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Scott's Sports Spot
Originally published in Island Ad-Vantages, January 31, 2013
Both DISHS teams get two wins
by Jack Scott
The girls basketball team beat George Stevens 38-32 in a turnover filled game. We led at the half but pulled away in the third quarter by pressuring GSA as they had done to us all game. We settled down and took better shots and got better results. We led 38-24 with two minutes left in the game, and GSA heaved in a couple 3-pointers to make it a little more exciting in the end.
We seem to keep shooting ourselves in the foot with way too many unforced turnovers. We made poor passes and were rushing around, taking poor shots. We didn't stick to our offense often enough. We got away with it in this game, but if we don't figure it out soon, it will catch up to us. Chelsea Brown led us with 13 points, and Logan Eaton and Morgan Shepard each with 8.
The girls beat Shead 46-41 in another game we pulled out in the last minute. We led in all three quarters by 6 or 8 points and it looked like we might cruise home with the win. Shead pressed us in the fourth quarter and they were able to cause enough turnovers that we only led 41-39 with a minute and a half to go.
We had solid scoring from Chelsea Brown and Shiann Closson, with just enough foul shots to seal the win in the last minute. We did spread the floor well at the end to make Shead come after us. Shiann Closson led us with 15, Chelsea Brown 11, Morgan Shepard 8, and Allyson Eaton 4.
The boys basketball team beat Searsport 67-51. This was a game that had a lot of fouls called on both teams. The first half was close, as we got away from taking advantage of our inside height and led only 35-28 at the half. We stuck to our game plan in the second half and also shot our foul shots well.
In the fourth quarter, Tim Cormier, Connor Morey, Nathan Davis, and Hayden Ciomei were 15 of 15 from the foul line as a group. This iced the game when Searsport got to fouling at the end. The bad news is that Sam Grindle went down with a bad ankle sprain in the fourth quarter. We had very balanced scoring with Sam Grindle scoring 15 points, Hayden Ciomei 13, Tim Cormier 12, Stuart Bray 10, and Nathan Davis 8.
The boys beat Shead 54-52 in the first game without Sam Grindle able to play. We miss his points, but even more the leadership and defense he brings as well. This was a close game all the way, and Shead had a quick point guard who was able to get good shots off screens as he scored 30 points on us.
We regained the lead about halfway through the fourth and continued to attack the basket which led to getting foul shots. We didn't shoot great, but made enough to squeeze out the win. Connor Morey stepped up in running the offense and breaking the press. We held our poise at the end and that made the difference. Hayden Ciomei led us with 18 points, Connor Morey 16, Stuart Bray 7, and Tim Cormier 6.
The girls are 10-5 and are in seventh place. How well we play in our last three games will determine where we end up in the standings.
The girls need to keep their cool under pressure and play under control. The turnovers limit our offensive opportunities, and if we take poor shots, it compounds our offensive woes. We play tenacious defense, so it is just a matter of concentration. We need to be patient and keep working together for a good shot.
The boys at 11-4 are in fourth place due to a gift from Central Aroostook to Hodgdon. Our big challenge will be playing without standout Sam Grindle for the next week or two. We have big point games with Bucksport and Bangor Christian coming up. These teams will be looking to get our points without Sam, so our task is to work together with the team we have to keep winning.
Though this is a tough order for now, it should make everyone play harder and smarter and could benefit us by tournament time. We have the talent to be a good team without Sam Grindle and now we will have to prove it. It will now be even more critical to work together as a team. I'll see you at the Jonesport game when I am back!


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The seventh grade curriculum at Davis Waldorf includes a visit to exotic places such as South America, Africa, and the South Pacific islands. As part of our studies in Renaissance history, we will be taking a look at the impact of global explorations by European explorers to the New World. But before the conquistadors set foot on these distant lands, the seventh grade is introduced to the geography of these places and how it defines the culture of their inhabitants.
Being Filipino, I decided to take the children to the Philippines for a week. Well, perhaps, more accurately, I took the vibe of the islands to them. The Philippines Islands is an archipelago of 7000 islands on the rim of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Its tropical climate, rugged shorelines, and active volcanoes is home to a mix of people of aboriginal origin, Malaysian descent, and Spanish blood. It is also home to forests of bamboo, a natural resource that is widely and creatively utlilized by the Filipinos.
The seventh grade built models of "bangka paraw," a trimaran that is effective as a fishing boat in shallow, choppy waters. We also did the "tinikling" dance, the national dance of the Philippines. And what better way for the seventh graders to experience life in the Philippines than to hear it from people who had lived there in their childhood. I invited my parents to share their experiences with the seventh grade. My dad described games he played as a child and the blooming courtship between him and the love of his life, my then would-be mom. Their courtship was a classic Romeo and Juliet story, and it piqued the interest of my 12 and 13 year old students! We ended the morning lesson with a few Tagalog words that my mom wrote on the board, such as "mahal kita," meaning I love you.
Then we sampled a dessert called "halo-halo," or literally, mix-mix, that I prepared for the students. It is an assemblage of tropical flavors of coconut, sweet beans, jackfruit, purple yam ice cream, and other assorted toppings, mixed together with sweet milk and ice.

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I have this packet, I have almost all of the required things you need to do in it. (You only pick three) But my teacher said for extra credit you could do the other pages (or one of them)
I'm doing this circle the letter of the word that does not belong with the others.
I can't find these ones : ((I put some info. beside it that some people be able to tell with, or if it goes with another one))
a.) babe ruth (baseball player was once a red sox pitcher and yankee outfielder)
b.) home run
c.) slugger
d.) pitcher
a.) louis armstrong (american jazz composer)
b.) jazz (music)
c.) New Orleans (considered birth place of jazz)
d.) langston huges (american poet best know for harlem renassiance -music -jazz- )
a.) aaron copland (american music composer)
b.) babe didrikson (american athlete)
c.) ernest hemingway (american novelist)
d.) grant woods (american painter)
a.) robert goddard (U.S proffesor and scientist)
b.) war of the worlds (science fiction book.. invasion of aliens)
c.) Jules verne (french author)
d.) normalcy ("return to normalcy" was warren harding campaign promise)
a.) spirit of st. louis }
b.) charles lindbergh } these two go together, since charles flew this plane
c.) richard byrd (an American politician)
d.) calvin coolidge (was president of U.S)
THANKS in advanced.. for any help.


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Fighting a federally ordered divestiture of bank stock that could be financially disastrous for his bottom line, Dunmore landfill magnate Louis A. DeNaples recently borrowed $10 million against the holdings of Theta Land Corp., a controversial company that owns thousands of acres of former watershed land in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties.
Mortgage documents signed by Theta officers and filed in both counties identify Theta and Mr. DeNaples as the borrowers of the $10 million but contain no information on the term of the loan or interest. The documents are the company's first acknowledgement of long-rumored ties to Mr. DeNaples, who has denied involvement with Theta in the past.
Mr. DeNaples' attorneys are scheduled to appear Thursday before a three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia seeking to overturn an order by federal banking regulators directing Mr. DeNaples to sell his controlling interest in Dunmore-based First National Community Bank because of a 2008 perjury charge.
Mr. DeNaples, 72, owns 1.6 million shares or 10 percent of the bank's stock individually or with family members, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Much of Mr. DeNaples' stock was bought when shares were trading at $20 or more. The stock price stood at $3.69 Tuesday.
In a motion filed with the appeals court in May, Mr. DeNaples' attorneys alleged a forced sale would cause the former bank board chairman "irreparable professional and financial harm."
The $10 million loan from Scranton-based Penn Security Bank and Trust Co. to Mr. DeNaples and Theta places a mortgage on 3,600 acres in Luzerne County and 8,400 acres in Lackawanna County.
Theta is a former subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Gas & Water Co. that was sold to unnamed buyers for $12.15 million and unspecified water and methane rights when Southern Union Co. acquired the local utility company in 2000. Environmental groups criticized the sale because Theta held 44,000 undeveloped acres, including 28,000 that had once been protected from development to safeguard nearby reservoirs before the construction of water filtration plants.
Since 2000, Theta has sold nearly 20,000 acres for roughly $25 million, according to deeds filed in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties, with large tracts going to the state for conservation.
Mr. DeNaples, owner of the Keystone Sanitary Landfill, was identified as the possible purchaser of Theta early on because Theta's mailing address was changed to a building owned by one of his companies, but neither he nor Theta ever acknowledged any ties. In a 2001 deposition in a lawsuit unrelated to Theta, Mr. DeNaples said that he had no involvement with the company but acknowledged having an interest in the timber rights on its land. Mr. DeNaples declined comment on Theta in an interview with The Times-Tribune in 2006.
In 2008, a Dauphin County grand jury that indicted Mr. DeNaples for perjury alleged in its report that he controlled Theta, but offered no details. Theta President Robert McNichols Sr. was called to testify before the jury.
The perjury charges, which centered on Mr. DeNaples' denials to state gaming regulators that he had ties to organized crime figures, were withdrawn in 2009 after Mr. DeNaples agreed to transfer ownership of his Mount Airy Casino Resort in Monroe County to members of his family.
But the agreement led federal banking regulators to bar Mr. DeNaples, who had taken a leave of absence from the FNCB board because of the perjury charges, from returning to the board. Earlier this year, the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System and the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ordered Mr. DeNaples to sell enough stock so that he no longer owns a controlling interest, typically defined as 5 percent, of the bank's stock.
For two years, the bank has been under the close supervision of the OCC, which alleged the bank engaged in "unsafe and unsound banking practices" leading to millions in loan losses and failed to report suspicious transactions.
In a recent SEC filing, Mr. DeNaples' brother, Dominick DeNaples, who is now chairman of the bank board, reported he had transferred ownership of nearly 1.2 million in bank shares to his children, leaving him with sole or joint control of 294,000 shares, or 1.8 percent of the outstanding stock.
Efforts to reach the DeNaples brothers, Mr. McNichols and officials at Penn Security Bank and Trust Co. were unsuccessful Tuesday.
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The Iowa Lakes volleyball team hasn't had much success outside the conference, but the Lakers are now 3-1 in league play after sweeping North Iowa Area Community College on Tuesday.
Iowa Lakes won the first two games relatively easily, 25-18 and 25-20, and then jumped out to leads of 7-1 and 11-5 in the third set.
But the Trojans rallied to tie the match at 15-15.
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With teammate Paitton Heltenberg (5) watching, Iowa Lakes' Jordan Going digs up a low serve against NIACC on Tuesday.
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That's when Laker setter Michelle VanEpps took an opening and pushed the ball to an empty corner to give her team the lead. She then set up Andrea Orth for a kill on the next point. A couple NIACC hitting errors pushed the home team's lead to 20-16. While NIACC made a late run, the Lakers closed out the game with a kill to win the final game 25-22.
Paitton Heltenberg led the Lakers with 13 kills while Orth and Jordan Going each had nine. Shelbie Budmayr had the all-around game with seven kills, three ace serves, three block assists and seven digs.
VanEpps finished with 37 set assists and also a team-high nine digs. Heltenberg also had six digs.
Iowa Lakes (3-11 overall) is at DMACC on Thursday and then at the Johnson County Tournament on Friday and Saturday in Overland Park, Kan.


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Joel,Thanks for the nice message. I will come back cause your blog rules. Just keep it light-- you are too hung up on politics, car traffic, trash, trails, and Jesus. I saw you have brothers or priest asking you to ride to church when it sounds to me you do a lot of riding and thinking but little action.Janet
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Luigi Venosi, stalwart restaurateur, has upped sticks from Soho, to open a brand new self-titled Italian restaurant, Venosi, on Sloane Avenue in the heart of Chelsea.
Front-of-house extraordinaire, Luigi has worked in the restaurant industry for 40 years. Born on the Amalfi Coast, his second home became his central London trattoria, Don Luigi's, where he played host to famous faces from Frank Sinatra and Mel Brookes to Dolph Lundgren, James Bolan and Franco Zola.
After a well-deserved break, together with his son Gino as head chef, they have opened Venosi - an elegant Italian restaurant oozing with old school charm and hospitality.
His ethos remains the same – simple, quality cooking and ingredients combined with the kind of service that will make you return again and again. Having spent his formative years in his father's restaurants, Gino cemented his training in Il Cavaliere in Florence and his Aunt's eaterie in Naples. The result: a seasonal menu which takes a contemporary approach to traditional Italian flavours and combinations.
With everything made in-house from the bread to sausages, special mentions go to salads such seared scallops, fennel and blood orange as well as radicchio, pear and watercress salad to start. Freshly made pasta courses feature a daily changing ravioli; linguine with lobster, tomato and chilli; and hazelnut tagliatelle with wild mushrooms and pancetta. Fabulous fish dishes include line caught sea bream with Jerusalem artichoke pureé and a basil dressing whilst must-try meat choices are hare stew with chestnut pureé and polenta; venison with red wine, dark chocolate and celeriac pureé; and the traditional veal Milanese with spaghetti Napoli.
The integrity of ingredients, many of which come direct from Italy, follow through to desserts which include home-made Parmesan ice cream; white chocolate, vanilla and rosemary pannacotta as well as Amalfi lemon mousse with basil sugar.
Exclusively Italian, the wine list is a treasure trove of regional treats. With over 40 bins under £40 it ranges from a Ca' Montini, 'L'Aristocartico', Cabernet Sauvignon (£23.95) from Umbria all the way to the delights of a Biondi-Santi, Brunello di Mantalcino 2004 (£124.50) from Tuscany. Classic cocktails set to please the Chelsea set include a Negroni, which mixes Campari with gin, Martini rosso and soda and a Dry Martini served with an olive or a twist.
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The Tigers are young?
Their ace is 41. Their closer is 37. Most of the position players are 29 or older. Their two catchers are 32 and 33. They do have some nice young pitchers but they are harldy the Marlins. This is a vet based team:
Kenny Rodgers, Todd Jones, Magglio Ordonez, Carlos Guillen, Dmitri Young, Sean Casey, Pudge, Placido Palanco. Even guys like Inge, Thames andn Monroe are 29.
The Twins are closer to the Marlins but it also helps when you have homegrown kids like Mauer and Liriano on top of what might be the best pitcher in baseball. The Reds can't trade Larue and bring up Joe Mauer and we can't dump Eric Milton and call up Francisco Liriano. The Twins are young but they still count on Luis Castillo, Torri Hunter, Brad Radke and Joe Nathan. At the start of the year they were counting on Rondell White.
If the Reds want to go with kids like the Marlins, Twins and Tigers, I think they should build up the farm system to match those teams first.


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Creating Games in Ruby (Part 2)by Andrea O. K. Wright
Part One of this two-part series begins with the question: Can playing games written in Ruby be as much fun as writing them, or do they run too slowly, with too many breaks in the action at inopportune times? I go over some reasons why it makes sense to ask that question, and I begin to answer by way of kicking off a survey of the Ruby game development landscape. I start with lower-level libraries and progress through higher-level frameworks. The tour continues in Part Two. I will conclude by revisiting the question I posed at the beginning of the series.
Co-Creators: Julian Raschke & Jan Lucker
Lead Developer: Julian Raschke
Gosu was written in C++, and a tool called SWIG (Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator) is used to generate the C++ extension for Ruby. But just because the primary development language for Gosu is C++, it does not mean that the Ruby version is given short shrift. Anything that doesn't have a native Ruby feel is adjusted with custom SWIG directives.
Gosu is polished and compact. Its development team aims to include everything you need to create a game, but nothing more. Every feature it supports was needed for and tested in an existing application. Nothing was added because someone might find it useful in theory.
In keeping with the design rationale behind the code, Gosu is packaged with a well-thought-out tutorial that provides everything you need to get started with Gosu, but nothing more. It takes less than an hour to complete, but at the end of that hour you're ready to start developing games.
Here's what the finished tutorial looks like. When you steer the ship into a star, the star vanishes and you get points.
Figure 1. Tutorial packaged with Gosu
Even experienced Gosu developers start out by subclassing Gosu's Window class and taking advantage of its built-in services. Here's a skeletal main window:
class MainWindow < Gosu::Window def initialize(width, height, fullscreen) super end def update # Change display attributes, if necessary. end def draw # Display calls go here. end def button_down(id) # Buttons are keys, mouse buttons, and # game pad controls. end end
You don't need to start a main game loop or set up an event queue in your application-level code because Gosu handles that behind the scenes. Gosu will call the main window's
update method and then its
draw method, every frame. When the user presses a key on the keyboard or a mouse button, the
button_down callback is invoked.
Because Gosu is so streamlined, many developers have found that it's well-suited for timed game development competitions. Below is a video clip of a game that was created for a competition by a team of developers, including Florian Gross, Alexander Post, and Gosu co-creator and lead developer Julian Raschke (click on the screenshot to view the video clip). It was created in 72 hours. The version shown here was polished a little after the competition ended.
The object of this game is to lure the sleepwalking witch back to bed, primarily using chocolate as bait. The fairy is actually the mouse cursor, and if you click on the chocolate bar, a tiny chocolate bar will appear in her hands. If you feed her a hot chili pepper and scare her with a plush orc toy in her sleep, she becomes red-tinted and infused with firepower that enables her to zap anything the gets in her way. You can feed her an ice cream cone when she needs to throw ice bolts to neutralize fiery cauldrons or turn pools of water into bridges of ice. On some levels you need to scare her with a spider so she will hit a light switch when she tries to swat the spider away. If lights are left on, they could potentially wake her up.
Gosu was built to be easily integrated with external libraries. It is packaged with a tutorial that shows how Gosu can be integrated with Scott Lembcke's 2D physics library, Chipmunk. Chipmunk is written in C, but it is distributed with its own Ruby bindings. Chipmunk enables you to imbue your sprites with virtual mass so that when they collide, they behave according to the laws of natural physics. The tutorial not only shows how to use Chipmunk to handle collision detection, it shows how nicely Gosu plays with others.
The Gosu/Chipmunk integration tutorial, which was written by Dirk Johnson, uses the standard Gosu spaceship tutorial as a starting point. There are numerous changes to the internals of the original Gosu tutorial in the Chipmunk-enhanced version. But when you run the application, it looks almost exactly like the original version. The stars disappear before you can see the impact of the collision. I think the most magical thing about Chipmunk is watching the stylized 2D sprites move in a natural way. So I modified the Gosu/Chipmunk integration tutorial by commenting out the code that removes the stars when the spaceship steers into them. That way you could see what happens when the spaceship hits the Chipmunk-enhanced stars. I also made the star field more dense and added a couple of Chipmunk logos. The video clip below shows the sort of thing that can happen when you mix Gosu and Chipmunk (click on the screenshot to view the video clip):
Integration points for RMagick were recently built into Gosu after users requested the ability to dynamically modify the landscape during a game. The video clip below shows a sample app that uses special effects that are not possible without RMagick. RMagick comprises the Ruby bindings for the ImageMagick libraries, which can be used to transform or combine images and apply dozens of special effects, like mirroring, flipping and even emulating a watermark or Polaroid instant picture. In the video clip below (click on the screenshot to view the video clip), the two toy soldiers take turns blasting holes in the landscape, revealing more of the sky in the background.


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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls
The University Archives and Area Research Center's "Special Collections" include many rare and/or unusual publications that you might not expect to find in a small university in northwest Wisconsin. Highlighted below are just a few examples to give you a taste of what is available. They are arranged by date of publication.
We have started with just a few; more will be added as we have time.
Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776. The UWRF Archives has in its Special Collections a copy of Common Sense published February 14, 1776. The "Author" (still not listing his name) writes in a post script to the Introduction that "the publication of this new Edition hath been delayed, with a View of taking notice (had is been neceffary) of any Attempt to refute the Doctrine of Independance [sic]." Note the use of the double ff instead of ss in the word necessary. This was the common usage at the time.
The Night Before Christmas, written by Clement Clarke Moore, was first published anonymously in 1823. The copy in the UWRF Archives Special Collections was published sixty years later, in 1883. The poem is largely responsible for the mid-19th century concept of Santa Claus that was the basis for the Santa Claus we know today. The illustrations in our edition are by a variety of magazine and book illustrators: William T. Smedley, Frederic B. Schell, Henry R. Poore, and Alfred Fredericks.
Die Olympischen spiele 1936 in Berlin und Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a 2-volume set published after the famous 1936 Olympics sponsored by Germany's ruling Nazi Party. German Chancellor Adolph Hitler used the games as an opportunity to promote his government and ideals of racial supremacy and the volumes put a positive spin the games. There are plenty of photographs, tipped-in after the rest of the book was printed.
Many countries threatened to boycott the games if their Jewish and Black athletes were not allowed to compete. The United States ended up sending 19 Black athletes to the games, including many track and field (called "Athletics" then) athletes who, like Jesse Owens, took home medals.
Patriotic Songs of the Ku Klux Klan came to the UWRF Archives as a result of research done in the Archives (see John A. Turcheneske, Jr.'s M.A. thesis, "The Ku Klux Klan in Northwestern Wisconsin"). Patriotic Songs features such songs as "Klux Wisconsin" and "Hail! Hail! the Klan's All Here." It is one of several KKK pamphlets and books from the 1920s in the Archives. Digital copies can be found in The Ku Klux Klan in Northwestern Wisconsin collection in the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections.
Mayflies of the Driftless Region contains thirteen wood engravings in color, by artist Gaylord Schanilec, of newly-hatched ephermerids that he collected, and described by entomologist Clarke Garry (UWRF professor emeritus). This limited edition of the finely printed book (number 93 of 400 printed/300 bound in this fashion) is quarter bound in chestnut Morocco (goat) leather and textured olive board sides with an inset engraving in silver and gold. Schanilec says in the Introduction that "to be included in this book, a mayfly had to be of importance to fly fishers—and I had to catch one."


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Blackface II: UVA still struggles with incident
It's the story that won't go away. The two UVA fraternities implicated in the now infamous Halloween party attended by three unidentified revelers dressed in blackface have been cleared of all University-related charges.
Besides garnering national and regional coverage from The Washington Post and the Associated Press, the incident has opened a veritable Pandora's Box of questions concerning race relations, social and institutional responsibility, and student self-governance at UVA.
The University's Inter-Fraternity Council acquitted Kappa Alpha and Zeta Psi of charges of disorderly conduct December 2, but called on the fraternities to sponsor internal and Greek system-wide diversity training programs in collaboration with concerned minority groups. The IFC stopped short of issuing any harsher penalties for fear of violating the organizations' Constitutionally protected right to freedom of expression, according to Zach Terwilliger, chairman of the IFC's Judiciary Committee.
"Through the advice of legal council, we found that our bylaws protect fraternities' right to free speech," he said. "We did think of possible stricter sanctions, but unfortunately because of the free speech we could not [issue such sanctions]." Both fraternities were convicted on charges of underage drinking at the party.
The IFC's decision came just two weeks after pictures of a blackfaced Uncle Sam and two men dressed (and painted) as tennis sisters Venus and Serena Williams surfaced on the partypics.com website. The offending images were quickly removed at the request of Kappa Alpha's national headquarters but continued to circulate through the faculty and student body via email, even being reprinted in a number of local news outlets (including The Hook of November 28).
Amid calls from many UVA students that the two fraternities be punished and questions from outside the University community about the legality of any disciplinary action, the IFC launched independent investigations November 25. The student-run governing body did not consider penalties for the three partiers who dressed in blackface, none of whom have spoken with the press or been publicly identified. Asked to clarify the nature of the IFC's request for diversity education, Terwilliger added, "The way I worded it, it was a 'stern recommendation.' It's basically a suggestion."
But John W. Whitehead, president and founder of the Charlottesville-based Rutherford Institute a think tank and legal action network concerned with issues of civil liberty and human rights warned in a November 25 commentary that such diversity training might mean "a form of coerced deprogramming." Interviewed after the IFC's decision, Whitehead questioned the place of such programs, punitive, mandatory, or otherwise.
"Why do we need sensitivity training? Why not just teach it in the main courses anthropology, sociology, and those courses that kids take," he asked. "Why single out a certain section of people and act as if they're being ostracized because they've happened to do something that, by the way, I feel is repulsive and wrong?"
Some have even accused UVA and the IFC of over-reacting in a tantrum of political correctness.
"Is it acceptable for a male to dress as a female character (or vice versa)," wrote University graduate Scott Medvetz in a letter to the Cavalier Daily, "or is that sexism? If I dress as a sumo wrestler, am I discriminating against the obese? Or maybe the Japanese? Can I go [to a Halloween party] as the Lone Ranger, or will my sidekick Tonto be construed as offensive to Native Americans?"
Others have accused the University of unfairly singling this incident out and alluded to a possible "white guilt" complex within the administration.
"I went to Halloween parties every year and saw a wide range of costumes," wrote recent University graduate Adam Kalkstein in a December 4 letter to the Cavalier Daily.
"I saw a 'rabbi' dressed in a black hat with silly-looking sideburns dangling out, mimicking an ancient tradition held by orthodox Jews. I saw 'Arabs' dressed in rags, and even saw Osama bin Laden once. I saw 'Mexicans' with large, fake sombreros and 'Asians' wearing masks highlighting their narrow eyes. Despite these costumes that many could find offensive, the University did not act once."
Although students close to the event have insisted on the playful intentions of the three partygoers, members of the faculty have said this does not excuse or in any way lighten UVA's new burden of collective reflection and considered response.
"A student might wear blackface and legitimately defend his or her right to wear blackface as a matter of free speech," wrote Assistant Professor of English and race scholar Scott Saul in an email interview. "That's not the issue here," says Saul. "What's more surprising, and alarming, is that some students want to ensure that nobody will be offended by the 'joke' of blackface. They want to talk, but don't want to listen with open ears."
This incident follows on the heels of a number of similar flare-ups at southern institutions, including Auburn University in Alabama and the University of Tennessee. Two University of Mississippi students were expelled from the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity last November after appearing in a Halloween party photograph that depicted one of the men, dressed as a police officer, holding a gun to the head of the other who was wearing blackface. (That offending image was also discovered on the partypics.com website.)
UVA officials have throughout acted in their characteristically hands-off manner, deferring to the judgment of the school's venerated system of student self-governance.
"The students dealt primarily with the issue and the concerns that resulted from the actions of these students," said Dean Aaron Laushway, director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. "I believe that they worked to provide a thoughtful and forward-looking response." Pressed on the nature of his position in relation to the IFC and any punishments the administration may have considered, Laushway added, "I have no sanctioning powers whatsoever."
But in recent years the student-run Honor and University Judiciary Committees have both faced lawsuits stemming from decisions made in far less socially explosive situations- most notably the 1997-1999 case of Richard Smith, Harrison Kerr Tigrett, and Bradley Kintz, in which the three were expelled, then allowed to attend classes, then ultimately suspended pursuant to the brutal on-Grounds beating of fellow student Sandy Kory. President John Casteen stepped in and suspended Smith, Tigrett, and Kintz after a UJC chairperson and three prosecutors resigned, fearing impending lawsuits.
Asked about the possibility that the University administration makes a point of punting in dicey, potentially litigious cases such as the recent blackface dust-up, Phil Trout, president of the IFC said, "Regardless of whether the University has been using us as a scapegoat of sorts, I feel it's our role as a governing body to take that on, and I was very pleased with the way the IFC handled it."
Trout also voiced concerns shared by many student leaders on Grounds about the blurry line between the University's state-funded administration and the decisions of student groups like the IFC.
"Clearly this issue has brought attention to the fact that maybe we need to better define our relationship with the University and either take a step back from that and create an arm's length relationship that makes it clear that we are not a state agent, which I think would be better, or create a relationship that clearly defines that we are a part of the University," he said.
All this has occurred just as UVA is beginning a review of its undergraduate curriculum. The coincidence has rallied support for mandatory courses in African-American history and racial and cultural diversity at large.
"If this university is serious about its mission as a liberal arts institution," says Saul, "then it needs to sponsor more programs, courses, and community-based collaborations that investigate our country's history around race and the legacy of this history in the present."
But if the University community is to use this incident as what Dean Laushway calls "a vehicle by which we move forward to increased conversation, dialogue, and common understanding," then perhaps it's time we hear the perspective of the three blackfaced partiers themselves. Anyone?


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A really fun game that rewards outrageous, Hollywoodesque behavior! Some minor niggles in the first printing involving some unclear combat rules, but otherwise a great mashup of Film Noir, Buck Rogers, and Indiana Jones. Have not cracked 2nd Edition yet to see if things are cleared up.
If you like the pulps, and I know I do, then this just might be the role-playing game that you have been looking for. I'm going to get this out of the way right from the get-go, Jason Vey is an (dare I say it?) amazing designer. If you haven't seen his work on the Unisystem stuff from Eden Studios, or his own retroclone Spellcraft & Swordplay, you are surely missing out.
If you're not familiar with the heroic pulps of the 30s and 40s, they were a precursor to comic books that featured crime-fighting men and women who became embroiled in global whirlwind adventures. Some of the best known of the characters from the heroic pulps would be Doc Savage, The Avenger, The Spider and The Shadow. Other famous literary precursors to the pulp traditions could be characters like Tarzan, Sherlock Holmes, Nick Carter or the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu. More modern neo-pulp characters could be ones like Indiana Jones, Buckaroo Banzai or even someone like Jack Burton. Big, bold, larger than life characters against a backdrop that is just as large, and as dangerous, as they are.
Amazing Adventures is from Troll Lord Games, publishers of Castles & Crusades, and features a modified version of the SIEGE Engine d20 variant that powers that game. Vey has taken a number of variants that take the SIEGE Engine out of traditional fantasy play and move it towards heroic fantasy characters and adventures. He also mixes in some bits from the d20 Modern SRD, as well. Even if you are not a fan of the pulps (or aren't one yet), this game can still hold an interest for you because of the fact that it can also serve as a streamlining and updating of WotC's old d20 Modern stuff for you. One of the things that I never liked about d20 Modern was the sort of attribute-based classes. That is gone in this game, with a more traditional take on character classes. A variety of the pulp archetypes are represented in these rules, classes that could easily be modified backwards for those looking for a more Steampunk style of gaming, or modified forwards for contemporary era role-playing. Actually, this game impressed me a lot more than Castles & Crusades did, and it I were to run a fantasy-based SIEGE Engine game, I would reverse engineer it out of Amazing Adventures rather than play Castles & Crusades. Maybe there will be a special edition (or supplement) featuring the rebuilt iconic fantasy classes for play in Amazing Adventures some day. I would like something like that.
It was also nice to see some Lovecraft seep into this game. Amazing Adventures has a nice little sanity mechanic, for those who want those sorts of things in their games, and a few Lovecraftian monsters managed to sneak their way into an already ample bestiary. For those who have wondered if Pulp Cthulhu was ever going to come out from Chaosium, this is the substitute that you have been waiting for.
[You can read this review in its entirety at http://dorkland.blogspot.com/2012/12/troll-lord-games-amazing-adventures.html]
I am woefully behind on reviews. So I want to do one I picked up at Gen Con and it has been sitting on my desk, taunting me to review it.
First off some disclaimers.
Ok. All of that is out of the way.
Amazing Adventures (hereafter AA) is a new Pulp Action RPG based on the same SIEGE Engine that runs Castles & Crusades. Unlike other SIEGE games, this one is 100% compatible with C&C. So much so that I plan on using them together, but I'll get to that. Right now let's talk about what the book has.
Upfront we get our OGL declaration including a lot of Open content. This will make it easy to make "Pulp d20" supplements or use this for other sorts of games.
We move right into an introduction to what Pulp Roleplaying is. I know Jason, I know he knows Pulp quite well. Reading this then is like reading Steven Kenson on Supers Roleplaying; I know he gets it at a level above me. In this case yes, but Jason still brings it down to the peasants like myself to understand. For me I am constantly defining Pulp by old movies or, more to the point, what it isn't. It isn't Victorian, it isn't 50's Atomic Sci-Fi (yet) or Ultra Modern.
There is a brief introduction on the use of magic. Something I'll get to again in a bit.
Book One deals with Characters. Note, there are not multiple books, but divided withing the physical book.
If you have played, oh, ANYTHING in the last 40 years then you know what this is. The same 6 attributes of all d20 games and C&C. They are described with a little more information given to languages.
There are Classes. This is based on Castles & Crusades afterall. The Arcanist (who reminds of the Harry Dresden covers), are our magic users. What I like about them is that they choose how their magic works. So a "wizard" may memorize spells and choose Intelligence as their Spell-casting Attribute. Or Wisdom if it is deep understanding or Charisma if it is force of character. I like this. A lot. The Arcanist is a bit tougher than your d20 wizard with d6 HD. More emphasis is given to cantrips/0-level spells and less on really high level ones. Makes sense really.
The Gadgeteer is used to make all sorts of high tech gadgets. Your Howard Hughes-like characters. You hard-boiled detectives are well represented by the Gumshoe. The Hooligan is your all purpose neer-do-well, from street urchins to thieves and generally all purpose bad guys. But that doesn't mean your character is bad, no he/she could have a heart of gold and be down on their luck. ;) The Mentalist is a great addition given the fascination that the time had with Mentalism/Spiritualism. If the Arcanist is a "magical" character then the Mentalist is the "pyschic" one. I also want to point out here that the Mentalist is a PERFECT class to port over to C&C if you want to do psychic/psionic powers there. The Pugilist is your bare knucks fighter. We have these chaps in the Victorian era games too, but these have some nice features. There is the Raider for your big game hunters or Indiana Jones types. Finally the Socialite.
There are some good rules on multiclassing as well, which is great for this Socialite/Hooligan I want to make.
The same Alignment system is in play as C&C. Personally I would have liked something different. The nice thing is that it is completely optional. I think for anything other than a D&D/C&C game I would drop it.
Next up are Fate Points. These work like Drama or Hero Points. The characters gain them at a level increase, but chances are they will spend them faster. I have ported this over to C&C and other d20 games and they work great. There is a lot you can do with these above and beyond normal "points" and they really add to the Pulpy feel of the game in my mind. The main character doesn't die in Chapter 1 or Reel 1, and he doesn't die at Level 1 either. Fate points are the "To Be Continued!" of the game.
The book on Characters ends with some equipment from the Pulp age including when they were introduced (good) and pricing for the times.
Book 2 is Advanced Character Customization
AA is not just about leveling up characters, there are other ways to advnace and customize your Pulp Hero.
Characters can have Abilities (like Ace), Backgrounds (like Scientist), Skills, and Traits. Traits are bit like Feats and a bit like Qualities and Drawbacks in other games.
Since there is Arcana and this Pulp there is a chance the characters will run into something that will break their little minds. So we have a section on Sanity. These rules are simple and solid really. There is not too much detail to read like the latest DSM but enough for a game.
There is also a section on Wealth which is dealt with not as money, but rating based on class.
Book 3 deals with the Paranormal
In particular this chapter details the differences between psionics and magic. Again, this would be great to port over to C&C. The basic mechanics behind using psionics and magic are also detailed. Frankly I am really, really glad that Psionics are different from Magic. They should be and they should feel different. One of my disapointments with D&D3x (and 4e) was Psionics were treated just like another form of magic and they shouldn't be.
Spellcasting is based on Mana points which is a good change really, and fits with the Pulp period more in my mind. Spells are largely treated the same way as other d20 products so adding new spells is actually pretty easy.
What is interesting about both the magic spells and psionic powers is they both have associated Ability scores. So a spell might require Intelligence or Charisma.
Book 4: Rules of the Game is next.
It is what you would expect it to be. Maybe a little more information on non-lethal and unarmed and two-fisted fighting. There are some more gadgets here, in particular modes of transportation.
Book 5 covers the Bestiary
In pulp literature there were still unknown lands to discover and many of those lands had never been seen by man before so who knows what sorts of beasts would dwell there? Well not really dinosaurs or giant apes, but in your game you can. We get a nice mix of classical monsters, atomic-horror giants, undead creatures and aliens. It's crazy. But crazy in a good way. Since the monsters are standard format you can even pull out any monster book for C&C (or d20) and use those monsters too.
Book 6 Running a Pulp Game is next.
Details the pulp 4-act adventure (for contrast I typically run 3-act adventures for Buffy and 5-act ones for Ghosts of Albion). For your benefit a sample adventure is included.
We end the book with a Character Sheet.
There are plenty of support files from the author:
This is the errata for the first printing (dark cover): http://www.grey-elf.com/candc/aaerrata.pdf
A Character sheet: http://www.grey-elf.com/candc/aacharactersheet.pdf
And expanded Firearms. These are in addition to what is found in the books: http://www.grey-elf.com/candc/aafirearms.pdf
Ok. Judgement time.
Science Fiction Double Feature
I like this book a lot. I am not sure I would ever play in a pulp setting, but I think it is a great update/replacement for Modern d20. Truthfully while reading this what I REALLY want to do with this is something along the lines of 50's and 60's monster movies. So aliens attacking the earth, giant insects and kaiju. "This Island Earth", "Forbidden Planet", "Them", "Day of the Triffids" and the like. I know this is not what the book was designed to do. But it sure works great for it to be honest. Actually better than great.
I have a lot of Pulpish, 2-fisted adventure, games. This one is great for Pulp, but to ignore the flexibility in this game would be a crime. Plus the 50s are an under-represented time in RPG games.
Stand and Deliver!
Another thing that this game is PERFECT for is as a supplement to Castles & Crusades. Not only do you get an updated Arcane class, you get a perfectly workable Psionic class with powers. Even if you don't use that try using the Fate Point system with C&C.
One of the nice features of this game is the use of just using a +5 for Primes. Instead of a TN or 12 or 18 like C&C, AA gives you a plus to your roll. We housed ruled this for C&C a while back and I understand it is fairly common. I like it better than the core C&C rules and will use this instead.
There is something else that this game would be perfect for. I have had this desire to do a game based in 16th to 17th Century England where I could cover such topics as Queen Elizabeth, The Stuart Kings and Queens, Shakespeare, Sir Francis Drake, Guy Fawkes, John Dee, Highway Men, sail and conquest. This plus C&C minus many of the D&D trappings would be perfect.
I am thinking of modding the vehicle combat rules for Highwaymen on horse back and coaches-in-four. Stand and deliver indeed!
What is missing from the book that I think would have been nice are some Archetypes/1st level NPCs.
Also a supporting cast might also be good. What level and class is Police Officer O'Hara at Precinct 9 where you get all your good tips?
A couple of adventures from the publisher would also be nice. You could put a few of them into one book.
Also missing, but something that I can easily find, is a map of the World circa 1930 with so travel times and costs. I would have liked some more information on the world too. I guess that is the one thing that this book lacks. Granted, these things are typically covered in a Game Masters' book or a Campaign book. I ignored it up to this point because I was so drawn in by all the things I want to do with this that I never considered missing. I am hesitant to count off for it since a.) I only noticed it now despite having had and played around with this game for a while and b.) I was not then and am not now likely to even use it.
So where do end this?
Well I really like this book. Even if I never play it as intended there is just too much good stuff in it to ignore.
Buy this if
...you like Jason's other books. This is his style through and through.
...you like two-fisted pulp action adventure.
...you like Castles & Crusades and are looking to turn it up a notch or add Psionics or a Fate Point system.
...you want a flexible modern system built on a system that is tried and tested for years.
...you want easy to use vehicle combat rules.
My imagination is really grabbed by this system. I think there is a lot of potential here and a lot I want to do with this game.


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Police in suburban Denver say an officer killed at a crime scene was shot by another officer.
Thirty-five-year-old James Davies was shot early Friday morning after he and officers from several agencies responded to a report of shots fired in Lakewood. Police say he was in full uniform.
Davies is the first officer to be killed in the line of duty in Lakewood. He leaves behind a wife and two children.
Police spokesman Steve Davis says there was a lot of confusion when officers first responded and numerous shots were fired. Three men were taken into custody and were outside the home when more gunfire erupted and Davies was killed.


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The 22-year-old AC Milan forward has been ruled out of not only the semi-final against Spain on Thursday, but now also Sunday's final or third-place play-off.
Enrico Castellacci, the head of Italy's medical staff, said on figc.it: "I met with Balotelli this morning. The medical condition is not satisfactory, he cannot recover even for the finals on Sunday.
"To avoid unnecessary risks we decided, in agreement with (coach Cesare) Prandelli and after talking to the medical staff of AC Milan, we decided to send the player back to Milan."
Balotelli picked up his injury in Saturday's 4-2 defeat by hosts Brazil.
Castellacci said midfielder Andrea Pirlo, who missed the Brazil game with a leg injury, had a chance to be fit for the Spain match.
He said: "He is continuing to work hard and we are cautiously optimistic. But we have to evaluate his case day by day and if he does play against Spain it will be decided only at the last moment."
Riccardo Montolivo sat out training yesterday after picking up a head injury in the previous night's game, but Castellacci said he was "fine and available".
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO)-- Heading into the 6th inning, Gene Taylor's baseball club was not on the favorable end of a 7-1 score.
Palisade-grad Tate Herland entered the game for his first appearance this summer after suffering a fracture in this left wrist (non-throwing hand). Herland accomplished his task by getting three straight outs.
In the bottom of the sixth, Taylor's loaded the bases on singles. With two out, Marcus Wirth drove in the first run of the inning with a single to center. After Longmont walked in the next run, Tristan Lafferty singled through the left side, scoring two runs and making it a 7-5 Longmont lead.
Former Fruita Wildcat, Drew Bridges, then stepped up with a deep fly ball to center field. The ball dropped in the gap, allowing Bridges to reach third standing up and scoring the tying runs.
Taylor's scored the go-ahead run before the end of the inning and they tacked on insurance runs in the seventh.
Taylor's and Longmont will play a double-header on Saturday at 1pm.
All games are at Canyon View Park.


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And the fairly tricky modes continued as the heroics did. Then Zandalari heroics came in, and a couple of those fights were entertaining to tank. (I'm looking at you, High Priestess Kilnara.) But I do think that the pressure in those heroics rested on the shoulders of the healers and general group cooperation. You all had to do the right thing in order to succeed. The tanking in itself was not inherently hugely challenging; apart from making sure everything was hitting you that should be hitting you, not standing in bad and interrupting, you didn't have to do that much, but the peril was still fun. Hour of Twilight? Well, Azshara can be a little challenging. That's about it.
Let's look at raids for a second. Sure, Magmaw was pretty straightforward; the person dealing with the adds had a far harder job than the tank. But Omnotron was more of a challenge, as was Maloriak. The Ascendant Council and Cho'gall, too, in places. Firelands began well. Trapping Riplimb at Shannox was a fun role, but it went downhill from there. Ragnaros was awfully boring to tank.
And it seems that Rags' Swap at X Stacks model has been adopted and carried over into Dragon Soul. Morchok? Swap at X stacks. Yor'sahj? Guess what? Ultraxion? Sort of. Blackhorn, once he lands, the same. Hagara, at least, has something you have to run away from while tanking. And you might occasionally have to goal-keep Zon'ozz's ball. The Spine of Deathwing and Warmaster Blackhorn fights really excited me simply because there are adds! And the Madness? I seem to spend as much time DPSing as I do tanking. I'm not saying these fights are easy for everyone; I'm saying they're easy for tanks. And this is slightly frustrating -- all you can do to tank better is get better gear to soak more damage or do more. The skill element is fading.
Do you agree? Is Blizzard shifting difficulty off tanks onto other roles? Is this a good thing? Has it been happening forever? Is it because of the Raid Finder? Is it to try to get more people tanking? Am I talking utter nonsense?


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The ideal candidate will be conversant with the latest web-based technologies, including especially:
- HTML and PHP
- JavaScript
- E-commerce
- Joomla
- Cross-platform browser/software compatibility
- Real time interactive web services, especially video chat
The ideal candidate will have the personal and professional qualities enabling her/him to be able to grasp the operational details of and manage an ongoing project to completion.
Please provide a cover letter explaining why you could be the best choice for this position, and your resume. Please include links to online examples of your completed work where possible.
Candidates who have their application approved at first stage will be asked to evaluate our website and submit recommendations towards its improvement. Successful completion may produce additional project offerings.


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Death Notice: Gloria Hazel Strawn (Adams)
Gloria Hazel Strawn (Adams), 91, of Centralia, MO, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at the Heritage Hall Nursing Center in Centralia. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 27, 2013, at the OLIVER Funeral Home in Centralia. Interment will be in the Glendale Memorial Gardens, Centralia. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m. Friday, April 26, 2013, at the funeral home.


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Housing zoning focus of discrimination trial
The village of Garden City's decision to change a multifamily zone on Nassau County-owned land was motivated by community concerns about traffic and school overcrowding -- not by race or class -- village attorneys and officials said yesterday during a housing discrimination trial.
The trial concerns a 2005 lawsuit filed by the Long Island chapter of now-defunct ACORN, which charged Fair Housing Act and Civil Rights Act violations by the village in response to former Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi's plan to sell an old 25-acre Social Services building to a developer for about $30 million.
Nonprofit groups New York Communities for Change and MHANY Management Inc. took over the suit and alleged Garden City rezoned the land to block any chance of affordable housing, which likely would have housed minorities. Frank Fish, a village consultant who drew up the zone change, testified it was about "a respect for existing neighborhoods" whose residents believed multifamily housing would bring burdensome traffic.
"Traffic is a major concern," Fish said on the witness stand.
Attorneys for New York Communities for Change said Garden City buckled to pressure from residents and property-owner groups who feared an influx of minorities.
Stanley Brown, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said the charge by residents that multifamily apartments would burden the school district is flawed because single-family homes are a bigger generator of schoolchildren.
"They're not helping themselves if their goal is to eliminate schoolchildren as opposed to blocking affordable housing -- which we think it is," he said during a break in the trial.
The original zoning proposal called for 311 units. Garden City officials, after complaints from residents at public hearings, changed the zoning to allow up to 90 single-family homes, up to 150 town houses, or a combination of the two -- all three options also including up to 36 multifamily units.
The property was never sold and remains closed.
Village administrator Robert Schoelle declined to speculate in testimony why the village rezoned the property.
Outside the trial, Elmont resident Mimi Pierre Johnson -- one of about 10 New York Communities for Change members who attended the trial -- said the zone change was tantamount to housing discrimination. The case could change the face of development on Long Island and allow for more mixed-income developments, which often are blocked by discrimination, she said.
But James G. Ryan, an attorney for the village, said the plaintiffs are suggesting "democracy stops" when multifamily developments are proposed.
"And neither the trustees nor the citizens of Garden City could question, comment, modify, make other suggestions or criticize," Ryan said during a break. "That's not how democracy works."
The trial resumes today in U.S. District Court in Central Islip.


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Wow was I wrong about that. Hats off to the Rangers, that's how you finish the last game of the season.
Isles ready to book the trip to Pitt!
Philly actually beat the Senators in regulation, which sets up one game that impacts a bunch of teams with a few potential outcomes.
If the Bruins win in regulation, they will pass Montreal and finish with 2 seed. They will play the Islanders in the first round if they win in regulation. If the Bruins win in OT or SO, they will play Ottawa.
If the Bruins lose, they finish in the 4 seed. Edit: I think the Rangers are locked into playing the Caps with the Senators loss tonight.
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I think I'd rather lose a series 4-1 with 4 one goal losses than lose 4-0 with all losses by three goals or more. LOL
Boston down 2-1 going in to the third.
Pens are the clear favorite out of the East, but I feel like the Bruins would be a tougher, more frustrating series. I could see the Isles stealing a game or two against the Pens. The Bruins are just a very tough, deep team. They know how to sustain a very persistent forecheck and tire out their opponent.
For what its worth, an 8th seed won the Cup last year, Lets try to make it two in a row.
Not that it matters now, but I still disagree. I think the Isles mach up better with the Bruins than the Penguins. Maybe 'cuz ive seen a lot more Bruins games than Penguins games this year, but theBruins are definitely beatable.
Also, thank God I won't have to listen to the Bruins announcers do the games. They are some of the biggest homers out there.
Penguins announcers a close second.
Only line with grit is the Martin - Cizikas - McDonald line. And I wonder who gets the start for the last forward? Just saw that Reasoner's been skating between Martin and Zeek. As much as we all probably hate that move, I can see the rationale.
I just wish Reasoner had some other redeeming value besides "being good defensively" and "knowing how to lose a faceoff".
Here is to a good, but probably very short series guys. Good luck.
Re lineups once again, not sure why Ullstrom never got the chance to win back his previous spot. Jonnesu has been just OK and Lee has shown he hasn't been ready. I recognize the need to put Boulton in, when needed, but Ullstrom seems to have the higher upside of any of these guys in the short term.
Wouldn't have been terrible to get some real game time in over the past 3 games.


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John Sharp, chancellor, Texas A&M University System; James Dodson, chairman, Farm Credit Bank of Texas; Robert Puente, president and chief executive officer, San Antonio Water System, will serve as panelists.
The panel will be moderated by Gretchen Hamel, president of the political consulting firm Highline Strategies and a Fox News contributor. The panel will focus on key issues that directly impact the lives and businesses of ranchers and landowners.
"There are so many factors in today's economic and political climate that affect rural Texas," said Pete Bonds, rancher and TSCRA president.
"Water demands, energy development, a growing population, changing financial and economic pressures, and the continued loss of rural representation are just a few issues that have caused ranchers and landowners to take a hard look at our future. It's important for us to know how to navigate all the challenges."
The 137th Cattle Raisers Convention is April 4-6. Highlights of the convention include the Cattle Raisers Expo., private property rights town hall, and educational sessions focused on a number of issues critical to the Texas cattle industry. For more information visit www.tscra.org/convention
A complete schedule can be found on the TSCRA convention website. TSCRA will continue to update the schedule with additional events.
TSCRA is a 137-year-old trade association and is the largest and oldest livestock organization based in Texas. TSCRA has more than 16,000 beef cattle operations, ranching families and businesses as members. These members represent approximately 50,000 individuals directly involved in ranching and beef production who manage 4 million head of cattle on 76 million acres of range and pasture land primarily in Texas and Oklahoma, but throughout the Southwest.


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I understand that Israel has made mistakes in the past and hasn't always been right in what they've done. However, if you're going to criticize Israel for some of the things they've done, I don't see why you wouldn't also criticize Hamas for launching rockets into civilian areas of Israel. I haven't heard anyone condemn Hamas for killing innocent children in Israel. Again, I have to wonder what hatred for Israel has to do with supporting a non interventionist foreign policy.
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if a knee-jerk could jerk knee?
"I have determined that the source of this Hurricane Sandy is a Youtube video."
President Barack Obama
(D) is gutting the military and going all in on entitlements.
The vast majority of Conservatives of any degree are intelligent and don't want a OweBowMao 2nd term - they won't waste their vote on hot unelectable 3rd/4th/8th party garbage.
Might as well vote for Sheehan/Barr if you're gonna be spiteful.
The useful idiots will act as usual then continue to decry the things that stay unchanged that they could have effected change on but didn't.
They deserve the parasitic world of B. Hussein but the rest of us don't
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This forum is awesome btw! Gives me all the reason in the world to maintain my independent/moderate view that both sides are nuts. LOL cheers to you and much respect. All your hearts are in the right place....imo
I will take your question seriously and respond politely. As an experienced Governor and businessman Romney is not only more than capable to right the sinking ship economically he also has Paul Ryan to ably assist him. That is an almost unfair advantage vs. the opposing ticket who are strictly political idealogues and economically incompetent/reckless as they have an indelible record of said incompetence.
Johnson, Paul or anyone else other than Romney cannot and will not win this election besides Obama so if you don't like Obama's policies you have no other realistic, practical choice to even begin to attempt to change things at the Federal level but selecting Romney and/or (R) Congressmen. As it is undoing the needless, feckless damage of the last 4 years will be difficut enough if the Senate is held by (D). We had the So-called Blue Dog (D) Conservatives who claimed to have economic resposibility to check the radicals but ultimately caved and rolled over...like obedient dogs.
If releected Obama will surely look to that win, however razor's edge narrow as a mandate to continue on the road to full socialism and you can expect attempts at raising taxes, mediocre economic growth at best with the healthcare disaster (which has already jacked up premiums the last few years running) providing a inferior level of rationed care. Whatever cant be legislated will be backdoored by executive order.
If the Bush tax cuts expire, that is an immediate tax hike that will also have a negative effect. Furthermore, another Obama term will probably mean at least one SCOTUS appointment that is less like the Ron Paul ideal than more that will provide a majority to perpetuate liberal ideals with NO term limit.
Is that what "principled" voters really want?
We do not have snap elections, coalition governments and the like in America. There is no overwhelming write-in , by crayon or otherwise, tide of a Ron Paulian tertium quid, a 3rd party sentiment as the GOP has depending on your amount of cynicism either adopted or co-opted the TP platform, which despite a media disdain and coverage blackout led to the (D) midterm trouncing. Nothing is more cynical IMO than a purportedly serious candidate such as Johnson, a former Governor no less, advising you to "waste your vote on me".
Ron Paul and his entire platform was very well known and understood by Republican voters. As such, he was rejected by not merely a small margin but a resounding, overwhelming majority-not completely without influence as his economic probity message is endorsed in a general way and this election is focused on economics as it should be. Little if any of Paul's social or defense views are held by the majority of registered (R) - those views as noted are much more akin to (D).
I'll table that discussion for now - it is worth discussing the degree of "involvemen" in global affairs - but anecdotally having been part of a NYC TV panel back in '08 I was struck by how universally unpopular the Dr. was with all of the GOPers on the panel - no one wants another 9/11 or worse brought to us as we are constantly being targeted by irrational people and putting it very mildly the curiously anti-Israel, blame America 1st mentality does not play well even in the predominantly RINO-ish NY/NYC GOP.
Looking to the future, I could see Rand Paul possibly having greater influence on the GOP but some of his votes are indistinguishable from his father's
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Scare tactics to drive the election of a guy that is "economically qualified"? More of the same. Romney is no leader; he's a Wealth Manager.
*As a former CA licensed broker, I have BOXES of collateral material from all kinds of former Big Bank jackbags that "want you to be an instant millionaire".
They knew what was coming; bank on it.
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they just didn't know that the strawberry pickers "they" gave no dinero down mortgage loans would cash out their piggybacked HELos so fast....
The guy currently in charge did nothing about Blankfein Fuld Mozilo etc.
Still walkin' the streets while smaller fish are harassed;
Made it easy for the deadbeats to be bigger deadbeats by signin Dodd-Frank;
Then squeezin' Wells Fargo to accede to penalties for stuff THEY dint do....
The "middle" didnt get those loans, nor did they stop paying theirs...
The guy currently in charge spent lots o' money on a stimulus that didnt stimulate anything except public sector bank accounts;
Laffed about "shovel-ready" jobs that never existed
An unnecessary "Healthcare" plan;
The guy currently in charge skirted an eternity of US bankruptcy laws to hand ownership of US car companies to the UAW /foreigners and screw share/bond/debt holders...with both of these motorized basket cases still a hairbreadth away from another bankruptcy with US taxpayers on the hook for billyuns
Then the guy in charge just destabilised 1/2 the ME without Congreshunal or UN or anyones approval, for some o' his fellow radical Muslims and kept 4 Americans not so safe, I mean dead. There are Libyan SAMs in places like Mali and Iraq's WMDs in Syria...teh Muslim in Chief attacks Islamic extremism like the Sorcerer's Apprentice...makes it 100x worse...but he got bin LAden! but was afraid to desecrate His sacred dead body by showin' it...if you're gonna be capo di tutti musulmani tehn you gotta show the dead guy with his eye shot out!
(apologies to Ralphie)
All the while with months of millions of unemployed Americans and lousy GDP growth.
Not to mention aiding and abetting a ridiculous unAmerican atmosphere of race and class warfare...along with his own junior SA, the Occufilth
So.... when is the guy in charge actually gonna *be* in charge of stuff?
Don't get me started on the "guy in charge"!
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Thank you, Rush..
Never mind...you're absolutely right again
DAMN that Obama for causing the financial collapse and lost jobs and homes that reached it's bottom in December 2008 and has slowly and steadily been improving since...
Damn you socialist muslim commie kenyan...damn you for messing up that economic boom Bush left us in
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Anyone say B. Hussein CAUSED the (D) bankers repackaging of bad loans they were forced to give to deadbeat (D) constituents by (D) lawmakers
guaranteed by (D)-run GSEs Cloward-Piven style financial collapse?
I said he made things WORSE. Let me know how all has been made better since OweBowMao parted the seas. Take your time.
LOL on the Zimmy!
"You banks theah, no moah redlinin'! The poah must have whut
they can-NOT afford, because it is un, I say, UN-dignified foah
them to live in apahtments"
Repackaging started in the very end of GHWB and skyrocketed under Clintoon. Why didnt Bubba stop it.
Glass-Steagall, you wouldn't know from the Phil-Pitt Steagles.
Nothing to do with the repackaging and de facto ended with
Greenspan in 87 with the Citi-Travelers deal long before the collapse.
Reed: http://www.tomwoods.com/blog/repeal-...th-the-crisis/
I was just thinking, it was/is really bad to do all of my banking insurin' and investing in the same place.Bad that the working / middle class had
access to financial paper/investments that not too long before were unavailable to them without huge outlays and load fees. Bad that the vaunted "middle" actually became stockholders. It exposed them to too much risk and an exercise of free will. 2% interest in savings with nothing but home equity increasing at 3% YOY shouldve been good enuf for the masses. BAD BAD BAD!!!!!
Oh..an' only Commie Libs up in arms about a balloon?
Barney Fwank: Fweddie Mac is not in a Cwisis
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I give up Rush...youve got it all figured out.
No sense wasting time on you.
And the good news
After next Tuesday you'll have FOUR MORE YEARS to bay at the moon like a crazed mongoloid and show everybody what an ignorant wild eyed fascist nutjob you are
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I had more fun watching this ice skater and his 2 dogs. Every time the man took off, the dogs would try to keep up with him and end up in the same place they started. They finally figured it out and was able to slow down their legs until their bodies caught up.
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Memo to Charlie Baker: Act like you want the job.
Otherwise there is no sense in running. You'll lose.
So far, you have come across as though people were forcing you to run for governor of Afghanistan, not Massachusetts. Show some enthusiasm. Show some joy. Smile.
When asked about running on television, you look pained. And it is painful to watch.
You say, "The big question, certainly for me and for my wife, is as much about whether we think it's even a viable thing to pursue."
What kind of an answer is that?
And you are considered the front-runner -- not only for the Republican nomination for governor in 2014 but for the election itself. After all, your Democratic opponent could be the charisma-challenged state treasurer, Steven Grossman.
With Gov. Deval Patrick, who beat you the last time around, not running for re-election, with Lt. Gov. Tim Murray returning to oblivion, and with Attorney General Martha Coakley running in place, Grossman has emerged as the leading candidate among the Democrats. (Are you listening, Mike Capuano?)
Certainly, Grossman would be much easier for you to run against than was Patrick, the incumbent, who beat you in 2010 -- although the hapless Tim Cahill, running as an independent, had something to do with it.
Well, Cahill is history, Patrick is going, and Murray is gone. And that leaves only Grossman and you, at least for now. But you seem to have a bigger problem than Grossman. At least Grossman has made it clear that he wants the job.
Like you, Grossman has run for the job before (2002) only to be beaten. But unlike you, Grossman wants it badly while you sigh and go around muttering that you might be interested in running if no other Republican wants to do it. What kind of an approach is that?
To a Democrat like Grossman, politics is a profession, a career. It is something you spend your life doing, whether you hold an office or not. It is in your blood. It makes you become party chairman, like he was, both in Massachusetts and nationally.
It is true that you held high government positions under Gov. Bill Weld. But they were appointed positions, not elected ones, even though you once were elected to the Swampscott Board of Selectmen.
It is also true that you served with distinction first as Weld's secretary of Health and Human Services, and then as secretary of Administration and Finance, the most important office in state government, outside of governor, and that you are a top finance executive at General Catalyst.
You have everything going for you to be a great governor. But first you have to get there.
With you, Charlie, it appears that politics is a hobby, something you do when there is nothing else around worth doing. Democrats in politics hustle. Republicans dabble. The public senses that. The people know.
Otherwise, you would long ago have been vocal in your criticism of Patrick and the series of scandals that has taken place under his watch, scandals stemming from his lack of fundamental management skills. These scandals range from imbedded welfare fraud and drug-lab testing abuses, to shabby political patronage appointments -- to mention only a few of the embarrassments that have taken place under his watch.
And when you do talk about running, you look around for reasons to lose and not reasons to win. You point out how Scott Brown was wiped out by the Cherokee lady, or how Richard Tisei lost at the hands of that ethically challenged congressman from the North Shore.
But you do not mention how, in an overwhelmingly Democratic state, the Republicans ruled the governor's office for 16 straight years until Patrick came along and defeated Republican Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey for governor in 2006. Now she is gone as well, appointed president of Babson College.
The point is that a Republican can get elected governor in Massachusetts, but first he has to show that he wants the job, as Weld did in 1990 and 1994, and as Paul Cellucci and Mitt Romney did after Weld left.
But if you truly do not want the job, you should get out of the way and clear the field for the next guy.
As the old saying goes: Lead, follow or get out of the way.
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Going somewhere fun. Being in a place with lots of distractions can really help with first date nerves. I always like situations where I can make conversation about things that are going on around me. Going to a carnival or an amusement park or eating a delicious lunch and then going to an observatory or a museum are great first date places. I'm also a huge fan of grabbing a drink - it's always easy to relax on a date when you've got some liquid courage to rely on.
He should wear something cool yet simple. It should look as if he cares, but not too much - maybe a vintage tee and a good pair of jeans with a simple sweater thrown in.
Jewellery is always nice - I'm pretty confident no woman would ever complain about that gift. But regardless of how much they're willing to spend, it should always have some kind of meaning. I also recommend finding something vintage. That aside, I've never been to a baseball or basketball game, or any sporting event for that matter, so great tickets to a great game is a good choice. Plane tickets to a beautiful place where we could drink margaritas all day long would also get a welcome smile.
Black jeans: they're a basic staple and go with everything. A pair of Chucks: there's nothing wrong or outlandish with a pair of Converse. They're casual and cute and go with everything. A good cardigan: I love a man in a sweater; you can wear it casually unbuttoned or look dressier with it buttoned up. A lived-in T-shirt: one that has survived through the years - I love soft worn-in T-shirts, and I especially love stealing my boyfriends' worn-in ones. It should be the kind that prompts them to say, "Oh, I've had that thing forever". And finally, a good sleek suit: although I've never seen most of the men I've dated in a suit, I think it's absolutely necessary to have one. There's nothing sexier than seeing your man looking dapper.


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Anne Wyslowski
Lieu de naissance : Sydney
Date de décès : 25 janvier 2013
It is with heartfelt sadness that we announce that Anne Louise Wyslowski died peacefully with her daughter and grandson by her side, after a courageous battle of cancer, on Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney.
Born in Sydney, she was the daughter of the late James and Annie (MacArthur) MacPhee.
She was a member of St. Theresa Church.
She was a wonderful mother, grandmother and sister, who will be greatly missed.
Anne Louise is survived by her children, Margaret Roach (Scott MacLean), Glace Bay, John Wyslowski, Gatineau, Que., her pride and joy, grandson, Jesse. She is also survived by her sisters, Rita Potter, Sydney, Kathleen (Elmer) Simpson, Brockville, Ont.; brothers, John (Ollie) MacPhee, Sydney, Tommy MacPhee, Halifax, Donnie (Annie) MacPhee, Jim (Margaret) MacPhee, both of Sydney; as well as many nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, John Wyslowski, her sisters, Mary O'Connell, Margaret Heron and Jean Butler.
Cremation has taken place. Visitation will be held Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, from 2-4 p.m. at the S.W. Chant & Son Funeral Home, 564 Alexandra St., Sydney. Memorial mass will be held 10 a.m., Monday Jan. 28, 2013, at St. Theresa Church with Fr. James Oliver officiating. Interment to follow in Resurrection Cemetery.
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November, 27 2006
About this AU story.
The Turn of the Tide is a short AU which takes as its premise the idea that Faramir went north instead of Boromir. Its focus is on Éowyn in the Houses of Healing, but in various discussions, people have wondered about other aspects of this AU setting.
Raksha, on my LiveJournal, had some wonderful thoughts about the journey to Mordor (which, in this setting, involves Frodo, Sam, Gollum, and Faramir).
The original request, from Makamu, offered me bonus points if I could get one or both of Boromir or Denethor to interact with Aragorn... sadly, I didn't quite manage this.
I would love to see more stories in this setting, but I'm unlikely to manage them myself! So this post is to invite ideas and - better still - to invite stories!
ETA: some suggestions here.