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Posted on 02/05/2014 6:49:35 AM PST by Whenifhow
The House Ways and Means Committees Oversight Subcommittee conducted a hearing on oversight at the Internal Revenue Service. Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA) chairs the hearing. People in this video
Boustany, Charles W. Jr. U.S. Representative [R] Louisiana
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House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles W. Boustany Jr., M.D., (R-LA) today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen. The hearing will take place at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building.
The Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the Honorable John Koskinen, will be the only witness at the hearing. However, any individual or organization not scheduled for an oral appearance may submit a written statement for consideration by the Committee and for inclusion in the printed record of the hearing.
John Koskinen was sworn in as the 48th Commissioner of the IRS on December 23, 2013. This will be Commissioner Koskinens first appearance before Congress as Commissioner, allowing for discussion on a wide variety of issues before the IRS that affect American taxpayers. The hearing will focus on the ongoing investigation of IRS targeting, the newly proposed regulations concerning 501(c)(4) groups, the backlog of applications for tax-exempt status, IRS responsibilities under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and improper payments of tax credits.
The IRS became the subject of intense public scrutiny in May 2013 when it was revealed that agency officials used inappropriate criteria in selecting 501(c)(4) tax-exempt applications based on name and policy position. Despite the fact that Congressional investigations into the targeting have not concluded, on November 29, 2013, the Obama Administration issued new proposed regulations on 501(c)(4) organizations, the first rule change in more than 50 years. In addition to these concerns, the IRS continues to struggle with an enormous backlog in applications for tax-exempt status. There are now almost 8,000 501(c)(3) applications pending at the IRS that are more than a year old.
The hearing will also examine the IRSs role in the income and data certification functions related to the ACA. These new responsibilities come at a time when the agency is also under scrutiny for its failure to address the growth of improper payments. Over the last ten years, the IRS erroneously made an estimated $140 billion in improper payments arising from refundable tax credits. Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), the largest refundable tax credit, consistently ranks among the top sources for erroneous payments out of all government programs. Last year, 21 to 25 percent of EITC payments were erroneous, costing American taxpayers as much as $13.6 billion.
In announcing the hearing, Chairman Boustany said, The IRS carries out the critical function of collecting federal revenuethis is why it is alarming that its priorities have gone so far astray. Improper payments and identity theft continue to be major challenges for the agency and yet the IRS devotes more than 800 employees and millions of dollars to ObamaCare implementation. It has acknowledged targeting groups based on their personal beliefs, but now is using that scandal to justify new proposed regulations that will silence the very groups that were abused. The problems at the agency are many, and they are diverse, but what they all have in common is it will be up to Commissioner Koskinen to begin correcting them.
The hearing will focus on a variety of issues facing the IRS, including the ongoing investigation into the IRSs targeting of certain tax exempt organizations, proposed regulations regarding 501(c)(4) groups, IRS responsibilities under the ACA, the 501(c)(3) backlog, and improper payments.
Hearing began at 9:30 am
Notice of hearing link
Now if we can just keep Bonehead out of the way!
Unions dominate the IRS.
Felons? [crickets ... What difference does it make?]
Witholding documents?
They don't even know how many withheld.
[crickets ... What difference does it make?]
There is no REAL oversight.
IRS vs conservatives?
Koskinen lies to Congress says records were
destroyed, when Congress knows that is not true.
Where the conservatives audited?
"Yes, but they deserved it for other reasons."
Again. Zero transparency. Zero accountability.
There is no REAL oversight.
That is the absolute truth. Its just cheap political theater.
The hearing itself does not provide oversight. My hope is that something will be revealed so that the trail doesn't grow cold.
Congress should have more power to terminate appointees IMO.
Appreciate all who give play by play for those who can't access for
One reason or another
The IRS Commissioner says he knows nothing,
has had no interest in anything (past corruption)
and that the agents were "confused".
He lies to Congress thinking (and knowing) that
most of them are FOOLS.
His goals is to remain this secret, as he keeps
changing the subject saying he will investigate NOTHING.
Americans are screwed, just like with ObamaCARE.
Bureaucracies are VERY GOOD at diffusing responsibility. When something goes wrong, they know how to protect themselves. Only the truely stupid ever get caught or punished, and that is extremely rare.
Bottom Line:
Outstanding Requests from Congress are still ignored.
Public trust is GONE.
No compliance by IRS to Congress.
No interest in accountability OR transparency.
Most of the Congressional chairs are empty.
The EXEMPT could not care less.
It is the IRS-Unions-DNC-criminalIllegals
vs. Americans and the Tea Party
Black - R - TN
asks new commissioner to clarify - 6 ongoing investigations
asks him to clarify regarding comments on the exempt status
Black - uncovered IRS surveillance to monitor tax exempt status
Groups referred to surveillance were returned for further review
what is the status of surveillance program?
Answer: surveillance is not in existence - IRS will monitor/ reviewed as needed
Sanchez - D - CA
asks about Earned income tax credit fraud
Commissioner responds with "we run that program as well as collecting taxes" and "it is a balancing act"
Jenkins - R - Kansas
asks about subsidies for ACA & possible tax fraud
From Inspector general report:
Lack of fraud mitigation relating to tax credits - no strategy
IRS fraud may not be capable of discovery of fraud.
What is the IRS doing?
IRS - rollout on our part went very well, despite other issues with rollout.
Estimates of tax credit - reconciliation at the back end
In terms of fraud potential - advance tax premium goes to insurance company & therefore little incentive for fraud
We will get from insurers who is getting subsidies.
We do need to make sure that people are reporting their income correctly and we are developing "screens" for that.
It is an additional burden which no funding has been provided.
Sorry...I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation...can hide it for decades!
Danny Davis - D - Illinois
Training focus yet budget has been cut. How do you motivate staff to allow them to work with less.
Response: Management approach to an organization. I spent my career working in organizations that are under stress.
IRS - 75% budget is people.
Change utilization of our website - apps - where's my refund?
those are calls that did not have to be handled by agents.
We are using less office space, we have cut contractors and eliminated sending tax booklets.
Davis: What do you hear from staff?
Response: describe limitations based on lack of staff
Encourage information flow from the bottom up so that they know we value their work and opinions.
Marchant - R - Texas
Can you tell us whether there is targeting?
Response: IRS wants a good rapport with taxpayers - we need to deliver with performance.
Marchant: If you discover this type of activity, will there be immediate reporting to this committee and take action to terminate employee?
Response: I will report and act quickly
Marchant: groups that were targeted in my district - many of those groups filled out paperwork with exhaustive questions.
Response: those lists no longer exist
Marchant: Less than 100 names that were disclosed (through groups answers on paperwork)
(he compares the number of those audited with donor list)
Response: our audit rate - over a million audits - higher rate of audits for higher incomes.
Some will be automatically in the audit category based on their income based on procedures.
Crowley - D - NY
Attempt to find a smoking gun....
refers to Obama comment on boneheaded actions.
This committee found otherwise - continues to list no political targeting.
rehashes the history according to his perception
Smoking gun - no new information has come forth
smoking gun is a cap gun
Tom Reed - R - NY
IRS has lost trust.
Obama made statement in interview about "no corruption".
Yet you stated there are 6 investigations, is that a responsible statement by the President about the status of IRS.
Response: statements in face of open investigation, which draw conclusions when it is still ongoing.
Reed: what I just heard was you don't want to answer the question.
Answer: it is not my role to respond in a debate about perceptions.
Reed: there is no way to come to a conclusion at this time.
Response: evidence is unfolding.
I won't second guess comments by anyone.
Reed: restates comment - no conclusion?
Response: yes
Reed: How do you know there is under-staffing issue and how will you measure the fulfillment of actions taken?
Response: how many phone calls go unanswered. that is a measure of lack of staff.
Reed: how do you know that people are not doing their job?
Response: I have been to call centers - and calls not getting answered has nothing to do with "not doing their job".
Paulsen - R - MN
Proposed rules for tax exempt status - released in the middle of ongoing investigation
under new rules - would still be able to conduct non-partisan
Response: Yes
Further questions on the status and how they differ
Is the intent to drive 501c4 out of status?
Response: Final regulation won't help unless it solves the issues and will consider comments
Paulsen: groups targeted - what procedures does IRS have in place to know they are not being targeted?
Response: IRS has detailed procedures and assure you those audits are identified by specific details.
IRS will be doing audits in a fair way - it is done independently
Paulsen: would you be willing to work with my office on groups targeted?
response: series of issues - we need to investigate - delighted to work with your office.
When we hear from congress, I want to respond quickly.
Kelly - R - PA
Kelly - restore public trust - people come and say use my story but don't use my name.
how will you turn this around? This is a trust issue.
Make a million 1 in ten chance to be audited?
Response: yes
Kelly: employees of IRS - income amounts
Response: looked into that employee income
employees under critical pay
Kelly: because of your background - called to turn around companies
you are drawing a conclusion - based on facts not being revealed
the truth is we don't know do we?
Response: No
Kelly: No one can say there is no evidence, because it is not done - those types of answers add to the gap - public trust issue
Kelly: when I am home, they ask how do we know we can trust the government
we give them reasons not to trust us - hearings like this are important
You can't use my name is chilling
when people say nothing to see here - that's a clue there is a cover up
Sam Johnson - R - Texas
Used by identity thieves - death master file
Dept of Commerce that handles this file has ignored the law
Does it mean the file can still use it?
Response: yes
Johnson: those can be used
Response: Yes
Johnson: IRS and ACA - on taxes
government can sue individuals who do not pay the tax?
response: yes
Johnson: how much would one person have to owe before getting sued?
Response: don't know
Johnson : IRS management of Individual tax payer numbers
I will introduce legislation to reform taxpayer numbers.
Boustany - chair
Windbag. He could play the oboe.
Sorry...I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation...can hide it for decades!
They hide behind the investigation, and then turn around and call it an unwarranted, politically motivated fishing expedition.
Janet Reno protected the Clinton's very effectively using this scam. She also accepted full responsibility for Waco, whatever that means.
hell!...Hillary has taken full responsibility for Benghazi too....but what difference does it make now...that was along time ago...../s
if obama sent tea partyers to the gulags the republicans still would be to afraid to say boo about it.
Was this IRS Bozo under oath? If not, the entire hearing was a waste of time and, more importantly, taxpayer dollars.
Wanted you to see this OTHER LIVE THREAD
Full Q & A not fox news
Calls for special prosecutor
6 Minutes
Trey Gowdy blasts Obama - How can President say there was not a smidgen of corruption!
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COLCHESTER, Vt. - The seventh-ranked Adelphi University men's lacrosse team traveled to take on the Purple Knights of St. Michael's College this afternoon in Colchester, Vt. Adelphi extended their win streak to 10 games with a 7-6 win in double overtime. Adelphi improves to 10-1 and 6-0 in the NE-10, while SMC falls to 5-5 and 4-2.
With the win, Adelphi matches the program's record with 10 wins in a row and they are also two wins shy of tying the program's record with wins in a season.
For Adelphi, junior Kieran Riegel netted the game-winning goal 36 seconds into the second overtime to seal the win for the Panthers, who were down 6-5 with three minutes left in regulation but managed to tie the game on a Timothy Aiello goal with 2:43 remaining.
For the Panthers, Aiello, graduate student Tommy Susko and junior Danny Blau each had two goals, and junior goalie Eric Janssen made 14 saves to keep Adelphi in the game. Junior Shane Wynn played a crucial role towards the end of the contest, coming up with key face-off victories.
The Purple Knights held a slim 1-0 lead after one period and stretched their advantage to 3-1 with two Donnally goals in the second period, including a last-second flush heading into halftime. Susko notched back-to-back goals to open the second half and tie the game, and Blau gave Adelphi its first lead of the game with an unassisted tally with 5:27 to play in the third period.
Donnally knotted things up again with his third goal of the game last in the third, and Hanson reclaimed the lead for Saint Michael's with a hard-fought goal after coming away with the ball following an extended, multiple-player skirmish for the ball.
Aiello pushed the third tie of the game with a goal that made it 5-5 with 4:18 to play, but Donnally put Saint Michael's back in the driver's seat with his fourth goal after a long breakaway sprint down the right sideline. The Purple Knights could not hold on, however, and Aiello answered right back with a goal 21 seconds later to tie the game at 6-all and force overtime.
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After the US Open, it was time to head to Tignes, France, for the European X Games. Every year, this event seems to be the last big contest of the season. Usually by the time this one rolls around, everyone on the circuit is a little burnt out and ready for some off-time. Since I have been training a lot more and not doing as many contests, I was pretty amped to compete!
This was my fourth year at Euro X and this event has definitely had its ups and downs for me. The first year I did badly, the second year I won and last year I just could not seem to put it together. This time, I was ready to throw down and show everyone what I have been working so hard on.
Tignes is an amazing place set far back in the French Alps. To get there it is a three-hour drive from Geneva, Switzerland, and the views are insane. This year, I did not get to enjoy the views because I got in late from the states. The drive did not take three hours either – me and my buddy got lost because the GPS brought us on a detour in the wrong direction...oh well. After five hours, we got to see Mt. Chamonix...in the dark, haha.
Once we all got settled in, the event started and the first practice day was super nice out. Tignes had just gotten hit with about two feet of snow and that morning the sky opened up for a perfect day. The snow was good and everybody was feeling it. I had been putting down runs and implementing all the new tricks I have been working on at home. I was having so much fun that I learned a frontside double cork on accident just messing around in practice! It was a really good day and learning and landing a new trick was a super confidence booster going into the event!
Two days later was semifinals and the weather was perfect again. I had a good plan going into the day and was confident in my run. My run had one new jump trick and two new rail tricks in it. I wanted to show the riders and judges how hard I have been training to change my snowboarding and adapt with the new generation. I landed both runs and on my second run, I popped into eighth, which is the bubble spot. I sat nervously in the finish coral while three more riders dropped. On the last run, my buddy and teammate Eric Willett stomped a cleaner run and bumped me out. I was so stoked for him, but that could not change the disappointment I felt inside. I tried too hard of rail tricks and my landings were not perfect and that did it for me. Lesson learned.
The next day, the finals were going down and I was not going to miss the show. I went up and practiced with my buddies and had such a good morning on my board. I got a little redemption on the run I screwed up the day before. Even though I was not in finals, I felt like I needed to be up there riding practice and supporting my friends. The final was next level and it was awesome to help coach and cheer on my peers. Still, I felt like the doors were open and if I was competing, I could have been able to do really well. Days like these make me want to work harder because there is no worse feeling than sitting out during a final because of stupid small mistakes. In the end, my buddy Seb Toots from Canada took home the win and I was so proud of him because he has had a tough season.
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Jordan backed for Scotland job
Alex McLeish thinks Joe Jordan would be an excellent appointment as the next Scotland manager.
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The Scottish Football Association is on the look-out for a new manager for the national side after sacking Craig Levein on Monday.
Bookmakers have installed Gordon Strachan as the favourite to succeed Levein, but there have been calls for Jordan to be considered for the position.
Jordan enjoyed a glittering playing career with AC Milan, Leeds and Manchester United, but he has not managed a team on a permanent basis since 1997 when he was in charge at Bristol City.
Jordan has spent most of his recent years as Harry Redknapp's number two at Portsmouth and Tottenham, but McLeish thinks the 60-year-old would have no problem making the step up to international management.
"Joe Jordan is a fantastic candidate," McLeish told BBC Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme.
"He is tactically tremendous because of working with Harry all these years and with the different systems they have played.
"I don't think Joe would be caught short in terms of tactical nous at that level."
McLeish, who also thinks former Celtic manager Strachan would do a good job if appointed, managed Scotland for 10 months with relative success before quitting to join Birmingham, who were then in the Barclays Premier League.
There was an initial clamour for the 53-year-old to take the job again after Levein's dismissal, but he insists he would prefer to take charge of a top-flight English side instead after his recent disappointing spells in charge of Birmingham and their neighbours Aston Villa.
"It's not that I wouldn't like the job. If I was offered the Scotland job... it's a very difficult job to turn down, but I feel I have unfinished business in England and I like the day-to-day stuff," the former Rangers manager said.
McLeish believes Levein, who won just three of his 12 games in charge of the national side, should perhaps have got more out of what he regards as a decent team.
"I believe they should have done better," McLeish said.
"I do think the current crop are a decent bunch. James Morrison started in the Premier League for West Brom and scored a great goal yesterday.
"Some of the guys haven't reached their level yet at international level.
"They haven't produced that extra couple of per cent that exists in every player on the planet."
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Country Singer LeAnn Rimes Checks Into Rehab
LeAnn Rimes has checked into rehab for stress and anxiety treatment. Where she went is undisclosed at this time.
Her reps have confirmed the story to People.com. Her rep, Marcel Pariseau stated "LeAnn has voluntarily entered a 30-day in-patient treatment facility to cope with anxiety and stress. While there will be speculation regarding her treatment, she is simply there to learn and develop coping mechanisms. While privacy isn't expected, it's certainly appreciated."
The singer is actually on tour and will be let out of the facility on weekends to perform. Marcel added "The facility has granted her permission to keep her weekend tour obligations, as LeAnn doesn't want to disappoint her fans. She will report back after each weekend."
LeAnn also released a statement to People.com;
"This is just a time for me to emotionally check out for a second and take care of myself and come back in 30 days as the best 30-year-old woman I can be. All the things in my life will be there when I get out, but you know what? I'm hoping they're not going to affect me as much. I'll have the tools to know how to deal with them."
The 30-year old singer is still married to Eddie Cibrian who offers his wife his full support during this time and promised to be with her every step of the way.
Get well soon LeAnn.-DocFB


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This week, I am in Melbourne, Australia for the [IBM System x and System Storage Technical Symposium]. Here is a recap of Day 1:
- IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center v4.2.2 Overview and Update
This was an updated version of the presentation I gave last July in Orlando, Florida (see my post [IBM Storage University - Day 1]). Since it might have been awhile since the Australian audience had heard about the latest and greatest for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center, I decided to cover the enhancements of 4.2.0, 4.2.1 and 4.2.1 combined.
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center is an important part of IBM's "Storage Hypervisor" solution, combining a single pane of glass for management with non-disruptive storage virtualization with SVC and Storwize V7000.
- IBM Storwize V7000 and SVC integration with VMware
Alexi Giral from IBM Sydney presented this session on how Storwize V7000 and SVC serve as the "Storage Hypervisor" for VMware server virtualization environments. The focus was on the FCP and iSCSI block-only access modes of these devices, although one could use IBM Storwize V7000 Unified to provide NFS file-level access to VMware. Alexi covered both VMware Vsphere v4 and v5, as there are a few differences.
IBM Storwize V7000 and SVC supports thin provisioning, VMware's VAAI interface, VMware's Site Recovery Manager, and provides a storage management plug-in to Vmware's vCenter. The SVC has extended the distance for split-cluster configurations that support VMware's vMotion live partition mobility and High Availiability (HA) up to 300km using active DWDM.
Want best practices for configuring SVC or Storwize V7000 with VMware? IBM has published the [VMware Proof of Practice and Performance Guidelines on the SAN Volume Controller] redbook, and the [VMware Multipathing with the SAN Volume Controller] redpaper.
- Tape Storage Reinvented: What's New and Exciting in the Tape World?
Special thanks to Jim Fisher and Jim Karp for providing me this presentation, videos and supporting materials for me to present this session. I gave this as the first break-out session on Tuesday, and then repeated as the last break-out session on Thursday. Several of the attendees in the audience mocked my title, with taunts like "What could be NEW or EXCITING about tape?" I covered four key areas:
- The new TS1140 tape drive, including the corresponding model-JC tape that holds 4TB native (12 TB compressed!).
- The enhanced TS3500 with the Tape Library Connector Shuttle. I had a video that shows how tapes can be sent from one TS3500 tape library string to another.
- The new Linear Tape File System (LTFS), both the single drive edition and the library edition
- The new 3592-C07 FICON controller for our mainframe clients
By the end of the session, the folks that taunted me were honestly impressed that they learned a few things, and had not realized so much has been developed recently in the world of tape.
This week is also hosting [The Presidents Cup] golf tournament at the [Royal Melbourne Golf Club] featuring 24 of the top golfers, including Tiger Woods, as well as [celebrities like Michael Jordan].
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Fruit salsa has been a big hit lately... I've made it for family get-togethers and took some to work. Very refreshing summer treat, and reasonably healthy. Basically, I use whatever fruit looks really good, then add some garlic, cilantro, hot pepper, salt, and lime juice. This recipe makes about 2 quarts:
2 lb strawberries
5-6 mangos
5-6 peaches
8 kiwis
1 cup minced fresh onion (optional)
4 fresh garlic cloves, finely minced
1 "bunch" cilantro, which equals about 1 to 1.5 cups chopped
I've also occasionally added some fresh mint, which adds an additional freshness and spark... but it is sort of optional, where the cilantro is a MUST in my opinion
2 Tbsp lime juice
1 tsp salt
3-4 finely chopped Jalepeno peppers... more or less to taste
If you like it really HOT... throw in a couple of serrano or habeneros.
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The fifth book in Robert Jordan's internationally bestselling epic fantasy series, THE WHEEL OF TIME, now reissued with a stunning new cover design. The bonds and wards that hold the Great Lord of the Dark are slowly failing, but still his fragile prison holds. The Forsaken, immortal servants of the shadow, weave their snares and tighten their grip upon the realms of men, sure in the knowledge that their master will soon break free ...Rand al' Thor, the Dragon Reborn, knows that he must strike at the Enemy, but his forces are divided by treachery and by ambition. Even the Aes Sedai, ancient guardians of the Light, are riven by civil war. Betrayed by his allies, pursued by his enemies and beset by the madness that comes to the male wielders of the One Power, Rand rides out to meet the foe. Find out more about this title and others at www.orbitbooks.co.uk
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Fanning the Sparks
The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose in the great forest called Braem Wood. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning.
South and west it blew, dry, beneath a sun of molten gold. There had been no rain for long weeks in the land below, and the late-summer heat grew day by day. Brown leaves come early dotted some trees, and naked stones baked where small streams had run. In an open place where grass had vanished and only thin, withered brush held the soil with its roots, the wind began uncovering long-buried stones. They were weathered and worn, and no human eye would have recognized them for the remains of a city remembered in story yet otherwise forgotten.
Scattered villages appeared before the wind crossed the border of Andor, and fields where worried farmers trudged arid furrows. The forest had long since thinned to thickets by the time the wind swept dust down the lone street of a village called Kore Springs. The springs were beginning to run low this summer. A few dogs lay panting in the swelter, and two shirtless boys ran, beating a stuffed bladder along the ground with sticks. Nothing else stirred, save the wind and the dust and the creaking sign above the door of the inn, red brick and thatch-roofed like every other building along the street. At two stories, it was the tallest and largest structure in Kore Springs, a neat and orderly little town. The saddled horses hitched in front of the inn barely twitched their tails. The inn's carved sign proclaimed the Good Queen's Justice.
Blinking against the dust, Min kept an eye pressed to the crack in the shed's rough wall. She could just make out one shoulder of the guard on the shed door, but her attention was all for the inn further on. She wished the name were less ominously apt. Their judge, the local lord, had apparently arrived some time ago, but she had missed seeing him. No doubt he was hearing the farmer's charges; Admer Nem, along with his brothers and cousins and all their wives, had seemed in favor of an immediate hanging before one of the lord's retainers happened by. She wondered what the penalty was here for burning up a man's barn, and his milkcows with it. By accident, of course, but she did not think that would count for much when it all began with trespass.
Logain had gotten away in the confusion, abandoning them--he would, burn him!--and she did not know whether to be happy about that or not. It was he who had knocked Nem down when they were discovered just before dawn, sending the man's lantern flying into the straw. The blame was his, if anyone's. Only sometimes he had trouble watching what he said. Perhaps as well he was gone.
Twisting to lean back against the wall, she wiped sweat from her brow, though it only sprang out again. The inside of the shed was stifling, but her two companions did not appear to notice. Siuan lay stretched out on her back in a dark woolen riding dress much like Min's, staring at the shed roof, idly tapping her chin with a straw. Coppery-skinned Leane, willowy and as tall as most men, sat cross-legged in her pale shift, working on her dress with needle and thread. They had been allowed to keep their saddlebags, after they were searched for swords or axes or anything else that might help them escape.
"What's the penalty for burning down a barn in Andor?" Min asked.
"If we are lucky," Siuan replied without moving, "a strapping in the village square. Not so lucky, and it will be a flogging."
"Light!" Min breathed. "How can you call that luck?"
Siuan rolled onto her side and propped herself up on an elbow. She was a sturdy woman, short of beautiful though beyond handsome, and looked no more than a few years older than Min, but those sharp blue eyes had a commanding presence that did not belong on a young woman awaiting trial in a backcountry shed. Sometimes Siuan was as bad as Logain about forgetting herself; maybe worse. "When a strapping is done," she said in a brook-no-nonsense, do-not-be-foolish tone, "it is done, and we can be on our way. It wastes less of our time than any other penalty I can think of. Considerably less than hanging, say. Though I don't think it will come to that, from what I remember of Andoran law."
Wheezing laughter shook Min for a moment; it was that or cry. "Time? The way we are going, we've nothing but time. I swear we have been through every village between here and Tar Valon, and found nothing. Not a glimmer, not a whisper. I don't think there is any gathering. And we are on foot, now. From what I overheard, Logain took the horses with him. Afoot and locked in a shed awaiting the Light knows what!"
"Watch names," Siuan whispered sharply, shooting a meaning glance at the rough door with the guard on the other side. "A flapping tongue can put you in the net instead of the fish."
Min grimaced, partly because she was growing tired of Siuan's Tairen fisherman's sayings, and partly because the other woman was right. So far they had outrun awkward news--deadly was a better word than awkward--but some news had a way of leaping a hundred miles in a day. Siuan had been traveling as Mara, Leane as Amaena, and Logain had taken the name Dalyn, after Siuan convinced him Guaire was a fool's choice. Min still did not think anyone would recognize her own name, but Siuan insisted on calling her Serenla. Even Logain did not know their true names.
The real trouble was that Siuan was not going to give up. Weeks of utter failure, and now this, yet any mention of heading for Tear, which was sensible, set off a tempest that quailed even Logain. The longer they had searched without finding what Siuan sought, the more temper she had developed. Not that she couldn't crack rocks with it before. Min was wise enough to keep that particular thought to herself.
Leane finally finished with her dress and tugged it on over her head, doubling her arms behind her to do up the buttons. Min could not see why she had gone to the trouble; she herself hated needlework of any sort. The neckline was a little lower now, showing a bit of Leane's bosom, and it fit in a snugger way there and perhaps around the hips. But what was the point, here? No one was going to ask her to dance in this roasting shed.
Digging into Min's saddlebags, Leane pulled out the wooden box of paints and powders and whatnots that Laras had forced on Min before they set out. Min had kept meaning to throw it away, but somehow she had never gotten around to it. There was a small mirror inside the hinged lid of the box, and in moments Leane was at work on her face with small rabbit-fur brushes. She had never shown any particular interest in the things before. Now she appeared vexed that there was only a blackwood hairbrush and a small ivory comb to use on her hair. She even muttered about the lack of a way to heat the curling iron! Her dark hair had grown since they began Siuan's search, but it still came well short of her shoulders.
After watching a bit, Min asked, "What are you up to, Le--Amaena?" She avoided looking at Siuan. She could guard her tongue; it was just being cooped up and baked alive, that on top of the coming trial. A hanging or a public strapping. What a choice! "Have you decided to take up flirting?" It was meant for a joke--Leane was all business and efficiency--something to lighten the moment, but the other woman surprised her.
"Yes," Leane said briskly, peering wide-eyed into the mirror while she carefully did something to her eyelashes. "And if I flirt with the right man, perhaps we will not need to worry about strappings or anything else. At the least, I might get us lighter sentences."
Hand half-raised to wipe her face again, Min gasped--it was like an owl announcing it meant to become a hummingbird--but Siuan merely sat up facing Leane with a level "What brought this on?"
Had Siuan directed that gaze at her, Min suspected she would have confessed to things she had forgotten. When Siuan concentrated on you like that, you found yourself curtsying and leaping to do as you were told before you realized it. Even Logain did, most of the time. Except for the curtsy.
Leane calmly stroked a tiny brush along her cheekbones and examined the result in the small mirror. She did glance at Siuan, but whatever she saw, she answered in the same crisp tones she always used. "My mother was a merchant, you know, in furs and timber mainly. I once saw her fog a Saldaean lord's mind till he consigned his entire year's timber harvest to her for half the amount he wanted, and I doubt he realized what had happened until he was nearly back home. If then. He sent her a moonstone bracelet, later. Domani women don't deserve the whole reputation they have--stiffnecked prigs going by hearsay built most of it--but we have earned some. My mother and my aunts taught me along with my sisters and cousins, of course."
Looking down at herself, she shook her head, then returned to her ministrations with a sigh. "But I fear I was as tall as I am today on my fourteenth naming day. All knees and elbows, like a colt that grew too fast. And not long after I could walk across a room without tripping twice, I learned--" She drew a deep breath. "--learned my life would take me another way than being a merchant. And now that is gone, too. About time I put to use what I was taught all those years ago. Under the circumstances, I can't think of a better time or place."
Siuan studied her shrewdly a moment more. "That isn't the reason. Not the whole reason. Out with it."
Hurling a small brush into the box, Leane blazed up in a fury. "The whole reason? I do not know the whole reason. I only know I need something in my life to replace--what is gone. You yourself told me that is the only hope of surviving. Revenge falls short, for me. I know your cause is necessary, and perhaps even right, but the Light help me, that is not enough either; I can't make myself be as involved as you. Maybe I came too late to it. I will stay with you, but it isn't enough."
Anger faded as she began resealing pots and vials and replacing them, though she used more force than was strictly necessary. There was the merest hint of rose scent about her. "I know flirting isn't something to fill up the emptiness, but it is enough to fill an idle moment. Maybe being who I was born to be will suffice. I just do not know. This isn't a new idea; I always wanted to be like my mother and my aunts, daydreamed of it sometimes after I was grown."
Leane's face became pensive, and the last things went into the box more gently. "I think perhaps I've always felt I was masquerading as someone else, building up a mask until it became second nature. There was serious work to be done, more serious than merchanting, and by the time I realized there was another way I could have gone even so, I had the mask on too firmly to take off. Well, that is done with, now, and the mask is coming off. I even considered beginning with Logain a week ago, for practice. But I am out of practice, and I think he is the kind of man who might hear more promises than you meant to offer, and expect to have them fulfilled." A small smile suddenly appeared on her lips. "My mother always said if that happened, you had miscalculated badly; if there was no back way out, you had to either abandon dignity and run, or pay the price and consider it a lesson." The smile took on a roguish cast. "My Aunt Resara said you paid the price and enjoyed it."
Min could only shake her head. It was as if Leane had become a different woman. Talking that way about…! Even hearing it, she could hardly believe. Come to that, Leane actually looked different. For all of the work with brushes, there was not a hint of paint or powder on her face that Min could see, yet her lips seemed fuller, her cheekbones higher, her eyes larger. She was a more than pretty woman at any time, but now her beauty was magnified fivefold.
Siuan was not quite finished, though. "And if this country lord is one like Logain?" she said softly. "What will you do then?"
Leane drew herself up stiff-backed on her knees and swallowed hard before answering, but her voice was perfectly level. "Given the alternatives, what choice would you make?"
Neither blinked, and the silence stretched.
Before Siuan could answer--if she meant to; Min would have given a pretty to hear it--the chain and lock rattled on the other side of the door.
The other two women got slowly to their feet, gathering their saddlebags in calm preparation, but Min leaped up wishing she had her belt knife. Fool thing to wish for, she thought. Just get me in worse trouble. I'm no bloody hero in a story. Even if I jumped the guard--
The door opened, and a man with a long leather jerkin over his shirt filled the doorway. Not a fellow to be attacked by a young woman, even with a knife. Maybe not even with an axe. Wide was the word for him, and thick. The few hairs remaining on his head were more white than not, but he looked hard as an old oak stump. "Time for you girls to stand before the lord," he said gruffly. "Will you walk, or must we haul you like grain sacks? You go, either way, but I'd as soon not have to carry you in this heat."
Peeking past him, Min saw two more men waiting, gray-haired but just as hard, if not quite so big.
"We will walk," Siuan told him dryly.
"Good. Come, then. Step along. Lord Gareth won't like being kept waiting."
Promise to walk or no, each man took one of them firmly by the arm as they started up the dusty dirt street. The balding man's hand encircled Min's arm like a manacle. So much for running for it, she thought bitterly. She considered kicking his booted ankle to see if that would loosen his grip, but he looked so solid she suspected all it would earn her was a sore toe and being dragged the rest of the way.
Leane appeared lost in thought; she half-made small gestures with her free hand, and her lips moved silently as though reviewing what she meant to say, but she kept shaking her head and starting over again. Introspection wrapped Siuan, too, but she wore an openly worried frown, even chewing her underlip; Siuan never showed that much unease. All in all, the pair of them did nothing for Min's confidence.
The beam-ceilinged common room of the Good Queen's Justice did less. Lank-haired Admer Nem, a yellowed bruise around his swollen eye, stood to one side with half a dozen equally stout brothers and cousins and their wives, all in their best coats or aprons. The farmers eyed the three prisoners with a mixture of anger and satisfaction that made Min's stomach sink. If anything, the farmwives' glares were worse, pure hate. The rest of the walls were lined six deep with villagers, all garbed for the work they had interrupted for this. The blacksmith still wore his leather apron, and a number of women had sleeves rolled up, arms dusted with flour. The room buzzed with their murmuring among themselves, the elders as much as the few children, and their eyes latched onto the three women as avidly as the Nem...
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any idea on how to capture the a set of answer from quiz's question?
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teacher create a quiz that have many question with multiple choice of answer, only 1 answer is true. quiz < 1:M > question < 1:M > choice.... this part have been done...
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Skip to comments.Putin: Obama Plans to Visit Russia
Posted on 11/13/2012 8:59:30 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Russian president Vladimir Putin claims President Barack Obama is planning to visit Russia, the outlet RIA Novosti reports.
"US President Barack Obama has confirmed plans to visit Russia at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the Russian presidents spokesman said on Tuesday," the Russian outlet reports. "Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Obama made the statement when Putin called a second time to congratulate the US president on his reelection."
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Well of course he does, now that he has more flexibility. WTF was the electorate thinking???
Zer0 has more flexibility now.
Does anyone think the Russians might keep him? LOL
Does anyone think the Russians might keep him? LOL
Will he bow to Putin?
fine, burst my bubble . . . LOL
And I'm hoping they keep him, too. I think the weather's fine and all that. Vodka up the wazoo. He outta like it there!
Maybe his plane will experience turbulence, Russkie-style.
He'll hate it because he won't be in charge.
Maybe we can trade?
Considering what Pootie-Poot did the the Polish Government, I wouldn't be surprised if they grab Obama (for his own protection) and while holding the nuclear Football call game-set-match.
Anyone got a date when this is supposed to happen? I think I'd like to be out of town.
Sounds enticing, but the Left would have a caniption fit at losing Obama and they would be a pain in our ass to deal with. LOL
0 is free as a bird to sell us down the river now.
Notice how quickly after the election Obama wants to report to his favorite commie?
He wants to decimate our national defense while our enemies are building up theirs. This is very dangerous.
Pommel horse? Rings? We know Obama has flexibility now. What will he perform for Pooty?
Bronco Bama is Putin's Puta.
"Hey, Vlad, old bud. Think it would be ok if I cut our nuclear arsenal from 300 bombs to 30? I think they'll fit on a single MIRV missle."
Figure that anybody under 30 has NO recollection of the Cold War and the evils of Communism. Instead they've been taught by communist teacher's unions that Communism is just "another lifestyle," that we can't be judgmental of other "cultures," and it was never properly executed.
The communist infiltration of our institutions has paid off handsomely for the statists and dictators.
AFAIK, Obama and Lugar were detained in Perm as part of an investigation against a Russian company involved with a US government program to dismantle a derelict Soviet nukes. There was an alleged kickback and espionage scheme, agents in charge had no idea these guys are US Senators. They thought Obama and Lugar are some American businessmen or CIA guys so they wanted to interrogate and examine their baggage to find what they got from a Russian CEO. Once in custody, Obama used his phonecall to inform a US consulate in Yekaterinburg or Moscow Embassy so they were free in a hour to avoid a diplomatic scandal.
Also, Obama and Lugar illegally used USAF jet for their fight so Russians detained aircrew and seized a plane to search it to save face after a major screw-up.
Maybe we can trade?
For a half a bottle of vodka and an AK-47 they can keep him.
at the invitation of his Russian counterpart
The idea that our President is the counterpart
to Putin should send a chill shiver down the
spine of any free thinking American.
No .... they're just going to recalibrate his brain chip, test the controls, and send him back for four more years.
Keep him!
Sounds like Putin has high expectations per Obama's 'flexibility'; and he is letting Obama know; he had better be ready to ante up.
I hope when he returns from his trip he finds the SEALs have changed the locks at the White House. Good riddance, home wrecker.
Pooty will pommel his horse, no doubt.
Hope they don't sell KOOLS and he has a nicotine fit.
Isn't Chris Christie going to be super jealous Barak is seeing other men?
Merger negotiations.
He's got the "flexibility" you know.
The US is his to give away. He won.
Fresh tiger bait.
He ought to feel right at home. :o)
They will discuss the best ways to cripple the American economy and a timetable to unilaterally disarm.
>For a half a bottle of vodka and an AK-47 they can keep him.
I'd be Wiiling to GIVE them triple that just to keep him...: )
Right after he leaves Israel, right? No? Hmmmmmm.
Yup; "flexible" was the first thing that popped into my mind.
You ask, "WTF was the electorate thinking?" I'm guessing that about 90% of the electorate never heard about Obama's whispered, live-mic, promise to Putin's flunky, thanks to MSM. (Not that they'd care if they did know.)
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Topic: Routing error on CPanel installation
I've installed Rails on a subdomain on a Cpanel VPS.
I have a Test Controller with an index method. Accessing this gives a routing error:
no route found to match "/test/index" with {:method=>:get}
But I can set a direct route to the Test Controller with no problems:
map.connect '', :controller => "test", :action => "index"
map.connect 'welcome', :controller => 'test'
Either one of the above call the test controller with no problems.
The default routes are in my routes.rb file:
map.connect ':controller/:action/:id.:format'
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Anyone have any ideas?
(And sorry for the dupe, but this is driving me nuts).
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Avenged Sevenfold -- Madison, WI -- December 2nd, 2011
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Avenged Sevenfold -- Madison, WI -- December 2nd, 2011
Yes, I know someone posted a setlist for the Minneapolis show the following night. But I decided I was going to write a review for this a couple weeks prior to the event so I am still going to post mine. This is my 2nd review for this forum, the first being the Disturbed show I attended in Milwaukee in May of 2011. I write a lot of background info in this review so I separated it from the "actual review" for those who just want to read about the show and its setlist.
So I am 18 years old and I live in Wisconsin. I first got into Avenged Sevenfold a little more than a year after their 2007 self-titled album came out. A friend of mine recommended I listen to Avenged Sevenfold so like I was saying I got their self-titled album, listened to it, and I was immediately hooked with A Little Piece Of Heaven (which is still my favorite song of theirs to this day) and Critical Acclaim. Following that experience, I got their albums City Of Evil and Sounding The Seventh Trumpet. I enjoyed them very much. Then, as I exploring other bands, like I always do, I sort of forgot about Avenged Sevenfold for a while.
Eventually the new year of 2010 came along and around that time I heard that The Rev died at the age of 27. I was very sad to hear the news. and it was mysterious that his death was attributed to "natural causes". For a short while there, I was left wondering about the future of the band and what the album they were working on would come to? But when I heard they were going to finish the album with Mike Portnoy recording the drum parts, I can't tell you how excited I was since I am a Dream Theater fan too. So I got the album Nightmare when it came out and I enjoyed it immensely. I also bought Waking The Fallen at the time which was the last album of theirs I had to get. So I was excited when I heard that Avenged Sevenfold and Disturbed were coming to Madison, WI as part of the first Uproar tour on October 4, 2010. I didn't make it to that show because I had decided to go see Muse (another band I love, don't hate me metalheads...) the same week on October 6, 2010 ironically with the friend who initially turned me on to Avenged Sevenfold. So, by the end of 2010 Mike Portnoy was out of Avenged Sevenfold and Dream Theater. His departure from Avenged Sevenfold wasn't that big of a deal to me because I always knew that his involvement with Avenged Sevenfold was going to be a temporary deal.
So, the new year of 2011 came along and Avenged Sevenfold got their current drummer Arin Ilejay who I don't know too much about but when I saw him nailing the drum parts to the song on audience shot videos from YouTube he was on my okay-list. Anyways, Avenged Sevenfold came to Wisconsin a couple more times that year before the show that I attended and am reviewing further down the page. The first was part of their Nightmare After Christmas leg of the tour with Stone Sour, Hollywood Undead, & New Medicine during February in La Crosse which is about a four hour drive from where I live which was a potential problem to begin with because I don't drive and it was during the school week which at that time was my senior year of high school. It actually got postponed one day because the weather was so bad. The second time was in July in Cadott which would have been again about a four hour drive, plus since this was part of Rock Fest the tickets were around $80 per ticket so I decided that was a no-go. Then, they were supposed to come to Milwaukee with Three Days Grace and Seether in September as part of the 2011 Uproar tour which I was planning on attending because I live in a very close suburb of Milwaukee. But a couple days before I was going to purchase the tickets, Uproar cancelled the whole show due to "production issues" whatever the fuck that was supposed to mean. Then they scheduled a show in Michigan on the same they that they cancelled the Milwaukee show, I was pissed off at Uproar and sad because I thought I wouldn't be able to see Avenged Sevenfold this tour because they had already came to Wisconsin three times.
When they announced they would be doing one more American leg of the tour called Buried Alive with the bands Black Veil Brides, Asking Alexandria, and Hollywood Undead, I had a little hope that it would come to Wisconsin. Low and behold, they scheduled TWO Wisconsin dates: one in Madison and another in Green Bay. The Madison date was the only date not to feature Hollywood Undead as one of the opening acts who I really enjoy but it is way closer to me than Green Bay and not during the school week where I wouldn't have to get up early the next day for a college class. Since beggars can't be choosers, I got my mom to purchase tickets to the Madison show and I got the latest Black Veil Brides and Asking Alexandria albums (Set The World On Fire and Reckless & Relentless) to somewhat prepare myself for the show.
So first off I want to thank my mom for driving me and accompanying me to the show since she is by no means a metal fan. The day of the concert came at 4 we got in the car and drove to the venue. We got to the venue, the Alliant Energy Center (a coliseum) around quarter to 6 and we looked at hte merchandise. I ended up getting my 2nd Avenged Sevenfold t-shirt there which was the posted for the Buried Alive tour and I got an Asking Alexandria t-shirt there since I enjoyed their album Reckless & Relentless very much a month or two prior to the show. It was all general admission, so we got/chose our seats at around 6:10 and we waited for the schedule show time which was 7:00. While we were waiting one of the songs that came over the P.A. system was People=Shit by Slipknot which I gladly sang along to.
The first band was Black Veil Brides, who actually started four minutes early, and played a 40 minute set from 6:56-7:36. I wrote down the setlist while I was there and the one song I didn't recognize the singer announced the name of. So here's their setlist:
New Religion
Youth & Whisky
Rebel Yell
God Bless You
Love Isn't Always Fair
All Your Hate
The Legacy
Fallen Angels
^ Rebel Yell is a Billy Idol cover which they recorded for their upcoming EP Rebels. But supposedly they filmed the upcoming video for their cover of Rebel Yell at this show according to an online post from the band earlier that day. Also, after Rebel Yell I got to witness my first live guitar smashing. During their set the singer was having issues with a member of the audience who appeared to have been provoking the singer. In between one of the songs, the singer dared that audience member to get up on stage and threatened to beat him up with a comment along the lines of "I bet you don't know how embarrassing it is to be beat up by a guy wearing mascara". When the guy wouldn't get up on stage and kept on provoking the singer, he had the crowd in the pit turn and face the guy to scream "fuck you" in unsion. Then they went on with their opening slot. They were the weakest band of the night but that's not a very negative comment because I actually enjoyed them.
The second band of the night was Asking Alexandria, a band I was really looking forward to seeing live after listening to their album Reckless & Relentless a total of FOUR times prior to attending the show. They played a 41 minute set from 7:57-8:38 and they played three songs I didn't recognize but luckily their singer also announced the titles. So here is their setlist:
Not The American Average
Final Episode (Let's Change The Channel)
I Was Once, Possibly, Maybe, Perhaps A Cowboy King
Dear Insanity
To The Stage
Morte Et Dabo
^ Their set was intense and it blew me away. I will be buying their first album Stand Up And Scream in the near future. At the end of their set, in true punk fashion, the singer ended the show by saying "good night, I hope you all die"
Then, came the wait for Avenged Sevenfold. During the wait, most of the classic Metallica album Master Of Puppets up to halfway through Leper Messiah was played over the P.A. system. Also during that wait, we saw a very interesting balloon that luckily someone posted a video of on YouTube, found here-
Finally, Avenged Sevenfold took the stage and played a 94 minute set from 9:15-10:49. Here's the setlist:
Critical Acclaim
Welcome To The Family
Almost Easy
Buried Alive
So Far Away
Second Heartbeat
A Little Piece Of Heaven
Bat Country
Unholy Confessions
Beast And The Harlot
^ They had a cool stage setup with a giant deathbat and lots of pyro. They rocked the roof off the coliseum, as expected. I was extremely happy that they played A Little Piece Of Heaven, my favorite Avenged Sevenfold song. So Far Away was one of the most beautiful concert moments I have ever witnessed with cell phones and lighters in the air as a tribute to The Rev. Before Second Heartbeat, M. Shadows started talking to the crowd and one women flashed her boobs at the band which started multiple women doing so. Before A Little Piece Of Heaven, M. Shadows joked that it was going to be "tittie intermission #2". He also introduced Bat Country as being about the American dream. It was an amazing show, only disappointments was that they didn't play Seize The Day or any song off Sounding The Seventh Trumpet. But I went home very happy that I had finally saw them live with my voice almost gone like most of the concerts I get to attend.
Upcoming concerts I'm attending-
Twenty One Pilots (January 31)
Green Day (March 30)
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (105 votes).
In short: Great day out, super cakes.Date of review: November 17, 2005
In short: Not for the faint heartedIn full: I thought that putting the toilets in a differnt place to the start was a bit daft. The marshalls seemed friendly for the most part.Date of review: December 1, 2004
In short: That is the steepest hill i have ever jogged up, let alone walked. Good fun though!In full: The downhill section certainly makes up for that horrendous hill. Enjoyed it nonetheless and as it was my first ever road race it's got myself motivated to enter a few other events. Marshalls and organisers were very welcoming!Date of review: November 30, 2004
In short: Great 10k challenge! Especially that hill!!In full: It was my first race and although I had been hill training - it hadn't prepared me for the one in this race that you had to climb twice. Fantastic fun. I will definitely do it again!!Date of review: November 30, 2004
In short: Achieved PB! Well it was my first race, otherwise no chance with that hill, twice!Date of review: November 29, 2004
In short: I'm sure that hill was longer and steeper the second time around.Date of review: November 28, 2004
In short: I had heard the hill was hard from checking out the feed back on this sight prior to doing the race, however I didn't realise it would be as steep as it was. A fantastic challenge but not one to get a pb with. Amanda PitmanDate of review: November 28, 2004
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EMU Mathematical Sciences Department
Spring 2010
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EMU Hosts MSC Math Conference
Each spring, EMU hosts Mennonite high school teachers or administrators for special sessions in a given discipline. This year, it was EMU's turn to host mathematics teachers for a Mennonite Schools Council conference. Because these MSC conferences rotate locations and disciplines, it's been twenty years since EMU last hosted mathematics teachers ― well before any of the current Mathematical Sciences faculty were working at EMU! Eight math teachers from seven different Mennonite high schools traveled to EMU for about forty-eight hours at the end of March, coming from as far away as Kalona, Iowa and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The EMU Mathematical Sciences faculty organized five sessions for the conference: Math Applications in Physics and Engineering (Dr. Leah Boyer), High School Math Used in Computer Graphics (Dr. Dee Weikle), Red Hat, Blue Hat: An Introduction to Coding Theory (Dr. Deirdre Smeltzer), NFL Passer Ratings: Is it Rocket Science? (Dr. Owen Byer), and What We're Looking for in our Students (a whole group discussion). The conference also included a dinner with President Swartzendruber and time for informal conversations among the participants. The conference participants expressed appreciation for the opportunity to interact with each other and get to know the EMU faculty. We, the EMU Mathematical Sciences faculty, agree that it was quite a treat to get to know some of our Mennonite high school colleagues! We're hoping it won't be another twenty years before a similar opportunity presents itself!
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Alumni Matching Game
Thanks to all of the alumni who responded to our e-mail request for information! We found it fascinating to hear from you and learn what you've been doing. The response was so good that we don't have room to include everyone in this paper version of the Integram. See how well you do with matching the alumni below with a fact he or she provided for us; then, check out the extended version of our alumni matching game on line!
[Editor's note: We've published the original content of the matching game here for reference but since you're on the web already you want to use the extended online version instead.]
Name, Major(s), Graduation Year
____ Joshua Akers, Computer Science, 2007
____ Ben Browand, Mathematics, 2003
____ Anna Creech, Mathematics, 1998
____ Steve Gibbs, CS, 2004
____ Andi Hennig, CS, 2001
____ Jeff Hoover, Math Education, 1992
____ Phil Horst, Mathematics, 1976
____ Phil Hostettor, Mathematics, 1980
____ Eric Kurtz, Mathematics, 1989
____ David Lehman, Math Education and Ag. Dev., 1981
____ Joyce Bontrager Lehman, Mathematics, 1965
____ Dan Miller, Mathematics, 1959
____ Dave Rush, Math Education, 1999
____ John Weaver, Mathematics and Physics, 1950
____ Allen J. Wyse, Math Education, and Physics, 1971
____ Judy Wyse, Math Education, 1969
____ Denton Yoder, CS, 1985
"Factoid" (current location, employment, or other)
- She and her husband have been foster parents for seventeen children.
- Currently serving as an MCC service worker in Egypt.
- Really enjoys working with the Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale.
- Hosts a weekly electronica/dance-rock show on the local community radio station.
- Has developed flood study models for Caldwell County, NC, and written automation tools for General Electric.
- Had Loren Swartzentruber as an Algebra II student at Iowa Mennonite School (and reports that Loren was already in love with Pat at that time).
- Owns a business in which he does design, construction, consultation, facilitation, safety inspections, and training on ropes courses and climbing walls.
- Currently working as a software engineer in Uruguay and teaching seminary classes after work.
- Worked for five years with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Jos, Nigeria.
- Works as Senior Financial Analyst at Texas A&M University (and says he is part owner of Texas!).
- Earned a PhD with Distinction in Computer Engineering; currently sings in a Russian Orthodox choir.
- Worked in Research and Development for a water treatment industry before returning to education.
- Works for Information Systems at EMU, and reports that Blokus is his favorite new board game.
- Received a Masters degree in Spirituality and Spiritual Direction.
- Spent four years living and working in Kabul, Afghanistan, and was a practicing CPA for twenty years.
- Will be leaving the teaching profession after twenty years to pastor Williamsburg Mennonite Church.
- Works as a water/civil engineer and volunteers with Engineers Without Borders.
Answers to Matching Game
You can fold this page back if you want to avoid peeking at the answers as you play. Answers are provided in the order the names are listed on the left with the person's initials before each number to help you keep track (but there are two pairs of duplicate initials.)
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Congratulations Graduates
We have five graduates this year spread between the three EMU graduation dates (in December, May, and August). Dirk Holsopple graduates with a double major in mathematics and chemistry (and minors in Physics and computer science). Anton Artemyev, Brent Beachy, Caleb Hartman and Carlin Kreider are all computer science graduates.
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Department News
This year the department held its first departmental advising night. Faculty and students gathered on Wednesday, April 7, in the Physics Lab for a pizza dinner and dessert to share advice and settle on academic schedules for the fall. Everyone was able to enjoy food and fellowship in addition to getting advice from multiple faculty on course selection. Much fun was had by all and the brownies and ice cream were a big hit!
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Problem Corner
We did not receive any correct submissions for the Fall Integram problem involving a bicyclist. Please refer to our webpage to see the problem — we will leave it open for awhile before posting a solution.
New Problem:
Our new problem is a combinatorics problem adapted from the website artofproblemsolving.com. Suppose eight fence posts are lined up in a row and each must be painted either red, white, or blue. How many ways are there to paint the posts if each color must be used at least once and if no two colors can be used the same number of times?
Submit solutions to Owen Byer at firstname.lastname@example.com.
What have you been doing since leaving EMU?
Send your personal and professional updates to Deirdre Smeltzer at email@example.com.
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Washington, D.C. – Bureau of Land Management Director Jim Caswell recognized two BLM employees today at a Washington, D.C., reception held by the Public Lands Foundation, which presented national awards to the recipients for their dedication and professionalism in public lands management.
Dennis Stenger, recently retired from the BLM in Wyoming, was named Outstanding Public Lands Professional Manager for 2007 for his work in overseeing responsible development of energy resources from the public lands in Buffalo and Pinedale, Wyoming, two of the BLM's busiest field offices
The Public Lands Foundation also honored Kirk Halford, lead archaeologist in the BLM's Bishop, California, Field Office since 1994, as its Outstanding Public Lands Professional Technician for 2007. The award acknowledges his tremendous initiative and leadership in the preservation of cultural and heritage resources.
"Dennis and Kirk exemplify the fine professionalism practiced by the career men and women of the BLM," Caswell said. "As I've traveled through the West, I am reminded repeatedly of our outstanding public servants and the work they do. My warmest congratulations to Dennis and Kirk as they receive these well deserved awards."
Public Lands Foundation President George Lea described the national awards, now in their 19th year, as recognition for actions by professional public land technicians and managers that "constitute special professional achievement, courage, and not simply good performance."
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