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Dome Control
The domes at Moore and Mt. Kent observatories have their own control systems designed to interface with the electromechanical hardware supplied by the dome manufacturer. The esstential cdesign elements shared by all domes are
- Rotation encoder
- Rotation motor controller
- Shutter status monitor
- Shutter motor controller
- Software connected to the telescope control system
This page is a description of the dome control hardware and software highlighting similarities and differences between the systems for the two Sirius domes housing the CDK20's, the Ash dome for the RC24, and a refurbished dome for the CDK700.
Rotation Encoder
We use an RFID tag encoder that senses tags attached to the inside perimeter of a dome. On the CDK20 Sirius domes, the tags are attached to the gear drive rail as shown here:
Sirius Dome for CDK20N
The original Sirius electronics control dome rotation and the opening and closure of the upper and lower shutters. The control board is proprietary, but its operation is determined by wiring to screw terminals that we have modified to connect to external systems.
This schematic shows a how a switch will apply 12 VDC power to one of two lines that select the direction of rotation, or similarly opening or closing the two shutters. In computer controlled operation there is a relay system in parallel with the manual switch, such as shown here:
with the power for the relays provided by the "COM" 12 VDC power of the dome electronics. Note that "COM" is not ground, but the common 12VDC form the battery power of the system. Fuses and circuit breakers protect the motors from overload, and the control board is designed so that most operations are safe. In this respect, there are limit switches on the shutter motion that turn off power to the motors with the shutters are fully open or closed. There is no hard wired logic to insure that thelower shutter is closed before the upper shutter drops down over it, however.
At CDK20N we have a relay box mounted on the dome wall containing 6 socketed industrial relays with 12 VDC coils. The relays are wired such that the application of the "COM" voltage to a control line causes the relay to close with the same effect as the corresponding switch.
There is a dropline from the dome electronics to the relay box to allow the connection of the static relay system to the rotating dome. The line falls at the perimeter of the dome. When the line is in use, software prohibits rotating the dome through azimuth 0 (shutter opening to the north) to lessen the chance of the cable snagging. The dropline is connected through an 8-pin Phoenix Contact connector that will pull apart if the cable is caught.
The relay box may be controlled by logic level electronics or by a web switch. In the first generation of this system a National Instruments PCI-6518 digital logic controller with open collector logic was intalled in the telescope computer. With the replacement of the computer in the fall of 2011 changed operation to use the Digital-Loggers Web Din Relay shown here:
The device provides a robust configurable interface that enables simple web-based control of the dome shutters and rotation. Since it runs its own internal server. interfacing with it is simple through TCP/IP over port 80.
Each labelled relay controls a single normally open line, and connects it to the dome 12 VDC system to switch on that function. The lines are color coded, and connected by a 9-wire cable that is terminated with a Phoenix Contact connector close to the DIN controller:
- Rotate CW (decrease azimuth) - yellow to relay 1
- Rotate CCD (increase azimuth) - brown to relay 2
- Open Upper - orange to relay 7
- Close Upper - green to relay 8
- Open lower - blue to relay 5
- Close lower - violet to relay 6
This relay order leaves a safe gap on the user interface between shutter and dome rotation. It also avoids relay 3 which, on the module in the CDK20N dome, may have a high resistance contact.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Course Pretest
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Now that we have introduced the course, we'd like to touch again on the role of questions and give you a quick pretest.
You will find many questions as you work through the course. As discussed above, there are journal questions at the end of each part, but in addition to these, you'll often encounter "questions to consider" in conjunction with mathematics problems, video excerpts, interactive activities, or other material.
Why so many questions? As we discuss more fully in Session 2, Communication, questions and answers are key elements of learning. For learners working individually, the questions -- specific or general -- will prompt the thinking that is necessary to absorb the course content. In a sense, they stand in for what a live instructor and your fellow learners might be discussing in a face-to-face context. In settings with instructors and other students, such as workshops, cohort study, face-to-face classes, or facilitated online courses, many of the questions may be used as the basis for class discussion.
If you are working individually, you should review all the questions and make sure you understand all of them. Then focus your time on answering those that are most challenging and that you believe are likely to be most rewarding.
If you are working with others, use the questions as a springboard for class or online discussion. Additional questions and related topics will naturally occur when you are working with others, and these are to be encouraged when they serve the aims of the course.
For students who are preparing term papers as part of their work on the course, you may find that some of these questions, when supplemented by outside reading and research, will prompt a term paper topic.
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Free-scoring Manchester City will be plotting to heap more misery on struggling Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Sunday.
Manuel Pellegrini's side have scored 12 goals in their last two games against Norwich and CSKA Moscow, meaning Sunderland - who sit second-bottom in the Premier League - are likely to have their work cut out as they go in search of just their second win of the season.
City will be full of confidence having qualified for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League for the first time with a 5-2 beating of CSKA in midweek - a result that followed up a 7-0 hammering of Norwich last Saturday.
But they must address their away form if they are to challenge for the Premier League title, having won just once in five matches on their travels this term.
Pellegrini's men will also need to improve their poor recent record at Sunderland. The 2011-12 champions have lost 1-0 on each of their last three top-flight trips to the Stadium of Light.
However, in Sergio Aguero and Alvaro Negredo, City have a strike duo in fine form.
Aguero was named Premier League player of the month on Friday, after scoring nine goals in his last six games in all competitions.
Negredo, meanwhile, scored a hat-trick in the victory over CSKA, meaning he has five goals in his last three matches.
Negredo's Spain international team-mate David Silva will play no part against Sunderland, though, after he was ruled out for up to a month with a calf injury sustained against CSKA.
The playmaker joins captain Vincent Kompany (thigh) and striker Stevan Jovetic (calf) on the sidelines, while Brazil international Fernandinho and centre-back Matija Nastasic will undergo fitness tests after they picked up knocks in midweek.
Second-bottom Sunderland failed to build on their 2-1 victory over arch-rivals Newcastle in Gus Poyet's first home match in charge when they were beaten at Hull City last weekend.
A League Cup victory over Southampton in midweek was a tonic for Poyet's charges, but they need to start picking up points in the league if they are to avoid a relegation scrap.
Goalkeeper Keiren Westwood is a doubt after missing their midweek victory with concussion, but Wes Brown could make his first top-flight start since January 2012 after featuring against Southampton.
Striker Steven Fletcher is set to return to the starting line-up, but defender Andrea Dossena and midfielder Lee Cattermole are suspended after being sent off at Hull.
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The rain comes and the rain goes. Over and over and over. Just like a favorite tune from a favorite playlist.
There�s an upside to all of this � the farmers and all of the bountiful blessings from up above keep appearing each market morning. Despite all of the rainfall this past week, farmers were able to gather from their muddy pathways through the garden spectacular fresh crops for sale at Gastonia Farmers� Market.
Tony Pasour and his girls from Bessemer City win the award for the first appearance of green beans at the market for the season. Amongst his beautiful displays of fresh greens, including gorgeous cabbages, squashes and cucumbers you can find that famous sour dough bread baked by his daughter, Mary, who is now a college student. It�s a proven fact that if you teach a farm child good wholesome values they will always return home to make you proud. Mary has returned and she�s baking once again for her family�s farm business.
This coming weekend you should be able to fill your market baskets and bags with beets, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, collards, kale, squashes, zucchinnis, tomatoes, cucumbers, bok choi , spring green peas, sweet potatoes, red and white potatoes, okra, micro greens, spring and sweet onions from Toluca, and raspberries.
You�ll also find goat milk cheese and cheesecakes, French pastries, tomato tarts, sausage, beef, rabbit, fresh hen eggs, breads, cakes, pies, cookies, fudge, hydroponic lettuces, herbs, cottaage garden bouquets, cut hydrangeas, cut gardenias, jams, jellies, salsa, wines, ciders, hens and chicks for the patio, blooming plants and baskets, heritage crafts, aprons, market T-shirts, Lion�s Club brooms, made to order Farmer�s breakfasts, Key Lime Cheesecake by the slice from Minacci�s food wagon and maybe a surprise or two.
Music for your ears will fill the market Saturday morning at 10 a.m. If you like barbershop quartets you don�t want to miss Herman Hester and his friends. These fine fellows present an outstanding show that will be an event for all ages to enjoy.
Make sure to stop by the market�s Community Table and meet Bill and Marie Brown. This husband and wife team are heading up our market volunteer staff and they are meeting, greeting and helping to raise money for the market improvement campaign. Bill will sell you a Barebecue Butt and Buns ticket for our June fundraiser and Marie will be selling market T-Shirts and directing Kidz Club activities for the summer camps. Mitchell Brown and Mary Elizabeth Pardo are our high-school volunteers. Call the market and volunteer for Farm Visits that are currently being made. It�s fun and it will get you some great free offerings and samples from many of our farmers.
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The Great Cupcake Cake Debate Continues
Apparently last week's post in which I 'fessed up to my cupcake cake aversion hit a nerve. Or, a hundred nerves. Yep, my inbox has been inundated with e-mails both defending the hapless creation and joining me on the side of decency and real cakes.
(And just to be clear: I have no problems with cupcakes. C'mon: mini cakes you don't have to share? What's not to like? No, it's only when you cram a bunch of them together and slop on a gallon of icing to make a smooth surface that my eyelid begins to twitch uncontrollably. Ok? So, to sum up: cupcakes good, cupcake cakes baaaad.)
The best part about all this public outcry, however, are the photos you guys have sent in supposed "defense" of cupcake cakes. Many of them are so bad I can only hope you guys are being sarcastic, 'cuz if not, daaaang.
An example:
If this looks familiar, it should: it's what the Ojai cupcake cake was supposed to look like. However, looking at it you can see that Ojai actually wasn't that far off the mark; I guess "shiny poo souffle" must be on the spec sheet.
Then there's this one:
Which I don't think is professionally done, but I am assured is still a "good" CCC.
These baffling creations, however, are professionally made:
But I don't get it. I guess the mounds made into animals are the cupcakes? Considering how messy that would be to serve, though, why not go with a real cake? Plus, that only serves 9 I'll-just-have-a-tiny-piece people, or 3 kids - which is hardly worth the effort.
And here a decorator traded in the neon french fries for a bad airbrush job:
Now granted, these are not the worst cupcake cakes I've seen - not by a long shot - but keep in mind that all of the above were sent in as examples of "good" cupcake cakes, people. As in, seeing these should make me change my mind and start liking CCCs. This goes to show two things:
1) Readers L.G., Callie C., Michelle M., and Valerie M. are sweet people who undoubtedly see the best in everyone, and
2) anything e-mailed to Cake Wrecks is fair game. Just sayin'.
The CCC indecency is spreading, too: check out this article in a recent issue of Family Fun sent in by Jess T. & Kelli:
"An easier way to decorate cupcakes"?!? That thing looks more like a radioactive zombie cloud than a pumpkin!
Of course now I know I have to throw some "good" cupcakes cake examples in here, if for no other reason than to prevent another tidal wave of angry pro-CCC e-mails. Let's see here...
Well, due to the confusion over whether or not I was vilifying all cupcakes, about a billion of you sent in these iPhone cupcakes:
Which are cute, but don't count; they're separate cakes and therefore Jen-approved.
Ok, we still need a "good" cupcake cake. (Yes, the "good" will always be in quotation marks.)
Hm. Ah, here ya go:
There's the ticket: draw the design inside the edges, thereby avoiding the scalloped look. Bravo, Carrie S.; you found a "good" one!
And Katie S.'s is still scalloped, but nicely done:
So there are two exceptions that prove the rule. I still maintain, however, that anything a cupcake cake can do:
A real cake can do better:
The floor is now open. Discuss.


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NetBSD Documentation: The X Window System
NotePlease see the NetBSD Guide's chapter on X for more information about X.
Running X
- How do I make the Caps key another Control key
- How to bypass xdm
- When I type 'startx' I get the message: startx: Command not found. What's wrong?
- Unable to run X - 'xinit: not found'
- startx fails -'X connection to: 0.0 broken'
- Console output (such as from 'su') garbles X display.
- XFree86 Documentation
- Which version of XFree86 am I running?
- How to setup anti-aliased fonts on NetBSD for X11
- Xft using applications eat CPU cycles, but don't appear to do anything!
- 'No fonts found' - what does this mean?
- How do I change the default window manager?
Compiling programs
- Compile fails - 'unable to locate libXm'
- Compile fails - 'unable to locate xpm.h', or '-lXpm: no match'
- Compile fails to link: Undefined symbol '_XOpenDisplay'
Running X
How do I make the Caps key another Control key
For XFree 3.x (as shipped with NetBSD 1.l5), add
XkbOptions "ctrl:nocaps"" if you
want the caps-lock key become a second control-key. If you
want to use the "Windows" keys on your keyboard, you can get
some useful keysyms for them by using
XkbModel "pc105"" instead.
XFree 4.x uses a different config file format. For it, put
Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
into the "InputDevice" section of your XF86Config file.
How to bypass xdm
If xdm(1) is enabled but you are unable to login for some reason, possibly because there is no root password, and you do not have virtual consoles enabled (or they are not yet supported on your port), you can either press ^C at the immediately after the boot messages indicate xdm is starting, or:
- Boot to single user mode - Usually this is accomplished by passing '-s' at the end of the boot command.
- Start the shell - Press
ENTERwhen prompted for the shell.
- Check and mount the disks using fsck(8) and
mount(8) -
fsck -p ; mount -vat ffs
- Set term terminal type -
TERM=vt100 ; export TERMNote: you may need to use a different terminal type such as 'pc3' or 'sun'.
- Fix problem - Edit
/etc/rc.confto disable xdm, run passwd(1) to set root's password, or take whatever other corrective action is needed
When I type '
startx' I get the message:
startx: Command not found. What's wrong?
You need to add the location of the X binaries to your
path variable. For csh(1) and its
derivatives, add
to the line in your
.cshrc file which
sets the
path variable. For
sh and
its derivatives, you'll need to modify you
.profile instead.
Unable to run X - 'xinit: not found'
You need
/usr/X11R6/bin in your
path. As root add '
set path = ( $path /usr/X11R6/bin )'
/etc/csh.cshrc, and start a new
startx fails -'X connection to: 0.0 broken'
To see the error messages in this case, run:
- If your shell is csh(1) or
startx >& ~/x.log
- If your shell is sh(1), ksh(1), or similar:
startx > ~/x.log 2>&1
Then view
Console output (such as from 'su') garbles X display.
The system is outputting a line to the console indicating something has happened (such as 'su'). You should really run xconsole(1) or one 'xterm -C' to capture this console output.
You may need to ensure your kernel is compiled with the following enabled:
options UCONSOLE # allow anyone to steal the virtual console
See How to build a kernel for details on how to build your own kernels.
If you're logged in as root, and get annoying
portmap notices, you may wish to look at the
FAQ entry
on how to turn those messages off.
XFree86 Documentation
Which version of XFree86 am I running?
To quickly tell which version of the X server you are running, you can use xdpyinfo(1). E.g.:
$ xdpyinfo | grep release vendor release number: 335
In the case of XFree86, this tells us that the server version is 3.3.5.
How to setup anti-aliased fonts on NetBSD for X11
The paths below should be adjusted appropriately if using
Install the
fonts/ms-ttfpackage from pkgsrc. If you use the pkgsrc version of X, install also the
If using the XFree86 shipped with NetBSD, you may consider using
fonts/fontconfigfrom pkgsrc as it offers more tweaking options. Set the variable
PREFER.fontconfigto pkgsrc in the
/etc/mk.conffile to ensure that the pkgsrc version is used in favour of the shipped (or native) version:
You may also want to instruct fontconfig to never use bitmap fonts again:
# cd /usr/pkg/etc/fontconfig/conf.d # ln -s ../../../share/examples/fontconfig/conf.avail/70-no-bitmaps.conf .
You may wish to replace the native fontconfig libraries entirely, which is useful should you have any previously-compiled binaries that used it.
# cd /usr/X11R6/lib # mv libfontconfig.so.1.0 libfontconfig.so.1.0.old # rm libfontconfig.so.1 # ln -s ../../pkg/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 . # cd /usr/X11R6/bin # mv fc-cache fc-cache.old # mv fc-list fc-list.old
To configure fontconfig, add the following line to your local.conf. This file is generally found in
/etc/fonts/local.conf. If you installed the fonts/fontconfig package, you will also need to add the line to
/usr/pkg/etc/fonts/local.conf(or replace one with a symbolic link to another):
local.conffile may look like this:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd"> <fontconfig> <dir>/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF</dir> </fontconfig>
You can also add other directories containing fonts to the
local.conffile. The following lines are for using teTeX-3.0 and ghostscript fonts:
<dir>/usr/pkg/share/texmf-dist/fonts/</dir> <dir>/usr/pkg/share/ghostscript/fonts</dir>
Rebuild the font cache for applications that use fontconfig
# fc-cache -v
Depending on your hardware this may take a long time.
Run the following commands:
# mkfontscale /usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF # mkfontdir /usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF
There should now be the files
fonts.scalein the TTF font directory.
Configure the X server:
In the "Module" section, make sure that the following exists:
Load "type1" Load "freetype"
In the "Files" section, verify the order of the font paths. Verify that the TTF and Type1 font paths are before the rest:
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/" FontPath "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
To apply the changes to the current X session, instead of restarting X, run the following command
# xset fp rehash
This will examine newly added font paths for changes.
Instead of adding "FontPath" directives to the X configuration file, you can run the following commands from
~/.xsession) file:
xset +fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 xset +fp /usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF xset +fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local
That's it! Run the following commands to test the configuration.
$ xterm -ls -fg gray -bg black -ls -fa 'Courier New:bold' -fs 10
Run the command
fc-listit should list the fonts available, and shouldn't dump core!
While the xterm command from above only tests the fontconfig part, the following command will test the XLFD-style access:
$ xterm -fn '-monotype-Courier New-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1'
Another test is that the following should show multiple fonts:
$ xlsfonts | grep -i 'courier new'
You can find other TTF font packages under pkgsrc/fonts. For example
Xft using applications eat CPU cycles, but don't appear to do anything!
It is possible that the application in question is
computing the font information that should have been
prepared by fc-cache - re-run '
fc-cache -v' to
make sure the information in the cache is up-to-date.
'No fonts found' - what does this mean?
No fonts found; this probably means that the fontconfig library is not correctly configured. You may need to edit the fonts.conf configuration file. More information about fontconfig can be found in the fontconfig(3) manual page and on http://fontconfig.org
You haven't run '
fc-cache -v' like the
suggests during installation. For details, see
pkg_info -D fontconfig' and above.
How do I change the default window manager?
First thing to do is to install the window manager you
prefer. You can find a lot of them, ready to install, in
wm category. After
a successful installation, figure out how is the
binary named. It will usually match package's name.
Once you know how to execute the window manager, you
have to configure your X session to start it up. We will be
using twm in our examples (which comes with X), whose binary
is named
You can see that the content for each file is the same, so you may want to create a link between them.
Compiling programs
Compile fails - 'unable to locate libXm'
Xm does not come with the standard X11 environment. It is part of Motif, which is a commercial graphical user interface.
A freeware implementation of Motif called Lesstif is also available.
It is available as part of the NetBSD packages collection,
Compile fails - 'unable to locate xpm.h', or '-lXpm: no match'
xpm.h is part of the X PixMap
library, used by many programs to allow more multi (than
two) colour icons.
It is available as part of the NetBSD packages collection,
Compile fails to link: Undefined symbol '_XOpenDisplay'
If it is a third party item of software, you should
check if a version is available via the NetBSD packages collection.
If you are writing you own code you need to ensure you link
against the necessary X libraries. In this case, add
-L/usr/X11R6 -lX11 to the end of your link
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Youkilis's Cleats Are Asking For Diplomatic Immunity
In Soccer it is called the "professional foul". An action played out within the game itself sometimes brought about by frustration or a chance to throw a little intimidation into the mix, but suddenly spirals out of control and beyond it's initial intent. Surely Red Sox slugger Kevin Youkilis was on the verge of seeing his own emotional steam kettle explode after going 0-4, including grounding into 2 double plays to end innings.
"Professional fouls" are not rehearsed or even planned, but they are intended to change the course of a game, or send a message.
Youkilis possibly had no malace or intent to harm prior to his cleats coming down upon the left exposed calf of Tampa Bay Rays First Baseman Casey Kotchman, but it left more than just an impression on Kotchman's calf post-game.
Youkilis was trying to do anything, even something dastardly to get his team some momentum last night. But to me, it was vintage "You-Kill-Us".That to me was commonplace Kevin Youkilis. I have screamed and projected that pronunciation of his name at him for years during the Rays/Red Sox battles.
Sure Youkilis has been my Red Sox Bulls-Eye poster boy for a while as this "B" bonneted baseball antagonist always seems to drive a stake through the Rays Republics heart, or makes an impossible play to end a Rays rally. Youkilis always seems to do enough with his bat and glove to make you despise the guy. But this action has mee seeing a deeper shade of red than Tuesday night's Red Sox jerseys.
Now I have some more potent vinegar for my veins to further despise this guy. Heck, Kotchman once wore the same Boston red jersey, but last night he was truly a casualty-in-waiting. Youkilis gives you reasons to not like him, from his funky bat maneuvers in the box, to his seemingly "old school" baseball demeanor. I think fellow cleat surgeon Ty Cobb would have loved Youkilis.
Rays First Baseman Casey Kotchman today told the Tampa Bay media, " I know (Youkilis) didn't do it on purpose." Really Casey! I know you had your back to the play and thankfully got to complete the play for a critical out, but the video shows something a little more sinister in my eyes.
Come on Casey, Third Baseman Evan Longoria robbed Youkilis of a Red Sox offensive moment in a game dominated by Rays starter James Shields. Youkilis's frustration breaking point had to have reached the red zone at that precise moment producing the second out of the 9th inning with Shields nursing a complete game shutout. There are too many aggressive embers burning under that hairless scalp of yours to not want to let out a little mis-guided aggression.
Even after Kotchman went down, the thing that further infuriated me is Youkilis did not even look Kotchman's direction as he grabbed the now throbbing left calf. Youkilis watched the video replay on the Trop's Jumbotron and jogged to the dugout like any other ground out in his career. I did not expect him to get down on one knee and profess his crafty deed, but I thought it warranted at least a visual signal of some sort.
Youkilis's action last night will surely have some effect down the line either during this series or in the near future. Tonight's Rays starter Jeremy Hellickson probably will not buzz Youkilis's tower, but later someone like Rays relievers Joel Peralta, J P Howell or Kyle Farnsworth could certainly take care of some unfinished business. A "unwritten rule" could rears its ugly head.
In my opinion, Youkilis picked the wrong time to make any kind of Red Sox statement. It was the wrong time to circumvent his snide, snarly personality. Kotchman himself seems to want to throw it into the bulging pile of " things that happen in the course of a game", but I am not so diplomatic.
It was a spontaneous " professional (baseball) foul" . It was an action meant to provoke an error or dropped ball. Just looking at the photos. Why is Youkilis running so far inside the baseline on this play? Most hitters coming out of the right side of the box run closer to the line or in foul territory.
Depending on which side of the fence you sit on, it was either intentional, or an accident. I admit accidents do happen in the course of running the bases, but this one just seems so clearly pronounced to me. To me, it was a blatant action.
If you notice in the photos, the Home Plate Umpire Dave Rackley seemed a bit focused on the play from afar. Rackey had his mask off fast and was watching the progression of Youkilis down the First Base line with a little more focus than usual. Makes you wonder if the Youkilis was grumbling in the Batter's box and ended it course on Kotchman's calf.
"Professional Fouls" have no place in baseball, but if an action looks to harm or make a statement with intent to injury…Instant ejections is the only solid cure to keeping this illness at bay. So mind your "P's" and "Q's" tonight Youkilis, or you might get some professional guidance right in your ear hole.


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"The WTC COLLAPSE IMAGE-FAMILY"
No special photographic skills are required to assess the utter phoniness of the 9/11 IMAGE POOL: all what's needed is a healthy dose of common sense and a sound, rational mind. Now, whether the most glaring absurdities of this image pool were meant to be exposed - or if it was just caused by laziness/ sloppiness/ or over-confidence on the part of the perps - is a subject open for debate. Are the goons behind all this plain stupid? Foolhardy? Are they gauging the depth of the public's apathy? It matters little: The bottom line is, quite simply, that THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE. To debate just WHY this is the case may be an interesting exercise - but no such intellectual disquisitions could possibly help justify the absurd nature of these shots. Here follows a study of a (growing) 'family' of images published over the years, depicting the collapse of WTC2.
Up to a few years ago, this family had 'only' three members: I compiled them one by one - as I pursued my comprehensive scrutiny of all the available 9/11 STILL IMAGERY published by the news media. This photo-trio is officially credited to three different news media photographers:
- Thomas Nilsson (of the Norwegian populist tabloid "VG")
- Gulnara Samoilova (photo-retoucher for the Associated Press)
- Amy Sancetta (veteran photographer for the Associated Press)
We are asked to believe that all three of them captured the below three still photos of the WTC2. In addition to these images' remarkably similar viewing angles we can see that, by observing the smoke patterns, all three are clearly meant to have been snapped at the exact same split second in time. Imagine that! (Moreover, one may legitimately wonder why the blue Millenium Hotel is entirely missing in image 1 and 2):
But it gets sillier still. In 2010, a huge batch of never-seen-before, higher-quality 9/11 imagery suddenly emerged on the scene. The official explanation - get this - was that ABC (yes, the TV network!) had filed a FOIA to force NIST to release heaps of imagery that they had, allegedly, used for their investigations - and kept under wraps for all of 9 years!...
Well, most of this never-seen-before imagery comes in the form of short video clips (allegedly shot by "amateur videographers") which depict the crucial events of the day. At close inspection, most are nothing but rehashed/ re-rendered material which I was quite familiar with - having examined the 9/11 imagery for over half a decade now. But some of it is indeed brand new - and provides even further clues and confirmations as to how "the 9/11 IMAGE FAKERY FACTORY" operates. I have expounded about this in depth elsewhere, so let me just show you here what can be found in these "brand new amateur videos":
Here I compare AMY SANCETTA'S world famous still photo with a frame credited to one "ALFIE ALVARADO":
So, we are now asked to believe that four cameras captured the exact same moment in time, from extraordinarily (if not impossibly) similar viewing angles/vantage points - AND zoom ratios. One only needs to calculate the odds of this occuring in the real world.
But there's more: Here is another threesome of alleged "amateur" shots to be found in NIST's "new releases":
So, you may ask - can it get sillier than this? Yes indeed :
As you have seen in all the above shots, the ROOFTOP of WTC2 is seen tilting at a steep angle as it tumbles down. Well, here is a frame from another "new amateur video" released by NIST. It appears to be shot from the same side as the other shots (from a more distant location). You will only need your eyesight and common sense to realize that something is TERRIBLY wrong here. To be sure, we are looking at the very first seconds of the (proposed) WTC2 collapse - instants before the rooftop gets engulfed in smoke:
Source video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIeYKJyfFfU
Just for the sake of comparison:
The 9/11 imagery was created with the extensive use of digital technology, much like a Hollywood production. The news media top brass was 100% complicit and knowingly aired artificial imagery on 9/11 - in order to simulate a "terror attack" - for the profit of everyone involved in the hoax. The WTC complex was of course demolished - but there exists no visual record of just how the towers were brought down. Moreover, and most importantly, the towers were empty and no one perished that day - as killing 3000 'Wall Street people" was certainly no part of the plan (and would have caused massive aggravation for the perps). But that's another entangled sham - and it's all being picked apart, here at Cluesforum.
Note: Any questions as to the chain of custody of the above imagery should be submitted to NIST, the Associated Press and the Norwegian news outlet "VG". As a honest and law-abiding person, I will not tolerate any further insinuations (such as can be found circulating around the web) that I, Simon Shack, have in any way tampered with or manipulated this imagery to pursue some non-descript, sinister agenda.


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Bicycle Film Festival is coming to Portland Oregon
So the Bicycle Film Festival, in its 7th year is now riding into the Bicycle Capital of America...Portland Oregon.
September 6th-9th.
I have two films in the festival...
Warriors the Bike Ride and Track Kaiju.
The Schedule for Portland is here
Warriors is part of Program 1 @ 7:00pm, Friday Sept 7th.
Track Kaiju is part of Program 7 @ 7:00pm Saturday Sept 8th.
There will be lots of fun after party's too.
According to Brendt Barbur, Festival Director, there have been over 40,000 people who have attended the festival and the Joy Ride art show so far.
The festival has been in the following cities:
New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Chicago and Toronto. It was in Paris for the first time.
Here is an article from Ashira Siegel on the LA Festival.
here is a video from LA:
and a video from Paris:


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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Christmas House Tour 2011
Christmas has always been my favorite time to decorate. In years past I have had lots of hours to spend getting my home ready for the holidays – decorating, baking gingerbread houses, crafting, etc. Things were a little different in 2011, as we were blessed with the celebration of my in-laws 50th wedding anniversary over Thanksgiving and my Etsy store had its best year ever. Thank you!
So needless to say, I just did not have time to do all decorating and blogging like I have done in the past. Rather than dwell on all the things I could not get done and go on and on about how crazy my life has been over the past two months, I decided to celebrate the season and invite you into my home just as it is! So welcome to my home for the holidays!
I kept the decorating simple this year with fresh greens and the white color palette I have used previously.
We added an extra stocking on the mantel this year for our new puppy, Abby.
She was determined to be in the picture of the family room shown below.
The living room was also awash in fresh greens – my favorite being the garland draped on the clock.
I hope you enjoyed the abbreviated tour of my house. Thank you for taking the time to visit! I wish for you and your loved ones a blessed Christmas and joyous holiday!
17 comments:
- AntiqueChase said...
I have a goat wagon like yours... I want to bring it inside but it never looks as good as yours... what's your secret.. mine looks forced, lol!!
- December 22, 2011 at 11:23 AM
- René said...
Everything is beautiful Stacy. Your living room is one of my favorites. Merry Christmas!
- December 22, 2011 at 12:09 PM
- Amy Kinser said...
Your home is beautifully Christmasy. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
- December 22, 2011 at 12:55 PM
- pollydove said...
Your home is SO lovely! I am loving the classic Christmas decor, your beautiful stockings and that perfect tree! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
- December 22, 2011 at 1:38 PM
- The enchanted home said...
Stacy your home is the perfect combination of elegance, comfort, coziness and beauty. I love how you dressed up your clock, your tree is stunning, your stockings are picture perfect, and your front entrance looks fabulous. Great job!! Merry Christmas:)
- December 22, 2011 at 3:16 PM
- Paula said...
Your home looks beautiful all decked out for the holidays. Congratulations on having a successful year on Etsy.
Merry Christmas!
- December 22, 2011 at 3:24 PM
- A Vintage Vine said...
Your home is always so inviting, have a wonderful Holiday! Look forward to all you will share in the new year.
- December 22, 2011 at 3:40 PM
- Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions said...
You've had a wonderful year, Stacy, and much to celebrate! Your home looks lovely and simple seems to be the word this year!
- December 22, 2011 at 4:45 PM
- raggygirlvintage said...
Beautiful, loving the simplicity and fresh greens!
- December 22, 2011 at 9:21 PM
- Andrea said...
Your home is gorgeous, and I always enjoy seeing it =)
- December 23, 2011 at 7:37 AM
- Calypso In The Country said...
Your home looks beautiful and I love the greens around the clock! Next year we will have an extra stocking too (for our new puppy arriving in February!) Have a Merry Christmas!
- December 23, 2011 at 9:52 AM
- Kathy said...
I just found your blog and I have to say, your home is FABULOUS! OMG at your clock and chairs with the red pillows. Such a wonderful tray/wall hanging behind the chairs. Wonderful,inspirational images!!!
Merry Christmas
- December 23, 2011 at 7:48 PM
- Becca said...
Beautiful Christmas home, Stacy! I love the wagon by the tree and the greenery on top of your gorgeous clock! Happy New Year!
- December 27, 2011 at 7:41 AM
- Teri said...
Your home is so elegant!
- December 27, 2011 at 5:15 PM
- email@example.com said...
Hi Stacy! A little late, but I hope your Christmas was Merry. Your home is lovely, as usual! Best wishes for a fabulous new year and happy 2012!
- December 28, 2011 at 4:36 PM
- Tina@WhatWeKeep said...
So warm and inviting...I love the greenery over the clock!
Hope you had a merry Christmas and wishing you a happy 2012.
- December 28, 2011 at 9:42 PM
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I just love your home! AND your classy, edited, soothing style. Gorgeous for Christmas girl!!
Merry Christmas {still 12 days of Christmas, right??}, and the most blessed and happiest of New Years!!
love ya, blog friend!
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It will oversee press office functions, corporate and b2b comms and help support events for the power generation firm.
Phil Watts, head of group marketing at Aggreko, explained why Grayling was awarded the account, ahead of three companies.
He said: "It was Grayling's global reach, knowledge and skills in our core business sectors and the personalities of its communication team that swung our decision in its favour."
The international trade comms brief was issued after a shake-up at Aggreko last year that saw the creation of three regional units - Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia, Pacific and Australia (APAC) and the Americas.
Watts added: "Following our restructuring the company didn't have a PR agency to engage with the media on our core sectors of international mining, oil and gas, utilities and events."
Some of the events Grayling will provide press support for this year include Investing in Africa Mining Indaba in Cape Town this February and the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
The account team is spread across offices in Edinburgh, London and Dubai and will be led by Billy Partridge, director of Grayling Scotland.


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Oh yes surprisingly they were restored on Thursday or rather were found on Thursday. The stolen Royal Paintings of Mohamed Ali dynasty were surprisingly found near the Mohamed Ali Palace at Shubra, thrown in some street !!
The Police received an information about their place from an anonymous caller who is suspected to be the thief. The Police will continue to investigate their theft according to Farouk Hosni !!
Now some people will claim that the statements of Hosni and Hawas that the paintings are not worthy made those who stolen the paintings to return them back , well I do not know what to say expect what if they are worth much for real which they are actually !!??
This is not the first theft that takes place in the Palace by the way which the ministry of Culture instead of turning it in to wonderful museum is renting it as ballroom for weddings and product launches events !!
I have got a wonderful suggestion to both Zahi Hawas and Farouk Hosni; instead of building multi-million new Egyptian museum in Cairo-Alexandria highway in time of global recession why not to put those ancient Egyptian treasures in Palaces like the Mohamed Ali Palace in Shubra or the Andrewos Palace in Luxor !!?? It is like hitting two birds with one stone !!
Of course I know they will not read this and even if they will , they will not listen or even think for a moment in my suggestion.
I hope Hawas orders the reopening of the Palace again as it was shut by his orders after the theft.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The patent on an abuse-resistant type of OxyContin will expire in April, leading to worries that generics will flood the Kentucky market again, activists said.
The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal said the new version of the pill turns into a gummy substance if an addict tries to crush it for injection.
But activists said when it disappears from the market in April, generic drugs with no abuse-resistant technology will likely take its place.
"You'll see a lot more oxycodone abuse again. You'll see a lot of overdoses. You'll see the ER visits. You'll see the funeral homes pick up business," Joshua Huffman, a 31-year-old recovering pill addict and anti-drug activist from Pikeville, Ky, said.
U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, R-5th District, said he is working on a bill that will force the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to deny applicants for generic drugs that don't use abuse-resistant technologies, the newspaper reported.
But some in the drug business said legitimate patients take most of the pills, and generics cost them much less than the abuse-resistant technologies.


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South Africa 31-8 Australia, Rugby Championship
Meyer demands more from Springboks
ESPN Staff
September 29, 2012
Australia's Anthony Faingaa tackles South Africa's Zane Kirchner during their clash in Pretoria © Getty Images
South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer welcomed his side's return to winning ways in this year's Rugby Championship but immediately raised the bar.
A much-improved Springboks side powered to 31-8 victory over Australia in Pretoria on Saturday thanks largely to a Bryan Habana hat-trick but Meyer has demanded his side become more clinical after a number of scoring chances were missed.
Fly-half Johan Goosen and scrum-half Ruan Pienaar missed a combined six kicks at goal while three tries were ruled out by the Television Match Official with Meyer aware that such shortcomings are likely to be punished by New Zealand in their final outing next weekend.
"We have very high standards, and there were three more tries that we should have scored," he said. "It's great to come home and win, and we haven't beaten the Aussies for some time, but we have to start taking those opportunities. We would like to score more tries next week but we are aware of the challenge of playing the world champions."
Looking ahead to that clash, that may decide the Rugby Championship title depending on the All Blacks' result against Argentina in La Plata later today, he added: "New Zealand are a very settled side. In terms of defence, they have a number of experienced players who have been in that system for ages.
"They're the world champions and one of the reasons for that is their defence. It's going to be really difficult to create and score against them. We will need to be more patient with ball in hand, more tactically astute. If we get scoring opportunities, we will need to make them count.
"We are the only team that has played three matches away in a row. The All Blacks will come here now and we are hoping that South Africa will get behind us. It is always harder for visiting teams to win on the Highveld too."
Australia's failed attempt to make it six wins in-a-row against the Boks was blighted by yet more injuries with the most alarming a concussion suffered by centre Adam Ashley-Cooper as he denied South Africa's Zane Kirchner a try. The Wallabies star was knocked out and stretchered from the field before being taken to hospital.
"I have never seen anything like that in terms of carnage," said Deans. "We were down to 13 men at one point and not being able to make that last replacement put us under the pump."
"It could have blow out even more," he, praising the pride shown in the closing stages. We were severely compromised in terms of the line-up, but they hung on."
"[Ashley-Cooper] is up and about, which is encouraging for him because it didn't look good," added Deans. "Berrick Barnes is having an x-ray (chest) and there are a couple of other blokes in the shed that will need some follow up.
"We are going to have to bring some players across from Australia which is going to be challenging because we've already delved so deep into our resources that there will be a couple of players who won't yet have visas organised. Organising a visa for Argentina is not straight forward so it is possible that some of the blokes won't get there in time for training."
Digby Ioane (knee), Radike Samo (shoulder) and Tatafu Polota Nau (shoulder) are also major doubts for the Wallabies' clash with Argentina in Rosario next weekend.
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The independent attorney appointed to oversee actor Gary Coleman's estate says there will be no funeral services for the former child TV star.
A Utah judge this week named Robert Jeffs the special administrator of Coleman's estate after a dispute between the "Diff'rent Strokes" star's ex-wife and ex-girlfriend.
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Jeffs told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Coleman's 2005 will says there should be no funeral services. Jeffs said it was unlikely Coleman would be cremated on Wednesday.
The actor died May 28 after suffering a brain hemorrhage at his home south of Salt Lake City.
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Our first six weeks of school were drawing to a close and a whole lot of stuff was winding down.
The morning sun was coming up later and there was a slight chill in the air as we walked to school.
The line of maple trees in Mrs. Bell's yard were painted in hues of red and orange. When school left out in the afternoon, they would gently shed a few brightly colored leaves for us to gather and take home for our mothers to enjoy. Momma always took her gift of autumn leaves and placed them in a tray as a simple welcoming of a new season and sort of a farewell to summer.
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Here are some pictures of JP Donleavy at the event
Here's a reference to the event in that Totally Gonzo blog
http://totallygonzo.2ksite.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=12I met JP Donleavy after the event (briefly) and got him to sign my copy of The Ginger Man. I had a quick second to ask him a question so I enquired as to whether he ever took up Hunters offer to "drop in" if he was ever in Big Sur. The minute I mentioned Hunters name he looked up at me from where he was sitting and said "oh yes" and chuckled to himself and then replied - "No, no, pity, pity," and then laughed again. I had to move off then as there was a HUGE crowd behind me waiting to meet him. For a man of 82 he looks and sounds a lot younger. At the event itself he talked about his book, Johnny Depp and Shane McGowan and various other things. I have a link to where you can hear the whole thing for yourself so I will post that in the blog update ASAP.


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Simple Observation: One Reason It Is Hard To Finance Films/
Movies don't have the same value as they used to, but they now cost much more to market. Okay, maybe this simple observation is not as simple as I first thought.
When I started out in the film business, it was considered reasonable to value North American rights on a feature at 50% of negative costs. If I was asked to value such rights today, on the average, I would say they were either zero or they would be a negative.
When I started producing movies, a well packaged and developed project could anticipate get 80% of it's negative cost from licensing foreign rights. The value of foreign rights has been dropping consistently for years. What were once major territories in terms of revenue they returned, now seem virtually impossible to do deals in. Television rights abroad supported acquisition prices for years, but now those slots are increasingly difficult to obtain everywhere. If an independent film can piece together 50% of its negative cost from international, I think they are pretty fortunate.
When I started producing films, the luxury of making specialized films were that they were inexpensive to market. Sure it required making good movies that people wanted to see, but the benefit of making "review driven" films meant that was all one needed to make the film begin to work: a good review from the NY Times. Those days when everyone was reachable through a common source or soap box are long gone. Audiences have fractured, dispersed, and become increasing distracted as thousands of opportunities compete for their leisure dollars.
Is it a bit clearer now? What's the conclusion?
The formula doesn't work, granted. Unfortunately it is not so easy as, say, lowering the cost of production, as that decreases the scope of stories that can be told and the methods one uses to tell them. As much as everyone speaks about this wonderful tool of the internet, we still don't have many examples of filmmakers and their collaborators harnessing its power and increasing a film's reach while decreasing the costs.
Is there a way to increase the revenue that could be returned via a film or an artist so that their is greater reason for an entity to market them? The music industry has explored "360 degree" deals with both big and small acts. Yet film remains primarily a single product industry (one that is available in multiple formats) and the benefits of such an arrangement are a bit harder to see.
You can always design your movie so that the value vastly exceeds the cost of making it. Simple, huh? Isn't that how it used to be done. That is actually still how the typical studio film is greenlit, but if it was so simple everyone would be doing it.
Where does this leave us, this simple observation? I do think there are answers. I do think it is worth pondering. Yet the real necessity is recognizing that this is the present reality and most filmmakers are designing their work around an old model when it was reasonable to thing you could make something at a price point and market it at a cost that lead most people to assume there would be a profit at the end of the day. The simple observation is that those days are gone.
Now what?


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Hey everyone! Thank you for reading and participating in FLYFISHERGIRL over the years. I have had a great time being able to run FFG thus far.
It is time for a new website! That said, since I am one of two admin's and the main designer, I am finding it too hard to work on the new site, while running the 'old' (this current one). In order to bring you a new site, and save me extra work, I am going to take FFG down for a few months.
In the meantime, please follow us on our social media accounts...
Please keep submitting photos of yourself, other flyfishergirls, or jr. flyfishergirls for us to keep posting on our accounts.
It is through these accounts that we will announce our new website when it is up. In the meantime, fish lots, and have a great autumn. :) Hannah.


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Raptors set franchise mark with 48th win
TORONTO (AP) The Toronto Raptors keep piling up accomplishments.
But they realize they have more to do this season.
Greivis Vasquez scored 25 points, Kyle Lowry had 24 and the Raptors set a franchise record with their 48th win, beating the Milwaukee Bucks 110-100 on Monday night.
"This is probably the best team I've ever been on," Vasquez said.
It may well be, but the true measure of Toronto's success will come in their postseason performance.
"We can't just be happy," Vasquez said. "We've got to continue to get better and make a run in the playoffs."
Toronto remains tied with Chicago, which beat Orlando on Monday, with one game remaining, but the Raptors hold the tiebreaker over the Bulls.
If Toronto wins at New York or Chicago loses at Charlotte in Wednesday's season finale, the Raptors will finish as the third seed in the East.
"I know it's ringing hollow but we still have to continue to work to get better," Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. "We're not where we need to be defensively or offensively for the playoffs."
Before the game, the Raptors gathered at center court, where All-Star guard DeMar DeRozan made a brief address to the crowd before unveiling Toronto's Atlantic Division championship banner.
"It means a lot," DeRozan said. "With all the struggles that I've been through here, the losing. To see everything get turned around and be up there winning a division is definitely big. It's something that can never be taken away."
That was the end of DeRozan's involvement for the evening, as he got the night off to rest. Vasquez took DeRozan's spot in the starting lineup and made it count, finishing one point off his season high.
"He did a great job," Casey said of Vasquez.
Jonas Valanciunas added 14 points and 13 rebounds and Tyler Hansbrough had 12 points and 11 rebounds as the Raptors won for the sixth time in seven games and completed the first season sweep of Milwaukee in franchise history.
"They're a playoff team for a reason," Bucks forward Khris Middleton said of the Raptors. "From one through 15, those guys can step in and they are always ready."
Toronto had dropped 11 consecutive games against the Bucks coming into this season, but has since won four straight.
Ramon Sessions scored 21 points, Jeff Adrien had 19 points and Brandon Knight 18 as the Bucks lost their 14th straight road game, matching a record for futility set in the 2004-05 season.
Milwaukee has not won away from home since beating Philadelphia on Feb. 24. They finished 5-36 on the road.
The loss guaranteed that the Bucks (15-66) will finish with the worst record in the NBA. Milwaukee came in trailing Philadelphia by two games in the standings.
"We fell behind, we tried to fight back," Milwaukee coach Larry Drew said. "We got it under 10, but we just couldn't get over the hump."
Knight, Milwaukee's leading scorer, returned to the lineup after sitting out Saturday's loss at Washington with a sore right hip.
The short-handed Bucks, who have five players injured and another suspended (center Larry Sanders), had just nine healthy bodies available against Toronto.
Sessions and Knight both hit 3-pointers as Milwaukee used a 12-1 run to cut its deficit to six points, 92-86, with 6:53 remaining.
That was as close as Milwaukee got, however. Vasquez made a free throw after Sessions was called for a technical, Lowry added a driving layup and Valanciunas added a pair from the free throw line, putting Toronto up 99-88 at 5:51.
"It probably wasn't the best time to get a technical foul," Drew said. "It's an emotional game and he got a little bit emotional and said something to the officials."
Vasquez made an impact right away, hitting three of Toronto's six 3-pointers in the first quarter, as the Raptors built a 32-19 lead after one.
Vasquez had two more 3-pointers in the second, getting eight points and four assists as Toronto took a 59-46 lead at halftime.
Lowry, who didn't score in the second, had 10 points in the third as the Raptors took an 84-79 lead into the final quarter.
NOTES: The Raptors won 47 games in the 2006-07 and 2000-01 seasons. ... ... Toronto finished its home schedule at 26-16. The Raptors play their final regular season game at New York on Wednesday. ... The Bucks host Atlanta in their final game Wednesday. ... Brendan Shanahan, who was introduced earlier in the day as president of the Toronto Maple Leafs, watched from a courtside seat.


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CHERRY POINT � Improvised explosive devices have killed and maimed thousands of U.S. service members serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the number is decreasing today thanks to the use of robots to detect and diffuse the bombs.
CHERRY POINT � Improvised explosive devices have killed and maimed thousands of U.S. service members serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the number is decreasing today thanks to the use of robots to detect and diffuse the bombs.
�We deal with everything from small arms caches to all kinds of IEDs that can be initiated by pressure switch to a radio command,� Gunnery Sgt. Bernard Coyne, of Cherry Point�s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team. �Whatever they�ve come up with, we�ve dealt with it in theater.�
The team, which has been on the front lines of the fight, opened its doors last week to demonstrate three of its most capable tools, radio- and fiber optic-controlled robots.
�I�ve used them both in Iraq and Afghanistan,� Coyne said of the different robots. �They both have pros and cons. The downside of it is you don�t want to be sitting there for a long time because then you become a sitting target. The big advantage is that we�re far away from it when it�s doing any actions.�
Coyne said many military explosives personnel have been killed doing the same kind of work that the robots do now.
�Losing a robot is just ordering a replacement,� he said. �Most of the time, if they�ve been blown up, they can be repaired. On one, we only had to replace a claw. If it was a person working on it, they probably would have been killed at that range.
�We�ve dealt with anything from conventional munitions to pressure cookers to plastic jugs filled with homemade explosives. It�s whatever the bombmaker can think of. Every call is different.�
While the EOD�s main duty is in Iraq or Afghanistan, the team will occasionally get calls to help authorities in Eastern North Carolina.
�Typically, it�s unexploded ordnance,� Coyne said. �Once in a while, we�ll get a suspicious package or a suspicious vehicle.�
Last year, the team was called out to a suspicious vehicle that had been in the Cherry Point pass and identification parking lot for too long. The team used a robot to inspect the car before personnel moved in.
�We get cannonballs all the time,� Coyne said of work in the civilian community. �I�m kind of a history buff, so finding a Civil War relic is one of the perks of the job.�
But the bottom line for Coyne is that the robots help save lives.
�The EOD field uses a lot of different remote tools because no one wants to be banging on it with a hammer,� Coyne said. �These tools take a lot of training to master and these robots are a big part of that. Before we walk up to something, we want to know exactly what we�re dealing with.�


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Let $G$ be a connected complex semisimple Lie-group, $T$ a maximal torus and $B$ a Borel subgroup containing it. Let $\phi:G\rightarrow G/B$ denote the projection. Given a representation ($\theta,V$) of $B$, we can define a $G$-equivariant holomorphic vector bundle over the flag variety $X:=G/B$ by $$ G\times_B V :=(G\times V)/\{(g,v)\sim(gb^{-1},\theta(b)v),\forall b\in B\}.$$ Its sheaf of sections $\mathcal{I}(\theta)$ may be described as the holomorphic functions $$\mathcal{I}(\theta)(U)=\{f:\phi^{-1}(U)\rightarrow V \mid f(gb^{-1}) = \theta(b)f(g)\}. $$ $G$ acts on a section by $(gf)(x)=f(g^{-1}x)$.
An integral weight $\lambda$ of $T$ gives a character $\chi_\lambda$ of $B$. Let $\theta\otimes\chi_\lambda$ denote the tensor product of the representations $\theta$ and $\chi_\lambda$. Suppose ($\theta,V$) is the restriction of a representation ($\pi,V$) of $G$, then the associated ($G$-equivariant) vector bundle is trivial (i.e. isomorphic to $ X\times V$ with $(g,(x,v))\mapsto (gx,\pi(g)v)$). Is the identity $$ \mathrm{H}^i(X,\mathcal{I}(\theta\otimes\chi_\lambda))\simeq \mathrm{H}^i(X,\mathcal{I}(\chi_\lambda)) \otimes V $$ as $G$ or $\mathfrak{g}$-modules correct?
I have been reading about the Borel-Weil theorem lately, and
Edit: This question arose from an attempt to fix a mistake in a book. The identity is indeed correct and I believe I have found the error elsewhere. Thanks Chuck and Jim!


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Chill 7th Anniversary @ Chill Skybar
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Chill Skybar celebrates 7 years in the nightlife scene in Saigon.
Sidewalk barbershops are a symbol of old Saigon. In the face of globalization and its demands for westernization, the sight of a simple chair placed beneath an awning where one can get an affordable trim just a few meters from a busy street is gradually vanishing.
The rooster's iridescent red feathers caught the morning sunlight, momentarily making them appear to be on fire as his owner held it up for a photo.
"We're going to Taipei on VietJet Air," an acquaintance said to me. An international flight on Vietnam's notoriously delayed airline didn't sound like the best idea ever. But who would expect that I was set to fly to Tainan, a city on the island's southwest coast, just a few hours after the brief conversation with her. The reality was that I found it excruciatingly difficult to reject a cheap flight deal.
Corked Tales' new Hotpot Cocktail represents a creative, delicious return to Vietnam's traditional way of drinking.
The chilling results of a new study by Dutch scientists show that the Mekong Delta's elevation is much lower than previously thought, putting it at higher risk of being swallowed by rising sea levels.
Because of the potential for a better education and future, many Vietnamese families have little difficulty deciding to send a child abroad for university.
In full "ninja" attire, I braved congested streets under the scorching sun looking for the address. Finally, having spotted a sign that reads 'OldSchool Barbell System' tucked deep inside Binh Thanh District, I hopped the curb, cheated my way to the destination towards a wide parking spot and prepared to enter a world secluded from the chaotic surroundings.
While most people know Saigon's water is far from clean, few grasp the severity of the contamination.
Witness the casual atmosphere of central Vietnam more than two decades ago.
A wave of foreign investment in Vietnam accompanied economic reforms in the early 1990s, with Japan among the largest contributors.
"Saigon in its golden age was a time to be remembered and passed down to younger generations. The vintage aesthetic trend in Vietnam has been around for a couple of years now and for me, it is a cause for celebration," owner Anh Tuyet said of the trend that has swept cafés and restaurants citywide. Thị's customers, meanwhile, are here for more than just the aesthetic.
Few people are aware that Saigon has an affordable, world-class emergency ambulance response service offering state-of-the-art treatment that begins the moment a call is placed from anywhere in the country.
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Here we go again, another week of why I hate the world, eleven hundred twenty-three words on why can't I have it MY way even tho' there is a Burger King right down the street. Another installment in the Creative Endeavors Get It Right America Series, soon to be a ABC Mini-Reality Adventure this November, check your local listings.
What is the deal?
Everyone in this country, seemingly overnight, is now a "Special Interest"group?
Whatever happened to the things we were taught at an early age … Do onto others … Live and Let Live … Walk a Mile in my shoes? When did we become a nation of labelers, enablers, whiners, complainers … A nation of what is in this for me and screw everyone else?
What is all this crap about the Gay Agenda, I am personally getting a little sick of it.
If homosexuals/Lesbians/Gay … Whatever they are calling themselves this week, want to get married.
So what?
(Here is a New Mexico Barber's opinion on it.)
Like the bible says, "Go forth, multiply and produce good fruit." Well, they might move forward, but they sure aint gonna multiply or produce any fruit. If they were allowed to marry and all that, well, it seems to me that within 50 years, there would not be a lot of them around (do the math – Think about it).
All these Special People want the same rights as everyone else? Well hell, welcome to the club, I suppose I have another block of un-used time, maybe five minutes I can give you … What makes you feel so unloved and neglected?
Newsflash! I want the same health care as everyone in Congress , I want the same tax breaks that are afforded to the rich, I want the same treatment and fairness in the court system that the crooks seem to get and I am denied. Drop the Lone Ranger Syndrome, you are not the only game in town. And believe it or not, I am not alone in my thinking.
There seems to be no end to it, television, news media, it is slowly slinking into every nook and cranny of our lives. Now I read we have a judge who is refusing to marry "Straight Couples?"
I mean, I hate to sound redundant here but give me a break. It is time to UN-elect another stupid "I will rule my opinion and NOT the law" judge in Texas. We have lawmakers who are refusing to sign bills for the Girl Scouts of America because he says they "promote homosexuality?"
Open your eyes, look around. Consider what you have learned in just a few short paragraphs in this limited space in time:
Your straight friends are not going to be able to marry, thus no new children will be legally introduced into the system and now you will have no one to fund your retirement dreams. Which is really kind of moot issue anyway, as your electorate is busy at work right now, doing their best to water it down or just flat out abolish it as we speak.
You are not going to be able to get your hair cut any longer by gay barbers, soon you will resemble Howard Hughes in his last days on the flight back from Panama (and remember, gay people, they do finger nails too). Being as I am follically (sp) impaired, this isn't a big deal for me, I don't know what the rest of you are going to do?
On top of this, we have G.I.'s reportedly burning the Quran instead of barbecuing the Taliban. Our blessed president, prophet, overseer, or not so quite revered King, Mr. Obama, is now apologizing for offending their culture?
Again …. So What? Who apologizes to us when they burn our flag, when they tie our wounded soldiers body to the back of a Toyota and drag his body up and down their garbage littered streets?
Man, you are right Mr. President, this is serious, you think the price of gasoline is bad and it is a problem. Adam & Steve cannot get married. You will no longer be able to get a box of Pecan Sandies and a smile? What will happen when all the Seven Eleven clerks hear of this travesty of their culture and decide to go home. Where will I get my $6 pack of Marlboro's — Big Gulp — or my twinkies?
Wake up America.
Stop apologizing and posturing on agenda's that are not all that important.
It is time to come together on a lot of this and recognize and label our main enemy.
Which seems to be everyone but us.
It is time to get ugly when you vote, send a lot of these bozo's home, gay or straight, makes no difference, in the end, the results will always be the same. I never thought I would live long enough to actually feel ashamed I was an American, but each day it becomes a little bit more of a reality. More so now, than just an occasional thought. Here is the bottom line: United we stand … Divided we fall. Stop apologizing to everyone else and lying to us.
Now this morning I am watching Wake Up America on CBS and all the political wanna-be-door-stops that can talk are on there telling me what it is that I need to do, in order to make all of this work. All I have to do is turn to religion, I will soon be able to come to terms with the whole thing.
It so simple a back-alley sandal maker in Dearborn Mich. could see it. If I convert to Islam, and my wife hacks me off, we can take care of it poste haste. (Don't worry Newt, we're stoning her in the morning!) On top of all this … The Red Cross just called me on my cellphone and asked if I could contribute towards the floods in Pakistan. I said I'd love to, but our garden hose only reaches to the driveway.
There you go, something else all you Washington political gasbags can apologize for.
Now I am headed out to find me a non-gay-I don't want to marry my buddy-barbershop to get my eyebrows trimmed. I sure hope and pray I don't get stopped and have to appear in court somewhere … I will be a goner for sure.
Mr. Obama,
you have had your fifteen minutes of fame,
now it is time for you to shut up.
(Comments section as usual is open, have at it)
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