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Legendary Swedish sex bomb Anita Ekberg stars as Sister Gertrude, a cruel nun who discovers depraved pleasure in a frenzy of drug addiction, sexual degradation and sadistic murder. Joe Dallesandro, Lou Castel, Alida Valli and the luscious Paola Morra co-star in this notorious 'Nunsploitation' based on actual events that took place in a Central European country not many years ago! (From Blue Underground's back of the box synopsis.)
Have I really written up nearly 1000 reviews and articles for DVDActive/DVDAnswers without once covering the all so important topic of the Nunsploitation subgenre? That seems awfully unlikely, doesn't it? This oversight may have something to do with my generally lack of a pony in the race. Usually I can name three or four 'top' films in a specific exploitation genre, but among Nunsploitation I'm drawing a blank, especially since the films tend to blend into each other without a whole lot of distinction between films. Like the equally beloved Nazisploitation genre, Nunsploitation is often categorized as a subgenre of the Women in Prison, or WIP genre, including sadistic/masochistic Padres in place of sadistic/masochistic prison wardens, and innocent prisoners/nuns driven to lesbianism. The perverted/possessed/evil nun story goes back about as far as Catholicism, and have been included in some capacity in films since Benjamin Christensen's silent ode to the occult Häxan, but the most obvious starting point for the genre's brief '70s boom would probably be Ken Russell's masterpiece The Devils.
Not surprisingly the bulk of Nunsploitation's 'golden era' output came from Italy, Spain, and Japan, with a bit of additional regional help from France and Germany. Why America never kept up is a constant source of exploitation movie mystery. Also not surprising is the fact that sleaze flick 'favourites' Jess Franco ([/I]Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun[/I]), Joe D'Amato ( The Nun and the Devil and Images in a Convent) and Bruno Mattei ( The Other Hell and The True Story of the Nun of Monza, filmed back to back on the same sets) all dabbled in the genre, with mixed-to-terrible results. I've personally never seen any of the Japanese entries in the genre, but promise to remedy this the next time I have spare time (and access to Japanese Nunsploitation movies). If forced to pick a genre favourite outside of The Devils (which is so good it transcends exploitation) I'd probably pick Juan López Moctezuma's Alucarda, which is a surprisingly arty and even occasionally beautiful Spanish entry.
Giulio Berruti's Killer Nun (aka: Suor Omicidi and Deadly Habits) is not one of the genre's shining achievements, but is among the most famous Nunsploitation films thanks to its simple and straight ahead English title, and its banned status in the UK during the Video Nasties scare in the 1980s (it was just made available uncut in the region on DVD in 2006). Blue Underground's original DVD release also helped keep the film in the public eye more prominently than other genre favourites. Berruti only directed one other film in his career, some softcore thing called Noi siam come le lucciole (I can't find any information on it outside of cast on imdb), but he worked as a writer and second unit director on Corrado Farina's They Have Changed Their Face and Corrado Farina's Baba Yaga (which I reviewed a couple months ago). Berruti's work isn't standout, but he's no visual pushover and does well to infuse his violence and smut with charm and levity. There's no mistaking Killer Nun for something subversive or as an intended satire of the subgenre, but hints of intended comedy and amusing background characters go a long way in making the experience palatable. The screenplay is all over the place with very little regard for normal narrative rules, or rules pertaining to character development, as Gertrude changes up her character traits entirely from scene to scene. Berruti and co-writer Alberto Tarallo seem to be going for the grab bag approach to exploitation, which leaves them open to brands of debauchery not often found behind covenant walls. The only thing they miss out on is the supernatural element that often goes hand in hand with nefarious nuns.
Killer Nun scores points for mixing parts of the giallo genre into its sacrilegious smut. Around the second act Gertrude ups and leaves the hospital and goes manhunting, very much in the tradition of upper-class sexpot Jane Lodge in Lucio Fulci's New York Ripper. Later Gertrude begins to hallucinate during some genuine murders. The mystery behind these murders isn't exactly mind-boggling, but there are some traditionally giallo-tastic red herrings, stalking sequences, and malevolent gloved hands (pink gloves, not black, unfortunately), adding further texture to the catchall. These giallo elements, especially those outside the hospital, don't really amount to much, but are amusing diversions. Things fall apart when Berruti gets too wrapped up with the melodrama of Gertrude's malevolent reawakening, which gives his actors a chance to chew up the scenery, but mostly just dulls the impending edge of graphic sex and violence. There are attempts made at transcending the genre into something Fellini-esque, but these usually falls short into the less virtuous area of silliness. There isn't an excess of graphic violence, but when Berruti gets gory he doesn't pull any punches. The ickiest scenes include a dream sequence pertaining to Gertrude's brain surgery, and a sadistically slow needle and scalpel kill.
Killer Nun also has a place in non-exploitation film history due to its bizarrely outstanding cast. First off, it stars Anita Ekberg as Sister Gertrude. Pin-up turned actress, Ekberg appeared alongside Audrey Hepburn and Henry Fonda in King Vidor's War and Peace, and made a real name for herself starring with Marcello Mastroianni in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vida. How exactly she ended up in Berruti's exploitation opus is likely a sad story, but she adds a whole lot of class and bite to an otherwise less than impressive production. Perhaps even more impressive is the inclusion of Alida Valli in the smaller role of Mother Superior. Valli, who was christened Baroness Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, famously starred in some of the finest films ever made, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case, Carol Reed's The Third Man, Michelangelo Antonioni's Il Grido, Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900 and Dario Argento's Suspiria. Unfortunately, she only appears here for a matter of minutes. Paola Morra, who plays Sister Mathieu, is perhaps a bit less well known among cineastes, but gets credit for getting a jump on the whole Nunsploitation thing by starring in Walerian Borowczyk's Behind Convent Walls the year before Killer Nun. Also of note is Joe Dallesandro, who plays replacement doctor Patrick Roland, and is best known for his role on many Andy Warhol productions, not to mention his crotch bulge on the cover of 'Sticky Fingers'.
It's been way too long since I saw Blue Underground's original DVD to properly compare that disc to this Blu-ray, but there are some decent screencaps across the internet to give me a decent idea of improvements. This 1.85:1, 1080p transfer is about as good looking as we've come to expect from the folks at the Underground. The film shows its age, of course, and is pretty grainy throughout, but there aren't many obvious telecine scanning issues or other digital production artefacts to complain about. In fact, I find the grain levels here quite pleasing and natural for the most part, and was only really bothered by occasional warping in the film. All the full sized image I can find from the original DVD release reveal a lot more in the way of blocking and colour bleeding. Details are stifled a bit by the grain and soft focus, but are generally quite satisfying. The sterile whiteness of the bulk of the backgrounds and costumes is a bit jarring, but doesn't blowout too many edges, or damage colour and black levels too much. A few minor details go missing during the brightest scenes, and the darkest sequences are so grainy image doubling occurs, but these are likely issues with the source material, and hopefully not contrast problems made during the remastering process. Beyond the slight increase in detail, and slight clean-up along the edges, this Blu-ray's big advantage over the DVD appears to be colour quality, including more natural skin tones, softer gradations, and much more effective highlight elements, such as greens, blues, yellows and reds.
Blue Underground has included two DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono soundtracks, one in English and one in Italian, and once again it's important to note that both tracks are technically post-dubbed, as per the norm with Italian period releases. The English track gets higher points for volume levels, and general clarity, especially in the musical track, which features sizably more bass support and dynamic range than the music on the Italian track. On the other hand, though neither track features a great deal of distortion or hiss, the Italian dialogue is a bit more consistent in terms of volume levels. Without subtitles, it's occasionally difficult to make out what characters are saying. Sound effects are similar on both tracks, and generally pretty low key, but the English track is a hair sharper, and usually a bit louder as well. As occurs with many of these uncut Blue Underground Italian release there are a few sequences that only feature Italian dialogue. Here, as on the DVD, the English dialogue will briefly switch over to Italian, and English subtitles will crop up temporarily.
The extras here match those of the original Blue Underground DVD release, beginning with From the Secret Files of the Vatican - Interview with Co-Writer/Director Giulio Berruti (13:40, SD). Berruti runs down the film's preproduction process, which was apparently all producer Enzo Gallo's doing, the supposed true story inspiration, casting, gore effects, and censorship cuts. Things end with a trailer and a poster and still gallery.
It's no classic, but Killer Nun is a good enough exploitation romp to earn a nice remaster from the fine folks at Blue Underground. It's a good place to start for those not already versed in the beautiful Nunsploitation subgenre, and another tick off my ever-shrinking official BBFC 'Video Nasties' banned list. This 1080p transfer is plenty sharp without too many digital bells or whistles, and both the English and Italian DTS-HD mono soundtracks sound great. The extras are brief, but somewhat entertaining. Now bring on Bullet for the General and Django Kill Blue Underground, we're ready for 'em.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray and DVD releases and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer. Thanks to Troy at Andersonvision.com for the Blue Underground Blu-ray screen-caps.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 24th April 2012
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: No
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono English and Italian
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish, English for Italian Version
Extras: From the Secret Files of the Vatican - Interview with Co-Writer/Director Giulio Berruti, Trailer, Poster and Still Gallery
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Giulio Berruti
Cast: Anita Ekberg, Joe Dallesandro, Lou Castel, Alida Valli, Paola Morra
Genre: Horror
Length: 88 minutes
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Giles: It haunts me that only about one in six organizations said that their applications as now written would meet their requirements for the next five years. As I said earlier, 30 percent said they have to dumb down their problems today. Another important finding is that users are okay with today's HPC systems but many need retraining for next-generation systems. It will take more hands-on training and education to move industry forward.
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Giles: The similarity of responses regardless of company size. There's a mistaken impression that the small and medium-sized companies have fewer challenges. The study confirmed that companies of all sizes need to reduce uncertainty. This is often due to the limitations of the science embedded into the applications today. To increase their confidence levels, they need more HPC capacity and capability.
HPCwire: You asked the surveyed organizations what they could do with unlimited computing power applicable to their problems. What did they say?
Giles: Some organizations provided very specific examples. An aerospace company said they could simulate the complete turbine assembly of a jet engine or optimize an entire new engine design. A life sciences firm would be able to predict the function of an ensemble of living things in a sample of soil based entirely on the DNA sequences found in that soil sample. That's called metagenomics. A manufacturer said they could gain knowledge faster and sooner in the product development cycle, and ultimately be able to design by analysis and validate the designs prior to first build and use first build to further validate the simulation model.
HPCwire: Did they give you a wish list of high-priority things they needed?
Giles: Yes. We asked about improvements that could be accomplished in one to two years. Most of these near-term improvements fell into a few categories. These included higher-resolution meshes, improved mathematical models and algorithms, improvements to the underlying physics, and better methods for data integration and analysis.
Another frequent desire is to be able to do multi-disciplinary, multi-scale simulations. Large-scale data integration is related to this challenge and is also on the wish list. In fact, multi-disciplinary, multi-scale simulations would be helped by every other item on the wish list.
HPCwire: If they got the items on their wish list, what difference could it make?
Giles: The wish list is needed to exploit the science we already know today. A large majority of the respondents believe that today's known science could support a moderate or a large amount of additional realism in the applications. More than a third of the respondents said that taking the next step, advancing the known science, could add even more realism to their key applications.
HPCwire: Could NSF and NCSA play a role in advancing applications capabilities for industrial organizations? Would industry want to work with you on this?
Giles: About two-thirds of the organizations said yes to having NCSA and/or NSF heavily involved in the process of advancing their important applications. The respondents were saying that we have really good tools out there and today's science is good, but NCSA and NSF can help the user community to exploit the tools better and to advance the science and the models underlying the applications.
This confirms what we've been hearing separately from this study. Companies are looking for expert organizations like NSF and NCSA to play a more consultative role in helping them to use advanced science and engineering tools. More than one-third of Fortune 50 companies have chosen to work with NCSA's Private Sector Program.
HPCwire: Is this study publicly available?
Giles: It will be publicly available in a few months.

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Can someone please help out the University of Southern California police? They seem a bit confused about how this how rape/sexual assault business works. In fact, it's gotten so bad that there's a federal investigation of the campus police and school officials into their alleged failure to prosecute rape. 13 people have filed complaints, including one woman who says she was told she wasn't raped because her assailant didn't orgasm.
"Because he stopped, it was not rape," the victim was told when she reported the rape, according to a complaint she filed. "Even though his penis penetrated your vagina, because he stopped, it was not a crime."
Okay ladies? It's not rape if he stops. So someone can force himself on you, but if at some point he says, "Oh, my mistake! Excuse me while I remove myself here" and he hasn't ejaculated yet, it's not really rape. It's something we call "schmape." Schmape is more common than you think. I wonder what else the USC campus police classify as schmape, and not, you know, rape rape.
I'm kidding about the schmape. It's just... Where do they get these guys? Shouldn't you have to know what rape is in order to get hired with campus police? Would an IQ test be out of order?
Another woman complained that her ex-boyfriend raped her. She even had a recording of him bragging about it. But she says the campus police gave her the old "not my job" line, telling her their "goal was to offer an 'educative' process, not to 'punish' the assailant." First of all, ye gods, they don't even know what their job is (enforce the law???). Secondly, are these people really in a position to educate anyone about anything, let alone about sexual assault?
Then there was the student who reported a sexual assault at a frat house party. According to her complaint, campus police told her and a friend that women should not "go out, get drunk, and expect not to get raped." Well now we know; campus police are there to enforce the law, unless of course you go and get drunk and then you're on your own. Only men can get drunk. If you have a vagina, stay home and stay sober. Alcohol is just for the guys.
So the feds do an investigation and come to the shocking conclusion that the USC campus police are a bunch of stone-age knuckleheads. Now what? There are similar investigations happening at college campuses all over the country. Francesca Bessey, who is part of a group lawsuit, says she hopes it changes how college administrators and campus police respond to complaints about sexual assault. "For me, the technical outcome of the investigation is much less important than the consciousness I want it to inspire among decision makers at colleges and universities nationwide."
In other words, she wants to put these guys on notice. They're doing it wrong, and they need to get educated.
Are you surprised at the USC police's responses to these complaints about sexual assault?
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Location and General Characteristics
The Bancroft neighborhood is located south of Powderhorn Lake, between 38 th Street East to the north and 42 nd Street East to the south, and between Chicago Avenue on the west and Cedar Avenue on the east. The neighborhood is named for the Bancroft elementary school, which was named for George Bancroft, an American historian born in 1800. The Bancroft neighborhood consists mostly of single-family houses built before 1940. The neighborhood also has some commercial development along Bloomington Avenue and 38 th Street.
Bancroft Community School in the Minneapolis School District still operating, was built in 1912.
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Oh, "American Idol" Season 12. Where else would the show premiere but in "The City That Never Sleeps," and New York offered up its biggest and brightest budding stars.
Enter the judges: Randy Jackson, country heartthrob Keith Urban and the two "ladies" that could barely contain themselves right out of the gate -- Mariah and Nicki Minaj.
Nicki immediately gave us what we wanted, proclaiming "this is so Barbilicious." How many Barbie references we will be subjected to this season? All hail Barbie.
The very first audition was an epic fail. When will these people learn that you cannot perform an original song or change the lyrics...


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Paddle Day 1
Detroit March 24th 1790 Took my Departure for the Illinois. had much Trouble as Customary in getting Engagee's off in which Hurry we left a Keg of pork behind 'till we got to petite Cote, return'd with one of the Cannots to Babys Mill (a windmill located near the Windsor end of the Ambassador bridge) & then with Duarier walk'd up opposite the Fort & borrowed a Cannot to cross----had just Time to get the Keg and get out the Gate at 9 oClock cross'd & return'd the Cannot & from thence carried the Keg of pork each in his Turn to our Cannot at Mr Baby's Mill, Slept there.
& next morning the 25th very wet & disagreeable we from there joined our other Cannot at Labourses Mill, the Weather so bad we unloaded & I there hired Joseph La Mirand another Engagee' at 40/p Month
My Note: I have never been able to locate the site of Labourse's Mill. It was probably somewhere on right bank of Detroit River, maybe near Wyandotte? Windmills were the main source of power in the Detroit area in those days "...there was a windmill on every point..."
Paddle Day 2
(March 26th 1790) about mid Day the Rain abating we loaded & set off & got to the last Island opposite Brown's Village. the Weather still foggy & Wet----Encamped on the Nore West point of the Island (Celeron Island) & the wind changing to South East the lake surprized us mounting to where we had piled the Guns & were touched some before we got them moved but not to damage
27th at Daylight we loaded to Gain the River Huron but the Wind rose suddenly & detain'd us all day blowing very hard sleep'd there
Paddle Day 3
28th Parted early in the morning & got to the River Huron to breakfast the Wind still strong at West, the River very high and overflowed on all Sides & Current strong we mounted up the River which abounds in Turnings about 25 Miles the general Course Nore West the Land on all Sides in general very low & wet abound'g with Elum Button Wood (Sycamore) &C. the highest Land with oak of a Middle Size. Encamped.Campsite: Just downstream of Flat Rock?


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Historic City News readers know that holidays are built around traditions and few holidays have more great family traditions than the Fourth of July; great food, outdoor band concerts, a day with friends and family, and of course, fireworks.
They all come together in a grand celebration and there's no better place to celebrate Independence Day than in the Nation's Oldest City.
St. Augustine's Great July 4th Tradition Continues
6:00pm – The All Star Orchestra in Concert in the Plaza Gazebo
8:30pm – Traffic detours begin
9:30pm – Fireworks Over the Matanzas
First, There's Music
Starting at 6:00pm one of the region's most popular big bands, The All Star Orchestra, returns to the Plaza de la Constitución for a two-hour show filled with Big Band and Swing music along with all the traditional patriotic favorites. The All Star Orchestra's performance from the Plaza's Gazebo runs from 6:00pm until 8:00pm. The concert is free and those attending should bring lounge chairs for seating.
Then there's fireworks!
Fireworks over the Matanzas, the highlight of St. Augustine's traditional July 4th activities has become synonymous with celebrating Independence Day in the Nation's Oldest City. The spectacular aerial display of pyrotechnics high over Matanzas Bay begins at 9:30pm.
The 20-minute display is tightly choreographed to a stirring soundtrack of great popular music delivered over an extensive sound system transforming the entire Bayfront between the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument and the Bridge of Lions into a theatre of sight and sound.
Enjoy downtown after the show
Since July 4th falls on a Sunday this year, it is expected that many people will remain downtown at the conclusion of the show for a late dinner or to visit the shops that have learned the value of extended hours after the fireworks. Given the choice between spending time strolling downtown with friends and family or sitting in traffic wasting gas, more and more people are taking their time.
Keep it safe and legal
Those attending Fireworks Over The Matanzas should remember two important safety rules that will be strictly enforced:
• Alcohol is prohibited on public property, including parks, streets and sidewalks; and
• Possession of fireworks that explode or leave the ground is illegal and those found with such fireworks will be subject to $100 citation or arrest and will have prohibited fireworks confiscated.
Simply put: Have a great time with friends and family, but keep it safe and legal!
In the event medical assistance is needed, the St. Augustine Fire Department along with St. Johns County Emergency Medical Services will have a base station at the main entrance to the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument and will have personnel roving on bicycles throughout the evening.
Getting in, parking, and getting out
St. Augustine's annual Fireworks over the Matanzas draw more people–and cars–into the downtown area than any other single event all year long. A growing trend in recent years has been the use of bicycles by those who live close to downtown or carpooling with friends to minimize the number of cars in need of a place to park.
Rerouting of traffic will begin at 8:30pm and will include closing of the Bridge of Lions, Avenida Menendez and South Castillo Drive to all vehicular traffic to accommodate the vast number of pedestrians. The best advice is to arrive early, explore the city, enjoy the show, and be patient during departure.
For those who do drive into the city, parking in city owned parking lots and on the street will be free on July 4th with the largest concentration of surface parking located on Granada Street behind the Lightner Building. The Historic Downtown Parking Facility located at the Visitors Information Center can accommodate 1,200 vehicles and for July 4th will be charging a flat $7.00 for all day parking. Also there will be no access to or from the parking lot of the Castillo de San Marcos National monument from 6:00pm until 11:00pm.
While St. Augustine's Old World streets are a key component of its Old World charm, it is also a challenge when dispersing large numbers of vehicles, but the St. Augustine Police Department has refined a traffic plan that moves vehicles safely and as quickly as possible out of the downtown area following the fireworks. This plan includes having some streets made one-way out of the downtown to two lanes of King St. dedicated to west-bound traffic out of the downtown as well as both lanes of West Castillo Dr. Traffic signals in the downtown area, along Ponce de Leon Blvd. (U.S. 1), Anastasia Blvd (A1A), and State Roads 312, 207 and 16 will be monitored to facilitate traffic flow.
Street Closures Sunday, July 4th in effect from 8:30 pm until approximately 10:30pm
Street Closures
The Bridge of Lions
S. Castillo Dr. and Avenida Menendez north of the Bridge of Lions
Cathedral Pl. from Avenida Menendez to St. George St.
Orange St. from S. Castillo Dr. to Ponce de Leon Blvd. (U.S. 1)
• King St. will be two-way
• King St. eastbound will turn north on St. George St., then west on Cathedral Pl. (detour routed to Cordova St. to King St.)
• Avenida Menendez northbound will turn west on King St.
• San Marco Ave. southbound will turn west on W. Castillo Dr. to Ponce de Leon Blvd. (US 1)
• W. Castillo Dr. eastbound will turn north on San Marco Ave.
• Anastasia Blvd. westbound may not cross the Bridge of Lions
• The Historic Downtown Parking Facility at the Visitors Information Center can accommodate 1,200 cars. The cost is $7.00 for all day.
• All public parking throughout the city will be available at no charge the entire the day.
• The parking lot at the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument will be closed from 6:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m.
Parking will be limited in the vicinity of the Plaza to facilitate traffic detours in the evening


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I put this question to my friend Said Amireh, a 19-year-old resident of the occupied West Bank town of Ni'lin. He said he'd like to see her perform in Tel Aviv, but he can't. Why? Because his town is imprisoned behind the Israeli segregation wall. Meanwhile, the residents of the illegal Jews-only settlement of Hashmonaim who live just meters away, on the other side of the wall, travel to and from Tel Aviv on special bypass roads, and have annexed thousands of dunams of Ni'lin's land.
Said is a participant in Ni'lin's weekly unarmed demonstrations against the wall (see what it's like here). Since the town rose up, the Israeli army has killed four of its residents, while injuring and jailing hundreds of others. Said was jailed for four and half months, then had to drop out of school and go to work when his father, Ibrahim, was imprisoned under specious charges of "incitement." I attended one of Ibrahim's trials in the Israeli military court at Ofer, and watched a military prosecutor and military judge railroad him despite scant evidence that he had committed any crime beyond organizing unarmed resistance against his dispossession.
"When I try to work my land," Ibrahim Amireh said at the conclusion of the trial, "the Occupation comes and takes it away. When I try to resist them taking it away, the Occupation arrests me and puts me in jail. What else can I do?"
The South African Artists Against Apartheid has issued a letter to Macy Gray demanding that she take into account the voices of people living under occupation like Said and reconsider her trip to Tel Aviv:
We are writing to you to encourage you to reconsider performing in Israel. You might wonder what purpose refusing to perform in Israel (in line with the cultural boycott call) might serve? As a people whose parents and grandparents suffered under (and resisted) Apartheid in South Africa, our history is testament to the value and legitimacy that the international boycott had in bringing to an end the Apartheid regime in our country. When artists and sportspeople began refusing to perform in South Africa, the world's eyes turned to the injustices that were happening here to people of colour. This then created a wave of pressure on politicians and world leaders representing their constituencies, to insist on a regime-change – this contributed to a free, democratic and non-racial South Africa.
Inspired by the boycott of Apartheid South Africa, Palestinians have called for a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign of Israel. As you are aware, this call has been actively supported by some Israelis as well. The aim of the campaign is not to target Israeli civilians, but to draw attention to the unjust acts that the Israeli state commits on a daily basis in their name.
The belief that cultural activities are "apolitical" is simply a myth. Artists have greater followings than politicians do; millions of people admire them and look to them as role models. They have a moral obligation to stand up against injustice all over the world. By performing in a country whose government systematically makes life unbearable for a targeted group of people is to ignore all sense of justice and morality and creates the impression that "it's none of my business, I'm just here to entertain"…


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On Wednesday I watched 150 people line up at our food pantry – mostly poor, elderly women, many of whom feed their extended family of adult children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews; but also men living with AIDS, women with babies and the disabled. With the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) cuts that go into effect today, they will greatly suffer.
On average the cuts are 5%, which means that if one of these grandmothers now receives $100 month, that is decreasing to $95. That may be the daily cost of a Starbucks to most of us but for the poor in our community that means less nutrition, poorer health and hunger. Those of us who run food pantries are overwhelmed with spiraling demand. Consider donating even $5 to make up the SNAP cut this month for the poorest in our community.
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I was able to build wxWidgets without any problems (batch build of every solution).
But when I try to build wxFreeChart I get errors like this:
1>F:\wxWidgets-3.0.2\include\msvc\wx/setup.h(119): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: '../../../lib/vc_dll/mswd/wx/setup.h': No such file or directory
Here is my directory structure for wxWidgets:
Directory of F:\wxWidgets-3.0.2
2014-10-06 01:33 PM <DIR> art
2014-10-06 01:34 PM <DIR> build
2014-10-06 01:34 PM <DIR> demos
2014-10-06 01:33 PM <DIR> distrib
2014-10-06 01:34 PM <DIR> docs
2014-10-06 01:33 PM <DIR> include
2014-10-06 01:33 PM <DIR> interface
2015-12-21 10:45 PM <DIR> lib
2014-10-06 01:34 PM <DIR> locale
2014-10-06 01:33 PM <DIR> misc
2014-10-06 01:34 PM <DIR> samples
2014-10-06 01:33 PM <DIR> src
2014-10-06 01:34 PM <DIR> tests
2014-10-06 01:34 PM <DIR> utils
I have environmental variable WXWIN set to:
I am sure that it is something simple that you experts will know how to fix right away.
What am I doing wrong?
Build wxFreeChart using Visual Studio
Talk here about issues with one of the components hosted at wxCode, or suggest features for it.
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I assume you built wxWidgets in the default and recommended Unicode mode, i.e. the library files and intermediate folders have "u" in their names, such as %WXWIN%\lib\vc_lib\mswud\wx and wxbase31ud.lib.
AFAIK, wxFreeChart has not been updated for wxWidgets 3 and expects the ANSI build and names of the folders and libraries. You have to change those in the project settings.
AFAIK, wxFreeChart has not been updated for wxWidgets 3 and expects the ANSI build and names of the folders and libraries. You have to change those in the project settings.
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Welcome to the first Rails to Trails Project in America, The Grandaddy of them all, The Elroy Sparta Trail. The trail remains one of the most popular trails in the country. With three rock tunnels and five small towns along it's 32.5 mile route, the trail is a favorite Wisconsin bicycling destination. Traveling between Sparta and Elroy, the trail stretches through the communities of Norwalk, Wilton and Kendall. The Elroy Sparta Trail is the property of the State of Wisconsin and is part of it's State Trails System run by the Department of Natural Resources and supported by the Friends of the Elroy Sparta Trail. It is located in Hidden Valleys Country and passes through a portion of the unglaciated areas of Wisconsin exemplifying the natural beauty of our State. Part of the "Bike4Trails" it connects to 101 miles of trails.
The trail is 32 miles in length on the abandoned Chicago & North Western Railroad bed and passes through three rock tunnels. The three century-old railroad tunnels hightlight the trail. The Kendall and Wilton tunnels are 1/4 mile long and the Norwalk tunnel is just over 3/4 mile long. The tunnels are dark and cool, even on the brightest days, and water from springs above the tunnels can trickle onto the trail. Bikers should walk bikes through the tunnels. The Trail is covered with limestone screenings and provides a smooth riding surface. The bridges are covered with planks and are guarded with railings.
The trail may be entered at the Elroy Commons in Elroy, At the trail Headquarters in Kendall, the Sparta Chamber of Commerce in Sparta, or enter at Wilton or Norwalk on Hwy 71.
Trail passes are required for bikers 16 years of age and older. A daily trail pass is $5 and an annual pass is $25. These are good on any Wisconsin State Trail.
In the winter this trail and surrounding trails are well marked and maintained by local snowmobile clubs. There is no charge for snowmobiling or hiking.


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UA students near $200,000 in fundraising for young patients at St. Jude02/14/2012
Members of the 2011-12 Up 'til Dawn Student Executive Board are, from left, Maria Zimmerman, Alyssa Medvec, Kelsey Menuez, Abby Gerdes, Amy Dravecky, Greg Pennypacker and Jeffry Rennert, with advisers Thad Doyle and Alison Doehring.
Most college students have pulled all-nighters to study before a big exam, but those who participated in Up 'til Dawn this past weekend will tell you their bleary eyes were all about a worthy cause.
The 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. event hosted Friday into Saturday by UA's student organization of the same name was the finale to months of fundraising for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. The $34,014.50 raised this year, combined with totals from previous years, brings the group's donations to St. Jude to $192,000 since its founding on campus six years ago.
The nautical theme for the event, "Cruisin' for a Cure," hosted in the Student Union Ballroom, drew more than 200 students who had a variety of food, activities, video games, entertainment and a silent auction to keep them awake all night.
Students work to benefit others
UA is one of more than 350 colleges and universities nationwide to have an Up 'til Dawn student organization raising funds for St. Jude. The late entertainer Danny Thomas founded the hospital in 1962 to treat children with cancer and no one is turned away because of an inability to pay.
Like other Up 'til Dawn student organizations, UA has a seven-member executive board directing fundraising efforts. The major fall fundraiser is always a letter-writing campaign with materials supplied by a regional representative from St. Jude. The board recruits students who pay $5 each to serve on six-member teams. Each team member is asked to send at least 50 of the prewritten fundraising letters to family members and friends. At the fall 2011 campaign event, about 300 students participated.
As donations are received from the letter-writing campaign November through February, other fundraisers are conducted as well. A "Bachelor Auction" hosted by Zips Programming Network netted $800 and local Applebee's and Chili's restaurants donated 15 percent of the proceeds from dining out events organized by Up 'til Dawn.
The finale event is more of a thank you to the students who participated in the letter-writing campaign than a fundraiser. But it is open to all students, so those who didn't volunteer in the fall are asked to pay $5 to attend.
Easy to relate
"Even thought St. Jude isn't local, everyone knows about the work it does and participation with Up 'til Dawn has been consistent each year," says Thad Doyle, associate director of Student Life and the organization's adviser. "Many students come back year after year. Some get involved because they have a personal connection — they know someone who has been touched by cancer. For others, they just feel passionate about getting involved in something that is bigger than themselves."
For Maria Zimmerman, of Norwalk, it's both.
The honors public relations major says she has always been interested in community service. And, her mother is a seven-year survivor of breast cancer.
"Danny Thomas always said, 'No child should die in the dawn of life.' That's how Up 'til Dawn got its name," says Zimmerman, now in her third year with the organization. "It's pretty easy to stay awake for that one night, actually, when we remember why we're doing it. When you think of all the hard nights the children and their parents have, it's not so much to ask."
Zimmerman, who will graduate in May, served this year as executive director of the student organization. "It's been a great experience to be involved with Up 'til Dawn and see the difference we can make."
Kudos shared
At the Up 'til Dawn event, several students were honored for their fundraising efforts.
The top five individuals were: Sean Brolly of Cuyahoga Falls, $1,150; Steve Brodecky of Uniontown, $680; Moira DeWalt of Medina, $630; Helen Dauka of Lisbon, $605; and Michelle Hudson of Stow, $565.
Joy Mining Machinery was the top fundraising team with $1,937. Its members are Steve Brodecky of Uniontown, Maggie Knisley of North Canton, and Michael Minnick and Thomas Minnick of Hubbard.
The Akron Swim Team was recognized as "Most Spirited."
The members of the 2011-12 Up 'til Dawn Student Executive Board are Maria Zimmerman, Norwalk, executive director; Jeffry Rennert, Wakeman, morale chair; Alyssa Medvec, Hubbard, recruitment chair; Amy Dravecky, Youngstown, all teams meeting chair; Abby Gerdes, Hubbard, finale chair; Greg Pennypacker, Northfield, public relations/marketing chair; and Kelsey Menuez, Millersburg, prize/sponsorship chair.
Thad M. Doyle, associate director of Student Life, serves as the student organization's adviser, and Alison Doehring, coordinator of civic engagement in Student Life, is the co-adviser.


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Since we're on the eve of Halloween…
While I've mentioned her more than once, she is, by far, my favorite source for death poetry this time of year. Not only that, but Cornelia Jane Matthews Jordan was well connected to the Shenandoah Valley's society circle.
The following poem was written by Jordan ca. 1848, focused on her sister-in-law, Gabriella Jordan Meem, wife of Gilbert Simrall Meem.
AH, brief indeed was life's fair dream,
Sweet Friend, to thee!
How "passing strange" and sad doth seem
Thy destiny.
Two fleeting months–and thou didst stand,
A timid Bride;
And he who claimed thy "heart and hand,"
Stood by thy side.
With rapt'rous ear he heard thee breathe
Love's fervent vow,
And saw the Orange blossoms wreathe
Thy queenly brow.
What blissful joy then did light
His loving eye.
Ah! little thought he, one so bright
Could surely die.
Too true, alas! the grave's cold breath
Is on thee now;
No more the beauteous "bridal wreath"
Bedecks thy brow.
Fond hearts that loved thee, now are sad,
And sigh in vain;
For thy dear smile to cheer and glad
Their home again.
They who around thy couch of pain
Did watch and weep,
Mourn now, that nought shall break again
Thy dreamless sleep.
She too, who soothed with gentle hand
Thy burning brow,
Sees now the fairest of her band
In death laid low.
Ah, little reck'st thou of the tears
Thus vainly shed;
For hushed are all thy trembling fears,
Thou sinless dead.
Blest, happy spirit–thou dost roam
In realms of light;
And to thy distant, radiant home,
Shall come no blight.
No withering flowers there shall bind
Thy gentle brow:
A fadeless wreath, by Angels twined,
Adorns thee now.
The joys that crown that life above,
Ah, who can tell!–
He calls thee hence whose name is Love,–
Dear one–farewell!
Gabriella died on December 31, 1848.
Her widow, Gilbert Simrall Meem (his father, John G. Meem, owned the more popular Meem home, "Mount Airy", located in Meem's Bottom, Shenandoah County. Gilbert built a comparable home of elegance, "Strathmore", in the "Bottom" in the 1870s), became known as a noted breeder of livestock in Virginia, was elected to the House of Delegates (1852 -1854), and was a brigadier general of Virginia militia (commanded the 7th Brigade, which consisted of the 58th, 97th, 136th, and 146th Regiments, from Shenandoah, Rockingham, and Page counties), before and during the Civil War. He resigned his commission in February of 1862, possibly under the allegations that he was an alcoholic.
In October 1863, he married Nannie Rose Garland (1839-1930), sister to Confederate Gen. Samuel Garland*, who was killed at the Battle of South Mountain, September 14, 1862.
In 1892, Meem sold his property in Virginia, and relocated to Seattle, Washington, where he was appointed U.S. Postmaster by President Grover Cleveland. [See his obituary, here].
*One of G.S. Meem's sisters, Eliza, was the wife of Gen. Garland, and preceded the general in death by over a year.
Another marriages in the Meem-Jordan-Garland triangle was that of Andrew R. Meem to Anne Jordan… Anne being a sister to Gabriella, and sister-in-law of Cornelia J.M. Jordan.
G.S. Meem lost a brother, Lawrence (serving as adjutant to his brother-in-law, Samuel Garland, in the 11th Virginia Infantry), in action at the Battle of Seven Pines. Captain Thomas Goree, Longstreet's aide-de-camp, remembered… "just before the battle commenced, I was riding along with Capt. Meem (Genl Garland's adj) and was laughing heartily at him for letting his horse throw him. I saw him a few hours afterwards a corpse, shot through the head with a minie ball."


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Say Cheese: Lovely Labels for Your Next Cheese Plate
When it comes to entertaining, there are few dishes as perfect as a cheese board. Perfectly easy. Perfectly yummy. Perfectly beautiful. A variety of carefully chosen cheeses, a bunch of grapes, slices of pear and apple, a pile of nuts and some quince or fig spread and you are good to go. Cheese labels are a great addition to any cheese plate. By naming the cheeses on display, you help your guests make their selections.
Even better, guests can leave your home with a mental note of their favorites; cheeses they themselves can now serve at their next party. Some labels are pre-made, which is an easy route to go. Another option is labels you can customize, which allows you to provide more detail, including the name of the cheesemaker, source, etc. Here are some fun ways to label cheese at your next shindig!
1. This is such a sweet idea: using nuts to hold hand-written cheese labels! From Style me Pretty (Image by Christine Chang).
2. Pieces of cork are used to hold up these handwritten labels from Little Blue Boo.
3 Set of 6 porcelain cheese labels from Crate & Barrel, $9.95.
4. Simple printed labels attached to toothpicks adorn cheeses on this cheese plate shown on A Beautiful Mess. I like how the hosts placed the cheeses to guide guests in the best pairings of cheese, fruit, and spreads. The cheese also looks accessible to make for easy cutting.
5. Some fun ideas for labelling cheese by the folks at Cheese Cave in Claremont, California, via Sugar and Charm.
6. More from Cheese Cave in Claremont, California, via Sugar and Charm.
7. At Barbuzzo restaurant in Philadelphia, a cheese plate is labelled with a simple, elegant strip of paper placed down the center. From 13th Street Philly.
8. No need for labels with this natural slate cheese board from Handpicked Collection.
9. Vintage silverware cheese markers, $29.00 from Wooden Hive on Etsy.
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*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***Blade length: 5.75 in.Total length: 10.50 in.Blade height (at heel): 1.12 in.Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.11 in.Item weight: 5.12 oz.Blade: Hand forged 52100 carbon steel with a low temp triple quench and triple temper for high performance edge retentionBolster: Integral 52100 bolsterHandle: Exhibition grade Arizona desert ironwood
Description: Bill Burke, who was honored as a journeyman smith June 2003, is best known for creating some of the best hunters that can be found anywhere. Recently, he put his attentions to creating a small number of chef's knives. The results are exceptional.
Honesuki are Japanese boning knives, great for boning chicken and red meats but also amazing as a general purpose utility knife! The shape provides finger clearance when working over a cutting board. A gentle rock to the blade makes it an optimal chopping knife. The thin, aggressive point makes it even capable of detail tasks where a paring knife would otherwise be used.
Like his hunting knives, this honesuki was pre-tested for edge flex and cutting ability before assembly. The heat treatment followed the formulas developed by Ed Fowler, Bill's teacher, and has been proven to create some of the sharpest and most long lasting edges found anywhere.
A differential heat treatment is clearly visible in the differential hardness line approximately three quarters up the blade. This results in a soft, supportive spine and an extremely hard, long lasting edge. The blade has been convex ground on the left side and hollow ground on the right. This technique makes it ideal for use by a left handed user and makes food less likely to stick to the side of the knife. Additionally, the food is less likely to become bruised by being cut by a knife with this geometry. The bolster is integral -- a technique that, while common in production knives, is very rare in handmade knives due to the difficulty of implementation. The handle is formed from exhibition grade desert ironwood and incorporates a swirling pattern of warm light and dark tones. The knife has perfect balance and feels exceptional in the hand.
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Sep 7, 2011
Weekly Muppet Wednesdays: Big Mean Carl
Performed by...
Bill Barretta
First appearance...
Muppet Meeting Films "Think Bigger" (1992)
Most recent appearance...
Lady Gaga & The Muppets Holiday Spectacular (2013)
Best known role(s)...
Big Mean Bunny, Big Mena Bagpipe-Eater, Big Mean Ventriloquist, Big Mean Bubble Guy, Big Mean Porcupine-Eater, Big Mean Psychic
Big Mean Carl is a huge, ravenous monster who specializes in eating other smaller creatures and partaking in numerous vocations.
Carl first appeared in 1992, performed by Dave Goelz and called Chairman Budget. It wasn't until 1996 and Muppets Tonight, when Bill Barretta took on the massive monster, that Carl became Big and Mean. He first stormed on the scene as Carl the Big Mean Bagpipe-Eater, wherein he... ate bagpipes. Throughout the run of the show, Carl would appear as various "Big Mean" incarnations that usually involved him violently consuming or smashing something.
He also starred in the Muppets Tonight game show "Swift Wits," hosted by Snookie Bleyer, where guests would attempt to answer a question correctly, and every incorrect answer resulted in the eating of a cute animal by none other than Carl the Big Mean Bunny. Only once did a contestant answer correctly... but, of course, Carl ate the animal anyway.
After Muppets Tonight ended, Big Mean Carl disappeared until 2008 when he acted as the boss in the control room on the Today show when the Muppets overtook the show. Later in 2008, Carl returned to a full-fledged Muppet production working in the mail room during A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa.
In 2009, Big Mean Carl struck it big with a role in "Bohemian Rhapsody," where he played "the monstrosity" that eats Rizzo and the rats. This was Carl's most important dialogue since Muppets Tonight and he uttered it well--even when his mouth was full.
April 2010 was the biggest month in Carl's distinguished career. He starred in his own viral video, "Stand By Me," singing the titular song and eating bunnies as he went. Carl's video swept the internet, and everywhere people were asking the burning question: "Who the heck is Big Mean Carl?" Later in 2010, Carl appeared alongside Pepe the King Prawn in LOST Slapdown where he auditioned for the part of the Smoke Monster for the producers.
Most recently, Carl popped up in the background of a group scene in the first full-length trailer for this fall's feature film, The Muppets. Big Mean Carl's appearance in the movie will mark his first time being seen on the big screen. Let's hope he doesn't eat Sterling Knight. (Actually... let's hope he does.)
In their heyday, the Muppets were all about what Frank Oz referred to as "gentle anarchy," meaning that every time one of them started to get sweet or sentimental, there was another one that showed up to eat them or blow them up. Big Mean Carl carries on this magnificent tradition. He is pure silliness--let's face it, his main purpose is to eat things and shout "Thank you!!" after he has done so. Now that's comedy. Big Mean Carl is as Muppety as they come, and his resurgence in recent years is as welcome as it was beautifully random.
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, email@example.com
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I think you aer beautifully random as well.ReplyDelete
If you liked this, then do check out my deep (?) analysis of Big Mean Carl's performance art here: http://themuppetmindset.blogspot.com/2011/05/carl-big-mean-ethical-egoist.htmlReplyDelete
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The historic Faribault Woolen Mill was built in 1865 in Faribault Minnesota on the banks of the Cannon River that once powered the Mill with its rushing current. Though the days of water-power are long gone, the river reminds the company of its roots in classic quality and old techniques still in use today. As one of the last fully integrated mills left in the U.S., their mission is the same as it always was: use the highest quality raw materials, manufacturing, and hand finishing techniques to create home textiles that are made to last. This 100% wool fringed throw blanket is a sumptuous, neutral addition to any room of the house.


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A decade ago, Susan Infield never imagined herself being a dog owner. But at the insistence of her children, she relented, and it became a life-changing experience.
Now, Infield is a published author on the topic, as her new children's book focuses on pet adoption. "Dakota's Window," is named for the dog the family adopted in 2006 from an animal shelter.
"We had a very good experience adopting Dakota," Infield said. "She's a great dog."
Infield needed much prodding from her son, Matthew, daughter, Laura, and even her husband, Richard, to agree to get a dog. Finally when Matthew and Laura were 12 and 9, respectively, she said OK.
"Dakota's Window" chronicles the family's quest to find the right dog. The story is told through Laura's perspective.
Infield said she first wrote the book in 2010, and admitted that it only took about two hours to complete. The reason it took so long to get published, she said, was because she needed to find the right illustrator. Eventually she came across Maggie Cousins, who had been a pet foster parent when Infield worked at an animal shelter.
"I thought it was a very important message for kids and their families to look at adoption first when choosing a pet," Infield said. "The reality is, many, many pets are euthanized every year just because of the lack of space in shelters. Those are animals that could be adopted."
Infield noted that adopting a pet actually saves two lives. The adopted pet gets a home, while a spot in a shelter opens up for another animal.
"Many people are unaware of the great dogs you can adopt from a shelter," she said. "They're very loyal and they never forget who saved them."
After getting Dakota, who Infield described as "an imperfect dog but the perfect dog for their family," she realized their new pet needed a companion. The woman who didn't want a dog to begin with ended up being the family member who pushed for a second one. Three years later, the Infields got Chippy, also from a shelter.
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Bucs set to take court for official start of preseason workouts Friday
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 16, 2008) - The wait is finally over for the ETSU men's basketball team.
The Buccaneers will open official preseason practice sessions Friday evening at 7:30 p.m., inside Memorial Center, as the team begins preparations in earnest for the 2008-09 season. ETSU will play two exhibition games inside Memorial Center on Nov. 1 against Milligan College and Nov. 8 against Mars Hill, before opening their season Nov. 14 against Temple in the Charleston Classic.
"We're ready to get started," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow, whose team did take a preseason exhibition trip to Canada in September and has also participated in individual workouts throughout the last two months. "This is an exciting time not only for the players and coaches, but also for our fans, students and alumni."
ETSU fans will get their first public appearance of the new Buccaneers on Tuesday, Oct. 21, as part of the Bluenanza Tipoff '08 inside Memorial Center presented by the Buccaneer Athletic Scholarship Association. The special event will begin at 7 p.m., and will feature special giveaways, on-court contests, a dunk contest, and scrimmages by both the men's and women's basketball teams.
For more on the 2008-09 ETSU men, read the preseason Media Guide preview below:
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A program that has enjoyed seven trips all-time to the NCAA Tournament and was ranked in the Top 30 percent nationally by ESPN.com's "Prestige" Ranking earlier this year, the ETSU men's basketball team enters the 2008-09 season with redemption, a championship, and an eighth trip to the NCAA postseason as its goals.
The Buccaneers, who finished last season 19-13 overall and 11-5 in Atlantic Sun Conference play, ended the season tied for third in league action and advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Championships at Lipscomb University in Nashville. The Bucs return eight players from last year's squad, including the team's top two scorers and only All A-Sun picks, and will add a talented recruiting class to their ranks as they prepare to retake the top spot in the league.
Senior shooting guard Courtney Pigram (Memphis) returns for his final season in the blue and gold, having led the Bucs in scoring during both the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons. A year ago, Pigram averaged a team-best 15.8 points per game while also finishing sixth in the A-Sun with 3.4 assists per contest. Having scored 1,445 points in his career, Pigram stands seventh on ETSU's all-time scoring list and will look to move up that ladder throughout the 2008-09 campaign. Meanwhile, other returners include forward Kevin Tiggs (Flint, Mich.), who ended the year second on the team with 14.6 points per contest, junior guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.), who finished the year fourth on the team with 4.7 rebounds a contest, and senior guard Jocolby Davis (Meridian, Miss.), who started 17 games at the point guard spot a year ago. In addition to those four starters from a year ago, sophomore forward Micah Williams (Manchester, Tenn.), senior forward Greg Hamlin (Flint, Mich.), and sophomore forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) also return after having provided valuable minutes last season.
As for the road ahead, the Bucs will open their season against a talented field in the Charleston Classic, facing off with Atlantic 10 foe Temple in the season opener on Nov. 14 and then playing two more games in the tournament. The Bucs will return home for one game before heading on a five-game road swing that includes trips to Missouri Valley foe Bradley (Nov. 29), Conference USA opponent Marshall (Dec. 2) and former Southern Conference rival Appalachian State (Dec. 13). The Bucs will open league play Dec. 5 at Mercer and will finally return home to take on hated in-state foe Chattanooga on Dec. 17. The team will open A-Sun play in earnest beginning in January, with home meetings against Lipscomb (Jan. 17), Belmont (Jan. 19) and Kennesaw State (Feb. 26) highlighting the slate.
Pigram has stood out as the catalyst and star in the ETSU backcourt over the last two seasons, and he will continue in that role this year. While his scoring will be counted on, the Bucs' main questions will come at the other shooting guard slot and point guard. Having lost the sharp-shooting touch of 1,000-point scorer and 2008 graduate Travis Strong (Memphis), the team will look to others for some firepower from outside. Williams or Smith could fit that role after having put up respectable numbers from beyond the arc a year ago, while incoming freshman Jarvis Jones (Memphis) may look to replace the points scored by his fellow Memphis native Strong. Jones' spot-on shooting during the Bucs' preseason trip to Canada was impressive and left the coaches looking to get him the ball on offense. Meanwhile, at the point, Davis also played well during the Canada trip, while highly decorated incoming freshman Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) may get a shot at playing time early and often after playing well in preseason workouts. The 6-6 Sollazzo brings uncharacteristic size to the point position, and showed throughout his prep playing days the ability to distribute the basketball.
With the departure of four-year starter Andrew Reed (Port Richey, Fla.) on the inside, the Bucs' biggest question marks coming into the season will be in the post. Tiggs and Hamlin return from a year ago, but while Tiggs was a major contributor, Hamlin's flashes of brilliance were rare because his time was limited due to injury. This leaves Hubbard, redshirt freshman Isiah Brown (Miami), and true freshmen J.C. Ward (Marietta, Ga.) and Seth Coy (Montgomery, Ind.) to battle out for playing time. While Ward is 6-6, Brown stands 6-8, and Coy is an impressive 6-11, Hubbard seems the odd player out at 6-4. However, during the preseason Canada trip, Hubbard twice posted double-doubles and showed a willingness to bang around with the big men inside. If the Bucs can find an adequate scoring and defensive asset in the paint to go along with the quality scorers from the perimeter, the team should have a formidable offensive punch.
Final Analysis
Having given up a school record 295 3-pointers a year ago, the defensive end may be where the key to success or failure will reside for the Bucs in 2007-08. Opponents shot 35 percent from beyond the arc a year ago, and ETSU must cut down on those numbers in 2008-09 to reach its goals. On offense, scorers are present up and down the roster, but finding a point guard to consistently distribute the basketball may be the difference. Getting through the early season schedule - with nine of the first 12 games away from Memorial Center - will be a major task for the team and key to building confidence heading into the meat of the A-Sun schedule.


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This is a guide to install the freeware Playstation emulator ePSXe. It is based on this guide, which is a bit outdated.
ePSXe is now in AUR here. Manual installation as described below is no longer needed. Please skip ahead to Configuration. Many plugins can also be found on AUR here.
Installation from AUR
Using yaourt
yaourt -S epsxe epsxe-launcher-python epsxe-plugin-gpu-mesagl epsxe-plugin-gpu-xgl2 epsxe-plugin-padjoy epsxe-plugin-spu-alsa
Build and install the above packages.
cd /path/to/your/build/dir wget http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/epsxe/epsxe.tar.gz tar -zxvf epsxe.tar.gz cd epsxe makepkg
I recommend really to install the launcher package - it takes much work from you. :)
Start epsxe with the lauchner (located in /usr/bin/), it creates .epsxe in your home and links to epsxe.
Manual Install (deprecated)
First, open a console and install the packages that you will need:
pacman -Sy unzip gtk
Get the ePSXe base package:
wget http://www.epsxe.com/files/epsxe160lin.zip
Extract the ePSXe package and set up permissions:
mkdir /usr/share/epsxe export EPSXE='/usr/share/epsxe' unzip -d $EPSXE ~/epsxe160lin.zip cd $EPSXE chmod 777 cfg sstates snap memcards touch memcards/epsxe000.mcr memcards/epsxe001.mcr .epsxerc chmod 666 memcards/* chmod 666 .epsxerc
If you own a Playstation system, get the PSX Bios _somewhere.around.the.internet_ put it in your home folder and:
mv ~/SCPH1001.BIN $EPSXE/bios/
You can run the emulator with either software render or hardware acceleration plugin. The latter requires a NVIDIA, ATI, or similar card with working OpenGL drivers. You can install both and use the one that works best for you. The hardware acceleration plugin in this how-to apperantly requires a quite new card (not known how new though). If it doesn't work there is an older plugin that uses MesaGL. Look here.
Install hardware acceleration plugin:
cd ~ wget http://www.pbernert.com/gpupetexgl208.tar.gz tar xfz ~/gpupetexgl208.tar.gz -C $EPSXE/plugins/ mv $EPSXE/plugins/cfgPeteXGL2 $EPSXE/cfg/ mv $EPSXE/plugins/gpuPeteXGL2.cfg $EPSXE/cfg/ chmod 666 $EPSXE/cfg/gpuPeteXGL2.cfg
Install software render plugin:
cd ~ wget http://www.pbernert.com/gpupeopssoftx117.tar.gz tar xfz ~/gpupeopssoftx117.tar.gz -C $EPSXE/plugins/ mv $EPSXE/plugins/cfgPeopsSoft $EPSXE/cfg/ mv $EPSXE/plugins/gpuPeopsSoftX.cfg $EPSXE/cfg/ chmod 666 $EPSXE/cfg/gpuPeopsSoftX.cfg
Install audio plugin (uses the OSS sound daemon):
cd ~ wget http://www.pbernert.com/spupeopsoss109.tar.gz tar xvfz ~/spupeopsoss109.tar.gz -C $EPSXE/plugins/ mv $EPSXE/plugins/cfgPeopsOSS $EPSXE/cfg/
Create a shell script that will start ePSXe:
nano /usr/bin/epsxe
and paste this:
#!/bin/bash export EPSXE='/usr/share/epsxe' export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$EPSXE cd $EPSXE ./epsxe chmod 666 $EPSXE/cfg/*.cfg $EPSXE/sstates/* \ $EPSXE/memcards/*.mcr $EPSXE/snap/* 2>/dev/null
Save it and change permissions for the new file:
chmod 755 /usr/bin/epsxe
You can now start by typing 'epsxe' in the terminal.
- In the menu, open "Config -> BIOS", and set it to /usr/share/epsxe/bios/SCPH1001.BIN
- Open "Config -> Video", and select either "Pete's XGL2 Driver 2.7" or "P.E.Op.S. Softx Driver 1.17". Click configure, then OK to write a config file. Verify that it is working by clicking the Test button.
- In "Config -> Sound" select "P.E.Op.S. OSS Audio Driver", Configure, OK. Verify with the Test button.
- In Config -> CDROM, set the path to your CD/DVD-ROM. In most cases it should be /dev/cdrom but in some /dev/hdc. You can check your path by typing "mount |grep cd" in a console.
- In Config -> Game Pad -> Pad 1 menu, you can set up the controls.
Now you should be all set.
If you want to use an original PSX CD-ROM, insert it and select "File -> Run CDROM" It might take a while for the game to load, so be patient.
You can load backup ISO:s from your hard disk with "File -> Run ISO.
When you are running your game you can press Esc any time to exit, save/load game states, or change discs. To get back, select Run -> Continue.
Problems and Workarounds
Plugins are not listed
Sometimes epsxe will not recognize your plugins even though they may be correctly installed. They should be installed to /opt/epsxe/cfg and /opt/epsxe/plugins a solution to this is to run epsxe once (if you have not already) and the file "epsxerc" will be generated in ~/.epsxe open it and it will list plugins. They may say "DISABLED" or list a plugin that dose not exist (such as libgpu.so or libspu.so) simply change the string to the plugin you have in your /opt/epsxe/plugins folder. Run epsxe and it should be working.
NOTE: If your are running epsxe from a 32bit chroot you will need install nvidia-utils (pacman -S nvidia-utils) to the chroot enviorment to use the xgl2 plugin.
File not found
Sometimes the symlinks in ~./epsxe will not let you run the epsxe executable even if the permission are correct and the link is working. You may simply copy the epsxe executable from /opt/epsxe to ~/.epsxe this can also be done for any other files or folders whose symlinks are not working correctly.
Possible errors on a 64bit System "epsxe: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64"
Mostly "wrong ELF class" means it tries to load 64 bit libs with a 32bit binary, install the bin32-* packages according to the error.
Settings will not be saved
It's a similar problem like not listed plugins. I recommend to install the epsxe-launcher-python package, it creates the directories for epsxe in your home too.
- ePSXe - http://www.epsxe.com/
- Pete's PSX plugins - http://www.pbernert.com/index.htm
- ePSXe on AUR - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=10745


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(An interesting discussion from the forums. Jump in, and enjoy your weekend!)
I do the cooking as my SO has a tendency to burn boiled water. He came with a massive 1-setting cheapo rice cooker, and he doesn't understand why I want to boot it into space. It's a 10-cup cooker, at least, and at most we only need a couple cups at a time. I've had to resort to cooking rice in a pot so I don't have to make a cup extra just so it can get burned to the bottom. And EVERYONE says that I can't make proper japanese-style rice in a pot, so I wanna get a small rice cooker, and I imagine those 1-setting rice cookers wouldn't cut it. (You know the type. Just a switch you press down, and when it pops up it's done.)
So here's the question, after my whine - Do I NEED a nice fuzzy logic cooker? I want one, but being dirt-poor 20-somethings, shelling out $100-$200 makes us balk. The pot method isn't cutting it. It does jasmine rice a treat, but the short grain stuff keeps coming out gluey. (more like porridge than proper sticky rice, sadly)