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Xfce is a mature application, with its first release in 1997. Over the years and through several versions, Xfce has added features and components such as drag and drop, a window manager, and multilingual support. It has several distributions built around it, including Zenwalk, based on Slackware, and Xubuntu, based on Ubuntu.
Xfce 4.4 is the first Xfce version with enough features to be comparable to GNOME and KDE. It has a real file manager called Thunar, nice SVG icons, and even some eye candy.
The easiest way to install Xfce is by using your distribution's package manager to get the appropriate binaries. The Xfce project also releases four easy-to-use graphical installers. For a basic Xfce installation you need the xfce4-4.4.0 installer, which includes the new Thunar file manager. The thunar-0.8.0-installer is for people who want to use the new file manager with an older version of Xfce. If you want to use Xfce's volume manager instead of GNOME's to manage devices like USB drives, use the thunar-bundle-0.8.0 installer. Finally, for a set of nice and usable plugins and artwork from the Xfce goodies project, get the xfce-goodies-4.4.0 installer.
The first change you'll notice in Xfce is the icons on the desktop. I like keeping icons on my desktops of files and application launchers that I regularly need and use. The new icons are prettier than ones for the same applications under GNOME on Ubuntu. But the only way to add new icons and launchers is to right-click on an existing item and choosing the appropriate action from under the Desktop submenu. In other desktop environments, you'd right-click on the desktop itself to create a folder/shortcut, but in Xfce, right-clicking on the desktop brings up the Xfce application menu. Strangely, sometimes the new folders that I created didn't show up until I logged in again to Xfce, but sometimes they showed up immediately. And I found another quirk: when I delete an icon for a file, folder, or launcher, nothing seems to happen. On a second try, Xfce complains that the resource doesn't exist, though I can see it on the desktop.
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If you rather prefer Xfce's original clean desktop look, you can make the icons on the desktop disappear through the Settings Manager. The Settings Manager also lets you tweak other common aspects of Xfce, such as the desktop, keyboard, mouse, user interface, splash screen, and panels. The granularity of control provided by individual components under the Settings Manager is impressive. Xfce includes help regarding some of the most commonly used components, such as the Window Manager, Sessions Manager, Preferred Applications, and Desktop Manager.
With Preferred Applications you can set up the default Web browser, email client, and terminal emulator Xfce should use of the ones available on the system. In previous versions of the software, setting up default applications required editing shell profiles. With Xfce 4.4 you can also set up applications to autostart when you log in to Xfce.
Thunar is hands-down the highlight of this release. It has an uncanny resemblance to GNOME's Nautilus file manager, and provides most of Nautilus' features, but isn't a big drain on RAM. Besides the regular features, such as file selection through wildcards, quick jump to locations, a tree view, and thumbnails, you can install several plugins that add functionality to Thunar. I particularly like the archive-plugin, with which you can create or extract archive files. Thunar also includes a bulk renamer that can rename multiple files based on specified criteria. It even supports regular expressions.
Another improvement in this version is the ability to have a lot of keyboard shortcuts grouped into different themes as per your taste. A keyboard theme consists of keyboard shortcuts for various activities. Having multiple themes lets you use the same key combination for different actions. So, for example, you can set up a Ctrl-V keyboard shortcut to paste text in the text keyboard theme and to bring up the volume control manager in the multimedia keyboard theme.
Xfce's panel infrastructure was completely rewritten for version 4.4. By default Xfce has two panels: the top panel contains the pager and minimized applications, while the bottom panel contains the Xfce applications menu and several launchers for the file manager, Web browser, text editor, and terminal emulator, along with a clock and the quit button. You can change the position of any of these panels, or add completely new panels and play around with their appearances. You can also add and remove plugins to any panel, which are similar to the applets in GNOME.
Behind the scenes, as a major improvement over previous versions, plugins can now run in a separate instance from the panel, which means that buggy plugins can't crash the whole panel. I decided to add a volume indicator and control plugin, but I couldn't find any similar to the network monitor applet in GNOME.
Xfce 4.4 also bundles its own Orage calendering and time management application. Orage supports most common time management tasks, such as setting up appointments and recurring alarms and tracking scheduled events. Unlike Xfce's previous calendering application, Orage is compatible with other calendering applications, since it stores data in the popular iCal format.
There are also several improvements to Xfce's window manager. It sports a new compositing manager, based on the composite extension introduced in Xorg 6.9. This allows Xfce to have some eye candy, such as transparent windows and window frame shadows. To enable the composite manager, add these lines to your xorg.conf file, which is normally under /etc/X11/:
Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "true" EndSection
You can tweak the composite manager settings from the Composite Tab under the Window Manager Tweaks options accessible through the Settings Manager. Enabling these settings didn't seem to slow down Xfce, at least visually.
Lastly, Xfce has made major changes to its terminal emulator application, called terminal. It can have multiple tabs and is very configurable. It's a nice emulator, but it didn't let me scroll the tab where it was busy downloading with wget.
Xfce 4.4 is a major step up from earlier releases. It might not be the lightest solution available, but it's the best balance between performance and usability. With all the new features, Xfce 4.4 is a strong candidate for being the desktop environment not only on older, low-end computers, but on newer machines as well.


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A true friend then, is the one who takes us closer to Allah's compassion and grace.
Making and becoming friends is inherent in man's nature. This process of companionship commences right from the early stages of man's life and continues till his death. Islam as explained before, is in complete harmony with man's nature. Hence, it has dealt with this topic in some detail.
Friends are by no means only a means for 'time-pass' or entertainment. Indeed friendship is more profound than that. Friendship and companionship are inseparable aspects of an individual's life. A friend's character and personality will rub off on that individual. It is for this reason that it is said, 'A man is known by the company he keeps.' Hence Islam, while emphasising the need for companionship, also clearly outlines the qualities of a true friend.
The Holy Imams (a.s.) were at pains to explain the etiquette and decorum of true friendship. Hazrat Ali (a.s.) observes,
'He indeed is unfortunate who does not have any friends, but worse is the one who has friends, but loses them.'
(Behaarul Anwaar, vol. 73 p.278)
Imam Ali Reza (a.s.) elucidates,
'One who takes up a friend to please Allah, has reserved for himself a house in Paradise.'
(Amaalie Tusi vol. 1 p. 82)
'Acquire more and more friends, because on the Day of Judgement each believer shall exercise his right of intercession (shafa'at).' (Mizaanul Hikmah vol. 3)
The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) narrates,
'After the advent of Islam, the greatest benefit to a Muslim is in the guise of that friend he has selected, only to please Allah.'
(Mizaanul Hikmah). Books of ethics and traditions abound with such traditions.
Hazrat Ali (a.s.) narrates,
'Any friendship and companionship that is not for Allah's pleasure, is deviation and to rely on such ties (of friendship) is impossible .' (Ibid.).
The Holy Quran expounds further,
'The friends shall on that day (of judgment) be enemies of each other except those who guard against evil.'(Zukhruf : 67).
One who seeks friendship for worldly benefits, will find himself deprived (Mizanul Hikmah).
A lot of people establish their bonds of friendship and enmity based on the gain they are likely to accrue on a personal level. That is, if a person has some utility, he qualifies as a friend, else he is an enemy. However, that should never be the benchmark for us. For the sake of Imame Zamana (a.t.f.s.), may Allah grant us the taufeeq to seek friends only for His pleasure and satisfaction.
Imam Baqir (a.s.) narrates from his father who said,
"O my son don't befriend five types of people:
(a) Don't befriend a liar. For a liar is like a mirage. He shows the distant as near and the near as distant. He will always deceive you and trouble you.
(b) Don't befriend a transgressor. For he will forsake you for a paltry sum and make your sins appear very alluring to you. He will make you a victim of Allah's chastisement through his petty sins and take you farther away from His obedience and satisfaction. He will make Allah's worship appear as His disobedience, and His disobedience as His worship. He will drag you along with himself in the fire of hell.
(c) Never befriend a miser. For in your time of need and distress, he will withhold his wealth from you, while he is in a position to assist you. (He values his wealth more than anything else. And to that end he is prepared to forsake even his friends)
(d) Do not befriend a fool. For (in his foolishness) he will harm you while he intends to help you. (That is why it is said, 'A shrewd enemy is better than a foolish friend')
(e) Don't befriend the one who breaks relations (with his relatives). For, such a person has been cursed in the Quran in three places. He is engrossed in his own affairs with scant regard for others. (Friendship with such a person will eventually lead the individual towards sins and disobedience of Allah)"
Quran discusses the believers in the following manner,
The Holy Quran says,
"The men and women from among the hypocrites are friends of each other, and they invite the people towards sin and transgression, and dissuade them from goodness and virtue. They withhold their wealth from charity, and refrain from spending in the way of Allah. Indeed, they have forgotten Allah and Allah too has forgotten them. Verily these hypocrites are transgressors and immoral.'
"The men and women from among the believers are friends of each other. They call the people towards goodness and piety and abstain from evil and transgression. They uphold the prayer, pay the poor-rate (zakaat) and obey Allah and His Prophet (s.a.w.s.). Indeed, these are the ones for whom Allah shall soon manifest His mercy and grace. Verily Allah is all-powerful, and the most wise."
(Ale Imran : 71)
Imam Sadiq (a.s.) narrates, 'Friendship entails certain trusts and duties. Then the one who observes these obligations is a true friend and the one who breaches this trust is unworthy of friendship. These obligations are as follows;
1. He should be the same outside as he is inside. In other words, he should not have a dual personality. (In this age however, we often come across people who are exceptionally humble and modest on the outside, with little, if any humility, on the inside)
2. He will consider your virtues as his virtues and your misdeeds as his misdeeds. (In other words your virtues will cheer him and your faults will grieve him. God forbid, he must not feel relieved after observing some vice in you, and take solace from the fact that he himself is above that vice.)
3. If he acquires a position of power and authority, it must not bring about a drastic change in his attitude. In other words, prosperity must not transform the individual adversely. (There are some people who make the best of friends in adversity. But a positive change in their financial condition, reveals a dark, hitherto unknown side of their personality. On the other hand we see some people who make good friends in prosperity, but misfortune transforms them, disclosing their fickleness.)
4. He must give his friendship (with you) priority over all his worldly possessions. In other words in times of adversity, he must be willing to give his all to redeem you.
5. He must never leave you alone in times of misfortune and distress.
(Behaarul Anwaar vol. 74 p.173)
Imam Sadiq (a.s.) remarks,
'My best friend is the one who gifts me my weaknesses and shortcomings.'
(Behaarul Anwaar, vol. 74 p. 282)
Syed Mohammad Masoom

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EPA, Occidental Agree to 26-Ton Reduction of Vinyl Chloride Emissions in Pottstown - Company to Implement $900,000 in Pollution Reduction Projects, Pay $150,000 Penalty
Release Date: 7/14/2004
Contact Information: David Sternberg, (215) 814-5548
David Sternberg, (215) 814-5548
PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has reached a settlement with Occidental Chemical Corp. for alleged environmental violations at the company's plant in Pottstown, Pa..
In a consent agreement with EPA, Occidental has agreed to pay a $150,000 penalty and complete three special projects designed to reduce both the plant's air emissions of vinyl chloride, a known human carcinogen, and the plant's industrial wastewater flow to the Borough of Pottstown's Publicly Owned Treatment Works.
"We are pleased that Occidental is taking these actions to reduce vinyl chloride emissions. These projects, which go beyond what is required by law, are an important step towards improving public heath and environment for the residents of Pottstown and the surrounding communities," said Donald S. Welsh, regional administrator for the EPA mid-Atlantic Region.
The settlement resolves EPA's October 2003 complaint, as amended May 2004, which alleged violations of a variety of environmental statutes and regulations discovered in the agency's January 2003 multimedia inspection of Occidental's polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant in Pottstown, Pa.
In addition to the $150,000 penalty, Occidental will spend more than $900,000 on three supplemental environmental projects, or SEPs, that will substantially reduce pollution discharges from the Pottstown plant.
First, the company has agreed to expend at least $850,000 in process changes and equipment upgrades which will permanently reduce the plant's permitted emissions of vinyl chloride by 38 percent.
Second, the company has agreed to an amendment to its Pennsylvania-issued Title V air permit, which will reduce its yearly permitted vinyl chloride emissions from 75 tons to 48.5 tons. Occidental will also permanently retire all emission credits generated by this reduction, resulting in an overall air quality improvement in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Third, Occidental will implement equipment and operational changes, designed to reduce the volume of industrial wastewater discharges from the plant to the Pottstown Publicly Owned Treatment Works.
The multimedia investigation of Occidental's Pottstown, Pa. facility is part of a new EPA mid-Atlantic enforcement approach which evaluates how pollutants, in this case, vinyl chloride, move from one medium to another, such as from water to air, through the production process and the regulations that apply. EPA uses this approach to produce better, more protective, public health and environmental results.
As part of the settlement announced today, the company neither admitted nor denied liability for the alleged violations.
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So my 5D MK III came in today (March 23). I'll be playing around with it and sharing my experiences here. Let me know if there are any specific tests you'd like me to try out and I'll see what I can do.
5D MK III, 50D, ELAN 7E, 17-40mm 4, Sigma 10mm 2.8 fisheye, 18-55mm 3.5-5.6 IS, 30mm 1.4, 85mm 1.8, 580 EX, 430 EX speedlight, Pocket wizard flex and mini.
Canon G10
Pentax P30, 50mm 2.0
AI Servo tracking!!!
The respect of those you respect is greater than the applause of the multitude.
I'll see what I can do but here is something for you to peruse in the meantime.
Last edited by Nickcanada; 03-23-2012 at 03:12 PM.
Interesting Nick but the 5D2 would probably have done just as well with those shots. I would be interested in some birds in flight or something a little more challenging for the AF.
AI servo tracking for me as well. And metering in comparison to the 50D which I believe has the same metering as the 5D Mark II....
Nikon EM, Series E lenses 50mm f1.8|28mm f1.8|100mm f2.8, Sigma 80-200mm f4.5-5.6
Minolta Riva 100AF, Sinpo PQ-3, Olympus mju-III wide 100, Yashica 635
Sony cybershot W90, cybershot T90
Canon A720i|400D|7D|5DMKII|85mm f1.8|24-105mm f4|135mm f2|40mm f2.8|430EX II*2|BG-E3|BG-E7
Sigma 24mm f1.8|50mm f2.8|105mm f2.8 Samyang 8mm fisheye
Isn't it the same af system as the 1dx ?
D800e l V3 l AW1 l 16-35 l 35 l 50 l 85 l 105 l EM1 l 7.5 l 12-40 l 14 l 17 l 25 l 45 l 60 l 75
Originally Posted by Rooz
Isn't it the same af system as the 1dx ?
Rooz, My understanding of the 2 systems at this point is that for all intents and purposes they are the same but the 1dx benefits from extra information obtained through the RGB AF sensor. I am not 100% sure on that though.
Originally Posted by BBPhoto
Rooz, My understanding of the 2 systems at this point is that for all intents and purposes they are the same but the 1dx benefits from extra information obtained through the RGB AF sensor. I am not 100% sure on that though.
That is my understanding as well.
Okay, quick metering test. Just a single scene for now. Sigma 30mm 1.4 on the 50D 85mm 1.8 on the 5D. Both set to evaluative metering.
50D 30mm 1.4 @ f1.8 SS 1/800 ISO 3200
_MG_7642 by brownrigg.nick, on Flickr
_MG_7649 by brownrigg.nick, on Flickr
The 5D metered the scenes the same 85mm 1.8 @ 1.8 SS 1/800 ISO 3200
_Y3C6886 by brownrigg.nick, on Flickr
_Y3C6884 by brownrigg.nick, on Flickr
You can view the full res images on Flickr.
Servo focusing is very responsive. I'm not a bird shooter but I here is a quick little test.
85mm @ 1.8, servo mode single point AF in surounding point help mode where the adjacent points aid in tracking. The first shot is out of focus and I was little bummed about it untill I checked where I had my AF point selected. I usually place the AF point on the edge of the subject with the hopes that the higher contrast will help lock focus in this case it focused on the grass behind the goose. From that frame on I had the point on the goose and it focused well.
_Y3C6914 by brownrigg.nick, on Flickr
_Y3C6915 by brownrigg.nick, on Flickr
_Y3C6916 by brownrigg.nick, on Flickr
_Y3C6917 by brownrigg.nick, on Flickr
_Y3C6918 by brownrigg.nick, on Flickr
_Y3C6919 by brownrigg.nick, on Flickr
next series shot at 1.8 too. I reality I would probably shoot this at 2.8 or something like that to get some more DOF but I wanted to stress the focus system as much as possible in these shots. Selection point on his jacket just under his head. The DOF is so shallow his face goes out of focus but the camera stayed focused on where I told it to.
DPP_0001 by brownrigg.nick, on Flickr
DPP_0002 by brownrigg.nick, on Flickr
DPP_0003 by brownrigg.nick, on Flickr
DPP_0004 by brownrigg.nick, on Flickr
DPP_0005 by brownrigg.nick, on Flickr
DPP_0006 by brownrigg.nick, on Flickr
Again, larger sizes on my flickr.
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A woman who isn't really a Lesbian but is just acting gay, either as a response to negative learned behavior towards men or not wanting to be alone due to unattractiveness.
A)Becky dumped Cindy when she finally met a guy who didn't make her feel threatened by men. I guess she was only a Thesbian after all. B) Tina will not drop her Thesbian identity because she would be lonely but would consider doing so if the right man came along. C) Sharon prefers men but her heavy-set build and man-ish looks leaves Thesbianism her only option to human companionship.
by Raymee December 07, 2006
Thesbians (n): a cross of the two words "thespian" and "lesbian" to describe two females involved in the same theatrical production, thespians, who act like a female homosexual couple, lesbians, despite the heterosexuality of either or both of the females.
"Sally and Susie are thesbians."
"Sally are Susie are in thesbians."
"The whole cast is in thesbians with each other. Even the guys."
"The girls' dressing room was one big thesbian orgy."
"Sally are Susie are in thesbians."
"The whole cast is in thesbians with each other. Even the guys."
"The girls' dressing room was one big thesbian orgy."
by Thesbian April 09, 2012
by telemarcelo February 06, 2017
Noun- a woman who acts like she has lesbian tendencies in order to get more attention from onlookers/guys.
"Look at those two thesbians going at it to rile up the crowd, the owner of the club is probably giving them free drinks."
by DangerousPlay June 04, 2009
(adj.) Of or relating to dramatically or tragically acting like a lesbian; (n.) an otherwise heterosexual actress with dramatic lesbian talents. (usage) Often used by females to minimize interaction with males during social events.
(example) He didn't hit on her as he was tragically fooled by her thesbian display on the dance floor.
by tomikaze July 10, 2008
A straight, bi, closeted, and/or perhaps later on a very, very gay male who is deeply in to theatrics and performing arts. His real persona tends to be extremely gay, and the roles he plays as an actor tend to look like a ballet of gayness.
by hygeinefag September 06, 2009
A theatric person (such as an actor or theater frequenter) , male or female, who is in most cases not homo/bisexual.
My friend is such a thesbian, she goes to plays almost every night.
I consider myself a thesbian, having played lead roles in many Shakesper productions.
I consider myself a thesbian, having played lead roles in many Shakesper productions.
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Small Cool 2010: Emily & Erick's Trial by Family
Who Lives Here: Emily & Erick + kids Ella & Johnny + 2 French bulldogs + 2 cats!
Location: Eagle Rock — Los Angeles, California
Size: 800 square feet
What is your favorite element of your Small & Cool home? In the living area (which is really one long room with the kitchen at the back) there are 3 sets of French doors — one of the front of the house and two on the side. They were ugly non-functioning sliding doors when we bought the place. Eventually, we replaced them with 3 sets of antique doors given to us by a friend. They bring a lot of light into the small space, making it appear much, much bigger. (White painted wood floors help too.) Also, we turned our garage into a small studio (about 100 square feet — without this our house is 700 square feet). This helps in a big way because before we did it we didn't have any way to escape each other! There are no extra rooms in the house so it can get a bit claustrophobic when we're all home. The studio also allows me to run my business from home.
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What was one of the biggest challenges you faced in furnishing your Small Cool home? When you enter the front door, you are in the main living area and you have to walk through whatever seating arrangement we set up. It was a challenge to create an area that seats at least 4 (plus 2 badly-trained, couch-loving dogs) but that didn't block the way to the rest of the house and didn't make it feel too cluttered. I shop primarily at thrift shops/craigslist/yard sales so I was able to make mistakes without spending a fortune — it took many tries and many different pieces of furniture to get it right. We would live with an arrangement for a while and see how it worked. I passed on a lot of furniture to friends and family, but we like to do that anyway. Stuff is always being passed around to whomever needs it
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Ekaterina Siurina as Lauretta and Lucio Gallo as Gianni Schicchi in Gianni Schicchi © ROH / Bill Cooper 2011
The Royal Opera House will host the 36th Olivier Awards, the UK's highest stage honours, for the first time ever at a star-studded ceremony on Sunday 15 April 2012. The award ceremony will feature selection of specially created performances relayed live on big screens in Covent Garden.
In the opera categories, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Richard Jones are nominated; Turnage his composition of Anna Nicole for The Royal Opera and Twice Through The Heart for Sadler's Wells, and Jones for his direction of Anna Nicole, Il Trittico and The Tales of Hoffman for ENO. James MacMillan's Clemency for ROH2 is also nominated in the Best New Opera category.
The work of The Royal Ballet is present in two categories. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland's design team and Royal Ballet Principal Edward Watson for his performance in The Metamorphosis are both nominated for the Outstanding Achievement in Dance award. The Metamorphosis has also been nominated for Best New Dance Production.
Director of The Royal Ballet Monica Mason is to be presented with a special award in recognition of her influential career in the arts prior to her retirement this summer.
Other major companies receiving nominations at this year's awards include the Royal Shakespeare Company and The National Theatre
The awards will be broadcast via BBC Red Button and BBC Radio 2.


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- Rise: 7" (18 cm).
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- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S.
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Ok. I figured you all are probably going through Rory withdrawls since I haven't posted new pics in sooooooooooooo long!! And to be honest, I haven't posted ANY on this new board, have I??
So here are some I took the other day:
I was trying to get a pic of Shiloh and Rory INSISTED he be in it! He ran right in front of the camera and plopped down! I guess in his view, no photo is complete without him in it!!
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A powerful winter-like storm that is being blamed for at least eight deaths is marching eastward and could wreak havoc as millions of Americans are preparing to travel for Thanksgiving.
The front, which began Thursday in California, is now pummeling most of North Texas with a mix of rain, light freezing rain and light sleet. The west got walloped with up to three feet of snow from California to Texas. Meteorologists said they expected the Arctic mass to head south and east and threaten plans for Tuesday and Wednesday as people hit the roads and airports for some of the busiest travel days of the year.
More than 43 million Americans will travel more than 50 miles this holiday week, according to AAA and some of them got off to a rocky start as more than 300 flights were canceled at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Sunday.
Deadly Winter Storm Across Southwest
"DFW is the fourth-busiest airport in the country and as such it's a major part of the interconnected aviation system of the United States and really of the world," airport spokesman David Magana told ABC News Radio.
A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from Dallas to Shreveport, La., until noon today with icy conditions. The system is expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico later today where it will pick up moisture and drop 1 to 3 inches of rain from Houston to Atlanta.
By Tuesday, the front will move along the East Coast and could bring 2 to 5 inches of rain from the Carolinas to Maine with a threat of flash flooding in some areas. Further inland, cities including Knoxville, Cleveland, Buffalo and Syracuse will see mostly snow with some areas getting close to a foot of snow.
In addition to the rain and snow, wind gusts of 30 to 50 mph from Tuesday evening through Wednesday night are expected.
Thanksgiving Travel Season Could See Nasty Winter Storm
The system will clear the East Coast by Thanksgiving Day, leaving just chilly temperatures in New York City for the annual parade.
The storm has already claimed the lives of at least eight people with the latest death reported in New Mexico Sunday where more than a foot of snow fell, The Associated Press reported. A 4-year-old girl in New Mexico was killed in a rollover accident.
Three storm-related deaths were reported Saturday in a crash in the Texas Panhandle involving nearly a dozen vehicles, The Associated Press reported.
In California, where the storm system hit first, three deaths have been linked to the storms since Thursday, as authorities found one body near downed power lines, one man crashed his vehicle into a tree and a woman was killed when a tree fell on a parked car.
In Arizona, firefighters recovered the body of a man who was swept away by high waters Friday in the Santa Cruz River in the southern part of the state.
Flagstaff, Ariz., was socked with 11 inches of snow by early Sunday and was expecting at least another inch overnight. Metro Phoenix and other parts of central Arizona received between 1½ to 2½ inches of rain over the course of the storm.
The storm is also affecting animals and casing migrating ducks to fall from the sky in Noble, Okla. Rondi Large, director at Wildcare Foundation in Noble, is caring for a group of confused ducks who thought they were landing in water when they crashed into glistening, ice covered asphalt roads.
"The edges of their beaks had got very bad bruising and bleeding on the end of the beaks so they must have nose-dived," Large said".
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SOMERSWORTH ― In his four years with the Somersworth High School boys hockey team, Peter Robertson has experienced both the thrill of an undefeated state-championship season and the low of a losing campaign. Through it all, he's been a mainstay between the pipes for his team, once known as the Hilltoppers and now known as the Bearcats.
Robertson recently picked up his 50th career victory as a goalie with a 3-2 win over Lebanon on Feb. 6. The senior reflected on his career, which has just four regular-season games remaining.
"The highs have been better, but you get through the lows," Robertson said. "We're all friends on the team. We're in a tough division this year and the competition is tougher, but we look on the bright side of things."
Robertson started every game for the Hilltoppers in 2010-2011 when the team went undefeated en route to the Division III championship. Hard times hit Somersworth the next season, as the graduation of the bulk of that championship team left the Hilltoppers with low numbers.
The program merged with Coe-Brown this season and took on the nickname Bearcats. But the merger also required the team to move up to Division II, and the results haven't been pretty in terms of wins and losses. The Bearcats were 2-11 going into Wednesday night's game against Kingswood.
Through it all, Robertson and his teammates, especially his five fellow seniors, have remained an upbeat unit.
"We expected not to do as well moving up to Division II," Robertson said. "We knew we wouldn't win every single game. It's kind of going how we expected. But it's been just a great group of kids. All of them have the right attitude. We're looking just to have fun."
Somersworth coach Ron Siering said Robertson has done well despite the pressure of playing in a competitive division.
"He's had a lot of responsibility put on his shoulders," Siering said. "The team looks to him to carry them. He's a great goaltender with good leadership traits. He'll be sadly missed next year. He's a great asset to the team."
Siering worked closely with Robertson as an assistant coach for two seasons before taking over as head coach this year.
"He's a typical goaltender," Siering said. "He doesn't say too much. He keeps his head down and works hard, not just at practice. He goes in for extra help. He's put a lot of effort into it and it definitely shows."
In 2011, the Hilltoppers capped a storybook season with an 8-3 win over Kennett in the D-III championship game at Verizon Wireless Arena. Robertson made 19 saves in the victory.
That team's distinguishing characteristic, according to Robertson, was its unselfishness.
"It was just a bunch of talented players," Robertson said. "They weren't all about themselves ― they were team players and good kids. It was fun to play with them."
Robertson said the merger with Coe-Brown has been a positive move for the program.
"It's different to have two schools together, but we played with a lot of them in youth hockey," Robertson said. "It's not just a bunch of new kids. It's a good chance for all of us to get to be able to play."
While the Bearcats may very well have thrived this season in D-III, Robertson said he has no regrets about the program's move to D-II
"It's a lot better skill division," Robertson said. "In D-III we probably would have done a lot better, but it's a neat experience. Growing up I've always wanted to play against Spaulding and Dover. I see their rivalry, and I want us to have one like that."
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Traip Academy junior Kelsey Barnes won the Western Maine Class B championship in pole vault last Monday at the regional meet at the University of Southern Maine, part of a fourth-place finish for the Traip girls.
Barnes set the Western Maine Conference record earlier this season, clearing the bar at 10 feet, 10 inches. Her winning mark at the regional meet was 10-6.
"It feels pretty good," Barnes said. "I know I wasn't jumping my best, but I was using the meet as kind of a pre-meet for states. I'm focusing on winning a state championship."
The state meet will be Monday morning at Bates College.
"She came into the season very ready to go," Traip coach Larissa Simonds said. "She came from a very structured coaching background. She's been a great asset to the team, and her season came together really well."
Barnes transferred this season from San Diego, Calif. In addition to coping with the culture shock of moving all the way across the country, Barnes trains diligently with a private coach twice a week at Harvard University. She also works with team volunteer pole vault coach John Shontag.
Also performing well at the regional meet for Traip was Ashleigh Roberts, who won the 55-meter hurdles in 9.10 seconds. Hannah Nightingale was second in the 55-meter hurdles in 9.27 seconds. Jocelyn Lorrey took second place in the long jump (16-5) and the triple jump (35-3). On the boys side, Ralph Humiston was second in the pole vault at 10-6.
"We don't have a lot of numbers, but we have quality athletes," Simonds said. "The girls team really wants it. They've done great all year."


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The Review Group looks at Batman #1. Yep, we're taking a risk on a brand new number one issue of a relatively unknown character.
The Review Group is a collection of posters who get together and review a new comic each week that we each take turns selecting. Our threads can be found in The Outhouse's Newstand forum and is open for anyone and everyone to participate in.
This week we've got Batman #1 from Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. We loved Snyder's last issue of Detective Comics, but can he carry that magic over to a totally different title in Batman? I dunno Scoob...
I quite enjoyed Batman #1 from Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. Like the other DCnU #1's so far, I wasn't sure what to expect going into this issue, but Snyder seems to have a good feel for writing Batman/Bruce Wayne and the Batman family. He nicely introduced us to the supporting characters, showed us a plethora of villains, and set up a solid mystery for the first arc. While there may have been too many characters to attract 'new' readers, it didn't take away from the story at all. If anything, new readers may be more curious as to who some of these cool looking villains are.
Capullo's art is probably the best I've seen from him. He's been around for a long time, and it was nice to see some cleaner work as opposed to his older work which had too many unnecessary lines. Gregs' storytelling, pacing, and facial expressions were great too.
GRADE: 8 of 10
To put it bluntly this is EVERYTHING a Batman comic should be. Scott Snyder wrote 10 issues of Detective Comics over the past year, they were legendary. One of the greatest runs ever on the character (even if it was Dick Grayson as Bat's). Now Snyder is writing Bruce as Batman, he gets it.
I had some reservations about Greg Capullo doing the art, because I'm not crazy about his style. Even if I thought he might be a good fit for Batman. Capullo kills it on art, it looks like nothing I've ever seen him do before. He has and I hate to say this a Darwyn Cooke look to his work here. It really fit the book had a cartoon look while also fitting the tone perfectly. Of course his art would be nothing with out the inks and the absolutely amazing coloring job Fco Plascenia did. Fco's work has always been amazing on Robert Kirkman's Invincible but this was a whole new level.
Stephen Day
Maybe its a case where my bias is showing (I've never been a big Batman fan) but I didn't enjoy this issue as much as some other people did. I found that really nothing much happened. It was all well written for what it was, but I guess it's just not my cup of tea.
The cliffhanger ending was not bad either, but it's not like the character named will actually turn out to be a murderer. It's a case where it's too obvious that things aren't as they appear and I found that that took a great deal a way from the impact.
Like I said, it's not bad, but nothing I'd personally give a really high score to either -- 6 out of 10 I guess.
Buck Turgidson
Seeing as I have no time to visit comic shops anymore, I took advantage of DC's New day and date policy and bought this on my phone.
Total mistake.
Reading this on my phone wasn't a problem, but the comic being a total bore was. NuDC is a lot like old DC apparently. Super bland and the Todd McFarlane-lite art was underwhelming as well.
Story: 4
Art: 5
Overall: 4.5
Scott Snyder may finally be starting to slip. Swamp Thing was alright but this comic is what I was afraid it was going to be. A really good Batman comic with all the familiar trappings of a pretty good batman comic but one that's been read many times before. The rope a dope of Joker and Dick was a pretty cool moment as was the new Batcave contact lens. We are introduced to a new character and well, we all know what new characters are... villains...something Snyder avoided in his original run by reintroducing Jim Gordon and you knew he was evil but not how evil. The last page reveal also very pretty awesome but it's something that can be easily resolved.
The art was fine and cartoony action packed. To his credit Snyder demonstrated that after Morrison he's the best Damian Wayne writer. So in the end I give this book....
The one true Batman is back and until he dies again in about seven years and Dick takes over the cowl again, I'll be very happy with this. This was a bit heavy with set-up but the final twist is a promise of good things to come. Snyder has not gone wrong with a Batman book yet and I don't see it happening now either.
The art was fine, enjoyable most of the time. I really thought the artist has a bit of an issue with the age differences between the Wayne boys but other than that it was enjoyable.
Story: 8
Art: 8
My Score: 8
Fieldy snuts
I'll be blunt from the beginning. I expected better from this book, a lot better. While I wasn't very satisfied with the ending of Snyder's Detective Comics run with its rushed ending and inconsistent art, I attributed most of that to editorial constraints to meet the deadlines for this book...so regardless of my thoughts on the last issue I didn't blame Snyder.
Firstly, the opening scene is Arkham totally fell apart for me with the Joker moment despite the pretty cool moment of batman facing off against an army of his rogues gallery. That moment was just so contrived and the way it got strung along into the Batcave scene with Joker-style comments on Batman's brooding. It came across as way too forced just to build up the reveal. Moments like that are great for stories, but this one was far from it.
The rest of the issue seemed like by-the-book character building to establish the supporting cast of the Robin's, Jim Gordon and a few Gotham socialites along with what Bruce Wayne is doing these days. Not bad moments for spotlights, but not every gripping either.
Then the cliffhanger ending.....no, didn't do much for me either once I digested it and though about it for all of two seconds. This is the same Scott Snyder who delivered twist after turn on Detective Comics? He's now resorted to cheap shock cliffhangers like this? The writings not all that bad, Snyder's got a great grip on dialog and character moments...it's just that the storytelling in this book dropped the ball for me badly. Like I said earlier, everything reeked of being contrived to the point where my initial worries of Capullo drawing this book became equally divided into Snyder's writing.
Speaking of the art, never was a big fan of Capullo. In this issue he wasn't as bad as I remember for the most part. Sometimes his attention to detail with the settings was better than I ever remembered while at other times it would yo-yo to average to downright horrible moments like his take on Harvey Bullock. Very inconsistent...the coloring was well done though for what that's worth.
So in summary, I was really let down given how much good stuff Snyder has done recently. I guess DC is slowly burning him out with his massive workload.
Story: 4.0
Art: 4.0
Overall: 4.0
Just below passable seems accurate for me.
Eli Katz
I liked this issue a lot. It's certainly not the greatest Batman story ever, but it's a strong introductory issue. Snyder is a very efficient writer and in the opening fight scene shows us most of Batman's rogues gallery. In the next few pages, he shows us Batman's supporting cast. These scenes, while hardly heart-pounding, are necessary and handled as quickly as possible without coming off as rushed.
And the cliffhanger is awesome! It's the kinds of cliffhangers that we used to read every month in comics before they came to be dominated by lame, decompressed, 6- and 12-issue arcs. Yes, obviously, Dick is not going to turn out to be a psychopathic killer. But superhero comics have always placed the heroes under criminal suspicion ("Look, it's Superman robbing a bank") and then developed elaborate stories that show our heroes either duped or framed. If you don't like this kind of cliffhanger, then you should reevaluate your interest in superhero stories because this is one of the genre's most fun features.
The art and storytelling by Capullo are adequate, but a little too McFarlane-like for my taste. But the art isn't so bad that it detracts from the story.
Overall, this promises to be a fun Batman series. I will continue to read this book.
I thought this was a great first issue and very new reader friendly. Snyder does a good job of establishing Batman, his rogues and other supporting characters. There's nothing really that special here as this issue is fairly standard Batman. But, it's well written and has a few twists that kept me intrigued. I really liked the twist with the reveal that Dick was disguised as The Joker so Bruce had an inside plant in Arkham. The new Batcave contact lens is also a cool and welcomed addition to Batman's arsenal. The twist at the end is very interesting and it definitely has me coming back for the next issue. One other small problem for me is that it's fairly obvious the new mayoral candidate is going to be a villain of some kind. But, it's not enough to take away from my enjoyment of this issue.
I haven't seen much of Capulo's work since I stopped reading Spawn years ago. Not much has changed with his art. I thought his Batman and villains looked good but I wasn't a fan of the way he drew uncostumed people. I thought his Bruce Wayne lloked a little too young and that the Robins all looked too similar.
Story - 9
Art - 6
Overall - 7.5
Story - It must be strange having to write an introductory number one issue for Batman. I mean, who really needs an introduction to Batman? Well all know the deal, rich kid, dead parents, training montage, gets ass kicked, bat smashes through window, Batman! It's ingrained into our consciousnesses really. We all know who Batman is, so the challenge is to make us care. Scott Snyder does a decent job in this second ever Batman #1, but I'm not sure if the way he got us to care was a trick or not.
Snyder is one of the best new writers in the business, but he does have a tendency to over-use caption boxes in his superhero work, and this issue features a running commentary from Batman throughout, in which he discusses what exactly 'Gotham is...' but really, Snyder is attempting to define what Batman is these days. So we see Batman at the very top of his game, he's got a new costume with cool new gloves, and he takes out an army of his most dangerous villains fairly easily. We see that Batman is embracing technology more than ever before, first with Dick Grayson wearing an 'EMP Mask' in order to impersonate the Joker (a twist I'm still not sure whether I liked or not) and then with his new contact-lens computer, which allows Bruce Wayne to take the Batcave's databanks wherever he goes. Snyder cleverly uses this device not only to show how Batman is stepping up his war on crime, but also as an expository device for the reader, showing us who each former Robin is (because Capullo's art does make them look a little similar) as well as Vicki Vale and new character Lincoln March.
It is March and Bruce Wayne's speech in this issue which bother me the most. I feel like I've read Bruce Wayne make a big speech about 'forging a new Gotham' about 50 times now, and it's never followed up on. Writers do this speech, and then get distracted by the villains they are writing or the next Bat-Event or whatever, and so the next relaunch has the same speech. Hopefully Snyder will be the writer to buck the trend and have Bruce's pledges actually mean something, but at the moment, it had me rolling my eyes. The same is true for Lincoln March, who is just so obviously either a villain or linked to a villain. He's this year's Tommy Elliott and we all know it. Again, I have faith in Snyder to twist this a little, but so far, it's nothing I haven't seen before.
Thankfully things pick up again when Bruce heads out as Batman again, investigating a mysterious murder. This scene was classic Batman in a good way, showing a crazy situation, and then showing Batman slowly work it out and then throwing us a curve-ball in the revelation that Dick Grayson is apparently the murderer. This is why I suggest that Scott Snyder has made us care with a trick, because obviously Dick Grayson has not become a killer and a murderer, I mean, Nightwing #1 also came out this week. So this is most definitely a ruse, and nobody in their right mind would believe it. It's a cheeky cliffhanger for sure, but it does do it's job in that I want to read #2 not to see why Dick is evil, but to see who is behind it and how they framed him. With so many #1 issues out this month (and not just at DC) each book has to fight hard to get us also buy #2 and beyond, so I suppose this ending is a good thing, but it still feels cheap. And of course the title of the story is 'Knife Trick' so it is on purpose... but still!
On the whole, this was a strong first issue, it showcased Batman in almost all of his aspects, we saw him kick copious amounts of ass against weird villains, we saw him flex his playboy finances as Bruce Wayne, and we saw him deduct stuff as the world's greatest detective. Anyone who is unfamiliar with Batman gets the full bat-profile here. Snyder also showcases how Batman has changed and has moved forward, but still some cliches remain. The last page shocker may have been a bit cheap, but it did it's job, and while I'm not as convinced as others that Scott Snyder is the second coming of Bill Finger, this was a solid Batman comic and one I'm interested in following.
Art - I was intrigued to see how Greg Capullo's art would look free from the clutches of Todd McFarlane. The artist had worked on Spawn for about 10 years and then moved straight on over to Toddy Mac's new series Haunt, so his inextricably linked with the Baseball-collecting litigious Canadian, but is actually a damn good artist in his own right and did a good job here, albeit with some issues. I wasn't sure about his reinterpretations of some of Batman's villains (Mohawk Riddler? Ugh!) but we don't know for sure if he did these redesigns. Another issue is that a lot of the male characters look exactly the same, the panel where Bruce stands with Dick, Tim and Damian is crazy, like a Bruce Wayne Russian Doll or something, they look the same but smaller each time. And when Bruce is chatting with Lincoln March... they look the same again. But when Capullo is out in the streets, drawing Batman, it looks awesome, like a cross between Frank Miller and of course Todd McFarlane. So the Batman sequences are awesome and the Bruce Wayne sequences need work, but overall it's strong dynamic stuff. Oh, and I got a kick out of how Harvey Bullock looked exactly like either Sam or Twitch.
Best Line - 'The party? He's using it to remember who you are, Drake' God I love Damian Wayne, he's such a dickhead.
A diverse range of score there I'm sure you'll agree! Could our Friendly Neighbourhood Snyder-Man be slipping? Surely not! In the end Batman #1 got a highly respectable average of 6.98. If that's slipping, then I'm sure he won't mind!
Head over to the thread to read all of the reviews in their uncut form, as well as a discussion as to why it's OK for Batman to over-use cliches but not for Criminal to do the same.
Next week we've got Aquaman #1 for ya! OUTRAGEOUS!
Written or Contributed by: Niam Suggitt


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MADISON, Wis.—A proposal that would raise the speed limit on Wisconsin's interstates to 70 mph continues to race through the Legislature.
The Assembly passed the bill earlier this month. A Senate committee plans to hold a public hearing on the measure Thursday and the full Senate could vote on it in November.
The bill would give the state Department of Transportation six months to change interstate speed limits from 65 mph to 70 mph. The agency would have to submit a study to the Legislature within a year on the feasibility of raising the limit to 70 mph on other four-lane highways.
Democratic opponents have raised safety concerns with increasing the speed limit, but backers say most people already drive that fast now anyhow.


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Intraoperative three-dimensional imaging with the ISO-C3D in cervical spine surgery
Intraoperative 3D-Bildgebung mit dem ISO-C3D bei Operationen der Halswirbelsäule
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Objective: The intraoperative use of the mobile Siremobil Iso-C3D C-arm (Siemens AG, Medical Solutions, Erlangen) considerably improves the information available during cervical spine surgery. We report our early experiences with the Iso-C3D fluoroscopic unit.
Methods: Since June 2004 we have used the mobile Siremobil Iso-C3D C-arm in spine surgery. During surgery it can be used as a common X-ray control. But the main advantage is the intraoperative three-dimensional control of accurate fracture repositioning, spinal decompression, and correct screw, plate or cage positioning. The Iso-C3D acquires 100 fluoroscopic images during a 190° C-arm orbital rotation. The device calculates a 3D image data cube of the scanned region for the computerized reconstruction, with a length of 119 mm. From these data, multislice images (multiplanar reconstruction) with axial, coronal and sagittal slice orientation can be obtained. The process from C-arm rotation to 3D image reconstruction requires 120 seconds. The use of the Iso-C3D in 43 patients, including degenerative cervical stenosis (18), fractures (14), instability (3) and tumors (8) of the cervical spine, was analyzed.
Results: In 18 patients with degenerative cervical stenosis (one level disease: 14; two level disease: 3; three level disease: 1) 3D scanning was done to evaluate the extent of bony decompression and correct positioning of cages at the end of operation. In 2 patients insufficient bony decompression was noticed and surgery had to be continued. Successful decompression was proved thereafter by another scan. In 25 patients complex instrumented spine surgery was performed. Additionally, the system had been used in 4 navigated procedures. The sufficient fracture repositioning as well as the correct placement of the surgical implants was recognized in 23 patients after 3D scanning. In 2 patients surgery had to be altered because of incorrect placement of screws.
Conclusions: In 9% of all patients surgical procedure was altered intraoperatively because of ISO C imaging. Postoperative revisions could be avoided with the result of saving costs. The 3D-image acquisition with the Iso-C3D was easy and safe to perform. The image quality concerning the cervical spine was adequate and similar to a CT scan.


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The Story Museum faces a challenge. It must gather the greatest stories of all time and the greatest ways of telling them. Only then can it become a wonder. Only then can it enrich young lives for generations to come.
So it has dispatched Ever After, its fantastical Story Craft, on a mission to collect the 1001 greatest stories and the treasures they contain. Tales from other times and places. Told in person, on paper, on screen. But where should it go and what should it bring back? And can the craft escape the dark forces that threaten its very existence?
The Story Museum's Story Craft will be manned by an all-star crew of authors, illustrators and storytellers including Katherine Rundell, Katy Ridell, and Joseph Coelho. As it makes its way through various story worlds, visitors to The Story Museum in Oxford will be able to track the craft from 'Mission Control', a new and exciting interactive installation (designed by Tom Piper, MBE) where children and families can write, draw, film and record their suggestions for the stories that should become part of the museum's collection.
And fans of the museum unable to visit needn't worry – progress of the craft's voyage will also be shared online. A series of blogs posted by the various crew members throughout the journey will update online readers of the successes and challenges faced, all accompanied by beautiful illustrations from up-and-coming illustrator Katy Riddell. Online readers will be encouraged to celebrate in the crew's successes, help overcome the perils faced during the voyage, and offer suggestions as to where the ship should journey to next!
Whether manning Mission Control in Oxford, or plotting the course and monitoring the crew's progress online, The Story Museum needs your help to make The Story Craft's mission a success. The adventure begins!
The exhibition opens 10 February and runs throughout 2017.


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NEW YORK, April 10 (UPI) -- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi needs to address the underlying causes of sectarian violence that predate the revolution, Human Rights Watch said.
Violence outside a Coptic Christian cathedral last weekend left five Christians and one Muslim dead. Conflict erupted following a funeral service for Christians killed during earlier melees.
Deputy Director for Middle East and North African at Human Rights Watch Nadim Houry called on Morsi to take a close look at the festering violence between the religious communities.
The rights group said violence between Muslims and Christians in Egypt has escalated since 2008, three years before the country's revolution. Since Morsi came to power in June, however, there's been no serious investigation into the sectarian violence.
Nearly two dozen members of the Coptic community were killed in an attack on a church in Alexandria in January 2011.
Morsi's administration has been criticized for appearing to favor Islamic ideologies. He hails from the Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood.
There's been no indication that his policies were related to the latest violence. Existing laws discriminate against Christians, however.
"President Mohamed Morsi needs to acknowledge the deep and longstanding problem of sectarian violence in Egypt and take decisive steps to address it before it escalates further," Houry said in a statement from New York.


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Courtesy of Washington & Jefferson Sports Information
WASHINGTON, Pa. - Washington & Jefferson College announced the hiring of Kevin Kustron as the Presidents' head men's lacrosse coach on Friday.
Kustron, who served as an assistant coach at W&J last season and is a Peters Township High School graduate, played collegiate lacrosse at Salisbury University (Md.) where his teams won three NCAA Division III Championships. His overall team record during his years on campus (2004-2008) was 85-1 and he served as the team captain on the Sea Gulls' 22-0 championship season in 2008.
"It is an honor and a privilege to be selected as head men's lacrosse coach at Washington & Jefferson College," said Kustron. "With such a great collection of student-athletes, both incoming and returning, I couldn't be more excited to begin. I hope to instill a lasting tradition and take this program to an exciting level."
Kustron has experience as a scholastic boys lacrosse assistant coach at Bethel Park High School (2011-2013) and Mount Lebanon High School (2008-09). He also previously served as head coach for the U-19 Pittsburgh Aces club team. This summer, Kustron is working as a camp coach for True Lacrosse.
At Peters Township, Kustron was a high school All-American and graduated as the school's career point leader with 251. He graduated from Salisbury in 2008 with a degree in business marketing.


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Crabble Folding iPhone Stand
A smartphone stand that fits in your wallet
- Tiny smartphone stand that fits in your wallet
- Watch movies on a plane hands-free
- Works for many smartphones and mp3 players
We don't know about you, but we hate the movies on airplanes. They know they have you imprisoned for hours, so they subject you to only the worst in American cinema. Sadists, those airline execs are. But you have a smartphone or other little device that plays movies! But there's one little problem. You have to hold the darn thing in your hand or try to prop it up somehow to get a good angle for movie watching. That's just not fun, especially not on a long flight.
Wouldn't it be great if you could have a smartphone stand that fits in the credit card slot of your wallet? That's the Crabble. Seriously, you'll never forget your smartphone stand because it'll always be waiting for you in your wallet. Just pop it out, set it on your tray table, nestle your smartphone in its arms, plug in your earbuds, and say goodbye to crappy airplane movies and helloooooo to quality zombie flick. There are even little rubber nubs on the bottom to keep it from sliding around when the kid in the seat in front of you starts thrashing like he's in a mosh pit. Ahhhh, travel bliss!
- Can accommodate
- Apple iPhone 3g, 4, 4S
- iPod Touch, New iPod Touch
- iPod Classic (portrait), iPod Nano (landscape only)
- Blackberry Curve 8900 (portrait)
- HTC Touch, Incredible, EVO
- LG Cookie, Renoir, Viewty
- Samsung Pixon, Soul, Tocco
- Sony Ericsson 302, 580, 700, 760, Experia (landscape only)
- and any device with a similar form factor to the ones mentioned
- Non-slip silicone rubber claws for extra stability on trains and planes
- Can support phone in portrait or landscape position
- Durable and recyclable polypropylene
- Fits in a credit card slot in your wallet
- Black color only


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Guided Tours of JCIT & PolyU Design (Jan - Feb 2018)
To help you know more about PolyU Design, the programmes, the facilities, and the current exhibitions in Jockey Club Innovation Tower ("JCIT"), we are happy to give you a guided tour led by our student ambassadors / staff members.
Our guided tours are available as follow:
DATE: Monday - Friday
TIME SLOTS: A) 11:00am - 12:00pm / B) 4:00pm - 5:00pm
NO. OF PARTICIPANTS: 10-20 people per group
MEETING DETAILS: Our staff will send an individual email to confirm the booking once the reservation is done.
- Please note that this reservation does not count as confirmation.
- Our staff will contact you separately when we receive your booking request to confirm the arrangement.
- We will not accommodate groups that arrive without a reservation.
- If there is a specific time / arrangment you would like to visit us or you have other specific requests, please send an email HERE.
You are also welcomed to visit around JCIT on your own during office hours:
Mon – Sat l 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM l CLOSED on public holidays
For more information about the building, please see below:
- PolyU Design
- JCIT Directory
- Current Exhibitions (Opening hours of different exhibitions may vary.)
What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?
- Transportation HERE
- Parking Option: We do not provide parking lots for public. For coaches arrangement, please inform us regarding on the car plates in advance and you could drop-off and pick up at JCIT.
What if I have not received any confirmation email from the school?
For any enquiry, please send us an email HERE.


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Just as I Love Lucy was never quite the same the moment William Holden set Lucy Ricardo's putty Pinocchio-like nose aflame, The Lucy Show "jumped the shark," even earlier though, oddly, audiences not only didn't seem to mind, a big ratings bump strongly suggested that's how they loved Lucy best. Lucy's wild-eyed obsession with Hollywood's elite might have proved limiting for Ball's team of writers, but audiences couldn't get enough, so it seemed. In this, its final season, The Lucy Show garnered its highest ratings ever, ranking #2 among all primetime shows that season, and for which Ball was awarded her second consecutive Emmy Award, against much younger competition.
I didn't much care for The Lucy Show in my youth, having endured it endlessly in reruns during the 1970s when television viewers had far fewer viewing options. Looking at it now, all these decades later, I'm more forgiving of its conceptual laziness and found myself enjoying watching guests stars like Jack Benny, Edie Adams, Joan Crawford, and Frankie Avalon clown for obviously appreciative studio audiences, and, by golly, I found myself laughing out loud a couple of times most episodes.
It helps that these Paramount/CBS video transfers are so good, and that they're supported by a ton of extra features, all of it coordinated with the assistance of Ball's image-conscious estate. (Thomas Watson, in tiny type, is credited as the DVD set's executive producer. DVD labels should be less stingy giving credit where credit is due.)
The Lucy Show's seismic story shifts reflect its rather tumultuous history. Bob Carroll, Jr. and Madelyn (Pugh) Martin, veteran writers on I Love Lucy, left after the show after the second season, with like-minded scribes Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller, also of I Love Lucy, following soon after. Ball's ex-husband (and savvy television producer) Desi Arnaz, was still one-half of Desilu when The Lucy Show began and by all accounts was a substantial part of its early success. When he left the company in 1963, Elliott Lewis and Jack Donohue took over in turn, but for the last season Ball's famously less-talented current husband, stand-up comedian Gary Morton became The Lucy Show's executive producer, though probably Ball was really running the show.
It was a busy time for Desilu. During The Lucy Show's early seasons the company's main source of revenue was renting out the many stages and backlot space Lucy and Desi purchased from RKO - two big lots in Hollywood and Culver City - bought back in the 1950s. But beginning in 1966 Desilu was producing two very expensive hour-long dramas: Star Trek and Mission: Impossible. At the time Star Trek wasn't doing so hot ratings-wise, but Mission: Impossible was a huge critical and commercial hit, and Ball made the wise financial decision to sell Desilu to Gulf+Western, a conglomerate that had recently acquired Paramount Pictures, Desilu's next-door neighbor on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood.
In another amazing shrewd commercial decision, Ball ended The Lucy Show, reworking it as Here's Lucy in order to retain ownership and control of the sitcom in which she'd star. Here's Lucy ran another six years.
More than half of these Lucy Shows feature Hollywood stars, usually but not always playing themselves. "Lucy Meets the Berles," the season opener, is a typical example, with Lucy moonlighting (as she illogically often did) as a secretary to Uncle Miltie, who's taking a break from comedy in order to produce his first picture. He wants to cast a reluctant Ruta Lee and Lucy, overhearing her script reading over an intercom, mistakenly believes the two are having a torrid love affair. Though only mildly amusing, it's nonetheless fun to watch Lucy and Berle playing to the studio audience, with Lee and Mrs. Berle almost breaking up on-camera a la The Carol Burnett Show.
Ball, ever the canny manager of her shows, had a standing agreement to trade off appearances with the biggest stars. For instance, after Carol Burnett appeared on The Lucy Show, Ball returned the favor by guesting on Burnett's new comedy-variety series. Clearly, scripts were also tailor-made to stroke the egos of Hollywood royalty. That Lucy Carmichael made such a fuss (all, invariably, were her "all-time favorite") helped, but the lengths the writers obviously went to lure big names is also sometimes hilarious and obvious.
In "Lucy and the Lost Star," for example, Joan Crawford appears. In an opening scene, Crawford's agent informs her that one particular studio is just dying to sign her, and for good money, too, because the public is just clamoring "for new Joan Crawford pictures!" In 1968? Shlockmeister producer Herman Cohen, maybe - but all of Hollywood?
That episode garnered a certain amount of infamy due to Crawford's reported drunkenness during rehearsals, her feuding with Ball, and Ball's unsuccessful attempts to replace her (with Gloria Swanson), but the final show, in which Ball and guest star Vivian Vance wrongly assuming the Great Star is destitute and try to reinvigorate her career, is legitimately funny on its own terms.
Besides regulars and semi-regulars like Mary Jane Croft, Mary Wickes, Doris Singleton, Lew Parker, and Roy Roberts, the star-studded guest star list this season also includes Jacques Bergerac, Frankie Avalon, Jack Benny, Dennis Day, Robert Goulet, Dick Shawn, Richard Arlen, Charles "Buddy" Rogers," Vivian Vance (two episodes), Jackie Coogan, Edie Adams, Buddy Hackett, Phil Harris, Ken Berry, Ralph Story, and Sid Caesar. About half are "celebrity" shows. Barbara Babcock, Lucie Arnaz, and Gerald Mohr also make appearances.
Video & Audio
As with all (official) Lucy-related DVD releases, The Lucy Show - Official Sixth and Final Season looks splendid in its original full-frame format, strong color and sharpness throughout, with 24 episodes spread over four single-sided, dual layered DVDs. Episode titles with brief descriptions and airdates are offered as part of the packaging. The English-only mono, with optional SDH English subtitles, sounds great, too.
Extra Features
Supplements include an okay sketch with Ball, Tim Conway, and Carol Burnett from the latter's comedy-variety series; a black and white clip from Ball's Emmy Award win and her sincere acceptance speech; outtakes; costume sketches, vintage openings and closing (with sponsor spots, permission for which is duly noted); extensive production notes, less extensive cast bios, and photo galleries; and one episode, "Lucy Gets Her Diploma," also offered in an Italian-dubbed version with Italian credits.
Parting Thoughts
Not really a classic of television comedy but for its guest stars, excellent home video transfers, mountain of extra features, and even for some of the comedy itself, The Lucy Show - Official Sixth and Final Season is Recommended.
Stuart Galbraith IV is a Kyoto-based film historian whose work includes film history books, DVD and Blu-ray audio commentaries and special features. Visit Stuart's Cine Blogarama here.


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'The Future is History' is a fun, fascinating exhibit
In the years between the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and the final Apollo mission in 1972, American culture was preoccupied with radical and romantic notions of the future.
In the popular imagination, the year 2000 was a distant bright line between the industrial and technological ages. It was exciting and addictive to believe – or even to vainly hope – that interstellar travel and self-piloting personal aircraft were on the horizon and that disease and war would soon be history.
This fascinating and fertile period in American culture and creativity is on glorious display in "The Future Is History," a spectacular, if jumbled, collection of space-race memorabilia, furniture, audio and video technology and publications, on view through Saturday in a multistory warehouse on out-of-the-way Chandler Street in Black Rock.
The show is the brainchild of longtime collector Martin McGee, whose trips to shows and expos across the country have yielded an enviable trove of technological and decorative oddities. The vibe of the space is a fusion of impossible chic and total nerd-vana – a cross between Carnaby Street and the bridge of the Starship Enterprise.
Each of the objects in the show has a life of its own, and prospective visitors tonight will probably want to show up for one of two guided tours with McGee at 6 and 8 p.m. so they can get the inside scoop.
The aspirations of the era announce themselves immediately on entrance to the building, home of CooCooU, a sprawling vintage furniture vendor. A table of atom-themed memorabilia from the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels greets visitors, including a model of the Atomium, a massive model of an iron crystal atom.
This leads, naturally enough, into a room bedecked with Space Age items that range from imaginative Russian spacecraft models and collectible pins to publications of the era with inspirational covers that can seem laughably self- serious from today's perspective. An adjoining room is filled with furniture designs from the period, which tended to be low to the ground and egg-shaped or otherwise biomorphic.
There are fold-out record players, sleek self-loading toasters, clear inflatable chairs and dresses made out of eye-popping mylar. There is a set of funky silverware that McGee reports was used in Stanley Kubrick's era-defining film "2001: A Space Odyssey," a black swivel-chair that appeared on the original "Star Trek" series, and two salt and pepper shakers of the same model "Star Trek" character Leonard McCoy used for medical instruments.
And there is much, much more – all of it very loosely organized into separate rooms and still looser themes. Despite the great need for some significant editing and a better execution of the story McGee is trying to tell, "The Future Is History" has at its heart a fascinating and enduring idea. As others have written, the way we viewed the future at the height of the space race, when so much was unknown and technology appeared to be moving so fast, is remarkably different than the panic-stricken attitude many of us have adopted toward the future today.
In the end, the human imagination moved much faster than reality could hope to, while science offered frightening visions of the future that look absolutely nothing like an episode of "The Jetsons." But it's fun, and more than a little eye-opening, to get lost in the beautiful naiveté of McGee's many-splendored objects of aspiration.
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Cincinnati beats North Carolina State 68-57
CINCINNATI (AP) — Sean Kilpatrick scored 21 points and Titus Rubles added 14 as the Cincinnati Bearcats pulled away from North Carolina State in the final minutes for a 68-57 win on Tuesday.
Justin Jackson finished with his first career double-double — 10 points and 10 rebounds — as Cincinnati improved to 2-0 before a crowd of 7,028.
T.J. Warren and Ralston Turner each scored 13 points and Desmond Lee added 10 for N.C. State (1-1).
The win was just the second for the Bearcats in eight games against the Wolfpack.
The teams combined for 12 ties and eight lead changes.
Kilpatrick scored five unanswered points on two free throws and a 3-pointer to give Cincinnati a 51-48 lead with 9:45 left in the game.
Cincinnati went on to lead by 14 before settling for the 11-point win. The Bearcats made 23 free throws, while N.C. State only attempted 21, making 12. Both teams shot under 40 percent for the game.
N.C. State was called for a technical foul with 1:07 left in the second half for having six players on the floor.
The game, part of the Global Sports Shootout, was the second of seven straight home games to open the season for Cincinnati, which is scheduled to play Appalachian State on Saturday. N.C. State returns home to face Campbell on Saturday.
Neither team led by more than five points in an evenly played first half that included 10 ties and six lead changes before ending with a 35-35 score. N.C. State was 11-of-28 from the field, while the Bearcats were 11-of-27.


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