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Freelink+UBoot+kernel2.6 on Kurobox
Putting UBoot, Freelink and a 2.6 Kernel on an original Kurobox
I have had a Kurobox for some time now and it has served well as a basic file server. I have been wanting to upgrade it, but didn't know enough Linux to feel comfortable attacking the task. Also, the thought of putting together all the pieces seemed a bit daunting. With the recent advent of nearly automatic upgrades to uboot and modern Debian distributions, plus the ability to upgrade the kernel, it seems like now is the time to quit procrastinating and get started. While information on doing this in the Kurobox domain has been pretty skethcy, all the pieces are there under the linkstation headings. This page just puts several of those pieces together in a single place and makes it easier to find for Kurbox enthusiasts. Of course this only applies to the original Kurobox which is not around anymore but I see there are still people asking about this here and there, so I am getting this howto off of my personal page and into a findable place related to the kuro.
The Plan
- Update Kuro to uboot and Mindbender's firmware image
- Install Freelink (Debian Linux)
- Update the kernel to a 2.6 variety.
The primary resource is NAS-Central and the wonderful people who are behind it. I started by asking in the forums. Here is the thread that this page is based on. It shows the false starts and mis-steps that I will leave out here in order to keep things readable and usable. My thanks to Andre, mindbender, and davy_gravy for their help and patience with this Linux newbie. This wiki is also a treasure trove of information and searches have often led me to a page with just the information I needed. It is good to see it growing and maturing.
How to install LNI uboot + 18.104.22.168-firmimg.bin + freelink to the original kurobox/LS1
Here are Mindbender's directions from the forum thread with annotations and hints based on my experience added.
Things to do to get the Kurobox ready and software needed.
This may be the time or place to install a new bigger drive in the Kurobox. It will wake up in EM-Mode and you should be able to work from there. I didn't do it that way, I had a working box, but planned on expanding the size of the boot partition. I didn't think about expanding it until I was well into the process and found that expanding it when I did, later on, may have been better than doing so before starting. Your results may differ, you could do it now. I will describe what I did when I get to that point in the upgrade process.
Next we need the uboot, flash kernel, and Freelink code. Mindbender shows getting it like this:
cd /mnt/ wget http://downloads.nas-central.org/LS1_PPC/Bootloader/Uboot/Precompiled/u-boot-lsppchd-flash-1.2.0-r2.bin wget http://downloads.nas-central.org/ALL_LS_KB_PPC/Bootloader/UBoot/FirmimgBins/linux-18.104.22.168-list.mg.2-v3/firmimg.bin wget http://downloads.nas-central.org/LS1_PPC/Distributions/Freelink/TmpImages/tmpimage-FL-1-21-LS1.tgz
That is downloading the uboot binary + the 22.214.171.124 firmimg.bin and the freelink rootfs to /mnt/ which should be the point to which /dev/hda3 should be mounted.
Since my kurobox was only slightly updated, wget was not available to me. Instead I downloaded those files to my PC and then put them on the share drive of the kuro using windows networking. I then logged into the Kuro using telnet and moved them to the suggested directory. If you are working with a new drive, this may not be an option. The Kurobox supports ftp, and that is another way to get the files onto the box.
cd /mnt/ mv /mnt/share/u-boot-lsppchd-flash-1.2.0-r2.bin u-boot-lsppchd-flash-1.2.0-r2.bin mv /mnt/share/firmimg.bin firmimg.bin mv/mnt/share/tmpimage-FL-1-21-LS1.tgz tmpimage-FL-1-21-LS1.tgz
Now the code is where it belongs.
Here is a link to the flash map of the LS1/kurobox original.
There you will see the bootloader-device is "/dev/fl2" and the firmimg.bin device is "/dev/fl1".
Updating Flash Memory and the boot partition
You can install the latest uboot without compiling by flashing the binary to /dev/fl2
see http://buffalo.nas-central.org/index.php?title=U-boot_bootloader#Flashing_U-Boot_from_Linux for the full up directions and warnings. This process was too daunting for me to try previously, so I am very glad that Mindbender provided the software and instructions to just do it.
This is the critical part of this guide. in case anything goes wrong when flashing uboot you will need jtag to recover the box. Be warned! It worked for me on three boxes. It worked for me with no trouble either, but you should know you are doing this at your own risk, you really can brick your Kurobox.
installing uboot to /dev/fl2
dd if=u-boot-lsppchd-flash-1.2.0-r2.bin of=/dev/fl2 bs=1k
In case you have cmp on board of your currently installed execute the cmp command also to be completely sure that it worked.
I did not have cmp and did not compare. I ran into issues later and was able to compare from Freelink (as installed below) and found that Flashing worked flawlessly. If you do wish to compare, install it to your kurobox before beginning.
:# cmp u-boot-lsppchd-flash-1.2.0-r2.bin /dev/fl2
 :cmp: EOF on u-boot-lsppchd-flash-1.2.0-r2.bin
EOF on the file means it was a good comparison. The flash device doesn't end at the end of file, so this result is expected. Everything up to the end of file compared successfully.
installing the 126.96.36.199 firmimg.bin to /dev/fl1
If you do this uboot update, I also recommend you flash the 18.104.22.168/telnet/ftp-enabled firmimg.bin to flash. This has the functionality you are used to having on your kurobox. This is an updated flash kernel that has some nice features that really makes many tasks a breeze compared to the kuro's old EM-Mode
This is the kernel that will be used in EM-Mode and when you do a "two flash" uboot startup.
dd if=firmimg.bin of=/dev/fl1 bs=1k
Again, if you have cmp onboard, use it to make sure everything was written correctly.
Do both of the above flash operations at the same time without rebooting. Then when you reboot you will see the box behaving differently. It should behave as shown in this youtube video by Mindbender:
Watch the video closely keeping your eyes on the disk fault light. It will blink 1, 2 or 3 times to indicate which boot mode it will execute when the entry timer expires. Each time you press the power button, the number of flashes will increment. If you do nothing it will boot "single flash". At this point in the upgrade you effectively can only boot to 2 and 3 blink mode as you only have a bootable kernel in flash, but not on the hard drive in the /boot directory (that's why you are flashing the 18.104.22.168-firmimg.bin, btw. If you don`t install the flash kernel, and reboot uboot will have problems finding a kernel to boot. The 1-blink mode will work as well, but in reality it will be 2 blink mode as it defaults to the flash kernel if no kernel is found in /boot on the hard drive. The Kurobox software does not have a /boot directory, so this is exactly what happens. A blank disk would also do the same.
Installing freelink to /dev/hda1
Once you have booted into EM mode with uboot (three flashes of the Disk Fail light during the uboot portion of startup), you can install freelink to /dev/hda1. Login via telnet, seeing the above welcome screen, and then you can do several things. The first thing I did was to repartition the hard drive. I used fdisk and mke2fs to create a 5GiB root partition, a 256MiB swap partition and left the rest of th 200GB hard drive for the working partition. Good generic directions can be found at Convert your PPC LinkStation into a full-blown Debian system. Once the partitions are right, it was necessary to ftp the tmpimage-FL-1-21-LS1.tgz file to the kuro again as shown in the pre-requisites above. Now it is time to install freelink on the hard drive.
mount_disk
 cd /mnt/hda1
 rm -r *
 tar xzvf ../hda3/tmpimage-FL-1-21-LS1.tgz

That should be all, when you reboot again you will be running Freelink.
This is now the beginning, Freelink needs configuring and addition of all the software you will want to make the box functional as a NAS and media server. I had tried to configure it using freelinkomatix but had some troubles and had to back up to the step shown here and start over using the manual direction at Freelink - Convert the LinkStation into a Full-fledged Debian Linux Server, starting with step 3.
Update to a 2.6-kernel
The last desirable thing to do is to update to a late 2.6 by running andre`s webinstaller with variant-uboot mode: http://hvkls.dyndns.org/downloads/documentation/README-webinstaller.html
This did not go well for me at first. Here is my expanded set of directions that worked better.
Update Freelink before updating the kernel to 2.6
I found that the web installer failed and asked me to reinstall several items using apt-get when I ran it on a virgin Freelink installation. When I tried to do the re-installs, apt-get cried foul and failed saying I needed to run apt-get update first. Upon running that, it had a failure and recommended running it again. the second apt-get update worked with no error messages and then the re-installs worked fine. After all of that, the web-installer ran without a hitch.


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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:01 pm
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Based on your article, you were targeting temp of 130. you should remove the steak from the grill at about 120 and rest to get the temperature target of 130. In your article, you said to remove it when it hits 130. That would get closer to 140 and a medium not a medium rare.
One thing I would like to see is an article on aging steaks. The best steak I even had was from Peter Luger's in Brooklyn, NY. My friends and I ordered 2 porterhouses ( 1 rare and 1 medium rare). The best on was the rare steak. The steak sauces was not used at all.
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Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:40 am
Post subject: What's wrong with medium??
Man, you medium-rare guys bash medium like I bash medium-well and well-done, what's wrong with you?
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Steaky the Clown
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:13 am
Post subject: Steak is good
I eat steak with my mouth
It makes me want to drool.
I once tried to eat steak with my feet
I sure looked like a fool
I ate steak in a car
I once ate steak in the gym
I wish that steak was in the air
So I could breath it like oxygen
I think steak is fun to eat
But the best steak, I suppose
Are those little pieces of steak you get
From picking out your
I used to grill my steaks
Using a grill with fiery logs
But I found steak tastes much better
When you wear it for a hat.
Love Bernie, age 32
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:28 am
Post subject: Grilling steak
hey i have same problem 8 months back,now The type of grillers choose will make a difference in the flavor of the foods. Charcoal grilling and propane grilling both create delicious foods but it is thought by many that charcoal grilling gives the food a better tast.
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:49 pm
Post subject: flipping the steak
Hello, I have no idea if it is a myth or not but Ive heard that if you keep flipping your steak, the the juices can't run out, like I said I don't know if it is just a myth, but I flip mine constantly and they turn out delicious...
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 2:19 am
Post subject: GOOD STEAK AND CARCINOGENS
I follow all meals with a healthy cocktail of mostly grain alcohol and fruit juice including tomato- if it does not kill me it will make me stronger-
Look, you could be killed by errant space junk- LIVE WELL! Thanks for a great read -pg
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:52 am
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ALWAYS bring food to be grilled up to room temperatur first. The cooking will be more even, eleminating cold spots in the meat. Also, salt and/or pepper well in advance of grilling. This gives the seasoning time to enter the steak and again, it produces an even coating. Grilling to a sear will not "seal in the juices", that is a myth. The best thing to do, is get your grill hot. Put on the porterhouse, cook for 2 minutes. Turn 90 degrees, cook another 2 minutes. Flip and repeat (Thanks to Alton Brown of Good Eats on Food Network!) Rest the steaks for at least 5 minutes. You will have the best meal in the world, at I did this Fathers Day! Cheers, and happy grilling!
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Davey Crocket
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:37 am
Post subject: Grilling steaks.
For those concerned about grilling on Charcoal, I get a small grill going real Hot on Lump charcoal(mesquite is best for quick grilling). After flopping the steaks on the Grill, I close the cover and close one of the vents to tamp the fire down. In about 2 minutes the fire has died down to a low temperature grill. Continue to cook with a low heat burn a total of 8-12 minutes per side. Perfect steaks and smiles result.
P.S. With charcoal you can make one side hotter than the other for adjusting to the preferred amount of pinkness.
P.P.S. Flipping will just lets more heat escape from the lid and you have to cook it longer(and make the meat tougher) than if you just leave it with the lid on.
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:36 am
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Grilling ribeyes: I use a lot of birch bark strips tossed on the coals once the fire has died down a bit, as I don't want them to catch fire. Close the cover and watch the misquitoes run from the smoke.
May want to soak the bark in water 1st if you have a real hot fire going.
I don't but only have a small charcoal fire going for the 2 of us.
For the meat, I never use black pepper as had a real bad encounter with a peppered steak at outback steakhouse -yuk. We don't go there no more (only been there twice).
But lowry salt and garlic hurb and steak seasoning works nice for me
I also coat the meat with HONEY (also I order this way at resturants by telling them to put honey on before cooking) then I jab the steak all over with a large fork to ram the seasons in deep along along with the honey.
Buy the time I get the charcoal grill going, its maraniated long enough for me. Am hungry, lets cook now!
I usually do not flip much unless the fire is too hot. I try to keep the flames well below so won't be on the meat but hot enough to crisp the outside.
You do have to careful as too long on one side, the honey will burn, so need a cooler approach when using honey, or be flippin.
Note, you will not taste the honey, but the steak is sweet and tender
Once I see there's no more blood coming out and juices are clear - its done medium rare, at least for me its that way!
I always try to get the thicker cuts, all depends on which store has a sale going on
Otherwise Sam's Club has always have great cuts of meats.
I was originally looking to find out whats better - slow cooking or fast cooking.
Primary, Ribeye Roasts - 5lb area in the oven.
I been slow cooking (230^) covered with water added, then at the end open and turn on the broiler to HI to crisp the outsides.
Reason is that I do not always know the excect time wife gets home from work. Once she does, then broil so meal is ready buy the time she is...
Just wondering which way is more tender for a ribeye roast - slow or fast?
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 3:37 am
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Last weekend I had a group of people over, and decided to do all the cooking on the grill. Everything was grilled--corn, asparagus, pineapple, potatoes, carrots, 1 1/2" thick ribeyes and chicken (a few guests don't eat beef-what do they know!!). While one side of the grill was cooking the chicken, the steaks were just sitting on the "cold side" warming up (it's a large grill). After they got to about 115-120F inside using a thermapen, I placed them on the hottest part of the grill for about two minutes on a side to sear and lightly char the outside. This gave a great thin crust and a completely even pink color inside, ending up rare/medium rare and very juicy. Everyone agreed these steaks were on par with the best they ever had at a fine steakhouse.
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:43 am
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That's similar to what I did tonight for dinner - about 60 minutes in the oven at 200°F to bring the temperature up slowly then a three minute sear on each side on the grill to finish.
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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:56 am
Post subject: Steaks
I've been grilling since 1962, and slow-smoke barbecuing since 1983.
I've cooked with flat-pan grills, hibachis, Japanese ceramics, and gas, as well as slow cooked two-chamber barbecuing with hickory, oak, maple, apple and cherry wood.
My grill of choice for steaks is a Weber 22 1/2 inch charcoal grill.
My choice of steak is 2.5 to 3 inches thick, either ribeye, porterhouse or New York/Kansas City strip (the big side of a porterhouse). Mostly I do choice, but for special occasions, I order dry-aged prime from Lobels.com. Everybody who has his/her grilling technique down should try a Lobel's steak at least once in their life. Lobel's buys not just USDA prime, but top-prime meat. Then they dry-age subprimals for 6 weeks. This evaporates water, intensifying flavor. Stockyards has a really nice 1.25 inch thick 4-porterhouse package. A little less expensive than Lobel's, arrives frozen, it may be "wet aged" prime, but none of your guests will complain. For a big barbecue, order from either vendor, a couple boneless rib roasts, and cut your own ribeyes.
I load one half of my Weber with 4 layers of coals. I fully open the vents and put the lid on a little bit cocked. This gets REALLY HOT. How hot? Well, when you remove the lid, it flares up momentarily, and burns your eyebrows off. Oops, keep some distance, and use the lid as a shield.
Drop the steaks on, put the lid on in fully closed position sear for about a minute, flip, sear for about another minute. Flip over and do about another 30-40 or seconds. Flip again for about about another 30-40 seconds. Then transfer the meat to the uncharcoaled side, put the lid on fully, and shut the bottom vents to about 1/4. This roasts the meat. For a 2.5 inch steak, about 8 minutes will give you medium rare, 15 minutes medium.
Always let meat warm to room temperature before putting on the grill. Actually, I put my steaks in zip locks and immerse in 100 degree water. This enables the muscle fibers to "relax"
Why 2.5-3 inches thick? Because you get a sumptuous browned surface with a juicy pink inside the surface, and some deep red in the center. They all have different flavors, that will make your tastebuds go, "Ooh, Ahh, MMM". Cut each steak in half to divvy up normal-sized portions. This tastes way better than thinner steaks, one to a person. Don't believe me. Try it out for yourself.
For thin pre-cut steaks, 1.25 inch thick or less, try two layers of charcoal and cook the meat fully directly over the coals. Several turns will be necessary for medium cooking to allow the heat to get to the inside of the meat without burning the exterior.
For choice meat, Italian dressing marinade is very good. For prime meat, salt and pepper is perfect.
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:28 am
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brilliant site.
my advice would be to cook your steak exactly how YOU like it.
not how someone think,s it should be cooked.
let,s face it, YOUR the one eating the damn thing.
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:40 am
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I think it would be nice if you can present the recipes in process flowchart format.. Then it will suffice the website's name cooking for engineers.. Too technical though..
- Medel M. Usona REE
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Daryl from Beef Country
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:58 am
Post subject: How to cook a steak
Having tried many different ideas for a properly grilled steak, I have come to the conclusion that an extended marinate is not the way to go unless your BBQing a lesser cut. Lesser being anything less than a good sirloin.
A good rub of salt and pepper should do the trick although I like rub some crushed garlic on it. Montreal Steak Spice is mostly salt and pepper anyways.
Trimming off some fat is fine but be sure to leave some. The buttery flavour we all love is the fat. Most commercially available beef rarely has enough fat in the meat. For me, buying a 4h calf produces the best meat, since its basically treated as a pet and has been hand fed. The beef is far superior. (although if overfed on grain they can get too fatty).
Other than 4H beef, try to get to know a good butcher/beef cutter. WARNING: on occasion I have had 4H beef cut and oddly there were maybe 6 t-bones when I picked it up.
As to the cooking I am a believer in medium rare. Since the invention of refrigeration, having to cook a steak beyond that stage is nearly sacrelige. But experimentation will let you experiment with your own "blood tolerance". Having a plate full of liquid is no gaurantee of better flavour. BUT that being said only flip a steak ONCE. When liquid starts to pool on the top surface, it time to flip it. Once liquid formson the top surface again, EAT IT.
But like anything else, starting with a top quality raw piece of meat will help ensure better results. If you go buy bargain basement meat, you can do whatever you like with it and its better off being hamburger.
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D'oh! It looks like the cat may be out of the bag for real this time. Supposedly Prince Harry leaked the sex of Kate Middleton's baby -- so now it looks like we may not have to wait until July to know whether a little prince or princess is on the way.
Damn. You'd think Harry would've kept his mouth shut for the sake of Prince William and Kate's privacy -- but I guess he just couldn't resist. And maybe we shouldn't really be all that surprised, given the naked partying scandal in Vegas and all. He's just a "do-and-say-whatever-he-wants" kinda dude.
Ok, ok -- I'll stop rambling and cut to the chase.
Harry is telling friends that his big bro and sister-in-law are, indeed, expecting a baby boy!
(HA! I knew it.)
An "insider" says, "Harry has been telling everyone Wills and Kate are having a boy and how thrilled he is at the prospect of having a little nephew. He said the whole family were excited about it. Apparently Kate has always wanted a boy."
The source also adds, "The close inner circle all know that it's a boy and they're busily buying gifts with a boy theme. There will be an awful lot [of] blue in their house."
Well, there you have it, folks. And if you combine this report with the one from last week about Kate buying a blue baby stroller -- all signs do seem to point to her being pregnant with the future king.
But based on how tight-lipped she and Prince William have been thus far about whether they are expecting a boy or a girl, it's pretty obvious that they aren't too keen on the public finding out ahead of time. And if that's the case, why the heck did they spill the beans to anyone -- even a family member? (If Harry really is running his mouth, of course.)
I'm no genius, but if you don't want anyone knowing the sex of your baby, then you probably shouldn't tell ANYONE the sex of your baby. I don't care how much you think you can trust someone -- at some point, they're gonna slip up and say something. And often times it's not even intentional, it just kind of comes out, although it does sound like Harry blabbed the news on purpose.
But if this report is true, I guess William and Kate can't really fault him for it. He's probably just so ecstatic about being an uncle that he can't contain himself and wants to shout it from the rooftops to anyone who will listen. (Aww. In that case, it's pretty adorable that he let the news slip.)
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Snatching Victory From the Jaws of Defeat – Griz 21 Cal Poly 14 in Overtime [AUDIO]
This may just be a team of destiny.
For 58 out of 60 minutes on Saturday, October 19, the Cal Poly Mustangs flat outplayed the Montana Grizzlies inside a hostile environment at Washington Grizzly Stadium. They ran for over 300 yards, and their defense held the normally potent Montana running game to a paltry 73 yards rushing.
The game was sponsored by Team-Up Montana,and the crowd was a sea of pink, as funds were raised to battle breast cancer.
Then, with Cal Poly relentlessly driving toward the north end zone for a virtual chip-shot field goal with a little over two minutes to play that would have put the game out of reach, Jordan Tripp, who doesn't wear that legacy jersey number 37 by accident, hurtled through the Cal Poly line and blocked the kick, giving the Grizzlies the ball on their own 10, with 90 yards to go to tie the game.
At the post game press conference, Montana head coach Mick Delaney said he gathered his team together just before the field goal attempt.
"I told them, we're going to block this kick, drive the field and score a touchdown, and then win it in overtime," Delaney said. His words proved to be prophetic.
Jordan Johnson rediscovered his passing touch after suffering only his first interception all year, and drove the Grizzlies downfield with 5 and 10 yard precision passes. Then, with the ball on the two yard-line on fourth and goal, Johnson faked the hand-off and tossed the ball into the waiting arms of tight-end Clay Pierson, tying the game, and sending it into overtime.
At this point, destiny seemed to be guiding the Grizzlies, who scored a touchdown in overtime, as Johnson hit wide receiver Ellis Henderson, who fought off two tacklers, and pushed the ball over the pylon on the right side of the north end zone.
Cal Poly, who had largely ignored the Washington-Grizzly crowd of 25, 913 throughout regulation, seemed bothered by the intensity of the moment as they faced the raucous north end zone. Quarterback Dano Graves, who had been Mr. Efficiency all game long, tossed an ill-advised pass that was picked off by Grizzly linebacker Brock Coyle just shy of the end zone.
Game over, 21-14 Grizzlies.
The post-game press conference featured an exhausted but exhilarated group of players, accompanied by a very proud head coach, who was asked where this finish ranks in his memory.
"I had a lot of old-timers after the game who told me this ranked in the top two, with the come from behind win over South Dakota State in 2009," Delaney said."
The coach saluted his defense, noting that even though they gave up a lot of yards on the ground, they kept the potent Mustang offense out of the end zone throughout the second half.
"Although they had the ball for 33 minutes to our 23 minutes, we never gave up any big plays," Delaney said. "They had three touchdown passes last week against Weber State and they had a couple of runs over 50 yards, but we didn't give up any of that. They scored 25 against nationally ranked Fresno State, but we were able to hold them to just 14 points and a bunch of three-and-outs."
Linebacker Brock Coyle, who intercepted the pass at the goal line ending the game, said the hardest part of the game was living through the dogpile after the game was over.
"I thought I was gonna die,man," Coyle laughed. "Every time I'm yelling at the guys to get off, air is going out of my lungs. But, that's why you play the game and have moments like that with your teammates."
"Thank God I'm so slow," added coach Delaney, or I would have really crushed him when I jumped on the pile."
It doesn't get any easier for the Grizzlies, with top five ranked Eastern Washington coming to Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Saturday, October 26. The Grizzlies will probably be without the talents of running back Travon Van, who coach Delaney said may have suffered a major sprain. Van was on crutches during the second half of the game.
Now at 6-1 and 3-1 in Big Sky Conference play, the 10th ranked Grizzlies have helped to erase last season's 5-6 record, and perhaps destiny may be waiting in the wings.
Post Game Press Conference, featuring Coach Mick Delaney, tight end clay Pierson, linebackers Jordan Tripp and Brock Coyle and quarterback Jordan Johnson.


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Photos: See Tanglewood through the years
Photos: See Tanglewood through the years
The "Tanglewood" house, summer 1946. The 210-acre estate of Mrs. Gorham Brooks and Miss Mary Aspinwall Tappan was given to the BSO in 1936.
Berkshire Symphonic Festival Banner in 1939.
One of the tents in which a group of Boston Symphony Orchestra members are camping during the Berkshire Symphonic Festival at Tanglewood, August 1939. Mrs. Rene Voisin takes a pail of Lake Makheenac water from her son, Roger, of the orchestra. Most of the orchestra members choose hotels, or cottages for the 12 to 14 days' stay in the heart of the Berkshires, but a few prefer camping.
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Tanglewood Lawn audience, ca. 1955.
Tanglewood guests arrive early to be sure of getting good seats for the concert in 1965.
Leonard Bernstein at the climax of Mahler's "Ressurection" Symphony performed by the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood on July 5, 1970. The sellout crowd gave the guest conductor an 11-minute standing ovation.
The crowd at Tanglewood for a performance of Beethoven at the Berkshire Festival, July 16, 1972.
The crowd waits for the show to begin at Tanglewood in 1972.
Seiji Ozawa leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the Shed at Tanglewood.
The Seiji Ozawa Hall under construction, July 1993. The hall at Tanglewood Music Center is intended to seat 1,200 people with room for 2,000 more on the lawn.
Seiji Ozawa in a moment of reflection, in front of Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood in 1994.
Seiji Ozawa Hall, designed by William Rawn.
The crowd at the James Taylor and Carole King performance in 2010.
A view of the Stockbridge Bowl, also known as Lake Mahkeenac, as seen from the lawn at Tanglewood.
Andris Nelsons at Tanglewood.
The Tanglewood Music Center celebrated its 75th anniversary with a gala, and performance of Mahler's Symphony No 8, "Symphony of a Thousand," conducted by BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons.


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Herri met de Bles (Netherlandish, ca. 1510 - before 1572?)
Landscape with the Conversion of Saul on the Road to Damascus, ca. 1545
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R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund, 1995
Herri met de Bles's inventive "world landscapes"--vast, minutely detailed panoramas seen from a bird's-eye view--usually included a religious narrative in the foreground space. The religious themes favored by met de Bles in his landscape compositions emphasize the interaction between figure and landscape; in the Conversion of Saul, the dynamic procession of soldiers traces the intricate contours of the landscape in a sprawling S-curve.
Met de Bles's interpretation of the Conversion of Saul is one of the earliest representations of the theme in Netherlandish painting.1 Christ himself appears in the sky, marked with the stigmata and surrounded by a brilliant aureole. Saul tumbles headlong from his horse (the box containing the warrants issued by the priest has fallen to the ground before him), as his companions scatter, throwing up their arms to shield themselves from the divine light. In the distance is a walled city; other man-made structures such as buildings and bridges dot the craggy landscape.
The panoramic "world landscape" setting of the Conversion of Saul reveals the influence of the artist's mentor Joachim Patinir (ca. 1480-1524), specifically in the fanciful cliffs and mountain peaks that crowd the distance. Met de Bles's evocation of space is more unified than that of his predecessor, however. Particularly in mature works from the mid-1540s (including the Oberlin picture), the profusion of detail is subordinated to a unified whole, the horizon is slightly lower and the panoramic expanse more confined. Several of the individual motifs that make up the Oberlin landscape are repeated in other paintings by the artist and in drawings associated with his workshop, indicating the existence of "pattern books" or models which facilitated the efficient production of a large number of paintings by the artist's atelier.2 For example, the walled city seen in the distance of the Conversion of Saul(presumably Damascus) shares many distinctive features with the city of Jerusalem depicted in met de Bles's roughly contemporary Road to Calvary, now in Princeton.3 Identical motifs are found in a drawing from the sketchbook of an anonymous sixteenth-century Netherlandish artist; several drawings from this sketchbook have been associated with paintings by met de Bles.4
It was quite common in the Netherlands in the sixteenth century for two or more artists to collaborate on compositions involving both figures and landscape,5 and it is generally assumed that met de Bles, like Patinir, relied on other artists to paint the figures in his landscape compositions from time to time. In addition, some paintings by the artist incorporate figural groupings copied from woodcuts by Jan Swart van Groningen (ca. 1500-after 1553), Albrecht Dürer, Martin Schongauer, and others, although the figures themselves were probably painted by met de Bles.6 In the case of the present painting, Gibson has stated that the composition is "probably indebted to Jan van Amstel," and the figures, more competently painted than in most of met de Bles's landscapes, were added by another artist, possibly someone in the circle of the Braunschweig Monogrammist.7 Luc Serck, on the other hand, asserts that the entire composition--figures and landscape--was executed by met de Bles.8 The latter seems most plausible, given the seamless execution of the paint layer, and the uniformly accomplished underdrawing which underlies the entire composition--and which is certainly by met de Bles himself (see Technical Data).
The religious themes favored by met de Bles in his landscape compositions--Saint John Preaching, the Road to Calvary, or the Conversion of Saul--emphasize the interaction between figure and landscape: the figures are active within the landscape, rather than just set before it, as they are in comparable works by Patinir. In the Oberlin picture, this integration is effected by the sinuous and dynamic procession of figures that traces the intricate contours of the landscape in a sprawling S-curve. The unusually large and powerfully muscled figures in the foreground of the Conversion of Saul are clearly influenced by Netherlandish Romanist painters active at mid century, such as Lambert Lombard (1505-1566). The choice of this figural style may reflect the artist's desire to "update" a traditional landscape format through the use of conspicuously modern staffage.
A second, slightly smaller version of the Oberlin painting, with essentially the same figures but a different landscape setting, was formerly on the London art market.9 The artist treated the subject of the Conversion of Saul on at least one other occasion, in a larger and more complex composition (now lost).10
M. E. Wieseman
Herri met de Bles (a nickname meaning Herri "with the blaze," or forelock, referring to the artist's distinctive streak of white hair) was the most prolific and successful Netherlandish landscape painter working in the second quarter of the sixteenth century. Little is known about his life; he was probably born near Dinant, in southern Belgium, and is assumed to be the "Herri de Patinir" who joined the Antwerp painters' guild in 1535. He may have been a nephew of the pioneering landscape painter Joachim Patinir (ca. 1480-1524), who was apparently his teacher. In Italy, where many of met de Bles's paintings were exported even during his lifetime, he was known as "Civetta" (little owl) because of his habit of marking his paintings with an owl inserted somewhere in the landscape. The lack of dated works by met de Bles makes it difficult to establish a definitive chronology for the artist.
Met de Bles is known for his inventive "world landscapes," vast panoramas seen from an elevated bird's-eye view, and filled with minute detail. These landscapes usually included a narrative religious scene in the foreground, thereby combining late medieval piety with a new, Renaissance interest in the physical, material world.
General References
Gibson, Walter S. "Mirror of the Earth": The World Landscape in Sixteenth-Century Flemish Painting. Princeton, 1989, pp. 26-33.
Serck, Luc. "Herri Bles & la peinture de paysage dans les Pays-Bas meridionaux avant Bruegel." Ph.D. diss., Université Catholique de Louvain, 1990.
Acquired by an unnamed family in the third quarter of the nineteenth century, probably in Italy
By descent in that family
Sale New York (Sotheby's), 7 June 1984, lot 18
Private collection, Maryland
Sale New York (Sotheby's), 19 May 1995, lot 29
With Jack Kilgore & Co., New York, from whom purchased in 1995
Gibson, Walter S. "Mirror of the Earth": The World Landscape in Sixteenth-Century Flemish Painting. Princeton, 1989, pp. 33, 103 n. 147.
Serck, Luc. "Herri Bles & la peinture de paysage dans les Pays-Bas meridionaux avant Bruegel." Ph.D. diss., Université Catholique de Louvain, 1990, vol. 4, pp. 996-97, no. 90.
Chong, Alan. "Cleveland's Preaching of John the Baptist by Herri Bles: A Landscape with Figures, or Figures in a Landscape?" In Norman Muller, James Marrow, and Betsy Rosasco, eds., Herri met de Bles: Studies and Explorations of the World Landscape Tradition. Forthcoming 1998.
Technical Data
The painting is in good condition overall. The original panel has been thinned and cradled; a thick layer of wax fills the area between the slats of the cradle on the back of the panel. A split 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm) from the bottom edge of the painting appears to extend the entire width of the panel; there are two other, smaller splits commencing at the left edge of the painting. The panel is prepared with a thick, smooth white ground.
There is extensive and detailed underdrawing in charcoal or black chalk throughout the entire composition, some of which is visible with the naked eye. Infrared examination of the underdrawing confirms that it is by the same hand as that found in other paintings by the artist; changes from the underdrawing to the painting further indicate the artist's process in conceptualizing the narrative.11 The paint layer is in good condition, with scattered inpainting throughout the sky, at lower left, and smaller areas of inpaint associated with the splits in the panel along the left side of the painting.
1. Compare, however, drawings of the Conversion of Saul by Jan Swart van Groningen, before 1535 (bister, 27.5 x 19.5 cm, formerly with R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam [1929]); by Pieter Coeke van Aelst, ca. 1540s (pen, 23.1 cm diam., Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, inv. 11837); and by Jan Gossaert, before 1532 (pen, 30.3 x 43 cm, Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, inv. 8484); and a print by Philips Galle (ca. 1575) after a design by Maerten van Heemskerck (The New Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts 1450-1700, compiled by Ilja M. Veldman, ed. Ger Luijten, vol. 7 [Roosendaal, 1994], part 2, p. 100, no. 407). Heemskerck's drawing, dated 1573, is in Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst.
2. Walter S. Gibson, "Mirror of the Earth": The World Landscape in Sixteenth-Century Flemish Painting (Princeton, 1989), pp. 31-32; the issue was discussed at greater length by Arianne Faber Kolb, "The Working Methods of Sixteenth-Century Landscape Painters in Antwerp: Joachim Patinir and Herri met de Bles," presented at "Anatomy of a Painting: The Road to Calvary by Herri met de Bles," a symposium held at The Art Museum, Princeton University, 13-14 October 1995.
3. Oil on panel, 114.3 x 82.2 cm; Princeton University, The Art Museum, inv. y1950-1.
4. Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, inv. C 79 2; compare especially sheet 31. The drawings were first studied by Julius Held ("Notizen zu einem niederländischen Skizzenbuch in Berlin," Oud-Holland 50 [1933], pp. 273ff.); see also Robert A. Koch, "A Rediscovered Painting: 'The Road to Calvary,' by Herri met de Bles," Record of The Art Museum, Princeton University 14 (1955), pp. 44-47.
5. Heinrich Gerhard Franz, "Landschaftsbilder als kollektive Werkstattschöpfungen in der flämischen Malerei des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts," ahrbuch des Kunsthistorischen Institutes der Universität Graz 18 (1982), pp. 165-81.
6. See Walter S. Gibson, "Herri met de Bles: Landscape with St. John the Baptist Preaching," Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 55 (1968), p. 85.
7. Walter S. Gibson, "Mirror of the Earth": The World Landscape in Sixteenth-Century Flemish Painting(Princeton, 1989), p. 33; and information communicated via Jack Kilgore (1995). More specifically, Gibson has suggested that the figures in the Oberlin painting might be by the same hand as the Crucifixion Triptych in the Kunsthistorische Museum, Vienna (inv. 916/18).
8. Luc Serck, "Herri Bles & la peinture de paysage dans les Pays-Bas meridionaux avant Bruegel" (Ph.D. diss., Université Catholique de Louvain, 1990), vol. 4, pp. 996-97; reiterated in verbal communication with the author, October 1995.
9. Oil on panel, 34 x 53.5 cm; sale London (Christie's), 29 March 1968, lot 8, and subsequently with Hal O'Nians Gallery, London. Luc Serck, "Herri Bles & la peinture de paysage dans les Pays-Bas meridionaux avant Bruegel" (Ph.D. diss., Université Catholique de Louvain, 1990), vol. 4, pp. 998-99, cat. 90a.
10. Luc Serck, "Herri Bles & la peinture de paysage dans les Pays-Bas meridionaux avant Bruegel" (Ph.D. diss., Université Catholique de Louvain, 1990), cat. no. 89; Giorgio T. Faggin, La Pittura ad Anversa nel cinquecento(Florence, 1968), p. 41.
11. The infrared examination and reflectogram assembly photos were done by Marcia Steele, paintings conservator at the Cleveland Museum of Art, in September 1995. On the implication of narrative changes made in the final painting, see Alan Chong, "Cleveland's Preaching of John the Baptist by Herri Bles: A Landscape with Figures, or Figures in a Landscape?" in Norman Muller, James Marrow, and Betsy Rosasco, eds., Herri met de Bles: Studies and Explorations of the World Landscape Tradition(forthcoming 1998).


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Theoretically, a FIT could also be assigned to as much as 620MW in offshore capacity, although there is a shortage of advanced offshore projects.
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Auction offers may be made from 12 April to 10 June. GSE expects to announce results in August.


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When I first heard about Inclusive Business, I immediately realized how "Fletcheresque" of an idea this was – multi-disciplinary in terms of business and development, cross-sectorial in terms of actors and stakeholders, and producing a two-fold outcome in terms of financial and social rewards. In other words, a new type of business model for Multi-national Corporations (MNCs) which engages not only the traditionally affluent and the top and middle of the economic pyramid but also focuses on the poor and the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) to make profit and deliver social change is Inclusive Business. Originally coined by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and SNV, a Dutch International Development organization, the term has now become ubiquitous among all of the major international organizations, development consultancies, NGOs and civil societies. As much as the buzz-word has spread like wild fire, so has the related research, incubation and piloting initiative by major MNCs throughout the world.
Inclusive Business model promises to be fundamentally sustainable than what critics would consider as just a 'fad'. Reasons are simple. As any core course in business would teach (Professor Jacque's Corporate Finance course at Fletcher for instance) the basic objective of a corporation is to make profit and sustain its free cash flow for as long possible. Inclusive Business model is not just a philanthropic activity for a firm's corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, but it vows to be bigger and better, and most importantly, profitable and sustainable. Compared to a philanthropic activity which would increase and decrease during economic upturn and downturn, an inclusive business isn't just a "step child" that can simply be cutoff during harsher times. Inclusive Business is a model in which a project or a firm is built on, based on the inclusion of BOP as a part of the value chain – whether it be through directly employing low-income individuals, partnering with low income suppliers and entrepreneurs or by offering affordable goods and services to the BOP market.
While Inclusive Business promises wonders, it is definitely not free of challenges and shortcomings. Firstly, Inclusive Business model adoption means exposure to unknown political and social risks and, as we have seen time and again that this is a tough nut to crack for MNC's. Secondly, measuring impact of these types of projects is cumbersome, often times subjective and hence no one standard has been agreed upon yet. Without a proper impact assessment method, returns from investing in an Inclusive Business are not properly quantified. Thirdly, company indices and ratings that go beyond the bottom line is still in its infancy and not common across industry.
Realizing these shortcomings, international organizations and aid agencies have actively partnered with MNCs and other state and non-state actors to promote these models. For instance, United Nations has incorporated Inclusive Business models as ways to achieving several of the Millennium Development Goals. In general, advocacy to adopt these models by businesses throughout the world has increased many folds in recent years. However, as long as impact remains only as an asterix (*) in the footnotes of financial proformas, the potential of this model will only be overlooked. Particularly, executives often fail to look beyond the model's idealist social impact, which they believe is not-aligned with their firm's goal. As a result, the golden opportunity of an Inclusive Business to partner with the hardest working individuals and to reach newer and larger markets, obvious dream targets for any businesses, is also largely overlooked.


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Red Planet Unveils Major Japan Expansion for Tune Hotels through 2020Jan 17 (Fri ), 2014
Red Planet Hotels has unveiled details of a multi-billion yen expansion into Japan, with plans to grow the Tune Hotels brand in the country.
Through Red Planet Hotels' newly established and JASDAQ-listed subsidiary, Red Planet Japan, the company will make an initial JPY10 billion (US$100 million) investment over the next six years, establishing a platform to grow the Tune Hotels network in north Asia.
From its Tokyo headquarters, Red Planet Japan will implement its pledge to open 20 hotels by 2020 for which a number of sites have already been confirmed in and around Tokyo and other major Japanese cities. Red Planet Japan's first hotel under the Tune Hotels flag opened in Naha, Okinawa last year.
Red Planet Hotels Chief Executive Officer and Red Planet Japan Director, Tim Hansing, said recent announcements by the Japanese government to promote inbound tourism and infrastructure investment in the country was a positive step forward for new hotel brands to enter the market.
"Now that we have established ourselves and the Tune Hotels brand in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines, our strategy has always been to expand in north Asia and we will be commencing this move in Japan first of all," Mr Hansing said. "We have been investigating a number of opportunities in Japan for some time and with the government actively courting inbound travel and tourism investment, now is the perfect time for Red Planet Japan to work closely with our partners at Tune Hotels to bring the brand that has been so well accepted in nine other countries to Japan.
"We are already open in Naha on Okinawa and very soon we will have a network in key locations across Japan. We have made a significant investment already to fund our expansion in Japan and are fully committed to bringing a well-established international hotel brand to the country's travel and tourism landscape.
"Our vision to have 20 hotels in Japan by 2020 is crystal clear as the year will be a significant milestone for the country when it hosts the thirty-second Summer Olympics."
Mr Hansing added that Red Planet Hotels is actively exploring expansion into other north Asian countries, including South Korea and Taiwan.
As of 16 January 2014, Red Planet Hotels is the sole owner and operator of 18 Tune Hotels with 2,789 rooms across Japan, Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia. It has a further 12 hotels under construction in those countries.
Red Planet Hotels also has an ownership interest in a further 11 operational Tune Hotels through its investment in Tune Hotels Limited.
Established in 2007, there are 38 Tune Hotels operating 6,056 rooms globally in nine countries with Malaysia, England, Scotland, Australia and India being the other territories where the brand is operating.


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Match Summary Australia have scored four second half tries to defeat New Zealand 30-6 in the Anzac Test match in Brisbane tonight.
In a tight first 40 minutes, the Kangaroos threatened several times but were only able to score once with forward Nathan Hindmarsh crashing over in the 19th minute.
At half time, Australia held a tenuous 6-0 lead.
Two tries soon after the break put the Aussies up by 18-0, winger Matt King scoring in the 45th minute and Brent Tate scoring on the opposite flank seven minutes later.
With chances going begging for both sides, the Kiwis finally got on the scoreboard in the 68th minute following a rare scrum penalty, and a kick-chase opportunity for winger Manu Vatuvei who scored out wide. The successful conversion from five eighth Benji Marshall made in 18-6 with just 10 minutes to go.
But with half back Johnathan Thurston combining with his skipper Darren Lockyer, Australia stepped up a gear to post two runaway tries late in the match.
Denied a try just minutes earlier, fullback Karmichael Hunt capped off a fine performance with a try in the 75th minute. Lockyer was then on the spot to set up and finish a 50 metre movement right on full time. Anzac Test - Full Time :: April 20th, 2007 07:30 PM Venue: Suncorp Stadium Referee: Steve Ganson (Eng)
Australia 30 Tries: Nathan Hindmarsh, Matt King, Brent Tate, Karmichael Hunt, Darren Lockyer Goals: Johnathan Thurston (5/6) New Zealand 6 Tries: Manu Vatuvei Goals: Benji Marshall (1/1) Live Commentary Warm-ish evening in Brisbane and big crowd on hand for what promises to be a great Anzac clash. Players now coming onto the field for the 99th Rugby League Test match between these two nations. National Anthems are over. The Kiwis put together a tremendous Haka. KICKOFF!
6 min: Still 0-0 and no love lost between the two packs. Bulldogs team mates & forwards Sonny Bill Williams and Willie Mason get into a bit of scuffle. End-to-end play in the early stages.
15 min: Front rower Roy Asotasi for NZ is put into a gap and runs 25m only to be stopped a few metres short of the line by full back Karmichael Hunt. Follows a 30m bust from Hunt minutes earlier.
19 min: TRY Australia Nathan Hindmarsh scores for the Kangaroos just wide of the posts, Hindmarsh crashing over after breaking through from 10m out. Follows a galloping run from Mason up the middle in the previous ruck. Conversion attempt by half back Johnathan Thurston successful. Australia 6-0
22 min: Possible try to Mason for Aust. Video Ref checking. Verdict: NO TRY. Mason loses the ball over the line after he looked unstoppable moments earlier. Great effort from full back Krisnan Inu to force the error. A much needed break for the Kiwis.
28 min: NZ on the attack. Williams charges at the line only to lose possession after being met by a wall of defence. Williams claiming it was raked out. Nevertheless, a good response from the Kiwis who were under the hammer five minutes earler.
31 min: NZ five eighth Benji Marshall engineers a run around and has a huge gap to run through from 20m out. But the ball goes to ground and the try goes begging.
40 min: ATTEMPTED PENALTY GOAL Australia NZ penalised for late hit on kicker five eighth Darren Lockyer. Johnathan Thurston attempts the penalty goal on the stroke of half time. The ball hits the uprights and comes back into the field of play. Eventually there's a knock-on during the scramble for the ball. Australia 6-0
Half time: Australia 6-0 Possession favours Australia 54%. Gutsy effort from the Kiwis to hang in there in an intense contest, albeit dotted with errors from both sides. The Kangaroos should be further in front but handling errors and desperate defence is keeping New Zealand in the match.
Second half underway...
43 min: Sensational run from NZ as the ball is promoted 50m upfield and passing through numerous sets of hands. Play eventually breaks down.
45 min: TRY Australia Winger Matt King is awarded the try following video ref scrutiny. Follows a big up-and-under from 40m out which is fumbled by NZ half back Ben Roberts. Conversion attempt 15m in from touch by Johnathan Thurston successful. Australia 12-0
52 min: TRY Australia Brent Tate scores out wide on the right side after Thurston puts the defence in two minds. Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston is a tremendous kick and Australia goes further ahead. Australia 18-0
59 min: NO TRY Australia Ref rules a face pass from Thurston to King is forward. A let off, the Kiwis just hanging on. Follows a 45m bust from centre Justin Hodges up the middle of the park.
61 min: Another close call. Hodges makes a big break down the right flank. A running Tate is then ruled to have been tackled and is penalised.
66 min: SCRUM PENALTY New Zealand get the penalty and on the attack.
68 min: TRY New Zealand Winger Manu Vatuvei scores out wide chasing a grubber put through by centre Simon Mannering. Benji Marshall slots the conversion in fine style and the Kiwis are finally on the board. Australia 18-6
72 min: NO TRY Australia. Hunt touches down but Mason is penalised for obstruction.
75 min: TRY Australia Hunt is not denied this time, scoring 10m wide the goal following a bust from half way with Thurston, centre Jamie Lyon and King all getting involved down the left side. Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful. Australia 24-6
80 min: TRY Australia Aussie skipper Darren Lockyer gets the final try after he set up Tate on the right side at half way. Tate found himself in open space before the cover came across forcing him to kick infield. Kiwi fullback Inu got a shocker of a bounce and Locker dived on the ball in the in-goal, right next to the posts. Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful. Australia 30-6
Full time: Australia comprehensive winners, taking Test match honours over a younger Kiwi outfit. New Zealand was in the match for the first half but Australia too much class in the end. LeagueUnlimited.com Player of the Match 3 Points: Johnathan Thurston (Kangaroos) 2 Points: Darren Lockyer (Kangaroos) 1 Point: Karmichael Hunt (Kangaroos)


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More recently our little brewery was named Midsize Brewery of the Year in 2005 and again in 2006 at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. Dan Carey, Diploma Master Brewer, was also named Brewer of the Year in both 2005 and 2006 at the Great American Beer Festival.
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RNC continues deceptive mailers because Obama hasn't picked up his pen yet…Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
As usual, the Republicans and the Democrats have both made serious errors. 1. The Republicans think they are above the law and continue to send out deceptive mailers. 2. President Obama has not picked up his pen to sign a recently changed bi-partisan supported bill into law. Come on Barack, pick up the pen already! Thanks to Ryan Knutson of Pro Publica for continuing to keep this matter alive, even though it should have been forgotten by now:
The latest legislation [1] intended to stop deceptive "census" mailers [2] passed both chambers of Congress [3] earlier this month, but President Barack Obama still hasn't signed it into law, and the Republican National Committee is still sending out mailers that the legislation is meant to stop.
Our inboxes continue to receive a deluge of e-mails from people across the country who are still getting fundraisers from the RNC [2] labeled "Census Document," a tactic that we've been following since February [4]. In an attempt to stop the practice, Congress passed a bill in March [5] requiring that any mailer with the word "census" on the envelope must also include a clearly labeled return address to prevent confusion about whether it's really from the 2010 Census.
But the RNC got around [1] that requirement by moving the word "census" to a document inside the envelope — yet it was still visible from the outside through the envelope's clear plastic window.
That move irritated even Republicans. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., proposed legislation [6] to close the loophole. "I would say to people who raise money, whether it's the Republican National Committee or the Democratic National Committee or [anybody else], don't use the Census," he said at the time. "Because it's wrong."
The bill passed the House in April, and it breezed through [3] the Senate unanimously on May 5. But without Obama's signature, it's still not the law — thus the RNC mailers continue.


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text: Wide receiver Chris Henry ends his career as a Bengal [GALLO/GETTY]The Cincinnati Bengals released Chris Henry shortly before the troubled third-year wide receiver appeared in court on assault charges. "Chris Henry has forfeited his opportunity to pursue a career with the Bengals," Bengals president Mike Brown said in a statement. "His conduct can no longer be tolerated." The 24-year-old Henry had been suspended twice by the NFL for his off-the-field problems, which included four arrests from December of 2005 to June of 2006. "The Bengals tried for an extended period of time to support Chris and his potentially bright career," said Brown. "We had hoped to guide him toward an appropriate standard of personal responsibility that this community would support and that would allow him to play in the NFL. "We acknowledge those fans who had concerns about Chris; at the same time we tried to help a young man. "But those efforts end today, as we move on with what is best for our team." Local media reported a man claimed Henry punched him in the face outside his apartment complex and shattered his car window with a beer bottle on Monday. The 1.93 m, 91 kg Henry pleaded innocent to assault and criminal damaging charges. Henry caught 21 passes for 343 yards and two touchdowns in 2007 after serving a seven-game suspension. SOURCE: Agencies Sport


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CANNABIS CULTURE – New Democratic Party, Liberal and Green Party Members of Parliament will hold a joint press conference on Ottawa's Parliament Hill with Jodie Emery, wife of imprisoned marijuana activist Marc Emery, to call on the Conservative government to approve Marc's transfer home to serve the remainder of his prison sentence in Canada.
NDP Deputy Leader Libby Davies, Liberal Public Safety Critic Wayne Easter and Green MP Elizabeth May will join with Jodie Emery on Tuesday, October 29 at 10:30AM (130 S Centre Block – Charles Lynch Room) to publicly ask the government for Marc Emery's return to Canada.
Marc Emery, a Canadian businessman and activist, was extradited to the US in 2010 and imprisoned for a five-year sentence for selling millions of dollars worth of marijuana seeds and using all the profits to fund marijuana legalization activism.
Though the US government has approved Marc's transfer to serve the remaining part of his sentence in Canada, Conservative Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney has not yet signed the paperwork or spoken publicly about the issue.
"It's been extremely difficult for me to have my husband imprisoned so far away," Jodie Emery said. "I hope Minister Blaney will spare us further suffering by letting Marc serve the remainder of his sentence closer to me at home in Canada."
Supporters are encouraged to rally outside Parliament at 10AM EST to peacefully demonstrate and show solidarity with the imprisoned activist.
Jodie is asking for Canadians to phone blitz the Public Safety Minister's office by calling throughout the day on October 29 to represent the support of citizens across the country who aren't able to make it to Ottawa.
The event will be broadcast LIVE online at Pot TV and Cannabis Culture so supporters and fans are welcome to watch the campaign unfolding live in real-time, and to phone the Public Safety Minister's office during the press conference and Pot TV broadcast.
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During the press conference, Canadians are encouraged to call the Public Safety Minister's office throughout the day, so they can represent the support of citizens across the country who aren't able to make it to Ottawa. The phone blitz will hopefully keep the Minister's office busy during the course of the press conference and into the afternoon. CLICK HERE for the contact information for Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney, along with basic facts about Marc's case – and please remember to always be polite!
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