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Release Year: 1953
Country: United States
Starring: Richard Carlson, Veronica Hurst, Katherine Emery, Michael Pate, John Dodsworth, Hillary Brooke, Stanley Fraser, Lillian Bond, Owen McGiveney, Robin Hughes
Screenplay: Daniel Ullman
Director: William Cameron Menzies
There are a lot of times when I don't remember a movie (sometimes mere hours after watching it), but I remember a particular scene or vague theme from the movie. This has come up several times before. For instance, before I rewatched it, all I could remember about Treasure of the Four Crowns was the scene where fireballs on ridiculously visible wires were flying around. With Sword and the Sorcerer, even though I watched that movie about seven billion times when I was ten years old, all I could remember was "guy falls into room of naked women" and "guy makes witch's chest explode, then catches her heart." Although there were many times when I remembered both the scene and the title of the movie in which it appeared, there are many other times when I have no recollection at all of the film's title. It is in these instances that the Internet has proven to finally be worth all the trouble. Thousands and thousands of years of social and technological evolution finally lead to the moment when I can look up "screaming banshee on moors" and find out in which movie it appears.
That movie was, of course, Darby O'Gill and the Little People. I thought it was Cry of the Banshee, but when I rewatched that film, I found that it contained no screaming banshee on the moors, or any banshee of any type for that matter. Luckily, the internet was there for me. And it was there for me again, very recently, when I was trying to remember the title of a movie about which all I could recall was, "frog man in center of hedge maze." Actually, I remembered one other scene, which was of a woman looking out a dusty window and seeing some creepy guy in a cape dashing across the moonlit lawn, but it turns out that was a bizarre combination of a bit from The Maze combined with a bit from, I've been told, Munsters Go Home.
This time, the movie was The Maze, and when I finally tracked it down (because even if something isn't in print, the internet also helps you find old copies), I discovered two ways in which my memory was faulty. First, of course, was the fact that I couldn't remember the title of the movie I'd seen. Second, it turns out I'd never seen the movie. Yet still the concept "frog man in center of hedge maze" haunted me. It turns out that, when I was a little kid, my mother used to tell me the plot of this movie as a spooky bedtime story. Granted, stories about murderous frog men lurking in the center of a hedge maze may seem like a strange bedtime story, but I was a strange kid, and anyway, children's bedtime stories used to be all full of cannibalism and witches and trolls who steal the fingernails of naughty little boys and girls who don't eat their stinky boiled kale. In comparison to the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales, regaling me with the adventures of a man-frog in a hedge maze is small potatoes. But it did result in me spending most of my life thinking I'd seen the movie — which, as I explained, I discovered to be untrue once I actually did watch it. It also fueled, or so my theory goes, by continuing obsession with hedge mazes, especially hedge mazes that are occupied by weird magical creatures and monsters. Preferably sexy, naked nymphs and such, because if I have to be murdered by a charming but malicious magical being, I'd much rather it be a sexy flying girl with pointy ears and no clothes than a lurching man-frog in a threadbare suit or a shirtless guy with goat legs and a fondness for Zamfir records.
While I was disappointed in the subjectivity of my memory — what other grand adventures are merely lies I told myself so many times that even I started to believe them — I was happy to have this movie on hand to watch for the first time, even if the big reveal of the ghoulish dark family secret was already known to me. In fact, knowing the shock ending ahead of time is probably or th better. If you went into this film with some degree of anticipation, after all, the big reveal would be something of a letdown, to say the least. Conversely, if you go into a movie knowing little about it other than "frog man in center of hedge maze," it's much easier to be pleasantly surprised by the bulk of the film and pleasantly amused by the shoddiness of the nightmarish man in a monster suit waiting for you at the center of the labyrinth.
The Maze is a film tailor-made to appeal to me. It has a gloomy castle, gratuitous fog, a hedge maze, a cute woman in a bullet bra, creepy butlers, secret passages, and a "jolly good, old chap" kind of guy who smokes a pipe and enjoys motoring through the countryside whilst wearing his Harris tweed. And, of course, it's got the man-frog. It's black and white, and since it's the sort of movie that is unlikely to ever be lovingly restored — that exhaustive process being restricted to classic works of art like Caligula and Zombie Lake — it remains available primarily in grainy, murky bootleg copies. Now, I've never been a quality freak, especially for old films. For newer ones, yeah sure. I want them looking the way they're supposed to, at the correct aspect ration, in the correct language, with all the scenes intact. But for a lot of old films, I kind of like seeing them all grainy and beat up, with the dust specks and the random missing frames and that greatest of old film friends, the stray piece of hair. Not that I would turn down a proper copy of The Maze, or of any old film, but having a pristine and remastered version doesn't mean that I'll be willing to get rid of my crappy old copy. What I would like to see is a copy of The Maze that restores the film to its full 3D glory, even though from what I can judge, the 3D would be pretty lackluster, unless you are really excited by gratuitous "bat flies at the camera" 3D effects.
Gerald MacTeam (Richard Carlson) is about to married to his lovely fiancee, Kitty (Veronica Hurst), and to celebrate they are frolicking in some sun-kissed paradise with, for some reason, Kitty's dry-witted aunt Edith (Katherine Emery). Fun in the sun is interrupted when Gerald gets an urgent telegram from his uncle. It turns out that Gerald has a family castle in the highlands of Scotland, and all sorts of weird things happen in it. As a boy, Gerald remembers being locked in his room at night whenever he and his family visited the castle, and that there was a massive hedge maze into which no one was ever allowed. He departs to tend to whatever emergency his uncle has been contacted about, but Kitty and Edith become increasingly worried when they receive no word from him. When a letter does arrive, it only distresses them more. Gerald calls off the wedding, breaks his engagement to Kitty, and forbids them from ever visiting or contacting him again. Kitty is understandably perplexed, and rather than merely accept Gerald bizarre, out of the blue proclamation, she and Edith pack up and head for Scotland to see what's up at the ominously named Craven Castle.
Gerald is, needless to say, distressed by their sudden arrival, just as they are distressed by the fact that his hair has turned white and he seems to have aged considerably. He is adamant that they must leave immediately, but Kitty keeps devising excuses to stick around until she has figured out what the heck is going on and why Gerald has suddenly become so hostile and elusive. Clues begin to prevent themselves later that very night, when they hear Gerald and his two servants dragging something out of the off-limits guard tower and into the maze. Kitty discovers a secret passage in her room that leads to a long-forgotten room with a window (most of the windows in the castle have long since been bricked up) and observes the men hauling something into the maze. On the second night, Edith fakes out Gerald and leaves her room before it is locked for the night. While exploring the castle, she stumbles across…some hideous thing…that scurries from her view an disappears into the shadows before she can get a proper look at it. This tears it for Gerald, who insists that they get lost. Kitty counters by arranging to have a group of their friends show up, hoping that familiar faces and friendship will snap Gerald out of his funk and force him to come clean about the mysterious shenanigans. Her scheme almost works. Gerald even smiles at some point. But then it all goes horribly wrong. Everything comes to a head that night, and the horrible truth is revealed.
The Maze depends heavily on atmosphere. For the bulk of the movie, very little actually happens. Small tidbits are thrown the viewer's way to keep them interested — a fleeting glimpse of a glistening creature, a weird webbed footprint, the frequent foreboding stares of the butlers — but if this sort of movie isn't your thing, it's going to bore you pretty quickly. Lucky for me, this sort of movie is my thing, and I found the whole thing engrossing. Richard Carlson, who already had a long list of credits, including at least one other Scotland-based horror tale (an episode of Lights Out entitled "The Devil in Glencairn"), does a wonderful job of transforming Gerald from happy-go-lucky regular guy to world-weary crank, and he does so in a manner that makes you both sympathetic (you know he bears some horrible family secret) and irritated (why won't he just trust someone?). But then, I guess I've never had a giant frog for a great great great great uncle, so who am I to judge? I do, however, have an uncle who refuses to put his teeth in, and I don't think it's an entirely dissimilar circumstance.
Veronica Hurst, aside from being gorgeous, also does fairly well with a character who stays within the realistic bounds of femininity at the time (oh for the days women investigated unspeakable horrors whilst dressed in a shimmering cocktail dress and heels) but also emerges as strong-willed and determined in her unwillingness to simply let Gerald be a spooky jerk. That said, she may be one of the worst amateur sleuths in the history of amateur sleuthing. Although she constantly foils Gerald's plans to send her and Edith away, nothing ever really comes of the time she buys herself. Edith, for that matter, is set up as sort of the stolid voice of reason, but her sneaking about never bears much fruit, either. It gets to be frustrating at points, and even though both women are fairly well portrayed for the time, one can't help but with there was a bit more of the modern in them, thus allowing Kitty to grab Gerald by his tweed lapels and knock some sense into him. I mean, he has a dark spooky family secret, but it's not that dark or spooky. Kitty sort of stand sup to him by defying his orders to skedaddle, but it would have been nice to see her actually confront the guy and not let him glower and frown his way out of it.
The supporting cast,lead by Katherine Emery as Edith and Michael Pate as William the butler, is also excellent. With the exception of Veronica Hurst, who was only in her very early twenties at the time, The Maze is yet another in a long line of classic examples of how a film can be lent an added air of gravity and importance by filling the cast with actual adults rather than teenagers. These are all experienced players, and they handle the film with dedication, so much so that when the final reveal of the creature proves to be somewhat comical both by today's standards as well as, I would assume, the standards of the time, it hardly matters. They sell it regardless, and after the initial guffaw at the sight of this man-frog, The Maze makes it really easy to get over creature design short-comings. It helps that the creature is only on screen for a brief moment, but what helps more is that the entire cast sells the tragedy of the situation.
There is also some attempt to justify scientifically the appearance of the creature, who it turns out, is a horribly deformed member of the MacTeam family. Kitty discovers Gerald reading a book about human deformation, and Gerald explains that the human fetus goes through many stages of evolution before obtaining its final form, including one that is amphibian in nature. As with most horror film science, the end result is somewhat dubious but wholly believable within the confines of the film's reality. Once again, this is the product of a cast that is committed to selling the plot of the film, even at its most outlandish moments.
Complimenting and, usually, overpowering the cast is the cinematography, production design, and director. William Cameron Menzies isn't exactly a well-known name among modern horror fans, but he directed a number of early horror efforts, including 1931's The Spider and 1932's Chandu the Magician, both films that drew heavily upon the world of magic and illusionists, as well as 1936's Things to Come (based on the predictions of H.G. Wells) and 1940's The Thief of Baghdad. However, what's probably more important to the success of The Maze is his long career and vast experience as a production designer and art director. In this role, Menzies is perhaps better known. His experience in this field reaches as far back as 1918 and includes a whole slew of famous films such as the 1924 version of The Thief of Bagdhad, Pride of the Yankees, and in 1939, a little something called Gone with the Wind. A couple Oscars and a few other assorted awards later, he found himself directing The Maze, as well as serving as the film's art and production designer. These multiple roles make it possible to say that the movie is, every step of the way, the director's vision. It also means that the guy responsible for the burning of Atlanta sequence is also the guy responsible for the man-frog in this film. Menzies was no stranger to horror of science fiction, having previously directed the sci-fi cult classic Invaders from Mars. Although the direction itself in The Maze is best characterized as "blandly competent," the unassuming nature of the direction allows the mood to take center stage.
And that's a wise decision, since it's the film's strongest character and was obviously the aspect in which Menzies was more interested. We barely get a glimpse of Craven Castle (obviously because of budgetary concerns — this is a low budget film, after all), but when we do, it is all twisted brambles and gnarled trees. When Kitty and Edith first arrive, the moors are awash in fog. Everything inside the castle is shadows and gloom. Even when sets aren't draped in moroseness and cobwebs, it feels like they are. When the atmosphere takes front stage, the film is very effective. When it relies on the script, it is decidedly less so. And even within Menzies' otherwise acceptable if pedestrian directing style, there are a number of curious decisions. Most noticeable is the bizarre set-up during narration sequences featuring Katherine Emery, which are framed so that she is visible from the chin up at the very bottom of the screen, with the rest of the frame filled with nondescript ceiling and room. If I had to guess, I would say this was not an artistic decision, but was rather the product of a camera being improperly positioned and there not being enough time, money, or interest in reshooting these sequences. Still, these are minor gaffes in comparison to the film's biggest misstep, which is promising a horrible monster terrifying beyond all belief and then delivering…well, you know by now.
Augie Lohman was the special effects supervisor, so one has to assume that blame for the appearance of The Maze's signature monster should be pinned on him — though Menzies ultimately made the decision to go with the creation. Judging by his long list of credits, which includes special effects for everything from John Huston's Moby Dick to Barbarella, one has to assume that Lohman was good at what he did. But The Maze represents his first real foray into the realm of the fantastic, having previously worked on adventure and crime films. I don't know if it was his relative inexperience (hard to believe since three years later he was working magic in Moby Dick), or a function of time and money that resulted in the final product. To some degree, he was hamstrung by the story. The Maze was based on a novel by Maurice Sandoz, so the nature of the beast as already set. I would imagine that even the most adept effects man in the early 1950s would have a hard time when saddled with the assignment "make me a man-frog!" Modern effects technology could probably dream up something more effective, but then, modern scripting would probably ditch the idea of a frog entirely and go with something more legitimately terrifying, like a boll weevil or a marmoset. So maybe Lohman was just faced with an impossible task and did the best he could.
Which, in all honesty, was pretty bad. If you didn't know ahead of time that the monster was going to be a colossal let-down, then that first reveal, when Kitty stumbled upon the creature while wandering desperately through the maze, would pretty much undo all the hard work the atmosphere of dread put into the rest of the film. To make matters worse, rather than walking upright like a man, the frog creature is down on all fours — which might have worked it the suit was designed to better mimic a four-legged creature. Instead, it's designed in the same way that the Anguilas costume from the Godzilla movies was designed, meaning that the hind legs are bent because the guy in the suit is just crawling around. And as if that wasn't enough, it seems like even the makers of The Maze couldn't justify trying to pass off a frog's "ribbit" as a terrifying noise and so instead rely on…elephant noises? Huh. How about that? The end effect is singularly laughable.
On the scale of scary animals, frogs have to be at the bottom of the list. I mean, maybe even lower than giant killer bunnies. Sure, some people think frogs are "icky," and like me, many of you know from first-hand knowledge that if you catch one, they are going to defend themselves by peeing on your hand, but other than that, the number of people genuinely terrified by frogs must be very small and limited to a few women who had bad experiences as girls with naughty little country boys dropping frogs down the back of their dress (not that I ever did that to anyone), and members of various Amazonian tribes who have to deal with those frogs that are the size of a fingernail but will cause you to die an agonizing and certain death by poison if you touch them. Oh, and maybe Spider-Man, who I think once tackled a dastardly frog guy. Even the Australians, who have come as close to anyone to doing actual real world combat against giant frogs, consider them a nuisance more than a nightmare of hell that will cause a woman to hold her left hand up in front of her face while biting the knuckles on her right. I mean, sure. If I was out at night, wandering through the hedge maze of a spooky Scottish castle, and I stumbled upon a gigantic frog, I'm sure I'd be taken aback, perhaps even a little startled. But once the initial shock wears off, and provided he doesn't shoot a gigantic sticky tongue out at me, I think I'd recover fairly quickly and go into "I say, that's a tremendously large frog you have there, old chap" mode — which is a mode I go into with disturbing frequency.
It should be noted, however, that the above statement is only suitable for instances in which you encounter an actual giant frog in a hedge maze or a haunted cove. Saying "I say, that's a tremendously large frog you have there, old chap" whilst in a gym locker room or standing at the urinals lends the phrase an entirely different and perhaps controversial air.
In the end, though, the monster is played more for tragedy than terror, so if you know in advance that the build-up is let down by what's being built up to, you can relax and enjoy the rest of the movie, have you chuckle at the sight of the monster when it finally shows up, then move on with very little harm done. There have certainly been sillier looking monsters (Giant Claw, I'm looking in your direction), but few that are surrounded by as much somber atmosphere and seriousness.
I have a tremendous affinity for this film, even though I think when my mom told it to me as a bedtime story, she changed things up a bit. Because I'm pretty sure in my version of the movie, the man-frog lived in the center of the maze (in actuality, he lives in the locked guard tower and is carried tot he maze at night so he can swim in the pond in its center) and the dragging and scraping sounds were made by the servants dragging some poor chump out to the maze to be eaten alive (the reality in the movie being that the monster never actually kills anyone, though one maid dies of fright upon seeing it). But still, after setting the record straight in my own mind, I still think The Maze is an enjoyable, if somewhat silly, film that boasts some tremendous mood and a hearty chuckle. The script does tend to run in place for too long — Kitty diligently investigates the situation but never makes any real progress — but I have a pretty high tolerance for films comprised mostly of well-dressed people sitting in comfortable chairs, sipping scotch and pondering things. I didn't find The Maze to be boring even when it was biding its time, and I think the build-up is quite nice even if the pay-off is more side-splitting than horrifying. Screenwriter Daniel Ullman, who worked mostly in television but also wrote the screenplay for Mysterious Island (where his script is once again upstaged by production design and special effects), redeems himself int he film's final moments, which actually succeed in making you feel sorry for our doomed man-frog beastie, but the bulk of The Maze, be warned, is people sitting in chairs discussing things that should be resolved much quicker than they are.
So I reckon if you are looking for a great monster and cracking good dialog, you're probably better off elsewhere. But I found a lot to like in The Maze, even if my mom's version of the movie was better, and I would gladly wander through it again…even knowing what's waiting in the center for me.


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Here are the postscript/pdf/ppt versions of the course notes.
http://dsonline.computer.org/ is an online magazine of the IEEE Computer Society. Click on the topic areas for tutorial and other information on those subjects.
Some of the chapters of "Operating Systems, Concurrent and Distributed Software Design" by Jean Bacon and Tim Harris, Addison Wesley 2003, are relevant to this course.
ch7 Fundamentals of distributed systems
ch16 Distributed IPC (but not in detail)
ch22 Distributed transactions
ch23 Distributed algorithms
ch28 The World-Wide Web
ch29 Middleware
Each chapter has exercises. There is a web-browsable Instructor's Guide which is normally for teachers, password-protected, via Addison Wesley. It is available
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*for local use only*. Please respect this.
If you have access to "Concurrent Systems" Edition 2 by Jean Bacon, the following chapters are relevant:
ch5 Fundamentals of distributed systems (much the same as in Operating Systems)
ch15 Distributed IPC (updated for OS - detail not required)
ch21 Distributed transactions (much the same as in OS)
ch22 Distributed algorithms (much the same as in OS)
ch26 Middleware (significantly updated for OS. CORBA hasn't changed much)
At SOSP17, Dec 99, Jerome Saltzer of MIT gave a keynote address
which included some spectacular failures of large-scale system design. Here is the pdf:
© 2006 Prof Jean Bacon (content) & Dr Neil Dodgson (layout)
Please send any comments to firstname.lastname@example.com
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General Practice, Solo & Small Firm DivisionBest of ABA Sections
Labor & Employment Law
A Due Process Protocol for Mediation and Arbitration of Statutory Disputes Arising Out of the Employment Relationship
The Section of Labor and Employment Law, along with other organizations involved in employment relations, has endorsed A Due Process Protocol in order to assure some measure of fairness and due process to employer-promulgated schemes for the private resolution of statutory disputes.
A. Pre- or Post-Dispute Arbitration
The Task Force recognizes the dilemma inherent in the timing of an agreement to mediate and/or arbitrate statutory disputes. It did not achieve consensus on this difficult issue. The views in this spectrum are set forth randomly, as follows:
Employers should be able to create mediation and/or arbitration systems to resolve statutory claims, but any agreement to mediate and/or arbitrate disputes should be informed, voluntary, and not a condition of initial or continued employment.
Employers should have the right to insist on an agreement to mediate and/or arbitrate statutory disputes as a condition of initial or continued employment. Postponing such an agreement until a dispute actually arises, when there will likely exist a stronger predisposition to litigate, will result in very few agreements to mediate and/or arbitrate, thus negating the likelihood of effectively utilizing alternative dispute resolution and overcoming the problems of administrative and judicial delays that now plague the system.
Employees should not be permitted to waive their right to judicial relief of statutory claims arising out of the employment relationship for any reason.
Employers should be able to create mediation and/or arbitration systems to resolve statutory claims, but the decision to mediate and/or arbitrate individual cases should not be made until after the dispute arises. . . .
B. Right of Representation
1. Choice of Representative. Employees considering the use of or, in fact, utilizing mediation and/or arbitration procedures should have the right to be represented by a spokesperson of their own choosing. The mediation and arbitration procedure should so specify and should include reference to institutions that might offer assistance, such as bar associations, legal service associations, civil rights organizations, trade unions, etc.
2. Fees for Representation. The amount and method of payment for representation should be determined between the claimant and the representative. We recommend, however, a number of existing systems that provide employer reimbursement of at least a portion of the employee's attorney fees, especially for lower paid employees. The arbitrator should have the authority to provide for fee reimbursement, in whole or in part, as part of the remedy in accordance with applicable law or in the interests of justice.
3. Access to Information. One of the advantages of arbitration is that there is usually less time and money spent in pretrial discovery. Adequate but limited pretrial discovery is to be encouraged and employees should have access to all information reasonably relevant to mediation and/or arbitration of their claims. The employees' representative should also have reasonable prehearing and hearing access to all such information and documentation. Necessary prehearing depositions consistent with the expedited nature of arbitration should be available.
We also recommend that prior to selection of an arbitrator, each side should be provided with the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the representatives of the parties in that arbitrator's six most recent cases to aid them in selection.
C. Mediator and Arbitrator Qualification.
1. Roster Membership. Mediators and arbitrators selected for such cases should have skill in the conduct of hearings, knowledge of the statutory issues at stake in the dispute, and familiarity with the workplace and employment environment. The roster of available mediators and arbitrators should be established on a non-discriminatory basis, diverse by gender, ethnicity, background, experience, etc., to satisfy the parties that their interest and objectives will be respected and fully considered. Our recommendation is for selection of impartial arbitrators and mediators . . . .
The existing cadre of labor and employment mediators and arbitrators, some lawyers, some not, although skilled in conducting hearings and familiar with the employment milieu is unlikely, without special training, to consistently possess knowledge of the statutory environment in which these disputes arise and of the characteristics of the nonunion workplace.
There is a manifest need for mediators and arbitrators with expertise in statutory requirements in the employment field who may, without special training, lack experience in the employment area and in the conduct of arbitration hearings and mediation sessions. Reexamination of rostering eligibility by designating agencies, such as the American Arbitration Association, may permit the expedited inclusion in the pool of this most valuable source of expertise. The roster of arbitrators and mediators should contain representatives with all such skills in order to meet the diverse needs of this caseload.
Regardless of their prior experience, mediators and arbitrators on the roster must be independent of bias toward either party. They should reject cases if they believe the procedure lacks requisite due process.
2. Training. The creation of a roster containing the foregoing qualifications dictates the development of a training program to educate existing and potential labor and employment mediators and arbitrators as to the statutes, including substantive, procedural, and remedial issues to be confronted and to train experts in the statutes as to employer procedures governing the employment relationship as well as due process and fairness in the conduct and control of arbitration hearings and mediation sessions.
Training in the statutory issues should be provided by the government agencies, bar associations, academic institutions, etc., administered perhaps by the designating agency, such as the AAA, at various locations throughout the country. Such training should be updated periodically and be required of all mediators and arbitrators . . . .
Successful completion of such training would be reflected in the resume or panel cards of the arbitrators supplied to the parties for their selection process.
3. Panel Selection. Upon request of the parties, the designating agency should utilize a list procedure such as that of the AAA or select a panel composed of an odd number of mediators and arbitrators from its roster or pool. The panel cards for such individuals should be submitted to the parties for their perusal prior to alternate striking of the names on the list, resulting in the designation of the remaining mediator and/or arbitrator. The selection process could empower the designating agency to appoint a mediator and/or arbitrator if the striking procedure is unacceptable or unsuccessful . . . .
4. Conflicts of Interest. The mediator and arbitrator for a case have a duty to disclose any relationship that might reasonably constitute or be perceived as a conflict of interest. The designated mediator and/or arbitrator should be required to sign an oath provided by the designating agency, if any, affirming the absence of such present or preexisting ties.
5. Authority of the Arbitrator. The arbitrator should be bound by applicable agreements, statutes, regulations, and rules of procedure of the designating agency, including the authority to determine the time and place of the hearing, permit reasonable discovery, issue subpoenas, decide arbitrability issues, preserve order and privacy in the hearings, rule on evidentiary matters, determine the close of the hearing and procedures for posthearing submissions, and issue an award resolving the submitted dispute . . . .
6. Compensation of the Mediator and Arbitrator. Impartiality is best assured by the parties sharing the fees and expenses of the mediator and arbitrator. In cases where the economic condition of a party does not permit equal sharing, the parties should make mutually acceptable arrangements to achieve that goal if at all possible . . . .
D. Scope of Review
The arbitrator's award should be final and binding and the scope of review should be limited.
This article is an abridged and edited version of one that originally appeared in Labor & Employment Law Newsletter, 24:2.


text: Student Profiles Sarah Mountcastle '05 Sarah Mountcastle '05 Hometown: Orono, Maine Major: Anthropology and Spanish Why did you come to Bowdoin? My two older brothers came to Bowdoin. David is class of 1999 and Andrew is class of 2001, so I had come to visit, watch sporting events, and do the tour and everything, and it was just kind of a place that felt like home to me. When I went on the college circuit around New England and then through Virginia, I kept comparing [the colleges I saw] to Bowdoin, so that was how I knew [Bowdoin] was the place I wanted to go to. How did you decide on your major? I actually always knew I liked anthropology before I knew what anthropology was. I had this love of cultures when I was a little kid, and I used to love reading books about different countries and different places in the world. Then, the spring semester of my freshman year, I took Anthropology 101 with Professor Dickey and knew exactly that [Anthropology] was what I wanted to major in. I just remember loving the paper assignments. It really got me to critically think about experiences I've had in my life and put them in an academic perspective. I've kind of always had this interest in Spanish and kept taking the courses every semester because I wanted to keep it up. And then, once I had done some traveling with Spanish, I knew that I also wanted that to be a major because I want to keep speaking Spanish throughout my life. What has been your favorite class at Bowdoin? The first one would be Genocide and Political Violence. That was with Professor White [of the Sociology Department] - he was visiting from Colby. That class was by far the most emotional class that I've taken at Bowdoin, but because it was so emotional, it really got me to delve deeply into all the topics. We had to do a group project on a genocide, so I picked Sudan with my partner and we ended up getting involved with the Sudanese community in Portland. That was an awesome class. I loved everything about it. There was a lot of reading, but I did everything because I cared for it. Another one of my favorite classes would be Women and World Development with Professor Ghodsee. I loved the practical aspect of it - we had to create a non-profit organization [in] groups. My group and I decided to do an organization focusing on women in the cut flower industry in Ecuador, so we did this whole mock project on getting goods donated from Bowdoin College like goggles and plastic gloves and aprons, and bringing them down, and educating the women in the cut flower factories. That was just a really neat opening to non-profit world, which I think I want to go into. Have you done any independent studies? I did one in Spanish with Professor Yepes. It was part of the Latin American Studies grant, where they give you a grant to study in a Latin American country for the summer, for six weeks, and then you have to continue the project the following fall semester. So the summer after my sophomore year, I went [to Quito to] work with Center for the Young Working Girl. It's an organization that deals with children who work on the streets - selling candy, selling flowers, cleaning shoes - and keeps them in school and provides food and housing for some of the students. So when I came back, I volunteered with People's Regional Opportunity Program with Spanish-speaking kids in Portland - a Head Start program - and I compared the two non-profit organizations, [comparing] the economic status of both of the organizations and funding and management. My second [independent study] was this past fall. [Last] summer, I got the Public Interest Career Fund [Scholarship] to go to Safe Passage in Guatemala City, which is another organization that helps children, but [these children] live in and around the Guatemala City dump. When I was there, I started an adult literacy organization for the moms, [and] when I came back, I didn't want to have it end after two months, so I took an independent study with Professor Ghodsee [of the Women's Studies Department] to learn how to write grants for non-profit organizations. I went to a grant-writing workshop, and I read up on adult literacy and the pedagogy of teaching adults, especially in third world countries. That was a great independent study. I applied for five grants, and I didn't get two of them, but I have yet to hear from three of them. They give you a six to nine month waiting period to find out. The grant would go to Safe Passage for an adult literacy program. [Editor's note: Safe Passage was founded by Hanley Denning '92.] What extracurricular activities do you participate in? Do you have an on campus job? My freshman and sophomore year, I was involved in the Admissions Office. I was a tour guide starting my freshman spring, and sophomore year I was an overnight coordinator and also a tour guide. [Also sophomore year,] I was a proctor. Throughout my four years I've been involved in Obvious, a hip-hop dance group. It's a lot of fun. I didn't know how to dance before I came to Bowdoin. Then this past year, I led an Alternative Spring Break trip to Nicaragua...through the Community Service Resource Center. It was so much fun. We got to gain all sorts of skills about being leaders - behind the scenes things, [reading] different things about service, and connecting service with academics. [The trip is focused on] building houses in a rural community. I applied to be a YALP (Young Alumni Leadership Program) intern the spring semester of my junior year because I wanted to gain a greater understanding of Bowdoin as well as get a chance to meet and speak with senior administrators. Being the class relations intern with YALP has allowed me to meet new people in my class as well as take an active role in planning events for the senior class. Because of YALP, I have also been able to make friends with people I hadn't met until this year. Have you studied abroad during your time at Bowdoin? I studied abroad in Grenada, Spain, with [the School for International Training]. The program focused on art history, anthropology, and Spanish. We got to do a lot of traveling with the group and with our professors throughout Spain, which was a really neat aspect of this particular program. In the end, we got to do an independent study project on anything we were interested in. I chose to go into some of the local schools to get "a children's perspective of the world." And I ended up with this bilingual book with children's quotes and drawings and then a supplementary essay about it. I included questions like "what's war?", "what's peace?", "what's money and how is it important?" What is your best Bowdoin memory? My favorite part about Bowdoin has been dinners in the dining hall, for many reasons. I feel like it's the one time in the day when I can talk with my friends and have really great conversations without feeling the pressure of having to do work or having to go somewhere or having something else to do. Our group of friends is known for staying at dinner for an hour and a half or two hours, but I always end up having great conversations and it's always really fun. My favorite actual memory-memory [is when] my friends and I dress up like widows on Halloween - widows on a cruise. It's always a lot of fun. We get really into character. It's funny because we're known to some people on campus as being one of the widows. I'll see people in November or December [who say], "Weren't you a widow?" It's annual. I think it's going to be revived next year. The reason it got started is because so many girls take Halloween as "Oh, I'm going to dress up like a nurse and wear a short skirt," and we're like, "No, that's not what Halloween is! We want to look ugly and we want to have fun doing it!" So that's why we did it. It's just so much fun - we have complete characters that come out. It's amazing. The tote bags and the accents and the nametags. We have a cabana boy - Roger Burleigh ['06]. It's great. What are your plans after graduation? I've applied for a job as the Service Learning Coordinator through the Community Service Resource Center. It's an AmeriCorps VISTA program. And I'm also a finalist for the Samuel Huntington Scholarship to do service for a year. So I have an interview this upcoming week, and that would be to go to Guatemala City and do the adult literacy program and run it. What advice would you give to a prospective student or first year about the Bowdoin experience? Make Bowdoin your own college. There are so many things that are being offered and there are so many different groups that you can [join], but if there's something that you're really passionate about or really interested in, go for it. Bring that passion into Bowdoin, whether it's through bringing a guest speaker or starting an organization or bringing back your personal experiences into the classroom, because Bowdoin means so many things to so many different people. It's amazing place and you have to take advantage of all it has. Story posted on April 29, 2005 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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USTFCCCA Men's Track & Field All-Academic Teams
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – Even throughout the summer, accolades keep coming in for the King University men's and women's track & field programs. Both programs earned USFCCCA All-Academic honors as well as three student-athletes. Spencer Frantom, Hannah Witt and Maegan Henry all garnered USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
On the men's side, 42 teams earned the distinction of a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team while on the women's side, 92 teams earned recognition. The Tornado men finished the 2012-13 year with a cumulative team GPA of 3.02 while the women posted a 3.33 team GPA. The King men were the only Conference Carolinas team to earn recognition while three Conference Carolinas schools were named on the women's side. The award honors teams that have at least a cumulative team GPA of 3.00.
Individually, Frantom was one of 210 men that earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors, and the only member from a Conference Carolinas school. The Morristown, Tenn., native recorded a 3.37 GPA while majoring in English and History. Frantom posted a qualifying mark in the 10,000 meter run, and became the first runner in King history to qualify for the NCAA Track & Field Championships.
On the women's side, both Witt and Henry were among 394 student-athletes that earned this distinction. Witt, a Mountain City, Tenn., native posted a 3.94 GPA while Bluefield, Va., native, Henry recorded a 3.87 GPA. Both student-athletes are majoring in Biology. Witt posted a provisional time in the 10,000 meter run while Henry reached the provisional standards in the shot put.
To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic track & field team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and have reached a provisional or automatic qualifying standard for the NCAA Championships in either indoor or outdoor seasons.


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Inter striker Antonio Cassano is likely to miss his side's game against Roma as worries continue linger over his fitness.
The 30-year-old faces a late examination to determine whether he will be fit for Sunday's game, and though Andrea Stramaccioni is desperate for his star man to be available, he admits he must think about the player's long-term health.
"We all hope to have him on the pitch, not only for his ability but also for the influence he has on the group. We do have to be very careful with him though," he told Inter.it.
I'll make the final decision after speaking to the medical staff because we certainly can't afford to lose Antonio."
The Nerazzurri travel to Rome fourth in the Serie A standings and seven points adrift of pace-setters Juventus and the 37-year-old expects an entertaining contest.
"It's going to be a special and exciting match because both teams like to attack," he continued.
"I think we are over our worst moment, the league is very balanced and every game needs to be approached with great attention."


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- have the environment locally running
- consuming a minimal amount of resources
- not run a full installation process
To achieve that we will use the "server only" virtual machine option available with SAP HANA, express edition and reuse existing tutorials to guide you during the setup.
However, we will need to apply a few additional steps to setup the environment for our scenario.
The SAP HANA, express edition version used here is 2.0 SPS0.
The following tutorial will guide you with the download & installation instructions:
But before going to the next tutorial "Start Using SAP HANA 2.0, express edition (Virtual Machine Method)", we will need to adjust the network settings.
By default, virtual machine are configured for "Host-only" access, which will prevent virtual machines to see each other.
Therefore, you will need to edit your virtual machine network settings.
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VMWare, go to "Virtual Machine Setting" > "Hardware" > "Network Adapter" and select "NAT", and save your changes.
If you are using
VirtualBox, go to "Settings" > "Network" and select "NAT", and save your changes.
Now, you can move to Start Using SAP HANA 2.0, express edition (Virtual Machine Method).
Make a note of the SAP HANA virtual machine IP address and the hostname running the following commands:
For the IP address:
ip -4 addr show eth0 | grep -oP '(?<=inet\s)\d+(\.\d+){3}'
For the hostname short name:
For the hostname fully qualified name:
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Either as a relative pronoun or question word, whom is rarely used in conversation. Formal writing, yes, but ordinary conversation, no.
With whom did you go to the movies? is correct but sounds like a police interrogation.
Who did you go to the movies with? is technically incorrect but is the way we usually say it.
Is it better to be correct and absurdly formal, or incorrect and more accurate in mimicking native speakers, including the most educated? In ordinary conversation, generally speaking, the answer is you're right to be wrong – use who.
Still, it's a good idea to know which is correct in a given context. The quick test in choosing between who and whom is to substitute he or him. If he sounds better, who is correct; if him sounds right, whom is correct. That's because as a pronoun whom is used to represent the object of either a verb or a preposition, while who represents the subject of a verb.
He is the consultant whom we contacted for advice. (We contacted him.)
To whom was the letter addressed? (The letter was addressed to him.)
He is the consultant who can answer your question. (He can answer your question.)
In the two examples above, the formality can be toned down by omitting the pronoun in the first, and using the more casual who in the second:
He is the consultant we contacted for advice.
Who was the letter addressed to?
The he/him test works well unless you're confronted with a choice between whoever and whomever as in this sentence:
You can just talk with whoever/whomever answers the phone.
Even native English speakers get confused by this, because our instinct tells us that whom, not who, should follow the preposition with. However, there is another rule in English which dictates that every verb in a tense needs a subject. Here, whoever is the correct choice, since the verb answers needs a subject.
Might there be another situation when, besides addressing the Queen at a tea party, it makes sense to use whom as an object pronoun? If you see someone walking a dog, and the dog is so big and strong that it's all its owner can do to keep up with it, you can ask, without risk of sounding ridiculously formal: Who is walking whom?


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Ed Reed's Sunday night hit on Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders drew an unnecessary roughness penalty but will cost the Baltimore Ravens much more than that.
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The NFL suspended the veteran safety for one game without pay for what it labeled "repeated violations of the rule prohibiting hits to the head and neck area of defenseless players." Reed is banned from practicing this week and playing in Sunday's game against the San Diego Chargers.
"I didn't see that one coming, so it was surprising," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Monday, minutes after the league dropped the news.
The possibility of appealing the decision raises a sticky issue for the Ravens. Harbaugh acknowledged a worst-case scenario: If Reed appeals the suspension and delays the ban, the league might turn around and reaffirm its ruling in time for the Ravens' Week 13 rematch with the Steelers. Harbaugh believes that fate will be avoided.
"My understanding was (an appeal is) going to be heard very quickly for that reason, so we should have a decision by Wednesday," he said.
The NFL dropped the hammer following Reed's third violation over the past three seasons. The league is serious about tracking these hits and removing players from the landscape if they don't fall in line.
That's the NFL's concern. Baltimore's is ensuring Reed is on the field for a Pittsburgh game that ultimately might decide the rough-and-tumble AFC North.
UPDATE: NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said later Monday that Reed has notified the league he plans to appeal his suspension, and his case will be heard by Wednesday night by either Art Shell or Ted Cottrell, NFL.com's Steve Wyche reported.
Also, per rule, there is no "three-strike" limit in terms of repeated helmet-to-head-area hits. Discipline for repeat offenders is determined on a case-by-case basis, according to Aiello.
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LONDON (AP) — British media are reporting that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has left the hospital after an operation to remove a bladder growth.
The 87-year-old former Conservative leader was admitted to the hospital last week to have the operation.
The BBC and Sky News said Thatcher was doing well and left the hospital on Saturday to "convalesce privately." Her spokesman did not immediately return calls seeking confirmation.
Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister, has been in fragile health since she suffered a series of small strokes more than a decade ago. Although she has occasionally appeared at private functions, she has not made public statements for some time.
She served as prime minister from May 1979 until her resignation in November 1990.


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HVDC converter station to increase power transfer capacity between Texas and Mexico and improve grid reliability
The 150 megawatt (MW) back-to-back HVDC converter station will be built in Mission, Texas, where an identical installation was delivered by ABB in 2007. The two stations, part of the Railroad DC Tie Expansion project, will work in parallel to provide a transmission capacity of up to 300 MW. This will increase the power transfer capacity between Texas and Mexico and secure power supply.
"Availability and security of power supplies is key to economic growth and HVDC is a proven technology when it comes to efficient and reliable transmission of electricity," said Brice Koch, head of ABB's Power Systems division. "We are delighted to work with Sharyland Utilities once again on this important interconnection to improve power exchange capability and help enhance the reliability of the grid."
ABB will design, engineer, supply and install the converter station including high-voltage equipment such as power transformers and thyristor valves. The station is scheduled to go into operation in 2014.
"The expansion of our HVDC facility from 150 MW to 300 MW is a significant project for us, and we are pleased to partner with ABB once again," said Mark Caskey, Senior Vice President of Sharyland Utilities. "Based upon our experience with ABB during the initial phase of the project in 2007, we believe their technical strength and HVDC knowledge made this an easy decision."
ABB pioneered HVDC transmission technology almost 60 years ago and has built a vast global installed base, having completed more than 70 HVDC projects around the world, with a total transmission capacity of over 60,000 MW.
ABB recently announced a technology breakthrough for future high voltage DC grids. More information is available here.
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Doug Dean: Expanding Medicaid is about community, not the bottom line
October 01. 2013 8:42PM
Elliot Health System provides care to more than 150,000 people in our community through the dedicated service of more than 500 physicians and 3,500 outstanding employees. Elliot is the largest provider of health care in southern New Hampshire, and the decision whether to expand Medicaid is critical to our mission and our patients.
We have probably all seen quite a few financial analyses that show the various costs and benefits of expanding Medicaid. Recently, we took note of a study by the Lewin Group, which takes a careful look at some of the secondary financial impacts and concludes that there are substantial benefits to Medicaid expansion. We have also been asked about a story recently published in Forbes magazine that predicts that hospitals will actually be worse off financially if Medicaid is expanded.
We have looked at the studies carefully and compared them to what we see in our own community, and we do not anticipate that Medicaid expansion will hurt our hospital. Our analysis is that thousands of uninsured people who use our emergency room as their only source of care will have better quality and more cost-effective options for primary and preventive care, and that will result in a positive economic result to Elliot and the community.
However, the larger view for us is that a purely economic calculation misses the point. Medicaid expansion is not about profit and a hospital's bottom line. Of course it's important to have enough revenue to balance the cost of the care we provide to the community, however our mission is about health care, not profits.
We are here to take care of the people in our community who need the best health care available, regardless of their ability to pay for it. Last year, Elliot provided more than $131 million in unfunded care to the community. This included charity care for those who do not have the means to pay, and community benefit activities whereby Elliot provided such things as education, research and subsidized health services for the community. Also included in the unfunded care are the Medicare ($37,077,080) and Medicaid ($40,251,923) shortfall and bad debt. Almost 60 percent of the uncompensated care to the community comes from the medical care provided to the elderly and indigent without reimbursement from the state and federal government for the cost of that care.
Medicaid expansion is about people who are suffering and in great need. Putting a Medicaid card in the hand of a mom with two children so her kids can go to a primary care doctor for an annual checkup is more than economics. Helping a working dad get care for his cancer without financial ruin so he can still put food on the table is more than economics.
Yes, there is a safety net. People can go to the emergency room in a crisis, and yes, the hospitals have to treat them regardless of their ability to pay. We can do better. Imagine how empowering it is to have the ability to make a doctor's appointment before a minor issue becomes life-threatening. Imagine how liberating it is to the single mom who wants to care for her children to have the ability to get them medicine. Imagine how humane it is to treat high cholesterol and high blood pressure before the heart attack or stroke.
That is what expanding Medicaid is about. The news stories talk about the tens of thousands who could be eligible for Medicaid and the billions of dollars that the federal government will infuse into New Hampshire's health care system if Medicaid is expanded. Other stories, like the Forbes article, tell us of the costs and drawbacks to expansion. We are skeptical about any analysis that says hospitals will be hurt by Medicaid expansion because that is not what our forecast shows.
However, if tens of thousands of people in our community get care in exchange for a little less hospital revenue, that is a trade-off that is easy to reconcile with our mission!
Doug Dean is president and CEO of Elliot Health System.


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Facing a 1-4 record and a firestorm of criticism from local and national media, fans and -- most damagingly -- opposing players, Andy Reid had little new to offer today in the way of explaining how he plans to turn around a season nearly over after just five games.
Reid said Juan Castillo would remain the team's defensive coordinator, saying the defense improved in the second half Sunday. He said the "wide-nine" front that has been gashed all season will remain in place (even after the Bills boasted about how they knew they could exploit the system with runs and shovel passes). The system puts tremendous pressure on linebackers and safeties, the weakest part of this roster, but Reid again cited second half improvements Sunday, declining to say what changes were made other than to say that the defense tackled better.
He was asked about the defense, about correcting the team's turnovers and penalties, and answered all with the normal coach speak: fundamentals, hard work, keep plugging away.
"We've gotta keep working is what we need to do and make sure we're putting guys in the right position," Reid said.
"The players are listening. We've just got to continue to work our fundamentals and do the right things in practice," he said at another point.
"It's my football team. I've got to get it right and we'll do this thing as a football team," he said later.
At one point Reid was asked about a criticism from Sports Illustrated NFL writer Peter King, who called the Eagles sloppy and dumb in his Monday Morning Quarterback column today. King has often praised Reid, so his analysis shows just how much standing the coach has lost in just the past four weeks.
"Everybody will have their opinion," Reid said. "Listen, it's America, everybody can do that."
Reid said he did not have any lineup changes to announce today -- but he specified "today," signaling that some shake up is likely on the way when the team gets back together Wednesday.
It doesn't sound like he will be getting help from either Trent Cole or Jason Peters this week. Reid said it would be "a stretch" for either of them to play Sunday against the Redskins.


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I have been in the worlds fast draw association for a few years now, but all I hear about is cowboy action shooting. I was just wondering if anyone else did quick draw, or had even heard of it.
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I've heard of the World Fast Draw Association (WFDA) and love the idea, but must confess I am not a member. I've been a fast draw enthusiast since watching TV westerns as a kid and packin' my cap guns. I must confess to, that I have not outgrown the allure of the fast draw either. My CAS "rig" is more fast draw than traditional cowboy. (In fact upon seeing the rig a few weeks ago fal308 had to fight the temptation to roll his eyes to the ceiling. )
I still practice my fast draw and consider myself a Gunslinger. However, like yourself, I find few others that share my interest. I believe the growth/popularity of CAS is due to four things:
1) The Single Action Shooting Society.
2) The notion that CAS is traditional "old west" and fast draw is Hollywood inspired.
3) Promotion. The founder of SASS and therefore CAS is the owner of EMF. He had/has a vested interest in the growth of CAS.
4) Costuming!!! From it's inception CAS placed a tremendous amount of emphasis on costuming. That allows participants to act out their childhood fantasies and encourages the entrie family to become involved. The "art" (yes, I said art) of fast draw does not lend itself well to women and children. One wouldn't expect to see a kid, of say 12, involved in fast draw. Until the movie The Quick and the Dead (the later one with Sharon [gun grabber] Stone) women were not looked upon as fast draw artist. The Raquel Welch movie, [i]Hannie Calder notwithstanding.
However TFL does have at least a few fast draw enthusiast. Myself, obviously, and Russ here is also a fan. (Russ I'm still trying to explain to the gunsmith what you are needing for your slipgun. He is old and .)
So, Andrewh, tell us about your gun, gear and technique.
I use the afore mentioned Hollywood inspired, Buscadero rig, which I believe would fit into the "traditional" class in the WFDA for leather. A pair of (self custom built) Vaqueros with Bisley hammers. (No aluminum barrels for me though ) I have the (bad) habit of cocking the hammer with my thumb holding it to the rear, pulling and holding the trigger until I come into "line" and slipping the hammer. Ala, the slip fire. Kids don't try this at home.
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I actually have a traditional cowboy rig. It is a full wear and ride type not a quick draw rig. I use a Ruger Vaquaro. Pretty much stock. I had a lighter hammer spring put in, a trigger job, and a stop put in it to prevent over travel. Oh and had them file down the arm to prevent it from trying to over cock. It has started to over spin the cylinders, and I will get that fixed before the next match. I am a thumber. I know they say it is slower, but I too like to play like a kid and when you were young, you only used one hand. I have really only participated in 3 or 4 contests. It only comes to round rock once a year, and I can only convince my wife to let me go once a year. (other wise I might check it out in OK.) I never changed to the aluminium barrel.(just seems wrong to make a gun incappable of shooting live ammo.)
|May 19, 2000, 05:36 AM
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Quick Draw shooting done with wax bullets for a reason. Cowboy Action Shooting is fine by me.
|May 19, 2000, 09:15 AM
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Sorry, what does that mean?
I have thought about participating in both, but haven't bothered to check any deeper because I need the shot gun and rifle.
|May 23, 2000, 09:55 AM
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I just found Gunslinger's comments, obviously he's still trying ( to help )on my rig, though I wouldn't put it past him to try it out.
( What's that opening line line in the Steve Martin movie Roxanne about "... I said I'd bring it back, I've only had the raquet a year-and-a-half" - jest tzn, 'slinger, spent too much time in weird company while I was on the rez for five years. Oddly enough, the indins there seemed normal enuff to start with and got more weirder as they spent more time with me. Nah, that coulndn'ta had nothin to do with it.)
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – As we near the end of the soccer season, awards start to be handed out, and 10 King University soccer players were recognized by Conference Carolinas. Six men's players were named to the academic all-conference team while four women earned the distinction.
On the men's side, Luis Alonso (3.77 GPA), Zachary Clark (3.57 GPA), Thomas Dube (3.27 GPA), Peter Griffith (3.68 GPA), Kendale Liburd (3.59 GPA), and Eric Wilkening (3.73 GPA) all were named to the academic all-conference team. Liburd and Dube are both tied for second on the team with two goals apiece while Wilkening leads the team with two assists. Clark and Griffith have anchored the defense for the Tornado all season while Alonso has recorded three shots in seven games.
For the women, Anna Cozart, Bekah Ramstack, Kaitlin Robinson and Casey Shanklin all earned the distinction of academic all-conference. Cozart carries a 3.85 GPA and has made one start in six appearances this season. The trio of Ramstack, Robinson and Shanklin all have dished out one assist each this season. Ramstack has a GPA of 3.36 and anchors the defense while Robinson has a 3.74 GPA. Shanklin rounds out this group with a 3.89 GPA.
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My challenge is to take all of my patterns and inspiration out of my sizeable stash of Japanese pattern books. I'm passionate about them but definitely don't use them enough. I am forever buying patterns when in reality I have enough to keep me going in my Japanese pattern books till my kids move out.
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Surfing in British Columbia takes place on the west coast of Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte Islands in Northern BC.
British Columbia has earned international acclaim as a top surfing destination. Tofino on Vancouver Island was named "Best Surf Town in North America" by Outside Magazine (2010), was host of the O'Neill Cold Water Classic (2009, 2010), and has been praised in publications such as Surfer Magazine and SBC Surf.
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Last week, a 655-pound leatherback sea turtle was found stranded in a mud flat near Cape Cod. New England Aquarium workers cared for the injured and starving turtle and released it back into the ocean two days later. Aquarium officials are currently tracking its movements and hoping for the best.
The leatherback was originally found at night by a group from an area Audubon Sanctuary. Although they knew the animal was injured, considering the remoteness of the location and the prospect of handling the animal in darkness, they decided to leave and come back for it the morning. Fortunately, the turtle was still there and they were able to transport it to the aquarium's marine animal care center.
Aquarium veterinarians reported the animal had a partly severed flipper, was a hundred pounds short of its ideal weight, and was essentially near death.
"When he first got here he was fairly lethargic, especially out of the water," head veterinarian Dr. Charles Innis said.
Veterinary staff gave the turtle an injectable sugar solution, vitamin and mineral supplements, steroids, and antibiotics in effort to see quick results.
"We were fairly aggressive with this turtle because we have not been successful the last two leatherbacks we've had," Innis said.
The rescue team was eager to get the turtle back into its environment as leatherbacks traditionally do not survive long in captivity. Aquarium officials explained that leatherbacks are just too large to be properly contained and the open-sea creatures do not understand the concept of a confined space and will continue to try and swim (despite hitting walls).
It's suspected the animal's injured flipper may have hampered its ability to hunt for food, which led to the gradual decline of its health. The turtle may have been injured by a predator, although the straight line of the damaged tissue suggests it became entangled in a vertical fishing line or boat mooring. According to the aquarium, 20 leatherbacks have already died in New England this season because of such incidents.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Bank of America says its online banking website crashed Friday, leaving customers unable to access their accounts.
From late morning Friday, customers trying to log on saw a message that said the site was "temporarily unavailable."
Bank of America, the second-largest U.S. bank by assets, said it was working on the problem, but wouldn't elaborate on what caused the outage.
"We're aware of the online banking issue and addressing as quickly as possible," Mark Pipitone, a spokesman for the bank, wrote in an email. We're also working closely with our customers to help alleviate any concerns."
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U.S. stock index futures fell late on Tuesday, as results in the presidential race trickled in.
S&P 500 futures fell 13.2 points and were below fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration of the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futures lost 111 points and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 13 points.
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Early voting results point to a status quo result, with President Barack Obama re-elected, Democrats retaining control of the Senate, and the House of Representatives staying in Republican hands.
With TV networks projecting wins in Wisconsin, New Hampshire and Minnesota, Obama is making the path to victory harder for Republican contender Mitt Romney.
"Rumors floated in the market that the polls were skewed and Romney was going to win and I think that may have sent the market up," said John Canally, investment strategist and economist at LPL Financial in Boston. "Now that the polls are showing that President Obama will win or that it's too close to call, that may be a part of it (the decline in futures)."
Cash markets posted strong gains earlier despite a string of weaker-than expected results from U.S. companies, with notable strength in stocks and sectors that are seen as favorable if Romney wins, including coal, energy and defense shares.
Heavy betting has been seen in the options market so far this week on stocks that would specifically benefit from either an Obama or Romney win, such as health care and energy shares. Several different stocks are expected to show large moves in coming days, according to JP Morgan derivatives strategist Marko Kolanovic.
The results of this year's elections will play a crucial role in how disagreements over spending, taxes, healthcare and other policies are dealt with through 2016.
The U.S. fiscal cliff, the $600 billion in spending cuts and tax increases that are set to expire at end of the year, has been weighing on the market for months. It threatens to bring on another recession unless the budget is successfully renegotiated.
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