in the public interest -- like tax breaks for solar power or earthquake retrofitting.
McKee said Sanctuary Forest and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife have seen results since the water tank assistance program began.
"Through the end of last year, we've put in a million gallons of storage," McKee said. "There's measurable improvement of flows in those summer months, which is very exciting."
The project has helped install water tanks on 16 properties, including two small family farms, McKee said. Their next effort is getting Whitethorn School a tank.
"One of the things that we're really doing is changing the culture of how people think about water for the whole community," she said. "People are living with the pulse of the river."
That sentiment appears to be gaining traction with governments that oversee water tanks.
Sonoma County began a program to exempt taxes for installing water tanks.
"The hope there is take that template and apply it here in Humboldt," Greacen said.
Greacen said there's an effort underway to transfer the Sanctuary Forest assistance model to the South Fork of the Eel River as well.
"There's a lot of good faith efforts going," he said. "I think that there are ways to work with the existing regulatory framework and making it work."
Allen said Sonoma County's actions were not a "ready-made solution" for Humboldt County.
"Sonoma County took a great first step, but they didn't go far enough," he said, adding that nonprofit assistance isn't enough to sustain change. "The county does have the ability to have an impact."
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Recently, I've developed a love for all things owl- pillows, jewelry– so when I saw these graphic Keds, I knew I had to have them! This special line of pull-on sneaks feature prints by designer Eleanor Grosch, who has designed posters for indie faves like Death Cab for Cutie and Wilco. The owls are definitely my favorite, but the llamas and seahorses are pretty adorable too, especially if you want a pattern that isn't a floral. The best part? Only $40 and they're guaranteed to be comfortable for walking around the city. Can't beat that! — Melissa Liebling-Goldberg
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Pain Inhibition in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Central Sensitivity Syndromes
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Both patients with peripheral structural pathologies, like rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-patients, or patients with central sensitivity syndromes (CSS) suffer chronic pain. CSS are characterized by an increased responsiveness of central pain neurons. An impaired endogenous pain inhibition is already demonstrated in CSS. In the present study the investigators want to evaluate the efficacy of pain inhibition in response to physical stressors and whether the efficacy is opioid-mediated in two chronic pain populations (RA & CCS) compared to controls.
Therefore a triple-blinded randomized controlled trial (RCT) with cross-over design will be performed. The efficacy of wind-up of pain and spatial summation of pain is evaluated before and after a submaximal exercise, while the experimental group receives a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. Participants are 20 RA-patients and 20 CSS-patients, more specific patients with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, and 30 healthy controls. This way, the investigators analyze how pain inhibition reacts on different types of physical stressors in different pain patients and if pain inhibition is opioid-mediated.
|Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic Fibromyalgia Arthritis, Rheumatoid
|Drug: citalopram Drug: 1 ml 0.9 % NaCl
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Official Title:
|Unraveling Impaired Pain Inhibition in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Central Sensitivity Syndromes: a Series of Experiments Targeting Brain Neurotransmission
- Pain rates according to a visual analogue scale upon repeated pulses at pressure pain detection threshold intensity [ Time Frame: 5 minutes before and after exercise ]
Temporal summation is elicited with 10 pulses of the algometer at pressure pain detection threshold intensity on the dorsal surface of the right hand middle finger midway between the first and the second digital joints, and at the trapezius. Subjects are instructed to rate the pain level of the 1st, 5th and 10th pulse according to a visual analogue scale (VAS).
To assess spatial summation an occlusion cuff inflated to a painful intensity and maintained at that level while repeated algometer pulses are administered and pain ratings are recorded again.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|September 2010
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|September 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
intravenous, acute, 20mg/ml
Drug: citalopram
|Placebo Comparator: 1 ml 0.9 % NaCl
Drug: 1 ml 0.9 % NaCl
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Each study participant should be aged between 18 and 65 years. All three groups will be comparable for age, gender, education level and socioeconomic status; both patient groups will be comparable for illness duration.
- The Central Sensitivity Syndrome (CSS) group will comply with the diagnostic criteria for Fibromyalgia (FM) as defined by the American College of Rheumatology and the Centre of Disease Control criteria for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS).
- At the time of study participation, healthy control subjects cannot suffer any pain complaints. Sedentary is defined as a sedentary job and < 3 h moderate physical activity/week. Moderate physical activity is defined as activity demanding at least the threefold of the energy spent passively.
- Patients have to be able to cycle on a bicycle ergometer.
Exclusion Criteria:
- In order to preclude confounding factors, participants cannot be pregnant (pregnancy test) or until 1 year postnatal and will be asked to stop medication two weeks prior to study participation, not to undertake physical exertion, and to refrain from consuming caffeine, alcohol or nicotine on the day of the experiment. For ethical reasons, Rheumatoid arthritis(RA)-patients are able to take non-opioid pain medication as described in the 1st step of the World Health Organization analgesic ladder (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and paracetamol).
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01154647
|Contact: Mira Meeus, PhD
|0032 485 58 21 14
|Contact: Jo Nijs, PhD
|University Hospital Antwerp
|Not yet recruiting
|Edegem, Antwerp, Belgium, 2650
|Contact: Mira Meeus, PhD 0032 485 58 21 14 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Mira Meeus, PhD
|Sub-Investigator: Jo Nijs, PhD
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|Responsible Party:
|Meeus, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01154647 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
EudraCT 2010-020498-17
|Study First Received:
|June 28, 2010
|Last Updated:
|June 30, 2010
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic
Central Nervous System Diseases
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Pathologic Processes
Joint Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Rheumatic Diseases
Connective Tissue Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Muscular Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Virus Diseases
Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Neurotransmitter Agents
Serotonin Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation
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WHENEVER I VISIT a holiday tree festival where top designers deck the halls (and trees), I come away feeling as dull as a bureaucrat from Buffalo.
I arrive to the affair feeling pretty confident in my holiday decorating skills. I know to layer on the white lights, stick with a unified color scheme, and add seasonal bling in the right places. But I leave feeling decoratively deflated. My ideas fall flatter than gingerbread.
My visit to the 26th annual Festival of Trees, at the Orlando Museum of Art last week, proved no exception. Now I get that this is a modern art museum, so designers have creative license to do the unexpected. They did not disappoint.
But my holiday decorating bar just got higher. Used to be my goal (and I know this makes me sound ornamentally hollow) was to have a tree that looked like a department store tree. However, the trees at this festival are to department store trees what department store trees are to Charlie's Brown's tree.
They are exponentially extraordinary, and raise the art of tree decorating to the level of angels we have heard on high. Here's a sampling:
A tree made of stacked apple-green Tupperware bowls. The designer graduated the bowls' sizes — large bowls at the base, smaller bowls on up — to build the tree, then added hot pink ornaments.
The candy cane trees were a perfectly peppermint couple. One red tree (a refreshing change from green) was dressed in all white and mint-blue ornaments; its slightly smaller partner was a white tree decked with all red and mint-blue bulbs.
The Recycle Tree was made entirely of cut up water bottles, curled into ringlets, spray painted colors of the rainbow, and sprinkled with glitter. The tree skirt was a mesh of glitter-painted, connected bottle caps.
A tree in the shape of the Eiffel Tower garnished with Parisian-themed ornaments, and a faux French poodle.
Feel dull yet?
For those who just want to throw in the tree skirt (and some cash) and get a great tree without burning brain cells, they can take away a designer tree. The ones at this festival ranged from $400 for a small tree to $4,000, which included shrink-wrapping the tree and delivery to your home.)
But if that would blow your gift budget, as it would mine, you can take away some ideas instead — within reason. I mean, if I gathered my family to decorate the tree and pulled out a bunch of Tupperware, they would accuse me of hitting the spiked eggnog too hard.
Here are some ideas to help you get out of your holiday decorating rut, courtesy of Linda Cegelis, museum spokeswoman who has been part of the event for 20 years.
Create a scene. When decorating your tree, go beyond the branches. Decorate around the tree and create a vignette, said Cegelis. Coordinate the tree skirt, the wall behind, and the gift wrap. One Under-the-Sea-themed tree had clear ornaments that resembled bubbles running up the wall beside the tree. A winter wonderland tree had white sparkly branches lining the wall behind it like a snow-covered hedge, a billowy white gossamer skirt that resembled a snow drift, and a white artificial reindeer standing by.
Lay on the lights. It's hard to overdo them, Cegelis said. Don't just light the tree. Put lights around garland, wreaths, mirrors and the gingerbread house. "Think through the lighting. It should be significant," she said. The designers strongly prefer white lights.
Urn it. As part of your vignette, find an urn or large cachepot. Heap it with holiday greenery, ornaments or a scene with nutcrackers.
Don't stop at the top. The tip of your Tannenbaum should be a crowning moment. Forego the angel or star tree topper, and instead create an arrangement using large silk flowers, gilded branches and abundant ribbon, so it pulls the eye to top of tree. Toppers that fan up an out work well because they balance the base of the tree, said Cegelis.
Double the pleasure. Hanging a pretty framed mirror behind the tree gives you twice as much tree and sparkle, plus shows off the back of the tree. Prop an old window behind the tree to add architectural interest. Trim it, hang a wreath on in, wrap it in lights.
Focus rather than fragment decor. Pick a few areas of your home and go all out. The tree, and the area around it, the mantle and the front door are good places to pour on décor. Hold back in other areas. Spreading holiday decorations all over your house can feel suffocating, and soon nothing looks special. Happy Holidays!
Syndicated columnist Marni Jameson is the author of "House of Havoc," and "The House Always Wins" (Da Capo Press). Contact her through ww


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A YORK estate agent has been chosen to succeed deselected MP Anne McIntosh as Conservative candidate in Thirsk and Malton.
Kevin Hollinrake, from Easingwold, was selected from a shortlist of two men and two women. Local party members were in a balloted in a special meeting held yesterday evening at York Racecourse, which ran long into the night.
Mr Hollinrake, 50, is Managing Director and co-founder of Hunters Estate Agents, and current vice-chair of governors at Easingwold School.
A keen sportsman, he plays rugby union, cricket and golf and enjoys socialising and reading.
He will stand for the Conservative Party in the Thirsk and Malton constituency at next year's general election.
After his selection, Mr Hollinrake said: "I am delighted to have been selected as the Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Thirsk and Malton.
"It is a very important seat and I will now be working very hard to ensure it remains a Conservative seat so I will be able to represent people of Thirsk and Malton in Parliament.
He added: "I want to work hard to help the Conservative Party secure a majority Government in 2015 to build on the great things achieved by David Cameron and the party since the last election."
Miss McIntosh attended the three hour meeting as a member of the Thirsk and Malton Conservative Association. She lost an automatic reselection battle in February this year, and has since refused to make any definite public announcement about her political future.
Speaking last week, she said she was extremely proud to be the only female Conservative MP to represent a Yorkshire and the Humber seat.


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A war-traumatized combat veteran avoided prison Friday for holding his estranged wife hostage during an armed standoff in Novato.
Richard Michael Rudy, who uses the name Mike, was placed on five years' probation after an emotional hearing at which his wife spoke for 25 minutes. She urged Judge Paul Haakenson to send Rudy to prison for the maximum term possible, saying she still feared for her safety.
"I do not want to live the remainder of my life in fear," she said, reading from a 14-page statement. "I hope that I will be able to forgive Mike, but I will never be able to trust him."
Rudy, a former youth coach and the son of a former Novato police lieutenant, had dozens of supporters in the courtroom audience. He apologized for the crime.
"I feel terrible for what I've done," he told the judge. "Every day I feel terrible."
Rudy, 44, was able to avoid prison by accepting a so-called "Johnson waiver," through which he received a suspended prison sentence but forfeited more than 400 days' worth of credit for his time in county jail. Thus, if he fails to meet the terms of probation, he could be sent to prison for a full four years with no time deductions.
The standoff occurred May 4 in the 600 block of Arthur Street, when Rudy lured his estranged wife to their home on the pretense of a child custody exchange. After she entered the home, she realized the doors and windows had been boarded shut and the children were not there.
She said she tried to escape, but Rudy grabbed her, dragged her to the bedroom and forced himself on her. She said she was able to lock herself in the bathroom long enough to call 911.
Prosecutor Namita Bhatt played segments of the 911 tapes in court, and the victim's desperate screams resounded in the courtroom as Rudy broke through the bathroom door. "Help, please!" she cried. "Help, somebody!"
The line went dead, and a police dispatcher called back. Rudy answered, calmly telling the dispatcher that he and he wife were having a "domestic disturbance."
The dispatcher said police were on the way. Then the victim could be heard crying that Ruby had a gun, and urging him to put it down.
The ensuing standoff lasted four hours as Rudy threatened to kill himself and police negotiated his surrender.
Rudy, who had no prior convictions, pleaded guilty to false imprisonment with a firearm.
At the sentencing Friday, his lawyer, Gerald Schwartzbach, described Rudy as a shattered war hero haunted by wartime demons and alcoholism. Schwartzbach said Rudy, who served as a military policeman and paratrooper during Operation Desert Storm, was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, and he would not get the treatment he needs in state prison.
Bhatt, the prosecutor, argued for a three-year prison term. She said Rudy's cool demeanor during the 911 call, plus the planning involved in luring his wife to the trap, showed he was not someone in the throes of irrational mental trauma. She portrayed him as an abuser who wanted control.
"The defendant knew exactly what he was doing at that moment," she said.
Judge Haakenson acknowledged Rudy's military service but said the case was about the victim and the terror she suffered. But he also noted that Rudy, if sent to prison, would be out in less than a year with time credits, and without the benefit of adequate mental treatment.
Rudy's probation requires him to seek mental health and substance abuse treatment, pay restitution and fines, relinquish any guns and perform 60 hours of community service. The judge also signed a 10-year protective order barring Rudy from contact with his wife.
Rudy was released from jail Friday afternoon. His lawyer promised to take him directly to the Veterans Administration hospital in San Francisco to arrange his treatment program.
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2013 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Telecast to Stream Live Today; Tune In For Best Musical Theater Album & More!
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Breaking News: ONCE Wins 2013 GRAMMY Award for Best Musical Theater Album!
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BWW's On This Day - February 10, 2013
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Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 10 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events! (more...)
EVITA and Country Star Rachel Potter Plays Last NYC Show at Rockwood Music Hall Tonight
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Star of Evita on Broadway and rising Country Music singer Rachel Potter will play her final NYC show at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2 tonight, February 10. (more...)
Photo Flash: Nicholas Hytner Visits WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
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Nicholas Hytner, Director of London's National Theatre, visited the cast and crew after seeing the evening performance of WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Check out a photo of the group below! (more...)
URINETOWN's Mark Hollmann Becomes 2013 Composer-in-Residence at Texas State University
by BWW News Desk - February 10, 2013
Mark Hollmann, the Tony and Obie award-winning composer and lyricist of Urinetown, was recently named the 2013 Composer-in-Residence at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, according to Kaitlin Hopkins, the head of the Musical Theatre program at Texas State. (more...)
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I have been posting on introductions and thought it was time to move over. I was wondering if anyone has been on Compozene for the neaseau. My stepdad's so sick at his stomach that a single bite of food or water just makes him sick. They are taking him off of the phenergan and putting him on the compozene and also zopran in between as needed. they are also switching his oxycodone to ms contin. Has anyone had this and what to expect? He doesn't seem to have much pain but the neaseau is just so severe that he hasn't eaten and barely drinking in over 6 weeks. His last chemo treatment was 2 weeks ago which was the last. Just let me know if any have had taken these and if you know anything personally about them. Thanks so much in advance.


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Got a couple of Brass Railroad Keys this weekend.
The key on the left has FRR V on the front and S 322 on the back.
The other has CRRR on the front and S on the back.
Both made by W. Bohannan Brooklyn NY.
The CRRR I have found it might be Copper River RR or Crystal River RR, found nothing on the FRR one.
Also, I learned ebay won't let you auction them, some anti-terroism law?
Is that true, can they be sold at all? Any Railroad guys out there that can help me?
Any help is appreciated


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This commentary originally appeared at 8:08 a.m. EST on Nov. 19 on Real Money Pro -- for access to all of legendary hedge fund manager Doug Kass's strategies and commentaries, click here.
One day, the sardines disappear from their traditional habitat off the Monterey, Calif., shores, the commodity traders bid the price of sardines up, and prices soar. Then, along comes a buyer who decides that he wants to treat himself to an expensive meal and actually opens up a can and starts eating. He immediately gets ill and tells the seller that the sardines were no good. The seller quickly responds, "You don't understand. These are not eating sardines; they are trading sardines!"
-- Seth Klarman, Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor
Five months ago, I was speaking to the legendary Ira Harris (one of the most influential Wall Streeters over the last 40 years; back in the day, he ran Salomon Brothers' Chicago office), who mentioned that he could not remember a time during his investment career when there was so much uncertainty as there is now.
Ira's fears of uncertainty (mentioned earlier this year) represent the reality of the times today. Human beings fear that which they do not know, be it economic, social, political, geopolitical or even environmental (especially of a climate kind).
The market's wild swings and Hurricane Sandy are the most recent reminders of the world's fragility -- it is a world far different than when my Grandma Koufax was investing years ago.
Over the weekend, Nassim Nicholas Taleb wrote a thoughtful editorial in The Wall Street Journal that underscores that investors must learn to live with disorder and volatility.
An important contributing factor to the market's volatility and disorder is the more frequent emergence of black swans.
In economic life and history more generally, just about everything of consequence comes from black swans; ordinary events have paltry effects in the long term....
Modernity has been obsessed with comfort and cosmetic stability, but by making ourselves too comfortable and eliminating all volatility from our lives, we do to our bodies and souls what Mr. Greenspan did to the U.S. economy: We make them fragile. We must instead learn to gain from disorder.
-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, "Learning to Love Volatility," The Wall Street Journal (Nov. 17)
Volatility and disorder are likely a constant state in a global economy that is experiencing a new normal that remains on tenterhooks, still experiencing the tail issues stemming from the last down cycle and, as a result, only experiencing a fragile trajectory of growth.
Below are Taleb's five rules for prospering in a world in disorder:
- Rule No. 1: "Think of the economy as being more like a cat than a washing machine." Policy aimed at stability and the absence of pronounced cycles is misplaced. As Taleb writes, "The state should be there for emergency-room surgery, not nanny-style maintenance and overmedication of the patient -- and it should get better at the former." Cease bailouts and keep safety nets as long as they encourage entrepreneurs and do not increase dependency.
- Rule No. 2: "Favor businesses that benefit from their own mistakes, not those whose mistakes percolate into the system." Certain industries -- such as the restaurant business (when their meals are poor in quality, they have to improve the quality in order to survive) or the airline industry (whose safety measures improve after each disaster) -- are anti-fragile. Success should be an outgrowth of adversity. By contrast, each bank failure hurts the entire system.
- Rule No. 3: "Small is beautiful, but it is also efficient." Size often increases fragility. The elephant breaks his leg at the slightest fall, but the mouse is unharmed by a steep fall. (This helps to explain, in part, why we have more mice than elephants!) We need an economic system that distributes risk along a wide range of sources.
- Rule No. 4: "Trial and error beats academic knowledge." Potential errors should be small; potential gains should be large.
- Rule No. 5: "Decision makers must have skin in the game." We ended up in the financial and economic soup in the last cycle because bankers had a "tails I win heads you lose" compensation system. Whether that compensation includes a large portion of stock or whatever it takes, corporate executives must have a significant and vested interest in the companies they manage. They must be accountable for lack of success and must suffer financially when there is failure to execute.
So, how do we incorporate Taleb's socioeconomic lessons into our investing playbook?
Many of my most successful hedge fund friends have made their fortunes in buying and holding -- namely, by discovering investment acorns that rise into mighty oaks. They contend that, regardless of the environment, there will always be those opportunities.
Many of these hedge-hoggers have prospered by bottoms-up stock picking and have often downplayed the macroeconomic backdrop.
But perhaps the landscape has changed and the investment fields are simply not as fertile as they were in the old days.
Are We Stuck in a Broad Trading Range Over the Intermediate Term?
Well, I don't know why I came here tonight
I got the feeling that something ain't right
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am
Stuck in the middle with you.
-- Stealers Wheel, "Stuck in the Middle With You"
I would conclude that, while my hedge-hogger friends might be correct -- though for many, it has paid mighty dividends -- the unique conditions that exist today make the harvesting of those great investments ever more difficult. Indeed, there are numerous fundamental, valuation, sentiment and technical factors that support the notion that both the upside reward and downside risk might be limited (over the intermediate term) and that, as Stealers Wheel sang, we are "stuck in the middle with you."
Investment Conclusion: How Should We Operate?
Generally speaking I would err on the side of conservatism.
- Maintain lower than typical long exposure. For example, if your normal invested position is net long 70%, think about maintaining net longs of 40%-60%, depending on your risk tolerance.
- Be careful of large, maturing companies whose time has passed. More often than not, they are value traps subject to disruptive competition. (See Taleb's rule No. 3 above.)
- Be receptive to committing an expanding part of your investing portfolio to smaller and more disruptive stock positions -- Sourcefire (FIRE) comes to mind. (Again, see Taleb's rule No. 3.)
- Reduce the amount of investing you do while expanding your short-term trading activity. Be more active in long and short rentals.
- While being more active in trading, be more patient than usual in your longer-term investing and wait for your right pitch, both with regard to an earnings and price timing set up. Volatility and disorder are accompanied by repeated opportunities to capture attractive entry points.
- Be more active on the short side. Volatility encourages disappointment for those companies' managements that are inflexible, that are unable to respond to shorter economic cycles, whose margins might come under pressure (and pricing power limited) and whose profit stream is vulnerable to an economic wind no longer at the global economy's back.
- Avoid concentration by diversifying your portfolio across industry lines, and keep individual equity commitments lower as a percentage of your total investment book.
- Learn to trade based on specific catalysts, ranging from generic industry developments, earnings and other factors.
- In order to be a nimble trader you must learn how to buy red and sell green. To do that, you have to overcome your emotions and learn to acquire more of a contrarian streak.
The next thing investors can consider in terms of dealing with volatility, disorder and possibility of the emergence of more black swans is to be long gamma, but that will be the subject of a future column.
In summary, looking out over the next few years, as unappetizing as it appears to some, we must learn how to operate successfully in a trading-sardine market, not in an eating-sardine market.


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Hello one and all. First, I want to thank you for taking a second to read my blog. Next, for anyone who is familiar with this series, I normally do it in the format of the good, the bad, and the indifferent, and then the overall thoughts. That is indeed how this will be. So, this is the first Raw after Survivor Series. I ended up purchasing Survivor Series last night, and I don't know if it was because
What is up one and all? I hope everyone is doing well, and is looking forward to Thanksgiving and Black Friday. I know I am. Before we get there though, we have a stop at Survivor Series. One of the big four PPV's of the year for the WWE. In this blog, i am going to give my opinion on each match that has been announced for the card, and who I think will win. To start with, I think this will roughly
So this week, I was thinking about one wrestler in particular, Dolph Ziggler. Now I will be the first to sit here and say I was one of those people who thought Dolph Ziggler was on the cusp of breaking out onto the main event scene, and once he did, he would stay at the top and be a star. I would have said that 6 months ago, now...not so much. Lets look at this year so far for Dolph Ziggler.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and wrestling fans, it is the one, it is the only, it is, Uncooked! For those of you who are unfamiliar, this is a blog I use to do with each Raw. My first one was back on January 10th, and my last one before I stepped away from blogging for a while was on October
Ok guys, so here is my second blog since coming back! This is actually a joint blog, with another guy who is just getting into blogging, Dennis! So the idea with this is merely that we discuss different topics.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Goose Summer
While the little she-devil wailed, mommy dearest kept repeating her failed mantra, "Use your inside voice, Haley." Had we all fallen through a trap door into some Bizzaro-Montessori-gone-south experiment in parenting? Please bring us all a collective pair of tantrum-cancelling earphones. Snakes on a plane.
We decided instead to open the hatch and throw the child and her mother out. A young Army paratrooper on leave volunteered an extra chute for the pair. It was a little windy and we lost some papers and a laptop or two, but afterwards all the remaining kids were good, and all the parents learned some new skills, quickly.
Later, I witnessed one of those wonderful scenes one sometimes finds in the wine business. That would be people interested in learning about wine from each other. The laptop is the modern day campfire, we tell stories about vineyards and wines around it. We indoctrinate young people to come into the trade. We show them exotic places and underground caverns, measureless to man. Yeah, the wine trade is one big giant Xanadu, with the requisite vow of poverty.
The other day I broke out about 60 or so bottles of wine for a journalist. Standing room only, all the seats on this hopeful plane of press were filled. The Pinot Noir phenom- we tasted 8-10 of them- some were pricey- $35-ish. For that price, if an Italian wine isn't perfect we hear it all the way back to 1982. "But they don't make enough Pinot Noir," which is usually followed by the invocation, "and we need all we can get." Yeah, I heard that spun back in the 90's with Merlot. There is about to be a lot of broken golden goose eggs, folks.
The dog days of summer. Retailers in these parts have a floor tax. Translation: "We aren't buying." Things can be challenging in terms of starting anything up until after Labor Day. This is our Ferragosto without the beach, without the table, without the camaraderie of a slow time and a break taken to accommodate for the lull. We have brought in counselors for the sales staff who have to deal with the inertia of the market place (temporary). And still the onslaught continues; we keep seeing more new wines being brought in. The goose is stuffed. Can someone lock the doors now?
Seats forward and tray tables up. Pass the parachutes, please.
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Very nicely put. As for the sales slowdown, I doing all I can. However, I'll try and drink more. I like to be as helpful as possible. In the meantime, courage and persevere.
- August 29, 2007 at 8:45 AM
- BK said...
Hey... We're trying too! We still have 20 bottles of Paul and Mike's Sassetto, as well as 24 bottles of Cameron Hughes' latest negociant brilliance (sorry, CA all the way, there). So, what do you expect?!
I'd put in a plonk misting system in the courtyard to help move things along, but I'm afraid it would stain the stucco. Plus, my wife wouldn't appreciate her white crapes turning purple.
Maybe you can grab that Satan's spawn kid back from the 'chute and help his descent with a few cases strapped to his back?
Hang in... cold, red wine weather is only 3 months away here!
- August 29, 2007 at 8:35 PM
- Italian Wine Guy® said...
Thanks, gents...
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Insider Special: Global Perspective
By Chad Ford
ESPN Insider
# Chad Ford's mock draft: Standard version | Slideshow version
TREVISO, Italy -- In ancient times, mariners claimed that all important trades routes ran through Venice, Italy. For hundreds of years the ancient city, literally built on the ocean, with wooden pillars and a series of canals serving as streets, was the center of maritime commerce in Europe. Now, it's sinking back into the ocean.
Nowadays, scouts claim that all roads in international scouting run through Treviso, a smaller city about 30 kilometers north of Venice and home to international clothing giant the United Colours of Benetton. Here, Benetton GM Maurizio Gherardini -- possibly the most powerful GM in the world outside the United States -- has built the most modern and innovative basketball franchise not in the NBA.
Gherardini, a former banker, caught a vision, as an exchange student in St. Louis, of how a good basketball team should be run. A few years later, he returned to Italy with a passion for the game and began transforming European basketball as we know it.
Maurizio Gherardini is one of the most respected talent evaluators in Europe.
Gherardini translated important books on basketball and coaching into Italian and passed them out to coaches around the country. He began organizing basketball camps and clinics, including the first-ever coaches clinic in Europe -- an affair that brought the likes of Hubie Brown, Bill Walton, Detlef Schrempf and Bob McAdoo to Italy.
In 1992, he took over the most coveted basketball job in Europe -- GM of Benetton. The Benetton family already had sunk enormous resources into creating the most impressive basketball infrastructure on the continent. La Ghirada, their sport complex, is the most beautiful and modern practice facility in the country. Their arena is stunning.
Armed with unprecedented resources from the Benetton family, Gherardini set out to do more than just build a championship basketball team in Treviso -- he set out to change the way European teams ran their operations.
"The big plus of this place is you can dream," Gherardini told Insider. "You can have ideas and you have the resources to turn those ideas into realities. I wanted to do more than win. I wanted to give back to the community."
Over the past decade, Benetton has become the standard-bearer for European basketball. NBA scouts are here almost on a weekly basis. Every summer, Benetton holds an enormous array of extra curricular activities that draw people from around the NBA and the world. They include the Reebok Big Man camp and the Reebok Eurocamp, where top European young players learn and compete; a summer league where international free agents compete for jobs in front of just about every GM and coach in Europe; Basketball without Borders, a program that brings young basketball players from war torn areas together and teaches them life lessons as well as basketball skills; and an international coaches clinic that sometimes draws upwards of a 1,000 participants.
In the process, Gherardini has built a powerful alliance with the NBA and many of the teams in the league. In addition to his expertise running the franchise, he has developed the most sophisticated scouting system in the Euroleague. He gives many teams advice concerning NBA prospects and is one of the few GMs in Europe who doesn't soak a team or player when he gets drafted in the NBA.
"You do things that make sense," Gherardini said. "Players have dreams, and we should help them achieve it. This is not a one-way business. We are involved in a common project."
Gherardini has become so well respected that he was interviewed and seriously considered for the vacant GM job in Charlotte last year. It was the first time a non-U.S. executive ever had been interviewed for a top job in the NBA. Gherardini didn't get the job, but many people in the league think that within the next five years he'll be running an NBA team.
"Maurizio is one of the best GMs in the world," Nuggets GM Kiki Vandeweghe told Insider. "He really runs a first class organization here. I don't think there's anything in Europe that rivals it. I think there's no question he'll be a great GM in the league. No question."
"You have to have that dream," Gherardini said when asked about his interest in leaving Benetton for the NBA. "It would have to be the right time and the right system, but yes I would want that. I think I could bring a global vision to the NBA and provide a very deep evaluation of players both in America and around the world."
Given Gherardini's reputation and his intimate knowledge of international players (he attended every camp session this week), Insider asked him to provide his take on the top international players in this year's draft. Here's the way he sees it:
Pavel Podkolzine, C, Russia
"I've known him since he arrived in Italy two years ago. He has obviously improved quite a bit. He has many qualities that are unusual for a 7-foot-5 player. He has great hands for a big guy. He's a very good ball handler for someone that size. His body is very good, and he's not afraid to be aggressive in the post. I think he will be a success in the NBA. The question with him is just how good he'll get. He could be good, or he could be great."
Gherardini calls Andris Biedrins a "very intriguing big man."
Andris Biedrins, PF, Latvia
"He's a very intriguing big man. We almost signed him earlier in the year, so I know him well. He has no fear. A nice stone face. He's unusually aggressive and very mature mentally. I think he will have a shorter adjustment in the NBA than most players. He has good experience for his age. Latvaa is a second-level league, but people forget he also plays about 20 games a year in international competition against first-level talent. He has a lot of minutes under his belt for a kid his age."
Martynas Andriuskevicius, F/C, Lithuania
"I believe he is a small forward. At 7-foot-3 he could be really special. He has a great 3-point shot. He has good feel for the game and smart instincts. I have no doubt he will be a huge prospect in the NBA. If he stays in the draft, teams very high will have to seriously consider him. He just needs to get stronger."
Kosta Perovic, C, Serbia
"He's played an important role on his team this year. He has the size to be an NBA player and has very good skills and a steady shot. His game is probably closer to a four right now, but I don't know if he has the athleticism or footwork to play that position in the pros just yet. Another year or two in Europe may be helpful."
Sergei Monya, SG/SF, Russia
"He will require the smallest adjustment to play in the NBA. He already has an NBA 3-point shot and an NBA body. And let's not forget he is just 20 years old. He has very good athleticism for a European player. He plays more like an American. He's ready for the NBA."
Tiago Splitter, PF, Brazil
"He's finally getting some minutes under his belt this year. He's a four I think. Splitter's a smart player. He really understands the game. He's very long and a pretty good athlete. He may just need one or two more seasons of tough Euroleague fighting to complete his game."
I think he will be a success in the NBA. The question with him is just how good he'll get. He could be good or he could be great.
Maurizio Gherardini on Russian big man Pavel Podkolzine
Johan Petro, PF/C, France
"He's very intriguing. I'm surprised at how much he's improved. He's played just one year with the top team and didn't really get a chance to play. He has everything to be an NBA player. A great body and a good athlete. Teams will have to think twice before passing on him."
Anderson Varejao, PF, Brazil
"He is one of the most gifted athletes in Europe right now. He plays very hard and aggressive. I'm still not sure what position he plays. He is improving every year but still needs to add a few things to his game."
Viktor Khryapa, SF, Russia
"He has a lot of tools. He's had a good experience playing in Russia. He has long arms and is a good defender. Again, I'm just not sure what position he will play in the NBA."
Sasha Vujacic, PG/SG, Slovenia
"He is playing in Italy at Udine this year, so I know him very well. He has no fear. He has very nice size for his position. He is playing an important role on his team, which is very good. He can play two positions, but in Italy he spends most of his time at the two. I think to be successful in the NBA he has to be a point guard."
Gherardini declined to discuss several of the younger players in the draft, because he hadn't seen them enough. That raised another interesting question. If Gherardini, one of the most active scouts in Europe, didn't have a handle on them, were NBA teams reaching too far into Europe?
Remember, Gherardini was Nikoloz Tskitishivili's GM when he was drafted.
"You could feel it coming even before Skita," Gherardini said. "You could see how the demographics of the NBA were changing, and you knew it would eventually come to Europe. I am not as bothered by it as some. I think European players are closing the gap physically with international ones. They play basketball 12 months a year and play games against much older players under very intense pressure. I think most of them come pretty well prepared to play in the NBA."
Still, mistakes are made, and Gherardini admits that sometimes he raises his eyebrows when he sees certain players on NBA draft lists.
"Everyone in this business makes mistakes," Gherardini said. "I can understand. It's not easy to make correct evaluations when players are so young. Five years ago, the NBA was picking the cream of the crop after we had discovered and developed them. Now they are in the same boat we are. We are all searching for young players with potential. That will lead to errors."
Chad Ford covers the NBA for ESPN Insider. Send him an e-mail here.


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I came across this site a while ago during my investigations of Buddhism. While I'm currently not a buddhist, I find many of the teachings useful and believe the Theravada teachings to be about as close to what the Buddha probably taught (although I am no scholar). I found this to be a very helpful site and enjoyed many of the postings here. Members seem very helpful and some member postings have definitely made me rethink certain positions.
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Hi, all. I have not written in awhile. But here goes! Post-chemo palliative left lobe liver resection 1/31/13 followed by y-90 radiation to the remaining right lobe (it had tumors too but small ones) 2/20/13 ... the plan had been to return to chemo but have not yet. Tried twice, once in March and once in April, but counts always plummeted so no more chemo. Platelets seem perfectly happy to sit at about 60 or 70.
I have done no treatment since, and felt great all summer - - and what a blessing that has been! The scans in mid-July (PET/ct and MRI) showed no visible signs of disease. Unfortunately my tumor markers never got down to zero and have been going up all summer, but then ... mid-September scans continue to show no visible disease. So we are now scanning every 8 weeks, just waiting and seeing what shows up.
I am going to have a bland embolization of my spleen to see if we can kick out some platelets (they hide there) so I can get into a trial when I have a tumor to watch. I'm looking at my oncologist's MEK inhibitor trial but you need 1. platelets and 2. tumors to watch. We know this cancer always comes back, I'm just hoping mine takes its sweet time. I love not being on chemo. One other option I have is to "treat the tumor markers" and take xeloda (which is apparently not hard on counts) and see if the markers come down. One doc says xeloda alone is not very useful against cholangio but another doc says it is. What do you all think of that? Oh, I did develop an ulcer, but there are good drugs for that. So all's well for today.
Thinking always of you brave friends of mine on these boards. xox Holly


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December 28, 2012
The South Tahoe Board of Realtors generously donated money and their time to sponsor Bread & Broth's evening dinner on Monday, Dec. 3. Their donation covered the costs involved in providing a hot, well-balanced meal to more than 80 guests at their Adopt A Day of Nourishment dinner. Representing the South Tahoe Board of Realtors at the dinner were Joe Filipko, Jennifer Fortune and Mark Treiber. The sponsor's volunteer crew worked side by side with Bread & Broth volunteers to bag give away food items, distribute the bags and serve the dinner and beverages to the attending dinner guests. They were an awesome crew and all of the Bread & Broth volunteers enjoyed working with Joe, Jennifer and Mark.Bread & Broth is very thankful to South Tahoe Board of Realtors for their support of the program's efforts to provide a weekly evening meal to the needy members of the South Lake Tahoe community. Due to donor and volunteer generosity, Bread & Broth has been providing sustenance and a central gathering place every Monday evening at St. Theresa Church's parish hall for more than 23 years.For more information on Bread & Broth donation or volunteering opportunities, contact Carol Gerard at 530-542-2876 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Carol GerardBread & Broth


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Lincoln Center's WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL Begins Tonight, 10/18
Lincoln Center's third White Light Festival, which focuses on "music's unmatched capacity to illuminate the many dimensions of our interior lives," will take place from tonight, October 18 to November 18, 2012.
This international multi-disciplinary festival features musical artists spanning musical genres and traditions, from ghazal and Punjabi folk songs performed by Kiran Ahluwalia to Gustav Mahler's Ninth Symphony, as interpreted by Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra. Two outstanding choral ensembles will participate: the acclaimed Latvian Radio Choir from Riga making its U.S. debut and Ensemble Basiani demonstrating its mastery of the world's oldest polyphonic music. The Festival will also feature works by Heiner Goebbels and Karlheinz Stockhausen, the latter performed by Analog Arts (percussionist Stuart Gerber and sound projectionist Joe Drew).
William Christie and Les Arts Florissants return to Alice Tully Hall with a performance of three of Charpentier's richly-textured sacred motets. Pianist Emanuel Ax joins conductor Matthias Pintscher and musicians of the New York Philharmonic, mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford and tenor Russell Thomas for a performance of the chamber version of Mahler's wrenching Das Lied von der Erde. Very special instrumental soloists will make their White Light debuts: pianist Paul Lewis performing Schubert's last three sonatas; superstar of the organ, Cameron Carpenter, offering his unique interpretation of selected works by Bach; and Wang Li, a master of the jaw harp and calabash flute.
Also appearing is five-time Grammy Award winner Mary Chapin Carpenter, singing her own compositions from her newest recording, Ashes and Roses. Mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink joins pianist Anthony Spiri for a program of songs by Schumann, Dvo?ák, and Mahler, selected expressly for the Festival. Late-Night Elegies, the popular hour-long performances at 10:30 PM in the Kaplan Penthouse, return with Liam Ó Maonlaí, a founding member of the Irish rock group Hothouse Flowers, and pianist Alexei Lubimov.
The White Light Festival is sponsored by Time Warner Inc.
TICKETS: for White Light Festival are available online at WhiteLightFestival.org, by calling CenterCharge, 212-721-6500, or at the Avery Fisher or Alice Tully Hall box offices, Broadway and 65th Street. Note: Programs, artists, schedules and ticket prices are subject to change.


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Nature is great at providing object lessons. In 2011, for much of the country (with perhaps the exception of Texas) the lesson was about the impact of excess moisture. In 2012, it seems to be a lesson about lack of moisture and its consequences. While the national news has been focused on the western wildfires and the terrible losses there, it almost seems as if a set of fires is impacting agriculture in other parts of the country. What's clear is that nature is currently giving us a lesson about how prevention and preparedness can be used to minimize the potential for fire on your farm.
Between 1996 and 1998, there were more than 20,000 fires each year on agricultural properties with over $102 million dollars of loss each year. To combat those types of losses, a large portion of prevention should go into planning to reduce risk. In other words, a farm operator should consider ways to incorporate fireproof or low flammability materials when building or remodeling facilities, including updating electrical service and wiring to meet modern uses and codes. Check with your power provider to see if there are incentives available to assist farms with the cost of upgrading. This might also be the time to re-examine insurance coverage against fire for animals, buildings and equipment.
Another way to increase prevention includes increasing the farm operation's ability to quickly address a small fire before it becomes a large one. Invite representatives of the local fire department to visit the farm to identify risks and suggest methods for reducing fire risk. Let the experts give you advice on how to identify dangerous situations. Additionally, building a relationship with first responders helps them understand your operation better.
At the same time preventative measures are examined, the opportunity to embrace a preparedness culture on the farm is another way to potentially reduce the overall impact should there be a fire. A first step is to evaluate and adjust the availability, type and size of fire extinguishers on the farm.
Fire extinguishers are classified for different types of fire. Each type is appropriate for a different type of fire. Using the wrong type of extinguisher on the wrong type of fire can make the fire spread more quickly. Depending on the type of fire that could develop in different areas of the farm means that different types and sizes of fire extinguishers may be needed at different locations around the farm (home, office, shop, etc.). Due to the risk of fire during harvesting operations each truck, tractor and self-propelled harvester or combine should have at least one extinguisher in the field. It is also important that each person on the farm understand the differences between fire extinguishers and know how to use them. Fire and extinguisher training is a great safety training opportunity for farm staff and management. A large group of training fact sheets and training materials are available for free at the National Ag Safety Database.
A final consideration for those interested in improving fire response on the farm might be the installation of a dry hydrant. A dry hydrant is a standpipe with a standard hydrant connection which leads to a farm pond or natural water source. Most rural areas where farms can be found do not have on site public water supplies to be used by firefighters to fight fires. Most rural fire departments either rely on tankers to shuttle water to a fire and/or plan to draw water from local natural or manmade water sources. Many farms have an advantage over other rural residences because there are farm ponds that were originally built to provide water for cattle and other agricultural activities. The dry hydrants are set up to allow for that water to be used by the first responders. Do the first responders have the ability to draw their own water from the pond? Yes they probably do, but accessing the pond may take valuable time before they can be set up to do so. Installation of a dry hydrant is not that difficult. There are some engineering and likely some type of community approvals required to ensure everything operates appropriately. A discussion with the local Fire Department is probably the best place to start. Irrigation from other large wells found on farms can, in some cases, also be set up to allow for emergency use. But, if the power shutoff and power supply for the well pump is not routed separately from the rest of the farm structures you may find that the first responders may not be able to use it because they cut power to the entire farm or the building on fire for safety reasons.
Though there are thousands of agricultural fires in the U.S. each year, addressing this risk on your own farm does not require large sums of money, time or effort. Small steps taken to assess risk, train family and staff, review plans and improve preparedness are all simple to do and worth the time in the big picture, if you consider the value of the farm operation.
Dean Ross is an agrosecurity and dairy farm management consultant based in Michigan. He can be reached at: firstname.lastname@example.com


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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Park Geun-hye has become South Korea's first female president and returned to the presidential mansion where she grew up with her dictator father.
As president, Park will face stark divisions both in South Korean society and with rival North Korea, which detonated an underground nuclear device about two weeks ago. South Koreans worry about a growing gap between rich and poor, and there's pressure for her to live up to her campaign suggestion that she can return the country to the strong economic growth her strong-man father oversaw.
Park technically took over as the clock struck midnight. Her swearing-in ceremony Monday was to be attended by tens of thousands, including international dignitaries.


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Philadelphia's only emergency shelter for battered women has been forced to turn away thousands of victims because it just didn't have enough room.
Now, after several years of budget cuts, the nonprofit group Women Against Abuse is building a second shelter for victims of domestic violence with the help of a $2.5 million city grant. The shelter is scheduled to open by the end of 2013.
It will provide 100 additional shelter beds, for a total of 200 beds in Philly.
Renee Norris-Jones has passionately lobbied City Council members for increased city funding. She knows how harrowing it is to learn that the shelter is full.
Norris-Jones tried to flee her abusive husband throughout the 1970s. When she finally got the courage to call the emergency shelter on a payphone, though, she often found there wasn't enough room for her.
"I remember standing out there, rain, snow, sleet or hail, making that phone call," she said. "And they say, 'There's no room.'"
Eventually, there was room for her at the shelter. In fact, she said the shelter's staff helped her escape to Texas to get away from her husband. That wasn't the last time she saw him, but, finally, she did break free from the abusive relationship.
"I'm alive today because of them," she said.
In fiscal year 2008, the shelter had to turn away abuse victims 1,906 times. Last fiscal year, it said "no" 8,465 times.
'Only the beginning,' Council member vows
Jeannine Lisitski, executive director of Women Against Abuse, said the new facility will accommodate an additional 600 women and children annually.
"Today, we celebrate a victory," she said. "This is a remarkable accomplishment. At the same time, it is important to recognize the magnitude of the need this new facility will help us overcome."
Lisitski said that even with a second shelter, the group will likely still have to turn women away. She said several other big U.S. cities have 250 shelter beds dedicated to domestic violence victims.
"The sheer number of women and children that need this service is horrific," she said.
City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson pledged ongoing support for abused women, calling this "only the beginning."


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CINCINNATI — Specialty pharmacy and home infusion provider CarePoint Partners has acquired a Houston-based infusion company that it said would make it a leader in the Texas market.
CarePoint announced the acquisition of ivA Lifetec, a home-infusion pharmacy that specializes in infusions for children, as well as nursing. Financial details were not disclosed. CarePoint said Lifetec was its 10th acquisition since December 2007, and that it now provides home infusion and specialty services in seven states.
"Our business model is to closely partner with healthcare professionals in the patient continuum of care involving in-home or alternate-site infusion therapy," CarePoint CEO Dana Soper said. "What really makes us different is the fact that we go beyond the fundamental drop-ship dispatch services. We employ a collaborative 'hospital-to-home' program that optimizes outcomes and patient satisfaction."


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The Milk Processor Education Program will team again this year with the beloved PEANUTS® characters to help increase milk sales with the "Chocolate Milk: The Official Drink of Halloween" promotion. The 2012 promotion reminds moms that low-fat chocolate milk is a tasty and healthy Halloween treat while providing retailers with an easy way to enjoy an incremental lift in sales.
The ad, featuring the beloved PEANUTS characters dressed in Halloween "disguises," will appear in Parents Magazine, Redbook, Better Homes & Gardens, Us Weekly, Martha Stewart, Scholastic Parent & Child, People and other magazines through Oct. 31.
Now in its seventh year, the Official Drink of Halloween promotion has generated positive results for retailers. Some have reported an increase in flavored milk sales of as much as 5 percent to 15 percent during the promotional period.
"Halloween provides an additional occasion for consumers to drink milk, allowing retailers to increase sales of chocolate milk," said Julie Buric, MilkPEP vice president of marketing.
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NEWPORT County boss Justin Edinburgh admits he's gutted to have potentially lost Aaron O'Connor for the rest of the season.
And the Exiles boss is also now without his first choice goalkeeper with number one and birthday boy Lenny Pidgeley out for a month with an ankle injury.
County have been forced to bring in a third stopper, ex-Torquay man Conor Thompson joining on a short-term deal as Edinburgh faces up to gruelling end to the campaign without last season's 20-goal top scorer.
O'Connor underwent hernia surgery this week to deal with his ongoing groin problems that have sidelined him for the best part of year. At this stage, boss Edinburgh admits it's unclear when he'll play again.
County now have O'Connor, Pidgeley and striker Chris Zebroski out on the sidelines for at least the next few weeks, though Max Porter, Jamie Stephens, Ismail Yakubu, Danny Crow and Byron Anthony have all returned to action.
"It's a blow to lose Azza again, unfortunately he's had to go into hospital and have a further operation," Edinburgh explained at his media briefing.
"It's a great shame for the player and also for the football club. It's one of those things, it couldn't be detected in a scan and he's had to go under the knife again.
"It's been a long road for him, really, really tough, he's up and down as you'd expect, he's desperate to play football and he's been so unfortunate to that end.
"We have to look forward with him not backwards, but he's had to have both groins repaired and we need to be positive with him now... It's difficult to say if he will play this season for us now."
Edinburgh is less concerned about Pidgeley, who turns 30 today.
"Lenny hurt his ankle right at the end of the Southend game, he's done the ligament and we're probably looking at between two to four weeks," he said.
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Nickname: Rowdy
Birthplace: Riverside, Calif.
Raised: Jamestown, N.D./Santa Monica, Calif.
Age: 27
Record: 9-0
Last fight: Defeated Sara McMann via TKO (knee) at 1:06 of the first round at UFC 170 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Feb. 22.
Twitter: @RondaRousey
Quote: "There's no ego between any of us. Whoever has a fight coming up, we are all like your slave, pretty much. ... It's not like it's all about one person. It's all about whoever's got something coming up."
Editor's Note: The MMA fighters who have come to be known as The Four Horsewomen — Ronda Rousey, Marina Shafir, Jessamyn Duke, and Shayna Baszler – have formed a rock-solid sisterhood. They challenge and encourage each other as they navigate their careers. This is Part Four of a special project highlighting how their paths have merged: The Four Horsewomen.
At the top of the mountain resides Ronda Rousey.
This is her faction, her lair, her doing.
And no one has second-guessed it for a second.
"Where else would I rather be? I'm learning so much," Jessamyn Duke said.
Special Section: The Four Horsewomen
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• Part 1 - Marina Shafir
• Part 2 - Shayna Baszler
• Part 3 - Jessamyn Duke
• Part 4 - Ronda Rousey
As for the makeup of The Four Horsewomen group, everyone brings something to the table.
When asked how to define everyone, Rousey puts it this way — as only she can.
"Marina [Shafir] is like the level-headed mommy, the reasonable one. And then I would say that Jessamyn is like the sweet, cuddly, always-in-a-good-mood one. She's the one you randomly walk up to and hug in the house," she said. "And then Shayna [Baszler] is our navigator of Reddit. We all just sit around the TV and watch Shayna surf Reddit and we laugh our asses off together. And she's definitely more like the showman of everybody. She's very much the entertainer of the group."
Rousey has deemed herself the slob of the bunch, dirty dishes and clothes in her wake.
But she's also the king of the pride, defender of the lionesses.
"I feel like they do all the work and I just eat everything that they just bring and prepare for me," Rousey said. "And if anyone messes with them, I'll rip off their face. And that's my job."
The truth is, there is nothing Rousey requires or wants from them.
Baszler says the depth of gratitude for Rousey is impossible to quantify.
"It can't be measured what she's done for us. You can't make a list of things she's bought or something like that," Baszler said. "It's not a measurable thing. It's the opportunities she's given us."
Shafir sums up The Four Horsewomen as "a beautiful thing that happened."
"They're my sisters. They're my teammates," she said. "I'd take a bullet for those girls."


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LAWRENCE — The lifeblood of any college football program is recruiting.
Turner Gill made that abundantly clear when he was introduced as the new Kansas coach almost eight months ago.
It doesn't take a subscription to any service that lists official visits and unofficial commitments to remember Gill's signature line.
"Here," he said, "are our top priorities: recruit, beat Missouri, recruit, win the North, recruit, win the Big 12, and in most cases if you win the Big 12, then you're playing for a national championship. And then we're going to recruit."
Yet at Media Day on Monday, Gill said he still was obtaining information and feedback on attributes he could best sell to prospects regarding KU.
Little did he realize his recruiting coordinator already prepared what he feels is a sure-fire pitch.
"You're always looking, but the thing we're selling, and we'll continue to sell, is coach Gill," said Reggie Mitchell, who previously spent nine seasons (1988-96) at KU as an assistant under Glen Mason. "You look at college football as kind of a coach-driven sport. He's a guy you can sell because of the success he had as a player, and at Buffalo, and the way he treats the players. That's kind of our deal."
Pay attention to Mitchell. Prospects certainly do. Each of the past six seasons he was ranked by Rivals — yes, one of those services — as one of the nation's top football recruiters.
If Mitchell finds a power point to highlight, it's one that can potentially seal the deal.
With Gill, it helps that the head coach not only wants to be involved in every aspect of recruiting, but finds it enjoyable.
"It makes it real easy, because in this entire building, recruiting is the No. 1 priority," Mitchell said. "No one is too busy or too important not to get involved in recruiting.
"When you're getting that from the top, everything kind of falls in line. There hasn't been one day we haven't discussed recruiting. Some people give it lip service when they say recruiting is important, but he's walking the walk."
While recruiting is a religion for some fanatics, other concerns are more pressing for the Jayhawks.
Some are schematic, such as placing the quarterback behind center and running some power. Some are tactical, such as finding a starting QB to take those direct snaps. Some are developmental, such as building the depth necessary to overcome a season-ending ankle injury suffered by linebacker Huldon Tharp.
And finally, there are the behavioral and cultural changes Gill promotes with the positivity he injects.
But the core issue addressed partly by recruiting and partly by coaching is also striking. That would be talent. And the seven-game losing streak Kansas carries into the season is proof the Jayhawks need better results from both players and coaches.
Gill even acknowledged one shortcoming.
"Ideally what I would like to see is a little more speed in general," he said.
No doubt that's become a priority in those daily recruiting conferences.
Mitchell knows KU can attract standouts. He named some of Mason's players who lasted in the NFL, such as Gerald McBurrows, Rod Jones and Dana Stubblefield.
Then, he shared a tale about the best recruit he previously landed for the Jayhawks, defensive beast Gilbert Brown.
"I was recruiting Gilbert and his father was alive at that time," Mitchell said, "and we were over at the Adams Center having this catered breakfast.
"He's a guy who wanted to cut up all his food before he'd eat, and I'm looking at my wife and I said, 'Mr. Brown, we're going to have to leave to go to the airport.' By the time he finished, we had to go. He got it all cut up and didn't get a bite. And he was a big guy, just like Gilbert."
Mitchell still convinced Brown to attend KU. That was when there was no football complex adjacent to Memorial Stadium, a situation Mitchell is thankful was addressed.
"I tell you what, it'd be a little bit difficult otherwise, because now, kids are into what's modern and new," Mitchell said. "Fortunately, KU was able to build this facility. It's one of the better ones I've been around.
"But everyone has bricks and paint and all that. It comes down to Turner being the type of person he is when it comes to making recruiting easier."
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Burger King Japan will soon have a new black bunned burger on the menu. The Kuro Ninja Burger (or "Black Ninja Burger") is similar to the kuro burger that debuted last September to celebrate the chain's 5-year anniversary, but with a few exciting additions.
Between a bun blackened by bamboo charcoal, there's a beef patty, lettuce, mayo, tangy onion-garlic soy sauce, a crisp hash brown patty, and a protruding "tongue" made of thick, ham-like bacon, striped with grill marks, which makes it look a bit like the mascot from the advertising campaign (seen below).
Our best theory about what's up with the cheeky ninja comes from Emily Koh, who says in Japan, kids will often say "beeda" (pronounced "behhhh-da") when they stick out their tongue in a taunting manner. On the promo poster, "behhhh-da" is used as a pun for bacon ("behhh-kon" in Japanese).
The burger (a limited-time special) makes its debut on October 25, and costs ¥680 (approximately $7 US). Customers who purchase a combo for an additional ¥150 will also get a set of free Kuro Ninja stickers.
If you miss your chance to try one (or are just not feeling the black bun), there's always the Big Bacon Whopper, which also has the same toppings (minus the sauce) on a sesame seed bun.
There's no word on whether the ninja burger will make it to Burger King locations in the US. For now, it looks like the french fry burger is as exciting as things are going to get for BK's American customers. Booo.
About the author: Erin Jackson is a food writer and photographer who is obsessed with discovering the best eats in San Diego. You can find all of her discoveries on her San Diego food blog EJeats.com. On Twitter, she's @ErinJax
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Vision Plan
Murray State University offers Voluntary Vision Insurance administered by Principal.
Eligible employees include full-time employees actively working at least 37.5 hours per week. Employees must be enrolled for vision coverage before it can be offered to their dependents. Eligible dependents include the employee's spouse and children.
Have your vision coverage needs met in three ways. Murray State University's current medical plan covers eye exams and the dental plan offers other discounts. You might consider these options that are summarized below, while you consider enrolling in MSU's vision plan.
$50 (one each 12 months)
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Lenses: Two lenses (one pair) each 12 months
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Vision Care covers a routine eye exam every 12 months, and one of the following:
- A set of frames each 24 months and two lenses (one pair) each 12 months or
- Two contact lenses (one pair). The maximum payment for a pair of contact lenses will be equal to the maximum payment for single vision lenses plus frames. For example: Single vision lenses $50 plus frames $100 would equal a contact lens benefit total of $150 for the first 12 months. The contact lens benefit total for the next 12 months, or second year, would equal $50. This is because the frame benefit of $100 is only payable once in any period of 24 consecutive months.


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Fed Officials Weigh In on Bernanke Comments
Stein, Lacker Aim to Add Clarity to Chairman's Message on Bond-Buying Program's Future
Federal Reserve officials this past week took an unusual step for the often-fractious group: They spoke with remarkable cohesiveness about their policy plans.
In a steady stream of commentary that appeared by Friday to have calmed jumpy markets, Fed officials repeatedly challenged perceptions in financial markets that they would quickly rein in the central bank's easy-money policies.
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On Wednesday, June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court ruled to allow federal benefits for legally married homosexual couples and paved the way for allowing same-sex marriages in California by ruling that Proposition 8, the 2008 California initiative that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman, is unconstitutional. How should Christians respond to this issue? Dr. Peter Scaer, associate professor of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., offers a response.
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We are greatly saddened to hear that the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, has struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). This is yet another example of our nation's moral blindness and our fallen culture. The days ahead look to be difficult, and we must again dedicate ourselves to God's Word and to God's will, trusting always in the mercy and forgiveness of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Read more)
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