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CityK 19:46, 3 February 2007 (CET)
Spent a bunch of time last night and this morning creating and rearranging ATSC devices stuff. There is a LOT of work that could be done.
CityK 01:02, 5 February 2007 (CET)
I got to find a WYSIWYG wiki editor, else using code takes me ages
CityK 08:23, 7 February 2007 (CET)
made a mess of the categories tonight ... will clean that whole thing up soon. Started with the renaming and relinking of the DVB pages ... a lot more work than I thought. Oh well, it will be nice to have a consistant look and nomenclature across the board.
Definitely several months of work to get this thing ship shape!
JGXenite 14:25, 20 April 2007 (CEST)
Hi CityK,
Sorry about that :(. I'll make my changes to Mplayer now.
JGXenite 14:56, 21 April 2007 (CEST)
No worries with the countries thing - I thought it would make more sense moving it to channels.conf, as that is the correct file name. I then decided to make a "Europe" sub-category as there were quite a few European entries. I've also contributed one for United Kingdom (Sheffield) detailing my experience with setting it up :).

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STERLING — A Sterling man found with about $7,500 worth of methamphetamine last week received a combined $210,000 bond on Tuesday.
That amount includes $125,000 for new charges filed by the Logan County Sheriff's Office against Francisco Herrera, 29, which include possession, distribution and possession of a weapon by a previous offender. A $50,000 bond was reinstated in a 2012 possession and distribution-related case, and a $35,000 bond from an earlier case in 2013 remained in place.
Deputy District Attorney Rebecca Wiard said her office hadn't filed formal charges yet, but argued for the high bond based on a spotty record of meth distribution and the fact that he was allegedly caught with a "huge amount of meth" — 89 grams, or about three ounces.
For perspective, meth possession charges get bumped from a class 6 felony to a more serious class 5 felony for amounts over two grams.
According to LCSO investigator Joe McBride, who spoke with the Journal-Advocate after Herrera's arrest, that amount could actually sell for somewhere between $5,000 and $10,000, depending on where Herrera was on the distribution scale.
But the discovery of the methamphetamine was somewhat of a surprise. McBride said deputies had initially tracked him to the Travel Lodge in Sterling to arrest him on a probation violation warrant.
"It was just one of those clear-cut cases," he said. "Here he is, you see something in the room, you get a search warrant."
Deputies found nothing for manufacturing the drug, but also came upon a pistol, which the LCSO confirmed was one of four reported stolen from Sterling's High Plains Market about a week earlier.
The Sterling Police Department, which is handling that case, declined to comment as the matter is still under investigation.
District Court Judge Charles Hobbs accepted the requested bond amount, saying he was familiar with the files and allegations in the case.
He said he believed the amount of meth found at the scene couldn't "in any possible way" be considered as anything other than amounts involved in distribution.
He also added a condition that Herrera wear an ankle monitor and receive a curfew, should he bond out.
Herrera's lawyer, Thomas Henry, said he wanted to file a motion for a bond reduction. The court set that hearing, as well as a status conference, for Aug. 15 at 9 a.m.
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George R. Cottenden
This month, when the General Assembly meets in Grand Rapids, Michigan, it will resume work on a directory for public worship. Two years ago, the Committee on Revisions presented to the 74th General Assembly its Amended Proposed Revised Version (APRV). This was the product of eighteen years of work by the Committee. At the 2007 and 2008 assemblies, the commissioners spent three full days reviewing the document, paragraph by paragraph. They proposed a variety of amendments. Some were adopted by the Assembly, while others were not.
By the end of the 2008 assembly, work had been completed on the body of the document, the part that is actually part of the Constitution of the OPC. Still to be considered are the suggested forms, which are not part of the Constitution and will be taken up separately. Under the procedure being followed, the next step is to open up the entire document for any final amendments, before voting on whether to send it to the presbyteries for ratification. The main purpose of that final review is to make sure that we haven't added amendments that conflict with one another or with other parts of the book. However, other, more substantive, amendments may also be considered. It should be remembered, though, that the past two assemblies have thoroughly considered, and rejected, several of the proposals that are still being made.
It has often been asked, "Why do we need to revise the Directory?" The decision to do so was originally made by the General Assembly way back in 1967. There isn't room here to rehearse all the reasons why a revision is needed, but they can be found in the Committee's reports in the Minutes of the last few assemblies. Reference has been made to a quotation in an article by the present writer in the June 2007 issue of New Horizons. In its broader context, that quotation gives one of the reasons why the Committee believes that a revision of the kind proposed is necessary:
The present DPW assumes the validity of Presbyterian and Reformed liturgical tradition without specifically indicating the scriptural underpinnings of that tradition. Moreover, at times it assumes Reformed worship practices without spelling them out. Originally, this was not a weakness; the DPW reflected the shared assumptions of most of the ministers and ruling elders in the OPC. But God has blessed our church with many new congregations and many new membersincluding ministerswho have come from all sorts of backgrounds. This has presented the OPC with new pastoral needs. In particular, there has been a growing need for a fuller explication of the truth, goodness, beauty, and power of biblically Reformed worship. What could once be assumed must now be more thoroughly spelled out.
This reason has some bearing as well on the question whether the Church should have a directory or a "manual" for worship. A directory contains explicit directions regarding worship. It may also include advice, but it may require only what the Bible requires and forbid only what the Bible forbids. A manual would be a handbook of guidelines and principles that sessions could use as they saw fit in administering worship in their congregations. The fact is, however, that we have had a directory, and not a manual, as part of our Constitution since 1939. For the Committee to have proposed removing the Directory from the governing documents and replacing it with a nonbinding manual would have far exceeded the mandate given to it by the General Assembly.
What the Committee has recommended instead is to amplify the Directory with some of the characteristics of a manual, but to make clear in the language used what expressions are directive and what expressions are advisory. We attempt to do this more carefully and consistently than does the present Directory, which sometimes seems to mandate things, such as the placement of the "comprehensive prayer" before the sermon, for which there is no biblical warrant.
An issue that has been of concern to some is the matter of who may lead the congregation in worship, that is to say, who may conduct worship. More specifically, may nonordained persons play individual roles of leadership when the congregation is gathered on the Lord's Day for corporate worship? The concern is that by limiting such roles to ministers, ruling elders, licentiates, and, under limited circumstances, other men preparing for the ministry, the APRV lays down a restriction not required by the Word of God. Appeal is made to a 1991 study paper submitted to the Assembly by three members of a committee who argued for allowing some individual roles (short of leadership) in the worship service for nonordained persons. However, two other members of that committee submitted papers arguing, one of them with substantial biblical argumentation, against such a position. The Assembly took no action other than to refer all three reports to the Revisions committee to consider, which it did in preparing the APRV.
However one views the question of what constitutes leadership, what needs to be recognized is that the proposed revision is not more restrictive than the present Directory. If anything, it is a little less restrictive. The present Directory knows of no one other than the minister taking a leadership role in the service except, in an amendment that was added several years ago, ruling elders (DPW, III.8). The only other possible exception is in a brief reference to "the musical service" in DPW, III.6. It is apparent that the framers of the DPW did not see participating in the "musical service" to be a leadership function. The point is that if the APRV provisions in this matter violate the regulative principle, then so also do the provisions in the present Directory. The present Directory sets forth the worship of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and all ministers, ruling elders, and deacons of the OPC have said that they approve of it.
In a very real sense, the APRV is little more than the present DPW with its unspoken assumptions more clearly spelled out in the light of study of its historic antecedents, especially the Westminster Standards, the Westminster Assembly's Directory for the Publick Worship of God (1645), the PCUSA's Directory for the Worship of God (1788), and forms from the continental Reformed tradition. In the judgment of the Committee on Revisions, the APRV does not prescribe anything that the present DPW does not already prescribe, nor does it proscribe anything that the present DPW does not already proscribe. If adopted, the APRV would have the same authority in the Church as the DPW does now, not more or less.
But why vote on a revision now, when it is obvious that some brothers and sisters do not agree with certain provisions in the APRV? Surely our goal should be a oneness of mind that is shaped by the Word of God. We have long debates in our presbyteries and in the General Assembly to try to persuade one another of what we believe to be biblical truth. This is as it should be. But, if unanimity were required to make a decision, no session, no presbytery, and certainly no general assembly could ever do its work.
Some of the positions reflected in the APRV will not be popular in the broader evangelical world either. However, the OPC has never held back from taking unpopular positions when those positions are warranted by the Word of God. It is that very fact that has often led to appreciation of our stands even by some who disagree with them. To be sure, this Assembly has the responsibility to judge whether everything required in the APRV really is either supported by the direct statements of Scripture or derived from them by "good and necessary consequence" (Westminster Confession of Faith, 1.6). It must also make sure that things being advised are "according to the general rules of the Word, which are always to be observed" (WCF, 1.6). In doing so, however, it should not disregard the careful labors of the last two assemblies as they worked through the entire document, paragraph by paragraph.
The prayers and labors of the Committee on Revisions over the last two decades have been with a view to aiding the OPC, and through her the broader church, more faithfully to worship our great God and Savior with understanding and devotion. Join with us in praying for this General Assembly, that its labors may minister to that end and that, through the debate, we may arrive at greater oneness of mind.
The author is chairman of the Committee on Revisions to the Directory for Public Worship. Reprinted from New Horizons, June 2009.
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MILTON, Wis. — A rollover crash that sent thousands of gallons of ethanol onto a highway in Rock County is still under investigation.
A stretch of State Highway 59 in Milton reopened nearly 24 hours after a tanker truck tipped, sending an estimated 8,000 gallons of ethanol onto the roadway.
The Milton Police Department said the truck and trailer overturned while driving through a roundabout.
It's no secret many Rock County residents aren't big fans of roundabouts.
"I think there's too many. I don't mind them but not when there are several in a row," said Milton resident Wendy Ritacco.
"Around here, there's not much traffic, and they seem to be more confusing than anything" said Rock County resident Greg Coyle.
In a statement, Wisconsin Department of Transportation spokesman Michael Bie said, "The DOT designed the roundabouts in the area to ensure they could safely accommodate the freight traffic associated with the ethanol plant, and they were built to those standards."17586968
Milton city workers returned to the scene Wednesday to finish cleaning up.
According to the Department of Natural Resources, the 8,000 gallons of ethanol slowly leaked into a retention pond.
"It was a direct line to this settling pond, this retention pond. The pond itself is contained. It's not connected to any ground water supplies," said Robert Manwell, DNR regional public affairs manager.
Manwell said the owner of the trucking company will continue to monitor the pond.
"(We'll) monitor the water in the pond a couple of times a week for a month so that we can tell if the ethanol is dispersing and degrading naturally as we expect it will," Manwell said.
Drivers in the area aren't surprised that roundabouts may have contributed to the crash.
"I've never seen anybody having trouble, but I've never been behind a big rig like that, either, so I couldn't speak for them," Ritacco said.
"You can look at it and see where the trucks have jumped over the edges and are chewing it up already," Coyle said.
The driver of the tanker truck wasn't injured in the crash. The Wisconsin State Patrol is investigating the incident and its final crash report is expected to be completed in the next few weeks.


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Next week is Thanksgiving. Excited? No way you're more excited than Sony is about its Thanksgiving sales on movies and TV and phallic imagery.
Kotaku reader Sirsonik spotted this turkey on the PlayStation home screen earlier today.
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AÂ friend recently lost her husband at a young age. She told me that men started coming on to her at the funeral.
I see it all the time.
Someone new to the romantic scene, be it by death or divorce, seems to be open prey. Especially if they appear to have available wealth.
Answering the question of why people run through large sums of money is my passion and profession. It is also one with complicated answers.
The first thing I tell lottery winners, widows, widowers or others who come into large sums of money is to watch out for their family and especially for newfound "friends.â€
The line in The Godfather II about keeping your friends close and your enemies closer works the opposite for people with sudden money. People are usually smart enough to keep their enemies at bay, but it's often the friends who are grabbing for their wallet.
It happens to every age, demographic and income level. Dr. Thomas Stanley, who wrote "The Millionaire Next Door†and several other books about wealth, noted that well-educated professionals like doctors and lawyers spend much of their income on lifestyle. They often don't have the net worth of plumbers, who are less interested in impressing the neighbors and more interested in saving.
Things get really complicated when someone is going through a life change. I hit the trifecta several years ago when, within six months, my mother and sister died suddenly and my first marriage ended.
Life was out of balance and I made a lot of silly mistakes, especially when I went back into the dating pool.
Everyone thought I would fall for someone who only wanted my money. I had lots of bad experiences, but having someone take me for money was not one of them.
Some of it was luck. My first relationships were with well-educated professionals who had plenty of family wealth. They were looking for someone who wasn't trying to get to THEIR money.
The primary factor that kept me in check was watching hundreds of people walk into my office with lots of money, only to come back broke a few years later.
Family and friends were the downfall almost every time.
I've never figured out if family and friends have an "ouch†mark. In other words, they can stay moral and ethical if the "loved one†does not have much disposable income, but "re-evaluate†their ethics if said person comes into a lot of cash.
Most people have friends and companions who are within fifteen percent of their own income. When that number gets out of whack, the temptation for the person who has money to use it as a source of control increases and the temptation of the poorer person to justify being subsidized increases as well.
To quote another Glenn Frey track, "the lure of easy money has a very strong appeal.â€
I suspect there is an evil side to some people that turns on whenever they see someone is vulnerable. A law of the jungle that comes forth in humans.
Someone going through a death, divorce or injury is as vulnerable as they come.
My friend has always handled herself and her money well. It took a 15 minute review to tell her to stand pat and keep the fortune hunters away. I have no doubt that if she ever marries again, it will be for love and compatibility. Money will only be one part of the puzzle, not the entire game.
I tell every widow and widower they have the most difficult job in the world when it comes to finding a new mate. Potential spouses have to compare to someone who they truly loved.
A friend called it "the Goldilocks stage.†Finding someone who is "not too hot, not too cold, but just right†is a difficult process.
My friend is luckier than a lot of men and women I know.
Although the song says that, "there ain't no way to hide those lying eyes,†when someone is going through a life change, they may not see lying eyes so clearly.
Or not until their money is long gone.
Don McNay, CLU, ChFC, MSFS, CSSC (www.donmcnay.com) is the bestselling author of Son of Son of a Gambler: Winners, Losers and What to Do When You Win the Lottery and Wealth Without Wall Street: A Main Street Guide to Making Money.
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Today's fitness club operator is looking for determined professionals who are self-motivated and positive. People who stand out and follow a few basic rules become an indispensible part of a club's team.
If you are a fitness manager, you have room to grow at your company. The following are 10 suggestions for how you can make yourself more valuable and perhaps help yourself advance within your company.
- Increase productivity: Become a top producer by assessing ways to do jobs more effectively and efficiently. By improving your productivity, you will help increase revenue, referrals and renewals to the facility. You must be willing to challenge yourself to create ways in which you and those around you can quickly complete tasks.
- Be the master of ideas: Generate ideas on a regular basis to earn credibility. Always know why a change is needed and the specifics of implementing the idea.
- Gain the competitive edge: To grow and become a more valued employee, you must gain a competitive edge. That starts by striving to do your job better every day, putting forth the effort required to get your job done, raising the bar for yourself and those around you. In doing this, you will earn a reputation as someone who not only strives to go above and beyond but accomplishes it, too. Tell the supervisor when you can handle extra responsibility load and step up to accept it. Demonstrate that you are willing and able to take on new challenges and want to move up in your career.
- Be the master of customer service: When you deal with a member's concern, special wish or immediate need, you must stay solution oriented. Listen to the member and find a solution. If no solution exists, then create one.
- Learn from your mistakes: Trying to cover up your mistake does not change the fact that the mistake was made. Instead, admit all mistakes, resolve them and then strive never to repeat the same mistake. By doing this, you gain credibility and respect from your boss and co-workers. Blaming others, offering excuses and ignoring the problem only prolong finding a resolution and make co-workers distrust you.
- Be knowledgeable about recent trends: Help your company stay competitive in the industry by always staying up on the newest trends. Study the neighboring competition and develop new programs to help keep your club on top of the game. Ways to help you "be in the know" are attending shows and conferences, enrolling in certification courses or subscribing to online education resources.
- Pull your own weight and take on more: Accomplish what is assigned to you first, then volunteer to assist where needed. To get your work done first, use lists and priority charts. These tools can prevent procrastination, which often leads to last-minute decisions and asking for help from others. Do not rely on people to assist you, brainstorm with you or make decisions for you. Once you've accomplished all on your list, let your supervisor know you can handle more of a workload and larger responsibilities.
- Become a community representative: Be seen as the go-to person for any question. Be knowledgeable about the product, the science and the business, and be there to assist. To be this person, you must continue to study, attend seminars and get recertified. Then, you can be comfortable leading seminars for staff members, or bringing in high-level educators to assist you.
- Follow through: In order to earn respect and trust, follow up on everything you do. Complete all tasks and never leave the scene without asking for feedback from co-workers and/or a supervisor.
- Set goals: Develop a 30/60/90-day goal list and a plan to reach each goal. Celebrate all victories and milestones to help you stay motivated for the next task. Measure your results, share them with a mentor and continually visualize what success will feel like.
These 10 suggestions not only will keep you on task as a fitness manager, but they also will help you to strive to be better and, eventually, an indispensable part of your company.
Ann Gilbert, director of fitness for Shapes Fitness for Women, leads a team of more than 350 fitness professionals. She is a well-known presenter and has received the IHRSA/ACE Trainer of the Year award. For the past 10 years, Gilbert has served as a faculty board member for the Shapes Academy, an internal educational resource for continuing education. She can be reached at [email protected].


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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Boldest defiance of the League of Women Voters: Senator George Allen refuses to pull footage from an October 9 League debate from an ad lambasting opponent Jim Webb. The League insists debate footage not be used to maintain the League's nonpartisan status, the AP reports. Allen spokesman Dick Wadhams says Webb broke the agreement first by linking to the debate on a blog.
Worst glitch for Jim Webb: Hart InterCivic voting machines chop off the U.S. Senate candidate's name in three jurisdictions: Alexandria, Falls Church, and– you guessed it– Charlottesville; and there's nothing that can be done about it before the election, according to the Washington Post. His name shows up as James H. "Jim" on a summary page that can't handle long monikers, but his full name will appear on the actual ballot.
Most sane: Berman Justus' insanity defense doesn't fly in his murder trial for the November 1, 2003, shootings of his estranged wife, Amanda Justus (in her car with her four-year-old son strapped in the back seat), and her boyfriend, Joseph White, who was asleep in a mobile home, Liesel Nowak reports in the Daily Progress. A Greene County judge finds Justus guilty of first-degree and capital murder October 23.
Worst spate of BB incidents: A 12-year-old brings a BB pistol to Buford Middle School October 18, three juveniles shoot a jogger on West Main that same day, and a CATEC student brings an air gun to school October 20.
Biggest manhunt: More than 60 cops using dogs, helicopters, and ATVs scour the area around Route 20 south for Elvis Gene Shifflett, whom they shoot and capture October 20. A woman with Shifflett says she told police he was unarmed. Police now seek Shifflett's brother, Jeffrey Wayne Shifflett; and the family fears that he, too, will end up blasted, according to media accounts.
Worst carbon monoxide leak: Six people are evacuated from Old Salem Apartments October 17 for about an hour after Bryan Malstrom returns home to find his detector's alarm going off, the Newsplex reports.
Deepest breath: The Rivanna Solid Waste Authority votes October 23 to close the Moore's Creek compost facility, long a stink in the side of the Woolen Mills neighborhood, according to the Progress.
Last gasp for Enron: Former CEO Jeffrey Skilling is sentenced to 24 years and four months in prison October 23.
Best website: Charlottesville picks up another honor on the heels of a recent Pinnacle Award for what spokesman Ric Barrick describes as a $58,000 website. This time it's the "Savvy" award from the City-County Communications and Marketing Association.
Best candy bouquet: Kathy Hensley, owner of Candy Bouquet in Ruckersville, wins first place in the international candy bouquet convention in Little Rock, Arkansas, Septemter 28-October 1. Hensley also takes home second place for best in show.
Best place to elope: The Washington Post lists the Clifton Inn among Virginia places to "get hitched without the hassle."
Most veiled: UVA Persian lit prof Farzaneh Milani discusses the history of the veil in the October 23 Post op-ed pages.
Best battle of the titans: John Grisham knocks Bob Woodward off the top of the New York Times Best-Seller List, moving 172,439 copies of The Innocent Man, his first foray into nonfiction, in its first week, compared to 88,375 of Woodward's State of Denial.
Most wanted: Llama-on-the-lam London Ray jumps ship from his southern Albemarle pen when a black bear climbs in and is gone more than a week before finding his way home October 21.


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This an interesting example of a great solution to a problem that doesn't really exist for many other makers. Maybe it's to give you something to talk about. A way of breaking the ice at parties. "Hey man, crazy tuners you got on that geetar!" Is it really such a huge benefit to have the strings aligned perfectly straight? And, does that outweigh the disadvantages of having machine heads that are practically impossible to replace should it be necessary?
However, it is a very nice looking guitar and the seller says it's one of the best guitars he's ever played. And, as Modulus have stopped making guitars and now only produce basses and they made very few guitars during a short period, it is deserving of the tag "rare".
It may seem, from the slightly cynical tone of my intro, that I'm a bit of a luddite. That's not true. Well it might be but, in this case, it seems like being different for the sake of it rather than true innovation. I'm all for innovation and for the evolution of guitars. In fact, when you look at, say, Fender's bewildering catalogue of micro-variations on the Tele/Strat themes and those hideous limited-edition-figured-burly-swirly-deluxe-looks-like-a-sideboard-costs-an-arm-and-a-leg-made-in-the-USA Premiumcasters, it's clear that it's only the small boutiques that are truly pushing the evolution of guitars forward. And don't get me started on those ****ing "relics"! Sorry, sorry, hyperventilating. Don't worry, I'm OK now.
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After an unintended break, I'm back to learning Java.
I'm having a problem debugging the following file. I keep getting the message: "The following file is missing class or inner class files." I'm sure I'm missing something very simple. But what is it? I'm still working on fixing the rest of the file.
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Victor, Idaho (Oct. 16, 2012) — CityPASS®, the company that packages deeply discounted admission tickets to the top attractions in major North American destinations, is enhancing its money-saving, line-bypassing appeal with a Winter Special that dramatically lengthens the CityPASS program's traditional nine-day validity period.
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Edmund Miller is a senior professor. He attended LIU Post as an undergraduate and has many happy memories from that period. Having earned a Ph.D. in English from Stony Brook University, he returned to Post as a teacher in 1981. He served as chairman of the English Department from 1993 -2011 and is a very visible member of the Campus community for his committee service. For example, he was chair of the Campus Faculty Personnel Committee for the past two years and has been the secretary of the College Curriculum Committee for more than 20 years. In 2002 he won the David Newton Award for Excellence in Teaching. His special area of expertise is British literature, particularly of the earlier 17th century and 19th century. In addition to extensive scholarly works including "Drudgerie Divine: The Rhetoric of God and Man in George Herbert," he also has many creative publications including "The Go-Go Boy Sonnets: Men of the New York Club Scene." Recent books include an annotated edition of a late 19th-century collection of short stories called "Stories Toto Told Me" by Frederick Rolfe (Baron Corvo) and the poetry chapbooks "A Rider of Currents" and "Eye Brushes." Recently he has been writing plays and performed staged readings of "The Greeks Have a Word" (in the style of a Greek satyr play) and "Changing Horses" (in blank verse.)
Early 17th-Century British literature, 19th-Century British literature, Creative Writing
Author, "Introduction: Dan Levin in the Time Machine," published in "Waiting for B Train: Poems" (2010)Author, "Eye Brushes" (2010)Author, "Cornered; and Other Poems" (2010)Author, "Three Strikes against the Tim Burton 'Alice in Wonderland,'" published in "Burton in Underland: Carrollian Reviews" (2010)Author, "A Rider of Currents" (2009)Co-editor, "Long Island Sounds IV" ( 2009)Author, introduction and notes, published in "Stories Toto Told Me" (2008)Author, program notes, published in "John Digby and the Art of Collage: Welsh Incident ( 2008)Author, "What's She Talking About?: Post-Feminist Notes on Sexist Grammar," published in "Collide: Styles, Structures, and Ideas in Disciplinary Writing," 2nd ed. (2007)Author, "1, 2, 3, 4" (2005)Author, "The Go-Go Boy Sonnets: Men of the New York Club Scene" (2005)Author, "Colasterion: Milton's Lively Prose," published in Proceedings of the 2003 Northeast Regional Meeting of the Conference on Christianity and Literature (2004)Author, "Renaming Algernon," published in "Oscar Wilde: The Man, His Writings, and His World" (2003). Abstract published in Lesbian and Gay Studies Newsletter (2000) Author, "Dorothy L. Sayers," published in "Twentieth-Century British Women Writers" (2002)Author, review of "The Pulse of Praise: Form as a Second Self in the Poetry of George Herbert," published in Christianity and Literature (2001)Author, "Night Times" (2000)Author, "Phases of the Moon," published in "The Moon as Text 3" (2000)Co-editor, "The Ragged Edge" (2000)Author, review of "A Good Re-[E]ducation in Dante's "Inferno," published in the New York Times Book Review (2000)Author, "Sylvester Stallone: Auteur," published in Proceeding of the Global Awareness Conference, Montreal, Canada (1998)Author, "Archibald Armstrong," published in "Fools and Jesters in Literature, Art, and History" (1998)Author, Review of "Polite Wisdom: Heathen Rhetorics" in Milton's "Aeropagitica," published in Christianity and Literature 1997Author, "Erato Throws a Curve: Anais Nin and the Elusive Feminine Voice in Erotica," published in "Anais Nin: Perspectives" (1997)Author, "The Blooming of Biblical Feminism," published in Proceedings: Northeast Regional Meeting of the Conference on Christianity and Literature (1996)Author, reviews of numerous publications in Bay Windows (1995)Author, review of "Same-Sex Unions in the Middle Ages," published in Confrontation (1995)Author, reviews of "David Theater and New King Cinema" and of "The New York Live Show Scene," published in Steam (1995)Author, "Leavings" (1995)Author, "Jeremy Taylor", published in "Early Seventeenth-Century British Prose Writers" (1995)Author, "Mae West," published in "Great Lives from History II: American Women" (1995)Author, several essays in the "Encyclopedia of British Humorists" (1995)
Interviewed on "Exotica" Manhattan cable television show (1997)
Presenter, The Names Institute Conference, Baruch College of the City University of New York ( 2010)Staged readings, Red Bull Theater (2010)Presenter, Northeast Conference on Christianity and Literature, Pace University, NY (2010)Presenter, Midwest Conference on Christianity and Literature, Pace University NY (2010)Poetry reading, LIU Post (2006)Presenter, Conference on Christianity and Literature, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY (2006)Discussant, performance of "The Atheist's Tragedy"(2006)Presenter, Beginning Genealogical Research, LIU Post (2005)Discussant, several performances, Red Bull Theater, New York (2005) Presenter, Northeast Regional Meeting of the Conference on Christianity and Literature, Farmingdale State College (2003)Presenter, "The Names Institute Conference, Baruch College of the City University of New York (2002)Discussion leader, Great Neck Theater (2002)Presenter, Hofstra University (2000, 1999) Presenter, Posing Questions: Interrogating Performance, Exhibition, and Representation: Interdisciplinary Conference, Stony Brook University (1999)
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Ohio State University (1980) University of Northern Iowa and Oakland University (1978)
Featured Readings Performance Poets Event, Wyld Chyld Café, Manhasset NY (2010)Featured Poet, Performance Poets Event, Barnes and Noble, Manhasset NY (2008)Featured Poet, Poetry Barn, Huntington Historical Society, NY (2009)Featured Reader, Starbucks Café, Roslyn Heights NY (2007)
Recipient, David Newton Award for Excellence in Teaching, LIU (2002)
Recipient, Folger Library Seminar Award (1986)
Recipient, NEH Summer Seminar Award (1982)
Life Member, Modern Language Association of America (1965-)Life Member, Milton Society of America (1975-)Charter member, Lewis Carroll Society of North America (1976-)Member, Conference on Christianity and Literature (1977-)- Keynote Speaker, Centennial Celebration of Sylvie and Bruno (1990)- Conference Coordinator (1985)- Regional President (1986-87)- Member, Regional Steering Committee (1989-2000)
Genealogy and Onomastics
Member, American Name Society (1990-93, 1995-)Member, Augustan Society (1977-)- Editor of Journal (1978-81)- Fellow (1988-)Member, Haskell Family Association (1987-)Member, Ostrander Family Association (1986-)
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New York City Back in a Basketball State of Mind
Bruce Damonte
For what seems like forever now, New York City has been called a basketball town. But, that really hasn't been the feeling around these parts for quite some time now. The Yankees own the hearts of most of the city, with seventeen postseason appearances during the last 18 seasons and 5 Championships.
Meanwhile, the Canyon of Heroes most recently hosted the defending Champion New York football Giants, who have won two Super Bowls during the past four seasons. Even in hockey, the city was abuzz last spring when the Rangers squared off in the Conference Finals with their Hudson River rivals in New Jersey.
For many years the Knickerbockers were the laughing stock of the league, and Knick fans started to become scarcer and scarcer by the year. But, one of the greatest basketball minds that this very city ever produced came to the organization's rescue as the President of Basketball Operations in 2008. New York native and lifelong basketball junkie Donnie Walsh cleaned house and built the team back from the ground up.
He is a huge reason why the Knicks are where they are today, and why this newly formed East River rivalry is looking so promising. He took the franchise out from the 'Dark Ages', and they are only now reaping the benefits as serious contenders for the first time since the days of Pat Riley roaming the sidelines with his slick backed hair.
Walsh purged the Knicks of the heinous contracts handed out by Isiah Thomas, clearing enough cap-room to put the team in prime position to make a run at the stacked 2010 free agent class. You can say that the Knicks "Modern" Era was kicked off by the signing of Amare Stoudemire, who was given a questionable $100 million deal.
However, the big coup for Walsh and the franchise came in February of 2011, when they nabbed Brooklyn native, and all-world scorer Carmelo Anthony. While Anthony is paying off big dividends for the club now, Walsh is watching from afar in Indiana.
His successor Glen Grunwald has done a masterful job in putting together the pieces around Anthony and head Coach Mike Woodson. He brought in Tyson Chandler, who is the reigning defensive player of the year. He found Jeremy Lin and Steve Novak from the scrap heap, and then turned Lin into Raymond Felton, who has already proven to be the veteran ball-handler Woodson wanted.
Let's also give him credit for finding Argentinean warhorse Pablo Prigioni, who is getting paid a measly $473,604. He brought in James White from Italy, who could end up being a great bargain for roughly $850,000. He alsostole J.R. Smith at $2.8 mill and Ronnie Brewer for the veteran minimum.
But the most important thing he did this off-season was surrounding Anthony with a plethora of veteran talent. He brought in winners Jason Kidd and Rasheed Wallace, who have been through all the wars. He also added Marcus Camby and Kurt Thomas, who are the last two active members from the 1999 Knicks squad that made a surprising run to the Finals.
When healthy, this group is one of the deepest in the league, and arguably the most talented to play in the World's Most Famous Arena since the days of Patrick Ewing. The Knicks ascendance back to relevancy has created the perfect storm, as the Nets finally completed their move from the dump of a home they had in Jersey to Brooklyn; just a twenty minute train ride away from their new neighbors in the grandeurs of Manhattan.
The Nets stunk up an empty Prudential Center during their final years there and couldn't wait to bolt out of town. After Jason Kidd's departure, the team failed to make the postseason for five straight seasons, and failed to win more than 34 games in any of them.
They hit rock bottom during the 2009-10 season, when the club finished 12-70, becoming only the fifth team in league history to lose at least 70 games. However, that February the franchise was delivered with some of its best news, as it was confirmed that Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov would buy the team and move them into a high-tech and brand spanking new home in Brooklyn.
Despite the Nets being just thirteen games into their move, this has already become one of the greatest rebranding moves ever, and perhaps the biggest since Wayne Gretszky's arrival in Los Angeles.
They have settled into their new home on Atlantic Avenue quite nicely, and are now just getting settled into their share atop the Atlantic Division, with, guess who, those neighborly Knicks.
The two were supposed to kick off the NBA season and begin their new rivalry on Nov. 1, but the wrath of Hurricane Sandy postponed the begging of a new chapter in New York City basketball.
During the days between the postponement and the eventual makeup, the Knicks showed the World that they are back after starting off 6-0 for the first time since 1993, and the Nets officially put Brooklyn back on the sports map.
These are no longer the losers from Jersey, or those same old Knicks. Instead, this basketball-starved city now has two teams fully capable of making a run in the Eastern Conference.
The two talented packed squads finally met Monday night in the first Brooklyn-New York meeting of pro franchises since the loveable Dodgers played the Giants at the Polo Grounds in 1957.
Despite over three decades of history as NBA teams in the Tri-State area, the Knicks and Nets really have never developed a true rivalry. When New Yorkers think rivalries, they think of the baseball Subway Series, Giants-Jets, or even Rangers-Islanders.
Nobody ever really fantasized about a heated Knick-Net rivalry, and the only real rival New York had sitting across the Hudson was the hated Devils. But, there was something bigger about last night's game as the Nets are now officially a New York-based team and, more importantly, a threat to the Knicks in the Atlantic Division.
Last season the Nets went through the motions during their final season in Jersey, and had one of the worst rosters assembled in the league. A whopping eight players from their opening night roster last season are not even in the league anymore.
Prior to the season, Sundiata Gaines was cut by the Pacers, and Jordan Williams by the Hawks. Jordan Farmer, Dennis Horner, and Sheldon Williams are playing overseas. Damion James is in the D-League. Shawne Williams is still a free-agent, and Mehmet Okur retired.
General Manager Billy King did a masterful job in bringing a winning product to Brooklyn, and may even win executive of the year for it. He may have rolled the dice by traded for an aging Joe Johnson, who like Alex Rodriguez, is still a good player, but has arguably the worst contract in the league. He also gambled heavily by trading the eventual 6th pick in the draft for Gerald Wallace, awarding him with four years and $40 mil.
However, their presence was a key factor in King's triumph of keeping All-Star Deron Williams, He and Johnson immediately form one of the most dynamic backcourts in the game, and the front court isn't too shabby either.
Dwight who? The Nets have looked just fine up front with Kris Humphries doing his typical dirty work, and a healthy Brook Lopez clogging up the paint. The man may need to still work on his rebounding, but no one can deny his offensive presence.
There aren't too many more talented seven footers, and his 19 points a game is tops among centers, a position which according to All-Star ballots doesn't even exist anymore. Only fellow bigs Chris Bosh, LaMarcus Aldridge, and the recently healthy Kevin Love are scoring at a higher rate.
Humphries, who aides him in the paint is nearly averaging a double-double, with just over eight points and rebounds a game. The talented front-court is rounded out by "Crash" Wallace, who is still one of the better defenders in the game.
Avery Johnson's starting five is arguably among the better in the league, and his bench is also one of the deepest. Their second unit may not be as talented as the Knicks, but Johnson has plenty of toys to play with.
The stable of guards off the bench includes C.J. Watson, MarShon Brooks, Keith Bogans, Josh Childress, and old-reliable Jerry Stackhouse. The 38-year old Stackhouse, who King brought in to police the locker-room, has continued to show his value on the court and his impact on Monday night's game couldn't be denied in the box score. Coming off the pines, he sank four 3-pointers, including one in overtime from which the Knicks never recovered.
Their second-unit has also been getting big production up front, with Reggie Evans causing havoc on the glass and Andray Blatche proving that he was well worth the training camp flier.
This roster looks nothing like last season's talent-plagued one and this depth is why the Nets are sitting at 9-4.
"We're an improved team," Avery Johnson said. "We've made the necessary changes to improve this team. We're better because of it and we have a purpose. Now we just have to go out there and do it. That's the goal every night."
They proved this recently with convincing victories over the Clippers and Celtics, but showed the World and their neighbors on National Television on Monday that they are indeed going to be a force.
The 17, 732 fans in attendance paid to see not any typical regular season matchup, but history, no matter the outcome, and boy did the game live up to the hype. It was the first professional basketball game between two New York-City based teams in over 70 years, when the barnstorming Celtics (from Hell's Kitchen) and the New York Rens (from the Harlem Casino and Ballroom) last met on Nov. 21, 1940 in, of course, Brooklyn.
Like a great Heavyweight fight between Ali-Frazier, or Tyson-Holyfield, the Knicks and Nets battled it out punch for punch, feeling like a one-point contest seemingly all night long.
Naturally, the tense, physical struggle needed overtime to decide a winner, and the sellout crowd treasured every precious second of it. All night, Barclays Center was full of similar cheers and jeers.
Cheers for every bucket, and boos for every miss. M-V-P chants every time Deron or Carmelo reached the charity stripe. Every rebound, turnover, and foul was equally applauded and prosecuted by the crowd that, probably, was split 60-40 favoring the Nets.
But, as the final seconds ticked off the clock and the B-R-O-O-K-L-Y-N chants rang loudest, you could feel the inauguration of a new rivalry for the City to savor. "It was just a total 180 from what we saw last year (in New Jersey), when it was mostly Knicks fans," a beaming Deron Williams said after the victory.
This newly formed bond doesn't have the history that the Yankees-Red Sox or Patriots-Jets have, but the game had the feel of a critical spring playoff matchup, which is quite a thing to say about a basketball game that took place less than a week after Thanksgiving.
In the end, the Nets stood victorious in the historic first matchup between the two neighbors, and owners of the tie-breaker atop the division. "With so much hype around it," Joe Johnson said of the event, "we just came out and showed we were the better team tonight."
The Knicks had monstrous performances from Anthony, and Chandler, who scored a career high 28 points. His night was overshadowed by Anthony's 35 points, but the two ran out of gas after logging 45 and 50 minutes respectively, and both great outings were overshadowed by the fact that next door neighbors are officially a threat.
However, the Knicks were without the calming hand of Jason Kidd and his absence was sorely felt. Let's also remember that the Knicks have started off so well without the likes of both Amare Stoudemire and Iman Shumpert.
"Those were just the circumstances of this particular game," Woodson explained. "That's not normal. Melo's averaging around 35 minutes per game. The other stars in this game, like LeBron and others, are there, and that's where Melo needs to be."
However, the game Monday night wasn't about the Nets winning, or the Knicks losing. Rather, that hoops is back in a city that has been dying to witness winning basketball for almost two decades and thirsting for a Championship for nearly four decades.
The most densely populated major city in the United States, with over eight million people, has plenty of room for two NBA teams, and this rivalry is only heightened by the fact that both teams are finally legitimate contenders.
This season, the Eastern Conference playoff picture looks to be wide open behind the defending champion Heat. Philadelphia is without Andrew Bynum indefinitely, and Indiana's Danny Granger is out for three months. The Bulls will have to get through most of their season without Derrick Rose as he recovers from his torn ACL, and Dwight Howard is no longer in Orlando, but Los Angeles.
That leaves the Knicks, Nets, and Celtics as three of the upper echelon teams in this weakened Eastern Conference. The Knicks hot start was enough to get them plenty of headlines, and the Nets victory on Monday was no fluke.
"We don't intend on going anywhere," Stackhouse said. "We've got something good going on here. We've got a great home crowd. And now we struck the first blow. Over the long haul, who knows what the situation may end up being, but as of today we're the best team in New York."
They are now 7-1 in their new home, and the Knicks have actually outdone them, going 5-0 on their home floor. Both teams are for real, this rivalry is for real, and it's only just getting started.
Luckily for New Yorkers, they get three more Heavyweight bouts between the two clubs before the season's over. However, what New Yorkers really crave is a spring time matchup and the first basketball parade in the City since the Knicks took home the title in 1973.
The Knicks may have had a 66-year head start in the city, but in today's World, it's about what you're doing for someone today, and both teams are playing some of the best basketball in the league.
The Nets are now walking alongside the Knicks in the World's greatest city and in the win column, something not many could have dreamed about say five years ago. But what New Yorkers did dream about was having a good basketball team, and now they have to make room for not only one, but two.


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Our dreary spring means the recent sunny days are a real treat, and I'm hoping for a nice, warm summer.
Clear days mean there is an increase in pedestrians and it is incumbent upon drivers to be aware of this. A particular concern occurs when drivers emerge from lanes and driveways; urban densification increases the risk of a collision between vehicles and walkers.
According to section 176(1) of the BC Motor Vehicle Act, a driver emerging from a lane (alley), driveway, building or private road must stop their vehicle before the sidewalk area and yield to any pedestrian on the sidewalk.
Most times, this is a simple task. As a driver, you simply need to sneak up on the crosswalk while paying close attention to blind spots caused by walls and hedges. Slow and steady does it, and if you time it correctly, you can exit onto the main road with little problem.
Sounds easy, right? Well, it's not always that simple. Especially when you're wearing a uniform, driving a police car, and your partner has jumped out of the passenger seat to chase a suspect.
I used to work the Downtown Eastside section of District Two, which is the geographic area of Vancouver loosely bounded by Cambie Street to the west, Clark Drive to the east, Burrard Inlet to the north and Venables/Prior Avenue to the south. There were several
very violent drug dealers working the same area and our patrol squad had focused our attention on putting some of the predators behind bars. My partner and I were looking for one particular convicted drug dealer with a Canada-wide warrant. He was listed as armed and dangerous and he had a history of assaulting police officers.
We found the wanted man on a busy street, in a crowd of people, and in typical Hollywood fashion, he sprinted away as soon as he saw our police car. My partner jumped out to give chase, and knowing the suspect's history and that my fleet-of-foot partner would likely catch him, I hammered the accelerator to the floor and went to cut them off.
My route took me down the lane that bisects the Army and Navy Store on Hastings Street and as I approached Carrall Street, I quickly stopped and checked that my way was clear. With the exception of a businessman approaching the mouth of the lane, no one else was in sight and I exited to the street.
The only problem was I drove through a large, smelly puddle of dirty water and splashed the poor businessman from the top of his head to the toes of his very expensive Gucci shoes. I filed the man's facial expression into my memory bank and continued on to assist my partner; it turned out I got there just in time to help tackle the still-running suspect and take him into custody without further incident.
A moment later, a dirty and soaked businessman confronted me. He was as angry as wet and really let me have it. I didn't blame him; he smelled bad, there was a barely identifiable object adhered to his pant leg. Considering his mood, I thought it best not to draw his attention to either.
I let him vent before calmly acknowledging the unfortunate circumstances of our meeting. I apologized, offered to pay for his dry cleaning bill and explained why I had driven through the puddle.
The businessman paused to look at the handcuffed suspect, who swore and spit in his direction. The businessman held the suspect's gaze for a moment before thanking us for our service, and said if all it cost to keep another drug dealer off the street was a trip to the dry cleaners, then he would make the trip everyday.
I bring this incident up to illustrate that regardless of why you think you have to get somewhere quickly, you must always ensure your way is clear and unobstructed.
If the man in the suit had been another few feet closer, I would have been forced to wait for him to cross my bow and the end result for my partner may have been different.
Vancouver police Const. Sandra Glendinning blogs at behindtheblueline.ca. Her opinions aren't necessarily those of the city's police department or board.
You can email Sandra at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Founder of Network Promoting Positive Muslim Image Arrested — For Beheading Wife
The Muslim founder of BridgesTV, a cable network whose slogan is "connecting people through understanding" and which tried to "improve the image of Muslims in the United States," was arrested on Thursday, for allegedly killing his estranged wife in a manner normally associated with Islamist terrorists — chopping off her head.
Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor & Publisher, reported on Friday that Muzzammil Hassan, "a prominent Buffalo area businessman who founded the BridgesTV network to improve the image of Muslims in the U.S.," had been charged with second-degree murder in the beheading death of his wife Aasiya Z. Hassan. Mitchell quoted from the network's website, which described Mrs. Hassan's "instrumental role in the creation of BridgesTV since she came up with the idea for the network." The picture of the couple is still up on the website.
Later in his article, Mitchell noted that programs on the network "include kids shows, 'American Muslim Teen Talk,' Amy Goodman's 'Democracy Now' and an interview show with James Zogby" (a Muslim network aired a left-wing anti-war program?). He also mentioned that NPR's All Things Considered program had profiled the Hassans in 2004.
BridgesTV might have had the aim of trying to improve the image of Muslims, but over two years ago, Steve Stalinsky of MEMRI outlined in the now-defunct New York Sun that the network featured Wahhabi anti-Christian and anti-Jewish sermons from Saudi TV broadcasts, including English subtitles. Stalinsky also noted that Donald Conover, one of the main hosts on the network, discussed "the power of the 'J.. lobby'" and urged Muslims to vote for Democrats during an interview with a Saudi newspaper in 2006.
You might say some of the network's past actions, culminating with this latest news, has done nothing to improve the image of Muslims in the U.S., but has only reenforced the strongest imagery about the most publicized sectors of the Islamic world.


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Apply styling mousse to damp hair, using your palm as a measuring guide, and evenly distribute it along the hair shaft. Styling mousse will add hold and can help achieve better results.
Using the corner of your comb and standing in front of a mirror find the middle of your right eye and then drag the comb straight up slowly until you reach your hairline and then continue back in a straight manner to achieve an even right part. A side part is great for longer face shapes because it creates the illusion of width.
A medium radial brush is used on medium to long hair types to smooth out wavy or curly hair textures or to add body to straight hair. When selecting a radial brush, always use one with a pure bristle as this will not tear or damage the hair.
To blow-dry under, start at the nape/back and place your brush under the section of hair close to the nape. With the dryer held up over the hair, pull the brush from the roots and continue to the mid length's, keeping the blow-dryer following over the top. Once you reach the ends, curve them under. Repeat this step until the section is completely dry.
To blow-dry the sides, take out a small section of hair from the front and clip the rest of the hair away. Next, place the brush under the section and then pull the brush and hair forward around your face (this curving motion creates body). Place the hair-dryer on top of the brush until you reach the ends and then turn the ends under. Repeat until dry.
To blow-dry the crown/top sections, take a section of hair no bigger than the diameter of the brush and blow-dry the hair placing the brush under the section of hair. With your blow-dryer in front of the brush, follow the brush in an upwards direction at the roots and an outwards position at the ends for volume and softness. Continue until the section is dry.
Take a section of your hair no wider than the diameter of your brush. Place your brush under and at the roots of your section. Then with your blow-dryer above, drag the brush up through the mid-lengths and ends of the hair following with your blow-dryer and pulling the hair to the left. Repeat until your hair is completely dry.
Take a section of your hair no wider than the diameter of your brush. Place your brush under and at the roots of your section. Then with your blow-dryer above, drag the brush up through the mid-lengths and ends of the hair following with your blow-dryer and pulling the hair to the right. Repeat until your hair is completely dry.
Apply some moulding cream to your fingertips and then pull it through the ends of your hair in a downward motion to achieve a textured look.
Using a small amount of moulding cream, work it through the mid-lengths and ends in a downward motion. For added texture, pinch the ends as you go sparingly.
Apply some moulding cream to your fingertips and then rub it into your roots while lifting your strands for added body. Be sure not to use too much moulding cream at the roots as this can result in a glugy and thick uncomfortable feel.
Apply a very small amount of smoothing shine to the palms of your hands and then run it through the mid-lengths and ends of your hair. Be careful not to add any to the roots or a large amount to any section of the hair as smoothing shine can be very heavy on the hair, weighing it down and making it appear oily.
Lacquer is great for strong hold. A small amount is all that is required to finish and should be applied from an arms length distance to the entire style.
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