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Time for it to go away.
I agree 100%.
It's funny when BBC America is doing better Science Fiction.
It's funny when BBC America is doing better Science Fiction.
The BBC have Top Gear, which all by itself gets more viewer-hours than all scifi together.
Anyway, that syfy channel should offer it online, not on a cable, if they wish to get money from the geek community. Most of us watch it online already anyway
Now now -- SG:1 and SGA were decent shows. It's SGU that deserves its fate. Show was garbage and I gave up before the first season was over. Just a derivative piece of overblown melodrama trying to cash in on BSG, which itself was more ridiculous and unrealistic than any daytime soap.
The first half of the first season of SGU was absolutely awful. Since then SGU has actually been pretty exciting and entertaining, with actual 'sci-fi' stuff happening, but unfortunately it had already lost 75% of it viewers within that first half of season 1 and its fate was pretty much sealed.
Add to that, Syfy playing a game of musical chairs with its schedule and giving it minimal promotion (instead focusing on monsters and wrestling instead), couldn't have helped either. Many people I know who watched t
Seriously, I thought they had driven off all their more intelligent fans when they started catering to the developmentally challenged. I found this turn of events very disappointing until I realized, the Syfy channel isn't just for the learning disabled, it is run by the learning disabled as well. I mean look at them, they sent a marketing bot to slashdot to do some market research and try to find out why real geeks don't watch Syfy anymore.
Wll, Mr. Retarded Marketing Bot, please take this back to your superiors: premium channels require premium content first, not last. You don't get to create literally the dumbest channel on television anywhere in the world and then complain that you could make it better if only you had some more money. You don't have money because you are doing it all wrong. You won't get more money until you start doing it right. You don't get to skip over the "getting it right" part. We are not a captive audience. We have other choices.
Until I realized that Syfy is actually a retard employment program, the idea of having to explain any of this to grown adults would have blown my mind.
Then they can make Megamonsterdragonfrog vs. Interstellar Goldfish with even better production values.
This whole story is a joke, right?
Hey! Sharktopus was a thespianic masterpiece of the B-movie genre. Ok, D-movie.
I thought they were already Premium. I mean, I saw "War of the Worlds" and that drilling to earths core movie, and something about "Thor" all before they were even in the movie theater!
Oh wait, those weren't the real movies? Just slapped together crap with the names resembling currently advertised movies designed to fool small poor children so they will stop pestering their parents to take them to the movies? Damn. I guess I missed a lot of cinema...
"I guess I missed a lot of cinema..."
I don't know that "missed" is the right word. "Narrowly avoided," maybe.
I would pay extra for it through not cable. If I could drop another $2-3/mo on my Netflix subscription to have Syfy's entire back catalog and new shows available day-of-release on Netflix, I'd do it in a second.
And I haven't had cable, thus not watched Syfy except at friends' houses or on Netflix since 2007.
Yeah, SG:U, Atlantis, and Caprica are supposed to be examples of good sci-fi? Sure, they're better than Sharktopus or Ghost Hunters, but stellar they are not... The only reason anybody watched any of them is that they got hooked by their predecessors. I've begun to think, each time I hear an outcry from sci-fi fans when a show is canceled, that it's really just familiarity they're missing -- that these are sad, novelty-avoiding people, who desperately cling to whatever escape from reality is given them n
Nonsense. I'd like to see more SGU (wait for it..) BECAUSE all the other shows are far to familiar. It pack some good recent ideas (from Firefly, BSG, SG1, SGA, and many many more) into a new series on a new way. I've never seen anything like SGU. They don't have the annoying whispering that BSG had al to much, for example.
If you know of so many shows that is much like SGU was, please do share them. I probably like them.
About 4 of the 9 Caprica episodes were good (by most standards...) so that makes for an enjoyable 3 hours or so before you come to the conclusion that SyFy is now a zombie cable network feeding off the brains of slow and unsuspecting victims.
Hey, come to think of it, I have a show idea to pitch to them.
I lobbied hard to get my local cable company to add SciFi; and was markedly disappointed when they did. The actual science fiction content has only declined since then. I no longer see a reason to watch it at all; there's zero chance I'd pay to do so. OTOH, making it a pay channel would hasten their bankruptcy, freeing up bandwidth for something else.
Really... they stopped being a network for the fans when they dropped MST3k for more "mainstream" audiences. That was a good indicator that the executives of the channel stopped caring about people like me.
They've had some good stuff on occasion since then, but that's where it really started to die for me. Having a network where you could watch "Lost In Space" in the middle of the day as well as *thoughtful* new content was cool, but they don't run their network like that any more.
I'd long wanted access to it, and was surprised to find it on my basic cable. I then found the only things worth watching were X-Files reruns and the new Galactica. When they stopped running X-Files, I resorted to checking out the X-Files from the library, and didn't feel like I'd lost anything when they were dropped from my basic cable package.
I never got into the Stargate spinoffs because I didn't have access to SciFi when the first ones started. I might go through the effort of checking them out from th
Yeah. Some executive did an interview at BoingBoing a while back. He was joking about how people give these suggestions but "they just don't get it". Apparently, people don't understand that the way SYFIE is currently being run is literally the only possible way to run it, that the revenue streams they have now are the only revenue streams they could ever possibly have, that there must be no variance from how things have always been done, that people who want different shows actually, uh, don't, etc...
The public appetite for space travel, battles, and true sci-fi (as opposed to War of the Worlds: LA) has been shrinking for years. It's not just syfy, but every true space opera franchise has been slowly dying for the past decade or so, to be replaced by garbage like the "V" reboot. Even is syfy transitioned to a premium model, they may not get enough subscribers without the ghost chasers and such (I won't walk about wrestling).
Who wants to pay a few more bucks a month for another channel? I think most folk want to pay fewer bucks per month and have a smaller number of higher quality channels. Cable has no interest in delivering that, so folk are moving away in droves. The audience that reads sites like
It could just be the economy, but subscriber numbers for cable declined in Q2, Q3 and Q4 of 2010. Personally I think it's a trend and one that will continue for quite some time.
Broadcast television is so 20th century. If you want access to quality older issues, your best hope is from Netflix, Hulu or Amazon.
For some reason I forgot to add good old Google to the list of providers. Given that they have announced [theregister.co.uk] that they are offering movie rentals via YouTube, I'd expect to see a lot more content and a paid subscription model from them in the near future.
Problem is that each episode costs a couple of million to make and the only people interested in paying that up front for a show are TV channels. I'd happily pay to download new episodes of SGU but no investor will take my word for it.
What we need is a rich billionaire who is also a nerd to pay for another season in the hopes of recouping the cost via downloads and DVD sales. Someone has to be first and a quality show like SGU seems like the ideal candidate.
Problem is that each episode costs a couple of million to make
That's the entire problem right there. Only the entertainment industry can make the government look lean and efficient in comparison.
Broadcast television is so 20th century. If you want access to quality older issues, your best hope is from Netflix, Hulu or Amazon.
And if not one of them then Piracy will continue.
I agree here. There's a bit of disconnect in the original question I think. Some people assume that because they would pay for something that most others would too. If it were premium even with quality shows it would die out anyway. There's just not enough people willing to pay it. Sure you may find some people willing to pay for HBO and Showtime for a few hyped original series, but the vast majority of subscribers are there for the movies. The original series are only used as a differentiator so that
Sci-fi not Sy-phy-lis, like the current one. There's nothing to salvage after what they've done.
In fact, forget the Sci-Fi and Blackjack!
Which incidentally is the exact same thing the producers on Sci-Fi thought when they made SyFy.
Are you assuming that these shows wouldn't have been canceled if they weren't on an ad/ratings driven channel? I hate to tell you but premium channels care about ratings, too. Ratings mean subscribers.
And I highly doubt they have enough quality content to be a premium channel.
Here's a hint: everything has a license fee, even stuff they produced themselves because they have to pay the actors per credit. They moved away from science fiction for pro-wrestling because intellectuals are too diverse and critical an audience to reduce to a simple demographic to advertise to. If there were a premium package from my cable company that focused on real documentaries, non-action oriented science fiction, and absolutely no ads that belittle my intelligence, I'd pay 3-5 times as much as people pay for their sports packages. I get miffed because absolutely every single television channel assumes I'm a blubbering moron or blubbering moron compatible.
The following were good, but are now blubbering moron bait:
Discovery Channel(trucks driving on ice? REALLY?)
History Channel(we're 100% certain that this piece of rock was portal to alien jesus, here's an "expert")
Sci Fi(Covered in depth here, but REALLY bad. Hasn't touched the ideas of real speculative fiction in a decade)
Animal Planet(Nature documentaries? Screw that, pet reality shows!!!)
TLC(babies are all anyone ever wants to see!!!! We're SURE!!!)
The following still make some attempt an any real depth
BBC America
I don't inherently loathe television as a medium, I loath spoonfed bullshit supportded by psychologically manipulative bullshit.
If nobody wanted to watch those shows for free, I don't see how charging people to watch them would have improved the audience. It isn't like SyFy is Apple or something.
It's a question of price discrimination. In a broadcast free-to-view environment that is ad supported, you are required to seek as many viewers as possible. If your high desire viewers (the ones that will pay) are willing to pay 10x the rate of ad dollars, you only need to attract 10% of the audience. That might even be better than break even, first because your audience will likely be more loyal, and second with a shift toward quality the income from rebroadcast licensing may increase (you can sell DVDs or
The showed their hand when they renamed their channel. As in, they were more interested in being hip than being a place to be for science fiction.
If I want premium shows I will watch HBO (usually on DVD - used to on Netflix till HBO yanked what I wanted from them - BOOO!). Considering the quality or should I say lack there of when it came to in house stuff are we losing much that they show wrestling? At least with wrestling the costumes and special effects are better.
I will admit being a fan of Children of Dune (did not care much for their Dune remake - but the follow up was great to watch and had an awesome soundtrack) and I also found Tin Man to be great. FWIW, I thought it was NBC who did BSG and SyFy who did only the follow ups which really were muddled messes.
I haven't actually followed the channel that much, living in Norway for about 99% of my life. But I have enjoyed several of its shows, and I would like to see more of them that fit the sci fi genre.
It seems like Science Fiction shows struggle to avoid cancellation on any channel, not just SyFy. Apparently there just are not enough of us tuning in. The fact that premium channels avoid sci-fi shows too should tell you something about that idea.
Why is this on Ask Slashdot? The question does not contain *any* indication that SyFy actually considers this, so at the moment it's just one person's speculation, nothing more. And anyway, (almost?) nobody here has the data or experience to make a qualified answer to the question in the post title.
Ask Slashdot should IMHO be limited to questions where our collective *experience* can actually help.
I would wager the questioner works for SyFy's marketing department and wants to test the waters for additional fees. Hopefully the response on here will be a huge wake-up call for their executives. I stopped watching about the time I dropped cable entirely - it wasn't worth me paying $30 a month for the two channels I actually watched, SciFi (before the name change) and Cartoon Network (Adult Swim).
To quote another great Sci-Fi show: "They are a dying people. We should let them pass."
Seriously, the biggest problem with the channel is that they're trying to do all original sci-fi content, which, for quality stuff, is EXPENSIVE to produce. Each episode of SG-1 had the budget of a small movie. They're bringing in the Ghost Hunters and that other BS because it's cheap. Buying the rights to failed series from other networks (for example, what they did with Sarah Connor Chronicles) will enable them to stop spending money on production of mediocre crap, pooling resources onto a few shows that
Hell, some Star Trek wouldn't even suck for daytime space-filler.
And this likely because the channel has gone to absolute poop. I watched SG:U until the midseason break of Season 1, after having been a rabid SG-1 and SG-A fan for years, and by the midseason, SG:U just didn't grip me. I haven't turned SyFy back on since. My wife occasionally watches Sanctuary (one of the few shows worth keeping), but usually watches it on Netflix.
SyFy, if they have any hope of surviving, needs to re-name itself back to Sci-Fi (or perhaps something like "The Geek Channel", ditch all but th
I disagree that quality sci-fi material is expensive to produce. The quality of a show is based on the writing and the production. I have found that SciFi fans are very, very forgiving when it comes to special effects and acting. We're okay with bad acting and cheesy special effects as long as the story is a good one and told well.
Example: The original Dr. Who series, produced by the BBC, on a shoestring budget. The stories were interesting, with plenty of social commentary, a lot of "what if", things that
The entire industry is shifting AWAY from linear, "TONIGHT AT EIGHT PM/ SEVEN CENTRAL!!" linear, in-your-quaint-lil-living-room networks and over to multi-screen VOD offerings. PVR devices have killed "time" and tablets and mobile devices are in the process of destroying "space" as considerations for cable programmers. No kind of content -- not The Naked Ladies with Chainsaws Channel, certainly not The Quality Science Fiction Channel, could possibly influence the launch of a premium linear network in tod
" Plus, with a paying audience, the ad space would become much more lucrative and SyFy could lose some of the seedier ads it has been saddled with lately, and better fund new original content.""
You want me to pay and watch ads?
No really imagine if TV was free. I mean what if you could just stick a wire into the air and like magic suck the shows right out of the air for free! The people could pay for the shows by just running ads. I know it is just a dream but just imagine if it could work.
Actually if you l
No. They lost all credibility the second they aired their first wrestling broadcast. I fail to see how throwing more money at the network will make it stop sucking at this point.
You give them more money, you'll get Sharktopus sequels. Guaranteed.
That's no joke. They recently announced their new season will feature such gems like Jersey Shore Shark Attack and Snowmageddon [gothamist.com]. Add that to the wresting, and this new cooking show they just added, and yes, it's not too hard to see their death around the corner,. . . Combine that with the fact that most of Sci-Fi's (excuse me, SyFy's) demographic is in the process of ditching cable in favor of internet distribution, and Dr. McCoy w
I know the Slashdot audience would probably trade a few dollars a month if it meant replacing wrestling and ghost-chasing shows with relicensed classics and more appropriate treatment of original content.
I agree. Greetings from the Netherlands.
BBC America is *increasing* its science fiction lineup where it already had more content than Syfy did.
Well, BBC UK has recently had several successful SF/Fantasy shows (Dr Who, Being Human, Torchwood, Life on Mars) - which is a pretty unusual state of affairs for them (what I suspect is happening is that the kids who grew up on Dr Who, Blake's 7, Quatermass, Thunderbirds etc. in the 60s and 70s are now old enough to start cropping up in important roles in the BBC). In the UK, 'Who is not just a successful SF show, its a successful mainstream TV show that goes out on a major channel, early evening, on a Satu
A season should only be ~13 episodes. Virtually every quality television show not on the major broadcast networks follows this rule of thumb. So a season of SGU only gets you 3 months or $9 million by your estimation[this is ignoring the fact that some of the audience was only watching it because it was on and won't actually pay extra for it]. If Syfy is still attempting 22 episodes a season perhaps that is part of the problem, it ensures that 10 of the episodes are crap filler bringing down the average
As a service I can subscribe to on a roku Box? YES. itunes? YES,
Sorry but Cable TV is dead, it's body just has not stopped flailing. Why would a company be silly and continue a dying business model.
Also they can cut back on production costs and still out out a fantastic show. SGU did not need to cost that much to produce.
Note: The shit programming is there because they wanted to attract a broader audience -- Hence them dropping the "nerd's only" Science Fiction abbreviation and adopting some syphilis sounding name... SyFy
Even the SciFi shows themselves have been dumbed down (little to no hard sci-fi; It's mostly just fantasy-fi in my book), romantic interludes and who's mating with who drama are inserted for no apparent reason other than to attract the "wider" audience (those with narrower minds who can't pay attention u
Very few channels can hack it in the premium space. Disney did the math in the 90's and figured out it was way more profitable to get small amount of money from everyone as a basic channel rather than a lot of money from a few people as a premium channel. The money is so much better that Disney started playing hard ball with the cable operators. You want to carry the local ABC affiliate on your system, you're going to put Disney in the basic tier.
SyFy's issue is that they are owned and operated by NBC Un
I have been saying for years that I would like to get my channels al la carte. If I can get channels for between $2-$5 each, and not have to get a stupid package, yeah, sure, I would pay for SyFy. Lets see,
1) SyFy
2) BBC America
3) History
4) History Channel International
5) Discovery
6) HDNet
8) Travel
9) Science channel
10) HDNet Movies
Multiply by, oh, a few bucks, say, $3 a channel, and, wow, look at that, $30! Add in Taxes and box rental, I am at $50. That is half of what I am paying now, and those are the only channels I watch. Yeah, I would pay a few bucks a month for these.
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The Western Chester County Chamber of Commerce presented its Joseph G. Filoromo Community Service Award to Frances M. Sheehan, president and CEO of the Brandywine Health Foundation.
Sheehan received the award at the chamber�s 82nd annual dinner held at the French Creek Golf Club where the chamber also presented Steve Cunningham was its Elliot R. Jones Award.
Jay Sedor of Bulldog Construction received the Brandywine YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body Award for his generosity in supporting the youth of Coatesville.
In presenting the award to Sheehan, the chamber said she has demonstrated an incredible commitment to the Coatesville community and to the improvement of the city.
�She has singularly and tirelessly made the development of Coatesville and the region a focus of attention,� the chamber said in announcing the award.
Sheeehan said she was humbled when she got the phone call.
�The Filoromo is awarded by a jury of your peers,� Sheehan said. �The respect and regard of my peers is very important to me.�
In accepting the award, Sheehan said it is not just for her but for everyone in the Brandywine Health Foundation family, which �very much includes the chamber.�
�We work together to promote a culture of giving back which is very much the core of the Coatesville community,� Sheehan said.
The chamber has become vibrant in recent years, Sheehan explained. As a result, both the chamber and the Brandywine Health Foundation create a lot of opportunities for people to get involved and serve in the community.
�There�s a lot going on in Coatesville, it�s a really growing community that can take advantage of the (nation�s) economic recovery,� Sheehan said.
Sheehan has served as the president and CEO of the Brandywine Health Foundation in Coatesville since April 2002.
In that period, the foundation has made more than $10 million in grants to improve health in western Chester County, including bringing a Federally Qualified Health Center to Coatesville, helping to launch a new dental center, partnering with the county and school district to bring behavioral health services to children in the community, and building a health and housing center, the first major development in the City of Coatesville in over three decades.
Cunningham was presented with the Elliot R. Jones Award for his dedication and hard work with the chamber and the community, the chamber said.
Cunningham is a dedicated chamber member who worked hard serving on the chamber�s board and finance committee and recruited new members among other activities, the organization added.
He is the current president of Coatesville Rotary and serves on the Chester County Community Dental Board. He is a member of the Coatesville Area Partners for Progress, Coatesville Library Board and the Brandywine Health Foundation Strawberry Festival Advisory Committee.
Sedor was awarded the Brandywine YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body Award because he was instrumental in the development of the YMCA Coatesville City Camp at the Community Center at Palmer Park.
The YMCA award recipient is announced at the annual dinner. For Sedor, it was a total surprise.
�I didn�t have any prepared remarks,� Sedor said. �I remember saying it was awfully nice of the (YMCA) to think of me that way.�
Sedor said it has only been the last few years that Bulldog Construction has made a concerted effort to go out into the community to do community service. While some companies do community work to pick up business contacts, that is not the case at Bulldog.
In business for 25 years, Bulldog does mostly public work where bids are presented and the low bids wins. Helping the YMCA with its projects was not done to benefit the business, said Sedor, chief financial officer and a shareholder at Bulldog Construction. �It was to get out and to do something good.�
West Chester law firm MacElree Harvey was the presenting sponsor of the event held Nov. 26.
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Around The Jazz Internet: June 22, 2012The JJA Jazz Awards, Ravi Coltrane, performers' rights and sad news from WGBH. Next Wednesday, the Marc Ribot Trio hits the Village Vanguard. We'll be webcasting. Until then, here's some reading.
- The 2012 JJA Jazz Awards were given out on Wednesday; that link goes to all the winners. Congratulations to Marc Myers of JazzWax for winning Blog of the Year. If you read his work consistently, or explore his deep archive, you'll learn a lot about music history. I was once again honored to represent NPR Music at the event, where A Blog Supreme was nominated, and once again was humbled to be in the presence of so many musicians, journalists and industry folks who inspire what we at NPR Music try to do.
- A rather big story among the jazz community this week was the announcement that weekday jazz programming would be canceled at WGBH, moving long-time host Eric Jackson to the weekend and eliminating Steve Schwartz's Friday show. Public radio news programming will replace it. A few different blogs rounded up the commentary among Bostonians and jazz radio folks. (Indeed, it was announced in the middle of the JJA Awards ceremony, to a collective gasp in the room.) Before this news broke, a St. Louis jazz DJ argued on behalf of jazz radio, citing "sources in the industry" that fewer than 400 jazz disc jockeys remain in the U.S. There's a lot more to say about this but I'll limit myself to one thought: It's a sad situation that these two folks with huge ears who have dedicated their lives to jazz won't be heard.
- Explaining jazz to people who hate it, from Peter Hum/jazzblog.ca. Personally I think that people who don't care about jazz represent a bigger issue than people who don't care for it, but this is a passionate statement. Since it's jazz festival season in Canada, related is a Canada.com assessment of the boundary-pushing artists who represent a "rebirth of the cool." Or perhaps, aesthetically, there's a '70s kind of vibe to the proceedings?
- Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane is interviewed at The Revivalist
- Bassist Ben Allison, who also represents the Recording Academy (in charge of Grammy Awards), testified in front of U.S. Congress on behalf of performers' rights and royalties. In the YouTube clip embedded there, he starts talking at 19:25.
- Pianist Ethan Iverson is interviewed by Kevin Whitehead (who also serves as the jazz critic for NPR's Fresh Air) for eMusic. They talk '80s jazz records.
- Boston jazz history: A new book chronicles the Beantown scene, 1937-1962. Brilliant Corners interviews the author.
- "How I Saved A Coked Up Miles Davis After He Crashed His Lamborghini."
- Destination-Out posted a little survey of Steve Lehman trio recordings.
- JazzWax dug up some long-form jazz documentaries on YouTube.
- The Jazz Session spoke with the duo Janel and Anthony.
- The Checkout sat down with bassist Linda Oh and brought saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh into the studio.
Elsewhere at NPR Music:
- The new Henry Threadgill album can be heard as a First Listen this week.
- In case you missed it: Antonio Sanchez and Migration and the Clarence Penn Quartetperformed on Saturday night for a WBGO and NPR Music webcast.
- All the musicians interviewed on Fresh Air since 2010, as a convenient Google doc.
- A trip to New Orleans, as documented by the great critic Ann Powers of NPR Music's The Record.
- JazzSet features the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra live at (where else) the Village Vanguard.
- Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz features highlights from episodes with pianist Dave McKenna.
- Trombonist Ray Anderson has a new album reviewed on Fresh Air.
Copyright 2012 National Public Radio. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.


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2011 Football
Bluffton 31, Rose-Hulman 13
Beavers maul Rose-Hulman 31-13 for fourth straight victory
October 22, 2011
By: Josh Bruner, sports information assistant
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University football hosted the Engineers of Rose-Hulman on Saturday, Oct. 22, for Senior Day. The Beavers came out of the gate with a fury, putting up 17 of their 24 first half points in the opening quarter, while holding the Engineers scoreless. Rose finally found its rhythm in the third period, putting up 13 while holding Bluffton scoreless to make it 24-13. Bluffton sealed it with another touchdown in the final stanza for their fourth straight victory which gave the seniors a 31-13 win in their final game at Salzman Stadium.
It marks the first time since the 2000 campaign that a Bluffton football team has won four consecutive games. Bluffton moved to .500 on the season with a 4-4 record and their 4-2 HCAC mark places them third in the Heartland Conference. RHIT fell to 3-4 overall and 3-2 in the HCAC. It also marked the first-ever win over Rose-Hulman after seven consecutive setbacks.
The Bluffton offense wasted no time moving the ball down the field as Chris Byrd (Detroit, Mich./Detroit University Prep) connected with Todd Trotter (Cincinnati/Aiken University) for 56 yards to the Rose 11 on the second play of the game. The Engineer defense did not break and it forced Bluffton into a 22-yard field goal. Bluffton took a 3-0 lead with 12 minutes left in the first.
The teams both struggled to move the chains over the next 10 minutes. Bluffton finally opened it back up with a 68-yard Byrd touchdown run up the middle as Rose came with a full blitz, pushing the lead to 10-0 with two minutes left in the quarter. Less than two minutes later following a turnover on downs, Byrd hit Jason G. Johnson (Lansing, Mich./Lansing Eastern) on a flea-flicker for a 43-yard touchdown pass as the first quarter came to a close with Bluffton on top, 17-0.
An Oscar Vazquez-Dyer (Findlay/Carey) pickoff with just under 14 minutes left in quarter two gave Bluffton the ball at the home 48-yard line. On the first play from scrimmage, Byrd found Trotter for a 49-yard hookup and Airic Steagall (Hillsboro) pounded it in from three yards out to make it 24-0 less than two minutes into the second quarter. Bluffton's defense controlled RHIT as the Beavers took their 24-0 lead into the half.
The home defense continued to shine as it forced two consecutive three-and-outs from the Engineers to open the second half. Rose-Hulman finally found its groove midway through the third, putting it in the endzone for the first time at the six-minute mark. RHIT forced a three-and-out following the touchdown and the Engineer offense went 64 yards in seven plays to make the score 24-13 with just two minutes left in the quarter.
A Birchel Ralph (Cape Coral, Fla./Island Coast) interception on Bluffton's own five-yard line kept the visitors from pulling within one score with 12:28 to play. Steagall put an end to the scoring drought when he rumbled for 30 yards and a touchdown on just four carries. The score iced the fourth consecutive win for the Beavers, giving Bluffton a 31-13 lead with just four minutes left to play.
The offenses proved even in the game as the Beavers had the slight advantage (384-378) in total yards, however, the home team parlayed a 304-108 advantage in the first 30 minutes into a 24-0 halftime lead. The Beavers dominated on the ground, powering for 188 yards and limiting Rose to just 125. The difference proved to be big plays and interceptions as Bluffton stopped the visitors with three pickoffs in the game. The Beavers were more efficient on third down, moving the chains on 5-of-17 attempts. The Engineers only converted on 3-of-16 attempts.
The Beaver offense was led by Byrd who completed 9-of-17 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown. He also added 94 yards on the ground with one touchdown. Sophomore tailback Airic Steagall went for 86 yards and two touchdowns. Leading the Bluffton receivers was Trotter with five receptions for 117 yards. Johnson added three catches for 56 yards and a score.
The Bluffton defense was spearheaded by Justin Crosier (Columbus/Hamilton Township) with nine stops, including 3.5 TFL's. Fellow seniors Challen Stewart (Antwerp), Geoff Yost (North Canton/Jackson), Shane Hubbard (Johnstown/Big Walnut), and Jake Luthy (Ida, Mich./Ida) all added six tackles for Bluffton. The home team limited RHIT standout tailback Kyle Kovach, who came in averaging a shade under 115 yards per game, to 67 yards on 21 carries.
The Beavers look to continue the streak when they travel to Hanover next Saturday, Oct. 29, for a crucial HCAC matchup with the 4-3 (4-1) Panthers. The contest is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m.


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Canadian Appeals Court Rules That ISPs Don't Have To Pay Copyright Levy
from the not-everyone-is-a-criminal dept
Of course, there is one rather interesting part of the ruling, which is that the court notes that one of the reasons for this ruling is that ISPs are effectively "content neutral." If they were to stop that (i.e., and break net neutrality concepts), they could open themselves up to having this tax come back:
In providing access to "broadcasting", ISPs do not transmit programs. As such, they are not "broadcasting" and therefore they do not come within the definition of "broadcasting undertaking". In so holding, I wish to reiterate as was done in CAIP that this conclusion is based on the content-neutral role of ISPs and would have to be reassessed if this role should changeThis is notable because, as in the US, there has been talk among ISPs of breaking basic net neutrality concepts. Perhaps this ruling will get them to think twice.


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Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in open standards-based
unified communications and collaboration (UC&C), today unveiled
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Mileses, NY
Town of Fremont Councilman and Basket Historical Society President, John (Jack) B. Niflot of Mileses, NY, died on Saturday, June 22, 2013, at home. He was 78.
Jack was born on February 10, 1935 in Binghamton to Jack I. and Florence (Trudeau) Niflot. He attended schools in Long Eddy and Callicoon, NY, graduating from Delaware Valley High School in 1953.
He worked from 1954-56 at the Breakstone Company in Youngsville, NY before joining the U.S. Army. The veteran served in the Infantry Radio Signal Corps from 1957-59, stationed at Fort Richardson in Alaska during the time that Alaska became a state.
Jack was employed from 1964-1992 as an advertising designer and printing pressman for the Sullivan County Democrat newspaper. Among many special events during his 28-year tenure, he covered the 1969 Woodstock festival and also served as a freelance photographer for numerous local weddings and other occasions.
He was predeceased by his father in 1950 and his mother in 1955; and in 1976 by his wife, Madeline (Hummell), whom he married in 1965. Survivors include one nephew, Ralph Gott, of Mehoopany, PA; one niece, Lana Harlow, of Troy, NY; and many friends from all walks of life.
Jack was the founder, president, and editor of "The Echo" newsletter of the Basket Historical Society of the Upper Delaware Valley since 1980. The Society, which operates a museum in Long Eddy, received an Award of Recognition from the Upper Delaware Council in 1996 for its historic preservation work in the river valley.
He was a charter member and past president of the Upper Delaware Heritage Alliance, and received that organization's first-ever Merit Award in 1982 for his individual "extraordinary contributions related to local heritage".
Jack was elected to the Fremont Town Board in 1994 and continued his public service as a councilman for 19 years.
He was appointed as the Town of Fremont's Alternate (1994-97) then Representative (1997-2013) to the Upper Delaware Council, Inc., serving as secretary-treasurer of the non-profit organization for 10 non-consecutive terms, as well as chairing the Personnel Subcommittee and serving on the Operations Committee.
Jack was a trustee and member of the Fremont Center Community Church and previously served on the Long Eddy Fire District Board of Commissioners for several years.
He was the co-author with Robert R. Harris of "Dear Sister: The Civil War Letters of the Brothers Gould", published by Praeger Publishers in 1998, and had collaborated on a pending book about local history figure Lucy Lobdell.
The Sullivan County Historical Society had recently announced that Jack would be the 2013 recipient of the "Sullivan County History Preserver Award" to be bestowed at their annual dinner on October 26th at The Rockland House in Roscoe.
As hobbies, Jack enjoyed collecting military miniatures and historic postcards, building dioramas, and photography.
Calling hours will be held on Wednesday, June 26th, from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Thursday, June 27th, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Stewart-Murphy Funeral Home in Callicoon, NY. A Celebration of Life Service will take place Thursday at 11:30 a.m. at the Fremont Center Community Church with the Rev. James O'Rourke officiating. Cremation will follow.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Fremont Center Community Church, c/o Treasurer Cheryl Porter, 57 Church St., Long Eddy, NY 12760 or to the Basket Historical Society of the Upper Delaware Valley, c/o Laurie Ramie, P.O. Box 43, Hortonville, NY 12745.
Arrangements have been made by Stewart-Murphy Funeral Home, 845- 887-4900.


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HIV/STD Knowledge, Attitudes, and Risk Behaviors Among Hmong-American Adolescents
February 4, 2000
A new study in the Journal of Sex Education and Therapy examines self-reported HIV/STD knowledge, attitudes, and risk behaviors among Hmong-American adolescents.
The Hmong are native to southern China and southeast Asia. It is estimated that 150,000 Hmong now live in the United States. Much of the information available about HIV/STD defines Asian, including the Hmong, as a homogeneous group despite differences in language, religion, and customs. Therefore, little information is available on HIV/STD knowledge, attitudes, and risk factors specific to the Hmong community.
For this study, researchers surveyed 299 Hmong-American students, ages 12-21, who took part in a culturally specific HIV/STD prevention program offered by public junior and senior high schools in St. Paul, MN, during the 1993-94 and 1994-95 school years. Approximately 20% of the Hmong-American students in these schools chose to participate in these programs.
Knowledge about HIV
Participants completed a questionnaire that included 13 true/false statements about HIV/AIDS.
Attitudes Toward HIV/STD
Participants were also asked to complete a questionnaire that included 10 attitude items that were scored on a scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree." For each attitude item, researchers defined the desired response as that which was "most in line with HIV/STD prevention goals."
AIDS Risk Behaviors
The findings suggest that Hmong-American students have relatively high overall knowledge and desirable attitudes about HIV/AIDS. In addition, they have low levels of sexual risk behaviors -- lower than other Asian groups.
The authors note, however, that Hmong-American adolescents were significantly less likely to answer the culturally specific knowledge and attitudes items correctly. They suggest that this could indicate that while the adolescents can learn new information, it does not necessarily replace older, culturally imbued beliefs.
The authors recommend that HIV/STD prevention programs working with refugee and immigrant communities should first investigate the culturally specific knowledge and attitudes about HIV/STD among each ethnic group, and then develop distinct, culturally specific materials for more -- and less -- acculturated individuals within these communities. Such measures would ensure that prevention materials contain information that is not only accurate, but also explores cultural beliefs and their implications on personal and community health.
For more information:
B. E. Robinson, et al, "HIV/STD Knowledge, Attitudes, and Risk Behaviors in Hmong-American Adolescents: An Unstudied Population," Journal of Sex Education and Therapy, vol. 24, nos. 1&2, pp. 37-46.
A Healthier Future for Our Communities is a calendar developed by Intercultural Family Services, Inc. in collaboration with other organizations as part of the Asian/Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS and Community Health Awareness Project.
The calendar was designed to create community awareness of HIV/AIDS, overcome language and cultural barriers to HIV prevention, change attitudes about the risk of infection, improve knowledge of available services, encourage volunteerism, and promote the health and well being of Asian/Pacific Islander-Americans.
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This article was provided by Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States. It is a part of the publication SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin.


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After a long time relationship, they decided to tie the knot between these lovely couples. As a part of their honeymoon, These Australian nationals Peter and Lucy visited the Philippines for the first time and chose Coco Beach Island Resort as the honeymoon place for them and availed the honeymoon package. They found out the resort with the help of some friends who's been here before and recommended it to them. They stayed in a Honeymooners Suite for 8 days and 7 nights with their service Mama Emma and service Papa Eugene.
As part of the vacation, they had been through different trips like Beach and Cove Exploration with Picnic and Special Sunset Cruise and Chef's Dinner at Haligi Beach. Both of them enjoyed Aromatherapy massage with our well trained masseurs but most of all, a special dinner arranged at the beach front with their own waiter.
According to them, it was a wonderful holidays they spend with. The place is wonderful most like natures specially the ethnic type of rooms and the staff of course.
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Thirty-two years old Daniel and thirty-one years of age Tanja who are now based in China shared their love story. They first met during a hockey game. Goal keeper Daniel asked for a date to his striker named Tanja. First date led to another and before he knew it his striker already struck his heart and since then they were inseparable.
After going steady for 2 years and five months they decided to finally settle down and exchange vows. In China, Daniel works as a consultant while his wife Tanja is working in one of the cargo transporting companies. The newlywed decided to have an out of the country vacation. Through friends recommendation they have chosen Coco Beach Island Resort and availed the Honeymoon Package.
The couple enjoyed series of activities like diving, beach hopping tour to Puerto Galera's fine beaches, pampered themselves at Behiya Spa with services like Aromatherapy Massage and Body scrub.
On April 29, Tanja celebrated her 31st birthday at Coco Beach and Service Mama Delia served them breakfast at their balcony. They celebrated by having romantic dinner by the beach with their own waiter Andrew to serve them the whole evening.
It was a double birthday celebration for the couple as on May 2, Daniel celebrated his 32nd birthday. On the same day, they left the resort around 5pm with their favorite waiter Andrew for a Sunset Cruise at Haligi Beach. They enjoyed watching the beautiful sunset while drinking Coco punch and eating pica-pica.
Dinner at Haligi Beach was made perfectly for them with only the moon and the stars watching them. It was a quite and romantic evening and all you can hear are the sound of the waves and birds singing.
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To go all Seinfeldian for a moment, what's the deal with Republicans and their refusal to provide details? Remember this collection of GOP evasion and secrecy?
- Paul Ryan would play "leading role" if Romney wins. Then why won't he answer any questions?
- Romney-Ryan's fear of the press
- Romney too busy with "flag football" game, avoids questions about talks with Iran
- VIDEO- Gov. Bob "Forced Ultrasound" McDonnell: Questions on specifics about Romney/Ryan budget "laughable"
- VIDEO- Chris Christie: Details schmetails, Mitt Romney's "not an accountant!" Stop it! This is hard!
- Entire "60 Minutes" VIDEO- Mitt Romney to us "Moochers": Trust the magic angel!
- Video- Paul Ryan: Explaining tax plan math too time-consuming
- VIDEO: "Mitt Romney, he won't reveal what's in his taxes and he won't tell you what he'd do to yours."
- VIDEO: Mitt Romney refuses to answer yet another question, this time about his tax plan
Etc., etc., ad nauseam.
Republicans just can't seem to learn from their mistakes, because here we go again. Then again, if Americans knew the details of their plans... fugetaboutit.
Today at a press conference, John Boehner said the following:
There has been no serious discussion of spending cuts so far. And unless there is, there is a real danger of going off the fiscal cliff. [...] So right now all eyes are on the White House…It's time for the President, Congressional Democrats to tell the American people what spending cuts they're willing to make.
So your 2011 position still stands, then? I mean, are you still offering, those talks from 2011, is that still the basis here?
Listen, I'm not going to get into the details, but it's very clear what kind of spending cuts need to occur, but we have no idea what the White House is willing to do.
Pot. Kettle. Elusive.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) called on President Obama and Democrats to specify entitlement cuts that could balance their desires for tax increases in a hypothetical deal to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff," even though only Republicans have demanded spending cuts to programs like Medicare and Social Security. Despite their support for putting entitlement programs on the chopping block, GOP lawmakers have refused to specify how, or by how much, they would cut the programs.
First, it's not a "fiscal cliff," more like a "fiscal bluff," and a crisis of their own making. Second, they're not entitlements, they're earned benefits.
And third, killing Medicare is not an option, voucherizing is not an option, avoiding direct questions is not an option, but this sure is: Liberals double down: No entitlement cuts.


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Just a few weeks ago, if you mentioned Connecticut, all that came to mind was a state in New England. Those of us who are good at trivia maybe knew that's where Yale University is located. Perhaps there's someone among us who might even recall that Mark Twain lived his later years there. But that was the Connecticut of a few weeks ago.
Now you mention Connecticut, and all that comes up is a lump in your throat. There's nothing about geography or higher education or famous authors. Just a thick, heavy, impassible swelling of sadness and hurt. It's a lump that words cannot breach and tears cannot dissolve.
The inescapable watermark of Connecticut has bleached a bit of color out of all of our lives. We're all a little bit more faded, a little bit more worn, a little bit more tattered. Sure, we're still recognizable. It's just that we've become a little more emotionally threadbare as we cope with another collective heartbreak.
I suppose each of us move in and out of such events at our own depth and speed. For me, being a former elementary school teacher, Connecticut carried me back to my days in the classroom with my children.
I recalled something that happened years ago. Our school had an alert that was called "Code Red." This condition was initiated when there was a possible threat to the school and the children. Well, there was an incident close to our school that concerned the police enough to notify our school. Suddenly, we went Code Red. Not given any details, all we teachers knew was that there was a real threat and this was no drill, so we quickly followed procedure.
I recall telling my children to move to the far corner of the classroom and sit on the floor. I locked my door, closed the window blinds, and turned off the lights. That was the easy part.
Now I had to keep the children occupied and ease their fears. This was no easy task as you are faced with 27 wide-eyed third-graders staring at you in the dark. They are scary enough in the light.
I decided to distract them with some stories of my childhood. Like the time when I was in first grade and accidentally pulled the school's fire alarm because I thought it was light switch. Or the time my friend and I successfully launched mice in mini-parachutes from the top of the ski jump in Fox River Grove.
As the children sat listening to my stories, I could see that they were feeling less and less apprehensive. But, I must admit, I was not. All through the tales of my youthful foolishness, I kept thinking about one thing: What would I do if someone came crashing through my door? How would I protect my kids?
Somehow I knew that I would have to put myself in between them and the bad guy. I prayed that I would have the courage to do that. So I continued to tell my stories and the kids sat there and chuckled, but my imagination ran wild through scenarios of how I would save my children.
Suddenly there was an announcement over the intercom that the Code Red had ended and we could go back to our normal activities. No bad guy crashing through my door. No rushing toward him with only me between a bullet and my kids. No fear of never seeing my family again. Now it was just another time to teach social studies.
But after that, I always wondered if the parents really knew what we teachers were prepared to do for their kids. That we'd put ourselves in harm's way to protect them. No matter what. Then Connecticut happened, and now, well, I guess we all know.
No, Connecticut is not only about noble teachers. It's about cherishing what we have at this very moment. It's about showing infinite love in a finite lifetime. And it's about how quickly we all become one when sorrow becomes our national common denominator.
Connecticut. It used to be just hard to spell. Now it's impossible to forget.
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News, notes and quotes from the first day of the Raiders' mandatory minicamp Friday:
— Coach Tom Cable acknowledged things went much smoother than they did a year ago, when the first minicamp practice was punctuated by fumbled snapped, dropped passes, and disorganization.
"We had two weeks before we did that minicamp, there was kind of a lull in there and that was a reason for doing it right after the draft,'' Cable said. "I think it's reflected in that the ball's not on the round and we don't look like the Keystone Cops out there.''
— Whose who didn't practice included quarterback Bruce Gradkowski, whose left arm is in a sling after pectoral surgery, wide receiver Chaz Schilens, dealing with general soreness, and wide receiver/return specialist Nick Miller, who has shin splints.
Miller was troubled by shin splints last year, only to later have it called a broken fibula. He spent 16 weeks inactive on game day while still on the 53-man roster.
Linebacker Ricky Brown is expected to practice once a day as he recovers from ankle surgery.
— Cable said he hoped Richard Seymour's contract would be finalized this weekend.
"We're trying to get it done so he's all ours,'' Cable said.
— Fullback Oren O'Neal, who never recovered from a serious knee injury in 2008, was waived.
— It was a mixed bag for quarterback Jason Campbell, getting accustomed to his yearly task of learning a new offense.
"I've been through about 10 of them, so somewhere along the like I've run a lot of these plays, trying to find the rhythm, get used to the guys around me and get back into the groove,'' Campbell said.
Campbell, under the watchful eye of Willie Brown during his press session much the way Eddie Anderson monitored JaMarcus Russell, backed well off his NFL Network declaration that he considered himself the starting quarterback.
"I'm just here to work. Just here to work, get better every day,'' Campbell said. " I'll let coach Cable make that decision and Mr. Al Davis. My job is to come out here every day and compete, keep working on things and try to improve the offense.''
When Charles Woodson was a rookie, the Raiders went through the charade of listing him behind James Trapp until well into training camp.
With middle linebacker Rolando McClain, there was no such pretense.
"The day after they drafted me, I called to ask for a playbook and some DVDs to look over,'' McClain said. "I didn't waste any time.''
McClain was flanked by Kamerion Wimbley on the strong side and Trevor Scott on the weak side as the defense played almost exclusively 4-3 for the first practice.
— The first minicamp practice contained little or none of the potentially exotic looks hinted at by Cable at the post-draft press briefing. No surprise, really.
"I was looking at the playbook and there are some things that we didn't do last year.,'' Asomugha said. "Like always, it's a matter of how well we do it at this time of the year and then in the summer as to whether we actually play it. So it's going to depend on us and then how comfortable the coaches feel.''
— No longer serving as play-caller and offensive coordinator, Cable found himself with more information than usual following the first practice.
"I had a lot more notes from practice on a broad area of things, from what I saw on special teams and with the DBs, to something with the linebackers,'' Cable said. "I kind of walked off the field feeling really good about what I saw and was anxious to look at it on film and crosscheck myself.''
Cable on the quarterback rotation of Charlie Frye, JaMarcus Russell, Jason Campbell and Kyle Boller: "It means nothing. Don't look anything into that. If you do, you're wasting ink.''
Or blog space.
— Fourth-round draft pick Bruce Campbell, who played exclusively on the left side at Maryland, lined up as the right guard with the second team. Cable said putting him at guard will give him more second-team reps.
Third-round pick Jared Veldheer was the second-team left tackle behind Mario Henderson.
"My first time looking at the playbook, I looked at it and the different language and I was like, 'Wow.' Now that I actually got a practice under my belt, I was like, OK, it's not that bad,'' Campbell said. "It's just getting used to the game speed and basically staying low on the inside.''
Campbell had false starts on consecutive plays during one sequence and was in some battles with defensive tackle Chris Cooper that probably went beyond the scope of a "non-contact'' practice.
— Wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, No. 85, looked much smoother catching the ball in drills and in team sessions. He did have two drops, although neither was a particularly easy catch, one over his head and the other at his feet.
— The following undrafted free agents were announced as signed: DE Alex Daniels, DT Kellen Heard, RB Chane Moline, TE John Owens, G Alex Parsons, DB Joey Thomas and RB Manase Tonga.
— Cornerback Stanford Routt signed his first- and third-round tender and practiced with the team.
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"Before falling pregnant with Lalie, my husband Paddy and I lived in Marrickville, Sydney in our converted warehouse apartment. A normal day for me involved sourcing and styling for women's fashion advertising campaigns and magazine editorials. Each day was different, depending on the job. Most days were spent shooting in studio or out on location.
On the days I wasn't shooting, you would most likely find me driving around the city like a crazy person trying to view collections and source product for upcoming jobs or returning product after a job had been completed. In the evenings we would often dine out to enjoy the amazing food our pocket of the city had to offer. Weekends were spent puttering about markets and antique shops, heading out to concerts and local gigs and just generally exploring the city. When I look back now, we enjoyed a rather selfish existence in the years leading up to parenthood.
Our life now is so completely different. When I was five months pregnant with Lalie, we moved back to our hometown of Townsville in North Queensland. We had been away living in London and Sydney for eight years, so we felt it was time to move back to be close to the friends and family we had missed so dearly. With a baby on the way, we craved somewhere with a slower pace, where living was more affordable, and a place that provided us with a bigger support network. So we sold our apartment in Sydney, packed up our things and made our journey home.
Life here is so much slower, there is space to move and the air is cleaner. We spend our days exploring and playing in our big backyard with our dogs or enjoying a walk by the beach. We spend a lot of time at home, chipping away on the renovation of our old Queenslander which we are slowly but surely putting our mark on. For the last sixteen months, I've been fortunate enough to stay at home full time with Lalie.
Unfortunately, I can't really work as a stylist in Townsville -- there is no industry here. I am in the midst of planning to launch my own business that I am very excited about -- something I can work on from home which will allow me to spend as much time with Lalie (and hopefully some other babies in the future) as possible. Overall, it's an absolute pleasure to stay home with my daughter every day, although there are days where life can start to stagnate and feel monotonous. Some days you feel relaxed and in control and other days are a little (a lot!) overwhelming. I've learnt to accept that as a mum, you're always going to have both good and bad days -- you can't be perfect all the time, and that's okay.
The thing that surprises me most about becoming a mama is how little sleep I can actually function on! I wish I had known just how much of a struggle it would be at times. People did warn me, but to be honest, up until becoming a mum, I had rather a high opinion of myself. Nothing brings you down to earth more than having a child. I now have so much respect for all the amazing mothers out there, especially my own. Where I might have been quick to judge before, I now have a new found level of understanding and compassion.
I think the hardest part is holding on to yourself as a person. It's so easy for all your energy to go into the caring and wellbeing of your little one, but it's so important for the whole family that the mother is nurtured. It's difficult to make yourself a priority, but so important.
I love that being a mum lets me tap into the purity and innocence of childhood. Engaging in imaginative play and exploration with my daughter lets me see the world through her eyes -- to me, that's the most magical part of motherhood.
When I look after myself and I am eating and sleeping well, there's such a noticeable difference in my approach to parenting. Having a really supportive, hands-on husband also makes such a huge difference.
The best parenting advice I've been given is to always let your children know how loved they are, no matter what behavioral issues arise. Love is always the answer.
If I were to give advice to new mamas I'd say, talk to other mums, surround yourself with people in similar situations to you - adult companionship is really important and I've found, on the most part, other mother's advice to be really helpful."
photographs 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 by tim coulson. find claire at her blog, one claire day, and at her vintage etsy shop, bug and beetle.


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MENOMONIE (January 16, 2013) - Chris Hortman continued his hot streak Wednesday night, recording his second double-double in three games as Stout defeated UW-La Crosse, 63-55, at Johnson Fieldhouse.
Hortman, who recorded his first double-double of the season a week ago, went off for 21 points and 13 rebounds to help Stout (13-3, 6-2 WIAC) jump ahead of UW-La Crosse (12-5, 5-3 WIAC) in the conference standings. Hortman was 7-for-15 from the field, including 5-of-8 from three.
In a game that was very physical and competitive throughout, La Crosse took the early lead. Nine points from La Crosse's Jeff Heiden helped the Eagles take an 11-4 lead, five minutes into the game. Stout battled back, however, and back-to-back buckets from Jay Higgins (Jr, Maple Grove, Minn.), who had a team-high eight first half points, gave the Blue Devils a one-point lead, their first since the early seconds of the game.
Neither team led by more than three points the rest of the half and a jumper at the buzzer by Lucas Collom, who also had eight points in the half, tied the score at 30 at the break. The first half featured five lead changes and five ties.
The early minutes of the second half remained back-and-forth, featuring two lead changes and two ties in the first five minutes. La Crosse went on the first substantial scoring run of the half, an 8-0 spurt that gave them a 44-37 lead. Stout answered right back, getting buckets from Aaron Jenny (Jr, Spicer, Minn.) and Jarvis Ragland (Jr, Milwaukee) before Hortman hit back-to-back threes to cap off a 10-0 run to grab a three-point lead with nine minutes to play.
It was with three minutes remaining when Stout went on their game-winning run. Alex Oman (Jr, Lake Elmo, Minn.) started the run with three-pointers on back-to-back possessions, and Ragland finished a three-point play seconds later to give Stout an eight-point, 61-53, lead with two minutes to play.
La Crosse cut their deficit to six, but could not get any closer as Stout milked the clock using offensive rebounds to extend their possessions. The Blue Devils collected six offensive rebounds in the final four minutes, with Hortman alone grabbing three in the final minute. His game-high 13 rebounds was the highest total of his career as a Blue Devil.
Stout shot 55 percent from the field compared to the Eagles' 42 percent clip and out-rebounded La Crosse, 37-21. La Crosse, who entered the game as one of the WIAC's most prolific three-point shooting teams, finished 6-of-21 from beyond the arc, 3-of-12 in the second half.
Oman finished with 17 points, trailing only Hortman, while Heiden led the Eagles with 14 points. Lucas Morrissey collected six rebounds for La Crosse, while no other player besides Hortman recorded more than four.
Stout will be on the road this weekend as they travel to UW-Whitewater, Saturday, Jan. 19, in a game that will determine sole possession of second place in the WIAC.


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For the first time in decades, federal rules that govern how and when airline flight crews rest between flights will change Saturday in an effort to limit fatigue and improve safety.
Unlike the old rest rules, which were generally static regardless of a pilot�s schedule, the new ones vary based on data such as the time of day of the first flight, the number of scheduled flight segments and the number of time zones crossed. The new rules were set after officials consulted sleep science research.
Airlines and pilot groups generally support the changes, which were identified as a top priority by the Department of Transportation after a 2009 crash outside of Buffalo, N.Y. � Colgan Air flight 3407 � in which pilot fatigue was identified as an issue. But the changes likely will impact flight operations and cause delays, especially during periods of bad weather when pilots might be in danger of working too many hours.
�We think it could be more of an issue on days that are disruptive,� said Ray Redlich, director of operations management for Delta Air Lines. �They�ve made these hard limits, so there is no wiggle room for crews. That�s more difficult than you would imagine.�
At Delta and other carriers, the biggest issues may occur when flights are diverted. When thunderstorms hit Atlanta � Delta�s biggest hub � pilots may divert planes to other airports throughout the South, like Birmingham, Ala., Nashville, Tenn., and Augusta, Ga. In the past, pilots may have had flexibility to continue the flight to Atlanta. But under the new limits, that could be less likely.
�In the previous rules that governed our flying, you could be scheduled to be at the controls for a certain amount of time, but if you had a weather divert, you could be extended well beyond those limits,� said Capt. Sean Cassidy, first vice president of the Air Line Pilots Association. �These new rules actually put hard stops in the amount of hours that you are going to be at the controls.�
Airlines might have to more often fly a new crew to the diversion city. Or they might choose to send passengers on in buses.
�There�s no way we can have crews placed throughout the system to mitigate that risk,� Delta�s Redlich said.
The new rules have been in the works for two years, so airlines like Delta that have prepared for them and should be ready for most quirks, said Cassidy, whose union represents roughly 50,000 members. The union also has tried to teach its members about the changes, even creating a mobile phone application to help them calculate how much they can work.
Cassidy said one important new rule will ensure pilots have the opportunity for eight hours of uninterrupted sleep and 10 hours of overall rest time between one day and the next. The old guidelines only set an eight-hour minimum overnight break for pilots.
Pilots could always request extra rest time if they felt tired, but Cassidy said that was a difficult question to pose to company officials.
�Even though I was a little bit tired, there was a tremendous amount of pressure put upon me to take the next flight and take everyone home or to where they were going,� Cassidy said, recalling when he was a regular �line� pilot. (In the new system, pilots will still have the ability to turn down work if they feel too tired.)
Robert Mann, an airline consultant based in New York, said passengers might experience more flight delays in the next couple of months, as carriers learn how to best schedule crews. But he said smaller regional carriers � the carriers that use small jets and propeller planes to transport fliers to and from major airline hubs � will be most impacted. They tend to be more aggressive in how they schedule flight crews, he said.
Under the new rules, pilots will be able to be on duty for nine to 14 hours � a number that will fluctuate based on factors such as when the pilot�s day begins and how many segments he or she will fly in one day. Pilots will be able to fly no more than nine hours during that period.
�Honestly, some of these guys have days which can easily run to 16, 17, 18 hours,� Mann said, of regional airlines. �That�s just a long time. It�s a long time if you are not in command of a transport aircraft.�
A spokeswoman for one of the largest regional airlines in the west � St. George, Utah-based Skywest � said in an email: �We expect the customer should experience seamless operations through the transition.�
Other airlines also say they�re ready.
A Southwest Airlines official said the carrier has prepared for the new rules for the past two years and that it has developed new crew scheduling software to ensure pilots follow guidelines. �We are fully prepared to implement the new FAA industrywide rules by the imposed deadline of Jan. 4,� an airline official said in a statement.
JetBlue, an airline official said, has been prepping for 18 months. It also developed an in-house program to track duty time, which pilots will be able to track on their company iPads.
�In the past few weeks of preparation, we�ve run a series of (simulations) for all conceivable scenarios with front-line crew members across the operation to map out how the new rules will impact diversions, complex weather days, our overall operation and our customers,� JetBlue spokeswoman Jenny Dervin said in an email.
At Delta, airline employees actually started following the new guidelines on Wednesday. But even though the airline�s Northeast flights were severely disrupted by a winter storm nicknamed Hercules, an airline spokesman said there were no unusual delays attributable to the new rules.
Redlich, who has been with Delta for 39 years, called the operation a �chess match� but said most of his colleagues have enough experience to handle just about anything that comes their way.
�There�s not a bunch of kids in here making decisions,� he said.


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Local people and businesses can count their blessings that Hurricane Isaac passed us by and left few scars.
Local people and businesses can count their blessings that Hurricane Isaac passed us by and left few scars.
But the state and federal governments have spent $365 million in 55 Louisiana parishes on disaster assistance since Isaac struck three months ago.
That is a lot of money, but it is nowhere near what it could have been.
Although Isaac remained over the Gulf of Mexico for days, it strengthened only slightly and delivered just a low-end Category 1 hurricane by the time it made landfall over Louisiana.
The storm had a huge impact, of course. Primarily in Plaquemines and St. John parishes, the human toll was daunting.
Homes and businesses flooded.
When the winds ceased and the waters receded, people were left to assess the damage, and the government was there to help the victims as much as it could.
The enormity of the price tag compared to the relatively mild nature of this hurricane, can be an eye-popping number.
It is nothing, though, compared to the tens of billions of dollars that will likely be spent on the East Coast's recovery from Sandy, which delivered its own blow last month.
And it isn't even a shadow of what Isaac could have cost if it had developed a bit differently.
For instance, if it had gathered more strength over the Gulf or if it had brought more rain or if it had taken a different path, we could be spending the holidays tabulating our losses rather than counting our blessings.
That is natural. As with any storm, we can offer guesses about what would have happened if this or that had taken place.
The cost, though, is difficult to ignore.
Even this relatively weak storm will cost hundreds of millions of dollars in recovery money. And it could have been so much worse.
One passing storm is not going to deliver the message that our coast and its people desperately need help to gird against future disasters. But the money should make an impression.
We don't need levees and coastal restoration because they would be nice to have. We need these things to head off the loss of life and property that could come from future storms.
We need these things because we want to continue living and working here, and we cannot do that if we continue to grow increasingly vulnerable.
The argument is one we have made repeatedly but with only limited success.
If the right people one day begin listening, though, it would be so much nicer to watch these incredible sums of money going into preventive measures than being spent on recovery.
That would be a blessing that would pay continuing dividends for generations to come.
Editorials represent the opinions of
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City Council takes a stance on permitted business uses in downtown Woodinville
- Written by Briana Gerdeman, Contributing Writer
The City Council is closer to deciding on development standards that will determine whether — and under what conditions — gas stations, construction and trade, bulk retail, shooting ranges and several other categories of businesses will be allowed in downtown Woodinville.
The City Council must pass Ordinance 560, which details which businesses and activities are permitted in the General Business and Central Business zones, by the June 18 meeting, since a moratorium on many of the uses will expire in July.
If an already existing business becomes nonconforming under the new standards, it may continue to operate and may be sold to a new owner, but it may not increase the degree of its nonconformity through modifications, expansions or repairs, said Erin Martindale, senior planner for the Development Services Department. For example, staff found five auto repair businesses that would become nonconforming under the new ordinance.
At its June 4 meeting, the council made decisions about several uses and continued to discuss others.
Gas Stations
The council deferred voting on the conditions for gasoline service stations until city staff revise that part of the ordinance. Martindale showed examples of existing gas stations near Woodinville that would meet the new requirements, which include blocking the pumps from view from the street with a screen, using wood or natural-appearing materials in the canopy over the pumps, and positioning the pumps behind or to the side of the store. Gateway Gas & Deli in Snoqualmie has a wood canopy, and a Fred Meyer gas station in Lynnwood has a trellis screening the pumps from the road.
Dan Gowen, who represents Jackson's at the Shell Station on 175th Street in Woodinville, said those examples didn't apply to typical gas stations. The Snoqualmie gas station is on tribal territory, so the owners don't have to pay taxes and can afford to build the canopy out of more expensive materials.
"The margins on gas stations are very narrow [on gas stations] that are out on the streets," Gowen said. "They're very huge at a casino."
The Lynnwood gas station was designed by Barghausen, the engineering company Gowen works for. He said the screen only worked because the gas station is affiliated with a grocery store and draws customers from the grocery store parking lot. He suggested that a lower screen that only blocks cars' headlights would be better.
The City Council was ambivalent about where gas stations should be allowed and what design standards should be required for them. The council members discussed how gas stations could meet the requirements in a way that wasn't too restrictive.
Several council members disagreed with the idea of requiring a screen or locating pumps in the back or at the side of the store, since this would make it harder for customers to see how busy the station is and make it harder for law enforcement to see what is happening.
"I don't think having them at the rear of the building is a good idea, and I'm not sure the side is such a good idea unless it's a major roadway on the side," Councilmember Scott Hageman said. "Up front, where they're visible for everybody, I think makes the most sense in terms of usability for the customers as well as the merchant, as well as safety."
Construction and Trade
The council voted to prohibit construction and trade in the GB and CBD.
Kay Cogan spoke for landowners along Little Bear Creek, who want to maintain construction and trade, she said. From 2003 to 2008, 18 landowners came together and worked with the city to reach a solution that would allow them to continue trade, but "now, less than five years later, the same battle has been renewed," Cogan said.
To legally remove construction and trade as a permitted use, she said, Woodinville must provide proof that eliminating that use is in the city's best long-term interest, which it hasn't done yet.
Councilmember Les Rubstello had a different perspective. Although he cited the example of Stockton, Calif., which eliminated blue-collar jobs in the hopes of attracting high-tech companies but instead faced financial hardship, he doesn't think that will happen in Woodinville.
"I recognize the benefit those [construction and trade] companies have been to our city for years and years, when we were unincorporated King County and they moved in there, but now we are a city, this is our downtown," he said. "It's an evolution that I believe is proper and not as blindsided as Stockton. It's time to slowly move them out."
Bulk Retail
The council voted 4-3 to allow bulk retail in both districts, with certain design standards in the CBD.
Boundy-Sanders said bulk retailers in the CBD would drive local businesses out of business, but Councilmember Paulette Bauman said she was comfortable with the current zoning regulations.
Shooting Ranges
The council voted to not allow shooting ranges in the GB or CBD, and to allow them in the industrial zone with conditions designed to protect safety. Several council members said they wanted to add regulations that would require shooting ranges to reduce noise.
"People come to me with concerns about the noise of the recycling facility, and I don't want to impose more burdens on them," Councilmember Susan Boundy-Sanders said.
Other Decisions
The council voted to allow conference centers, but to prohibit self-service storage businesses, machinery and equipment rentals and drive-in theaters in both zones.
It voted to allow marinas as a conditional use in the GB and CBD, but only for non-motorized craft or craft with engines not over five horsepower.
It voted to allow funeral homes, but not crematories, in the GB, and to allow both in the industrial zone. It voted to allow golf driving ranges in both zones, with the condition that the driving range must be indoors and must take up no more than 49 percent of the business's floor space.The City Council decided on the wording for these uses in Ordinance 560, but the changes will not go into effect until the council passes the ordinance.


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HI Sacramento
Step back in time at HI-Sacramento, a beautifully restored Victorian mansion at the heart of the state capital. Most of the hostel feels more like a bed and breakfast -- two elegant parlors boast original woodwork and comfortable seating, upstairs dorm rooms feature classic Victorian fireplaces and tile work, and a central mahogany-railed staircase and mezzanine overlook the lobby beneath a huge painted-glass skylight.
Take in the hostel's Gold Rush era details, and then wander the wide tree-lined city streets -- the Capitol is just four blocks away, historic Old Sacramento's museums and riverfront dining are 10 blocks away, and the restaurant, music, and shopping scene of the hip Midtown district is eight blocks away.
Once you've explored the city, relax in the Gold Country sun at one of Sacramento's parks or on the beach at nearby Lake Natomas, hop on a bike to explore the popular American River Parkway, or join a whitewater rafting excursion.
Then come back to enjoy the hostel's amenities, including free WiFi, free linens and towels, air conditioning, guest parking, bag and bike storage, a full kitchen, and laundry facilities.
Hostelling International is a non-profit membership organization promoting peace though hostelling since 1909. To maintain our low-overhead and to be able to offer low-budget accommodations to as many people as possible, non-members will be asked to pay a $3 non-membership fee per night upon check-in.
Check-in is approximately 2 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., baggage storage is available.
A government issued picture ID is required for check-in. International guests need a passport and domestic guests need a state issued photo ID that is not expired. NO LOCAL RESIDENTS. Guests must live outside a 30-mile radius of the hostel.
HI-Sacramento has a policy of 14 days maximum stay in a calendar year. No more than 7 combined days can be used in a calendar month. A 30 day period away from the hostel must be taken before the remaining 7 days may be used.
Guests staying beyond 3 nights MUST purchase a membership.
There is 24-hour access to the hostel once you have checked in.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- 24 Hour Security
- Air Conditioning
- Bicycle hire
- Bicycle parking
- Board Games
- Book Exchange
- Free Breakfast
- Common Room
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Dryer
- DVDs
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Free WiFi
- Fridge/Freezer
- Foosball
- Games Room
- Hair Dryers
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Hot Showers
- House Keeping
- Internet Access
- Iron / Ironing Board
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Laundry Facilities
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- Microwave
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Outdoor Terrace
- Parking
- Pool Table
- Taxes included
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Towels For Hire
- Towels Included
- Utensils
- Vending Machines
- Washing Machine
- Wheelchair Friendly
- Wi-Fi
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
DirectionsShow MapHide Map
Get off Amtrak at the Sacramento station (SAC), located at I Street and 5th Street. Walk 5 blocks east on I street, then turn left on 10th Street and walk 1 block. The hostel is on your left-hand side, at H and 10th.
The hostel is in downtown Sacramento, 4 blocks from the State Capitol and 5 blocks from the Amtrak Station. From San Francisco, Reno, or Tahoe by car, it's easily accessible by taking Highway I-80 to Highway I-5. From I-5 North, take the J Street exit, turn left on 8th Street, then right on H Street.
Limited parking is available on-site for $5 per night, per car and is on a first come, first served basis. There is a 5-minute loading zone in front of the hostel, park there and come in a get instructions on where to park.
The Greyhound station is located at 420 Richards Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95811. Please visit Regional Transit website to get bus routes available to the hostel http://www.sacrt.com/.
By Bus: Take a Yolo bus to 8th and J streets (US$2.50). Bus leaves from Terminal A and B.
By Shuttle: Take a shuttle van to the hostel (from US$14-15 per person). 1-800-BLUEVAN
By Car: By car, take Interstate 5 South to the J Street exit, and follow J Street to 10th Street. Turn left on 10th Street. The hostel is 2 blocks north, at 10th and H streets. Please call ahead to the hostel for parking instructions.


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BEIRUT — Rebels pushed forward in their battle with the Syrian Army in Damascus on Friday, clashing with regime soldiers in contested neighborhoods in the northeast and shutting down a key highway out of the capital with a row of burning tires, activists said.
In Geneva, the UN refugee agency said there has been a huge increase in the number of people fleeing Syria, with 5,000 refugees crossing the borders daily into neighboring countries. Agency spokesman Adrian Edwards said Friday the mass exodus ''is really a full-on crisis right at the moment.''
The latest fighting in Damascus, some of the heaviest to hit the city since July, began Wednesday with a series of rebel attacks on regime checkpoints along the main road from Damascus to northern Syria. Opposition fighters and government forces have been clashing in the area since, and regime troops have also responded by shelling a number of rebel-held districts nearby.
The violence has brought the civil war that has destroyed entire neighborhoods of other Syrian cities closer to the heart of the capital, which has mostly been spared heavy fighting. Still, the offensive did not appear to be coordinated with rebels on other sides of Damascus and it was unclear whether the rebels would be able to hold their ground.
Both the rebels and the regime of President Bashar Assad consider the fight for Damascus the most likely endgame in a civil war that has killed more than 60,000. The government controls movement in and out of the heavily defended city with a network of checkpoints, and rebels have failed to make significant inroads.
A spokesman for one of the opposition groups fighting in the area said the rebels sought to open a path for a future assault on the city.
''This is not the battle for Damascus. This battle is to prepare for the entry into Damascus,'' he said via Skype, giving only his nickname of Abu al-Fida for fear of reprisals.
The fighting revolved around the capital's main highway heading toward the country's north. Abu al-Fida said one checkpoint on the highway changed hands twice on Thursday but was securely in rebel hands Friday. He said rebels were within a half-mile from Abbasid square and were firing mortars at a military base near the landmark plaza.
Online videos showed a row of burning tires laid across the highway, blocking all traffic. Smoke rose from a number of areas nearby, reflecting clashes and government shelling.
The videos appeared genuine and corresponded to activist reports.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported clashes in Jobar and shelling and airstrikes on the nearby areas of Zamalka and Qaboun. Rebels also battled government troops in the southern neighborhood of Yarmouk, as well as in the rebel-held suburbs of Daraya and Moadamiyeh, where six people died in a government shell attack, it said.
Also Friday, the Observatory said 54 were killed, including 11 women, in a bombing at a bus stop near a military factory earlier in the week.
Observatory director Rami Abdul-Rahman said an explosive-laden minibus blew up at a bus stop near the factory in Buraq, near the central city of Hama, while workers were waiting for rides home. The factory makes military supplies, but not weapons, he said.
The area is government-controlled, which is why reports on the blast were slow to emerge.


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Question: "I'm being told by one of my Directors I should invest in learning but we're getting along OK so why should I?" Steve.
Answer: "When major research organisations demonstrate that companies who invest in learning are more likely to not only survive but grow during a recession, why not? And when 43% of managers think their line managers are ineffective, then the answer has to be yes.
People think of learning as just attending an expensive course when it's so much more and can cost very little. Google pair aspiring software engineers with senior developers so they learn on the job and the CEO has a coach. BT apprentices had additional training on mental resilience. Locally a company has information exchange sessions so employees expand their knowledge base. It's all learning.
So what's holding you back? Consider this. Instead of being "OK" your company could be outstanding. Without it you could fail.
As a first step go along with your Director to the Eastbourne Workplace Learning Event on 14 May and meet other business owners who can talk about the benefits they've found. Find out what will work for your business and then incorporate it as part of your overall strategy.
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