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This page is about using common field and house crickets to teach skills of observation and measurement. The unit also includes basic information on cricket biology and introduces students to the scientific literature
We are Elsa Salazar Cade and Bill Cade. Elsa was a junior high school science teacher in Buffalo NY and an adjunct faculty member at SUNY Buffalo. Bill was a Professor of Biology specializing in animal behavior at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. We have recently moved to Lethbridge, Alberta, Bill got a job as President of the University of Lethbridge, but the cricket work continues. Together, we have studied crickets and used them in our classrooms for more than 20 years!
The cricket: Gryllus texensis
We believe that field and house crickets are ideal subjects for teaching observation, measurement, hypothesis formation and testing and a variety of skills important in science. Crickets can be easily collected in the field or they can be purchased from various vendors. Crickets perform some really interesting behavior and use sound to manipulate the behavior of others. Cricket behavior is easy to observe and the whole exercise is inexpensive.
This material includes some basic information about crickets, some activities for students, worksheets a two week lesson plan and some ideas on how to integrate this material with other subjects. is presented for use in the intermediate classroom, but it can be modified for use in primary as well as senior and university classrooms measurement, . This exercise developed out of our own use of crickets in our classrooms in both junior high and at the university level. We have presented "Crickets in the Classroom" in Toronto at the joint meeting of the National Science Teachers Association and the Science Teachers Association of Ontario a few years ago. We also presented this to middle school teachers in Buffalo, N.Y. and to teachers from the Niagara penninsula at Brock University. We also spoke to a special workshop for NSTA, when a group of teachers came out to our research site in Austin,Texas and caught us in the act of conducting our research one summer.
Humans have always been fascinated by crickets, mostly because crickets sing. Movie producers add their songs to sound tracks. The Chinese have used them for medicinal purposes, have special cages which enhance the songs, and fight the males the same way people in other cultures fight dogs or cocks. Some people, including us, think crickets bring good luck and, of course, Dickens tells us of the Cricket on the Hearth . Cricket images even appear on ancient cave drawings.
Cricket mating behaviour is especially fascinating. Males rub their wings together and produce a calling song that is species specific. Females are attracted to the song, and the song repels other calling males in a type of territoriality. In many species, males can be observed walking or remaining stationary, very close to a calling male. This so-called satellite behaviour sometimes involves the silent male intercepting and mating with females attracted to the caller. To make matters more interesting, in some species of crickets, parasitic flies have evolved the ability to hear males . They find and lay living larvae on calling males. Males that call and attract females don't live as long as males that spend more time in satellite behaviour. Laboratory experiments show that the amount of time that a male spends calling is, in part, due to genetic influences and the maintenance of calling and non-calling male behaviour in a population is the subject of much research.
Crickets have been widely studied and there is a lot of literature readily available to the teacher and student. These papers and books are intended for various audiences and we have had students both in junior high school and university read publications on crickets. A list of suggested literature is included in the material.
Crickets can be raised very inexpensively using materials readily available in science classrooms. You can collect many species in the summer and fall and a number of "cricket farms" sell them by the hundreds for little cost.
We hope you use these fascinating insects to teach
scientific skills and gain understanding of insects. Please contact us
with comments and questions. Please use the material freely, but we
rights to the intellectual property. (Copyright 1996, Cade, Elsa and
Crickets in the Classroom!
Each of the following links will take you to a particular section in the study.
Where to get crickets, how to keep them and what to feed them!
What are Some Questions We Might Have?
Crickets and Temperature from
Measurment and Graphing of the Stages of the Nymphs
Measuring and Graphing Crickets Worksheet
Tracking the Growth of a Population Worksheets
Crickets: Conducting Observations Worksheets 1 and 2
A Sample Two Week Lesson Plan
Useful Books
and Dark Experiment
Rearing Checklist and More Ideas for Experiments
Cross Curricular Extentions
Recipe for chocolate covered crickets
A couple of cricket scientists below, but check out My Cricket Links for more scientists and websites pertaining to crickets
Other Entomological Links
My Science Links
Dan Otte
Interview: Dan Otte a wonderful interview about Dan Otte can be found in Omni magazine
Richard D. Alexander
(Bill) Dr. William Henry Cade's scientific publications
to order crickets
Some of Elsa's Cricket Art work
My Cricket Links
Wow! Singing Insects of North America
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
Rygel 0.4.1 (Even more fascinating!)
Soon after Rygel 0.4 was released, Peter Robinson pushed it for F12 and our good friend Bastien Nocera started testing it immediately. He found many issues and some of them were so critical that we immediately had to make a another release with fixes for those issues. Thanks Bastien!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Rygel 0.4 (Fascinating!) is out!
Rygel 0.4 (Fascinating!) is out!
As usual, the release announcement:
Download source tarball from here
As usual, the release announcement:
Brief summary of changes since 0.3: - Rygel is no more just a MediaServer but rather a collection of DLNA (UPnP AV) services (devices in UPnP speak). - Port to new GUPnP APIs. The biggest advantage of that is that we now have dynamic network support, i-e Rygel can attach/detach to/from a network interface as it goes up/down. - Support for time-based seeking in transcoded streams. - Random tweaks to transcoding pipelines. - Provide a DBus service providing two functionalities: * Ability to tell Rygel to shutdown. Starting of Rygel is automatically handled by D-Bus since a .service file is provided by Rygel. * Ability to tell Rygel (MediaExport plugin actually) to (un)export URIs on the fly. - Implement enabling/disabling of UPnP in the preferences. - Configuration through command-line options. - Use a .ini configuration file rather than gconf. - Special default configuration for Maemo. - Don't spam the user's config directory and instead keep the description files into a separate subdirectory. - `make clean` doesn't clean the generated C files anymore. - Remove "all rights reserved" part from all copyright headers. - Remove integrated DVB plugin as DVBDaemon now implements the external plugin interface and hence dynamically glues to Rygel, just like PulseAudio. - New classes to further ease the plugin implementation. - (Un)pause the SoupMessage at the right time. This was causing a lot of delays when playing media on Sony PS3. - Bitrate is supposed to be in bytes/second. Not really but tell that to writers of UPnP specification. - Expose transcode formats in the GetProtocolInfo's source argument. This should make Sony Bravia TVs happy. - Transcoder URIs are now sorted according to their distance from the original format. - Provide "contentFeatures.dlna.org" header in the HTTP responses. - Provide DLNA transferMode header in the HTTP responses. - Only advertise internal URIs on local loopback interface. - Replace 'ip' config by 'interface' so users can bind Rygel to interfaces rather than IP. - Allow plugins to provide thumbnails. - Add thumbnails (if available) for each item if none provided by plugins. This works both on the desktop and Maemo. - Suppress all C compiler warnings by default. These warnings are mostly useless for us since almost all C code is generated. - Preference dialog is now more like a GNOME preferences dialog. - Provide .desktop file for preferences dialog. - Shave the build output. - GstLaunch: New plugin that exposes gstreamer pipelines described using familiar gst-launch syntax in the user configuration. - Tracker plugin: - Nicer default title. - Better detection of Tracker availability. Apparently ubuntu folks think that providing a .service file is wrong. - Better titles for top-level folders. - More usable hierarchy: Browsing by artists, albums and tags. - Folder plugin: - Rename to MediaExport. - Nicer default title. - Use the new Rygel classes to extract, export and save media metadata. - notify about updates to containers. - Skip files/folders starting with '.'. - Avoid crash if unknown file is found. - Delete gone directories on new start. - React on deletion of files. - Add recursive file monitoring. - Provide simple and easy options to add and remove files and folders from the preferences UI. - External plugin: - actually use 'DLNAProfile' property. - Don't load the plugin more than once. - Utilise optional MediaItem properties. - Fetch items on demand. - Fix critical warnings. - Mediathek plugin: - Fix crash if no config is available. Dependency-related changes: - Require gupnp >= 0.13 - Require gupnp-av >= 0.5 - Require GStreamer >= 0.10.23 - Require libgee >= 0.3.0 Bugs fixed in this release: 584649 - Folder plugin should not export dot files and directories 586108 - ID3 information not exported on mp3 files 588034 - Bad durations for audio video files with media export plugin 585986 - Some copyright headers claim "all rights reserved" 585989 - Running "make clean" should leave generated C files in place. 586134 - Tracker plugin fails if org.freedesktop.Tracker can't be activated, even if tracker is already running 586243 - GStreamer 0.10.23 required for correct operation of transcoder 587651 - Support for some MediaItem properties missing 587855 - HTTP Error responses not sent 587866 - No way to notify about new sub-containers 588030 - rygel-preferences crashes if user's config file is missing 588162 - Support seeking in transcoded content 589955 - dc:creator never included in DIDL output 589956 - git ignore rules 589974 - Set the bitrate for transcoded resources correctly. 589977 - Rygel not recognised by Sony Bravia televisions 590643 - refactor HTTP request handling code 590702 - Rygel should provide thumbnails for items 591580 - not compatible with Samsung UE46B7070 593228 - [plugin] new gstlaunch plugin All contributors to this release: Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
Jens Georg James Henstridge Thijs Vermeir Ole André Vadla Ravnås
Download source tarball from here
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
We got thumbnails
I got thumbnails working in Rygel. :) Right now rygel doesn't generate the thumbnails on it's own but provide thumbnails if already generated by another application (e.g nautilus) and stored in the freedesktop or maemo (they are almost the same) standard location. It works on both desktop and N900 and now that gupnp stack has been released, a rygel release with this and some other cool features will arrive shortly. :)
Now it's very easy for me to find the videos of my friends.
Now it's very easy for me to find the videos of my friends.
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GSSDP 0.7, GUPnP 0.13, GUPnP AV 0.5, GUPnP Tools 0.8 & GUPnP Vala 0.6
GSSDP 0.7 released!
Changes in this release:
- Join the multicast group on the specified interface.
- Put the message src timeout in the specified GMainContext.
- "host-ip" property moved from GUPnPContext to parent GSSDPClient.
- Use inet_aton instead of inet_addr and handle the error from it.
- gssdp-device-sniffer ported to GtkBuilder.
- Version-independent target match. This makes client forward and backward
compatible with resources that implement different version of the specs than
the client.
- Version-independent M-SEARCH response. This has the same effect as above but
only the other way around.
- GSSDPClient now binds to interface rather than IP.
- No need to find the default route.
- Add "active" property to GSSDPClient.
- Fix pkg-config paths.
- Add basic .gitignore.
- Other minor/internal changes.
Bugs fixed:
1621 - new gssdp timeout not added to the specific maincontext
1570 - gupnp doesn't set the pkgconfig lib dir correctly in 64 bit env
Dependencies dropped:
- libglade
All contributors:
Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
Ross Burton
Jens Georg
Olivier Crête
GUPnP 0.13 released!
Changes since 0.12.8:
- Print reason when fail to fetch description doc
- Support for dynamic/multiple networks through a new class, ContextManager.
This class creates/destroys new context as new network interfaces go up/down.
It also provides two convenient methods to take care of control point and
device reference managment for you. Currently we have two implementations of
context manager:
* unix: The static but guaranteed to work on Unix, implementation. This is the
default if none chosen at configure-time.
* network-manager: A NetworkManager based implementation.
- Idle handlers should use the assigned GMainContext.
- Gracefully handle 'no root element in description' scenerio.
- "host-ip" property moved from GUPnPContext to parent GSSDPClient.
- ControlPoint set itself inactive before getting disposed.
- New function to retrieve the capabilities of a DLNA device as announced in
the device description.
- New function to retrieve the content of arbitrary elements in the device
- Fixed a crash that happens when service-proxy goes down before subscribtion to
it completes.
- Correct condition for SID being NULL.
- Don't create redundant proxies.
- Must not announce earlier versions of resources. This is strictly forbidden
according to the latest UPnP specs. Instead GSSDP now handles M-SEARCH
requests independent of version requested.
- Free app developer from hosting of description documents.
- New API to get SoupMessage associated with ServiceAction.
- Handle the SOAPAction header being missing.
- Fixed strrchr result checking.
- Provide and use a wrapper class for xmlDoc objects, GUPnPXMLDoc that is a
first-class gobject.
- New domains for XML errors.
- Many other minor fixes.
Bugs fixed:
1626 - Print reason when fail to fetch description doc
1769 - audit issues
1760 - missing/invalid SOAPAction header crashes gupnp
1705 - Provide a public API to get information about a GUPnPServiceAction's HTTP
Dependencies changed:
- gssdp >= 0.7
All contributors:
Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
Ross Burton
Sven Neumann
Jens Georg
Steven Dorigotti
GUPnP AV 0.5 released!
Changes in this release:
- New completely object-oriented, much simpler and consistent API:
* GUPnPDIDLLiteResource & GUPnPDIDLLiteObject are now first-class GObjects.
* Convert the helper methods to read props and their attributes from DIDL-Lite
xml node into new first-class objects with writable properties:
- GUPnPDIDLLiteObject
- GUPnPDIDLLiteItem
- GUPnPDIDLLiteContainer
* GUPnPDIDLLiteObject provides a convenient method to get the compatible
resource given a SinkProtocolInfo string.
* A new class for dealing with protocolInfo fields: GUPnPProtocolInfo.
* A new class for dealing with DIDL-Lite descriptors: GUPnPDIDLLiteDescriptor.
* GUPnPDIDLLiteWriter now provides a much simpler API that is consistent with
rest of the GUPnP AV API.
* GUPnPDIDLLiteWriter now handles filtering of DIDL-Lite XML.
* Correct possible values of GUPnPDLNAFlags.
* Replace GUPnPDIDLLiteParserObjectCallback by following signals:
- object-available
- container-available
- item-available
- New Error domain for protocol related errors.
- Workaround for broken printf() implementations.
- Bitrate is in bytes/second and not bits/second.
- Enable DLL on windows.
Dependencies changed:
- gupnp >= 0.13
Bug fixes in this release:
1729 - bitrate checks in gupnp-dlna.c look wrong.
1579 - Minor fixes to enable dynamic library on windows
All contributors to this release:
Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
Sven Neumann
Jens Georg
Ross Burton
GUPnP Tools 0.8 released:
Changes since 0.7.1:
- Add lenient mode: Just pick-up the first resource available.
- Specify filter in Browse actions to reduce network usage.
- Don't browse containers with no children.
- Always re-browse containers on updates.
- Update childCount after browsing is done.
- Support for multiple networks.
- Leave selection of resource to gupnp-av.
- No need to search for all UPnP resources anymore.
- Fix infinite loop in icon cancelation code.
- No need to care about hosting of description document anymore.
- Adapt to new gupnp-av API.
- Add cmdline option to gupnp-upload to specify network interface.
- Many other minor/internal fixes.
Dependencies changed:
- gssdp >= 0.7
- gupnp >= 0.13
- gupnp-av >= 0.5
All contributors:
Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
Ross Burton
GUPnP Vala 0.6 released!
Changes since 0.5.4:
- Adapt to new gssdp, gupnp and gupnp-av APIs.
- Fix pkg-config paths.
Bugs fixed:
1570 - gupnp doesn't set the pkgconfig lib dir correctly in 64 bit env
Dependencies changed:
- gssdp >= 0.7
- gupnp >= 0.13
- gupnp-av >= 0.5
All contributors:
Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
Ross Burton
WARNING: All these releases are API and ABI incompatible with previous releases.
Download source tarballs from: http://gupnp.org/sources/
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Larry Cahn, Glory Crampton, Omar Lopez-Cepero et al. Set for FOREVERMAN at NYMF Tonight, 7/20
The new musical Foreverman, with book, music, and lyrics by Brett M. Boles, will be presented as an official selection of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's (NYMF's) 2012 Next Link Project, beginning performances tonight, July 20 and running through Sunday, July 28, at the PTC Performance Space, 555 West 42 Street (between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues).
What if you could live forever? On New Year's Eve, 1675, Will and Jack make a remarkable discovery – an elixir that will grant them eternal life. But when both men fall in love with Fiona, a young woman with a dark and painful secret, they learn that immortality may not be the gift they had imagined. In Foreverman friendship turns to rivalry and love turns to betrayal, setting the stage for a tumultuous journey through the ages.
The cast of Foreverman is Larry Cahn (Hawkins), Nat Chandler (Lord Fairwright), Glory Crampton (Anna Fairwright), Karen Elliott (Mrs. Morgan), Omar Lopez-Cepero (Will Timeson), Kelly McCormick (Fiona Fairwright), and Adam Monley (Jack Mercer).
The scenic design for Foreverman is by John McDermott; costume design is by Barry Doss and Anne Liberman; lighting design is by Susan Nicholson; projection design is by Mark Costello; sound consultant is Bridget O'Connor. The music director is Natalie Tenenbaum; music supervisor is Stephen Ferri; orchestrations are by Stephen Ferri, Andrew Fox, and Adam Kaufman. The consulting producer is Michael Roderick.
Brett M. Boles (Composer/Lyricist/Librettist) graduated from Ithaca College in 2007 with a degree in Music Composition. His musical adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo was presented as the last musical of the Mainstage season at IC, something that had never been done before. Brett has written three musicals: Austin's Bridge (Music by Brett M. Boles, Book and Lyrics by Bill C. Davis), Foreverman (Book, Music and Lyrics by Brett M. Boles), and The Count of Monte Cristo (Book, Music and Lyrics by Brett M. Boles). He has had workshops of his pieces at The Firehouse Theater Project in Richmond, VA; Sharon Playhouse in Sharon, CT; Sage Theater in Times Square; Ground Up Productions in NYC (with Kristy Cates). Foreverman has had a demo recording and a table read featuring Josh Young, Janine DiVita, Karen Elliott, and Alan H. Green. Brett is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop and a presenting member of the Advanced Writer's Lab at the New Opera and Musical Theater Initiative (NOMTI) in Boston.
Stephen Nachamie (Director) is an award-winning New York based director. New York credits: I Hate Hamlet (Harbor Lights Theatre Co), Faraway Bayou (Concert for the American Cancer Society), Waldrop and Ross' Luck! The Musical (York Theatre with Faith Prince), Bill C. Davis' Austin's Bridge, Into the Woods – Cap21/NYU, The 25th Anniversary Production of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy (starring Sirius Radios' Seth Rudetsky), Like You Like It (NAMT, Choreographer- NYMF) Assistant director: Broadway Concerts of Funny Girl (with Peter Gallagher and Whoopi Goldberg) and Chess (starring Josh Groban). Regional: Hello Out There (Goodspeed Musicals), Camelot (Olney Theatre Center- Critics Pick in The Washington Post), Oliver! (John W. Engeman Theatre),Gutenberg! The Musical (Boston Area Premiere- New Rep, MA), 1776 (Olney Theatre Center), Dreamgirls (WV Public Theatre), Seven Brides and The King and I (Gretna Theatre), The Fantasticks (Emelin Theatre), The Music Man (TriArts), Miss Saigon and The Full Monty (Maine State), tick, tick…BOOM! (New Repertory Theatre), Hank Williams: Lost Highway, Italian American Reconciliation (Depot Theatre), Driving Miss Daisy, The Sunshine Boys, Urinetown (Barnstormers Theatre), Grease (Granbury Opera House and Courtyard Playhouse, TX), Ain't Misbehavin' and Hedwig (Capital Playhouse), Joseph..., Jesus Christ Superstar (WV Public Theatre), Cabaret (TriArts),Chicago (Seacoast Rep), A Chorus Line (Two National Tours and Several Regional Productions), West Side Story (Italian Tour, NC Theatre, Gateway Playhouse), …Charlie Brown (Emelin and Cherry County Playhouse), Beehive, The World Goes 'Round (Seven Angels Theatre), Tommy, Evita (Pittsburgh Musical Theatre, Gateway Playhouse). A New York native, Stephen began working in NY theatre as a production assistant on such Off-Broadway shows as Little Shop of Horrors, Blues in the Night and Starmites. Studying at NYU- Circle in the Square and Musical Theatre Works he has been at home in both the worlds of plays and musicals- as well as spent most of that time developing new works in NY. As an actor he toured the US as Paul in A Chorus Line and the world with West Side Story and Evita. He has developed new works with BMI, NAMT, NYMF, The York Theatre, Emerging Artists Theatre, Musical Theatre Works. Winner of the NC Triangle award in 2003 for West Side Story and the 2004 NH Spotlight Award for Best Musical Production -Chicago. He is a masterclass teacher and Guest Artist for the Signature Theatre, VA Professional Performing Arts School and AMDA.
Larry Cahn (Hawkins) Broadway: The Graduate; Guys & Dolls; Epic Proportions; Anything Goes; The Music Man. National Tour: Ragtime; Lend Me A Tenor. Off-Broadway: Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh!; The Portable Pioneer and Prairie Show. Regional: The Rhythm Club; Moon Over Buffalo; Company, Miracles (premiere); The Predators' Ball (premiere); LUV; Carousel; The Golden Land; Is There Life After High School?; Annie; Johnny Pye & The Foolkiller (premiere). Film: "Freedom Writers." Television: "Without a Trace," "The West Wing," "Grey's Anatomy," "Law and Order," "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit," "Chappelle's Show," "The Young and the Restless," "As The World Turns," "Another World," "One Life to Live."
Nat Chandler (Lord Fairwright) Broadway: Pimpernel in The Scarlet Pimpernel, Encores! The Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (Sony Records). Off-Broadway: Counsellor at Law, Tales of Tinseltown. National tours: The Phantom of the Opera, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber with Sarah Brightman, Into the Woods, The King and I with Yul Brynner and Sir Lancelot in Camelot with Robert Goulet. Recent roles: Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast at St. Louis MUNY and Billy Bigelow in Carousel (starring Shirley Jones as Aunt Nettie). Regional: Phantom! (Barrymore Award nom), Inherit the Wind, Show Boat, The Most Happy Fella, A Little Night Music, Pirates of Penzance, A Funny Thing… (Kevin Kline Award nom), Oklahoma!, Cabaret, Desert Song, The Merry Widow, Kismet, and South Pacific with Howard Keel. Television: Guiding Light. Mr. Chandler has appeared in Broadway Pops with major American symphony orchestras and his recordings, Broadway Knights and Like Father areavailable at: www.natchandler.com.
Glory Crampton (Anna Fairwright) New York: Featured Soloist in American Songbook Series (Lincoln Center); Nanette in Cather County (Playwrights Horizons, original cast Judy Kaye/Alice Ripley); Emily in A Thorton Wilder Evening (Robert MacDowell Colony, with Kevin Kline); Pageen in Auntie Mame (NYC Broadway Cares, with Swoozie Kurtz and Charles Busch); Lead Soloist with Jose Carreras of The Three Tenors with the Orchestra of St. Luke's (Radio City Music Hall); Louisa in The Fantasticks (Sullivan Street Theatre – NYC and National Tour). Regional: Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls (Ogunquit Playhouse with Richard Kind and Christian Hoff); Luisa in Nine (Westchester Broadway Theater with Robert Cuccioli); Mrs. Darling in Peter Pan, Eliza in My Fair Lady, Guinevere in Camelot, Julie Jordan in Carousel, Blanche Ingram in Jane Eyre (Paper Mill Playhouse); Irene Malloy in Hello Dolly (Houston Theater under the Stars with Leslie Uggams and Lee Roy oy Reems); Christine in Phantom (Maury Yeston/Arthur Kopit, original cast RCA Records); Mina in Dracula (USA Premiere from Stratford Fest.) and Widow in Zorba the Greek (North Shore Theatre, Mass.)
Karen Elliott (Mrs. Morgan) Broadway: Les Misérables (Madame Thenardier); Les Misérables - revival (the Inkeeper's Wife). Other theater: Evita, Hurricane (NYMF), Kiss Me Kate, Sylvia, Execution of Justice, The Nerd, Phantom and Sweeney Todd. Film/TV: "One Life to Live," "Children of Chernobyl" and "Sweet Dreams."Ms. Elliott is a graduate of The Juilliard School (Masters of Music) and has performed in musical theater, opera, and concert around Europe and the US. In addition to her work on stage Ms. Elliott is a writer, playwright, producer, director, teacher and hypnotherapist. To find out more about her body of work visit her website at www.karen-elliott.com and www.flowhypnosis.com.
Omar Lopez-Cepero (Will Timeson) was most recently seen in the Chicago area playing Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance at the Marriott Theatre. He was an original cast member of American Idiot from Berkeley Rep to Broadway and on to the National tour. He had the privilege of performing alongside Green Day and Billie Joe Armstrong on the Grammy's, The Tony's, David Letterman, and "America's Got Talent." Other favorite credits include The Public Theatre concert staging of The Capeman at the Delacorte working closely with Paul Simon (dir. Diane Paulus and choreo Sergio Trujillo), Che in Evita (national tour), Marius in Les Misérables, Jean Mermoz in world premiere of Saint-Ex, and Workshop/Staged Reading of The Unsinkable Molly Brown (dir. Kathleen Marshall) at Denver Center Theatre.
Kelly McCormick (Fiona Fairwright) Off-Broadway: The Extraordinary Ordinary (Bev). National Tours: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Truly Scrumptious – 1st Nat'l); Les Misérables (Factory Girl/Fantine u/s). Regionally: Frances Gold, Hello! My Baby (Goodspeed);Heidi, [title of show] and Babe Williams, The Pajama Game (Arizona Theatre Company); Martha Jefferson, 1776 (Pittsburgh CLO); Linda, Pal Joey (Prince Music Theater);Children of Eden (Ford's Theatre); and Fantine in the regional premiere of Les Misérables (Pioneer Theatre Company). NYC workshops: Ace; Zhivago.
Adam Monley (Jack Mercer) Broadway: Mamma Mia! (original cast) National Tours: The Phantom of the Opera(Raoul), Deaf West's Production of Big River (Mark Twain/Voice of Huck). Off Broadway: Fanny Hill (Will Plenty) with the York Theater Company, A Gingerbread House (Harley) at Playwrights Horizons. Regional highlights: Working and Emma (Mr. Knightley) at The Old Globe, Oklahoma! (Curly) at Papermill Playhouse, A Little Night Music (Henrik) at Northshore Music Theater, The Baker's Wife (Dominique) andCarnival (Paul) at Goodspeed Opera. Training: The University of Cincinnati College--Conservatory of Music and BADA at Oxford University.
Now in its ninth year, the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) is the largest annual musical theatre event in America and is widely regarded as the essential source for new material and talent discovery. NYMF provides a launching pad for the next generation of musicals and their creators to ensure the continued vitality of one of America's greatest art forms. Hailed as the "Sundance of Musical Theatre," NYMF discovers, nurtures, and promotes promising musical theatre artists and producers at all stages of development, and inspires a diverse audience through vibrant, accessible, powerful new work.
Forverman performs at the PTC Performance Space, 555 West 42 Street (between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues) the following times: tonight, July 20 at 8pm; Sunday, July 22 at 1pm; Sunday, July 22 at 5pm; Tuesday, July 24 at 5pm; Tuesday, July 24 at 9pm; and Saturday, July 28 at 1pm. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased by visiting www.nymf.org; by phoning 212-352-3101; or by going to the NYMF HUB, 330 West 42 Street (between Eighth and Ninth Avenues).
Photo credit: Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.
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Eric Gagne – Roy Smith
I was able to watch Eric Gagne throw batting practice yesterday and it sure did give me a good feeling. It also made me think of two things that Eric brings to the table that sets him apart.
The first is Eric's ability to change speeds as a closer, which is somewhat unique considering how hard he throws. Eric has an outstanding straight change up – which he displayed during his batting practice session – and an above average, old-fashioned, overhand curve ball. Now I know that closers such as Trevor Hoffman with San Diego and Keith Foulke with Boston have great change ups, but they don't throw as hard as Eric. When Eric throws his curveball, often hitters take the pitch because they just get frozen. It is very hard to hit when having to track three such distinct pitches and speeds.
The other is the presence that Eric brings to the ball club. He has the ability, through his personality, to mingle with all of the various groups — young, old, position players and pitchers. There is a confidence that he provides the club that everything will be alright. The other team also knows that if they are down after seven or eight innings, their chances of coming back are slim. I experienced that feeling first-hand as a player when I was a member of the 1987 Twins with Jeff Reardon, and I see the same intangibles in Eric.
We are keeping our fingers crossed that Eric will again be healthy for the entire season because we need him not only on the mound but in the clubhouse. So far so good.
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Fingers crossed, knocking on wood, lighting incense to the baseball gods. ;D
I'm very glad to hear that Eric Gagne seems to be healthy. All of us Dodger fans are keeping our fingers crossed. Go LA Dodgers.
its unfortunate for this young man, that since neither he, nor anyone in the dodgers org, understands WHY he hurt his arm in the first place, and what he needs to change to prevent another injury, that over time, with that same pitching motion, he will hurt it again…
Nice Gravatar Trumom!!!
I'm here to please!
Thanks, jhall. Much better. 😉
Yep!! I missed the first 5 minutes of the game trying to get GameDay connected and we're already out in the top half of the 1st. Geez!!! I see Andre got a hit.
Yes, he did. Now that you're connected, we can win!
Heh, heh, I'm not holding my breath.
Actually, at this point I don't really care if we win or lose. I'm not expecting anything from this team. Right now, it would be better for the team, decreased attendance, and young kids going forward if we get buried in the cellar.
I know. Just tying my best to be optomistic. By the way, the Rockies have a fund raiser where for two dollars, you can get a ball (autographed) from a grab bag…..wouldn't grab a ball be good for us, too?
I do like to see Ethier and Kemp do well and I hope they make it to the All-Star Game. I think Kemp is a shoe in. Ethier is gonna have to get hot to make it. I think Kershaw will get picked if he pitches well the rest of the month.
That's a hell of a promotion. The ball is worth more than 2 bucks. The only autographs I would care to have of our current players are:
Kershaw, Kemp, Ethier, Billz, and Carroll.
I wasn't even surpised. He's only given up 12 dingers.
I'm glad for Dre and Matt too. Should be able to get them big bucks for the team they play for next.
Kemp and Ethier are cash in big time. Especially Kemp.
I'm starting to find myself rooting for the other team – I want the friggin stadium empty next home game.
Looks like they hear you!
Nice avatar TruMom!
Next one better be completely topless – its the only thing I have left to look forward to!
But, I'm shy 😕
You'll get over it!! LOL!!
That's what they all say at first!!
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Show your Gravatits!!!!
They are well on their way. Its sad, but, in the long run, we will be better off.
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Trumom, I take it that is you sitting between Kemp and Ethier.
Butt, of course!
Thank God. I was a little worried what it meant!! LOL
Me too!!!
Lilly's at least a six pack on a good day. On an off day he's unwatchable.
Holy crap! Lilly stole a base!!!
Yep, pitching around Matt!! I don't blame them.
Great…bases loaded for Loweeney.
Surprise, surprise…a poop up!
Exactly!!! What a waste.
First pitch no less from a guy that was struggling.
The Legend continues…
You know, I've thought about this and I've thought about this, and I've come to the conclusion – we just need to play better…
LOL!! Is it just me, or do we need to play better!!!
Maybe this is the best we can be.
Unfortunately Tru, I think you've hit the nail on the head. Ned's just too stupid to see it.
It is. That's the bad part. That and Nedouchebag and Dondildo actually think we are capable of playing better. Fact is, these turds are playing right about what their career numbers say they would.
Well, we've still got Gibbons.
Honestly, I doubt this team is even competes in AAA, and if they did, I guarantee they wouldn't be in the top 5 in record.
How bad is Gibbons is I still take him over Thames? Hoffmann deserve another shot here. To bad Gordon wasn't on 3rd on the bunt.
Well Shad, you've got to be pretty bad to clear waivers when a team can pick you up for nothing.
Paul deserved a real shot IMO, but Ned chose to keep Gibbons, who he then DFA'd a month later. We end up with nothing all the way around. All too typical of this regime.
I knew we wasn't going to score there.
Damn Kemp
Still don't know why any team pitches to Kemp.
Donnie may have to move him to batting 3rd and let Dre hit behind him.
That's really not a bad idea.
Wasting away again in Loweeneyville!!!!
Bout time for Lilly to go in the crapper now.
And, as you speak, so he is!
Looking super sweet Trumom!! Nice!!
lol 2 QS for Lilly and Bills and Kershaw gotten had one in there last 2 games. Kershaw probably should've had one and left when the score was 7-3 and even Donny was scare to bring in his bullpen and wanted Kershaw to get one more inning out of him.
What do you guy think of the talks about re-alignment…..15 teams in each league…no divisions ? Wasn't that the way it used to be? National League and Americn League?
They need to go back to the West and East divison. I miss the Reds and Astros in the same division is the Dodgers. You can still have 7 in the AL and 8 in the NL and not have the AL West with 4 and NL West with 5.
It would be interesting. Top 5 teams in each league make the playoffs is what I think they are proposing.
It sad the Orioles and Blue Jays have no chance in that divison with the Yankees, Red Sox and the Rays.
Holy Cow, WTG Blake!!!
Nice clutch hit — but why is he making the 1st out at 3rd with the top of the order coming up? I thought Blake was a "smart" ballplayer…
lol hate bunting with Barajas and he has 7 homeruns but it did give us 2 runs.
That throw did come to the plate of course you have to advance on that but it probably was just a terrible move on Blake part but should Wallach be hold accountable for that?
Good to see someone other than Andre and Matt do something positive. It's not only good, it's also rare.
It sure is, Sparkleplenty.
Yep!! I don't see how you can keep Carroll and Miles out of the lineup. Move Blake to 1st and trade Uribum.
And trade Loweeney and Furcal!!
Tru likes 😉
I'm liking your Gravatar alot Trumom!! Are you considering Beavs' earlier request? LOL!!!
It's hard to find one naked …… suggestive is all I can do….afterall, I am a lady 😕
That you are!!!
I didn't like the Miles signing but he's been impressive. I just hate that he doesn't talk walks and have a Pierre ugly obp.
Well suggestive hell, I made a suggestion!! LMAO!!
I'll work on it!
I meant take not talk.
Woo-Hoo, boobs!!!
Thames was like 0/19 and got his 1st hit since that 2 runs PH HR's back on Apr 22. in a 12-2 games.
Crap…here goes our lead!
Yep, it's about time for the wheels to come off!!
For someone who has a reputation of not having good fielding skills, Gordon is impressing.
GrrrrRear is coming in next…..get your Pepto ready.
So at 2-0 why didn't Rod go out & give Elbert a pep talk? Not sure I like how he works with the pitchers. With a 6 run lead in the 8th you CAN'T walk people! You know his history so go & have a freaking chat with him! Also per game day 2 of this balls were right down the middle strikes.
Woo-hoo…finally an out!
Oops…thar she blows!
They need to move Gwynn to center and Kemp to left for now. He's going to blow that hammy!!!
I was thinking the same thing when Kemp misplayed Cargo's hit. I was wondering why Donnie still had him in with a 7-1 lead in the 8th?
Betcha Kemp doesn't play tomorrow!!!
I guess Guerrier and Kemp just need to be better.
Is it just me, or does GrrrrRear suck? Sure wish they could unload his sorry ass in July.
Just think Wally – we've got Guerrier for three years. Why Juan Uribe and Lilly too! Guerrier and Uribe and Lilly, oh shit!
Can't we let them go for breech of contract….afterall, we did sign them to hit and pitch.
Ugggggggh!!!!! They need to unload all three of them if they can.
I guess the whole f*cking team needs to be better!
Nice job Dee!!!
Atta boy D!!!
Yo diggity — those squats are working wonder Tru!!!!
No pain, no gain 😉
Okay — now that just isn't fair!!!!!!
Woo-Hoo, serious boobage!!!
that should be "wonders"!!!!
Don't worry Collie, we all go weak in the knees with that staring us in the face.
Or something like that.
Elbert can't wait to get out of Colorado.
This is why I hate Barajas bunting but it did give us 2 runs.
Wow, even Loney can score. I wonder if Wallach had to tell him where to go . . . .
Some days, I'd like to tell him where to go!
Sweet — nice to get one back!
I just saw this on CNN — I don't know if anyone else has posted or read it yet…
Thanks Collie, good stuff!!
Seems typical of CNN – totally miss the real reason why people are staying away in droves.
They did spend a bit of time on Mcourt and how people feel he is in it just for the $$$…
"Robert Watkin, who has been attending Dodger games for 31 years, says he feels disenchanted.
"Since the McCourts took over he's made it his priority to take care of personal business besides making this organization the successful organization it's always been," he said.
Watkin said the feeling of a family atmosphere has dissipated, and he blames McCourt.
"People have lost trust. You used to come here, and it wouldn't matter if the team was winning. It was fun. It just doesn't feel that way anymore, and I think in essence people are boycotting until something turns around," he said."
" Andre Hannie is a season ticket holder who says he also feels betrayed by the lavish personal spending of McCourt. But he remains a die-hard fan.
"I am bitter over what he's done over the years, but it's not going to stop me from supporting the team. There could be 12 people here and I would still come out every night," Hannie said."
"We need an owner here who's committed to the team, the fans and most importantly winning. It's been (almost) 25 years since we've won a World Series," said the Dodger fan."
Wasn't the feel I took away from the piece though – they played up the beating, then threw in a fan reference to McCourt.
Could be too that I can't stand CNN reporting on anything. 🙂
I'm a Fox girl myself…fair and balanced 😉
You sure are TruMom!!!
lol damn watch Ned resign Miles to a 2 years contract.
Ohh Vinny but there season bullpen ERA is better than our lol.
Damn mistake Herrea got to get that dp.
I don't think Miles want to leave Coors.
Who are these guys?!!!
I'd wait until the end of the game to say that…no, wait, we might say that anyway….either who are these guys or who the hell ar these guys.
Jamey should play everyday and sit Uribe's ass!
I totally agree!!
I think we do good when Blake and Uribe is sitting.
You can get a defensive indifference when a team is leading? I guess Carroll doesn't want to leave either.
Oh that's a fielder's indifference.
My indifference is only surpassed by my apathy. Not that anyone cares.
Give Gordon his SB's.
Well, at least a grand slam won't beat us.
Well at this point it'll tie us…
Wow nice line drive catch Guerra.
Whew…nice play Javy!
This is something from the article I would agree with…
"In a recently filed lawsuit, Stow's family alleges that security officers and managers at Dodger Stadium have been apprised of a history of aggressive, violent behavior. The suit asserts the presence of criminal gang activity in some crowds at the stadium and inadequate safety — both factors in the attack, according to the lawsuit."
Of course it didn't seem to me as if it was addressed when it should of been. I know I offered some ideas that weren't out of order or that hard to of been put in place. I even remember asking if they are going to wait for someone to get seriously injured or killed to do something. Well…
I remember you trying to get someone to listen. Sound ideas I thought. Hope Stow's family leaves Frank with nothing.
Totally agreed…
Damn hate infield single from our opponent.
Go figure it cost us a run so far.
Shit…get this game over! One freaking out to go and we are having trouble closing it out again.
In fact let's get out butt out of Coors I hate this stadium.
Nothing wrong with the stadium – our team's just not very [very] good.
I guess you never play fantasy baseball and I won Kershaw and Bills.
I hear you E. I'm just still really pissed that this happened. It has really upset me because I feel like I should of voiced my feelings more about my experiences and maybe something would of been done. I keep asking myself if I could of done more that could of kept this guy from being beaten like he was. I know my comments were told they were being addressed and that we are listened to. So I took it for the word that was given. Now I don't believe 1 thing this organization says. It's all PR and BS! It has really affected me as a baseball & Dodger fan. I can deal with losing. But the classless way this team has been and is being run is killing me. I would like to ask McCourt what he thinks of the Weiner fella…
Nothing you or anyone could have done Collie. Frank is a self absorbed, arrogant, greedy asshole. He basically ignored the fans and the franchise to fund his own vanity.
Maybe so Wally but it still has caused me to question what else I could of done and feel bad that I didn't do more. Not that if I did more it would make a difference but wondering if I had would of this tragedy been avoided? I imagine it like seeing someone who is driving poorly late at night and probably drunk. Not calling anyone and then hearing the next day they crashed their car into someone else and seriously injured them.
Being a huge Dodger fan here in Giant country made it tough for me. Not that any Giants fans gave me grief about the incident. They were all very cool with it and realize that it's not the way most Dodger fans are. But I've always said the worst day as a Dodger fan is better than the nest day as a Giants fan… well that is getting close to not being correct. I just know that I root for the team — not the owners.
Hey Collie do you have any family that are Giants fans?
I can certainly understand how you are feeling. You were trying to call attention to it a couple of years ago. And yes, it is getting close. I used to catch a little crap for being a Dodger fan but now, people just shake their heads and roll their eyes. We are no longer respected as a franchise, just pitied. That is what makes me mad and sad.
Woo-Hoo, nice win. Nice catch Gwynn. Keep Carroll and Miles in the lineup.
Thank-you Tony!!!!!!!! You get the save for this game!
2-2 and you can't get him out with the last 2 pitches. I love Gwynn defense to bad we should've had been up 2-1 in this series maybe 3-0.
Wow!! That's the 2nd time TG has made the same type of catch and saved the game! That was awesome!!
Nice to win one. I have to give credit on the game when it's deserved. Lilly did a great job and pretty much everyone chipped in on this one. Bat wise — the Bully had it's usual meltdown. Take care everybody — sorry to moan & run but I've got some chores to attend to.
Goodnight Collie.
Nite C!
Nothing more you could've done Collie – it all fell on deaf ears. You can't change somebody [or an organization] like that. Its like needing a stoplight at a certain intersection. Nothing's going to happen until someone gets killed. Cheaper to bury your head in the sand and pretend nothing bads happening than to be proactive and fix it before its totally broken.
Good Night, Collie. Always happy when you are here.
I notice Wally said put Kemp in LF and wonder if Kemp would had caught that ball that Gwynn did?
No, he would have played it as a single most likely in his current condition. Gwynn went all in on that one and if he doesn't pull it off, its a bad judgement call. Its a single with most outfielders out there.
I was thinking the same thing when Kemp misplayed Cargo's hit. I was wondering why Donnie still had him in with a 7-1 lead in the 8th?
By Colliethec on June 11, 2011 8:07 pm
I guess Donny had no chance there after using Thames and Blake already and the possible worst things to happen is to bring in Uribe to play 3rd move Miles to 2nd and Carroll in LF.
Oh n/m how can I forget Oeltjen?
•Speaking of roster moves, Hector Gimenez was activated from the 60-day disabled list after tonight's game and outrighted him to Double A Chattanooga, which means he cleared waivers, which is no surprise.
•Marcus Thames got an RBI single as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning, his first hit since being activated from the DL. The hit also snapped an 0-for-19 skid, dating back to April
•Lilly got his stolen base in the third inning, which was rare not just because he's a pitcher (it was the third stolen base of his career), but because Lilly was 0-for-41 dating back to last season before his single tonight.
•Jason Hammel's ERA against the Dodgers in three starts this season is 7.98. Against everyone else, in 10 starts, it's 2.70.
•Hong-Chih Kuo pitched a scoreless eighth inning tonight, striking out all three batters, in the second game of his current rehab assignment with Rancho Cucamonga.
•The Dodgers signed more draft picks tonight, including fifth rounder Scott McGough, a pitcher (for roughly $150,000, per Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times) and seventh rounder Scott Woodward, a third baseman
Remember when I posted our 9th inning pitching stats? Remember how horrible it was? Let's update it. This time, let's compare it to the rest of the NL.
League average .244/.319/.359/.678
Wow. Ugly with a capital UG. Of course, it wouldn't be fair to compare it to the AL with the DH. Ah, let's look anyway, just to make ourselves feel good about the team Ned's put together. You know, the one that the owner likes so much.
Oops. Wow again. Not just worst. Astoundingly worse. The only team over .300 in batting average against. The only team over .400 in On Base Percentage. The only team to reach .500 in Slugging Percentage. The only team over .900 in On Base Plus Slugging Percentage.
Putting this horror aside for a moment, it isn't really surprising that the NL has 4 of the top 5 teams in this catagory. No DH, lower stats, right? But the NL also has 9 of the worst 11.
Oh, and these number do not reflect the meltdown Saturday night.
I'm glad they change that call and gave Gordon his 2 SB's of the season.
Good Morning. Poor Rubby gets to experience the joys of pitching at Coors today.
Dodgereric ~ your stats are staggering!


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Managers of money fund that 'broke buck' back deal
The managers of a money market fund whose failing assets raised fears about other such funds during the 2008 financial crisis have agreed to pay $10 million to settle a class-action lawsuit by investors.
The money will go into what's left of Reserve Management Co.'s Reserve Primary Fund. The managers also agreed to give up $42 million of their $72 million in claims for legal and other expenses against the fund.
Managers Bruce Bent Sr. and his sons Bruce Bent II and Arthur Bent III admitted no wrongdoing in the proposed settlement, filed late Friday in federal court in New York.
The Reserve Primary Fund "broke the buck" - its assets fell below the level needed to fully repay investors - after investing heavily in bonds from Lehman Brothers.


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Coyotes hold off Oilers for 4-3 win; Edmonton's losing skid stretches to six
EDMONTON - The Phoenix Coyotes almost gassed a game by believing it was in the bag.
Mike Ribeiro had a goal and an assist as Phoenix held on to snap a two-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday.
Mikkel Boedker, Radim Vrbata and Derek Morris also scored for the Coyotes (24-18-9) who ended a five-game losing skid on the road.
Phoenix was comfortably in front 4-0 early in the second period when the tables suddenly turned and they found themselves hanging on for dear life to collect the two points.
"They kept coming and we let them back into it," said Coyotes captain Shane Doan. "There is a little bit of (taking foot off the gas) and the fact that you have to get that next one. We talked about getting that fourth one, we got the fourth one and then we kind of eased up. We have to keep going. We can't afford to do that."
Coyotes coach Dave Tippet said his team was fortunate its lead wasn't erased altogether.
"Once the score got up 4-0, we made a couple of mistakes, we let them back in the game and made it tight," he said. "I thought we played well for 30 minutes and for the next 30 minutes we hung on.
"Coming out of the third period with a lead like that on the road, you should really salt that game away. It's not that we took our foot of the gas, it's the puck mistakes, the penalties, those kind of things. Things that real good teams don't do, and those are still things that are a work in progress for our group."
Matt Hendricks, David Perron and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins responded for the Oilers (15-32-6), who have now lost six in a row for the second time this season and have had five losing streaks go five games or longer.
The Oilers are just three points ahead of last-place Buffalo and only have two wins in their last 13 games.
"It's been a common theme this year, our consistency," Nugent-Hopkins said. "We might play good for the first period and then sag in the second and play good in the third. We have to find a way to stop doing that. We are killing ourselves with efforts like that, not playing a full game."
Added Oilers winger Ryan Jones, who collected his 100th NHL point on the night: "It's almost like we put ourselves in a situation where we have nothing to lose and that's when we start playing.
"We have to come out like that right from the start, obviously."
Edmonton head coach Dallas Eakins was pleased with how his team came back, but wished they hadn't been in that situation in the first place.
"When you get down in a game like that, it can go one way or another," he said. "The guys can dig their heels in and fight for each other or the game can go really badly. Our guys hung in with it. It was great to see, but it is also disappointing how you can lose a game by playing poorly for three minutes."
The Coyotes started the scoring 14 minutes into the spirited first period as Antoine Vermette made a cross-ice pass to send Boedker in with some steam, beating Oilers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov with a well-placed wrist shot to the top corner. It was Boedker's 15th goal of the season.
Phoenix took a two-goal lead with three minutes left in the opening period after some quick passing allowed Martin Hanzal to put it in front to Vrbata and he rifled it home for a power-play goal.
Just over a minute later, it was 3-0 Phoenix, as some shoddy defensive play allowed the puck to squirt back toward the blue-line. Morris skated in and got all of his weight behind a shot that beat Bryzgalov to the glove side.
Mike Smith was as busy as Bryzgalov in the Phoenix net, as both goalies faced 15 shots apiece in the first period.
The Coyotes kept coming with another goal three minutes into the second period as a shot that was going wide was deftly tipped into Edmonton's net by Ribeiro.
Edmonton finally got on the board with seven minutes left in the second period as Hendricks redirected Ryan Jones's shot past Smith for his first goal in his fourth game as an Oiler since coming over in a trade with Nashville.
The Oilers made it a 4-2 game 1:50 into the third as Perron picked a puck up off the side boards and made a couple of nice moves to get past the Phoenix defenders before lifting a backhand shot top shelf past Smith. It was Perron's team-leading 19th goal of the season.
Edmonton then cut the lead to a single goal eight minutes into the third as Jordan Eberle drew the defence to him before sending a nice backhand pass to a trailing Nugent-Hopkins, who sent a quick shot into the Coyotes net.
The Oilers continued to press and had several good opportunities late in the game but couldn't get the equalizer.
"We talked about after the first that they had the firepower to come back in the game," Vrbata said. "They almost did. We have to learn from that. Even at 4-0 the game is not over, you have to play until the end."
Both teams return to action on Sunday as the Oilers play host to the Nashville Predators and the Coyotes travel to Vancouver to play the Canucks.
Notes: It was the fourth of five games between the two teams, with the Coyotes having won the first three, including a comeback for a 4-3 overtime win in Phoenix on New Year's Eve. The Coyotes entered the game with four straight wins over the Oilers, and having won nine of the last 11 encounters between the two teams overall. They had also won seven of their last eight in Edmonton…Oilers captain Andrew Ference left the game with a head injury and did not return…. Edmonton winger Nail Yakupov returned to the lineup after missing the last two games with a head injury. Fellow Russian Anton Belov also drew back into the lineup to take the place of veteran Nick Schultz... Oilers forward Ales Hemsky remained out with an ankle injury…Coyotes centre Martin Hanzal (lower body) and defenceman David Schlemko (upper body) were both back on the ice for Phoenix after missing Wednesday's game against Calgary.


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While Square Enix still hems and haws over a Final Fantasy VII remake, cosplayers continue to don the duds of the game's iconic heroine, Tifa Lockhart.
A white t-shirt, suspenders, a mini skirt and red boots, Tifa's character design is simple. It's also one gaming's most memorable and easily identifiable. Anyone can put together a Tifa outfit in a snap. But who can pull off Tifa the best?
This is like when people show up at the same party wearing the same threads. Not everyone can wear it the same, so have a look at who wore Tifa best.
For more on Tifa, check out her wikia.
Azusa Yoshizuki
[Yoshitaka Amano's Tifa by UrbanBallerinaEsq]


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Shadowking579 is my brother, I created the account for him and he thanked it. Sorry for the confusion guys
I'm just saying that I have this many thanks because these people either think that I'm worthy of being an MSM or because I have a good application. I have never asked for a thank for this.
(Don't take this if you don't)
You're still banned for asking for thanks anyway.
You want it that way fine , I'll delete my app
Can I ask something?Seriously, did you even READ what I wrote?And after that, you can complain.
Firetrolik kicked from this weeks voting and banned for a month for having an alt (Last used January 29th) If there was a reason for using this alt please list it below.
It's his brother, I've seen them both on cam before. I swear I have
So have I, however I didn't know he had an account, so I don't know if it's an alt or it's his real brother.
I don't think Fire would lie about a alt
That's my brother's account -_-
Welcome to my world fire
Why wasn't this locked? It normally is...
Shouldn't me and Gerald draw because we both have 3 thanks.
There isn't any point now. Voting's probably finished now.
Where are the results?
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Machine Name: Fish Type Mask Earloop Welding Making Machine
Output: 50-55Pcs/min
Control Mode: PLC
Machine Weight: 550KG
Additional Info
Packaging: Standard export wooden case
Productivity: 50-55pcs/min
Brand: KYD
Transportation: Ocean
Place of Origin: Guangdong,China
Supply Ability: 20sets/month
Certificate: ISO,CE
HS Code: 8515809090
Port: Shenzhen
Product Description
Fish Type Mask Earloop Welding Making Machine
This machine production fish shape face mask,From mask blank to fish shape mask,only one operator is needed to put the fish masks blank on the welding machine.And then the machine will feed elastic,weld them and pile up the final products automatically,which increases the production efficiency and reduce the human cost.Can be used for a variety of occasions.High stability,low failure rateand and effectively reduce the bad rate.Beautiful rugged aluminum frame,Never rust.
Machine size 1650*1050*1550mm Yield 50-55pcs/min Machine weight 550KG Voltage 220V Power 2.3KW Pressure 6kg/cm² Fuselage material Aluminium alloy Control mode PLC Detection mode Photoelectric detection Remarks A machine can produce a variety of common mask
1. Multifunction and Higher Efficiency,lower trouble.
2. Stainless steel structure,independent electrical control box.
3. The parts surface adopts chorme dealing,covering parts of stainless steel,looking beautiful and clean.
4. Machine with Multifunction,and change the model for each different size shoes cover producing.
5. Automatic piece Account, Machine with Stop Protection.
KYD, founded in July, 1999. Our main products: fully automatic medical mask machine, Medical Gowns Machine, Bouffant Cap Machine, Shoe Cover Machine and customized non standard machine(ODM). We promise that we'll be responsible all the way till the end once our services begin.
1. We provide pre-sales, sales and after sales service, especially one year of free maintenance warranty.
2. If there are problems with the machine parts, customer can take pictures and send to us by email to explain the situation, we will help to solve it on line or by email within 24 hours. If the problems cannot be solved, we will send the spare parts to customer within 7 working days.
3. If there are big problems of the machine caused by wrong operation, we will arrange professional engineer to solve the problem in customer's factory, but all the cost including visa, air fare and accommodations must be paid by customer.
1. For the standard machines, if we have in stocks we will send it to you within 7 working days after receive your full payment.
2. For the standard machines, if we don't have in stocks we will send it to you within 30-45 working days after receive your full payment.
3. For non-standard machines, we will send it within 45-60 working days after receive your full payment.
4. We will pack each machine with PE film in strong wooden case.
1. Can I put my LOGO/brand on the machines and finish products?
Yes, Sure. Just send us your artwork.
2. Do you have after sale service?
Yes. We provide one year warranty and technical support.
3. How can we know the quality of your machine?
Customers can send material to us and then we use our machine to manufacture finished products which will be re-sent to customers. Customers are welcome to visit our factory to check quality of our machines .
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Advice for the novice
Aluminum: beautiful, lightweight, strong, versatile...and a real challenge to weld, especially for beginning welders.
Fortunately, some newer gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) systems have been designed specifically for aluminum welding. This article describes some of the new equipment available and its benefits, accessories required, points to consider before welding, and the techniques required to make a good weld bead.
In general, GTAW power sources with an AC/DC output come in four categories, which are listed here in order of lowest to highest price:
1. Light fabrication. Machines designed for light fabrication usually have an AC output from 20 to 165 amps. While they do not incorporate a square wave output or balance control technology, they do produce an arc suitable for a variety of work, including applications for the home hobbyist.
2. Light industrial, maintenance/repair, metal fabrication. This newer class of light industrial machine provides roughly a 15 to 180 AC output and a professional-quality arc. Key features include: a square wave output, a fixed balance control set for more penetration than cleaning (a 60/40 electrode negative (EN) to electrode positive (EP) ratio works best for most applications), built-in high-frequency starting for positive starts without arc wandering, and a built-in stabilizer for a more consistent arc while welding.
3. Industrial production, fabrication, aerospace, repair. Industrial production GTAW power sources have a square wave output with an adjustable balance control. Greater amounts of EN create a deeper, narrower weld bead and better joint penetration. Greater EP values remove more oxide and create a shallower, wider bead. Transformer-rectifier GTAW machines can adjust EN values from 45 to 68 percent.
Machines are available with a variety of outputs, typically rated at 250, 350, and 500 amps with a 40 or 60 percent duty cycle. The low-end amperage range listed for these machines is usually 5, 3 or 25 amps, respectively. These power sources have created millions of code-quality GTA welds.
4. Inverter-based AC GTAW machines. Also considered industrial power sources, an inverter gives the professional welder more capability to tailor the width, depth and appearance of the weld bead for an application.
Inverters can adjust EN duration from 50 to 90 percent. Adding more EN to the cycle may: increase travel speed by up to 20 percent, narrow the weld bead, achieve greater penetration, permit using a smaller-diameter tungsten (to more precisely direct the heat or to make a narrower weld bead), and reduce the size of the etched zone for improved cosmetics.
Operators can adjust the welding output frequency in the range of 20 to 250 hertz. Increasing frequency produces a tight, focused arc cone. This narrows the weld bead, which helps when welding in corners, on root passes, and fillet welds; it also permits faster travel speed on some joints. Decreasing output frequency produces a broader arc cone, which widens the weld bead profile and provides greater cleaning action.
GTAW inverters accept single- or three-phase, 50- or 60-hertz, 230- or 460-volt input power. This provides flexibility when moving the machine between jobs sites or around a large facility. Using three-phase power and welding at 300 amps (460 volts primary), an AC/DC GTAW inverter requires only 18 amps of primary current. A 5- to 300-amp AC/DC GTAW machine weighs about 90 pounds.
If most welding is done at 200 amps or less, an air-cooled torch works well. For welding above 200 amps, a water-cooled torch should be considered. For portability, water coolers can be mounted on a wheeled cart that also carries the power source and gas bottles.
Remote control capabilities usually include current (amperage) and contactor control (the contactor keeps the torch electrically cold until energized and starts and stops the gas flow to the torch). The most popular remote control is a foot pedal that operates much like an auto's gas pedal; the more it is depressed, the more amperage flows. Another type of control - - one that affords greater mobility but is more difficult to learn - - is a finger tip control, which is mounted on the torch.
If most work is done on a bench or around structures that permit mobility, the foot pedal remote control is probably a better option because it's easier to use. Conversely, if most work is done in awkward positions, a finger tip control may be the better choice.
The following suggestions address the basic areas of GTAW setup. However, they are no substitute for carefully reading the operator's manual, watching instructional videos, and following safety precautions, such as wearing protective gloves and glasses.
1. Determine amperage requirements. Each 0.001 inch of metal to be melted requires about 1 amp of welding power. For example, welding 1/8-inch aluminum requires about 125 amps.
2. Select the correct current. AC should be used for aluminum, magnesium, and zinc die cast. When exposed to air, these metals form an oxide layer that melts at a much higher temperature than the base metal. If not removed, this oxide causes incomplete weld fusion.
Fortunately, AC inherently provides a cleaning action. While the EN portion of the AC cycle directs heat into the work and melts the base metal, the EP portion - - where current flows from the work to the electrode - - blasts off the surface oxides.
3. Use the right gas. Usually, pure argon is employed, although thicker weldments may require an argon/helium or other specialty mix. If the wrong gas is used, such as the 75 percent argon/25 percent CO(2) mix commonly used for GMAW, the tungsten immediately will begin to be consumed or deposited in the weld puddle.
4. Set the proper gas flow rate. More is not better, so 15 to 20 cubic feet per hour (CFH) should suffice. Argon is about 1-1/3 heavier than air. When welding in a flat position, the gas naturally flows out of the torch and covers the weld pool. For overhead welding, the gas flow rate should begin at 20 CFH, and small increments of 5 CFH can be made, if necessary.
In any position, if the gas flows out at too high a velocity, it can bounce off the workpiece and start a swirling motion parallel to the torch cup called a venturi. A venturi can pull air into the gas flow, bring in contaminating oxygen and nitrogen, and create pinholes in the weld. Unfortunately, some operators automatically increase the gas flow when they see a pinhole, worsening the problem they tried to fix.
5. Select the right type of tungsten. For AC welding, the traditional practice calls for selecting a pure tungsten electrode and forming a ball at the end of the electrode. This still holds true for most applications and welding with a conventional power source. However, for making critical welds on materials thinner than 0.09 in., or when using a TIG power source with an adjustable frequency output, new recommendations call for treating the tungsten almost as if the weld were being made in the DC mode. Select a 2-percent-type tungsten (thorium, cerium, etc.) and grind it to a point in the long direction, making the point roughly two times as long as the diameter. A 0.010- to 0.030-inch flat should be made on the end to prevent balling and the tungsten from being transferred across the arc.
With a pointed electrode, a skilled operator can place a 1/8-inch bead on a fillet weld made from 1/8-inch aluminum plates. Without this technology, the ball on the end of the electrode would have forced the operator to make a larger weld bead and then grind the bead down to final size.
6. Select the right diameter of tungsten. The current-carrying capacity of a tungsten is directly proportional to the area of its cross section. For example, a 2 percent thoriated, 3/32-inch (0.093-inch) tungsten has a current-carrying capacity of 150 to 250 amps, whereas a 2 percent thoriated, 0.040-inch tungsten has a current-carrying capacity of 15 to 80 amps.
There is no such thing as an all-purpose electrode, despite the reputation of the 3/32-inch electrode. Attempting to weld at 18 amps with a 3/32-inch electrode will create arc starting and arc stability problems; the current is insufficient to drive through the electrode. Conversely, attempting to use a 3/32-inch tungsten to weld at 300 amps creates tungsten "spitting" - - the excess current causes the tungsten to migrate to the workpiece.
7. Avoid tungsten contamination. If the tungsten electrode becomes contaminated by accidentally touching the weld pool, welding must be stopped, because a contaminated electrode can produce an unstable arc. To break off the contaminated portion, the tungsten should be removed from the torch, placed on a table with the contaminated end hanging over the edge, and the contaminated portion struck firmly. The tungsten should then be resharpened.
8. Set the proper tungsten extension. While electrode extension may vary from flush with the gas cup to a distance equal to the cup diameter. A general rule is to start with one electrode diameter, or about 1/8 inch. Joints that make the root of the weld hard to reach require additional extension, although extensions farther than 1/2 inch may result in poor gas coverage and may require a special gas cup.
9. Select the filler metal. The filler rod needs to match the base metal in both type and hardness of metal. The filler rod should be the same diameter as the tungsten electrode.
10. Select a high frequency (HF) mode. For AC welding with transformer-rectifier type machines, continuous HF is required to start and maintain the arc, which has a tendency to go out when the AC square wave travels through the zero amperage point. HF bridges the gap between the electrode and the work, forming a path for the current to follow.
Inverters require HF for arc starting only, as they drive the arc through the zero point so quickly that the arc does not have a chance to go out. For this same reason, inverters produce much less arc flutter. Inverters also offer a lift arc starting method that avoids the use of HF altogether.
11. Control HF emissions. High frequency interferes with computers, printed circuit boards, televisions, and other electronic equipment but is a necessary evil. It can be minimized by hooking the work clamp as close to the weldment as possible, keeping the welding torch and work clamp cables close together (spreading them apart is like creating a big broadcast dish), and keeping the cables repaired to prevent current leaks.
12. Set the balance control. There are no hard rules about setting balance control, but the typical error involves over-balancing the cycle.
Too much cleaning action (EP duration) causes excess heat buildup on the tungsten, which creates a large ball on the end. Subsequently, the arc loses stability, and the operator loses the ability to control the arc's direction and the weld puddle. Arc starts begin to degrade as well.
Too much penetration (or, more precisely, insufficient EP current) results in a scummy weld puddle. If the puddle looks like it has black pepper flakes floating on it, adding more cleaning action will remove these impurities.
13. Set the frequency (inverters only). Decreasing frequency produces a broader arc cone, which widens the weld bead profile and better removes impurities from the surface of the metal. It also transfers the maximum amount of energy to the workpiece, which speeds up applications requiring heavy metal deposition (such as building up a worn part or making a fill pass).
Increasing frequency produces a tight, focused arc cone; this narrows the weld bead, which helps when welding in corners, on root passes, and fillet welds. The operator can direct the arc precisely at the joint and not have the arc dance from plate to plate. Increasing frequency also may increase travel speed up to 40 percent in certain applications.
A good starting point for general welding is 80 to 120 hertz. These frequencies are comfortable to work with, increase control of the arc direction, and boost travel speed. For a fillet weld application with full penetration in the weld without putting too much amperage in the metal, the frequency should be increased to 200 hertz or more. For buildup work, frequency should start at 60 hertz and be adjusted lower from there.
1. Get in a comfortable position and brace yourself. Maneuvering a GTAW torch properly is like trying to write neatly in a small space. It requires a braced arm, slow movements, and a mental focus on the end of the tungsten. In fact, many people grip the torch like a pencil.
2. Hold the torch at the proper angle. Travel angle is defined as the angle relative to the torch in a perpendicular position. Normal welding conditions in all positions call for a travel angle of 15 to 20 degrees. Travel angles beyond this lead to less penetration, poor direction of the weld metal, poor shielding gas coverage, and general arc instability.
For travel direction during GTAW, the push technique should always be used, which involves pushing the torch away from (ahead of) the weld puddle. Pushing ensures good gas coverage of the weld puddle and that oxides have been removed, and it offers the welder a better view of the weld puddle.
3. Practice welding on scrap. When beginning, welders should practice on a flat piece of metal rather than welding a joint or adding filler. They should also practice identifying the weld pool from the base metal, play with the amperage control to find the right amount of heat, and learn how to control the size and shape of the weld puddle.
GTAW is like welding with an acetylene torch in that, if a weld is not satisfactory, the welder can go back over it, remelt it, and repair it. However, aluminum acts as a heat sink, so if too much time is taken to get a molten puddle, a small part easily can be overheated.
4. Starting the arc. To start an arc using HF, the electrode should be held about 1/8 inch from the work and the foot pedal depressed. The electrode should never touch the work during a HF start. Many people tilt the torch and rest the gas cup against the work, establish the arc, and then shift the torch into the proper welding position. With lift arc starting, the welder touches the tungsten to the workpiece, lifts it off the workpiece, and the full welding current begins flowing.
5. Maintain consistent arc length. Arc length is usually one electrode diameter from the work. Varying this arc length produces inconsistencies. One common error that new GTA welders commit is picking up the torch, or tilting the torch too much, to get a better view of the electrode and weld puddle. For a better view, a welder should shift the position of his or her face, typically down and to the side or reposition the workpiece so that the torch is pulled toward the body.
6. Maintain a travel speed consistent with the desired bead shape. Moving the torch too quickly creates a bead that is too narrow, while moving the torch too slowly produces an excessively wide bead. With GTAW, the torch does not need to be moved forward until the weld puddle reaches the desired size. However, holding the torch too long in one spot, especially on thin metal, can result in the arc burning through the base metal.
7. Add filler metal. Once the arc is started and a weld puddle of the desired size is established, filler metal can be added. The filler rod should be held at a 15- to 20-degree angle up from the workpiece, creating a 90-degree angle between the filler rod and the tungsten.
The torch and filler rod should be moved progressively so that the weld pool, hot filler rod end, and solidifying weld are not exposed to air. The hot end of the filler rod should not be moved from the protection of the shielding gas.
There is good news and bad news about GTAW of aluminum. The good news is that it is very difficult make a bad GTAW weld. If the welder melts the base metal and gets the filler rod into the weld puddle, a sound weld is most likely to result.
The bad news is that learning to make pretty weld beads, as well as coordinating the hands, feet and eyes, takes patience and practice. However, when a welder becomes proficient, the results are very satisfying.
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Equity futures are lower once again this morning after trying to rebound yesterday evening. The overnight action can be seen on the 5 minute charts below, the Dow is on the left and S&P on the right:
Bonds are substantially higher again, breaking to new highs for this wave – this shows money is still moving to "safety." The dollar is lower and the Euro is higher – not as high as they were, but there is a correction in progress. The Yen is higher, that seems to be a better indication of market action over the past couple of days. What's there to say about oil? A complete and very rapid collapse, down some more today. Gold is also down again, bouncing off the $1,170 support area.
Both the S&P and Dow futures have now made lows that are beneath the May 6th pin lows, and the S&P is very close to breaking its February low. If this is a wave 3 movement, as I suspect, the bounces will be minimal in size and duration until we hit wave 4, but the wave math says 1,018 minimum, so any bounce is likely a part of the wave 3 structure.
There are no economic releases today, but remain aware that it is options expiration and wild moves can occur. Yes, the markets are very oversold in the short time spans, but in the longer time frames it is not. Yes, bounces can come from any point in here, but wave 3's tend to create extremes in internal readings. The put/call, for example is at an extreme. There are other indications that you would normally expect a bounce from, BUT not all indications are at extremes, in fact some are very far from them. Wave 3's are generally the longest waves, and if this is wave C down, this wave 3 is only wave 3 of wave 1 – the beginning.
Just to put this market into perspective, below is a chart of the XLF going back to the beginning of 2007. Note the all out collapse, and the WEAK rebound that retraced only to a perfect 38.2%! This is the index for the financials, you know, the companies who can't lose on a trading day and who report billions in earnings. They are now off 17% from their most recent highs – that meets the 15% threshold definition of a crash. Why do you suppose that chart is so weak and now is breaking down even further? It's telling us something about which we have failed to address as a nation and around the globe:
The Senate just yesterday passed the "Wall Street Reform" bill. The Senate bill has more teeth than the House version and now they have to work together to create a cohesive bill. Below are excerpts from a CNN article on what was passed:
Senate passes sweeping Wall Street reform
"Those who wanted to protect Wall Street, it didn't work. They can no longer gamble away other people's money," said Majority Leader Harry Reid. "When this bill becomes law, the joyride on Wall Street will come to an end," he added.
Senate passage marks the last big hurdle for an effort more than a year in the making. The bill will now be reconciled with the House version in "conference" negotiations, where differences are ironed out.
Then both chambers will vote again and send the compromised bill to President Obama sometime before July 4, said the bill's main shepherd, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.
Earlier on Thursday, Obama praised the Senate's progress saying, "Wall Street reform will bring greater security to folks on Main Street."
What reform means: Congress first started working on financial overhaul last spring. The House passed a version in December, and the Senate began drafting bills last November.
Since January 2009, financial services firms have spent nearly $600 million and hired hundreds of lobbyists to influence the debate, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
The legislation would establish a consumer financial protection regulatory agency that could write new rules to protect consumers from unfair or abusive mortgages and credit cards.
It would create a council of regulators that would sound an alarm before companies are in position to trigger a financial crisis. The bill would also establish new procedures for shutting down giant financial firms that are collapsing.
The bill aims to shine a brighter light on some of the different kinds of complex financial products, called derivatives, that are blamed for bringing down financial companies such as American International Group (AIG, Fortune 500) and Lehman Brothers. It would force most derivatives on to clearinghouses and exchanges, to help pinpoint the value of the trades.
Republicans objected to some of the bill's major provisions, particularly parts that establish the consumer agency and create new rules for the derivatives. While they generally favored more consumer protection and more regulation of derivatives, they argued that the legislation is too heavy-handed in these areas.
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., who helped craft parts of the bill, blasted it in a 30-minute speech late Thursday, calling it a "massive new consumer bureaucracy" and a "liberal activists' dream come true."
"This bill doesn't listen to the American people -- it promises massive government overreach in ordinary business transactions," Shelby said.
However, the final vote garnered more Republicans than earlier key Senate votes on the bill.
Joining Democrats were Sens. Scott Brown, R-Mass, Susan Collins, R-Maine, Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine.
Two Democrats, Sens. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Maria Cantwell of Washington, voted against the bill saying it wasn't aggressive enough against Wall Street.
Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., and Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Penn., missed the vote.
What's next: The Senate will appoint 12 members, seven Democrats and five Republicans, to negotiate with the House over differences in the bill.
The Senate's negotiators plan to vote next week to figure out where they stand on a controversial issue that didn't make into the final bill: a Republican-backed move to exempt auto dealers from the purview of the proposed new consumer protection regulator. The House version has that carve-out for auto dealers, but the Senate didn't get to it.
There are several other key differences.
The Senate bill limits the size and scope of banks' investment activities, preventing them from owning hedge funds and trading on their own accounts. It also includes a controversial measure preventing banks from trading any derivatives. Banks would be forced to spin off their swaps desks that make these trades.
The House bill lacks such limits on banks' investment work.
Also, while both versions of the bill create a council of regulators who monitor big Wall Street banks, the Senate gives the top job of running that panel to the Treasury Secretary and the House gives the top position to the Fed chairman.
Consumer protection agency under the control of the Fed or Treasury is a huge mistake. Separating hedge fund activities is terrific, as are restrictions on derivatives – a good start. However, this is only partially closing the barn door AFTER all the animals are gone. It will NOT cure the bad math of debt backed money, it will not change who is in control of that process, it will not bring back mark to market, but it may help to limit speculation and it will definitely end too big too fail bailouts for the banks.
What does that last part tell you about the psychology of wave C down? Are we likely to see the same sorts of maneuvers as we did during wave A? Unlikely, and the single largest factor, in my opinion, that created the wave B bounce was the bank's ability to mark toxic assets to model. Pure Fantasy.
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Do Dinosaurs Still Exist?
More Eyewitness Accounts:Huge Flying Creature at Lake District, England
Six or seven years ago I was camping with friends in the Lake District, England - I think it was in October. We were situated between Little Langdale and Coniston. A local farmer had agreed to let us use one of his fields and so we pitched our tents before it got dark and gathered firewood for the evening.
It hadn't been dark too long, in fact there must have been a full moon as the clouds were well lit up from behind, the fire was burning well and we were all seated around it talking. I lay back and watched the clouds for a while and to my left I noticed a dark shape beneath the clouds, moving from my left to my right.
I watched it quietly for a while trying to figure out what it was.
At first it looked like a balloon in the distance but as it got closer I realized that it was flying against the wind and I could see it undulating slightly. I kept watching as it moved into a position more directly overhead, listening carefully for the sounds of an engine and watching for lights but there was only silence and the light of the moon on the clouds above.
As it flew over the top of us it became apparent that it was not balloon shaped at all but was shaped more like a manta-ray fish but with a short tail and the undulation I had detected was actually the tips of its "wings" gently flapping. It was huge, I would estimate its wingspan at 35 feet.
I wanted to know if the rest of my party (aproximataly 10) could see the same thing I could, but was conscious that I could not suggest to them what I was watching - I needed independant statements, so I simply pointed skyward and said, "can anyone else see that?"
Everyone looked and all were astounded by what they saw. Afterwards I questioned them one by one and each gave a description in line with what I had seen.
Some time later I was reading a book about superstition and found a passage which referred to a similar creature being sighted in the same area a couple of hundred years earlier by climbers who found it sunning itself on the mountain side, when they disturbed it they said it "vanished".
More Eyewitness Accounts:Large Flying Creature Over Kylesku, Scotland
10 Years ago in October 1993, the first saturday of the month, I was on a family holiday at a place called Kylesku in the North West Highlands of Scotland, in the County of Sutherland. On our first night there I went out with my two uncles at about 10.30pm to have a torchlight walk down the driveway of the cabin where we were staying.
This is a very remote and lonely part of Scotland with only one track roads and not many people living there.
The nearest town was about 50 km away with most of the land being mountainous land with no trees- only bog, moorland and heather for miles.
Anyway, while walking down the driveway in the dark having not yet put on the torches we heard a flapping noise above like a pair of large birds wings in flight. We turn our torches on and looked up.
It was very dark but we caught the shape of a large flying creature in our beam. The creature was large, had a pointed head like a large beak, was grey- brown in colour. I didn't see any other colours on it.
It made a large sweeping movement with its wings to fly which gave the beating/flapping sound like a steady beat that we heard. It was flying quite slowly so we saw it for 12-15 seconds before it flew over a small rise which was too rough for us to go up.
The size of the creature was what most startled us. One of my uncles exaggerates a bit when he says that it had a wingspan of 20 feet, but I would say it could not be any less than 10 feet (and my other uncle says 12ft) as it covered the breadth of the driveway and a bit more to the side.
We only saw it from below and then behind so I didnt see its eyes to see what colour they were but the wings seemed to be curved at the end. It didnt really seem to notice us.
I have no idea what this was- there is a bird here called a heron which flys in a similar way but I have seen many of them and they are all much smaller. Eagles usually fly faster and seagulls are way too small. The creature certainly scared us and we didn't go out at night again there.
I hope some of you find this of interest If anyone has seen a similar creature or knows what it is please let me know: Best Wishes, Damian. Both Stories above from:Cryptozoology.com
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Last year, Bus Nerd and I spent Super Bowl Sunday in Detroit with our friends, Tosha and Keith. (The fact that they watched the game at Ford Field and we watched it at a bar across the street from the stadium is a minor detail.) This year, we spent the day at Tosha and Keith's house in Kirkland.
It was worth the six-bus round trip (there: 4 + 255 + 254, back: 254 + 255 + 48)–even the transfer at Montlake on the way home–just to see Prince do his thing. (It doesn't get better than "Purple Rain" in the rain.) The icing on the cake: victory for the Colts. Despite my mild distaste for Peyton Manning, and despite the fact that we were watching at the home of a Chicago native, I was pulling for Tony Dungy's boys.
Then again, when your friends feed you fried fish, potato salad, chicken wings, and brownies with ice cream, does it really matter who wins the game?


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"AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL" - (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET)
"America's Next Top Model Is..." (CONTENT RATING TBD)
SURPRISE GUESTS JOIN THE TWO FINALISTS; ONE IS CROWNED AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL - Miss J drops in the on the final two to reveal the set-up for their CoverGirl commercial. Tyra reveals that the finalists will join her in a family portrait with some very special guests. The ladies must put their best happy foot forward during a rock-and-roll circus-inspired final runway for designer Anna Sui. One girl will be crowned America's Next Top Model. (1412).