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Kenhawa County - With a degree of high-wrought enthusiasm, I hastened on, regardless of every object beside, to the salt-works, and the celebrated burning spring, which are on the bank of Kenhawa river, about twenty-eight miles below the falls. This burning spring is no spring at all - how it came to assume the name is strange; and instead of one there is seven, which are nothing more than this. "The surface of the earth is worn away by some means, (probably by setting it on fire so often as is done,) into a hollow, not a foot in depth; this cavity receives the rain water, which is kept from sinking by the air that blows violently through a number of small apertures in these cavities." The holes through which the air issues are round, and about the size of one's little finger; they looked precisely as though they were bored with a spike gimlet. I saw but two of those springs as they are called (The others were not far off, but my curiosity was satisfied.): one had water in it, the other was dry. We heard the bubbling of the water ere we saw the spring, which being agitated by the wind from beneath, keeps it in continual motion, resembling water when boiling very fast. The noise is like that produced by blowing through a tube with one end in water. This water was evidently no other than rain water, which probably fell the preceding day; it was very turbid indeed, occasioned, no doubt, from its violent agitation, and to this, perhaps, may be ascribed, the wearing away of the earth. From this spring no stream arises, nor any vestige to show that ever one flowed from either of those which I saw. From the one that contained no water I could discern, very plain, the air issuing through those apertures already mentioned, which were as numerous as the holse in a riddle, and from both issued the most nauseous smell in nature, something like the wipings of a foul gun, but much more insupportable. These places were discovered by boatmen, who were seeking for wood to kindle a fire after night, with a torch in their hands, and happening to carry the torch near one of them, communicated a flame to it; it happened to have water in it at the time, and hence I suspect took the name of the Burning Spring. There is no difference in the burning of the air, (for it is the air that burns,) with respect to their being with or without water; the flame is equally strong in both cases, and when set on fire will burn for months if not extinguished by rain. The flame is usually about two feet in height. Boatmen frequently boil their meat over these springs by setting them on fire, and hanging the pot over them. I would not be surprised if an explosion should take place in the neighborhood of these springs some day, particularly if the air should by any means become heated or confined. No opinion has been expressed respecting this phenomenon, or any pains taken to ascertain the nature or cause of its existence.
Salt-works. - The salt-works in this county are another natural curiosity; they abound on both sides of the river, for the distance of twelve miles. This is another evidence of the providential care of the Deity. Here is a spot, that were it not for this article of commerce, and the facility with which it can be sent to market, would be destitute of almost every comfort and convenience of life. Immense quantities of salt are made here annually; upon an average one about million of bushels, which employ one thousand hands. This salt is sent down Kenhawa river in boats to every part of the western country, and exchanged for articles of consumption. It appears, however, notwithstanding this great bounty of nature, that very few of the proprietors have realized any solid advantage from it; owing, perhaps, to want of capital in the commencement, want of skill, or want of commercial integrity, or perhaps to all three. The salt water is obtained from the bottom of the river by means of a gum (An American term for a hollow tree, after it is taken from the forest.), which is from eighteen to twenty feet in length, and from four to five feet wide; these gums are from the sycamore tree. They are prepared by making a crow at one end, and a head to fit it tight. This being done, about twenty hands repair to the place where it is to be sunk, which is at the edge of low water, on the river; not any where, for the salt water is only found within certain limits. But to return, all hands proceed with provisions, and plenty to drink, to the place. The gum is first placed in the water on one end, (the one with the crow,) a man is then let down into it by a windlass, and digs round the edge with an instrument suited to the purpose; when he fills a bucket with the sand, gravel, or earth, which he meets in succession; the bucket is immediately drawn up, emptied, and let down again, and so on till the gum descends to a rock, which is uniformly at the same distance. As the man digs, the gum sinks; but no man can remain in it longer than twenty or thirty minutes, owing to the excessive cold that exists at the bottom; and another one is let down, and so on in rotation, till their task is performed. In the mean time a pump is placed in the gum to pump out the water as the men work, which otherwise would not only hinder, but drown them. This pump is kept continually at work; about eight or ten days and nights are consumed in this operation; the head is then put in, which effectually excludes the fresh water; and a man from a lofty scaffold commences boring through the rock, which takes some time, as the best hands will not bore more than two feet per day, and the depth is from one to two hundred and fifty, and in some instances three hundred feet, through a solid rock! The moment he is through, the salt water spouts up to a great height, and of stronger or weaker quality as it is near or remote from a certain point on the river, which is the place where salt water was first discovered. Their manner of boring is nothing more than an iron of great strength, and of considerable length, made very sharp at one end, while the other end is fixed into a shaft of wood, and a heavy lever fixed to this; the performer stands still on the scaffold and continues to ply the augur (as it is called) in a perpendicular direction. This part of the business is not so laborious as the other; nor does the performer require that relief which is indispensable in sinking the gum; but he must have some dozens of augurs continually going to and from the smith's shop. I saw several of these at work, and likewise those at the gum; it is impossible for any one to guess what a wretched appearance those poor creatures make when they are drawn out of this gum. They are unable to stand, and shiver as if they would shake to pieces; it can hardly be told whether they are black or white, their blood being so completely chilled. The trouble of making salt, after salt water is obtained, is trifling. When the man finishes boring, a tin tube is placed in the rock, and by means of a machine, which is worked by a horse, water is thrown into cisterns, from which it is committed to the boilers. This water is so strong that they make it into salt twice in twenty four hours! All their wood being consumed, they are now boiling with coal, which abounds in their mountains.
These salt-works have very recently been established. Some few years since, in the latter part of a very dry summer, the river being lower than it was ever known since it was settled by white people, the top of an old gum was discovered at the edge of low water, and salt water issuing out of it. In many places, where the fresh water had left it, it was incrusted into salt by the heat of the sun. It is supposed that the Indians, when they were in possession of the country, sunk the gum, and perhaps made some attempts at making salt. Col. David Ruffner, a very enterprising man, was the first that established salt-works in Kenhawa, at the place just mentioned; after him several others; but the old well, as it is called, that is, where the gum was discovered, is by far the strongest water, and it is weaker in proportion as it is distant from it, either up or down the river. Col. Ruffner invented a machine which forces the water up hill, to the distance of three miles, for which I understand he obtained a patent. The salt made here is not so fair as that made at King's works, in Washington county, but it is much stronger, and better for preserving meat. I saw this proved in Alabama; the meat (that is, bacon,) that was cured with the salt from King's works, spoiled, while that which was salted with the Kenhawa salt, did not. Great quantities of it is consumed in Alabama; they take it in boats down the Ohio and up the Tennessee river. A great quantity is likewise taken up the Cumberland to Nashville. But what astonishes me, is, that they have to bore double the depth now to what they did at first; even at the old well, the water sunk, and they were compelled to pursue it by boring; this is the case with all of them.
These salt-works are dismal looking places; the sameness of the long low sheds; smoking boilers; men, the roughest that can be seen, half naked; hundreds of boat-men; horses and oxen, ill-used and beat by their drivers; the mournful screaking of the machinery, day and night; the bare, rugged, inhospitable looking mountain, from which all the timber has been cut, give to it a gloomy appearance (The river, which is extremely beautiful, is the only relief to the scenery.). Add to this the character of the inhabitants, which, from what I have seen myself, and heard from others, lack nothing to render them any thing but a respectable people. Here have settled people from the north, the east, and the west of the United States, and some from the nether end of the world. However refined, however upright, however enlightened, crafty and wicked they might have been previous to their emigration, they have become assimilated, and mutually stand by each other, no matter what the case is, and wo be to the unwary stranger who happens to fall into their hands. I never saw or heard of any people but these, who gloried in a total disregard of shame, honour and justice, and an open avowal of their superlative skill in petty fraud; and yet they are hospitable to a fault, and many of them are genteel. I see men here whose manners and abilities would do honour to any community, and whilst I admired, I was equally surprised that people of their appearance should be content to live in a place which has become a byword. But their females in a great measure extenuate this hasty sketch. As nature compensates us in many respect for those advantages she denies us in others, and in all her works has mingled good with evil, you have a striking instance of this in the female part of the society of this place. In no part of the United States, at least where I have visited, are to be found females who surpass them in those virtues that adorn the sex. They possess the domestic virtues in an exemplary degree; they are modest, discreet, industrious and benevolent, and with all, they are fair and beautiful; albeit, I would be sorry to see one of those amiable females become a widow in this iron country, in which, however, for the honour of human nature be it remembered, there are a few noble exceptions amongst the other sex, which may justly be compared to diamonds shining in the dark.
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david n necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 37 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
I need to have to have two buttons designed to serve as:
1. login/register button
2. voting widget that updates via AJAX to reflect number of votes once voting action is taken
Desired Color Scheme:
red, white
Desired Style:
Web 2.0
Accepted File Formats:
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I am in the process of building a site for automotive enthusiasts, with one of the features being the ability to submit and vote on news. As such, the buttons need to be clearly and instantly recognizable as automotive related. In other words, those who know cars should know instantly that the button was meant to be styled after an "engine start" button, which is becoming commonplace among sportier cars.
I am looking for someone to design two buttons, styled after the following example. (See the picture with the engine start button.) More examples or better pics can be found via a simple Google search for "Honda S2000 engine start button."
While there are a number of other manufacturers who employ the same type of button, I used the Honda one as an example because it was red, which is one of the main colors being used for my site.
To elaborate, I'd like to see designs that put a Web 2.0 spin on the button. It should still look like the real thing, but maybe with a glow/reflection/bubble effect. For the text, please create one that says "LOGIN/REGISTER" and one that simply says "VOTE" towards the bottom of the button, leaving space above it for the number of votes to be displayed. The font needs to match as well, so please keep that in mind.
To recap, the design elements that are required:
1. silver ring around button
2. red button
3. white text in capitalized letters - font needs to match example
Winner should be able to provide the buttons in a variety of formats - jpeg, gif, png, and vector in order to make it easy to integrate into a theme. UPDATED: I will need files in jpeg and PSD format, in a high enough resolution that won't be adversely affected when shrunken down. I think the standard disclaimer of watermarking all contest entries applies to protect all parties. Method of payment will be PayPal.
I look forward to picking a winner soon! Thanks in advance.


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As a new decade in Fenway Park history dawned, the Red Sox took a step backwards. Injuries were rampant and the club managed just 83 wins, despite boasting a roster with several products of a productive farm system. The offseason was no kinder, as Carlton Fisk and Fred Lynn became free agents after their contracts weren't delivered in time.
Record: 83-77, 4th in American League East
Manager: Donald W. Zimmer (82-73), John M. Pesky (1-4)
Attendance: 1,956,092
Injuries struck the 1980 Red Sox with a vengeance: Butch Hobson, Fred Lynn and Jerry Remy each missed more than 50 games, while Lynn, Carl Yastrzemski and Jim Rice simultaneously sat on the disabled list at one point.
The 1980 roster was a homegrown team, highlighted by seven products of the farm system in the starting lineup. The only outside addition was 38-year-old first baseman Tony Perez, a free agent signing who led the club in home runs (25) and RBIs (105).
Dennis Eckersley led the team with 12 victories and the pitching future looked bright as young southpaws Bruce Hurst, John Tudor and Bobby Ojeda gained valuable experience.
On May 13, Fred Lynn hit for the cycle in a 10-5 Boston victory over Minnesota, one of the few highlights at Fenway Park in 1980.
Don Zimmer had led the team to three consecutive seasons of more than 90 wins but his club won only 83 games in 1980 and never really contended from mid-May onwards. Zimmer lost his job with five games left in the regular season and Johnny Pesky took over as interim manager.
The negative energy carried over into the offseason, when the team missed a December 20 deadline to tender Carlton Fisk and Fred Lynn contracts for the 1981 season. When the offers arrived in the mail they were postmarked December 22, making Fisk and Lynn free agents. GM Haywood Sullivan claimed that he had mailed the contracts two days late on the advice of the Player Relations Committee but this confusing explanation was of little consolation to Red Sox fans. The team salvaged the situation a bit by dealing Lynn to the California Angels for pitcher Frank Tanana and third baseman Joe Rudi, but Fisk ultimately signed with the Chicago White Sox and the Red Sox got nothing in return for his departure.


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01/24/13 A Warsaw man was arrested Tuesday morning after he led state police on a pursuit in a stolen pickup. The pursuit began near the intersection of SR 19 and CR 100 South in Kosciusko County and ended a few minutes later near the intersection of Apple Road and 19th Road in Marshall County.
The vehicle pursuit turned into a foot pursuit when the subject crashed the truck and took off on foot. Officers with Marshall County, Kosciusko County, Warsaw, and the Mentone Police Departments assisted in the search for the subject and setting up a perimeter. The man, who was identified as Aaron K. Brubaker, 29, of Warsaw, was found minutes later by police hiding in a shed.
Brubaker was charged with felony resisting law enforcement by state police. He also faces an auto theft charge from Warsaw Police Department and a theft charge from a Warsaw liquor store. The red 2001 Dodge pickup that Brubaker was driving was reported stolen to Warsaw authorities on Tuesday.
Brubaker is currently being held on bond in the Kosciusko County Jail.
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jwaddell needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 26 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
EDITED!!! Based on your feedback, I am dropping the sub labels as seperate contest and will focus on the East Fork Cellars logo only at $200.
Need a logo for "East Fork Cellars" Logo should spell out "East Fork Cellars" with "East Fork" as dominant name and "Cellars" as smaller less dominant.
East Fork should have a classy elequent look but also hints of flyfishing and the river. The sub label can have the East Fork logo w/o flyfishing and just the"EF" logo. Name comes from the East Fork of the Lewis River and is called the "jewel of Clark County" . It is a great flyfishing river for Stealhead trout, and is a very clear waterway that cascades through mountains in Washington State. BUT, logo should focus on the name, not river, but can have hints of flyfishing and the river in logo.
East Fork Cellars is a new winery opening up in Ridgefield WA, in the fall of 2008. We are looking to have a wine label designed and a sub label. East Fork of the Lewis River is the jewel of Clark County. hence the name.
1. Logo: East Fork Cellars: Emphasis ofn "East Fork" and sub of "cellars" in the name. With a hint of flyfishing in the Orvis tradition of a "River Runs Thru it" era or early American flyfishing look. Focus on the name "East Fork" , with a blend of elequence but old world tradition flyfishing. Flyfishing nod can be slight.
- Item 1..."East Fork Cellars" emphasis on East Fork, with Cellars being located smaller under the main name.
- East Fork Cellars logo spelled out in full and a sub logo of "EF"
- Item 1...East Fork Cellars logo must capture the art of flyfishing, the river, but not overwhelmed by flyfishing, Must have East Fork first and formost, and a hint of flyfishing. Perhaps a fly, or watermark fo a flyfisherman (early Americana look like Orvis Abercrombie and Finch".Logo must have deep rich red highlights and earth tones.
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Columbia Home Audits Save City's Energy and Residents' Money
COLUMBIA - Turning the lights off isn't the only way to help reduce energy costs at home.
Not having the right amount of insulation, or neglecting to seal cracks in the walls, can add up.
"One, it can make the home more drafty, and two, the heat or air conditioning in your home will be lost at a much faster pace," said Columbia Water and Light Home Performance Manager Brandon Renaud.
This means a higher energy bill for home owners and wasted energy for the city.
By having a building inspector audit their homes, residents can prevent wasted energy and lower their utility bill as well.
Renaud estimates residents can save anywhere from ten to 15 percent on their utility bills on an annual basis by making a few changes.
Columbia Water and Light also offers rebates to residents who have their homes audited by one of 12 building inspection agencies in the area.
And along with lowering residents' utility bills, audits can also make staying at home a more comfortable experience.
"Almost always people notice that the home is more comfortable, it's quieter, the temperatures don't vary as much. You don't have hot rooms and cold rooms. And that's how we know that the improvements are already starting to work. The home is more comfortable and that will turn into energy savings over time," said Renaud.
This is the fifth year Columbia Water and Light has partnered with auditors to offer rebates, and it says it's on track to do about one thousand audits before the end of this year.


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Just about the time we thought we were starting to suffer from social media overload, Pinterest has officially arrived on the social scene, attracting huge traffic and generally glowing media coverage. For the month of January alone, the number of Pinterest visitors was almost a third of the traffic to Twitter.com–nothing to sneeze at.
Fueled by the explosion in the number of images being shared online (thanks in some part to the success of Instagram) and a ton of pent-up demand for interest-based social networks, Pinterest users organize and share images they find on the web and create "pinboards" around topics including fashion trends, cooking recipes, interior design, etc. Pinterest's rapid ascent into the social strata has reemphasized something we've known since the day the first camera was invented way back in the 1800s–pictures matter.
But Pinterest is only the beginning when it comes to how we use images to share ideas and content. The latest wave of technology will allow users to interact with photos like never before–and that is great news for consumers and businesses alike.
Turning static images into interactive experiences
Imagine visiting a website and stumbling across an image of a beach in Maui. From that image, you'd be able to access a Wikipedia page about it, share it with your friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter, make travel arrangements, and even pull up related images using Bing's image search capabilities–all formatted so you don't have to leave the image or open up five different new browser windows. The latest round of apps being introduced by Mountain View-based startup Luminate make it possible to enrich photos with functionality like never before.
Launched in 2009, Luminate was the first company to make it possible to scroll over an image and see where you could buy any of the products featured in the image, complete with a link directly to the merchant websites. Their newest offerings, which include 11 new image apps, will allow users to do such things as view movie trailers relevant to actors within an image via YouTube, purchase mp3 files from Amazon.com related to artists in the image, and quickly donate to worthy causes like the American Red Cross, St. Judes, and Toys for Tots.
"Images are a central part of the online experience no matter the category–fashion, cars, sports, travel, home, food. Although much of the talk right now is around mobile and social trends, we want to make image strategy the 'new new' thing," said Bob Lisbonne, Luminate CEO.
By adding interactivity to what were once one-dimensional static images, Luminate's new apps make it easy for visitors to start and engage in conversations that not only improve their user experience, but also drive traffic to, and time spent on, company websites. With an average of four new visitors per shared item, and seven seconds spent per image per visitor, there's a pretty good change image strategy will in fact be the "new new" thing.
Find Shawn at shawngraham.me or continue the conversation on Twitter.
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The No. 19 Harvard men's hockey team heads to Atlantic City, N.J., seeking its ninth ECAC Hockey Championship title.
The third‑seeded Crimson takes on 13th-ranked, second-seeded Cornell in Friday's second semifinal, at 7:30 at Boardwalk Hall. Sixth-ranked, top-seeded Union meets No. 20 Colgate, seeded fourth, at 4:30. The winners meet in Saturday's 7:30 championship game, which will be preceded by the consolation matchup at 4:30.
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Scoreboards: ECAC Hockey | National
Game On
• The Crimson came back from a game down and came from behind in each game to defeat sixth-seeded Yale in a three-game series last weekend at Bright Hockey Center. The first two games of the series went to overtime, and Game 2 lasted nearly 90 minutes before Dan Ford (Skaneateles, N.Y.) netted the game‑winner. Harvard exploded for six straight goals to take the deciding game, 8-2.
• Harvard has a 90-49-4 all-time record in the ECAC playoffs and has won eight tournament titles to trail only Cornell in wins (97) and championships (12). Harvard is playing in its first semifinal since 2008 but its eighth in the last 12 years. In those 12 tournaments, including this year, the Crimson is 35-15 with three league titles (2002, '04 and '06), three runner-up showings and eight total semifinal appearances. This is the 51st ECAC tournament and Harvard's 29th semifinal appearance. Harvard is 17-11 in semifinals, including wins in each of its last six appearances.
• The Crimson has won four of its last five games and lost just three times in the last 16 games (8-3-5).
Recapping the Quarterfinals
• Game 1: Kenny Agostino scored at 3:49 of overtime to overcome a then-career-high 42 saves from Raphael Girard (Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.) and lift Yale to a 2-1 win. Luke Greiner (Faribault, Minn.) scored Harvard's goal in the final minute of the second period. Neither team scored in the end-to-end third period. The Crimson had three of the first four shots of overtime before Agostino sent Harvard to the brink of elimination.
• Game 2: Dan Ford scored at 9:20 of the second overtime to give the Crimson a 4-3 win in the fourth‑longest playoff game in program history Saturday. Harvard came back from two goals down, scored three power‑play goals and killed all 11 of Yale's power plays, including two in overtime. Danny Biega (Montreal, Que.) scored twice, Patrick McNally (Glen Head, N.Y.) logged three assists and Raphael Girard made 48 saves for Harvard.
Biega's second goal, a rocket one-timer from his point spot on the power play, gave the Crimson a third-period lead, but Antoine Laganiere scored with just 27 seconds remaining to send the game to overtime. Marshall Everson (Edina, Minn.) also scored, and linemate Alex Killorn (Montreal, Que.) set up both Biega goals while firing nine shots on net.
• Game 3: The Crimson scored four times in the second period and rolled to an 8-2 win Sunday. David Valek (Zagreb, Croatia) registered his first career hat trick, while Alex Killorn (2-2-4) and Marshall Everson (1-3‑4) notched four points each and Raphael Girard logged 39 saves. Alex Fallstrom (Stockholm, Sweden) and Daniel Moriarty (Bienfait, Sask.), two of 11 Crimson skaters to earn a point, added a goal and an assist each. Tommy O'Regan (Needham, Mass.) had two helpers.
After each team scored in the first period, Harvard took control as soon as the puck dropped to start the second. Killorn won the opening faceoff, and 35 seconds later, the Crimson had a 2-1 lead on Fallstrom's wraparound. Harvard began to pull away with Valek's first goal midway through the frame. The eight goals marked Harvard's greatest output since defeating Quinnipiac, 11-0, to open the ECAC quarterfinals March 14, 2008.
Quarterfinal Notables
• Harvard killed 17 of Yale's 18 power plays (94.4 percent) during the series. The only man‑advantage goal for the Bulldogs, who had the league's No. 2 power play in the ECAC regular season, came four minutes, 26 seconds into a five‑minute power play in the third period of Game 3. The Crimson was 5 for 16 on its own power plays (31.3 percent).
• Fourteen of the 19 Harvard skaters who played against Yale registered a point. Alex Killorn led the way with six points on two goals and four assists. Marshall Everson had five points (2-3-5) while Danny Biega (2-2-4) and Patrick McNally (0-4-4) each chipped in four points from the blue line.
• Harvard's top line of Alex Killorn, Marshall Everson and Alex Fallstrom totaled 10 points on four goals and six assists in Game 3. Each member of the trio was +4 in the game, and they combined for 16 shots. For the series, they totaled five goals, nine assists and 40 shots on goal.
• Raphael Girard totaled 129 saves on 136 shots, missing his third consecutive 40-save game by one stop Sunday. He posted a .949 save percentage and 1.97 goals-against average during the weekend.
• Patrick McNally was named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week following his four-assist weekend. It was his second such selection this season and the fourth of the year for Harvard.
• Defensive partners Dan Ford and Danny Biega combined for three goals and 10 shots Saturday. They also blocked four shots each. Ford, David Valek and Ryan Grimshaw (Rochester, N.Y.) led Harvard with seven blocks each in the series.
• Yale scored first in each game of the series and outscored Harvard by a 4-1 margin in first periods. The Crimson erased all three leads, thanks in part to a 7-0 edge in second-period goals and a 4-2 advantage in third-period play.
No. 4 seed Colgate reached Atlantic City by handling Quinnipiac, 4-0, in Game 3. Cornell played a double-overtime game of its own, downing Dartmouth, 4-3, in the first game of its sweep. Top-seeded Union took two close games from local rival Rensselaer.
Survey Says
Harvard's No. 19 ranking in the USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll marks its first appearance in the national poll since receiving a No. 18 ranking Nov. 17, 2008. The Crimson has received votes in the poll in 17 of the 23 weeks of voting this season.
Power Lifting
The Crimson owns the nation's top power play at 28.4 percent (37 for 131). Harvard has scored a power‑play goal in 25 of its 32 games and netted multiple power-play goals in 10 games.
Leading the Crimson
Alex Killorn leads Harvard with 42 points and 20 goals. He ranks 11th nationally with 1.31 points per game and eighth with 0.62 goals per game. Danny Biega ranks second nationally among defensemen at 1.06 points per game (10-24-34).
Award Finalists
Ted Donato has been named a finalist for the Tim Taylor Award for ECAC coach of the year, while Danny Biega is a finalist for Player of the Year and Best Defensive Defenseman and Patrick McNally is up for Rookie of the Year. Donato led the Crimson to a third-place ECAC finish after Harvard was chosen seventh by the coaches and 12th by the media in the preseason. The awards will be presented at Thursday's league banquet.
Point Men
The Crimson captured its best league finish since taking third in 2008 by earning at least one standings point in 17 of its 22 ECAC Hockey games. With a 3-2-6 record in league road games, Harvard took points from nine of its 11 away contests. The Crimson's last ECAC loss at Bright Hockey Center came Nov. 11 against Cornell.
Between the Pipes
Raphael Girard ranks fifth nationally in save percentage at .932 and 19th in goals-against average at 2.25. He has started each of Harvard's last five games and seven of the 10 since he stopped all 26 shots he faced in a relief win at Quinnipiac Feb. 3.
Closing Time
The Crimson holds a 38-21 advantage against its opponents in third-period goals, including 20-8 over the last 15 games and 4-0 on the final weekend of the regular season. Harvard is 9-2‑4 when entering the third period leading or tied.
Harvard has held 19 of its 20 opponents in 2012 to three or fewer goals in regulation.
The Killers
The Crimson has killed 25 of its opponents' last 27 power plays.
Comeback Crimson
Harvard has trailed during play in 27 games, but has rallied to win or tie 19 of those contests (9-8-10), including the last two games of the quarterfinals and victories against St. Lawrence and Clarkson to cap the regular season.
Harvard has entered the final period trailing in 17 games but has rallied to win or tie in 10 of those (3-7-7). Harvard has trailed 37 times during play this season and has come back to tie 30 times. The Crimson trailed twice each in its win against No. 18 Colgate (Nov. 12) and its ties against No. 19 Quinnipiac (Nov. 5), Dartmouth (Nov. 25), No. 18 North Dakota (Dec. 30), No. 14 Union (Jan. 6) and No. 9 Cornell (Jan. 21). Harvard scored seven goals over the final two periods to rally from a four‑goal deficit and defeat New Hampshire, 7-6 (Nov. 22), and erased four separate one‑goal deficits in a 4-4 tie at Massachusetts (Dec. 2).
Magic Numbers
Harvard is unbeaten when scoring four goals or more (8-0-2) and has lost just three times in 23 games when allowing three or fewer (11‑3‑9).
The Drawing Board
The Feb. 17 tie at Brown was Harvard's 11th of the season, setting a new NCAA record. Before the Crimson this season, three teams recorded 10 ties in a season: Minnesota State in 2002‑03, Colorado College in 2008‑09 and Western Michigan last season. Those MSU and WMU teams both made the NCAA tournament.
The Feb. 10 tie against Rensselaer was Harvard's eighth in ECAC play, eclipsing the league record held by the 1991-92 Yale, 2003‑04 Dartmouth and 2010-11 Quinnipiac squads.
Time and a Half?
Fourteen of Harvard's 32 games have reached overtime, including 13 of the last 25. The Crimson has played 90 minutes, 17 seconds of overtime. Saturday's double-overtime thriller was the Crimson's first extra-session win since Nov. 20, 2007 at Boston University. Harvard's last playoff win in overtime had been March 18, 2005, when Kevin Du '07 scored to give the Crimson a double‑overtime win against Colgate in the semifinals.
Crimson Calendar
Harvard is 24-3-2 in February home games under Ted Donato. The Crimson is 24-10-6 in post‑Beanpot ECAC games and 48-24-16 in all post-exam league games in Donato's seven‑plus seasons. (Harvard's first-semester exams took place in January until being moved to December in 2009.)
Back in the Semifinals
Harvard is playing an ECAC semifinal for the first time since 2008, when the Crimson defeated Cornell, 3-1, and fell to Princeton, 4-1, in the league title game. Harvard reached the semifinals in six straight years from 2001-06, advancing to the final in the last five of those tournaments.
Playoffs Under Ted Donato
Harvard is 19-13-0 in playoff games in Ted Donato's eight years as head coach. His Crimson previously reached the semifinals in 2005, '06 and '08 and won the 2006 league championship.
Flashback to 2006
The Crimson's last ECAC title run, in 2006, started in similar fashion to this year's playoffs. Harvard earned a first-round bye but lost its quarterfinal opener at home to St. Lawrence. The Crimson rallied to win a close game the following night and erupted for eight goals to take Game 3, 8-4.
As the No. 3 Seed
In six previous tournaments as the ECAC's No. 3 seed, Harvard has reached five semifinals and three finals, winning the 1963 and 2002 titles.
Pairing Up
Harvard is tied for 22nd in the PairWise Ranking. The Crimson is 4-5‑5 against its fellow teams under consideration for the NCAA tournament (Ratings Percentage Index of .500 or better).
All-Ivy Honorees
Alex Killorn and Danny Biega were unanimously to the All-Ivy League first team, while goaltender Steve Michalek (Glastonbury, Conn.) was named to the second team. Biega earned his second straight first-team selection by ranking second in the Ancient Eight with 14 points and 11 assists in Ivy games. Killorn, a second-team pick last season, led all players with eight goals against Ivy competition in 2011-12.
The Century Mark
With his first assist Saturday, Alex Killorn became the first Crimson player to register 100 career points since Tom Cavanagh '05 totaled 117 (48‑69-117) from 2001-05. His second goal Sunday was the 50th of his career, making him Harvard's first 50‑goal scorer since Tim Pettit '04, who scored 57 from 2000-04. Killorn has 55 assists. The last 50-assist Harvard men before him were his former teammates, Alex Biega '10 and Doug Rogers '10, who also had 55 each.
Alex Killorn is Harvard's first 20-goal scorer since current San Jose Shark Dominic Moore '03 scored 24 in 2002-03. He is the first to hit the 40-point mark since Moore (24‑27‑51), Tim Pettit (17‑30‑47) and Brett Nowak '03 (12‑29-41) all did so in 2002-03.
Turning 30
Danny Biega is the first Harvard defenseman to log 30 points in consecutive seasons since Mark Benning '87 registered 38 points in 1985‑86 and 32 in 1986-87. Biega's 34 points are the most by a Crimson defenseman since Sean McCann '94 in 1993‑94 (22-17-39). Biega's 10 goals match his total from last year, the greatest from the Harvard blue line since Jeremiah McCarthy '98 in 1997‑98 (11).
30/30 Vision
Alex Killorn, Danny Biega and Marshall Everson (11-19-30) are the first Crimson trio to notch 30 points each since Tom Cavanagh (16-20-36), Tim Pettit (10-24-34), Tyler Kolarik '04 (12-18-30) and Brendan Bernakevitch '05 (11-19-30) all put up 30 points in 2003-04.
Climbing the Charts
Alex Killorn is tied for 17th all-time at Harvard with 128 career games played and is set to become the 13th Crimson player to skate in 130 games.
Hobey Hopefuls
Alex Killorn and Danny Biega were among the nominees in fan balloting for the 2012 Hobey Baker Memorial Award, which went from Jan. 9 through March 4 at hobeybakeraward.com. The fans' vote accounts for one percent of the total ballot in each phase.
Three Harvard players have won the Hobey Baker Memorial Award: Mark Fusco '83 in 1982‑83, Scott Fusco '85-86 in 1985-86 and Lane MacDonald '88-89 in 1988-89. Only Minnesota and Minnesota Duluth have captured more Hobey trophies, with four each.
Walter Brown Award Semifinalists
Marshall Everson and Colin Blackwell (North Andover, Mass.) have been named semifinalists for the 60th Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the best United States-born college hockey player in New England, Gridiron Club of Greater Boston president Paul Stewart announced last month.
Everson and Blackwell are among 21 semifinalists from 14 schools and three conferences, including six candidates from ECAC Hockey. Harvard is one of five schools with multiple nominees. Nine Crimson players have combined to win the award 10 times, most recently Dov Grumet-Morris '05 in 2004‑05. Everson ranks third on the Crimson with 30 points and 11 goals in 27 games and ranks fourth on the Crimson with 19 assists. Blackwell has registered 15 points, including five goals.
Goaltender of the Month
Raphael Girard was named ECAC Hockey/Fischer Hockey Goaltender of the Month for February. He was unbeaten at 3-0-2 in seven February appearances, posting a 1.75 goals‑against average and .944 save percentage.
Award-Winning Weekend
For its strong finish to the season Feb. 24-25, Harvard was recognized by College Hockey News as its national Team of the Week. Along with the first two multiple-goal games of his career, David Valek played his usual strong defensive game against St. Lawrence and Clarkson and was subsequently named ECAC Hockey Player of the Week and Inside College Hockey National Player of the Week. Raphael Girard was named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week. He stopped 58 of the 61 shots he faced, with two of the three goals he allowed coming on power plays.
Nov. 11 at Bright Hockey Center
A bad start and a host of penalties left the Crimson with a three‑goal deficit midway through the first period. Harvard battled back to within one on power-play goals by Alex Fallstrom and Marshall Everson, but Cornell sealed a 4-2 win with a goal in the final minutes. Danny Biega and Luke Greiner assisted on both Harvard goals. Nick D'Agostino scored twice for the Big Red.
Jan. 21 at Lynah Rink
Alex Killorn scored the tying goal with less than eight minutes remaining as Harvard rallied to tie No. 9 Cornell in front of a fish-throwing, sellout crowd. Marshall Everson scored a tying, power‑play goal late in the first period and assisted on Killorn's tally. Steve Michalek made 17 saves, and Cornell's Andy Iles logged 31 stops to combat Harvard's 33-19 shots advantage.
Championship Quality
The Crimson and Big Red have combined for three NCAA titles, with Cornell capturing two and Harvard one. They rank first and third in ECAC regular-season championships (Harvard 13, Cornell 9) and first and second in league tournament crowns (Cornell 12, Harvard 8). The rivals have accounted for nine of the 20 ECAC regular-season and tournament titles awarded over the last 10 seasons. For six of those nine championships, the other rival was the runner-up.
Including the Big Red's title this season, either Harvard or Cornell has won or shared the Ivy League crown in 38 of the league's 55 seasons, with Harvard totaling 21 titles and Cornell 19. The teams shared the honor in 1983‑84 and 1984-85.
Series History
Cornell holds a 71-59-8 all-time lead in a series noted for the quality of the teams, intensity of the games and passion of the fans. The teams first met Jan. 8, 1910, a 5-0 Harvard win in New York City. The games have been closer in recent years, with 19 of the last 24 being decided by two goals or fewer.
Playoff Series History
The Crimson and Big Red have faced off in eight of the last 12 ECAC tournaments. In each of Harvard's three championship-weekend appearances under Ted Donato, the Crimson has met Cornell, winning in the 2006 final and '08 semifinals after losing in the 2005 final. The Big Red has won four of the six title-game meetings and leads the all-time playoff series, 14-7-1. The teams have split their four semifinal meetings:
1970: Cornell 6, Harvard 5
1975: Harvard 6, Cornell 4
2001: Cornell 5, Harvard 2
2008: Harvard 3, Cornell 1
Current Crimson vs. Cornell
Danny Biega has seven points on a goal and six assists in eight career games against the Big Red, while Alex Killorn has four goals and five points in 10 games.
Scouting the Big Red
Cornell has lost just once (6-1-3) since the start of February. That defeat, 2-1 in overtime at Rensselaer, came in the regular-season finale and cost the Big Red a share of the ECAC regular‑season title. Cornell bounced back with a sweep of Dartmouth in the league quarterfinals. Sean Whitney's first goal of the season lifted the Big Red to a double-overtime win in Game 1, and three first-period goals were enough for a 3-1 victory in Game 2.
Greg Miller, one of Cornell's six 20-point scorers, paces the squad with 14 goals, 15 assists and 29 points. Brian Ferlin (8-13-21) was this season's Ivy League Rookie of the Year, and Nick D'Agostino (8-12-20) is a standout defenseman. Andy Iles is the backbone of a strong defense with his 2.08 goals-against average and .920 save percentage.
Harvard vs. Union in 2011-12
The Crimson and Dutchmen played two closely contested games on consecutive Fridays in January. Union held a 3-1 edge on Harvard heading into the final frame in Schenectady, N.Y., Jan. 6, but Alex Killorn and Danny Biega scored to draw the Crimson even, 3-3. Each player added an assist, Alex Fallstrom also scored and Steve Michalek made 33 saves.
In an outdoor game at Fenway Park as part of the Sun Life Frozen Fenway 2012 event, an ECAC Hockey conference-game-record crowd of 8,981 saw No. 14 Union shut out Harvard, 2-0, Jan. 13. The Crimson had a would-be go‑ahead goal by Peter Starrett (Bellingham, Mass.) disallowed early in the second period and fell victim to a riccocheting point-shot goal with 3.6 seconds left in the frame. Union's Troy Grosenick made 18 saves, and Michalek logged 30.
Harvard vs. Colgate in 2011-12
Harvard's season-series win against the Raiders proved to be the difference between the teams in the regular-season standings. In the Nov. 12 game at Bright, Patrick McNally and Alex Killorn scored goals 79 seconds apart late in the second period to bring Harvard back from a goal down. Colin Blackwell and Rence Coassin (Hamden, Conn.) also scored, while Killorn and McNally added assists. Steve Michalek made 30 saves for his first collegiate win.
Michalek made 34 saves, including 15 in the third period, as the teams tied, 2-2, Jan. 20 in Hamilton, N.Y. Marshall Everson tied the score at 1-1 in the final minute of the first period and set up Peter Starrett to give the Crimson the lead in the second, before Austin Smith rallied the Raiders in the third. Alex Killorn assisted on both Crimson goals.
Career Playoff Leaders
Danny Biega has piled up 13 points (5-8-13) in 12 career postseason games, while Alex Killorn has notched 11 points (4-7-11) in 13 games. Biega, Alex Fallstrom and Daniel Moriarty share the team lead with five playoff goals. Fallstrom is a team-high +7 in 11 games.


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Lobsters! Not only do they have delicious meat, their shells have use too! Researchers at the University of Maine have developed a biodegradable golf ball from lobster shells. It's cheaper than the typical biodegradable ball ($0.19 vs $1) and can be hit straight into the ocean without the environment weighing down on your game.
The material of the golf ball is made from crushed lobster shells with a biodegradable binder and coating (I wish it wasn't white, though). Lobster shells are a great resource to tap into as most of the stuff just heads to landfills (no one has a need for red shells, I guess). The balls work with both drivers and irons and flies a "similar distance to other biodegradable balls", though not as far as real balls. Which is okay!
Hitting golf balls into the ocean is fun! Or at least I imagine it to be! It's one of my favorite things to do that I've never done before. [University of Maine via BoingBoing]


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Batman The Killing Joke walks in with that same old stunning Joker lore with a bit of Barbara's emotional turmoil hooked to it. We find Paris Franz here, another badass villain that talks through the smug of a pyscho, and you can't help but wonder about the similarities he shares with Batman's archenemy Joker himself.
It's like he's fallen off the face of the Earth.
There are two main stories galloping here. Halfway through the movie, you can't stop yourself from appreciating what you are served – extraordinary psychopathic Paris Franz story with Barbara's constant battle with herself to confess her love for Batsy. But then the later half gradually degrades, without a strong cemented backbone to uplift the story. No doubt The Joker was magnificent as ever, but the story falls down in respect to Joker's evilness as it reaches climax.
Stories in Batman The Killing Joke (SPOILERS)
There is an ambiguous disconnect between two main story-lines, that seem to work in different parts of Batman The Killing Joke. We have an exciting, ballsy, different and emotional tale to the Batman-Batgirl relationship that continue with Joker shenanigans that try to rampage past human sanity.
The First Plot: Paris Franz Quandary
Batman The Killing Joke starts off with a diegesis of sorts, Batgirl narrating her story beautifully. Animation keeping up with her as she scales down the city explaining rare accounts from her head. This side of the vantage is well thought of and well written. It engulfs you almost instantly.
I realize this is probably not how you thought the story would start, not with a big shiny moon or a city that or me.
A smug introduction to a titular Paris Franz character compels you to ponder upon those rare shades of psychopaths that the city of Gotham houses. He pulls off the villainy fairly well until he is battered down by the decimating Batgirl fury, which was actually nothing but a vent from her relationship trauma. You will see how smug Paris Franz is, and how cool he behaves even when there is someone breathing down his neck. That rare air of confidence helps Paris Franz to ace perversion in a way it never has been before.
Batman's portrayal will bring all those memories back from the past. The way he puts it:
You haven't been taken to the edge yet. The abyss, the place where you don't care anymore. Where all hope dies.
Barbara's Mindset
Barbara's constant reasoning with herself to win a dead man's love will have you feel sorry for her. Her emotions are so real that it beats the inanimate off the CGI. Her incessant scrimmaging with herself to prove herself, to prove her love for Batman, is as gorgeous as she looks in Batman The Killing Joke.
The beauty of it all as they make love right underneath a Gargoyle silently watching on a rooftop, is so poetic that you can't help getting mesmerized by its sheer description. Brilliantly pulled off!
As she describes it:
It was fantastic, like fireworks.
The aftermath – the avoidance, brims her up with thousand questions. There is poetry everywhere. When she sits amongst pigeons like a delicate bird she is, for hours thinking about him. It is an enchanting frame.
Maybe it was too soon, even after all this time.
Unfortunately she ends up getting devoured by the ugly side of insanity, and makes one of the most difficult choices of her life. Leaving Batman, one true person she wanted to be with, as she decides to get out.
I saw that abyss you spoke about, very scary, but so tempting. I don't know how you resist it. I don't think it's humanly possible.
The Second Plot
Batman the Killing Joke moves on to a different enclave altogether after leaving the Batman-Batgirl story right there. Enters the main event after which the moniker finds its meaning. Joker is absolutely stunning with that wicked gleam in his eyes, and the delivery Mark Hamill brings home is simply majestic.
You see this rare side of Batsy who tries to reconcile with Joker too, trying to squeeze in a reason for him to hold on to.
How can two people hate so much without knowing each other?
Joker's Insane Ride
Joker's madness is drenched in stark psychosis. He does a loony song too to pull Gordon towards the ugly clutches of insanity. His take on memories, his past and craziness is so brilliantly written that is hard not to applaud him for his ingenious comportment.
Remembering's dangerous. I find the past such a worrying, anxious place. Yes, memory is so treacherous. One moment you're lost in a carnival of delight, childhood aromas, the flashing neon of puberty, all that sentimental candyfloss. The next, it takes you somewhere you don't want to be. Somewhere dark and cold, filled with damp, ambiguous-shaped things you'd rather forget. Memories can be vile, repulsive little brutes.
At one point, you see Batman hunting down Joker and ends up facing Maroni. He puts Joker's perversion in perspective with:
We might be scared of you, but we are terrified of him.
As if those stories weren't enough, there is another backdrop side-plot that oscillates occasionally to and fro, taking you to the Joker's past every now and then. If only they were shown at junctures worth revisiting, it would have been perfect.
The final bits are left for viewer's interpretation. It is actually a nice way of leaving the story like that. You can't help but wonder if Batman might have killed Joker in the end or if he might have taken him to the Arkham Asylum yet again, overlooking his horrific deeds to prove he doesn't win.
Things That Don't Work Out
Given the colossal theme of the movie, we expected something much more exhilarating eventually. Climactic bits wizen down gradually during the final bits, as Batman hunts down Joker to a Carnival. Gordon fails to succumb to the insanity Joker had planned for him. Given the monstrosity of Joker's villainy the tale ends quite stale, leaving us with a weird sense of disconnect, as it fails to merge with the leftovers.
I've demonstrated there's no difference between me and everyone else. All it takes is one bad day. That's how far the world is from where I am, just one bad day.
The Final Verdict
Batman The Killing Joke is different, yes, no doubt. Screenplay absolutely brilliant! Story wise, I am afraid I liked the Barbara story more. Music is just as gorgeous, forever complementing every single frame. The movie also pays homage to a lot of previously depicted materials that will at once throw you into pits of nostalgia.
Whilst Batman The Killing Joke might not be the best of Batman Joker movies, it certainly stands in the vanguard as one of those rare movies to serve us a breathtaking glimpse into their enmity-inevitability. Also, it poses a daunting question out at the end. What did Batman really do?
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- Extraordinary Barbara Gordon story
- Mind-boggling screenplay
- Amazing music
- Beautifully directed movie
- A weird disconnect with the first tale
- Glimpses from the Joker's past comes at odd hours
- Joker monstrosity not milked enough
- Final climax ends up tumbling down without theatrics


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The "47 percent" of U.S. households who owe no federal income tax, memorably disparaged last year by former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, has shrunk to 43 percent, said the research group that produced the original estimate.
New data on Thursday from the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center said 43 percent of households will owe no federal income tax in 2013, down from an estimated 47 percent in 2009.
Looking further ahead, the center forecast that by 2024, about a third of households will owe no federal income tax.
Republicans for years had cited the center's figures, but the 47 percent estimate took on a life of its own after Romney was surreptitiously videotaped at a fundraising event during the presidential campaign saying that he would never win votes from that proportion of Americans, who he said relied on government.
Romney, who lost the November election to President Barack Obama, later said his remarks were misinterpreted.
The center's estimate only encompasses the federal income tax. It does not include state and local, Medicare and Social Security, sales, or other taxes.
About half of the 43 percent will owe no federal income tax because their incomes are too low. The other half will face no income tax because they qualify for credits, such as the earned income tax credit and the child credit.
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by Melinda Whiting
This summer, the American Symphony Orchestra League quietly passes a milestone: the 50th anniversary of its first-ever course in orchestra management.
In August, 1952, the League was ten years old and still an adolescent organization, founded as a loose collective serving what were then referred to as "community orchestras." Larger orchestras joined in as the League engaged with other groups (including the American Federation of Musicians) in an ultimately successful lobbying effort to repeal a wartime tax on concert tickets, and by 1952 the League was becoming more truly representative of the large and varied field of American orchestras. It was also sowing the seeds of services that would grow into essential supports for an ever-more-complex industry.
One of these was an information-packed newsletter--a precursor of the pages you now hold in your hands. Another was the aforementioned lobbying effort--the ancestor of today's advocacy on behalf of orchestras, arts education, and federal arts funding.
And there was that management course, held on the campus of Brevard College in North Carolina over six days in August, 1952. The League's chief executive, Helen Thompson, proclaimed it "the first course in symphony orchestra management ever presented in the entire history of orchestras." There is no reason to doubt her assertion. Most of America's orchestras had only recently become institutions that were continuously active and complex enough to require day-to-day professional management. Like the nation's population, orchestras mushroomed after the war. A pressing need for training naturally followed.
Thompson brought leading orchestra managers to the League's Brevard course to outline strategies for budding administrators. And she was determined not to neglect their relationship to matters musical; conductor Antonio Modarelli, the music director of Thompson's own Charleston (West Virginia) Symphony, spoke to participants about the particular artistic mission of community orchestras. Within a month, the League also held its first conducting symposium in Philadelphia, for some 50 young conductors of youth and community orchestras. The overwhelming success of these events made it clear that training would be a major commitment for the field's key service organization.
Today, the League's Orchestra Leadership Academy (OLA) embraces the descendants of those early training efforts. An annual course, Essentials of Orchestra Management (described in detail by Chester Lane beginning on page 59), has taken place in some form or another every year since 1952. Its offspring are many: more than 20 specialized courses, as well as the intensive, year-long Orchestra Management Fellowship awarded annually to a half-dozen promising administrators. Likewise, the 1952 conducting symposium gave birth to a tradition of conductor training. Today, the Donald Thulean Conducting Workshops offer intensive guidance on and off the podium in semi-annual three-day sessions. (This is in addition to the League's frequent co-sponsorship of such special programs as the forthcoming Synergy for composers and conductors, to be presented this September by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.)
Together, the Academy's offerings serve some 500 "students" annually. And they are not just executive directors and conductors. Staff members, musicians, trustees, and volunteers are also eager--often impassioned--participants. Topics run the gamut from conflict resolution to marketing basics, and from the off-podium demands of music directorship to responsible board service. The courses are experiential, practical, and focused. (They're also cheap: Overall, tuition charged amounts to about 25 percent of the cost of OLA seminars, thanks to generous outside funding sources; and most short seminars are scheduled adjacent to League meetings and Conferences to make the most of tight travel budgets.)
It's quite a different story than it was in 1952, when a handful of community orchestra managers gathered on the pastoral grounds of Brevard College. But in the best sense, it's just the same.


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Amtrak cancels some trains between Chicago, Milwaukee due to cold
Amtrak canceled some of its trains between Milwaukee and Chicago on Monday and is canceling the same trains again for Tuesday because of the cold weather.
Joyce Cunningham's short visit to Milwaukee turned into a long wait at the Intermodal Station for her train to Chicago.
VIDEO: Amtrak cancels some trains between Chicago, Milwaukee due to cold
"It looked kind of interesting when I came in, and I saw two people in here, and I kind of knew it (the train) wasn't going to be an 8 a.m.," Cunningham said.
Her 8 a.m. Amtrak train was canceled, and so were several other rides on the Hiawatha Line.
Amtrak's alert said the cancellations are precautionary, and they reduce exposure of passengers, crews and rail equipment to extreme weather conditions, so service can be maintained.
Paul Sorce was waiting to get back to the West Coast.
"I don't want to get stuck here for a couple more days. I have to be back by Thursday," Sorce said.
Traveling by train is up in the air, with temperatures expected to stay below zero.
Amtrak said it consults with state transportation departments before making decisions to modify train schedules.
According to Amtrak's website, the following Hiawatha trains are canceled Monday and Tuesday: 329, 332, 333, 336, 337 and 340.
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Shutter Reloaded is an image viewer for your website that works similarly to Lightbox, Thickbox, etc. but is lean and mean at only 10KB size. It does not require any external libraries. It has all standard features: resizing large images if the window is too small to display them with option to show the image in full size, unlimited number of image sets, pre-loading of neighbour images for faster display and very good browser compatibility.
This plugin also offers customization of colour and opacity settings for the background and colour for the caption, text links (if used) and the image count.
There are options to enable Shutter Reloaded for all links pointing to an image on your site (with option to exclude some pages), or just on selected pages. It can be enabled only for image links with a specific CSS class or by using Lightbox style activation (rell="lightbox[…]"). It also can "auto-make" sets for each post/page.
Many thanks to Gerhard Lehnhoff, aufBlog.de for translating Shutter Reloaded to German and for the suggestions, and to Lise, liseweb.fr for the French translation.
Shutter Reloaded is easily integrated with Alex Rabe's excellent NextGEN Gallery plugin. More info.
Image sets are created by using class="shutterset" to the link pointing to the image. Adding class="shutterset" also activates the plugin, there's no need to add both classes, shutterset and shutter. Multiple sets are created by using class="shutterset_setname", where setname can be any ascii word and/or a number. If using Lightbox style activation, sets are created by adding a set name in the square brackets. More help is available on the admin page of the plugin.
If you're having any problems with Shutter try downloading the current development version. All bug-fixes, improvements and new features will be available there first. It should be stable enough for use, however some quick testing after activation would be a good idea. Please report any new bugs or incompatibilities with other plugins by commenting below.
Standard WordPress quick and easy installation:
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Since Shutter Reloaded does not use any js libraries, it does not interfere with them. It uses an onload event but has a function to play nice with other scripts that use onload too (from WordPress).
Then none of your links will be changed and will work as usual.
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GRANDVIEW (AP) - Police have arrested a male suspect in a string of random Kansas City-area highway shootings that have wounded three people.
Kansas City, Mo., police Chief Darryl Forte declined to identify the suspect during a Thursday night news conference near the suspect's home in Grandview. He says he will discuss the case in further detail at another news conference Friday.
Police are searching the suspect's single-story home and a green Dodge Neon with Illinois license plates that was behind it has been towed away.
Police said last week that they had connected 12 shootings since early March in which vehicles were targeted on Kansas City-area highways and roads.
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Next: Search options, Previous: Using links outside Org, Up: Hyperlinks [Contents][Index]
Long URLs can be cumbersome to type, and often many similar links are needed in a document. For this you can use link abbreviations. An abbreviated link looks like this
where the tag is optional.
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If the replacement text doesn't contain any specifier, the tag will simply be appended in order to create the link.
Instead of a string, you may also specify a function that will be called with the tag as the only argument to create the link.
With the above setting, you could link to a specific bug with
[[bugzilla:129]], search the web for 'OrgMode' with
[[google:OrgMode]], show the map location of the Free Software
[[gmap:51 Franklin Street, Boston]] or of Carsten office
[[omap:Science Park 904, Amsterdam, The Netherlands]] and find out
what the Org author is doing besides Emacs hacking with
If you need special abbreviations just for a single Org buffer, you can define them in the file with
#+LINK: bugzilla http://10.1.2.9/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id= #+LINK: google http://www.google.com/search?q=%s
In-buffer completion (see Completion) can be used after '[' to complete link abbreviations. You may also define a function that implements special (e.g., completion) support for inserting such a link with C-c C-l. Such a function should not accept any arguments, and return the full link with prefix. You can add a completion function to a link like this:
(org-link-set-parameters ``type'' :complete #'some-function)
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This entry provides a brief overview of the field of social demography, the components of population change, projections for future population growth, and recent transformations in population composition pertaining to age, race, and ethnicity. Trends that shape family household structure (for example, marriage, divorce, cohabitation, and nonmarital child bearing) are also considered, as are trends pertaining to the distribution of income, wealth, and poverty. Population trends given particular attention include the growth of class-based disparities in marriage and nonmarital child bearing, the contributions of immigration to population growth and diversity, and a disturbing increase over recent decades in the prevalence of poverty among children of immigrants.
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Direct social work practice is the application of social work theory and/or methods to the resolution and prevention of psychosocial problems experienced by individuals, families, and groups. In this article, direct practice is discussed in the context of social work values, empowerment, diversity, and multiculturalism, as well as with attention to client strengths, spirituality, and risk and resilience influences. The challenges of practice evaluation are also considered.
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Finish the Race
What is it about the Olympic Games that so completely captivate us?
As Rex mentioned last month, there is something incredibly special about sports that unite us and speak to us. It's hard not to draw analogies and parallels with athletic performance and success in our business, as there are so many common elements. But today, I want to call out just one. It's not that this attribute is more important than another, I just don't hear it mentioned often enough. That attribute is to be a FINISHER.
All champions and successful people possess a characteristic that requires them to finish what they start. Rarely is an Olympic champion a person that quits when the going gets tough. Never is a successful networker a quitter. Even in the face of almost certain defeat, a champion keeps fighting, clawing and stumbling to that finish line. Even if the final result does not matter, the champion does not quit. It becomes a personal thing. Even when the stadium is empty, the lights turned off and everyone has gone home, a finisher still finds the end line.
John Stephan Akhwari, a Tanzanian marathon runner, demonstrated the power of finishing at the Mexico Olympics in 1968. During the grueling race, he fell badly and damaged his knee. The medical staff treated him on the course and advised him to pull out of the race. Hours after the winner had been crowned, in a darkened and almost empty stadium, a bandaged and bloody young man limped in and finished the race. When asked why he did not pull out, he humbly and powerfully replied, "My country did not send me 5,000 miles to start the race. They sent me to finish."
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Donna McClurae survived breast cancer
On Saturday, dozens of cancer survivors came together for the Relay for Life walk in Greenwood.
While the event was filled with many faces, behind each one is a story.
When doctors diagnosed Donna McClurae with breast cancer, she decided to fight it. However, she would learn that breast cancer wouldn't be the only thing she had to fight.
"I lost my insurance," she said.
That meant McClurae would have to try to come up with money to afford thousands of dollars' worth of prescription medications and medical bills.
McClurae said she found a silver lining through her strength and optimism.
"The American Cancer Society helped me afford my medical (bills) and my prescriptions," she said.
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Following my Teochew porridge post on preserved turnip eggs, I would like to share with you yet another simple dish that goes well with porridge—bean sprouts with tofu.
It is an absolutely humble dish of simple ingredients but so flavorful.
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Bean sprout, or properly known as mung bean sprout, is a healthy food that is loaded with vitamins, minerals, and it's absolutely cholesterol free. It's used extensively in Asian food—in noodles, stir-fries, and vegetarian dishes. However, as good as it sounds, bean sprouts are not common outside of Asia. The crunchy and refreshing good taste are pleasing and it's a taste that is easy to acquire.
This bean sprouts recipe is good with steamed rice or porridge. It's super easy to prepare and you can make it with salted fish, too, if you like.
How Many Calories Per Serving?
This recipe is only 104 calories per serving.
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Bean Sprouts with Tofu Recipe
Bean Sprouts with Tofu - easy and healthy bean sprouts with tofu. Refreshing, delicious and a dish that goes well with almost anything.
- 8 oz bean sprouts
- 1 piece firm tofu, cut into rectangle pieces
- Oil, for pan-frying
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1-2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 stalk scallion, cut into 2-inch lengths
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Rinse the bean sprouts with cold running water, drained and set aside. Remove the roots if you desire.
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Heat up a wok and add some cooking oil for pan-frying the tofu. When the oil is fully heated, pan-fry the tofu until they turn light brown on the surface. Transfer them to a dish lined with paper towels.
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Leave about 1 tablespoon of oil in the same wok, stir-fry the garlic until aromatic, then add the tofu back into the wok for a few quick stirs before adding the bean sprouts. Add soy sauce, scallions, and do a few more quick stirs. Dish out and serve immediately.
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Kennesaw Mountain HS band wins nationals | News
KENNESAW, Ga. -- What a weekend in Indianapolis for a local high school marching band. Kennesaw Mountain High School's marching band won first place Class AAA in the Bands of America Grand National Championships at Lucas Oil Field.
The band finished 7th in the overall Grand National Finals. "This is the big game for high school bands," said KMHS Director of Bands David McGrath. "It's the Super Bowl."
They were awarded 1st place Class AAA followed by Franklin HS, Tennessee, Bellevue West HS, Nebraska. "We're blessed with really great kids, a really great administration, staff and supportive parents. So it's a pretty special place," McGrath said.
The band had to perform twice before making the finals on Saturday when the awards were announced. "It was thrilling just to see the look on the kids' faces and to know that all the hours, the hundreds and hundreds of hours they put in this year, had paid off," McGrath said.
"It was the best thing ever knowing that my complete dedication to this program for the past four years and all the hours and all the time really paid off," said senior drum major Colette Wink.
Senior color guard Jenni Cosler said the band felt confident after their final performance. "It's one of the most emotional things and one of the more scary things I've ever gone through," she said.
"We've made finals every single time we've gone, so understanding that tradition and knowing we had to maintain that tradition was a big weight on the shoulders," said senior trumpet player Max Plasket.
The band also won all three captions within Class AAA. They won Outstanding Music Performance, Outstanding Visual Performance and Outstanding General Effect. "I don't know that the reality for many of them has even sunk in yet," McGrath said.
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