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Fairfield downed Westview, 25-17, 25-16 in the finals of the NECC volleyball tournament this past Saturday afternoon in Emma.
Prairie Heights junior Aspen Dirr extended her cross country campaign by at least another week when she placed 10th at the West Noble regional meet this past Saturday.
For the final 77 minutes of Saturday's 1A girls soccer regional match between host Argos and Westview, it was fairly clear that the Lady Warriors were the better team on the pitch.
Big plays boosted Eastside past Prairie Heights, 34-13 in NECC football action last Friday night in Butler.
Prairie Heights improved its NECC football record to 4-3 and leveled its overall mark at 4-4 with a 21-13 triumph over visiting West Noble last Friday night at Hubert Cline Field.
Westview ventured out of conference in volleyball play last Thursday night and brought home a 25-12, 25-18, 25-9 triumph from Elkhart Christian.
Fort Wayne Concordia sent the visiting Lakeland Lakers to their second consecutive defeat last Friday night by a count of 35-3 at Zollner Stadium.
Westview earned its third straight IHSAA Class 1A girls sectional championship Saturday night in Emma with a 7-0 rout of Central Noble.
For the past five years, the Westview boys soccer team had watched someone else celebrate a sectional championship on its home field.
Westview held off Lakeland, 24-37 in girls cross country action Tuesday evening in Emma.
Lakeland ran past Westview, 22-35 in boys cross country action Tuesday in Emma.
County rivals Lakeland and Westview will battle this Saturday afternoon (3 p.m.) in Emma for a boys soccer sectional championship.
Lakeland blanked Bethany Christian, 2-0 and Westview shutout Garrett, 3-0 in first-round action at the 1A girls soccer sectional in Emma Tuesday night.
Fairfield climbed back into the NECC volleyball title chase Tuesday night in Emma with a 26-24, 27-25, 25-18 victory over Westview.
Angola shaded Prairie Heights, 13-7 in NECC football play last Friday night in the Monument City.
Westview spiked Lakeland, 25-14, 25-7, 25-14 Saturday night in LaGrange to raise its NECC volleyball record to 8-0.
Prairie Heights surged past Lakeland, 25-21, 20-25, 25-8, 25-19 in NECC volleyball last Thursday night.
East Noble secured its sixth consecutive IHSAA boys tennis sectional championship Saturday afternoon in Kendallville with a 4-1 victory over Westview.
Aspen Dirr of Prairie Heights claimed third place in the NECC girls cross country meet held Saturday morning at West Noble.
LaGrange native Shane Fry, now the head football coach at West Lafayette High School, has been named the winner of the Indianapolis Colts/NFL Coach of the Week award.
Lakeland blitzed The Howe School, 17-0 in varsity boys soccer Tuesday night in LaGrange.
Fremont defeated a scrappy Lakeland squad, 25-19, 29-27, 22-25, 25-19 in NECC volleyball play Tuesday night in LaGrange.

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Handstands on Llandudno beach – Flickr pic of the day
This photo of kids doing handstands was captured at Llandudno by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Flickr group member Trevor Exposed.
Trevor says: "Huge waves with children playing in front of them caught my interest. It was on Llandudno beach on a very stormy evening, while we were sitting having sundowners. We kept having to move further up the beach as the tide came closer, until we were seated at the top of the beach."
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Space. The final front ear. Home of paranoid robots named HAL, space stations that ain't no moons, cats and David Bowie. Recently whisky has also been crowbarred into this list with alarming regularity. So much so, that I thought it was time to take another look at it all.
You see, having inexplicably found myself in Disneyland Paris for a few days back in August, during which time I naturally took up residence on Space Mountain, I now quite reasonably consider myself to be the office expert when it comes to all things space.
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So – it's that time of year again isn't it? I checked my calendar the other day, and realised it's 6 weeks until Feis Ile. 6 weeks. I've got no idea who's stealing all the time, but as whoever it is takes with one hand, they surely give with the other – we're only 7 weeks away from the release of this year's Ardbeg Day special edition.
This year's offering is called 'Auriverdes' – a portmanteau of the latin 'Aurum' (Gold) and Portuguese 'Verdes' (Green) – Gold for the colour of the whisky, and Green for the iconic green* bottle in which Ardbeg is presented.
Why Portuguese, I hear you ask? Well apparently there's some sort of kickball tourney on later this year in Brazil? Not really my sort of thing, but I'm sure Jake will use it as an excuse to bore the crap out of you / keep you entertained (delete per your preference).
Tags: ardbeg, auriverdes, islay, whisky, galileo, supernova, ardbog, alligator, tasting notes, review, feis ile 2014, islay 2014, special releases
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I'm trying to provide access to a local folder for someone over the internet. After googling around a bit, I've come to the conclusion that SFTP is the safest thing to expose through the firewall to the chaotic and evil world of the Internet. I'm planning to use the openssh-server to this end. Even though I trust that openssh will stop a random attacker, I'm not so sure about the security of my computer once someone is connected through ssh.
In particular, even if I don't give that person's user account any privileges whatsoever, he might just be able to "su" to, say, "nobody". And since I was never worried about such things before, I might have given some moderate privileges to nobody at some point (not sudo rights surely!).
I would of course value your comments about giving privileges to nobody in the first place, but that's not the point, really. My aim is to give SFTP access to someone in such a sandboxed state that I shouldn't need to worry about such things (at least not more so than I should have done before).
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"Moscow - Fontainebleau" Top 5 Page for this destination Fontainebleau by Kuznetsov_Sergey
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The French name of these places "Fontaine-Belle-Eau" (a wonderful source) in due course has turned in Fontainebleau. According another version during royal hunting a dog on nickname Bleau found a source which was named in its honour.
Lui VII built there a hunting lodge in 1137 because of the presence there a pure potable water.
In 1169 Thomas Bekket - the archbishop Centerbery arrived there to consecrate a chapel. Phillip II celebrated returning from the Third Crusade in Fontenblo.
In 1717 Peter the Great stayed in a palace.
The significant part of the palace in its present veiw was constructed by Le Breton, Serlio and Delorme at Francisk I. Medieval constructions were demolished.
Two groups of buildings connected by the gallery appeared at this time.A lot of gifted artists under direction of Italian masters Rosso and Primaticho decorated the palace in antique style.
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I was here this year and really loved this Palace more than I did Versailles. Thanks for the memories!
Interiors of palaces are so nice...wonderful pics...Norman :)
I really loved this place 20+ years ago. Your comments bring back the memories of how great this was
Amazingly, for the Parisians, Fontainebleau is more often mentionned for its climbing schools than for its castle, haha! It is a major wilderness playground for Parisians!
Lovely page on Fountainebleau. The Palace looks so impressive, esp. the Palace Chapel and interiors.
Fontainbleau is an amzing building. It's hard to believe people once lived in such large and lavish palaces.
Thanks for showing me a place I would like to visit. Nice pictures.
Ah, another place I would love to see. Thanks for sharing vicariously.
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If you tend to listen to music on your PC while you're doing something else you won't be giving it your undivided attention but, even so, you'll still want to experience good quality audio. If, on the other hand, you want to build a home media centre around a PC – which isn't our main theme here although it's an option you might want to consider – then sound quality will be absolutely paramount.
Yet all too often, the quality of music reproduction on a PC is far from perfect. The good news, though, is that it doesn't have to be that way as we demonstrate here. First we'll look at the various audio-related hardware components in a PC with a view to helping you to upgrade your hardware for better quality music. This will go a long way to improving your listening experience but, for the ultimate, you also need to trade in those MP3 tracks for music that's recorded in a higher quality format. Accordingly, we'll then discuss the alternatives to mp3 so that you can get the most out of your new hardware and we'll look at the software you'll need to handle these high performance standards.
Audiophile-quality music on a PC
If we ignore the hard disk or the CD/DVD drive on which the music is stored, three audio components are required for music reproduction on a PC although the second and third are often combined. First there's either a so-called sound card or, more commonly, an audio chipset on the PC's motherboard. This performs several tasks although, in the context of listening to pre-recorded music from a CD or the hard disk, it acts as a digital to analogue converter (DAC) that converts the digital data to a signal that our ears can hear.
The output from the sound card or chipset is too weak to drive a speaker or headphones directly so the next component is an audio amplifier. The final component is the speaker or headphones although, in the realm of computer hardware, speakers often have a built-in amplifier.
In all probability, all of these components will be below par so there's an argument for replacing the whole audio chain. If your budget is limited, though, or if you want to upgrade in stages, it's important to identify which upgrade will provide the biggest improvement so you can prioritise.
Audiophiles debate this ad infinitum and opinions differ but a commonly held view is that it pays to give priority to the early stages of the reproduction. The "garbage in – garbage out" argument applies: in other words, no component can improve a poor quality signal that's passed to it. This implies that the sound card or chip is the most important, followed by the audio amplifier, with the speaker or headphones being the least important. While favouring an upgrade of the early stages in the chain makes sense if all the components are of similar quality, this often isn't the case with the speakers usually being particularly poor, especially in a laptop. In this instance, therefore, the exact opposite would be recommended.
Such inevitably contradictory guidance makes it difficult to decide what to upgrade although we'd suggest that the speakers are usually the weakest link so would be the top priority. If you decide to buy passive (i.e. non-amplified) speakers, though, this upgrade path would also involve investing in an audio amplifier. Like any other piece of PC hardware, you'll undoubtedly draw up a shortlist by perusing the specifications and while this is an important first step, in the realm of audio, it's not easy to equate figures with performance.
Paradoxically, your ears often provide a better way of comparing and it's not uncommon for one product to out-perform another with a better specification. In the realm of Hi-Fi (as opposed to PC music), the "try before you buy" philosophy applies with top-end dealers offering customers the option of auditioning equipment before buying. This is the best way to decide on your upgrade path and it will often be possible to try out upgrades on your PC if you choose a small local shop instead of going to a big name store or buying online. It may also be possible if you're thinking of upgrading with Hi-Fi gear instead of equipment intended specifically for use with a PC.
Hardware Components
Let's take each of the components in turn. For each we'll consider what you should take into account in choosing an upgrade and provide some indication of what you might end up paying.
On-board sound cards or chipsets are usually very basic, and can suffer from interference from other electronic components on the motherboard. This leads to unwanted noise through your speakers instead of a clean, interference-free sound. That's why it's worth bypassing this altogether and replacing it with hardware that does a better job.
A new sound card could be either a replacement internal PCI-Express card (only for desktop PCs) or a separate box that connects to your PC via a USB port. In addition to the obvious reason for upgrading – i.e. to improve the quality of reproduction of your existing music – you might also need to upgrade it to support some of the higher quality music formats that we discuss later.
If you're going to be using it purely for listening to music you should look for a card that's intended primarily for this application. However, if you're also interested in gaming and perhaps watching movies, a dedicated gaming card will offer features such as surround sound but, possibly, at the expense of the ultimate in audio quality.
Creative Labs has traditionally addressed the gaming market but now also offers audiophile products. Asus and Auzentech are also well-respected. In addition, for music but not for gaming, some of the Hi-Fi companies such as Arcam are now addressing the PC market. Bear in mind, though, that products from Hi-Fi companies, for example the Arcam rPAC, will often be DACs (so search for "USB DAC" instead of "sound card") so will not offer the other functions of a general purpose sound card. Expect to pay at least £100 for hardware that will make a substantial difference to your existing setup, although you could pay several hundred pounds.
Turning to the speakers, those that are marketed as PC components usually have a built-in amplifier. Commonly, they also support surround sound by the provision of several satellite speakers that attach to a central sub-woofer which also houses the amplifier. However, unless you really need surround sound, we suggest that you pick stereo speakers instead.
After all, if you go for just the two speakers you're likely to get a higher quality product than if you buy six or seven speakers for the same price. Perhaps because of the commonly held, but not necessarily correct, view that the speaker is the most important element of an audio system, numerous companies address this market so you're going to have to do your homework. Prices range from £15 offerings that are unlikely to provide you with any improvement, to a few hundred pounds although products around the £100 mark should provide a reasonable upgrade.
As an alternative to buying a set of PC speakers you could also consider using a lower cost set of speakers aimed at the Hi-Fi market. You'd also need a separate audio amplifier but it's quite possible that a speaker plus amplifier could outperform a set of dedicated PC speakers at the same price point.
Next page: High Quality Music Formats
High-quality music formats
The MP3 format might be considered the de facto standard for music reproduction on a PC or on hand-held devices but it's really a leftover from a former age. When MP3 was developed, data storage was expensive so the major requirement was to make tracks tiny and this was achieved using a so-called 'lossy' method of data compression.
The result was that the audio quality was not as good as that of the CD that uses a lossless form of compression. Using lossless compression, and hence experiencing CD quality, isn't the ultimate though. Many audiophiles still consider that the quality of CDs is inferior to that of vinyl records. This is because digital music is only ever an approximation to the real world analogue signal it represents and CD uses a fairly crude approximation.
In particular, sound is sampled 44,100 times per second (44.1kHz) and is represented by a 16-bit binary number – this is referred to as 16/44. Newer standards employ higher sampling rates and word lengths, most commonly combinations of 96kHz or 192kHz, and 16 or 24 bits.
It should now be clear that you'll experience better quality music by trading in mp3 for a better format. Indeed, if you've decided to upgrade your hardware, then you really ought to use a high quality music format to make the most of that improved hardware. It's even been suggested that mp3 can sound worse with a better sound card or DAC because it's better able to reproduce the compression artefacts: the 'damage' that the lossy compression causes to the music.
In choosing a better audio file format, either for downloading tracks or for ripping tracks from a CD, the most important thing is to either use an uncompressed format or one that employs lossless compression. Then, the next stage (although this doesn't apply to ripping CDs since using a higher resolution can't create information that just isn't there) is to go for a higher sampling rate and word length, probably 24/96 or 24/192, although you'll probably find that the difference between 96kHz and 192kHz is fairly minimal. What's more, some of the audiophile DACs don't support 192kHz yet out-perform some sound cards that do.
Thinking of specific file formats, if you really do insist on your files being tiny, then at least use AAC instead of mp3. Both formats employ a lossy method of compression needed for such small files, but AAC degrades the music quality less. WAV is the most common uncompressed format, but popular lossless compressed formats – which are as good as uncompressed but about half the size – include FLAC, AIFF, and Apple Lossless (referred to as either ALAC or ALE). All these formats support the full range of sampling rates and word lengths. Before choosing a format and sampling rate, though, do ensure that your hardware/software combination supports it.
HD audio on your PC: software Issues
Windows Media Player 9 (WMP) is fairly restrictive in the types of audio files that it'll handle so, if you decide to step up to higher quality formats, you'll probably need new or upgraded software that can handle them. You can get alternative media players that will reproduce music in these various formats and tools for ripping CDs into high definition standards and if you're happy to work with totally new software this might be a good solution.
Popular third-party players include the VLC Media Player and the Standard version of MediaMonkey, both of which are free. However, most people will already be familiar with WMP and many would prefer not to have to start from scratch with different software. Our emphasis here, therefore, is upgrading WMP to work with these new formats.
First the good news. WMP 12 already handles the totally uncompressed WAV format and will work with sampling rates up to 24/192. However, as installed with Windows, it won't play AAC or FLAC files nor, for that matter, many of the less-common formats employing lossless compression. This is because, for each format it requires a codec (coder-decoder) yet it ships with a somewhat limited number.
If you install the relevant codecs, though, WMP 12 will be able to play these additional formats. You could add codecs individually but a better option is to install a well-respected codec pack that includes support for lots of additional video as well as audio formats: the K-Lite Codec Pack.
It comes in four different editions – Basic, Standard, Full and Mega. All are free, but each represents a larger download and installation than the previous one. Make sure that you pick the correct edition for your chosen file formats.
Once you've installed your new codecs (just follow the on-screen instructions) you'll find that WMP will play the supported formats in just the same way as MP3 or WAV tracks. However, Windows still won't recognise them as audio files which means that you won't be able to include them in your Music Library. This drawback is overcome using the free WMP Tag Plus utility that you can find at bmproductions.fixnum.org.
Something else that new codecs won't do is allow you to rip your CDs in WPM to formats other than those initially supported. Third-party software for ripping to high definition compressed formats is available but, if you want to stick with WMP the solution is to rip to WAV and then convert the WAV file. A useful tool that provides conversion between audio formats (and a whole lot more) is Free Studio.
In ripping and converting, though, do bear in mind that no high definition format can generate information that isn't there on the CD. So, because CDs use lossless compression, ripping to WAV will give better results than ripping to mp3 and if you subsequently convert that WAV file to FLAC you'll save disk space without sacrificing any quality. However, because CDs are sampled at 16/44, ripping them to 24/96 or 24/192 would be futile, using up more disk space for no improvement in quality.
Each of the upgrades we've seen here will go some way to improving your listening experience and they don't have to cost a fortune. Yet if you do decide to push the boat out, perhaps upgrading the whole audio reproduction chain and also using higher quality audio formats, you'll find that the quality will improve quite considerably.


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Two men stabbed to death inside car in North London may have been fleeing gang of youths wielding baseball bats and knives
- Murder probe launched into deaths in Leytonstone, north east London
- Two men found 'suffering from injuries' in a vehicle at 12.45am
- Victims named as 20-year-old Josiah Manful and 21-year-old Aaron Carriere
- 'Despite best efforts' doctors pronounced both men dead at the scene
- Scores of mourners have been leaving flowers at the scene today
- One reads: 'R.I.P aaron, always in our hearts, miss you. xxx'
- Another note appears to say 'To Aaron and Josiah, I can't believe what has happened to my good friends! You will forever be in our hearts'
Two men found stabbed to death in a car may have been trying to escape a gang wielding baseball bats and knives, it emerged today.
Friends and relatives have held a vigil at the scene in Leytonstone, east London, where 20-year-old Josiah Manful and 21-year-old Aaron Carriere were murdered in the early hours of Saturday.
Residents said they saw a fight break out between a group of men and a few minutes later they found the two victims fatally injured. Paramedics pronounced both men dead at the scene.
Forensics at the scene of a double murder in Leytonstone, east London. Police confirmed the two men were aged in their 20s
Violence: Broken glass and what appears to be blood on the tarmac of Montague Road in Leytonstone, east London
Forensic tent at the scene. To the right of the image, broken glass can be seen on the floor
A post-mortem revealed that Josiah, who turned 20 a few days ago, died from shock, haemorrhaging and stab wounds to the chest, while Aaron was fatally knifed in the neck.
A fight broke out between 12.45am and 1am, according to one woman who lives in the street.
She said: 'My dad was woken up by all the noise and shouting outside.
'He saw a group of guys fighting, some had baseball bats, but it was dark in the street and hard to see exactly who was doing what.'
One mother-of-three, whose house is near where the men were killed, said her husband had been so badly affected by witnessing the attack he refuses to talk about it.
She said: 'My husband was one of the first people to go outside, he called the ambulance.
'It has come as a big shock. My husband won't talk about what he saw. The whole thing has really upset him.
A forensics team prepares to examine the road at the scene. Reports suggest the two men were found shot in a vehicle in the early hours of this morning
The forensic team closely examine the road beside the car. Post-mortem investigations are to take place this afternoon, the Metropolitan Police confirmed
'It was a terrible thing, we are trying to keep it from the children.'
Another resident of the suburban street said: 'The whole thing has affected the street very badly.
'The last two days have been very, very hard.
'We are scared. We didn't know the men, but it is still very, very sad and we feel so sorry for their families.'
The quiet residential street of terraced houses finally reopened to traffic at around 2.30pm today after police forensics officers completed a fingertip search.
Residents had been forced to stay in their homes for more than 36 hours while detectives carried out their investigation.
Tonight around 25 grieving relatives and friends of the victims sobbed and held each other for comfort as they stood in pouring rain for prayers close to the spot where the pair were found.
Speaking on behalf of the group, a close friend of the families who declined to be named, said: 'We need peace and unity in our community.
Investigations are currently underway, and detectives are calling for people in the area to provide information
Police have cordoned off the entire area around the scene of investigation, and are currently carrying out close forensic examination to look for any clues relating to the possible double murder
'We have a lot of mums from the area here to show solidarity, that we can get through this and be there for their families.
'This has shocked us all deeply, it has affected everyone and we need time to grieve the loss of these two boys.
'We need space. This is our time to remember them.'
Forensic teams investigating the double
murder inquiry yesterday combed a 200-yard stretch of the street where the victims were found,
scouring drains and gutters as they went.
Friends and relatives paid tribute to Josiah on his heartbroken 26-year-old sister Claudia's Facebook page.
One said: 'My heart is so heavy and I cannot believe you are gone so soon.'
took to Twitter to voice their grief. One wrote: 'I can't believe I'm
doing this... RIP Josiah Manful still cant believe you're gone. It's
still so unreal.'
Tributes: Flowers with notes from bereft family and loved-ones of the pair have been laid at the scene
tributes left at the scene by devastated pals expressed their shock at
the murders, with one reading 'nothing but love my brothers, rest in
Leaving a bouquet a female schoolfriend, who asked to remain anonymous, said: 'Josiah was a normal, nice guy.
'We had known each other since we were small, he was always good. It's too difficult to understand.'
Mourners approached the
scene where the men were found and left cards and flowers
in tribute to the men.
Three men splashed the floral tributes with brandy before stopping to swap stories about the deceased.
In a written tribute another mourner said: 'Nothing but love my brothers, may you rest in peace. Love Tony.'
resident said: 'I left and when I came back I saw it. It's horrible and
I just heard what happened. I am so sorry - it's terrible.'
One note said: 'To Aaron and Josiah, I can't believe what has happened to my good friends! You will forever be in our hears & will never be forgotten, may you both rest in peace. Love from Paris & Family'
Mourners leaving flowers where two men, believed to be in their 20s, were found injured in a vehicle and later died in Leytonstone, east London
One set of flowers bears a card that reads: 'R.I.P aaron, always in our hearts, miss you. From jordan and mum xxx.'
Another bunch of flowers bears a card that reads: 'Can't believe you're gone, Love Cherelle X.'
One reads: 'To Aaron and Josiah. I can't believe what has happened to my good friends! You will forever be in our hearts and will never be forgotten may you both rest in peace.'
A spokesperson for the London Ambulance Service said: 'Every effort was made to resuscitate the two men.
'Despite the best efforts they were pronounced dead at the scene.'
The ambulance service called the police when they found that the men were 'seriously wounded', before they were pronounced dead.
The spokesperson said: 'It is a murder investigation now.'
Scotland Yard confirmed no arrests have been made.
Two bunches of flowers have been left by mourners who approached the scene this afternoon, both bearing notes
Two young girls flowers at the scene of the double murder
Bereft: Two young women public console each other at the murder scene as police try to work out a possible motive
Scenes of Crime Police officer marks down findings at the scene, which have been heavily cordoned off and under close investigation all day
A police forensics team examine underneath cars at the scene of the suspected double murder investigation, next to an area covered in broken glass with a small amount of what appears to be blood
The forensics team investigate the road, while one of the team investigates underneath a car
Montague Road, where the two men were found seriously injured in a vehicle before being pronounced dead
Montague Road in Leytonstone, where the two men were found suffering from wounds in a car before they were pronounced dead at the scene
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John O'Brien, a longtime Amarillo oil and gas man and philanthropist, died at 9 a.m. Friday, one family member said. He was 94.
O'Brien ran Nabob Production, an oil and gas business that his father, Will, started in the late 1920s.
In 1987, O'Brien established the John and Mary O'Brien Foundation for Academic Excellence, a fund that has awarded more than $400,000 in grants to public school teachers. He also made donations to the ACE Scholarship Program, which gives tuition and book money to high school students planning to attend Amarillo College or West Texas A&M University.
"He was a loving, caring, generous person, and that would be his greatest quality," said O'Brien's son, Jay.
Jay O'Brien said his father died of natural causes.
"He was in good shape until the last couple of weeks," Jay O'Brien said. "You'd have to attribute (his longevity) to his optimism."
O'Brien was born in Hereford on July 17, 1917, and graduated from Amarillo High School. He attended Texas A&M University but returned home during the Great Depression to help his father with work.
Wayne Hughes, executive vice president of the Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association, an Amarillo-based trade group that represents oil and gas producers, said O'Brien became his group's fifth "living legend" in 2008.
"The ... honor is given every four years," Hughes said. "It singles out an individual who has been active not only in industry, which he certainly has been, but also has been an exemplary citizen. And that certainly fits the mold for John O'Brien. He and the other living legends have always been the kind of people that everybody looks to for advice you can't get out of the books."
Wales Madden, Jr., a retired Amarillo attorney, said he knew O'Brien for more than 70 years. Madden said he and O'Brien went into business together during the early 1960s.
"In that participation was Boone and a bunch of us," Madden said, referring to business magnate T. Boone Pickens. "Boone was a big admirer of Johnny."
O'Brien once worked on a wooden cable-tool drilling rig that he and his brother donated to the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum as a memory of how things were.
"I'm sorry to see him pass," Hughes said. "It's sad day for us. People like him have set the tone for folks to come. Folks of his age are leaving the scene almost every day."
Charlotte Rhodes, the Amarillo Area Foundation's regional services vice president, said she believes some of O'Brien's greatest contributions went to education. She said O'Brien donated more than $1 million to her group during the past two decades.
Rhodes said O'Brien created a fund five years ago that provided training for Texas Panhandle teachers and WT education major.
"Seventy-five percent of the teachers in whole Panhandle have degrees from WT," she said. "So, it's important that those teachers are the best for the schools (our students go to)."
Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at the O'Brien Cemetery at the LIT Ranch, north of Boys Ranch.


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The Beat Farmers, Country Dick Montana & Buddy Blue At Belly Up Tavern
- When Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 9 p.m.
- Where Belly Up Tavern, 143 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach, CA Map | Website
- Age limit 21+
- Categories Punk, Rock
- Cost $19 - $21
Above: Image of The Beat Farmers.
The Beat Farmers were San Diego's own favorite cowpunk band who enjoyed a worldwide following throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, before the untimely death of band member Country Dick Montana. This concert is the Belly Up's 2nd annual tribute to the band and this year pays special tribute to guitarist Buddy Blue, a founding member of the group and beloved curmudgeon of the San Diego music scene, who passed away 5 years ago.
Date: June 7th, 2012 at 9 p.m.
Cost: $19.00 / $21.00 day of show
Location: Belly Up Tavern, 143 South Cedros Avenue Solana Beach, CA 92075-1963 Google Maps


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The sprite uses for this flash were really well done although it took me a while to figure out whether it was Castlevania I or II: Simon's Quest but I have them both so whatever. It was kind of funny comedy at the end there with those jumping humpers and the music use from the flash was nicely done and a nice replay use of the audio for the death game over screen in Castlevania. It was nice quality and had Ok sense of timing considering you threw it together quick.
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It's really a radical experiment in non-fiction cinema – not seeking to enlighten or inform, but to disorientate us, practically to drown us, in a nightmare vision of the ocean's power.
Plunging viewers into the thick of chaos, Leviathan explodes the antiquated paradigm of the documentary or ethnographic film, whose mission has traditionally been to educate or elucidate, to create something that seizes us, never letting us forget just how disordered the world is. This may be the greatest lesson any nonfiction film can teach us.
Feb 22, 2013Leviathan is a titanic achievement, a visceral overload whose impact registers immediately and with great force.
A highly original film of uncompromising, other-worldly beauty. Leviathan demands to be seen, even if it means you never eat seafood again.
The experience of Leviathan is wholly singular, without context, enveloping and immersive. In some ways, it might very well be the most terrifying picture of the year.
Anyone who enjoys overpowering cinematic sensation and watching people do a job will be predisposed to like Leviathan, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel's avant-garde documentary about life aboard a commercial fishing vessel. Leviathan is an immersive experience, plunging viewers into darkness and chaos, amid a rush of vivid color and rapid movement.
It is part Rorschach test and part theme park ride as the filmmakers shoot from the strangest places and from such odd perspectives that much of the film consists of trying to figure out what the heck is going on.
Not an easy watch, and something in which you must make an investment of attention – but a fascinating piece of work.
Part fishing documentary, part filmmaking experiment, Paravel and Castaing-Taylor is remarkable, disorientating and unique gem.
Leviathan, a product of the Sensory Ethnography Lab at Harvard, offers not information but immersion: 90 minutes of wind, water, grinding machinery and piscine agony.
The first and only piece of advice needed on one's way to the fishing pond is this: Bring your patience. Not surprisingly, the same could be said to a viewer of this slow-building but riveting experimental collage.
Picture's title comes from the sea creature mentioned in the book of Job, which is briefly quoted at the film's opening. Cast list cheekily includes not only the names of the men aboard the vessel where the documentary was filmed, but also the Latin names of the species caught.
The adventurous souls who stick with it, however, will find head-spinning images and a cumulative impact that does, in fact, amount to a story.
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 27 Ratings
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Negative: 5 out of 6
May 16, 2013This film was lazy, inartistic, intentionally annoying and massively indulgent. The shots were mostly shaky head cams on the fishermen oftenThis film was lazy, inartistic, intentionally annoying and massively indulgent. The shots were mostly shaky head cams on the fishermen often too dark to see anything. Or the camera was dangled pell-mell in the wake and the audience watched long stretches (like 5 minutes with no cutaways) of churning bubbles. Or the cam was dropped in a pen of sloshing fish for 15 minutes--no music, no voice over, often no discernible images. The quality of filmmaking is the equivalent of when you leave your video camera on by accident and it bounces along by your leg filming the ground? That boring, throw-away less-than-B-roll mess? Leviathan. There were tiny snatches of beauty; the first shots of the birds were stunning--until they went on and on and on and then were repeated later in the film in the same hammeringly repetitive manner. Augh! Not "avant garde" but truly awful posing as important.
I love thoughtful docs and entertaining avant garde pieces... but this was the most punishing film to sit through, with so few moments of clarity, it made me angry. I pity the poor film students who will have to endure this exercise in bludgeoning boredom.… Full Review »
Oct 31, 2013Great movie making or oops, I forgot the "record" button was left on. Ummm, I am opting for the later. Some terrific visuals but extendingGreat movie making or oops, I forgot the "record" button was left on. Ummm, I am opting for the later. Some terrific visuals but extending them "forever" does not make them better, it only lessons the impact and tires the viewer. Editing, editing, editing. It sorely needs some!… Full Review »
Oct 23, 2013Don't understand all the praise Leviathan is getting and why the critics and majority of the audience are loving it. To me, it's the worstDon't understand all the praise Leviathan is getting and why the critics and majority of the audience are loving it. To me, it's the worst documentary film ever made, and I love watching documentaries.… Full Review »


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Tourist attractions to visit near Blecourt, France
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Blecourt and wondering what to do next!
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour) Bar-le-Duc (44km); Commercy (57km)
Remarkable gardens Le château du grand jardin (8km); Le jardin de mon moulin (11km); Parc de la Varenne (34km); Parc de G. de Tréves (37km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé) (see also historical French towns) Neufchateau (45km)
Sites of natural beauty Lac du Der-Chantecoq (31km); Lacs Amance et du Temple (45km)
Amusement park / theme park Nigloland (37km)
Listed as villages d'etape - (recommended place to break a long journey) Ligny-en-Barrois (38km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie) Colombe-le-Sec (25km); Haussignemont (45km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Blecourt
Canton: Joinville
Arrondissement: Saint-Dizier
Department: Haute-Marne
Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Postcode: 52300
Distance to Blecourt
from Chaumont (prefecture): 30 km
from Paris: 208 km
from Calais: 368 km
from Nice: 547 km
from Bordeaux: 585 km
from Strasbourg: 198 km
Getting here
For driving distances to Blecourt from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Blecourt): Brachay, Donjeux, Ferriere-et-Lafolie, Flammerecourt, Fronville, Gudmont-Villiers, Mathons, Mussey-sur-Marne, Rouvroy-sur-Marne and Rupt.
This page in French: Visitez Blecourt


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Learning contracts and self-evaluation
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Citation:Napan, K. (1998, October). Learning contracts and self-evaluation. Paper presented at the Unitec Learning Innovations Conference, Auckland.
Permanent link to Research Bank record:http://hdl.handle.net/10652/1979
This paper focuses on possible ways of improving student motivation and methods of assessment at tertiary level. It also addresses the need for integration of theory, practice and experience in the teaching/learning process in order to produce change in knowledge, skills, attitudes and values. Learning contracts and self-evaluation are explored in the framework of adult learning and guidelines for their effective application are presented.
Keywords:learning contracts, assessment, motivation, self-evaluation
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Belgium-based cancer molecular diagnostics firm MDxHealth has established a new companion diagnostics division, MDxHealth PharmacoDx, in Ghent. The new facility will build on the firm's existing bioinformatics and translational medicine partnership with Ghent University. The partners will work together to develop gene methylation-based companion diagnostics for use in drug development and alongside cancer therapy. MdXHealth's existing Flemish subsidiary and personnel will be merged with the new MDxHealth PharmacoDx facility.
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I'm trying to install Ubuntu on a wiped drive and for some reason when i choose the install option, it goes to the BusyBox built in shell. Can anyone tell me why it would do that and how to get to the regular install?
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In this course, photographer and author Jan Kabili explores what you need to know to start using Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 to edit, organize, and share your photos.
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Is Nicole Kidman Pregnant? (PHOTOS)Lulu and Moxleys Mom
Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban were in Toronto yesterday attending the premiere of Rabbit Hole at the Toronto Film Festival and Kidman seemed a bit pre-occupied with her tummy region. Feeling a barely there baby bump perhaps? It's hard to tell with her loose dress. Back in November 2008, when Sunday Rose was only four months old, Kidman indicated she was open to having more children. So, maybe that time has come. More photos next, including an adoring Urban.
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Recap: 'American Idol' Results - The first finalist heads home
9:00 p.m. We begin the episode with a Top 12 montage set to The Everly Brothers' "All I Have To Do Is Dream." Presumably the joke is that the dream is about to become a nightmare for one contestant?
9:01 p.m. Close, but not quite. "One dream is on the line," bombastic text informs us. Uh-oh!
[Find out whose dream became a nightmare on Wednesday's (March 17) "American Idol" after the break..]
9:02 p.m. Ryan Seacrest begins in the crowd and introduces us to Irish lighting director Kieran. It's unclear if he's implying that Kieran is already drunk. Four people who are waiting a few hours to get drunk are Randy Jackson, Ellen DeGeneres, Kara DioGuardi and Simon Cowell.
9:04 p.m. Simon demands an apology from Ryan for his aggressive behavior from last night, calling it "uncomfortable" and asking if Ryan wants his job. We assume that Simon is joking, but this isn't exactly funny.
9:05 p.m. You know what else isn't funny? The Judges' Save is back. BOO!!! The stupid contrivance that failed to save Alexis Grace, but brought Matt Giraud back for two additional worthless weeks will return. Blech.
9:06 p.m. I like David Cook. His version of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" is many times better than anything done by any of the men last night. David Cook does what Casey James *tries* to do, but can't come close to pulling off.
9:08 p.m. David Cook goes through the usual nonsense about being glad he doesn't have to hear from the judges. He's putting the finishing touches on a new album. And he's also heading off to Africa for "Idol Gives Back."
9:13 p.m. Stop talking about the Judges' Save, Ryan. It doesn't make anybody happy.
9:14 p.m. Time for the season's first Ford commercial! Set to "Tick Tick Boom," they're playing Ford paintball, or something to that effect. Casey James isn't in the Ford commercial, after coming down with the most convenient case of the flu in history.
9:15 p.m. Double ford commercial? The contestants get to work with a designer to come up with cheeseball decals to stick on a Ford Fiesta. Because who wouldn't want an Aaron Kelly signature Ford?
9:16 p.m. There are three Stools of Shame at the other end of the stage. Whose rumps will fill those shameful stools?
9:17 p.m. The first person up is Paige Miles and she's in the Bottom Three. That was fast. Way to milk tension. Lee Dewyze is next and we all suspect that he's safe for a while. Lee talks about the importance of letting loose and being himself. He'll get that chance, because he's through. Simon nods encouragingly.
9:18 p.m. Siobhan Magnus is looking more comfortable and less glam-tastic tonight. Ellen says that Siobhan has the potential to be an Adam Lambert-esque standout. More discussion of Snookie's pouf, which can still be explained next week, because Siobhan is in the Top 11. Aaron Kelly, like a teenage and human version of Snoopy's buddy Woodstock, was compared to Justin Timberlake last week and we'll get to abuse that ludicrous comparison next week.
9:20 p.m. Andrew Garcia and Tim Urban are asked to stand together. I thought these two were the worst performers last night, but in the balance I think Andrew is the superior artist. Kara wrings her hands and says that Andrew and Tim were both deserving of possibly going home this week after last night.
9:22 p.m. Andrew is safe. Tim is in the Bottom Three with Paige. So far, so good. I think we can safely assume the Judges' Save will not be rearing its ugly head tonight.
9:27 p.m. I don't know who Orianthi is. Sorry. She's cute. She likes black leather. And she looks a bit like Mary Lynn Rajskub of "24" would look if she were a rock star. I will not be downloading her single.
9:34 p.m. No, Ryan. Don't recap for me. Recapping is my job. Your job is... whatever it is you do.
9:35 p.m. Back to results. I like Didi Benami. Have I mentioned this? She promises to just follow her intuition and do what feels right. Mommy Benami (it rhymes) is in the audience and she isn't going to watch her daughter go home tonight. The audience like Crystal Bowersox. She agrees that last night wasn't her best performance and she insists clearly and plainly that she's never thought she had this competition in the bag. She may not think she's the favorite, but she isn't going home. She's safe.
9:38 p.m. Katie Stevens, who I'm convinced sang "Wild Horses" because of her love for ponies, is up next. Katie says she tried her best last night, but Kara hesitates and tells her that she's had problems with pitch. Kara says Katie should be doing more pop rock stuff. Simon disagrees and says Katie should do more country. Ellen suggests mariachi might be more Katie's flavor. It doesn't matter. She's safe.
9:41 p.m. The empty stool is not for Mike. But it's waiting for either Casey or Lacey Brown. Is this seriously supposed to create tension?
9:42 p.m. Was that final pairing there only about rhyme? Of course Lacey is in the Bottom Three. Hey, look at me. I guessed the Bottom Three. That may not happen again.
9:42 p.m. Ryan asks Ellen if any of these three would be worth using the Save on. She hems and haws. Simon says that one of the three is worth saving. That's silly, Simon. Don't be silly.
9:43 p.m. For all of that talk about this being the Year of the Woman, Tim is safe. That means that the first eliminated contestant from the Top 12 will be a woman. And that means that Tim and his floppy hair will live to reggae-ify more inappropriate songs. And, alas, FOX must continue to hold off on development on "The Urban Family."
9:48 p.m. Ke$ha is like a dumb teenage girl who misunderstands Lady Gaga's artsy self-reflexivity.
9:50 p.m. I'm not Native American, but I'm a bit offended by Ke$ha's headdress.
9:55 p.m. "Sing for The Save"? What a stupid lie, Ryan. The judges know if they're going to waste the Save already. And lemme assure you, it would be wasted on either of these two.
9:55 p.m. Randy's not surprised to see them there.
9:56 p.m. Lacey Brown received the fewest votes. Will the judges save her? Not if they have any sense.
9:56 p.m. Wait. You can now sing anything you want to sing? This is so silly. I mean, it saves us a repeat of the previous night's sucky performance, but it also perpetuates the ruse that the judges are making a choice on the basis of this song, even though they're sitting there talking and joking and not listening at all.
9:58 p.m. That was a nice and pleasant performance by Lacey. I still wouldn't waste the Judges' Save on her in Week One. But will the judges?
9:59 p.m. The judges were in agreement. Lacey is going home. No Save will be used. Then, in a shocking twist, the flower in her hair comes to life and devours Lacey's head.
10:00 p.m. I kid! I kid! Lacey is still very much alive. And while I don't think she was last night's worst performer, she *was* the performer I predicted would be heading home. Like I said, I suck at prognosticating, but I got this one right at least...
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The city of Amarillo's new Emergency Care Advisory Board met for the first time Wednesday and elected Dr. Brian Eades as its chairman.
Eades is an Amarillo city commissioner and represents the commission on the board, which will oversee emergency medical response services in the city.
The board elected Dr. Roger Smalligan, the city's public health authority, as vice chairman, Deputy City Manager Jarrett Atkinson said.
The city ordinance that created the board prescribes its membership: a city commissioner; the public health authority or deputy public health authority; representatives of the two Amarillo hospitals that accept emergency patients; a representative of ambulance provider American Medical Response, which does business in Amarillo as Amarillo Medical Services; a representative of the Amarillo Hospital District; and a representative of the Amarillo Fire Department.
To stagger the terms members will serve and to avoid the possibility of the entire board turning over at the same time, board members drew for one-year or two-year initial terms.
Dr. Darrell Morgan, an emergency physician with Northwest Texas Healthcare System, and Dr. Brian Barkley, an emergency physician with Baptist St. Anthony's Health System, drew one-year terms.
Eades and Smalligan and Craig Bryan, chairman of the hospital district, will serve two-year terms.
Amarillo Fire Chief Steve Ross and AMR Amarillo General Manager Bobby Saunders will serve without term limitations, according to the ordinance.
The board's next meeting will be at 4:30 p.m. May 26 at a location to be determined, Atkinson said.
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"some MS-13 members shot up a school bus of kids"
Classy gang.
I don't think the problem lies with the movie per se... I think the problem is your reliance on your own staff's reviews and recommendations.
A friend of mine (female) was in a gang.
Glamorize it if you want, but it's not glamorous.
So how was Cthulhu?
missed it, had to go practice building a Pyramid.
You'll see it tomorrow in the Solstice Parade, if you're near Fremont Ave on the parade route.
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I echoed them out and get the same results - it is when i add them up and there is no double
If I separate out the sql and search for halfday and then not halfday it works perfectly, no rounding up
There are no errors. It is not a matter of errors. What the problem is, is that the number is getting rounded up from 1.5 to 2. I want it to show as 1.5.
no the $halfday is a lowcase x in all instances.
I am trying to add a full day or half day for vacation. But if the total should be 1.5, it shows as 2
$totalvacation = 0;
$sql="SELECT * FROM attendance ";
$result = mysql_query($sql) or...
I have a primary field called "id" and it has auto_increment on it. I need to be able to change the auto_increment value.
I have also tried this:
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I would like to set the auto_increment for the id field to the number of rows.
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That worked perfect thanks - i did realize that the && should be an || while I was waiting for help. I am so novice that I dont realize the difference between jquery and javascript.
I am not sure...
I am trying to get a field validated for being filled in and filled in as a number - this is not working


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kiss and make up, if not layoffs @ WAG.
You better take a look at the 10K.There will more new wiring to come.88 million scripts where put into thisSEC document, with 75% and above a problem, even without the pending merger.Time to pack those Golden Parachutes...
The contestants are robbsbeach, dead_dog_delivery, cmxgen and big.yank. Question is: WHO IS THE BIGGEST STOOGE? Vote now and vote often!TATA
Yanksbeach,I didn't read through any of the messages on this thread, but considering that the ENTIRE thread was you talking to yourself, I'd have to say I'm concerned. Message board or no, talking to yourself like this is just not healthy.
I wouldn't count on a contract being inked this year. Internally, the consensus opinion is that we've already put ESRX behind us. I don't suppose an 11th hour deal can ever be ruled out, but it seems unlikely at this point. WAG, as far as I can tell, is happy to trim the fat, dump the low margin business, and move forward.
Maybe this company can get away with "trimming the fat" by slashing its own troops, but trying to "trim the fat" by throwing its weight at business partners and issuing ultimatums is a dirty deal. When you can't play nice, nobody wants to play with you. And to state that this company has already put the ESRX deal behind them is "over the top" in arrogance, as usual. Bye-bye.
"...WAG... is happy to trim the fat, dump the low margin business, and move forward."Wow!Was that plagiarized from Netflix' CEO?Tata,Yank


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Police probe assault on trailNovember 02,2013Police probe
assault on trail
SWANTON Vermont State Police are investigating the report of an assault and mugging on a recreational trail in Swanton.
Police say a 27-year-old woman reported that an unknown man jumped out of wooded area on the rail trail, assaulted her and took her purse Friday morning.
The woman said she had never seen the man before.,
Hes described as being in his 40s, about 5 feet 6 inches tall and wearing dark clothing.
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