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Just like your laptop doesn't have to do NAT when directly connected to the D-Link router, your OBSD Atom board also doesn't.
The idea is to check whether OBSD 4.6 can handle the stream handed down by the router.
After a dhclient re0 you should have a valid '/etc/resolv.conf' with a nameserver line in it.
That will take care of the translation of hostnames -> IP addresses.
You don't need to be a genius to debug a pf.conf firewall ruleset, you just need the guts to run tcpdump
ok I did alot of testing tonight and here is the results.
All test below were from the ftp -4a command you suggested. I tried different sites (first with the bsd and when that was done i downloaded the exact same file with my laptop). All the test were done through the dlink so I didnt have to deal with pppoe authentication.
openbsd amd64: 300k avg
win xp laptop (same file a few seconds after the openbsd finished 1.7megs)
i tried several sites with similar results. openbsd got no greater then 300k...windows consistantly got 1+ meg
Then I took a old 3com 100mb card and created /etc/hostname.xl0 with dhcp in the file. I never could get a file to download. I kept getting watchdog messages.
Then I formatted and put windows vista on the atom machine.(flame suit on) After installing the network card drivers I got 1.7meg from the same file. I got the same results from both network cards.
Then I reformatted openbsd with i386 with no changes except for /etc/hostname.re0 == dhcp
Top speed on the same file was 300k.
I was able to get a different 3com card to work on this box but i only got about 200k though the pci slot.
I have saved my dmesg and hopefully that will help diagnose the problem
OpenBSD 4.6 (GENERIC.MP) #89: Thu Jul 9 21:32:39 MDT 2009
cpu0: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.61 GHz
cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,P GE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,S S,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,TM2,CX16,xTPR
real mem = 1064505344 (1015MB)
avail mem = 1020481536 (973MB)
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 07/10/09, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xf0010, SMBIOS rev. 2.5 @ 0xfd170 (27 entries)
bios0: vendor American Megatrends Inc. version "1.0a" date 07/10/2009
bios0: Supermicro X7SLA
acpi0 at bios0: rev 2
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC MCFG SLIC OEMB
acpi0: wakeup devices P0P2(S4) P0P1(S4) PS2K(S4) PS2M(S4) EUSB(S4) MC97(S4) P0P4(S4) P0P5(S4) P0P6(S4) P0P7(S4) P0P8(S4) LAN0(S1) P0P9(S4) LAN1(S1) USB0(S4) USB1(S4) USB2(S4) USB3(S4) SLPB(S4)
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: apic clock running at 133MHz
cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 2 (application processor)
cpu1: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.61 GHz
cpu1: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,P GE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,S S,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,TM2,CX16,xTPR
cpu2 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor)
cpu2: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.61 GHz
cpu2: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,P GE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,S S,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,TM2,CX16,xTPR
cpu3 at mainbus0: apid 3 (application processor)
cpu3: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.61 GHz
cpu3: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,P GE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,S S,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,TM2,CX16,xTPR
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 4 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins
ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 1, remapped to apid 4
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (P0P2)
acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 4 (P0P1)
acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 1 (P0P4)
acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (P0P5)
acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus -1 (P0P6)
acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (P0P7)
acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus 2 (P0P8)
acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus 3 (P0P9)
acpicpu0 at acpi0
acpicpu1 at acpi0
acpicpu2 at acpi0
acpicpu3 at acpi0
acpibtn0 at acpi0: SLPB
acpibtn1 at acpi0: PWRB
bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xaa00! 0xcb000/0x5200
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios)
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82945G Host" rev 0x02
vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82945G Video" rev 0x02
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
intagp0 at vga1
agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xe0000000, size 0x10000000
inteldrm0 at vga1: apic 4 int 16 (irq 10)
drm0 at inteldrm0
ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x01: apic 4 int 16 (irq 10)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 4 "Intel 82801G PCIE" rev 0x01: apic 4 int 16 (irq 10)
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
re0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek 8168" rev 0x02: RTL8168C/8111C (0x3c00), apic 4 int 16 (irq 10), address 00:30:48:de:ce:fa
rgephy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8169S/8110S PHY, rev. 2
ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 5 "Intel 82801G PCIE" rev 0x01: apic 4 int 17 (irq 11)
pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
re1 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek 8168" rev 0x02: RTL8168C/8111C (0x3c00), apic 4 int 17 (irq 11), address 00:30:48:de:ce:fb
rgephy1 at re1 phy 7: RTL8169S/8110S PHY, rev. 2
uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: apic 4 int 23 (irq 5)
uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: apic 4 int 19 (irq 7)
uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: apic 4 int 18 (irq 6)
uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 3 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: apic 4 int 16 (irq 10)
ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: apic 4 int 23 (irq 5)
usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
ppb3 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BA Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xe1
pci4 at ppb3 bus 4
ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801GB LPC" rev 0x01: PM disabled
pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801GB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility
pciide0: channel 0 disabled (no drives)
pciide0: channel 1 disabled (no drives)
pciide1 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801GR RAID" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 wired to native-PCI, channel 1 wired to native-PCI
pciide1: using apic 4 int 19 (irq 7) for native-PCI interrupt
wd0 at pciide1 channel 0 drive 0: <ST3500321CS>
wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 476940MB, 976773168 sectors
wd0(pciide1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5
ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801GB SMBus" rev 0x01: apic 4 int 19 (irq 7)
iic0 at ichiic0
lm1 at iic0 addr 0x2d: W83627DHG
spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM ECC PC2-5300CL5
usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0
uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb4 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0
uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
isa0 at ichpcib0
isadma0 at isa0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
lm0 at isa0 port 0x290/8: W83627DHG
lm1 detached
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
uhidev0 at uhub1 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM)" rev 1.10/3.00 addr 2
uhidev0: iclass 3/1
ums0 at uhidev0: 3 buttons, Z dir
wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0
softraid0 at root
root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b
umass0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Sony Storage Media" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 2
umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
scsibus0 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <Sony, Storage Media, 0100> SCSI0 0/direct removable
sd0: 7743MB, 512 bytes/sec, 15857664 sec total
maybe i should try openbsd 4.5 i386 instead of 4.6?
First try to get a better performance through increasing the tcp receive space:
# sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvspace=65535 net.inet.tcp.recvspace: 32768 -> 65535
What is the output of ifconfig -A? What do netstat -in and netstat -ss report after some downloads?
BTW an easy way to install another version is to download the bsd.rd file and do an ftp install. See http://openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#bsd.rd
You don't need to be a genius to debug a pf.conf firewall ruleset, you just need the guts to run tcpdump
were getting closer
sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvspace=65535
got me to 1mb!
Doubling that got me to 1.6mb and doubling it again netted me the same 1.6 meg.
The lappy got me 1.7mb on the same file/server.
ifconfig -A
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 33200 priority: 0 groups: lo inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 aa11::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 re0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 lladdr 11:11:11:aa:aa:aa priority: 0 groups: egress media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT full-duplex,rxpause,txpause) status: active inet6 aa11::111:11aa:aaaa:aaaa%re0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 inet 192.168.1.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 re1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 lladdr 11:11:11:aa:aa:aa priority: 0 media: Ethernet autoselect (none) status: no carrier inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255 inet6 aa11::111:11aa:aaaa:aaaa%re1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 enc0: flags=0<> mtu 1536 priority: 0 pflog0: flags=141<UP,RUNNING,PROMISC> mtu 33200 priority: 0 groups: pflog
ip: 33684 total packets received 33684 packets for this host 22459 packets sent from this host 33684 input datagrams checksum-processed by hardware 22459 output datagrams checksum-processed by hardware icmp: igmp: ipencap: tcp: 22452 packets sent 11 data packets (125 bytes) 11314 ack-only packets (22354 delayed) 11123 window update packets 4 control packets 22452 packets hardware-checksummed 33677 packets received 13 acks (for 127 bytes) 9 duplicate acks 33617 packets (48387421 bytes) received in-sequence 1 completely duplicate packet (0 bytes) 46 out-of-order packets (64800 bytes) 2 window update packets 33677 packets hardware-checksummed 2 connection requests 2 connections established (including accepts) 2 connections closed (including 0 drops) 15 segments updated rtt (of 15 attempts) 33605 correct data packet header predictions 44 SACK options sent udp: 7 datagrams received 7 input packets hardware-checksummed 7 output packets hardware-checksummed 7 delivered 7 datagrams output esp: ah: etherip: ipcomp: carp: pfsync: pflow: ip6: 12 packets sent from this host Mbuf statistics: icmp6: Output packet histogram: multicast listener report: 10 neighbor solicitation: 2 Histogram of error messages to be generated: pim6: rip6:
netstat -iin
Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Colls lo0 33200 <Link> 0 0 0 0 0 lo0 33200 127/8 127.0.0.1 0 0 0 0 0 lo0 33200 ::1/128 ::1 0 0 0 0 0 lo0 33200 aa80::%lo0/ aa80::1%lo0 0 0 0 0 0 re0 1500 <Link> 11:11:11:aa:aa:aa 33689 0 22465 0 0 re0 1500 aa80::%re0/ aa11::111:11aa:aa 33689 0 22465 0 0 re0 1500 192.168.1/2 192.168.1.100 33689 0 22465 0 0 re1 1500 <Link> 11:11:11:aa:aa:aa 0 0 0 0 0 re1 1500 10.0.0/2 10.0.0.1 0 0 0 0 0 re1 1500 aa80::%re1/ aa11::111:11aa:aa 0 0 0 0 0 enc0* 1536 <Link> 0 0 0 0 0 pflog0 33200 <Link> 0 0 0 0 0
RE: tcp receive space of 131070
So this seems to be the optimal setting for getting 1.6 MB downloads, when the Atom board has been connected directly to your D-Link router, and doesn't have to do the PPPoE stuff.
The bad news is that increasing this value on OBSD as an router, has no influence whatsoever
It only has effect on a communication end-point, or a box which has setup a network or internet socket. A router only passes packets in and out and doesn't use network sockets, whose speed of operation can be optimized by increasing buffer space.
RE: the netstat diagnostics
The netstat -ss doesn't show any excessive retransmissions or other errors, so that is ok. Same applies to the netstat -in output.
Strategy to use OBSD on the Atom board as router
One simple way is to enable pf and instruct it to do NAT.
Why? Your external interface re0 gets a 192.168.0.0/24 address from the D-link, while your internal network, your laptop, is connected to re1, which has a 10.0.0.1/24 address.
The D-link will have no problem NATting the 10.0.0.0/24 address of the laptop to it's public address. When a return packet arrives for a connection initiated by the 10.0.0.0 network, the D-link will have no problem in properly converting, deNATting, the packet back to the initiating 10.0.0.0/24 address.
It has only one slight problem, it doesn't know where the hell to send this packet to. It only knows its internal 192.168.0.0/24 network.
It wouldn't have this problem if it could be told to route reply packets for the 10.0.0.0/24 network to 192.168.0.1 address. In other words for the D-link 192.168.0.1 is the gateway for the 10.0.0.0/24 network.
If the D-link doesn't allow to add this static route, you can circumvent it by doing NAT on the OBSD box.
My assignment to you:
Re: amd64 versus i386 speed
Because I wanted this thread to focus on the network speed issue, and not drift away to a why "OBSD i386 would be faster than amd64 " discussion I refrained from speaking out till now.
I have read several times on misc where Henning Brauer suggested to use OpenBSD i386 on AMD boxes, instead of the amd64 version if speed for a pf box was a concern. I only didn't manage to locate those messages in the misc mailing list archives
Feel free to open another thread for this issue, but in this thread let us focus on the network speed problem. Thanks
You don't need to be a genius to debug a pf.conf firewall ruleset, you just need the guts to run tcpdump
I will just move from 10.0.0.X to 192.168.0.XXX to make things simpler for now.
I will keep the dlink doing pppoe and use re0 to interface with the router via dhcp like you suggested.
Then I will use these rules (for now)
ext_if="re0" int_if="re1" set block-policy drop match in all scrub (no-df) nat on $ext_if from !($ext_if) -> ($ext_if:0) block in block out pass out keep state antispoof quick for { lo $int_if } pass out quick on $int_if from any to any pass in quick on $int_if from any to any pass out quick on $ext_if from any to any
If increasing the receive space doesnt affect the router then what can I do to increase the throughput? I know its the box itself that is the bottle neck so there has to be something that can be done to make this thing route fast?
Thanks again for answering all my noob questions.
You cannot move the re1 interface from 10.0.0.0/24 to 192.168.0.0/24 when re0 is already using 192.168.0.0/24. That doesn't work in the BSDs
Both interfaces, re0 and re1 have to be on different networks. If the D-link hands out a 192.168.0.0/24 address by DHCP to re0 then using a 10.0.0.0 network for re1is a good choice.
Re: throughput
I suspect the userland PPPoE you used was the culprit. Just try this setup first and check which download speed your laptop gets now.
We still have other possibilities to explore, but first check whether my recommendation works. Then we always can fall back on it, when the other alternatives like kernel PPPoE don't work out
RE: your pf
J65nko's first rule for a pf ruleset:
Start with block log all as the default policy. This will block both in and outgoing traffic.
In a second terminal as root do:
tcpdump -eni pflog0
You don't need to be a genius to debug a pf.conf firewall ruleset, you just need the guts to run tcpdump
As for cranking the {recv,send}space knobs, they typically don't recommend tweaking those either.. 65535/65536 are probably the highest you should set them if you ever do, any higher and you're wasting memory and bandwidth on every connection.
Your Atom router should be more then capable achieving full bandwidth if you generate enough traffic on your LAN systems, if you find the global TCP/UDP window sizes on your BSD systems too small then you're free to tweak them if you have the need.. the need for speed.
Sorry for going off-topic J65nko, but personally I would recommend against using SOHO router devices.. OpenBSD has 2 PPPoE clients, kernel and userland.
This was the only point of the exercise, because the size of the receive space will have nada effect when the Atom board will be used as a router.
Please remember that the OP figuratively speaking , just walked out of Uncle Bill Gates' kindergarden, so we go step by step
You don't need to be a genius to debug a pf.conf firewall ruleset, you just need the guts to run tcpdump
Well I took your recommendation and hooked the dlink up to do pppoe authentication. re0 gets an ipaddress from the dlink via dhcp.
re1 is set to 192.168.2.1 which is hooked to a netgear switch.
the net gear switch goes out to my laptop.
Im using the basic pf.conf rules that i posted above.
My result was 1.5M download. (not at all what i was expecting)
Where should I go from here? Do we have a problem with pppoe?
just for grins....i decide to put my old ppp.conf back in, change rc.conf and pf.conf to reflect tun0
The speed went right down to 300k
What doesnt make sence is the fact that this is the same ppp.conf i have used for over 2 years with no problems in speed. After I upgrade the hardware (and the os to 4.6) all of a sudden I have these problems. (maybe the ISP changed their settings?)
OK, so we now have confirmation that the hardware is OK and that OpenBSD is not the bottleneck in routing and filtering packets to your laptop.
One problem solved
There are 2 implementation of pppoe in OpenBSD, one is part of the kernel and the other one is in userland.
The userland one has the advantage that it is somewhat easier to debug, but it is slower because data needs to be copied from/to kernel space to/from userland.
The kernel pppoe is described in the pppoe(4) man page. It is quite readable and even gives an example configuration.
Give it a try. Just make sure you know how to revert your setup in case things don't work out
One warning, I don't use PPPoE so any efforts of my side will be completely theoretical. Or maybe somebody with kernel pppoe experience can give a helping hand.
BTW My daughter lives in Eindhoven, her appartment block has 100mbit up/down. Unbelievable fast.
I live about 25 km more to the southeast, 1 km from the Belgian border. The town government is trying to get people interested in a glass fiber connection here too.
You don't need to be a genius to debug a pf.conf firewall ruleset, you just need the guts to run tcpdump
100mbit?? Thats crazy fast!
I changed my setup and the connection went right back down to 300k
this was my ppp.conf file
default: set log Phase Chat LCP IPCP CCP tun command set timeout 0 set redial 15 0 set reconnect 15 10000 set server /var/run/ppp.sock "" 0177 pppoe: set device "!/usr/sbin/pppoe -i re0" set mtu max 1492 set mru max 1492 set speed sync enable lqr disable acfcomp protocomp deny acfcomp add! default HISADDR set authname myusername set authkey mypwd
While I was googling the man pages for pppoe I came across this thread
J65nko has just told you about pppoe(4), an alternative "non-userland" client.. i.e: no ppp.conf file.. configuration is done in hostname.if(5) files.
From the command line:
$ man 4 pppoe
The EXAMPLES section gives an example /etc/hostname.pppoe0 file.
You don't need to be a genius to debug a pf.conf firewall ruleset, you just need the guts to run tcpdump
Well it looks like that works. I am able to get 14mb down through using the kernel pppoe. Now I just need to figure out why vista doesnt work but xp works fine.
I found this while searching
Last edited by EverydayDiesel; 19th December 2009 at 05:21 AM.
With pfctl you can check whether TCP window scaling is being used
# pfctl -vvss all tcp 192.168.222.10:22 <- 192.168.222.20:32167 ESTABLISHED:ESTABLISHED [1530147851 + 65487] wscale 0 [761161648 + 17376] wscale 0 age 00:06:59, expires in 24:00:00, 621:1038 pkts, 38500:213184 bytes, rule 22 id: 8990c04a75d43300 creatorid: 9f30c773
You don't need to be a genius to debug a pf.conf firewall ruleset, you just need the guts to run tcpdump
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In May of this year Marie Casey Breen from Wexford was on the show, telling us about travelling to Austria for Ironman competition. Well Marie a 61 year old mother of five, a former nurse, a farmer's wife, is back home & now -an Ironman, having competed in the Ironman competition in Austria at the weekend. Marie joins Miriam on the line,
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Pasco County operates nine congregate dining sites that offer a nutritious meal and various program activities. There is no charge for these meals, but donations are requested. Meals are also delivered to homes of the elderly through two programs: The Elderly Nutrition Program meal is offered for a donation only. The Meals on Wheels program requires a registration fee and a $6 fee per meal. Meals include low-fat milk. For information on any of these meal options or to volunteer, call (727) 834-3340 in West Pasco; (352) 521-5174 in East Pasco; or (813) 929-1231 in Central Pasco.
Monday: Sliced meatloaf with mushroom gravy, mashed potatoes, Brussels sprouts, whole-grain bread, citrus fruit, low-fat milk.
Tuesday: Grilled chicken breast patty with Florentine sauce, penne pasta with garlic oil, Tuscan blend vegetables, whole-grain bread with margarine, applesauce, low-fat milk.
Wednesday: Pork riblet with sweet and sour sauce, wild rice medley, Chinese vegetables, whole-grain roll, oatmeal raisin cookie, low-fat milk.
Thursday: Hamburger patty with ketchup and mustard, baked beans, corn with diced tomatoes, hamburger bun with margarine, peaches, low-fat milk.
Friday: Cream of broccoli soup, baked chicken thigh with barbecue sauce, mashed potatoes with cheese, broccoli cuts, whole-grain bread, graham crackers, low-fat milk.


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In the ongoing Linker–Douthat dispute over Moral Therapeutic Deism and its relationship to the political scene of the last decade, I have to side with Ross (as usual), but Linker's latest response draws attention to a more significant problem facing religious conservatives and conservatives in general in the wake of the disastrous Bush years, which is the extent to which they have failed to be orthodox and traditional in their theology and religion when faced with the requirements of supporting political allies who espouse radical and heretical ideas.
As I noted long ago, and as Ross has suggested again this week, it makes no sense to blame Christian orthodoxy or traditional Christianity for the religiously-tinged ideology of the Bush administration and the resulting failures of this ideology's optimistic and hubristic approach to the world. It is no accident that the most strident and early critics of the Bush administration hailed from traditionalist Catholic and Orthodox circles that make Linker's bete noire of First Things look like the relatively liberal, ecumenist forum that it is. Mr. Bush espoused a horrifyingly heterodox religious vision, one far more akin to the messianic Americanism that forms part of what Bacevich has called national security ideology than it is to anything that could fairly be called orthodoxy. To the extent that Linker's favorite targets, the so-called "theocons," were more or less entirely on board with what Mr. Bush was doing, even if they felt compelled to use their own teachings in distorted form to do it, they were not championing orthodoxy at all. One might go so far to say that as they became stronger supporters of Mr. Bush, the less orthodox they tended to become, because the arguments they had to employ to defend Mr. Bush's outrageous actions and gnostic impulses necessarily ate away at orthodox teachings.
This has created a predicament for the majority of conservative Christians who tended to go along with, if not actively defend, Mr. Bush's acts and rhetoric. Having identified strongly with him, these Christians–Linker's "champions of orthodoxy"–ensured that his errors would be imputed to their beliefs, even though Bush had a very different set of assumptions. It seems more reasonable to conclude that the "champions of orthodoxy" were undermining orthodoxy to the extent that they aligned themselves with the gnostic Bush rather than judging the failure of the Bush political project to be a demonstration of the flaws in an alliance between orthodoxy and politics. It might be that somewhere in all of this there is a "cautionary tale about what happens to politics and faith" when they combine in certain ways, but what does religious orthodoxy have to do with any of this? There is a far better argument to be made that the lesson to be learned is that greater fidelity to orthodoxy would have avoided many of the errors of the Bush Era by grounding those Christians who identified with Bush politically in the stable and sobering truths of theologically conservative Christianity.
If Linker insists that Rod acknowledge that traditional Christians in previous eras defended moral injustices in the name of resisting political and social change, he cannot credibly maintain that the Christians who backed and defended a proponent of global democratic revolution can still be counted as orthodox or traditional for the purposes of making criticisms about the mixing of religion and politics today. Linker hopes that Ross will come away with the idea that more traditional and orthodox Christians should "keep their distance from political power," but this makes sense only if you believe that it was proximity to power rather than the perverse and misguided ideas that were prevailing at the center of power that mattered. Perhaps if there had been more genuinely traditional and orthodox voices whispering to Mr. Bush that he was mortal, warning that pride is one of the most dangerous sins, or explaining to him that chiliasm and gnosticism were grave errors, he would not have been so ready to embark on path of mad revolutionary warfare and global transformation. Orthodoxy had no influence, but naturally Linker believes that it still had too much, which pretty well sums up his misreading of the religious and political landscape today.


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T O P I C R E V I E WBMckayI am looking for unsigned books by Charlie Duke, David Scott, and Thomas Stafford to be used at an Air Force and space event this April. Must be in good condition.MarylandSpaceWould some unsigned Yeager books work for your event?Scott, Duke, and Stafford books are probably too new to be found in used books stores but I could be wrong.fredtravDave Scott's "Two Sides of the Moon" can be bought cheaply from Amazon for about $4.25 non library. Search under David Scott.Tom Stafford's "We Have Capture" also at Amazon for $2.30 used, new $6.02.Charlie Duke "Moonwalker" from ABE books for $11.20.All are the hardback editions with dust jacket.lspoozJust be prepared for some cheap books that are already SIGNED (just not advertised that way) - I've bought several books intending to have them personally inscribed and (despite being cheap) gotten two Charlie Dukes, one Tom Jones, one Jim Lovell and two Mike Mullanes out of 15 books ordered that way! BMckayThanks for the suggestions. I am having trouble finding an unsigned copy of Dave Scott's book in hard cover. All these books were written by Air Force guys and we are hosting an Air and Space date in April and I am looking to put together a silent auction and these books will be a part of it. So I am still looking for books to buy or if you want to donate them, that would be great.fredtravAre you looking for a book in new condition? If not Amazon and Abe and Alibris all have books in very good condition starting at about $3.60 and up. A new book starts at about $39. BMckayI am looking for a hardcover in good condition with no library stuff on it.328KFIs the silent auction a fund raiser for a specific organization?
Scott, Duke, and Stafford books are probably too new to be found in used books stores but I could be wrong.
Tom Stafford's "We Have Capture" also at Amazon for $2.30 used, new $6.02.
Charlie Duke "Moonwalker" from ABE books for $11.20.
All are the hardback editions with dust jacket.
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Both teams kept the first half close, but with three minutes remaining in the half Converse went on a seven point run and took an 11 point lead. That lead would hold through the half giving the All-Stars a 36-25 lead going into the second half. The second half didn't look much better for the Cobras, as Converse took a 19 point lead at the eight minute mark, with a 55-39 lead. However, within a minute three pointers, by India Elliot and Rachael Kolbeck would start Coker's point run. With five minutes remaining Coker would score 11 unanswered points and cut the Converse lead to five with 2:45 remaining, but that would be as close as the All-Stars would let the Cobras get.
India Elliot/Faison, NC, led all Coker scorers with 17 points, while Tara Nelson/Rochester Hills, MI, added 11 points and four rebounds. Ashley White/Urbana, MD, gave the Cobras another double figure scoring night, with 10 points and five rebounds.
Leading the All-Stars was Sydney Brown with 17 points, followed by Carla Kantara who recorded a double-double, with 15 points and 15 rebounds. Also adding double digit scoring was Lauren Mueller who gave the All-Stars 13 points and seven rebounds.
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This is not the same Spartanburg Methodist basketball team that came wide-eyed and awestruck into the NJCAA tournament a year ago.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — This is not the same Spartanburg Methodist basketball team that came wide-eyed and awestruck into the NJCAA tournament a year ago.
These Pioneers were not wowed as they looked out the airplane windows on the flight to Kansas or up at the rafters in the 7,500-seat Hutchinson Sports Arena. These guys seem focused on nothing but victories here in the junior college championship.
In their return trip, the Pioneers bring a No. 1 ranking, a No. 2 overall seed, an undefeated record (32-0) and an unmistaken swagger.
"Last year, it was a big eye-opener," said SMC sophomore Ronell Crockett from T.L. Hanna High School. "We have a lot of guys who have been here before. We have experience. We know what to expect. We're looking to make a lot of noise and, hopefully, win it all."
SMC went 1-2 in the tournament last year, but now it's a single-elimination format with 24 teams. That's added to the increased focus.
"I remember being the underdog and not having much respect because we're such a small school," said SMC sophomore point guard Travis Black from Spartanburg Christian. "But I think that made us stronger. We want to compete again. We know what it's like to play at the highest level."
SMC has a first-round bye and will not play until 1 p.m. Wednesday against the winner of Monday night's game between No. 15 seed Kilgore College (26-4) of Texas and No. 18 seed Shelton State Community College (25-8) of Alabama.
The Pioneers had an hour-long practice Sunday afternoon at the Salthawk Activity Center of Hutchinson High School, across the street from where the NJCAA tournament is being played. And while some teams used their time slots as glorified shoot-arounds, SMC went hard. They pushed and elbowed and yelled and screamed and ran their drills at a pace similar to what they will have in games.
"We're the No. 2 seed. We're going to play like we're supposed to be here and we're one of the best, if not the best," Crockett said. "Last year, it was a big accomplishment just to get there. But this year, getting there was a must. Now we have to make sure we go a lot further than we did last year."
SMC has a roster full of experienced sophomores. Crockett and Jalen Nesbitt (Chapman High School) lead the team with 13.0 points per game. Black averages 8.2 points and 4.7 assists compared to only 1.7 turnovers. Other key contributors are Ben Johnson (17 points in the Region 10 tournament championship game) from Boiling Springs, Kelsey Terry (Westside), Brian Kidd (Chapin) and D.J. Coleman (Sumter), who transferred from South Carolina State and is getting his first taste of the junior college event.
"It will definitely help us having so many sophomores," Johnson said. "Last year, we didn't quite know what to expect. Our job now is to help the freshmen and the newcomers understand what it's all about."


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is welcoming an agreement to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons, but he says the U.S. remains prepared to act if diplomacy fails.
The agreement announced Saturday by Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (SEHR'-gay LAHV'-rahf) calls for Syria to eliminate all its chemical weapons by the middle of next year or face U.N. penalties.
Obama says the deal offers the chance to eliminate Syria's stockpile in a transparent, expeditious and verifiable manner.
Obama adds that while important progress has been made, more work remains to be done.
He says the international community expects Syria to live up to its public commitments.
Obama says the U.S. will continue working with Russia, Britain, France, the U.N. and others to ensure that the process is verifiable and that the Syrian government is held to account if it fails to comply with the agreement.
GENEVA (AP) -- Marathon negotiations between the U.S. and Russia have produced an agreement on securing and destroying Syria's chemical weapons stockpile.
The diplomatic breakthrough averts the threat of U.S. military action for the moment, but it will require one of the most ambitious arms-control efforts in history. It involves making an inventory and seizing all components of Syria's chemical weapons program, and imposing penalties if the Syrian government fails to comply will the terms.
The U.S. and Russia are giving Syria just one week, until Sept. 21, to submit "a comprehensive listing" of all its chemical weapons and where they are kept.
International inspectors are to be on the ground in Syria by November. During that month, they are to complete their initial assessment and all mixing and filling equipment for chemical weapons is to be destroyed. They are to be given "immediate and unfettered" access to inspect all sites.
All components of the chemical weapons program are to be removed from the country or destroyed by mid-2014.
If Syria fails to comply, it would face punitive action by the U.N. Security Council.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The agreement drawn up between the U.S. and Russia to strip Syria of its chemical weapons is not being received well by two Republican senators who have sharply criticized President Barack Obama's foreign policy.
John McCain and Lindsey Graham say the deal is meaningless and that President Bashar Assad will just use the time it gives him to delay and deceive the world.
The two senators say friends and enemies of the U.S. will view it as "an act of provocative weakness" by America.
Further, McCain and Graham argue that the agreement doesn't resolve the underlying civil war that has caused the deaths of more than 100,000 people and turned millions of Syrians into refugees
The senators also say the agreement will embolden Iran as it continues its push for a nuclear weapon.
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Canada's foreign minister John Baird is calling Syria's offer to begin providing information on its chemical arsenal 30 days after it signs an international convention banning such weapons "ridiculous and absurd."
Baird said Syrian President Bashar Assad could not be given extra time. Baird said: "This is a man, who up until a week ago denied that they had any such weapons."
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who joined Baird at a news conference Saturday in Istanbul, also expressed skepticism, saying that Assad was playing for time while continuing to commit atrocities.
The comments come as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov were in Geneva negotiating a Russian proposal to inventory, isolate and eventually destroy Syria's chemical weapons stocks.
Kerry has rejected Syria's suggestion that it should turn over information, rather than weapons.
Davutoglu said Turkey welcomed the diplomatic initiative to remove Syria's chemical weapons, but it was still incumbent on the international community to bring to justice the Syrian officials responsible for crimes against humanity.
Western countries blame Assad for the use of chemical weapons, although he denies blames rebels engaged in a 2-year-old civil war against his government.
ISTANBUL (AP) -- The main Western-backed opposition group in Syria has elected an interim prime minister as it seeks to firm up its standing as a viable political alternative there.
The Syrian National Coalition voted during a meeting in Istanbul on Saturday to name Ahmad Saleh Touma, a dentist and longtime political activist, to lead the group. Touma's election comes as the United States and Russia have reached a deal to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons and are seeking a breakthrough on broad talks to end the long and deadly Syrian civil war.
Touma is the second SNC member to fill the post. Ghassan Hitto resigned in July after serving only a few months. In an indication of the divisions that have hampered the opposition, many members had opposed Hitto because of his perceived proximity to the Qatari-backed Muslim Brotherhood.
Touma will be charged with organizing governance in parts of Syria controlled by disparate rebel factions. He later said in a speech that they will work on returning Syria to a state that respects human life and rights.
"Syria will be the republic of humans where there will be no place for killers and criminals," he said. He added that he hoped a new government in exile will be formed soon.
According to the Syrian National Coalition, Touma has a history of dissent from the Syrian government going back to 2001, when he joined groups calling for more freedoms and the release of political prisoners.
A biography released by the SNC says Touma was detained multiple times by the Syrian government for his work and once was sentenced to two-and-half years in prison. The Syrian National Coalition says he later joined the opposition using a fake name because he was living in Syria. After his last detention in 2012, left the country for Turkey.
BEIRUT (AP) -- Activists say heavy clashes between Syrian opposition fighters and Islamic extremist rebel factions near the Iraqi border have killed at least five people.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group says the ongoing battles Saturday in the town of Boukamal pit the al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq against more moderate rebel brigades.
Infighting among rebel groups, particularly between al-Qaida-linked extremist factions and more moderate units, has escalated in recent months. The violence undermines the opposition's primary goal of overthrowing President Bashar Assad.
It also complicates efforts by the U.S. and its allies to provide greater support to the Syrian opposition.
BEIJING (AP) -- France's foreign minister is visiting Beijing to meet with his Chinese counterpart to discuss the situation in Syria.
Laurent Fabius was due to meet Wang Yi on Sunday in a continuing diplomatic drive to end the two-and-a-half-year civil war.
France firmly backs the Syrian rebels and has strategic and historic interests in the region. It urged military action after an alleged chemical attack on Aug. 21 that it and the U.S. blamed on President Bashar Assad's government.
In contrast, China and Russia have consistently blocked resolutions at the U.N. Security Council aimed at sanctioning Assad's regime.
On Saturday, U.S. and Russian diplomats in Geneva agreed on a deal to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, averting the threat of military action for now.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force says the West's hostility toward the Syrian government comes over Israel.
A state television report broadcast Saturday quoted Gen. Ghassem Soleimani as saying his country's support of Syria secures "Iran's real national interests." Iran considers Syria and Lebanon's Hezbollah -- as well as Palestinian militant groups -- as part of a "resistance axis" against Israel.
Soleimani said the West knows that a "powerful position of resistance relies on Syria." Last week, Soleimani promised that Iran would support Syria "until the end."
Soleimani's Quds Force oversees the international operations of the Guard.
Iran unwaveringly has supported the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. It considers Syrian civil war as a crisis instigated by Israel, the West and others.


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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
A Turning Point for Hybrid Meetings?
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- Michelle Russell said...
And yet the either/or — virtual vs. face-to-face event — thinking still is prevalent outside of our industry. As I was browsing through the October issue of The Costco Connection (I'm a big-time Costco shopper) this evening, I came across this headline in a column written for entrepreneurs: "Trade in the Trade Show?"
The columnists, Paul and Sarah Edwards, write: "If you've been to trade shows lately, you may have noticed attendance has slipped. A major factor is the cost of travel and people not spending as they have in the past. Most important, businesspeople and consumers increasingly use the Web for contacts, product information and to know what their competitors are doing. As a result, we're seeing the growth of virtual trade shows with 3-D exhibit halls and show floors, and even social networking."
See where they're going with this? That virtual trade shows are being offered as a replacement for face-to-face.
- September 27, 2011 at 7:32 PM
- Joyce said...
I guess it's just easier to get published if you go with a super-simplified premise than a more nuanced treatment, especially in a consumer-focused magazine. Because our industry is SO simple...HA!
Either way, it looks like live shows may now be able to promote themselves in a new way, as having the most highly motivated audience to offer to the exhibitors. "Sure, Vendor A, you can (and probably should) put yourself in front of the virtual participants, but don't you really want to connect to the MOST qualified, MOST interested, MOST committed-to-the-industry (or cause or product...) folks? The ones who are willing to spend the time and money to travel to you? Of course you do!"
Joyce Paschall, CAE, CMP
- September 29, 2011 at 4:12 PM
- Samuel J Smith said...
Thanks for sharing this stuff.
I think we have a lot to learn from e-learning, training and development and higher education about hybrid meetings and virtual meetings. Most of these folks have been doing this stuff for 10 years or more.
- September 29, 2011 at 4:46 PM
- Dave Fellers, FASAE,CAE said...
Thanks for getting the word out about the value of Hybrid -- and virtual -- meetings. I typically have heard fear from meeting planners that virtual or hybrid will take away from their face-to-face event, but every indication is it increases the numbers. The new Virtual Physicians Network (VPN) should be a tremendous boost to medical societies and their ability to provide hybrid and virtual events. It's great to see CONVENE sharing the research on these areas.
Dave Fellers, FASAE,CAE
- September 29, 2011 at 5:27 PM
- Barbara Palmer said...
Joyce, thank you for your comments, good point about the greater motivation of live audiences. Face-to-face allows for a different quality of interaction than the transfer of information.
- September 30, 2011 at 3:03 PM
- Barbara Palmer said...
Sam, I agree! Have you checked out the HASTAC community (hastac.org)? Great research and an idea playground.
- September 30, 2011 at 3:08 PM
- Barbara Palmer said...
Dave, thank you for your comment. It would be interesting to see some case studies from VPN, particularly about hybrid meetings.
- September 30, 2011 at 3:28 PM


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Meatloaf Made Easier
Meatloaf again? This might be something that you hear your family say often if you're fond of the traditional meatloaf. But, there are dozens of ways to switch up your regular recipe. For instance, you can use barbeque sauce and French fried onions for a Texas treat. You could use spaghetti sauce instead of regular tomato sauce for an Italian feast. Or in this case you can spice things up with the addition of tangy salsa. Here's the recipe:
Reynolds Wrap® Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil
2 pounds lean ground beef
2 cups chunky salsa, divided
1 cup crushed tortilla chips
1 cup chopped onion
1 egg
1 teaspoon each chili powder and garlic salt
PREHEAT oven to 425°F. Line a 13x9x2-inch baking pan with Reynolds Wrap Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil.
MIX ground beef, 1 cup salsa, tortilla chips, onion, egg and spices together in a large bowl until well blended.
SPOON mixture in center of foil-lined pan; shape into a 12x6-inch loaf.
BAKE 50 to 55 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 160°F. Top with remaining salsa; serve immediately.
REYNOLDS KITCHENS TIP: Leftover meatloaf makes great tacos or sandwiches the next day.
Moms, what's your favorite way to switch up your meatloaf recipe?
this sounds great, but my meatloaf never sticks together enough to slice. Maybe I should actually use a recipe instead of just throwing stuff together. This looks like a good one to start with.
I like making meat loaf in the crock pot. I make a spicy version and a taco version.


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Sycamore gained a crucial conference victory on Thursday, defeating Morris, 25-17, 25-18, at home.
"After a bad loss against Kaneland they came back and played really well," Sycamore coach Debbie Klock said. "They committed to what we were going to fix and they stuck to the game plan."
Brittany Huber had six kills for the Spartans while Hannah Knox chipped in with five. Christina Dailey had nine digs for Sycamore, which evened its Northern Illinois Big 12 record at 2-2.
Girls Volleyball
Cogs fall to R-B: Genoa-Kingston lost in two games, 25-12, 25-16, to Richmond-Burton on Thursday. Bridget Halat had seven assists while Emily Borak had nine digs for the Cogs (11-6, 3-2 Big Northern Conference East)
Indian Creek sweeps: The Timberwolves swept Leland-Earlville in two games, winning 25-19, 25-17 and improving to 7-7 on the season, including 2-2 in the Little Ten Conference.
Dallas Boehne had 21 assists and three kills to lead the Timberwolves. Kate Thuestad recorded 12 kills and Ariel Russell had four kills and five digs.
"We came out pretty strong," Indian Creek coach Stephanie Crutcher said. "It's good to see Dallas [Boehne] spreading the offense between all those hitters. Our serve-receive was good again tonight."
H-BR downs Hiawatha: The Royals beat Hiawatha, 25-14, 25-16, on Thursday.
Lauren Paver had nine kills for H-BR and Beth Klein had seven kills and three blocks.
Dani Clark led the Hawks (5-8, 1-2 Little Ten Conference) with seven kills and two blocks while Savanna Campbell had 16 assists.
Boys Golf
G-K rolls past Hampshire: The Cogs rallied for an impressive 172-192 victory over Hampshire. Freshman Tommy Lucca shot a 39 to take meet medalist honors while Jake Langford fired a 42. Eric Tucker (45) and Nick Adamcyk (46) also scored for G-K (12-5).
"It was a nice bounce-back win," G-K coach Mike Lauer said. "We played well after last night."
Boys Soccer
Cogs win big: Genoa-Kingston got its fourth Big Northern Conference victory with a 4-1 victory over Marengo. Devon Tijerina had a hat trick in the first half and Uriel Ortega added a goal, which was assisted by Tijerina, in the victory.
"We started out really strong and worked the ball quite well in the first half," G-K coach Randy Tate said. "Our progression was better than it has been in recent games, but we still need to work on leading the runners."
G-K is 9-4 with a 4-3 record in the BNC East.
Hiawatha sneaks past Indian Creek: Hiawatha defeated Indian Creek, 2-1, at home in a Little Ten Conference matchup. Aaron Bolton scored in the second half off a free kick for the Timberwolves, but it wasn't enough.
"We played well, had some really good opportunities in both halves, but just couldn't finish," Indian Creek coach Eric Schrader said. "We had a couple guys come back from injuries so it was a much different team than what we've been putting on the field the last couple weeks."
Knights fall to Yorkville: Kaneland lost its first Northern Illinois Big 12 conference game, falling, 3-0, to Yorkville on Thursday.
The Knights are now 7-2-2 (2-1-1 NI Big 12).
Girls Tennis
Spartans cruise: Sycamore defeated Rockford Lutheran, 4-1, on Thursday, moving to 12-1-1 on the season. Angelina Ye won, 6-0, 6-0 in No. 1 singles while Kathryn Sullivan and Alyssa Gregorec won, 7-5, 6-1, in No. 1 doubles play.
"It was a really good effort by the the team," Sycamore coach Dave Hillmer said. "Putting some kids in different positions and letting them play up and have some fun with it, they did a great job."
Girls Golf
T'wolves second in quad: Indian Oaks shot its best team score of the season, posting a 193, good for second place in a quadrangular at Indian Oaks.
Somonauk won the match with a total of 179 and was led by Jessica Schultz (37).
H-BR finished fourth with a team score of 232. Freshman Sophie Peters recorded a career-low 54 while junior Caitlyn Fecht also had a personal-best round of 59.
Virginia Filicetti, Lauren Frances and Samantha Bergstrand all shot 48s for Indian Creek while Ellen Witte recorded a 49. It was the first time this season Indian Creek (6-9) has had four players break 50.
Cogs fall: G-K lost to Rockford Lutheran, 187-209, in its last match of the regular season. Katie Thurlby and Andrea Strohmaier led the Cogs with 49s while Emily Wakely recorded a 56.
The Big Northern Conference meet is Wednesday.
Boys Cross Country
G-K wins dual: Genoa-Kingston edged Harvest Christian Academy, 28-29, in a dual meet on Thursday. Zach Herrmann was the Cogs' top finisher with a time of 18 minutes, 19 seconds in fourth place. Coty Waxman was fifth in 18:28.
Hiawatha's PJ Nordgren won the boys varsity race with a time of 16:24
Girls Cross Country
Cogs third in triangular: Nicole Hebel was Genoa-Kingston's top finisher in seventh place, completing the three-mile course in 21:54.
Christe Nordgren of Hiawatha took fifth place with a time of 21:15.


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The "Cobra Spotlight" is a weekly highlight of a student-athlete at Coker College. Each week we take a different athlete from a different sport and display Christina Curnias, a member of the women's soccer team. Read more…
Men's Soccer
- This week's matches:
- Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. (A) – Belmont Abbey
- Saturday at 7:00 p.m. (H) – Erskine
- Last week's matches:
- Barton (W) – 4-2
- Shorter (W) – 4-3
- Last week the Cobras scored eight goals en route to a pair of victories. The first was a 4-2 win over Barton and the second a 4-3 win over Shorter in their 2012 Homecoming match. This week they will take on a pair of league opponents
Women's Soccer
- This week's matches:
- Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. (A) – Belmont Abbey
- Saturday at 4:30 p.m. (H) – Erskine
- Last week's matches:
- Barton (W) – 3-2 (OT)
- USC-Aiken (T) – 0-0 (2OT)
- The women went undefeated last week with a come from behind, 3-2 win over Barton in overtime and a 0-0 draw against USC-Aiken in their Homecoming match. This week the Cobras will take to the field against Belmont Abbey and Erskine in a pair of Conference Carolinas matches.
Women's Volleyball
- This week's matches:
- Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. (H) – Erskine- Dig Pink Night
- Friday at 6:30 p.m. (A) – Queens
- Saturday at 2:00 p.m. (A) - Pfeiffer
- Last week's matches:
- Limestone (W) – 3-0
- Lees-McRae (L) – 3-1
- Last week the women's volleyball team split their league matches, defeating Limestone 3-0. This week the Cobras will host their "Dig Pink" match to support breast cancer awareness on Tuesday against Erskine. There will be several items up for auction to raise money for the Side-Out Foundation, including autographed pink volleyballs and pink Coker volleyball jerseys.
Men's & Women's Cross Country
- This week's meet:
- Royals Challenge at Charlotte, N.C. – Oct. 12
- Last week's meet:
- Pre-Conference Meet – women 5 of 6, men 3 of 5
- Stephanie Shaw finished 18th overall, and set a new Coker school record in the 4k race by finishing with a time of 17:50.88 at the Pre-Conference Meet last week. This week the Cobras return to Charlotte to run in the Royals Challenge hosted Queens University of Charlotte.
Men's Golf
- This week's tournament:
- None
- Last week's tournament:
- Cougar Invitational- 5 of 16
- The Coker men continued their exceptional play this fall with another top 5 finish, this time at the Cougar Invitational. Freshman Nicklaus Kennedy came in third overall, shooting 74-69-71 during the three-round event.
Important Upcoming Events
- Taste of Coker – Monday, Oct. 8 at 6:00 p.m.
- Tickets- $15/individual, $30/couple & $40/family, children 10 and under free with paying adult
- Tickets are available at the Coker Athletics Office or by calling 843-383-8073
- For information on sponsorships or to be a cook, contact Ben Beetch at firstname.lastname@example.com or 843-383-8363


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Youth urge Dunne to save climate action from oblivion
Press Release – Generation Zero
Youth organisation Generation Zero is urging Peter Dunne to use his one-vote majority to be a climate hero when the Government's Bill to amend the Emissions Trading Scheme has its last session of Parliamentary debate this evening.Youth urge Dunne to save climate action from oblivion
Tuesday 6 November , 2012
Press release – Generation Zero
Youth organisation Generation Zero is urging Peter Dunne to use his one-vote majority to be a climate hero when the Government's Bill to amend the Emissions Trading Scheme has its last session of Parliamentary debate this evening.
Generation Zero is calling for him to at least support amendments from MPs Moana Mackey and Kennedy Graham to legislate a 50% upper limit on the use of international emissions units in the ETS, in line with the EU and Australian schemes.
"The unlimited use of foreign carbon offsets is a critical problem with the current ETS, and if not fixed it will mean New Zealand's only sliver of climate change action will be essentially worthless for the foreseeable future," said Generation Zero policy coordinator Paul Young.
"If Mr Dunne supports the amendment to implement a cap on foreign carbon offsets, he will be rescuing New Zealand's climate change response from oblivion."
Last week Generation Zero released a parody video clip of the song "Single Ladies" by Beyonce, with the message to the Government that "if you like [the ETS] then you better put a cap on it". The video has attracted over 2,000 views.
Mr Young said the group had been working hard over the last several months to fight the weakening of the ETS but the Government has not listened to their concerns, which are shared by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, environmental organisations, the carbon forestry sector, or opposition parties and the Maori Party.
Generation Zero's actions have ranged from an 11-page submission to select committee to a 'chainsaw massacre' demonstration at Parliament to highlight the risk of a new wave of deforestation if the changes go ahead as planned.
"The Government needs Mr Dunne's support on this Bill, and he has the unique opportunity to put his foot down and demand an immediate cap on foreign carbon credits," said Mr Young.
"Minister for Climate Change Issues Tim Groser has made it very clear that the National Party will not do so of their own accord.
"This is Mr Dunne's chance to be our climate hero and stand up for responsible action on climate change for the sake of today's young people.
"The Government's backwards plans for the ETS are now attracting international attention. The world is watching and they are not impressed.
Generation Zero is an independent youth organisation seeking to catalyse action on climate change and work towards creating a zero carbon Aotearoa. For more information see:
Previous Generation Zero press releases on the ETS amendments:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1210/S00386/youth-protest-changes-to-ets-with-chainsaw-massacre.htm (24/10/12)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1210/S00328/facts-before-falsehoods.htm (19/10/12)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1210/S00290/b-grade-ets-sets-stage-for-chainsaw-massacre-sequel.htm (18/10/12)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1209/S00368/generation-zero-supports-foresters-demands-to-fix-ets.htm (27/9/12)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1209/S00249/ets-needs-to-phone-home-select-committee-told.htm (19/9/12)
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2006 Softball
Case Reserve 11, Bluffton 10
BLUFFTON, Ohio. - The Bluffton University softball team (7-8, 0-0 HCAC) fell to Case Western Reserve on Saturday, March 25, 2006. The Beavers made a late rally but came up on the short end with the final score 11-10 in favor of Case Western.
Game One - Case Western 11, Bluffton 10
Bluffton started off the game as Lindsay Miller (Haviland/Wayne Trace) drew a first inning walk, stole second, and later advanced to third on a wild pitch. Michelle Motter (Lakeview/Indian Lake) was then walked and later stole second. Carrie Weisbecker (Okeana/Ross) reached on an error by Case pitcher Amanda Bell that plated Miller and Motter. Weisbecker then scored on a single by Amanda Harris (Greenville/Greenville).
Case Western answered back in the bottom half of the inning as they had four runs cross the plate. L. Smith's sac bunt scored L. Seeds, while an error allowed another run to score. J. Bullen then doubled to left center driving in two more runs.
The Beavers put up two runs in the third when Motter drew a walk and advanced to third on a single by Weisbecker. Sarah Betts laid down a sacrifice bunt that allowed Motter to score and moved Weisbecker to third. Amanda Harris drove in Weisbecker with a groundout to the pitcher
In the fourth inning, the Spartans turned four hits into three runs. Then in the fifth Case scored four runs as C. Casden's single drove in a run and Bell homered to left center to drive in three.
The Beavers started to show life in the seventh inning as they mustered up five runs on two hits and two errors. Unfortunately, they left the tying run on base and found themselves one run short of the Spartans


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Émile Durkheim
From Iron Chariots Wiki
David Émile Durkheim (15 April 1858 - 15 November 1917) was a French sociologist. He developed functionalist theories of cultural analysis and offered a reductionist account of religion, based on the role that it plays in the various societies in which it occurs. Many of Durkheim's accounts focus on the religion of non-western cultures. His focus is on the practice of religion, rather than the beliefs that individual religious communities hold. His work The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912) is considered a seminal work in religious sociology.


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P.M. Pancakes
Loryn Johnson
Dir. of Marketing, Auxiliary Svcs.
University of San Diego
San Deigo
We held a 'Pancakes in the P.M.' breakfast as a customer appreciation event. After our regular dinner hours, we offered a complimentary pancake breakfast. This included typical breakfast favorites: pancakes, eggs and sausage. To keep it manageable, our advertising began a few days before and did not specify that the breakfast would be free. It was a very nice thank you.


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1 more events today...
Wednesday, May 23Today's Hours:
Courier Article by David Locker
Sunday, March 3, 2002
Books Examine 'American Royalty,' The Kennedys
The historian and biographer Geoffrey Perret appeared on C-SPAN the other night talking about his new book on Jack Kennedy. A suave-looking gentleman who reminded me a little of the photogenic presidential historian Michael Beschloss, he soon grabbed my full attention.
My admiration for President Kennedy had taken a battering over the years with all the revelations about his womanizing and drug use, yet his appeal remains, and Perret made clear to me that night that one of the reasons for this was Kennedy's gift for leadership. Listening to him, I was also made aware for the first time how ill Jack Kennedy really was. Perret obviously admired Kennedy after all his research, so I decided to give him another chance by reading a few new books on the Kennedys.
Jack: A life Like No Other by Geoffrey Perret (Random House, 2001).
Perret's book on Kennedy is full of stories about Kennedy that I had never heard. The book is historically sound and fair in his treatment of his subject. Though Perret tells all about Kennedy's darker side, he does not obscure the man he continues to admire.
I am not a Kennedy buff, so I did not know he had Addison's Disease and had almost died from it several times and continued to live only because of the availability of cortisone.
I didn't know how bad his back really was.
Kennedy himself was sure that he would die young and lived life in a hurry as a consequence.
This book places a great deal of emphasis on the extent of his father's influence on his life, as well as how much his personality was shaped by his rivalry with his older brother, Joe, Jr. Kennedy's father decided early that he was going to establish a political dynasty and that at least one of his sons would be president. Jack Kennedy had fatalistically accepted his father's destiny for him by the time he matriculated at Harvard.
The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963 by Laurence Leamer (Morrow, 2001).
Leamer is known as a biographer of movie stars, so one might think that he is over his head when tackling the Kennedys; but such does not prove to be the case. This huge book tells the full story of Joe Kennedy's clan and reads like a novel.
What Leamer lacks is Perret's historical judgment, and he is quick to put a negative spin on any imperfections of the family. For example, Joe is portrayed once again as a Prohibition bootlegger, cavorting with the likes of Al Capone.
The Kennedy White House: Family Life and Pictures, 1961-1963 by Carl Sferrazza Anthony (Simon & Schuster, 2001).
It is easy for middle-class people to feel comfortable with the Kennedys because in some ways they were like us, never fitting into the society of the Boston Brahmins or high Anglican eastern establishment because of their Irish Catholicism.
This book contains over 300 photos of the domestic side of the Kennedys' life and reminds us how close they actually were as a family. Even though Joe, Sr. was an unfaithful husband and Rose was withdrawn into her own cloistral world, all the children considered their family to be great, loyal and caring. The family lived with a passionate intensity that made other families pale in comparison.
Reading the surprisingly accomplished text accompanying these photographs, one might come to believe that Jack and Jacqueline Kennedy were slowly falling in love as they took on the responsibilities of parenting. What began as little more than an arranged marriage was developing into a relationship of mutual admiration.
Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years by Hamish Bowles (Little, Brown, 2001).
Bowles has collected a book of stunning photographs of Jacqueline Kennedy's gowns, coats, and hats from the John F. Kennedy Library, accompanied by photographs showing her wearing each item in public.
This clothing is just as much modern art as is the sculpture of Constantin Brancusi. Included is an amusing photograph of the future first lady reading a paperback copy of Jack Kerouac's Dharma Bums, while reclining in the seat of an airplane, dressed in a scarlet double-faced wool coat. Maybe Jack wasn't the only hip one in the family.
David Locker is a librarian with the Evansville-Vanderburgh Public Library. The opinions expressed in this column are personal and do not reflect policies or official recommendations of EVPL.


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took the camera with me to shaffer farms
did not ride with it
but when we got back from a solid loop I asked if anyone would mind dipping back into the woods for some photos
I could have used the flash
but I preferred the chance shots with the steady camera
sure enough
just as expected
a whole mess of blurry photos
but still
I will take the blurry shot over the washed out shots with the flash
guess I could run the levels on the flash shots
but I still like the light from the headlamps showing the darkness
it was good riding and good people
good riding and chatting with jake
good seeing rickyd and so many other familiar faces
had not seen jason in a few years
rickyd was a green M&M
how can you tell the men M&Ms from the women M&Ms?
the ones with the nuts are the man M&Ms.
guess work with the camera
2 comments:
- Rob said...
>the ones with the nuts are the man >M&Ms.
Buwhahahahah! That was frickin hillarious!
I think you were the guy I accidentally unplugged while putting your battery in the jersey??? If so sorry about that man.
- 11/02/2007
- gwadzilla said...
your kung fu good
my kung fu better
it was not an issue
some things happen for a reason
had I not tried to chase those guys down with no luck
then returned to the parking lot
then I would not have had the one on one time with Jake
it was good to ride with him
we are on the same team
I see him at the races
but that was the first time I rode with him
that kid has some skills!
no worries on the light
you are human
- 11/02/2007
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The best fried foods are golden brown on the outside and deliciously tender within - never greasy or soggy. Yet frying is a technique that can elude even the most ambitious home cook. In this episode, Martha offers lessons in how to deep-fry and pan-fry to perfection in your own kitchen. Recipes and step-by-step techniques include French fries, pan-fried chicken (a Southern favorite marinated in buttermilk before coating) and Japanese tempura vegetables with dipping sauces. She shares lots of tips for keeping foods crisp without allowing them to absorb excess oil.
Visit the Website: http://www.pbs.org/food/shows/martha-stewarts-cooking-school/
Episode #112 / Length: 26 minutes


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Revitalize your wardrobe as you embellish "outside the box"-create artsy free-form details. Designer and playful stitcher Vicki Tracy joins Nancy in a quest to embellish without any rules. They decorate a variety of clothing and accessories with beads, buttons, and nontraditional trim as they do easy and clever techniques such as carefree couching, button collages, sassy sandwiching, edgy ruffles, and more.
Visit the Website: http://wpt.org/sewingwithnancy/
Episode #2616 / Length: 26 minutes


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Two of three Des Plaines mayoral hopefuls criticize previous city councils for doing a poor job with special taxing districts that are now in trouble due to the economic slump stalling development.
With no incumbent in the race, former Des Plaines mayor Tony Arredia and two sitting aldermen, Matt Bogusz (3rd Ward) and Mark Walsten (6th Ward) are vying for the seat in the April 9 consolidated election. Bogusz said only one of the city's five special tax increment financing districts is performing well.
A TIF freezes property tax payments from land within its boundaries for up to 23 years. Extra revenue generated as properties are developed and increase in value can be used to pay for infrastructure improvements and incentives to developers.
Bogusz said a previous city council made the mistake of acquiring nearly five acres at the northeast corner of Mannheim and Higgins roads, south of the Jane Addams Tollway within the city's TIF No. 6, above market value with the hope of redeveloping the site.
TIF 6 was created in 2001 to spur redevelopment in the area east of Mannheim Road and north of Higgins Road on both sides of the tollway.
The city has been trying to recoup money it spent buying and clearing that 5-acre site for projects that stalled due to a weak economy and hotel glut. Without development, the TIF is expected to be $19.7 million in deficit over its lifetime. Des Plaines must pay roughly $1 million in principal and interest payment toward that debt this year.
Last fall, a Chicago developer abandoned a plan to build a seven-story parking garage, nine-story 180-room hotel and a fast-food restaurant on that site. The city had agreed to sell the land to The Parking Spot for $1.1 million.
Arredia, 75, who retired as mayor in April 2009 due to voter-imposed limits on consecutive terms, said he's glad the project fell through because the city was selling the land for too little.
"I'll put a hotel on that thing within six months after I'm there," said Arredia. Arredia said if the city starts bringing in businesses, hotel developers will follow.
Walsten voted against the latest TIF 6 redevelopment project because he wanted to see a more ambitious plan than a parking garage, which he believed didn't utilize the full potential of the property.
Walsten, 55, said previous city councils and administrations created special taxing districts without knowing how to make them work.
"I think there's been very successful TIFs, (but) not in Des Plaines," Walsten said. "They've done a pretty good job of screwing it up. That doesn't mean it can't be done, if it makes sense."
Walsten said he would bring in an outside firm with expertise to handle TIF redevelopment.
All three candidates said they would consider the possible dissolution of the controversial Five Corners taxing district, which has failed to spur development since its establishment in 2007 and has left businesses in limbo.
"The chances of us doing something within the next couple of years is nil," Arredia said.
The Five Corners TIF is a 70-acre, largely industrial area near Des Plaines' downtown. The city council approved the TIF district one day before voters overwhelmingly rejected it in a nonbinding referendum.
"TIF is a financial tool. It is not an automatic economic development engine," said Bogusz, 26, the city's finance committee chairman. "The economy was not there to support that investment."
Walsten said it would be premature get rid of the Five Corners TIF without first making some improvements.
"The place looks pretty bad ... it's kind of an embarrassment to the city," Walsten said. "We're trying to clean it up and if we can do that with TIF funds, I say that's a good idea."
The city has budgeted $500,000 in infrastructure improvements within the district this year, using money already generated by the district.
"If it never goes anywhere, at least we got new sewers, storm sewers and sidewalks," Walsten said.


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Two Watertown police officers involved in the April 19 pursuit and capture of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects received a dose of warm Southern hospitality in a trip to Georgia arranged by police there.
It was the first out-of-state visit the officers have made in relation to the terrorism events.
Officers Miguel Colon and Richard Munger were flown to Georgia on May 31 and stayed through June 2 on funds raised by the LaGrange Police Department in Troup County, where the Watertown officers were the guests of honor at a charity run benefiting the One Fund Boston. The fund was created to help the victims of the April 15 bombings near the Boston Marathon finish line, including those who were injured and the families of the bystanders who were killed.
While in Georgia, the two Watertown officers visited various local police departments and the county sheriff's headquarters; boated across a local lake that covers half the county; and received a tour of Turner Field, where they watched an Atlanta Braves game.
Colon was reportedly involved in the gunfight between police and the bombing suspects, brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. After Tamerlan was captured at the site of the shootout in Watertown, law enforcement authorities embarked on a daylong search for Dzhokhar that brought area communities to a standstill before he was found hiding in a boat behind a Franklin Street home. Munger was on the scene when Dzhokhar was found, said Watertown Police Chief Edward Deveau.
Garrett Pressley, an officer with the LaGrange Police Department who helped organize the trip to Georgia for the Watertown officers, said his department used a combination of donated funds and discounted airfare packages from a local travel agent to pay for their flights.
The Watertown pair stayed for free at the local Best Western, and meals — which ranged from beloved local burger joints to the premier restaurants in Troup County — were also donated, he said.
"Our goal was for them not to have to spend a dime while down here," Pressley said.
He noted that the union president representing the Watertown officers helped connect the two departments after Pressley put the word out that he was looking for officers involved in the capture of the two bombing suspects who could make the trip to Georgia.
Deveau said Colon and Munger were chosen to go because they were both involved in the day's events, and also had room in their schedule for the trip to represent the department. Munger said the two had to use a combination of time off and vacation days.
"It was to help benefit the One Fund, so I said if I can help out in any way, I can definitely do it," Munger said.
The trip to Turner Field for a National League baseball game was a special event.
"We told them we had a surprise, and then took them to the Braves game. We wanted to make sure they had a memorable trip down here," Pressley said. "They gave the team's manager, Fredi Gonzalez, a Watertown Strong T-shirt."
It turned out to be a well-liked gift: "While I was watching a Braves postgame program the other day, there was an interview with Fredi Gonzalez and he was wearing the shirt," Pressley said.
'It was to help benefit the One Fund, so I said if I can help out in any way, I can definitely do it.'
The T-shirts are also a main fund-raising tool for the Watertown Police Foundation, which was started immediately following the manhunt to help support the cash-strapped department. As of Wednesday , the foundation had sold about 5,000 T-shirts and had about $100,000 in proceeds in the bank, said Joseph Darby III, the foundation's president. The total is from a combination of T-shirt sales and private donations, including a $25,000 check from multimillionaire Frank McCourt, a Watertown native who formerly owned the Los Angeles Dodgers, Darby said.
While in Georgia, Colon and Munger also gave a PowerPoint presentation to law enforcement officials at the Troup County sheriff's headquarters and the LaGrange Police Department, Pressley said.
Although certain details from the presentation were for police eyes only, Pressley said, Colon and Munger showed maps of what happened and how close they were to the action.
Colon "reconstructed the events that happened in his own words, since he was one of the officers at the shooting," Pressley said. "He said they exchanged about 200 rounds of gunfire, and the brothers threw five IEDs at police, and that three of them detonated. He also said there were a few times where there was a pause, but that's when they began throwing bombs."
When Colon and Munger toured the police departments, they received gifts such as plaques honoring them and the Watertown department; police caps; and a proclamation from a local mayor, Pressley said.
"We were basically treated like celebrities down there, which was unexpected," Munger said. "Everyone wanted to take pictures with us, which was kind of strange."
Their appearance at the charity road race also drew a record crowd: Nearly 200 runners took part, and another 500 people came to watch and meet the Watertown officers. In total, the LaGrange Police Department expects to donate about $6,000 to the One Fund .
More than 20 businesses sponsored the event, donating about $200 each, including a company run by comedian Jeff Foxworthy.
"That was the main reason we wanted to get somebody from up there down here," Pressley said, who also noted a LaGrange police officer who originally hailed from Boston helped inspire the event.
"In the first week, we raised $150 from preregistration. Once the announcement was made that they were coming, online registration made over $1,000,'' Pressley said, "and people kept calling the station to tell us how proud they were."
Pressley said he hopes his department will fly a LaGrange officer to Massachusetts to present the donation to One Fund officials.
One thing the Georgia officers really enjoyed was Colon's and Munger's thick Boston accents. Pressley, who speaks in a distinctive Southern drawl, laughed as he recalled how a local reporter misheard Colon's description of Franklin Street — where Dzhokhar was found — as a "main street" of Watertown; in the reporter's story, it became a "mean street."
"We loved the Boston accents," Pressley said.
During their visit to Georgia, he said, Colon and Munger made lasting friendships.
"We stay in touch — we text each other, we're real close now," Pressley said, also noting that they're friends on Facebook, too. "We would like to come up there and spend time with those guys, with the new friends we met."Jaclyn Reiss can be reached at email@example.com.


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Friday, December 06, 2013
Claiming Crown Returns To Champion Racing's Most Enduring Competitors
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The Claiming Crown will return to Gulfstream Park Saturday, marking the first major event of the South Florida track's 2013-2014 Champions Meet.
The Claiming Crown, a creation of the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, attracted 90 entries Wednesday for the eight races that will be included in the 10-cent Ultimate 8 multi-race wager with a guaranteed minimum pool of $100,000.
"Having the Florida HBPA stepping up to the plate last year and stepping up to the plate even more this year to take it up to a million dollars with the minimum purse being $110,000 has made the Claiming Crown really attractive to owners," said Phil Hanrahan, CEO of the NHBPA.
Kent Sterling, executive director of the Florida HBPA, has taken pride in the success of the Claiming Crown at Gulfstream.
"The Florida HBPA is once again proud to host the Claiming Crown along with our partners Gulfstream Park, TOBA and the National HBPA. This is a million-dollar day entirely devoted to the blue-collar backbone of racing, the claiming horse," Sterling said. "The concept of the Claiming Crown is the brainchild of TOBA's Drew Couto and the NHBPA's Bill Walmsley and Scott Savin. Who knew 15 years ago that it would become the signature opening event for Gulfstream Park?"
The success of the Claiming Crown at Gulfstream has rewarded the dedication of its founders in providing lucrative opportunities for the owners of horses that compete in the claiming ranks.
"The goals of the Claiming Crown remain unchanged since its inception in 1999 at Canterbury Park," said TOBA president Dan Metzger. "We have always wanted to demonstrate our support to the owners of the claiming horses, who are the backbone of our industry. The support for the Claiming Crown by horsemen over the years has elevated the event to a higher level and we could not be more excited about the future."
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chris sligh who was on season 6 of american idol wrote this
Saturday, September 19, 2009
To the Idols: A Realistic look at your career prospects
ETA: A lot of people have asked me why I wrote this blog. Honestly, I didn't realize that it was going to get as much interest as it already has by outsiders. I figured my blog readers would read it and I'd try to pass it on to the other top 10 Idols from this year through some of the guys I'd met from this season. The reason I wrote it is because I genuinely want for the Idols to read it, heed it and do well. Not everyone is trying for a career in the fashion I'm pointing out here...if the Idols want to do Broadway or acting or anything other than being a pop (inclusive of rock, r&b, etc) performer, this article/blog entry isn't for them....but if they are, this article has information I know to be invaluable. Some of it is info that I personally have not had to follow: when I moved to Nashville 8 days after tour ended, I had major management (for my genre) and a record deal basically in place (in the final negotiation stages). I also had a publishing deal in place (the company that got my Flatts' cut) and a booking agent picked out (and each of these cogs in the machine brought money to the table). I used my tour time to put all of these pieces in place. So, I haven't lived every single piece of it...and each situation is going to be different. But the basic premise involved with this article is true: if you work hard, you can and should be successful.
Secondly, this post aims at the top 10 members who have not been signed to 19E. We all know that those who have won or come in 2nd have failed, but they did have all the opportunities in the world coming off of Idol. My post is to the unsigned, lower ranking Idols.
On to the article...
So, American Idol Season 8 is officially finished. Last tour date done. People are moving home and for the next several years will try to move on. I believe that this season of Idol was one of the most talented, but if History repeats itself the majority of these Idols will do nothing in music and will be washes within 3 or 4 years. Not trying to be mean, just being real.
From my season of Idol, Jordin Sparks has an actual career. Blake probably should've but doesn't - though he does have a chance to connect in the dance world with his new music. ETA: I've been told that Melinda's first album was quite critically acclaimed and she is currently writing for her next record - sounds good. Lakisha just had a baby, but not much going on on the music front. Chris Richardson is writing a lot, but hasn't released more than a single so far. Phil has a chance to connect in the Christian market, but nothing is guaranteed. Sanjaya is...well, Sanjaya. Haley is in Texas doing something - not exactly sure if it involves music. Gina is putting together some new music, finally, 2 years later. And then there's me.
ETA: Someone brought up Jared Cotter (went home top 16 night my season) who had a big hit with Jay Sean called "Down". Props to him...my post was focusing on the top 10 of each season, but in reality, this success would put him to the top of our season - plus he has the hosting gig...Jared was one of those that was going to be successful no matter what - he got what Idol was and he got who he was.
If you look at Season 7, the odds are about the same. You've got Cook and Archuletta who are doing reasonably well. Then Castro who is signed to a major label. Michael Johns and Brooke have records out and have seen some chart success. Carly is now the frontwoman for Evanescence part 3.0. And the rest are trying to get something going.
So, how is it that the fat, not-so-great-looking guy who came in 10th place is the 2nd or 3rd most successful from his season and top 5 most successful over Season 6 & 7? The difference is pure drive and ambition and work ethic. I haven't had luck on my side. I haven't had a major label behind me yet (though that is about to happen). I haven't had 19E's help AT ALL. I have simply worked my tail off, been pro-active and worked on becoming better at my craft. Not that other people haven't worked...sure they've worked...but not on the right things in my estimation...and they've had an unrealistic view of what Idol can and will do for them.
Idol does not break new artists. It is a marketing machine for 19E to break their artists. They don't care about the ones who get away unless they make really really good (i.e., Jennifer Hudson and...well, that's it). It may sound cold, but the point of this is to rattle your brain and make you realize what is about to happen in your life.
So, my message to Season 8. You're not going to be successful. You're not going to be millionaires (with the exception of MAYBE Kris and Adam). You are going to struggle. No one will care about you. Those fans who've been asking for your autograph all tour long - 98% of them don't give a flying poo about you once next season of Idol starts. They're not going to buy your album when you put it out 2 years late. Chances are you'll never feel the rush of playing in front 10,000 people who care about you again. Your star is waning and remarkably quickly.
In other words, your days of being a star are over. But that's all right - so are mine. And I'm one of the most successful for my season of Idol. I'm not a star. Chances are I never again will be.
But here's what's awesome. I'm not a star. Few people know my name anymore. But I get to do music for a living. And I make a healthy living doing it. It's hard work. The late nights and early mornings sure do suck after a while. At 31 I wish I didn't have to travel in a van any more. But I did 137 shows last year. And that paid my bills and I even had some left over. And this year I'll do a few more shows than that. And that pays my bills with a little left over. And my writing career is helping me put money away. So...for those of us Idols who few care about any longer, there is hope.
Let me explain what needs to happen for you in the next few months.
First off: surround yourself with people who will be real with you. People who will tell you your music sucks, if it sucks. People who will tell you when you're being an idiot. People who will keep you grounded. But these same people also need to be the people whose shoulder you can cry on, who will encourage you when you do well and who will cheer for you. Your mom and dad are going to think everything you do is great, so they don't count. Get a manager who is someone who knows music and will challenge you when it's not quite good enough. Put together a team that loves you, cares for you...but will kick your butt when it needs to be kicked.
Secondly: Leave home and live WAY below your means. Move to a music city. L.A., New York or Nashville. Move there immediately. Don't wait for a record deal, because chances are you'll never have a record deal. Oh and when you move, get a crappy apartment that is cheap, cheap, cheap. You're not a rock star. You're a wanna be who happens to be more famous than most wanna bes are. Get a part time job with flexible hours that will help pay your bills...your tour savings will fly out of your bank account faster than you realize. $200k or whatever looks like a lot of money until you have to spend it. You need to finance your lifestyle and though a few gigs will pay big bucks most won't. So live WAY below your means. $200k now doesn't mean you will make remotely close to that next year.
Thirdly: Start booking yourself. CAA isn't going to book you. They don't care about you. Your deal with them is only because they have a deal with Idol. They care about the $100k gigs that Adam and Kris are getting right now. You're not going to get those. So, don't keep waiting for CAA to book you. They won't. Period. So, this is what you do: within the next 3 months pick 15 towns or cities within 5 hours of where you are and search the internet for their bar/music venues. Once you've found a couple in each town, pick up the phone and call them. Tell them who you are, tell them you're calling for yourself and that you want to play a show there in the next couple of months. Once you've put together a show in each of those 15 cities, you have yourself a tour. You won't make much money, so do it cheap...if you play an instrument go out solo. If you don't play, take out 1 player who can do what you want to do, and get him to work for cheap. Just so you have an idea, most of the time you should be able to get good players that will start with you for $100-150/show. You need merch to sell. You won't have music product yet - at least not new - so you need to have an array of GREAT t-shirts and gear. Cool designs that incorporate who you are as an artist. Don't get your mom to do the designs. Don't get your friends to make the t-shirts for cheap. Spend tour money on this stuff...it will pay back in spades. Cool gear = sales = people wearing your name on their chest = building a fan base. Once you've got shows booked and gear, get in a rental car and rock.
Fourthly: learn the freaking music business. Buy a book. Buy several books. Get Donald Passman's book All You Need to Know About the Music Business. Read it 3 times. Some of the info is dated, but it will genuinely help you understand why record labels are hurting and why you probably don't need a record label. Part of learning the music business is figuring out where you fit. I had mainstream major label deals offered, but studied and thought hard and figured out that the place I fit best in Christian music. For you it might be pop (though it should be understood that few artists - even major label artists - start off by jumping into the pop world...they usually start in smaller genre and work their way over to pop) or r&b...but study and figure out where your place is. If you're a white r&b dude, make sure there's a catch...there's already Robin Thicke... how is what you do different? We don't need another Robin Thicke or Justin Timberlake. If you try to be like them you'll always be considered simply a cheap American Idol rip off of said artists. And honestly that is the worst thing you can be - a cheap Idol take on something else.
Fifthly: once you've moved to a music town, find people to jam and write with. You may not be a writer now, but you have a voice and you need to be able to speak with your voice. What does that mean? find people who are better writers than you, write with them, even if it's a matter of you simply finding a melody that fits your voice...oh, and if they write the majority of the song, offer to give them more credit than just the normal 50%. People who know you'll take care of them will work hard to help you be better. At this point that is what you need more than anything else: people who will work hard to make you better.
Sixthly: Work, work, work, work, work. Period. You have to work. Nothing and I do mean nothing is going to be given to you. 19E is not going to come back around. They're done with you. The music business, for the most part, will treat you like an outsider. And they should. You are just a game show contestant who still needs to prove why you should be here. They don't know you've worked for years in clubs or worked as a songwriter or developed your piano skills amazingly - all they know is that you're a game show contestant who is more famous than them for doing nothing other than making it on a tv show. So, go out and prove to them why you belong by working harder than they do to be better.
Seventhly: Get into a studio and get music down asap. Even if it's just an EP. However, walk the wire of finding the balance between getting music out and shooting yourself in the foot. If you don't have the songs, don't record music just to have it. You will kill your career. But, on the other hand, you need to get music out asap. So...write good songs or find good songs quickly.
Eighthly: Be proactive. I've said it before, but it's important to get: nothing is going to be given to you. If you get a record deal now, you deserve it. Why? Because you will have had to work for it. You will have gotten it because you worked not because Idol worked. this is about you, now. You have the power to be successful. You are talented. You have a skill set that should be shared with the world. But you have to seize the reins of your career and do something with your skills.
ETA: I saw this somewhere else and knew my post was missing something -
Ninthly (and finally): Freaking love what you do. When you don't love this anymore, when the pain of travel and the hurt from non-success hurts more than the joy you feel when you rock people live, quit. Go get a "real job". Love what you do. Do what you love. Period.
In retrospect
So, now that the fervor for this last blog has kinda died, I'd like to say this:
In mentioning what was going on with the Idols from my season, I was honest with what was going on, or my knowledge of what was going on with them. But, in living with the blog for the last days, I could see how it came across as condescending to their accomplishments after the show. I never want to push myself up by putting others down. It wasn't my intention with this blog but a few people pointed it out to me, and looking through that lens I can definitely see how it could come across that way.
My season of Idol will never get the props it deserves because it was completely thrown under the bus by Idol and 19E and because none of our season had the runaway success of a Kelly, Carrie or Chris. I know each of these people are innately talented...some just as miraculously good singers and others as more well-rounded musicians (i.e., ability to write, play an instrument, etc.). Others were blessed with other skills outside of just music, but never got the chance to showcase those.
I wish that some of my class of Idols had followed some of the advice I laid out. I truly believe there are 2 or 3 artists who never got the chance they should have. Not because they didn't work or didn't want to work. But I think they simply didn't know how to navigate some of these waters. Neither did I. I knew more than most, but I was lucky enough to have A-level management from the time in the midst of the tour that I got released from my Idol contract. And I have learned soooo much from them...
In my original post, I was trying to set up to this season's Idols, "Look, you probably know my name simply because of Idol, but you don't know that success isn't measured just by record sales anymore...let me lay out how I've been successful to let you know how you can be successful, too." It was never about patting myself on the back. It was never to brag to outside people about what I've done.
This isn't an apology, just an admission that I can see that I didn't give my season the props they deserved.