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Shakespeare's Bottom. Folk Comedy and Authority. Mystery plays. Who?: members of the town Guilds; paid for their performances Where?: pageant wagons on the streets of the town (also the streets themselves) When?: religious festivals like Corpus Christi day or St. George's day.
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FolkComedy and Authority
1 SHEPHERD. Lord, what these weathers are cold!And I am ill happed.I am near-hand dold, so long have I napped;My legs they fold, my fingers are chapped.[…]We are so hammed,Fortaxed and rammed,We are made hand-tamedWith these gentlery-men. (1-18)
1 SHEP. Patriarchs that have been, and prophets beforn,They desired to have seen this child that is born.They are gone full clean; that have they lorn. (692-4)
Names: Mak, Gill, 'Parkin, and Gibbon Waller … / And gentle John Horne' (562-3)
MAK. Christ's cross me speed! […] Now Christ's holy name be us among! (268, 278)
3 SHEP. Now trow me, if ye will – by Saint Thomas of Kent,Either Makor Gill was at that assent. (458-9)
1 SHEP. But, Mak, is that sooth?Now take out that Southern tooth,And set in a turd! (214-16)
1 SHEP. I thought that we laid us full near England. (353)
MAK. Lord, what they sleep hard! – that may ye all hear.Was I never a shepherd, but now I will lere… (287-8)
MAK. Do way!I am worthy my meat,For in a strait I can getMore than they that swink and sweat All the day long. (309-12)
3 SHEP. Mak, take it to no grief, if I come to thy bairn.
MAK. Nay, thou dost me great reprief, and foul hast thou farn.
3 SHEP. The child will it not grieve, that little day-starn.Mak, with your leave, let me give your bairnBut sixpence.
MAK. Nay, do way! He sleeps.
3 SHEP.Methinkhe peeps.
MAK. When he wakens he weeps.I pray you go hence.
3 SHEP.Give me leave him to kiss, and lift up the clout.What the devil is this? He has a long snout! (575-85)
MAK. Now, Lord, for thy names seven, that made both moon and starnsWell more than I can neven, thy will, Lord, of me tharns.I am all uneven; that moves oft my harns.Now would God I were in heaven, for there weep no bairnsSo still. (190-4)
MARY. The Father of Heaven, God omnipotent, That set all on seven, his Son has he sent.My name could he neven, and light ere he went.I conceived him full even through might, as he meant;And now is he born. (737-41)
Localised setting (e.g. a palace, a house): "a rudimentary element of verisimilitude" (Weimann 1987: 75);
High status characters: royalty, nobility;
Heightened language (usually verse);
Officially sanctioned historical narratives;
Unlocalised setting (literally a 'place'): "a theatrical dimension of the real world" (Weimann 1987: 76);
Direct address and audience interaction;
Low status characters: rustics, servants;
Vernacular language (prose);
Anachronistic subversion and reference to the present;
Debasement and satireLocus and platea
Enter the Clown with a basket and two pigeons in it
TITUS. News, news from heaven; Marcus, the post is come. Sirrah, what tidings? Have you any letters?Shall I have justice? What says Jupiter?
CLOWN. Ho, the gibbet-maker? He says that he hath taken them down again, for the man must not be hanged till the next week.
TITUS. But what says Jupiter, I ask thee?
CLOWN. Alas, sir, I know not Jupiter; I never drank with him in all my life. (4.3.77-85)
CLOWN. God and Saint Stephen give you good-e'en. (4.4.42-3)
Left: from the first quarto of Much Ado About Nothing (1600).
Below: from the second quarto of Romeo and Juliet (1599).
From the first quarto of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1600).
From the first quarto of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1600).
From John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi(c. 1613):
ANTONIO. I must lie here.
DUCHESS. Must! You are a lord of misrule.
ANTONIO. Indeed, my rule is only in the night. (3.2.9-10)
From A Midsummer Night's Dream:
OBERON. How now, mad spirit?What nightrulenow about this haunted grove?
PUCK. My mistress with a monster is in love. (3.2.4-6)
LYSANDER. If thou lov'stme then,Steal forth thy father's house tomorrow night,And in the wood, a league without the town,Where I did meet thee once with HelenaTo do observance to a morn of May,There will I stay for thee. (1.1.163-8)
OBERON. …she his hairy temples then had roundedWith a coronet of fresh and fragrant flowers… (4.1.50-1)
EGEUS. I wonder of their being here together.
THESEUS. No doubt they rose up early to observeThe rite of May… (4.1.130-2)


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Accentuate the Positive!
This is kind of a music nerd joke - the accent mark over a 'plus' sign to indicate that the viewer should "Accentuate the Positive". It's executed in a Jazz font that most musicians should recognize from printed sheet music.
It's a simple iconographic representation that will resonate 'positively' among those who "get it".
From a production standpoint, it can be executed in white against any dark background or in black on a lighter background. Other color combinations are clearly possible: pink on blue; yellow on orange.


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Players-Shakespeare.com publishes Shakespeare's plays in an innovative form which lets you explore the plays in ways which are difficult with more conventional editions. Explore monologues; play scenes with 1 or 2 friends; playread the plays in a group of 6 – 12 people. You'll find a more detailed description of what you can do below. We help you to do all this: Click here for video help to use the features …Read More
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If you can only get a few people (2 -5) together to do a play-reading, probably the most practical way of reading the play is to read it 'rouond-robin'. . In other words, each player reads a speech in turn. The first reader reads the first speech; then the next speaker in a clockwise direction reads the next speech; and so on until all the speakers have read, and then …Read More
Romeo and Juliet – Speaking Cast List
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Review: Othello (*****) BBC Shakespeare Collection
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Feb 14, 2011 - 1:24 pm
I just recv'd a statement from my cancer center. They bill my insurance $10,891 for a single infusion. WOW.
Feb 14, 2011 - 1:26 pm
and double WOW........ here's hoping it kicks butt.
Feb 14, 2011 - 1:34 pm
Mine billed 15k per treatment and it was covered.
Feb 14, 2011 - 1:54 pm
I'm not surprised. The series of Taxol maintenance I just finished - 12 infusions - cost $55,000, and that's not full "retail", just what my insurance paid.
Taxol isn't even a new drug. My doctor cited cost as one reason for not doing longer (more than one year) maintenance treatments.
Feb 14, 2011 - 4:06 pm
When it works, you won't even blink!!!
Feb 14, 2011 - 4:06 pm
When it works, you won't even blink!!!
Feb 14, 2011 - 4:52 pm
All of us who have enjoyed good health for many years prior to our diagnoses, and all of those still enjoying good health have already footed that bill through our years upon years of insurance premiums. Thank goodness your insurance will pay for it!
Feb 14, 2011 - 9:11 pm
Yep, that's what it costs. And even the "Adjusted" cost for insurance is in the thousands. I can't even wrap my brain around that. Each of my treatment bills was something like $17000. Thank goodness for insurance - even crummy insurance.
Feb 14, 2011 - 10:04 pm
Oh my. I knew it was high but I had no idea. I haven't seen my bill from my first infusion. Now you have me curious as to what mine will be. My COBRA cost me $594 a month but I gladly pay it to be covered.
Feb 15, 2011 - 3:49 am
I can't believe the cost of your insurance premiums, they are so expensive , but worth it granted.
Feb 15, 2011 - 5:48 am
Yes it is high. COBRA is what they offer you when you leave your place of employment. You have the option of continuing the coverage just as if you were still employed but you have to pay for the coverage as the employer would and they also tag on 102% for doing the paperwork. However, you only get to have it for 18 months after termination. I received an extra 11 months (extension due to going on disability). This will take me to the point where I will then be covered by Medicare. It was a very good thing when they changed COBRA and added the 11 months on to carry a person through so that there would be no lapse in coverage.
Feb 17, 2011 - 9:18 am
I have my own business and private insurance, so there is no volume bargaining like when you are a part of a group policy. I also live in a low income/elderly population region where there are many uninsured and many others on medical assistance programs. So the hospitals have to "get it where you can" to subsidize the charity care, etc. My oncologiust said their policy is to mark up drugs 300% to private insurers. "Yield management" is the business term, kind of like the airlines or hotels where each unit is sold at whatever the market will bear.
Soooo: they billed my insurance $30,200 for EACH Doxil infusion I had (with my insurance getting them down to only $24,000@). For EACH Nuepogen shot they bill my insurance $1700 (with my insurance paying $1200 each). My insurance pays $22,000 for the PET/CT scans I get every 3 months. I have had 2 Avastin infusions and haven't seen the bill yet, but I was warned that it would be in the $100,000 range per month.
I pay $1500 month for my insurance premiums for my husband and me; and have a $7,500 annual deductible that I pay before my insurance kicks in that I have paid now in January of 2008, 2009, 2010, & 2011. Thank God I am able to afford this, although I'd sure rather have a swanky new car and an in-ground pool! But my insurance has always paid and never turned me down for anything my oncologist suggested except the Clinical Trial. I have had to scan and email my bills to prove these charges to friends because they are so UNBELIEVABLE. But true.
So there is plenty of blame to go around in the healthcare debate. The hospitals and clinics gouge when they can; the insurance companies up their rates when they can. And in spite of it all, somehow we get excellent healthcare.
Feb 17, 2011 - 9:27 am
we do get excellent healthcare. It's amazing the difference in chemo costs from one area of the country to another. My doxil treatments were billed at about $4000 an infusion and my gemzar/carbos are about the same and now done in the hospital for my doctor no longer has a contract with my insurance company. I have no idea if my insurance company will spring for Avastin, if I need to try that.
Feb 20, 2011 - 6:15 pm
Linda, you ended your post with "So there is plenty of blame to go around in the healthcare debate. The hospitals and clinics gouge when they can; the insurance companies up their rates when they can. And in spite of it all, somehow we get excellent healthcare."
I do agree with that, except it is not true for those who cannot pay for their health insurance and do not have employer supplied insurance. I had a friend who died recently of leukemia almost certainly contracted by her volunteer health care work at the site on 9/11. She was self-employed, and had no insurance. There were unconscionable delays in her treatment due to the lack of private insurance. What really made me angry, was that she had an identical twin, and so had a perfect match for a stem cell transplant, but the process got started so late that her health declined to the point where the transplant could not be done.
I have one word for profit making insurance companies, clinics, and hospitals - bloodsuckers. I have no problem with doctors, nurses, and other direct health care providers making money, but corporations that supply health care and insurance should be non-profit. Drug companies, I think, are a more complicated issue, but I am sure that the problems with drug costs and availability could be dealt with humanely, if we (the US as a nation) had a strong desire to do so. One other word on making money from health care - I believe the best practitioners, researchers, and inventors are not basically motivated by profit. If I were to find out that my doctor had gone to med school primarily because he/she wanted to be assured of a high income, I would find another doctor pronto.
Feb 21, 2011 - 11:09 am
Health care should NOT a privilege, reserved to those who have either the means to pay for private insurance, or employer provided benefits. People on organ transplant lists get booted off the list if they lose their insurance (unless they can pay a $100K cash deposit). How can anyone make a case for that? Obviously, if you are so sick that you need an organ transplant, you will become too sick to work, at some point. Unless you have been on disability long enough to qualify for Medicare (2 years), or have a spouse whose employer provides coverage, you are pretty much screwed. Same thing goes for cancer.
Not everyone is out to suck the last drop of blood from their patients, though. My neighbor was recently diagnosed with OVCA. She had Secure Horizons (an alternative to Medicare) and the doctor she was referred to (my gyn/oncologist in Texas) was not in their network. He agreed to treat her anyway. Many hospitals - some by law and some by choice - provide indigent care to patients who cannot pay.
Medicine in general, and cancer in particular, is big business. I would urge anyone who does not have spousal insurance coverage to be pro-active and look ahead to what will happen if you lose your job through cut-backs, bankruptcy, buy-out, etc , have to give up your job due to poor health, or other possible scenarios. SS Disability is a given if you are Stage III or IV, but you have to be disabled for 2 years in order to qualify for Medicare, and in many states you have to be disabled to receive Medicaid. If I did not have Disability/Medicare now, I would apply for it ASAP, because I am in remission and my medical expenses are not so high that they would bankrupt me.
There was a time when people could save up enough money to pay for their own medical costs. The hospital bill when I was born was $50 (and they kept my mom and I for 10 days). No one can do that now. No matter how responsible you are, unless you are very, very wealthy (as in millions of dollars in savings), some corporate or government entity will have to contribute if you need treatment for cancer, or an organ transplant, or other catastrophic illness. Otherwise, you won't get it. Plain and simple. And you will die. Americans should not die for lack of affordable health care. It is unconscionable. We are the richest country in the world, and we should be ashamed of ourselves for not taking better care of our most vulnerable citizens: our sick, our elderly, and our children.
Carlene... (climbing down off her soapbox now)
Feb 21, 2011 - 6:09 pm
"There was a time when people could save up enough money to pay for their own medical costs."
My mother died of breast cancer in 1951. She was ill for 14 months before she succumbed. Even with the help of my aunt, who was an RN, my dad was ruined financially. When he remarried a few years later (small children need a mom,) my new mother had serious chronic asthma. My father owned his own small business, and he really never got out from under. If it weren't (eventually) for Medicare, my parents would have lived pretty much at the poverty line. As it was, Social Security was their only retirement income.
My husband worries that if he loses his job (works for NY State, so that's always a possibility,) I'll be without insurance. For that reason, I'm looking into the possibility of Canadian citizenship. My mom had emigrated from Poland to Canada and was a citizen when she met my dad. It's going to cost a bit, but I think it would give my husband some peace of mind re my future health care.
Feb 21, 2011 - 9:52 pm
How old were you when your Mom died? I have a GREAT interest in children who grew up without a Mom. I need validation the kids will be alright!! :(
Feb 21, 2011 - 11:55 pm
Nancy... my mother lived to see me grown, but my stepmother's mom died when she was a small child, and her dad never remarried. She grew up to be a wonderful mom, a good Christian woman, and an amazing cook. There were two girls, only a couple of years apart in age. Her sister and she remained unusually close throughout their lives. Her sister's nickname was "Happy", because she was always such a happy child.
When I was growing up, there was a boy named Jon in my neighborhood whose mom had died before I met him, so he was under the age of 10 when his mom died. If his dad ever remarried, it was after we graduated from high school. Jon was the envy of every kid in the neighborhood. His dad doted on him. Jon's first car was a Corvette (not a new one, but still.....a CORVETTE.) Jon was an only child, but he was allowed to have friends sleep over on school nights. He wasn't obnoxious, though. His dad was pretty strict about manners and rules and stuff. I never heard of Jon getting into any kind of trouble. I can't remember if he went to college or not, but he made decent grades in high school - not honor roll grades, but decent ones.
And finally, I have a good friend, whom I met in a support group for widowed persons about 12 years ago. At the time he had a 5 year old (boy) and a 10 year old (girl). His wife went in for a routine gall bladder removal, had a stroke on the table, and died after several days (and many strokes later). She was 35 years old. Those kids are doing great. The daughter graduated from college last Spring and the boy is in high school and has his heart set on a military or law enforcement career. Their dad never remarried, either. There was another couple in the group who got married and combined families totaling 5 kids. The youngest was under two when his mom died. I don't keep in touch with them, but a mutual friend (whose wife died and left him to raise two boys) does, and he told me not long ago that he had heard from Pam, and they were all doing fine.
My good friend Rob (the mutual friend in the preceeding paragraph) remarried when his sons were older - around 17 and 20. Prior to that, it was just the three guys. It was a bit odd to visit them at first, because they never changed the mom's color scheme (lots of mauve), and her collection of those little angel figurines (I forget the name of them) was everywhere, even years after she died (of gastric cancer). They liked it that way, though. Rob told me that all the milestones were bittersweet: the boys' graduations, their weddings, and the birth recently of his first grandchild. At both their weddings, when the bride handed her mom a rose, she also placed one on a seat that had been left empty, in memory of the boys' mother.
Even my friend whose mom took her own life turned out alright, though she had a harder time dealing with it emotionally. Maybe because she was older (middle school), or maybe because of the circumstances.
Feb 22, 2011 - 12:47 pm
thank you, Carlene. Sincerely. Your post brought tears to my eyes I just wish it would bring comfort to my heart. Well, it does give me some comfort yes. I realize kids live through tragic events and are resilient as long as they have love and guidance. I have no doubt my husband will do his best to raise them into fine young men. I will never stop wishing I were the one raising them. I will never willingly give up fighting.
Feb 17, 2011 - 12:29 pm
Nancy, I just got my bill for one Avastin treatment. It was $15,211. It is just amazing to me that the cost for all of us is so different. And Linda... I think that is terrible that they charge so much for your treatment. It is just not right.
Feb 18, 2011 - 5:39 am
Linda, that sure would be a financial hardship for most people.
My husband works for NYS so he has excellent insurance. I'm not sure what his cost for the insurance is. It started out quite expensive but drops 10% every year of employment. After completing 10years of service it is free for the family. His healthcare contracts with well known cancer centers. If you use these cancer centers there are NO out of pocket expense for any services you receive there. I even get reimbursed for mileage, tolls, parking, food and lodging. Mileage is .27 cents per mile, tolls, parking and food are paid for by saved receipts. I haven't had to use lodging. If I chose to fly to one of their contracted cancer centers in another state they would pay airfare as well as ground transportation. If you don't use one of their 'centers of excellence' you have the standard out of pocket expenses.
Luckly, prior to being diagnosed, we purchased cancer insurance through my husbands employer as well. I get reimbursed from them each time I receive chemo, mileage and hospital stays. I think I get $250 each time I get chemo, $300 night for hospital stays (thank God I've had no stays in the last 2yrs) and I think I get .50 cents a mile travel.
Having this coverage has allowed me to quit my job and spend whatever time I have left with my family. My kids were ages 3 and 5 at time of diagnosis.
Feb 18, 2011 - 7:30 am
Nancy, was the cancer insurance that you mentioned at the bottom of your post through AFLAC?
I have a friend whose wife died of cancer a few years ago, and she had similar benefits through an AFLAC policy. Of course, you can only obtain it when well, but I'm going to start recommending supplemental cancer insurance to healthy friends.
WHAT a blessing you don't have the financial element playing into your decisions with such young children! Being a mother is a full-time job. Fighting cancer is a full-time job. Glad you and your husband planned ahead, so you don't have to contend with a job-job.
I'm like Linda P...private insurance, steep out-of-pocket. In 2009, I paid $8,974 toward my medical bills, and BCBS covered the rest. In 2010, I paid $7,095 and BCBS covered the rest. Coverage varies based on the type of treatment, and my policy caps certain treatments such as physical therapy.
No COBRA option, so I must work to pay for medical insurance, or go on disability and hope Medicare kicks in. I'm 51, and live in Texas. Every state's Medicare rules differ AND state Medicare rules are in flux now due to budget crises. I'll stick with BCBS as long as possible. Those of you with excellent insurance...rejoice!
Feb 18, 2011 - 7:38 am
Yes, it is AFLAC Cancer platinum plan. I forget what it costs weekly but it is worth it. We bought it after my brother in law died of oral cancer at the age of 45. They had a 6month old baby when he was diagnosed. After his death we also bought additional life insurance policies. You truly never know how what life will throw at you.
BTW, I did read the blog you posted. Your sons friend who died. It brought me to tears. Such a shame.


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Fashion meets technology: Is HSY releasing his own smartphone?
The name of HSY is synonymous with fashion and style, the man who has been in the industry since years always stuns Pakistanis with his designs and devour. However, now it seems that HSY is all set to step into the world of technology too.
Read: HSY Mansion: opulence meets couture
A few days back, HSY made a series of posts on his official Instagram account which hinted towards him either coming up with his own series of smartphones or probably advertising for one, hence, HIP got in touch with the man himself to find out what he is up to.
"About this upcoming collaboration, all I can say is that it's going to be something really exciting. Without disclosing much, I would say I'm working on something that will bring together the HSY design aesthetic fused with the expertise of my tech partner. All I can say for now is 'Black is the anchor of style and team HSY loves black' ", Yasin told HIP
It seems that HSY is all set to add glamour to the world of technology and we can't wait to see the final result. We are sure that the HSY technological collaboration will take everyone by storm.
HSY was seen in a secret meeting with a mysterious foreign delegation in Lahore. After dressing up Brooke Shields in Hollywood, Is he looking to explore the Foreign fashion industry now or is it something else? Watch the video!


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When Albert Pujols reached the milestone of 500 career home runs this week — hitting Nos. 499 and 500 in the same game at Washington — he became the 26th member of the once-elite club.
The accomplishment was celebrated about as much as a walk-off homer. Well, not quite.
Hitting 500 homers used to mean something. It really did. It was relevant right from the start.
Babe Ruth became the charter member of the 500 home run club in 1929, and he knew it was something special.
"I'd kinda like to have that one," Ruth said after hitting a pitch from Cleveland's Willis Hudlin out of the ballpark.
The youngster who grabbed the ball was located and brought to meet the Babe, who autographed another ball for the boy and handed him $20 to boot in exchange for No. 500.
Eleven years later, Jimmie Foxx became the second player to reach 500 homers. In 1945, Mel Ott became the third. And even when five players — Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron — did it in the 1960s, it still only brought 500 club membership to eight.
Hitting 500 home runs used to mean automatic entrance to the Hall of Fame. No other ID required.
The first 15 members all are in Cooperstown. Frank Thomas, voted in this year, is the only one who has made it since.
The first decade of the 21st century was played under a cloud of suspicion because of PEDs, and that coincided with nine players reaching the 500-homer milestone. It bloated club membership, ruining its relevance.
The thought here is that a generation must pass before the 500 club is properly appreciated again. But who wants to wait that long? Here's to making it mean something again right now.
As a public service, we have determined — through exhaustive trial and error — an equation that recalculates the home run numbers of those confirmed or suspected of using PEDs.
It is a proprietary equation, one that will be revealed the day after MLB clubs open their books to public scrutiny.
We will say this much: It is more complex than the recipe for secret sauce (ketchup mixed with mayonnaise) and less guarded than the formula for Coca-Cola (which had been kept in a bank vault since 1925 before being moved three years ago to a 5-foot safe — really).
Our calculations reduced the homer totals for seven players — Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Manny Ramirez and Gary Sheffield — and resulted in six of them being removed the club.
There's the door. Don't let it hit you on the way out.
Voilà! The 500 home run club is relevant again. You're welcome.
Upon further review, 20 players is an appropriate number. It's in line with the natural progression of about two players per decade.
Bonds (adjusted to 660 homers) is the only one among the tainted seven still in the club, but instead of hanging around to break Aaron's all-time record, he hung on to tie his godfather, Mays.
It's too bad Bonds had to take that "flaxseed oil." He had Hall of Fame credentials, anyway. We can understand why he did what he did. Imagine Bonds sitting around the Giants' clubhouse in that oversized chair of his. He's watching the great Sosa-McGwire home run chase of 1998 and seeing all the adulation that should have been going to him as the game's greatest player.
Sosa (430) received an extra deduction for cork, Manny (424) for being Manny, and A-Rod (449) for being a fraud (not to mention two of the three being suspended for PEDs).
While we're not here to talk about the past, we must say that McGwire (461) didn't deserve to stay where he was. Neither did Sheffield (431), who admitted that he got something from Bonds.
Palmeiro, as some might imagine, is the biggest loser here. His membership is revoked not only in the 500 club but also the 3,000 hit club (he had 3,020 career hits). Enjoy the 432 and 2,734 clubs, respectively, Raffy.
Hey, that's what happens when you wag your finger at Congress four months before being suspended for a positive drug test (not to mention appearing in Viagra ads).
The numbers for Ken Griffey Jr. (630), Jim Thome (612) and Frank Thomas (521) were not changed. None of the three was ever implicated in the PEDs talk. Sadly, their accomplishments were diminished by those around them.
Pujols also gets a pass here. He has steered clear of controversy throughout his career, although last year former slugger Jack Clark made PEDs accusations against him. Pujols backed Clark off the plate with a lawsuit, and Clark apologized in February.
"I have no knowledge whatsoever that Mr. Pujols has ever used illegal or banned PEDs," Clark said in a statement. "I publicly retract my statements that Albert Pujols used such substances. During a heated discussion on air, I misspoke, and for that I sincerely apologize."
We can only hope Pujols never has to apologize for anything. He says he's clean. We'd like to believe him. And maybe, just maybe, we can make a big deal out of it when he hits No. 600.
Slimming the ranks
Below is what the 500 home run club looks like now. Below that are the players tainted by PED use and our revision of their HR totals.
762 — Barry Bonds
755 — Hank Aaron
714 — Babe Ruth
660 — Willie Mays
630 — Ken Griffey Jr.
613 — Alex Rodriguez
609 — Sammy Sosa
589 — Jim Thome
586 — Frank Robinson
583 — Mark McGwire
573 — Harmon Killebrew
569 — Rafael Palmeiro
563 — Reggie Jackson
555 — Manny Ramirez
548 — Mike Schmidt
536 — Mickey Mantle
534 — Jimmie Foxx
521 — Willie McCovey
521 — Frank Thomas
521 — Ted Williams
512 — Ernie Banks
512 — Eddie Mathews
511 — Mel Ott
509 — Gary Sheffield
504 — Eddie Murray
500 — Albert Pujols
660 — Bonds
461 — McGwire
449 — Rodriguez
442 — Palmeiro
431 — Sheffield
430 — Sosa
424 — Ramirez


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Alstom and Bombardier on Tuesday signed agreements with China's railways ministry to speed up development of rail transport in the vast country and also in overseas markets, the companies said.
French engineering group Alstom said it had signed a "long-term cooperation agreement" with the ministry to develop inter-city and high-speed trains as well as signalling equipment for China and "defined international markets".
"China is a strategic market for our transport activities, due to its size and its high growth potential," Alstom chief executive Patrick Kron said in a statement.
Separately, Canadian industrial group Bombardier also signed a memorandum of understanding with the ministry to step up development of "various products and systems" in high-speed rail for the Chinese and overseas markets.
The agreements are not binding. However China is rapidly expanding and upgrading its railway network amid increased pressures on its transportation system.
Railways Minister Liu Zhijun said Tuesday that the country had the world's longest high-speed network, at 7,531 kilometres (4,670 miles), state media reported.
The railway authority said in July that China would spend about 120 billion dollars to nearly double the country's high-speed rail network by 2012.
China has been accused of wanting to close its rail industry to foreign manufacturers and of profiting from stealing their technology -- charges it has denied.
Alstom Transport chief executive Philippe Mellier last year reportedly called for a boycott of Chinese-made trains, claiming the country blocked bids from foreign manufacturers.
"The (Chinese) market is gradually shutting down to let the Chinese companies prosper," Mellier said in an interview with the Financial Times.
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When it comes time to do repair work on your Fernandina Beach roof, you have two options. You can either call a roofing contractor to do the work for you or you can do the repairs on your own.
A common problem with roofing repairs is that people tend to ignore them. Of course, if you are ignoring a problem, you don't have to deal with it at all. However, as with most household problems, the longer you let them go, the more severe they become. If you have a leak in your home or see water damage on the ceiling, it's time to do something about it now. You don't want to wait until the leak gets worse or until the whole ceiling is damaged. However, this is what most people do.
Choosing a Fernandina Beach Florida Roof Installation Contractor
Now that you know that you must tackle this job, you need to see where the problem actually is coming from. If you are going to try to tackle this job on your own, then it's time to do some investigating. The roof cavity is the best place to start. Check for signs of a leak, water stains, mold or moisture damage. Oftentimes, this may be in an attic area or around a chimney.
Roofing professionals are called professionals for a very good reason. They are skilled at their given profession, which in this case would be roofing. They know what needs to be done to fix a roof properly and they also have the tools and equipment to do the work. Also, a professional roofer is used to working on roofs. Their chances of falling and hurting themselves are much less than if you attempt to try it. There are many accidents each year by people who are not in good health attempting to climb on roofs to do the job themselves.
When choosing a professional, however, don't be too hasty in making your decision. As in any profession, there are going to be variations on roofing companies. While some will be more expensive, some will cost less, but this doesn't mean that they are going to do a good job. On the other hand, you must use good discretion and ask questions to make sure you are getting what you pay for.
A professional roofer should come to your property and take a look before giving you an estimate. Once the estimate is done, you should receive a copy of an invoice that lists each cost separately. This is important for when you compare various contractors. You want to make sure that the estimates you are receiving are for the same work and materials.
3 of the Best Roofing Materials - Learn the Facts About Residential Roofing Materials
Need a new roof? Thinking about tackling your roof replacement yourself? Think again! There are major reasons--from safety to roof performance--to leave installing new shingles to the pros.
Roof shingles are just one of those things that eventually need to be replaced. Even with today's highly engineered roofing materials, you'll find the average life span of an asphalt roof is typically only about 35 years. When the time comes to replace your roof, many avid do-it-yourselfers tend to take the "how hard can it be" approach and tackle their own roof replacement. But if you're considering that route, make sure you think it all the way through before grabbing the nail gun--roofing installation/replacement gone wrong can have some serious repercussions for your health and the safety of your home.
The National Center for Health Statistics reports that between 2008 and 2009 (the last year for which statistics are available), some 890,000 people went to the emergency room for fall-related injuries. The simple truth is that getting up on the roof to replace your shingles is dangerous. Especially if you have a multi-story home or a steep roof, you're putting yourself at risk for a major fall if you try to handle your own roof installation. Professional roofing contractors are both trained and experienced, and they have the know-how to handle the heights safely. If you're still not worried about the safety risks, remember, that you'll be doing a lot more than just walking around on the roof: tearing off the old shingles, rolling out new felt, handling the new shingles and nail gun, etc., are all hard jobs that can easily throw your balance off. And just a momentary shift in balance can mean you're headed to the ER with a broken leg or worse!
Beyond the safety aspects, it's also important to keep quality in mind. Your roof is what protects your whole house from the adverse effects of water damage caused by precipitation, so it's particularly critical that this project be done right. Roofing installation has many steps, from putting down the felt underlayment to actually nailing down the shingles themselves. Add in ridge vents and installing flashing around chimneys and vent stacks, and it's easy to get overwhelmed fast. Each step has to be done correctly and at the right point in the process or you risk making a mistake that could lead to water penetrating your home.
With do-it-yourself projects like painting or gardening, typically the worst side effect of a mistake or incorrect approach is aesthetic (dripped paint or dead bushes, for example). However, when roof installation isn't done right, it can mean water leaking into your home. And with water comes possible structural concerns as well as mold and its related health issues.
So it's just not worth it. Instead of trying to be a weekend warrior with your roof, call in the pros instead. You'll reap the benefit of safety for your home as well as yourself by letting professional roofers handle the project. Roofing contractors have the training and tools to get the job done right, so don't hesitate to call them in for your roof replacement today.
Common Roof Flashing Problems And Solutions
When it comes to roofing material, most homeowners want something that is durable and long lasting, yet affordable. For a long time they had to choose between a high-cost tile or slate roof that lasted a good amount of time but required extra bracing to support its weight and they aren't cheap, or shake or shingle roofs that were less expensive but had a short lifespan. Now homeowners can have the best of both worlds with metal roofing.
While upfront you may pay slightly more for a metal roof over shake or shingle, the benefits of a metal roof far outweigh the difference. For one, your metal roof will last a lot longer than these other materials, so you are saving yourself from paying for a new roof over the next 40-50 years. Some appraisers are even adding about $1.25 per square foot to the appraised price of the home if it has a metal roof on it!
Since a metal roof will reflect heat in the summer there are additional savings when it gets hot. Metal roofs allow your home to stay cooler in hot weather, which can save you up to 40% in cooling costs. There is also little maintenance involved to keep a metal roof, so you won't have to pay someone to come to your home and make repairs.
A metal roof is lightweight, and it will not crack, bend or warp like other building materials. Over many years your metal roof will stay looking great, while your neighbor's asphalt roof begins to grow moss and crack around the edges. You can get a metal roof in nearly any color you like, and if you don't like the standard sheet-type metal roof then try looking at the new types of patterns that are made to look like tiles or shingles.
If you live in an area where you get high winds, then a metal roof will save you money here as well. Metal roofs can withstand up to 120mph winds, so after a big storm you won't be picking pieces of your roof out of the trees around your home. You can sit on the porch instead and watch everyone else repair their roofs.
Installing a metal roof also costs less. Normally a metal roof can be added to the home without removing the previous roofing material which will save on the cost of disposal and the time to take it off. One or two people can install the roof, and it doesn't have to be done by a professional. As long as you can follow the instructions that come with the roofing material you should be fine.
Since metal roofing weighs less than shake or shingle, you will pay less to have it shipped to your home, and there will be little to no waste produced as the sheets should exactly fit your home. Once completed you will have a lovely new roof that will likely last longer than the time you will spend living in your home.


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A small town teenager in the 1960s believes her dreams of becoming a famous singer will come true when her rock star idol gets stranded in town. But a leak in a nearby chemical plant that is believed to be causing mass mutations threatens to turn her dream into a nightmare.
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Clark County arson arrests
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:15:41 GMT —
Relief for Revere residents. That's the sentiment in Clark County after four men were arrested for a series of arson fires.
KHQA's Rajah Maples spoke with a Clark County Sheriff's Department sergeant about the arrests, how they came about and the motive behind the blazes for this KHQA FactFinder Report.
The sheriff's department says these four men are responsible for about a dozen arson fires in the Revere area since December. 19-year-old Timothy Ball, brothers Bradon and Jason Shotts all of Revere and 20-year-old Jimmy Martin of Farmington, Iowa are charged with multiple counts of arson and burglary.
Detective Sgt. Robert Becker said, "I don't really want to go into the motives. That's something that will come out during court."
All the buildings, including the former Revere Community Church, were vacant at the time of the fires. But many residents feared the arsonists would choose a home with a family inside...or even set a fire that would spread to nearby homes. KHQA asked Detective Sgt. Robert Becker how authorities ended up finding the suspects.
Becker said, "Through the course of our investigation, we were able to find people willing to talk with us."
No one was ever hurt in the arson fires. And Becker says the department doesn't think there are any more suspects on the loose. But he says you can never be 100 percent sure. The Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms helped in the investigation.
The agency says its partnership with the Missouri State Fire Marshals Office and Clark County Sheriff's Office is another example of what can be accomplished when federal, state and local agencies work together.


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Rank 8 last season, rank 10 so far!
Strategy: Trade up with Tidecaller, hold board with Coldlights, turn 5 drop Warleader and Crazed Alchemist for permanent buffs and tempo plays. Play Steward before Warleader; they don't synergize well.
Mulligans: Hold Divine Favor against Priest, hold Grimscale only if you have to.
Argent Protector, Rallying Blade/Steward of Darkshire, and Truesilver can be cut or doubled. Consider Consecration, Bran, Tinyfin, or Knife Juggler as trade ins.


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42nd ICCC
Next week I'll be in France to hear about the latest developments in coordination chemistry. If you'll be there then please get in touch! I'd love to hear about what exciting chemistry you are up to. I'm always happy to talk to prospective authors, and reviewers, about publishing in Nature Research journals.
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The end of summer, back to school, shorter days. Well during all of that, there are books still comic out in September and here's a couple that jumped out at me as ones that I know I'll want to read.
SOUTHERN BASTARDS TP VOL 01 HERE WAS A MAN: Jason Aaron and Jason Latour's manly book about southern men simultaneously rings on Neil Young and Lynyrd Skynyrd. After Aaron's years of writing at Marvel, Southern Bastards has the gritty edge of his Scalped but has more personality than that book ever did. Latour's artwork is a key part of bringing out that personality as his grizzled cartooning comes close to feeling like it's playing within cliches about what the south feels like but remains honest to the characters and the situations that they exist in.
BUMPERHEAD HC: everyone is referring to this as Gilbert Hernandez's follow up to Marble Season (written about here) and that may be more just marketing talk but I'm curious to see how this stacks up to Love and Rockets X, an old story that may be one of the most Altmanesque pieces that Gilbert has ever done. L&R fandom always goes on and on about Gilbert Vs. Jaime and that's just complete bullshit. They're brothers, working often in the same comic but both cartoonists work completely differently and you really see that in every Love and Rockets New Stories that come out annually.
BARBARELLA DLX ED SUPER OVERSIZED HC: You know, I don't think I've ever even watched Barbarella. It's been sitting in both my Netflix and Amazon Instant Video queue for ages but I've just never gotten around to watching it. I've seen Jean-Claude Forest's artwork for what feels like most of my life thanks to the fantastic old The World Encyclopedia of Comics but this will be the first time I'll get to see these comics.
CHARLES BURNS SUGAR SKULL GN: I've really got to read The Hive, the 2nd book in Burns' trilogy, before this one comes out. Burns is one of those cartoonists that I struggle a bit with. I love his detached storytelling, where nothing in the world quite seems to synch up but that also feels incredibly cold. It's hard to find the spiritual or emotional center of Burns' work for me but that's more because I just haven't read as much of his work. I still need to pick up his Black Hole, so what do I know?
SHOPLIFTER HC: Other than illustrations that he's done over the past number of years, I don't know if I could even tell you any short stories that Michael Cho has ever drawn. Cho's artwork reminds me a lot of Darwyn Cooke's, only cleaner and neater. It's like when J. Bone inks Cooke and there's just a smoothness to the artwork. That's what Cho reminds me of and it looks nice.
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On February 17, 2016, a motion for authority to sell assets of the estates pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code was filed in the bankruptcy case of Osage Exploration and Development, Inc. and its affiliates.
The filing was assigned docket number 91 and is described on the court's official docket as follows:
Corrected Motion to Sell Assets Free and Clear of Lien Under Sec. 363(f). With Notice and Opportunity for Hearing, Filed by John Napier of Crowe & Dunlevy on behalf of Osage Exploration and Development, Inc. Hearing scheduled 3/31/2016 at 09:30 AM on the 9th Floor Courtroom, 215 Dean A. McGee Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 – Stalking Horse APA) (Napier, John) (Entered: 02/17/2016)
Osage Exploration and Development, Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection, or had an involuntary bankruptcy petition filed against it, on February 3, 2016. The bankruptcy case is pending before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Oklahoma . The case number for the lead bankruptcy case is 16-10308. The bankruptcy case is currently assigned to United States Bankruptcy Judge Sarah Hall. The law firm of Crowe & Dunlevy, PC is acting as lead bankruptcy counsel to Osage Exploration and Development, Inc. in the bankruptcy case.


text: Konami have let slip that they're working on another entry into the Silent Hill series, with an as yet un-named developer. The last Silent Hill game to grace the Xbox 360 was Silent Hill: Homecoming, was met with pretty poor reviews all round – averaging around 70% on Metacritic. The franchise has suffered in recent years, with a series of duff remakes across a number of different platforms since the first game debuted back in 1999 – which also received a fair-to-middling movie adaption in 2006. With Survival Horror games in general seemingly light on scares and innovative gameplay these days (bar EA's excellent Dead Space), we're feeling slightly pessimistic that this announcement will breathe new life into the genre – but the fact that Konami is keeping its cards close to its chest at this point has done enough to spark our interest at this point.


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Friendly, beefy, strong, keen and masculine.
Have met 10.5 stone to 20 stone safely, with fun had by all.
I would love to try out pro holds and practice and would happily take a role if required. Would love to find a smaller heel type. Understand need to respect limits with lighter guys and happy to lift them, bearhug etc or let guys use me for practice as a strong resistant jobber.
I'm serious about meeting, have other commitments so please understand if a delay but won't let you down with a no show. I'm sure my past opponents will confirm.
Happy to travel with notice.
Yeah of course I like erotic side of it and can skype sometimes too
Match structure: Give and take, Squash match, Play wrestling, Practicing techniques, Online chatting
Specific wrestling styles: Brit pro wrestling, Mud/oil wrestling
Stand-up fighting: Not interested in stand-up fighting
Miscellaneous interests: Massage, Friendship, Stakes
Met Dave after years chatting to each other. Great guy on and off the mats, very strong would recommend to wrestle him if you get the opportunity
Met today after a long time and the wait was well worth it. Looked great on his gear and have to agree with the other guys when I got trapped in his legs. They are strong! Really good guy on and off mats. Definitely recommend.
Been a while since we met , big friendly guy, but perfectly safe with a smaller guy like me, we had a good fun wrestle, safe and sane, round 2 soon ?
One meet but I can echo all comments about Den. Frinedly, knowledgeable, skillful and found myself in trouble a few times . Enjoyed meeting this great grappler.
Met sthlincs for a test of strength bout. He's a big dude and certainly has the strengh to back it up. He's got natural muscle and size. He's started strengh training at the gym so he's only going to get stronger folks. He's an unassuming chilled out friendly bloke who I'd happy to wrestle again.
All I hoped for and more in this fella. He looks and is very impressive. Was not a competitive match but strength tests and holds. Strong,fit,determined, a natural and is going to be unstoppable. Besides that he is an incredibly friendly and interesting guy to talk to and very hunky! Someone I hope to meet many more times.
Sthlincs is a good strong powerhouse who is starting to become a good wrestler once he remembers what to do when he is on the mats, Genuine fun nice guy who I would recommend to anyone
After many years of enjoyable banter, I finally met this gentle giant. I was outclassed as expected but loved testing my strength against this big knowledgeable guy. Echo everything said about him, hope I get some more know how to get him down!!! Thanks mate.
Great session with this powerful masculine hunk of a man. Great strength, a fine muscled hairy body and friendly too. Do not miss. Enjoyed every minute.
20/02/15 Second meet under belt and just as good. Bring on the next one
David is a big and naturally very strong man. A novice wrestler but well worth meeting. He's a real handful and just needs some more practice ( like the rest of us !). Amusing, sane, reliable...hit him up fellas.
Lucky enough to be relatively near. This big man delivers on how he looks. Intimidating guy to face, big, strong and mean looking. Met at his after a while due to my normal nervousness but I never regretted for an instant. Patient and reassuring but left no doubt who was boss. As everyone says, great hosts, very nice, socialble, intelligent and a MUST!! Can't wait to meet again. Has made me determined to get fitter
Now met him a couple of times and he delivers as a heel. Great guy off the mats and knows his stuff on them. Enjoyed my meets immensely
Had my work cut out taking on this big strong guy! We had great fun grappling each other around and he looks great in his gear. Would love to see him again and have another pop!
I met this great guy in summer 2012. Had long wanted to meet this hairy beast and he didn't disappoint. Friendly, intelligent guy who knows how to grapple and we worked up a sweat in a sane strong exchange of holds. I enjoyed it immensely and hope to repeat. Don't miss the chance and looks great in his speedos.
A big strong guy on the mats who is great fun to wrestle. Takes a lot of punishment before submitting and can more than look after himself in a submission fight! Off the mats, David is quite shy at first, but when you get to know him, he's a fun conversationalist with lots of interesting things to talk about. Definite recommendation, and I look forward to out next meet.
This man is the real deal. Strong tough rugby build. Can turn it on or be patient with a nervous guy like me. Very encouraging and a great experience. Fab host too and I will keep going back!
Met Andrew one evening after my usual nervous exchanges. Really friendly sociable guy. WE were well matched strength wise and although I had a size advantage, he had more experience and it worked well. Looked great in his gear too. He is someone that anyone should meet , safe, strong , masculine.
Had a single meet some time ago. Big strong man. Was one of my first so was very nervous and now wish had done more. We were well matched and it was good fun. Friendly guy and remember being pinned a few times and I particularly remember some fig 4 work. Hope we can meet again
What can I say that hasn't been said? I was lucky to have this impreeive guy as my first ever meet a long time ago and thats why I'm still here. I was incredibly nervous and wanting to cancel the meet but went ahead and boy was I pleased did! He was awesome, amazing physique, great knowledge and patience, shared tip and hints. Really nice guy. Now I'm wondering why I've not gone back for more!


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F.J. Bergmann lives in Wisconsin for the 4th or 5th time, and claims to have an MFA from the School of the Americas. She works as a used-book seller, riding instructor, book designer, editor, and poetry submitter. Previous jobs included rural postal carrier and illustrator for a manual of interesting diseases. At heart a blocked visual artist, she is to blame for madpoetry.org and her own site, fibitz.com, where more of her dubious achievements may be perused. One of her pseudopodia can reach all the way from the bedroom to the refrigerator.
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LTER Home Page | LTER Intranet | Information Managers Home | LNO | Login
Openness and Transparency in Development of the LTER Network Information System
Mark Servilla and Duane Costa (LNO)
The May 2010 start date is a watershed moment for LTER that begins a five-year cyberinfrastructure development effort to implement the Provenance Aware Synthesis Tracking Architecture (PASTA) as part of the nascent Network Information System (NIS). Making this a collaborative and open process between NIS developers and community stakeholders is paramount to the success of the project. In support of openness and transparency during this development effort, key software tools have been identified and put into operation. These include:
- Subversion for software revision control and management;
- Edgewall Software's Trac for task management;
- Drupal for content management and providing a framework for information dissemination; and
- California Institute of Technology's EVO collaboration environment for real-time audio and video communication.
Subversion (http://subversion.apache.org/), informally known as SVN, is an open source version control system that has been in use at the LTER Network Office (LNO) for a number of years, succeeding the previously supported Concurrent Versions System (CVS). Subversion utilizes the notion of a host repository as a container of digital objects, namely software source code files, that may be modified locally and updated to the repository as a new revision. Individual revisions are tracked through associated metadata and may be rolled-back to a previous version, if necessary. The LNO supports multiple SVN repositories for various projects, both internally and Network-wide, hosted at https://svn.lternet.edu. All LNO SVN repositories are open to the public. As such, all files in the LNO SVN repositories may be checked out with unfettered access. Insertions and updates to files in the repository, however, require user authentication and access rights to the specific repository. Authentication is integrated with the LTER user registry, which is maintained in a local Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server at the LNO. Browsing the LNO repositories may be performed by using the web-browser WebSVN application at https://svn.lternet.edu/ or by using one of many SVN clients and connecting directly to a repository at https://svn.lternet.edu/svn/<repository>. The NIS repository (https://svn.lternet.edu/svn/NIS) is divided into two main categories,
documents and
software, each represented as a separate directory in the repository. Artifacts from NIS project planning and software development may be found in either of the two directories.
The NIS development effort is utilizing the Trac web-based application (http://trac.edgewall.org/) for task management through its ticket and issue tracking capabilities. Trac supports a minimalist approach for both wiki page editing and ticket management, in addition to a long list of externally contributed plug-ins that extends its base functionality. Trac replaces the Bugzilla system that was previously used for defect tracking at the LNO. We have successfully modeled the NIS software development methodology, OpenUP, to the Trac ticket system, thereby allowing us to create and track OpenUP related tasks. Tickets may also be created for managing defects and requesting enhancements to any NIS related software component. The NIS Trac is hosted at https://trac.lternet.edu/trac/NIS and the content is open for viewing by the general public. Creating and modifying tickets does require users to login through the Trac site (see top of web page) by entering their LTER user credentials. As mentioned, the NIS Trac ticket model has been modified to adopt the OpenUP task requirements. This process was simplified by using the TracCustomFieldAdmin (Version 0.2.2) plug-in. We have also installed the TracGanttCalendarPlugin (Version 0.1) for graphically tracking progress on specific tasks by displaying them within a calendar view and Gantt charts. Trac also supports custom report queries. These queries are created through Trac's Custom Query interface from within the View Tickets web page and may be modified by any user to selectively filter report ticket information.
The Drupal content management system (http://drupal.org/) provides the web-based framework for the NIS project website. Its goal is to facilitate the dissemination of information pertaining to NIS development and collaboration. It is hosted at https://nis.lternet.edu and, like Subversion and Trac, is open to the general public for viewing content. The NIS Drupal website is intentionally simple to navigate and to find meaningful content, and uses the Abarre theme (http://drupal.org/project/themes?text=abarre). Primary information concerning NIS development is located within the
About block of the left column menu, including brief descriptions of the PASTA framework, the NIS software development methodology, and community engagement. More detailed information about the components of PASTA is located in the Architecture forums section of the website. There is also a Frequently Asked Questions forum for general information about NIS development. Authenticated users may append comments to any forum topic, thereby allowing threaded discussions about topics. This particular installation of Drupal takes advantage of a small number of add-on modules. For WYSIWYG editing and file management, we use the FCKEDITOR and IMCE modules, respectively. Pretty print formatting of content pages is possible with the PRINT module. As with Subversion and Trac, user authentication is integrated with the LTER user registry (LDAP). Drupal integration with LDAP is simplified with the LDAP_INTEGRATION module. Finally, the WEBFORM module is used to generate custom web-based forms, which supports the input fields used to capture information for volunteering as a NIS Tiger Team member and for providing feedback about NIS development and collaboration.
The final software tool that is being used to support design and development activities of the LTER NIS is EVO (http://evo.caltech.edu). EVO is a collaboration environment that supports multicast audio/video and desktop sharing and is compatible on all three of the common computer operating systems (Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows). EVO requires the latest SUN Java run-time environment (JRE) and uses the Java web start process to download and execute the most up-to-date EVO software client, Koala. EVO supports a host-based service for collaboration that routes online conferences through a set of load-balanced servers. Video and audio quality can be adjusted dynamically to cope with changing bandwidth. The EVO project leadership has graciously provided the LTER Network with their own community presence, thus making collaboration between NIS developers and stakeholders much easier. A brief description of how to use EVO can be found on the NIS project website (https://nis.lternet.edu/NIS/?q=node/9).


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In 1978, Rhode Island filmmaker Jim Wolpaw directed the fantastically rough n' ready short-form documentaryCobra Snake For a Necktie: Bo Diddley and the Young Adults. The film captured a raucous night at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, a then-new rock venue in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. Bo Diddley, still riding high on the heavy funky of his classic '74 album Big Bad Bo tore up the stage. So did local comedy-rockers Young Adults, as funny and nearly as wild as their San Francisco counterparts The Tubes. But the real stars of the show were the audience members, including a tenacious drunk who dragged most of the participants—including a put-upon Diddley—into witless conversations. It's funny and weird and it captures the heart of Saturday night in a very authentic and spontaneous way.
Clearly, the spirit of that time and place stuck with Wolpaw because ten years later, he created a fantastically dark and hilarious ode to Lupo's, (It's A) Complex World, a low-budget, high-energy rock n' roll musical comedy about one extremely eventful night at the storied rock dive.
Complex World was shot at the club over two years in the late 1980s. The plot is pretty loose, but the general idea is that a terrorist cell (led by Daniel Von Bargen, AKA George Costanza's irresponsible boss Mr. Kruger on the final season of Seinfeld) has planted a bomb in the basement of the club at the behest of an evil state Senator, the father of the club's owner. The terrorists want some kind of vague revolution and assume someone will give in to their demands before they blow the club up at midnight. The Senator actually wants to destroy the place with his son in it to garner enough sympathy to win his next election. Meanwhile, the mayor hires a biker gang (led by wrestling legend Captain Lou Albano) to terrorize the clubgoers for no solid reason.
Captain Lou Albano, who was an entirely believable maniac biker.
Confused? Me too. But none of this matters because no one at Lupo's cares about bombs or Senators or lunatic biker gangs, they just want to get drunk and party. The Young Adults return as the evening's headliners and are seen onstage playing songs like "Do the Heimlich" and "Kill Yourself." The club is full of drunks and degenerates, including cult rock legends NRBQ, who do drugs in the basement with the terrorists and attempt to contact the ghost of John Lennon with a rotary phone. Jersey garage-poppers The Smithereens loiter at the bar, a manic street preacher (Tilman Gandy Jr.), spends the entirety of the film outside the club getting the Noah's Ark story wrong, and nebbishy folk singer and begrudging opening act, Morris Brock, riles the repulsed audience into a froth of mutual animosity.
The Young Adults, who once had a local hit called "Meat Rampage"
Played by local singer-songwriter Stanley Matis, Brock is the star of the show, an incredibly bitter, mean-spirited nerd who hates the club and everyone in it, and proves his point by singing spiteful diatribes like "New Jersey" ("What an empty, barren wasteland/What a crass, commercial hellhole") and "Why Do We Feed The Broads?" He's also a member of the terror gang, although even they find him obnoxious.
Less a strictly narrative story than a set of loosely-knitted vignettes, Complex World is prime midnight movie material, anarchic, savage and endlessly quotable. It is a remarkable time capsule as well, capturing a long-gone era when not only were "mad bombers" still ripe for ridicule, but when a bunch of local-yokel rock bands could garner a sweaty, enthusiastic crowd willing to risk life and limb for a good time. Complex World is the last gasp of that increasingly hazy age before the Internet and Netflix, back when you still had to go out and mix it up with weird characters to get your kicks.
Much like the era that spawned it, Complex World is largely lost in the mists of time. A website popped up a few years ago to promote a DVD release of the film, but it hasn't been updated since 2010. The Young Adults kept the party going, but broke up for good in 2014. Stanley Matis grew a beard and has not played as Morris Brock since 2010. Director Wolpaw still makes documentaries and teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design. Lupo's moved twice since Complex World was made, but still exists. Its current incarnation is the darkest club I've ever been to. I saw Corrosion of Conformity there about ten years ago and if it weren't for the glowing tips of people's cigarettes, I would have never found the stage. I liked it.
Your best bet to see it, at this point, is probably VHS, but Complex World is well worth the hunt. It'll remind you of everything you love (and hate) about rock n' roll.


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When National Public Radio's weekly news quiz, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!, began, way back in 1998, host Peter Sagal and his sidekick, radio veteran Carl Kassell, weren't even in the same room, let alone in front of a studio audience. The call-in show was recorded remotely from different studios. Now the pop-culture-laced, headline-driven exam is a live, interactive experience that brings hosts, panelists and players together on stage — and tonight, for the first time, that stage will be at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
"The fact that me and my friends can fill Red Rocks — the hallowed ground where John Tesh himself played while somebody did gymnastics next to him — is just crazy," says Sagal. While tonight's special guest will most likely not be Tesh, Sagal will be joined by panelists Paula Poundstone, Tom Bodett and Brian Babylon, as well as Kassell's recent replacement, former news anchor Bill Kurtis.
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For the uninitiated, the weekly program invites game players of the famous and everyday-Joe variety to ring up Sagal and company for a chance to play rounds of "Not My Job" and "Lightening Fill in the Blank," as well as partaking in the "Listener Limerick Challenge" — all based on contemporary news stories. Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! starts at 7:30 p.m. at Red Rocks, 18300 West Alameda Parkway in Morrison; tickets are $40 to $70. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit ticketswest.com/waitwait.
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I Am So Mad Right Now
Personal Stories, Advice, and Support 47 People
I left my notebook in some shop.It had all my best drawings in it! I really miss one of them. The good news is. I have my best one, luckily I ripped it out. I hope. The bad news is, it was new. Hundreds of pages, wasted!! Thinking of that makes me wanna cry😪
Harryp0tter 16-17, F 1 Response 2 Feb 23, 2016
just ripped a brand new pair of polka dottedtights. =.='
jeweldoggy 18-21, F 0 Sep 3, 2014
So pissed right now with everyoneand thing not sure what to do
Kellyfoster2000 16-17, F 2 Responses 2 Jul 10, 2015
Im so pissed rn. She didnteven ****** show up like tf we was all ready to go and she didnt show up😒. Are you kidding me rn. Its kinda funny tho cuz she text me just now and was like can we switch it to monday i was like where tf were u she said i had to go school shopping 😂😂. Bruhh
LiLJunie 16-17, F 1 Aug 22, 2015
My aunt got all bitchy about me walking on thefloor well she was mopping. She said yelling and scream like a crazy person you can't go a day without her acting like this
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Soon as anyone speaks about anything in ourhouse mum and dad are all over outsiders and all happy and chatting soon as i say a single thing it becomes a out right raging argument and they storm of bed like little kids seems to me i am just the black sheep of everything even a sensible subject becomes a living nightmare...
My Poor Poor JimmyOk, so not only did my poor husband get his 4 fornt teeth knocked in a month and a half before our wedding, now this happens. Last night, my Jimmy got robbed. Here I am incredibly furious and saddened, but I can't even begin to imagine how he must feel. The worst part for me is...
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I am pretty sure my supervisor took my coworkerwith her to this event that I planned....all I got was an email that she wouldnt be in the office today, but her car is here and her computer is gone. Why the hell wont they tell me what she is doing? I need a new job fast. Anybody hiring?
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Ok, so my ex husbands new what ever she is willbe hearing from me! she tells my 10 year old that she's not allowed to wear short shorts around her daddy! I'm like what the actual ****! she's 10 is she telling me that he's a freaking pedo? I guess that saying if they will cheat with you, they'll cheat on you has the b!tch...
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I Ami am mad as hell rite now. i don't even know who to trust anymore i deleted my other story, cuz im not wanting to start drama, but im hurt, and if i become reserved ya'll know why! Angel....
So child care came over a few days ago to"discuss" my situation with me and my dad. They'd already made up their minds so they didn't really give a **** about what me and my dad had to say... They made me tell them everything that happened the day my mother was murdered, and how my relationship with my dad has been...
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Constructed around two 1860's woodcutters' cottages, this exquisite French restaurant offers modern French cuisine, inspired service and a 500 label wine selection. Enjoyment of seasonal menus is enhanced by cozy wood-burning fireplaces in winter and a lush, garden terrace in the summer. Located on the YCC site, Auberge du Pommier is perfect for important business lunches, casual dinners or personal celebrations. Open for lunch Monday through Friday and for dinner Monday through Saturday. Two stylish private dining rooms available for buyout on Saturday afternoons and Sundays.
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God Of War Director, On Kratos' Beard: 'It Smells Of Pine And Dead Trolls'
The newest God of War hopes to give Kratos some much-needed depth by focusing on character dynamics and new mechanics. Also new: Kratos' massive, manly beard. I sat down with game director Cory Barlog to ask some hard-hitting questions about Kratos' new look.


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Are you passionate about both iOS and Android? Then this is The Job for you! Our client is an international company with more than 15 years of experience, with a headquarter in Denmark and offices all around the world. They are the global industry leader and provider of open platform IP video management software. This is the company where you can find the perfect environment to build your career and push it to the highest tops! The company is currently looking for an iOS & Android Developer to work full-time from their office in Sofia, Bulgaria or remotely. IOS & ANDROID DEVELOPER Is this the job for you? Yes, if you enjoy to … • Design, develop, document and unit-test iOS and Android-based applications; • Design the server side protocols and services; • Design and implement the client side of the server protocols and services, ensuring effective communication with the server, which provides data for the mobile client; • Create protocols to efficiently transmit client data (including media data) over the network; • Design and implement iOS/Android mobile client interface, workflow, IO etc.; • Design and implement Unit Tests and other test primitives and subsystems, ensuring full testability of the developed iOS/Android applications;
Are you the ideal candidate? Yes, if …. • You have at least 3 years of experience with applications for iOS using Objective-C; • You have at least 1 year of experience with applications for Android using Java; • You have at least 1 year of experience with development of client/server applications, preferably for mobile clients; • You have excellent understanding and knowledge of the iOS and Android mobile platforms; • You have experience with database and persistence handling mechanisms implementation on mobile platforms; • You have experience with writing unit tests, both generic and in particular for iOS/Android mobile platforms; • You have excellent understanding of the principles of object oriented design; • You have experience with multithreading; • You are fluent in English; Would be great, if… • You have experience with C#, C++, Javascript and HTML/CSS; • You have experience with development on both desktop and mobile platforms; • You have experience with one or more of the following: Git, TFS, GNU Make, Doxygen, Visual Stud; Why should you apply? • You will have numerous opportunities to develop your career in an international company that is still constantly growing! • You will receive an attractive salary and some excellent working conditions – good location, modern building, social policy during the work time (personnel club, sports club, masseur, reflexologist and an all-inclusive canteen). • You will be part of a friendly team that values reliability, openness and innovation! Confidentiality of all applications is assured. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted! The candidates do not pay any taxes to the agency – the services are FREE OF CHARGE.


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Originally Posted by Rooz
lmao that reflection is badass. was that intentional ?
(just say yes) lol
+1 to that
- Rich
Nikon: D50, 18-70mm, 50mm, 70-200vr
Kenko: 12mm, 20mm, 36mm Ext Tubes
Manfrotto: 486RC2
Benro: A-327 tripod
My Flickr Photos Here
took this on the beach after a wedding had just wrapped up.
more photos from my weekend here
call me dylan.
nikon d40
nikon 18-55mm
nikon 35mm f1.8
nikon 50mm f1.8d
sigma 17-35 f2.8-4
nikon sb600
sto-fen omnibounce
promaster ttl cable
Very nice IR photo.
Shot roller derby last night. Here's one of the non-action photos, also taken without a flash.
Canon G10 - Nikon D3 - Sony P&S - Flickr Account - Non-updated Website
Originally Posted by Rooz
lmao that reflection is badass. was that intentional ?
(just say yes) lol
Wanna hear a secret?
I have about five similar shots with different bikes are riders. It must have been a day for Iridium face shields.
Finally a warm day in the southeastern United States gets me out taking a portrait :
Nikon D90 : Nikkor 80-200mm f2.8 AF : Nikkor 18-55mm AF-S DX : Nikkor 50mm 1.8 AF : 2x SB900 : Nikkor 35mm 1.8 AF-S : Total Noob : Tips Appreciated! Flickr! Blog!
perfect lighting NCF, i love the shot, she just looks a little awkward/uncomfortable?
Here is a shot of a pair of special people. The child is the daughter of Missionaries to Haiti that our church supports and the woman is a Haitian-American that is a member here.
Yes, she was there during the quake. Her mother is a nurse and was very busy during the days after the quake. Another member of our church, an orthopedic surgical PA, went down to help at their clinic and during the week that he was there treated over 100 ppl. For more info check this link.
D3000 Tammy 70-300 at 202 ISO 400 F7.1 SB400
Seeing the picture starts the process
D7100, Sigma 150 f/2.8 Macro, Tamron 70-300 Macro, Sigma 17-70 F2.8 Macro,
Tamron 70-300 Di VC USD 60Th Anniv. ,SB700, Vivitar 383, Manfrotto t-pod, monopod
Shot from the grandstands in Phoenix on Friday.
D200 80-200/f2.8
200mm, f/5.6, 1/400th, ISO 100
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Shot from the grandstands in Phoenix on Friday.
D200 80-200/f2.8
200mm, f/5.6, 1/400th, ISO 100
Wow, that rear tire looks like it's made out of goo.
Nikon D90, Nikkor 18-105mm f3.5-5.6 VR, Nikkor 50mm f1.8D, Nikkor 55-200mm f4-5.6 VR. Always looking for creative criticism.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 P&S.
I have some better shots of the mangled looking tires. 8,000hp on that slick causes the tire to be pulled around with such force that it makes the tire d-shaped at speed. Pretty impressive!
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3301The 3301 is a classic 5-pocket jean and represents the cleanest style in the G-Star denim range. Based on the hardwearing labourer's pant of Western origins, which was known for its 'non-fit', the 3301 is a wardrobe staple. Its name is derived from the fabric and colour code of thefirst raw denim introduced by G-Star in 1996.
The G-Star 3301 is a style neutral jean with classic 5-pocket construction. Stripped down to its purest form, this essential jean combines authentic details with clean styling. This jean fastens with a zipper.
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Noir, black. Sounds simple enough a concept. But is anything ever simple in this genre of ambivalence and grit and raw darkness even? Whether it is a "genre" at all is up for debate, when some call it a theme, and others merely a treatment. You have heroes flirting with vixens and vixens flirting with warlords and warlords flirting with the law, but what it all comes down to is there are no rules. There is no formula: not in those seedy fictional streets; and not in noir itself. It is as malleable as its founding works often looked flat; as versatile as its themes seemed rigid. No, there is nothing simple about noir at all.
Walk in four young artists armed with ink and distinct visions. Throw in strong influences from pop culture, graphic design, and comic books, and we are given a taste of yet another flavor of this genre. Gone are the low-key lighting, the brutality. Noir serves indeed as the context and not the style. What you get is noir in its truest essence: a vision that captures you, as if permeating your skin, yet eludes you and stays just out of grasp. It lets you float, dreamlike, but punches your senses into awakening. It's an enigma, not quite definable, but all the more captivating for it.
January 21, 2014
The Pocket Universe Art Collective
2nd Floor, saGuijo Cafe + Bar
7612 Guijo St., San Antonio Village, Makati
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Sabu's band uses an interesting mix of sounds. Five vocalists and five pairs of conguero hands ensure that tradition is served. By adding only an acoustic tres-like guitar and background acoustic bass to that sound, the session is bound to rely on its basic element – rhythm – while allowing melodic and harmonic colors to shine through occasionally. "Asabache" represents one long conga tirade, while "Simba" utilizes hypnotic conga drumming alongside authentic chant. The remainder of the session employs all of the ensemble's members in an appropriate balance that achieves Sabu's aim of laying bare the roots of Afro-Cuban jazz.
Track Listing: El Cumbanchero; Billumba-Palo Congo; Choferito- Plena; Asabache; Simba; Rhapsodia del Maravilloso; Aggo Elegua; Tribilin Cantore.
Personnel: "Sabu" L. Martinez- congas, bongos, vocals; Arsenio Rodriguez- congas, guitar, vocals; Raul "Cesar" Travieso- congas, vocals; Israel Moises "Quique" Travieso, Ray "Mosquito" Romero- congas; Evaristo Baro- bass; Willie Capo, Sarah Baro- vocals.
Title: Palo Congo | Year Released: 2000 | Record Label: Blue Note Records
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