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As published in The Steampunk Chronicle on June 7, 2011.
Over the past several years the Steampunk movement has gained a great deal of momentum. With roots firmly planted in the works of classic authors such as Jules Verne, H.G. Wells and H.P. Lovecraft, and limited only by the confines of the imagination, its explosion onto the modern literary scene is no surprise. Unfortunately, a great deal of modern literature in this genre tends to be so overloaded with descriptors and intricate details the plot often becomes muddled or even lost. Very few authors seem able to tackle their work with the same lyrical precision as the classical greats and even fewer would make proper additions to young adult literature, let alone introductions to the genre.
Bethany Grenier's debut novel Sings with Stars attempts to translate the author's childhood experiences into the realm of a fantastical Steampunk-inspired world through the eyes of a teenage girl. Unlike other Steampunk literature, such as S.M. Peter's White Chapel Gods, Sings with Stars has a softer and more appealing feel to it. Perhaps it's Grenier's feminine touch coming into play, but the story isn't as heavy, dark or depressing. It promises a light and enjoyable read via a somewhat standard plot. The story is supposedly derived from the author's own formative years spent living in the chaos of her mother's mental illness and drug addiction. Though she chose not to reference specific experiences in the novel, she has used what she has taken from them to form the story.
The heroine, Gigi Storme, has been bounced from foster home to foster home throughout most of her life. She prays she is able to stay with her current foster parents until her high school graduation. The only constant in her young life is Mr. Whitley, the owner of Mr. Whitley's Junk Emporium, where Gigi works. Gigi knows she is different from other girls. She's not sure why and it's not just the strange iridescent white marks that sprinkle her hairline. Gigi discovers the truth about herself and her origins shortly after she meets the mysterious inventor, Kenyon Smith.
Given the author's background and the complexity of the genre, the reader enters the novel expecting intricate details coupled with strong character development. Unfortunately, there is not enough of either. The reader is given very little personal introspection by Gigi beyond the song lyrics stuck in her head and the general ponderings over her life and mysterious background. The character is left unintentionally two dimensional. Teenage hardships such as loneliness and bullying are called upon to flesh out the character, but are delivered through simplified narrative and generalized introspection whose affects would have been better achieved if actual scenes were played out. Though she is the protagonist, the lack of umph created through her simplistic development makes her difficult for the reader to identify with.
By far the most interesting and well developed character is Kenyon Smith, first known to Gigi as K.S. The author devotes an entire chapter early in the novel to Smith where she skillfully develops him as a fascinating and mysterious character. The reader is left wondering what Smith's ties to Mr. Whitley are, why he has left the strange other realm, and what part he will play in Gigi's coming of age. At the end of Smith's chapter the reader is left with the strong desire to learn more about this inventor and the world from which he came.
Grenier chooses to set the novel's tone by placing song lyrics and Tarot card illustrations featuring the characters at the beginning of each chapter. What continues is a reliance on illustrations throughout the novel to convey what an object, building, location or character looks like. The sparse use of textual description throughout the story hinders the reader from using their imagination to become truly absorbed in the novel and stunts the development of the heroine as a strong protagonist. When combined with the chapter heading song lyrics from popular genre bands, repeated use of the Wiccan form of the word "magic" (spelled "magick"), and references to Alchemy; the Tarot illustrations begin to appear more as gimmicks used to pander to the genre rather than actual aids to the story itself.
The illustrations in this novel are, however, very well drawn and range from black and white line drawings to vibrant watercolors. The Tarot cards at the head of each chapter draw upon the simple line style of a classic Tarot deck while nicely adapting to each character while being tied to the theme of each chapter. On their own they are a beautiful addition to the book's layout and create a visual feel reminiscent of the Renaissance's illuminated manuscripts.
Overall, Bethany Grenier's debut novel was a nice deviation from the average Steampunk novel. Though lacking description and introspection, Sings with Stars succeeds where other novels in this genre have often not. The focus of the story is never lost amidst efforts to create another reality. The characters are seen using gadgets naturally rather than relying on them as a way of fitting into the Steampunk niche. Cleanly written and vibrantly illustrated, Sings with Stars would be an excellent addition to every Young Adult section as a coming-of-age introduction to the Steampunk genre.
Sings with Stars by Bethany Grenier. CreateSpace. Available on amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com and the book's website, singswithstars.com.
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House Republicans on Friday withdrew legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), who campaigned on the promise to help repeal the ACA — known as Obamacare — was one of five House Republicans from New York who supported or leaned yes toward voting for the American Health Care Act, according to the New York Times. READ

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Please take a look at the North Warwickshire meets list for 2015 and if you would like to steward a weekend or have any questions about any of the sites please contact our Sites Officer Jayne Bishop (firstname.lastname@example.com – 07976 898 535). Weekend meet fees for 2015 have been held at £8 per unit night unless indicated where special fees will apply. A copy of the meets list can be downloaded from here Meets List 2015 v2
Where required, the Booking Forms for the Temporary Holiday Sites are now available either on the relevant THS page or from our THS officer Jan Wardle (email@example.com or call 07798 696 273). THS fees can be found on the appropriate web page
Please note that the below post codes may not take you directly to the entrance of the site. Please follow the signed directions or those on each of the links below.
|27-29 March
|Top Barn Farm
Worcester Rd, Worcester WR6 6NH
Fishing weekend
|Keith & Ann Bratt
|2-6 April
|EASTER – Comberton Golf Club,
Nr Pershore, WR10 3DY
SPECIAL FEES APPLY – £25 Friday-Monday; £8 Thursday
|Shaun and Caz & Gail and Dave
|17-19 April
|Croxall Farm,
Hoggrills End Lane, Nether Whitacre, B46 2DA
|Tony Barlow (07762 489 877)
|30 April-4 May
|Bavarian Weekend – Hampton House Farm
Kineton, CV35 0JH
SPECIAL FEES APPLY – £40 Friday-Monday; £7.50 Thursday
|15-17 May
|Wood Farm Brewery
Coalpit Lane, Rugby, CV23 0SL
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|Dave and Sian (07539 213 056)
|22-31 May
|THS – Gigrin Farm, Rhayader
Powys, LD6 5BL
|Trevor and Mary
|19-21 June
|Hoar Park Farm
Ansley, Nuneaton, Warks, CV10 1QU
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|Dave and Sian (07539 213 056)
|20 June-18 July
|THS – Lower Brailes
Castle Hill Lane, Lower Brailes, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 5AS
|Peter and Maureen
|29 June-1 September
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|George and Faye
|26-28 June
|CHARITY WEEKEND – The Holdings Stables
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|Gary and Geri
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|CCRM, Hyde Farm
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|Volleyball Meet – West Midlands Waterski Centre
Tamworth, Staffs, B78 2DL
|14-16 August
|Weston Farm
Weston on Avon, Nr Stratford, CV37 8JY
|Trevor and Mary
|27-30 August
|National Feast of Lanterns
Houghton Hall, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE31 6UE
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|Darren and Niki & Mark and Di
|4-6 September
|The Riddings Fishery
Grendon, Nr Atherstone, CV9 2PE
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|Paul and Chris
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|Fir Tree Farm
Warmington, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX17 1JL
Fishing weekend
|Aneel and Jan (07798 696 273)
|9-11 October
|Buzzard Valley Vineyard & Fisheries
37 Shirrall Drive, Drayton Bassett, Tamworth, B78 3EQ
Fishing weekend
|Darren and Nikki Casey
|30 Oct-1 Nov
|Drayton Manor
Fazeley, Tamworth, B78 3TW
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Time Lapse Movie On The Assembly Of An InMoov Robot
We have some excellent french students at the lab right now and they pushed our InMoov project forward. Here is a time lapse movie of the assembly of the robot.Read More
Building an off road car with LEGO Technic
It has long been a dream of mine to build a remote controlled LEGO car. LEGO has many Technic cars in their program that use the Power Functions to remote control certain functions, such as opening doors or lifting an arm. Power Functions use infrared light for communication between the sender and the receiver. In the past, LEGO also had remote controlled cars that use radio frequencies, which is much better, since it does not require a line of sight and has a much further reach.
Recently, LEGO released the 4×4 Crawler and it really triggered something inside of me. I ordered the set, but when it arrived I never put it together. I started to build my own cars right away. I looked for inspiration on the internet and found many great off road cars, trial trucks and multi purpose car technology. In particular the work Pawel "Sariel" Kmiec. Check out his book "The Unofficial LEGO Technic Builder's Guide" or visit his website. LPE Power also has some wonderful instructions on how to build real car technology with LEGO.Read More
PhD opening in Human Robot Interaction
The HIT Lab NZ at the Canterbury University (Christchurch, New Zealand) has the following vacancy for a PhD student:
Understanding Anthropomorphism and Animacy In The Interaction Between Users and Robots
Project description
Robots that interact with humans are becoming increasingly important in our society. However, their life-like appearance and behavior is challenging their acceptance. In this project will establish new fundamental understanding of the role that anthropomorphism and animacy play in the behavior of robots when interacting with users. Methods will include the design, implementation and evaluation of a computational model of anthropomorphism and animacy in a robot. This model will enable robots to adapt their behavior to the user at an adequate level of perceived anthropomorphism and animacy, similar to the way adults adapt their behavior when interacting with children. Research outcomes will demonstrate how robots can match their interaction behavior with their abilities to perform tasks.Read More
Summer Scholarships Available
I have been able to acquire scholarships for students to come and work in New Zealand during the summer (November-February). Please do consider applying for them to have a productive and amazing summer in Christchurch.
- MARS function – Graphical User Interface Development
- Construction of a Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE)
- Improving Face Identification with Genealogical Data
- Usability Evaluation of Clinician Locator System
- Development of a LEGO Minifigure Taxonomy
Book review by The Brickshow
The amazing Jason Forthofer from The Brickshow reviewed the catalog and the video is now available:Read More
The Family History And Genealogy of Johann Ferdinand Thöne and Maria Anna Juliana Antonette Drewes
I published a new book about the history of my family, dating back to the middle ages: The Family History And Genealogy of Johann Ferdinand Thöne and Maria Anna Juliana Antonette Drewes. It is now available for purchase at Amazon.com.Read More


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FOLLOW YOUR OWN ROUTE, WHEREVER IT TAKES YOU. Roam Disc LETS YOU RIDE CONFIDENTLY ON ROADS, DIRT PATHS OR TRAILS.
Casual yet always capable, Roam Disc is built for multi-purpose adventure. With its confident, flat handlebar positioning and lightweight ALUXX aluminum frame, it gives you all the best qualities of a mountain bike and a road bike. Its front suspension adds comfort and control. It has powerful disc brakes and durable components, so it can take some bumps on rough city roads. And the fast rolling 700c wheels can handle smooth roads or dirt, making it a great choice for town-to-trail adventures.
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Rising Strong Questions are UP!
Monday October 17, 2016see more by jen
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Hello to all my lovely ladies joining me in my first Tiny Oranges Book Club discussion on Brené Brown's Rising Strong!
Originally I said we would cover Chapters One – Four this week but when coming up with Rising Strong questions for the four chapters I realized there is just SO MUCH to discuss that it was wayyyyyyyy too overwhelming to cover four chapters at once.
I asked my cousin Kristin what she thought we should do, and she thought one chapter at a time, and I totally agree. So, let's dive into chapter one and discuss.
How to join the Tiny Oranges Book Club!
1. Join the ——–>>>>>> Tiny Oranges Book Club on Good Reads
2. Look on home page under "Discussions"and click on "Chapter One Questions"
3. I posted questions of mine that came to mind when reading it. Feel free to respond to all or one or however many spoke to you.
4. Please also post your own questions/topics or things you might want to discuss as a result of things that came up for you in Chapter One.
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Review: Pain, Parties, Work
In 1953, Sylvia Plath was one of twenty young women chosen to be guest editors for Mademoiselle's collegiate issue. It was a prestigious position and required spending a month in New York City. For most of the young women, the job wasn't too taxing – it was more about photo shoots and parties – but for those who showed real promise, like Plath, the work could be difficult. Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953, by Elizabeth Winder, chronicles Plath's summer – a time full of promise and hope, before depression engulfed her.
Winder obviously did a lot of research before writing this book – it's full of details and quotes from the other guest editors. I was fascinated and totally engrossed in Plath's story the whole time I read this book. Before reading it, I only knew the basics about Plath – that she was a gifted poet who committed suicide. I enjoyed a glimpse into her early life and want to read the much referenced The Bell Jar after reading this book.
As much as I enjoyed Plath's story, I also enjoyed the glimpse into 1953 – a time when young women were beginning to move to the city to find jobs to support themselves. Women were just beginning to find some freedom but were still restricted by society's standards – for instance, they could never think of leaving home without a hat and gloves. Diane Johnson said:
We were to be ladylike, made up, dressed up, and chaperoned as we went into the office each day, hatted of course, to shadow a senior editor.
I listened to the audio version of Pain, Parties, Work which is expertly narrated by Xe Sands. Sands did an outstanding job and I hung on her every word – she was the perfect pick for this five and a half hour audio book. Even though the print copy contains some photographs, I highly recommend the audio of this fascinating book.
Review copy provided by Harper Collins. I am an Indiebound Affiliate.
July 5, 2013 11:47 am
I am in love with this period in history and with Plath. Must read!
July 5, 2013 1:30 pm
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Like most commenters, I only had had the impressions of Plath left behind by her poetry and what I've heard of The Bell Jar (which I now MUST read). This book, while an often upbeat look at Plath before she became what she has been remembered as being, is actually rather tragic in the context of the dissolution we now know she suffered after her internship. And I was left wondering how different things might have been for her if she had never gone to New York that summer.
July 5, 2013 2:07 pm
This sounds like such an interesting book, and I'm always on the lookout for great audio versions. I'm definitely adding this one to my TBR.
July 5, 2013 3:14 pm
I've heard so much about the great narration of Xe Sands. I hope I have the opportunity to read a book narrated by her.
July 5, 2013 3:23 pm
"As much as I enjoyed Plath's story, I also enjoyed the glimpse into 1953 – a time when young women were beginning to move to the city to find jobs to support themselves. Women were just beginning to find some freedom but were still restricted by society's standards"
I think this was my favorite part as well 🙂 Enjoyed your review!
July 6, 2013 12:01 pm
I was deeply moved by Plath's poetry in high school. I went on to read The Bell Jar and although it is not one of my favorite books, it did stay with me. And Plath's tragic life is haunting to me. I have seen several reviews for this book and it is already on my TBR list.
July 19, 2013 11:22 pm
I enjoyed The Bell Jar, especially her time at the magazine so I think I'd really like this one.


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For the last few
years, we have offered an afternoon tea here at the farm.
Afternoon tea is an 150 year old English tradition. In
the 19th century, the upper class did not eat until eight
o'clock in the evening. Therefore there was a long
stretch of time between lunch and dinner. For a certain
countess, Anna van Bedford, this was too long a time to
go without. Therefore she had her butler serve tea and
sandwiches with cake around four o'clock. Frequently
she asked friends over and through this method the habit
spread throughout the aristocracy. Now - a century and
a half later - afternoon tea has spread to all the English
The Wooden Shoe
Herb Farm will not do scheduled teas as of the summer
of 2010. But we will do special teas for groups of 6 or
more. Our afternoon tea includes crackers with herbal
toppings, sandwiches with salmon and dill; mint and cucumber;
tomato, cream cheese and basil; and egg salad with lovage.
Scones with jam and cream. A selection of herbal cakes.
A sorbet, cookies and a wonderful rich desert will complete
the tea. This will all be accompanied with a herbal water
and lemon verbena tea. We have a beautiful setting that
lends itself to spending some relaxing leisure time to
feeding the soul. Come and enjoy an informative talk as
you sit under the pines, overlooking the gardens while
you indulge in herbal goodies. Everything is homemade
here at the farm. The price is $25 per person.
If you would like
a tea at a special time for your group, please call the
farm to arrange this event.
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Reviewed by: Ken James
Produced by: Just Imagine Productions
"Gigglebugs" is a live-action filmed show for young children reminiscent of some of the TBN-style Saturday morning programs for kids. The first installment from the Gigglebugs gang teaches kids "a fun way to learn about obedience." Other programs to come include lessons on sharing and loving.
This 45-minute video shows audiences filled with kids enjoying the silly antics of the adults who act in conjunction with adult-size members dressed up as Gigglebugs. The program includes numerous songs like the Gigglebugs theme song, "Noah", "I Can Serve the Lord," "Look Up," and others. Skits and puppetry is the medium whereby God's truths are instilled.
This Christian ministry travels to different conventions and places where they can share God's love with children. Coming at this from a perspective of not having heard of them before, there was little in the video that captured the attention of myself or my young children. Technically it is okay with a professional feel, but unless your children are already fans of the Gigglebugs I'm not sure there will be a lot of replay value to this video series.
Overall, good biblical teaching, but nothing outstanding to make me recommend the Gigglebugs series.


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I am currently a Samsung Vibrant owner, and I also really enjoy modding my phone with all sorts of different ROMs, kernels, and what not. I also enjoy seeing how far I can push my phone. I am not the only one, the guys of Team Whiskey have started what they deem the "Manhattan Project".
The goal is simple, see how far they can push the Hummingbird processor that is in the Galaxy S line of phones. They started with the Vibrant, and they made a splash.
- 1.6 GHz Overclock
- Over 3000 in Quadrant
- 78 FPS in Neocore
Holy ****, that is amazingly fast. Every Galaxy S owner who have used Neocore normally get around 58-60 FPS, so as you can tell that is a huge step up.
As of right now they are working on only the Vibrant, but they promised that they will release it for the other Galaxy S phones, except the Verizon Fascinate since they don't have one to work on (maybe join our contest to get one).
It is also not available for download, I know I looked. Here is the message they left on the XDA thread about it,
"To update the project and to iterate why the download link was removed, the kernel seems to be misbehaving and we havent yet nailed down the correction as of yet.
As many people pointed out once it was released, the kernel seems to slow down 3D graphics. With this information and taking a day to go through all the options and data available to me, we discovered this issue isn't limited to just 3D graphics.
Imagine if you were running at 10MPH, and while you were running time slowed down but the slowdown didnt effect you. So you're still running at 10MPH but to the rest of the slowed down world, now you're running at 15MPH, even though your speed and direction havent changed.Advertisement
The changes in the code for one reason or another arent playing nice with the Android system. Instead of pushing the clock up, in most cases, what its doing is simply slowing the internal clock down to the tune of about 30%. This is what is actually providing the benchmark gains that were being recorded, not an actual gain. This doesn't mean that the project is dead, we are recompiling to get a stable overclock with the new configurations. This doesn't mean the project was a failure, it just means we need to rewrite the alpha."
Sounds kind of exciting, how many people are going to go out and grab a Galaxy S phone just to try this?


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Charryl Youman laughs a lot. She works hard, and really cares about her customers. So, yes, she enjoys a local reputation for being a Five Star Customer Satisfaction Award winner. And, she is a tough negotiator. But she is also a sweetheart of a lady who gives countless hours of volunteer work to the community she loves, and still behaves as if her mom and dad were in the same room. She has proven that not all Realtors are the same. Whether you are BUYING or SELLING, Charryl will work hard to get you the very best price for your property.
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Nov. 26/19
Thankyou to all the generous persons that donated to our Cause. We now have the necessary funds to support our family for one year. It is much appreciated, from us on the core, and our Family, who are now in Trail. Please pray for all of us!
November 18, 2017
Thank You everyone for the generous contribution of baked goods, and time provided for our bake sale at Waneta Mall we raised $725.50. Thank you for your support, and continued prayers!
June 7, 2017
Thank you everyone for your generous donations at the plant sale and bike-a-thon, We made $600.00 on the plant sale and 4500.00 on the bike-a-thon.
April 29,2017
Thank you everyone for makeing the Bake Sale (820.00) Garage Sale (2305.00) a great success. For your hard work in baking goods and time spent at the mall also those who purchased and enjoyed the baked goods. We wish to give a special thanks to all those who worked hard making the garage sale a success by donating their time. We also wish to thank all of those who participated by donating goods for sale, and all of those who purchased those goods.
Dec 18 2016
Thank you Everyone who donated and made our two fundraising events a success (Ferraro Foods on Friday Dec 2, and Saturday Dec 3, also at the Advent Music Festival at Holy Trinity Church. The Holy Trinity Choir, United Church Choir, Rossland Sacred Heart Choir, Major Jenny from the Salvation Army, and many more for making our evening a huge success. Donations of 557.00 to the Friends of Refugees Trail, and non perishable food items to the United Church Food Bank.
Nov 1 2016
Thank you to everyone for contributing to these two fund raising events, We made 425.00 from the bottle drive, and 703.30 from the Collander.Restaurant
We need energetic fund raisers to plan events that will help provide the funds for our refugee family.
Sept 17 2016
Thanks to those who have donated through our donation button and by cheque, raising the amount to just over $13,000
June 11, 2016
The Garage sale was another success, We have reached just under $9,000.00


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S: Merry Christmas!
BC: Merry Christmas Tori! December 2011 | Love, Caryssa
FC: "Oh the Memories..."
1: Some days we were so crazy that people thought we were high, and some days we were so bored that we laughed until we cried. All of the inside jokes and remember whens.... Are just some of the reasons we became best friends.
2: The Good Old Days! Tori, we became best friends in like ninth grade,/tenth grade, depending on how you look at it but our friendship started way before that! The good old PA Rush Days (my braces...), lenape/ tohickon soccer (look even then we weren't worried about actually playing soccer), Cape May, snowboarding and our visit to NYC. We have been apart of each others lives for awhile now and i'm so happy we became best friends <3. Just one thing to take note of, our friendship is the ONLY thing i can see positive about the lovely sport of soccer....
3: damn... we were HOT! | cute face...
4: i dont have the exact reason that we went from team mates to best friends but I know it happened the summer going into tenth grade. It was our first beach trip and it was me, you, alexis and quin. That trip we clicked, we realized we were the same person and we started becoming best friends. That was the trip we met the NINJAS..goood times. Following that trip we have to thank CBW JV soccer and our PA Rush team for keeping us really really close. Gotta love JV and Kit!! we rocked that JV field, like lets be honest we were awesome.. hahah<3
5: It was after our tenth grade JV soccer experience that our friendship took off, we became inseparable and i know i am going to have pages of strictly pictures, cause lets be honest, we have a habit of taking some pretty awesome (and embarrassing) pictures! That summer after tenth grade was definitely the beginning of so many things, sally's babysitters <3, CHESTER, our obsession with the arcade, the very beginning of our animals, we cannot forget the kid who flipped off of the life guard stand (mwahah) and we can't forget when we stayed up until 3 a.m. venting about everythinggg. Of course we still have our favorite memory of all: "BANG, BANG, BANG" well you are pretty tempting.... loveee ittt. This is also the year we decided we needed some Bethany Beach time by ourselves, so being all sneaky, we went up again in August just me and you. That truly was the start of it all, who would have guessed the next summer you wouldnt come up two times, but every single time <3
6: After that summer, we had the unique privilege to play soccer again, only a few short months after our sophomore season ended. who knew something could be so terrible and SO funny all at the same time?! CBW Varsity soccer was HELL. except for the fact that we stopped caring and just laughed at our coach's stupidity, and gosh was he stupid. We became officially known as the bench warmers and like all great bench warmers, we had our own saying: "Here lies Caryssa and Tori's asses, if our asses ever leave this bench...we are sorry for whatever team is losing" Another great memory of soccer was that ONE game i didnt start, I turned to you and said "well thats peculiar, im not in the starting line up!" for some reason you laughed, like i was joking about not starting or something...weird. West soccer is such a fabulous place to gain self confidence, it truly is... remember the poems we would come up with?! damn were we creative. We also were super creative with our awesome senior speech for alexis!!! Definitely the most surprising part of our junior season was how freaking far we got in states, i mean i personally wish we got further.... I especially wish soccer never ended because we got to (i mean were forced to) miss our last soccer game. Instead we went to WVU. Thats where our love of vending machines started!! After that season we spent most of the winter getting closer and closer, we took some pretty hot pictures as you can see, and we just wished it was summer again (some things never change). I think my absolute favorite part about our junior year, is the album we created... "me tori and our two best friends" but it was just full of pictures of me and you, mirrored... love us and all of our friends!! This also was the year we went snowboarding at your mountain house, hopefully we looked a little better than the first time (reference page three <3). I fell into a bush... but that ended up being the best thing ever because we met Cory...well kind of met him at least haha. This was also the year we went to south carolina ("DUDE that's my car, thats my car!! turn left turn left!!!"). it was here that we discovered my unique talent of accents...you know your jealous of my accent abilities.
7: As these pages and the two pages that follow show, our junior year was definitely an interesting one. We wore shorts in February and took pictures cause we thought we were cool... i made you go to the SGO techno dance with me (love you for that <3) and you know we basically ended up in TRENTON but hey its ok!! You helped me pick out my dress for prom, that ended with the best desert (indoor smores) ever!! We went to prom together, we went to the beach over thanksgiving and then again in January!! We also became the two-headed monster at one of my brothers lax games (we are the coolest people everrrr). I would say memorial day, but that weekend in itself has more memories and pictures that these four pages have room for so that is getting its own page(:
8: What are we looking at?!
9: Before I call our junior year finished and before we start talking about this summer (the bestest summer ever) we need to remember my favorite holiday, MEMORIAL DAY <3 This memorial day was the best weekend, we laughed soo hard all weekend and it was a great way to start off the summer. well first, i don't know who came up with it, but walking to the beach was the DUMBEST idea we have ever had. For normal people it would take maybe an hour to walk to the beach, MAYBE. but as we know, me and you, well we aren't normal(: after our threeeeee hour long walk to the beach we were exhausted so we decided to just tan on the beach. mistake #2! i hope i never have to be as burnt as we were that weekend, that was torture. but of course because its me and you, we just laughed about our stupidity for falling asleep on the beach(: Also that weekend we created animal names so we could talk about people in our own little best friends language, but don't worry this story will talk more about the animals later <3. This weekend was also the start of our love for Harvard University. gooooood times. Lastly, this weekend was the first time we attempted to do a Scavenger Hunt through Bethany Beach!! All I can say is Memorial Day was definitely the best way to start off the summer, it had more laughs then i knew possible for one weekend and I am so happy I spent it with you. <3
10: One of the most important things about our unique and crazy friendship is how we have a language that no one understands but us. I can look at you and say "Hey, did you see that picture of shaggy dog, wolf and lion?!" and you can turn and reply "of course I did!! I still remember when shaggy dog played that game at that place, he was strong!" and we would know exactly what each other meant. Our language is what makes us even more special and I love it, and the most important part of our language is our animals, so for you today: some select members of the Toryssa Zoo <3
11: Over the years we have become basically the same person. We wear the same clothes (cute but comfortable), for the most part we like the same music (but BTR and country music RULE), we like the same movies, and most importantly we both have the same favorite place in the world (Bethany!)!!
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13: This past summer has been one of the best summers of my life. We literally spent every second we could at the beach. And now as a result I'm pretty sure that it is safe to say that we have the WORST case of senioritis ever. Getting through the rest of this year is going to be tough, but at least i have you. I write you notes at least 3 times a week telling you how much I miss being at the beach, and if it weren't for those notes, im pretty positive my anti-doylestown and school feelings would cause me to explode. So thank you! We were lucky enough to spend the vast majority of our summer at Bethany Beach, the greatest place on earth. Every time my family went down, there you were! It got to the point where my parents just knew you were going down with us and now your their third daughter! The only time you couldn't go down with me was very sad, but on top of that every single local was shocked that we were able to be in different states for an entire weekend. Every weekend down in Bethany was like a new adventure. We NEVER had a boring weekend and we obviously NEVER wanted to be anyplace but Bethany Beach. We spent the summer hanging with our animals, you know like the cool people we are, and we spent the summer getting tan. boy do i miss being tan! With every new adventure, there was plenty of new memories to add to our extensive and ongoing list. But, since we spent like every day together this summer (which i loved <3) there were a couple ongoing memories too! 1. every single time there were people there instead of just the two of us: we ditched them because we really just like being by ourselves. wow we are great people. 2. Josh from Fisher's Popcorn. TOO CUTE <3 and i mean at least his boss loved us! ...right? 3. Going along with bosses just adoring us, im positive that the guy who owns the arcade, breakers, and rhodes 5&10 loves us too!! 4. Our obsession with the arcade and all of the people working in it! (welll kind of, we dont like Nora, but thats just because she's Nora). We also obsessed with making Fun Bags at the arcade! they were so fun to make and ours were always the best!! 5. The boat and tubing. let me remind you that you STILL haven't beaten me, i am number one at tubing and I will always stay on longer than you(: and just because your a sore loser doesnt give you the right to say I cheat <33 6. Last but certainly not least, one of my favorite ongoing memories of this summer is definitely our laps<3 (.26 miles to be exact)
14: Week One: This was the first week of July. This was also the week that the Hauser's came down with us, and yes Nicole. GOOOD TIMES. This was also the week we decided to play the weirdest game of Truth or Dare ever, I have videos of you dancing with my lamp on my phone...hahahah love you! We also collected rocks with Michael that week, gotta love him, and rocks! Lastly, there we found a GIANT bug on the door of the garage and we almost had a heart attack <3
15: Week Two: I bought Christine down that week! At that point we were going through withdraw because of my Germany trip and if you didn't come to this beach trip I probably would have died <3. This was a QUALITY weeeek lemme tell you(: Christine and mason hit it off and left us very happy and by ourselves hah<3 It was also my sisters birthday weekend and that means reallly good food! During that weekend a lot of really funny things happened, like when we both felt nervous about tubing (weird) and then we kayaked. Our goal was to kayak for like 25 minutes you know go around the house in the time it took christine to shower, well that didnt happen! we roll in a couple hours later exhausted! In addition, this was the first week my dad let me drive his car a lot, which resulted in us forgetting where we parked almost every day- we are so smart! Because we never remembered where we parked, Tim had to help us find my car, just in time for my dad to drive by and see me and Tim by ourselves and you and christine bored on a curb...yay! But nothing beats giving Josh his popcorn ring <3 Remember when poor christine couldn't keep up with our laps <3 hahah poor kid. Lastly, we got to spend a lot of time with Dragon Fly that week and he told us his story about the volleyball -- REALLY good times <33
16: Basically the best, funniest, and craziest week was definitely the third week. That week me and you went down a day earlier than my family. WHAT a car ride! between me and your excitement to get to the beach and the lack of a good radio station, it was a car ride i will never forget. | Bethany Beach Summer of 2011
17: The first day we thought we were so cool being down by ourselves. We took the dumbest pictures, but thats what makes us special <3 Then reality set in and my parents plus Courtney and Rachel came down. which actually wasn't a bad thing at all! Emily hart also came down that week...GREAT TIMES. So many hilarious things happened this weekend that i really don't know where to start. First Rachel tried texting Garrett: "Hey its Rachel, i met you with tori and Caryssa" response? "F*** you" well okay then, what a nice kid.. NOT. Emily tried giving us guy advice but we decided against listening. Maybe we should have listened because the next couple days were not our best. but oh gosh were they funny. We experienced our worst night ever! Let's recap, kieler and Chris were jerks, Courtney well she just made a fool of herself(: and finally Rachel embarrassed herself big time in front of James. and it ended with us stuffing our faces venting to my cousin. as awful as that sounds, i don't think i have ever laughed that hard in my entire life. Also that weekend, you ditched me. Fine, I kind of ditched you. But thats when we met TEXAS. so it turned out not to be totally bad. In addition, we made a 3 man tower, you were a solid support, haha. We also tricked hundreds of people with the dollar trick under the boardwalk! LOVE IT. Lastly, we went mini golfing and to the food store with Kieler and Luke...then ditched Luke. SALLY'S BABYSITTERS FOREVER <3 This was an awesome weekend with so many great times, i cant wait to do it again next year!!
18: This summer we also went to the beach with Liz and Chelsea. It was just a short weekend and we took like ZERO pictures, but it was still alot of fun. We may have ditched them to do our own thing... but hey! who cares?! haha. We played the dollar trick again this week, classsiccc! we definitely are gonna have to keep that game going next summer! It was a lot of fun showing off our town to outsiders. And yes, its our town, cause Bethany Beach would not be the same if you weren't there(:
19: And then...like that, summer was over and our senior year officially began. As terrible as being in school and not at the beach is, with me and you there's hardly ever a moment that is boring / unfunny. First we went out to dinner for my birthday, since you are family- you went out to my family dinner, love it. We had a quick photo shoot before we went and goodness gracious are we hot!! (p.s. you and my dog make a cute couple) Also this school year so far, we have gone on our monthly dinners with Rachel and Courtney <3 1. Outback (just funny) 2. Chickie and Petes (switching seats to piss off the waitress <3) 3. Melting Pot (best desert ever!! and Rachel spilling her drink, "oh i am so sorry") every dinner gets better and better and I absolutely love this tradition <33. No matter what we are doing, sitting in class, on the computer, sleeping, me and you are always counting down till the next time we are at Bethany Beach and honestly its great that your just as crazy as I am or, I would die from beach withdraw.
20: Also this school year we went to Homecoming. We were supposed to have Kieler and friend come up to be our dates but due to the confusingness of the form, Kieler just came alone and to our Homecoming Dance. That was a lot of fun and I am still surprised he actually came. Let's not forget how you took your Homecoming pictures to fool his dad, awee. haha too funny.
21: best friends <3 | DIVA <3 | whats the glare for? | Our most recent trip to the beach, was one of our best, well actually they're all great! but this one was really fun! we really needed a break from doylestown. First we thought we found a shortcut to bike on...epic fail. Also we tied our bikes to a random pole in the back of Grotto's parking lot. I think my favorite part was *cough* ERIC *cough* or going to the movies with Kieler and Matt to see Breaking Dawn. We got to walk around Rehoboth, soo pretty! and finally we saw Tim one last time because he set an alarm, toooo sweeet <3
22: Our pre-game basketball photo shoot is one for the memories <3 We are the world's biggest freaks and thats what I love (:
23: "A friend is a person who know what you are saying, even if you're not talking."
25: 154 Pictures. 25 Pages. 2 Best Friends Countless Memories <3 We have had so many great times together and I know there is so many more to come! After graduation, we are literally staying at Bethany Beach the whole summer! not kidding at all.. but besides just summer, we are going to go off to college and no matter where we both go, we are going to stay BEST FRIENDS and always visit each other! I know we aren't going to be able to go a day without talking to each other. We are going to party at each other's schools and take over the entire college world <3 Our list of memories is honestly like the longest most funniest list in the entire world and I am grateful for every single memory. I am so happy we got this close! Sometime over the course of our friendship we became way more than best friends, we became the same person, and we became sisters <3, This book is only a glimpse of what our friendship consists of, and if I could, I probably would have folded up certain items like firstie-middle-lastie, window shades, a clear window, a lemon and a soccer ball and stuffed them in the pages because just words honestly aren't enough to describe our memories with these things. <3333 Lastly, I was reading through our texts just now and realized that the only time we have ever disagreed or fought about ANYTHING is when we are kidding and making fun of other people's lame fights. hahah love you and love how we never have and never will fight.


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UC Lecturer's 'Intifada' Comment Brings Death Threats
A recent speech delivered by a UC Berkeley lecturer during an impromptu anti-war protest in San Francisco has set off a firestorm of criticism around the country, including death threats and calls for his removal from the university.
The speech, given by Hatem Bazian of UC's Near Eastern Studies Department, at one point noted the intifada in Palestine and uprising in Iraq and then asked the crowd why the U.S. has not had its own political intifada to protest the lies U.S. government has used to lead this country to war.
Critics took offense with his use of the word "intifada" and are claiming Bazian could be calling for an armed uprising like the ones in Iraq and Palestine. In Arabic, Intifada comes from a root word which means "shaking off," but the word has come to be associated with the armed Palestinian struggle against Israel.
But Bazian, who claims he has always advocated for non-violence, said the statement is being taken out of context. He also said the campaign appears to be a smear tactic to shut him down because he has been an outspoken opponent of the Israeli and American occupations in the Middle East.
"I was calling for political change considering the lies and half truths that have been thrown at us to take the nation to war," said Bazian. And in turn, he said, critics spun that to mean he was calling for "global jihad," charging that his comment was "sedition" and "treachery."
Although no official group has come out and criticized the comment, Bazian returned to his office the Monday after the April 10 speech to find he had thousands of critical e-mails waiting for him, many of them openly threatening. Several of the e-mails were sent directly to UC Chancellor Robert M. Berdahl, calling on the chancellor to force Bazian to resign. In one day alone, Bazian received 18,000 e-mails—in another 12,000—in another 7,000. In total Bazian estimates he has received 100,000 e-mails.
"Hey, you ready to start the an intifada in the U.S.?' one e-mail reads. "Bring it on bitch, because I am certain I know who the first casualty will be. My brothers in arms in the USMC are kicking the shit out of the 'insurgents' in fallujah. It would be wise of you to think of that before starting anything over here. By the way, better look both ways twice next time you cross the street."
Another e-mailer writes: "hatem baziam, you are no better than a terrorist! How dare you advocate war against America. You are trash. You are slime. You have violated our Constitution and free speech. You should be immediately deported to swim on the blood of pigs. A proud American Citizen who supports Israel and our troops. The lower case of the first letters of your name is to shows my utter contempt and disgust for you."
Over the course of the week, Baziam said people also left nine death threats on his office voice mail. One said the caller was going to get thousands of rounds of magnums to go after Bazian, another told him to be on the lookout because "we" were watching, and another told him directly that he should be shot in the head.
According to the university public relations department, Chancellor Berdahl has dismissed the calls for Bazians resignation, citing Bazian's both right to free speech and the fact that he made the comments as an individual, not while representing the university.
Still, Bazian said the campaign against him is a dangerous "smear tactic" used to silence anyone who challenges the campaigns in Iraq, or in his case, Israel as well. He said he has been criticized for speaking out against Israel in the past.
"It's been going on for a long time, anyone who speaks on the Palestinian issue and doesn't tow the line will have to suffer a systematic smear tactic," he said. "This is from Edward Said, to Chomsky…to Jesse Jackson to Pat Buchanan."
Bazian defends his latest statements on the one hand because they are based on fact. He said since the war broke out, his predictions have come true, in that the war was not based on the same facts the government lead the people to believe. As a result, he said he has the right to call for a challenge to the leadership who lied.
"When I said we need a political intifada in this country, it was a point of reference for the audience. If you look at the lies cast out to the American public, it's incredible that we still have the current leadership still lying out of its teeth about how we got to war," he said.
Nonetheless, the criticism against his remarks is still flying. He said after the news was initially published on the web, almost every right wing talk show in the country wanted him on their show. He denied most, but eventually agreed to appear on the well-known conservative news show, the "O'Reilly Factor," hosted by Bill O'Reilly on Fox news.
Bazian said he went on the show so he could get something on the record about the statement. According to Bazian, O'Reilly, who is known as an aggressive and outspoken conservative, received criticism from other right-wing groups for "going too soft," even though Bazian said O'Reilly grilled him throughout the interview.
Bazian said he always has to defend his public statements, but also said he feels he has to make them to because he is part of an "intellectual arena at a time when conformity is being asked for and alternative viewpoints are not being heard. The complete closing of airwaves by the mainstream media puts us in a position where we have to continue what we are doing, it must resonate. It does hurt, but nevertheless, it has to be said, even if it hurts."
While critical of those who are trying to get him fired, Bazian said he welcomes debate in general, calling it the "true essence of free speech."
"Let them share their point of view, and we will bring our people," he said. "If we only heard from the white power structure, and dismissed what the African American were saying, we would have never had the Civil Rights Movement."
Students who have had class with Bazian have also rallied to his defense, calling him an "asset to the students." They said Bazian has always presented both sides of the issue in his classes, letting students draw their own conclusions. They also said he has always been open to discussion and has been an active participant in the university community.


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Speaking out and filing suit -- A Connecticut man takes is suing the priest who he says abused him and the others who he claims -- tried to cover it up.
Brooks Thopsey,30, of Stratford, says he was molested at the hands of a defrocked former pastor in Trumbull when he was an altar boy dating back to 1989. He filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against retired New York cardinal Edward Egan and other Catholic Church officials.
Thopsey shared his story of a living hell that started when he was just 12 -- a trauma that he says has paralyzed him with fear at times, and drove a wedge between his family. He speaking for the first time to help other kids in the exact same position.
"It, it paralyzed me in pretty much every aspect of my life, " said Thopsey.
Thopsey says Father John Castaldo sexually abused him inside St. Theresa's church in Trumbull when he was just 12.
"He acted as if he was my friend, he took me to breakfast when I would serve morning mass, tell dirty jokes in the car, say hey why don't you sit up front with me," Thopsey described.
The lawsuit, filed in Superior Court in New Haven, names Castaldo, The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport and Egan, who was the Bridgeport bishop before he became Cardinal.
The lawsuit says, "Castaldo sexually molested Brooks Thopsey for purposes of his own deviant sexual gratification."
Thopsey says he tried to forget but when he was 20 -- it all came rushing back. "I had a flash come by where I had a flashback of a priest, I had such a severe panic attack I couldn't hold a glass of water, I couldn't talk, I couldn't stand up," Thopsey said.
Thopsey's lawyer says Castaldo had a sordid past including being expelled from the seminary as well as disturbing psychological assessments.
"He is actually a convicted felon and there are not many priests or certainly former priests where you can identify a convicted felon so the diocese of Bridgeport is fully aware of the heinous acts that this man has done throughout this life," said Joel Faxon, Thopsey's attorney.
"If I can come out today and I can help one family, help one child from having to go through this, I've done my part and that's why I'm here today, " Thopsey said.
The lawsuit looks for compensation for pain, lost wages, counseling costs, and more. Also named in the suit are two former Bridgeport Bishops at the time of the alleged abuse, now retired New York Cardinal Edward Egan, and the late Bishop Walter Curtis.
Calls to the Bridgeport Diocese were not returned.
In a 2005 statement to the Associated Press, Egan's spokesman denied the former bishop ignored warnings.
"There was no indication whatsoever that this priest was engaging in any kind of inappropriate behavior, " said Joseph Zwilling, Spokesman for the archdiocese of New York.


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Defect Analysis Of PET Yarn During Processing
Defect Analysis of PET Yarn during Processing
PET Yarn feel is a rope, in fact, he is a plastic products, but any plastic, it is facing a problem, the production of art is more complex, prone to defects. PET Yarn is the main effect of "tied" word, so its functionality is greater than the aesthetics, but these process defects or worth noting. In the transparent plastic PET Yarn, the most common defect is the crayon, how is this kind of crazing produced?
In the process of filling and condensation, the internal stress anisotropy affects the stress in the vertical direction, causes the resin to flow on the orientation, and the non-flow orientation produces a different refractive index, Product crack. If careful observation, some batches of PET Yarn will appear subtle bubbles, is due to the water within the resin row does not go out, the condensation process will form a vacuum bubble. In addition, the surface gloss will also be affected, mainly due to the roughness of the mold, on the other hand condensation too early, so that the resin can not copy the surface of the mold surface, all of which make the surface of cattle slightly uneven, leaving the product lost luster.
In fact, as long as the full dry, the amount of raw materials to control the precise, transparent plastic PET Yarn can avoid defects, as long as the process is mature enough to get the product quality is guaranteed.
PET Yarn widely used, many users of PET Yarn bundling method is not very familiar with the following for you a brief introduction.
1, will bend the left end of the strap, insert the packing buckle, after the left side of the fixed rod into the packing belt tension.
2, the right hand holding the tape around the package, the right side of the package with a bent into the packing buckle, the left side of the fixed rod into the packing belt.
3, left hand fixed packing buckle, right hand hold down the right side of the strapping force will pack buckle tight.
4, the last scissors will be tied with a cut.
We know that with the continuous increase in technology, PET Yarn special production technology continues to increase, PET Yarn quality is also improving, and today we have to carefully understand about it
First, PET Yarn body super light, you can reduce some of the resistance when bundling, reduce the difficulty of bundling. Second, the color changeable, brilliant colors, an increase of the appearance of PET Yarn beauty, to adapt to the modern people's preferences of beautiful things, a variety of colors. Third, strong acid and alkali resistance, super strong acid and alkali properties, so we do not have to worry about bundled products will be due to prolonged placement caused by PET Yarn damage, which led to the protection of things deterioration or something else Variety. Fourth, that is, its scope of application is very extensive.
In fact, there is one point, PET Yarn environmentally friendly, to adapt to the modern concept of consumption, in the process of manufacturing PET Yarn will be some harmful substances out, effectively guarantee the quality of the product, non-toxic, tasteless.
PET Yarn is a kind of packaging rope that people often use. With the continuous improvement of living standard, we began to abandon the use of grass, linen, paper, rope to bundle items, and thus gradually produced PET Yarn to help us bundle items The But PET Yarn is not perfect, it also has shortcomings also need to pay attention to the place.
So today we come to understand the quality of PET Yarn.
First of all, we come to understand the production of PET Yarn.
PET Yarn production in the film to export the thickness of the mouth to adjust the uniformity of the points to set the temperature to be accurate, the temperature is not enough, the raw materials can not melt all easy to produce particles, heating overheating, raw materials will be alienated,
Before and after the introduction of the wheel speed than to be accurate, the speed ratio is too low, the tape is not strong, the speed is too high, the extension ratio is not enough, so the speed than to be accurate.
Cooling the throttle to be appropriate, the damper open too easy to cause instability of the membrane jitter, the throttle is too small cooling strength is not enough, the film is easy to produce wrinkles. Take the left and right swing to smooth, take the end of the belt to be flat and dense.


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Brendan McConnell Writes:
Hi there computer people,
I'm emailing as I finally figured out a solution to a problem I was having with a dataset, and I thought I'd tell you in case people have the same problem in the future, and I felt like I was banging my head against a brick wall trying to figure it out.
The problem I had was that someone at the DfES messed up a .txt dataset that I was trying to insheet into Stata; instead of the rows being separated by carriage returns, they were separated by tabs (columns were separated by commas) and Stata didn't like this, as it read it in as a single row. I couldn't rectify the problem with a "replace all" type command in any word editors as the programs couldn't load the dataset fully (it about 85 MB, with all the data on a single line). Stat-transfer wouldn't work either
I finally figured out that I could use the commands hexdump (hexadecimal dump – means nothing to me!) and filefilter from within Stata to alter the dataset before it is opened. It's so simple, but it worked perfectly for my problem. I've attached the relevant bit of my log file for you to see how it works – it just let me replace all tabs with carriage returns, changing the dataset from being 1 line with 87,302,806 characters to 595,377 lines with something like 30 columns. Perfect.
So now I've figured it out in Stata, would there have been a better way? Is there a UNIX version of Stat-transfer? Also, is there a command line in the UNIX editor bit (not sure what it's called) that I could have used to have done the same thing. Irrelevant for this task, but I'd like to know for future reference.
Tanvi Desai Writes:
Hi Brendon,
sounds like you found a very good method.
There are two possible alternatives, but I'm not sure they are an improvement on what you've done. The first method (which I usually use) is to do a find and replace on UNIX...
The other quick and dirty way is to infile into excel first where you can specify your delimiter, and then stat-transfer, but this obviously only works for the smaller datasets because of excel's size limits.


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Synthetic biology aims to utilize emerging approaches of modern biotechnology to engineer biological systems for human and environmental purposes. At this conference, key persons will describe approaches and innovations within the field, accompanied by presentations that focus more on potential ethical, societal and safety implications. The conference will close with brief presentations by PhD students.
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Daffodil table lamp
Object Name: Lampshade
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Date: designed ca. 1900-1906
Medium: Leaded glass, bronze
Dimensions: Overall (height, diameter): 28 × 20 in. (71.1 × 50.8 cm)
Place made: North America, United States, New York
Description: Leaded glass and bronze Daffodil lampshade; 20-inch diameter cone-shaped shade depicting daffodils in five repeats; daffodil flowers are rendered in yellow-orange glass, leaves rendered in dark green glass mottled with light green, blue, and yellow; bluish-green background; aperture row and 3 apron rows of bluish-green rippled glass. Shown on Water Lily table lamp base (N84.25).
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Egon Neustadt
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Marks: stamped: on metal tag inside shade: "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1497"
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"A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls," New-York Historical Society, February 23-May 28, 2007.
"The Lamps of Tiffany Studios: Nature Illuminated," Gallery of Tiffany Lamps, New-York Historical Society, April 28, 2017–ongoing.


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Miracle of Sound: The Dead Don't Shuffle (Left 4 Dead)
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The Dead Don't Shuffle (Left 4 Dead)
There are no shuffling slow zombies here.
I think you must be blessed with some kind of gene that allows you to make anything music related awesome!
Definitely of my favorite ones. So damn catchy.
Plus, I really, really like both of the games, so thanks for paying them a little tribute. I know you don't like them too much, so it's much appreciated.
Also, the album and DVD are now available here guys:
Poor Bill...
*wipes away manly tears*
Anyway, great song, as always) I've been jumping up and and down with excitment for the last few days as I was waiting for wednesday to buy "Normandy". And what do I get? Not only a new song but an album too! Ordered it. Take my money, Gavin, you earned it big time. I was also kind of surprised that the CD cost only 10 dollars. I would have given 30 easily)
this is a great song i don't know what band this song it reminds me of but it has a great hook and i will be singing it all day
I was kinda hoping at some point you'd do one for a horror game like this or the Silent Hill or Resident evil with something that's a bit slower in terms of pace.
OT: Frakking awesome once again Sound, now the sucky waiting part begins. I love the album work on your last song though, really stands out! :D
At work I've shown a fellow gamer co-worker your music and his words were "This cat know's how to play!" and was amazed by the range you have.
Awesome song, Gav! Now, off to buy some of your CDs. It's going to be awesome to play these in the car!
It's like there's a class for creating catch music and you're the teacher. I think you're one of the few artists who I don't think has any bad songs.
Or in other words, I'm off to buy your album.
Great song as always, but what if the zombies DID in fact shuffle (dancing shuffle not walking shuffle)? Add some upbeat music and maybe reword the lyrics and we have a brand new club beat for all the necromancy night clubs!
Great music (instrumentally) as usual but also as usual terrible lyrics and what's fast becoming boring vocals.
Best Video Response to LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" Video, featuring a guy who looks suspiciously like Louis.
Nice one, tho not exactly what I would have wanted. Not sure what i want, but i can see that you create good stuff nonetheless :D
"Cause the dead. Don't. Sham. Ble. They RUUUUUUUUNNNNNNN!!!"
Fucking love that chorus! Seriously dude, I don't how you make such top quality songs so often.
This song *almost* made me want to play left4Dead... and then I remembered why I stopped.
Have I said I love you and that you're awesome lately?
Because you are.
Also, lol Cali.
Another great song and I really love the beat.
And you have successfully gained money from me since I'm buying your album.
Hooray for music about games!
And I'm totally going to pick up a CD from you at some point. Need some amazing music in my car and I feel I must support an awesome artist in the process.
Holy shit, that rocked hard! Great stuff!
Once I get money, the CD will be MINE!!
Great song, I loved it. Haven't played the game though, but the song is great.
So, Justin is going to take over the editing from Russ?
I'm just not sure about the video...
I just feel The Escapist needs a dedicated video editor to work on these songs, since in the past I have felt that several videos just didn't do justice to the great songs.
Every time I think you've outdone yourself your new video comes out and proves me wrong. STOP MAKING ME FEEL STUPID DAMN IT! But in all seriousness the song is just awesome, keep up the good work.
Mr Sound. If I ever see you here in Norway, I'm gonna buy you a drink. (Now I just have to hope your favorite isn't one of the expensive ones).
Would you kindly explain how it's possible to release a new buttock-kicking song every frakkin' week?! Seriously dude, every week??? You got a time machine, or what?
For the record, I *just* got "Little Sister" out of my head, working on "Trip to Vegas" and "Normandy" and now another bloody song comes out. I have no thoughts of my own anymore, it's all computer game related songs now!
Would you kindly explain how it's possible to release a new buttock-kicking song every frakkin' week?! Seriously dude, every week??? You got a time machine, or what?
For the record, I *just* got "Little Sister" out of my head, working on "Trip to Vegas" and "Normandy" and now another bloody song comes out. I have no thoughts of my own anymore, it's all computer game related songs now!
Agreed. But he might have deserved one here.
I already have the itunes singles, but I'll still end up grabbing the CD. That's a steal at ten bucks, and it'll be nice to play the songs anywhere.
Please say that was intentional. Please.
I'll have a lager :)
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Glad to hear you're getting the album guys. Thanks for the support :)
Y'know... sometimes, if I'm in the right mood, I'll enjoy em. They just... stress me out, hehe.
But you and a lot of others love it and I still think the game is good and deserves a song :)
The answer is truthfully: good old fashioned hard work. I put in the hours to make the songs sound as good as I can for you guys.
Another really great song man seriously. I have a really hard time liking more than a few songs from any one artist and you are one of the very few that is the exception to that rule. I need to buy an Itunes card soon to just start buying your music. Its starting to get difficult to keep in mind the songs I like from you, I don't want to forget any.Should probably start writing them down. The video was also perfect along with it the way it was done.
it isnt loading....why isnt it LOADING???
well its probably good anyway (my favorite is the batman one)
The ad broke it.
Miracle of Sound is very hit and miss for me. They bounce between really tightly constructed interesting music to boring, predictable same old same old. I'm sorry to say it but this one belonged in the latter category for me.
The lyrics in Miracle of Sound are usually the weakest part of the songs for me and that held true here. They have a tendency to be a little too literal. Sometimes they sound a bit awkward and forced.
The melody in this case was really really predictable. As soon as I read the first line of the lyrics before the video started I then sang the next 4 before playing the song and I was about 90% right. I understand that you haven't got that much time to compose these songs but some more experimentation with the melody line would be interesting.
As for the backing, it was mostly alright. A bit cliched but alright. Again, experimentation with different rhythms and playing techniques would be great. This is something I really really liked about Rebecca Mayes. She experimented every week. Every new song was something different. Yeah, they didn't always work but it never stagnated.
Anyway, I don't mean to come off as being nasty if I am, I was just putting forth some constructive criticism.
This is my new theme song for getting pumped ready to play L4D2.
You'd be amazed how many people complain that they are not literal enough and too 'metaphorical'. You really can't please everyone.
I'm all for constructive criticism but if you're trying to say you guessed the melody before you listened to the song then, well, I smell a big pile of BS and hyperbole.
Listen to Sweet LA, then Necromorph Soup, then Santiago's Lament, then this song, then Little Sister then Trip To Vegas and then try to tell me even one of them sounds remotely similar in genre or style to any one of the others.
You don't like the music - that's totally cool with me. No probs.
But saying it doesn't try to be experiment and differentiate is, in my humble opinion... BS.
P.S. Don't mistake this for aggression or pissyness - I totally respect your opinions. I just disagree quite strongly with some of them. I don't usually respond to these kind of posts, but tonight I feel like it.
One of the most important things to learn in this life is which criticism to listen to, but even more important is learning which to ignore completely.
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Around 0.2% of Pennsylvania's graduates graduate from journalism degree programs every year. In other words, every year an estimated 844 journalists graduate from Pennsylvania's 19 journalism schools.
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Carnegie Mellon University, which is located in Pittsburgh, is the top-ranked school in Pennsylvania that has a journalism program. It received a ranking of 16th in the country in 2010. In 2010, no students graduated from Carnegie Mellon University's journalism program. Tuition at Carnegie Mellon University was $42,136 per year.
The second-ranked school in Pennsylvania that has a journalism program is Temple University. Temple University, which was ranked 24th in the country in 2010, is located in Philadelphia. 162 students graduated with degree in journalism from Temple University in 2010. Temple University charged in-state students $12,424 in tuition fees per year.
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- Lehigh University - located in Bethlehem, students are charged $39,780 per year
- Chatham University - located in Pittsburgh, students are charged $29,188 per year
The journalism schools in Pennsylvania that charged the lowest tuition rates were:
- Luzerne County Community College - located in Nanticoke, students are charged $3,090 per year
- Northampton County Area Community College - located in Bethlehem, students are charged $3,270 per year
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- Allegheny County - 480 journalists
- Cumberland County - 140 journalists
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A journalist in Pennsylvania earns $37,280 per year on average. In 2010, however, some Pennsylvania journalists earned as little as less than $15,870 per year or as much as more than $70,110 per year. On average a journalist earns the most in the following Pennsylvania counties:
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- Allegheny County - $43,180 per year
- Lackawanna County - $43,060 per year
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- Clarion County - $28,860 per year
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Members of the legislative assembly from the Bharatiya Janata Party and National Panthers Party staged a protest outside the Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Friday morning against Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's remarks over the state's accession to India.
On Wednesday, Omar in his 90-minute speech while concluding a discussion on the prevailing situation in the Valley had said, "Jammu and Kashmir had acceded to India through an agreement but not merged with it."
The BJP and the NPP legislators announced their decision to boycott the remaining part of the session, which ends in Srinagar on Saturday, until the remarks were removed from the records of the House.
However, three NPP members later joined the assembly session where their leader Harsh Dev Singh submitted a petition to the speaker to expunge the remarks made during the course of the debate.
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"Although it feels like great strides have been made on gender equality on things like pay and women in leadership positions, the reality is that there is still a long way to go," explains Alyson Slater, Director, Knowledge Unit, GRI. "For example, just 5.2% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women, and the World Economic Forum predicts that, at the current rate, it will take until 2133 to achieve gender parity."
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A Milford teenager who is accused of stabbing and killing a classmate on the day of the high school prom in 2014 appeared in court on Thursday and the case has been continued until Feb. 23.
Christopher Plaskon, 18, appeared in court today for another pre-trial hearing and did not speak during the court appearance.
A judge previously ordered that a state-hired psychiatrist meet with Plaskon after his lawyers announced they were pursuing an insanity defense and both sides have been discussing a possible plea deal.
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Police have said they were looking into whether the attack was related to Sanchez's refusal to be Plaskon's date to the junior prom.
Sanchez, a member of the National Honor Society who was active in drama and other school activities, was focused on prom in the days before her death. She posted a photo on Facebook of her blue dress and was looking forward to attending with a new boyfriend.
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Afterward, Plaskon told an officer: "I did it. Just arrest me," according to police. The responding officer found Plaskon with blood on his hands and clothes, according to documents released after the deadly attack.
Judge Frank Iannotti previously approved a motion by Milford State's Attorney Kevin Lawlor to allow an expert for the prosecution to evaluate Plaskon's mental health. Lawlor indicated in court documents that the state would hire a Yale University forensic psychiatrist.
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