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1001 Inventions, The Golden Age of the Muslim Civilization
Wednesday, May 25th 2011 William T. Harris, launched the 1001 Inventions exhibition on the 3rd floor of the newly reinvented California Science Center. Surrounded by Arabian, Egyptian, Chinese and Persian impersonators
The exhibit chronicles the stories of these many remarkable inventions and the people who shared a particular vision that would change and influence the Western world forever.
You can talk to some of the inventors like the beautiful Fatima al-Fihri who happens to be the founder of the first university in Morocco or Sinan, the famous Architect from 15th century turkey who is also known as the master of the East, building over 470 structures in his lifetime.
You can read up on how the number system and calligraphy developed
You can study the stars and interact with many displays who will answer questions and show you how technologies and ideas are developed.
Who knew that 1000 years ago Baghdad was the world's biggest and richest city? It was home of the house of wisdom, an academy that attracted brains from near and far. It was the center of research for Mathematics, Astronomy, Alchemy, Chemistry, Zoology and Architecture.
Other things you can learn about at the exhibition:
1) The Elephant clock
2) The first Maps of the World
3) The ingenious Flying Machines
4) Perfume and Petroleum
5) Hospitals and Medical Treatment
6) Chinese Navy
7) Music
8) Personal Grooming
9) Coffee
10) The Library of Secrets
If that wasn't enough information, you should go and see MacGIllivray Freeman's extraordinary giant screen ARABIA 3D adventure in the IMAX Theater that is part of the Cal Science center.
The film, shot documentary style, sums up 2000 years of Saudi Arabian history. It is the first major film production filmed entirely in Saudi Arabia through the course of 2 years. Combining contemporary scenes of everyday life and Hollywood-style recreations of the Arabian past with computer generated 3D special effects the film is a masterpiece. Following the colorful camel caravans, learning about the Nabataean past and seeing the spiritual heart of Arabia, Mecca, one almost flies magically on a carpet through Saudi Arabia.
Hearing the enthusiastic groining of the children, there was a sense of mutual respect and Harmony.
It was clear that the exhibit isn't just a wonderful teaching source but also an inspiration for multicultural conversations.
As I exited the theater I was happy to have had this cultural experience and having had the opportunity to immerse myself into a totally different place and it's rich history I felt as if I was returning from a vacation overseas.


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Indy 500 Winner 2013: First-Time Win Under Flag For Tony Kanaan: Who Is He?
Brazillian Tony Kanaan won the 2013 Indianapolis 500 under a caution flag Sunday. Kanaan took the lead from Ryan Hunter-Reay following a restart, with only three laps left in the race. A crash involving Dario Franchitti seconds later led to the flag that froze the racers in position and led to Kanaan's win.
Kanaan shed a streak of bad luck since his 2002 debut at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He led the Indy 500 for seven laps in 2012, but was passed with only six laps left in the so-called Greatest Spectacle in Racing.
"I got a little bit of luck today," Kanaan said in a post-race interview, according to multiple media outlets. He explained the win was in honor of his fans and his late father, "but mainly for all of you guys. I want to thank everybody ... This is it, man. I made it. I'm finally going to put my name on that trophy." The win is Kanaan's first. He noted while receiving the first-place award that his team was previously known for not winning: "Now we are known for winning. I don't know what to say."
His official website is filled with headlines about previous races that read, "Disappointing end at Long Beach" and "Fuel issue ruins chances at Sao Paulo." The site will likely soon feature information regarding his success at the Indy 500.
A tweet was sent from a member of his staff on his Twitter account at the finish of the race:
Com um pouco de atraso, volta 200, P1! / With a slight delay, lap 200, P1. TK wins the Indy 500! #indy500orbust (by Benito)
— Tony Kanaan (@TonyKanaan) May 26, 2013
According to his Twitter feed, he is a father and a hardcore "Star Trek" fan.

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New England editorial roundup
The Concord (N.H.) Monitor, Feb. 6, 2013
Seeing Al Gore on stage in Concord for the first time since he won the 2000 popular vote for president and lost in the electoral college, it was impossible not to wonder how things might have been different had he been president instead of George W. Bush. There would not have been debt-swelling tax cuts and perhaps no war in Iraq. The nation would have taken a leadership role to combat global climate change. Science would have been elevated by the federal government, not quashed and denigrated.
But Gore came to New Hampshire on Tuesday to talk not about the past but The Future, as his new book is titled, and the six major forces he believes could determine it. Gore has proven prescient in the past. He was an early proponent of the development of the Internet. And he was among the first politicians to recognize that the continued burning of fossil fuels would lead to rapid climate change, a prediction that's sadly come true. Gore's analysis of what's in store for the planet is, we think, grim, and correct. Altering that future for the better will require concerted action by an informed populace willing to apply political pressure on political candidates and Congress.
The first force for change Gore calls "Earth Inc." Companies that produce goods and offer services are now connected globally but are rootless. Workers compete not just with rivals in nations where labor is cheaper but also with robots in factories all over the world.
The second force, The Global Mind, occurred when corporations, customers and every person with a cellphone or computer could communicate, access vast stores of information and connect in ways that have created new things (like social networks) and killed old ones (like travel agents and postal services).
Third is a shift in the balance of international power away from the United States and toward Asia � and the absence of global leadership that has created. The vacuum has made it harder to address threats like climate change. Gore says efforts to regain a leadership role must be made.
Fourth is the continuous growth of the human population, which took 200,000 years to hit 1 billion and added a billion in just the first 13 years of this century. That growth is putting a tremendous strain on resources, driving the extinction of species, damaging the environment and fueling unrest.
Fifth is "the reinvention of life and death" � scientific advances that already allow genetically modified goats to produce spider silk in their milk and could soon allow parents to select their child's eye color and other attributes. Death will be staved off by science and the ability to tailor-make replacement organs and other technologies.
And sixth is climate change, the crisis Gore has been warning about for nearly four decades. Each day, Gore says, the burning of fossil fuels sends energy into the atmosphere that's equivalent to exploding 400,000 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs. As last year's heat, drought, wildfires, floods and storms proved, the effects of climate change are arriving with a vengeance.
Bending the curve of what looks to be a bleak future will require cooperation and concerted action, starting with the United States. That action is being thwarted by the concentration of wealth in the hands of the few; Gore notes that the wealth of the six heirs of the Walmart-founding Walton brothers exceeds the combined wealth of the 100 million Americans at the bottom of the economic ladder.
Democracy, Gore writes, has been "hacked" by corporations and billionaires who use their riches to buy outcomes in Congress and elect candidates of their choosing.
Somehow, in the face of this horrible prognosis, Gore remains an optimist. He believes that if enough people can learn the facts and be stirred to act, they can change, and like Ebenezer Scrooge, alter what would otherwise come to pass. We can only hope so.
The Berkshire Eagle of Pittsfield (Mass.), Feb. 7, 2013
Americans have wondered, and with good reason, why the Wall Street robber barons whose greed and incompetence brought the economy to its knees five years ago have escaped punishment. This week's filing of civil fraud charges against Standard & Poor's, the largest credit-rating agency in the country, for its role in that collapse suggests that some measure of justice may yet be enacted.
On the opposite page, Paul Krugman of The New York Times writes that the establishment of an independent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is being hamstrung by congressional Republicans whose campaign finance accounts were fattened last year by the Wall Street agencies the bureau would regulate. President Obama and congressional Democrats must alert the public to the GOP-Wall Street effort to set up America for another disaster. The Justice Department's action against S&P, however, opens up another avenue by warning agencies and lenders they may pay for their actions in court.
By inflating the ratings of mortgage securities and related schemes it knew were risky, S&P "engaged in a scheme to defraud investors," according to the civil suit. In doing so, Justice said, S&P was attempting to increase its business while abandoning the objective analysis that was the foundation of its credibility as a huge rating agency. The department is seeking $5 billion in penalties against S&P for causing investors to lose billions of dollars in misrepresented mortgage securities from 2004 to 2007.
S&P asserted Tuesday that it did not anticipate the speed and severity of the burgeoning economic crisis and how it would affect credit. In essence, its defense is incompetence. The Justice Department offered S&P a deal in which it would pay a fine of about $1 billion and admit to at least one degree of fraud, which S&P rejected, apparently confident the department would come back with a lesser penalty as has been routinely the case. Instead, Justice brought down the hammer.
S&P, Moody's, Morgan Stanley and other rating agencies have hidden behind the First Amendment � that last refuge of scoundrels � by claiming their ratings are opinions and protected as free speech. Newspapers, which truly value the First Amendment, know that willingly including false or malicious statements in an opinion piece will not win protection under the Constitution, nor should it. A New York judge's ruling last summer in U.S. District Court that "false and misleading" ratings do not provide agencies First Amendment protection from lawsuits cut the legs out from beneath that cynical defense.
Attorneys general from several states, including neighboring Connecticut, have joined the federal suit against S&P and we urge Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley to do the same. This state suffered from this scheming and the economic carnage it caused and should be compensated. In doing so, the state will reinforce the message that this chicanery can't happen again, and that if it does, there will be legal retribution.


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I am very happy to launch a new version of the generator with a new interface Ext JS online and free to be used by the community and stakeholders.
Automatically generate applications from your database in less than 3 minutes of simple and easy way, following the best practice possible of Ext JS (http://www.extjs.com.br/forum/index.php?topic = 6850.0).
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Whats up Doc?…
Have a client came to me with a huge project, have been thinking deeply on the price but really having some issues with it.
Client wants:
Website - 5 Pages + Store (Run on mobile as well)
App (iOS, Android, Windows)
Merchandise design (Shirts, Accessories {requires artwork design})
App is fairly big:
social media integration;
up-dateable map;
geo push notifications;
base social media integration is instagram so it needs camera functions with filters;
includes a store (tied to web store)
includes the website in the app (when connected to data)
all this requires me to do extensive graphic design work, web development/coding, and testing (all time consuming), oh yes, and extensive coding for iOS, Android, and Windows apps.
So how much you think all this will run for? Client wants a reasonable price, considering they just started. Im thinking doing all this in steps. So they can slowly buy it all.
I say all this is around 8-thousand USD? What do you think?
Thanks doc.


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About me
I love to eat varied: green and yellow. I live and learn through sharing. Absurd randomness and to explore the moment are key, just like to have a deep focal point.
Spoken languages
- Dutch Mother Tongue
- English Expert
- Spanish Intermediate
Belongs to the following groups
- Max number of guests:
- 3
- Maximum length of stay:
some weeks will do
- I Live With:
- Please bring:
joy, good spirit, positivity, energy, humour
- I can offer my guests:
a box full with surprises (i.e. everything is provided).


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National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979
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Ohio State University. Center for Human Resource Research
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The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 (NLSY79) is a longitudinal project that follows the lives of a sample of American youth born between 1957-64. The cohort originally included 12,686 respondents ages 14-22 when first interviewed in 1979; after two subsamples were dropped, 9,964 respondents remain in the eligible samples. Data are available from Round 1 (1979 survey year) to Round 26 (2014 survey year).
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Kepler II [1]
A NASA spacecraft known as Kepler has discovered more than a dozen confirmed planets in other star systems. But the work is just beginning. Kepler itself has more than a year remaining in its main mission. And astronomers are using ground-based telescopes to make sure that a long list of possible planets really are what they seem to be. Bill Cochran is an astronomer at the University of Texas and a member of the Kepler team:
COCHRAN: In February of 2011 we released a list of about 1255 possible planet candidates. So the team is really hard at work in confirming a large number of additional planets.
Kepler looks for a star's light to dim by a tiny bit as a possible planet passes in front of it. Many of those flickers really are produced by orbiting planets. But others are the result of another star or some other source of interference.
So astronomers are using several telescopes -- including two at McDonald Observatory -- to try to confirm that Kepler really has seen a planet and not something else.
COCHRAN: So we go to the observatory out in West Texas, McDonald Observatory, and we use the 2.7-meter telescope there and we make measurements of the velocities of the stars at different points in the orbit of whatever object it is around the star. If the orbiting object is another star we'll see a large velocity signal, if the orbiting body is a planet, then we'll see a very small signal.... The stars are faint, so it's a very difficult measurement.
Script by Damond Benningfield, Copyright 2011
- Exoplanet [2]
- Kepler Mission [3]
- McDonald Observatory [4]


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The blanket chest has been around since the Pilgrims came to Massachusetts in the 1600s. In this episode, Tommy builds one that demonstrates basic frame construction, and mortise and tenon joinery. And, he shares his techniques for carving, a special feature of the box that is dramatic, yet simple. He also stops by the Whipple House in Ipswich, Massachusetts, to speak with artisan Rob Tarule. Later, his friend and fellow woodworker, Al D'Attanasio, stops by the shop for a chat.
Visit the Website: http://roughcutwoodworking.com
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The Daniel Boone High School boys' volleyball team qualfied for the Berks League playoffs, but it turned out to be a fairly short run. After defeating Schuylkill Valley in the quarterfinals, the Blazer run was cut short when the lost to Wilson in the semifinals, 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-20).
Jullian Gerhart, Daniel Downs and Connor Choate contributed for Boone with four kills apiece.
After finishing the regular Berks League season with a record of 9-3, good for third place in Division 1, the Blazers took on Schuylkill Valley in the quarterfinals. Boone won the match, 3-1 (25-13, 23-25, 25-20 and 25-15).
Choate led the way for Boone with 11 kills and seven digs, while Dan Rohlfing had six digs and 37 assists.


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Stockton managed to rally from a two-goal deficit in the third period, and Matt Bergland's goal in overtime gave the Thunder a 3-2 victory on April 5 in Game 1 of the first round of the ECHL National Conference playoffs at Stockton Arena.
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Nice Summit trailer!
What do you will put over it?
Summit, dewalt 12v, 18/68 gear, T-bone skids
Thank you for positive comments. I'm glad, that trailer pleases you.
Below photos of hook of my idea...
But now photos of array: my summit + my trailer. And different loads.
It looks really great!
Summit, dewalt 12v, 18/68 gear, T-bone skids
That is a thing of beauty.nice work
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Mountains cant stop me
they have tried
That is MINT!
Beautifully done.
Guessing you've got a blue body to go with it
That trailer is SWEET!!! Really nice job!!!
Tekin powered Summit
awesome. that is cool. did you make the traxxas cover. very unique.
I'm not krazy. My mother had me tested.
I want a green one... how much? LoL
WOW!!!! Awesome job!!!
That's Hot
Great job!
Looks as good or better than a kit, great job
The Kid
14.4 Dewalt & Misc. el-cheapo mods
Looks good. But the wheels are a bit big
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summit and e-revo sv2 5700, BL p2ede
Load that thing up with batteries...
Run time = FOREVER
Whatever it is I just typed... could be wrong.
Very cool! Great work!
Very nice! Where did the fabric come from?
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very cool, and nice work - for me the best trailer at all....
please, you can do more details pictures from shaft to outerdrive? inside (your picture no.5) the two square tubes? ...
many thanks in advance
Summit & E-Maxx
Awesome design, good looking trailer and I like your shock idea
The tires look more scale when the summit is pulling it! Looking good
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summit and e-revo sv2 5700, BL p2ede
I have always thought pulling a trailer behind an rc was pointless, unless you have a rc boat to haul. After checking out yours I have changed my mind. That thing is sick. Nice work. I would say you should sell the design to Traxxas but don't, because then we would all have one.
Don't take it out unless your going to use it.
Ok now thats a slick trailer great build man!
Once again thank all of You for nice words
Summit is my first rc-model. Also I built trailer first time.


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As far as price range goes, I'm looking for something around 800-1000 USD, but no more than 1200 USD.
This will be my primary gaming computer for WoW (60+ FPS in 25 man raids with medium-high GFX and perhaps fraps), SC2 (Max settings 60+ FPS), LoL (Medium-high settings), TF2 (medium-high settings) and maybe some newer shooters (BF3, etc.) if the rig can handle it. If not, no biggie. I don't want to break the bank on something I could just play on console.
My current list goes as follows:
Case: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16811119233
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813131824
Hardrive: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822136533
+SSD: http://www.newegg.co...ID=3938566&SID=
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151093
CPU: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819116504
GPU: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814121660
RAM: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820104360
Heatsink: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16835103099
Shit list (Replaced Items):
PSU: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817171038
CPU: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819116504
Hardrive: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822136874
SSD: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820167121
With ballpark math, this all rounds out to about 1000 USD, give or take.
Is there anything that I'm missing or could do better on as far as price+performance goes?
Thanks for the help in advance.


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By Marc Lancaster
Post staff reporter
Bronson Arroyo understands the Reds' place in baseball's economic food chain, and with that knowledge comes a certain level of expectation about winter wheeling and dealing.
"You know we're not in a big enough market here where they're going to go out and sign a Barry Zito or a Miguel Tejada, someone like that," Arroyo said Thursday at a news conference to promote this weekend's Redsfest. "They're going to sign guys that are like myself when they traded for me: a little bit unknown about what you're going to get out of them."
Three such pieces already are in hand in the form of shortstop Alex Gonzalez, left-hander Mike Stanton and catcher Chad Moeller, but more action figures to be on the horizon at the winter meetings next week.
Compared with previous offseasons, the Reds have been more active early in the market, signing the above free agents and dealing Jason LaRue to Kansas City. That doesn't necessarily mean their work is done, even though it remains to be seen how much payroll flexibility they'll have moving forward.
Asked on the eve of Redsfest what his primary concerns are, manager Jerry Narron cited the fifth spot in the starting rotation and clarifying the closer situation.
It looks as if the Reds will once again enter spring training without a defined closer, even though Narron clearly would prefer a go-to guy at the end of games.
"I know the difference it was when Eddie Guardado came (in a July trade)," said Narron. "I know what a difference it made to me and what a difference it made to our players, too. I thought David Weathers did a great job for us early. He had that one stretch where he blew I think three saves in a row, and they were all tough spots - a one-run lead in all of them. A lot of guys would have done that. The difference when Eddie came in was it was a guy that had done it, wanted to be in that spot and had been successful in that spot."
For the time being, Narron said the Reds would go with the same setup they used after Guardado's season-ending elbow injury - a matchup-based pair of a left-hander and right-hander. Last season, those jobs fell to Scott Schoeneweis and Weathers, and there is still a possibility Weathers might return. Stanton would step in for Schoeneweis, but everything really is undetermined at this point.
"I'm sure Bill Bray would like to be a closer, Todd Coffey would like to be a closer - we've got some guys that would really like the opportunity to do it," said Narron. "As for right now, who's going to do it? We'll see when we get to Sarasota."
That's where the final rotation spot will be sorted out, too, barring the acquisition of another established starter to join Arroyo, Aaron Harang, Eric Milton and Kyle Lohse. Narron said Matt Belisle, a reliever the past two seasons, would be in the mix. Other in-house possibilities include Brandon Claussen, Elizardo Ramirez, Phil Dumatrait and the ultimate x-factor, Homer Bailey.
Most in the organization would prefer to start the 20-year-old Bailey in Louisville next April, but the top-rated prospect might force the Reds' hand.
"With Homer, he's going to come to spring training, he's going to get a chance to pitch some, and we'll see what happens," said Narron. "I know the smart thing to do would be probably to get him some time at Triple-A and go from there, but I think all of us will be open-minded about it. But definitely, no question, we want to do what's best for the long-term."
More generally, Narron said he hopes to continue refining the team's overall approach at the plate, moving toward more situational hitting and fundamentals.
"I think we've got to be more consistent offensively," he said. "We just can't have so many strikeouts; we've got to put the ball in play. We've got to do some things to score some runs besides hitting the ball out of the ballpark."
Even if the Reds manage to improve in that department and on defense - the primary goal of the Gonzalez signing - they figure to face a much more difficult challenge to make the playoffs next season. The Cardinals, Cubs and Astros already have splurged on talent upgrades, and it's left to the Reds to find a way to keep up.
"The money that's being thrown around is just ridiculous," said Arroyo. "I'm just hoping that our front office is making some good moves and they can put a team together that'll get us over the hump, because I do not expect the Cardinals to play as bad as they did last year. I think it's going to be a tougher division and we're going to need things to click for us, obviously, because we're not going to go out and sign guys for 15 million bucks a year. ...
"We've still got some time left, so hopefully we'll pick up a couple guys and the guys we have picked up already will hopefully come through for us."


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I Want To Get Over My Fear Of Cuddling
To the best of my knowledge, there is no technical name for my phobia. Although if we were to backtrack, I suppose it's more of a fear than an actual phobia. Phobias directly impact your everyday way of life; this fear does not. I don't wander the streets phobic that strangers are going to throw themselves on me for an instant cuddle puddle, because frankly, if that was acceptable societal behavior, I would have moved to the Yukon years ago.
We could start at the very beginning with my first breaths in Beverly, Massachusetts, but considering both my parents loved and cuddled me at, what I'm assuming, was a proper amount, it seems silly to delve into those first few weeks or months and try to find a reason.
I come from a very loving and affectionate family of four. As a child I would willing cuddle up against anyone in my immediate family and a few in my extended one. My sister and I, although we had our own bedrooms, often chose to sleep in the same bed where we pretty much stayed interlocked until the morning. When I tell my female friends this who don't have sisters or my male friends who do have sisters, they don't understand. I guess it's a sisterly bond thing that I am lucky enough to have had. Basically what I'm getting at is that I came into this world a cuddle bug, then things eventually went south.
My reservations about pressing my body tightly against someone else's arose in high school with my first boyfriend. Granted, there were very few sleepovers at that age, but the few we managed to sneak were moments I came to dread. Although I was content to feel his body against mine and his weight pressing down on me during sex, aftera the sex part was over, I felt as though I couldn't breathe. I wanted him to be as far away from me as possible. I wanted my own space and didn't want to have to deal with the whole issue of where to put my other arm when we were spooning. Yes, if you're the smaller spoon in the equation the other arm situation is easier to fix, but it's still not very comfortable for sleeping or, to be honest, being awake either.
I decided then and there at 17 years of age, I hated to cuddle. I not only hated it, but feared the possibility of it coming up. I can hug hello and goodbye, I can even rest my head on your shoulder if pressed to do so, but when it comes to being so close to another human being that you can feel and count in time with the beats of their heart, I'll pass.
Of course not wanting to cuddle and telling bedroom buddies this can evoke two possible responses. The first being a wave of relief that the obligatory amount of cuddle time won't have to be mulled over and considered on the part of male in the equation, because I've just put an end to all that nonsense. The second, and less entertaining, are the accusations. In case you didn't hear, if you're not into cuddling it clearly means you have a fear of intimacy or were abused as a child or, and my most favorite "reason," you're just plain selfish. I am, admittedly, selfish as fuck but as for any abuse or intimacy issues, well, they just don't exist. Also, I'm quite certain my selfishness doesn't stand in the way of my wanting to snuggle up you.
Being a neurotic New Yorker who has weekly sessions with a therapist so I can fuss over my imperfect life (woe is me!), my depression and whatever else might be ailing me, I have addressed the cuddle issue with her on several occasions as well. I've been told it could be a lack of trust on my part, my strong aversion to any type of trapping, both literally and metaphorically, or more reasonably and probably more accurate, simply that I'm just not a cuddling person. This doesn't mean I'm any less lovable (Amanda means "lovable" after all), or any less affectionate or even incapable of having true intimate relationships with people, it just means I want you to back off. I have intimate relationships, amazing friendships with equally amazing friends and family members, I just don't want them all up in my face and hanging on to my epidermis for dear life. Skin needs to breath; I need to breathe.
However, I should probably point out that cuddling with my dog is not an issue. Why this is, I'm unsure. If we really wanted to break it down, we could say it's because he can't hurt me emotionally so there's no pain, physical or otherwise, by hanging on to him the way others have tried to hang on to me. The same can be said for my two and three year old nephews. Cuddling with them isn't even a question. Like I once was, they too, are little cuddle bugs, so it feels completely normal and natural to squeeze and love on those monkeys for hours. But again, like my dog Hubbell, maybe it's because they can't hurt me either. I don't know this for sure and since my therapist hasn't offered this as a possible explanation, (and as one who failed Psychology in college), I'm in no place to make assumptions about my mental health — just guesses.
I'd like to get over my fear of cuddling not just as an affirmation that I'm not totally without a heart, but also for the my physical well-being. There have been too many times that I've injured myself from rolling off the bed in an ungraceful and not very thought-out escape plan just to avoid a snuggling sort of man. It can be a dangerous way to live.
Or instead of getting over my fear of it, I can just accept it. I've learned to accept my other wonky attributes, so instead of trying to make excuses or trying to pinpoint the exact origin of it, maybe I should just buck up and proudly own my non-cuddling ways. Although, in all honesty, I'd really like to think all of this is just simply because I've yet to find the most perfect position for not just both my arms, but my entire body. Perhaps once I've discovered that elusive trick, I'll quit being so weird about the whole thing. Maybe.


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He also did the same thing to a Wendy's, and you can listen to the audio of that prank call.
As a frantic, gasping worker busts out windows, Markle assures the man, "Sir, you're gonna be a hero." Markle, who was linked to the Wendy's call via his Skype records, has been charged with terrorizing and criminal damage, both felonies (the terrorizing count carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison).


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Posted on 06/14/2013 2:55:52 AM PDT by sr4402
"Syrian 'rebels' pledge loyalty to Al-Qaeda...".... "WAR: USA TO PROVIDE MILITARY SUPPORT TO SYRIA 'REBELS'" !!!
changing the balance of power
The US Government justifies spending billions and billions of taxpayer dollars spying on it citizens' email, phone, mail, etc. to prevent terrorism.
They say we must give up some of our freedoms to ensure our safety.
Then the same U.S. Government brings thousands of Syrian rebels to America who may be loyal to Al Qaeda.
Have I got that right?
The Caliph knows what he is doing.
Congress could block the funds needed to pay for this.
Like that's gonna happen.
I really HATE this administration and its' AQ loving participants.
You do. Obama's idea of dangerous terrorists are
White, Christian, American patriots, the Tea Party, Oath Keepers, and anyone who opposes his agenda of open borders and submission to Islamists. His allies seem to be Al Qaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood and those who are pursuing the dream of establishing the Greater Caliphate.
Me too. I'm about sick of this sh%^#$
I have a hard time understanding the freepers for pointing the finger at Obama on this Syrian intervention issue.
It would appear that Obama has been dragging his feet and Congress is pushing to intervene in Syria.
Look at the May 22 vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
15 republicans and democrats voted to intervene while 2 antiwar pacifist dems and 1 rightwing isolationist(Rand Paul) voted to not intervene.
Obama supported the COLE bombers, and the Boston
bombers, and Hasan (who was with him when he came in),
and the rest.
He gave al Qaeda 20000 MANPADs to murder Americans
by the hundreds.
So this follows naturally in his Treason.
I am afraid you do have that right.
Obama is a horses ass, probably homosexual, a Muslim, unqualified to run a corner grocery store, and the worst person to ever sit in the White House.
But remember this , he is backed by the vote of every Democrat in the Congress and half the RINO Republicans.
They are just as bad as he is.
The ballot box isn't working.
Barack supports whoever will pose the biggest threat to Israel.
Just ask his new U.N. ambassador.
Then, bring the survivors home to the USA.
Yeah, what could go wrong ?
Obama is in charge, not the Senate. The Syrian rebels have joined up with Al Qaeda. Will Obama back out of supporting the enemy and this new war?
Bet you 1000 Quatloos, he doesn't.
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Human Relations - Feb. 11, 2014
School Children to be Honored at 34th Annual Human Relations Student Awards Banquet on Feb. 18.
A student from each public school in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, as well as from some private schools, will be honored Feb. 18 during the 34th annual Human Relations Student Awards Banquet.
The Human Relations Commission partners with the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools to hold the banquet, which honors students who exemplify positive human relations in their dealings with others on such issues as race, religion and cultural differences.
The theme of this year's banquet is "Hopeful Helping Hands." The speaker at this year's banquet will be Patty DeWitt, a first grade teacher at Kernersville Elementary School and the 2013-14 Teacher of the Year for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. Entertainment will be provided by a choir of Winston-Salem Christian School first graders, Mount Tabor High School Jazz Band, and The Feeling Friends.
The banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites hotel, 460 N. Cherry St. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at the City of Winston-Salem Revenue Department, 100 E. First Street, Suite 121. Tickets must be purchased before 5 p.m. on Feb. 17. Tickets will not be sold at the door. For more information, call CityLink 311.


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Gone and never coming back.
Edward leaves, Bella moves to Jacksonville. She adopted two twin sisters, and a brotherly friend vampire, but when another vampire wants one of the twins, all they can do is run. Readers- I'm moving accounts. This was a shared account with someone who doesn't really like me anymore. So I'll post this to all the stories I wrote (I'll only continue some) then you can read them. Continuing: Complications, Goneandnevercomingback., Marionette, mynewLife, and SpilledMascara. If what you read wasn't listed and you want it continued, tell me through the "contactauthors" button on the "elainamorrigan" account why I should continue. -elle/Twizzler
I really enjoyed writing this story and I hope you enjoy reading it! (It may seem familiar to some, the story had a problem and wouldn't cooperate, so I took it off the site to change it.)
1. Chapter 1
Rating 5/5 Word Count 742 Review this Chapter
We were driving down the highway with the windows rolled down. My hair was blowing all around my face, making it difficult to drive, but my hands stayed clamped on the wheel of the silver Pries. The hot North East Texas sun shone down boldly, making the air thick and hot, just the way I loved it.
But I wasn't about to be distracted, we had to get away, we had no choice, no options, we had to run. Running was our only option since Peter-no. I can't dwell on this anymore. I went searching through my memories, looking for another way, any other way, but stopped, flinching at the images passing through: Charlie in his death bed after the accident, Renee as she was driving home for the last time, Jacob's pained face when I finally cut me from his life, Summer and April's terrified eyes when Peter came, and finally…Edward…
"Bella," April said, interrupting my thoughts, "Summer's hungry."
"Okay, I'll stop when we're in Arkansas; it's just ten minutes away." I said weakly.
"Okay," she said. April was the sweetest sister ever. She always took care of her twin Summer, and even though she was only nine and I twenty-three, I knew I could always count on her.
It was sunset by the time we got to the small store in Magnolia, Arkansas but I wasn't about stop there. If they were following us, I wanted to get as far away as possible. The twins and I walked into the store, Summer dragging her tired feet. I could hardly stand to look at her, to see what Peter managed to do to her little arm. I wouldn't even let her wear her long light brown hair up I was so scared to look at her neck. She'd be dead if Peter wasn't one to slowly kill.
After we checked out and gotten what we needed, they had to use the restroom, though I was reluctant to let them out of my sight for a short second. When the twins weren't around, the hole ripped open. They were my life, my one string to the world, if anyone was mean to them I wanted to lash out and hit something. If they were upset with me, it was painful. When they were happy, I was flying.
I adopted them to give myself responsibility, I was lonely. But instead of a parent, I became more of a sister. I actually prefer it this way.
I was there waiting for them when my phone buzzed. I looked at the caller ID. It was Leo, my heart skipped a beat. I swear that boy better be okay.
"Hello?" I breathed.
"Bella?" he asked, hesitant.
"I think we should meet in Spain instead," he began, "Get on the plane to Hawaii, but get off before it takes off. Then fly to Spain under a different name, okay? I'll meet you there."
"Um, okay," I said, confused.
"Great," He breathed, clearly relieved I knew it was him, he didn't call from the emergency number, so I wasn't worried.
"Okay, are you alright?"
"Yes, stop worrying about me! I'm fifteen for God's sake!"
"Hey I can't help it!"
"Your too motherly." He complained.
I laughed.
"Bye," he said.
"Oh and Bella," He said.
"Don't do anything stupid." He said, trying to tease. The hole ripped open wider than ever as a million memories flooded over me. I grabbed my stomach and nearly fell over, "Okay." I managed to get out. He didn't know about Edward, no one did. I started to sob.
The conversation didn't help what I'd been trying to avoid this whole time. The fact that I was separated from my best friend for a long time. I worry about the kid. He's a fairly new vampire, and he's clever but doesn't think all the time, sure he's a great fighter and he saved us, but it's hard. I got him on the vegetarian diet, and he's been doing well, still, I worry. It's good I'd see him again, in a month. I already haven't seen him for two. This was going to lead to nightmares.
But even worse, I let myself remember Edward, I'd regret this.


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E.R. Doctor Faces Drug Charge | News
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A local emergency room doctor is facing charges federal drug charges tonight after the DEA raided a home in Niagara County earlier this week.
Officials say Dr. Daniel Gillick was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of possession of crack cocaine.
The 62-year-old, who is from Youngstown, currently serves on the staff at Medina Memorial.
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2014 Honda Civic Coupe. Click image to enlarge
Review and photos by Mark Stevenson
As I left the world of college in the rear-view mirror, one of my first stops in adult life was at a local Honda dealer. It was there I learned some of the many deceptive dealer tactics while purchasing my second ever car, a 2000 Honda Civic Coupe in Si trim (not to be confused with the B-series powered SiR). It ferried me to and from work while doing double duty as a pizza delivery car in the evenings as I struggled to make ends meet.
Equipped with a five-speed manual, sunroof and electric windows (but no A/C) my little Si worked brilliantly, and while not fast, it was still a fun little car. That is until I ran it low on oil during a trip to Ontario. The inevitable engine swap and other associated repairs would become a money drain, eventually causing me to sell the silver two-door for a fraction of what it was worth.
However, I wish I still had that car. It was my own damn fault for neglecting it. The Civ' put up with tons of abuse during my two years of ownership. And due to that it owed me nothing.
There was something magic about that little coupe. Maybe since it was my first time with a decent set of wheels, I felt as if I had earned its friendship. We clicked right from the start, and I truly miss that car.
It was with this feeling of nostalgia I climbed into the newest iteration of Honda's compact two-door. This time I wouldn't be rewarded with the duty of swapping cogs for myself as the test unit came equipped with the continuously variable transmission that's all the rage these days.
Before I even set off, one issue became readily apparent.
I'm a tall guy, but not tall. Standing just over six feet, I've yet to find a car I didn't fit inside in some fashion. Even the Mazda MX-5 affords me decent headroom with the top up. My old Civic Coupe of yore certainly gave me leg and headroom rivaling much larger sedans.
But the refreshed Civic Coupe didn't. At least not with the included sunroof in EX trim.
As I sat in the driver's seat with the height adjuster as far down as possible, my cranium made constant contact with the headliner, leaving me only one way I could drive this car. It wasn't pretty.
Gangsta lean, engage!
Uncomfortable, and in a slightly bad mood about it, this week was not my favourite. If there's one thing that drives me crazy, it's being forced into a position that feels unnatural while driving. However, it does give an explanation as to why so many young male Civic drivers choose this pose.
Driving position aside, all other ergonomics are fairly spot-on. And the seat, even though it can't be adjusted correctly, at least offers a degree of comfort I can live with.
2014 Honda Civic Coupe engine bay & 2014 Honda Civic Coupe dashboard. Click image to enlarge
Under the hood, the Civic's four-pot has grown since I last owned one. The 1.8-litre SOHC i-VTEC motor isn't as rev happy as the old D-series mill, but still produces decent motivation with 143 hp and 129 lb-ft of torque. With the CVT transmission in S-mode in the gear selector, it can even provide a little bit of run around town or on your daily commute while using the steering wheel mounted paddle shifters. It's no rocket, but it's no Corolla either.
The CVT doesn't even deliver the best fuel economy, considering that's its main reason for existence. During the one-week test, I averaged 8.9 L/100 km in mostly city driving with spurts of highway cruising. Sorry, but I expected much better, or at least a figure below the mid-8s returned by my Mazda3 long-term tester in winter driving (and it has a somewhat traditional six-speed automatic to work with).


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(Portland, Ore.) June 23, 2009 - Today representatives from Portland State University (PSU) and
Intel Corporation welcomed 28 new international students from five universities in Vietnam. The students are
the first recipients of the new Intel Vietnam Scholars program and will begin classes this summer.
(see a video of the event at http://www.youtube.com/user/PortlandStateU)
Intel is sponsoring the $2 million program because of its long-term commitment to train a technical pipeline of
well-educated employees at Intel Vietnam. Intel is building its largest global Assembly/Test site in Ho Chi Minh
City. The new site is where silicon wafers are sliced into individual chips and then packaged and tested for their
electrical functions and reliability before being shipped to customers. The scholars program is timed to the
student's return in 2011.
The welcome event was held in the atrium of the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science
Building on PSU campus. The event began at 11 a.m. and speakers included: William Holt, Senior Vice
President and General Manager, Technology and Manufacturing Group at Intel; Rick Howarth, General Manager
of Intel Vietnam; Wim Wiewel, President of Portland State University; and Dick Knight, Interim Dean of the Maseeh
College of Engineering and Computer Science.
Portland State is home to nearly 1,750 international students from 90 countries. PSU also already works closely
with Intel in Oregon and is the third largest supplier of engineering talent to Intel in the U.S.
"PSU has a world class engineering college and is nationally acclaimed for its active learning curriculum," said
William Holt of Intel. "The selection of PSU, after over a year of review, to host the Vietnam Scholars Program
affirms the rising stature of PSU in the eyes of industry and academic partners around the world."
Portland State is not a newcomer to Vietnam. PSU works closely with MOET and the University of Science, Ho
Chi Minh City, on an advanced training program in computer science. With support from the U.S., Vietnamese,
and Ho Chi Minh City governments, PSU is involved in the study of rapid urbanization and its impact on water
resources. PSU is also deeply involved in studying the important role of public leadership in Vietnam's national
development priorities, through collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh Political Academy, Hanoi.
The Intel Vietnam Scholars are pursuing Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical or mechanical engineering. The
Intel scholarship covers tuition, room and board, fees, books and miscellaneous expenses. The program starts in
July with an intensive academic and living orientation in Portland. In the fall, the students will begin the first of
two years of academic study. Upon graduation in June 2011, Intel Vietnam Scholars will return to Vietnam to
begin engineering careers with Intel in Ho Chi Minh City.
About Portland State University
Portland State University (PSU) serves as a center of opportunity for over 27,000 undergraduate and graduate
students. Located in Portland, Oregon, one of the nation's most livable cities, the University's innovative
approach to education combines academic rigor in the classroom with field-based experiences through
internships and classroom projects with community partners. The University's 49-acre downtown campus
exhibits Portland State's commitment to sustainability with green buildings, while many of the 125 bachelor's,
master's and doctoral degrees incorporate sustainability into the curriculum. PSU's motto, "Let Knowledge Serve
the City," inspires the teaching and research of an accomplished faculty whose work and students span the globe.
About Intel Corporation
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to
continually advance how people work and live. Additional information about Intel is available at
www.intel.com/pressroom and blogs.intel.com.
Intel Oregon, with 15,000 employees, is Oregon's largest employer and a global center of semiconductor research
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Momentum can be a real bitch in this silly game of ours. Disgusting fishy franchises keep slapping us around at home (in our orange, no less!) as the Marlins beat us 6-3 for the fifty second straight time at home, give or take a few. Injuries keep mounting, this time it is a bruised knee for Andres Torres. Bullpen performances keep getting worse and shakier, and, correspondingly, Bochy's decisions get worse and shakier. Lineups get stranger and weaker, littered with minor leaguers, none of which could possibly be considered to be legit contributors. For the Giants, this entire month has been a slow march to mediocrity and the end of a winning record. Today could be the day we hit .500. It is not a happy time for Giants fans.
Which bring us to the Giants poster child of despair: Tim Lincecum. It is probably not too shocking in this silly game of ours, that HE is actually looking better! As the team spirals downward, his momentum seems to be going the right way. Three quality starts out of the last four, not Cy Young material, but a solid month. Tonight Tim got through seven innings and finished with eight K's and only one walk. Sure, it wasn't perfect, a couple hangers got hit real hard, but he seems to have a clue on the mound lately. I am no longer terrified to see him take the mound, so that's a real nice improvement.
So you can see another important thing about momentum, it changes. Maybe, just like Tim, the Giants, as a team, can turn this ship around. I fear we haven't seen the worse yet, hard to believe, I know. But it will change. Good times are ahead. Right?
Happy Summer, Everybody!
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Ray of Sunshine Tim
Starting pitcher: JC Parsons
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Excellent comment. Perhaps that is what getting away for a few days can do for one's perspective. The game last night was terrible - just terrible. Except Tim wasn't all that bad. And if they could have a reliable bullpen so as to take him out after 6, he would have looked real good.
- Sat Jun 22, 09:59:00 AM PDT
- M.C. O'Connor said...
Missed Tim. Got home to watch the bullpen implosion. Yikes! What's up with the team? Giants need some wins, and pronto.
- Sat Jun 22, 11:01:00 AM PDT
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GRAETTINGER - Graettinger-Terril Community School District announces Feb Fest for Graettinger-Terril schools on Monday, Feb. 25. Students, staff, parents and community organizations are working together to plan this exciting festival where they highlight and showcase many of the great things taking place everyday in G-T Schools.
"We invite you to take a deeper look into a school day in the life of our students," said 6-12 grade principal Teresa Alesch. Education is evolving and children today experience a much different approach than we once did. On your journey, you will have the opportunity to watch student performances, witness classroom demonstrations and explore programs we offer our students."
Students in grades 6-12 will guide guests through a journey with entertaining stops along the way: some will perform speeches and musical numbers, some will provide daycare, some will display achievements, and some will present "what we do at G-T." Elementary students will be at the school in Graettinger too, with stops to include classroom demonstrations, program displays and class performances.
Other stops along the journey include a free-will offering meal, mini-carnival and informational booths.
Reserve Monday, Feb. 25 for this special celebration. Family and friends are welcome.
"We hope to highlight what's going well and give you an up close opportunity to interact with students ambassadors and staff.
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About dem0n1
Really? You think their cheap, thin, undersized, poorly stitched shirts are quality? I will no longer purchase any t-shirt that is from them and as much as I like your shirt idea above, I will not get it if is American Apparel and any shirt I buy on the net that turns out be an AA shirt goes back.
Charging extra for use would make it uneconomical to host applications on a server pushing them back down to the hard drive and back into media in boxes at your local software retailer (assuming one still exists).
In the eyes of the man
You're not a real fan
Unless you stand front and center
With your wallet in your hand.
There's a handy federal charge; "Crossing state lines to incite a riot".
I was working in a record & tape store when the CD the next big thing on the music scene. The record companies reps said that "Yes, the CD currently is more expensive than the record, but that's just because the economies of scale in production haven't kicked in. In a couple of years CDs will be be much cheaper for you to buy than records are today." That never happened. The economies of scale went into the record companies pockets and they constantly pushed for higher list prices and wholesale prices. At the time we were selling $8.98 list LPs for $5.95.


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Born: September 23, 1949, Long Branch, New JerseyAmerican rock musician, who released his first album in 1973. The backing group that played for him is called The E-Street Band.Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame (Performer) and Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1999.
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949 in Freehold, New Jersey, US) is an American songwriter, singer and guitarist. He is also known as "The Boss." He has frequently toured as Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. Springsteen is most widely known for his brand of heartland rock infused with pop hooks, poetic lyrics, and americana sentiments centered around his native New Jersey.
Read more about Bruce Springsteen on Last.fm.
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Bruce Robert Bay Springsteen (born September 23, 1949), nicknamed "The Boss", is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who records and tours with the E Street Band. Springsteen is widely known for his brand of heartland rock, poetic lyrics, Americana sentiments centered on his native New Jersey and his lengthy and energetic stage performances, with concerts from the 1970s to the present decade running up to an uninterrupted 250 minutes in length.
Springsteen's recordings have included both commercially accessible rock albums and more somber folk-oriented works. His most successful studio albums, Born in the U.S.A. and Born to Run, showcase a talent for finding grandeur in the struggles of daily American life; he has sold more than 65 million albums in the United States and more than 120 million worldwide and he has earned numerous awards for his work, including 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award as well as being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him as the 23rd Greatest Artist of all time, the 96th Greatest Guitarist of all time on their latest list and the 36th Greatest Singer of all time in 2008.
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The Wiki project represents the best and worst that's in us. I wonder if people will start trying to archive classic shows on there like they do on youtube.
I doubt it, due to copyrights. The expiration on copyright is so long that they'd have little to legally archive.
That doesn't prevent there from being a rather significant pool [archive.org] of classic media. Take the old Superman cartoons as an example. They all fell into public domain long before they could be grandfathered back into existence. Thus just about anyone who wants to host them, edit them, use them in a new work, or otherwise make use of those old films is able to do so. Also, some of those films are likely to be new works that are gifted into the Creative Commons in the same way the Wikipedia article text is. Think of a shark in its natural environment, a tour of a famous building, or even a re-enactment of a historical battle.
There's even work that's been done to show how Wikipedia might use the HTML5 tag if and when it becomes widely deployed. (See this page [opera.com] for a dev version of Opera and 2 example Wikipedia pages that support & fallback content.) Despite the seeming incongruity of allowing videos inside Wikipedia pages, the demos shown is actually quite natural.
"Think of a shark in its natural environment, a tour of a famous building, or even a re-enactment of a historical battle."
You just described "Sharks with lasers"
Take the old Superman cartoons as an example. They all fell into public domain long before they could be grandfathered back into existence. Thus just about anyone who wants to host them, edit them, use them in a new work, or otherwise make use of those old films is able to do so.
And possibly run afoul of DC Comics' trademark on SUPERMAN. Copyrights survive patents, and trademarks survive copyrights. The Dastar v. Fox precedent (one cannot use a trademark as an ersatz copyright) has been rejected in other countries, such as Canada which recognizes a trademark on ANNE OF GREEN GABLES jointly owned by Prince Edward Island and the author's estate.
Also, some of those films are likely to be new works that are gifted into the Creative Commons in the same way the Wikipedia article text is.
But which studio big enough to produce notable works releases them under a free license?
Their main problem is going to be making sure that none of the stuff people upload violates any copyright and conforms to their free/non-free usage guidelines. There are only so many user-generated videos that could find a place in an encyclopedia, so I assume most of what they'll see will be ripped from other places.
They spend enormous amounts of time "patrolling" uploaded images, placing them on special categories for later review and so on. And the processes in place don't help, either. The last time I t
Wow that made my day.
WTF...? this list is not exhaustive [wikipedia.org] - I think you would be
The last time I tried the upload page for an image from the Cassini mission I was pretty much blown away how complicated it is to figure out how to tag a file to avoid having it be deleted on sight, even though the use permissions from the copyright owner were pretty clear.
See? There is already the problem. The permission from the copyright owner to upload the files is not enough, because Wikipedia only accepts free content (except for some Wikipedias which allow fair-use-images to be uploaded). So, the cop
We already have archive.org for anything out of copyright, or freely redistributable. There are even full length features available.
My question is how exactly is a 2 hour movie going to fit in with the mission of Wikipedia. They're intended to be an encyclopedia, not a movie download service. It would make sense to link to clips of films in the article on John Williams or Spike Lee or whoever, but all you need is a clip, not the whole film.
A 2 hour movie would probably not be used in Wikipedia itself but some other Wikimedia foundation project.
We already have archive.org for anything out of copyright, or freely redistributable.
Not for long - The Internet Watch Foundation [wikimedia.org] have just blocked archive.org [theregister.co.uk] to all UK population.
Why the focus on 'movies'? There are many situations in which an article about a particular subject could be improved through the use of a high-quality, feature-length educational video. Wouldn't the article for the Amen Break [wikipedia.org] be more interesting if this video [garagespin.com] appeared on the page, right there in the sidebar? To borrow your example, you wouldn't have a Spike Lee film, but a documentary about him, fleshing out the details in the article and offering insight that text alone can't provide. If a picture is w
The Wiki project represents the best and worst that's in us.
I agree. Websites that publish content submitted and moderated by users really suck.
And youtube may withdraw them or restrict their audience at any time.
youtube videos aren't downloadable
Huh? They were all downloadable last time I checked (a few months ago, I guess). Got a link to a not-downloadable one?
Obviously what people are referring to when they say YouTube videos aren't "downloadable" is that YouTube offers no user interface for easily downloading the video. I'm sure plenty of
a) they probably want to ensure the content will be there in future, when they go to sell the Wikipedia 2009/10/so-on DVD Snapshots.
b) Their future split-your-video-into-one-thousand-segments and demand-more-formal-acting-and-citations-for-all-segments tools won't work with youtube.
p.s.: Mods: Yes, this is harsh. No, it's not serious. Yes, it's semi-serious.
Why don't they instead just allow linking to youtube videos without the WP nazis removing them?
First, presumably the article probably means Wikimedia Commons [wikimedia.org] rather than Wikipedia itself. That said, one of Wikipedia's biggest goals is to have all media content as open and accessible as possible. They accept only free, open, and unencumbered file formats [wikimedia.org].
YouTube is pretty much the exact opposite of Wikipedia. That is, you cannot download the content for your own use or to redistribute it, there is no open source software that can easily view YouTube content, there is no intelligent discussion of said content (only "omfg americas r soooo dumb"), and nobody except YouTube employees are allowed to express an opinion on whether or not the content is suitable for deletion. And finally, there is no certification that the content being viewed is in the public domain or is being used within the bounds of fair use.
Actually, youtube content is reasonably accessible with freedomware.
For those who will run non-freedomware, I read that some of the "downloaders" actually simply grab it from cache, where it was placed by the (servant-ware) flash.
For iceweasel/firefox, for those that won't like myself, I know for a fact that swfdec with the swfdec-mozilla plugin play it in-place in the web page reasonably well (altho last time I used it the "extra" functionality like replay, etc, didn't work), and there's various extensions
there is no open source software that can easily view YouTube content
http://www.getmiro.com/ [getmiro.com]
works like a dream, on any platform
(You are right on all the other points)
And it'll get speedy-deleted on grounds of notability, original research, etc - and you won't have a video anymore.
And it'll get speedy-deleted on grounds of notability, original research, etc - and you won't have a video anymore.
Does anything on Wikipedia ever really get deleted?
I thought the Mods and Admins had full access to deleted pages.
Does anything on Wikipedia ever really get deleted?
Perhaps not. [dbatley.com]
Does anything on Wikipedia ever really get deleted? I thought the Mods and Admins had full access to deleted pages.
Yep, that's generally true. Anyone who can delete things can also undelete things, and there are lots of people who can do both: over 1600 [wikipedia.org] on the English Wikipedia, 250 [wikimedia.org] on the Wikimedia Commons -- any administrator. Hypothetically a sysop would be able to use Wikipedia as a private file store this way, since views of deleted content aren't logged, but that's probably not worth it.
If you upload something that even the admins shouldn't see, generally an "OMG lawsuit" kind of thing like personal informati
Wiki entries are not deleted -- they're still there in the history.
This could be the best option, because you can still access the article, it is just not on the main wikepedia index.
You are referring to articles on Wikipedia, the encyclopedia.
This story is about media on Wikimedia Commons, the free database of media. They have a very different set of rules. The concepts of "notability" and "original research" are irrelevant there. Copyright ownership and freedom, however, is very important.
Good luck getting it to stay for long, the Wikipedia Nazis will happily erase it in a second.
Wikipedia, as a nonprofit, is no different from any other dumbass venture-backed company.
"Hey we just collected $6MM, and we're heading into Great Depression II. What should we do?"
"Why don't we spend all of it as quickly as we can, then beg for more in a few months?"
"Genius! Give that man a raise!"
Hey, if I had 6 million million dollars, I wouldn't hesitate to blow a few thousand on hard drives either.
But, seriously: if you become irrelevant, it doesn't matter how financially smart you are, you can say bye-bye.
I thought there was a deal in the works for google to host wikipedia and solve the storage problem once and for all.
I know the wikinauts hate the idea of google text ads, control freak purists that they be. But wasn't the google offer independent of ads?
No, just a rumour. Google never sponsored anything about Wikimedia other than the occasional party at the annual conference. Yahoo!, on the other hand, has been hosting a Wikipedia data room within their data centre in Seoul since 2004/5-ish. Just goes to show how inaccurate these Interweb thingies are.
Seriously, half the pages I view on a daily basis these days are wikipedia pages. Any time I want to learn about something, it's the first place I go.
Any time I want to learn about something, it's the first place I go.
I sincerely hope it's not the last place you go. The "facts" you get from wikipedia won't teach you much. (Unless you are a psycholgist studying how power can warp some people on the internet, or an accountant studying Jimbo Wales creative expense accounting. (I noticed after their last scrounge for cash, there was a big thank you from Jimmy Wales banner -- now, that was ironically funny)).
Here's a test. Pick a subject that you are ex
Any time I want to learn about something, it's the first place I go.
I sincerely hope it's not the last place you go.
That's the key. I agree with the previous poster; Wikipedia is a great place to start your online research. But of course I never quote the Wikipedia article itself (except for minor things like atomic weights and other easily-verifiable data). A well-written Wikipedia article is a speedy link to a collection of journals, newspaper articles, and primary sources.
Conversely, of course, a poorly-written Wikipedia article is a speedy link to a collection of 'authoritative' blogs, home pages and fringe websites.
Wikipedia is a great research tool for anyone who knows how to perform research.
That is one reason that the only thing I do on Wikipedia is to add pictures.
Then you don't even have to read the articles, and there is less room for error in a picture.
Plus, I don't write very good English.
Here's a test. Pick a subject that you are expert in, or even have a good passing knowledge of -- any subject, pick a few even. Go to the wikipedia page on that topic, and you will find inconsistencies, inaccuracies, conjecture, missing information and sometimes downright lies.
I've found Wikipedia to be very accurate on topics in mathematics, physics, basic chemisry, and other 'nerdy but not controversial' topics (especially as a general reference for formulas, constants, and methods). When I've examined
Any time I want to learn about something, it's the first place I go.
It's the second place I go, because the Wikipedia Search "feature" sucks unless you know exactly what you're looking for. If only Wikipedia would either fix their broken "search" or simply integrate Google search into it?
That's what he said. Wikipedia is the 2nd place he goes because google is the first.
because the Wikipedia Search "feature" sucks unless you know exactly what you're looking for
I feel strongly enough to throw in a 'me too.'
The wikipedia search feature is dreadful, but as others have pointed out, Google's is pretty good. I'll usually append or prepend the phrase 'wiki'. E.g.: 'wiki paw-paw' or 'wiki radiant intensity'.
There have been major improvements to search lately, thanks pretty much solely to the volunteer work of Robert Stojnic (rainman). You might want to try it out again. Still probably not quite up to Google levels in some ways, given the difference in budget of some billions of dollars versus ~$0, but it has better relevance than before and a lot more nice features now (e.g., "did you mean").
Its a shame that its a mere fraction of what it could have been. Back when it was young, I felt that it would eventually encompass almost anything useful and leverage the fact they were web based to their advantage (spoiler tags were genius), but now when i look something up i prey that it hasn't been deleted already
"legitimate need to upload a two-hour video of good quality"
Who gets to define legitimate?
The same people who determine whether a given paragraph legitimately deserves to remain in a Wikipedia article: the community of volunteer contributors.
For better or worse, the people deciding what videos should be kept and which should be deleted will be those who are involved and passionate about Wikipedia. If you think Wikipedia is doing overall a good job so far, then presumably you expect them to make good decisions about what videos are worthwhile. If you think Wikipedia is overall doing a poor job, then presumably you expect them to make poor and/or capricious choices with respect to video.
Actually, most of these uploads should go to the Wikimedia Commons [wikimedia.org], not Wikipedia proper. Files uploaded to Commons can be used on any Wikimedia site, including any language of Wikipedia, Wiktionary, etc. Files uploaded to the English Wikipedia can only be used on the English Wikipedia. The Commons admins [wikimedia.org] are largely a different group of people from the English Wikipedia admins [wikipedia.org], although there's some overlap. Adminship is given out on a per-project basis; only a few dozen stewards [wikimedia.org] have any privileges ac
"legitimate need to upload a two-hour video of good quality"
Who gets to define legitimate?
I do. It amazes me how long it takes some people to catch on.
"legitimate need to upload a two-hour video of good quality" Who gets to define legitimate?
As others have pointed out, 'The Community.' But I have a hard time believing something of that length could possibly be appropriate for an encyclopedia article. Then again, that applies to be existing wikipedia articles....
Commons:Project scope [wikimedia.org]
Sounds pretty dumb to me. Media should be at Wikimedia commons, not in Wikipedia proper.
Maybe that's what he means, but I didn't RTFA.
These developments offer a chance for the open source
While folks at Illiminable [illiminable.com] have done a good job of providing a codec to play
That is, you attempt to play an
Except that theora isn't all that good. Yes it is free but the quality isn't as good as many other codecs out there. I wish that Dirac would get more attention as a codec.
This is out of scope for Wikipedia. It sounds like this should be an entirely separate project. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Encyclopedias should not have video:
I don't mean that because traditional encyclopedias did not have video, but because it doesn't fit with the type of content that an encyclopedia presents. It is similar to how newspapers should not have video. Wikipedia is not a teaching tool. It is not meant to provide functional examples. It is a starting point: a dictionary-style explanatory description.
An entry on the Hindenburg does not need a video of the Hindenburg disaster. It needs technical specifications, historically accurate statements of what happened, and a link to a museum who DOES house the video.
An entry on Calculus needs a historic description and a mathematical overview. Not a 2-hour lecture.
Now --- that doesn't mean that a video repository is not a good project. I think that would be awesome. Youtube kinda has that, but it has garbage thrown in. But maybe Wikipedia is not the place for it.
I don't see why that's outside the scope of Wikipedia. A video of the disaster could fall under "historically accurate [depiction] of what happened."
I agree that lectures would be a bad idea, but some full-length videos are very informative and useful for research purposes.
This is out of scope for Wikipedia. It sounds like this should be an entirely separate project. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Encyclopedias should not have video:
Why? Just cause you say so? The wiki folks already enjoy deleting as many articles they can, so I'm sure you can work with them to delete as many videos as you can.
Videos can be especially helpful when used to describe motions and processes. Things like engine cycles, swarming behavior, and traffic patterns would be good subjects for videos.
I suspect the article is misleading in saying 'Wikipedia'. It should probably say 'WikiMedia' (Wikipedia + Wiktionary + WikiBooks + WikiSources + WikiQuote + WikiMedia Commons (and this one is particularly relevant) + probably more).
An entry on the Hindenburg does not need a video of the Hindenburg disaster.
I disagree. I think that's a perfect example of an article that needs video. In my mind the video starts when something goes visibly wrong to the point that it's a pile of stationary, yet flaming wreckage on the ground and that's it.
Contrast this with typical American TV that is so fucking full of filler like commentary and "dramatic" camera movements that I can't watch it anymore. Like "World's Most Dangerous Police Chases" and
Wikipedia is not the only Wikimedia Foundation project [wikimedia.org]. In particular, the scope of the Wikimedia Commons [wikimedia.org] is "to provide a media file repository . . . that makes available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content to all . .
The self-appointed content fascists on Wikipedia should result in a great reduction in the amount of storage needed.
Agreed. Why does the wikipedia need more storage, when their main focus seems to be deleting other peoples articles?
You'd think they would "upgrade" to smaller disks not bigger disks. Move the whole think to a single small SD card or something.
If they increase the storage, it means that the traffic will explode.
Who will pay for the bandwidth ?
This year, it was 6 millions of dollars, but with videos, at least 10 times this amount will be needed.
Does this mean that ads will appear ?
It's been 18 months [wikipedia.org] since Wikipedia provided bulk downloads of image data. That may not be a priority for most people, but offering everything for download is essential for an open project in my opinion. Add all new images of a month to YYYYMM.tar and offer that as a torrent.
Flickr burns up to 10TB [flickr.com] in uploads in a single *day*...
I don't see a role for Wikipedia in this. Archive.org already accepts video uploads of useful archival material, so that's covered. Wikipedia has enough trouble finding redistributable still images for articles. Who's going to create useful video for Wikipedia that isn't original research or a copyright violation?
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Going into their second week in the neighborhood, O'Neill said she has already assessed 16 students and currently has around 12 in the program. She said the center can hold around 25 kids at one time, and hopes to enroll over 100 students within the next calendar year.
"Students first come in here to take the assessment so we can find out where they're at," O'Neill said. "Some kids come in here and they're above grade level; they love math so much they just want extra work. And some kids will come in here well below grade level and they need some help."
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Death Angel
The Dream Calls For Blood
October 2013
Released: 2013, Nuclear Blast Records
Rating: 4.0/5
Reviewer: Peter Atkinson
Death Angel's three studio albums since their reformation have been a pretty mixed bag. 2004's comeback The Art Of Dying had plenty of spunk, but the songs were kinda weak and the production pretty thin. 2007's Killing Season, by contrast, was thick, punchy and loaded with groove – ably guided by Rush/Deftones/Alice In Chains/etc. producer Nick Raskulinecz. 2010's Relentless Retribution, their first without drummer Andy Galleon who helped found the band in 1982 when he was all of 10 years old, was a bit of a step back with, again, disjointed songs and somewhat sterile production by the usually reliable, and more thrash friendly, Jason Suecof.
Everything seems to have come together, however, on The Dream Calls For Blood, Death Angel's second album with the Retribution lineup and Suecof behind the boards. The stable lineup has made for better songs and a more cohesive performance to go along with the band's typical unbridled energy and fire, and Suecof's more natural sounding production delivers the grit and balls that Retribution, comparatively, lacked.
Dream kicks off in traditional old-school fashion with an acoustic intro giving way to the frantic thrash in "Left For Dead" and it's classic gang-sung "Left! For! Dead!" chorus – you can take the guys out of the '80s, but you can't take the '80s out of the guys, I guess. Regardless, it's an electric opener to an album positively brimming with, well, electricity. "Son Of The Morning" follows with a chugging swagger and a bit more ebb-and-flow dynamism while "Fallen" plays mix and match with both approaches and adds a swell catchy chorus, as does the terrific title track.
The songs here are a tight, streamlined and enormously engaging bunch, relatively free of the occasional bloat that took some of the steam out of previous Death Angel albums. Technicality takes a back seat to crisp, concise riffing from founder Rob Cavestany and Ted Aguilar and the driving, and occasionally funky, bottom end of drummer Damien Sisson and bassist Will Carroll, both relatively newcomers to the band. And I don't think frontman Mark Osequeda's voice has ever sounded better – though the ear-piercing wail at the end of "Detonate" is a bit much.
It would seem the fourth time is the charm for Death Angel as their comeback enters its 12th year – which, ironically, is longer their first go-round. With the ongoing lineup turmoil – made all the more complicated by the fact that the members were once all cousins – seemingly now settled, the band are in top form and The Dream Calls For Blood is the most solid, consistent and best-sounding album they've done since 1989's Act III.
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In the true spirit of Thanksgiving, tiny Willow Praise Church in Willowick will serve 600 people a free turkey dinner with all the trimmings on Thanksgiving. Many of them otherwise would go hungry that day or spend the day alone.
Those coming to dinner will sit at tables at the church, 32901 Vine St., and be served by volunteers. Other volunteers will deliver dinners to shut-ins and to area police and fire departments. The group also will set up a buffet line of Thanksgiving foods on a first-come, first-served basis for those at the Indian Hills retirement community in Euclid.
�I�ve heard it�s the largest retirement community in the country,� said Willow Praise organizer Laura Pistoor. �It�s the first time we�ve taken Thanksgiving there, so we aren�t quite sure what we�re walking into.�
Her corps of 50 volunteers is providing table service to those who come to the church because they want them to feel special. They�ll be able to settle in and enjoy social time with others as they eat.
�And we�re giving police and fire departments a nice hot meal because they�re are working for all of us on the holiday,� said Pistoor, who lives in Willoughby Hills.
She has grown children who serve as police officers and in the military and is well attuned to the service they provide to the rest of us.
Through its flyers, area bulletin boards, the public library and items in The News-Herald�s Faith Features column, the church has asked people to call to make reservations, but the meal is free and open to the public.
�Some of our volunteers are from RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) and many of them have made pies for us,� she said. �I can�t say enough good about these folks who give up their own Thanksgiving to step up and help us out.�
Her church feeds about 120 people at the church each Tuesday and one Sunday a month prepares a dinner for a similar number, so cooking for a crowd is not a new prospect.
�We have a passion for compassion,� she said. �That�s become our theme.�
Most of the food they serve comes from the Food Bank although some is donated by others. Much of the cooking is done in the professional kitchen at the church and proceeds from the church�s on premises thrift store also helps buy food.
�Some volunteers cook turkeys at home and bring it in already sliced and ready to serve,� she said.
At the end of each month the church distributes 6 to 8 tons of fresh produce to anyone who wants it, she said.
�That�s when those receiving food stamps often run out,� she said. �We always have food available to anyone who needs it.�
She estimates the church feeds 40,000 people within a 10-mile radius and hopes to see many of them on Thursday.
�We have no income or other criteria for serving folks at Thanksgiving,� she said. �They�re welcome to come if they just are lonely and want to sit down and eat with someone.�
Willow Praise Church, 32901 Vine St., Willowick is serving the free dinner from noon to 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. If you want dinner, call the church at 440-944-5683 or Pistoor at 440-951-7008 to reserve a spot.
The Rev. Roderick Coffee�s Union Community Church in Concord Township has embarked on organizing its second annual free Thanksgiving feast with 15 of the church�s deacons heading committees to make it more successful than last year.
�We only had about 55 people show up last year and want to at least double that number this year,� he said. �But it�s a challenge getting the word out.�
Coffee said this is a ministry he would really like to see established to fill a proven need. Organizers learned last year that people who are hungry and can use the help often can�t communicate through traditional ways. And many also don�t have reliable transportation to reach the church for dinner. So church members have been dispatched to spread the word into neighborhoods, taking flyers to senior centers, homeless shelters, and other places where community members gather.
�Last year we made 10 turkeys and several hams and had leftovers,� said member Jeri Davis, who is heading up the effort.
This year they are arranging in advance to take any leftovers to the Rev. Gerard Mirbel, who leads the Miracle Revival Ministry Assemblies of God Church in Painesville and also serves meals to those in need. Volunteers last year also enjoyed their Thanksgiving dinners in each other�s company at church after the community dinner was done.
�We expect to do the same this year,� Coffee said.
�We�ve already talked to some of the folks to whom we�ll deliver dinners on Thursday, and we�ve lined up volunteers to pick up those who want to come to dinner and need a ride,� Davis said.
Deacon Ken Hall, who is charged with organizing the transportation effort, said that they�ll go up to 10 miles from the church to pick people up.
�That�s to make the best use of our time,� he said. �But we won�t turn anybody down.�
United Way has donated five turkeys for this year�s effort, and members also have donated turkeys. Many members will cook at home early Thanksgiving morning and bring the food to the church, where a buffet line will be set up in one of the classrooms.
�We are moving chairs in the sanctuary and setting the space up for dining,� Davis said. �We�ll be able to seat 125 at one time.�
The church has also reached out to The Well, an outreach ministry of Friends Church in Willoughby Hills, to have a variety of free clothing divided by size for children through adults, available for the taking during the Thanksgiving dinner.
Union Community Church will serve Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday at the church, 10959 Johnnycake Ridge Road, Concord Township. Those needing a ride or wishing to have dinner delivered should call the church at 440-352-3556.
Mentor United Methodist Church is preparing to feed at least 400 people for its 21st annual Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday.
�It�s more about community than a ministry,� said the Rev. Jon Wilterdink. �Many of the people who come don�t really need a free meal, but they come because they aren�t with their families and want to have dinner with other people.�
With two decades of experience, the group preparing and serving the dinner operates like a well-oiled machine, he said.
�The church just smells amazing the day before Thanksgiving,� he said. �We have a crew of six who work the kitchen. And they plug in about 25 slow cookers all around the church to prepare the food.�
On Thanksgiving Day, another 50 or so church and community members come to the church to do various tasks.
�Last year my family and I spent about two hours putting whipped cream on top of slices of pie, then sat down and enjoyed our Thanksgiving dinner with others who came,� Wilterdink said.
This year his son is 10 months old and old enough to have his first turkey and mashed potatoes dinner.
About 30 turkeys are cooked for the feast, which includes delivery of meals to folks who call in from Mentor, Mentor-on-the-Lake, Painesville, Painesville Township and Concord Township.
The church puts a placard with a Thanksgiving blessing on each table to allow each group of diners to give thanks in their own way before sitting down to eat.
�That way they can choose to take a moment by themselves, or to pray as a group,� he said.
The church incorporates many of its ministries into the dinner, he said. A gardening group donated squash and sweet potatoes. �And congregation members who bought gift cards for Bakers Square and Bob Evans this summer to support our summer mission trips donated them back to the church for us to buy pies.
�A couple of us go up there on Tuesday and Wednesday and fill our cars with pies for the Thanksgiving dinner.�
Mentor United Methodist Church, 8600 Mentor Ave., serves Thanksgiving dinner from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. These wishing to be picked up for dinner or to have meals delivered should call the church at 440-255-3496.
Also: St. Anselm Church in Chester Township will serve its 21st annual free Thanksgiving Dinner from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday. Donations are accepted. The church is at 13013 Chillicothe Road. Details: Pat Kuss at 440-338-4594.