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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:56 am
Post subject: Damaged sleeves - fix, try to replace?
So I just bought a "Tolling 13 Knell" double LP. The vinyl is pristine though unfortunately the sleeve is not - bent corners, some seam splitting.
What do you guys do in these situations? I read an online article about repairing seam splits with a little glue which I might try out. I think I'm stuck with the bending damage, although maybe ironing on low heat with the sleeve under a cloth might help a little. I was also wondering if you guys ever contact the issuing labels to see if spare sleeves are available - I would guess that usually labels print the same amount of sleeves as records, so is there any chance they'd ever have a spare for something like this that's been unavailable for a couple years?
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:51 am
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This one was released by Iron Pegasus right ? I know that Costa always did covers somewhere else than the vinyls (at least around that time) and he keeps the more printed covers. In this case you have good chances he might still have covers left.
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:55 am
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Cool, maybe I'll e-mail him and see.
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:48 am
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I've got several spare sleeves of various Iron Pegasus releases. I'm not sure if I've got any MD ones but I'll check it out and will let you know. Give me a few days since I've these goodies divided between my house and my parent's home
But I noticed nothing dangled between his legs. He was a female down there- and from his vagina came a tongue followed by many fingers.
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:51 am
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Goab wrote:
I've got several spare sleeves of various Iron Pegasus releases. I'm not sure if I've got any MD ones but I'll check it out and will let you know. Give me a few days since I've these goodies divided between my house and my parent's home
That would be great, thanks! Just send me a PM when you find out.
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:52 am
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I don't know in what year IP released this Mortuary drape album but a few years ago Costa had a flooding in his stockroom and lots of things got damaged, including the spare covers of his releases he had. Atleast that's what he told me when I asked if he had any spare Sabbat - Envenom sleeves.
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:00 am
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Humus wrote:
I don't know in what year IP released this Mortuary drape album but a few years ago Costa had a flooding in his stockroom and lots of things got damaged, including the spare covers of his releases he had. Atleast that's what he told me when I asked if he had any spare Sabbat - Envenom sleeves.
It was 2001 - hopefully that wasn't the case for this item. Anyway he got back to me and said he would look. Seems like a very nice guy.
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:38 pm
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my jacket of satanic warmaster - opferblut LP and the ...of the night 10" are in pretty bad shape. i'd email no colours to ask him but the last time i tried communicating with him, his poor english made it very difficult. if anybody has these jackets in good shape, i'd be willing to buy them. i also need a new jacket for mutiilation - remains LP.
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dalecooper wrote:
It was 2001 - hopefully that wasn't the case for this item. Anyway he got back to me and said he would look. Seems like a very nice guy.
He truly is. One of a kind metal supporter to the death, pretty much like YK
But I noticed nothing dangled between his legs. He was a female down there- and from his vagina came a tongue followed by many fingers.
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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:59 am
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in such cases I'm trying to contact the label for a spare sleeve or I try to fix them myself. Seam splits are piece of cake, some other damages as well but corners are almost game over situation. By the way I found somewhere on the internet this guide for basic vinyl jacket repairs so I'm posting it just in case. This is exactly what I do and has helped me a lot.
Basic 33 RPM LP Cover / Jacket Repair
Seam & Spine Splits - Repairing with Glue
Many people tend to shy away from buying records with splits seams and spines. However, if you are willing to spend a little time doing some repairs, you could end up getting your record cheap and with a nice looking cover after you refurbish it. If at all possible, always make your seam and spine repairs using glue. I have found Elmer's Office Glue Stick to work great. It's a gel adhesive that comes is a push up stick and dries clear and bonds very well. You will need to have a small flat head screwdriver to apply the glue. Scrape the screwdriver across the glue stick so the top of the scewdriver has a small amount of adhesive on the tip. Now carefully open the split seam enough so you can apply the glue from the tip of the screwdriver to the inside of the cover. Be sure to apply at the very top of the inside of the LP jacket. If you apply the glue to low, you won't be able to slide your LP inner sleeve in when it dries. Once you have applied the glue along the seam (one side of the seam is fine), press the seam together and take a paper towel, lightly dampened with water, and slide it along the top of the seam or spine you just glued. What this does is remove any excess glue on the outside of the LP cover and smooths out the flaking from the seam being broken. Now clamp the seam or spine down with a series of black binder clips. Make sure the binder clips are positioned so they are clamped to the very top of the repaired seam or spine. Let the clamped cover sit for several hours. After several hours, you can remove the binder clips. Your seam or spine is now repaired.
Seam & Spine Splits - Repairing with Tape
I recommend making repairs with glue but if you decide to go the tape route then I recommend using acid free photo & document tape. Make sure the tape is clear and not opaque (the brand I use is Scotch). The acid free part is very important because acid free tape will not yellow over time. Simply measure out the piece you need and press the tape onto the front side of the LP cover. Now flip the jacket over and gently pull the tape so there is a tight fit over the spine or seam and then press down. Trim the excess tape at the corners or LP opening with a straight edge razor. The straight edge razor ensures a very clean cut up against the LP slick. Since the tape is clear document and photo quality, it will blend nicely into the LP front / back slick. I have applied this technique with some of my LP covers and the blending is excellent.
Seam Separation Repairs
This is different than a seam split. A seam separation is when the LP jacket's seam becomes separated (versus a split) due to the original glue used by the record company becoming aged / brittle and no longer able to adhere the cover together . This is prevalent with covers manufactured starting in the 1980's. You can use the Elmer's Glue Stick, but I found a very quick and effective fix is to apply double sided tape over the original glue line. Scotch sells the double sided tape in hand held dispensers and works great. Apply the double sided tape with 2-3 runs to make sure you have enough adhesive and then simply press down.
Removing Stickers
Most sticker will come off by applying a product like Goo Gone to the label or sticker. Take a Q-Tip and dip it into the Goo Gone. Now apply the Goo Gone to the entire surface of the sticker and of course along the edges. Let the Goo Gone sit for a few minutes. After a few minutes, use your fingernail and gently pull back the sticker or label. Do NOT attempt to take the sticker or label off in one fell swoop. You will tear the LP slick. Once you get an edge of the sticker lifted, dip your Q-Tip back in the Goo Gone and dab underneath the lifted section of the sticker. Allow the Goo Gone to sit a couple of minutes so it can dissove the adhesive. Continue this process until the sticker or label is completely removed. I do not recommend using Isopropyl alcohol. Too much Isopropyl alcohol will leave a permanent pink discoloration. If you have ever seen a peeled Beatles Butcher with a pink hue to it, that's why. The cover was peeled using too much Isopropyl alcohol. Contribution from another Ebay member - to remove stickers nothing beats Ronsonol ligher fluid. It will not leave any dark marks (which Goo Gone can be guilty of). It evaporates in minutes and will not eat at the colors or paper. Apply to the entire sticker (use a Q-Tip) and then set a poly outer sleeve and a book as a weight on top of the sticker, Wait 1-2 minutes and peel the sticker away. Technique and length of application varies based on different adhesives but 3 minutes would be the high end. As with Acetone, do not drip Ronsonol on your vinyl. It will damage the record surface.
Removing Ink & Markers
This is by far the most difficult repair to make. Permament markers and pen ink are extremely tough to remove. In most cases, if the writing is not overly intrusive, it is best to leave well enough alone. But here are some techniques that I have used with varying levels of success: If you are looking to remove marker or ink from a laminated cover like the old Beatle UK flipback jackets, I found success in removing both marker and ink by using a dry erase marker. Simply apply the dry erase marker over the writing you are looking to remove. Let dry for a several seconds and then wipe. The old marker and ink writing will also rub off. Do not apply this technique to a non-laminated cover. The dry erase marker will have the same effect as a permanent marker and you just made your situtation worse. Concentrated (non-diluted) Simple Green works well on removing ball point ink from covers (it does not do as good a job on permanent marker). You need to be careful not to rub too hard otherwise you will remove the print from the LP jacket. If the writing is in pencil, I have found an eraser like a Staedtler Mars Plastic (you can pick it up in Office Depot, etc.) works great.I have even found it works fairly well on ink if the ink was written lightly. Be careful on LP labels though. You run the risk of removing the color from the label if you erase. Another technique is to apply acetone. Acetone evaporates is seconds and is very good at removing ink and markers. However, there are two things you need to know: Never spill acetone on your vinyl records. It will damage the record instantly. Also, if the ink or marker has set for a long time, you will not be able to completely remove all the writing. The trick to working with acetone is to apply it in a targeted fashion (e.g., with a Q-Tip - do not apply it in a broad based fashion) and then immediately dab with clean soft cloth. Repeat this process until the un-wanted blemish has been removed to your satisfaction. Contribution from another eBay member - to remove pencil, dirt and grime try a Kneaded Eraser. They are clean, with minimal crumbling and non-abrasive. Rub with light pressure to remove pencil marks, dirt and grime. Be sure to "knead" the dirty portion of the eraser back in so you are always working with a clean section of the eraser. Eraser will need to replaced after a dozen covers or so but are inexpensive and can be purchased at any art or stationery store. Contribution from another eBay member - to remove ink try a product called "Krazy Kloth". Will do an excellent job of removing most inks. It will leave a slight oily residue which comes up upon wiping with a paper towel, leaving no marks. As with any ink removing product, it is highly recommended you practice and test on junk covers before attempting a fix on one of your prized LP jackets. If you rub to hard or to long, you will remove the cover art ink. Word of caution: I have found that attempting to remove marker or ink from a label usually ends up making the situation worse . Before getting bold and tackling one of your prized LPs, I would practice on some junk vinyl, this way you won't destroy your collectible copies if your experiment ends up less than desirable. You can pick-up some cheap records at a thrift store or flea market to experiment with.
Cleaning Up Dirt & Grunge from LP Slicks
Use a product like a contractor's soot and dirt removing sponge (Ace Hardware sells them) to wipe the cover's surface area. This is a dry sponge that requires no water. You will be astonished at how much the sponge picks up after wiping the album cover surface several times. This sponge works especially well on textured, non-glossy slicks (e.g., George Harrison's All Things Must Pass and Bangladesh). This next step is to spray some Windex on a paper towel. Do not saturate. Gently wipe the jacket surface area with the sprayed towel. More dirt will come off and after a few minutes, the cover will be completely dry and you should see a marked difference in appearance. Do not rub hard otherwise you run the risk of removing the print on the slick. Be especially careful with Sgt Pepper slicks. It doesn't take much rubbing to remove the blue background on the front cover. For UK laminated covers (front and back), applying concentrated Simple Green onto a paper towel and then wiping both the laminated front slick and the non-laminated back cover works great. Another eBay Beatle collector told me about this technique and lo and behold, it worked very well. I was able to improve the appearance (and grading) of my old UK flipback covers. Let the covers dry for several hours after cleaning them. You may see some dampness in between cracks in the laminate but not to worry, after letting the cover dry, the damp spots will evaporate and disappear. Contribution from another eBay member - for removing dirt, soot, gunk and some ink and water marks try Magic Eraser. The best type are those that can be rinsed and reused. Very lightly dampen one end of the sponge and stroke / rub lightly and specifically where needed. Then use the dry end of the sponge to quickly pick-up any residual grime. Quickly wipe with a dry paper towel. This approach does not work well on porous paper covers but works great on most LP jackets. This technique takes a bit of practice so it is recommend you try it out on some junk covers until you get it down to your satisfaction. Results are excellent.
Repairing Tears or Rips
If there is a tear in the slick and the torn piece of the slick is still present, apply the Elmer's Glue Stick and press down. It works great. If you have a tear at the opening or mouth of the LP cover, take a piece of tape and apply it to inside of the cover and then press down. I normally use clear packaging tape for this type of repair because packaging tape is far more durable than run of the mill Scotch tape. This technique does not remove water damage or ink / marker.
Removing Mildew & Storage Odor
Mildew is tough to combat, but I have had decent success with this method; Remove the LP and inner sleeve from the jacket. Open the mouth of the LP cover (not too much - you don't want to split seams) and spray a shot of a odor neutralizing product like Oust into the inside of the cover. Make sure you are using an aerosol spray and not a liquid spray. A liquid spray product will wet the inside of the jacket and you run the risk of damaging your cover. Let the LP cover sit overnight. Do not seal it up or close up the opening of the cover. The next day you should notice a lot less of the mildew or storage scent. If the cover needs another dosage, simply repeat the process. Contribution from another eBay member - put the cover (without the record) in the microwave for 20-30 seconds. The microwave will extract the moisture. Repeat as necessary for a clean smelling sleeve.
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^^ great interventions. Another pet-peeve of mine are those oily finger prints on covers. I receive some LPs with plenty of those.
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Did you know that by 2016, two thirds of the world's mobile data traffic will be video? And by 2020, 50 billion devices will be connected to the Internet? This is huge. Plus, the global cloud market will grow nearly 500 percent by 2020. For me, this means I get to communicate with bunches of new people!
For your customers, it means figuring out how to tap into this major shift to empower employees to engage in entirely new ways. It's also about putting the collaboration solutions in place to help their workforces evolve from knowledge workers to next-generation collaborative innovators.
This transition presents an exciting—and profitable—opportunity for our partners. And Cisco just sweetened the pot with its launch of new products, services, and promotions at the Collaboration Partner Summit in Los Angeles.
Want to accelerate your collaboration sales? Find out what's new.
Empower, Engage, Innovate—Cisco Collaboration Solutions Enable the New Collaborative Workspace
Cisco is converging social, mobile, video, and virtual communications capabilities to shape the new collaborative experience. And with this week's announcements, no other company empowers individual collaboration style as well as Cisco.
But what offers can you leverage to help your customers successfully navigate this transition—and increase your wallet share? Here are the highlights.
Cisco Collaboration Products: New HCS Offerings, Faster to the 'Yes', Simplified Licensing, and More
- Cisco extended cloud collaboration with new Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS) offerings, which let you deliver an even more robust unified collaboration experience to your customers as an as-a-service cloud-based model.
- The new Cisco WebEx Meetings Server delivers a consistent user experience (voice, video, web conferencing, and more) across multiple platforms, clients, and mobile devices via a private cloud model. This means you can provide many different services to customers, including installation, customization, and ongoing maintenance.
- A new release of Cisco Business Edition 6000 provides you with a complete, cost-effective business communications solution. It's a snap to set up, manage, and use—it also scales according to your customers' growth.
- Cisco Prime Collaboration 9.0 is a single, unified network management solution for the entire Cisco Collaboration portfolio. It converges multiple management applications into a single product, providing comprehensive provisioning and assurance for all Cisco voice, video, and Cisco TelePresence applications and endpoints. What this means for you? Faster site rollouts and improved operational efficiency, leading to reduced TCO and increased opportunities for up-sell and cross-sell.
- Unified Communication Licensing enhancements simplify quoting, selling, and managing licensing; provides a lower entry point for collaboration for your customers; and gives you a competitive advantage by providing greater value to customers at a lower price.
Cisco Collaboration Services Increase Partner Revenue, increase Opportunities
- Jabber Integration Services extend Jabber capabilities for a seamless user experience through system integration. These types of integration services represent a new revenue opportunity with your customer, and increased profit potential with high-value integration services.
- Evaluate ROI and cost savings from TelePresence investments with the Video Optimization Service—TelePresence Analysis and Reporting. This service allows qualified partners to create new business opportunities and provides an opportunity to strengthen customer relationships.
As part of the launch, Cisco is also making updated marketing plays available to support your collaboration demand-generation initiatives and new promotions to help you displace competitors, upgrade your existing customer installed base, and sell the entire Cisco collaboration portfolio.
So what are you waiting for? Start talking with your customers today. They understand the world of work is changing, but they need your help with the transformation.
Also, visit our Collaboration Launch site for complete product and services information, plus financing offers; sales and marketing tools and programs; and training and support.
Meanwhile, I think I'll go upgrade my smartphone.
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Found in the refrigerated section, they're available in two traditional favorite flavors: Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip. The cookies are made with wholesome ingredients, such as flour, sugar, eggs, vanilla and chocolate chips or peanut butter -- just like mom's homemade cookies. Pillsbury Simply… Cookies are ready to bake, so people looking for simplicity in the foods they eat can have warm cookies from the oven in minutes, with no messy preparation.
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Mark O'Connor
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The Mark O'Connor Method
GRAMMY-winning violinist/composer Mark O'Connor recently visited The Recording Academy's headquarters in Santa Monica, Calif., to participate in an exclusive GRAMMY.com interview. O'Connor discussed performing versus composing, the current state of music education and his series of educational books, O'Connor Method, among other topics.
"I was really born to compose. I love the creativity aspects of music," said O'Connor. "I think without the music that I write, or play, I wouldn't be half as much as what I am as a player. And I think my compositions inspire me to play better."
O'Connor's musical career began as a teenager when he was mentored by American fiddler Benny Thomasson and jazz violinist and Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Stéphane Grappelli. Skilled in styles spanning country, bluegrass, classical, and jazz, O'Connor garnered his first GRAMMY Award in 1991 for Best Country Instrumental Performance for The New Nashville Cats. Subsequent albums followed, including 1993's Heroes and 1996's Appalachia Waltz, the latter a collaboration with GRAMMY-winning classical artists cellist Yo-Yo Ma and bassist Edgar Meyer. O'Connor teamed with Ma and Meyer again on 2000's Appalachian Journey, which topped Billboard's Classical Albums chart and garnered the trio a GRAMMY for Best Classical Crossover Album. In 2009 O'Connor developed O'Connor Method, a series of 10 books intended to teach students classic violin technique and theory. The method has been adapted by institutions such as the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Drawing on classical, country, jazz, and folk, in February O'Connor released American Classics, which includes a rendition of the standard "America The Beautiful" and his original composition "Rain Clouds."


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LOOK OUT: CONTAMINATED WATER! - You may have seen this in the headlines, watched something like it on TV, or heard about it on the radio. Unfortunately, this happens quite frequently these days. The simple truth is that water supplies across the USA are rapidly deteriorating in both quality and safety. A simple water filter can solve this problem. It seems that every day there are reports of raw sewage and bacterial contamination of municipal water systems, or some type of chemical contamination of surface waters, or perhaps some other disruption of normal water service. Owning a good water filter ahead of time is the simple answer. since water is one of the main priorities in any type of man-made or natural disaster a water filter should be a basic priority for every family.
CampingSurvival.com carries many quality water purification systems including the Katadyn water filter in case of such emergencies.
Our Homeland Security Agency has some good advice here. "When water is of questionable purity, it is easiest to use bottled water for drinking and cooking if it is available. When it's not available, it is important to know how to treat contaminated water, such as a water filter. In addition to having a bad odor and taste, water from questionable sources may be contaminated by a variety of microorganisms, including, bacteria and parasites that cause diseases such as dysentery, cholera, typhoid, and hepatitis. All water of uncertain purity should be treated before use. Use one or a combination of these treatments:
Water Filter: Filter the water using a piece of cloth or coffee filter to remove solid particles.
Boil: Bring it to a rolling boil for about one full minute. Cool it and pour it back and forth between two clean containers to improve its taste before drinking it.
Chlorinate: Add 16 drops (1/8 teaspoon) of liquid chlorine bleach per gallon of water. Stir to mix. Sodium hypochlorite of the concentration of 5.25% to 6% should be the only active ingredient in the bleach. There should not be any added soap or fragrances. A major bleach manufacturer has also added Sodium Hydroxide as an active ingredient, which they state does not pose a health risk for water treatment.
Let stand 30 minutes. You could still use a water filter for extra protection and eliminate bad tastes.
If it smells of chlorine. You can use it. If it does not smell of chlorine, add 16 more drops (1/8 teaspoon) of chlorine bleach per gallon of water, let stand 30 minutes, and smell it again. If it smells of chlorine, you can use it. If it does not smell of chlorine, discard it and find another source of water. Flood water can also be contaminated by toxic chemicals. Do NOT try to treat or use a water filter on flood water.
We like a two to three stage treatment for questionable water. If the water is not clear, first filter the water through a coffee filter or clean t-shirt. Then purify the water with chemicals or bleach to kill the water and then use a water filter to get everything out of the water and make it taste better.
Click here for a good hurricane preparedness and supplies list from the NHC, National Hurricane Center


text: Cape Town - Brendon McCullum and Dean Brownlie hit half-centuries as New Zealand fought back on the second day of the first Test against South Africa at Newlands on Thursday.New Zealand were 169 for four in their second innings at the close, still 133 short of avoiding an innings defeat.McCullum made 51 and Brownlie was undefeated on 69.Full scorecardVideo highlights: South Africa v New Zealand: 1st Test, day 2They were still likely to lose the match but it was a much better showing by the tourists after a calamitous first day during which they were bowled out for 45 and then leaked runs at almost four an over.New Zealand's bowlers and fielders gave an improved performance, restricting South Africa to 97 runs and claiming five wickets in 31.2 overs before the home side declared at 347 for eight, a lead of 302."Compared to yesterday, it was immense," Black Caps fast bowler Chris Martin said."The way we turned up with the ball was much better. We were more consistent and we dried up the runs which brought the five wickets. That set the tone for the way our batters went out and put up a much sterner fight."Martin said harsh words had not been necessary for the players after the first day debacle."They were quite reasoned, quite straightforward - the best way to deal with it was shown by the way they applied themselves today."AB de Villiers made 67 for South Africa before being dismissed shortly before the declaration while Trent Boult and Martin both took three wickets for New Zealand.Visions of the first day collapse were revived when Martin Guptill was dismissed by Dale Steyn in the first over of the second innings.But McCullum and Kane Williamson dug in to blunt South Africa's renowned pace attack, although they only added 29 before Williamson was caught at gully off Jacques Kallis.The tempo changed after tea as McCullum and Brownlie counter-attacked, scoring 77 in the first 10 overs after the interval as both Vernon Philander and Steyn took some punishment.Both batsmen benefitted from fielding lapses.Brownlie was dropped at gully by Dean Elgar off Steyn when he had 23 and again one run later in the following over by Alviro Petersen, also at gully, off Philander.Then McCullum, on 39, survived a sharp chance to Kallis at second slip off Steyn. The three dropped catches came in successive overs."We played terrible cricket," admitted Petersen, who added only three runs at the start of the day before being bowled by Boult for 106."The bowling wasn't up to scratch, the catching wasn't up to scratch. For that hour or so it was not the standard we set ourselves."McCullum made 51 before he played around his pads and was leg before wicket to left-arm spinner Robin Peterson, bowling for the first time in the match.Brownlie took advantage of South Africa's attacking fields as he hurried to a half-century off just 44 balls, with eight fours but his scoring rate slowed down as he saw out the day.He had faced 89 balls, batting for almost three hours, by the close.Brownlie was given out, caught down the legside by wicketkeeper AB de Villiers off Steyn when he had 68. He sought a review of umpire Rod Tucker's decision which proved the ball had not touched his bat.Petersen said the pitch was difficult to bat on."I said after the first day it was like a day three or day four wicket. I don't know if it was over-prepared. From a batting point of view you had to be disciplined."Teams:South Africa:Graeme Smith (captain), Alviro Petersen, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers (wicketkeeper), Faf du Plessis, Dean Elgar, Robin Peterson, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel.New Zealand:Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum (captain), Kane Williamson, Dean Brownlie, Daniel Flynn, BJ Watling (wicketkeeper), James Franklin, Doug Bracewell, Jeetan Patel, Trent Boult, Chris Martin.


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After a very long and tiered conversation with someone who thinks they can lose their salvation, I will post this list [shamelessly stolen from Melvin's Essays] Link is Here.
Here is what must happen every time you sin and LOSE your salvation.
1. I have to lose my eternal life – which, or course, isn't eternal if I can lose it.
2. I have to cease to be the new creation and become an old creation again.
3. I have to cease to be a child of God – He has to disown me.
4. I have to again become a child of wrath.
5. I have to cease to be a child of Light and become a child of darkness again.
6. I have to be removed from the body of Christ – un-baptized as it were.
7. I have to come alive again, outside of Christ.
8. I have to get unburied and un-united in my burial with Christ.
9. I have to take myself out of Jesus' hand.
10. I have to take myself out of the Father's hand.
11. I have to be transferred back to the kingdom of darkness.
12. I have to be unsealed for the day of redemption.
13. I have to some how come alive again to the power of sin.
...and of course, after I have repented, God does it all over again! Yeh, ok...
The Truth:
Titus 3:5:
5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but
according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
Our actions are indicators of God's saving grace, not the reason [why] we are saved.
Romans 8:30 - And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
From the moment God choses us, we are as good as being in His presence in heaven.
Romans 8:38-39 - For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Some may say - "But "I" can walk away from God". Unless man is not a "creation", then yes. The point of this verse is utter assurance in God's work.
Confronting the culture with the inerrancy of Scripture. Aborrer of liberalism and cultural relativism. Orthodox and Limited atonement supported - God's call is Universal; no man is without excuse.
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Once Saved, always saved
Posted by Mark at 1/05/2011 02:33:00 PM
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Good points, Mark!
- Marie said...
What Neil said. Thanks for posting this! There is someone on Facebook, constantly warning people they can lose their salvation, who I'd like to see this. Unfortunately, she un-friended me after I explained that a microchip someone had implanted is not, in fact, the Mark of the Beast. :(
- Mark said...
Thanks guys. There is pretty much only one mountain in the Arminiain vs Calvinism debate that I will die on - the loosing of salvation is indeed another gospel.
- brdavision said...
excellent Post!
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Cyclic Tag System
From PostgreSQL wiki
Cyclic Tag System
This SQL query (requires PostgreSQL 8.4) forms a cyclic tag system (wikipedia), which is sufficient to demonstrate that SQL is Turing-complete. It is written entirely in SQL:2003-conformant SQL.
Thanks to Andrew (RhodiumToad) Gierth, who came up with the concept and wrote the code.
The productions are encoded in the table "p" as follows:
"iter" is the production number; "rnum" is the index of the bit; "tag" is the bit value.
This example uses the productions:
110 01 0000
The initial state is encoded in the non-recursive union arm, in this case just '1'
The mod(r.iter, n) subexpression encodes the number of productions, which can be greater than the size of table "p", because empty productions are not included in the table.
the content of "p" the content of the non-recursive branch the 3 in mod(r.iter, 3)
"p" encodes the production rules; the non-recursive branch is the initial state, and the 3 is the number of rules
The result at each level is a bitstring encoded as 1 bit per row, with rnum as the index of the bit number.
At each iteration, bit 0 is removed, the remaining bits shifted up one, and if and only if bit 0 was a 1, the content of the current production rule is appended at the end of the string.
WITH RECURSIVE p(iter,rnum,tag) AS ( VALUES (0,0,1),(0,1,1),(0,2,0), (1,0,0),(1,1,1), (2,0,0),(2,1,0),(2,2,0),(2,3,0) ), r(iter,rnum,tag) AS ( VALUES (0,0,1) UNION ALL SELECT r.iter+1, CASE WHEN r.rnum=0 THEN p.rnum + MAX(r.rnum) OVER () ELSE r.rnum-1 END, CASE WHEN r.rnum=0 THEN p.tag ELSE r.tag END FROM r LEFT JOIN p ON (r.rnum=0 AND r.tag=1 AND p.iter=MOD(r.iter, 3)) WHERE r.rnum>0 OR p.iter IS NOT NULL ) SELECT iter, rnum, tag FROM r ORDER BY iter, rnum;


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Artist Tamy Ben-Tor performs some of her weird, unsettling characters live this weekend as her latest show closes
The artist Tamy Ben-Tor, whose new show of performance work is currently up at Zach Feuer gallery in Chelsea, has been compared to Sarah Silverman, Tracey Ullman, Cindy Sherman, and George Orwell. Which is another way of saying there's nobody quite like her.
An Israeli native who moved to New York in 2004, Ben-Tor, 36, is best known for videos in which she dons bad wigs, fake facial hair, and shabby costumes to embody a range of deeply flawed characters. In Women Talk About Hitler, a mockumentary that appeared in a 2005 exhibition at Zach Feuer, she portrayed a handful of characters with sympathetic takes on the Fuhrer. As part of that show, she also performed live as a Holocaust-denying gospel singer and a dry Swedish academic who specializes in xenophobia.
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The total commitment she brings to these absurd personality types makes the videos both hilarious and a bit unsettling, even scary. In person, however, Ben-Tor is almost disarmingly friendly, open-faced, and laid back. (She is also surprisingly tall.) She came to acting, while in college, almost accidentally, she said, after discovering she had a gift for mimicry.
"We were given these assignments in which the teacher said, 'You can paint it, sculpt it, or act it out,'" she said when we met at her Williamsburg apartment. "And I realized I could just embody these personalities. My skill was imitation, like a parrot."
This skill is on ample display in Ben-Tor's new exhibition. In the video Lunch Special, she plays a bigoted and clearly deranged Arab talk-show host who speaks in what sounds (to the untrained ear) like Arabic, but is in fact mostly gibberish. Among other examples of intolerance, the host blames the creation of Photoshop on the Jewish people. "Only the Jewish mind could come up with this way of manipulating our perception of the truth," he declares.
Another video, titled "Time and Space," features a deliciously self-serious contemporary artist (pictured above) in the midst of explaining her work. "I'm fascinated by the notion of boredom, but I'm very bored by the notion of fascination," she says in a wooden, emotionless monotone. Despite her fatuous ideas, the fictional artist claims to have received many grants, one of which sent her to Europe to investigate "couches as places of leisure and relaxation."
Ken Johnson, in his favorable review of the show for the New York Times, noted that Ben-Tor's work targets the sorts of academic institutions that support similarly ridiculous research. But while that may be part of her intent, she is also railing against the sort of ideological inflexibility that prevents people (artists, academics, television hosts) from growing and opening their minds. For her, this inflexibility is particularly prevalent in the art world.
"Art should be an intellectual search judged over the course of a lifetime," she said. "But the art market is consumerist, reductive, and deadline-driven, which can inhibit an artist's development."
Ben-Tor grew up in Jerusalem, and served in the Israeli Defense Forces before enrolling in the Jerusalem art institution The School for Visual Theater, which she describes as a "paradise."
"It was an incubator for creative people with no particular career ambition," she said, adding that she focused on performance and puppetry. "I had this great acting teacher who once told our class, 'You have too much ambition! It's disgusting! I can't even look at you!'"
The transition to Columbia University, where she enrolled as an M.F.A. student in 2004, came as a shock. "It was a battlefield," she said. "It all seemed fake and I couldn't relate to anything."
Then again, there were some upsides to her move to New York. She met her husband, Miki Carmi, a painter, through the program. And working in an environment that you dislike has its benefits. "You have to think: 'What am I doing? What do I care about?'" she said. "It forces you to form yourself."
In addition to her gift for mimicry, Ben-Tor gravitated toward acting because she had trouble working with inert objects. "I'm amazed by great sculptors and painters who can bring dead materials to life, which I was never able to do," she said. "The body is also like a dead thing, but not as dead as clay, or paint."
The most unsettling aspects of Ben-Tor's videos stem from watching her grapple with the spiritual deadness in others. They also come from witnessing characters stuck in a hardened idea of themselves and the world, from which they are unlikely to ever break free.
Having become a critically and commercially successful artist while still working on her M.F.A. at Columbia (she graduated in 2006), Ben-Tor is naturally wary of the pitfalls of such rapid ascendance. She takes care to avoid developing similarly narcissistic or unbending opinions about herself or her work, lest either become calcified and risk a loss of vibrancy or meaning. It's partly for this reason that she has tried to distance herself from the art world, which tends to identify her strictly with the talking-head video pieces, despite the fact that she's been making more surrealistic, narrative-driven videos for several years. These include a 2009 video called Polam, a collaboration with her husband that appeared in the 2010 show at both Zach Feuer and Stux Gallery called Disembodied Archetypes.
"The art world has a tendency to reduce people to a certain category," she said. As an example, she cited Cindy Sherman's recent retrospective. "You can see how quickly she was accepted into the institution. A gap exists between her student work and the film stills. She was searching, but then she found the film stills and bam! After that she was producing to be accepted."
Ben-Tor considers herself lucky to have been embraced so early in her career. "It allowed me to become disillusioned immediately," she said. For a popular young artist she lives a relatively quiet life, rarely venturing into the after-party circuit. She commutes to her studio in Greenpoint every day, where she writes, edits, and films her performances and tests out new characters by performing them in front of a mirror.
She takes comfort in the fact that she still feels uncomfortable performing in front of an audience, which she will do at 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Zach Feuer gallery.
"I'm not a big dancer or acrobat type of person, so it's always been kind of an embarrassment for me perform," she said. "But there's a challenge there that I think is interesting."
'Tamy Ben-Tor: New Performance Work 2012' is on view at Zach Feuer Gallery, and closes Apr. 28; Ben-Tor will be performing live at the gallery Apr. 27 and Apr. 28 at 4 p.m.


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text: Market Watch Diary: Reasons for Dairy Demand Growth April 3, 2013 03:59 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Jerry Dryer Farm Journal's Milk Contributer Email Critics frequently charge me with cheerleading—writing while under the influence of too much optimism about the dairy foods business. I readily plead guilty. And now, in the court of public opinion I'd like to name numerous accomplices—other folks who are optimistic about the future of the dairy business. First, a name we all know: Chobani, as in Greek yogurt. The company was in such a rush to capitalize on opportunities in the marketplace that it built a brand new plant from the ground up in 12 months. Located in Idaho, the plant is meant to augment the supply already being produced at the company's recently enlarged New York plant. Bonus Contents More on dairy growth Market Watch Diary Get Out of the Milk Business Grand Opening World'd Largest Yogurt Manufacturing Plant Theo Müller, a massive German dairy company, and PepsiCo, the soft drink and snack food giant, teamed up to open a large yogurt plant in Batavia, N.Y., this summer. The joint venture, Müller Quaker Dairy, LLC, is already building its market in USA through imports. When the plant is completed later this year, all of the milk and products will be sourced from the U.S. Before leaving the yogurt business, let me add: Alpina, a dairy company headquartered in Columbia, South America, built a plant Bativa, N.Y., last year. Phoenix-based Shamrock Farms just announced plans to build a $50-million-plant in Augusta County, Va. Shamrock, with a herd of 10,000 cows in Arizona, already has national distribution of a host of dairy products at retail and foodservice. Dairy Farmers of America is busy building a dry dairy ingredients plant at a cost of $85 million in Fallon, Nev., (see "Built for Export," p. 10). Ready by year's end, the co-op will turn 2 million pounds of milk into 225,000 lb. of high quality whole milk powder per day. Franklin Foods, with a plant in Enosburg Falls, Vt., has started construction on a second plant, located in Casa Grande, Ariz. The 90,000-sq.-ft. facility will crank out cream cheese, including a new Greek cream cheese, early next year. Tillamook Cheese of Tillamook, Ore., built a second plant in Boardman, Ore., several years ago. Just recently the cooperative announced plans to add 63,000 sq. ft. in Boardman so that location can begin manufacturing WPC 80, a high-value whey product, and lactose. One of the three largest manufacturers of infant formula in the world is exploring the possibility of building a plant in Washington state, according to sources at Darigold, the Seattle-based cooperative. Last year, Leprino Foods started making nonfat dry milk at a plant in Greeley, Colo.—even while the building was still under construction. When all of the mortar finally sets later this year, the facility will be converting 7 million pounds of milk per day into cheese. One more optimist: Coca-Cola. I wrote about them last month. The company bought a stake in Fair Oaks Farms Brands, LLC, another bunch of optimists who created Core Power, the milk-based fitness beverage. That's right. I'm guilty of hanging out with optimists—i.e. capitalists investing in what they see as the bright future of the dairy business. Jerry Dryer is the editor of Dairy & Food Market Analyst, www.dairymarketanalyst.com. You can contact him at email@example.com. Back to news


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Topic: NFS and Non-Responsiveness
I have 4 webservers serving content from an NFS mount on a RAID5 box. All FreeBSD.
NFS Server:
nfs_server_flags="-u -t -n 8"
rpc_lockd_enable="YES" # Run NFS rpc.lockd needed for client/server.
rpc_statd_enable="YES" # Run NFS rpc.statd needed for client/server.
nfs_client_enable="YES" # This host is an NFS client (or NO).
Webserver mounts using the fstab file
Issue I recently had:
The NFS server went down.
I expect the webservers to not be able to serve content, but they all became non-usable as soon as i typed one of the following:
df -h
umount -f
...couldn't even reboot for crying out loud, network services turned off, but it wouldn't go all the way, so i had to drive to the datacenter and hard reboot.
anyways, I can't imagine that a 'bad share' could take down such a great OS.
Is there anything I can do to prevent this hangup in the future ?


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Fewer than 24 hours from departure (David Samson)
It is 4:20 p.m., and we are leaving in 21 hours. Logan Morrison, Andre Dawson, Jeff Conine and I held a press conference this morning, where the (2) funniest discoveries were that Andre plans to bring a minimum of 3-5 suitcases (he will be the best dressed person to visit the troops in history), and that Jeff plans to watch The Hangover 12 times (it will still be funny the 12th time). I personally just left Walgreen's, where I picked up enough Good 'n Plenty and Swedish Fish to feed most of the troops. We have all of our gear ready and are looking forward to the trip, where we will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to entertain our troops overseas.
On a more serious note, we have all spent much time preparing for this trip and thinking of different ways to bring baseball and a piece of home to the soldiers. We have all packed our baseball gloves, as well as enough hats and shirts to convert every soldier to a Marlins fan. We had to change John Buck's flight arrangements because of the winter storm throughout the country, but luckily, in Florida and Washington, the weather is good (John is flying from the west coast).
Spring Training is coming soon, but in the meantime, this trip is the beginning of our Caravan for the Troops (www.marlins.com/caravan). We will all stay in touch for the next (9) days.
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An image sensor is a device that converts a visual image to an electric signal, which is used mostly in digital cameras and other imaging devices. It is a set of charge-coupled device (CCD) or active-pixel sensors (APS) like CMOS sensors. The pixel responds to the light by accumulating charges - the more light, the more charge. Thereby the optical signal is transformed into an electric signal, which gets converted into digial information. Compared to CCD, CMOS sensors are faster, smaller, and cheaper as they are more integrated, which makes them also more power efficient.
For the manufacture of back-side illuminated image sensors, the CIS device wafer can be stacked onto a carrier wafer by the direct oxide bonding method, which depends on molecular forces that naturally attract both surfaces together when they are very smooth and flat. This process requires extremely smooth (RMS < 0.5 nm) and clean surfaces. When such SiO 2 surfaces are placed in contact, they initially form relatively weak van-der-Waals bonds. Subsequent heating to high temperatures (> 1000 ºC) is necessary to achieve high bond strength through the formation of covalent bonds. While direct oxide bonding is normally carried out at elevated temperatures to achieve a strong, robust bond interface, the higher temperatures required are not compatible with processed CMOS wafers. Modifying the surface chemistry by plasma activation allows the formation of chemical bonds at significantly lower annealing temperatures (200 ºC - 400 ºC). The surface energies after being treated with various plasma activation conditions are 2 - 3 times higher than that without treatment. Optically aligned silicon direct bonding can be performed, with high throughput, within the SmartView® alignment system or GEMINI®FB.Please see our related product GEMINI®FB for detailed information.
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More than 3,560 acres have burned at the Hathaway Fire in the Morongo Basin as of early Friday morning and officials say they have it 43 percent contained.
Ten firefighters have sustained injuries in efforts to control the wildfire, according to a U.S. Forest Service news release.
Firefighters worked aggressively throughout the night to secure, monitor, and complete fireline in all areas of the incident.
Although the fire continues to have the potential for significant growth there was little increase overnight, according to officials.
Today firefighters will continue building a fireline along the unsecured fire edge towards the east side, officials said in the release.
Crews will also concentrate on improving and monitoring the completed fireline on the north and west side of the incident.
The fire started June 9 on the northern side of the Morongo Indian Reservation and took off north into the San Gorgoino wilderness range.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.


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Twins To Activate Morneau From DL
The Twins are expected to activate first baseman Justin Morneau from the 15-day disabled list today in time for him to play tonight at Detroit. Morneau has been on the disabled list for the past 15 days with a sore left wrist. He's been taking batting practice the last couple of days and is reporting no problems. Morneau in 20 games was batting .230 with 4 homeruns and 9 RBIs this season.
Morneau is expected to play first base primarily instead of DH. Morneau played just 4 games at first base so far this season. To make room for Morneau on the activate roster Chris Parmelee was optioned to triple-A Rochester. Parmelee was hitting just .179 with no homeruns and 3 RBIs for the Twins this season.


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Stabbing This Morning in Kennewick, Pink Tap Water Reported in East Kennewick + More Breaking News
There are several top headlines this morning including a stabbing, a hunt for a hit-and-run suspect and pink water coming out of taps. Read more:
- From KNDU's Facebook:
- Kennewick Police sent an bulletin this morning saying they were looking for a dark blue or dark gray extended cab Dodge pickup. On Wednesday evening, the truck hit two people and a dog in the crosswalk on 10th Ave. near Washington Street. The truck then fled the scene. The truck had a canopy of matching color and a center rear brake light and windows all around. The front of the truck had a light-colored, possibly chrome, grill. the wheels were a lighter color.
- KNDU is reporting this morning that multiple residents are complaining of pink water coming out of their residential faucets in east Kennewick. City officials are saying it's likely sodium permanganate -- a chemical added at the water treatment plant that is not harmful. Likely a valve failed to shut all the way and more of the chemical was added than usual.
- Kennewick Police are saying a man was arrested recently for hitting his wife in the face and making her partially blind. The husband and wife were in an argument Monday morning and the man hit her in the face. She later reported having trouble seeing. A doctor discovered the hit resulted in choroidal detachment in the right eye.


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8 Ways to Boost Your Will Power
Did you know that will power is like coal? We have a limited amount, and it can very well run out before your husband buys your lot. I am pretty sure that I used up a fair chunk in my 20s and 30s trying to stay sober, eat right, exercise five times a week, yada yada yada through a bunch of boredom.
Now it's gone. The technology fast that I had no problem pulling off a year ago (no email, facebook, twitter, etc. for 20 days)? I got to day five. The no-work-on-the weekends resolution I kept for months on end last year? Tried it again and caved Friday evening. I am determined to get some of my will power back, so here I have assembled the tricks that have worked in the past.
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March 17, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - The MIT men's lacrosse team picked up its first win of the season by defeating Wentworth Institute of Technology, 10-7, on Thursday afternoon. Carter Powers led the Engineers' attack with four goals. Mike Wood paced the Leopards with a pair of goals and assists.
Dan Turcott put Wentworth (0-1) on the scoreboard 4:07 into the game by intercepting a pass and sprinting downfield uncontested. Barnett Koryan tallied the equalizer three minutes later. Jonathan Stolmeier set up Powers to give MIT (1-2) the lead with 5:11 remaining. Tyler Sorba connected on a feed from Stolmeier, giving the Engineers a 3-1 edge at the end of the period.
Stolmeier opened the second frame by scoring on a pass from Tom Hennessey after a minute had expired. Wentworth ended a 20-minute scoring drought when Tim Lunt found Mike Wood for the score. The Engineers countered with an unassisted goal from Clinton Cain, resulting in a 5-2 lead that would hold at halftime.
Wentworth's offense came alive in the third period as it tallied four unanswered goals. Chris Landry earned back-to-back assists on goals from Mike Wood and Joe Marcel. Wood set up T.J. Dahill for the tying goal (5-5) at the 5:30 mark. Less than three minutes later, the pair gave the Leopards the lead. MIT tied the game on a goal by Stefano Young with five seconds left on the clock.
The Engineers carried the momentum into the final frame, taking the lead for good when Stolmeier found Powers for the first of his three goals in the period. Isaac Taylor posted what proved to be the game-winning goal at 8:33. Taylor then set up Powers 15 seconds later for MIT's first extra-man goal of the game. Powers connected on a feed from Scott Purchase for another man-up goal, which resulted in a 10-6 advantage. Wentworth's Dahill recorded the final tally of the game with 19 seconds remaining in the game.
In the net, Zach Brewer collected 24 saves for MIT. Rich Hamaty made 19 stops for Wentworth.
The next game for MIT will be on Wednesday, March 30 when it travels to Pilgrim Lacrosse League foe Clark University.


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Oct 18 (Reuters) - St. Louis Blues forward Maxim Lapierre has been suspended five games for boarding San Jose Sharks defenseman Dan Boyle earlier this week, the National Hockey League (NHL) said on Friday.
The incident occurred early in the first period of Tuesday's game in St. Louis and resulted in Boyle, who had lost balance while chasing the puck, having his head slammed against the boards and being left unconscious.
Lapierre was assessed a major penalty for checking from behind, along with a game misconduct.
"It's undeniable that Boyle's loss of balance just prior to contact made him much more vulnerable and contributed to the violent result," NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan said in a video on the league's website.
"However, at no point does Lapierre see anything other than Boyle's numbers, when he decides to finish him on this check ... if Lapierre does not illegally hit him in the numbers, Boyle's face does not crash violently into the boards."
Under the terms of the league's collective bargaining agreement Lapierre will forfeit more than $28,000, which will go toward a players' emergency assistance fund.
Lapierre, 28, has already served one game of his suspension. (Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes; Editing by Peter Rutherford)


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and one of LA's premiere 99-seat theatres working both locally and
internationally in theatre, education, and community outreach, seeks an
experienced arts administrator as an Executive Assistant. 24th ST
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JOB DESCRIPTION: This is a permanent FT exempt position. This a
fantastic opportunity to work alongside the leaders of a highly
respected mid-sized arts organization. 24th Street Theatre's
Executive Assistant reports to the Executive Director and assists the
E.D. and Artistic Director in all aspects of day-to-day theatre
management. This position helps oversee a small staff, assists in
implementing programming and organizational growth.
* Oversee scheduling for ED and ART DIR and the theatre's
organizational calendar
* Supervise some staff
* Assist in project implementation and oversight
* Represent 24th Street Theatre to residents and businesses in the
* Represent 24th Street at professional meetings and conferences
* Systematize office and organizational procedures
* Assist with institutional and project-based Marketing.
* Assist with fundraising activities including correspondence with
institutional donors and managing individual donors.
* Assist with producing and production and logistics on all
performances and events presented by the theatre
* Assist with managing the venue as well as groups renting the venue
* Manage 24th ST. computers and software, train staff on use of
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* Other duties as needed.
* Must be highly self-motivated and organized with great time
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The Ravens are 30 minutes away from the AFC North title and the Giants are 30 minutes away from losing control of their playoff destiny.
The Ravens lead 24-7 at halftime in Baltimore after a first half that featured a lot of Torrey Smith, Ray Rice and the Ravens pass rush. Smith has four catches for 81 yards and a touchdown as the Ravens have made point to throwing at whoever Corey Webster's covering in the first half. It has worked well, Anquan Boldin had a 39-yard gain against Webster too, and Joe Flacco is 15-of-20 for 202 yards.
Rice has added 62 yards on 13 carries and he put the Ravens up by 17 with a 27-yard scamper after catching a pass from Flacco with 64 seconds left in the half. It's been a very welcome change from recent weeks for the Ravens offense.
The Giants defense has struggled to find the answer to stopping the Ravens offense in all phases of the game and the pass rush remains missing in action. Their offense hasn't been much better. Eli Manning has been sacked twice and pressured relentlessly by the Ravens. The line is part of the problem, but there have been moments when Manning has time and can't find anywhere to go with the ball. They put together one nice 77-yard drive for a David Wilson touchdown (complete with backflip), but they've gained just 33 other yards in the half.
They'll need some of that second half magic from last year or they might not get a chance to repeat last year's playoff magic come January.


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Autism in adults: when should you get tested?
In a day and age where medical advances make it easier to diagnose certain conditions, it is becoming more common to diagnose adults with autism. While the idea may initially seem scary, a realization such as this can be both life-changing and for the better.
Jacob Durn, a contributor to The Mighty, writes that "[Knowing I was autistic] would have solved a lot of problems I encountered between [when I was younger] and now, but the important thing is that I know now."
For some who are diagnosed late, like Jacob, they look back and wonder how they didn't see it coming. For others, the signs aren't so clear. People who don't have autism can experience mild symptoms, such as poor eye contact, compulsive behavior or repetitive movements. On the other hand, people who have been diagnosed with autism may be experiencing something else entirely. For instance, plenty of individuals have been misdiagnosed with autism when they really have attention deficit disorder (ADD) or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
So, with so many different variables at play, how can you know whether you need to be diagnosed, and when should you see a doctor to confirm your suspicions?
For starters, there is no official "test" to see whether or not you may have autism, so a diagnosis would likely come from a trained physician or psychologist. Can this lead to an incorrect diagnosis? Yes – especially in children, but more often than not it would befit the person in question to get checked regardless so that a treatment plan of some sort can be put into place.
And speaking of children, having your child diagnosed is one of the first signs that you should get tested for autism, too. The process of testing an adult is a little bit different, however, mainly because there are limitations that force doctors to rely heavily on observation. Still, finding a qualified doctor who specializes in evaluating adults is important if you feel you may warrant a diagnosis.
"In my opinion, your best bet may be a developmental pediatrician, child psychiatrist or pediatric neurologist who is both experienced in evaluating autism in children and open to seeing older patients," says David Beversdorf, a neurologist. "I would recommend talking to the clinician who diagnosed your child. If she or he does not feel qualified to evaluate an adult, he or she may have a respected colleague who would be."
You may also consider getting tested if you've tried self-assessments and still don't feel confident in the results. While these tools aren't the most accurate sources of information, they are easy to take and can be a good starting point for those who are worried.
Being diagnosed with autism is not a bad thing. In fact, getting proper treatment from a professional can significantly improve one's life so that they can start living just as normally as their peers.
April is autism awareness month. For more information on autism and how it might affect you, check out the other articles from Sinclair Cares.


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Ferry to move across Bridgeport Harbor
BRIDGEPORT -- It's too bad the Bridgeport-Port Jefferson ferry lacks sails, because the wind is at its back.
Four years after shooting down the ferry company's bid to move across the harbor from downtown, the Zoning Commission approved a zoning amendment Monday allowing the relocation to Seaview Avenue.
The next step is for the ferry company to submit detailed plans for the new, 65-foot-tall terminal to the commission and also to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
"We're working feverishly and hope within the next couple of months to file," said Raymond Rizio, the ferry's attorney.
Opposition to the project has dwindled significantly over the last four years, to the point where no one spoke against it at a public hearing earlier in the month.
In contrast, the ferry's initial proposal was so divisive that a July 2010 public hearing ran into the early morning hours.
When the zoning commission shot it down, the ferry company appealed in court, and, in 2012, lost.
Rizio, who also represented the ferry company in 2010, said a state report on Connecticut's major harbors that emphasized the importance of growing the ferry operation helped change minds.
Proponents of the move have long-complained that the ferry is hemmed in on a downtown acre. The Seaview Avenue property is 15 acres.
And the ferry company has also proposed to bring 100 jobs to the city.
"There were big changes" from 2010, Rizio said.
Another change is Charles Willinger, an attorney representing the Holiday Inn and some other downtown clients who opposed the ferry's relocation, is no longer rattling his saber.
Earlier this year Willinger said moving the ferry away from the train and bus stations "will rip the heart out of that intermodal (public transit) system."
But Willinger did not appear at the Zoning Commission's public hearing to oppose the application. He subsequently said his clients are talking to the ferry company about ways to ensure there remains a connection to the downtown.
The ferry intends to provide shuttle service to the train and bus stations and the city would also like to make water taxis across the harbor available in warm weather.
"The ferry company's always been a big supporter of downtown and all the businesses there," Rizio said. He said the two sides are working to "memorialize the fact everybody will continue to cross market and work together to keep downtown Bridgeport moving forward."
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Reding's comments provide a window into a wider agenda to transform the internet.
Old-Thinker News | May 7, 2009
By Daniel Taylor
As the EU Observer reports, Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding has called on President Obama to fully privatize the California based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which manages the web address system for the internet, and build a "multilateral forum for governments to discuss general internet governance policy and security issues." The international group would in turn "make recommendations" with regards to global internet governance.
Reding is anticipating the expiration of the ICANN contract with the U.S. Department of Commerce in September of 2009, calling for a separation of ICANN from its U.S. ties, making ICANN an international organization. Reding states,
"The expiry of the agreement between ICANN and the US government "opens the door for the full privatisation of ICANN, and it also raises the question of to whom ICANN should be accountable."
"In the long run, it is not defendable that the government department of only one country has oversight of an internet function which is used by hundreds of millions of people in countries all over the world," Reding said.
Reding's comments provide a window into a wider agenda to transform the internet. Reding stated in October of 2008 that, "The Internet of the future will radically change our society." Ultimately, according to Reding, the EU is aiming to "lead the way" in the transformation to "Web 3.0."
Media Kingpin Rupert Murdoch recently announced that "The current days of the internet will soon be over," indicating the establishment's move to radically transform the internet away from its current form. Paul Joseph Watson writes, "The establishment media is dying and advertising revenue has plummeted as people turn to blogs and the alternative media for their news in an environment of corporate lies and spin."
Watson continues,
"The corporate media monopoly has terminal cancer and they are losing their power, which is why they are aggressively supporting moves to phase out the old Internet altogether and replace it with "Internet 2," a highly regulated and controlled electronic Berlin wall, where alternative voices will be silenced and giant corporate propaganda organs will dominate once again."
The future of the internet, according to author and "web critic" Andrew Keen, will be monitored by "gatekeepers" to verify the accuracy of information posted on the web. The "Outlook 2009" report from the November-December issue of The Futurist reports that,
"Internet entrepreneur Andrew Keen believes that the anonymity of today's internet 2.0 will give way to a more open internet 3.0 in which third party gatekeepers monitor the information posted on Web sites to verify its accuracy."
Keen stated during his early 2008 interview with The Futurist that the internet, in its current form, has undermined mainline media and empowered untrustworthy "amateurs", two trends that he – and the establishment that he represents – wants reversed. "Rather than the empowerment of the amateur, Web 3.0 will show the resurgence of the professional," states Keen.