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Aventura Mall, in Aventura, one of the largest and most prosperous malls in the United States, offers a multitude of shopping opportunities to choose from for the whole family; department stores such as Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, Macy's, luxury fashion, beauty, home design and furniture stores as well as entertainment venues ( 24- cinema movie theater, numerous restaurants, weekly events and activities for adults and children ). The mall will be removing its current food court, add a three-story wing and expanding by 241,000 sf.
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Lincoln Road and the South Beach area offer a pedestrian, European-style shopping and dining experience. The 1111 Lincoln Road section of Lincoln Road has brought elegance and niche brands such as German book publisher Taschen, and the Nespresso boutique and cafe. The iconic South Beach street is going under dramatic changes as it has welcomed additional restaurants and retailers such as Swedish fashion designer H & M, Israeli beauty product company Sabon, , Spanish fashion retailer Desigual and a huge Forever 21 store. Portions of the street keep being renovated and new stores like a three-story Gap and others, which were born in various countries will be opening soon, such as a Café and champagne bar by glamorous French fine pastry designer Laduree.
The Miami Design District, showcasing street level shopping opportunities is a neighborhood located between 36th and 41th Street, and has become ( together with Aventura Mall ) the alternative to The Bal Harbour Shops for access to luxury fashion boutiques. Retailers are Bulgari, Dior Hommes, Prada, Marni, Celine, Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Cartier etc… I actually wrote about the transformation about this neighborhood a while ago in one of my posts; the Miami Design District : the new luxury mecca of South Florida. Miami-based developer Craig Robbins has signed a partnership with French luxury group LVMH to open a high-end shopping destination, cafes and a promenade, to be completed between 2014 and 2015. The Miami Design District also displays a variety or art galleries, fine interior design and furnishings stores and restaurants.
Of course, there are also many neighborhood boutiques, supermarkets and large retailers scattered across South Florida. Depending on the neighborhood you live in, or if you are visiting Miami for a few days, you will find a myriad of shopping and entertainment opportunities yourself along the way.
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David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter Ansible.
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David Langford was born and grew up in Newport, Monmouthshire before studying for a degree in Physics at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he first became involved in science fiction fandom. Langford is married to Hazel and is the brother of the prolific artist and musician Jon.
His first job was as a weapons physicist at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston, Berkshire. In 1985 he set up a "tiny and informally run software company" with science fiction writer Christopher Priest, called Ansible Information after Langford's news-sheet. Langford is now the sole active partner.
Increasing hearing difficulties have reduced Langford's participation in some fan activities. His own jocular attitude towards the matter has led to such nicknames as "that deaf twit Langford"; and an anthology of his work was titled Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man.
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As a writer of fiction, Langford is noted for his parodies. A collection of short stories, parodying various science fiction, fantasy fiction and detective story writers has been published as He Do the Time Police in Different Voices (2003, incorporating the earlier and much shorter 1988 parody collection Odyssey Two). Two novels, parodying disaster novels and horror, respectively, are Earthdoom! and Guts!, both co-written with John Grant.
The novelette An Account Of A Meeting With Denizens Of Another World 1871, is an entertaining account of a UFO encounter, as experienced by a Victorian, but is notable chiefly for the framing story, in which Langford claimed to have found the manuscript in an old desk (the story's narrator, William Robert Loosley, is a genuine ancestor of Langford's wife). This has led some UFOlogists to believe the story is genuine (including the US author Whitley Strieber, who referred to the 1871 incident in his novel Majestic). Langford freely admits the story is fictional when asked - but, as he notes, "Journalists usually don't ask."
Langford also had one serious science fiction novel published in 1982, The Space Eater (ISBN 0099288206). The 1984 novel The Leaky Establishment satirises the author's experiences at Aldermaston. His 2004 collection Different Kinds of Darkness is a compilation of 36 of his shorter, non-parodic science fiction pieces, the title story of which won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 2001.
A number of Langford's stories are set in a future containing images, colloquially called "basilisk", which crash the human mind by triggering thoughts that the mind is physically or logically incapable of thinking. The first of these stories was "BLIT" (Interzone, 1988); others include "What Happened at Cambridge IV" (Digital Dreams, 1990); "comp.basilisk FAQ" (Nature, 1999), and the Hugo-winning "Different Kinds of Darkness" (F&SF, 2000).
The idea has appeared elsewhere; in one of his novels, Ken MacLeod has characters explicitly mention (and worry about encountering) the "Langford Visual Hack". Similar references, also mentioning Langford by name, feature in works by Greg Egan and Charles Stross. The eponymous Snow Crash of Neal Stephenson's novel is a combination mental/computer virus capable of infecting the minds of hackers via their visual cortex. The idea also appears in Blindsight by Peter Watts where a particular combination of right angles is a harmful image to vampires. The roleplaying game Eclipse Phase has so-called "Basilisk hacks", sensory or linguistic attacks on cognitive processes.
A related idea, the fracter, a fractal image with psycho-active effects, occurs as a key plot element in Ian McDonald's 1994 novella Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone.
A similar mandala concept also appears in the book Tetrarch by Alex Comfort, causing effects such as encouraging self-healing or preventing the ability to target an object in combat.
Non-fiction and editorial work
Langford has won numerous other Hugo Awards largely for his activities as a fan journalist on his free newsletter Ansible, which he has described as "The SF Private Eye". The remaining Hugo awards are as follows: 21 for Best Fan Writer, five for Ansible as Best Fanzine, and another for Ansible as Best Semiprozine. As of 2008 he has received, in total, 28 Hugo Awards, his 19-year winning streak coming to an end in 2008. A 31-year streak of nominations (1979-2009) for "Best Fan Writer" came to an end in 2010.
The name Ansible is taken from Ursula K. Le Guin's science-fictional communication device. The newsletter first appeared in August 1979. Fifty issues were published by 1987, when it entered a hiatus. Since resuming publication in 1991, Ansible has appeared monthly (with occasional extra issues given "half" numbers, e.g. Ansible 53�) as a two-sided A4 sheet and latterly also online. A digest has appeared as the "Ansible Link" column in Interzone since issue 62, August 1992. The complete archive of Ansible is available at Langford's personal website.
Langford wrote the science fiction and fantasy book review column for White Dwarf from 1983 to 1988, continuing in other British role-playing game magazines until 1991; the columns are collected as The Complete Critical Assembly (2001). He has also written a regular column for SFX magazine, featuring in every issue since its launch in 1995. A tenth-anniversary collection of these columns appeared in 2005 as The SEX Column and other misprints; this was shortlisted for a 2006 Hugo Award for Best Related Book. Further SFX columns are collected in Starcombing: columns, essays, reviews and more (2009), which also includes much other material written since 2000.
David Langford has also written columns for several computer magazines, notably 8000 Plus (later renamed PCW Plus), which was devoted to the Amstrad PCW word processor. This column ran, though not continuously, from the first issue in October 1986 to the last, dated Christmas 1996; it was revived in the small-press magazine PCW Today from 1997 to 2002, and all the columns are collected as The Limbo Files (2009). Langford's 1985-1988 "The Disinformation Column" for Apricot File focused on Apricot Computers systems; these columns are collected as The Apricot Files (2007).
A collection of nonfiction and humorous work, Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man, was published in 1992 by NESFA Press. This was incorporated into a follow-up collection, consisting of 47 nonfiction pieces and three short stories, and published as The Silence of the Langford in 1996. Up Through an Empty House of Stars (2003) is a further collection of one hundred reviews and essays.
Much of Langford's early book-length publication was futurological in nature. The Future of Military Technology, published in 1979, and A History of the World AD 2000-3000 (1985), jointly written with fellow science fiction author Brian Stableford, are two examples. Both these authors also worked with Peter Nicholls on The Science in Science Fiction (1982). Within the broader field of popular non-fiction, Langford co-wrote Facts and Fallacies: a Book of Definitive Mistakes and Misguided Predictions (1984) with Chris Morgan.
Langford assisted in producing the second edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993) and contributed some 80,000 words of articles to The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997). He will be one of the three editors of the planned third edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. He has also edited a book of John Sladek's uncollected work, published in 2002 as Maps: The Uncollected John Sladek. Langford's critical introduction to Maps won a BSFA Award for nonfiction. With Christopher Priest, Langford has also set up Ansible E-ditions which publishes other print-on-demand collections of short stories by Sladek and David I. Masson.
Excluding collections, Langford's most recent professionally published book is The End of Harry Potter? (2006), an unauthorised companion to the famous series by J.K. Rowling. The work was published after the publication of the sixth volume in the Harry Potter series, but before publication of the seventh and final volume. It contains information, extracted from the books and from Rowling's many public statements, about the wizarding world and popular theories concerning how the plot will develop in the last book. A revised version was published in the US in March 2007 by Tor books, and in paperback form in the UK in May 2007. The book was commissioned from Langford by Malcolm Edwards of Orion Books, who were seeking a book about the Harry Potter series.
He has been a guest of honour at Boskone, Eastercon twice, Finncon, Microcon three times, Minicon (see List of past Minicons), Novacon, OryCon twice, Picocon several times, and Worldcon (see List of Worldcons).
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comp.basilisk FAQ
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2007 - The End of Harry Potter (Paperback) → Paperback
Genres: Children's Books, Reference, Teen & Young Adult
1987 - The Space Eater (Paperback)
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
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What we know about Apax from its listed trust
Apax Global Alpha's interim statement sheds light on subscription credit lines, fund deployment and an appetite for healthcare.
Listed private equity trusts often serve as a window into the inner workings of some of the industry's largest firms. Apax Global Alpha is the latest of these vehicles to release its H1 results, providing a peek behind the curtain at London-headquartered Apax Partners.
The €943.9 million listed trust is turning its attention to derived debt opportunities amid concern over deployment pace in private equity and volatility in the public markets. But what does AGA's interim statement tell us about its affiliated firm?
Subscription credit line use
Apax Partners is one of a growing number of private equity houses to embrace the use of subscription credit lines.
AGA committed €25.3 million to signed and closed Apax Funds investments in H1, down from €39.7 million for the same period last year, according to the statement. As the Apax funds use credit facilities to bridge capital calls from investors on a short-term basis, AGA expects capital calls of €22.7 million from these drawings in the coming months, the results said.
Apax IX, a $9 billion 2016-vintage, Apax VIII, a $7.5 billion 2012-vintage, and the $1 billion 2017-vintage Apax Digital Fund usually "bridge capital calls for up to 12 months after each drawdown". For AMI Opportunities Fund, a $504 million 2015-vintage Israel-focused fund, "drawings of the bridge facility are generally repaid once each year".
LPs are divided on the use of subscription credit lines. Those that favour IRR as a metric – either for the sake of their own personal compensation or for the sake of comparing private equity with other asset classes – are more in favour than those that focus on multiple of invested capital, as the lines can boost the former.
Take-privates and healthcare are looking attractive
AGA identified tech and telecommunications, healthcare, consumer and services, as well as the digital space, as having less exposure to political risks. The majority of AGA's look-through private equity investments by value were made in healthcare during H1. Apax is likely to increase its activity in areas less prone to macroeconomic and political headwinds.
"If relative valuations remain the same, we would expect healthcare and consumer as well as services transactions to figure more prominently in 2H18 and 2019," the results noted.
"In addition, due to stock price declines in some markets and the increased risks ahead, we believe that so called 'public-to-privates' or 'PIPEs' could play a larger role in the next 18 months. The art will be in finding the few reasonably priced opportunities in a sea of highly-valued private equity opportunities."
Fund IX status
The $9 billion Apax IX is now 43 percent invested across 13 portfolio companies, the results said. The vehicle is the second-largest contributor to AGA's NAV, accounting for €144.6 million, or 22 percent, as of 30 June.
"Many investments have made remarkable progress in the past year and the fund has largely moved out of the 'J-curve' effect," the results added. "It is now seeing not only an increase in valuation but also IRR."
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Q: Server 2008 email on Event variables One of the new features of Server 2008 is the ability to attach a task to a specific event in the event logs. One of the actions available is to send an email through a SMTP server.
This is working great, however it would be ideal if in the message body, the Event contents could be placed. I have tried using $eventdescription and %eventdescription%, but those are just shots in the dark. Any amount of googling produces no results.
Does anyone know if this is possible?
Update: Sparks' suggestion below is a step in the right direction I believe, however that method doesn't seem to work for all values. For example, I can pull the RecordID, Severity and Channel as shown, but I can't use the same method to retreive the EventID, or most importantly the description.
Here's the raw XML from one event:
[Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"]
  [System]
    [Provider Name="DFSR" /]
    [EventID Qualifiers="16384"]4412[/EventID]
    [Level]4[/Level]
    [Task]0[/Task]
    [Keywords]0x80000000000000[/Keywords]
    [TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-05-14T18:18:09.000Z" /]
    [EventRecordID]45692[/EventRecordID]
    [Channel]DFS Replication[/Channel]
    [Computer]servername.domain.com[/Computer]
    [Security /]
    [/System]
  [EventData]
    [Data]9046C3F4-843E-4A53-B941-4B20764072E5[/Data]
    [Data]D:\departments\Geomatics\Plan Quality\Data Processing\CG3533017 2009-05-13 KT FIXED[/Data]
    [Data]D:\departments[/Data]
    [Data]{26D5F604-E603-4F87-8EC3-DE9A945DA8FD}-v927199[/Data]
    [Data]Departments[/Data]
    [Data]domain.ca\files\departments[/Data]
    [Data]B8242CE2-F5EB-47DA-BA5B-1DD2F7EE3AB9[/Data]
    [Data]DFAA7A54-66CB-4C31-81A0-0F861382C32C[/Data]
    [Data]CG3533017 2009-05-13-{26D5F604-E603-4F87-8EC3-DE9A945DA8FD}-v927199[/Data]
  [/EventData]
 [/Event]

I have tried using a ValueQuery for EventData, but it returns no data.

A: I went about this a bit differently, but this approach generates emails on new events that match a custom filter, with all the event details included in the email body.
1) Create a 'Custom View' in the Event Viewer with your desired filter.
2) Once you have the view, you should see a link to 'Attach Task to This Custom View...'.
I chose to use sendMail.exe from here (http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/) which I extracted to C:\sendmail. The reason is Microsoft's 'Send an email' action has issues with SMTP authentication and also apparently isn't even present in Server 2012.
So in my case I selected 'Start a program' while attaching the task to the Custom View.  But we're going to edit it as XML so don't worry about filling it in via the GUI.
3) Export the new Task to XML, we'll be editing it later.
4) Create a 'mail-event.bat' file under C:\sendmail folder with the following 3 lines:
C:\Windows\system32\wevtutil.exe qe Application /f:text /q:"<QueryList><Query Id='0' Path='Application'><Select Path='Application'>*[System[(EventRecordID=%1)]]</Select></Query></QueryList>" > C:\sendmail\%1.log
C:\sendmail\sendEmail.exe -s <smtp_server> -f <from> -xu <user> -xp <pass> -t <to> -u "<subject>" -o message-file=c:\sendmail\%1.log
del C:\sendmail\%1.log

Obviously, replace 'smtp_server', 'from', 'user', 'pass', 'to', 'subject' with the desired values.
This will create a '$(EventRecordID).log' file under C:\sendmail with all the details for that event, mail it, and then delete it.
You can test if the batch file works by going into Event Viewer, opening an event in your Applications log, switching to Details tab, selecting 'XML View' and then look for EventRecordID.  Copy that integer, and then run from the command line:
C:\sendmail> log-event.bat 53522
Of course, replacing 53522 with the value from the EventRecordID node. If you receive the email, go to your happy place.
NOTE WELL: You might have noticed the string 'Application' shows up a couple times in the command line for wevtutil.exe -- that's because I couldn't seem to get it to work by pointing it directly at the Custom View, and my Custom View happened to be a sub-set of events that are all inside the Application log.  You might have to adjust that to make it work in your case if your trying to mail events from the System log, for example.
5) Edit the XML you exported, we're going to make two changes:
First, add the following 'ValueQueries' node into the XML under the 'EventTrigger' node:
<EventTrigger>
  <Enabled>true</Enabled>
  <Subscription>...snip...</Subscription>
  <ValueQueries>
    <Value name="EventRecordID">Event/System/EventRecordID</Value>
  </ValueQueries>
</EventTrigger>

NOTE: In the above, I snipped the 'Subscription' info which will have been filled in based on the Custom View you created. Don't copy my 'Subscription' into your XML!
Second, replace the Actions node with the following:
<Actions Context="Author">
   <Exec>
     <Command>C:\sendmail\mail_event.bat</Command>
     <Arguments>$(EventRecordID)</Arguments>
   </Exec>
</Actions>

Now, cause a new event to appear in your Custom View, and you should automatically get the  email notification! Woohoo!

A: I don't have access to a Server 2008 or Vista machine to try this myself and get the variable for you but this article should be of use.
If you create a basic task and then view the XML of the task you should see all the values available.
http://blogs.technet.com/otto/archive/2007/11/09/find-the-event-that-triggered-your-task.aspx

A: Using the documentation in the link provided by Sparks, add this additional line to the XML exported from Task Scheduler to get your event text:
<Value name="eventData">Event/EventData/Data</Value>

Also interesting (and hopefully self-explanatory):
<Value name="eventTimeCreated">Event/System/TimeCreated/@SystemTime</Value>

I found this Googling "Event/System/EventRecordID"
You can then reference the $(eventData) and $(eventTimeCreated) variables in your task.
It looks as though the values are specified by stepping through the XML hierarchy.  I would expect you to be able to specify most any parts of the event by decomposing the raw XML dump to create a slash delimited expression.
It looks as though '/@' is shorthand for a space character in this syntax.

A: Are you after the event data?
My requirement was to send an email whenever an IIS Application Pool shut down due to idle time out. I wanted the name of the app pool that was being shut down to appear in the email message.
This worked for me:
<Value name="appPoolId">Event/EventData/Data[@Name='AppPoolID']</Value>

A: I never did end up getting this to work, and it looks like for Server 2012 this email functionality has been removed completely. A dead end unfortunately.

A: I guess I finished developing your ideas
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.3" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
  <RegistrationInfo>
    <Date>2013-02-07T17:30:20.8644895</Date>
    <Author>QA\TimT</Author>
  </RegistrationInfo>
  <Triggers>
    <EventTrigger>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <Subscription><QueryList><Query Id="0" Path="ForwardedEvents"><Select Path="ForwardedEvents">*</Select></Query></QueryList></Subscription>
      <ValueQueries>
        <Value name="EventChannel">Event/System/Channel</Value>
        <Value name="EventComputer">Event/System/Computer</Value>
        <Value name="EventData">Event/EventData/Data</Value>
        <Value name="EventID">Event/System/EventID</Value>
        <Value name="EventRecordID">Event/System/EventRecordID</Value>
        <Value name="EventSeverity">Event/System/Level</Value>
        <Value name="Message">Event/RenderingInfo/Message</Value>
      </ValueQueries>
    </EventTrigger>
  </Triggers>
  <Principals>
    <Principal id="Author">
      <UserId>QA\Administrator</UserId>
      <LogonType>Password</LogonType>
      <RunLevel>LeastPrivilege</RunLevel>
    </Principal>
  </Principals>
  <Settings>
    <MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
    <DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>false</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
    <StopIfGoingOnBatteries>true</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
    <AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate>
    <StartWhenAvailable>false</StartWhenAvailable>
    <RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
    <IdleSettings>
      <StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd>
      <RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
    </IdleSettings>
    <AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
    <Enabled>true</Enabled>
    <Hidden>false</Hidden>
    <RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
    <DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>false</DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>
    <UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>false</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>
    <WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
    <ExecutionTimeLimit>P3D</ExecutionTimeLimit>
    <Priority>7</Priority>
  </Settings>
  <Actions Context="Author">
    <SendEmail>
      <Server>mail.nowhere.com</Server>
      <Subject>$(EventComputer) reports event $(EventID) in $(EventChannel), record $(EventRecordID), severety $(EventSeverity)</Subject>
      <To>admin@nowhere.com</To>
      <From>reporter@nowhere.com</From>
      <Body>$(EventData)
$(Message)</Body>
      <HeaderFields />
      <Attachments />
    </SendEmail>
  </Actions>
</Task>

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const BaseStep = require('./basestep');

class BestowPrompt extends BaseStep {
    constructor(game, player, card) {
        super(game);

        this.player = player;
        this.card = card;
    }

    continue() {
        let limit = Math.min(this.player.gold, this.card.bestowMax);
        let range = _.range(1, limit + 1).reverse();

        if(limit === 0) {
            return;
        }

        let buttons = _.map(range, gold => {
            return { text: gold.toString(), method: 'bestow', arg: gold };
        });
        buttons.push({ text: 'Done', method: 'bestow', arg: 0 });

        this.game.promptWithMenu(this.player, this, {
            activePrompt: {
                menuTitle: 'Select bestow amount for ' + this.card.name,
                buttons: buttons
            },
            source: this.card
        });
    }

    bestow(player, gold) {
        if(gold === 0) {
            return true;
        }

        if(gold > this.player.gold) {
            return false;
        }

        this.player.gold -= gold;
        this.card.addToken('gold', gold);
        this.game.addMessage('{0} bestows {1} gold on {2}', this.player, gold, this.card);

        return true;
    }
}

module.exports = BestowPrompt;

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Other new shows include Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn and Mark Farner's American Band.
Gaelic Storm: 8 p.m. March 15, Northern Lights Theater, Potawatomi Bingo Hotel & Casino, 1721 W. Canal St. $30 and $35, available at the theater box office, Ticketmaster outlets and paysbig.com.
Kentucky Headhunters: 8 p.m. March 22, Northern Lights Theater, $15 and $20.
Mark Farner's American Band: 8 p.m. March 2, Northern Lights Theater, $20, $25 and $30.
Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20, Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. 4th St. $39.50, available at the Pabst Theater (144 E. Wells St) and Riverside Theater (116 W. Wisconsin Ave.) box offices, (414) 286-3663 and pabsttheater.org.
Everything Is Terrible Live!: 8 p.m. Feb. 21, The Back Room at Colectivo Coffee, 2211 N. Prospect Ave. $15, , available at the Pabst Theater (144 E. Wells St) and Riverside Theater (116 W. Wisconsin Ave.) box offices, (414) 286-3663 and pabsttheater.org.
The Dec. 13 Logic show at the Rave, postponed at the time, has now been canceled. Tickets purchased at the box office will be refunded at the box office by Jan. 27; tickets purchased online will be automatically refunded, according to the venue.
Because of scheduling conflicts, Sandra Bernhard's Jan. 26 concert at the Riverside Theater has been canceled, according to Pabst Theater Group. Refunds are available at the point of purchase.
Tokio Hotel's Feb. 18 concert at Turner Hall Ballroom has been canceled.
The FM 106.1 Class of 2018 concert at Potawatomi Bingo Hotel & Casino's Northern Lights Theater Jan. 20 is sold out.


The Oklahoma City National Memorial was on my "must see" list. It made for a memorable and very moving two hour visit.
The chairs beside the reflecting pool are arranged in nine rows, to correspond to the nine floors of the Murrah building. The number of chairs in the row indicated the number of people who perished on that floor. What was particularly heart breaking was the second row with the nineteen small chairs representing the children that died in the bombing.
I thought about all the times I dropped Greg off at daycare and started imagining the unbearable pain those parents must have felt standing outside, waiting and praying that their child would come out of the rubble alive. It was particularly poignant,given that I was visiting with Greg. I reflected on how much happiness he has brought into our lives and how lucky I am to have him as my son. How do parents find the strength to recover from loss of a child?
The bombing showed us both the worst of human nature and the best–as demonstrated by the first responders and the outpouring of love and support from around the world.
We needed something to lighten the mood, so next stop was the Cowboy and National Heritage Museum. The building and grounds are absolutely beautiful.
Where else can you find an entire WALL filled with cabinets of "devil's rope"? Every one of the handles in the photo below is attached to a pull out display of barbed wire. But wait, Oklahoma–Texas can do you one better. McLean, Texas has a its own Devil's Rope MUSEUM!
The replica of the western town was fun, especially the saloon. Here was my chance to belly up to the bar, just like a western workin' gal. I didn't have the proper attire, or hair ornaments,the light was low, and I couldn't use a flash, so this was the best I could do to immortalize the moment.
Oklahoma City was the starting point for our Route 66 adventure, so we headed west, planning to dine at one of El Reno's famed establishments, Roberts.
You can't always judge a restaurant by its exterior, so we ventured inside. The interior consisted of a counter, with about 10 stools, some torn. Mine was wobbly enough to test my balance. Can you see why we decided to beat a hasty retreat?
Back to Oklahoma City for dinner and lodging.
While in Oklahoma we experienced a wide range of human emotions: sadness, empathy, revulsion, excitement, then later anxiety, as we listened to the tornado alarms, and finally relief that Greg was smart enough to park his car under the hotel canopy. We watched hailstones ricochet off cars in the parking lot and felt grateful that we were not the owner of this Mercedes.
Once we figured that we were not in the path of tornado, the evening took on a festive air, as we huddled with other travelers under the canopy to watch the storm pass by.


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Eight bridges connect the San Francisco Bay, so it is an apt name for a gallery platform that brings the Bay Area art world together.
Our mission is to maintain a vibrant gallery scene, despite restrictions on travel, celebrations and other larger gatherings. We want to support our artists by informing and entertaining curators, collectors and critics with potent online exhibitions of their work.
On the first Thursday of every month, we will launch 8 shows of artists relevant to the Bay Area. They may be working in this place, long considered an epicenter of change, or deeply engaged in the conversations the Bay Area holds dear, whether it's related to technology, the environment, social justice or sexual identity, to name a few.
Founding Committee
Claudia Altman-Siegel, Kelly Huang, Sophia Kinell, Micki Meng, Daphne Palmer, Chris Perez, Sarah Wendell Sherrill, Jessica Silverman, and Elizabeth Sullivan
Sayre Batton & Maja Thomas, Joachim & Nancy Bechtle, Matt Bernstein, Sabrina Buell, Wayee Chu & Ethan Beard, Natasha Boas, Douglas Durkin, Carla Emil, Matt & Jessica Farron, Lauren Ford, Ali Gass, Stanlee Gatti, Brook Hartzell & Tad Freese, Pamela & David Hornik, Katie & Matt Paige, Putter Pence, Becca Prowda & Daniel Lurie, Deborah Rappaport, Komal Shah & Gaurav Garg, Laura Sweeney, The Battery, Robin Wright, Sonya Yu & Zack Lara
Lobus, Phillips, The Space Program
Pace Gallery Palo Alto
This month we are proud to support:
Woody De Othello
Step Out, Mail It Out, Drop It Off and Vote
Our latest Art Drop is Woody De Othello's painting on paper. Click inquire to purchase. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to People's Breakfast, Oakland.
Step Out, Mail It Out, Drop It Off and Vote, 2020
Our latest Art Drop is Woody De Othello's painting on paper. Click inquire to purchase. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to People's Breakfast, Oakland.
Ruth Asawa
"I was interested in the economy of a line, enclosing three-dimensional space… I realized that I could make wire forms interlock, expand, and contract with a single strand, because a line can go anywhere."
— Ruth Asawa
Utilizing a process she compared to "drawing in space," Ruth Asawa created Untitled (S.045, Hanging Five-Lobed, Multilayered Continuous Form within a Form, with Spheres in the First, Second and Third Lobes) using taped fingers to loop wire around a wooden dowel. Having remained in the artist's family collection here in San Francisco for decades following its creation, Untitled (S.045) will be offered in Phillips 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale on December 7th. Click inquire to learn more.
Untitled (S.045, Hanging Five-Lobed, Multilayered Continuous Form within a Form, with Spheres in the First, Second and Third Lobes), circa early 1960s
Copper and brass wire
72 x 14 x 14 in. (182.9 x 35.6 x 35.6 cm)
Harmony of the Spheres
Pace Gallery is pleased to present Harmony of the Spheres, an exhibition bringing together three new LED works by Leo Villareal alongside eight single-panel pieces from his Instance series (2018), on view August 25 – October 10, 2020. This presentation, Villareal's first at Pace in Palo Alto, continues his longstanding relationship with the Bay Area.
Custom-built software and devising rules that promote principles of emergent behavior are integral to Villareal's practice. The works in this exhibition build on the artist's early examinations of artificial and living systems as seen in The Bay Lights, across networked panels and mosaicked tiles that burst with visual force. Together, they provide a rare opportunity to grasp the full breadth of the artist's practice, placing his innovative sculptural works in direct dialogue with large-scale public installations
This exhibition will be on view in our gallery through October 10, 2020. To make an appointment, please email pacepaloalto@pacegallery.com.
Optical Machine IV, 2020
LEDs, custom software, electrical hardware, steel
57-1/2″ × 76-1/2″ × 4″ (146.1 cm × 194.3 cm × 10.2 cm)
Edition of 5 + 1 AP
Optical Machine III & IV use LED lights and custom software to translate the layered and sequential logic of systems into beguiling visual experiences that, although abstract, echo the organic behaviors and networks found in nature. Inspired by the rules that govern cellular automata, Villareal develops his own underlying structures that form complex cosmological models.
Optical Machine III, 2020
Instance 28, 2019
38-3/8″ × 38-3/8″ × 2-7/8″ (97.5 cm × 97.5 cm × 7.3 cm)
The artist's Instance series comprises singular units that are networked together into a larger, orchestrated whole. The singular works, in their digital and physical forms, become malleable synchronies wherein the possibility of order, however fleeting and subtle, appears visually across the units before gradually dissipating into a chaotic state. As particle systems, they give a sense that things are expanding and colliding, their compositional qualities alluding to antipodal forms associated with the cosmic and the atomic. For the artist, these allusions arise through the process—as he works with code, he observes their results as "echoes that occur by happenstance," which he then captures. Ultimately, this places his work between the conscious expression of the artist and the liberation of the work into the realm of artificial life.
97.5 cm × 97.5 cm × 7.3 cm (38-3/8″ × 38-3/8″ × 2-7/8″)
Musica Universalis. 2020
9′ 6″ × 9′ 6″ × 3″ (289.6 cm × 289.6 cm × 7.6 cm)
Musica Universalis, the largest work in the exhibition, at just under ten-feet-square, references an ancient philosophical concept that regards proportions in the movements of celestial bodies as a form of music which is not audible but rather a harmonic and mathematical exploration of orbital resonance. Villareal is interested in synesthesia and the remapping of the senses. He creates works that exist purely as light but evoke elaborate sonic worlds.
www.pacegallery.com/exhibitions/leo-villareal-harmony-of-the-spheres/
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During the night of Friday, November 26, 2009, there was a break-in at the Arthur W. Ericson Gallery in Portland, OR.
The stolen piece is a Plateau woman's dress top, c. 1900. At the time it was stolen it was in mint condition. It is thread sewn on canvas with a red cloth lining. The beading is two needle spot stitch and the execution was excellent.
The thieves broke through the display window in the store and were able to reach the piece and pull it off its stand and through the window. We have armorcote on our windows which make it harder for someone to put a hole through the window. However our coating was about 15 years old and the people who replaced the armorcote after the theft told me that armorcote becomes brittle and loses its strength after about 10 years.


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Q: ¿Cómo devolver el mismo código de la función en javascript Quiero una función en javascript que haga cualquier cosa y además devuelva, por ejemplo con un alert(), el mismo código de la función.
<script>
    function return() {
         document.body.style.backgroundColor = red;
         *"instrucción para que devuelva el propio código"*
         }
</script>

Esa función debería cambiar el color del background y devolverme el propio código de la función.

A: Puedes usar calle para obtener el la función que se esta desencadenando.
Esta propiedad pertenece a arguments que es un objeto (array like object) que es pasado con parametro implicitamente en todas las funciones, este contiene todos los argumentos con los cuales fue invocada la funcion (en este caso "alerta").
Recuerda que una función en javascript se puede invocar con menos, iguales o mas parámetros que los que esta especifica que recibe.
function alerta() {
        document.body.style.backgroundColor = 'red';
        alert(arguments.callee.toString());

    }
alerta();

Saludos.

A: Tienes que utilizar toString(), que aplicado sobre una función devuelve el código fuente de la misma.

function soyLaFuncion() {
    var cuatro = 2 + 2;

    alert(soyLaFuncion.toString());
}

soyLaFuncion();

A: Así la función te devolvería como un string del código dentro de si misma:

    //Definición de mi función
    function miFuncion() {

        //Operaciones varias dentro de tu funcion
        var retultadoDeOperacion = 5 + 5;

        //Aqui retorna el codigo dentro de si misma
        return miFuncion.toString();

    }

    //Ejecutamos la función dentro de un alert para ver el código.
    alert(miFuncion());


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Italian Properties for sale with Tennis Courts
Anyone for tennis? With the pandemic leaving us bereft of our annual fix of tennis this year, we've compiled a list of our best properties with tennis courts. Who needs Wimbledon when you can host your very own tournament in the grounds of your own home? Dreams of becoming the next Andy Murray or Serena Williams could become a reality with any of these exceptional properties we have available…
V4879AB Tuscany, Lucca €3,700,000
Every inch of this 17th century estate has been designed and maintained to exude charm and beauty. With 16 bedrooms, several outbuildings, pool and olives, the tennis court is just one of the many defining features that makes it a truly magnificent property.
V4965AB Tuscany, Siena €350,000
Owning this 1 bedroom apartment within a former convent with tennis court would mean having your pick of match opponents right next door! But if you don't fancy a game or the court is in use, don't worry, there's always the fitness area to make use of or a relaxing dip in the pool.
V3846V Tuscany, Pisa €3,800,000
Day or night, the illuminated tennis court at this majestic villa can be enjoyed all year round and even has a changing room with two showers and a toilet. With 8 bedrooms, the large villa also has 2.5 hectares of land with several driveways, swimming pool directly in front of the property and an illuminated bowls court.
V4756AB Tuscany, Cortona €1,350,000
Dating back to the 17th Century, the house has been carefully restored to reflect the Scandinavian influences of the current owners. The 0.5 hectares of land includes a beautiful swimming pool, an orchard and not forgetting that freshly laid tennis court with fantastic views.
V5201C Umbria, Perugia €1,700,000
This historic agriturismo accommodates 10 individual apartments; 20 bedrooms in total. Its 2.3 hectares of land include a park with ancient trees, swimming pool, olive grove, a small vineyard and of course that all important tennis court.
V4974BM Tuscany, Lucca €3,500,000
This impressive 14th century villa has been home to a long line of noble families. It has 8 bedrooms and is full of original features. But beyond its doors, there's a tennis court, swimming pool surrounded by trees, a lmonaia annex with incredible arched windows, statues in the garden and of course, tennis.
V1677PF Tuscany, Florence €3,700,000
Halfway between Florence and the sea, this farmhouse is divided into 6 apartments. The tennis court is set in an impressive 55 hectares of private land and also has a bowls green, swimming pool, vineyards and olive trees.
V4895V Tuscany, Pisa €360,000
Formerly a 12th century convent, this complex has it all. Owning this apartment would give you access to a huge swimming pool, a tennis court, a football pitch, a private chapel, an excellent communal function room and parking for owners and guests, as well as a concierge who lives there all year round.
There's fun for all the family at this wonderful apartment complex for sale. With a total of 27 apartments and 25 hectares of land, it could fulfil all your outdoor needs with a tennis court and bowls court, swimming pool, playgrounds, a barbecue area, restaurant, not to mention the amazing countryside views!
V2331CC Tuscany, Livorno €3,200,000
Once belonging to an important aristocratic family, this 10 bedroom historic villa has so much going for it. Not only does it have its own tennis court but it also has two further houses, an annex, church and an ancient olive grove.
V1586VG Tuscany, Lucca from €325,000
Not stopping short of just a tennis court, residents of this apartment estate can also take advantage of an outdoor pool, an indoor heated pool with Jacuzzi, sauna, gym and more! The property itself has been restored to an extremely high standard and many of the apartments have private terraces/gardens.
V5031C Le Marche, Macerata €2,500,000
Luxurious is an understatement when it comes to this villa. Yes, it has a tennis court Andy Murray would be only too proud to play on but there is so much more to this property than just the court. Immense panoramic views, its own chapel, 2.2 hectares of well maintained lawns, flowering hedges and stylish swimming pool are just are just a few of its alluring features.
V3801B Tuscany, Castellina in Chianti €199,000
Forget Wimbledon, have you ever seen a more beautiful setting for a game of tennis? Imagine gazing at that hilly landscape between sets and watching the sun go down as you serve your last ball. This idyllic scene is found in the grounds of a pretty apartment complex in Chianti – one of the most sought after areas of Tuscany.
V3951C Tuscany, Porto Santo Stefano €12,000,000
In a hilly and panoramic position, this luxurious villa has 5 annexes and a whopping total of 17 bedrooms. As well as the included 1.3 hectares of land with a swimming pool and tennis court, there are also some wonderful picturesque seating areas to cool off and enjoy a post match Pimms.
V2284AB Magione, Umbria €350,000
Step aside Wills and Kate, you're not the only ones missing Wimbledon in your luxury estate! You too could feel like royalty by taking up residence in one of the apartments at this astonishing castle with views of Lake Trasimeno, shared grounds, pool and tennis court.
To see other properties with tennis courts, use our advanced search and tick the tennis court box – advanced search
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Nobody expects a visit from the Cardinal!
Southern E Group discussions are not heavily regulated - indeed there is no moderator as such - although if matters get seriously off track, which is vary rarely, there is provision for an officer of the group to intervene (see the "About the Southern E-Group and Rules of Etiquette" for further details). More often than not the group is self-regulating. If a correspondent goes significantly off topic it is likely that a fellow member will light-heartedly invoke a visit from "The Cardinal" to the transgressing member. This is usually all that is required to get matters back on track.
There follows two learned texts for the benefit of SEmG members both old and new to explain the origin and function of "The Cardinal" (....also known as "Cardinal Fang").
Members new, obviously need a thorough grounding in the Group's Guidelines. Be it remembered that "Guidelines" and "The Cardinal" are synonymous.
The aim of the Group: To glorify the name of the Southern Railway, those railways that went together to form it and that portion of British Railways which replaced it. Seems simple enough eh? Well, there are those that choose to squirm and writhe their slimy, despicably, serpentine ways around this lofty ideal. Others seek to glorify other, lesser railways, whose names be legion and unmentionable.
It was nothing short of miraculous that one day, The Cardinal appeared and we all fell to the ground in great fear and trembling. Since then the Group has been a purer and better place. Many have reformed their ways, others have quietly disappeared (well, not usually too quietly).
It has been suggested that The Cardinal has His origins with Monty Python. Of course the exact opposite is true. Nonetheless, watching of the Monty Python sketch relevant to The Cardinal can do no harm. It gives some good ideas regarding His appearance and that of His accomplices. Also featured are useful phrases such as "Nobody ever expects the Spanish Inquisition" ....... this is a good thought to have tucked in a corner of the mind when tempted towards non-Southern thought, word or deed. Diabolical "re-education methods" are also mentioned. These range from flaying, burning (medium rare to very well done), racking, through to hanging/drawing/quartering (0.25 x 4 in metric) though not necessarily in that order, impalement ................. and that's for lesser infringements. There is of course the (hushed pause ........) comfy chair (another hushed pause.........). This last has claimed several members who strayed.
It is generally accepted that His Eminence The Cardinal is a genial and gentle gentleman who has seen fit to take our Group and our Railway under His wing. He hovers somewhere in the wings of our electronic stage forever alert and aware of our thinkings and writings. Omnipotent and omnipresent. Woe unto he who strays from The Way.
There is a list of words and phrases to be avoided but of course I can hardly use them here lest He turn my way!!!! To be safe, mention not, railways to the North or Northwest or Northeast and above all the railway whose stuff was chocolate and cream. This last is an abomination, a curse, a devilish work ........... a pox upon them and theirs, yeah unto the tenth generation.
Let me welcome you to the Group. My E-mail: scarlet@accesscable.net Note the "scarlet", note it well ..... that is His colour. I'll be happy to answer questions or refer you to those who are better qualified so to do .
Be it known to all comers, we exist for one purpose only, to glorify The Southern. Long live The Cardinal.
It is obvious that not all members of the group know the exact origins of the Cardinal. For greater certainty then, I should state that the SEmG Cardinal is based on the humorous skit, sketch, or spoof from the Monty Python comedy series featuring Michael Palin.
At times our e mail conversations seem to revolve around the colour of someone's bloomers, and pros and cons of certain British actresses in railway related films. Perhaps, one day someone can capture this discussion in a single posting for me to understand. I noted that on this occasion, and also on more recent postings which reference the red bloomers, the Cardinal was tellingly silent. I'm not sure of the implications of this, but one thought that occurs to me is that it appears that for the SEmG at large the G*R is held in less regard than red bloomers. So where is all this leading? I do not care if members want to mention the G*R in their postings. However, I reserve the right to summon the Cardinal to attend to anyone that does, and if I do, I hope that you will remember that it is done in the best traditions of an illustrious vain of British humour ....Monty Python, the Goons, QX, Q6, Q9, Fawlty Towels, BA goes 4th, M&W..........and to ensure that the SEmG maintains its SR focus and sense of humour.
"By the way, Michael Palin is a railway buff, isn't he?" "Yes he is. See Confessions of a Trainspotter. An original anorak."
Maybe it is something to do with the male menopause reflecting their teenage boyhood obsessions, but it has become customary for male members of the SEmG publicly to declare themselves ardent followers of Jenny Agutter (for it is she who waves the infamous red bloomers in the original film of "The Railway Children") or of Lesley Anne Down (who stars in the film "The Great Train Robbery" - an incident supposedly on the SECR). It is these two actresses that divide SEmG members far more passionately than any of the constituent railway companies that are valid topics for the SEmG (and also of those companies that are not...)!


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Midday Scan: Allen's generosity; creativity in budgeting; backpedaling for anti-abortion legislators
Paul Allen's $300 million in funding wins praise. A plan to hold money in state's general fund longer could make a budget difference. More fights ahead at Seattle School Board?
After an extended but inspired adolescence, billionaire Paul Allen has decided to emulate his Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and remake the face of Northwest philanthropy. Allen's just-announced multimillion-dollar gift could represent a flash of eelymosynary maturity or simply a predictable evolution. In this case, it's a graybeard (or soon-to-be graybeard) fixed on gray matter, a natural extension of Allen's intense curiosity about all-things brain science.
"Allen on Wednesday announced $300 million in funding for an ambitious project to unravel the workings of an organ that has been studied for more than a century, yet remains largely a black box. The gift to the Seattle-based Allen Institute for Brain Science is the local billionaire's largest single philanthropic donation," the Seattle Times' Sandi Doughton writes.
Allen plaudits are pouring in, even from sometime critics. In this morning's Crosscut, Ted Van Dyk writes, "Millions of American families have been touched by brain or other neurological disorders. Such disorders often are regarded as progressive and, ultimately, irreversible. Yet recent research has shown the brain to be far more adaptive and resilient than originally thought. Allen's effort is by far the most important and pathfinding in its field."
It doesn't take a brain scientist to understand that "creative accounting" is one way to unscramble Olympia's budget imbroglio (the alternative to a kick-the-can strategy is to make tough revenue decisions, but that's not especially fun.) Citing State Treasurer Jim McIntire, the News Tribune's Jordan Schrader writes, "As described by McIntire's office and others, the proposal would keep sales-tax revenue collected on behalf of cities and counties in the state's general fund longer. That could free up $238 million for spending elsewhere."
While revised accounting invites skepticism, there may be, unlike Oakland, some there there. Schrader quotes seasoned Olympia hand and assistant state treasurer Wolfgang Opitz. "It's a permanent process change, not a one-time change. We don't put it in the 'gimmick' category," Optitz said. Good, so why not marry the accounting approach to other reforms such as sunsetting industry-specific tax breaks?
Good news: The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution passed on August 26, 1920, giving women the vote, even in the Western hinterland (In fact, the West was in the vanguard of the Suffragist movement. Washington women won the vote back in November, 1910.) The sway of women voters likely informed the Idaho state House's decision to backpedal on a Senate bill that, the Idaho Statesman's Dan Popkey writes, "mandates that women seeking abortions have an ultrasound to determine whether or not there is a fetal heartbeat, and, if so, the heart rate. Also, gestational age must be determined by a physician before an abortion."
Election-year politics clearly played a role in the bill's demise. As Popkey notes, "House State Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Loertscher, R-Iona, said the bill isn't dead, but neither has another hearing or caucus been scheduled."
The Seattle School Board has given a tenuous thumbs up to Teach for America, the program that assigns recent college grads to teach in low-performing schools. For some activists and union members, the Teach for America partnership has become a lightning rod. Are these green teachers adequately trained and is the program cost effective? As the Seattle Times' Brian Rosenthal writes, "The concerns culminated in the effort to cancel the partnership. But the move, led by two new board members, fell one vote short."
Wednesday night's vote revealed the political fissures within the school board. The freshmen upstarts are pushing against the old-school reformers (or vice-versa.) It looks like a low-key dress rehearsal for battles yet to come.
Lastly, forget fossil fuels or hydro, the next big thing is wind power. The real variable is infrastructure and capacity. So much wind, so little storage. As Earthfix's Courtney Flatt reports, "Strong winds generated 4,000 megawatts onto the Bonneville Power Administration's transmission grid on a single day this month. That's as much as four nuclear power plants. This spike comes at a time when the Pacific Northwest grid already has an abundance of power. That's because rivers are running high as the snow melts."
Link Summary
Seattle Times "Paul Allen gives $300 million to fund brain research"
The News Tribune, "Budget proposal offers $238 million; could it break logjam?"
Idaho Statesman, "Re-election anxieties stall ultrasound bill"
Seattle Times, "Seattle School Board votes to keep Teach for America"
EarthFix, "BPA Wind Power Sets new Record"
Peter Jackson is the former editorial-page editor of the Everett Herald. Follow him on Twitter @phardinjackson


Most people would rather go to the dentist than speak in public. Robert Gynn, professor of speech and theater, makes the process a lot less painful than filling a cavity.
Speech is my favorite subject to teach because it has so many real-world applications. Polished speaking and presentation skills – coupled with the ability to write well – can take students a long way toward success in any profession.
But most students – most people, in fact – are deeply anxious about presenting in front of an audience. My goal is to make the experience less stressful, and to that end I have a variety of tricks and tips up my sleeve to help students feel more comfortable. For example, I often tell my class to put things in the proper perspective: in the grand scheme of things, after all, "it's just a speech." I encourage them to repeat this "mantra" to themselves over and over again – which is fun for the students and has a very positive effect.
One of the things I'm most proud of is co-founding Oakton's Speaker Showcase, which grooms some of our most exceptional speakers. Since 2008, outstanding students nominated by their speech teachers have auditioned for me each fall and spring. I narrow the field to about a dozen finalists – and then we begin the hard work. We fine tune each presentation and I provide very specific feedback far beyond what these students would receive in a regular speech class. I might tell them where to insert a dramatic pause, when to emphasize their words, or how to use nonverbal cues to clearly communicate an important idea. In December and May, these students "showcase" their speeches on a special Speaker Showcase evening – and it is truly a transformative experience.
When I'm not in the classroom, you'll probably find me running. Some people meditate, I run. I enjoy participating in 10Ks, half-marathons, marathons – I've even competed in two Chicago Marathons. My best time was 4:30, and I'm pretty proud of that because it's a tough course. But participating in a long race is not so different from giving a first-rate, top-notch presentation – it takes sharp focus, determined persistence, and an emphasis on mind over matter.


Charmer came to us from a shelter the day after she produced a litter of babies. Chaddie is one of these. Chaddie is a calm bunny (although he also loves to race around). He's easily held, too. He'll make someone a very nice family member.


Specialist and artisan food production has seen a boom in the last decade, as new makers of bread and baked goods, jams, chutneys, desserts, sweets, ethnic meals, sauces and dietary foods have forged an ever growing demand and market for their traditional and innovative speciality products.
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Helenbirg Subdivision
Halfway between Mandeville and Abita Springs was the Helenbirg subdivision. According to newspaper accounts of the early 1900's, Helenbirg was named for the beloved sister of the founder of the St. Tammany New Orleans Railway and Ferry Co., Joseph Birg, who was a banker and planter (Katy Plantation) in Franklin, La. and who had a lot of New Orleans connections. She died at a young age.
The subdivision was accessed by the trolley line that ran between Mandeville and Covington. Click on the images to make them larger.
The trolley motor car line was built by Joseph Birg
The trolley car would roll out a specially built pier off the Mandeville lakefront, and passengers getting off the arriving steamboats could hop right on the trolley and be taken to the shore, past Mandeville, past Helenbirg, and past Abita Springs on to Covington. This was in operation between 1909 and 1918.
Going to Helenbirg
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The Ancient Rite of Candlelight
In October of 1976, Polly Morris wrote an article about the "Ancient Rite of Candlelight" that took place annually in the old cemeteries of her hometown of Lacombe. Here is the text of that article, as it appeared in the St. Tammany News-Banner on October 27,1976.
The Ancient Rite of Candlelight in Lacombe Cemeteries
By Polly Morris
The night of November the first, it will happen all over again... just as it has happened for so many years that no living person can say when it truly started.
The people who care about an old custom will leave their homes when the last rays of the sun kiss the tops of the tallest pines. At twilight time they will be in the cemeteries, and when the Evening Star begins to twinkle in the dusky sky, they will move like shadows among the shadows, lighting hundreds of candles. One by one the flames dispel the deepening darkness, and soon the area is ablaze with light.
Each cross, each coping, each crypt is dazzling white, creating an unforgettable scene of haunting, heartbreaking beauty.
The people who have kept alive the lovely candlelight custom do not know why or when it originated. It has always been so,they say, so they continue an observance that was old when their grandfathers were yet unborn.
Ancient Beyond Recall
And they are quite right in their uncertainty, for no one can accurately pinpoint when it began. No doubt the All Saints celebration was brought to Louisiana by the European settlers in the 1700's, and was believed to be a Catholic custom dating back to the 9th Century. However the Celts were having a celebration to their Sun God on or about that date several centuries previous. They in turn could have inherited it from the primitive people who feared evil spirits and burned fires to protect them and their dead from unknown forces.
It is quite probable that the Church followed the usual practice of having Christian celebrations fall on a pagan celebration deliberately. In time the old customs were overshadowed by the new ones which closely followed the pagan rites, but with Christian overtones. Recent Legends The very ancient stories of evil spirits and the dead coming back for a visit home on one night a year is superstition, but the true stories of recent times are equally interesting, and rapidly becoming legends of their own.
Papa George
At the Williams Cemetery there is a grave of Papa George, but as no one knows where it is now, his spot changes occasionally. No one knew Papa George's last name, says Henry Cousin, but he came in on a schooner to Lacombe, and fell into Bayou Lacombe and drowned. He was buried in the Williams Cemetery, and the children started clearing off a place for his grave somewhere and lighting him a candle. In keeping with the cusom that every grave, even those who are usually neglected, must have at least one candle... just because.
The Osey Ordogne Cemetery has its little story too. Raymond Cousin, part owner and manager, says his great-great grandfather owned the property and lived a short distance from the cemetery in a house that is no longer standing. There was no cemetery there until Osey Ordogne found a dead man in the nearby Bayou Lacombe.
The man was a stranger to Ordogne, but he buried him on the property and thus started the little graveyard. Now Osey Ordogne lies in the cemetery he once started with a dead stranger, and his grave is cared for by his great-great grandson, Raymond Cousin.
Cousin says that the stranger's grave is unknown now, and that, like almost every old cemetery, there may be two or more occupants in one sight. But no one knows, for in five or six generations, some old graves would be forgotten.
Unique in 20th Century
The custom of putting candles on the graves was once a popular celebration. The cities frowned on it, and finally declared it illegal because it created a fire hazard in the dry month of November. Which is quite understandable for New Orleans, which suffered greatly from fires. All Saints Day was kept in the country communities for some time, and there are a few places that observe it now. But the custom seems to be dying out more and more, except in Lacombe.
It seems to be getting better, in fact, for there is a gentle rivalry between cemeteries and people. Henry Cousin says, "It's like everyone wanting to have their house and their yard looking better than a neighbors. Well, we take a pride in having our graves and tombs look good on All Saints Day, because if they don't, there is always someone who notices."
The candlelight custom is not only a beautiful tradition. There is something special about it that is completely unlike the usual morbidity associated with death. There seems to exist a sort of communication between the living and the dead. The whole family goes to the graveyard to whitewash the tombs and crosses, and children play among the gravesites quite complacently.
There are large graves and little ones, and a sister indicated a small site and said, "That is my little brother." And the word "is" was quite noticeable.
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow seem to blend in the little cemeteries. None of them are too far from a stream, for in the days before roads, a funeral procession was a parade of pirogues on the bayous. It is also easy to imagine the people coming in pirogues with wax myrtle candles and coxcomb and torches to light the way.
Time seems to stand still on All Saints Day, when the people come again with candles and light a glow that reaches even to the tops of ancient trees. Motorists slow down, and some go into the cemeteries, for a candlelit graveyard is an impressive sight. Few leave without a lump in their throat and perhaps a little prayer. Like ... "As it has happened tonight, and in ancient times, please God . . . keep it happening forever and ever. . . "
History Theories About Cemetery Candlelight Ceremonies
Covington Junior High Faculty - 1962
This is a group portrait of the faculty of Covington Junior High School in 1962. Click on the image to make it larger.
Russell Blackwell
Russell Blackwell did the landscaping maintenance at the old St. Tammany Parish Courthouse in downtown Covington. Here are some pictures from the early 1980's.
Bogue Chitto River
Here is a link to a YouTube video showing an aerial photography overview of the Bogue Chitto River from the Mississippi state line, across Washington Parish, and then into St. Tammany Parish to the Village of Sun and the Pearl River Canal.
One thing about the Bogue Chitto River stands out: it seems to have more sandy beaches and nearby gravel pits per linear mile than perhaps any other river in the area.
Check them out by clicking on the video play triangle below. To make it go full screen, click on the "Full Screen" symbol [ ] in the lower right corner.
Aerial photography source: Google Earth
Click on the enlarge video symbol [ ] in the lower right corner to go to full screen.
Mary Terrebonne and Hank Ferrer Interviewed
Mary Terrebonne and Hank Ferrer were interviewed several years ago for the St. Tammany Parish School System television program "Reflections." Speaking to host Marian Arrowsmith, they recalled their years with Covington area schools.
To watch the first five minutes of the video interview, click below.
To listen to the entire interview in an audio file,
click here then click on the play triangle.
Hank Ferrer, Laurie Caserta and Elton Willie
Mary Terrebonne
Final Friday Car Show - Halloween Edition
Friday night was the Halloween Edition of the Final Friday Block Party and Car Show in downtown Covington. Hundreds (maybe even thousands) of people, many of them in costume, turned out for the event. Show car exhibitors gave out candy and a few "scares" as kids and parents enjoyed walking up and down the street. Here are some photos.
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Cartoon Maps of St. Tammany
Covington High School Hit By Fire - 1974
Steamboat Arrivals Met By Band in 1914
A Man To Long Remember
Girls Basketball Team - 1934
The Life and Death of Father Rouquette
Information about Lake Pontchartrain
The Old Gym in Mandeville
Student Champions from 1930
James Huhn
Bogue Falaya Towers
Covington Junior High Cheerleaders - 1962
Lacombe History Highlights
The 1971 Parish Fair Booklet
Maritime Museum Unveils New Jahncke Shipyard Model...
Elmo Koschel
Courthouse Staff - 1962
Spotlight on Buck and Joyce McKee
The Tchefuncte Corridor Timeline
Local Firefighters Pictures From 1968
Playmakers Fire Brought Community Together
Aerial Photos of Madisonville in 1965
Lucy Reid Rausch Sworn In As Clerk of Court
Fort Pike and Fort Macomb
Anyone for Old-Fashioned Mail? By Polly Morris
Phones For The Future


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"Song 2" is a song by English rock band Blur. The song is the second song on their eponymous fifth studio album. Released on 7 April 1997, "Song 2" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, number four on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, and number six on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart (now called the Alternative Airplay chart).

At the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards, "Song 2" was nominated for Best Group Video, and Best Alternative Video. At the 1998 Brit Awards, the song was nominated for Best British Single, and Best British Video. In 1998, BBC Radio 1 listeners voted "Song 2" the 15th Best Track Ever. In 2011, NME placed it number 79 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".

Background
According to Graham Coxon, "Song 2" was intended to be a joke on the record company. Damon Albarn had recorded an acoustic demo of the song which was slower but featured the song's distinctive "woo-hoo" chorus in whistle form. Coxon then suggested that they pump up the speed and perform the song loudly, with Coxon deliberately seeking out an amateurish guitar sound. From there, Coxon told Albarn to tell the record company that they wanted to release the song as a single to "blow the ... labels' heads off". To Coxon's surprise, record executives reacted positively. When asked if the band had any idea of the song's commercial appeal, Coxon replied, "We'd just thought it was way too extreme".

The track was originally nicknamed "Song 2" as a working title which represented its slot in the tracklist, but the name stuck. The song is two minutes and two seconds long, with two verses, two choruses and a hook featuring Albarn yelling "woo-hoo!" as the distorted bass comes in. It is the second song on Blur's self-titled album, as well as Blur: The Best Of, and was the second single released from the former album.

Some writers have stated that the song is intended to be a parody of the grunge genre, while others state that it was a parody of radio hits and the music industry with a punk rock chorus.

Genres and influences
Musically, the song has been labelled alternative rock, punk rock, indie rock, and britpop.

PopMatters described the song as a "[pastiche] [of] Seattle grunge and grubby lo-fi indie rock". Rolling Stone Australia, called it "frankly grunge-flavoured".

Reception
A reviewer from Music Week wrote, "This punky, new wavathon is more immediate than most of the cuts from their new album and all the better for the catchy "woo-hoo" bits." David Sinclair from The Times noted "the American garageband banging and crashing" of the song.

In the UK, "Song 2" built upon the success of Blur's chart-topping single "Beetlebum" to reach number two in the charts. It was also popular on radio stations in the US; consequently, it went at number 55 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart, number 6 on Billboards Modern Rock Tracks chart, staying on that chart for 26 weeks and number 25 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It also placed number two on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 1997 in Australia. The song is atypical of Blur's previous style. The song's intro has been called Graham Coxon's "finest moment". NME ranked "Song 2" at number two in its end-of-year list of the Top 20 Singles of 1997, and later listed it as one of the best songs from the 1990s.

Music video
The music video for this song was directed by Sophie Muller, and it features the band playing in a small, secluded room with loud amplifiers behind them. During the choruses, the volume of the song sends the band members crashing against the walls and ground. The set used was modelled on that in the video for their pre-breakthrough single "Popscene".

Live performances
My Chemical Romance played the song at BBC Radio 1. The cover was later featured on the album "Radio 1's Live Lounge", released on 11 October 2006.

On 20 October 2018, at the Demon Dayz Fest LA, Damon Albarn's other well-known band Gorillaz played the familiar Song 2 theme but in characteristic Gorillaz style with dub/funk elements. While recognition was still dawning on the audience, Graham Coxon joined Gorillaz onstage and launched into his original riff before he and Gorillaz went on to perform the classic arrangement to an enthusiastic reception.

During the end of his only 2022 U.S. solo performance to promote The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows, Albarn commented that he was asked if he'd perform "Song 2" by L.A. Times journalist Mikael Wood, "before [Wood] cast [Albarn] into the social media abyss". Earlier that day, an interview published by Wood put Albarn into heavy controversy, with Albarn claiming in the article that musician Taylor Swift did not write her own songs. Swift would issue a harsh rebuke to this claim, with several of her friends and collaborators coming to her defense. Albarn would dedicate the song, which ended up closing the set, to Wood.

Track listings
All music was composed by Albarn, Coxon, James and Rowntree. All lyrics were written by Albarn.

UK CD1
 "Song 2" – 2:02
 "Get Out of Cities" – 4:02
 "Polished Stone" – 2:42

UK CD2
 "Song 2" – 2:02
 "Bustin' + Dronin'" – 6:13
 "Country Sad Ballad Man"  – 4:59

UK 7-inch single and Italian CD single
 "Song 2" – 2:02
 "Get Out of Cities" – 4:02

French CD single
 "Song 2" – 2:02
 "Country Sad Ballad Man"  – 4:41
 "On Your Own"  – 4:10

Australian CD single
 "Song 2" – 2:02
 "Get Out of Cities" – 4:02
 "Polished Stone" – 2:42
 "Bustin' + Dronin'" – 6:13

Japanese mini-album
 "Song 2" – 2:02
 "Get Out of Cities" – 4:02
 "Polished Stone" – 2:42
 "Bustin' + Dronin'" – 6:13
 "Beetlebum"  – 5:07
 "Beetlebum"  – 5:07
 "Country Sad Ballad Man"  – 4:59
 "On Your Own"  – 4:26

Personnel
 Damon Albarn – vocals
 Graham Coxon – guitars, additional drums
 Alex James – bass guitars
 Dave Rowntree – drums

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

In popular culture
The song became popular in the UK and overseas upon its release in 1997. It was featured on college and modern rock radio stations.

Licensed worldwide on numerous occasions, it made its first appearance in the episode "Malled" of the animated series Daria.

In 2010, Blur manager Chris Morrison said, "Northrop Grumman, which is an American defence contractor, got in touch with us and asked if they could use the song for their trade shows to promote the next generation of stealth fighters. We thought that was probably inappropriate. The money was great but we turned it down." Albarn is an antiwar campaigner.

"Song 2" was used as part of the London 2011 New Year's Eve fireworks display. It appeared in shortened form mixed alongside various other landmark British tracks including "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by The Beatles, "We Will Rock You" by Queen, and "London Calling" by The Clash. It was also included in the London 2021-2022 New Year fireworks display.

The hook for the song was sampled in the 2012 song "Windows Down" by Big Time Rush.

The song featured on soundtrack of the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

Film
The song was used in trailers for the film Starship Troopers, Thunderbirds and Hop.

It was used in BMW Films' short film Star featuring Clive Owen, Rhys Massey, and Madonna.

Sports
Japan national football team, Italian football team Juventus, Australian football team Western United, German football team FC St. Pauli and English football team Liverpool FC use this as their goal tune. The song is used  by numerous professional ice hockey teams, most notably the Ottawa Senators.
Former UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping used the song as his walk-out entrance. It is currently being used as the goal song for the France national football team at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Advertising
The song was featured in a TV Commercial for the Toyota Corolla in 1998 in Australia.

Television
The song appears in the Parks and Recreation episode "Prom". "Song 2" is also featured in "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" of the animated series The Simpsons as part of a montage sequence which ends satirically. The song is also featured in the South Park episode, "Stanley's Cup".

Video games
The song is used as the title music for FIFA: Road to World Cup 98, is included on Just Dance 2 as a DLC song, is a playable song on Just Dance: Summer Party, Just Dance Kids 2 and Lego Rock Band, and is included in the main setlist of Guitar Hero 5. In addition, the song appears in Saints Row IV as a part of the radio station "107.77 The Mix FM" within the game. It is also among 30 licensed songs featured on the Wii game, We Cheer 2 where players can cheer to the song. A version of the song remixed by Madeon is featured in a FIFA 17 trailer. The song is included on FIFA 23 as part of the ultimate FIFA soundtrack for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

References

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1997 singles
1997 songs
Blur (band) songs
British punk rock songs
Grunge songs
Food Records singles
Music videos directed by Sophie Muller
Number-one singles in Scotland
Parlophone singles
Song recordings produced by Stephen Street
Songs about music
Songs written by Alex James (musician)
Songs written by Damon Albarn
Songs written by Dave Rowntree
Songs written by Graham Coxon
Virgin Records singles

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Wyo. State Sen. Affie Ellis Donates Legislative Salary to Fight Coronavirus
Published on April 28, 2020 April 28, 2020 in Coronavirus/News
By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Daily
Sen. Affie Ellis of Cheyenne announced on Monday that she was donating her state Senate salary to help purchase personal protective equipment for Wyoming healthcare workers.
In the five minute video, Ellis explains how life has changed for her as a legislator and a mother over the last six weeks.
"The Legislature adjourned on Thursday, March 12," Ellis said in the opening minutes of her video. "I had no idea I would go from being surrounded by hundreds of people and having dozens of conversations a day to being isolated with my family of five for the last several weeks."
The senator discussed that during her downtime, she's learned to make cloth masks for essential employees and has made more than 100 as of the time she posted the video. It was important for her to do this, because she was thinking not only of her family members and loved ones who might be at risk, but other Wyomingites' loved ones, too.
While working on this project, Ellis experienced every sewer's worst nightmare: running out of supplies, mainly elastic. She began to think of emails she's gotten over the last few weeks from places like the COMEA Shelter, asking for supplies and one from a nurse at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, who asked the senator for help securing personal protective equipment.
"A national shortage means that Wyoming must compete for N95 respirators, ventilators, coveralls and gloves," Ellis said. "They're trying to conserve as much as they can, but much like my elastic, it'll soon be gone."
This is why Ellis decided to donate her legislative salary to purchase PPE for local hospital employees, with $30,000 being used to buy masks, surgical gowns and other supplies.
"It's important for all of us to step up and go above and beyond," Ellis said. "Not everyone can afford to make this financial gift, but if you can, do. Our nonprofits need you now more than ever."
Ellis told Cowboy State Daily that she "definitely" worried that people would see her donation as a political strategy rather than a gift.
"That's actually my biggest concern with this, but if anyone knew me, they would know that I'm a philanthropist at heart," she said. "The real purpose of sharing the information about the donation was to inspire other people."
The senator noted that it's not always about giving big financial donations, but for people to figure out what they can do to be productive and help their community.
She plans to continue sewing masks for friends, family and the community, once she gets more elastic in.
"I've been thinking of that movie 'The Three Amigos,' because in the end, it's the community coming together by sewing to save the day," she said. "Quilters are having their time in the spotlight right now."
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LOS ANGELES - The ACLU and the California Library Association (CLA) are calling upon voters to urge their California representatives to support legislation that would roll back some of the USA PATRIOT Act's most dangerous provisions, including the government's ability to search individuals' library records, Internet activity and bookstore purchases.
"Several of the provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act go too far and increase the chances that innocent Americans will be swept into terrorism investigations by removing traditional checks and balances on law enforcement and oversight powers from the judiciary," said Ramona Ripston, Executive Director of the ACLU of Southern California. "Today, we continue our campaign to raise public awareness about the PATRIOT Act and encourage Californians to take back their liberties."
As part of the campaign, full-page ads in twelve alternative newspapers throughout California, with a combined circulation of more than one million, will start running on January 21-28. The headline reads: "Don't you hate it when someone reads over your shoulder? Especially when that someone is the Justice Department" and calls upon individuals to contact their representatives and urge them to support the SAFE Act.
"This the latest public education campaign launched by the ACLU-SC and the California Library Association," said Christopher Calhoun, Deputy Director of Public Policy for the ACLU-SC. "Last year, together with the CLA, we undertook a successful campaign to inform library patrons that their records were subject to FBI scrutiny under the PATRIOT Act. As a part of that campaign we distributed posters and bookmarks to over 3,000 libraries throughout the state."
- Make sure that intelligence agents cannot search library records unless there is suspicion that an individual is involved with a foreign power.
"Your public library records should be a SAFE haven where you can be assured that, whatever magazine you read, web site you visit or book you check out, that information will be kept private," said Susan Hildreth, CLA President. "We support the SAFE Act so that libraries can continue to remain institutions of free expression and exploration of ideas. We are proud that the California Library Association and the ACLU affiliates of California have forged this partnership to restore our precious constitutional rights."
The PATRIOT Act was rushed through Congress in just 45 days after the attacks on September 11, 2001. On Wednesday, Los Angeles became the largest locality to join over 230 governing bodies - including the state legislatures of Hawaii, Alaska and Vermont - to pass resolutions opposing provisions of the PATRIOT Act.
"In his State of the Union address, President Bush called for an extension of the PATRIOT Act's powers," said Ramona Ripston, Executive Director of the ACLU-SC. "The actions undertaken by the Los Angeles City Council and the members of Congress sponsoring the SAFE Act demonstrate widespread public disapproval of the PATRIOT Act as it stands now. People throughout the country are talking about curtailing the Act's powers, not extending them; the President would be wise to listen to the voice of the American people."
Through its website www.aclusocal.org the ACLU-SC is urging individuals to send letters to their Congressional representatives asking them to support the SAFE Act.


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The eruv is a vital part of the Denver Jewish community, and we are always in need of a few good men and women to help with weekly checking. Training will be provided, and many thanks will be showered upon those who can lend a hand. Whether you can volunteer sporadically, weekly, bi-weekly, or once a month, your help in checking will mean this important piece of infrastructure can continue functioning.
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