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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Proposals to avert bigger cuts in food stamps and reduce certain crop subsidies are among more than 70 amendments the U.S. Senate will consider this week to a massive farm bill.
Senate leaders struck a bipartisan deal late on Monday to clear the way for debate and votes on the stalled legislation beginning on Tuesday, a Democratic aide said.
The U.S. farm law covers everything from food stamps to crop subsidies to soil erosion - and several other hot-button issues in an election year.
Negotiators in the Democratic-led Senate whittled the number of amendments in the 10-year bill from roughly 300 to 73.
A number of amendments are meant to put lawmakers on the record on hot-button spending issues in an election year. They include debt reduction, funding for food stamps, support for subsidies and pushing spending back to 2008 levels.
One unrelated, politically charged proposal by Republican Marco Rubio of Florida would allow businesses to give merit-based raises and bonuses to union workers without first getting the consent of labor leaders.
Democrats assert Republicans are waging war on unions, while supporters of Rubio's proposal and others like it say some unions are too powerful and have, in certain cases, infringed on the rights of business.
Analysts say the odds are slim Congress will enact a new farm law before the current one expires on September 30. Election-year and budget-cutting pressures have slowed action.
The Senate bill as written would cut $4 billion from the food stamp program but Republicans want larger reductions.
The Senate also would cut crop subsidies by $13 billion over 10 years and environmental conservation by $6 billion.
(Reporting by John Crawley and Charles Abbott; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)


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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — I was inept at moonwalking. My rocket was a dud. And I crashed the space shuttle.
Fortunately, I was just an astronaut wannabe and not the real deal. But it's as close as this middle-aged space geek is going to get. That geekiness, inspired by IMAX documentaries on space and news coverage of NASA's final shuttle launch in 2011, was what brought me to Adult Space Academy. The trip was a gift from my wife.
The three-day program is among more than a dozen versions of Space Camp, which the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville created more than 30 years ago to give visitors a taste of what it's like to train as an astronaut. Lasting up to a week, Space Camps are variously tailored to children, adults, families, corporate team-building and other groups.
Last year, the programs enrolled more than 19,000 people, including more than 400 in Adult Space Academy, plus about 1,000 in day camps. Some of the graduates have gone on to become astronauts.
If you're over the moon about space travel, enjoy team challenges with strangers and don't mind dorm life, Space Camp will send you into orbit. But if that's not your scene, your weekend escape may fizzle on the launch pad. So be prepared, space cadets.
The mock training takes place at the sprawling state-run space center, which also serves as an aerospace museum and visitors information center for NASA's nearby Marshall Space Flight Center. It was at Marshall that the legendary Wernher von Braun and his team of scientists developed the Saturn V rocket that propelled the first men to the moon in 1969.
During my program last year, more than 40 participants built and launched model rockets, whirled around in a G-force simulator, got turned topsy-turvy, piloted mock fighter jets and attempted to walk in simulated low gravity.
We also spent hours inside mock-ups of a space shuttle cockpit, NASA mission control and the International Space Station, the settings for simulated shuttle missions that formed the core of our training. Working in teams, we took turns crewing the space shuttle orbiter, monitoring the mission, conducting research experiments and doing extravehicular activities, a.k.a. spacewalks, to make repairs.
The pace was warp speed, and the tasks were surprisingly tough.
"I hear they work you very hard," said the desk clerk at the Huntsville Marriott, where my friend Laurie and I stayed the night before starting Adult Space Academy.
No kidding.
On the first day, our nonstop schedule stretched beyond dinner. The next morning, we mustered for breakfast at 7:30 and finished our activities after 8 p.m. Meal breaks were as short as 30 minutes — just as well, because the cafeteria's food was forgettable. (The food service has since been upgraded, according to Tim Hall, a spokesman for the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.)
We slept in the sleek, four-story Habitat building, which was cleverly tricked out to evoke life in space. Our communal bathroom, for example, was labeled "Female Waste Management." The snug dormitory rooms, on the other hand, were charmless. Ours was furnished with several bunk beds, lockers and little else. Towels were not provided.
Get the picture? It's Space Camp, not Space Hilton. I thought the Habitat was fun. But Laurie and my two other roommates, disenchanted with the accommodations, decamped to the comforts of the on-site Huntsville Marriott the first night, leaving me alone in the room. "A lot of adults don't like the beds," our trainer Kisha said.
The next day, a disappointed Laurie dropped out of training. She had signed up with me more or less on a lark. Among other criticisms, she gave low marks to her shuttle mission experience. "I realized Space Camp is for people who dream of being an astronaut and traveling into space," she said. And that's not her.
Most of the starry-eyed cadets seemed to be having a blast. When I asked one of them, Sherrie, to describe her spacewalk, for which she donned a bulky spacesuit and helmet, she said: "It was hot and sweaty and difficult, and I loved it."
As with many participants, Sherrie was a serious space junkie. "I've always wanted to go into space since I was a little kid," she said. "It's on my bucket list." Another trainee, Joe, who said he had followed the U.S. space program since age 10, was enjoying a repeat trip to Space Camp, which gets many returnees, I'm told.
Our program's first day got off to a stratospheric start with an engaging speech by retired Navy Capt. Robert "Hoot" Gibson, still trim at age 65, who flew five shuttle missions from 1984 to 1995. He described Earth as only astronauts can. Especially entrancing, he said, were the aurora borealis, or northern lights, which from space appeared as curtains of light dancing across the planet.
After Gibson's speech, my team of 12 embarked on a simulated space mission. Kisha first briefed us on our jobs and the acronym-laden NASA lingo, which included MET, or mission elapsed time. Assigned to mission control as the propulsions officer, I monitored pressurization of the fuel systems and cabin air.
MET was a merciless taskmaster. As the clock counted down the seconds to lift-off, we scrambled to complete our pre-launch tasks on schedule. Mostly, we fell short. After the shuttle blasted off, we wrestled with equipment malfunctions, known as "anomalies," that Kisha thrust upon us. Then our cabin crew failed to deploy the landing gear, plunking the orbiter down on its belly. Oops.
After a couple more missions that weekend, we got better at our jobs. As commander and pilot, respectively, Joe and I flubbed a few shuttle approaches before finally proving we had the right stuff by guiding the orbiter to a perfect landing. We high-fived, and our teammates cheered. I was ecstatic.
The physical training, modeled after programs that prepared astronauts for space travel, was also a highlight. My favorite equipment was the 1/6 chair, rigged to mimic the moon's gravitational pull, about one-sixth of the Earth's. Buckled in the chair, with my feet on the ground, I tried to step forward, only to bounce high in the air. I was terrible at moonwalking, but it was so much fun that I couldn't stop laughing.
I also got a kick out of the so-called multi-axis trainer, patterned on one built for Project Mercury astronauts to simulate tumbling maneuvers in space. Looking like a giant three-ringed gyroscope, it rotated the strapped-in rider every which way.
I ditched one activity, the G-force simulator, fearing I'd feel claustrophobic. The room-sized centrifuge spins around riders tucked into tiny pods. It magnifies gravity to three times the planet's pull — about what shuttle crews experience during launch. My intrepid teammates who took rides emerged grinning and marveling at the weirdly heavy sensations.
The packed weekend, which also included a space-trivia contest, IMAX movie, graduation ceremony and more, was not without misfires.
On the first day, Kisha appeared to be on autopilot; her patter lacked pizazz. She later confided that she was exhausted from back-to-back sessions. She soon bounced back, however. Model rocket construction was rocky. Kisha seemed unfamiliar with the kits, and we struggled to finish. But all was forgiven the next morning, when we launched our little creations, whooping with joy. I felt like a kid, even though my rocket was the only one that failed to lift off.
We didn't get much time to tour the space museum, which is a must-see. So I headed there after our Sunday morning graduation. Inside you'll find a rare Saturn V rocket; original Mercury and Gemini capsule trainers; a chunk of Skylab, the first U.S. space station; and much more. Outside, at the Rocket Park, more than 20 missiles and rockets are displayed. Also on-site is the 75-ton Pathfinder orbiter, built by NASA in 1977 as a test simulator.
In a sad coincidence, Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died on our second day at Adult Space Academy. In his honor, some of the trainees toasted him with Fuzzy Astronaut cocktails. Lacking the traditional Tang powdered drink to mix into the peach schnapps and vodka, they improvised with Pixie Stix and food coloring.
The resulting concoctions weren't real Fuzzy Astronauts, purists might say. And we weren't real astronauts in training. But we had a hoot pretending we were, and that was real enough for me.

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2 tbsp minced garlic
2 inch old ginger,peeled and sliced
10 dry small pepper
2 tbsp oil
4-5 tbsp sesame oil
4 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp chicken bouillon powder
1 tbsp salt
1 cup water
1:Heat pressure cooker at medium heat with oil,garlic,dry small pepper and ginger.Fry garlic and ginger for 1 minute,then add in chicken,potato ,water and all the seasoning into the pressure cooker..
2:Close the lid and knob tightly before increase the heat to high..Cook for 10-15 minutes before shut off the heat or remove the cooker from heat.
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It Is All About BTC, LTC, ETH, ZEC mining as well as other alternative crypto currencies
There is now a mining calculator available for HOdlcoin (HODL) our current favorite for a CPU-only mineable crypto coin. The calculator makes it easy to get a good idea on how much you might be able to earn using your CPU for mining the coin. The calculator gives you only information about what you can mine, but your profit can increase significantly thanks to the interest you get and if you deposit the coins for a term, taking advantage of the still quite high interest rate. Another interesting new feature with HODL is the recent introduction of a custom HOdlcoin block explorer that gives interesting and useful information on how things are moving with the coin and its network, so do check that out as well.
– To check your mining profitability with the HOdlcoin (HODL) mining calculator…
There are not that many CPU-only mineable coins out there and our current preferred choice for dedicating some spare CPU mining power is for HOdlcoin (HODL). The coin started with solo mining only from the wallet, but has since introduced pools and separate miners, so now it it easier to get started and there is development going on on new features. The interesting part about HODL is that you get interest rate on coins that are inside your wallet and there is also an option for making deposits for even higher returns, but unlike with PoS you do not actually need to keep the wallet running to get your bonus interest. The regular interest accumulates for each block with the coins available to be spent at any moment while the deposits lock your coins for a chosen period of time, but offer significantly higher interest when compared to the regular rate of about 5% APR. So we do recommend that you check out HOdlcoin…
HOdlcoin Specifications:
– Ticker: HODL
– Symbol: Ħ
– Block Time: 154 seconds
– Subsidy: 50 HODL subsidy per block
– Halving: Every 4 years
– Mining Supply:Total of 81,962,100 HODL will be mined
– Interest Supply: Between 150,000,000 and 500,000,000 HODL will be paid in interest to HODLers
– Fair launch: No Premine/Instamine/Ninja/100 initial 1 HODL blocks
– Proof of Work: 1GB AES Pattern Search POW
– Port: 1989
– RPC Port: 11989
– Testnet Port: 8989
HOdlcoin Mining Pools:
– Blockquarry Hodl Pool
– Suprnova's HODLCoin Pool
– MaxMiners HODLCoin Pool
– Hodlerama HODLCoin Pool
HOdlcoin CPU Miners:
– HOdlminer Windows binary (source)
– HOdlminer W0lf AES-NI Windows binary (source)
– cpuminer-opt with HODL support for Linux only
HOdlcoin Exchanges:
– YoBit
– C-Cex
– Alcurex
– Visit the official HOdlcoin announcement thread at Bitcointalk for more details…
HOdlcoin (HODL) is a relatively new experimental altcoin that can only be mined with the CPU for the moment using the coin's wallet and although it is a PoW coin you get interest on your wallet balance and there is an option for deposit with even higher interest rate. The algorithm of the coin is made in a such way that early adopters holding their coins in the wallet get higher interest rates with the idea to attract more users resulting in a wider coin adoption for a shorter period of time. The regular interest rate is 5% APR, but with the extra bonuses and deposits the interest can grow exponentially. The deposits work in a way very similar to PoS, though there are some differences, your coins are locked for a period of your choice and the longer the deposit, the higher interest rate you get. To check the current interest rates and bonuses you can visit the HOdlcoin Interest Rate Calculator.
The coin uses 1GB AES Pattern Search Proof of Work algorithm that involves filling up RAM with pseudo-random data, and then conducting a search for the start location of an AES encrypted data pattern in that data. Pattern Search is an evolution of the ProtoShares Momentum PoW, first used in MemoryCoin and later modified for use in CryptoNight (Monero, Bytecoin), Ethash (Ethereum). For the moment you can only mine HODL coins with your CPU via the wallet, there is no separate miner available yet or a pool where you can mine the coin. This means that you will have to run a separate HOdlcoin wallet on every computer where you want to be able to mine the coin and since it is solo mining luck can also play big role in how much you might be able to mine.
HOdlcoin CPU Mining Performance:
– Intel Celeron G1820 Dual-Core at 2.7 GHz – 13 H/s
– Intel Core i7 58020K Hexa-Core at 3.3 GHz – 202 H/s
HOdlcoin Specifications:
– Ticker: HODL
– Symbol: Ħ
– Block Time: 154 seconds
– Subsidy: 50 HODL subsidy per block
– Halving: Every 4 years
– Mining Supply:Total of 81,962,100 HODL will be mined
– Interest Supply: Between 150,000,000 and 500,000,000 HODL will be paid in interest to HODLers
– Fair launch: No Premine/Instamine/Ninja/100 initial 1 HODL blocks
– Proof of Work: 1GB AES Pattern Search POW
– Port: 1989
– RPC Port: 11989
– Testnet Port: 8989


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By Ruth Hubenthal, Sponsor Services Representative and CFCA sponsor
I had the opportunity to go on a mission awareness trip to Bogota, Colombia last week, and I met Juliana, the girl that I have sponsored for the past two and a half years, along with her family. I wonít say that the trip was life changing in an earth-shattering-kind-of way, but there was a more subtle change, soft, like the rose petals that surrounded us along the entire trip.
I spent a day with Juliana and her mother, Elizabeth, and we shared stories about our families and about challenges we had to overcome, about our likes and dislikes, about plans we have for the future. We felt that we were a part of the same family, and said as much to each other. What I told her is that I saw hope in her eyes and in her voice, and in turn, that gave me hope. Hope for a family. Hope for MY family.
Elizabeth is going to be a grandmother at 35. Her oldest daughter, Deisy, is going to have a baby in November. Deisyís only 15. But this family doesnít sit back and feel sorry for themselves: they are already talking about the baby, talking to the baby and planning on how to make his or her life better and brighter. Deisy and the babyís father are both planning on continuing school, Elizabeth intends to stay home with her grandchild, and give that opportunity of education to her children.
Itís a simple story, a reality that is not uncommon in these communities, but I think that Elizabethís sacrifice of her personal goals and dreams to give her family a better life, is, in a way, fulfilling her goal. As a mother, I understand that, and I understand that itís not always easy. Thatís what gives ME hope as I support this family. That the love of a mother can help make the world a better place, that sponsoring Juliana and giving the family an opportunity to overcome their poverty can encourage them to stay hopeful.
Mothers like Elizabeth plant seeds of hope in their children and cultivate that hope. And the end result is as beautiful as the roses that are planted and cultivated in that region of Colombia. Itís tangible, and itís just the most beautiful feeling.


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As technology advances, the ability to create lighter weight and higher performance apparel evolves. We've hand-picked a men's on-mountain outfit from this season's hottest styles to keep you in high fashion and high performance.
The Sharp Helmet from Bolle is a no-brainer for your brain bucket. This lightweight helmet has adjustable vents to cool your scalp on warmer days. And the soft, comfortable lining is removable and washable — so wash it, fellas. Chicks dig clean. The double-density EPS construction will keep your melon safe, and our testers were 36.8 percent sure the lightning bolt flare makes you faster.
Retail: $109.99; www.bolle.com
Leave it to industry innovators Zeal Optics to create the HD Camera Goggle, the first in-goggle camera that's as discreet as it is advanced. The goggles themselves are full of features that we've come to expect from Zeal: 100 percent UV protection, helmet compatible, anti-fog lenses, impact-resistant frames. But the real show stopper is the camera, which captures HD-quality video and 12 megapixel HD photos — that's right, 12 megapixels. The images are easily shared over social media outlets, letting your friends see just how elevated your style and skills have become.
Retail: $399; www.zealoptics.com
The return of retro is still going strong, and we're on board when it looks this good. This Powder Town Beanie from Patagonia is crafted from a chlorine-free nylon and wool blend, resulting in a hat that stays dry even on snowy days and remains warm and insulated if it gets wet. The eco-friendly treatment of the wool leaves the hat feeling soft and itch-free. Groovy on the outside, cuddly on the inside — it's the mountain version of a hipster knit hat.
Retail: $39; www.patagonia.com
Be bold, be fast and be focused with the Focus LT Hoody from Westcomb. This ultra-lightweight shell is the stylish answer to your speed needs. Constructed with a waterproof/breathable eVent membrane, this highly technical shell gives you everything you need and leaves behind the clunky things you don't.
Retail: $280; www.shopwestcomb.com
The form-fitting and flattering PhD SmartLoft Divide Jacket from Smartwool is insulated in only the right places and stretchy in the others. The merino wool will keep you warm, dry and smell-resistant while the quilted nylon on the front panel is water and wind resistant. The convenient left chest pocket has media cord routing so you can keep the beats bumpin' as you slay through the bumps on Pallavicini.
Retail: $198; www.smartwool.com
The [ak] Silkweight Crew from Burton is pure sleek, silky goodness. This modern, lightweight and breathable top is the perfect choice for next-to-skin comfort and performance. The Polartec PowerDry fabric keeps you dry while hiking or shredding the gnar, and the cut is long enough to stay tucked in.
Retail: $64.95; www.burton.com
Cold digits are the worst. Nothing can zap the fun out of an otherwise perfect day like cold hands and fingers. The Patrol Glove by Hestra is a burly beast that delivers superior warmth and functionality. Part of Hestra's Alpine Pro line, these cream-of-the-crop gloves are constructed of fine leather that's windproof, waterproof and breathable and comes with a removable liner, Velcro closure and a carabineer.
Retail: $125; www.hestragloves.com
While the Millenium Blur Pant from Columbia may look like simple black ski pants, wait until you see the inside. These sparkling stunners would make Michael Jackson proud. But the Omni Heat silver metallic dots are more than just a party in your pants — the thermal reflective liner provides unparalleled warmth. Pair that with the internal stretch panels and leg ventilation, and you've got yourself ski pants that are anything but simple. And we won't judge you if you rock them inside out on closing day at The Beach at A-Basin.
Retail: $200; www.columbia.com
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'Overall, the Sony RX100 IV is an amazing feat of engineering and design.'
'Great stills, outstanding video, and loads of features make this an amazing compact cam. '
'Customizable controls'
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'The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX90V is a solid entry in the world of compact superzooms.'
'It's the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX90V extensive features that set it apart from most of its rivals. '
Great characteristics, but they don't come cheap
'If you're on a tight budget and are prepared to sacrifice a built-in electronic viewfinder, the COOLPIX S9900 represents great value for money - especially considering it sports a fully-articulated screen and built-in GPS. '
'The Nikon Coolpix S9900 dealt quite well with chromatic aberrations, with purple fringing effects appearing only in high contrast situations. '
'Wi-Fi, NFC and built-in GPS.'
It's small on the outside but the S9900 packs a powerful 30x zoom lens
'For a compact camera, the Canon PowerShot G7 X can produce alarmingly good photos. '
'Plenty of special effect features to use. '
'Wide aperture zoom lens.'
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'The X30 is a very good.'
'having used the X30 for a week it has still really impressed us.'
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'Corner sharpness is high and chromatic aberration low.'
'fantastic travel camera'
'Doesn't include external battery charger.'
'If this wasn't enough, the SH-2 also allows you to record silent high-speed movies for slow-motion playback. '
'Fixed screen.'
'The RX100 is plenty capable, but its greatest strength is its size.'
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'With such an impressive performance it's a shame the SX710 HS's image noise levels let the side down somewhat. '
The 30x optical zoom, inbuilt Wi-Fi and fun features could add up to the perfect holiday compact
Difficult to improve on our favourite 30x compact
'Panasonic has been at the forefront of the travel compact camera market for some time, and the latest model to sit at the top of the range, the DMC-TZ70 builds on what is already a fantastic reputation.'
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Dance performances are by their very nature collaborations: dancers, choreographers, costumers and scenic designers working together. Perhaps no component is more critical than music, which sets the tone and inspires the movement. What a paradox it is, then, that the music for most contemporary dance is prerecorded, broadcast as if from a boom box. "Royal Road," which made its world premiere on March 9 at Luna Negra Dance Theater's spring program at the Harris Theater, restores the musicians to their rightful place at center stage quite literally, with the Grammy Award–winning jazz ensemble Turtle Island Quartet playing on stage in the midst of the dancers.
"Royal Road" takes its title from Sigmund Freud's statement that "music is the royal road to the soul." Indeed the role of the musicians is so central to the piece that they nearly upstage the dancers. Yet despite the importance of the music, "Royal Road" begins, like many contemporary dance pieces, in silence, as dancer Mónica Cervantes makes her way across a paper path laid sheet by sheet by four men in black. Those four prove to be the quartet members: David Balakrishnan, Mark Summer, Mateusz Smoczynski and Benjamin von Gutzeit. The musicians move nearly as gracefully as dancers, but if the streaks of white on their temples didn't tip off the audience that they weren't dancers, their role became clear once they seated themselves under a fluttering chandelier of more white paper and picked up their instruments to play "Variations on my Father's Footsteps" and "Ashwattha," both composed by quartet member Balakrishnan.
The sheets of paper overhead and in a circle at the feet of the musicians are musical scores. Further emphasizing the importance of the music, at one point dancer Cervantes turns her back to the audience to face the musicians, like a child entranced by the notes coming from the vibrating strings. The paper trail across the front of the stage is different. Although it might not have been apparent to the audience, these sheets represent Labanotation, a technique for chronicling dance movement.
"This wonderful opportunity to work with Turtle Island Quartet made me rethink our relationship with music, the relationship between music and dance, and how both disciplines have the capacity to go beyond words or ways of codifications," choreographer and scenic designer Fernando Hernando Magadan commented in the program.
Magadan's classically based contemporary movements, enlivened by spiraling corkscrew lifts, fit the distinctly American music, Aaron Copland brought into the 21st Century. That both Magadan, who choreographed two pieces in the program, and Cervantes, who choreographed the third, are Spanish — thus giving the program its name, "Made in Spain" — seems beside the point, especially since none of the three pieces demonstrated Luna Negra's characteristic Latin accent.
The evening opened with Magadan's "Naked Ape," created by Magadan in collaboration with multimedia artist Harmen Straatman for Nederlands Dans Theater in 2009 and performed by Luna Negra in 2011. The program stated that "Magadan explores how the human capacity and need for physical interaction may be challenged by the insensitivity of new media and technology," and although more often than not I find little correspondence between a choreographer's stated intention and what I see before my eyes, in this case the program description proved true.
"Naked Ape" is all about disconnect. At times the movements seem unrelated to the music by Mexican electronica artist Erik Truffaz Murcof, J.S. Bach and the Icelandic-American duo Jónsi and Alex. At moments dancers freeze in place while the music goes on; at other times they flail, attempting to regain their balance. Dancer Eduardo Zuñiga manipulates the bodies of the others — Christopher Bordenave, Nigel Campbell, Mónica Cervantes and Kristen Shelton — winding up a dancer's arm like a clock, repositioning bodies and jerking limbs about while explicating his doings as in a product demo. Adding to the sense of disconnect, the dancers, all but Zuñiga clad in filmy white garments (costume design by Tomoko Inamura), look as if they have shed their skins, with illuminated white suits standing on their own at the sides of the stage.
In between "Naked Ape" and "Royal Road" came "Presente," its title a play on the concept of time as well as gifts. Cervantes choreographed the world premiere to the elegiac music of Max Richter's recomposed variation on Vivaldi's "Four Seasons." If "Naked Ape" is about disconnect, "Presente" is all about connections, as they dancers interact in a series of arching movements and contained jumps. Like an hourglass reinforcing the theme of time, a white tube suspended over the stage slowly drains a pile of black granules onto the floor. Cervantes designed the costumes, unflattering socks and skivvies, with topless dancers providing perhaps too much distraction from the choreography.
Luna Negra Dance Theater: "Made in Spain"
Harris Theater, 205 E. Randolph Dr., Chicago
March 9, 2013
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Austrian software tools company Altova continues the mission to refine its software modeling technologies this month with the release of UModel 2012. This UML tool now supports Model Driven Architecture (MDA) through platform-independent models in its enterprise edition release. This allows users to focus exclusively on the logic of the subject domain, rather than worry about the characteristics of any particular programming language.
Through the new model transformation selection in UModel, software architects can transform a model to any "supported" language — and supported options in this instance include Java, C#, Visual Basic, databases, XML Schema, or even from one source code language to another. Additional new features introduced in UModel 2012 include: JDBC database driver support (in addition to ODBC and ADO drivers); a new native, "totally revamped" Java API in addition to the existing COM API (to give Java developers an easier way to automate UModel functionality in custom applications); and visual alignment guides to direct elements in any UML, SysML, BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation), or database diagram by dragging them in the drawing pane.
"In response to numerous customer requests, UModel now supports Model Driven Architecture with platform-independent models that can be described without concern for the details of any specific programming language," said Alexander Falk, president and CEO of Altova. "The addition of MDA support in UModel 2012 makes this advanced yet affordable UML modeling tool even more attractive to software architects."
Altova specifies that three editions of UModel are now available to meet specific customer requirements: the Basic Edition contains all the functionality previously included in UModel 2011 Professional Edition; support for all 14 UML 2 diagram types, code generation, and reverse engineering in C#, Java, and Visual Basic; and generation of project documentation and teamwork support.
Altova's Pro Edition includes all of the features of the Basic Edition, plus support for SysML, BPMN, database modeling, integration with Visual Studio and Eclipse, automatic synchronization of code and model, and much more. Rounding out the set, the Enterprise Edition includes all the features of the other two editions, plus support for Model Driven Architecture as described above.


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What Does Your Beer Say About Your Politics?
Your beer preference may correlate with your political views.
Sept. 27, 2012 -- Heineken or Sam Adams?
Choose wisely. Turns out, your answer to that question may correlate with your political views according to a post by The National Journal.
According to their analysis of Scarborough Research data of 200,000 American adults, turns out Sam Adams drinkers are more likely to be Republicans, and Heineken fans tend to be Democrats. Corona and Budweiser also skew liberal, and Coors Light and Miller Lite have more conservative fans. Bud Light, on the other hand, is fairly non-partisan, with drinkers from both sides of the aisle.
The same study also measured how likely voters who drank certain beers were to show up to the polls on election day. The study found that drinkers of Amstel Light, who tend to be Republicans are the most likely to show up to vote, while Corona drinkers, who tend to be liberal, are the least likely to show up at the voting booth.
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Thursday, March 19
The Proving Ground for Future LPGA Tour Stars
Cristie Kerr played the Futures Tour early in her career.
By Dave Andrews
Special to ARMCHAIR GOLF
FOR THOSE OF YOU who don't know, the Duramed Futures Tour is the official developmental tour of the LPGA. It is roughly the equivalent of the Nationwide Tour in men's professional golf.
Every year the top money winners on the tour earn automatic LPGA membership. Lorena Ochoa, Cristie Kerr, Christina Kim, Meaghan Francella and dozens of other current LPGA members played on the Futures Tour early in their professional careers.
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The top 10 money winners on the tour will gain automatic membership in the LPGA for the 2010 season. Competing on the Duramed Futures Tour is the primary way, other than the LPGA Q School process, for a player to earn her way onto the LPGA Tour.
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The players will each spend close to $35,000 over the course of a season in entry fees and traveling expenses, driving from one tour stop to the next, with the goal of finishing the season high on the money list. The average purse in the tour's 17 events this year is about $110,000. The winner of each event will make $10,000 to $15,000. Only the top 10 or 15 players on the tour will earn enough money over the season to pay their expenses.
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These players are putting in their dues for the chance to rise to the LPGA level. They are trying to fulfill a dream that many of them have had since they were teenagers and first developed a talent and love for the game.
I had never heard of the Duramed Futures Tour until four years ago when one of its events came to my little public course in Concord, New Hampshire. Like many of my golfing friends, I volunteered to work at that first event. I was curious to learn more about these young women pros from all around the world and to see what their games were like.
I was not disappointed.
These players are good. Many that I have watched at my home course are now stars on the LPGA Tour. The tour's return to Concord is always a highlight of the summer for me and many of my friends. We have gotten to know several of the young women pros over the years, and it is a thrill to watch their progress and root for them on their way to fulfilling their dreams.
I became such a big fan of the players on the tour that I wrote a novel and screenplay about the tour. Pops and Sunshine is the story of a young rookie on the tour and her dream and struggle to make it to the LPGA Tour. I was inspired to write the story after learning the personal stories of several of the real-life young pros that have battled each season.
If you ever have the chance to take in a Duramed Futures Tour event in your area, don't pass it up. You will meet some of the nicest young women you will ever get to know, and you will have a chance to watch some of the best young women golfers you will ever see.
Sparse Coverage
Unfortunately, the Duramed Futures Tour does not get much coverage in the golf media or on the sports pages of your local newspaper. Ironically, many of the players on Golf Channel's popular Big Break series have come from the ranks of the tour, but Golf Channel pays very little attention to the tour itself during the season.
The Duramed Futures Tour provides complete coverage of its events, player profiles, real-time scoring and a list of the money leaders and individual player statistics at http://duramedfuturestour.com.
Dave Andrews is the author of Pops and Sunshine, and a freelance golf writer and member of the Golf Writers Association of America. He spent 30 years in the television news industry.
7 comments:
- Unknown said...
Thanks, Dave...
I am probably wrong, but can't they come up with a way to 'cover' these girls' entry fees? Lower the purse equal to the loss in entry fees or some other way? A special uction or raffle on pro-am selection night? Something? These girls really struggle unless they are in the top 4-5 on this tour or the top 40 or so on the LPGA.
It's not like they allow just anyone in these events and you have to charge to discourage poor players. These are quality young ladies and quality golfers.
Funny you should mention that, One-Eye...
First, the Tour did change the money payout two seasons ago. The girls only get paid if they make the cut; prior to two seasons ago, girls at the bottom of the field on Sunday were getting checks in the sub $100 range (on a $450 entry fee!). I actually met one girl who was tied at the bottom of the field one event who got a check for something along the lines of $10. The change was that all girls that make the cut get their entry fees back. The upside is that if you play on Sunday, you know you're tournament is paid for. The downside is that the money list tends to get bunched beyond number 20.
Second, in response to the costs that these girls encounter in their struggle, Dave, myself, and a number of our friends and friends of the Duramed FUTURES Tour have joined together to start a non-profit Foundation to try to help out. The Future Stars Foundation (www.futurestarsfoundation.com) is a grass roots effort to raise funds to help out struggling golfers on the DFT. We held our first Pro-Am fundraiser last month in Florida, and had a great turn out of 23 DFT pros and somewhere around 50 amateurs. We look forward to continuing the fundraising, and hope to make a difference for these wonderful young pros.
- Unknown said...
Dave, great piece. Really enjoyed it. And also thanks for being on our LPGA podcast recently!
- The Constructivist said...
Great piece, Dave!
What do you think of my preseason top 50 projections?
- Heather Kerrigan said...
Thanks Dave for working tirelessly for the Duramed FUTURES tour. I have learned so much from the conversations I have had with these players. I really admire them for having the guts and drive to go for their dreams. The pressure must be intense, yet the golfers I have talked to have such great attitudes. I hope to hit a Duramed FUTURES event in Ohio this summer.
Great post! Excellent choice Neil on a guest writer.
Excellent article. I knew nothing about this until reading this piece. These girls are really chasing their dream and they've got to want it pretty bad to succeed. Good luck to all of them.
- Sam What Am said...
This town had a Futures event for a couple of years. My recollection is that Cristie Kerr won one of them. Yes, it deserves support. They DO have Duramaed as a tour name sponsor, which helps.
There is some local financial assistance for the players. Often a hotel will offer them a discount for a program mention. At this tournament, families who lived at the golf course offered housing to the players.
For all the quality of TV sports production, there's something about being there, and the Futures and Nationwide Tours are a way to do it...


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The eyes of the college football world shift to Nashville, Tennessee this weekend where the mighty Vanderbilt Commodores will be hosting Auburn. This is a huge game for Vandy. The last time they beat Auburn was 1955, the same year that Rosa Parks instituted her bus boycott in Montgomery. Yep, black people couldn't ride in the front of buses the last time Vanderbilt won in this "rivalry." But the theme of this weekend is undefeated Big 12 teams go on the road to face tests against decent conference foes that they should beat but could slip up against. Texas Tech is traveling to Kansas State, Texas is headed to Colorado, and Missouri will be at Nebraska. All three of these games will be broken down below as soon as I recover from my hangover brought about by playing Sarah Palin cliches during last night's vice presidential debate. (I'd like to take this opportunity to give a shoutout to Ravenwood High School in Brentwood, Tennessee. You get extra credit for reading this.) By the way, another top ten team already gone via Thursday night football? Congrats to Pitt fans (Wannstedt is safe for another few weeks!) and wave goodbye once more to South Florida. On to the breakdowns of the 10 most interesting games. Ohio State (-2) at Wisconsin- When Wisconsin blew a 19-0 second half lead, this game went from a potential coronation of Bret Bielema to Nick Saban-level rockstar status, to a must-win for Wisconsin to remain alive in the Rose Bowl chase. Sure, you could bet on Ohio State losing three games in the Big Ten, but you could also bet on Stuart Scott winning an Olympic gold medal in archery. Thanks to the loss at Michigan, Ohio State can open up a 2.5 game lead over Wisconsin with a win. Better get those quarters loaded up in the marshmallows. Missouri (-10) at Nebraska- Remember back in 1997 when it took a miracle for Nebraska to win at Missouri?
(Apologies to Missouri fans for dredging up that memory.) Now Missouri is going on the road and the home team has won the last six in this series. Missouri hasn't won at Nebraska since 1978. Let me repeat that, 1978. That's 15 consecutive losses. Yet Missouri is ten point favorites in this game. Put this one on your radar and if Nebraska is within a touchdown in the second half, switch over and watch, it could get really interesting. Especially since Chase Daniel just went on television and asked Nebraska fans to bring him 14 virgins as his pregame meal. Oregon at Southern Cal (-16)- True or false, this is the smallest margin USC will be favored by in the Pac-10 all season? I'm thinking true. Nine days after their beatdown at Oregon State, USC gets a chance to take out their frustrations on the other state school. Am I the only person who pictures Mark Sanchez making a round at the sorority houses to personally apologize for the loss at Oregon State. By the way, how amazing was that Utah-Oregon State finish last night? You can breathe easier, the pathway to a match-up of undefeated BYU and undefeated Utah remains clear. Question, if BYU wins this game in November can Mormons strip off their Mormon underpants and swing them around their head? Or is that verboten? UConn at North Carolina (-7)- I will now quietly pocket the $20 fee that UConn's athletic department continues to float in my direction for always finding their games interesting. Particularly the lines. Move along now kids, nothing to see hear. Texas Tech (-6.5) at Kansas State- Honestly, I know nothing about Kansas State's football team. But the over/under in this game is 66. Seriously, 66. Tech is averaging 45.8 points a game and Kansas State is averaging 47. That's insane. And Texas Tech is only a 6.5 point favorite. Based on the statistics the match-up between Graham Harrel and Josh Freeman (they've combined for 23 touchdown passes already) is going to be the best this weekend. Plus, there's always the possibility that Mike Leach will let his team loot and pillage in Manhattan, Kansas if they win. Florida State at Miami (-3)- Admit it, you had no idea this game was happening this weekend either, did you? Remember when this game would dominate the weekend and you couldn't escape how huge it was? Now, you've just realized this game was going on, sort of idly thought, "Eh, whatever, I'll check the final score if I have time after watching an undefeated Vandy play in ESPN primetime." Wait, what?
(A refresher on what Florida State has meant to college football over the years.) Auburn (-3.5) at Vandy- Vandy fans are going to hate to hear this, but get past Auburn and all of a sudden you have to say to hell with only qualifying for a bowl game and start thinking about whether you could contend for the SEC East title. I know, I know, blasphemy. But, say Vandy beats Auburn to go to 5-0 (3-0 in the SEC). Next week they play at Miss. State. Another game they can win. Later in the season the Dores go to Kentucky. Win both those and you get to 5 SEC wins. Then, beat just one of Georgia, Tennessee (which given the way things are going they might be favored in), and Florida and you're at 6 wins. Probably good enough to win the SEC East this year. Or at least to tie for the crown. Meanwhile, for Auburn, the question becomes do you go with a talented but dumb and likely to make a mistake Kody Burns or a weak-armed but smart Chris Todd? Second, does it even matter? Yes, unless he's deflowered Tommy Tuberville's prized cow on the plains, Kody Burns has to start. He's the only Auburn offensive player that makes any defense the least bit nervous. Of course Tommy Tuberville is so distrustful of his offense that he's already planning on winning this game 2-0. Point being, the winner of this game will put up less than 20 points. Book it. Texas (-14) at Colorado- I don't really have much to say about this game. Just quite a few friends who went to Colorado or live in Boulder and have been talking about how awesome it's going to be to valet their bikes for this game. How pumped are Colorado fans about this game. They've all taken off their hemp anklets. Be afraid Longhorn fans, very afraid. Penn State (-14) at Purdue- Penn State is the only team in American with a stadium that seats 100,000 people, a coach dueling to be the winningest coach of all-time, and an undefeated record in the Big Ten. Yet no one is paying any attention to them. At least not for any reasons that have to do with actually playing football games. It's all about the arrests and a program spiraling out of control. Thanks ESPN. Which is interesting because this has been a pretty disciplined football team that has put up 66, 45, 55, 45, and 38 points in the first five weeks of the season. Damn. This game at Purdue begins the four-game stretch run in the Big Ten that will define Penn State's season. Following Purdue, Penn State goes to Wisconsin, hosts Michigan, and finishes up at Ohio State. Kentucky at Alabama (-16)- Would Kentucky plans please stop talking about your number one scoring defense in the country? Please? You've beaten two non D-1 teams (Norfolk State and Western Kentucky), dodged a hail-mary loss against MTSU, and beat Louisville on the road. Only the last game is that impressive. And that was over a month ago. Now you're going on the road at Alabama for the CBS game and you'd think Alabama was having to play the 1970's Steel Curtain defense. Meanwhile, in Tuscaloosa, Nick Saban has decreed that he will no longer walk on any surface but papyrus scrolls that have been illustrated to feature prominent moments in his life. (Beating Georgia last week, leaving Michigan State, signing Daunte Culpepper to a huge contract.) Already Alabama has a sign-up list to illustrate Saban's papyrus scrolls that is 14 years long. Yep, Saban is Gilgamesh.


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Dougalls: it's been a while, I know. Updating the Dougall family history as per my 2011 publication means, for me, drafting the new information as a blog entry. It's preparation for tackling the manuscript as a whole. Thanks to Felix Kuehn and his great-grandfather, Dr. Matthew Young, I can do this for two branches. Felix is unrelated to me but a marvellous chronicler of pioneer families in the McKenzie District of southern Manitoba. Felix willingly shares, and we have had many pleasant mutual exchanges. My new material is heavily indebted to him.
Many Dougalls went west from their birthplaces in Quebec. They shared the same emigrant Scottish grandparents as my own ancestor, William Charles Dougall (1854-1934) who also moved west to Winnipeg. Thus, cousins all, and the first generations to be born in Canada. Here I dwell on two of them—one couple as they were. Some of the source citations dating from years-ago cooperative family research have not been updated yet.
To my great surprise and delight, Felix brought to my attention a diary written by one Dougall, of his journey into the "Great Northwest." In his memoirs, Dr. Young quotes entries from April 22nd when the adventurers headed north from the border town of Emerson, Manitoba, up to May 28th. It's not yet clear if more description exists before that date, for example, details of the travel between Montreal and Emerson.
James Joseph3 Dougall (George2, John1, ThomasA, JohnB). Probably born in 1847, he was baptized 12 September 1847 in Montreal, son of George Dougall and Agnes (Moffat) Dougall.[1] He died in West Kildonan, Winnipeg, Manitoba, on 17 May 1940.[2] James J. of Pembina Crossing, Manitoba, married 28 February1883 in Montreal his first cousin Ellen Dougall of Farnham Centre, Quebec, the sixth daughter of his uncle James and Agnes (Fenton) Dougall.[3] Ellen was born at Cowansville, Quebec, 8 February 1856[4] and died in Winnipeg in 1949.[5] Both are buried in the Manitou Cemetery, Manitou, Manitoba, along with their two daughters.
|St Andrews Presbyterian Church; Pembina Manitou Archive (http://www.pembinamanitouarchive.ca/)
James J. Dougall was occupied as a carpenter in the 1871 census, in his father's household.[6] It was another eight years before he and a group of like-minded friends decided to head for the Pembina River Valley of Manitoba. Jim, as he was known, wrote a diary about the 1879 journey and obtaining his land claim.[7]
The diary records the obstacles these hardy men faced as they explored almost virgin territory; even reaching the land office at Nelsonville was hard work. So much distance to cover and so few habitations. Fertile as it is, Manitoba mud is legendary for its impediments to man, beast, and vehicle. Jim mentions the hardships of reaching each point of reference, sometimes "to the knees in mud and water―a dreadful experience," broken carts, having enough supplies for rough camping, swimming oxen across a river, getting lost, how some discouraged men bowed out. It snowed on April 26th! Returning to Nelsonville, on 7 May 1879 he filed for part of section 16, township 2, range 9, on the west bank of the Pembina River.[8]
It was May 28th, the last available diary entry, when Jim reached his homestead property again with the necessary goods and livestock. A log house would be the first priority, a location chosen on the crest of an imposing hill with a splendid view of the valley, a home to be named "Hillside." Four years later at the age of thirty-six, having accomplished his main goals, he returned to Quebec to marry his cousin.
We wonder: being city-born and -bred, did Jim have any experience at farming? The suspicion is that as a teenager/young man, he spent summers at his grandfather's farm at Beech Ridge near St. Andrews East, Quebec―he speaks knowledgeably about soil in the diary. Whatever, this was a versatile family. His father George—a tailor in Montreal—was definitely involved to some extent with his parents' farm. In fact, after his wife died and beginning in 1888, George travelled west many summers to assist his son in preparations for a fine stone house. Felix worked with the memoirs of Dr. Young―also a pioneer, and good friend and neighbour of Jim Dougall―and other neighbours' recollections to bring a voice to early Pembina Crossing days.
|The James Dougall home, Hillside Farm; Pembina Manitou Archive
Regarding the James J. Dougall home, great credit goes to his father George Dougall ... "a tailor who in his retirement takes up the art and craft of a stone mason. Although he was eighty-two years of age when he undertook to assist his son in the building of a new home, he was still perfectly capable of spending a day swinging a three-pound stone mallet."[9]
In Felix's words again:
A man of amazingly good health and possessing a constitution which allowed him take undertake any line of work that a man half his age could manage, I must especially write of his labours during the summer of 1900, vacation months which he spent almost entirely breaking rocks.
... With the assistance of his hired man, Jim Dougall dug out and hauled to his house yard several hundred tons of stone. These were carefully inspected by his father, who selected those displaying the best graining and finest colour. These he set out to split into pieces of appropriate size for the construction of his son's new home. In consideration of the fact that he had passed the biblical span by more than a decade, the elder Mr. Dougall was persuaded to make a single concession. When possible to do so, instead of straddling the stone he was drilling, he settled himself in his son's favourite rocking chair, an arrangement which allowed him to spend his normal eight-hour day without undue strain or unnecessary fatigue. Of course, I would not like anyone to think that breaking rocks for his son's home occupied him for the entire summer, for that was not the case. He also dug a drain for the sinks in the house from the kitchen to the top of the hill, a distance I should think of about thirty feet, two feet wide and six feet deep. Of course, this also occupied him for a number of days.[10]
The photo of George (1818-1904) is from the Peter Smith family. Alas, no photo of James Joseph "Jim" Dougall.
Another quote following the above:
The Jim Dougalls were well-known for their gracious hospitality and Mrs. Dougall for her excellent cuisine [and] exquisite desserts which graced the table. The Dougall home was one of the first places in our district where one could enjoy an apple pie made with apples grown in the family's own orchard. An old paper from the summer of 1898 notes that a single apple tree in his orchard had produced two hundred and eighty fine apples!
The couple had two spinster daughters, who became school teachers. Eventually they rented their farm out and moved to 125 St. Anthony Avenue, Winnipeg. Agnes cared for her elderly parents in their final home and loved to keep in touch with her extended family by letter-writing. When Agnes died in 1967 it was the end of this Dougall branch. Agnes was a going concern and deserves her own biography.
Children of James Joseph3 Dougall and Ellen3 Dougall:
79. i. AGNES BENNING4 DOUGALL, 1884-1967.
80. ii. ELIZABETH JANE DOUGALL, ca.1885-1945.
One of Jim's younger brothers, Peter, followed him to Pembina Crossing, and will be my next Dougall subject.
[1] Erskine Presbyterian Church (Montreal, Quebec), baptisms. Originally researched by Salli Dyson, the church registers are now available (and the baptism confirmed) in Ancestry.ca's "Quebec, Vital and Church Records, (Drouin Collection)."
[2] Manitoba death registration no. 020420 (1940), Manitoba Department of Health, West Kildonan division. Also "Mrs. James J. Dougall," unattributed newspaper clipping, undated, referring to husband James J's death in 1940.
[3] "Quebec, Vital and Church Records, (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967," digital image, Ancestry.ca (www.ancestry.ca : accessed 2 August 2013); Dougall-Dougall marriage, East End Methodist Church (Montreal, Quebec), 1883, folio 5.
[4] Ellen's baptism eludes me in the Drouin Collection, although Salli Dyson apparently saw the church record.
[5] Felix Kuehn to Brenda Merriman, email, 5 February 2013; Manitoba death records are not available until 70+ years have passed.
[6] 1871 Census of Canada, Quebec, District 106, Montreal, St. Antoine Ward, subdistrict B, division 2, p. 83. George Dougall household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (www.ancestry.ca : accessed 9 October 2010), citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm C-10046-10047.
[7] The diary is quoted in Felix Kuehn's work in progress, Departed Leaving Footprints in the Sands of Time, Chapter XI, "Our Noble Neighbours," pp. 2-5. Felix grew up in the neighbourhood, collecting tales of ancestors and their friends. Diary excerpts have also been previously quoted in some histories of Manitoba.
[8] "Western Land Grants (1870-1930)," database, Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca : accessed 15 August 2013), citing microfilm C-5942; James Joseph Dougall, NE part section 16, township 2, range 9, W1; no image or date.
[9] "Our Noble Neighbours," p. 6.
[10] "Our Noble Neighbours," pp. 6-7.
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