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WorldVistA on Ubuntu
Note: More up-to-date instructions for installing the server may exist.
WorldVistA consists of two parts: a database server and a collection of client modules. The server runs in Linux, whereas the clients are generally Windows-based (at this time). The first step is to install the WorldVistA server. It can be installed on the operating system of a stand-alone computer or on the guest operating system of a virtual machine (usually running on the same computer as the client modules).
When the VistA server is run within a virtual machine on the same computer as the client modules, a fully self-contained WorldVistA EHR is created on a single computer.
- If you will run the WorldVistA server on a standalone computer, then install the Ubuntu Server edition as an operating system on that computer first. (You can add an ubuntu-desktop or kubuntu-desktop GUI to the server later, if you so desire).
- If you will run the WorldVistA server within a virtual machine, then install the Ubuntu Server edition (virtual machine minimal install) into a virtual machine first. See these instructions.
Record Then proceed in a similar fashion (in each type of operating system installation) for the subsequent installation of Astronaut VistA.
- 1 Preparing your server
- 2 Installation
- 3 Installation Notes
- 4 Installing on a Server edition
- 5 Installing WorldVistA Server in a Virtual Machine
- 6 Use a static IP address for the server
- 7 Connect with a CPRS client
- 8 Using the VistA Configuration Utility
- 9 Using the VistA Clinical Scheduling utility
- 10 Configure access to the VistA server from the Internet through a virtual server
- 11 Other resources
Preparing your server
- The Astronaut installer uses an emerging standardized installation framework for VistA derivatives (WorldVistA and OpenVistA currently). These instruction reflect this framework, with modifications I have used in setting up my system on Ubuntu.
- A secure SSH tunnel is created between the Astronaut client(s) and the Astronaut VistA server using port 22. Information coming from a client's port 9260 is sent through this tunnel and received by the the VistA server's port 9260. (The network only sees traffic over port 22.) So that the network can always find the VistA server, it should have a static IP address on the LAN. Your LAN (router) should then forward port 22 (and perhaps port 9260 during testing) traffic to the VistA server's IP address on the LAN. Make sure any firewall running on the VistA server firewall allows port 22 (and, to be safe, port 9260) traffic through.
It is easiest to set this up before using the Astronaut installer, since the Astronaut server installer autodetects IP address settings.
WorldVistA is the largest and most robust CCHIT-approved electronic health Record platform in the public domain. It is is based on the US Veterans Administration health Record system and is GPL licensed. The database and server can be installed on a standalone server (which would then be accessed over a network by clients on other computers) or can be installed in a virtual machine on a computer which also contains the clients (creating a self-contained EHR on a single computer). There are several installation packages. (The original WorldVistA site is here.)
- Apache2 is required. It can be installed individually (sudo apt-get install apache2) or as part of a LAMP (Linux, Apache2, MySQL, PHP) installation:
sudo tasksel install lamp-server
- The OpenSSH server is required:
sudo tasksel install openssh-server
- If you are installing on a Server edition without a desktop, you will also need:
sudo apt-get install wget iptables nano
- A package can be installed directly from the Astronaut VistA repositories (replace lucid with karmic if using Karmic Koala 9.10) by adding the repository:
sudo echo "deb http://software.astronautvista.com/deb lucid main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lucid-partner.list sudo apt-get update
- then installing the Astronaut version of the OpenVistA server:
sudo apt-get install astronaut-wv-server-beta
- Open incoming ports 9260 and 22 in your firewall. If behind a router, make sure these ports are forwarded to the IP address of the computer acting as the WorldVistA server.
- Note: Astronaut routes all communications through an SSH tunnel (port 22) using PuTTY (on the client side) and OpenSSH (on the server side). If you will only connect using this SSH tunnel, you do not need port 9260 to be open on (or forwarded by) your router. Alternatively, if you connect between clients and the server directly (using port 9260), then you do not need port 22 to be open. Note that connecting directly through port 9260 directly is slightly less secure, so it is discouraged when connecting through the Internet.
- Note: This installation installs the WorldVistA database and server in an Ubuntu Linux OS (that resides either on a standalone computer or in a virtual machine). The CPRS user client for WorldVistA is written in Delphi for Windows (and works imperfectly in Wine). The CPRS client is therefore usually installed onto a Windows-based PCs (or onto USB flashdrives). These CPRS clients connect through the network to the WorldVistA server on a Ubuntu Linux-based server PC, or directly to the server running in a virtual machine.
Installation Notes
- The MUMPS database (GT.M) is installed into /opt/lsb-gtm/V5.3-004A_i686.
- The WorldVistA EHR program is installed into /opt/worldvista/EHR.
- m2web is installed into /opt/worldvista/EHR/web/m2web.
- A startup file is installed as /etc/init.d/vista-EHR.
- The listener port for clients like CPRS is 9260.
- The listener port for m2web is 80.
The following default actions were done:
gtm Mumps interpreter installed in: /opt/lsb-gtm/gtm Default user id created: worldvistaEHR in /home/worldvistaEHR textEHR user id created. VistA software installed in: /opt/worldvista/EHR Started port listener on port: 9260 Open port: 9260
NEXT STEPS: Log in as user: worldvistaEHR with default password: vista!123 You will be prompted to immediately change the password. Use a strong password. Full disk encryption of your Linux is strongly recommended.
Write down the IP address of this machine and port:
IP address of this machine: 192.168.0.24 Port: 9260
(Obviously, Record the IP address of your own server.)
Installing on a Server edition
Note: The command "apt-get -f install" finds and installs unmet dependencies. This is only needed for Server editions in which a package manager is not installed.
Installing WorldVistA Server in a Virtual Machine
There are two methods for doing this.
- Install the Ubuntu Server edition (virtual machine minimal install) into a virtual machine (like VirtualBox) and then install Astronaut WorldVistA on top of this. See these instructions.
- The WorldVistA EHR Personal Toaster is a self-contained appliance for Windows that includes a bundled QEMU virtual machine, a Damn Small Linux operating system, and a WorldVistA server (it does not use the Astronaut format). All are installed in a one-step process.
Another example solution is demonstrated in this YouTube video.
Use a static IP address for the server
It will be difficult for the WorldVistA clients to locate the WorldVistA server if the IP address of the server is always changing (i.e. repeatedly assigned a new dynamic IP address by the router/network DHCP server). It is best, therefore, to assign a static IP adress to the server.
The network administrator must assign the static IP address on the LAN for use by the server (especially if a DNS nameserver is in use on the network). Let's say the LAN has a router/gateway address of 192.168.1.1, a static IP address range of 192.168.1.125 - 192.168.1.253, and the server is assigned an IP address of 192.168.1.135. Then the Ubuntu Server can be configured to use this static IP address.
- When the Ubuntu Server OS is running, edit the /etc/network/interfaces Configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
- Make sure the settings are similar to:
# The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # # The primary network interface auto eth0 #iface eth0 inet dhcp # iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.135 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.1
- Reboot the Ubuntu OS again so that the new IP address is used.
sudo reboot
Connect with a CPRS client
- See the Astronaut CPRS client package installation and Configuration instructions.
Using the VistA Configuration Utility
- See the VistA Configuration Utility usage instructions.
Using the VistA Clinical Scheduling utility
The Clinical Scheduler from the Indian Health System's RPMS system has been imported as one of the modules included with an Astronaut VistA installation.
- See the VistA Clinical Scheduling Utility usage instructions.
Configure access to the VistA server from the Internet through a virtual server
Other resources
- This page was adapted from Kubuntuguide.


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"The Croods" could club its way to box-office success this weekend, as the animated caveman movie looks certain to end up No. 1.
The 3-D DreamWorks Animation film is likely to open with a solid $40 million, according to those who have seen pre-release audience surveys. The weekend's other big debut, the special-effects-heavy White House action-thriller "Olympus Has Fallen," will trail behind with a so-so $20 million.
Meanwhile, two lower-budget pictures -- the Tina Fey comedy "Admission" and the R-rated party flick "Spring Breakers -- are set to launch with less than $10 million apiece.
"The Croods," which cost roughly $135 million to produce, is a comedy-adventure about a cave family, with characters voiced by Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone and Ryan Reynolds. The movie has received excellent reviews so far: On Thursday morning, the picture had notched a 76% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The film is the first DreamWorks Animation movie to be released by 20th Century Fox, with which DreamWorks Animation began a five-year distribution deal at the start of the year. For the last six years, Paramount Pictures had distributed the studio's animated films.
The performance of "The Croods" will be closely monitored by Wall Street investors, given the failure of DreamWorks Animation's last film, "Rise of the Guardians." The company said in February that it would be forced to take an $87-million write-down on the 2012 holiday film, which collected a disappointing $300 million worldwide.
"Olympus Has Fallen," which stars Aaron Eckhart, Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman, follows a former Secret Service agent as he single-handedly fights off terrorists who have taken over the White House. Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the R-rated action movie is so far generating the most interest among older men.
Financed by Avi Lerner's Millennium Entertainment, the roughly $70-million picture cost no money for U.S. distributor FilmDistrict to acquire, though the company has made a substantial marketing commitment.
The film is the first of two White House-set action films to hit theaters this year. In June, Roland Emmerich's "White House Down" -- also about a hero attempting to save the president from a terrorist attack -- will be released by Sony Pictures. So far, "Olympus Has Fallen" has not earned outstanding critical notices, and will also have to contend with the action film "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" at the box office starting next week.
"Admission" could be the first box-office bomb for "Saturday Night Live" alum Tina Fey. The comedienne starred opposite Amy Poehler in 2008's "Baby Mama" and Steve Carell in 2010's "Date Night" -- each of which sold a healthy number of tickets.
In her latest film, Fey appears with Paul Rudd as an uptight Princeton University admissions officer whose life takes a turn when she meets the director of an alternative high school. The movie, which has gotten the worst reviews of any of the weekend's new releases, was financed by Universal Pictures' Focus Features label for roughly $13 million.
Meanwhile, filmmaker Harmony Korine's art house hit "Spring Breakers" will expand to 1,000 theaters this weekend. Playing in just three locations last weekend, the film about four debauched college girls on vacation in Florida scored the best per-screen average of any movie in limited release so far this year.

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Sorry, Dad: Davenport lifts O'Connor
Taft football coach Brian Davenport tries to stay neutral when his Raiders play O'Connor in baseball, where his son Zachary is a second baseman.
Brian will usually sit on the Taft side, but on Thursday, for his youngest son's last regular-season game, he stood behind the Panthers' dugout. That's where he watched Zachary hit the game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving O'Connor a 1-0 victory at Northside Athletic Complex.
"I'm sure he was happy and sad," Zachary said. "But I know he's proud of both me and the Taft team."
Davenport's hit sent Billy Craft home and gave No. 2 O'Connor (24-4-2) a perfect 16-0 record in District 27-5A, a stunning six games ahead of a four-way tie for second place that includes Taft.
The game remained scoreless until the ninth inning as both starting pitchers, O'Connor's Mark Ecker and Taft's Jordan Hackett, were masterful.
Ecker, a Texas A&M signee, threw 17 strikeouts in seven innings, allowing two hits. His catcher, Justin Garcia (6-1), threw two hitless innings in relief to earn the victory.
Ecker had 11 strikeouts through four innings and a four-strikeout inning in the seventh, leaving two runners stranded. He has 103 strikeouts in 50 innings pitched this season.
Taft countered with Hackett, who has guided his team through a remarkable turnaround this season. After Taft (12-15) began the season with a 2-11 record, Hackett helped the Raiders storm into the playoff race with a 5-1 record and 1.21 ERA.
Hackett threw eight innings, keeping O'Connor off balance and leaving eight Panthers stranded. But the Panthers were able to get to Taft's relievers, setting up Davenport's game-winning single and an O'Connor dogpile.
Taft, at 10-6 in district play, is tied with Stevens, Warren and Brandeis. Because Taft and Warren hold the tiebreakers, Brandeis and Stevens will play at 5 p.m. Friday at Northside to determine 27-5A's fourth playoff spot.
Correction: This story has been updated to correct the name of a player.


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There's really no reason to be a jerk for the hell of it. I have the door analogy happen all the time at work. I open the door for the person behind me, she waltzes through the second door and doesn't bother to return the favor. I usually laugh of the lack of courtesy I guess you could call it, but I still continue to open doors for people, let women on/off the elevator first, donate, etc.
If you're expecting praise or a reward for everyday kindness you're doing it wrong.
If the stars are eternal, so are you and I.
KhmerKittyKat wrote:
People nowadays treat each other like trash, basically.
People nowadays are kinder more egalitarian than people have been in a long, long time. Slavery is gone. Women have rights. Children have rights. Chances are, where you live, people are not being killed for what they do or don't believe.
KhmerKittyKat wrote:
I just want to know that there is generosity amongst people. I consider that a part of our human nature that what makes our evolutionary process more of a grand design. If we lose that part, what makes us different from any other "animal" ?
What makes us different from other animals? Generosity? Altruism? Morality? These are traits that we can find in other animals. We just reused them for our own benefit. These traits are important but if you're looking for something that makes us different, you probably need to look for something else.
Free your mind!
I'll always be kind and empathetic, because that's just the way I am. My faith in humanity, however, was lost long ago...and from the way I see it, it's never coming back.
I'm Back Baby!
If you have to worry about what everyone else is doing, then you're your biggest problem.
If you have to ask yourself all those questions just to decide if you should be a nice person or an asshole, then you're no better than anybody else.
Think for yourself and be how you want to be. Don't clump yourself up with "humanity," just be human... whatever that means to you.
I apologize in advance for late responses and dropped conversations.
just remember, karma will come back to pay you a visit. you never know when a small act of kindness you perform can turn into the greatest opportunity of your life.
I'm more interested in this magical period of time you repeatedly mention where being courteous and kind to everyone was part of popular culture. I don't recall there ever being a period of time where everyone was just nice.
When I was good to someone and they act like a hypocrite and rude.....
They'll be seeing me knocking on their front door (if they have one)
When I give money to homeless people while driving by
I turn back around a hour later and see what they do with it.
When I hear someone cuss
I just turn around and glare
and say "That mouth of yours will be in hell"
When someone dosent appreciate the work I did for them that they wouldn't do
I just shrug my shoulders knowing that what goes around comes around
When someone just stab me in the back with their words for No reason
I just smile and say "and you too "
When humans can't understand what's considerate and what's inappropriate
I just know, that I was that dumb to one day in my life
When people cant understand humans will be humans
I just cry......
Yeah im probably off topic....but..yeah sorry for that -.-
it probably makes no sense
[I want to die]
DetectiveAlex, I totally agree
[I want to die]
Hollownerox wrote:
Just read this article, I'm pretty sure it can restore anyone's faith in humanity.
But in case you want to crush your faith in humanity even more, here's another one.
Faith in humanity is the only kind of faith I have. God can go suck it.
But my take-away from that first link is the duck feeding the fish. Faith restored in all of existence.
DetectiveAlex wrote:
I'm more interested in this magical period of time you repeatedly mention where being courteous and kind to everyone was part of popular culture. I don't recall there ever being a period of time where everyone was just nice.
You know, back in the days of Romeo and Juliet. Where you had your knight in shining armor lmao.
But yeah. Idk what times she's talking about either.
Here's a secret. Keep a photo in your album.
You should go through life being kind, but also having a back bone and standing up for yourself.
The ridiculously nice guy who doesn't ever argue usually ends up with a controlling bitch of a wife (or maybe a husband, too!)
The ridiculously nice guy who stands up for himself as well usually ends up with a good girl.
Enoshima BOWL!
nah. there is really no point to being kind and generious anymore. That is just the way it is now days, at least in our country. The kindest thing i did in recent memory is on halloween night I was going back to my house by train (this was the last train to make a stop at my house)... there was hardly anyone on the train except for myself. I was just about to get off when I noticed laying on the seat was a womans purse. I looked all around the train car to see if anybody was there. witness ect. Anyways I stuffed the purse into my backpack and took it home with me. To my luck the contents were as follows. A fossil purse, iPhone 3GS, Car keys and cheap sunglasses. I could have easily sold the stuff on craigslist. But instead I called the girls friend (contact) to pick up the purse. Why did I do it. Because I felt a sense of infatuation of the girl I never even met. And I got nothing in return. I am still kicking my ass to this day. Seriously I could have invested that money into legitamate things that would have made me more money. I see it we live in a dog eat dog world, where the strong crush the weak. That is all.
I guess its being kind and giving, but I don't see it that way. I just do what I want to do, and I have the opportunity to do it ill do it. if that person stabs me in the back or lies about what he was going to do with what I give him. oh well. My mistake. I guess ill never stop being a kind and giving person.
Holy....fandango, its been ages.
I try to be nice, it's hard sometimes, but it's who I am.
yeah this is how life is people are turning into animals.
Surfing the net.


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MarioLemieux1992 wrote:he was between the benches! what did he do? climb over the glass and go upto the owners box to get hammered with mario??edog wrote:pfim wrote:newarenanow wrote:MarioLemieux1992 wrote:wrongSpinnerSpencer wrote:They just said on Junker and Crow it was Pierre McGuire.
What do you mean wrong. Wrong that they didn't say it on Junker and Crowe, or wrong, because you still think it was JB.
Wrong because it wasn't Pierre McGuire.
Why wouldn't it be Pierre McGuire? He is bald & has glasses....& was there at the game.
He didn't stay there the entire time. I should know, I was at the game. Bob Errey does the same thing. They move around....


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Dr. Edythe Abdullah, Mr. Luther Coggin, Mrs. Toni Crawford, Mr. Hugh Greene, Mrs. Ann Hicks, Mrs. Wanyonyi Kendrick, Dr. Chip Klostermeyer, Dr. Bruce Taylor, Mrs. Carol Thompson, Ms. Rachael Tutwiler, Mr. Kevin Twomey
Mr. Wilfredo Gonzalez, Mrs. Joan Newton
Chair Taylor introduced Dr. Terry MacTaggart as the moderator and stated that the reason for this retreat was to establish how to take the university to the next level, as a Board working with the President.
Dr. MacTaggart let everyone know that he had spoken to the President and trustees about moving the university to the next level. They all felt there was considerable opportunity to take a very good university, with significant importance to the region, and make it an exceptional institution. This could more easily be accomplished by specifically defining what the next level was, in a systematic way.
Dr. MacTaggart described the type of Board UNF had as a high performing board. He defined this type of board as one that partnered with the President, had institutional aspirations and strong leadership.
Dr. MacTaggart outlined the purpose of the retreat as follows:
Dr. MacTaggart listed examples from high aspiration universities as follows:
Dr. MacTaggart discussed how to draw lessons from institutions who have moved up. He said UNF's target would become more defined throughout the course of the year, including a sharper definition of the ultimate goal and the academic culture. Consensus was that UNF's faculty would insist that administration pursue a unique approach to quality and distinctiveness.
Dr. MacTaggart provided guidelines on how different institutions are transformed as follows:
These three stages work as a complete circle and as quality is elevated, reputation is also elevated and subsequently, monetary support goes up.
Discussions around Stage 1 indicated that a turnaround for funding from the legislature for the State University System (SUS) would most likely not occur for at least two years. The legislature had requested that all universities cut 4 percent from their budgets – UNF had dealt with these cuts but questions remained about future cuts. UNF was responding to the legislature's requested cuts by freezing freshman enrollment and shrinking FTIC by about 200 students.
Dr. MacTaggart encouraged the university to think more long term in regards to funding, including private funding. He explored opportunities for creating a more balanced tuition program, including the pursuit of a special or charter status for funding from the state.
Ideas for the pursuit of a special or charter status for UNF included creating a state-wide scheme for UNF only; pairing UNF with other SUS institutions with similar missions to create unique state funding opportunities; bringing together top political figures in Jacksonville to support a unique state funding proposal; and taking advantage of President Delaney's political background as a spokesperson for UNF to gain support from the BOG, Chancellor and the state. Trustees agreed that in order to pursue a special or charter status for UNF, faculty support would be mandatory.
Stage 2 was discussed with references made to the Pappas Report, specifically about creating tiers within the SUS. Consensus was that at this point this element of the report had met a great deal of resistence. Trustees felt UNF should define its specialty instead of having this designation imposed by the BOG and/or state. The university should focus on academic stature and performance and not aspirations of becoming a Research 1 (R1) institution – one should not be equated with the other. Agreement was that UNF was trying to carve out a completely unique niche, a different framework from the past.
Further discussion about UNF's mission included conversations regarding the Chancellor and the BOG. The Chancellor and the BOG have seemed to identify, but not formalize, four major research institutions within the state but have not defined what role the other seven institutions would play. Opinion was that the Chancellor and the BOG would be responsive to UNF's vision to create a unique niche within the system.
President Delaney talked about UNF's brand/reputation. He felt the university's brand was starting to solidify. However, academic revitalization was mandatory for a complete transformation.
Chair Taylor tied thoughts together, stating that right now, led by President Delaney, the university was making good progress in communicating the evolving vision. There would be continued conversations with the Governor/legislature and the BOG/Chancellor. Chair Taylor clarified that the position of the Board was to crystallize the vision and position of the university it order to obtain a formalized declaration from the BOG.
Discussion on UNF's vision clarified that it would be important for other SUS institutions to understand what made UNF unique. The university would need to show some separation without offending other SUS institutions.
It was understood by the Board that the regional economy was tied back to the university and this needed to be communicated to the local delegation – the Board might make a difference in this area.
Chair Taylor addressed governance, stating that all SUS board chairs were on one page and recognized the need to support the system with unity and purpose. A single plan/vision must be articulated to the legislature, including governance issues and a strong need to discontinue individual universities abilities to set tuition policy.
Provost Workman focused on the academic culture and referenced comments from President Delaney's recent convocation speech. Observations were that the university did not need to generate more energy but did need to define its purpose more clearly. The faculty, Board and staff had a clear sense that UNF was about education – undergraduate and graduate. The institution was here to serve the city of Jacksonville and the larger region.
Historically, UNF did not have a sense of itself as a distinctive or particularly distinguished university within the SUS. The focus was more local than statewide, however, the region itself has grown to a more cosmopolitan/metropolitan atmosphere. To say UNF is a local university ought to mean something entirely different than 15 years ago. The institution should fully embrace what it is to be a metropolitan university. The Pappas Report recognized research and teaching but failed to recognize metropolitan universities and their obligation to the region and state.
Provost Workman further defined the academic culture, stating that UNF had aspired to become more than a respectable, solid institution and had claimed to be committed to excellence – this was not enough. The institution should be committed to achieving national quality across the spectrum. This pursuit should drive the university's decision making on funding and activity.
Additionally, the university should embrace its identity and aspiration as a metropolitan university of national ranking; thus, enabling UNF to respond with a clear sense of self. This approach would allow President Delaney to represent the institution in a forceful and compelling way.
Provost Workman spoke about a task force that had been put together to address the academic culture which included a nucleus of 11 faculty. This task force was charged with defining a vision for the future of UNF and translating that vision into a compelling and non-generic mission statement. Clarification of the mission statement will manifest hiring practices, salaries, and tenure and promotion. The end result will be a university with a clear view of itself and how to empower that vision for the future.
Provost Workman clarified that it was not the intent to remake the university, which was already sound, strong and admirable. UNF was not in the turnaround situation but was close to being truly special.
Discussions addressed the impact the task force would have on student success, specifically what was this task force doing to intersect with Student Affairs or student programs. The response was that the task force was charged with detailing a holistic relationship with the community and all resources ought to bear upon that relationship. The task force would not focus on a Student Affairs initiative or an Academic Affairs initiative – the focus would be on a UNF initiative. This initiative would engage the entire community.
Flagship programs were discussed with consensus being that these programs were unique to UNF and were gaining traction but it was too early for these programs to reach potential. It was UNF's intent to add quality to the institution overall, which would subsequently support a broadly construed position for a compelling argument that UNF deserves the funding sought by President Delaney and Institutional Advancement.
Dr. MacTaggart directed the discussion to resources. The upcoming capital campaign was discussed, including a decision to title it an Era of Transformation. This campaign would be tied into how UNF would brand itself.
The campaign arrived at the intended goals by (a) one-on-one conversations with college deans, (b) consideration of the strategic plan, and (c) work with faculty department chairs to determine priority needs. These conversations yielded about $300 million in needs. The campaign will focus on raising $125 million.
Dr. MacTaggart encouraged trustees to look for ways, in a broader perspective, to get quicker funding for individual college needs. He felt it was a reality that state dollars would continue to decline and the university needed to find ways to help insulate from these uncertainties. Ideas included funding for unnamed buildings.
Dr. MacTaggart asked questions about the capital campaign – in making clear the intent of the campaign, would the university be saying something about the aspirations or should it be more broad and appeal to individual donors? Consensus was that the campaign should focus on building a great university within the community.
Dr. MacTaggart asked for clarification on the Board's role in the capital campaign, particularly on the institutional aspirations. Trustees felt that the Board uniqueness was its chemistry and ability to be ambassadors to all parts of the community, individually and collectively, with the intent to promote the university. President Delaney was encouraged by the Board to think strategically and move ahead with present institutional goals.
Dr. MacTaggart said that this year was about UNF deciding what the university was about and then defining itself to the community. It was noted that an economic impact study had been commissioned with the intent of documenting the impact the university has on the community.
Discussions ensued about the importance of U.S. News and World Report's rankings. Consensus was that this publication was not a bad marker to show movement, as a way to measure and engage improvement. Progress within UNF would elevate rankings but the university should not become a slave to these types of publications. UNF should not make the mistake of locking solely onto one artifice, but should move toward excellence by creating a metropolitan institution of national quality.
Clarity was sought on what it meant to be a metropolitan university with a national reputation of quality. Consensus was that it was the responsibility and right of the Board to help measure and define the meaning of this.
Discussions continued addressing current operations of the Board. Consensus was that the move to the consent agenda had made a big difference. Chair Taylor suggested that the agenda be more comprehensive.
The Board discussed the possible formation of a new committee or task force to discuss community issues, diversity and access. Trustees discussed the possibility of this new committee being a part of the larger community as opposed to this Board. It was decided that this topic would be address at the next workshop.
The meeting was adjourned.
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Rakowski has always looked for challenges in music
Several of the music professor's pieces to premiere this winter
David Rakowski has come a long way since tinkering on the perennially out-of-tune piano in his parents' Vermont home.
This winter, several of his compositions will be recorded or debuted live, making it one of his busier seasons.
Raised on the classical music records his folks bought at the supermarket, Rakowski, the Walter W. Naumburg Professor of Composition, has read music as long as he can remember, thanks to his older sister's tutelage. But it wasn't until he saw peers compete for the Vermont All-State Music Festival composition prize that he made his foray into writing music.
"One kid had brought his whole high-school band to play his piece, 'Soliloquy to a Snowstorm,'" Rakowski still recalls. "I thought, 'Wow, someone just a little bit older than me wrote for the whole band? And got paid for it? You know, I'm smart. I bet I could do that.'"
The next year, as a high-school junior, he gave it a shot, conducting a band playing his music for the first time. He received an honorable mention. The next year, he won and never looked back. He went on to get an undergraduate degree at the New England Conservatory.
But after four years at Princeton University, where he earned a master's degree and pursued a doctorate, he spent another "four miserable years" working as a part-time word processor and writing pieces for friends. That's when a professor who was taking a leave at Stanford University recommended Rakowski as his replacement ⎯ even though Rakowski had not yet finished his dissertation.
"It was the first time in four years I was always thinking about music," he says. "And thinking about the problem-solving process for other composers, the students, helped me with my own."
Rakowski finished his dissertation and taught for a while at Columbia University before arriving at Brandeis in 1996 with a considerable amount of composing experience under his belt.
As a young composer, while working on larger pieces that involved much thought and revision, he challenged himself to write piano etudes, with a self-imposed time limit of six days. It was an exercise to write more spontaneously and get his mind off the larger work.
"Over the course of the next five or six years, I wrote five or six of them," he says. "Some pianists had played them to a good reception, and artists started asking for them."
Twenty-three years later, Rakowski had completed a total of 100 etudes. "That's where I stopped," he says, dryly. "Why have 101 etudes?"
His friend Amy Briggs, who performs with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's MusicNOW series, has been recording his etudes. She'll record a fourth CD of them next year.
Rakowski has also written a 45-minute piano concerto for Briggs, incorporating all her favorite aspects of composition, commissioned by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project with funds from the Jebediah Foundation. She'll play the piece on Jan. 17 at Boston's Jordan Hall, then record it several days later.
"I like weird little challenges," he says, "which is why I asked Amy what she wants in the piece — it's a challenge putting all those requests into the piece and making it work."
Even when Rakowski takes a break from music, he applies the same intensity.
"I'm a famous fontmaker," he says. He created his first font for his dissertation, because he needed one that included musical notation. Later, he created nearly 100 shareware fonts, which he still receives weekly requests for.
"I see my fonts all the time," he says. "On the show 'South Park'? That's my font they use on the blackboards.
His love of challenges pushed Rakowski to write what he considers an exceptionally difficult 30-minute piece that requires 10 clarinet virtuosos, one of the reasons it's rarely performed. The U.S. Marine Band will take ion "10 of a Kind" Feb. 2.
Next semester, he'll offer a graduate course in teaching music and a composition seminar. His Brandeis students, he says, keep him thinking of new ways to compose.
"When I think I've pretty much heard every idea under the sun," he says, "then a student brings in something and it's like, 'Oh, I hadn't thought of this before.'"
Composing is a "notoriously late-to-bloom" skill, he warns.
But "if you have ever spent a sleepless night obsessing about one phrase in your piece, then you're a composer," he says. "If you can't imagine doing anything else with your life, then you're a composer.
"This is starting to sound like redneck jokes," he concludes with a wry smile.
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Professional Preparation
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Yale University Computer Science & Psychology B.A. 2005
University of Chicago Developmental Psychology Ph.D. 2012
2013-present Assistant Professor of Psychology, Temple University
2012, Institute for Education Sciences (IES) Outstanding Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award
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Gunderson, E. A., & Levine, S. C. (2011). Some types of parent number talk count more than others: Relations between parents' input and children's number knowledge. Developmental Science, 14(5), 1021-1032. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01050.x
Gunderson, E. A., Ramirez, G., Beilock, S. L., & Levine, S. C. (2012). The relation between spatial skill and early number knowledge: The role of the linear number line. Developmental Psychology, 48(5), 1229-1241. doi: 10.1037/a0027433
Ramirez, G., Gunderson, E. A., Levine, S. C., & Beilock, S. L. (2012). Spatial anxiety relates to spatial abilities as a function of working memory in children. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 65(3), 474-487. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2011.616214
Gunderson, E. A., Ramirez, G., Beilock, S. L., & Levine, S. C. (2013). Teachers' spatial anxiety relates to 1st- and 2nd-graders' spatial learning. Mind, Brain, and Education, 7(3), 196-199. doi: 10.1111/mbe.12027
Ramirez, G., Gunderson, E. A., Levine, S. C., & Beilock, S. L. (2013). Math anxiety, working memory, and math achievement in early elementary school. Journal of Cognition and Development, 14(2), 187-202. doi: 10.1080/15248372.2012.664593
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Beilock, S. L., Gunderson, E. A., Ramirez, G., & Levine, S. C. (2010). Female teachers' math anxiety affects girls' math achievement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(5), 1860-1863. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0910967107
Levine, S. C., Suriyakham, L. W., Rowe, M. L., Huttenlocher, J., & Gunderson, E. A. (2010). What counts in the development of young children's number knowledge? Developmental Psychology, 46(5), 1309-1319. doi: 10.1037/a0019671
Levine, S. C., Gunderson, E. A., & Huttenlocher, J. (2011). Number development in context: Variations in home and school input during the preschool years. In N. L. Stein & S. W. Raudenbush (Eds.), Developmental Cognitive Science Goes to School (pp. 189-202). New York: Taylor and Francis.
Gunderson, E. A., Ramirez, G., Levine, S. C., & Beilock, S. L. (2012). The role of parents and teachers in the development of gender-related math attitudes. Sex Roles, 66(3), 153-166. doi: 10.1007/s11199-011-9996-2
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Lionsgate Dumps John Travolta's 'Gotti' Biopic 10 Days Before Release
In a surprising move, movie studio Lionsgate has pulled the plug on John Travolta's new film "Gotti," a biopic about the mobster John Gotti, just ten days before it was to be released in the U.S., Entertainment Weekly reports.
Lionsgate sold the film back to the production company Emmett/Furla/Oasis.
According to reporter Jef Sneider of The Tracking Board, the producers are now looking for new distribution. EW adds a 2018 release "now seems likely, instead of the originally planned Dec. 15 bow."
Officials for Lionsgate have not specified why they dumped the film.
"Gotti" also starred Travolta's real-life wife Kelly Preston as Victoria Gotti and Stacy Keach as Gotti's mentor, Aniello Dellacroce. The film was directed by "Entourage" star Kevin Connolly.
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The research, writing, and analytical skills of the historian can be of great value to business corporations and nonprofit associations.
Historians in Corporations
Within a particular company, those with a background in history may find careers in the areas of external relations, marketing, information resource management, legal affairs, finance and control, administration, human resources, and operations. In almost every type of business, archivists and records managers are employed to oversee current and archival records, using them to provide information and archival services. In the area of human resources, historians with a knowledge of foreign languages and foreign cultures, working in an international company, can help employees and customers communicate effectively. Some opportunities may be unique to a particular kind of business. Historians in communications may routinely research and write historical documentaries and narratives, while those in other fields may produce these only for anniversary celebrations. Working for an insurance company, historians might evaluate records related to case histories or produce demographic and actuarial studies. Mineral extraction companies may want information on land use history and prior mineral claims on the land. Public relations companies may use a firm's history as part of a promotional campaign and ask the historian to do the necessary research.
Contract Historians
Contract historians work in almost every area of history described in this pamphlet. Museums, nonprofit organizations, federal agencies, businesses, and individuals all may hire consultants who contract for particular projects. Contract historians can own or work for history businesses--firms that specialize in providing history services for a variety of clients, from preparing brochures for a historical society to planning a company's anniversary celebration, providing litigation support, preparing text for a museum exhibit, researching a historic site for a cultural resources management project, and declassifying documents for a government agency. An entrepreneurial spirit is critical to success in this endeavor, as contract historians have to convince people there is a need for their services.
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Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa was interned during World War II, first at the Santa Anita racetrack in Arcadia, where she lived in a horse stall that reeked of manure, and then at a relocation center in Arkansas, where 8,000 detainees were surrounded by barbed wire fences and watch towers.
It was a defining experience, but not a devastating one. Decades later, when Asawa had achieved fame in the art world and admiration in San Francisco as an educator and arts advocate, she told an interviewer that she felt no hostility about the painful period in her youth and blamed no one for her hardship.
"I would not be who I am today had it not been for the internment," she said, "and I like who I am."
Asawa, 87, died in her sleep of natural causes Tuesday at her San Francisco home, said her daughter, Addie Lanier. She had been in poor health for several years.
San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee praised Asawa as "a true champion of the arts for our entire city" and an unusually versatile artist. "From intricate wire sculptures to her remarkable public art pieces and memorable paintings and drawings, Ruth's legacy will continue to inspire generations to come," he said in a statement.
Timothy Anglin Burgard, curator of American art at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, characterized Asawa as "a major postwar American modernist." Her signature works — crocheted wire mesh sculptures designed to hang from ceilings — "transcend the barriers she faced as an Asian American woman working with craft techniques," he said. "She lived to see all those categories challenged and redefined."
Daniell Cornell, who organized a survey of Asawa's sculpture that appeared at the De Young Museum in San Francisco in 2006 and at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles the following year, views her work as part of the movement from modernism to contemporary art. "She was committed to using art as a tool to make people see and think," he said.
Or perhaps to transport them to a different environment. In Burgard's view, her permanent installation of 15 suspended sculptures at the De Young Museum resembles a giant kelp forest where transparent forms move with air currents and cast flickering shadows.
Asawa had a large presence in the Bay Area as a longtime member of the San Francisco Arts Commission and founder of the Alvarado School Arts Workshop, launched in 1968, and the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts, a public high school open since 1982.
She was also known as San Francisco's "fountain lady," who designed "Andrea," a mermaid fountain, for Ghirardelli Square and "Aurora," an origami-inspired abstract work, for the San Francisco waterfront.
But her most prominently located — and fiercely guarded — work is "Hyatt on Union Square Fountain," a huge cylindrical bronze depiction of San Francisco and its people. Produced in 1973 with the help of 250 friends and schoolchildren, the landmark was at the center of a storm last year when plans for a new Apple store threatened to demolish it. A public protest sent architects back to the drawing board.
Part of what distinguished Asawa from her peers, many associates said, was the multifaceted nature of her career and her ability to blend art and life, including raising a large family. For a child of poverty who worked until her health began to fail, it was all of a piece.
"An artist is not special," Asawa told an interviewer in 2006. "An artist is an ordinary person who can take ordinary things and make them special. An artist looks at a juice bottle, an egg carton or a newspaper and sees something valuable in them."
Born Jan. 24, 1926, to Japanese immigrants in Norwalk, Asawa was the fourth of seven children. Her parents, Umakichi and Haru Asawa, scratched out a living as truck farmers. It was a hard life, but Ruth said the farm was her earliest inspiration to be an artist.
"I can see glimpses of my childhood in my work," she said in later years. "We used to make patterns in the dirt, hanging our feet off the horse-drawn farm equipment. We made endless hourglass figures that I now see as the forms within forms in my crocheted wire sculptures."
Asawa was 16 when she and her family were incarcerated. But she considered herself lucky because she completed high school at the camp in Arkansas and enrolled at Milwaukee State Teachers College, thanks to a Quaker organization. She planned to teach art, but her Japanese ancestry prevented her from completing her credential.
Undaunted, in 1946 Asawa headed off to Black Mountain College, a North Carolina school with visionary teachers. It was a turning point that shaped the rest of her life. She flourished within the school's experimental educational program and met her future husband, architect and designer Albert Lanier. They settled in San Francisco in 1949.
Asawa's career took off in the 1950s, when she had exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. A group of wire sculptures that won praise at the Sao Paulo Biennial in 1955 recently appeared in "Living in a Modern Way: California Design 1930-1965," an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2011-12.
Asawa's focus on arts advocacy put her own work in the shadows, but it returned to the limelight this spring when Christie's auction house in New York presented an exhibition of her work and sold a group of hanging sculptures for more than $1.4 million.
Her husband died in 2008. She is survived by five of her six children, Xavier, Aiko, Hudson, Addie and Paul; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Times staff writer Lee Romney contributed to this report.


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Mobile Coffee Tables: Center Stage or Out of the Way
We've all been conditioned to think a living room isn't complete without a coffee table. Sure, coffee tables are handy; I've eaten many dinners off of mine. But sometimes coffee tables just get in the way, and you wish for the open floor space to play a board game, let the kids or pets frolic, play the Wii or Kinect, or do a workout video or any number of things an open floor plan is nice for. Enter… the coffee table on wheels.
In addition to the sheer enjoyment and versatility a coffee table on wheels can give, it's also extremely practical. Effortlessly move it out of the way to vacuum, mop or sweep underneath. Move it to the side for an instant low profile buffet or bar. Here are five attractive coffee tables on wheels to fit the bill: industrial, contemporary or traditional.
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Muddle The Waters :
Mother Wit :
Natural wisdom
Mountain to Climb :
If you have a mountain to climb, you have to work hard or make a lot of progress to achieve something.
Move Heaven and Earth :
This expression indicates a person's determined intention of getting a work done in spite of all odds he may face. He will use all and every means to accomplish the target.
Move Mountains :
If you would move mountains to do something, you would make any effort to achieve your aim. When people say that faith can move mountains, they mean that it can achieve a lot.
Move The Goal-Posts :
When people move the goalposts, they change the standards required for something to their advantage.
Mover and Shaker :
A person who is a mover and shaker is a highly respected key figure in their particular area with a lot of influence and importance.
Much Ado About Nothing :
A great fuss over a petty affair
If there is a lot of fuss about something trivial, there is much ado about nothing.
Muck or Nettles :
Muck or nettles means all or nothing.
Mud in The Fire :
The things that cannot be changed in the past that we usually forget about are mud in the fire.
Mud in You Eye :
This is a way of saying cheers when you are about to drink something normally alcohol.
Mud-Slinging :
If someone is mud-slinging, they are insulting someone and trying to damage that person's reputation.
Muddle The Waters :
When someone muddles the water, he is making the situation more complex or less clear.
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Elmer Wiggington, Public Works Superintendent, orchestrates a team of 13 to keep Moberly's streets clean. The last ice storm took over 250 man-hours and 175 tons of sand/salt mix.
The city attempts to keep over 100 miles of road clean within the city limits. That 100 miles equates to 200 miles of lanes that need to be clear. That does not include the parking lots that the city keeps clean.
The road cleaning crew is built from several different departments of the City of Moberly. Wastewater treatment, water treatment, and the water distribution department all have employees that do double duty as part of the road cleaning crew.
The crew has priorities with every storm that comes through. Cleaning out around the hospital, schools, fire department, and the police department are the first places crews are concerned about clearing.
The city mixes its own salt/sand mixture. Plain salt quits working at roughly 25 degrees. The city adds a product called GeoMelt to the salt. GeoMelt is a sugar beet juice product that is effective well below negative 30 degrees. The city orders their salt from a company in Kansas called the Hutchinson Salt Company. The state of Missouri uses the same company. According to Wiggington, there is a wait list for salt products due to the heavy ice storms in southern Missouri. When the MMI contacted Hutchinson Salt Company they declined to confirm the wait time at this time.
Typically, according to Wiggington, they have 400 tons of sand and salt mix, and 1,200 gallons of GeoMelt. The liquid GeoMelt is applied at the city barn.
The crew is divided so that there are two people in each ward in town. There are six one-ton trucks, a grader with a 12-foot wing, four single-axle dump trucks, and one single-axle dump truck for the city's use. Wiggington stated that during the last ice storm, crews had to cover some areas over three times to remove ice.
After the storm has passed, each piece of equipment is pulled in for a thorough inspection. Clearing the roads is rough work for the equipment, so maintenance is of the utmost importance to keep the equipment running correctly. The city is also responsible for cleaning up all the sand that is left behind after a storm. The city crews often need to use the street cleaners to guarantee the product is picked up.
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Elmer Wiggington, Public Works Superintendent, orchestrates a team of 13 to keep Moberly's streets clean. The last ice storm took over 250 man-hours and 175 tons of sand/salt mix.


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Over 200 years of Yale alumni activity -- the longest record of any American university -- began in 1792 with the election of the first class officers. Later, large numbers of classmates began to return to New Haven three years after graduation to receive an M.A. degree, a practice adopted from the English system. With this tradition began a cycle of reunions that eventually was refined into the five year system of class reunions observed today.
Late in the nineteenth century, as Yale graduates sought each other's company across the country, Yale clubs began to organize in the larger cities. Then, in 1890, the Yale Alumni Fund was chartered by the Yale Corporation. The Fund has since become the vehicle for the most successful giving record of any alumni body in history.
To meet the broad and varied interests and concerns of Yale alumni, the Yale Alumni Board was chartered in 1906. Its task was to create a central alumni group for an exchange of views between the University and its alumni.
In the early years of the twentieth century, this simple organizational structure worked well. As alumni interest in Yale grew, however, so too did the size of the Alumni Board. At one point, there were well over 2,000 members of this board. Such numbers diminished the Board's effectiveness.
To develop a more responsive alumni structure, the Yale Corporation in 1969 commissioned a "root and branch study." While one intention was to examine the needs of both Yale and its alumni, the overall purpose was broader. The University wanted a clearinghouse through which alumni and University officials could express their concerns, and a working organization to provide programs and services to alumni.
From the recommendations of this study, the Association of Yale Alumni (AYA) was born. In 1971, the Founding Board created the AYA Assembly, and in 1972 the first Assembly of representatives gathered in what would become a semi-annual meeting of the governing body of the AYA.
In the decade that followed the first Assembly, ties between the University and her alumni were strengthened. The on-going work of the Assembly, the Board of Governors, and the AYA staff has continued this process, affiliating Yale alumni more closely with each other and with the work of their University.


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With his pure, angelic voice and inspired stage presence, classically trained singer Chris Mann adds true soul to holiday favorites in a stunning performance in front of a live audience. He is joined by country icon Martina McBride on "Merry Little Christmas" and saxophone star Mindi Abair in a divine version of "Auld Lang Syne." With his star-quality performance and rich vocal styling, Mann brings new life to timeless Christmas classics, including a lively version of "O Come, All Ye Faithful" and a heartfelt and powerful take on his favorite Christmas song, "O Holy Night." In addition to traditional carols, Mann also sings his lovely original love song, "On a Night Like This," and a hopeful rendition of "Over The Rainbow," which was personally requested by his mother, who watches proudly from the audience. Mann has the perfect classical sound and youthful appeal to delight audiences of all ages, and is sure to become a staple during the holiday season for years to come.


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However, we do not have a V-Wing pilot slated to go with the V-Wing as of this time. Eventually, it will be a figure we'll do but we do not have a timetable. Patience on that one
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Hmm... I don't know. Well, that Utapau AT RT Driver sure turned up in a hurry, but wow. Those repacks SUCK.
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How are ballboys and girls selected?
It varies from club to club and is at their discretion. Many select youngsters from local youth leagues - for instance Sunderland's all come from the Russell Foster Youth League in Tyne and Wear. Arsenal invite members of their Junior Gunners between the ages of 12 and 16 for pre-selection trials. Manchester City meanwhile have recently appealed for ballboys and girls to come forward via their website. One City appeal last season asked for boys and girls age 11 and 12 (school years seven and eight) to apply. They needed to be: "able to attend every home game, be energetic, be able to quickly catch and throw a ball and be willing to sit in all weathers. And have parental consent." Newcastle United recently invited potential ballboys to be selected via a prize draw involving Junior Magpies or club members aged under 13, but also regularly draw them from local leagues.
What are the age restrictions?
None: it's up to the clubs. But invariably they are under 16 and often under 13. At the advanced age of 17, Charlie Morgan, the Swansea ballboy, was older than the norm.
Are they briefed to favour home teams?
Glenn Hoddle indicated so on Wednesday. "As a management team in European games, you will tell the people who are instructing the ballboys that if you are winning the game, don't get the ball back quickly," he said. "That's your home advantage, in a way." Swansea City are adamant that their ballboys were under no such instructions. "There was no agenda, absolutely not," said Leigh Dineen, Swansea's vice-chairman. "Certainly we don't line up the ballboys and ask them to waste time, definitely not."
Wasn't Stoke's use of towels a form of cheating?
A few seasons ago when Rory Delap's long throws proved one of the Premier League's most potent weapons, ballboys at Stoke City's home games would wipe the ball down with towels whenever Tony Pulis's side won a throw-in. It was something they were clearly instructed to do and the practice attracted complaints from rival managers. After Neil Warnock called Pulis's bluff by demanding that the ball boys offered his then QPR players equal use of the towels piled up by the touchline, Stoke briefly came up with a new system whereby players taking long throws wiped the ball on a towelling vest worn beneath their shirts. The FA did not take any action so the answer is probably no.
What is the multi-ball system?
In Uefa's European competitions and the World Cup, the multi-ball system – which used to be a feature of Championship football – is deployed whereby around seven balls are stationed around the pitch and deployed as and when required by ball boys and girls if there is the slightest delay in retrieving an out of play match ball. This speeds the game up, but, when it was used in the Championship, visiting managers routinely complained of balls being introduced at excessive pace when their team was defending but the supply mysteriously drying up whenever they attacked.


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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes pens a rant on Windows 8, calling it 'awful': "I'm now ready to sum up my Windows 8 experience with a single word: awful. I could have chosen a number of other words - terrible, horrible, painful and execrable all spring to mind - but it doesn't matter, the sentiment is the same." I've been using Windows 8 Release Preview on both my ZenBook and my regular desktop since its release, and here's my short review: "I like it." Issues a-plenty, but for what is essentially a 1.0 release - not bad. It's a hell of a lot better than other releases which were similar in scope (Mac OS X 10.0, KDE 4.0).
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Phones from the small carriers tend to be ignored by the general public, but it is undeniable that these such companies offer great deals, and even better, without a contract. Though it is exciting to get the new devices at highly discounted prices, signing your wallet to a carrier for two years always leaves a bitter taste. Those that want a decent device, without having to sign a two-year contract, may have been considering Boost Mobile's Samsung Galaxy Prevail, which will go for $179.99 at full retail price (Yes, that is an off-contract price), and the unlimited plan only costs $50 per month.
This device was officially announced in the beginning of April, but we have not received a solid release date since then. If you have been wanting to know when you can get your Samsung Prevail, Boost Mobile's homepage now advertises this device to be arriving on April 29, which is this Friday.
Galaxy Prevail features include:
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Learning Kanji
I was wondering, should I remember the kanji with all the english definitions first, and then find out what the japanese reading is?
As I learn more vocabulary, i believe it will become obvious what the japanese reading is.
I've found a website that me help for anyone trying to learn kanji.
EDIT: I've decided. I put sheets with lots of kanji, and the definition above them all over my wall. This way, I look at them as much as possible.
Err...Kanji is very difficult.
In Genki, we're learning Kanji's more frequently used meanings and pronunciations.
Like the Kanji for Sunday is 日曜日
Now 日 means "Sun" and "Day" basically. But it can be pronounced Ni, Nichi, or Bi depending on what you're using it for.
So Sunday is Nichiyobi and 日 has two different meanings and two different sounds in one word.
Basically what I am trying to say is learn the Kanji, all it's meanings, and which meanings are pronounced all at the same time. My teacher says you want to learn how the Kanji is pronounced first and for which words it's pronounced as such before you really start using the Kanji so this way you're less confused.
Hopefully that wasn't too confusing. :X
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Take your time.
The Japanese learn approximately 2100 common use kanji by the time they are out of high-school. It takes many years of practice to get quite good at kanji, and you can easily overwhelm yourself if you try to take on too much too quickly.
Most kanji have multiple pronunciations: the pronunciations have both Chinese and Japanese origins. Those which derive from their original Chinese origin are known as on'yomi and of course, the Japanese way is known as kun'yomi.
As a general rule (although some exceptions exist) if you see a kanji by itself you pronounce it the Japanese/Kun'yomi way. When you see multiple kanji together, you read it the Chinese/On'yomi way.
Learning the kanji's meaning is obviously the most important aspect to understanding kanji, followed by learning its proper pronunciations, and learning familiar vocabulary that you may find it in.
Doing kanji with the meanings makes Japanese a crazy amount easier. Just find an organization of 'em that works for you(personally I like Heisig's Remembering the Kanji) and you can belt out the 2k jouyou kanji in a month of hard work or 3ish at a leisurely 15 a day. Use an SRS like Anki to keep from forgetting them as time comes by and you'll be fine. If you do decide to use Heisig check out http://kanji.koohii.com/ they have a whole bunch of user created mnemonics for the kanjii.
Knowing the kanji meanings is the difference between seeing a blank wall of text and getting the general meaning of what's said because most words make sense as a combination of their kanji meanings(for example even a brick of kanji like 不特定多数(ふ とく てい た すう) not specially determined many number=large unspecified number).It's also a lot easier to remember vocab when you link it to concepts.
I'd recommend learning the pronunciations in words just because there are so many and I know i could never have done it without context haha, but find what works best for you. Good luck with Japanese!
personally I'd advise learning the kana scripts first (hiragana and katakana) once you're sure on those two scripts (which boil down to about 40-50 symbols each off the top of my head with out checking broken into 2-3 letter syllables or vowels) you can then proceed onto furigana which is kanji script with kana written alongside to help with pronouncation (often found in children's japanese books and learner's books) from there it's only a short step onto kanji.
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3 chickens, 2 alpacas, pig, and duck find a place to stay after Irma
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3 chickens, 2 alpacas, pig, and duck find a place to stay after Irma
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As Hurricane Irma bore down on her home in Marathon in the Florida Keys, Catherine Dunn knew she and her family would have to evacuate.
As Hurricane Irma bore down on her home in Marathon in the Florida Keys, Catherine Dunn knew she and her family would have to evacuate.
But Catherine's family is not just her husband and her four children. She also has a pig, a duck, three chickens, and two alpacas.
Thankfully a local "zoo" was able to take in her animals.
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by KING King Impulse » Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:55 pmI do like Wavves, but I'm not gonna go and 'love' half the album on Last.fm.
by ****** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:02 pm
As if that's the first time I've done that.
KotB does have a lot of great songs though.
by john lewis hawk » Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:03 pm
I think it's their best album.
by ****** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:07 pm
I like Wavvves a lot, but I'll take the more polished KotB too.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:20 pmI would give that song a 5/10. They sound like a lot of other punk-pop California bands have for 2 decades now.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:59 pmThor: The Mighty Avenger #3
Loki tricked Thor into attacking his friends? No way!
Way. Again.
Marvel lays the groundwork for the future release of the Thor blockbuster movie by trying to get some kids and other ticket-buying units interested in the property now by giving comic book readers more Thor than ever before. Which is fine--except it's the same Norse sibling shenanigans we've read about a thousand times, and probably will pay to see on the big screen when the time comes.
The book's tone combines a Silver Age-y naivete with a touch of modern sensibility, and the artwork reminded me of that Thor "motion comic" cartoon from the '60s. I thought some of the panel compositions were interesting, and it was fun to see Chris Samnee's rendition of Silver Age Hank and Jan. Unfortunately the dynamics and conflicts in the book seem just as out of date. If this was aimed at the all ages market, kids should have smarter comics than this.
by The_Phenomenal_Sage » Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:09 pmThis was a fun book, its your classic set up, Loki is up to no good which sets up a hero vs. hero fight. But this is an all ages book and this book is fun for all ages. The story was basic but it was fun, I like the Thor vs. Giant Man fight, and Pym is very likable and smart in the MA. A Marvel Adventures title is not going to get bogged down in continuity or overly complicated plots. Its going to give us an enjoyable read featuring some of our favorite characters and this one worked.
The art was decent and conveys the story. There isn't much worrying about the background detail,but for the audience intended it fits very well. I don't wanna say its cartoonish but a word close to that is what I am looking for, not that I am knocking it for that.
if only my son were old enough to read, I'd get him this title for him to enjoy the Mighty Thor.
Overall - 6.5
by The_Phenomenal_Sage » Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:10 pm
didn't you first score this 5.25?
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:11 pm
I think you must have imagined that.
by The_Phenomenal_Sage » Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:13 pm
huh....maybe I did. maybe I did..............
by Amoebas » Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:26 pmThor - The Mighty Avenger #3
As a guy who has had ZERO interest in Thor since pre-Dissassembled days, this book did nothing to reignite that flame.
In this issue, Thor and his baggage are just boring in my opinion, retreading pretty much everything from the original series (Daddy issues, Loki's plotting, Thor + Jane, etc). There might be someplace the writer is looking to take this but wherever that might be, nothing in this book made me care.
This being said - I LOVED THIS ISSUE! Not because of Thor but because of the guest star (who steals this book).
My man, Dr. Hank Pym, and his beautiful gal pal Janet Van Dyne, are the real stars within these pages. Set early in his career, he's just a scientist having fun with the 'toys' he's invented. While this leads him into the inevitable fight with Thor, it's great to see him hold his own (and earn a god's respect).
I'd buy a "Hank Pym - The Size-Changing Avenger" any day from this creative team, but I don't see me gettin another issue of "Thor - The Mighty Avenger".
Writing - 7
Art - 8
Total - 7.5
by Eli Katz » Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:29 pmI just finished reading THOR: THE MIGHTY AVENGER #3, and I'm not sure how to respond to this book. The story is standard. The art is competent. The dialogue is appropriately campy. And, of course, there is a fight scene in the second half of the issue to remind us that this is a Marvel superhero book. THOR #3 has, in other words, all the elements of a decent superhero comic.
So why do I have trouble evaluating this book? Well, on the one hand, THOR #3 has no glaring problems in it. No gaps in plot or characterization, no illogical twists. Writer Roger Langridge and artist Chris Samnee set out to tell a mostly lighthearted story about the origins of Thor and they accomplish just that.
But, on the other hand, this issue is boring. Very, very boring. One problem is that it's a retelling of an overly familiar story with an overly familiar set of characters. Yes, there are differences between these characters and their 616 Marvel counterparts. But these small differences aren't enough to make the comic seem fresh or interesting. Another problem is that even the fight scenes are humdrum and unremarkable. This has to do with the cartoony look of the book. When everyone has a goofy expression on his or her face, suspense is impossible.
THOR #3 lacks invention and risk. It doesn't surprise or enchant readers. At best, it does an adequate job of filling twenty-two pages with colorful illustrations. So while there's nothing exactly to criticize, there's nothing really to praise, either. You can definitely skip THOR #3 or, for that matter, this whole series.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:41 pm
I couldn't stand it when I realized I'd scored the book higher than Eli Katz, so I built a time machine to go back to now--well, it's then now actually--and fix things.
by john lewis hawk » Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:42 pmI feel like just stealing Eli's review.
by Eli Katz » Wed Aug 11, 2010 9:35 pm
Do it, and just pretend that Loki tricked you into plagiarism.
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