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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Thanks to all of you who sent prayers, and good thoughts our way as he suffered in the hospital for 11 days. That strength is what is helping us go forward now.
27 comments:
- kathi d said...
Oh no no no no no!!!!!!!
This is the last thing I expected to see here. I am so sorry.
Thank goodness for your loving family to share this burden with.
I am so, so sorry for the loss of this beautiful boy.
- March 13, 2008 at 2:49 AM
- periwinkle said...
So sorry to hear about your loss-- my thoughts are with you and your family, Sometimes it just doesn't seem fair to lose someone so young.
- March 13, 2008 at 7:11 AM
- "t" said...
oh, jana, i am so incredibly sorry...so unfair...your family has shown so much love, support and amazing faith...colton surely knew how much he was loved by all...again, i am so very sorry and sad...i just don't know what else to say...please know i am available to do anything to help...*hugs*
- March 13, 2008 at 8:56 AM
- Nanette Merrill and daughters said...
Jana, I can only think of how I would feel and know how much this hurts. Everyone will miss him terribly. But knowing there was family and loved ones to greet him as he passed through the veil is very comforting. It isn't for him, of course, to be sad. Its for your family that will miss him so very much.
- March 13, 2008 at 9:30 AM
- Cocoa said...
I can only imagine the anguish your family is going through at this time of loss. I'm so sorry. Sending prayers along your way.
- March 13, 2008 at 10:16 AM
I am so sorry for your loss. I will have you in my thoughts today. Like Periwinkle said, sometimes it just doesn't seem fair.
- March 13, 2008 at 10:30 AM
- lera said...
I am soooo terribly sorry to hear about your nephew. My prayers are with your family.
- March 13, 2008 at 12:39 PM
- Adrienne said...
I am so unbelievably sorry. Our prayers were for God to heal Colton, and now he has. We will now pray that God will bring you and yours comfort. I am sending 'virtual' hugs your way. This just stinks.
- March 13, 2008 at 2:04 PM
- Jeanne said...
I am so sorry for your loss and will keep your family in my prayers. He was so young!
- March 13, 2008 at 3:13 PM
I'm so sorry on your loss. You'll remain in our prayers.
- March 13, 2008 at 3:50 PM
- Amy said...
I did not want to hear such news. We lost a nephew three years ago to an accident and I know that this is going to be a hard time for you. It is so hard to loose such a young person and it will never make any sense. Don't ever forget to celebrate the life he had and the family that loved him... I am so sorry.
- March 13, 2008 at 5:24 PM
- dot said...
I am saddened to read about this tragedy. I am happy to read about your faith and know that God will get your family through this difficult time. Prayers are going out for all your family.
- March 13, 2008 at 6:59 PM
I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. I arrived here from a link on a friend's blog, and I couldn't move on without posting my condolences. My thoughts are with your family.
- March 13, 2008 at 7:30 PM
- Valerie said...
My thoughts & prayers are with you.
- March 13, 2008 at 9:04 PM
- Pamie G. said...
I am so sorry to hear of such a tragic loss of a young one -- May God keep your family in the palm of his hands. Pamie G.
- March 14, 2008 at 6:25 AM
- Sarah M said...
so sorry for your loss. it is unimaginable to lose someone so young.
- March 14, 2008 at 9:40 AM
- Sherry said...
I am so sorry for your loss.
- March 14, 2008 at 5:54 PM
- Jess said...
So sorry to read this, you are in my prayers as you and your family live through this devastating time.
- March 14, 2008 at 11:20 PM
- Sabii Wabii said...
All losses are difficult and when its a beloved family or friend it is that much more difficult. I pray that the Lord brings peace to your family and extended family. May his presents be felt in the hearts of everyone that has been touched by your nephew. Thank you for shareing on your blog and blessing me with the opportunity to pray for you.
- March 15, 2008 at 12:12 PM
- IndigoMuse said...
I came here through the Jenny Bag link and was sad to read the news about your nephew. Please know that you and your family are in my prayers.
- March 15, 2008 at 1:36 PM
- bLaSk said...
i am so sorry to hear about your loss! i read coltons blog and then kissed my kids, life is just really too short! sooo sad that his life ended just as it was really starting. i am soo soo sad for your family. you all will remain in my prayers!
- March 15, 2008 at 6:02 PM
- Amy said...
Sorry to hear about your loss. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
- March 15, 2008 at 10:19 PM
- jen b said...
i am so sad for you and your family. hugs!!!!!
- March 16, 2008 at 11:40 AM
- photomama said...
I am sorry to hear of your loss- but I loved what you said about how you were sad for you, not him. He has gone back to that God that gave him life...just imagine the hugs and joy on the other side! Good luck with the adjustment to not having him with you everyday until you are reunited!
- March 17, 2008 at 10:37 PM
- Princess of Everything (and then some) said...
Life just does not make sense sometimes. I am so very sorry to hear about this. You and yours are in my prayers.
- March 18, 2008 at 10:27 AM
- Nataliekhill said...
i made green fluff in honor of the stewart/petersons on sunday for the cast. i'm sick that i wasn't able to come home for the funeral. ....no money, hard to get time off from the show.
my prayers and thougts are with all of you. i love you so much. mom and dad said the funeral was amazing and were awed by the strength of our family.
i love you!
- March 18, 2008 at 11:22 AM
- trisha too said...
Haven't checked Lola for a bit; I'm so sorry to read this. Not the outcome anyone was praying for, but you do not grieve as one without hope.
Blessings and prayers, dear Jana, to you and your family.
- March 18, 2008 at 9:20 PM


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KABUL, Afghanistan, June 25 (UPI) -- Afghan security forces ended a deadly militant gun and bomb attack near the presidential palace, one of the most secure areas of Kabul, officials said Tuesday.
In Kandahar province, at least 10 civilians, including eight women, were killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle, the BBC said.
Officials said three security guards and four militants died in the Kabul attack the Taliban said they carried out.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai was at the palace, but officials said the target seems to have been the nearby Ariana Hotel, home to a CIA station.
One of the most heavily guarded areas of Kabul, the area includes buildings such as the Defense Ministry and NATO headquarters, the BBC said.
The militants initially targeted the palace's eastern gate where media gathered for a news conference with Karzai.
Four attackers wearing uniforms and carrying fake identification began the attack, with one blowing himself up, a Defense Ministry official told the BBC. The militants eventually were killed by private security forces attached to the hotel.
Police say the attack was brought to an end just less than 2 hours after the first shots were fired.
The BBC quoted Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid as saying in a text message: "A number of martyrs attacked the presidential palace, defense ministry and the Ariana Hotel."
U.S. Ambassador James B. Cunningham, in a statement, condemned the attack, calling on the Taliban to end the violence and "come to the table to talk to the Afghanistan government about peace and reconciliation."
International Security Assistance Force spokesman Will Griffin said the situation was being monitored.
"We've heard reports of explosions and small arms fire," Griffin said in a statement during the attack. "We're taking necessary measures to ensure the safety of ISAF personnel and ISAF partners."
Tweets from the official ISAF Twitter page captured the seriousness of events.
"CAMP LOCKDOWN at ISAF HQ: SHELTER IN PLACE," one post said. The other read: "DUCK and COVER alarmed at @USEmbassyKabul."
The Afghan Taliban last week announced they had opened an office in Qatar for peace talks. Karzai strongly objected to the Taliban office, saying the Taliban flag and nameplate initially erected at the facility indicated the Taliban were trying to portray themselves as a government-in-exile.
Officials say the Afghan government's High Peace Council, set up to lead peace efforts, would not participate in peace negotiations unless the process was Afghan-led.
Afghan security forces last week took responsibility for the country's security from NATO's ISAF as the coalition forces prepare to end their combat operations next year.


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Movie News: First 'Maze Runner' Pics; Steven Spielberg's 'Grapes of Wrath;' Vince Vaughn's 'Delivery Man' Trailer
The Maze Runner: Targeting the young-adult audience that made The Twilight Saga and The Hunger Games monster hits, The Maze Runner follows Dylan O'Brien (TV's Teen Wolf) as a teen who wakes up in a huge labyrinth that is constantly changing; he and others must somehow figure out how to survive and, if possible, thrive. The first official photos offer a look inside the maze at some of the characters involved. The movie is due out on February 14, 2014. [MTV]
The Grapes of Wrath: John Ford's 1940 adaptation of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath starred Henry Fonda, and its drama of a desperate family in desperate times seared itself into the consciousness of most movie fans of a certain age. Steven Spielberg, however, thinks it may be time for a new version. DreamWorks is in talks to acquire the screen rights, with Spielberg ready to produce -- but "absolutely" not direct. [Deadline]
The Sound and the Fury: Another late, great American novelist, William Faulkner provided the source material for James Franco's last film As I Lay Die, which premiered at Cannes to mixed enthusiasm. Franco is not discouraged, however, and intends to serve up another Faulkner novel, The Sound and the Fury, which served as loose inspiration for a 1959 movie starring Yul Brynner. Franco has Jon Hamm (Mad Men) in mind for a starring role alongside himself; Franco has already cowritten the script and plans to direct the project as soon as this fall. [Los Angeles Times]
Delivery Man Trailer: Vince Vaughn has played a movie dad before, but never one with more than 500 children! In Delivery Man, Vaughn stars as an underachiever who learns that his anonymous donations to a sperm bank resulted in the birth of 533 children, who are all now about 20 years old and in search of their biological father. The first trailer presents the dilemma as a heartwarming comedy-drama; the movie, which also stars Chris Pratt and Cobie Smulders, is expected in theaters on November 22. [YouTube]
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AP source: Chris Brown destroys dressing room
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY
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Chris Brown trashed his dressing room at "Good Morning America" and broke a window with a chair Tuesday after co-host Robin Roberts asked him about his attack on Rihanna, according to a person familiar with the show.
The person was not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Security was called, but not police.
Brown was on the CBS morning show Tuesday to promote his new album, "F.A.M.E.," released the same day. During his interview with Roberts, she asked him about the 2009 attack on his then-girlfriend -- preceding her questions by noting he had been "very good" about talking about the attack.
"It was very serious what you went through and what happened," she said. "How have you been able to ..."
A clearly agitated Brown tried to deflect the line of questioning, saying he was past that and wanted to focus on his new CD.
"This album is what I want them to talk about and not what happened two years ago," he said.
Roberts laughed and thanked Brown for letting her discuss that matter with him, and after the interview, Brown performed.
But instead of performing another song for the online audience, as he was scheduled to do, he went to his dressing room and started smashing things, according to the person.
In a statement, ABC News said: "As always, we ask questions that are relevant and newsworthy, and that's what we did in this interview with Mr. Brown."
Reps for Brown did not immediately return phone calls for comment. Brown is on probation for his assault on Rihanna.
Brown has been trying to rehabilitate his image since the attack, which occurred on the eve of the Grammys two years ago. After that, his once brilliant career was tarnished. His album "Graffiti," released several months after that, was a poor seller.
However, he's recently had success on the charts with the songs "Deuces," a No. 1 R&B hit last year, and "Look At Me Now" is currently No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
He's been more accepted into the mainstream as well. Before his "GMA" appearance, he had appeared on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." He is scheduled to perform on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" next week.
A judge last November commended Brown, a Virginia native, for working hard to complete his community service and for almost finishing his domestic violence counseling.


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Here we describe the various scripts we are using for the NGC 1333 project. Most of them will be based on the Miriad package, but we will also be using DS9, KARMA and NEMO. To simplify/organize our scripts, we have assembled a CVS module called MIS, in which all scripts (and default parameter data to run the scripts) are maintained. First we describe MIS, after that the individual scripts.
MIS (Miriad Interferometry Singledish) toolkit
This is our CVS based module to organize all our reduction scripts and store the parameters important for them as well. We separate these in a script independant way, so we allow anybody to use csh, sh, python, fortran, C, C++, Java, ...... There is also a manual available, although you can also generate a new one from your own MIS version.
If you want to grab a copy of MIS, for now use our CVS repository version (or use this tar file):
cvs -d :pserver:$email@example.com:/home/cvsroot checkout mis
where $USER is your given username in CVS (or use anonymous.
If you have never used CVS before, get your introduction from our CARMA pages here. If you need an account, you will need to email Peter your preferred username, and the hashed output of the password generator (details in that link) via the command
perl -e 'print crypt("my_password","b6"), "\n";'
and he better not get the response b60j72OwWnjlk from you!!!
Once you have obtained MIS, get it read for installation:
cd mis ./configure source mis_start.csh
and you are in principle ready to use the MIS scripts. There are some additional powerful options to construct automated pipelines, but that is for another chapter.
Occasionally there will be updates. If you are not a developer, and just want to update MIS from what others have done, this should work in most cases:
mis -u
mis -i
is simply a shortcut to committing all your MIS changes back to CVS for others to pick up.
Not all scripts have been properly MIS-pipelined yet! Keywords followed by = means they can be input in this script, keywords preceded by = means they are set by this script
- getdata: project= rawdata= ary= track= =cvis
- report:
- map_inttime: source= =np
- reduceSD.csh: example of single dish data reduction (using sinbad/sinpoly/varmaps) - MPW
Example Session using MIS
A simple non-pipelined session could be as follows:
mis -q mkdir data10 cd data10 pipepar -c rawdata=/home/teuben/carma/work/n1333/rawdata getdata project=cx323.1E_89NGC133.17 getdata track=22 ary=E report map_inttime
A more advanced session making the inttime map would be to first construct a pipeline consisting of getdata and map_inttime for all projects, and then use the piperun command to execute this.
piperun -c n1333.lis 'pipeline 2 getdata map_inttime > Pipefile; pipepar -c project=%s; pipe all'
In each project directory you will then have a xyt.tab file for the next stage. For example to get a listing of how many pointings each track had, use
piperun n1333.lis pipepar -v project -v np


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BitPagos Raises $600,000 Seed Round to Boost Bitcoin Use in South America
If entrepreneur Sebastian Serrano has his way, Argentines will be bitcoin-spending pioneers. He hopes hotels and hostels in the South-American country will bill their customers with his electronic-payment company BitPagos Inc. to bypass the country's troubled currency and accept payments in bitcoins or dollars.
On Tuesday, the startup announced it had raised a seed round of $600,000 led by Pantera Capital, Tim Draper, Barry Silbert, Boost Bitcoin Fund, Amasia and others.
With the new funding, BitPagos plans to hire more employees in its Argentina office to focus on sales and creating marketing content to attract more clients.
BitPagos charges a 5% fee to process credit card transactions, and it handles bitcoin for free. In May, the company processed $150,000 in bitcoin payments.
The company is now split between Palo Alto, Calif., and Buenos Aires. Last year the company graduated from the Boost VC accelerator program in San Mateo, Calif. that has focused on virtual-currency startups. Mr. Serrano and his two co-founders are focusing on the hotel and travel industry for now, but ultimately they hope to process payments for any industry.
One challenge, however, is that Argentina isn't known for its tech savviness. ATMs there haven't fully caught on, for example, because many Argentines don't trust them.
Still, Mr. Serrano has a few things going for him. The biggest: Argentina's troubled currency. Inflation and laws that restrict the flow of money out of the country have eroded Argentines' trust in the peso as a store of wealth has fueled a surge in bitcoin downloads there.
"People get very creative with their money here," Mr. Serrano says. "There is no other way to survive."
With bitcoin, people can transfer money directly without going through a third party, and can do so semi anonymously. Bitcoin transactions are stored on a public ledger, but it's extremely difficult to determine the identities of the parties involved in the transactions, a perk to Argentines who want to avoid the scrutiny of the national tax agency, which has aggressively monitored the public's purchases of foreign currencies.
Many hotels in Argentina prefer customers pay in U.S. dollars rather than the peso, said Diego Gutierrez Zaldivar, president of the Argentina Bitcoin Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes the use of digital currencies. That's because the dollar isn't subject to the same inflation and prone to devaluation like the peso, and capital controls make it difficult to buy them.
"Of course if they can get dollars from a tourist they would prefer that," he added.
Meanwhile, it's also difficult for tourists to exchange unused pesos back into dollars--they also need permission from the government tax agency--so tourists are left trying to guess exactly how much cash they'll need when they change their money the first time from dollars into pesos.
Write to Georgia Wells at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter at @georgia_wells


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1019 E. Pike St. at 11th
Seattle, WA 98122
Hothouse was created to provide affordable spa access to women. It is a peaceful, relaxing and healing place. A refuge from our loud, busy world. Free your mind, soothe your body. Enjoy!
Hothouse is open from noon till 1am
last entry is at midnight
we are closed every Tuesday
what's at Hothouse
hot tub
steam room
massage therapy
cold plunge
relaxation area
heated floors
filtered water
massage prices
15 min - $20
20 min - $25
30 min - $33
45 min - $44
1 hour - $55
1.5 hr - $82
massage therapists
Carol Tiebout, L.M.P.
monday noon-6pm wednesday 6pm-close friday noon-6pm
Carol's work features a very fluid form of deep tissue massage. For clients who wish to include energetic bodywork she can also weave acutonics sound healing and/or reiki into their massage. Clients are free to choose sessions composed of all massage, all energetic bodywork or anywhere in between.
Louise Amandes, L.M.P.
monday 6pm-close thursday noon-6pm friday 6pm-close sunday 6pm-close
Louise has been practicing massage therapy since 1994. Her focus involves treating each person as an individual and gears the massage to meet those individual needs. Whether it be a full body relaxation massage, or focusing on treating a problem area, she values working with the client to create a positive massage experience. Hot Rocks are incorporated into her specialties of Swedish, Deep Tissue, Treatment work and Sports Massage.
Deb Rosof, L.M.P.
thursday 6pm-close saturday 6pm-close
Incorporating several massage styles, from energetically based to deep specific muscle work, Deb enjoys working with clients to ensure each client gets the massage experience they want. A graduate of the Brenneke School of Massage, she is trained in Swedish, Deep Swedish, Reiki, Trigger Point and Myofascial Techniques. She is happy to talk with people, specifically about her massage or about massage in general. Deb believes her love of massage comes through in each massage she gives.
Joyce Benz, L.M.P.
saturday noon-6pm sunday noon-6pm
Intuitive massage which integrates trigger point, gentle deep tissue, energy work and relaxation massage. All sessions are designed to meet the individual's needs.
Beth Strait, L.M.P.
wednesday noon-6pm
Practicing Massage Therapy since 1994, Beth brings experience as well as respect for the individual to her approach to Massage. Blending techniques from Swedish, Deep Tissue, Energetics, Reiki, Shiatsu, and Reflexology creates a unique experience for each individual, and promotes balance of body, mind, and spirit.
more pricing info
Hothouse and the massage therapists accept cash and checks only. An ATM is located 2 blocks west on Broadway at Pike St.
Gift certificates are available for the spa and massage.
Large groups may rent the space for private parties on Tuesdays when the spa is closed. The cost is $250 for 4 hours. A $100 deposit is required to reserve the time.
things to know
Hothouse is a shared space. Reservations are not taken for the spa. During winter months consider coming early or late in the day. A full house is common during 'peak hours' of 6 - 9pm.
Hothouse is for all women.
You must be 14 or older.
Do not come in if you have been drinking alcohol or using drugs.
If you are pregnant, have any health concerns such as diabetes, heart conditions, or high blood pressure, or if you are on prescription medication, consult with your doctor before using the hot tub, sauna, or steam room.
We don't allow food or drink, glass containers, or use of cell phones inside.
Conversation must be kept at a whisper.
No sexual activity allowed.
Small groups are welcome with the understanding that your group will share the space with other guests and that the quiet, meditative atmosphere must be maintained. Large groups may rent the space for private parties on Tuesdays. The cost is $250 for 4 hours. A $100 deposit is required ahead. Hothouse Massage Therapists accept cash and checks only. Massage is paid for directly to your massage therapist.
Massage reservations are not required, but are recommended! We take walk-ins when there are openings but the schedule often fills up. So plan ahead if you can!
We require a 24 hour notice to cancel your massage. If you cancel with less than 24 hours before your massage, we ask that you pay for the time you scheduled. Cancelling with short notice reduces the therapists chances of making money for the time scheduled. If someone else wanted the time that you scheduled, the therapists loses the ability to make money for that time. We ask that you consider this when cancelling.
hothouse suggestions
Bring your own plastic water bottle and fill it up here.
Drink plenty of water to prevent dehydration.
Rent or bring 2 towels - one to sit and sweat on, and one to get squeaky clean when you're done. Sitting on a towel is required for your personal health and hygiene and for the cleanliness of the spa.
Limit your time in the hot tub, sauna, or steam room to a maximum of 15 minutes at a time. Cool down and drink water between heat sources. Avoid overheating!
Soak naked - it feels great! Bathing suits may be worn but are not encouraged.


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Los Angeles police said Tuesday night that detectives were interviewing a victim of an alleged attempted robbery by Justin Bieber.
"He has been accused of attempted robbery," Officer Rosario Herrera of the Los Angeles Police Department said.
She said the incident allegedly took place around 10:30 p.m. Monday in the LAPD's Devonshire Division, which includes Northridge and other parts of the San Fernando Valley.
Herrera said detectives have not interviewed Bieber. The Canadian pop star was at the game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Thunder Tuesday night in Oklahoma City, according to multiple tweets.


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Unless you've been in a coma for the better part of a year, chances are you've heard mention of Minecraft around the interwebs. (Note: if you have just awakened from a coma, thank you for making us your first stop.) You've heard mention of Creepers, skeletons, crafting recipes, fantastical structures built by players, and all sorts of assorted geekery. But if you're like us, you showed up a bit late to the party, and Minecraft can be a bit of an intimidating game to get into.
The game is still technically in beta (perhaps the least restrictive beta ever, as twenty bucks gets you an all-access pass), which means, among other things, that there's no in-game tutorial, and no instruction manual. You're simply plopped into a huge world and left to your own devices. We're going to give you a rundown of some of the basics of the game – like making shelter, starting your mine, and crafting useful items – by walking you through a typical session of Minecraft, thus giving you the tools to get the most out of this dynamite indie title.
The first step to playing the game is generating a new world. This is all done automatically. Just tell the game to build a new, random world, wait a few seconds, and you'll be popped into a unique little piece of creation all your own. You could start in a desert, a mountain range, valley or forest – any type of terrain you can imagine. Ours looked like this:
Above: It's a brave new world
Now, the first order of business in any new world is to make a shelter. This is because, at nighttime, monsters such as zombies, skeletons, and the dreaded Creeper show up to carve you into little giblety bits, but an adequate shelter will keep them at bay. We trekked around a bit to find a good place to create a new home, eventually settling on building into the side of a cliff, to save some time on building.
Above: Using existing natural walls saves precious time on day one
Now that you have a location, you'll need materials to build your walls. There's a couple of ways to go about this. You can either just grab materials that are laying around, like dirt and sand, and get the fortress together quickly, or you can gather sturdier materials to make a less-haphazard house. We chose to build our house out of wood, as it's one of the most important resources in the game, and we needed to gather some anyway. To gather wood, you simply walk up to a tree, and hold down the left mouse button to punch the tree until it crumbles.
Above: Yes, you punch trees to death
After you have some base units of wood, you can start some basic crafting. To craft initially, press the 'I' key to bring up the inventory and crafting interface. Drag the wood onto the crafting blocks like so, and you'll be rewarded with 4 wooden-plank blocks per piece of lumber. To craft them quickly, just right-click on the wood-plank icon until you've collected them all.
Now that you have some building blocks, it's time to make your house! The building is pretty simple to pull off. Simply equip the item in your action bar, point the crosshairs at the place you want to put the block, and press the right mouse button. Now, nighttime is approaching, so we'd better hurry up and do a building montage!
Above: Insert '80s pop song of your choice here. We recommend anything by Hall and Oates
At this point, we ran into a problem: we needed just a little more wood, and the sun was setting fast.
Above: You have never seen beauty until you've seen a voxel sunset
So, we made a mistake at this point. We wandered a bit after dark without any weapons to try and gather just a little more wood. This turned out to be a bad idea, as we got bushwhacked by a couple of bow-and-arrow wielding skeletons, who thought it would be a great idea to use us as a pincushion.
Above: Diplomacy check failed
The object lesson here is that if your shelter is not quite finished, use dirt, sand or whatever else is close at hand to get the job done instead of wandering, especially if you have no weapons. We respawned not too far from our new home, and returned to try to pick up some dirt to finish the roof. As we were gathering the dirt in our house, we heard a sound you will come to fear, too: the hissing of a fuse being lit. We turned around to see one of the most nefarious game baddies ever to walk right through our doorway - a Creeper.
Above: OH JESUS OH FUCK
The nasty thing about Creepers is that they don't really attack - they suicide-bomb. And the explosion triggered by getting near them will not only harm (or more likely kill) you, but will blast enormous chunks out of whatever you worked so hard to build.
Above: It exploded and left us for dead, which turned out to be a pretty good guess
This was not our night. After respawning this time, we dug a small hole right where we stood and just stayed there until daytime, when the rising sun vaporized all of the baddies (except for Creepers). When daylight came around, we returned to our house to survey the damage from the explosion. All of the outer walls remained intact, but our floor was a bit lower than we remembered and we had some new skylights we didn't remember putting in.
Above: Destroying your hard work is just adding insult to injury
We repaired the damage quickly. The lesson here is to never leave a way into your house at nighttime. Block up your doorway with dirt, and craft a door later. And if you must have a window, make sure it's no bigger than a single block.


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Back in 1985, George Martin commissioned Rupert Neve to create a channel strip—and its ISA 110 mic preamp became the genesis of the ISA Series. The ISA Two continues that tradition with a dual-mono preamp that's intended to provide a quality link between your mics/instruments and recorder.
The Signal Path Audio enters via rear-panel XLR mic or 1/4" TRS line ins. (Both preamps have identical I/O.) Front-panel 1/4" jacks with a 2-Megohm input impedance provide a convenient DI for instruments. Lundahl LL1538 input transformers, which are wound to extend high-frequency response (mic/DI ins are down less than –1dB at 100kHz @ 60dB gain), not only add that bit of inductive "warmth" but also provide 20dB of gain to help boost the signal-to-noise ratio.
The XLR outs are complemented by 1/4" TRS insert send and receive jacks. Signal always feeds the send jack, thus providing a parallel preamp out, while a front-panel insert in/out switch routes the return to the output. A standard IEC cable feeds the internal "global" power supply (100–240V, 50/60Hz); the unit comes with a variety of plugs for different AC power sources.
Controls The two channels have identical controls. One button steps through the three inputs, while another steps through four different mic input impedances. Switchable impedance can change a mic's character, so this isn't just about matching. Regarding gain, a "master" gain range button selects either a 0–30dB or 30–60dB range. A Gain control has four steps that each represent 10dB of change (e.g., –20, –10, 0, or +10dB for the line in and 0–30, 10–40, 20–50, or 30–60dB for the mic in). An additional trim control can add up to 20dB of additional gain for the mic and line ins, or serve as an input level control for the instrument input.
Buttons for phase (polarity) flip and +48V phantom power, along with a three-pole highpass filter (16–420Hz, 18dB/octave slope) and accompanying in/out button, round out the controls. Metering is two 8-stage LED meters that can be custom calibrated using two rear-panel trim controls.
In Use Don't underestimate the value of selectable impedance. Lower impedances tend to emphasize lows, while higher impedances give a brighter sound and a touch more level. This is particularly obvious with dynamic mics, and adds a couple "free mics" to your mic locker. The sound is "open," with that slight warmth from using transformers, and the noise level seemed lower than expected—again, the transformers help here, due to the extra gain. Crosstalk and common-mode rejection specs are also excellent.
Overall, this is an "obvious" preamp. It's easy to use, has all of the expected I/O and controls (and then some), and you can set up your sound in minutes—the lit buttons help you parse settings that much faster. Having one switch and two controls for setting gain may seem excessive, but that configuration makes it easy to dial in the right amount of gain, as well as repeat settings.
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The Boston Police Department's (BPD) use of universally available social media after the deadly event has been lauded as exemplary.
Within minutes of the bombing, Edward Davis, III, BPD commissioner for seven years before retiring last November, instructed the chief public information officer to start posting. The department's go-to broadcast sites were Facebook and Twitter, but officers also posted photos and videos on Instagram. The idea was to start providing accurate information about the number of dead (three) and injured (275) and helpful information such as road and facility closings.
"We had committed to being a very transparent organization," Davis said. "I thought it was very important that we get valid and appropriate information to people."
Davis controlled what flowed out of BPD by assigning the social media task to trustworthy employees, he said.
"I was surprised at how manageable it was because you'd think when you send something out to tens of thousands of people, you might get thousands of responses," he said. "But instead of responding to individual responses, what we would do is pick out themes and address those themes."
Davis said he also thought it was important to get information from the public.
"We recognized very early that Twitter and Facebook are really forums for discussion and not a one-way" conversation," he said. What was particularly helpful, Davis said, was the ability to see how people were interpreting what BPD was saying. Feedback from the community helped the department hone its message.
BPD's Twitter handle @BostonPolice saw huge spikes in usage. For example, a tweet correcting misinformation on an arrest in the case was retweeted almost 11,000 times, and by the time suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured alive, the department's Twitter account had more than 300,000 followers, up from 40,000 before the bombings, according to "Social Media and Police Leadership: Lessons from Boston," a report released in March by the Harvard Kennedy School's Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management and co-authored by Davis.
But for the most part, those increases didn't cause disruptions in service or capabilities, he said.
"The only time we ran into a problem was when we asked the public for their help in turning over videos and photos to us after the marathon," he said. "There was such an overwhelming response that the computers we set up for the FBI to capture that data were quickly overwhelmed, so there was a lot of information that was lost temporarily. Luckily, Facebook and Twitter did not go down, so we were able to go back and capture most, if not all, of that information."
Despite the snag, Davis said law enforcement agencies shouldn't rush to shore up their information technology systems. When a large-scale disaster strikes, BPD's protocol is to partner with other agencies, such as the FBI, and take advantage of their technology.
"I don't think it's necessary that every police department in the country have the capacity to download terabytes of information in the midst of a crisis like that," he said.
The department began using @BostonPolice in 2009, and it had used social media to disseminate information about other high-profile homicide cases. It's also been running #TweetfromtheBeat to interact with citizens since 2011. BPD gravitates to Twitter and Facebook because of their user base, he said.
"Those are the ones we determined were the most popular among the citizens of the city of Boston," Davis said.
"The Tweet from the Beat program uses the GroupTweet application and allows authorized members of the command staff to post directly from their personal Twitter accounts to the BPD official Twitter account by using the #TweetfromtheBeat hashtag," the report states.
Other city police departments have been taking advantage of social media. In 2012, the Seattle Police Department launched Tweets-By-Beat to let users follow or view police dispatches in each of the city's 51 police beats. Last month, the Gulf Shores, Ala., Police Department hosted a Tweet from the Beat event during which it shared texts and photos of what officers were doing between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. April 16, creating a virtual ride along, according to Gulf Coast News Today.
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Making use of pedal-power to charge your phone or power headlights isn't a brand new biking technology, but the EcoXPower brings something new to the table by letting you do both of those simultaneously.
Touting itself as the first gadget with this kind of multi-tasking power, the EcoXPower has two main parts. First is the main device, which attaches to your bike's front wheel hub and uses the moving spokes to generate electricity, complete with mounted lights. The second is a touchscreen-compatible, water resistant case—connected to the generator by a USB cable—where you can stash your iPhone, Android, or GPS device. Mount that between your handlebars and you're ready to go.
It also comes with a lithium-ion battery that can keep the lights on and devices charging for up to 90 minutes in between bouts of pedaling, so the coasting down a hill now and then, or even stopping to take a call, isn't a problem. It's available from EcoXGear for $99. [Engadget via Gizmag]


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The 100th Anniversary of the dedication of Indiana Freemasons' Hall was celebrated with a rededication ceremony conducted by the Grand Lodge of Indiana on Saturday, June 13, 2009 in the Indiana Freemasons' Hall Auditorium.
A Great Day in Indianapolis
Written by Christopher Hodapp, Treasurer, IMTA
Saturday [June 13, 2009] was a great day for Freemasonry in Indiana. An estimated 250 Masons marched from the Murat Shrine to Freemasons' Hall down North Street. We were led by the Knights Templar color guard and the Grand Lodge officers, followed by Blue Lodge Masons from across the state, members and officers from the appendant bodies and youth groups, and ending with the Murat Shrine band.
Another hundred or more Masons, family and friends made their way into the auditorium, which could have been a whole lot hotter if it hadn't been in the 60s the night before. Those who entered through the west doors filed past our new security desk, constructed by PGM Richard Elman, and our just-delivered computerized information kiosk, partially paid for by a generous grant from the Scottish Rite Valley of Indianapolis. Entertaining the growing crowd was Grand Organist James McNabney. The stage was quickly crowded with Grand Lodge officers, Past Grand Masters and the Temple Board members. After introductions by Wbro. Dillman, Temple Board president, Jim read the proclamations by Governor Mitch Daniels, Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, and Indianapolis City Councilman Ed Colman declaring June 6-13th as Freemason Week.
Keynote speaker U.S. Congressman Dan Burton, member of Evergreen-Oriental Lodge No. 500, who represents Indiana's 5th Congressional District, was introduced by former Army buddy, Grand Secretary Max Carpenter, and spoke on the long association between Freemasonry in the U.S. and patriotism, reminding the audience of the Masonic membership of many of the founders of our nation and 15 presidents. He recalled the laying of the cornerstone of the US Capitol on September 21st, 1793 by George Washington, surrounded by Freemasons, and dressed in his Masonic regalia, performing much the same ceremony as today's. Following his remarks, Brother Burton was presented with the Caleb B. Smith Award, the highest award that can be given by the Grand Lodge of Indiana for service to the fraternity.
Grand Master Charles F. Marlowe presented a beautiful plaque to Freemasons' Hall, to commemorate the occasion. Handmade from acacia wood, and inscribed in marble and brass, this stunning memorial marks the 100th anniversary of the building in the most beautiful manner possible. It will be hung in the south hallway once we can find a secure way to keep its hefty weight from pulling the plaster off the wall!
Grand Master Marlowe's remarks were brief, but challenged us to keep improving the building, and encouraged ALL brethren in Indiana to remember what a profound effect our fraternal edifices have on our newest members, as well as the communities in which we reside. He also took the opportunity to ask Indiana masons to reach the goal of 2,500 new Masons this year. Upon ending his remarks, he presented Jim Dillman with the hand-made gavel used at Grand Lodge this past May, and a check that will go towards an etched logo for the front of the new security desk - money raised by brethren in northern Indiana.
The rededication ceremony by the Grand Lodge officers followed, with the traditional trying of the building using the ancient tools of Masonry, and re-consecrating it with corn, wine and oil.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, refreshments were served, and guests filled the building to socialize and to tour its many rooms. Brother McNabney entertained a group in the third floor south lodge room playing its 100 year old pipe organ. Careful explorers found the beginnings of the Grand Lodge Library and Museum just beginning to take shape on the 5th floor. Assisting in serving up cake and punch were the young men of the Indianapolis Demolay Chapter that has just moved into the building in the last year. Every day seems to bring new activity, groups or events. The building is more alive than it has been in decades.
Many, many thanks to everyone who helped to make this a very special occasion for Indiana Freemasonry. Grand Master Marlowe said during his remarks that we cannot live the history of the past, but we can make history today. History was indeed made today in Indianapolis, and the Freemasons from every corner of the state of Indiana have much to be proud of. Freemasons' Hall is the headquarters of our fraternity. It is not just an Indianapolis temple buildingevery Indiana Mason is a partial owner of this magnificent temple. The Grand Master has given his permission for lodges from anywhere in Indiana to come and perform degrees in its four lodge rooms.
I left the building about 5:00 or so, and WBro. Jim Dillman [IMTA President] was snoring soundly in his office chair, the last guy in the place. He earned it. He had a busy day.
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Amid the crowd of gray hairs and bald men, Jello Biafra emerged Saturday night decked in a tiger striped coat and matching hat, arms outstretched to greet his screaming fans who were amped to see the 55-year-old take to the mic.
Biafra, former frontman of the 1980s hard-core punk band Dead Kennedys, made the rousing entrance in front of a packed Alex's Bar in Long Beach, kicking up the political fervor for about 200 punks — young and old.
Sure, Biafra had a beer belly and a gray beard, but his stage presence hadn't changed much over the more than three decades when he hit the punk rock scene in 1978.
"His energy — at this age — is amazing," said longtime fan Tony Whiting.
The 50-year-old West Hills man then paused to enjoy a guitar riff.
"I grew up listening to this," Whiting said. "This is what it's all about."
Biafra, known as a political punk rocker, who even (unsuccessfully) ran for office several times, including the mayor of San Francisco and president in 2000, is also a spoken-word artist and certainly flexed those talents during the more than hourlong set. The band performed about a dozen songs from "New Feudalism," "John Dillinger" to "Barackstar O'Bummer," many of which were prefaced with a political rant where Biafra lamented about President Barack Obama and the media to the economy and the country's struggle to fund education.
"I'm so god damn old I remember when there was money for all those things and you know what? It ain't gone it's been stolen," Biafra spouted off."Stolen by rich people who don't pay their taxes anymore and the puppets who let them get away with it."
Animated with hand gestures and bulging eyes to emphasize his point, Biafra continued: "I'm so damn old I thought things were going to get better before when Richard (expletive) Nixon was run out of town," Biafra told the crowd during one of his political rants. "Where we are now instead, on every level government you look at — both parties, is an army of Richard Nixons. Only it's worse."
True to his hatred of the corporate media, Biafra declined an interview with the Los Angeles News Group prior to the show if we didn't adhere to some of his rules, which included no questions about Dead Kennedys. Biafra and Dead Kennedys split up in 1986 and has since had an embattled relationship, which have included lawsuits. Dead Kennedys later reformed without Biafra, who vehemently opposed a reunion. Biafra called the new incarnation of Dead Kennedys "the world's greediest karaoke band."
Still, Biafra didn't have any hesitation when jumping into to old material like "California Über Alles" and "Holiday in Cambodia," which were the Dead Kennedys first and second singles respectively released in 1979.
"This is fantastic. How many times are you going to see Jello Biafra perform? The guy is getting older and he still kicks ass," said Dustin Garcia, 24, of Downey. "I don't care what anybody else says, this is the closest we're ever going to get to Dead Kennedys because the new incarnation of the band sucks. They can't be Dead Kennedys without Jello."
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine will continue its tour up California to San Francisco and Sacramento and finish up the month's shows with one in Sparks, Nev.
"Jello speaking his mind, talking about politics and the reality of today's corrupt society is awesome," Garcia said. "He's taking what made hard-core punk so influential in the '80s back to the youth of today, and it's still relevant."


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Let $f$ be analytic on the open set $G\subset \mathbb{C}$. What's the best way of showing that the function $\phi:G \times G \to \mathbb{C}$ defined by $\phi(z,w)=[f(z)-f(w)]/(z-w)$ for $z \neq w$ and $\phi(z,z)=f'(z)$ is continuous?
This is obvious for $z\neq w$, but I'm having some trouble on the points $(z,z)$. I did it one way but I'm not convinced this is good.
Edit: Rudin's Proof (for the continuity on the diagonal)
Let $z_0\in G$. Since $f$ is analytic, there exists $r>0$ such that $B(a,r)\subset G$ and $|f'(\zeta)-f'(z_0)|<\epsilon$ for all $\zeta \in B(a,r)$. Getting $z,w\in B(a,r)$, than $\zeta(t)=(1-t)z+tw \in B(a,r)$ for $0\le t\le 1$. Now just use that $\phi(z,w)-\phi(z_0,z_0)=\int_0^1[f'(\zeta(t))-f'(z_0)]dt$ and the $\epsilon$-bound to get the desired continuity.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—David Valek scored his third and fourth goals of the weekend in the third period as the Harvard men's hockey team rallied from a two-goal deficit to defeat Clarkson, 3-2, in the regular-season finale Saturday night at Bright Hockey Center and clinch a bye in the first round of the ECAC Hockey Championship.
Tommy O'Regan assisted on both Valek goals after Alex Fallstrom started the comeback with a power-play tally in the second period. The win gave Harvard (10-8-11, 8-5-9 ECAC Hockey) sole possession of third place in the final league standings. The Crimson will host a quarterfinal series March 9-11 against the second-lowest seed to advance from the first round.
The win also sent off Harvard's seven-player senior class with a win on Senior Night, their final regular-season home game, and completed a weekend sweep. The Crimson topped St. Lawrence, 4-1, Friday at Bright.
The Crimson stormed into third place with a dominant third period. Harvard entered trailing by a single goal, but Valek tied the game at 2-2 barely two minutes into the frame. After goaltender Raphael Girard moved the puck up the wall to O'Regan, the rookie found Valek moving up the left side. Valek's high shot sent Clarkson netminder Paul Karpowich's water bottle flying.
The winning tally came less than six minutes later, at the 7:42 mark. It again started with O'Regan on the left side of his defensive zone. This time he carried the puck into the offensive end, dangled it around a lunging defender and passed across the ice to Valek for the finish from the left circle.
Clarkson (15-15-6, 9-9-4) came to life with Karpowich pulled in the final minutes, but Girard totaled six saves in the last five minutes, while Danny Biega and Eric Kroshus blocked shots as the final horn approached. Girard finished with 27 saves, and Karpowich had 31 as the Crimson outshot the Golden Knights, 31-27. Harvard nearly doubled Clarkson's faceoff win total, 40-22.
Much of the first period passed without any scoring, and the Golden Knights weathered an offensive surge by Harvard before Kevin Tansey put them ahead 48 seconds before the intermission. He collected the puck and roofed a shot over a crowded crease.
Louke Oakley doubled the Clarkson lead at 5:20 of the second period, scoring from low on the left side on a power play. It was the Golden Knights' only conversion in four man advantages.
Harvard finished 1 for 5 on the power play. Fallstrom cut the deficit to 2-1 at 12:46 of the second. He buried a one-timer off a cross-ice feed from Alex Killorn after Marshall Everson played the puck from the goal line to Killorn on the right half wall.


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A bad but serviceable Martini can be made in pretty dire circumstances: a clear liquor, a shaker of ice, and a brined vegetable or strip of citrus peel, and you can achieve something bracing but able to perform the work at hand. I prefer a Martini as an aperitif, something strong but bracing and crisp that gets you ready for four courses and half a dozen different wines.
The Manhattan is different. It requires a higher degree of civilization. Whiskey/Whisky can be found everywhere, but bitters and Sweet Red Vermouth are a must, and so many bad variations are made in bars that it's often a losing proposition to order one in the first place. I once ordered said cocktail in a bar that shall not be named, and the bartender said, "Manhattan. Got it. Crown Royal and Dr. Pepper. Give me one second." And I said, "Do you kiss your mother with that mouth? Good day, sir!" I swear that the silk ribbon on my top hat positively wilted at that egregious faux pas.
Your worst Martini might have ruined rotgut vodka that spent a few hours in steel tubing, but a bad Manhattan ruins years of barrel aging in oak. Keep these things in mind when you're mixing drinks.
When I'm in the mood for a Manhattan, it's normally with the company of other guys and as a prelude to a dinner of hearty red wines and lots of rare red meat. To do it properly, you need control over your own ingredients. Better, older whiskey will make for a better Manhattan, and quality bitters are essential.
Here I lined up the various components I assembled after a long, hard day at work, and a desire for something relaxing but dignified:
- Cocktail Shaker with Ice and a Long Spoon
- One Shot of Gallo Red Vermouth (in place of my beloved Noilly Prat)
- Two shots of Michter's US*1 Single Barrel Straight Rye Whiskey
- Two dashes of Fee Bros. Whiskey Barrel Aged Bitters
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July 9 (Monday) to July 20 (Friday), 2012
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Machine Learning is a foundational discipline of the Information Sciences. It combines deep theory from areas as diverse as Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, and Information Technology with many practical and relevant real life applications. The aim of the summer school is to cover the entire spectrum from theory to practice. It is mainly targeted at research students, IT professionals, and academics from all over the world.
This school is suitable for all levels, both for people without previous knowledge in Machine Learning, and those wishing to broaden their expertise in this area. It will allow the participants to get in touch with international experts in this field. Exchange of students, joint publications and joint projects will result because of this collaboration.
For research students, the summer school provides a unique, high-quality, and intensive period of study. It is ideally suited for students currently pursuing, or intending to pursue, research in Machine Learning or related fields. Limited scholarships are available for students to cover accommodation and registration costs. If funds are available partial travel support might also be provided.
IT professionals who use Machine Learning will find that the summer school provides relevant knowledge and exposure to contemporary techniques. In addition, they will benefit by direct interaction with top-notch researchers and knowledge workers. Previous experience indicates that personnel from both the industry as well as national laboratories benefit immensely from the school.
For academics, the summer school is an excellent opportunity to help getting started in research on novel topics in Machine Learning. It provides an ideal forum for networking and discussions. Academics will also benefit from interaction with IT professionals which will lead to a deeper understanding of real life problems.
This year's school in Santa will be similar to last year's summer school at Purdue. The list of speakers will change. In particular, we will draw speakers from Silicon Valley besides from academic institution. The Purdue school was in large demand and expect this to be the same in Santa Cruz.
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PGA.com's T.J. Auclair recently took a trip to "Manchester Lane," in Acushnet, Mass., better known as the "Titleist Test Facility." While there, Auclair went through a club-fitting with PGA Professional Karen Gray, Titleist Supervisor of Player Research. Titleist Player Research Representatives Alex Stimpson and Bubba Kroeger were there to assist Gray. Following the club fitting, Auclair went through a golf-ball fitting with Gray and Titleist Golf Ball Fitting Manager Mike Gibson. This is the first installment of the three-part series on the complete fitting experience.
PGA.com's club fitting series: Part I | Part II | Part III | Club fitting Q&A | Photo Gallery
ACUSHNET, Mass. -- One of the easiest ways to improve your game and lower your scores is to play the proper clubs.
You need the right tools for the job, right? Seems easy, doesn't it?
With that in mind, I decided it was time to go through the club fitting process myself and paid a visit to "Manchester Lane," the Titleist Test Facility in Acushnet, Mass.
If you're a golf-equipment junkie, surely you've heard of Manchester Lane. The funny thing about it is that when you turn down Manchester Lane, you're actually in a little residential community. Small houses line the street and you think you've taken a wrong turn.
Keep going.
Just when it looks as though you've hit a dead-end, bam! There it is – a large, plush driving range in the middle of the woods.
And, if you've been to as many muni driving ranges as I have this really sticks out -- mini Titleist golf bags containing brand new Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls. These certainly aren't the rocks I'm used to hitting at a range.
There's a large warehouse-looking building that's nestled between the driving range and a parking lot. This warehouse serves as offices for the club fitters.
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A number of golf carts sit to the side of the warehouse. They're there for the club fitters to shuttle customers from the driving range to the short-game facility about 200 yards back into the woods.
The short-game facility isn't visible from the driving range. It's hidden in the woods. But once you get there, it's just as impressive as the driving range. The short-game facility is just 100 yards long, but features a massive green and several bunkers. It's built to help find the proper grind, or bounce, for your wedges, as well as the ball you should be playing.
On this particular day, PGA Professional Karen Gray, who will be conducting the fitting, greets me.
Gray has been a PGA Professional for 20 years and is an accomplished player. She was a two-time NCAA All American at Florida Atlantic University, played in the 1986 U.S. Amateur (Pasatiempo in California) and also teed it up in two U.S. Women's Opens (1991 at Colonial CC and 1993 at Crooked Stick). Gray also played on the Futures Tour and had a win on the Gold Coast Tour Mini tour.
Before joining the Titleist team in the late 1990s, Gray was the women's golf coach and Assistant Director of the PGM program at Methodist University in North Carolina, where her team won the 1996 NCAA Division II & III title.
There's a funny story about how Gray came to be an expert club-fitter, though at the time, it wasn't all that funny to her.
In her junior year of college, Gray had worn out the grooves on her irons. Naturally, she went ahead and did what most people in her predicament might think to do first – order a new set of clubs.
However, Gray did that without consulting her golf professional back in Pelham, N.Y.
"I had no idea then about length, lie, shaft weight and flex and I just ordered up a standard men's set of irons with steel, regular flex shafts," she said.
What happened next was a nightmare come true for someone who takes his or her golf game seriously. Gray proceeded to hit some of the worst shots of her life with the shiny new clubs and lost all confidence. She thought it was her. As she would learn from her golf professional a few months later during Easter break back home, the problem was actually the clubs.
"I kept asking him to look at my swing, but before he did, he said, 'Let me see your bag. What irons are these?' I told him and he asked me, 'Did you know that I ordered you 1/2" short on your irons, 2-flat and a lightweight steel shaft? Your clubs are too long, too upright and the shafts are too heavy. You need to re-shaft these and we have to bend them.'"
Once the tweaks were made, Gray's game was back on track.
"I learned a valuable lesson about golf and that what's in my bag are my tools, my way to score and in order to play my best, I need to make sure my equipment is fit to my game," she said. "Confidence in your equipment will help you score better and keep you swinging well."
On the practice tee, several things stand out.
First, there are the loads of carts holding every Titleist iron, driver, wedge, fairway wood, hybrid and shaft you could possibly imagine. It's as if you've died and gone to golf-equipment heaven.
Next, you notice a small metal box – Trackman – located directly behind the area you're going to hit from.
Trackman is essentially a golf radar used for swing and ball flight analysis. It's become an invaluable tool for PGA Professionals during a club fitting.
Though Gray says "face tape" is still used – literally a piece of white tape applied to the clubface that imprints an impression of the golf ball to show you we're you're hitting it on the clubface (near the toe, near the hosel, or on the sweetspot) – Trackman does a lot more to pinpoint just how efficiently the player is hitting the ball on the clubface. Trackman measures a number of variables by focusing on ball speed, which tells experts like Gray how efficiently the ball is hit in relation to the center of gravity of a club.
For example, Gray said, it's possible for a shorter club to hit the ball with more ball speed and go farther and more consistent in direction because the player is hitting the ball more in the center of the face, the player is more efficient and the player gets more out of their club with consistent ball speed and trajectory.
"As we fit a player, we may shorten or lengthen a player's irons or metals depending on how they handle the length -- if the club is digging or not," Gray said. "Club fitting has evolved with the use of launch monitors and to be able to quantify results to educate the player, it's a great opportunity. Trackman also makes the process of gapping a player's set much easier because we know how far the player is carrying the ball with each club, but even still that's only part of the equation. We fit for lie angle by evaluating the divots the player is taking, i.e. -- more heel dig or toe dig and watching the ball flight."
With all that sorted out, it was time for the club fitting.
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Abuse isn't just about bruises. Not all forms of abuse leave bruises where we can see them,What Happens When You Call The Police For Domestic Violence in South Africa . Although physical abuse is terrifying and needs to be addressed immediately there are other forms of abuse that can cause significant damage. One type of abuse that is very difficult for outsiders to detect is financial abuse. Marriage should be a partnership but when one spouse completely dominates the finances to the point that the other spouse has no control and no options financial abuse may be occurring.
What Are Signs of Potential Financial Abuse?
Every married couple handles their finances differently. In some cases one spouse handles the majority of the finances. They manage the accounts, pay the bills and deal with creditors. That does not by itself equal financial abuse.
Financial abuse occurs when one spouse is treated like an irresponsible child and Domestic Violence On Children . They are cut off from funds and their knowledge about the couple's finances is severely limited. Some signs of financial abuse include:
•Strict Allowances. This isn't an amount that the spouses have agreed to limit themselves to but is instead a set amount that is grudgingly handed out from one spouse to the other and is all that will be given.
Documents, documents, documents. Written evidence is incredibly strong and can range from credit card bills showing that there is a credit card but that you aren't named on it to emails from your spouse that show the financial abuse.
Other witnesses can be incredibly powerful on your behalf. Financial abuse is hard for people outside the relationship to detect. So when someone credible comes in and tells the judge that it is happening and they can see it the judge will listen and Domestic Violence News Story .
What Happens When You Call The Police For Domestic Violence in South Africa ?
1. Sticks and stones won't break my bones" - and words won't leave any measurable physical damage, but they will cause progressive, long-term harm. Never underestimate the power of words: words are used to brainwash.
Being told you are "stupid", "ugly", "lazy" or "worthless" is never acceptable. The first times you hear it, it will hurt, naturally. In time you "may get used to" hearing it from a partner. That's when you start to internalise and believe it. When that happens you are doing the other person's work of putting you down for them. This is why your feelings of self-worth suffer increasingly over time.
The good news is that just as words have been used to bring you down, you can learn to harness the power of words to build you up and restore your confidence and belief in yourself.
2. You are always told that it's your fault. Somehow, whatever happens, however it starts, the ultimate blame is always yours. Notice that we are talking ultimate blame here. The blaming partner will always tell you that their behaviour was caused by what you said or did. In fact, their argument runs along the lines that you can't possibly blame them for anything, because if you hadn't said what you said, or done what you did it would never have happened.
3. You're more inclined to believe your partner than you are to believe yourself. Have you ever reeled with a sense of hurt and injustice, or seethed with anger at the way you've been treated? Have you found yourself asking: "Is it reasonable to feel like this?" "Am I misinterpreting things?" "Have I got it wrong?"
If this is you, what it means is that you have become so brainwashed you've stopped trusting in your own judgement. Your mind keeps throwing up the observations and questions because, deep down, you know that what is happening is utterly wrong. But right now you can't feel the strength of your own convictions.
4. You need your partner to acknowledge your feelings. Have you ever felt desperate to make your partner hear what you are saying and apologise for the hurtful things they've said? Have you ever felt that only they can heal the pain they've caused?
Does your need for them to validate your feelings keep you hooked into the relationship?
When a partner constantly denies or refuses to listen to your feelings, that is, unquestionably, mental abuse.
5. Your partner blows hot and cold. He can be very loving but is often highly critical of you. He may tell you how much he loves you, yet he is short on care or consideration towards you. In fact, some of the time, maybe even a lot of the time, he treats you as if you were someone he truly dislikes.
You do everything you can to make him happy, but it's never good enough. You're more like the pet dog in the relationship than you are the equal partner. Your constant efforts to get his attention and please him meet with limited success. Sometimes he'll be charmed, often he's dismissive.
If you find yourself puzzling about how your partner can treat you that way, it is because you are trying to live in a love-based relationship, when in reality you are living in a control-based relationship. The mental abuser struggles with his own feelings of worthlessness and uses his relationship to create a feeling of personal power, at his partner's expense.
6. You feel as if you are constantly walking on eggshells. There is a real degree of fear in the relationship. You have come to dread his outbursts, the hurtful things that he will find to say to you. (Maybe the same anxiety and need to please spill over into your other relationships also.)
Fear is not part of a loving relationship, but it is a vital part of a mentally abusive relationship. It enables the abuser to maintain control over you.
7. You can heal. Mentally abusive relationships cause enormous emotional damage to the loving partner who tries, against all odds, to hold the relationship together and, ultimately, can't do it, because her partner is working against her.
Whether you are currently in a mentally abusive relationship, have left one recently, or years later are still struggling with the anxieties and low self-worth and lack of confidence caused by mental abuse, it is never too late to heal.
But you do need to work with a person or a programme specifically geared to mental abuse recovery.
Women who have suffered mental abuse expect radical change of themselves, and they expect it right away. This is why they often struggle and, not uncommonly, take up with another abusive partner.
Mental abuse recovery is a gradual process. Low self-worth and limiting beliefs about what kind of future the abuse sufferer can ever hope for are the blocks that can stop women from moving on. But they are blocks that you can clear very effectively. Just as language was once used to harm you, you can now learn how language can heal you. You can overcome past mental abuse and keep yourself safe from it in the future. You can also learn to feel strong, believe in yourself and create the life and the relationships you truly want.
"The Woman You Want To Be" is a unique workbook designed to accompany you on a year long journey into emotional health and happiness.
(C) 2005 Annie Kaszina
How Do You Handle Narcissistic Abuse?
Have you ever experienced sexual abuse? Do you know that the negative experience you had may still be affecting you in the present?
In my practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist, I discovered that many women, and even some men, experienced sexual abuse. As I counseled the clients, they became aware of the negative decisions they had made from their sexual exploitation. In fact, many years later those painful thoughts were still affecting their lives in negative ways.
Some of the symptoms that it still influenced their lives were low self-esteem, avoiding dating, struggling in their relationships, not enjoying their sexuality, hiding their physical beauty, shyness, and doing everything to please others.
I included 14 hurtful thoughts that caused the above symptoms that I heard from many of the clients of all ages. Can you relate to any of them?
14 Negative decisions based on sexual abuse include:
1) I feel shame.
2) I am bad and dirty.
3) I am not safe in the world.
4) I can't trust men not to hurt me.
5) My parent or parents betrayed me because they did not protect me.
6) I can't trust people I love to be there for me.
7) I should have stopped it.
8) Sex is painful, dirty and wrong.
9) Men want me only for my body.
10) I feel guilty because it felt good.
11) I feel different than others; I am an outsider.
12) I have to hide my secret so people do not judge me.
13) I have to do what others want me to or I am not safe or loved.
14) It is not safe for me to get attention from men.
For example, Susan was molested by her father. As a result, she hated men and that affected all her relationships with the opposite sex. She also was very cute, free- spirited and loving as a child and that is when her father started to molest her. Her decision was many of the above negative beliefs, as well as it is not safe to be free, happy and shine. She just did what people wanted to stay safe. Her self-esteem was very low and that affected her social interactions and professional success. To stuff her pain, she overate and was obese.
Her mother knew but did nothing to protect Susan. (Mothers often cannot deal with the rejection so they deny it, and may also be afraid of their partners.) To help Susan, I suggested that she imagine her mother in front of her and say, "You did the best you could with the information you had, I forgive you."
Then I helped Susan release the other negative thoughts based on her negative experiences, and she felt much better, began speaking up for herself, and her relationship improved.
By the way, sexual abuse is one major cause of weight issues. Nancy told me that whenever she was thin, men made sexual comments and she did not feel safe. The weight is her wall of protection. "Helene, she said, "I have to make myself unattractive with my unattractive hairstyle, baggy clothes, and fat, for the men to leave me alone!"
Can you relate to Susan or Nancy? If you do, it would be very beneficial to release those hurtful decisions, so that you can enjoy a healthy and happy life.
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Missouri Venture Capitalist Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A 50-year-old Creve Couer venture capitalist pleads guilty to felony tax evasion over millions in undeclared income.
Federal prosecutors say Burton Douglas Morriss owes more than $5.5 million for income earned between 2006 and 2009. He pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court and awaits sentencing.
Morriss used limited liability companies in his mother's name to claim $18.1 million in losses in 2007. Those claims came after his mother previously filed the same passive income losses. He also admitted to evading millions more in taxes on income from his venture capital companies over the next several years.
He faces up to five years in prison and a $100,000 maximum fine, along with mandatory restitution. The federal Securities and Exchange Commission recently banned Morriss from working as a securities officer.


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This oblique southeasterly view of the Sentinel Mountains from Google Earth shows the general area from a little higher than roadside level; that's the Alcan, AKA Highway 97. The topography of the same area, looking straight down and with the north arrow cocked to the right, can be seen here in The Atlas of Canada.
The picture I took looks like this; it corresponds with the two central peaks from the Google Earth image, with just a little of the pyramidal-shaped range-front hill on the far left.
Drawing on a composite set of photos, I came up with this pen-and-ink interpretation, which shows the general flat-lying nature of the sedimentary horizons away from the range front and to the east. The beds are then tilted into a dip slope right along the range front, forming a set of triangular-shaped facets, which I described more completely earlier. If you look carefully at the photo and the sketch, you'll see that they match up imperfectly - the sketch makes the farther hill appear a little larger than life. It is a cartoon.
The Folded Mountain and Muncho Lake Series:
- Where on (Google) Earth #158
- Folded Mountain, B. C.
- Folded Mountain, B. C. - A Reprise
- Muncho Lake, B. C.
- More Muncho (this post)
You'll find references, in-post links, more photos and images, and more about the Alcan and general geology in the previous posts.


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What Is Ash Wednesday?
The Christian season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday and lasts for 40 days. Catholics and members of some Protestant denominations are asked to do modest mortifications and acts of penance during Lent for the purification of the body and soul. Lent is a time of confession, fasting, abstinence, prayer, Bible and spiritual reading, and spiritual and corporal works of mercy. It culminates at Easter when Christ rose triumphant from the dead.
The tradition of Ash Wednesday in the Catholic Church is a poignant reminder that our bodies will die someday and turn to dust. A priest places ashes on parishioners' foreheads to remind them of their mortality and the need for repentance. The words spoken as the ashes are imposed on the forehead are from Genesis 3:19: "Remember man that thou art dust and unto dust thou shalt return." So ashes on Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, are religious reminders, just like holy water and palms on Palm Sunday.
Catholics are also expected to abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday.


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I took for this sound 4 different machine sounds: a wood milling machine, a heavy bulldozer sound, a drilling machine and some heavy beating sounds with a hammer. I convoluted the four sounds to create one single drone of over one minute long. I placed this sound within Kontakt 4 and used the time machine 2 mode to pitch the sound and there you have the Industrial drone layer sound. A mellow drone like soundscape... suitable as background noise. Created within Cubase 5.
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How to Create an Effective Print Ad
Your business's print advertisements need to give readers a reason to be interested in your business; they must be clear, succinct, informative, and inviting. Your print ad has just a split second to attract attention and quickly explain why your product or service has some lasting benefit to those who read about it. This procedure can help you create an eye-catching print ad:
Hammer out your headline.
In nearly all cases, the headline is the single most-important element of a print ad. Strive to be clear and concise in your headlines. Avoid the temptation to become so "creative" that your meaning is lost or obscured.
Where the headline is placed within the ad is as important as what the headline says. You need to make sure that the headline dominates the ad so it can be quickly understood. Too often, the headline, which includes the most important information within an ad, is lost in a muddle of too many type fonts, graphics, and other elements.
Shape your subheads.
In addition to the main headline, a subhead can impart secondary information. The headline must grab readers, but the subhead can explain the deal further. Not all ads require a subhead, but this element, generally set in smaller type, is there to give the reader additional information without cluttering up your ad.
Build your body copy.
The body copy, also known as the sell copy, is where you can explain your offer in detail. But, like everything else in a good print ad, you need to keep the body copy brief — and possibly not include it at all.
Generate your graphics.
The graphic element of your ad is there to attract the readers' eyes and interest them enough to read your body copy. The graphic element usually calls attention to, or complements, the headline — the two elements work together to create the overall ambience of the ad.
Make sure your ad's graphic element is relevant to what you're selling. A photo of a girl in a bikini isn't the best way to sell anything except bikinis. Health and fitness spas are always using bathing suit babes as their central graphic. (Are people really dumb enough to believe that those women are actually members?)
Decide on a final layout.
The design and layout of an ad is everything. This figure illustrates a sample layout for a magazine ad. If you stick to this kind of layout, you can't go wrong.