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Ray Romano spent the first 38 years of his life in Queens — mostly Forest Hills, where his parents did, indeed, live with his NYPD sergeant brother. (Romano himself didn't move out until he was 29.) "I grew up in a neighborhood where you knew your neighbor, you knew the guys on this block, you didn't like the guys on the other block and everybody met at the school yard. On Saturday, Romano — who recently joined the cast of NBC's "Parenthood" — arrives back in town to perform at the "Garden of Laughs" show at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, benefitting the Garden of Dreams Foundation, which creates once-in-a-lifetime experiences for underprivileged children. He'll appear with some of his oldest comedian friends, including Darrell Hammond and Wanda Sykes, who were also regulars on the New York stand-up comedy circuit. This is his New York.
1. Comedy Cellar, 117 MacDougal St., at Third Street
"It's where I started stand-up. You go downstairs, and it's kind of funky and cool. It's got a little bit of everything: your New York crowd, your Jersey crowd, your tourist crowd, your trendy Village crowd. It's a great place to learn how to be a stand-up, because it's very intimate — there's no hiding. If you can make it and be a regular and get laughs there, you're really a true comedian. I'll probably [drop in for a set] while I'm here. It all depends on how much my wife doesn't want me to go."
2. Olive Tree Cafe & Bar, 117 MacDougal St., upstairs from the Comedy Cellar
"It's Middle Eastern food — great falafel and chicken kabob. I go back now with my kids. I'll do a set downstairs, and then we go upstairs and get the chicken wings, because they are without a doubt the best wings I've ever had. They're juicy, plump. The sauce has a bit of bite to it. When I'm done eating them I'm sad, because I know I'm going back to LA, and I'm not gonna get them for a while."
3. Cafe Wha?, 115 MacDougal St., between Third and Bleecker streets
"It used to be owned by the same people who owned the Cellar. There's this cool house band, the Cafe Wha? Band, that's just great. They play cover songs. Comedians used to go hang out down there after doing a set. I loved that band so much that on my 50th birthday, my wife had a surprise party for me here in LA, and she flew them in to play at my birthday party."
4. Dylan's Candy Bar, 1011 Third Ave., at 60th Street
"We always make a trip there and load up on stuff. [Most of] my kids are a little older, but I still have a 14-year-old. When you go there, they ask celebs to make their own candy mix. So I'm up on the wall with my own little candy mix. I threw some Reese's Peanut Butter Cups in there, and maybe some assorted fudges. Fudge is a funny word. Also, maybe some jelly or gummy fish."
5. Juniper Valley Park, Juniper Boulevard at 80th Street, Middle Village, Queens
"After I got married I moved to Middle Village, and Juniper Park became this activity center for me because it was where I brought my kids to play and do their thing. It was also where I went to go jogging, and you could also hit golf balls because they had huge grass areas. So it became a nice place for me to try not to get too fat."
6. White Castle, 43-02 Queens Blvd., Sunnyside
"After a night out, we might also end up at White Castle. Hamburgers were 15 cents then. For $5, we'd get 30 of 'em. I don't think I've ever been there before 3 in the morning — or sober."
7. Lillian Pizzeria, 9601 69th Ave., Forest Hills, Queens
"This was my neighborhood pizza place. It's five blocks from where I grew up. I've been going there since I was 15 and the same people, Tony and Lillian, own it now, 40 years later. It's great New York pizza. Here's how long ago I started going there: My mother would give me a dollar. The slices were a quarter, so I would get three slices of pizza and then a Coke for 15 cents, and I'd still have a dime for the jukebox. Lillian and Tony knew everybody in the neighborhood, and you were kind of a family."
8. Pastrami King, formerly at 124- 24 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens. Now 196 Merrick Rd., Long Isand
"We would go there late at night, after the bars close. We would just get their French fries, because they were very thick and very long — the size of nunchucks."
9. Marine Park Golf Course, 2880 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn
"You had to take a hammer sometimes to get your tee in the ground, but as a beginning golfer you were just happy to be out there on an 18-hole course, and it didn't cost much. My kids are taking up golf and I keep telling them how spoiled they are, playing at clubs where everything is pristine. We played right off the Belt Parkway, where if you hit a bad shot, you had a chance of hitting a truck. Or the Verrazano Bridge."


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The Smith Cemetery is a two-acre cemetery and currently has no lots available. Future growth is not anticipated. In recent years there has been many improvements to the look of the cemetery. A new fence has been installed, a paved road through the cemetery has been added, and new landscaping was planted.
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Btrfs is a new copy on write (COW) filesystem for Linux aimed at implementing advanced features while focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy administration. Jointly developed by Oracle, Red Hat, Fujitsu, Intel, SUSE and many others, Btrfs is licensed under the GPL and open for contribution from anyone.
Recent Developments and News Links
- Summary of Chris Mason's talk from LFCS 2012
- On 2012-03-28, btrfs-progs includes btrfsck, a tool that can fix errors on btrfs filesystems.
- Oracle has packaged this version of btrfs-progs and released it to their customers of Oracle Linux 6 and backported to 5.
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/ (root). The hook will ensure that the chosen root device from the kernel command line is intact and safe to boot. If root is not a BTRFS device, the hook is quietly skipped.
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Format a New Partition to Btrfs
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- Boot a live CD (Arch for example)
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Hey all,
I'm sure most of you think i have given up on DX. Its been months since I posted
anything on DX scripting, or creation. Just been working my butt of out-of-town
for most of the past 4 months.
Actually I'm sitting in a hotel room right now. Anyway, I was looking at something the other
day and wondered how many little SIMPLE tricks are hidden in DX. I was talking
to miksama the other day and he pointed sent me some cool things.
I wanted to share some things that not everyone might know about, or even use.
If you know one of these and have been using it forever, goodie, show us
something you think we dont know about. I want this it be an ongoing article
with lots of user input.
These will require that you know at lease some basics of scripting in DX. If you
don't you might want to do a simple Google search for DesktopX Tutorials, I hear
SOMEONE spent a great deal of time on some.
Lets get this started with a few 1 liners.
You want to ping a web site and get the resulting time to site.
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object.text = x & " ms"
Want to change your wallpaper?
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0 = use
default wallpaper
1 = Center wallpaper
2 = Tile wallpaper
3 = Stretch wallpaper
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System.SetWallpaper Object.Directory & "wall1.jpg", 2
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System.SetWallpaper "", 0
'This will restore the original wallpaper.
Say you want to dump something from DX to the windows clipboard?
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I believe this works only with TEXT, not images, but i could be
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Ok, want a fast way to set your volume to 10? or 90? or mute it completely?
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system.Volume = 90
'or mute it
Want to dump the contents of a file to a text string?
Only param=1 is currently
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Ok, this is simple, dump the contents of a string into a file.
Only param=1 is
currently supported.
txtstring = "This is the text string, could have anything in here" & vbnewline & "even on a second line"
System.SimpleWrite "C:\temp\output.txt", txtstring, 1
These are just a few simple
SYSTEM tricks. What do you have up your DX sleeve?
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Bye Good: the mockumentary
Obviously. It was a joke. Some kind of lame construct to expose something about Hollywood, something about the way everyone reacted to his behaviour, his attempt to become a rapper. Like there was any question that it was a poorly conceived "artiste" endeavour concocted by guitar and candlelight one night when Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck were lamenting their superiority over their celebrity peers. Didn't we all know it was a stunt?
Well, actually, I got yelled at a lot last year when I ragged on his ass for his douchery. Many people thought he was sad smut, that it was a meltdown unfolding before our eyes. While Casey Affleck, his brother in law, stood accomplice? Please. No. It's just easier to believe that someone is suffering because the alternative is that they just suck.
Did you pity him?
If you did he now wants you to pay to watch it. Deadline is reporting that Casey has finally finished cutting the mockumentary and that there was a screening last week for potential buyers. Harvey Weinstein was there. Apparently it'll sell quickly and everyone has been sworn to secrecy to protect the brilliance of this amazing piece of performance art.
Right. So now he's Sacha Baron Cohen? Sit DOWN Joaquin Phoenix.
As I wrote last year, you don't get to enjoy the excess of being an actor, in the town that made you, enables you to take months and months off whenever you want, and pursue arty farty projects while condescending to the Hollywood that feeds your condescension, and complain about the hypocrisy all at the same time. Or, well, you do, but then that means you're just part of it. And if you're part of it, how authentic is the mock?
What did Joaquin Phoenix do last night? He was in Hollywood. At Bardot. Photos are attached of him leaving the lounge after a night of partying. See that face? That's the face of a mean bitch.
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One other thing we learned from this episode: Schierke says the field is enchanted by Gnomes, which are earth elementals the earth equivalent to wind's sylphs, water's undines, fire's salamanders. So, now we know all four!
Wonder if it's Morda, like the village in England. But what's in a name anyway? I'm really looking forward to more from her.
The three witches seem to imply that witches solely exist on the island, and that could bring out an interesting point on what exactly are the witches (if they're humans with power or more in lines the same race as elfs or mythical entities).
Morda and Molda are both possible of course, although I don't think any random village played a role in naming the character. Funnily enough, the spelling in Japanese is also close to that of Mulder (モルダー), from the X-Files.
That was my initial thought. Could it be an X-files reference? No shame in that.
It's an ancient relic that was lying around. The witch used it against the rules because the group had defeated their usual defenses.
Hello everyone! Long time lurker here. Finally decided to join up after a recent re-read and getting caught back up after a few years not staying current with the manga. Thanks for the registration approval, admins. Been enjoying the podcast too.
Does anyone think there may be some negative consequences going forward about how the wicker man was handled?
Maybe it's forbidden for a reason, like keeping the spirits contained from the island?
Second, the final panel shows all the spirits flying up like they are released after being trapped inside for however long. [...] it could be used as a plot device to keep them from wasting too much time on the island with the time flow issue.
Negative consequences for Molda maybe, but for Guts and friends? No.
The trapped spirits were indeed released but we can assume they'll just move on. I don't think it will be used as a plot device, first because it's not necessary and second because I don't see how those spirits would pose any problem to them.
I had it in my head leading up that Skellig would be a safe haven for the party once they got there. As we see, that hasn't been the case so far.
That was my concern. That the spirits wouldn't just move on. That they might start to wreak havoc on the island and that the wicker man was not to be used in order to keep them contained. Just speculation.
Something else that occured to me, now that we have confirmation on all four elemental names, I wonder if the inhabitants of the island send the members of the party on their way with a couple more pieces of armor/weapon that are enchanted with undine and gnome powers? Might be cool to see someone like Azan get a gnome-powered weapon.
isn't really groundbreaking
I don't see how it ties in with the group getting new equipment
decade old speculation
Sorry. I started reading in 2007, and don't think I found this site until a year later maybe? I can't remember.
For the ones who are interested, the Digital Edition of YA n.1 is finally out
Hi all, new to the forum as well!
thankfully I didn't have to deal with the age of boat as much as most around here did. I kind of know how it must have felt though.
I've been a big fan of the asoiaf series for much, much longer, and Martin and Miura seem to have some things in common in concern to meeting fan expectations on time tables.
Hi all, new to the forum as well!I started reading the manga about 2 years ago, so thankfully I didn't have to deal with the age of boat as much as most around here did. I kind of know how it must have felt though.
They have not been travelling on Roderick's ship for that long. They embarked in volume 32, and arrived at their destination in volume 38. And a big part of those volumes has taken place on Griffith's side. Besides, the events that took place while they were at sea have been pretty damn cool I think. Some great character development, a couple of cool sea battles, and a little horror story on a mysterious, creepy island with a dark secret (that technically did not occur "on the ship").Anyway, since I'm at it, let me give you the rundown of the episodes featuring Guts in those volumes:Volume 32: The last episode of this volume is the first one of the group at sea. It focuses on overall character development.Volume 33: Four episodes with Guts. Two focus on very important character development, and two are a gorgeous sea battle.Volume 34: No episodes featuring Guts.Volume 35: Eight episodes with Guts. Three for the sea battle against the Ghost Ship, five on land (exploring the Solitary Island, character development, etc.).Volume 36: Nine episodes on land (character development, introduction of new elements, fight against the Sea God).Volume 37: Seven episodes with Guts. Three on land (end of the Sea God battle), three showing a super cool flashback about Guts, one at sea acting as epilogue for the Solitary Island's events and a recap of sorts.Volume 38: Only the last episode features Guts, and it starts with the group's arrival at Skellig, therefore ending the sea voyage.So in total, the entire sea trip takes up 30 episodes, which is roughly 3 volumes if you put them back to back. However, if you only count the time they're actually "on the boat" (not counting the island or the flashback), there it's just one single volume. And it'd still be selling Berserk extremely short to pretend amazing things don't take place in every single one of those episodes. They're densely packed with cool stuff to take full advantage of the setting, with the bulk of the actual journey happening off-page. And honestly, it would have been a monumental waste to not feature the sea journey at all (and people would have complained). It also wouldn't have appropriately conveyed its actual length and the distance traveled. Plus the story would have not featured Guts for several volumes. So basically it doesn't hold water.
I was more referring to the amount of real life time that it took for the arc to complete, not so much their pace (which I personally had no issue with). I will say however that while I enjoyed it, the boat arc did feel more "filler-ish" than any other to me, which is pretty reminiscent of A Dance With Dragons. Martin was originally going to do a two year time skip and go straight to The Winds of Winter, but eventually decided that to much information would be left unknown to readers (among other things) if that occurred. So he wrote ADWD which took several years... then threw it out and started over again, and several more years passed before it was published and asoiaf fans were left with what was certainly a decent addition to the series, but arguably the most lackluster (generally fans are split between ADWD and A Feast For Crows being "the worst"). Now several years have gone by and there are no solid signs that George is going to be ending his hiatus any time soon, and Miura just started another one of significant length.And then to boot, Berserk is soon getting what will probably be a lackluster show adaptation, and the upcoming GoT season will probably be the worst one because the show writers have finally passed up the books and are probably not going to come even close to doing the story justice like Martin can.
I hope we get a release date for Volume 38 soon!
Anyways with the bitching out of the way. I would like to say in light of pucks recent tales about his heroism, and his astonishing ability to connect with guts, and the many other mysteries that surround him, we might just be looking at puck becoming our fairy king...I know some might say pretty far fetched, but Puck has shown himself to be very secretive about things that matter, biggest example being the feelings that guts hides within himself that no one, not even Schierke, knows about thus far. So i personally can't wait to see the big reveal there. Moonlight boy, or Puck, or SkullKnight, or someone new alltogether. This is gonna be crazy!
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The gear shown below is all fairly easy to aquire as well, minus the shoulders which really rely on having a little bit of good luck. There are some other more easily obtainable shoulders that would look very nice with this mog though; I've listed them further down in this post.
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Mask of the Unforgiven - The Unforgiven, Stratholme
Forgotten Mantle of the Moon - can drop from any boss in Throne of Thunder (Raid Finder)
Dark Leather Cloak - Leatherworking (110)
Warpwood Bark Vest - quest reward from Alzzin the Wildshaper, Dire Maul
Prospector's Mitts - level 15 - 20 world drop
Chillhide Bracers - Baroness Anastari, Stratholme
Murloc Scale Belt - Leatherworking (90)
Replica Shadowcraft Pants - vendor Barum, Darkmoon Island (cost: 75 Darkmoon Prize Tickets)
Shadowstep Striders - Harbinger Skyriss, The Arcatraz
Haunting Call - trash drop in Naxxramas (25)
See this transmog on other race models: Wowhead item comparison of this set
Alternative Shoulders (shown above from left to right):
Trep's Shoulderguards - quest reward from Elemental Power Extraction, Netherstorm
Demon Hide Spaulders - Outland dungeon trash/world drop
Rockshard Pauldrons - Ancient Stone Keeper, Uldaman
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The Impossible Dream - Loatheb/Gluth, Naxxramas
Shomi's Fan - quest reward from Make A Fighter Out of Me
Masterwork Phantasmal Hammer - Blacksmithing (575)
Jaina's Staff - Echo of Jaina, End Time
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A few wins away from even making the 2012 Friends Schools League playoffs in girls basketball, Germantown Friends was able to close out its 2013 FSL season with an appearance in the semifinals last Wednesday, when GFS faced another franchise whose stock is on the rise.
Falling behind by eight points in the first period, the Tigers kept themselves in the game and only trailed host Abington Friends by five (25-20) going into the fourth quarter. Shooting nine-for-nine at the free throw line in that final stanza, the second-seeded AFS Kangaroos pulled away to win, 46-30.
"Obviously, the final score doesn't reflect how close the game was most of the way," remarked first-year GFS head coach Ashley Webster. "I told my girls how proud I was of them; they put so much heart and so much effort into that game."
The scenario followed by the two teams was similar to that seen in their regular-season meeting, when Abington generated much of its 14-point margin of victory (50-36) in the fourth period. The Kangaroos were the last team to make the Friends League tournament a year ago, and fell to champion Shipley School in the semifinals. This winter, Abington was the second-place squad in the regular season, succumbing only to Shipley for an FSL record of 7-1.
The only setbacks in league play for Germantown Friends came against AFS and the Shipley Gators, who are also the defending Pa. Independent School champions. Following Wednesday's semifinal, the Tigers were 11-9 overall, and the Kangaroos, 19-6.
Abington had prepared well for the inside/outside offensive threats for GFS, junior forward Caroline Myran and freshman point guard Lizzie Becker, who can be dangerous from three-point range.
After the semifinal was over, AFS coach Jeff Bond noted "Yesterday we watched the film of our first game with them, and we felt that we would have some success against their offense if we played them man-to-man. We knew that Myran and Becker were tough stops defensively and I thought our girls did a pretty good job on them."
The Tigers' Webster commented, "They were all over Lizzie, which we knew was going to happen. We needed other people to step up and they did. Sophie [Mercuris, a senior guard] hit some big jump shots, and Caroline played awesome inside. Lizzie had a couple shots outside, but they just didn't fall. Early in the game we worked so hard for offensive rebounds, and we couldn't get the put-backs to go in."
GFS missed its first eight field goal attempts before Mercuris assisted on a lay-up by senior classmate Katherine Walden more than four minutes into the action. Fortunately for the visitors, Abington was not burning up the scoreboard, either, and had only six points at the time.
Coach Bond said "I give Ashley [Webster] credit, she had a great defensive scheme for this game. That one-two-two [zone] they played against us was really effective."
Abington's major threat at guard is senior Lauren Gold, who started her high school career at Council Rock North High School and who is receiving a lot of interest from Division II college programs. Senior forward Alexa Bowman will be playing soccer at the next level, but she gives the 'Roos a lot of varsity basketball experience, while a strong freshman forward, Alexa Middleton, scored all of her 12 points in Wednesday's game during the second half.
The Tigers' early drought on offense helped bring about a 10-2 shortfall late in the first frame, but Myran hit a lay-up and then scored again by converting the rebound of a Walden jumper. Mercuris banked in a ball from near the foul line to make it a two-point contest (10-8) early in the second round, then Abington recovered thanks to Gold, whose two lay-ups and two free throws helped the Kangaroos take an 18-12 lead into the halftime locker room.
Fouls were relatively rare in the first half – four for AFS and three for the Tigers – but Abington's total mounted during the third period, which ended with Germantown getting into the bonus while committing only two fouls of its own. However, GFS only made six of 11 attempts from the free throw line in the third stanza, and there actually was potential for a 12th point with the one-and-one at the end of the period.
With a Mercuris jumper as their only field goal of the third round, the Tigers were still just five points behind for the start of the fourth quarter, at 25-20. AFS had garnered its seven third-period points on a steal by Bowman, a three-pointer by Gold, and a bank shot by Middleton, but the bad news for Germantown was that Middleton was just getting warmed up.
Fouled on a successful lay-up off of a steal, the Kangaroos' Gold hit the free throw as well during the opening minute of the fourth quarter, then a 15-footer by Mercuris got the visitors back within six at 28-22. GFS really got burned by Middleton in the last six-and-a-half minutes, though. The freshman scored twice from the paint and shot six-for-six from the foul line as the officials' whistles began to be directed towards the Tigers.
Gold scored a second lay-up for the hosts and hit all three of her foul shots during the concluding quarter. Although Germantown's Becker bagged two free throws and popped in a 15-footer from the right wing, the Tigers gradually fell farther and farther behind.
Myran and Mercuris collected a total of 10 and nine points, respectively, while Becker scored six. Three points from sophomore guard Imani Ross and two from Walden completed the Tigers' tally. Abington marked down 14 rebounds for Middleton to go with her 12 points, while Gold led all scorers, with 18. Rounding it out for the 'Roos were seven points from Bowman, four from Isabel McPeak, three from Bianca Adams, and two from Aja Turner.
Webster revealed that in the GFS locker room, "There was obviously some disappointment, but also a sense of pride among the girls because of what they accomplished this season."


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Mike Dewar (Data Scientist, bit.ly), presents a talk on getting started with data driven design in Javascript to the New York Open Statistical Programming Meetup on Jan. 12, 2012.
Mike Bostock's d3 javascript library has lately taken the internet by storm, being the engine underlying a very beautiful set of visualisations (mbostock.github.com/d3/). Because of this, many have investigated d3.js as a potential addition to their current visualisation stack, only to fall over one of some common hurdles. This talk will demonstrate how to clear these first few hurdles, including:
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The talk will be useful to those who are curious about using d3.js and wants to get started making interactive and dynamic statistical visualisations.
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MYRTLE BEACH, SC. – The York College softball team split two games at the Snowbird Softball Classic on a windy Wednesday morning. The Spartans fell 15-6 in five innings against Ursinus and then came back for a 6-1 victory over Penn State-Hazleton.
The Spartans are now 2-8 overall on the season.
The first matchup of the day was the second time the Spartans faced Ursinus this week. The Green and White recorded a 6-5 win in the first meeting. York did not fair as well on Wednesday.
Ursinus was the first to get on the scoreboard, with a run in the top of the first. The Spartans did not falter and came back with three runs of their own in the second. Sarah Harris (Collegeville, Pa./Methacton), Jessica Canami (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright) and Kayleen Bell (Herndon, Va./Westfield) all scored for the Green and White. Vanessa Mendez (Lititz,Pa./Warwick), Hannah Hugel (Paoli, Pa./Conestoga) and Bell were credited with RBI's.
The Bears found their bats in the top of the third inning. They scored eight runs on five hits. Two big Spartan errors helped out Ursinus immensely during the inning. Unfortunately, the Green and White had no answer for Ursinus' big inning.
The Bears added another six runs in the fourth inning to take a 15-3 lead The Spartans were able to score two runs in the fourth and one in the fifth, but it was not enough to close in on Ursinus.
Hugel lead the way for the Green and White on offense. She was 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI. Sara Thacker (Ijamsville, Md./Urbana) went 1-for-2 with one run and run RBI.
Freshman pitcher Morgan Levine (Oakland, N.J./Indian Hills) recorded the loss. Levine pitched five innings and faced 37 batters. She allowed 15 runs, 6 earned, on 16 hits with six strikeouts and one walk.
Pacing the Bears on offense was Allison Pfrommer who went 4-for-4 with two runs and three RBI's. Kelly Schymanski finished the game 2-for-4 with two runs and four RBI's. Nine of the 10 Ursinus batters scored at least one run and six had RBI's.
Zoe Heinke earned the win for the Bears. Heinke pitched 5 innings and faced 30 batters. She allowed six runs, one earned, on five hits with seven walks and one strikeout.
The Spartans redeemed themselves in their second game. York took a 2-0 lead over Penn State-Hazleton in the bottom of the second. Jena Ruby (Hampstead, Md./North Carroll) and Mendez scored for the Green and White. Penn State-Hazelton earned a run in the top of the third to keep the game close. Aryn Johnston (Bowie, Md./Bowie) got the Spartans going again in the top of the fifth with a solo homer, the first of her collegiate career.
York added to their lead in the bottom of the sixth after Johnston nearly homered again. Johnston recorded a double and allowed three runners to score. Penn State-Hazleton would score one more run in the top of the seventh, but it would not be enough for a comeback. Alyssa Molino (Montgomery, Pa./Montgomery) caught a fly ball out in right field and then fired it down to Harris at home plate for a double play that would end the game.
Johnston was strong offensively for the Spartans. She went 3-for-4 with one run and four RBI's. Mendez was 2-for-2 with two runs and an RBI.
Levine was credited with the win in the circle. She pitched the first five innings of the game. Levine allowed one run on four hits with five strikeouts and two walks. Urkuski came in as a reliever for two innings. She allowed one run on three hits and had one walk.
The Spartans conclude their spring trip with two games tomorrow morning. The Spartans will once again face Penn State-Hazleton at 9:00 am and then will take on future conference opponent Penn State-Harrisburg at 11:00 am.


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Google has changed the status of the Nexus 4 on the Play Store suggesting more stock is on the way.
Since launching in November the Nexus 4 smartphone has only been on sale for a matter of days. After being out of stock since the beginning of January there are signs that the Nexus 4 could go back on sale at any moment. See also: Google Nexus 4 launches on Virgin Mobile
Instead of the regular Sold out' message displayed in red capital letter, the Google Play Store states that the device is only 'Temporarily out of stock'. The message is being displayed on both the 8GB and 16GB models of the Nexus 4.
Our advice is to keep a sharp eye on the page as the Nexus 4 could go back on sale at any moment, possibly even today. The 8GB model retails for a bargain £239 and the 16GB version just £279.
Google apologised for Nexus 4 stock shortages blaming its manufacturing partner LG for not making enough units. LG denied these claims saying it made exactly how many Google requested and that the firm miscalculated demand for the smartphone which has been 10 times higher than expected in the UK and Germany.
LG confirmed it would ramp up production of the Nexus 4 in February. The status change on the Google Play Store is a good sign for anyone who hasn't managed to get a Nexus 4 so far. When it will go back on sale and how much stock will be available remains a mystery.
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Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education, Second Edition
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The Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education were developed as a tool to help dual language programs (two-way immersion, heritage language, foreign language immersion, or developmental bilingual programs) with planning and ongoing implementation. The Guiding Principles were developed by a national panel of dual language researchers and practitioners and are grounded in evidence from research and best practices. Program issues are addressed in seven strands: Assessment and Accountability, Curriculum, Instruction, Staff Quality and Professional Development, Program Structure, Family and Community, and Support and Resources.
To make this publication useful for reflection and planning, each key point within the principles includes progress indicators - descriptions of four possible levels of alignment with that key point: minimal alignment, partial alignment, full alignment, and exemplary practice. Rating templates are included in the appendix for programs to identify strengths and areas of improvement in the implementation of dual language programs. 2007
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When I started on Java Server Pages (JSP) as a topic, I had intended it to be a blog topic. But it grew quite beyond blog size, so now that the technical work is finished, I can give you the meta-level on using JSP with Enterprise IBM Forms.
The work I'm telling you about here is intended to make it easy for you to exploit the powerful, simplifying JSP technique within the XFDL+XForms markup of IBM Forms documents. It took a some work to sort it all out, but with that done, it is easy for you to replicate what I did and gain the benefits. I wrote this wiki page on the IBM Forms product wiki to help you get set up, and the page references the developerWorks article I put together to show how to use JSP in your XFDL+XForms forms.
It was pretty challenging to get the JSP to talk to the Webform Server Translator module, so I was pretty happy when that started to work for me. It's one of those cases of only needing a line or two of code, but it being really hard to get exactly the right line or two. As Mark Twain once said, it's like the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. Anyway now that we know the smidge of code, it's easy for you to copy and use in your XFDL-based JSPs.
At first I thought, OK I have a good blog topic, but then I realized we weren't covering the full Forms information lifecycle. Put simply, a form is possibly prepopulated and then served, it collects data, but then it comes back and you have to do something with the data collected. So, back for more work sorting out how to receive a completed form into a JSP and use its values in JSP scriptlet code that helps prepopulate the next outbound form. This was a fair bit less challenging, as it maps very closely to how you start up the IBM Forms API in a regular Java servlet. Remember, JSP is just a convenient notation that the web application server knows how to turn into a Java servlet. JSP just makes it easier for you to focus on your special sauce application code.
Well, now that I could handle the whole Forms information lifecycle, I realized I hadn't covered the software development lifecycle. Back to the salt mines again. The problem was that JSP annotations are incompatible with XML. Although there is an alternative XML syntax for JSP, I devote a section in the article to explaining why it's a bit of a train wreck, and I focus instead on the normal JSP annotations. By representing them as XML processing instructions, we're able to maintain the XFDL and the JSP logic together using the IBM Forms Designer, and then use an XSLT to convert to actual JSP when it's time to deploy the IBM Form. This was really important to me because, quite frankly, if a new feature does not work in the Design environment for a language, then the feature essentially does not exist in the language.
Now, that's a wrap! I hope you like the article and get accelerated development benefit from it. JSP is really for building quick prototypes and demos, and also for solving simpler problems much more simply than using straight Java servlet coding. It's even a really nice complement to using Java servlet coding within a larger project. So don't delay, get ready to use JSP with XFDL today.


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BELLS BEACH, Victoria (Sunday, April 12, 2009) – Brazil's Silvana Lima, 24, claimed her maiden ASP Women's World Tour victory today, defeating reigning two-time ASP Women's World Champion and two-time defending event winner Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 21, to take the Rip Curl Women's Pro presented by Ford New Fiesta and become the first Brazilian in history ever to win at the iconic venue.
Event No. 2 of 8 on the 2009 ASP Women's World Tour, the Rip Curl Women's Pro culminated today with an action-packed Final that saw both athletes pushing the levels of high-performance surfing. Despite both surfers racking up high scores, it was Lima who would rise to the occasion and ring the bell for her inaugural win.
"This feels amazing," Lima said. "This is the first World Tour event I've ever won and to win it at Bells Beach is like a dream. To be the first winner from Brazil to ring the Bell, it's amazing. I am so happy. I hope everyone in Brazil stays up and parties big."
The high-flying Brazilian wasted no time in racking up scores against Gilmore, opening with a 9.17 before backing it up with an 8.17 in the opening minutes of the Final to put her opponent on the ropes.
"Steph (Gilmore) is so good out there in any conditions and I knew I needed to get scores on top of her quickly," Lima said. "I was able to get really strong waves at the start and my boards felt like they were working really well."
The win rockets Lima into No. 2 on the ASP Women's World Tour ratings, once again cementing her position as a legitimate ASP Women's World Title threat.
"The World Title is always my goal, every year," Lima said. "Last year was a really good year for me, but I couldn't win an event. Now that I have a win, my confidence is very high and I look forward to the next event."
Gilmore was the form surfer of the morning, eliminating Paige Hareb (NZL), 18, in a close Quarterfinal before racking up the highest single-wave score of the event (a 9.60 out of a possible 10) in her Semifinal bout, but was unable to find a rhythm against her South American opponent in the Final.
"Silvana (Lima) finally got me and she was ripping," Gilmore said. "Her win was well-deserved and I hope it creates a great rivalry for the year ahead."
Despite her runner-up finish, Gilmore has further established her stranglehold on the ASP Women's World Tour ratings lead heading into the mid-year break.
"Of course I'm disappointed not to come away with the win but runner-up is still a solid result for me," Gilmore said. "Bells is one of those places that makes you hungry to come out on top and it would have been amazing to get three in a row. Congratulations to Silvana though and I'll look ahead to the rest of the year."
Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 18, 2009 ASP Dream Tour rookie and last year's ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) No. 1, put is a solid performance at the Rip Curl Women's Pro, ousting veteran Jacqueline Silva (BRA) and former seven-time ASP Women's World Champion Layne Beachley (AUS), 36, from competition before falling to Gilmore in today's Semifinal.
"I had an okay start but Steph (Gilmore) really came steaming back with some big scores," Fitzgibbons said. "There were definitely a few waves I would have loved to have been on, but that's how our sport goes and the ocean wasn't in my favor this time around. Last year was a good year for me so I am trying to take confidence from that to find a big result as the year progresses."
Sofia Mulanovich (PER), 25, former ASP Women's World Champion, put in another strong performance at Bells Beach, taking down Samantha Cornish (AUS), 28, before falling to eventual winner Lima in the Semifinals.
"It is still a pretty good result and I am happy for that," Mulanovich said. "I couldn't do anything out there so it was frustrating. I was a bit nervous and couldn't really read the waves that well. I was just falling off, getting stuck on my turns and once you do it once, it gets stuck in your head so it is a little bit psychological. I am always stoked to come back here though. I love this wave and I love this place.'
Highlights from the Rip Curl Women's Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford New Fiesta available via www.live.ripcurl.com
The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Snickers will reconvene tomorrow morning at 7:30am for a possible 8am start.
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com
1 – Silvana Lima (AUS) 17.34
2 – Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 13.06
SF 1: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 16.60 def. Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 11.67
SF 2: Silvana Lima (BRA) 15.00 def. Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 7.57
QF 1: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 14.50 def. Jacqueline Silva (BRA) 12.00
QF 2: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 8.43 def. Paige Hareb (NZL) 7.50
QF 3: Silvana Lima (BRA) 7.23 def. Rebecca Woods (AUS) 7.07
QF 4: Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 12.83 def. Samantha Cornish (AUS) 7.50
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Victoria was starting to regret her choice of being a professional wrestler.
She has just gotten the big call up to join to main roster, and has had the unfortunate luck of being caught in the middle of a heavy ice storm. Being from the West Coast, Victoria didn't know the first thing about driving in any sort of winter weather, but she has upgraded her rental vehicle to a trunk with four-wheel drive. As she comes out the hotel to make her way to the arena, she sees the weather has gotten worst. She quickly carries her luggage to her rental truck, and then heads back inside of the hotel to adjust her coat to better protect herself against the cold and to check out of her room. As she's at the counter, William Regal and Hunter Hearst- Helmsley step off an elevator, carrying their own luggage.
"Hey rookie... you all right?" Hunter asks as he pulls on his gloves.
Victoria turns and nods, "Yeah... I'm fine... just... getting ready to head out there..."
"Do you need a ride to the arena?" Regal asks as Hunter turns in the room key.
Victoria shakes her head, "No, I'll be all right... its just a little bad weather."
Hunter smiles, "All right rookie... we'll see you at the arena... be careful out there..."
"Thanks guys..." Victoria smiles. Regal and Hunter leave the hotel and step out into the storm. Victoria sighs and adjusts her coat. She walks out of the hotel and the freezing air hits her hard. Her eyes begin to water when the wind hits her face. As she walks to the parking lot, she sees Molly Holly pacing back and forth. "Hey Molly... something wrong?" Victoria asks as her teeth chatters a bit
Molly sighs and looks at her, "Yeah... my rental car broke down... piece of junk had no anti-freeze and... well let's just say they are refunding me... and now I'm waiting for a cab..."
"Oh that sucks... hey... I got... a truck... do you want to ride with me?" Victoria asks.
Molly looks at her with a raised eyebrow, "A truck? Honey do you even know had to drive one?"
Victoria laughs a bit, "No... not really... it's got four-wheel drive... and... I thought it would be the best thing to use in this weather..."
"Well, that's kinda smart thinking... good thing I'm from where this weather is just flurries..." Molly smiles as she bends down to pick up her suitcase and over-the-shoulder bag. "I'll handle the driving..."
"Okay," Victoria smiles and the two divas head to her truck.
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The drive to the arena takes them much longer than it would normally, and because they arrived late, they had to put on their make up and change into their ring gear in the back of the truck. Molly and Victoria ran into the arena, signed in and then sprinted to the ring to have their match. Luckily for both of them, there were able to put on a solid match due to their comfort level with being in a match with each other Once their match was over, Victoria and Molly were told to leave as soon as possible because of the storm, and both divas took that advice.
Once they were back outside, both saw that the storm showed no sign of stopping. The two of them run carefully in their ring gear to the truck and then head out onto the highway. As they travel along, they see the effect the storm is having as power lines snap and trees fall over. Victoria is in awe of what for her is a surreal event. Molly notices, but doesn't say anything for she's more focus on keeping her eyes on the road. After getting detoured by local police, Victoria and Molly come across a cheap roadside motel and a shopping center. Assuming the power is out at the hotel, they head to the shopping center to grab food, candles and other necessary replies, then head over to the hotel to get their selves a room.
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A short time after getting settled into the dark hotel room, Molly and Victoria lit candles and set up a battery-powered lamp. Both women are in bathroom washing off the make-up from their faces. Molly dries her face with a towel and laughs a bit.
"Boy are you lucky..."
Victoria laughs, "Yes I know... I hate to take a line from Matt Hardy... but it was a lucky twist of fate..." Molly hands her the towel and Victoria dries her face with it.
"Yeah, some luck... did you see the looks those creeps were giving us..." Molly laughs as she steps out of the bathroom to remove her ring gear.
"Well we both weren't wearing much of anything... I'm sure as hell ain't..." Victoria replies, making reference to her pink top and bottoms that doesn't leave much to the imagination.
Molly laughs as she takes off her sports bra, "We got to talk to JR about your ring gear... I'd hate to see you running around like that in a foot of snow..."
Victoria removes her top, freeing her own breasts. "At least the heater is working here... I wish the electricity did though..."
"Why?" Molly asks as she takes off her wrestling tights.
Victoria lowers her wrestling bottoms, "Well... there's' not much to do... we could watch some TV..."
Molly laughs, "Well I got one of those mini-DVD players that run on batteries... we could watch a movie."
"Oh cool..." Victoria smiles, "What movies do you got?"
"Oh the usual sappy stuff mixed with some exciting stuff..." Molly laughs, "They are in my over-shoulder bag... pick out one you like..."
"Okay..." Victoria smiles and goes to Molly's bag to go through Molly's DVDs. She sees the usual expected collection of romance and comedy films. But then something catches Victoria's eyes. She looks at Molly as she picks out one DVD, "Ummm Molly... what's this?"
"What's what?" Molly asks as she looks over to see the DVD in Victoria's hand. Molly's face turns several shades of red. "Oh that's.... ummm... a porno..." Molly laughs a bit.
"I can see that..." Victoria laughs, "What's it doing in your bag?"
"Well it does get lonely on the road... and I kinda need a little visual boost to... take care of business..."
"Ohhhhh...." Victoria nods her head with a 'yeah sure' smile on her face.
Molly laughs a bit to ease her embarrassment, "You want to watch it?"
Victoria gets an humiliated look on her face but soon smiles, "Yeah... sure why not..."
Molly goes into her bag and gets her portable DVD/TV combo and sets it up on the only bed in the room and positions it between the pillows. Molly then lays on the bed completely naked. She looks at Victoria and smiles, "Sorry... but I can't watch this with clothes on..."
"Right... well I guess I'll go commando too..." Victoria smiles as she lays on the other half of the bed, completely in the buff. Molly smiles and starts the movie. The two divas watch intently for the entire two-hour length of the DVD, watching girls fuck girls, 4 guys fuck one girl, two couples swapping, a lesbian gangbang and other erotic footage. Both women have fought the urge to touch themselves in front of the other, but when the film is over, both Molly and Victoria are looking at each other.
"That was hot... wasn't it..." Molly says as she licks her lips.
"Yeah... very..." Victoria smiles, "I liked... the lesbian scene..."
"Me too... that always gets me hot..." Molly rolls onto her side so Victoria can see her large breasts. Victoria moves closer and touches Molly's tits and smiles.
"They are so soft..." Victoria squeezes Molly's breast softly as Molly reaches to feel her own.
"And you're are so firm..." Molly smiles.
The two women move closer together and kiss each other. Their tongues link together as they slide them into each other's mouth. Molly finds out Victoria has a very long tongue and she happily sucks on it as Victoria moves her hand down to between Molly's legs to rub her pussy. Molly closes her eyes and moans softly as she rolls onto her back. Victoria gently moves her fingers against the entrance of Molly's cunt as she leans over to suck on Molly's right breast. Like a child, Victoria sucks hungrily on it trying to receive milk, but Molly has none to give. Victoria then moves downward as Molly spreads her legs open, inviting her to her pussy. Victoria spreads Molly's pussy lips open and slowly begins to lick her warm juicy cunt.
"Mmmmm ohhh fuck... Victoria... that's it... oooooo ahhhh yea baby..." Molly moans get louder as Victoria probes her twat in search of the spot that'll make Molly squirm. Victoria soon finds it, and Molly arches her hips and lower back in response. Molly wraps her legs around Victoria's head as she begins move her hips to grind her pussy against Victoria's face. Victoria wraps her arms around Molly's thighs to keep her still as she darts her long tongue in and out of her pussy.
"Ohhhh ahhhh godddddddddddd Victoria... I'mmmm cummmmmmmmming!" Molly squeals as Victoria sends her over the brink of erotic bliss. Victoria laps up Molly's climatic honey with her tongue, as Molly slowly comes down from her orgasm. Victoria lifts her head from between Molly's legs, and even with the dim lights, Molly can see Victoria's face is completely covered in her cum. Molly sits up and licks Victoria's face clean, tasting and devouring her own juices in the process. Molly then pushes Victoria down on the bed. "My turn..."
"I hope so..." Victoria smiles as Molly moves down between her legs. Victoria arches her legs so her feet are flat on the bed. Molly pushes in two fingers into her pussy and begins to move them in and out slowly. Victoria whimpers and moans as Molly adds two more fingers. Molly is amazed at how quickly Victoria begins to push herself against her hand. Molly smirks and decides to push her whole hand into Victoria and begins fist fucking her pussy.
"Ohhhhhh ohhhh fuck yesss!" Victoria screams. Molly has to use a bit of effort to extract her hand from Victoria's cunt, but when she does she lowers her head and starts eating her out. Victoria reaches down and grabs Molly's brown hair as she quickly finds the sweet spot. Molly attacks that spot repeatedly with her tongue. Victoria arches her back sharply as Molly brings her to an orgasm.
"Ohhhhh sweet mother mercy!" Victoria cries out. Molly slurps up her cum with expert care, not letting a drop of Victoria's sweet honey drip onto the bed. Once Victoria has relaxed, Molly moves up and lays next to her. She moves a hand through Victoria's hair and smiles.
"We really should get to sleep... just in case the roads are terrible tomorrow..." Molly laughs a bit, "We got to tell most of what happened to the boys...".
"Yeah... but what will the boys think?" Victoria asks with a laugh.
"Oh let them think... boys will be boys..." Molly kisses Victoria as they snuggle close to each other and drift off to sleep.


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In learning to lighten my pack, I've also learned to better manage my finances. That might sound like a strange statement to make – generally speaking, lowering your base pack weight is associated with buying lighter gear. What I've learned, though, is to do more with less, and to buy only those things that will make a real difference to my base weight or in terms of practical use. I've learned to do more research before making purchases. I've learned that sometimes the best approach is to make something yourself – and yet, sometimes it makes more sense to pay someone else for their products. Sometimes it makes the most sense to make a sizable investment, and sometimes making that investment means saving up some money and not having the immediate gratification we seem to enjoy so much.
Pack Lighter, Pack Less
The most dramatic changes in lowering my base pack weight came from taking less stuff. It seems obvious enough… fewer things means less weight, just as fewer expenditures means less debt or less financial (instead of physical) strain. But getting to the point where I could leave things out of my pack meant wrapping my head around the concept of needs versus want. I found myself doing a cost-benefit analysis of the things that traditionally appear on my gear list: "I really like that jacket, but is it worth the extra twelve ounces it adds to my system? I mean, it's nice to have, but the down vest is plenty warm." I was surprised not only by how little I needed, but by how little I missed once I got rid of it. And frankly, I was surprised by how unencumbered I felt by having fewer, more functional things on my back.
We all have different ideas about how to approach ultralight gear lists: how to budget the ounces and pounds we carry. We each prioritize categories differently. There are some things we're just not willing or able to do without. If you're unwilling to compromise or sacrifice in one area, though, you'll likely have to make adjustments somewhere else to get to your target base weight. Ultralight backpacking, I'd argue, is ultimately about balance – balancing your budget of pounds and ounces.
If you wanted to design a house, at some point you'd have to adjust a sliding scale to reflect your needs and desires. Given a fixed budget, you can have a tiny house with incredible build quality and craftsmanship, or you can have a bigger house with lower-quality finishing. Designing the house means determining what you're passionate about and what will suit your needs. Designing a low base pack weight requires the same sort of approach.
For example, I'm a side sleeper with a history of back and shoulder problems. There is no way you'll find me on a thin closed-cell foam pad. I carry a thick self-inflator or a plush insulated air mattress instead. My sleeping pad weighs about two pounds versus the three-ounce micro-pads that some die-hards carry. Because I carry a heavier sleeping pad, I try to compensate for the "extra" weight by cutting weight somewhere else. I've been using a nineteen-ounce sleeping bag, for example, and just designed and made a fourteen-ounce sleeping bag. By comparison, many people carry sleeping bags that weigh twenty-eight or so ounces.
Making "Light" Affordable
Perhaps most importantly, ultralight backpacking has led me to take painstaking measurements and considerations for everything in my pack weight budget. I had to relearn, as well as reframe, my concept of "light," much as the process has taught me to re-evaluate my fiscal concept of "affordable." With the economy right now, the timing of my ultralight rebirth couldn't have been better.
Perhaps the best illustration of my new found philosophy is my examination of the fire-starting items I've always packed. Lighters are tiny; they have essentially no mass. Matches are wispy little dried twigs. Having the ability to start fire can be vitally important. So traditionally I've carried a lighter in my pocket, one in my stove kit, one in my survival kit, and another one stashed somewhere in the bowels of my pack. I would also have two or three lightweight plastic bottles stuffed with matches and a striker pad. Once I got serious about lowering my base weight I bought a digital scale and started weighing every single item that could end up in my pack. Each lighter, I found, weighed about 0.75 ounces – next to nothing! Each filled match safe weighed only about an ounce. Again, the weight seems inconsequential. But then, I tallied up the total weight of my firestarters: four lighters at 0.75 ounce equalled 3 ounces. Three match safes at an ounce each weighed 3 ounces. I had 6 ounces of firestarting stuff in my pack – over a third of a pound! I grimaced at the thought of the flint and steel still stashed in my possibles bag.
Discovering that I had about half a pound (once I added the flint and steel) of firestarting stuff in my pack was… profound. It was a moment of clarity that has stayed with me. It led to a paradigm shift in my worldview: even teeny tiny things add up to be very significant.
Happiness is…
Since then, I've become a bit obsessed about weight. I know how much most of my gear (and much of the gear I've considered buying) weighs to the tenth, if not hundredth, of an ounce. Not because I want the absolute lowest possible pack weight, but because I want the lowest possible pack weight that keeps me happy. I now take just enough clothing to keep me warm, dry, and comfy without having a number of extra layering options. I no longer have enough spare clothing to make a decent pillow, so I'm playing with the most flexible options to add a few usable ounces to the pack. (I have a down pillow that weighs 4.5 ounces; when I realized that the 3.5 ounces of down in it was the same amount of down insulating my vest, I ditched the pillow as a possibility. I just made a Climashield vest that weighs 3 ounces total; it should be just enough for my new "pillow," too.
The rest of my life has come under closer inspection since I started thinking about my gear list in a more cognizant way. Money started to make more sense to me, became more tangible. The scale of my life came into better focus. In the grander scheme of things, five bucks for a sandwich at lunch isn't much. And the buck and a quarter for my once or twice daily coffee refill isn't significant – barely registers on the financial scale. And my afternoon snack of a buck or two is really pretty cheap. And if I spend another buck or two on a drink later in the day, well, it's only a buck or two… right? My new-found ultralight perspective helped me realize that, hey, in my life, those inconsequential food purchases added up to ten or twelve dollars every day. Working four days a week, I was realistically spending about fifty dollars each week, two hundred dollars a month, two thousand four hundred dollars a year on "cheap" filler food.
If I were making $100,000 a year, maybe two hundred dollars a month wouldn't be all that much. What I've come to realize, though, is that I don't earn that kind of money. I have been living on the wrong scale. I hadn't been living in reality. I hadn't been paying attention to how quickly all those little things add up and was nickel and diming my budget to pieces. I've learned to live with a scale more appropriate to my budget – and last month, I had an extra hundred and twenty dollars in the bank and two pounds less in my pack.


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|Step 1: Learn the Facts | Step 2: Minimize Opportunity | Step 3: Talk about It | Step 5: React Responsibly | The Five Steps to Protecting Our Children
Don't expect obvious signs when a child is being sexually abused. Signs are often there, but you have to know what to look for.
"Is my son's withdrawal due to preteen angst or is he being sexually abused?"
Learn the Signs
If you find physical signs that you suspect are sexual abuse, have the child physically examined immediately by a professional who specializes in child sexual abuse.
Use a Children's Advocacy Center whenever possible for physical exams and psychological evaluation and treatment.
Children's Advocacy Centers provide trauma sensitive, child-friendly, safe places for families to seek help. To find a center near you, contact the National Children's Alliance at http://www.nca-online.org/, or call 1-800-239-9950.
If you don't have a center near you, call Child Protective Services or law enforcement in your area. The opportunity to convict someone who has sexually abused a child may depend on evidence from a professional examination.
Step 5: React Responsibly