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Faculty members of the Latin American Studies Committee bring a wide variety of interests and cultural viewpoints to the academic program, but all have formal academic specialties in Latin American topics within their disciplines. They believe that teaching, travel, research, and professional activities and service to the college and community go hand in hand. Most of all they share a deep commitment to Latin Americans and their countries, and a desire to share that commitment with students.
These Latin Americanists, some of whom are also Latin Americans, are engaged in many academic pursuits, including founding a literary review devoted to Chicana writings and another devoted to Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian letters, conducting field research in such diverse countries and Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and Nicaragua, studying market traders in small towns of the Andes, working on human rights issues in Latin America, writing poetry and performing poetry readings about Latin America.
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you know, just a little motivation to get you through the rest of your day. Ladies….
the orignator of "come at me, bro!"
this is NYC
This is a man of class and grace.
Jersey shore via 1998
1 of my favorite movies, Barney's Version.
I want to use this arm as my pillow
@Curt@!n$ and I during our skype meeting, can't wait to share more on this. Stay tuned!
and finally, a mighty salute to Biggie Smalls who laid to rest in paradise 15 years go today.
Its going to be a busy day so Im going to leave you at that! Hope you're having a great Friday so far, don't forget to act a fool this weekend. And thank you for letting me be a part of your day, whether it be 30 seconds of reading, or thoughts of me in your head throughout the day, i totally appreciate you being here. As Hova once graciously said, "You could be anywhere in the world, but you're here with me."
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I am writing in an attempt to ensure that the significance of David Brooks� article �In defense of Pentagon cuts� (Telegram & Gazette, Jan 11) is not lost.
Mr. Brooks writes that �Europeans � have chosen welfare over global power.� He points out that Europeans are now spending close to 1.5 percent of GDP, down from 2.5 percent in the 1990s, and that similar cuts in American defense could make �us look a lot like Europe of today.�
While Mr. Brooks doesn�t appear to condone these changes, I would like to suggest that they herald an altogether new sanity among humanity that should be celebrated: tax revenues going to welfare rather than war, doctors rather than drones, medicine rather than missiles.
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Klamath County lies in the southern part of Oregon along the California border. It is within both Climate Division 5 (High Plateau) and Climate Division 7 (South Central Oregon) established by the National Climatic Data Center. Below is a description of the climate of Division 5 and 7 followed by specific descriptions of Klamath County. Climate tables for various parameters, as observed at long-term climate stations in Klamath County, are included below.
Climate Division 5 — High Plateau
Oregon's High Plateau, a region bordered by the Cascades on the west and several minor mountain ranges on the south and east, comprises much of Klamath County and parts of Lake and Deschutes Counties. Due to generally high elevations, the Plateau has cool temperatures and receives a significant amount of snow. Its distance from the coast, coupled with its location downwind of the Cascades, causes its annual precipitation to be lower than in the mountainous areas surrounding it.
The Cascade crest, running north-south at a longitude of about 122deg W, is lower in elevation in the High Plateau than in most parts of Oregon. Only one peak, Mt. Thielsen, exceeds 9,000 feet. As a result, the 'rain shadow' effect produced by the mountains is less dramatic in this zone than in areas to the north. Another notable difference between the High Plateau and the surrounding zones is its average elevation east of the Cascades. Whereas the places east of the northern and central Oregon Cascade peaks are typically 2,000 - 4,000 feet above sea level, the lower elevations of the High Plateau average about 5,500 feet.
As air moves from west to east over the Cascades in Zone 5, it begins to descend; the greater the descent, the drier the air becomes. While air parcels reaching Bend to the north have descended about 4,000 feet from the crest and are usually quite dry, similar air parcels moving into the High Plateau drop only about 2,000 feet. This difference is reflected in the average annual precipitation total for these two areas. Bend receives only about 12 inches per year, while points in the High Plateau receive more than 20 inches.
The remoteness and ruggedness of the High Plateau has resulted in low area population. Only a few small towns, including Chemult, Silver Lake, and Odell Lake, serve as population centers; none exceeds 1,000 residents, however. Primary economic enterprises in the area include tourism (such as Oregon's only national park, Crater Lake), livestock raising (primarily beef cattle and sheep), and agriculture (includes alfalfa hay, grass and legume seed crop, and wheat).
Normal precipitation values in Zone 5 are dependent upon west-east orientation and elevation. Crater Lake, in the west, receives an average of more than 65 inches per year, while Fremont and Summer Lake to the east receive about 12 inches. Crater Lake's elevation is about 2,000 feet higher than the latter stations. Figure 1 shows NOAA climate stations in Zone 5, which were in operation during the 1961-1990 period. Figure 2 shows Klamath County mean annual precipitation (1971-2000 averages). Table 1 lists normal monthly and annual precipitation totals at the Zone 5 climate stations. Tables 2a and 2b list the average number of days with precipitation amounts exceeding certain thresholds.
Temperatures in Zone 5 vary considerably during each day and throughout the year. The Crater Lake weather station, highest in elevation, has the coolest temperatures. Average maximum temperatures at this point range from the high 60's in summer to the mid 30's in winter; lows are near 40 deg F in summer and high teens in winter (see Table 3). Summer Lake and Fremont are the warmest sites during the summer, and the latter has the coldest average low temperatures in winter.
The combination of high elevation and distance from the coast can produce cold temperatures in any month of the year for the High Plateau. Table 4 lists average monthly and annual snowfall total for the various stations. Table 5 list median frost dates, respectively for four different temperature thresholds. Table 6 lists the growing season (average number of days between these dates). All Zone 5 sites except Summer Lake have very short seasons (less than 2 months at 32 deg F). With such a short (and highly variable) season, it is little wonder that Zone 5 is not a major Oregon agricultural area.
Table 7 and 8 list average monthly and annual heating and growing degree days, respectively.
Climate Division 7 -- South Central Oregon
South Central Oregon, the largest of the Oregon climatic divisions, is a vast area of high desert prairie punctuated by a number of mountain ranges and isolated peaks. This region is predominantly livestock country; in addition to beef cattle, there are large numbers of sheep, dairy herds, horses, and swine. There are large amounts of land under irrigation as well, particularly in the Deschutes, Crook, Jefferson, and Klamath Counties. Among the major field crops grown are potatoes, alfalfa and other hay crops, mint, wheat, oats, barley, and onions. In the remaining counties comprising this zone (Grant, Harney, and Lake), irrigated acreage is much smaller; grazing lands and dry land farming predominate.
Figure 1 shows NOAA climate stations in Zone 7, which were in operation during the 1961-1990 period. Figure 2 shows the Klamath County region from the Oregon annual precipitation map. Most of this region receives relatively low amounts of precipitation. As can be seen in Table 1, most of the stations in Zone 7 receive less than 15 inches per year. However, some of the higher mountain sites receive significantly greater precipitation. For example, Steens Mountain in Harney County, whose summit is more than 9,000 feet above sea level, receives more than 40 inches per year at its higher elevations. Other mountainous locations are also known to receive high annual amounts. Most of the stations in Zone 7 receive their highest monthly precipitation in the winter months with a secondary maximum during late spring and early summer. For other locations, the precipitation is greatest during spring and summer. Stations near the Cascades (such as Sisters, Bend, Chiloquin, Klamath Falls, and Madras) tend to have annual distributions very similar to those in western Oregon: winter maximum are followed by a steady decrease, with lowest monthly averages in midsummer. Farther east, however, spring-summer peaks are much more pronounced. At Hart Mountain, for example, the four wettest months are March through June. The months of July through September are generally the driest of the year throughout the region. These months are characterized by isolated local thunderstorms. Some months are very wet and others almost completely dry.
Table 2a and 2b lists the average number of days with precipitation amounts exceeding certain thresholds.
Table 3 lists normal monthly temperatures for Zone 7 measurement stations. Summers are generally quite warm, although the relatively high elevations tend to moderate the temperatures somewhat. Pelton Dam and Dayville, with mean maximum temperatures in the 90's during the warmest summer months, are the hottest stations in this region. The coldest sites listed are Brothers, Hart Mountain, Sprague River, and Ochoco Ranger Station. It is certain that some of the higher elevations are colder than the areas listed here, however.
Table 4 lists average monthly and annual snowfall total for the various stations.
Tables 5 and 6 list median frost dates and mean growing seasons, respectively, for four different temperature thresholds.
Table 7 and 8 list average monthly and annual heating and growing degree days, respectively.
County Description
Established: Oct. 17, 1882
The Klamath or "Clamitte" tribe of Indians, for which Klamath
County was named, has had a presence for 10,000 years. White settlement
began in 1846 along the Applegate Immigrant Trail, which precipitated
clashes between the two cultures and led to the Modoc Indian War of 1872.
The Oregon Legislature created Klamath County by dividing Lake County
in 1882. Linkville was named county seat and its name was changed to
Klamath Falls in 1893. Klamath County's present-day position as a great
lumber, agriculture and distribution center was assured in the early
1900s with the coming of the railroad and the start of one of the most
successful of all federal reclamation projects—the Klamath Project,
which drained much of the 128 square mile Lower Klamath Lake to provide
188,000 acres of irrigable land. Natural geothermal hot wells provide
heat for many homes, businesses and the OIT campus. The full potential
of this energy resource continues to be studied. Klamath is recognized
for its scenic beauty, outdoor recreation, abundant waterfowl and diverse
landscape .
(County information obtained from Oregon Blue Book)
Climate Tables (Klamath County, Oregon)


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Thursday, January 29, 2009
(COLUMBIA, Mo.) -- The Columbia College student development office and the Unity in the Community program are pleased to welcome Ishmael Beah, former child soldier and New York Times best-selling author, to campus Thursday, Feb. 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Beah will read excerpts from his book and speak about his experiences, his use of writing as a tool for resilience in the aftermath of trauma and as a means of sharing his story to advocate for human rights. The event will take place in the Dulany Hall Banquet Room. Lunch will be provided and a book signing will follow. There's space for only 136 people, so RSVP to Kim Coke, director of student development, at 875-7420 or email@example.com.
Beah�s acclaimed book, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, tells the riveting story of how he was caught up in civil war in Sierra Leone. The book chronicles his rescue and his personal journey in rehabilitation to regain his humanity. Beah, now 27, is UNICEF�s advocate for children affected by war and is one of the world�s most tireless advocates for child soldiers and an eloquent spokesperson for the healing power of sharing the stories of one�s life.
Kim Kinyon Coke, director of student development, and Dr. Lisa Ford-Brown, associate professor of speech and humanities, were instrumental in bringing Beah to campus.
�Bringing Ishmael Beah to Columbia College is an opportunity to hear of another�s experience. There is a wealth that resides in individuals stories. It is in sharing those stories that we come to understand one another more and gain wisdom and knowledge that we didn�t previously have,� said Kinyon Coke. �I hope his story will bring a new perspective, a changed understanding and inspire those that hear him speak.�
What others are saying about A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier:
Deeply moving, even uplifting ... Beah's story, with its clear-eyed reporting and literate particularity�whether he's dancing to rap, eating a coconut or running toward the burning village where his family is trapped�demands to be read.
- People (Critic's Choice, Four stars)
A breathtaking and unselfpitying account of how a gentle spirit survives a childhood from which all innocence has suddenly been sucked out. It's a truly riveting memoir.
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I'm a huge fan of Diablo's lore and was happy to see many of the characters from the original game show up in Diablo III. However, it doesn't seem like there are very many references to Diablo II characters besides the ones in the main questline. So far, I've found:
Warriv's corpse in a random event with a little lore book
But not very much else.
Are there other allusions and references to, or appearances of, Diablo II characters in Diablo III?


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Minimal Wages
In a recent speech on economic inequality, President Barack Obama drove home his argument for raising the national minimum wage with a quotation: "They who feed, clothe, and lodge the whole body of the people should have such a share of the produce of their own labor as to be themselves tolerably well fed, clothed, and lodged." Karl Marx? Franklin Delano Roosevelt? No: Adam Smith, described by the president as the "the father of free-market economics." Not that FDR would have disagreed with Smith. Before helping to establish the nation's first minimum wage in 1938, FDR declared that "no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country."
Today many businesses in this country depend, if not for their existence, then for some of their profits on paying less than living wages to their workers. The government keeps many of these workers out of poverty by providing them with tax credits and public assistance—in effect subsidizing their employers by making up for inadequate wages. A full-time worker making the current minimum wage ($7.25 an hour) earns just over $15,000 a year, almost 20 percent below the poverty line for a family of three. If such a family is to be "tolerably well fed and lodged," they will need food stamps and housing subsidies. Many of them, lacking employer-based health insurance, will also qualify for Medicaid. From time to time, a big company will unwittingly acknowledge that many of its own workers don't make enough to meet basic needs. A Walmart in Canton, Ohio, was recently embarrassed by reports that it had organized a Thanksgiving food drive for its "associates."
It wasn't always this way. The minimum wage in 1968—$10.65 an hour in today's dollars—was just over half the country's median wage. If it had kept up with inflation and gains in labor productivity since then, it would now be $25 an hour. No one in Washington supports raising the national minimum wage that high, but Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) have introduced legislation that would raise it to $10.10 and index it to future increases in the cost of living—making the minimum wage not only more fair, but also more predictable and less subject to political exploitation. The Economic Policy Institute estimates that such legislation would affect 30 million American workers.
Contrary to popular misconceptions nourished by some in the media, most of the low-wage workers who would benefit from a higher minimum wage are not teenagers earning a little pocket money and learning some basic job skills. More than 90 percent of them are adults and almost a third are parents. The federal government spends around $7 billion a year on public assistance just for the families of fast-food workers. If conservative lawmakers are serious about streamlining entitlement programs and promoting self-reliance, they should be lining up behind proposals to raise the minimum wage.
So why aren't they? It isn't for lack of public support. A large majority of voters from both parties are in favor of raising the minimum wage. Whatever their opinions about welfare, most Americans agree with Adam Smith that those who work for a living should actually make one. Opponents of a higher minimum wage say it will only hurt the poor by reducing the number of jobs: when labor costs are higher, they warn, employers will hire fewer workers. This argument has a certain intuitive force, but several recent studies suggest that modest minimum-wage increases have no significant effect on employment levels. Lobbyists for retailers and fast-food restaurants also argue that higher wages will drive up business costs, which will be passed along to consumers as higher prices. But research suggests that a $10.10 minimum wage would add only a few pennies to the price of a hamburger. The lobbyists don't mention that the big corporations they represent could also absorb some of the higher labor costs by accepting lower profit margins. Some of what a McDonald's franchise owner pays in higher wages, for example, ought to come out of the fee he has to pay to the McDonald's Corporation, which made $5.5 billion in profit in 2012.
A higher minimum wage would be good for the nation's economy. It would stimulate demand by giving low-wage workers more spending power. It would save Washington and the states billions of dollars on entitlement programs by reducing poverty. But the argument for raising the minimum wage is as much moral as economic; it is an argument about fairness and the dignity of labor. No one who works full time in the richest country in the world should need to supplement her income with handouts, public or private. Or as the president put it in his speech, "If you work hard, you should make a decent living." Adam Smith couldn't have said it better.
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A raise in the Federal minimum wage to $10.10/hour or something in that vicinity would make a difference for many workers--a twenty-nine percent increase would have dramatic impact for those who get it, and as The Editors say, the impact on the unemployment rate would probably be neutral, and too little to measure. (Though, for the few who find themselves at the margin and negatively affected, the problem is serious.) Raising the minimum wage to $15/hour or something higher, as some suggest, maybe a very different proposition. The micro example was seen a few months ago when WalMart cancelled plans for new stores in Washington DC after teh city council passed an ordinance requiring large corporations to pay $15/hour minimum. WalMart's action caused real estate investors to suspend plans for a new mall that would have contained one of the WalMart stores. In this case, the mayor vetoed the council's bill. One wonders about the impact on low-income families in DC from cancelled construction projects and absence of an "Always Low Prices" WalMart known to sell groceries at on average 20%+ lower than competitor supermarkets.
FDR tried to establish living wages with his National Industrial Recovery Act. At first there were parades in the street welcoming this new age. A year later, the whole project had turned into a quagmire with protests by consumers and businesses. Two years after enactment, the Supreme Court found the Act unconstitutional. The unemployment rate was still 20%, and that with one out of five employed people working for the government. Our national experiment indicates that major wage intervals by fiat just don't work.
Many of us long for better prospects for workers trapped in low-wage jobs. The only real, lasting solution is a surge in new jobs that require skilled or semi-skilled labor. That requires innovators and investment. It will also require a public education system that prepares students for science, math, engineering and technology jobs. As recently reported, our school students are testing lower than their peers in many other countries. We need to remedy that in order to do justice to people who already work hard, and want a better life.
One more point, if I may. "Some of what a McDonald's franchise owner pays in higher wages, for example, ought to come out of the fee he heas to pay to the McDonald's Corporation, which made $5.5 billion in profits in 2012."
How do the Editors come to this conclusion? Did they check to see whether the franchise owners obtain a higher return on their equity than McDonald's Corporation obtains on it's shareholders' equity? (I suspect not, since there are many franchisees, and some are privately owned so they do not publish financial results. Are the Editors aware that there are 28 thousand franchise-owned McDonald's restaurants, compared to 7 thousand corporate-owned? The Editors reimbursement scheme would put more than a minor drain on those $5.5 billion of McDonald's profits. And who are the McDonald's shareholders that would be affected by the drain? They are individuals, pension funds, endowments, mutual funds (which are usually owned by small investors), which would receive, under the Editors plan, a reduction in the $2.9 billion of dividends that McDonald's Corporation paid out in dividends from those 2012 profits. Those shareholders are the ones who had invested $2.9 billion in shareholder equity that makes the McDonalds business possible. The Editors plan might then be restated as "The shareholders of McDonald's should give up some of their dividends to compensate franchise owners (who may be earning more, or less, return on investment than the corporation's shareholders)." Is there somehting I'm missing?
Is it necessarily a problem that a minimum wage job isn't enough to support a family? Such a job should certainly support a single person, adequately but not all that generously. Remember, this is a minimum we speak of. But how many people should a single minimum-wage job support? And why that number and not one [or two, or three] more or less? I don't see these sortf of questions being raised, let alone discussed, and it seems that we probably should define our terms a bit more carefully and clearly. They pop up often in the discussion, but what exacly are 'we' saying?
Typo: the $2.9 billion of shareholder equity above should be $15.3 billion of shareholder equity.JJD.
I am a strong supporter of work providing a "living wage," in fact a wage that would allow one worker to support a family. However, how to get there without doing more harm than good is the conumdrum. Investment in superior education, apprenticeship programs, new industries, and a range of similar initiatives may be more effective in achieving that goal than a federal government mandated raise in the minimum wage. However, I believe it is worth experimenting in minimum wage increases on local and state levels first, before considering a national raise. Let's see how those limited initiatives work, some have been enacted alreay, or not, before considering going national, Also, if a major national minimum wage increase is implemented it should be done in stages, to gauge the effectiveness over time, and to give the labor markets time to adjust. Also, an effective immigration reform would go a long way to stabilize the low-end labor market, by ending illegal immigration and by providing stabiltiy for both the immigrants already in the country and those who may wish to hire them legally.
The 1938 quote from FDR that "no business that depends for its success on paying less than a living wage, has any right to exist in this country" should elicit belly laughs, since we now know that FDR wanted those jobs to feed families in other countries.
"Our national experiment indicates that major wage intervals by fiat just don't work."
Like so many, if not all, apologist for greed you continue to make broad statements supporting your perceptions while damning those who do the same for theirs. You consistently remark in the age old method of "as if" reality, failing to note with any consistency or depth the sizeable forces which have fought mightily against any local or national policy they preceived to not benefit their right to rule. Which, in a group unable to discern the usefulness of differeniating between an economic and a religious model, requries control of the bulk of materlal wealth.
As for FDR's efforts, it is not a small matter that the unspeakable horror that was growing in self justification and power in western europe during his first and second terms as presidenct were given support in word and deed by more than a few men considered by much of American history to be stalwarts of free enterprise. If you wish to debate an issue both sides need attention otherwise you are not debating you are preaching or, if you like, in the vernacular of a pure capitalist, marketing. Capitalism in and of itself has no soul. We humans do.
Whew! An increase in minimum wage law is not the same as armed robbery. It will likely be phased in with everyone given time to adjust. The same will happen with the ACA. As people learn and adapt, it will become as smooth and accepted as social security or Medicare. The USA is not broke nor bereft of resources; the stock market rose nearly 36% last year. Wages? Definitely not so much...


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Presented Hopefully: The 15-5 Knicks
The New York Knicks are back. Or at least: pronounced back. New York is aggressive about declaring momentum—so-and-so is the place to live; everybody's drinking almond milk; you must own a pair of tweed suspenders or you should just hide at home, in the darkness. It is ridiculous and the essential energy of a media-driven town. The fact that most of New York's cultural declarations soon vaporize as fads (remember the horrible winter where nobody ate bread, because bread was bad, bad, bad?) is inconsequential. A new declaration soon assumes the position and the ritual starts all over. New York's engine is not its institutional memory, but its lack of one—the refusal to get stuck in grimy history, its willingness to believe there is always something better around the corner, and it will be bigger, stronger, sleeker. Outsiders assume that concrete New York is a hard, pessimistic town. This could not be less true. Every night there are people returning to $2,600 studio apartments with bathrooms the size of raisin-bran boxes, believing they are in the exact right spot to make their dreams happen. New York City is the most hopeful place on earth.
So here are your New York Knicks, presented hopefully. Entering Tuesday's rivalry game at the Nets, they are 15-5, the best record in the NBA's Eastern Conference. They have not lost at home. Let's all just admit it: They're playing better than we all thought they would. The Knicks began the season 7-0 but then they lost 3 of 4 in late November and it was like Well, here we go and it was assumed the Knicks would fall to earth, perhaps not all the way to .500, but something more moribund and mediocre and Knicks-like. When they lost to Brooklyn Nov. 26 it hit like a bucket of water: The Knicks are not as good as they think they are. They might not even be the best team in the New York. "The city is under new management," Nets stakeholder Jay-Z crowed on Twitter.
Since that game, the Nets have lost 4 of 6. The Knicks have won 6 of 7. The Knicks have won close games and not-very-close ones, and Thursday in Miami they won a game that nobody expected them to win, defeating the champion Heat despite Carmelo Anthony sitting on the bench with an injured finger. The backup Knicks played with an energy that Miami did not, and the game sent a very clear message, which was…do not pay attention to NBA basketball in early December.OK, all right: That's not the message that arrived up here. The Miami win further springboarded the already-growing notion that these Knicks are sturdy and very well might chase the Heat deep into the playoffs. The hyperbole was off and running down the court.
But there are legitimate reasons to be merry. Anthony, forever maligned as a selfish superstar, has played superbly, and talks with new fervor about teamwork. Raymond Felton, a replacement at the point for the departed Jeremy Lin, has been steady. Tyson Chandler is a handful, as is J.R. Smith. The Knicks have displayed impressive depth, despite being A) old and B) having two of the team's best players, Amar'e Stoudemire and the young guard Iman Shumpert, out all season with injuries. There is anxiety about what happens when Stoudemire returns—does he gum up the machinery?—but Knicks coach Mike Woodson has shown deft touch managing this aging, idiosyncratic outfit. An amazing stat after Sunday's win over Denver: Stretching back to last season, the Woodson Knicks are 19-1 at the Garden.
Across the bridge, Brooklyn is amid a four-game losing streak, its worst stretch since abandoning New Jersey for the Rusted Turtle on Atlantic and Flatbush. The slump can be traced to the absence of center Brook Lopez, an underappreciated scorer who is wisely being cautious in returning from a foot injury. Like the Knicks, the Nets have been better than expected, and the success of the team—especially at its new home—brought an added shine to that flashy arena and its artisanal foodstuffs. But Brooklyn's past week has been bleak and groggy—as the Daily News's Knicks correspondent Frank Isola put it, reminiscent of the Newark days.
The Knicks, meanwhile, continue to reject their forecasted demise. There was a story line all dressed up for this year: that these Knicks were stubborn and hasty in relinquishing the beloved Lin; that they were too creaky and limited; and would be cosmically punished for repeated acts of franchise irrationality. Remember all of that talk about whether or not it was OK for frustrated Knicks fans to bail allegiances to Brooklyn? That seems a long time ago. It's wise to be calm about NBA results in early winter, and big questions linger. Can Anthony and Stoudemire coexist? Can the Knicks play defense when it matters? Can Felton handle a playoff series against a superelite point guard like Boston's Rajon Rondo or, when he returns, Chicago's Derrick Rose? But the fact that these questions are being asked shows authentic progress. The Knicks may not be fully "back," whatever that means for a team that hasn't won a title since 1973. The good news is they appear to be headed somewhere.
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The WSJ projects Team USA to win the overall medal race in Rio—thanks largely to its dominant contingent of female stars.
Perfect, Freaky Olympic Bodies
We focused on four types of athletes—cyclists, weightlifters, swimmers and high jumpers—to imagine just how different 'faster, stronger, higher,' could look.
The Olympic Fantasy Confronts Reality
The scrutiny facing Rio epitomizes the changing perception of the Games.
Brazil Calls in the Military to Win Olympic Gold
Brazil has enlisted athletes in its military to boost the country's chances for gold.
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Team USA's dominance means the most intriguing thing to watch in Rio is how the subtle differences of the international game
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NEW MARTINSVILLE - While the Ohio River "flow" has been slightly below normal for the past few years, New Martinsville/Hannibal Hydroelectric Plant Manager Chuck Stora said any source of clean renewable energy is a positive thing for the Upper Ohio Valley.
As the nation continues to search for a new direction for energy alternatives to supplement coal and natural gas, one of the cleanest options also is one of the oldest: hydroelectric power. The New Martinsville/Hannibal Hydroelectric Dam has been operating since 1988.
Four new hydroelectric power plants currently are being constructed along the Ohio River between West Virginia and Kentucky, and will be owned and operated by American Municipal Power.
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Hydroelectric Plant Manager Chuck Stora noted that hydroelectric power continues to be a popular choice because it's clean and renewable.
The push for hydroelectric energy is not just in inland waterways. A number of groups currently are researching how to harness the power of the oceans to generate electricity.
On the local front, Stora said hydroelectric power continues to be a popular choice.
"That's clean, renewable energy, you don't have to worry about pollution. The same water that goes through the first hydro plant ... goes through every one of them," said Stora, while commenting about the continued rise in hydroelectric power in North America.
Stora said with the New Martinsville plant having a power purchase agreement with FirstEnergy that runs through 2035, he does not foresee any major changes in the near future at the 24-year-old facility located next to the New Martinsville Locks and Dam.
He said the plant sells its power to Monongahela Power Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy, for distribution on the nation's electric grid. The New Martinsville plant is capable of producing 18.8 megawatts per hour on each unit, for a total of 37.6 megawatts per hour under ideal conditions.
Stora said while the plant produced 194,909 megawatts in 2012, down approximately 15,000 megawatts from the plant's annual average, the facility continues to make a profit despite dealing with some ongoing maintenance issues.
"You see a lot of stuff that has to be replaced," Stora added. But he said that's to be expected with a plant that is more than two decades old.
The hydroelectric plant, which uses the natural flow of the Ohio River to generate electricity, generates enough electricity to serve seven towns the size of New Martinsville, which has a population of approximately 7,000 residents. Unlike fossil-fueled power plants, the New Martinsville facility creates no air or water pollution and consumes no water.
The plant is constantly cleaning the water of the Ohio River as well, as screens were set up in the river to prevent debris from entering the hydro turbines. A giant trash rake with an 80-foot telescopic boom that extends to the river bottom is used to remove debris from the river.
That debris is then placed in containers to be hauled away or recycled.
Another hydro-related business in the area is Voith Hydro, a generator stator assembly facility servicing hydro plants. Voith is located in Monroe County, and manufactures parts for generators to be used at "run-of-the-river hydroelectric facilities" operated by American Municipal Power Inc.
Approximately 40 people are currently employed at the 32,400-square-foot facility, which started production in early 2010. Voith is located at the former Ormet Rolling Mill facility.
The stators that the company manufactures for the river projects measure 30 feet by 10 feet and weigh roughly128 tons. Once manufactured, they are put on barges and shipped to the locations they need to go.
Hydropower remains by far the largest source of renewable energy in the world, and represents about 8 percent of all power in the U.S. and more than 90 percent of all the renewable power generated in the U.S. Hydro provides more than 16 times as much energy as wind and solar power combined, according to Hydro Review.
Hydropower also supplies almost two-thirds of Canada's power, making it the world's largest hydropower producer, representing 13 percent of global output.
The U.S. is the world's second largest exporter of hydropower.
As for harnessing the ocean's power, leaders at Berkeley, Ca.-based start-up Sea Power & Associates think they've figured out how to harness the energy in waves.
Their Wave Rider technology is a series of lightweight concrete floats that sit one to two miles off shore. Floats are connected to a hydraulic pump that extends about 60 feet down to the ocean floor. The up-and-down motion of the waves creates pressure that drives the hydraulic pump, which then drives turbines to generate electric power.
The design "seemed to be well thought out and I didn't see any reason why it wouldn't work," David Navarro of the California Energy Commission told the Associated Press. "There's a lot out there. It's just waiting to happen."
The notion of wiring the waves has been around for a few decades. The problem up to now is that few of the ideas have been tested - although some companies outside the United States have produced power from the ocean - and the cost has been considered prohibitively high compared to other renewable forms of energy such as wind and sun.
While Japan and Northern Europe have forged ahead with government-funded sea power schemes, research dollars in the United States dried up after an initial surge in the 1970s.
The total power of waves breaking on the world's coastline could produce two million to three million megawatts, Navarro said. In good locations, wave energy density can produce an average 65 megawatts per mile of coastline. One megawatt can power about 750 homes.
"When you see a wave go by you think of it as the water moving. Well, it's not the water, it's the energy within the water that's making it move," says Navarro.
The ocean can produce two types of energy, thermal energy from the sun's heat and mechanical energy from tides and waves.
There are three basic ways of converting the kinetic energy that drives a wave into power:
In 2010, the world's first commercial wave power station, which uses the oscillating water column system, began supplying power to the grid on the small Scottish island of Islay. It's operated by Wavegen, a pioneer in ocean energy.
Wave energy has the advantage over wind and sun in that it is constant. There are some concerns about getting permits to place the devices and they would also need to be marked for navigational purposes. View obstruction could also be a concern, although many of the devices sit far offshore and would not be visible from land.


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Is there any simple application (or built-in in Mac OS) that allows me to record sound on a Mac? I'm referring not only to voice input through the mic, but also to sounds issued by the system.
Audio Hijack and WireTap Studio are both application suites for recording audio from any input, include the system audio. They're not fee, but their trials might suffice.
A simpler solution would be SoundFlower which acts like an output to which system audio can be sent, then used as an input source in any audio recording program, even quicktime. If you want to be able to hear sound from your speakers/headphones, you'll need to run the sound flower bed app, which takes sound flower's audio coming in from your system, and forwards it to your speakers/headphones while still being able to use it.
You want Audio Hijack Pro. Records system audio, from long time quality Mac developer, Rogue Amoeba.
This answer is similar to the one XAleXOwnZX gave, it just has a link for Audacity and a tutorial.
If you want to do it for free you can download Audacity and Soundflower (if you have a mac) and record the sound straight off your sound card.
Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
Soundflowerbed: http://cycling74.com/downloads/
Tutorial: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/User:BillWharrie/Using_Soundflower_to_record_streaming_audio


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I would really like to obtain a book on Plan 9's design and ethos. Do such things exist?
Anybody have a recommendation?
(Asking here on the basis that Plan 9 was once meant to be Unix's successor, AIUI)
closed as primarily opinion-based by terdon♦, Anthon, slm♦, Karlson, Ramesh May 20 '14 at 14:56
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cat-v has a Plan 9 doc archive that contains a number of papers, manual pages for various editions and other interesting miscellanea.
Introduction to Operating Systems abstractions using Plan9 from Bell Labs might be of your interest.


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I want to make chili using a ham bone (with a little meat on it). How should I cook it to make good use of both the meat and the bone?
If you're going to simmer your chili for a long time, just throw it in there. If you made stock with it, you'd still be just simmering the bone for a long time to extract the same flavors. (I'm not advocating not using stock here, just that I wouldn't make stock for the sole purpose of getting flavor out of the bone. Use the stock you would otherwise.).
Simmer four plus hours and then pull the bone out, tap the meat off, and enjoy the chili (although I like to cool chili down, put it in the fridge, and eat it the next day better).
If you're going to make the stock with it though, @Cos definitely has the right idea with the pressure cooker.
I would make a stock with it and use that for a portion of your liquid in the chili. toss it in a big pot of water with some chunks of aromatic vegetable (onion, celery, carrot, garlic) and whole herbs (thyme & rosemary) and spices (i'd do cracked black pepper and 4 or 5 whole allspice pods) and cook for 2-4 hours. strain all the chunks out and use the liquid.
if you don't want to go through all that, you could probably also just drop the bone into the chili pot and let it all cook together. just remember to take the bone out of the pot before serving. unless you're into that kind of thing.
I am guessing that you are thinking of a "Green Pork Chili" along the lines of this recipe.
IF so, the best use for your ham bone is to make a pork stock to substitute for the chicken stock. I would put the bone, with about 6-7 cups of water into a pressure cooker and use the pressure to extract all of the flavor that the marrow has to offer. 15-20 minutes under pressure should leave you with a clean bone and pot full of juices. Strain out the bits using a cheese cloth and boil the broth till you have the required volume (5 cups in the case of the recipe I linked to) and go forth from there.


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7 Great Sports Moments (That Might Have Been Fixed)
#3. The Moment: Every Great NBA Playoff Series Since the 80s
The Insane Theory :
NBA commissioner David Stern makes his second appearance on the list. If the NBA was the Mafia David Stern would be its Vito Corleone, if Vito Corleone came from the Shire instead of Sicily.
Hell, he's even a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (a group that some think secretly runs the world). Players dread getting called to his office in New York, and there are unconfirmed reports that upon leaving their meetings with Stern, they can be heard repeatedly muttering the phrase "one of us."
Stern, seen here, preparing for his new job as a Bond villain.
Theorists have said that for the duration of Stern's reign, things have played out a bit too conveniently, in the sense that big market teams seem to get all of the advantages. Many people, most notably ESPN.com's Sports Guy, point to the fact that the first year the league used a lottery to determine draft position, the league's biggest market team, the New York Knicks, somehow managed to land the top pick. They drafted Patrick Ewing, widely considered to be the sweatiest man to ever play the game.
Even worse, those same big-market teams seem to get some pretty favorable calls in the playoffs. This past season there were rumors that Stern was pulling the strings in order to get his most storied franchises, Boston and Los Angeles, into the finals.
How? Why, by having the referees make sure the calls went the right way. But even if Stern was as corrupt as Satan, the refs would never go along with such a scheme, right?
Why it Might be True :
Two words: Tim Donaghy.
Donaghy was an NBA referee, and an FBI investigation turned up evidence that he had a bit of a gambling problem. You can see where this is going. Rumors swirled that Donaghy owed money to the Mob (presumably the one that's not run by Stern) and started betting on games he worked so he could assure he got the right outcome.
A sports betting site figured out that nearly 60% of the games worked by Donaghy saw the participating teams going over the Vegas point projections, a number so high that gambling experts insisted could not have been reached without an outside influence.
"Kobe, I gotta be honest, I'm in a bit of a bind and I could really use a favor."
So we have at least that much evidence that refs are corruptible. Now consider what Donaghy had to say about the 2002 playoff game between Sacramento and the Lakers, which many say is a prime example of referees stepping in and making sure the big market team won.
We're not going to say any more. We'll let you be the judge. Partially because the evidence isn't at all conclusive, but mainly because David Stern fucking terrifies us.
#2. The Moment: The Greatest NFL Game Ever Played
The Insane Theory:
The 1958 NFL Championship between the Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants has often been called the greatest game in NFL history, with the Colts pulling out a 23-17 overtime victory behind the strong play of legendary quarterback Johnny Unitas and his Dolph Lundgrenesque crew cut.
What we're here to tell you, however, is that if it had been a 2.5 point spread it likely would have ended in a 20-17 decision. The word is that Baltimore owner Carroll Rosenbloom had laid $1 million on his Colts to cover the Vegas spread of 3.5 points, a move that would have made Pete Rose green with envy. So when his team marched into easy field goal territory in sudden death overtime, word came down from the man in charge to go for six--and risk losing the game--in order to cover the pointspread.
So instead of trying a sure-thing field goal from the nine-yard-line, the Colts ran two more plays with Alan Ameche punching it in and giving Rosenbloom a fat payday. In the years after the game, Rosenbloom denied he'd manipulated the outcome. Instead, he said he simply didn't think kicker Steve Myrha would hit the field goal, providing early evidence that everyone hates kickers.
"Mothafucka's got to get paid."
Why it Might be True :
The theory has been written about in various books, such as The New Conspiracy Reader and the wager gets mentioned in basically every other article written about the game.
While Rosenbloom may have been correct in his assertion that Myrha pretty much sucked, as evidenced by his dismal 4-of-10 performance during the regular season, the fact remains that without Myrha the game would never have gone to overtime in the first place.
Myrha had previously hit a 20-yarder in the fourth quarter, a distance not too different from what he would have faced in overtime. Still, after the Colts had gotten inside the 10-yard-line, they defied all football logic by having Unitas throw a dangerous pass rather than hand the ball off on the next play to edge closer for the field goal.
Then, with the ball at the one (a distance from which even we could have kicked a field goal), they again decided to risk it and run another play. Of course, the next play happened to be Ameche's touchdown, so no one second guessed them.
How convenient.
#1. The Moment: Red Auerbach and the Celtics Set Record for Consecutive Championships
The Insane Theory :
Back in the 1960s, the Boston Celtics were absolutely dominant and when playing at home, damn near unbeatable. The mastermind behind the Celtics was famed cigar lover Red Auerbach.
Many believe Red was the greatest coach in basketball history. That is, if by "coach" you mean "son of a bitch." That's because many believe that the Celtics were only invincible at the Boston Garden because Red was a dirty cheating bastard.
Why it Might be True :
After Red's death in 2006, sports writers from around the nation started telling their stories about what a rascal Auerbach was, many of which confirmed the underhanded pranks that he liked to play on opponents.
It was little things, mostly, like turning off the air conditioning and hot water for the opposing locker room. Or, you know, having the water fountains in the opposing locker room hooked directly into the sewage line.
That's right. In fact, in his obituary in USA Today, these deeds are mentioned so casually that you might think making the opposing team drink your feces was all part of the game.
We actually prefer to think this is either a trumped-up rumor or maybe something they stole from an old Ernest movie. It's just too disgusting.
We do know one thing, though: if, after your death, people actually celebrate the fact that you literally made opponents gargle your shit, you're a goddamn legend.
For some people we know cheated (including a cameo from our good friend Sonny Liston) read about The 7 Ballsiest Sports Cheats Ever. Or take in some culture with our look at The 10 Most Insane "Sports" in the World.


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So I am currently around level 45 with my main character and I am working through the West Midlands Underground.
At the moment there is a PvP event going on which I am actively taking part in. However, sometimes when I select my opponent I notice that they have a set of 4 familiars to battle against. How can I get this too?
I have already unlocked a couple of additional formations, so my best guess is that at some point I will get a 4-man formation. If this is the case, when will I get my first 4-main formation, and what other formations are available? (Note: I think my latest formation I got was "Wave")
Also, can you get more than a 4-man formation? I remember last week there was a different kind of event which had some sort of boss battles (large enemies) that allowed me to field 6 of my familiars at once. Is this just an event specific formation perhaps?
Perhaps another interesting question: once I have access to a 4-man formation, are there any motivations for me to ever go back to a 3-man?


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BELL COUNTY (November 2, 2012)—District Judge Martha Jane Trudo and an unidentified Temple police officer both were injured in a two-vehicle crash Friday evening on a rural roadway near Belton.
The officer had to be cut from the wreckage of his patrol car after the crash and was taken by ambulance to Scott and White Hospital, in Temple.
Trudo, also taken to Scott and White, was last listed still in the emergency room undergoing treatment.
Information about the nature and severity of injuries wasn't available.
Department of Public Safety trooper Harpin Meyers said troopers are investigating the accident to see if a third vehicle was involved.
The accident happened at about 6 p.m. at the intersection of FM 2410 and Simmons Road just south of U.S. Highway 190 outside of Belton.
FM 2410 was closed to traffic because of the accident.
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Trudo is judge of the 264th District Court and was elected to that bench in 1995.
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Hadoop and HDFS - file system tools
By David Allan-Oracle on Aug 16, 2012
Underpinning the Oracle Big Data Appliance (and any other Hadoop cluster) is HDFS, working with files in HDFS is just like working with regular file systems (quite different under the hood) but to manipulate from the OS you just have a different API to use, Hadoop uses the 'hadoop fs' command prior to a mkdir or rm, whereas local file systems use just mkdir or rm. ODI has file management tools available in the package editor- there are tools for preparing files and moving them around. The HDFS commands can act just like any other tool in ODI, let's see how!
Here I will show you how I added a bunch of tools to perform common HDFS file system commands and map-reduce job execution from within the ODI package editor – this is over and above the support ODI has for building interfaces that exploit the Hadoop ecosystem.
You will see how users can easily perform HDFS actions and execute map-reduce jobs – I will save the later for another post. Using ODI Tools extensibility into the package editor, I have wrapped the following;
Copy a file (or group of files) from the local file system to HDFS.
Copy a file (or group of files) from HDFS to the local file system.
Create directories in HDFS. Will create intermediate directories in a path that are missing.
Move a file (or group of files) from the local file system to HDFS.
Delete directories in HDFS – can recursively delete also.
Run a map-reduce job by defining the job parameters - mapper class, reducer class, formats, input, output etc.
These are common HDFS actions that every Hadoop training walks the user through and are equivalents of the local file system tools ODI has under the Files group in the package toolbox. You can see from the example below the HDFSCopyFromLocalFile call has a source uri to copy and a destination on HDFS - its very simple to use. This uses the FileSystem SDK to manipulate the HDFS file system. The HDFSCopyFromLocalFile below copies a file /home/oracle/weblogs/apache08122012_1290.log from the local file system, to HDFS at /users/oracle/logs/input. Very simple.
The above flow basically removes a directory structure, creates a directory, copies some files, runs a few map-reduce jobs and then tidies up with some removal. I built these tools using ODI's Open Tool SDK, its another great way of extending the product. In the above image you can see in the Toolbox there is a bunch of tools in the Plugins folder. These tools used Hadoop's SDKs including org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem, org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path and org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration. Another cool aspect to ODI Open Tools is that you can call the tools from commands within a KM task, or from procedure commands.
The dependent JARs must be available for ODI to execute. This is a common reply in forums across the web to developers using these SDKs. The HadoopRunJob uses the JobConf SDK to define the map-reduce job (following the reply from Thomas Jungblut in this post). I will cover this in another blog post. For more on integrating with Hadoop and ODI see the self study material here.


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On September 24, 2012, The Irish Pub Children's Foundation invited sponsors to join in the celebration of the success of the 25th Anniversary Tour de Shore. The 65-mile bike ride from the Irish Pub in Philadelphia, PA to the Irish Pub Inn in Atlantic, NJ raised over $530,000 for children's charities in the tri-state area. In celebration of the amazing achievement of riders, supporters, and sponsors, the Foundation presented checks to several non-profit organizations that benefitted from the 25th Anniversary Tour de Shore. Photography by Andre Flewellen.
On Thursday, September 20, 2012, trendsetters packed The Market & Shops at Comcast Center for the 8th Annual Rittenhouse Row Fall Gathering. Guests enjoyed a fashion show featuring familiar Rittenhouse Row faces, including Philadelphia magazine's Fashion & Lifestyle Editor Emily Goulet. All models wore looks from the area's most stylish boutiques and hair and makeup by Sephora. Guests enjoyed food and cocktails from Rittenhouse Row restaurants and talented bartenders, and Peroni Nastro Azzurro. Photography by Jessica Vermeer Hawkes.
On September 19, 2012, premier lingerie store Hope Chest celebrated the Grand Opening of its new Center City boutique during The Philadelphia Collection. Guests joined owner Jen Rosen to toast Hope Chest Center City's official opening with complimentary white wine and champagne, as well as two stylish trunk shows: Simone Perele fine French lingerie and America's favorite shapewear, Spanx. Photography by Al B. For.
On Thursday September 13, 2012, guests gathered at the National Constitution Center to honor individuals and organizations who boldly carry forward the ideals and values upon which the United States was founded. This year's ceremony bestowed the medal upon boxing legend Muhammad Ali. Photography by Jeff Fusco.
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With the recent announcement of Impala, also known as Cloudera Enterprise RTQ (Real Time Query), I expect the interest in and adoption of Hadoop to go from merely intense to crazy. We applaud Cloudera's investment in creating Impala as it moves Hadoop a huge step forward in making Hadoop accessible using existing BI tools.
What is Impala? Simply put, it enables all of the SQL-based BI and business analytics tools that have been built over the past couple of decades to now work directly on top of Hadoop, providing interactive response times not previously attainable with Hadoop, and many times faster than Hive, the existing SQL-like alternative. And Impala provides pretty complete SQL support, including join and aggregate functions – must-have functions for analytics.
For enterprises this analytic query speed and expressiveness is huge – it means they are now much less likely to need to extract data out of Hadoop and load it into a data mart or warehouse for interactive visualization. Instead they can use their favorite business analytics tool directly against Hadoop. But of course only Pentaho provides the integrated end-to-end data integration and business analytics capability for both ingesting and processing data inside of Hadoop, as well as interactively visualizing and analyzing Hadoop data.
Over the past few months Cloudera and Pentaho have been partnering closely at all levels including marketing, sales and engineering. We are proud of the role we played in assisting Cloudera with validating and testing Impala against realistic BI workloads and use cases. Based on the extremely strong interest we've seen, as evidenced by the lines at our booth at the recent Strata big data conference in New York City, the combination of Pentaho's visual development and interactive visualization for Hadoop with the break-through performance of Cloudera Impala is very compelling for a huge number of enterprises.
– Ian Fyfe, Chief Technology Evangelist, Pentaho


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Dedication of Chapel Garden
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(Alexandria, Va.) –
On Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, approximately 250 will gather at Virginia Theological Seminary to dedicate the school's new Chapel Garden. The garden sits on the site of the seminary's 1881 chapel that was destroyed by fire three years ago and is enclosed by the remains of the chapel's walls.
The consecration of this space has never been revoked, even after the tragic fire that brought about the chapel's destruction," said the Rt. Rev. James J. Shand, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Easton and chair of the VTS board of trustees "Now, thanks to the kindness of generous benefactors, a new mission has come into being for this place: that this Chapel Garden might be a place of meditation and worship and that it might be a place where members of the wider Seminary family and its friends might be buried."
The 1881 chapel was an important space for the VTS students, faculty and staff who worshipped there daily. It also was a special place for the parishioners of Alexandria's Immanuel-Church-on-the Hill, who worshipped at the chapel on Sunday mornings until its destruction. Additionally, generations of Episcopal High School students gathered in the chapel for services for several decades until the 1970s.
The new green space is the result of the work of Michael Vergason Landscape Architects Ltd., a world-renowned landscape architect. Based in Vergason's native Alexandria, the company is responsible for beautiful and memorable
spaces around the world, such as the visitor center grounds at Normandy Cemetery and Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello.
"We are grateful to our landscape architect who created our very own garden – our very own Eden on our campus grounds," said the Very Rev. Ian S. Markham, dean and president of VTS.
During the service, Markham will also recognize and thank members of the Alexandria Fire Department who worked through the night to contain the fire and save as much of the structure as possible; the Alexandria Board of Architectural review, which encouraged the seminary to envision a commemorative use for the chapel ruin, and Mary Kay Lanzillotta of Washington's Hartman-Cox Architects.
Our Chapel Garden has arrived," Markham said. "This will be a place of prayer. This will be a place for the celebration of the Eucharist. This will be a holy space where we can encounter our creator through the beauty of the creation."
Founded in 1823, Virginia Theological Seminary is the largest of the 11 accredited seminaries of the Episcopal Church. The school prepares men and women, representing more than 40 different dioceses and nine different countries, for service in the Church, both as ordained and lay ministers, and offers a number of professional degree programs and diplomas. Visit us online at
3737 Seminary Road, Alexandria, Virginia 22304 - Phone: (703) 370-660 or (800) 941-0083


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