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Nothing says CELEBRATION! like Two Buck Chuck
If you follow the FB page, you know I'm celebrating something. It's not what you think. Or is it? Only a couple of more days until I exclusively reveal the news on the FB page.
I also announced the blog is getting a facelift. I cannot wait to show it to you! There might be a little radio silence but if all goes well, everything will be in place by the middle of next week.
Suffice it to say I'm a big fan of August.
Read and Reading:I cried through the last 100 pages of The Fault in our Stars (Green). Honest, wry, poignant. Even though you know it won't have a happy ending, the plot headed in an unexpected direction. I now want to read everything Green has written.
I'm not quite sure what to make of The Art of Fielding (Harbach). The overarching story of Henry's rise and fall was compelling. There was great character development and some of the early chapters made me laugh out loud. The baseball game scenes were exciting and I often felt I was living and dying with each play. However, I didn't understand a certain character's decision-making and why there wasn't discussion of his changing sexuality; the conclusion to this character's storyline was a cop out.
The 11 year old I "take care of" asked me to read his favorite series: Eragon this summer. He described them as Harry Potter with dragons. I've read the first and enjoyed it, though the main character is a bit of a punk. I'm sure he'll grow on me.
Tamar Adler has such a reverential approach to food and eating in An Everlasting Meal. Beautifully written, her book also serves as a handy guide. I will never approach eggs or leftovers in quite the same way after reading her words. A must read for anyone who enjoys eating or cooking.
I've read The Bloggess less than a handful of times. Everyone has raved about her memoir Let's Pretend This Never Happened (Lawson). I never pass up the opportunity to laugh- and I'm glad I gave this book a chance. Though it's a little awkward explaining why you're laughing out loud while reading in a coffee shop. Note: Lawson has a bit of a potty mouth. And by a bit, I mean this book is profanity-laden. If that doesn't scare you away, prepare to laugh the day away and thank your lucky stars you've never encountered Beyonce the Chicken or almost set your house on fire via oven.
I reviewed The Healer of Fox Hollow here.
Currently reading: Walking on Water (L'Engle), Book of Hours (Rilke), When Helping Hurts (Corbett and Fikkert).
My friend Chad Gibbs wrote a new book Love Thy Rival. What's greater than having a book published? Deciding to raise $40,000 for Samaritan's Purse to built a women's and children's medical clinic in Haiti. And even better than that? Allowing people to give money in honor of their favorite team. Let the smack talk begin! Don't even try to bring my Chicago teams down.
I am so, so, so excited Shauna Niequist's new book Bread and Wine is available for pre-order.
(I read 10 books this month.)
TV: Must-see TV: So You Think You Can Dance
I enjoyed Bunheads' short summer season and hope it'll be back for a second season, even if only for it to have more time to develop its own voice. I'm a big ASP fan but most episodes were like a dancing version of Gilmore Girls, which does neither show justice.
Arrested Development started filming. (!!!) That's all I have to say about that.
Favorite Video:
I'm almost sick of Somebody That I Used to Know. Almost. But this a capella version is amaaaaazzziiinng.
I wish Pacey-Con was a real thing. Don't judge me.
New discovery: SHEL, Imagine Dragons
I presume you are like me and have repeatedly listened to the new songs from Mumford & Sons and The Avett Brothers.
I don't remember how I first heard of Dry the River(maybe one of you?) but I love their album Shallow Bed. I rounded up a friend when I saw they were coming to 3rd & Lindsley. Those Brits were quite entertaining. Also enjoyable: opening act By Lightning, which featured quite an array of genres. It was like 5 bands for the price of one.
Tuesday night I went to Mocha Club's Birthday show featuring Dave Barnes, Matt Wertz, Drew and Ellie Holcomb, and more. Great night celebrating a good cause.
In the Blogosphere:
Here are the mid-August links.
A few of my dear friends (Allison, Joy, Laura, and Shawn) are in Sri Lanka with World Vision until September 1. I am a big fan of World Vision and hope you'll consider child sponsorship. It's worth reading all the bloggers' posts but if you don't have time, here are my favorites so far: 5 Reasons Why I Do This, The Needy in America vs. the Needy in the Third World: Who is More Worthy of American Aid?, Sri Lanka Market and Fire-Walking Ceremony, Meet Afra and Your Life Might Change, Meeting My O, and The Crowd Waiting for Us in the Street, and My New Hero.
Steve DeWitt is a pastor and, until recently, a 44 year old single. Loved reading his last sermon as a single man. Why don't more churches a) hire singles as pastors and b) talk about celibacy, sex, and dating?
Please keep my friend Ellie's son Chase in your prayers. He started chemo the other week and now the hospital routines have begun.
Baby Pearl is almost 5 weeks old! Glory.
I especially appreciated the Missiological Imperatives included in Ask an Indigenous Theologian.
Seth Haines is a favorite writer friend of mine because of pieces like this. The courage to ask for that kind of conformity? Lord, have mercy.
"And I mean that—everything is fiction. When you tell yourself the story of your life, the story of your day, you edit and rewrite and weave a narrative out of a collection of random experiences and events." Wonderful piece from the New Yorker.
Man, this bit of lovely writing from Preston Yancey hasn't left my mind the past week. Fleeing to Paris, yes.
The ever fabulous Addie Zierman gives us Outreach Events and the Old Bait-and-Switch.
"The Publishing Process in GIF Form. Absolutely. spot. on.Celebrating Sarah Bessey's TWO book deal. So happy for her and excited to read her words in book form!
Elizabeth Esther and Kristen Howerton have started Left Mom/Right Mom, a video series demonstrating how to have civil and respectful political discussions.
Speaking of politics, I'm sure you realize The Wrong Side Absolutely Must Not Win
Two filmmakers decided to film a movie using a homeless crew, which led to changed lives and starting a non-profit. Incredible story. Be sure to watch the video.
Read Rachel Held Evans' phenomenal Confessions of an Accidental Feminist and then Kathy Escobar's suggestions on how to stand up for women. We can shift the tide.
Kevin Haggerty has a new graphic design business. Check it out, yo.
If you have kids, you'll want to check out this new weekly link up: The Parent 'Hood. A few of my dear blog friends have put it together and I can't wait to read their stories!
On Ye Olde Blog:
I shared a glimpse into my dating life with Another First Date, which Modern Mrs. Darcy kindly featured in her Perspectives on Life and Love Carnival round-up.
What have you been into this month?
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So i just started working on my util library, and the first thing I made was a multi-threaded scheduler. I was wondering if anyone would be able to download the code and test it out or at least glance through it and try to see if anything looks wrong... I have tested it a LITTLE bit but not enough to prove that it is bug-free. If you can help me out, please respond! Thank you!

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Welsby Street, North Stradbroke Island, North Stradbroke Island, Queensland 4183
North Stradbroke Island is synonymous with good times and peacefulness. Its residents also felt the heartache that WWI handed mainland Australia.
An Honour Board to those who served in WWI, funded by Thomas Welsby was installed in the Dunwich Hall.
The Dunwich Benevolent Asylum provided accommodation for some returned servicemen at the end of the war.
Dunwich was much more populated during WWII and many more were able to participate in this war. A white painted cairn was unveiled by Premier Frank Nicklin on 11 March 1967, as a tribute to Stradbroke locals who had enlisted in all conflicts including WWI.
Tellingly, the Aboriginal flag flies alongside the Australian flag at remembrance services. Even though Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were not considered 'Australian' back in 1914, many enlisted, about 500 nationally according to the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were not recognised as citizens of Australia until 1967.
The plinth remembers later conflicts too: WWII, Malaya, Korea, Indonesia and Vietnam.
Stradbroke's most famous poet (and activist) Oodgeroo Noonuccal, known also as Kath Walker, served as a telephonist in the armed forces in WWII.
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Bisons bombarded by Yankees
During his first game, in his first at-bat Mike Baxter sent the first pitch he saw in a Bisons uniform over the right field wall. The last time a Bisons player homered in his first at-bat was Javier Valentin on May 15, 2009.
Baxter's home run gave the Herd an early lead that wouldn't last past the fourth inning as the Yankee's piled on 11 runs, steam rolling the Bisons 11-2 at Coca-Cola Field on Tuesday night.
"I was just trying to move the runner there and he gave me a pitch inside that worked well," said Baxter.
Baxter had just been activated from Single-A St. Lucie after Jose De La Torre was placed on the disabled list with right shoulder impingement. Baxter finished the night 1-3 with a walk and two RBI on the homer run.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's 11 runs were powered by three home runs, a two-run home run, a solo-home run, and a three-run blast that gave the Yankees a nine-run lead. Five of the 11 runs driven in came with two outs in the inning.
"We faced a good team, they hit some good pitches actually," said manager Tim Teufel. "Sometimes the hitters do beat th pitchers, and tonight that was the case."
Yankees top prospect Jesus Montero drove in four runs, including three on a home run in the sixth-inning. Taylor Tankersley was the only Bisons pitcher to retire Montero, striking him out in the eighth inning.
Greg Golson was the only Yankee not to get a hit Tuesday night but still managed to score three runs.
The only Yankee to be kept out of the hit column was Greg Golson, but that didn't stop him from scoring three-runs.
"They beat you different ways the long ball a few times, the gaps, so when you face a good oppenant you have to be on your game all the way around," Teufel said.
Until Tuesday night all previous nine games between the Bisons and the Yankees were decided by four runs or less. The Bisons fell to 26-29 at Coca-Cola Field, and 4-6 vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this season.
Game Notes: The Bisons activated Mike Baxter from Single-A St. Lucie and placed Jose De La Torre on the disabled list with a right shoulder impingement…Baxter drove the first pitch he saw in a Bisons uniform out of Coca-Cola Field, the last time that was done it was May 15, 2009 when Javier Valentin hit a home run in his first Bisons at-bat…The Yankees fell a grand slam short of a home run cycle getting a solo-home run, a two-run homerun and a three-run homerun Tuesday night…Tuesday was the first game between the Herd and Yankees that wasn't decided by four-runs or less.


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If you've used any other language, then you are probably quite familiar with how variables work, and how they are referred to. If not, then the following examples should suffice to cover the two most common options:
PHP (amongst others)
$foo="hello, world"; echo $foo;
This sets the "foo" variable to be "hello, world!", and then echoes it out. Notice how "
foo" is always preceded by a dollar ($) symbol. That denotes it as a variable. Whether we're setting or reading its contents, it's always "
C (and others again)
int main() { int foo; int bar; foo=2; bar = foo * 5; printf("The answer is %d\n", bar); }
This will provide the useful fact that 2*5 = 10. However, no "
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However, the shell falls part way in between these two examples.
If you want to quote the value of a variable, then you need the dollar. If you want to set it, then drop the dollar:
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This will say "Hello World". But did you see what happened with the dollars? To set a variable, no dollar. To read it, use the dollar.
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Similarly, when reading variable contents, do not use the dollar:
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This will tell your message to the world… if you say "Hello", then it will say "Hello World". If you say "Goodbye Cruel", then it will say "Goodbye Cruel World".
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My my
My my
August 2006
Irondale Youth Hockey Association
Board of Directors Meeting:
Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 6:30 p.m
in the New Brighton Family Service Center, New Brighton, MN.
Address: IYHA, PO Box 120114, New Brighton, MN
55112 Web:
From IYHA President, Sue Sentieri:
Déjà vu! With the resignation of several board members, for family reasons, I was asked to consider the temporary position of the IYHA presidency.
Some of you may know me; but most of you are younger families in the organization. I've been involved in hockey all my life. I've held the positions of C Coordinator, Secretary, Registration Coordinator, and Ice Scheduler for IYHA. I've sanctioned tournaments for MN Hockey, and am an Association Registrar for USA Hockey.
I want to recognize those on the board, and those that have recently stepped down. Being active on the Board, or one of its standing committees is no easy task. So, when your child doesn't make the team you think they should have, the bills seem high, the win-loss record is under .500, and you've reached your boiling point, take a step back. Remember these people are volunteers.
It's now August, but April will come around sooner that we think. This position, along with others, will be up for election, and can use good candidates. They're pretty much thankless jobs, but you meet good people, see the smiles on kids' faces, and even get to watch some good hockey.
I'm looking forward to reacquainting myself with IYHA, so for now, feel free to contact me. Let me know what is important to you. I get all my hockey calls on my cell. That number is 612-619-0846. You can send me an email with your comments at
See you at registration…..
IYHA 2006-2007 Season Registration Dates:
All are in the Freedom Park Warming House Fireside Room.
Tuesday, August 8
from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 12
from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30.
Thursday, September 14
from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
There is a mail in option this year for registration. Stay tuned! You will receive the registration forms electronically in a separate email. (If you have been receiving your newsletter in the mail, registration forms will be coming in the mail.)
*** Remember to bring your 20,000 Puck Club sheet with you to registration! ***
Girls Teams tournaments:
John Donovan has found 4 tournaments for each of the girls teams. He would like to have feedback from any of the girls, parents and coaches about the tournaments—which ones were good, should continue this year, etc. Please contact John if you want to have input about which tournaments to participate in. He will make decisions by August 10
. 651-592-1187
Show your support for IRONDALE Youth Hockey by rollerblading this summer!
Players, parents, and coaches are all encouraged to participate!
It is a great time for rollerblading, passing out candy, and promoting the "cool" sport of HOCKEY!
Mark your calendar for these parades:
August 4, Friday 7:00 PM VillageFest, St. Anthony
August 10, Thursday 6:00 PM Stockyard Days, New Brighton
August 20, Sunday 3:00 PM Festival in the Park, Mounds View
Please consider volunteering with the parades. Need some one to:
Get the candy and bring to parades ***
Provide coolers, water and cups *** Drive the lead vehicle *** Change a go-kart into a "hockey puck" float ****
If you have any questions,
please contact me at 651-639-1543 ----- Cheryl Mason
Parade Details
Friday August 4
Villagefest – St. Anthony Village.
Parade starts at 7:00 PM
Meet at staging area between 6:15 and 6:45 PM. Staging Area: St. Anthony Sr. High Parking Lot - 3303 33rd Avenue. Irondale Youth Hockey is #63.
Bring your rollerblades and wear an Irondale jersey.
Thursday August 10
Stockyard Parade – New Brighton.
Parade starts at 6:00 PM
Irondale Youth Hockey is #40.
Meet at staging area between 5:15 and 5:45 PM. Staging area is directly south of New Brighton City Hall on 8
Sunday August 20
Festival in the Park - Mounds View
. Parade starts at 3:00 PM
Meet at staging area between 2:15 and 2:45 PM. Staging area is Mounds View Community Center on Edgewood Drive and Bronson Drive directly across from Mounds View City Hall
IYHA First Annual Sponsorship Day
Mark and reserve this day on your calendar – Saturday August 19
This will be the first annual Irondale Youth Hockey Sponsorship Day. Players, supervised by parents will go into the community and ask for a sponsorship donation. IYHA has all the necessary city permits and we are working on getting endorsements from the Mayor of each community.
The donations received from this sponsorship day will go directly toward player development and reducing costs for all players this year. Families are
highly encouraged
to participate since the proceeds will benefit the entire association, from Mites to Bantams. Greater participation will translate to more money raised for our association.
A calling chain will begin this weekend and every family in our association will be contacted.
How this works:
Saturday, August 19
, meet at Irondale High School at 8:30 am.
Players (girls and boys) and parents will be divided into groups.
Each group will be given an area to canvas. Each group will also be given all of the necessary papers necessary for this event.
The morning event is from 9 to noon, and teams will meet back at Irondale High School to turn in donations and get a new route and supplies.
The afternoon event is from 1 to 4 pm, and teams will meet back at Irondale High School to turn in donations.
Second Annual Irondale Youth Hockey – Let's Play Hockey Day!
September 23
from 2:00 to 4:15 PM at Schwann's Super Rink – Coon Rapids arena.
Show your support and come skate with, but remember to bring a friend who wants to give hockey a try. Helmets required (sport helmets are acceptable).
We need coaches from all levels to help our new skaters.
We need volunteers to help: pass out cookies and juice, talk to parents, help skaters lace up skates, and just show your support!
Other volunteers needs right now are below. Contact Cheryl Mason:
Thanksgiving and January tournament planning.
This is our number one fundraising event and we need your help!
Schwann's Fundraising Program
. This is a new opportunity which is low effort and can potentially be a significant source of fundraising money.
Corporate Fundraising Drive
. We have had business and corporate sponsorship in the past, but the plan is to have a more organized effort and increase our donations from the community. We already have a great start on this and a very motivated core group!
Player Development Update
The Irondale Player Development Committee has been gathering the list of applicants for IYHA's new Director of Player and Coach Development throughout the month of July with the application deadline being July 28.
With the deadline passed last week, we have ten candidates who have submitted their resume and references to the committee. Now the task is to begin the interview process. A shortlist of two to three candidates will be selected from the interviews. After these candidates are identified, an association-wide question and answer session will be held on August 14, 2006 beginning at 6:15 PM (site to be announced). At this meeting, finalists will give a short presentation and attendees will have the chance to ask questions and to give your input to the committee and board of directors. Please plan on attending this meeting so the committee and board of directors can hear your input.
Questions and comments about Player Development are always welcome. Email
or contact Mark Mohar at 651-639-1908.
Irondale Youth Hockey Association: Tryout (Evaluations) Process Explanation
The IYHA boys tryout process is designed to best evaluate players' skills in the game of hockey using repetitive drills throughout the course of the evaluation period. Our current tryout model uses six evaluation hours. The results of the tryouts only determine the teams, not how much a player will develop or how much fun the player will have during the season.
Evaluators are selected individuals who have extensive hockey backgrounds. To get the greatest impartiality, they are individuals who have no kids within the Irondale program. These individuals have little or no exposure to Irondale players prior to the tryout process. As part of the evaluator recruitment, they are asked about their current contacts within IYHA, and if they are aware or know of any players in the Association. The on-ice tryout coach is not an evaluator and has no input inside the evaluators' room.
The Program Coordinator supervises all activity in the evaluators' room. A person that is not involved in the tryout process is not allowed in the evaluator's room during the tryout session. Parents / families are not to sit in the stands with the evaluators.
Players are given one of two color tryout pullover before the first tryout. The pullover the player is given at the beginning of tryouts is the jersey the player should wear for each tryout unless changed by the on-ice tryout coach. It is helpful if players wear a like color underneath their tryout pullover. No player name may be on any jersey or helmet. Any marking that would identify an individual player may not be worn during tryouts. Starting in 2006, players will be required to wear the white, home Irondale socks given to players before tryouts. These socks will be the players' game socks for the year, so they will be only worn during tryouts and during home games. If there is not an evaluation during an hour, stated "NO EVALUATION" on the schedule, players are not to wear their tryout pullovers.
Drills are provided by the on-ice tryout coach and are designed to measure and exhibit speed and quickness, balance, stick handling, passing, and shooting skills as well as hustle. Several players are run through drills simultaneously so that they do not know when or if they are being evaluated at a certain time. Other sports and other hockey associations isolate players and use less time to evaluate skills during drills, thus putting too much pressure on young athletes not to make mistakes. Many mistakes occur during the course of a hockey game. Often, these mistakes do not lead to any effect other than the player or team needing to get up and try again. Tryouts should be no different.
Scrimmages are comprised of several different formats so evaluators can see players in many situations. For the first few tryouts, no line combinations are created. The on-ice tryout coach decides the number of players that will go out on each shift. This form of "rolling" line changes will allow most players to play together or against each other during the course of the session.
In the later tryouts, line combinations are set up so evaluators can see specific players on the ice at a certain time. These combinations are created based on previous tryout sessions. Care is taken to ensure all players are on the ice the same number of times during an hour, even if it means a player may sit out for a number of shifts in a row. This is sometimes necessary to get the right combinations when there are an odd number of players on a tryout team.
Jersey changes occur during some sessions for several reasons. First, they may be to even the number of players on the tryout teams. (continued)
Second, they may be used to separate players who are similar in the current tryout rankings. Lastly, they may be used to make the tryout teams more equal so one team is not dominating the scrimmages. These jersey changes are noted carefully on evaluators' evaluation sheets and in the master player- number list held by the program coordinator.
Evaluators do not score players on specific skills during tryouts. Players are divided by evaluators into a top and bottom group. A unanimous decision by all evaluators is required to place a player on the top or bottom group. After a player has been identified to being within either group, they are checked in the next tryout sessions to make sure they would not drop or rise into the other group. This process continues for the first few hours of tryouts.
Towards the end of tryouts, a group of 8-14 players have not been moved into the top or bottom group. There may be two groups: a bubble between 'A' and 'B' teams or between 'B' and 'C' teams. When the group is determined, these players are then ranked by evaluators compared to the other players within the bubble group. These rankings will be used to make the toughest decisions in the tryout process: the divisions between teams.
Goalies are evaluated in several hours during tryouts. Goalies are ranked compared to one another. Goalies are evaluated in areas of quickness, agility, positioning, hustle, proper technical movements, and reaction.
When tryouts are completed, the program coordinator has one or two days to create a list of players who have been selected to each specific team. Parent head coaches will be selected during this time. Team size will be determined based on a goal set by the program coordinator prior to tryouts beginning. Sometimes, it is necessary to expand or contract the team size by one depending on the results of evaluations.
'A' team Head Coaches are given the opportunity to select 2 or 3 players from the bubble group to fill out their final roster. The coaches are
given the results of tryouts along with the year of play a player has at that specific level. (e.g. 1
Year or 2
Year). After the teams are selected, coaches are responsible for contacting their team. If there are two or more goalies that are close in ranking, the Head Coach would have the option to pick the goalies that have not been placed on a team based on raw rankings from evaluations. The number of goalies on a team will be determined based on the rankings from evaluations depending on where the clear cut divisions with rankings occur should there be an odd number of goalies at a level.
Questions or comments regarding our tryout process are always welcome. Please contact Boy's Program Coordinator, Mark Mohar by phone: 651-639-1908 or by email at:
Irondale Youth Hockey Association (IYHA) Board Members 2004-2005
Sue Sentieri
Vice President
Cheryl Mason
651-639-1543 (h)
Tom O'Keefe
651-785-0266 (h)
Niki Gjere
612-273-6439 (w)
651-270-8551 (cell)
612-527-7437 (pager)
Ice Commissioner
Boys Program Coordinator
Mark Mohar
651-639-1908 (h)
Girls Program Coordinator
Initiation Coordinator
Bob Gabler
651-697-4708 (h)
Randy Bortot
763-784-9557 (h)
952-475-4045 (Work)
Jeanne Falconer
763-458-5946 (cell)
651-486-1235 (w)
District Representative
Tom Welty
763-780-4865 (h)
612-508-4833 (cell)
Non-Board Position:
ACE Coordinator
Player Development Committee
IYHA Board Meetings are open meetings
Please feel free to come to the meetings. If you wish to have a copy of any information which is distributed at any meeting, please email or call Niki and it will be mailed to you. Upcoming dates for 2005 Board meetings are the
third Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m
. Our meetings have at in the New Brighton Family Service Center.
: July 20, August 17, September 21,
October 19, November 16, December 14 (December meeting week changed due to holiday).
NOTE: If you wish to be on the agenda for the meeting, please contact Sue Sentieri.
Lake Region Board Meetings:
Lake Region Hockey meetings are open meetings. Contact Jeanne Falconer for dates and times of the next meetings.
There have been several teams that have sponsors for their teams. These are listed below. This part of the newsletter will continue throughout the rest of the IYHA season. Please notify Niki Gjere of any additions or corrections. (Please forward information about websites and addresses, etc.)
Many thanks to our sponsors!
*Champp's New Brighton**Culvers of St. Anthony**New Brighton Sportsmen's Club**Lake Region Hockey Association**Minnesota Wild**Lady Slipper**Premier Banks**John Dalnes Masonry**Torri Johnson**
12U Maroon
: **Real Estate Appraisals and Inspections, Inc.**FujiYa**
10U Gold
: **FujiYa**
Bantam A
: **Applebee's**
Pee Wee B
: **Quality Post Service**Harold Johnson family (Grandfather of Rob Hunt
Squirt B:
**Midwest Motor Express**
Squirt C:
**Dave's Sport Shop**Western Bank**
Once again, many, many thanks to our sponsors! Please support them!
When you see them, please tell them you are from Irondale Youth Hockey.
Irondale Youth Hockey Association Board Meeting Minutes:
IYHA Meeting:
June 15, 2006
Note: These minutes have not been approved. They will be reviewed, corrected as needed, and approved at the next regular Board of Directors Meeting.
Meeting called to order by Vice President Cheryl Mason at 6:38 p.m. in the New Brighton Family Service Center.
Board of Directors Members Present: Cheryl Mason, Tom Welty, Tom O'Keefe, Jeanne Falconer, Bob Gabler, Mark Mohar, Randy Bortot, Niki Gjere.
Board of Directors Members Absent: (all Board of Directors Members are present) .
Guests: Chris Drews, Jackie Rog, Al Morelli, John Donovan, John Dalnes.
Meeting minutes reviewed. Motion to accept as presented, (CM) (TW), motion carried.
Cheryl Mason: Updates.
Anticipate a meeting with Dean about Tournament maybe next Thursday (open to all?) Discussed email received from Jim's email. Need to address Edison—shouldn't be a problem. Is Association to Association. Tri City—would have to be released from District 3.Ice: Ice Committee met. Did not do much shared ice last year. Going to be much more shared ice this year. Got good, quality hours. Every Monday will have 4 hours at the Super Rink; 80 hours at the Coliseum, seeking more hours. Mariucci and Ridder will work with us on parking prices for ice time that we have there.
Have received resignations from Chris Tahti, Girls Program Coordinator and Renae Olesen, Ice Commissioner. Motion to accept their resignations from the Board of Directors (NG) (JF), Discussion, Motion carried.
Vote on Candidates for Open Positions:
May have a candidate in the Ice Commissioner. She will consider this and inform Cheryl if she is interested. We have one candidate that has declared intent to volunteer for the role of President. Bob states that there is another person that is interested; he is willing to participate if he is asked to serve in the role. Motion to elect Sue Sentieri for President of the IYHA, (CM) (JF), discussion, motion carried, one abstention. Bob Gabler and Chris Drews are interested in being on the Nominating Committee. Niki Gjere volunteers for the Board position. No vote at this time for the committee; more for future positions open at the end of the terms of office. All can recruit for Girls Coordinator; will follow through and recruit for the position.
Girls Program:
Tom Welty said that a group of parents / coaches got together last week to talk about moving the Girls Program forward. Nobody has formally stepped forward to agree to the position. Will continue to work on recruitment for the position and assuring that the work of the Girls Program goes forward.
Board Roundtable
No report. Has received requests from TriCity and from Edison for waivers.
Vice President: Cheryl Mason
. Sent out information in the last newsletter about the first Annual IYHA Sponsorship Day. Still working on details. All permits have been obtained. Working on tournaments—had a good meeting with the Mounds View members. Working on expanding, possibly changing the mix of teams. Working on Parades. August 4 St. Anthony Village Fest. Will be giving out flyers. Two other parades in August. Chris Drews may be interested in working at Stockyard Days for a booth to get information out, raise money, sponsorships, etc. Cheryl has asked for volunteer needs.
Secretary: Niki Gjere
. Newsletter deadline is August 1
. Handbook—Tom O'Keefe is interested in helping Niki in working on this. Mark will also help. Postmarked by August 7
, bids open for photography, mail to the post office box (IYHA, P.O. Box 120114, New Brighton, MN 55112); will be decided at the August 17
Treasurer: Tom O'Keefe.
Reviewed the submissions for budget received so far, and discussed areas that had not submitted yet. Ice time for warm ups and try outs,
Boys Program Coordinator: Mark Mohar
. We have 21 goalies registered for the Goalie Clinic. Need to put request in for Coaches again. Pee Wee numbers are down, talking with other Associations to see if they have extra players they don't have teams for, will investigate that. Talked with metro Football—will coordinate warm ups and tryouts with the football schedule.
Player and Coach Development Committee report: Mark Mohar
.We have 8 applicants for the Player Development position. The ad is in Let's Play Hockey. Our application deadline is July 28
. Any members of our Association are welcome to apply at
Girls Program Coordinator: Position vacant
. See above for comments (regarding work group). Working on going back to the schools to recruit. If there are others, then very interested in pooling efforts. John Donovan: found 4 tournaments for each of the girls teams—would like feedback from any of the girls and parents. If no call back by August 10
, will pare down to August 10
. 651-592-1187 or email.
Initiation Program Coordinator: Bob Gabler
. Contacted by the Minnesota Wild and we are in the Little Chippers program. We need to sell 150 tickets. The Little Chippers is having 14 kids do a 7 on 7 scrimmage between the 1
and 2
period of a Minnesota Wild game. Mark presents information about the Twins Tickets—if you buy them for $20 you can get $6.00 per ticket. In process of recruiting Mini-Mite coaches. Need to make sure that we have information about the CEP courses. Al brought 5 helmets as a donation. Make sure that we tell parents the correct colors of jerseys and helmet to wear.
Ice Commissioner: position vacant
. (report has been given previously).
Registration Coordinator: Jeanne Falconer.
A person has approached IYHA and asked about doing on-line registration. Last year this was cost prohibitive. Will put forms on website and will email, will use the PO Box. We have to pay for registration for Saturday, will be 9-11:30 in the morning on Saturday, August 12
. Ad will be in the newspaper for a month. Will need new ring binders—will not have them printed. Will work with Tom O'Keefe about setting the registration fees.
Equipment Coordinator: Randy Bortot
. Ordered socks and initiation jerseys today. Jerseys are on their 8
year. They are still in good shape.
District Representative: Tom Welty
. No report. District doesn't meet during the summer. The District will meet in August.
Additional Reports:
Lake Region Hockey Association: Jeanne Falconer
. Champps needs a Bingo card seller. Lake Region Hockey would like to thank John Dalnes who donated his truck, a worker, and time to move things from Cousineau's. Brought up bracket changes at Tournament (potential), and they appreciated whatever the tournament is trying to do to keep the numbers up. On August 15
at 7:30 the entire Board is invited to the Lake Region meeting. Will be at the Lake Johanna fire station on Hodgeson. Mo's is up and running, there is expense in doing the start up. They are still looking at other sites. Question about why checks need to be written to a specific person or entity—and not just IYHA or Mounds View. Lake Region cannot write the Goalie Coach a check, they will write it to IYHA for the specific purpose of the coach. The Control Board insisted on this.
Motion to adjourn meeting (NG) (JF), Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m.
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As a means to get a leg up on their busy, busy Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots launch duties, series creator Hideo Kojima and lead artist Yoji Shinkawa will be appearing at the HMV on Oxford Street in London, England next Monday, June 2nd, 19 days before the game releases. Rather than signing copies of the game itself, Kojima and Shinkawa will be signing exclusive HMV sleeves that will slide over your copy of MGS 4, available with your £5 deposit on the full game. Autographs will begin promptly at noon, with sleeves available from 9:00am.
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Calendar |
Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau of
Logan County
A grand day for a grand opening
Heritage Museum reopens as 'outstanding'!
Send a link to a friend
28, 2014]
Saturday could not have been a
more perfect day. The sun came out early in the morning, warming the
air to a comfortable temperature, and Mother Nature decided to calm
the winds that have tormented Logan County of late.
As folks arrived, there were plenty of handshakes and
smiles. This was also the college's alumni reunion weekend, so some
of the attendees were also enjoying a chance to visit old friends
and classmates.
The official ceremony began with Lincoln College President John
Blackburn taking the podium and welcoming everyone to the momentous
"This is a dream realized," he told the group. "It is a dream
that we had for a lot of years, starting in the late '90s, and
probably truly was (the dream of) the leader of that time, Dr. Jack
Blackburn expressed gratitude to all the contributors, from state
resources to local benefactors, for their financial support of the
museum. He acknowledged the presence of chamber, city and county
board members, and made special note of former state Sen. Larry
Bomke in attendance.
He acknowledged past and present college board members and a
recently formed group, Friends of the Museum.
He added much-deserved thanks to the maintenance, security and
dining staff, the faculty, and residents of the college for their
hard work. He finished by saying, "I think God blessed us today,
too. What a day he gave us."
Blackburn then introduced Anthony Bedford, who sang the national
anthem. Bedford was the recipient of the Marvin D. "Swede" Johnson
Award, given to the freshman student who is deemed to have
contributed the most to the welfare of fellow students throughout
his or her involvement in the total Lincoln College community. He is
vice president of Life Changing Studies, a Bible study group formed
by LC students, and a member of the college chorale and chamber
After Bedford's beautiful rendition of the national anthem,
Blackburn returned to the podium to introduce nationally known
Lincoln scholar Dan Weinberg. Weinberg is a Lincoln College trustee
and chairman of the Lincoln Heritage Committee. He was involved in
the design of the new museum and worked to assure historical
accuracy in the museum.
Weinberg opened by saying, "Now the eternal question begins: Is
this a college with a museum attached, or a museum with a college
attached?" He continued by saying that the museum is as much a place
of learning as the college itself.
He said Abraham Lincoln still has much to teach us all, and that
is what the museum is about. He quoted the museum motto: "Learn like
Lincoln. Live like Lincoln."
He went on to say: "We are artifact-oriented, as artifacts tend
to place us in the moment. As you view the various artifacts on
display and read the various storylines, don't let the numerous
trees obscure the entire forest. For it is Lincoln, the forest, that
(is) made up of so many different aspects, like a multitude of trees
in a forest. That is the man whom we seek to understand and
Weinberg went on to name specific people, groups and committees
who throughout the history of the construction of the museum
contributed through their vision and leadership, and he remembered
with sorrow those who were dedicated to the college and museum and
did not live to see this great day for the college.
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The next guest speaker was state Rep. Rich Brauer, who Blackburn
said had been a great friend to the college and a great supporter of
the museum project.
Brauer began by saying that when first elected 12 years ago, a
friend gave him some sage advice about the city of Lincoln. "She
said, 'Stand next to Sen. Bomke. They love Sen. Bomke in Lincoln,'"
Brauer recalled. "We are very lucky to have had a senator like that
who served this area."
Brauer then acknowledged Bomke in the audience, to a healthy round
of applause.
Brauer talked about how Abraham Lincoln was embarrassed by his
lack of formal education. He said that Lincoln educated himself,
even during the Civil War, and strove to be well informed.
Therefore, it is fitting that a college, where young people can
learn and grow, should be named for this president.
He added that Lincoln was also one who would be embarrassed by
the attention he has been given through the college and museum; that
he would be humbled to see how many were present; and how he would
also be honored.
Blackburn next introduced Mayor Keith Snyder — first joking that
Snyder was employed by "the other university" in Lincoln — but then
went on more seriously to say that the mayor and the city have been
great supporters of Lincoln College and the museum.
Blackburn supportively said that Snyder is working hard to
preserve the history and heritage of the Lincoln community through
several organizations and complimented him, saying, "That work is
greatly appreciated."
Snyder opened with comments concerning Daniel Day-Lewis, who
played the starring role in the Steven Spielberg movie "Lincoln." In
an interview, Day-Lewis said he thought that having himself cast as
Lincoln was a bad idea, even after the filming of the movie, "but by
that time it was too late." The actor said: "I had already been
drawn into Lincoln's orbit. It was a very powerful orbit. Which is
interesting because we tend to hold him at such a distance. He's
been mythologized almost to the point of dehumanization. But when
you approach him, he almost instantly becomes welcoming and
accessible, the way he was in life. He draws you closer to him."
Snyder went on to say: "The interesting thing is, we didn't
create the mythology of Abraham Lincoln. We slept, and ate, and
walked, and joked, and worked with Abraham Lincoln. In fact we were
so taken with the gentleman that we named our community after him in
1853 — the only community in the world that did that. To the Lincoln
College students here today, and to those sleeping in, I would say
to you: This demonstrates that we see greatness long before others
do and that we see greatness in all of you."
Snyder finished by saying, "He is not a myth here." He said the
city is very proud of the museum and the college.
Before introducing museum director Ron Keller, Blackburn said
that Sen. Bill Brady was present to make a special presentation.
Blackburn noted his appreciation for Sen. Brady and his support of
Lincoln College. He said Brady and Brauer are always asking how they
can help Lincoln College. "It is really refreshing when your
legislators are asking how they can help you," Blackburn said.
Brady took the podium and congratulated everyone on the opening
of the museum. Brady said he's read a lot of books on Abraham
Lincoln, all of them important, because Lincoln is someone from whom
we can learn the strength of perseverance, the importance of God and
faith, and the importance of humanity.
Brady then presented Ron Keller with a certificate from the
Illinois Senate, "acknowledging the opening of this wonderful asset
to the State of Illinois, county of Logan, and city of Lincoln."
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Many players played the new Diablo for a while and then stopped. They where not having as much fun as they thought they could be having so they played something else. This is a valid reason to stop playing and there are two big reasons for this I'm going to highlight. But I also want to really get into legitimate failings of this game, despite my love for it.
Two common complaints:
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I am so excited about The Elder Scrolls Online. SO. Excited.
It is to bad this game will fail.
I am not saying it wont enjoy some success. It will at first, but the constant fresh content needed will dry up. And the user base? It will be split between 3 systems that don't share members.
And these 3 groups will not be equal. You will have a lot of other great
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What system is better is often a question about opinion. And any opinion you have is based on personal experiances, good solid reason for your preference. So if you love the xbox or playstation, thats fine. That means you have been having fun on those consoles. And having fun is what matters.
What I want you to consider, is the idea that you could be having more fun. I'm not going to insult you by saying my choice to play on the PC is better than yours, that would simply be me trying
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After long years of (re-)development I finally made my first browser game. It's HalmaStar - multiplayer online Chinese Checkers game.
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Quentin Tarantino and Hall H are made for each other. It's a feedback loop of pure enthusiasm. The trailer for his latest film, Django Unchained, was met with lots of love, and all of his fans have been chomping at the bit for more. Tarantino doesn't hand out spoilers, but he's not disturbingly protective to the point where he's scared to show a single frame of his movie. He's a guy who's always proud of his work, and he wants to share his excitement. At Saturday's opening Hall H panel, I couldn't have been more excited to see Tarantino share his latest pride and joy.
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- Foxx says he thinks the movie will be controversial, but audiences have also grown up. And when you talk about the outrageousness of Tarantino, it's a completely different conversation. When they started shooting, all of the controversial stuff didn't fall away, but you saw Tarantino put it together with a fantastic film with fantastic people, "and it was like waking up and going to an all-star game."
- He says he got into the headspace of Django "was really a journey." When they started rehearsals, Tarantino told Foxx he was worried he couldn't get into the mind of a slave. He was concerned Foxx couldn't get out of the mindset of being a celebrity. He wanted Foxx to throw away his ego and strip himself down "and start all over again." Tarantino says on the first day of rehearsal, and "the movie before the movie" (the backstory). The movie opens with Django on a chain gang, and Django is just sixth on the line of seven slaves. He's as anonymous as the rest of the slaves. Foxx responded, "That's exactly how I see this guy."
- When he first met with Tarantino, Foxx talked about growing up in Texas and being called the n-word by people, but by having that done to him, he was able to grasp what was in the script because it had been done to him. He adds that a project becomes special for an actor when it parallels their own story.
- Waltz says Dr. King Schultz needs Django; he doesn't "rescue" him. Then Waltz stops himself and says, "I'm not going to tell you the story. You're going to see the movie." Then he picks back up and says "this is a unique and fabulous relationship that's forged in the course of fantastic adventures." He found it sensational that Italians imported Westerns to create a thing and then an American director takes the new thing and brings it back to America. Django and Schultz are a team, but their dynamic changes, so he's not just a father or a teacher. Schultz is able to forge the bond "because he doesn't care about other white men."
- Tarantino says he didn't really do a movie about a slave, and he wanted to do a slave narrative and that brutal time, but one of the fun and exciting things was to take the western and take that story and place it in the Antebellum south and put a black character at the center and deal with it. Schultz is the experienced gunfighter who teaches the know-nothing kid, because that's a trope of the genre. Schultz is "unsavvy about the realities and cruelties of the South vis-à-vis witnessing it personally." But when they get into the thick of it in Mississippi, it's Schultz who is out of his element and Django knows what's going on, so the dynamic is flipped. Waltz says that also corresponds to his personal experience because he grew up in Vienna, Austria. Tarantino says Schultz has an interesting backstory that's not in the movie, but there's a reason why he would be enlightened.
- The "doctor" part of Schultz is because he's a dentist. Tarantino says it wasn't lost on him the Doc Holliday connection, but it was more that he dentists are precise, there's tooth extraction, and he has a dentist wagon so he has a reason to show up places and hide in plain sight.
- Tarantino then sets up an 8-minute sizzle reel, so it's set up in the order of a trailer and what we've seen so far has been taken from the spine of this sizzle reel. There are a lot of choice scenes we haven't seen yet. However, there's very little footage of Washington and Jackson, because they shot their stuff later in the production, and this stuff is from the first-half of the movie. Tarantino was adamant that people see the full sizzle reel because we waited in line because "if it's good enough for the industry, it's good enough for the fans."
Here are some quick bullet points on the footage:
- We see the part from the trailer where Schultz gets Django from the chain gang and guns down the slave owners. What we haven't seen is how Schultz blows one of their heads off.
- When Schultz and Django are riding into town, Schultz asks why people are staring at Django. Django responds that they've never seen "a ni**er riding a horse."
- Again, as we've seen in the trailer, Schultz lays out the arrangement with Django: Django helps Schultz go from plantation to plantation to hunt down the Brickle Brothers, and in return Schultz will help Django rescue his wife Broomhilda.
- We see Schultz training Django to shoot by using a snowman as a target.
- We then go over to Big Daddy's (Don Johnson) plantation with Django posing as Schultz' valet (wearing the ugly blue outfit we've seen in the trailers), and the two of them arrive under the ruse of wanting to purchase one of Big Daddy's slaves. Big Daddy tells one of his slaves to take Django around the plantation, and Schultz stresses that Django is a free man. When the slave is taking Django around, she refers to Schultz as Django's master. "Didn't you hear what he said? I'm a free man." "And you choose to dress like that?" she responds.
- We then see that Django discover one of the Brickle Brothers on Big Daddy's plantation, and the Brickle brother is about to torture a slave who has broken some eggs. That's how we get to the "I like the way you die, boy," moment from the trailer. Then we see Django take down a white guy who's whipping a slave.
- There's some of Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) mixed in, but it's almost entirely stuff that's been in the trailers.
- Then we see a lot more violence (there's definitely going to be some bloody kills in this film, as you probably devised from the all-audiences trailer).
The moderator goes back to talking to the cast.
- Goggins says he plays Billy Crash, the mandingo slave fight trainer for Candie. There's nothing redeeming of the character, but the character is from a working-man perspective.
- Tarantino says Jackson plays Steven, the house slave; the relationship between Candie, Steven, and Crash is because it relates to modern day corporations, except then the plantation was more like a family. Families could corner the market because they had slave labor. Steven and Billy Crash are like the two CEOs of the company. Steven runs the house, farm, and business aspects. Crash manages the mandingos. Steven may be a slave, but he's not sympathetic. However, Steven is basically Candie's father because he raised the character. Steven is the only person Candie listens to. All of the slaves are scared of Steven, but his personal situation is great (at the expense of everybody else).
- The interesting thing Tarantino found about writing about these characters is it's like a buccaneer fighting a king whose property could be 65 or 100 miles long. Inside of all those people living on the land are the subjects of the plantation owner. Steven's character would be like the Basil Rathbone's character in the old swashbuckling films.
- Johnson says Big Daddy is the "kinder, more lovable plantation owner. My slaves love me." "That's what they all say," Washington quips. Tarantino makes a quick aside that they have Crockett and Tubbs in the same movie. Johnson says that he could step into the character of Big Daddy in making him big and flamboyant, but not diminish the importance of what was happening in the time period. "He's funny and bad," says Johnson of Big Daddy. As for the character's voice, he studied Foghorn Leghorn.
- Washington plays Broomhilda von Shaft, who got her name because she was previously owned by a German family before being sold the plantation where she meets Django. Her character has to speak German, and she had the luxury of having one of the greatest German-language teachers in Christoph Waltz. Waltz asks if she can still speak it. "Of course," responds Washington. He worked with Washington because she was nervous about the German even though she had worked with someone who had taught her the beginnings of the language by singing children's song. She then sang a beautiful rendition of an old song to Waltz, and he said "there was nothing to coach about this amazing talent." Her character is also supposed to whistle, but Washington can't, although she didn't mention that until she got the part. There were some Germans on set that Tarantino had worked with on Inglourious Basterds and they said Washington's German accent was "adorable."
- By studying the German four hours a day and the horseback riding helped Washington connect to the world especially at the times when she just wanted to hide under the covers from the brutality of the story.
- Django's journey mirrors the German fairy tale of Siegfried's journey of rescuing Broomhilda. It's a legend that would mean something to von Shaft. Because slavemasters didn't want marriages, Django and Broomhilda were married in secret, but because they're sold in different direction, they would probably never see each other again. Even though he gets his freedom, Django's willing to go back into the pit of hell to rescue his love.
- There's still one more of week shooting left to go.
- Jonah Hill finished shooting his stuff last week. Tarantino prefaces that the predecessor to the Ku Klux Klan were the "regulators", and Hill's character is with Big Daddy. Their scene is one of things that Tarantino thinks "is one of the funniest things I've ever written", but he can't go into details. He does say that it's something about Ku Klux Klan-ism that's never been said before, and when he read the bit to a friend, they busted out laughing. Tarantino says it's up there with the handing out of the color names in Reservoir Dogs.
- There is one character who is a forebearer of another Tarantino character from a previous movie, but he'll let the fans figure out which one. He does joke that Django and Broomhilda are the ancestors of Detective John Shaft.
Audience Q&A:
- Tarantino calls a fan dressed up in the Bride's yellow track suit "hot", and it's a really funny and cute moment. After blushing and smiling, she asks about how Tarantino writes strong, female characters and what advice he would give to other writers. He responds he doesn't really do "family dramas"; he does genre. And in the history of genre cinema, there have been quite a few female heroines and warriors. Not so much in American cinema, but in world cinema. "I just dig strong chicks," he says. "I don't know how to write them any other way." He goes on to say that as the guy who wrote Kill Bill, he'd like to see the black woman kicking ass in Django Unchained, but that's just not this story. If this is a fairy tale, then Candie is the evil king, and she's "the princess in exile and can't get out." When we finally catch up with her character after seeing her in fantasy and memory moments from Django, Broomhilda has just tried to escape and is now being punished. She needs the love of her life to come "and burn this motherfucker down!" Washington adds that Tarantino doesn't write "strength for the strength. He writes true characters…It's what makes this character strong?"
- What did Tarantino give his cast for reference in terms of films: Of the group on stage, he only gave Washington some homework (because she was the "super-inquisitive one"), so he pointed her in the direction, particularly the stuff from the 30s and 40s that dealt with the Antebellum south and not in an unbalanced way. He gave her The Flame of New Orleans from French director René Clair. He says the film is a refreshing portrayal from a master filmmaker. He also gave her The Spoilers. Washington adds that at some cast dinner that Tarantino references a movie Johnson starred in, Return to Macon County, and Johnson didn't even remember doing, and then Tarantino started rattling off the art director, best boy, etc. Tarantino directed Johnson to Sergio Corbucci's Minnesota Clay. Corbucci also directed the original Django starring Franco Nero.
- Tarantino considers this and Kill Bill to be his two biggest adventures in filmmaking.
This was a great start to a big day in Hall H. As you can tell from this write-up, a lot of stuff was discussed but without spoiling the movie. It was a really intelligent conversation about the relationships between the characters, their motivations, the movie's influences, and what will make Django Unchained stand apart from other westerns. Judging by this panel, Django Unchained is going to be like Tarantino's other films: something special.
Django Unchained opens December 25th.
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(3 cr.) This course examines the nature of effective professional learning in schools and how such learning contributes to sound classroom pedagogy, organizational renewal, reform efforts and gains in student achievement. The unique role of teacher-leaders in professional development is examined. Course topics include principles of successful professional development programming, organizational and social contexts that influence teacher learning, and the evaluation of professional development programs. Prerequisite: EDL 501..


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MAZATLAN, Mexico — Mexico might seem a strange place to lose your heart.
But when you're young enough, that first encounter with our southern neighbor's warmth and charm — the smell of roasting corn drifting from the sidewalk vendor's grill, the red and pink flowers drooping over adobe walls, vegetables piled high on tarps laid over the ground and women in multi-colored shawls carrying jars on their heads — changed my 8-year-old world view forever.
Mexico does that to people. Last year more than 15 million Americans crossed the border, searching for the perfect beach or shopping for hand-made crafts. Some were touring Mayan ruins; others simply were going to work. But with the U.S. State Department's recent travel advisories warning about the drug cartels and the continued violence, even I, an admitted addict, was worried.
Was Mexico safe? I needed to see for myself, so I booked a week in Mazatlan, in the state of Sinaloa on the Pacific Ocean's golden beaches. Though I timed my trip to coincide with the city's "Day of the Dead" revelries, the trip was less of a vacation and more of a mission. Were the headlines coming from Mexico telling the whole story? The only way to find out was to talk to people who live there.
Where is it most dangerous to be, and what can travelers do to stay safe? Can visitors to Mazatlan count on security if they book a hotel in the "Golden Zone" (Zona Rosa), the beachside district with hotels, restaurants and beach facilities developed specifically to accommodate visitors? Do the same rules of caution that you or I follow when we travel to cities around the world be enough to avoid trouble here?
Waiting in the airport lounge I found myself sitting next to Kurt Miller, a jolly 50-something man from Oregon who laughed when he heard my question. "That's what all my friends want to know," he said. "But we don't know anyone who's had any kind of problems. We love our house and we've got great neighbors. Here, take a look," he added pulling out his computer to show me photos of his house in the El Cid Marina and snaps of him on his bicycle, posing on Mazatlan's beach front walk.
I'm glad I came to see for myself. This port city's sandy beaches are broad and clean, the water is warm and the surf rolls slowly up on the sand curling into tiny waves gentle enough for kids to play in. Changing into beach wear for a stroll along the Malecon — the sea wall — was near the top of my list. Drifting out to deep water was next.
I spent a day exploring the historic downtown area, a square-mile area adjacent to the shore, where enterprising Americans and Mexicans have invested both money and time, restoring the colonial structures still standing after 150 years. Newly planted trees and flower gardens shade parks and benches. Artists and artisans have opened studios and set up shop in ground floor spaces.
After wandering through the Plaza Machado, sneaking looks into private courtyards, I peaked into the recently restored Teatro de Angela Peralta (you may know it as the Opera House), where Handel's "Messiah" was playing. In the ballet studio next door, 21 teenage girls and one boy in toe shoes were at the bar, practicing their routines. As the pianist banged out a tune, the maestro herself — stern and imposing — went from one to the next, raising a leg higher there and arching an arm back here. The scene spoke of a tranquil lifestyle. But it didn't mean I had forgotten to stay alert.
Whether I'm traveling in Paris, Buenos Aires or New York City, I don't walk out alone at night or look for fun in seedy joints. I stay in busy, well-lit neighborhoods and leave at the first whiff of drugs. And when I investigated the details surrounding some of the recent crimes in Mazatlan, the facts suggested that some victims had been careless.
"It's safe here in the Zona Rosa," said Ruben Salazar, a waiter at the El Cid Marina Hotel, one of a dozen people I interviewed. "But Sinaloa is famous for its mountains, where anybody can hide. I wouldn't go there. I live 20 minutes away and I drive to work at 5 o'clock in the morning. The road is empty, but I've never had trouble."
Miller, part of large American community here, was also reassuring. But he couldn't change my sense of outrage. It's drug users in the United States who've created Mexico's crime wave. It's the drug users on our side of the border that continue to fuel the drug cartel murders.
"I don't know why people here don't get it," said Ashley, the hard-working 24-year old who cut my hair the day before I left. She smiled, remembering a long-ago vacation in Ensenada. "It's all our fault. We're just stupid," she told me, stabbing at another piece of hair.
She was right, of course. If the demand for drugs stopped tomorrow, the cartels would vanish. Not in a day, but soon. No sales, no cash, no more bodies rotting in acid-filled barrels. Market economics at work, pure and simple.
If you go, remember to visit the Fish Market, where Mazatlan's signature shrimps — caught in the early morning and sold before noon — are heaped in ice-filled buckets next to Pacific lobsters and crabs. During the season, from September through January, shrimp dishes top the restaurant menus.
Wandering through the Zocalo (the old-town square) gardens, we walked around the bandstand, snapped photos and had our shoes shined by a man with a step-stool, polish and brushes. After touring the newly painted Cathedral — decorated as only Mexicans can — we crossed the street to the open-air Central Market, still housed in the original 19th century iron arcade. You can buy everything there, from fabrics, straw hats and kitchen ware to vegetables, fruits, slabs of beef, and whole chickens hanging by the feet.
When I had the chance, I asked people if they felt safe. "I have to live," said Salazar, shrugging his shoulders. "I have an 8-year-old son, he plays baseball and I take him two nights a week and to tournaments. We don't worry."
Of the many people I met, it was the Alvaros, a retired Mexican couple from Guadalajara — staying in their own condominium near my room in the El Cid Marina Hotel — who said it best. "Yes, safety is a concern for some," said Jose Alvaro. "But not when you visit a place like this where people are on vacation … But the criminals are bad for business and I hope the government kills them all. You shouldn't worry. Gangsters want to avoid the police."
FLY on Alaska Airlines through Mexico City or directly from the West Coast. Mazatlan's airport is 40 minutes from the historic beach district.
STAYING THERE: The El Cid Marina Hotel, one of a half-dozen hotels on coast, is at the north end of the Zona Rosa, near the marina. See http://www.elcid.com/marina(underscore)beach/.
RESOURCES: Go to http://www.mazatlan.com or http://www.gomazatlan.com.
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I planned to hike with the Sierra Club today but at the last minute decided to trail run with the Santa Fe Striders. Both groups were doing the same mountain, Santa Fe Baldy, 12,622 ft. It would be my first trail run with the group and I was excited.
The morning was cool and overcast, 12 of us met at Fort Marcy Rec Center in Santa Fe and car pooled to the Santa Fe Ski Basin. The elevation at the ski basin is 10,083. We ran Winsor Trail which starts out very steep climbing 600 feet in the first 1/2 mile and 926 ft in a full mile before dropping down. There were two steam crossings and several switchbacks that leads to a trail junction at 11,000, 4.5 miles from the Ski Basin. The total distance from beginning to the top of Baldy is 6.5 miles. My Garmin recorded 4,617 ft of total elevation gain.
We had three groups of people, the super speedy, the middle, and the back. It was interesting because some of the super speedy were further back because the hills were so killer; the front pack was wildly strong and fast. I pretty much ran alone in the middle not seeing another person until we approached mile 3 when I started reeling in a couple of the guys who were not having a very good day. I should say I did not see another runner. I ran into my Sierra Clubs buddies a couple of miles in at that was really awesome.
The hills and rocks were taking a toll on everyone. We regrouped at the 4.5 mile marker and everyone turned back except for Eric and I, two people never made it to the 4.5 mile marker. Eric and I ran and power hiked to the top. About 200 feet below the summit there was a big herd of cattle. I saw the biggest bull I have ever seen in my life. I could not believe they were there. Maybe it was a mirage, it was hard work getting up there. Eric is a superstar runner so it is no issue for him. I think it was kind of him to power walk the huge rocky incline with me because I know he could have gone on. After climbing over about 1/2 mile of boulders we came to a grassy path and ran to the summit. From mile 5.5 to 6.5 there was 1279′ of elevation gain. That is some serious climbing.
The views at the top were spectacular. We took photos, walked around and checked stuff out before heading back down. There were big storm clouds brewing.
I felt on top the world today. It was a very steep climb but so rewarding. It was slow and to give you reference, my 1/2 marathon road mile splits were between 7:30 and 8:00. My mountain trail run splits were between 12:00 and 23:40. I hit 7:00's and 8:00's during those miles but that was in bursts of a short downhill running. Most miles were between 12:00 and 15:00, obviously the 23:00 mile pace was a power walk, or maybe just a walk. The total uphill took me 1:51, which is wildly slow but I am super proud of it. The downhill was faster. Total moving time from beginning to end according to Garmin was 3:18 with an overall time of 3:26 for the full 13 miles. I left my watch on during breaks so I assume that is the discrepancy. I may not be getting in my marathon training mileage but I am certainly getting in the time.
Normally hiking I take a pack with my headlamp, 3 liters of water, snacks, rain jacket, warm jacket, etc. Today I had on a t-shirt, shorts and carried one pint of Gatorade and two gels. Near the end my body felt good but I was out of gas to move any faster. I ran a 12:00 pace for the last three miles, which unfortunately went back up hill after a downhill. At the finish Jim, the Striders President was there with Gatorade, water, cookies and salted peanuts, it was awesome. I was so happy. I also loved that I had the whole day ahead of me. We were done at noon and if I was hiking with my Sierra Club buddies, it would have been great fun but we would not have finished before 4:00. The Sierra Club book states it is an 8 hour hike and they are always right on. Sometimes a 3.5 hour run is best way to go and today it really was. I can't wait until next Sunday.


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Some wine enthusiasts believe good wine only comes from California or Europe, but Nebraska producers have joined a growing group of Midwest vintners who are turning that idea on its head.
The new NET documentary Savor: Nebraska Craft Wine uncorks the story of an ancient industry that is flourishing in Nebraska. With nearly 40 wineries in the state now, the impact on our economy has soared as producers in all areas of Nebraska pioneer their brands.
Savor: Nebraska Craft Wine explores history of Nebraska wine making, the people who make it their life's work and how to pair your meals with the state's best bottles.
The documentary also offers a taste of the industry from Niobrara Valley Vineyards where wine pairs with cattle ranching, as well as Deer Springs Winery in Lincoln and James Arthur Vineyards in Raymond, one of the first vineyards in the state.


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We've got a packed line-up down at the studio for this year's London Design Festival. Join us to celebrate home listening through design, interiors and maker culture:
Workshop: 'Relaxed Fluidity' with Hole & Corner – Sat 17th & Sun 18th September
Our favourite craft journal Hole & Corner hosts two maker workshops celebrating music's role in inspiring a more creative home. You'll be able to craft some unique art guided by a custom playlist soundtrack from furniture designer Yinka Ilori (Saturday) and ceramicist Stephanie Buttle (Sunday).
Register for Yinka Ilori Workshop
Register for Stephanie Buttle Workshop
Talk: 'Listening by Design' with It's Nice That – Tuesday 20th September
The It's Nice That crew host a panel discussion with three leading creatives to talk home, studios, workflow and how music shapes their day.
Speakers confirmed are photographer and founder-editor of hip-hop magazine BRICK Hayley-Louisa Brown, Ninja Tune-signed rapper and art director Kieren Gallear aka DELS and graphic designer Ben Drury, whose work includes the album cover of Dizzee Rascal's scene-shaping debut album Boy In Da Corner.
Talk & Workshop: 'Healthy Habits of Home' with PATTERNITY – Wednesday 21st September
The girls from PATTERNITY explore the patterns that shape our homes and lives with de-cluttering coach Juliet Landau-Pope. Work out healthy habits, rituals and rhythms for a simplified home life. Then get hands-on with their block-printing workshop to create meaningful, personalised homeware to take home and enjoy.
Screening: 'Exploring Design in Film' with MUBI – Thursday 22nd September
Our friends at MUBI join us to celebrate cinema, home design and interiors with a special screening of Academy Award-winning thriller Ex Machina. Get down early to catch an introduction from the film's production designer Mark Digby, hosted by Monocle's Ben Rylan.


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A friend asked me the other day how I've managed to get into so many shows lately. Here's the quick answer:
I quit Facebook.
I apply to a lot of shows.I'm applying to a wider variety shows, not just shows for fine crafts.
Years ago, felter and author Pat Spark said in an online forum that she applied to 24 shows a year to get into the number that was her goal. So I've always held that in my mind as a goal number. Anything under 24 means I'm not trying hard enough. In evaluating an opportunity, the single largest factor for me is, "Is there a fee?" At one point, I added up all of the shows I wanted to enter and the total was $150. That was out of the question.
Now I apply almost exclusively for shows with no fee to enter. This happens to mean that I apply for mostly shows in nonprofit spaces. Last October, one of my paintings was in the show A Testimony to Being at Swedish Covenant Hospital. That show, which had no fee, included a free copy to each artist of the printed show catalog. There can be unexpected benefits from participating in shows at nonprofit or unconventional locations.
Another factor that has increased my success rate in getting into shows is expanding the type of work I do. Previously, I made only wearable jewelry. Now I make sculptures that happen to be jewelry, such as my series of medals now on display at the Harold Washington Library.
I also started painting. I now create acrylic mixed media collage paintings. Having work in more than one category gives me many, many more opportunities to apply for. Getting to know a whole new category of materials—acrylic paints and mediums—made it possible for me to apply for the Petri Dish show at the Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Virginia. This was a rare show that I did pay a fee to enter, partly because I was intrigued with the topic, and partly because I visited the Torpedo Factory as a child and was absolutely enchanted with it.
If I still worked only in metals, I probably wouldn't have made an entry in time for the Petri Dish show. With acrylic paints, gel mediums, and collage elements, I was able to quickly make four experimental pieces inside of actual plastic petri dishes. Now I'm thinking of a Petri-Dish-a-Week Challenge! I could create a Flickr group and invite others to join me. The idea wouldn't have occurred to me if I hadn't been consistently applying to be in shows.
Here are my current strategies for applying to shows:
1. Keep up the pace of lots and lots of applications. Don't care about rejection. Have so many applications in that I'm always waiting to hear about the next one.
2. Have enough work to apply for lots of opportunities.
3. Don't limit myself to certain categories, such as just fine craft. When I saw Vickie Hallmarks's post on her 2011 Year in Review, I thought it was interesting that she got into seven shows last year, and in different categories—not just jewelry, but also quilting. Clearly I'm not the only artist this strategy works for.
I find listings for shows primarily on this very site (Chicago Artist Resource), Art Opportunities (Carnegie Mellon), and Art Opportunties Monthly.
Once you've committed to applying for lots of opportunities, the next step is to manage all those deadlines. While there are many systems for keeping track of deadlines, I use Basecamp, a web-based project management software.
I'm a list maker, always have been, so why bother to make my assorted lists on a web app instead of paper? Or in a word processing document? First, I should tell you what you can do with Basecamp. You create your free account, and then on your own personal page with its own unique address, you'll have these tabs to choose from: Overview , Message , To-do , Calendar/Milestones, and Writeboard.
Milestones are deadlines, basically. So you enter in the deadline of the show (or the date you need to mail your application by), and the name of the show. Now Basecamp will automatically email you a reminder of this milestone 48 hours before it's due. And it automatically creates a calendar where you can see all the milestones you've put in. This is extremely handy, because you see visually, right away, "Oops, I've got three deadlines in one week; I'd better plan ahead." If you're late in doing one of your To-do items, or Milestone, they turn red! Ack! I hate that! That makes me get them done, so I can check them off.
The To-do list feature is just what you would think it is. You can make lists, and these don't have dates associated with them. So I could have lists for:
Clean up Studio
Steps to Opening New Etsy Shop
Steps to Completing that Specific Piece for a Big Show I Want to Enter
And under each one, I have the specific first steps needed to accomplish that goal. Once you complete a To-do, you click it, and it very satisfyingly goes to the end of the list, in the "crossed off" section. Oh! The feeling of satisfaction! (I admit that may sound silly, but it works!)
The other reason I love Basecamp is that all my projects are in one place. It can be hard to focus; it's nice to have a pared down website that's all my own, password protected, where I can log in and see, "OK, what deadlines do I have coming up?"
Messages are another tool on Basecamp. If you're sharing your Basecamp with someone else—say, your website designer—you could use it as a place to share information and ideas. I use it as a place to store little bits of information, things I want to make sure I don't forget. Messages is also where I store the details of the shows that I've put into Milestones.
Here's what I do: I get an email with a Call for Entry, or I find one online. If it's something I want to enter, I go to my Basecamp and put the deadline date with the name of the show in Calendar/Milestones. Then I copy and paste the details into a message (and under the message, it asks, "Is this message associated with a milestone?" I click "Yes," and select which milestone it corresponds to.) This is much cleaner and easier to deal with than bookmarking all those sites, and I have a custom calendar with all my dates in it. Since I also put in my teaching dates and conferences as Milestones, I can see potential problems in advance and see, "Whoa, I'd better enter that show early. I'll be out of town."
Writeboards are just a simple text editing place where you can write or paste larger bits of information or longer projects. The simplicity helps, because you're not distracted by formatting like you might be if you were using MS Word; you're just focusing on writing.
You can use their free version for well, free, and it's probably plenty for most artists. If you ever outgrow the free version, you can upgrade without having to move any of your stuff.
Elaine Luther is an artist who blogs at All Things Metal Clay, paints as much as she can, teaches art and art history to kids and is always thinking of another medal to make in the series.