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This is the latest as posted today by Kelly Kilmer. I have followed Kelly on her blog, Facebook, and am taking one of her online classes.
Her challenge is to spend ten minutes a day doing something artsy. Ten minutes! That seems like so little, yet how often do we say we don't have time for art, or writing, or most of the things we enjoy.


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Larry G. Perkins
FREDONIA – Larry G. Perkins, 65, an owner-operator of Shan-Lor Trucking, where he worked for 20 years, died Saturday, July 06, 2013 at Buffalo Veterans Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y.
He was born April 27, 1948 in Warsaw, N.Y. the son of the late Mervyn W. and Josephine M. (Riffell) Perkins.
Larry graduated from Pine Valley Central School and was a member of the Masonic Lodge #0301 in Fredonia, Veterans Post 6390 in Sheridan, American Legion Post 0001 in Albany, and the Moose Lodge #89 in Dunkirk, NY. He served in the Army during Vietnam Era, enlisting on February 28, 1966 at Buffalo, N.Y. discharged on February 27, 1969 at Fort Riley, Kan.
Larry had his pilot's license and enjoyed flying.
He is survived by his wife Carol A. Perkins of Fredonia, NY, two daughters: Shannon P. (Adam) Wickley of Atlanta, Ga. and Lori J. Bridges of Falconer, N.Y.; six grandsons: Mason Bridges, Nolan Bridges and Lucas Sopak all of Falconer, N.Y.; and Jackson Wickley, Grant Wickley and Lance Wickley all of Atlanta, Ga.; one granddaughter; Lauren Wickley of Atlanta, Ga.; three brothers: Gary (Jeanette) Perkins of Jamestown, N.Y.; Glen (Linda) Perkins of Ellington, N.Y., Ray (Pat) Perkins of Phoenix, Ariz; and several nieces and nephews.
The public is invited to join the family for a Funeral Service on Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at Hills Funeral Chapel, 478 Balcom Corners, Rt. 83, South Dayton, N.Y. The Rev. Bruce Fish of Cherry Creek-Leon United Methodist Church will be officiating. Burial will be in the Villenova Cemetery in South Dayton.
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Laing, R. D.
R. D. Laing 1927–1989
(Full name Ronald David Laing) Scottish-born English psychiatrist, essayist, poet, and autobiographer.
The following entry presents an overview of Laing's life and career.
Laing was an internationally known Scottish psychiatrist best-known for his controversial interpretation and treatment of schizophrenia. In his first work on the subject, The Divided Self (1960), he maintains that schizophrenia is not a pathological disease, that the development of schizophrenic personalities is created and promoted by society and the family, and that present-day psychotherapeutic tactics fail to realistically address the needs of the schizophrenic. Since Laing's psychotherapeutic theories challenged the approach of mainstream psychotherapy, many of his colleagues condemned or ignored his insights.
Biographical Information
Born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, Laing received his M. D. from the University of Glasgow in 1951 and entered the British Army as a psychiatrist. In 1953 he returned to the University of Glasgow as an instructor in psychological medicine, after which he worked as a psychiatrist at the Glasgow Royal Mental Hospital. Following the publication of The Divided Self, he became a family therapist at London's Tavistock Institute of Human Relations and the director of the Langham Clinic for Psychotherapy in 1962. In 1967, he opened a private psychotherapy practice in London, and founded Kingsley Hall, a psychotherapeutic community, while continuing to write and lecture. Laing died in St. Tropez, France, in 1989.
Major Works
Laing proposed a new psychotherapeutic approach to schizophrenia and analyzed the contributions of society and the family in the development of the human psyche. The Divided Self sets forth Laing's thesis that schizophrenia is not a pathological disease. He argues that schizophrenics, who use their own system of logic and understanding to deal with the exigencies of their lives, require an experientially-based psychotherapeutic approach in order to help them adjust to their social and familial environments. While The Self and Others (1961) focuses more on the role of fantasy and interpersonal relationships in the development of the schizophrenic personality, Sanity, Madness, and the Family (1964) examines the lives of eleven families in order to illustrate the ways in which collective insensitivities, pathological fantasies, and anxiety affect the psychological development of family members. In The Politics of Experience (1967) Laing details his "phe-nomenological" psychotherapeutic method, emphasizing the importance of personal experience and scientific training in the assessment of an individual's psychological makeup. The Politics of the Family, and Other Essays (1971), on the other hand, is a collection of radio talks and essays that focus on the intervention of the therapist in family crises. This work examines such themes as schizophrenia, victimization, and psychological liberation within the family setting. Among Laing's poetic works are Knots (1970) and Do You Love Me? (1976), which address such psychological themes as human communications and feelings, and interpersonal, familial, and societal relationships. In Conversations with Adam and Natasha (1977) and Conversations with Children (1978), Laing uses recordings of his own children as the basis for an examination of the values and ideas of all children. Laing's final work is his autobiography, entitled Wisdom, Madness and Folly (1985), which traces his personal, intellectual, and professional development from 1927 to 1957 and the publication of The Divided Self.
Critical Reception
Critical reception of Laing's works has generally been harsh. While most critics agree that his approach to the treatment of schizophrenia is intriguing and original, the majority reject and ignore his theories and his psychotherapeutic insights. Critics are also divided on the value of his poetry; some describe it as "dense and difficult" with "a surface brilliance," while others charge that it is "ugly" and full of "unbearable bathos." Regarding his prose style, many commentators admit that Laing can tell a good story, whether it is about his own life in Wisdom, Madness and Folly or about the case histories of schizophrenic patients. However, in the books about his children's conversations, several critics dismiss them as ordinary and unenlightened, but pleasant reading. Finally, several commentators note a significant change in Laing's writing style. Whereas his earlier works, such as The Divided Self, employed rigorous research, well-developed ideas, and a disciplined literary style, these elements appear to be lacking in his later works. Nevertheless, while many commentators are loathe to accept all of his ideas, they readily admit that his theories about schizophrenia, society, and the family remain a challenge to the thought and practice of contemporary psychiatry.
Principal Works
The Divided Self: A Study of Sanity and Madness (essays) 1960
The Self and Others: Further Studies in Sanity and Madness (essays) 1961
Reason and Violence: A Decade of Sartre's Philosophy, 1950–60 [with David G. Cooper] (essays) 1964
Sanity, Madness, and the Family [with A. Esterson] (essays) 1964; also published as The Families of Schizophrenics
Interpersonal Perception: A Theory and a Method of Research [with A. R. Lee and H. Phillipson] (essays) 1964
The Politics of Experience (essays, poetry) 1967
Knots (poetry) 1970
The Politics of the Family, and Other Essays (essays) 1971
Do you Love Me? An Entertainment in Conversation and Verse (poetry) 1976
The Facts of Life: An Essay in Feelings, Facts, and Fantasy (essay) 1976
Conversations with Adam and Natasha (nonfiction) 1977
Conversations with Children (nonfiction) 1978
Sonnets (poetry) 1980
The Voice of Experience (essays) 1982
Wisdom, Madness, and Folly: The Making of a Psychiatrist (autobiography) 1985
Forrest Williams (review date 6 January 1966)
SOURCE: A review of Reason and Violence, in The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. LXIII, No. 1, January 6, 1966, pp. 26-8.
[In the following review of Reason and Violence, Williams maintains that, while Laing's summaries of Jean-Paul Sartre's Saint Genet: Comédien et martyr (Saint Genet: Actor and Martyr; 1952), Questions de méthode (Search for a Method; 1963), and Critique de la raison dialectique (Critique of Dialectical Reason; 1960) are accurate and succinct, the book fails to make Sartre's ideas accessible to the reader unfamiliar with his philosophical terminology.]
Reason and Violence is a résumé of the three major works written by Jean-Paul Sartre in the fifties. In a brief foreword, Sartre himself praises the book of R. D. Laing and D. G. Cooper as "a very clear and faithful exposition." There can be no question, indeed, of the economy and accuracy of their summaries of Saint Genet, Questions de méthode, and volume I of Critique de la raison dialeclique, "Théorie des ensembles pratiques." But precisely because these are entirely faithful condensations, one is hard put to conceive the Anglo-American reader to whom the book will be useful. Sartre's philosophic prose is among the most ungrateful in the twentieth century, and a faithfully miniaturized version in English can be of little help to the uninitiated. The two shorter sections,...
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Robert Coles (review date 13 May 1967)
SOURCE: "Life's Madness," in The New Republic, Vol. 156, No. 19, May 13, 1967, pp. 24-8, 30.
[Coles is an American psychiatrist, educator, nonfiction writer, essayist, and poet whose particular area of interest is the psychological development of children; he is the author of, among other works, The Spiritual Life of Children (1990). In the following review of The Politics of Experience, he praises Laing's literary skills and the ways in which he articulates his views regarding "the demonic and chaotic in man" and modern psychotherapy's approach to madness.]
One of the ways psychiatrists have sorted themselves out in recent years has to do with the...
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Rollo May (review date 20 May 1967)
SOURCE: "The Frontiers of Being Human," in Saturday Review, Vol. L, No. 20, May 20, 1967, pp. 37-9.
[May was an internationally known American psychiatrist, minister, and educator who wrote many books on psychology for lay readers. Regarded as the father of existential psychotherapy in the United States, May eschewed many of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic principals and focused on anxiety and its impact on human behavior. In the following favorable review of The Politics of Experience, he applauds Laing's challenge to conventional psychiatric theories and contends that, by emphasizing the importance of life experiences, Laing "humanizes" schizophrenia and takes "important steps...
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Marshall Berman (review date 22 February 1970)
SOURCE: A review of The Divided Self and The Self and Others, in The New York Times Book Review, February 22, 1970, p. 1-2, 44.
[Berman is an American professor of political science, nonfiction writer, and critic. In the following review of The Divided Self and The Self and Others, he favorably assesses the development of Laing's theory and method for the treatment of schizophrenia, contrasting it with "the prophetic, evangelical (some would say, messianic) tone" of The Politics of Experience.]
For a great many Americans, particularly young Americans, the 1960's were a time in which two of the deepest streams of...
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James S. Gordon (review date 13 December 1970)
SOURCE: A review of Knots, in The New York Times Book Review, December 13, 1970, p. 6.
[In the following favorable review of Knots, Gordon discusses how Laing uses the themes of communication and interpersonal relationships as "patterns … of human bondage" in his poetry.]
At the beginning of his first book, The Divided Self, R. D. Laing quoted the French psychiatrist Minkowski: "This is a subjective work which tries with all its might to be objective."
For the last 12 years, in eight books and numerous articles, Laing has, to the dismay of much of orthodox psychiatry, pushed his own subjectivity to its limits. He has returned...
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Alan Tyson (review date 11 February 1971)
SOURCE: "Homage to Catatonia," in The New York Review of Books, Vol. XVI, No. 2, February 11, 1971, pp. 3-4, 6.
[Tyson is a Scottish psychiatrist, musicologist, and author of several studies on Beethoven. In the following review, in which he examines seven of Laing's major works, he discusses such themes as the role of the family and society in the development of an individual's pathologies, the influence of fantasy and spirituality in the development of self-identity, and Laing's abiding effort "to make madness, and the process of going mad, comprehensible."]
In theory the publication of a substantially revised edition of R. D. Laing's The Self and Others, and...
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Richard Sennett (review date 3 October 1971)
SOURCE: A review of The Politics of the Family, and Other Essays, in The New York Times Book Review, October 3, 1971, pp. 2-3, 40-41
[Sennett is an American sociologist and educator. In the following unfavorable review of The Politics of the Family, he charges that Laing's "thought has disintegrated dramatically" and that he "has lost that capacity to dream which is necessary in any enduring radical vision."]
In a moment of anger in his new book, R. D. Laing writes, "Our own cities are our own animal factories; families, schools, churches, are the slaughterhouses of our children; colleges and other places are the kitchens. As adults in marriages and...
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David Martin (essay date 1971)
SOURCE: "R. D. Laing," in The New Left, edited by Maurice Cranston, The Library Press, 1971, pp. 179-208.
[In the following excerpt, Martin summarizes Laing's views on society and the family and his theory and method for the treatment of schizophrenia. He also argues that Laing's work is characterized by generalities, exaggerations, and undeveloped ideas, stating: "(Laing is) on the fringes of the irrationalist Left which stigmatizes and condemns all aspects of socialization and civilization as injurious to truth and the individual's being."]
Ronald Laing must be accounted one of the main contributors to the theoretical and rhetorical armoury of the contemporary Left....
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David Martin (review date February 1972)
SOURCE: "Me Doctor, You Patient," in Encounter, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 2, February, 1972, pp. 71-6.
[In the following review of The Politics of the Family, Martin argues that while Laing's subject matter is fascinating and his style is compelling, he is polemical and defensive regarding his theories about madness and the family/society relationship.]
This latest collection of Dr Laing's sermons will appeal to all those who follow the publications of the North London Pulpit. The rhetoric [in The Politics of the Family] is brilliant, the expository style persuasive, the content intriguing. Unlike Dr. Cooper, his fellow preacher, Ronald Laing is not so much a...
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Robert Boyers (essay date Winter 1974)
SOURCE: "The Laingian Family," in Partisan Review, Vol. XLI, No. 1, Winter, 1974, pp. 109-18.
[Boyers is an American psychologist and educator whose written works include Psychological Man: Approaches to an Emergent Social Type (1974). In the following excerpt, he discusses the influence of Wilhelm Reich on Laing's work and explores the development of Laing's notion that madness is comprehensible and that the family plays a pivotal role in the creation of a schizophrenic personality.]
The attack on the nuclear family will probably turn out to be the most important development of our period, a phenomenon beside which other militancies, of whatever character, will...
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Rosemary Dinnage (review date 5 August 1976)
SOURCE: "Over the Edge," in The New York Review of Books, Vol. XXIII, No. 13, August 5, 1976, pp. 38-9.
[In the following excerpt from a review of Laing's The Facts of Life and David Reed's Anna, Dinnage negatively compares the former book to The Divided Self.]
Laing's new book [The Facts of Life] is more about the factlessness of life than about its facts. It has a chill air of slackness and confusion. Laing begins with a short—too short—autobiographical sketch, which gives us a few devastating glimpses of his early life: the only child of estranged parents, his mother ill after his birth, his care at the hands of a "drunken slut"; he and his...
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H. J. Eysenck (review date October 1977)
SOURCE: "But Is It Art?," in Books and Bookmen, Vol. 23, No. 1, October, 1977, p. 41.
[Eysenck is a German psychologist, educator, and author of several books, including Personality and Individual Differences: A Natural Science Approach (1985). In the following negative review of Do You Love Me?, Eysenck charges that the poetry has the characteristics of an "undergraduate joke" and that Laing's "undisciplined verbal ability" has produced "ugly" poetry of "unbearable bathos."]
Laing's Autobiography, [Wisdom, Madness and Folly,] which I reviewed in these pages a few months ago, already departed considerably from his usual style of writing; this book...
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Anthony Storr (review date 12 February 1978)
SOURCE: "From the Mouths of Babes," in The New York Times Book Review, February 12, 1978, p. 8.
[Storr is an English psychiatrist and educator whose written works include The Dynamics of Creation (1972), C. G. Jung (1973), and The Art of Psychotherapy (1980). In the following review of Conversations with Adam and Natasha, Storr contends that, while the book's subject matter—transcriptions of conversations between Laing's young children—holds a certain fascination, the work is ultimately insubstantial.]
Admirers of R. D. Laing will enjoy this book. I liked it better than any book of his that I have read since his first two, The Divided...
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Rosemary Dinnage (review date 14 July 1978)
SOURCE: "Knuts," in New Statesman, Vol. 96, No. 2469, July 14, 1978, pp. 55-6.
[In the following review of Conversations with Children, Dinnage contends that, while the transcribed conversations between Laing's children are interesting at times, and may in fact raise serious "theoretical considerations." Laing is simply wrong to claim that this kind of material has never before been published.]
R. D. Laing has protested against being considered a gloomy fellow who sees no hope for the human race, and wants to show that he has another side; also he has a writing problem ('Natasha: why are you feeling sad?… Ronnie: I want to write things but I...
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David Ingleby (review date 3 September 1982)
SOURCE: "In Place of the Placenta," in The Times Literary Supplement, No. 4144, September 3, 1982, p. 939.
[In the following mixed review of The Voice of Experience, Ingleby examines Laing's theory of the mind and suggests that his thinking has undergone a change, even a "regression," taking up positions he had dismissed in earlier works.]
No merely human author could have lived up to the leg-end which R. D. Laing generated in the 1960s: yet this was not the only reason why his recent publications have come as a disappointment to many. One sometimes suspected that the promptings of the publisher had been louder than those of the muse. A burnt-out case? On the...
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Peter Sedgwick (essay date 1982)
SOURCE: "R. D. Laing: The Radical Trip," in Psycho Politics: Laing, Foucault, Goffman, Szasz, and the Future of Mass Psychiatry, Harper & Row, 1982, pp. 66-101.
[Sedgwick was an English political scientist and translator best known for his socialist critiques of the treatment of the mentally ill. In the following essay, he outlines Laing's early career; the philosophical, psychological, and theological sources for some of his ideas; and the evolution of his theories about schizophrenia, the family, and society.]
The anti-psychiatry movement required a whole train of concurrent, convergent influences before it could gather force. Some of these factors lay in the...
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Maurice S. Friedman (essay date 1984)
SOURCE: "The Politics of Dialogue: Ronald Laing," in Contemporary Psychology: Revealing and Obscuring the Human, Duquesne University Press, 1984, pp. 107-16.
[Friedman is an American educator who has written extensively on philosophy, religion, and psychology, including several books about the Jewish philosopher and theologian Martin Buber. In the following excerpt, he examines Laing's views on the relation of the individual to the "other," comparing them with similar ideas found in the writings of Buber, Rollo May, and other psychologists, philosophers, and theologians.]
"More significant than the issue between atheist and theological existentialists," I have written...
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Peter Barham (review date 4 July 1985)
SOURCE: "Two Ronnies," in London Review of Books, Vol. 7, No. 12, July 4, 1985, p. 12.
[In the following review of Wisdom, Madness and Folly, Barham disputes many of Laing's assertions about his work and the state of modern psychiatry. He also negatively assesses the quality of the writing in this and much of Laing's later work.]
Schizophrenia is now held to be one of the major illnesses of mankind, but its recognition as a clinical syndrome is of relatively recent origin. There is something very odd about the sudden arrival of the chronic schizophrenic on the stage of history at the end of the 19th century. One hypothesis which has been canvassed recently is...
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Carol Tavris (review date 8 September 1985)
SOURCE: "Things We Don't Talk About," in The New York Times Book Review, September 8, 1985, p. 9.
[Tavris is an American psychologist. In the following review of Wisdom, Madness and Folly, she contends that the book is an appealing account of the first part of Laing's career.]
The second sweetest set of three words in English is "I don't known," and it is to R. D. Laing's credit that he uses it often. For psychiatry really does not know much about madness. It cannot explain why an American catatonic schizophrenic, crouched in apparently mindless rigidity in front of a television set for a month, can later recite every detail of the World Series he has seen. It...
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David Ingleby (review date 11 October 1985)
SOURCE: "Precocious and Alone," in The Times Literary Supplement, No. 4306, October 11, 1985, p. 1130.
[In the following review of Wisdom, Madness and Folly, Ingleby contends that, while Laing's autobiography "is absorbing and enjoyable as a story," it fails as a document of his intellectual development because of its exclusive presentation of his own point of view: his life "is presented as a solitary journey, and we hear little … about the fellowship that must surely have sustained it."]
As everybody knows, R. D. Laing is a psychiatrist who sees things very differently from his colleagues, many of whom indeed believe him to be crazy. How did he get that way?...
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Further Reading
Bettelheim, Bruno. Review of The Facts of Life, by R. D. Laing. The New York Times Book Review (30 May 1976): 5, 12.
Compares the psychotherapeutic methodologies presented in Laing's The Facts of Life with those of Thomas Szasz in his book Heresies (1976).
Cioffi, Frank. "Honours for Craziness." London Review of Books (17-30 June 1982): 10-11.
Discusses The Voice of Experience and Peter Sedgwick's Psycho Politics (1982).
Raksin, Alex. Review of Wisdom, Madness and Folly: The Making of a...
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Topic: Triple Join
How would I represent the :has_many_and_is_a 'products_lookup_options' in this triple table join?
Basic explanation of my situation:
Products/lookup relationship: Have multiple types of products (recorded in lookup where type=product_type).
Lookup/options relationship: Each type has a set of properties (which may or may not be set -- can be null). So, options declares what lookup.type values are associated with the specific 'product_type', and in what order (you can have multiple uses for the same dataset in some cases eg. transmit and receive frequency).
Triple join: The triple join table links the lookup_id to the option_id where lookup.type = options.lookup_type, and those are linked to the product where product.lookup_id = options.lookup_id.
Hope that makes some level of sense.
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In short: The rain stayed away for what was to be a hard mornings work!!! not a race for those new to running or just getting back into fitness. Mentally and physically challenging but still great fun, loved the extra water and mud!!! will do again next year. In full: Loved the joker cheering us up the hill too!!!Date of review: November 25, 2012
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That was a good play call there.
Rodgers throwing low consistently
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barb inkc Says:
January 23, 2011 at 6:46 pm |
Ok, at least we held them on that series of downs. Best case, we should march it down the field and score here. Worst case, if the Bears get the ball back, they have to stay with their "emergency QB" because NFL rules say once you go there, you're stuck there. Now, this kid, to my knowledge, is in his 3rd year out of Colorado St, and has never played a pro-game. So all we need to do is play good D the rest of the game….
Well that should be the case anyway.
Scott W Says:
January 23, 2011 at 6:47 pm |
Another low throw….wtf
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January 23, 2011 at 6:49 pm |
My stomach hurts the same way it did at Lambeau in 07 versus the Giants. Our offense has been non-existant this half.


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I've never started a game thread before, and it's reached the point where it doesn't matter.
Lineups don't matter. Brent Lillibridge is in it and that about says it all.
The PD reports Josh Hamilton has as many homers (36) as the entire Tribe lineup today.
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Friday, April 5, 2013
US Airways Receives FAA Certification for NextGen Avionics Suite
US Airways on Thursday announced FAA certification for SafeRoute, a set of four flight deck applications that are compatible with the agency's NextGen implementation. The certification was received in partnership with Aviation Communications & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), manufacturer of the SafeRoute avionics suite.
SafeRoute will enable the airline's pilots to use automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) technology for more precise tracking of the position of its aircraft and other airplane traffic.
The system also features the following; Interval Management (IM) to provide flight deck spacing commands, In-Trail Procedures (ITP) to allow flight crews to perform altitude changes in non-radar airspace, CDTI Assisted Visual Separation (CAVS) to continue visual approach procedures using the electronic display and Surface Area Movement Management to provide a moving map display of the airport surface in the cockpit.
(SafeRoute SAMM Module. Photo, courtesy of ACCS.)
In a statement, US Airways said it is the first airline to receive certification for all four of these applications. The certification is applicable to the carrier's fleet of A330 aircraft.
FAA has set a mandate for airlines to equip their aircraft with ADS-B Out capabilities by 2020.
FAA has set a mandate for airlines to equip their aircraft with ADS-B Out capabilities by 2020.
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Topic: Sending out a lot of email ... hosting options anyone?
So, my happy Rails app needs to send out a lot of email to notify people of new events that they subscribe to. Unfortunately, my host (coughdreamhostcough) has an upper limit of 100 recipients per hour. Yes, if I send 100 emails with 1 recipient I've hit my quota; if I send 25 emails with 4 recipients I've also hit my quota. This is obviously not going to work for a busy site.
I'm hoping there's someone here who has gone through the pain of scaling up a web app...
Does anyone have a workaround for the quota limits?
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World leaders gathered this week in Busan, South Korea, for the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4). More than just a triennial meeting of the minds, HLF-4 is a chance to have an impact the way international development dollars are spent, the way governments work with the private sector and civil society, and ultimately, the way development donors, partners, and citizens contribute to national and global economic growth for the next several years.
As the first U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, I am particularly pleased that the Forum specifically includes gender equality as a top development priority. While women worldwide have made remarkable progress toward gender equality in nearly every sector in recent decades, with progress in developing countries sometimes occurring at faster rates than in developed countries, gender equality has not been achieved overall, in any country. Women still lag behind men in childhood mortality, earnings, productivity, and political participation in many parts of the world. This shortchanges women and robs our world of potential that could be unleashed for betterment of society.
Sometimes traditions hold people back; sometimes laws hold them back. Often, the two go hand in hand. Supporting change to empower and engage women is critical for prosperity. No country, economy, society, or community can thrive when half of its population is marginalized. And a growing body of evidence shows that empowering women and reducing gender gaps in health, education, labor markets and other areas is associated with lower poverty, higher economic growth, greater agricultural productivity, better nutrition and education of children, and a variety of other outcomes. Ensuring half the population can participate and contribute, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton often says, is not only the right thing to do, but the smart thing to do.
At HLF-4, leaders from all sectors recognized the contributions women can and will make to economic growth when political and social barriers to their participation are removed. While this recognition in itself is an achievement, to move beyond platitudes and make gender equality a reality requires more than just political will. To incorporate women into economic growth strategies in a meaningful way, we first must identify what is preventing them. Only then we can tackle the thorny issues of how to remove those barriers, and then how to incorporate women effectively into business, agriculture, government, and every other sector.
Secretary Clinton has led the charge to identify these barriers. In May this year, she called on the UN, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the World Bank to improve data collection on women. Specifically looking at their access to education, employment, and entrepreneurship, she announced the Evidence and Data for Gender Equality, or EDGE, initiative in Busan. This international initiative will work to collect sex-disaggregated data that is more thorough and comparable across countries, to identify what resources women and men both have access to and what remains to be addressed. Better data leads to better results.
This is not just a women's issue but one that benefits all of society. To that end, we will actively track progress on the commitments to women that the international community has made in Busan.
Zharkov in the U.S.A. writes:
This message promoting advancement of women seems strangely contradictory to the actual situation in third world countries where GMO crops and vaccines are introduced which sterilize women and violate their reproductive rights and their right to informed consent before being medicated.
What needs to be tracked are death rates, illnesses and injuries to women from genetically-modified food sicknesses, sterilization rates from vaccination programs, and pharmaceutical-induced injuries, and the availability of legal recourse against the agencies and companies responsible.
Maureen in Massachusetts writes:
You position as first US Ambassador at large for Global Women's issues is a great indicator of things to come.
Data collection on women to compare across countries may also reveal that we need many more of you out there to crack those glass ceilings and I think Secretary Clinton knows a thing or two about that.
Thank you for your very interesting recent posts.
Tyler in Virginia writes:
"Women hold up half the sky." - ancient Chinese saying
Ross L. writes:
Please do not forget the growing conflicts and human rights abuses in ethnic areas. More people have been displaced this year than any other in the past decade. A genuine national dialogue of reconciliation must happen to bring peace to Burma.
Please push for the release of all political prisoners and for a lifting of the extreme laws that keep people locked up and perpetuate the climate of fear in the country.


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CANTON If expansion is coming to the Federal League, it will include Massillon and Warren Harding or no one at all.
The league strategic planning committee met Monday morning and took up the issue as three schools showed interest in joining the league.
Essentially, the league decided it needs more time to consider the ramifications of a 10-team league. Massillon, Harding and Mentor were the only applicants, and it was decided that Mentor isn't a logistical fit, Federal League Commissioner Joe Eaton said. Mentor officials wanted to be considered only if there was interest from schools north of Stark County.
Eaton and athletic directors from the eight member schools — GlenOak, McKinley, Jackson, Hoover, Lake, Perry, Fitch and Boardman — will meet April 20.
"We want to consider what is best for the current league as well as future members," Eaton said.
"We need to discuss further why it will work or why it won't work. Of course, travel has a lot to do with it. League schedules have a lot to do with it. We looked at Massillon and Warren Harding very closely.
"We're going to explore a 10-team format with Massillon and Harding in the mix. The athletic directors will come back to the strategic planning committee on April 21 with a recommendation, and we will decide then whether we continue to look at expansion."
If they decide a 10-team league can work, applications for membership will be extended to the two schools. Then Massillon and Harding would make proposals in June.
A final vote would take place in August. Expansion would start with the 2011-12 school year.
Scheduling gets interesting in a 10-team format. The league would use a system similar to the Big Ten and other college conferences where two teams rotate off a given school's schedule every two years. Eaton said historical rivalries would stay intact.
"In football, for example, in a 10-team league, we're not going to play nine weeks of Federal League football," Eaton said.
The Federal League predominantly includes the largest and most competitive schools in Stark County, with the exception of Massillon.
Washington High School Athletic Director Tim Ridgley has made it clear his school wants in the league and needs to be in it because of the expense of scheduling junior high school and junior varsity games with teams outside Stark County.
"We're pleased we're still in consideration," Ridgley said. "I'm sure the Federal League will do the right thing for everybody, including the current members, which is most important. They have a responsibility to people in their league, and they have to make sure those people are taken care of. The fact that we're a part of these discussions pleases us.
"It didn't come as a surprise. We'll see what happens."
Inclusion of Harding could control some travel costs. It would give Fitch and Boardman another nearby league member and eliminate at least one trip to Stark County.
Eaton stressed there wasn't any great opposition to exploring Massillon and Harding as member schools.
"If there was, we'd have taken a vote today," Eaton said. "What we need to do between now and April 20 is find out if a 10-team league is in everyone's best interest."
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|Yonex Power Cushion Pro Men's Shoe Scores
|Arch Support
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|Overall Sole Durability
|Toe Durability
Earlier this year we saw Stanislas Wawrinka win the Australian Open in Power Cushion Pro shoes, so we couldn't wait to try them for ourselves. They were so comfortable when we tried them on that we felt like we could win the Australian Open, too! Well, not really, but they certainly checked a lot of the right boxes for our playtest team. Our testers found the Power Cushion Pro to be extremely cushioned and comfortable right out of the box, and they were extremely stable on aggressive cuts around the court. The outsole offered excellent traction and durability as well, even for our testers who are very hard on shoes. Other than a slight fit issue with the ankle collar, our playtesters were very impressed with the Power Cushion Pro. While on the heavy side, players who like a solid, stable and durable shoe will find the Yonex Power Cushion Pro right up their alley.
The level of cushioning the Power Cushion Pro offered made a lasting impression on our playtesters. "I loved the comfortable fit and feel of these shoes," Chris raved. "The fit was so comfortable I was able to play in them right out of the box. They became even more comfortable after I broke them in, and they've become one of my favorite shoes to wear. The level of cushioning was just right, and the insoles molded perfectly to the shape of my feet. I also liked the way the uppers supported my feet yet felt supple and comfortable at the same time. The shoes felt like they were flexing in all the right places, and I found them very, very comfortable to play in. While the feel wasn't as plush as the Diadora Speed Star K V shoes we just tested, I would say these are just as comfortable."
Andy also found the Power Cushion Pro extremely comfortable, except for a slight fit issue with the ankle collar. He explained, "The first thing I noticed when I tried this shoe on was the plush cushioning, especially Yonex's signature Power Cushion technology underneath my foot. It was quite comfortable right out of the box and continued to be comfortable on the court. The only issue I had was with the heel collar, which fit too loosely and rubbed my ankle at times. This was more of a minor annoyance than a knock on performance, and overall I'd consider comfort one of the strengths of the Power Cushion Pro."
After a short break in period Jason really enjoyed the comfort and cushioning the Power Cushion Pro provided. He said, "True to its name, this shoe offers plenty of cushioning from heel to toe. I felt like it did need a slight break-in, however, before it became truly comfortable. The uppers were supple enough that they didn't bunch up and pinch when the shoe flexed."
For the most part, our playtest team was happy with the amount of ventilation the Power Cushion Pro offered. Jason was comfortable, but he would've liked to have seen how the shoe performed in warmer weather. He offered, "There was enough mesh in the uppers that my feet didn't feel like they would overheat. I could see myself wanting a bit more breathability out of this shoe if the playtest was in the summer."
Chris had no issues with the shoe's breathability. He said, "My feet never got too hot in these shoes. While I couldn't feel lots of air flowing through them like I can in something like the adidas CC Feather II, they seemed to do a good job of letting heat escape. Even at the end of a long hit my feet were never too hot or sweaty."
Although it didn't affect Andy's overall feelings about the shoe all that much, he did wish for more ventilation. He said, "I found the breathability to be fairly average. It was more of a minor annoyance than something that really affected the playtest, but I did find that after a long practice my shoes ran a bit warm. My feet sweat quite a bit, and the shoe retained most of the moisture. It wasn't terrible, but the ventilation could definitely be improved."
There were no complaints from our team regarding the arch support of the Power Cushion Pro. "Support under the arch felt fine throughout the playtest," Andy said. "Like officiating in professional sports, if it's never mentioned or discussed, it's probably a good thing."
Chris also felt plenty of support, even with his higher arches. He explained, "This shoe offered some nice support and stability through the midfoot. The shank in the midfoot did a good job of making the shoe flex correctly, and my arches felt both comfortable and protected. The insoles quickly molded to the shape of my feet so the arch height was hitting my feet perfectly. I found great support when I was sprinting around the court, and I had all the confidence to play at maximum speed with no worries of any strains or pains."
Jason was enjoying the level of support for his low arches, especially once the shoe broke in. He said, "Although this shoe does have a medium arch, I didn't find it to be much of an issue for two reasons: The midsole material was soft and pliable enough that after a few wears the arches molded to my low arches, and I felt like the fit was wider, so my foot had a bit of wiggle room and didn't sit directly on top of the arch."
Our playtesters felt the Power Cushion Pro was extremely stable on lateral movements, but the ankle collar didn't provide enough support. "For being such a comfortable shoe, I was surprised at the level of support and stability I found," Chris explained. "The uppers held my feet on the footbed of the shoe very well. The upper provided great support, even on a tough change of direction. The chassis of the shoe also did a solid job of providing some nice stability. My one knock on the support was around the ankle collar of the shoe. I would have liked the top eyelet of the lace system to be farther back toward the heel. I had a tough time getting the shoe to lace tight enough around my ankles to prevent heel slippage. It felt like the lace system did not extend far enough toward the rear of the shoe to really lock me in."
Jason also had issue with the lacing system and ankle collar. He said, "I scored it as low as I did because of the support, not the stability. Stability-wise, I thought this was a great shoe. It felt very rigid on my side to side movements. It was really one area that was the big negative, and that was ankle support. I tried lacing up the shoes as tight as possible, but I could still feel my feet slip up and down with every step. The opening is too wide for me. I think an extra pair of eyelets would really improve the support and provide that locked-in feel."
Andy found the support and stability to be top notch. He raved, "Support and stability is certainly one of the strengths of this shoe. It's a beefy shoe that gives you security and confidence when you're moving aggressively. The cage in the forefoot locks you in well and prevents the foot from sliding around. The ankle collar, even though it didn't fit perfectly, sits up pretty high and offers lots of ankle support, too. I felt very confident that these shoes would be secure and stable enough even on my most aggressive movements."
The outsole on the Power Cushion Pro held up extremely well for our team throughout the playtest. Andy, who's normally hard on his shoes, still had plenty of life left in them. He offered, "I got to really put these shoes to the test, and they held up very well. Other than some slight balding under my right big toe, they have plenty of tread left for another 20 hours or so. This was another category where these shoes really impressed me. I am normally able to do a bit more damage to my shoes over the course of a playtest."
Jason ranked the Power Cushion Pro among the best on the market in terms of durability. He explained, "The outsoles of these shoes are pretty much as good as it gets. Dare I say, even Barricade-like? After 15-20 hours of playtesting there was still plenty of tread left. Even in the areas where I first notice some balding (the medial forefoot and heel), there was barely noticeable tread loss."
Chris' aggressive footwork couldn't even wear through the shoe. He said, "The level of durability was decent in this shoe. I found it to be right up there with the likes of an Asics Gel Resolution 5, Head Sprint Pro and Wilson Rush Pro. At the end of the test I was seeing only moderate wear under my big toes, which is a good sign for me. I tend to be very tough on shoes in that area, but these held up pretty well."
Like the outsole, the toe area of the Power Cushion Pro held up fantastically well. Chris is our resident toe dragger, and he was very satisfied with the level of protection in that area. He said, "The toe of this shoe is built tough. I drag my toes a lot, but I really didn't do much damage to these. Both the tip of the shoe and the material through the vamp and forefoot (what Yonex calls Guard Durable Skin) resisted court abrasion very well. I scored the shoe highly here and would have no issues recommending it to a toe dragger."
Andy was also happy with the toe durability, saying, "With extra rubber wrapping up from the outsole and the hard TPU cage of the upper protecting it, I put virtually no dent into the toe area of the shoe. I can't foresee any way I could get through the toe before I got through the outsole."
The grippy outsole of the Power Cushion Pro allowed our playtesters to be confident on any aggressive cut on hard courts. "This is also a shining area for this shoe," Jason reported. "It provided excellent traction on the hard courts, even with a bit of ball fuzz lying around. There were a couple of times that I noticed some slipping when I tried to stop and change direction. But the traction was there whenever I took my first step toward a shot and I never had a slippage issue on that type of movement."
Chris was also impressed. He said, "I found a very solid level of grip from this shoe. I found I could trust it even during very aggressive sprinting and changes of direction. Even on some of the dustier sections of the court, this shoe somehow managed to find traction and allow me to move with confidence. When I was stretched very wide I found I could slide out of a lateral cut with good control. I think Yonex did a great job here."
Traction was very good for Andy as well. He said, "These shoes grabbed the court really well and also provided a bit of give when I was going for an aggressive slide on the hard court. I found the outsole to be more on the sticky side, rather than being slick, which is better for more traditional movers who may not utilize the slide on hard courts."
While coming in on the heavier side, the weight of the Power Cushion Pro never seemed to affect the performance of the shoe. Andy appreciated the different things that the weight of the shoe offered. He explained, "These were certainly one of the beefier, heavier shoes that I've tested. However, that isn't necessarily a bad thing; there are definitely people out there (Rafa Nadal being one of them) who like the feeling of having a lot of shoe on their feet. The heavy feel lent itself to lots of cushioning, stability and durability, but this is by no means a lightweight, speed-oriented shoe."
Although he usually goes for a lighter weight shoe, Jason also grew to appreciate the benefits of the extra weight. He said, "These shoes are not light, and they make no apologies for it. With that much cushioning, stability and durability, they're not supposed to. Personally, I like lightweight shoes, but I can definitely see the benefits of having such a substantial shoe."
Chris never found the weight to be an issue, and he felt as quick as ever. He offered, "I found this to be a very well built shoe, and I thought they felt light and fast. There was no excess to any part of the shoe and it fit and moved well with my foot. It was very easy to forget about these shoes and just play. I find that to be a sure sign that the weight of a shoe is well distributed and there's no clunkiness to the fit and feel."
Chris - "I loved the comfort, traction, fit and feel of the Power Cushion Pro. They felt great on court and have become one of my go-to choices when I play, which is impressive considering I have about 15 or so different shoes to choose from right now."
Jason - "Cushioning, outsole durability and traction."
Andy - "Very cushioned, stable and durable. This is certainly a contender in the heavyweight division!"
Chris - "I would have liked a more secure fit from the lace system around the ankle collar to help secure a better heel fit."
Jason - "The shoe opening is too wide to give that locked in fit. Tad too heavy for my taste, too."
Andy - "Slight fit issue with the ankle collar, and I would have liked better breathability."
Chris - "The blend of support, comfort and traction reminded me of the Asics Gel Resolution 5. I would put the Yonex ahead in terms of durability, but otherwise the shoes are pretty similar in terms of on court performance. Compared to previous Yonex shoes, I found this one to outperform all of the SHT models in terms of comfort, but this is the first Yonex shoe I've worn where I would have liked more support from the top of the lace system."
Jason - "Barricade-like."
Andy - "The Power Cushion Pro is beefy and supportive like an adidas Barricade 8, but with super plush cushioning like the Babolat SFX. This is a great shoe for players who like to feel a substantial amount of shoe on their feet when they are moving around, and it will last a long time for even the most aggressive movers."
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Chris - Narrow width / Medium arch
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Do you like Buffy? Or Quizzes?Posted on 06/18/2011 by Lisa
You might like the "Which Buffy the Vampire Slayer Character Are You?" quiz. It says I'm Xander, which I didn't expect -- though I should've, since I wrote the quiz.
Thinking of myself as Xander cracks me up because I'm about to go swimming in a pink bikini (and I'm NOT picturing Xander in one! I REFUSE to see that mental image.) Buuut now that I think about it, Xander does join the swim team in the "Go Fish" episode, which we'll be showing on TeenNick, Thursday at 10pm. Maybe we have more in common than I thought?
Take the quiz, and let me know who you get. In the meantime, I'll be swimming and trying really hard not to picture Xander in a pink bikini.
Buffy: First Spike Episode!Posted on 06/08/2011 by Mary
Tonight at 10... the Buffy episode "School Hard" is on -- the one where we first meet the platinum-haired, "thorough, goal-oriented", scary-hot vampire slayer-slayer who "doesn't stop until everything in his path is dead" (orrrr until he falls in love with a slayer... spoiler alert!) Spike, aka William the Bloody, aka this guy:
Spike, the Vampire
Not to be confused with the other Spike, from Degrassi:
Spike, the original Degrassi teen mom
Even though they both have truly inspired hair from the best pages of the '80s. But one tortured his victims with railroad spikes and has a creepy undead girlfriend named Drusilla, and one was a teen mom who gave birth to Emma and married Principal Simpson. Different strokes, different folks.
We know this can be a difficult distinction to remember; let us know if you have any questions.
The Week in Buffy.Posted on 06/04/2011 by Mary
The beginnings of shows are so hard to do well. Because you have to set up so many characters, and the setting, and the tone, and no one in the audience really knows anything about the show yet so it's like you REALLY have to get everything across super quickly or they stop caring. Plus I mean, the first episodes are shot while everyone on the cast pretty much just met, and their chemistry is still gelling -- does chemistry 'gel'? Did I just mix my goop metaphors? -- and the writers don't yet know what their actors are best at doing and... it's a lot of work and a lot of pressure, and whenever a first episode is any good, it's basically a miracle.
When Buffy first came out, the promos they showed on its original network tried to sell it as this dreary horror show instead of a... what's the genre I'm looking for... philosophical comedy with moments of deep darkness, hot vampires, and story brilliance far beyond that of any other high school allegory ever made? So it took me so long to listen to my friends -- grown-ass male friends, btw -- who were like "BUT YOU HAVE TO WATCH IT."
So anyway... YOU HAVE TO WATCH IT. You're safe now, we've been showing two episodes six nights a week so we're already a good chunk into the first season, chemistries are gelled, and moments like the end of this clip are happening:
Of course, there's even more better-er coming up... 'cause ohhh boy was that giant praying mantis weird. I'm noticing that the monsters in these first episodes far, far out-cheese what's to come. (Oh my God, I can't wait until you see the episode "Hush". Buffy fans, back me up!)
The episode that clip is from is on tonight. AND so's the one where Angel and Buffy have their first kiss. Happy Saturday to YOU!
Welcome to the Hellmouth.Posted on 05/31/2011 by Lisa
TONIGHT at 10pm... it begins. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is on TeenNick every night this week (twice). Are you excited? A little bit nervous? I am.
I'm excited, because Buffy is my all-time favorite TV show. (Don't get mad at me, Degrassi fans. I love that show, too. I just have a special spot in my heart for Buffy.)I'm a little nervous, because I want everyone who's seeing the show for the first time to like it as much as I do.
Are you watching Buffy for the first time? Are you already a Buffy fan? Tune in tonight, and tell us exactly what's going on in your Buffy-watching head.
p.s. If you're a CSI: NY fan, don't miss the very first scene of "Welcome to the Hellmouth." It features Carmine Giovinazzo, who plays Detective Danny Messer on CSI: NY.
Xander, Willow, Buffy, and Cordelia. <3
Girl Crush: Buffy the Vampire SlayerPosted on 05/24/2011 by Lisa
Hi. I'm Lisa, and I'm in love with Buffy. If you're already a Buffy fan, you know why. If you haven't met Buffy yet, please watch her on TeenNick, starting a week from tonight.
When I first heard about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I thought, "That show sounds waaay too scary for me." I'd seen a few commercials for it, and thought it would be like a horror movie, but on TV. I couldn't have been more wrong. I don't like scary things, and Buffy can be scary at times, so why do I like it so much? I don't know.
I just know that Buffy is one of my favorite people. Here's why:
She kicks ass. It's her destiny, and there's nothing she can do about it. She was born to fight evil.
She's brave, cute, smart, sensitive, and funny... Haha, I really thought I could write up a straightforward little list about how great Buffy is, but it's hard for me to think about her in a rational way. My girl crush is that bad. Buffy is straight-up awesome in pretty much every way that I've ever wanted to be awesome. Did I mention that she kicks ass?
Buffy has awesome friends, and she'd do anything to keep them safe. I'm protective of my friends, too, and if I had to, I think I'd battle evil for them. (But I'm so glad I don't have to.)
I feel like Buffy understands that sometimes life sucks, but on your absolute crappiest days, there's only one thing to do: Keep going, and keep fighting, and keep hoping that things will get better... because sometimes, when you least expect it, they do.
Buffy lives in a world with vampires and demons and all sorts of scary evil, but to me, she seems more like a "real girl" than any other TV character. How crazy is that?
I seriously love this girl, you guys. I feel like watching Buffy has made me a braver, more self-confident person, and if you haven't seen the show before, I'm soooo excited that you're going to be meeting Buffy (and Willow! Xander! Giles! Angel! and even Cordy!) for the first time.
Next Tuesday, at 10pm, there's a new student at Sunnydale High -- and on TeenNick. Be nice to her, OK? Buffy had some problems at her last school, and she needs a fresh start. : )
The First Time Buffy Met... EveryonePosted on 05/20/2011 by Mary
You know... now that Buffy's coming to TeenNick (May 31st @10p et!), all of the Buffy fans who work here are getting to go back through the whole series and have massive fits of nostalgia/excitement/geekdom.
For instance we just put together this playlist of scenes from the first episode... all the moments when Buffy first met the people who will come to be so very, very important to her -- the "scoobs" (as in Scooby Gang), as they are (eventually) called.
Here's Buffy and Willow talking for the very first time... (awww!)
And you can click here for the full Buffy Firsts playlist -- with her first conversations with Xander, Giles, Cordelia, Angel (Haaaaay, Angel)... and her first TV vampire dusting to boot.
I have a feeling these clips will be more exciting to people who are already fans of the show; if your head isn't already filled with all of the insane, profound, hilarious, and intense stuff these characters are going to go through together, these moments might not pack the same thrill. In fact... they might even carry the taint of standard first episode awkwardness. Actually, I'll do another blog on "why first episodes are soooo stupid hard" soon.
So yeah, I'm curious what non-Buffy fans think of them; feel free to comment (as always)!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Coming to TeenNick!Posted on 04/23/2011 by Mary
Next month, Buffy hits TeenNick.
Either that sentence gave you heart palpitations of super-stokedness (as it did for me and Lisa), or you are one of the luckiest people on Earth... because you're about to discover one of the best TV shows.
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Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of LCD TV panels, has announced that it had commenced mass production of panels for 3D LED TVs and 3D LCD TVs. Samsung claims that it is the first company in the world to initiate such production.
The company began producing LED and LCD compatible panels for 40", 46" and 55" full-HD 3D TVs using 3D active shutter glasses this month, employing Samsung's exclusive 240Hz technology. Samsung's 240Hz technology delivers full-HD viewing in 2D, and also smooth, natural, full-HD stereo 3D images that can vividly capture rapid movements, according to the company.
Samsung has reduced the response time of its LCD and LED panels by 20% to less than 4ms, eliminating any interference between left and right eye images, the firm said. With this improved response time, Samsung is able to achieve natural 3D images and also deliver 2D pictures capturing rapid movement with exceptional clarity.
"Recently, 3D displays have captured the industry spotlight. Samsung Electronics aims to lead the global 3D TV panel market in pioneering panel mass production for 3D LED and LCD TVs," said Wonkie Chang, president of the LCD business at Samsung Electronics.
According to a market research firm, DisplaySearch, the 3D display market is expected to grow from $902 million in 2008 to $22 billion in 2018. The 3D TV market is expected to expand to a $17-billion market, with sales increasing from 200 thousand units in 2009 to 64 million units in 2018. However, this year shipments of stereo 3D HDTVs will only achieve 1.2 million units.


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Dreams will come true and the direction of franchises will be forever changed tonight in New York City as the 2013 NFL draft kicks off at Radio City Music Hall.
Draft picks come in all shapes and sizes...and they're all gambles. No matter how safe a pick looks on draft night, everyone has a chance to be a bust (see: Curry, Aaron). That said, some might call it a fool's errand to do live draft grades.
Yet, the immediate analysis of picks has a ton of value. While we'll certainly know more in three or four years, it's silly to pretend we don't know anything on draft night. We can grade the ability of a team to meet its immediate and perceived needs. We can also grade the players selected against a consensus of the pick's value. Finally we can grade the fit of the player in his new team's system.


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Scrabble Plus
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Play one of the world's most popular word games like never before with Scrabble Plus, a re-imagined version of the classic crossword game! Arrange Scrabble letter tiles into high-scoring words in four fantastic game modes! Play the original word game hit in Scrabble Classic, put on your thinking cap in Scrabble Wizard, or play against challenging computer opponents in the all-new, board-to-board, duel play of Scrabble Golf and Scrabble Battle. Even play a round of "Clabbers", a popular fixture at Scrabble tournaments that has never been part of any previous digital version!
Each game mode contains two imaginative variations for a total of eight exhilarating ways to play! A marvelously modern twist on timeless fun, Scrabble Plus also features stunning new graphics, powerful hint features, endless word-forming fun, and so much more. Whether you're a veteran or a first-timer, Scrabble Plus has something for everyone.
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Board faces decision on use of referendum funding
NEW ULM – The District 88 Board of Education will consider how to allocate new money expected to become available in 2013-14 at its meeting today.
The funds include an estimated $1,334,534 generated by a voter-approved operational levy and $113,950 increase in state aid (as a result of an estimated $50 per pupil increase in the state bedrock school funding formula).
The numbers are based on an estimated 2,279 pupil units. For funding purposes, a kindergartener is less than a pupil unit, and a high school student is more than one unit.
Superintendent Harold Remme reminds the board in prepared information before the meeting that adding one teacher (to reduce section size) costs about $50,000.
Deficit spending recovery – if the board chooses to end the practice of dipping into the fund balance to support operation – would use up $740,000 of the new money.
New contracts with employee unions and health insurance premium increases would use up another $370,000.
Student support system maintenance – Title I, Title II and literacy support – would take up $57,000.
Staff development would take up some $80,000 (with $238,000 set aside). It would go toward coding an existing position/programs to Staff Development ($90,000), professional learning coordination and coaches ($38,000), best practice grants ($30,000) and site allocation ($32,000 to the High School; $28,000 to Jefferson; $22,000 to Washington).
Potentially, $20,000 could go to the Activity Department (for equipment to meet liability concerns and grade seven-eight needs); $25,000 toward technology enhancements; and some $6,250 to $18,750 toward piloting mandated teacher evaluation (for peer review and software).
How the money will be allocated is up to the board.


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Topic: No/Slow Response From Web Server
I am facing a weird situation for my client server. Sometimes user will not able access to my rails application or my rails application response very slow. But this situation is never happen on my own server.
I suspect it is due to network traffic but my client server did not turn on any firewall or any restriction on the server.
Due to I lack of knowledge of networking, so I have no clue how should it identify whether it is network traffic issue.
When I just try to access to my app's login page, the page will keep loading and I can't find any log of app.
But I try to ping to the client server, it seems no problem.
Maybe here it is not the right place for this topic. But I hope someone can give me some clues how should I troubleshoot this.
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"New" Yutaka Midori from O-Cha to kick things off. Leaf after 5 steepings is still beautiful green.
2nd steep ... actually greener than this photo.
Really incredible in the cup, nice aromatics and wonderful taste of pure YM leaf.
OHHH, do not forget the smell the dry leaves warming in your preheated kyusu for the "must sit down moment!"


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Board OKs bid for old county shop site, hires assistant county appraiser
The Lyon County Board took action on several items of business at Tuesday's meeting. Commissioners voted to accept a bid to buy a piece of property in Cottonwood, the site of the former county highway shop.
The old county shop was destroyed in a fire in early 2012, and the county has since moved into a new shop building shared with the city of Cottonwood.
Lyon County Administrator Loren Stomberg said bids to buy the property were received on April 24. Out of three bids received, the highest was a bid of $27,500 from WED Limited, LLC. Stomberg said the shop property had been appraised at $30,000 to $33,000.
Commissioners voted to accept the bid. Bill Drown, a representative of WED Limited, was present to hear the board's decision. Commissioner Charlie Sanow asked Drown what his plans for the lot were.
"I don't know what to do with it yet. Perhaps build on it," Drown said.
Commissioners also approved the hiring of candidates for positions including assistant county appraiser and a summer intern for the auditor/treasurer's office. For the position of assistant appraiser, a hiring committee recommended Brienna Beierman. Beierman is a 2011 graduate of Southwest Minnesota State University and is currently pursuing a master's degree in business administration. Beierman would start full-time work around May 14, with a starting wage of $16.35 per hour, Stomberg said. Commissioners voted to hire Beierman.
Commissioners also approved hiring Skyler Stensrud as a summer intern for the auditor/treasurer's office. Stensrud is currently a junior studying accounting at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Auditor/Treasurer E.J. Moberg said Stensrud's duties would include helping office staff document financial practices in place in the county.
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Besakih Temple
Commonly referred to as Bali's "Mother Temple", the Bessakih Temple hovers 3,200 feet atop the slopes of Mount Agung. Besakih is a complex which consists of at least 86 temples including the Great Temple of State, PuraPenataranAgung, in addition to 18 others.
Considered to be the largest and holiest temple on the island, Besakih is surrounded by breathtaking views, mountains, streams, and rice paddies.
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Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii
Birth Year: 1989
Position: Outside Hitter
Height: 6-7
Weight: 198
High School/Grad Year: Iolani School (Honolulu)/ 2008
College: Stanford
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: 2011 – World University Games. 2008 – NORCECA Continental Championships, El Salvador (Bronze Medal). 2007 – FIVB World Youth Championships in Mexico. 2006 – NORCECA Continental Championship in Dominican Republic (Silver Medal)
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2011 – A member of the U.S. men's team that competed at the World University Games in Shenzhen, China, in August, 2011... Had 14 kills, two aces and 10 digs against the Czech Republic ... the U.S. finished 12th, though it posted a 5-3 record. 2008 – Member of the Men's Junior National Team that took bronze at the NORCECA Continental Championships in El Salvador. 2007 – Member of the Boys' Youth National Team that competed in the FIVB World Championships in Baja, Calif., and Mexico. 2006 – Member of the Boys' Youth National Team that took silver in the NORCECA Continental Championships in the Dominican Republic... 2005 – USA Youth A2 Camp
CLUB/PREP HIGHLIGHTS: 2007-08 – Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 Captain... Mizuno First team All-American and Player of the Year... State Player of the year... Led Iolani School to a state championship. 2006-07 – ILH Player of the Year... Finished second at USAV Boys' Junior National Championships with the Outrigger Canoe Club. 2005 – Finished second at USAV Boys' Junior National Championships with the Outrigger Conoe Club.
COLLEGIATE HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 – Became one of four Stanford players to receive three first-team All-America honors... named an AVCA first-team All-American ... also selected to the All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation first team for the third time... named to the MPSF All-Tournament team... twice named AVCA National Player of the Week (Feb. 14, April 17), the latter after combining for 27 kills and a .523 hitting percentage in regular-season closing victories over UC Santa Barbarba and UCLA... also named MPSF Player of the Week after combining for 40 kills and a .352 hitting percentage in road victories over Long Beach State and Cal State Northridge... established school career records (rally-scoring era) in kills (1,828) and service aces (128)... also finished at No. 2 in career sets (437), No. 3 in career kills per set (4.18) and No. 7 in career hitting percentage (.326)... also moved into Stanford top-10 in four single-season categories: No. 2 in aces (41), No. 3 in aces per set (0.37), and No. 6 in kills (451)... all four of his kill totals rank among the top 10 in the rally-scoring era... Member of Stanford's winningest class, with 86 victories... Received the Spirit of Stanford Award by the Stanford Athletic Board. 2011 – Named an AVCA first-team All-American... started all 27 matches he played in as a team captain... led the team with 455 kills and 26 aces... also posted a team-high seven double-doubles... named AVCA National Player of the Week in late February after combining for 43 kills, three aces, and 14 digs against UCLA (Feb. 25) and UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 26)... his hitting percentage of .564 in the second match was also the second-best single-match performance by a Cardinal player this year... earned MPSF Player of the Week honors two weeks into the season, posting a combined 39 kills against BYU in two mid-January matches... his 27 kills against Long Beach State (April 23) in the last match of the season were the second-most in a single match by a Stanford player on the year... also had the highest number of kills in a four-set match, with 23 against Pacific (April 16) ... earned a spot on the All-MPSF first team as well as the MPSF All-Academic team... brought his career kill total to 1,377, the second-highest tally by a Stanford player in the rally-scoring era... reached the 20-kill mark in nine matches... his 87 aces also rank fourth in Stanford history... finished the season ranked among the top 10 in Stanford career or single-season categories for the rally-scoring era... Had a career-high 16 digs in a five-set victory over UC Irvine (Feb. 12). 2010 – Named Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Player of the Year ... had what is considered to be the most dominant performance by an outside hitter in an NCAA men's volleyball final (May 8)... had 24 kills in 28 attacks in the championship sweep over Penn State with only one error, for stepping on the line on a back-row attack... his .821 hitting percentage in the match was nearly .200 better than Stanford's next-best performance in 2010 (.625 by Lawson at UC San Diego on 12-for-16)... also had four aces in the match, breaking the school single-season record with 43... hit over .300 in 26 of the team's 30 matches... named NCAA Tournament's co-Most Outstanding Player, along with teammate Kawika Shoji... selected as a first-team All-America by the AVCA and Volleyball Magazine... named as the Stanford Athletic Board's Conference Male Athlete of the Year for his dominance in conference play... led team, and was fifth in the nation, in kills per game (4.92)... broke school season kills record (in the rally-scoring era) in the NCAA final, with 522... led Stanford in service aces (43) and points (601), and points per set (5.67 ... honored with All-Tournament awards from MPSF and NCAA, while also earning a spot on the MPSF All-Academic team... started all 30 matches. 2009 – Started all 32 matches - the only Stanford player to do so - and led the team in sets played (116) ... named to the All-MPSF third team and All-MPSF freshmen team... named MPSF player of the week for Feb. 2 after he had a collegiate career-high 27 kills (.438) - including several late in a tight third set - and 11 digs to lead Stanford from a two-set deficit to beat Long Beach State (Jan. 30) ... second behind Evan Romero in kills with 400, a school record for freshman in the rally-scoring era (since 2001)... averaged 3.45 kills per set... recorded 117 digs for the season, reaching double-digits against BYU, Long Beach State, and Pepperdine... averaged 1.53 digs per set... scored 18 service aces for the season.
PERSONAL: Born Bradley Colgate Lawson in 1989 in Honolulu, Hawaii... Parents are Bill and Laurie Lawson... Has a brother Billy (1984) and a sister Amy (1986)... Sister Amy is a four-time All-NAIA soccer player at Westmont (Calif.) College... Father was an all-conference soccer goalkeeper at Trinity (Conn.) College... Began playing volleyball in 2002 with the Outrigger Canoe Club... Graduated from Iolani School in 2008... Favorite book is Enders Game... Favorite professional sports team is the Dallas Mavericks and favorite athlete is Steve Nash... Hobbies include photography, music, surfing, and piano... has sung the national anthem before Stanford women's volleyball matches... Graduated from Stanford in 2012 with a degree in science, technology and society.
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Hi everyone
A new MP3 CD quality stereo audio Explanation of the English only Quran (for the first time on the internet)
"What is the makeup of The Muslim World?"
The Muslim population of the world is around one billion. Most Muslims live east of Karachi. 30% of Muslims live in the Indian subcontinent, 20 % in Sub-Saharan Africa, 17% in Southeast Asia, 18% in the Arab world, 10% in the Soviet Union and China. Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan comprise 10% of the non-Arab Middle East. Although there are Muslim minorities in almost every area including Latin America and Australia, they are most numerous in the Soviet Union, India, and central Africa. There are 5 million Muslims in the United States.
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