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PORTSMOUTH — If you're reading this, that means the world probably did not end today.
PORTSMOUTH — If you're reading this, that means the world probably did not end today.
But if it did, a survey of Seacoast residents Thursday revealed a disturbing lack of concern despite their awareness of a possible Mayan apocalypse.
Knowing the panic shopping that usually occurs when there are forecasts of boring blizzards, ho-hum hurricanes and minor nuisance power outages, I struck out on Thursday expecting to find droves of people stockpiling supplies to ride out the end of the world. For months now, popular culture has promoted the end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012, which is supposedly the end-date of a 5,125-year cycle in the Mayan Long Count calendar.
While everyone I spoke with was aware of the supposed Mayan prophecy, they were all quick to laugh when I asked them whether they were taking it seriously.
My first stop was Market Basket on Woodbury Avenue. Before I even got in the grocery store, I saw a Salvation Army bell-ringer soliciting donations from customers. I asked him what good a couple extra bucks would do when the world ends, and he said he was confident the world was not, in fact, ending.
"I think I'll be around tomorrow, and the day after and hopefully a long time after that," said bell-ringer Steve Szabo of Stratham.
Clearly, Szabo hadn't seen the prophecies, the movie "2012" starring John Cusack or those Facebook posts showing forecasts predicting high temperatures with a chance of hellfire and brimstone today.
Customers exiting Market Basket weren't quite up for talking about the end of the world. Then, I had a brilliant idea. Where is the quintessential place to go to stockpile for an apocalypse? How about a place that sells batteries by the 40-pack, or 7-pound, 4-ounce cans of beans? That's right: BJ's.
I felt the promise BJ's held upon driving into the parking lot. I immediately saw a woman with a cart chock full of groceries. Balanced on top was a 36-pack of Ramen noodles. "Clearly," I thought, "here is a woman who is stocking her pantry up in case it's the last time she'd ever get to go shopping again."
Alas, Pamela Grotenhuis of Nottingham said she simply likes to buy her food in bulk. However, she did provide some perspective on the whole "end of the world" thing. She said it could mean an end of an era, or a philosophical change, and that the world could become a better place after the Mayan apocalypse.
"I just believe the ending is a state of mind," she said.
If the experts are to be believed, the Mayan fad has no basis in fact. Mayan expert Dr. Walter Witschey of Longwood University in Farmville, Va., said the Mayans never forecast the end of the world.
"It appears they were saying a very important king, who was living when the inscription was written, was so important that he would still be worshipped in 126.96.36.199.0. That's like saying 1,000 years from now, George Washington will still be so important that we'll celebrate him in the year 3,000," he said. "They said nothing about end of days, nothing about 13 being the final cycle, nothing about apocalypse, nothing about astrological predictions of any sort."
While Witschey appears to have the credentials to speak on the matter, I still wasn't convinced. So I turned to one of my high school friends, Ian Czop, who was planning an end-of-the-world party to go out in style just in case the prophecy did come true.
"It's strange to me that no one else has really taken stock in this," he said. "There's a myriad of terrible things that could go wrong when the planets align, one being crust displacement. That's a real thing."
Czop, citing the "documentary" film "2012," said the Mayan apocalypse could also trigger the eruption of supervolcanoes and solar flares that knock out all communications. Instead of running for cover, though, he said he thought it would be best to spend his last night on pre-apocalypse Earth with his best friends.
"It's out of my hands. It's out of my control," he said. "It gives me a good reason to have an end-of-the-world party, which I thought would be a pretty cool idea."
Finally, someone who took the apocalypse seriously.
Joey Cresta is a reporter for the Portsmouth Herald. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Fresh from launching the laptop variants of the AMD A-Series chips, the AMD Fusion-based platform has officially been announced for the desktop.
Primarily these will be quad-core chips, though dual-core variants are expected both for the desktop and laptops in due course.
The company also announced the A55 and A75 chipsets that will be available in motherboards from partners including Asus, Foxconn, ECS, Gigabyte, MSI and Sapphire.
AMD says it is targeting low to mid-range desktops with the new chips which feature processing and DirectX 11 graphics on a single die – the latter branded as Radeon HD 6530D and HD 6550D depending on which of the four available processor variants used.
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I realize this is not President Obama's style, but he is entitled to a "Sister Souljah" moment in his current fight for major immigration reform.
Sister Souljah is an African-American singer who sang about the desirability of anti-white violence.
Speaking at an event in 1992, then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton expressed his sharp disagreement with that view. Jesse Jackson angrily rebuked Clinton, accusing him of seeking a way to appeal to the right at the expense of his allies. I often agree with Jackson, but on this point Clinton was absolutely right — morally, intellectually and politically.
Picking unnecessary fights with your friends is a bad idea. Refusing to dissociate yourself from them when they say or do inaccurate and irresponsible things can be worse. For Clinton to have remained silent in that situation would have given ammunition to those who sought to discredit his efforts to further racial fairness. He was under no obligation to lose political support, not just for himself, but for progressive issues generally, because of Souljah's racist diatribes.
The ongoing, deliberate repeated violations of existing immigration law by young people on the U.S.-Mexican border presents an even greater threat to Obama's agenda than rhetoric about killing white people did to Clinton's efforts. Ironically — even infuriatingly — the agenda item these emotionally self-indulgent people is endangering is the excellent work the president is doing to make most of the immigration law changes they support.
Obama is waging a two-pronged fight for a significant shift of immigration policies in the direction of great accommodation of people who've come to the U.S. without legal authorization but have otherwise been law-abiding residents.
First, he has ordered the immigration authorities to focus deportation activity on those who have committed other crimes, providing de facto protection to the vast majority of those who remain vulnerable to expulsion. Second, he has been an indispensable part of the legislative push to end that vulnerability by granting them the immediate right to stay, followed by a process that leads to citizenship.
These pro-immigration efforts — which are very much in our national interest — are strongly opposed by most conservative Republicans, and regrettably, by the union of Immigration Enforcement Agents, angry at being ordered to follow policies that combine compassion with good economic sense. The bill that has passed the Senate calls for increased enforcement of the law once it is changed to alleviate the fear that granting legal status to immigrants who are now here without it will encourage millions more to come.
Winning passage of the bill in the Republican-controlled House, with the strong influence of the tea party, will be tough. If the idea that the president will enforce the new safeguards loses credibility, it becomes much tougher. Many Republicans hate the bill because they fear — with good reason — that it will bring millions of additional Democratic voters to the polls when the citizenship rules kick in. But some are seriously concerned about future enforcement. In the Senate, enough Republicans — and some Democrats — were persuaded on this point to give the bill a filibuster-proof majority. The question is whether this can be duplicated in the House.
This is why the flouting of existing law is so damaging. What the people participating in these demonstrations are doing is pressing the president to take exactly the steps that would increase opposition in the House to a bill which, to repeat the central point, would be very much in the interest of those doing the protesting.
One of their tactics is to have people apply for asylum in large numbers to get the right to stay in the country indefinitely without legal status. Nothing could do more to drive away the votes that are needed to pass this bill. Some Republican members will themselves be convinced by this that enforcement will be rendered impossible by these pressures. Others, who would like to vote yes, especially because it is strongly backed by most elements of the business community, face difficulty in doing so because of their conservative constituents. The law-breakers make the job of persuading those voters that this is a good idea even harder.
In the interest of a sensible immigration policy, it is important that the president resist any pressure from this group to condone its publicity-seeking violations of existing immigration law. It is important as well that those who support this effort defend the president when he is unfairly attacked for resisting their inflammatory tactics.
Elected officials too often give themselves credit for bravery for standing up to their opponents. In most cases, being highly critical of those on the other side of an issue can be very helpful. That is especially the case when your attack draws return fire, which most politicians promptly turn into emails soliciting campaign contributions on the grounds that they are under siege.
What is truly hard is to stand up to your allies. That is what people who support genuine immigration reform should be doing in this case. Various interests — business, labor — have compromised to put together a package that is better than many of us thought would have been possible. The spectacle of people who would be major beneficiaries of it engaging in immature and thoughtless tactics that complicate the chances of its passage, is discouraging. Those of us who realize this should do the best we can to counter their potentially damaging impact.
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The Hope College Faculty Recital will showcase Erich Peterson, French horn, on Sunday, April 6, at 3 p.m. in Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The recital will open with "Ronda in B Flat," by Arnold Cooke. Following that piece will be "Romanza" and "Sonatina," by Jan Koetsier; "Sonata," by Franz Danzi; "En Foret," by Eugene Bozzal; "Nocturne," by Franz Strauss; and, in conclusion, "Aesop's Fables" by Anthony Plog.
Peterson will be assisted by Jennifer Wolfe on piano and Daniel Mattson, who will narrate the "Aesop's Fables."
Peterson received both his bachelor's and master's degrees in horn performance from NorthwesternUniversity, where he studied with Dale Clevenger, Norman Schweikert and Gail Williams. Currently, Peterson is the assistant principal/second horn with the Grand Rapids Symphony, having joined the orchestra in March 2004. In addition to his playing duties, Peterson began as personnel manager of the Grand Rapids Symphony in July 2007.
Prior to coming to Grand Rapids, he was a member of the national tour of "Les Miserables," with which he performed more than 1,500 shows in over 40 states and Canada over a period of six years. While living in Chicago, he was an active free-lance musician performing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, Ravinia Festival Orchestra and Chicago Opera Theater. Peterson was also active as a studio musician, having recorded hundreds of television/radio commercials and video game soundtracks. He maintains an active teaching schedule both at home and as an adjunct faculty member at Hope.
Nykerk Hall of Music is located in the central Hope campus on the former 12th Street between College and Columbia avenues.


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The theory of speech perception as direct derives from a general direct-realist account of perception. A realist stance on perception is that perceiving enables occupants of an ecological niche to know its component layouts, objects, animals, and events. "Direct" perception means that perceivers are in unmediated contact with their niche (mediated neither by internally generated representations of the environment nor by inferences made on the basis of fragmentary input to the perceptual systems). Direct perception is possible because energy arrays that have been causally structured by niche components and that are available to perceivers specify (i.e., stand in 1:1 relation to) components of the niche. Typically, perception is multi-modal; that is, perception of the environment depends on specifying information present in, or even spanning, multiple energy arrays.
Applied to speech perception, the theory begins with the observation that speech perception involves the same perceptual systems that, in a direct-realist theory, enable direct perception of the environment. Most notably, the auditory system supports speech perception, but also the visual system, and sometimes other perceptual systems. Perception of language forms (consonants, vowels, word forms) can be direct if the forms lawfully cause specifying patterning in the energy arrays available to perceivers. In Articulatory Phonology, the primitive language forms (constituting consonants and vowels) are linguistically significant gestures of the vocal tract, which cause patterning in air and on the face. Descriptions are provided of informational patterning in acoustic and other energy arrays. Evidence is next reviewed that speech perceivers make use of acoustic and cross modal information about the phonetic gestures constituting consonants and vowels to perceive the gestures.
Significant problems arise for the viability of a theory of direct perception of speech. One is the "inverse problem," the difficulty of recovering vocal tract shapes or actions from acoustic input. Two other problems arise because speakers coarticulate when they speak. That is, they temporally overlap production of serially nearby consonants and vowels so that there are no discrete segments in the acoustic signal corresponding to the discrete consonants and vowels that talkers intend to convey (the "segmentation problem"), and there is massive context-sensitivity in acoustic (and optical and other modalities) patterning (the "invariance problem"). The present article suggests solutions to these problems.
The article also reviews signatures of a direct mode of speech perception, including that perceivers use cross-modal speech information when it is available and exhibit various indications of perception-production linkages, such as rapid imitation and a disposition to converge in dialect with interlocutors.
An underdeveloped domain within the theory concerns the very important role of longer- and shorter-term learning in speech perception. Infants develop language-specific modes of attention to acoustic speech signals (and optical information for speech), and adult listeners attune to novel dialects or foreign accents. Moreover, listeners make use of lexical knowledge and statistical properties of the language in speech perception. Some progress has been made in incorporating infant learning into a theory of direct perception of speech, but much less progress has been made in the other areas.
Keywords: Articulatory Phonology, coarticulation, direct perception, invariance problem, inverse problem, multimodal perception, perceptual realism, phonetic gestures, segmentation problem, speech perception
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have marvelled at the views from one of Australia's most spectacular beauty spots after hearing the moving stories of bush fire survivors.
In the stunning location of New South Wales' Blue Mountains, William and Kate saw the rock formation known as the Three Sisters, and the majestic range beyond, that attracts three million visitors a year.
Parts of the state were ravaged by bush fires last October which left many families homeless after fleeing for their lives.
The royal couple spent the day touring the Blue Mountains area, around 35 miles from Sydney city centre, meeting those who escaped from the flames and members of the emergency services who battled the blazes - the worst to hit the state in a decade.
The Duchess spoke about her long-held desire to travel to the Commonwealth country when she chatted to firemen: ''I've wanted to come to Australia for such a long time, so it's amazing finally to be here and to see some of the countryside.''
William later praised the "stoicism" of the community of Winmalee, where more than a 100 homes were destroyed by fires i n a few hours, during a meeting with prime minister Tony Abbott at Admiralty House in Sydney.
He highlighted how one elderly man had stayed to fight the flames: "There was an incredible story today where a gentleman had fought off the fires with a stick and a hosepipe."
During the royal couple's visit to Winmalee two men, allegedly harassing people who had gathered to see the royal couple, were stopped, spoken to and moved on by police before their motorcade went past.
William and Kate listened to the experiences of widow Miranda Hansen, 67, who though t she was going to be burnt alive when she tried to escape the bush fires in her car after her home was engulfed in minutes.
She said: ''There were cars everywhere. You couldn't move. I thought, 'Hello, I'm going to be barbecue here today.' But luckily we didn't.''
After hearing the traumatic stories of those who survived the flames the mood lightened when the royal couple arrived at Echo Point, Katoomba, to see the Three Sisters rock formation and were greeted by around 3,000 well-wishers lining crash barriers.
William and Kate, who wore a Diane von Furstenberg wrap dress and wedges, were welcomed by cheers from the crowds and walked down to a platform to see the majestic views of the Blue Mountain range.
They are so called because of a blue haze that hangs over them, caused by light refracting off eucalyptus oil in the air.
According to Aboriginal legend, three sisters called Meehni, Wimlah and Gunnedoo fell in love with three brothers from a rival tribe. Unable to marry because of tribal law, the brothers decided to go into battle against the sisters' tribe to capture them by force.
A witch doctor is said to have turned the sisters to stone to save them from being harmed in the battle, but he was killed in the fighting and so could not reverse the spell.
With the mountains in the background the Duke and Duchess were greeted by Aboriginal elders representing the indigenous landowners of Echo Point.
They presented the Cambridges with a possum skin cloak for their baby son Prince George and the couple received a kangaroo coat for themselves.
William said: "That's fantastic thank you very much, he'll love that - very warm."
Elder Aunty Sharon Brown, chairwoman of the Gundungurra Tribal Council, explained later that traditionally a baby would be given a possum cloak and for every significant milestone during its life, another pelt would be added to the garment.
William and Kate spent around five minutes looking at the views from a platform, with Anthea Hammon, joint managing director of Scenic World which runs the visitor centre at the beauty spot, acting as the Duchess's guide while the Duke spoke to Randall Walker, chief executive of Blue Mountains Lithgow and Oberon Tourism.
Ms Hammon said after speaking the Duchess: "She loved it, it's a pretty stunning day. She was amazed about how far you could see.
"I was talking to her a little bit about bush walking, she likes walking and there's lots of places to walk here in the Blue Mountains. She said she was keen to come back."
Mr Walker said about the Duke: "He was very impressed with the spectacular views and he was interested in the Aboriginal legend about it. He was surprised to learn it's the most visited regional site in Australia."
Before leaving the area there was a heart stopping moment for all - except the Duke - when he walked extremely close to the edge of a 100 metre drop when he watched youngsters on an adventure training course abseil down a cliff.
The Duchess stayed well back from the edge during the visit to Narrow Neck Lookout, a stunning viewpoint in the Blue Mountains.
Damien Cooper, manager of the Blue Mountains Youth Service, said: "He took a bit of a lunge and a few people held their breath, gasped and readied their hands to grab him.
"He was fine of course, he knew what he was doing. I think his military background prepared him well for it.''


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The Iron Chef Contest was evil enough to me...I'd never heard of any of the anime I got
What are you talking about EVIL??!! The Iron Chef Contest was evil enough to me...I'd never heard of any of the anime I got
Quote from: thundercatlord on February 06, 2009, 05:48:37 pmWhat are you talking about EVIL??!! The Iron Chef Contest was evil enough to me...I'd never heard of any of the anime I got *Beep*
Hey there, the 2009 Contest hasn't been added to animemusicvideos.org yet ...
( Grr... had to PAY to RENT a stupid hotel console, with its USB ports DISABLED so I had to type it all in BY HAND at $0.49/min... )
Actually, I created the following thread & posted the results within a day of the completion of the contest:http://www.animemusicvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=96330
Erm, yes I saw but it still hasn't been added to the database (here: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/help/calendar/)
Now THAT's curious - I did all that in mid-January or so... Database must have had a hiccup...Please feel free to register your AMVs and I will confirm them!
Huh, additional weirdness...
And yay! You should make sure to link us when its finished, or at least play it at next year's convention.
Just a bit of SILLINESS!
... a deliberate jab at TCL? XD)
Hey guys... I don't know if this is a good place to ask questions to you amazingAMV artists but I am trying to figure out a good starter program for someonewho has a lot of great ideas for AMV's.. but also wants the tools to do some ofthe perfectionist stuff? Is there a good semi-easy to train on movie-editor outthere that you prefer? I don't think I am really willing to pay 600 bucks for a software I'll only use for AMV's but... is there something economical I could buythat might be more my speed?
Quote from: murder_of_raven ... a deliberate jab at TCL? XD)Mahahaha - Never any 'deliberate jabs' at specific people here!BUT let's just say we all have our OPINIONS about anime, and get to have fun with it now and again... !I had originally started with a 5th character to 'X' on: Samurai Jack. But he looked like a white blob and he went away too fast. I also added SFX there because the original trailer was silent, and it felt kinda dead.
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Michigan State barely gets by Louisiana-Lafayette
Ragin' Cajuns nearly rage to upset
EAST LANSING, Mich. — No. 19 Michigan State 63, Louisiana-Lafayette 60: Keith Appling had 19 points and the host Spartans held off a late rally by the Ragin' Cajuns to earn their fifth straight victory.
Michigan State (5-1) led throughout the contest and went up 11 with just over three minutes to play, but Louisiana-Lafayette nearly pulled off the upset.
Appling also had six rebounds, five assists and two steals, while Branden Dawson chipped in with 12 points and eight boards for the Spartans. Michigan State had trouble from long range, connecting on just 5-of-16 of its 3-point attempts.
Louisiana-Lafayette's Elfrid Payton led all scorers with 20 points to go with his six rebounds and seven steals. The Ragin' Cajuns (2-4) also received 16 points and eight boards from Shawn Long and 14 points from Kevin Brown.
The Ragin' Cajuns were able to stay in the game by forcing 20 Michigan State turnovers. Despite a major size disadvantage, Louisiana-Lafayette was also able to stay with the Spartans on the boards, losing the rebound battle by a 33-28 margin.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Michigan State center Adreian Payne, who was struggling with foul trouble, was able to play more than 20 minutes in a game for only the second time this year. … Louisiana-Lafayette trailed at halftime for the fifth time in six games this season. … After four straight home games, Michigan State hits the road to face Miami in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Wednesday. Louisiana-Lafayette hosts Middle Tennessee State on Thursday.


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The three formal Instruments of Communion are the Lambeth Conference, the Anglican Consultative Council and the Primates' Meeting.
The Lambeth Conference is a gathering of the bishops of the Anglican Communion, at the personal invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, that usually takes place every ten years. The first was held in 1867 at Lambeth Palace, but as numbers grew the Conference moved to Canterbury. Further information about the history of the Lambeth Conference is available on this website.
The Anglican Consultative Council was formed following a resolution of the 1968 Lambeth Conference. It brings together bishops, clergy and laity from around the Provinces and churches of the Communion every three years. The Archbishop of Canterbury is its President.
The Primates Meeting, which the Archbishop of Canterbury convenes, brings together the senior archbishop or bishop (sometimes called "moderator") of each Province for prayer and reflection on matters of shared concern.


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I tend to stay away from script reviews. Scripts go through multiple revisions, the movie can then undergo changes while filming, and then it can be further revised in the editing room. The script is rarely a bible where every sentence and plot beat has to be followed to the letter. That being said, I trust the word of HitFix's Drew McWeeny. He's covered this business for well over a decade, and he's also worked as a screenwriter. So when he went on Twitter yesterday and took apart the script for the RoboCop remake, it's worth our attention. To put it as lightly as humanly possible, Mr. McWeeny did not care for the screenplay.
Hit the jump for what he had to tweet about the script. The film, directed by Jose Padilha (The Elite Squad) stars Joel Kinnaman, Hugh Laurie, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Jay Baruchel, Abbie Cornish, Michael K. Williams, and Jackie Earle Haley. RoboCop opens August 9, 2013.
Here are McWeeny's tweets about the script for the Robocop remake:
I tried to read the "Robocop" remake, but 20 pages in my nose started bleeding and I forgot my name. #nobueno #reallynobueno
I'll share this one detail. In the film, when Murphy is turned into Robocop 1.0, it's described "a high-tech version of the '80s suit." Then they show a focus group scene where criminals laugh at the design. "He looks like a toy from the '80s!" So they redesign him to look "meaner" as Robocop 2.0, who passes focus group approval. So they not only make sure to include the original design, they also point out it's dated and stupid. *facepalm*
Hold onto your sides for more hilarious "Robocop" details. They outsource his construction to China. #seriously
And we meet the ED-209s in the field in Iran, where they're used to subdue suicide bombers. #ineedallthedrinksnow
Short version: this script makes my stomach hurt very, very badly.
Ahhh… now they just dropped Robocop 3.0 onto an Al Queda training camp to see what he does.
"He should be programmed to incapacitate in all scenarios." "Agreed. Let's keep him PG-13, Dr. Norton." No. No. No. No.
By page 54, they are already onto Robocop 4.0, who looks like a "cop on steroids painted metallic blue."
Oh, god… oh dear god… Robocop is a Transformer. He goes from "social mode" to "combat mode" and back. Full transformation.
I'm going to go stand in my backyard and scream at the moon for a while. My brain needs a shower.
Write it down. Page 55, the "Robocop" remake beat me. I'm done. I can't hurt more than this.
Okay… the two "best" lines in the script. First up is at the unveiling ceremony for Robocop in Detroit, from a TV reporter covering it. "I think it's safe to say that Alex Murphy is now part man, part machine, ALL COP!" Yes, I too remember the original poster, asshat. Second, after the traumatic first meeting with his father, Alex's son retreats to the apartment of Lewis, Murphy's male partner. The scene ends with the action line "David sits, catatonic, looks at the TV — MGM REMAKE TBD."
Good god… it just keeps topping itself. It's like someone wrote a script scientifically fine-tuned to destroy me. Someone shows Pope, head of the OCP project, some mock-ups for Robocop action figures. "Are you kidding? I wouldn't buy that for a dollar!" Yeah, that just happened. NOT SO FUNNY NOW, IS IT?!
When this thing hits theaters, people are going to call up Len Wiseman's "Total Recall" on the phone and apologize for being so mean. "I'm sorry, 'Total Recall.' I had no idea how bad things could get. You're starting to look like a masterpiece right about now."
I'll say this: once the script stops all the winky-winky crap and just starts telling a story, it's not terrible. But it's way too late. If you can get past Robocop The Transformer, there are some interesting action beats. And I'm sure Padilla will direct the hell out of it. But overall? Ouch. Ouch. Ohpleasedon't. Ouch. And a big side order of ouch.
Reading his comments, I'm surprised at the comparison to the Total Recall remake. Len Wiseman's remake is as bland and pointless as it gets, but its only winking callback to the original is the three-breasted hooker (a reference that makes absolutely no sense in Wiseman's film since mutation is present nowhere else). Also, I'm a bit confused at the Transformer comparison because based on McWeeny's comments, the Robocop remake sounds a lot more like Iron Man in terms of constantly evolving the suit. It also seems like the writers are desperately trying to replace the original's brilliant social commentary with weakly breaking the fourth wall.
However, like I said, it's always tough to know the final product based solely on the script. There are so many changes on the way to the theater, so maybe the remake of Robocop will turn out alright. I think it's got a great cast, but my major concern is Padilha. I've heard so much love for Elite Squad and its sequel, but I think the first one is terrible, and I have no desire to see the second film. They should show Elite Squad in filmmaking classes to show why voiceover should be used very carefully or else it will spin out of control and destroy your movie. There may also need to be a course where they teach why people shouldn't remake Paul Verhoeven movies.


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Dallas Auto Rama 2005
Showing Off In Texas
Perhaps it was because the 45th Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts AutoRama in Dallas, Texas, was celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Chevy small-block that Chevy trucks seemed to be in the vast majority at the show. It's more likely, however, that Texans just prefer the Bow-Tie brand, both in their basic truck and for muscle-power under the hood.
To highlight the theme, Dallas Area Classic Chevys assembled a display of six '55s, ranging from a restored Bel Air two-door sedan with a Power-Pac 265-cid V-8, through mildly customized examples, to an all-out drag racer. That original powerplant design could be found throughout AutoRama in an array of modifications under the hoods of many light trucks, like those in the "Pickups and Panels Club" display. It even powered two of the three phantom '37 Ford Ute-style pickups, which seems to be the street-rod design-of-the-year.
The mid-February exhibition in the Dallas Market Hall drew about 300 entries in all classes (even power boats).
This fun-loving group has very hot trucks, and we aren't referring to Dallas' semi-tropical climate. We were surprised to see how many trucks were set up for racing, some with Pro Street chassis, big-block engines, superchargers, and multiple carburetors.
There were several trucks among the top entries competing for points in the GM Performance Parts Show-Car Series. Louisiana-based Cliff Angelle showed his 454ci big-block-powered '57 Chevy 1/2-ton with a custom Optima Leather interior (CCT Feb. '05). Lloyd Conley of Stafford, Missouri, is making the show rounds again this year with his immaculate, Sunset Orange Pearl '57 Chevy Cameo (CCT Feb. '03). Jack McCandliss came a long way from Des Moines, Washington, to show his Viper Red Pro Street '71 Ford Ranchero, and John and Mary Sue Bedenbender are again traveling the show circuit out of Mt. Vernon, Texas, with their black '66 El Camino with satin-finish trim.
The Dallas AutoRama is always a showcase for the best street, show, and race trucks Texas has to offer. Take a look at this small sampling of the custom trucks we caught in our view-finder this year.


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One lesson I learn every year—what-ever the growing conditions—is to respect what a field tells you. Yield data can be frustrating, especially in a year like 2012 where we saw 100-bu. swings in a single field. It takes time to dig deep and fully understand why the crop turned out the way it did. Even so, there are lessons I've learned from the Farm Journal Test Plots that hold true every year.
Fundamentals matter. The more you know about agronomic fundamentals, the easier it is to achieve higher yields. Without the principles of soil, water, pest management and fertility, it's tough to answer questions about why something happened or to see the
repeatability you need to make a management change. Key decisions must be rooted in the fundamentals.
Technology is a game-changer. No longer are our plots analyzed pass by pass. We use management zones that are redefined and refined every year. As each piece of new technology comes along, it opens the door for other opportunities and technologies. We can do things now that we didn't even dream about 20 years ago. Take the drought of 1988 as an example. Back then we knew areas of a field were dead, but we didn't know specifically where they were. With the 2012 drought, aerial imaging and yield mapping allow us to know definitively where they are. Even if it's only one soil type in one management zone, we can answer the question of why it fell so hard.
Variable-rate technology has arrived. This year as we investigated our results, it was apparent that water was king and we saw impressive responses to variable-rate populations. If you made decisions on just one year's data, you'd lower all your populations because of the risk of high populations in a droughty year. Ten years ago, a lot of our fields weren't planted thick enough and 28,000 plants per acre was a high-rate population. Today, the high population rate is up to 36,000, but our data also says some areas of the field are planted too thick. That's where variable-rate population pays. Variable-rate nitrogen isn't as impactful in a dry year, but nitrogen timing is still important to manage. All of this adds up to tweaking management zones every year for the best success.
The planter pass is paramount. Whether you're planting corn, soybeans or cotton, it's crucial to get the planter pass right and get the crop off to a strong start. There is no substitute for that. Fortunately, there is technology available today that can help us monitor planter performance and tweak it in the field.
Nitrogen demands management. The weather and environment have such a big impact on nitrogen that you can't manage all the variables just once a year. These include rainfall, crop residue, tillage conditions, mineralization rate of soils and more. Nitrogen is a moving target, and farmers need to be ready to react. Even though nitrogen is an input we apply every year, producers should approach it as they do pests, recognizing that changes in
condition require a tailored approach.
Once that mindset is in place, a farmer is ready to consider assorted application methods, various products to manage risk, technology to apply different rates in different parts of the field, and the latest technology in testing. For example, the Illinois Soil Nitrogen Test, which we use to estimate the amount of nitrogen the soil can give, is a good place to start. Overall, I've seen top-notch nitrogen management translate to 100-bu. increases in yield.
Uniform soil density. If you go back 25 to 30 years, we were hitting a wall with strip-till and no-till. But then we realized the problems were underground and that we have to manage for a uniform soil profile. Now we can pinpoint past density issues—plow soles and disk pans, for example—and once they are removed, every other management decision works better. Trying to find the one tillage or soil density practice that works on every soil is perhaps unrealistic. But we're working to learn how to farm in the vertical format to achieve and maintain uniform soil density.
Focus on the right thing. No matter how difficult some of our yield information can be to understand, instead of just ignoring it or saying something doesn't work, it is always worth trying to answer the question of "why."
The test plots have taught us to focus on the right things. If you take one thing out of the equation and don't take the rest, it can be very frustrating and confusing. We're always listening to farmers, which is why we launched a series of test plots on cover crops. Most importantly, remember that on your path to higher yields, there is no silver bullet.


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October 27, 2019
- MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS by Ron Hutchinson
- Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
- Location: Horrabin Theatre
- Description: MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS
By Ron Hutchinson
Directed by DC Wright
October 23 26 at 7:30pm & October 27 at 2:00pm
Horrabin Theatre
About the play:
1939 Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind, a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's novel. The screenplay, you see, just doesn't work. So what's an all-powerful movie mogul to do? While fending off the film's stars, gossip columnists and his own father-in-law, Selznick sends a car for famed screenwriter Ben Hecht and pulls formidable director Victor Fleming from the set of The Wizard of Oz. Summoning both to his office, he locks the doors, closes the shades, and on a diet of bananas and peanuts, the three men labor over five days to fashion a screenplay that will become the blueprint for one of the most successful and beloved films of all time.
General Admission $15
Senior/Student $13
WIU Student Free with ID
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To All:
The abridged version of the Preeclampsia Foundation's outreach video, "If Only We Knew - The Quest to Conquer Preeclampsia" is now available on You Tube by going to the following link:
The full 22 minute version will soon be available for purchase on-line as well as for free distribution as part of a volunteer based outreach campaign. We will also post this link on our home page for any and all to view.
Profound thanks go to Ortho Clinical Diagnostics -- A Johnson & Johnson Company, the Million Dollar Roundtable Foundation(insurance industry), and Alli & Doug Creek (through the Professional Tarpon Tournament Series)for providing the underwriting to complete this project.
Please send the link to everyone you know and ask them to do the same. We want as many people as possible to see the video and -- hopefully -- order copies to share with family and friends. More importantly, we want this outreach tool to touch as many lives as possible and help empower women who are pregnant or may become pregnant to be more active participants in their wellness care.
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Remember when Amazon President Jeff Bezos said he hopes to deliver packages with drones?
Some of the testing for that kind of private sector use for unmanned aircraft systems will now be done at Griffiss International Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration announced today that a group headquartered at Griffiss has been awarded one of six licenses nationwide for commercial drone testing.
Remember when Amazon President Jeff Bezos said he hopes to deliver packages with drones?
Some of the testing for that kind of private sector use for unmanned aircraft systems will now be done at Griffiss International Airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced today that a group headquartered at Griffiss has been awarded one of six licenses nationwide for commercial drone testing.
"All we ever wanted was to compete and we have successfully," said Rep. Richard Hanna, R-Barneveld. "Helping build a new high-tech economy in the Mohawk Valley is essential to the future of our community. Promoting Griffiss as a hub for new jobs and innovation is a major part of this effort and this news is exciting for our region's future."
Hanna is a member of the House Transportation Committee and the Unmanned Systems Caucus.
Local officials partnered in the effort with groups in New York and Massachusetts. The airspace covered in the license stretches from Syracuse and Ft. Drum all the way to the Massachusetts coast.
The initiative is expected to bring as much as $700 million to the two states.
It's not yet clear how many jobs will come directly to Griffiss, since many of the 2,700 jobs expected will be created at companies and schools involved in drone research and development.
Only about 500 of the jobs are expected to land in New York, and the rest will likely be based in Massachusetts, with its high level universities like Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Some of the testing may be also done in Massachusetts at an airstrip called Joint Base Cape Cod.
But local officials hope that Griffiss' role as the primary testing runway will draw offshoots of private companies to the former Air Force base, and even spark the creation of new ones here.
"Today's announcement from the FAA is great news for the county and the region," Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente said. "In New York State alone this site will create an estimated 470 jobs and have a statewide economic impact of $145 million. This announcement today positions Oneida County on the cutting edge of the research, development and implementation of this new and exciting technology."
Officials likened the impact of the drone testing headquarters to that of the Rome's Air Force Research Laboratory, which has attracted numerous private technology companies to the area.
In addition to Amazon package drop-offs, possible uses for drones include everything from search and rescue to weather tracking to mapping. Agricultural uses, such as crop monitoring, are also under development.
No armed drones would be flown out of Griffiss, and strict privacy rules would be observed to ensure area residents' rights are protected.
About 24 areas applied for the licenses.
The first phase of the integration of drones into U.S. civilian air space is set to begin in September of 2015. That means testing will have to begin soon.
That doesn't mean that Griffiss' role as a testing center will end after 2015, however.
Such experimentation will continue for at least five years, and perhaps longer, Hanna's office said. Any time a new type of research gears up, it will need to be tested before it enters the national air space traversed by commercial and private aircraft, Hanna's office said.
Some drone technologies are already nearly ready for prime time.
Companies like Lockheed have been developing military drone technology for many years, and are ready to transition it to the private sector already. All that's required is the proper testing, officials said.
Between now and 2025, the integration of drones into the national airspace is expected to generate more than 100,000 well paid jobs.
Funding for the headquarters will be generated by the NUAIR partners, and could come from state or federal grants, private sector contributions or user fees, according to a spokesperson in Hanna's office.
Successful application
Local officials became part of a consortium called Northeast Unmanned Aircraft System Air Space Integration Research, known as NUAIR, soon after the competition was announced in January, 2012.
NUAIR consists of about 40 companies and university groups from New York and Massachusetts. Syracuse's CenterState CEO has played a lead role in promoting the application. Rome Lab, Fort Drum and the Air National Guard's 174th Attack Wing will also have the chance to be involved with Griffiss activities. They could not lead the application because federal and military entities were barred from doing so.
In July of this year, Hanna spearheaded the writing of a letter to the FAA, which was signed by 23 representatives from the two states.
The letter touts the industrial and technological credentials of the NUAIR group and points to the many advantages the region has to offer.
Because of its military installations, the area features 7,000 square miles of restricted airspace that cannot be traversed by commercial or private aircraft. That means drones being tested wouldn't be in danger of tangling with such flights.
Rome Lab is already heavily involved in developing technologies for military drones, the letter also states.
"The aggregate local knowledge and expertise already available and established to support the NUAIR proposal provides the ideal setting for the FAA to test and develop UAS technology," the letter said.
The area's geography is also ideal, Hanna's office said. Its diverse geography features the Adirondack Mountains, forests and lakes, as well as the Atlantic coast. The fact that the area experiences all four seasons means the drones could be tested under a range of conditions.
Some military drone work is already under way at Fort Drum.
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Pope Benedict Praises St. Bonaventure's Theological Legacy
July 15 Angelus at Castel Gandolfo
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday praised the intellectual legacy of the 13th-century Franciscan St. Bonaventure, who popularized St. Paul's belief in the "centrality of Christ" in human history.
"All of history is centered on Christ, who guarantees novelty and renewal in every age," the Pope said in his Sunday Angelus address July 15.
"In Jesus, God has spoken and given everything, but because he is an inexhaustible treasure, the Holy Spirit never ceases to reveal and actualize his mystery. Therefore, the work of Christ and the Church never regresses, but always progresses."
Pope Benedict explained to enthusiastic pilgrims gathered in the courtyard of his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo that July 15 is the memory of St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio in the Church's liturgical calendar. He said the doctor of the Church was not only the successor of St. Francis of Assisi as head of the Franciscan order; he was also St. Francis' first biographer.
Later in life, said the Pope, St. Bonaventure had recalled that the reason he loved St. Francis so much was that his life was "similar to the origin and growth of the Church," when Christ had sent out the Twelve Apostles "two by two," instructing them "to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick: no food, no sack, no money in their belts."
That was the day's Gospel reading, a fact not lost on Pope Benedict.
"The whole life of St. Bonaventure as well as his theology has Jesus Christ as their core inspiration," said the Pope.
This theme of the "centrality of Christ" was also found in the second reading at Mass in St. Paul's "famous hymn" to the Church in Ephesus. In the reading, Paul outlines how all human history is ultimately "in him," with "him," meaning Jesus Christ.
Pope Benedict further examined the hymn.
"'In him' the Father chose us before the foundation of the world; 'in him' we have redemption through his blood; 'in him' we have become heirs, predestined to be 'the praise of his glory'; 'in him' those who believe in the Gospel receive the seal of the Holy Spirit," said the Pope.
It is also this hymn that "contains the Pauline view of history that St. Bonaventure has helped to spread in the Church," he said.
Pope Benedict concluded by invoking the help of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, whose feast Is celebrated July 16. He asked that everybody may follow the example of Sts. Francis and Bonaventure and "respond generously to God's call to proclaim his Gospel of salvation with our words and above all with our lives."


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Rhode Island/Cities and towns
As with many other states in the New England region, Rhode Island is divided into 39 municipalities that handle all local governance. These municipalities have clearly defined borders, and should be considered the default city for any roads or Places within those borders.
- Barrington (GIS)
- Bristol (GIS)
- Burrillville (GIS)
- Central Falls (PLAT)
- Charlestown (GIS)
- Coventry (GIS)
- Cranston (GIS)
- Cumberland (GIS)
- East Greenwich
- East Providence (PLAT)
- Exeter (GIS)
- Foster
- Glocester (GIS)
- Hopkinton (GIS)
- Jamestown (GIS)
- Johnston (GIS)
- Lincoln (GIS)
- Little Compton (PLAT)
- Middletown (GIS)
- Narragansett (PLAT)
- New Shoreham (PLAT)
- Newport (GIS)
- North Kingstown (GIS)
- North Providence (PLAT)
- North Smithfield (GIS)
- Pawtucket (PLAT)
- Portsmouth (PLAT)
- Providence (GIS)
- Richmond (GIS)
- Scituate (GIS)
- Smithfield (GIS)
- South Kingstown (GIS)
- Tiverton (GIS)
- Warren (GIS)
- Warwick (PLAT)
- West Greenwich (PLAT (bottom of page))
- West Warwick (GIS)
- Westerly (GIS)
- Woonsocket (GIS)
Rhode Island municipalities can be further subdivided into named villages; though often times, the boundaries of these villages are not as clearly defined. In some cases, we can refer to zip code boundaries to determine village locations. Since mailing addresses are the only way for residents to know which village they reside in, only village names that are recognized by the US Postal Service as the default city of a given standard zip code should be mapped. Those villages are:
- Ashaway (02804)
- Bradford (02808)
- Carolina (02812)
- Chepachet (02814)
- Clayville (02815)
- Greene (02827)
- Greenville (02828)
- Harrisville (02830)
- Hope (02831)
- Hope Valley (02832)
- Kenyon (02836)
- Kingston (02881)
- Manville (02838)
- Mapleville (02839)
- North Scituate (02857)
- Oakland (02858)
- Pascoag (02859)
- Riverside (02915)
- Rumford (02916)
- Saunderstown (02874)
- Shannock (02875)
- Slatersville (02876)
- Wakefield (02879)
- West Kingston (02892)
- Wood River Junction (02894)
- Wyoming (02898)
For roads in these areas, the village should be the primary City name, with the municipality the village is contained in listed as an alternate City name.
Census Designated Places
When the original Waze basemap was first introduced, it utilized Census Designated Places (CDPs) to determine the boundaries for cities on the Waze map. These CDPs are arbitrary areas defined by the U.S. Census Bureau for the purposes of statistical analysis, and are redefined with each new census every 10 years. As a result, these named areas are not suitable for defining city boundaries in Rhode Island. If a road has a city name that is not in the above lists, then it's probably a CDP name and should be changed.
Official Rhode Island policy is that Census Designated Places should not be mapped


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There were two potential outcomes to this season's MVP voting, the results of which were revealed tonight: The sportswriters that vote on the thing could have made a grievous error, as sportswriters so often do, and awarded Peyton Manning the MVP award (as sportswriters so often have), for reasons related to team record, the importance of his position, and a significant helping of "leadership," "attitude" and "intangibles"—in short, because Manning is just the type of person that's named MVP every few years. It wouldn't quite have been for his stats—Manning wasn't the sole leader in any major statistical category this year—and it wouldn't have even been for his best season. It would have just been another MVP award, but this time older, and in a different jersey.
Or they could have picked the guy who came within nine yards of breaking the NFL's single-season rushing record, tore off a streak of 10 games in which he averaged 159.8 yards and scored 10 touchdowns, carried a shaky Vikings offense into the postseason, played his best when his team was scrapping for wins, had little in the way of support, benefited in no way from the misdirection of a dangerous quarterback, and wasn't allowed to cut in August. They went with that guy. Good call.
Easily the most exciting player in the league and perhaps the player whose absence would have left his team the most irretrievably adrift, Adrian Peterson earned every last vote. No doubt, Manning had a great season, returning to near-dominance after four neck surgeries, but it was Peterson, pivoting, deking, and blasting off from a knee that had been brutally destroyed last season, that seemed to be doing the impossible. Here, look:
Let Manning have comeback player of the year; the MVP was Peterson's ever since his coaches realized he didn't need a carries limit. Rename it the Orange Peanut and let's hope next year he puts on half the show he gave us this time around.


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After a few trips into the Vault tracking some older riders (David Vuillemin, Jean-Michael Bayle and Chad Reed) we're turning our attention this week to a younger buck named Trey Canard. And since Trey grew up racing in the U.S., we've also tracked him through the Loretta Lynn's Vault.
Want to look up someone else? Go here for the Loretta's Vault and here for the Pro Vault.
Once again Jason Weigandt and Steve Matthes weigh in on the big moments.
2006 Loretta Lynn's 125 B Mod – 1st
Weege: Up until this point, Canard was a good amateur, often producing top five or podium rides, but getting overshadowed by perennial champions like Austin Stroupe and Nico Izzi. But 2006 marked his breakthrough year, as he landed both championships in his B classes.
Canard's win over Kyle Cunningham for this 125 B Mod title was only part of the story. His real comp was expected to come from fellow Team Green rider Stroupe, and Canard came out on top in their first moto battle. That was the confidence boost Canard needed to dominate the rest of the week. That moto really changed his career, in my opinion.
Matthes: First off, who knew we had a Vault for Loretta Lynn's? That's my first question. I'm glad we do and once again thank you to these brave souls for compiling all this crap. And my second point, who cares about Canard's results from amateurs?
Results from Loretta Lynn's 2006.2007 Loretta's MX Lites A – 1st
Weege: After his stellar 2006 in the B ranks, Factory Connection Honda signed Trey as their first amateur recruit, and he delivered all season. A Loretta's showdown against old rivals Stroupe and Izzi was looming, and the battles were incredible. Canard came out on top in both of his classes that year, earning the AMA Horizon Award.
Matthes: I have nothing to add to this. Go ask Wes Williams and Brent Stallo from Vurbmoto what they think. They like amateur stuff.
Canard made quite the SX debut in Atlanta in 2008.
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Results from Loretta Lynn's 2007.
2007 Spring Creek MX Lites National – 8th
Weege: Trey's pro debut. He crashed out of moto one at Millville and tweaked his shoulder, but miraculously returned to the gate for moto two. Then he pulled the holeshot and led! He finished an impressive fourth in the moto—but his rookie success was just beginning.
Matthes: This Canard guy doesn't seem to be the real deal, he can't even finish two motos! Anyone can get lucky, holeshot and lead the moto for a while. Oh wait … guess this kid is for real. But seriously folks, just by being selected to ride for GEICO right out of amateur's should tell us he's legit. I was there that day and this was the summer of RV and Townley with a bit of Metcalfe sprinkled in. No one else was even close. Good work by Trey to get fourth.
Results from Spring Creek 2007.
2008 Atlanta/Indy/Daytona SX Lites -1st
Weege: What a supercross debut! Trey wins big while Josh Grant and Ryan Villopoto crash into each other. Suddenly the rookie has a race win and a points lead over the favorites. Then he wins again in Indy when Villopoto hooks a tuff block in a battle for the lead, and wins again in the all-time epic Daytona '08 rain race. If Trey had just retired three races into his professional supercross career, he'd have retired undefeated.
Matthes: Ah, he got lucky at the first round when the heavy hitters has problems. Wait, he won the next one also? And then in the crazy-ass mudder that was Daytona the kid went out and did it again? Oh wow, he might just be really, really good.
Weege: This was a shot heard 'round the world. Villopoto clawed back into 250SX East title contention, setting up a winner-take-all showdown at the St. Louis finale. They battled, Villopoto took the lead, and then Canard retaliated by riding the ragged edge down the inside of a corner—they collided, Villopoto was plowed into the finish line scaffolding, and Canard went onto win the championship in his rookie season. This was high drama!
Matthes: The pressure was on the rookie. If you go back into a time machine and ask the pit insiders who was going to take the title this night, most of them would have gone with RV. But instead, in a great race, Canard did what he had to do (and I really think to this day that this was just a racing incident). It was an amazing season and because of this move, to this day, Villopoto and Canard have a bit of a frosty relationship.
Weege: I've heard that Trey was just as upset as he was happy after the race, because he didn't want to be seen as a dirty rider. C'mon, when you win the title you should be nothing but, um, what's that term? Yeah, 200 percent happy. 200 percent! Ah, I remember it like it was yesterday.
2008 Washougal MX Lites National – 23rd
Weege: Ouch. Canard's first full outdoor tour didn't start that well, but he found his groove at mid-season and started battling for podiums. He led Villopoto and Ryan Dungey for most of the second moto at Washougal, and looked set for a third-place finish until he tangled with a lapper in the waning moments. He broke his femur, and with that, his rookie season was over. The femur break also gave him a late start on the 2009 SX season, as injuries to other GEICO Honda riders forced him into the West Region. He wasn't quite ready, and he was only able to deliver one SX win all season.
Matthes: Bad deal for Trey and this break would come to haunt him later on as we know now. Scanning these race results I see a Justin Brayton on an MDK KTM250F going 23-36. What happened to JB? One spot below him is the pride of Canada Kyle Beaton. That's all I got.
2009 High Point 250 National – 10th
Weege: Trey battled for his first-ever National Motocross victory at High Point. Late in the second moto, while leading Christophe Pourcel and Ryan Dungey in a torrid battle, Canard caught a kicker and endoed on a big jump. He broke his wrist and that ended his '09 season.
Matthes: This was a heartbreak for Trey as he looked to be on the leader's pace for the first time all year and after Trey was hauled off in the ambulance, Pourcel mentioned that he was out of control and that was why he crashed. Once again, stay classy, Christophe.
Canard's 2009 season would end early at High Point.
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2010 Atlanta 450 Supercross - 2nd
Weege: While battling Jake Weimer for the 2010 West 250SX title, Team Honda placed Trey on Andrew Short's CRF450R for the eastern races. He crashed out of his 450 SX debut at Indy, but holy crap did he come back in impressive fashion the next week in Atlanta, taking second. It kicked off an impressive run of five-straight podiums on the big bike.
Matthes: I remember the week before Trey pulled a massively dork loop-out while going up a dragon back and all of us wondered what Honda was thinking. But then one week later he figured it out big-time and was so impressive that you worried about how he would react jumping back down to the 250. We now have a name for that disease, it's called "Elitomac-itis".
2010 Seattle SX Lites -11th
Weege: When West 250SX returned in Seattle, Canard and Weimer were going toe-to-toe for the title. But in the second turn of the main event, Canard was actually taken down by his then-teammate Blake Wharton (it was an accident!) From last, he could only recover for 11th, and Weimer's third essentially decided the title. Also, Steve Cox interviewed Wharton a few days later for this website, and basically asked: "Blake, what were you thinking!?" in 30 different ways. He was just ruining him! I was waiting for Cox to say, "Blake, you're grounded. Go to your room." I guess you could say he was asking him the hard questions?
Matthes: "Dear Blake Wharton, I've got this, I don't need the help. Thanks though, Trey"
2010 RedBud 250 National-1st
Weege: The epic comeback begins. After a lackluster start to the 250 MX campaign, Trey puts in two solid motos at Thunder Valley in Colorado, then wins RedBud with 4-1 scores (when he crossed the line with the second-moto win, he didn't even realize he had won the overall). Suddenly Canard goes to another level and wins four overalls in a row
Matthes: Dear Weege, The Tim Ferry didn't start working with Trey until 2010 which is, you know, the year he won the 250MX title. I was just talking to Trey about this race the other day and this is really where the momentum started for him. He sort of came out of nowhere to dominate the second moto and it gave him some confidence that he can indeed win. Up until this point he had been good, but a tick off of Pourcel's pace. After this, with Ferry by his side, Canard started racking up the wins.Steel City 250 National – 1st
Weege: Pourcel had the 2010 250 MX title seemingly in the bag at the Pala finale until he crashed and busted his shoulder. But Canard's win the week before at Steel City prevents anyone from saying Trey lucked into the championship. At Steel City, he and Pourcel went wheel-to-wheel in both motos, and Canard came out on top both times. It was clutch, championship-level stuff to the highest degree.
Matthes: And Canard on the podium told the ignorant fans to stop booing Pourcel which was even cooler. I remember thinking that Christophe appeared to let Trey get away in the second half of the motos and wondering if that was the smart thing to do. Trey and CP were both so great this day as they decimated the field.
2011 Houston SX- 1st
In 2010, a win at Steel City helped push Canard to the championship.
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Weege: Trey was fast right from the start of his rookie 450 Supercross season, and then in a wild race in Houston, he bested Ryan Dungey for the win by about a wheel length. He also won in Jacksonville and was right in championship contention until another femur injury ended it early.
Matthes: Big night for the sport, as the first corner claimed a ton of guys, and Kevin Windham appeared to be on his way to the win when he went down huge. Trey was there for his first ever supercross win in the 450 class. It all seemed so easy for the #41 as his ridiculous scrubs and whoop speed were just plain better than everyone else.Spring Creek 450 National – 3rd
Weege: This was the race where Chad Reed famously "Chadapulted" while leading the second 450 moto. Well, it was also Canard's first-ever 450 MX National and he finished a solid third. Unfortunately, he'd break his femur again the next week while running up from at Washougal. Since then, a variety of other injuries have mostly kept Trey on the sidelines, but he'll be back to try to make more history starting at Anaheim this January.
Matthes: All the other riders should be so lucky to come back after months off and make the podium in their first outdoor race back. Lost in the championship drama and Reed's crash was Canard's solid ride but alas, it would only last for a week. See you at Anaheim!


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Traditionally, Tangaryo is an all-day sitting done by members upon entering the temple. At ZCLA, while Tangaryo is required of new members, it is open to all, and group Tangaryo days are frequently attended by long-time zen students. You may sit on your own, under the guidance of an experienced practitioner, at a date agreed upon by you and the coordinator. Contact our office to arrange a time for individual Tangaryo. Group Tangaryos take place twice a year, usually in March and September.
During this day, practice is unstructured: no bells, no teacher. Typically the sitting lasts from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with an hour off for lunch and a tea/discussion to end the day. Silent, informal lunch is provided. The day starts at 8:00 a.m. with orientation and ends around 4:30 p.m. with tea and cookies.


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Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission, announced the appointment of three new Heads of EU Delegations. The new appointments, part of the 2013 rotation exercise within the European External Action Service (EEAS), are as follows:
Pirkka Tapiola has been appointed Head of the EU Delegation to Moldova. He is currently an advisor in the EEAS on developments in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and has also worked as senior advisor at the Council of the EU; before that he was a Finnish diplomat with postings in Ukraine and Thailand.
Rensje Teerink has been appointed Head of the EU Delegation to Nepal. She is an Asia specialist with more than 25 years of experience, currently working in the EEAS; previously she was also working for the Commission. Prior to joining the Commission she was a lecturer in her native Netherlands as well as researcher in Asia.
Aude Maio-Coliche has been appointed Head of the EU Delegation to Venezuela. Now working at the EEAS headquarters, she has already been posted at the EU Delegation in Caracas and has gained extensive experience with various Latin America issues while in the European Commission.
Catherine Ashton said: "I am delighted to announce the appointment of these excellent candidates to head up three challenging EU Delegations abroad. Their talent and expertise are significant assets for the EU's external action and I look forward to working with them in their new roles".
NB: To complete appointments, an accreditation request for a new Head of Delegation is sent to the host country. The selected candidate may take up duty only once accreditation of the host country has been granted and a number of administrative formalities have been completed.
For more information: http://www.eeas.europa.eu/index_en.htm


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early gifts
It just works out that all three of our birthdays are crammed into this time of
year, right before the holidays. We just finished up Israel's birthday, Friday
is Jeremiah's birthday and two weeks after is mine.
I've been surprising him all week with sporadic gifting and today's looked something
like this. He's an illustrator and is always creating his own fonts so the Speedball
book is perfect for him. He was in need of a new alarm clock and since we're both fans
of Dieter Rams, I found this perfect little Braun clock for him. The Kaj Bojesen-ish
wooden duck is actually more for me but we can both appreciate it.
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Digging the duck!ReplyDelete
Those are awesome gifts...that book looks amazing and the alarm clock is...way cool, obviously.ReplyDelete
thats so funny: all of our birthdays are within a month from October 8th over the 27th of October and ending with Elinor on November 2nd! one big birthday month with lots of cake!ReplyDelete
The book looks so exiting!
Really, really nice presents !ReplyDelete
Very good presents. Our birthdays are all in May from 6 to 24. So it's presents, presents, presents,haha!ReplyDelete
Oh wow, what a nice finds! Love the typo book, must be very inspiring. Lucky husband ;-)ReplyDelete
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Greenfield police get plenty of complaint calls about fireworks
All fireworks illegal in Milwaukee County
Milwaukee County has strict bans on fireworks, and many people aren't following the rules.
When it comes to celebrating the Fourth of July in Wisconsin, there really are two sets of rules.
State law allows things like sparklers, snakes and fountains, but communities in Milwaukee County do not.
"Everything is illegal, even the snakes are illegal.The little snap bangs are illegal here," Greenfield Police Department Capt. Jay Johnson said.
Johnson said everything is banned because nothing is really safe.
Despite that, Johnson said the Police Department gets plenty of complaints around the Fourth of July.
"We can get 20 to 30 calls a night," Johnson said.
Johnson said he knows there will be plenty more added to his collection of impounded fireworks in the next few days, even though they're banned.
Possession of fireworks in Greenfield is a $271 fine.
"You see what one second can do for an entire lifetime," Greenfield Fire Department Chief Jon Cohn said.
Cohn sees what backyard fireworks can do.
"(I've) seen one spin into the garage and start the garage on fire. (I've) seen an aerial device come down on top of the roof and started the roof on fire," Cohn said.
He said the safest option come dusk Thursday night is to go to Konkel Park, where the pros will light up the sky.
Even the pros sometimes can't control their firepower.
At last year's show in Greenfield, a box of rounds exploded at once, setting off a mushroom cloud, but the fire department was right there. No one was hurt.


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Gopher reacher repair
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Several years ago I bought a Gopher reacher tool. I think it was around $20 USD, from either the grocery store or Walgreen's.
In a very short time (I'm guessing in a matter of weeks) it broke at the bend pivot. The pivot point was all plastic construction. Not wishing to discard it after so little use, I bought an aluminum angle from Ace hardware in the neighborhood. I used a hacksaw to cut the angle to the length I wanted and also to cut the notch to straddle the pivot. Several photos are included to show how the splice was made. I used some sort of industrial glue to glue it onto the Gopher. That worked out just fine. The Gopher no longer folds but that's okay.
Eventually the cups on the Gopher fell off. The problem was that the threads on the cups were plastic (see photos of the black cups). I tried to patch it up a few times with whatever household glue I had. Eventually I lost a screw and attempted to replace it with a screw I had in my scrap collection. Finally I lost the other screw as well and it sat unrepaired.
Thanks to a reviewer on Amazon, I was clued in to Arcmate. They offered replacement cups (the blue ones in these photos) with free shipping. I just received the cups today and the Gopher is repaired and ready for service once again. The cups aren't exactly as pictured on their webpage; there is no fancy shoulder on the bolt side of the cup. they should still work fine, though.
Home Depot had a reacher that I considered, but it felt too heavy and the angled pick-up end could be a problem in tight spaces and is difficult to maneuver at any other than the ideal angle. We lost the remote to our old stereo set. It has a large cylindrical dial for the volume. With the reacher I can grab that dial and rotate to adjust the volume. That sort of rotation would be very difficult if the pick-up end were angled.
Reachers are fun to use. I'd recommend that everyone have a reacher in the house. There are a variety of reachers on the market so you have options.
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LEWIS CENTER, Ohio – The Columbus Crew were offered Toronto FC's Matías Laba, head coach Gregg Berhalter confirmed Monday at a training session at indoor soccer facility Superkick.
But Berhalter was quick to note that Columbus were not interested in the young Designated Player, the odd man out in Toronto after the club brought on three additional DP contracts this offseason.
"They've contacted us," Berhalter told a group of reporters. "I know he's a young DP, and I know they pay him a lot of money. I don't know that we're that committed to that, but he's a good player."
Though Berhalter did reveal that he was intrigued by the idea, he said it wasn't much more than just that – an idea. And he clarified Tuesday that the Crew never took steps toward looking into the availability of the 22-year-old midfielder.
"I wouldn't say [we're] looking into it," he said. "That would be a stretch. But we've thought about it.
"We get tons of stuff about players from other clubs in MLS," Berhalter added. "I think it was an email: 'Are you interested in Matías Laba?' I responded, 'I'll think about it.' That's all it was. I really wouldn't read too deeply into that."
Berhalter suggested that Laba's cost would not be worth his production and that the Argentine youth international might not be what the Crew are looking for in an "expensive" player.
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"We know that [Laba] had an average season last year," he said. "He was in and out of the lineup. … We know a lot of things that tell us that he's an expensive player.
"So we just don't know if that's the guy we're looking to bring in. And if we did want to bring in an expensive player, I'm not sure that's the guy."
Berhalter said that he's happy with the Crew roster as it stands. He said it's still possible for players to be brought in but added that nothing is urgent.
"We're looking to strengthen the team in certain areas," he said. "But I don't think we're desperate for any position."


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According to officials, DNA from genealogy websites led to the arrest of the suspected "Golden State Killer," Joseph James DeAngelo. Following the news, Ancestry websites 23andMe and Ancestry.com quickly released statements on the findings, saying mainly that they do not know if their services aided in the arrest of DeAngelo or not.
Investigators knew the killer only through a string of DNA recorded at several of the dozen murder scenes. A spokesman for the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department said officials had struggled for years to figure out whom that DNA belonged to. Recently, they tapped genealogical databases that the public uses to search for relatives and ancestors.
You can read more and watch a video from KGO-TV about this news at: http://abc7ne.ws/2HtOr2B and a somewhat different view of the same story, including a different video, on the WSLS News web site at http://bit.ly/2JuzVEl.


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'30 Rock' ends a 7-season marathon of mirth
You wanted resolution on the "30 Rock" finale?
You got it. Sort of. At least, the sort befitting "30 Rock," with its loopy storytelling mixed with joy in spoofing the culture of TV.
Closure, if that's what it is, came in a two-minute postscript on this hour episode Thursday on NBC. Which, among other things, included this sly touch: a reference to the snowglobe revelation with which the medical drama "St. Elsewhere" famously concluded a quarter-century ago.
But there was more. Just before the final fade-out, NBC President Kenneth the former Page (Jack McBrayer) was pitched a new comedy series taking place right there at network headquarters, 30 Rock.
Hmmm. This was no ending. It was a Mobius strip.
The comic coda proposed where many of the characters might be a year from now. But that wasn't the point of the finale, which mostly wanted to have fun. And did.
This last yahoo of "30 Rock" after seven brilliant seasons took delight in tracking the unraveling of its characters as the show-within-the-show, "TGS," came to an end with its own final broadcast. After that, of course, its producer, Liz Lemon (Tina Fey), its stars, Jenna Moroney and Tracy Jordan (Jane Krakowski and Tracy Morgan) and other members of the "TGS" staff will have to leave the cozy, kooky nest of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The prospect of doing that terrifies them all.
Meanwhile, Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin), the newly minted CEO of NBC parent Kabletown, was battling his own existential crisis.
He had gotten the top job he wanted all his life. And as the ultimate Republican capitalist, he had even scored a lash-out from a treasured enemy, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi.
"Jack Donaghy is an economic war criminal," Pelosi was seen declaring on a cable news network. "If the Democratic Party controls Congress, I will see to it that he is punished in the worst way possible: by having to come down here and listen to us."
Even with total victory under his belt, Jack still felt unfulfilled. What else could he do? He resigned from Kabletown and began a journey to discover what might truly make him happy.
Jack's despair included the fear that he's lost Liz as a friend.
"I don't have that many people in my life," he sobbed to Jenna. "I spend Christmas alone in the Hamptons drinking Scotch and throwing firecrackers at Billy Joel's dog."
Out of a job, Liz was miserable as a stay-at-home mom of adopted twins. Conversely, her husband, Criss (played by guest star James Marsden), hates steady employment.
"It's OK to want to work," he consoled Liz. "One of us has to. We just got it backwards: You're the dad."
"I do like ignoring your questions while I try to watch TV," Liz agreed.
(Interestingly, Liz was seen a year hence back at work producing a dumb sitcom with her children in tow. Where was hubby Criss?)
During the finale, "30 Rock" didn't hesitate to snack on its own past.
Liz and Tracy had an awkward heart-to-heart at the strip club where Tracy lured her on their first encounter on the series' premiere.
And a high point of the episode came when Jenna revisited the project she starred in years ago, a film with the lips-scrunching title "Rural Juror" (which inevitably comes out sounding something like "ruhr juhr").
On the farewell "TGS," Jenna performed the theme from her new musical adaptation of "Rural Juror," with, inevitably, almost nothing she sang recognizable as English.
It served as a reminder: "30 Rock" wasn't just a brilliant comedy series. It also forged a comic language all its own.
Frazier Moore is a national television columnist for The Associated Press. He can be reached at fmoore(at)ap.org and at https://www.twitter.com/tvfrazier


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I have a few questions related to JTables so bear with me and if you could answer what you know, it would be appriecated.
My GUI has a few components, but 2 main ones.
1. A JList of "Chart" Objects. A "Chart" Object contains String Data Range, String Title, String Left Axis Label, String Bottom Axis Label, String Type, and ArrayList<SeriesInfo> list of series. (Those are obviously not their variable names). A "SeriesInfo" Object contains String Name, Point Start, Point End, String DataLabel, String DataRange, Color SeriesColor, and boolean PrimaryAxis.
2. A JTable with 5 columns. The data for those columns are, 1) String, 2) String, 3) CheckBox, 4) Color Picker/Background Colored, 5) String.
Apart from those, there are 3 JToggleButtons and 3 JTextFields.
How this is going to work is that when the user selects a Chart from the JList, it will update the 3 JToggleButtons, 3 JTextFields, and the JTable. The content of the JTable will be the Chart Object's SeriesInfo objects. So when the user selects a Chart from the JList, the JTable will need to dynamically change row count and add new data. The columns will get their data from the following: 1) SeriesInfo.Name, 2) SeriesInfo.DataRange, 3) SeriesInfo.PrimaryAxis, 4) SeriesInfo.SeriesColor, 5) SeriesInfo.DataLabel.
So, now that you are familiar with my design, here are my JTable questions:
1. How can I make the size of the JTable dynamically? The number of the Rows of the JTable will depend on the the length of the SeriesInfo ArrayList of the Chart Object. My current design makes a statically sized JTable.
2. How can I make the boolean CheckBox an actual CheckBox? At first I just had the true/false value, then I played around on Google and got the CheckBox to show instead of the text, but when you click in the CheckBox is just turns back into text and I get a bunch of errors about parsing the String when you try to click out of it.
3. How can I open a Color Picker Pop-up when the user clicks in a cell in the 4th column? I assume I need an ActionListener of some sorts, but I'm not sure where to go with it.
I think thats everything, I will continue to ask questions as I go.
My current JTable code (which I got from playing around on Google and trying things out will need some major overhaul) is this:
String[] columnNames = {"Data Name", "Data Range", "Primary Axis", "Color", "Data Label"}; Object[][] data = { {"DataName", "A3:A25", new Boolean(false), "Color Picker", "Label"} }; final JTable table = new JTable(data, columnNames); table.getColumnModel().getColumn(2).setCellRenderer(new TableCellRenderer() { public Component getTableCellRendererComponent( JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected,boolean isFocused, int row, int col) { boolean marked = (Boolean) value; JCheckBox rendererComponent = new JCheckBox(); if (marked) { rendererComponent.setSelected(true); } return rendererComponent; } }); JScrollPane tableScroller = new JScrollPane(table); tableScroller.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 70));