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Home Page Chess Life Online Moradiabadi Tops Kings Island
|Moradiabadi Tops Kings Island
|By Steve Immitt
|November 19, 2013
The 22nd edition of Continental Chess's Midwest classic, the annual Kings Island Open, has continued its recent tradition of the past few years of outdrawing the previous year's event, this time with 320 entries, plus another 17 re-entries, converging on the Kings Island Resort near Cincinnati on the weekend of November 15-17th, for the Buckeye State's largest open tournament.
The tournament was not without its upsets, which started in the first round, when Number Two ranked GM Alex Shabalov was held to a draw by Expert David Peng, and then succumbed to a mating attack the next round, courtesy of FM Luis Flaquer.
But the ratings are there for a reason, and in the end the top seed, Iranian GM Elshan Moradiabadi tied for top honors along with America's newly-minted GM-elect, Bryan Smith. Both GMs blitzed their respective fields for the first four rounds.
Moradiabadi stopped IM Justin Sarkar's express train in Round 4.
Justin did get some consolation later on when he (almost) blitzed the Sunday Night Blitz tournament with 7 out of 8 to win the $50 Blitz First Prize.
Meanwhile on the next board, Smith put an end to GM-slaying Flaquer's Cinderella story.
A last-round draw on Board One led to both Grandmasters chalking up over $2,050 for their efforts. Elshan, who currently lives in Lubbock, Texas, also won the additional $182 First Place Bonus Prize by a whisker-- their results were so nearly identically impressive that it took four separate tiebreaks to separate the two!
FM Peter Bereolos defeated FM Carl Boor in the last round to finish with 4 points and a tie for the Under 2300 prizes with FM Hans Multhopp, who likewise won his last round against Okechukwa Iwu. The victorious FMs each won over $1,093.
William Sedlar drew his first round in the Under 2100 Section, but he wanted more. He re-entered the Two-Day Schedule to see if he could do better. The strategy worked. He won his next four games and then drew his last round against another re-entry player, John Miller, to clinch the $1,823 First Prize. Miller himself shared 2nd-4th with Liberty Green and Bill Turner.
No ties in the Under 1900 Section— Vikram Srivastava saw to that by winning all five games en route to his $1,823 First Prize. William Purcell, who finished with 4½, said the $911 he won for clear second was his biggest payday ever, as he was basking in filling out his W9 tax form. And 83-year-young Valdis Tums's $182.34 check proved that kids are not the only ones who win prizes in the class sections. He ended up in a six-player logjam for 3rd, along with Michael Higgins, Krishna Venkatasubba, Forst Chen, Arden Markin and William Stewart.
Roy Dotson, Jeffrey Zhu and Leo Zamansky each took home over $1,063 for divvying up the Under 1700 Section three ways, although Leo had to wait until he finished the Blitz tournament Sunday night to collect his checks (he also tied for 1st-2nd Under 1800 in the Blitz).
Jeremy Koebel tied for 1st-2nd in the Under 1500 Section, so he might have been surprised to get a check for the whole $1,458 First Prize. Although Khanh Lee also scored 4½ points, he was limited to winning $600 as an unrated player. That meant that Jeremy took home most of what would have otherwise been split up in the tie, and there was even some more left over to be spread amongst the six players who tied for 3rd-8th with 4 points: Jacob Naylor, Raymond Gifford, Evan Huang, Kipp Bynum, Richard Hayes and Peter Katchmer. They each won a slightly increased prize of over $158.
Jacob Rapport and Bryan Waterhouse each scored 4½ points and took home $820.50 at the top of the Under 1250 Section, while Max Zhu and Emma Cheng did likewise with the $319 they each received for tying for 3rd-4th at 4-1.
To say that Katherine Lin had a good tournament would be somewhat of an understatement. Not only did she win all five to games in the Under 1000 Section to clinch the $638 First Prize, she was also part (a very important part) of the three Mixed Doubles teams which tied for the 1st-3rd Mixed Doubles Team prizes. Jeannie Zhang and Jeffrey Zhu comprised the second winning team (average team rating 1563), and Emma Cheng and Jordan Zipfel (average rating 1026) were the third winning duo. This may have been the first time that siblings were on a winning team— just not on the same team! Jordan's brother Jason was also Katherine's teammate (their average rating was 1001). Each of the three teams won $365.
While the storms raged furiously over the chess boards, outside things were not much better. About two hours into the final round, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for a Level 3 storm (on the EF-scale, one does not aspire to a high rating). The waiting area designated by the hotel for this situation was the convention center ballroom, where the tournament was being played. Although this did at least have the advantage of providing maximum convenience for the hundreds of players and spectators already in the room, the commotion of all the hotel's guests and workers assembling in the tournament room proved to be too much nevertheless, and play was suspended.
After a delay of several minutes, the storm clouds moved on, fortunately bringing a relatively anti-climactic ending to a decidedly anti-climatic event.
This year's 22nd edition of the Kings Island Open was marked by a sad occurrence, however. At the beginning of the first round of each playing schedule, a moment of silence was offered in remembrance of Mike Anders, one of our tournament directors in recent years. He was tragically killed in a private plane accident earlier this year. Mike was constantly promoting the Kings Island Open, welcoming new players and working hard to keep the regulars happy. He would always encourage the players to bring a friend next year, to keep the tournament vibrant, strong and growing.
Although his familiar, smiling face will be sorely missed, I think he would be happy with the results of his efforts.
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ATWT: Iris and Jade threaten to expose Gwen's secret.
B&B: Stephanie discovers Jackie's shameful past; will she use it to her advantage?
Days: Patrick kidnaps Hope right before she goes into labor.
GH: Maxie uses her "miscarriage" to gain sympathy from Lucky.
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AMC: Bianca is floored when she answers the door.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
"General Hospital" Favorite Returns
Bad boy Scott Baldwin (played by Kin Shriner) returns to "GH" just in time for February sweeps. The reason for his return has been kept on the DL, but we can't wait to see what he has in store for Port Charles' residents.
Many fans speculated that he would return in time for Luke and Laura's remarriage (much like his debut at their wedding 25 years ago when he emerged from the shadows to catch Laura's bouquet). But their wedding has come and gone, and still, no Scotty.
"I look forward to returning to the General Hospital family," Shriner said. "The fans are going to be very excited to see my character return to town with a well-crafted and edge of your seat storyline. Some very important questions about Luke, Laura and Scotty will be answered."
To add a bit of a twist, here is what ABC has said about Shriner's return: "[Shriner's] return will coincide with an explosive story line for the upcoming February sweep where a new storytelling technique will be used, a first in daytime."
Hmmmm ... what could it be? Anyone have any guesses?
Monday, December 18, 2006
SPOILERS! Week of Dec. 18th
AMC: Kendall arranges a secret DNA test to see if Ryan is Emma's father.
ATWT: Katie is surprised to see whom Mike is with at the Snyder farm.
B&B: Stephanie finds a surprise on her doorstep for Christmas.
Days: Stefano reveals EJ's true identity.
GH: Nikolas faces his worst nightmare at the Christmas pageant.
GL: Coop resorts to manipulative tactics in his attempt to start a new life with Ava.
OLTL: Blair and the life of her unborn child are in great danger.
Passions: Fancy's investigation of a peeping tom has heartbreaking consequences.
Y&R: Brad and Sharon share a special moment during the winter storm.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
As the Revolving Casting Door Turns
Each week we get news of someone in the soap world not renewing their contract, or the show not renewing it for them, and then in return we see some new faces gracing our screens. It's always upsetting to hear that one of your favorite stars is leaving daytime, but also realize there is a good chance he or she could return after trying their luck in Hollywood. I love seeing soap stars succeed in primetime and movies, but I love it even more when one of my favorite stars comes back.
One such star is Jay Kenneth Johnson, who is returning to Salem ("Days of Our Lives") as Philip Kiriakis starting Jan. 12th. Johnson had a role on the now-defunct primetime series "North Shore" and a recurring role as the cutest gynecologist ever on the NBC sitcom "Scrubs." I'm not sure how long his stay will be in Salem -- if it's a typical 3-year contract or just a quick stint to wrap up Philip's storyline – but, either way, savor him while he lasts because he's young, talented and pretty enough to want to give primetime stardom a shot again someday.
Also coming back is Elizabeth Hendrickson as Maggie on "All My Children." Now I do know this is just a short-term gig, but fans are thrilled anyway. Now that Eden Reigel is back full-time as Maggie's partner, Bianca, everyone keeps asking, "Where is Maggie?!" The only thing we know so far is that Maggie cheated on Bianca, and that's why Bianca headed home to Pine Valley, but now Maggie has some competition with the peculiar Zarf trying to win Bianca's heart. If you're not tuning in already, make sure you do on Jan. 15th when Hendrickson makes her first appearance.
Unfortunately, we must say goodbye to two more "Days" stars who are being let go: Rhasaan Orange (Tek) and Judi Evans (Bonnie). Hopefully we WILL be seeing these two some more, either on another soap (to me Evans will always be Beth Raines on "GL" -- come back and bring Grant Aleksander, as Phillip, with you) or on a primetime show worth their talents.
Lastly, some good news. Hillary B. Smith has signed a new contract to continue as Nora on "One Life to Live." Yippee! I was worried because her character gave up the job of prosecuting Spencer to her colleague Evangeline, and her time onscreen seemed to be dwindling more and more lately, but the soap has shown renewed faith in her appeal (fans have long since known this), and she's supposed to have a juicy storyline coming up with Nora's rival, Lindsay (Catherine Hickland).
So we lose a few, we win a few. I wish all the stars good luck in their new endeavors, but if I see your mug back on my TV during the hours of noon and 4 p.m. someday, I won't be complaining.

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President Barack Obama told reporters Tuesday that he was "very proud" of Collins, the 34-year-old NBA player who revealed that he was gay in a Sports Illustrated column this week.
Obama talked to him on the phone Monday, the day that Collins became the first active openly gay male athlete in the four major U.S. pro team sports.
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Sr. Joan McGuire, O.P. was the Director of the Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and is now retired. She has been engaged in ecumenical and interreligious relations in the Archdiocese since 1987. Sr. McGuire is a member of the newly merged Dominican Sisters of Peace.
As the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001 approaches, our thoughts go back to that day ten years ago. Gathered with others around a TV at the Pastoral Center on Superior Street, I remember especially the concern of Joan Maxwell until she heard that her son, who often conducted business at the Trade Center, was safe. Throughout the day people prayed for those who were not safe or were suffering: the victims, their loved ones and the responders.
On September 11, 2011, we have opportunities to once again be in solidarity and remembrance with one another - personally, in our homes, neighborhoods and religious and civic communities.
During the days, months and years following the sorrowful events of 9/11, there have been increased commitments among the many religious communities in the Chicago area to engage in deepening and strengthening their previous ongoing relationships.
A witness to these interreligious engagements is the candlelight, city-wide interreligious service co-hosted by the Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago (CRLMC) and the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIO-GC). This Evening of Remembrance on Saturday evening, September 10, 2011 from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM at Daley Plaza will be a Remembrance of the victims; Recognition of the responders and Renewal of commitments to seek healing and reconciliation. Cardinal George is a member of the CRLMC and regularly attends the annual interfaith iftar dinners hosted by the CIO-GC.
It is not only interreligious leaders but also people in neighborhoods and local places of worship who are holding special services. On Sunday morning, September 11, 2011, at 9:15-10:30 a.m., the Marquette Park community will gather on the steps of St. Rita of Cascia Church, 6243 South Fairfield Avenue for a Day of Remembrance and Solidarity.
Four neighboring places of worship: Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago Sinai Congregation, Holy Name Cathedral and the Downtown Islamic Center will commemorate the tenth anniversary of 9/11 at Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 East Chestnut Street on Sunday evening, September 11, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. The service will also feature the premiere of the choral work "Voices of Peace" commissioned by the four congregations for this occasion.
It seems evident that the tenth anniversary of 9/11 will find many of the people in the Chicago area and our country united in prayer, remembrance and solidarity. For this blessing, let us be grateful.
Catholics have a particular reason to be grateful. Forty-five years ago the Second Vatican Council issued Nostra Aetate. This official teaching of the Church urges Catholics to "enter with prudence and charity into discussion and collaboration with members of other religions." In addition, we are "to acknowledge, preserve and encourage the spiritual and moral truths found among non-Christians as well as their social life and culture." (NA.2)
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If you missed the first post about my recent trip to the UK, detailing the first two and a half days there, you can read it HERE.
Otherwise, let's continue with these travel-shenanigans.
Day 3 (continued)
As mentioned in the last post, Day 3 was our last true day in London, and we spent it touring the Globe Theatre (and seeing The Taming of the Shrew as groundlings), making fun of the art at the Tate Modern next door, and dodging rain storms at the Tower of London.
The view from the "Royal Box" of the Globe Theatre.
Walking the Millennium Bridge, also known as the "Wobbly Bridge," also known as the bridge they blow up at the beginning of Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince.
See that school right there? The City of London School for Boys? That's the school both Daniel Radcliffe and Skandar Keynes attended before becoming Harry Potter and Edmund Pevensie, respectively.
This is one of my favorite pieces at the Tate Modern. It's called "Untitled Painting." It is literally just a mirror glued to a canvas hung on the wall.
This is my other favorite piece. It's canvas painted white, cut out in a random octagonal shape, glued to the wall. Artist be trolling.
We walked London Bridge on our way to the Tower of London. Luckily, it did not fall down.
This is the Traitors' Gate at the Tower of London. They used to stuff their baddies back behind these bars and then wait for the Thames to reach high-tide, at which point everyone drowned. (Cruel and unusual punishment, anyone?)
LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THIS BOOK. This was the ordinance book for the guards working in the Tower. Can you imagine how many rules they had to follow? IT'S EVEN WORSE THAN MAMA UMBRIDGE.
At the end of the day, we ended up back at the Globe for Taming of the Shrew. We stood in the very first row of the groundlings, which for most people involved leaning their elbows on the stage while watching. Only I'm actually too short to do that, so instead I was literally at eye level with the stage. Like a crocodile spying on its prey. (In other news: HOW BEAUTIFUL. IS THE "SKY." ON THIS STAGE?)
Day 4
Day 4 saw our group leaving London to explore other parts of England. We made stops in Oxford (now one of my favorite places on Earth–I'm hoping to study there next summer), the Cotswolds, and then continued on to Statford-upon-Avon to see Shakespeare's grave and the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of As You Like It.
Not sure if you can tell, because of my iPhone's kind of crappy picture quality and all, but that sign reads "Alice's Shop." Oxford University is basically Heaven for literary types. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, aka Lewis Caroll, was a professor at Oxford and this adorable shop is located in town.
You might recognize this as a Harry Potter shooting location. Harry Potter was a biiig part of our trip.
… Speaking of Harry Potter, this dining hall inspired the Great Hall. (Sorry the photo's so blurry. We weren't allowed to stop walking as they hurried us through with the bazillion and one other tourists, and as I already mentioned in Part 1: I'm so bad at walking without taking pictures at the same time that you're lucky it's even this clear.)
After touring campus, we stopped in at the Eagle and Child, which is the pub where C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, among other writers, used to meet weekly. This was one of the highlights of the trip for me. If I could meet any historical figure, it would be C.S. Lewis. (And if I ever got to, I would probably then melt into a weeping mess in front of him, because I love his writing and philosophy on life and everything SO MUCH.) So yeah. It was sort of a big deal for me to go to the Eagle and Child.
Here's me trying not to look like I was totally about to break down sobbing with joy beside the map of Narnia they'd hung on their supply closet door. (Oh, those punny pub owners!)
Driving through the Cotswolds in our tour bus. The Cotswolds are this area of England composed of gorgeous, gimmicky little tourist towns.
While stopped in Bourton-on-the-Water for a tourist break (we literally went there to "buy souvenirs and enjoy the tourist atmosphere"), I got some cream tea. My friend: You have not lived until you have had cream tea.
I give you: the grave of William Shakespeare. It was crazy seeing his grave, because while I've never been a huge Shakespeare fan, I have grown up reading, and performing, and analyzing his work. Shakespeare's been a big part of my life for years now. But the thing is–he's always seemed like this really distant figure. Kind of Biblical, in a way. So to see Shakespeare's grave IN PERSON made him, and all that he did for the literary and theatre worlds, suddenly seem so much more real and present and important to me as an individual. It sounds cheesy, but it truly was a life-changing experience for me. This whole trip was.
Buried with Shakespeare were his wife, daughter, and her two husbands (one died young).
The RSC's production of As You Like It, right before it started!
Day 5
Day 5 was more Shakespeare, as we toured Anne Hathaway's Cottage and Shakespeare's Birthplace, and then we visited Warwick Castle and walked around downtown Statford-upon-Avon during our free time.
The Brits really need to stop complaining about us changing the name of the first Harry Potter book. At least we didn't mess with the branding GOLD that is "Frosted Flakes."
This is Mary Baker, descendent of Anne Hathaway and my personal hero. She exploited her connection to Shakespeare to make a profit, by giving the first tours of Anne Hathaway's childhood cottage and selling items that (secretly) didn't actually have anything to do with either Shakespeare OR Anne for big bucks. (If I ever happen to have a famous relative, I'm planning on being just like her. Warning to all my relatives.)
Waiting in line to get in to see the Disneyfied version of Shakespeare's birthplace!
These windows are absolutely COATED in signatures. They're supposedly from the room Shakespeare was born in, but now they're cased in glass because so many tourists throughout the centuries had carved their names into them that it was getting ridiculous.
Warwick Castle! This now quite-Disneyfied castle was once a star location of the War of the Roses. Now, it's owned by Madame Tussaud and is populated by lots of creepy historical wax figures.
For all those random times your castle is under siege, it's a good idea to keep a catapult lying around.
Table cannon. In case the parchment attacks.
Sword show in the castle courtyard! They debunked the myths of medieval swordplay, including the fact that real sword fights (unlike the media's interpretation of them) usually lasted less than ten seconds before one man would manage to kill off his opponent.
It wasn't until after I'd tried on the gift shop battle gear (twice) that I noticed there was a princess option as well. Apparently I haven't been reading enough romance-y contemporary books this summer.
When we went to begin the tour of the castle towers, a woman at the entrance told us the towers were closed for the next half hour.
"What do you mean?" we asked. "Why are they closed?"
"There's a bird show going on," she explained. "We wouldn't want any of the birds of prey to mistake you for food."
A few minutes later, this lovely monster landed on the highest tower, checked in with the handler hanging out there, and then flew off again. We thanked the woman for not letting it eat our faces.
Back in Stratford-upon-Avon for the evening, we wandered the town. The River Avon (in this location, known as either the Warwickshire Avon or Shakespeare's Avon) is beautiful!
Fact: this pub has been around for longer than the United States has.
Day 6
I'm only going to partway cover Day 6 in this post, since most of it was spent freaking out during the Leavesden Studios tour (if you don't know what the "Leavesden Studios tour" entails, look it up), but I will leave you with a few pictures from our stop at Oxford's rival, the University of Cambridge.
Outside King's College.
Inside King's College Chapel.
I love how many languages they translated "please keep off the grass" into. Like: they REALLY don't want people walking on the grass.
Cambridge has this really cool tradition of having students take their visitors out on the river for a tour. It's called "punting," and the punts (boats) are basically gondolas–the difference is that punts are propelled by poles rather than oars. (PS. There are cows in the background of this picture. To the right. To the left, just across the river, is a smart-looking cafe. How cool is that? You can eat dairy products right next to the cows who produced them!)
Make sure to stay tuned for the last England Trip Recap post, coming soon, which'll be jam-packed with pictures from the Leavesden Studios tour! Whoohoo!


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Family Tree Maker released a new patch (704) that includes the ability to Restore a file, where the original file had been linked to an Ancestry Member Tree (AMT). Until this patch, a new tree would have to be created on Ancestry, and all invitations would have to be re-issued and the New Tree would be created. This update, allows us to Restore the File, WITH the Option to re-link the restored file to the Existing AMT that was included with the file that was backed up.
I had done a File, Back Up to my existing FTM2012 file, which was linked to my AMT.
This is very helpful, if the computer crashes or some reason where the file has to be restored.
Go to File, then Restore.
A new window is the opened requesting the file to be restored. I keep my back up files on an External Drive (J), I navigate to that drive and select the file (FTMB)
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The new file will be created AND the Media Folder associated with that file will also be created and all of the media files will be included.
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OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland A's optioned right-handed pitchers Arnold Leon and Josh Lindblom and infielder Nate Freiman to Triple-A Sacramento, the club announced today.
The A's now have 35 players in camp. That includes 33 players on the 40-man roster, which is full, and two non-roster invitees. The breakdown includes 16 pitchers, four catchers, eight infielders and seven outfielders.
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Don't stalk your children on the Internet
Microsoft researcher and NYU media and culture professor danah boyd (who prefers to style her name in all lowercase) is one of my favorite people to talk with about teenagers and technology. That's not because I agree with her all the time - often, I find that we see questions about privacy, use of technology and online bullying a little or a lot differently. But danah is the best kind of sparring partner because she always tells me something I didn't know along the way. That holds true with her new book, "It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens," which offers interviews with teen-agers in communities across the country. By filtering them through her distinct lens, she gleans valuable insights.
We talked recently by phone about the book and the key points it raises.
Slate: You have a real passion for getting teenagers' own voices into the conversation about them. What's the most important thing you learned in talking to them that you think adults don't get?
boyd: The more I think about this, the more I want to focus on how devastating and destructive parental anxieties and stress about technology are. These anxieties continue to create a wall between kids and parents. In the window between writing my book and publishing it, I've given birth to a child of my own. I started reading studies about parenting and early childhood, and what's really funny to me, in terms of the parallels, is how bad the effects of stress are. Take sleep - it's important for babies but also for parents. The same stuff that holds true for newborns holds true for teens. Focus on the relationships, on whatever it takes to make the household as calm and centering and engaged as possible. That is so much the message of the book. It requires a level of stepping back and trying to be calm that is really hard in American society. And with technology, there is such a tendency for it to be a source of anxiety. I'd really like us to be in a place where we think of it instead as an opportunity for teen-agers.
Slate: Can you give an example?
boyd: Yes, the new crisis hotlines via text. They're like the old phone hotlines, but now you can text the counselors as well as call them. I'm on the board of Crisis Text Line, which provides critical counseling on topics as varied as coming out to dealing with abusive parents to struggling with addiction. It's phenomenal to see how many young people are looking for people to help them, and using this technology. We don't often enough see social media and texting as a way to engage and connect with young people, but this shows that it is.
Slate: How to you translate that principle into steps parents can take?
boyd: I tell parents to build a network for your child - the older cousin, the cool aunt, the awesome coach. That way, when they need advice, you're not the only person they have to turn to. You should really encourage those other relationships, and they'll form on technology, on social media or via texting. As a parent, there are times your kid won't want to talk to you. So the more you've thought through how they have a support network that's not just you, the better off they'll be when they hit any bump. And increasingly, the way that happens is online. As a parent, you can also reach out to other kids in your friend networks, so you're an adult those kids can turn to.
Slate: What about teachers and school counselors and administrators - how should they interact with kids on social media?
boyd: The moves educators have made away from using social media to talk to kids have been really destructive. Educators should have open-door policies for kids to reach out to them online. A teacher should create a profile that is herself or himself as a teacher, on Facebook or wherever your cohort of kids are. Never go and friend a student on your own, but if a student friends you, accept. And if a student reaches out to you online, respond. If you see something concerning about a student on a social media account, approach him or her in school. Give your password to the principal, so it's all transparent, and then be present. Unfortunately, I hear a lot of teachers say they shouldn't talk to kids outside the classroom. You can't be 24/7, but when that connection is possible, it should be encouraged. And social media is an opportunity for more informal interactions.
Which social media sites are better? The ones the kids invite the teachers to join. A kid will ask, "Are you on WhatsApp?" So then the teacher knows that's where to be.
Slate: What about kids connecting with people they don't know on some sites?
boyd: I think parental concern is misdirected on that. The anxiety I have about kids who constantly reach out to strangers is not a fear of sexual dangers, but what emotional support are they not getting from their peer group that's leading them to do that? Though sometimes, you know, it's totally healthy. Your daughter has an esoteric interest her friends don't have, so she found her community or that on Tumblr. It's a question of who they're reaching out to, and why.
Slate: Do you just talk to your kid about how to act online, or do you follow them onto the sites where they're going?
boyd: Different stages have different training wheels. You pay much more attention at 13 than at 17. But even at 13, you have lots more conversations than you do surveillance. Then if you have concerns, you can amp it up. One way I encourage parents to deal with passwords is to think about it this way: You don't demand your kids' passwords to stalk everything they do. That violates trust, and you want to build a relationship of trust that lasts long after your child leaves home. On the other hand, sometimes you might need a password for access in case of emergency. So how about you buy a piggy bank for the whole family, the kind you have to break to get into it? Everyone in the house puts their passwords in. Parents, too. If the piggy bank gets broken, everyone knows. And the agreement is that it's available in case of emergencies.
Slate: So most of the time, you don't read what your kids write?
boyd: Right. I don't think it helps kids. It's more about being present in the room, looking over their shoulders, having a sense of what's going on, and then releasing over time.


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When a heavy solid object, such as a rock, impacts a fluid surface, like a lake, a crater is created and subsequently begins to pinch radially inward, resulting in the vertical water jets we call ripples.
In this image, the dynamics of an imploding circular water wave are simulated experimentally using a simple gate-type water table and high-speed video imaging. A circular, converging water wave is created by rapidly retracting a gate separating a region of high water level from a region with lower water level. Four cylindrical obstacles are placed in the path of the collapsing wave to test the stability of the imploding wave.
The figure shows a sample snapshot of this implosion process just before the wave breaks at the center, visualized from the bottom of the water table. The center of convergence of the water wave coincides with the center of symmetry of the implosion. The transient, inward-sweeping turbulent flow created by the retracting gate, as well as the outward-sweeping trajectory of the disturbances on the water wave caused by the four cylindrical obstacles, can be seen and traced.
Image credit: A. Shchetinina & H.D. Ng (Concordia University, Montréal, Canada) Snapshot of an imploding circular water wave with four cylindrical obstacles in its path
This image was an award winner at the Gallery of Fluid Motion at the 64th APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting, in November 2011.
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This research was performed by Anna Shchetinina and Hoi Dick Ng, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada. Research is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.


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The July Chicago Architecture Group meeting will be held at the Downers Grove Microsoft office. Mike Smialek of Daugherty Business Solutions will be speaking on the Evolutioin of Architecture. Please join us and meet your peers in the Chicago architecture community. You need to pre-register because of building security and it also helps us to know how much food to order. Please visit the link below.
Wow! The learning curve for WPF is pretty steep. It is at least when you compare it to WinForms or ASP.NET. I guess the price you pay for flexibility is complexity.
Discoverablility is definitely a problem with XAML. How do these silly tags work? Most of them don't have properties as you would expect. You have to add child tags which may or may not have properties. The children may also be extensions of the parent object.
Certain tags seems like they will have an effect, such as wrapping content, but like styles they seem to be ignorable base on some unclear hierarchy. As you learn more you will find that inheritance is explicit instead of implicit like CSS.
Another interesting learning is that binding a directory full of images to image controls can bring your system to its knees. As with most powerful development environments you can take as much rope as you want, but you may hang yourself.
I think in the future you will see some of the Expression tools incorporated, at least in part, into Visual Studio. At that point the learning curve will ease some. Until then, be prepared to work hard to create a well performing application.
Tonight was the first meeting of the Chicago Architecture Group. David Dickinson made a wonderful presentation on real life SOA. This was accompanied by a lively discussion with the 19 people in attendance.
Thanks to Carl Franklin, Stephan Rylander and Larry Clarkin for making this such a success.
We have a meeting planned for July 10th at the Microsoft Downers Grove office. Stay tuned for more information.
Tim is a Solutions Architect for PSC Group, LLC. He has been an IT consultant since 1999 specializing in Microsoft technologies. Along with running the Chicago Information Technology Architects Group and speaking on Microsoft and architecture topics he was also contributing author on "The Definitive Guide to the Microsoft Enterprise Library".


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Imagine you've got an opportunity to try something new, but are nervous about it. Imagine you've got someone, a co-worker, who said they've accompany you or help mentor you, to bring you along. And you're counting on this person (lets call her Jane) to help you so you don't have to do it alone.
Now imagine you've set a time/date to meet with Jane to go over the particulars, so you could get the lay of the land to help yourself visualize what it is you've got to get done — only to realize Jane has forgotten about you and will not be making your meeting. Now you have to move forward with no direction and have no idea how to do it alone.
What's your first reaction? Anger? Disbelief at their lack of reliability? Or … do you stop and remind yourself that the world is not all about YOU … and this person may have had unusual circumstances that gave them cause to forget or no show?
Now imagine that you're out grocery shopping, and you see Jane shuffling down the aisle with a sick and aging person next to her side. She's walking as slow as she can to help what looks to be a loved one down the aisle in one of those motorized carts. Although you're still upset with her for leaving you holding the weight of this 'new project' and leaving you feeling like you've been stranded with it, you know you can't ignore her. After all she's seen you and smiled from across the freezer section. You lift your arm in greeting, and make your way there. After all … it's where you were heading anyway – as you promised you'd pick up a pound of shrimp for your family.
"Hi," you offer and say nothing more. You're still judging her in your mind for not giving you the support you needed.
"Hi. How's the project going?" She sadly smiles.
Here's where hopefully it dawns on you that she has a lot on her plate, and you can see the bigger picture with Jane and not judge her for the small window or piece of your experience about her that you've only seen from work.
"I could use some help." You say wondering if you have the right.
"I'm sorry. I'd fully intended to help you along, but my mother's health took a turn for the worse. My father died last year, and she took a fall last week … about the same time you and I were supposed to meet."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Well, I've been distracted to say the least. And I've got a lot on my plate … I didn't want anyone at work to think anything less of my or jump to the conclusion that I couldn't get it all done .. which is why I delegated that project to you. I knew I couldn't take care of her and work that project at the same time."
I'm sure you can imagine the rest of the conversation … Jane is balancing trying to be everything to everyone and something just had to give. Unfortunately for you, her exit was bad timing for you and your new responsibilities. So what's the bottom line here?
Too many times in life, we put people in categories or stereotype them as flaky or unreliable, when maybe they're just coping the best they can with the circumstances they've been given. Instead of judging someone or being angry with how they respond (especially if its in a manner which you would 'never' respond) – try to look at life through their perspective. Try give the credit for the unknowns in life. Maybe their life is full of complications – and your one project or task isn't the big picture.
This post is about letting our assumptions go of other people. This post is about thinking better of people. Instead of jumping to anger – try jumping to empathy. Put yourself in someone else's shoes today. Going forward when someone upsets you – think of what's going on in their life instead of jumping to anger and judgment. This is something we all could benefit from, myself included. I think the world would be a lot better place if we all changed our filter and took the focus off of 'our ego' and centered it on 'what Christ wants us to see'.
Try it … and let me know what happens.


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Nadeo need to approve the server, then you can uppgrade it. no need for another 80k coppers.Jasy69 wrote:Hi all!
I have a question.
How many coppers need the 100k servers?
Only 80k copper?
How to create the 100k server?
I create the 60-90k ladder server to 80k copper?
And Nadeo approved the 100k ladder server and not need another 80k copper?
ps:Sorry my english is not good.
On sunday you set config to 60 - 100k, and it automaticly changes to 100k when ROC starts.


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Farm fresh weekend coming up
Two of the latest additions to Stamford's Heckscher Farm may be getting most of the attention, but they only are a fraction of the new residents that have arrived at the 10-acre site this spring.
Last week, two of the farm's five new kids gained national exposure when they met their namesakes, "Today's" Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb during an appearance on the NBC show. They are among five baby goats born this year, joining 11 lambs, five ducklings and one pig.
"We have some wonderful babies this year," said Will Kies, director of education at Stamford Museum and Nature Center, where the working farm is located.
Fledging fauna and flora will be among the features at this year's Spring on the Farm Festival Weekend, which marks its 50th anniversary this year. During the midday hours on Saturday and Sunday, farm and center staff will be conducting activities for all ages, including the annual shearing of the sheep; a plant and herb sale; crafts and storytelling.
Last year marked the first time in the event's history that it was stretched over two days.
"It's a better experience," said Kies, who added that it gives staff and visitors a chance to take a more leisurely pace through the many activities. For instance, children may learn how to card (clean and disentangle) wool, and see how it is spun. They also can plant seeds to take home.
Kies was not at the first farm festival event, which took place on May 25, 1963, but he said much of what is taught at the farm during special events and programs are old-fashioned farm activities. For instance, the farm's oxen will be on hand to demonstrate how they help with the farm work.
What those hard workers would not have had, however, are the fleet of local food trucks expected on both days. A list of the businesses providing mobile meals may be found at the center's website, along with details of the event.
Stamford Museum and Nature Center, 39 Scofieldtown Road, Stamford, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., this Saturday to Sunday. Rain or shine.
Hayride tickets will be available for purchase, and galleries will be open. Daily Admission Fees: free, Family plus, director's members circle and children under 3; $5 members; $10 nonmembers. http://stamfordmuseum.org/sotf.html, 203-322-1646.
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GREENWICH -- The Annual Outdoor Crafts Festival returns to the Bruce Museum this weekend. Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. More than 80 artisans. Juried exhibitors specializing in ceramics, jewelry, wood, wearable and decorative fiber, metalwork, leather, paper arts and glass, all available for purchase. Free hands-on craft activities for all ages in the Museum's Education Workshop. Both days Ed Wright will play acoustic guitar and Annalisa Ewald will perform on classical guitar. One Museum Drive. Parking on Museum Drive and Steamboat Road or in the Island Beach Parking lot. For more information, call 203-869-0376 or visit www.brucemuseum.org.
Walk for Hope
GREENWICH -- Walk For Hope, an event to benefit the Greenwich-based Breast Cancer Alliance, will take off at 11 a.m., Sunday, from Richards, 359 Greenwich Ave., and follow a one-mile course before ending back at the clothing store. All ages are invited to participate and encouraged to wear some pink. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for children and free for those 7 and younger. Registration, and a complimentary breakfast, begins at 10:30 a.m. To register or volunteer, visit http://www.walkforhope.kintera.org.
Master Class Cabaret
GREENWICH -- "Master Class Cabaret" will be presented by the Connecticut Playmakers, featuring Chris Coogan on piano. Songs from Broadway and the American songbook will be featured over the next weekends at First Congregational Church, 108 Sound Beach Ave. Cabaret-style seating; food and non-alcoholic beverages welcome. 8 p.m., Saturday to Sunday, May 17 to 18; 24 to 25; 1:30 p.m., Sunday, May 19 and 26. $23. http://www.ctplaymakers.org, 203-977-8627.
Dancing with the Stars
STAMFORD -- Curtain Call, a nonprofit theater company, will present its fundraiser, "Dancing with the Stars," 8 p.m., Saturday, May 18, at the Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St. It will be preceded by a cocktail party from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. at UConn Stamford. Eleven community leaders were teamed with professional dancers for an evening of competition. Tickets and sponsorships range from $25 to $5,000.
Chorale marks 50 years
NORWALK -- The Fairfield County Chorale will celebrate its 50th year with a gala concert at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 18, at Norwalk Concert Hall, 125 East Ave. The group also will be joined by its alumni chorus and four soloists: Mary Ellen Callahan, Malena Dayen, Nils Neubert and Pnini Grubner. $30 in advance, $35 at the door. http://www.fairfieldcountychorale.org, 203-254-1333.


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An Army officer with more than 20 years in uniform has been indicted in New York, accused of acting as a contract killer and the leader of a band of mercenaries who provided security for international drug cartels, officials said Friday.
Joseph Manuel Hunter, 48, whose nickname was Rambo, and four of his marksmen were arrested this week as part of a long-running undercover operation spanning several continents, federal prosecutors said.
"The bone-chilling allegations in today's indictment read like they were ripped from the pages of a Tom Clancy novel," Manhattan U.S. Atty. Preet Bharara said.
"The charges tell a tale of an international band of mercenary marksmen who enlisted their elite military training to serve as hired guns for evil ends."
Hunter used email to recruit former soldiers for his security team: Timothy Vamvakias of the United States, Dennis Gogel and Michael Filter of Germany, and Slawomir Soborski of Poland.
The team was to provide security and surveillance for Colombian drug traffickers, according to the indictment filed in the Southern District of New York.
The security team's work spanned the globe: In March, some members monitored a vessel in Thailand. In April, they guarded a meeting in Mauritius. In June, the team provided security for a ship in the Bahamas that they were told was loaded with 300 kilograms of cocaine and bound for New York, according to the indictment.
Hunter also orchestrated a contract to plot the killings of an agent from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and an alleged mole who was leaking information to the DEA about the Colombian cartel, prosecutors said. Hunter, Vamvakias and Gogel agreed to kill the DEA agent in exchange for $700,000, according to the indictment.
What Hunter and his team didn't know was that the Colombian drug traffickers were confidential sources to the DEA who were recording their conversations, according to the indictment.
Investigators used emails, telephones, and video and audio recordings to marshal evidence against the five suspects.
On Wednesday, Hunter was arrested in Thailand and was scheduled to appear before a federal judge in Manhattan on Friday night. Vamvakias, 42, and Gogel, 27, were arrested in Liberia, transported to the U.S. and appeared before a federal judge Thursday. Soborski, 40, and Filter, 29, were detained in Estonia, where they remain, pending extradition.
Hunter, Vamvakias and Gogel face five counts each: conspiracy to murder a law enforcement agent, to import cocaine, to distribute cocaine on an airplane, to murder a person in order to block communication with a law enforcement agent, and to possess a firearm for a crime.
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One of the fun things about building embedded hardware is that it has more of the flavor of the computers of my youth. That is, they aren't nearly as fast as my 4GHz six-core desktop. Nor do they have the 16 GB of RAM or multi-terrabyte storage array that my desktop machine enjoys. OK, so maybe I have an odd sense of fun.
I remember years ago talking to a guy who ran a company that sold disk compression hardware and software. The idea was you'd connect the board to a 20-MB hard drive and it would sort of become a 40-MB hard drive. Assuming, of course, you stored a lot of compressible data. He had big plans of compressing everything (or, perhaps that's small compressed plans). He envisioned compressing network cards, for example.
In reality, a lot of compression products got most of their space increase by managing slack space (the wasted space at the end of files). But they also compressed data using traditional algorithms and gained space that way, too.
Eventually, disk compression made its way into operating systems, although these days I doubt many people care. Things like jpeg and video are typically already compressed, and modern filesystems manage slack space better anyway. Most compression algorithms, I think, are under user control (like using a zip tool) and not built into things.
What about in the embedded world though? It surprises me I don't see more compression being used to trade off speed for space. Sure, it eats some CPU time to do decompression (and compression, but depending on what you are doing, you may not need compression).
I actually brought this up earlier this year using base 40 encoding to compact strings stored in EPROM. Base 40 is a good technique because it is very simple to implement on a small CPU. Of course, you can do better.
For example, if you have a reasonably robust C-language environment (including malloc and free) you can probably use zlib. It is patent-free, portable, never makes the data bigger in degenerate cases, and can operate with fairly small memory footprints.
Not to work my friend Mark Nelson's side of the street, of course (Mark wrote The Data Compression Book, and has doubtlessly forgotten more than I know about the subject). A library like zlib can be useful for several things in an embedded system.
Clearly, if you have disk or flash storage for data, you can compress it. This is good for data loggers, for example. The key is usually to compress large amounts of data at once, though, so that's RAM intensive. Most compression schemes don't work well on small runs of data.
Another idea for systems that can run code out of RAM is to store compressed code, decompress it, and execute it. You can do the compression on the PC. You have to weigh, of course, how much the compression code itself takes (unless you already have it for another reason). It doesn't make sense to compress 50K of code to 30K with a 100K library.
Other likely candidates for compression include strings and FPGA bitstreams. A lot of systems serve web pages these days, and those pages are good candidate s for compression.
Naturally, zlib is only one way to compress. There are many other libraries and ad hoc solutions you can use just as well.
The key to compressing or decompressing with zlib, however, is a z_stream structure. You initialize it, point it to your input and output buffers, and call deflate(). Uncompressing is similar, but you use a different initialize call and call inflate(). You can find a fairly clear file-based example at http://www.zlib.net/zlib_how.html. Just remember, the file calls are not required – they are just part of the example program. There's no reason you could not read data into buffers from anywhere (say, a EEPROM) and inflate it.
Where have you used compression? Or where will you? Leave a comment with your ideas.


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When Will Other Businesses get their act together and run like a pharmacy?by Frantic Pharmacist
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2. I talked to someone in your Chicago store who said they would figure out what it was and then call you and have you put it aside for me. I don't know who I talked to . Can you call them?
3. if I describe my dining room to you can you tell me what I might need or what's missing? -- and then how much it (whatever it is) will cost?
4. I have a discount coupon for some kind of chair or table but I didn't bring it with me. Can you look me up on your mailing list to prove that I did get one in the mail so you can give me the discount price? Or, can you call my wife/husband at home and they will read it to you? How long will that take?
5. My neighbor's' going to pay for it. You'll have to call him to get his credit card number.
6. I think I bought a sleeper sofa back in 1989 that was only $200. Why is it more now? It's always been $200.... or maybe it was a desk......anyways I know I bought it here.
7. I'm having company tonight -- can you give me a couple of chairs to get me through the weekend and I'll (maybe) come back next week and get the rest.
8. I need six of them, but once you get it loaded in my car and the paperwork is totally complete I'll probably change my mind and only decide to take three.
9. I lost that lamp I bought 2 days ago... is there some way I can get another one without paying for it again?
10. You know what? ---maybe it's actually a rug I'm looking for......
And remember, furniture can't kill you. I think the average furniture store employee would walk away from this pretty fast, but in pharmacy it's just another day.


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The Finca La Estacada Center for Wine Tourism was originally a farm belonging to the descendants of King Ferdinand VII's widow, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies. It was bought by its current owners, the Cantarero Rodríguez family, in the mid-20th Century.
The plot was known as La Estacada as far back as Roman times, when the road between Segóbriga and Completum (now Alcalá de Henares) passed through it. Milestones from the former road have been found here and you can see a replica of one in the winery.
In 2001, Finca la Estacada opened as a winery specializing in red wines and offering guided tours to visitors. The tourism side of the business has grown rapidly as wine-themed vacations have become more popular. We are now proud to own a restaurant with sought-after "Q de Calidad Turística" status, a four-star hotel with 25 bedrooms and stunning views of the vineyards, and a vinotherapy spa, where guests can enjoy wine with all five of their senses.
The complex is located near the town of Tarancón, 40 minutes by car from the world-famous cities of Madrid and Cuenca.
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Has it occurred to anyone how strange it is that the Rollei 6000 series hasn't cleaned up in this market, especially with digital backs?[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=67068\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I don't understand why everyone doesn't use the mamiya 645 afd, in the recent review of backs by michael, the mamiya lens' outperformed the H1's also I find the mamiya lens' to have a very "pleasing" image quality on top of the sharpness and contrast charecteristics. I understand if you need the high synch speed, is that why a lot of people go for the H1?[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=67120\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Unless I missed it, no one has mentioned that the Rollei 6008AF is available with the eMotion22 (Eyelike) digital back and will soon likely be available with the newer eMotion75 (33mp) back.http://www.robertwhite.co.uk/rollei.htm#Label6008DThis should certainly be among those mentioned in "The Last Man Standing" list.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=67127\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Eighteen months must have passed since I first contacted Rollei directly, and through Jenoptik as well with the following suggestion (previously posted at the RG Forums):Alpa, Cambo & Horseman make wide-angle cameras for architectural use.Arca Swiss, Cambo, Linhof, Plaubel, & Sinar make mini view cameras. Mamiya (RZ67) and Fuji (GX680) make medium format cameras.What do they have in common? Answer: Their products accept digital backs in the "universal" Hasselblad V-mount.I'm advocating that Rollei manufactures a 6008 "V" or "D" camera body that accepts Hasselblad V-mount digital backs DIRECTLY.No more questions about rotating backs a.k.a. vertical/horizontal orientation.No more concerns about upgrade path since every brand's latest digital backs are available immediately in V-mount.With Schneider/Zeiss glass, wouldn't all this make the Rollei a much more viable camera platform? [a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=67151\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I have a 6008i which I absolutely loved when shooting film, but for me now the digital domain is just too attractive from an ease of use issue. I have never mastered scanning film.The problem for me with Rollei is I am sincerely worried that they will be around in the next few years. It's the small things. I'm have been trying to get a new diopter for the 45 degree finder as my eyes have changed and I have been unable find one. Dealers here tell me it would have to be special ordered from Germany and no one wants the hassle.I really would like a digital back for the 6008, would even buy a new AF model, but want to buy something other that the 16 megapixel older back from Phase.They have an opportunity now but they are doing nothing here in the US to calm fears of owners such as me. What a shame.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=67166\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
To be totally truthful, I'm not sure I need more that the 16 megapixels.I am seriously considering the bundle from Rollei. I would have already sprung for the bundle if I felt them secure in the near future. I don't.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=67225\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]


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A state senator told colleagues Wednesday that a bill to prohibit school systems from suspending children who make gun gestures or have objects that look like a gun is needed because "this has gotten out of hand."
Sen. J.B. Jennings filed his bill after the recent two-day suspension of 7-year-old Joshua Welch at Park Elementary School in Anne Arundel County for nibbling a pastry into what a teacher believed was a shape of a gun.
B.J. Welch, the boy's father, was in Annapolis to testify in support of Jennings' bill before the Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee.
"My son Josh tried to make his breakfast into a mountain, but his teacher somehow saw a gun and wrote him up," Welch said.
"How come zero tolerance has turned into zero common sense?" Welch asked. "The day Joshua was suspended, he understood why, but he couldn't comprehend it completely. And like he said, 'It was just a pastry. I couldn't hurt anyone with it.' "
Welch has filed an appeal with the Anne Arundel public schools seeking to have the suspension removed from his son's record. The school system has not ruled on the matter.
In his discussion of the bill, Jennings, a Republican who represents Baltimore and Harford counties, also noted a January incident in Talbot County in which a first-grader at White Marsh Elementary School was suspended after a classmate said he saw the boy form a gun with his hand.
"I've gotten calls from constituents and parents that are saying, 'Enough is enough,' " Jennings said. "These are kids. They're 6 and 7 years old in elementary school. I honestly don't think they know what they're doing. These are not acts of violence. They're kids being kids."
Senate Bill 1058 would prohibit a principal from suspending or expelling a student "who brings to school or possesses on school property a picture of a gun, a computer image of a gun, a facsimile of a gun, or any other object that resembles a gun but serves another purpose." It would also prohibit a principal from suspending or expelling a student who makes a hand shape or gesture resembling a gun.
"With this bill, I am not attacking the teachers. They have a hard job out there. I respect the job they do," Jennings said. "I am trying to give them more power so they can handle it in the classroom."
The parent of the White Marsh first-grader, Teri Bildstein, said her son's suspension was his second infraction. In the first, she said, the boy was suspended after a teacher accused him of making a verbal threat during a conversation with other students. In each case, the boy was suspended for a half-day, she said, but the suspensions were revoked after the family appealed to the Talbot County school board.
"After the second one, we pressed for a meeting with the board of education because we were concerned that this was the second time in three months that discipline might be a little heavy-handed at his school," she said.
Jennings said he expects his bill will be voted on in committee within the next few days, then would advance to the full Senate. He said the Maryland State Education Association and the Public School Superintendents' Association of Maryland have opposed the measure, though neither testified on Wednesday. Jennings said he has received support for the bill from the Rutherford Institute, a civil liberties organization.
David Beard, education policy director for Advocates for Children and Youth, said his group would rather see the bill turned into a resolution that would offer strategies to address children's behavior at school.
Committee members didn't reveal their opinions, though Sen. Karen S. Montgomery, a Democrat from Montgomery County, suggested that "We need to approach the bill on an age-related basis. Children up to about 9 often have no concept of how childish actions are perceived."


text: Well in preparation of the next Curvy beta build, I did a quick test. Basically I roughed out a shape then took the model into Z.. (don't really wanna finish the name xD) while only using the tools that were mentioned to be in the next build (but, mainly only noise, add, sub, inflace and pinch.... and a lot of tweaking with move) and came up with this. I didn't clock myself on time but it took around 30 mins from start to finish in modeling, with the model being a little over 150k. Can't wait for the next build Simon.


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Several months ago, one of my friends ran across a new small-group study called "The Gospel- Centered Life." It is a nine-week study published by a missions organization named "World Harvest Mission" and written by a couple of pastors, Bob Thune and Will Walker.
This study is great stuff.
The primary idea of the study (as you might expect from the title) is that the Gospel is central to the Christian life.
I grew up in a church that emphasized the gospel on the front-end of the Christian life, but it was only a few years ago that I began to think about how the gospel is essential to the rest of my life as a Christian.
Most of us teeter between legalism and license for the entirety of our Christian life. Legalism says "my behavior defines my identity." License says "my identity shouldn't impact my behavior." Whichever side of the struggle you tend towards, this study reminds us that our focus should be the cross.
For the legalist, the cross is a reminder that God's standard of holiness is too high for our meager attempts at rule-keeping. God is satisfied in the work of His Son; not in our behavior. For the person who struggle with licentiousness, the cross is a reminder of the severity of sin against a holy God. The sacrifice Christ paid was far too severe, and the gifts we have received are far too extravagant for us to disregard what He has done on our behalf.
The problem is, as "The Gospel Centered Life" points out, we have a tendency to "shrink the cross." As we justify our sin as "not that bad," or judge our neighbors as "not as good as us," we betray the fact that the cross is a smaller deal to us than it should be.
If you're a part of a small group, or know the small group pastor at your church, you really ought to check out this study. Right now, you can download a free preview copy of it, which is a bigger bargain than you know.
At the risk of over-selling, this is some of the best material I've ever run across for small groups. It's profound and simple, precise, clear, and provoking. You really should check it out.


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Tiger sophomore is top pick on Independent's all-star girls' hoop team
By ANDY KIRKALDY
ADDISON COUNTY — It proved to be an interesting girls' basketball season in these parts, even if only one team, Mount Abraham, ended up with a winning record.
But in the meantime, both Middlebury and Otter Valley doubled their 2008 win totals, the Tigers with the help of sophomore point guard Katie Ritter, who headlines this edition of the Addison Independent Girls' Basketball All-Star Team as the Player of the Year.
Coach Jared Bailey's Tigers jumped from 5-16 last winter to 10-11, counting a first-round Division I playoff setback. With a pair of dramatic wins over the Mount Abraham Eagles and a tougher schedule, MUHS, probably the deepest local team, is also the unofficial local champion this season. Two more Tigers are honored here, and all three will be back next year, when MUHS will move to D-II and could do some damage.
Coach Connie LaRose's Eagles finished a respectable 12-10 after a quarterfinal loss at eventual D-II champion Burr & Burton, a game in which Mount Abe led late in the third quarter. In the regular season the Eagles also defeated Milton, a D-II semifinalist, in a memorable four-overtime game. Three Eagles make repeat appearances on this all-star team.
Coach Ray Counter's Otters improved from 5-16 to 10-12, including a D-II playoff win on the road. Like the Tigers, the Otters have their eyes on next winter: Only one regular will graduate. Three Otters are recognized here.
Coach Billy Waller knew his Vergennes team would have a rebuilding season: All five starters from the Commodores' final four team of last winter graduated, and VUHS won just three times. The team played better down the stretch, however, and many players will return. A sophomore guard made the Independent squad.
Overall, picks for this winter's team blended offense, defense, attitude, versatility and leadership in almost equal measures. Selections were made based on observation and on consultation with coaches. Congratulations to the following:
KATIE RITTER, SOPHOMORE GUARD, MUHS, PLAYER OF THE YEAR. Notes: Earns top-pick status and a repeat appearance on this team with local high average of 12.2 points per game while adding 4.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 4.3 steals a night ... Coachable, hard-working team player with a positive attitude ... Point guard with size, speed, excellent ballhandling skills and floor vision, three-point shooting range, and the ability to finish ... Fine on-ball and smart off-ball defender with quick hands.
Bailey's Quotes: "She's consistent, night-in and night-out ... She rarely forces her offense. She gets her points within the flow of the offense and the game ... She's a complete player. This is a girl who has led the team for two years in a row in every major statistical category ... She has a variety of skills ... If Katie had a bad offensive night, it didn't mean Katie had a bad night ... She pushes herself to get better every day in the gym."
PAIGE WENER, SENIOR GUARD, MOUNT ABE. Notes: Tireless defender and two-time Independent all-star who averaged 8.2 points on 48 percent shooting, team highs of 3.4 steals and 3.0 assists, and 4.0 rebounds ... Worked hard to get better at handling the ball and making decisions while sharing point guard duties this winter ... Effective in the paint as well as on the perimeter ... Read passing lanes well and led Mount Abe in steals.
LaRose's Quotes: "She just leads by her work ethic ... She pushes herself, and by doing that she pushes others ... She has a never-say-die attitude. I love her defense. She plays defense until she drops ... She has the best post moves of anybody I had on the team ... She's a kid who plays with a tremendous amount of heart."
JEN LOYER SOPHOMORE GUARD, MOUNT ABE. Notes: Strong, highly-skilled guard who made strides in harnessing her abilities this year, averaging 10.1 points, 3.2 steals, 2.5 assists and 4.0 rebounds ... Repeat Independent all-star who has great anticipation making passes on offense and reading passing lanes on defense ... Has quick hands on defense and on the boards ... Strong finisher in the lane and accurate shooter from the arc.
LaRose's Quotes: "She has the ability to read the court like only one or two I've ever had ... She can handle the ball in traffic with either hand ... She puts the ball where you want it when you make the cut you should make ... People who know the game recognize what she brings to the game ... She showed growth in all facets of the game this year."
KRISTY PINKHAM, SOPHOMORE GUARD, OV. Notes: Blossomed in her second year on the OV varsity into the team's most reliable contributor at both ends ... Averaged roughly 9.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 2.0 assists ... Excellent all-around offensive and defensive player with a fearless attitude, speed, quickness and solid skills.
Counter's Quotes: "Kristy is a competitor. She wants to do well at anything she does. She has that drive ... She is the best female athlete at Otter Valley right now ... She works to improve herself. She wants to be the best ... She really wants the ball in her hand when a team is coming at you with an all-out blitz. No fear ... I'm looking forward to the next two years, and I'm glad she's on my side."
JADE DINGLER, SENIOR GUARD, MOUNT ABE. Notes: Speedy repeat Independent all-star who led the Eagles with 10.2 points per game ... Added the ability to take the ball to the basket to her extensive shooting range ... Improved in all aspects of the game to average 2.7 steals, 2.4 assists and 2.3 rebounds ... Scored in double figures in five of Mount Abe's final seven games.
LaRose's Quotes: "Jade's an extremely quick, athletic player. Physically, she's strong ... She did a good job of attacking the rim this year ... She worked hard at defense ... Jade made some beautiful passes ... Nobody worked harder on her offensive game ... She's a great kid, and she's got a great attitude."
JULIE KETCHAM, SENIOR FORWARD, OV. Notes: Tough, physical forward with a nose for the ball on defense, averaging a local high of 5.0 steals a game ... Slowed by an early-season injury, but still managed to average 8.0 points and 4.0 rebounds ... Aggressive offensive player and team leader who gave OV a needed inside presence.
Counter's Quotes: "Julie this year showed senior leadership ... She's a gamer. She's there to play ... She really improved in her rebounding and in her defense ... She and Kristy were the ones who really attacked the basket."
ALLISON PROVOST, SOPHOMORE GUARD, VUHS. Notes: Led VUHS with 9.6 points and 1.7 steals per game ... Good three-point shooter who adapted to being defended on the arc by taking the ball to the basket ... Improved defensively, especially off the ball, by learning to read opposing offenses ... Also averaged 3.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists.
Waller's Quotes: "She's diversified her game quite a lot. It wasn't all just outside shots. She was able to drive to the basket and get to the foul line ... Late in the year she doubled her rebounding output ... She's good at anticipating and jumping the (passing) lanes ... Her ballhandling was much improved ... She developed a feeling for driving and reading the situations."
AMANDA SANDERSON, JUNIOR FORWARD, OV. Notes: Relentless worker who made the most of her ability to lead all local rebounders with 9.0 per game ... Versatile on-ball defender who could guard point guards or post players and averaged 2.0 steals ... Started to score more consistently late in the year and raised her average to 5.0 points.
Counter's Quotes: "Amanda is the best defender on the team ... She may not be the quickest (defender), but she certainly is the smartest ... She's a tough post defender. She may not have the height, but she really annoys them. She's a non-stop worker ... Her work ethic is second to none ... Sometimes it was just amazing the rebounds she would pull down."
NICOLE BROWN, SOPHOMORE CENTER, MUHS. Notes: Low-post scoring threat who averaged 7.3 points and 4.8 rebounds despite being slowed by a midseason injury ... Finished the season strong ... Markedly improved her catching and finishing ability, especially in transition ... Reliable defender who played smart positionally both on the ball and off the ball.
Bailey's Quotes: "Her ability to catch and do something with the basketball increased exponentially in the course of the season ... She's got quick feet for a forward. She's pretty agile in the post ... She really changed a lot of shots and didn't get in foul trouble on defense ... She moved really well off the ball on offense and defense."
KAYLA WHITTEMORE, JUNIOR GUARD, MUHS. Notes: Hard-working team leader and co-captain who routinely succeeded at a critical assignment: guarding the other team's leading scorers, forwards or guards ... Improved her shooting touch and averaged 5.3 points a game, also chipped in with 3.7 rebounds and 2.0 steals per night.
Bailey's Quotes: "Whatever you asked her to do, she'd do it 110 percent ... We always asked her to guard opponents' best offensive players ... She's making something happen out there. She's the quiet storm ... She's the heart and soul of the team ... When you say what Middlebury basketball is about, you point to Kayla. She deserves every bit of recognition that comes her way."


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Nick & Bee Say: One of the best things about California is the sheer variety of landscapes on offer. From sandy beaches, to mountains, forests, and deserts, it truly has it all. One of the most scenic ways to explore it is driving up the Pacific Coast Highway, a trip we've been lucky enough to do on several occasions, including during our epic 6 month backpacking trip that launched this site.
Now we can do it on the weekend, and take the time to see some of the places we drove through before. Case in point, wine country! We took ourselves to Paso Robles, looking a lot like Tuscany, for some wine tasting, then drove past to visit the magnificent elephant seals, who call California home too.
Bookending this trip is a quick look at what else we've been up to – mini golf at a castle, and hiking with the Los Liones trail with ex-Angeleno Katie, who had had looked after us on previous visits to LA.
Oh, and we return to the UK next month for a bit! See you all soon!


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It is stated that If team members have different tiers, the Battle Cup will use the highest tier from the team.
In the past different tiers are able to play together. what is wrong with your coding this time? couldn't search battlecup.
South east asia division 5/6. 19 oct 2019. playing with Tier 3, 4 and 5.