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|2008-04-06, 19:56
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I have CCCP and CoreAVC installed and for a majority of MKV files, I'm left toggling the option "Preferred Decoder" in the coreavc configuration. While a majority of MKV files play fine, some 'DVD' MKVs just show a black screen and not playing.
As for HD h264 720p files, I can BARELY (and I mean barely*) watch them.
64mb nvidia vid card
1GB ram.
And I get a few skips and pauses here and there.
However, the past couple of months, having installed CoreAVC and having MPC set to Overlay Mixer* helped run the video much better, if not smoother.
I do find ZoomPlayer to handle 720p h264 clips much better than MPC.
|2008-04-07, 08:03
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|2008-04-08, 00:47
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File: E:\ANIME\[KAA]_Full_Metal_Panic_Fumoffu_01-12.DVD(Complete)\Full_Metal_Panic_Fumoffu_01.DVD(H264.AAC)[KAA][C21E4446].mkv Filter 0: Default DirectSound Device Filename: C:\WINDOWS\System32\quartz.dll Filter CRC: AC90B14E Date: 2007-10-29 | 15:43:03 Filter 1: Video Renderer Filename: C:\WINDOWS\System32\quartz.dll Filter CRC: AC90B14E Date: 2007-10-29 | 15:43:03 Filter 2: ffdshow Audio Decoder Filename: C:\Program Files\Combined Community Codec Pack\Filters\FFDShow\ffdshow.ax Filter CRC: 014A893C Date: 2008-01-18 | 19:10:22 Filter 3: DirectVobSub (auto-loading version) Filename: C:\Program Files\Combined Community Codec Pack\Filters\VSFilter.dll Filter CRC: 3AF3972A Date: 2007-06-08 | 11:14:08 Filter 4: CyberLink H.264/AVC Decoder (PDVD7.x) Filename: D:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD\VideoFilter\CL264dec.ax Filter CRC: 6BCCDDE0 Date: 2007-02-07 | 23:54:30 Filter 5: E:\ANIME\[KAA]_Full_Metal_Panic_Fumoffu_01-12.DVD(Complete)\Full_Metal_Panic_Fumoffu_01.DVD(H264.AAC)[KAA][C21E4446].mkv Filename: C:\Program Files\Combined Community Codec Pack\Filters\Haali\splitter.ax Filter CRC: F663CC8D Date: 2007-12-29 | 01:04:12
Media Information of: E:\ANIME\[KAA]_Full_Metal_Panic_Fumoffu_01-12.DVD(Complete)\Full_Metal_Panic_Fumoffu_01.DVD(H264.AAC)[KAA][C21E4446].mkv General: Filename: Full_Metal_Panic_Fumoffu_01.DVD(H264.AAC)[KAA][C21E4446].mkv Filesize: 273 MiB Format: Matroska PlayTime: 00:23:36.896 Title: [KAA] Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu - 01 Application: mkvmerge v1.5.0 ('It's alright, baby') built on Jul 1 2005 10:35:18 Application: libebml v0.7.5 + libmatroska v0.7.7 1 video stream(s), 1 audio stream(s), 1 subtitle stream(s). Video Stream 0: Titles: [KAA] Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu - 01 Length: 00:23:35.458 Frames: 33971, 23.976 fps, Codec: V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC (Family: ) Dimensions: 640x480, AR: 4/3 Audio Stream 0: Title: Japanese Audio (2ch AAC) Language: Japanese Codec: AAC LC, A_AAC/MPEG4/LC, AAC Low Complexity Sampling Rate: 48 KHz Channel(s): 2 channel Subtitle Stream 0: Title: English Subs (ASS) Language: English Codec: S_TEXT/ASS, Advanced Sub Station Alpha
I get episodes 1-13 working but going to CoreAVC config and having "preferred codec" ticked.
The downside of having that ticked is that 720p h264 file subtitles become lagged.
I rather have that option unchecked and have a 'stuttering' / sudden freezes, than having a 4sec lag-behind subs.
On top of all things, I've heard numerous users say my computer can handle 720p h264 EASY. Yet, I have difficulties, and I highly doubt it has to do with my configurations.
I've reformatted my comp 3 times in the past, barely had any apps running, and, uh, yeah. =/
|2008-04-08, 11:05
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From the test render it shows that Cyberlink's h.264 decoder is being used. It has a lower merit than ffdshow, but a higher one than CoreAVC (without preferred decoder). In Insurgent go tools -> advanced, find and mark Cyberlink's decoder in the list on the right and click unregister filter. Then CoreAVC should be used the moment you uncheck h264 in CCCP settings.a
|2008-04-13, 02:45
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I recently went ahead and installed coreAVC on my laptop since everyone recommends it, but for some reason I think its running a lot slower than before and I cant watch HD h264 now
the frames almost come to a freeze, seriously. audio keeps going.
(low bit files work fine)
anyone might know what needs to be adjusted?
I had cccp installed prior to coreAVC, but i removed it and reinstalled, that didnt fix the problem.
specs are
pentium IV higher than 3200+
mobility radeon 9600
2gb ram
CPU is running at 60-70ish % normally with the file on and never hits 100%
I installed coreAVC on my anime emachine computer which is an athlon 2800+ and the same file runs perfect
I've been testing with mentar's MHD hayate no gotoku files
|2008-04-13, 07:12
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Get CCCP Insurgent, go tools -> test render, tools -> media info and tools -> CRC check on one of those problematic files and paste them here.
|2008-04-16, 04:00
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Maybe this filter is being used
Filter 4: "MainConcept (Adobe2) H.264/AVC Decoder"
Filename: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS3\ad2dsh264.ax"
Filter CRC: CRC Unavailable.
Date: ERROR: File Not Found.
I said maybe, because when I run test render it always give me
Filter 4: ffdshow Video Decoder
Filename: C:\Program Files\Combined Community Codec Pack\Filters\FFDShow\ffdshow.ax
Filter CRC: 014A893C
Date: 2008-01-18 | 19:10:22
though actually Coreavc is being used when playback h264 video. Well, I hate to enable and disable ffdshow video decoder. I always have it enabled. I just set the Coreavc priority to prefer in the MPC when I want to use Coreavc.
Try play the video and see what filters are being used from ffdshow tray icon. If it shows video decoder other than ffdshow video decoder and Coreavc, set the priority of the decoder you want to use to "prefer" in MPC (don't know about other player). I think you don't have to unregister the mainconcept if you want. And if sometime you want to use it you just have to set it's priority setting. If you hate this method than go for register/unregister; wwwww
Updating CCCP to the latest version fix playback issue with haali video renderer I posted in this thread. Many thanks to CCCP staff.
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|2008-04-20, 20:36
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I tried to unregister it, but it said file not found.
so I removed it manually and coreAVC was showing when I did another test render, but the CPU was hitting 100% and the video was lagging a bit.
anyway, today its working completely fine. I dunno, maybe something was running I couldnt see or the computer just needed to be restarted after manually deletting that adobe codec. oh well, thanx for the help.
|2008-04-21, 02:04
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I switched to Core AVC and now when I go to full screen mode in MPC the video no longer resizes. Basically the video plays at 100% size and doesn't resize to fill the screen in full screen mode.
I've tried Haali's, VMR9, and Overlay Mixer (which kills Aero) for the Output and they all have the same problem. Any ideas?
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|2008-04-21, 02:30
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What full screen mode do you mean?
The video only play in window mode and couldn't be resized to full screen mode?
Or do you want to play in "Stretch to window", not "touch window from inside" in MPC when you go to full screen mode?
IMHO, It's fine to have black bars but the video still has right AR than watching strange shaped moon, ball,......
|2008-04-21, 02:39
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Ok I see the issue now, probably under video it was set to "Normal Size" instead of "Touch Window from Inside". Not sure why installing CoreAVC would have changed that setting.
So for example a video is 1280 x 720 but my monitor's resolution is 1920 x 1200. Since the video's resolution is lower than my monitor the video won't fill the screen when the video is played at 100% size. Going into full screen mode in MPC will put the video at the center but keep it as 1280 x 720. The space that isn't taken up by the video is filled with black space instead. Before I messed around with CoreAVC the video will stretch to fill the entire screen in full screen.
Well I just reinstalled and it seemed to work. I'm not sure what the issue was but I've been on this Vista install since December 06 and haven't updated CCCP since then so maybe the new version helped.
|2008-05-06, 20:03
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Just want to report about my problem regarding haali's video renderer and nvidia card compatibility issue. Seems like, the problem was lying in the nvidia 3D setting. It had nothing to do with cccp. You just can't set the card to performance, balanced, or quality setting, otherwise haali's will produce artifacts like I posted here
anyone know how to stop windows auto update to request restart every several minutes after it completed some auto update.
Edit: Bah, just told it to just notify me. Still wondering though, why do they make such a moronic thing.
Ninja Edit: OK, seems like it's not only me who experienced this horror. MS really deserve award for this magnificent work. I think the users wont need horror film anymore.
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Hey, I have a question for a friend. His system has:
Pentium 4 @ 2.0 GHz
I was wondering if he can play 704x400 H.264 files, specifically Hauu~'s Higurashi Kai subs.
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 704x400 (711:400) 23.98fps [Video]
Audio: Vorbis 48000Hz stereo [Audio]
I personally have no clue since I've never tried to play H.264 files on such low RAM, but any input is appreciated.
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How is it "not possible" for her to lose your number? I just got a message from an old college friend on facebook. She lost my number when her phone blew up. I don't even have my own DD's number memorized - it's in my phone. If my phone died, I'd lose her number.
If you had had a casual relationship with her (occasional phone calls, emails or meet ups or FB comments etc), I would find it strange that you wouldn't call her- maybe she is out of minutes and doesn't want to admit it!However, do I understand this right that you first met her 2.5 years ago, then had no communications whatsoever for 2.5 years, and now out of the blue she contacts you on Facebook and asks you to spend time with her and her son and his family? If so, that is very odd of HER. That would make me suspicious I might get hit up for a loan while there or something.
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Awwww...heck, I need ALL those recipes reposted that were in the other forum! There were so many good ones there.
I might be able to go back and get the recipes, depending on how many there are. If there are hundreds, I couldn't do it either because of my schedule, but I'm willing to take a look.
I think I got all the recipes from the old forum and moved them to this one. If one you posted is missing, please let me know.
I posted the chicken dish Dotty! I do it from memory usually, so I hope it comes out the same! Here it is again.4 boneless skinless chicken breasts6-8 slices of swiss cheese1 can cream of mushroom soup1 can cream of chicken soup~1/2 c. breadcrumbs1 small can french fried onionsDirections:Arrange the chicken breasts in the bottom of a 9x13 pan, cover with cheese. Mix soups together (undiluted) and then pour over cheese. Top with breadcrumbs and then the onions. Bake in a 375F oven about 1 hour - until chicken is cooked through.
LOL! I'm sitting here thinking about what I have in the pantry at home. It's 8:30 at night, so I'd be late in making this, but my mouth is truly watering for the chicken dish right now. Hmmmmm....all I'd really have to get at the store is the chicken and the chicken soup. I have everything else (DottyG ponders to herself). If I cut the chicken up into pieces, maybe it'd cook even more quickly, right?That's it. I'm headed to the store on the way home!
Btw, Dotty, in that Swiss Chicken recipe someone posted, I substitute cubed, seasoned stuffing mix on top for the bread crumbs. Yum!
I made it last night, and used the Cream of Mushroom soup that has garlic in it. I think I used too many breadcrumbs, though. I think the stuffing mix might be a good option for me to try.Did y'all salt it at any point? It almost needed salt at the end (which was weird, because you'd think the soup and fried onions would have been plenty of salt).
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Talk about grace under pressure.
Later Wednesday the NFL fined Garvin $25,000, not a slap on the wrist. That's about five percent of the rookie minimum of $405,000.
"But at the end of the day, it doesn't do anything now," Huber said of the NFL admission.
Showing why he's one of this team's more popular players, Huber poked fun at himself and didn't blame Garvin.
"I wouldn't say I'm defenseless," Huber said. "I just need to be better at looking. I need to be a better defenseless player."
He said he hasn't heard from Garvin and doesn't expect it.
"The guy made the block he was supposed to make. It's hard to get mad at him for making that block because that's what he was coached to do," Huber said. "He made the right block, obviously. It sprung a touchdown."
Huber knows he scared everyone by being motionless for so long.
"There was a lot of blood," Huber said. "I knew something wasn't right so I was, 'OK, I better not move and just lay there.' I know people were saying, 'You didn't move anything.' I was staring at the blood coming out."
"I think it's a great letter. I want to check it out to see if it's come in the mail yet," Huber said. "If it hasn't, please send it to the stadium (One Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, OH 45202) so I can get it and frame it. I'd love to see it and I think it's hilarious the kid wrote that."
Actually, Huber might be hearing from Garvin. According to Pro Football Talk, Garvin told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review he planned to reach out to Huber but that he feels like he was just doing his job.
"When you're playing football, you don't think of all that, you're thinking about doing what you've got to do to make a play," Garvin told the paper. "I wasn't out there trying to be vicious or anything like that, I'm just trying to do what I can to make a play and help my team out. When you're in a game, you're trying to make a play; that's all I'm thinking about."
The moment of truth (or impact) was snapped in a photo and it is now Huber's avatar on Twitter.
"(The letter and photo) will be right next to each other on my nightstand," Huber said.
All kidding aside, Huber, the avid golfer who was working the 17th at California Golf Course on his East Side the day he was drafted, figures to be back playing in late March. That's when he'll start punting, too, which is normal because he always takes off a few months after the season to reboot, so to speak.


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(CNN) -- The son of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been found dead in Malibu, California, according to a spokesman for the team.
Scott Sterling, 32, was reported dead at 12:42 a.m. PT on Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner's office.
Sheriff's officers and the coroner's office believe he died of an "apparent drug overdose," according to a press release.
He was discovered by officers who were sent to the home and later pronounced dead by paramedics.
Donald and Shelly Sterling issued a statement later Wednesday in which they thanked supporters for their sympathy and asked for privacy as they mourn their son.
"Our son Scott has fought a long and valiant battle against Type 1 Diabetes. His death is a terrible tragedy, the effects of which will be felt forever by our family and all those who knew and loved him," the statement said.
Clippers President Andy Roeser offered condolences to the family in a news release.
"Today the thoughts and prayers of our organization go out to Donald T. and Shelly Sterling and their children Chris and Joanna, in the wake of this tragic loss. Scott was a friend to many in the Clippers' family and he will be greatly missed."
NBA Commissioner David Stern also expressed sympathy.
"On behalf of the NBA family, we extend our deepest and most heartfelt condolences to Donald and Shelly Sterling on the loss of their son Scott," he said in a statement.
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Schlitterbahn waterpark offers sneak peek today
July 15, 2009
Schlitterbahn Vacation Village Waterpark will open for a sneak peek beginning at 10 a.m. today. Finishing touches are still being made to the park, centerpiece of a new 300-acre, $412 million multi-use development in Kansas City, Kan., but visitors will have the opportunity to play on available rides and attractions.
Available attractions during the sneak peek period will include the Bahnzai Pipeline, a 42-foot tall water ride, the Black Knight, where riders tube through a dark and fully-enclosed coiled slide, and the Kinderhaven Kids' Area, where children will get the opportunity to play in a shallow-water playground of 10 mini slides.
Once the park is completed, additional attractions will include the Kristal Beach, a calming beach where relaxation and drinks will be available, and the Storm Blaster, an up-and-down roller coaster where riders will be propelled by jets of water.
During the sneak peek period, admission to the park will be discounted below the regular price of $32.99 plus tax for general admission and $24.99 plus tax for child and senior admission.
The opening date for all attractions will be announced soon. For more information about the sneak peek, contact Schlitterbahn at (913) 312-3110. Schlitterbahn Vacation Village Waterpark is at 1709 N. 98th St., in Kansas City, Kan.
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Dark Rye with Raisins from "CRUST"
My last week end's bake was from a book I haven't baked much from, "Crust" by Richrd Bertinet. So far, I have only baked the baguettes with a preferment and it was quite delicious. My second take on the book was: Dark Rye bread with raisins.
I had my suspicions for a high a percentage Rye leavened with commercial yeast, as all my early rye bakes flopped when baked only with commercial yeast. However, I was relatively reassured that the overnight white biga should bring the necessary acidity to help Rye perform well.
The bread fermented for 1 hour, reshaped, and fermented once more for another hour. Final fermentation was only 50 minutes in my kitchen. Even though i watched the dough not the clock, the dough fermented fast, and i caught it abit too late for oven. The dough did collapse during the first 10 minutes of a 500F oven, however, it did manage to hold some height, and was not a failure.
This is a testimony to the the effectiveness of an overnight stiff preferment on a high percentage Rye bread. The dark black raisins are sweeter than the golden ones, and they really imparted a significant sweetness to the rye. The crust came out rigid, but cripsy, and the crumb was moist and light. I had this bread with some butter, and it tasted just like butter and jam! Excellent bread!


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New $700 Device Is Aimed at Upscale Users
TOKYO—Thirty five years after its debut, Sony Corp.'s Walkman is enjoying a little comeback.
But while the original cassette player of 1979 heralded the age of mass-market, portable music, the new $700 Walkman is aimed at premium buyers, as technological advances help more audio-on-the go users head upscale.
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The big one is clearly headed for us and the planet is doomed and they just don't want people to know and start panicking. So, I would encourage everyone to panic.
The big one is clearly headed for us and the planet is doomed and they just don't want people to know and start panicking. So, I would encourage everyone to panic.
Since these particular sensors point towards the Earth, then I don't think we would have time to panic if they glimpsed the "big one".
I had the same reaction, why would meteor data ever be classified????
Because it gives you information about the sensors used to detect the meteors.
I had the same reaction, why would meteor data ever be classified????
Did you RTFA? This actually makes some sense when taken in context and explained... as in the article. The problem is that providing the data collected about incoming meteors necessarily describes the functionality and implied limitations of the detection system. Knowing the capabilities and limitations provides a strategic advantage to those who might try to avoid detection. Since the system is so complex and advanced, it is reasonable to believe that the capabilities will not be fully known by other militaries unless the information is leaked - or released in the form of data output.
The data was being released in a somewhat informal fashion. There may not have been any classified stuff leaked in the past, but it could happen in the future if, for example, the system is upgraded and the quality of the released data suddenly changes. The general wants the data to be properly declassified to make sure that doesn't happen, but declassification is expensive and he doesn't have a budget for it. It's possible that the deal he has struck involves some other agency reimbursing his command for the cost of declassifying and publishing the data.
Because they control it they can be more sure they get a true read and nobody else is doing some kind of local jamming/misrepresentation. That's the main function of the P(Y) channel. It is encrypted and the keys aren't public. So, if your military enabled GPS can decrypt it correctly, you can be fairly confident the signal is indeed coming from a sat, and not someone generating a false signal. With the C/A signal, no such luck.
That is (or at least seems to be) the reason for keeping P(Y) information classi
If it makes you feel better, it only reports on objects that have already entered the atmosphere and started glowing from the heat of entry.
So, if you read TFA, the military specifically didn't want sensor data compromised, and some asshat scientist ruined the show by publishing a lightcurve off one of the meteors, which was a no-no per the agreement. I can see why the military stomped on that hard. And yes, sensor capability is a big deal; It's not like you can launch another satellite without the world knowing about it, and upgrading the sensors already got nuked by congress for being over budget.
How does improperly publishing a lightcurve determine someone's political leanings?
I sense a troll.
After all, we know that the aliens monitor our communications. So broadcasting the distance and bearing of near misses will provide them with information they can use to adjust their targeting.
half of the G8 countries opened up their official ufo files. there are ufo filmings and sightings in every goddamn corner of the world so that they have almost become mundane, a touristic event. yet, the bozos in america STILL try to shuffle shit, putting their citizens in the place of fools. really, THAT much effort is not needed. people dont need the fucking government to tell them what exists, and what does not.
Why on earth would there be a reason to hide this in the first place?
Im sure there is a technical/political reason but at this time of morning, i'm not sure what it is.
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'For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.' 1 Corinthians 1:26
Suggested Further Reading: Ephesians 1:1–14
The church is called a building. With whom does the architecture of the building rest? With the building? With the stones? Do the stones select themselves? Did that stone just yonder in the corner choose its place? or that which is buried there in the foundation, did it select its proper position? No; the architect alone disposes of his chosen materials according to his own will; and thus, in building the church which is the great house of God, the great master Builder reserves to himself the choice of the stones, and the places which shall occupy. Take a yet more apparent case. The church is called Christ's bride. Would any man here agree to have any person forced upon him as his bride? There is not a man among us who would for a single moment so demean himself as to give up his rights to choose his own spouse; and shall Christ leave to haphazard, and to human will, who his bride shall be? No; but my Lord Jesus, the husband of the church, exercises the sovereignty which his position permits him, and selects his own bride. Again, we are said to be members of Christ's body. We are told by David, that in God's book all our 'members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them;' thus every man's body had its members written in God's book. Is Christ's body to be an exception to this rule? Is that great body of divine manhood, Christ Jesus, the mystical Saviour, to be fashioned according to the whims and wishes of free will, while other bodies, vastly inferior, have their members written in the book of God? Let us not dream thus (it would be to talk idly) and not know the meaning of the metaphors of Scripture.
For meditation: The Lord Jesus Christ does the choosing; we get chosen (John 15:16). He is the head of his own body (Ephesians 1:22–23), the builder of his own church (Matthew 16:18; Ephesians 2:20–22) and the husband of his own chosen bride (Ephesians 5:23–27).
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As long as you have fortune 500-1000 brand corporate sponsors in these "festivals", how does the content displayed provide "cutting edge", "provocative", and my favorite "innovative" impressions of an artists work?
If you don't think that a commercial company is capable of art [atspeedimages.com] then you should just go away. Great art is great whether it's done in the pursuit of money or not. (You might not agree that what I showed you is an example of art, but I assure you that Porsche cares very much about what their car
As long as you have fortune 500-1000 brand corporate sponsors in these "festivals", how does the content displayed provide "cutting edge", "provocative", and my favorite "innovative" impressions of an artists work?
Did you not see "fortune 500-1000"...I don't think that commercial == fortune 500 company...not to mention the fact that in the context of what the Slamdance festival is/means, I'm not under the impression that the festival entrants are fortune-seekers...
It's hard for me to jump up and say, "Yeah! Way to go!" at the so-called honorable actions of other games pulling out of the Festival. Sure, it was stupid of Slamdance to allow SCRPG to enter only to disqualify them at the end. It's like allowing a drug using, girl-gone-wild type into a Miss America pagent only to disqualify her later because she's a drug using, girl-gone-wild type.
Er... wait... what?
Seriously, although I am not for disqualifying the SCRPG, how would you feel about a new FPS entering the contest called Maryland Sniper? Remember the guy who was sniping innocent people coming out of the parking lot or attempting to use a gas pump? Would that be an acceptable entry as well?
I mean, look, after all the WWII and Iraq Desert conflict style games that are out, let's face it, this SCRPG is not much different. Anyway you look at it, the fundamentals are this, one group of people waged war against another, took lethal action, and tragedy ensued.
So at what point does one feel that a violent video game has crossed the line? Grand Theft Auto, a game where the player steals cars, kills hookers (Vice City) and pretends to be a stereotyped Uncle Tom gangster (San Andreas), has pretty much been accepted as gaming norm. Ironically enough, brain drained politicians felt the hot coffee mod where two 3D animated sprites humping one another was far worse than shooting a prostitute in the gut, stepping on her face, stealing a car and running over pedestrians.
And what constitutes the 'line being crossed' scenario? It seems in this case, the "too soon?" cliche is what crosses the line, although that argument gets shot to hell when Iraq War games hit the shelves three years after the conflict began. It seems to me there is no line when it comes to video game violence. There is only pushing the envelope by displaying contextual scenarios and situations that happen to be violent. For example, a game where I can, with graphic results, shoot a hooker in the face, no problem, but if I bring her up to my virtual apartment and, with graphic results, dry hump her, there's a problem with that. If I shoot her in the face afterwards, serious, serious problems, but only because I dry humped her first.
See? It's baseless. There is no line. There is only the ability of players to understand the level of realism they are simulating. This is obviously just Slamdance making a really dumb decision at a very poor time. If they would have refused the game in the getgo, well, then they'd have to come up with a pretty good reason why and I think they didn't feel like doing so as it might impede on their slamdanciness, so to speak.
Here's a question: What if this were called Super Columbine Simulator, instead of RPG? Too Soon?
"but for me it helps to inform one of the core ideas of the game: a criticism of the conventions of gaming in part to critique the limitations games currently have to deal with regards to genuine issues."
"It was a courageous, progressive gesture because it suggested that maybe gaming could be growing up a bit and face the music that all forms of art can be valid tools for societal exploration"
Here's a clue to this guy. If you want your "art" to be accepted as a "valid tool for societal exploration", you just might want to create something that doesn't suck monkey-dick. Then that whole "it's art and changing peoples opinions of what a game is" thing might have a bit more validity.
Yeah, I know. What really gets me is that the same force is alive and well in art. I mean, if this [abcgallery.com] looks like two humans on a beach, then I'm Yul Brynner.
Why don't you just admit that you don't get it, and save yo
Why don't you just admit that you don't get it, and save yourself the time of making such an ignorant statement?
Have you played SCMRPG? It doesn't deserve comparison on any level to a Picasso. It's tedious, repetative, only mildly disturbing (and only in that it's loosely based around a real event), and built on a tired, over-simplistic and worn-out RPG interface. The further you get into the game, the more apparent all of this becomes.
There's no subtle emotion, no master grand image, no deep lesson
There's no subtle emotion, no master grand image, no deep lessons, no delving into the minds murderous teenagers. There's nothing to "get." Really. Sometimes monkey poo is just that - monkey poo.
And what I'm saying is that art made out of poop is still art, even if it's poop. It doesn't have to be great art to be art; any art is worthy of protection just as any other expression that doesn't hurt anyone is.
I'm with you on the "it's art" train, worthy of public expression and free speech protection. I'm mostly disappointed that it's not great art - hence my objection to the Picasso comparison. Not very poetic, ya know?And what I'm saying is that art made out of poop is still art, even if it's poop. It doesn't have to be great art to be art; any art is worthy of protection just as any other expression that doesn't hurt anyone is.
Mr. Baxter issued statements months ago equivocating videogames to films in terms of importance and artistic potential.
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Erich Ludendorff
German Army officer and later Nazi leader in Adolf Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch
Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (April 9, 1865 – December 20, 1937) was a German Army officer, Generalquartiermeister during World War I, victor of Liège, and, with Paul von Hindenburg, one of the victors of the Battle of Tannenberg. After the war, he briefly supported Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. He was acquitted of criminal charges for his role in the Nazis' unsuccessful Beer Hall Putsch. He became disillusioned with politics and retired from public life that year. When Ludendorff died in Tutzing in 1937, he was given a state funeral attended by Hitler, who declined to speak.
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- By the Revolution the Germans have made themselves pariahs among the nations, incapable of winning allies, helots in the service of foreigners and foreign capital, and deprived of all self-respect. In twenty years' time, the German people will curse the parties who now boast of having made the Revolution.
- Quoted in "My War Memories, 1914–1918" - by Erich Ludendorff - 1919
- The fifth act of the great drama in Flanders opened on the 22nd October. Enormous masses of ammunition, such as the human mind had never imagined before the war, were hurled upon the bodies of men who passed a miserable existence scattered about in mud-filled shell-holes. The horror of the shell-hole area of Verdun was surpassed. It was no longer life at all. It was mere unspeakable suffering. And through this world of mud the attackers dragged themselves, slowly, but steadily, and in dense masses. Caught in the advanced zone by our hail of fire they often collapsed, and the lonely man in the shell-hole breathed again. Then the mass came on again. Rifle and machine-gun jammed with the mud. Man fought against man, and only too often the mass was successful.
- Quoted in "My War Memories, 1914-1918" - by Erich Ludendorff - 1919
- There is but one hope, and this hope is embodied in the national groups which desire our recovery.
- Quoted in "The Black Book: The Nazi Crime Against the Jewish People" - Page 18 - World War, 1939-1945 - 1981
- He is the only man...who has any political sense. Go and listen to him one day.
- About Hitler. Quoted in "Will Germany Crack?: A Factual Report on Germany from Within" - Page 134 - by Karl Boromäus Frank, Anna Caples - 1942
- A field marshall is born, not made!
- In an attempt to regain Ludendorff's favor, Hitler paid Ludendorff an unannounced visit in 1935 and offered to make him a field marshal. Infuriated, Ludendorff thundered back with this statement. Quoted in "World War I: Encyclopedia" - Page 716 - by Spencer Tucker, Priscilla Mary Roberts - History - 2005
- I will give up troops gladly as long as I know that they will be used in the right place to bring victory.
- Quoted in "The Origins of the Military Dictatorship of Hindenburg and Ludendorff" by Jon Bridgman - 1960
About Ludendorff
- He became the perfect regimental commander...the younger officers came to adore him.
- John Lee
- Erich Ludendorff was not a sentimentalist. He had come to take charge, to issue orders, to win a crucial victory.
- James Charles Roy
- Erich Ludendorff was considered the brains of the new German command. He pushed for the resumption of unlimited submarine warfare, which ultimately brought America into the conflict.
- Winston Groom


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Back in March, the internet saluted Redditor JSLEnterprises for crafting a Facebook timeline mash-up that saw God offering a burger to a hungry cat (see below). It was, in a word, magnificent.
But now a challenger enters the ring - a challenger with a sincere love of '70s cartoons. Meet... Velma. Velma and Shaggy and Scooby and Fred and Daphne. Can you spot which one is the real person?
And just think, when we first saw the new Facebook timeline cover set-up it looked like a naff and unnecessary addition to the already cluttered social media site... how wrong we were.
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An Ohio man was strolling through a thrift store when he saw a framed poster with Picasso scribbled on it. He bought it for $14.14. The Columbus Dispatch reports an auction house confirmed it was an original design carved by Picasso making the poster worth $6,000.
Original Picasso Discovered At Ohio Thrift Store
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A brook. A bone.
The two short ways
we never went.
The little poet has read
his insipid little poem
to spring, and now he's done
so we guess it's summer
and okay to take a sip as the jug
goes 'round, the poison's
sublime, hailing as it does
from the mountain, riding
the big agates down.
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Pep Band Advisor
Marketing and Promotions
Santa Clara Athletics
Your shirts are awesome! How can I get one?
Sorry, the Pep Band's red and white-striped rugby shirts are for band members only. Since the shirts are essentially the band's uniform, it is important for the band to be able to distinguish itself from individual fans in the crowd.
What is the time commitment necessary to be a member of
the SCU Pep Band?
The Pep Band plays at 3-4 home volleyball games and 1-2 Alumni Association and Admissions Office events during the fall. During this time, the Bronco Band also rehearses for about one hour each week in preparation for the basketball season. The winter is the busiest time for the Bronco Band, as it plays at roughly two basketball games each week. Then, the Pep Band performs at 2-3 Alumni Association and Admissions Office events in the spring.
Does the SCU Pep Band travel to away games?
Yes! In the past, the Pep Band has traveled to Stanford University to support the volleyball team in the NCAA Regionals. The Bronco Band also traveled to San Diego for the 2008 WCC Basketball Tournament and accompanied the basketball teams to Las Vegas for the 2009, '10, '11 and '12 conference tournament. If the basketball teams qualify for the NCAA Tournament, the Bronco Band gets to go along, too.
Can I get units for being in the SCU Pep
Sorry, the only compensation the Pep Band currently offers is the opportunity to play music, get into games for free and make some great friends. The Pep Band operates as a Spirit Club under the supervision of the Athletics Department and is entirely student-run, so it is not considered a class, and participation and attendance are purely optional.
Are there try-outs? If so, when do they take place?
No, the Pep Band welcomes all levels of musicians, including beginners. We do not hold formal try-outs, but we encourage all students to join in the Fall quarter and use our practice sessions as an opportunity to see what Pep Band is all about and try it for themselves.
What if I want to join, but have no musical experience?
You are still welcome to join! We have taught several students in the past how to play instruments. If you have any interest at all, we will teach you and if you are familiar with music, but want to try a new instrument, we welcome that too.


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In a few weeks, I will have the opportunity to speak to the Lexington Kiwanis Club. I may break out my Peanuts tie that shows the characters reading newspapers, a gift from my sister-in-law many years ago. I wore it to the North Carolina Press Association News, Editorial & Photojournalism Contest Awards Ceremony on Thursday in Chapel Hill.
In a few weeks, I will have the opportunity to speak to the Lexington Kiwanis Club. I may break out my Peanuts tie that shows the characters reading newspapers, a gift from my sister-in-law many years ago. I wore it to the North Carolina Press Association News, Editorial & Photojournalism Contest Awards Ceremony on Thursday in Chapel Hill.
I always enjoy attending the awards ceremony, seeing colleagues from around the state and joining them in honoring the work judges from other states found the best for that particular year. The Dispatch captured 11 awards for 2012; a story appeared Friday that detailed our results.
Ultimately, the judges who matter the most aren't those who work as journalists in other states but the readers who view our work day in and day out. I appreciate opportunities to tell individual readers and groups like the Kiwanians about our mission and why we do certain things. A recent article I read talked about the importance of journalists explaining their work to readers.
This column is one way in which I do that. I started a list recently on some questions that have arisen in the past few weeks. I've discussed some of these matters in the past, but I thought now would be an opportunity to revisit them and perhaps touch on some new ones. Call it Journalism 101.
Every industry has certain terminology that insiders immediately understand but others may not. A reader might call a news story an advertisement or an opinion column an article. Normally we can pretty quickly ascertain what the reader means.
An article offers an objective look at a subject with facts and quotes from pertinent sources. It doesn't (or shouldn't) contain the reporter's opinion on the topic. A column does offer the writer's opinion. An editorial gives an opinion on a subject and doesn't contain the name of the writer, since it's considered the newspaper's position.
Reporters don't write editorials on subjects they cover. I recently learned some folks in the community thought that was the case. A couple of us here, including myself, write editorials, but none of the reporters do. The editorial writers may base their positions on news stories and even talk with reporters to gain more understanding on a specific subject.
Our job is not to be a public relations firm for any organization, business or government. We report the news, some of which would be classified as positive, other that might be called negative. A common complaint is we don't report enough good news, but I can quickly scan through a week's papers and find several positive stories.
Some of the stories and photographs that appear concern tragedies. No one here enjoys covering incidents in which someone dies, but that's part of the job. These stories always attract a high readership online; I'll leave it to others to determine why that is. But we always strive to handle these stories with compassion and sensitivity.
Only those who work at The Dispatch read stories before they appear in print. Occasionally a member of the public will ask to see a story prepublication, but it goes against journalistic principles to allow outside people, especially those with a vested interest in the article, to preview it before it appears in print. As professionals, we ask people to trust our judgment in determining the information and quotes used in stories.
The lead story that appears in print each day is the one with the largest headline size. It may be stripped across the top of the front page, appear down the side or in other configurations. We choose the lead story based on what has the most news value and impacts the readers the most. It typically isn't a feature story.
I hope this answers some of the questions perhaps you had about our operation here at The Dispatch. Don't hesitate to email or call me at the addresses listed below if you have specific questions. I know not everyone will agree with the rationale for some of our decisions, but I'm always glad to explain them.
Chad Killebrew is executive editor of The Dispatch. He can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 215, or at email@example.com.


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QUINCY — There was a time when Ryan Kielczewski's days would start at 5 in the morning — 6 if he decided to sleep in.
He'd have two jobs waiting for him. He had been holding down a job at Polar Beverages for six years, but was also punching the clock for a construction company.
By the end of his work day, he said, "I'd get out I'd be dead tired, I'd be at 50 percent."
It didn't matter.
Boxing wanted whatever he had left in the tank.
He would go to the Cyr-Farrell Boxing Gym in the heart of Quincy, the gym he'd grown up in since he was 6 years old, knowing he had hours of training ahead of him.
"I'd come here and I'd work out 100 percent of that 50 percent," he said.
Then he'd work more.
Too wired to sleep, he'd run.
"I'd be so hyped up from the run, running at 9 o'clock at night, that I couldn't fall asleep until 2 o'clock in the morning," he said. "Then I'd be up at 6 going to work the next day."
For his first 16 professional fights, he managed to weave his life around his training and still go unbeaten with six knockouts.
But his next fight has the potential to be a game-changer.
When the Polish Prince puts his perfect record up against Miguel Soto's 11-0 record on Friday — Kielczewski's 24th birthday — in an eight-round super featherweight bout, it will be high stakes.
But as a part of ESPN's "Friday Night Fights" card at Rockingham Park in Salem, N.H., it will also be high-profile.
"This is the next step," Kielczewski said. "This is what's going to get my face out there. I'm fighting to really look good on this card in front of everybody in the nation. Maybe people will see me and start paying attention to me and we'll get bigger and better fights from here. This is definitely a golden opportunity.
For all those reasons, he's taken a completely new approach going into this bout, with the goal of stepping into the ring a different fighter than he's been at any point in his young career.
"I see the energy level, I see the focus," said Rick Kielczewski, his father and manager. "It's just all-around better. You can see how different he is. He's been awesome right through. You're going to see a different kid."
First, in the months leading up to the fight, he cut work out of the equation to focus completely on training.
He took a leave of absence, so instead of punching the clock in the wee hours, he's already into his daily routine.
The pre-fight focus, he said, has been as much on strength and conditioning as it has fighting. He spent a large chunk of his time in New York with Hector Bermudez, part trainer, part mad scientist, working on a way to manage his body weight leading up to the fight while also focusing on ring technique.
"I've been picking up a lot of tricks," he said. "He's teaching me a lot. It's not so much the boxing aspect of it. It's the strength, conditioning, mental aspects. Everything that goes around the boxing. It's not just boxing, it's everything. It's the science behind boxing is what I'm really learning right now."
The number of sparring rounds for Kielczewski is well over 100, he said, but for one of them, Bermudez had him train against a mixed martial artist.
"I got hit with a couple of backhands," Kielczewski said, grinning. "But it's all right."
Knowing that Soto is a lefty, Kielczewski's attention to detail has heightened. He's only seen one southpaw in his career. If boxing is one brutally elegant dance, steps that have come naturally for Kielczewski will suddenly change against against Soto.
"It's definitely tough," Kielczewski said. "It takes a while to get used to that. In my whole career, for every 500 rounds I box with a righty, I might box one round with a southpaw. I know everything I've got to do, it's just breaking it down and critiquing it and getting it perfect."
He's gotten in as many sparring rounds as possible against southpaws, even if it means sparring with fighters 20 pounds heavier, like Manny Medina, who trains out of the Cyr-Farrell Gym but fights two classes above Kielczewski. Medina's brother, Jose, also trains at the gym.
"Just giving him different looks," Medina said. "Him having to fight a southpaw, it's almost trying to expose his weaknesses. He's fought a lot of orthodox people, I just give him different looks, different angles. He's very good at digging into the body so if he can find those right angles against a southpaw, he'll do all right."
The biggest difference, though, will be killer instinct. The moment has come in essentially every one of Kielczewski's 16 professional fights, when he can see his opponent's legs noodle, when he knows he should let his hands loose, when, as his trainer Jimmy Farrell puts it bluntly, he should, "Get rid of him."
"When you watch him, he has this intuitive sense, this sense of anticipation," Farrell said. "He can feel what you're doing. The great athletes have it, you know? He has a gift."
Kielczewski can always sense it.
"Pretty much almost every fight," he said. "I always feel like I really hurt the guy in the beginning rounds and then I'll try to pick my shots and try to get him out of there, but I won't go full force and try to take him out."
Something always made him hold back. For a while, it was an injured right hand. It wasn't broken, he said, but there was something floating around in his fist. Punches would do as much damage to his hand as it would to his opponent.
"It was definitely a frustrating situation," he said. "Especially when you land a nice punch and it hurts."
It made him tentative about throwing punches with his dominant hand.
"I'd go in there and I'd barely throw with my right hand," he said. "Pretty much it would look like I'd throw it, but I'd kind of pull it back real quick. So nobody knew that I might have tweaked my hand in a fight and I'd win the fight on jabs."
If he wasn't thinking about his hand, he was thinking about making sure he didn't unleash a flurry of blows that would leave him winded the rest of the fight.
"I've never had a problem with my conditioning as far as going the long rounds," he said. "But I've never really pushed myself to try to end a fight early, because I wasn't always mentally there in the mind with my conditioning.''
If he had his opponent reeling in the first round, he'd catch himself backing off. Instead of going in for the finish, he'd start picking his spots. He'd tell himself that he'd get another chance later in the fight. He learned that sometimes those chances don't come.
"This time around, we've got that mental block out of my head," he said. "We're training hard core, doing hard-core sprints, powerlifting, the whole nine yards to get to that mental block out of my head."
The preparation, he hopes, will mean the difference between sensing an opportunity and seizing it.
"I'm 100 percent focused on this fight," Kielczewski said. "It's such a big opportunity for me."Julian Benbow can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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c.1200, "fighting equipment," probably from Old Norse gervi "apparel," related to gerr "ready," and gerva "make ready," from Proto-Germanic *garwin- (cf. Old English gearwe "clothing, equipment, ornament;" Old High German garawi "clothing, dress," garawen "to make ready;" German gerben "to tan"). Meaning "toothed wheel in machinery" first attested 1520s. Slang for "male sex organs" from 1670s. British adjective slang sense of "stylish, excellent" first recorded 1951, from earlier that's the gear, expression of approval, 1925.
c.1200, "to equip oneself for fighting; dress," probably from gear (n.). Related: Geared; gearing.
A wheel with teeth around its rim that mesh with the teeth of another wheel to transmit motion. Gears are used to transmit power (as in a car transmission) or change the direction of motion in a mechanism (as in a differential axle). Fixed ratios of speed in various parts of a machine is often established by the arrangement of gears.
Excellent; wonderful; superb: The opposite of ''gear'' is ''grotty''
Related Terms
in high gear, shift into high gear
[1950s+ British; fr the WWI British Army phrase that's the gear, ''that's right'']


text: Wolf ticket (or woof ticket) is an African-American slang term meaning a verbal threat, criticism, or insult used to intimidate an opponent. The term originates from woofing, meaning aimless talk, an onomatopoeic reference to the sound of dogs barking. The term is usually used as a part of the phrase "to sell wolf tickets", meaning to bluff or threaten someone in a boastful way, or "to buy wolf tickets", meaning to call the bluff or accept the implied challenge. ........ Not that I'm aware of homey. Your selling bulls--- and you should get a thread ban. Next time post in the avatar thread. Just because you crave attention doesn't mean you have to start a bs thread. What a failure.


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Faced with a threatened lawsuit over the way Georgia funds public education, Gov. Perdue challenged a task force to design a new system that strives for excellence, helps poor systems deliver the same quality as wealthy ones and doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand.
Perdue said the complicated funding formula now in place, prescribed by the state's Quality Basic Education Act, is 20 years old and was designed at a time when the state wasn't as big or diverse, and aims too low.
The governor said, "Today, 'basic' doesn't cut it. I just don't think 'basic' is good enough for the citizens of Georgia. At the end of the day, I believe most all parents expect excellence and desire excellence for their children."
He gave the 24-member task force no deadline other than to say, "the sooner the better." He also gave the panel no specific guidance on whether it must work within the present tax structure or may explore ideas to increase the take from state and local tax sources.
State Rep. Jeanette Jamieson, a Democrat from Toccoa and one of the task force members, said that's the key question.
She said, "Are we expected to deliver a different approach to excellence in education within the parameters of the same funds that are available now? If so, I think our task is going to be daunting, at best. If we can look at new and different ways of funding public education in Georgia, then I think that leaves us with an open process."


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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- With strong winds playing a big factor for the second consecutive day, Tennessee State University stormed into the lead in Men's Division I, while Bethune-Cookman University continued to lead the Women's Division heading into the final round of the 26th PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship presented by Brown Capital Management.
The 2012 Championship, played on the Wanamaker and Ryder Courses at PGA Golf Club, features nearly 180 players representing over 40 colleges and universities. The 54-hole championship concludes tomorrow.
The Bethune-Cookman women's team, which has a team total of 616, saw its lead shrink to just five strokes over South Carolina State University.
Tiana Jones of Alliance, Ohio, led the charge for South Carolina State, shooting a Championship-low 4-under-par 68 on the Ryder Course.
Jones offset a bogey and double bogey with an impressive seven birdies. She leads the women's overall medalist race by one stroke over Bethune-Cookman's Patrizia Trevisan of Austria.
"I didn't even go to the range this morning, I only did short-game work," said Jones. "And it turned out that my short game was beyond an 'A' Grade."
Jones opened with an 82 on Friday and knew she needed improve on that score to give her team a chance on Sunday.
"I knew my team needed me and I had to go low," said Jones. "Yesterday I couldn't make a birdie to save my neck and today I couldn't keep count."
Hampton (Va.) is in third with a 643.
In Men's Division I, Tennesse State, which trailed first-round leader Texas-Pan American by eight strokes, opened up a five-stroke lead heading into the final round. The Tigers have a team total of 598.
Bethune-Cookman is in third place overall at 609.
The Tigers were led by Andrew Warner of Hendersonville, Tenn. The sophomore, who opened with a 76, shot a second-round 72.
His round was highlighted by a chip-in birdie at the par-5 15th on the Wanamaker Course.
"On 15, I hit a pretty bad tee shot and a pretty bad approach but I caught a big break when the ball went into the hole," said Warner. "That got me back to even for the day and I was able to hold it together the rest of the round."
Warner knew his team had to play well to give themselves a chance to win their third title in Championship history.
"We wanted to go out there and play smart with all the wind that was going to make scores higher for everybody," said Warner. "We knew that with a few good rounds we could get right back in it and that's what we did today."
Santiago Bueno from Texas-Pan American, who fired a second-round 73, leads the medalist race by three strokes heading into the final round.
In Division II, Fayetteville State University extended its lead to 25 strokes over Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo.
Morehouse College from Atlanta, which won the 2010 Championship, is in third at 642.
The Broncos were led by Junior Jake Barge of Fayetteville, N.C.
Barge, who opened with opened with a 72, carded a second-round 71 and leads the medalist race by one stroke over teammate Jedidiah Frazier of Havelock, N.C., who shot 72 on Saturday.
"We wanted to go out there today and do better as a team than we did yesterday," said Barge. "If you can improve each round then you have done something special. Especially on this course and in this weather."
In the Men's Independent Division, Justin Watkins from the University of Central Oklahoma grabbed the 36-hole lead, shooting a second straight 74 to lead Louis Kelly of Adelphi University in New York by two strokes heading into the final round.
"I striped the ball off the tee and don't think I missed a fairway all day," said Watkins. "I really grinded and just couldn't score well. I had a goal of getting back to even par and am going to have to play well tomorrow to win this thing."
In the Women's Independent Division, Mia Campbell of Alabama State University and Ariel McNair of Xavier University are tied for the lead at 163.
"My putting got better today and I hope it continues tomorrow," said Campbell. "Ariel is a great player, fun to play with and will be hard to beat on Sunday."
About the PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship
The PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship presented by Brown Capital Management, which will celebrate its 26th edition this year, originated in November 1986 following the Jackson State University Golf Tournament and has elevated golf in minority colleges and universities by providing opportunities to more players to compete in a national championship.
In 2006, The PGA of America was granted complete ownership and management of the championship by the National Minority Collegiate Golf Scholarship Fund. In 2008, the Championship featured a record number of participants, with nearly 200 students from 47 schools, with representatives from 14 countries.
Second-Round Scores:
Men's Team Division I
1. Tennessee State 302-296--598
Cameron Scitern 74-74--148
Ryan Pierson 75-73--148
Dallas Hill 79-81--160
James Stepp 77-77--154
Andrew Warner 76-72--148
2. Texas-Pan American 294-309--603
Kevin Kirakossian 73-78--151
Santiago Bueno 72-73--145
Mathew Charles 74-78--152
Jonathan Sloss 75-80--155
Chris Felix 76-82--158
3. Bethune-Cookman 306-303--609
Matthew Mcknight 77-77--154
JaMichael Jones 80-76--156
Alex Clapp 74-74--148
Emmanuel Petrich 75-80--155
Rafael Abad 83-76--159
T4. Alabama State 301-311---612
Scott Benson 77-73--150
John Montgomery 74-77--151
Jose Rodriguez 85-NC
Robert Grant 73-79--152
Joseph Killebrew 77-82--159
T4. Savannah State 304-308--612
Cedomir Ilic 76-72--148
Travis Roe 76-79--155
Ryan Lassiter 75-82--157
Brandon Neals 77-84--161
Calib Simons 80-75--155
6. Florida A&M 306-309--615
Justin Stills 78-77--155
Cody Sapp 80-83--163
Randon Holt 87-74--161
Anthony Phipps II 76-77--153
Shephard Archie III 72-81--153
7. Arkansas at Pine Bluff 305-318--623
Caleb Ray 75-84--159
Nqobani Ndabambi 75-77--152
Gregory Robinson 78-76--154
Shane Kelly 77-81--158
Elliott Rollins, Jr. 86-87--173
8. Texas Southern 322-321--643
Dominique Worthen 78-80--158
Jason Barton 78-73--151
Michael Calvillo 87-87--174
Quinton Leonard 93-90--183
Luis Colon Gonzalez 79-81--160
9. Maryland-Eastern Shore 322-329--651
Mike Veverka 78-76--154
Greg Raad 81-85--166
Paul Cecil 82-85--167
Christopher Toney 81-83--164
Sedrick Bailey 92-98--190
10. North Carolina Central 333-343--676
Spencer Jones 78-80--158
Ryne Toole 83-85--168
Andre Jones 84-86--170
Walter Batts 88-92--180
Jack Waissen 115-100--215
11. Hampton 351-359---710
Geoffrey Napper 100-93--193
Curtis Fearrington 79-82--161
Mark Irwin 91-88--179
Tyler Davis 90-103--193
Sean Moore 91-96--187
Men's Team Division II
1. Fayetteville State 300-293--593
Jake Barge 72-71--143
Brandon Jobe 80-74--154
Jedidiah Frazier 71-73--144
Lincoln Jackson 77-75--152
Michael Wallace 81-89--170
2. Lincoln 313-305--618
Steven Mallow 84-74--158
Jacob Sandbothe 77-77--154
Kyle Brennaman 76-76--152
Eric Kosmatka 76-78--154
Jordan Morris 93-86--179
3. Morehouse College 319-323--642
Bryan McElderry 78-75--153
Clifton Jordan 81-85--166
Justin McElderry 78-84--162
Alexander Atkinson 82-84--166
Bruce Cousin 85-80--165
4. Virginia State 317-338--655
Stephan Genchi 70-NC
Rashad Hunt 79-84--163
Aaron Bryant 88-88--176
Adam Clary 82-80--162
Dalton Jolly 86-86--172
5. Benedict College 344-328--672
Anthony Wik 83-82--165
Eddie Smith III 94-80--174
Jordan Buchanan 78-75--153
Kelly Willis 89-91--180
6. Paine College 341-332--673
Carlos Solis 76-74--150
Victor Tapia 82-82--164
Patrick Mobley 90-82--172
Ralpph Godbee 93-94--187
Keith Godbee 123-116--239
7. Winston Salem State 341-335--676
Glendon Mabe 75-77--152
Zach Sheets 83-78--161
Wesley Griswold NC-NC--NC
Mike Asbury 86-82--168
Kyle Collins 97-98--195
8. Kentucky State 362-346--708
George Dundon 89-86--175
Josh Jackson 83-81--164
RhoShawn Johnson 99-82--181
Carlton Foreman 104-107--211
Julian Jeter-Davis 91-97--188
9. St. Augustine's College 357-371--728
Derek Johnson 85-84--169
Ryan Pittman 83-85--168
Antonio Daye 90-100--190
Antonio Deese 99-102--201
Women's Team Division
1. Bethune-Cookman 305-311--616
Patrizia Trevisan 72-79--151
Estefania Acosta 78-75--153
Andrea Orozco 74-79--153
Marie Bergelin 81-78--159
Jennifer Hide 81-81--162
2. South Carolina State 324-297--621
Tiana Jones 82-68--150
Cheryl Chua 79-76--155
Carmen Jones 83-87--170
Cherie Chua 82-79--161
Cabriel Duren 81-74--155
3. Hampton 329-314--643
Kayla Williams 80-76--156
Nicole West 83-76--159
Iman Ellis 87-87--174
Dionne West 81-85--166
Maria Stewart 85-77--162
4. Texas-Pan American 329-322---651
Sam Garcia 80-82--162
Elena Arroyo 84-76--160
Blake Peterson 87-82--169
Marisa Canales 78-82--160
Ashley Garcia 89-83--172
5. Texas Southern 337-339--676
Kassandra Rivera 78-82--160
Adrianna Trevino 89-86--175
Bridget Johnston 89-81--170
Tyler Lawrence 85-90--175
Angela Rafac 85-98--183
6. Lincoln 351-332---683
Kaitlyn Schwartze 81-84--165
Payton Schooler 84-74--158
Shea Colley 87-87--174
Sophia Pardalos 100-87--187
Kara Harwood 99-98--197
Men's Independent Division
Justin Watkins, University of Central Oklahoma - 74-74--148
Louis Kelly, Adelphi University - 76-74--150
Julio Gonzalez Galvan, Louisburg College - 77-74--151
Aaron Burton, Adelphi University - 79-75--154
Juan Diego Fernandez, Louisburg College - 83-72--155
Casey Foster, University of Central Oklahoma - 80-76--156
Michael Ferguson, Univ. of Maryland East Shore - 79-81--160
Christopher Davis, Carroll University - 74-87--161
Joseph Morrison, Alabama State University - 82-81--163
Jacob Mendez III, Calumet College of Saint Joseph - 86-79--165
Barry Davis, Alabama State University - 78-89--167
Buddy Senatore, California Polytechnic State Univ. - 80-87--167
Erik Potts, Hannibal-LaGrange Univ. - 85-83--168
Lawrence McKenzie, Livingstone College - 89-79--168
Minsoo Soh, Univ. of Maryland East Shore - 87-82--169
Corey Price, Alabama State University - 88-82--170
Edgar Evans Jr., Southern University Baton Rouge - 87-83--170
Ben Davis, Calumet College of Saint Joseph - 86-86--172
Joseph Journey, Univ. of Maryland East Shore - 85-89--174
Norris Brown, Univ. of Maryland East Shore - 84-90--174
Bryan Martin, Univ. of Maryland East Shore - 85-90--175
Anthony Long, Univ. of Maryland East Shore - 89-91--180
Delton Pounds, Mississippi Gulf Coast CC - 98-88--186
Sean Wilson, Chowan University - 96-90--186
Richard Sheppard, Univ. of Maryland East Shore - 98-91--189
Michael Harden, Clemson University - 97-93--190
Dylan Watts, Edward Waters College - 99-95--194
Patrick Harris, Methodist University - 98-97--195
William Brown, Prarie View A&M - 100-97--197
Charlois R. Fletcher, Louisburg College - 96-105--201
Richard Fleming, Univ. of Maryland East Shore - 102-100--202
Joseph Sable, Prarie View A&M - 117-88--205
Spencer Smith, Edward Waters College - 112-126--238
Women's Independent Division
T1. Ariel McNair, Xavier University - 84-79--163
T1. Mia Campbell, Alabama State - 83-80--163
3. Shanequa Valentine, Prairie View A&M - 88-78--166
4. Whitney Young, Wheeling Jesuit - 85-89--174
5. Alexandra Uduk, Maryland-Eastern Shore - 98-87--185
6. Michelle Gifford, Savannah State - 98-90--188
7. Cheiwah Ferguson, Texas Southern - 106-103--209
8. Allison Brown, SCSU - 105-106--211
9. Jamie Bruce, Benedict College - 112-119--231
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Waterville, ME (May 8, 2013) – This Mother's Day, $10 never meant so much. Planet Fitness, the innovative health club franchise known for its Judgement Free Zone® and friendly prices, today announced that location(s) in Waterville, ME are sponsoring the brand's fourth annual Mother's Day promotion to raise money for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation® (BCRF), an independent not-for-profit organization committed to funding scientific research to achieve prevention and a cure for breast cancer.
In honor of Mother's Day from May 8th-15th, people can join for just $10 down and then $10 a month, and participating Planet Fitness locations nationwide will donate 100% of enrollment fees to BCRF. Over the past three years, Planet Fitness has donated more than $1 million to BCRF, and the company and its franchisees this year hope to surpass previous years' donations.
"The Breast Cancer Research Foundation is grateful for the support of Planet Fitness in helping BCRF raise both money and awareness, for the fourth year in a row, for BCRF's lifesaving research efforts that are aimed at prevention and a cure for breast cancer," said Myra J. Biblowit, BCRF President. "In the U.S. alone, unfortunately every 2.3 minutes a woman will be diagnosed with breast cancer — a mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend. To implement this program during the Mother's Day holiday is a clear way to make a difference and speak to women across the nation affected by breast cancer at such an alarming rate."
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Fate is fickle, power cyclical, and nothing is new under the sun. Especially in Washington, where after every election the losing party is sagely instructed to confess sin, rend garments and rethink its principles lest it go the way of the Whigs. And where the victor is hailed as the new Caesar, facing an open road to domination.
And where Barack Obama, already naturally inclined to believe his own loftiness, graciously accepted the kingly crown and proceeded to ride his re-election success to a crushing victory over the GOP at the fiscal cliff, leaving a humiliated John Boehner & Co. with nothing but naked tax hikes.
Thus emboldened, Obama turned his inaugural and State of the Union addresses into a left-wing dream factory, from his declaration of war on global warming (on a planet where temperatures are the same as 16 years ago and in a country whose CO2 emissions are at a 20-year low) to the invention of new entitlements — e.g., universal preschool for 5-year-olds — for a country already drowning in debt.
To realize his dreams, Obama sought to fracture and neutralize the congressional GOP as a prelude to reclaiming the House in 2014. This would enable him to fully enact his agenda in the final two years of his presidency, usually a time of lame-duck paralysis. Hail the Obama juggernaut.
Well, that story — excuse me, narrative — lasted exactly six months. The Big Mo is gone.
It began with the sequester. Obama never believed the Republicans would call his bluff and let it go into effect. They did.
Taken by surprise, Obama cried wolf, predicting the end of everything we hold dear if the sequester was not stopped. It wasn't. Nothing happened.
Highly embarrassed, and determined to indeed make (bad) things happen, the White House refused Republican offers to give it more discretion in making cuts. Bureaucrats were instructed to inflict maximum pain from minimal cuts, as revealed by one memo from the Agriculture Department demanding agency cuts that the public would feel.
Things began with the near-comical cancellation of White House tours and ended with not-so-comical airline delays. Obama thought furious passengers would blame the GOP. But isn't the executive branch in charge of these agencies? Who thinks that a government spending $3.6 trillion a year can't cut 2 percent without furloughing air traffic controllers? Looking not just incompetent at managing budgets but cynical for deliberately injuring the public welfare, the administration relented. Congress quickly passed a bill giving Obama reallocation authority to restore air traffic control. Having previously threatened to veto any such bill, Obama caved. He signed.
Not exactly Appomattox, but coming immediately after Obama's spectacular defeat on gun control, it marked an administration that had lost its "juice," to paraphrase a charming question at the president's news conference.
For Obama, gun control was a political disaster. He invested capital. He went on a multicity tour. He paraded grieving relatives. And got nothing. An assault-weapons ban — a similar measure had passed the Congress 20 years ago — lost 60-40 in a Senate where Democrats control 55 seats. Obama failed even to get mere background checks.
All this while appearing passive, if not helpless, on the world stage. On Syria, Obama was nervously trying to erase the WMD red line he had so publicly established. On Benghazi, he stonewalled accusations that State Department officials wishing to testify are being blocked.


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The Right-Track, Wrong-Track number is surprising to me. I mean, the basic idea is simple, which is to determine whether MetsBlog readers feel confident with the direction this franchise is heading. However, the basis for each voter's vote is more or less up to them. Historically, I always pushed voters to think long term, less about today or yesterday, and to consider the farm system, who is making decisions, the current roster, resources, and what the future holds. But, that's not a requirement, and this poll, which I've been running since 2004, has always sort of reflected the current sentiment.
That said, despite the team losing more games each of the last three seasons; payroll dropping; saying goodbye to Cy Young Award winner and a batting champion; and having no outfield; the last poll showed 72% of 4,000 voters think the Mets are on the Right Track.
Of course, I voted Right Track, so I shouldn't be surprised. But, I'm always criticized by readers for being overly optimistic, so I naturally assume I'm in the minority. Clearly, that is not the case.
Now, if you read the Comment Section here, you would think every Mets fan is pessimistic and zero would vote like me. However, survey after survey shows that just 10% or so of this site's overall readership actually post comments. So, the general sentiment in comments here is probably not indicative of the overall fanbase, just like Twitter isn't indicative of it, just like limiting to online fans is probably not a reflection of offline fans.
In other words, I'm not really sure of the point of this post, other than to acknowledge my surprise that the overwhelming majority of the thousands of people voting are seemingly as confident about the future as I am, which is a credit to Sandy Alderson. Perhaps you think he's pulling the wool over our eyes, or maybe you have total faith in his reputation and plan, or maybe you're in the middle, but giving him the benefit of the doubt... that's up to you. But, either way, at least as far as voters go, it's working... for now.


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Ancestry.ca will hold an official launch party in Toronto on the 29th. Glen Wright, Dr. Kevin James, and Mark McGowan will be there to give brief comments about the census.
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My name is Mike and I'm new to programming in general. I dabbled with C++ a few years back, but gave up on it because simply I wasn't motivated enough.
Flash forward a few years (23 now) and I decided to take on Java. My first reason was to make Android apps to get out into the market and make some extra cash. But then it came down to the fact I wanted something that was MINE. Something that I had created..I'm sure you guys can relate.
Either way I been reading multiple sources for about 1 1/2 weeks now. It began with Sam's Java 6 in 21 days. Unfortunately book seemed to leave out so many factors, so I picked up "A Beginners Tutorial Java 7" by Budi Kurniawan. I recommend it to other beginners who might read this post. It goes into depth about OOP and how it works in Java,the book just lacks exercises.
I spend any free time I have reading through the book and other sources, trying to wrap my head around OOP (which I thought I understood and then it seemed to just not click anymore lol). Hopefully I'm not "over-studying", if there is such a thing. The more I learn about Java the more interested I become..so this trait will keep me motivated.
My goal is be well versed in basic Java within 8 months. (slightly above noob)
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OKUMA, JAPAN—Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the operator of the country's crippled nuclear power plant on Thursday to scrap all six reactors at the site instead of just four already slated for decommissioning and to concentrate on tackling pressing issues like leaks of radioactive water.
After taking a firsthand look at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, however, Abe insisted that radioactive water had been contained at the complex and said he would fend off "rumours" regarding Fukushima's safety.
Following a three-hour tour of the plant, Abe instructed its operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., to decommission the No. 5 and 6 reactors, which survived the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The disaster caused three other reactors to melt and damaged a fuel cooling pool at another. TEPCO has been unsure about what to do with the two surviving reactors, leading some to believe that it may be hanging on to hopes of resuming their operation.
"I told (TEPCO) to ensure decommissioning of reactors No. 5 and 6 so that they can concentrate more on dealing with the accident," Abe told workers and reporters as he wrapped up the tour at the plant's emergency command centre.
TEPCO President Naomi Hirose told Abe that a decision on the reactors would be made by the end of the year, the prime minister said.
Abe said he urged TEPCO to ensure it has enough funding on hand to take care of urgent work needed to clear the way for the plant's decommissioning, and that Hirose promised to obtain 1 trillion yen ($10 billion) in addition to a similar amount it has already set aside.
Decommissioning multiple melted reactors is an unprecedented challenge, and experts say Fukushima's cleanup will be far more difficult than after the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in the United States in 1979.
The prime minister said he stood by the reassurance about Tokyo's safety that he gave to the International Olympic Committee before the city of 35 million was awarded the right to host the 2020 summer games earlier this month.
"One of the main purposes of this visit was to see it for myself, after I made those remarks on how the contaminated water has been handled," Abe said.
Officials have acknowledged that radiation-contaminated groundwater has been seeping into the Pacific Ocean since soon after meltdowns and explosions crippled the plant following a massive earthquake and tsunami.
Abe said he was convinced that all of the contaminated water had been contained.
"In light of that, I will work hard to counter rumours questioning the safety of the Fukushima plant," he said.
Abe was shown some of the 1,000 tanks containing radioactive water, water treatment equipment and an underground chemical dam being installed along the coast — steps meant to contain the water leakage, which experts say is a major obstacle for the decades-long cleanup process.
Wearing hazmat coveralls, a face mask and an orange helmet, Abe rushed with his entourage from one site to another, spending only several minutes at each.
Abe's adamant reassurance to the IOC that the leaks are "under control" has backfired at home, as many Japanese believe he was glossing over problems at the plant.
Thursday's plant visit was Abe's second since taking office in December, when he took his first tour on a bus.
Hours before the IOC chose Tokyo to host the 2020 Olympics, Abe gave a speech declaring that radioactive contaminants from the leakage had no impact on seawater outside the bay near the plant. Tokyo was not at risk, he insisted. Fukushima is about 250 kilometres northeast of the capital.
Senior TEPCO official Kazuhiko Yamashita told opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers last week that the water situation was "not under control," appearing to contradict Abe. DPJ leaders said they would demand that Abe explain his remarks to the IOC.
TEPCO later said Yamashita was referring to isolated incidents and had not contradicted Abe's comments.
The most heavily radiated water pools inside the reactor and turbine basements, where waste cooling water that leaked out of melted reactors has gathered, have mixed with groundwater seeping through cracks in the damaged buildings, generating 800 tons of contaminated water per day.
Much of the water is being pumped out and partially treated — half is recycled as cooling water, the other half stored in tanks. The plant has 350,000 tons of water kept in the 1,000 tanks.
The chairman of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority, Shunichi Tanaka, has proposed using a new water treatment machine capable of removing all radioactive elements apart from less toxic tritium so the water can be eventually released into the ocean. That equipment, which Abe saw during Thursday's tour, is under repair due to corrosion, and tests are to resume later this year.
The government is funding the development of more advanced water treatment equipment and paying for a costly ice wall to surround the reactor and turbine buildings and prevent them from contaminating outside groundwater.


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JUNEAU — Alaska residents would receive vouchers to help address high energy costs under a bill introduced Friday in the state Senate.
SB203 would provide every adult recipient of an Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend this fall with a voucher for 250 gallons of heating oil, an equivalent amount of natural gas, or 1,500 kilowatt-hours of electricity.
Alaskans who receive a voucher but don't directly pay for heating oil, gas or electricity used in their homes can instead have a voucher sent to their landlord, or they can get $250.
The bill does not yet have a fiscal note detailing the cost. A $3.7 billion surplus has been projected between this year and next, and Sen. Joe Thomas, the bill's primary sponsor, said a goal is to use about 9 cents of every surplus dollar — "mere pennies" of it — to provide relief.
"We in this body must take steps this session to help our constituents weather the energy crisis facing our communities," Thomas, D-Fairbanks, said in a floor speech.
Alaska is rich in resources like oil and gas, but many residents pay astronomical prices to heat and light their homes and businesses, in large part because of the cost of sending fuel or electricity to outlying communities.
In the Fairbanks area alone, Thomas said, about $660 million is spent each year on energy costs, a figure that comes out to about $6,600 per man, woman and child. Combined electricity and heating bills in the region eat up nearly 30 percent of an average family's income after taxes, he said, in spite of the fact that there's an oil pipeline and refineries in the region.
For years, state leaders have been looking for ways to address high energy costs, and Alaska is currently pursuing several projects, like a massive dam, that officials say could help take the edge off, at least in the state's most populous areas. The state has a program to help rural Alaskans with electricity prices, but it doesn't address heating oil.
"Every Alaskan faces the high cost of energy. Every member of this body knows family and friends who have faced hard choices because of rising costs," Thomas said. "Let's demonstrate to every Alaskan that we can work together smartly, responsibly and creatively to address this growing problem. Let's show that we can put aside regionalism, partisanship and any other distraction that keeps us from solving the greatest challenge facing far too many Alaska families."
The bill calls to mind a 2008 effort, under then-Gov. Sarah Palin, in which Alaskans received a $1,200 rebate to help offset fuel prices. But it also seeks a longer-term solution and calls on the governor to evaluate other alternatives to provide energy assistance.
Rep. Lance Pruitt, R-Anchorage, and co-chair of the House Special Committee on Energy, hasn't taken a position on the bill yet but said if lawmakers do something short-term, it should be coupled with a long-term fix.
Gov. Sean Parnell's spokeswoman said his office hadn't had a chance to review the bill but is focused on long-term solutions, including dam projects in different parts of the state.
At least nine senators, representing a mix of urban and rural areas, have signed onto the voucher bill. Sen. Donny Olson, D-Nome, is among them.
Olson said energy costs are driving people from rural Alaska.
"If people can't afford to live in rural Alaska, they will move to urban areas, assuming they stay in the state," he said.
With the bitter cold this winter in parts of Alaska, he said there is an immediate need for the kind of relief the vouchers can provide while the state works on a long-range plan.


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"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor." Isaiah 9:6
Suggested Further Reading: Proverbs 8 (which was read earlier in the same service)
Tried child of God, your daughter is sick; your gold has melted in the fire; you are sick yourself, and your heart is sad. Christ counsels you, and he says, "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, he will sustain thee; he will never suffer the righteous to be moved." Young man, you that are seeking to be great in this world, Christ counsels you this morning. "Seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not." I shall never forget my early years. I was ambitious; I was seeking to go to college, to leave my poor people in the wilderness that I might become something great; and as I was walking that text came with power to my heart; "Seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not." I suppose about forty pounds a year was the sum total of my income, and I was thinking how I should make both ends meet, and whether it would not be a great deal better for me to resign my charge and seek something for the bettering of myself, and so forth. But this text ran in my ears, "Seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not." "Lord," said I, "I will follow thy counsel and not my own devices;" and I have never had cause to regret it. Always take the Lord for your guide, and you shall never go amiss. Backslider! You that have a name to live, and are dead, or nearly dead, Christ gives you counsel. "I counsel thee to buy of me, gold tried in the fire and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed." And sinner! You that are far from God, Christ gives you counsel. "Come unto me, all ye that are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Depend on it, it is loving counsel. Take it.
For meditation: God has promised to guide his children and to keep an eye on them (Psalm 32:8). His guidance has a sure foundation and a great advantage over the thoughts and intentions of men (Psalm 33:10,11). We can seek his guidance right where we are; isn't it strange that we can so often go to him last of all?
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Why is basic sewing such a novelty to some people? I have basic skills like buttons and hems, and I can follow a Simplicity pattern. People act like I can spin gold when they find out.
Every once in a while, people will mention that they loved one of my baby quilts and would love for me to make one that they can gift to someone they know, but theyve always taken "I prefer to just sew for fun when the mood strikes" at face value and never followed up.My SO took a while to learnhe'll still ask me to make a "blanket" for a friend, but gives me a whole lot of lead time (and buys at least part of the supplies if they aren't in my stash already or all if its not a joint gift). The lead time only came after he asked me to make a quilt for his grandmother a week before Christmas. I finished it in time, but he didn't get to see me very much that week.
"What do you mean, you charge $150 an hour for story telling? I see you tell stories in the library for free all the time."No. You see me telling stories as part of my JOB AT THE LIBRARY. Because it is occasionally part of my job description, it is also part of my salary. YOU want me to spend ten hours of my free time rehearsing ghost stories and then giving up three hours of my Saturday afternoon to come to your house and tell stories for an hour. Now, story telling is among my passions, but I am not so passionate that I am going to spend precious free moments rehearsing stories I haven't told for a year out of the goodness of my heart.The same woman said to me "Asking money for telling stories! I can do that myself."Good luck lady. I have very bad, very off days where I cannot remember the stories I have been rehearsing for a week or three. And I KNOW what I'm doing. You? Not so much.
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