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News of the arrival of South Korean boyband JYJ prompted hundreds of fans to camp out on the streets recently to get closer to the trio. But this wasn't in Seoul or even Tokyo: it was in Lima.
Having taken Asia by storm over the past decade with bubblegum hooks and dance moves infused with military precision, South Korea's K-pop phenomenon continues to defy language barriers and find fans around the world. As South Korea continues to export its culture, K-pop's polished fusion of influences ranging from hip-hop to dubstep is winning a growing number of passionate followers in Latin America.
JYJ has held sellout concerts there and a Colombian TV station is airing a K-pop talent show. Latin American fans have posted hundreds of videos on YouTube showing flash mobs emulating K-pop dance moves and urging their favourite stars to visit the continent, despite many not having officially released songs outside Asia.
Promoters are using the power of the Internet to lure distant fans and organise concerts in Europe and North and South America. "Korean acts are not only monitoring but also monetizing their Twitter trends, Facebook likes, and YouTube views," said Bernie Cho, president of DFSB Kollective, a Seoul-based creative agency providing digital media solutions to more than 350 K-pop artists.
"More Korean bands have multilingual members who can sing verses, carry choruses, and conduct interviews in English, Chinese, and Japanese. Language is no longer a barrier, it is now the carrier."
Music videos and footage of the stars' private lives are posted on Facebook and YouTube — often live or before being released on TV and elsewhere.
"They've got the sound right, they've got a supportive government that invests very heavily into the development of the arts, and they are all very good looking," said Ruuben van den Heuvel, executive director of GateWay Entertainment, a music consultancy firm. "They're a complete pop package."
The popularity of the genre in Asia remains undiminished — 7,000 Japanese fans will flock to Seoul this month to "meet" JYJ at a major event that has booked out 3,500 hotel rooms around Seoul.
But in Latin America, fans are taking note: JYJ in March performed in both Chile and Peru as part of a world tour of 15 venues including Berlin and Barcelona. Hundreds camped out for days in Santiago and Lima as they tried to get closer to the trio during their first concerts in the region, said June Oh, a spokeswoman for the band's agent C-JeS.
"We were so stunned seeing hundreds of tents lined up in front of the Explanada Sur del Estadio Monumental," she told AFP, referring to the venue in the Peruvian capital where JYJ performed. Savvy marketing and production tie-ups have also helped.
JYJ broke away from another K-pop act TVXQ in 2009 and the following year released an English-language album in collaboration with US rap star Kanye West. "Since then we started to get more fan letters from Latin America and to see more Spanish-language sites (dedicated to JYJ). Now they are the most active and passionate ones in the band's global fan base," Oh said.
She acknowledged that attendance at the concerts — 5,000 in Chile and 6,000 in Peru — was small compared to the tens of thousands whom JYJ attracts in South Korea or Japan. "But it's too early to try to stage such a mega-concert in Latin America," she said.
JYJ member Kim Junsu has described the response to the Latin American concerts as "utterly surprising, and the most enthusiastic".
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Calling it a "leap forward in our efforts to encourage the clergy," Father Frank Pavone, executive director of Priests for Life, announced that another full-time priest has joined the staff of the international pro-life organization.
Father Peter West, a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, has been released by Archbishop Theodore D. McCarrick for a three-year period to work for the association of Catholic clergy, which has its headquarters in Staten Island, N.Y.
Father Pavone made the announcement from Rome, where he works as an official of the Pontifical Council for the Family, the Vatican office which coordinates pro-life pastoral activity for the Church.
Father West joins Father Pavone and Father Richard Hogan of the Archdiocese of St. Paul Minneapolis, as well as a staff of 20 lay employees who make up the organization.
Priests for Life was founded in 1991. It has grown rapidly over the last several years. Its mission is to train and encourage the clergy to be actively pro-life and to infuse the structure of the Church with renewed enthusiasm for the pro-life cause.
It has found great favor among the episcopate of the U.S. Fifteen bishops currently sit on its board of advisors, including Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family.
"I am grateful to Archbishop McCarrick for assigning one of his priests to this ministry," said Father Pavone. "The archbishop's decision, at time when priests are in such demand, is a sign of his deep dedication to the cause of defending, the preborn."
In his first two weeks with Priests for Life, Father West has give pro-life talks in New York, New Jersey, Chicago and Texas. An intense pro-life speaking schedule is being planned for him. In June, he will fly to Rome to meet with Father Pavone and other Vatican officials.
"I just returned from a trip to Chicago, and I was reminded of something I already knew: Pro-life people are the warmest, most kindhearted people in the world," Father West said. "I look forward to meeting and working with as many as possible in this most necessary work."
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Microsoft will pay Novell USD 348 million up front, but Novell will return USD 200 million of that amount over five years. The specific numbers came in an a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission made by Novell late Tuesday. "The financial commitments Microsoft is making as part of this agreement are significant," company CEO Ron Hovsepian said in a statement. In related news, Microsoft has denied that its patent deal with Novell is in breach of the GPL or will automatically spread Microsoft's patent protection to other Linux distributions.
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Video games often have epic music. The Encounter music from Metal Gear Solid will always be burned into my mind as something that instills urgency. Music from the Assassin's Creed series is the same, so no wonder that students from Taipei's Dongshi Middle School used the music for their flag-twirling performance.


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On Monday evening in an unprecedented show of support for international women's human rights, the Hollywood community turned out in numbers to join women's rights and human rights leaders in exposing the brutal treatment of women and girls living under gender apartheid in Afghanistan. The gala event, which took place at the Hollywood Directors Guild, was sponsored by the Feminist Majority Foundation and written by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason.
Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation, spoke at the event. "If the women's movement is to mean anything and if the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights is to mean everything, we cannot rest while these horrific conditions of gender apartheid exist. We must free the women and girls of Afghanistan."
Many well-known celebrities participated in the event. Some of the celebrities featured included Gillian Anderson, Kathy Bates, Halle Berry, Tyne Daly, Geena Davis, Sharon Gless, Sidney Poitier, and Lily Tomlin. Marlo Thomas, who narrated a documentary on the plight of Afghan women and girls which was aired at the event, also spoke. "I can say without fear of embellishment, that our Afghan sisters are currently attempting to exist in one of the most dangerous and oppressive environments ever conjured up by mankind," she stated.
Afghan women leaders living in the United States joined the Feminist Majority Foundation in calling for an end to gender apartheid. "We call upon the world community to join us in our resistance and we call upon the American public to help us gain back our rights, status and dignity as human beings and as women," said Dr. Zieba Shorish-Shamley, director of the Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan.
Women living under current Taliban rule say that they appreciate the concern that people are showing for them. "I don't know about American movie stars or who they are, but it is right for all people to feel for each other. It is the human thing to do," said Uma, a woman living in a rocket-ruined neighborhood of Kabul. Kamal, a widow who supports five children by working as a baker at a bakery operated by the World Food Program, also urged Americans to be active. "[Hollywood's celebrities] should pressure the Taliban to open our schools for girls."
Approximately 75 pro-Taliban supporters protested outside of the event. However, they were opposed by an almost equal number of counter protesters. Mavis Leno, Chair of the Feminist Majority Foundation's Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan, had this to say about the small gathering of pro-Taliban protesters: "The women protesting outside got to decide what to wear today, whether to go outside, whether to attend a protest, whether to hold signs, whether to speak their minds. When women in Afghanistan have this freedom, our work will be done."
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Jamie Von Roenn Makes the Case for "Palliative Care Always" in Journal ONCOLOGY
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NORWALK, Conn., Jan. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Jamie H. Von Roenn, MD, professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a nationally recognized leader in the field of palliative medicine, believes that cancer patients do best on a number of counts, including improved survival, when palliative care is integrated into their care from the time of their cancer diagnosis. Citing empirical data, Dr. Von Roenn and coauthor Kavitha Ramchandran, MD, make a strong case for this model of palliative and oncologic care integration in their recent article in the UBM Medica journal ONCOLOGY.
The article, Palliative Care Always presents evidence demonstrating that providing palliative care concurrently with oncologic care improves symptom control, the quality of life of both patients and families, physician satisfaction, the cost-efficiency of treatment, and even overall survival.
Accompanying the review article is an editorial by ONCOLOGY Editor-in-Chief Nora Janjan, MD, MPSA, MBA. The editorial addresses a somewhat neglected side effect of the relative newness of the palliative care field—namely, that many interventions targeting symptoms are not controlled for in clinical trials, yet may affect outcomes. Dr. Janjan makes the case that the protocols for such trials should include guideline-based criteria for the management of all cancer symptoms.
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Frances Ellen Anderton Buchanan, 76, of Quinlan, Texas, died Monday, Nov. 26, 2012.She was born July 17, 1936, in Keota to Otto E. and Okla (Christenberry) Brigance. Frances owned and operated Jimmie Anderton Grass Co. and was a member of First Baptist Church of Poetry, Texas.She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Albert Brigance; and sister-in-law, Lola Brigance.Survivors include her husband, Clarence Buchanan of Poteau; daughter and son-in-law, Wilma and Ron Smith of Greenville, Texas; sons, James Anderton and wife, Sharon, of Quinlan, Texas, Darrell Anderton of Quinlan; brothers, James Brigance of Henderson, Nev., Louis Brigance and wife, Sue, of Stigler, Loyd Brigance and wife, Linda, of Greenville, Texas; sister, Patsy Anderton of Royse City, Texas; grandchildren, Jennifer Green, Jeff Williams, Melissa Warden, Jimmie Anderton, Justin Anderton, Megan Anderton and jared Anderton; nine great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at Rest Haven Funeral Home Rockwall Chapel in Rockwall, Texas, with Pastor Shawn Risinger officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, in Keota Cemetery.


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This spring marks the three-year point in the Syrian civil war. During that time, the casualties have been so numerous and the dangers so high that the United Nations in January stopped updating the number of dead.
Since then, however, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates conservatively that more than 150,000 people have died — with about 30 percent of those being civilians.
One of the most recent civilian losses is Dutch Jesuit priest Father Frans van der Lugt, who, according to Father Alex Basili, Jesuit provincial in the Middle East and the Maghreb, was "abducted by armed men who beat him and then killed him with two bullets to the head in front of the Jesuit residence in Homs" on the morning of April 7.
According to Vatican Radio, Father van der Lugt had lived in Syria for nearly 50 years. He was involved in religious dialogue and, in the 1980s, opened a center of spirituality outside of Homs, which included a home for 40 Syrian children with mental disabilities.
Ever present to the Syrian people during the last three years of strife, Father van der Lugt posted a video online in January in which he pleaded for assistance from the international community to save the people in the city of Homs (in the middle of a more than yearlong siege) from starvation.
"People can't find food," he said. "There is nothing harder than seeing parents in the street looking for food for their children."
When a truce was struck that same month and people evacuated, Father van der Lugt refused to leave, instead staying with his people left behind — the epitome of a shepherd who embraces the smell of his sheep.
"The Syrian people have given me so much — so much kindness, inspiration and everything they have," the priest said in February. "If the Syrian people are suffering now, I want to share their pain and their difficulties."
Soon after Father van der Lugt's death was reported, Vatican Spokesman Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi said the priest "died as a man of peace, who with great courage in an extremely dangerous and difficult situation, wanted to remain faithful to the Syrian people to whom he had dedicated so many years of his life and spiritual service."
He added: "Where people die, their faithful shepherds also die with them. In this time of great sorrow, we express our participation in prayer, but also great pride and gratitude for having had a brother so close to the most suffering in the testimony of the love of Jesus to the end."
This week, as we celebrate Jesus' resurrection and great triumph over sin, let's pray that the suffering the Syrian people have had to endure for so long will soon come to an end. And let's pray, too, for Father van der Lugt, who will be remembered by all as a beacon of hope and an earthly reflection of Jesus' compassion and love.
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Members of the clergy from Beaufort County are invited to attend an Ecumenical Partners meeting with superintendent of education Valerie Truesdale at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Beaufort County Disabilities & Special Needs Office, 100 Clear Water Way in Beaufort.
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The fee for North and South Carolina customers will be effective Aug. 7 and show up in statements in September.
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GREENWICH, Conn., April 2 (UPI) -- Puppeteer and philanthropist Jane Nebel Henson has died at her home in Connecticut after a long battle with cancer, her family said Tuesday. She was 78.
A memorial mass is planned for next week. The details regarding where and when it will take place have not been announced yet.
The New York native met her future husband, Jim Henson, at a puppetry class at the University of Maryland and soon became an integral creative and business partner in what would become the Muppets. The couple married in 1959 and separated in 1986, but remained close until his death in 1990. They had five children together.
"As a fine arts education major studying at the University of Maryland in 1954, Jane Nebel shared with Jim Henson a unique approach to puppetry that is joyful and sophisticated," The Jim Henson Co. said in a statement Tuesday.
In addition to her work on the Muppets, Henson continued her studies in fine art at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Years later, the family moved to Greenwich, Conn., where Jane was assistant art teacher at the Mead School for Human Development.
She continued her official association with The Jim Henson Co., and actively participated in the company as it became a global family entertainment organization, collaborating with her husband on a number of projects including the traveling museum exhibit "The Art of the Muppets," and "The Muppet Show on Tour" and "Sesame Street Live" arena stage shows.
Jane Henson also served on the board of The Jim Henson Foundation, founded in 1982 by her husband to promote and develop the art of puppetry and presently headed by their daughter Cheryl Henson.
In 1992, Henson funded and founded The Jim Henson Legacy, to conserve, preserve and present the artistic contribution of Jim Henson. In 2001, she created the Jane Henson Foundation where she continued her philanthropic work.
"Jane Nebel Henson, always modest about her own contribution to the creation and success of the Muppets, would often speak to the public about Jim Henson's body of work and how, 'Jim wanted to leave the world a better place,'" the statement said. "According to Arthur Novell, the trustee of The Jim Henson Legacy, 'Most would agree they both did.'"


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Ahhh excellent. Jim is actually an Astartes! I learn something new everyday.
Hopefully he is a dreadnought!
I agree, but then I don't know if anyone can disagree with this video. After all, Jimquisition is Divine.
I'll probably be missing out on the glitter of the year; I'm far more inclined to purchase EYE than I am Witcher 2. Battlefield and Deus Ex - not going to happen either. Skyrim should be nice though.
Well, a moderately decent machine should be able to handle any game in existence at high if not maxed graphics.
Erm, who was this aimed at? i.e. who is 'You Graphics Whore'? I'm pretty sure the consoles pushed the industry towards the 'pretty but shallow' end of the market. Smaller game worlds, smaller maps, smaller player counts in multiplayer. Not trying to dump on the consoles, I own a few, but yeah...
I'm actually a Tzeentch man, myself. Gotta keep it spicy!
I probably should have worded that differently.
It has nothing to do with exclusivity. I'm saying that there are games out there are that are better off played on a couch with a controller in hand rather than on your desk.
WAIT-WAIT-WAIT-WAIT... WAIT! PC Gamers were all over graphics? I though we called console gamers for kiddies because they were the ones all over that kind of stuff.
What has NOT been mentioned in this (quite good) video is, some console gamers can only play console games. e.y.e. sounds terribly complicated and that puts off people who are used to "this is the key to shoot, this is the one to walk, go play the goddamn game" approach the developers have been using recently. Reccettear also, when you're used to casually controlling the menus using buttons, having to race against time or use the mouse in a spreadsheet-like menu can be off-putting.
I'm talking as a PC-exclusive gamer and I think that these are the reasons why the console gamers use "IT COSTS $5000 EVERY MONTH" argument, not because it costs a lot (it doesn't), it's because some PC gaming concepts are alien and strange to them so they are afraid of facing them.
Oh, I see what you mean now. Although I'll still disagree with it somewhat. I prefer to play games at my desk, gaming on the couch doesn't feel comfortable to me. Other people prefer the couch, of course. And with most modern video cards that can output through HDMI to your TV, plus a wireless controller, you can play anything you like from your couch, whether it's on PC or console.
I'd hate to have such a setup. Because when I say that there are games that are better meant to be played on a couch with a controller, there are also plenty of games that are better played on a desk. And there's nothing that would get me to browse the web from a couch.
Let me tell you how wrong you are with an example.
You don't need a really expensive PC to run deux ex. I have a 2 year old PC that was around £600 and it runs DE:HR just fine at 1920x1080. A cheaper PC these days could run it with no issues.
Should say " None of the obtrusive, data mining drm that pc has to deal with, like origin."
Two of your first 4 examples are available on console...
What I say I miss about PC gaming is that i cant play Company of Heroes anymore without getting a new rig, since my wifes laptop is built for...well word processing and playing blu rays when we are on vacation.
But to be honest I have saved literally thousands of dollars in upgrades and new rigs since my old PCs motherboard fragged my processor and video card.
No I dont get to play a few good games on PC, namely the Witcher 1 and 2, Company of Heroes, and very possibly Diablo 3, but...I still have plenty of good games to play on my 360.
It's getting there, look at online passes.
Here's the thing though.
Games that work well on Consoles tend to be on consoles and games that work well on PC tend to get put on PC.
I say: Get both. There are plenty of awesome experiences on both PC and consoles.
They're both too unique to really classify that one is "better" than the other.
Aye, and I mentioned that they can ban you from single games. But EA didn't block him from every PC game he'd ever bought from them either, like Steam can. And that got fixed pretty quickly after it hapened as well (though that was likely to avoid bad PR). I'd much rather worry about being banned from each of my games individually if I do something fairly small in them then to worry if I'll be banned from all my games for doing something wrong in one of them or breaking the rules in some way that was never made clear.
Consoles surely have some blame in the 'dumbization' of games, but 'short but pretty' didn't come from consoles. I remember the first AAA shooters that were under 10 hours long: Max Payne and Star Trek Voyager Elite Force. Both were huge hits, have gotten great reviews and basically became cult classics - despite being so short. On the other hand, consoles were home for long, elaborate, rather complex RPGs. Even Halo, the first mainstream console shooter, was quite elaborate for its time when you think about it.
Consolitis exists but it's definitely not as bad as it used to be a few years ago, games are regaining some complexity (see Deus Ex -> DE:IW -> DE:HR). Graphics on the other hand, was always pushed by PC gaming. And graphics is expensive to make, thus corners need to be cut.
At least that's my 2 cents.
my onley gameyng device is my PC (and a phone that hase sudoku) and i don't give a s**t about graphics... i only play older games and try new ones after they've proven to be awesome aftereveryone stops caring about how they lock... oh and this is how i treat the hole continuus ubgrade thing: every 5 years i buy a new witch i never upgreade... who says onley console gamers can do that?
I've always stuck to pc gaming for two reasons really...
1 - I'm always going to own a pc anyways, so for a little bit more, I can make it quite friendly to games.
2 - I prefer mouse and keyboard over any other control system.
So I haven't seen the need to own a console that just plays games - though yes, I'm aware that that statement is no longer true for the latest gen of consoles. I haven't owned a console since the days of the Sega, and frankly, I only got that console since I had an operation coming up and knew I was gonna be confined to bed or a couch during recovery.
However, Rockstar games seems to be intent of forcing me to buy a console; since they absolutely refuse to release Red Dead Redemption for pc... It's actually the first game that has really made me consider buying a console.
the only reason i dont do PC is because i dont have one of my own. as soon as i get a computer, im installing Halo 1, Portal, Minecraft, Tribes, etc etc.
Witcher 2 was made in Poland, BioWare is based in California. Salaries in Poland are 1/5 to of those in the US. So if Witcher 2 was made in the US, it would cost several times the budget of DA2.
Look here and here. Computer Programmer - Poland $892, U.S. $4,141. And programmers are paid the best in these eastern European countries, artists earn less.
an elegant Officers Chainsword, damn you Jim, you magnificent bastard
Yeah, but you can still buy the game without having to deal with always on drm or some sort of digital distribution system that never lets you actually own the game. There are a lot of pc games that force you to go through shit like that just to buy them, and there's no other way to do so.
Truth. I still play Star Wars Force Commander (best Star Wars RTS ever) right after Third Age Total War, so yeah, graphics aren't everything. Though I still don't play anything 2D. Oh, did I mention I also play old games like Ocarina of Time on my PC? Yeah, PCs can do that.
Thank GOD For You!
The "irony" I found here is that it used to be the other way around. If you wanted the highest end graphics, you'd have to buy a console. Simple as that. The consoles set the graphics threshold, and now the opposite has happened with PC.
As for your preferences, well they're very console-biased preferences. Thing is, there is so much more out there and playstyles out there that you won't find anywhere other than the indie PC market.
Possibly, but then again, I can't do work, word processing, video editing and graphics work on my PS3. I CAN do it on my PC however.
So to me, the PS3 is the larger expense.
I completely and utterly agree, though if I were you, I would've mentioned the oldschool BG games aswell as Planescape... but then again I am a massive BG series and Planescape fan.
I am annoyed by the misconception that you have to upgrade so very often. Thing is if you have a relatively decent machine, i.e with a C2D CPU or something newer and a motherboard that takes PCI-e cards, upgrading wont cost anything even close to a fortune, 'cause basically all you need for gaming is a better video card and more RAM, if you currently don't have much of either.
yeah there is but not for me. i rather play (or replay) j-rpg then experiment with indie.
He's got a point.
I mention graphics sometimes, but at the end of the day the PC games that are actually interesting are precisely the ones you pretty much don't see on consoles.
Weird games. Complicated games... Things that don't make much sense. Heavy-duty simulations...
So... Yeah. Makes sense.
Funny thing - Civ 4 used to complain about my graphics settings all the time (but ran fine). On the other hand, Civ 5 didn't, but the "lowest settings" at the time was almost unplayable.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – Sophomore Matthew Traynor (Secaucus, N.J. ) led all players with six catches for 166 yards and a touchdown, as the Salve Regina University football team soared to a 16-7 victory in their home opener versus Montclair State on Saturday afternoon at Gaudet Field. The Seahawks improve to 2-0 the season and have now won eight straight games dating back to last year, while the Red Hawks fall to 0-2 overall.
The Seahawk defense was outstanding throughout the contest, holding their opponent to just 266 yards of total offense while allowing them to convert just one of thirteen third down attempts.
Senior Maxwell Shubert (West Chester, Pa.) made several big plays for the Seahawks, compiling five tackles, two interceptions and a blocked field goal, while fellow senior Matthew Markese (West Hartford, Conn.) recorded a team-high nine tackles (2.5 TFL). Seniors Ryan Mannon (Danbury, Conn.) and Anthony Hannon (Orange, Calif.) each made eight tackles in the win, while freshman Hayden Stanton (Wallingford, Conn.) impressed with four tackles and a game-high 1.5 sacks.
Traynor led the Salve Regina offensive with his 166 yards receiving, while quarterback Steven Wilken (Ringwood, N.J.) threw for 237 yards and a score, also rushing for 70 yards and a touchdown. Junior tailback Richie Edwards (Trumbull, Conn.) was a workhorse for the Seahawks, carrying the ball 33 times for 114 yards.
The Red Hawks were paced by junior running back A.J. Scoppa (New Milford, N.J.) who led all players with 134 yards on the ground while scoring Montclair's lone touchdown. Senior wideout Bryan Ogden (Wayne, N.J.) also had a strong day, reeling in five passes for 57 yards.
On defense, junior linebacker Dan Avento (Montvale, N.J.) led all players with 15 tackles (2.5 TFL), while junior Marc Aspinwall (Little Ferry, N.J.) recorded 11 stops on the day.
The game remained scoreless late into the first quarter, when Wilken hit Traynor for a 52-yard touchdown to put the Seahawks on top, 7-0, with just 2:19 to go in the opening frame.
After the Salve Regina defense responded to hold the Red Hawks to a quick three-and-out on the following possession, the Seahawks drove 59 yards on eight plays to set up a 28-yard field goal by freshman Christian Clark (Williamsport, Pa.) to take a 10-0 advantage.
Shubert helped hold the Red Hawks off the board on their next two drives with an interception and a blocked field goal to help send the Seahawks into the break leading 10-0.
Midway through the through the third quarter the Seahawks faced a fourth-and-four from the Montclair 40-yard line and brought the punt team out on the field. Salve Regina Head Coach Robert Chesney surprised everyone as the Seahawks executed a fake punt, with Shubert rushing 10 yards to pick up the first down and keep the drive alive.
Wilken completed what was a 10-play, 61-yard drive by plowing into the endzone from less than a yard out at the 4:55 mark of the third quarter. After the ensuing extra point failed, the Seahawk led 16-0.
The Red Hawk offense finally came to life late in the third quarter as Scoppa started picking up big chunks of yards on the ground. The eight-play, 84-yard drive took the two teams into the fourth quarter when Scoppa punched it in from four yards out to cut the Salve Regina lead to 16-7.
However, that completed the scoring for the day as the Seahawk defense continued to stifle the Montclair offense en route to sealing the 16-7 victory.
Montclair State will look to bounce back against Morrisville State College at home next Saturday, while the Seahawks will hit the road for their NEFC conference opener versus Fitchburg State at 1:30 p.m.


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EditBurst Fire is Key
Because your aim becomes less accurate (due to the recoil) the longer you fire your weapon, try firing in quick bursts instead. So hold it down for a second or two, release, then hold it again—repeat until your opponent is dead.
Firing while crouching not only makes you harder to hit, but also increases your accuracy immensely! Try it out and watch your kill count rise.
EditBecome Invisible
Crouch or take cover to make the gamer tag that appears over your head invisible to other players—handy for trying to ditch a chasing opponent or catching an opponent by surprise.
EditDriving is for Suckas
Yeah, yeah, we know, the game's called "Grand Theft Auto." That aside, driving a car should only be used from getting to Point A to Point B, and should not be relied upon as a weapon. Truth is, being inside a vehicle makes you a giant target. Even worse, vehicles aren't very maneuverable, nor can you shoot from them with any amount of accuracy. If you do happen to encounter an on-foot enemy while in a vehicle, either drive away, or attempt to run them over in one pass; if you miss, give up and continue on.
However, if you're on foot going up against a car, it's best to play chicken with it. That is, try and shoot the driver while he's driving toward you, then quickly dive out of the way just before he connects. Ideally, try to lure him into a wall so you can lay into him while he tries to turn around or get out—in either case, he's extremely vulnerable.
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Right, so aiming for the head probably isn't news to you, but it's an important tactic to keep in mind. If you're using lock-on, get in the habit of aiming slightly upward as soon as you get a lock, ensuring an instant headshot. Also, when battling a vehicle, aim for where the driver's head should be, they can be surprisingly easy to hit.


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Bushland, Texas - Friday marks the one year anniversary of the Bushland gas pipeline explosion.
NewsChannel 10's Kristen Guilfoos was there the night it happened last November and she went back Friday to speak with neighbors who saw it all unfold.
Watching a fireball 700 feet tall shoot into the sky in your backyard in the middle of the night is not something that's easily forgettable.
The residents in the Prairie West neighborhood we spoke with today say they're not sure they'll ever be able to get the pictures out of their mind, and some still have nightmares, even one year later.
Bushland resident Heather Fuentes saw everything unfold in her backyard. She says "The hardest part in the world was to leave and not know what we would find when we came back because those flames were just so intense. And we stood for quite a while at the high school and just watched. "
The Fuentes family also watched their neighbors and good friend's house incinerate almost instantly... The Torres family lawyer says they suffered serious physical and psychological damage when the pipeline exploded right next to their house.
Their 16-year-old daughter was burned so badly she will need at least 5 to 10 more surgeries, including skin grafts on her face.
El Paso Natural Gas has completely taken out the old pipeline and put it in a new one... Much farther away from houses. It is flowing at a reduced rate though... The feds are mandating it stay that way until they figure out what caused the massive blast.


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While Kim Kardashian is busy getting her post-Nori body back, "Fashion Facing Off" with Jennifer Hudson and loving life as a new mom, her ex-husband Kris Humphries is collecting some cash from that famous 20.5-carat engagement ring he gave her back in 2011.
According to Forbes, the Lorraine Schwartz bauble — which features a 16.5-carat emerald cut center stone flanked by a pair of 2-carat trapezoids — sold for $749,000 at a Christie's New York Magnificent Jewels auction on Tuesday. And while it's less than half than the $2 million he reportedly paid, it's still a nice chunk of change for the basketball star, who is gearing up for his first season as a Boston Celtic.
Last week, Humphries's rep confirmed to E! News that he was definitely the person selling the ring: "The ring is indeed Kris's property that he received through his marriage dissolution. He has long since moved on and is very much looking forward to a successful auction at Christie's on Tuesday, and of course to returning to the court this upcoming NBA season as a Boston Celtic."
RELATED: See more gigantic celebrity engagement rings!
Back in 2011, Kardashian gushed to PEOPLE about about her sparkler.
"In high school I went to Macy's and bought this fake ring, my 'perfect' ring, and this is almost the exact same," Kardashian said. "[Lorraine] always listened to what I would want and the shapes I love. I had said I loved an emerald cut and they were scheming and plotting for a while."
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Spring Vintage Dress
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This is my new favourite dress! My mum let me loose in the loft last night and gave me two dress she wore in the 70s/80s. Of these was this dress, it came half way down my calfs and had amazing puff ball sleeves, which I liked for being retro but didn't feel myself in. So I have let out the side seams slightly, added a few darts in, detached the sleeves, cut, hemmed and reattached and also lifted the bottom hem to just above my knees. And the best bit? The dress has pockets! I love pockets! I have left the square neckline to keep some of the original dress features. So here it is, my vintage Laura Ashley dress remade for 2013!
I thoroughly enjoyed having a picnic is the park wearing it although maybe shouldn't have tried climbing a tree in it!
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Mums second hand Laura Ashley dress
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May 6, 2013, 11.33 PMby c1arabe11e
Love the colours. It fits you great!
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it looks great on you so well done. i would've loved to have seen the origonal though x
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Event: Bollywood actresses Malaika Arora Khan, Sameera Reddy, Neha Dhupia, Amrita Arora and others attend Shilpa Shetty's baby shower. Shilpa was also snapped with hubby Raj Kundra at the event.
Guest List: Malaika Arora Khan, Sameera Reddy, Neha Dhupia, Amrita Arora, Raj Kundra, Nisha Jamwal, Manyata Dutt, Gauri Khan, Shamita Shetty
Date: 04-May-2012
Bollywood celeb Aamir Khan along with wife Kiran Rao were spotted at PVR.
Bollywood producers-directors Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Krishan Kumar, Ravi Bahl, Divya Khosla Kumar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Wardha Nadiadwala celebrate diwali with Bhushan Kumar
Bollywood celebs Kareena Kapoor Khan, Malaika Arora, Sonali Bendre, Nimrat Kaur among others were snapped by paparazzi.Bebo looked super cool in a casual look. She wore a white t-shirt with yoga pants...
Bollywood actress Shama Sikander celebrated Diwali festival at her residence.
Bollywood celebs Aamir Khan, Zaira Wasim, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Anil Kapoor, Nitesh Tiwari, Aparshakti Khurrana, Bhushan Kumar, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Sachin Tendulkar, Rajkumar Hir...


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A big thumbs up to Mulzer Crushed Stone Co. of Tell City.
Shubael Little Pioneer Village is a nonprofit 501C 3 organization dedicated to historical preservation and education. We host an open house annually and invite the public to experience life as our ancestors did in the mid to late 1850's. We also host student groups from surrounding areas.
Our annual Summer Fest Picnic and chicken and pork chop dinner sales this year was another success for our Lodge. Thanks to the patrons of Tell City and the surrounding areas for their huge support. Special thanks goes out to our fireworks sponsors. We could not have pulled it off without your help. Thank you all so much.
My name is Damon McCallister. I was arrested April 23, 2012, at a meth lab on 18th Street in Tell City.
At the time, I was in full blown addiction and refused to admit that I was powerless over my addiction. I sat in the old county jail until February or March of 2013 when I finally realized that I needed help and couldn't get it on my own.
I was sent to prison and had many people around who know how to work the system, as well as "old timers" who showed me that this is not the life someone like me could live.
Most people have it all wrong. The "Rule of Law" doesn't mean that laws apply to common folk. Heck, even North Koreans have that. Rule of Law means that nobody, especially among the ruling class, is above the law.
The principle is that the greater the power, the greater the danger; so the greater the accountability. Consequences are greater when rulers make mistakes, or commit crimes, so we have constitutions as a leash on politicians, not on us regular humans.
St. Paul Church Picnic 2016 is history. It was a very warm, dry Sunday afternoon in the park. If you didn't come, you missed a lot of games for the kids, you missed adult games and good fellowship.
You missed some good food, both in the air- conditioned Parish Hall or some tasty brats, burgers, and dogs in the Park. You missed seeing a very dedicated line dance group, the Silver Steppers Dancers.
Cannelton Elementary recently hosted the 39th annual St. Jude's Bike-A-Thon May 7, coordinated by Mrs. Charlene Hemmings.
Students rode 10 miles escorted by Cannelton Street Commissioner David Marsh, showing their support for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Overall, the children raised $2,204.20 for the hospital by getting sponsors to donate to them to ride in the Bike-A-Thon.
Each year, Waupaca donates a bike and safety helmet to the student that raises the most money for the charity. This year, we had three students very close.
A recent diagnosis of prostate cancer and being uninsured left us with many questions and fears. Those fears were quickly changed to nothing but positivity. This small town we call home has shown us nothing but love and support. A benefit poker run was quickly organized by family and friends to offset the medical expenses.
The enormous amount of prayers, encouragement and donations from most every local business large and small made the event a complete success.
The entire community backed me and my family with a warm embrace.
The 2016 Ohio River Sweep has come and gone!
Now, we would like to thank the volunteers who participated in the River Sweep. We would also like to thank the following donors of food, money and supplies: Chicago's Pizza, Subway, Noble's IGA, Papa John's Pizza, German American Bank, Franzman Insurance Agency, Tell City Junior-Senior High School, Domtar, Joseph and Marilyn Schoeppel, Larry Kleeman and Perry County Memorial Hospital.
The Tell City Golf Club finished its first season with a record of 13-0. The independently sponsored program's instruction focused on skills learned in the following areas: around the green, full swing, putting, golf rules and golf etiquette.
As head coaches of the Tell City Golf Club, we credit the club's success to having a well-balanced team. We had outstanding hard-working kids who all showed great improvement throughout the season.
State Rep. Lloyd Arnold
District 74
Unfortunately, over the past year, a few parents here in Southern Indiana have received the dreaded phone call telling them their child has been injured or killed in an all-terrain vehicle accident. As a father of four boys, I cannot begin to imagine getting a similar call. I am an outdoorsman who enjoys bringing my kids along with me and I understand how fun it is when the entire family participates in activities such as hunting, fishing, hiking and riding.
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By Alex Connelly | KF17 | Colombia
(Bogota Graffiti Wall)
After 2 months in the field I have finally landed in Bogota, Colombia's decidedly hip capital city and the location for the rest of my fellowship. Up until know I've been bouncing around the country visiting borrowers, living mostly out of a (admittedly very large) backpack and becoming a discerning connoisseur of Colombia's budget-hotel system. Before shifting my focus to my work here in Bogota, I've decided to pass on some tips picked up from my 25 Borrower Visits, both for future Kiva Fellows and for anyone else interested in the process of verifying those profiles on your computer screen.
#1 Never Turn Down A Drink/Sandwich
Strictly speaking, a BV wouldn't seem to be all that complicated. You go in, verify a list of information about loan terms and use, and you're on your way. But following such a check-list approach would be a serious mistake. After all, every borrower has unique circumstances and motivations, and the best way to truly gauge the impact of Kiva's loans is to tease these stories out. Luckily this couldn't be easier, as virtually every person I met was extremely hospitable, eager to invite me into their homes and offer me a snack. Always accept! This is the perfect way to extend your visit and dig deeper into both the professional and personal aspirations of the borrower. A good example is Alexander, a young father and Kiva borrower I met in Barranquilla, an industrial city on Colombia's Caribbean coast.
(I can't figure out which of his kids is more adorable)
My visit with Alexander lasted around forty minutes, maybe 15 of which were dedicated to gathering the info required by Kiva. The rest was just chatting over coffee on folding chairs outside his shop. He told me about how his Kiva loan had allowed him to set-up and stock the small corner-store next to his house, letting him spend the work-day next to his wife and two kids. He told me how, after paying off the loan, he had plans to request another one, both to expand his store's selection and to build another bedroom for his growing family. He told me above all how optimistic he was, how far he'd come and how much farther he planned to go. I left feeling great about the role microfinance plays in transforming people's lives, and I also left feeling deliciously caffeinated (see #5). A double-win.
#2 Bring Reading Material
My second week of visits I was sent to do a BV in Puerto Triunfo – a little pueblo about 4 hours outside of Medellin – notable mainly for its extreme heat and man-eating mosquitoes. I'd arranged to meet with Juan at 11am, but due to a variety of hiccups (car troubles, last-minute errands, possibly forgetting about the gringo entirely), he didn't show up until after six in the evening. I hadn't thought to bring a book, so I spent those seven hours largely drumming my fingers, pounding bottles of water, and setting ever more preposterously high records on my cell phone's copy of Snake. Since that day a book goes with me everywhere, if not two. Lesson learned.
#3 Pick The Brains Of The Loan Officers
This one should almost go without saying. What we see for a few months as Kiva Fellows the LO's see every day of their working lives: the complicated logistics of administering loans on the ground and the significant individual impacts that make it all worth it. It is always a thrill to walk into a LO's assigned neighborhood for the first time, to see how every 50 feet they get stopped by a smiling borrower or invited in for a drink. Pick their brains, invite them out for a beer, dig deeper.
(Mario, an FMSD Loan Officer, with borrower)
#4 Get A Real Camera
Part of the BV process is photographing the borrowers, as well as whatever interesting images grab your eye. At least superficially, the scratched lens on my iPhone was up to the task. Looking back at my pictures you can indeed tell that there are people in them, and that they seem to more-or-less match up to the photos we have on file. But how much better it would have been to have brought a real camera! Instead of combing through the dozens of blurry photos for the one presentable one, I could be littering my blog posts with crystal-clear images from the field. So it goes.
#5 Think Outside the Box
Back-to-back 6 hour bus rides, cold showers, and hotel mattresses can quickly lead to exhaustion and even low-morale if appropriate countermeasures are not taken. When facing multiple BVs in far-flung locations, the intrepid Kiva Fellow will do well to come up with innovative ideas to maintain a high energy level and enthusiasm at all times. To get the ball rolling, I've attached three of my solutions, developed and field-tested over weeks of trial-and-error:
1) Espresso 2) Café con Leche, and 3) Coffee Slushies. Apply 4-6 times daily.
#6 Motorcycles Are Awesome
Not really a tip so much as a statement of fact. Motorcycles can get you quickly where cars or buses can't reach, and they're an absolute godsend in the field. Just be sure to put on a helmet and hold tight, cuz the roads are going to get bumpy.
Go get 'em.
Alex Connelly is a Kiva Fellow working on education loans in Bogota.
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Joe (jorkel) wrote:
It's interesting to see these old posts dragged up with snappy new variants. It's also interesting that the originals never made it into the Eggcorn Database. In fact, fewer than 30 eggcorns have been added to that list of 630 since I began posting in the summer of 2006, and only one of those 30 was mine … and maybe only 10-15 from this forum. By now I've suggested well over 100 (and many other forum contributors have each suggested dozens as well). Just some curious math which suggests that high-level interest in eggcorns has been on the wane for several years now even while we experience wave after wave of inspiration in the forum … the most recent wave being the spate of 10 or so excellent eggcorns this past month.
I've copied this from the "seed change" thread as it seems to belong more here than there.
I agree that the current situation is deplorable, though to be sure we're having fun, and maybe that's the most important thing. Still …
Could we do something short of staging a palace coup or a rebellion, and ask the powers that be if maybe you and Pat, or Pat and Kem, or Kem and David B, be empowered to add stuff to the Database? (Maybe for safety's sake they should both be in agreement on anything to go up.) There is indeed a whole lot of material that we have dug up or come across since Summer '06.
(If you all are willing to do this. It would be a lot of work. For which reason, count me out of the list of candidates, I think!)
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
David—As you know, there's an earlier thread on this page about more or less the same topic: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/view … hp?id=1824
And my memory is that there's at least one other thread somewhere talking about creating short lists of high-priority eggcorns that should make it into the Database. Am I making that up? And if not, does anyone remember where it was?
Anyhow, something similar to what you've proposed here was also floated a few years ago, and nothing ultimately came of it. That doesn't mean it isn't worth broaching the topic again, but we do have to get Chris on board before anything like this can happen.
Chris herself suggested getting together a "short list" of material that should go into the Database. Maybe it'd be worthwhile talking about about, say, the 40-50 items from the forum and its predecessor that we'd like to see prioritized. I'd suggest avoiding material from 2010, so we can have the benefit of hindsight on that material. And with the last few years, we've got the annual best-of lists as a help.
I don't know how we'd go about deciding on a final list—consensus has never been our strong suit—but it might be fun to try.
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Skip to comments.Lava Flows From Hawaii Into the Ocean at Night (VIDEO)
Posted on 12/04/2012 2:50:53 PM PST by nickcarraway
Streams of lava pouring into the ocean from the Big Island have been captured in a rare video that's drawing attention from around the globe.
The Kilauea Volcano has been erupting continuously from its Pu'u'O'o vent since 1983, according to Reuters, but the lava flow usually doesn't make the seven-mile journey into the ocean.
Lava first started flowing into the ocean on November 25. You can track the lava's flow on the National Parks Service website.
And officials are cautioning curious tourists to keep their distance. See a slideshow of the lava flow. "Ocean entries can be quite beautiful but also quite dangerous," Janet Babb, spokeswoman for the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, told Reuters.
Babb said chunks of lava and hot water created from the lava-to-ocean impact can hurt people standing as far as 100 yards away.
"The molten lava meeting the ocean creates steam which may look innocuous, but can be quite hazardous," she said. "It's acidic and contains tiny particles of volcanic glass. And waves crashing with the lava can send out scalding water."
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The steam will be used to power Baraq's new mansion. Surely there's a multi-million green energy subsidy in there someplace.
It's hard to call this rare when it was flowing into the ocean like this day after day for years.
They listed it on the cruise ship itineraries for night-time sail bys
I understand he's flying down there over Christmas to confer with fellow divine Madam Pele.
Wow, that's pretty spectacular.
Here's the youtube direct link so you don't have to mess with yahoo.
Rare meaning they didn't get very close. It would have been medium or even well done if the photographer didn't have a telephoto lens.
I kid you not, I saw it with my own eyes from the deck of a sailboat on the first day of a solo trip from Hilo on the Big Island, south around the corner, and onward to Guam. The Big Island is so damn big it took me until way at night just to turn the corner, and the orange lave was visible against the black island. That was pretty cool. Took me a month to get to Guam, sailing on the trades from the high to low teens in latitude. That was the middle point of my longest solo, Panama-Hawaii-Guam. I'd never do long trips solo again, if I had a choice. With crew is much better.
Not saying what I'm thinking, not saying what I'm thinking...
Did they get a permit for that lava flow?
Uh, hardly rare.
It's an experience watching in person a lava flow.
The EPA is not pleased with this at all!
After seeing all the paperwork I had to do just to build a new dock... I'm surprised the Corps do Engineers would allow this. :-)
After seeing all the paperwork I had to do just to build a new dock... I'm surprised the Corps of Engineers would allow this. :-)
Well, nuts. That wasn't sposed ta post twice.
That sure sounds like something else. I should like to do that sometime.
We just got back from Hawaii (Kona side) a few weeks ago and drove over to the wet side to see Volcanoes National Park.
No photograph will ever do justice to capture the experience of looking down into Halema'uma'u Crater's caldera from the rim. It rivals the Grand Canyon for awesome beauty, but it's fear factor is something that will cause silent prayers while visiting it. I looked around at the faces of the visitors while we were there and saw very few fools with carefree disregard for what they were experiencing. Many of the people I saw had this "We're sort of risking our lives here right now, aren't we?" look on their faces. I'm sure that I did.
After looking down into that lava, I can certainly understand how the native Hawaiians in the 19th century initially learned about Jesus from the Christian missionaries and promptly used whatever Hawaiian word there was for 'bullshit' and kept right on cowering in mortal fear of Pele the Goddess of Fire, that she would again grow angry with mankind.
If Halema'uma'u erupts again in my lifetime in an explosive event like it did in 1924, I'm dropping whatever I'm doing and flying to Hilo on the next plane out so I can see it happen. I looked out over that several mile wide plain of black lava flow and wished with all my heart to see it as a enormous lake of fire and lava like they did 90 years ago.
Yeah, no doubt. Looking straight into the bowels of hell, on an open fiery sore right at the surface. I just saw the orange fire in the distance, but I was close enough to know what it was. You were way, way closer, looking down into the maw.
We were in Hawaii in 1987, and were able to view this same vent spewing lava into the ocean and the ENORMOUS sheets of steam that rise up as the molten lava hits the water. The area is not easy to get to and is barricaded in some spots but if you ask around, people know how you can get over there. Probably the most spectacular event I have seen in my lifetime. We had our children with us and they still talk about how fascinating that was!
It was flying over the volcano in a helicopter, walking along the surface lava flows and diving the lava tubes that convinced me that anthropomorphic CO2 estimates by the IPCC were false.
The pre-IPCC estimates were that humans produced an insignificant amount of CO2 in the carbon cycle. After AR1 (we're at AR4 now) all that changed and the UNEP started predicting global warming. IPCC now says we produce 3-4% of global CO2.
I truly think termite farts contain far more CO2 than man produces, not to mention the world's bacteria. And despite reports by New Scientist and others, I think volcanos (especially underwater ones) produce far more CO2 than we do.
What, to tell her to quit polluting "his" state?
Rotsa ruck with that ...
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Ordinary Time: August 6th
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This feast became widespread in the West in the 11th century and was introduced into the Roman calendar in 1457 to commemorate the victory over Islam in Belgrade. Before that, the Transfiguration of the Lord was celebrated in the Syrian, Byzantine, and Coptic rites. The Transfiguration foretells the glory of the Lord as God, and His Ascension into heaven. It anticipates the glory of heaven, where we shall see God face to face. Through grace, we already share in the divine promise of eternal life.According to the 1962 Missal of St. John XXIII the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, in addition to the Feast of the Transfiguration; today is also the feast Sts. Sixtus II and Felicissimus & Agapitus who were martyred during the persecution of Valerian.
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Our divine Redeemer, being in Galilee about a year before His sacred Passion, took with him St. Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, Sts. James and John, and led them to a retired mountain. Tradition assures us that this was Mount Thabor, which is exceedingly high and beautiful, and was anciently covered with green trees and shrubs, and was very fruitful. It rises something like a sugar-loaf, in a vast plain in the middle of Galilee. This was the place in which the Man-God appeared in His glory.
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The Martyrs Archdeacon Laurence, Pope Sixtus, Deacons Felicissimus and Agapitus, the Soldier Romanus were citizens of Rome, and suffered in the year 258 under the emperor Valerian (253-259). Holy Pope Sixtus, born at Athens, received a fine education, preached in Spain and was made bishop in Rome following the martyr's death of Holy Pope Stephen. These were times when a pope occupying the Roman throne, was known to choose death for the faith. In a short while St Sixtus also was arrested and put in prison together with his deacons Felicissimus and Agapitus.


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You won't go home hungry after the Jamestown Community Chorus' concerts next month. Chorus members, who always provide the postconcert refreshments, have been asked to prepare items out of the chorus' new cookbook, "Bach, Beethoven, and Bread" that will be offered for sale for $7 at the concerts. Jessica Wilson reports that the cookbook project has been coordinated by Pat Perry. The concerts will be held Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 and Sunday, May 3, at 3 p.m. at the Central Baptist Church. Tickets are $10 and $7 for seniors and children. They will be available at the door or in advance at The Secret Garden, Jamestown Hardware and Baker's Pharmacy.
In response to Peter C. Pemantell's query about the sandwich shop on Ferry Wharf, Judy Garlick called to say the business was first owned by Bill and Janice Garnett and later by Nick and Mary Bakios and called Nick's Sandwich Shop. She said that Nick's had a soft ice cream machine and while crowds waited for the ferry there'd be a line out the door, particularly during the Newport folk and music festivals.
Patti Vandal e-mailed that she had worked as a purserette on the ferry from 1949 to 1954. "The coffee shop was next to the waiting room and at the time was run by Mr. and Mrs. Garnett."
Judy corrected our misspelling of Tefft and said that the place was owned by Coleman (hence the Coley) Tefft and his wife, Bea. She said that friends John Clarke and Frank Garlick worked there as dishwashers. One night at high tide, instead of washing the dishes, the duo threw them in the water. The next morning at low tide they lay on the mud for all the world to see. Bea fired the two but later rehired them.
Shirley Hull called to say her grandfather, Howard Ellis, owned a restaurant at the same location before it was Tefft's, and she has a 1928 photograph to prove it.
As far as Charlie the barber goes, Linda and Jack Albaugh said the barber shop was on the corner of Fowler and Swinburne and that his name was Charlie Rimshaw.
John Quinn wrote, "Charlie had his shop and cut hair in his house at 3 Fowler Street. As you look at the house, the shop was on the right-hand end. The old door to the shop has been removed and is now covered with siding. I had haircuts there many times. There's also the possibility that at some point earlier than that time he had his shop between Lang's Dry Goods Store and Hunt's Drug Store which was run by Sanford Crowell. This shop was also the location where a much younger barber, who might well have been Ken started into the business. I'm not really sure who that younger guy really was. PS: I also had much more hair when I was one of Charlie's customers."
So, there'll be no more Columbus Days at Brown University. What's next, no more Thanksgivings? After all, the pilgrims must have offended a native American somewhere along the way.
The Jamestown Education Foundation will once again sponsor its 8-week spring after-school program beginning Monday at the school. Activities will include creating a new messenger bag out of recycled Capri Sun pouches, yoga, digital photography and working with the Melrose School newspaper.
Four hearty pansy plants were in a box on our deck Easter morning. As in past years the mystery bunny had made an early-hour visit.
John A. Murphy asks: What TV "sidekick" hailed from "Eastsidalia"? Clue: He had a very "religious" name.
Betty Kinder, Maggie B ulmer and Linda and Jack Albaugh knew last week's poser. Maggie supplied the lyrics:
… Don't take it serious, it's too mysterious
You work, you slave, you worry so, but you can't take it with you when you go, go, go
So keep repeating, it's the berries and the strongest oak must fall
The best things in life to you have been loaned so how can you lose what you've never owned
Life is just a bowl of cherries, so live and laugh at it all.
Maggie said she saw the music performed in FOSSE at PPAC years ago and that it was sensational.
This from Bob Fleming:
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It's name and fame came down to us, from many years ago,
The sons of all good fellows, as true as true can be,
It's a habit they acquired at the high school by the sea.
"As I read of the passing of Pet Viera, I remembered the happier days when he attended De La Salle Academy in the class with Peter Drury, Charles Broadhurst and Tony Faria. His uncle Frank Piva was an avid follower of basketball when the Eastern State Catholic Invitational tournaments were held in that school's small gym on Bellevue Avenue. The best players in the country performed there, for example, Tom Gola of La Salle of Philadelphia, who went on to basketball's Hall of Fame.
"But we also remember the names of other townies who attended there. The Gillises headed by Ken, the Picards headed by Paul, the LeDouxs headed by Emil, the Vieras, the Drummonds, the Smiths, the Drurys, the O'Briens, the Pivas and all the rest.
"Yes, there was only a small segment who attended De La Salle from the Clarke School but they made an endurable imprint on its history."
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Cross Insurance Center's Burger Now Has An Official Name
It's official! The name of the new Cross Insurance Center's signature burger is "The Penobscot Poundah!"
The name was suggested by Jack Keenan and The Keenan family of Bangor. Mr. Keenan will now receive two club level tickets to the show of his choice, name recognition within the arena and at the concession stands, and two Penobscot Poundahs for his dining enjoyment!
Over the past few weeks, 1000 suggested names were submitted to the Center's website. The list was narrowed down to 10 by Global Spectrum, managers of Cross Insurance Center and Ovations Food Services, the creators of the burger. Final round voting began last Friday.
The newly named Penobscot Poundah consists of a half pound of Angus beef piled high with bacon, lettuce, tomato and onions. Everything's topped off with a mound of poutine, which is french Fries, gravy and cheese curds!
The Penobscot Poundah will make it's debut this Thursday when country star Hunter Hayes plays the Cross Insurance Center. The Center will hold a "Tweet To Eat" event during the show for folks with the munchies who'd like to try the new burger at a discount. Just tweet during the concert with the hash tag #CICPenobscotPoundah and mention @CICBangor. Then show the tweet at Tapas Concessions on the Penobscot (section 105) or The Blue Ox Grill (section 115) and receive $1 off the Penobscot Poundah.


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The chemistry major has become increasingly attractive to Grinnell women students, and many of these graduates have gone on to complete graduate and professional degree programs. Of such students with advanced degrees, the 17 women presented in this poster are currently in teaching, research, or administrative positions in colleges or universities.
Honorary degree recipients who were chemistry majors at Grinnell
Mary Sue Coleman, Class of 1965
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- Ph.D. in biochemistry, University of North Carolina, 1970
- Faculty member, Biochemistry Department, University of Kentucky, 1971-89
- Dean of Research and Vice-chancellor, University of North Carolina, 1990-92
- Academic Vice President & Provost, University of New Mexico, 1993-96
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Gov. Rick Scott cast his presidential primary ballot Tuesday morning at a community center on Tallahassee's west side, but wouldn't say how he voted.
"It's a secret ballot, fortunately," Scott told reporters afterward. "He had less than 10 letters in the last name. I was trying to think of some way where everybody would be in." The conventional media wisdom is that Scott is a Mitt Romney voter, but he wouldn't say. He has a day featuring more than a dozen live radio and TV interviews, where he can expect to be asked that question again and again.
The cat-and-mouse game persisted when a reporter asked Scott if his candidate of choice has fewer than eight letters. Said Scott: "I'm not telling you how I voted." He said his daughter Alison and her husband "split their vote" -- so whoever the Scotts prefer, it isn't unanimous.
Inside the Lincoln Neighborhood Center, Scott made small talk with Cedric Thomas, a pollworker who like Scott is a U.S. Navy veteran. But they swapped small talk over their military service, and Thomas said Scott didn't tell him how he voted either.
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East Gippsland education vision launched
A plan to improve the educational outcomes of East Gippsland residents was launched in Bairnsdale yesterday.
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Victorian Higher Education Minister Peter Hall says the Government is preparing to roll out 21 remote learning centres, including some in Gippsland.
"So they are well underway and within 12 months we will see expansion of those, the trade training facility is one that we are strong advocates ... [of] and my earliest discussions with the new Coalition Government will seek to advance that forward," he said.
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UFC Fight Night 112 saw some major controversy in the main event. The fight between Michael Chiesa and Kevin Lee was anticipated to be a high stakes game between two fighters hoping to enter title contention with a win Sunday night. But instead of everyone speaking on how great the main event was, everyone is talking about Mario Yamasaki's supposed "flub."Read More DIGG THIS


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Architectural Salvage Shops in Minneapolis
Finding something for your home that is salvaged is very rewarding because you can give it a new life, it comes with well established character, and it is likely to be unique. Finding exactly what you need at a salvage store can be challenging. I had the good fortune of visiting several of the fine architectural salvage shops in Minneapolis this weekend. Here is a rundown of what they have to offer.
- Guilded Salvage
Guilded Salvage has everything you expect to find in terms of hardware, doors, and fixtures. They also have good selection of wood cupboards and cabinets. Find Gilded Salvage in North Minneapolis.
- Architectural Antiques
I heard Architectural Antiques described as the Martha Stewart of the architectural salvage scene in Minneapolis. Not knowing what to expect from this recommendation, I was pleased to find tidy showrooms, artfully arranged pieces, wide aisles, and meticulously organized collections of hardware.The staff was knowledgeable, friendly, and very helpful. Find Architectural Antiques in Northeast Minneapolis.
- Bauer Brothers Salvage
Wear close toed shoes and bring work gloves to maximize your enjoyment of Bauer Brothers Salvage. There are thousands of items available for applications that range from home remodeling to opening a restaurant to outfitting a locker room. They even have lumber and timber. Find Bauer Brothers in North Minneapolis.
- Art and Architecture
This store has a tendency to stock pieces of pipe organs, solid wood thrones, stained glass windows, and similarly dramatic elements of former worship spaces. Not to be ignored, are the frequent sightings of well worn and full of character work benches from a variety of professions. Brave light rail construction to get to Art and Architecture in Prospect Park.
Best Salvage Shops: Coast to Coast
• Salvage One: Architectural Elements
• Silver Fox Salvage: Architectural Salvage & Vintage Decor
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(Images: 1.Architectural Antiques , 2. Guilded Salvage, 3.Laurie McGinley)