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10 Hollywood Stars Who Lost All Their Money
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Celebrities aren't exactly known for being good with money. Maybe because at the height of their career, it's so easy to make money.
Easy come easy, go. And you don't even want to know where the money goes because some people seem to throw it way on crazy things.
Here are ten celebrities who managed to go bankrupt because of their stupid spending behavior.
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10 M.C. Hammer
Back in the early 1990s, M.C. Hammer was worth a cool $30 million and more. By 1996 he filed for bankruptcy, with some $13 million in debt. How did that happen?
While he did spend some part of his fortune buying houses and cars, the rapper says he went bankrupt because he wanted to help too many people.
He gave jobs to hundreds of mostly black people, and his monthly payroll was millions of dollars at times. He still allows people to this day, but he managed to put an order in his finances and is now in the black.
9 Gary Busey
The famous actor is not known for living beyond his means. His story is about bad luck and bad life choices.
At one point, Busey found himself $500,000 in debt; much of the money owed is medical bills, following a near-fatal motorcycle crash in 1988 and a cocaine overdose seven years later. He had to file for bankruptcy to deal with his vast debt.
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8 Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen is known for his many problems with substance abuse and his loud mouth. His financial problems are even worse.
Sheen hit rock bottom after he was fired from the hit series Two and a Half Men. While on the show, he made $610,000 a month, and then he was forced to live on less than $90,000 a month.
A fortune for most of us, but not for Sheen, who had had mortgages and credit card bills to pay. Maybe he should have kept his mouth shut!
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7 Toni Braxton
A celebrity going bankrupt? That's hardly news in showbiz, but filing for bankruptcy twice is unheard of. That's the case with Toni Braxton, a viral singer with millions of albums sold worldwide. She had to, as she owed money pretty much everywhere.
The IRS was on her heels, credit card companies were writing her about her debt, and she even got evicted from her London apartment as she was way behind with rent. Well, maybe she didn't need a flat in London, an incredibly overpriced city!
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6 Stephen Baldwin
The youngest of the Baldwin clan went through a rough patch in the late 2000s. Trying to keep up with his siblings, Stephen Baldwin bought more properties than he could afford, and in 2009, he found himself more than $2 million in debt, mostly unpaid mortgages.
Luckily for him, he filed for bankruptcy and got rid of most of his debt. Just as well, since he hasn't made any perfect movies lately and probably didn't get much money, either.
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5 Aaron Carter
Being related to someone rich and famous doesn't mean you are entitled to the same life. Aaron Carter wanted to be like big brother Nick, of Backstreet Boys fame, only he lacked the talent.
At least, he could outspend his brother, or so he thought until he found himself $2 million in debt and did, like any (real) celebrity, filed for bankruptcy. By contrast, his brother has a stable financial position. At least someone's got brains in the family.
4 Lisa Marie Presley
Money seems to slip through her hands no matter what. Michael Jackson's former wife was born into wealth, thanks to her famous dad, King Elvis Presley.
Well, she squandered her fortune, had her mother sell her house to help out, and still found herself an astonishing $16 million in debt in 2018. She says it's her financial manager's fault. Yeah, right!
3 David Cassidy
Maybe David Cassidy isn't the most famous singer globally, but he did sell millions of albums and made a lot of money back in the day.
A typical case of 'there's plenty where that came from,' Cassidy persistently ignored his credit card debts until the whole thing got out of hand, and he found himself over $350,000 in debt. He's recovered since then, but, still, such a shame.
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2 Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage thought he was a savvy investor, and to be honest, he did invest in art and jewelry.
That's a sound investment, but buying a collection of shrunken pigmy heads, two albino king cobras, a crocodile, and a shark, that's a tad much. Seriously, what do you even do with a shark? It's not like you can keep it in your backyard!
1 Chris Tucker
The comedian's financial woes are no laughing matter. In 2016, he was ranked among the highest-paid actors in the US. That should count for something.
Not for Tucker, who, just one year later, had debts amounting to the total of $14 million. Some of his obligations were to the IRS who isn't in the habit of forgetting what you owe them. Well, they came to a settlement, but it was still pretty embarrassing.
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In Groningen, The Netherlands sits the University of Groningen's Reality Touch Theatre which at 10 meters (33 feet) wide is called the biggest touchscreen interface in the world.
The university has converted its existing cylindrical 3D theatre into a touchscreen that can detect more than 100 touch interactions at any one time.
Silicon.com's Tim Ferguson gives a look at this mamouth monitor.
The touchscreen uses diffuse illumination in which a layer of material on the front of the screen is used to reflect infrared light.
There are six optical motion-capture and motion-tracking cameras and 16 infrared illuminators - with a total of more than 1,000 infrared LEDs - located behind the screen.
The cameras are unable to see through the diffuse layer, and when people touch the front of the screen, the infrared light reflected back shows the computer system where the screen is being touched.
The screen reacts to the input of users in no more than 50 milliseconds and also has a 120Hz stereo system to add to the experience.
The technology used to create the touchscreen consists of off-the-shelf hardware and public domain software, including the Multi-Touch Vista user input management layer, Multitouch for Java, Community Core Vision machine-sensing technology and the Tuio protocol for multitouch devices.
The facility is being used by academics researching geographic information systems that capture, analyse and present data using techniques such as cartography, statistical analysis and database technology.
The large screen size changes the way in which people interact with each other and with the data on screen. For example, users can work in their own area but quickly switch to working as a group on the same screen.
The way in which interactions between users change will be studied by another University of Groningen research group investigating interaction methods for touchscreens.
The screen is 10 metres wide (33 feet) and curved to give users a more immersive experience.


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Beurteilung der geologischen Unterlagen für die provisorischen Sicherheitsanalysen in SGT Etappe 2 - Klärung der Notwendigkeit ergänzender geologischer Untersuchungen
The procedure for selecting repository sites for all categories of radioactive waste in Switzerland is defined in the conceptual part of the Sectoral Plan for Deep Geological Repositories (SFOE 2008). The Plan foresees a selection of sites in three stages, the third of which leads to a General Licence Application procedure that defines both the sites and the main features of the repositories. In Stage 1, Nagra proposed geological siting regions based on criteria relating to safety and engineering feasibility. These siting proposals were subsequently evaluated and approved by the responsible federal authorities in their statements. The Swiss Government (the Federal Council) is expected to decide on the siting proposals in 2011 based on these statements. After submittal of the siting proposals for Stage 1, Nagra has started preparations for Stage 2. Working together with the siting regions and the affected Cantons in the context of a participatory process, the objective of Stage 2 is to prepare proposals for the location of the surface facilities within the planning perimeters defined by the Federal Council in its decision on Stage 1 and to identify potential sites. Nagra also has to carry out a provisional safety analysis for each site and a safety-based comparison of the sites. Based on this, and taking into account the results of the socio-economic-ecological impact studies, Nagra then has to propose at least two sites for each repository type to be carried through to Stage 3. The proposed sites will then be investigated in more detail in Stage 3 to ensure that the selection of the sites for the General Licence Applications is well founded.
In order to realise the objectives of the upcoming Stage 2, the state of knowledge of the geological conditions at the sites has to be sufficient to perform the provisional safety analyses. Therefore, in preparation for Stage 2, the conceptual part of the Sectoral Plan requires Nagra to clarify with ENSI, at an early stage, the need for additional investigations aimed at providing input for the provisional safety analyses. The purpose of the present report is to document Nagra's technical-scientific assessment of this need so that ENSI can subsequently evaluate Nagra's assessment. The focus is on evaluating the geological information based on processes and parameters that are relevant for safety and engineering feasibility.
In evaluating the state of knowledge the key question is whether additional information (e.g. from future investigations) could lead to a different decision regarding the selection of the sites to be carried through to Stage 3. In order to set priorities based on safety, as required for Stage 2, it is necessary to use the characteristic dose intervals determined with the help of dose calculations, an evaluation of engineering feasibility and the results of a qualitative assessment. Accordingly, the state of knowledge is evaluated using test calculations to determine dose intervals, an assessment of the engineering feasibility and an evaluation of the qualitative assessment. The test calculations are used to derive dose curves for a wide spectrum of calculation cases for the different repository types in the geological siting regions under consideration. Besides the expected evolution (reference case), the calculations also cover existing uncertainties in the relevant processes and parameters. This allows the characteristic dose intervals required by the Sectoral Plan to be determined for the different siting regions for each repository type; these dose intervals are evaluated with respect to their unambiguousness concerning two aspects required by the Sectoral Plan: safety-related suitability and safety-related equivalence of the siting regions. For the purpose of evaluating safety, the state of knowledge is considered to be sufficient if clear, unambiguous statements can be made despite the fact that the parameter ranges are selected generously to allow for existing uncertainties and if these statements will not change if the uncertainties and associated parameter ranges are reduced through future investigations. Whether the information used to assess engineering feasibility is sufficient is also considered, along with an evaluation of the significance of uncertainties in the relevant processes and parameters. The analysis of the state of knowledge shows that, taking into account the investigations performed by Nagra since 2008 and those planned for the near future, the available information is sufficient for the provisional safety analyses and the safety-based comparison of the siting regions. For all siting regions, concrete statements can be made regarding suitability and equivalence of sites from the point of view of safety despite the deliberate selection of wide parameter ranges to take into account uncertainties; engineering feasibility has also been demonstrated. This means that, besides the work already completed or planned by Nagra, no additional investigations will be necessary for the provisional safety analyses to be performed in Stage 2 of the Sectoral Plan.
The report also describes the work already initiated and planned by Nagra for Stage 2 of the Sectoral Plan. It is envisaged that this work will contribute to reducing the uncertainties mentioned in this report, thereby at least partially reducing the corresponding parameter bandwidths. This work relates to the geometry (including structures) of the host rocks and the effective containment zones and to information on deposits of raw materials and on state parameters in the different siting regions, the properties of the host rocks and the effective containment zones (including sorption measurements), hydrogeological conditions and long-term evolution. The work carried out since submission of the documentation for Stage 1 of the Sectoral Plan and the initiated and planned activities comprise supplementary field investigations (participation in investigations in new boreholes drilled by third parties, seismics, mapping), analyses, laboratory programmes (including investigations on cores from new boreholes) and other studies. In addition to these activities that are focused on geology, investigations will be carried out on a wide range of topics to provide input for the provisional safety analyses, the evaluation of engineering feasibility and the safety-based comparison. In particular, this includes studies on repository layout and gas formation and release.
The state of knowledge will be reviewed once again by the authorities in Stage 2 when Nagra submits the provisional safety analyses and the safety-based comparison of the sites. The review by the authorities will contribute to the decision on the sites for which field investigations will be conducted in Stage 3 with the aim of obtaining more detailed information for identifying the sites for the General Licence Applications for the L/ILW and HLW repositories. If necessary, field work can be carried out at more than two sites for each repository type in Stage 3; this is compatible with the requirements set out in the conceptual part of the Sectoral Plan.
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"American Idol" in Steep Ratings Decline Hits Season Low, Loses 15.6% from Last Week, Beaten by Academy of Country Music Awards, Which Hit Their Own All Time Low
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by Roger Friedman - April 8, 2019 4:11 pm
The new "American Idol" is having big ratings problems in its second season on ABC.
Last night, Idol had its low for the season in its sixth episode. They dropped from 7.2 million viewers to just 6 million– an incredible decline of 15.60%.
"Idol" also lost to CBS's "Academy of Country Music Awards"– which itself had its lowest ratings ever. But they still beat "Idol" handily.
I don't know what's going on with "Idol," but I do know Katy Perry should be making records and touring, and getting herself out of there. She's wasting her own music career.
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Epidermolytic acanthoma is a rare benign tumour, which may occur in both isolated and disseminated forms. Only seven cases of disseminated epidermolytic acanthoma (DEA) have been described. This entity should be distinguished from other hereditary or acquired conditions which involve epidermolytic hyperkeratosis and other benign acanthomas. On the basis of the clinical history and the histological findings, we diagnosed a case of DEA which was probably secondary to repeated trauma.


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Q: Почему запустить процесс, который только что выполнил I/O, повышает продуктивность ЦП? Почему процессор запускает процесс, который только что выполнил I/O, а не переключается на следующий?
Пытаюсь разобраться в принципах scheduling в ОС - и не понимаю.

A: Обычно выполнение запроса на ввод/вывод  выглядит следующим образом:

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*Системный вызов read/write ().

*Обработка оного на общем уровне/уровнях vfs.

*Передача запроса драйверу конкретного устройства.

*Посылка драйвером запроса на данные устройству (или ещё-кому) и усыпление процесса до получения ответа.

*Пробуждение процесса (постановка в очередь выполнения) при ответе и возврат из системного вызова.

*Дальнейшая обработка данных в пользовательском пространстве.

Таким образом если процесс не пробуждался бы после выполнения ввода-вывода, то он просто не мог бы обработать полученные данные и оставался бы вечно спящим, что в принципе не имеет никакого смысла...
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Почему процессор запускает процесс

На уровне, на котором можно говорить о работе «процессора» такой вещи, как абстракции «процесс» не существует, оная возникает только на уровне операционной системы.

в принципах scheduling

В русской терминологии вполне устоялся такой термин, как «планировщик»


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Long-term clinical outcome based on aspirin and clopidogrel responsiveness status after elective percutaneous coronary intervention: a 3T/2R (tailoring treatment with tirofiban in patients showing resistance to aspirin and/or resistance to clopidogrel) trial substudy
Gianluca Campo, Luca Fileti, Nicoletta de Cesare, Emanuele Meliga, Alessandro Furgieri, Filippo Russo, Salvatore Colangelo, Salvatore Brugaletta, Roberto Ferrari, Marco Valgimigli et al.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2010 October 26, 56 (18): 1447-55
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate the long-term outcome after elective percutaneous coronary intervention in low-risk patients screened for aspirin and/or clopidogrel responsiveness in the 3T/2R (Tailoring Treatment With Tirofiban in Patients Showing Resistance to Aspirin and/or Resistance to Clopidogrel) trial.
BACKGROUND: The impact of aspirin and/or clopidogrel poor response on long-term outcome is debated.
METHODS: Aspirin and clopidogrel response was measured with the VerifyNow system aspirin and P2Y12 assays. After percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), death, stroke, and myocardial infarction were assessed up to 1 year.
RESULTS: Overall, 1,277 patients were screened, and 826 (65%) were treated with PCI. In all, 124 patients were found to be aspirin poor responders, and there were 179 clopidogrel poor responders (totally, 278 poor responders). The 1-year end point was significantly higher in poor responders as compared to full responders (15.8% vs. 8.6%, p=0.002), which is principally due to more myocardial infarction occurrence. At multivariable analysis, clopidogrel poor response emerged as an independent predictor (hazard ratio: 1.15, 95% confidence interval: 1.03 to 1.28). Receiver-operator characteristic analysis identifies≤23 of percentage of platelet inhibition and ≥208 of P2Y12 reactivity units as optimal cut offs to predict 1-year end point. Excluding periprocedural events, also peri-PCI myocardial infarction, which is strongly related to aspirin/clopidogrel poor response, was an independent predictor (hazard ratio: 1.25, 95% confidence interval: 1.14 to 1.37). Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor administration reduces this risk in poor responders (21.2% vs. 34.7%, p=0.02), but not in full responders (6.3% vs. 6.5%, p=0.8).
CONCLUSIONS: Poor response to clopidogrel is an independent predictor of periprocedural myocardial infarction and worse 1-year outcome in low-risk patients undergoing PCI, whereas poor response to aspirin failed to predict a worse outcome. Contrary to what was observed in poor responders, glycoprotein IIb/IIa inhibitor therapy failed to provide a benefit in aspirin and/or clopidogrel full responders.
Intensifying platelet inhibition with tirofiban in poor responders to aspirin, clopidogrel, or both agents undergoing elective coronary intervention: results from the double-blind, prospective, randomized Tailoring Treatment with Tirofiban in Patients Showing Resistance to Aspirin and/or Resistance to Clopidogrel study. Marco Valgimigli, Gianluca Campo, Nicoletta de Cesare, Emanuele Meliga, Pascal Vranckx, Alessandro Furgieri, Dominick J Angiolillo, Manel Sabatè, Martial Hamon, Alessandra Repetto, Salvatore Colangelo, Salvatore Brugaletta, Giovanni Parrinello, Gianfranco Percoco, Roberto Ferrari et al. Circulation 2009 June 30, 119 (25): 3215-22
Measuring aspirin resistance, clopidogrel responsiveness, and postprocedural markers of myonecrosis in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Ashesh N Buch, Suman Singh, Probal Roy, Aamir Javaid, Kimberly A Smith, Christopher E George, Augusto D Pichard, Lowell F Satler, Kenneth M Kent, William O Suddath, Ron Waksman American Journal of Cardiology 2007 June 1, 99 (11): 1518-22
Relation of low response to clopidogrel assessed with point-of-care assay to periprocedural myonecrosis in patients undergoing elective coronary stenting for stable angina pectoris. Thomas Cuisset, Michalis Hamilos, Jaydeep Sarma, Giovanna Sarno, Eric Wyffels, Marc Vanderheyden, Emanuele Barbato, Jozef Bartunek, Bernard De Bruyne, William Wijns American Journal of Cardiology 2008 June 15, 101 (12): 1700-3
Effect of additional temporary glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibition on troponin release in elective percutaneous coronary interventions after pretreatment with aspirin and clopidogrel (TOPSTAR trial). Andreas W Bonz, Björn Lengenfelder, Jörg Strotmann, Stefanie Held, Oliver Turschner, Kerstin Harre, Christian Wacker, Christiane Waller, Nikolaus Kochsiek, Malte Meesmann, Ludwig Neyses, Peter Schanzenbächer, Georg Ertl, Wolfram Voelker Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2002 August 21, 40 (4): 662-8
Point-of-care measurement of clopidogrel responsiveness predicts clinical outcome in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention results of the ARMYDA-PRO (Antiplatelet therapy for Reduction of MYocardial Damage during Angioplasty-Platelet Reactivity Predicts Outcome) study. Giuseppe Patti, Annunziata Nusca, Fabio Mangiacapra, Laura Gatto, Andrea D'Ambrosio, Germano Di Sciascio Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2008 September 30, 52 (14): 1128-33
Evaluation of platelet inhibition by tirofiban in patients stratified according to aspirin and clopidogrel responsiveness: the 3T/2R (Tailoring treatment with tirofiban in patients showing resistance to aspirin and/or resistance to clopidogrel). Gianluca Campo, Marco Valgimigli, Alice Frangione, Serena Luccarelli, Elisa Cangiano, Caterina Cavazza, Luca Fileti, Roberto Ferrari et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2010 January 19, 55 (3): 255-6
Comparison of platelet reactivity and periprocedural outcomes in patients with versus without diabetes mellitus and treated with clopidogrel and percutaneous coronary intervention. Fabio Mangiacapra, Giuseppe Patti, Aaron Peace, Laura Gatto, Vincenzo Vizzi, Elisabetta Ricottini, Andrea D'Ambrosio, Olivier Muller, Emanuele Barbato, Germano Di Sciascio American Journal of Cardiology 2010 September 1, 106 (5): 619-23
Cardiovascular death and nonfatal myocardial infarction in acute coronary syndrome patients receiving coronary stenting are predicted by residual platelet reactivity to ADP detected by a point-of-care assay: a 12-month follow-up. Rossella Marcucci, Anna Maria Gori, Rita Paniccia, Betti Giusti, Serafina Valente, Cristina Giglioli, Piergiovanni Buonamici, David Antoniucci, Rosanna Abbate, Gian Franco Gensini Circulation 2009 January 20, 119 (2): 237-42
Usefulness of aspirin resistance after percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction in predicting one-year major adverse coronary events. Rossella Marcucci, Rita Paniccia, Emilia Antonucci, Anna Maria Gori, Sandra Fedi, Cristina Giglioli, Serafina Valente, Domenico Prisco, Rosanna Abbate, Gian Franco Gensini American Journal of Cardiology 2006 November 1, 98 (9): 1156-9
Impact of clopidogrel resistance on thrombotic events after percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stent. Zhi Jian Wang, Yu Jie Zhou, Yu Yang Liu, Miao Yu, Dong Mei Shi, Ying Xin Zhao, Yong He Guo, Wan Jun Cheng, De An Jia, Zheng Cao, Bin Nie, Hai Long Ge, Shi Wei Yang, Zhen Xian Yan Thrombosis Research 2009, 124 (1): 46-51


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Global oil supply falls in April 2019: IEA
Global oil supply contracted by 300,000 barrels per day (b/d) in April to 99.33 million b/d, with Canada, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Iran leading the losses, according to data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Wednesday. "Maintenance outages in Canada, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan and improved compliance with agreed output cuts in Russia contributed to a decline in overall non-OPEC supply in April," the IEA said. Non-OPEC supply fell by 370,000 b/d in April to average 63.55 million b/d, according to the IEA. Contrarily, OPEC oil production rose by 60,000 b/d to 30.21 million b/d in April. OPEC crude output rose for the first time in four months as higher supply from Libya, Nigeria and Iraq more than made up for a significant output loss in Iran. Output from Libya and Nigeria both increased by 100,000 b/d to 1.17 million b/d and 1.79 million b/d, respectively. Supply in Iraq reached 4.63 million b/d, up by 70,000 b/d from March. Losses of 130,000 barrels in Iran's daily output pushed its supply to 2.61 million b/d in April. "Already at the lowest level since September 2013, production in May could tumble to levels not seen since the 1980s war with Iraq," the agency said. The IEA estimates that global oil demand will grow by 1.3 million b/d year on year to 100.4 million b/d in 2019, led by Asia Pacific with 35.5 million b/d. The Americas and Europe is forecast to follow with 32.2 million b/d and 15.1 million b/d, respectively.


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What a fun way to combine favors and place cards! They look like little matchboxes, and indeed, you could cover actual matchboxes. I decided to construct them myself, however, and this turned into a fun and easy holiday craft that could be enjoyed with children as well. Specific details and instructions follow. Have fun!


Aims: Two contrasting canopy manipulations were compared to unpruned controls on London plane trees, to determine the effects on canopy regrowth, soil and leaf water relations.
Methods: 'Canopy reduction', was achieved by removing the outer 30 % length of all major branches and 'canopy thinning', by removing 30 % of lateral branches arising from major branches.
Results: Total canopy leaf areas recovered within two and three years of pruning for the canopy-thinned and reduced trees respectively. Canopy reduction increased mean leaf size, nitrogen concentration, canopy leaf area density and conserved soil moisture for up to 3 years, whereas canopy thinning had no effects. Another experiment compared more severe canopy reduction to unpruned trees. This produced a similar growth response to the previous experiment, but soil moisture was conserved nearer to the trunk. Analysis of 13C and 18O signals along with leaf water relations and soil moisture data suggested that lower boundary layer conductance within the canopy-reduced trees restricted tree water use, whereas for the canopy-thinned trees the opposite occurred.
Conclusions: Only canopy reduction conserved soil moisture and this was due to a combination of reduced total canopy leaf area and structural changes in canopy architecture.
 Author's Accepted Manuscript version, uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. This is the Author's Accepted Manuscript version of a paper published in PLANT AND SOIL by Springer International Publishing on 17 May 2014. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-014-2143-4.  Acknowledgments (funding): This work was funded via the Department of Environment, and Food and Agriculture, Horticulture LINK 212 with contributions from Department of Communities and Government, the Highways Agency, the Association of British Insurers, the East Malling Trust and Delta-T Devices Ltd.


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R600a refrigerant and the cyclopentane blowing agent.
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To prepare your appliance for use and check that it is running correctly, take the following steps.
Install all shelves and compartments removed during transport in the correct positions.
The interior light of the appliance will light up when the door is open.
• It is recommended that you wait for the appliance to cool for 2-3 hours before storing food in it.
temperature. When the compressor is new, it requires running in for a period of up to five months.
During this period, it may be slightly noisy. This is quite normal and does not represent a fault.
Set the temperature control to the coldest temperature and let the refrigerator operate for one hour.
starting the refrigerator to reach the proper temperature.
If the front of the appliance is slightly higher than the rear, the door can be open and closed more easily.
a flat head screwdriver until the appliance is level.
with a flat head screwdriver until the appliance is level.
• Main power on/off switch.
• Switches the appliance on and off.
• Press the REF.TEMP button to control the refrigerator temperature.
• Initially, the mid-point temperature setting is selected.
• There are five temperature settings, represented by five indicator lights (➀).
When all lights are on, the temperature is at its coolest.
• Press the REF.TEMP button one or more times until the required temperature is set.
• The freezer temperature will be adjusted automatically according to the refrigerator temperature.
• Switches the appliance completely on or off.
• Switches the fast freeze function on or off.
• Use when you wish to freeze foods quickly.
• The SUPER indicator ➀ remains on while the fast freeze function is running.
produces a very low temperature inside the freezer.
• In the normal model, the temperature displayed ➃ is the setting temperature of the freezer.
– Press the FRE.TEMP button.
The current setting temperature is displayed (➃) preceded by "F" (➁).
• The temperature changes in sequence. After -25°C, the display returns to -17°C again.
• Freezer temperature range: -17°C to -25°C.
– Press the REF.TEMP button.
The current setting temperature is displayed (➃) preceded by "R" (➁).
(➃) flashes 5 times and returns to the setting temperature of the freezer.
• The temperature changes in sequence. After +6°C, the display returns to +1°C.
• Refrigerator temperature range: +1°C to +6°C.
the food stored in the appliance has not gone bad.
• The ECO indicator ➄ remains on while the ECO function is operating.
is set to the new temperature selected.
• The refrigerator is switched off but the freezer remains on.
• The VAC indicator (➅) remains on while the VAC function is operating.
You must empty the refrigerator before pressing the VAC button.
temperature of refrigerator and freezer is controlled independenty.
"– –" is disappeared by pressing FRE. TEMP button or REF. TEMP button.
before storing them in the appliance.
be stored upright in tightly sealed containers.
so that you can use it safely.
• Vegetable and fruit can be stored in this compartment.
and fruits, to remove drawers.
• Store fatty foods, like butter and cheese.
Pack the food in suitably sized portions for your household.
defrosting and preparing the food.
Wrap the food, press out any air and seal it airtight.
Wrapping paper, greaseproof paper, cellophane, bin bags or used carrier bags.
Rubber bands, plastic clips, string, freezer tape or similar.
Plastic film and bags may be heat-sealed using a special sealing iron or press.
(1.5 litres) in the lower part.
addition, you can save electricity by more than 30% reducing the number of times the door is open.
Pull out the ice cube maker.
empty ice cubes into the storage bin.
Pour water into the ice cube maker.
of the exclusive water tank.
• Two 1.5 litre bottles can be used.
• Twist the ice cube maker slightly.
place to store delicate foodstuffs.
glass will explode when the contents freeze.
Before cleaning the appliance, you must always switch it off and unplug it from the wall socket.
components, causing a risk of electric shock.
• Remove the ice cube maker and rinse it in water.
fix it in position by turning it.
remove it by lifting it slightly and pulling it towards you.
• Wipe it with a damp cloth.
position in the fixing hole.
lifting it slightly and pulling it towards you.
• Wash it in water.
prevent from dropping the glass.
• Clean the rubber seals with a damp cloth and detergent.
Using the dispenser tray handle, remove the tray.
Unscrew the cover with + head screwdriver.
• Turn the interior light to pull it out and replace it with a new one.
Screw the cover with + head screwdriver.
sides of the large-sized cap.
direction of the arrow and removing it.
with warm water and detergent.
then wash it in running water.
• Deposits can be cleaned by wiping the tank with a cloth dampened in vinegar or salt water.
• Does sun shine on the appliance or are there heat sources nearby?
• You did not seal the food.
• Is the air outlet on the appliance plugged in?
The shorter the time for which the door is open, the less ice will form in the freezer.
its temperature class marked on the rating plate.


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PR/Media Lounge
at Ullswater 'Steamers'
Posted 11th June 2019
Enterprising Lake District visitor attraction celebrates 160th Anniversary
Boldly going where no steamer has gone before, this July marks 160 years since Enterprise launched on Ullswater, a lake in the heart of the English Lake District UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In a double celebration, award-winning environmentally accredited Ullswater 'Steamers' celebrates the 160th Anniversary of the Ullswater Transit & Navigation Company and the 130th Birthday of M.Y Raven (who replaced the first 'Steamer', Enterprise) with a Victorian themed weekend (13-14 July) and spectacular Evening Flotilla on the lake (16 July). A once in a lifetime experience for passengers this will be the first time in the company's history, that all five heritage boats assemble on the lake together.
Throughout the anniversary weekend there will be Victorian inspired entertainments at Glenridding Pier including a coconut shy, candy floss and hoopla. The celebrations will culminate on the 16 July with the flotilla where M.Y Raven, M.Y Lady of the Lake, M.V Lady Dorothy, M.V Lady Wakefield and M.V Western Belle will amass at the widest point on the lake, providing a rare photo opportunity.
Each boat will have a different role in the evening's proceedings with invited guests and Lake District Estates staff aboard the birthday boat; Raven. Members of the public will have the chance to take part in this occasion aboard Lady Wakefield as part of the Fish & Chip Supper Cruise or Gin Cruise on Western Belle. The cruise on Lady of the Lake has been gifted to Patterdale Mountain Rescue to help support their annual fundraising programme, whilst staff members of National Trust Aira Force have been invited to sail on Lady Dorothy.
The public cruises depart from Pooley Bridge Pier at 7pm, pre-booking is essential, you can find out more on the events pages.
Mark Horton Manager Ullswater Steamers says, 'We have never before had all five boats on the water together, it will be a truly magnificent sight and experience for our passengers and a wonderful way to celebrate Raven's 130th birthday on that very day. It's fascinating to think about how the early Victorian tourists would have experienced Ullswater and the changes between then and now. To ensure future generations can enjoy the landscape we are always looking for ways to protect and conserve the environment around us. Our sustainability initiatives include modifying our fleet of boats to make them more efficient, achieving carbon neutral status for our office operations at the 'Steamers', removing single use plastic where possible and supporting visitor giving with the new contactless payment point from Lake District Foundation.'
Originally used to transport provisions, Royal Mail, slate from nearby mines and lead from the Greenside mine in Glenridding, it was the Victorian domestic tourism boom in the late 1800s, that fuelled the 'Steamers' growth in popularity with passengers.
Enterprise was a paddle steamer and the first boat of the Ullswater Steam Navigation Company, which later became Ullswater 'Steamers'. It was beset with problems with the paddles being choked by weeds, not much is known of its demise but the boat was later replaced by M.Y Raven. Tour operator Thomas Cook was also vocal in his support for a new boat to provide extra reliability for the groups of tourists he was bringing to the Lake District via the railway at Penrith as so Raven was commissioned.
Launched on the 16th July 1889 M.Y Raven was named after Ravencragg, the home of company director W H Parkin. One of his young relatives Winifred Parkin, aged 6, broke the bottle of champagne across Raven's bows. The superstition was that the younger the person that names a vessel, the longer it will live. Raven is now 130 years old and was constructed by Joseph Seath & Company of Rutherglen near Glasgow then transported to Pooley bridge to be assembled. Designed to carry 400 passengers originally, the motor yacht (M.Y) has undergone various repairs and modernisations and now has a diesel Cummings Engine.
Running boat services daily for 160 years Ullswater 'Steamers' has a wealth of stories to tell, connecting some of the most famous and iconic walking routes in the National Park, with connections between Glenridding, Howtown, Pooley Bridge Piers and between Glenridding and National Trust Aira Force Pier. With views of Daffodils on the west shore in Spring and the imposing Helvellyn Mountain range at the South-Western end, the valley has long been the place of inspiration for famous artists and poets William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas de Quincey and Turner. Today the company is one of the largest heritage fleets in the world with five boats in service and a gold standard ethos of sustainability and conservation at the heart of operations.
Ullswater is the second largest lake in the UNESCO World Heritage Site the Lake District. It is around 7.5 miles (12 km) long and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide with a maximum depth of approximately 205ft (62m).
M.Y Raven has been around the world approximately 23.5 times since it launched, travelling 585,500 miles and spending around 58,550 hours on the water, and carrying over 9 million passengers.
Built of Iron in the Clyde in 1889 M.Y Raven was the 270th boat constructed by Joseph Seath & Company. It was transported in sections by rail to Penrith, then by road to Pooley Bridge to be assembled on the sore of Ullswater at Eller Beck.
Thomas Cook brought charabancs (horse drawn and later motorised pleasure buses) of passengers from Penrith train station to Pooley Bridge to take a cruise in the 1800's.
Famous passengers on the fleet include; Kaiser Wilhelm II, Prince of Wales, Prince Harry Duke of Sussex and Princess Alexandra, actors Tom Cruise and Peter Postlethwaite, and presenters David Dimbleby, Tony Robinson, Kate Humble and politician Tony Blair.
Award-winning environmentally accredited Ullswater 'Steamers' currently operates one of the largest heritage fleets in the world, holding Green Tourism Business Scheme Gold accreditation and Gold Green at Heart for best environmental practice.
There are 80+ daily scheduled sailings on the lake at the height of the summer season.
The area is home to some of the UK's rarest species of wildlife including Red Deer, Red Squirrel, Holly Blue Butterfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Peregrine Falcon, Raven, Red-breasted Merganser, Cormorant, Osprey and many more.
William Wordsworth was inspired to write the poem "Daffodils" after seeing daffodils growing on the shores of Ullswater.
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Notes for editors:
Press contact: Sorcha Hunter PR Executive shunter@cumbriatourism.org | 07398 255654
Photo opportunity at 8pm on Saturday 16 July – onboard or on the shore
Interviews available with Peter Hensman, Director of Lake District Estates, Mark Horton, Manager of Ullswater 'Steamers' – in advance and on the day
Download high-resolution press images
Events listings:
Event: Victorian 160th Anniversary Weekend
Date: 13 and 14 July 2019
Time: various
Description: Step back in time to celebrate Ullswater Navigation & Transit Company's160th birthday. Cruises will run throughout the day. This event is included in your Cruise All Piers Pass.
Event: Celebratory Evening Flotilla - Fish & Chip Supper
Description: A very special fish and chip supper cruise as part of the 160th evening flotilla. Hop onboard a two-hour evening cruise with musical entertainment from Pete Lashley. Ticket includes the cruise, fish & chip supper (vegetarian & gluten free options available) and live entertainment. Dogs not permitted. Please note this is part of the celebratory evening flotilla so there will be photography onboard. Departs from Pooley Bridge Pier.
Tickets: £20 per person
Event: Celebratory Evening Flotilla - Gin Cruise
Description: Join us on board as we have a special gin tasting of The Lakes Distillery Gins to celebrate our 160th Anniversary. There will also be entertainment onboard to complete the atmosphere. Dogs not permitted. Please note this is part of the celebratory evening flotilla so there will be photography onboard. Departs from Pooley Bridge Pier
Tickets: £20.00 per person
Ullswater 'Steamers' is a family-owned business that has been operating in the tranquil Ullswater Valley since 1859. Today, the company provides a sustainable and environmentally friendly way of linking some of the most iconic walking routes and views in the Lake District National Park. Ullswater 'Steamers' has one of the largest heritage passenger vessel fleets in England, including the oldest working passenger vessel in the world, Lady of the Lake. In 2019 the 'Steamer's will celebrate the 160th anniversary of their first steamer on the water. The business's awards include Green at Heart Award, British Coach Tourism Award 2019 Inland and River Cruise Operator, Gold at CREA's 2015, 2014 GTBS Visit England award and winner of Cumbria Tourism's 2011 Sustainable Tourism award and 2016 Large Visitor Attraction of the Year award among many others. For more information about group offers and packages visit https://www.ullswater-steamers.co.uk/groups/


In this paper I will describe why and how the God of Judeo-Christian Scriptures responds to evil in this world, and how a theology of the Trinity informs our understanding of God's response. Firstly I must address the 'why' God responds to evil and suffering in this world; primarily because God is a loving God, and because God is a just God. Secondly I will address the 'how' God responds to evil and suffering; through salvation as the ultimate response, and also through Christians as ambassadors for Christ. I will finally seek to provide perspective to God's response to evil and suffering in this world by applying how a theology of the Trinity leads us to understand this response.
God responds to the evil and suffering in this world because God is a loving God. There is no denying that evil and suffering has entered, and is a constant in this world. The origins of evil are as old as the creation of man, stemming from the fall of man in the Garden of Eden (Gen 3) and are still present in humanity today. God created the world (Gen 1), loves the world (John3:16) and it is this love, the love of God, that is one reason 'why' God responds to the evil and suffering in this world, which I will now expand upon.
The 'Grand Story' of God or 'Meta-Narrative' is a story that abounds in demonstrating God's love towards man. Granted, to the onlooker the Judeo-Christian biblical meta-narrative could be offensive and seen as violent from an outsider's perspective as it could be seen to impose on others who have different stories, but when extrapolated in detail it shows, if nothing else so strongly, God's love for man in an evil and suffering world. It is important to start with "Israel's first and decisive encounter with God" which "was at the Exodus"  , which is a strange place to start. Most would think that creation would be the place to start, but it was in fact Israel's Exodus where we see the grand scale of God's love for his chosen people, and where a pattern of love is established. We read in Exodus 3:7-8 that God has indeed seen the misery of his people in Egypt, has heard their cry for help and deliverance from slavery, and is concerned with their sufferings. "So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey". God shows his love towards people who are suffering, and rescues them from it. This is the start of the pattern which continues the entire bible, that God shows compassion and love to those who are suffering.
The third moment in this meta-narrative that demonstrates God's love is the sending of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (Acts 2), to all believers. God's plan did not just end with Jesus, but it continues today through the work of the Holy Spirit, which I will also discuss further in detail later in this paper.
It must be noted that we are instructed in the scriptures, that "God is love" in 1 John 4:17. This gives us confidence as we live in love, and live in God and He in us, that upon judgement day we will be spared. This theme of judgement is one aspect of God's love which I must now address.
A most interesting and unlikely point, which might seem out of place, and to some argue the opposite, is God's display of Love through judgement. Judgement is a theme that permeates the scriptures as much as God's love permeates the Scriptures, and the two are never separated for long. One example of extreme judgement is the flood (Gen 7), and another would be the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen 19) which I will look to now. Sodom and Gomorrah were judged because of their wickedness. Their acts were so vile before God that destruction of those people and that place was the only way God could stop their wickedness from spreading and permeating other cities and towns. It is interesting to note that Jesus talks about Sodom in Matthew 11:23-24. Jesus' point is that for those towns or cities (and people) that have had far more exposure to God's love and gracious self disclosure, judgement will be more severe for them than for a city such as Sodom, which will still be condemned, but judgement will be served more harshly for those who have had a revelation of God.  God's love leads to righteous correction. It is not love to be able to get away with anything and everything. It is because God loves us that he corrects and disciplines us (Hebrews 12:6), and it is this point of judgement which leads to the next major 'Why' God responds to evil and suffering in this world, and that is because God is a just God.
God is a just God. This very point brings judgement into understanding, because God acts against oppression for just treatment of all. It is starkly demonstrated in the Exodus from Egypt, which we have already discussed, but more light is shed upon this in the personal acts of Jesus, such as the cleansing of the temple (John 2).
It is justice for the oppressed – politically, socially, economically and religiously – which demonstrates why God responds to evil and suffering in this world. How could a God who loves his creation put up with corruption, something that threatens the very nature of His creation? God's justice rightly falls upon all those who love wickedness, and hate righteousness (Romans 1:18-2:16).
Because God is a just God, He views everyone as equal, and treats them as such. This principle ties in again with judgement, that each person will stand before God on judgement day and be called to account for all the sins he has committed. It is the exact solution to those who would incorrectly consider themselves elect or deserving of special treatment by God in any way. Because "All people are of equal worth in the eyes of God"  , God treats all people the same, and gives us an example to follow. The role of Christians in enacting this justice in our social arena is important. So important that I have devoted a larger portion of this paper to that point, under the 'how' God responds to evil and suffering in this world.
I want to take a moment here to refresh where we have been taken in answering the question 'why' God responds to evil and suffering in this world? Firstly we answered the question because God is a loving God. Secondly it was answered because God is a just God. It is now time to look into the 'how' God responds to evil and suffering in this world.
HOW GOD RESPONDS TO EVIL AND SUFFERING IN THIS WORLD.
How God responds to evil and suffering in this world is primarily in two parts. The first is God's ultimate response; salvation – which I will address first. God's ultimate desire for his creation is to be in a right relationship with him. This was subverted by our introduction of sin, in our very nature, starting with Adam and Eve in the garden, dubbed 'the fall' as we fell out of this right relationship with God. This set up a pattern which all generations would follow and looked like a bleak outcome for humanity. But God, who is love, and loves each of us, had a plan to restore our relationship. This plan was shown to many prophets throughout the centuries, and was finally realised in the coming of Jesus, his one and only son to Earth, to be the incarnate  presence of God here on Earth. Jesus sought for the nation of Israel to repent of their sins, and at their refusal Jesus set about establishing his Kingdom here in Earth. Jesus lived a sinless life, that was like none-other. He regularly healed people, performed miracles, and even raised people from the dead. These miracles were signs to those around him of his origin, but were seen as blasphemy to the proud powers of the time, which simply saw Jesus as a threat to their power.
It is by the continuing power of the Holy Spirit, that people can be saved. Those people who are saved, and continue this relationship with the ascended Lord are commonly known as Christians who collectively are the church, and through the power the Holy Spirit have much work here on earth to do, which brings us to the second 'How'.
The second 'how' God responds to evil and suffering in this world is only possible by salvation, and that is through Christians. It is a Christian's responsibility as Christ's ambassadors  to act against injustice, to uphold equality for all, and to follow Christ's example.
We are instructed to "do good to all people" in Galatians 5:10, and the practical outworking of this is simple for Christians. We must stand against injustice. This is called by Mott a "Mastery of the fallen nature… in an effort to be conformed to the will of God."  Our fallen nature does not naturally stand against injustice, and for a Christian to stand against injustice, he must overcome their sinful nature, and follow the will of God. As Christians who are free by the grace of God, we are compelled to "make do-gooding a natural dimension of the Christian life."  It is not an option, but a must for true Christians to oppose injustice.
With Christ as our example to follow, Christians must do what Jesus did.  Jesus recognised that the poor were being subjected to exclusion from normal society, and first goes to the poor with the message that they are included in God's Kingdom and have rights to all the benefits of it.  These rights are not obtained because they are poor, but because they are children of God.  As such, it is most important that Christians understand that this is to be their response also, as it is 'how' God has left us to show his love and response to suffering in this world. For us to truly understand the 'why' and 'how' God responds to evil and suffering in this world, it is important to understand the theology of the Trinity.
HOW A THEOLOGY OF THE TRINITY LEADS US TO UNDERSTAND GOD'S RESPONSE TO EVIL AND SUFFERING IN THIS WORLD.
God is one God, in three persons – God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. It is by Jesus' revelation to us in Matthew 28:19 that believers are baptised into this understanding of God in three persons. John opens his Gospel account accrediting Jesus in creation, an accreditation previously only given to God the Father. But John's accreditation is valid. Jesus sends believers the Spirit, to continue his works here on Earth. The Spirit is "related intimately to Jesus"  and is sent in His name by the Father (John 14:26).
But how does this actually affect God's response to suffering? It is affected because their relationship as Father, Son and Spirit, is love – perfect love in relationship. So how does God respond to suffering if he's never experienced it? Actually He has experienced suffering, in the person of Jesus, and it is from this understanding of pain  and suffering that God responds to evil and suffering in this world – because God can sympathise  .
In this paper I have described why and how the God of Judeo-Christian Scriptures responds to evil and suffering in this world, and how a theology of the Trinity informs our understanding of God's response. Firstly I addressed the 'why' God responds to evil and suffering in this world; primarily because God is a loving God, and because God is a just God. Secondly I addressed the 'how' God responds to evil and suffering; through Salvation as the ultimate response, and also through Christians as ambassadors for Christ. I finally provided perspective to God's response to evil and suffering in this world by applying how a theology of the Trinity leads us to understand this response. There is no doubt that God is a Loving God, and acts against evil and suffering in this world.
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Under the Radar SXSW Party Set Times Revealed
JanSport Presented Event This Saturday
Mar 16, 2010 SXSW 2010 Party By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is pleased to announce the set times for its 5th annual SXSW Day Party 2010, which is happening this Saturday March 20 at Emo's East Annex (Klub Krucial) from noon to 6 PM, and is presented by JanSport. The full set times and info on each band is below.
The event marks Under the Radar's sixth SXSW event in five years, which sells out every year. The party is all ages (bar w/ ID), open to the public - no SXSW Badges or RSVP required. At the party, Under the Radar will give attendees the chance to win a "Mira X" guitar, courtesy of PRS Guitars, as well a pair of tickets to Bonnaroo. Additional giveaways include free Under the Radar magazines, as well as goodies from JanSport and Top Shelf Comics and posters from Dorado Press.
Here's the line-up and set times (click each artist name to learn more about each artist and to see some of their videos):
Vivian Girls - Lo-fi high energy Brooklyn-based girl-group Vivian Girls take no prisoners, their work often recalling everything from Phil Spector girl groups to My Bloody Valentine. With them one thing's for sure: it's going to be fun, and boy it's going to get loud.
Sondre Lerche - Like the boy next door with the world's best record collection, Norwegian singer/songwriter Sondre Lerche moves effortlessly though genres, sampling everything from big band lounge, to 1970s troubadours to straight up three-minutes-or-less rock.
The Veils - Melodrama runs though The Veils' discography, often playing like the backing track to the world's coolest gothic speakeasy. The Veils are based in London and are fronted by New Zealand-born singer/songwriter Finn Andrews.
Plants and Animals - Hailing from Montréal, Plants and Animals are heading to La La Land for their third album, creating darkly theatrical, guitar-driven epics.
Avi Buffalo - They say youth is wasted on the young. They never met Avi Buffalo. Still not old enough to patronize most of the clubs they play, the Long Beach quartet craft sophisticated and sunny pop. The band's self-titled debut album is due out on Sub Pop in April.
12:45 - 1:15 PM
Everything Everything - Everything Everything hail from Machchester, England, where, as their MySpace says they "like to play music for humans." From catchy singles such as "Photoshop Hansome," "MY KZ, UR BF" and "Suffragette Suffragette," it appears they prefer those humans dancing.
The Invisible - The Invisible are a London-based trio whose acclaimed self-titled debut album was nominated for the Mercury Prize last year.
Saturday, March 20, 2010 (12PM - 6PM)
Emo's East Annex (Klub Krucial)
Check out the event page on Facebook.
Artist Websites:
www.myspace.com/viviangirlsnyc
www.sondrelerche.com
www.theveils.com
www.plantsandanimals.ca
www.avibuffalomusic.com
www.myspace.com/everythingeverythinguk
www.myspace.com/theinvisiblethree
Posters provided courtesy of Dorado Music Pkg
Twitter: @DoradoPkg
Facebook: Dorado Music Packaging
Poster designed by Dewey Saunders.
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The second week in September, and the weather should be cooling off in the Great Lakes by now. Could even spend a few days with the windows open just to get some air in the building, as long as the neighbors keep it down.
10 September, a momentous day in China (before they knew it was even September) in 210 BC, when Qin Shi Huang died; this was the founder of the Qin dynasty and first emperor of a unified state that could be called China. It was he who brought the warring states under central control and secured most of modern China. On this day in 1897 in London was the first drunk driving arrest–gotta wonder what that field sobriety test looked like. George Smith, a 25-year-old London cab driver, was arrested after ramming a building; he pled guilty and paid a 25 shilling fine. Finally, on 10 September 1977, the guillotine was last used in public. Hamida Djandoubi was a Tunisian-born farm laborer who kidnapped and murdered his former girlfriend in 1972. He was convicted and sentenced to death, the last time the guillotine was used in public, and the last capital sentence to be carried out in the European Union. Today is also National Swap Ideas Day, dreamed up by Robert L. Birch (no, really). But today we talk about the hardest working man in Hollywood, and convenience under tin foil.
His first film contract with RKO brought him in contact with Eve Arden and Deanna Durbin at Universal, but his first really big part was with James Cagney in White Heat (1949).
Eamon Joseph O'Brien was born on 10 September 1915 in Brooklyn, New York, the last of seven children. He did street magic as a child and learned the acting trade early in his life, at the feet of Harry Houdini and Sanford Meisner. His fellow students included Lillian Gish and Burgess Meridith in summer stock and Shakespeare road shows. His first film contract with RKO brought him in contact with Eve Arden and Deanna Durbin at Universal, but his first really big part was with James Cagney in White Heat (1949).
But his best-known role was in DOA (1950), where O'Brien played a notary public who spent the last hours of his life investigating his own murder. That got him enough notoriety to land a role in The Barefoot Contessa (1954) as Oscar Muldoon, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe. He would be nominated for the same awards for his role as a boozing senator in Seven Days in May (1964), winning the Golden Globe and another Oscar nomination. He also won the Western Heritage Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture for his role as yet-another lush in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence (1962). As many awards as O'Brien won, however, did not compensate for his health challenges: his weight swung drastically, and he suffered from arthritis in his hips.
Legend has it that O'Brien was to have been awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 1986, but he passed before a vote was held.
O'Brien's last roles on the big screen or small were in 1974 when he was 59. But his weight and his hips were getting the better of him, his memory seemed to be failing and so was his heart. So was his bank account. For all the work he did, his finances were never sterling, he was divorced twice, and the father of three children, all of whom ended up in television. Edmund O'Brien died in Inglewood, California of Alzheimer's Disease on 9 May 1985. Legend has it that O'Brien was to have been awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 1986, but he passed before a vote was held.
Now, today is National TV Dinner day because on 10 September 1953 the first TV dinners (turkey with all the trimmings) were made commercially available in the US by Swanson. The food was pre-cooked and came in aluminum trays, and the meals were meant to be heated in the oven at home. They were intended for convenience like so many things in the '50s were, and just having a TV was a status symbol: the scene above was promotional for the televisions, not the non-packaged meals.
TV dinners have gone through many transitions since their origins. Swanson wasn't the first and was hardly the last, but Swanson was the first to make it a commercial success. In my youth, TV dinners were common about once a week when Dad was out-of-town on business. They were generally OK but tended towards the bland, and in the '60s there wasn't a great deal of variety: chicken, roast beef, turkey, repeat. When the brownies started in the mid-60s, this was something, and there were hot dogs with buns and beans and franks. Then, as ever, life changed, and I didn't see another TV dinner until I saw the Army's version–the T-Rations–only once, sometime around 1975. They were about the same except on a cardboard tray and slightly larger.
In my bachelor days I tried some TV dinners again, but either I had outgrown them, or the industry had just stopped trying, as I found them bordering on the disgusting–even my cooking was better. I don't think I've had a TV dinner since the early '80s.


Manchester lighting specialist dbn supplied rigging, lighting equipment and design plus bespoke draping for the Co-Operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG) annual Supporters Awards and gala dinner event, which was staged at Manchester Central.
Pete Robinson project managed for dbn. Both he and the company have been involved in the event for the last six years, each time working closely with technical production management providers A To V and also directly with the client, to interpret their brief and help bring the venue alive with the unique atmospheres required.
This year, the venue was split into two sections. A fully operational fairground was installed in one half, and the dinner for 1000 people into the other. The dinner area featured a stage in the centre of the room and dbn was asked to create a circus Big Top visual effect, which they did using hundreds of strips of red and yellow casement material.
First, dbn's crew worked with installed a series of concentric square formatted trusses in the roof to facilitate lighting positions and anchor points for the draping, and also to fly four conjoined 10 x 4 metre projection screens, which moved in and out above the stage during the evening.
The perimeter of the dinner area was draped with red and yellow banners and a scenic roof was created above the tables using the same material – hung between the trusses bordering the area and the most central square truss at 16m high. The result – which consumed around 3.6 kilometers of material – looked stunning!
Inside the Big Top, several more trusses were hung in square configurations, starting with the perimeter ones which were each 45 metres long and ending in a square of 3 metre long trusses which formed the apex of the Big Top material runs.
Clay Paky moving lights were chosen to light the Big top space, with 24 Sharpys bringing style and pizzazz to the occasion, together with 16 of the new Sharpy Washes all rigged on the trusses or sitting on the stage floor. They were joined by 16 Alpha Wash 700s and 16 Alpha Spot QWO 800s, rigged so they could provide both audience/table and dancefloor lighting.
These were augmented with a selection of ETC Source Four profiles, PARs and 2k Fresnels which were also used to light both the stage and dancefloor / table areas. Eight 2.5k Studio Due City Colors stationed in the corners of the room were used to throw lighting onto the red and yellow roof canopy.
For control, dbn supplied a Jands Vista T2 console running with an S1 wing which was operated by Mark Jones.
Above the fairground, two trusses were flown to give lighting positions and these were populated with a variety of PARs and profiles with breakup gobos to enhance the vibes.
Seven of the venue arches in this area were each illuminated from a floor pod at either end containing a Clay Paky GlowUp battery-powered LED uplighter, an Alpha Wash 575 and an Alpha Beam 700.
Data distribution to these moving lights was done via the DMX output of each GlowUp in each pod, signal to the Glow-Ups being distributed wirelessly, which was a neat time-saving solution that dispensed with the need for any signal cable between the pods.
A tight timescale was the biggest challenge on this event, with a noise curfew in place during the build day prior to the show pushing noisy activities into night shifts. Dovetailing with all the other technical departments on site was also tricky as well as getting the 192 runs of fabric looking just right, with a large number of motor chains and cables running between them, this was a task needing time and diligence!


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Tensions rose at Athens City Council on Monday as council members and other city officials debated changing the vacation accrual process for city employees.
As it currently stands, city employees who have accumulated more than three years' worth of vacation days may lose their extra time next year if a new proposed policy in enacted. The issue has come up several times in the past few months as the city council proposed an amendment to try to have employees use their extra days.
City Auditor Kathy Hecht spoke against the proposed policy in the first few minutes of the meeting. According to Hecht, language in the current amendment is contradictory and won't solve the problems as they currently stand.
When the ordinance came up again toward the end of the council meeting, Councilman Jeffrey Risner, D-2nd Ward, invited citizens to speak before the council and share their thoughts on the issue.
Laura Kreider, the deputy auditor for the city, spoke to the council, making sure to clarify that she was speaking as a taxpayer rather than in her position as a city official.
Not everyone agreed with Kreider, though. Robert Shostak, an assistant professor at Ohio University and a lawyer Kreider called "Mr. Sue-the-city Shostak" in reference to past suits he had brought against Athens, thought it was employees' rights to use what they had been promised.
Several members of the council weighed in on the problem. Councilman Mike Canterbury, D-At Large, said when he worked as the county engineer, he was an employee who lost vacation days he had accrued past the three years point.
He said he didn't think employees of the city would be too hurt by the proposed ordinances, but he also didn't think the city would be too hurt by fixing the problem and giving the employees what they had earned.
Canterbury said there's three sides to the issue: Auditor Hecht's tax view, the average employee's idea of what they have earned and the average citizen's view of what they have to pay for.
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A year apart, some country music fans faced 2 mass shootings
Author: Kathleen Ronayne, Amanda Lee Myers, Associated Press
Updated: November 9, 2018
Brendan Kelly speaks with reporters outside his home, as he shows his Route 91 tattoo, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Kelly, a Marine who was at Borderline Bar and Grill on Wednesday night, helped people get out after a gunman opened fire at the establishment. Kelly also survived the Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting in 2017. (AP Photo/Ryan Pearson)
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Barely a year after surviving a massacre at a country music festival in Las Vegas, Brendan Kelly found himself in a terrifyingly familiar scene.
Kelly, 22, said he was dancing with friends at a bar in suburban Los Angeles on Wednesday night when the bullets began flying. When the gunfire was over, 12 people were dead, including a Navy veteran who had lived through the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history a year ago.
"I already didn't wish it on anybody to begin with for the first time," Kelly said outside his home in Thousand Oaks. "The second time around doesn't get any easier."
Kelly, a Marine, said he heard "pop, pop" at Borderline Bar and Grill and instantly knew it was gunfire.
"The chills go up your spine. You don't think it's real — again," he said.
The mother of the 27-year-old man killed in the latest attack, Telemachus "Tel" Orfanos, said her son survived Vegas only to die inside Borderline, less than 10 minutes from his home.
"Here are my words: I want gun control," said Susan Schmidt-Orfanos, her voice shaking with grief and rage. "I don't want prayers. I don't want thoughts."
She said she wanted Congress "to pass gun control so no one else has a child that doesn't come home."
At a vigil Thursday night, survivors of both shootings gathered to honor those who didn't make it.
"It's hard to sleep after these kinds of things," said Dani Merrill, who lived through the Vegas shooting and escaped the Borderline bloodshed at the bar by running out the loading dock. "You just don't know how to feel.
People gather to pray for the victims of a mass shooting during a candlelight vigil in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. A gunman opened fire Wednesday evening inside a country music bar, killing multiple people including a responding sheriff's sergeant. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
During Wednesday's shooting, Kelly said he threw two of his friends to the floor and covered them with his body. Then he got a look at the shooter and the terror unfolding and decided they needed to escape.
Kelly said he dragged one woman out a back emergency exit and then, using his belt, T-shirt and Marine training, applied a tourniquet to his friend's bleeding arm.
After the shooting was over, Kelly said he and another Marine friend helped victims alongside first responders. Two of his friends were among those killed.
Chandler Gunn, 23, told The Los Angeles Times that a friend who survived the Vegas shooting works at the bar. When Gunn learned about the shooting, he rushed to Borderline.
Gunn said his friend, whose name he didn't provide, escaped safely out the back.
"There's people that live a whole lifetime without seeing this, and then there's people that have seen it twice," he said.
In social media posts, Molly Mauer said she was at Borderline and also survived Vegas.
"I can't believe I'm saying this again. I'm alive and home safe," she said on Facebook.
In Las Vegas and Thousand Oaks, country music fans were the victims. Borderline features country music, and Wednesday was "college night" that drew many young people to the bar. The Last Vegas shooter targeted a crowd of country music fans gathered for the Route 91 Harvest Festival.
Kelly has a large tattoo on his left arm memorializing the Las Vegas shooting, which killed 58 people. On his other arm Thursday, he still had his wristband from the California bar.
When the Las Vegas gunman opened fire from a 32nd-floor hotel room, Kelly said he threw a friend to the ground before helping get her out of the area and into a room. Armed with a knife in case an attacker came in, he hunkered down and waited with 40 other people for four hours.
He said living through Vegas changed his life. He doesn't know how a second mass shooting will affect him down the road.
"Everywhere I go, everything I do is affected," he said. "I don't sit in a room with my back to the door. You're always picking up on social cues. You're always overanalyzing people, trying to figure out if something were to go down, 'What would I do?'"
Kelly said Borderline had become a safe haven for dozens of Vegas survivors: "It is our home."
A few weeks after the Vegas shooting, the bar held a benefit concert for five people from the area who were killed, and now-eerie social media posts show a number of survivors holding up a "Route 91" sign inside the bar at a six-month anniversary event.
Kelly said he'll be looking to God for comfort in the coming weeks and months.
"I know that, being a religious person, that God is never going to give me anything more than I can handle," he said. "I'm here for a reason."
Myers reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press writers Rebecca Boone in Boise, Idaho, and Christopher Weber in Thousand Oaks, contributed.