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The Curse… The Bricks Are Fallen Down, But We Will Build With Hewn Stones
Isaiah 9:10 (KJV) The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
The day after 9/11 Senate Majority Leader, Tom Daschle in his Floor Statement on a 'Joint Resolution of Condemnation for the September 11, 2001 stated the following…
But there is a passage in the Bible from Isaiah that I think speaks to all of us at times such as this:
'The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with dressed stone; the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.'
That is what we will do. We will rebuild and we will recover.
The people of America will stand strong together because the people of America have always stood together. And those of us privileged to serve this great Nation will stand with you."
As I pointed out, God is not a respecter of persons, but He does honor the office of responsibility.
I say this because I have gotten emails from people stating something like " Ray, George Washington was a Freemason, he wasn't a Christian. He prays to the gods of Freemasonry, not God the creator. So he did not dedicate America to Jehovah God, but to Freemasonry."
What a person's beliefs are just that, the individuals. The office of Responsibility is ordained by God. So it does not matter what that "person" believes, it is the office with which that person holds that is important.
I know that it is hard for people to separate the two, but there is a difference. There is the person and then there is the office.
God deals with the office of responsibility. This is why it is so vitally important that when we elect people into positions of responsibility that we put God fearing, God loving men in those offices.
Man can only serve one master. That master is either Jesus Christ the Creator, or it is Lucifer also known as Heylel ben Shachar.
Those are the only two choices.
Now a lot falls under choice number two, Lucifer, but if one is not serving God, they are by default serving the enemy of God.
There is no grey area, middle of the road, fence sitting on this fact. It is one or the other.
That is why it is so important that our leaders are God fearing men, because it is their "worldview", be it Biblical, Humanistic, Atheistic, Hindu or Muslim, that will dictate their actions when they are holding that office of responsibility.
This is why it does not matter if George Washington was a Freemason or not. It also does not matter if our president is a Muslim either, which I believe he is.
It is the office of responsibility that the Lord honors, not the person.
In the days that followed much was said by our leaders.
But what was said was not a call to humble ourselves before the Lord seeking His help and mercy.
Instead, it was a spirit of defiance and proud uttering that "we will rebuild", cursing us over and over again.
Senator John Kerry stated in speech on the Senate Floor on September 12, 2001
"I believe one of the first things we should commit to – with federal help that underscores our nation's purpose – is to rebuild the towers of the World Trade Center and show the world we are not afraid – we are defiant." (1)
New York City Mayor, Rudolph Giuliani said on the day of the crisis:
"We will rebuild: We're going to come out of this stronger than before, politically stronger, economically stronger. The skyline will be made whole again." (2).
New York State Governor, George E. Pataki said the following in his speech dedicating the building of the "Freedom Tower" on the 4th of July 2004:
"Today we build the Freedom Tower. … Let this great Freedom Tower show the world that what our enemies sought to destroy, our democracy, our freedom, our way of life — stands taller than ever." (3)
The Bricks Are Fallen Down, But We Will Build With Hewn Stones
When one looks at the destruction caused by the events on 9-11, all one could see was a pile of rubble. There has been no event in America's history compared to the destruction that came from the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
In fact I find it interesting that in my research Richard Pyle, an Associated Press journalist wrote an article titled "Changes continue at World Trade Center site as visitors get more of a glimpse into wreckage."
In this article he stated…
"For three months, the 16-acre site had the look of post-World War II Berlin with its buildings skeletonized and reduced to piles of bricks." (4)
The bricks have in fact fallen down for this nation. But instead of calling upon His name, seeking His face, we have risen up with a fist shaking at heaven shouting that "We Will Rebuild"!
This spirit of defiance was to the terrorists and the world making claim that we do not need anyone's help.
We will come back bigger, stronger and more powerful than before. This was a solemn act of defiance by our leaders who held offices of responsibility, and therefore they spoke on behalf of "we the people."
They not only declared this prideful defiance to the world and our enemies, they were also declaring this to Jehovah God, the only one who could help us.
"We Will Build With Hewn Stones" this is the second part of the curse, rebuilding with hewn stone.
But what is "hewn stone"?
Webster's 1828 dictionary defines Hewed or Hewn as the following..
HEW'ED, pp. Cut and made smooth or even; chopped; hacked; shaped by cutting or by a chisel.
Simply said, hewn stone is stone that is quarried, or cut from the mountain.
Let me remind you that on September 11, 2004, then Democratic Candidate for Vice President John Edwards spoke the same curse upon America using the same verse while at the prayer breakfast for the Congressional Black Caucus
Here is what he said…
"Good morning. Today, on this day of remembrance and mourning, we have the Lord's word to get us through. 'The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.'
… And let me show you how we are building and putting cedars in those three hallowed places – the footprints of the Towers, the Pentagon, and the field in Pennsylvania. … Walk with me through this day.
And you will see that while those bricks fell and the sycamores cut down, our people are making those cedars rise. … Each time that bell tolls, it calls us to a greater purpose. It calls us to never forget.
It calls us to do the Lord's work here on earth. And it calls on us to always remember that when we walk through this day together – the cedars will rise, the stones will go up, and this season of hope will endure." (5)
We will do this, we will do that, we will raise the cedars, we will rebuild. The stones will go up we will put cedars in their place.
The stones did in fact go up. The first stone used in the construction of the Freedom Tower was the hewn stone from New York granite which was lowered by crane in a ceremony on July 4, 2004. Governor George Pataki said this at the ceremony:
"Today is indeed, a momentous day. Today we take 20 tons of Adirondack granite — the bedrock of our state — and place it as the foundation, the bedrock of a new symbol of American strength and confidence. Today, we lay the cornerstone for a new symbol of this city and this country and of our resolve in the face of terror. Today we build the Freedom Tower."
What did they lay?
None other than a hewn granite stone cut from the mountains of New York's Adirondack mountain range, cut, polished just as Israel did in defiance when they rebuilt after being attacked by Assyria (the original terrorists)
As many of you know, the first stone laid when building a new building is always the most important. It is that stone that all the others are set upon. It is the foundation, and the buildings strength that stone is also called "the cornerstone." In Hebrew this is also called the "Gazit" stone which means "hewn stone."
When a new building is erected it is the laying down of the cornerstone that begins the whole process erecting the building.
It's not only an important act in beginning the building, but in many cases it is also a symbolic act. Think about it, how many times have you heard of some construction on a building about to start and they seem to always have a ceremony in laying the cornerstone?
Our leaders have stated / vowed "We Will Rebuild" and "We will be stronger than before." They have proclaimed that "The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones."
Like ancient Israel, we have fulfilled the curse.
They quarried the stone from the "bedrock" of the state of New York. Carved the stone into a massive 20 ton block, and airlifted it to the ground of destruction. They then laid it in the very place where "the bricks have fallen"… Ground Zero.
Leaders gathered, the ones who occupy the offices of responsibility. The mayor of New York City, the governor of New York State, the governor of New Jersey, officials tasked with the rebuilding, as well as corporate leaders, special VIP guests and the spectators.
On July 4, 2004 all these leaders and people were focused on a single object—the cornerstone / Gazit Stone.
The massive 20 ton rectangular block of cut granite rock, that was laid on the holy ground from which our nation was founded.
Ground, bequeathed by royalty ordained by God so that the chapel of St Paul could be built.
Ground that our first president, senate, congress, our fore fathers, dedicated our nation to Jehovah God.
That ground today known as Ground Zero.
They laid that hewn stone on the ground, a stone representing our leaders vow of "we will rebuild."
This stone that was named "the freedom stone" also represents the stone of defiance, our defiance in the face of God.
I am reminded of the following found in Exodus…
Exodus 20:25 (KJV) And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
Why is the stone that is hewn for the alter polluted?
It is because it represents the works of man and we know that the works of man are polluted due to sin.
By having a stone not hewn, it is stone created and formed by God.
Man cannot make any claims to the cutting, polishing, changing the stone in any manner.
The stone is as it is by the hand of God. It is not defiled by the sin of man, nor his pride in saying "look what great work I have done in the hewing of this stone."
What did Governor George Pataki say?
"Today is indeed, a momentous day. Today we take 20 tons of Adirondack granite — the bedrock of our state — and place it as the foundation, the bedrock of a new symbol of American strength and confidence. (emphasis mine)
Pataki stated this 3 years after God's warning judgment on 9-11.
We did not heed the warning after 9-11, and we did not heed the warning july 4th 2004.
In fact we are still standing in defiance.
The Inaugural Address given on January 20, 2009 by newly elected President Barrack Husain Obama reiterated the vow to rebuild, to begin anew and rise from the ashes on our own and without the collective prayers and sanction from God.
Instead he reiterated that "WE WILL"
"…Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America. … For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of our economy calls for action, bold and swift. And we will act, not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We'll restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. All this we will do…
Like many that night, I remember watching this in our own home. This was history being made and it was "The Moment."
But I also was troubled as a Christian recognizing the unrelenting pride and determination when President Obama stated…
…We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense. And for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken — you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you…
Tracye and I were watching as this leader who was given the power of the office of the President of the United States, an office of responsibility said those words.
My stomach sank and a moment of dread came over me. Do the American people realize what this man just said?
What this man did was "prophecy" our doom due to the position and office from which he holds. A position of responsibility that is ordained by Jehovah God that over sees a nation that is dedicated to Jehovah God, Creator of All.
Looking back then with what we know today, we know that this was not only a statement to our enemies, but knowing this man and who he is today, it was also a clear cut act of defiance in the very face of God.
Israel went into captivity; and now America has been warned.
But what are we doing, are we heeding this warning?
Back when Israel was delivered into captivity, God allowed a remnant to remain. These were people who were still loyal to Him, kept His ways and still occupied the land.
Like then, I believe that God is calling out a remnant. There are not many of us, maybe a million, possibly two here in the US. I honestly believe that we are being called to return to Him and His true ways.
What are those ways you may ask?
Well to be honest, if you are one who is also feeling the prodding of the holy spirit to prepare, you probably already know that answer deep in your heart.
Some have submitted to the call, but there are some of you who have heard the call, but possibly are not heeding it fully.
What is that call?
Romans 12:1-2 (KJV) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
We are being called to live a holy and acceptable life unto Him.
Now I am not saying that this is how one gets to heaven, it isnt. What I am saying is that if you call yourself a Christian and you have given you life to the Lord, You have responsibility to serve Him. Paul calls it "Your reasonable service" because Christ died for you. Can you repay that? No never, but none the less your responsibility still stands.
What is that responsibility? To "always be ready to share the Hope that is within us" and to "Occupy Till He Returns." Something that has been forgotten these last several generations.
Many of you know that I talk about a "Coming Storm." I even named my book this title "Survive The Coming Storm."
Once the storm does come, and it will, and once it has performed its destruction, and it will; I believe it will be the remnant who will have the chance, that is if we have prepared properly, and stood boldly against the battle, I believe that it will be us who will be key to rebuilding this nation.
It will not be easy. Just as the remnant that was in Israel, it will not be easy with us.
But we have something going for us, that is God's Grace. We are reminded over and over again that His Grace is sufficient for us and that He will never leave us nor forsake us. That is His promise to His children, and those of us who have Jesus Christ as our Savior, makes us His Children, His People.
What might happen? All we can do is look to scripture. A good example is when Nehemiah, the Persian king's cup-bearer inquired about the state of Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 1:3 (KJV) And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
What is interesting is that I have peace in my heart about this.
Why? Because we read the following what it is that we need to do…
Nehemiah 1:4-11 (KJV) And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
God's promise to His people, and we are His people, is that if we keep His Word / commandments (Romans 12:1-2) that He will restore His people to the land dedicated to Him.
Scripture says…
2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV) If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Are You One of His?
I know for a fact that people are being called out, just as the wheat is separated from the chaff, just as the shepherd calls out his sheep from the flock.
God is calling out His remnant.
You may be one who just knows that something is happening. The air is so thick you can cut it with a knife, but you don't know what to do.
You feel like you need to get your life "right" but you do not know where to start.
Like the people of ancient Israel, they had to come to a point knowing that they were not "right" and they had to correct it.
If you are one of these, God is calling you to repentance. He wants you and He loves you. He has great things in store for you in your life, but until you submit your life to Him, you will always feel "lost."
Why? Because you are lost and in fact you will continue to be lost till you do one thing.
That is accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal savior.
You need to come to the realization that you are in fact lost. Just as 2 Chronicles 7:14 states, until you humble yourself and pray, seeking God's Face and turn from your wicked ways, and believing upon Him to forgive you of your sins, you will remain lost.
In being lost you will continue to walk the path of life with that empty feeling, having a "God shaped" hole in your heart that nothing can fill except for Jehovah God himself.
It is pride and defiance that is destroying this nation.
It is that same pride, defiance and sin that will ultimately destroy you. That is unless you believe upon him and come to the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Here is what scripture says…
Romans 3:23 (KJV) For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Rom 6:23 (KJV) For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 John 1:9 (KJV) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV) If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
I Am One of His, What Do I Do?
As I have stated, I strongly believe that God is calling out His remnant. I am a "prepper" also known as a "survivalist." To be honest I have no idea why I have had this huge burden in my heart to prepare for some "coming storm" which I have no idea what it is.
That is until recently.
Now I want to make very clear that I am not a prophet nor a son of a prophet. I am a watchman on the wall and I have been warning of this coming storm for 6-7 years now.
I believe that when the dust finally settles that we will have a chance to make a difference in this nation. How that will come about, I do not know.
Maybe we will help bring back bible preaching and teaching churches. Maybe return God to the classroom, maybe even help in bringing a truly God fearing man to the office of The President of the United States.
I do know that one of the key things that will need to take place is the sharing of the gospel, the blessed Hope of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is that hope that people will need in the coming days. Days which I believe that God will escalate His Judgment against this nation. Not because He hates us and wants to destroy us; no, it is judgment because He loves us and we are His people, a nation dedicated to God.
Like Israel of today who has lost her way, we to have lost our way. We are both the only nations dedicated to God, His Word and to the Lord Jesus Christ the Messiah of the World.
But to do all this that is before us, we need to "Always Be Ready." (1 Peter 3:15)
Always means just that, always. That means to Always be ready in good times and in bad.
God did not drop the ark out of the sky for Noah.
God did not magically fill the grain silos for Joseph either.
We are not on a trek out from Egypt and God is not going to rain manna from heaven.
What God did give us was two hands to work with and a brain to think with. He has provided for us, it is up to us to be good stewards over what He has provided for us.
Like the good stewards talked about in Luke 19, God has given each and every one of us a duty and responsibility.
If we are good stewards we will grow and enrich what the Lord has given us.
God is calling the remnant, those of you out there who have heard this can testify to this fact. Those who have not heeded the warning, well I do not know what to say except are you ready to survive the coming storm?
The storm is coming but I believe we still have a short amount of time to "build our arks."
In the next of my series I will be presenting some incredible evidence pointing to not only 9-11, but also the financial demise of our country. I believe that God has warned us not once, but twice and I believe that if the cycle continues, He will send yet another warning worse than the previous two.
More To Follow…
By Ray Gano
End Notes
1- http://www.themoderntribune.com/john_kerry_speech_after_9_11_-_rebuild_america_and_the_world_trade_center.htm
2 – http://www.alternet.org/911oneyearlater/11683/should_the_twin_towers_be_rebuilt/
3 – http://www.renewnyc.com/content/speeches/Gov_speech_Freedom_Tower.pdf
4 – http://multimedia.belointeractive.com/attack/news/0104zero.html
5 – http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=84922#axzz1oGavy24z
6- http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/07/04/wtc.cornerstone/index.html


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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Announces Opening of New Wing on November 20
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The highly anticipated wing for the Art of the Americas and Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Family Courtyard at the
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(MFA), will open to the public on Saturday, November 20. In celebration, the Museum is hosting a free Community Day to welcome visitors to see The New MFA. The wing and enclosed courtyard are the focal points of the Museums transformational expansion and renovation project, designed by internationally renowned architects Foster + Partners (London). These additions elegantly incorporate a modernist aesthetic into the Museums 1909 Beaux Arts building. The MFAs project represents the most expansive initiative focused on American art and culture happening in the world today. It allows for more than 5,000 works from the Museums Art of the Americas collections to be on view, which more than doubles the number previously displayed. Complementing the wing is a soaring glass courtyardthe Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Family Courtyardone of the most distinctive architectural spaces in Boston, which serves as a dynamic central meeting place within the MFA.
With the opening of the new wing for the Art of the Americas and the Shapiro Family Courtyard, our vision for The New MFA will be realized. These beautifully designed spaces will enrich the visitor experience and set a dramatic stage for the Museums Art of the Americas collections in a unique settingBostonwhere much of this countrys history took shape, said Malcolm Rogers, Ann and Graham Gund Director of the Museum. The MFA chose to collaborate with Foster + Partners because of the firms unparalleled reputation for space planning and its deep understanding of how to best present the Museums great works of art. Foster + Partners has succeeded in not only designing a magnificent addition that is innovative and functional, but also in developing a comprehensive master site plan for the Museum for future generations.
Foster + Partners, the Pritzker prize-winning international studio for architecture, planning, and design, is led by its founder and chairman, Lord Foster, who supervised the design of the MFAs expansion and renovation with Spencer de Grey, Senior Partner and Head of Design, and Michael Jones, Partner.
This has been one of the most fascinating projectshow to combine the constraints of history with a new intervention that will show off the Museums extraordinary collection of American Art in a way that will excite, entrance and educate the MFAs public, said Spencer de Grey. Learning from the Museums original master plan we have re-addressed the balance of the Museum, creating contemporary spaces for the display of the collection and a new heart for the MFA encapsulated in glass.
The MFAs expansion and renovation project will provide additional space for the Museums encyclopedic collections, special exhibitions, and educational programs. It increases the buildings total square footage by 28 percent, from 483,447 to 616,937 square feet. The design by Foster + Partners reestablishes the MFAs important north-south axis envisioned by Guy Lowell, the Museums original architect (18701927), which brings visitors to the heart of the MFA and improves navigation throughout the building. New landscaping surrounding the Museums campus, designed by landscape architects Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd. (Seattle, WA), complements the building. The design, which includes more than 1,000 holly bushes and 50 trees, was inspired by Frederick Law Olmsteds nearby Back Bay Fens, part of his famed Emerald Necklace.
The 121,307-square-foot wing for the Art of the Americas, located to the east of the Museum along Forsyth Way, features a central glass building flanked by two pavilions of glass and granite, one north and one south. Foster + Partners developed a bespoke, state-of-the-art glazing system for the glass with Seele in Germany and worked with Deer Isle granite from Mainethe same stone used in the MFAs original building. This dialogue between the old and new is a signature element for which the architects are renowned. The wings transparent design makes the Museum more welcoming to the surrounding community, and from the top floors of the four-level building, visitors enjoy a sweeping vista of Bostonfrom Fenway Park to the Back Bay skyline.
The Art of the Americas Wing contains 53 galleriestotaling 51,338 square feetwhich include nine period rooms and four Behind the Scenes galleries. Also featured is the 150-seat Barbara and Theodore Alfond Auditoriummeasuring 2,128 square feetfor films, concerts, and lectures, located on the ground level. Adjacent to it are two studio arts classrooms and a seminar room. Additionally, the wing incorporates administrative offices and meeting rooms on the top two levels of the pavilions.
The MFAs wing offers a broad context for American art, expanding the definition to include works from North, Central, and South America that span the course of three millennia, up to the late 20th century. For the first time since the Museums founding in 1870, magnificent works representing all of the Americas are presented together in a wide range of media, including paintings, sculpture, works on paper, furniture, decorative arts, and musical instruments, as well as textiles, fashions, and jewelry.
Galleries are arranged chronologically on the four floors, allowing visitors to travel through time as they rise vertically. They begin on Level LG, which is dedicated to ancient American, Native American, 17th Century, and Maritime Art; Level 1 features 18th-century art of the Colonial Americas and early 19th-century art; Level 2 examines 19th-century and early 20th-century art; and Level 3 presents 20th-century art through the mid 1970s. In the center of each level, large-scale core galleries run along a central spine where key works of art highlight thematic elements of each period. Adding depth and breadth to the broad narratives of these core galleries are additional galleries that run along each side on the north and south.
The new galleries allow us to present our collections in a variety of ways that highlight different periods, cultures, styles, artists, makers, and themes, said Elliot Bostwick Davis, the John Moors Cabot Chair of the Art of the Americas Department at the MFA, who led the departments curatorial staff in the planning and installation of the Museums new wing. We hope visitors will discover a range of objectswhether familiar or entirely new to themthat speak to the breadth, richness, and diversity of artistic expression emanating from the United States and, more broadly, from the Americas.
The wing was designed specifically around the Museums Art of the Americas collections. Many galleries feature walls adorned in rich period colors, sumptuous silk brocades, and imported 18th- and 19th-century wallpapers. Light oak floors from the Pacific Northwest have been used in most of the galleries, and more than 200 climate-controlled display cases made by Goppion of Milan are located throughout the wing. Accommodations have been made for works large and small drawn from the MFAs Art of the Americas collection. On Level 1, where the ceiling height is 15 feet, a special niche was created above one wall of the New Nation Gallery for The Passage of the Delaware (1819), Thomas Sullys monumental painting and the first canvas to be hung in the new Art of the Americas Wing. Allowances had to be made for both the painting (measuring 12 feet high and 17 feet wide) and its massive frame. While most of the galleries are 15 feet high, on Level 3 the core galleries have a 21 5 glass ceiling (with louvered panels to filter light), which allows for the exhibition of large-scale works.
Many iconic works from the Art of the Americas collection are on view in the galleries, including:
Goldwork in the Ancient South America Gallery and patterned ceramics by the ancient Mimbres and Anasazi in the Native North America Gallery
Paul Reveres historic silver Sons of Liberty Bowl (1768), paired with John Singleton Copleys portrait (1768) of the silversmith and patriot in the Colonial Boston Gallery
Winslow Homers charming canvas, Boys in a Pasture (1874), in Homer and Eakins: The Civil War Gallery
More than 40 paintings, watercolors, and drawings by John Singer Sargent, including his masterpiece, The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (1882), in the Sargent Gallery, paired with the two large Japanese vases pictured in the painting
A brilliant stained-glass window by Louis Comfort Tiffany, Parakeets and Gold Fish Bowl (about 1893), showcased in the Aesthetic Movement Gallery
A Folk Art Pictorial quilt (189598) sewn by former slave Harriet Powers
Joseph Stellas spectacular painting Old Brooklyn Bridge (about 1941) in the American Art and Design: The 1920s and 1930s Gallery
Argentinean artist César Paternostos recently acquired bold and vibrant oil Staccato (1965), on view in the Abstraction: A Revolution Gallery
The wings nine period rooms (located on Levels LG, 1, and 2) offer full-scale settings illustrating the lifestyles of several prosperous New Englanders in the 17th through 19th centuries, such as two mid 19th-century rooms from the Roswell Gleason House in Dorchester, Massachusetts, installed within the Museum for the first time. The four Behind the Scenes education galleries give visitors a hands-on, insiders view of the work done by Museum curators and conservators. Digital displays and interactive touch screens in many of the galleries enhance the appreciation of works of art and stylistic periods. In addition, three rotating galleries showcase light-sensitive worksphotographs, prints, and textilessuch as images by Edward Weston and Alfred Stieglitz, prints by Mary Cassatt and James Abbott McNeill Whistler, and Colonial Boston embroideries and samplers.
The Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Family Courtyard, a soaring glass structure enclosing one of the Museums two courtyards, is adjacent to the Art of the Americas Wing. The spectacular light-filled gathering place, where visitors can meet, relax, and dine in the café, affords year-round enjoyment of the outdoors and also serves as a venue for special events. Measuring 12,184-square feet and 63 feet high, the courtyard is almost entirely composed of double- and triple-glazed glass504 large panels, totaling 29,550 square feetsupported by a steel frame. Inside the courtyard, ivory crema luna limestone from France lines the eastern wall where it meets the Art of the Americas Wing and frames the wings floating staircase. Kuru Grey granite from Finland is used for the floor. The courtyard offers a link between the Sharf Visitor Center in the heart of the Museums historic building, and the new wing for the Art of the Americas to the east. Because of its location within the Museums original building, the design for the courtyard incorporates landscaped areas along its north and south perimeters featuring sculpture and plantings.
A new Ann and Graham Gund Gallery for special exhibitions is located below the Shapiro Family Courtyard on Level LG, where it connects to the wing for the Art of Americas. The gallery measures 8,280 square feet and nearly 16 feet high. It incorporates a square, open plan and moveable walls, allowing maximum flexibility for the display of artwork, and features a state-of-the-art lighting system. Adjacent to the gallery is a Museum shop. A wide range of special exhibitions reflecting a variety of cultures and time periods will be presented in the new Gund Gallery. The first exhibition will be Fresh Ink: Ten Takes on Contemporary Chinese Tradition (on view November 20, 2010, through February 13, 2011), which offers a dynamic dialogue between masterpieces of the MFAs collection and newly created works of contemporary Chinese art.
In addition to new construction, the MFAs expansive building project incorporated significant renovations to the Museums historic building, including the State Street Corporation Fenway Entrance to the north and the Huntington Avenue Entrance on the Avenue of the Arts to the south, which reinforced the MFAs original axis. This enhances the ways visitors encounter the Museum and its encyclopedic collections, and offers a coherent plan for navigation throughout the building. Also renovated were the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Visitor Center, numerous galleries, and conservation labs.
The MFAs building team, in addition to Foster + Partners, included CBT/Childs Bertman Tseckares Inc., Boston, architect of record, and John Moriarty & Associates, General Contractor, Boston, construction manager. The project, which broke ground in 2005, was supported by a $504 million campaign, which included $345 million for new construction and renovations, and $159 million for endowment of programs and positions, and annual operations. More than 25,000 people contributed to the campaign, which concluded in 2008.
These ambitious expansion and renovation initiatives underscore the MFAs mission, to make art more accessible and exciting for the more than one million families, school children, college students and adults who come to the Museum each year for inspiration and education, and who value it as a vital community resource. The MFAs enhancements enrich the experience for visitors from Boston and around the world by offering vibrant new spaces and by showcasing works from all of the Americas in a comprehensive new context. In celebration of The New MFA, a number of special events are planned, beginning with the free Community Day on Saturday, November 20. Those individuals interested in a preview are encouraged to support the MFA by becoming a Member and attend special Members Week activities November 1419.
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Barnard College is pleased to offer students the opportunity to participate in a domestic exchange program with prominent historically black college, Spelman College. The program offers students the opportunity to undergo a semester or year-long course of study. This exchange has aided in forming an alliance between these institutions as a means of providing students with a truly enriching and intellectually stimulating experience.
- Student must currently be enrolled in Columbia College, SEAS, or Barnard College.
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings who died early Friday morning following a shootout with police, was arrested in Cambridge in 2009, according to a report obtained by the Cambridge Chronicle.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings who died early Friday morning following a shootout with police, was arrested in Cambridge in 2009, according to a report obtained by the Cambridge Chronicle.
According to the report, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was 22 at the time and living at 410 Norfolk St., was arrested July 28, 2009, on the charges of aggravated domestic assault and battery.
The victim, identified as Tsarnaev's girlfriend at the time by Cambridge Police, called 911 around 1:50 p.m. to report the incident. She was "hysterically crying" and reportedly told the dispatcher that Tsarnaev's had "beat" her up.
Officers were dispatched to the Norfolk Street home, where upon arrival, officers found Tsarnaev and his girlfriend outside waiting with another Cambridge Police officer.
Tsarnaev had reportedly exited his motor vehicle to tell the arriving officer that his girlfriend is the one who called. Officers took Tsarnaev aside to speak with him, at which point he explained that his girlfriend was upset and yelling at him over another girl, according to the report. When asked if he had hit his girlfriend, Tsarnaev reportedly stated, "Yes, I slapped her." Tsarnaev's girlfriend told police that she was hit on the left side of her face, although police reported no visible marks.
Tsarnaev was placed under arrest for domestic assault and battery. The victim was advised of her rights and refused medical attention. Tsarnaev's case was dismissed in 2010, according to Stephanie Chelf Guyotte, communications director for the Middlesex District Attorney's Office.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was Suspect 1 in the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday, April 15. A native of the Chechnya region in Russia and part-time engineering student at Bunker Hill Community College, Tsarnaev had attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School, where during his sophomore year he developed an interest in boxing.
Tsarnaev would later win the Rocky Marciano Trophy for being the New England Golden Gloves heavyweight champion in 2010, according to the Chronicle's news partner WCVB.
Tsarnaev and his brother, 19-year-old Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, known as Suspect 2, moved to Massachusetts approximately a decade ago, according to an uncle.
Media sources reported Friday that Tamerlan Tsarnaev had a wife and a three-year-old daughter.
He was pronounced dead at approximately 1:35 a.m. Friday, April 19, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center after engaging with officers the night before in a firefight. His brother, who is now in police custody, is currently being treated at Mass General Hospital for injuries reportedly sustained in the firefight the night before.
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Our Maternal & Child Health Care Coordination assists moms during and after pregnancy to ensure they have a full-term baby and that mom stays healthy. It helps in many ways, especially through education and addressing the needs of the expectant moms.
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- 1 New Contributions
- 1.1 Introduce Yourself
- 1.2 Code Quality and Citizenship
- 1.3 File a bug to request your contribution
- 1.4 Provide Legal Information
- 1.5 We will assess your contribution
- 1.6 Start a Committer vote for you
- 1.7 Organize your Code
- 1.8 Checkin your code
- 1.9 Provide Build information
- 1.10 Add Component to the Website
- 1.11 Add Documentation to the Wiki
New Contributions
Hi, welcome to the Eclipse Nebula project. We love new contributions. We aim to provide the Eclipse community with a rich set of rich UI compoments. So thank you for considering your contribution.
Before you decide to contribute your code to Eclipse, keep in mind that your code must follow the EPL, Eclipse's Public License. This means that committers and contributors need to follow some rules.
A good overview of what this entails and how this affects you can be read here.
Introduce Yourself
If we don't know you, please take the time to introduce yourself to the Nebula mailing list. Be elaborate. Tell about your contributions, the bugs that you have filed, the patches that you committed. We need to know that you are a good Eclipse Citizen (Although this is not really necessary if you have a killer UI component to contribute ;).
You can subscribe to the mailing list by writing a mail to the mailing list administrator. How this is done is all explained on this page. Tell us what your plans are and what your UI component does. Then wait for the discussion. If nothing happens for a while: be patient and persistent. We love new contributions.
Code Quality and Citizenship
Once part of the Nebula project, your code is visible to thousands of developers. Make sure that you provide quality code. Also make sure that your widget is stable even if your API is not. The work that you provide represents the complete Nebula community. Ask on the list if you are not sure. Take a look at the widget author tips. The user interface is a very important part of any application.
Once you are in the project, take care of your bug reports and make sure that they are followed up. We require that you do not only take care of your own component but also look after the greater Nebula together with the other active committers.
File a bug to request your contribution
You will be instructed by one of the project leads to file a bug against Nebula core in bugzilla. Before you can do that, you need to get an Eclipse account. This can be done on the Bugzilla landing page. Once the account has been created you need to file a bug against Nebula Core.
Here are some example bugs of previous contributions:
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=328836
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=365948
You need to include the source code and additional resources like images and stuff like that (one or more plug-in projects) as an attachement. Only the code that you own and have the copyright. Each source member needs to have the standard EPL header like you see in every Eclipse source. Do not include any third party code. Do not include any zip files in the projects. Just your sources and other resources. You can include somoe additional information like links to the working product or links to screenshots.
In addition, You need to declare that:
- I authored 100% of the content
- I have the right to contribute the content to Eclipse
- I contribute the content under the EPL
Once you are ready, file the bug against Nebula/Core.
Provide Legal Information
If your code is to be distributed from Eclipse, we need to you comply to some legal rules. One of the rules is the inclusion of copyright notices in source code and legal documents in features and plug-ins.
Information about this is described in A Guide to the Legal Documentation for Eclipse-Based Content which is linked from here.
We will assess your contribution
We will take a look at your code to assess the quality. If we have problems with it we will let you know on the bug. We will also do a preliminary check on any IP (Intelectual Property) issues. After this is done, one of the project leads will file a new bug in a separate Bugzilla system known as IPZilla. This bug is called a CQ (Contribution Questionnaire).
Here an automatic scanning of the source will take place. It will be examined on foul words, religious statements, terroristic information and all that. You will also need to declare that you have the rights to the code.
One of the Eclipse PMC members will do some magic and authorize the CQ. After this has been done, we have to wait on the Eclipse legal team to do a triage on the code and give their final OK.
Start a Committer vote for you
Roughly during the same time, you will be voted into the Nebula committer community. This is a process of the community and is in general a formality but you cannot have any votes against you. Once you are voted in, you will be provided with an Eclipse committer ID by the Eclipse Webmasters.
Organize your Code
You will get your own personal slot in the Nebula git repository. we are forked on github and your component will be included into this folder. The official repository is hosted at Eclipse. If you have a really big project, it is also possible to become a sub project of the greater Nebula. You will then operate semi-independent from Nebula and take care of your own builds and repository.
If you are not your own sub project then you will first start in the Nebula incubation area. You will need to provide several components to become part of the Nebula code.
Lets take a look at the structure of the Oscilloscope widget.
- org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.oscilloscope
- This is the main code of this widget. It is included in one project but your UI component can span more than one project. Please follow the namespace and discuss on the mailing list what the best name of the component can be.
- org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.oscilloscope.example
- This is the contribution to the Example view. Every component is required to contribute to the example view. Here you can showcase your widget. Make it as fancy as possible.
- org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.oscilloscope.feature
- The feature project that will contain only your UI component. Please take a look at the contents of other features for inspiration. Make sure to provide the correct naming and descriptions in the feature and follow the same pattern as the other features.
- org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.oscilloscope.snippets
- This contains the snippets for your code. Snippets contain short code examples on how to use your widget. This is mandatory. See other snippet projects for some inspiration.
- org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.oscilloscope.tests
- This contains the unit tests for your component. Obviously this is also mandatory. Please provide a code coverage of at least 80%.
Checkin your code
With your committer account you can check-in your code into git. You will need the ssh link as provided on this page. Once your code is checked in, we have to add you to the build. If you are comfortable with it, see the releng section of the repository and add your component, otherwise drop a line on the list and we are happy to help you with it.
Provide Build information
We use tycho to build the Nebula after every commit. Please take a look at the pom.xml files in the other widgets and apply a copy and paste to your projects. Once you think your product is ready for the main stage, give the list a signal. We will then include your widget in the incubation build. It needs to stay there until it is API stable. If you break the build you break everything. So be careful with what you commit, take a keen eye on the build and fix any build errors as soon as possible.
Here are the links to our current build jobs:
https://hudson.eclipse.org/hudson/job/nebula.nebula/ https://hudson.eclipse.org/hudson/job/nebula.incubation/
Once you are a committer you have access to the build configuration.
Add Component to the Website
Once you are a committer, you are able to checkout the website. If you checkin, the new code is published within 5 minutes. How to check out the Nebula website and make changes is explained here. If you have questions please ask them on the list.
Add Documentation to the Wiki
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Hey joonies,
I hope you all had a faaaaaabulous weekend- only the best for all of you :)
If your Irooni family is anything like mine then you were incredibly sheltered growing up. No rated R movies… PG-13 if your family was feeling generous, no interactions with boys, and sadly, you were EXCUSED from sex-education in junior high and high school.
I was the ONE kid who was forced to go to the library during science class while everyone else got to watch awkward sex-ed videos and read about the female/male genitalia. Instead, I wrote a five-page paper on Osmosis. How exciting. I remember kids coming out of class laughing hysterically at the video they had to watch that day, or poking fun at the teacher for saying "penis" or "pubic hair" in class… and I really hated that I couldn't be a part of it.
While kids were making jokes about blow jobs or holding 2 fingers up, which was supposed to mean "masturbating," I was just lost. I had no idea what any of it meant. Two fingers means masturbating? Sticking your tongue between two fingers means eating out? WHAT THE FUCK IS EATING OUT? What's so dirty about sucking on a popsicle?
These were the questions I struggled with in the ninth grade while the other kids just laughed at their so-called "creativity."
The biggest reason I couldn't understand these references was because I didn't know that girls had another hole that didn't involve peeing. I thought sex was when the penis rubbed against a girl's "private part." Being forbidden to use tampons didn't help my ignorance.
What can you expect when my parent's version of the "sex talk" involved the MOST ridiculous interpretation you can ever imagine. When I asked where babies came from, my parents told me that when you really love someone, you make love (no further details provided). Therefore, I thought "making love" was holding hands at the sushi restaurant (which we only went to on SPECIAL occasions).
So imagine my surprise the first time I ever went to second base (getting "fingered").
It was the summer after ninth grade (told you, I started early… all that censorship didn't keep the curiosity away). I told my parents I was going to dinner with my girlfriends, when really, I was going to meet my ninth grade boyfriend at the movie theaters. We chose an outdated, unpopular movie and sat in the last row. As the movie started, we started kissing and feeling around.
He put his hands in my pants and suddenly, it felt like someone poked a hole in my "private part." I pushed him away and asked him what the fuck he was doing, to which he answered (nonchalantly), "um fingering you…"
That summer day I discovered I had another hole (not including my koon).
The problem with being sheltered is this: I wasn't prepared for ANYTHING. I had to learn the hard way… in the moment. If I had known that there would be some type of penetration, I would have made damn sure that not only were his hands clean, but that it didn't happen at the fucking movie theaters.
What's the point of keeping your kid in the dark? I truly believe that if I had been educated enough to know not just about how people's bodies work… but what the risks or possible outcomes were, then I would have been more inclined to take precautions rather than having my first sexual experience at a public venue.
If I HAD been more aware of SEX, then my experiences COULD have been more closely aligned with this:
Rather than this:
Okay, that's pretty unlikely– sex is always awkward when you first start doing it. But I would have really liked to know that I had a fucking HOLE that boys were going to try to get at. Is that really too much to ask?!
So for all you sheltered joonies out there wondering what sex really means, just remember this:
Don't be afraid to ask questions from someone OTHER than your Irooni mother. Sometimes the best lessons come from experience.
But most importantly, BE SAFE.
Make sure hands are clean and nails are trimmed (just sayin')
Am I the only one who was sheltered enough to NOT know that sex involved penetration?


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Odyssey magazine is an interesting and fun publication for children between the ages of ten and sixteen. If your child is loves learning about science, he or she will enjoy this educational periodical. You will enjoy watching your child read and learn about numerous scientific topics. There are also fun ideas for your child in each issue as well. Order a discount subscription to Odyssey magazine today!
Fun Stuff
In each issue of Odyssey magazine, there are tons of fun things to for your child. Both of you will enjoy reading the creative riddles, hilarious jokes, and solving the puzzles. There are also many ideas for games and experiments that make use of the facts and knowledge that your child gains from every issue that he or she reads. You will love that your child is enjoying reading and learning outside of school.
Scientific Topics
Every issue of Odyssey magazine has a specific theme about which children will enjoy reading. All of the features, articles, and activities in each issue are related to that issue's theme. Past editions have featured the topics: Space Archeology, Migration, Volcanoes, Sharks, and Recycling. Regardless of the topic of the specific issue, your child will enjoy and learn from each one of them!
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In addition to all of the fun stuff and the educational topics, your child will also have the opportunity to enter contests and share his or her own experiences. Odyssey magazine provides kids with many opportunities to be active in their education and to do activities that will help them learn about the world around them and then write in to share those experiences. Your child will love all the contests that will inspire your child to create items to submit to the magazine.
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Campus Police Authority
BPCC is patrolled by both campus police, off-duty and on-duty commissioned Bossier City police officers during all school hours, and normal patrol of the Bossier City Police Department 24 hours a day. Police cars are visible on campus during these hours. Since Campus Police and Bossier City Police are the same, BPCC benefits from their arrest authority.
All crimes occurring in or on the facilities of BPCC shall be reported immediately to any Campus Police Officer or a faculty/staff member who will notify the proper authority.
BPCC has a formal agreement with the Bossier City Police Department to receive reports of criminal activity at off-campus student organizations whose participants are BPCC students, including the student organizations with off-campus housing facilities. The Chief will track the case through its final disposition by the BCPD and file the report accordingly. The Chief of Campus Police shall be responsible for establishing and maintaining files used to report criminal activity for the Uniform Crime Report in accordance with the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990.
BPCC as a Memorandum of Understanding with local law enforcement regarding investigations of sexual assaults.
Getting Help
The Campus Police Department is located in F-104.
In the event of a crime, accident, emergency, or injury occurring on campus, please do the following:
Call 911 if there is a fire or life-threatening medical emergency.
Report the incident to the proper school authority as soon as possible using any of the following:


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BISD clerk arrested on reckless driving, resisting arrest charges
The Beaumont Police Department is currently investigating the recent arrest of a Beaumont Independent School District (BISD) employee working at South Park Middle School. According to incident reports provided by the BPD, South Park Middle School clerk Ashley Bowden was arrested on multiple charges after a police pursuit May 23.
According to BPD Sgt. Rob Flores, Officer Joshua Jackson reported Bowden was driving at a high rate of speed when he signaled with his overhead lights, indicating she should stop. The officer reported that the suspect continued to drive and made a couple of turns as he followed her. Once the woman finally stopped in the 200 block of East Alma Street in Beaumont, she allegedly exited the vehicle and approached the officer in a "belligerent" manner, Flores said. At that point, police said, Bowden went back to the car and proceeded to open the door to the backseat. The officer reported that because he was unsure of why she was reaching into the back of the car and because she was not following his instructions, he feared for his safety and took her to the ground to restrain her, placing her in handcuffs. Flores said at that point, the officer observed an unsecured child lying across the back seat of the vehicle.
At the time of the incident, Bowden was arrested for resisting arrest/search, failure to identify, reckless driving and endangering a child. That last charge was reduced to driving with an unsecured child.
The recent arrest was Bowden's second. A database search uncovered a drug-related arrest on Feb. 21, 2011. Bowden pleaded "no contest" to Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana charges. She paid a $200 fine and received six months deferred adjudication probation, which she completed without further incident, according to the database.
Bowden said she intends to contest the May 23 arrest and pending charges associated. In a phone interview, she said she has hired an attorney and has video of the incident that she feels exonerates her and proves she was the victim of "police brutality."
"Y'all don't even know the case. It's an accusation," Bowden said. "I do have a case, but I am not able to talk about it until further investigation. The investigation is open. I don't have the video turned in, and I don't have my witnesses turned in… That's not right."
Police are still investigating.
Sharon Brooks can be reached at (409) 832-1400, ext. 241, or by e-mail at sharon [at] theexaminer [dot] com.


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Minor League Player Strikes Out on One Pitch [VIDEO]
It turns out 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' got it wrong.
You don't always need '1-2-3 strikes' to be out in a baseball game. Sometimes it just takes one.
During a recent minor league game between the Midland Rock Hounds and Corpus Christi Hooks, Rock Hounds third baseman Vinnie Catricala didn't like a strike call from home plate umpire Ron Teague, and he let him know about it.
After a short argument, Catricala steps out of the batter's box, and the ump decides to step in, continuing to call strikes on Catricala, who, in the ump's opinion, was taking too long to resume play.
It's seldom-used Rule 6.02 (c), which reads as follows.
If the batter refuses to take his position in the batter's box during his time at bat, the umpire shall call a strike on the batter.
The ball is dead, and no runners may advance.
After the penalty, the batter may take his proper position and the regular ball and strike count shall continue.
If the batter does not take his proper position before three strikes have been called, the batter shall be declared out.
Comment: The umpire shall give the batter a reasonable opportunity to take his proper position in the batter's box after the umpire has called a strike pursuant to Rule 6.02(c) and before the umpire calls a successive strike pursuant to Rule 6.02(c).
The key wording is 'reasonable opportunity'. If you put a stopwatch to it, Catricala was out of the box for 3.9 seconds.
Was the ump a little hasty here? Perhaps.
I know one thing: Major League hitters better hope Ron Teague never gets promoted to work the plate in the big leagues. Considering how much time some hitters in MLB spend out side the box between pitches, you might see a slew of one-pitch strikeouts on SportsCenter every night!


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This individually designed 'castle' villa provides the ultimate holiday accommodation for a family or a group of friends. It is situated close to the entrance of La Manga Club and has fantastic views from its terraces across to the Mar Menor. The main house has 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms (3 of which are en-suite), 2 living rooms, 2 dining rooms, and is fully air conditioned. The private pool is on a large terrace and there is a pool 'day room' with an open plan kitchen and living area, and shower room. Wireless internet connection is included in the price for this amazing villa. It is likely however that coverage will be limited to the downstairs.
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Along a corridor are 3 bedrooms. The first bedroom has twin beds and use of the separate shower room. The second bedroom also has twin beds and an en-suite shower room. Patio doors lead out to the graveled garden. The spacious master bedroom is elegantly furnished. It has a king size bed and an en-suite bathroom with a large bath with shower over and twin wash basins.
From the hallway, steps lead up to the turret living room which has a flat screen TV and cinema system. Steps then lead up to the 4th bedroom which has a double bed and an en-suite bathroom with a free standing 'tub' bath with handheld shower. Patio doors lead to a unique castle style wrap around balcony which provides fantastic views across the resort and to the Mar Menor. The balustrade is low in places and therefore extra care is required when accessing this area.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- The men's cross country team earned a 14th place finish at the Illinois State University Illinois Intercollegiate Championships on Saturday, featuring a top-50 finish from Coree Woltering.
Woltering placed 47th with a time of 26:28 at a pace of 5:20 per mile.
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Portals in Libraries A Symposium: Symposium Summary
Roy Tennant is user services architect at the California Digital Library (CDL). He can be reached at email@example.com.
Sarah Michalak is university librarian and associate provost for university libraries at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Roy Tennant of the California Digital Library and Sarah Michalak of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill summarized the day's activities and presentations at the conclusion of the Portals In Libraries: A Symposium.
Tennant offered a short summary called "Slouching Toward the Ideal Portal." He began by reminding the audience to define the term portal when using it because it means different things to different people. He described the characteristics of excellent portals, mentioning, among other things, that they should contain everything the user wants and nothing that the user doesn't want (as an unattainable but worthy goal). Learn-ability, customizability, freshness and interaction were other words he used in his description. Tennant went on to address the challenges to building an excellent portal. He spoke of the importance of interface design, good project management and the need to set an appropriate depth and breadth to the portal project. He also emphasized the notion of "casual personalization" or the ability of the portal to provide personalized content with a minimal amount of direct input from the user.
Tennant also covered development strategies and technical implementation, summarizing the important points made by earlier presenters and placing a heavy emphasis on user needs assessment and usability testing. He did mention one caveat with respect to needs assessment. People don't always know what's possible, so it's not always necessary to give them exactly what they ask for. We also need to bring our own knowledge and experience to the table in creating compelling user services. He also issued other warnings regarding the portal development process. For example, while he agreed that institutional collaboration was a good, and in many cases a necessary thing, it does have inherent problems. He specifically mentioned problems and delays arising from internal politics and the "war for screen real estate."
Tennant identified appropriate software applications as key technologies for integration:
Much, if not most, of this software is still at an early stage of development, and deep integration between information resources is elusive and likely to remain an ongoing struggle.
In the course of his talk, Tennant mentioned several websites with portal characteristics that he found particularly appealing. Among them were Amazon.com and its ability to make book suggestions based on a user's past choices, the Yorba Linda Public Library site and its creative use of RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds and the Research Library Group's recently introduced Redlightgreen site (www.redlightgreen.org) which exhibits many good traits of a site well-designed for its target audience. His final admonition was to think in terms of interoperable building blocks, from which various portal services could be constructed or reconfigured to match changing needs and opportunities.
Sarah Michalak concluded the session with her summarization of the symposium and the following observations.
The most notable characteristic of the presentations in the symposium is that every speaker addressed user considerations in choosing, configuring and implementing systems. Portals are of interest to librarians in the first place because users lack an effective way to navigate multiple online information resources, and librarians are committed to finding a solution to that problem. Key concepts addressed by speakers throughout the day were usability, self-navigation, self-sufficiency, personalization and identifying content that is vital to the user (like grades, for instance). As one speaker said, "It's not about the portal it's about the customer and improving service to ensure enduring relationships with clients."
A second theme was the portal's potential ability to unify and integrate information resources for easier user access. Integration requires extensive configuration of multiple kinds of software, but the benefits to users are worth the investment. The audience was urged to consider the qualities and characteristics of the information we want to unify. Achieving the single-query search probably will require us to reorganize our online systems and the information they convey. Powerful tools such as the OpenURL resolver will help achieve apparent seamlessness, but at this stage of development they are quite complicated to implement and require a great deal of work.
Throughout the day speakers presented examples of portals or portal-like systems that exemplify what they consider to be desirable features. It is clear that not every institution working with a portal has the same definition. But it is just as clear that the portal concept is pushing librarians to think in new ways about information retrieval by our users, as well we should be doing. As Roy Tennant has said, "Librarians talk about searching; users just talk about finding."
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Promoter Steve Wood is hoping fight fans will turn out in numbers for his next Liverpool show, on May 24 at The Olympia, after promising some of the city's brightest fighting talent will be pushed on, and are now ready to step up to championship level.
Wood, who has been promoting shows and developing Merseyside talent since the early 1990s, has some of Liverpool's best, young boxers in his VIP Promotions stable and says now is the perfect time to jump on-board and follow them on their journey's.
"It's a great time for boxing in Liverpool with the likes of David Price and Tony Bellew leading the way. They've got the fans interested and we've got a really talented group of exciting, young pros who will achieve similar things," stated Steve.
"It's always difficult when you're building up a prospect because they have to be matched right to learn their trade and that doesn't always make for exciting bouts. It's great though that these lads are all at similar stages in their careers and are now ready to be stepped up at the same time.
"We're looking to up the rounds and match them all tougher for this upcoming show and that will be really exciting and entertaining for the fans, and for the boxers. It's sink-or-swim time."
'Battle in the City' will be topped by a 22-year-old who many are predicting could, one day, win a world title – James 'Jazza' Dickens. Undefeated in 14 fights, with five KOs, the English super-bantamweight champion is one of the UK's most exciting fighters and has had fans and pundits raving with his performances. With no-one available to contest his English strap, 'Jazza' will fight for the British Masters title at the Olympia against Dai Davies. The tough Welshman recently pushed former Olympian, Joe Murray, all the way and will be desperate to cause an upset against Dickens.
Also appearing on the bill will be a number of other future champs:
Dickens' training partner, Ryan Farrag, has lost just once - to British bantamweight champion, Lee Haskins - in nine outings and holds an amateur win over Olympic gold medallist Luke Campbell.
Former England star, Nathan Brough, is undefeated in nine and will take on come-backing, former WBU 'world' champ Graham Earl. If light-welter Nathan wins he could set himself up for a British title eliminator on the big David Price bill in July.
Carl 'Dynamite' Dilks was in a cracking fight last time out when he gave Rocky Fielding plenty of trouble before being stopped for the English super-middleweight belt. The Olympia card will see Carl's return at light-heavyweight, where it is hoped a couple of wins will get him into contention for domestic honours.
Undefeated fighters, cruiserweight Louis Cuddy and light-heavyweight Wayne Adeniyi, are starting to make waves in their respective divisions and will both appear; while Ricky Hatton will also be at the show with his Irish protégé, Ryan Burnett.
"'Jazza' is not to be missed," said Wood, "and if you haven't had the chance yet to see him box live then you're in for something special. The other lads on the show are also going to go a long way and we'll really start seeing what they're all about now they'll be fighting better opponents.
"We know it's a tough time financially for a lot of boxing fans so we've hopefully pitched this show just at the right time with it being after the big Tony Bellew show last month and before David Price's upcoming date in July.
"I am genuinely excited by this card. There'll be some great fights and I'm hoping the fans will come out and support these local fighters who all work really hard. We've got a really good mix on this show, with really well-known names alongside young fighters who are just starting on their journeys.
"If you've never been to a boxing show before then this is a great first one to come to. The atmosphere will be really friendly, the fights entertaining, and you'll be hooked and want to watch the boxers again as they fight to get to the top."
'Battle in the City', at Liverpool's Olympia on May 24, will be topped by the English super-bantamweight champion, James 'Jazza' Dickens. The undercard will be packed with Merseyside talent including Ryan Farrag; Nathan Brough; Louis Cuddy;Wayne Adeniyi; Carl Dilks; Dean Swanson; Steven Lewis; Tom Carus, and Phil Smith. Also appearing will be Belfast'sRyan Burnett.
Tickets, priced at £30 (General) and £50 (Ringside), are available from all boxers or at www.vipbe.co.uk
Keep updated on VIP Promotions' news by visiting www.vipboxing.com or follow on Twitter @vipboxing and Facebook. Currently, you can also watch free fights at www.vipboxing.tv
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The 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) ordered the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to raise fuel economy standards to 35 miles per gallon by 2020. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lisa Jackson granted California's request for a waiver to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards for passenger cars. In September 2009, the two agencies issued a joint proposal to regulate fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles. The proposal would require passenger cars and light trucks to reach an average of 35.5 miles per gallon and 250 grams of carbon dioxide per mile in 2016.
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Picnic Boulder
Park at the Bosduif picnic spot and walk along the road for about 150m. Turn to the left and walk across the veld to the obvious boulders. The Picnic Boulder may be recognised by the large 'scoop' that appears to have been taken out of the left-hand side of the boulder as you approach it. The anchors can be reached by scrambling up the back of the boulder
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FA: Mike Cartwright and Grant Murray (1993) The east face of the boulder has an overhanging scoop. Start just to the right of the scoop and climb up, tending slightly left to the anchors.
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BREAKING: Casper Hostage Suspect Identified
Updated: 3:30 pm
Prosecutors have charged twenty-year old Jacob Dziewic with one count of Felony Possession of a Firearm, three counts of Felonious Restraint, and one count of Aggravated Assault.
According to investigators, one of the hostages told them that herself, her boyfriend and three other people were visiting Dziewic at the hotel, the night before.
Dziewic and another person left for awhile and came back with a suitcase full of drugs and also starting showing off their guns.
The two later refused to allow anyone to leave and police arrived on scene a short time later.
Prosecutors say Dziewic was on probation at the time, on an unrelated charge.
He is being held on two-hundred thousand dollars bond awaiting trial.
One person is dead in connection to the hostage situation at a west-side Casper hotel.
Police say one person is dead and one person is in custody following a day long armed standoff at the Casper west-side Super 8 Hotel.
Casper Police Chief Chris Walsh says the unidentified male took his own life, near the end of the standoff.
Four hostages were released unharmed during the negotiations.
Chief Walsh says police got a call at around 6 AM Tuesday, August 21st, regarding suspicious activity.
When officers arrived at the hotel, they were informed that it was a hostage situation, and there were six people in a room at that time.
"Two individuals were the suspects and then four people were being held there, against their will. Throughout the day, negotiations were conducted and four of who we believe were hostages were released unharmed and ultimately at the end of the day, we were able to talk out one of those that we believe was a suspect in there. Towards the end of the day at around four o'clock, the remaining person inside the room, appears to have taken his own life."


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Four players from the Lower Coastal Soccer Academy have been selected to 2012-2013 South Carolina Olympic Development teams.
Trent Garbett made the 2000 Boys team. He will head to sub-regionals Jan. 4-6 in North Carolina. Christian Polcari, Mrco Filous and A.J. Kestler made the 2001/2002 Boys team.
Garbett, Polcari, Filous and Kestler will travel to Columbia throughout the next year to train with their state coaches for U.S. Youth Soccer Region III events.
The Olympic Development Program is designed to identify players of the highest caliber for the purposes of developing their skills and abilities and creating sustained success for the U.S. national teams at the international level.
Annual Polar Bear 5K set for New Year's Day
The sixth annual Bluffton New Year's Day Polar Bear 5K is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Jan. 1 at Publix in Buckwalter Place.
The race's new course will take participants through Buckwalter Place and onto Buckwalter Parkway and Bluffton Parkway.
All participants in the Polar Bear 5K will receive a race T-shirt. The 5K run and fitness walk will be chip-timed. Awards will be presented to the top overall and age group finishers. There will also be a one-mile dog and health walk. The event will include a block party, award ceremony and post-race celebration.
Health walk entry fees: $10 if post-marked by Thursday, $15 on race, $25 for a family of four (Pre-registration only; must use print and mail application. One payment with four completed applications. Deadline is Thursday).
5K run and fitness walk entry fees: $25 if post-marked Dec. 27, $25 online through Friday, $30 on race day, $85 for a family of four (Pre-registration only; must use print and mail application. One payment with four completed applications. Deadline is Thursday).
Race day registration is 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. only.
The event will benefit Palmetto Animal League and the Bluffton Fins swim team.
Online registration and print applications are available at www.bearfootsports.com/BlufftonPolarBearRun.htm.
Gridiron Alumni plans football games
Alumni football is coming to Bluffton. Gridiron Alumni is planning several full-contact alumni football games in the area.
Gridiron Alumni travels the nation, pitting old football rivals against each other one more time. The organization is putting together teams from Bluffton, Hilton Head Island, Battery Creek and Beaufort. Games are set for early spring.
The first 40 players to sign up for each team get to play. The team that gets 30 people registered first gets home field advantage. For more information, go to www.gridironalumni.com or call Chris at 530-410-6396.
Gridiron Alumni was founded in 2010 and has raised more than $150,000 for schools and charities.
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St. Gregory the Great Catholic School will hold its second Run with the Ravens 3 Mile Resolution Run/Health Walk at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Pinckney Colony fields.
Cost is $10 per runner/walker (no charge for children in strollers). The first 300 participant will receive a SGGCS water bottle. There will be refreshments, music, door prizes, and prizes for the top runners.
Checks should be made payable to SGGCS and returned to the school office in an envelope marked "Ravens Run."
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