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Fort Monostor, Komárom, Hungary
30 April - 4 May, 2019
special theme:
Through Women's Eyes
(Duna Műhely, MAFSZ, Színművészeti Főiskola, INFORG Stúdió)
Mundruczó Kornél: Afta - 22 min. (2000-2001)
Mintha egy kisvárosban lennénk. Egy helyi tinédzser egy napja. Egy őrült meleg nap. Itt mindenből csak egy van. Egy banda. Egy játék. Egy tér. Egy nő. Hogyan sodródik ez a fiú a nap végére odáig, hogy az élete visszafordíthatatlanul megváltozik. Ez már egy történet...
Szaladják István: Aranymadár - 25 min. (2000)
Lelkünk, mint a sólyom, úgy ül a bölcsesség karján, hogy elrepítsen. Mikor megszületünk elereszt, s mikor meghalunk, visszavár.
Szirmai Márton: Szalontüdő - 7 min. (2006)
Egy letűnt kor finom darabkája találkozik két sokat látott emberrel. Szavak nélkül is megértik egymást.
Cs. Nagy Sándor-Pólik József: Lamm - 30 min. (1998)
Bűnt követtem el?
Lamm nem tud választ adni erre a kérdésre. De talán ez már nem is számít. Hiszen tévedés történt és most elutazhat a városból. Nem a csillárra gondol, nem a hóhér tekintetére a kocsmában, hanem a nőre, aki az utolsó éjszakán pofon ütötte őt, a nőre, aki most mozdulatlanul fekszik a fal előtt, mozdulatlanul, akár a kavics.
Ez lenne a büntetés?
Nem, ő sohasem tudná nagyra nőtt ökleivel megfenyegetni az eget, végigvonszolni Istent a felhői között a szelíden hömpölygő pelenkában.
Lamm kegyelmet kapott. De a büntetés csak most kezdődik, most, amikor a halott város örökre eltűnik a fák között. Most, amikor a világ, mint tépett plakát csüng alá. Soha többé nem látja viszont a várost, de az mégis mindig ott lebeg majd a tekintete előtt. Van-e kegyetlenebb ítélet, mint az emlékezés örök szomjúságában élni a felejtés forrásvize nélkül?
Káldy László: A robogós ember - 22 min. (2000)
"Ezúttal arról szeretnék beszélni, hogy vettem egy robogót. Nem lenne ebben semmi különös, ha mindezt nem 61 éves koromban teszem, és nem ez lenne életem első motoros járműve. Pedig így van. Annak, hogy itt a Rába töltésén gyakorolok, jó oka van. Itt jóval kisebb a forgalom, mint az országúton. Nem jönnek szembe a kamionok, és nincsenek rendőrök, akik kérik a jogosítványomat, ami persze még nincs."
The rehearsals of the music and dance workshop is lead by Miklós Both, the leader of Napra band. In the morning and in the afternoon for 3-3 hours in the armory of Fort Monostor. It's worth to peek into the rehearsals to see the process of the workshops. What will it become for the closing ceremony of 30th April at 21.00? During the rehearsals a lot of details and solutions will come up which can't fit into the closing ceremony.
The rehearsals of the music and dance workshop is lead by Miklós Both, the leader of Napra band. In the morning and in the afternoon for 3-3 hours in the armory of Fort Monostor. It's worth to peek into the rehearsals to see the process of the workshops. What will it become for the closing ceremony of 30th April at 21.00? During the rehearsals a lot of details and solutions will come up which can't fit into the closing ceremony.
Wines, spirits, foods... special folk foods.
In case of good weather- which we hope will be- we imagine the afternoons of the festival as a Maypole Celebration welcoming summer and blossoming. While harvest and vintage somewhat still holds the tradition of community spirit, this specific period which preaches the revival of nature, blooming trees, meadows, seems to fade. We would like to draw attention to this beautiful times if the weather also cooperates. So our programmes will be held outside on the Danube waterfront, near the floodplain forest. We would like to build a "tradition" on this, so we don't want to mess the "natural decoration" up. We won't use aplification, stage, only the athmosphere amplifying people. But bring checked tablecloth, picnic basket and blankets.
MEDIAWAVE MAY DAY will be the sum of small and bigger entertaining programmes, relaxing and community building, permanent and time bound special programmes.
If the weather won't stand on our side the programmes will be held in the Danube tower of the Fort Monostor which will be a perfect venue in case of bad weather. (The Festival Cetre and the Cinema Rooms have also heating system!)
A musical theatre from Saint Petersburg with a wide repertoire. The duo draws inspiration from the shaman music of the North- Russian Finno-Ugric people. During the Festival on one afternoon the audience have the opportunity to get to know a special Russian instrument, the gusly.
Ferenczi is the definitive performer, an experimenter. He provides something new in every concert, you can rarely hear the same song in the same way again, you always get something special. The musical talent, the great sense of humour and the blend of Hungarian folk into blues and funky makes every concert a special experience you never forget.
The band was founded by two real very young romany guys form the countryside. They are playing authentic gypsy music on traditional gypsy instruments like acustic guitar, kettle, spoon. Sometimes they complement these with mouth bass, double bass, mandolin and darbuka.
The design of the gongs used here enables that their sound has a beneficial effect on the human body; it is a soothing feeling as it harmonizes its energy centres, the chakras.
Hungarian gong invention
The Csángálló band was founded in 2009 to acquaint the musical world of the Csángó Hungarian culture. The group feels responsible for lookig after the Csángó culture so they travel frequently to Gyimes and Moldva to interpret their experiences into music.
This Madách paraphrase is performed among the set of the film Opium by János Szász. The set is an asylum left in the Fort Monostor which is going to be a perfect scene.
The Trio prefers to play the Hungarian music of Moldva mainly but the tambura, historic songs and singing poems are also part of the repertoire. In the interacts of historic songs and singed poems folk motives win a new life. A fresh and unique colour is the music of south Hungary with tambura.
The prize- list is coming soon.
The bearly known area of Inner-South-China which lies on the border of Tibet
gives home to numerous small and bigger nations. "The Lijiang Project" band bears the message of these nations. The band builds their modern music on this colourful and diverse cultural tradition. The basic group is complemented with authentic naxi folk musicians. The naxis are a folk related with the tibetian nation living in high mountains. Some groups of the naxis still live isolated and they belive in shamanism. They have their own kind of writing. The "dongba" writing is complelety different form the chinese or the tibetian. It is basically similar to the egyptian hierogliphs. (See the video below.) The groups comes from the town Lijiang which is part of the World Heritage and is one of the biggest caravan towns on the ancient Vietnam- Tibet- Mongol tee road which is more thousand kilometers long - like the Roman Road - but partly used today as high road.
The connection is not a coincidence. If you visited the Romer House in Győr (which has been closed last year) you remember the Tibetian boy which was the background of the satge in the Underground Club downstairs. The picture was made by our painter friend, Wu Jiang from Beijing and was the poster of the MEDIAWAVE Festival 1998. He has moved to Li Jiang a few years ago and mingle dwith the local asrtistic life. Through his connections will the musicians, artists and world heritage professionals arrive to Hungary.
Follia! is a Belgian Folkrock group which combines various musical styles into a fresh new experience. Since 2004, the release of their debut album "Kiss me you fool.." they have toured Europe and brought their fresh new sound to many happy music lovers.
What is the difference between gypsy music and gypsy-music? You can get to know it now! Romano Trajo doesn't guide us to a fancy restaruant but to a place where Romanies play music for their own entertainment in Hungarian or in their own language. It's not about fitting into the ethno/worldmusic category. Romano Trajo just does its job. Breaks down the walls which separate people.
Humble Grumble started off in 1996 with the folk and jazz musicians of Dearest Companion, a Belgian flip-folk group. The early music had more in common with folk-rock then jazz, but was always flavored with an eccentric touch of humor. The early work of Humble Grumble was mainly composed by Gabor Humble and Tom Theuns, who already played rather manic performances in the region of Ghent at the time.
During the first stage in Kisharsány the slam poetry performaces around the fire were a big success. We don't know how but they didn't become pioneer like and people loved it! And slammers had the opportunity to show their progress.

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Woman knows how much a race can mean
In 2010 Dana Barkdull weighed 329 pounds and decided to make a change. A year and a half later she ran her first half-iron distance triathlon.
By that time, she had dropped to 254 pounds. The half iron distance, though (70.3 miles of swimming, biking and running), was still a huge challenge, undertaken only after prayer.
Barkdull realized she would cross the finish line after the official race ended. She expected to be alone, without support.
Instead, she approached the clearing and saw a huge "TriFreaks" finish line with the clock still running. Volunteers had all heard about the girl who wouldn't quit. They stayed to bring her in.
"It just meant the absolute world to me," Barkdull says, "so I started volunteering, originally as a way to kind of pay back what they had done for me — and then I quickly realized what it was doing for me."
Last September, Barkdull, a social worker in a longterm care facility, decided to help out at The Grand Columbian Triathlon in Grand Coulee. She was impressed by the spirit of the volunteers. At midnight, a group of high school boys were still ushering in each contestant with flashlights and cheers.
"It was amazing," she recalls.
Since then, it has become her passion. She puts in an average of 15-20 hours a week volunteering for TriFreaks, 30 on race weeks.
Next month, she will come to the coulee as a volunteer coordinator for the race, her fourth as manager. And she has a goal: "to make these volunteers … know how much they are appreciated."
Barkdull came to the Over the Dam Run put on by TriFreaks and noted issues with volunteers, issues she vows to address. Next month, she will bring extra helpers whose jobs are only to meet the needs of volunteers working the race, she says.
Because without volunteers, such events can be done, she says. And she knows how important they can be.
"I went from a point of very deep depression and wanting to end my life, to wanting to live my life," she says. "God used this sport to do that."
Barkdull is still on the bigger side, she notes. "I'm the healthiest fat person you'll ever meet." She readily admits she may not ever win a race, but that's not the point.
"I don't care about coming in first," she confides. "It's just that finish, crossing that line, because I've been told my whole life that I can't."
Spreading that message is what volunteering at races is all about for Barkdull.
"It is amazing to see the joy on these people's faces," she says.
She and race owner Stefan Newbury will be in town this week to meet with anyone interested in helping at The Grand Columbian next month. They will be at the Pepper Jack's Bar and Grille's meeting room at 6:30 p.m. Thursday to meet with anyone interested in volunteering.


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Hitting all the ".dll" files in K-meleon with UPX will
compress the files making them smaller, lighter.
K-Meleon1.6.0_Beta2 before UPX is "size 23.8 MB (24,959,481 bytes)"
And after UPX is "size 14.9 MB (15,632,889 bytes)"
Thats not to bad! It can be used on other files Java, Flash etc.
But I would not do any windows system files!


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The South Tama County Middle School eighth grade boys basketball team traveled to Radcliff on Thursday, January 10, for its game against South Hardin.
Early on, the Tigers hurt the Trojans inside with easy layups, but STC fought back . The first half was a good game as the Trojans led 15-12. STC had a hard time getting shots to fall and South Hardin worked to go inside the lane. The Trojans came out in a 2-3 zone and it worked to shut down the Tigers for the second half.
The Trojans turned up the ball pressure and had some steals that led to easy baskets. The STC offense hit some shots and played good defense. The final score was 35-22 in favor of the Trojans. It was a good effort for the team of six as they kept working hard and finished strong on both sides of the court.
Scoring - Clayton Rosenberger 18, Riley Davenport 13, Hunter Filloon and Jarret Morris 2 each.
Rebounds - Davenport 6, Rosenberger and Morris 3 each, Filloon and Valdez 1.
Steals - Rosenberger 7, Morris, Filloon and Valdez 2 each.
The eighth grade boys basketball team hosted the Union Knights on Friday, January 11. STC started the game down 7-5 in the first quarter, but led at halftime 15-7. Good defense and pressure on the ball helped the Trojans get the lead. Union never recovered and the zone defense of STC kept them from doing much scoring inside.
The Trojans came out with a 35-22 victory. Clayton Rosenberger had 11steals that led to several easy layups and the inside defense of Onel Valdez and Riley Davenport helped lead the Trojans to a win.
This team has only six members and they continue to work together and hustle their tails off for the entire game. Every game out they give it all they have and that is all I can ask for as a coach. Their record is 6-3 with games against Benton, West Marshall and Williamsburg remaining.
Scoring - Rosenberger 22, Davenport 11, Hunter Filloon 2.
Rebounds - Davenport 6, Valdez, Filloon, Morris, and Rangel 2 each.
Steals - Rosenberger 11, Davenport 3, Filloon, Morris, and Valdez 1 each.


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Matt, it might be better to go for 2 or 4 rounds of ineligibility, so that the same person doesn't get first pick in the top 8 and top 24 rounds. Just a thought.
Matt, it might be better to go for 2 or 4 rounds of ineligibility, so that the same person doesn't get first pick in the top 8 and top 24 rounds. Just a thought.
Or something.
RIP Fardin Qayyumi (AKA "cricket player"; "Bob"), 1/11/1990 - 15/4/2006
I'm just picturing Matt or Simon going..
Asoka De Silva
No........ BINGO! [You may have needed to see the TV show to get what I'm talking about].
I'll give it a run.
The man, the mountain, the Mathews. The greatest all rounder since Keith Miller. (Y)
Jaffna Jets CC (Battrick & FTP)
RIP WCC and CW Cricket
Member of the MSC, JMAS and CVAAS
Count me in.
Cricketweb Colts Captain
I'm a member of Club KerryOriginally Posted by Richard
I'm Green
The color of immortality, nature and envy - you are truly a unique person. While clearly the color of nature, you also symbolize rebirth, fertility and hope in the world. On the other side of the spectrum, a natural aptitude to money with green coming to signify money and possibly even *********!
that's ten by my count. I think we want 15 players from each drafter for banned list. If people can email them to:
I'll post the final rules etc once i've got my kids to bed.
GOOD OLD COLLINGWOOD - PREMIERS IN 2010Originally Posted by Irfan
Is Cam White, Is Good.
Mine sent also.
I have no idea who I'm going to pick in this comp. If the selector goes to the end of the line, what happens if their next pick is another one of the 31 Banned Players??
Mine sent.
This is going to be very interesting.
Originally Posted by Burgey
Thanks, got four sets of players so far - very interesting reading to date.
To clarify a couple of questions. The main point of confusion is around what happens if you pick a banned player. I've never done this kind of draft before either, and am happy to take suggestions on the fine detail if people see a problem with what I'm proposing, but I had in mind the following:
- as someone pointed out, I'm not going to be online 24/7 vetting each individual pick,
- my preference would be to once, or at most twice a day come on and confirm or reject picks.
- I thought it would cool to do it at the end of each round. At the end of each round, I confirm which picks are ok, and which are rejected. The rejected picks are then redone in the same order they were made.
- I take the point about the penalty being disproportionate if you picked first and get shuffled, in effect 10 picks down, compared to if you are last and potentially, don't get demoted any picks at all if you're the only one to go for a banned player.
- An alternative would then be to have a set number of picks you're demoted, Jamee's suggestion of 5 is probably sensible. The disadvantage with this is that the rounds will get jumbled a bit, and it might be more prone to delay while I'm not online. I'm happy to go with the consensus on this point.
- The question was asked "what if the replacement player I pick after having a pick rejected is also banned". I think people should get one free go if they've already been demoted once, but if they pick a third banned player in a row, they are demoted to the end of the following round/another 5 picks.
So pick 1 - reject - demoted.
Pick 2 - rejected - immediate repick.
Pick 3 - rejected - demoted again.
I think immediately extra demotion is a bit harsh, but if people have crapped out twice, they probably really want to think carefully before going with a 'risky' selection again.
- I think the reverse serpentine will work well, with it being redrawn after every two rounds. This should avoid, barring extraordinary luck, the same person having first pick in both round 9 and round 11, as successive waves of players are unbanned.
Would it be easy to post the banned players at the start and then we pick other guys. Does really make sense just picking guys and then they all get banned. Would most of guys in the first couple rounds of these drafts all be banned.
It would be easier, but less fun IMO. It will be a strategic decision for each drafter how much they want to play risky going for guys they think are probably banned, vs. getting people they're keen on and think should be available.
What happens if you keep picking players that are banned. Could you go 9 rounds without a pick?
Potentially. But even though you were now making your picks in round 9, when all players are unbanned, you'd still be prohibited in taking any of the banned players with any picks that were originally from before round 9 - yes, I can see where you were going with that...
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The diversity of care provided by assisted living centers has changed over the years, according to Sun Terrace Marketing Director Cheryl Larrick.
She was the featured speaker at Monday's Sunnyside Noon Rotary Club meeting.
Larrick said people once chose to live in an assisted living center for convenience. Upon retiring, individuals didn't want to worry about maintenance and upkeep of a home and yard.
That's still one of the reasons community members may choose to live in a center like Sun Terrace.
But, health concerns are another reason individuals choose assisted living over living in their own homes. One of the primary health concerns that lead to an individual living in an assisted living facility is dementia.
Larrick said Sun Terrace has highly qualified and certified staff who provide care for residents. Dementia has been on the rise and Larrick said it is important that individuals suffering from the disease move to an assisted living center "…sooner rather than later."
This is because waiting too long can lead to confusion for the individual. Larrick said it is important the individual remember they moved so they can live at the center "…for the remainder of their days."
If an individual doesn't remember moving into the center, they can sometimes wander off, seeking loved ones and their home, according to Larrick. She said Sun Terrace is not a locked facility and those who tend to walk away are the individuals who need to be cared for in a locked facility.
"We think we want to keep our loved ones in their homes as long as possible," said Larrick.
She is speaking from experience, having had a mother who suffered from dementia.
Larrick said her mother was an "exit seeker." Her mother would seek the first exit possible in search of familiar people and surroundings.
Because of that, Larrick said, her mother was unable to reside at Sun Terrace until she could no longer walk.
"Sun Terrace is like a community," said Larrick, stating the residents at Sun Terrace develop close bonds with one another. They enjoy a number of events and activities together. "They look out for one another," she said.
Not everyone at Sun Terrace suffers from dementia, Larrick noted. She said there are a number of services available for different levels of independence and medical care. Hospice care is available for terminally ill residents, as well.
Larrick said assisted living is an alternative for some. "It's about the quality of life," she said.
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These are all the News & Announcements posted on Wednesday, 29 February, 2012.
Grammy Winners!
The 2012 Grammy winners were announced on Sunday, February 12. Logan Library has the following Grammy-winning CD albums:
Album of the Year: 21 by Adele
Best Pop Vocal Album: 21 by Adele
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Duets II by Tony Bennett
Best Dance/Electronica Album: Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites by Skrillex
Best Rock Album: Wasting Light by Foo Fighters
Best Alternative Music Album: Bon Iver by Bon Iver
Best R&B Album: F.A.M.E. by Chris Brown
Best Rap Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
Best Country Album: Own The Night by Lady Antebellum
Best New Age Album: What's It All About by Pat Metheny
Best Jazz Vocal Album: The Mosaic Project by Terri Lyne Carrington
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Forever by Corea, Clarke & White
Best Gospel Album: Hello Fear by Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: And If Our God Is For Us... by Chris Tomlin
Best Latin Pop, Rock, Or Urban Album: Drama Y Luz by Maná
Best Regional Mexican Or Tejano Album: Bicentenario by Pepe Aguilar
Best Bluegrass Album: Paper Airplane by Alison Krauss & Union Station
Best Blues Album: Revelator by Tedeschi Trucks Band
Best Folk Album: Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars
Best Reggae Album: Revelation Pt 1: The Root Of Life by Stephen Marley
Best World Music Album: Tassili by Tinariwen
Best Musical Theater Album: The Book Of Mormon
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: The King's Speech by Alexandre Desplat
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Elmer Gantry by Robert Aldridge
You can find the full list of winners and nominees here.
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"Tribbles - better than gerbils and duct tape"
Leading to:
"Your hamster's dead, Jim!" -- McCoy
"Actually, Doctor, I believe it was a Terbilian Fighting Hamster." -- Spock.
Who needs posters? In memoriam James Doohan. The longest surviving "Red Shirt" on the USS Enterprise, his "Scotty" set the standard for generations of geeks and engineers. Working with the latest future technologies, often experimental, under a demanding boss for whom FTL travel, teleporters, galactic communications and more firepower than all of 20th Century Earth combined weren't enough to cakewalk through missions on any given week, Scotty's role model has influenced millions of 20th Century predecessors. His ingenuity, fortitude, and sense of humor while telling the boss that his demands are insane, but doable, even under excruciating time pressure floating around a newly discovered dimension, are an inspiration to us all. Mr. Doohan, in your new journey, go as boldly as you led us in all your merely astral journeys on our televisions, and in our imaginations.
Anyway, isn't this a 4chan [4chan.org] fad? What's next, posting YTMND [ytmnd.com] sites on Slashdot's front page?
What's next, posting YTMND sites on Slashdot's front page?
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Q: How many IBM CPU's does it take to execute a job? A: Four; three to hold it down, and one to rip its head off.


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Detectives Beyond Borders reads London Boulevard
He's better known for his machine-gun verbal outbursts. A fair parody of Bruen on paper would include
Short sentences.
Idiosyncratic paragraphing.
Mordant, rapid-fire jokes that bounce off the page like hailstones.
But London Boulevard is also chillingly laconic in the matter of its protagonist's reactions to the violence he inflicts, experiences, and has experienced. And that makes this 2001 novel more than just a revenge odyssey or damaged-hero story, though it is both.
It also is the author's version of Sunset Boulevard and, with a possible quibble about a surprising personality switch on the part of the Erich von Stroheim character, that aspect of the novel holds together beautifully and without intruding on the novel's suspense and mystery. Discussion of Bruen tends to focus on his raw emotion, tragic humor, and this like—on feeling rather than craft. But London Boulevard shows he's capable of a well-crafted mystery while retaining all the rawness you've come to love. And that's why it's probably my favorite, and maybe the best, of the seventeen or so of his novels that I've read.
© Peter Rozovsky 2013
Labels: England, Ireland, Irish crime fiction, Ken Bruen, London, noir


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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Central California
Anyway, back on June 15th I left the coast near Ventura and made my way north and east to central California. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that it was cool on the coast but it was hot once you got a few miles inland. A short stop in Maricopa left me drenched in sweat and the van was hotter than an oven after just 10 minutes of it sitting with the windows closed. Dry heat or not, it was still HOT.
That night I stopped at Kern River State Park just west of Bakersfield. In addition to the river, there was a lake in the park also, whose name I don't recall and didn't write down. The campground was huge. But it was empty except for one site, which had several adults and a bunch of kids of all ages. I selected a site along the river about in the middle of the campground a little ways from the occupied site. There were several cars that drove through the campground later in the evening but none of them stopped for the night.
I thought it was a little strange that with the heat there weren't more people at the campground taking advantage of the river and the lake. However, there were several groups of "tubers" that floated by. The river was high and the current was fast. The other strange thing was that no one ever came around to collect the camping fee and there was no self-serve pay station.
It was a pretty park, well maintained and clean and I didn't have any "bad vibes" about the place. Large trees provided plenty of shade from the hot sun and there was a nice breeze. All in all it was very pleasant.
The next morning I was up early and on my way by eight o'clock, going northeast on California 178. And what a beautiful drive it is! Following the Kern River to Lake Isabella the highway twists and turns, winding its way through the narrow Kern Valley with the river on the left and the mountain walls hugging the highway on the right.
Beyond Lake Isabella, Mountain Road 99 takes you up into Giant Sequoia National Monument. Now, why the government did this, I don't know, but it probably has something to do with how the land is used by the different agencies. We have Giant Sequoia National Monument and Sequoia National Forest. Then you have to drive 100 miles or more west, then north, then back east to get to Sequoia National Park, Sequoia National Forest (again), Kings Canyon National Park, Giant Sequoia National Monument (again), Sequoia National Forest (a third time), and finally, to Kings Canyon National Park (again). The latter "string" of Parks, Monuments and Forests are all connected, starting and stopping seemingly at a whim. It's very confusing! But it is an amazing and beautiful area of the country.
All of the rivers and streams in that area are full to brimming, flowing swiftly. There were quite a few waterfalls as well, many with several cascades, such as this one at South Creek Falls on Mountain Road 99 in the Sequoia National Forest.
A little further down the road, in Giant Sequoia National Monument, was the Trail of 100 Giants, which was a paved trail about a mile long that wound its way up, down, and through a forest of (what else?) very large Sequoia trees. It has been 30+ years since my last encounter with these magnificent things and I was impressed all over again.
There is no way that you can capture their immensity in a photograph. Of course, that didn't stop me from taking pictures!
At one time, these were three individual trees. I found it interesting that Sequoias gain their full height in the first 300 years at which time they aren't all that big around. As the years pass, they (like most of us humans) get bigger around. And, if they are growing close to others, they could, as these have done, join together. The boy standing between the two trees on the left is about four feet tall.
One of the things that surprised me regarding these trees is that the bark (or outer layer) is spongy. It gives when pressed upon. This tree has a portion of the outer bark layer missing, but it was still alive and growing.
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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; http://www.wwltv.com/sports/jimhende....82ae1f97.html Is it time for a quarterback change? 06:44 PM CST on Monday, December 8, 2003 Jim Henderson / WWL-TV Sports Anchor And you think you've got some important decisions to be made before Christmas. Just imagine Jim Haslett's dilemma. ...
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And you think you've got some important decisions to be made before Christmas. Just imagine Jim Haslett's dilemma.
Yesterday he saw in one game what he's been seeing for three and a half seasons just how good Aaron Brooks can be and just how bad Aaron Brooks can be.
As the Saints essentially fell out of the playoff race – again - Haslett is left to ponder these questions again: "Could we have won that game yesterday with a more consistent quarterback? Will Aaron Brooks ever become that quarterback? Do I have that quarterback behind him on my roster? Could I find that out under these circumstances? And, what would it cost this team, this coaching staff, and this franchise to find out?"
With three games left in this season, I think back to the same juncture in 1989. The Saints had just lost at Detroit to fall to 6- 7 same as they are right now. A frustrated Jim Mora benched Bobby Hebert for a fiery, strong-armed journeyman quarterback named John Fourcade.
Without any playoff pressure upon him, Fourcade catches lightning in a bottle, gets a season's worth of lucky breaks in the last three games, and wins them all. The Saints finish 9-7 Hebert holds out in 1990. Jim Finks gets a "false positive" reading on Fourcade and convinces himself he found the quarterback to take the Saints to the next level in those three games and makes Fourcade the season-opening starter.
After John throws three touchdowns and eight interceptions, the Saints trade for Steve Walsh, go 8-8, squander their Super Bowl chances while blessed with the best defense in team history and begin a decade-long search for a quarterback as good as Bobby Hebert was at that time.
Look at the parade at the position in the 90's: Steve Walsh, Wade Wilson, Jim Everett, Heath Shuler, Billy Joe's Hobert and Tolliver, Danny Wuerffel, Kerry Collins, Jeff Blake. Not very pretty, is it?
Now we reach another crossroads. Suppose the Saints bench brooks for Todd Bouman who becomes John Fourcade and 2003 becomes 1989 all over again.
Suppose he wins the final three meaningless games and Aaron Brooks becomes Bobby Hebert?
Is Todd Bouman the future? Is Aaron Brooks the past? Could Bouman do it over a 16 -game season? And if he falls flat over these final three games would Brooks' confidence be so shattered that you could never rehabilitate him? Remember that confidence is so crystalline in the Saints' mind that they essentially tried to keep Bouman's contract extension last week a secret so as not to imply any displeasure with the status quo.
Fourteen years removed from 1989 we can see clearly that that decision was the wrong one and what it cost those who made it and the fans who supported it.
Fourteen years from now we'll be able to see clearly what replacing or not replacing Aaron Brooks meant for better or worse.
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The difference is that we wouldn\'t let Brooks go before we find out about Bouman.
I think most would agree not to release or cut Brooks, only to sit him a while, let him reflect and come back next year with a fire in his belly.
We\'re treating him like a prima-dona, but he\'s not one.
Jay Bellamy was benched, took it like a man and a true teamer, worked his tail off, and now is one of our most consistent and productive starters. The experience may do the same for Brooks. It may also toughen him up.
Whether we agree or disagree; its all for Him.
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The only viable option here is to inflate Brook\'s numbers and make him attractive trade bait. Let him put up 300+ for these next 3 games.
I think after the Leaf/Brees/Flutie debacle that San Diego is terrified of having the #1 pick. And they should be. Besides with Ladanian and Boston I don\'t think they want to go into another rebuilding year. They have one of the top 3 RB\'s in the league , so why let him get 3 years older while they break in a rookie QB. I\'m thinking that the Chargers might be willing to trade down for Brooks and try to win now while LaDanian is healthy and a monster coming out of the backfield.
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I think Brooks needs some accountability. I agreee Tweeky this franchise has coddled Brooks enough. To do so any further is to the detriment of the future. We need to develop other options at QB. I just made a similar post in another thread but now is definatly the time for the Brooks debate. I think we should sit Brooks not only to try to motivate a fire in his belly but to try to find another answer as well. The last contract we gave Brooks makes it hard to move him. Plus it is too early to give up on Brooks, he has too much potential and too much positive play to ignore. However he makes to many mastakes and has to many problems to ignore as well. The job has to be opened up for competion and other options must be found. The Saints need to be prepared for the reasonable posibility Brooks my never get it together, not just blithly act as if he will as they have been. We just tied up a nice chunck of cash in Bouman and we need to see what we got for it.
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Now is the time for the Brooks debate. As BMG stated the case with the Chargers, they needed to light a fire under Brees, so they pulled him and put in Flutie. Now we all know that Flutie is a great back up, but he is not the future. I figure he has done his job of giving the confidence back to the team. Now they will look at playing Brees again for the rest of the season. But this (hopefully) has put a fire in his belly again. If the Saints were to follow suit, and sit Brooks for a game or two, then we would be able to judge how Bouman plays, and hopefully get Brooks back to the days when he had a fire (during the Blake years). The Chargers may be looking at picking up Eli, but I would doubt that (I would say they need a good 2nd WR, LaDamion leads in recieving yards there, not Boston) . Brees is good enough, young enough and has a very good mentor and friend in Flutie. Unfortuantly Brooks doesn\'t have a good veteran to help guide him. Maybe some competition is what he needs instead.
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HRV junior midfielder Matt Dallman made a prediction before the 2001 boys soccer season. "We should win our conference," he said. "We have very strong expectations this year, and I'd say the state semifinals are realistic."
Dallman obviously knew what his team was capable of back in September, because when the final whistle of the season was blown, the Eagles had proven they belonged among the state's elite teams.
Their bid for the semifinals came up one goal short in a 2-1 state quarterfinal loss to Lakeridge on Nov. 10, but the team walked away from that game having advanced further than any other HRV soccer team in history.
The Eagles compiled a more-than-respectable 16-2 season record and left the field knowing they could compete with the best that Oregon high school soccer had to offer.
Had one or two bounces gone their way against Lakeridge, the Eagles may have had a chance to match up against eventual state champion Jesuit, which won the title Saturday by a score of 5-0 over Klamath Union.
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Despite losing seven seniors, HRV's future appears bright. The Eagles aren't the only team that will be forced to cope with graduation, and judging by who will return next season, this team may be ready to take the next step. The team's top two scoring threats -- forwards Alexander Ponce and Corey Vandlac -- will be back, along with Ponce's playmaking brother, Dereck, as well as Dallman and a bevy of JV talent moving through the ranks.
Coach Doug Beveridge's biggest challenge next year will be to revamp the senior-dominated middle of the field, which was led by center midfielders Jordan Thompson and Josh Kitts, defenders Ben Saur, Nestor Elisea and Jon Wall, and goalkeeper Rafael Mondragon.
Thompson, Kitts, Saur, Elisea and Mondragon were all recognized by the Mt. Hood Conference for their play this season, and their absence will require the team to work even harder to develop cohesion for next season. But don't look for this resilient, highly competitive team to be intimidated by anyone.
The Eagles stood up to every challenge in 2001 and learned some valuable lessons that should keep them atop the conference standings for years to come -- whether in the Mt. Hood or Intermountain conference, a decision that will be made final on Dec. 3.
After two spirited battles this season, HRV hopes it can maintain its rivalry with Central Catholic, which was the only team besides Lakeridge to break down the Eagle machine.
Despite a humbling 3-0 loss to the Rams on Oct. 18 -- their only regular season loss -- HRV came back to prove which was the better team on Oct. 27, routing the Rams to the tune of 5-1 in the MHC first-place playoff game.
The win gave HRV the conference's first seed heading into state tournament play, and guaranteed them a home game in the first round against Madison.
A 2-0 dismantling of the Senators set up a storied second-round matchup with Crescent Valley of Corvallis. HRV was able to pull away in the end for a 3-1 win, but was pushed to its physical and mental limits, being forced to turn away one scoring opportunity after another late in the game.
After getting through such a difficult test, the team was riding high and looked to capitalize on its momentum against Lakeridge. However, two defensive breakdowns and countless missed scoring opportunities -- not to mention a solid Pacer side -- put an end to the Eagles' run.
But not before the players sent a message to the rest of Oregon state that HRV soccer has officially arrived.
Over the course of the season Beveridge and assistant coach Peter Dallman helped the Eagles develop a quick yet methodical attack that very few teams could figure out.
The combination of rapid one-touch passes, magician-like ball skills and off-the-ball runs confused and frustrated opposing defenses to the point of surrender, and left them to wonder how this team of mostly undersized speed demons could dismantle them so thoroughly.
Opponents were often driven to ire, resulting in multiple yellow cards and ejections -- an advantage that doesn't show up on the stat sheet.
Like both Ponce brothers and Dallman, outside backs Arnolfo Santillan and Elisea were also able to make up for their smaller statures with heart.
What many of the Eagles lacked in size they made up for ten-fold with grit and determination. Many up-and-coming stars also made their mark off the bench this season, showing that desire overcomes size in almost every game scenario.
Todd Price, Jon Munk, Julio Loza, Alvaro Lara and Andy Holmson will all see extended minutes next season as the Eagles try to move beyond the quarters.
Junior goalkeeper Miguel Elias will likely see most of the time in net next season, while top JV goal scorer Sam Murrillo will be added to the mix to bolster the attack.
Beveridge also has a superb freshman team to draw players from -- a fact that will make HRV a force in whichever conference it lands next season, not to mention the state playoffs.
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When Toby Sterling went to Penn State University, the school had just started holding its annual Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, more commonly known as THON. "There were only 25 or so dancers," she said. Since then, THON has grown considerably – almost $13 million was raised in the 2013 fiscal year, according to the THON website.
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Sterling, Gustie and Green stressed that parents and school staff have been extremely helpful throughout the planning process. "It indeed has taken a village," Green said. "The staff has been phenomenal."
"This is such a labor of love for us," Sterling said. Since she began working at the school more than 20 years ago, there have been two students who have died from childhood cancer, she said. "We know what the families have gone through financially and emotionally."
They also wanted to make sure the students knew exactly why they were raising this money. "We wanted to impact their lives long-term," Green said.
Gustie agreed. "School is more than pencils and books," she said. "This is a lesson in caring, humility, looking beyond yourself."
The three women anticipate that the mini-THON will become an annual event for the school. Although it was hard to plan this year, next year they'll already have all of the organizational details figured out, Green said. "Next year's going to be a piece of cake," she said.
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In addition to his success in academic endeavors, Mr. Harrington's proficiency at sea aided him throughout his military service, which included active duty as a lieutenant, junior grade, in the Navy from 1953 to 1955 as well as several years in the Navy Reserve, ultimately becoming a full lieutenant.
Mr. Harrington is survived by his wife of 56 years, the former Joan Turbidy, by four children, John Harrington, David Harrington, and Joanne Harrington, all of Stamford, and Michael Harrington of Prairie Village, Kan., as well as three grandchildren. His youngest child, Kevin Harrington, died in 1983. Mr. Harrington was also predeceased by his brothers, Donald Harrington, in 1998, and Walter Harrington, in 2010.
The family has suggested memorial donations to Summer Sea Term Appeal at the Fort Schuyler Maritime Alumni Association in the Bronx.
A Mass will be said tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Spirit Church, Scofieldtown Road in Stamford. Mr. Harrington will be buried at Queen of Peace Cemetery on Rockrimmon Road, also in Stamford. To leave online condolences, one can visit leopgallagherstamford.com.
Raymond Jaffie
Raymond Jaffie, who bought and operated the Huntting Inn in East Hampton in the 1970s, died of pancreatic cancer on Aug. 2 in Hollywood, Fla. He was 83.
Mr. Jaffie was a member of the Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Union and serviced the New York Coliseum, Madison Square Garden, the Jacob Javits Convention Center, and many Broadway theaters. After retiring, he moved his family to East Hampton.
He was born in New York City on Aug. 16, 1927, a son of Harry Jaffie and the former Margaret Dooley. He spent his early years in New York City, East Hampton, and South Florida.
He served in the Army during World War II, missing the Normandy invasion when his mother became ill. He was later stationed in the Pacific theater of operations.
On March 12, 1956, he married the former Corinne Katherine (Mickey) Shea. The couple had four children, who survive: Harry Jaffie of Hicksville, Susan Jaffie of East Hampton, Tina Parsons of Brewster, Mass., and Diane Fleming of Southampton. He also leaves four grandchildren.
A memorial celebration will take place at the Huntting Inn on Sept. 19. The time of the event is to be announced. Memorial contributions were suggested for any humane society.
Kate MacNiven
Katherine Elizabeth MacNiven, who was known as Kate, began visiting Amagansett on winter weekends when her family bought a house there, and she lived in that hamlet for 20 years. She died on July 25 at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx after a heart attack. She was 49.
Ms. MacNiven had lived in the Bronx for the last six or seven years. The daughter of Margot MacNiven of Amagansett and the late Thomas MacNiven, she was born in New York City on Sept. 11, 1961, and grew up in Larchmont, N.Y. She graduated from the School of the Holy Child in Westchester County.
Besides her mother, Ms. MacNiven is survived by a son, Andrew MacNiven of Amagansett, and by two brothers, Thomas E. MacNiven Jr. of Wainscott and Hugh MacNiven of New Jersey.
A Mass was said on Monday at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton, the Rev. Donald Hanson officiating. Ms. MacNiven was cremated, and her ashes will be scattered at a future date.
William Warga, 68
A service was held on July 7 at Calverton National Cemetery for William Warga, who died at the age of 68 of complications of pneumonia on June 25 in Las Vegas. His ashes were placed in a columbarium near those of his parents, the late William V. and Loretta Shade Warga. An Air Force honor guard took part.
Mr. Warga, who was called Mickey, was born in Mineola on July 14, 1942, but grew up in Bridgehampton and Sagaponack.
"Mickey loved sports with a passion his whole life," Eileen Grubb, one of Mr. Warga's sisters, said, remarking that her brother had been coached by Merle Wiggin and been a Bridgehampton High School student when Carl Yastrzemski, the Baseball Hall of Famer, was there.
After graduating from high school, Mr. Warga joined the Air Force, which eventually took him to Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, where he settled. Before moving there, he had worked for the telephone company in New York and Glendora, Calif.
Mr. Warga is survived by three children: Beth Hunter of Bluebell, Pa., Diana O'Connor of South Bend, Ind., and Michelle Musnicki of East Hampton. He had been married and divorced twice. In addition to Ms. Grubb, Mr. Warga is survived by two other sisters, Rosemary Franca of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Susan Grubb of Water Mill, and by eight grandchildren.
His family has suggested memorial contributions to St. Jude's Children's Hospital.
Stanley Schellinger
A graveside service for Stanley Schellinger, 79, of Sandra Road, Springs, will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Green River Cemetery on Accabonac Road in Springs.
Mr. Schellinger, who was known as Pep, died on Tuesday at Southampton Hospital. A full obituary will appear in a future issue.
Herman L. Stephens Jr.
Herman Stephens Jr., a 33-year resident of Gardiner Avenue in Springs and a custodian at the East Hampton Middle School, died on Monday at the age of 57.
A funeral service will be held for Mr. Stephens today at the Calvary Baptist Church at 4 p.m., preceded by visiting hours from 1 to 3 p.m.
A full obituary will appear in a future issue.
Joseph W. Sherry
Joseph W. Sherry of Sag Harbor, a former electrician who served in three wars, died on Aug. 2 at the age of 84.
Visiting hours will be held today from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in Sag Harbor. A Mass will be said at 11 a.m. tomorrow at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in that village. Burial will follow in St. Andrew's Cemetery.
The family has suggested memorial contributions to St. Andrew's, 122 Division Street, Sag Harbor 11963, or the Stella Maris School, 135 Division Street, Sag Harbor.
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The Milwaukee Brewers announced Monday that infielder Mat Gamel will miss the 2013 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
Gamel, who was limited to just 21 games last season after tearing the same ACL in May, aggravated his surgically repaired right knee in the team's first full-squad workout over the weekend.
Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke informed reporters of the severity of Gamel's injury on Monday.
The 27-year-old infielder was expected to fill in as a starter at first base for Corey Hart, who will be sidelined for at least the first month of the season after undergoing offseason knee surgery.
Gamel has appeared in 106 games over parts of five seasons with the Brewers and is a career .229 hitter with six home runs and 29 RBI.


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It was senior night at Kentucky.
Not Senior Night with capital letters, which isn't a busy affair for the Wildcats in most years. It was a lower-case event that was a big deal for the Florida Gators, who put a serious grip on the Southeastern Conference regular season title and a No. 1 NCAA Tournament seed with a 69-59 victory over the No. 14 Wildcats.
Florida's veteran core of point guard Scottie Wilbekin, center Patric Young, power forward Will Yeguete and small forward Casey Prather had never earned a victory at Rupp Arena. Now they have one.
When it was over, center Patric Young told reporters, he had one thought: "Did we really just win here?"
Perhaps he'll have the same thought should these Gators seniors again wind up in an NCAA Tournament regional final: most likely the South, which will be contested in Memphis. They haven't been to the Final Four, either, but this team looked like one that has serious potential to play past the Elite Eight hurdle that has caught them in each of the past three seasons.
The Gators seniors scored 58 of their team's 69 points, with Wilbekin delivering 23 and Prather 24 in helping the team improve its record to 23-2, 12-0. They are in prime position to finish the SEC regular season with a perfect record, which UK's 2012 squad was the last to achieve—and we all know how that turned out.
"I think we have a lot of guys that believe in each other," Yeguete said afterward. "I think we believe that we can make plays down the stretch and we just try to stay in the moment and stay in the game and just keep going and playing defense."
With the No. 3 team in the AP poll on the Rupp floor, Kentucky missed a chance to earn its first top-25 RPI victory and third against the top 50 and fell to 19-6, 9-3.
Primarily employing the switching man-to-man defense that has been their staple this season, the Wildcats forced Florida to miss 25 of its first 40 shots from the field and all but one of its first 11 3-point attempts. They were defending like a team in the mood to dominate a great team and electrify their home fans.
One problem with that: You can't dominate if you don't have the ball.
The Wildcats were turning the ball over at a rate of more than one every 2½ minutes, and Florida was feasting on those turnovers that were of the live-ball variety. Nearly all of the baskets the Gators did make were directly at the rim. Without the transition game early in the game, there'd have been almost no Florida offense at all. Down the stretch, it was not turnovers so much as all the offensive rebounds surrendered by Kentucky that empowered the Gators.
The Wildcats eventually took enough advantage of their early defensive excellence to build a 45-38 at lead with 11:38 left, with point guard Andrew Harrison following a missed fastbreak layup by star forward Julius Randle. But the D dissolved as the Gators began to emphasize their best options.
Young worked inside for two points and a foul, then Wilbekin shook a defender and stepped back into a 3, and finally Young rolled past UK's slumping Willie Cauley-Stein for a Jabbar-style sky-hook and a foul to make it a 3-point play. In just 3 minutes, Florida had gone from a dangerous deficit into the lead.
Randle got fouled inside and made a couple of free throws to take it back, but somehow the Kentucky bench—presumably coach John Calipari—was tagged with a technical foul after the second free throw landed. It was odd timing, to say the least, and Florida took great advantage. Wilbekin made both free throws to put the Gators back in front, and then Prather scored on a floater to stretch the lead to three points. Calipari acknowledged the technical "could've" been what turned around the game for Florida. He did not say what his comment was to the game official but said he was speaking softly.
"I didn't know what was going on," Young said, according to Brett Dawson of Cats' Pause. "Thank you. Thank you for the two free points."
When the game was on the line, the Wildcats could not handle Wilbekin whether it was a guard still in charge of defending him or when he was switched onto a big man. He made six consecutive free throws in the space of four Gators possessions.
"Most of the tapes that I watched they were in tight games, he got himself fouled," Calipari said.
"What they did, they've done, I'm guessing 10 games this year, where, with five minutes to go, four minutes to go, three minutes to go, it's anybody's ballgame. Then they just grinded better than the other team grinds it, like they did us. They were just a little too experienced for us down the stretch."


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Last spring the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District became aware there was rough road ahead in terms of providing transportation for students. As a result, a proposal is being developed to bridge a $750,000 annual deficit by changing southern Kenai Peninsula bus schedules, school start times and making some school boundary adjustments.
To bridge that gap, the district's proposal could mean the following changes for the southern peninsula:
* Switching from one- to two-tiered bus routes, meaning buses would be used for two rather than just one pickup and delivery. The change requires fewer buses and is already being done in the central peninsula;
* Changing start and dismissal times to match the two-tiered bus schedule;
* Adhering to district policy that families provide transportation to students attending schools out of their area;
* Making some boundary changes.
Before First Student's contract to provide transportation ended in June 2011, the district released a request for proposals and received one response.
"And that response had increased tremendously price-wise from the one five years earlier," said Dave Jones, KPBSD assistant superintendent.
Jones took that information to the school board, telling them he wouldn't sign or recommend a five-year contract that would put the district "three-quarters of a million in the hole for each of five years."
A one-year extension on the existing contract was made and a search across the district began to find ways to cut transportation costs. The district is trying to finalize its cost-cutting measures so bidders on a new RFP for student transportation will know what they're bidding on and, hopefully, "attract another vendor or two and hope competition would bring the price down," said Jones.
Since October, Jones has met with the school board, school principals and early this month held community meetings in Homer and Anchor Point to develop a money-saving proposal. Documents on that proposal are available on the district's website. Comments and questions will continue to be taken by the district through Jan. 21, with the RFP going out sometime between the end of December and early January.
"Basically the RFP will say the number of routes that we'll guarantee we'll be running and the price set per bus for us to have buses," said Jones. "And then we'll go back to the board again in February."
As an example of the two-tier bus system now in place in the central peninsula, Jones said a bus currently picks up and delivers students to Soldotna High School and then picks up and delivers students to Soldotna Elementary School rather than using separate buses for each school.
"We pay for one bus and deliver two sets of students," he said.
How that would change start and dismissal times for southern peninsula schools is yet to be determined, said Jones.
He described the changes to school boundaries being considered as "really very minor."
"For example, where the border comes between Skyview and Ninilchik High School, we're moving that border about a half mile north of where it currently exists to a spot where there's a bus turnaround," said Jones. "The rest of them are the same type of thing -- changing boundaries to get safe turnarounds."
The district's transportation policy calls for families to provide transportation for students attending out-of-area schools. One of the lines on the district's out-of-area attendance request form parents are asked to initial is an agreement to "accept responsibility for transporting transfer students to and from school in a timely manner."
"But the practice has been if a bus is running with an empty seat, they'll transport the child," said Jones. "The big difference will be that now with buses running at different times, there won't be buses to transport some of the out-of-area students. ... If the parents want to continue to send their child to an out-of-area school like they've been doing, they'll need to transport them."
Benny Abraham, principal of Paul Banks Elementary School, said he doesn't anticipate much change to his school.
"Anytime you make a change, there'll have to be things worked out," said Abraham. "It's hard right now to look at it and see what all the implications and affects will be on everything. You do your best to minimize that and do the best you can for all schools and families, but it's a difficult thing to try to piece transportation together."
In addition to out-of-area students, Pete Swanson, principal of McNeil Canyon Elementary School, said after-school programs could be impacted by a change in bus schedules.
Homer High School site council has asked HHS Principal Allen Gee's support in maintaining the school's current start time of 8:30 a.m. and dismissal time of 3:15 p.m.
"However, if we do so, then the elementary schools will need to either start before us or after," said Gee.
The high school's start time also could impact students' ability to take classes at Kachemak Bay Campus, Kenai Peninsula College-University of Alaska Anchorage.
"If we start earlier, then I could potentially schedule juniors and seniors that want to take a class at the college earlier in the day. If later, then I need to let KBC know that potentially we'd need access later in the afternoon for classes the kids want to take," said Gee.
Homer Middle School Principal David Larson sees the two-tier bus system as a direct and timely delivery of students and use of personnel.
"It would allow us to streamline supervision of the kids getting on the bus," said Larson. "They wouldn't have to wait around a long time. ... It's more opportunity to utilize staff and resources at the school."
Jones stressed the need for the public to understand the district is given a limited amount of state funding for transportation per student.
"If it costs more than what we get from that payment, then we have to find the dollars somewhere else or cut costs to equal what we're reimbursed from the state," he said.
* To view KPBSD bus transportation routes, visit www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/departments.aspx?id=22938.
* To access the district's online comment form, visit www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/departments.aspx?id=23051.
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Today I asked a scout what he thought of how the Padres are playing. The first player he mentioned was Alexi Amarista. "He looks like he can be a true super-utility man, the kind of player who is really valuable in the National League, " said the scout. "He's stronger than I realized. He was a heck of a pick-up." The scout said first baseman Yonder Alonso has "tightened his swing a little," for the better.
For the American League-bound Astros, tonight's game could be their last one in San Diego for several years. The Astros were in the National League West when the Padres entered the major leagues in 1969 and remained a division rival through 1993. These Padres (38-55) probably would welcome more games against Houston, which is 34 and 58.
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Submission + - New Frog Species Found in NYC (wired.com)
interval1066 writes: "Ars Technica reports that a paper by biologists Catherine E. Newmana, Jeremy A. Feinbergb, Leslie J. Risslerc, Joanna Burgerb, & H. Bradley Shaffer, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, describes a new subspecies of leopard frog has been found living exclusively in New York City. The researchers describe in the paper that the new frog has a distinctive croak, quite different from the two existing species of leopard frogs on the East Coast. The new frog is also stand-offish and tends to impotently honk their horns when stuck in traffic."


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Barbara sides with Meg, Noah lashes out and Emily wonders how to stop Meg.
Luke is at home looking at pictures of Noah when Bob shows up to ask him to a business meeting. Bob thought he could charm a possible buyer for the hospital. Plus, he needs someone to make up for Dr. Oliver's abrasiveness. Bob thinks they should have Noah drop by to hype what the hospital can do. Luke doubts Noah will help Reid. Bob's confused. Luke makes an excuses and Bob putters off.
At the hospital, Noah asks Reid when he developed feelings for Luke. "Second or third time I laid eyes on him," Reid admits. Noah begins taunting him and declares that their professional relationship is over. Reid's been looking forward to this. He almost wishes that he was blind so he wouldn't have had to watch Noah treat Luke like dirt through this entire ordeal. After calling Noah a spoiled brat, he kicks him out.
Noah goes to Java and has a fit when they ask him to fill out an application if he wants his job back. Luke walks in and asks him to the meeting. Noah won't do it if Reid is involved. They bicker about Reid and Luke reminds him that he and the doctor were both single when they made their moves. "You get your sight back but you lose your memory," Luke pithily states.
Back at the hospital, Paul suggests that Emily could have been drugging Meg. She's furious and defends herself. He continues siding with Meg. Barbara barges in and continues throwing accusations at Em. The blond refuses to have this fight with Barbara around and leaves. Barbara continues badmouthing Paul's wife and tells him he shouldn't let a woman like that raise his child.
Meg hides her methadone as Ali walks into her hospital room. Meg starts freaking out, insisting that Emily is trying to frame her. As they argue, Barbara bursts in and accuses Ali of working for her sister and being there just to harass Meg. Ali defends her sister and then leaves. Barbara tells Meg they will get to the bottom of this together. Meg is skeptical. "You're the lesser of two evils," Barbara explains.
Bob meets Reid at the Lakeview and advises him to keep his mouth shut during the meeting. Mona arrives and Luke trails in. he begins hyping the hospital and tries to stop Reid from moaning about how much Oakdale sucks. Noah arrives. Everyone's uncomfortable. Noah says that he didn't enjoy working with Reid but he is a great surgeon. As Noah turns to go, he twists around and sucker punches Reid in the face. After he plods off, Luke offers to take Reid to the hospital.
Reid and Luke are at the hospital. Luke tells him that Noah can use a gun too. As they are about to kiss, Bob walks in and asks to speak to Reid alone. Once Luke leaves, Bob tells him it's inappropriate for him to have a relationship with Luke. He worries about the optics for the investor. Reid thinks that's pretty rich coming from Bob with his family. He accuses Bob of being homophobic and orders him to stay out of his personal life. Bob tells him he can have the hospital wing or he can have Luke but he can't have both.
Luke chases Noah down and asks him why he punched Reid after ending their relationship.
Emily and Paul are at Fairwinds. She explains she's not leaving him because she can't stand losing Eliza, moving back in with her mother or losing him. He hugs her but accuses her again of drugging Meg. They bicker but he insists that he knows her and what she's like. She suggests that his mother is behind all of this. This seems convoluted to him but she is sure his mother would go after any woman who was in his wife. He still doesn't believe her. Ali wanders in and asks what's going on with all the crazy accusations. Paul decides to leave and think. The women begin going over everything that's happened and Emily figures out that whoever ordered such a specific tox screen must be behind this. Ali runs off to dig into it and Emily hangs out with Eliza. Soon, Ali calls and says that Barbara was behind the tox screen.
Paul goes back to the hospital to see his mom and confronts her with Emily's accusations. He defends Emily and his mother tells him he's more naïve than he looks. She walks off and he stares into Meg's room. He walks in. When she notices him, she pretends to have a nightmare and then wakes up and says Emily was trying to hurt her. He hugs her and promises she will be safe.
When Barbara gets home, she and Emily instantly begin attacking each other. Barbara admits she ordered the test. Emily accuses her of just going after her son after she messed things up with his half-brother.
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SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden 8 p.m., National Geographic
The most famous manhunt of our time has already produced a book ("No Easy Day" by actual SEAL Mark Owen) and will soon produce a movie ("Zero Dark Thirty" from "Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow, due next month). Nat Geo gets in on the action with this TV movie from the Weinstein Company. The film features familiar TV faces including Cam Gigandet ("The O.C."), Robert Knepper ("Prison Break"), Freddy Rodriguez ("Six Feet Under"), and Kathleen Robertson ("Beverly Hills 90210").
The Walking Dead 9 p.m., AMC
If the zombie apocalypse comes you definitely want the Governor with you, not against you, since he's got fresh veggies and, um, trophy heads. For those who haven't read the comics this is a nice, fresh turn in the road for the show.
The Amazing Race 8:30 p.m., Channel 4
Istanbul, not Constantinople
The Next Iron Chef: Redemption 9 p.m., Food Network
Second chances. So not so much "next" as warmed over.
Treme 10 p.m., HBO
Bam! Emeril drops by.


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The area around Phoenix was hit by its third "haboob" of the summer last evening, as strong winds sent a huge cloud of sand and dust rolling over the area.
The Arizona Republic says that "blowing dust blanketed much of the Valley ... reducing visibility to less than a quarter-mile."
As during previous dust storms, news outlets in Phoenix caught much of the action and have posted video. Here's one from the Republic.
By the way, "haboob" is the word they've been using in Arizona and in meteorological circles for many years, the Republic reports. As Merriam-Webster says, it's Arabic in origin and means "a violent dust storm or sandstorm especially of Sudan."
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Metropolitan Seraphim of Borjomi-Bakuriani and Georgian MP Gedevan Popkhadze have put forward an initiative to transform the Likani Palace at Borjomi into a museum.
Borjomi is situated in south central Georgia. During the Tsarist period the region was popular for its warm climate, its mineral springs, and forests making it a popular summer resort for Russia's aristocracy.
In 1871, Borjomi was bestowed upon Grand Duke Mikhail Nicholayevich, who had been appointed the Viceroy of the Caucasus region. In the 1890s, his son Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich (1859-1919) built a magnificent Tuscan style residence and surrounding park at Litani, at the western end of Borjomi.
The palace was designed by L. Benois and built in 1892-95 by the architect L. Bielfeld.
Since 2004, the palace has served as the residence of the Georgian President and recently it was reported that the palace and grounds was transferred to the Economy Ministry. The idea to turn the palace into a museum was expressed by many tourist companies in the region, who claim that at least 70% of tourists in the area want to visit the palace.
© Paul Gilbert @ Royal Russia. 13 November, 2012
Updated: Wednesday, 14 November 2012 7:44 AM EST
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