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THUMBS UP to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission for its decision to extend the timeline for awarding a southeastern Massachusetts casino license to at least February 2015.
THUMBS UP to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission for its decision to extend the timeline for awarding a southeastern Massachusetts casino license to at least February 2015. Meanwhile, the deadline for casino applications will be extended from July 23 to at least Sept. 23. While city officials opposed the decision and believed the previous deadline offered plenty of time to seal a good deal, it is clear that there are still a lot more questions than answers.
Although the decision could open up more competition — which could ultimately hinder the city's casino prospects — the delay could be good for Fall River. It could allow a better deal to emerge from the host agreement and give the city more time to vet the proposal instead of rushing it through, which could have ultimately led to the casino referendum's defeat.
Having more time to get answers and negotiate a solid host agreement along with a more competitive proposal is certainly in the city's best interest. The delay could also allow more time to clarify the situation with the Mashpees' land-in-trust status, which could be a game-changer. Better to have more time to negotiate a better deal than have later regrets after rushing into a bad one.
THUMBS UP to the participants of Sunday's Thomas J. Giunta Memorial 5K road race. The 2014 road race marked the 20th year since Giunta was killed in the line of duty while handing out parking passes to Middle Street residents ahead of the Great Feast of the Holy Ghost. In a fitting tribute, this year's race was preceded by the dedication of the Thomas J. Giunta Memorial Tot Lot at the corner of Bank and O'Grady streets. The 20th road race holds a special significance because Giunta's badge number was 20. The road race has become a great tradition, both honoring Giunta and bringing our community together.
THUMBS DOWN to the Flanagan administration's effort to recoup part of a $1.6 million settlement decree with Dominion Energy, after the city missed the deadline to file its qualifying proposal for the settlement. The case will be heard Monday at a federal court in Illinois. So far, the law firm of Nixon Peabody has billed the city $67,500. This seems like a case of the administration fighting a losing — and costly — battle that is just not worth the expense.
THUMBS UP to the Rotary Club of Fall River for its First Impressions Event, offering job seekers classes highlighting interviewing skills and resumes, and offering other resources — including gift certificates for haircuts, fashion advice, professional clothing and jewelry so that job applicants can look sharp at interviews.
With the SouthCoast's tough employment picture, this program — in its third year — could help give motivated job seekers a chance to shine as they try to find the right employment match. Since the job search can also be discouraging and frustrating, the program also should help give participants an extra boost in self-esteem that could help in the job search and in life.


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Contest has ended.
Giving away these five books, volumes 1,2,4,5 and 6 of the 8 volume set "The Works of Lord Byron" from 1825.
Books are in rough shape, leather covers detached, some illustrations missing, but I though they still had a neat shelf look and, well, they are 185 years old.
Comment to enter, I will be taking entries here and on Twitter and Facebook. Winner announced tomorrow at 10:00 AM EST.
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Divorces in Canada
From the Canadian Genealogy Centre's website:
From 1840 to 1968, divorces in Canada were granted by private acts of the Parliament of Canada.Before 1867, only five divorce acts were passed and published either in the Statutes of the Province of Canada or in the Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. The first divorce that occurred in Canada was between John Stuart and Elizabeth Van Reneselaer Powell in 1841.
From 1867 to 1968, a person wishing to obtain a divorce was first required to place a notice of intent to petition the government for an Act of Divorce in the Canada Gazette and in two newspapers in the district or county where the petitioner resided. It was to appear for a six-month period.
CGC offers their database, Divorce in Canada, which covers those divorces in parliamentary publications from 1841-1968.
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LOWELL -- He is this historic manufacturing city's most famous native son, a celebrated 20th-century writer who wove its modest landscape -- schools, churches, businesses -- into many of his published works.
Although Jack Kerouac (1922-69) is best known for his artistically pioneering "On the Road," the 1957 novel that chronicled his cross-country wanderings, he was born, raised, and buried in Lowell. And despite his desire to move on, the city and its people frequently surfaced in his largely autobiographical books.
"The Town and the City," for example, is a tale of his coming of age in Lowell and New York. "Maggie Cassidy," named for his first love, takes place during his senior year at Lowell High School. "The Vanity of Duluoz: An Adventurous Education, 1935-46," includes more high school reminiscences, while "Visions of Gerard" is about Kerouac's older brother, who died of rheumatic fever at age 9.
"It's hard to miss Lowell in his books," said Hilary W. Holladay, director of the Jack and Stella Kerouac Center for American Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
"This will sound simplistic, but I think Lowell gave him the soul of his writing," Holladay said. "And, of course, after he left Lowell he then had a tremendous longing for it and realized it could be a subject of his writing. So he came back to the city looking for inspiration and trying to connect with that more innocent part of his life."
Nearly 40 years after his death, Kerouac -- a Beat Generation icon who wrote more than 20 works of prose and poetry -- is omnipresent in his hometown.
Landmarks from the author's life still exist: his birthplace at 9 Lupine Road in the city's Centralville section; Pollard Memorial Library (formerly Lowell Public Library), where he combed the shelves; the Lowell Sun, where he was briefly a sports reporter; Nicky's Bar at 112 Gorham St. (now a restaurant), one of his frequent haunts; and his grave at Edson Cemetery.
At Kerouac Park, a commemorative monument reflects his Roman Catholic and Buddhist beliefs with a cross and series of circles. One of Kerouac's typewriters and one of his well-traveled backpacks are on display at the Patrick J. Mogan Cultural Center, and each fall the city hosts a three-day event called "Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!"
"His connection to Lowell is very deep," said Jack Herlihy, a librarian at Lowell National Historic Park. "The city was an integral part of Jack Kerouac's life, always. He really never left Lowell. It was intricately intertwined into his writing, his being, his self."
This summer, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the publication of "On the Road," the novel's original manuscript will be on display in Lowell. It's no ordinary manuscript; Kerouac produced it in a three-week, drug-fueled writing frenzy in a style he called "spontaneous prose," a freewheeling, confessional, literary stream of consciousness.
He typed it, single-spaced, on thin, fragile teletype paper, using no paragraphs and little punctuation. The final product was a nearly 120-foot scroll, patched together with tape. He finished it in 1951, and six years later it was published.
The exhibit, scheduled to run June 7 to Sept. 16 at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum, is one of many local tributes to Kerouac, who was 47 when he died in St. Petersburg, Fla., of liver damage after years of heavy drinking. The manuscript's public showing will be sponsored in part by the Jack and Stella Kerouac Center for American Studies, which also houses the Kerouac Writer-in-Residence program, the Kerouac Conference on Beat Literature, and Kerouac scholarships.
In addition, the University of Massachusetts at Lowell will award Kerouac a posthumous honorary degree in June.
By serving as a window into Kerouac's life, the manuscript exhibit may help explain why the writings of a man who spent much of his life struggling over money, relationships, self-identity, and substance abuse resonate so widely.
"Kerouac wrote a sort of autobiography of his soul," said Holladay . "And because he was able to write about his own shortcomings and yearnings so eloquently, he speaks to an incredible number of readers."
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DFA Lends a Hand in Baltimore
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Access to affordable food is a challenge more and more Americans face each year. This week, nearly 300 employees of Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA) worked to address this issue for one Baltimore community by convening at Real Food Farm for an afternoon of service. The volunteer event has become a tradition at DFA's annual training conference, which is held in a different city each year.
The activity was coordinated and managed by Business Volunteers Unlimited Maryland (BVU) through a partnership with Civic Works, an organization dedicated to building a future for Baltimore's youth through community service and skills development. Volunteers worked on Civic Works' campus in Clifton Park, which is in the Belair-Edison neighborhood of Baltimore.
Volunteers supported two of Civic Works' largest programs, Real Food Farm and the REACH Partnership school, by preparing land at the farm for the winter and performing multiple site maintenance and beautification projects for both programs. Among the day's activities were painting a structure used for educational events, weeding hoop houses, mulching pathways, clearing land for additional hoop houses and reclaiming an overgrown wetland wildlife area.
Through ongoing hunger and nutrition initiatives and volunteer activities such as this, DFA members and staff are able to fulfill one of the Cooperative's core values — community. Outreach projects are conducted through the DFA Cares Foundation, which was founded to assist DFA's dairy farmer members and others in agriculture communities affected by natural disasters. Today, the Foundation has expanded to include the DFA Cares Hotline, DFA's Member Assistance Program and the DFA Scholarship Program.
Civic Works is Baltimore's urban service corps and an AmeriCorps program. Its mission is to build a future for Baltimore's youth through community service and skills development. Every year, corps members spend a year or a summer in service to Baltimore, and in return, receive a modest living allowance, an education award that can be used for college or vocational school, and the job readiness and life skills needed to secure and maintain employment.
BVU is a nonprofit organization in Baltimore that is committed to strengthening the community. BVU trains and places professionals on nonprofit boards and offers guidance to companies on civic engagement and employee volunteer activities.
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- 2 c. Pancetta, diced
- 2 tbs. Butter
- Fresh cracked pepper
- 1 ½ c. Arborio rice
- ½ c. Walnuts, crumbled
- 4-5 c. Red wine
- 2 tbs. Goat cheese
- ½ c. Parmesan
1. In a sauté pan, render the diced pancetta in the warm butter. Add some fresh cracked pepper.
2. Once the pancetta is cooked, add the rice for risotto, and the walnuts.
3. Adding about a cup of red wine at time, stir into the rice mixture. Once the liquid has been absorbed, add another cup. Continue to stir during this process until all wine has been added.
4. Cook on low heat until the rice has reached the consistency for you (for softer rice, cook longer). Once all the wine has reduced, stir in the goat cheese and Parmesan while whisking for a few minutes. Serve warm.


text: Umm.... what should the punishment be? http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/06-05/06-02-05/a13wn147.htm -year-old suspected of beating infant sister to death By VICKIE CHACHERE, Associated Press writer TAMPA, Fla. -- A 7-year-old boy beat his baby half-sister to death with his fists, feet and a two-by-four because he was jealous of the attention the girl was receiving and because she would not stop crying, police said yesterday. The State Attorney's Office is deciding whether to file charges against the boy in an attack that rattled even veteran homicide detectives. "The veteran detectives who worked on this case have never seen a case with someone as young as a 7-year-old show so much violence and so little remorse," Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said. The attack occurred May 22 in Tampa, where the boy had been visiting his father. The seven-month-old girl was dead on arrival at the hospital where her parents rushed her. The boy confessed to killing his sister a week later when detectives confronted him with the evidence, McElroy said. The unidentified boy was not taken into custody and is living with his mother while prosecutors make their decision on whether to charge him. Police said the father and his girlfriend were outside visiting with neighbors when the boy came to them about midnight on the night of the attack and told them the baby was bleeding. They found the girl with a bloody nose and said she wasn't breathing. Hillsborough County Assistant State Attorney Pam Bondi said prosecutors were just beginning to review the case and the complex legal issues involved with bringing charges against such a young child. Among the elements prosecutors will have to consider is whether a child so young is competent to stand trial for a crime, Bondi said. "There are a lot of issues," Bondi said. "This is the first time we have dealt with a 7-year-old accused of such a violent crime."


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Moon (UK - BD)
Chris takes a look at the small little film that has taken the sci-fi world by storm...
Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is a Lunar Industries employee contracted to extract helium-3 from the surface of the Moon to be used in the production of clean energy back on Earth. Sam has left behind his wife Tess and a three-year-old daughter, Eve. Sam's only companion is a robotic assistant named GERTY (Kevin Spacey), and damage to the station's communications satellite limits contact with Earth to only the occasional pre-recorded message. Two weeks before completing his three year contract Sam begins to hallucinate, catching brief glimpses of a teenage girl on the station and later on the lunar surface during a helium-3 harvesting mission. Distracted, Sam crashes his rover into the harvester, and is barely able to don his life-support suit before the atmosphere vents into space.
Some time later Sam awakens in the infirmary where GERTY tells him that he is recovering from injuries sustained in the crash. However, Sam becomes suspicious when he overhears a live communication between GERTY and Lunar Industries , during which he learns that GERTY will not allow him to leave the confines of the base. A further message from Lunar Industries informs him that a rescue crew is on the way to repair the harvester and take him home, but a distrustful Sam sabotages a gas pipe to force GERTY into allowing him outside. Instead of repairing the pipe Sam goes to investigate the damaged harvester, where he makes a startling discovery—another Sam Bell, clinging to life in the crushed remains of the very same rover that he himself was rescued from…
Moon is one of those rare beasts—a film that I knew almost nothing about before I watched it at the cinema. I enjoyed it very much at the time, and besides the obvious comparisons with Silent Running I found that it also evoked memories of the first time I saw Alien and Blade Runner. While it doesn't share much in common with those films on a narrative level, the overall approach to the work feels similar. Everything is presented in a realistic, gritty way—the sort of 'used future' that George Lucas envisioned for the original Star Wars—and this grounds the film in reality (albeit a reality where man is mining on the Moon). Sam Rockwell's brilliant performance is the highlight, carrying, as he does, virtually the entire film himself, and his interactions with GERTY are both hilarious and heart-warming.
I'll be honest and admit that I initially expected the film to go one way, only for it to head down a more conventional path. This surprised me at the time because I thought that some of the more interesting ideas were not fully explored, but it's clear that Duncan Jones didn't set out to make the sort of picture I thought I was watching. No, this is straight-ahead sci-fi shrouded in a veil of misdirection, but it's still extremely well executed. My second run through didn't really change my opinion of the film, but I did find myself questioning some of the logic in greater detail. There are a number of nagging plot points that made me think 'why would they do that?', but even so, this is an assured independent film that becomes all the more impressive when you learn that it had a budget of only five million dollars. In a year filled with mega-hyped damp squib blockbusters, Moon made for a refreshing change of pace.
As you'd expect from such a recent film, Moon's 2.40:1 widescreen transfer (1080/24p AVC) is in extremely good shape. The film has a largely 'antiseptic' palette, with lots of white and cream interiors punctuated by the occasional splash of colour, and this is exceptionally well-rendered on BD. Detail is sufficient that I was able to pick out not only the usual pores, blemishes and hairs in facial close-ups, but also the little decorative touches that help sell the environment as a realistic one. However, one unfortunate side-effect of Blu-ray's visual splendour is that it can make visual effects stand out like a sore thumb, and this is the case with Moon. The model shots are very obviously just that—models. This isn't a fault per se—rather a limit of the film's low-budget origins—but I thought it prudent to mention it all the same.
Luckily for a film where the dominant shades are white and black, contrast is just about perfect. Black levels are good during the interior scenes, but exterior shots are rendered in varying shades of grey. Again, this is not a problem with the transfer, because I clearly remember the blacks being a little washed out when I saw the film theatrically. I believe the effect is designed to represent light emanating from the Sun. The print is pristine, and the only digital nastiness that stood out was some minor posterisation during the opening titles. Other than that, Moon is a very solid looking feature.
This is one of the few Sony Blu-ray titles to feature a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack, but from what I understand we'll be seeing it more regularly in future. Format aside, this is one of the best tracks I've heard in quite some time, and it is instrumental to the overall effectiveness of the film. The lunar base is alive with all manner of noises, most of which you probably won't even recognise on a conscious level, and that's the genius of the sound design. The motorised whirr of GERTY's various appendages and the simple beeping of computer consoles somewhere in the background are so natural that you quickly stop listening for them and just accept them as a part of the environment.
The exterior scenes are every bit as impressive, with massive harvesters spewing out tons of moon rock that hit the windscreen of Sam's rover like some sort of concrete rainstorm. There's also some decent bass during these scenes, lending weight to the mammoth vehicles as they grumble over the lunar surface, but again this is perfectly balanced in the mix so as not to overwhelm the proceedings. Discrete effects and panning are not as flashy as your average blockbuster, but the scene in which Sam plays basketball is handled well. Dialogue is generally clean and clear, but there were a couple of indistinct lines here and there. However, these tended to be during scenes where the characters themselves were in noisy situations (such as Sam getting a 'Floby' haircut), so it could be an intentional thing.
Perhaps the most important element of the mix is the music, with Clint Mansell's wonderfully moody score filling the soundstage from the opening moments. The themes that accompany Sam's daily activities reminded me of similar scenes from WALL-E (as the robots perform their duties aboard the Axiom), and this is no small compliment. There's also some great source music, such as Sam's Chesney Hawks alarm clock and 'Walking on Sunshine' by Katrina and the Waves, which accompanies Rockwell's gloriously goofy dance. I might catch a bit of flack for saying this, but I think Moon's audio is some of the best I've heard on Blu-ray this year. It just goes to show that films don't have to be filled with car chases and explosions to sound great.
The bonus material kicks off with a pair of commentary tracks, the first of which features writer/director Duncan Jones, director of photography Gary Shaw, concept designer Gavin Rothery, and production designer Tony Noble. The track is an absolute joy to listen to, with great interaction between the participants, plenty of banter, and some genuinely interesting observations and anecdotes (I'd never have spotted the boom operator in shot if they hadn't pointed it out). The second track with Duncan Jones and producer Stuart Fenegan isn't quite as energetic, but it is still worth a listen. It concentrates more on the technical side of things and the smaller number of participants allows for a more thorough exploration of the topics under discussion.
Next up we have Whistle (28:46 SD), which is Duncan Jones' short film about a hitman who kills people from the comfort of his Swiss home while trying to rebuild his damaged relationship with his family. Unfortunately his latest assassination goes awry and before long he becomes a target himself. It's actually not a bad little film, with an interesting premise and some decent performances from the cast.
'The Making of Moon' (16:18 SD) is a short featurette that details the pictures origins and evolution. There is plenty of interview footage with the director, star Sam Rockwell and other members of the cast, all shot on-set at Shepperton Studios. I was actually a little bit disappointed by the short running time, but that's only because I was enjoying the featurette (a rarity for me).
'Creating the Visual Effects' (11:09 SD) is another short piece that explores the creation of the digital and practical effects. We're told how the various elements combined to produce the final results, and I was surprised by how much CGI went unnoticed during my viewing (which is a good thing). We also get to see Sam Rockwell fighting with himself, which amused me.
The 'Science Center Q&A with Director Duncan Jones' (20:48 SD) sees the director fielding questions about the film from the folks at the Science Center, Houston, while Sam Rockwell and producers Trudie Styler and Stuart Fenegan join Jones for the 'Film Makers Q&A at the Sundance Festival' (11:15 SD), which is basically more of the same with slightly different questions. Both featurettes are worth at least one viewing, even if they do overlap a fair bit.
The disc also includes the film's theatrical trailer (02:09 HD), a selection of trailers for other Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Blu-ray releases, and the customary BD-Live links to fairly useless content. There's also a short Easter egg, details of which can be found in our Easter eggs section.
Moon is one of those hidden gems that comes along once in a blue, well, moon. I went into it knowing nothing about the film other than some positive word of mouth and found it to be an enjoyable, atmospheric picture that evoked memories of yesteryear. It just goes to show that you don't need two hundred million dollars to make a good sci-fi movie. (Not that some directors can make a good sci-fi movie even with that amount, eh McG?). Technically the disc is very sound, with great visuals and demo-level audio. Throw in some genuinely entertaining extras and you've got yourself a winner. This one comes highly recommended.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release 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.
Review by Chris Gould
Marcus1138 Contributor Join Date: June 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 910
I also checked this out again at the weekend. Really enjoyed the disc and the movie itself is now very high in my years favorites. Rockwell frickin' rules!
As a side note I really liked the cover art on the slip case it comes in.
As a side note I really liked the cover art on the slip case it comes in.
EthanRunt Member Join Date: March 2009 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 265
Dark slipcase, hard to see, but I couldn't quite buy this, alas, tis on my Christmas list, and if I bought it now, like I want to, family would get mad. Must wait, so long.
m@tt Member Join Date: October 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 551
[quote=EthanRunt wrote]Dark slipcase, hard to see, but I couldn't quite buy this, alas, tis on my Christmas list, and if I bought it now, like I want to, family would get mad. Must wait, so long.[/quote]
Not long now.
Not long now.
legalbeagle Member Join Date: April 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 118
Sorry guys, just finished watching this. Tried my best to like it but was just bored to be honest... Alien & Blade Runner are miles better than this... I just don't get it!
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 16th November 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Thai
Subtitles: English HoH, English, Chinese (Mandarin Traditional), Hindi, Indonesian/Bahasa, Thai
Extras: Audio Commentaries, 'Whistle' a Short Film by Duncan Jones, The Making of Moon, Creating the Visual Effects, Filmmaker's Q&A at the Sundance Film Festival, Science Center Q&A with Director Duncan Jones
Easter Egg: Yes
Feature Details
Director: Duncan Jones
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey
Genre: Sci-Fi
Length: 97 minutes
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"Redneck Island" hardly sounds like a welcoming place for a gay man. But Adam Freeman, a Nashville hairstylist who came out of the closet four years ago, shipped out to CMT's reality show this year for several weeks, finishing unscathed and in second place.
A niche version of CBS' long-running mega-hit "Survivor," the program featured hunting, bowling and fishing events in which Freeman competed against proudly beer-chuggin' good ol' boys and country gals. The father of five was open about his sexual orientation and says his only regret was not packing "enough lip gloss and hair spray."
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"Some [cast members] that were from smaller areas and had not had the opportunity to speak with someone who was gay or lesbian before," said Freeman in a phone interview, "it changed them for the better — not that any of them were horrible — but it showed them that hey, he's like me."
On "Meet the Press" this year, Vice President Joe Biden said he thought "Will & Grace," which ran from 1998 to 2006 on NBC, helped America become more comfortable with same-sex marriages. But as four states weigh ballot measures on the issue, gay rights organizations believe they have a more powerful and pervasive cultural ally in the voting booth than sitcoms — reality television.


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"We still have not clicked yet," Sanderson said. "We played pretty good both times we played against Austin Peay.
"But in the three or four games we haven't sustained good possessions on both ends of the floor. We have had a couple of turnovers here and there or a couple of breakdowns defensively. It's a consistency thing with us."
The best thing is that his players also know that as well.
The Bisons, 8-5, 3-1 in the Atlantic Sun, are back home Saturday to face Jacksonville, 9-3, 3-0 in the A-Sun. Tip-off is 6:30 p.m. Jacksonville has won its last three games. The Bisons are coming off a 75-61 win at Florida Gulf Coast.
"I'm not crazy about how we have played over the first 13 games," Sanderson said. "We are not as good as we think we are. We still have a lot of room for improvement and I sense that they feel that. You want to play your best basketball going into March and I think we are heading in that direction."
Most coaches tell their players that they will play games like they practice. Sanderson wishes that was true for his team.
Practices for the past several weeks have been solid from both a mental and physical standpoint, but how his players perform in practice isn't always being carried over into games.
"Our players completely understand and they are listening," Sanderson said. "Hopefully, that will pay dividends.
"Our practices have not been an issue. Our focus in practice has been excellent. This team wants to please. It comes down to them holding each other accountable on both ends of the floor."
The Florida Gulf Coast game was a prime example of what Sanderson is dealing with. The Bisons held Florida Gulf Coast to 26 points in the first half, but then came out in the second half and allowed 26 points in the first 10 minutes.
"I had to keep calling time out to get us refocused," Sanderson said. "Then in the last seven or eight minutes we didn't let Florida Gulf Coast score a basket.
"Our guys know what we have to do. It is a matter of going out and doing it. Being able to sustain good possessions on both ends of the floor for longer periods of time is where the rub is."
Sanderson expects a major challenge from Jacksonville. The past three seasons the two teams have split games during the regular season. Jacksonville holds a 9-7 edge overall in the series.
"Jacksonville is very good and athletic," Sanderson said. "They like to play up and down. They play extremely fast. They like to create turnovers. They are more balanced across the roster than they were last year. They will play 10 players."
The game pits two of the top three offenses in the A-Sun against each other. The Bisons are second with an average of 79.4 points per game. Jacksonville is third overall averaging 69.4 points per game.
Lipscomb senior center Adnan Hodzic leads the A-Sun overall in both points, 20.4 per game) and rebounds, 8.4. Senior guard Josh Slater is second overall in the conference in points with 17.1 per game and tied for third in rebounds with 7.1.
Senior forward Ayron Hardy leads Jacksonville in both points, 12.1 per game, and rebounds, 6.6.
The mantra for Sanderson when talking with his team during games is to keep on battling, especially on the defensive end of the floor no matter what the score might be at any given time.
"We have to be able to defend regardless of how we are playing," Sanderson said. "If we are playing good then we have to defend. If we are not playing very good we have to defend. If we turn the ball over we have to defend. That is the common denominator."
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It's now the House that Steinbrenner (and New York taxpayers) Built, part coliseum and part baseball cathedral.
It';s Yankee Stadium 2.0, built on the everlasting foundation of Gehrig and Ruth, Dimaggio, Mantle and Maris, Jeter and Rivera.
Visitors line up each day for what is much more than a walk in the park, a stadium tour that attracts fans from round the world.
"What we saw up until 2008 was 'The House that Ruth Built,'" says Tony Morante, the director of stadium tours. "Mr. Steinbrenner was very responsible for putting us into this beautiful new facility."
Morante has earned his pinstripes, beginning as an usher at the old Yankee Stadium in 1958.
The first stop on the tour is the newly minted team museum, where World Series trophies glimmer amid baseball memorabilia beneath the cases. Visitors can search for their favorite Yankees in the Wall of Baseballs — 870 autographed balls from players through the ages. A full exhibit is dedicated to Gehrig, 'The Iron Horse.' Thurman Munson's locker has also been immortalized.
Next, the tour heads downstairs to the luxurious Yankee Clubhouse, twice as big as the space in the old stadium.
"It's always exciting to be in the inner sanctum of the clubhouse where the players change, where the champagne was spilled." Morante said, as he proudly reminded us the team won the 2009 World Series, the first season in its new home.
We travel through the spacious thoroughfares of the stadium, past the (incredibly expensive) seats and head beyond the centerfield fence, where Yankee blue gives way to the bronze of Monument Park.
"The area we're located in now, ladies and gentlemen," says Morante, "is the most exclusive part of, not only Yankee Stadium, but any ballpark for that matter. There is no other like it."
Six monuments and 22 plaques honor Yankee royalty like Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle.
"The history of Monument Park, it kind of blows you away, the amount of pride," says Jim Kehoe, visiting the stadium for the first time from Halifax, Nova Scotia.
A response like that keeps Morante on his game.
"I want them to leave with a sense of our history," he says. "Why we're here today and what brought us here and why we're at the pinnacle of sports."
The Yankee Stadium tour, which runs every day, costs $20 per person. The tour, which takes about an hour, leaves several times from Gate 6. To find out more about schedules and availability, go to http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/ballpark/stadium_tours.jsp


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Ashburn is in Virginia, within the United States of America.
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Ashburn is serviced by 2 major airports in the Washington DC metro area. Washington Dulles (IAD) is about 5 miles from Ashburn and Reagan National (DCA) is about 25 miles. Most people who are visiting Ashburn from far away distances are better off flying into Washington Dulles International Airport. The easiest and most convenient way to get to Ashburn from the airport is via taxi. Washington Flyer Taxi has exclusive rights to service IAD and a taxi ride from airport will cost you anywhere between $15-20.
Coming by car, Ashburn is intersected by a few major roads in the Northern Virginia area. Accessible via the Dulles Greenway (toll road), Route 7, or Route 28, travelers have a few options when driving to this city.
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Although there are taxis available, those visiting Ashburn will need a car. The neighborhoods and shopping are too spread out to go any other way.
There are plenty of things to see in Ashburn. Be sure to drive around Ashburn to get a good look as what is deemed to be sophisticated suburban life in the subdivisions in and around Ashburn. The homes are striking in that they are nearly all new, large, uniform in charachter, and have little or any recognizable architectural style. In many ways Ashburn is the poster child for the so called "McMansionization of America".
Contrary to popular opinion, Ashburn has its fair share of local artisans which showcase their craft in the form of art, jewelry, and clothes.
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The Freer Gallery of Art is showing off two rare Bibles from its archives through Feb. 16, 2014.
The Bibles, written in Greek and bought by art collector Charles L. Freer in the early 1900s, date from the 3rd and 4th centuries. They are seldom on display because of their fragility and sensitivity to light.
One Bible, now known as the "Washington Codex," contains additional material, a logion, attached to the Gospel of Mark.
The "Freer logion" is attributed to Jesus, and, according to a museum translation, says while "'other terrible things draw near,' Satan's power on earth is ended." This logion has not been found in any other known version.
The discovery of this additional phrase caused much excitement and controversy among historians and ministers in 1912 when a scholar, Professor Henry Sanders, published a piece about it. Clippings from the period showed a split between a popular enthusiasm regarding an undiscovered biblical fragment, and skepticism from religious experts.
The Bibles were purchased from Al Arabi, an antiquities dealer in Giza, who was probably working with an "opportunistic digger" that he paid for his findings, says Lee Glazer, associate curator of American Art.
Freer himself was suspicious of Al Arabi and his sources of antiques, according to his letters. But he decided, Glazer says, that he "would not benefit by probing into that too deeply. It's better for that to remain a secret."
She added, "These were totally unauthorized excavations, by the way. But it's not a problem for us because it happened a long time ago," prior the 1970s.
Glazer says the theory of the Bibles' origins "is that these manuscripts originated in a Greek monastery near Cairo then were either removed from their site of production ... either lost, buried, hidden, put somewhere else, and so the site of the find was probably different from the site of production."
The Bibles came into Freer's hands with sand amid their pages, discovered when they were unpacked from a shoebox at Freer's mansion in Detroit.
Freer had his experts restore them from their desiccated state and examine them for authenticity. When in Cairo, he had promised Al Arabi a gold watch if they were proven to be authentic, and the next year, he returned to Egypt with the promised watch.
The Bibles are on display in the Freer's Peacock Room. Normally on the third Thursday of each month, the museum opens the shutters for visitors to enjoy the ornate room, designed by James Whistler, in natural light. But the shutters won't be opened again until Feb. 20, after the Bibles have been removed.
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About four weeks ago, the song that titles this post pulled up a chair and sat right down in my brain. The hypnotic guitar riff at the end just plays endlessly, on an ear-to-ear loop, and I've often caught myself singing the refrain out loud, wincing in Timothy B. Schmitt's falsetto. I even tried to Blip it, but for some reason Blip has yet to embrace its all-too-important 40-plus, folk-rock-enthusiast demographic. (BlipFAIL!)
The symbolism is pretty blunt, because behind the placid exterior of a neglected blog lies an existence that is anything but. Family Version 2.0 is experiencing a few bugs, and we're back with the mediator trying to re-jigger something that I thought we had jiggered just fine only six months ago. I'm optimistic we'll be able to sort it out, because I have to be, but it still frustrates me to see all this time and effort and money so needlessly misspent. It's like we're sprinting in circles in a huge bowl of heavy cream, churning up a frosting that will ultimately engulf us.
For a real-life metaphor, look no further than the light-saber battle in Washington Square Park that the boys and I attended on Saturday night:
The boys just about jumped out of their shirts when I told them about it, since they've been hitting the LEGO Star Wars pretty hard lately. But we should have paid more attention to the "all ages" in the fine print; the crowd was mostly college kids and hipster dudes. As usual, Robert assessed things frankly: "Dad, this is pretty lame. It's just a bunch of grown-ups in the dark beating each other up for no reason."
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Because my mother was devoted to Our Lady, and also susceptible to Catholic kitsch, my childhood home was filled with small plastic statues of saints and devotional artwork that fascinated for the sheer incongruity of it.
On my bedroom wall, she had hung an image that looked for all the world as if Mary had brought the Baby Jesus in to a local photographer's studio and posed for a portrait. The model, whose unnatural eyebrows seemed to have been inspired by Joan Crawford, wore lipstick and was dressed in Marian-blue robes, with a veil that vaguely suggested the starchy architecture of old-fashioned nun gear. Both she and Jesus were so rosy-cheeked they looked feverish, and the whole thing suggested something a middle-class Joseph would place on a desk in the backroom of his carpentry shop.
I loved it. My 5-year-old sensibilities missed such pronounced fakery; all I saw was a human lady, holding a human baby, and looking happy about it. Often in the evening, lying on my bed while my tumultuous family engaged in verbal rampages, I would contemplate the scene intently, noting the serenity of Mary's brow, the chubby cheeks of the grinning Savior. Sometimes, it seemed to me her smile would broaden, as though Jesus had gurgled at her, and I felt privy to a moment of intimate joy.
Even as a child, I knew that was impossible, but as I grew older I would wonder: Could my imagination and weary eyes have been used by the Holy Spirit to communicate something reassuring to me about the depths of a parent's love for a child? Sensible people will say no, but I'm willing to dare them and allow for mystery, because the Holy Spirit can use anything — even a bit of kitsch and our own synapses — toward God's purposes.
In "The Story of a Soul," St. Thérèse writes of being bedridden with fever, only to be healed after a statue of Mary seemed to smile at her. Many would read that and be justifiably skeptical; they would call her illness a psychosomatic event precipitated by the absence of a beloved sister and attribute her healing to self-hypnosis. We moderns do feel better, more secure, when we can reduce "things visible and invisible" to the ordinary with reasonable-sounding explanations.
But when has God ever been reasonable, particularly when it comes to Mary? Nothing about her being aligns with our reason. She was conceived as a pristine vessel, meant to act as the Ark of the New Covenant, yet she was given a choice and allowed to reject that role. Her God-and-son, pressed into service at Cana, put aside his own sense of timing and purpose to do her bidding.
Tradition tells us that, like Enoch and Elijah, she was bodily assumed into heaven, yet she keeps showing up on earth, so why couldn't God use Mary and our minds to effect healing and consolation, particularly when we are young, before wonder has been educated, or jeered, out of us?
Mary has tended to reveal herself to children. That seems counterintuitive, doesn't it? Why wouldn't she appear to older people whose witness would seem more credible, less easily dismissed as childish imaginings? Perhaps the answer is that as we grow older, and become educated, our minds lose the capacity to see what reason and logic tell us should not exist. Or perhaps she goes to children because, aside from their openness, their motives cannot easily be dismissed as mercenary, or self-serving. At some point, a child's unshakeable insistence becomes its own proof.
When one of my sons was 5 years old, he saw something in the sky that terrified him, and his screams sent me running in his direction. By the time I got to him, he had gone quiet, and he was looking intently above a tree in our backyard. He told me there was a Lady above the tree, smiling at him, her arms extended. Twenty years later, his story is unchanged.
Who knows how often Mary comes to us or our children with a perfect assist, not meant to be reported, investigated and deemed worthy of belief?
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Effective Date: 09/01/1993, Docket: RS92- 27-003, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 72 Original Sheet No. 72 : Superseded
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS (Continued)
pressure of thirty-three hundredths (.33) pounds per
square inch above an assumed atmospheric pressure of
fourteen and four tenths (14.4) pounds per square inch
(fourteen and seventy-three hundredths (14.73) pounds per
square inch absolute).
1.9 The term "Mcf" shall mean 1,000 cubic feet of gas.
1.10 The term "British thermal unit" or "Btu" shall mean the
amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one
pound of water 1 degree Fahrenheit at 60 degrees
1.11 The term "dekatherm" or "dth", shall mean the quantity of
heat energy which is 1,000,000 British thermal units.
1.12 The term "total heating value", when applied to a cubic
foot of gas, means the number of British thermal units
produced by the complete combustion with air, at a constant
pressure, of one anhydrous (dry) cubic foot of gas at a
pressure of 14.73 psia and a temperature of 60 degrees
Fahrenheit when the products of combustion are cooled to
the initial temperature of the gas and air, and when the
water formed by combustion is condensed to the liquid
1.13 The term "load factor" for any given period of time shall
mean the percentage obtained by dividing the amount of the
average daily dth delivery of gas during said period by the
contracted demand during said period.
1.14 The term "contract demand", shall mean the quantity of
natural gas specified in such contract which Transporter
obligates itself to be ready to transport each billing day
on behalf of Shipper, and shall equal the sum of the MDQs
at all Primary Delivery Points under the contract.
1.15 The term "Maximum Daily Quantity," or "MDQ" where used
herein or in a gas transportation contract shall mean the
maximum daily quantity of natural gas that Transporter
shall be obligated to deliver to Shipper at a particular
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EVGA 790i SLI FTW Review
It's time to upgrade your PC when the old faithful has been just that but frankly can't keep up with the latest games. You have given it more system memory, a better graphics card but with the aging technology you can go no further to increase the performance of your once top o' the line rig. Now it's time. You've done some research into the graphics possibilities, memory and processors but the task of choosing a motherboard to fit your needs is a little daunting. You have multiple Intel and Nvidia chipsets used by who knows how many manufacturers. With the Intel chipsets supporting ATI's CrossfireX multi GPU standard and Nvidia's chipsets supporting their own multi-GPU strategy SLI (Scalable Link Interface), the choice really comes down to what you want to do with this new rig of yours. If it's gaming you want, then gaming it is. All it takes is for you to pick your poison.
The EVGA NF790i SLI FTW is the latest motherboard from EVGA sporting the 790i SLI SPP and MCP. This board is targeted squarely toward the enthusiast and gamer. Since that's the target audience, EVGA has loaded this one with all the bells and whistles. Support for the latest 45nm Intel CPUs, DDR3 1600 to 2000MHz support, 8GB memory can be used to fill the four DIMM slots, three PCI-E x16 slots (two x16 PCI-E 2.0, and one x16 PCI-E1.0) that let you install and use three Tri SLI capable video cards in a three GPU setup to get the most from your gaming experience. Having eliminated the data corruption issues with the earlier boards, this latest offering should do well to feed your gaming "jones." Hey, I know it's an older term but it fits! Having seen what the Asus Striker II Extreme can do, it's time to dig a little deeper into the EVGA 790i SLI FTW edtion.
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The packaging has the typical lime green and black Nvidia coloring so there can be no mistaking what brand this board represents. The front panel includes a view of an atom with the nucleus and surrounding electrons, while highlighting the product name. Prominently shown are a couple of the specifications enthusiasts and gamers care about, DDR3 2000MHz, PCI-E 2.0 and 1.0 and the three x16 graphics capability. If you know anything about EVGA then you know about the 90 day step up program that allows you to trade up to a higher or lower performing product and pay the difference toward the cost of the new product. The rear of the package expands on the feature set. The highlighted features are the Tri SLI, ESA (Enthusiast System Architecture) and SLI memory with EPP capabilities. As an ESA certified motherboard, this board can be teamed up with other ESA based components such as power supplies and video cards for monitoring and tweaking of the performance they deliver.
Slipping the contents out of the box shows the bundled accessories on top of the plastic clamshell that holds the 790i SLI FTW. There is enough room on top to hold the large number of included supplies. Once the bundled accesories have been removed the motherboard can be seen. The clamshell package adequately protects the 790i SLI FTW, preventing any damage during shipping.
Now you have seen what the packaging looks like so you know just what to look for when it comes time to spend your hard earned dollars. Let's see what you get for those dollars.


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American Airlines announces flight schedule from Jack Brooks
The announcement was expected but still greeted with a sigh of relief among Southeast Texas officials and residents who believe regularly scheduled commercial air service is important to a community. American Airlines said it will begin flying from the Jack Brooks Regional Airport (BPT) to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) on Feb. 13, 2013, through its regional affiliate American Eagle. DFW is the largest of American's five domestic hubs, offering more than 740 daily departures to nearly 170 cities in Asia, Europe, North America and South America.
The initial flight departing at 6:30 a.m. Feb. 13 will be first commercial flight to take off from here since United Airlines ended air service to Jack Brooks on June 30, 2012. Colgan Air, a subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines, had served the airport here for years on behalf of Continental Airlines prior to the United-Continental merger. Since that service was discontinued in June, United has operated a shuttle bus service from Jack Brooks to transport passengers to Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH). That service will continue with three buses daily from the terminal here.
The return of regularly-scheduled commercial air service to our airport was no accident but the result of a concentrated fundraising effort by business and government officials in Beaumont and surrounding areas through an ad hoc nonprofit group Southeast Texas Coalition for Air Service. Jim Rich, president of the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, heads the coalition and took a lead role in the initiative to raise money to provide a "minimum revenue guarantee" (MRG) to American Airlines.
Jefferson County Judge Jeff Branick had said if American Airlines was guaranteed $1.5 to $2 million over the next two years, consumers could expect three to four flights a day between Beaumont and DFW. In fact, as the MRG fund neared $1.5 million, American announced flights would begin in February.
The flights will be on CRJ200 regional jets, a 50-passenger aircraft manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace of Canada. First flown in 1992, the plane has an admirable record for comfort, safety and efficiency and will provide reliable service as area residents once again take to the skies.
American Eagle service
Beginning Feb. 13, 2013, to DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) – Beaumont/Port Arthur (BPT)
AA2543 Leave DFW 8:40 a.m. Arrive BPT 9:50 a.m.
AA2521 Leave DFW 11:20 a.m. Arrive BPT 12:35 p.m.
AA2523 Leave DFW 3:10 p.m. Arrive BPT 4:20 p.m.
AA2525 Leave DFW 6:25 p.m. Arrive BPT 7:35 p.m. (except Saturday)
AA2510 Leave BPT 6:30 a.m. Arrive DFW 7:45 a.m.
AA2543 Leave BPT 10:20 a.m. Arrive DFW 11:30 a.m.
AA2521 Leave BPT 1:05 p.m. Arrive DFW 2:15 p.m.
AA2523 Leave BPT 4:50 p.m. Arrive DFW 6 p.m. (except Saturday)
Aircraft Type: CRJ 200
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Behind The Scenes: Gucci Mane - Everybody Looking (Co-Starring Cubana Lust As Lead Video Vixen)
"Gucci Mane is back on grind mode like he never left shooting a video for "Everybody Looking" off Gucci Mane "The Burrrprint 2HD" mix tape hosted by DJ Holiday filmed in Bankhead. "Everybody Looking" was directed by Mr.Boomtown a.k.a 'The Durtiest Director Down South' he has shot past video's for Gucci like "My Own Worst Enemy" and "She Got A Friend". Cubana Lust was the lead video vixen and you can see why ,she had the projects going nuts. " - Atlnightspots
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Early this season, Jack McInerney was one of Major League Soccer's hottest scorers, notching 10 goals through the Philadelphia Union's first 14 games. More recently, Conor Casey has been the Union's most potent scoring threat, registering seven of his nine goals in the past 11 matches.
The New England Revolution will keep close tabs on both when the Union visits Gillette Stadium on Sunday night.
"The combination of the both of them is difficult to match up with," said center back A.J. Soares. "They're both good individually, but they also have a good pairing. They get a lot of goals whenever you don't take care of them. We're just going to watch the film and study them a little bit more."
The dynamic between Casey and McInerney often works like a classic "big man, little man" strike partnership. Casey – a hulking presence at 6-foot-1 and 190 pounds – serves as a primary target, while the elusive McInerney plays off him looking to pick up the scraps.
But McInerney isn't the only Union attacker who benefits from Casey's target play. Philadelphia's midfielders are also quick to latch onto second balls, and the Revs know they'll need to be wary of them on Sunday night, as well.
"You can't just say, 'Hey, there's their guy.' I really think you can't just hone in on a McInerney because he drifts similar to (Chicago Fire forward Mike) Magee in that he finds the elusiveness," said head coach Jay Heaps. "The more you mark him, the easier he finds another area to go to.
"I find Conor Casey's been excellent for them in his holdup play. Then the players that run off of those players are dangerous at all times; Keon Daniel, Danny Cruz. So they're a relentless team in what they can do off the ball off those key forwards."
Shutting down the Union's versatile attack will be a key focus on Sunday night, but not the only focus. Primarily, the Revs want to focus on their own strengths as they look to replicate last weekend's 2-0 win over the Fire.
"We'll worry about them a little bit, but mostly we've got to take care of our own game," said Soares. "If we go out there and we possess the ball like we did against Chicago and we create chances, we should win the game."


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NEW YORK (AP) — A California university and AMC think you can learn something from "The Walking Dead."
The University of California, Irvine said Wednesday it will offer a free online course based on the network's hit zombie series. A team of UC Irvine professors will teach the eight-week course, which begins on Monday, Oct. 14, the day after the AMC drama has its season premiere.
AMC says fans of the show know it's about more than zombies: it's about survival, leadership and adapting to uncertain situations. Topics addressed in the classroom will include the hierarchy of needs in a crisis, the physiology of stress and population modeling to predict a species' survival.
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Revolutionary Goss Sunday web press technology turns 20
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The biggest revolution in offset printing technology history began twenty years ago this month. That is when crews at a commercial printing company in the United States brought the first-ever Sunday web press with its gapless-blanket technology into commercial production.
Two decades and 2,300 Sunday press printing units later, the worldwide impact of the Goss technology on productivity, profitability and the overall competitiveness of printed products cannot be underestimated.
While prior offset innovations were incremental, the original Sunday 3000 press model instantly gave printers a way to nearly double output capacity while improving print quality and reducing paper waste. Several R&D breakthroughs enabled this substantial leap forward, but none were as vital as the gapless blanket that has come to define Sunday press technology.
Flat blankets on a conventional offset press are wrapped around the blanket cylinder, and the two ends are secured in a narrow channel, or gap, in the cylinder. Flexural vibration, occurring when opposing gaps meet, forces a trade-off between press speed, web width and print quality and puts limitations on all three.
Replacing the flat blankets with cylindrical Sunday press blankets that slide over the blanket cylinders from the sides eliminated this gap related vibration. This allowed the original Sunday 3000 press to print at up to 100,000 impressions per hour instead of the 75,000 impressions per hour that web printers were previously accustomed to. At the same time, the dynamic stability also allowed single-circumference web widths to be extended from the traditional four magazine pages across the cylinder to six pages and eventually eight pages across the cylinder. Goss Sunday 4000 press models soon provided corresponding speed and width advantages in the double-circumference format.
Reduced vibration meant no "streaking" and better print quality, even at the higher speeds. Gapless blankets also reduced the non-print area, allowing shorter cut-offs and paper savings of up to 0.25 inch (6.4 mm) with every cylinder revolution or more than 250 paper rolls per year in a typical commercial web printing operation.
As with any revolutionary innovation, engineering challenges in developing the Sunday press were considerable. The Sunday technology R&D team was in unchartered waters with the speeds they were attempting on their test press in the early 1990s. Mechanical hurdles arose, but their fundamental concepts worked and were promising from the start. The reaction from customers consulted in those early days, on the other hand, ranged from cautious optimism to complete doubt. As the gapless Sunday press concept became public in early 1992, one competitor called it the "Someday" press, implying that a production model was many years from completion.
Almost immediately, however, the Sunday 3000 press established itself as the leading choice for single-circumference catalog and publication printing. Sunday technology earned the prestigious InterTech Award in 1994. A year later a Sunday Press wowed audiences at drupa. By the end of 1995, 31 gapless Sunday press systems had been installed in six countries.
The 1993 introduction of gapless-blanket technology pushed the Sunday press into a league of its own, but Goss International has not rested on its laurels. New models for new applications have been introduced continuously, as have key technologies to enable or amplify the basic advantages of the gapless concept. These include Autoplate, Automatic Transfer, pinless folding and DigiRail digital inking technologies as well as automated controls and high-performance splicers, dryers and auxiliaries. As a result, Sunday presses continue to deliver the ultimate in web offset productivity, print quality and efficiency, with printers in 27 countries relying on them for publications, catalogs direct marketing, retail inserts, packaging and other specialized products.
Meanwhile, the very first press still remains in operation in the United States, adding durability to the long list of Sunday press advantages.
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The acellular vaccine against whooping cough appears to become less effective as the time from the last childhood vaccination increases, researchers reported.
In a large case-control study, children with pertussis were significantly less likely to have had all five doses of the DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis) vaccine than were controls, according to Lara Misegades, PhD, of the CDC, and colleagues.
But even if they had all five doses, vaccine effectiveness was highest in those who were just a year from the final dose and lowest in those who were 5 or more years away, Misegades and colleagues reported in the Nov. 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The findings, based on the 2010 whopping cough outbreak in California, suggest a need for review of vaccine programs and perhaps even development of a new vaccine, they argued.
The initial introduction of a whooping cough vaccine in the 1940s, based on whole-cell killed Bordetella pertussis, dramatically cut the incidence of the disease.
But the whole-cell vaccine was associated with a host of adverse effects. In the 1990s, an acellular version was introduced, in combination with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids.
Since then, in several outbreaks, observers have noted that children ages 7 to 10 appear to be less well protected than younger children. In the 2010 California outbreak, the rate of whooping cough in that age group was 67.9 cases per 100,000, the authors stated.
The observations have suggested that the vaccine's effectiveness falls off over time. To test that idea, the researchers studied the vaccine history of 2,698 children in 15 California counties during the 2010 outbreak, including 682 who developed pertussis and 2,016 controls.
The primary outcomes of the analysis were the odds ratios for the association between pertussis and getting all five doses of DTaP series, and for the association between pertussis and time since finishing the series.
From the odds ratios, they calculated an estimated vaccine effectiveness, defined as 1-OR x 100%.
Misegades and colleagues found that 53 cases (7.8%) and 19 controls (0.9%) had not received any whooping cough vaccine.
Compared with controls, children with pertussis had lower odds of having received all doses of DTaP (OR 0.11, 95% CI 0.06 to 0.21). The corresponding vaccine effectiveness was 88.7%.
When children were categorized by time since finishing the series, children with pertussis were less likely than controls to have received their fifth dose within the previous 12 months (OR 0.02, 95% CI 0.01 to 0.04). The vaccine effectiveness was 98.1%.
Finally, the odds ratios increased with each extra year, reaching 0.29 at 60 months or longer, while the corresponding vaccine effectiveness fell, reaching 71.2% at the same time.
The study adds to the "growing consensus" that the acellular vaccines work less well than the earlier whole-cell vaccines, according to Eugene Shapiro, MD, of Yale University School of Medicine.
But the cause of the difference remains unclear, he argued in an accompanying editorial. Explanations range from earlier waning of immunogenicity, as the study authors suggest, to genetic changes in the pathogen.
While acellular vaccines might be less than perfect, they are still effective, Shapiro argued. He stressed the importance of using "the current vaccines to provide optimal benefit," especially for infants, who are the most vulnerable to whooping cough.
Exactly how that is to be done, Shapiro argued, will need further study, including looking at different immunization schedules and target populations, changes in booster timing, and perhaps even a partial return to whole-cell vaccines.
The study had no external support. The authors reported no financial conflicts.
Shapiro had support from NIH and reported no financial conflicts.
- Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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Journal of the American Medical AssociationSource Reference: Misegades LK, et al "Association of childhood pertussis with receipt of 5 doses of pertussis vaccine by time since last vaccine dose, California, 2010" JAMA 2012; 308: 2126-2132.
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Journal of the American Medical AssociationSource Reference:
Shapiro ED "Acellular vaccines and resurgence of pertussis" JAMA 2012; 308: 2149-2150.


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The Next Big Thing for Exploring the Distant Universe: Balloons
A way to get 99 percent of the way into space, at 1 percent of the cost of a satellite
The history of space exploration is in many ways a history of lenses. From Galileo's Starry Messenger to the powerful telescope arrays we have today, it has been two basic facts -- the curve of a glass, the sheen of a mirror -- that have largely been responsible for expanding human vision beyond Earth. And one of the best ways we have imagined to explore the worlds beyond our own is to put human-honed glass into space itself. Space telescopes can capture images that are unblurred by Earth's atmosphere.
But while the Hubbles and the Chandras of the world are amazing sources of scientific data about the distant universe, they are also amazingly expensive sources of those data. Hubble, launched into orbit in 1990, cost around $2.5 billion; Chandra, prior to its 1999 launch, was scaled down in its capabilities -- with a reduction of the number of mirrors it contained from 12 to eight and a reduction in scientific instruments from six to four -- in order to minimize its costs.
So while our appetites for exploration are large, our resources are (relatively) small. Especially now, during this time of austerity here on Earth, it's salad days when it comes to our scanning of the universe. Which means that scientists need to devise ways not just to process the new knowledge we gather, but also to gather that knowledge as efficiently -- read: as cheaply -- as possible.
A team of researchers in the U.S. and Europe think they've done just that. The group has devised a system for exploring the universe through a telescope that will hover over 99 percent of the Earth's atmosphere.
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Here's the insider knowledge on how to beat PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale, from designer Seth Killian. Yep, that Seth Killian, of Street Fighter fame.
I have it on my PS3 and on the vita so how can i play vs someone on my PS3 with my vita when i'm out or another place?
that's the only tip i want to know :(
Indeed they haven't been clear about that but I'll attempt to explain. PSABR supports Cross-Play where you can invite a friend to play with you on a Vita if you're on PS3 and vice versa but as you can't be your own friend you can't invite yourself (assuming that the Vita and PS3 are on the same account). You'll need to create/use a second account on the PS3 console and add the Vita account as a friend if you want to play between them.
Both kratoz and ice are smoking crack! There's no way. Allstars is better than smash bros! Only in your dreams! First of all, all-star roster cant hold a candle to smash brother's epic roster. secondly, the level design and music is just too epic for allstars compared to smash.


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Beal named Director of Admissions at Wayland
PLAINVIEW – Wayland Baptist University has named Jennifer Beal its new director of admissions, taking over for Shawn Thomas who accepted a position at West Texas A&M University.
Beal, who graduated from Wayland with a degree in English in 2002, has seven years experience in the admissions office, beginning work there as a student. Beal remained in the admissions office throughout her years as a student, taking full time employment as an admissions counselor in August 2002. In August 2004, Beal was promoted to senior admissions representative. Beal is currently working toward a master's degree in management.
"I have worked in the admissions office since my first day as a student," Beal said. "I am excited to take this position."
Vice President for Enrollment Management Dr. Claude Lusk said Beal's experience was a major factor in selecting her over other applicants.
"We are extremely fortunate to have someone with the love for Wayland that Jennifer has and the enthusiasm she has for bringing students to Wayland," Lusk said. "The experience and knowledge base that she has will be invaluable. I think she will keep us going in the right direction and will enhance what we are doing."
Beal's first order of business will be to fill two recruiter positions, in preparation for a busy spring recruiting schedule.
"The spring is busy with high school visits and Wayland Nights," she said. "We are going to hire some people and then get busy hitting the recruiting trail."
Beal said the Admissions Office is also working on plans for a recruiting trip to Arizona, an area previously untargeted. Wayland has campuses in Phoenix and Sierra Vista and is hoping to build on that recognition to attract more traditional aged students to the Plainview campus.


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The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the Education and Community Involvement Branch have created small-funding opportunities for groups to create National DNA Day programs in their community.
The DNA Day Essay Contest and Symposium is designed to engage high school and college students from our local communities in activities to foster learning and curiosity about DNA-related sciences. The essay contest will be centered on the question, "What genomic research discovery or application of genomic research has had or will have the most significant impact on human society?" High school and college students will be invited to participate in the contest, local high school and college educators will judge the entries and the authors of the top essays will be awarded scholarships to support their further academic study. The community and those who participated in the essay contest will be invited to Concordia University on Saturday, April 25 to attend the DNA Day Symposium.
The afternoon event will feature speakers, including researchers focused on DNA-related projects, the director of the DNA forensics laboratory at the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, and essay contest winners. In addition to the speakers, students will be engaged by poster presentations highlighting the impact of the study of DNA by students who have participated in DNA-based research, biomedical industries, and local health-related organizations. Participants will also have the opportunity to participate in hands-on DNA-based laboratory activities, such as isolating DNA, analyzing gel electrophoresis results in a forensics simulation and constructing a phylogenetic tree using DNA sequence data..
The International Museum of Surgical Science(IMSS) will host a DNA Day Open House in April 2009 (date to be determined), beginning at 10 a.m. with extended hours until 7 p.m. (the Museum typically closes at 4 p.m.). There will be free admission to the museum, including all DNA Day activities and all exhibits.
IMSS is fortunate to have in place an extremely relevant genetics exhibit for DNA Day 2009. The exhibit "Surgicogenomics: Genes and Stem Cells in Surgery," opened in September 2008, highlights the profound impact of the genomic revolution on the surgical field. This exhibit provides Museum visitors with a basic understanding of genomics, acquired and inherited gene mutations, and genetic disorders and predispositions. The multimedia programs included in this exhibit are from the NHGRI's Understanding the Human Genome Project.
Guided tours will be held at 10:10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:10 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Trained docents will accent the significance of genetics and genomics as it relates to the broad range of medical exhibits on view, and place special emphasis on our new genetics exhibit - "Surgicogenomics: Genes and Stem Cells in Surgery." The tours will also educate visitors on the Museum's historic home.
Hands-on activities designed to educate and engage students about genetics and genomics will be held on the second floor of the Museum throughout the day.
The IMSS National DNA Day Program will conclude with an evening lecture session held in the Hall of Immortals at 5 p.m. Speakers from the National Society for Genetic Counselors will address contemporary issues, advancements, and research in the field of genetics.
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