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Battle of Tortuga
Thursday afternoon (with sword and musket), pirates attacked at the Main Rapier List. Two groups of merchants and a group of pirates went at it ship-to-ship. Across four planks, the pirates rushed the merchants. With unlimited resurrection compared to the merchant's one resurrection, the pirates had the upper hand. The rapier fighters rotated after each fight so everyone had a turn at being a pirate. Even today's rain couldn't dampen the fighters spirits and ruin their fun.
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Twenty-six female rapier fighters competed Thursday for a treasure trove of prizes. Prizes were donated by supporters, with the first place prize being a rapier helmet donated by Marco of Marco & Krieger Armory. Second place, age permitting, was a bottle of twelve year-old scotch. As for the rest of the treasure, the ladies were allowed to pick and choose their own prizes. This was the fifth year for the tournament to be hosted by Illadore de Bedegrayno. This will also be her last year running the event as her work has taken her to the West Coast, making it more difficult to make the journey to war every year. "It's time for some else to take over and hopefully run the tournament for another five years."
The final bout in today's tournament came down to Annora Raines of the West and Amanita Villarosa for the Middle. In the first few moments of the round Annora took Amanita's off hand, then in an act of courtesy and chivalry threw down her off hand weapon and finished Amanita with a double kill. The second pass began the same way with Annora taking Amanita's off hand and throwing down her off hand weapon again. Finally Annora took Amanita's weapon hand for the win. This is the first Pennsic for the winner of Thursday's tournament, Annora Rains. She was overcome with joy as she accepted the rapier helmet from Illadore. "It's been an honor fighting with all of you, this is my first Pennsic and you've made it amazing."

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New England budget 11.30.09
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Does Tiger Woods owe the public an explanation about the highly publicized "accident" that happened last week?
Yes -- we've supported him for years and we deserve to know what's going on.
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SENATE SEAT DEMS: Cape Democrats see unity after primary - Massachusetts Democrats expect to hold on to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death last summer of Sen. Edward Kennedy, but before that can happen they have to choose a candidate. Michael Capuano, Martha Coakley, Alan Khazei and Steve Pagliuca are on the ballot in the Dec. 8 primary. Prominent Cape Cod Democrats have lined up mainly behind Coakley and Capuano in what has been a quiet primary campaign. And when it's over, party unity is just about assured. By John Basile.
SENATE SEAT DEBATE 1: Democrats prepare for Tuesday's Senate debate - The four Democrats running for U.S. Senate will participate in a live TV debate Tuesday co-sponsored by GateHouse Media and Channel 5. By The Patriot Ledger.
SENATE SEAT DEBATE 2: SouthCoast Alliance to host U.S. Senate Democratic Primary Forum Dec. 5 at UMD - Just three days before the special primary election to fill the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's Senate seat, the SouthCoast Alliance will present a U.S. Senate Democratic primary forum on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. at the Main Auditorium at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. By The Herald News.
WINTER WEATHER: Long-range forecast calls for stormy winter - Meteorologists say ocean surface temperatures in the central Pacific Ocean alter jet streams and global weather patterns, factors that increase the likelihood of a stormy and wet winter. By Rob Haneisen.
SOLDIER MEMORIAL: Family of fallen Plymouth soldier opts for public memorial service - At first, the family of Staff Sgt. Matthew A. Pucino, an Army National Guardsman killed in Afghanistan last week, wanted just a private military service in Washington. But so many friends and fellow servicemen were calling to offer condolences that the family decided that local service was needed, too. By Sue Scheible.
STIMULUS: State criticized on stimulus spending - In February, the federal government outlined hopes for the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) package: Jobs, economic growth, infrastructure improvements - all under the open public gaze of transparency and accountability. By Sara Brown and Sarah Thomas.
H1N1: Milford swine flu clinic for children is tomorrow - The town is set to vaccinate 1,000 children against H1N1 at tomorrow's swine flu clinic, and officials say they've worked hard to keep it from getting chaotic. By Danielle Ameden.
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MAKING CENTS: A long life needs good financial plan - Health care costs often make longevity a two-edged sword. By John P. Napolitano.
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CHECKOUT LANE: Don't get burned when buying firewood - Maggie Oldfield, co-owner of Thayer Nursery in Milton, Mass., says any wood's moisture level has to be below 25 percent for it to burn. "Less water in the wood means you have less smoke, so your fire burns more slowly and your wood is lasting longer." By Sara Castellanos.
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MASS MARKET: Legislature leaves lots of work to finish in 2010 - Lawmakers left plenty of unfinished business behind at the State House when they packed up their bags for their annual six-week vacation from formal sessions. By Jon Chesto.
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FINE PRINT: Some consumer protections for gift card recipients - Gift cards will be hot items again this year for Christmas shoppers. The cards may seem simple enough, but they are regulated in Massachusetts by a complex series of consumer protection rules. Here's a quick rundown of things to remember about those rules this holiday season, courtesy of Attorney General Martha Coakley's office. By The Patriot Ledger.
CASINO: New investors in Middleboro casino spurs interest in renegotiating the town's contract - With possible new investors on the horizon for the tribal casino planned in town, at least one public official thinks it's time to revisit the original terms of the deal hammered out more than two years ago. By Alice C. Elwell.
REOPENING: Oriental Chow Mein Noodle Co. open for business after June fire - The Oriental Chow Mein Noodle Co. is open for business. Heavily damaged by fire in June, the Oriental Chow Mein Noodle Co. officially reopened by the end of the day Friday. By The Herald News.
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GRANLUND CARTOON: On Tiger Woods' driving skills.
GRANLUND CARTOON: President Obama's Afghanistan speech.
EDITORIAL: Smarter sentencing saves money - If there's a bright side to a financial emergency, it's the opportunity a crisis brings to stop spending money on things that aren't working. For example, Massachusetts last year spent $1.4 billion incarcerating people. That's more than the Legislature spent on public higher education. By MetroWest Daily News.
RICK HOLMES: Questions for the Senate candidates - It's not easy getting a straight answer, or at least an original one, from skilled politicians running for high office. I'll be giving it my best shot on Tuesday, as one of the journalists posing the questions at the GateHouse Media/WCVB TV debate for the four Democrats seeking to fill the late Ted Kennedy's Senate seat.
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PETER GOLDEN: North of Pakistan, East of Iran - Roughly the size of Texas and with a population of about 13 million, Afghanistan has rightly been called "the graveyard of empires" for the simple reason that no Western power has ever "won" there. This is worth noting in light of the current debate as to proper U.S. policy in the region.
MARC MUNROE DION: Everyone loves the leftovers - Thoughts on Christmas shopping, Tiger Woods, politicians and more.
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LORETTA LAROCHE: Where did all the civility go? -- TV talk shows have become more like screaming matches. What happened to the art of the interview?
PETER COSTA: To sleep, perchance to dream at the hospital - This week I am going into the hospital for two invasive tests. Think Vikings invading England or the U.S. invading Normandy on D-Day. I just know, that even with an IV in my wrist dripping coma-inducing drugs, I will somehow, once again, writhe like a crocodile at just the wrong time.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Country music lovers come to Bridgewater - Local country music lovers descended on the Bridgewater Vets Club on Sunday for the Massachusetts Country Music Awards Association Hall of Fame's annual winter concert. The guest band was Larry Flynt & The Road Scholars. Founded in 1979 by Luke Wetherfield, the Massachusetts Country Music Awards Association supports live country music in Massachusetts. By The Enterprise.
DURER: MFA exhibit captures technical capability of Durer in all its glory - In a just-opened exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Albrecht Durer emerges as a creative giant whose technical brilliance and innovative powers equipped him to span the Late Medieval period in which he was born and the Northern Renaissance which he significantly shaped. By Chris Bergeron.
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CABARET: At the MFA: Toulouse-Lautrec's Paris" - Cafe and Cabaret: Toulouse-Lautrec's Paris" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, features more than 30 of Toulouse-Lautrec's posters, prints and paintings and other views of Bohemian life by Pablo Picasso, Edgar Degas, Pierre Bonnard and Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen. By Chris Bergeron.
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Skilled in live demonstrations, classroom teaching, and implementing instructor lesson plans, since 1975, Vanessa Hadady has painted contemporary impressionistic works using acrylic paints. Vanessa holds a BFA from the esteemed Dept. of Art & Art History, Univ. of New Mexico. She shows and sells original works, garners awards in regional and local shows, has published several art books, and has independently written, produced and directed +20 fine art film shorts. Archived in a division of the Smithsonian (1989-90, NMWA), she placed 1st in Landscape, 29th Annual Fine Art Show, Delicato Vineyards, Modesto, 2017.
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A paper at the AJHG describes a new cost effective method of significantly increasing the amount of authentic DNA output from ancient samples:
By using biotinylated RNA baits transcribed from genomic DNA libraries, we are able to capture DNA fragments from across the human genome. We demonstrate this method on libraries created from four Iron Age and Bronze Age human teeth from Bulgaria, as well as bone samples from seven Peruvian mummies and a Bronze Age hair sample from Denmark. Prior to capture, shotgun sequencing of these libraries yielded an average of 1.2% of reads mapping to the human genome (including duplicates). After capture, this fraction increased substantially, with up to 59% of reads mapped to human and enrichment ranging from 6- to 159-fold.
This is particularly good news for studies which aim to extract autosomal DNA from hundreds of ancient remains, like Gothenburg University's The Rise project, which I excitedly blogged about earlier this year (see here). In fact, I suspect the aforementioned Danish hair sample is one of the samples from The Rise dataset. The reason I say that is because Morten Allentoft is a co-author on this paper, and he's also doing the DNA analysis for The Rise (see here).
In any case, below are two global Principal Component Analyses (PCA) featuring one of the ancient Bulgarians (V2) and the ancient Dane (M4). The principal components (PC1 & 2) were computed using only modern samples, and then the ancient samples projected onto the PCA space.
The ancient Bulgarian is sitting more or less where modern Bulgarians are usually found on such global plots. On the other hand, the ancient Dane is clearly shifted towards East Asia and the Americas, and as a result clusters with Finns, which I suppose is somewhat unexpected because that never happens with modern Danes. So either there's a problem with the analysis, like, say, projection bias (see below for more details), or this Bronze Age Dane was in fact more eastern in terms of global genetic affinities than modern Danes. The latter might well be true if, for instance, he was a recent descendant of migrants from the east (like present-day Russia), and/or he harbored more Mesolithic hunter-gatherer ancestry than Danes do today.
Now, here are a couple of PCA limited to European samples from the supplemental data PDF, including another ancient Bulgarian (K8) and the same ancient Dane (M4). Unfortunately, PC1 appears to be mostly a reflection of the well documented and very recent founder effect and strong genetic drift experienced by the Finnish population. In other words, it's not saying much more than the fact that the ancient samples weren't affected by the same demographic events and genetic drift as Finns during the past few hundred years. It might have been possible to get more informative results by reducing the Finnish sample to only a handful of the least drifted (ie. least Finnish-like) individuals.
Moreover, it's curious that both ancient samples land in more or less the middle of their respective plots in PC2, despite the fact that they come from very different parts of Europe. I suspect that in these instances projection bias is indeed the problem.
Projection bias is similar to the "calculator effect" (see here), but it affects PCA, especially PCA that include only closely related populations, like from Europe. For more background see Haasl et al. 2012 and Lee et al. 2012.
It's also interesting to note that two of the Iron Age Bulgarians are reported as belonging to mtDNA haplogroups U3b and HV, respectively. Both of these haplogroups are generally accepted to be of Near Eastern origin. They're rare in Europe today (usually <2%), but relatively more common in Bulgaria than most other European countries. This suggests some genetic continuity in Bulgaria from at least the Iron Age to the present. Indeed, U3 has been reported from early Neolithic samples from Germany and Ukraine, which means that the ancient Bulgarian U3 lineage need not have arrived in Europe from the Near East during the metal ages.
Carpenter et al., Pulling out the 1%: Whole-Genome Capture for the Targeted Enrichment of Ancient DNA Sequencing Libraries, The American Journal of Human Genetics (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.10.002
See also...
More info on two Thracian genomes from Iron Age Bulgaria + a complaint
PCA projection bias in ancient DNA studies


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Amazon has tested its own wireless network, Bloomberg reports.
The network would allow Amazon to give users access to Internet without relying on a traditional carrier like Verizon or AT&T. It was using wireless spectrum controlled by satellite company Globalstar Inc in its tests.
It's unclear if Amazon is going to moved beyond the testing phase, says Bloomberg.
Globalstar wants to convert its satellite spectrum to terrestrial spectrum to provide "Wi-Fi-like services," Bloomberg reports. It would then license out some of that spectrum.
Amazon has reportedly been interested in doing its own smartphone. However, the smartphone market is very crowded, thus making it hard for Amazon to stand out from the crowd.
The way Amazon became a player in the tablet market was through low price. In smartphones, that won't work. Not for the actual phone.
However, cell phone bills keep going up and up and up. If Amazon could figure out a way to sell a phone at a reasonable price and offer a low-cost data plan, then it might have something.
This experiment with Globalstar could be a step in that direction. Or, it could just be Amazon looking for a cheap way to provide wireless access to its tablets.


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"The Rokebys of Rokeby held that estate uninterruptedly from the era of the Conquest till the fall of Charles I." [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lowe, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print. Rokeby Hall was built by Sir Thomas Robinson in 1735. The church in the parish of Little Sandall has an interesting story to tell. "The church contains a curious monument to the memory of John Rokeby, a native of this place, and Archbishop of Dublin, who directed his body to be buried here, and his heart and bowels at Halifax." [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Over in Warwickshire, the market-town and parish of Rugby was "anciently called Rocheberie, afterwards Rokeby, and in the reign of Elizabeth by its present name, is supposed to have been one of those fortresses which Stephen, expecting Matilda's invasion, permitted his nobles to erect upon their estates." [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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The calendar prefers two view modes agenda and day view. You have month view too, but you cant access it by side-swiping you need to use the soft key for that.
The other two softkeys are Today (brings you to the current date) and Add an appointment. Thats the only type of event you get, but it has enough options to suit your needs.
You can sync with multiple calendars, including our Google Calendar but we had to add it as an Outlook (ActiveSync) account.
You can set multiple alarms each with its own name, ringing sound and repeat pattern. We set up ten and yet the add alarm button didnt grey out the HTC HD7 can handle more alarms than we know what to do with.
Theres a basic calculator too, which has big, easy to hit buttons turn the phone on its right side and the calculator adds hexadecimal digits and a few more operations (e.g. mod), turn it on its left and you get trigonometry and logarithms.
You can set multiple alarms the Calculator app
The Office hub is an important part of the Windows Phone 7 package. The interface is identical to the other hubs and its the best mobile Office suite weve seen yet.
The Office hub breaks down into three sections OneNote, Documents and SharePoint.
OneNote is Microsofts collaborative note taking tool. It has great (and easy to use) support for lists of multiple levels, you can add photos and voice memos and you can send notes via email when youre done. OneNotes can be synced with your SkyDrive or Windows Live account so that they are accessible from everywhere. Pin-to-homescreen is available too.
OneNote is a great note taking tool
Collaboration for both Word and Excel files is enabled with SharePoint. It allows syncing, sharing and web publishing but youd need to use the right SharePoint server. You can attach those files to emails, though you need to do that from the Office hub. You can't do it from the email editor, which caused a little confusion at first.
Anyway, lets look at the two most important apps Word and Excel. They share the Documents panel, which lists all available documents of the relevant types (in order of last used). Both viewing and editing of files is supported. PowerPoint files live in the Documents section too but they are for viewing only, you cant edit them or create new ones.
The Word file support is very good. When reading a file, you can tap the Outline key to view a list of all titles from the document. The other way for navigating long files is the Find key.
Viewing and editing a Word document
Editing is pretty straightforward and easy to use even on a mobile device. You type in the text and you can use the Format key to change the formatting of the selected text. You can also insert comments.
Formatting options include the standard bold, italic and underline, as well as text size, highlighting and font color. For highlighting and font colors you have only three colors to choose from, which is a little limiting but should be enough for most cases.
Formatting options and overview of a document
Theres undo and redo options but strangely, theres no way to create lists, like in OneNote.
And of course, the biggest missing feature is copy and paste. Thats a huge miss for a document editor you cant copy and paste parts of other documents, emails, messages, sites, nothing. Were guessing many people will sooner or later find this omission quite frustrating. Microsoft will be fixing that in early 2011.
The Excel viewer/editor is pretty good too, but like the Word editor it misses some features. You can add formulas to cells (though its not as easy as on the desktop Excel and there are fewer cells available), you can sort and filter the cells too, even merge some of them.
Viewing and editing an Excel document
But cell formatting is limited to date, money or percentages. You cant even change the currency sign. Another must-have missing is row and column insertion. Several sheets are supported but you get three by default and you cant rename or delete them, nor add new ones.
Formatting a cell adding a function
Anyway, the apps support pinch zooming and work very well for viewing even complex documents. But Microsofts fondness for simplicity may have over-simplified the editors.


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Coaches course ends successfully in Botswana
Gaborone, Botswana, July 5, 2013 – The Volleyball Federation of Botswana has recently completed a Coaches Course on the fundamentals of volleyball.
The course, which took place from June 25 to July 2, saw the participation of 22 coaches from around the country and was led by course instructor George Appadoo from Mauritius. The practical and theoretical components of the course took place at Serowe College, which also specialises in teacher education, located 315 km from the capital Gabarone.
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I am looking for IAB standard display ad units (300x250, 728x90, 160x600) to drive consumers to the following site: http://www.comwavetv.com. (ad should share some creative elements with landing page)
The current promotions is selling unlimited Home Phone Service to Canadians at a very low price ($14.95/month) including the first 6 months free service and a risk free trial for the first 90 days of service. This phone line includes Unlimited local calling and free features that other companies charge a fortune for. On this plan it's all included, Voicemail, call forwarding call waiting, etc. It also allows consumers to bring their current number with them.
Ads should communicate the deal itself without being too wordy. As well, ads should communicate the level of features included.
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ALBANY -- In the wake of the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., New York lawmakers are hurrying to introduce the first new gun control laws in the nation.
Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Democrat-led Assembly are pushing for bans on all assault rifles, high-capacity ammunition magazines and other measures that have been stopped in the Republican-controlled Senate.
"If that incident isn't impetus enough to change things in the Senate, I don't think anything else will," said Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
A law could be enacted in a rare special session during the holiday week or in an agreement, and could be part of Cuomo's State of the State speech he's scheduled to deliver on Jan. 9. Cuomo this week said he plans to make gun control proposals part of his annual speech that sets his legislative agenda.
"No one is talking about making guns illegal," Cuomo said Monday. "No one is talking about legitimate hunters and sportspeople. We're talking about illegal guns. We're talking about abuse of guns. We're talking about guns that have no real hunting or sporting purpose. But it's an emotional topic and it is a question of communication. It's a question of degree."
Cuomo wants to address what he calls "significant loopholes" in New York's gun laws, which are already among the most restrictive in the nation.
Sherrill Mayor William Vineall said the Sandy Hook mass murders are part of a complex problem. "It's not about gun control. It's about our society, and we need to bring society under control," he said, "We need to get down to the roots of the problem."
Vineall said, even with all the gun laws currently on the books, it is still too easy to evade them to obtain certain types of guns.
An example was evident in October, when two people were charged with gun violations in the town of Sullivan on Black Creek Road, where an anonymous tip lead to the seizure of over 60 guns and a large cache of ammunition.
Convicted felon Edward L. Atkins Jr., 55, was charged with several weapons possession crimes.
The case is currently being reviewed by the Madison County District Attorney's Office pending prosecution.
It is illegal for convicted felons to own guns in New York state, said state police investigator James Martin, noting that the five handguns were purchased in another state prior to his conviction, and they were not surrendered after his conviction (which New York State law mandates), and local police were unaware he had the weapons.
The investigator noted that each state has different gun laws and regulations, and the only nationwide master list of gun ownership is kept by the federal bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
Information on guns purchased out-of-state and at gun shows does not always reach local law enforcement.
Depending on the application and type of handgun, license approval can take up to six months, said Madison County Sheriff Allen Riley. He added that something needs to be done so that residents can feel safer in their daily lives.
Senate Republican spokesman Scott Reif said Thursday that no special session has yet been called by Cuomo. He wouldn't comment further.
The dynamic in the Senate is reportedly changing.
Republicans lacking a clear all-Republican majority after the November elections struck a deal for a bipartisan coalition to run the Senate with five Democrats. Those members of the separate Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) have strongly supported Cuomo's progressive measures including gun control.
The IDC could side with the traditional Democratic conference from which the IDC broke two years ago to muster the required 32 votes to pass legislation beginning in the new session Jan. 1. That could make new gun control laws inevitable, and could influence the chances of an earlier bipartisan agreement before Jan. 1.
"My thoughts and prayers are with the families, friends and first responders who are dealing with the horrible tragedy in Sandy Hook. I look forward to reviewing any proposals that Governor Cuomo may put forward regarding adjustment of New York's laws to do what we can to prevent senseless acts of violence like this from taking place," said Sen. David Valesky, D-49, who is an IDC member.
"We stand ready to offer our support," said Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the traditional Democratic conference's new leader elected this week. "The time has come to not only have this conversation, but to act in the best interests of our constituents, and our children. We have a responsibility to all of those who have been impacted by gun violence to come together, begin the healing process and find common sense solutions to this societal plague."
The Madison County Sheriff's Department reached out to area school districts early Monday morning to make sure they had emergency action plans in place.
Riley said the best thing to do in the event of a mass shooting is to find a safe area and wait for authorities to arrive.
AP writers Michael Gormley and Michael Virtanen contributed to this report.


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Forty summers ago, the whole world tuned in on their TVs as, 240,000 miles away, a pair of fellow earthlings planted their footprints in the dust of the moon. For most people then, as now, a voyage like that was beyond their capabilities-and certainly their budgets. Even so, nobody (hardly anybody) begrudged those guys their trip to the moon. Instead, we appreciated it as a remarkable achievement and a huge inspiration.
We don't want to over exaggerate the significance of custom-built trucks (or beat a metaphor to death), but in the small earthly realm of this hobby, there are a few vehicles that shoot for the moon and make it. Even if beyond the capabilities and budgets of most of us, these trucks can be appreciated as remarkable achievements and huge inspirations.
You'll find a lot of these trucks on the show circuit, which is where the world first saw Ballistic, Gene and Earlene Elpers' '46 Chevy. Its first showing was the 2008 Detroit Autorama, where the elite compete for the prestigious Ridler Award, and where Ballistic finished as a Great 8 finalist. Since then it has earned awards at numerous ISCA events. All this success has been satisfying for the Elpers, but not surprising. This was a seven-year project, undertaken for the challenge of creating a competitive show truck, and accomplished by the talented professionals at Lavine Restorations in Nappanee, Indiana.
Before any mods were made to the exterior, the guys in Nappanee created a custom frame from 2×4 boxed tubing. All suspension components are chromed, polished aluminum, or polished stainless. These include a Heidt's Mustang II frontend-complete with shocks, springs, and spindles-Baer disc brakes, and a Flaming River steering system. The rearend is from Kugel Komponents, from shocks and springs to the limited-slip rearend with 2.75:1 gears and inboard disc brakes.
The lowered stance called for filling the wheelwells with plus-sized rims and tires. The contemporary five-spokes from Billet Specialties' Profile collection measure 20×10 and 18×7. The low-profile tires are P295/45R20 and P215/40R18 BFGoodrich g-Force T/As, but don't bother checking; Gene sanded the sidewalls and buffed them smooth.
Body mods number in the hundreds. The most obvious change is the grille, where the familiar '41-46 bars were replaced with a not-even-close '37 Ford-style grille. The fenders were reformed to blend into the grille and molded-in hood sides. The converted one-piece hood top is hung on rear hinges. The front bumper and 7-inch headlights (with built-in turn signals) were molded into the fenders. The rear fenders were stretched in back and curled up to meet the curve of the tail, and extended in front to meet the running board, which blends into both fenders. The wheelwell openings have been reshaped as well.
The top was chopped 3 inches and a one-piece windshield from Jefferis Hot Rod Glass installed. Emblems and hardware were shaved, and new chrome trim was handformed from solid brass. The body was channeled 4 inches, dropping the beltline molding to meet the bedrails. A pair of '46 Chevy fenders form the inner wheelwells inside the bed, where the two-tone leather floor matches the interior upholstery. Gene made the Ballistic emblems inside the bed, on the tailgate, and elsewhere. Eric Lavine shot the perfectly finished sheetmetal with a custom mix of Standox paint.
The stock dash was smoothed and loaded with a row of carbon-fiber-faced Auto Meter gauges, each angled to face the driver. Classic Steering Wheels reduced the '55-56 Chevy wheel from 18 inches to 15. James Slabaugh covered the late-model Chrysler bucket seats with leather-a combination of weave pattern green and smooth cream. There's a motorized armrest in the console that slides back to reveal ignition, power window, and light switches. Memphis Car Audio speakers with polished stainless grilles pipe in music and a Vintage Air system pipes in fresh air. The Kenwood flip-out touch screen displays images from DVDs or from a backup camera built into the LED taillight.
The Chrysler EFI 6.1 Hemi-built by Street & Performance and Lavine Restorations-is controlled by a BigStuff3 engine management system and features a Momar manifold with two rows of billet throttle bodies, specially-built by Gene. The valve covers and oil pan are chromed, and the custom headers are polished stainless. Bowler Performance Transmissions built the GM 4L60E transmission, operated by a Retro Tek push-button shifter.
We didn't ask what kind of money Gene's got in his Ballistic '46, but we're sure it's astronomical. For those of you in the position to build an out-of-this-world truck of this level, let it inspire you to go the distance. For you more earthbound builders, appreciate this achievement and try to apply its level of imagination to your personal projects.


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Last week Tung Nguyen was given the opportunity of a lifetime. A mechanical engineering student and one of 21 Intel Vietnam Scholars sponsored by Intel Corporation to study at the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science, Nguyen shared his lab research on zero gravity testing materials for NASA with the Consul General of Vietnam.
"It's exciting to share the research I help conduct," said Nguyen. "I spend most of my time working in the drop tower lab knowing that what I learn can enhance future work in Vietnam."
Consul General Nguyen Ba Hung's visit to PSU was part of a week-long workshop organized by the Oregon Guard's State Partnership Program. The program seeks to strengthen training, education and trade relationships between Vietnam and Oregon.
In Vietnam there is a growing need to increase the capacity of its workforce across a number of disciplines including computer science, information technology and public administration. Vietnam also faces rapid urbanization. "Oregon is a laboratory where sustainability policies have been tested, and Portland State University (PSU) is well-positioned to share emerging technology and expertise on topics like multi-modal transportation and waste management systems to help advance green growth initiatives," explained Julia Babcock, co-facilitator of PSU's Vietnam Forum.
The Vietnamese government has set a goal of assisting 10,000 Vietnamese nationals to receive doctorate degrees by 2020. Enrollment of Vietnamese students in Oregon has been on the rise. PSU currently has 111 students, 63% of the total 177 enrolled in public universities in the state.
Dr. Dang Van Huan, who recently finished his Ph.D. in Public Affairs and Policy at PSU and plans to return to his position with the Ministry of Education and Training, facilitated much of the tour which included introductions to PSU's educational exchange programs. The visit concluded with words of encouragement from President Wim Wiewel to the Consul General to support future education and research-based collaborations between PSU and Vietnam.


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Allie Bentley is a sophomore in college. Near the end of her freshman year of college, she met her boyfriend Jonah McCarthy. Jonah has a reputation for being a player. Allie started to fall for him, and next thing you know she moved in his house. Once she moved in he started to become controlling and abusive. Her best friend Rose, who has been her best friend her whole life, doesn't like Jonah at all and believes that he is bad for her. But, Allie tries her hardest to look past his flaws. He loves her & she loves him. Niall Horan is a tattooed outcast. He lives with his best friends Liam, Zayn, Harry and Louis. Niall has never been in love before because he hasn't found the perfect girl. But, when he first sets eyes on Allie everything changes. What happens when Niall sets his eyes on Allie? Will he be able to save her from Jonah? Read and find out :) Copyright © 2013 Kayla S.
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(every day until Lazarus Saturday)
The weekday services of Great Lent are characterized by special Lenten melodies of a penitential character. The royal gates to the altar area remain closed to signify man's separation through sin from the Kingdom of God. At all Lenten services the Prayer of St Ephraim of Syria is read which supplicates God for those virtues especially necessary to the Christian life.


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Who doesn't love Drake? (Have a seat, Amanda Bynes. You too, Rosie.) The Canadian rapper and singer/songwriter makes the ladies swoon hard with the way he blends his beautiful voice with hip hop beats and rhymes.
Show of hands: how many of you were head over heels for Drake back when he went by Aubrey Graham and was on 'Degrassi: The Next Generation'? He was so adorable as the wheelchair-bound, basketball-playing Jimmy, which is why most of the time when I talk about him, I'm like, "Yeah, that new song by Jimmy from 'Degrassi' is awesome." And people are like, "What?" And then I remember that not everyone has a thing for Canadian teen soap operas like I do.
Anyway, how did I miss this photo shoot from last year's GQ Style issue? Drake gets all kinds of fashionable in brightly colored shirts and other attire, and man, you guys, he looks fierce. Not many men are brave enough to wear pink shirts — more of them should if they can, though! Especially if they look like Drake.
I stumbled across this loveliness when I woke up this morning and remembered that he's really hot, and I just wanted to share some of his prettiness with you guys today. (You're welcome.)


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Tomorrow sees the start of the 67th edition of the Vuelta, and if the bookmakers are correct, the general classifciation will come down to a straight fight between Alberton Contador, back from his doping ban, and Chris Froome, runner-up last year and again in the Tour de France and leading Team Sky in a Grand Tour for the first time.
It's unlikely to be that much of a two-horse race, of course, with plenty of other GC hopefuls looking to end their 2012 season on a high, while others will be looking to hone their form ahead of next month's world championships in the Netherlands. There are plenty of tough mountain stages, but there are also oppotunities for the sprinters.
Unlike recent editions, this yea's race is played out entirely in the northern half of the Iberian peninsula - Madrid, on the final day, is the most southerly point this time round.
While that means that the riders won't be exposed to the searing heat that caused problems for so many in the early days of the last two editions, which began respectively in Seville and Benidorm, it does mean that the unpredictable weather further north could be a factor.
As usual we will be running the rule over the main contenders with Team Sky's Geraint Thomas who's been enjoying a post-Olympic break, and he'll also be giving a stage-by-stage commentary, so look out for that very soon.
Unlike the Tour de France, the Vuelta only makes two distinctions between road stages – plain, or mountain, with no medium mountains category. What's more, 'plain' certainly doesn't mean 'flat,' and it doesn't guarantee a bunch finish – Stage 6, for example has a tough closing climb.
One note about the stage maps - the routes marked in red represent the course of the race itself. Those in green are the routes followed by the off-race vehicles such as team buses.
Stage 1
Saturday 18 August
Pamplona > Pamplona 16.5 km
As in Seville two years ago, the 2012 Vuelta starts with an evening team time trial and the location is no stranger to high-adrenaline spectacle, with the closing part of this stage following the same narrow, twisting roads in Pamplona made famous by the running of the bulls during the annual San Fermin festival.
Stage 2
Sunday 19 August
Pamplona > Viana 181.4 km
In Spain, what pass for flat stages tend to be rolling ones, and today's route includes a Category 3 climb that will give someone in the inevitable break a chance to get into the mountains jersey. There's a drag up to the finish in the closing couple of kilometres, but it looks like a day for a bunch sprint.
Stage 3
Monday 20 August
Faustino V > Eibar (Arrate) 155.3 km
Following last year's return to the Basque Country after nearly four decades, the race is back there again this year albeit for a brief visit, with a stage that finishes with a tough climb to Eibar-Arrate, often appearing in the Vuelta a Pais Vasco, an early opportunity for riders with an eye on the overall title to try and get some time on their rivals.
Stage 4
Tuesday 21 August
Barakaldo > Estación de Valdezcaray 160.6 km
The early climb of the Orduña today is another regular feature of the Vuelta a Pais Vasco, and while the stage finish at the Valdezcaray ski station is the first summit arrival on this year's race, the ascent certainly isn't as tough as some of those that will be encountered later on – last time a Vuelta stage finished at the point where today's stage does, Sean Kelly was the winner, so it's not necessarily a day for the pure mountain goats.
Stage 5
Wednesday 22 August
Logroño > Logroño 168.0 km
As usual on the Vuelta, sprint stages are relatively few and far between and are often sandwiched between two days in the mountains. The sprinters will know exactly what to expect as they head into the closing kilometres – today's stage takes place on a loop of around 40 kilometres and they will already have crossed the finish line three times before the finale. Oscar Freire was the winner of the last Vuelta stage here, in 2007.
Stage 6
Thursday 23 August
Tarazona > Jaca 175.4 km
Another summit finish, and one that is preceded by the Category 3 ascent of the Puerto de Oreol, crested a little under 15 kilometres out. The finishing climb of the Alto Fuerte de Rapitan has been given a similar categorisation, but is likely to prove tougher, with ramps of up to 14 per cent in places and nearly 4 kilometres of climbing at an average gradient of 8 per cent.
Stage 7
Friday 24 August
Huesca > Alcañiz. Motorland Aragón 164.2 km
This stage, which finishes on the Motorland Aragon motor racing circuit, presents another opportunity for a bunch sprint, but if the wind is up, as it often is in this part of the country, it could be a nervous day in the saddle due to the prospect of the peloton splitting.
Stage 8
Saturday 25 August
Lleida > Andorra. Collada de la Gallina 174.7 km
The race heads into Andorra today for another summit finish, this time on a climb never before used on the race, the Collada de la Gallina, preceded by what could for some be a fraught descent from the Category 2 Comella. Rather than being a steady drag, the final climb has some steep sections and is likely to invite attacks, and there could be a reshuffling of the top of the GC.
Stage 9
Sunday 26 August
Andorra > Barcelona 196.3 km
It's been 13 years since a Vuelta stage finished in Barcelona, but more recently the Catalan capital staged a memorable Tour de France finish in 2009 when David Millar, who lives up the coast, tried desperately to stay away only to be caught on the slopes of Montjuic, with Thor Hushovd taking the win. The sprinters' teams will want to ensure that any escapees are reeled in a lot earlier than that today.
Rest Day
Monday 27 August
Stage 10
Tuesday 28 August
Ponteareas > Sanxenxo 190.0 km
Racing resumes after yesterday's rest day – and a transfer from the Mediterranean coast to the Atlantic one – with what on paper looks like another day for the sprinters, but being on the Galician coast, there is always the possibility of the wind playing a role if it's blowing.
Stage 11
Wednesday 29 August
Cambados > Pontevedra 39.4 km
Last year, Chris Froome used the time trial in Salamanca to take the race leader's red jersey, ceding it to team mate Bradley Wiggins the following day in circumstances that still rankle some fans. Froome's time trialling and climbing form means that on a course that includes a Category 3 ascent he has a chance to put some decent time into his rivals. An in-form Contador would also be likely to do well today.
Stage 12
Thursday 30 August
Vilagarcía de Arousa > Mirador de Ézaro 190.5 km
An innocuous looking stage until the final few kilometres, the final 1.8 kilometre climb has an average gradient of 13.5 per cent and with a similar feel to the stage he won last year at Valdepeñas de Jaen looks tailor made for Joaquin Rodriguez assuming the Katusha rider is able to repeat the form he showed in the Ardennes Classics and again in the Giro d'Italia, where he finished second to Ryder Hesjedal.
Stage 13
Friday 31 August
Santiago de Compostela > Ferrol 172.8 km
An intriguing day in prospect, since with four summit finishes following in rapid-fire succession, the GC contenders and riders who will support them in the mountains will be looking to take things relatively easy. That doesn't mean it's a nailed-on bunch sprint, however, since smaller teams, particularly ones that haven't made an impact so far, will be aware that opportunities are limited from this point on.
Stage 14
Saturday 1 September
Palas de Rei > Puerto de Ancares 149.2 km
The Puerto de Ancares made its Vuelta debut last year, featuring on the route of a stage won by HTC Highroad's Michael Albasini, now with Orica-GreenEdge. It returns as the first of a quartet of consecutive summit finishes that will help shape the GC, though not necessarily decide the eventual winner and the climb, which has an average gradient of 8 per cent, should see some of the overall favourites try and make a move.
Stage 15
Sunday 2 September
La Robla > Lagos de Covadonga 186.5 km
The climb which closes today's stage has become one of the Vuelta's signature ascents and makes its 18th appearance on the race. Often influential in terms of the GC, there are some very tough sections and anyone with pretensions to the overall win who is struggling after yesterday's stage could lose a lot of time.
Stage 16
Monday 3 September
Gijón > Valgrande-Pajares. Cuitu Negru 183.5 km
The Vuelta's organsisers have got into the habit of throwing new climbs into the race that quickly establish themselves as classics, and this could well turn out to be one of them, with an average gradient of 13.5 per cent inside the final 3 kilometres that in places has ramps of up to 25 per cent. While the past two days have both featured climbs ahead of the final ascent, the two that precede today's summit finish are both Category 1. A big day, and another important one for the GC ahead of tomorrow's rest day.
Rest Day
Tuesday 4 September
Stage 17
Wednesday 5 September
Santander > Fuente Dé 187.3 km
The fourth of the successive mountain-top finishes, but this one at least comes after what will have been a welcome rest day and the final climb also has a less taxing profile than the ones encountered on the preceding stages. It's a steady climb with a fairly shallow gradient and this could be a day when the GC men let a break go.
Stage 18
Thursday 6 September
Aguilar de Campoo > Valladolid 204.5 km
Any sprinters left in the race will welcome today's stage, but on the plain, it isn't the rain in Spain that's likely to cause problems but the wind if its gusting. And if that does happen, the GC contenders are likely to be fighting for position to ensure that if the race does split, they are on the right side of it. It could be a nervous day. The last sprint finish in Valladolid, by the way, was in 2008 and it was won by the late Wouter Weylandt.
Stage 19
Friday 7 September
Peñafiel > La Lastrilla 178.4 km
The sprinters have one more chance in Madrid on Sunday, but with a tricky finish in prospect, it's also the kind of day where teams that haven't got anything from the race might try and rescue something. There are no categorised climbs but with the road heading uphill in the first two kilometres, early attacks are guaranteed, and an average gradient of 4 per cent for the final 2 kilometres means it's one for a strong finisher rather than perhaps a pure sprinter.
Stage 20
Saturday 8 September
La Faisanera Golf. > Bola del Mundo 170.7 km
Any issues unresolved in the GC will be settled today on the mountain outside Madrid that made its Vuelta debut in 2010 for a thrilling stage that saw eventual winner Vincenzo Nibali see of the challenge from second-placed Ezequiel Mosquera, who would later turn out to have failed a doping control during the race. Ahead of the Bola del Mundo, the four other categorised climbs will have shed out all but the strongest. Local hero Alberto Contador will know this climb better than anyone, but will that knowledge prove decisive?
Stage 21
Sunday 9 September
Cercedilla > Madrid 115.0 km
As ever, the race ends with the traditional procession into Madrid, heading down from the mountains before ten laps of the 5.7 kilometre circuit where Peter Sagan took his third Vuelta stage of last year's edition. The usual bunch finish will be followed by the coronation of the 2012 Vuelta champion on the Plaza de Cibeles.
Simon has been news editor at road.cc since 2009, reporting on 10 editions and counting of pro cycling's biggest races such as the Tour de France, stories on issues including infrastructure and campaigning, and interviewing some of the biggest names in cycling. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, his background has proved invaluable in reporting on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, and the bike industry. He splits his time between London and Cambridge, and loves taking his miniature schnauzer Elodie on adventures in the basket of her Elephant Bike.


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£Auferstehung ñ Resurrection
RÕsurrection ñ Resurrezione¨
Michelle DeYoung
Wiener Singverein
Wiener Philharmoniker
Pierre Boulez
Symphonie No. 2
£Auferstehung ñ Resurrection
RÕsurrection ñ Resurrezione¨
Christine Schðfer
Michelle DeYoung
Wiener Singverein
Wiener Philharmoniker
Pierre Boulez
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Pierre Boulez continues his Mahler Symphonies cycle the majestic Resurrection with the Wiener Philharmoniker
Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection"
Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
4: "Urlicht"
Michelle DeYoung, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
Christine Schðfer, Michelle DeYoung, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
Gesamtspielzeit: 1:20:36
Mahler's music is presented as only a real composer could do it -- architecture and structure like steel, but the whole thing singing with such heartfelt tempos, balances and orchestral detail that it makes you want to cry. Michelle DeYoung and Christine Schaefer are the inspired soloists; the Singverein is still the world's best Mahler chorus; and DG's engineers have managed to get 99 percent of that heaven-storming finale onto a single 4" disc. Sensational.
Was das f■r ein Gl■cksfall ist [dass Pierre Boulez und die Wiener Philharmoniker zusammengefunden haben], kann man auf der neuesten CD-Einspielung h—ren, in der Boulez mit dem Orchester Mahlers Zweite Symphonie im positiven Sinn "zelebriert". Erstaunlich ist an dieser Einspielung zuerst einmal der weiche, unprðtenti—se und romantische Erzðhlton, der im Kopfsatz angeschlagen wird. Ganz ohne Eile lðÔt der Dirigent, der eben noch "Parsifal" (auch per tempo) entschlackt hat, die Themen vor■berziehen, macht stðrker als andere Anklðnge an Bruckner und Wagner h—rbar . . . Seit jener elektrisierenden Jugendnacht, in der ich diese Symphonie zum erstan Mal in der Aufnahme mit Bruno Walter geh—rt hatte, hat sie nie wieder so spannend geklungen.
81 Jahre und kein bisschen leise: Wenn Pierre Boulez dirigiert, halten Luziditðt und Wucht perfekte Balance. F■r Mahlers zerkl■ftete Gef■hlswelt erweist sich der analytische Formsinn des Altmeisters als ideal -- und was filigranen Klang angeht, ist auf die Wiener Philharmoniker Verlass.
Boulez, Komponist (!), Grandseigneur der franz—sischen Avantgarde und Intellektueller, groÔer K■hler. Einer, dem selbst im Pathos der Zweiten, der ¢Auferstehungs¢-Symphonie, noch die Fotografie gelingt, das r—ntgenhafte Ablichten der ■berkomplexen Strukturen, ihre unbedingte Transparenz.
The ink was barely dry on the score of his First Symphony in 1888 when Mahler began to toy with the idea of a new large symphonic work in C minor. The opening movement was soon completed and named Todtenfeier (Funeral Ceremony), but it then languished among his papers until 1891, the year in which he left the Budapest Opera to become conductor in Hamburg. There he attracted the attention of the great conductor Hans von B■low, well known as a champion of new music. When Mahler played him Todtenfeier on the piano, however, B■low covered his ears and groaned: "If what I have heard is music, I understand nothing about music . . . Compared with this, Tristan is a Haydn symphony."
Mahler's creative urge survived the master's cruel words, but the Hamburg Opera now consumed most of his time and energy, and it was not until the summer of 1893, spent near Salzburg, that he returned to the Symphony in C minor. He soon completed the Andante he had sketched five years earlier. Immediately afterwards there occurred one of the strangest episodes in his entire creative life: simultaneously and on identical musical material, he composed the song Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt and the new symphony's Scherzo. Work was progressing at a dizzying speed, but when the end of the summer came and, with it, the time for his return to Hamburg, Mahler had not yet made any sketches for a finale, though he had composed the Wunderhorn-Lied entitled Urlicht, which would serve as its introduction. What he still lacked was a text for the powerful choral ending he had in mind, something comparable to the finale of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
In February 1894, B■low died and Mahler attended his memorial service in Hamburg. During the ceremony he experienced a revelation when "the choir, in the organ-loft, sang Klopstock's Resurrection chorale. It was like a flash of lightning, and everything became plain and clear in my mind!" . . .The initial sketches were noted down immediately on his return home from the service, and the actual composition of the finale was completed within the space of three weeks the following summer. Mahler had added a number of lines to Klopstock's ode, not only amplifying the poet's ideas but also altering their message.
As was his custom at this early stage of his career, Mahler drew up several, essentially similar programmes for the symphony. In the first movement, the "hero" is laid in earth after a long struggle with "life and destiny". Casting a backward glance at his life, he recalls a moment of happiness (the Andante), then reflects on the cruel turmoil of human existence, in a "spirit of disbelief and negation" (the Scherzo). "He despairs of himself and of God . . . Utter disgust for every form of existence and evolution seizes him in its iron grip, tormenting him until he utters a cry of despair."
A redeeming "Urlicht" (Primeval Light) then shines from afar. "Stirring words of simple faith" in the fourth movement sound in the hero's ear, bringing a glimmer of hope. Nevertheless, a long distance still has to be travelled before the final apotheosis. The finale begins with a vision of terror: "The horror of the day of days has come upon us. The earth trembles, the graves burst open, the dead arise and march forth in endless procession. The great and the small of this earth, the kings and the beggars, the just and the godless, all press forward. The cry for mercy and forgiveness sounds fearful in our ears. The wailing becomes gradually more terrible. Our senses desert us; all consciousness dies as the Eternal Judge approaches. The Last Trump sounds; the trumpets of the Apocalypse ring out. In the eerie silence that follows, we can just barely make out a distant nightingale, a last tremulous echo of earthly life. The gentle sound of a chorus of saints and heavenly hosts is then heard: 'Rise again, yes, rise again thou wilt!' Then God in all His glory comes into sight. A wondrous light strikes us to the heart. All is quiet and blissful. Behold: there is no judgement, no sinners, no just men, neither great nor small. There is no punishment and no reward. A feeling of overwhelming love fills us with blissful knowledge and illuminates our earthly life."
Unlike his First Symphony, which long remained misunderstood, Mahler's Second took only a few years to establish itself in the concert hall. Richard Strauss arranged for a performance of the first three movements at a Philharmonic concert in Berlin in March 1895, which Mahler himself conducted, but the critics afterwards accused the young composer of shattering his listeners' eardrums with his "noisy and bombastic pathos" and "atrocious, tormenting dissonances". Undeterred, Mahler organized the first performance of the complete work nine months later, again in Berlin, but this time including soloists and chorus. By the end of the evening he felt reassured by the audience's enthusiastic response, but with the next morning's newspapers came renewed and bitter attacks. Fortunately, the blow was tempered by the enthusiasm of such distinguished admirers as the conductors Arthur Nikisch and Felix Weingartner and the composer Engelbert Humperdinck. The Munich premiere, during the winter of 1900/01, created something of a stir, and when Mahler conducted the Second in the great Basle Cathedral in 1903, another performance organized by Strauss, the work and its composer were both ecstatically received.
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When your newly hired sales manager told you he was in the Army Reserve, you figured it meant giving him a little time off now and then. But the war on terrorism changed all that, and now your employee's unit has been deployed far away for who knows how long. What are your obligations?
Time to find out. "Most employers think of military leave as one weekend a month and two weeks over the summer," says Jason Branciforte, an attorney with Littler Mendelson in Washington, DC, who specializes in military leave issues. "They don't realize it might be years." After all, the last time U.S. reservists were called up was during the Gulf War, when many of today's small businesses didn't even exist.
The federal law that governs this issue, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), prohibits employers from discriminating on the basis of military service. That includes both voluntary and involuntary service, whether it's active duty, active duty for training, inactive duty, or absence from work for an examination to determine fitness for duty. In addition to Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, the law covers service in the Coast Guard, the National Guard and the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, plus any other category the president designates during a time of war or national emergency.
You can't refuse to hire people because they're in the service or refuse to promote them because they might be called up for duty. And you can't terminate people because their unit has been deployed, even if they've been gone three years.
Under USERRA, which applies to all U.S. employers, workers are entitled to military leave of up to five years. This is unpaid leave, but benefits such as health insurance and life insurance must continue if they're provided for employees on other forms of unpaid leave (such as the Family Medical Leave Act or disability). Branciforte notes that some employers elect to continue paying employees' salaries for a given number of months or to pay the difference between their salaries and military pay.
Coming Home
The tricky part is what happens when employees return from their stint in the military, especially if their absences were so long that you had to fill their positions. They must get their jobs back or be re-employed in the position they would have attained if they had been continuously employed. Suppose an employee would have been eligible for promotion at the end of a review cycle but was called up for duty first. When the employee returns, you can't pass him or her over for the promotion merely because of the time lost to military service. "Congress intended that service members not miss out on opportunities because they were called up," Branciforte says.
An employee who won't qualify for a promotion must get his or her old job back, or the nearest approximation to it. If the employee was gone longer than 90 days and a close approximation isn't available, you may offer a job of "like status." But the employee is entitled to the seniority and vacation he or she would have accrued if he or she hadn't been called up. Also, a worker who's been reinstated after military service may be terminated only for cause for a given period determined by the amount of time spent in the service.
Be aware that the federal law is just a platform, and every state imposes additional responsibilities. Your state might expand the length of time military employees may be gone and still get their jobs back, include the state national guard in the protected class, or require less notice from employees about coming military service. Check with your attorney about your state's law.
The Patriots
Employers rarely violate military leave laws. Most likely that's not out of fear of the penalties, which include compensation for lost wages and benefits and, if the violation is willful, an equal amount as liquidated damages. "Military leave questions arise during times of intense patriotism," Branciforte says. "It's more of a road map for employers on what to do when [workers] come back. Once employers are informed, they follow the law."
Still, if you have a very small business, it's probably impossible to keep someone's job open for months or years. Consider filling it with a temporary employee. "[The military employee] may come back within 90 days, and you'd be stuck," Branciforte says. "You'd have to fire someone to give the [employee] their job back."
What about the cost? The SBA offers the Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program, which can help eligible small businesses meet ordinary operating expenses associated with having an essential employee recalled to active duty. Beyond that, following these laws is just a matter of doing your part.
Steven C. Bahls, dean of Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio, teaches entrepreneurship law. Freelance writer Jane Easter Bahls specializes in business and legal topics.
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Study questions the relevance of SCIP benchmarks among CABG patients
Cardiothoracic surgeons and endocrinologists from Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found that among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, achieving Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) benchmarks for glycemic control may be irrelevant when perioperative continuous insulin infusion protocols are implemented. These findings appear on-line in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
Currently, 40 percent of all patients undergoing CABG suffer from diabetes, and this number is quickly rising. Traditionally these patients have more complications following surgery, including greater risk of heart attacks, more wound infections and reduced long-term survival. Previous studies from BMC have shown that patients receiving insulin infusions during surgery and in the postoperative period to achieve blood glucose levels of less than 200mg/dl have significantly less morbidity and mortality. As a result of these pioneering studies, national guidelines now mandate that all CABG patients receive an intravenous insulin infusion when necessary to maintain blood glucose levels of less than 200mg/dl in the perioperative period.
SCIP has benchmarked 6 a.m. blood glucose of less than 200 mg/dl on post-operative day one and day two as a quality measure of glycemic control in cardiac surgery to be used for reporting of operative outcomes and monetary reimbursement. However, the relevance of SCIP in patients already receiving continuous insulin infusions, designed to achieve optimal glycemic control, is unknown. Hospitals in which SCIP outliers are present may be publicly cited for poor glycemic control and receive less monetary reimbursement. It is important, therefore, to determine whether SCIP is a valid marker of glycemic control in CABG patients.
Between January 2006 and April 2011, 833 patients underwent CABG surgery at BMC and received continuous insulin infusions to maintain serum blood glucose of less than 180 mg/dl. Patients were divided into two groups: patients compliant with SCIP and those who were outliers-those who fell outside of the SCIP guidelines.
The researchers found the incidence of SCIP outliers to be 6.6 percent. These patients were more likely to suffer from insulin-dependent diabetes, have a higher hemoglobin A1C level which is indicative of poor glucose control in the months preceding surgery, higher body mass and lower ejection fraction. "However, patients who were SCIP outliers had no increase in morbidity, mortality or hospital length of stay," explained senior author Harold Lazar, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon at BMC and professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Boston University School of Medicine.
According to Lazar these findings may have national implications and may result in changes in guidelines for glycemic control. "We found that these patients may have had excellent glycemic control except for that one 6AM glucose level," added Lazar. A better index of glycemic control is to look at the percentage of time that a patients' glucose was less than 200mg/dl over 48 hours and not just one or two arbitrary points in time. "On the other hand, we saw patients who had poor glycemic control but just happened to have a glucose level of less than 200mg/dl at the two time periods measured by SCIP."
Furthermore, this study had identified groups of patients whose glucose levels are harder to control despite the fact that are continuously receiving insulin. Yet, they are still better off compared to not having received any infusions——however, they would be considered SCIP outliers and those hospitals would be penalized. "We think that glycemic control is important in ALL CABG patients——however, current SCIP guidelines are not an accurate method to determine whether hospitals are truly compliant with meeting the goals of glycemic control."
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The first electric vehicle quick charging station in the nation to use battery-assisted technology was unveiled on Electric Avenue at Portland State University (PSU) today.
The new unit joins six other charging stations on Electric Avenue (www.pdx.edu/electricavenue), the university's two-year research and development collaboration with Portland General Electric (PGE) and the City of Portland.
While all DC quick charging stations can charge a car in about 30 minutes, this innovative device provides half of the power from a ready-to-go battery pack, significantly reducing demand on the electric grid.
"Thanks to this innovative technology, the battery quick charging station can be installed in more places and at a lower cost," said Charlie Allcock, Business Development Director at PGE. "We know a quick charge basically doubles the useful range of electric vehicles, so this is something our customers are excited about and the industry is paying attention to."
"Oregonians continue to be early adopters of electric vehicles, so it's fitting we are testing and evaluating promising new technology and applications," said George Beard of PSU's office of Research and Strategic Partnerships. "With two quick charging stations now at Electric Avenue, we can better track activity and interest in fast charging."
The charging station was provided by Japanese company Kanematsu and can be found at www.evcollective.com.
Representatives from Kanematsu visited Electric Avenue today to see the charger in action.
"We are pleased to bring the next step in EV charging station technology to Electric Avenue and to participate in the Portland region's transportation electrification efforts," said Katsuhiko Kumagai, CEO of Kanematsu USA. "We value our collaboration with PSU, PGE and the City of Portland."
Electric Avenue is part of an ongoing partnership between PSU, PGE and the City of Portland to showcase electric vehicles, charging technology and study new strategies for sustainable transportation. All charging stations are powered with 100 percent PGE renewable power. Visitors pay for parking but can plug in their cars, bikes and motorcycles at no extra charge.
The Kanematsu charging station joins these other models showcased on Electric Avenue, which is located on the PSU campus on SW Montgomery Street between SW Broadway and SW Sixth Avenue:
- Eaton Corp provided two charging stations: a quick-charge station and a Level 2 (240-volt) charging station.
- General Electric provided a Level 2 (240-volt) charging station.
- OpConnect provided a dual-headed Level 2 (240-volt) charging station.
- Shorepower Technologies provided a Level 2 (240-volt) charging station.
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Photographer's Note
At the end of the day, walking, suddenly I felt the sound of horses and there they were, galloping freely
I believe there were near the stables and wanted to rest or just they were enjoying being free
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lousat (119595) 2013-06-24 14:44
Hi Maria,absolutely great this scenery,only in Mongolia is possible to see things like this,magnificent capture whit great details despite the horses mouvement,very nice cold colors too,i like it! Have a nice day and thanks,Luciano
Sonata11 (34119) 2013-06-24 20:13
Hello Maria,
fantastic capture of this beautiful scene. I like your pov and it has very good dof with fabulous result. Perfectly well done like always, tfs.
Best regards,
abmdsudi (80640) 2013-06-24 20:48
Hi Maria
Great depiction of the action here, a beautiful natural shot and nothing nicer than seeing horses enjoying themselves running free positively fizzing with energy. The lovely open rolling green just waiting there for them to run into giving the shot an extra dimension with good sense of movement whilst keeping the horses focused. The sense of brightness and speed is very uplifting with good combination of colours. The timing is great in difficult conditions, well done on keeping going to reach your goal. Congrats
Best regards
pajaran (90554) 2013-06-24 22:07
Lep pogled na konje u galopu ...
Dobar trenutak snimka, kontrast, lepe boje.
Dobar rad, lepo pokazan trenutak i zeleno polje.
Sve najbolje.
Nice view of the horse at a gallop ...
A good moment recording, contrast, beautiful colors.
Good work, good demonstrated moment and green field.
All the best.
Romano46 (18472) 2013-06-25 1:17
Ciao Maria,
le steppe della Mongolia con il loro fascino sono un soggetto particolarmente interessante e lo hai giΰ dimostrato con una lunga serie di foto, ma questa ha di particolare la pθresenza dei cavalli che corrono liberi in branco, dando vita ad una bella composizione nella quale domina il dinamismo e la semplicitΰ.
Ciao e buona giornata
ikeharel (97834) 2013-06-25 8:17
Hola Maria,
This is an amazing moment collected, I really wish i could have taken such photo.
Fantastic dynamic scale, great animals and all the vast / wide green landscape is free for them to run.
Marvelous collected image. My cong.'s.
Te deseo un buen tarde, Ike
eldancer1 (36343) 2013-06-25 9:42
Awesome capture of those galloping horses, they are beautiful animals. Good pov and dof with nice details. A little bit too much sky, otherwise well done, tfs.
cornejo (60730) 2013-06-25 10:33
Hola Maria, muy bonita fotografνa de esta manada de caballos galonpando por la bella estepa verde, muy bien encuadrada, con nitidez, buena luz y color. Muy buen y bonito trabajo bien realizado, mis felicitaciones amiga mia. Gracias por compartir.
Buen dia y feliz semana.
Cordiales saludos.
holmertz (82068) 2013-06-25 10:47
Hello Maria,
No human presence this time, but horses running freely are just as good. They are beautiful animals and they look even better in this kind of scenery. It's a fine view you have captured and the colours are very fine.
Kind regards,
Didi (61569) 2013-06-25 10:51
Hi Maria
Une scθne intιressante ace ce troupeau de chevaux qui ont une allure trθs particuliθre typique ΰ ce pays
La luminositι est bonne mais ceci ne m'a pas empκchι d'effectuer un WS pour agrιmenter le ciel
ourania (51103) 2013-06-25 12:20
Hola Maria,
a wonderful scene you were lucky and skillful enough to capture with superb sharpness in a magnificent, smooth, deserted landscape. I like very much how you have rendered the scene with the whole group galloping and how the movement and the distance didn't prevent you from capturing details that distinguish each horse perfectly. A precious picture, congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a great day,
chrisvek (7003) 2013-06-26 15:22
Hello Maria
Awesome photo with so wonderful details and nice amount of saturation.Great contrasts and splendid POV.Very well done.
All the best
fabbs99 (17179) 2013-06-26 23:40
Hello Maria,
Impressive shot of the galloping horse in the open fields.The light, the colors, the neatness, the depth are exceptional.Excellent composition, good presentation too. Very well done, TFS.
Oceania (5202) 2013-06-27 6:59
Hi Maria,
I can tell a group of horses running fast. You captured the unusual scene perfectly. Thanks for showing us.
jemaflor (124455) 2013-06-29 7:21
Salut Maria,
Une image d'un paysage sauvage et animι par ces chevaux, bon effet dynamique avec la poussiθre qui vole avec le galop des chevaux.
kato (11630) 2013-06-30 4:43
Hello Maria,
You're capturing well this scene by a good angle and excellent tone/clarity, so it's interesting and impressive to see the spectacle in which many forest horses have run through Mongolian's prairie with rich meadow. It's effective for dust after running away, too. And, loose ups and down of prairie draws out a good atmosphere in this image.
Kind regards,
kordinator (15773) 2013-07-04 1:07
Hello Maria
A good moment recording, contrast, beautiful colors.
A very interesting POV and composition.
I like colors and light.
An impressive picture.
Best regards
AdrianWrobel (1676) 2013-07-09 7:06
Heil, ciekawe kolory, wspania³y widok. Bardzo mi siκ podoba. Pozdrawiam - Adrian
Cricri (176) 2013-07-13 6:33
Hola Maria
Splendide ce troupeau de chevaux aux galop dans ce beau paysage vert, bonne lumiθre, trθs jolie
Belle journιe
clic (22638) 2013-07-17 8:53
Hola Milady Maria!
No annoying artefact to spoil the essence of a bucolic action shot featuring the herd teaching exercise to youngs or rushing towards the leader's dream of finding a nearby pond to freshen up!
A visual poem to free-roaming horses!
Hasta luego.
mkamionka (52362) 2013-07-19 1:26
Hola Maria,
beautiful capture. You must have your camera in your hands all the time to be able to react so fast. I love your reportage from this extraordinary trip and I admire your creativity. I am more into architecture or landscapes and I wonder if I would be able to take any photos in such trip at all. I usually don't photograph people and here I would probably not react quick enough...
Beautiful capture in spite of the sky being rather featureless the horses add an enormous value here.
Thanks for sharing it,
goodwill (4242) 2013-07-28 9:35
This is such a splendid shot that I am mesmerised. Mongols and the horses, there seems to be a huge relationship. I have learnt that Chineese were afraid of Mongols , and to counter them they buld a wall, the famous Great wall of China.
I love the way you froze the moments of the horses by using the fast shutter speed.
The empty space on the top adds value to the spectacle.
Cheers Maria,
Waylim (25436) 2013-07-29 10:44
Hi Maria,
Sorry, I've been away for a little while.
Simply wonderful, it is like a scene i have in my imination of what Mongolia would be like, horses roam freely without collar on the endland rollin hills. The back light makes this shot a challenge but you did very well to captured the essence of the wide open space and the horse runny without any fences. It's like in horse's heaven.
No_One (4) 2013-08-06 11:08
Hi Maria,
I have a big smile looking at this, but I don't think just posting :D qualifies as a proper comment!! This is such a beautiful shot for many different reasons, the sense of space in the landscape, the horses captured so clearly, and just the whole sense of freedom it evokes. Mongolia looks like a fantastic destination.
Thanks again
Miguel82 (34014) 2013-09-17 2:43
That picture is so beautiful Maria, that group of horses galloping in the Mongolian steppes is wonderful
I think they are domestic or semi-ferral, a strong breed able to live in hard conditions
A brillant picture, have a nice day
jmdias (90390) 2013-10-18 1:58
una vista no mucho comun en la mayor parte del mundo. bonito momento con buena resoluciσnn y sentido de movimiento. GPC.
siudzi (34141) 2014-06-08 8:38
Hello Maria,
I found this shot in your random images. The scene is simply impressive and we can feel the wide freedom of these animals. Like it a lot! Perfectly seen and taken with superb line of the hills in the background. Bravo!
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- Copyright: Maria Ocampos (nikkitta) (17070)
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- Date Taken: 2011-06-19
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The highly regarded and beloved independent pioneer died on Monday (23) after suffering a series of strokes while attending Sundance. He was 57.
Ray co-founded October Films with Jeff Lipsky and the pair went on to champion such titles as Secrets & Lies, Cookie's Fortune, Lost Highway and Breaking The Waves.
"On October 9th, 1990 Bingham Ray and I became distribution partners," Lipsky said. "Thanks to Bingham 10/9/90 will always remain one of the ten most important days of my life. Thanks, Bing. October will always be our month."
When USA Networks acquired October Films in 1999, Ray pondered his next move and it was a big one. He was named president of United Artists in September 2001 and during his tenure the company distributed the likes of Bowling For Columbine, Hotel Rwanda, Pieces Of April and Ghost World.
In 2007 he joined LA-based Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and over the next three years served as president of Kimmel Distribution and president of creative affairs.
He recently served as the first run programmer at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and was a consultant to SnagFilms and adjunct professor at the Tisch School Of The Arts in New York.
Last November Ray commenced his latest post as executive director of the San Francisco Film Society following the death in August of Graham Leggat.
"Jeanne and I have known Bingham since our earliest days in the business," Bob Berney and Jeanne Berney said. "I first worked with him as an exhibitor in Dallas, playing films he was distributing and seeing him at all the festivals. Jeanne also handled publicity on several films for him at Alive Films and other companies and was a fellow board member with him at IFP New York.
"Over the years, we were friendly competitors and comrades in the indie community. He made his mark by picking wonderful films to distribute and going all-in to support his filmmakers, but perhaps even more as an entertaining raconteur who was always the life and heart of the independent scene. We will miss him very much."
In a statement the Sundance Institute said: "It is with great sadness that the Sundance Institute acknowledges the passing of Bingham Ray, cherished independent film executive and most recently executive director of the San Francisco Film Society. On behalf of the independent film community here in Park City for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and elsewhere, we offer our support and condolences to his family. Bingham's many contributions to this community and business are indelible, and his legacy will not be soon forgotten."
Pat McBaine, president of the board at the San Francisco Film Society issued a statement that read:"The board of directors and staff of the Film Society are stunned and deeply saddened by the untimely death of our executive director Bingham Ray. We at the Film Society and the entire film community have lost far too early an energetic and visionary impact player who has helped shape the independent film industry for decades in so many important and valuable ways.
"He shall be dearly missed. Our deepest sympathies and condolences go out to Bingham's family and his legions of friends and colleagues all over the world who loved and respected him.
Friends and colleagues gathered to reminisce at a reception hosted by the San Francisco Film Society in Park City on Monday.
Ray is survived by his wife Nancy King, their children Nick, Annabel and Becca, and his sisters Susan Clair and Deb Pope.


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