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The Mikes outlet, part of a chain with restaurants from Moncton, N.B., to Timmins, Ont., was ordered to pay $1,510 for the health-code violations.
In a municipal court ruling late last month, a judge summarized a November 2011 food inspection that revealed a revolting scene.
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I created an ODBC connection to the SQL 2000 database, and then used the .NET data provider as the connection to import from. I was then given the error message Cannot get string literals from the database connection.
I repeated by attempting to use the SQL Native Client to connect to SQL 2000 and still got the same error.
Not sure why you want to use ODBC with .net to connect to SQL Server 2000
Can you use
SQLClient ?
We need more info including connection string used and sample piece of code?
Did not use any code; just using the import task of SQL Management Studio 2008.
I tried with SQL Native client and still the same result.
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Photographer's Note
The other day I went to China Town. As I was walking along the Canal Street, I came to the intersection of Broadway and Canal Street. Saw these colorful facades on Broadway
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Sergiom (96725) 2012-04-26 4:40
Bonjour Lakshmi,
J'aime beaucoup ce cadrage serré sur les devantures multicolores de New York. Une belle image graphique ou le lumière fait bien ressortir les détails.
yquem46 (38752) 2012-04-26 4:50
Hi Lakshmi
I like the quality and graphism of this succession of buildings of various colors
Well observed and achieved
Best regards
Miguel82 (27752) 2012-04-26 5:08
Hello Laksmi
very colorful facade
excellent sharpness and light
Nice picture
jacquest (19213) 2012-04-26 5:17
Hello Lakshmi,
I like the tight framing and the graphic effect that ensues. The light is very good and the details sharp. A quite colorful image of architecture.
Have a great day
BennyV (22587) 2012-04-26 5:32
Hello Lashmi
Great close crop & fine subtle colours, almost pastel.
Nicou (160033) 2012-04-26 7:59
fantastique graphsime et cpatage quel rendu sur ces facades superbe cpatage et iamge grandisoe.
bravo et amitié
finlay (1583) 2012-04-26 10:27
These facades make an interesting graphical capture. The colours tone nicely together and I like the angle you chose to shoot this at. Well done for seeing the opportunity here.
pajaran (71683) 2012-04-26 10:57
Dobar dan.
Vrlo interesantan i lep pogled na fasadu zgrade, dobra kompozicija.
Dobra ostrina snimka, kontrast i prikaz lepim bojama.
Imajte lep dan.
Sve najbolje.
Good afternoon.
Very interesting and a nice view of the facade of the building, good composition.
Good image sharpness, contrast and display of beautiful colors.
Have a nice day.
All the best.
holmertz (64616) 2012-04-26 11:26
Hello Lakshmi,
This is a very attractive composition, well cropped and shot from an excellent POV. These colours and different styles of architecture go very well together and blend into something that might capture the soul of New York.
Kind regards,
josepmarin (58359) 2012-04-26 12:27
Hi Lakshmi,
this composition is powerful, and has a strong graphical effect because of the nice geometry of the windows in these facades and the flat perspective created by the long focal lens.
I like how you have structured the elements, in a closed framing and with a great graphical efficiency.
I have walked twice along this crossing of Broadway with Canal Street, and I had not concentrated on these houses, but you saw very well that you could create a good photo.
Best regards,
Budapestman (82620) 2012-04-26 14:23
Hi Lakshmi,
great street shot, the composition is very impressive, superb details and colours, Tfs! Have a nice week! Kellemes hetet kívánok!
mauro61 (52889) 2012-04-26 14:35
ciao Lakshmi,
facciate allineate dalla buona prospettiva e interessante sequenza di colori.
Buona la definizione per far risaltare i particolari,
worldcitizen (10182) 2012-04-26 16:31
Hello Lakshmi,
I really like this tight and close crop. It is sharp and colorful, and the sideways view gives more dimension to the shot. We can see the fire escapes jutting out, and the different decorative details. Very nice! :-)
bukitgolfb301 (47365) 2012-04-26 17:50
Hello my dear Lakshumi
Great semi-longfocus shot!
Great compressed image, so effective for usage of this lens. Very attractive and fresh shot with sharp and clear description. Thanks for your sharing with your best job and have a good last working day, best regards,
Takero from Tokyo
Sonata11 (34009) 2012-04-26 20:35
Hi Lakshmi,
very beautiful shot of interesting architecture with great perspective. Fantastic framing with great POV and DOF too of this gorgeous pic. Fantastic job with perfect colors, sharpness, clarity. Thanks for sharing. Like it. Wonderful picture.
All the best,
Silvio1953 (162272) 2012-04-27 2:33
Ciao Lakshmi, great parade of beautiful facades, fantastic graphic, splendid light, excellent clarity and wonderful colors, very well done, my friend, have a good week end, ciao Silvio
timecapturer (49288) 2012-04-27 3:03
Hi Lakshmi
a superbly textured and wonderfully graphical composition. Beautiful colours and symmetry all captured so sharply and attractively. I love it, so compelling and creatively presented. Bravo!
Have a great weekend - regards Brian.
ikeharel (85022) 2012-04-27 7:00
A great photojob on an a skew angel towards the colorful facade, Lakshmi.
Fantastic clearity and mingling diff. colors, depth and contrast. Mild light but yet vivid scene.
Have a nice weekend,
delpeoples (60236) 2012-04-29 2:45
Namaskar dear Lakshmi
This is one of your best for sure, dear friend. I like the tight framing alot, the amazing architectural details and the bright colours. Beautiful graphism. A very skillful shot.
Thanks for sharing
foxy (895) 2012-04-29 9:14
Hi Lakshmi,
I must admit that you do have an eye for buildings. I like the way you focused and framing it so interesting and majestically standing-tall with so much details.
I learned something from you. Thanks for sharing.
jmdias (73493) 2012-05-08 16:18
another marvelous slice of these colored façades. lots of details to enjoy. excellente framing, light and sharpenss. TFS.
baddori (20161) 2012-08-11 0:58
7 different narrow facades.
Materials from the traditional cast iron mortar coating.
Linne vertical and nice graphics.
The urban environment as an expressive medium.
The picture is very "Village" because of its street-art natural
Excellent vision.
westcoastgirl1 (666) 2012-08-28 19:00
Hi Lakshmi
This is my first time to your gallery. This photo stood out for its lovely details and colourful buildings captured here. Great close-up view!
Take care,
Curious_Eye (1320) 2012-12-05 6:48
Hello Lakshmi,
What a great find and well executed, too! Lots of colours and details - a nice urban shot.
Best wishes,
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- Copyright: lakshmi partha (lakshmip1949) (19081)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2012-04-20
- Categories: Architecture
- Exposure: f/7.1, 1/200 seconds
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- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2012-04-26 4:33


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A snorkel is a device for allowing you to breath air when you face is underwater. There are lots of types available and it possible to spend up to up to £100 on what is essentially a piece of plastic tubing. You can get clever valves that mean water can't enter the top (These always break or get clogged with sand).
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I think £12-£15 is an ok price to pay for an item I am extremely good at dropping off the side of boats, I would hate to think about dropping a £100 version and would probably spend time I am not in the water with it glued onto the side of my face.
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No sound using flash? (Linux Mint 13 (MAYA))
I've been stuck with this problem for 2 days now, and I have had it before. I do not have sound coming from flash (so youtube videos, most likely) and can't seem to find how to fix it. I've been messing with the alsa settings, I've tried the mixer too, nothing is muted.
I had this problem on Kubuntu 11.10 too, where it would stop randomly and wouldn't come back until I rebooted my computer. At least I could get sound on there.
Now i'm running Mint 13 (Maya) and it seems like my sound's gone for good. Seems like it's a problem with flash, and that it's a common problem for Asus users (which is my case).
I am running an Asus G51J.
Here's my lspci output (I have 2 sound devices) :
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 12)
which sound device do you want?
you can create an "index" to force it to index=o for your preferred device or blacklist the naughty sound module
2) post the output to
aplay -l
also run
post the image of it
then press F6 to select the other device and post it as well
2 Attachment(s)
Any device that will give me sound :D I believe there is no difference as the only use I make out of it is watch videos and listen to music, so the Intel one could be good.
Here's what you asked for :
maxime@maxime-G60JX ~ $ aplay -l
and the alsa mixer pictures:
Attachment 10140
Attachment 10141
Thanks a lot for replying :)
ok how do you get sound out?
if headphone....the first image shows auto-mute ......that means if you had speakers as well....they are supposed to mute when you plug in headphones
so if you use internal speaker or external speaker leader....for the moment ....go to automute and press the up or down arrow to "disable" or turn off auto-mute function.....the exact word may differ for you....but you know what I mean ok
also keep the world simple.....go back to second device and press m to mute all spdif devices please
2) on your panel you have a speaker icon.....whats the icon between it and the green tick icon?
3) if you have an hdmi cable.....I believe you need to turn off then on the spdif.....works for some
if you have normal 3.5 mm speaker external leader ....then turn off spdif in second device and on first device
if you have spdif out...it should work already
4) if the speaker cable goes into the line jack....first image shows line out is muted so try unmuting it
5) if you are using an internal speaker.....internal speaker is showing as muted and volume down so press m and page up to raise pls
I am not sure why you have TWO internals but if you want to hear any sound its worth trying all?
good luck
As I said, I have no problem using alsa, and even tho my sound is all the way up on the lines I get no sound out of my speakers but only when I am using flash. Also, my mic isn't muted, my mic sound is, so that means if I turn the volume up on the ''internal'' at the end of the first pictures, all it does is give me sound from my microphone.
The problem isn't in the sound settings, it's something related to flash, I am pretty sure.
I can verify this. all settings are fine. it is only the browser that doesnt have sound. It is not my computer, so i am unable to troubleshoot immediately, but im going to install mint 13 on another computer here and see if i can sort it out. im only responding to let the OP know he is not alone.
well it some ways thats good that someone has the same problem.
so relative to you, have you attempted at any stage to install or (is already installed) pulseaudio?
b) have you tried any different web browsers?
c) I am not trying to force you, but you can download firefox and not install it, and run it from your home directory
I ask in case this is not a sound issue per se.....but a package issue by the maintainer not symlinking the plugins
2) So can you post where your plugin are pls....I am on debian and use non-free adobe but that will change soon
I remember reading somewhere about the need for installing a pulse-audio package for enabling sound with Flash. Not sure though.
hmm ok well in a new web page show us your version of flash pls
if you are using non-free you may need to go to
2) you may have just the lib file installed and not pulse configured.....fingers crossed
what does
dpkg -l | grep pulse*
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hmm ok well in a new web page show us your version of flash pls
if you are using non-free you may need to go to
2) you may have just the lib file installed and not pulse configured.....fingers crossed
what does
dpkg -l | grep pulse*
grrr double post thats
ok.. i figured it outish. We arent certain which step did it, so ill give you the jist of all of them. first make sure these packages are installed:
pulseaudio libao4 paprefs libpulse-mainloop-glib0 pulseaudio-module-jack pavucontrol pulseaudio-module-hal pulseaudio-module-x11 gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils libasound2-plugins paman pulseaudio-module-gconf libgconfmm-2.6-1c2 libpulse-browse0 pavumeter libglademm-2.4-1c2a pulseaudio-esound-compat libpulse0 libpulse-dev pulseaudio-module-bluetooth pulseaudio-module-zeroconf
we then uninstalled whatever the default flash player was, and installed the "official" one, which was the adobe-flash-installer.
once this was done, create a file called /etc/asound.conf and paste this into it:
pcm.pulse {
then sound worked in firefox. now then, im not certain which steps are not needed and being as this computer is 80 miles away from me, it is difficult for me to poke further, however, ill watch this thread and if this doesnt work, let me know and ill gain access again and we can look further. good luck!
before trying sound in firefox/flash, killall -9 pulseaudio it will restart.
Thanks a lot for at least trying to fix the problem! Looks like I've got some of these packages missing, as it says some of them have been declared obsolete but another one is replacing it...
Any chances you could give me some shell commands or anything to try and do that workaround (I am not very experienced with linux yet)
Thanks :)
There is pretty stable alternative to Adobe Flash player in Linux.
It is called Lightspark.
Home Page: http://lightspark.github.com/
How to install in Ubuntu:
Lightspark looks promising for day to day use for viewing flash.
Before installing, make sure that the Adobe Flash plugin is not in use or better uninstall it using:
1. In Terminal,go to folder, '/usr/lib/browser/mozilla/plugins' i.e.,
Ignore my previous post if you want to still use Adobe Flash itself.
Go through this link :http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=196&t=96208
Install the libasound2 package using
In general, the Adobe Flash player performance in Linux is not up to the mark as compared to Windows. My laptop with Nvidia card easily overheats up to 110-120c where 120c is my NVIDIA card's threshold temperature.
just break them up into multiple "apt-get install bla bla" commands. that should help you. we had the same problem. when you see the offending package, skip it or do what it says to install the alternative. give it a shot.
i believe this issue is different. running ff in a terminal shows no errors. the issue is with pulse for certain.
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From Proteopedia
Crystal structure of human endonuclease VIII-like 1 (NEIL1)
Structural highlights
[NEIL1_HUMAN] Involved in base excision repair of DNA damaged by oxidation or by mutagenic agents. Acts as DNA glycosylase that recognizes and removes damaged bases. Has a preference for oxidized pyrimidines, such as thymine glycol, formamidopyrimidine (Fapy) and 5-hydroxyuracil. Has marginal activity towards 8-oxoguanine. Has AP (apurinic/apyrimidinic) lyase activity and introduces nicks in the DNA strand. Cleaves the DNA backbone by beta-delta elimination to generate a single-strand break at the site of the removed base with both 3'- and 5'-phosphates. Has DNA glycosylase/lyase activity towards mismatched uracil and thymine, in particular in U:C and T:C mismatches.[1] [2] [3] [4]
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Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
In prokaryotes, two DNA glycosylases recognize and excise oxidized pyrimidines: endonuclease III (Nth) and endonuclease VIII (Nei). The oxidized purine 8-oxoguanine, on the other hand, is recognized by Fpg (also known as MutM), a glycosylase that belongs to the same family as Nei. The recent availability of the human genome sequence allowed the identification of three human homologs of Escherichia coli Nei. We report here the crystal structure of a human Nei-like (NEIL) enzyme, NEIL1. The structure of NEIL1 exhibits the same overall fold as E. coli Nei, albeit with an unexpected twist. Sequence alignments had predicted that NEIL1 would lack a zinc finger, and it was therefore expected to use a different DNA-binding motif instead. Our structure revealed that, to the contrary, NEIL1 contains a structural motif composed of two antiparallel beta-strands that mimics the antiparallel beta-hairpin zinc finger found in other Fpg/Nei family members but lacks the loops that harbor the zinc-binding residues and, therefore, does not coordinate zinc. This "zincless finger" appears to be required for NEIL1 activity, because mutating a very highly conserved arginine within this motif greatly reduces the glycosylase activity of the enzyme.
The crystal structure of human endonuclease VIII-like 1 (NEIL1) reveals a zincless finger motif required for glycosylase activity.,Doublie S, Bandaru V, Bond JP, Wallace SS Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Jul 13;101(28):10284-9. Epub 2004 Jul 1. PMID:15232006[5]
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In a landmark trip aimed at encouraging a string of political reforms in the former pariah state, the US president flew into Rangoon on Monday morning.
It is the second stop of his three-country tour of Asia.
Mr Obama said his historic visit marked the next step in a new chapter between America and Burma, also known as Myanmar.
He said he was "extending the hand of friendship" to the country, where he met both reformist President Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Tens of thousands of people, many of them waving US flags, packed the streets of Rangoon to see Mr Obama's motorcade speed through the city.
He shared words and an affectionate hug with Ms Suu Kyi, the democracy activist who endured years of house arrest to gain freedom and become a lawmaker.
Speaking after a private meeting with the opposition leader, Mr Obama said he had seen encouraging signs of progress in the country in the past year - including her release from house arrest and election to parliament.
He said ties between the US and Burma will grow stronger if moves toward democracy continue.
"Our goal is to sustain the momentum," he declared.
He told Ms Suu Kyi that if the nation's leaders keep making true reforms, "we will do everything we can to ensure success".
With Mr Obama at her side, Ms Suu Kyi said: "We are confident that this support will continue through the difficult years that lie ahead."
After his meeting with Mr Sein, who has orchestrated much of his country's transition to democracy, Mr Obama said the reforms "in Myanmar" could unleash "the incredible potential of this beautiful country".
He also made a speech at the University of Rangoon, acknowledging the country's shortcomings but saying: "The United States of America is with you."
The US would be friends with any nation that respects its people's rights and international law, he said.
The president used the speech to urge an end to sectarian unrest in the western state of Rakhine, saying there was "no excuse for violence against innocent people".
But with human rights groups claiming his visit was too soon in the reform process - risking rewarding a half-baked democracy - Mr Obama made clear that he was not endorsing the Burmese government.
The president's first stop on his Asia tour was Thailand, where he stressed the "critical" importance of the Asia-Pacific region to the future of the US over the coming century, during his first foreign trip since his re-election.
Speaking at a news conference with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Mr Obama said: "Asia is my first foreign trip since our election in the United States, and Thailand is my first stop.
"This is no accident. As I've said many times, the United States is and always will be a Pacific nation.
"As the fastest growing region in the world, the Asia-Pacific will shape so much of our security and prosperity in the century ahead, and it is critical to creating jobs and opportunity for the American people.
"That's why I've made restoring American engagement in this region a top priority as president."
Mr Obama also met the Thai King, Bhumibol Adulyadej, who is in hospital where he has been recovering from an illness since September 2009.
Mr Obama calls himself the "Pacific President" and has pledged to focus significant attention on the Asia-Pacific region.
It is therefore no surprise that his first foreign trip is here.
The US is seeking to counter China's increasing clout in the region. The US government has said that 60% of the US naval forces will be based in the region by 2020.
As if to underline America's commitment to the region, the US defence secretary is currently on his fourth trip to Asia this year.
Thailand is the US' longest standing ally in the region. The US sees it as vital in helping it pivot attention towards Asia and boost ties with the fastest growing region on the planet.
During the news conference, Mr Obama defended his decision to go to Burma.
"This is not an endorsement of the Burmese government," he said.
"This is an acknowledgement that there is a process under way inside that country that even a year and a half, two years ago, nobody foresaw."
The president's visit follows a trip by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the country in December 2011 and a visit by British Prime Minister David Cameron in April 2011.
The US president's Asian tour will end in Cambodia, where he will attend a meeting of the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean).
The leaders of 16 southeast Asian countries will attend, as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin, outgoing Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
In Burma, despite the recent reforms, sectarian clashes between Muslims and Buddhists have killed more than 180 people and destroyed the homes of more than 100,000.
The government has been criticised for not having done enough to stop the violence in the coastal Rakhine State.
On Friday, Washington announced it had lifted a ban on the import of goods from the country.


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Spoilers for DC Rebirth Special #1.
It was revealed in the DC Rebirth Special #1 that Pre-New 52 Wally West will be returning for DC Rebirth. Wally will be appearing in the new Titans title. DC Comics released an image of Wally West's new costume this week. Brett Booth did the artwork for the newest Wally West costume; Booth is also doing the artwork for the Titans title. The costume infuses the red color of Wally's old Flash costume and reveals his red hair like his Kid Flash costume.
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CARMEL VALLEY ---- Wind power developer Cannon Power Group has signed a deal to install as many as 500 wind turbines in Baja California, at a cost of up to $1 billion.
The deal with the wind turbine maker, Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica, will provide electricity to be sold to customers in Mexico and the United States, company President Gary Hardke said Thursday.
Cannon, with corporate headquarters on High Bluff Road, will initially install about 70 megawatts to 100 megawatts of generating capacity for a project called Aubanel Wind.
The project is located near the small town of La Rumorosa, about 15 miles south of the border and 60 miles southeast of San Diego. Later, the project will be expanded to 500 megawatts, and could reach 1,000 megawatts.
Groundbreaking is scheduled to occur within a year, with construction taking place over the next three to four years, Hardke said. The power will be sold to Mexican customers at first.
"We're looking initially at either industrial customers or maquiladoras," Hardke said. "Eventually, we'll look at the possibility of exporting some of the power to California. It depends on how the market develops, but there is a strong demand for green power in the region, on both sides of the border."
Cannon has not yet determined the size of the second phase, Hardke said. The company will finance the projects in the 10-year deal as the need arises, "one phase at a time," Hardke said.
The company says it is working on 3,000 megawatts of wind power projects and more than 1,500 megawatts of solar power projects in Europe and western North America.
Visit www.cannonpowergroup.com.
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End to NRG/county squabble may be near
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Limestone County commissioners learned at Monday's commissioners court meeting that the NRG Energy Plant, whose 2013 valuation is in dispute in district court, has come to an agreement on its 2014 valuation, which it had also initially rejected.
The relationship between NRG and the county, which is usually positive, became strained in 2013 when NRG disputed the Limestone County Appraisal Board's $724 million valuation of its power plant. That was a drop from the previous year's valuation, of $765,765,000 for 2012. The prescribed method for resolving such differences is for NRG to file a lawsuit against the county in district court, which it did.
So when the initial 2014 valuation of $696 million was assessed, it was perhaps not surprising that NRG did not immediately accept that figure either. However, after negotiations, NRG and the Appraisal Board have settled upon a figure of $682,780,100 total market value for 2014, which County Judge Daniel Burkeen announced in his Judge's Report at Monday's meeting.
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President Barack Obama has picked Princeton labor economist Alan Krueger to succeed Austan Goolsbee as top White House economist.
If confirmed by the Senate, Krueger is expected to provide expertise on bringing down unemployment as the Obama administration seeks to boost the economy ahead of the 2012 election, the Associated Press says.
Goolsbee, the previous chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and one of Obama's longest-serving advisers, left earlier this month to return to his teaching post at the University of Chicago, Reuters reports.
Obama's announcement of Krueger as his choice for top economist rounds out the president's economic team, and comes a week ahead of a much-anticipated announcement on a new jobs initiative.
Obama is under mounting pressure to focus on jobs and the economy, and is to offer a jobs plan next week, Reuters says.
From GlobalPost's Macro blog: New Apple CEO Tim Cook — "Apple is not going to change"
"As one of this country's leading economists, Alan has been a key voice on a vast array of economic issues for more than two decades," Obama said Monday in a statement, according to the Wall Street Journal.
"Alan understands the difficult challenges our country faces, and I have confidence that he will help us meet those challenges as one of the leaders on my economic team," he said.
Krueger previously served as assistant Treasury secretary for economic policy during the first two years of the Obama administration, and went through the Senate confirmation process for that job.
He also served as chief economist for the Department of Labor under Bill Clinton, and at Princeton was a regular contributor to the Economic Scene column in The New York Times.


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Sacramento Business Journal, October 17, 2012
For the first time, a detailed database on the healthcare workforce and education trends in California is available through the Office of Statewide Health Development and Planning. The Healthcare Workforce Clearinghouse provides numbers of providers by occupation and county, projected annual job openings, some wage information and educational programs that train these kinds of professionals. The information is important, as demand for these occupations is expected to increase with the full launch of federal health reform. There are reports on gender by occupation, age, race, ethnicity and languages spoken. Data is provided by the Medical Board of California and the Employment Development Department.


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The stairs enhance the aura of the parking facility
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The garage stairs are on opposite ends of the airport terminal. The east garage includes 6,300 spaces while the larger west garage has 7,000 parking spots. The stairs are viewed by every passenger arriving or departing the airport on passenger cars or rental car buses. The airport was originally designed as a green facility that reflected the mountain peak look. By learning from earlier mistakes, DIA is a leader in the industry for sustainable airports by using HDG at every opportunity which has become the first choice for corrosion protection in the airport environment.
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Neuried, 30 June 2014. Members and partners of the PrintCity Alliance presented their products and solutions on a joint stand for the first time at interpack. All the participating companies were extremely satisfied with the reaction from visitors.
Great response to the Value Added Packaging initiative
The subject of Value Added Packaging is proving to be an absolutely hot topic for the packaging industry. New, creative ideas regarding the design of packagings, and their economical realisation, are increasingly important factors for success at the point of sale.
Many of these new options were illustrated on the basis of a jointly developed and produced packaging for luxury drinks. To this end, the virtual El Drago brand was realised in two versions of a folding carton with high-end finishing.
"Each company contributes an important part to a packaging of this kind. But only when all the individual parts are combined do they develop their full impact," explains Rainer Kuhn, Managing Director of the PrintCity Alliance.
Consequently, the joint exhibition stand attracted great interest with its presentation of the production and finishing of packagings along the entire value chain.
The Alliance was particularly pleased about the extremely high quality of the visitors. Many new contacts were made with brand owners, agencies, printers and manufacturers from all over the world. "The visitor list is like a Who's Who of the industry," says a delighted Arno Dürr, Sales Manager at WEILBURGER Graphics, speaking on behalf of the members of the Alliance.
Connection of Competence
The members and partners of the PrintCity Alliance taking part at interpack presented a very wide range of exhibits for packaging production, covering everything from new finishing technologies (high-quality substrates, hot and cold foil stamping applications, holograms, effect and protective coatings and >pigments), smart packaging and efficient production technologies, all the way to digital printing.
The following companies participated:
Gallus (inline printing and finishing systems), LEONHARD KURZ (hot and cold foil stamping applications, holograms), Merck (effect pigments), Canon / Océ (digital printing system for packaging printing), Sappi Fine Paper Europe (special papers and board), WEILBURGER Graphics (water-based flexo inks and finishing coatings)
About the PrintCity Alliance
PrintCity is recognised as the 'connection of competence' strategic alliance across the entire printing, packaging & publishing value chain, promoting the value of print & packaging.
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The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
|The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
|Studio album by Genesis
|18 November 1974
|August–October 1974
|Glaspant Manor, Carmarthenshire, Wales with Island Studios' mobile recording equipment
|Genesis chronology
|Singles from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Genesis, released as a double album on 18 November 1974 on Charisma Records. It is their last album recorded with Peter Gabriel as the lead singer and lyricist before his departure from the group in May 1975. Its concept centres around the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a Puerto Rican youth in New York City named Rael, and the story is told through his interactions with others. Recording was not without incident, including Gabriel's temporary absences and his insistence on writing its lyrics, which[according to whom?] put strains on the group.
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was released to initial mixed critical reception, though it has since received critical acclaim. It peaked at No. 10 on the UK Album Chart and No. 41 on the US Billboard 200. Two singles were released, "Counting Out Time" and "The Carpet Crawlers". Genesis toured the album in North America and Europe, playing the album in its entirety across 102 dates. The album continued to sell, and reached Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales over 500,000 copies in 1990.
In May 1974, the Genesis line-up of Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins and Steve Hackett wrapped their 1973–74 tour to support their fifth album, Selling England by the Pound (1973). In the following month, they booked three months at Headley Grange in Headley, East Hampshire to write and rehearse new material for their next album.[1][2] Upon their arrival, the building was in a state left by the previous band with excrement on the floor and rat infestations.[3] Both Collins and Hackett admitted to having issues with sleeping. By this time, the personal lives of some members started to affect the mood in the band which started to cause complications. Hackett explained: "Everybody had their own agenda. Some of us were married, some of us had children, some of us were getting divorced. And we were still trying to get it together in the country."[3] Banks later deemed this period of time as his least favourite of all his time in Genesis.[4]
Before discussions were held with what the album was to contain, the band decided to record a double album as the format presented them with the chance to improvise and put down more of their musical ideas.[5] By this point, Banks thought Genesis had gained a strong enough following to release a double album that their fans would be willing to listen to.[6]
The band had wanted to produce a concept album that told a story for some time,[7] and Mike Rutherford pitched one based on the fantasy novel The Little Prince (1943) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, but Peter Gabriel disagreed as he thought it was "too twee"[8] as "prancing around in fairyland was rapidly becoming obsolete".[9] Gabriel persuaded the group with a less fantastical and more surreal and complicated story that centred around Rael, a Puerto Rican youth in New York City and his spiritual journey of self-discovery and identity while meeting several bizarre characters on the way.[10] The story was too obscure in its original form, so it was reworked to make Rael the central character.[11] Gabriel chose the name Rael as he wished for one that has "no traceable ethnic origins", but soon realised The Who had previously used the name on The Who Sell Out (1967), which annoyed him at first, but stuck with the name.[12] He later revealed the various influences for the concept, including the novel/musical West Side Story, "a kind of punk" twist to the Christian allegory Pilgrim's Progress (1678), the works of Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, and the surreal Western film El Topo (1971) by Alejandro Jodorowsky.[13] While Selling England by the Pound addressed English themes, he made a conscious effort to avoid repeating this and instead portray American imagery,[7] with references to Caryl Chessman, Lenny Bruce, Groucho Marx, Marshall McLuhan, Howard Hughes, and the Ku Klux Klan.[14] Gabriel expressed some worry with the album's title, but noted the lamb itself is purely symbolic and a catalyst for the peculiar events that occur in the story.[15]
During the writing sessions at Headley Grange, Gabriel found himself estranged from the rest of the band which caused some friction. As the sole writer of the album's story, Gabriel insisted that he write its lyrics, leaving the majority of the music in charge with his bandmates. This was a departure from the band's usual way of writing, as lyrics on previous albums had involved the other members.[16] While the band wrote and rehearsed their new material together in one room, Gabriel would often seclude himself in another and write the lyrics.[17] In one instance, Gabriel could not meet a scheduled writing deadline, leaving Rutherford and Banks to write words to "The Light Dies Down on Broadway". At other times, Banks and Hackett suggested lyrics they thought would fit their songs better ("The Lamia" and "Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist" respectively), which Gabriel rebuffed. [9] Disagreements within the band arose when Gabriel decided to leave during the writing period when film producer William Friedkin asked him to write a screenplay, after Friedkin took a liking to Gabriel's surreal story printed on the sleeve of the band's first live album, Genesis Live (1973).[18] His bandmates gave him an ultimatum, and Gabriel chose to leave. Collins then pitched the idea of producing an instrumental album, thinking it would favour the other members as Gabriel had made some of their past songs too lyrically-dense, but the idea was put down.[19] However, Gabriel's offer with Friedkin soon came to nothing, and he returned to the recording.[20] To complicate matters, Gabriel spent further time away as his first wife Jill underwent a risky and difficult birth of their first child in London in July 1974,[9] leaving Gabriel travelling back and forth between London and the band to work on the album. This was met with resentment from the rest of the band, and Gabriel later saw this as the beginning of his eventual departure.[21] Rutherford later admitted that he and Banks were "horribly unsupportive" of Gabriel during this time.[22]
After the band's allotted time at Headley Grange came to an end, Genesis relocated to Glaspant Manor in Carmarthenshire, Wales[23] to record the album using mobile recording equipment from Island Studios in London.[24] The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is the band's last recorded with John Burns as their co-producer, who had assumed the role since Foxtrot (1972). The band is credited as co-producers, and engineering duties were carried out by David Hutchins.[24] The recording equipment used included two 3M 24-track recorders, a Helios Electronics 30-input mixing console, Altec monitors, and two A62 Studers for mastering.[25] Burns and Gabriel experimented with different vocal effects, including recording inside a bathroom and a cowshed located two miles away from their location.[25] Rutherford thought the album's sound was an improvement compared to past Genesis albums as it was not recorded in a professional studio, which benefited the sound of Collins' drums.[26] Collins compared the sound of the album to that of Neil Young's recordings made in his barn, "not studio, not soundproof, but a woody quality".[27]
The backing tracks for the entire album were put down in roughly two weeks,[9] though Gabriel was still working on the lyrics a month later, and, in one instance, asked the band to produce additional music to fit his words that had no designated section for them. This was the case for "The Carpet Crawlers" and "The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging".[25] Thinking the extra material was to be instrumental, the band found that Gabriel had sung over their new parts,[28] something that he also had done on tracks on Foxtrot (1972) and Selling England by the Pound (1973). Gabriel recorded his vocals at Island Studios, where the album was mixed over a series of shifts as the band struggled to complete the album in time of its November 1974 release date.[28] Collins recalled: "I'd be mixing and dubbing all night and then Tony and Mike would come in and remix what I'd done because I'd lost all sense of normality by that point".[25]
The album tells the story of Rael, a half Puerto Rican youth living in New York City who experiences several bizarre situations and characters.[18] Gabriel chose to develop a character that is the least likely person to "fall into all this pansy claptrap", and aimed for a story that contrasted between fantasy and character.[15] He explained that as the story progresses, Rael finds that he is not as "butch" as he hoped and his experiences eventually brings out a more romantic side to his personality. The ending to the story is not directly clear as Gabriel deliberately left the ending of the story ambiguous. When asked about it, Gabriel does not declare that Rael dies, though he compared the ending to the buildup of suspense and drama in a film as "you never see what's so terrifying because they leave it up in the air without ... labelling it".[15] Several of the story's occurrences and settings derived from Gabriel's dreams.[29] Collins remarked the entire concept was about split personality.[30] The individual songs also make satirical allusions to mythology, the sexual revolution, advertising, and consumerism.[29]
Plot summary[edit]
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One morning in New York City, Rael is holding a can of spray paint, hating everyone around him. He witnesses a lamb lying down on Broadway which has a profound effect on him. ("The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway") As he walks along the street, he sees a dark cloud take the shape of a movie screen and slowly move towards him, finally absorbing him ("Fly on a Windshield"), seeing an explosion of images of the current day ("Broadway Melody of 1974", the song's title being a reference to MGM musical films of the same name, such as the 1936, 1938 and 1940 films) before he wakes up in an underground cave and falls asleep once again ("Cuckoo Cocoon"). Rael wakes up and finds himself trapped in a cage of stalactites and stalagmites which slowly close in towards him. As he tries to escape, he sees his brother John and calls for him, but John walks away and the cage suddenly disappears ("In the Cage").
Rael now finds himself on the floor of a factory and is given a tour of the area by a woman, where he watches people being processed like packages. He spots old members of his New York City gang and John with the number "9" stamped on his forehead. Fearing for his life, Rael escapes into a corridor ("The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging")[31] and has an extended flashback of returning from a gang raid in New York City, ("Back in N.Y.C.")[32] a dream where his hairy heart is removed and shaved with a razor, ("Hairless Heart") and his first sexual encounter ("Counting Out Time").[33] Rael's flashback ends, and he finds himself in a long, red carpeted corridor of people crawling towards its exit via a spiral staircase ("Carpet Crawl"). At the top, he enters a chamber with 32 doors, surrounded by people and unable to concentrate. He finds a woman who leads him out of the chamber and into another cave, where he becomes trapped by falling rocks ("The Chamber of 32 Doors", "Lilywhite Lilith", "Anyway"). Rael encounters Death ("Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist") and escapes the cave.
Rael ends up in a pool with three Lamias, beautiful snake-like creatures and has sex with them, but they die after drinking some of his blood ("The Lamia"). He leaves and finds himself in a group of Slippermen, distorted, grotesque men who have all had the same experience with the Lamias, and finds that he has become one of them ("The Arrival"). Rael finds John among the Slippermen, who reveals that the only way to become human again is to visit Doktor Dyper and be castrated ("A Visit to the Doktor"). Both are castrated and keep their removed penises in containers around their necks. Rael's container is taken by a raven and he chases after it, leaving John behind ("The Raven"). The raven drops the container in a ravine and into a rushing underground river. Rael walks alongside it, remembering his days in New York, until he sees John in the river, struggling to stay afloat. Despite being deserted twice by John, Rael dives in to save him ("The Light Dies Down on Broadway", "Riding the Scree"). Rael rescues John and drags his body to the bank of the river and turns him over to look at his face, only to see his own face instead ("In the Rapids"). His consciousness then drifts between both bodies, and he sees the surrounding scenery melting away into a haze. Both bodies dissolve, and Rael's spirit becomes one with everything around him ("it.").[34]
Much of the album's music developed through band improvisations and jams.[4] Though it is to a story concept, Gabriel described its format as one that is split into "self-contained song units".[12] He thought the album contained some of the group's best material and songs that he was most proud of during his time in Genesis.[35] Banks recalled writing "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" with Gabriel which turned out to be the last track they developed which was "a pretty good song to end on".[36] At its conclusion, the song borrows music and lyrics from the 1963 single "On Broadway" by The Drifters.[37] "Fly on a Windshield" originally came about through a band improvisation, sparked by an idea from Rutherford who suggested the idea of "Pharaohs going down the Nile" and proceed to play two chords. Banks added: "Instantly the rest of us would conjure up that particular mood."[38] Banks was particularly fond of the part when the drums and guitar come in, calling it one of the band's best ever moments.[13] "Back in N.Y.C." presents Genesis adopt a more aggressive sound than past compositions and includes Gabriel singing an expletive in the line "I'm not full of shit".[32] A personal highlight for Collins is "Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats"[39] and "The Waiting Room" which developed as a "basic good to bad soundscaping" jam while it was raining, before they stopped and a rainbow formed outside. Collins said that, "Steve [Hackett] played these dark chords, then Peter [Gabriel] blows into his oboe reeds, then there was a loud clap of thunder and we really thought we were entering another world or something. It was moments like that when we were still very much a unified five-piece". [13]
"The Carpet Crawlers" developed at a time when Gabriel had written some lyrics but there was not any music written for them. The band put together a chord sequence[40] "in D, E minor and F-sharp minor with a roll from the drums flowing through it".[13] Gabriel spent "hours and hours" on an out of tune piano in the house of his then-wife Jill's parents in Kensington to develop it.[41] Jill later spoke of Gabriel's particular fondness of the track.[42] "Anyway" and "Lilywhite Lilith" developed from two early unreleased songs, "Frustration" and "The Light" respectively.[20] Hackett's guitar solo on "Counting Out Time" features him playing an EMS Synthi Hi-Fli guitar synthesizer.[43] During the mixing sessions at Island Studios, Brian Eno was working on his album Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) in the adjacent studio. Gabriel asked Eno to add synthesized effects on his vocals on several tracks including "The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging",[44] which he dubbed on the album's credits as "Enossification".[24] As a repayment, Eno asked Collins to play drums on his track "Mother Whale Eyeless".[45]
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Hipgnosis designed the album's artwork. In a departure from their previous albums that featured more colourful designs, the front cover of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway makes use of black and white and no colour. The band's logo, originally designed by Paul Whitehead and used on Nursery Cryme (1971) and Foxtrot (1972), was replaced by a new one in an Art Deco style by George Hardie. The left picture on the front depicts Rael in the area where "In the Rapids" and "Riding the Scree" are set.[25]
The band considered releasing the album as two single albums released six months apart[according to whom?]. Gabriel later thought this idea would have been more suitable, as a double album contained too much new material, and the extra time would have given him more time to work on the lyrics.[25] Nevertheless, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was released as a double album on 18 November 1974,[46] days before the start of its supporting tour. It became the band's highest charting album since their formation, peaking at No. 10 on the UK Albums Chart[47] in December 1974 during its six-week stay on the chart,[48] and No. 41 on the US Billboard 200[49] in 1975.[46] Elsewhere, the album reached No. 15 in Canada[50] and No. 34 in New Zealand.[51] Two singles were released; "Counting Out Time" with "Riding the Scree" as its B-side, was released on 1 November 1974.[25] The second, "The Carpet Crawlers" with a live performance of "The Waiting Room (Evil Jam)" from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, followed in April 1975. The album continued to sell, and reached Gold certification by the British Phonographic Industry on 1 February 1975,[52] and Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales in excess of 500,000 copies on 20 April 1990.[53]
|Professional ratings
|Review scores
|BBC Music
|Robert Christgau
|The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Members of the group expressed some concern about the album's critical reception[according to whom?], and expected to receive some negative responses over its concept[according to whom?] and extended format. Banks hoped the album would end people's comparisons of Genesis to Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, two other popular progressive rock bands of the time[according to whom?]. Gabriel knew the album's concept was ideal for critics "to get their teeth into".[57]
In an interview published in Melody Maker in October 1974, shortly before the album's release, Gabriel played several tracks from the album to reporter Chris Welch, including "In the Cage", "Hairless Heart", "The Carpet Crawlers", and "Counting Out Time". Welch wrote, "It sounded superb. Beautiful songs, fascinating lyrics, and sensitive, subtle playing, mixed with humour and harmonies. What more could a Genesis fan desire?" He singled out Collins' playing as "outstanding".[12] Welch's review for Melody Maker published a month later included his belief of such long, concept albums: "A few golden miraculous notes and some choice pithy words are worth all the clutter and verbiage" and called the album a "white elephant".[57] For NME, Barbara Charone wrote highly of the album. She summarised the album as a combination of the "musical proficiency" on Selling England by the Pound (1973) with the "grandiose illusions" on Foxtrot (1972) and "a culmination of past elements injected with present abilities and future directions". Charone thought the album had more high points than any previous Genesis album apart from some "few awkward instrumental moments on side three". Each member received praise for their performances, including Hackett coming across as a more dominant member of the group with his "frenetic, choppy style", Collins' backup harmony vocals and Rutherford's "thick, foreboding bass chords and gentle acoustics".[58] Colin Irwin wrote a negative review of the "Counting Out Time" single, with its "weary, tepid approach" and a "woeful, dreary three and a half minutes".[59]
Since its release, the album has been met with critical acclaim. In 1978, Nick Kent wrote for NME that it "had a compelling appeal that often transcended the hoary weightiness of the mammoth concept that held the equally mammoth four sides of vinyl together".[60] In a special edition of Q and Mojo magazines titled Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album ranked at No. 14 in its 40 Cosmic Rock Albums list.[61] The album came third in a list of the ten best concept albums by Uncut magazine, where it was described as an "impressionistic, intense album" and "pure theatre (in a good way) and still Gabriel's best work".[62] AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave a retrospective rating of five stars out of five. He notes that despite Gabriel's "lengthy libretto" on the sleeve "the story never makes sense", though its music is "forceful, imaginative piece of work that showcases the original Genesis lineup at a peak ... it's a considerable, lasting achievement and it's little wonder that Peter Gabriel had to leave ... they had gone as far as they could go together".[46]
A Rolling Stone readers' poll to rank their favourite progressive rock albums of all time placed the album fifth in the list.[63] In 2014, readers of Rhythm voted The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway the fourth greatest drumming album in the history of progressive rock.[64] In 2015, NME included the album in its "23 Maddest and Most Memorable Concept Albums" list for "taking in themes of split personalities, heaven and hell and truth and fantasy".[65] The album was one of two from Genesis included in the top ten of the Rolling Stone list of the 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time. They described it as "one of rock's more elaborate, beguiling and strangely rewarding concept albums".[66]
Banks later thought the album's concept is the weakest thing about it, though the lyrics to some of the individual songs are "wonderful".[67] Mike Rutherford said that, while the album is a fan favorite, it was a grueling album to work on and had a lot of highs, but also a lot of lows. Steve Hackett remarked how his guitar was underutilized compared to past albums, but thought the album had a lot of beautiful moments and has grown on him over time. On Genesis: Together and Apart, Peter Gabriel stated the album, along with "Supper's Ready", were his two high points with the band. Also on the documentary, Phil Collins said that the band created their best music on the album. He also cites it as his favourite Genesis album.[68]
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was first remastered for CD in 1994 and released on Virgin Records in Europe and Atlantic Records in North America. The included booklet features the lyrics and story printed on the original LP, though some of the inner sleeve artwork was not reproduced. A remastered edition for Super Audio CD and DVD with new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes by Nick Davis was released in 2008 as part of the Genesis 1970–1975 box set.
Genesis supported the album with a 102-date concert tour across North America and Europe,[69] playing the album in its entirety with one or two older songs as encores.[70] Such a format was not supported by the entire band considering most of the audience were not yet familiar with the large amount of new material. It was to begin on 29 October 1974 with an 11-date tour of the UK that sold out within four hours of going on sale, but they were rescheduled for 1975 after Hackett needed time to recover after severing a tendon in his left hand.[71] The tour began on 20 November in Chicago,[42] and ended on 22 May 1975 in Besançon, France.[69] The last two scheduled concerts on 24 and 27 May in Toulouse and Paris, respectively, were cancelled due to low ticket sales.[30] Gabriel marked the occasion of his final show with the group by playing the "Last Post" on his oboe.[72] Hackett estimated the band's debts at £220,000 at the tour's end.[73]
The tour featured at the time some of the biggest instruments used by the band, including Rutherford's double-neck Rickenbacker and the largest drum kit ever used by Collins. The tour's stage show involved three backdrop screens that displayed 1,450 slides, designed by Geoffrey Shaw, from eight projectors[74] and a laser lighting display.[75] Banks recalled the slides only came close to working perfectly on four or five occasions.[30] The tour was the high point of Gabriel's use of theatrics and costumes. He changed his appearance with a short haircut and styled facial hair[12] and dressed as Rael in a leather jacket, T-shirt and jeans. During "The Lamia", he surrounded himself with a spinning cone-like structure decorated with images of snakes. In the last verse, the cone would collapse to reveal Gabriel wearing a body suit that glowed from lights placed under the stage. "The Colony of Slippermen" featured Gabriel as one of the Slippermen, covered in lumps with inflatable genitalia that emerged onto the stage by crawling out of a penis-shaped tube.[29] Gabriel recalled the difficulty in placing his microphone near his mouth while in the costume.[30] Collins admitted at times the tour was ostentatious and "inspiration for Spinal Tap." For "it.", an explosion set off twin strobe lights that reveal Gabriel and a dummy figure dressed identically on each side of the stage, leaving the audience clueless as to which was real. The performance ended with Gabriel vanishing from the stage in a flash of light and a puff of smoke.[30] During the final concert of the tour, roadie Geoff Banks acted as the dummy on stage, wearing nothing but a leather jacket.[20]
In one concert review, the theatrics for "The Musical Box", the show's encore and once the band's stage highlight, was seen as "crude and elementary" compared to the "sublime grandeur" of The Lamb... set.[76] Music critics often focused their reviews on Gabriel's theatrics and took the band's musical performance as secondary which irritated the rest of the band.[77] Collins later said, "People would steam straight past Tony, Mike, Steve and I, go straight up to Peter and say, "You're fantastic, we really enjoyed the show." It was becoming a one-man show to the audience."[20] The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame called the tour "a spectacle on par with anything attempted in the world of rock to that point".[78]
Gabriel's departure[edit]
During their stop in Cleveland in November 1974, Gabriel told the band he would leave at its conclusion.[70] A statement he wrote to the English press titled "Out, Angels Out" was published in August 1975[79]. In it he explained his disillusion with the music industry and wanted to spend extended time with his family.[80] Banks later stated, "Pete was also getting too big for the group. He was being portrayed as if he was 'the man' and it really wasn't like that. It was a very difficult thing to accommodate. So it was actually a bit of a relief."[70]
No complete performance of the album has been officially released apart from the majority of the band's performance from 24 January 1975 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles that was released as part of the Genesis Archive 1967–75 box set.[81] Some tracks feature re-recorded vocals from Gabriel and guitar parts from Hackett and a remixed studio version of "it.", also with re-recorded vocals. The album's 2007 reissue features the album with a visual reconstruction of the tour's stage show using the original backdrop slides, audience bootleg footage, and photographs.
Track listing[edit]
All tracks written, performed, and arranged by Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford.
|Side one
|"The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"
|"Fly on a Windshield[a]"
|"Broadway Melody of 1974"
|"Cuckoo Cocoon"
|"In the Cage"
|"The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging"
|Side two
|"Back in N.Y.C."
|"Hairless Heart"
|"Counting Out Time"
|"Carpet Crawlers[b]"
|"The Chamber of 32 Doors"
|Side three
|"Lilywhite Lilith"
|"The Waiting Room"
|"Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist[c]"
|"The Lamia"
|"Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats"
|Side four
|"The Colony of Slippermen"
|"The Light Dies Down on Broadway"
|"Riding the Scree"
|"In the Rapids"
- Genesis
- Mike Rutherford – bass guitar, 12-string guitar
- Phil Collins – drums, percussion, vibraphone, backing vocals, second lead vocal on "The Colony of Slippermen"
- Tony Banks – Hammond T-102 organ, RMI 368x Electra Piano and Harpsichord, Mellotron M-400, ARP Pro Soloist synthesizer, Elka Rhapsody string synthesizer, piano
- Peter Gabriel – lead vocals, flute, varied instruments, "experiments with foreign sounds"
- Steve Hackett – acoustic and electric guitars
- Additional musicians
- Brian Eno – Enossification (vocal treatments) on "In the Cage" and "The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging"[83]
- Production
- John Burns – production
- Genesis – production
- David Hutchins – engineer
- Hipgnosis – sleeve design, photography
- Graham Bell – choral contribution
- "Omar" – Rael on the album's artwork
- Richard Manning – retouching
- George Hardie – graphics (George Hardie N.T.A.)
|Chart (1974)
|Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[50]
|New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[85]
|UK Albums (OCC)[86]
|US Billboard 200[87]
|Certified units/Sales
|Canada (Music Canada)[88]
|France (SNEP)[89]
|United Kingdom (BPI)[90]
|United States (RIAA)[91]
*sales figures based on certification alone
- Notes
- ^ Several later pressings of the album lists "Fly on a Windshield" at 4:23 and "Broadway Melody of 1974" at 0:33, an error by the manufacturer as "Broadway Melody of 1974" begins at 2:47 of "Fly on a Windshield". The lyrics printed on the sleeve give the correct division between the two tracks.
- ^ The US pressing lists the track as "The Carpet Crawlers".[82]
- ^ The US pressing lists the track as "The Supernatural Anaesthetist".[82]
- Citations
- ^ Rutherford 2015, p. 120.
- ^ Clarke, Steve (1 June 1974). "The Charterhouse Boys". New Musical Express. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ a b Genesis 2007, p. 151.
- ^ a b Genesis 2007, p. 156.
- ^ Rutherford, Mike. Reissues Interview 2007 bonus feature at 4:22–4:45.
- ^ Banks, Tony. Reissues Interview 2007 bonus feature at 4:45–5:05.
- ^ a b Charone, Barbara (26 October 1974). "Mickey Mouse Lies Down on Broadway". Sounds: 22, 27. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ Platts 2001, p. 74.
- ^ a b c d Platts 2001, p. 75.
- ^ Welch, Chris. Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. Melody Maker, 23 November. 1974.
- ^ Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 88.
- ^ a b c d Welch, Chris (26 October 1974). "The New Face of Gabriel". Melody Maker: 28–29. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d Genesis 2007, p. 157.
- ^ Erskine, Pete (30 November 1974). "GENESIS: "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" (Charisma)". New Musical Express. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ a b c Bell, Max (15 March 1975). "Gabriel's Cosmic Juice (not to be taken internally)". New Musical Express: 14–15. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ Banks, Tony. Reissues Interview 2007 bonus feature at 5:15–5:25.
- ^ Collins, Phil. Reissues Interview 2007 bonus feature at 2:07–2:28.
- ^ a b Easlea, Daryl (23 April 2007). "Classic Pop/Rock Review – Genesis, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". BBC. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
- ^ Collins, Phil. Reissues Interview 2007 bonus feature at 8:36–9:20.
- ^ a b c d Genesis 2007, p. unknown.
- ^ Gabriel, Peter. Reissues Interview 2007 bonus feature at 10:55–11:58.
- ^ Rutherford 2015, p. 122.
- ^ Glaspant Manor History
- ^ a b c The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Media notes). Charisma Records. 1974. CGS 101.
- ^ a b c d e f g Holm-Hudson 2008, p. 52.
- ^ Rutherford, Mike. Reissues Interview 2007 bonus feature at 14:42–15:15.
- ^ Collins, Phil. Reissues Interview 2007 bonus feature at 15:15–15:32.
- ^ a b Platts 2001, p. 76.
- ^ a b c Platts 2001, p. unknown.
- ^ a b c d e Genesis (1991). Genesis: A History (VHS). PolyGram Video.
- ^ Holm-Hudson 2008, p. 72.
- ^ a b Holm-Hudson 2008, p. 75.
- ^ Holm-Hudson 2008, p. 76.
- ^ http://www.bloovis.com/music/lamb.html
- ^ Gabriel, Peter. Reissues Interview 2007 bonus feature at 16:34–16:52.
- ^ Banks, Tony. Reissues Interview 2007 bonus feature at 17:39–17:51.
- ^ Holm-Hudson 2008, p. 65.
- ^ Fielder 1984, p. unknown.
- ^ Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 92.
- ^ Banks, Tony. Reissues Interview 2007 bonus feature at 19:31–19:59.
- ^ Gabriel, Peter. Reissues Interview 2007 bonus feature at 19:59–20:25.
- ^ a b Bright, Spencer (1999). Peter Gabriel: An Authorized Biography. Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN 0-283-06187-1. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ^ Platts 2001, p. 77.
- ^ Holm-Hudson 2008, p. 58.
- ^ Thompson 2004, p. 117.
- ^ a b c d Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2011). "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 246.
- ^ "Genesis". Official Charts. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ "Genesis: Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Top RPM Albums: Issue 3919a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ "GENESIS - THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY (ALBUM)". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "GOLD & PLATINUM: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ Easlea, Daryl (23 April 2007). "BBC – Music – Review of Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". BBC. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2011). "Robert Christgau: Album: Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ Nathan Brackett; Christian David Hoard (2004). The new Rolling Stone album guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ a b Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 94.
- ^ Charone, Barbara (25 November 1974). "Genesis: lamb like a polished diamond". Sounds. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ Irwin, Colin (16 November 1974). "Genesis: What a dreary time". Melody Maker. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ Nick Kent: "Gabriel: The Image Gets a Tweak". NME. 10 June 1978
- ^ Q Classic: Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, 2005.
- ^ Uncut magazine. May 2007. Issue 120.
- ^ Greene, Andy. "Readers' Poll: Your Favorite Prog Rock Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ "Peart named most influential prog drummer". TeamRock. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "23 Of The Maddest And Most Memorable Concept Albums". NME. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Banks, Tony. Reissues Interview 2007 bonus feature at 2:33–2:45.
- ^ http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0002015/trivia
- ^ a b Genesis 2007, p. 349.
- ^ a b c Genesis 2007, p. 158.
- ^ "Genesis tour is called off!". New Musical Express. 26 October 1974. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ Platts 2001, p. 83.
- ^ Platts 2001, p. 82.
- ^ Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 100.
- ^ Platts 2001, p. 95.
- ^ Rudis, Al (7 December 1974). "Impressive Genesis hit new heights". Melody Maker: 28. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 93.
- ^ "Genesis Biography". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Eric (2012-02-13). "Peter Gabriel's letter to media on why he left Genesis". That Eric Alper. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
- ^ Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 107.
- ^ Platts 2001, p. 81.
- ^ a b The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Media notes). Atco Records. 1974. SD 2-401.
- ^ Stone, Greg. "Tony Banks Interview April 1978". YouTube.
- ^ http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yenda/lpe1975.htm
- ^ "Charts.org.nz – Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ "Genesis Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". Music Canada. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ "French album certifications – Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 5 December 2016. Select GENESIS and click OK
- ^ "British album certifications – Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 5 December 2016. Enter The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in the search field and then press Enter.
- ^ "American album certifications – Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 5 December 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
- Bibliography
- Banks, Tony; Collins, Phil; Gabriel, Peter; Hackett, Steve; Rutherford, Mike (2007). Dodd, Philipp, ed. Genesis. Chapter and Verse. Weidenfeld and Nicholson. ISBN 978-0-297-84434-1.
- Bowler, Dave; Dray, Bryan (1992). Genesis – A Biography. Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN 978-0-283-06132-5.
- Fielder, Hugh; Sutcliffe, Phil (1984). The Book of Genesis. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-08880-4.
- Holm-Hudson, Kevin (2008). Genesis and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-754-66139-9.
- Platts, Robin (2001). Genesis: Inside & Out (1967–2000). Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-896-52271-5.
- Rutherford, Mike (2015). The Living Years: The First Genesis Memoir. Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN 978-1-250-06068-6.
- Thompson, Dave (2004). Turn It On Again: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, and Genesis. Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-810-9.
- DVD media
- Banks, Tony; Collins, Phil; Gabriel, Peter; Hackett, Steve; Rutherford, Mike (10 November 2008). Genesis 1970–1975: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (DVD). Virgin Records. UPC 5099951968328.


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upgrading Glibc 2.2.4 to 2.3+
Hey guys...well check it out.
I've got glibc 2.2.4, but I need to upgrade it to 2.3+ for some programs to run.
I need to get the libasound.so.2 library, and the only way I Can do that is by upgrading to glibc 2.3 because then I can install the Alsa lib 0.9, and that'll install libasound.so.2, but it wont let me install that until I install glibc 2.3....however, I downloaded the rpm for the glibc 2.3.1 and when I try installing it, it says the following:
error: Failed dependencies:
glibc-common = 2.3.1-6 is needed by glibc-2.3.1-6
glibc > 2.2.4 conflicts with glibc-devel-2.2.4-13
glibc = 2.2.4 is needed by glibc-devel-2.2.4-13
which in a way seemes kind of contradictory, since I'm trying to install what it says there is needed...
So, I'm not sure how to go about this upgrade, I appreciate any help you guys can give me, :study: , thanks a lot!
If you add the flag --no-deps to the rpm command it will install it regardless, of course this may not solve your problem, and may in fact bugger it up more.
"error: Failed dependencies:
glibc-common = 2.3.1-6 is needed by glibc-2.3.1-6"
have you looked for and installed glibc-common = 2.3.1-6?
you can get it at rpmfind.net
eckk, could a possibility be to uninstall the onld glibc 2.2.4 and then install the 2.3?, or is that not possible?
Looks like you need to download the same version of "glibc-common", "glibc-devel", and "glibc" and then run the "rpm -U glibc*.rpm"
Were you using the "-U" option?
k, I'll download all of those...
I did, however, tried the -U option with the glibc2.3 rpm I downloaded, and I also got an error. but I'll try it again with all the files. thanks.
Hi zLinuxz
Did it work?
There are a lot of us our there who want/need to upgrade to glibc_2.3
On my Mandrake 9.0, if I do "strings /lib/libc.so.6 | grep GLIBC" I get:
adding GLIBC_2.3 seems to be full of fish hooks(?). I would prefer to use RPMs on MDK9.
Has anyone found the answer?
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Ethics in Speech and Language Therapy
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Watershed Restoration Projects on Sal Creek and Harris River
Note: This web site was originally produced as an online reference point to access text, interactive panoramas and videos produced for the Google Earth Tour of Prince of Wales Island Watershed Restoration Projects.
The web site also serves as a "preliminary design" that in the future may allow a wealth of historical and current data and information to be added for each watershed area and each specific site location where rehabilitation work has been done. In this preliminary design four distinct categories have been suggested for the types of data and information that might be included: 1. Documents, 2. Images, 3. GIS Data and Maps, 4. Networks. Sub-categories and additional topic categories might be forthcoming in the future.
The objectives in watershed restoration efforts on Prince of Wales Island include reducing the stressors on watershed processes in order to achieve a more properly functioning watershed. One of the largest stressors on the Harris River watershed, for example was found to be sedimentation. The effects of sedimentation resulted in decreased connectivity between upper and lower watershed reaches, lost fish and aquatic habitat, and disequilibria in fluvial processes. Objectives listed in the Harris Watershed Restoration Plan are aimed to decrease component level stressors, reduce sedimentation, and improve overall function in the Harris watershed. Active restoration in Sal Creek and the Harris River will promote natural recovery of overall watershed fluvial processes. Instream habitat improvements will encourage re-colonization of biotic communities where habitat has been disconnected or lost.
Prince of Wales Island Watershed Restoration Project Google Map
Map instructions - Click on the icons on the map below for more information. You can also use the text hot links on the left side bar to view text information, interactive panoramas and video about Sal Creek and Harris River Watershed Restoration Projects.
View Prince of Wales Island Watershed Restoration Projects in a larger map
Documents related to the overall Prince Of Wales Island Watershed Restoration Projects:(These could be categorized in an Online Reference Library - see the library on the Upper Sevier River site as example)
- Monitoring results
- Analysis information
- Planning
- Research studies
- Other presentations such as Powerpoint and PDF files
- The references below were provided for this project. Are there links to web sources for these?
James, G. A. 1956. The physical effect of logging on salmon streams of Southeast Alaska. Alaska Forest Research Center, USDA Forest Service, Station Paper No. 5.
Jones, J. A. 2000. Hydrologic processes and peak discharge responcse to forest removal, and regrowth, and roads in 10 small experimental basins, western Cascades, Oregon. Water Resources Research, Vol. 36, No. 9, 2621-2642.
Lassettre, N.S. and R.R. Harris. 2001. The Geomorphic and Ecological influence of large woody debris in streams and rivers. University of California, Berkeley.
McGreer, Dale J.2000. Effects of Forest Harvesting and Roads on Streamflow Processes and Application to Watersheds of Southeast Alaska. Western Watershed Analysts Report Prepared for Sealaska Corporation
Shapely, Philip and Daniel Bishop. 1965. Sedimentation in A Salmon Stream. J. Fish. Res Bd. Canada.
Swanston, Douglas N, Daniel A. Marion. 1991. Proceedings of the Fifth Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference. Volume 2. 10-49 p.
- A Google Search for the words Prince of Wales Island Watershed Restoration Projects reveals dozens of web site URLs. A few examples are:
- Tongass Futures Roundtable "A Framework for Setting Watershed Scale Priorities...."
- Prince of Wales Island Receives Economic Stimulus Funding for Salmon by The Nature Conservancy
- NOAA Restoration Center Partners with Trout Unlimited, The Nature Conservancy and the US Forest Service to restore heavily logged areas on Prince of Wales Island
- Wilderness Society Honors Forest Service Visionaries for Prince of Wales Island restoration work.
Links to images and videos and other media:
- LInks to an image/video library such as Flickr, Picasa Panaramio, and/or YouTube for more pictures and video about this specific site.
- LInks to historic photos
- Tongass National Forest Flickr photostream
- A Flickr search for the words "Prince of Wales Island" reveals over 1000 images.
- Panoramio photos of Prince of Wales Island / By ElaineG
- A Picasa search for the words"Prince of Wales Island" reveals thousands of images
- Mountain Visions Picasa Web Albums on Prince of Wales Island:
- An "Image Google Search for the words "Prince of Wales Island Watershed Restoration Projects" reveals thousands of photos and other images.
Links to GIS data and maps of this project:
- Prince of Wales Watershed Restoration Google Earth Tour, 2011
- Link to any GIS data and map sources that may exist for Prince of Wales Island Watershed Areas.
- GIS Maps are available in the Tongass Futures Roundtable Document "A Framework for Setting Watershed Scale Priorities...."
- A Google Search for the words "Prince of Wales Island Watershed GIS" reveals many online GIS sources .
Links to networking web site(s):
- Tongass Futures Roundtable web site
- Prince of Wales Chamber of Commerce
- USDA Forest Service Twitter Account
- USDA Forest Service Facebook page
- USDA Forest Service YouTube Account
- "Hands on the Land" Tongass National Forest Educator Resources and Education Programs
- Article "Tongass National Forest Engaging in Social Media" July 06, 2009
- Links to any other interest network web sites that have wikis, blogs or other popular networking opportunities such as FaceBook, Twitter, NIng, Wikispaces, etc.


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ROSWELL, Ga. – The 2014 Magnolia Ball will be held at the Country Club of Roswell, Saturday, June 7 at 6:30 p.m.
This gala event will feature a fabulous evening of cocktails, live and silent auctions, dinner and dancing to the ever popular band Grapevine.
All proceeds go to the preservation of Bulloch Hall, the 1839 childhood home of Mittie Bulloch, President Theodore Roosevelt's mother.
Previous balls have paid for the restoration of the service yard and carriage house on the historic site. The monies raised from this year's Magnolia Ball will be dedicated to the restoration of the area on the north side of the property known as "Orchard Hill." An amphitheater will be constructed next to the pond for outdoor educational programs for children and adults. The hill will highlight native vegetation and fruit trees and will feature a rooftop garden on the old shed. Existing natural paths will be expanded and dedicated signage of points of interest will be added.
Tickets are $150 per person. Reservations can be made by calling 770-992-1731, ext. 2. For more information, visit www.bullochhall.org.


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Is Your Car Your New Workout Tool?
Driving isn't well-known for inducing weight loss. Long commutes, road trips…they regularly lead to snacking on the wrong things. can definitely cause weight gain. Also, just as sitting at your desk doesn't exactly help you burn calories, neither does sitting in a car seat for long hours.
But there IS a way your car can actually help you slim down!
Drink: Keep a water bottle in your car so you can stay hydrated and stave off cravings.
Snack: Stash nonperishable healthy snacks in your car so you can reach for those instead of succumbing to gas station junk food. Nuts, trail mix, granola bars, whole grain pretzels, and shelf-stable soy or almond milk are all great options. If you know you'll be in the car for a few hours, pack a healthy meal so you can better avoid fast food. Also, try to eat every few hours to keep your metabolism stable and control urges to make unhealthy eating choices.
Prepare: Keep an extra pair of gym shoes and a workout outfit in your trunk, just in case. You never know when inspiration/opportunity will strike to get in a workout.
Play: Get pumped by blasting the music playlists you normally listen to while working out. It'll motivate you to stay on a healthy path.
Work: Tone your muscles while driving. Do glute squeezes. Pull your abs into your spine and release. Do shoulder lifts.


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There's nothing like Rock Paper Scissors for having a great time with a group of friends! I've already learned how to make a wine rack and my hubby and I worked as a team to make some cool corn hole boards. Love it!!
This art studio has it all! We had so much fun at a pre-wedding party - just us girls. We painted wine glasses, drank wine, and laughed the whole time. What a great place! Thanks, Amanda!


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SD Penitentiary staff thwart escape plan
SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- Staff at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls thwarted a planned escape attempt, corrections officials said Thursday.
Authorities said the escape was planned Tuesday during a medical transport of inmate Silver McClanahan, who is serving a life sentence for first-degree manslaughter in Brown County. He's been in prison for nearly two decades.
Corrections officials said penitentiary staff learned of the plot and alerted security officers, who prevented the escape from happening.
"Public safety is our ultimate responsibility and security is something we deal with every minute of every day," said Corrections Secretary Denny Kaemingk in a statement.
He said no correctional officers were injured and the public wasn't in danger because the inmate never left the prison grounds.
A criminal complaint has been filed against former inmate Lloyd White Face, who is on parole in the Sioux Falls area on grand theft and rape convictions in Pennington County, and another person who DOC officials did not identify. Kaemingk said the investigation into the planned escape is ongoing.
In April 2011, a prison guard was killed when two inmates attempted to escape the state penitentiary.


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The Detroit Tigers were beginning to wonder when they were ever going to score a run again. After being shutout on Sunday and for the first six innings on Monday's game against the Boston Red Sox the floodgates finally opened in the 7th inning on an Andy Dirks RBI triple, and the Tigers got the win they desperately needed 3-0. The win now moves them just a half game behind the Red Sox for best record in the American League, and while the Tigers should feel pretty safe in their ability to make the playoffs the difference between hosting and traveling throughout the playoffs cannot be overstated especially given the Tigers' propensity to play better at home. Yeah, I said propensity.
The last few days should quiet those who said the Tigers may be better at times without Miguel Cabrera because it forces them to pick up more slack and have more accountability. For brief stretches that may be true, but overall without Miguel Cabrera this offense really struggles to get its feet off the ground or have that bat it can consistently count on for run production. Luckily the Tigers found a way to scratch a few runs out of the air in the end, but a lot of credit in this win needs to be given to Doug Fister who managed to get out of several dangerous jams and hold a very talented Boston Red Sox lineup to zero runs in seven innings. It was a flash of the old Doug Fister that had been missing in the last month or so.
Now the Tigers head into tomorrow with their new ace Max Scherzer looking for win number 20, but the big point will be taking another game away from the Red Sox. Home field throughout the entirety of the playoffs isn't too much of a crazy notion now, and although there have been more ups and downs to this Tigers season than a Taylor Swift relationship, the Tigers now have a chance to put themselves in the best position of all. Today was a major step in the right direction.


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There is a leak in the gutter of our building, high above the terrace. It goes drip, drip, drip all night.
This morning, I discovered that it had turned my Iceberg rose - never better named - into a rose-icle.
Don't think it will mind, Marie. It's dry icy cold wind and no moisture that does the most damage.ReplyDelete
I hate leaks.Delete
Oh no :(
Will it make it through?
The ice may actually insulate it - I doubt it will hurt.Delete
I agree,the ice may actually insulate the rose from further damage.ReplyDelete
Three years ago that Iceberg was ice-encased.ReplyDelete
Froses : )ReplyDelete


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Sean McAdam of CSNNE.com joined Tony Massarotti on the Baseball Reporters to talk some Boston Red Sox and comments made by Bobby Valentine, Kevin Youkilis, and Dustin Pedroia.
Has Bobby Valentine been given a fair shot by the players?
Is the Red Sox snitch still in the locker room?
Do the players think that they are above the manager?
Mazz and McAdam discuss…