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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
2011 Top Prospect List: #24 Cody Puckett, 2b
Height 5-10, Weight 175, B/T: R/R, DOB: 4/3/1987
2010 Redlegs Baseball Prospect Ranking: N/A
Cody Puckett is looking like a nice value acquisition for the Reds. He has good athleticism, which makes him intriguing. His blend of speed and power effectively lifts his prospect ceiling. Despite being a college prospect, he's still rather raw in some aspects of the game, which gives him a lower floor. Ultimately, his future as a prospect will be determined by a battle between his offensive upside and defensive downside.
Collegiate Career and Draft Position
Puckett played three seasons for Cal State Dominguez Hills, showing significant linear improvement with each passing year.
As a freshman, Puckett stepped right into the lineup, playing 47 games and logging 182 ABs. He handled the bat well, posting a .308/.332/.456 slash line with 11 doubles, 2 triples, 4 homeruns, and a 26/8 K/BB ratio. He also swiped 5 bases in 7 attempts. As a freshman, Puckett didn't flash any plus speed, power, or on-base skill, but he certainly held his own.
During his sophomore season, Puckett played in 52 games and collected 214 ABs. During that time, he posted a stellar slash line of .313/.346/.551 with 18 doubles, 0 triples, 11 homeruns, and a 31/11 K/BB ratio. He also swiped 6 bases in 6 attempts. In his second season, the biggest improvement in his game was in the power department.
As a junior, Puckett hit .337/.462/.644 with 11 doubles, 0 triples, 17 homeruns, and a 33/42 K/BB ratio. His production was impressive and another positive is that he avoided any significant platoon split, hitting righthanders at a .335 clip and southpaws at a .341 clip. He also began to effectively utilize his speed, as his stolen base total jumped up to 26 in 29 attempts. He followed up his power improvement as a sophomore with significant improvement in his ability to control the strike zone. As a junior, his walk rate jumped up substantially, which could have been partially attributable to pitchers fearing his more powerful bat, but hindsight reveals it to be legitimate improvement that he carried with him to the professional ranks. Ultimately, his junior year represented a big step forward and one that caught the eye of professional scouts.
At least a pair of those eyes were in the employ of the Reds organization, as they selected Puckett in the 8th round of the 2008 draft with the 239th overall pick. While Puckett played primarily shortstop in college, the Reds felt his range and glove were better suited for a less taxing position.
2010 Season
Puckett spent the 2010 season at two different stops in the minors. He started out and spent the vast majority of his time at high-A Lynchburg. For the Hillcats, the 23-year old Puckett hit to the tune of .277/.350/.493/.843 in 542 plate appearances. He posted a 124/45 K/BB ratio to go along with a robust 40 doubles, 4 triples, and 18 homers. Once again, he flashed good speed and good instincts on the bases, swiping 17 bases in 21 attempts (81% success rate). He lashed linedrives at a rate of 19%, which more than supports his .277 batting average. In fact, he probably deserved a few more hits than he got.
After a stellar season in high-A, the Reds promoted him to double-A for 12 plate appearances. In that short stint, he collected 6 hits and a slash line of .500/.500/.667/1.167. He ripped line drives to the impressive tune of 36%. Obviously, far too small of a sample size to mean much of anything, but it was a nice start that he'll have a chance to build on in 2011.
Overall, it was a nice season for Puckett, as he flashed a well-rounded offensive game defined by a solid blend of power and speed.
Swing Mechanics
Puckett hits from an open, slightly wider than shoulder-width stance with a high back elbow. He holds his hands in front of his right shoulder and fairly far away from his body. There is a school of thought that holds that the farther away from the body a hitter holds his hands, the less control over the bat he may have. So, Puckett's pre-pitch stance doesn't quite have him in proper hitting position, but before the pitch is delivered he gets into good position.
First, his stride operates to close up his stance, as it includes a move in towards homeplate. His stride closes and cocks his hips, which enables him to generate load in the swing. In tandem with his stride, Puckett draws his hands back and in closer to his body, which brings them into proper hitting position and gives him better control over the bat.
When Puckett fires the swing, he doesn't get cheated. He has a compact swing and a direct swing path with a slight uppercut that generates good loft on the ball. And, while he doesn't have a big frame, he generates impressive power for his size with good bat speed. However, the power he generates at times comes at a cost.
Puckett's swing involves strong hand action and upper body rotation. Occasionally, the effort he puts into the swing causes him to spin off the ball, as his shoulder rotation occasionally causes his front shoulder to fly open and his swing to flatten out. When that happens, his front foot also opens up to disperse the rotational momentum.
Due to his smaller size, Puckett lacks much physical projection to his game. However, that shouldn't serve as much of a detriment to his game, as he already generates plus power.
Overall, Puckett has a solid swing that generates plus power. Despite his power swing, he does a nice a job making consistent, hard contact. So far, strikeouts have not been a significant problem, but he'll need to continue making contact against more advanced pitching. Additionally, he controls the strike zone well, as his shorter stature gives him a smaller strike zone to protect.
Here is a look at Puckett in action, courtesy of DOAsaturn on youtube:
Defensive Skills and Positional Value
Puckett is a good athlete, but has struggled with his glove work at second base. However, his bat profiles much better at that position, so he'll be given every opportunity to prove his ability to handle the position or play his way off it.
In 2010, Puckett once again spent the vast majority of his time at second base, but did log some time in the outfield. However, during 239 games at second in his minor league career, Puckett grades out as -13 runs below average under the Total Zone fielding metric.
Additionally, he not only struggles to reach balls, but also has difficulty converting those balls he does reach into outs. The strength and bulk that effectively power his swing somewhat work against him in the field, as his actions and hands are stiff and unforgiving. If he can't smooth out his glove work, then he'll have to slide down the defensive spectrum to the hot corner or a corner outfield spot. If that happens, then his bat becomes much less interesting.
Final Thoughts
Puckett's nice collection of tools drive his offensive game, which ultimately drives his overall value as a prospect. He's an offense-first prospect, but ultimately he may have a middle infield bat and a corner position glove, a combination that rarely portends well for the future. Still, if he can make improvements on offense, his bat will play at the offense-first positions, while defensive improvements will make his stay at a premier defensive position much more viable. Regardless, some improvement must be made for him to become a legitimate option as an MLB starter.
If no such improvement is made, then Puckett's future may be that of an offensive minded utility player. A player who, in limited duty, can handle the corner outfield and infield spots. His blend of power and speed is intriguing and gives him a respectable ceiling. Ultimately, he'll go as far as his bat and athleticism will take him. For now, they take him up to #24 on the list.
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Thoughts on the Fred Lewis signing?ReplyDelete
I like it. I'm a fan of Fred Lewis and the price is just right. He could be a nice addition at the top of the lineup. A sneaky good value.
I find it incredibly mind boggling that with his athleticism he cant stick at 2nd base. I mean if Dan Uggla can play second, then why cant he?ReplyDelete
He is more athletic than Uggla, maybe all he needs is reps there.
Although i can remember when Phillips was a prospect, He was athletic but everyone's opinion of him was all bat and questionable glove. Of course that was at SS and he did move to 2nd
Puckett gives me a bit of a Bret Boone (as a Red) vibe at the plate. Now only if he could play defense like 'ole Boonie we might have something here. I think he's alot like Valaika though I think Chris has a much better chance to stick at 2nd.ReplyDelete
Cody welcome to Danny Dorns world.
I'm not sure more reps are going to be enough for him to become adequate. As a college prospect, he's surprisingly raw and he simply might not have enough development time left to get it done.
As I recall, in my research on Puckett his head coach said something to the effect that he loved Puckett's athleticism and thought he'd be a tremendous outfielder at the professional level. So, ultimately, I'm not sure he makes it at an up-the-middle position.
Thanks for the comment!
It's been a while since I've seen Boonie play, but Puckett seems much more compact and direct at the plate. As I recall, Boone had a big, loose, all-or-nothing type swing. And, as you mention, Puckett falls well short of Boone with the glove.
I loved to watch Boone on defense. Two things always jumped out at me. First, after he fielded the ball he had a little crow-hop that he used to get into proper throwing position. I loved that he did that on just about every chance to set his feet. Second, I really don't think I've seen anyone faster than Boone at turning the double play. He was lightning quick.
Anyway, enough of my reminiscing and back to the present. Unfortunately, I suspect you're right on Puckett. He's got enough upside to be intriguing, but I'm not sure he's got enough polish to land a middle infield job. And, I'm not sure he's got enough offense to be a starter at a corner spot.
Ultimately, the best case may be a utility player, but he's still got some development time left.
Anyway, thanks for the thoughts!


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A concussion is an injury to your brain that causes problems with how the brain works. It can affect brain tasks like memory, balance, concentration, judgment, and coordination.
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- Irritability or crankiness
Changes in:
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- Play
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- Lack of interest in favorite toys or activities
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Increase mental and physical activities gradually as recommended by your doctor based on how you feel. Symptoms, balance, cognition, and tolerance to current activity levels may be tested throughout recovery.
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The brain is more vulnerable to injuries while it is healing. Re-injury can lead to more severe or long-term symptoms. Precautions should be taken with:
- Certain medications—especially aspirin , blood thinners, and medications that cause drowsiness
- Use of alcohol and illegal drugs.
- Activities that might jolt or jar the head from recreational activities and sports to rollercoasters.
Second head injury can be especially dangerous in children and adolescents (second impact syndrome). Even a mild second head injury in children and adolescents can lead to serious damage to the brain. This can lead to unconsciousness and even death.
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- Always use seatbelts, shoulder harnesses, and child safety seats when traveling in vehicles. Follow recommendation for child car safety options.
- Learn about the air bags in your car. Young children should not be placed in front of airbags. Check your cars specifications.
Wear a helmet when participating in high risk activities such as:
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- Using skates, scooters, and skateboards
- Catching, batting, or running bases in baseball or softball
- Riding a horse
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To prevent accidents at home that can lead to concussions:
- Make sure your child's play surface is soft and free of rocks, holes, and debris.
- Use handrails when walking up and down stairs—teach your child to do so.
- Install safety gates by stairs and safety guards by windows.
- Use grab bars in the bathroom.
- Place non-slip mats in the bathroom.
- Keep walkways clear to avoid tripping.
- Make sure rooms and hallways are well lit.
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One of the core issues being debated in Dubai right now is whether governments should be encouraged to mandate deep-packet inspection standards that make it easy for telcos to charge for and monitor internet communications crossing national borders. The U.S. government has taken on the fight against such an international norm in a bipartisan fashion, which is good news.
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The Dekalb County Sheriff's Office announced a resolution to what Sheriff Tom Brown called the department's "little situation." According to a statement from the department, three deputies have been suspended and another has been demoted, provided he does not retire as previously planned.
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1929 James Whale (of filmdom's Frankenstein renown) directs Journey's End at London's Savoy Theatre. R.C. Sherriff's drama, depicting life for British soldiers in the trenches of World War I, runs 485 performances.
1936 Raymond Massey, Pauline Lord, and Ruth Gordon are the triangle in the solemn yet devastating Ethan Frome. The adaptation of Edith Wharton's novella by Owen and Donald Davis runs 15 weeks at the National Theatre in New York.
1950 Alec Guinness, Irene Worth, and Cathleen Nesbitt imbibe at The Cocktail Party. Written by T.S. Eliot, the drama runs at Henry Miller's Theatre in New York for 409 performances.
1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber's producing company, The Really Useful Group, puts up shares on the London stock exchange.
1991 Spalding Gray tells the story of his long work on an unfinished novel in his autobiographical monologue Monster in a Box, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.
2004 Making the most of her 15 minutes of fame, Gennifer Flowers, the woman who said she had an intimate relationship with married President Bill Clinton, joins the company of the Off-Broadway revue Boobs! The Musical.
2010 A Broadway production of Noël Coward's 1942 comedy Present Laughter, starring Victor Garber as graying matinee idol Garry Essendine, opens at the Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre. Directed by Nicholas Martin, the cast also includes Harriet Harris as tart-tongued secretary Monica Reed, and Brooks Ashmanskas as mad young playwright Roland Maul.
2011 Theoni V. Aldredge, the three-time Tony Award-winning costume designer, dies at age 88. Aldredge won Tony Awards for her costumes for the original Broadway productions of Annie, Barnum, and La Cage aux Folles, and created iconic costumes for such shows as A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, and 42nd Street.
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If you need any assistance, or for special bookings, call the KVEC office.
Kittitas County has a total area of 2,333 square miles. The highest point in the county is Mount Daniel at 7,959 feet above sea level.


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Traveling Nail Salon in Parkhurst before I go into the points to help you choose your hairdresser, I should first outline the definition of what is a mobile hairdresser? A Home Hair Stylist is a hairdresser who usually works for his or herself visiting clients at their homes or place of work, or any other agreed venue and does not operate from a fixed hair salon or beauty shop.
Is Mobile Hairdressing Worth It?
1.When to consider using a mobile hairdresser. The services of a mobile hairstylist may often be required to be used at a home for a wedding when it may often be inconvenient for the bride to travel to a hair or beauty salon to have her hair and her make-up done, requiring her then to travel back to her home to put on her wedding gown. Instead, the hairdresser will travel to the bride's home in order to style the bride's hair for her special day. A Mobile Beauty Salon Near Me hairstylist is often in demand for Care homes, hospitals, prisons, the armed forces, and in many other situations where individual attention is required.
Choosing a Mobile Hairdresser - 4 Simple Tips to Help You Choose The Best
4. Always Use a qualified hairdresser. As with Salon hairdressers, your mobile hairdresser should hold formal hairdressing qualifications. The UK national Vocational Qualification in Hairdressing (NVQ) is the only recognized qualification system, and more than 60% of mobile hairstylists are now trained to this standard. They should also hold professional indemnity insurance.
Your mobile hairdresser should be happy and prepared to recommend the perfect hairdos and often make-up to accentuate and compliment the individual looks of the customer, and offer suggestions on what hairstyle or make up should best suit the client.
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Hairdressing is one of the many trades that can be carried out in a clients home. Hairdressers only need a pair of scissors a small stock of products comb and other accessories to cut and style a persons hair. But is it worth it? below I discuss some of the pros and cons of mobile hairdressing and perhaps uncover some little known truths.
I hope this article maybe useful to someone who is thinking of starting up in mobile hairdressing and help them to assess which is the best route to take salon based or mobile.
So you have a car, have all your tools a client list and decide to go into the flexible working of being mobile. You can book clients in when you want as much of what will allow get up late arrive home early?
Firstly nowadays if you use a car for business you must have the correct insurance often this will incur a higher premium. There could be an argument that the car is just insured for "personal" use social and pleasure and that if you had an accident that you would just say you where visiting a relative? Insurance companies are more and more tightening there belts and looking for people outside of the scope of this they may ask to prove you where on holiday from work or proof of travel.
Do your research
This is the most important part before going into any new venture and its also the part that most people get wrong partly because of their desire to live the dream. Be hard on your plan scrutinize the competition how many the what why where and how. Also look at the possibility of future competition and threat of reducing your market.
Allot of people do not really Analise there costs, when I mean costs I mean true costs down to the penny, here's an example.
Outgoings cost of car payment, car tax, insurance,fuel, wear and tear, cost of equipment and stock, fair wear and tear to equipment, necessary taxes. Add all this up on a yearly then monthly and drill down to a daily basis this will give you an idea of where you need to start from.
Best of luck
Mobile Hairdressing As a Career
It would be impossible to count how many times each summer a professional groomer is asked to shave a client's dog in an attempt to make it cooler. Here in rural Montana where the summers are scorching, I have had requests to shave almost every breed imaginable. It is a common misconception that all dogs would automatically be cooler if they had less hair.
First it is important to consider is what type of hair the dog has. All dogs can basically be divided into two groups. First we have those who need to have their cut on a regular basis, such as poodles, shih tzus, cocker spaniels, lhasa apsos, terriers, etc. Dogs in this group have hair that would continue growing longer and longer until it was cut. These breeds can be shaved with no problem. Taking off excess coat by shaving them down in hot weather will indeed make them more comfortable and cooler, and will not cause damage to the dog's coat. However, this is not the case with the second group.
This group of dogs consists of all the other breeds, longhaired or shorthaired, whose hair grows to one length only and then remains that length. These dogs typically shed much more than dogs in the first group. These include retrievers, pomeranians, great Pyranees, chow chows, pugs, German shepherds, huskies, and the list goes on and on. Their coats act as insulators against the elements, and should never be shaved. After all, do you take the insulation out of your home in the summer to make it cooler? Absolutely not, and the same goes for these dogs as well.
It is important to note that if you have a mixed breed dog, it can be difficult to determine which group the dog falls into. Most groomers can evaluate a dog's coat upon inspection to let you know which group the dog falls into, and what course of action to take, the risks involved, etc.
As a former professional groomer, I strongly feel that it is the groomer's responsibility to fully explain these things to clients wanting to have their dogs shaved. It is important to share knowledge with the clients to make the best decision possible for the pet in need of grooming.
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text: WEAVING A STRONGER TOMORROW For over 75 years Couristan, Inc. has been a powerful name in the area rug and broadloom industry. Owned by the Couri family for two generations and operated today by brothers George G. Couri, Chairman and Ron J. Couri, CEO and President, the company prides itself on having the most exquisite handmade and power-loomed floor coverings available from anywhere around the world. Founded in 1926 by brothers Basil J. Couri and George J. Couri, and appropriately named "Couri Brothers," the company began its humble beginnings by importing fine handmade area rugs from Persia. According to Ron Couri, Couristan's CEO and President, importing area rugs from Persia was a difficult task. "I remember listening to my father and uncle's travel stories. First they took a ship to England, then another to the continent. Once in Europe they took the Orient Express and then drove through the desert to Persia. They finally arrived 32 days later. It was quite an adventure." The first area rugs imported by the company were a few shipments of Sparta Rugs from Smyrna. At the time, the company began affixing "Couristan" trademark labels to the back of each and every rug it imported. This mark was composed from the family's surname "Couri" and the frequently used suffix "stan", referring to the region of small weaving villages in which the company imported its rugs from. The company would quickly begin to broaden its horizons, as well as its area rug offerings by importing rugs from India in 1927. In the 1930's, Couristan began importing handmade hooked rugs from China and braided rugs from Japan. At the time nearly 99 percent of the total production of Japan's floor coverings were being exported to the United States. According to Ron Couri, Couristan was regarded as one of the country's largest importers of Japanese braided rugs from the 1930's to the 1960's. During that time there wasn't much of a market for Oriental-design products in the United States, but through Couristan's ingenuity and extensive design development, the company was able to create a substantial marketplace for handmade Oriental area rugs. The Subdivisions design, from Couristan's popular hand-crafted collection, Progressions, received an America's Magnificent Carpet Award for the category of best handmade area rug in the price range of $0 to $12 (per square foot) . The popular design was chosen by a panel of judges for its affordability, strong palette, unique texture and its ability to be utilized in both a casual and elegant room-setting.There are no products matching the selection.


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" Pink Martini is like a romantic Hollywood musical of the 1940s or '50s, but with a global perspective which is modern," says the band's artistic director Thomas M. Lauderdale. "We bring melodies and rhythms from different parts of the world together to create something which is new and beautiful." Classically trained pianist Lauderdale founded the band in 1994, and his Harvard classmate China Forbes joined as songwriting collaborator and lead vocalist a few years later, just before they released their first album Sympatique in 1997. Its original song in French, "Je Ne Veux Pas Travailler (I Don't Want to Work)" became a huge hit.
The band grew from four musicians to twelve, some recruited from symphony orchestras. Convened on the Disney Hall stage on this 2008 New Year's Eve were twenty musicians, plus guest artists, including legendary club singer Jimmy Scott.
Georja: Pink Martini is like a lime sorbet between courses, to clean your palate from the heaviness of 2008 and start the new year fresh.
Gerald: It was a really festive evening, hosted by a world-class "little orchestra" that in just a few years has built an incredible reputation for rediscovering and paying homage to club and pop hits of yesteryear. (Even their originals deliberately sound like oldies.)
Georja: From '50s pop tunes to chamber music to rumbas, they've been called a band without borders. Their eclectic hopping from one style to another is part of what gives their music its lightness. And hopping couldn't have been easy for the lovely, lively, and very pregnant Forbes, who expressed hope that her water wouldn't break onstage.
Gerald: They play venues all over the world. Singing in so many different languages, including Arabic, they've become ambassadors for a hipper, more sophisticated American culture.
Georja: "Bukra Wba'do (Tomorrow and the Day After)," their Arabic number, was a pop hit in Egypt in the 1960s. It's one of their liveliest. They even brought out their friendly Arabic professor [ Dr. Dirgham Sbait from Portland State] to teach the audience how to say 'Happy New Year.'
Gerald: Some of their retro style comes from old bands like Xavier Cougat's. Those big, brassy Latin numbers made me think of Rogers and Astaire in Flying Down to Rio--and, sure enough, they finished their set with "Brazil." At times, audience members were jumping up and dancing in place. I think they'd have formed a conga line to the stage if the ushers would've let them.
Georja: Another one of the catchiest tunes--an original from their third and latest album--is "Dosvedanya, Mio Bombino," about the humorous dilemma of a Russian guy who settles in southern Italy and misses the snow in Red Square.
Gerald: One of the audience favorites was "Hey Eugene!"--the title song from the same album. Forbes wrote it about a guy who asked for her phone number at a party and never called. Its theme reminded me of Carly Simon's "You're So Vain." Revenge by love song. Sweet.
Georja: Also, it was enlightening to hear Doris Day's '50s hit "Qué Será Será (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" sung by Forbes with the same sweet innocence as Day, but with the band's somewhat eerie Hitchcock-style accompaniment. Interestingly, the song originally came from his film The Man Who Knew Too Much.
Gerald: Jimmy Scott joined them for three numbers. His voice is high-pitched, downright childlike. Remarkable. He's past eighty, a living legend, and he sang "Someone to Watch Over Me," "Tea for Two" (a duet with Forbes), and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." The audience gave him standing ovations.
Georja: His extremely original pacing and styling, along with his unique vocal quality, were surprising and fascinating. We were told Scott was the favorite singer of Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, and Madonna.
Gerald: Besides the vocals, there were two virtuoso instrumentals. Accompanied by Lauderdale and the band, Nicholas Crosa played Fritz Kreisler's "Praeludium and Allegro" for violin. Then Lauderdale played a quick and furious "Malagueña" by Ernesto Lecuona.
Georja: Trumpeter Gavin Bondy and trombonist Robert Taylor enhanced "Malagueña," "Brazil," "Amado Mio," and many other numbers with their outstanding solos.
Gerald: I give Pink Martini credit not only for inventing themselves as a small band with a big sound but also for reinventing these old genres. What's old is new again.
Georja: And across generations and cultures, enthusiastic fans appreciate their lightness of spirit.
Georja Umano is an actress-comedienne and animal advocate.
Gerald Everett Jones is the author of the Rollo Hemphill series of comic novels.
Photos by Sherri Diteman except as noted.
Pink Martini Albums
Hey Eugene! (2007)
Hang On Little Tomato (2004)
Sympatique (1997)
Pink Martini Tour Dates 2009
01/13/09 - Seattle, WA - Benaroya Hall
01/16/09 - Fort Worth, TX - Bass Performance Hall
01/17/09 - Fort Worth, TX- Bass Performance Hall
01/18/09 - Fort Worth, TX - Bass Performance Hall
05/15/09 - San Antonio, TX - Lila Cockrell Theatre
05/16/09 - San Antonio, TX - Lila Cockrell Theatre
05/31/09 - Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
06/01/09 - Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
06/09/09 - Vienna, VA - Filene Center At Wolf Trap
06/25/09 - San Francisco, CA - Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall
06/26/09 - San Francisco, CA - Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall
06/27/09 - Spokane, WA - Martin Woldson Theatre At The Fox
LA Philharmonic 2009 Season
(Selected Highlights, Contemporary Music)
Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Box office: 323.850.2000 or Ticketmaster
Jazz Series
A Tribute to Ray Brown
Wed, Jan 28, 8 p.m.
World Music Series
Sun, Feb 8, 7:30 p.m.
Tango Fire
Sat, Mar 1, 7:30 p.m.
Wed, Mar 18, 8 p.m.
Songbook Series
Patti Austin: Avant Gershwin
Fri, Feb 13, 8 p.m.
Chita Rivera: The Secret Life
Sat, May 2, 8 p.m.


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By Damas Kanyabwoya
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, May 04, 2016 (The Citizen) — It is clear that Russia is seeking business and economic breakthrough with Tanzania. Whether it is part of its geopolitical adventures or genuine efforts to lessen economic sanctions imposed on it by the West after its forays into Ukraine, it is difficult to tell.
MOSCOW, April 30, 2016 (Buziness Africa) -- After the collapse of the Soviet empire, Russia has steadily shown interest in many spheres, ranging from political consultations through business and economic cooperation to culture with African countries. Of a special focus, Russia attaches significance to deepening trade and investment cooperation with Africa.
MOSCOW, April 25, 2016 (TASS) -- Ethiopia and Russia agreed to work more on boosting mutual investment and trade, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday after a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.
By Kester Kenn Klomegah
MOSCOW April 21, 2016 (Buziness Africa) – Over the past few years, Russian authorities have been prioritizing media cooperation and the use of soft power to address the falling image of Russia among the political and business elites in Africa.
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, March 19, 2016 (Astana Times) -- Kazakhstan's continued institutional development assistance to African countries was greatly appreciated during the 26th African Union (AU) heads of state and government assembly, the country's foreign ministry said in a Feb. 1 press release. A Kazakh delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Yerzhan Ashikbayev participated with observer status.
Promoting Clarity
By Ni Yanshuo | ChinAfrica Web Exclusive
SHANGHAI, China, March 13, 2016 (ChinAfrica) -- Of these events, what impressed him most were two international forums held in South Africa and Italy in September and October 2015 in succession, reflecting the different interests audiences in developed and developing countries have in China.
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Tue, Mar 12
I don't keep trophies.
I have no problem with people who do, by the way. When I visited Stan Winston's studios, back in the late 90s, and got to see all of the mounted and displayed brilliance that came from his mind and hands – everything that clanked or slithered or stalked across the movies I loved as a teenager? The Terminator, the Predator, the Alien monster and, tragically, some early work-ups for the then-upcoming Godzilla movie that the producers gypped him on. They didn't want to pay for the 3-D models he was making. Just wanted flat, forgettable, fresh-off-the-computer CGI. Which explains why that movie sucked.
But being in Stan's studios, with these gorgeously mounted examples of his work, was the closest I'll ever come to visiting the actual Batcave. Or the Justice League satellite. Or one of Charles Foster Kane's warehouses.
For some people, having shelves and walls displaying the evidence of their past successes, of their progress and achievements, helps them to make and do more stuff. And that's fine.
I'm the opposite, for some reason.
If I may get briefly, sickeningly poetic here, I think of my life like a comet, with my past burning away in an ice and fire trail that twinkles to darkness in the cosmos. (Holy shit, I sound like I'm trying to sell Jamba Juice). Now, that doesn't mean the walls and shelves of my office are blank. There are objects that mean something, to me, both chronologically and emotionally, but maybe not to someone else looking at them. A megalodon shark's tooth. A small plaque with a Gerald Kersh quote on it. A necklace with a pair of Vietnamese presentation coins and a golden typewriter charm. A white cloth smeared with incense ashes. A stuffed Ponyo doll signed by Hayao Miyazaki. Other things, from other times and lives. I know them when they appear, and they exist, quietly, in a place where I try, every day, to create something.
Conversely, in that same place, that small office, where I try to carve out something new, and push into the future, I can't abide too many objects from my past. Especially in my line of sight. I own one single object from Ratatouille, and my daughter will probably end up with that. The few awards I've received thus far in my career are scattered into the ether – manager's offices, my parents' house, or auctioned off to raise money for things I love, which I want to keep going.
Which brings me to why I'm auctioning off this trove of King of Queens memorabilia.
WFMU is, hands-down, my favorite radio station. They run no commercials, take no ad revenue. 100% listener-supported. The DIY, punk-rock, podcast mentality before any of those concepts existed. I stream them online when I'm writing and there's always something amazing playing, something interesting happening, someone fascinating doing something unspeakable.
And it hasn't been easy for them.
But it's been relatively easy for me, especially after nine years on the King of Queens. Don't think I'm not aware, every single day, of how cosmically, karmically-undeservedly lucky I was to get cast on The King of Queens, and then to not get fired when they say how mediocre my acting was. For some reason, I was allowed to stay, and learn to act (being on a set with Kevin James and Jerry Stiller every single day for nine years will, even if you're not trying, make you a better actor).
This chair, and the series finale script signed by the entire cast and crew, plus my crew jacket and Sony studio ID, as well as the pair of Doc Marten boots I wore in every single episode, have always sat in one corner of my office, between the teetering shelves of books.
I always liked them sitting there. It was a gentle reminder that I'm lucky and need to be thankful and always think twice before I'm ever impatient or rude to anyone. Some days, I'll admit, I forgot that lesson, but most days I did.
But I feel like I've absorbed what I needed, during those amazing years where I got to play poker on Friday nights that the superlative writing staff of The King of Queens, got to go to Vegas on those big charter buses we'd rent, would smoke weed and sip scotch with the producers, and made enough money so I could finance stuff like The Comedians of Comedy, and my first couple of albums which, let's face it, if I didn't have King of Queens money, would never ever ever have happened. The Jacket. The Chair. The Boots. The Card and The Script. A Tarot Deck of Five, reminding me that fortune's only good if you use it to pay for and perpetuate the stuff you love.
And now it's time for them to go. Just like it will be time, someday, for my Comedians of Comedy tour jacket (one of only five in existence) to get auctioned off to raise money for something. The way I auctioned off my "Famous Mortimer" Globochem jersey (the only one of its kind, from Mr. Show) to raise money for the L.A. Food Bank a few years ago. Memories mean more than objects to me. And if I ever lose my memory? Well, then what good is a roomful of objects going to be except to remind me how much of my memory I've lost?
So, on Tuesday night, March 12th, 2013 (tonight or tomorrow, depending on when my web master posts this) you can call into The Best Show on WFMU from 9pm to midnight, EST. Those are the only three hours you can call to bid on these items. Someone's going to own them. You want it to be you? Then call 1 800 989 9368 during The Best Show on WFMU, and stake your claim. At midnight, whoever's got the most money on the table, walks away with the Tarot deck. And WFMU will, hopefully, keep broadcasting, forever and ever.
Again, and I can't stress this enough: only call 1 800 989 9368 during the hours of 9pm to midnight, EST, on Tuesday the 12th. That's the only window where you can bid and win. You can, of course, always just flat-out donate to the station. They're menu of premiums and goodies (https://www.wfmu.org/marathon/pledge.php?pr=BS) are better and more crave-able and beyond the imagination of even the dreamiest music lover. Click on the link and go shopping. Or place a bid, and burn off some of my life's comet. I'll be forever indebted.


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It Is All About BTC, LTC, ETH, ZEC mining as well as other alternative crypto currencies
Starting with Genesis Mining who have once more upgraded the Zcash cloud mining hashrate for their existing customers by another 25%. This means that everyone that has already purchased Zcash cloud mining hashrate from them got a nice boost in performance and amount of mined ZEC for free. Furthermore, new customers purchasing Zcash cloud mining hashrate will also get a boost in the hashrate they purchase, however the mining for new contracts purchased at the moment will start on December 1st and not immediately, so pretty much after the slow start for the mining ends.
The new Zcash (ZEC) cloud mining prices are the following after the last upgrade with 25% improvement in hashrate – 0.75 H/s for $29 USD, 7.5 H/s for $280 USD and 75 H/s for $2600 USD. These are up form 0.6 H/s, 6 H/s and 60 H/s for the same prices thanks to the hashrate improvement that apparently the company has achieved in their mining recently. Also don't forget that you can use our special discount code during checkout to get 3% off the regular prices for Zcash mining hashrate, just enter CryptoMiningBlog5 as promo code during checkout to take advantage of the better price offer.
– For more information about the Zcash cloud mining pre-order from Genesis Mining…
Another cloud mining service provider that has been available for quite some time already as well – HashFlare has also announced their plans for offering cloud mining hashrate for Zcash (ZEC). They have already started the presale of mining contracts with a price of 4.20 USD per 0.1 H/s with the launch of mining planned to start before 21.11.16, so you will be able to catch some of the slow start mining period as well. Each of their Zcash cloud mining contracts will last for 1 year (from activation) and will not have any additional fees as everything is apparently included in the price.
Their prices are now a bit higher than the above alternative since the latest announcement of hashrate upgrade, but there is an active promotional code for them as well that is following a recent Halloween promotion going for all knids of cloud mining hashrate being offered. You can use the promo code HF16HLLWN10 to get a 10% discount from the regular price of $4.20 USD per 0.1 H/s for the EQUIHASH cloud mining hashrate being offered at the moment. Do note however that this discount code will be valid only until 06.11.2016 23:59 (UTC +0) when the promotional offer will expire.
– To check out the new HashFlare Zcash (ZEC) cloud mining hashrate available for pre-order…
Besides the ability to rent and lease hashrate for the new Equihash mining algorithm being used by Zcash (ZEC) NiceHash is also offering what they call Fast Zcash Cloud Mining Contracts. These are 24 hour mining contracts, but with a large amount of hashrate that you are getting for this short period of time. This is an interesting alternative to long term cloud mining contracts, but probably not the best one for the moment while we are still in the slow start of mining for Zcash. Still a nice alternative to have to long term contracts as well as to traditional renting of hashrate where the price may vary and here you have a fixed price for the day.
Another popular service for renting and leasing hashrate, namely Mining Rig Rentals has yet to introduce support for the new algorithm used by Zcash (ZEC), so for the moment it is not interesting option for people that are all into Equihash. With the big interest however we are not going to be surprised if they don't take much time to also introduce Zcash support in the next days.
Here is a quick list of the latest CPU and GPU miners available for mining the Zcash (ZEC) that uses the Equihash algorithm used by the coin. Since most pools and miners are based on Stratum mining support you should be able to use them on almost all mining pools with support for ZEC. What you should be looking for is what works best on your hardware in terms of stability and what provides you with the optimal hashrate in order for you to maximize your profit. CPU mining is still viable as GPU miners are yet to be further optimized to be able to provide significantly higher hashrates, though you should know that the days of the CPU mining of ZEC are probably numbered.
Because of the slow start mining that Zcash has implemented the block reward is still growing, so even with price going down and the total network hashrate going up the overall profit for mining and selling Zcash remains pretty stable and most importantly pretty high compared to other crypto coins at the moment. Because of that it is a wise decision to mine and sell Zcash at the moment until the end of the slow start of mining when the block reward will stabilize at the maximum level of 12.5 ZEC and that should provide a more stable price per coin than at the moment. Mining ZEC coins now and keeping the coins may result in them loosing significant value at least in short term, though in long term it might still be a viable option, so consider what to do carefully.
Best CPU miners for Zcash:
– NiceHash's nheqminer v0.3a (also supports CUDA and OpenCL)*
Best AMD OpenCL miners for Zcash:
– ZECMiner v0.6 by Genoil
Best Nvidia CUDA miners for Zcash:
– NiceHash's nheqminer v0.3a (also supports CPU and OpenCL)*
* The nheqminer is available with hardcoded pools from nicehash, suprnova and other mining pools supporting Zcash, so make sure you download the correct version for the pool you are going to be mining at.
Genoil's latest ZECMiner is pretty much the fastest public OpenCL miner (Windows binaries only) for Zcash at the moment, though there are some stability issues with cards dropping to 0 Sol/s and the miner crashing. The situation improves with each new version, but the miner is still not that good stability wise. The latest Nheqminer supports OpenCL mining, but is slower than ZECMiner, even though stability wise it is better… it is much better for CPU and CUDA mining though. Hopefully soon there will be other faster GPU miners that will offer more stability and features along the improved mining speeds, but for now you will need to do with what is currently available.
Earlier today Zcash (ZEC) went live as expected and people are already starting to mine it, some of them probably are still not aware of the slow start with very small block rewards initially. Regardless, with what is available as miners at the moment there are pretty much two places where you would want to go for mining if you still haven't done so. The first one for CPU mining and CUDA mining is Flypool that uses a modified version of NiceHash's stratum miner available for download here CPU/CUDA miner for Flypool.
For AMD mining you might want to head on to the Coinsforall mining pool that uses its own different protocol and has an OpenCL and CUDA miner. Earlier today Genoil has posted an OpenCL miner binary for Windows with stratum support, however it seems that his miner is still not ready for major use as most people are reporting issues making it work properly. We have tried his miner and also had trouble making it work properly, so if you have AMD OpenCL GPUs just go for Coinsforall for the moment and use their miner.
Exchanges where to trade ZCash (ZEC):
– Binance
– Bittrex
– GATEio
– Kraken
– HitBTC
– Yobit
– Poloniex
– Livecoin


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A link to the past and a force of the present left the LA Galaxy on Monday.
Within hours of each other, assistant coach Cobi Jones and forward Edson Buddle officially left their respective roles for new clubs. And just like that, the Galaxy's ultimate goal in 2011—that is, winning their first Cup since 2005—got a little more difficult.
Jones is now the associate director of soccer for the New York Cosmos, joining the club as an executive who will oversee player management while also serving as an ambassador and liaison for the team. The club does not yet have any players on its roster.
Buddle, meanwhile, left the Galaxy and MLS on a free transfer, joining German club FC Ingolstadt.
The Galaxy's offseason was supposed to have allowed for the Supporters' Shield-winners to retool for an MLS Cup 2011 run; instead, the club now is left with a pair of unexpected holes to fill.
The loss of Buddle presents the most immediate obstacle to overcome. After all, Buddle scored 17 goals in a remarkable season for the Galaxy. Aside from his timely tallies, Buddle set the tone for the club's play—the Galaxy were virtually unbeatable when Buddle scored a goal in 2010.
Fittingly, Buddle played his way onto the United States' World Cup squad and was named Galaxy Most Valuable Player last season as well.
But the club also picked up Juan Pablo Ángel in the Re-Entry Draft. Thus far, however, the two sides have not come to an agreement over a contract.
[inline_node:324836] The loss of Jones, meanwhile, could wind up being the bigger loss. If any person ever embodied an MLS club, it is Jones for LA. From Day 1, Jones was a fixture with the Galaxy. He was the club's first-ever player, allocated to the Galaxy on March 6, 1996, instantly becoming a fan favorite and a go-to player. Jones helped deliver the club's two MLS Cup titles while playing a major role in the Galaxy's reaching the final in five of the first nine MLS seasons.
Aside from his talent—and recognizable dreadlocked look—Jones offered unmatched stability and a familiar face. When he faced questions about retirement due to ongoing injury concerns in 2005, he responded with a strong campaign and played a key role in the club's US Open and MLS Cup wins.
When the club landed David Beckham in early 2007 and a tumultuous ride ensued, Jones was a stabilizing force, helping to bridge the past to the new-look Galaxy. And when Bruce Arena arrived to settle things down in 2008, Jones was there, even managing one game on an interim basis while Arena and the Galaxy negotiated their terms.
While replacements for Buddle (Ángel) and Jones (newly designated player/coach Gregg Berhalter on the sideline, Landon Donovan in club lore) might already be in-house, the Galaxy will have a different look and feel when the 2011 season starts.
And how the team fares without these two key figures could determine whether the club that has come so close to the MLS Cup in recent years will actually lift in 2011.


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A word of advice—if you plan to help clients hide assets from the IRS, don't inadvertently mail an incriminating list of names and account numbers that somehow ends up in the hands of regulators.
Sounds obvious, but it's exactly what happened to Swiss financial advisor Beda Singenberger.
Federal prosecutors charge that over an 11-year period, Singenberger helped 60 people in the U.S. hide $184 million in secret offshore accounts, according to Bloomberg. He attached colorful names like Real Cool Investments Ltd. and Wanderlust Foundation.
Then, according to the news service, Singenberger inadvertently mailed a list of his U.S. clients, including their names and other details, which eventually wound up with federal authorities.
Bloomberg says U.S. authorities appear to be picking off the clients on that list one by one. Among those affected: Jacques Wajsfelner, an 83-year-old exile from Nazi Germany, and Michael Canale, a retired U.S. Army surgeon. Another customer, cancer researcher Michael Reiss, pleaded guilty, though his court records don't mention the list.
"He was sending mail to someone in the United States, and apparently in error he included a list of U.S. taxpayers," Assistant U.S. Attorney Dan Levy said on March 5 at Wajsfelner's sentencing in New York. "The government has mined that list to great effect and prosecuted a number of people who were on that list."
Wajsfelner, who pleaded guilty to hiding $5.7 million from the Internal Revenue Service, was sentenced to three months of house arrest.
The case comes as negotiations continue between Swiss banks and U.S. authorities over the latter's access to once secretive accounts. Long a haven for ultrawealthy individuals and families, the United States has increased pressure in recent years to open accounts of suspected tax cheats.


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Today I was greeted with the following line
Quantum Gas Temperature Drops Below Absolute Zero
This is the way the news about a quantum system that is effectively at negative temperature was reported in Wired. The thing is, negative temperatures are hotter than any finite positive temperature.
One can also check this fact in the Wikipedia entry for negative temperature. The simplest system that has an effective negative temperature is a laser: to get a negative temperature one just needs what is called a population inversion.
In that report it was stated that
Previously absolute zero was considered to be the theoretical lower limit of temperature as temperature correlates with the average amount of energy of the substance's particles.
The crucial mistake is the expression "Previously absolute zero was considered" which suggests that we have overturned theoretical physics knowledge on its head, because a new and revolutionary temperature below zero has been obtained! Moreover, we have measured systems with negative temperatures at least since the invention of the laser, and actually since the invention of the maser ( a laser in the microwave region).
The news is actually well reported in Ars technica. In that article they actually explain facts correctly about how to think about negative temperatures.


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In January 1997, Princess Diana received a phone call telling her she would be assassinated. She recorded the information on a secret video tape, naming her killer and gave it to a trusted friend in America for safekeeping. It has never been found.
Diana's close friend, Nicholas Carey, the 18th Duke of Burnham and second richest man in England, has vowed to find the tape and expose her killer. After years of searching, he discovers Diana gave the tape to British socialite Mari Cuniff, who died in New York under mysterious circumstances. He believes Wall Street attorney Taylor Collins, the executor of Mari's estate, has possession of it. He lures Taylor to England by promising to sell his ancestral home in Kent, Burnham Abbey, to one of her clients, a boarding school for American girls. Nicholas has dated actresses and models since the death of his wife, ten years earlier, and has no interest in falling in love again. But he is immediately and unexpectedly overwhelmed with feelings for Taylor at their first meeting.
Taylor, unaware that Diana's tape is in her long-time friend and client's estate and nursing her hurt over her broken engagement to a fellow attorney in her firm, brands Nicholas supremely spoiled and selfish. She is in a hurry to finish the sale of the Abbey and return to New York. But while working in the Abbey's library, Taylor uncovers the diary of Thomas Carey, a knight at the court of Henry VIII and the first Duke of Burnham.
As she reads Thomas' agonizing struggle to save the love of his life and the mother of his child from being forced to become Henry's mistress, she begins to see Nicholas in a new light as he battles to save his sixteen-year-old ward Lucy, who is desperately unhappy and addicted to cocaine. But just as Taylor's feelings for Nicholas become clear and at the moment she realizes she is in possession of Diana's voice from the grave, she learns that Nicholas may be Lucy's father and responsible for his wife's death at the Abbey at the time of Lucy's birth. When Nicholas is arrested for Lucy's murder and taken to Wandsworth Prison, Taylor sets out to learn the truth about Nicholas, his late wife, and the death of the Princess of Wales.
Dance for A Dead Princess is a the story of two great loves that created and preserved a family that has lasted for five hundred years.
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Leonard added to Jordan Brand team
PORTLAND, Ore. — Spurs small forward Kawhi Leonard may not yet be the face of the Spurs' franchise, as coach Gregg Popovich predicted he might one day be.
But Leonard is officially the feet of Nike's iconic Jordan Brand.
The 22-year-old signed a deal to sport the Air Jordan shoes — the line produced for and made famous by Hall of Famer Michael Jordan since 1985 — and other Jordan Brand apparel.
Leonard has sported Air Jordan shoes in his two-plus seasons with the Spurs, but his attraction to the brand goes back to before he was an NBA player.
"I've been wearing Jordans really ever since I started playing," Leonard said before the Spurs played at Portland on Saturday night.
"I'm excited he decided to bring me along."
Leonard joins an exclusive group of NBA players as part of the Jordan Brand family. The roster includes Los Angeles Clippers stars Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks and Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook.
Leonard is the fourth new player added to the Jordan Brand roster this month.
Last week, Nike announced the additions of rookies Victor Olapido (Orlando), Otto Porter Jr. (Washington) and Cody Zeller (Charlotte).
Portland memories: Saturday night's game against the Trail Blazers marked a homecoming of sorts for several Spurs.
Point guard Patty Mills played his first two seasons in Portland from 2009-11, where forward Jeff Ayres — then known as Jeff Pendergraph — was a teammate.
Assistant coach Ime Udoka was born and raised in Portland, played college ball at Portland State and spent one season with the Blazers in 2006-07. Another assistant coach, Sean Marks, capped his career with one season in Portland in 2010-11.
All four were greeted warmly by Blazers fans, whose attachment to their team rivals the bond San Antonians feel for the Spurs.
"I think that's why I feel in contact with the people in San Antonio, because it's very similar," Mills said. "They love their basketball. They're fanatic fans. They love every bit of it.
"I'm still connected to this place."
Pop trying to keep it clean: Ever since Jerry Sloan's abrupt retirement from the Utah Jazz in February 2011, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has held the unofficial title as the most foul-mouthed coach in the NBA.
So it qualified as breaking news when Popovich revealed he is making an effort to curb his salty language this season.
"I'm trying to tell my players, 'Be better than me,'" he said.
At 64, Popovich admits it might be too late for a sailor to change his vocabulary.
"I don't have a whole lot of time left to change it," he said, "so I better hurry up."
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I was thinking what this section is for, now I have a first game that behaves differently under emulator and on the real ST machine.
I just discovered this game and the manual, which is quite a piece of interesting read. I can play the game on `Hatari' emulator alright, when copied to floppy, I experience one missing colour in background, it is `ready room' screen, grey is missing, `pilot cockpit dashboard', grey is missing. Grey colour is not rendered in pictures probably.
I have tried many archive images of the same game, no difference, grey missing in screens.
Any ideas?
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BENGHAZI, Libya — Islamic hard-line militias claimed to have taken control of Libya's second largest city, Benghazi, after defeating army units, taking over military barracks and seizing tanks, rockets and hundreds of boxes of ammunition, as fighting in the capital prompted a wave of evacuations Thursday by foreign nationals, diplomats and Libyans.
The extent of the militias' control over Benghazi was not clear. On Thursday, the city's streets were nearly empty, with residents staying indoors and shops closed — but with also no sign of checkpoints by either militiamen or security forces. The main police headquarters was still smoldering after it was hit by militia shelling a day earlier, and smoke rose from the barracks of the Special Forces, once the strongest security body in the city until it was overrun by militiamen.
The militia victories in the city are part of a powerful backlash by Islamist forces in Libya after setbacks earlier this year. In Tripoli, Islamist-led militias have been battling for weeks with rival fighters in an attempt to seize the international airport in the capital's worst fighting since the 2011 civil war that ousted Moammar Gadhafi.
Spain announced it was pulling its ambassador and most embassy staff out of Tripoli, a step already taken by the United States. China has chartered a Greek vessel to evacuate hundreds of Chinese citizens, and the Philippines is working to get out some 13,00 Filipino workers inside Libya.
By noon on Thursday, more than 10,000 Libyans fled by land across the border into neighboring Tunisia over the previous 12 hours, Tunisia's state news agency reported. They joined thousands of other Libyans who have already streamed into Tunisia in recent days.
In the capital, residents said there were shortages of fuel and gasoline, and food prices had leaped. "All of this is caused by political parties that are fighting for power, for government positions and money," said Abdelfattah Alghanai, a man shopping for vegetables.
The militiamen's sweep through Benghazi was a heavy reversal for Gen. Khalifa Hifter, a renegade general who for months had led army units and other fighters in a self-declared campaign aimed at stamping out armed Islamic militant groups.
After forces loyal to him lost their bases inside Benghazi the past days, Hifter's loyalists now appeared to only hold the airport on the city's edges.
The armed groups that overran Benghazi belong to a newly-formed umbrella group called Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries, made up of multiple armed factions led by Islamic extremist commanders. Among the factions is Ansar al-Shariah, the group accused by the United States of leading a Sept. 11, 2012 attack on a diplomatic facility in the city that killed the ambassador and three other Americans.
"We are the only force on the ground in Benghazi," a commander of one of the coalition's factions told The Associated Press on Thursday. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press. He said the coalition's fighters had driven all army forces and fighters loyal to Hifter out the city.
In a video put out by Thursday by Ansar al-Shariah, its commander Mohammed al-Zahawi congratulates his followers on "this victory and conquest." He was shown standing in front of a tank inside the base of the Special Forces. Another militia commander, Wissam bin Hamid, was also shown in the camp in the video, proclaiming in front of his masked fighters, "We will not stop until we establish the rule of God." The video conformed with the AP's reporting from the city.
The surge is a blow to efforts to end the power of militias in Benghazi. After the fall of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in the 2011 civil war, militias emerged as the strongest power in the city, setting up barracks and bases packed with weaponry and taking over security powers. All of them were on government payroll since central authorities depended on them to maintain order. But after the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission, Benghazi protesters chased out Ansar al-Shariah and other militias in demonstrations that saw bloody attacks by militiamen..
The Special Forces, one of the few elite government forces, deployed in the city. For months, it has been clashing with Islamic militias accused in an increasing wave of unrest, bombings and assassinations.
Earlier this year, Hifter announced his own campaign to crush extremists, calling it the "Dignity Operation." Multiple army units and some militias declared they were joining him in the campaign, and his forces attacked Islamic militia positions around Benghazi.
In retaliation, extremist-led militias formed the Shura Council in June, vowing to "cleanse the city" of Hifter and his allies for the sake of establishment of an Islamic rule. The group was formed after U.S. special forces snatched a top hard-line commander, Ahmed Abu-Khatala, accused of involvement in the attack on the Americans.
Since then, the group has been making advances in fighting with army units and Hifter's forces, first capturing the city's seaport and one of the main hospitals. On July 14, the coalition said it took over a Benghazi army barrack that is one of the biggest in eastern Libya, called Barracks 319. Over the past week, more than five other barracks fell under their control, including the Special Forces camp.
"We will not stop until we uproot the latest person of the 'No-Dignity' and topple down their walls," the coalition said in a statement Monday, deriding the name of Hifter's campaign.
Michael reported from Cairo. AP correspondent Derek Gatopoulos in Athens and Bouazza Ben Bouazza in Tunis, Tunisia, contributed to this report.


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Whenever a client connects, the
client_connected_handler will run with the following two arguments, which provide a (
writer) pair and allow you to use the stream's high-level API:
client_reader: An
client_writer: An
The code in the
client_connected_handler coroutine displays a message indicating that a client connection has been received and enters a loop that calls another coroutine, the
client_reader.read method. It uses the
yield from keywords to wait for the
StreamReader object to read up to
8192 bytes without blocking. When the
client_read.read coroutine finishes its execution, the code displays the read data and makes a call to
client_writer.write to send the previously read data back to the client. The
client_writer.write method writes the data bytes received as an argument to the transport without blocking. The method calls the corresponding transport method that buffers the data and arranges for it to be sent out asynchronously. If there is no more data to read, the
while loop breaks its execution. This way, the server sends the data received back to the client .
Now, let's move on to the client code. After creating an event loop named
loop, the code makes a call to
loop.run_until_complete to execute the
simple_echo_client coroutine. This coroutine calls the
asyncio.open_connection coroutine, which creates a streaming transport connection to the host and port specified as arguments with the socket type set to
SOCK_STREAM. A successful connection returns a (
writer) pair. The code uses the
yield from keywords to wait without blocking for the
asyncio.open_connection coroutine to create the streaming transport connection with the
StreamReader and
StreamWriter objects associated with the transport and protocol. Then, the code calls
writer.write many times to send a few lines of text to the transport.
Because the client expects the server to send back some data, the code enters a loop that calls another coroutine, the
reader.readline method. Again, the code uses the
yield from keywords to wait for the
StreamReader object to read a sequence of bytes ending with
\n or until
EOF is received. The code displays each read line and the
while loop breaks when this line is equal to the one defined as the last line. In order to make the code easier to read, I haven't included all the necessary
try…finally blocks. As I explained in the previous installment, you can ignore the existence of the
yield from keywords for exception handling purposes. If an exception occurs within any of the coroutines called with the
yield from keywords, it will be raised the same way as when you don't use
yield from.
Working with asyncio.Task
As I explained in the previous installment, an
asyncio.Task is a coroutine wrapped inside a future and runs as long as the event loop runs. The following lines show an example of another TCP echo server with a line oriented protocol that uses tasks, coroutines, and callbacks. You can execute the following lines in a Python console and then run a telnet client to
localhost on port
2222 as explained in the first example. Enter some text, press Enter, and you will see the line coming back from the server. In this case, the code doesn't display messages in the console and simply focuses on handling the connection and the stream readers and writers.
import asyncio clients = {} # task -> (reader, writer) def client_connected_handler(client_reader, client_writer): # Start a new asyncio.Task to handle this specific client connection task = asyncio.Task(handle_client(client_reader, client_writer)) clients[task] = (client_reader, client_writer) def client_done(task): # When the tasks that handles the specific client connection is done del clients[task] # Add the client_done callback to be run when the future becomes done task.add_done_callback(client_done) @asyncio.coroutine def handle_client(client_reader, client_writer): # Handle the requests for a specific client with a line oriented protocol while True: # Read a line data = (yield from client_reader.readline()) # Send it back to the client client_writer.write(data) loop = asyncio.get_event_loop() server = loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.start_server(client_connected_handler, 'localhost', 2222)) try: loop.run_forever() finally: loop.close()
clients keeps track of all the clients that are connected to the server with tasks of (
writer) pairs. It is usually useful for performing specific operations with clients, such as killing their connections or broadcasting data to all of them. After creating an event loop named
loop, the code makes a call to
loop.run_until_complete to call the
asyncio.start_server coroutine, which starts a socket server bound to the specified host and port and executes the callback specified as an argument for each client connected,
client_connected_handler. As happened in the previous example,
client_connected_handler is another couroutine and it will be automatically converted to a
By this point, you already know that the
client_connected_handler receives the two arguments that provide a (
writer) pair. In this case, the code starts a new
asyncio.Task to handle this specific client connection; that is, a task of a (
writer) pair. The task executes the
handle_client coroutine with
client_reader and
client_writer as the arguments. The code saves the task of a (
writer) pair in
clients, and calls the
task.add_done_callback method to add the
client_done callback to be run when the
future is done. Thus, when
handle_client finishes its execution, the
client_done callback will be executed and will remove the task from
clients. In more complex scenarios, you can use the saved tasks of (
writer) pairs to perform different kinds of operations with all the connected clients. The
handle_client code is easy to understand because it just uses the
StreamReader and
StreamWriter objects to read a line from the client and write back to it with a line-oriented protocol.
The new
asyncio module reboots coding asynchronous I/O with Python and provides an easy-to-use high-level streams API. In truth, it provides everything you need to work with the most common I/O scenarios without installing additional packages. However, when you need greater control for complex scenarios, you can take advantage event loop policies, tasks, specialized synchronization primitives, and specific logging and debugging features. If you want to dive deeper on the additional features provided by the module, browse the many advanced examples in the Google Code repository for asyncio. The repository still uses the previous name for the module (Tulip), but the examples still work with the version included in Python 3.4.
Gastón Hillar is a senior contributing editor at Dr. Dobb's.
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Listen to Feeling Single, the new track by R. Kelly, which was dropped on Saturday, May 12th, 2012. R. Kelly's odds keep getting better with each new leak, and Feeling Single will undoubtedly improve his chances of winning. It's a worthy addition to a respectable catalogue that has seen a lot of growth since R. Kelly debuted in this game. We're looking forward to the follow-up.
Hear more of R. Kelly on Green Light. If your interest is piqued, hit up R. Kelly's profile for more info, news, songs, and mixtapes.
How does this compare to R. Kelly's previous work?