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Reading to Frankie in a Sacred Space
Three years ago, on the ninth anniversary of 9/11, my friend Frankie began losing her mind.
The cancer steadily worked its way through her brain, though she remained conscious and aware almost to the end.
This is a day for remembrances. But even on a big day, there are other things that happen, known to few. These are opportunities for quiet contemplation — a private, sacred space amid larger, more public, observations of mourning.
It was Frankie's third encounter with the disease. First, there was breast cancer. Then it moved into her reproductive organs, with long rounds of chemo and radiation. She and I volunteered at the same meditation center, and it seemed a small thing to lend a hand, especially since I was just a few blocks from her in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: picking up groceries, doing a bit of laundry. Frankie lived in a second-floor room of a brick house on the verge of ruin, run by the Addams family.
Frankie was a painter who grew up in an intellectual Jewish family. One brother went mad, dying in an institution, and the second stopped speaking to her. A sister phoned intermittently from far away, talking only of herself. When I started helping her, Frankie was working on a series of stamp-sized watercolors because that was all she could manage. When I admired the tiny paintings, she said I could have one.
Frankie learned I was a writer and asked me to read to her from my book. I had written a novel and, like most authors, could barely stand a word from my own pages; it felt like being trapped in traffic in a carload of people with whom I'd spent far too much time already — siblings or coworkers, all of us on a road we'd been down before.
Against my better judgment, I started reading. Frankie closed her eyes and listened. Her cats, terrified of strangers, sat under the bed. I read of an Asian American family in Ohio, of a trip to China. Later, Frankie would tell people that she loved the sound of my voice.
Months went by. I carried gallons of lemon-lime Gatorade up the stairs; it was one of the few things that didn't make her nauseous. We became friends. She told me to keep writing, and I believed her.
But Frankie also infuriated me. I learned that she was alone and had no money due to a series of bad decisions, which she continued to make. She was a terrible procrastinator, not wanting to do boring work though she needed the money; she wanted her mother and father to swoop in and save her though she was almost 70, her parents long dead.
When she got better, she still wanted me to read from my book, but I put my foot down. "You're a big girl," I told her. "You can finish it yourself." Yet the bookmark remained in the place where her cancer went into remission.
I realize now that I wanted her to finish the book — for me. I wanted her to try, to make an effort. But she didn't and, after several years, became ill again, going quickly into hospice. When I visited, we just sat. I held her hand. She would wake, greet me with pleasure, then slip away again as though under a tranquil sea.
When she died, two of Frankie's old friends came from New Mexico and, along with her health care proxy, cleared out the apartment, taking away her paintings and ashes for safekeeping. They put down the surviving cat, which was very sick and frightened. I never got the little watercolor she'd wanted me to have, and I don't know what happened to the copy of my book.
So on this day of remembrances, I have my own private one and my own sacred space: of being with Frankie in the cool autumn twilight in Abingdon Square, West Village, on our last outing together. I had signed her out of the nursing home, and we sat on a park bench across the street, watching a multitude of dogs go by. "I love this light," she said.
It's fitting, I think, that Frankie never found out what happened at the end of the book. That way, in her mind, all things are possible, even in the face of the unimaginable.
I've added my sacred space to the Asian American Arts Alliance's Locating the Sacred Festival project. What's yours?


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Parker police are investigating an identity theft case that began with the Thelma & Louise-style pursuit of two female suspects.
The incident began around 6 a.m., Jan. 18, with an alert to be on the lookout for a Dodge truck stolen out of Castle Rock, said Parker Detective Penny VanDenBerg. Within minutes of the BOLO alert, officers spotted the Dodge being tailed by a Ford Expedition and launched a chase near Crowfoot Valley and Stroh roads.
Officers called off the pursuit when the Ford crashed into an unattended parked car near Mainstreet and Dransfeldt. The driver of the Ford, Amber Garcia, 22, of Denver, attempted to escape on foot and was apprehended by police. Investigators later found the Ford was reported stolen out of Commerce City.
The unidentified woman who was driving the Dodge eluded capture, VanDenBerg said. Aurora police found the Dodge about two-and-a-half hours later, abandoned in Aurora.
A search warrant for the Ford disclosed thousands of pieces of mail and financial documents, credit card information and prescription medications strewn on the floorboards, backseat and in backpacks.
Investigators also found vehicle registrations and documents that indicated the suspects broke into cars throughout the metro area, VanDenBerg said.
Personal information recovered points to victims from Castle Rock, Denver, Westminster, Aurora, Evans, Alamosa, Greeley, Colorado Springs and Villa Grove, VanDenBerg said.
Police also found handwritten notes with credit card information for individuals from Kansas, Illinois and Iowa, she said. The alleged identity theft ring could continue to grow as investigators sift through thousands of documents, VanDenBerg said.
"I've never seen anything like this," she said. "Unfortunately we deal with identity theft more frequently than not. But something that starts out with stolen vehicles and turns out to be this, there's definitely more out there that we need to investigate."
VanDenBerg contacted individuals whose prescription medications were recovered and those who appear to be missing a substantial amount of mail. The investigation indicates the prescription medications were sent by mail, VanDenBerg said.
The mail from Castle Rock was for residences on Wolfensberger Road and in The Meadows on Soaring Eagle Lane, Kellwood Drive, Faver Drive, Foothills Drive, Scarlet Oak Court and Broadview Place, VanDenBerg said.
In Denver, mail was recovered for residences on Zuni, Halifax Court, Flamingo Way and King Street, she said.
Garcia is in custody facing charges of felony charges of aggravated motor vehicle theft, theft by receiving, vehicular eluding and conspiracy. Misdemeanor charges include reckless endangerment, reckless driving, obstructing a peace officer, striking an unattended vehicle and failure to report an accident. As of Feb. 1 she remained in custody in the Douglas County detention facility on $11,500 bond, said Cocha Heyden, Douglas County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman.
Authorities continue to search for the second suspect, VanDenBerg said.
"We probably have to get in touch with at least 50 potential victims," she said. "We are just in the beginning stages of the investigation, there could definitely be more. The next step will be meeting with the U.S. postal inspector. The (alleged) mail theft makes this case a federal offense."
Anyone with information that could assist in the investigation can call VanDenBerg at 303-805-6560 or email her at email@example.com.

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hey, jink-bro! u r nothing but awesome!
hey, jink-bro! u r nothing but awesome!
I am a trusty liar!! ask him ==>
thanks a lot Jink!! I've downloaded all except chaps 101-200 and 401-450, it seems the links are down.. does anyone have these files?? i'm just starting to read this manga and would like to have it all .. thanks!!!
thanks a lot Jink
btw, i also try to download 101-200, but it doesn't work. is the link down or something ? can you upload it again ?
Thanks to Jink, now Im a One Piece fan, whatever I´ve said in the past.
Im reading it daily :3
is the greatest magna ever
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Could anyone upload the volumes in other sites ?
Im in China atm, and sendspace is blocked here...
where link ep 101-200..
there ni link here....


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5th Sunday of Matthew
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Tone of the week: Tone Four
Fifth Eothinon
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
Having learned the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection from the Angel, and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, the women disciples of the Lord spake to the Apostles exultantly: Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, granting great mercy to the world.
Seasonal Kontakion in the Grave Tone
You were transfigured upon the mount, O Christ our God, and Your disciples, in so far as they could bear, beheld Your glory. Thus, when they see You crucified, they may understand Your voluntary passion, and proclaim to the world that You are truly the effulgence of the Father.
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Australian hunk (seriously, if anyone gets to be called a hunk, it's this guy) Ryan Kwanten turns 35 today. Happy birthday Ryan! To celebrate, we got the True Blood star twelve photos of himself, without clothing on. Oh, and we also found him a toilet that flushes the right way.
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Any secret talents? Any secrets about yourself that no one knows?
Actually, I do have one I can share – I can speak cat. For real. I sort of meow to my cats and they meow back … we have great chats. And I can sense when they're hurt, hungry (always) or needing something (always).ReplyCancel
@Step–like that chick from Amys Baking Company?ReplyCancel
@Derek – LOL! Gosh, what a comparison … um …ReplyCancel
I just have the average things a little guitar -I can dance-I am wild in bed *jokes*. But one thing I could NEVER do and it is really embarrassing is snap my fingers for some reasonReplyCancel
I can wiggle my ears.ReplyCancel
Pull my finger and find out.ReplyCancel
It's really quiet in here today … I have another one … a story I've never told anyone. Back in 1992, I was down to my last $20 which had to last until pay day, a good three or four days away.
I woke up that morning and felt a huge wave of panic set in, wondering how I was going to make the $20 stretch. As I was fumbling about in my bag for my keys, I came across an old lotto ticket which I'd been meaning to check. I didn't hold out hope for it to be a winning one but for a second or two I thought it would solve all my problems if there was even just $100 on it.
Well, I don't know if I'd somehow worked the laws of attraction by asking for a specific amount, or if my guardian angel was watching over me that day, but I won $10,000! I was so, so shocked that I couldn't speak or do anything for the rest of that day. My boss at the time wouldn't give me the afternoon off so I waited it out and went and claimed the prize officially after work (the store where I checked my ticket had verified it and done all the leg work so I just had to walk in and collect the cheque [pre-internet banking days]).
That money was such an incredible blessing for me … and with it, I quit my job and enrolled in acting classes.
I usually tell people that I saved up from working in that awful job, before going to acting school, if they ask … the reality is, I spent all my earnings on clothes, make-up and jewellery (as you do).
Even though the amount I'd "asked for" (if you see it that way) was different to what I won, books I've read on the subject suggest that the universe will give you what it thinks you deserve.
I practice the Law of Attraction in every way in my life now – well, I have done so seriously since the mid-'90s at least – I meditate for 20 minutes each morning while I'm oil pulling, and use a combination of vision boards and lists.ReplyCancel
My mind control can unleash crazy ramblings in others.ReplyCancel
That's actually an awesome story 🙂ReplyCancel
@Derek – now that is freaky you just said that, because I was going to post this but refrained from doing so as I thought it sounded weird.
I have never been able to click my fingers together and was absolutely berated at school because of it (we all had to do it for a school play). So I stayed up one night and taught myself to somehow make the same noise by quickly snapping the last three fingers on my hand. I don't know how I do it – and people are always intrigued as when they try, it makes no noise, but it still works after all these years.ReplyCancel
Nothing super fascinating.. I am a baby whisperer.. Kind of why I went into the field I am now. I secretly write poems, and fantasize I would be an amazing song writer or author. But right now I'll just work on my baby whispering techniques. And I'm none of those annoying people who can do anything they set their minds too, and it all falls into place. But because I am more afraid of success than I am failure, I just don't do anything haha. True story.ReplyCancel
@Derek – that should have read "… snapping the last three fingers on THE PALM OF my hand."
The secret is to throw a lot of force into lifting your fingers, before withdrawing it just as the fingers go down .. so they sort of bounce. Hard to explain!ReplyCancel
Only one, but don't say anything.ReplyCancel
@Krystie Rachelle:
You might find some inspiration from this Nelson Mandela speech 🙂
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness
That most frightens us.
We ask ourselves
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small
Does not serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking
So that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine,
As children do.
We were born to make manifest
The glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us;
It's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we're liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.
I can make the best damn lasagna you've ever tasted in your life.
Bet your ass.ReplyCancel
Something similar happened to me once. I was 18 and living on my own for the first time, and working hard to pay the bills.
I didn't get any help from my family, so I was hustling.
I came up $80 short on my rent money, out of desperation I said a prayer and bought a scratch off. I won $40, so I said a prayer and bought one more, and won another $40.
I paid the rent and thanked god.
Oh good grief
BTW: JasonBE you can't toss that out there without sharing, you see 🙂ReplyCancel
That Mandela was a gift on his earth for sure.
Saying that makes me feel conceited, it's not that. It's just more "with great power comes great responsibility". I was so gung-ho about becoming a photographer last year, I ate, slept, breathed it. Let it consume me, and then after I met my own expectations, the vision of what I wanted my pictures to look like, I have lost interest. I could fine tune it, perfect it, work on becoming "known", but that requires so much effort! So, I just tell everyone I'm booked and play with my own babies. There is always time to conquer the world I tell myself, but I won't get this time with them back 😉ReplyCancel
I make my own black powder for my cannon.
Also, I'm very good at keeping secrets.ReplyCancel
@Sarah, browncoats unite!ReplyCancel
I can get through any velvet rope.ReplyCancel
"I can get through any velvet rope."
Yes, but can you get a script onto Scorsese's desk? That would be a useful secret skill.ReplyCancel
Okay I'll add MY story of blessings from the universe.
I was a starving actress in NYC and wanted to drive back to see family in NC. I was hoping my check from a makeup job I did would come in and it hadn't so I got up the courage to ask a friend for the $200. She knew I was struggling and said she'd meet me at the train station after work with the cash.
I walked outside and on my doorstep I found this "porn flyer" that looks like a $100 bill but of course you turn it over and it's an ad. Only this time it wasn't. It was a real $100 bill. I took it to the bank to break because I was afraid it was counterfeit. On my way back I found another one! So now I am walking up and down my street to see if someone dropped a bag of $.
I needed $200 I got $200 and didn't have to pay my friend back. For the longest time she thought I was lying. True story.
I can raise one eyebrow and sing quite well.ReplyCancel
Separately of course, haReplyCancel
Dresden Files and Firefly? My kinda girl.ReplyCancel
Love the stories, and wld love to hear more. My secret talent is imitating almost any voice,but esp any computer voice, ie," you've got mail", If you"d like to make a call, please hang up and dial again", or " the number you have reached has been changed".ReplyCancel
And here is a story. My brother needed $56 to get his bike out of repair shop. He had an appointment in not that populated part of town, came out, and there on the ground was some wadded up bills. You guessed it, $56!!!!!!! There wasnt a soul around to ask if it was theirs, so after a while he went and got his bike!ReplyCancel
Another story: My mother died and 3 years later my father died, so I was emptying out the house to sell it. It was a terribly emotional time, my brother and sister were fighting, I didnt know if I should keep the house or sell it or give it to them or what. I went there almost every day to clean it out, and so one day I was so upset, I pulled over a block before I got to the house. Give me a sign, I implored my father, give me a sign I am doing the right thing by selling the house. After a minute, I drove the block to the house. The whole front and side of the house were abloom with flowers I KNOW werent there the day before!! And my father was a gardener, he even had a green house. I took that as a yes. Freaky, eh?ReplyCancel
Bacon, I'd LOVE to share.
Carmella Soprano ain't got shit on me.ReplyCancel
Hey, Jason! I'm apparently not long for this (CDAN) world, but I'd love your recipe! I make homemade lasagne noodles via the Guiliano Hazan method and my sauce is my own – but I'm always looking for construction ideas when creating a lasagne.
*If this post is pulled, I'm done. I will miss you all, but I can't with this basic concept that my relatively benign comments are deleted while Massive Wee's and 888's disgusting diatribes stand.ReplyCancel
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My husband and I are "in tune", often saying the same thing at the same time. Or one may say what the other just thought.
I go him one better by answering questions he has yet to ask. I can read him like a book. It comes in handy in a 25+ year marriage.
I love them too! AuntLiddy, that flower story is awesome! I don't really have any great secrets, but I will take a lot of them to the grave in my hometown. I knew who was sleeping with who and never told anyone. I may gossip about jobs or money but never about something that would ruin a family.ReplyCancel
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By Sheena Barnett/NEMS Daily Journal
The South will come alive in song on Friday night at the Link Centre. Southern songwriters Tricia Walker, Davis Raines, Bob Ray and Clint Jordan will share songs and stories at the Monthly Mix on Friday night.
"This format is more impromptu," Walker said in a phone interview with the Journal. "We can feed off what the other performers and writers are doing."
The in-the-round set-up is a favorite of Walker's.
"There's a living room kind of feel, and we can enjoy sharing where the stories come from," she said. "There's a very communicative feel."
Walker, a Mississippi native and Nashville resident, helped found the original "Women in the Round" songwriter group that included Pam Tillis, Karen Staley and Ashley Cleveland.
Walker has worked with artists like Connie Smith, Shania Twain, Paul Overstreet and Russ Taff, and her music has been recorded by Faith Hill, Alison Krauss and Patty Loveless.
These days, Walker is helping budding musicians at Delta State University, her alma mater.
She works at the university's Delta Music Institute, which gives students a hands-on experience running a record label, recording music and learning about the biz.
"It's not the same record model from a few years ago," she said. "Everything is taught with a real entrepreneurial mindset."
Walker recorded her last album at Delta State, and plans to record a new album there this summer.
"I have the concept; I just have to find the time," she said. "I might play one or two new things at the (Tupelo) concert."
Monthly Music Mix
WHO: Tricia Walker, Davis Raines, Bob Ray and Clint Jordan
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday
WHERE: Link Centre Reception Hall
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The CIO can lead the way to derive more value from long-neglected processes .
CIOs have been told for years that they need to empower the business by bringing technology to bear on end-to-end process management. Good advice, but most CIOs have focused only on automating transactional processes, which are a small portion of total enterprise processes and the proverbial lowhanging fruit.
CIOs and IT organizations have succeeded in making transactional processes more efficient. Although this transactional efficiency has value, this value generally isn't considered strategic. Strategic value is created by human-oriented processes—especially orchestrational and creative processes.
Service-oriented architecture, business process management, master data management, and other technologies were supposed to help CIOs provide more strategic value. But none of these have been widely adopted, in part because the dot-com implosion caused a decade-long rethinking of IT as a cost center to control rather than as an enabler of business agility. This attitude of cost curtailment and efficiency only hardened in the 2008–09 recession.
No one has expected CIOs to address human-oriented processes, but PwC thinks this expectation is about to change. In the future, enterprise leaders will demand more from technology than mere transactional efficiency. We say this because we continue to find that the concept of agility—as outlined in the PwC paper "How to build an agile foundation for change"¹—appeals to the C-suite.
CIOs need to prepare for a change in what is expected of them—to pursue value-creating activities beyond transactional efficiency. This is not as big a leap as it might seem; the CIO can improve human-oriented processes by using existing business process management and decision support technology as well as the metadata in digital assets.
The ultimate goal should be to work at the metaprocess level: enabling and managing all processes and the interactions among them. Meta-process management leads to continuous improvement in end-to-end processes and to business transformation. It allows CIOs to treat enterprise end-to-end processes as strategic assets that can be managed and improved over time.
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By GARY ARRINGTONSports Writer
The Emery High Spartan baseball team picked up their second region win of the season with a 9-1 victory over Monticello in Castle Dale last week and then padded their season record to 8-3 with a non-region win against Union, also in Castle Dale. That score was 13-8.
Monticello scored their lone run in the first inning as they had two singles in the inning of starting pitcher Dillon Wilstead, the only two hits of the game that Monticello got. Wilstead started off the game by striking out the first two batters and then allowing the two hits before getting the fifth batter to ground out to the pitcher.
Those two singles were the only two base hits of the game for Monticello. Wilstead went on to strike out 10 more batters as the Monticello line-up went down one-two-three in each of the next six innings.
Emery scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning, three more in the second inning, two runs in the third inning and a single run in the fourth inning to secure an easy win.
In that first inning, Tappen Draper walked, Wilstead walked, Ethan Tuttle walked and then Marco Mota got to second base on an error by the Monticello shortstop and three runs scored.
In the second inning, Baylee Bolotas walked and Drexler Tanner got Emery's first hit of the game, a single. Ridge Nielson then got on base due to another shortstop error and Gavin McDermott doubled and the Spartans had three more runs.
Mota doubled to open the third inning. After a pop fly Bolotas then singled. After Emery got their second out on a grounder, Nielson tripled to score the two runs. Emery's last run came after Wilstead singled to lead off the fourth inning, Tuttle singled and Mota singled to score the final run.
Against Union, Emery scored four times in the first inning, four more times in the second inning, once in the third inning and four more times in the sixth inning. The Cougars scored twice in the first inning, five times in the fourth inning and once more in the fifth inning.
Ridge Nielson, the sophomore shortstop for Emery, led the team in this game with the bat by going 5 for 5. Nielson had five straight singles in the game batting in the leadoff position. Number two batter in the lineup, Tappen Draper, went 4 for 4 and got on base the fifth time by being hit by a pitch.
In the bottom of the first inning, Nielson singled, Draper tripled, McDermott singled and Ethan Tuttle hit a homerun. Mota then had a double but did not score. In the next inning, Carson Healy singled, Tanner Lake walked, Nielson then singled as the top of the lineup was up again. Draper singled and McDermott singled to close out the hits in the inning.
The lone run in the third inning was scored by Drexler Tanner after he opened the inning with single. After the next two batters got out, Nielson and Draper then each singled and the final batter flew out to center field.
In the sixth inning, Tuttle doubled, three batters walked and then Nielson and Draper each singled again and the first four batters that got on scored.
Emery baseball is currently ranked second in the 2-A division with a game against a ranked Grand team Tuesday afternoon that will start to settle out the region order. Emery will then travel to Monticello Friday to play another region contest.


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- Overpass turbo/OverpassQL for mappers and end-users. atms in Paris are really simple to query. See more examples
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is_in tag in OSM is one of the earliest tags in OSM, and is still in common use.
is_in tag pre-dates boundary polygons. When a region has a well developed set of boundary polygons the information that could be placed in the
is_in tag on an object can usually be derived from the boundaries that contain it, in which case the information in the tag seems redundant. Some contributors have advocated deleting this tag because they see it as equivalent to the boundary information. Other contributors consider that view to be short-sighted at best.
The tag still can contain important information when boundaries aren't fully developed. Even if the information is redundant, it permits simpler searching and easy disambiguation between two similarly named objects (without having to do extensive calculations to calculate all the containing boundaries, all of which means a faster result) [ citation needed ]. Experience in the UK also suggests that it can help to tailor the precise information offered up by Location & Search facilities [ citation needed ].
This tag lets you by specify, with words, where a place or feature is in the world. It can be used with anything, pubs, buildings, streets, parks but is most likely to be used with places. It is recommended that it is ALWAYS used with place tags to help some search engines - for example there are several places called San Francisco in the world (Philippines, Spain, USA), but to return only the one in California would required something like:
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Although there is no requirement to write entities in a given order or to list everything, it is recommended that the reading order is from smaller to bigger entities and all full names are used up to the country level. Note these are valid, too, although not recommended:
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Less commonly, the tag can also be used to create a category for searching, e.g.
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- This can most likely be accomplished better with Proposed features/capital --Gorm 15:08, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
- See also: Relations are not Categories
Improving accuracy
One weakness of the tag is that it might not be clear to processing programs exactly what each value stands for. In the above examples, is CA the short form for California or Canada? Is capital_cities a place or a category?
Boundary relations is one solution, and also solves a redundancy issue, i.e. it is a waste writing is_in=Sweden,Stockholms län,Stockholm for every street in Stockholm, when we can just use 3 boundary relations for Stockholm, Stockholms län, and Sweden, without having to tag each street with lengthy tags. However many boundaries are difficult to trace exactly (notably in development countries) and for building them, they have to be estimated or these relations may be incompletely known. Tagging individual elements may be a transitory solution until a set of necessary boundaries is setup and refined with enough accuracy and completion.
Another solution is to use qualify is_in like this:
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Any suburb, road or other feature in Canberra now needs just one tag to imply all the above:
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See also
Tag "is_in"
Basically, this means that programs can auto-generate indexes, of the form:
You are looking at data for Bedfordshire. Go up one level to England or Home Counties. Towns in Bedfordshire are: Ampthill, Bedford, Clapham, Dunstable...
- more importantly when searching by street name, e.g. for 'High Street', it can tell you which of the many results you get back is likely to be the one you want, by saying 'High Street;Fulbourn;Cambridgeshire' and 'High Street;Chapel-en-le-Frith;Derbyshire'. David.earl October 14, 2006
- This is already accomplished automatically without the use of is_in tag in Nominatim, the latest search engine. --Gorm 15:08, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah, Nominatim is great! Where can i download it for offline navigation on my android with 8 GB sdcard? --Themroc 20:46, 21 May 2011 (BST)
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Abstract: The tool from NASA's EOSDIS provides the capability to interactively browse full-resolution, global, near real-time spacecraft imagery from 3 (eventually 30+) data products from LANCE. This will support time-critical application areas such as wildfire management, air quality measurements, and weather forecasting - "dust storms" is the only category currently supported. The data is generally ... available within three hours of observation and can be compared to observations from the past week - just drag the time slider at the bottom of the screen to change the currently-displayed date. Browsing on tablet devices is currently supported for mobile access to this spacecraft imagery while in the field or on the couch. Please note, however, that this is an alpha (preview) release and many features are still under development. Please also note that Internet Explorer is not currently supported and we are working to determine if and when it can be. Comments/suggestions/problem reports are welcome via email@example.com.
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St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 1:12-20
Prokeimenon. Grave Mode.
Psalm 115.15,12
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
Verse: What shall I render to the Lord for all that he has given me?
Brethren, I want you to know that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the praetorian guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ; and most of the brethren have been made confident in the Lord because of my imprisonment, and are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear. Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel; the former proclaim Christ out of partisanship, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I shall rejoice. For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, as it is my eager expectation and hope.
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In addition to ADML, we have added another ebook service, eRead Illinois. LME Library patrons can continue to use ADML (limit 2 @ a time) but we now have access to eRead Illinois (limit 3 @ a time). This increases ebooks checkouts for LME Library patrons to a total of 5 ebooks at a time!
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Earthquake Topics for Education
Browse Earthquake Topics
Earthquake Topics in Alphabetical Order
Popular Learning Links
- Animations for Earthquake Terms & Concepts
- A Comparison of Two Bay Area Earthquakes: 1989 v. 1906
- This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics - excellent comprehensive overview of plate tectonics with excellent graphics, online USGS general interest publication.
- This Dynamic Planet - World Map of Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Impact Craters, and Plate Tectonics.
- Earthquakes For Kids
- Earthquake Science Explained - A series of short articles for students, teachers, and parents originally published as weekly features in The San Francisco Chronicle.
- EQ101 Presentation - PowerPoint Zip file (6.5MB) or PDF
- How much bigger is a magnitude 8.7 earthquake than a magnitude 5.8 earthquake? - interactive calculator
- Latest Earthquakes Lists - download in spreadsheet (.csv) format
- Listening to Earthquakes
- Other Earthquake Websites
- The Science of Earthquakes - the basics in brief
- Photo Collections of Earthquakes
- USGS Education Web Site
- USGS Store - Publications and Products
- USGS Earthquake Maps & Publications (USGS Publications Warehouse)
- USGS National Atlas Maps
Educational resources for learning more about earthquakes.
Choose a level or view all levels:
Educational Resources for teaching the science of earthquakes.
We've reviewed and collected this database of educational web sites related to earthquakes and plate tectonics. You'll find lesson plans, interactive web sites, learning activities, and more.
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It is certainly hard to deny the appeal of cheese. On top of a burger, cheese makes every bite better. Mixed into pasta, it can turn the average dinner into a feast. And what child (or child at heart) doesn't enjoy a satisfying grilled cheese sandwich every now and then?
Despite the delights of cheese, the most common varieties provide on average 80 or more calories and roughly 7 grams of fat per ounce, which can make it a luxury for those watching their weight. Cheese also can be high in cholesterol. For example, just 1 cup of whole milk ricotta contains 125 mg of cholesterol. But when individuals turn to all natural kefir (labne) cheese, they don't have to feel guilty about their love of all things cheesy.
Cheese-lovers can look to a creamy, delicious cheese that isn't as well known as the mozzarellas or bries out there, but just as satisfying. What's more, it can be a part of anyone's healthy diet.
Although a staple of traditional Mediterranean diets for generations, many Americans are unfamiliar with all natural kefir cheese (labne). Traditionally labne (often spelled "labneh") is made by draining whey from slightly salted low fat yogurt. The result is a thick and creamy spreadable cheese that is a healthier choice for cheese lovers monitoring the fat and sodium in their diets.
"Over the past several years there has been a great deal of interest in Mediterranean cuisine due to its well established health benefits," says Rostom Baghdassarian, COO of Karoun Dairies. "The advantages of including antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables and high fiber pasta and rice in our diets are well known, yet all natural kefir (labne) cheese is still one of the best kept secrets of the Mediterranean approach to healthy eating."
When used in recipes, all natural kefir (labne) cheeses add a smooth creamy texture to marinades for poultry or lamb and a tangy creaminess to soups. Many foodies use them as a healthier substitute for cream cheese or sour cream. In addition to the Original Kefir Cheese (Labne), Karoun also makes a Lite Kefir Cheese (Labne) with half of the fat and half of the calories of regular.
There are many ways all natural kefir (labne) cheese can be included at mealtime.
* Drizzle the cheese with extra virgin olive oil, sprinkle with crusted hot red pepper and fresh mint and use as a dip for pita chips or crackers.
* Mix it with shredded carrots, diced roasted peppers, and cucumbers for a refreshing fresh vegetable dip.
* Try it as a healthy and tasty spread for morning bagels or toast, drizzled with honey and sprinkled with cinnamon.


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What if Kipper Doesn't Retire?
Kent Wilson
August 19 2013 11:03AM
It's assumed by almost everyone heading into 2013-14 that Miikka Kiprusoff will opt out of the final year of his contract and head back to Finland to fish and be revered as demi-god by his countrymen. The soon-to-be 37 year old netminder suffered through the worst stretch of his Flames tenure in the lock-out shortened season, struggles that were compounded by injury. His below replacement level performance, mixed with the organization's lackluster redundancy in net, resulted in the club's plunge down to the bottom of the Western Conference and kick-started the rebuild. Kipper himself would have been one of the assets moved at the deadline along with Iginla and Bouwmeester, but he leveraged the threat of retiring to short circuit a move to Toronto.
The Flames have operated this summer as if Kipper is already gone. Karri Ramo was signed to a two year deal and Joey MacDonald was re-upped as well. 26-year old Swiss Veteran Reto Berra will also be in the mix while Joni Ortio and Laurent Brossoit will jockey for playing time in the minors.
The thing is, Kipper hasn't retired. Not officially at least (regardless of what he has said to the Finnish press), so there remains the possibility, however remote, that he will show up at the Flames training camp in a months time with pads in hand. What then?
Keep him
The first option is obviously to let him duel with Ramo for the starters role. Although he was putrid last season, I doubt Kipper's 2013-14 performance is actually representative of his true talent, even given his advancing age. He hasn't been truly elite for some time, but I would expect him to be at least around league average in the short-term.
Of course, Kiprusoff staying in Calgary means the Flames retain his $5.83M cap hit (despite a $1.5M actual salary) and it creates a logjam in the crease. Neither of those are huge concerns, frankly, since the Flames boast a lot of unused budget space and there's no particular up-and-coming talent who would be terribly sidelined by one more year of Kipper clogging the crease (that we know of at this point), but then again those are also minor costs with no real return.
Kipper's not getting any better. Even if he rebounds from his lackluster lock-out year, he is entering the steep down curve of his career. There's no tangible long term upside for the team if Kipper comes back and splits time with Ramo. In fact, one of the organization's problems the last few years was their enduring inability or unwillingness to move on from the hero of 2004 and start to seriously investigate alternatives. The Flames probably won't be contending for anything this season, so it would be best served testing out their various options like Ramo and Berra in order to firmly judge just what they have in those players. Kipper getting any sort of playing time in their stead is counter-productive to the club's objectives beyond 2013-14.
Trade Him
If Miikka is determined to play out his contract, then the Flames best option would be to move him to whoever might have interest. The Leafs are not an option now that they've acquired Jonathan Bernier, so a short list of possible trading partners got a bit shorter this summer.
The New York Islanders and Columbus Blue Jackets are a pair of clubs with underwhelming depth behind their incumbents - for CBJ, it's Curtis McElhinney behind Sergei Bobrovsky and for NYI it's Kevin Poulin behind Evgeni Nabokov. New York has ample cap space (about $15M) while the Flames and Jackets would have to get creative in order to fit Kiprusoff under the Jackets' ceiling.
There is also the Predators, who don't seem to have a back-up for Pekka Rinne. Former second rounder Magnus Hellberg had a decent season in the AHL last year, but the 22-year old hasn't even played 40 games on North American ice yet. Carter Hutton, a 27-year old AHL journeyman, is the only other puck stopper currently under contract with the Preds.
Like Columbus, Nashville doesn't quite have enough space to fit Kipper, so again the Flames would have to eat some cap or take a contract back in the deal to make it work.
Naturally, the probability of this option is dependent on how much demand there would be for a 37-year old tender coming off a terrible year and boasting a nearly $6M cap hit. It would also depend on Kipper agreeing to be traded, unlike the deadline where he nixed a move to the Leafs. Calgary's (or the trading partner's) options in that case are limited to suspending the player for not living up to the terms of his contract I suppose.
Demote Him
Another rather unsavoury option would be to send the veteran to the minors in order to ensure playing time for Ramo and company in the NHL. This pushes the logjam down the depth chart a bit and under the new rules of the revised CBA, Kipper's big cap hit wouldn't disappear, so it's less than ideal. To say nothing of demoting a former beloved star to the AHL in the final year of his last NHL contract (although they were willing to do it to Conroy).
A move like this would more or less be a veiled nudge to the player to retire, which I'm guessing is what Kipper would do rather than ride buses for the Heat.
If Kipper decides to return to the NHL, I think it would behoove both himself and the team to investigate whether he could be traded before training camp arrives. There's no good reason, besides perhaps nostalgia, for him to don a Flames jersey again. Meaning, the possibility of Kipper playing for someone else should be determined prior to training camp and the onset of the year, because things could get pretty awkward for both parties otherwise.
On the other hand, Kiprusoff could officially retire in the next few weeks, rendering all of this moot.
The only reason Kipper would play out the final year is pride. He didn't have a great season last year, not that the d corp was much help, so he might want another kick at the can to finish his carear on a more 'positive' note.
However, looking at the team that would play in front of him, I don't see much to entice Kipper to return. I'm pretty sure that we have seen the last of Kipper in a Flames jersey.
yes time is getting short on this. hope we hear something soon.
I wonder what the offer was like from Toronto?
August 19 2013, 11:52AM
Whether or not he retires, I really don't feel as if the team has any plans to use him this season.
I still think he should replace Mike Rogers in the radio booth.
August 19 2013, 11:59AM
I wonder what the offer was like from Toronto?
Wasn't it a 2nd round pick? I thought that was the story at the time...
Does someone need to get on the phone and explain to Kipper that he needs to do more than just tell Finnish media that he's done? Like maybe write a press release or something.
I have to admit, I have been a little worried as the summer dragged on that he wouldn't actually end up retiring. But the organization clearly seems to think he's going to retire, so I put my hope in that.
Wonder why Management are taking so long to make the announcement of his retirement, maybe MSM should be asking Feaster. Maybe Flames are giving him maximum amount of time to have a change of heart. If he did decide to play 1 more year, then we will get an asset, any asset for him, where right now, the return is zilch. So why rush the announcement. I don't necessarily agree that Kipper hasn't been elite for some time. Last year yes, the year before, he was amazing, even though his numbers didn't really reflect that. Even his last few years this year, he showed why he is was an elite goaltender & how could a guy with that talent not want to play a little longer. Given the right team, he could pull some Brodeur like goaltending for some team.
I suspect the silence on this front is a combination of two factors. 1) Kiprusoff's historical reticence to say anything of note to anyone at any time during the summer. 2) The Flames waiting for the smoke to blow over on the whole "It was mutually understood that Kiprusoff wouldn't play the last year of his contract." stuff.
With Daly's recent announcement on any potential attacks on these back-diving-under-the-table-arrangements and the summer ending, news should be coming out, one way or another (but I also suspect we have seen the last of Kiprusoff).
As a follow up though Kent, I have two questions
1) Why does it matter if the cap space stays on the Flames' books this year? I see no chance it matters at all.
2) The Nashville and Columbus options seem like an opportunity for a "Hey, we have a big cap hit, cheap contract guy we could ship you for [Dreadfully overpriced soon to be UFA type guy] we could swap, if you kicked in [late round draft pick/somewhat potentially useful prospect type]" type of deal. Thoughts? Lots of time in the summer for idle and likely pointless speculation.
August 19 2013, 12:52PM
Well, I suppose a potential benefit to Kiprusoff returning would be that the Flames would be better at playing hockey. Which, I understand, is something that they still plan to do do from time to time.
I know you've all jumped off the deep end into bizarro-Oilers world, where losing is good and winning is bad, but there is something to be said for a hockey team winning the occasion hockey game.
If your team is good at drafting and development, then moving a few spots in the draft order won't matter, you'll still rebuild well.
If your team sucks at drafting and development, then moving a few spots in the draft order wont matter, your rebuild will fail regardless..
So I'm not saying Kipper should come back, im just saying that if something helps the team win a few games, and has no significant future costs, then it's probably not a bad thing.
Although my personal preference would be to see the Flames use that cap space to over-pay a good UFA to bring in a quality skater to mentor and shelter the noobs.
I would like to see the Flames trade him and get something for him. I would be happy with a pick or prospect of some kind. A roster player would be my last choice. If he does retire, he should be the goalie coach instead of having Clint Malarchuk or a back up role and could split the games 50/50 but if they don't want him as one of the goalies he's run out of options.
Wasn't it a 2nd round pick? I thought that was the story at the time...
That would have been nice especially in this draft.
I believe the only way Feaster will bring him back (if Kipper wants to stay) is if he understands that he could be traded at the deadline without threats of retirement. In which case I'm all for him coming back as a tradeable asset, with the hopes of him returning to form.
If kipper doesn't retire I hope he plays well when he plays. When I go to games I go to be entertained. Watching a Flames legend rekindle some magic is worth the price of admission. I hope our team never plays to lose and I hope that if Kipper suits up he is dynamite. Nothing better than the dome rocking with a Kipper chant after a huge cross crease glove save in the last minute to preserve a win.
Having said that I think he's done....
August 19 2013, 04:19PM
If Kipper does not retire the Flames need to trade clearly signifying the rebuild. Keeping would undermine the entire endeavor. I love him and he the best goalie the Flames have ever had but his time here is done.
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alas, it's unlikely that kipper will help the team more than karri ramo will at even strength.
i think what's probably happening is that kiprusoff does not retire before his contract is done to avoid league investigation into possible circumvention - but he won't show up to camp. the cap hit doesn't matter at this point and the flames could pay him or they could "suspend" him to sit out. either way, he doesn't play a game for the flames.
August 19 2013, 06:45PM
I never expected Kipper to go out in such a sorry-sac way but I think the lockout hindered him in a big way.
If we were gonna lose a season and reboot last year was it.
Glad it happened so we could change the guard. It might not have happened if Kipper was his normal self last year.
Either way I think we are better off on the path we are headed down now. I dont think we will be all that bad if we get descent goaltending.
I think the potential is there for Hudler, Cammalleri and Baertschi to score around 60+ points. Glencross could score 30 goals.
Considering our faceoff percentage should be alot better next year, with the addition of actual centers, I'd expect to have far better posession next year.
Our center ice and goaltending positions area the true wildcards in determining our fate next year. They have alot of new faces, mostly young and unproven faces, so we dont yet know what to expect out of them.
Dont get me wrong Im not gonna expect the playoffs out of this group. But I think they could be a fun team to watch with Hartleys system and youthful exuberance trying to prove their worth...
the only reason Kipper would return is for millions of dollars.
You guys know it's quite likely that kipper isn't as bad now as many of you think. It is more likely he just didn't do a damn thing during the lockout because he expected the year to be washed out. He probably would have played pretty well with a bit of offseason training.
What do we do if Kipper returns?
You guys know it's quite likely that kipper isn't as bad now as many of you think. It is more likely he just didn't do a damn thing during the lockout because he expected the year to be washed out. He probably would have played pretty well with a bit of offseason training.
untrue. kipper has been trending downwards and has been replacement-level or worse multiple times in the past 5 seasons.
I beg to differ, pct wise he's had 2 of his best years in the least 4, with his normal one good one bad cycle.
August 19 2013, 09:21PM
Regardless of whether it be Ramo or Kilrusoff in net, I'll be expecting about a .910 sv% this season, which IIRC is a significant upgrade over last season.
Unless McDonald is the starter. In which case, god help us all. They'll need those Bow River train bridges refurbished into tip-top shape, lest they fail under the weight of legions of Flames fans jumping in despair.
Kipper and Ramo sharing the crease would almost certainly be the best-performing option in net for the Flames.
Kipper still has game but it is up to him whether he still wants to compete a high level.
Kipper will return for at least one game and then announce his retirement.
Flames will honor his career and let him go out in style.
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He could hang out with Luongo during the warmup in Canucks/Flames games and compare contract situations.
Seriously though, it would be a bad scenario all around.
If he plays well it means that the Flames end up with an inflated record that does harm to the "draft-high" strategy Feaster appears to want now. It also forces players like Ramo, who I believe planned to come over because he felt a starting position was available, to be a backup. At the same time it forces Joey MacDonald and the rest of the goaltending gang down the development ladder.
If he plays poorly it means the Flames now have a large cap hit backup with diminishing asset value whose legacy is in danger of being tarnished.
I don't know a great deal about Kiprusoff's personality other than that he is somewhat reticent to speak in public. However, what I have heard often enough in forums such as these leads me to believe that his strength as a teammate would not necessarily be as a mentor to younger goalies. Please, correct me if you feel I'm mistaken here.
Calgary's backup goalie bench has gotten a bit of a bad rep over the last few years. Some even call it cursed! I haven't seen any solid evidence that it's because of Kipper's lack of mentoring skills though. More likely it's a combination of two things:
1. Kipper is a workhorse. He can play more games than average without his wheels coming off.
2. Neither Sutter or Feaster ever bothered to hire a backup that didn't look like a hot mess standing next to Kipper.
In 2013 #1 finally became false. Who knows whether it was age, the compressed schedule or a freak injury, but Kipper finally hit a brick wall. If he returns this season Ramo may finally be a backup good enough for the Flames to give Kipper the rest he probably needs at this stage in his career. If he doesn't return the curse of the backup will continue unabated. Let's say Ramo's everything Kipper ever was with a side of sautéed reindeer. Berra's stat-sheet does not inspire confidence, so the most generous assessment of him is "unproven". We know MacDonald sucks. The Flames have some promising younger goalies, but are any of them ready? Yeah, hello again Mr. #2.
Does anyone know when Kipper's retirement has to be made official? I have a funny feeling he could stay retired if Ramo turns out to be good, but might come out of retirement to "save the day" (TM) if Ramo turns out to be less than great.
August 20 2013, 06:54AM
Sorry Rex, I think the Kool-Aid has gotten to you.
I can tell you're an Oilers fan because you use phrases like "causing an inflated record" instead of "winning", and you say it like its a bad thing. Yes, he might cause the team to "win" some games.
Kipper coming back only forces Ramo into a backup spot if he is better than Ramo. That's not guaranteed to be the case, but if true it just gives the team a better backup.
And Kipper coming back needn't push anyone down the development ladder. Joey McDonald turns 34 this season. Reto Berra turns 27 and is coming off a .906 sv% in the Swiss league. Either him or McDonald can become the odd-man-out in a 3-goalie bullpen in Calgary, and it won't be hurting anyone's NHL career.
"If he plays poorly it means the Flames now have a high cap hit backup with diminishing asset value whose legacy is in danger of being tarnished."
if he doesn't play, the Flames will have a zero-value asset. His legacy will always be 2004, and his subsequent Vezina. It won't matter whether he goes out like a chump on a losing season, or goes out like a chump on a losing shortened season.
Whether he makes a good goalie mentor or not depends on the pupil, I suppose. I've never met him or Ramo personally, so have no opinion on whether it would be a good idea or not from that perspective.
Kipper is NOT coming back....
the real question is- do the Flames try and buy a Tim Thomas style rental to get them over the hump or to be "good now"? that was my fear this summer, but it seems Feaster has passed on the FA market for forwards and goalies, which in my opinion only makes sense if one wants to draft top 5 for a couple of years.
I know there has been lot's of talk about trading more vets, those with any trade value, at the deadline, i.e. Cammi, Hudler, GlenX, Gio, Wideman... and this is what worries me... the team can sell off too many experienced guys and leave nobody to mentor the younger guys. In my opinion, if we don't want to see our up-n-comers struggle like they have up north, we need the right mix and right kind of vets in the stable. Then again, I have no way of knowing if said vets are the right kind.
Is Cammi the right kind? Gio? Hudler or Glenx? how many more can we get rid of and still have enough experience at the right positions to mentor the youth?
Just how valuable are those later round draft picks?
we are find out, as the Flames are going to be icing a team with only a couple first rounders, a few second rounders and a slew of late round draftees and undrafted players...
Did you know GlenX was undrafted?


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Tight end Tony Gonzalez, who insisted last season he was as high as "97%" likely to retire, is expected to inform the Atlanta Falcons that he will return for another season and another run at a championship that has eluded him, a person familiar with Gonzalez's thinking told USA TODAY Sports on Sunday.
The person spoke on the condition of anonymity, because Gonzalez has not said anything publicly about his decision.
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"There's a pretty darn good chance that he comes back," the person said. ''He's been chasing that Super Bowl for a long time. If I was a betting man, I'd say he'd be on the side of trying to come back.''
Gonzalez, 37, said repeatedly in 2012 that he was "95%'' sure he would retire after his 16th NFL season. He raised those odds to "97%'' after the Falcons won their divisional-round playoff game against Seattle, the first postseason win of Gonzalez's career. Gonzalez said the percentages of retiring would have increased to 99% had the Falcons advanced to the Super Bowl instead of losing to San Francisco in the NFC Championship Game.
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According to a Sunday report by Yahoo's Michael Silver, Gonzalez, according to those close to him, would return for 2013 if the Falcons met certain conditions, such as a reduced training camp and a raise. Gonzalez earned a $3.9 milllion base salary and $1 million roster bonus in 2012.
He caught 93 passes with eight touchdowns last season, and he showed no signs of slowing down, adding 14 catches and two touchdowns in Atlanta's two playoff games.
Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff said at last month's scouting combine in Indianapolis that Gonzalez would be welcome back with open arms if he decided to play a 17th season. Gonzalez was named first-team all-pro for the sixth time, and the 13-time Pro Bowler holds league records for receptions (1,242) and yards (14,268) by a tight end.
Dimitroff said he was hopeful Gonzalez would return to the Falcons, a team that believes it's on the cusp of a Super Bowl appearance. At that time, Dimitroff guessed it was "50-50" Gonzalez would return, then later backpedaled.
"Now we're staring down the barrel potentially of a fifth season (of Gonzalez in Atlanta), which I'm just taking a year at a time, and I'm happy he's even contemplaing coming back to play,'' Dimitroff said.
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"I admitted I made the mistake of saying '50-50' the other day. That was a little bit tongue-in-cheek, only because Tony has to make his decision. That's a little bit wishful thinking on my part that he is contemplating, which I'm sure he is.''
It would help if Gonzalez let the Falcons know by 4 p.m. ET Tuesday, when free agency begins, because they must make decisions on free agents such as left tackle Sam Baker and cornerback Brent Grimes.
"It's totally up to Tony Gonzalez to make his decision,'' Dimitroff said. "We're just hoping he'll be stepping on the field when the time is right."
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The School of Visual and Performing Arts provides a number of noteworthy resources to support its programs in art, media arts, music, theatre, film and dance. Our facilities bring together dynamic faculty and committed students in a vibrant learning environment that fosters and supports creativity and growth. LIU Post offers exquisite performance and exhibition space, state-of-the-art digital laboratories and broadcasting studios. Many of our venues are open to the public and showcase the talents of our students and professors to the greater community. Facilities are located in both historic and contemporary buildings. Below is a summary of various facilities within the School of Visual and Performing Arts.
The 2,200 seat Tilles Center for the Performing Arts provides LIU Post students and the public with an internationally recognized performance venue, featuring some of the most important classical and popular artists of our time.
The Little Theatre Mainstage was built as a proscenium house, but now doubles as a black box space that incorporates elements such as rotating sets, trapdoors, and occasionally, rotating audiences. The space is modeled after Off-Broadway houses and features similar technical capabilities and equipment. There are usually three mainstage productions each year.
The Rifle Range Theatre can best be described as a quintessential "Off-Off-Broadway" theatre. The Rifle Range hosts everything from student-written and produced work to thesis projects, small plays, improv shows and film shoots. The theatre has its own sound and lighting system and is modeled on professional theatre spaces. It offers our students firsthand experience in producing shows in a black box space before they enter the professional world.
Campus movies, run by the Association for Campus Programming (ACP), are held weekly during the school semester in the Hillwood Cinema. In addition, movies are shown on PTV – Channel 73 during weeknights and all day on weekends.
Hailed by The New York Times for its impressive collections, Hillwood Art Museum serves as an integral part of the cultural resources at LIU Post. Each year the museum features exhibitions, lectures, demonstrations and symposia to enrich, inform and educate our students, the Campus and local communities.
Located in the lower level of the Library, the Hutchins Gallery is a magnificent exhibit hall that showcases the sculpture and painting of local artists, faculty and students.
Located in Hillwood Commons, the Student Art League Gallery displays the artwork of undergraduate and graduate art students. Exhibits range from one-person shows to small group exhibits, and include displays of ceramics, paintings, mixed media, multi-media and photography.
The Post Television Station, PTV, exists as a venue for students of the Media Arts Department to create and produce original programming. Located in Humanities Hall, the facility features a state-of-the-art production studio, a professional control room and digital editing labs. The station regularly broadcasts student-produced programming to the Campus via a closed-circuit cable system on Channel 73.
Broadcasting 24 hours a day, WCWP 88.1 FM is a non-commercial radio station that airs talk, music, news and sports. Located in the Abrams Communications Center, WCWP is staffed by students and professionals and serves both the campus community and the public. The state-of-the-art digital studios also serve as a learning laboratory for students majoring in journalism, electronic media, public relations and other disciplines. MyWCWP is a student-operated Internet radio station that streams 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and provides an eclectic mix of programming to keep listeners informed and entertained.
Dance majors develop their craft by performing and studying in several spaces on campus from the state-of-the-art stage at Tilles Center to the more intimate concert space at the Little Theatre, both with excellent lighting and sound capabilities. The studio in the Theatre, Dance and Arts Management building is for the exclusive use of the dance program, and has a sound system, barres and mirrors, and video capabilities and serves the dual purpose of a rehearsal space and an informal performance venue. Many classes have live accompaniment. Dancers have access to a full costume shop.
The Kahn Discovery Center houses film studios with two sound stages, editing suites and a screening room. The facility is also used for general classes in public relations, journalism, film and electronic media.
Located in Pell Hall, the photography studios and darkrooms provide an exciting atmosphere in which to create master prints and professional imagery. We offer a state-of-the-art black and white wet darkroom, two computer digital darkrooms, and a large shooting studio fully equipped with strobes, soft boxes and other lighting equipment. In the advanced digital darkroom there are three large format archival inkjet printers, with 16", 24" and 60" wide by 100' roll paper capabilities.
The Fine Art Studios feature numerous drawing and painting studios.
The computer laboratory for journalism and public relations students is equipped with the latest software for writing, desktop publishing and web publishing. The lab is equipped as a professional newsroom with a cable hookup, newspapers, magazines and an Associated Press feed.
Students may hone their journalism skills by covering late-breaking Campus news, sporting events and local entertainment for The Pioneer, our award-winning weekly student newspaper. You may work as a reporter, editor, photographer, designer or advertising sales manager. Offices are located in Hillwood Commons.
The Digital Art and Design Lab is a state-of-the-art facility for students majoring in art, digital art and design, graphic design and photography. It comprises five rooms fully equipped with networked computers, current software packages, digital and video cameras, film and flatbed scanners, and laser printers. Students can create everything from interactive Web pages to 3-D images and animations.
The Crafts Center houses the jewelry and ceramics studios. The ceramics studio is fully equipped for hand-building and throwing on the pottery wheel. There are gas and electric kilns, along with a large outdoor facility for Raku, primitive firings and wood firing in an anagama kiln.
The Sculpture Building houses the woodshop, machine shop, welding shop and the Foundation Studios.
The Printmaking Shop and Paper Mill have areas for intaglio, monotype, screenprinting and papermaking. The workshop also includes a darkroom, vacuum exposure room, acid room, screen washout area and printmaking studios.
Located in Humanities Hall, this facility provide digital art and design students with access to 65 networked computers and an additional 15 Windows-based Intel stations, all networked with Web access at every station, within 6 comfortable and spacious rooms. Students have access to full-color printers as well as flatbed scanners (which scan 2D or 3D images) and b&w/color video. In each of the facility's rooms, projection screens provide easy viewing for demonstrations.
Home to the Department of Music, the Fine Arts Center is a magnificent American Colonial-style mansion that features classrooms, practice rooms, private lesson areas and offices.
Located in the Fine Arts Center, the state-of-the-art lab offers instruction in electronic keyboards, MIDI sequencing, notation software, digital audio, ear-practice training and composition.
In the 17-station Keyboard Lab, located in the LIU Post Fine Arts Center, students broaden their musicianship and keyboard skills taking courses in keyboard harmony. In addition, music education students use the lab to further develop their own musicality while studying techniques needed to be effective classroom teachers.
A multi-purpose facility, this free-standing building is used for concert preparation and music classes.
This 90-seat room is located in Winnick House, an historic Tudor-style mansion that is the centerpiece of LIU Post. Student recitals are held several times a month in this grand living area that was once the former home of cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post and financial wizard E.F. Hutton.
Located in Hillwood Commons, the 490-seat Hillwood Recital Hall serves as both a lecture hall and recital space for dance, theatre and concerts.
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