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The IMAWAL glyph petrifies enemies, turning them into statues. It is a quite specialised glyph with a wide variety of effects that can be used in many unique situations.
In the right circumstances is can be extremely useful, especially for knockback characters and maps which have a particularly unfavorable mix of monsters.
Complex Mechanics
Statues are similar to normal walls; the player cannot pass through them and they can be destroyed by anything that destroys normal walls, such as ENDISWAL, PISORF, or knockback. Stone Statues leave a pile of 1 gold under them, that can only be retrieved upon destruction of the statue.
Petrifying enemies does not count as a kill and rewards you 0 XP, however petrifying slowed enemies will still grant the bonus 1 XP you would have gained from a regular kill.
Petrifying any enemy or plant it will grant you a 50% XP bonus on your next kill and also remove one stack of curse. It is also possible to petrify plants or no-experience anemies for these effects.
This bonus applies to the next enemy or plant you kill, regardless of whether it is XP valuable, meaning that it is possible to waste this bonus. This bonus is the last multiplier in XP calculations and applies to any additional XP from the slow effect or for killing an enemy above your level.
ie. Total XP = (Standard XP + any bonus XP) * 1.5
It is possible to cast IMAWAL cast on empty space, spawning a regular wall. Casting it on empty space won't grant you the XP-bonus, however, and will anger Binlor.
Unlocking the glyph
The IMAWAL glyph starts unlocked.
IMAWAL is spawned next to the altar upon joining the Earthmother. It will not spawn if you convert to Earthmother from another god.
IMAWAL is a bit of a two-edged sword. While petrifying a monster can provide the player with a large XP bonus, the petrified monster itself won't give any experience to the player, Because of this, it is generally better to use the glyph on foes which you ideally would never want to fight, such as Illusions, Revenants, or high-lvl Animated Armors. This allows you to effectively level even on maps with an unfavorable mix of monsters for your class.
Otherwise players should only petrify monsters with a very low level, since the loss of potential XP from petrifying high level monsters rarely outweighs the bonus XP you receive.
Generally, the glyph should be used sparingly if there are no non-XP-valuable monsters , as removing too much popcorn can leave players at a disadvantage later on. It is also very easy to block off sections of the map by petrifying enemies in hallways and tight spaces.
IMAWAL is also one of the few ways to gain piety with The_Earthmother. Since all of her boons spawn plants, you can petrify them for piety. While petrifying plants only gives you half the piety, it allows you to save your popcorn.
Half-dragons and casters relying on PISORF have an alternative usage for this glyph. Since it allows the player to spawn walls, they can use it to set up knockback-chains if there are no walls around a monster.


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Remember when McDonald's decided to make the bread encasing a McMuffin taste like maple, and called it a McGriddles sandwich? Seems so quaint now.
Since then, Jack &the Box has waffled on its breakfast sandwich and Dunkin' Donuts has shoved bacon and eggs between two halves of a glazed donut like it's nothin'. What's next? The mating of a donut and a croissant?! (Oh, wait...)
And now, because a breakfast burrito doesn't make enough sense on its own, Taco Bell is adding the waffle taco to the rapidly expanding list of options available to those who just can't decide between savory and sweet in the morning.
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Just as its name suggests, the newest addition to the Taco Bell menu consists of a sausage patty and scrambled eggs tucked into a waffle that's been manipulated into the shape of a shell. (True story: Frying technique and temperature had to be adjusted multiple times to get that effortless fold-over look!) Syrup to drench, er, drizzle over the top comes on the side.
But the waffle taco, which boasts 460 calories and 30 grams of fat, isn't everybody's for the feasting just yet.
Visitors to five locations in Southern California got to sample the goods earlier this year, but it is currently just one item on a full breakfast menu that will be rolled out Thursday to 100 restaurants in Fresno, Calif., Chatanooga, Tenn., and Omaha, Neb., to see how the new selections go over before people can make a run for breakfast at all 6,000 Taco Bell locations in the U.S.
Yogurt parfaits and oatmeal will be available, too, of course, but...
Do people come to the home of the Volcano Menu and the Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco Supreme to make "sensible" dining choices?
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Givat Shmuel, Israel – June 23, 2011 – Cimatron Limited (NASDAQ and TASE: CIMT) announced that its resellers will partner with three machine tool vendors at the InterMold Thailand show. The resellers will also showcase the latest version of CimatronE in their respective booths.
Cimatron's two local resellers, Saeilo Thailand and MyGrowTech, have built partnerships with various machine tool vendors. These partnerships allow resellers to cater more effectively to the needs of customers and to ensure the highest level of compatibility between products.
Cimatron reseller Saeilo Thailand will partner with Mectron (http://mectron-inc.com), a Japanese machine tool builder, to present live cutting, demonstrating CimatronE's high performance milling capabilities, with high surface quality results. Cimatron reseller MyGrowTech will partner with two established machine tool vendors at the show— HSM Machinery Co., Ltd. (http://www.hsm.co.th) and Siam Elmatech Co., Ltd. (http://www.siamelmatechgroup.com).
The newest version of CimatronE— CimatronE 10— will be on display in the booths of both resellers. This new version contains over 150 major enhancements and new functionality for mold makers, die makers and manufacturers in the areas of Quoting, Tool Design, Drafting, Electrode Creation and NC Programming. The latest enhancements provide extensive competitive benefits for toolmakers, in a single integrated solution.
CAD enhancements provide stronger, more powerful capabilities, including a new built-in Motion Simulator, which specializes in tooling and provides an advanced, event based analysis of kinematics. Die makers will enjoy an easier, more intuitive strip design process and greater automation for tool design. Mold designers will enjoy a faster process and benefit from new applicative tools for the creation of lifters and inserts.
CAM enhancements dramatically increase programming productivity, with background calculations and enhanced multi-core processing. Machining times are reduced, with significant upgrades to rough and cleanup strategies, and there is a new helical finish strategy.
In addition, Moldex 3D, a plastic flow analysis tool available from within CimatronE, will be on display. This add-on shows a full 3D visualization of the plastic injection process, allowing mold makers to evaluate the welding line, air traps, flow balance, cooling time, number of gates needed, and location of the gates.
InterMold Thailand will be held in Bangkok from June 23rd through June 26th. Saeilo's booth is M25; MyGrowTech's booth is MD29-30.
About Cimatron
With over 28 years of experience and more than 40,000 installations worldwide, Cimatron is a leading provider of integrated, CAD/CAM software solutions for mold, tool and die makers as well as manufacturers of discrete parts. Cimatron is committed to providing comprehensive, cost-effective solutions that streamline manufacturing cycles and ultimately shorten product delivery time.
The Cimatron product line includes the CimatronE and GibbsCAM brands with solutions for mold design, die design, electrodes design, 2.5 to 5 axes milling, wire EDM, turn, mill-turn, rotary milling, multi-task machining, and tombstone machining. Cimatron's subsidiaries and extensive distribution network serve and support customers in the automotive, aerospace, medical, consumer plastics, electronics, and other industries in over 40 countries worldwide.
Cimatron's shares are publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the symbol CIMT. For more information, please visit Cimatron's web site at: http://www.cimatron.com
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Kubb (pronounced [kɵb] in Swedish or [kub] in Gutnish) is a lawn game where the object is to knock over wooden blocks by throwing wooden batons at them. Kubb can be somewhat described as a combination of bowling and horseshoes. Today's version originated on the island of Gotland, Sweden. Some rules vary from country to country and from region to region, but the ultimate object of the game is to knock over the kubbs on the opposing side, and then knock the "king" over, before the opponent does. This, combined with the fact that there is a certain level of strategy that can be used by players, has led some players and kubb fans to nickname the game "Viking Chess." Games can last from five minutes to well over an hour. The game can be played on a variety of surfaces such as grass, sand, concrete, snow, or even ice.
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Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatu lilahi wa barakatuh
I would like your advice on a matter. I have been taught the memorization of the Quran (in my homeland) starting from surat An Nas.
Now that I have reached and almost finished memorizing surat Az zumar, I should be moving on to surat Sâd but my teacher (from my part time Hifz program) suggested that I start with surat Al baqarah once Az Zumar is completed.
I really would like to continue with the pace I have set for myself since Baqarah is very long and might take a lot of time for me to finish. Therefore, what exactly should I do? In other words which methods are better (from Nas to Baqarah or starting with baqarah right now)?
Jazakumulahu khairan, because your input is really important to all of us in general but me in particular.
Wa salamu aleikum wa rahmatulilahi wa barakatu.
Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,
Many memorize from the end of the Qur'an forward, as you are doing, many others memorize from the beginning back. The important thing is that you are consistent in your memorization and review. You can memorize in both directions, but your teacher may want you to go to Al-Baqarah now and proceed forward for just the reason you are worried about. It is much better to memorize the longer surahs first and get them into the review category, otherwise you may find an obstacle later in your memorization plan when you come to the larger surahs, such as Al-Baqarah, 'Aali 'Imraan, An-Nisaa, Al-Maa'idah, Al-An'Aam and Al-'Araaf. There is a chance, although we pray it won't happen, that you will feel discouraged when you see the long surahs left and since they take longer to memorize, you may feel less motivated. If you get them memorized now, and work forward towards the shorter surahs, you may find the smaller surahs a bigger motivation at the end when you insha' Allah are close to reaching your goal.
May Allah guide you to the best way and make your memorization firm and tajweed complete.
Wa iyaakum.
Wa assalaam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.


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What does free dinosaur coloring pages learn?
What does coloring learn? So, free dinosaur coloring pages teaches the child to navigate on the sheet. It defines the center, top and bottom, right and left sides. This is very helpful in learning not only drawing, but also writing. In addition, he gets an idea of the main and minor details of the future.
The kid learns to compare colors with reference. For example, in some free dinosaur coloring pages, two pictures are printed side by side – color and outline. The child looks at the color and tries to find the same shade of a pencil or felt-tip pen. In some books it is proposed to color the images in the colors named by words. free dinosaur coloring pages contributes to the development of childrens speech.
Ability development and free dinosaur coloring pages
Picking up coloring pages for the baby, you yourself will have fun and find yourself creative abilities that you never knew existed before. Color the free dinosaur coloring pages with your children, your children will be happy!


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This is the course required by the State of Florida to obtain a Concealed Weapons License/permit.
Today's reasons for a person to carry a gun are many fold. We advocate the 2nd Amendment; the legal RIGHT to carry concealed handguns and for folks not becoming a victim. For these and many other reasons, we offer baisc handgun and Carry Concealed Weapon (CCW) License/Concealed Weapon Permit (CWP) classes for those who qualify.
Our CWP/CCW class is honored in many states for thier Concealed Weapons License/Permit requirement, and the Florida Concealed Weapons & Firearms License you may obtain after taking our course is valid in almost 75% of the United States. Unlike many other CWP/CCW classes in the local area, the cost of our course includes the handgun rental, ammo, targets, eye & ear protection and the range rental fee. Instead of offering a one and a half hour class covering just the paperwork, we cover:
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- HANDS-ON how to correctly and safely hold a handgun,
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- a review of the Florida firearms laws (with a full copy of F.S. 790 to take with you),
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We keep our class size small on purpose; this way we offer much more personalized instruction, and plenty of one-on-one with each attendee. You'll handle multiple REAL guns with dummy ammunition, "blue" (training) guns, and you'll fire a live 9mm pistol to complete the class. FL law requires each class participant demonstrate they can discharge a real handgun safely to pass the course. BEWARE of any class that only uses Airsoft or BB guns, as the law does not qualify them as firearms/handguns. The State of Florida will invalidate any CWP obtained based on shooting a BB, Airsoft or paintball "gun".
Participants will come away from our classes completing the safety course requirement for your Florida CWP/CCW and will be issued a certificate valid towards your Florida Concealed Weapons Permit/License. In Florida, unless exempt, CWP/CCW License applicants must be at least 21 years old. Our course certificates do not expire. Therefore, any adult may take the course and apply for their CCW/CWP upon their 21st birthday.
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The new Sweetgreen at 2200 Wisconsin Ave. seems to be serving its salads and fro-yo today, according to a tipster.
Meanwhile, a "for lease" sign has gone up in the basement space in the same building, which BodySmith had told us they'd be moving back into after a side door was constructed. "A week or so ago, at night the equipment and flooring were removed," another tipster emailed us. (We work long hours across town! We love our tipsters.) "Tonight, there is a 'For Lease' sign on the W Street door to the BodySmith space advertising space ideal for retail showroom or personal fitness." A representative for BodySmith confirmed to us that the gym will not be returning to Glover Park.
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Both were effusive in their praise for the institution which is continuing to grow in stature worldwide.
Ryan and Jocketty toured the museum Saturday before receiving the Rube Foster Award as executives of the year in their respective leagues at the fifth annual Legacy Awards ceremonies. They were joined by museum chairman Buck O'Neil.
"As a baseball person, this is about as good as it gets. The history and respect for what players went through," Ryan said.
"Obviously, I know Buck, I see Gene Baker's picture in here, I knew Bob Thurman. There are people in this museum that I was fortunate to work around and have the ability to tap into. So that makes it that much more special for me."
Jocketty brought his 14-year-old son Joey with him to the museum at 18th and Vine in Kansas City.
"It's astounding," Jocketty said. "It's a great thing that Buck has worked so hard to develop and preserve this."
The museum's Bob Kendrick, who conducted the tour, pointed out many artifacts and narrated the history of the Negro Leagues.
Pointing to a statue of catcher Josh Gibson, Kendrick noted: "They called Josh Gibson 'the black Babe Ruth,' but some people called Ruth 'the white Josh Gibson.' "
O'Neil, 93, provided some antecdotes about his days in the leagues.
"In 1938, I got $100 a month and $1 a day meal money," O'Neil said. "I got ham and eggs and coffee for 25 cents. Then I could get a Kansas City steak and fried potatoes for 35 cents. Then I could go to the Gem Theater for 10 cents. I'd still have 30 cents left to play with."
O'Neil recalled staying at Kansas City's Street Hotel where famous jazz musicians mingled with players.
"I could come down to breakfast in the Rose Room and somebody would say, 'Hey, Buck, come over here and have breakfast with me,'" he recalled. "It could have been Louis Armstrong, it could have been Sarah Vaughan, it could have been Duke Ellington."
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Jennifer wrote:Dagnabbit!
Now, now then, is that the language of a lady of the court????
Jennifer wrote:HenrysMOC which showsa MOC of Princess Ophelia's castle home, and Henry meeting her parents, and a few stolen moments in the castle.
I like this, especially the extra arch work over the main gate. It's a simple addition, but it adds just the right amount of ornamental touch.
Jennifer wrote:HenryinTown
which has pics of Henry and Ophelia seeing the sights and spending some private time on a picnic by the river.
Wow, the MOCs in this series of pics are fantastic, really life-like. They even look close to life-size. Boy, you sure have a lot of bricks!!


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» Netbeans.org Site Tools Help - Home Page
Working With Your Project's WebsiteAs described at Managing a Project: Website, after you enable your own web site for a project on netbeans.org, you use a WebDAV client to upload the files to https://netbeans.org/website/your-project-name.
Some operating systems have WebDAV built in, and some require that you install a WebDAV client.
- The OSX Finder's WebDAV works well on Apple Macintosh OSX machines.
- The WebDAV client for the File Explorer in Microsoft Windows XP does not work well, so you'll need to install a WebDAV client, as described below.
- Linux OS's have various ways of supporting WebDAV, for example, through KDE and Gnome, with the Cadaver client, or with Konqueror.
- Linux OS's can also use the davfs2 file system instead of WebDAV clients.
- Another client to consider is sitecopy, which has binary packages for several versions of Linux, UNIX, OS/2, and Macintosh OSX. It's useful if you want to maintain the website on a local machine and send file updates to the web. See Should I Use Sitecopy? for more information on choosing it.
For a list of WebDAV clients, see http://www.webdav.org/projects/.
Before installing a separate client, try using your operating system's WebDAV to see if it works.
- 1 Using Finder with Macintosh OSX
- 2 Using WebDAV With a Linux System
- 2.1 Using Kubuntu 9.04 With the KDE Desktop
- 2.2 Using the davfs2 File System
- 2.3 Setting Up and Using Sitecopy
- 3 Using BitKinex with Microsoft Windows XP and Vista
Using Finder with Macintosh OSX
Note: Before you can use WebDAV with your project's web site, you must first enable the web site as described at Managing a Project: Website. You can also use sitecopy on a Macintosh system, as described below at Setting Up and Using Sitecopy.
On Macintosh OSX systems, you can use the Finder to connect to a WebDAV server. Here's how you do that:
- In the Finder, choose Go > Connect to Server.
- In the Server Address field, enter https://netbeans.org/website/your-project-name.
- If you want to add the server permanently, click the + button.
- To connect to the server, click Connect.
- When prompted for authentication, enter your netbeans.org username and password.
- Use either drag and drop or the command line to copy files to the netbeans.org directory.
- Drag and Drop: Drag local files or directories to the remote website directory
- Command Line: Copy files or subdirectories from your local machine to the website directory. For example:
cp local_files /Volumes/project_name.
Using WebDAV With a Linux System
At present, our Linux documentation covers Kubuntu 9.04 with the KDE 4 desktop and using the davfs2 file system. We plan to add documentation for more Linux systems as we get more information on them. Some options reported to be available are direct support through Gnome and support through the Cadaver client.
Using Kubuntu 9.04 With the KDE Desktop
These instructions, supplied by a Project Kenai member, are for Kubuntu 9.04 with the KDE 4 desktop.
In KDE 4, you can use the KDE default file explorer, Dolphin, to access the website with WebDAV. With KDE 3.5, you can use Konqueror for WebDAV access.
To use Dolphin for WebDAV access:
- Start Dolphin and enter the following URL in the address bar:
- You see your website in Dolphin. The first time you create or modify something, you will be asked for a username and password. Use your netbeans.org username and password.
- You can work in Dolphin the same way as on a local drive. You can create folders and files, upload and copy files with drag and drop, overwrite files, and so on.
Note: Trying to delete a folder can return Error Code 301. This might be due to the following KDE bug: KDE [Bug 187970]: "Dolphin webdav avoids to remove folders in mydisk.se with code 301."
Using the davfs2 File System
As described at http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/davfs2, davfs2 enables you to access WebDAV resources as though they were a typical filesystem, which means that standard applications that have no built-in support for WebDAV can use these resources.
To use davfs2:
- Install davfs2 on your machine.
- Mount your website directory. For example,
sudo mount -t davfs https://netbeans.org/website/project_name /where_to_mount
Note: Write access to the mounted directory requires that you use sudo.
- After finishing your work, just umount the directory. All changes should be synchronized and updated. If the data is not synchronized, use the sync command before you unmount.
Setting Up and Using Sitecopy
Sitecopy has binary packages for several versions of Linux as well as UNIX, OS/2, and Macintosh OSX. You might want to use it instead of a WebDAV client if you maintain your web site on a local machine and want to use something similar to FTP to work with your kenai.com web site.
To use sitecopy:
- Make sure you have enabled the Website feature for your project on kenai.com, as described at Managing a Project: Website.
- Download and install sitecopy from http://www.manyfish.co.uk/sitecopy/.
Note: For Macintosh OSX, download sitecopy at http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/sitecopyuse and use Fink to install it.
- Create a directory named .sitecopy in your user_dir and give it 0700 permissions. For example:
cd /home/myusername
mkdir .sitecopy
chmod 0700 .sitecopy
- Create a file named .sitecopyrc in your user_dir directory and give it 0600 permissions.
- Edit .sitecopyrc and enter the following settings:
site site-name server netbeans.org remote /website/project-name local path-to-local-directory http secure protocol webdav port 443 username netbeans.org-username password netbeans.org-password
- site-name is just a name you use to distinguish this site's settings from other site settings in the .sitecopyrc file. You use it in the sitecopy -f command to initiate a transfer of files for this site to the corresponding website on netbeans.org.
- remote requires a slash (/) before the first directory name. For example, for the help project, whose project home page URL is http://netbeans.org/projects/help, you would enter /website/help.
- local is the path to the directory on your local file system where you maintain the website files.
You can upload files from your local directory to your project on kenai.com by using the following command:
sitecopy -f site-name
You can get a list of all available sitecopy commands by entering
sitecopy --help
Using BitKinex with Microsoft Windows XP and Vista
A free WebDAV client, BitKinex, is available for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista. You can download it from http://www.bitkinex.com/download.php.
Setting Up BitKinex for Your Project
- After installing BitKinex, click its icon to run it.
- Select the Http/WebDAV node.
- Choose Data Source > New > Http/WebDAV.
- Enter a name for the new data source and click it.
- Make sure Server is selected in the tree on the left.
- For Server address, enter netbeans.org.
- For Security, choose SSL.
- Enter your netbeans.org username and password.
- Click Site Map under the Server node on the left.
- Double-click the / entry under Path and change it to /website/your-project-name/.
For example, for the help project, whose project home page URL is http://netbeans.org/projects/help, you would enter /website/help/.
- Make sure that The location specifies: is set to Directory (WebDAV-compliant).
- Click Update.
- Click OK at the bottom of the dialog.
BitKinex should now be set up to work with your project's web site location on netbeans.org.
Using BitKinex With Your Project's Website Directory
After setting up BitKinex to work with your project, you have a node for your project under the Http/WebDAV node when BitKinex first opens. Basically, you click that node, establish a connection, and transfer files to netbeans.org. You can also delete files on netbeans.org with BitKinex, and you can replace files by uploading new versions.
To use BitKinex with your project's Website directory:
- Double-dlick the node for your project under the Http/WebDAV node.
- You see the connection window open.
- To populate your netbeans.org web site, click and drag files from your local machine on the right to the server directory on the left.
- You can work directly with files and directories on the server. For example, if you right-click a server directory, you see a menu with choices like New > Directory or File.
- BitKinex comes with a set of help files for when you get stuck. Most of the operations are similar to using a file browser on Windows.


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LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw outpitched Tim Lincecum in the seventh regular-season showdown between the two former Cy Young Award winners, rookie Yasiel Puig had three more hits and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2 on Wednesday night for a three-game sweep of the defending World Series champions.
Kershaw (6-5) allowed two runs and four hits in eight-plus innings and had seven strikeouts against an offense that totaled just 14 runs over its previous six games while going 8 for 47 with runners in scoring position. The Giants' only runs came in the fourth on Buster Posey's 10th homer and second in two games, following a 14-game drought.
Lincecum (4-8) gave up four runs and 10 hits in 5 1-3 innings and struck out four.
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Rail accidents focus of Oct. federal hearing
HARTFORD — An October hearing will be held to address railroad issues including track inspection and maintenance as well as safety standards for both passengers and workers, federal officials investigating two recent Metro-North Railroad accidents in Connecticut announced Tuesday.
Representatives of Metro-North, government officials, labor unions and others will be witnesses Oct. 22-23 and discuss track work, crash standards for railroad passenger cars, protection of on-track work zones and organizational safety.
Two commuter trains crashed May 17 in Bridgeport, injuring more than 70 people. Five were critically injured.
Less than two weeks later, Robert Luden, a track foreman, was struck and killed by a train at the West Haven station, which was under construction.
The hearings will help publicize safety improvements to tracks, cars and equipment, said U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. For example, Metro-North announced in June it was installing shunts on portions of the New Haven rail line to alert controllers and give approaching trains a stop signal.
"I'm encouraged, but I want more progress and want to have fuller reports before I draw any conclusions," Blumenthal said.
One piece of good news from the derailment and subsequent crash is that advanced technology used to build Metro-North cars probably helped save lives, he said.
The NTSB said in June that the inspection on May 15, two days before the derailment, found an insulated rail joint with inadequate supporting ballast and indications of vertical movement of the track system.
The agency said sections of rail in the area of the derailment containing rail joint bars were removed and shipped to a lab in Washington for further examination. Previously, it said a joint bar, used to hold two sections of rail together, had been cracked and repaired, while a rail spokesman says it was replaced.
Metro-North reviewed its operating and safety programs after the derailment. The railroad retained the research affiliate of the American Association of Railroads to assess track maintenance and inspection programs, inspected all rail joints that were similar to the one in question and increased inspections using specialized equipment borrowed from other railroads.


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Former Outback director turns himself in to police
NEW CANAAN -- Andrew Barer, the former Outback Teen Center youth program director, who was under police investigation for a comment made to Saxe Middle School students, turned himself in to police Thursday morning after learning of a warrant for his arrest.
Barer, 52, of 8 Hayes St., Easton, was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct and was released on a promise to appear in court March 12.
The warrant was issued Wednesday morning.
Police received a report Jan. 16 that Barer made inappropriate comments to a group of six to 10 students at Saxe Middle School. Police have not released details or revealed the nature of his comments.
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When told by someone who overheard the alleged comments in the cafeteria, Principal Greg Macedo escorted Barer off the school grounds, Police Chief Leon Krolikowski said last month.
Barer was terminated from the teen center Jan. 17, about two months after he was hired.
Sangeeta Appel, president of the teen center's board of directors, would neither confirm or deny that the investigation played a role in his termination. "He's no longer with us," Appel said at the time. "It just didn't work out."
Barer did not want to comment on the outcome of the investigation.
"I have nothing to say about it at this time," he said Wednesday.
In January, Barer told the New Canaan News that the incident "seems to be an extraordinary misunderstanding."
Police said Barer was in the middle school Jan. 15 to speak about the Outback. Macedo called police the next day to report the incident, after he received a call from the parent of one the boys who was in the cafeteria, police said.
Barer was hired in November and was working part time at the Outback. He is also the founder and director of the life coaching organization Wingspan Academy, where he gives young men professional advice on their personal issues. Barer is a certified master, life, and youth and family coach.
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Saturday morning we got up, showered, and just kind of puttered around town again. We saw the Kids Run, which was interesting to me, since I usually work closely with the kids runs at our work. There were a ton of kids out finishing their last mile of their 26.2 'race' that they'd been working on for a while, so that was really fun to see.
Then we decided to take the trolley around town, over to North Little Rock. It was a beautiful but a little windy day, and we were hoping to have similar weather the next morning for the race.
All of us on the trolley. We went over the river and saw all North Little Rock had to offer, which wasn't too much.
We all made sure to drink a TON of water the day before and walked around and tried to stretch as much as we could.
We got off the trolley and headed over to walk around the Clinton Library, which was pretty cool, but we didn't pay to go inside. It started to get really windy in the afternoon and when the wind was blowing it was pretty cold out.
This was over by the Clinton Library area. It was really a nice day out and the sun was so warm.
We walked down the 'main street' so many times this weekend. We stopped by the Discovery museum and they had a whole area on Dinosaurs. Everyone was so nice and excited for the race. The stores had lots of signs in them and it was fun to see the community be a part of the race.
We checked out the start area and I couldn't miss a chance to take a picture with the portapotties!
After walking around for a while and grabbing lunch at Redbones, which had AMAZING macaroni and cheese, we decided to visit the "Old State House Museum", which had a lot of interesting artifacts and Civil War memorabilia in it. Very interesting to see how times have changed so rapidly in the past few decades.
This was actually located next to our hotel.
The rooms in it were beautiful and it was very educational. The floors were so pretty! I love a good wood floor!
I sent B some pictures of the things found in there because he loves history and things like this.
We were just goofing off before dinner and took a karate picture in front of this area. Then it was finally time to go to see the Ducks March at the Peabody hotel! We were shocked how many people were there to watch them march! It was fun and quite a spectacle to see them all lined up and literally march on the red carpet.
The have special red stairs to get out of the fountain on and then they march down the stairs and out to the elevator along their red carpet!
This is the duck master and the two people standing next to him were the 'honorary duck masters' He basically keeps the ducks in a line and makes sure they are going in the right spot and tells you about how the duck march originated.
Waddling down the stairs! As soon as the red carpet went into the water, the ducks knew it was time to march! They climbed up the stairs and off they went.
Marching down the red carpet! After they got to the end of the carpet they literally got in the elevator and went to the second floor. I guess they have their own special quarters for sleeping at the peabody. What a life!
That night it was really cold out and we decided to stick with something that would be easy on the stomach, pizza.
We went to a great pizza place and had a large pizza and cheesy bread and it was amazing. Must have been a good choice becuase I had no GI issues at all during the race! Pizza is such a good choice. :)
So we settled into bed around 9 and were as ready as we'd ever be for the race in the morning. That feeling the night before is the worst! You just want to get a move on it! Tomorrow I shall post the lovely, and LONG race recap!


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This past week has been a little different and has gotten us off our normal routine. Race week was interesting with 160,000 NASCAR fans around, but is now over and our little town is getting back to normal.
Then cousins from Richmond came to town, camping in Aunt Carol's fifth wheel at the lake. So we made several trips out there to visit and one day to sightsee with them. This morning we went out to say goodbye and witness the "giving of the quilts". My sweet mom and her two equally sweet sisters made these fabric works of art especially for the cousins who were duly surprised and grateful.
I am back to working on our project rehab house where the wall paper removal continues to challenge me… but I am winning with only a couple of rooms left to do.
Yesterday Liza got her new chain saw and Paula Bunyan has been happily felling many small trees that were killed by this Spring's extreme frost. There are plenty of trees on this property so the dead ones won't be missed and will be replaced in the Spring.
Yes, I like having a schedule. Liza's mom had her own retirement schedule: bathing, coffee, dressing, US TODAY cross word puzzle, breakfast, housework, bill paying or letter writing until it was time for her to prepare the lunch sandwich she would enjoy during "The Young and the Restless", "As the World Turns" and "The Bold and the Beautiful", followed by a nap. And so it was, every weekday the same. It seemed to serve her well.
My own mom has a daily routine that I think helps keep her grounded: early rising, grooming, breakfast, projects like quilting, gardening, laundry (she still irons everything) and household chores. Then lunch with her soaps, nap, after which she reads until dinnertime. She reads everything: classics, mystery, romance, historical fiction, you name it. The reading is the reward for her busy and productive mornings. It is her schedule.
What would my perfect schedule be? How could I fit it all in a day? Rehabbing on our project house, reading, writing (which has been reduced to blogging too infrequently), cooking and caring for us, real estate and personal clerical duties, spending time with family and friends, studying and learning, gardening, music, oil painting and other art related activities, traveling…. Trying to find my way and set up a routine that makes me feel happy and productive but not stressed and over-booked. I'm probably not alone in this quest.
But I am grateful for good health and many options. Just sometimes caught myself saying, "I want to do so much but I don't know what to do next!"
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MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Two men have been charged in connection with a road rage incident that happened Tuesday in Macomb Township.
The Macomb County Sheriff's Office said the driver of a Ford Mustang called them from the area of Hall and Hayes roads saying someone inside a GMC Denali had pointed a handgun at him.
The Mustang driver said the gun was pulled on him after words were exchanged words with the two people in the SUV. The Mustang driver said the SUV had almost hit his car.
Deputies found the SUV, pulled it over and searched it.
They said they found marijuana and a .40 Smith and Wesson handgun in the center console.
The driver of the SUV, 19-year-old Shelby Township resident Antonio Ibrahim Harmis, was arrested on charges of marijuana possession.
The passenger, 20-year-old Salvatore Putrus Haroon, of Virginia Beach, Va., was identified by the Mustang driver as the one who had brandished the gun. He was arrested on a charge of felonious assault.


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Father and son rabbis Wilfred and Raphael Shuchat were to jointly launch their new books at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim the evening of Slichot, September 8.
The elder Shuchat, 92, rabbi emeritus of the Shaar, has published Noah, The Flood and the Failure of Man, the third in his series on the interpretations of the sages of the Midrash Rabbah.
His son, Rabbi Raphael Shuchat, a lecturer in Jewish philosophy and mysticism at Bar-Ilan University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has published Jewish Faith in a Changing World: A Modern Introduction to the World and Ideas of Classical Jewish Philosophy.
In Noah, the elder Rabbi Shuchat writes that, although the biblical figure was chosen by God to save humanity, the sages have some reservations about his character. "[Noah] seems to be a saintly man with many flaws," the author writes.
He notes that, after Noah and his ark had completed their mission, one of the first things Noah did was plant a vineyard, make wine and get drunk.
"Perhaps this was one of the reasons why Noah was not chosen to stand as a beacon to mankind and God waited until someone like Abraham arrived whose character was on the highest level."
The younger Rabbi Shuchat's work examines how Judaism's great thinkers have grappled with the modern world over the ages. The classical Jewish philosophers, such as Maimonides, Moses Hayyim Luzzatto and Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook were top-flight intellectuals who never shrank from an issue of faith "no matter how embarrassing or heretical," he writes.
The elder Rabbi Shuchat has been associated with the Shaar since 1945, serving as its senior rabbi from 1947 until his retirement in 1993. Among his previous publications are The Creation: According to Midrash Rabbah (2002) and The Garden of Eden and the Struggle to be Human: According to the Midrash Rabbah (2006).
His son, who holds a PhD from Bar-Ilan and was ordained in Jerusalem, is the founder and director of Project Chaverim, a Jewish identity program for new immigrants.
He has published two earlier books on the Vilna Gaon.
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Cafe cooking up healthy kids' eats
The Westside Cafe is the type of family-owned restaurant where breakfast is served all day and customers can find comfort in half-moon booths and endless cups of coffee served in mugs adorned with local business logos.
But take a closer look at its new children's menu, and diners may realize there's nothing ordinary about the Escondido restaurant.
Grilled chicken salad. Veggie omelet. Cup of soup or salad on the side. Where's the french fries and chicken fingers?
Those kids-menu staples are still available, but healthier choices are now featured more prominently on Westside Cafe's children's menu.
The menu changes are thanks to a joint project between a Palomar Pomerado Health Community Action Council and a nonprofit called Healthy Kids Choice. The council picked the restaurant because it is independently owned and located, at Redwood Street and Ninth Avenue, in a low- to moderate-income neighborhood, said Kay Stuckhardt, PPH's community outreach liaison.
Stuckhardt said the PPH action council focuses anti-obesity programs in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, where obesity rates are higher.
"That way kids are going to have some healthy options when dining out," she said.
Stuckhardt noted alarming local statistics on childhood obesity: 29 percent of children in San Diego County are overweight or obese, and a health screening at an elementary school near Westside Cafe found an obesity rate of 40 percent.
She said the action councils — there are five in the areas covered by the hospital district — identify a focus area such as obesity and work to put in place programs custom-made for the community.
Restaurant co-owner Sashka Grncarevski, whose family has run Westside Cafe for 11 years, was eager to participate when approached about a menu makeover late last year.
Grncarevski, a mother of two children ages 2 and 7, said her customers have taken notice of the new options for children, such as 100 percent juice and grilled cheese on whole-wheat rather than white bread.
"We already had the items in our kitchen so it made it easy," she said.
Sabrina Covington, executive director of Healthy Kids Choice, said the group works with restaurants to use food items they already have.
"I actually think we end up saving them money on produce waste," Covington said. "I think we're very pro-business."
She said Grncarevski embraced the changes, adding that the restaurant was preparing to update its main menu.
"I have little kids," Grncarevski said. "I notice obesity growing in kids."
She said she had planned to add soup and salad to the children's menu because she often sees parents ordering salad for their children.
"(Sabrina) told us how to present it, word it (on the menu) so people do make healthier choices," Grncarevski said, adding that she definitely tries to steer her own children toward items like fruit when eating out.
"They were open to the idea, really one of easiest restaurants," Stuckhardt said.
The project also has completed menu makeovers for restaurants in Chula Vista and Lemon Grove.
"They realized our goal was to get kids to eat more healthy foods, fruits, vegetables, healthy drinks," Stuckhardt said.
She said using food items that the restaurants already have is a crucial part of the makeover so that the changes aren't a big adjustment or expense for the owners. Westside Cafe's price for children's menu breakfast meals sta yed the same at $4.99, and the cost of lunch and dinner items rose $1 to $5.99 to accommodate the increase in choices, Grncarevski said.
The menu makeover utilizes side dishes that already may be on the adult menu, like cottage cheese or peaches. When children and parents are looking at their side-dish choices, fresh fries are last on the list.
"It's about choices," Stuckhardt said of the menu makeovers. "Parents and kids have choices that aren't going to cost more.
"We want to make the healthy choice the easy choice."
Covington said the mostly grant-funded Healthy Kids Choice will create menu makeovers for any restaurant, but grants usually don't cover chain restaurants. The group has a fee structure if the restaurant doesn't qualify under a grant.
For more information, go to healthykidschoice.org.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 9, 2010) – The current U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update released on March 9 includes briefs on U.S. players competing overseas, player information, Volley-Tweets, trivia questions and much more.
For the complete PDF version including a complete list of players training at the team's facility at American Sports Centers in Anaheim, a thumbnail gallery of the U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryouts with full gallery links, the U.S. international transfer list, 2009 season stats and other fan interaction sections, click here.
TRIVIA QUESTIONS: 1. Who was the assistant coach for the 1980 U.S. Women's Olympic Team which did not compete due to the boycott? 2. Who were the assistant coaches for the 2000 U.S. Women's Olympic Team? 3. Which U.S. Olympian turned to coaching to serve as an assistant for the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team? Answers can be found on page three in the full PDF version (click here) the current U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update.
HANEEF-PARK GIVES BIRTH TO FIRST CHILD: Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.), a two-time U.S. Olympian, gave birth to Ajani Jamal Park at 12:45 a.m. on March 7. Ajani, the first baby for Haneef-Park and her husband Anthony, was born weighing 9.1 pounds and 21 ½ inches with a full head of jet black hair. "Mom, dad and baby are all healthy and in good spirits," Haneef-Park said. "Labor was actually one of the easier things I have done in life thankfully. I was able to do it all naturally and had apparently been having contractions all day and didn't know it. My mom convinced me to go to the hospital and I was already 7-centimeters dilated. We checked in around 9 p.m. and with two pushes through contractions, he came to this world." Haneef-Park played in both the 2009 Pan American Cup and the 2009 FIVB World Championship Qualification Tournament-NORCECA Pool G.
UPDATE TO SECOND TRAINING SESSION ROSTER: A total of 14 players are currently training with the U.S. Women's National Team during its second winter training block that ends April 9. The team training sessions, held at the American Sports Centers in Anaheim, Calif., are open to the public. Training times are generally Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., while Fridays often vary on times. Middle blockers include Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.), Tracy Stalls (Denver, Colo.), Christa Harmotto (Aliquippa, Pa.), Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.), Lauren Paolini (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Mekana Barnes (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) and Brittnee Cooper (Houston). Outside hitters/opposite include Angie Pressey (Lake Mary, Fla.), Brittany Moore (Orange, Calif.) and Jill Collymore (Bellevue, Wash.). The setters training include Bryn Kehoe (North Bend, Ohio) and Nicole Vargas (Seal Beach, Calif.). The libero position has Jessica Fine (Tarzana, Calif.) and Tamari Miyashiro (Kaneohe, Hawaii) training with the U.S. Women's National Team. Some players could leave for pro opportunities or other circumstances.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS: USA Volleyball processed a handful of international transfer paperwork allowing Americans to compete in foreign professional leagues over the past week. Christina Houghtelling, who has spent some time with the U.S. Women's National Team, has signed with Oriveden Ponnistus in Finland. Alesha Deesing has signed to played for Club Voleibol Ciutadella in Spain. Ashley Genslak will play in Austria for UVC Graz AG. For a full listing of the 149 international transfers for American female players to other countries to play professional volleyball, visit the full PDF version of the U.S. Women's National Team Weekly Update.
BERG PUSHING ITALIAN TEAM TO TOP: Lindsey Berg (Honolulu), a setter on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team which won the silver medal in Beijing, is playing for MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese of the Italian Serie A professional league this winter. She helped Villa Cortese to an upset of league-leader Scavolini Pesaro on March 7 with a 25-16, 25-21, 22-25, 25-18 victory. Berg set Villa Cortese to a sizzling 50 kill percent with 60 kills on 120 attempts with only 16 errors (.367 hitting efficiency). She helped four different players reach double-figure scoring in attacks. With the win, Villa Cortese solidifies its second-place rank in the Italian Serie A standings with a 44 points and a 15-4 record, which matches first-place Pesaro season record (46 points). Villa Cortese plays fourth-place Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi on March 14. To follow Berg throughout the season, check out her blog at lindseyberg.blogspot.com.
BOWN COMPETING FOR JESI: Heather Bown (Yorba Linda,Calif.), a three-time Olympian with the U.S. Women's National Team, is competing for Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi in the Italian Serie A professional league. Jesi lost a 25-21, 25-23, 27-25, 25-20 match to third-place Foppapedretti Bergamo on March 7. Bown tallied eight kills on 17 swings for a 47 kill percent with only two errors for a .353 hitting efficiency. She added two blocks to reach 10 points on the night. The loss prevented Jesi to move into third place and remains in fourth with a 12-7 record and 36 points. Jesi schedule does not get any easier next week as it looks to rebound against second-place MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese on March 14.
TOM, ASYSTEL VOLLEY NOVARA: Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah), a three-time Olympian and member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Games silver medal roster, is competing for Asystel Volley Novara in the Italian Serie A professional league this winter. Novara was handed a 25-22, 25-21, 25-15, 25-23 loss on March 7 by Yamamay Busto Arsizio. Tom contributed 18 kills on 46 swings, two blocks and an ace for a match-high 21 points in the contest. Novara dropped to 8-11 on the season and in eighth place with 22 points in the Serie A standings. Tom and Novara return to the Serie A court on March 14 against seventh-place Despar Perugia. Novara finishes its CEV Indesit Champions League Playoff Round 6 home-and-home series with Turkey's VakifGunesTelekom on March 10. Novara won the earlier meeting in four sets on March 2. The series winner advances to the Champions League Final Four April 3-4 at Cannes, France.
METCALF PROVIDING OFFENSE IN BRAZIL: Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa), a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Games roster, is in Brazil playing for Usiminas/Minas of the Brazilian Superliga. Metcalf scored a match-high 19 points as Usiminas topped Blausiegel 25-23, 25-15, 25-22 on March 4. She was credited with 17 kills on 34 swings to go with two blocks. For the second match of the week, Metcalf had a match-high 19 points in a 25-18, 25-17, 25-20 victory over Sao Bernardo on March 6. As the only player in double-figure scoring for the match, she tallied 16 kills on 28 swings, two blocks and an ace. Usiminas moved up one spot in the league standings to third place with a 14-6 overall record (7-1 in the second half. Usiminas challenges 10th-place Sport/Banco BMG on March 11and sixth-place Volei Futuro on March 16 in its next two league matches.
RICHARDS, SYKORA HELPING OMICHKA TO RUSSIAN FOREFRONT: Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah), an outside hitter and 2008 U.S. Olympic Team alternate, and three-time U.S. Olympian Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) are playing in the Russia Super League with Omichka in Omsk. Richards notched 20 kills and Sykora produced 18 digs on March 9, but Dinamo Kazan came away with a four-set upset. Omichka falls to 13-6 on the season and is in third place. With three Russia Super League regular season matches left on the schedule against bottom half of the standings, Omichka faces Leningradka on March 14 in its next match.
LARSON PUSHING DINAMO KAZAN TO NEW HEIGHTS: Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) is playing in her first professional season of her career in the Russia Superliga with Dinamo Kazan. She had 19 kills in leading Kazan to a four-set upset of Omichka on March 9. Dinamo Kazan improves to 9-10 on the season and is in a tie for sixth place. Kazan faces ninth-place Nugget on March 13 in its next Russian Super League match. The league has three remaining regular season matches on the schedule before the postseason tournament begins April 8.
FAWCETT SCORING IN RUSSIA: Nicole Fawcett (Zanesfield, Ohio), a U.S. Women's National Team player, continues to pay dividends for Dinamo-Yantar after joining the team in mid-season. Dinamo-Yantar topped Dinamo-Krasnodar 25-22, 21-25, 25-23, 25-17 on March 9. Match statistics unavailable at this time. Dinamo-Yantar improves to 9-10 on the season with 28 points, which keeps it in a tie for seventh place with Dinamo-Kazan. Dinamo-Yantar plays league-leader Dinamo Moscow on March 14 in its next Russian Super League match.
JOINES TAMAS, BUSSE WITH TOA BAJA: Jen Joines Tamas (Milpitas, Calif.) and Cassie Busse (Prior Lake, Minn.), both members of the U.S. Women's National Team, are playing for 2009 Puerto Rico League champion Toa Baja in 2010. Busse contributed a match-high 15 points with 12 kills and three blocks in leading Toa Baja to a 25-22, 25-23, 25-23 victory on March 7. Joines Tamas added eight points in the victory with seven kills without an attack error and a block. Toa Baja is currently tied for first place with an 8-1 record after a season-opening loss to Catano, which sports an identical 8-1 record. The Llaneras play fifth-place Bayamon on March 10 and have a rematch with Catano on March 12 before finishing the week's schedule against fifth-place Ponce on March 14.
THOMPSON, SALVO WITH CATANO: Setter Courtney Thompson (Kent, Wash.) and outside hitter Airial Salvo (Farmington, Utah), both members of the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team and products of University of Washington, are playing for Catano de Lancheras of the Puerto Rico Superliga. Salvo scored a match-high 21 points in leading Catano to a 25-27, 25-17, 25-17, 25-11 rally over Bayamon on March 2. Thompson added 14 assists and three kills in the victory. Salvo charted 18 points for Catano on March 4 as it dropped Carolina 21-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-22. Thompson helped the Lancheras to 53 kills during the match with seven assists, 11 digs and two points. Thompson set Catano to a 25-12, 25-13, 21-25, 25-19 victory over Guaynabo on March 6 with 16 assists, 10 digs, a kill, a block and an ace. Salvo scored 17 points with 12 on kills, four aces and a block. As a team, Thompson helped the Lancheras to 50 kills with only seven attack errors. Catano is tied for first in the Puerto Rican Superliga standings with an 8-1 record, including a victory over defending champion Toa Baja (8-1). Catano plays ninth-place Caguas on March 10, followed by a key rematch against Toa Baja on March 12. The Lancheras end the week against third-place Mayaguez on March 14.
SPICER WITH PONCE: Nellie Spicer (Barrington, Ill.), a setter with the U.S. Women's National Team, is competing for Ponce of the Puerto Rico Superliga in 2010. She tallied nine assists, 10 digs, one kill and an ace in a 28-26, 26-24, 25-16, 25-20 loss to Mayaguez on March 5. Ponce is currently in a tie for fourth place with a 4-5 record. The Leonas play eighth-place Corozal on March 9, followed by matches against seventh-place Guaynabo on March 11 and league-leader Toa Baja on March 14.
KIMMICH WITH GUAYNABO: Katie Wilkins Kimmich (Lakeside, Calif.), an outside hitter with the U.S. Women's National Team, is competing for the Mets of Guaynabo in the Puerto Rico Superliga. She tallied a match-high 23 points with 18 kills, two blocks and three aces in leading Guaynabo to a 25-22, 12-25, 25-23, 21-25, 15-13 victory over Carolina on March 2. Kimmich carded a team-high 16 points with 14 kills, a block and ace as Guaynabo fell to league-leader Catano 25-12, 25-13, 21-25, 25-19 on March 6. She pocketed 20 points with 14 kills, three blocks and three aces in leading Guaynabo to a 21-25, 25-15, 25-16, 25-21 victory over Caguas on March 8. Guaynabo holds a 4-6 record and is in seventh place in the 10-team league. The Mets challenge fifth-place Ponce on March 11 and eighth-place Corozal on March 12.
OTHER AMERICAN HIGHLIGHTS IN PUERTO RICO: Erin Moore scored 19 points and Christal Morrison added 12 points as Bayamon lost in four sets to Catano on March 2…Jessica Jones notched 19 points for Carolina on March 2, but the Las Gigantes lost to Guaynabo in five sets. Katie Olsovsky chipped in 15 points for Carolina in the match…Jessica Jones collected 18 points in Carolina's four-set loss to Catano on March 4, while teammate Katie Olsovsky added six points…Sonja Newcombe totaled 19 points and Sarah Ammerman added 13 points for Ponce on March 5, but the Leonas' opponent Mayaguez came away with a four-set victory…Kristee Porter notched 15 points and Kaitlin Sather added 13 points to lead Corozal to a three-set victory over Caguas on March 6. Caguas was led by Shonda Cole's 18 points in the loss…Kristee Porter scored 10 points in Corozal's three-set loss to league-leader Toa Baja on March 7…Jessica Jones charted a team-high 18 points in helping Carolina to a four-set victory over Bayamon on March 7. Katie Olsovsky added 16 points on 10 kills and six blocks for Carolina. In the loss, Erin Moore hammered 14 kills for Bayamon…Greichaly Cepero, a past member of the U.S. Women's National Team, tallied 11 points in helping Guaynabo to a four-set victory over Caguas on March 8. Shonda Cole was credited with 16 points to lead Caguas in the loss.
BARBOZA WITH TORAY IN JAPAN: Cynthia Barboza (Long Beach, Calif.), an outside hitter with the U.S. Women's National Team and alternate on both the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games rosters, is playing in her first professional volleyball season in Japan V-League with Toray. Barboza charted nine kills on 19 swings with only one error as Toray swept seventh-place Pioneer 25-21, 28-26, 25-21 on March 6. She helped Toray to a key sweep over second-place Hisamitsu with a 25-23, 25-20, 25-14 victory. Toray, which improved to 17-7 on the season and moved up a spot to second place, travels to Okayama on March 13 and March 14 for matches against fourth-place Denso (12-12) and fifth-place Okayama (10-14), respectively.
NNAMANI, GLASS PACING PROSTEJOV IN CZECH REPUBLIC: Ogonna Nnamani (Bloomington, Ill.) and Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.) continue to lead their Czech Republic professional team Prostejov. The squad concluded its regular season with a 20-0 record, while also winning the Czech Cup and Czech-Slovakian Cup. Prostejov toppled UP Olomouc 25-13, 25-16, 25-12 on March 4 in an Extraliga Round 26 match. Prostejov led 6-1 in the opening set and later went up 21-9. The second and third sets were close early, but Prostejov overcame the challenges. Leading 15-13 in the second set, Prostejov scored 10 of the final 13 points of the middle frame. In the third set, Prostejov rattled off the final 15 of 18 points after holding a slim 10-9 advantage. Nnamani and Glass performed well according to Prostejov Head Coach Miroslav Cada in the post-match press conference (no stats available). Prostejov plays KP Brno on March 11 in its next Extraliga match, followed by a March 13 contest against Frydek-Mistek.
DAVIS PICKS UP AZERBAIJAN: Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.), the U.S. Women's National Team libero during the 2008 Olympic Games, has shifted her professional season from China to Azerbaijan. After helping the Evergrande Volleyball Club to a perfect 12-0 season in the Chinese club season, she is now part of Lokomotiv of the Azerbaijan Super League. The second half of the Azerbaijan season starts on March 10 as Lokomotiv plays Rabita, followed by matches against Igtisadchi on March 11 and Azerreyl on March 12. Elisha Thomas (Grass Valley, Calif.), who trained with the U.S. Women's National Team last summer, plays for Azerreyl. Other U.S. Women's National Team members may be added to Azerbaijan Super League teams in the near future pending official international transfer paperwork being completed.
TRIVIA ANSWERS: 1. Toshi Yoshida; 2. Toshi Yoshida and Jeri Estes; 3. Debbie Landreth Brown


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TEN Lamborghinis huddled meekly in a Melbourne workshop - but these weren't a bunch of old Gallardos sitting as their headlights yellowed and values plummeted. Some were Sant'Agata's most important-ever cars.
And it says something that the most vanilla, plain cars of the lot were two Aventadors, one matte black, another silver. In the middle of the room there was a Countach, behind it an orange Murcielago SV. A red Gallardo Super Trofeo, with its towering rear wing, nestled inside a hoist. There was a Gallardo Spyder Performante looking menacing. And, parked modestly in the corner, looking utterly stunning, a Miura.
All were crowded, unassumingly, out the back of Lamborghini Melbourne - presumably to make way on the main showroom floor for the Huracan, which was 'launching' in Australia late last year, the day MOTOR happened to stumble on one incredible supercar stash.


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is increasing spending on Alzheimer's research - planning to surpass half a billion dollars next year - as part of a quest to find effective treatments for the brain-destroying disease by 2025.
In a two-part plan announced Tuesday, the National Institutes of Health immediately will devote an extra $50 million dementia research, on top of the $450 million a year it currently spends. The boost opens the possibility that at least one stalled study of a possible therapy might get to start soon.
Next week, President Barack Obama will ask Congress for $80 million in new money to spend for Alzheimer's research in 2013.
"The science of Alzheimer's disease has reached a very interesting juncture," with promising new findings to pursue after years of false starts, NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins told The Associated Press. "We would love to be able to come up with a way of bringing forward an even larger amount of support."
Patient advocates have long said the nation's spending on Alzheimer's research is far too little considering the disease's current and coming toll. More than 5 million people already have Alzheimer's or related dementias, a number that, barring a medical breakthrough, is expected to more than double by 2050 because of the aging population. By then, the medical and nursing home bills are projected to cost $1 trillion annually.
At a meeting last month, some of the government's own Alzheimer's advisers said it could take a research investment of as much as $2 billion a year to make a real impact. "Our country cannot afford not to make these commitments," Alzheimer's Association President Harry Johns told that meeting.
For comparison, the government spends nearly $3 billion on AIDS research; about 1.1 million Americans are living with the AIDS virus.
But Tuesday, advocates praised the administration for making a needed down payment in tough economic times.
"This is a positive step forward. It's going to take additional steps on the journey that's going to get us to the end of this," Johns said.
"There is no doubt that there is commitment that needs to be applauded here," added Eric J. Hall, president of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.
The move is part of the administration's development of the first National Alzheimer's Plan, to combine research toward better treatments - the goal is to have some by 2025 - along with steps to help overwhelmed families better cope today. In addition to the biomedical research, the administration said it will propose spending $26 million for other goals of the still-to-be-finalized plan, including caregiver support.
"Reducing the burden of Alzheimer's disease on patients and their families is an urgent national priority," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said.
Given the nation's fiscal problems, it's not clear what the chances are in Congress for a boost in next year's Alzheimer's funding.
But for this year, Collins said Alzheimer's is such a priority that the NIH will shift some of its budget from other research areas to eke out an extra $50 million right away.
Among his examples: Some cutting-edge gene-mapping will be directed to concentrate on uncovering the genetics of Alzheimer's, including what protects the brains of some people in dementia-prone families. Collins also said he will determine whether the extra money is enough to start some clinical trials that otherwise would have to wait, including one to test whether an intranasal form of insulin might reach and protect the brain cells of people with early dementia symptoms.
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Reading A.C.E.S. – Adult-Child Entitlement Syndrome gave my wife and me the plan we've been searching for. It was easy to read and we were able to relate to almost every aspect of the disorder. Most importantly, we were able to finally launch our adult-sons (ages 24, 27 and 29) into their own independent lives and our relationships with them are much better for it.
My husband and I were on the brink of divorce when we picked up A.C.E.S. – Adult-Child Entitlement Syndrome. All we did was argue about what to do about our 31 year –daughter who was still living with us at the time. Ms. Jaurequi's book was a lifesaver. We had no idea how badly "triangulation" had affected our relationship. We learned how our marital problems helped to cause our daughter's immaturity which eased a lot of out anger towards her. The 12-Step guide on how to launch her from the home was VERY appreciated because we had no idea how to begin to get her to stand on her own two feet. We have given copies of this book to friends with the same problem and they have passed it on to others. This book came out at the right time for so many families. We are very grateful.
Our family was falling apart over my son's addiction to alcohol. We were going broke too! We nearly lost all our savings on lawyers WE hired to defend him for getting a second DUI. We paid for 3 different treatment programs to get him to stop drinking but he wouldn't quit. We thought if he got sober he would move out of the house and get on with his life. My wife's friend bought us a copy of A.C.E.S. – Adult-Child Entitlement Syndrome and it changed everything for us. We took a look at our marriage and finally recognized the mistakes we were making with our 35 year-old son. We learned so much from that book. Our son is out of the house at last. Things aren't perfect with him or with us but they are a lot better, that's for sure!


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(John 3:16; Matthew 7:13-14; John 14:6)
Bill O'Reilly's flawed theology! On Bill O'Reilly's FOX News program last July 17th, he stated that Tony Snow was in Heaven because he was a "good person." This is a lie that is told and believed by millions, and is leading the souls of men to hell. It is a lie because the Bible says that there are NO GOOD PEOPLE! We all have sinned and come short of God's glory. Being a good person by this world's standards can't save you. Doing what the world would call good works can't save you. The only thing that can save you is faith in Jesus Christ. Based on his personal testimony, I do believe that Tony Snow is in Heaven. However, it is not because he was a good person or did good things, it is because he gave his heart and life to Jesus by faith.
To combat this lie, I have created a YouTube video that shows the clip in question from O'Reilly's program, and my commentary as well as an invitation to accept Christ. This is an excellent witnessing tool and a video every unsaved family member, friend, and person you know needs to watch. Please email this link to everyone you know and ask that they also forward it to the people they know. I am trusting God that many souls will come to Jesus Christ thru this short video presentation of the Gospel!
Back in January of 2005, Bill O'Reilly had a segment with "Left Behind" authors Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. During this segment, O'Reilly shared his theological beliefs that clearly have no foundation in God's Word. Sadly, O'Reilly has bought into the big lie of this world that "all good people will go to Heaven." It sounds nice, even sounds right, but is a lie that will lead many into eternal darkness. There is NO Biblical doctrine of "goodness". As a matter of fact, the Bible specifically declares that there are "none good, no not one." There is only ONE way to Heaven, and that is through faith in Jesus Christ.
Here are some quotes taken directly from O'Reilly on that night's program: "Yes, I don't know. It seems – well, We have in Catholicism a loophole there. You know, that's why I like my religion because it's an interesting religion. We have something called baptism by desire, and that means you can be baptized by living a good life even if you're not a believer because Catholics believe faith is a gift."
"But I think God forgives all people who lead good lives through this baptism of desire. That makes sense."
Let me correct O'Reilly's false theology. First, there are no "loopholes" to God's plan of salvation. Second, there is NO SUCH THING IN THE BIBLE, our final authority in all matters, as "baptism by desire." This is not even a teaching of the Catholic church, only by some very liberal theologians. The fact is, baptism can't save you, faith in Christ saves you. Baptism is an outward act of an inward work, that of salvation. It is the act of identifying our lives with Christ, symbolically washing away our sins which happens spiritually the moment we accept Christ by faith.
Also, Catholic is not a religion, it is a church. Even though it is a matter of semantics, it is a common error many make. Catholic is the name of a church, just like Baptist, Methodist, Assemblies of God, Presbyterian, and Lutheran are names of churches. They are churches of the Christian faith. Christianity is not a religion, it is a faith in Christ. Being part of a particular church can't save you, only your faith in Jesus Christ can save you.
THE CHURCH is not a building or a particular group of churches under the same name, THE CHURCH is made up of every man, woman, and child that has accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior by faith regardless of the name of the building they choose to worship Him in. I assure you that when you stand before God the moment you die, He is not going to be interested in the name of the church you attended, only if you know His Son Jesus Christ as your personal Savior.
As a side, O'Reilly has shared his false theology many times over the years and my PR people have spoken several times with his producers about having me on his program to talk about his false beliefs. Even though Liveprayer reaches as many people daily as his program, he has repeatedly "hid under his desk" as he is fond of crying when people who disagree with him refuse to come on his program. The reason this is important, is because millions have bought into this same false theology as O'Reilly has, that "all good people will go to Heaven." That my friend, is a lie from the pits of hell itself!
I love you and care about you so much. Pray for Bill O'Reilly. Pray today that he will open his heart to the truth of God's Word, and that he will accept the words of our Lord when He said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Faith in Jesus Christ is the ONLY road to Heaven.
Many can't quite grasp how a loving God, a God of grace and mercy, would let "good people" die and be eternally separated from Him. It is because of sin. You see my friend, sin is something we are all born with. It has been part of the human condition since man sinned in the Garden of Eden. There is only one answer to sin, and that is the answer God gave us. He sent His only Son Jesus, to this earth to die for the sins of all men. It was God's plan that Jesus, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin thus without sin, and lived a sinless life, would die on Calvary's cross and pay with his blood for the sins of all mankind.
THAT my friend, is why it is ONLY our faith in Jesus Christ that can wipe away our sins. It is ONLY faith in Christ that can allow sinful man to have his sins wiped clean so that upon death, he can spend eternity with a Holy God. Those who never accept Christ, who reject Him, die in their sin and thus are not able to be reconciled back to God their Creator. This was God's plan that He gave us because He loved us so much.
We must NEVER compromise the truth of God's Word just to make people feel better. Actually, it is better to offend someone than fail to share with them the keys to eternal life. The Bible says that the Gospel is offensive to those who don't believe. Our job is not to make people feel good, but to share with them the truth of His Word. What they choose to do with that truth is between them and God. I pray today for those people of other religions, that they will open their hearts to God's love, and come to know His Son by faith. Jesus is the only hope for this world. Jesus is the only hope for each person. Jesus is the only road to everlasting life with God our Creator!
If you have never asked Jesus into your life, or do not have the assurance that if you died today you would be with God for eternity, pray for God to open your heart, then read the words at this link:
In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller
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During the '60s and very early '70s, Chevrolet had free reign over the performance of its muscle mouse motors. The high output 302, 327 and 350 small-blocks were all sporting 11.0:1 compression, big-valve heads and aggressive, solid-lifter cams. In short, they were serious performers that packed a powerful punch.
Loyal Super Chevy readers can verify this by referencing our Legendary Small-Blocks series, where we compared the powerful L76 327, the DZ302 and the LT-1 (September 2009), followed by the an article dedicated to the hydraulic-cammed powerhouses, namely the L79, the L46 and the L82 (March 2010). The L79, L46 and L82 all featured hydraulic-lifter cams, but what really separated the L82 from the other five performance small-blocks was the serious drop in static compression ratio. The pre-smog engines tested were offered with 11.0:1 compression, but the L82 made due with just 9.0:1.
The sizable drop came from a combination of flat-top pistons and large-chamber heads. A drop in compression from 11.0:1 to 9.0:1 will reduce the power output by eight percent or more, and the drop occurs across the rev range, not just at the power peak. This represented a serious kick in the teeth for Chevy enthusiasts looking for a performance machine during the disco era.
Naturally, things were much worse for owners of the lesser base model small-blocks, and the L82 was eventually killed off, signaling and end of the carbureted small-block performance era. Unfortunately for Chevy enthusiasts, you are unlikely to drop by your local wrecking yard nowadays and find an original motor from an LT-1 Z/28, L79 Chevy II or even an L46 Corvette begging for a home. In fact, you'd be hard pressed just to find a good set of high-compression performance cylinder heads, let alone a suitable short-block bolted under them. The rows and rows of Chevys not occupied by late-model four- and six-cylinder commuter cars might feature a handful of computer-controlled, carbureted small-blocks. If you can't find any small-blocks in the passenger cars, check out the section dedicated to full-size trucks. Carbureted small-blocks will be a dime a dozen there.
None of the car or truck engines will be of the legendary caliber, but don't be so quick to discount them. We're going to show you how to get muscle car-era performance from these smoggy small-blocks. Like our L82, the low-compression mills will respond just as well to some simple performance upgrades. Since we changed the heads, cam and intake on our L82, your starting point can be just about any low-compression mouse (meaning flat-top or slight dish pistons).
The upgrades we performed on this L82 test mule can be applied to any low-compression smog motor (including those using throttle body or tuned port injection). The reason we chose the L82 as our starting point is that we felt sorry for this much-maligned combo. After all, the L82 was saddled with just 9.0:1 compression and expected to perform against a pack of 11.0:1 motors. Now toss in the 882 heads (unfortunately notorious not for poor flow but for cracking), the cast-iron Q-Jet intake and matching carb and you have all the elements of a serious Cindefella story. All we needed was a hairy, fairy godfather sporting the latest performance hardware to transform the L82 into a serious baller. Glass slipper? Not this girl. Try Doc Martens, tribal tattoos and a tongue piercing.
Loyal readers will remember that the low-compression L82 was equipped with 882 heads, L46 hydraulic cam (0.450/0.460 lift, 222 duration) and an induction system consisting of a cast-iron intake and Q-Jet carb. The Q-Jet was actually less of a hindrance than you might suspect as the 750 cfm rating was more than adequate for the needs of the 250hp L82. In stock trim on our dyno, the 9.0:1 L82 produced 313 flywheel (gross) horsepower at 5,500 rpm and 355 lb-ft of torque at 3,800 rpm. The engine produced adequate torque relative to the horsepower rating, but it wasn't exactly what you'd describe as earth-shattering.
Replacing the stock 882 iron heads with 200cc RHS aluminum heads, an XE274H hydraulic flat-tappet cam and Pro Comp dual-plane, aluminum intake resulted in some serious power. Fed by a Holley 750 HP series carb (we should have tried a test with the stock Q-Jet-sorry), the upgraded L82 produced 414 hp at a slightly higher 5,900 rpm and 415 lb-ft of torque at 4,100 rpm. The upgrades to the L82 improved power throughout the rev range, from 3,000 rpm all the way to 6,500. The gains would be even greater on a milder small-block (from, say a truck) since the stock cam timing would be even milder than the L46 cam used in the L82.


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Since Stephen Malkmus ditched the likely lucrative reunion of his legendary band Pavement to continue on with his Jicks project, which released their great album Wig Out at Jagbags this week, I thought it a good time to look back at the band reunions that have popped up this new millennium. Though these reunions have both delighted and horrified fans, sometimes at the same time, a few have been so solid that it's like our favorite bands never left us. Now get on it, Cocteau Twins!
1. Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis and bassist/Sebadoh frontman Lou Barlow buried the hatchet in the 2000s, formally reuniting with longtime drummer Murph in 2005 to play on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson and tour. They subsequently have released three terrific albums. If you were a fan of Dinosaur Jr. but haven't checked out any of the albums from Dino. Jr. 2.0 (gross), do it now, as they're as good as anything the band released during its heyday. 2012's I Bet on Sky featured the kind of more chilled-out (yet still distortion-laden) songwriting you might expect from alt-rock elder statesmen, while 2007's Beyond felt like lighting a match in a room full of gas, exploding with bottled up riffs and energy. Lou Barlow, whose own Sebadoh reunion also ranks as one of the better ones of the 2000s, makes his first contributions to the songwriting on these albums since 1987's You're Living All Over Me, and the band is better for it. Combined with their live shows, which are lessons in ear-splitting noise only bested by the next band on this list, it makes them the best reunited band of the new millennium!


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The new iTunes focuses on music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and audiobooks. Apps for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch are now exclusively available in the new App Store for iOS. And the new App Store makes it easy to get, update, and redownload apps—all without a Mac or PC.
You'll find these changes in the new iTunes:
- Apps: Looking for your past iOS app downloads? Learn how to redownload apps on your iOS device.
- iTunes U: Collections of iTunes U content appear in the Podcasts section of iTunes.
- Internet Radio: Your Internet Radio stations appear in your music library's sidebar. Click Edit in the sidebar to show or hide Internet Radio.
- Ringtones: iOS 11 supports redownloading ringtones directly to your iOS device, without the need to use iTunes on your Mac or PC.
- Books on Windows: Books on iTunes for Windows are managed in iBooks for iOS. Learn how to redownload books on an iOS device.
Manage media, files, and other content on your iOS device
Connect your iOS device to your computer with a USB cable to sync music, movies, TV shows, and audiobooks using iTunes. You can also back up your device using iTunes.
If you want to copy files between your computer and apps on your iOS device, use File Sharing.
You can find iOS apps, ringtones, and books (PC only) that you've already downloaded in your iTunes Media folder.
If you have an iOS app, ringtone, or book that's no longer available for redownload, you can move that content to your iOS device while plugged in to a computer with a USB cable.


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Following a decision to close the community swimming pool for the 2008 season, the Fayette Park Board is considering other ways to keep kids cool this summer, such as a splash park and water games.
The board is exploring the possibility of a levy proposal for the November election to give residents the option of funding repairs and operation of the pool. The levy would include all school district residents, not just those within the village limits.
Board members discussed fund-raising activities, including 50/50 drawings at ball games and a monthly drawing on the last Friday night game each month.
The board has also planned a pizza sales project from May 19 to June 13. For this first effort, the board will work with the Pizza Stop.
The board will also investigate earning money by selling tickets for the Toledo Mud Hens and Detroit Tigers games. A percentage of the sales would be returned to the board.
The board is contacting Brett Kolb about ball pictures again this year.
A volleyball tournament is considered to raise money for Christmas decorations and another tournament might be scheduled during the Bull Thistle Festival.
The board discussed grant options from the Tony Hawk Foundation for money to construct a skateboard park.
PARK NEEDS—The big ball diamond needs 25 tons of stone. It was noted that ground moles are starting to dig up the diamonds again this year.
Quotes will be sought for refurbishing the basketball courts in the park.
The park is in need of new picnic tables, bleachers and playground equipment. Because of mandates to upgrade playground equipment, there are only two swings left. All equipment needs to be replaced because it is outdated.


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from looking at Den Zeitgeist Gestalten (the Design of the Spirit of Time or the idea of a tool for achieving this) if we delete the article Den, then we change this from its strict meaning into a beam of wider possible meanings, tending towards the idea of the Design of the Spirit of the Experience.
Z_G (Zeitgeist Gestalten) is an online application that allows the user to experience any website with in a visually poetic way.
the intuitive interface of this software contains at the upper right a field for inserting URL addresses and two colour palettes (for setting foreground and background colours).
when a web address is inserted and confirmed, Z_G reads the page corresponding to the given web address (which appears in the main screen for a few seconds) and outsets a filtered version of the web page, without any semantic content, yet filled with poetic meaning.
the colour setting palettes at the upper right part of Z_G allow the customization of your experience in real time.
Z_G also offers a time based experience, as you browse through the links within your Z_Ged page (they exist wherever the cursor becomes a hand).
this project was produced in 2007 as a proposal for Direccao-Geral das Artes | Ministerio da Cultura, in Portugal
Work metadata
- Year Created: 2007
- Submitted to ArtBase: Friday May 20th, 2011
- Original Url: http://www.pndmn.com/z_g/
Work Credits:
- Tiago Borges, Author
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