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I agree with SquirrelDog6 and Kingsgurl. I also think you never see these problems in adba style dogs. They seem to have a whole lot more rear angulation imo. In other words, their drive train is more solid. Eeyore has decent angulation but could definitely use more.
The weekend warrior thing is probably a big factor as well. Thanks for the well wishes all.
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The insurance is way worth it. I've decided to put it on foster dogs too. The care is just so expensive when something happens. You gotta love those high energy dogs! I look at my Whippet sometimes and think "Uggghhh, what did I get myself into. We got her after a Jack Russel/Pomerainian/APBT mix didn't work out for us. Her breeder had a litter on the way and we put in for one. She's pretty much a 24/7 dog. Way high energy.
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Kingsgurl wrote:That's why I have questions about this particular injury in APBT. I don't think it can just be laid at the door of the rise in popularity of the breed.
I've owned them since 1984 and NEVER had a dog come up with one. Now both my current dogs have had it.
I recently heard theories linking it to the way people currently tend to keep dogs (ie, they are more usually kept either inside or crated, not loose to run all day in the yard (or, heaven forbid, running the neighborhood) Let's face it, in the house, they lay on the couch (or the bed ) while we are gone, then play hard when we come home.
Kind of makes sense to me (the week end warrior syndrome) I just wish I KNEW more about it since I sure as hell want to avoid it in the future!
Yes, good points. I also have had this breed a long time and none of my previous dogs had any knee problems.
People's life styles have changed over the years. So it makes sense about their dogs living differently too. Plus both people and dogs these days tend to be more overweight and less active. All of this affects a dog's knees.
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Having a dog with two blown CCLs one repaired surgically (4 sutures) the other repaired with a custom orthopedic brace, I would not have the surgery again on a dog older than 5 years of age. I would definitely not have a TPLO done, ever. Too risky and too invasive with too much chance for complications. A very young dog may recover a lot better from a traditional repair, but older dogs may have complications with orthopedic surgery. In any case, I would go with a custom brace and physical therapy with or without the surgery to help with the recovery and to increase comfortable mobility of the joint. My dog with the completely blown CCLs has had pain with the surgically repaired knee since the surgery and her brace (naturally) repaired knee has more laxity but is not bothering her at all. She wears the brace only during longer walks or exercise but she's 12 so has slowed down quite a bit. For the most part she is brace free and gets around just fine.
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Some studies seem to indicate that recent early sneutering practices correlate to increases in CCL rupture. I don't know about the weekend warrior suggestion. Plenty of daily working dogs blow CCLs too.
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My personal experience doesn't jibe with the early spuetering theory since martin blew both while intact, but that is anecdotal at best.
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Weird...when Spud tore his CCL, the vet told us about the two surgeries they could do. the fishing-line one, and the TPLO. They told me they wouldn't recommend the fishing-line one to a pit bull, as they could easily rip it and be back to square one. o.O
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Lately the vets at the practice where I work have gone completly off the TPLO surgery. We've had three patients referred to surgeons to have a TPLO done who have ended up with severe infections. One, a bull mastiff/dane mix ended up with MRSA, another, a German Shepherd, had to have the plate removed, and the third had emergency surgery last night at our clinic to have the site flushed, cleaned and is now on IV antibiotics.
It's a shame because that third one was completely weight bearing and looked fabulous at his 10 day follow up. Two days later he was more lame than before the surgery.
It's a shame because that third one was completely weight bearing and looked fabulous at his 10 day follow up. Two days later he was more lame than before the surgery.
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I believe my pit has this injury and will require surgery. I'm taking him to a specialist after Christmas and I'm curious as to the cost of the traditional surgery. I do not have the pet insurance (kicking myself now)
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I am very sorry to hear that. As you can see from just this thread, the options are confusing. I highly recommend checking out the Yahoo Orthodog site. Prices on each surgery will vary depending on where you are and who does the surgery. I know a few people in the Bay area, I can dig around and see who they recommend if you like.
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Thanks Kingsgurl...I'm in the Manteca area now and the specialist is in Stockton. Any help you can give is great..I'm just looking for ballpark figures so as to have an idea of what I'm getting into.
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Bronx has been having left rear leg issues for quite sometime now and I was always told by my regular vet that he might have a small tear but that he was sure the CCL was not torn and did not recommend surgery. I was able to keep him somewhat tamed (limited jumping) and things were going great until this weekend when he slipped on the wet grass and came back a three legged dog. I just got back from the Vet (new vet that was recommended for these procedures) and after X-Rays and consultations Bronx has fully blown his CCL. He will be going into suregery on Friday to have the traditional operation done. Wish him luck and updateds to follow.
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FreeDarko's Bethlehem Shoals, a regular contributor to NBA FanHouse and co-author of The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History (visit the FreeDarko store, too!), is keeping a game-by-game diary of the Heat's season — the one you're pretending not to care about.
Result: Heat 88, Bucks 78
Record: 14-8
Don't think I can't hear you. The NBA season is long enough already. Why waste our time dwelling on a single, over-hyped entity that hasn't come close to the show we were promised? Admit it — if the Heat were the Second Coming, this column would make perfect sense, and any of us would gladly make time to watch them. Or not turn away when they showed up on screen. Or, at the very least, not be so hard on this poor slob just trying to make a living at the job he always dreamed of doing. You see, you fuckers, I suffer with you. You talk about resenting the Heat. I live it.
And in a way, that sense of the team as a product still unworthy of its billings has made the NBA's famously irrelevant regular season actually meaningful. There's some weird cultural jiu-jitsu afoot here. Over the summer, LeBron James made his name bigger than ever by pissing off as many people as possible. This season, the Heat have made their season into must-watch basketball not by thrilling us, but by holding us all hostage. At the moment, we still have absolutely no clue how good this team is. They can batter around teams headed for the lottery or a low seed. Against quality outfits — the real litmus test in this top-heavy league — we're still waiting for clarity.
The Heat have won five straight going into tonight's game against the Jazz, the first decent team Miami has faced since that immortal Dallas loss. Before that, they dropped four out of five. So far, they have dropped two to the Celtics (neither as close as the final score suggested), and split a pair with Orlando. They lost to the Jazz once, and to the Hornets, back when the Hornets were good. All at different stages of their evolution.
Unless you believe that the Heat are totally static, at some point there will come a sign. We will start lean something about this team. It will happen once, then twice, then several times in a week. That's when we'll truly understand the Heat past our initial disappointment (or delight, if you swing that way). That mystery, that need for information, is why a game like tonight's is circled on the calendar, and why, as much as we hate to admit it, the Miami Heat have made us a slave to the regular season.
Even if you couldn't care less about who leads the Southwest Division, you still want to know about the Heat. Not track the ins and outs of their rotation, but understand what the fuck is going on there so you can make the best jokes about it. Let's face it, right now, you have no idea. Neither do I. And so, the sport with the least palatable schedule of them all has been rendered indispensable, if still uninteresting. The Heat taking their time, and making us wait and wonder, means the regular season matters. It wouldn't if they were well on their way to 60 wins. It's a celebration of dross and uncertainty, mediocrity as appointment television. From where I'm sitting, it's one hell of an achievement. Even if I hate them for it.
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Contingency Management for Methamphetamine Abstinence and HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in Men Who Have Sex With Men
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00856323
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : March 5, 2009
Results First Posted : November 27, 2012
Last Update Posted : September 20, 2016
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|Condition or disease
|Amphetamine-Related Disorders HIV HIV Infections
|Drug: Truvada Behavioral: CM
|Phase 2
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|53 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Biobehavioral Interventions for HIV-negative Methamphetamine-using MSM
|Study Start Date :
|January 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|December 2010
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|December 2010
Experimental: PEP/CM
Participants are provided contingency management vouchers for methamphetamine abstinence, and can initiate postexposure prophylaxis (Truvada; 1 pill daily for 28 days) after non-occupational exposure to HIV.
Drug: Truvada
At qualifying exposure, participants will take 28 days' worth (at one pill per day) of 200 mg emtricitabine and 300 mg tenofovir DF (Truvada).
Other Name: Emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
Behavioral: CM
Participants will submit a urine sample every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for 8 weeks (a total of 24 urine samples). Samples will be tested for methamphetamine metabolites.
Other Name: Contingency Management
- Self-reported Methamphetamine Use in Previous 30 Days. [ Time Frame: 3-months after baseline ]Mean number of days (of the past 30) of methamphetamine use.
- Description of Incident STI Infections. [ Time Frame: Baseline and 3-months ]Proportional 3-month incidence of syphilis, rectal gonorrhea, pharyngeal gonorrhea, and rectal Chlamydia.
- HIV-related Sexual Risk Behaviors in Previous 30 Days. [ Time Frame: 3-months after baseline ]Self-reported episodes of Unprotected Anal Intercourse in the previous 30 days.
- Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Medication Adherence [ Time Frame: 28-days ]Median medication adherence rate, defined as the proportion of pills taken relative to the number of pills prescribed (i.e., # of pills taken / # of pills prescribed).
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Individual must identify as a male who has sex with other men (MSM);
- At least 18 years of age;
- HIV negative serostatus on baseline rapid oral HIV antibody test;
- Self-reported methamphetamine use within the previous 72 hours and test positive for methamphetamine metabolites at baseline;
- Self-reported unprotected anal intercourse (either receptive or insertive) with an HIV-positive or status unknown partner within the previous 3 months;
- Self-reports no previous hypersensitivity to any of the components of Truvada (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate or emtricitabine);
- Willing to comply with study requirements (i.e., monitored urine testing three times per week, meet with physician within first week of enrollment, begin medication immediately following an unexpected high-risk sexual exposure, and contact the clinic and meet with physician within 92 hours of unexpected high-risk sexual exposure).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Does not identify as a male who has sex with other men;
- Under 18 years of age;
- HIV positive, by self-report or as indicated by the results on the baseline rapid oral HIV antibody test;
- Self-reports any previous hypersensitivity to any of the components of Truvada;
- Has not used methamphetamine in the previous 72 hours and does not test positive for methamphetamine metabolites;
- Has not had unprotected anal intercourse with an HIV-positive or status unknown partner within the previous 3 months;
- Unwilling to comply with study requirements.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00856323
|United States, California
|Friends Community Center
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90028
|Principal Investigator:
|Cathy J Reback, Ph.D.
|Friends Research Institute, Inc.
|Principal Investigator:
|Raphael J Landovitz, M.D.
|UCLA Center for Clinical AIDS Research and Education
|Principal Investigator:
|Steve Shoptaw, Ph.D.
|UCLA Department of Family Medicine
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|Friends Research Institute, Inc.
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|First Posted:
|March 5, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|November 27, 2012
|Last Update Posted:
|September 20, 2016
|Last Verified:
|August 2016
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|Plan to Share IPD:
Post-exposure prophylaxis
HIV seronegativity
Amphetamine-Related Disorders
Substance-Related Disorders
Chemically-Induced Disorders
Mental Disorders
Emtricitabine, Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Drug Combination
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
Central Nervous System Stimulants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Dopamine Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Adrenergic Agents
Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors
Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
Membrane Transport Modulators
Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors


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Crispy Lime Chips with Crab
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons grated lime zest
- 10 flour tortillas (10 inches)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 teaspoons seafood seasoning, divided
- 2 cans (6 ounces each) lump crabmeat, drained
- 6 green onions, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup shredded sharp white cheddar cheese
- 1. In a small bowl, combine salt and lime zest; set aside.
- 2. Using a 3-inch star-shaped cookie cutter, cut eight star shapes from each tortilla. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat half of the oil. Fry tortilla stars, a few at a time, until golden brown on both sides. Add more oil as needed. Drain on paper towels; immediately sprinkle with salt mixture.
- 3. In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, lime juice and 1 teaspoon seafood seasoning until blended. Fold in crab and onions. Arrange chips on ungreased baking sheets. Top with crab mixture; sprinkle with cheddar cheese.
- 4. Broil 3-4 in. from the heat for 1-2 minutes or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle with remaining seafood seasoning. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts
1 appetizer: 50 calories, 2g fat (1g saturated fat), 8mg cholesterol, 163mg sodium, 4g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 1g fiber), 2g protein.
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Made this for a Xmas Eve celebration. Really, really good dip!!!!!
Sep 10, 2014
Wow! Delicious! They disappeared in record time...
Mar 1, 2012
Fantastic recipe!!!!
Mar 1, 2012
If you just accidently stumbled across this recipe, don?t keep clicking away! This is one you definitely have to try tonight! I made it today for my two picky younger ones, and they loved it! The youngest finished off her whole plate, which is such a rarity! Not only is this simple recipe delicious, but my eldest also helped make the dip on top while my youngest cut out the fun star shapes with a cookie cutter. I hope to inspire my kids to have a passion for culinary arts, and this recipe was fun and tasty enough for the entire family to enjoy. Please try it tonight, you will not be let down, I guarantee!
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Mar 1, 2012
I made this recipe for a church picnic and everyone loved it! It was gone in 5 minutes!
Mar 1, 2012
This is the most delicious and tantalizing recipe yet! This fun appetizer is appropriate for all ages and will definitely have people begging for more!


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Brett Spence necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 30 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
Jupiter 7 is a software development company specializing in Windows based productivity applications for both individuals and the enterprise. Jupiter 7 is a young technology start-up, planning to launch their first product, Mindmango, during the course of 2010. Mindmango is a mind mapping application for the Windows platform. The application, (codename Snowfox) is scheduled to be completed in August 2010.
For the product, we have a logo as well as a mascot (attached). These of course, are central elements to the web site. As you can see from these, we really want to have fun with this product, and almost poke fun at the competition with our tongue-in-cheek, fun, cheeky attitude. The design MUST reflect that. We are yet to name the mascot, so any suggestions will be considered, though that is not a requirement of this brief.
A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Mind maps are used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making, and writing.
The elements of a given mind map are arranged intuitively according to the importance of the concepts, and are classified into groupings, branches, or areas, with the goal of representing semantic or other connections between portions of information. Mind maps may also aid recall of existing memories.
Mind mapping is fast becoming mainstream, with millions of people using the process daily for varying tasks. Our audience is anyone 10 to 40 year olds - in all walks of life, who would use a mind mapping application for many different activities, including, but not limited to
Brain storming
Visual data storage
Problem solving
Creative collaboration
Project planning & management
Decision making
Our goal therefore is to sell as many licenses of the product as possible, while at the same time conveying a fun, unique image, whilst still being able to appeal to the corporate market.
In developing Mindmango, a number of key design philosophies were identified, namely
Differentiate from competitors in ALL possible ways
Small footprint (i.e. small download)
Slick appearance - not staid Windows app - NO ribbon / have a visual identity (We have developed the application from the ground up, even going as far as developing our own menu system)
Simple and usable
Have a WOW factor
Build community
Have fun
We have the attitude of being the underdog with nothing to lose, and we believe that our product is good enough, if not better in many respects, to compete with the established players in the market.
We would like the brand of the product to encapsulate everything described above, therefore a young, fresh, funky product. An underdog in a very staid, bland market. Our objective with this exercise is to stand out from the crowd and be different, both in the application itself and also with our marketing and promotional material. We believe that a Guerrilla marketing strategy would work we for this product. It is crucial that the brand be carried through from the web site, to the application itself, as well as ANY other promotional and marketing material.
The design brief is attached. It covers many different elements, but for the purposes of this project, only the web site elements are in scope. The mascot & logo are also attached.


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Summary Meeting Notes: July 12, 2012 Residential Development PEG
July 12, 2012 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
1900 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, 7th Floor - Conference Room 7A
Attendees: Matt Davis, John Gibbon, Anyeley Hallova, Gabe Headrick, Rodney Jennings, Gordon Jones, Rod Merrick, Stanley Penkin, Samuel Rodriguez, Emily Sandy, Eli Spevak, Irma Valdez, Justin Wood;Barry Manning, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) staff lead, BPS staff: Joan Frederiksen, Deborah Stein, Matt Wickstrom; Deb Meihoff, facilitator
View the original agenda, including materials, for this meeting.
Welcome, overview, announcements
Presenter: Deb Meihoff, facilitator;Barry Manning, BPS staff
Summary: Review meeting objectives and flow; project or process updates
- August and September work plan topics will be switched
- August meeting will be in same location - 1900 SW 4th
- An important outcome of the Portland Plan is the charge to view our work through an equity lens. The PEG needs to consider the benefits and burdens of outcomes when considering policy language
PEG Reflections, notes
PEG members requested the notes capture a few additional details:
- With regard to the connection between health and residential locations, particular attention needs to be paid to air quality and noise impacts with having higher density residential located next to major transportation corridors. Consider greater setbacks from busy streets or building this type of housing near parks and green spaces.
- The current policy structure is not consistently supporting the type, scale, and location of new residential development that is desirable and meeting the needs of future generations.
- The R5 and other less intense single-dwelling zones have "exceptions" that may encourage demolition of existing housing, and development of incompatible structures that affect both livability and housing costs.
- Is there a way for PEG members to share comments or ideas online - not necessarily via email, but some sort of online comment log?
- PEG members to send additional comments to be appended to the June meeting notes
Policy Topic Presentation 1: Design and compatibility of single and multi-dwelling development
Presenter: Joan Frederiksen, BPS
Summary: Staff presentation on scale and compatibility of infill development in single-family areas and of multi-family infill in areas that are currently, predominately single-family, but are zoned to transition to predominately multi-family areas of the future. Issues of scale / mass include lot coverage, height, setbacks, length of walls.
Meeting presentation:
- Powerpoint presentation (beginning on page 3)
Group Discussion on Policy Topic 1
Summary: Following the presentation, PEG members participated in an exercise of modifying potential policies (existing and new) and then engaged in a discussion.
Questions and summary of PEG discussion:
Should policy language include provisions for the "Five Portland's" concept from the Portland Plan? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this approach?
- Treating different parts of the City differently is generally a good idea
- At the policy level, it seems like a good approach, but there are concerns with how it is handled in implementation
- Adding on another layer of regulations/ complexity might be too complicated in implementation and may create greater potential for conflicting policies
- 'Five' will not be detailed enough to respond to different neighborhoods with different characteristics
- Many of Portland's residential neighborhoods are so varied in design and style that it will be difficult to set 'compatibility' standards, even with the Five Portland's approach - compatibility will need to be clearly defined for this to work
- FivePortland's does not necessarily ensure that issues of scale and mass will be addressed differently than today
- May be difficult to address compatibility in terms of setbacks, scale/coverage, and height – other factors to consider
- Need to be extremely cautious that this approach is not counter to ensuring equity throughout the city
What should the expectations be for areas in transition, from predominately single-family development to predominately multi-family or higher density development in the future?
- There should be clear and consistent communication to existing and potential residents about the changing nature of development in the area
- We expect the city to grow, in part, by filling in the transition areas
- The issues of compatibility generally come down to design in these areas
- What happens at the ground level of new buildings is key to compatibly fitting in during the transition
- Need to consider policy that supports a variety of multifamily development forms (e.g. splitting up existing structures into apartments like those found inIrvingtonand other neighborhoods with large, older houses; or new development of multiple units in structures that look like single-family homes from the exterior)
Meeting handout
Policy Topic Presentation 2: Design quality and compatibility in design and conservation districts
Presenter: Matt Wickstrom, BPS
Summary: Staff presentation on overlay districts, general locations, and design review process (two-track system: Community Design Standards/clear and objective, and Design Review with Design Guidelines/discretionary). Community Design Standards are the primary focus of the policy work. Generally, the design standards were written to respond to early 20th Century architecture, have not kept date with new building materials, and are producing development that is similar to areas outside of overlay districts.
Meeting presentation:
- Powerpoint presentation (beginning on page 34)
Group Discussion on Policy Topic 2
Summary: Following the presentation, PEG members participated in an exercise of modifying potential policies (existing and new) and then engaged in a discussion.
Questions and summary of PEG discussion:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of applying the Five Portland's approach to design and conservation districts?
If we were to make design character statements or Community Design Standards stronger, what are the advantages and disadvantages?
- A single set of standards applied throughout the city is not working. Need to be more responsive to the context.
- However, there is concern about the layering effect of putting the Five Portland's approach on top of overlay areas. Which regulations would supersede which? Are both necessary or could the conservation district be replaced by standards that respond to the Five Portland's?
- Need to balance prescriptiveness of standards and the desire to eliminate risk of bad design. Too prescriptive and developers can't get good designs built, accommodating growth. Not prescriptive enough and the compatibility suffers.
- To the greatest extent possible, developers will avoid the 2nd track - design review - so the Community Design Standards need to change to address design issues. Can't rely on design guidelines and design review.
Meeting handout
- At the PEG members request, staff to report back on laws regarding conservation districts.
Public Comment
- Linda Nettekoven, community member, shared her neighborhood experiences. Generally, neighbors are frustrated by development that comes as a surprise, because residents do not always know what is allowed or required next door / in their neighborhoods. The real estate community could be a key player in communications for areas expected to transition to denser development.
- Jim Brown, community member, addressed the PEG and shared example photos of infill development from his neighborhood that appears to be incompatible with the existing development. There are many different housing styles inAlamedaand they largely fit together because they were all generally built in the same period, 1920s. Some neighborhoods are varied, others are not - it makes the work of the PEG more difficult. Light and air access are going to suffer as density increases. Neighbors are always going to struggle with change in established neighborhoods.
For more information, please contact either Barry Manning Bureau of Planning and Sustainability at 503-823-7965 or firstname.lastname@example.com or Deb Meihoff, Facilitator at 503-358-3404 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A new film has challenged me to try to think more deeply about the reality of evil in our world and in ourselves – about heinous crimes deserving punishment, but also the more "ordinary" forms of evil we daily experience.
And thus also to try to think about the disturbing power of goodness.
The film, titled "Calvary," is a recent Irish import that I strongly recommend. It's about a somewhat gruff (or direct), but very good priest in a small town on Ireland's rugged west coast.
The film opens with a confessional threat of murder ("next Sunday") by a man who'd been sexually abused as a child by another priest. Although sorely tempted both to defend himself and to flee, the priest spends the seven days of his "passion week" in obedience to his vocation as a pastor.
Through him, in the course of that week, we meet a good number of different villagers. Some are quite hostile to the Catholic Church, others more wary of the priest's directness, his concern for them and insight into their deeper reality.
For all are caught in the tangled web of their passions, most by their own vices, but also by inclinations to goodness.
The contrast between this cinematic depiction of "Calvary" and Mel Gibson's much applauded "Passion" couldn't be greater. Despite realistic gore, Gibson's film seems a cartoon when compared to Calvary's deeply human realism. (Credit goes above all to writer-director John Michael McDonagh and also to Brendan Gleeson's lead performance.)
Yet I am not here writing a film review. I'm attempting to reflect on good and evil, and on the violence which seems always to connect them. And thereby attempting another kind of reflection on capital punishment.
For the most widely remembered death penalty in human history is the execution of Jesus of Nazareth.
Christians generally have little difficulty connecting that crucifixion with sin and evil. That Jesus died "for our sins" is known from childhood and believed in at least perfunctory ways, though often enough in profound ways.
Yet what tangled webs we Christians weave. Of late, some of us have correctly learned to blame the Romans for Jesus' execution. For long, however, we blamed "the Jews" because unfortunately some Gospel narratives did just that. Thus for centuries Jesus' crucifixion fed Christian anti-Semitism, and led Jews to see the cross as a sign of Christian hatred.
This terrible blame game, moreover, enabled too many Christians to avoid relating that execution, that death penalty, to their own passions and vices – other than (again) by believing that Jesus' death "bought" God's forgiveness of these sins. But not believing (or not really believing) that our sins today, 20 centuries later, remain the cause of that execution.
Yet the film "Calvary" makes that causal connection inescapable.
For it probes, in the ordinary lives of its different characters, many forms of quite believable sin and evil, as also many hints of good and two examples of real goodness.


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Golf Bags at Golfgeardirect.co.uk
Golf bag buying guide:
1. Stand Bags. These golf bags have a built in stand which automatically ejects when placing the golf bag on the ground between shots.
These golf stand bags are designed primarily for carrying but most have a means to fix the legs in the closed position for travelling or indeed if you did want to mount the bag on a pull trolley occasionally.
Golf Stand Bags are available in many sizes, ranging from small lightweight versions to larger versions some of which also have fourteen way fully divided tops to protect your shafts from damage. You can also buy fully waterproof models including the Ogio Alpha Aquatech Lite Waterproof Stand Bag and Callaway Hyper Dry Fusion Stand Bag.
2. Pencil Bags. These lightweight small golf bags are designed for carrying only and can be collapsible for storing away neatly. They are generally designed to hold a three quarter set but you can get a full set in most designs at a squeeze. Many golfers tends to use a Pencil Bag when the trolley bans are in place during the wetter months or some golfers just prefer to travel light on the fairways! Ping offer the popular Moonlite pencil bags that are ultra-lightweight and efficient.
3. Trolley Bags or Cart Bags (same product just a different name) These larger golf bags are designed to be mounted on a Manual Trolley or Electric Trolley or on the back of a golf cart. They tend to be larger and more robust and have plenty of pockets to carry everything but the 'kitchen sink'! There are waterproof version available like the TaylorMade Deluxe Waterproof Cart Bag. Our best selling golf trolley bags tend to be the Powakaddy Cart Bags as they have a host of features and are designed to fit in harmony with Powakaddy Electric Trolleys.


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Ride to Time a great way to improve your XCountry speed and have a look inside the world of Racing.
Ride to Time is an instructional project which aims to teach Pony Club riders the skills involved with riding to a given pace. Zones hold training and qualifying events and the best riders head to the RV Ride to Time State Final held in August each year.
Any rider who is graded 1-5 horse trials, who is a registered Pony Club Victoria member. Some Zones will conduct training for Grade 5, however some may not so chat with your Zone.
The qualifing events culimnate in riders attaining the ultimate challenge of competing at the Ride to Time State Final.


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When a tool maker designs a drill she does not expect it to also be useful as a hammer or a torch. You might be able to use it as either at a pinch but it would not be very effective. If you want a universal tool that can do lots of different things you need to design it with those things in mind from the start and the result may be just as complex as a box of individual tools.
The strangest thing is that this is not the case with mathematical tools. A concept or method used to solve one mathematical problem often turns out to be just as useful in solving others that are completely different and seemingly unrelated. To give a simple example, the number pi was first defined to quantify the ratio of the circumference to diameter of a circle, yet it appears in a whole host of mathematical and physical equations that have nothing to do with circles. The same is true for a few other special numbers such as e, the base of the natural logarithms. Why do the same few numbers keep coming up in mathematics instead of different ones for every problem? Other examples abound. Special functions, groups, algorithms and many more mathematical structures prove useful over and over again. Why does mathematics have this natural universality?
People who don't know mathematics well think that mathematicians invent the methods they use in the same way that people invent stories or fashions. Most mathematicians say that this is not the case. Their experience of developing new mathematics feels more like a process of discovery rather than invention. It is as if the mathematical structures were already there before any human was aware of them. You can also invent mathematical structures like the game of chess, but chess is not regarded as important in mathematics because it is not useful for solving unrelated problems. It does not have universality and it is this universality that distinguishes the interesting mathematics from the uninteresting.
Why then is such universality so easy to find in mathematics without trying to look for it? Why does it even extend into physics where deep mathematical ideas originally used to solve problems in pure mathematics turn out to be important for understanding the laws of nature (complex numbers, differential geometry, topology, group theory etc.) ? It is even more surprising to pure mathematicians when theory developed by physicists turns to be useful in mathematics, yet even string theory has already proved useful for solving a whole host of mathematical problems that seemed otherwise intractable. It remains a huge and deep mystery why this happens.
Yesterday the Abel committee in Norway announced that it was awarding its annual prize of 6 million Kroner to Yakov Sinai for his fundamental contributions to dynamical systems, ergodic theory, and mathematical physics. Sinai's work covers complex dynamical non-linear systems with many variables. Naively our prior expectation for such systems would be that they are going to behave in complex unpredictable ways and the only thing they are likely to have in common is going to be randomness, but that is not what happens. Systems in statistical physics have entropy and temperature. These are macroscopic emergent quantities that follow derived laws which are common to different systems irrespective of the microscopic description of the dynamics. They have phase transitions and near these transitions you get critical phenomena that obey universal laws.
Sinai looked in particular at chaotic systems of non-linear dynamical equations where more universal emergent behavior is found and described in terms of certain Feigenbaum constants. Another area he worked in was algorithmic complexity of binary sequences and dynamical systems. All this work is highly applicable to practical problems but it is also important as a tool for understanding universality and why it arises. Perhaps one day by building on the work of Sinai we will learn much more about the unity of mathematics, the laws of physics and why these things are so beautifully connected by universality.
Congratulations to Yokov Sinai for this well deserved award which will raise the profile of such important work.


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Time to award the 2011 MAJOR Award for Worst Actor.
These five clowns really disgraced themselves this year. Lackluster efforts, garbagey characters, gawd awful attempts at comedy… each of these hacks gave new meaning to the term "epic fail".
Your Nominees are: Nicolas Cage, "Season of the Witch", Taylor Lautner, "Abduction", Martin Lawrence, "Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son", and Adam Sandler for "Jack and Jill", and again for "Just go With It".
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Hans Boodt mannequins can be as individual as real people.
All elements that make up the covered torso collection are totally interchangeable in order to create precisely the character you like.
Hans Boodt mannequins adds their dash of Dutch innovation and creativity to make any product uniquely your own.
Articulated flexible arms can be put into virtually any position so you can create a wide range of natural poses and give mannequins more character than ever before.
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text: I am currently working with Rodney Orpheus' book Abrahadabra and I am having a large amount of difficulty assuming the godform of Hoor-Paar-Kraat. I am supposed to do it in my chosen asana that I started with (God Posture) and do some visualization with my thumb pressed to my lips, which is hard on it's own to maintain but I assume this will become less difficult with time just like my asana. I was just wondering how difficult this was or is for any of you? I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or if I just suck horribly at visualization. I'm hoping it will just get easier but I can only hold it for 4-5 mins max before I give up because I feel it's going nowhere fast. Any advice or accounts of your own experience with this would be greatly appreciated.


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I've never actually wondered what a console controller looks like on the inside. Perhaps I am too easily distracted by their colorful plastic exteriors, or by wanting to throw them across the room in response to certain games.
But a Reddit user out there with access to an industrial-strength x-ray system did wonder how a controller would look on the inside, and the answers are gorgeous.
The controllers in question are for PlayStation 3, Wii (Motion +), Xbox (third party) and GameCube. And while they're more alike on the inside than they are on the outside, each still has its own unique profile. With every screw and every spring in exactly the perfect place, the controllers themselves become works of art.
We've posted a selection of the gorgeous images here; there are even more available via the original Reddit post.
I work with industrial X-Ray systems... I digitally X-Rayed some of your favourite console controllers. [Reddit]


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KDE Games Taking Shape for KDE 4.0
On May 1st, the KDE games developer community held its monthly IRC meeting. This time the major topic was discussing which games would stay in the kdegames module for KDE 4 and which ones would have to be removed because they don't meet our self-imposed quality standards. Read on for a discussion of this decision.
Our quality standards focus on having resizable, scalable interfaces as modern computers
KAtomic (KDE 3)
KAtomic (KDE 4)
KReversi (KDE 3)
KReversi (KDE 4)
KBounce (KDE 3)
KBounce (KDE 4)
Over the KDE 4.0 development timeline, KDE games has welcomed two new additions, KSquares a
Unfortunately, there are around 10 games that did not made the cut, mostly because
If any of these games is on your list of favorite games, join us and start working on it so it makes a star comeback in KDE 4.1.
For more details, read this commentary from the kdegames module release co-ordinator.
for KDE 4 games
KDE is a great Desktop Environment!!!!
By Stoner at Sun, 2007/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: for KDE 4 games
Both games are not "politically correct", but it's exactly this reason why they are so popular.
But I agree that such games make a lot of fun ;-)
Will be very hard to get such games into the standard KDE environment.
By Philipp at Mon, 2007/05/07 - 5:00am
why waste time on games?
I use KDE at home and work. My home office is KDE only.
Please spend your time on more important parts of this wonderful OS. :)
By Brrrr at Sun, 2007/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: why waste time on games?
If you don't like it maybe you could hire them to work full time on KDE4? I hear the plasma dev's have not even written any code yet so they could use a hand.
It's my guess they would still do kde games in their spare time though ;)
By matt at Sun, 2007/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: why waste time on games?
> I hear the plasma dev's have not even written any code yet
If you haven't heard, then you should start checking again. There's work being done on the library side, there's krunner already in. It's not finished, but it's definitely under way. Stating this kind of FUD is putting of developers, so please educate yourself before doing so.
> so they could use a hand.
Absolutely. =)
By Sebastian Kügler at Tue, 2007/05/08 - 5:00am
Re: why waste time on games?
It was a joke ;)
By matt at Tue, 2007/05/08 - 5:00am
Re: why waste time on games?
Since most of the KDE contributors are not paid for what they do they will work on whatever they like (which is probably their own applications). It's their decision. They are not resources that can be reassigned by some KDE project leader.
KDE as a project just doesn't work like that.
By cm at Sun, 2007/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: why waste time on games?
> Please spend your time on more important parts of ...
These cool guys are not "movable resources" that can be assigned to a different task.. ;-) Likewise, putting all GNOME developers at KDE code won't make KDE4 development twice as fast.
So understand: if these cool guys were not working on KDE games, they likely wouldn't work on KDE at all. Keep the thumbs up for them!
By Diederik van de... at Sun, 2007/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: why waste time on games?
I would say, do more work on games. Games are a ideal start for new developers, as they are small, don't depend on other more complex projects, but allready take advantage of all the kde-core technologies. And many of the devs working on games, also contribute to other projects.
So if nobody works on improving games which attracts new developers, that might result in less work being done on other modules.
By Josel at Sun, 2007/05/06 - 5:00am
Its kdegames, not a zero-sum game. :)
I really hate it when people say "stop working on this, work on xyz instead." It shows complete ignorance of open source and a certain level of just being a jerk. Note that I don't mind someone simply saying "please implement xyz", user requests are an important part of open source development. Or for that matter "please don't implement xyz, I think its a bad idea" is great as well. But the notion that the thread parent has that people's free time is something they have the right to redistribute is just disrespectful.
By Ian Monroe at Sun, 2007/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: why waste time on games?
I don't think astronauts should waste their time in space while I have pot holes on my street. They should fix the pot holes and other things first.
Point: Game programmers are game programmers...that is what they do.
By Henry S. at Tue, 2007/05/08 - 5:00am
Re: why waste time on games?
Well, if I didn't spend time on kdegames, I would use the extra time to play World of Warcraft, not to work on Plasma. So, it's not like resources can be simply relocated...
By Henrique at Tue, 2007/05/08 - 5:00am
What about KMahjongg and KShinen-Sho?
Those are two games which I would definitely _hate_ to lose. While I don't have the time to play them regularly, I get into a frenzy every few months..
By RichiH at Sun, 2007/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: What about KMahjongg and KShinen-Sho?
I wouldn't worry about them. They are alive and well and the new graphics are absolutely beautiful :)
By Paul Broadbent at Sun, 2007/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: What about KMahjongg and KShinen-Sho?
Just a reminder, KDE3 games will continue to perfectly run under KDE4. They may just look a bit outdated...
Yours, Kay
By Debian User at Sun, 2007/05/06 - 5:00am
I think the games in KDE4 are getting way too much attention. The games are nice and all, but are an extra. A way to entertain people.
But where is plasma? Where are the great features the plasma project was talking about? Where's the "arthur" eye candy in the theming engine for KDE4? Where is the task-based approach everyone was talking about.
Plasma seems to become vaporware. Please don't let it come that far and focus on that what needs to be done before we find ourselfs playing games in a QT4'th KDE3.
By Dennie at Sun, 2007/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: Games
Sigh... stop being so negative. Do you realize what you say will just discourage the developers? If you think something has been overlooked, please help. Otherwise, post *constructive* criticism, politely.
By Luca Beltrame at Sun, 2007/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: Games
Well, I'm afraid he's right. Plasma *is* vaporware. There used to be a great forum on http://www.kde-artists.org/ with sooo many good ideas about plasmas...now it's all gone. Also, there were tons and tons of mockups. There was so much talk about Plasma and how it will be the most important thing in KDE4 and redefine what a desktop experience is about...
What's left of all that? Nothing. Vaporware... :(
By hummingbird at Sun, 2007/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: Games
B?ll?cks. Plasma was never going to be the most important thing about kde4. Perhaps nepomuk, perhaps the various improvements that get made daily to kdelibs. Quite possibly the qt4 goodness. But to fall into the trap of putting eye candy at the top of the agenda... hey, anyone heard of the enlightenment windowmanager recently?
By Adrian Baugh at Sun, 2007/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: Games
I don't think anyone among the KDE developers (if anyone can confirm, please post) put eye-candy on top of the agenda. Look at Solid, Phonon, Decibel, Strigi, Nepomuk... nice technologies that don't bring eye-candy at all, but they're extremely useful. not to mention the huge work that went into kdelibs (and I thank aseigo for posting those reports on "kdelibs mondays" on his blog).
I think that most of the people who call Plasma "vaporware" confused the goal of the project with its visions, or have unrealistic expectations.
By Luca Beltrame at Sun, 2007/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: Games
> confused the goal of the project with its visions
i think so, yes.
on the other hand, i'm now spending my time on the workspace instead of the libs. so .. maybe we'll start to see results ;)
By Aaron J. Seigo at Mon, 2007/05/07 - 5:00am
Re: Games
Whatever becomes of plasma in the end, you have already done a tremendous amount of work on kdelibs and KDE coordination and promotion in general.
Thanks a lot Aaron. You rock.
By The Vigilant at Mon, 2007/05/07 - 5:00am
Re: Games
Well, as an user, when you read this for example:
...then you think about the uber-desktop, packed with eyecandy and useable for just everyone :)
No criticism, but i think that this sets the users expectations for KDE 4.0 very high, and now there are some people a little disappointed by the news etc, even if they have seen nothing of KDE 4 yet :)
I`ll take it easy and trust the KDE developers. KDE 3 is already a beast of a desktop and i think KDE 4 will be even more powerful.
So thanks to all KDE Developers making it possible, you rock !
By Jan at Mon, 2007/05/07 - 5:00am
Re: Games
Correct, the user's expectations for 4.0 might not be met, most of the exciting stuff will be in KDE 4.0 however. It will take some time to make it into various applications, that will happen in the lifecycle of KDE 4 (so in 4.1, 4.2 and so on).
We (the Marketing Team) are trying to match those expectations to the reality, to make the difference between 4.0 and KDE 4 more clear.
We cannot expect users to stop dreaming of course. :-)
By Sebastian Kügler at Tue, 2007/05/08 - 5:00am
Re: Games
> Perhaps nepomuk
Maybe not vaporware, but the importance of it is definitely overestimated. Praise a bit more and I'll call it hype.
By Carlo at Tue, 2007/05/08 - 5:00am
Can't lose ktron or ksnake
Those two are the games that save my rainy afternoons, along with wesnoth. Please don't lose these for KDE4. If you need some help, then I could but I'm a web programmer, not a GUI programmer. With some patience I could learn but I really would love for those games to stay.
By lapubell at Sun, 2007/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: Can't lose ktron or ksnake
Well, the real shortage seems to be with graphic artists, not programmers. Though I may be wrong, correct me if it is so. :)
By zonk at Mon, 2007/05/07 - 5:00am
Re: Can't lose ktron or ksnake
Well, as is always the case in open source development, we have a shortage of everything :). But the main reason we've dropped these games is because there was no-one maintaining them. Some of them were introduced many, many years ago and the person who originally wrote them is long gone or is working on more important things in KDE.
The main thing thing we need for each game if we want to see it make a comeback in KDE 4.1 is a programmer to say, "I'll maintain this game and get it up to date." and since this announcement was made we've had a number of people come forward. We'll have to wait a while to see what sort of results we get but if any of you want to help out, join the [email protected] mailing list and come see us on #kdegames in irc.freenode.net. We're all very friendly :D and we'll help you with getting started.
By Matt Williams at Mon, 2007/05/07 - 5:00am
Generic SVG tileset
Looking at KBounce and KSquares I notice that they all use the same SVG block images and these images could be used further in games like KSirtet. This is a good thing and makes me wonder whether there is any merit in developing a generic 'game imageset' in SVG, or whether one exists already.
By Wilfred at Tue, 2007/05/08 - 5:00am
Re: Generic SVG tileset
Well actually, KSquares doesn't use SVG at all :D. It's just drawn programatically using Qt.
A unified art theme would have both advantages and disadvantages. While it would mean less art had to be created and that there would be a consistent look across the games, it would also mean that all the games would look the same. It would also mean that games would not be able to be themed individually as the theme would have to replace the monolithic SVG file. Admittedly this is mostly a technical problem but I don't feel that it would be worth all our effort :)
The simplest way is probably to simply decide on common elements and create all the individual themes is a similar way.
By Matt Williams at Tue, 2007/05/08 - 5:00am
More Games, please!
I know i know, games are time wasters etc.. and since this is
But but but hopefully! smaller games can be done,
I can never have enough games to showcase what can be
By she at Tue, 2007/05/08 - 5:00am
unified highscores environment
i know that these games mostly are 'distractions', but on a longer run, it is really interesting to compare highscores for different people.
for quite a long time, i have wished for a unified highscores framework for kdegames, which would allow for games to simply call some functions and save their scores to a centralised location, in an unified manner.
this would make it easy to move scores between user profiles, machines - and also would ease a lot the process of unifying highscores from different locations.
that would also lift some burden from game authors, allowing them to work on the game itself, not caring much about mechanism to save highscores :)
i have no programming knowledge at all, so there is no way i could do anything in that area - but maybe somewhere somebody has thought about this, too ?
By richlv at Wed, 2007/05/09 - 5:00am
Re: unified highscores environment
I have been working on this for KDE4. There is tutorial on using the high score system at http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Games/Highscores. It doesn't yet provide a way to save the highscore to a system-wide location but that is planned.
By Matt Williams at Thu, 2007/05/10 - 5:00am


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A Child Born Man
by Kenneth H. Thompson
For author Kenneth H. Thompson, childhood was anything but idyllic. In his memoir, he chronicles his life story and the lessons he learned in the process. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he grew up with two brothers and two sisters, but he suffered abuse at the hands of his step-father.
Hoping for a better life for her son, Thompson's mother adopted him out to another family. The joy was short-lived, as his adoptive mother was a saint by day and a devil by night, due to her drinking. In this memoir, he tells of his miserable childhood and the circumstances that led him to drug use, crime, and an eventual prison stay at Rikers Island.
This autobiography details Thompson's journey through the storms and the darkness in life, but it also narrates how God came to help and instilled light in his mind and his soul and facilitated a complete spiritual balance.


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Lance Armstrong bully tactics stretched to the media, too
I'm prepped to watch the Lance Armstrong interview Thursday night and am wondering if all his apologists out there in the media will do the same. I won't name the ones I know. Some are my friends. Others have always been kind to me. But they know who they are and should be chewing off their flesh knowing the Lance Armstrong lies they spread. If they're not at least kicking themselves, then they have less credibility than even I thought.
Armstrong's dealings with the media were the oddest I've ever dealt with in this business. I covered the last three of his seven straight Tour de France titles, from 2003-05. I've dealt with few more engaging, introspective and, yes, at the time, honest athletes. But with Armstrong, a reporter was for him or against him.
Some even loved him.


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Vintage Theatre on Steroids!
Quick: Name the one company in Colorado that already has 18, count 'em, 18 upcoming titles on its schedule.
The little Vintage Theatre may perform in just a 65-seat house, but we can call them "little" no more.
Bas Bleu was the last Colorado company to take on "Angels in America," in 2004. Vintage Theatre is unafraid.
Perhaps emboldened by its (frankly) shocking nomination for "best season" at the recent Colorado Theatre Guild's Henry Awards, Vintage has rolled out a widely varied new season of cutting-edge dramas, classic comedies and late-night programming.
Jumping out from the crowded list is a planned repertory staging of both parts of "Angels in America," an undertaking so ambitious, only two companies in Colorado have ever tried it (Curious/Hunger Artists and Bas Bleu).
Also on the list: "You Can't Take It With You" and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum."
Yes, on that tiny little postage stamp of a stage they used to call the Avenue Theater.
What's going on here?
Well, artistic director Craig Bond & Co. are clearly applying some lessons learned from its recent, sprawling production of "Romeo & Juliet" – and discarding others.
After that production, which was clearly beyond the company's current capabilities (sorry), I suggested that Vintage go back to doing what Vintage does best — keep it small (as proven by their far more manageable, and far successful followup, "Kimberly Akimbo").
Needless to say, they passed. This puts them in the 99th overall percentile of people to whom I offer advice — they junk it (and who could blame them?). Actually, there are plenty of small dramas and comedies on the list that should be perfect for Vintage ("On Golden Pond" among them).
But it's not just a question of size. "R&J" proved they're not yet a deep-enough company of actors to pull off large-scale, difficult work.
Yet. "Angels in America" is still 16 months away. And comparatively, that's not all that large of a cast (eight). But they have to be eight really … really good actors. So we'll see.
Vintage brags in its press release that in just the 12 newly announced tiitles, the company will be offering 56 men's roles and 40 women's roles. For a small non-professional company without a lot of money to pay, that might easily qualify as spreading yourself waaaaay too thin.
However, there was one big le$$on learned from "R&J" that Vintage has taken straight to heart — Stage a 26-person show in a 65-seat theater, and guess what? It ain't so hard to sell every seat in the house.
With titles like these, a ticket to Vintage could become the toughest ticket in town:
July 10-Aug. 9, 2009: "The Violet Hour" (with Hunger Artists)
Aug. 21-Sept. 20, 2009: "Dial 'M' For Murder"
Oct. 2-31, 2009: "Halloween Dreams"
Nov. 6-30, 2009: "Den of Thieves"
Dec. 4-31, 2009: "The SantaLand Diaries" (still not so sure they'll get the rights to this)
Jan. 15-Feb. 21, 2010: "Auntie Mame"
Feb. 13-14, 2010: "Love at Four O'Clocks"
March 5-April 3, 2010: "The Goodbye People"
March 12-April 3, 2010: "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You" (late night)
April 16-May 16, 2010: "Leading Ladies"
May 28-June 20, 2010: "Hospitality Suite"
June 4 –Aug. 28, 2010: "Books on Tape" (late night)
July 2-Aug. 8, 2010: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"
Aug. 20-Sept. 19, 2010: "On Golden Pond"
Oct. 1-Nov. 6, 2010: "Angels in America: Part 1"
Oct. 2-Nov. 7, 2010: "Angels in America: Part 2"
Nov. 19-Dec. 19, 2010: "You Can't Take it With You"
PLAY DESCRIPTIONS (provided by the company):
January 15 – February 21, 2010 (6 Weeks)
Auntie Mame
By Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Directed by Craig Bond
SYNOPSIS: From throwing wild parties to climbing the Matterhorn, the life of Mame Dennis has been one adventure after another. That is, until she inherits her recently orphaned nephew, Patrick. Mame must contend with the boorish Mr. Babcock's ultra-conservatism as she shows Patrick how to live life to the fullest!
February 13-14, 2010 (Two Nights Only)
Love at Four O'Clocks (WORLD PREMIERE)
By Scott Gibson
A Comedic Valentine!
Directed by Craig Bond
SYNOPSIS: Donna and Elliott are looking for love in all the wrong places: with each other. Following their on-again, off-again, off-again, on-again romance through the years, award-winning Colorado playwright Scott Gibson gives us a comedy for the "romantically challenged" in all of us.
March 5 – April 3, 2010
The Goodbye People
By Herb Gardner
Directed by Jesse Larner
SYNOPSIS: In this endearing comedy, we meet 70-year old Max Silverman who, after a near-fatal heart attack, wants to achieve the impossible: the re-opening of his Coney Island beachfront bar now closed for the past 22 years. Along the way, Max enlists the help of his daughter Nancy who has a new nose but no identity, and Arthur who has no job but watches sunrises. When these three misfits band together, anything is possible!
March 12- April 3, 2010 (late nights)
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You
By Christopher Durang
Directed by Brandi Glass
SYNOPSIS: Sister Mary Ignatius, a teaching nun who is much concerned with sin in all of its various forms, delivers a cautionary lecture to her charges. But when several of her former students turn up the picture darkens, along with Sister Mary's indignation. In the end there is mayhem and bloodshed but, with this, the unsettling feeling that, amid the laughter, some devastating truths have been told.
April 16 – May 16, 2010
Leading Ladies
By Ken Ludwig
Directed by Pat Payne
SYNOPSIS: What can possibly go wrong when two out-of-work actors decide to pass themselves off as the long-lost nephews of a very old, very sick, and very rich old lady? Only one thing – on their arrival, Jack and Leo find out the relatives aren't nephews, but nieces! Cross dressing, mistaken identities, and romantic entanglements abound in this hilarious comedy by the author of Lend Me a Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo.
May 28 – June 20, 2010
Hospitality Suite
By Roger Rueff
Directed by Jason Maxwell
SYNOPSIS: In a small hotel room, three representatives of an industrial lubricants firm, prepare to host a convention hospitality suite, desperate to make the acquaintance of the one man who can save their ailing company. HOSPITALITY SUITE was made into the movie THE BIG KAHUNA starring Kevin Spacey and Danny DeVito.
June 4 – August 28, 2010 (late nights)
Books on Tape
By William Missouri Downs
Directed by Kellie Rae Rockey
SYNOPSIS: Jeffrey records books on tape. Adriane listens to them. Father Larry creates new religions. Donna writes self-help books. The one thing these strangers have in common is that they're all looking for love in the modern world, and the search for love has never been funnier!
July 2 – August 8, 2010
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
by Sondheim, Shevelove, Gelbart
Directed by Linda Suttle
SYNOPSIS: "Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight!" Forum takes comedy back to its roots, combining time-tested, 2000 year old comedies with the infectious energy of classic vaudeville. The result is a non-stop laugh-fest in which a crafty slave struggles to win his freedom.
August 20 – September 19, 2010
On Golden Pond
By Ernest Thompson
Directed by Peter Hughes
SYNOPSIS: This is the love story of Ethel and Norman Thayer. He is a retired professor, nearing eighty. Ethel, ten years younger, delights in all the small things that continue to enrich their long life together. Time, they know, is against them, but the years have been good and, perhaps, another summer on Golden Pond still awaits.
October 1 – November 7, 2010
Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches
By Tony Kushner
Directed by Bernie Cardell
In repertory with …
Angels in America, Part 2: Perestroika
SYNOPSIS: Angels in America is at once a love story, a comedy, and a sweeping epic of a play that follows two couples. Louis Ironson is a homosexual living with his AIDS-stricken lover, Prior Walter. Joe Pitt is a Republican law clerk living with his Valium-addicted, agoraphobic wife, Harper. Sexuality, politics, and religion are all explored as we follow our characters through ten years of living in America.
November 19 – December 19, 2010
You Can't Take it With You
By George Kaufman and Moss Hart
Directed by Bernie Cardell
SYNOPSIS: Between the printing press in the parlor, the fireworks in the basement, the ballet in the living room, and the snake in the dining room, the Sycamore family may seem just a little crazy. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, masters of the screwball comedy Kaufman and Hart give us a warm, nostalgic, and hysterical play about everybody's favorite family.


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I normally get to the console in UBUNTU by typing:
sudo -u postgres psql
But I need to delete a database owned by a different user.
When I type:
sudo -u username psql
It tells me "database "username" does not exist.
But... I wasn't trying to connect to a database, I was trying to connect as a user.