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Don Quixote (Novel)
Don Quixote was one of the few works of fiction that Thomas Jefferson was clearly partial to. He used the text in its original language to learn Spanish, and had his children do the same. Jefferson owned a number of different editions over his lifetime.
Primary Reference Sources[1]
1771 August 3. (Jefferson to Robert Skipwith). "Don Quixot. by Smollett 4 v. 12 mo. 12/"[2]
1783 December 5. (Jefferson to Marbois). "I had left her [Martha] with a Gil Blas, and Don Quichotte which are among the best books of their class as far as I am acquainted with them."[3]
1784 July 24. (Jefferson to Cabot). "Have delivered his Don Quixote to Mr. Tracy."[4]
1790 March 7. (Jefferson to Elizabeth Wayles Eppes). "She [Polly] is fond enough of reading and will require no pressing on that head for any thing but her Spanish. I have insisted on her reading ten pages a day in her Spanish Don Quixot, and getting a lesson in her Spanish grammar."[5]
1790 April 11. (Jefferson to Mary Jefferson). "How many pages a-day do you read in Don Quixot? How far are you advanced in him?"[6]
1790 April 25. (Mary Jefferson to Jefferson). "I have not been able to read in Don Quixote every day, as I have been travelling ever since I saw you last..."[7]
1790 May 23. (Jefferson to Mary Jefferson). "Your last told me what you were not doing: that you were not reading Don Quixot...I hope your next will tell me what you are doing."[8]
1790 May 23.(Mary Jefferson to Jefferson). "I read in don quixote every day to my aunt and say my grammar in spanish..."[9]
1791 January 22. (Mary Jefferson to Jefferson). "I owe sister thirty-five pages in Don Quixote, and am now paying them as fast as I can."[10]
1791 February 2. (Thomas Mann Randolph to Jefferson). "Polly is in fine health: her fondness for her little niece and attention to her Sister, have kept her back some pages in Don Quixote which she was on the point of finishing."[11]
1791 April 18. (Mary Jefferson to Jefferson). "I have finished Don Quixote..."[12]
1794 November 4. (William Short to Jefferson). "I shall send by him [James Blake] an edition of Don Quixote which I ask you to accept as a small token of my remembrance. It is the 8vo. edition of the academy and equally complete and correct with the 4to. edition, and more transportable, for which purpose I have chosen it, and send it unbound. If you have not previously had this edition, though I have some idea you have, I recommend particularly to you the Analysis at the beginning by Dr. Vincente de los Rios."[13]
1795 January 29. (William Short to Jefferson). "I sent you by Mr. Blake who did not sail from Cadiz until the 21st. instant the 8vo. Academy edition of Don Quixote."[14]
1795 June 1. (Jefferson to Edmund Randolph). "Mr. Short...mentions to me that Mr. Blake would bring for me a copy of Don Quixote, and the Cortez's letters I had been so anxious to get. The former I have received."[15]
1795 August 30. (Jefferson to Mann Page). "I have laid up my Rosinante in his stall, before his unfitness for the road shall expose him faultering to the world."[16]
1799 August 18. (Jefferson to Edmund Randolph). "Who would have conceived in 1789 that within ten years we should have to combat such windmills."[17]
1808 November 24. (Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph). "His [anyone's] error does me no injury, and shall I become a Don Quixot to bring all men by force of argument, to one opinion."[18]
1822 July 19. (Jefferson to Benjamin Waterhouse). "Don Quixote undertook to redress the bodily wrongs of the world, but the redressment of mental vagaries would be an enterprise more than Quixotic. I should as soon undertake to bring the crazy skulls of Bedlam to sound understanding as inculcate reason into that of an Athanasian."[19]
1850s. (Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge to Henry Randall). "Books were at all times his chosen companions, and his acquaintance with many languages gave him great power of selection. He read Homer, Virgil, Dante, Corneille, Cervantes..."[20]
- ↑ Please note that this list should not be considered comprehensive.
- ↑ Ibid., 6:374.
- ↑ Ibid., 7:383.
- ↑ Ibid., 16:208.
- ↑ Ibid, 16:331.
- ↑ Ibid, 16:384.
- ↑ Ibid, 16:435.
- ↑ Ibid, 16:436.
- ↑ Randolph, Domestic Life, 193.
- ↑ Ibid, 20:238.
- ↑ Ibid, 28:185-186.
- ↑ Ibid, 28:255.
- ↑ Ibid, 28:377.
- ↑ Ibid, 28:440.
- ↑ Ibid., 31:170-171.
- ↑ Peterson, Writings, 1195.
- ↑ Randall, Life, 3:345.


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It looks like just as the Montreal Canadiens are ready to get winger Andrei Kostitsyn back in the line-up, captain Saku Koivu is going to be out for a stretch.
In today's Montreal Gazette, Pat Hickey reports that Koivu did not depart with the Habs for the start of their four-game road trip and is unlikely to join the club before its stops in Pittsburgh, Florida, Tampa Bay and New Jersey are completed.
MK: The Habs got plenty of practice playing without Koivu last season and still hung on to the top spot in the East. But now their organizational depth is again going to be tested the way the Bruins' has so often these last couple of seasons. It should be interesting to see if the Hamilton pipeline is as powerful as the Providence one.

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Corn has been good to farmers. Helping fuel a boom in the ag sector. And as this year's record corn forecast indicates, Midwestern farmers can't seem to plant enough of the grain. Even with concerns growing about the effectiveness of today's high-tech genetically engineered seeds, farmers aren't backing down.
The land is dry and the wind blows hard in Sac County, Iowa. For Darwin Bettin it's a good day to be inside selling insurance. He also farms 500 acres of corn and soybeans in western Iowa.
"It seems like just about the day I took this job selling insurance the farm turned around and got good also," Bettin said. "That's just the way it's been."
Bettin was born and raised here in Sac County and while this year's crop is planted, he feels some anxiety… because of what happened last year to some of his acres.
"The neighbor's corn was standing up and mine was leaning over and I just jokingly told my wife if we hadn't had this new fancy corn I'd say that looks like rootworm damage," Bettin said.
After a closer look, it was rootworm damage. The fancy corn as Bettin puts it is BT corn… a seed which is engineered to express a trait that is supposed to kill the rootworm when it eats at the plants' roots. Bettin gets his seed from his local dealer and says while they refunded him the fees for inserting the trait into the seed they don't pay off the money he loses from the rootworm damage.
"80 acres equals 100,000 bucks… they refund their 13,000 dollars tech fees and walk away from the other 96,000 bucks," Bettin said.
Still, Bettin is plating BT corn on corn again this year on some of his acres. While he and other farmers are concerned about their yields and profits, researchers who study corn rootworm are honed in on the long term effects. That's because the rootworm resistance has been showing up in parts of Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and Minnesota. In March, 22 scientists wrote a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency with a sense of urgency. They call for big changes in the way biotech companies and seed dealers battle the bug.
"There was concerns about what this resistance might mean for other commercialized BT products," said Aaron Gassmann an assistant professor of entomology at Iowa State. He was one of the scientists who signed the letter."
That's Iowa State's Aaron Gassmann, one of the scientists who signed the letter. Gassmann and students at Iowa State are running tests on a variety of seeds from different companies. But ag giant Monsanto's seedis the one that's shown the resistance. Partly, Gassmann saids, because it's been on the market the longest... In 2003, it was the first BT seed on the market. Since then these seeds have become such an intricate part of corn farming that it's hard to find seeds that don't have some kind of BT technology.
"In many the ways I think the data provide an early warning that people need to be more careful about how these products are used and they need to be used in more integrated way," Gassmann said. "In other words with a variety of tactics. Farmers shouldn't just be relying on this same tactic year after year to control the pest"
The scientists call for farmers to have options from from tech companies. Basically, don't insert the trait in ALL of the products. But Luke Samuel… a Corn Insect Traits Product Development Manager at Monsanto said farmers do have choices.
"We really feel like we have a great selection of products for growers," Samuel said. Each year growers go out and make decisions about what they want to plant. What crop they want to plant. As we look at our product lineup, we feel really good about growers having the choice to really fit the best product on their acres."
Samuel and Gassmann at Iowa State both agree that rotating corn to soybeans is probably the best solution to a rootworm infestation. Rootworms can't survive on soybeans… BUT planting LESS CORN? That can be a tough sell.
Five miles from Darwin Bettin's farm in Sac County, Russ Pickhinke rootworm problem on any of his acres. But Pickhinke is considering adding granule insecticide, an older method of insect control, to his corn fields next year in addition to using the BT corn … just for a sense of insurance.
"You make more money on corn," Pickhinke said. "The last three years. It's kind of a no-brainer to do corn on corn. The market seems to want more corn. China's growing and they can't seem to produce enough corn to keep their supply happy."
So no matter the warnings from the scientists, farmers are thinking as much about the market as the bug.


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Thanks to Reginald for the following spoilers from the recent WWE Tribute to the Troops tapings:
* Big E Langston and Mark Henry defeated Ryback and Curtis Axel in the dark match.
* Daniel Bryan defeated Erick Rowan when Luke Harper and Bray Wyatt interfered. Vickie Guerrero re-started the match, leading to Bryan and CM Punk defeating Rowan and Harper by DQ when Wyatt interfered again. John Cena came out for the save. Vickie makes it a 6 man match. Cena's team wins when he hits the Attitude Adjustment on Harper.
* Cena gives a speech to the Troops. Cena chants and "yes!" chants filled the hanger.
* Darren Young and Titus O'Neil defeated 3MB.
* The Usos and Rey Mysterio defeated The Shield.
* Brie Bella won a Divas battle royal by eliminating AJ Lee.
* Kofi Kingston beat Dolph Ziggler.
* R-Truth beat Fandango.
* Daughtry performed 4 songs and Jeff Dunham did some stand-up comedy with Achmed and Peanut. Big Show came out and did a segment with Peanut before beating Damien Sandow.
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It's no secret that HTC is looking to launch the 3G version of the HTC Flyer with as many carriers as they can, but this is the first time we've seen any indication that the 7-inch Android 2.3 tablet will be heading to T-Mobile. The promotional material below clearly shows in-store displays, ads, and even a YouTube page re-branding with the HTC Flyer front and center. While this may sound like exciting news, we would like to point out that we have no clue as to which of T-Mobile's markets the HTC Flyer will be heading to. The HTC Flyer ads and store displays clearly show T-Mobile's international logo (three d0ts before the T) while the YouTube page shown belongs to T-Mobile U.S.A.
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3/27 WWE Main Event Recap
By: Kevin Hensley
WWE Main Event Recap
March 27, 2013
Hershey, PA at The Giant Center
Commentators: Michael Cole & The Miz
Special Guest Commentator: Daniel Bryan (during 1st match)
-Main Event open
-No standard pyro, but Kane's goes off! Here comes the Tag Team Champions, Team Hell No! Looks like Kane's in singles action right off the bat. His opponent? The United States Champion, Antonio Cesaro. Cesaro, WEIRDLY, yodels on his way to the ring. Maybe it'll lead to something, but right now, it's just…odd. Anyway, the bell rings, we're underway!
1. WWE Tag Team Champion Kane VS WWE United States Champion Antonio Cesaro: Non-Title Match
-Kane establishes dominance early on, not letting Antonio get in ANY standard chain wrestling without thwarting the attempt by simply throwing Antonio away. Cesaro hammers away, tries to hiptoss Kane out of the corner! WHAT? You know how that ended. Kane with a clothesline, then another one send Cesaro to the floor. Antonio catches Kane with a head to the gut on the apron, and then tries to suplex Kane over the top rope. Again, WHAT? And again, you know how that ended. Kane reverses and suplexes Antonio back in. Cesaro catches Kane charging in the corner, climbs up top and comes down with a fist across the back, which knocks Kane down to one knee. Overhand wristlock from Antonio, then Kane pushes him off and through the ropes. Antonio climbs up on the apron, and the ol' throat-first-drop-across-the-top-rope dooms Kane. Antonio pounces up top again, but Kane catches him with a throat thrust on his way down. Hook of the leg, 1, 2, no. Kane locks in a reverse chinlock, and we go to break 3:36 into the match.
[Commercial Break, during which, an ad for WWE Power Slammers (featuring Sheamus & Rey Mysterio,) airs.]
-Before we re-join the match, we get a trailer for the most successful (as far as the box office goes,) movie for WWE Studios, The Call.
-Back to the ring, and Kane is hammering away at Antonio in the corner. Irish whip to the other corner, Antonio catches Kane coming in with knees to the face, bounces to the second rope, and lands a flying spinning elbow. Cover, 1, 2, no. Cesaro locks in an overhand wristlock (that's two!) and keeps him grounded for a moment. Antonio stops Kane's attempt at a comeback, drop-toe hold's him into the second rope, runs outside, charges and lands a forearm, and then quickly scampers back in for a dropkick. 1, 2, nada. Antonio locks in the overhand wristlock again (that's THREE times in this match!) Kane fights back to his feet, but Antonio thwarts that attempt, tries an Irish Whip into the corner, Kane reverses and charges in with a clothesline. Kane repeats the same spot again, then catches Cesaro with a side slam for 1, 2, no. Antonio quickly catches Kane with a huge uppercut, that gets 1, 2, eh-eh! Antonio argues with the ref over the count as we go to commercial again 6:45 into the match.
[Commercial Break]
-WE'RE BACK! Cesaro now has a reverse chinlock locked on (pun intended,) and he is YODELING, AGAIN. Just…wow. He's making it work, for sure. Back up, Antonio ducks down and Kane comes off with a DDT. Kane calls for the CHOKESLAM, Cesaro jumps off, kicks Kane in the gut, and picks him up for the gutwrench suplex, THEN WALKS AROUND WITH KANE IN HIS ARMS! WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE FEAT OF STRENGTH! Antonio lands the suplex and gets a two count. THAT WAS WORTH ANOTHER LOOK. Kane comes back, and catches a charging Cesaro with a tilt-a-whirl slam. Antonio is whipped in, and a BAAAAAAAAAAAACK BODY DROP. Cesaro pushes Kane away, but Kane comes back with a BIG BOOT. Ouch. Kane goes outside, then up top and lands the TOP ROPE CLOTHESLINE. The pace has really picked up here, and it's helping! Kane AGAIN calls for the chokeslam, but STOP THE PRESSES! Here's comes AJ Lee, skipping down to ringside. Daniel Bryan blocks her halfway, and starts yelling…what else? NO! NO! NO! Antonio takes advantage, knocks Kane down, climbs up to the second rope and lands a DOUBLE STOMP to the gut. Cover! 1, 2, 2.9999999. Cesaro sets Kane up for the NEUTRALIZER, but Kane backdrops out, Antonio tries a sunset flip, but Kane reaches down and grabs him by the throat, picks him up, and this time, grabs the CHOKESLAM! Scott Armstrong counts, 1, 2, 3!
-Winner: Kane in 10:50. This match plodded along, but picked up nicely at the end. **/5, with the half coming simply from Antonio walking around with Kane in his arms. That was just…wow.
-AJ skips to the top of the ramp, and Team Hell No! stare her down as we see a graphic for the WWE Tag Team Championship Match at WrestleMania, where Team Hell No! faces Dolph Ziggler and Big E. Langston. That'll be a lot of pressure on Langston, but HE'S GOT THIS! (So does FAN…DAN…GO for that matter.)
-We then transition to a brief recap of recent happenings in the Del Rio/Swagger feud, then see a graphic for their WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match at 'Mania.
-UP NEXT! A preview of the No Holds Barred match at 'Mania between Triple-H and Brock Lesnar.
-WWE is helping out with the Hurricane Sandy relief. And it's a good thing; they need all the help and prayers we can muster.
[Commercial Break]
-THIS FRIDAY, ON SMACKDOWN! THE ROCK!!! THE ROCK!!! THE ROCK!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT WILL HE DO? You got two options. You can 1, look up the spoilers or 2, be a good soldier and wait until Friday to find out. That's 8, 7 Central on SyFy. And yes, per the norm, IT'S PAY WINDUHAS! CLUBBERIN' AND PLUNDERIN'!
-Back to Main Event, and Cole & Miz throw to last Monday night on Raw, where Triple-H came out, cut a promo on Lesnar, and…kicked Wade Barrett in the gonads, because Wade took exception to Hunter hogging TV time! DON'T DISRESPECT THE GAME! Anyway, we see a graphic, and…that's the preview. Yup.
-The Miz takes this time to transition to his WWE Intercontinental Championship match against the champ, Barrett, at 'Mania, and we get a graphic for that as well.
-AND…another match happening at WrestleMania, sees Sheamus, The Big Show & Randy Orton against The Shield.
-Matt Striker must LOVE to interview Sheamus, because he's doing it AGAIN this week. Simple promo where Sheamus admits fault for not trusting Show, hopes they can all co-exist, etc., etc. Short, but effective.
-TIME TO GET FUNKY! Here comes The Funkadactyls are on their way out, and they introduce their back-up, the newly christened TONS OF FUNK. That's what they're going by? Well, the name fits. They dance around some, and then we go to break, with the promise of Divas action awaiting us on the flip side.
-DON'T CHANGE THAT CHANNEL! BECAUSE IN CASE YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON, WWE MAIN EVENT AIRS ON ION TELEVISION, Wednesday's at 8, 7 Central. Got it? Ok, good, now…
[Commercial Break, where the same WWE Power Slammers ad from earlier, airs.]
-We're back, and we're still getting FUNKY! Hold on though, because Team Rhodes Scholars have something to say about that. After they make some fat jokes, they introduce The Bella Twins, who, as Sandow stated, "will add class back to the Divas division." How will they do that? They will come out, turn and shake that money maker! Classy! As the Bellas enter, we get a graphic for, I think, an unannounced match for 'Mania. Well, until now, anyway. It's going to be Team Rhodes Scholars & The Bella Twins VS Tons of Funk & The Funkadactyls! But that's then, and in the ring, the Funkadactyls and the Bella's want at each other pretty bad, the bell rings, here we go!
2. The Funkadactyls VS The Bella Twins
-Cameron and…DANG IT! ENOUGH WITH THE TWINS, WWE! I STILL HAVEN'T GOT THE USO'S DOWN PAT, NOW I GOTTA LEARN THE BELLA'S! Anyway, Cameron hammers away at the Bella, gets whipped into the corner, uses the third rope to jump up and catch the Bella with a headscissors takedown. Back up and a forearm to the Bella, Cameron goes to bounce off the ropes, gets tripped by the illegal Bella, turns around and gets a FLYING DOUBLE CHOP for 1. The Bellas then isolate Cameron, CUTTING THE RING OFF! I love tag team psychology, and love it even more when it comes from the hard-working Divas! (or Knockouts, depending on what show we're watching.) The Bellas use clotheslines and reverse chinlocks on Cameron, then switch and do it again. TWIN MAGIC, OR REDUDANCY? YOU DECIDE! Finally, Cameron breaks away and tags Naomi. This will definitely speed things up. Naomi in with a FLIPPING CLOTHESLINE, then a dropkick. BUTT TO THE FACE drops the Bella. Wow. That looked painful. Naomi takes down the Bella, gets a 2 count until the illegal Bella breaks that up. Cameron comes in and promptly deposits the illegal Bella outside, and then the legal Bella throws Cameron through the ropes to follow. The Bella turns around, and gets nailed with a RUNNING ENZIGURI. Awesome. Cody Rhodes jumps up to cause shenanigans, which leads to Naomi SLAPPING HIM IN THE FACE! Rhodes jumps down, as shocked as I am. In the blink of an eye, the legal Bella sneaks up, rolls Naomi up in a sloppy school…girl? And gets the 3 count.
Winners: The Bella Twins in 3:58. Slow start, fast end, sloppy finish. Still, Naomi continues to look like she belongs, The Bella's…are rusty, no doubt, but still looked good. Cameron has improved tremendously. We'll go */5.
-NEXT! We go back to Raw Monday night, where John Cena & The Rock had a Q&A with WWE Legends.
-C.M. Punk will face The Undertaker at WrestleMania, don't miss that!
[Commercial Break]
-We're back, and we go back to the aforementioned Q&A. They clip about the first seven minutes of it, then replay the rest, in its entirety. A strong sell for the match at 'Mania between Cena & The Rock. That'll take us home tonight.
FINAL THOUGHTS: The two exclusive matches all started slow, but ended fast. The 'Mania hype machine was in full force here, but it seemed a little rushed. Overall, this show gets **/5.


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MARSHALL COUNTY, Okla -- Citizens upset over a land deal unite. Some residents in Southern Oklahoma are trying to reverse plans for a redevelopment of Lake Texoma.
A group known as "Friends of Lake Texoma State Park" met Saturday to prevent what they call an environmental and economic disaster.
"We're very concerned that thorough environmental study of the proposed project be performed before the Corps of Engineers sells anymore land," said Stephen Willis with the Friends of Lake Texoma State Park.
The group made up of Southern Marshall County land and business owners is at odds with Pointe Vista, the company that plans to develop the land around Lake Texoma.
Pointe Vista has proposed to convert the land into a residential and commercial site for housing editions, condominiums and hotels.
Pointe Vista representatives were invited to the meeting Saturday to lay out a long awaited plan of exactly what they intend to do with the 564 acres of land surrounding Lake Texoma.
The representatives did not show up, so members of the Friends of Lake Texoma are now concerned that there is not a plan to relocate that section of the state park, and it might be lost forever.
"Once the park is gone there's very little you can hold over their head, we want the sun to shine on them right now at this time when their kind of putting out the wrong impression that they're doing an environmental study, when they're not," said Willis.
Oklahoma state senator Jay Paul Gumm is backing the redevelopment of the land, and released this statement to First News:
"I know even a positive change can be hard for some and I am sensitive to the concerns expressed. That is why I have met with representatives of the group opposed to the development. Still, I remain firmly convinced the Lake Texoma redevelopment is in the best interest of the future of southern Oklahoma, our economy, and the tourists who will visit our area in the years ahead."
"it raises the question of how serious are Aubrey McClendon and Mark Fisher, the owners of Pointe Vista, in meeting the terms of national environmental laws," said Willis.
We did attempt to contact a representative from Pointe Vista, he did not return our phone calls.


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Halloween (US - DVD R1)
Gabe reviews a favourite, and hopes none of you will be fooled by this release
After brutally murdering his sister fifteen years ago, Michael Myers has returned to his home town of Haddonfield. It's Halloween night and Michael is hungry for the blood of the town's teenagers, left alone to watch over the children. But he hasn't come to Haddonfield alone; his former psychiatrist, Dr. Sam Loomis, is hot on his trail and determined to stop him.
So Anchor Bay studios is releasing Halloween... again. Optimists might say that this isn't the fifth time the Bay has released the seminal horror classic, but the first time new parent company Starz has released the film. Sure, that's it. But why release the film now to an already saturated and slowly declining DVD market? The 30th anniversary is still a year away, and there are plenty of other Anchor Bay titles that haven't seen half a dozen releases already. John Carpenter hasn't died, and neither has Jamie Lee Curtis. What could it be?
Oh yeah, Rob Zombie's ill-advised (but not yet proven worthless) remake/reimagining/retelling/rebooting/re-whatever. There's the angle. I knew it was there somewhere.
So then, money grubbing corporations aside, why don't you own one of the many copies of Halloween already available? Is it because you don't like expertly crafted, taught and streamlined stories? Perhaps you disapprove of solid acting in a genre piece. Maybe you have something against John Carpenter's elegant use of the widescreen frame. Or could it be you just don't like movies?
I kid, but only slightly. Halloween really is one of the most important films of the last half century. It's been consistently carbon copied and studied by a varying troop of filmmakers young and old. It's been a consistent subject of homage and worship for nearly three decades. It birthed a genre (with a little help from Dario Argento, Mario Bava, Tobe Hooper, and Bob Clark), a genre that has suddenly become again relevant and topical. It stood as the most successful independently produced movie until the release of Pulp Fiction (or The Blair Witch Project, depending on who's story you read), and was instrumental in the success of Independent films in the post- Jaws era.
I've got to say this is a nice new slipcover. It features the original poster image, with a shiny rainbow hologram knife, title, and pumpkin face. The image itself is also raised. I wonder what's beneath this cardboard shell. Why, it's the original 1999 Anchor Bay release! Right down to the packaging! How about that?
The video quality is identical to the original 1999 THX release because this is the exact same disc. In 2005 Anchor Bay released a 25th anniversary version under their quickly defunct 'Divimax' series. The 2005 release was hated by some fans because of its colour correction, which was made without input from Dean Cundey. This release, the 1999 version, was supervised by Cundey, but is a lot dirtier, and somewhat darker. I personally can't decide which transfer I prefer, because I actually kind of like the bluish tint on the 2005 release. Halloween is also one of the few movies of the era that works when cleaned to modern crispness (sometimes too much digital cleansing actually hurts a gritty horror flick, but Halloween is slicker than most).
And because this is a re-release of the '99 release, people who hate movies can also watch Halloween is full-screen mode. In this mode the viewer can wonder with wild abandon as to why the music has suddenly become scary when they don't see Michael Myers enter stage right.
The quality of video between the '99 and '05 releases is very much up for debate, the audio comparison is not. Those that want to see Halloween in 5.1 surround sound will find little contest, the 25th anniversary release is a much better in terms of fidelity and structure. This disc was remixed by Chance Digital when 5.1 remixes were still something new, and it uses a whole bunch of additional sound effects to fill the channels. It sounds artificial, and I don't last very long before I'm switching over to the original Mono track.
In the disc's defence, the soundtrack is very clean, and both the remixed and Mono tracks feature crisp versions of Carpenter's impossibly ingenious electronic score. In 1999, this really was Halloween as we'd never heard it before, and at the time we were thankful for a version of the film in widescreen, with a digital soundtrack.
Remember that awesome commentary on the 25th anniversary release (which may have been the same as the Criterion laserdisc, I can't remember)? Well it's not here. Remember the extra scenes for the TV version that adorned the limited edition '99 release? They aren't here either. But fear not, there are plenty of trailers, TV spots, radio spots, still galleries, and bios to hold you over.
In all fairness, the original documentary 'Halloween Unmasked 2000' is here, and it's not too bad, it's just not as good as 'Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest' or 'Halloween: 25 Years of Terror'. This older doc isn't very long, but it covers all the bases: inception, pre-production, casting, filming, release, etc. All the important and guilty parties are rounded up for their anecdotes, and they all seem more than happy to share. Outdated but pretty good.
If you don't own the film on DVD at all, this is an okay release. If you got rid of your '99 release when the '05 release came out and regret your decision in the face of all that blue, here's your chance to get it back (though I see it used all the time). Everyone else, don't be fooled by the slipcover. There's no mistaking the absolute classic status of the film itself, and you all really should own a copy, but Starz/Anchor Bay's underhandedness is a major deterrent. Seriously, if you're going to re-release a DVD to cash in on a theatrical release at least release the most recent version.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian
Disc Details
Release Date: 14th August 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1English, Dolby Mono English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Halloween Unmasked 2000, Trailers, TV Spots, Radio Spots, Talent Bios, Galleries
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis, Donald Pleasence
Genre: Horror
Length: 92 minutes
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You thought your days of acne were over when your voice deepened and you grew 2 feet in a year, but you are realizing that may have just been the beginning. Your face, back, chest, and neck seem to have come under attack and you want to stop it before you are reminded of when 'school picture day' was an automatic sick day.
Doctors do not know the exact cause of adult acne although they believe that it may be connected to over active sex hormones which cause the sebaceous glands to swell and increase the production of sebum (the oil that is secreted from your pores). This excess sebum causes blockages in the hair follicles and can lead to irritation and, in turn, acne.
Speaking of hormones… now would be a good time to introduce you to Androgens, the hormone that affects acne in males. Androgen levels are highest during puberty and generally stabilize once men reach their early 20s. However, although the fluctuations are less often and less severe, environmental factors can lead to sporadic spikes and flare-ups.
But we can't just blame our hormones like we do for everything else, there are a variety of external forces that contribute to these unsightly blemishes:
- Dirt and pollution
- Certain prescription drugs
- Chin straps or tight clothing
- Shaving
- Your mama (yes, acne may be hereditary)
And finally, one of the most influential contributors to your post-mature acne: stress. When stressed, your immune system is compromised and your various body parts become more susceptible to bacteria, and not only the acne kind.
People may think that acne is acne and everybody gets it, but there are actually a few differences between males and females when it comes to your skin and age.
- Androgen in men vs. Estrogen in women
- Acne is more prevalent in women during adulthood
- During teen years, acne strikes males and females relatively equally
A Survey at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine found acne to be most prevalent as follows:
- 50.9% of women versus 42.5% of men, between the ages of 20 and 29
- 35.2% women versus 20.1% men, between the ages of 30-39
- 26.3% women versus 12% men, between the ages of 40-49
- 15.3% women versus 7.3% men, ages 50 and older
- – Depression and Anxiety (some chemical treatments have been known to create hormone imbalances and can lead to mood swings)
- – Social withdrawal (missing a pool party because you are embarrassed about back or chest acne should be a thing of the past)
- – Loss of confidence
- – Media influences (causing an unrealistic belief in 'good looks' causing a lack of self esteem as a whole)
- – Tanning
- – Popping Pimples
- – Over exfoliating
- – Over-washing
- – Indulging in fried foods and chocolate
- – Using very hot water
- – Eliminating Moisturizer
- – Forgetting to use medication
- – Using too much medication (It won't clear your pimples faster)
- – Looking for a quick fix
- – Stopping treatment when acne is clear
- People always tell you how important it is to get 8 hours of sleep a night, and it is true, here is why. Relating to acne, it takes 7-8 hours of sleep for your skin to recoup and heal any damage done during the day.
- Remember Androgen from external sources? Dairy products, such as cows' milk, have additional androgen hormones and can cause imbalances and breakouts. Knowing how the androgen works in your body can help you figure out how to counteract its effects and fix the acne problem.
- Eating antioxidant-rich cranberries, pomegranates, and blueberries will help your face and body heal faster; they also have other great perks, but that's for another blog.
- Something as simple as changing your pillow case every couple of days to remove bacteria can have huge benefits for your skin.
- Shaving your face with a clean, sharp razor will reduce irritation.
- Cleansing immediately after sweating prevents clogged pores (the leading cause of acne)
- – Reduce inflammation with ice
- – Tea Tree Oil
- – Apple vinegar or lemon juice (will sting but work)
- – Add zinc to your diet
- – Baking soda
- – Rosewater
I won't beat around the bush here: Benzoyl peroxide is one of most effective topical treatment of acne but it must be used daily to be effective. Also, being that it is a harsh chemical that can cause irritation to your face and body it can sometimes take longer to relieve acne then natural alternatives. ZENMED's Derma Cleanse Acne Gel, voted one of the top #10 acne products on the market by totalbeaty.com, is a chemical free, natural alternative to chemical treatments and equally effective.
Oil-free acne wash used twice daily, such as ZENMED's Facial Cleansing gel that is pH balanced and effective for cleansing oily and combination skin types, is often enough to treat mild to moderate acne.
Acne can also be caused from within. Whether it is the hormones or the diet that are causing your pimples to appear, there are treatments to stop the problem at the source. ZENMED's Derma Cleanse Capsules are a genuine 100% natural, proprietary blend of herbal actives helps improve, eliminate and detoxify from within.
In Fact, the three items listed about (Derma Cleanse Acne gel, Derma Cleanse Capsules, and Facial Cleansing Gel) are sold as the 'Derma Cleanse System' and is one of the most highly regarded and praised acne systems in the industry.
So, whether your acne is just a phase, or if you fear it might be only part of a bigger problem, it is important to get to know your body and learn what steps you can take on your own to help. As mentioned, ZENMED offers a variety of products for oily, combination, and dry skin and can help you forget your acne and step out of the adult-acne category for good.
*It is important to remember that acne treatments, including ZENMED and even dermatological acne prescriptions can take between 4-8 weeks to be effective.


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In another transaction the Rapids also traded the rights to John Pulido to FC Dallas in exchange for a 2006 Fourth Round Major League Soccer supplemental draft pick.
Both Gregorio and Pulido were selected by the Rapids in the 2004 SuperDraft.
According to MLS rules "A player who was drafted by a particular team through the SuperDraft or Supplemental Draft and did not sign is placed on that team's 'College Protected List' until the second December 31 immediately following the draft in question after which the team loses the rights to the player."
Colorado now has three (3) Permanent Youth Slots available (with GK Bouna Coundoul occupying a 4th).
Colorado Rapids- Acquired a permanent Youth International slot from Real Salt Lake in exchange for the rights to Adolfo Gregorio. Trade rights to John Pulido to FC Dallas in exchange for a fourth round draft pick in 2006 MLS Supplemental draft.


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G1004, Reviewed October 1993
More than half the farm buildings constructed in Missouri today are selected from the wide variety of "pre-engineered" structures available from commercial manufacturers or large contracting firms. These buildings, commonly referred to as "package buildings," have been designed to reduce construction costs through standardization.
Package buildings are available in a variety of sizes and shapes, and they contain features that reflect both the needs of their intended use and the choice of their designer. Their purchase can be compared to that of a tractor or an automobile — there are high-price models, economy units and usually a variety of optional accessories that add to the cost.
This guide outlines some of the options and decisions you will have to make when shopping for and purchasing a package-type farm building.
The right building for your farm is the one that provides for all your needs at minimum cost. Many buildings are selected on physical size alone, not what they are able to do for a particular farmstead.
The first step in successful selection of a building is to decide what you want the building for. Is it a farrowing house for 20 sows, storage for an 8-row combine, a double 4 herringbone milking parlor or a hay storage barn? Each building has its own specific requirements for use.
On the other hand, there may be more than one way to satisfy these requirements. If you are going to provide opportunity for a maximum number of building manufacturers to compete for your business, decide what the building must accomplish, not how it is to be done.
It's a good idea to make a list of your needs before you start shopping. It will provide you with a basis for comparison when you look at different buildings. Include the following items on your list:
The most successful building is the one that is completely integrated into the materials flow pattern of the farmstead. Site selection is often the most difficult task in getting ready for a new building, particularly if you are trying to do it yourself. You can get help with this process by contacting the MU Extension center in your county. Do it early in the planning process, as the "right location" may impose some constraints on the size or shape of building you can purchase.
Getting a particular location ready for a building involves removing topsoil, leveling the area and bringing utilities such as water and electricity to the site. The nature of the work usually means that local contractors will be engaged to do it. Many package builders, particularly those based some distance from your farm, prefer to have the owner arrange for site preparation work. If you are willing to accept this responsibility, you can save the general contractor's fee on this portion of the work. Package builders often provide site preparation specifications for the farmer who wants to do this work.
The choice is yours. All three have been used with equal success for nearly every type of farm building. There is no general rule as to which type is most economical for any one situation. In fact, it is not unusual to find more variation in price among similar types of construction than among different ones.
The common denominator among types of buildings is the design load they are able to withstand. All farm buildings in Missouri should be designed to withstand 80 mph wind loads and 20 pounds per square foot (psf) live roof load. The live roof load can be reduced to 15 psf in southeast Missouri, where snow is not a major consideration. If the building has a suspended floor, it should be capable of supporting the minimum loads indicated in Table 1.
Table 1Minimum recommended design loads for suspended floors in agricultural buildings
All package buildings are equipped with alternative or optional items. Some of the items you will have to choose from are listed below, along with advantages and disadvantages.
Windows are expensive additions to farm buildings and, to keep costs at a minimum, are being used less and less. The only place they are essential is in those structures that must conform to health regulations. When windows are used for illumination, keep window area equal to 8-10 percent of the floor area.
A. Wooden windows
B. Metal frame windows
C. Plastic roof panels
A. Metal
B. Wood
C. Masonry
A. Metal (aluminum or steel)
B. Solid deck with shingles
Insulation is an increasingly important part of modern farm building construction. Even buildings that are considered "cold structures" are receiving minimum amounts of insulation to moderate summer and winter temperature extremes.
There are many choices of insulating material available. To provide a basis of comparison between buildings, you should specify insulation based on its R value. General recommended levels are as follows:
A. Cold buildings operated at outside temperature:
Ceilings (roof): R = 2-4 for summer heat.
Walls: No insulation.
B. Buildings where animal heat provides only winter minimum temperatures:
Ceilings: R = 16
Walls: R = 9-12
C. Buildings with supplemental heating systems:
Ceilings: R = 24
Walls: R = 13
There are an almost infinite number of choices of material for interior finish in farm buildings. A performance specification rather than identification of a specific material usually will provide a better comparison among building manufacturers. Items that should be considered in developing a performance specification are:
A. Mechanical strength. If interior finish is exposed to animals, it will have to take considerable abuse.
B. Moisture resistance.
C. Ease of cleaning.
D. Color.
All livestock buildings and some other farm structures will have some means of modifying interior environment. Performance specifications usually will result in the lowest cost to you.
A. Ventilation
B. Heating
The heating system should be designed to maintain a specified interior temperature when outside temperature falls to -10 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Fahrenheit for southeast Missouri). Interior temperature desired will depend on building usage. An automatic temperature control system should be specified.
A. Lighting.
B. General outlets.
C. Special equipment.
A 4-inch-thick concrete floor is sufficient for most farm buildings. Reinforcing is not necessary if floors are placed over a well drained, compacted fill material. Floors should be thickened to 8 inches for a distance of 2 feet in from doors where equipment will be entering the building.
Use a 6-sack mix concrete made with air entraining cement. Pitch floors 1/8-1/4 inch per foot to floor drains.
Almost every building will be modified to provide some special feature for the farm it is located on. Before you start looking, try to make a list of the "extras" you want included in your building. Some of the more common additions are:
Farm buildings are becoming extremely complex structures and usually represent a considerable investment that must be protected with insurance. During the past few years, there has been an increasing reluctance on the part of some insurance companies to assume coverage for complex farm buildings. When shopping for a building, and definitely before you buy, make sure the structure you purchase will be eligible for any insurance coverage you might want to place on it.
Order publications online at http://extension.missouri.edu/explore/shop/ or call toll-free 800-292-0969.


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TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The state news agency reports that a group of armed men killed a Tunisian national guardsman near the Algerian border.
The four gunmen opened fire Monday on a guard patrol in the area of Dernaya in Tunisia's Kasserine province, wounding one guardsman who later died at a hospital.
The report said the men had infiltrated the country from Algeria and reinforcements have been sent to the area. The report did not specify the identity of the men, but local media described them as Islamists.
On Saturday, two Tunisians were arrested carrying explosives and automatic weapons, also near the Algerian border.
A branch of al-Qaida is active in Algeria and has occasionally crossed into Tunisia, where hardline Islamists are on the rise since the ousting of a secular dictator in 2011.


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XDG user directories
User directories are a set of common directories such as downloads directory, music directory, documents directory, and so on. These directories can have special identifying icons and used internally by many applications such as Nautilus and Thunar to determine where to look for files to be passed to the Create Document context menu, whereas the desktop directory is used by Xfdesktop to find .desktop files to be shown on the Desktop.
install package xdg-user-dirs from Official Repositories.
The config file
xdg-user-dirs uses a configuration file located at
~/.config/user-dirs.dir. Its format is as follows:
A complete file might contain multiple entries:
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop" XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads" XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates" XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public" XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents" XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music" XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures" XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"
xdg-user-dirs-update is a desktop-independent tool for configuring the location of certain user directories.
As an example, command
xdg-user-dirs-update --set TEMPLATES ~/.templates
will set the
template directory to the specified directory with respect to the current user's
Once set, any user directory can be viewed with
xdg-user-dir. For example:
$ xdg-user-dir TEMPLATES
will show the template directory, which of course corresponds to the
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR variable in the config file.
External Resource
- xdg-user-dirs - freedesktop.org


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There are many local attractions near Palmas del Mar that are worth a visit. You can walk through our enchanted rainforest: El Yunque, or visit historical Old San Juan, the one time capital of Puerto Rico, complete with its colonial architecture and untouched forts like El Morro. Perhaps you want to go shopping in the largest mall in the Caribbean, Plaza Las Americas. For the adventurer in you, you can go exploring in the depths of the Camuy Caves on the west part of the island. And for a great educational family trip, don't miss the famous Arecibo Observatory (world's largest single radio telescope), where you can learn all about the stars and heavens. There's something for everyone here in Puerto Rico!
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Well Completions Superintendent
- Recruiter
- Progressive Recruitment
- Location
- Angola
- Salary
- £719.30 - £838.76 per day + per diem + travel +accomodation
- Posted
- 22 Feb 2013
- Closes
- 22 Mar 2013
- Ref
- Contact
- Serena Shallop
- Sector
- Engineering
- Function
- Production, Project / Product Management
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
My client in Angola is looking for a Well completions Superintendent with deep water experience to work on a 5x5 rotation Onshore.
The scope of service consists of:
-Providing the technical completion expertise within the drilling department
-Work closely with the Lead Completion Engineer to ensure that all programmes are prepared
-Review operational performance
-Suggest solutions for operational improvement
During the operational activities, the completions superintendent will also provide engineering support and technical advice to the Rigs superintendent
Vision from both an operational and safety standpoint is a must have as well as good offshore experience
The superintendent is to optimise well cost fully achieving all well performance, productivity, and development goals within a high standard of safety and environmental level
The B17 project portfolio requires the completions superintendent to:
-Ensure the engineering preparation of completions, work-over, well intervention and DST operation for exploration wells.
-Introducing new techniques and technologies to contribute to the increasing in performance of the operation
-Offshore completion witness at least once a week for KPI implementation
-Follow up on the engineering activities related to the completion equipment and related actions in theLuandabase
Required Skills:
-Extensive knowledge of offshore completion operations
-Minimum 15 years experience in Completions Superintendent level
-International exposure
-At least 10 years as completions supervisor
-5 years as Completions Superintendent Holding a valid IWCF well certificate
-Good interpersonal and organisational skills
Please do not apply to this role if you do not match the Required skills.
However, I do have other completion roles. Feel free to call me on +44(0)207 469 5233
Progressive Global Energy & Natural Resources is proud to be a member of EIC.
Progressive Global Energy & Natural Resources is proud to be a member of EIC.


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DFresh needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 205 designs submitted by 75 freelance designers.
Midtown Surgery Center
Midtown Surgery Center is the first physician-owned, freestanding outpatient surgery center in New York.
As the first physician-owned surgery center, we are also the most advanced surgical facility in Manhattan, offering the latest technology in orthopedics, arthroscopy, microsurgery, laparoscopy, plastic surgery, spine surgery, and pain management.
Located only steps from U.N. Headquarters in Manhattan, we are situated in a lovely diplomatic corridor on the East Side. As such, our neighborhood and facility enjoy a sophisticated, educated, upscale and international clientele and tenor.
Our surgeon-owners represent the top 1% of all surgeons in their field. As such, we cater to well-educated, affluent professionals in Manhattan who are looking for the absolute pinnacle in surgical care. In addition, we have a sophisticated international clientele of foreign dignitaries, diplomats, and businessmen who travel to Manhattan from all corners of the globe for the best possible surgical care. Our clients expect the finest in medical care, and they expect and deserve to be pampered in every respect.
Our competitors are the internationallly renowned hospitals and academic centers of excellence, including Columbia Medical Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, NYU, and Mt. Sinai Hospital. Therefore, the successful submission will similarly reflect clean, upscale, and academic. The design will be simple but thoughtful, sophisticated but elegant, progressive but safe.
The successful logo/design concept should be clean and professional and convey these concepts:
1. safety is job one
2. best of class physicians, surgeons, and staff
3. best of class technology
4. very special, personalized medical care
5. sophisticated and academic
Again, the facility is situated in a diplomatic corridor close to the U.N. and shares a building with the Sultanate of Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan. (The facility had originally been called U.N. Surgery Center, but that name needed approval from the U.N. Secretary General.) Therefore, please consider an international flavor to your design. This is a suggestion, however, and is not a necessity.
The logo and design concept should incorporate and dovetail with the architecture and interior design of Midtown Surgery Center's recently completed facility. The facility is modern and incorporates largely earth tones as well as cherry and mahogany paneling and cabinetry. The frontage is 5/8" glass, and the front door logo might be etched into the glass. (photos attached)
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NEW YORK (AP) — Sometimes a musical gets you with the first kiss or a nifty bit of dance. "Big Fish" might be the first to do it with elephant butts.
The sight of three swaying caps a tumultuous first act that throws everything at you — acrobats, a montage, smoke, leaping fish, mermaids, werewolves and a ruthless cheerfulness — so by the time the simple view of puppet pachyderm rear ends appear, cheers come naturally from the audience.
Directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman, with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, "Big Fish" is a hyperkinetic, messy spectacle that really only finds its footing in a cleaner second act, finally emerging with real heart and style.
The musical that opened Sunday at the Neil Simon Theatre is adapted from the 1998 Daniel Wallace novel and the 2003 Tim Burton movie. The book is by John August, who also penned the movie's screenplay.
Norbert Leo Butz is perfectly cast as a manic father fond of tall tales about witches and giants, but who harbors a secret. Bobby Steggert is great as his exasperated son, tired of all the silliness. And Kate Baldwin is lovely as the woman trying to reconcile these two men before it's too late.
While acknowledging that the show is about a self-consciously rambling and absurdist hero, the bloated 90-minute Act 1 threatens to derail as visual gags, projections and busy scenes — plus a book that uneasily mixes whimsy and cancer — bombard the senses.
"People want to see things beyond their imagination! Bigger than life!" says a circus ringmaster. It's advice that Stroman clearly has embraced, for better or worse. The ante keeps getting upped with each scene and it gets exhausting.
Some jaw-dropping stuff is indeed on show: There's a stunning dance scene in which Benjamin Pearcy's projections are broadcast on William Ivey Long's sumptuous cloaks. There's a fun moment between Butz and a giant — an excellent Ryan Andes, channeling Monty Python — who have a good song called "Out There on the Road."
And the act ends with daffodils sprouting from every corner of the stage, a beautiful tour de force from set designer Julian Crouch that would be enough to end most musicals on a high.
After intermission, a big, bombastic song — "Red, White and True," complete with nine dancing USO girls whose bodies spell out "U S A" — proves no one wants to take their foot off the gas. It could easily be the 11 o'clock number in any other musical.
Then, finally, many of the toys are put away — wisely. "Fight the Dragon" is beautifully sung in a simple bedroom set, and Baldwin's torch song "I Don't Need a Roof" is a shimmering gorgeous thing, with her just cradling her ill husband, teary proof of her acting and singing chops. Both songs bring the show back to gravity in an emotional, beautiful way.
Even so, there are still unnecessary flourishes. One Act 2 song, "Showdown," a TV cowboy-infused battle between father and son is simply unneeded, especially since there's no call for a "hanging tonight" on top of fatal cancer.
Lippa, who also wrote the songs for "The Addams Family," has a knack for a classic, catchy Broadway sound, though many tunes come off as attempts for a hit-for-the-stands homer.
Stroman keeps the action flowing flawlessly — and her actors moving through an impossibly complicated world — and clearly knows when to let the beauty of the moment simply shine. She captures the magic of the original story and has created some undeniable magic of her own.
Butz proves he's simply in a league of his own, able to switch from middle-aged to teenager in a snap, offering a complex portrait of a Southern man while avoiding good 'ol boy cliches, and he even spends some of the night lying in a hospital bed, not the most expected way to lead a musical. But then there are lots of other fun surprises at "Big Fish," including elephant fannies.
Online: http://www.bigfishthemusical.com
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend Saturday, then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and committed suicide in front of his coach and general manager.
Authorities did not release a possible motive for the murder-suicide, though police said that Belcher and his girlfriend, 22-year-old Kasandra M. Perkins, had been arguing recently. The two of them have a 3-month-old child.
Belcher thanked general manager Scott Pioli and coach Romeo Crennel before shooting himself in the parking lot of the team's practice facility, police spokesman Darin Snapp said. Police had locked it down by mid-morning and reporters were confined to the street just outside the gates.
The Chiefs were scheduled to play the Carolina Panthers on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. The Panthers were advised by the league to travel to Kansas City as planned, though no official announcement on the game itself had been made.
Belcher was a 25-year-old native of West Babylon, N.Y., on Long Island, who played college ball at Maine. He signed with the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent, made the team and stayed with it for four years, moving into the starting lineup. He'd played in all 11 games this season.
"The entire Chiefs family is deeply saddened by today's events, and our collective hearts are heavy with sympathy, thoughts and prayers for the families and friends affected by this unthinkable tragedy," Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said in a statement.
"We sincerely appreciate the expressions of sympathy and support we have received from so many in the Kansas City and NFL communities, and ask for continued prayers for the loved ones of those impacted," Hunt said. "We will continue to fully cooperate with the authorities and work to ensure that the appropriate counseling resources are available to all members of the organization."
The NFL released a statement that also expressed sympathy and said, "we have connected the Chiefs with our national team of professional counselors to support both the team and the families of those affected. We will continue to provide assistance in any way that we can."
Authorities reported receiving a call Saturday morning from a woman who said her daughter had been shot multiple times at a residence about five miles away from the Arrowhead complex. The call actually came from Belcher's mother, who referred to the victim as her daughter, leading to some initial confusion, police said.
"She treated Kasandra like a daughter," Snapp explained. Belcher's mother, who is from New York, had recently moved in with the couple, "probably to help out with the baby," Snapp said.
Police then received a phone call from the Chiefs' training facility.
"The description matched the suspect description from that other address. We kind of knew what we were dealing with," Snapp said. The player was "holding a gun to his head" as he stood in front of the front doors of the practice facility.
"And there were Pioli and Crennel and another coach or employee was standing outside and appeared to be talking to him. It appeared they were talking to the suspect," Snapp said. "The suspect began to walk in the opposite direction of the coaches and the officers and that's when they heard the gunshot. It appears he took his own life."
The coaches told police they never felt in any danger, Snapp said.
"They said the player was actually thanking them for everything they'd done for him," he said. "They were just talking to him and he was thanking them and everything. That's when he walked away and shot himself."


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There are a myriad of IT standards in the healthcare industry, but the current IT standards in healthcare are not always working. Today, there are still too many IT systems that are not interoperable which results in significant barriers to the secured Boundaryless Information Flow™ in healthcare. Inside the healthcare ecosystem, information either doesn't flow well or it only flows at a great cost in terms of custom integration project.
The intent is to make existing and future IT standards in healthcare productive, pervasive, practical, and persistent.
Improving healthcare's information flow is a key enabler to improving healthcare outcomes and implementing efficiencies within today's delivery models. The goal is to look into healthcare challenges, desired outcomes, the extended healthcare enterprise, and the healthcare IT enterprise and gather those pain points that are out there…like interoperability.
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The QNX car platform has has done some amazing things over the years and today adds another great feature to their already big arsenal. The new in-car speech recognition framework will now recognize a speakers intent for voice commands. The framework allows applications to access AT&T Watson which provides a more natural understanding of spoken commands. This means users can do things like create calendar appointments, dictate email, give voice navigation instructions or even perfom internet searches. Very cool stuff that adds to the already amazing QNX car platform. Check out the full press release below.
QNX Announces New In-Car Speech Recognition Framework to Understand a Speaker's Intent
New intent framework to bring power of AT&T Watson(SM) speech recognition engine to wider variety of in-car systems and applications
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - January 07, 2013) - QNX Software Systems Limited, a global leader in software platforms for in-car electronics, has announced a powerful new framework that will allow speech recognition systems in cars to understand a speaker's intent. The framework extracts meaning from the driver's spoken words, enabling in-car systems to create calendar appointments, dictate email or text messages, set complex navigation destinations, and even perform general Internet searches.
The framework, which is a component of the QNX CARTM application platform, allows in-car applications to access AT&T Watson(SM) speech recognition technology. AT&T Watson(SM) is AT&T's pioneering speech services platform, which enables the development of next-generation technologies that go beyond speech to power more advanced natural language understanding and automatic speech recognition, among other capabilities. The multimodal and multilingual speech engine runs on a cloud-based server to provide extremely high-quality recognition with low latency.
Determination of the intent behind the driver's speech starts on the server, where the AT&T Watson speech engine begins to analyze words and fits them to known patterns. The results are then handed from the cloud to the car, where the in-vehicle intent engine from QNX Software Systems performs the remainder of the speech analysis to determine how to act.
"Sharing the workload across client and server offers automotive manufacturers and end-users the best of both worlds," said Andy Gryc, automotive product marketing manager, QNX Software Systems. "The server-side analysis, provided by AT&T Watson, is optimized for complex scenarios, such as a navigation application in which the driver may verbalize destinations in hundreds of different ways. The QNX client-side analysis grants car makers greater flexibility, enabling them to adapt the AT&T Watson results for a variety of in-car applications, regional aspects, or personal tastes."
"For many of us, the most natural way to communicate is with our voice. By working with QNX and opening access to our rich set of speech technologies developed at our labs, we're making it possible for more people to use the power of their voice to stay safely connected in their vehicles," said Mazin Gilbert, assistant vice president of technical research, AT&T Labs. "Delivering this type of next-generation virtual assistant applications for the connected car is especially important as we look at how technology can help drivers keep their eyes on the road and hands on the wheel."
The intent system from QNX Software Systems is dynamically pluggable, which allows the recognized vocabulary to change depending on what applications are active, and to support new apps that are downloaded to the car.
"Enabling natural, intuitive, user experiences is fundamental to our vision of the connected vehicle, and providing our automotive customers with the tools to create those experiences is fundamental to our product strategy," said Linda Campbell, director of strategic alliances, QNX Software Systems. "By providing a framework that enables our customers to take greater advantage of AT&T's phenomenal speech engine, the new intent system should help accelerate the adoption of speech recognition across a broad range of vehicles."
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Developed at AT&T Labs, AT&T Watson(SM)has been powering advanced speech services in the marketplace for years. The technology reflects more than one million hours of research and development in speech technologies that has led to more than 600 U.S. patents and patent applications.


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This is a fan update of the old snake add-on created by Motig all code and credit goes to him i only updated this add-on to be compatible for mop.
Link to the old snake here.
The original author can pm if he wants this taken down due to the fact it is his add-on again i only did a fan update since no update has come in 2 years.
/snake still starts the game.
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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Conor Casey's first league goal in open play since last September was enough to separate the Colorado Rapids from the Seattle Sounders as they defeated their Western Conference foes, 1-0, at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in front of a sell-out crowd of 18,116.
The Rapids striker picked up a ball from Omar Cummings in the 63rd minute, held off a challenge from Jeff Parke in the Seattle defense and then delicately chipped Kasey Keller in the Seattle goal. Casey, recently overlooked for the U.S. World Cup squad, last scored in open play against Toronto September 12. His six goals since then had all come from penalty kicks.
The game needed a bit of inspiration. It seemed the most interesting feature of the night would be the constant battle between Pablo Mastroeni and Freddie Ljungberg in the midfield. The two veterans were constantly at it, and it only seemed a matter of time before one of them would get sent off either for challenges on each other or for arguing with the referee.
Thankfully, Casey's goal changed the momentum of the game and its focus. The Rapids continued to make good chances with both Mehdi Ballouchy and Omar Cummings going close. Chances for Seattle were limited, though Ljungberg did go extremely close with a neat free kick just over and wide of Matt Pickens in the Colorado goal. Steve Zakuani also had a good chance, but his fierce shot cannoned off the Colorado defense.
In the first half, chances were also scant for both teams. Colorado's attack seemed to be largely limited to Cummings running dangerously down the right, but few chances were actually created.
Ljungberg also went close on a breakaway towards the end of the first half but was put under a lot of pressure from Marvell Wynne and skied his shot. Minutes earlier, Seattle probably had its best chance of the first half when Patrick Ianni shot very well from outside the penalty box, but his right-footed half-volley was well saved by Pickens.
It wasn't as pretty as last season's entertaining 2-2 draw between the teams in Colorado, but the Rapids will be delighted at pinching the victory over an always dangerous side and at improving their home record.
Scoring Summary:
COL -- Conor Casey 4 (unassisted) 63
Misconduct Summary:
SEA -- Leo Gonzalez (caution; Unsporting Behavior) 46+
COL -- Pablo Mastroeni (caution; Tactical Foul) 48+
SEA -- Patrick Ianni (caution; Unsporting Behavior) 52
SEA -- Freddie Ljungberg (caution; Dissent) 53
COL -- Marvell Wynne (caution; Reckless Tackle) 71
COL -- Conor Casey (caution; Dissent) 93+
Seattle Sounders -- Kasey Keller, Leo Gonzalez, Tyrone Marshall, Jeff Parke, James Riley, Steve Zakuani (Sanna Nyassi 64), Brad Evans, Patrick Ianni, Freddie Ljungberg, Pat Noonan (Roger Levesque 83), Fredy Montero (Miguel Montano 76).
Substitutes Not Used: Nathan Sturgis, Tyson Wahl, Zach Scott, Terry Boss.
Colorado Rapids -- Matt Pickens, Marvell Wynne, Drew Moor, Julien Baudet, Danny Earls, Mehdi Ballouchy, Jeff Larentowicz, Pablo Mastroeni, Wells Thompson (Colin Clark 60), Conor Casey, Omar Cummings (Quincy Amarikwa 89).
Substitutes Not Used: Claudio Lopez, Scott Palguta, Andre Akpan, Ross LaBauex, Ian Joyce.
Referee: Jair Marrufo; Referee's Assistants: -Greg Barkey; Peter Manikowski; 4th Official: Ramon Hernandez
Attendace: 18,116
Weather: Cloudy-and-68-degrees


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Magnolia's Old, New & Handmade Room
Name: Magnolia (11 months)
Location: Nashville, TN
Magnolia's room is a combination of new, old, handmade, and hand-me-downed. Magnolia's room is spacious and bright with a peaceful feel and, most of the time, you can find us hanging out in there!
The gray walls are soothing, so we chose not to change them. I found napkins at West Elm with gray, bright yellow, and a corally-red color that I loved, so I made the crib skirt out of them and used gray, yellow, and "red" as an overall color palette. Against EVERY bit of advice we received, we decided not to get a rocker or glider. We love her gray chair and have certainly used it well!
My husband designed and built the daybed, with large drawer storage underneath, as a place for us to lay with her for feeding, long nights, and reading stories. Now, she loves to stand and look out the window (with supervision, of course).
My friend painted the lovely illustrations and the name banner that was part of my baby shower. The best part of the room, though, is the black and white collage my husband made from a picture of Magnolia's great grandfather and great-great grandmother in 1923 on the very street we live on now! Our home wasn't built until 1925, but you can see our neighbor's homes in the background.
Thanks Mary!
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12 Sep 2013 08:20:55 AM
The UFC Releases Alleged Neo-Nazi Fighter Benjamin Brinsa
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In late July, we gave you the heads-up that a recent UFC signee named Benjamin Brinsa had been accused of having ties with Neo-Nazism and hooligan groups. Though Brinsa vehemently denied the accusations and called it a "smear campaign," UFC president Dana White promised to look into the claims.
A month and a half later, the UFC has made a decision — Brinsa's UFC contract has been terminated. MMAFighting confirmed the news with the promotion.
Considering that the undefeated welterweight was already becoming persona non grata in his native country for his dubious associations, the UFC release could be a career-killer. Brinsa has not yet issued a public statement about the news; we'll update you if and when he does.Read More DIGG THIS


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With the Wallace100 year drawing to a close, a year that has seen us remember and celebrate the legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace 100 years after his death, I was interested to find out if there was any activity immediately after Wallace's death in November 1913 to mark his extraordinary life in any way. I thought there was no better place to start looking than in the letters sent after his death found on Wallace Letters Online.
Shortly after his death, Wallace's three close friends, James Marchant, Raphael Meldola and Edward Bagnall Poulton set up the Wallace Memorial Fund, also known as the Memorial Committee. The fund's purpose was to create a memorial for Wallace, in the form of a medallion featuring Wallace for Westminster Abbey; a portrait of him and a statue of him for the Natural History Museum.
As it turned out only the medallion and the portrait were created, with the memorial unveiled at the Abbey on 1 November 1915 and the painting by J. W. Beaufort presented to the Museum on the 100th anniversary of his birth in January 1923.
Marchant, Meldola and Poulton set about raising awareness of the Fund and raising money in the months following November 1913. In a letter written to Poulton on 23 February 1914, Meldola (the Fund's Treasurer) informs Poulton
"The Fund is now £236 & Marchant wants to issue order for Medallion".
Westminster Abbey was delighted to accept the medallion and nine months after this letter was written, it was unveiled.
Well-known names from the scientific world contributed to the fund, including Archibald Geikie, E. Ray Lankester and David Prain as well as contributors from the world of spiritualism and long-term correspondents of Wallace's – Oliver Lodge and William Crookes.
However, a letter from William Greenell Wallace in January 1914 to TDA Cockerell, who was a close friend of Wallace's, revealed the difficulties the Fund was having in realising their ambitious programme;
"I am sorry to say that the memorial fund is progressing very slowly and I doubt it will be possible to do more than the Abbey medallion, and even that will cost £300. The Abbey fee, for permission only, is £200 and the sculptor's fee, greatly reduced in this case, is £100. It seems that fame without money has not much chance of recognition in this democratic country."
"There is no fear that the statue will [be] disappointing as there is no chance of it being done, at present."
Violet Wallace, in a letter to Octavius Pickard-Cambridge written on 5 December 1913 talked about the possible statue, writing,
"I like the idea of a statue if it could be like the one of Darwin in the N. H. Museum – that one always looks so natural, and my father would look nice."
Sadly, the Fund didn't raise enough money to achieve all of their aims, with the statue not being realised. However, 100 years after his death, there is at last a statue of Wallace housed at the Museum, a fitting way to commemorate Wallace and his achievements.
The Wallace Memorial Fund launched a new fundraising campaign last year and comissioned sculptor Anthony Smith to create a statue of Wallace in his exploring days, as a young naturalist in the field. It is also perhaps fitting, that the statue will be positioned close to the Darwin Centre, where the bulk of Wallace's specimens that he collected during his years in the field are now housed.
The new statue of Alfred Russel Wallace after its unveiling by Sir David Attenborough.
Update: The new statue was unveiled at a ceremony last night by Sir David Attenborough and will be located inside the Darwin Centre for the weekend before moving to its permanent position outside on Monday.
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