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Young and Strong: An Education and Supportive Care Intervention Study for Young Women With Breast Cancer (Y&S)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01647607
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : July 23, 2012
Last Update Posted : June 26, 2018
|Tracking Information
|First Submitted Date ICMJE
|July 19, 2012
|First Posted Date ICMJE
|July 23, 2012
|Last Update Posted Date
|June 26, 2018
|Study Start Date ICMJE
|June 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date
|August 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Comparison of attention rates in the YWI and the PAI [ Time Frame: 3 Months Post-Enrollment ]
The YWI and PAI arms will be compared in terms of the attention rate at 3 months using generalized estimated equations (GEEs) to account for clustered binary data. Comparison will be based on testing the term for treatment arm.
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01647607 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
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|Not Provided
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|Brief Title ICMJE
|Young and Strong: An Education and Supportive Care Intervention Study for Young Women With Breast Cancer
|Official Title ICMJE
|Young and Strong: An Education and Supportive Care Intervention Study for Young Women With Breast Cancer
|Brief Summary
|The purpose of this study is to address gaps in care of young women with breast cancer by determining whether educational interventions focusing on issues unique to young women with breast cancer and healthy lifestyles for women with breast cancer help to improve care of young breast cancer patients. The investigators believe that if addressed early in a young woman's care, concerns related to fertility, body image, sexual dysfunction, and physical activity will improve the satisfaction with care and quality of life of this vulnerable population. The research will be conducted by exporting refined, previously piloted educational interventions to 14 academic sites and 40 community medical clinics. The investigators will compare how interaction with each intervention affects patients' quality of life and satisfaction with quality of care.
|Detailed Description
Breast cancer in young women is a not a common disease, yet over 12,000 women under 40 are diagnosed with invasive breast cancer yearly in the United States alone and an additional 2000 are diagnosed with noninvasive disease. Furthermore, when young women are diagnosed with breast cancer, the burden of the disease and treatment on this population is great. Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women under 40, and survival rates for young women with breast cancer are lower than for their older counterparts (21,22).
In addition to being at higher risk of dying from breast cancer, and therefore usually receiving more aggressive therapy, young women are at higher risk of distress both at diagnosis and follow-up. Young women with breast cancer face a variety of problems unique to or accentuated by their young age (1). They are more likely to be diagnosed at a stage in life when they fill multiple roles that may not easily be taken over by others (e.g. parenting of young children, completing education, developing a career). Concerns with attractiveness and fertility are often of substantial importance in this population, as many young women are interested in having biologic children following treatment. They also have a greater risk of harboring a genetic risk factor for breast cancer than older patients. Finally, more than older women with breast cancer, who represent the majority of women with the disease, young women often feel isolated and feel that they lack information, and they sometimes are concerned that their doctors are unsure of how to treat them (2,3). Distress may be confounded by a lack of information, provider awareness, peer support, and resources to address young women's concerns, which may contribute to the greater psychosocial distress seen in younger women at both diagnosis and in follow-up compared with older women (4-14). Thus, attention to these concerns in young breast cancer patients is warranted.
Available evidence, however, suggests that attention to important supportive care and survivorship issues including fertility, menopausal concerns, body image, sexual functioning, genetic risk, and psychosocial health have been repeatedly found to be deficient in treatment of young women (15,23-28). Many groups, including ours, have demonstrated that there are substantial inadequacies in attention to fertility and menopausal risks in this population despite recent guidelines recommending their consideration with every young patient (15-20).
Weight gain is another common concern in women diagnosed with breast cancer and has been associated with reductions in physical activity. Studies have demonstrated that 68% of women with early stage breast cancer gain weight after diagnosis and women who receive chemotherapy are at highest risk of weight gain, especially premenopausal women who go through menopause with treatment (33-36). Some evidence suggests that exercise may help prevent treatment-related weight gain and improve psychological outcomes in women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer (38-40). Importantly, exercise and lack of weight gain have been repeatedly associated with improved disease outcomes in breast cancer survivors (41-43).
Again, available evidence suggests the majority of breast cancer survivors do not participate in regular physical activity and that there is clearly room for improvement (43-45). Currently, encouraging physical activity is not a well-recognized standard in breast cancer care, and interventions to assist patients and providers to increase patient exercise behaviors in standard oncology care are needed.
Among older women, access to information and psychosocial support is associated with better quality of life in breast cancer survivors. However, there are no data available to indicate how these processes operate in younger women specifically or what services might mitigate psychosocial distress (29-32). We believe that attention to the issues in young women with breast cancer that are outlined above may be associated with better satisfaction with quality of care and treatment decisions, decreased distress, and better overall quality of life.
To address these critical issues, we have developed a comprehensive Program for Young Women with Breast Cancer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) to provide additional care, support, and education for young women with breast cancer. Based on the preliminary success of this program, we seek to export this unique model of care to young women with breast cancer who receive care outside of comprehensive cancer centers in an effort to improve the quality of care delivered, the satisfaction with care, and the psychosocial well-being of this vulnerable population.
In the proposed study, we will build on our previous work that developed and piloted an educational and support intervention to improve the quality of care delivered to young women with breast cancer. To achieve these aims, we have created educational interventions focused on issues faced by young women with breast cancer, including but not limited to fertility, satisfaction with care, and physical activity. We will use piloted components of the Program for Young Women with Breast Cancer, as well as piloted exercise intervention materials, to create two educational interventions for this population.
We plan to evaluate both interventions in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in which community and academic practices and their respective patients will be randomized to an intervention that either focuses on issues unique to young women with breast cancer (Young Women's Intervention, or YWI) or one that focuses on leading a healthy lifestyle as a breast cancer patient (Physical Activity Intervention, or PAI). The rigorous study design of this research will provide important information on the effects of these interventions to improve the care of young women with breast cancer. Therefore, through our intervention, we hope to elucidate what factors might improve quality of life in young women with breast cancer. Ultimately, this work should provide a model for intervening to improve the care of other unique populations.
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|Not Applicable
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
|Condition ICMJE
|Breast Cancer
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|Study Arms
|Publications *
|Greaney ML, Sprunck-Harrild K, Ruddy KJ, Ligibel J, Barry WT, Baker E, Meyer M, Emmons KM, Partridge AH. Study protocol for Young & Strong: a cluster randomized design to increase attention to unique issues faced by young women with newly diagnosed breast cancer. BMC Public Health. 2015 Jan 31;15:37. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1346-9.
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
|Recruitment Information
|Recruitment Status ICMJE
|Active, not recruiting
|Estimated Enrollment ICMJE
|Original Estimated Enrollment ICMJE
|Same as current
|Estimated Study Completion Date
|August 2020
|Actual Primary Completion Date
|August 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Eligibility Criteria ICMJE
Inclusion Criteria:
|18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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|United States
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|Responsible Party
|Ann H. Partridge, MD, MPH, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
|Study Sponsor ICMJE
|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
|Collaborators ICMJE
|American Society of Clinical Oncology
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|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
|Verification Date
|June 2018
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text: Navigating international social media engagement By Angel Zimmerman,. Published on December 05, 2012. For companies that want to increase their reach, global expansion has become a gateway, and most growing businesses eventually pass through it. But despite today's prevalent social networking frenzy, few are tackling international social media due to the risks involved. Brand-endangering mistakes are alarmingly easy to make. For prudent, pioneering business leaders, taking the time to plan an international social media engagement strategy tells customers that you care about them, which serves your ultimate goal of building trust and fostering that all-important business relationship. Here are some concepts that may pose inherent dangers and advice to help you steer clear of those risks. • An American focus. Many of us in the U.S. fall prey to a myopic mindset, which includes global social media. Americans often assume that other countries will adapt to our example. International social media requires shifting your thinking away from your cultural comfort zones and realizing that different countries have different expectations. Since fostering trust between business and client is vital, not opening your eyes to international clients' cultural and societal values can result in broken trust and strained relationships. Business leaders must shed their restrictive, potentially xenophobic cultural blinders before going global with social media. • Rushing in. Phase one should be a capacity reality check. You can easily become overextended if your existing social media plan isn't running smoothly or you lack adequate staff to maintain it. Adding markets can result in a complete breakdown of the teams that manage your social media. As for translation, a reliable way to translate social media messages combines machine translation and a process known as post-editing, in which trained linguists review the product. While this option costs more than a free online translator, it's insurance against a mistranslated social media message that goes viral and damages your brand. • Cultural missteps. Emotional impact is generally not a concern when we develop campaigns. Prospects base their buying decisions on perceived and actual value rather than how warm and fuzzy a product or service makes them feel. Yet when dealing with other cultures on social media, emotional response does enter the picture. People are still people—consumer and trade buyer alike—and cultural insensitivities can provoke intense reactions. Understanding a prospect's or customer's cultural values is a significant part of engendering trust between client and provider. To avoid cultural missteps, first research each of your target markets. Determine where website visitors are coming from and research your international prospects' cultural preferences regarding social media platforms and content sharing. For example, connecting with Chinese customers means you must adapt to their government-censored, group-mind culture and their own state-approved social platforms. The statistically more mobile customers in Japan favor Twitter since micro-blogging appeals to the on-the-go Japanese mindset. • Favoring speed over prudence. The world runs in real time, and your customers expect fast communications. But if you believe that immediacy trumps all when interacting with international contacts on social networks, you are exposing your brand to serious risk. Speed for its own sake should never be your first priority. Consider fast-food restaurant chain KFC Corp. During an 8.6 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia in April, KFC Thailand breezily posted on Facebook that Thai followers should run home and order their favorite menu items. A backlash and public apology ensued. If you are concerned that a four-hour lag time in responses will negatively impact your brand on social media, remember that a hastily delivered message that offends your customers can be far more damaging. Angel Zimmerman is COO of language services provider Sajan Inc. www.sajan.com. She can be reached at [email protected] Most Popular In this article: BtoB

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PARIS, Feb 22 (Reuters) - World number eight Jo-Wilfried Tsonga saved five match points in a breathtaking third set tiebreak to edge out Australian Bernard Tomic on Friday and qualify for the Marseille Open semi-finals.
The third-seeded Frenchman, who lost the first set, eventually grabbed the tie-break 12-10 to seal a 4-6 6-3 7-6 victory after two hours five minutes.
Tsonga, who had won his only previous encounter with the 46th-ranked Tomic, made the most of his opportunities to beat the 21-year-old Australian, one of the most exciting youngsters in tennis.
"I found the way to stay in this match and it's not just a miracle. He will tell you that I played well on these points," Tsonga told reporters.
"In moments like these, you need to be brave to overcome your fear and I, personally, have to play more aggressive."
Tsonga will face Gilles Simon in the semi-final after his compatriot upset title holder Juan Martin Del Potro 6-4 6-3.
Simon did not drop his serve once and was in total control while the former U.S. Open winner tried some ineffective sliced backhands.
After grabbing the first set in 36 minutes, the 14th-ranked Simon quickly led 4-1 in the second and managed to resist the second seed's late surge.
Top seed Tomas Berdych had to work harder to move past seventh-seeded Jerzy Janowicz, who made a name for himself when he reached the Paris Masters final in November after entering the main draw from the qualifiers.
Berdych will meet 119th-ranked Russian Dmitry Tursunov, a former top 20 player, who defeated Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 7-6 1-6 7-5.
(Reporting by Eric Salliot; Writing by Gregory Blachier; Editing by John Mehaffey)


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Black and WhiteSeptember 25, 2012
Ohey. It's me. I'm blogging. Or something. Anyway, I noticed that I was wearing black (surprise, surprise!) and remembered that Maci Restless had put out a Black and White Blogger Challenge, so I decided to take a quick snap. This pic is pretty much raw from SL, short of a crop and coloring in a corner or two where my background didn't fill the whole frame. It's such a quickie and it's breaking a bunch of photography "rules," but I thought the outfit and the scene were pretty, so I'm blogging it anyway. BTW, I'm wearing an Elikatira hair that I picked up at her amazing annual sale. You should get down there while it's still going (until the 1st)!
I had several thoughts about the less literal concepts of black and white and grey (as well as a 50 Shades joke or two), but I'm not going to get into all of that right now. Maybe next time.
Dress | Bilo – Annaya (Black, partial mesh)
Hair | [e] Elikatira – Control (Black 04)
Shoes | SLink – Tiger Heels (Black)
Skin | Glam Affair – Roza (BaroQ 02, C88 August)
Eyes | A:S:S – Herbalist Eyes (Ocimum)
Pose | Exposeur – A Lil Shy


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While you re-watch Zdeno Chara's hit on Max Pacioretty tonight to determine what supplemental discipline, if any, the Bruins' captain should face, throw out all you know about the league's tallest player.
Chara's height and weight do not matter. His strength is irrelevant. That he's a solid humanitarian off the ice, and on the ice is physical but clean isn't relevant to this particular play. In fact, the only history that you might take into account is that Chara has only been suspended by the NHL once, and that was for a late-game instigator and fight in 2005 while with Ottawa.
The intent to injure Pacioretty with a late hit — and if you count to 2 Mississippi, it's a late hit — might have been absent from Chara's brain, but such a reckless play is going to injure regardless. In an effort to send a message to Chara and the rest of the league's players, Chara has to be suspended at least one game.
If Chara didn't know where along the side of the rink he was when he finished the check, that's unfortunate. Hopefully, Chara will be more aware in the future. Chara said after the game that he did not intent to push Pacioretty into the glass there, and he's to be believed. But the spot where Pacioretty hit just made it possible for the injury to be more severe than had he been hit along the half wall or in the corner. The hit was still the hit, and it was late and Pacioretty had no reason to believe he was about to get crushed into the glass. When a player is unsuspecting, he's more than likely going to get injured if he's then nailed by any player — never mind the mountain-sized Chara
Chara is not a dirty player, and pretty much everyone echoes those sentiments. That doesn't mean he's not capable of a dirty play. His team down 4-0 on the road in the most hostile environment for the Bruins in the league, Chara was obviously frustrated, which might've clouded his judgment. He wasn't attempting to injure, but he was definitely trying to make a statement, and those two intentions got mixed together and the result was made more severe by where on the ice the play occurred.
Whether you want to classify it as dirty or just reckless, the hit resulted in an injury that could still turn out to be serious even if Pacioretty reportedly was conscious at the hospital and able to move his arms and legs. Missing the third period of a one-sided game doesn't suffice as punishment in this situation. A one-game benching by the league would make it clear to Chara and the rest of the league that players have to be more responsible when it comes to hits away from the puck, regardless of where on the rink they take place.


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Laboratory Experiments Investigating the Influence of Sea Ice Extent on the Distribution of Pacific-origin Water in the Arctic Ocean
Claudia Cenedese, Physical Oceanography
AbstractPacific water enters the Arctic Ocean via the Bering Strait and, after being modified on the Chukchi Shelf, flows along the shelf break around the boundary of the Beaufort Sea. The mechanisms by which Pacific-origin water 'escapes' the topographic constraint and brings the Pacific signature nutrients, temperature and salinity into the interior of the Arctic Ocean are still partly unknown. Eddies were recently found to be an efficient and important mechanism to bring Pacific-origin water into the interior and ventilate the Arctic halocline. Mechanisms for ventilation of the halocline are of fundamental importance to the global climate since the halocline 'insulates' the sea ice cover from the warmer Atlantic waters found at depth.
The Canada Basin is filled with anticyclonic eddies formed by different mechanisms. Neither locally generated eddies in regions of buoyancy loss in the interior, nor those produced by frontal subduction, can bring Pacific-origin waters off the shelf break. However, the Pacific-origin water flowing in the current along the boundary of the Beaufort Sea can generate dipoles (i.e. an anticyclonic-cyclonic pair) by either baroclinic instability of the current itself, or by the presence of canyons which induce dipole formation at their mouth. Preliminary experiments suggest that Barrow Canyon, in the north-east corner of the Chukchi Sea, could be a prime spot for the latter mechanism to occur.
The self-propagating characteristic of dipoles is necessary to bring the Pacific-origin water into the Canada Basin. However, numerical experiments have shown that the upper-layer cyclonic part of these dipoles is dissipated by sea ice cover. Once the cyclonic vortex disappears, the remnant anticyclonic vortex is no longer able to self-propagate into the basin and is passively advected by the Beaufort Gyre around the basin. This scenario highlights the possibility that sea ice extent plays a significant role in dipole propagation, and consequently Pacific-origin water distribution, in the Arctic Ocean. Hence, there is the need to better understand the propagation of dipoles in the presence of sea ice cover. Several questions then arise: How is the dipoles' propagation affected by different sea ice extent? Can the forecasted sea ice retreat cause a change in distribution of Pacific-origin nutrients, temperature and salinity in the Arctic Ocean? Can a positive feedback exist between dipole propagation and sea ice extent?
In order to answer these questions I propose to use a set of idealized laboratory experiments to investigate the influence of sea ice extent and roughness on the propagation of dipoles away from the coastline. The ventilation of the halocline and the distribution of Pacific-origin water in the Arctic Ocean impact the circulation and the ecosystem of the Arctic Ocean and the global climate. If funded, this study will give me the unique opportunity to apply my expertise in eddy formation and propagation to identify a possible positive feedback between dipole propagation and sea ice extent. This feedback could have a great societal impact since changes in the sea ice extent can have significant consequences on the global climate system. This study will foster collaboration since it is complementary to the observational and numerical work that Drs. Plueddemann, Pickart and Spall are conducting in the Beaufort Sea. Finally, this study will allow me to obtain some important preliminary results to submit a larger study to OPP-NSF, possibly in collaboration with Drs. Spall and Plueddemann, investigating the entire Pacific water cycle in the Arctic, from dipole formation to its dissipation, and its influence on the sea ice extent and the global climate.


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The choice of this piece for Brown Theatre's student production suggested that it would be different from the usual in the context of student-run theatre. And it was different in both its anti-naturalistic concept and its artistic quality.
The stage: concrete-like panels, interlinked with metal struts dominated the scenery. In the center stood a statue of industrial pipes from which the actors repeatedly pulled props. The pipes made allusion to Deleuze / Guattari's non-communicating pipes but also illustrated the machine-like character of the performance; the audience was going to be part of this simultaneous machine of acting, video, music, voiceover, and text. Heiner Müller once wrote: "The myth is an aggregate, a machine, to which always new and different machines can be connected." Accordingly, the director José Macián connected an astonishingly broad variety of artistic material to the original text: excerpts from different texts by Müller, Shakespeare's Hamlet, quotations by Brecht, Beckett, [Erica] Jong, Marx, as well as references to classical and pop music. Moreover, Macián utilized paintings, transforming them into tableaux vivants for a theatrical medium. These connections were defined by Macián's association, which were guided by similarities of words and contexts. Appropriately the director's (co-author's) image was on the back of the author's photograph which was torn apart at the end. As the play began, two claves were struck by the director - who was located in the audience area - thus signaling what would be a systematic part of the performance: the director was integrated in the play. Even from the start, it was understood that the fourth wall between stage and spectators would be destroyed. Later, one actor walked along the front row, touching the faces of the spectators. Then, dramaturge Katrin Dettmer, left her own place in the audience in order to mount the stage as a dead philosopher throwing books at Hamlet. Finally, the actors introduced themselves to several spectators with their real names.
The piece is known for its dissolution of the concept of identity. This was realized in the Brown production by having three actors play the respective Hamlet and Ophelia parts, as well as having each actor appear later as a different modern-day person. Consequently, there were no consistent characters. Of the numerous Hamlets there was Max Posner who represented, among others, Müller and Macián (Thus the director was aware of being a privileged instance of the system, as well as the Danish prince and Müller himself in his own understanding). Sam Yambrovich, the Hamlet who wore a suit and later a tailcoat, re-appeared as a background narrator while in his underwear. Evan W. Smith, who wore a more historical costume portrayed a traditional naturalistic Hamlet, in the end speaking as Charles Manson. Alongside these Hamlets were the Ophelias, all temporarily acting as specters tensely crossing the scene. In the "Scherzo," Tamara Del Rosso, who previously represented Rosa Luxemburg, performed a version of Ophelia's striptease as Britney Spears in a red latex suit singing "Oops! I Did It Again". This was controversial because according to Müller, Ophelia is a victim who revolts. But does this apply to the fallen pop diva? In order to incorporate this context, Hollis Mickey orgiastically reported some terrorist attacks by the Red Army Faction (and uncannily resembled the RAF Terrorist Gudrun Enslin). Finally, Charly E. Simpson performed as an African American Marilyn Monroe and as the Madonna. Without exception the performance of all actors in this extraordinary physical and mentally challenging staging was highly convincing.
In preparing to stage Hamletmachine, Macián and Dettmer decided to write a new translation of the text. They managed to avoid the dated and partially imprecise language of the existing translations by Carl Weber and Marc von Henning, and at the same time, amazingly succeeded in keeping the rhythm of Müller's text. In contrast to older performances of Hamletmachine, the actors in the Brown production did not recite the text mechanically. However, several lines and paragraphs were spoken repetitiously – sometimes by one actor, sometimes alternating with another actor. Occasionally the voices swelled up to a chorus-like mosaic. In general the text was presented in various ways. It was rendered in newscast-style, babbled unemotionally, or sung. There were also moments of outrage, discomposure, and agitation, which eventually were undermined by the aforementioned dissolution of identity.
The whole staging seemed to be a mechanical process, irregularly structured by a bell and a flash, which stopped when the Ophelias placed their fingers under their eyes. At this moment, Brecht's sentence "Don't stare so romantically," was revealed on the wall. The Hamletmachine stutters and some scenes reboot several times. Therefore the performance only roughly followed the original text order. Moreover, it was characterized by disillusion and irony. For example, when Horatio/Polonius played by Posner stated that he had been slain, he spoke it in a totally relaxed fashion while puffing his cigarette. Then an actor addressed the director and audience, saying that it was his voice they were about to hear on tape. Finally, one of the Hamlets said: "This play is ridiculous."
But there was a crack in this staging. On the one hand, the machine-like, playful postmodern character lead into a destruction of the provocative qualities of the piece. On the other hand, it still referred to the outside world and did not waive a moral claim: "The main point is to overthrow all existing conditions, where humans are suppressed, abandoned, humiliated, contemptuous." (Marx) In contrast to Müller's text, Macián makes his Ophelias quote the complete phrase by Marx. He took this sentence seriously. After all, there was an oscillation between intensity and meaning in this performance.
In addition, Macián simultaneously destroyed and kept the dualism of sex. Both females and males, besides their own parts, performed lines and paragraphs of the different sexes. So the Hamlets speak "The woman's Europe" first. Hence the sexes were adjusted which relativized a strong feminist position. Although relativized, it nevertheless did not destroy the power of the female roles. After a last flash and a moment of darkness, there was the motionless group of women, butcher knives in hand pointing at the audience. Before that, with a raised knife, they were presenting their wrists – still in the Ophelia paradigm. Consequently, there was a switch from self-destruction to revolutionary aggression addressing the audience. On a different level, the director's voiceover addressed the spectator quoting Brecht: "Let go all hope…" Furthermore, the audience's leaving the theatre was anticipated and thereby integrated into the performance. Finally, confronted with the picture and text of the pitiless end, once again the spectator was forced to come to an understanding of this sophisticated 90-minute staging, in which theatre and society machines are reciprocally part of each other.
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Sad news for Dancing With The Stars fans, as Julianne Hough, who took a break from the show this current season, says she won't be back for season 9 as well.
"No I'm not [coming back] next season," Julianne, 21, told Ryan Seacrest at the New Moon premiere Monday night in Los Angeles. As for whether she might return the following season, Hough dodged the question. "We're going go cross that bridge when we come to it," she said.
Julianne has also broken up with her boyfriend and former DWTS partner, country singer Chuck Wicks. "So are you single?" Seacrest asked. "Um, technically," Hough said without explaining further.
For the moment, Julianne is staying busy as a country singer and budding movie star. She is starring in the upcoming movie Burlesque with Cher and Christina Aguilera.


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RIGL 42-46-5: Exception 2, Litigation re Appeal of Regents
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Pledge of Allegiance Call to Order Roll Call Public Forum New Business Audit and Recommendations regarding Technology Plan, presentation by consultant Clint Kennedy Old Business: For Discussion and Possible Action Continued discussion of FY 2011 budget Approval of JESPA contract Public Forum 5.0 Adjournment Upcoming Meetings: Feb. 11 and 25, 2010 @ 7PM in
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How to use Trial Version Forever without Expiration
Ever wondered that 'how to install trial version again?' or even better than that like 'how to use a trial version forever?' or 'How to stop trial time?'
Download any Trial software and use it for unlimited time. You can use any software forever without expiration you want. You can download trial version, right. Trial version expires after some days. You can stop that expiration. You can tell trial version of the software to not count days or do not bother about time. The software will stay and keep working like original software forever and will not expire or cease to work. You do not have to change your system clock. This little software does the trick.
Time Stopper is the software which can stop the time for try out version software. When you stop the time you can use your try-out software forever. When you stop the time of a try-out version using this Time Stopper it works via this Time Stopper. Real time and date run normally on your system. You can use any number of try-out version software with this software.
How Time Stopper Works
- Open Time Stopper
- Browse and select .exe of required trial software
- Choose the new date (Any date which occurs in between your trial software time period before expiration, suggestion: set it to two days before trial software expiration date.)
- Choose any time
- Click open software on your selected date
If you wish to create an icon for your modified trial software and do not want to open Time stopper every time then use last button in software to create new icon. open that trial software after that from that newly created icon always otherwise it can expire.
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Some antivirus (McAfee) will detect it as a threat. Use caution and use it at your own risk. Also see: Use Trial Software Forever without Expiration
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46 Reviews
time stopper works great but the program i am using this for is a calendar software and it starts from 2008 when my actual licence which i had duly purchased expired in an year! which means i have to scroll through many pages each time i use this to come to correct calendar date. also it dosent seem to synch to other calendars probably due to the big lag in real time and 2008. any suggestions/ help would be welcome.
No it is not a virus and it is very useful to me thnx man………
I installed the trial version of Easy worship 2009 which has now expired. I deleted the keys from the registry but still can't use the software as it says my trial version has expired. Can i get help pls.
Do you need to change the system calendar? and what if the trial version is for 30 minutes?
I am trying to download another microsoft trial 2010, but I am unable because I am getting an error message that says previous downloads are preventing me to get another trial. What file(s) is microsoft discovering that is blocking the download?
Fantastic S/W, do as it is what it says.
Don't flagged as virus by AVG 2011, with updates as on 2nd Nov. 2010.
worked for me no virus with avast.
yes, i really need an equivalent version for mac….any thing like this!
Interesting – do you have a Mac version?
— Jul 28, 2009
— littlecrook Says:
— Are you serious?
— "It isnt illegal" – clearly you are trying to steal, or allow others to steal, the use of — — software from software vendors without paying for the software.
Hehe….Littlecrook you must be a "zombie" :-) Like most :-)
You should try and look at your statement from a broader perspective…. think a little longer and you will (hopefully) find out you are truly wrong :-)
I wish you the best in your journey to true enlightenment :-)
Time stopper is working for me. Thats great
Thanks.. I'm using the software now.
I used time Stopper with Cisco Network Manager but after the trial expired no longer able to share folders with in my network. This is one program I know of that Time stopper will not work with.
Oh MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!11THe bst software ever.Those who tell to make clock set back time and again forth to make demo run longer r fools.Who wants to work hard.Just freeze time and go on !!!!!!
When I tried to install Timestopper, it got as far as creating the 'uninstall data' and said it couldn't create the 'uninstall data'. Then it just closed and stopped installation. What happened?
I hope this works for my game, i just downloaded the program and the freetrial, i already have the game but having two computers means someone is usually using the main "big comp" which leaves me with my "budget comp" so really ive already paid for the game im just trying to get my fair share of playing time. If thats illegal then i've lost faith in the freedom of the internet.
What a beautiful program.
Scanned with Sophos, no virus attached.
Avast! reports many keygens and crackers as viruses even though they are not. It has to do with code being injected into a program or a random number generator.
Wat a gr8 shot Mr.ts2 developer !!!
I like ur software very much and thanx a lot 4 sharing it online.
i oncwe again congrajulate u for doing such a marvalous task .
had i been at ur place i would have also made it an open source code available online. by the way tht's wonderful that u've done this.
great software dude.. thanks.. now i dont need to buy a software anymore.. haahha
Thanks for the share!
Are you serious?
"It isnt illegal" – clearly you are trying to steal, or allow others to steal, the use of software from software vendors without paying for the software. The trial software is so that you can evaluate the software without paying for it – if you like it then you can buy a full version.
We have two choices in life here people – go for Linux etc and become expert IT people who will probably contribute more back into the global IT wolrd than they take out, OR pay experts to do the techie stuff that takes hours and hours by buying the software that they produce.
This tool IS theft, if you have an issue with it, dont use it!
Personally, I recognise the software for what it is, and thank you for produsing and sharing it. Please dont pretend it isnt an attempt to steal software!
That's ridiculous Justin. There are many of us who need to use software which will only run in Windows.
There is no Virus inside. Ive now decomlied the exe and hadn't found any virus. Just some Antiviruses know the syntax when the Timestopper injects the Time parameters into the program. Also Trainers of games work nearly the same.
Too, it's not illegal!!! If you use the normal trail of a programm it's not illegal. But ist's illegal if you use a crack, keygen or change (deassably or batch) the original EXE. But in this case only change some systemparameters for a program. That is legal, otherwise every Trainer for a game would be illegal!!!
Note: If your programm wants to get the time then allways the timestopper time is displayed.
Tipps for developers to protect against: Start a standalone exe that gets the time and send this back to your main application exe. Then Timestopper hase no chance to stop the time!!!
Why deal with Trial software when you can try Linux. Check out Ubuntu 9.04. It's free, and enabling software repositories will allow you to have a central place to get trusted software for the system. There's no need for a program like this, or trial software. There are other variants of software out there, over 25, 000 packages that is just as good. You can even install Ubuntu on top of Windows with Wubi, or just check out the LiveCD which runs in your RAM, and if you like it, install it onto your hard drive. It'll take a little to get used to, but it's far more superior than dealing with trial software, or Windows if the hardware is supported.
If you need help there's free user support of communities on IRC(Internet Relay Chat) or paid support, or google.
Those of you who have read my comment and agrees and tries Ubuntu out, thanks.
Set clock forward.
Install app.
Set clock back.
As long as a 4th grader doesn't do it, there's no need for a 3rd party program.
This is pretty neat! When I was a youngster, I wrote a batch DOS script that would change the date, launch a trial version of Paint Shop Pro, then revert back to the original date. I thought I was so rad!
They could make it so that as soon as you launch the program it starts a timer for let's say 14 days. When you quit/close the application it pauses the timer. With this method it would not rely on the system clock but a timer.
What a great solution. I guess this is not really piracy, but I am sure that big box manufacturers will have a work around for this really soon.
thanks for the share :)
Thanks Hiroshi, I realized after I posted that – something I should just try for myself.
I have a question about this. What if the trial software that you're using works with date stamped data? Like a stock market analysis program that's getting quotes over the internet for a specific date. Will the program still work or will it reject the data since the program "thinks" it's working on an earlier date?
Scanned for virus and found Trojan/worm using avast antivirus..
User beware!!
WARNING: This program contains a Trojan horse virus Generic 13 ABQY. Do'nt use it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
well i hope timestopper is not itself an expirable trial version
Virus scan found trojans on v1.2 :(
V1.2 link above is infected with a trojan virus – avoid!
beware !! avast shows this as a virus and will not download it. I assume you will not approve this comment and it will never appear .
what about in a situation where the software has already expired?
what do you advise.
This program is amazing.


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challenges seem overwhelming. In any event, you might be convinced
that laughter is great for those happy moments when smiling doesn't
take an effort. For the pressured times, who can laugh anyway?
Frankly you might be surprised.
For many, laughter is a powerful healing elixir, or better yet ...
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extraordinary capacity to help us reestablish a positive and healthy
perspective when we're down. Yet even more amazing is the fact that
some of the best jokes are based on true-to-life stories about things
that actually happen to ordinary people.
Some of the most famous comedians who ever lived developed their
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their awareness of what was really happening around them. Through
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light-hearted perspective even in the darkest of times.
Yet if it is true that some of the best jokes are based on real
occurrences, why aren't we all laughing?
The answer tells us a lot about ourselves. Essentially there are two
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alike. Some people naturally discover the light-hearted side of
things while others seem to settle into a "doom and gloom" mode about
practically everything that occurs in their lives.
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So why aren't we laughing?
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human." Change just 2 letters and what we have is "to err
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Isn't it surprising that the words, "human" and "humor" are so alike?
Maybe our ancestors knew something we as a society need to relearn.
Simply stated, none of us are perfect.
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effects like wrinkling of the forehead and a strong gravitational pull
on the mouth muscles. I'm also convinced that when we discover the
"sense of humor" areas of the human brain, they're likely to
be atrophied in those who take everything so seriously - only kidding!
I'd hate to be the researcher searching for those regions in some of
the people I know.
I suppose we all know those people. In fact, we are those people a
good part of the time. The most important question we face is "how to
turn that frown upside down?"
The process requires 7 simple steps.
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News: Politics
Young voters will help, but can't elect, Obama
"If [Obama] wins his party's nomination, the 46-year-old stands a shot against the 72-year-old John McCain. Even so, Obama would need to find a bloc of voters outside his coalition of blacks and yuppies. But the history of the post-1968 Democratic party suggests that Obama would struggle in wooing a new constituency. The national party has pursued the votes of young people, minorities, and liberated women first and foremost — and those of the white working class and Catholics second, if at all. As a result, only two of the party's last seven presidential nominees have won. Obama could be the third winner, but he will need more than hope." READ MORE >
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Who will Catholics vote for in November—Obama or McCain?
"Sorry to tell you this, Sen. McCain, but a good number of the Catholics I know are not certain to light candles at the Republican political altar. Some of us who rode McCain's Straight Talk Express before the Republican commitment to a balanced budget put us on track toward a $400 billion deficit appreciate his confessed desire to redeem himself as a faithful conservative. But there are suspicions. After all, hanging out with Joe Lieberman and Russ Feingold comes well within the Latin canon: Similes similibus gaudent. Pares cum paribus facile congregantur—birds of a feather flock together." READ MORE >
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With the death this week of Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare movement, the passing of the generation that founded the lay movements and greatly influenced Vatican II is accelerating. St. Josemaria Escriva, founder of Opus Dei, died in 1975, and Servant of God Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker movement, died in 1980. Within… READ MORE >
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Big 12 Campus Correspondent
A student-athlete's senior year can be bittersweet. However, having a winning season and a clear focus of where you're headed after life as an athlete can make it a little sweeter. That's what West Virginia University senior women's basketball player Asya Bussie has to look forward to as she wraps up her last season as a Mountaineer.
"I'm sad that it's coming to an end, and that I have to leave behind my West Virginia team," Bussie said. "However, I'm excited with how the team is playing, and how I'm playing and our record so far."
The Mountaineers are on the cusp of a school-record five consecutive NCAA appearances in as many seasons and their 10th postseason appearance. They recently established their eighth 20-win season in 11 years.
WVU women's basketball coach Mike Carey undoubtedly knows that Bussie is a huge part of the team's success.
"She is given so much respect, because she's one of the harder-working players," Carey said. "She doesn't only do it by talking, she shows it. When you have a leader that leads by action, it's always the player that's in here extra and doing the little things to get better. She does that and pushes the team to the next level."
Prior to her senior year, Bussie was named Preseason All-Big 12 without ever having stepped on the court as a Big 12 athlete.
She ranks second all-time in blocked shots in WVU history, and led the Mountaineers in her sophomore (54) and junior (71) seasons. She's also the 15th player in school history to record 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in her career, and did so in just three seasons.
For Bussie, the future is bright, as she hopes to play in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) or overseas after college. However, if she doesn't, she is fully prepared to continue to star in the athletic world by fulfilling a different role.
"I plan on playing until my body can't anymore," Bussie explained. "I know that my injury has a time limit, which is why I needed to find something that I loved to do after."
When Bussie decided to major in communications with a minor in sport communications, she turned to her family for guidance. Concentrating on her love of sports, she soon realized that she wanted to stay in the industry.
"My brother told me to stay in sports because it's what I know," Bussie explained. "I have a lot of knowledge about it and I feel like me being an athlete will give me an advantage when I get out there."
That's not the only thing that will boost Bussie. Due to her injury last year, which Bussie called a "blessing", she was able to intern at the WVU Sports Communications office under women's basketball sports information director Katie Kane. She was given an extra year to get better physically, and also focus on school and her future career.
"I feel like I was able to inspire her," Kane said. "I was able to help her to do something that she was really interested in."
During her internship, Bussie was virtually Kane's assistant, and helped with game programs, features, gameday operations and more. She was given the opportunity to experience every aspect of sports information, and also co-hosted a segment of WVUSportsBuzz, an online weekly segment in the studio, with anchor Amanda Mazey.
"I really enjoyed the time that Asya spent with me here," Kane said. "It was great for her to see behind the scenes, and I feel like it helped guide her toward what she wants to do. It was exciting to see her on camera with Amanda and with SportsBuzz, too."
Bussie also acknowledged the advantage her time with WVU Sports Communications gave her.
"I think the internship helped me on and off the court," Bussie said. "I had a lot of fun in the sports communications office and I had a lot of fun with Katie. I saw a lot of things that I would have never seen on the court."
Now as a sports management graduate student, she's putting the finishing touches on her education before her time as a Mountaineer comes to an end.
This semester, Bussie is out of the office and back in action, and coach Carey said she is on top of her game after sitting out last season.
"It's tough to sit out a year, but I think that she came back better than ever," Carey explained. "Mentally, she's on top of her game. She has her life in order. She knows exactly what she wants out of this.
Confident for the future, Bussie knows she'll love her job – whether it's being an athlete or working with them.
Adding to that confidence, her coach is also sure of Bussie's forthcoming success.
"I see her going on in basketball for a while," Carey said. "She can have very successful professional careers in both basketball and communications. She's extremely great with the public, with speaking, and she's well respected because of the way she presents herself."
Although she recognizes there's a time limit on her basketball career, her passion won't run out. She puts her heart into every second of her life, on and off the court, and says that won't change after WVU.
"I'm a very passionate person," said Bussie. "Whatever I do, I put my heart into it. It will be hard to leave my team of sisters, but I'm confident I'll be just as happy in the future, and I'll always be a Mountaineer and appreciate everything about this experience."


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The Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical (SciPer) project ran from 1999 to 2007 and was jointly organized by the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies in the Department of English Literature at the University of Sheffield and the Centre for the History and Philosophy of Science in the School of Philosophy, Religion and the History of Science at the University of Leeds. It was run under the aegis of the Humanties Research Institute of the University of Sheffield, and was funded by the AHRC, the Leverhulme Trust, and the MHRA.
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New Orleans Saints 2014 Home And Away Games Released By NFL
As the 2013 regular season has come to an end for the New Orleans Saints, they now find out who their opponents will be in the 2014 regular season.
In addition to their regular home and away games against their divisional opponents, the Carolina Panthers, the Atlanta Falcons and the Tampa Bay Buccanneers, the NFL announced the schedule on Monday, a schedule that will feature opponents from the AFC North and the NFC North. The Saints' home schedule features games against the Baltimore Ravens and the Cincinnati Bengals of the AFC North, the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings of the NFC North, the San Francisco 49ers of the NFC South, and the Falcons, the Panthers and the Bucs of the NFC South. The Saints' away schedule features games against the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns of the AFC North, the Chicago Bears and the Detroit Lions of the NFC North, the Dallas Cowboys of the NFC East and the Falcons, the Panthers and the Bucs of the NFC South. The dates and times of these games will be released at a later date.
The Saints, who finished second in the NFC South behind the Carolina Panthers, will travel to take on the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the NFL Playoffs in a game that is set to kickoff at 7:10 p.m. Saturday night.


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THE UNDERWORLD OF EXOTIC DANCING Men Eat Mars Bars While Touching Their Penis by Jennifer Slack-Eaton is a truthful display of human nature focusing on the life and experiences of an exotic dancer in the modern world. It is a story for all those considered second class and judged on unfair standards. World Premier. June 29 July 15, Thurs. Sat. at 8pm. Under St. Marks Theatre, 94 St. Marks Place, bet 1st Ave. and Ave. A. www.workingmansclothes.com. For tickets, call 212-868-4444 or visit www.smarttix.com. $15. Pictured above are Katie Wells, left, Victoria Cengia and Darcie Champagne.
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Abrons Arts Center, Harry DeJur Playhouse, Henry Street Settlement, 466 Grand St. 212-674-9066: THE DANCE LEGACY CONTINUES, A festival of dance presented by the Rod Rodgers Dance Company and East Village Dance Project. June 8 at 7pm: Benefit for Rod Rodgers Studios; $25 adults, $10 kids. June 9 &10 at 7:30pm: Rod Rodgers Dance Company Spring Season Concert; $20 adults, $10 kids. June 10 at 3pm: East Village Dance Project 2006 student concert; $15. June 11 at 3pm: Youth Program concert; $10.
Construction Co., 10 E. 18th St., 3rd Floor, 212-924-7882: DANCES BY BRYAN HAYES, Three new solos, Arie, Three Songs and What One Repeats; Songs by Carolyn Lord; Also Airmail Dance by Hayes & Ariane Anthony with music by Lord, created from drawings by Remy Charlip; Sat. - Sun., June 10-11 at 8pm; $15.
Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway., 2nd floor, 212-279-4200: DIXIE FUN DANCE THEATRE, The Money Show by Dixie FunLee Shulman to pay off $1,500 debt for Joyce Soho show; Thurs. - Sat., June 15-17 at 8pm, Sun., June 18 at 2pm; $17.
Dance Theater Workshop, 219 W. 19th St. at 7th Ave., 212-924-0077: H.T. CHEN & DANCERS, Shift with video projections, poetry, Chinese opera techniques and contemporary dance; Ten dancers & score by Fritz Patton; Wed., June 14 at 7:30pm & reception; Wed. - Sat., June 14-17 at 7:30pm also Sat., June 17 at 2pm; $25.
Dance Theater Workshop, David R. White Studio, 219 W. 19th St., 3rd floor, 212-598-0511 x3: OPEN PERFORMANCE, April Briggs, Meghan McCoy, Eerin Delperdang, Felice Lesser, Elke Rindfleisch moderated by Isabel Lewis; Wed., June 7 at 7pm.
Danspace, St. Marks Church, 131 E. 10th St. at 2nd Ave., 212-647-8194: NINA WINTHROP & DANCERS, Premiere of Thats Me - Im the One Lying Down Over There, 4 pieces about the journey of life with composer/musician Jon Gibson; Thurs. - Sun., June 8-11 at 8:30pm; $15. FOOD FOR THOUGHT, Benefit for AIDS Service Center; Series of performances; Fri. - Sun., June 15-17 at 8:30pm; $5 plus 2 cans of food or $10.
Dixon Place, 258 Bowery at Houston St., 2nd floor, 212-219-0736: MICHELA MARINO-LERMAN, Three part tap dance work, AM, Bu$h and ED with 9 dancers. Fri. - Sat., June 9-10 & 16-17 at 8pm; Thurs. - Sat., June 22-24 at 8pm. $12. BODY BLEND, Curated by Insabel Lewis; Tues., June 20 at 8pm; $12.
Joyce Soho, 155 Mercer St. at Houston St., 212-334-7479: SONALI SKANDAN & ORCHESTRAL ENSEMBLE, Classical Indian art form of dance and Carnatic music; Traditional work by Thejeswini Raj and new work by Indira Kadambi; Fri. - Sat., June 9-10 at 8pm; $15. INFINITY DANCE THEATRE, Tenth Anniversary season; New dance work Wheels & Bodies in Motion; Thurs. - Sun., June 15-18 at 8pm; $25.
Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave. at 19th St., 212-242-0800, www.joyce.org: BALLET TECH, 2 week season of mixed bills with choreography by Eliot Feld including 3 new ballets. Tues. - Sat., thru June 10 at 8pm; Sun., June 11 at 7:30pm. $42. KIDSDANCE, Sat., June 10 at 2pm. $30 adults, $20 kids. FLAMENCO VIVO CARLOTA SANTANA, New York premiere of new dance/drama Burlador and new traditional work Imagenes Flamencas with live music; Tues. - Sun., June 13-18 at 8pm, Sat. & Sun., June 17-18 at 2pm; $40. PASCAL RIOULT DANCE THEATRE, World premiere of If by Chance to Mozart music plus Bolero, Black Diamond, and Les Noces; Tues., June 20 at 7:30pm and Thurs. - Sat., June 22-24 at 8pm, Sun., June 25 at 7:30pm also Sat. - Sun., June 24-25 at 2pm; $38; Wed., June 21 at 7pm is the gala performance; For tickets, call 212-398-5901.
La MaMa E.T.C., 74A E. 4th St., 212-475-7710: LA MAMA MOVES, Nearly 50 choreographers and groups perform in six themed programs celebrating the close association and mutual influence of contemporary dance and theater.
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Uptown Life
Lifestyles, Galas and Gaiety from St. Charles Avenue Magazine's Morgan Packard
New Orleans is Hot; Stay Inside and Read Our Magazines
A brief, somewhat commercial, interruption
Morgan Packard
The current issue of New Orleans Magazine
This time of year when people ask me what I've been up to, instead of telling them about the latest concert or festival I've attended, or dinner with friends, or about my husband is defending his dissertation on Thursday (fingers crossed!), I find myself telling them excitedly about someone doing incredible things in New Orleans who I learned about when researching possible People to Watch (New Orleans Magazine's September issue); or about the incredibly luxurious wedding I read about in St. Charles Avenue's Weddings Issue (August); or the heart wrenching cases some of New Orleans' Best Doctors tell (New Orleans Magazine's August issue).
You see, every month I work on two magazines in the Renaissance Publishing group: New Orleans Magazine and St. Charles Avenue (also available are: Acadiana Profile; Louisiana Life, New Orleans Bride, New Orleans Homes & Lifestyles and a host of others published on a contract basis for companies such as the New Orleans Ballet Association). They are both are finalized about the same time, and as soon as one month is done the next is already in progress. Our summer issues are some of my favorites; at the same time I've been exploring a feature on specialty dining (NOM June issue), researching amazingly accomplished local women (NOM July issue), learning abut new places to shop along Metairie Road (Avenue July), discovering a new favorite happy hour (Avenue July issue) and so much more.
So if you find yourself hot, sweating and looking to learn more about New Orleans and the people who live in it, pick up a copy or visit MyNewOrleans.com, find a comfortable air-conditioned spot and start reading. You might be surprised at what you find yourself telling your friends about the next time you get together.


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Come to beautiful, unspoiled Anegada where there is nothing between you and Africa other than blue-green water, white deserted beaches and magnificent coral reefs. Located right at the beach, the intimate and charming 20 room Anegada Reef Hotel was opened in 1976 by Lowell and Vivian Wheatley and is now operated by their children Lawrence and Lorraine Wheatley. Sip a Smoothie, our special drink, at our beach bar. Just write your name on the tab, and when you need to move on, just settle up: our very own 'honour' bar!
Lawrence and Lorraine will do everything to please their guests whose special needs are graciously attended to. The hotel offers many activities and side trips to keep you as active as you'd like, or just kick back, borrow a book from their collection, and feel the sand between your toes!


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Fishing tournaments dominate park activities in early season
PRATT — State parks are great places to camp, boat, fish, swim, and just enjoy the outdoors, but if that isn't enough, you'll find a special event you won't want to miss. In May, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) has planned a number of special events. Because May is one of the best months for fishing, many of this month's events are fishing tournaments. Other events include Women On Target activities and a trail ride. Each park sets its own dates for these events.
Events are diverse and may include anything from a marathon race to boating courses and equestrian events. Many are educational, and all make visiting Kansas state parks more enjoyable. For more information on state park events, phone individual parks or click the "Event Calendar" on the State Parks page of the KDWP website, www.kdwp.state.ks.us. Cabin rental reservations may also be made online.
Park goers are urged to phone the park they intend to visit before traveling. Telephone numbers of all state parks offices may be found on the KDWP website. Click "State Parks" at the top of the page, then "Locations" in the left-hand column. A short conversation with local park staff will provide information on campsite availability, park conditions, current visitation rates, and answers to other questions. Campsite reservations may also be made by phone.
The following is a list of events for May:
- May 1 — Glen Elder State Park, Waconda Lake Association Fish-A-Thon;
- May 1 — El Dorado State Park, Women in the Outdoors activities;
- May 8 — Perry State Park Backlashers Bass Club fishing tournament;
- May 8 — Tuttle Creek State Park's Fancy Creek Shooting Range, Women on Target instructional shooting clinic;
- May 15 — Glen Elder State Park, Waconda Lake Association crappie tournament;
- May 15 — Wilson State Park, American Bass Anglers fishing tournament;
- May 16 — Eisenhower State Park, Crappie Busters fishing tournament;
- May 16 — Perry State Park, Atchison Bass Club fishing tournament;
- May 16 — Wilson State Park, Kansas Bass Federation fishing tournament;
- May 22 — Perry State Park, Kansas Best of Bass team trial fishing tournament;
- May 23 — Glen Elder State Park, Governor's Cup Walleye Tournament; and
- May 30 — Eisenhower State Park, Wright Flight of Kansas/Missouri horse trail ride.


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NEW YORK (AP) — NAME: Ron Johnson
OCCUPATION: Chief executive officer of J.C. Penney Co.
FAMILY: Wife, Karen, one daughter, one son.
EDUCATION: Stanford University, BA, economics, 1980; Harvard Business School, 1984.
RESUME: Johnson became chief executive of J.C. Penney in November 2011. Before joining Penney, he worked as Apple Inc.'s senior vice president of retail for 11 years and pioneered the company's highly successful retail stores. During his time at Apple, the consumer electronics giant expanded to more than 300 retail stores worldwide with $15 billion in revenue. He has been credited for developing such innovations as The Genius Bar, a place inside Apple stores where customers can get hands-on technical support.
Johnson joined Apple from Target Corp, where over a span of 15 years, he held a number of different roles including vice president of merchandise. During his time there, he was responsible for men's clothing, women's clothing and accessories, children's and home furnishings. Under his leadership, Target launched its first design initiative featuring a home collection from architect Michael Graves. That move helped to develop Target's image as a cheap chic discounter.
Johnson began his retailing career in 1984 as a trainee with Mervyns, the now defunct retailer that was formerly owned by The Dayton Hudson Corp. During his time at Mervyns, he spent half of his time working in the men's clothing department.
FAVORITE DEPARTMENT STORE GROWING UP: Dayton's at the Southdale Mall in Edina, Minn., where Johnson's family bought their first color TV.
QUOTE: "Throughout my life, I have always had this deep desire to do things that matter."


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Ability to auto-negotiate the operating environment anyone can purchase and quickly integrate into existing environment: Will work automatically in 2Gb or 1Gb environments where other SAN components have not been upgraded to 4Gb; With 4Gb switches and arrays now available HBAs are the first or next step in moving to a faster 4Gb infrastructure; Faster HBAs have the most impact with sequential operations such as database backups long database loads and streaming media.


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This large temple hanging, or kalamkari, illustrates scenes from the Hindu epic The Ramayana, which tells the story of Rama, a legendary king and incarnation of the god Vishnu. Among the many scenes are several red, multi-headed figures wielding swords, and a blue female reclining on a coiled, five-headed snake.
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How to find your product page in PrestaShop 1.5
In our last PrestaShop 1.5 tutorial, we walked you through the steps for adding a product to your store. We also game you a glimpse into where this product will show within your storefront.
In many of our future PrestaShop 1.5 tutorials, we will talk about something referred to as a product's page. A Product page is the page within your store that shows all of the information about your product, and also allows the user to add the product to their cart. If you are browsing an online store and click on a particular product to see more information about the product, you will be taken to the product's page.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to find the page for a particular product within your store.
Finding a product's page in PrestaShop 1.5:
- Log into your PrestaShop 1.5 Dashboard
- In the top menu, hover over Catalog and click Products
- Find the product you want to find the product page for, and then click the Edit button (pencil icon) to the far right of the product
- In the product menu, click the button labeled Preview
After clicking Preview, a new page will open. This new page is the product's page within your store (as seen in the screenshot below):
The product page above is for the HTML for Dummies book that we added to our store. We've added images for the book, which you should be able to see above. The next thing we'd like to do is show you how we added those product images.
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Access New Hampshire's registry of sex offenders
In 1996, a federal law known as Megan's Law went into effect that requires individuals convicted of sex crimes against children to register with the state in which they currently reside.
In New Hampshire this information is publicly available through the New Hampshire State Police.
To access the information, go to http://business.nh.gov/NSOR/. You may sort the information by city and town or by an individual's name.
The Justice Department has also set up a national registry of sex offenders, which links various state registries. It can be access at www.nsopr.gov.


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Photoshop CC caused a storm when it was launched in 2013. From that point on, you couldn't buy Photoshop with a 'perpetual licence' – you had to rent it a month or a year at a time via an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription. You choose the plan you need, and the software is then available to you for as long as you keep paying the subscription.
This still causes dismay amongst some users, but there are upsides. Your subscription includes free updates and an increasing range of Creative Cloud services, such as the Behance sharing/collaboration site. And since that rocky launch, Adobe has dropped the price and increased the value. Photographers don't just pay less, they get two programs for the price of one.
Adobe's current Photography plan costs just £8.78/$9.99/A$9.99 per month (if you take out an annual subscription) and includes not just Photoshop CC but Lightroom 5.5. It's a great double-act – Photoshop takes care of the editing, Lightroom takes care of the organisation. The free Lightroom Mobile app enables you to view and edit photo collections on your iPad, while Adobe's new Mix app offers Photoshop-compatible editing tools too.
Photoshop CC and Creative Cloud are now a powerful and compelling option – and Adobe has been releasing modest but useful updates. But June 2014 brought a new version, Photoshop CC 2014, which doesn't replace the existing Photoshop CC app but is installed alongside it.
What's new?
Photoshop CC introduced an all-new Smart Sharpen tool designed to maximise clarity and reduce noise, together with a Camera Shake Reduction tool that can analyse the direction of movement ('trajectory') and then reverse the blur digitally. On Adobe's sample images it works really well, but not all shots provide the right kind of blur, so don't expect it to be a fix for every shaky shot.
Photoshop CC also brought an 'Intelligent Upsampling' feature to help you scale up pictures for big prints without the image degradation normally associated with upsampling. You don't get any more detail, but sharp edges are better preserved.
But the biggest cluster of new features centres on Adobe Camera Raw 8, Photoshop's companion RAW conversion tool. In fact, you can now carry out so many everyday photographic enhancements in Adobe Camera Raw that you may need Photoshop itself less and less. By the time the photo opens in Photoshop, you'll have already done everything that needs doing.
A new Radial Gradient tool lets you highlight the focal point of your picture by darkening, blurring, desaturating or otherwise subduing the surrounding areas. It comes with grab handles you can use to change the shape and size and a central 'pin' you can drag it around with.
And the Advanced Healing Brush now enables you to heal irregular areas by painting over them, whereas previously you could only heal circular areas. It's not as sophisticated as the Clone Stamp and Healing tools in Photoshop, but it can cope with simple touch-up jobs very easily.
Best of all, though, is the new Upright tool, which can detect lines in your image which it thinks should be horizontal or vertical, and automatically straighten them, correcting perspective problems such as converging verticals. It works so well it's almost uncanny.
Adobe released an update in January 2014 which brought 3D printing capability and a number of enhancements for web designers, illustrators and photographers – photographers could now apply a 'perspective warp' to straighten buildings shot at an angle, for example. It's not unlike the perspective crop feature, or the perspective tools in DxO Optics Pro and Capture One, except that it can correct two planes (or two sides of a building), not just one.
But the biggest changes are in Photoshop CC 2014, released in June 2014. You can now create a wider variety of blur effects, including 'path blur' and 'spin blur'. Path blur can follow a line or curve you define yourself, while spin blur gives a more authentic look to spinning wheels or prop blades.
It's now possible to create a 'focus mask' which selects ares of the image which are in sharp focus. You could use this to create cutouts more easily, for example, or apply a stronger blur to out-of-focus backgrounds.
The content-aware Fill, Patch, Move and Extend tools have have 'algorithmic colour blending', which can produce more natural-looking results – though, as ever, the success of these tools depends on the surrounding objects and details in the image. When they work, however, they can be almost uncannily effective.
There's a significant change to two of the tools in Adobe Camera Raw, too. This is Adobe's raw conversion plug-in – it launches automatically when you attempt to open a raw file. The Graduated and Gradient Filters now have a manual masking brush tool which enables you to mask the effect in specific areas.
For example, the Graduated Filter won't just darken the sky, it will also darken anything sticking up into the sky such as a building – you can now use the mask brush to remove the darkening effect from objects like this.
These are modest but useful changes, but don't seem enough on their own to justify a whole new application alongside the old one. There's a lot more going on under the hood, though, and Adobe has overhauled its 'Mercury' graphics engine, for example, to boost performance. It seems that for now at least Adobe expects some users may want to carry on using the older version, perhaps for compatibility reasons.
We liked
Photoshop CC 2014 is a tough program to review because it doesn't really have any rivals – apart from the last 'perpetual' version, Photoshop CS6. Some photographers may get by with lower-cost alternatives like Photoshop Elements or Paint Shop Pro, but in reality Photoshop CC is out on its own.
But to get the most out of Photoshop you do need to know what you're doing – there's precious little help here for beginners. And there's a strong market in creative plug-ins which provide instant effects, inspiration and creative options simply not available in the Adobe program.
The improvements in each update of Photoshop CC itself are relatively modest, but they accumulate – and they'll carry on accumulating for as long as you subscribe. The spectre of paid upgrades is gone, we assume, forever. The improvements to Adobe Camera Raw are equally significant. It's now a powerful image-editing tool in its own right, and you can even use these tools as a filter within Photoshop.
We disliked
Photoshop 2014 installs alongside Photoshop CC rather than simply replacing it, and with little or no explanation. Annoyingly, our plug-ins were not migrated to the new version, so that means re-installing them or migrating them manually – and using the 'old' version of Photoshop CC until then.
The new mask brush tool in Adobe Camera Raw is really useful, but it's not yet available in Lightroom 5.5, which is unusual since they both use the same processing engine. Hopefully, Lightroom will get an upgrade shortly which includes this useful feature.
Perhaps the main point to keep in mind about Photoshop is that it's designed not just for photographers, but also for illustrators, web developers and 3D artists. As a result, each update may well include a whole host of new features and improvements, but they won't all be relevant to specific types of user. Whatever your area of interest, Photoshop will do a whole lot of other stuff besides that you don't really need.
For a while, you could still buy Photoshop CS6 as a 'perpetual' alternative to CC. That's no longer the case, so Adobe's brave new world of subscription services is the only way forward for Photoshop fans who want to stay current.
But it all seems to be working very well. The Photography plan is half the price of the original Photoshop CC subscription, and you get Lightroom 5.5 too. Adobe's updates may not be on the same scale as the old software version updates, but they add up and they're free.
This is still the world's most powerful image-editing application and Photoshop CC 2014 brings many small but significant improvements that just reinforce its position. It's getting harder and harder to argue against Adobe's subscription-based software system.


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CHARLOTTESVILLE – For a guy who'd just come one yard short of tying his career-high for passing yards in Virginia's 43-19 season-opening win Saturday against Richmond, Michael Rocco's postgame mood couldn't be described as festive.
The same went for his coach, Mike London. Judging by their reactions, it'd be difficult to tell U.Va. (1-0) never led by fewer than 16 points in the final 53 minutes against its Football Championship Subdivision opponent.
After putting Richmond (0-1) away with relative ease in the victory, which featured 545 yards from U.Va.'s offense compared to 266 for Richmond, there were still areas where Rocco and London wanted to see improvement.
"It looked like we were doing a pretty good job moving the ball," said London regarding his team's play in the first seven minutes while running out to a 16-0 lead. "We kind of got caught in a couple lulls there. … I'm not taking anything away from Richmond, but we've got to be able to execute. We have to make a block, as opposed to leaving guys running open on a couple blitzes."
Rocco, who completed 25 of 37 passes for 311 yards and a touchdown in a little more than three quarters of work, was sharp for the most part.
He completed passes of 21, 24 and 44 yards, plus a 51-yard completion on a quick out to wide receiver Darius Jennings that went for a touchdown after he dodged cornerback Darryl Hamilton near the line of scrimmage and escaped a tackle attempt by safety Reggie Barnette. Jennings' touchdown put U.Va. up 16-0 with 8:33 left in the first quarter.
Yet, Rocco also had a few overthrows on deep passes that could've gone for additional scores, and a couple of his offerings were fortunate to not be intercepted.
"There were times when I did a good job managing downfield throws and intermediate routes and throwing to check-downs, not forcing balls down the field," Rocco said. "Then, there were times where I felt I might've forced the ball down the field when I could've just thrown a check-down or intermediate route. Football is an up-and-down game. You've just got to know when to balance those things."
Backup quarterback Phillip Sims got some work in the second half, completing 5 of 6 passes for 50 yards while leading U.Va. to a touchdown on his first drive in the third quarter.
U.Va. posted 184 yards rushing behind 52 yards each from running backs Khalek Shepherd (10 carries) and Perry Jones (14 carries), and 49 yards from Kevin Parks (14 carries), but London expected more. Richmond routinely ran eight and nine-man fronts with a lot of movement and outside blitzes that helped the Spiders chase down running backs from behind.
"I'm more concerned with making sure we establish the kind of running game that we need, particularly in short yardage situations," said London, whose team was stopped on fourth-and-1 from Richmond's 20 on the opening drive of the third quarter when Parks was stuffed for a 1-yard loss. "I don't think we actually kind of woke up until the second half."
After U.Va. extended its lead to 22-0 in the second quarter, Richmond was able to get on the scoreboard with an 88-yard touchdown drive that featured completions of 21, 24 and 25 yards by quarterback John Laub.
Backup quarterback Michael Strauss, a transfer from U.Va., capped the drive by beating U.Va.'s pressure with a wobbly 3-yard touchdown pass through traffic to fullback Kendall Gaskins that cut U.Va.'s advantage to 22-6 with 2:55 remaining in the half. It wasn't the only time Richmond answered a U.Va. touchdown with a long scoring drive of its own.
U.Va. went up 29-6 with 8:21 left in the third quarter on a 2-yard touchdown run by Kevin Parks before Laub, who completed 17 of 35 passes for 178 yards and a touchdown, led Richmond on a 75-yard touchdown drive.
Immediately after U.Va. went ahead 43-12 with 5:23 left in the game on a 1-yard touchdown run by Shepherd, Strauss orchestrated another Richmond touchdown drive by completing 6 of 7 passes for 57 yards on a possession that covered 80 yards.
U.Va. defensive end Bill Schautz, who had three tackles in his first game since breaking two bones in his left leg last season against Florida State, said the quick three-step drops Richmond's quarterbacks were taking all game made establishing a pass rush difficult. U.Va. got some pressure on Richmond's quarterbacks, but the Cavaliers didn't have any sacks.
"We never got a real pass rush — at least, I didn't," said Schautz, who added one of U.Va.'s goals was to hold Richmond to under 60 yards rushing (the Spiders had 28). "It'll be a little different next week (against Penn State). … I can't wait for that."


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Pros And Cons Of Buying Early
I've never bought a console at launch. I've never seen the need, I've only ever seen negatives about the experience, and that mostly hasn't changed. Waiting in long lines, sometimes out in the cold doesn't sound very fun.
I mean, you're always going to pay more, but that's the price you pay for being an early adopter. It's about the exciting rush of being able to play something asap.
I too have never bought a console on release date, my PS Vita was mine after 2 months of release date. Reason why? I wanted to see what games were coming out, what games were already on the console and if they were good, how the console fared a many more things. The thing is that never buy a console on release date wait a few weeks to see what other reviewers say about it.
Buying a console at all isn't worth it.
What do consoles have that a PC doesn't? (Besides some exclusives)
The idea of consoles is outdated and should come to an end.
Consoles' specs are fixed. They will not be improved until it's successor arrives, which is generally ~6 years. This halts the progress of technological advances severely in the hardware market.
If one part of the console defects, you have to get it fixed by someone else (Similar to Apple computers). If a part in a PC defects, you can simply replace it yourself or get it fixed for much less, your choice.
Some say that the plus of owning a console is that you can sit in your couch with a controller. This is also possible with a PC. Just hook it up to your TV via HDMI and reap the benefits of both console and PC.
I buy games at launch... so i wouldnt blame someone with the money if they wanted a new console day 1. As long as there are good release games that is...
Having 6 360s red ring on me i can say that being the first in line for a console is not smart.


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The ScubaGearReports.com team recently had a chance to get their hands on the new Oceanic VT4.0 dive computer. After coming out strong in several other recent reviews, the VT4.0 had a lot to live up to and it did so with ease.
The SGR team noted that "the nice-sized display screen on the VT4.0 has allowed Oceanic to include a very intuitive on-board menu system, which we see as the core strength of this dive computer". The extreme ease of use has been a constant improvement noticed by many reviewers and SGR goes on to praise the VT4.0: "It's by far the easiest wrist-mount computer we've used; the data presentation is outstanding, and the use of words instead of symbols (i.e. "Safety Stop," "Deep Stop," "Change Battery," etc.) as well as menu prompts and bar graphs transforms a complex piece of equipment into an Everyman's dive computer".
Read the whole review of the Oceanic VT4.0 over at ScubaGearReports.com.