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"There's one in every family!": A Special Place We'll Always Remember
Some of my fondest memories from childhood are the times spent in my Baba's (Grandma's) kitchen. I remember spending many Friday evenings in her two-story house on Hill Street in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, surrounded by my aunts, uncles, and cousins. Dressed in her blue and white cotton housedress, quilted slippers, and a white babushka (scarf) around her head, my Slovak "Baba"* stood over her stove for what seemed like hours, preparing chicken soup, mouthwatering golden buns dusted with flour, and lemon pie—all made without reference to a written recipe. Even today, I can recall the delightful aromas of fresh bread baking in the oven, the chicken soup slowly simmering in the large, "bottomless," white enamel pot on the stove, and browning butter in the old black iron skillet.
Then there were the holidays. In the Slovak culture, food is richly entwined with tradition and religious teachings, especially for Christmas and Easter, when special dishes are prepared and rituals observed. For example, on Christmas Eve, we celebrated with a meatless Vilia Supper (to honor the Christian practice of fasting) and ate foods like: bobalky, perfectly baked little balls of dough browned in butter and mixed with sauerkraut, and pirohi, ravioli-like pillows of dough filled with cabbage, cottage cheese, potato, or prunes.
At Easter, we ate paska, a round bread with a golden crust and yellow center made from eggs, butter, and white raisins (indicative of living bread come down from Heaven) and hrudka, a bland, sweet, custard-like "cheese" made from cooked and separated eggs and milk (as a symbol of moderation).
Whatever the occasion, "Baba's" kitchen functioned as the center of her home. It was where this soft-spoken Slovak woman spent the majority of her days as wife, mother, and grandmother, preserving the traditions of her homeland. There, in her domain, she also assumed other important roles of comforter, teacher, disciplinarian, financial manager, and instiller of religious teachings, morals and values.
The kitchen also became the place where some of life's most important lessons were taught and learned. Simple principles of generosity and honesty and, above all, a genuine love for her family that Grandma taught by example. Moreover, for me it was in this kitchen where the genealogical seeds were planted, eventually sparking a quest to discover facts about this amazing woman, along with the desire to preserve our family's history for future generations.
At this time of the year, as everyone gears up for the holiday season, it's not unusual to get a bit nostalgic—to reminisce about Christmases past, remember loved ones who are no longer physically present with us, and celebrate those traditions of our ethnic heritage that mean so much to us.
For me, all of the above memories, as well as holiday celebrations will forever be associated with my Baba's Kitchen.
This post is part of Carnival of Genealogy's 100th Edition, "There is One in Every Family" hosted by Jasia of Creative Gene. Congratulations to Creative Gene for 100 Editions of Carnival of Genealogy!
*In some regions of Slovakia, the term is used for "grandmother."
**This post includes excerpts from my essay, "My Baba," written for the 2004 "Write Your Memoir Contest," for which I received an "Honorable Mention"
Copyright 2010 Lisa A. Alzo
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8 comments:
- Greta Koehl said...
There's just nothing like a real "family kitchen": the smells, the socializing, the delicious food, and the comfort. I love those foods - at Easter my husband makes the paska and I make the hrudka. And well-make sauerkraut is simply addictive. Thanks for sharing your Baba and her kitchen with us!
- Donna said...
I wanna go to Baba's kitchen! My mouth is watering...and, I'm singing a new song that goes something like "You say pirohi, I say pierogi". You've also reminded me of my own Nan making chicken soup in the kitchen with her homemade noodles. Who needs time travel to go back to major events in history? I'd rather go back to our grandmothers' kitchens. (Also, a great take on the "there's always one" theme!)
- Cheryl Palmer said...
I too have been thinking of the past, holidays tend to do that sometimes. I love your special place! Thanks for sharing!
- Judith Richards Shubert said...
Lisa, I've enjoyed learning more about your family traditions and getting to know your Baba. Such a sweet, sweet memory you have.
- Jasia said...
I love your interpretation of the theme for COG 100! You really got my mouth watering...mmmm! Thanks for participating, Lisa!
- J.M. said...
Lovely post. Mouthwatering and sweet.
- Janice said...
Lisa, thank you for sharing with us this beautiful and sentimental post. What sweet memories were made in Baba's Kitchen!
- Janice said...
Lisa, thank you for sharing with us this beautiful and sentimental post. What sweet memories were made in Baba's Kitchen!


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IDF Blog: Pillar Of Defense: Fifth Day Recap VIDEO
IDF Hijacks Hamas Radio, is Broadcasting Warnings to Gaza Population
Fighting wars in a minefield of lawyers
"Former top IDF international law head emphasizes the legal battles the military faces in choosing targets.
Libman said that an international lawyer's job was to navigate the "gray areas" that characterized many disputed aspects of the law of armed conflict, always striving to be in keeping with the "spirit of the law."
It was crucial, Libman said, that the IDF adhere to and "guard our [country's] values," since success could only be achieved in this and future operations by defending the "value we place on human life."
An Arab View... by Khaled Abu Toameh
"This hostility is the direct result of years of anti-Israel and anti-Western incitement in the Arab and Muslim world -- not only toward Israel but also toward the United States. In today's world of the Palestinians, anyone who talks about peace with Israel is a traitor and a collaborator; but anyone who calls for the destruction of Israel and fires rockets at Tel Aviv and Jerusalem is a hero."
Only disproportionate deterrence will offset Hamas by Isi Leibler
We must recognize that in future conflicts, the terrorists will continue accumulating more effective and lethal weapons to employ against us.
"We must therefore endeavor to resist calls for a cease-fire until such time as Hamas, in conjunction with the Egyptians, undertake to cease their aggression.
There must be a clear understanding that any breach would result in harsh "disproportionate" Israeli responses including the targeted killings of those responsible for initiating attacks. In the absence of such an agreement an enforced cease-fire will be perceived as a major victory for Hamas and our citizens will simply return to the life of terror they endured since the first Kassams were launched a decade ago."
Reflections on Current Hamas-Israel Hostilities by Daniel Pipes
Melanie Phillips: Here is the (real) news
"So with Israel having faced existential attack from the Arab and Muslim world for the six decades of its existence, and having been under intensive rocket, missile and human bomb attack from them for more than a decade, the BBC Any Questions production team selected as the audience question to launch its discussion of the Gaza war whether Israel actually deserved to exist at all." (inc. an EOZ link)
The Era of Dictators Moves to the Era of Islamists by Douglas Murray
The constant, unabated terrorizing of Israelis does not interest the international community and the media. They only become interested once Israel responds to such attacks.
"The cards may be familiar, but the game has changed: the stakes are higher. A great shift is occurring across the region. We appear to be moving from the era of the dictators to the era of the Islamists.
Whatever is to come, Israel will need her friends abroad, for she has none nearby."
PMW: Hamas disinformation: Israel's international airport closed, planes redirected to secret base
Hamas video threatening Israelis draws more parody than fear
Due to the video's bad translation and technical problems, it has become one of the hottest parodies on the web.
Fear, rage and resilience in Kiryat Malachi amid the rocket fire
Sirens interrupt rocket victim's funeral
"While Eitan declares that the terrorists "want to rain fear on us, but they won't succeed," the chants of the crowd and the sound of the siren linger in the air. For the roomful of mourners, the next rocket is not far away."
Israeli government websites under mass hacking attack
More than 44 million hacking attempts have been made on Israeli government web sites since Wednesday when Israel began its Gaza air strikes, the government said on Sunday.
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz said just one hacking attempt was successful on a site he did not want to name, but it was up and running after 10 minutes of downtime.
Senator Graham threatens US will cut off Egypt aid unless it reins in Hamas
Joseph Lieberman downplays risk of Israeli ground incursion
J Street calls on Obama to show 'greater leadership' on Gaza, peace process
Left-wing Jewish group says it rejects the idea that 'the US can't want peace more than the parties themselves'
Lovitz Stands Up for Israel, Slams 'Terrorist' Hamas
"It's also sad to hear Americans defend Hamas, a terrorist organization. Israel has a right to defend its citizens."
Israelis open homes, schools to families from the south
People are opening homes and hearts to residents of Israeli communities seeking respite from the constant missile attacks.
"Not only soldiers sprang into action the moment Israel's military launched Operation Pillar of Defense in response to incessant rocket fire from Gaza. Israeli civilians in the center and north of the country also responded by offering Mideast hospitality to families wishing to escape the stress and trauma for a night, a weekend or longer.
"The day everything started, we got families to sign up as hosts," says Keren Claster, assistant to the mayor of Efrat, south of Jerusalem. "We're also gathering toys and books to send to shelters in the South."
Sites like 'Life Under Fire' bring home rocket reality
High-tech experts introduce videos, web pages, and other info to help Israelis stay safe, and help the rest of the world understand what is unfolding
Islamic Jihad warns Muslims: Beware, your sexy Facebook friend could be a Mossad agent
Arab youths set up Jew stabbing cell
Arrest of 17-year-old east Jerusalem resident suspected of stabbing Abraham Tau two weeks exposes terror cell
Police suspect that the teenagers' actions were nationalistically motivated and carried out under the auspices of an organization called "Lovers of the Land," which aims to physically harm Jewish residents of the city.
France: Muslim Student Attacks Professor Who Didn't Respect Islam
"Vive Bin Laden! Vive Merah! All Jews to the Ovens!"
These graffiti slogans, along with some swastikas and other symbols, were found on a wall in Caluire, an area of Lyon especially associated with the French resistance to the Nazis.
His mother's from Surbiton but he was blown up near the border with Gaza
"Family of British-Israeli soldier relive the attack that helped trigger the current crisis
Until last week, the British-Israeli soldier Shimon Alankri, 20, was in peak fitness, serving with the army's Sayeret Givati unit on routine patrol along Israel's border fence with Gaza. Then, on 10 November, a cell from the Gaza Popular Resistance Committees fired a guided anti-tank missile at his jeep. The missile blasted straight through the vehicle and out the other side, wounding them all.
It proved to be one of the triggers that led to Israel's Operation Pillar of Defence, a fierce offensive that has divided opinion abroad, but has proved deeply popular in Israel as the country heads towards elections in January."
Also, didn't want to forget this great example of how Israelis take the rockets with humor: (h/t Stan)
Daphne Anson: It's Been A Weekend Of Disproportionate Bias On The BBC
CAMERA: CNN Whitewashes Hamas
Video: CNN's Ashleigh Banfield: Jerusalem 'Is Not The Capital' of Israel
MSNBC downplays danger from Hamas rockets to Michael Oren
Photos of pro-Israel demonstration in LA
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The company's initial public offering of 5.3 million shares raised $95.4 million. The IPO includes 5 million shares being sold by ExOne and 300,000 shares being sold by Rockwell Holdings Inc., which has ties to ExOne Chairman and CEO S. Kent Rockwell.
The IPO priced at $18 each, the high end of its $16 to $18 range.
The underwriters have a 30-day option to buy up to an additional 483,333 shares from ExOne Co. and 311,667 shares from Rockwell Holdings to cover any excess demand.
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SEOUL — Bill Richardson, the former governor of New Mexico, led a private delegation including Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, to North Korea on Monday, a controversial trip to a country that is among the most hostile to the Internet.
Richardson, who has visited North Korea several times, called his trip a private humanitarian mission and said he would try to meet with Kenneth Bae, 44, a South Korea-born US citizen being held on charges of ''hostile acts'' against North Korea after entering the country as a tourist in November.
''I heard from his son who lives in Washington state, who asked me to bring him back,'' Richardson said in Beijing before boarding a plane bound for Pyongyang. ''I doubt we can do it on this trip.''
The North's state-run Korean Central News Agency confirmed the US group's arrival in Pyongyang, calling it ''a Google delegation.''
Richardson said his delegation planned to meet with political, economic, and military leaders and visit universities.
Schmidt and Google have kept quiet about why he joined the trip, which the State Department advised against, calling the visit unhelpful. Richardson said Monday that Schmidt was ''interested in some of the economic issues there, the social media aspect,'' but he did not elaborate.
Except for a tiny portion of its elite, North Korea's population is blocked from the Internet. Under its new leader, Kim Jong Un, the country has emphasized science and technology but vows to intensify its war against the infiltration of outside information.
But Richardson's trip comes at a particularly delicate time for Washington. It has been trying to muster international support to penalize North Korea for launching a long-range rocket, which the United States condemned as a violation of UN Security Council resolutions banning the country from testing intercontinental ballistic missile technology.


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Braun hits 3-run homer in Brewers 7th win in a row
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- April 22, 2013 - 12:19 AM
MILWAUKEE - Ryan Braun only has five hits in his last 32 at-bats. He's still smiling, though.
Hard not to be happy after hitting a three-run homer Sunday to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-2 win over the Chicago Cubs for the team's seventh straight win.
Of Braun's last five hits, four have been longballs.
"It is a lot of fun when you hit home runs," Braun said. "That's the way the game of baseball is sometimes."
Braun was smiling even though he got thrown out of the game by home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi after striking out looking in the eighth inning and tossing his bat in the air. He said the full-count pitch was outside.
"Umpires are human and make mistakes," he said. "It was tough for me because those are the type of pitches I am trying not to swing at. But you just have to move on."
Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said he knows that Braun is struggling a bit, but is not worried because he is still helping the team win games.
"He's obviously not locked in right now," Roenicke said. "There are pitches that he usually hits that he's missing and fouling."
The seven-game winning streak is the Brewers longest since July 2011. Milwaukee improved to 9-8 after losing eight of 10 to start the year.
"Baseball is a funny game," Braun said. "There is no rhyme or reason for the way things happen sometimes. You just have to keep playing hard and good things usually happen."
Wily Peralta (1-1) pitched 6 2-3 innings for Milwaukee, giving up two runs and five hits. John Axford got the final out of the seventh inning. Tom Gorzelanny pitched a scoreless eighth inning, but walked leadoff hitter Nate Schierholtz in the ninth inning. Jim Henderson replaced him and got three outs for his fourth save in four chances.
For the Cubs, the game again turned on an error. Overall, the Cubs had six errors in the three-game series.
Trailing 2-1 in the fifth, Braun connected after the Brewers received some help putting two runners on. Yuniesky Betancourt hit a line drive to the wall that Cubs center fielder David DeJesus got a glove on but could not hang on to. Then with two outs, Jean Segura hit a grounder that Cubs pitcher Scott Feldman's tried to field but it bounced off his glove away for an error.
Feldman said he should have made the play to get Segura out and he took the blame for the loss.
"It came down to not being able to field a groundball that I've fielded thousands of times since I was a little kid," he said. "It's like a Little League play. It's terrible but at the same time, I still have to pitch after that and I had the opportunity to get Braun there. I made a mistake and that's what he hits."
Feldman (0-3) gave up four runs on three hits in five innings.
Chicago grabbed a 2-0 lead in the third inning. Starlin Castro singled with two outs to extend his hitting streak to 13 games, the longest active streak in the major leagues. Anthony Rizzo followed with his sixth home run of the year.
Milwaukee cut the lead to 2-1 in the fourth inning without a base hit. Feldman walked the bases full with one out. Alex Gonzalez knocked in a run on a groundout, but Feldman struck out Carlos Gomez to end the inning.
NOTES: Roenicke said he was unsure if rookie pitcher Hiram Burgos would start against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday as the team has an off day on Thursday. Burgos allowed one hit in five innings in his major league debut on Saturday in the Brewers 5-1 win over the Cubs. ... After starting the season 2-1, the Cubs have now won only three of the team's last 14 games. ... Gomez's third inning single was the 500th hit of his major league career.
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The lights are on
The LOVE alpha just started, which you can hop into for 3 Euros. Its a very strange and unique MMO that's worth looking into.
Remember: Three can keep a secret if two are dead. That said, you know what you have to do.
Okay, this should work. And no, its nothing like that.
I'm American, can I still get into the beta?
Yeah, I'm American and I'm in.
well, howd you pay? conversion?
wait does it take the american dollar? you did say that you paid 3 euros.
I've been watching this game for some time - it looks very interesting. If I didn't already have a million games to play and I had more time, I'd definitely hop in the alpha.
wait, what exactly is it? the description didn't really answer any of my questions, neither did the screenshots :\
You'll need to poke around for a demo video to really get the point of the game.
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Some interesting comments from BP.
Brandon Phillips isn't as old as Ken Griffey Jr. or Adam Dunn. He isn't as young as Jay Bruce or Joey Votto. But in only this third full major-league season, he has emerged as the spirit of the Cincinnati Reds.
Phillips, who turns 27 on June 28, is an accomplished player, one of only two second basemen to produce 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in a season. He is also more lively than the entire New York Mets roster combined.
The milestone twins, Ken Griffey Jr. and Manny Ramirez, will draw heavy attention when the Reds host the Boston Red Sox this weekend. So will Reds right-hander Edinson Volquez, who takes his major-league best 1.56 ERA into Saturday's game (MLB on FOX, 3:55 p.m. ET).
The irrepressible Phillips, though, will be difficult to overlook. How often do you see a 6-foot, 196-pound cleanup hitter, much less one who vows to become the best second baseman in the sport?
Phillips first attained prominence when he was included in a blockbuster trade for pitcher Bartolo Colon on June 27, 2002, going from Montreal to Cleveland with left-hander Cliff Lee, center fielder Grady Sizemore and first baseman Lee Stevens.
But Phillips never caught on with the Indians, and eventually was sent to the Reds for minor-league right-hander Jeff Stevens at the start of the 2006 season a move that Indians general manager Mark Shapiro has since admitted was a mistake.
Phillips shared his thoughts on his rise to stardom, Griffey's 600th home run and the emergence of Bruce in a recent Q-and-A with FOXSports.com.
Question: Griffey and Dunn soon could be traded or lost to free agency. What will that mean for you?
Answer: Dunn and Griffey, they're (like) the captains of the team. I'm just sitting back observing, seeing how things are. Hopefully they'll be here as long as possible. But if something does happen, I'm going to take over that role.
I'm still learning. But if something does happen, they've just got to pass the torch. And I think that torch will get passed to me.
Question: Are you OK with that?
Answer: Why wouldn't I be? I see myself as a person to get people hyped up. I can do crazy things to get 'em hyped up. I know my place. Griffey and Dunn do it right now. But I know my spot when to do some crazy things, when to get the team up. Our time will come.
Question: What was it like seeing Griffey's 600th home run?
Answer: It was a beautiful thing. I've never experienced anything like that. Just being part of something special, something only six people have done, I'll never forget it. It's something I can tell my kids about I was on deck when Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 600th home run.
Question: What was his reaction?
Answer: "It's about time." To tell you the truth, that's what it looked like to me. He knew he was going to hit it on the road. And when a guy hits 600 home runs, you've got to believe him.
Question: Bruce is at the other end of it, just starting his career. What are your thoughts on him?
Answer: I know how it feels to have the hype. I had it when I was coming up. He was the Minor League Player of the Year last year. For someone to achieve that, he must be doing something right. But he's just playing baseball. I hope the hype doesn't go to his head like it did with me.
Question: How did that happen?
Answer: I was a young guy, called up to the big leagues when I was 21. Guys were like, "You're the future. You're the man, the biggest part of the (Colon) trade. You're going to be here." Listening to that stuff, guys saying that I was going to be here, not get sent down ... I got caught up in it.
But it was a different story with me. The coaching staff didn't really like me over there with Cleveland Indians. We love Bruce over here. When the players on the team and the coaching staff love you instead of someone trying to change you ... if they just let Bruce play, he can be one of the best players in baseball.
I feel the same way about Joey Votto. Honestly, I feel that he's the best player on the team. He can become one of the best first basemen in the game. That's how I feel right now. He's the real deal.
Question: Why did the Indians coaches not like you?
Answer: I have a lot of flair to my game. I do like to have fun. I've always been like that, since I was a little kid. I understand that it's a business, but I've still got to have fun.
The best way to have fun is go out there knowing you can play, knowing you're the best player on the team. If I think that I'm the best player on the team, I'm going to have some fun.
You've got to trick yourself. If you ask Griffey, he would say he's the best player still. There's no way he can beat me in basketball, bowling, tennis. But he tricks himself into thinking that he can. That's what it's all about knowing you can play.
The Indians didn't like me smiling all the time. Sometimes when I mess up, I smile. That's my way of showing I'm human, that it's not going to bother me. I'll just smile and say, "I'm going to get 'em."
I'm just playing baseball. I could be at war. I could be a bum. But it's beautiful to know that I'm playing the game I love.
Question: You've hit cleanup most of this season, right between Griffey and Dunn. You did it for part of last season as well. What's that like for you?
Answer: I'm not a typical cleanup hitter. But I like hitting cleanup, I really do. Hitting fourth, I feel like I'm a hitter with power, not a power hitter. I have 12 home runs. That's more than I had at this time last year (when he finished with 30). My average (.269) is not up there, but my other stats are better than they were last year at this time.
Question: What's the biggest difference hitting cleanup?
Answer: I just get pitched differently. When you hit between the power guys, you get more breaking balls. Those guys don't have much speed. (Opponents) don't have to worry about Griffey stealing bases. They throw more curveballs to me, more sliders, more breaking pitches. It's cool. I can hit those pitches. I did it last year.
Question: You signed a four-year, $27 million on contract on Feb. 15. How much will that change you?
Answer: I'm still hungry. I can't change. I'm going to be the same guy. I'm still young. I still have things to prove. I'm trying to show everyone that I'm the best all-around second baseman in baseball right now.
The best hitting second baseman is Chase Utley. The best fielding second baseman ... I have no Gold Gloves, so that has to go my boy O-Dog (Orlando Hudson). But when you put everything together, I feel like I'm the second baseman in baseball.
Question: What it's like playing for Dusty Baker?
Answer: He's like a father figure to me. He knows the game of baseball. He knows hitting. He knows when to run. He knows everything.
I didn't really know what to expect. In the beginning, we were trying to feel him out, see how he reacts. But right now, everyone on the team is starting to get used to him. You can start to tell that we're jelling. And I think we're going to start going off.
Question: So how good are the Reds?
Answer: Let me tell you this: I never said things about the teams we had before other than 2006. In '06, I thought we should have made the playoffs. We were the team to beat. We were in first place (or the wild-card lead) until almost September.
Last year I didn't say anything. I knew we had holes. This year, if we just worry about ourselves not worry about the Cubs or anyone else ahead of us we're going to make the playoffs. We're that good.
We've got good players, good chemistry. And once we can make the playoffs, I know we can bring a championship to Cincinnati. That's just me being real.


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Mathematics Education Seminar #1
Start Date: October 3, 2012
End Date: October 3, 2012
Time: 3:30 pm
Phone: 508.373.9776
Faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend the first mathematics education seminar:
Understanding Abstract Concepts in the Context of Abstract Algebra
Mathematics is a science of numbers, quantity, and space. All of the listed components are abstract ideas. How do we learn abstraction? During this seminar I will share my ideas and findings on the formation of abstract thought.
As a group, we will look at abstract ideas formation as being a shift from abstract to concrete. We will discuss this theoretical proposition based on students' interpretations of and manipulations with elementary abstract algebra concepts. You will see examples of an abstract thought formation and analysis of common misconceptions. We will also discuss what can be done to help students better understand and manipulate mathematical objects.
This will be an opportunity for you to share questions that will stimulate further research and implications. Who knows, maybe if we better understand the process of learning we can become better learners and teachers!
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German DJ / Producer Joachim Spieth returns on Affin with a superb remix ep of his successful tune "Sensual" from the label's 100th release. Therefore Spieth included Brendon Moeller, Reggy Van Oers & Jamal Moulay. It's impressing to see the variety the guys put out of the original.
Brendon Moeller (Echologist/Steadfast Records) comes up with flowing fx lines, fat stabs, nice added chords, just a massive reshape. Reggy Van Oers version is more on the chords. So this one tends to be a straight but very clear sounding techno trip you won't forget. Jamal Moulay shows a different insight on it. A fat kick, layered chords and some nice acid extracts on a base that seems to develop constantely. Nice rework.
LABEL Affin
ARTIST Joachim Spieth
REMIXERS Brendon Moeller,Jamal Moulay,Reggy Van Oers
TITLE Sensualized
RELEASE 5th March 2012
1 Sensual Brendon Moeller mix
2 Sensual Reggy Van Oers mix
3 Sensual Jamal Moulay mix
4 Sensual
"Sensual" original was already charted & played by Shlomi Aber, DVS1, Electric Indigo, Agaric, Vidal, Patrick Siech, Steve Parker,…


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Agencies hold city-wide disaster drill
Crews from across Howard County joined in a city wide drill conducted by the Howard County Emergency Management team this month.Involved were Scenic Mountain Medical Center, Big Spring State Hospital, George H. O'Brien Jr. VA Medical Center, Big Spring Police Department, Big Spring Emergency Medical Service, Howard County Sheriff's Department, Air-Evac LifeTeam and West Texas Centers. Also assisting were members of the Church of the Nazarene youth group. "We get together annually for these drills and this year we focused on what would happen if an active shooter entered the hospital," Heath White, EOC chairman, said. "With all the recent shootings, it seemed like an issue that needed to be addressed." According to members of the HCEM team, the objective of the drill was to test the emergency preparedness capabilities for managing such an event. During the drill, Big Spring Police and Howard County Sheriff departments responded to the hospital and provided assistance with security while containing the scene and apprehending the shooter. "During these drills we focus not only on what goes on in the facility, but consider every outlying factor that could be a factor in the situation. In the case of an active shooter, security for all those on scene would be top priority, which is why the role of the police and sheriff's department was so important," White said. As part of the drill, mock victims were triaged at the alternate care site in emergency mobile tents located on the grounds of the VA Medical Center. The VA was also utilized for overflow of medical patients being removed from the scene of the shooting. Big Spring fire services, Air Evac LifeTeam and Emergency Medical Services, along with VA Medical Center, provided the transportation for mock victims. Big Spring State Hospital and West Texas Centers assisted VA Medical Center staff to provide support and transportation requirements for those victims.


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She gave me a smile so littered with teeth that you would have thought she needed two sets of lips to cover them. Then she blew me a kiss.
"Oh Jack, you were supposed to catch it." I'd sooner catch two guys with machetes in my tub but I kept that to myself.
"So Jack," she said as she moved closer and placed her hand over mine, "how have you been?"
Now I'm good with faces. You have to be when you own a bar. But if the face wants to hide and I'm not one to search we could be two strangers drinking together for years. Still I couldn't see this face finding a hiding spot even if it wanted to so I figured she must not be playing with a full deck, so I should just play along.
"You remind me so much of my. . . ."
"Oh boy, here it comes. First love. The one that got away."
"Dog." Chester laughed. I gave him a look that only made him laugh harder. He called out, "What kind of dog do you have?" She turned and hung that same smile out to dry and sent a second airborne display of affection. This time the kiss was caught.
She said, "Mexican hairless." Chester laughed again. "I think you just insulted your dog. Did you see that, Jack? Did you see where I was going with that?"
A blind man could have seen where he was going with that but since Chester and humor spend so little time together I let it go. As Chester was repeating his joke for the fifth time I decided to head next door to borrow a socket wrench or, more to the point, to ask Tess what the hell a Mexican hairless looks like.
As I headed out I heard her say, "I'm Eloise, from Monowi, Nebraska. You ever hear of it?" Chester shook his head. "No reason you should I guess. It only has a population of 1. It used to be 2, but my husband died a few years back."
Chester said, "Oh, I'm sorry. Do you bake?" She nodded. He said, "The key to banana bread is applesauce."
"I love banana bread."
"Me too."
"I like pumpkin bread almost as much as banana."
"Me too. Almost."
"I hate banana bread. Not crazy about pumpkin either. I don't even understand the allure of pumpkins. If you ask me, anyone who grows pumpkins needs their head examined."
Chester said, "That's Edgar." Eloise turned to Edgar and smiled. Edgar yelled out, "Ahhh! My God. How many teeth do you have?" No kiss was sent Edgar's way.
By the time I got back Edgar had already refilled his drink, taken a seat at the bar right between Eloise and Chester, and was saying, "I don't care what you think, you know, it takes more than one person to be a town. There has to be a council that meets regularly. A levy must be certified each year. And public services must be provided for a town to be considered functioning."
"Well, I'm the mayor, the librarian, and I run the tavern. Those are public services. And the sign behind the bar reads, 'Coldest beer in town,' which of course it is since it's the only beer in town."
She laughed. Chester laughed. Edgar grunted. "There's no public so those can't count as public services."
"The sign says town."
"It's your sign."
"It was approved by the mayor."
"You're the mayor."
"The census recognizes four other towns with one person. Lost Springs, Wyo., Hibberts Gore, Me., Erving's Location, N.H. and New Amsterdam, Ind."
"The census." Edgar laughed. "The census. You want to talk census. Let me tell you something about those census takers. They're all on the take."
I knew if Edgar got started on his census taker conspiracy theory Chester wouldn't stand a chance so I said, "Edgar, Tess wanted you to come over." Edgar stopped cold. "Really?" I nodded. "Tess wants me to come over?" I nodded again. Edgar jumped off his stool.
"Excuse me." He ran to the door then doubled back. "Jack, you have any breath mints?"
I said, "Yeah," and slid the bowl of mixed nuts down the bar. He grabbed a few, gave his hair a spit shine and ran out. I hated to do it to Tess but I figured after she showed me what a Mexican hairless looked like she owed me one.
Chester knew Edgar would be back soon. So he settled up and asked Eloise if she'd like to take a walk. After I apologized for missing the second airborne kiss they were gone. The next time Chester showed up at the bar he was carrying a suitcase and a one-way ticket to Nebraska.
"Have you lost your mind? What the hell is there to do in Nebraska? And waking up every day to those teeth. What do you have, a death wish?"
As fate would have it, Edgar was also at the bar that night. "What are you going to do with your bakery?"
"I thought I'd sell it."
"You'll never find a buyer."
"Then I'll close it down."
"Go out of business. What kind of man goes out of business for a woman?"
After about 10 minutes of Edgar sharing his thoughts with Chester, Chester turned to me and said, "What do you think I should do, Jack?"
I said, "Why a one-way ticket?" Maybe I shouldn't have said anything. But Chester has had that bakery for 40 years, and he's known Eloise for two weeks. Chester didn't go to the airport that night. He went back to baking. Things went back to the way they were.
A month or so later, it's just Chester and me at the bar. Something about the way the sunlight was hitting the tap created a rainbow. Chester and I noticed it at the same time.
Chester started to wipe his eyes. I knew what that meant. I said, "You still have that ticket?" Chester nodded but then whispered, "She found someone else. I remembered what you said, why a one-way. So I called to say I'd come for a visit, stay a few weeks, see if we didn't still feel the same. That's when she told me about him. They met on the plane. Can you believe that?"
I stared at the rainbow. "I should have been on that plane, Jack. I could have opened up a bakery there. I called her back a few days later. I said I didn't care if she met someone else. I really wanted to come for a visit. You know what she said, Jack? The town wasn't big enough for the three of us."
There was something funny about that line but I wasn't about to get a laugh off another man's heartbreak. A few regulars bellied up to the bar. Chester didn't say much after that. Even the rainbow decided it had heard enough and moved on.
Later that night as I was closing up I thought about Chester. I stopped sweeping and poured myself a drink. Love doesn't always give you a second chance, that's for sure. Not that I ever asked for one. I was going to tell Chester that opening a bakery in a town of three probably wouldn't have been a huge success.
But then I thought, well, he could put up a sign that said, "Best bakery in town." And who would argue. And how many times in life does a man get to say he's the best at something. And have a sign to prove it. I'd like to think Chester would have hated Monowi and soon after that resented Eloise. I'd like to think that. I know if I ever get to Monowi I'm going to let Eloise know that there is no way I look like a Mexican hairless. I'm much, much taller.
Kat O'Neill has written for the stage, screen, TV, and radio, and recently began a blog for moms called "Giggles N Grit." Other stories in her "Uncle Jack" series have been previously published by The Star.


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Join ride, get great shirt
Last year was the first time I rode in the Gulf Coast Cyclefest presented by the Sarasota Manatee Bicycle Club, and I was not disappointed.
This year's Nov. 3 event promises to be just as good with ride offerings of 20, 35, 62 and 100 miles. Morning registration for 100 miles takes place at 6:30 a.m. with all others riders checking in beginning at 6:45 a.m.


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KLRU broadcasts programming created by and about people from all cultures year-round, from public affairs to history to independent film to kids programming. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, KLRU will broadcast a lineup of new and encore presentations honoring and exploring Latin American culture.
airs Sunday, September 16th at 1 pm
This KLRU-TV production discovers the personal history and unique art of Dia de los Muertos through the stories of San Antonio artists who capture this rich cultural heritage. To understand our present, Arts In Context explores the fabric of our past. Although the philosophy behind Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) began in the Mexican culture, now it crosses all cultures as a ceremony to remember and value the ones who led us to where we are today.
MARIACHI HIGH airs Sunday, September 16th at 2 pm; Thursday, September 20th
at 9 pm; Friday, September 21 at 9 pm
This documentary presents a year in the life of the champion mariachi ensemble at Zapata High School on the Rio Grande in South Texas. As they compete and perform with astonishing musical virtuosity, these teens, and the music they make, will inspire, surprise, and bring you to your feet.
MEXICO: ROYAL TOUR airs Sunday, September 16th at 3 pm
A tour of the extraordinary locations and landmarks of Mexico is led by President Felipe Calderon. Explore the legendary ruins of lost civilizations, seek out their descendants and find the ancient mysteries these sites have hidden for generations. From soaring across the skies in a hot air balloon for a bird's-eye view of Teotihuacon, to whale watching in Baja California, to rappelling stories into a seemingly bottomless pit, the program uncovers the essence of this captivating and complex nation. This is not the Mexico of media headlines or the pristine Mexico of travel brochures – this is the real Mexico of The Royal Tour.
POV "El Velador (The Night Watchman)" airs Thursday, September 27th at 9 pm
From dusk to dawn, "El Velador (The Night Watchman)" accompanies Martin, a guard who watches over the extravagant mausoleums of some of Mexico's most notorious drug lords. In the labyrinth of the cemetery, this film about violence without violence reminds us that, amid the turmoil of a drug war that has claimed more than 50,000 lives, ordinary existence persists in Mexico and quietly defies the dead. Directed by Natalia Almada.
VOCES ON PBS "Tales of Masked Men" airs Friday, September 28th at 9 pm
Explore "lucha libre" and its role in Latino communities in the United States and Mexico. Part circus and part athletic contest, the sport, famous for its masked wrestlers, provides a sense of "home" for new immigrants in the United States. It also continues to expand and build on its unique cultural tradition in countries where it enjoys enduring popularity. Simultaneously, lucha libre is contributing a lasting cultural idiom to America's pop culture landscape.
POV "Biblioburro, The Donkey Library" airs Thursday, October 4th at 9 pm
This is the story of a librarian — and a library — like no other. A decade ago, Colombian teacher Luis Soriano was inspired to spend his weekends bringing a modest collection of precious books, via two hard-working donkeys, to the children of a poor and violence-ridden province. As Soriano braves armed bands, drug traffickers, snakes and heat, his library on hooves carries an inspirational message about education and a better future for Colombia.
VOCES ON PBS "Escaramuza: Riding the Heart" airs Friday, October 5th at 9 pm
In this documentary, a team of first-generation Mexican American girls construct their identities through a romanticized equestrian tradition, while facing challenges at home, and escalating violence in Mexico. Confronting obstacles both known and unforeseen on their path from California to Mexico, their sometimes difficult choices demonstrate the values of goal-setting, teamwork, personal responsibility and strong family ties. This makes them inspiring role models in a world where Latina female athletes are few and far between.
VOCES ON PBS "Unfinished Spaces" airs Friday, October 12th at 9 pm
Fifty years after the Cuban Revolution, three architects resume their first project — Cuba's National Art Schools — left unfinished in 1965 when their creative visions came head to head with the political realities of the Revolution.
VOCES ON PBSn "Lemon" airs Friday, October 19th at 9:30 pm
This documentary profiles three-time felon, one-time Tony Award-winner Lemon Anderson, an acclaimed Puerto Rican-American poet who broke out on Broadway in Russell Simmons' "Def Poetry Jam." Lemon's life personalizes the anguish of men, clinging to the margins of society, but fighting for something more.


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Clubs such as Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City could be offered £175million to participate in a Qatar "Dream Football League".
A report from The Times says the Qatari royal family are backing plans to establish a rival to the UEFA Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup.
If the plans, which are set to be released in the coming weeks, are implemented the tournament will take place every two years in the summer starting from 2015, being hosted in Qatar and neighbouring Emirates.
The report claims the organisers will look to have 16 permanent DFL members from Europe's leading leagues and eight other clubs from world football being invited to take part in each tournament.
They are hoping the sums involved will mean the permanent members, which could include the Premier League's most prominent clubs in Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City, would place it above the Champions League and even their domestic leagues in level of importance.
The report says the move will provide with Qatar a chance to prove their claims that they can host a summer tournament in the severe heat by using state of the art air conditioning technology to cool stadiums and cities.
Income that could be gained from the DFL would dwarf the £595million annual prize fund for the Champions League.
Arsenal's commercial income would be hugely boosted by participation in the tournament, while the report also claims it would provide priceless support to clubs such as Manchester City and PSG as they try to avoid breaching UEFA's new Financial Fair Play regulations.
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In his near 3 decades as NBA Commissioner David Stern has at times been misguided, conspiratory, overbearing, greedy and contemptuous but rarely has the commissioner been stupid. Still, as Kobe Bryant surmised as much in assessing Stern's desire to limit NBA participation in the Olympics to those 23-years old or younger, many seem to agree that the commissioner's idea is stupid.
The United States never took kindly to losing in the international game, and in 1992 set out to prove their dominance on the world stage despite the fact that said dominance was already universally acknowledged. The result was the Dream Team and the 20 years of basketball history that has followed. The US while no less dominant is no longer the lone source of NBA talent, and the NBA has benefited immensely from the influx of global superstars to their ranks.
It's probably safe to say now though that the Dream Team era has run its course and the excitement of seeing the NBA's best on the Olympic stage has dampened. The NBA's global reach is constantly growing as foreign-born players in the league's ranks continue to compel new eyes to the game. It's probably safe to assume that the risk/reward equation that the NBA once embraced in an effort to gain international exposure is now upside down and as a result the league is rethinking their growth philosophy.
One other thing has changed since the 1992 Dream Team. When the Dream Team was conceived, the NBA and the Olympics were both the broadcast property of NBC. Surely the NBA had a lot less issue with offering up their talent (essentially donating it) to the crown jewel sports property of their own broadcast partner than they do now, as the NBA has moved to ABC and recently agreed to stay there through 2016. Safe money suggests that ABC can't be altogether happy about paying premium dollars to broadcast NBA games then watching the best talent compete for free while making money for rival NBC in the Olympics.
Now that the NBA has reached global status, it's time to take another step forward. If you're looking for a model to follow in growing a game worldwide look no further than FIFA and the world's soccer scene for an ideal path to follow.
International soccer teams don't send their best to the Olympics. They send very good players, but the best are reserved for World Cups and the like where FIFA stands to make the lion's share of the money. Make no mistake; putting an age limit on Olympic participation is only step one for the NBA. The logical step two would be to create their own international tournament, own it, and pocket the money rather than providing talent to NBC and the Olympics. That's not stupid.
Also, if the NBA limited its players, from all countries, from participating in the Olympics after age 23 it would only further stack the Olympic deck in favor of the US which still enjoys a seemingly endless supply of young talent, while other countries with less NBA players to begin with would lose most of their top end talent to the age limit.
From a competitive standpoint, the US would likely continue to shine while the rest of the world takes big steps back. From a US interest standpoint, it might be fun to see younger, more excitable, more anonymous players showing and proving on the international stage instead of the same collection of talent we see year after year at the All-Star game. There are some (myself included) who would much rather watch the rookie/sophomore game than the actual All-Star game on the NBA's All-Star weekend.
Here's my 12 man, 23 and under roster for the US this year. Not bad.
Notable Players Left Out for Injuries
Derrick Rose, Kyrie Irving and Blake Griffin
The Bigs
Kevin Love, DeMarcus Cousins, DeAndre Jordan, Greg Monroe, Anthony Davis
Swing Forwards
Kevin Durant, Evan Turner, Gordon Hayward
Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Jrue Holliday, Brandon Jennings
Notable Players Left Out
Tyler Zellar, Derrick Favors, Kenneth Faried, Al Farouq-Aminu, Kawai Leonard, Terrence Jones, Derrick Williams, Michael Kidd-Gilcrest, Thomas Robinson, Tyreke Evans, Kemba Walker, John Wall, Jeremy Lin, Brandon Knight, Eric Gordon, Paul George, Josh Selby


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For a box score from the UCSB-EMU match, click here.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The 56th-ranked UC Santa Barbara women's tennis team split a pair of matches on Friday afternoon…sort of.
On Thursday afternoon, the Gauchos battled Furman University to a 3-3 tie through the six singles matches and then the rains came and the doubles were pushed to Friday at noon.
The Paladins win the doubles point, claiming the No. 1 and No. 3 matches, to post a 4-3 win over UCSB.
In the match against Furman, the Gauchos were led by Kiersten Meehan who swept past Katherine Oudin at No. 2 singles. In addition, Meehan and her doubles partner, April Scatliffe, were up 6-3 when their No. 2 doubles contest was called after the other two were decided.
At. No. 3 singles, Paola Cos swept Alex Moreno-Kaste in a tough one, 7-6 (9), 7-5, while Erica Cano claimed a 6-3, 6-3 sweep over Kelly Sullivan at No. 6.
In today's regularly scheduled match, UCSB bounced back with a 5-2 win over Eastern Michigan.
The Gauchos claimed the doubles point with wins at No. 1 (Cano and Priscilla Garcia def. Nino Mebuke and Klara Supejova, 8-4) and No. 3 (Cos and Stacy Yam def. Ankita Bhatia and Zsofia Biro, 8-2).
Santa Barbara also recorded four singles victories. At No. 1, Scatliffe knocked-off Mebuke, 6-4, 6-1. Meehan had a tougher time at No. 2, but she was able to rebound form a first set loss to defeat Supejova, 2-6, 6-0, 6-3. Cos swept Daphne Friedrichs at No. 3, 6-3, 6-4, and Yam topped Mariya Toncheva at No. 5, 6-2, 6-2.
"I liked our level of play against Eastern Michigan," said UCSB head coach Simon Thibodeau. "That was a nice win after along day. I am looking forward to our Big West match against Cal State Fullerton on Sunday."
The Gauchos, 9-4, will host the Titans at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
Tennis Match Results
Eastern Michigan vs UC Santa Barbara
3/8/2013 at Santa Barbara, Calif.
(Robertson Gym Courts)
#56 UC Santa Barbara 5, Eastern Michigan 2
Singles competition
1. April Scatliffe (UCSB) def. Nino Mebuke (EMU) 6-4, 6-1
2. Kiersten Meehan (UCSB) def. Klara Supejova (EMU) 2-6, 6-0, 6-3
3. Paola Cos (UCSB) def. Daphne Friedrichs (EMU) 6-3, 6-4
4. Ankita Bhatia (EMU) def. Priscilia Garcia (UCSB) 6-4, 7-5
5. Stacy Yam (UCSB) def. Mariya Toncheva (EMU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Zsofia Biro (EMU) def. Erica Cano (UCSB) 2-6, 7-6, 10-8
Doubles competition
1. Erica Cano/Priscilia Garcia (UCSB) def. Nino Mebuke/Klara Supejova (EMU) 8-4
2. Daphne Friedrichs/Mariya Toncheva (EMU) def. April Scatliffe/Kiersten Meehan (UCSB) 8-5
3. Paola Cos/Stacy Yam (UCSB) def. Ankita Bhatia/Zsofia Biro (EMU) 8-2


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Yokohama's Ferris wheel
My plan for the rest of the tour was to stay up late and rise late, thus resetting the body clock back towards European time, or at least trying to. The coaches for Saturday's concert in Yokohama, an hour south of Tokyo (and the venue for the 2002 Football World Cup Final), were to leave at 1.45pm, so I rose around 1 and went and bought a banana and a blueberry yoghurt for breakfast. I figured that a bit of positive probiotic gut action wouldn't do any harm.
After an unhindered journey along Tokyo's sweeping elevated main roads (the city is full of flyovers), the buses dropped us outside another lovely hall, and we were soon on stage rehearsing not one, but two Finnish violin concertos! The orchestra was playing here due to the kind invitation of Akiko Suwanai, whose International Festival Nippon this concert was part of. And she had taken on the monumental challenge of performing two of the hardest concertos I've heard, Sibelius and Salonen, in one concert. Esa-Pekka told me that this was a first, certainly as far as his concerto was concerned. The rehearsal went very well, and I then joined three lovely violinists for a tasty buffet dinner in the mall that adjoined the hall.
Near the hall's entrance was a display of lovely photographs of our soloist and host, showing her winning the prestigious Tchaikovsky Violin Competition in 1990. She hasn't changed much! Outside, a big, brightly-lit Ferris wheel turned, offering a pre-concert activity similar to that available to patrons of the RFH in London. I began to think of home, and reflected on the tour as a whole, and realised it felt an absolute age since we landed in Japan. We'd been so busy! Just one night without a concert; two more and we'd be heading home.
It was another fantastic performance. The violin concertos share some characteristics, with ethereal, soft passages juxtaposed with deep, rich climaxes. The fiery gypsy-music finale of the Sibelius contains fearsome double-stopped scales, and the third movement of Esa-Pekka's piece also requires some manic virtuosity. In fact, so powerfully was Akiko playing, she snapped her E string and had to leave the stage stop to put on a new one. We began the movement afresh, but the interruption clearly didn't affect Akiko's concentration, as she played brilliantly. She and we were given another huge ovation, and we headed to the coaches on a high. The free beer handed out courtesy of the Japan Arts management team helped our mood too!
Once back in Tokyo a few of us headed out for a bite to eat, and then found a pub which was showing the next round of Six Nations rugby matches. Scotland overcame an error-prone Italy quite comfortably, before Wales secured an historic win in Paris thanks to a brilliant George North try. To be honest I snored my way through most of the second half, but the jubilant cries of Jenny and Gareth woke me just in time to see the crucial touch down. Tomorrow, our last concert and last night in Japan. Thanks for reading!


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Not a bad round, expect to see at least one team go down in the next turn.
Skeleton Turn
The fishy tried to use SPLASH to get back into the water before its death, but it wasn't very effective.
The shark was a bit more destructive.
The skeleton readies his weapon.
And rolls a critical failure!
The last skeleton standing takes a swipe at the pink witch.
Witch Turn
The remaining witches try to take down the lone skeleton, but he refuses to give in.
Girl Turn
The last girl standing finishes off the random animals D:
She then decides to swim as far away from the battle as possible.
Soccer Player Turn
Chicken Leg disappears into the ship's main hull.
While Deadly Hot Dog busts down the door.
Inside, he tries to assassinate Agent Snipe with his Deadly Hot Dog, but deals a pathetic -1 damage.
Drone Turn
After spending the entire game laughing at their foolish attempts to make peace, the Drones finally agree to join forces with the Knights to defeat the UNDF.
The Drone pilot pops open the cockpit of the toppled mecha and searches for a way to destroy the UNDF ground troops.
"This will be sufficient"
Knight Turn
The Fair Maiden and Lord Timothy grab weapons and the Knights all begin the march across the desert.
CROSS Turn
Agent Snipe turns around and shoots while Deadly Hot Dog pulls a matrix.
UNDF Turn
The Pointed Spear takes off.
It fires its laser cannon at the Soccer Players' ship, but doesn't do any major damage.
Meanwhile the ground troops take cover and fire on the Drone pilot, but they do no damage.
End of Day 6
Overall Pictures
Skeletons: 1
Witches: 0
Girls: 1
Soccer Players: 0
Drones: 1
Knights: 0
Skeletons: 2
Witches: 1
Girls: 0
Soccer Players: 0
Drones: 0
Knights: 0
Soccer Players and Drones
CROSS and Drones (BROKEN)
Witches and Skeletons (BROKEN)
Drones and Knights
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SANDWICH, Ill. — Open auditions are set for two upcoming musicals in Sandwich.
Auditions for "Annie" and "All Shook Up" will be held from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13 and from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 14.
All auditions will be held at the Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad Street in Sandwich.
Auditions for "Annie" are open to any individual over the age of 7 years. All roles will be cast based on audition attendance, with parts available for young girls, adult men and women and a small mixed ensemble of various roles. Performances will be March 21-24, 2013 at the Sandwich Opera House. Rehearsals will be determined based on cast availability.
"Annie" began as a popular comic strip before taking center stage as one of the world's best-loved musicals.
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Last Friday, coaches and star players met with the producers and announcers (including Musberger) as part of their game day prep. During a conversation about Troy Smith using a hand signal to Ted Ginn Jr. in the Texas game to signal one-on-one coverage, Trojan QB John David Booty was asked if USC had a similar signal. Booty told Musberger he used the surfer "hang loose" signal.
No big deal...until Musberger revealed the information during the 4th quarter of the Trojan-Cornhusker game.
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Memo to the former mayor -and to the new one- the town government of Fort Myers Beach is not the community of Fort Myers Beach.
And it is important to make note of the fact that the things I am accused of saying in new mayor Bob Raymond's guest opinion (really a Larry Kiker campaign ad), the things the writer deems a malicious attack on the town were in fact written not by me but by Beach Civic Association leader Lee Melsek.
Anyone who knows Lee Melsek and knows his long and distinguished career as a reporter for The News-Press knows the absolute ridiculousness of attributing his words to someone else. He writes the truth. No one has ever been able to tell Lee what to write. Not his editors at The News-Press, not the subjects he interviewed and certainly not Charlie Whitehead. The writer knows this.
I guess it should come as no surprise that former mayor Kiker's campaign, built as it has been on obfuscation and confusion of voters, should adopt this strategy. Many of the voters of Lee County know very little of the records of the candidates between whom they are asked to choose, a fact that plays heavily in the former mayor's favor. I have complete confidence that the voters who educate themselves and become familiar with his background and knowledge and my own will vote for me in a landslide.
I admit that I am not as familiar with the government of the town of Fort Myers Beach as Lee Melsek. I live on San Carlos Island, across the bridge and thankfully not in town, and my own long reporting career was focused on the government of Lee County, not Fort Myers Beach.
But there is no one - not Raymond, who moved here five years ago, not town employees imported from elsewhere and not Kiker, who came on the scene in 2006, who is more qualified to judge the record of town government than Lee Melsek.
Melsek is a lifelong resident of the community of Fort Myers Beach. He was active in the FMB Civic Association and was writing about town government long before Kiker decided to register to vote so he could run for office in 2006. The low opinion he has of Kiker's tenure is far more likely a result of his experiences with town government than anything else. I will not waste time and space defending his self-evident conclusions.
It is true but meaningless that I do not live in the town of Fort Myers Beach. I will not tout my own community involvement and compare it to Kiker's, but I would gladly stack my own knowledge of, contributions to and love for this community against his. Again, those who know him and know me already know this. It is the uninformed and unfamiliar on whose favor the former mayor is banking.
It was my hope as I sought to serve the citizens of Lee County to avoid campaigning in my own back yard. I did not seek out the endorsement of the Beach Civic Association, nor for the most part of the five of six former town mayors who have offered me their support. I would not have chosen to pit my neighbors and friends against one another for my own political gain. Kiker obviously has no such qualms.
It is true that the FMB Civic Association endorsement and the support of the former mayors are both on my campaign website. The fact that those most familiar with Kiker's record do not support his run for county office is significant, and it is something that the voters of Lee County deserve to know.
In fact, it is my belief that had the voters of the town of Fort Myers Beach really known Kiker, he would never have been elected to town council in the first place. I know the people here, and they would not support a candidate who chose to register to vote only so he could cast his ballot to directly benefit himself.
During his News-Press interview (available on YouTube) before the Primary election, a contest in which he rode an unprecedented wave of out-of-town superpac money past Commissioner Ray Judah, Kiker said it was the way town government treated a developer that inspired him to run for town council. That is also when he first registered to vote after living on Fort Myers Beach for more than 10 years.
What we learn from this is that the sacrifices made by Americans to save the world in World War II didn't do it. The Vietnam War didn't do it. Even the tragedy of 9-11 didn't do it. What belatedly awakened the sense of civic responsibility most Americans carry in their hearts and souls from childhood was the way Kiker saw a developer treated when he was 54 years old.
The way Kiker plays fast and loose with the truth, his embarrassing self-serving voting record and yes, his abysmal record as mayor of the town as documented by Lee Melsek and ratified by the entire board of directors of the Beach Civic Association and five of six of the town's former mayors show him undeserving of your vote and support.


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I think you meant 6000. Unless there's some other belief system I'm unaware of that believes we're just making up/wrong about the stuff we know from Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Mediterranean, China, India, and elsewhere that pre-date 2000 BC.
Point? Isn't being a pedant whenever possible a good enough reason?
Well... maybe [wikipedia.org].
they didn't want to do it.
and I fail to see what they provided. maybe they think that carmack(and therefore them) invented 3d->2d projection calculations(oculus tech works just fine without anything that could have been zenimax property).
furthermore, zenimax(through carmack, or through contracts) promised me doom 3 with my oculus rift and never delivered(technically apparently now by not giving devtime for it). fuck 'em.
Zenimax owns Carmack's work while he was on their clock.
All that shit about "trade secrets, copyrighted computer code, and technical know-how relating to virtual reality technology" is likely just a puffed up way of saying (true or not) Carmack worked on OR shit on Zenimax's dime, thus Zenimax owns that work.
and that is already another lawsuit I think? I think they already sued for Carmack going to work for them(and carmack taking trade secrets with him, namely his brain, the way they worded things would have made for Carmack impossible to move to another employer if Zenimax had their way. so double fuck 'em.).
Its only a lawsuit now that there's big bucks in it. No sue happy when it was a crowd funded project, couldn't get anything out of em. Facebook steps in and now billions are on the table. Magical law suit fairies appear.
Its a troll hoping for a payoff.
Zenimax owns Carmack's work while he was on their clock..
That gets real tricky with a guy who was actually working at three different businesses at the same time and spent time in three (or more... I don't know John Carmack personally) physical offices. It also depends on the contract that Mr. Carmack actually signed with Zenimax, or rather the contract that Zenimax inherited when they took over ID Software. ID seemed fine with the idea that Mr. Carmack could work at both places at the same time and had previously agreed upon his work with Armadillo Aerospace w
And Carmack himself openly admitted he worked on Oculus Rift while working for Zenimax. That was one of the big arguments Oculus guys used to advertise themselves early on.
They are boned. The only thing they can do is try to get a decent deal, but Zenimax has them by the balls and they know it.
And now that Fuckbook owns them, two things will happen. They will just settle with Zenimax, or bury them.
Does anyone know if/when there will be an injunction to prevent the Oculus from being developed further or sold as dev kits?
Looks like ZeniMax's argument is that since Carmack used ZeniMax equipment, that all work done by him is owned by ZeniMax.
20. ZeniMax was established in 1999 as the parent company for the acquisition of Bethesda Softworks,
23. In his employment agreement with ZeniMax, Carmack agreed to disclose toZeniMax inventions relating to the companyâ(TM)s current or anticipated research and developmentthat Carmack created during the term of his employment, and further agreed that all suchinventions would be the exclusive property of ZeniMax. Carmack also agreed that ZeniMaxwould also be the author and owner of any copyrightable works that he prepared within the scopeof his employment
24. For years, dating back to the 1990s, ZeniMax and its affiliates had conducted research into virtual reality technology and headsets
They might win this on a technicality aka, literalism.
I might buy it if he took anything with him other than his brain. I greatly suspect that Oculus and Carmack will argue that he left ZeniMax with nothing except his know-how, and they can't own that, no matter how he came by it. He's just a clever guy. He re-invented everything in a different way when he got to Oculus, and that's that. Zenimax can use anything that Carmack left behind, but this is all new.
One of the projects that Mr. Carmack was working on at ID Software was to incorporate Oculus Rift technology into ID games. That very well could require some coding that would involve ID "intellectual property" that could in turn be rolled into at least the Oculus development kit API.
As to if Zenimax owns the API of Oculus, I thought that had some other legal precedence that sort of frowned upon this kind of behavior?
They wouldn't allow him to work on it which is one of the reasons he left so he didn't do anything on zenimax's equipment.
They are essentially claiming ownership of things in his head that he didn't work on, just thought about. That's what line 23 is talking about ownership of things he thought about.
This is about Zenimax rent seeking on Facebook. They think they can extract a pound of flesh now that Occulus has deep pockets backing it.
That's what I hoping for too. We definitely need to get Carmack's word and get all the facts.
That's what I hoping for too. We definitely need to get Carmack's word and get all the facts.
You can bet Mr. Carmack's lawyer has already told him not to say one mumbling word in public about either suit. We won't be getting his word for years to come, unless Facebook seriously unloads with both barrels. Odds are they'll pay Zenimax something with a gag order and we'll never hear any of the facts. And Zenimax is perfectly aware of the odds. So far as can be told publicly, Facebook isn't like NewEgg. They don't fight much. So the typical corporate shakedown tactic will succeed and that'll be t
No need to hope, ask yourself with a straight face what "anticipated research" is. They've buried it in a legitimate complaint that you can sue for (and likely have no chance of prevailing on the legitimate portion) but I guarantee their whole case turns on the idea that they can sue for "anticipated research".
They put in all the other easily disprovable stuff so the case isn't dismissed by summary judgement so they can try to argue that what ever was in Carmack's head was "anticipated research" that even t
They might win this on a technicality aka, literalism.
Nah, I work in a technology heavy, invention heavy, IP industry and it's not an allowable position to claim the rights to someones knowledge in the future. All they can restrict is the dissemination of proprietary information (like documents). Anything that can be construed as a "non-compete" clause is basically unenforceable.
If he took code with him, they have a case. If he took ideas only, then they only have a case if their lawyers are better than his.
Being that VR existed long before 1999, I doubt they can claim ownership of VR as an abstract concept. Now if they can prove source code and/or designs were rehashed by Carmack, now that's another story from what I can tell.
The offers were about a joint project between OR and Zenimax, which John Carmack was going to be the lead developer for that project. That Zenimax decided it wasn't worth their effort should be perhaps a bit more understandable other than trying to figure out what role John Carmack was going to have without any sort of joint project on the horizon. Zenimax was insisting Mr. Carmack work full-time for them and he told them to go to the proverbial hell and simply left Zenimax altogether.
That was the point w
It's not really fair to the many good people working at Bethesda Softworks not to buy their games and thereby possibly put their livelyhood at risk, because some lawyers at their parent company happen to be pricks. It's not like they are responsible for this or have any say in it.
It's perfectly fair. Those good people working at Bethesda Softworks should take this opportunity now to leave and form their own company, before they have yet another idea that will instantly be owned by Zenimax. Then Zenimax can keep what it wants most - all the IP for the games it bought - just lose all the people that came with it.
Technical know-how belongs to the person who's brain holds it. It can not be transferred.
Unless John Carmack copied the source code of Zenimax, there is no copyright issue. If you want to stop someone writing code that does the same thing as your code, you file an absurdly stupid patent.
They may have something on trade secrets, depends what they considered secret.
Or buy out Zenimax after they spend a huge chunk of their assets on lawyers.
Unfortunately, Luckey has put in writing to Zenimax that Zenimax owns the IP used in OR, and that the tech can't be shared or used with third parties without Zenimax's involvement.
You've posted that twice now and I'm calling bullshit. Palmer Luckey created the Oculus Rift completely independently of John Carmack and Zenimax both. He started showing it around, Mr. Carmack got interested and started demoing it, still without working on it himself. It was only after Mr. Luckey managed a successful Kickstarter for the Rift that anybody really gave any credence to the idea in the first place. Mr. Carmack started addressing the software gap by volunteering to make the upcoming Doom 3 r
For example, here's a copy [docstoc.com] of an NDA that Luckey signed two years ago that seems to back up Zenimax's claims a bit. Zenimax also claims that they were investing "tens of millions of dollars" in VR tech before Carmack was even part of the picture. I think t
Zenimax are the morons who paid an absolute fortune to buy the failing iD software developer. At the time, all but the most moronic Carmack fan-boys knew that iD was in the most dire straits, with Carmack having burnt through an insane amount of money working on the dreadful idtech5 engine and Rage. iD was a joke for its complete inability to produce even a half-decent game design, and Carmack's last engine, the one behind the very mediocre Doom 3 game, had been a total failure (only one external use of the licence- Prey).
After buying iD, Zenimax allowed Bethesda (their gaming arm) to give Caramck and the other iD head honchos another small fortune to create two massive internal iD teams. To date, the sum total of output from these two teams (now down-sized to a one smaller unified team) has been Rage (the same game iD had spent years on BEFORE being bought out). They didn't even port idtech5 to directX (hence the dreadful problems the current Wolfenstein game is having running on current PCs). Even Doom 4 actually made NEGATIVE progress (so the game is currently less progressed than when iD was bought out).
Carmack was seen as part of the 'problem', and Zenimax was clearly happy to have him 'sod off' to Oculus VR while still under contract.
As Carmack now 'proudly' (?) boasts, his time at Oculus VR, while under contract to Bethesda, gave Oculus VR nothing of value- and Carmack should know.
Zenimax wants blood, and NOT because of their dishonestly stated events at Oculus VR. No, Zenimax is out for blood over having been 'conned' in the first place with the iD buy-out. Accept, as I said at the top, Zenimax wasn't conned but chose to buy a company every sane and informed person knew was worse than useless. Zenimax should have paid iD for exclusive rights to the gaming IP (Quake, Doom, Wolfenstein, ET multiplayer) and NOTHING ELSE. This way Bethesda could have found reliable third-part software houses to work on new versions of these games using the Unreal engine. iD would have gained a nice lump sum, and Zenimax would have started with a clean slate.
Zenimax now attacks Oculus VR as a proxy, and this is the worst strategy imaginable. Caramack is open and honest, and very intelligent to boot. He will have given Zenimax's lawyers less than zero to work with. And this means Facebook will be extremely unlikely to want to settle (and Zenimax wants too large a pay-off anyway, to cover their iD loses). Indeed, I imagine Facebook is chomping at the bit to give Zenimax a very sound 'spanking' indeed.
The courts in the USA consider such issues using contract law first, second and third. Zenimax has made it clear that the contracts that do exist refer to theoreticals that never actually came into play. And worse, Zenimax, of its own choosing, decided NOT to seek monetary remuneration of any significant amount for Carmack's work for Oculus VR, while under contract. The old "we'll do the work for you, and THEN we'll decide what to charge you" is an unlawful form of business practice in every first-world nation.
Zenimax will have to show ACTUAL, registered IP of its ownership in current Oculus VR business, and that is impossible, because it doesn't exist. So Zenimax will fall back on the nebulous, non-legal argument that because "Carmack is a genius", and "Facebook bought Oculus VR for 2 billion after Carmack's involvement", Carmack's 'input' (whatever that may have been) was 'instrumental' and therefore since Carmack was Zenimax's wage-slave for at least some of this period, Zenimax is entitled to a giant slice of the pie- innit.
The great thing about the USA is that you can find a lawyer willing to take your money to argue ANY nonsense in court, and keep doing so while the fees keep flowing. Sometimes a judge takes pity, and advises the suckers paying for the creep that they have literally ZERO chance of winning early on- but usually everyone involved with the system simply sits back and sucks on the teat of corporate idiocy.
The shaming part? Zenimax could use its money inst
Caramack is open and honest, and very intelligent to boot. He will have given Zenimax's lawyers less than zero to work with. And this means Facebook will be extremely unlikely to want to settle (and Zenimax wants too large a pay-off anyway, to cover their iD loses).
The one doesn't necessarily follow from the other.
I'm quite certain Mr. Carmack is open, honest, and very intelligent, and he's been around the corporate block enough times to wear the naivete off of even as stunning an intellect as his (plus he's married and you can bet his wife is paying attention to business even if he isn't*). All of that may be true, but Facebook may still settle.
So far Facebook has shown precious little interest in court fights. I expect Facebook will offer a considerably lower sum
Where would COD be if it didn't have a yearly release?
I'm not hardcore gamer. (I loved Halo, for example), but when I was a kid we had these outlined sketch drawings with numbers in them. Whatever the number was, that was the color you filled in. Don't think, just find the right crayon and try to stay within the lines.
That was a better game than recent CODs.
They didn't even port idtech5 to directX (hence the dreadful problems the current Wolfenstein game is having running on current PCs).
I realize that this wasn't the point of your rant, but this bit is off. "Didn't even" are not words that you use to describe migrating a graphics engine from OpenGL to DirectX. That's an enormous project. It also isn't necessary - there's nothing wrong with OpenGL. idtech5 may not be so great, but this is not the reason.
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"I never had time to respond," said Ben Bellows, 57, of a 2003 accident that left him a quadriplegic.
He sat in a wheelchair as he testified in provincial Supreme Court. The case alleges the province has negligently failed to manage the moose population. It involves 135 plaintiffs — including at least 15 estates of those who died — who were involved in accidents dating back to 2001.
The class was limited to injuries that required hospital admission. Plaintiffs are claiming unspecified damages as they seek to prove the province is liable for not doing more to limit risks created after the government introduced moose, a non-native species, to the island of Newfoundland more than a century ago.
Bellows said it was a beautiful summer night on July 10, 2003, as he drove northwest from St. John's on the Trans-Canada Highway. He said he was about 10 kilometres west of Clarenville at about 8:30 p.m. when a moose sprang in front of him from thick alder bushes growing along the shoulder.
"It was so fast."
Bellows said outside court that he was driving a four-door Plymouth Acclaim sedan at about 90 kilometres per hour on impact.
Ches Crosbie, the lawyer for the plaintiffs, told court that the provincial government has known for at least 10 years that moose are a highway hazard but did not decide on a specific policy to cut that risk.
"The question is, what have they done about it?"
The public has a right to use the Trans-Canada Highway and other routes safely and unobstructed, Crosbie stressed. Yet virtually everyone on the island knows somebody who has had a collision, he said.
About 800 accidents or close calls have been recorded annually in recent years.
Bellows said outside court that he wants the province to reduce incidents by half over the next five years using more moose fencing and other measures.
The government has expressed condolences to victims in the past but has said it has acted.
Past measures include limited moose fencing, highway motion detection devices, roadside brush cutting and public education efforts.
Lawyer Peter Ralph, representing the province, declined to comment outside court.
Proceedings started with Jennifer Pilgrim, who testified that her husband, Roy, died instantly of massive head injuries when his car struck a moose March 11, 2009. The father of three was getting on the Trans-Canada Highway near Bishop's Falls in central Newfoundland when a moose ran on to the road, she said.
The following day was her birthday and the couple was to celebrate their 40th anniversary in June of that year, Pilgrim said.
She said outside court that she wants the province to install moose fencing along highways across the province.
"I know they can't do it all at once but if they do so much each year ... because I wouldn't want to see another family go through this."
Crosbie argues in an unproven statement of claim that moose are a public nuisance that the government introduced and then negligently failed to control.
Adult moose weigh between 360 and 450 kilograms or 800 to 1,000 pounds.
Collisions with the long-legged and top-heavy animals can be devastating at highway speeds of 70 to 110 km/h, says the statement of claim.
"A car's bumper and front grill typically will break the moose's legs, causing the body of the moose to clear the car's hood and deliver the bulk of the body weight into the windshield, crushing the windshield, front roof beams and anyone in the front seats."


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Mass Effect is an ambitious game, and an admirable one in many respects. Its conversation system--which combines unusually well-done superficial cinematic presentational elements, branching options, and clever "pre-selection" of dialogue allowing for realistic flow--is probably the best I have ever seen in a game.
The combat, on the other hand, does nothing for me. Our own Nick Breckon reviewed Mass Effect, and I agree with his judgment, that the narrative systems of Mass Effect are fantastic but the combat ranges from unremarkable to poor.
That's just giving some context, though. It isn't what I want to talk about here. Some of you may agree regarding the combat, and some may think it's fantastic; that isn't the point of this post, and I hope the comment thread isn't dominated by it.
Mass Effect makes me long for a game that simply eschews combat and instead relies entirely, or almost entirely, on less outwardly violent human interaction as its basic gameplay mechanics. BioWare already seems to have figured out how to do this, and Mass Effect is the company's latest example of it. BioWare, you could make this! You might have to be a bit deceptive when pitching to your EA overlords, but you have plenty of experience writing double-crosses into your games so I'm sure you'll figure it out.
Being able to double-cross webs of NPCs is one of the most satisfying character interactions I've had in a game lately, and Mass Effect is full of such opportunities. Agreeing to spy on one character, only to screw both your target and your employer at once--with that being only one possible direction--is a great feeling.
That's what would make such a game different from the traditional graphic adventures of yore, the Monkey Islands and Gabriel Knights and Full Throttles and Grim Fandangos, or even the modern-day Phoenix Wrights. Those are all brilliant games, but they are linear narratives, not fully interactive experiences. The type of game Mass Effect makes me want could still have RPG-like skills and points, but rather than just Intimidation and Charm it could have a whole range of conversation-oriented options--say, Diplomacy, Deception, and so on--with dialogue options and ramifications to match.
I know full well that voice is expensive to record, but surely such a focused game would save greatly on its development budget by needing less expense in other areas.
I mentioned this to a game designer friend earlier today, and he responded, "Well, wouldn't you want a game that has both, that has a great dialogue system and a great combat system?"
Yes! That would be rad too! However, what would be even more exciting to me would be a game that realizes it is possible to have a character- and story-driven game with intricate gameplay systems that doesn't rely on fighting and killing hundreds upon hundreds of enemies. Even if combat was reduced to a few particularly crucial encounters (you know, like in the actual films and novels by which games like Mass Effect are directly inspired), that would be enough for me.
Mass Effect isn't the only game that has made me want this. Ubisoft Montreal's Prince of Persia: Sands of Time's brilliant take on platforming could easily have sustained an entire game on its own. Irrational Games' BioShock wouldn't have been much of a game with no combat, but I'm sure some kind of gameplay could have been designed for the world of Rapture that would have resulted in fewer waves of Splicers--I think the game could have worked with just Big Daddies and additional non-combat mechanics.
I would be curious to hear from others who would be willing to try a game with Mass Effect's take on personal interaction, but little actual fighting. I'm not calling for removal of combat in games in general--most of my favorite games have plenty of combat--but games should be and are a rich, diverse medium. Surely we don't have to keep hitting the same notes.
(Upon reading this post, Nick pointed out to me the utter financial impracticality of what I propose. To that I say: fuck off. I'm not drawing up plans for my fiscal quarter here, I'm talking about what might be cool.
Plus, there has to be some way to tap into the audience of people who bought millions of adventure games in the 1990s. Most of my friends who were into adventure games back then no longer play games at all--how can we reach those people, who might not be interested in killing things virtually but are still interested in experiencing a more interactive narrative? There must be a way.)