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i don't wana be my dad.
And once again I'll say that it is not your job here. It would be fine if you became a missionary and went to Africa, but this site is for fans to discuss Boba Fett and some unrelated conversations, not to be converted.
Blah blah blah If Aaron sees a problem he will lock it. no lets get on topic And yes FettII I am.
well fett2, nor do i want to be my dad...now. but there was a day. that day seems so long ago.
(gazes out the window, and hesitates before reeling his attention back).
hello? Get back on topic!
what is the topic exactly?, ur personal crusade to save the world by attrition?
because if i recall the topic is "do you go to church?"
seems to have lost its way sometime ago. but alas it is your topic, which direction would you like it to go?
no they're not, they're making the locals believe that if they don't follow Christ, they will burn at death. You call it help?
Just wondering, how do you know this?
have you not seen those commercials on tv? plus, it's a fact that there are missionaries over in Ethiopia selling kids for adoption and turning them towards "the good faith". that right there is a major problem in the world. There is no "good faith". No religion is above any other. Naturally, all are the same, merely different beliefs. and i never wanted to be like my dad, 1. i barely know the guy 2. from what i've been told, he's not the greatest person.
interesting commentary about religion fett2, and im sorry to hear that about ur dad,
truely. but on the bright side often the people that have to over come such adversity
become the most interesting to know.
these words come from someone who has a vague notion of what you speak.
and as a disclaimer-all though my opinions on religion, family and such subjective issues r often pointed
and may not "jive" with other members, i mean no disrespect or personal rancor.
have you not seen those commercials on tv?
And where in these commercials does it show the missionaries telling the children that if they do not convert they will burn in hell?
Uhh it don't. Missionaries are telling the truth. Which is one of the Ten Commandment: 'do not bare false withness' (don't lie)
missionaries are telling the truth in your view, Karson. for others, the 10 Commandments are crap/waste of time.
Baal, the Horned God, etc.
In my humble opinion, those who worship evil have no place anywhere.
I dont get to go to church very often myself. I am Roman Catholic, and I havent stepped foot inside a church for four or more years. (Bad I know...)
The last time I went to any sort of place of worship was with my ex-girlfriend in a synagog. (She is Jewish.)
I wasnt sure how I would be welcomed there, being Catholic and all, but they were all very friendly.
Kel Solaar
I personally do not go to church, but I do believe in some form of higher being, a "God" if you will.
for others, the 10 Commandments are crap/waste of time.
You have to be a scum to not follow the same morals as the ten commandments. Some you may not agree with based on religion but, there is some good advice to follow in those commandments. I personally think do not murder or do not steal aren't crap/ waste of time.
others do. i'm merely pointing it out.
In my humble opinion, those who worship evil have no place anywhere.
I agree, but I was not refering to traditional Satanism, but Wicca, which I can't say I support anyway.
Ah, I see Draco Fett. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
However, I do not believe that Wicca has any sort of "evil" intent. Last time I read anything about it, it dealt with natural powers etc. Seems like an ok belief system to me.
To Sev Fett,
Yes, the ten commandments are a good rule of thumb, and to not follow them is ridiculous. I would hate to meet the kind of person who breaks all the ten commandments. I doubt even Boba does lol
-Kel Solaar
I know some very nice people who are Wiccans, they just worship nature gods and have pow wows in pentagrams, witch by the way is not a evil sign but a symbol used to ward off evil spirits.
(find the pun )
I dont have anything against Wiccans, I just don't support what my religion considers Paganism. The pentagram can be used as a symbol of evil, such as Baphomet's seal.
Karson I know what I said about the Evils were in the Past,,but it
was giving a example of how People think about evil,,these
days it's, diffent things which is scare mongoling,,I'm a very happy easy
going type,,and it is upsetting the way the World is ,,not caring,always
stating what they haven't got ,not looking to what they have,,no pride
in anything,,not enjoying the simple things in life,,simpy what it means is to
like yourself first,,and set a good example.
You know some people say there was no Jesus, but they still use BC and AD.
i am jewish and i go to the temple every almost every saturday and the rabbi teaches me on wendsday
I sometimes go.
Haven't really gone recently.
I mean, I still believe in God and Jesus, isn't that enough?
You know some people say there was no Jesus, but they still use BC and AD.
Actually, those people usually use B.C.E. (Before Common Era), and C.E. (Common Era).
but there was a Jesus. There are documents from his time period proving that a man named Jesus lived, but there's nothing to do with God or any miracles.
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: Writers, how do you handle your finances? I'm thinking about keeping my poetry-related expenses separate for tracking purposes, but I'm not sure what that will look like for me.
Do you have a separate account for your earnings and expenses? Do you use a tracking software or Excel spreadsheet? What do you consider a write-off? Any recommendations are helpful.
1) I keep my finances for poetry separate, but also do this very easily. Here are the key steps, all you need is 2 folders...
a) Keep a folder somewhere we you other documents (bills, poems, etc.) marked Writing Receipts 2010
b) Money Received 2010 - Writing Folder- This is where you put notes or receipts from all the money you have earned (in book sales, honorariums, etc.) over the year
c) Inside that folder have a piece of paper that says "Mileage" with dates/where/what etc. to keep track of all reading/writing events.
d) After 12/31, take both folders are add up your mileage, how much you made, how much you spent. That is what I use on my taxes.
One thing I've always paid for (even when I was at my poorest!) was an accountant to do my taxes.
I remember going to Sears and using H&R Block as they were really cheap there way way back. I swear, it's the best money spent this time of year. It's their job to know things and help you. I love that I get to ask questions each year about poetry and taxes. And I love not having to stress about doing my taxes. I just bring in all my receipts, sit down and eat the candy off his desk (note: He does not have a candy-topped desk like a magical fairy, but a great bowl of chocolates to share...)
Also, I keep a separate savings account for money I make through my poetry (i.e. grants, poetry contest winnings, book sales, etc.) This way if something comes up poetry-related and I want to go (Hedgebrook with Carolyn Forche, a writing conference or class, or I need to buy a new computer), the money is there without feeling as if I have to somehow find a way to take it out of the family budget and worry if we have it or not.
Since it's the start of the year, I recommend that right now, everyone gets two folders and put your receipts in there all year! If you haven't been declaring yourself as a writer each year, maybe you should be...

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RAMAGLIA, Dante. Current discussions about the policies of recognition: constitution of the subjects and social change. Estud. filos. práct. hist. ideas [online]. 2010, vol.12, n.2, pp.45-54. ISSN 1851-9490.
The perspectives provided by the recognition theory to understand the transformations that have been happening in contemporary societies, have swiftly turned into a focus of discussion in social and political philosophy. Especially there are examined some theoretical proposals which depart from the consideration of the anthropological sense of recognition, and its reinterpretation from the definition that it has in modern culture, in philosophers like Rousseau and Hegel, in order to give different keys of interpreting those social change processes which have been taking place till the present. One of the analyzed options is associated with the frankfurtian philosopher Axel Honneth, who has developed a set of thesis about the importance of mutual recognition in relation to the dynamics that mobilize social conflicts. Besides the need to contrast this with other contemporary approaches, they are also reviewed some assumptions and scopes of the theory of recognition from a critical perspective that is contextualized within the framework of the transformations produced by globalization and the ongoing crisis of capitalist societies. From this point of view, it is interesting to inquire into the significance of alternative manifestations of social movements in their new forms of protest and claim of justice. In this respect, some guidelines concerning the policies of recognition are tested, as this discussion involves an evaluation of equality and difference as normative and guiding principles of the material and cultural changes occurring in today's world.
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Dan Erhart's political legacy will likely be the Northstar commuter-rail line. But it was the way he took risks without regard for political fallout that distinguished the longtime Anoka County Board member from many of his peers.
"He was rare among elected officials because he was willing to take chances without worrying about the consequences," said Leigh Lenzmeier, a Stearns County commissioner who spent a decade working with Erhart on rail issues.
"Other politicians are constantly trying to balance things because they get caught up in how things look. If Dan believed something would benefit Anoka County, he pushed for things. You always know where he stands."
After three decades on the board, Erhart lost his bid for re-election this month to Coon Rapids City Council Member Scott Schulte. Now 71, Erhart says he's retiring from politics, "but if something comes along that I love ... "
Erhart is an old-school-style politician, but his desire to try new ventures never seems to get old. The oldest member of the county board, he also is the most progressive.
He was the engine that drove Northstar. When the federal funding needed to launch the $317 million line was made official, then-Gov. Tim Pawlenty lauded him, brought him to the podium and handed him the microphone.
Erhart, who rarely minces words, has never tried to hide his frustration with the fiscally conservative views of fellow board member Rhonda Sivarajah or his lack of respect for two-year board member Matt Look, who replaced him as chairman of the Anoka County Regional Rail Authority. Yet Erhart's relationship with Pawlenty, a conservative Republican, on Northstar was typical of his ability to cross ideological lines when it came to getting things done.
He counts former U.S. Sens. Dave Durenberger and Norm Coleman, both Republicans, among his political friends and can mention them in the same sentence as former Vice President Walter Mondale, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Gov. Mark Dayton, all Democrats, when discussing political allies.
"I like him, even if I don't always agree with him, because Dan's always been a force," said Felix Schmiesing, a veteran Sherburne County commissioner. "When Dan thinks he's moving in the direction he feels is right, he just keeps going.
"He's not always easy to work with because he's so focused. He's a little bit like a train. He's always on track and he just keeps moving forward. You have to admire him."
Battles with conservatives
Not everyone has. Conservative blogs have been after Erhart for eight years, he said days after losing the Nov. 6 election.
Erhart also was miffed when a televised report said he hadn't disclosed a partnership in a South Dakota land deal and raised questions of a possible conflict of interest. But Erhart had made no secret of the partnership to board colleagues numerous times over the past decade or more, said former Anoka County Board Chairman Dennis Berg. Lawyers interviewed by the Star Tribune said Erhart had broken no laws and was not obligated to disclose owning land in another state.
Erhart brought the matter to the Washington County attorney, who, after investigating, said he had done nothing wrong. The TV station reported that news as well.
In Erhart's eyes, the damage had been done. Schulte ran an online version of the story on his web page, then added the TV station's follow-up and eventually took the article off the page. As of late last week, it was still on one of Look's web pages.
"It cost me," said Erhart, who acknowledged early in his campaign that Schulte was a worthy opponent. "People running against my campaign were less than honorable -- and I'm not talking about my opponent.
"I worry that Anoka County is going backwards and has become a laughingstock because of the direction the county has taken."
He worries about Northstar's fate, too. Erhart says Northstar will never achieve ridership potential until the line reaches St. Cloud, and fears a lack of enthusiasm for Northstar among Anoka County board leaders.
Some projects fell through
The National Sports Center in Blaine was built while Erhart was becoming a force on the county board. But not all of his pet projects have worked out. He championed the county's partnership with the Minnesota Vikings to build a pro football stadium in Blaine, but the partners parted ways after legislators passed on the deal in 2006.
Erhart also was a key player in a possible passenger-train project from Minneapolis to Duluth, only to watch Anoka County pull out of the alliance pursuing the 150-mile line.
Yet he continued to push ahead -- just as he did less than a decade ago, when he was replaced as county board chair by political allies who wanted a less-demanding leader.
Erhart got his opportunity three decades ago when the county moved from five commissioners to seven. There was an open seat in his district. He had recently worked to get Jim Oberstar elected to Congress. People knew him. He became a commissioner in 1983.
"I liked working for the good of the people," he said. "I'd been in politics since 1967, but this gave me a chance to participate in the process personally, and for the good of the people."
Progressives will miss him. In a state where Democrats hold the governor's office and both U.S. Senate seats and this month regained majorities in the Legislature, Anoka is the one metro-area county that just became more politically conservative.
"I think the loss to the county will become more apparent as time goes on," said Steve Novak, a former county manager. "I can't think of another example of a local official who has done more over the past three decades than Dan Erhart.
"Dan did an enormous amount of work promoting Anoka County far and wide across the metro area and across the state. Dan played a substantial role in fighting fiscal disparity and developing projects that were right for the taxpayer. Dan could reach across party lines and get people to cooperate.
"That's politics at its best."
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LaBarbera Calls Gays Kleptos Over Hallmark Ornament Controversy
Earlier this week while members of the LGBT community were seeing red over Hallmark stigmatizing the word "gay" by dropping it from the lyric of a well-known Christmas carol, prominent anti-gay activist Peter LaBarbera saw some scarlet of his own over the issue.
The item at the center of the debate is a seemingly innocent Christmas ornament bearing altered lyrics to "Deck the Halls." As Fox News reports, the greeting card company edited the iconic song's lyrics for its new Christmas ornament, taking out the word "gay" in "Don we now our gay apparel," and replacing it with "fun."
According to Fox News, a number of people have taken to Facebook to criticize Hallmark's decision to omit the word, with one post reading, "Hallmark is insinuating that gay people dress differently than anyone else. If I were gay, I would be more upset with that." Another Facebook user said that by changing the word, the company made an unnecessary political statement.
"Who could blame Hallmark for changing the Christmas carol from 'Don we now our gay apparel' to 'Don we now our fun apparel' because homosexual activists stole the word 'gay,'" LaBarbera said "It used to mean 'happy' and 'joyful' - and now it means, basically, identifying a sexual perversion: homosexuality. So I don't blame Hallmark for making this change."
According to conservative Christian news outlet One News Now, the anti-gay activist stated his theory that most people would not wear a shirt with the word 'gay' on it, so it makes sense not to put it on an ornament.
Claiming moral rights to the English language, LaBarbera further stated "Homosexual activists stole that word just like they stole the rainbow, [...] Now, I don't believe we should let these words go, but it looks like 'gay' is too far gone. We're not going to let the rainbow be used solely as a homosexual symbol, so we're going to fight that. But the fact is, homosexual activists are constantly stealing good things and adapting them to suit their sexual perversion."
According to One News Now, LaBarbera says the latest thievery on the part of homosexual activists is the word "equality," especially in terms of marriage.
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In 2002, LaBarbera compared the alleged dangers of homosexuality to those of "smoking, alcohol and drug abuse."
In 2007, LaBarbera said there was "a disproportionate incidence of pedophilia" among gay men-a claim refuted by the American Psychological Association. The same year, he posted literature that made a series of false claims about gays running the German Nazi Party.
In 2010, AFTAH was designated as an anti-gay hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for spreading hateful propaganda, and claiming that homosexuality can be "cured."
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Walking on the beach in Sweden, Anika Winhagen picked up a bottle with a message in it. The note asked a future finder to respond. A response was possible since it turned out Winhagen had worked with the mother of the girl who floated the bottle two decades ago.
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There's VerbNet [upenn.edu], FrameNet [berkeley.edu], Arabic WordNet [globalwordnet.org], and probably others I don't know about.
WordNet has become a standa
The context of a word seems to me (obviously not a math of CS geek) to be a good, and relatively easy to calculate, indicator of the word's relation to other terms. By context I mean the "physical" proximity to other terms on a page, rather than the normal written language cont
What I really want to see is the search engine reduce the duplicated content to single entries (try Googling for a Java classname and you'll see how many Google-searched websites have the API on them), or order them by reoccurrance of the word or phrase giving the context more value than the popularity of the page.
...and growing and evolving.
Take a look at the "blogosphere" and the tagging/classification initiative that's happening there.
Sure, it seems crude and unrefined but it's working, like most grass-roots initiatives do when compared with grandiose "industry standards" and the big, bulky workgroups that try to define them.
The article would have us believe that this is going to expose everyone to massive amounts of privacy invasion. This is not necessarily the case. It is already the case that there are privacy mechanisms to protect information in the SW (e.g. require agents to authenticate to a site to retrieve restricted information). Beyond simple mechanisms, there is a lot of research being conducted on the idea of trust in the semantic web - e.g. how does my agent know to trust a slashdot article as absolute truth and a wikipedia article as outright fabrication (or vice versa).
As for making the content of the internet widely available, some researchers feel this will never happen. As another commenter noted that it is essential that there is agreement in the definition of concepts (ontologies) to enable the SW to work (if my agent believes the symbol "apple" refers to the concept Computer, and your agent believes it refers to "garbage", we may have some interesting but less than useful results). I am researching ontology generation using information extraction / NLP techniques, and it is certainly a difficult problem, and one that isn't likely to have a trivial problem (in some respects, this is goes back to the origins of AI in the 1950's, and we're still hacking at it today).
For some good references on the Semantic Web (beyond Wikipedia), check out some of these links
<Primary ID>Apple</Primary ID>
<Supplementary Id>Computer</Supplementary Id>
<Supplementary Id>Power Book</Supplementary Id>
You could already do this semantic web nonsense if people would just stick to a standard and be honest with what they publish.
Nobody wants to do that however. Mobile phone companies always try to make their offering sound as attractive as possible by highlighting the good points and hiding the bad ones. Phone stores try to cut through this by making their own charts for comparing phone companies but in turn try to hide the fact that they get a bigger cut from some companies then others.
It wouldn't be at all hard to set up a standard that would make it very easy to tell what cell phone subscription is best for you. Getting the companies involved to participate is impossible however.
This is the real problem with searching the web right now. It wouldn't be at all hard to use google today if everyone was honest with their site content. For instance, removed the word "review" from a product page if no review is available.
Do you think this is going to happen anyday soon? No, then the semantic web will not be with us anyday soon either.
How many people read this and thought "Okay, what have they done with Norton now?"
I was interested that you posted about the healthcare industry, because I work in it today, and also went to a university which has done quite a bit of research into the area of health & bio informatics. From the research, it is clear that the semantic web and healthcare are actually a great match for each other, particularly when it comes to things like concepts & ontologies (for example, check out MeSH [nih.gov] if you haven't seen it before).
Another example of how semantics make sense for healthcare i
"All of this data is public data already," said Mr Glaser. "The problem comes when it is processed."
The privacy and security concerns are bizarre. They're saying that there is currently an implicit "security through obscurity" and that's ok. However, if someone were to make available data more easily found, then it would be less secure?
Here's a radical thought; don't make any data public you don't want someone to see. Blaming Google because you put your home address on your blog and "bad people" found you is absurd. If data is sensitive it shouldn't be there now.
You can't really bitch about peeping Tom's if you built the glass house.
The problem is that no one is willing to man
a bunch of automatically generated metadata was added to it, possibly without your knowledge. Think of all the trouble that has come from Word document metadata being put on the web.
I'm not sure that this is the gist of the article I read, but it is an interesting thought.
That's more under the heading of the cute, insecure ideas that just wont die. Why does a web server tell me it's name and build number? Why does web publishing software include the registered user's name in the meta data? It's val
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LUDLOW, Vt. — As we stood by the fire at the base of Okemo Mountain, a spotlight emerged from above. Like a ship plowing through a foggy evening our snow limo heaved out of the darkness. Somewhere up on the mountain, a five-course tasting dinner awaited.
Climbing aboard the cushy snowcat, 16 of us departed for Epic. The mountain's daytime restaurant transforms into an intimate dining room on Saturday nights. The nocturnal ride up trails and through tunnels on a tricked-out groomer took a mere 10 minutes, but the transition from one world to another was magical, punctuated with headlight glimpses of frozen creeks and snow-draped trees.
We exited the snowcat, and a friendly staffer took our coats. Within seconds we were whisked to a table next to a blazing fire. No coat check, no attitude, no hostess fumbling to find our reservations.
Welcome to slope-to-table dining. A world away from the family-friendly hubbub at the base area where we departed, we delved into a relaxed evening of double black-diamond fare prepared by what felt like our own chef.
From curried cauliflower soup with fried oysters to elk chops crusted in juniper berries and black pepper, to a lush cabernet sorbet palate cleanser, alpine cuisine has gone from ho-hum to haute. "It used to be just burgers, wraps, and quesadillas," said Epic chef Craig Cornell, on a table visit after the meal.
After an exhausting day shredding moguls, skiers craved more, better fare. And resort owners, tired of losing out to the inns in the village, got creative.
At Sunday River in Maine, a Chondola takes guests to peak dinners, where rum pairings and full moon specials are a welcome diversion from rowdy après-ski scenes. At Sugarbush, the adventurous ski off their indulgences after a romantic rendezvous at 3,150 feet. Farther north at Stowe, shussers eat like royalty underneath gondolas at Solstice.
"The food at ski areas has evolved. We were ahead of the curve," said Ellen Demers, culinary services director for Okemo Mountain Resort, where the Snowcat Dinners are in their fourth season. "The average skier is not a day traveler anymore."
And resorts like Okemo are trying to keep them on the mountain as long as possible. Nine years ago, nighttime dining options at Okemo did not exist. Now there are three — Italian grill Siena, the Coleman Brook Tavern with a deep wine cellar, and the Saturday night prix fixe popup at Epic.
Because skiing has become more travel destination, less sport, guests want "the whole package," said Demers.
They get it at Epic. True, dinner comes with an epic price tag ($125 per person, not including wine) but you notice the upgrade. This is personal, intimate dining perfect for an anniversary, or as I did, to toast turning another year.
In a tiny kitchen with six burners, Cornell manages to lay out a five-course meal that's worlds beyond what most top chefs are throwing down in cosmopolitan cities. There are three seatings — 6:30, 7, and 7:30 p.m. And the relaxed ambience is part of the appeal.
On the night we dined, about 30 guests, couples and groups, ringed the glowing fireplace in the middle of the room. Flames were stoked all night, giving the room a dreamy elegance that worked perfectly with everything from rocket salad to citrus chiffon for dessert.
In Killington, guests are conveyed by sleigh to a private yurt on the side of the mountain. Inside the heated, domed tent, couples in flannels and sweaters tuck into a Vermont-focused meal laid out on pewter trays. Wine and beer is served in goblets, and the kinks of the day relax with the first taste of Cavendish quail from nearby Springfield.
"We are focusing on quality and strive to give people a really positive guest experience," said Greg Lang, executive chef at Killington Resort. "We want to be known for our quality of food, not just for skiing."
Ingredients from rabbit to cheese to bread to whiskey are sourced from Green Mountain State purveyors, and it all is served in a fabulously hidden location adding to the intrigue.
"It's not just about the food, it's the sleigh ride, and the attentiveness is spot-on. Everything is made fresh from scratch," said Lang. "We are not bringing in a pre-made anything."
Lavash crackers, served with local sheep and cow's milk cheeses, are made with spent grain from the Long Trail Brewery. "No one can touch it. It's very unique," he said.
With an entree of beef and bison tenderloin, who cares if the temperature outside is dropping fast. This is food worth the arctic blast.
At night the mid-mountain warming hut Allyn's Lodge at Sugarbush turns romantic. Ski boot scuff is concealed under white cloth and candle-lit picnic tables as moonlight descends. Country pate, cheddar fondue, ribeye steak, rack of lamb — everything you wouldn't expect in a place that specializes in hot cocoa and soup by day — are served.
"It's not ski lodge food," said Patrick Brown, Sugarbush communication manager.
Should you overindulge, don't worry about your snow pants not fitting the next day. Guests can strap on helmet lights and ski to the Timbers Restaurant for maple eggnog crème caramel dessert. Go on a full moon for an over-the-top experience.
At Stowe, you don't have to travel far for a magnificent meal with a view. At the base of Vermont's first ski mountain, chef Josh Berry turns out fare so elegant at Solstice, it's easy to postpone that last run indefinitely.
Truffle pot roast served by the fire as Mount Mansfield looms in the distance is an alpine extravagance that skiers are sopping up.
"Eating in Vermont and living here is more like Europe. Everyone plans their day around food," said Berry, a classically trained chef who cooked in Lucerne, Switzerland, and the Balsams Grand Resort in Dixville Notch, N.H.
With a network of dairy farms, gardens, and meat purveyors so close, ski chefs are living the locavore dream.
"I have farmers calling me to get on my cheese program," said Berry, who offers 18 local fromages from the tender bijou goat from Vermont Butter and Cheese Creamery to Cabot's signature clothbound cheddar.
Berry "micro sources" from 45 to 50 miles away and most of his dairy products travel a mere five miles.
Cheese is paired with local, raw honey, toasted almonds, and stone fruit chutney. Add charcuterie like house-made duck liver pate with artisan bread, and it's clear this is not your father's après-ski.
Back at Okemo, after we had polished off our best meal in recent memory, our snowcat driver was ready to roll.
Climbing into the vehicle, I noticed he was clutching a dinner to go. "Why do you think I volunteered for this?" he said, steering the craft back down the silent, dark slope.Kathleen Pierce can be reached at kathleen-pierce.com.


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2011 Track and Field
2011 Track and Field Preview
Bluffton track and field showing improvement in 2011
February 1, 2011
By: Mallory Kemper, sports information intern
The 2011 Bluffton University men's and women's track teams will be led by third-year Head Coach Gary Labonte. Labonte, who also directs the cross country program, will have three assistants helping with this year's teams. Travis Lepley returns for his eighth season as throws coach, while Dakel Vicks comes back for his third season as jumps coach. Also returning is graduate assistant Jordan Hill who is in her second year with the Beavers.
Although Bluffton will have a rebuilding year, Coach Labonte is, "Looking forward to another season with a quality group of athletes. Our women's team is heading in the right direction and we are making improvements."
Leading the men's team this year will be senior Michael Timpe (Swanton) who participates in jumps and sprints. The squad will also look to Andrew Chaffee (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston), the top distance returner, and Bryan Heckathorn (Hartville/Lake) who had the luxury of training with All-HCAC thrower Jason Fisher the past two seasons. Timpe and his 4x100m relay team finished 5th at the Heartland Conference Championships last year.
Also returning for the 2011 men's team will be junior sprinter Kevin Hickman (Centerburg). The sophomore class is represented by Chris Arnold (Fort Wayne, Ind. /Canterbury), distance; Jeremy Kidder (New Carlisle/Tecumseh), mid-distance; and Josh Fisher (Rockford/Parkway) who competes in sprints and jumps.
The men's team will also seek contributions from junior distance runner Seth Hertenstein (St. Marys/Memorial). Freshmen James Whitt (Lancaster/Berne Union), distance; Rich Underwood (Akron/East), throws; Josh Harbeck (Mansfield/Mansfield/Christian), distance; and Ronnell Armstrong (Bexley), sprints, give the Bluffton men five newcomers this season.
The women's team will count on more outstanding performances from top returner Megan Neal (Arlington), a junior who improved dramatically in throws last season. Neal placed first in the hammer throw and third in the javelin at the 2010 HCAC championships. Allison Trent (Orrville/Smithville) will also be returning for her junior campaign, joining Neal in throws. Trent finished fourth place at the 2010 HCAC championships in the hammer throw. Junior Heather Smith (Elkhart, Ind./Concord) will be participating in the distance events for the Beavers in 2011.
Also competing on the women's team are sophomore distance runners Alison Janzen (Whitewater, Kansas/Remington) and Katy Heffner (Troy). The 2011 squad will have five freshmen. Lyndsay Darrow (Pioneer/North Central) will be running in the distance events. Brandi Dominique (Wauseon) will be specializing in mid-distance for her first year. Julie Court (Galion) concentrates on throwing, while teammates Lindsay Krohn (Marysville, Ind./New Washington) and Kayla Mullenhour (Delphos/Jefferson) will be competing in hurdles.
Both the men and women opened there indoor season on December 11 at Capital and will continue to compete inside throughout the month of February. The teams will start their outdoor competition March 19 at the Dick Small Invite on the campus of Defiance College.
Both the men and women opened there indoor season on December 11 at Capital and will continue to compete inside throughout the month of February. The teams will start their outdoor competition March 19 at the Dick Small Invite on the campus of Defiance College.


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On November 17, one of the most violent tornado outbreaks in state history rocked central Illinois. No town was hit harder than Washington, Illinois. Tornadoes leveled nearly one-fourth of this close-knit community's homes and businesses, leaving thousands of people's lives devastated.
As he watched TV reports showing the tornadoes' massive destruction, especially video of children crying next to piles of rubble where their homes once stood, Jim Cook decided he had to help. For the last 25 years, Cook has dedicated his career to providing resources, mentoring and peer mediation to kids and teens, most recently by founding the Midwest Sports Academy in suburban Huntley. Serving kids ages 9 to 16 in the suburbs and the Rockford area, the non-profit organization provides a supportive environment that teaches youth how to build a strong foundation for their future.
"I felt moved to do whatever I could to reach out to them," Cook said. "I'm passionate about making a difference in people's lives, primarily the lives of children. I wanted to extend a helping hand to them, especially at Christmastime."
Cook's Midwest Sports Academy mobilized nearly a dozen organizations to support a relief effort for Washington residents. Individuals, families and businesses dropped off donations at South Elgin High School, The Einstein Academy of Elgin and Pro Fusion in Geneva. The humanitarian drive generated hundreds of blankets, toiletries, medicine and other critical supplies for needy families. The outpouring of generosity required a large moving truck to haul the necessities downstate. Students from the Midwest Sports Academy joined Cook and his staff in loading the truck with the donated items.
"Students, families, local business owners – so many folks gave generously to the drive. It was an honor to be part of it," Cook said.
Cook and Tory Gum arrived in Washington November 27 to present the donations. The volume of supplies that donors gave to victims touched the townspeople so deeply that the Warehouse in Washington asked Cook if the Midwest Sports Academy could lead a Christmas toy drive for children in Washington victimized by the tornadoes.
"There was no way I could tell them no. How could anyone say no to such a significant need?" Cook said.
The Einstein Academy, South Elgin High School and Pro Fusion agreed to serve again as drop-off centers. The same organizations that supported the relief effort enthusiastically signed on to join the toy drive, including the South Elgin Police Department, Wells Fargo Advisory, PepsiCo, T's N More and the McHenry Community College women's basketball program.
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Cook and a volunteer drove another moving truck to Washington December 15 to deliver the toys.
"This experience has blessed everyone who contributed to the toy drive and relief effort as much as it's blessed the families in Washington," Cook said. "Donating much-needed gifts is helping make the holiday season a little more joyful for victims of the tornadoes."
Improving the future for children is the motivation for why Cook established the Midwest Sports Academy in 2012. The academy offers sports and educational programs that teach youth the core values of a strong work ethic, personal discipline, honesty, respect and inspiration for making positive life decisions.
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probably won't persuade iPhone owners to switch to Android
And who is to say that the iPhone 5 won't be dual core?
^This. With all the hubub surrounding Tegra 2 and various other dual-core SOC designs, I'd be very surprised if the next iPhone iteration maintained a single-core design, ESPECIALLY now that iOS supports multitasking. Same goes for the iPad.
iOS only supports true multitasking for a limited number of applications (phone, music player, voip, etc
Which doesn't mean a single app can't use the two cores - iOS 4 comes with Grand Central Dispatch support. Could be useful for games.
I'm about to be eligible to trade up to a new iPhone from the 3GS. I'd been hearing rumors about an updated iPhone coming out maybe in Spring or around June...any thoughts on that?
Anyone think if a new version comes out then, it will have multi-cores?
I'd definitely wait on that.
Damn..also hoping they'll grandfather in my unlimited data plan from the old phone to t
They will grandfather your data plan. I switched from an iPhone to a Android on AT&T and they let me keep my data plan so they should do the same for an iPhone upgrade.
First of all, having dual cores is not just about switching between apps.
There's a lot of background processing and signalling that goes on behind the scenes on smart phones. They use the CPU for lots of things. Not all cellphone IO is handled by dedicated chips. Your CPU sees some of the traffic. It is why your device slows down when downloading a file or something.
Even if all the 'apps' stay on the one core, but all these background tasks run on the other core, it will make a huge improvement for the
Oh god... you can't be suggesting that they're going to FRAGMENT the number of cores? IPhone users will hate that.
ESPECIALLY now that iOS supports multitasking
iOS has always supported multitasking. Run top on an old iPhone and you'll see lots of system daemons running in the background. It did not support more than one GUI application running at once, but this was due to memory constraints, not due to lack of CPU power. GUI apps tend to eat a load of RAM and the iPhone does not support swapping (well, actually, the kernel does, but you need to jailbreak it, install a terminal, and then turn it on). If you run more than one app, the others have to be aware of the increased memory constraints. This is less of a problem on the newer models, with more RAM, and will be irrelevant in a year or two when they all come with 2GB or so.
iOS has always supported multitasking.
The issue is that you, the user or developer were never and still are not permitted to use it.
Basically it's like a car that can drive brilliantly at 150 KM/h but it's has a speed governor limiting it's speed to 20 KM/h because the builder doesn't think you will ever need to go faster than 20 KM/h. Yes I could remove the speed governor and "jailbreak" my engine but why should the I have to.
And who is to say that the iPhone 5 won't be dual core?
Unlikely, really.
First, a good reason to NOT be dual core is battery life - slower is better. iPhone hardware has always lagged the Android models - the original iPhone and iPhone 3G had 412MHz CPUs, while the G1 (same year) had a 524MHz CPU - nearly 25% faster. The iPhone 3GS sported a 624MHz CPU or so (50% faster than iPhone/iPhone 3G), at a time when the Android hotness was 1GHz CPUs (50% faster than iPhone 3GS). The iPhone 4 is supposed to have around an 800MHz CPU, and current gen Androids have 1.2GHz CPUs.
The only thing to come close would be the iPad with its 1GHz processor.
The iPad's also the most likely one to sport a dual core processor - it has the massive battery packs (it's what, 90% battery?) to have decent battery life with dual cores.
If Androids of 2011 get dual core, it'll probably be 2012 at the earliest before Apple releases a dual core A5 chip or something for the iPhone, with the A5 debuting on the second gen iPad first at the absolute earliest. Or maybe it'll be 3rd gen iPad at that point.
Remember, these are mobile devices, and even though I charge mine at the end of the day before I go to sleep, I'd still like to be able to get through the day without lugging extended battery packs.
Considering my phone screen is 65%-85% of the battery, I am not too worried about a dual core.
Also, I imagine with the ability to kill off cores when not needed a slower dual-core could use less than a single core, and run better.
The iPad has massive battery because of the screen, which I bet is over 90% of the power used. Especially in one that is being used as a browser tablet without 3G (less going on when not being used).
My current (4 hours since unplugged, not too much usage today vs a normal morning) has 65% display, 10% cell standby, 8% phone idle as the top 3. Not having the phone function would save 10% of my battery, but still the screen is the real killer. And on a typical day I use the screen a lot more in the morning.
This is Tmobile G2 for reference.
Considering my phone screen is 65%-85% of the battery
...only when you look at it.
two cores on lower clock rate may consume less energy than one core with fast clocking. energy use is proportional to the square of the clock rate, so it's a matter of tuning to achieve lower power. the only question is whether the slow cores will be fast enough for the important sequential tasks (if there are such at all).
The cores can still run at the same rate as the current single-core chips. They'll be just as fast as they are now, only with the option for multiple cores.
And the G1 is underclocked to 328 or something in stock ROMs. Mine runs at 576 now. Root is cool.
ARM and Nokia also stated, during the last year or so, that multicore is likely to help with battery life.
ARM is of course as (or more) "suspect" as claims by Nvidia. Not Nokia though; and many of their phones show some care when it comes to battery life.
All Android phones released in 2010 were capped at 1Ghz with chips from either Qualcomm or Samsung. The Samsung Infuse 4G is the first phone I'm aware of that at stock is greater than 1Ghz (it is 1.2Ghz).
Almost all the Motorola Android phones, and all the high-end ones currently shipping, use TI OMAP processors.
First, Droid (Milestone) in 2009 used a TI OMAP 3430 [ti.com]
Later, Droid X in 2010 used a TI OMAP 3630 at 1Ghz [ti.com]
Finally, Droid 2 Global Launched on Nov 9 2001 [engadget.com] with a 1.2 GHz TI OMAP processor [motorola.com]
First, a good reason to NOT be dual core is battery life - slower is better. iPhone hardware has always lagged the Android models - the original iPhone and iPhone 3G had 412MHz CPUs, while the G1 (same year) had a 524MHz CPU - nearly 25% faster. The iPhone 3GS sported a 624MHz CPU or so (50% faster than iPhone/iPhone 3G), at a time when the Android hotness was 1GHz CPUs (50% faster than iPhone 3GS). The iPhone 4 is supposed to have around an 800MHz CPU, and current gen Androids have 1.2GHz CPUs
Just for clarification, the clock speeds you cited are the downclocked speeds, not the "design spec" clock speeds. Look under "Processor" on this chart [wikipedia.org]. Not saying you're wrong, just saying the performance is purposely reduced from its actual potential for extra battery life.
Dual core could allow shutting down one of the cores when idle, which could save more battery than a single faster core.
You're modded funny but i guess you meant it seriously.
The new dual cores draw less power for the same tasks then their old counterpart (in the very case of the ARM8 vs ARM9 CPUs), partially due to their dual core architecture.
So anyway just had to put that somewhere.
Battery life.
Jobs wont allow the iPHone to become the battery pig that many Android phones are. Current 4G iphones are snappy as hell. Even my old 3Gs is very useable with the latest OS installed.
Honestly, I dont WANT dual core if my battery life suffers at all. I like gong all day long without having to charge it, and that is running a GPS app in the background to update my Latitude location every 10 minutes.
Android phones aren't battery hogs because of their high clock speed...it's mostly a combination of poor battery design by hardware companies and the inherent way Android functions. Newer Android phones (and the 2.3 version of the OS itself) are supposed to have enhanced battery life quite noticeably. That being said, switching my data connection from 3G to WiFi when possible usually extends my battery life by a solid 2-4 hours, depending on usage.
While the crap battery life on my Eris does kind of suck,
I get about four days with my G2 if I'm not making videos or watching videos or using map navigation and so on, just making a normal number of calls and browsing occasionally. Watching videos it lasts about 5 hours, which could be improved but its not a big issue. Call me satisfied with battery performance, though any improvement would be welcome.
I made a comment about dual/quad core phones a while back and was laughed at. It will happen folks and sooner than you suspect. Phones are quickly becoming our primary computing device, or at least the centerpiece of our electronic lives.
It's not about playing Doom on a smart phone, it's about the phone being able to do everything we ask it to do without having to wait too long.
You saw the headline... Dual core chips coming to ALL smartphones in 2011. That old blackberry I have from 2008 that's gathering dust? Yep, it will be dual core in 2011! Oh the cores!
You're just being obtuse. It means that all new smartphones introduced in 2011 will use dual core chips. Still a rather high goal, but definitely plausible at this point.
Although it hasn't technically happened yet, the iPhone 4 for Verizon is almost certainly being released in 2011, with a single core chip... So much for "ALL". The author should have just gone for "Some" and saved himself the ridicule. He is trying to read tea leaves when the writing is on the wall (as seen at CES) and as such he sounds like a pretty big idiot.
Key was Motorola's docking demonstrations at CES. Give it two years and everyone will be able to do it. Then you can park at for example a net cafe with a public monitor and plug in your phone and do some work, and a few games, then you keep your computing device (mostly) safely with you.
It's not about playing Doom on a smart phone, it's about the phone being able to do everything we ask it to do without having to wait too long.
I've been playing Doom on my iPod touch years ago and didn't have to wait too long for anything...
Phones are quickly becoming our primary computing device, or at least the centerpiece of our electronic lives.
Have you seen the Motorola Atrix (I think they showed it at CES)?
This thing has a laptop dock [motorola.com]. That's not a dock that you can connect to your laptop, it's an actual laptop, made for the phone - the phone docks in the back and is the computer. It basically is a big keyboard and screen for the phone.
I'm not saying that it's a good or bad thing, but it certainly is interesting. Who knows if the rest of the industry will follow suit.
That's exactly the way I see things headed. We will all be carrying around our "computer" and storage with us, and public places will simply augment it with larger screens and keyboard (as Motorola suggests) or in many other ways. In this way we buy the applications we use for our personal computing devices (PCD) and then have access to them everywhere we go. No more of this crap of buying software four times over for four machines at home.
Imagine walking into the living room and your PCD magically becomes the remote for your TV, VCR, DVR, or whatever. Then you walk into the kitchen and you can control the microwave, stove, and other devices with it. Walk out of the house and your phone allows you to remotely set the alarm and lock the doors. It becomes the key to your car once you are in it or allows you to remote start it. You walk near a printer at work with it and print the document you grabbed from home. The possibilities are endless.
The future is already here to some extent- I can control my cable box from my iphone. If it had an IR transmitter, I could do a lot more with it, but even so, my blu ray player is connected to the network, and new TV's have network connectivity in many models now.
I am a little fancy, but I actually have a NAS at home, with a webcam set up to it. I use it as a security camera of sorts and to see if my dog has destroyed the house yet if I am running late coming home.
To be honest, I don't see the microwave and
its not so much the 'dual core-ness' of it but the general increase in power.
ARM says their next CPU design is going to be called the A15 [arstechnica.com], not the A10 as you'd expect. This because, although ARM designs have incremental performance, the next version is so good that they decided to skip A10 through A14 tags.
The A15 BTW, has speeds upto 2.5Ghz, up to 8 cores, and virtualisation instructions. Although you might need a laptop battery to power the top-end version, the fact that there is a top-end spec suggests g
I believe the reason it's called the A15 is that it's a new tier. That is, it won't replace the current A9 (or future revisions, A10 for instance) that is targeted at smartphone-level performance and power.
The numbers released for the A15 do not fit into a smartphone's power envelope. DMIPS/Watt is significantly lower than that of the A9 and it's going to target leaky, high-speed processes first.
Eagle (A15) is ARM's push towards netbooks, tablets and notebooks (and possibly servers). Sure, some people may t
"Runs smoothly" would be a selling point. "Amazing graphics" would be a selling point. "Long battery life" would be a selling point. But the number of bits of silicon inside the phone really isn't going to attract many consumers.
Why not? Multi-core was marketed successfully for PCs, what makes smartphones any different?
Several things:
1) Most users do not find themselves waiting for their phone to accomplish a task whereas most PC users can easily remember waiting for their PC to perform a task.
2) Almost every phone owner has found themselves running out of battery. Thus battery life is frontmost in the minds of users and Apple can easily come out with a "Double core? Double battery usage. No benefit." campaign to combat this trend.
Exactly. the iPhone sells because it provides such an amazingly refined experience. I have yet to meet an android phone that delivers the same experience. Many of them are very nice but when the open source projects like Cyanogen provide a better phone and environment that the manufacturer there is a very large and glaring problem with the android handsets.
I think different people define "good experience" differently. For the general crowd here on
Hell, a member of my family recently switched from his iPhone to a BlackBerry Torch. He likes it better. Personally I'm no longer a big fan of BlackBerry, but to each is own.
(Disclaimer: I use an iPhone and believe it gives me a
But the number of bits of silicon inside the phone really isn't going to attract many consumers.
Two processors for the same price as one ?
I think the battery needed for my current single-core processor is big enough already.
You're making the assumption that an increase in cores necessitates a decline in battery life. [citation needed]
It's possible that battery life could slightly improve if the load is spread across cores and hence the CPU takes less time (and juice) to perform certain tasks.
to Android. Have any of you ever talked to an iPhone user about the possibility that another phone might even exist, let alone be a better choice than the iPhone?
...Your phone could make coffee...
This reminds me of the Pomegranate [pomegranatephone.com] phone.
Just yesterday, one of my best friends, a diehard Apple guy, was asking me about my DroidX and I was showing it to him. He has a iPhone with AT&T right now, and with the iPhone coming to Verizon in a couple weeks, he is considering switching not only carriers but also phones. He wanted to know how I like the DroidX and I was showing him everything on it. He was impressed. He especially liked the widgets on the home screen (ie Multitiasking)
I don't know how impressed he was, of if he was impressed en
I have. myself in fact. I looked really hard at the Droid II. I really want a real keyboard.
But it came down to the fact that android just does not have the apps I need. So I stay with Iphone.
That's something that I just don't understand (from a psychological standpoint, I guess). I use an iPhone, and I like it a lot. But when it comes time to get a new phone, I'm not just going to automatically get the then-current iPhone model. Every time I've gotten a new phone, I evaluated every carrier available to me and many of the phones available. You've got to make an informed decision.
Last April when I got this phone and decided to stick with AT&T, I decided it was the best carrier and device
I agree with this one. That much computing power means it's not a phone but a highly portable computer that happens to have access to a certain specific communications network ("telephony") in addition to the general Internet.
Calling these devices "phones" is a misnomer, and I think if we are more honest about what the devices actually represent we'll be better off. Mobile "phones" stopped being phones quite some time ago. And I'm not the first one to make this observation by any means.
That much computing power means it's not a phone but a highly portable computer that happens to have access to a certain specific communications network ("telephony") in addition to the general Internet.
Then why is it so hard to find such "a highly portable computer" without telephony access? All the PDA makers seem to have switched to making only smartphones.
probably because most of the SoCs come with telephony chipsets baked in. The manufacturer could disable them, but considering the capability is there "for free", they might as well enable it and offer it as an added extra feature.
You don't have to use it you know, get a emergency-call-only sim (ie a PAYG sim with no credit) and use that.
So is it time to ditch your current pocket rocket?
So Jimmy Johnson is now creating a line of Extendz-branded Android phones?
What are the two biggest complaints with smart-phones? Download speeds and battery life. Download speeds are not processor restricted. Battery life, however, would seem to suffer with dual core.
Smartphones need dual core to compete with pads and netbooks. However, they, being larger devices, can pack more batteries inside. What good will the fastest smartphone be if you have to recharge it every hour?
Battery life, however, would seem to suffer with dual core.
My desktop system has a three-core processor that uses less power than many single core processors which do less work than one of its cores, all of which (AFAIK) are older than it is. These are new processors. Why do you imagine they will necessarily consume more power?
Battery life, however, would seem to suffer with dual core.
My desktop system has a three-core processor that uses less power than many single core processors which do less work than one of its cores, all of which (AFAIK) are older than it is. These are new processors. Why do you imagine they will necessarily consume more power?
More transistors = more power use. Obviously, there are many things that impact power usage of a CPU and low power variants are readily available. However, if those same techniques that are used to make dual core processors use less power are applied to single core processors, then the single core processor will use less power. It's simple math. Each transistor requires x amount of power. Dual cores, while having less transistors than two separate processors, still have more than the equivalent single
More transistors = more power use.
You have no idea what you are talking about. In most of the latest multicore processors, portions of cores can be turned off when not in use where this was not possible before, and even whole cores can be shut off. More transistors of the same feature size and composition in use == more power use. In any other situation there's a lot more to be considered than what you're thinking about. The end result is often lower power consumption.
There's even yet another factor, which is that given power-saving techniq
ARM is notorious for power management. Let's wait for the benchmarks, on real devices, before concluding that multi-core is a significant drain on battery life.
Further, the CortexA9 is a revision ahead of the A8. So potentially it brings improved architectural efficiencies.
ARM is notorious for power management. Let's wait for the benchmarks, on real devices, before concluding that multi-core is a significant drain on battery life.
Further, the CortexA9 is a revision ahead of the A8. So potentially it brings improved architectural efficiencies.
Mathematically, all things being equal, multi-core must use more energy, because it has more transistors and each transistor requires some discreet amount of power.
Think of it as the difference between a four cylinder vehicle and an eight cylinder. An eight cylinder, by having a larger displacement uses more fuel.
All sorts of things can be done to make an eight cylinder engine more fuel efficient, however if these same things are applied to the four cylinder, then it becomes more efficient, too (thus the a
So you're telling me my 486DX-2/66 was dual-core because it had a graphics processor on the board?
Not so much.
Um, if its locked, it's closed. Knowing how things work just a little, unlocking the radio core is not a good idea, even if it seems unused. Incoming calls do not respect threading.
Is going to sneak into my house and install the new CPU? I guess that's cool, but kind of creepy.
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Dallas, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Tyler Seguin's power-play goal in the second period proved to be the game-winner as the Dallas Stars held on to defeat the Winnipeg Jets, 2-1, on Monday.
Ray Whitney also scored on the power play and Jamie Benn supplied two assists in the Stars' second straight win. Kari Lehtonen turned aside 32-of-33 shots in the win.
Bryan Little contributed Winnipeg's lone goal on the power play. Al Montoya made 25 saves for the Jets, who have dropped three of their last four.
"I thought we battled hard to try and get back in the game for the most part, especially in the third," said Little.
The Stars took advantage of Winnipeg's penalty for too many men on the ice. Benn sent a cross-ice pass over to Whitney, who ripped a laser from the left circle that beat Montoya short side 5:32 into the first.
Benn sent a pass across the crease to Seguin, whose wrist shot was initially denied by the glove of a sprawled Montoya. A scrum ensued in front of the Winnipeg net, but Seguin tracked down the rebound and fired it into the net for a 2-0 lead with 3:51 to go in the second.
Montoya slid across the crease to make a remarkable save and deny Whitney point black to keep it a two-goal game eight minutes into the third.
Alex Goligoski went off for a hooking penalty with 2:59 remaining, and 15 seconds later Winnipeg got within one. Evander Kane blasted a low shot from the top of the right circle. The rebound went off Lehtonen's pads and straight to Little, who quickly deposited the puck into the back of the net.
Winnipeg pulled Montoya with under two minutes remaining, but could not generate the comeback.
"We played sound defensively," said Stars head coach Lindy Ruff. "Special teams won us the game and our goaltender made some big saves when we needed them."
Game Notes
Dallas is 7-1-1 against the Jets at home, dating back to before the club's relocation to Winnipeg ...Lehtonen is now 4-0-1 against the Jets ... Seguin extended his point streak to a career-best nine games ... Jets forward Blake Wheeler left the game with five minutes remaining in the third after he was hit into the open door of the Dallas bench. He immediately rolled on the ice in pain and had to be helped up off the ice, but did return to the bench before the game was finished.


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30 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 "Son of man, prophesy and say: 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
"'Wail and say,
"Alas for that day!"
3 For the day is near,
the day of the Lord is near—
a day of clouds,
a time of doom for the nations.
4 A sword will come against Egypt,
and anguish will come upon Cush.[a]
When the slain fall in Egypt,
her wealth will be carried away
and her foundations torn down.
5 Cush and Libya, Lydia and all Arabia, Kub and the people of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt.
6 "'This is what the Lord says:
"'The allies of Egypt will fall
and her proud strength will fail.
From Migdol to Aswan
they will fall by the sword within her,
declares the Sovereign Lord.
7 "'They will be desolate
among desolate lands,
and their cities will lie
among ruined cities.
8 Then they will know that I am the Lord,
when I set fire to Egypt
and all her helpers are crushed.
9 "'On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten Cush out of her complacency. Anguish will take hold of them on the day of Egypt's doom, for it is sure to come.
10 "'This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
"'I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt
by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11 He and his army—the most ruthless of nations—
will be brought in to destroy the land.
They will draw their swords against Egypt
and fill the land with the slain.
12 I will dry up the waters of the Nile
and sell the land to an evil nation;
by the hand of foreigners
I will lay waste the land and everything in it.
I the Lord have spoken.
13 "'This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
"'I will destroy the idols
and put an end to the images in Memphis.
No longer will there be a prince in Egypt,
and I will spread fear throughout the land.
14 I will lay waste Upper Egypt,
set fire to Zoan
and inflict punishment on Thebes.
15 I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,
the stronghold of Egypt,
and wipe out the hordes of Thebes.
16 I will set fire to Egypt;
Pelusium will writhe in agony.
Thebes will be taken by storm;
Memphis will be in constant distress.
17 The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis
will fall by the sword,
and the cities themselves will go into captivity.
18 Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes
when I break the yoke of Egypt;
there her proud strength will come to an end.
She will be covered with clouds,
and her villages will go into captivity.
19 So I will inflict punishment on Egypt,
and they will know that I am the Lord.'"
20 In the eleventh year, in the first month on the seventh day, the word of the Lord came to me: 21 "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. It has not been bound up to be healed or put in a splint so that it may become strong enough to hold a sword. 22 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break both his arms, the good arm as well as the broken one, and make the sword fall from his hand. 23 I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. 24 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him like a mortally wounded man. 25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he brandishes it against Egypt. 26 I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord."
31 In the eleventh year, in the third month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 "Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes:
"'Who can be compared with you in majesty?
3 Consider Assyria, once a cedar in Lebanon,
with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest;
it towered on high,
its top above the thick foliage.
4 The waters nourished it,
deep springs made it grow tall;
their streams flowed
all around its base
and sent their channels
to all the trees of the field.
5 So it towered higher
than all the trees of the field;
its boughs increased
and its branches grew long,
spreading because of abundant waters.
6 All the birds of the sky
nested in its boughs,
all the animals of the wild
gave birth under its branches;
all the great nations
lived in its shade.
7 It was majestic in beauty,
with its spreading boughs,
for its roots went down
to abundant waters.
8 The cedars in the garden of God
could not rival it,
nor could the junipers
equal its boughs,
nor could the plane trees
compare with its branches—
no tree in the garden of God
could match its beauty.
9 I made it beautiful
with abundant branches,
the envy of all the trees of Eden
in the garden of God.
10 "'Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the great cedar towered over the thick foliage, and because it was proud of its height, 11 I gave it into the hands of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with according to its wickedness. I cast it aside, 12 and the most ruthless of foreign nations cut it down and left it. Its boughs fell on the mountains and in all the valleys; its branches lay broken in all the ravines of the land. All the nations of the earth came out from under its shade and left it. 13 All the birds settled on the fallen tree, and all the wild animals lived among its branches. 14 Therefore no other trees by the waters are ever to tower proudly on high, lifting their tops above the thick foliage. No other trees so well-watered are ever to reach such a height; they are all destined for death, for the earth below, among mortals who go down to the realm of the dead.
15 "'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day it was brought down to the realm of the dead I covered the deep springs with mourning for it; I held back its streams, and its abundant waters were restrained. Because of it I clothed Lebanon with gloom, and all the trees of the field withered away. 16 I made the nations tremble at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to the realm of the dead to be with those who go down to the pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below. 17 They too, like the great cedar, had gone down to the realm of the dead, to those killed by the sword, along with the armed men who lived in its shade among the nations.
18 "'Which of the trees of Eden can be compared with you in splendor and majesty? Yet you, too, will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth below; you will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.
"'This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign Lord.'"
32 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 "Son of man, take up a lament concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:
"'You are like a lion among the nations;
you are like a monster in the seas
thrashing about in your streams,
churning the water with your feet
and muddying the streams.
3 "'This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
"'With a great throng of people
I will cast my net over you,
and they will haul you up in my net.
4 I will throw you on the land
and hurl you on the open field.
I will let all the birds of the sky settle on you
and all the animals of the wild gorge themselves on you.
5 I will spread your flesh on the mountains
and fill the valleys with your remains.
6 I will drench the land with your flowing blood
all the way to the mountains,
and the ravines will be filled with your flesh.
7 When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens
and darken their stars;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon will not give its light.
8 All the shining lights in the heavens
I will darken over you;
I will bring darkness over your land,
declares the Sovereign Lord.
9 I will trouble the hearts of many peoples
when I bring about your destruction among the nations,
among[b] lands you have not known.
10 I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you,
and their kings will shudder with horror because of you
when I brandish my sword before them.
On the day of your downfall
each of them will tremble
every moment for his life.
11 "'For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
"'The sword of the king of Babylon
will come against you.
12 I will cause your hordes to fall
by the swords of mighty men—
the most ruthless of all nations.
They will shatter the pride of Egypt,
and all her hordes will be overthrown.
13 I will destroy all her cattle
from beside abundant waters
no longer to be stirred by the foot of man
or muddied by the hooves of cattle.
14 Then I will let her waters settle
and make her streams flow like oil,
declares the Sovereign Lord.
15 When I make Egypt desolate
and strip the land of everything in it,
when I strike down all who live there,
then they will know that I am the Lord.'
16 "This is the lament they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign Lord."
17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 18 "Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, along with those who go down to the pit. 19 Say to them, 'Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.' 20 They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; let her be dragged off with all her hordes. 21 From within the realm of the dead the mighty leaders will say of Egypt and her allies, 'They have come down and they lie with the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.'
22 "Assyria is there with her whole army; she is surrounded by the graves of all her slain, all who have fallen by the sword. 23 Their graves are in the depths of the pit and her army lies around her grave. All who had spread terror in the land of the living are slain, fallen by the sword.
24 "Elam is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword. All who had spread terror in the land of the living went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit. 25 A bed is made for her among the slain, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword. Because their terror had spread in the land of the living, they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are laid among the slain.
26 "Meshek and Tubal are there, with all their hordes around their graves. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword because they spread their terror in the land of the living. 27 But they do not lie with the fallen warriors of old,[c] who went down to the realm of the dead with their weapons of war—their swords placed under their heads and their shields[d] resting on their bones—though these warriors also had terrorized the land of the living.
28 "You too, Pharaoh, will be broken and will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.
29 "Edom is there, her kings and all her princes; despite their power, they are laid with those killed by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit.
30 "All the princes of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down with the slain in disgrace despite the terror caused by their power. They lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.
31 "Pharaoh—he and all his army—will see them and he will be consoled for all his hordes that were killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign Lord. 32 Although I had him spread terror in the land of the living, Pharaoh and all his hordes will be laid among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign Lord."
4 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. 2 As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. 3 For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry. 4 They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you. 5 But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. 6 For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to human standards in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit.
7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. 8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms. 11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.
12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. 14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. 16 However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name. 17 For it is time for judgment to begin with God's household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18 And,
"If it is hard for the righteous to be saved,
what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?"[a]
19 So then, those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
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