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Dance competitions give people a chance to dance on stage in front of an audience. Dance competitions are really where "the rubber hits the road" in dancing. When people dance competitively, they are able to take what they learn in their dance lessons and see how they are received by professional dance judges. Rehearsals for these competitions are taken more seriously than general dance lessons and people learn to work better with their partners. The whole experience becomes more professionals and rewarding.
These events give dancers a real sense of how they are progressing. The judges for dance competitions give the participants get feedback that has been personalized to their performance. These reviews and this feedback can be crucial for helping dancers get better at their art. It can also be extremely rewarding to hear the positive comments made by professional judges for dance competitions. People who dance competitively gain a lot of valuable insight into their choreography.
Dance competitions give people a chance to make connections in the industry. For young dancers who want to do this professionally, there are few ways that are better for making the needed connections than going to dance competitively. Like any profession, it is often who and not what you know that makes the difference between success and failure. Going to dance competitions can really help people get to know the movers and shakers in the industry. The more people you can get to meet in the world of dance, the better. The more people who see you dance and like what they see, the better. Dance competitions are wonderful for networking.
When you dance competitively, you can open yourself up to new opportunities. Dancers who spend time dancing competitively, get more exposure to new opportunities than those who do not. These may include learning about dance scholarships, new opportunities to audition for shows and information about conventions and other dance competitions. There are not many places where you can have as much access to such a diverse number of opportunities to grow and improve your dancing skills than when working through the dance competition process. Between the intense rehearsals you will do before to the feedback you get from professional judges and the information and opportunities to gain access to, dance competitions are very important in helping people advance their dance careers or improve their experience with the art and sport.
Competing makes you better. When you dance competitively, you will get better. It forces dancers to work harder and strive to get better. The rehearsals they do before the dance competition are more intense and more focused than any other classes or general rehearsals. Knowing that the end result will be judged and critiqued by profession dance judges inspires most dancers to work harder to get to be better. People train harder before these competitions than they train for anything else, including shows. This is an important benefit to participating in these kinds of events. If you want to take your dance skills to the next level, this is one good way to do that.
Some people do not believe that competitive dance is a real sport. Others say that it is the hardest sport out there. They cite the amount of training that dancers need to do, they often do the same kinds of weight training workouts and outside aerobic conditioning work outs that dancers do to stay in top physical shape.
It does not matter which side of the debate you find yourself, at the end of the day, when you dance competitively, you do get into great physical shape.


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Q: URL Rewriting in htaccess I just rebuilt a site that is currently located at
http://domainnamehere.com/v2
The existing site is located at
http://domainnamehere.com/
I need to set up a redirect so that when someone goes to the old site, it redirects to the new site. I did this on the htaccess file:
Redirect /index.html http://domainnamehere.com/v2/

But this only redirects the homepage, not the rest of the site. I also have another directory that is linked to a separate domain. The above htaccess code redirects http://anotherdomain.com to http://domainnamehere.com/v2. I do not want it to redirect other domain names. THe reason it is redirecting the other domain name is because the files are located in a directory on domainnamehere.com. I hope that makes sense!
If someone goes to http://domainnamehere.com/somethinghere I also want it to redirect to the 404 error page that would be located at http://domainnamehere.com/v2/somethinghere
Basically, I need proper htaccess code for this situation!

A: RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?domainnamehere\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/v2/$1 [R=301,L]

Note: jfrobishow technically answered this first, this is just a fix.
Edit: Added optional www.

A: This should forward {whatever is after you slash} to /v2/{whatever is after you slash}
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Host} ^domainnamehere\.com$
RewriteRule /(.*) domainnamehere\.com/v2/$1

EDIT: this is for isapi rewrite, but the syntax is similar if you are using mod_rewrite.

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Opened in May 2017 our new Temple space is something we are very excited about. It consists of a large 14m dimater circular temple space suitable for practicing yoga, dance, ceremony with up to 50 people. It has hardwood floors and stunning views of Apu Pitusiray and surrounding mountains. It comes complete with bathrooms, storage space, yoga mats, straps and blocks, surround sound system, hydronic heating and has a grid of concentric rings of Selenite under the floor. Selenite brings clarity of mind and activates the seventh chakra, Sahasrara, which is our direct link to Spirit. When the seventh chakra is balanced, we are able to understand our connection with the universe, we are one with the entire Divine creation.


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Q: Mongodb returns an empty array while retrieving data through nodejs let mongodb = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
    let express = require("express")
    let app = express()
    let connectionString = 'mongodb://ToDoAppUser:ToDoAppUserPassword@ac-u9kgapm-shard-00-00.8rdkdoi.mongodb.net:27017,ac-u9kgapm-shard-00-01.8rdkdoi.mongodb.net:27017,ac-u9kgapm-shard-00-02.8rdkdoi.mongodb.net:27017/?ssl=true&replicaSet=atlas-68qno6-shard-0&authSource=admin&retryWrites=true&w=majority'
    let db
    mongodb.connect(connectionString,function(err,client){

      if (err) throw err
       db = client.db()
       app.listen(3000)
       console.log("Database connected.");

    })

    app.use(express.urlencoded({extended : false}))

Trying to retrieve data from MongodB
As you can see that , I am trying to retrieve data from MongoDB collection named #item and want to print it. But it shows an empty array. I am stuck on this. kindly help me to resolve this issue.
    app.get("/", function(req, res){
      **// this collectio method of mongodb returns empty array.
      // however, mongodb got connected, but i cannot retreive data from mongodb**
      db.collection('items').find().toArray(function(err, items) {
        if(err) console.log(err)
        console.log(items)

      })

A: You need to use the following format.
async function findOneListingByName(client, nameOfListing) {
    const result = await client.db("sample_airbnb").collection("listingsAndReviews").findOne({ name: nameOfListing });

    if (result) {
        console.log(`Found a listing in the collection with the name '${nameOfListing}':`);
        console.log(result);
    } else {
        console.log(`No listings found with the name '${nameOfListing}'`);
    }
}

This code above is worked for me.
By the way, you can read their documentation here for more examples:
https://www.mongodb.com/developer/languages/javascript/node-crud-tutorial/

A: My guess is that the call to fetch items from DB is asynchronous, and you're trying to use items synchronous manner.
Try adding async to the controller function and using await for the DB request. Like this:
app.get("/", async function(req, res){
        /*  Mongo documents don't show any parameters for the toArray method
         * Read here https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/method/cursor.toArray/#mongodb-method-cursor.toArray
         *
        */
       const itemsFromDB = await db.collection('items').find().toArray()
       conssole.log('items are:' itemsFromDB )

})


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Tipping Point for Planet Earth: How close are we to the edge?
by Anthony Barnosky and Liz Hadly
Anthony Barnosky and Liz Hadly, a Stanford environmental biology professor, present a call to action about our planet's failing life support systems.
Thomas Dunne Books, 2016
Prodigal Summer
Barbara Kingsolver's fifth novel addresses the struggle between humans and the natural world. Set in Appalachia, the book focuses on three stories of human love, as well as the ecological damage caused by herbicides, ethical questions about raising tobacco, and the endangered condition of subsistence farming.
Harper Perennial, 2001
Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America
by Liz Carlisle
Stanford Earth lecturer Liz Carlisle tells the story of a little known group of renegade farmers who defied corporate agribusiness by launching a unique sustainable farm-to-table food movement.
Avery, 2015
Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis
by Ruth DeFries
Columbia professor and MacArthur fellow Ruth DeFries explains the innovations that have taken us from foragers on the savannahs to producers of 3000 calories of food daily for 7 billion people. The Big Ratchet came with 20th century technologies like fossil fuels, plant breeding, and nitrogen fertilizers that drove population and food production. She helps us understand how we reached this point in history -- and how we might survive it.
Basic Books, 2014
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
by Elizabeth Kolbert
Journalist Elizabeth Kolbert wrote this New York Times best seller which weaves science, historical context, and tales from the field to build a case that the sixth mass extinction of life on Earth is already underway.
Picador, 2015
Painting at the Edge of the World:  The watercolors of Tony Foster
by Tony Foster
Watercolorist Tony Foster camps for days and creates huge paintings of geologically compelling formations: canyons, volcanoes, mountains, and more. Foster combines his art with inspiring stories that make interdisciplinary Earth science and art connections. His paintings also are on view at the Foster Art and Wilderness Foundation in Palo Alto through December 2016.
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Game Changers: Energy on the Move
by George Shultz and Robert Armstrong
Former Secretary of State and Hoover Institution Distinguished Fellow George Shultz and Robert Armstrong describe energy innovations that will transform our future: natural gas from shale, solar photovoltaics, grid-scale electricity storage, electric cars, and LED lighting. They also show how extreme energy reliability demands put the U.S. military in the lead of energy innovation.
Hoover Institution Press, 2014
Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner
This novel is Wallace Stegner's Pulitzer Prize-winning story of personal, historical, and geographic discovery. In 1998, Modern Library ranked it one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
Doubleday, 1971
The Earth Remains Forever
by Rob Jackson
Stanford Earth professor Rob Jackson argues that we're at a crucial turning point in environmental history, where choices we make now will determine the future quality of life. Laying out the scientific facts in plain language, he shows how population growth and resource consumption have caused problems from ozone depletion to global warming, habitat destruction, and biodiversity loss. But he also highlights ongoing solutions. His message is not that we've already failed, but that we can succeed.
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Song of the Dodo
by David Quammen
David Quammen takes readers through the ideas and experiments of naturalists of the last two centuries. He tracks the subject of island biogeography, which encompasses the origin and extinction of all species. He shows us the nature of evolution and extinction, and helps the reader understand the monumental diversity of our planet, and the importance of preserving its wild landscapes, animals, and plants.
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Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson wrote the seminal book on ecology that triggered the Earth movement in the 1960s.
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Botany of Desire
by Michael Pollan
Food expert and New York Times best seller Michael Pollan shows how people and domesticated plants have formed a reciprocal relationship. He links four fundamental human desires―sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control―with the plants that satisfy them.
Random House, 2002
Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy (second edition)
by Burton Richter
A Nobel Prize winning Stanford physicist and former director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Burton Richter surveys the evidence for climate change and available energy sources. The San Francisco Chronicle called his book "a model of rational discourse in this time of inflammatory arguments."
Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate
by Stephen Schneider
Called a "climate warrior" by the New York Times, Stanford biologist Stephen Schneider was part of the Nobel Prize–winning team that shared the accolade with Al Gore in 2007 (along with Stanford Earth dean Pam Matson). Schneider, who was a major voice in the political and scientific climate discussion until his death in 2010, gives an insider's look at 30 years of climate science, history, and debate in this book.
National Geographic, 2009
A Land in Motion: California's San Andreas Fault
by Michael Collier
Photographer and writer Michael Collier, a Stanford Earth MS graduate in structural geology, beautifully illustrates this book about California's big fault with photographs from the air and ground. He writes about some of the geologists who have spent parts of their careers studying it.
University of California Press, 1999
Planet Ocean:  A story of life, sea and dancing to the fossil record
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Ray Troll authored this pop-paleontology book, which takes a unorthodox excursion through swaths of paleontology, geology, and natural history. His travel notes and amateur fieldwork from Kansas to British Columbia explain human evolution through a series of mass extinctions and improbable survivals. The book includes wacky cartoons and colorful, mixed-media drawings.
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Pursuing Sustainability: A Guide to the Science and Practice
Pamela Matson, dean of Stanford's School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, and her coauthors William Clark and Krister Andersson believe the well-being of future generations depends on Earth's natural capital -- ecosystems, environmental processes, and natural resources – as well as the human social systems necessary to manage them well. The book is a primer for both students and practitioners who are seeking a more systematic and comprehensive platform on which to base their pursuits of sustainability.
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Ecosystems of California
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From Fr. JC Maximilian's Desk: "The School of Nazareth"
by Fr. JC
For most of His life – 30 out of 33 years – Jesus lived a quiet life in Nazareth. The Gospels tell us very little about those years. Of course there are the accounts of His birth in Bethlehem, the Holy Family fleeing to Egypt and returning to Nazareth when the Angel told Joseph it was safe, and there is the account of finding Jesus in the Temple when he was about 12 and got left behind. Other than those few instances, we know nothing about Jesus' life in Nazareth with Mary and Joseph. Some scholars refer to these as the "hidden years."
While the exact details of the day-to-day life of the Holy Family may be unknown, we can still learn a lot from the stories we do have. And that time also reveals the holiness of ordinary life. From the Holy Family our own Christian family can learn the way of selfless love.
Devotion to the Holy Family is actually a rather recent development in the history of the Church. It grew naturally out of a love for Jesus and His family. The cult of the Holy Family grew in popularity during the 17thcentury. It was not until October, 1921 that the Feast of the Holy Family was inserted into the General Liturgical Calendar in the Latin Rite. Up until 1969 the Feast was celebrated on the first Sunday after the Epiphany. In 1969 it was transferred to its current date: the Sunday that falls between Christmas and the Feast of Mary the Mother of God (New Years). If Christmas and New Year are both on a Sunday, then the Feast of the Holy Family is celebrated on December 30.
The main purpose of the Feast is to present the Holy Family as the model for all Christian families. Our family life becomes sanctified when we live the life of the Church within our homes. St. John Chrysostom urged all Christians to make each home a "family church."
So how do we live out the Church in our family? The most important thing is to make Christ the center of family life. Ways to do this include reading Scripture regularly, praying daily, attending Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, imitating the actions of the Holy Family, going to confession regularly. But we need to do these things as a family.
Pope Paul VI, when he visited Nazareth in 1969 called the Holy Family the "School of Nazareth." What do we learn in the "School of Nazareth"? In an audience address in 2011, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI spoke eloquently about this: "Th house of Nazareth is a school of prayer where we learn to listen, to meditated, to penetrate the deepest meaning of the manifestation of the Son of God, drawing our example from Mary, Joseph and Jesus. The Holy Family is an icon of the domestic Church, which is called to pray together. The family is the first school of prayer where, from their infancy, children learn to perceive God thanks to the teaching and example of their parents. An authentically Christian education cannot neglect the experience of prayer. IF we do not learn to pray in the family, it will be difficult to fill this gap later. I would, then, like to invite people to rediscover the beauty of praying together as a family, following the school of the Holy Family of Nazareth."
In the words of St. John Paul II, I pray that this year, all of our families "become what you are," a domestic Church.


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AEW to crown an Interim AEW Women's World Champion at All Out
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AEW will crown an Interim AEW Women's World Champion at All Out.
During a backstage segment with Tony Schiavone on this week's episode of AEW Dynamite, Thunder Rosa said she was not able to continue defending her championship due to an injury. Rosa announced that there would be a fatal four-way match at All Out to crown an interim champion. Rosa said that Toni Storm would be a part of the match. Later in the show, it was revealed that Britt Baker, Jaime Hayter, and Hikaru Shida would be the other participants.
Rosa won the AEW Women's World Championship from Britt Baker earlier this year. She's had successful title defenses against Nyla Rose, Serena Deeb, Toni Storm, and others. Rosa was scheduled to defend her championship against Storm at the All Out event before her injury.
All Out airs live on PPV on September 4 from Chicago.
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Kimara's playful rapport with an audience, movement technical precision, fusionary style, and obvious love for dance and entertaining has resulted in referrals and repeat business for twelve years. She takes care in helping clients make their event a memorable one. Shows can be customized to suit the event or theme including music and costuming. Kimara has been hired by Greek, Hispanic, Italian, Indian, Moroccan, Egyptian and Turkish families so she keeps a huge assortment of music and will gladly customize the music to fit the show and please the crowd. Zills (finger cymbals) are always included in a song or two, but extra implements can also include Sword-Bellydance or Firedance/Fire eating, Veil dance, Raks al Assaya (folkloric Egyptian cane dance). She also gets the audience involved, creating fun photos for you and your guests.
- A fast lively entrance with zills (finger cymbals) to upbeat Turkish/ Greek/ Arabic music (or genre of your choice). This is normally a time for 'breaking the ice', acknowledgement of all guests especially guest(s) of honor being celebrated.
- A slower dance, sometimes performed with a silk veil.
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I know that this is just a little thing but to get up at 6:00am to the smell of coffee is great!
But I do like to see rich people cry!
This is what I would call a bad day at the dry docks! The $1.5 million yacht fell off its sling while being loaded into a cargo ship for delivery. and yes that is a man on the back going for a crazy ride, he was/is fine.
what a picture! Great shot photo guy.
below is the aftermath of the 55-foot boat and the faithful crew who went down with it. Hey at least it floats!
Hey, Have I told you guys that I love it here? Not the city or town, but here at Discovery. I like where I serve and where God has placed me. Its easy to forget how blessed we are somtimes when things pile up and overwhelm us. God has been really moving in my life and I just wanted you all know now it. Pray for us and stay tuned in.
We had 5 guest here for the first time and I am sure they enjoyed service as much as I did.
For those of you just stopping in, these are the "numbers" from our church service this Sunday morning.
I love seeing these kinds of numbers over a summer sunday!
Ok, for my faithful blog readers, you may remember me posting a thermometer in the winter of below 30 degrees to tease all you Floridians. Well look at this one!!! And the day I took this Tama only got up to 90! We lost our AC on Friday but a good friend (James w/ Heavenly Comfort AC repair) hooked us up & had us running by noon! Looks like it may be a another hot one this week!
well I see your cartoon and raise you some candy! Below you will see what our loving pastor would look like as an M&M!
But dont worry, he will not melt in your hand...just on the golf course.
Morehead will never be the same!!!!!
Last seen: beginning of summer (6/10) on stage. Has been spotted only once since then (7/22) for a short message then disappeared again.
If you have any information on his whereabouts or know how to get him back on stage please contact Claude at the nearest Bo-Jangles.
During our message on July 15th we compared Christians with the Fantastic Four. Then we challenged our guest to let us know which one their walk most resembled.
Sorry it took so long to post these but we really wanted a game plan before we revealed the results. If you have no idea what this is you need to listen to our message on the F4 (http://www.discoverychurchonline.com/podcasts/GOF071507.mp3).
Invisible Girl (Invisable & unknown) 29!!!
That is quite a leap in numbers and really has us thinking: Christians don't know how to put their faith into action, to reflect God in their daily lives and they don't know how or why to share their story of Gods movement in their lives. So stay tuned for the next few series here at Discovery while we work with the "Invisible Christians". We are pretty much taking this trough the rest of the year but for the Torches, Flex & Rocks out their, do not feel left out cause we are hitting on those also during this time.


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"That's why people take up sport, isn't it? To surpass what's come before."
Roger Bannister's singular accomplishment 50 years ago Thursday stands as one of the milestones in the history of sport.
In the early evening of May 6, 1954, Mr. Bannister, a 25-year-old medical student at Oxford University in England, became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes...(Bannister) later became one of Europe's leading practitioners of neurology and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1975 for his contributions to medicine, not running...If the record continues to drop at an average of three-tenths of a second per year, Bannister believes that someone will travel the distance in 3-1/2 minutes by the time the 100th anniversary of his landmark is reached.
"Someone will have the mental and physical strength to do it," he says. "That's why people take up sport, isn't it? To surpass what's come before." (Christian Science Monitor)
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"I don't really care about this autistic situation, really. It's just the way I am. The advice I'd give to autistic people is just keep working, just keep dreaming, you'll get your chance and you'll do it."
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
"Somebody does something exceptional, people are looking for ways to denigrate them."
Schwarzenegger said, "If I was to make another Terminator movie, I would tell Terminator to travel back in time to tell Arnold not to have another special election."
Michael Brown, the blithering idiot in charge of FEMA - a job he trained for by running something called the International Arabian Horse Association...
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Self-determination and the Implications of the Chagos Advisory Opinion
6 August 2019 4:30pm
Presented by the Marine and Shipping Law Unit, Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law and International Law Association (QLD branch).
The ICJ's Chagos Advisory Opinion offers a thorough re-evaluation of the normative content of right to self-determination and its relationship with the principle of territorial integrity in situations where decolonization has been frustrated. In particular, in its Opinion, the Court established how, and when, self-determination became a norm of customary international law as well as confirming the manner in which it could be exercised, (and by whom), in such settings. Moreover, in their Separate Opinions, a number of judges supported the claim that self-determination has become a peremptory norm of international law (jus cogens) – a radical argument that was also advanced by many States that participated in the advisory proceedings.
This presentation assesses the resonance of these authoritative sources – and the more radical contentions advanced during the Chagos Case – for the exercise of the right to self-determination in the colonial context and for international law more generally.
Dr Stephen Allen is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen Mary, University of London. He is also a qualified barrister and maintains a Door Tenancy at 5 Essex Court Chambers, London.
His main scholarly interests lie in the field of Public International Law. His books include: The Chagos Islanders and International Law (Hart, 2014) and Title to Territory in International Law: A Temporal Analysis (Ashgate, 2003, with Joshua Castellino). He has jointly edited several books including: The Oxford Handbook of Jurisdiction in International Law (OUP, in press, 2019); The Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Marine Areas (Hart, in press, 2019); Fifty Years of the British Indian Ocean Territory: Legal Perspectives (Springer, 2018); and Reflections on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Hart, 2011).
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If You Can't Stand The Bullishness, Look at the Charts!
I can't stand it anymore! After this record advance in September everyone is bullish. Investor sentiment is bullish, CNBC is bullish, even I am bullish (actually have been since late July). Perhaps I simply am a rebel and must feel like I'm marching to a different drum beat, but upon waking this morning I embarked on a mission to prove or disprove the case for the rampant optimism I'm seeing everywhere. While I'd normally provide chart upon chart of manipulated macro economic data I simply started drawing lines on 3 year weekly charts. I'll keep the commentary to a minimum, but leave you with a string of charts that highlight significant markets I follow. Please note, I will indicate several areas I'm watching for a breakout, but to be honest we've seen a pattern of breakouts through important levels where everyone is watching just to see significant reversals once everyone gets on board. . I'm putting these levels in my system so I can be alerted and watching for continued momentum that is maintained.
SPX (The 1150 level still seems to be resistance) - no breakout yet.
XLE (Energy) - Watching $56.50 here.
XLI (Industrials)- XLI looks like it has poked its head above resistance. There is that long term downward sloping trendline still overhead, but this tells me that XLI could run another dollar or so before testing this.
XLF (Financials) - I posted this chart last week and it has been very helpful in showing that there is no breakout in financials. There was a punch through to $15 and a quick reversal back inside the trendline. Of all the charts I'm posting, I think this is one of the most useful.
LQD - Investment Grade Corporate Bonds-(Breakout has obviously occurred. In fact, we should expect a drop back into that long term channel, however corporate bonds have been the beneficiary of much of the government's attempts to force investors to increase their risk and drive them out of CDs and money markets. Traditionally, we'd expect the equity markets to rally when LQD goes lower, however that typical correlation has been on hold since May 2008 when all asset values collapsed and enjoyed a subsequent rise from the ashes.
LQD with SPX overlay -Has LQD rallied too far and does a correction in bonds suggest more upside for the $SPX?
SLV - (Silver) - Sure, this is clearly a breakout! SLV is above its previous peak of $20.65. I'm still not selling my holdings of physical silver here, but I'm certainly not adding any SLV at this level.
JJC - (Copper) - Yes, breakout has happened.
EEM - (Emerging Markets) - Yes, this too is clearly a breakout. Since late July I've advocated holdings in emerging markets based on the comparison of GDP growth rates in these countries to our weak US growth and also the specter of QE2 which is targeting the devaluation of the dollar. It appears there is significant room to run here.
TLT (20 Year Treasury Bonds) - Risk on or risk off, the Fed's intervention in the treasury markets will in my opinion put a floor on TLT for some time. While interest rates SHOULD be rising here it is clear that this operation is more of a budgetary mechanism to ensure we can actually pay our bills. The Fed and Treasury Department cannot allow rates to creep higher or else we face significant issues.
Well, that's it, I hope this summary of charts gives you a view of areas that we should be watching for the upside or a reversal. Many key areas are close to upside breakouts and we're seeing continued momentum in precious metals and emerging markets. XLF (financials) continues to look weak and this is going to be a key indicator for me to watch (it always is). It is almost as though XLF is telegraphing to us that something is going on and the story just hasn't hit the headlines yet..
The obvious answer is - perhaps! In terms of economic reasons I doubt it, but that was not the focus of this post. For me, this exercise has confirmed that we really are in a significant area here that could propel us to much higher levels. I would not be amazed to see a move through these levels, but I'm also aware that we are simply at the top of the trading range we've endured for almost one year.
The bear in me looks at these overhead resistance levels as good areas to enter shorts and allow for some room for a bust-through and reversal. The tinfoil hat wearing trader in me thinks we could see more positive action ahead.
DOES OBAMA REALIZE THAT AHMADINEJAD IS A NUT?
President Obama speaks out against Ahmadinejad's comments at the UN.
I believe that our President is finally acting appropriately when examining issues with Iran's nut job leader. Obama condemned the remarks made by Ahmadinejad that stated that the 9/11 attacks were planned to save Israel and boost the US economy. President Obama said these comments were offensive......ooooooh! Now he is talking tough.
As many of you know, I believe that Obama and his advisors have lived in a world that is naive and simply childish. They continue to rely on hope that all the world's people want the best for everyone and while there are differences we can just all get along. This is a real view they attempted to bring to the diplomatic table in the first year of Obama's presidency. That we could extend a hand to "Imadinnerjacket" that he'd play nice and drop all aggression toward Israel and the US.
What Obama never understood (and probably still doesn't) is that there are purely evil people in the world that care about nothing other than power and destroying those they hate. Kim Jong Il of North Korea is one of these. He lives like he is an emperor while millions of those in his country starve to death literally in the streets. He does not care a bit about the "success" of his people, they exist to serve and provide luxury for him. Likewise, Iran's leadership is not concerned about the welfare of the people, they do not view their job to be one of representing their citizens interests. These men have their own interests whether they are after regional power projection, religious zealousness, or simply gratification of some other desire.
Even in his comments yesterday, Obama extended the offer to Iran to allow them to have "peaceful" nuclear energy programs!!! What a clown! Like this whole effort for nuclear power has anything to do with electric power! It has everything to do with the extension of power within the region and the destruction of those that Iran's leaders hate.
Ahmadinejad is the worst kind of adversary for Obama because no matter how nice and rational we are in extending offers to have them play nice, Iran will confound a world view that suggests that each player will make a trade or deal for the best interests of all those involved. Iran's leadership is interested in a zero sum game where they win and we lose. This is why allowing them to have nuclear (anything) is so dangerous. Our experience with North Korea is similar. Once they had a nuclear weapon, you can't do anything with them. In fact North Korea immediately attempted to sell its technology to Iran, Syria, and whoever else we don't know.
Do I suggest the only road to dealing with Iran is a military confrontation? No. I believe isolating them and attempting to support a insurgency from within is the only way. A direct attack on their leadership will actually galvanize their citizens to feel attacked and might even provoke a defense of their crazy leadership. We will not have any success though as long as China and Russia continue to aid and support Iran. I've posted that Russia is purposefully assisting them to poke a stick at us. Without Russian and Chinese support, I believe that Iran would have already had a revolution as their people would have no choice but to rise up and throw off their leaders that cause terrible sanctions to be place on their back.
President Obama, I'm glad you are waking up. Unfortunately you are soft and saying things like "those comments are offensive" will not change the situation and ultimately reveal how impotent you and your strategy of hope really is.
Thanks to Mark (one of our anonymous posters!) for identifying the date range error on the Coppock. The chart in the post was great but the date range simply didn't match. I appreciate the feedback cause the goal here is to be accurate!
Same story! It tells us that we should be out.


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Q: python thrift union type can not be serialized? I define a union type in topic.thrift file, and generate gen-py.
like this:
union Generic{
1: string s,
2: bool b,
3: i64 i,
4: double d}

struct Article{
1: string title,
2: string content,
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and the serialize code like this:
transport_out = TTransport.TMemoryBuffer()
protocol_out = TBinaryProtocol.TBinaryProtocol(transport_out)
parse_item.write(protocol_out)
bytes = transport_out.getvalue()

the parse_item is a object of Article:
parse_item = Article()
parse_item.test = 1

no matter str, int, bool, or double value assigned to parse_item.test, I all get a error like this:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "gen-py/topic/ttypes.py", line 189, in write
self.test.write(oprot)
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'write'

I really don't know why? Anyone have ideas?

A: This is a tricky one. The problem is that the Python implementation leverages Python's dynamic typing. By assigning an int to the parse_item struct "test" attribute, you change its type to "int" (!). Surprising, but upon reflection sensible.
To get the right types for serialization you need to create a Generic instance and set test to it.
Here's a walk through with working code:
root@154eadaaea91:/ThriftBook/test2# cat un.thrift
union Generic{
1: string s,
2: bool b,
3: i64 i,
4: double d}

struct Article{
1: string title,
2: string content,
3: Generic test}

root@154eadaaea91:/ThriftBook/test2# thrift -gen py un.thrift
root@154eadaaea91:/ThriftBook/test2# ll
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 22 20:07 ./
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Dec 22 19:53 ../
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 22 20:07 gen-py/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  133 Dec 22 15:46 un.thrift
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  589 Dec 22 20:07 untest.py
root@154eadaaea91:/ThriftBook/test2# cat untest.py
import sys
sys.path.append("gen-py")

from thrift.transport import TTransport
from thrift.protocol import TBinaryProtocol
from un import ttypes

parse_item = ttypes.Article()
gen = ttypes.Generic()
gen.i = 1
parse_item.test = gen

transport_out = TTransport.TMemoryBuffer()
protocol_out = TBinaryProtocol.TBinaryProtocol(transport_out)
parse_item.write(protocol_out)
bytes = transport_out.getvalue()

transport_in = TTransport.TMemoryBuffer(bytes)
protocol_in = TBinaryProtocol.TBinaryProtocol(transport_in)
dump_item = ttypes.Article()
dump_item.read(protocol_in)
print(dump_item.test.i)
root@154eadaaea91:/ThriftBook/test2# python untest.py
1
root@154eadaaea91:/ThriftBook/test2#


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Conversation: The Importance of Par and Making Golf More Fun
This year's US Open was played at Congressional country club. While more of the pre-tournament coverage was focused on the lack of a clear front runner than any other single story, one of the more interesting stories, for me, came from the course itself: the controversy over the par rating of the course. For the members, Congressional plays as a par 72. For Tiger's AT&T National championship, the course plays as a par 70. For the US Open this year, it played as a par 71. This metamorphosis got me thinking about the value that golfers place on the concept of par.
Par derives its name from Latin, in which "par" means equal. To me, par means the number of strokes that an accomplished golfer should take to complete a given golf hole. This number is usually based on the length of the hole from tee to green. With that basic definition, the concept ends, and of you want to see the variety of interpretations of "accomplished" that this phrase has generated, you need look no further than any two courses designed by different architects. By way of example, the 9th hole at the Davis municipal course that I learned to play this game on is a narrow hole that measures 237 yards from the back tees. That hole plays relatively flat and the prevailing wind is a left to right cross wind. The hole has a relatively small green that is protected by a bunker in front and on on both sides. There is a small run up between the bunkers in the front and on the right. On the other hand, 12th hole at Las Campanas is 247 yards that has a large green that is protected by a lake on the left that runs from the tee to the green and a bunker on the right. There is also a small run up, but the elevated tee prevents lower trajectory shots from being as effective as they may be on other topologies.
Despite these similarities, The 9th at the muni is a par 4, while the 12th at Las Campanas is a par 3.
Now, realistically, there is very little difference in how a given golfer should approach these holes. If he or she is capable of carrying the ball 230 yards off the tee and hitting it reasonably straight, the hole should be played as a par 3. For the rest of us, the hole is more likely a short par 4 that should be played with a layup short and right of the trouble surrounding the green with a short pitch remaining to the flag.
So what gives? How do these course designers or raters come up with these seemingly arbitrary par values for holes? What difference does it make? And for me, why isn't par different for different players?
I heard recently about a new movement to help golf draw new players called "tee it forward" which encourages golfers to play one or two sets of tees forward of tees they are playing now to help bring some of the fun back to golf. While the theory is sound in principle, to me, it makes little sense to ask a weekend player to move forward because of the simple fact that his or her short game is the real reason why they are shooting high numbers. It doesn't really matter if I hit driver-hybrid short of the green or driver-7 iron short of the green, it is my short game and putting that will determine the number that I write down on the scorecard. Also, for the average hacker, hitting driver into the woods from tees that are 25 yards forward of his usual tees does not make searching in the woods any more fun or less irritating. Finally, for the male ego, shooting 96 from the white tees is infinitely more humiliating than shooting 101 from the tips. (what happened out there today, Sally?) At best, rounds may take slightly less time, but are not likely to produce lower scores that will ultimately lead to more "fun."
Since scores are what ultimately drive entertainment for most players, why not change par to reflect what the "average" golfer should shoot rather than what the accomplished golfer would shoot? I can't imagine a more fun round for the average hacker than shooting -2 (even if par is 90). Short games may not improve, driving will not improve, and technique will not improve. Indeed, none of these will improve from a national "movement." Instead, entertainment value for a round will go up, and hopefully course management skills will improve. I am not naive enough to think that people will not try to make eagles on every hole instead of birdies, but the resulting pars will take the sting out of the poorly hit second shot, and possibly encourage some players to play safer routes to the hole to make birdie. Indeed, for players striving to break 100 or even 90, why not think of every hole's par value as one more than the value listed on the scorecard? This strategy is exactly how I broke 90 for the first time with an 87.
JK, if we assume that something has to be done to make golf more appealing to new players, and massive overhauls to courses are not practical, what do you think courses can do to to draw new players?
Response from JK:
To me, there are 2 reasons that interest in playing golf is waning (playing, not watching; we all know TW is the reason that interest in following golf is waning): (1) it takes forever, and (2) it costs a lot of money. I justify #2 by looking at my current golf bag, for which I got bargain basement deals on most of the equipment and still have spent over $700. The balls I play are $4 each, and they are the most commonly played balls in the game. In most areas, $90/round is not an uncommon price. Even in Atlanta, where golf is "cheap," a typical course charges $55 on a weekday morning and $75 on a weekend. Although it is 4+ hours of entertainment, it's easy to see why the average joe isn't going to break into this sport.
So, for those who can swallow the cost, they have consigned themselves to the fact that the game is addictive, interesting, and fun. The thrill of achieving a new level is what brings us all back.
However, you know just as well as I do that there's nothing worse than spending 5 hours on a golf course on a Sunday. Picture the scene: a beautiful spring day; it's 80 degrees and a little breezy; you can smell the grass clippings from the early morning crew. You're standing on the first tee, ready to tee off, looking at a wide, green fairway. Nothing but open possibility in front of you. You start to approach the ball to go into your pre-shot routine. All of a sudden, you hear the crack of a golf ball squarely contacting a pine tree. 2 golf carts come flying out of the woods into your fairway. 4 golfers get out of their carts, crack a beer each, grab a 3-wood, and proceed to take 9 practice swings each before topping the ball 40 yards ahead of themselves, into a bunker. You watch painfully as they struggle just to make contact. One slices into the woods right of the green. One puts his in the left front bunker (with a back right pin placement). One thuds 3 shots out of the fairway bunker trying to get it out, then just gives up, picks up the ball, and throws it back in the fairway, then spends 8 minutes raking the bunker he just obliterated, only to take 9 more practice swings from the fairway and top his ball, hitting the worm-burner onto the green. His friends tell him he's hit a "nice shot," which you can hear because they're speaking at a volume normally reserved for movie theater sound commercials. Finally, after this ordeal, the fairway is clear. You stripe your tee shot down the right side of the fairway. But you know that, as soon as you get to your perfectly hit ball, you're going to be paying for their mistakes again, waiting for the group in front of you to putt out on the green.
This is the main reason why I don't want to play weekend golf. While I like the idea that the game is available to everyone, I don't like that everyone cannot manage themselves and their games in a courteous manner for the betterment of all of the golfers behind them. This fact alone makes the game less enjoyable for the new golfer starting out. It's impossible to enjoy the game with either (a) people holding you up in the fairway, or (b) people behind you pushing you to play faster. One or the other is not going to be happy.
This is why I don't have as big of a problem with Tee It Forward as you. I think you're spot-on that ego is the biggest reason that golfers won't play the forward tees, but how often is that a reasonable justification for anything? The game is about putting the ball into the hole, not about how far you hit it, how good you play from the trees, how well you can drive a golf cart…nothing; all that matters is that the ball goes in the hole. The problem with playing the back tees is apparent for the weekend golfer. Most of them don't hit the ball over 240 with a driver. They slice it more often then not, but never play for the slice. If you're playing the tips, that combination of shortness and inaccuracy is deadly, not only for score, but also for round length. If there's a 230-yard forced carry over water, my 275-carrying driver doesn't even come close. But the weekend golfer is knocking knees trying to make it. And, if he doesn't, he has to re-tee his ball and try again. Not exactly the best way to ensure that the game is enjoyable.
Your example re Davis Muni and Las Campanas is a little skewed. 247 yards is not a reasonable length to call anything a "par 4," unless it's playing straight uphill. Oakmont has a 290-yard "par 3." Plus, you misrepresent Las Campanas a little, as 237 yards downhill in the desert plays closer to 210. Your point is well-taken: just because you call it a par 4 or par 3 doesn't make it so. However, I don't think it's a realistic strategy for making the game more enjoyable. Telling someone that par is 90 only exemplifies the "everyone gets a trophy" idea. While golf is about you and you alone, the achievements made are universal. "Birdieing" a difficult hole only matters when it's against an objective standard. For some people, birdie is an incredible score; for others, it should be expected one of four times playing the hole. But you can't cheapen the value of that by saying my 3 is a birdie when your 5 is a birdie.
Moreover, what you've suggested is already accounted for by the USGA handicap system. A player of a 15 handicap "gets a stroke" on each of the 15 most difficult holes, giving him or her a relative value to par. When was the last time you actually saw someone use this system?
I agree with your advice that par is only a suggested number. For example, I played a 502 yard par 5 this weekend. After a good drive, I played it like a par 4, as I had only about 200 yards into the green. 500 is a reasonable length par 4 on the PGA Tour. However, most golfers can't do that. If they play a 450-yard par 4, they should realistically think of it as a par 4.6 or 4.7, wherein they will par it only 1/3 or 1/4 of the time. But that determination is based on the player's length, not their playing ability. Certainly, that player should not be upset with a 5, unless the hole is 80 feet downhill. However, teeing it forward alleviates this problem altogether, in that no forward tees will force a 450-yard par 4 on a player that can't drive the ball over 240. Your strategy–thinking of each hole as a par of one greater than it actually is–is a good suggestion for course management. But that's all it is. Few players will actually be encouraged by using that strategy to make the game more fun or enjoyable.
At the end of the day, the average golfer needs to accept that the tees you play are only a determination of the total length of the golf course. They are not an indication of how good you are. Some golf courses (i.e., the Judge) are insanely long, even from the forward tees. Others are short (i.e., Harbour Town), even from the back tees on a professional course. Shooting 96 from the forward tees may be the same in your mind as shooting 105 from the tips, but at least you broke 100. And if you shoot 72 from the forward tees, is anyone going to say "oh, well, you were playing the forward tees; it doesn't count unless you're on the tips"? Once people get over their own egos, the game naturally becomes more enjoyable. You stop worrying about your results, and you start worrying about enjoying the process of improvement.
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We are back for another great week! This is definitely a less intensive gig week, but it does give us the opportunity to take care of things we need to get done behind the scenes.
First off – the weekly flyers!
With that out of the way, let's recap a couple of interesting events that happened last week.
First, let's start with Career Day!
Doug Pinson Official was privileged to be a part of the Career Day at Medora Elementary. My son goes to school there, and when his group came in, he was very proud to see his daddy there.
We not only got to talk to the kiddos about music (I gave out every business card I had to them!), but we also got to hand out some CDs and bandanas – well we didn't quite hand them out…more like THREW them out into the crowd! They also wanted to hear me play and sing, so I was sure to let them hear some of the songs of the upcoming album, "Church Of The Honkytonk".
Here are a few pictures for your enjoyment!
It was a very successful day – not just for Doug Pinson Official, but also for the kiddos. In a day and age where kids are always told to follow the money rather than their dreams, it is nice to hear that there are those of us who can do both…I think it encourages folks to look more seriously into pursuing their passions.
I also want to remind every one of you that when you contribute to Doug Pinson Official, whether it be coming to a show and buying a meal, or throwing money in the tip bucket, or buying merchandise, or even sharing our website and events with your friends and family…it helps us to do events like this.
If I worked a full-time job separate from the music, I may not be able to convince my boss to let me take part in a Career Day early on a Friday to impart something to the children, but being that I am a full-time musician, I am able to make the time for that!
Now, on to one last small batch of pics – our show at Check's Café! We were performing at the Germantown location – this location is the one that prefers more country music.
Some of the regulars had headed out early – I suppose March Madness had worn them out. BUT our J-town and Germantown crew came to party, and we finished off the night strong. I didn't get any late-night pics, but here are a few from around the beginning of the show.
The management said she asked around and her regulars agreed that they really enjoyed our show. We are looking forward to working more with Check's Café in the future!
Just a quick recap – three different public gigs this week! Tonight I will be with Larry Denham on steel guitar, and we will be grinding out some fantastic classic country sounds with originals as well. Wednesday we will be at the Eagles Club in J-town with Good Ol' Boys of J-town – you already know that show is going to be fun. And then Saturday we will be at Diamond Pub and Billiards in St. Matthews with John Hager – us as a tagteam is a match made in whiskey-fueled honkytonk heaven!


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CSK have lost their last two matches after a bright start to the campaign against defending champions Mumbai. Lacklustre batting performances against Delhi and Rajasthan means Dhoni's men are at the bottom of the points table.
The grand old men of the IPL have the onerous task of proving the critics wrong yet again. Chennai Super Kings have been dented by withdrawals and injuries but they will have to make do with what they have and come up with a rearguard against the charged up Sunrisers Hyderabad when the two teams clash in Dubai on Friday.
CSK have lost their last two matches after a bright start to the campaign against defending champions Mumbai. Lacklustre batting performances against Delhi and Rajasthan means Dhoni's men are at the bottom of the points table.
The good news though is the availability of Ambati Rayudu, their star from the opening match. Rayudu's presence will ease the pressure on Faf du Plessis, who has had to do the bulk of scoring with Shane Watson yet to hit his straps.
Rayudu's presence will hopefully end Murali Vijay's painful stint in the middle. The opener looks out of pace and ideas in this format and should be sent to cold storage. Dhoni himself needs to show some form with the bat and reassure fans about his ability to cause damage to opposition bowling line up.
Sunrisers had a poor start to the campaign themselves but Kane Williamson's selection changed their fortunes in their last clash against Delhi. While the opening duo of Warner and Bairstow were the main contributors, Williamson added much needed steel to the weak middle order and that helped SRH's cause. The duo of Rashid Khan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar too produced the goods as SRH were back to defending average totals to record their first win.
While Sam Curran has been a great asset for CSK so far, it needs to be seen whether Dwayne Bravo plays his first match or not after getting a go in the nets. Imran Tahir also has a case with Piyush Chawla failing to set the stage on fire.
While SRH it seems has finally figured out their best XI, Dhoni and Fleming will have to dig deep to finalise their playing XI in a match where CSK will have to get the better of the opposition's overseas talents.
A keen encounter is in the offing as Dhoni's cornered lions will look to roar back to form.
Chennai Super Kings / Sunrisers Hyderabad / IPL 2020


How did this all start? Well, yesterday, a car pulled into our parking lot and it was a G6 sports two door. And I thought, hmm, I could go for one of those cars. And then when I got on the GM website, I found that the G6 also comes in a convertible. Which I've always wanted, but never went for. So I did a bit more researching, and discovered that my insurance on it would be exactly what I was paying for the car I have now, it's just the payment would be 100 to 200 more a month. Which isn't really out of my range, just that it's an extravagance I normally shy away from.
However, now that I'm going to be somewhat debt free in the fall, I'm seriously considering a new car should GM offer some sort of incentive (or other deal to get their expensive cars off the lot) that would come up when I hit my two year lease mark this December. I'm going to watch it, and see what happens. After all, they want to sell their cars right???
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The foreign secretary has claimed that the UK is already contributing £362 million ($500 million) a week to the European Union, and that this would rise to £438 million ($604 million) by the end of the post-Brexit transition period.
Johnson was accused of "misusing" official figures to highlight the benefits of Brexit. Even former UKIP leader Nigel Farage - who spearheaded the Brexit movement - admitted it was a "mistake" for the Leave campaign to make the commitment.
His comments come as health unions are reportedly joining forces to make an unprecedented appeal to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt for emergency cash. It follows news of patients "dying prematurely" at emergency departments because of a shortage of resources.
The foreign secretary's remarks sparked a wave of criticism on social media too.
The Brexiteer insisted on using the gross figure, saying the UK government would "take back control" of the full amount. He said the net figure was also on the rise, with around half of the total likely to spill into Britain's treasury in the future.


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De Bogman at The Wren Theater, Los Angeles - July 9
by Be Your Own Banana Theatre Company
Tue, July 9, 2019, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM PDT
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM PDT
The Wren Theater
742 Vine St.
De Bogman is an hour-long Irish tour-de-force of storytelling and physical comedy.
De Bogman is an hour-long tour-de-force of storytelling and physical comedy. It charts the story of Declan who, from his humble origins as a village idiot in Ireland, goes to America to become World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. The story is at once a homage to the Hollywood boxing movie, and also to the epic tales of the Irish in America. Performer Máirtín de Cógáin narrates the story at a furious pace, while also performing over twenty characters. Full of spectacular plot twists, De Bogman has had audiences howling with laughter (not to mention roaring on the loveable Declan) for nearly twenty years.
"Lyrical, loquacious . . . supremely physical . . . remarkable . . . masterful" (NYtheatre.com)
Be Your Own Banana Theatre Company (BYOB) was founded in Cork, Ireland in 2000, and since then has produced and premiéred 12 original plays. The company is renowned for its signature style, with performances a blend of storytelling and physical comedy. Over the years, the creative team have scattered across the globe, with members in Ireland, the UK and the US. The company is really looking forward to catching up in the US in 2019 to revive De Bogman.
Doors at 7:45pm
Show starts at 8pm, there will be no intermission
Not suitable for Children
Venue at the back of the Irish Import Shop
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Grallaria capitalis é uma espécie de ave da família Formicariidae.

É endémica do Peru.

Os seus habitats naturais são: regiões subtropicais ou tropicais húmidas de alta altitude e florestas secundárias altamente degradadas.

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This great-looking desk set is decorated with postage stamps collected from your mail. You can decorate a notebook, a letter holder, a pencil holder, a desk blotter, paperweight, file, or other desk accessories. This set makes a great gift for Father's Day.
A lot of cancelled stamps. Either cut them off envelopes close to the stamp, or carefully peel them from the envelope. Some stamps come off with steam.
For the notebook, brush a thin layer of glue on a the cover of a spiral notebook. Carefully place stamps on it, covering the entire surface. Trim the edges carefully.
For the letter holder, start with a sturdy box, like a thick cereal box. Cut the box at an angle.
Brush a thin layer of white glue on part of the outside of the box.
Before the glue dries, put the stamps on the glue in a nice pattern. At the top edge of the box, fold the stamp over the top (and make sure that the folded part of the stamp has glue on it).
Continue putting glue and stamps on the outside of the box until it is covered.
For the pencil holder, brush a thin layer of glue on a clean frozen juice cylinder. Carefully place stamps on it, covering the entire surface. Fold and glue stamps over the top rim to make a neat edge.
For the desk blotter, use poster paper and fold two edges over. Tape them down at the top and bottom.
Brush a thin layer of glue on the folded flaps. Carefully place stamps on them, covering them.
Brush the top of a smooth rock with a thin layer of glue. Carefully place stamps on the rock, covering the entire top of the rock.
You can make a paper or magazine file from a large cereal box. For instructions, click here.


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partypoker screen name: LuizaSimao
From what started as a natural curiosity about her husband's profession, has grown into something altogether more serious for Luiza Simão.
Poker was never on the 29-year-olds radar in her formative years. Instead, the Belo Horizonte native was busy enjoying the city's cosmopolitan charm - eating at nice restaurants, dancing to a samba beat or meeting up with friends whilst taking in the breath-taking mountain views.
Luiza swapped the sunshine of Brazil for the sunshine of Australia, where she worked and travelled for a year. She quickly picked up the language, encouraging her to return to Brazil to set up her own English School.
Luiza's other half, and partypoker ambassador Joao, is a Brazilian poker legend. Supporting her husband in his career peeked an interest in poker, an interest that lead to a fascination. Unsurprisingly, Luiza found that a man who has won over $1.7 million in live tournaments and over $6 million online, is a handy resource for those looking to improve their own game! Now it's Luiza herself who answers poker related questions of wives, mothers and girlfriends of Brazilian players who want to know more about poker!
Although Joao has proved a useful mentor for his wife, Luiza is an extremely skilled player in her own right. Her tournament highlights include a semi-final finish in an EPT Barcelona event, final tabling in the Brazilian Series of Poker, 6th place in a PCA Bahamas event and winning a $10k Vegas package last year. Luiza particularly enjoys Ladies events, and finishing 3rd in two separate Brazilian Series of Poker Ladies tournaments will have no doubt added to her enjoyment!
Luiza has truly been bitten by the poker bug, and has subsequently switched focus from her English school to a poker school. Alongside her husband and fellow Brazilian poker pros and online teammates, Renato Nomura and Lui Martins, Massari poker school provides resources and guidance for aspiring poker players.
With two kids to raise and a poker school to manage, Luiza's time on the felt may be a little more limited than most. However, this half of Brazil's premier poker couple is certainly a player to watch out for when she does!


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Students say high school tool made them into college athletes, says mom
The tool that helped Smiths family pay off student loans in college is the subject of a new PBS documentary.
The "Hillsborough County Schools Tool" is a school tool that allowed the Smiths to get an education in their hometown, where they were raised.
The tool was introduced in 2004.
Smiths family members say the tool has allowed them to pay off their student loans.
"It helped us be successful in our own way," said Smith, now 25.
"I'm still working to repay that debt because that's the only way we can do it.
You just have to pay it off, and it's not just me that's paying it off."
The tool, which was created in 2004, was designed to help low-income students to pay for college, but many teachers say it is a tool that's used to help wealthier students.
A PBS documentary about the tool titled "HILLSCOMB" will air on PBS on Sunday, Feb. 14 at 11 p.m.
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The program, which features interviews with the school district's senior leadership, is called "School Tool."
The PBS documentary will be available on the PBS website at www.pbs.org/schooltool for five days.
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Q: Changing the original calendar colour (blue) to match the overlay colour I have 5 calendars where I have overlayed 4 of them inside a general calendar, and for each of the overlayed calendars I have defined a different color (red, green , pink, etc) which worked well. But my problem is as follow; let say the user click on the pink colored calendar, then SharePoint will automatically change the pink color for the calender and its events to be the default blue.
So how I can change this behavior so that the color will stay  pink (same as the overlayed color). I have attached two screen shots one for the overlay view, and the other view when the user click on the pink colored calendar , where the color will change to blue.

A: You can modify the CSS for your target calendars. The CSS you want is
.ms-acal-item {
 BORDER: #xxxxxx; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #xxxxxx
}
.ms-acal-default-hover {
 BORDER: #xxxxxx; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #xxxxxx
}
.ms-acal-apanel-item {
 BORDER: #xxxxxx; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #xxxxxx
}

Throw this in a code snippet or HTML form web part and you should be good. More on my post: http://davidlozzi.com/2012/06/20/customize-the-sharepoint-calendar-colors/


Home > Events > Join master teacher Solala Towler for a day of exploration into the world of the Taoist arts.
Join master teacher Solala Towler for a day of exploration into the world of the Taoist arts.
We will be learning a short yet powerful gigong form from the Taoist sacred mountain of Wudang: Great Spiraling Dragon Qigong. In this form we will be drawing yang qi from the sun and yin qi from the moon and earth and spiraling that energy into our whole body. This is a wonderful practice for inviting great energy into our being throughout the year!
We will also work with the ancient work of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching using Solala's book, Practicing the Tao Te Ching: 81 Steps On The Way (published by Sounds True). In this ver- sion of the ancient spiritual work, Solala presents Lao Tzu's work as a manual for self-cul- tivation, offering a specific practice (qigong, meditation etc.) for each of the 81 chapters of Lao Tzu's book, many of which are taken directly from the text as well as from other Taoist sources. This will be an opportunity to delve into some of the chapters of this fa- mous work from a Taoist viewpoint and to do some of the practices it reveals.
Solala will be offering some guided meditations to connect your shen (spirit) to the Source of all life (Tao), balance your organ systems and open your body/mind/spirit to deep balance and healing.


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King opens 2012 account with Belgian brilliance in Formula Renault Eurocup
Jordan King banished the disappointment of a luckless opening round in the 2012 Formula Renault Eurocup at Motorland Aragón by scything his way past his adversaries to gain a staggering 15 positions and open his points account in style in the second outing at Spa-Francorchamps.
Having barely completed a racing lap in the Spanish curtain-raiser after finding himself on the receiving end of rivals' errors, the talented young Warwickshire single-seater ace headed to legendary Belgian Grand Prix venue Spa with the primary objective of belatedly kick-starting his challenge with a solid points-scoring haul.
Describing it as 'a mega circuit, especially when you manage to get everything hooked up perfectly on new tyres' and lapping comfortably inside the top ten during practice, Jordan was subsequently frustrated in his efforts to post a representative time in Saturday's yellow flag-punctuated qualifying session, leaving him a lowly 22nd on the grid for the opening encounter when he believed he had sufficient pace to trouble the top five. Not to worry – he would more than make amends come the race.
"I got probably the best start of my life to gain about six places," recounted the highly-rated Stoneleigh-based speed demon. "I was then alongside another driver going up through Eau Rouge, but I don't think he saw me because he turned in and squeezed me to the edge of the track and onto the grass – and Eau Rouge is not the kind of place you want that to happen!
"I hit the brakes to avoid an accident, but that caused me to lock up and cost me all my momentum down the following straight – as well as all the ground I had made up! That was annoying, but I moved to the outside for Les Combes, which put me on the inside for the following corner and I took a couple of places back there. "Heading down the hill towards Rivage, the drivers immediately ahead were all protecting the inside line, so I went to the outside again and as they stacked up and slowed each other down, I braked as late as I dared and swept right the way around them to move up to 15th.
"Knowing that I would need to overtake well, before the race, my team Manor MP Motorsport had made a great call with the wing settings on my car, which gave me a lot of top speed and enabled me to breeze past people down the straights; so long as I could hold onto them through the corners and stay in their tow long enough, I knew I'd always have a great chance of getting past.
"The car felt good and the strategy worked perfectly, allowing me to progress as far as seventh by the end. We were all really pleased with that given where we had started, and with just a couple more laps, I'm convinced we could have finished inside the top five. It was a brilliant way to demonstrate our racecraft having not had the chance at Aragón!"
Taking the chequered flag less than eight seconds adrift of the winner and best-placed of the nine Brits in the 42-strong Eurocup field, it was a superb effort, but in a wet qualifying session the next day, traffic and timing saw Jordan slip helplessly down the order right at the close, meaning he would begin Sunday's contest just 16th.
"I gained a few spots at the start, but then the race was stopped due to a massive crash," related the 18-year-old British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) Rising Star and MSA Academy member. "After the re-start, conditions were so bad that I literally couldn't see anything. With 11 cars in front of me all throwing up spray, visibility was near non-existent.
"I've never raced in anything like it before – your survival instinct kicks in, and as I couldn't make out the apexes or where the edge of the track was, I was having to judge my braking-points by bits of grass or kerbs. By the time I had settled into a rhythm, caught the group ahead and was lining up to attack, the race was red-flagged again! I reckon we could probably have fought our way into the top ten had it run to its full length, but on the plus side, at least we finished when a lot of drivers didn't."
With only six racing laps completed in the torrential conditions, to place 12th was something of a minor triumph in itself, and having vaulted from nowhere in the title standings into the top 15 – just six points shy of the top ten – Jordan admits he will approach the following round at the Nürburgring in Germany with justifiable optimism.
"Overall, it was a positive weekend," mused the Princethorpe College student and Hugo Boss brand ambassador. "We've got ourselves off the mark in the championship, and Saturday's race was one of the most enjoyable of my career. We proved we've got the speed, we learnt a lot and now I'm just looking forward to progressing even further at the Nürburgring."