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Alibi, the Octagon.
• Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
Carousel Bar, 141 Stuart St.
• Every Friday 8.30pm-10.30pm, live jazz with The Bill Martin Trio.
The Church, 50 Dundas St.
• Tonight, 8pm: Kevin Triplett with his film premiere Blaze Foley Duct Tape Messiah and live music from John Eugenes. Sunday, 7.30pm: The New Edinburgh Folk Club.
• Wednesdays, 7.30pm: Open mike. All performers and artists welcome. Free.
Cromwell Town and Country Club, Melmore Tce.
• Sunday, 7pm: Doug Stewart.
Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St.
• Saturday, doors open 7.30pm: ''Relay for Life Fundraiser'' featuring Stark Raving. Wednesday, 8pm: Tragedy (Portland, Oregon) with God Awful and Feral Hunks.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
• Thursdays, from 8.30pm: jam night. Fridays, from 9pm: Oxo Cubans.
Robbie Burns Pub, 374 George St.
• Thursdays, from 8.30pm: Calder Prescott Jazz Quartet.
• Saturdays, 4pm: afternoon jazz sessions.
Rosie's Bar, Victoria Hotel, 137
• St Andrew St. Thursdays, 9pm: openmike night.
Sammy's, 65 Crawford St.
• Tomorrow and Saturday, 10pm: Sammy's relaunch with Jeez Jorge.
Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library, 26 Harvey St, Waitati.
• Fridays,10.30am: story time.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Sunday, 2pm: ''Once Upon a Sunday: Fishy Tales'' - Kaitrin McMullan and friends spin magical tales designed to delight children of all ages. In celebration of Seaweek and NZ Book Month.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Sunday, 11am: ''Fish Frenzy!'' Sea Week 2013 Event - explore what lies in the depths of Otago's ocean and discover the museum's own fantastic fish. Then, mould your own colourful clay fish.
• Saturdays and Sundays during March, 3pm: ''Liquefy This'' Investigation Station. See some real earthquake liquefaction from Christchurch, discover how and why it happens, and liquefy some soil for yourself.
• Explorer backpacks for children aged 7-12, free. Guided tours daily at 11.30am and 3.30pm. Meet at information desk.
St Francis Xavier School, 27 Benhar St, Maryhill.
• Saturday, 2pm-3pm: Hispanic Group Otago (Grupo Hispano Otago) Saturday's Hispanic (Sábados Hispanos) with Spanish language Storytelling, children's activities and coffee.
Visitor Information Centre, 26 Princes St.
• Daily, 10am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.
Music and performance
The Church, Dundas St.
• Fridays, 9pm: Salsa music and dancing. Free.
Inch Bar, 8 Bank St, Dunedin.
• Wednesday, 7pm: Singing poet and spoken-word performer Sandra Sarala mixes words, rhythm and music and archaic east European folk song in a ritual harvest celebration.
Mosgiel Coronation Hall, 97 Gordon Rd.
• Monday, 11am: ''Opera to Popera'', part of the Daytime Concert Series.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Sunday, 1pm: Alexey Medvedev on acoustic guitar, playing a wide range of styles from jazz classics to movie themes, pop and rock classics.
Regent Theatre, the Octagon, Dunedin.
• Tuesday, 7.30pm: Oh what a night! musical tribute to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.
St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin.
• Saturday, 2-3pm: Choral Concert - The Cathedral Choir of St Paul's Cathedal, a concert of choral music, works by Howells, Bruckner and Madden, alongside Allegri's Miserere Mei.
• Tuesday, 12.50-1.10pm: 1021 - George Chittenden plays organ works by Stanford, Sumsion and Parry.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl, Dunedin.
• Today, 12.30pm: Lunchtime Bites - Love, Loss and What I Wore. Sample the latest play from the Fortune Theatre.
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
• Opens Saturday until March 23: Love, Loss, and What I Wore, written by Nora and Delia Ephron.
Globe Theatre, 104 London St.
• Tonight, tomorrow and Saturday, 7.30pm: Rocky Horror Picture Show - interactive experience.
Talks and films
Archway 3 lecture theatre, University of Otago.
• Today, 4-5.15pm: Jaap Blonk talks about his work in the context of sound poetry, improvisation, and new music.
• Today, 5.30pm: ''Jane Austen and the Chawton House Library'', public lecture by Sandy Lerner.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Tuesday, 6-7pm: Author Talk - ''So Brilliantly Clever'' - Crime writer Peter Graham talks about convicted teenage killers Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme from Christchurch. Free. Bookings essential.
Dunedin Prison, Castle St, Dunedin.
• Saturday, 10.30am and Tuesday 5.30pm: Visit the historic site for a ''prison experience'' provided by the Dunedin Prison Charitable Trust. Guided tours. No lift access to upper floors, and not suitable for small children.
Dunedin School of Art, cnr Albany and Riego streets.
• Friday, 5.30pm: ''Fired Up'' - Ceramic Exhibitions of ''Subversive Clay'' Triennial in Adelaide. Nicole Kolig will show photos of some exhibitions which were held in conjunction with this conference illustrating the latest trends in international ceramic art. Lecture Theatre P152.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
• Wednesday, 6.-7.30pm: ''Blokes' Night In: Local Hunting and Fishing'' Hear from local experts and swap some stories. Bookings essential.
Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
• Thursday, 4.30pm: ''Tours of the Theomin Art Collection''. Bookings essential.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Daily talks at 2pm through February/March: Thursday; Kakapo. Friday: Southern sky. Saturday: Polynesian voyaging. Sunday: The Falkland fox. Free.
• Daily, 4pm: special exhibitions talk ''Canterbury Quakes''. Meet at the information desk. Free with exhibition admission.
Red Lecture Theatre, Great King St.
• Wednesday, 7.30pm: Dunedin Film Society screens the first of three films by French director Claire Denis. Set amid the African community living in Paris, the story of 35 Shots Of Rum revolves around the relationship between a widowed train driver and his mixed-race daughter. www.dunedinfilmsociety.arts.net.nz.
393 Princes St, Dunedin.
• Tomorrow, 5pm, and Saturday, 10am-2pm: miniature works of art by Pauline Durning.
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
• Until Sunday: Sue Pearson, Barbara Pen, Kryssi Staikidis, Kate Walker and Melanie Yazzie, ''Animal Sign/Animal Mind''.
Arrowtown Gallery, 8 Berkshire St.
• Peter Beadle Watercolours.
Art-cut Gallery, 71 Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
• Contemporary art and design, open 10am-4pm.
Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
• Claire Beynon, Olav Nielsen and Kate Alterio.
Bannockburn Country Store, Bannockburn.
• Closes today: Arrowtown artist Pat Jones.
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay.
• February/March: featuring Max Bellamy, Emma Chalmers, Max Oettli.
Becks Memorial Hall, Manuherikia.
• From Friday-Sunday: Dunstan Creek 150 Art Exhibition, Featuring artists who were past residents, locals and people who love to paint the area.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
• Kushana Bush ''Gander Moon''.
Cafe Rue , 368 Moray Pl.
• Local artist Fay Mitchell's 2012 works.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Until March 7: ''Spotlight on Design'', Rachel Hirabayashi.
Clyde Station Museum, Fraser St, Clyde.
• Sunday: open day 10am-4pm. Dowling St Project Space, 20a Dowling St.
• Until Friday: End of year exhibition by 2012 Feldspar Emerging Artist Scholarship Award recipient Nicki Gilmore. 11am-4pm daily.
Dunedin Botanic Garden, lower garden information centre.
• Opens Saturday, 10am: ''Taoka Puoro'', traditional musical instruments of southern Maori by Alistair Fraser and ''Nga Kakahu'', cultural use of native plants by Roka Cameron.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Until March 10: Mai i Rangiatea: the portrayal of Maori myth and legend in print. Until March 15: ''Natural Disasters'' - New Zealand's natural environment is beautiful, but it can also be deadly. Discover the strength of mother nature. Ground floor.
Dunedin International Airport.
• February: Anya Sinclair is ''Artist in the Terminal''.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon. Until Sunday: ''True stories. Scripted Realities''.
• Until March 10: Philip James Frost, ''Forkboy''.
• Until March 10: Yvonne Todd, ''Wall of Seahorsel''.
• Until March 17: ''Gericault to Gauguin: Printmaking in France 1820-1900''.
• Until April 7: ''Elsewhere'', contemporary work.
• Ongoing: Marco Fusinato, ''Reproduction of Double Infinitive 2''.
• Ongoing: Frances Hodgkins, ''Kaleidoscope''.
• Ongoing: ''The Pleasure Principle - Collecting and Collectors''.
• Ongoing: ''Sir Frank Brangwyn: Captain Winterbottom and the billiard room of Horton House''. Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore.
• Until April 7: Haunts of Dickens: Touring exhibition celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. Admission free. Open Monday-Friday 10am-4.30pm, weekends and public holidays 1pm-4pm.
The Gallery, Glenfalloch Woodland Gardens.
• Open daily 10.30am-4pm.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
• Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10.30am-4.30pm, Weds-Sun.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St.
• Until March 7: ''A Decade On ... '' by Kerry Fenton-Johns, 10 all-new native New Zealand flora paintings (one for each year), all acrylic on canvas.
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• Opens tomorrow until March 22: new wordks by Bing Dawe, Elizabeth Moyle and Ben Reid.
Hocken Gallery, cnr Anzac Ave and Parry St.
• Until April 13: ''The Liquid Dossier Nick Austin''.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct.
• Until March 9: Odelle Morshuis ''Tracing Time'', drawings on glass. Open 10-4pm daily.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
• Various artists. Hours: Thursday-Saturday, noon-2pm or by appointment.
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
• Until March 10: ''Old and New''. Paintings by Gore artist Margaret Palmer McKenzie.
McAtamney Gallery, upstairs at old post office building, 47-49 Talbot St, Geraldine.
• Ongoing: new artists and work by Sarah Harper, John Badcock, Sarah Blackler (ceramics) and Douglas Badcock.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
• Until March 13: Ian Scott ''Lattices'' and Ray Ching ''Aesop's Kiwi Fables''.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
• Until Wednesday: Mike Crawford ''The Bird Collector'' and Sally Smith ''No Boundaries''.
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
• Opens tomorrow until March 7: Daniel Anngow and Simon Todd.
• Closes today: Artists James Bellaney ''The recent violence he represents, come to be emotional simplicity'' and Murray Eskdale ''Place''. Noon-5.30pm • weekdays and noon-4pm Saturdays.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
• Closes tomorrow: new works.
Nectar Espresso Bar + Cafe, 286 Princes St.
• Until March 18: Jacob Feenstra ''Photograms''.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
• Permanent exhibition: ''Waitaki Landscapes''.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Until May 5: ''Canterbury Quakes''.
• Until May 26: ''The Moriori Of Rekohu, T'chakat henu - People of the Land''.
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
• Until March 10: ''Mementos of the South''.
• Open Monday-Friday, 9.30am-1pm, 1.30pm-4.30pm. Weekends: 10am-4pm.
The Picture Lounge, 48 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• New Zealand's Photographers' Gallery: a continuously updated exhibition.
Portobello Gallery, cnr Highcliff and Portobello Rds, Otago Peninsula.
• Monday-Sunday,10am-4pm. Various artists.
Quadrant Gallery, Bracken Court, 480 Moray Pl.
• Gallery open Monday-Friday, noon-5.30pm; Saturday, 10am-2pm.
Port Royal Cafe, Port Chalmers.
• Closes today: ''Hope Machines'', new works by Ross Davidson.
Southland Museum and Art Gallery, 108 Gala St, Invercargill.
• Until March 17: Garry Freemantle ''Digging Deep''.
• Until April 7: Peter Belton ''On Being There''.
• Until April 28: Royal Society of New Zealand and New Zealand Portrait Gallery ''The Art of Science''.
• Ongoing: ''Southland 150''.
South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton.
• Open Friday-Sunday, 1-5pm, or by appointment,(03) 481-1805.
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
• Until March 9: Anne McLean and Lisa Simpson.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Until Tuesday: Oils by the late Kenneth Nelson.
Tony Williams Workshop and Gallery, Carnegie Centre, Moray Pl.
• Tuesday-Friday 11am-5.30pm, Saturday 11am-2pm.
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Rounding It Up
Rodeos are fun, family-oriented events, and the biggest and best one is right here in Houston. So head on over to see incredible feats of athleticism from both the two-legged and four-legged among us, enjoy a few carnival rides and stick around for an appearance by your favorite band. If that doesn't grab your attention, why not stop by for the endless fried food and the chance to see a blooper reel in the making? This is Rodeo Houston.
(February 28-March 18)
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SLIDESHOW: Long Riders
BLOG POST: How Black Riders Made Their Way to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
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Fried food, drinks and sugar spun any way you can think of it — the mark of a truly great carnival. This one certainly has that and more. Stroll the grounds for a chance to eat pizza on a stick, or any number of other things "on a stick," or to ride the Ferris Wheel, the Mega Drop or the aptly named Dizzy Dragon. It gets bigger and better every year, and there's a special little corner carved out for the smallest children. And don't forget to try your hand at one of the many games — there are ATMs posted every few feet, so you can have a go again and again. Just don't try it on Armed Forces Appreciation Day. Those brave men and women have very honed skills, and there may not be many prizes left once they come through. The carnival is open from the afternoon to midnight on weekdays, and all day on weekends.
Capital One Bank AGVENTURE
If you come to the rodeo hoping to learn a little more about the animals that make it work, this is the right place for you. Located in the Reliant Center, this large-scale educational gathering of livestock will take you through the finer points of farming. See bees making honey, cows and goats giving birth, chicks hatching from eggs, all in front of your eyes. For the non-animal side of agriculture, visit the weaving demonstration or see the cotton gin in action. The exhibits are free and intended for adults as well as children, and since it takes up a huge part of the Center, it's really hard to miss.
Champion Wine Garden
This garden has been a part of the rodeo for some time and can be found on Carruth Plaza from afternoon or early evening to 11 p.m. It has lovely foliage and is intended to help weary visitors take a break for a minute or two, to sit down with a glass of award-winning wine and enjoy themselves. Wine from this year's competition will be on sale by the glass and by the bottle, as well as being available for tasting.
The Hideout
The Hideout is a safe haven for country and western lovers above the age of 21. Open from 6 p.m. onward, this convenient tent will be chock-full of dancers and singers with a little bit of the Texas soul in them.
Kids Country
A special part of the rodeo set aside just for the little ones, this mini carnival contains kid-friendly events such as the Kids Tractor Pull, Mutton Bustin' and Pig Races. It will also have certain staples, including the obligatory petting zoo, an old-fashioned carousel, pony rides, camel rides, the educational "fun on the farm" and a stage devoted to their entertainment courtesy of Radio Disney.
Kids Pedal Tractor Pull
Found in Kids Country, this event is open to kids from four to 12 years of age and allows them to participate in a pedal-powered tractor pull. It takes place several times a day, weekdays and weekends alike.
Mutton Bustin'
A more recent addition to the Rodeo's bag of tricks, this involves a child between the ages of five and six attempting to ride a sheep while it runs wild. This tamer version of bull riding can be seen in Kids Country, and happens every day on an hourly basis. It can also be found in the stadium as part of the rodeo proper every night.
Pig Races
This fun little event's title is fairly self-explanatory. Piglets will compete against each other to reach the other track and win the ultimate purse — treats. It can be found in Kids Country, and happens Monday through Friday on an hourly basis.
Thursday, February 23
American Quarter Horse Association Cutting
This event starts at 8 a.m. sharp, and is sure to be a favorite for those who love to see the solid versatility of quarter horses put to the test.
February 24-March 1
National Cutting Horse Association Cutting
As the name suggests, the NCHA is all about cutting. Stop by at 8 a.m. to see some serious separation of the bovine variety.
Thursday, March 1
Versatility Ranch Horse World Championship Show
A world championship event that showcases the various talents of the ranch horse; it starts at 4 p.m.
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A new rodeo event for the gun-lovers among us.
If the stereotypes are to be believed, there is nothing that appeals more to the Texan heart than the simple life of a cowboy; the horseback riding, lassoing, cow-herding lifestyle exemplified and glorified by the rodeo. Nothing except guns, of course.
This year, the gaping hole in the rodeo lineup has finally been filled, since the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo will be hosting two of the American Quarter Horse Association's world championships: the Versatility Ranch Horse Competition and the Cowboy Mounted Shooting events.
Cowboy Mounted Shooting is fairly straightforward. Riders maneuver their horses through a series of obstacles while firing off shots at strategically placed balloons, showcasing both their equestrian skills and their marksmanship.
"It's fast-paced and very easy for the crowd to understand. The results are instant, and people can tell when someone has done something wrong or when they're doing well," says Joel Cowley, Executive Director of Agricultural Exhibits, when asked why the rodeo has added this particular event.
So for anyone who's ever watched a bull-riding competition and wondered about the seemingly arbitrary points system, the allure is easy to understand.
The organizers at the rodeo finalized the decision to add this event to the program after running a demonstration at last year's show and receiving high reviews.
Of course, as much as we gun-toting Houstonians love the idea of watching balloons get shot to smithereens, few are too keen on being caught by a stray bullet.
"There is no danger to the audience," says Crowley. "All the ammunition used is blank, and all the guns are single-action, so they have to pause between every shot. The balloons pop when the heated powder hits them, not the bullets. The only problem the crowd could have is with the noise."
The other new addition, the Versatility Ranch Horse Competition, is less about the rider and more about the horse. Its purpose is to focus on the skills that a truly gifted ranch horse should possess.
The event takes place in five segments: the Ranch Trail, Ranch Riding, Ranch Cutting, Working Ranch Horse and Ranch Conformation competitions. The cumulative score from each event will decide the world champion.
"These are the best quarter horses in the world," Crowley says. "This event is like a pentathlon, and it will show which of the horses is the best all-around athlete."
Both champion showcases will take place on March 2 and 3, in alternating times with one another in the Reliant Arena.
March 2-3
Versatility Ranch Horse and Cowboy Mounted Shooting World Championship
This combined event, which takes place over the course of two days, is a new addition to the show's lineup and will involve the talents of a quarter horse trained for ranch life in a five-course challenge, as well as a marksmanship test for mounted cowboys as they take on their fiercest enemy yet: stationary balloons. It begins at 9 a.m. on both days.
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Try the best entries from 700 wineries in 20 different countries at the rodeo.
The results are in. The champions have been chosen. It is time.
Every year for the past nine years, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has hosted its International Wine competition, and thousands of wines have found their way to the judging table to be taste-tested and classified.
Last year was no different. More than 700 wineries in 20 different countries sent in entries for the competition, and local, national and international judges worked together to pick the winners. Now the winning wines will be auctioned off at the Rodeo Uncorked! Champion Wine Auction.
The event, in addition to providing an opportunity for publicity to a wide variety of wines and vineyards, is also one of the largest fund-raising occasions at the rodeo. Last year, the proceeds topped $1.2 million, and with the participation of so many wineries, the rodeo hopes to do even better this year.
The auction, which will take place on March 3, will not be the last time these wines are seen.
"The wines will be available for retail by the glass and bottle in the Champion Wine Garden all 20 days of the Rodeo," says the rodeo's Director of Agricultural Exhibits, Joel Cowley. "It's a beautiful setting and a nice escape if you want to sit down and rest."
The big winners also had another chance to show off when they were featured in the Roundup and Best Bites Competition on February 19. The Roundup gathered together 16 restaurants to battle it out with the help of some champion pairings until only three remained. At the end of the evening, awards were handed out to Royers Round Top Cafe (first place, Popular Choice), Valentino Vin Bar (first place, Trailblazing Appetizer/Entrée) and Ooh La La Dessert Boutique (Two-Stepping Bread/Cheese Dessert). This showdown was also when the champion wines officially received their awards, so it was a big night of congratulations all around.
As for the awards themselves, in keeping with the true spirit of the rodeo, the restaurants will receive belt buckles commemorating their victories.
"It's what differentiates us from other competitions. We give chaps, saddles and belt buckles to the winners," Cowley says. "If you go to those wineries or restaurants, you'll see those belt buckles hanging on the wall."
Unless you find your way onto the stage for the Roundup, or have some serious loose change lying around, the best place to find the wines is still in the Champion Wine Garden. It is located at the Carruth Plaza in Reliant Park and will be open from the afternoon to 11 p.m.
March 4-5, 14-16
Quarter Horse Show
Two events, each starting at 8 a.m., will test the skills of quarter horses and their riders. First up are the Roping Events, and then the Speed Events. That will be followed by Halter and Performance shows later on.
March 5-6
Palomino Horse Show
On March 5 at 4 p.m., there'll be a Halter Events show for this dazzlingly colored breed, and on March 6 at 8 a.m., there will be a Performance Events show.
March 7-8
Paint Horse Show
This show for colorfully splotched horses incorporates Halter and Speed events, both at 8 a.m.
March 11-13
Team Penning and Ranch Sorting
If you're willing to watch anything at 7 a.m., this is here as an option. It involves teams working together to separate and sort cows into their respective pens.
March 15-18
Llama and Alpaca Shows
For these four days, visitors can drop in on a number of events for the exhibition of llamas and alpacas, including costume events, halter, speed and showmanship. They occur at various times of the day.
March 16-18
Donkey and Mule Shows
Over the course of three days, there'll be several shows for the performance and showing of donkeys and mules, including showmanship, halter, speed, performance and mule driving (one of the more bizarre sports, if you've ever watched it). The events will be either in the early morning, at 8 or 9 a.m., or midday, such as noon or 2 p.m.
February 29-MARCH 18
Goats, cattle, sheep and student artwork all go to the Reliant Center to be judged. Stop by if you want to see who won the blue ribbon (or the large, tricolored ribbon, as the case may be) in any of those events.
SATURDAY, February 25
Professional Bull Riders Built Ford Tough Series
For the first time, this series, which involves 40 bull riders and their bucking adversaries in an exhilarating eight-second battle, will be held in Reliant Stadium. It begins at 2 p.m. and will require the purchase of a separate ticket.
February 28-March 17
RODEOHOUSTON BP Super Series
Starting at 3:45 p.m. on the weekends and 6:45 p.m. on weekdays, this is the main event. Each day will bring another round and another chance at winning money and recognition for the competitors. The Super Series comes to its final crescendo with the championship on Saturday, March 17.
Each show will be followed by a concert starring a different musical guest, and that schedule is as follows:
(Every Wednesday is "Value Wednesday," meaning that ticket prices drop to $10.)
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Trail to Talent
This year's musical lineup has something for everyone.
Although the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is best known for its country music concerts with guests ranging from the fairly obscure to the superstar, it always tries to have a little something for everyone.
One of the standouts in this year's itinerary is Enrique Iglesias, the Latin heartthrob and singer of such classics as "Bailamos" and "Hero," who will be performing Tuesday, March 6, following that day's rodeo proper. It's a continuation of his Euphoria Tour, which brought him into Houston several months back on October 12. This is a second chance for fans who missed him the first time around, and possibly the last for a while, since he will be heading south of the border once he finishes with the Rodeo.
Hometown favorite ZZ Top will also be gracing the stage. This will be the fourth time the bearded Houston heroes entertain the rodeo crowd, the last time being in 2009. Their performance will take place on March 18.
And for the children, the usual Disney Channel graduate has been replaced with Nickelodeon alumnus Big Time Rush — a band of four teen boys known for performing on Big Time Rush, a television show about a band of four teen boys.
Among the other guests are Kid Rock, who will be helping to celebrate Armed Forces Appreciation Day on February 29, country star Miranda Lambert on March 13, her husband and The Voice judge Blake Shelton on March 7, up-and-coming sibling act The Band Perry on March 2, R&B artist John Legend on March 14, and many more.
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Wednesday, Feb. 29 (Armed Forces Appreciation Day)
Kid Rock
Thursday, March 1
Lady Antebellum
Friday, March 2 (Black Heritage Day)
John Legend
Saturday, March 3
Luke Bryan
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Eli Young Band
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Enrique Iglesias
Wednesday, March 7
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ZZ Top
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Saturday, March 10
Chris Young
Sunday, March 11 (Go Tejano Day)
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ICCAT follows scientific advice on Atlantic bluefin tuna, makes some progress on sharks, efforts to combat illegal fishing
Nov 19, 2012, 09:54 ET from Pew Environment Group
AGADIR, Morocco, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Pew Environment Group:
At the conclusion of their week-long meeting in Agadir, 48 member governments of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas today adopted positive measures that will help conserve the iconic Atlantic bluefin tuna, and advance shark protection in the future. But they deferred meaningful action on other pressing matters.
"While we're pleased that ICCAT supported efforts to help rebuild bluefin tuna populations, it's regrettable that the commission couldn't achieve consensus on immediate protective measures for sharks," said Susan Lieberman, director of international policy at the Pew Environment Group. "While there was progress toward putting in place an electronic system to track bluefin tuna, it is disappointing that ICCAT only made limited progress in overall efforts to stop illegal fishing."
ICCAT is a regional fisheries management organization (RMFO) responsible for approximately 30 species of fish in the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas such as the Mediterranean. Delegates met in Agadir, Morocco from Nov. 12-19 to negotiate a variety of conservation measures for tunas and severely depleted and threatened ocean species.
By following the advice of their own scientists to not increase fishing quotas for Atlantic bluefin tuna, one of the ocean's most valuable fish, ICCAT solidified its commitment to making decisions based on sound science.
"It is encouraging that ICCAT listened to the recommendations of its own scientists and agreed to keep catch limits for bluefin tuna within their advice," said Lieberman. "This decision will give this depleted species a fighting chance to continue on the path to recovery after decades of overfishing and mismanagement. Although we are disappointed that the quota has only been set for one year in the western Atlantic and two years in the eastern Atlantic, we are hopeful that governments will expand their efforts to stop the illegal fishing and fraud in parts of this fishery."
An electronic bluefin catch documentation scheme, initiated at ICCAT's 2011 annual meeting, will promote compliance and help combat the persistent illegal and unreported fishing of Atlantic bluefin tuna, especially in the Mediterranean Sea.
In a ground-breaking move, ICCAT member governments also agreed to modernize and amend the treaty under which the commission operates. One of their top priorities includes adding a mandate for the conservation and management of sharks. This is the first time that negotiations will be launched to significantly amend the RFMO's treaty since it was finalized in 1966.
"This is encouraging news for the future of sharks," said Lieberman. "ICCAT agreed today to formally begin a process that will amend the text of its convention to explicitly include sharks, instead of just managing them as bycatch in ICCAT fisheries. This action sets the stage for improved international management of shark fishing in the Atlantic, which is causing serious depletion of many shark species."
Throughout the week, ICCAT member governments sparred over other shark policy proposals. As in recent years, the RFMO considered necessary protection for porbeagle sharks. But it failed to reach consensus, even though porbeagles are one of the most vulnerable species caught in ICCAT fisheries. The next opportunity to protect these sharks will be at the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in March 2013.
Delegates also failed to reach agreement on a catch limit for shortfin mako sharks, despite scientific advice. This highly vulnerable species continues to be in jeopardy from target fisheries as well as those fisheries taking the sharks as bycatch.
During their negotiations, ICCAT member governments took an important step in their fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing by adopting a scheme for port inspections. All vessels will now be required to provide information about their catch before entering port, and governments will have minimum requirements to inspect those vessels in port. Unfortunately, under this scheme, even if a vessel is found to have fished illegally, port governments will not be obligated to deny it landing, transshipment or access to port services.
The Pew Environment Group is the conservation arm of The Pew Charitable Trusts, a nongovernmental organization that works globally to establish pragmatic, science-based policies that protect our oceans, preserve our wild lands, and promote clean energy.
Editor's Notes
1. High resolution images and high definition B-roll are available for download.
2. The ICCAT convention area is 24.8 percent of the global ocean surface (89,894,286 km square).
3. Morocco was among the first countries to join ICCAT in 1969. It has the second largest reported catch of eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna (1,237 metric tonnes in 2011). Morocco is second only to the EU (which reported 5,656 metric tonnes) and is one of a few countries that catches bluefin tuna in both the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
4. The porbeagle shark has commercial value for its large fins and meat and is taken both in directed fisheries and as bycatch (marine life that is incidentally caught by vessels targeting other species). Scientists project that, under current rates of exploitation, this stock would need a minimum of several decades and possibly more than 100 years to fully recover. The porbeagle shark is proposed for inclusion in the Appendices of CITES, which meets in March 2013.
5. The next tuna RFMO meeting, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, convenes in Manila from December 2-6. There are important decisions to be made on strengthened conservation measures for tropical tunas in the Pacific and shark conservation. The Pew Environment Group will be there as well.
6. More resources on bluefin tuna:
- The Story of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
- Illegal Bluefin: Challenges to Accurately Counting Bluefin in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
- Improving the Count of Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna: A Review of New Science in 2012
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Judges 18:15
And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
1 Samuel 17:22
And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
1 Samuel 30:21
And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
2 Kings 10:15
And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.


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The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has decided not to hire an outside company to help it with pothole repairs, as was previously carried out for free by the Dial Direct and LeadSA pothole service.
After fixing more than 30 000 potholes in Joburg, Pretoria and Ekurhuleni at no cost to taxpayers, the popular Dial Direct service was controversially stopped in June owing to some red tape over tender procedures. At the time the JRA tried to appease a public backlash by announcing that the service would go out to public tender, but has now made an about-turn and said it would use internal maintenance teams for pothole repairs.
No reason was given for the change of heart, and why local authorities would want to pay for filling potholes while the private sector is willing to do it for nothing.
The move goes against government's calls to engage in private-public partnerships to improve infrastructure, and means ratepayers will continue to foot the bill for road repairs.
City of Johannesburg spokesman Gabu Tugwana, however, said that the through its service delivery improvement plan the city was "focusing on a range of interventions, including in the area of pothole repairs, that are intended to significantly improve its performance levels".
He says the JRA's strategy will be to arrest the deterioration of the roads before potholes are formed.
The AA has slammed the JRA's decision to go it alone with pothole repairs. "It is unbelievable that a free service be denied which would augment stretched resources and at the same time, increase service delivery to the ratepayers," says AA spokesman Gary Ronald.
"If/when the e-Tolls are implemented, additional traffic pressure is going to be put on alternative routes through the city, which is going to compound the existing situation. The AA hopes that the JRA has plans in place to deal with the accelerated wear of these routes, as well as the necessary road safety interventions to prevent crashes."
The JRA also responded to ongoing criticism regarding deteriorating road markings and malfunctioning traffic lights. Gauteng's roads are rife with non-working traffic lights, some of which remain out of service for weeks or even months, and the average number of traffic lights malfunctioning a month is 540 out of the total of 2121 in the JRA's jurisdiction.
Tugwana partly laid the blame for delayed traffic light repairs on power failures and stolen cables vandalism, but didn't explain why so many traffic lights stopped working in rainy weather.
"Traffic signals are maintained through proactive interventions as well as on a reactive basis," he said, and said that maintenance teams drove along priority routes every morning before peak traffic conducting inspections to ensure that traffic signals were operating. "Traffic signals are repaired on a priority basis, being major arterials in the first instance followed by arterial routes and others thereafter."
On the prevalence of fading road markings, Tugwana blamed the problem on silt washing on to the road surface where there were no paved sidewalks, which scrubbed the paint off and led to accelerated fading of road markings.
As to why it took so long for faded lines to be repainted, he said the JRA was responsible for maintaining 10 000km of road infrastructure across Joburg, but that the agency "will intensify road network monitoring and routine maintenance activities".
According to Ronald: "Road maintenance is key to saving lives and preventing road crashes from happening. About 10 percent of fatalities can be directly ascribed to the road environment. Obviously this refers not only to poorly maintained road surfaces but to the signage and markings as well.
"If the roads agencies, and by implication, [the] government, are really serious about traffic safety, then this would be a priority in terms of the Decade of Action for Road Safety (50 percent reduction in road crashes by 2020) and would enjoy the attention the problem deserves," said Ronald. -Star Motoring


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Nov 28, 2012
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Mods so far full mIlltek forge DV forge twin take apr hpfp,rs4 brakes,carbon roof, carbon c pillars . Dyno at 367 hp
Very nice upgrades!
Fitted my11 rear lights. Great upgrade and on ten minutes to fit. Win win.
What map are you running to be at 367hp?
Apr stage 2+ with full mIlltek non res,hpfp forge twin take. Dyno to prove. She does go well but it has killed my clutch
Now fitted flat bottom mfsw. Great mod and less than an hour to fit.
Also fitted carbon fibre toll piano black inserts.
You've been busy...
True. But this modding bug is hitting me hard. Still got to finish my Subaru powered vw camper and 57 beetle. Not enough hours in the day lol. Hope you had a great Xmas mate
It just keeps going!
Good Xmas here...hope you had the same,and best wishes for the New Year too.
Where u get brackets to fit them brakes ? Are you using rs4 disks? Cheers
Yes using rs4 Calipers and disks. Made a massive difference Well worth the hassle But I had to use spacers and there is only 3 mm gap between wheel and disk so had to have weights on wheels moved a lot further into wheel. Had brackets machined at a friends engineering shop.
I'm on 19" bbs et50 so would be nice if I could get away without spacers , what's the pedal travel like ? Got a set of these brakes sat at work just need brackets , but no where seems to sell them
Looks good mate love the brake set up
Pedal travel is greatly reduced. Stops very well indeed. Especially with 367 hp under my pedal lol. I think backdraft do brackets
Thread needs much more pics..
I will stick loads more pics on when I get home from my holiday home. Happy new year audi nutters
Sounding good, nice subtle but effective upgrades - more pics (right way up) required
Latest news. New spec clutch ordered and being fitted tommorow aswell as full clutch and water pump kit...also haldex service. Tommorow is going to be expensive then Friday off to meet the the main man Nigel nhn. To have white dis fitted. Very excited... I'm sad I know. Pics to follow. Then maybe retrim and suspension upgrades
Won the lottery or something??! Most would spread the cost of all that out across the year!!!
Been putting it off for a while. Don't want too many jobs mounting up. I like keeping on top of my car maintenance. I've also fitted audi tts engine cover and r8 oil cap. Looks a little better. What have you been upto on your motor.
Good man...you'll be amazed by the clutch.
Hope so Alex. Now for coilovers. Been looking at kw variant 2. What do you think. I don't want to spend more than a grand. Any ideas
Forge intercooler development, and also another development, but they asked me not to say just yet.
Mmmm sounds exciting. Will it give more power. If so how much.
The tt shop sells these brackets matey
Intercooler gave me a 22bhp gain.
Hard to say with the other development.........typical Forge craftsman ship though, soooo shiny.
My own feeling is that the kW v3 is a better option,but then it does break the price limit,but both are good options,although you should also take a look at the Bilsteins for that sort of money.
The only criticism I have of the v3 is that there are so many combinations of damper settings that it takes a lot of fiddling to get it just right.
I didn't realise you can get that sort of power gain from an intercooler. Thanks for advice on coilovers s3 Alex. Will look into this subject a little bit more.
Found kw v3 for 1112 plus vat. Is that a good price
I think the price is pretty good,but check if it includes fitting.
As to the intercooler,it's more the fact that as air temperature rises,density decreases,and the end result is a loss of power.
The power gain seen with a good intercooler is as much an expression of how much is LOST with a poor one,and for anyone looking at a BT build,then it is an essential,and the temps with my ProAlloy never rise more than about 15C above ambient,which is a pretty good result.
Would I gain much on stage 2+ then .....I've gone off the idea of big turbo as wife want a loft conversion on my second home in Torbay. Lol. But I'm going for suspension next. Think I will geek kw v3 anti lift kit etc. hopefully will get rid of that under steer...then getting some new tyres Looking at the semi slick Yokos or the toyo r888.
When they did the development work on the RS3, it gained 50bhp!!!! (they put a huge one on the RS3)
I can understand putting the turbo on hold!
Suspension will allow you to use a lot more of the power anyway,and if you add in the ARBs,it makes a huge difference.
One thing about semislicks...I used Toyo R1Rs for a good while.....they are great on a dry road,a bit dodgy on a greasy road,and bloody awful if it rains.
The R888s will be like that but a lot more so.
I only use car on nice days. So hardly been out in her recently lol. Been to see car today and clutch is done and cam belt kit too but garage wouldn't let me take car till full road test and full check over after run. Good to see a local firm so on the ball. They have also noticed a very small oil leak from around cam shaft.
well just collected the s3. all i can say is fantastic feel to the new clutch. and no noise from smf. im a very happy boy
Great mods fella. Still need to see some pics though And of the camper if you have any
And I'm pleased that you're pleased LOL.
I'd hate to recommend something that worked for me but didn't for another member.
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Understanding 2.0
The term 2.0 is often misused by marketers and advertisers to attract attention, but its origin comes from the 2001 crash of the internet. In a brainstorming session about the future of the web, internet guru Tim OReilly referred to the next level of the internet as 2.0. Shakeouts typically mark the point at which an ascendant technology is ready to take its place at center stage. The pretenders are given the bum's rush, the real success stories show their strength, and there begins to be an understanding of what separates one from the other wrote OReilly.
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International Military and Government LLC (IMG), Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded a $410,730,320 firm-fixed-priced delivery order #0007 under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5032) for additional Mine Resistance Ambush Protected (MRAP) Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) vehicles. This delivery order is for the purchase 743 Category I vehicles. The Category I is an MRAP vehicle used by the Marine Corps and other Joint Forces for convoy operations. MRAP vehicles are required to increase the survivability and mobility of troops operating in hazardous fire areas against known threats such as small arms fire, improvised explosive devices, and other explosive threats. Work will be performed in WestPoint, Miss, and work is expected to be completed November 2008. Contract funds will not expire by the end of the current fiscal year.This contract was competitively procured. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
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text: WHO: Me (41) DH (40) DS13 (13) DS10 (10) WHAT: 7 day cruise on the Disney Magic WHEN: August 11 - August 18, 2001 THURSDAY - August 16 This was our last day at sea, and I expected to spend it relaxing and doing not much of anything. I got up around 7:00. The ship was creaking a lot last night and this morning, although I'm not sure why. I see I'm still pretty sunburned on my collar bone and face. DH10 and I went to Topsider's for breakfast. I had my "usual" half bagel, 2 pineapple slices, 2 slices of bacon, 1 sausage link, chocolate danish, juice, and chocolate milk. Wow, did I really eat that much for breakfast every day? (I'm not usually much of a breakfast person.) I asked him if he'd like to go down to deck 4 and try shuffle board with me. I've never played before, and it was one of the things I wanted to try on the cruise, and time was running out. He was happy to accompany me. We don't know what the rules are, so we just shuffle our pucks back and forth, and tally up the points we get. At first I was wacking the pucks, more like playing pool, and I couldn't get them to move very much no matter how hard I smacked them. But DS10 showed me how to slide them and I did much better after that. It's funny how a 10 year old who has never played this before can figure it out, but I needed to be showed. It started getting hot so we went to the cabin to check on DS13 and DH. They were going to breakfast, so I took DS10 to the Mickey pool for is favorite activity - sliding down the Mickey slide a bunch of times. It's barely 9:00 so there is no one there. I grabbed a lounge chair in the shade since my sunburn is a bit itchy today, and read my book. While there, I noticed the black smelly smoke billowing from the smoke stack. The Mickey pool is in the back of the ship, just below the smoke stack, and I noticed several times this week while at the pool that the diesel-smelling smoke would drop down on the people at the Mickey pool. Is that good planning or what? Soon DS13 joined DS10 on the Mickey slide. After an hour the three of us returned to the cabin. I had left a note for our state room host (the kids tell me his name is Jose, although he never came and introduced himself to us) next to the towel "animal" he left us the night before, asking him what it was supposed to be. Apparently last night it fell over on the bed, so Jose had reassembled it for us on the couch, where it was able to stand up better, and it was obviously an elephant. We also received our tip envelopes and tipping form on the desk. The form is for if you want to charge your tips to your room. You fill out on the form how much to give each person and take it to Guest Services, where they will make the charges and give you tickets to place in each of the envelopes indicating the amount of the tip. DH, DS10 and I were interested in the galley tour later today, so we went to pick up passes for it outside Studio Sea. The passes have a time printed on them for when you should report to Lumiere's. Ours was 3:45, which conflicted with the matinee showing of Disney Dreams I had planned on seeing. Since we were practically in front of Lumiere's, I talked DS10 into eating lunch with me there. That was another thing I had wanted to do at least once this week - eat lunch in the dining room. So far I had done the buffets and the fast food on deck. DH decided to check out the seafood buffet at Topsiders and planned to bring DS13 with him. DS10 and I were seated with a couple from Rochester. At first I thought they were brother and sister, and I also thought they were in their late teens. But it turns out they are married. They were very friendly and chatted with my son about all the things he liked on ship so far. They had done a short cruise last year, so this was their 2nd Disney cruise. DS10 and I both ordered cheeseburgers, which were very good. I also ordered potato skins for my appetizer. For dessert, I just had to try the white chocolate cheesecake I was contemplating on last night's dinner menu and it was OUT OF THIS WORLD!!! I told DS10 how good it was and thought he'd really like it. He ordered some apple dessert that he really liked. The two of us waddled back to the room to digest, we were both so full. DH, DS13 and I wanted to see the 1:00 showing of Atlantis in the Buena Vista theater. I was tired, and so full, that I kept nodding off during the movie. (And it's a VERY loud movie!) After that, I walked down to Guest Services to charge our tips. I read on these boards that it's best to do this on Thursday before the lines get long. Next I met DH and DS10 in the atrium for our galley tour. The guided tour takes you back into the kitchens of Lumiere's and Parrot Cay. During the tour, they offered cookies in the bakery section of the kitchen, but I was still too full to take one. After our tour, DS10 wanted me to play shuffle board again. We were on the sunny side of the ship and we got hot, so we didn't play for too long. I had to take a shower when we got back to the room, though. Tonight was the Captain's Gala dinner and we ate in Parrot Cay. We got dressed up again but we didn't have any formal portraits taken tonight. Which is just as well, since my face was a bit red from my sunburn still. We saw Leonard Malten again; his table is near ours. Leonard Malten was the guest celebrity on board. Apparently he wrote a book about Disney movies and did a book signing one day. The book was available for purchase in Treasure Ketch. He also gave a talk sometime during the week. I didn't attend either, so I can't comment. He was on board with his wife. Some people actually came up to him while he was eating to ask for his autograph and to take pictures of him. He was gracious about the whole thing, but we thought "How could they be so intrusive?" I was still feeling full (well, not hungry any way) from lunch, so I skipped the appetizer tonight. DH had the grilled shrimp and it was very good. I had the beef tenderloin with bernaise sauce that came with a twice-baked potato. Both were delicious. I didn't like the vegetable au gratin that came on the plate, though. It was a sort of muffin with the texture of an omelet, with vegetables baked into it. DH ordered the scallops and fettuccini in champagne cream sauce. It came with only four scallops, which where very good, and a lot of pasta, which was "OK". We both had the chocolate lava cake which I thought was delicious and very chocolatey. It reminded me of the chocolate souffle at Palo's. I thought this was the best meal of the trip (except maybe for Palo's.) DS10 ordered the white chocolate cheesecake for dessert and it was the same thing I had for dessert at lunch today and he LOVED it. He couldn't finish his entire piece so he asked Dennis (our assistant server) if he could bring the rest back to the room. Dennis brought back a new piece, covered, for him to take back and DS10 added his leftover piece to the plate so he could take that back as well. Tonight was supposed to be "semi-formal", but I saw several people at several tables who were dressed casually. DS10 said that if they're not dressed appropriately, they should not be let into the dining room. HA! People were definitely less dressed up tonight than they were Sunday. I still saw a handful of tuxes, though. After dinner our assistant server encouraged us to fill out the comment card that would be left in our room, regarding the food and service. It seemed like he was fishing for compliments, and I half expected him to say "Don't forget our tips!" Later went to Disney Dreams. DS13 did not want to go - he seemed to know the premise of the show, and indicated he did not want to see a show about a girl who dreams about Disney characters, but we told him he was going with us and that was that. (He wanted to see the movie "Princess Diaries" instead.) We got there 1/2 hour early to get good seats, but it was already quite full, with most of the lower center section already filled. We saw a string of 12 empty seats in row L and grabbed four in the middle. I was in the very center. Then a kid around 12-13 years old came over and said he was saving all those seats. I replied "You're not allowed to save seats in the Walt Disney theater. The Navigator says so." And we stayed where we were. DH and I really liked Disney Dreams. It was their most lavish production on the entire cruise. The costumes and the scenery were beautiful. DS13 was determined not to like it, since he was forced to go. DS10, who did not mind going, did not really care for it either. What's wrong with my kids? It probably appeals more to little girls because of the romantic nature of many of the Disney movies that are portrayed in Disney Dreams. After the show the kids went back to the room. DH and I went to Treasure Ketch so I could get a gold bracelet made (gold plated, really). I had been in there earlier in the day and saw all the spools of different kinds of gold chain for sale, ranging in price from $.95 per inch to $1.50 per inch. I knew my skinny wrists only required 6" and I chose a $1.50/inch chain, so the bracelet was only $9. They cut the chain and would add a clapse and it would be ready tomorrow after 7:30. We strolled a little on deck 4 and then went to the deck 7 aft veranda to look at the stars. As usual, there was no one else here. It was a clear night with no moon, so you could really see the stars well. We were able to see the Milky Way! And all around is it's so black, except for the ship's foamy white and blue wake. It must be scary to be on a small ship in the ocean at night. Tonight's towel animal was a really fantastic peacock, which I just had to get a picture of. We went to bed fairly early (by 11:00) so we could get an early start tomorrow on Castaway Cay.


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Before you get too excited, I should mention that this is what the US Army plans to put on our soldiers around 2030. If you want to see it before that, you'll have to stick with your local Star Wars convention.
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text: The last version of numpy gives me headaches. I've been able to trace the problem to the use of astype(). When a memmap is deleted I get the following warning: Exception exceptions.ValueError: 'mmap closed or invalid' in <bound method memmap.__del__ of memmap([ 0., 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6., 7., 8., 9.])> ignored The memmap still seems to work but these error messages slow don't the processing considerably. When reverting back to numpy 1.0.2 the problem disappears. Below is a short program that reproduces the warnings: == import numpy a = numpy.memmap(r'C:\Temp\test.dat', mode='w+', shape=(10,), dtype='b') for i in range(10): a[i] = i del a a = numpy.memmap(r'C:\Temp\test.dat', mode='r', shape=(10,), dtype='b') a = a.astype('d') del a == The last delete produces the warnings. Am I doing something wrong or should this be fixed in numpy? Regards, Wim Bakker International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) Chamber of Commerce: 410 27 560 E-mail disclaimer The information in this e-mail, including any attachments, is intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or action in relation to the content of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please delete the message and any attachment and inform the sender by return e-mail. ITC accepts no liability for any error or omission in the message content or for damage of any kind that may arise as a result of e-mail transmission.


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Depending on your perspective, the Rays season can reasonably be branded a success or a failure. Yes, they won 92 games in the regular-plus-one season and beat Cleveland in the AL wild-card game, but again, for the third time in four years, they couldn't get through a best-of-five Division Series.
There will be changes for next season, because there always are with the budget-driven Rays, including the possibility, as you may have heard, of trading ace David Price.
But if the flaw was in the philosophy of how they construct the roster, that is not going to change.
In short, an emphasis on pitching with a missive to figure out how to score more than they allow.
Essentially, a pitching-first agenda for the entire organization, from scouting and drafting through player development in the minors to the majors.
"We want as many good young players as we can, but if we're going to be short one area or the other, it has to be on the offensive side," executive VP Andrew Friedman explained. "We can piece together position players that give us a chance to win 90-plus games. We can't do that on the pitching side, especially in the rotation.
"Ideally we'd be great in both. That's always the goal. But for us, we have to not lose sight of what has allowed us to have the success we've had over the last six years, and not knee-jerk the other way and get into a situation where we're scoring more runs but we're allowing a lot more.
"That's not a brand of baseball that we feel like we can win in the American League East."
TRAVELIN' MAN: Manager Joe Maddon made the first official journey in his new 40-foot RV last week from Tampa to Hazleton, Pa., for a family wedding, and now turns it around this week to head to Charleston, S.C., and Key West. "All good," he texted, presumably while his wife, Jaye, was driving.
RAYS RUMBLINGS: Of the baseball-most 13 Rays minor-leaguers suspended for drug-related reasons since the start of 2012, nine were at the Class A level or below. … Though Dave Martinez's interview for the Cubs manager job went well, talk among Chicago media observers is that Padres bench coach Rick Renteria might be the favorite. … The cost of the unsuccessful acquisition of RHP Jesse Crain goes beyond the minor-leaguers, LHP Sean Bierman and INF Ben Kline, and cash sent to the White Sox; the Rays also paid Crain $1.57 million in salary, plus invested extensive man hours by the training staff. … Spring training is set to open for pitchers and catchers Feb. 14 and the full squad Feb. 19, with the first exhibition at the end of the month. FanFest is Feb. 22. … There's chatter about the Rangers being among the more aggressive teams in pursuit of Price. … The Rays' Class-A Bowling Green team mascot, Axle the Bear, invited the Dodgers' unauthorized dugout-dancing Rally Bear to the Hot Rods' April 3 opener. … Evan Longoria's Tampa sports bar, Ducky's, is moving toward its grand opening; check duckystampa.com. … C Oscar Hernandez was ranked No. 2 among short-season Class A N.Y.-Penn League prospects, LHP Enny Romero 12th among Double-A Southern Leaguers by Baseball America.
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2013* 700 (9) 646 (5) +54 (6)
2012 697 (11) 577 (1) +120 (2)
2011* 707 (8) 614 (1) +93 (4)
2010* 802 (3) 649 (2) +153 (2)
2009 803 (5) 754 (7) +49 (5)
2008# 774 (9) 671 (2) +103 (3)
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Nurse's annexation vote draws green flak
ST. PETERSBURG -- Karl Nurse's appointment to the City Council in April was heralded by green activists across Pinellas County who saw him as an ally.
Nurse, after all, co-founded the Pinellas Living Green Expo and was a Suncoast Sierra Club board member.
But Nurse's vote Friday to approve the city's controversial annexation of Tierra Verde's waterfront commercial district has triggered debate about his environmental loyalities among Earth lovers.
"It's a sad day for the Sierra Club when a member of the Suncaost Sierra Club, who was also a force behind the Living Green Expo would move to this blasphemous annexation vote WHICH WILL ALLOW INCREASED DENSITY on a barrier island for developers who are KNOWN to care less about environmental issues," wrote activist Lorraine Margeson in an e-mail blast sent to local leaders and other activists after Friday's vote. "Mr. Nurse, as far as I am concerned you are no longer green except when it comes to money."
Nurse fired back with his own e-mail that listed eight environmental issues he has worked on as a council member, including a project to eliminate methane gas from being a by-product of sewage treatment and lobbying Progress Energy to make their rebates for energy efficiency easier for lower income families.
The list wasn't enough to appease some activists.
"All well and good, Karl," responded Jan Allyn. "But WHY IN THE WORLD did you vote for the TV annexation? Just about no one, other than the developers who want to put some more condos out there, thought it was a good idea. And costly litigation is certain to result."
Other green-minded residents defended Nurse.
"Karl is probably one of the greenest politicians in Tampa Bay, so I would cut him a break here," wrote Marc Washburn, conservation chairman of the Suncoast Sierra Club. "We need Karl in office and not on the sidelines."
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Acer will be showcasing the Acer CloudMobile at the Mobile World Congress which takes place at the end of the month.
The Acer CloudMobile is already an award-winner before its even been officially unveiled to the general public. Acer reported that the new smartphone has won the "iF design award 2012" , which is awarded for outstanding achievement in design.
This is the first 3G have heard about the Acer CloudMobile, but we like the mobile already due to its stylish shape and gloss-black finish. Other than the images very little detail has been made available about the new smartphone.
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When will Californians get fed up with the racketeering-style annual threats to slash basic government services, such as police and fire protection, and essential education (classroom teachers and professors), and vote the bums out of office?
Surprise — California once again projected overly optimistic tax revenues.
For the economically challenged minds in Sacramento, here's some news: when the state loses 2 million jobs, is in a recession and losing businesses to other states, the result is a loss in tax revenues. Duh.
When you fail to cut unnecessary expenditures, such as the high-speed train, to nowhere or reduce costs of much-too-generous school administrator salaries, pensions, etc. a bad situation worsens.
The unenlightened argue that bonds or special funds are paying for pet projects. To those, I offer a simple example: a family has enough money for food or a vacation — which would they choose?
Leaving it to the current set of politicians, it would be that the family starves.
The Republicans drafted a pension reform bill to the exact wishes of Gov. Jerry Brown, but it's stalled because the Democrats in the legislature are afraid to lose union monies for their re-elections. Well, let's show them what we, the voters, think of this: Anyone who takes a dime from a public-employee union should not get a single vote. Vote for folks who promise to get the California house in order, to make real reform or resign in disgrace if they do not accomplish their mission.
It's time we have a state proposition that totally bans all election contributions and any forms of advertising and all lobbyists. Those who are elected to public office have one responsibility and one only — to their represented constituents.


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