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If you're within the return window, bring it in to the store to see if they can help or just exchange it.
My first HD+ was having an on/off issue as well so I exhanged it.


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SLAYTON — Meetings with a state mediator have failed to resolve conflicts between the members of the Marshall-Lyon County Library Board and the Plum Creek Library System Governing Board....
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W.C. Maguire, J.C. Pearl, M.D. Smith, R.F. Thompson (NASA/GSFC), B.J. Conrath (Cornell), S. Dason (HSTX), M.S. Kaelberer (RSTX), P.R. Christensen (Arizona State)
Part of the task of interpreting IR spectral features observed by MGS/TES due to surface minerals requires distinguishing those IR signatures from atmospheric signatures of gas and dust.1 Surface-atmosphere separation for MGS/TES depends on knowledge of the retrieved temperature profile. In turn, the temperature retrieval from the observed data depends on molecular parameters including 15 \micron CO2 line shape or line intensities which contribute to defining the Mars synthetic radiative transfer model. Using a simple isothermal, homogeneous single layer model of Pinnock and Shine,2 we find the ratio of (the error in degrees Kelvin of the retrieved temperature profile) to (the percentage error in the absorption coefficient) (deg K/percent) to be 0.4 at 200K. This ratio at 150K and 250K is 0.2 and 0.6, respectively. A more refined model, incorporating observed MGS/TES retrieved temperature profiles, the TES instrumental resolution and the most recent molecular modelling, will yield an improved knowledge of this error sensitivity. We present results of such a sensitivity study to determine the dependence of temperature profiles inverted from MGS/TES on these and other molecular parameters. This work was supported in part by NASA's Mars Data Analysis Program.
1B.J. Conrath, J.C. Pearl, M.D. Smith, W.C. Maguire, S. Dason, M.S. Kaelberer and P.R. Christensen, submitted to JGR, 1999.
2S. Pinnock and K.P. Shine, J. Atmos. Sci. 55 (1998) 1950-1964.
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CAMDEN — Among hundreds of supporters and American flags fluttering in the wind, U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews, local officials, students and volunteers rallied aboard the Battleship New Jersey Tuesday to keep the historic vessel in its place along the Camden Waterfront — or to many, its rightful home.
"I can't even conceive the thought," said a proud volunteer member of the ship's gun crew and a docent John Alberta, after he fired the ship's saluting guns across the Delaware River. "I love this ship and I am honored to step aboard her every day."
Alberta is one of the several who couldn't fathom the idea of the Battleship New Jersey moving anywhere else, especially not Liberty State Park in North Jersey, as suggested in a letter-writing campaign formed out of North Jersey.
"This is her home and this is where she should be," said Rod Sadler, current chairman for the ship's Board of Trustees.
Having first launched off Camden's Waterfront in 1942 and having been berthed there since 2001, supporters of the ship's current resting place believe it's the only place for the behemoth.
Andrews, D-1st Dist. of Haddon Heights, is currently leading the fight against the USS Jersey Battleship Foundation — the group spearheading the campaign to relocate the nation's largest and most decorated battleship up north, arguing that it'd be a more financially sound choice and location.
"A pointless fight," Andrews called it.
"We're here to build, not tear down. We're here to unite, not divide. If you want to do something for this ship, pick up a paint brush or write a check," Andrews said, having thanked the dozens of volunteers, many of whom are veterans, that maintain the ship to date.
The vessel's title is currently in the name of the Home Port Alliance, which Andrews believes is a integral component to the ship staying put.
"The navy made the decision [years ago] that it should be here, back to its home place, back to New Jersey," said Sen. Donald Norcross, D-5 of Camden.
Norcross, who said he had the honor of riding the battleship on its final voyage back to New Jersey, called the reasoning behind moving the ship "very personal and very selfish."
Battleship New Jersey was built at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and launched on Dec. 7, 1942, the one-year anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.
The ship was decommissioned in Washington for years before returning back to Delaware River waters.
Since then, the ship had been converted into an education museum and a tribute to those who'd served on it.
To a 22-year veteran and volunteer like Joe Boyle, the ship is "like a second heartbeat" for the several other vets who volunteer on the ship every chance they get.
"It has been the most extraordinary honor to have worked to bring the ship home and see her so gloriously restored by the many of you sitting here," said Patricia Jones, Home Port Alliance trustee and former co-chair.
"To dishonor this great lady by suggesting she'd be better off ... in the Hudson River is insanity and an absolute disgrace. This ship is home," Jones declared. "It ain't happening, folks. We got enough votes to barricade a river anyhow."
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Public Policy Polling finds Sarah Palin underperforming among GOP voters:
Public Policy Polling finds Sarah Palin underperforming among GOP voters:
OK, I've already laid out the expanded Jim DeMint argument for voting against the Obama-GOP tax compromise. So how does the GOP leadership see things? If I was John Boehner or Paul Ryan or Eric Cantor or some other top GOPer, I might counter with something like this:
For many conservatives, the thumbs-up from Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin is reason enough to support the Obama-GOP tax deal — well, that and the fact so many liberals are in a purple rage about it. And certainly there is nothing wrong about letting individuals and businesses keep more of their money — even for a little while. But Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, another lover of tax cuts and hater of bloated big government, says he will oppose and even filibuster the ginormous stimulus package. Here is DeMint on the Hugh Hewitt radio show:
Congressional Republicans appear to be quietly but methodically executing a plan that would a) avoid a federal bailout of spendthrift states and b) cripple public employee unions by pushing cash-strapped states such as California and Illinois to declare bankruptcy. This may be the biggest political battle in Washington, my Capitol Hill sources tell me, of 2011.
Let's assume for a moment that the Democrats don't scuttle the whole thing. And that very well may happen. It's all very good news from a Keynesian perspective. Unemployment insurance and the payroll tax cut both score especially well in the sort of demand-side economic models run by, say, the Congressional Budget Office. And I will certainly take even temporary tax cuts over more spending to prop up public employee unions and cater to the green lobby.
Fiscal austerity may be coming to America, but it probably won't be arriving any time soon. President Barack Obama and Republican leaders have agreed to some $1 trillion of economic stimulus over the next two years, mostly in the form of tax cuts (or non-increases). If the package makes it past Congress—and especially past Democrats—the message will be that, for now, Washington is going for growth.
Here is a bit from latest Reuters Breakingviews column (more on this topic to come):
Is China one giant Enron? Well, maybe not. Clearly, there is real growth going on there. But this does seem fishy:
OK, so for sure we seem to be talking about 2-3 year extension, including dividends and capital gains), as well as a one-year extension of unemployment insurance. Other adds on may include the doc fix, Obama's Making Work Pay tax credit, the R&D tax credit, an estate tax around 35 percent with a$3.5- 5 million exclusion. I am still wondering if the final deal with include raising the debt ceiling. I hope not since I would rather enjoy writing about the battle over the issue in 2011.
Why is Paul Krugman being so unhelpful here:
A few months ago, the Congressional Budget Office released a report on the impact of various tax options. A two-year extension of the Bush tax cuts, it estimated, would lower the unemployment rate next year by between 0.1 and 0.3 percentage points compared with what it would be if the tax cuts were allowed to expire; the effect would be about twice as large in 2012. Those are significant numbers, but not huge — certainly not enough to justify the apocalyptic rhetoric one often hears about what will happen if the tax cuts are allowed to end on schedule.


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The Necessity of Hiroshima: why we must believe
Act I
in The Year of Decisions, our savior Harry asked
"a committee of top men"
Men all carved from the same superior
Aspen, carefully lathed of their
"to study with great care"
care. Eviscerated as children, smiling
beneath strange fruit. They died for
"the implications the new"
the new; our idolatrous messiah. Our
silicon steel colossus will consume
"weapon might have for us"
us, our civilization. As surely as
Saturn Devouring His Son.
the scientific advisers of the committee reports:
"We can propose no technical demonstration likely to bring an end to the war;
we see no acceptable alternative to
direct military use."
Act II
And so, 65 years ago today, an orange cloud blossomed above a city full of them for our salvation.
Act III
And in the end, today, we must believe
in the bomb
in its righteousness, its compassion, its justice.
Because the thread of the necessary Hiroshima
and Nagasaki
is woven through the cloth of Iraq, Afghanistan and Deepwater Horizon
to pull that sacred strand is to unravel the torturous tapestry of our exceptionalism;
to send 200,000 burned, irradiated bodies crashing through the streets of
our city upon a hill
Source for Truman quotes: Deaton, Paul, "Hiroshima Day 2010 in Iowa" accessed at http://www.blogforiowa.com/blog/_archives/2010/8/6/4596871.html


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The U.S. Marshals Service in Mobile threw a party for their boss Thursday.
U.S. Marshal Bill Taylor, who has directed the Mobile office of the federal government's oldest law enforcement agency since 2002, reports for work for the last time today.
His replacement, Charles Andrews, then takes the reins. Andrews, a former director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety who was confirmed by a voice vote in the U.S. Senate on Dec. 22, has his official swearing-in ceremony Wednesday.
Taylor was admired and well-liked for his low-key leadership of the marshals office, which has responsibility for protecting the federal courthouse, housing and transferring detainees and hunting down fugitives.
He said his retirement plans including spending more time with his grandchildren. Looking back on his federal service, he said, "It's a great way to terminate a career."
Serving as marshal was the pinnacle of a law enforcement career that began after a stint in the military. The Choctaw County native became police chief in Jackson at the age of 26, when he found himself supervising many older officers.
"It was a task, but I think I gained their trust pretty quick," he recalled.
Taylor also spent a number of years serving now-U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, who became a political benefactor and engineered his appointment to marshal.
When Sessions was Alabama's attorney general, Taylor served as his law enforcement liaison and special investigator. He continued in that position under Sessions' successor, Bill Pryor, until he accepted appointment as marshal.
"I've had a wonderful career. ... I wouldn't change a thing," Taylor said. "I've been real lucky."


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Waseca 55, New Ulm 8
WASECA - New Ulm's five turnovers in the first half were costly as Waseca took the win Friday during a South Central Conference football game.
Waseca was up 42-0 at half-time. No other stats were available for Waseca.
New Ulm's Brian Dewanz had 10 carries for 41 yards and Isaiah Johnson added a touchdown for 27 yards.
New Ulm (1-5 overall, 1-3 in SCC action) will host Melrose Friday.
LAMBERTON-The Red Rock Central Falcons defeated Bluffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Friday night in Southern Minnesota Conference football action.
Jeff Decock led the Falcons with 67 yards rushing and one touchdown. He had 164 yards receiving and two touchdowns. He also returned an interception 35 yards for a touchdown. Brady Bierl passed for a touchdown.
Mitchell Schroepfer rushed for 89 yards and a touchdown and Dillion Benson and Bierl also rushed for a touchdown each.
The Mustangs rushed for 143 yards and were led by Tate Lange's 76 yards on the ground.
BLHS (1-6) hosts Wabasso Friday night while RRC (5-2) travels to face New Ulm Cathedral at 3:30 p.m. Friday afternoon.
Maple River 29, GFW 8
MAPLETON - Maple River defeated Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop in a Gopher Valley 2A Conference game Friday.
Maple River had 329 total offense yards. No other stats were available.
GFW had a total of 235 yards on offense with 183 rushing yards and 52 passing yards.
GFW's Tristan Schmidt led the defense with 14 total tackles and one sack. Manny Randle had one interception and Tony Weber had 91 yards on 25 carries. Weber also added a three-yard rushing touchdown.
GFW (1-5 overall) will host Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Friday.
Nicollet 33, JWP 30
JANESVILLE - Nicollet's Dalton Elliott was big on both sides of the ball, leading the Raiders to a Southern Confederacy football win Friday night over Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton.
Elliott passed for 177 yards and threw for two touchdowns. He also rushed 37 times for 284 yards and he accounted for 461 yards of total offense. The Raiders amassed 555 yards of total offense for the game.
Evan Guffey had four catches for 89 yards and two touchdowns. Lucas Gens also recovered a fumble in the end zone for the Raiders.
Defensively, Elliott had nine tackles and Matt Christenson had seven tackles. Guffey and Tanner Elliott also had nine tackles each. Kenny Fischer had an interception, including one late in the game when the Bulldogs were driving and the Raiders were able to run out the clock. Jay Hendrycks also picked off two passes.
Nicollet (6-0) hosts Truman/Granada-Huntley-East Chain on Friday.
New Ulm Cathedral 38, Cedar Mountain-Comfrey 18
MORGAN - The New Ulm Cathedral Greyhounds defeated Cedar Mountain/Comfrey 38-18 in Southern Minnesota Conference prep football action Friday night.
Adam Schnobrich led the Greyhounds offense with 15 carries for 124 yards and two touchdowns. Jake Stadick had 11 carries for 99 yards and three touchdowns. Austin Cooper rushed 10 times for 111 yards and had one touchdown.
Ben Kittler led the Greyhounds on defense with 16 tackles and one interception. Nick Larson and Brandon Beranek had 13 tackles each.
New Ulm Cathedral (4-2) hosts Red Rock Central (4-2) in a conference match-up at 3:30 p.m. Friday afternoon.


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As we all know, senators from an opposition party have left the state of Wisconsin rather than vote for a bill. Said State Senator Julie Lassa (D) in an interview with ABC News' Barbara Pinto: "For all of us who left the state, we believe we're standing up for democracy." That's an interesting interpretation.
Instead of voting as an elected representative, and accepting the results of an elected body, she and others went into hiding. Rather than debating at length and then appealing to the voters to change things through the ballot box, you stop participating. Their message is clear - democracy only makes sense if hands them a victory. Otherwise, hide. Frankly, I can't think of anything more undemocratic, dysfunctional or threatening to representative government. It resembles scenes from undeveloped nations, where politicians throw shoes at each other and then march off into the hills.
One wonders what the world would be like if every public body did the same. Imagine if Republicans simply left Congress during the twilight hours of the Obama years, or Democrats up and vanished during Reagan's presidency? Imagine if the original architects of the American political system, who were constantly disagreeing with each another, went into hiding instead of voting for independence, the Constitution, or Alexander Hamilton's economic policies. Extend this thinking to any meeting of minds or voting bloc, from corporate management to scientific review boards, from family discussions to the US Supreme Court, and a frightening situation presents itself. Imagine if all dissenters got up and left, promising to return when everyone agrees with them?
Thanks to our online culture and barrage of news clips, the nation is awash in argument, whether it is public vs. private worker, spend vs. tax, democrat vs. republican, big government vs. small, coasts vs. middle America, wall street vs. main street, urban vs. suburban vs. rural, and so on and so forth.
To overcome this very tense atmosphere, policy makers in public arenas and corporate offices, not to mention ourselves in everyday life, have to debate in a civilized manner, accept majority rule as the will of the people, and abide by the results, regardless of where you sit. If you don't agree, American democracy affords you with the ability to change the minds of voters, who may vote into office a new majority, who can then reverse or limit past decisions.
What is happening in Wisconsin is not a protest, regardless of how the media characterizes it. It is desertion to achieve a desired goal. Little Tommy doesn't like what's on the test; he leaves the classroom until the teacher changes it. Little Tommy wants to be first in line in kickball but it goes to someone else; he leaves the field with his kickball in hand. Little Tommy doesn't like what's for dinner, or homework, he runs away from home. Of course little Tommy is a child, and there is very little democracy in his world. His mind has to develop further before society trusts him with its awesome power.
Perhaps, just perhaps, the same can be said for the runaway lawmakers of Wisconsin.


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Remembering the Holocaust in Non-Fiction for Kids
a book list by Linda Silver, reviewer, editor, author & retired librarian
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An introduction to the Holocaust must include some history of anti-Semitism and some background on the social and political atmosphere in Germany following World War I. Fortunately, some of the books below, such as Finkelstein's Remember Not to Forget, are excellent introductions because they supply this background so well. Others are about experiences of real people caught in the Nazi's web, people who represent the fate of both victims and survivors.
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After a soccer match had to be halted amidst slurs directed at Jordan's queen's Palestinian heritage, the Jordanian king's muted reaction caused a stir.
A description of the death of the Iraqi leader.
A Shia cleric comments on the U.S. presence in Iraq.
A Chinese research institute's unusual biometric device.
A Chinese official explains how GDP numbers are 'for reference only.'
Two sources describe the condition of the Kashgai people, a semi-nomadic Turkic minority in Iran.
Iran's martial arts masters are being pressured to act as enforcers and assassins, one claims.
The presidents of Columbia and Venezuela have a heated exchange at an event in Mexico.
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Taking a swim with the salmon in Miller Bay
MILLER BAY For the next month and a half, residents will have a unique opportunity to get up close and personal with some of Kitsaps aquatic wildlife as it makes its way home.
All thats needed is warm clothing, a snack and a sense of adventure.
Olympic Outdoor Center in Poulsbo is offering kayak salmon tours in Miller Bay, between Suquamish and Indianola, and Chico Creek in Silverdale Saturdays, Oct. 2 through Nov. 13. While OOC has offered the tours in the Central Kitsap in the past, this is the first time the center is offering salmon-watching tours in Miller Bay.
Spring Courtright, the centers education coordinator, said she hopes people will enjoy the opportunity to see how native salmon make their annual journey home.
An appreciation and understanding of the salmon run and the different kinds of salmon we have here in the Northwest, Courtright said about what she hopes people get out of the experience. These are the biggest salmon there are in the Northwest. Im hoping (for) awe-inspiring moments where the salmon jump around their kayaks and to enjoy kayaking. To realize how simple it is and how fun it is.
While Courtright said she cant guarantee jumping salmon, the chances are good, as fisheries biologists told her more than 200 salmon made their way up Grovers Creek last week.
Those interested need to make reservations first by calling (800) 592-5983.
Participants will meet at Grovers Creek Hatchery on the corner of Indianola Road and Miller Bay Road at 9:45 a.m. on Saturdays and will be shuttled to the kayak launching spot.
Courtright will then give instructions on kayaking techniques, provide safety equipment and lead a quick discussion on the salmon life cycle before paddling out. She advises people to dress for the weather, as the trips will go rain or shine. All participants are required to sign a release form.
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Governor Ed Rendell throws Allentown Mayor fundraiser
Posted: 6:12 PM EDT Sep 20, 2013 Updated: 7:12 PM EDT Sep 20, 2013
A former Pennsylvania governor endorsed a possible future governor Thursday night -- for mayor.
Ed Rendell held a fundraiser for Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski at a Philadelphia law firm.
But Pawlowski's camp says the benefit was for his mayoral campaign, not his upcoming run for governor.
The event reportedly raised more than $50,000 for Pawlowski.
Pawlowski completed his gubernatorial campaign kick-off tour around the state Thursday.
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There are several ways to create a page on XWiki. Please find below all available ways
- Using the Create formular
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- Using the Editor
- By Directly hitting the page (Not recommanded / advanced)
Using the Create formular
First, click on the create icon:
Then you will see this screen:
Here, you can set a title and select the type of document you want to create.
Using the Create a page panel / space
To have the Create a page / space panel set, make sure that it has been activated inside the administation of the wiki.
Using the Editor
When editing a page, you can add a link to an existing page (and can even find it using the search function inside the pop-up) or to a page that does not exist yet.
Rich Editor (WYSIWYG)
In the rich editor, follow the following steps :
- Edit the page in which you want to create a link to the new page
- Type your text. Eg: Check here how to add a customer to the CRM
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- Click on "Wiki page"
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- Type the title of the page (this is the one in the URL of the new page)
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Now the link to the new page is inserted. You can click on "Save & View". You'll see a "?" next to the link because the page does not exist yet. You or any other member of the wiki can click on it in order to create the page and start adding content.
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Using wiki editor, you just have to use wiki link syntax. The syntax is [[label of my link>>wiki:space.title]]. Most of the time you don't have to specify the "wiki" part because the link is on the current wiki. Therfore it becomes
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ALTOONA - Strong legs run so that weak legs can walk.
For 39 years, the catchy slogan has been the centerpiece for the Iowa Shrine All-Star Game, a summer football clash that pits many of the best players in the state against one another in an effort to raise funds for the network of Shriners Hospitals for Children throughout North America.
And this summer's game will feature one local player.
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Webster City senior Jonny Davis (4) sets to throw a pass as West Delaware's Travis Meisgeier tracks him down during a Class 3A state playoffs second-round game inside the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls last October. Davis has been chosen as one of 92 players from across the state to take part in the 2012 Iowa Shrine All-Star Game, set to take place on Saturday, July 21 at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames.
DFJ photo by Troy Banning
Webster City senior Jonny Davis (center) and his dad, Mark (left), meet with 2012 Iowa Shrine All-Star Game North Squad head coach Don Anderson of North Iowa of Buffalo Center on Monday during the All-Star Media Day at the Za-Ga-Zig Shrine Center in Altoona. Jonny Davis is just the 13th Webster City football player to ever be selected to participate in the Shrine Bowl, which first began in 1973.
Webster City senior Jonny Davis was handpicked from the cast of hundreds to take part in the 2012 contest, which is tentatively scheduled to take place at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames on Saturday, July 21 at 7 p.m.
Davis will be one of 46 players on the North Squad, which will be coached by Don Anderson of North Iowa of Buffalo Center.
"It's a big honor and I was shocked when I was informed by (Webster City) coach (Bob) Howard," Davis said. "I didn't expect it and it's just exciting."
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MOVING? MAYBE: The 2012 Iowa Shrine All-Star Game is currently scheduled to take place at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, but the venue may need to be changed due to a new NCAA rule that stipulates the games cannot be played on the campuses of Division I colleges and universities. Currently the Shrine organization is appealing the decision to the NCAA.
NCC FLAVOR: Two other players from the North Central Conference were also selected to participate. Michael Erpelding of Algona and Derek Bradley of Iowa Falls-Alden will join Webster City's Jonny Davis on the North Squad.
Alongside his father, Mark, Davis and a slew of his future teammates and adversaries, as well as some of the cheerleaders that were picked for the All-Star Game, were on hand Monday for the All-Star Media Day at the Za-Ga-Zig Shrine Center.
Davis was able to meet his future head coach, as well as two of the assistants coaches, Brent Thoren of North Tama and Scott Auderer of Gilbert, while learning about what to expect during his week in Ames.
"It's going to be a great week," Anderson said to the spectators at Monday's Media Day. "You're going to laugh, you're going to smile and you're going to cry."
Brian Albert of Glenwood will serve as the head coach of the South Squad. He played in the first Shrine Bowl in Iowa City in 1973.
Howard served as a Shrine Bowl head coach in 2000, and twice he was an assistant for the South Squad. He says Davis' addition to the game is well deserved.
"It's a neat honor and it will be a great experience for Jonny," Howard said. "It's a great reward for a great high school career."
In addition to the game and the various activities planned for the week, Davis and his teammates will get the chance to meet and work with a group of children from the Shriners Hospital in Minneapolis, and Howard says that's when the experience will really hit home.
"For the players, first of all it's a humbling experience," he said. "I've seen kids that were pretty hard and calloused when they got there, but when they get paired up with kids and five minutes after they meet some little gal who has health problems, or who was burned, or who was born with a birth defect, that kind of changes their idea about the purpose of the Shrine Bowl."
It's an experience that Davis is looking forward to.
"It should be a lot of fun to hang with the kids from the hospital, and then to meet all of the other players will be fun, too," he said.
Davis is just the 13th player from Webster City ever selected to take part in the Shrine Bowl, and the first since Jake Loffredo in 2008. A spinback and defensive back for the Lynx, Davis became the first player in program history to rush and pass for 1,000 yards in a season this past fall, as he helped guide the team to a 9-2 record and spot in the Class 3A state playoffs second round.
Davis was a two-time unanimous all-district selection on the gridiron. He also claimed three first-team all-North Central Conference honors on the basketball floor.
All profits from the game are distributed to the Shriners Hospitals, which include 18 orthopedic centers, three burn units and one that treats all types of needs around the nation.
The 2011 Shrine Bowl generated $60,000 for the hospitals.
Anyone interested in purchasing tickets to the game can contact the Davis family.


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He is survived by his son, Jaxon VanderMolen, 3; his parents, Daniel and Amy Vandermolen; his sisters, Marlee and Elli VanderMolen; his grandparents, Donald and Judy VanderMolen, Jane Kribbet; Jaxon's mother, Alexandra Timmers; several aunts and uncles and many friends.
Matthew graduated from Grandville High School. He worked at the Coca-Cola Bottling Plant. He was an avid hockey player and loved to hunt and fish. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.
A service to celebrate Matthew's life will be held on Friday evening at 7 p.m. Friday at Alt & Shawmut Hills Chapel, 2120 Lake Michigan Drive NW.
Relatives and friends may meet his family at the funeral home 5-7 p.m. Friday.
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Children in Alachua County elementary schools may get the chance to revisit music class or take a trip to an art museum. The first meeting of a newly formed advisory board took place Monday afternoon to find out what can be done to bring arts back into the classroom.
"I see the sadness in the childrens' eyes when they pass an empty art room," said Sandra Clifton, a second grade teacher at Glens Springs Elementary School. She also said that it is hard for her to see her students asking about art class.
But this may change. The newly created advisory board made up of teachers, commissioners, and media specialists, just had its first meeting to build a foundation for generations of musicians and artists to come. For more on this story please see video:
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|By Sticksandstones (Sticksandstones) on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 10:01 am: Edit
i decided to post a list of some good (and some not so good)SAT words, i will add on more, here goes(in no particular order):
spurious, exorbitance, splenetic, pedantic, pertinacious (mighta spelled that wrong), uncouth, effigy, immaculate, indegent, destitution, dour, peccavi, impute, extant, acumen, abstruse, benign, abeyance, obstinate, tacit, equivocal, endemic, eclectic, euphonious,inane, idiosyncratic, incensed, anomaly.
i will add on some more, feel free to add your own thoughi do doubt this post will last long
|By Cooldude (Cooldude) on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 01:06 pm: Edit
|By Titanz05 (Titanz05) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 07:01 pm: Edit
|By Philntex (Philntex) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 08:29 pm: Edit
clandestine, sequester, taciturn, supercilious. Mmm...those are my favorites...
|By Crypto86 (Crypto86) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 08:29 pm: Edit
emollient (saw that on two 10 REAL practices)
|By Crypto86 (Crypto86) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 08:30 pm: Edit
ah - clandestine. It's weird how you can have favorite words, but that one is just so neat. (Wow, I'm such a nerd! haha)
|By Sticksandstones (Sticksandstones) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 09:21 pm: Edit
|By Philntex (Philntex) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 09:27 pm: Edit
Hehe. I once read an article (I think it was bogus) that said quite often your favorite words are what you associate or want to associate yourself with. Hmmm, that'd kind of suck, 'cause then that means I am or want to be secretive, isolated, uncommunicative, and stuck-up. Time for another trip to the therapist? hehe
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anymore people? hmm, whats a good one?
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also enjoyed visiting the Sulabh
International Museum of Toilets. I had no idea how seriously some
folks take their commodes. And you know how they say you learn something
new every day? Well today I believe I learned the origin of the phrase
"anal retentive" - it's the ARYAN
CODE OF TOILETS from 1500 B.C.
can also download a spectacular
1.8Mb MPEG of a jet creating a sonic boom cloud in a carrier flyby.
The holiday, as observed by the Japanese is seriously askew. Colonel Sanders evidently tried to foist fried chicken on them as the "traditional" Christmas meal. Commercials have nuns singing advertising jingles to the tune of familiar carols, and one greeting card featured a ghoulish Santa in a graveyard accompanied by the Virgin Mary on broomstick. Bottles of sake are adorned with elves, and a there's a holiday revue starring "stripping nuns and three lecherous Wise Men."
For years there's been an urban legend about a Japanese department store that purportedly, in a fit of misguided pan-culturalism, fashioned a window display featuring a crucified Santa Claus. Sadly this has been debunked. But here's an amusing anecdote from the Savvy Traveler on one Japanese woman's conflation of Jesus and Santa Claus.
quite possibly one of the best Kurisumasu albums ever recorded - Brave
Combo's It's
Christmas, Man!, which includes a samba version of O Tannenbaum,
and other old holiday chestnuts done up as cha chas, rumbas, polkas,
rancheras, and waltzes. Hey, they even throw in a hora for Hanukkah.
Peace on Earth, y'all!
the hellish contest, the
surviving reapers parade triumphantly through downtown.
Snowflake sighting! This time an
immaculate eight-pointer was spotted by none other than Mister
Pants. Let's not press him on his reasons for being at this
site. It apparently had something to do with Donny Osmond...
Snowflake sighting! Rich Barnes
just found a mutant motherload! The Free
Williamsburg site has nearly too
many eight-points to count. I guess they're even free of the laws
of nature!
Snowflake sighting! Dapete
points out the three
eight-points on his My Yahoo! site. Being a snowboarder,
he knows both his mutants and his snowflakes.
Just one of the many incredibly beautiful and interesting images at NASA's Photo Of The Day archive.
- posted by JIMWICh on 12/14/2000 12:14:28 PM
My linku for the day...
like the SCOTUS
Uh... Disquieting. www.amistandinginfrontofanaliensantaornot.com
- posted by JIMWICh on 12/11/2000 8:41:08 PM
Igloo on steroids: The Jukkasjärvi Icehotel in Sweden's northern Lapland is a cool hotel (literally and figuratively) where everything, even the furniture, is constructed entirely from ice and snow. Each year they build it, only to watch it melt in the coming spring. 66 million pounds of snow and 22 million pounds of clear ice are used in its construction. Martyn Bailey has a great photo archive of the Icehotel online.
Just down the hall, inside your room, you'll bed down on comfy caribou hides in thermal sleeping bags. The temperature inside typically ranges between 16°F (-9°C) and 25°F (-4°C). Of course if you wuss out, you can always repair to one of the nearby bungalows.
electricity presents a few problems in a facility made of water, all
the buildings are connected via Symbol
Technologies Spectrum24 wireless
network. Many activities including check-in
and ordering drinks at the Absolut
Icebar are done via PDA. But the transmitters had to be arranged
in a line-of-sight configuration because 2.4GHz
won't penetrate ice!
found this among hundreds of great animation cells and sketches and
original pieces for sale online at The
Wonderful World of Animation galleries. There are galleries for
Jones, Tex
Avery, Hanna-Barbara
cartoons, Pink
Panther, Yellow
Submarine, and more. A fun place to browse.
But the strangest thing of all happened late one night just after I'd made a stoneglyph of the familiar petroglyph character, Kokopelli. It was about 10:45pm when I left my office, with the freshly carved stoneglyph still in my hand. It's really dark just outside my glass office door, and so as I turned to lock it, I glanced down to look at the Kokopelli stoneglyph, visible in the light coming through the door. Just then I was aware of someone passing on the sidewalk behind me. I turned around and saw something that truly amazes me to this day. Here was this, umm, homeless-looking character with wild hair, sorta bent over and holding a trumpet to his lips! He wasn't actually blowing the horn, but rather acting as though he were playing it, bobbing up and down and spinning around from side to side as he slowly made his way up the sidewalk ahead of me. Never taking the horn away from his mouth, he turned around and stared directly at me! Needless to say, I was completely freaked! It was like seeing Kokopelli himself! I remember wondering if perhaps I should give this stoneglyph to him. But I was so stunned that all I could do was follow him up the street, where he turned and disappeared into the the Blue Chalk Cafe (oddly enough, a Southwestern restaurant and billiard hall). Absolutely the weirdest synchronicity I've ever experienced, and I've had some strange ones over the years...
been interested in petroglyphs
for many years, for their graphic stylization, use of symbology, and
relative permanence. There's a wide variety of petroglyphs found around
the world, but some of the most famous are found in the American Southwest.
I have two good books on petroglyphs, A
Field Guide to Rock Art Symbols of the Greater Southwest, by Alex
Patterson, and Stone Magic of the Ancients, by James R. Cunkle and Markus
A Jacquemain (now out of print). Both are good reference guides for
stone imagery along with descriptions of associated meanings, both known
and conjectured.
Malevich used simple elements of contrasting shapes, sizes and colors placed at varying angles and sometimes arranged in clusters. From within these whole compositions, a compelling dynamism emerges. For me, they connect both to intellect and emotion.
they're from very different times and places, I'm enjoying viewing these
paintings while listening to Miles
Davis' classic, Kind
of Blue. Each enhances my appreciation of the other.
Snowflake sighting! I happened upon these two eight-point
beauties at the eToys
site Saturday evening. If any of you find other examples of mutant
snowflakes, either online or printed, email me and I'll post links and
snaps in the new Winter
2000 - 2001 Gallery. I'm really getting into that winter
spirit! Where's my Penguin
Now that genetically-engineered crops have begun to spread via wind, bees, and harvesting equipment, some are calling the phenomenon an uncontrollable form of biological pollution. Monsanto's response has been to try to villainize and sue farmers who, possibly because of nature itself, end up with patented genes in their fields. This is akin to a careless farmer, whose rogue bull has gotten lose and impregnated his neighbors' cows, and who then drags the neighbor into court to demand monetary damages along with the whole cow herd itself!
Read about Saskatchewan farmer, Percy Schmeiser's battle to fight Monsanto's legal attack on him after discovering a percentage of his canola seed crop contained their patented genes. Schmeiser's farm is surrounded by other farmers licensing Monsanto's herbicide-resistant canola seeds, but he has worked for years to develop his own seed stock, which he uses a portion of for the next year's planting. This is a very ancient and common practice in farming, but one that clashes with the chemically-intensive agriculture conducted with new herbicide-resistant crops. Because it's impossible to keep pollen and grainary equipment off his land, Schmeiser contends that it's Monsanto, and not him, that should be put on trial. And that is exactly what this lone, but determined farmer is doing. Perhaps Monsanto shouldn't have gone and picked on a guy who's made three attempts on Mount Everest!
I find it disturbing to read of Monsanto testers going out and taking samples from farmers' fields and grain trucks. And financially rewarding informants (generally bioserfs with expensive Monsanto licensing deals), who've passed on tips regarding their friends and neighbors suspected of illegally using the mutant seeds. It's like some sorta Green Acres Police State!
heard about this story from an interesting piece this afternoon on Wisconsin
Public Radio's program, To
The Best Of Our Knowledge.
I've created a new winter game - Find The Mutant Snowflakes. See how many dumb eight-sided snowflakes you can find printed on signs, bills, and publications! Play alone or with friends.
Meanwhile, check out these historic photographs of real snowflakes made by Wilson A. Bentley (1865-1931), a self-educated Vermont farmer, who also was a pioneer in photomicrography. Take in a slideshow of some of Bentley's work.
may also be interested in finding out why
snowflakes freeze into such intricate patterns, and how
temperature and humidity determine whether snow crystals freeze
into thin plates, needles, hollow columns, sector plates, or dendrites.
My pal Dennis pointed out this interesting article on tetrachromats - mutant women born with four types of color-sensing cones (instead of the regular three for people with normal color vision), allowing them to see colors in an enhanced manner. I had no idea such physiologies existed, but evidently these women are exceedingly rare. I've often wondered what it would be like to see (with our natural eyes) into the ultraviolet and infrared ranges. Tetrachromats however, are capable of seeing an entirely different color range positioned between the red and green spectrums.
Being somewhat red/green colorblind myself (enough to flunk the tests), I've always been very interested in color vision and how it works.
When I was in college, taking a color theory course, I had an opportunity to compare what I saw with what others around me with normal color vision saw, using Pantone chips. Two things became apparent over the semester, regarding my color vision and how it compared to others':
1 - A person's color vision could be represented by a dimensional plotting. The visible color spectrum can be divided into equally spaced points (colors) for testing an individual's color vision as chroma intensity and value level is decreased. The results can be plotted as an irregular, dropoff curve, probably varying as the testing moves along the spectrum. As the testing proceeds along the entire visble color spectrum, these individual slope profiles can be stacked to extrude a dimensional hillside that would represent a person's color vision profile.
2 - I speculate that colors along the portions of the spectrum I have cone deficiencies for, look somewhat similar to me as they do to others, only darker. Stopsigns and Coke cans seem pretty red to me. Grass and John Deere tractors look green, green, green to me. Really bright and vivid. But I think my color vision begins lower and drops off much faster than normal people's when the chroma (color intensity) drops toward the pastel range, or when light is lowered. For example, I simply can't see the green in oxidized copper. And low-chroma pastels like light pink and mint green can sometimes look similar if faint enough or in low light.
The component of the red and green spectrums that I "don't see" yield an overall darker effect to the color. i.e.: that light is actually not being picked up, so the source appears darker. This is why when I was little and was asked what color the purple crayon was, I'd answer, "dark blue." And likewise brown looked like "dark green." To put it another way, if there were a blue and purple that people with "normal" color vision would see as having the same value (light to dark), I would see the purple as darker, on account of its red component that I'm not picking up. And I often confuse pure green on a monitor (R0, G255, B0) with bright yellow (R255, G255, B0). It only looks slightly "darker," sorta mustardy I guess. In fact, I never think of this pure RGB green when I think of green, since I have trouble recognizing it/distinguishing it from yellow. The green has to be enough into the blue spectrum as grass green before I start recognizing it as green.
In my color class we had to each make large posters using a 24 x 24 grid of one inch square pantone chips. I made something using randomly distributed colors, but alternating light, dark, light, dark, etc. in a subtle checkerboard pattern. Towards the middle I used brighter colors and towards the outside I used progressively more pastels. To me it looked clearly like a checkerboard that got fainter towards the outside. To everyone else in the class it looked completely random. They couldn't see the checkerboard!
It's surprising, but I've been searching for years and have found very little published on color vision beyond the old Ishihara tests that have been around for years. One would think color vision would be graded similarly to, say, nearsightedness or farsightedness. After all, we don't simply go around saying, "he's blind, she's normal, she's blind, he's normal" and so on.
I contend that color vision could be mapped for individuals as a 3D "hillside" which represented the color spectrum horizontally and the steepness of dropoff at any point along the hillside denoting the rate of perception dropoff for that portion of the spectrum. It would be plotted using datapoints gathered from a randomly-flashed set of computer graphics. I imagine the test cards or graphics themselves could be configured very much like the Ishihara graphics, only there would be more of them, representing finer differentiations of chroma and value ranging from full intensity and value to none. My graphic above hints at what a resulting plot of test results might look like, though it doesn't show the variance in chroma and value that I envision also being encoded in the plot. The Y-axis would represent intensity of chroma and the X-axis for each slice would represent the lightness value from full intensity to completely dark. Dips and steeper dropoffs along the Z-axis of the spectrum would show color vision deficiencies.
The test would be structured similarly to a hearing test where various tones and volumes are played. The computer would interpret the results from any one test as a point on a particular color's sloping curve, ultimately assembling all the datapoints into a hillside graphic. It seems that the resulting map would be quite a bit more informative than the Ishihara numbers-in-the-dots tests as they are used. Case in point - my uncle is also colorblind, but quite a bit moreso than I am, with him having difficulty seeing oranges growing in a tree (I have no problem with leaf green or orange orange). Yet we're both coarsely defined as "colorblind." I believe there should be a much more precise measurement and rating of colorvision. That way, I could compare my color vision profile hillside to his and see how they differ, where along the visible color spectrum, and by how much.
if anyone's wondering why I'm so into DeStijl color schemes of white
with black and bright color accents, now they know why! Luckily, in
the computer world I have my trusty RGB values to guide me by the numbers.
Unfortunately though, I can't compliment my wife on her lovely 255/212/212


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Due to popular demand, the Barn Season has extended its schedule to include the cult classic favorite, The Rocky Horror Show, playing July 31-August 12. Joining the company for the Barn Theatre's tenth incarnation of its most popular production is Fee Waybill from the rock group The Tubes. Waybill reprises his starring role of Dr. Frank 'N' Furter.
The story of The Rocky Horror Show is a parody of old horror and science fiction movies, in a style that combines a rock show and a transvestite chorus revue. A presumably decent, conservative couple named and Brad and Janet, played by Kevin Robert White and Melissa Cotton, respectively, engaged to be married, have a flat tire while driving in the rain on a dark night. They seek help in a nearby castle. It turns out to be the lair of a latter-day Dr. Frankenstein named Dr. Frank 'N' Furter. Rather than the traditional mad scientist, though, this version is a visiting transvestite from Transylvania, with a wardrobe that rivals Frederick's of Hollywood.
The plot further unfolds to reveal that Dr. Frank "N" Furter is on the eve of bringing his gorgeous blond creation, Rocky, Matthew D. Wiggin, to life. The science fiction spoof will also star Eric Parker as hunchbacked handyman Riff Raff.
Dedicated Rocky Horror fans are encouraged to come to the Barn in costume and dance "The Time Warp," however; leave all props at home.
This production of The Rocky Horror Show is directed by Brendan Ragotzy and choreographed by Jamey Grisham. Musical Direction is by John Jay Espino.
Show times for performances Tuesday through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 5 p.m., and Saturday at 8:30 p.m. There is a midnight show August 10. Tickets are $34 for all performances. Group prices available. The box office is open daily 10 a.m.-10 p.m. For tickets or more information call (269) 731-4121 or visit www.barntheatre.com


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For Release:
October 18, 2001
Further Information Contact:
Laura Otterbourg or Dennis McGowan
(609) 984-7160
-Acting Governor Donald T. DiFrancesco announced at a press conference
earlier today that
one postal worker stationed at the West Trenton post office has
been confirmed as a definite case of cutaneous anthrax in testing
conducted by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC). DiFrancesco also said that a second postal worker from the
Route 130 Mail Processing Center in Hamilton Township is considered
by the CDC to be a possible case at this time.
want to again remind New Jerseyans to remain calm, but vigilant.
From law enforcement to public health, we are doing everything we
can to protect your health and safety," said DiFrancesco. "There
is no reason to alter your daily routine and everyone should continue
about their lives as normal while maintaining a higher degree of
awareness of your surroundings."
According to Acting Health and Senior Services Commissioner George
T. DiFerdinando, MD, preliminary skin culture tests were negative
as the patients had been on antibiotics before testing. Blood samples
for both workers and a skin biopsy from one worker were sent to
the CDC for further testing using special reagents. The skin biopsy
was positive for anthrax. Serum specimens were positive for anthrax
in both workers.
On October 13, 2001, both patients' physicians notified the Department
of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) after hearing about the cancelled
letter from Trenton that was sent to New York City. They reported
that their patients may have been in contact with the letter received
by Tom Brokaw at NBC-TV. Both patients had been treated with antibiotics
in late September to early October.
DHSS received specimens from both patients on October 14th and cultures
were performed that same day. Blood for antibodies was sent to the
CDC also on October 14th. The skin biopsy was delivered to the State
laboratory and examined by the State Medical Examiner on October
16th, which was then sent to the CDC and the FBI later that day.
The CDC received the biopsy specimen on October 17th and reported
results to DHSS on the morning of October 18th.
DiFerdinando said that the CDC has sent a team to work with the
DHSS, law enforcement and postal officials on the further investigation
and response to this situation. The federal and state team will
be developing a medical protocol and further recommendations. Representatives
from the Department of Health and Senior Services are meeting with
employees and working with their union leadership to provide information.
to Dr. DiFerdinando, the state laboratory has received over 400
environmental samples to date - and all testing completed to date
on the environmental samples has been negative for anthrax. The
lab conducts preliminary (gram/spore stain) tests and culture tests
on environmental samples and on clinical samples that meet established
testing protocols. Testing on all environmental samples in the DHSS
lab is final, while all clinical samples are sent on to the CDC
for additional testing.
Department has established a bioterrorism phone line at the Emergency
Operations Center at 609-538-6030 that is open between 8 am and
11 pm until further notice. From 11 p.m. to 8 a.m., the number is
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Floyd, N.Y. -- Two men have been charged after spotlighting deer and shooting at them from inside their vehicle in the middle of the night, the Oneida County Sheriff's Office said.
Joshua Tanner, 22, and Alan Tanner, 25, were each charged with sixth-degree conspiracy. Both men are from Floyd.
Just after 2 a.m. Friday deputies responded to the intersection of Soule and Edwards roads in the town of Floyd for a shots fired call.
A person told deputies they woke up when they heard shots fired right outside their home.
Deputies later stopped a vehicle driving around in the area. The driver, 20-year-old Morgan Weiler, of Floyd, told deputies she was with three men who were spotlighting deer in the area, the sheriff's office said. Spotlighting involves shining a powerful light at deer so they freeze and then shooting them.
Deputies and state troopers found two men in a patch of woods nearby.
After interviewing both men deputies learned that Joshua Tanner had shot at a deer in a field just off the road from inside his vehicle, the sheriff's office said. The second man was determined to be Alan Tanner.
In addition to the conspiracy charge, both men were issued multiple citations by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. They were each issued appearance tickets and released.
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Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Doc Critics' 'Three To See,' Sept. 6-8
By Beth Lipoff • Sep 6, 2013
Looking for a great film to see the weekend of Sept. 6-8? Up to Date's indie, documentary and foreign film critics share their three favorites showing on area screens.
- 20 Feet From Stardom
- Blackfish
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|June 24, 2014
AACE International has issued a call for technical papers for its two major educational meetings in 2015: the 2015 AACE International Annual Meeting, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, June 28-July 1, 2015 and the 2015 International Total Cost Management Conference, at the Renaissance Palat Istanbul in Istanbul, Turkey, November 4-5, 2015. As a convenience for presenters, individuals may submit an abstract for either event or both using the same online abstract submission form.
To be considered to present a technical paper, a 100-175 word abstract of the proposed paper must be submitted on this online form: www.aacei.org/mtgs/guidelines/call4papers.shtml.
The deadline for submitting the abstract is August 31, 2014 (same deadline for both meetings). If your abstract is accepted by the Technical Board, your full manuscript/paper will be due no later than January 31, 2015.
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Please do not donate your $9.95 to the sites upkeep by running a paid search. Also, don't mention ham radio to him and invite him to a club meeting. Otherwise you might soon see ham operators home addresses listed as well. Best to just let it flounder in anonymity. Bob - N6RI doc wrote: >> Just hate to see people try to profit on and create new fears in an >> uninformed public to the detriment of the hobby. >> > > Has anyone communicated with the site owner? > > Perhaps he/she could be invited to a Club meeting > or to visit an EOC and be educated about the value > and safety of antennas. > > Perhaps the site owner does not know about the > recent FCC regs re. transmitting antenna safety? > > It may turn out that with some gentle education > the site owner could be turned to promoting Ham > antennas and towers as important to public safety > during emergencies. > > So many people are mis-educated by anti-everything > refugees from the 60's in schools and colleges that > they live in ignorance-bred fear and paranoia. > > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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Take a musical journey on Vashon this weekend
Three concerts will provide a variety of musical genres for Islanders' listening pleasure this weekend.
Ride a musical wave at Red Bike
The Red Bike's upcoming show on Jan. 30 is proof that rock 'n' roll is alive and well on Vashon.
Vashon surf band Shark Biscuit and rock band Murgatroyd will take the stage, filling the Island establishment with their unique brands of rock.
Shark Biscuit, comprised of Sue Neuman, Fiona Hope, Peyton Levin, Dick Moritz and Rob Mosley, will perform rock and surf music from the 1950s and 1960s, undeniably a golden era for rock 'n' roll. The five-person Vashon band is known for its "reverb-soaked guitar stylings, tribal drumming and rumbling bass lines with a powerful horn section and a rockin' keyboard," said Red Bike events organizer Pete Welch.
He said Shark Biscuit's music is danceable and smile-evoking.
Murgatroyd, formed on the Island in 2008, is a stunning combination of four longtime Vashon musicians — Brett Bacchus, Ruben Arnot, Morgan Snyder and Doug Spencer. The fusion of the four results in a band that has swagger, personality and raw energy reminiscent of 1970s arena rock, Welch said.
Saturday's concert promises to leave the audience "exhausted, yet satisfied," he added. The free concert takes place at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Red Bike. It is open to patrons of all ages until 11 p.m., when the Bike becomes a venue for those 21 and older.
Ravin' Wolf brings bluegrass to Luna
Ravin' Wolf, the acoustic sagebrush blues power duo from Central Washington, will bring an infusion of the blues to Café Luna at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29.
Jamey and Heather Bilyeu, Survive Records recording artists, have dubbed their music "sagebrush blues" because it is "tucked away in the canyons, where Seattle meets the sage," said band member Heather Bilyeu, who with Jamey Bilyeu makes up Ravin' Wolf.
This one-of-a-kind acoustic blues pair slips in and out of the genre with ease to explore its edges and defy its boundaries, taking audiences on an enthusiastic journey on only two acoustic guitars, according to concert organizers.
Honing their live performance together since the mid-1990s, they have toured Alaska, released two full-length studio CDs and are currently putting the finishing touches on their first live album, "Acoustic Champagne," to be released in 2010.
Ravin' Wolf supports Farm Aid and The World Society for the Protection of Animals through album sales.
Friday's concert at Café Luna is free, though tips are welcomed.
Folk takes root at Vashon café
Seattle folk singer Rose Laughlin, who performs traditional Celtic and American roots songs, will appear with some Island friends at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at Café Luna in a free concert. Tips are welcomed.
A blend of different influences are evident in Laughlin's music, which is a unique and captivating take on traditional tunes.
She says her musical inspirations include Nancy Griffith, Judy Collins, Linda Rondstadt, Ricki Lee Jones, Stevie Nicks, Shawn Colvin, Karan Casey and Susan McKeown.
Laughlin performed with guitarist/composer/producer Mike Kirkpatrick while in Chicago for a time.
"Souvenir," Laughlin's debut CD, is a collection of both traditional and contemporary Irish and American folk music. The chanteuse captures the spirit of each song, from the warning tone of "The Month of January" to the reflective "Shades of Gloria."
Laughlin's soulful interpretation, along with producer Dennis Cahill's striking musical arrangements, makes "Souvenir" an engaging compilation of songs, according to concert promoters.
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June 11, 2014
To the editor: Marshall has experienced three semi-truck/car crashes on Highway 23 in less than three months....
Please do not lower the speed limit on 23. It is a bypass. I use it to avoid traffic, people, etc. to safely & swiftly travel around Marshall. (lowering the speed may encourage folks to 'race' through town instead). Instead, build safe over/under/bypasses or restrict access onto Hwy 23 to safe intersections.
If you want the speed limit lowered, I strongly urge you to cross or enter Hwy 23 at one of the two existing stoplights. At that point the cross-traffic is completely stopped, which is even safer than 40 MPH.
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Some folks in Marshall seem to believe that Highway 23 is similar to a city street. Maybe MnDOT should give 23 to Marshall to use as that city street and build a by-pass around Marshall. That way, people wouldn't need to enter your fair city at all. If folks are so afraid of "speed killing" out on highway 23, why not take alternate routes and avoid the trauma associated with driving 55.
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I have always thought that one of the great things about Central New York is the variety of festivals, fairs and fun things to do in the summer. This weekend will have no shortage of food and fun, with Harborfest kicking off today in Oswego and the ArtsWeek livening up downtown Syracuse starting Friday.
Of course, the weather can have a big impact on how enjoyable these events are. Part of the charm of these events is being able to relax outside in the summer air. Let's see how the forecast is shaping up for the next few days.
Harborfest gets into full swing today and the weather will not be a hindrance at all. The showers and storms yesterday were associated with a cold front that is now well to our east. High pressure will build in through the day, keeping the sun shining and the temperatures much more comfortable. Expect high temperatures around 70º in Oswego. If you are planning on going out in the evening though, a light jacket might be in order with temperatures quickly dropping into the 50s to go with a light breeze off of Lake Ontario.
ArtsWeek in downtown Syracuse will start attracting visitors on Friday while Harbor Fest continues. Like today, tomorrow should have some great weather. High pressure will move to the south, allowing for some moderation of our temperatures. Sunshine will again be abundant, with high temperatures in the upper 70s for downtown Syracuse and the low to mid 70s for Oswego.
One of the biggest attractions on Saturday is, of course, the Harborfest fireworks display, scheduled for 9:30pm. While much of Saturday looks just fine with partly cloudy skies and upper 70s/low 80s, there is some concern about the fireworks. Low pressure will move from the Pacific Northwest to a position near Detroit Saturday evening. Some rain and thunder could move in by the time the fireworks are set to go off, but that chance will at least partially depend on the development of thunderstorms over the Upper Great Lakes Saturday afternoon. Overall, I think there is a fair chance the fireworks will get off, perhaps with Mother Nature supplying an encore later Saturday night.
Sunday is the most questionable of the four days. The aforementioned low should be pushing through are area Sunday morning, but a second area of low pressure will be hot on its heals. It is possible that we will enter into a window of dry weather between these two systems during the afternoon on Sunday. Given how narrow of a window that may be, and that it is still 72+ hours away, it is safe to assume there is at least a reasonable chance at some rain Sunday, especially earlier in the day.
Hopefully you will be able to get out and enjoy some of the festivities this weekend. Thursday, Friday and the daytime hours on Saturday are all looking quite nice, and with a little luck, we will be fine and dry Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon as well.


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By Marc Erikson
The battle for Baghdad is about to be joined. The military outcome is not in doubt. However, whether this war can be concluded with a minimum of civilian casualties and damage to essential infrastructure (so far one dead, 32 injured in Baghdad according to the Red Cross), does not in the main lie in the hands of coalition forces. In a comprehensive profile of Saddam Hussein in these pages recently (
Inside Saddam's mind
), my colleague Pepe Escobar documented the megalomaniacal historical ambitions of the Iraqi dictator. No one can rule out that this man, on whose orders tens of thousands of Iraqi citizens have been brutally murdered since 1979, will in the end adopt "defensive" measures - dispersing military personnel among non-combatants, mining buildings and infrastructure, in effect bringing down the temple on himself - which will bring about mass casualties.
By April 1945, when the Allies had crossed the Rhine river and Soviet forces had reached the Oder river just east of Berlin, World War II was certainly over for the Nazi regime. And yet, one of the largest, most deadly battles of the war, the battle for Berlin, was yet to come. On the night of April 16, well over a million Soviet soldiers with 6,000 tanks and 40,000 artillery pieces commenced the final push to Berlin. Before the Soviet victors hoisted the red flag on the Brandenburg Gate on April 30 and Adolf Hitler shot himself in his bunker, nearly 100,000 more Soviet and 60,000 German soldiers had lost their lives, along with tens of thousands of civilians. Overall, at least 250,000 soldiers and civilians lost their lives in the last two weeks of the war.
Why? The war - in all but formal declaration - was lost. As documented in Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels' diary (he spent the final weeks of the regime in Hitler's bunker and died there), Hitler was determined to see Germany and the German people destroyed, indeed, deemed them deserving of destruction, if they couldn't win. But that doesn't explain why not only the Waffen SS (Hitler's elite guards), but regular army and
(under 18 and over 60-year olds) units fought to the last day. Germans have a term for that,
Mut der Verzweiflung
- courage (born) of desperation. Rational decision gives way to the elemental fight for identity.
Could this happen in and around Baghdad in coming days? I don't know, but I can't rule it out. One outstanding fact of the war so far is that widely expected mass surrenders haven't occurred. Thousands, yes. Tens of thousands, entire divisions, no. Nor have we seen anti-Saddam uprisings or celebrations in the streets of "liberated" towns. From fear that much as after the Gulf War the US-led forces would depart and leave any uprising to be crushed by Saddam's security forces? That may be part of it, but it's not the whole story. There is an element of defiance and resistance that can't just be explained away. And therein lies the danger that - much like Hitler - Saddam would see justification for going down in a
(Twilight of the Gods) cataclysm and take the believers with him.
This is not a prediction. It's a credible risk to be factored in. The US has tried to avoid civilian casualties. It may find - much as the Allies did during World War II - that to win a war, there's no clean and antiseptic way to do so.
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Despite the creative class' perceived enthusiasm in tackling controversial topics, not all subjects and persons are fair game. Put differently, a majority of the creative class implicitly grants waivers from criticism to certain groups. As journalist and blogger Nick Cohen recently explained in the Literary Review, there is substantial self-censorship among the creative class with respect to a particular topic: Islam. Cohen outlines in his article numerous instances of legacy publishers censoring their talent and the creative class itself intentionally avoiding Islam out of fear. Ask yourself: would Dan Brown write a DaVinci Code version of Islam?
A culture where some groups or ideas are open to satire or ridicule while others are exempt is not healthy. It creates distrust and resentment among groups. Commentators such as law professor and blogger Glenn Reynolds have even argued that censorship out of fear from the target group incentivizes violence for groups that are peaceful and ordinarily don't receive such favorable treatment.
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In the past, if a legacy publisher deemed a book topic too controversial, they declined to publish the book. This despite the book being beautifully written, gripping and/or having mass market appeal. Nevertheless, the legacy publishers weren't willing to risk controversy or offending a particular group by publishing such work. That is especially true of groups that threaten violence when offended. At that time, a declined author had few options to bring his or her work to the masses. Self publishing was difficult and most importantly, marketing to a widespread audience, was nearly impossible.
Internet based epublishing and marketing technologies have broken the gatekeeper function of the legacy publishers. They've unleashed a wave of authors willing to tackle politically incorrect topics and satisfy a market void. My political thriller 28 Pages is but one example. 28 Pages deals with a Saudi Conspiracy against the U.S. The book weaves in themes such as Muslim prison converts, honor killings and sharia law. These are taboo topics among the mainstream creative class.
There are other indie authors that also aim to fill this absence of criticism about Islam in books and popular culture. I refer you to the novel Jihad Joe by Rob Hoey. Or Reggae Jihad by Caleb H. Smith. Indie authors are also setting their sights on other controversial topics ignored by the mainstream creative class. Gerald Meunier's thriller Rogue Patriot tackles illegal immigration, as well as jihad, a double-dose of politically incorrect topics.
Epublishing tools offered by Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Smashwords make it easier than ever for authors to publish their novels, both in print and digital formats. The proliferation of kindles, nooks and iPads create millions of potential customers. Marketing, once the largest hurdle to self published authors, is now easier (but still challenging overall) thanks to services such as twitter and facebook. These three internet based components provide an indie author with the tools to fill a potential market gap created by the self censorship of the creative class.
Blogs were probably the first example of how the internet is a powerful tool to circumvent a seemingly all powerful gatekeeper and satisfy a market gap. As with bloggers, Indie authors use technology to exploit a market need and provide content to the public that was long withheld from them. The internet based indie novelist phenomenon is only a few years old. As more indie authors enter the market, technology improves and the right incentives exist, expect more self-published novels tackling controversial and politically incorrect topics to become available.
Maybe some aspiring DIY epublisher will take a chance that there's a market for The Mecca Code.
Allen Mitchum is the author of the new political thriller 28 Pages involving a shocking Saudi conspiracy against the United States. To contact Allen or learn more about his novel, please visit his website at www.allenmitchum.com.


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Oak Harbor drug court graduate goes to prison
A 32-year-old man arrested when Oak Harbor police stormed the home of suspected methamphetamine dealers last October was sent to prison this week.
Brent Severns pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court to one count of maintaining premises for using controlled substance.
Under a plea bargain, both the prosecution and defense recommended a sentence of one year and two months in prison. Judge Alan Hancock agreed and imposed the sentence.
Hancock said he was very disappointed when Severns was arrested since he had completed drug court, which is a rigorous court-supervised program in which non-violent defendants go through intensive treatment for addiction problems. Hancock noted that Severns "wasn't able to overcome the demon of addiction," but he encouraged him to seek treatment in prison.
Severns seemed to agree.
"I'm going to use this time as wisely as I can and I'm going to let my actions speak for themselves," he said.
Severns' father, Oak Harbor City Councilman Bob Severns, spoke on his son's behalf. He said he was concerned about an unresolved DUI case in Snohomish County, which may make his son ineligible for services when he gets out of prison. Hancock, however, said he had no control over what happens in other courts.
The Oak Harbor police arrested Severns and another man, Damien Hernandez, after serving a search warrant at the SW 19th Court residence on Oct. 14. The police had received numerous complaints for about two years from neighbors about the heavy foot and vehicle traffic at the condominium.
"In the past year, the complaints became more frequent and the community of SW 19th Court were becoming extremely frustrated with the amount of traffic and how nothing could be done about it," Detective Carl Seim wrote in his report about the case.
Seim was finally able to obtain a search warrant by working with an informant and conducting "controlled buys" of meth from Severns. The police seized 4.43 grams of meth in the top drawer of Severns' desk.
Hernandez was also charged. He pleaded guilty in December and was sentenced to prison.
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