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Ohio State president Gordon Gee's disparaging, ignorant and condescending comments about Catholics, Louisville, Bret Bielema and the Southeastern Conference have drawn considerable and deserved ridicule.
Made during a December meeting of Ohio State's Athletic Council, and exposed last week by the Associated Press and SI.com, Gee's remarks forced him to issue myriad apologies, and Tuesday afternoon, Gee, 69, abruptly announced his retirement.
Not as trumpeted but no less interesting in these parts, were Gee's delusional takes on conference realignment and the ACC.
For much of the past two years, ACC officials, including commissioner John Swofford, school presidents and athletic directors, have lamented poorly sourced accounts of the league's vulnerability, if not inevitable demise.
Be it misguided mainstream media, fledgling bloggers searching for page views, talk-radio hosts desperate for ratings or bitter fans posting on message boards, bashing the ACC and forecasting its Soviet-like splintering became a cottage industry.
Only when ACC presidents signed a grant of media rights in April, essentially assuring the conference's stability through 2027, did the chatter cease.
Well, turns out such gossip was fueled by Gee, who as Vanderbilt's chancellor a decade ago gutted the athletic department administration because, well, he could.
Gee told the Council that "I think we're moving precipitously toward about three or four superconferences of about 16 to 20 teams. And the possibility of them bolting from the NCAA is not unlikely."
And where might the Big Ten, which grows to 14 with the additions of Maryland and Rutgers next year, have looked for new members in Gee's fantasy world? Why, the ACC of course.
"This is a high possibility," Gee said. "If the ACC continues to struggle, and Florida State goes off to the SEC or something like that, and Clemson moves in a different direction, all of a sudden Virginia and Duke, which are very similar institutions to — and North Carolina — which are very similar institutions to the Big Ten, there is a real possibility that we may end up having that kind of (geographic) T which goes south. And I could see them joining us. And I could see them having a real interest in joining us."
Florida State to the SEC? Really, Gordon? Your former colleague, Florida president Bernie Machen, is laughing maniacally at that notion.
But Maryland's exit from the ACC to Big Ten had Gee convinced — he must have bought the Domino Theory in Southeast Asia during the '60s, too — that others in the ACC would follow. No matter that the fiscally mismanaged Terps were an anomaly.
"The blocking strategy is that we simply have now put the ACC in an almost no-win position," Gee said. "So who (did) they immediately go to? Louisville. They may think about Cincinnati. They may think about Connecticut. But they've lost their foothold in that middle part of the area, in that middle part of the Atlantic coast."
Last I checked, Virginia was in the middle part of the coast and very much ACC country. And Maryland's departure notwithstanding, the conference remains entrenched in metropolitan Washington, D.C., home to many Cavaliers and Hokies — I wouldn't be shocked to see the ACC occasionally stage its men's basketball tournament in the nation's capital.
Inconvenient details to Gee, who told his audience that Big Ten presidents "are very clear that their number one criteria is to make sure that we have institutions of like-minded academic integrity. So you won't see us adding Louisville … or the University of Kentucky."
Rick Pitino, who's coached both of those schools to national basketball championships, was not amused.
"I have a major problem with him," Pitino told WHAS radio, "and he's a pompous ass for making that statement."
A Catholic, Pitino was even more steamed about Gee's cheap shots at Notre Dame and Catholics. Long coveted by the Big Ten, Notre Dame instead is joining the ACC next month for sports other than football.
"I negotiated with (Notre Dame) … and the fathers are holy on Sunday and they're holy hell on the rest of the week," Gee said. "You just can't trust those damn Catholics on a Thursday or Friday. Literally, I can say that."
Gee said Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez considered former Badgers football coach Bret Bielema, now at Arkansas, a "thug." He called SEC academic standards "shameful."
Now who among us hasn't mocked others? We do it trying to be funny, or just plain mean.
What's unsettling about Gee's riff is that he's powerful, connected and unlikely to be thinking in a vacuum. Did/do his fellow Big Ten presidents view the ACC similarly? What about conference commissioner Jim Delany?
We'll never know. We do know that the Big Ten Network has fed Gee's hubris.
The network, he said, is "worth more money than God. I did say that."
Gee said a lot of things. But they revealed more about him than his subjects.
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What a Difference a Year Makes!
What a Difference a Year Makes!
If you have wondered why our fall colors have been so vibrant this year just take a look at the graphic above!
This is the drought monitor comparing this week to a year ago; and there is no comparison. The drought was in full effect during the fall of 2012, and that really hurt our trees and the colors. Trees during the drought tend to drop their leaves and shut down early to combat the stress.
This year we've had an abundance of rain that started during the spring. Thankfully rainfall has been somewhat consistent to keep the majority of Arkansas out of any severe drought conditions.
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Ready or Not, Here I Go!
February 4, 2010
A few weeks ago I departed from South Africa and with it left behind (albeit temporarily) my job, my husband and the life I'd been accustomed to over the last 5 years. The reason for this is that I was disembarking for a journey. A trip around the world spanning 10 countries over the period of six months in search of ... well, I still haven't figured that one out for sure.
First of all I know that I needed some time out. The question is just from what?
My work, sure -- working with sick kids is very intense and then, so am I, so that's a bit of an emotionally destructive combination. My life? In the past 3 years I have almost lost and then married my husband, started and abandoned a PhD, started 2 new jobs, both in the HIV field, battled a bout of serious depression and exhaustion and had a constant and at times unhealthy obsession with starting a family. Plus, I feel the constant pressure of needing to know what I want. Unfortunately I don't. At all. If I do make a decision, I second-guess it.
So it's no surprise that once I'd booked my ticket, I subsequently abandoned planning my trip, finding other magnetic couples to connect with, writing this blog and even deleted an entry, thinking it wasn't interesting or worth it.
Anyway, now that the trip has just begun, I've finally got the travel bug! And somehow this is affecting everything else, in a good way:
A couple of months ago an old friend got in touch with my husband (a story I'll elaborate on another time) who's in a similar situation to ours. They live in the UK and she is infected while her husband is negative. Since my trip starts off on that little island, I'll try to meet up with them, of course.
Shortly after this via Facebook I got in touch with a 'magnetic family', also from the UK who have adopted a little HIV-positive girl. The mum and I have been exchanging some emails and it's so great to share concerns and experiences!
And then I was asked if I would like this blog to be carried on TheBody.com, what more could I ask for. I look forward to hearing from and getting in touch with magnetic couples and families all over the world.
So it looks like I don't have to know everything in advance, some things will just sort themselves out. Hmm, I think this will be a great motto for my trip: Who knows tomorrow? (No one, so why stress -- I'm feeling uncharacteristically Zen right now)
Excited and not feeling so lonely,
Magnetic Mama
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Vera Farmiga is now a full-fledged expert in the horror genre, but for the lead role in the film "The Conjuring" she had to study hard to see the enigmatic inner workings of a clairvoyant.
"The Conjuring," based on the true story of a paranormal investigation by demonologist and clairvoyant couple Ed and Lorraine Warren, follows a family tormented by supernatural phenomenon in their home, leading to the mother's possession by a demonic entity.
The Warrens, best known for their involvement in the "Amityville Horror" case in which a New York couple said their house was haunted by a demonic presence, are portrayed in "The Conjuring" by Patrick Wilson and Farmiga, who worked with Lorraine Warren for the making of the film.
"The most imperative thing for me was how to convey her clairvoyance and it had to do with how she perceives things, how she takes things in. What touched me about her was her incredible empathy for others, and her dedication to help others," Farmiga said.
Warner Bros' "The Conjuring" comes on the heels of a new influx of supernatural horror films waved in by the "Paranormal Activity" franchise, low-budget films that drum up big scares and revenue at the box office.
The four "Paranormal" films have earned more than $700 million at the worldwide box office since 2007 for Viacom's movie studio Paramount Pictures.
Writers Chad and Carey Hayes, who adapted the events of the Perron family's Harrisville home into a screenplay, said "The Conjuring" offered something different to the mix, telling the story from the perspectives of the investigators rather than the family suffering the events.
"There are many haunting stories where the minivan pulls up to an old house and a family goes in and eventually they end up calling the police or the professionals. We wanted to see what rocks the professionals," the Hayes brothers told reporters.
Farmiga, 39, said that while the film was rooted in horror, she viewed it as a "love story" between the Warrens, adding that "watching them together is a rare coupling."
Farmiga has found a home in horror, playing the mother of a disturbed boy in 2007's "Joshua," adopting a demon child in 2009's thriller "Orphan," exploring psychological dysfunction in A&E's series "Bates Motel," and fighting demonic possession in "The Conjuring."
The actress said the common denominator in all her horror film choices was playing a mother, which Farmiga empathized with more so after she became a mother in 2009.
"Bates Motel," which reimagines the early beginnings of "Psycho" killer Norman Bates, sees Farmiga playing Norman's highly-strung mother Norma. The actress said she was most drawn to the mental health themes running through the series.
"My compassion for Norma stems from the very essence that now I am a mother and just imagining how to deal with a child with neurological dysfunction, and a single mother at that ... what I find fascinating is not the ways she falters, but all the ways she succeeds as a mother," Farmiga said.
Farmiga, who landed a best supporting Oscar nomination in 2009 for "Up in the Air," also picked up an Emmy nomination this week for her role in "Bates Motel," and said any awards recognition was "the ultimate pat on the back."
"A nomination like that is probably the most powerful form of encouragement ... There's nothing more gratifying than positive reception and it's always really great to hear that applause and cheer," the actress said.
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Nevada is one of the top tourist destinations in the United States thanks to hundreds of attractions, warm temperatures, and unbelievable natural beauty. There is so much to see and do in Nevada that you could easily spend weeks without experiencing it all. If you don't have that long, you might just start with a cheap Nevada hotel deal.
Las Vegas is obviously the top destination in Nevada with something for everyone. "Sin City" is known for its gambling, clubs, and adult entertainment, but it has evolved into so much more in recent years. With a number of different family-friendly attractions and shows, this is truly a city that everyone can enjoy. Many of the Nevada hotel packages that you can find include tickets to popular shows such as Blue Man Group or Cirque du Soleil. You can enjoy comedians, thrill rides, immaculate gardens, wild animals, state-of-the-art arcades, and exotic car rentals to name a few things. With the help of Nevada hotel deals, you can enjoy a trip that will create life long memories.
Besides travelling to Las Vegas, you can also enjoy cheap hotel deals in Nevada areas like Reno. Reno is similar to Las Vegas without being quite as big or as crowded. If you like the idea of being able to gamble and get away from the Vegas scene, Reno is a good alternative.
Some of the best Nevada hotels are not located anywhere near Vegas or Reno. You can experience some great hotels in Nevada that are located in more remote locations. On your trip, you can enjoy the desert scenery, massive canyons, and some unique rock formations. Many of the rooms come with a special on nature tours, hikes, river floats, and other activities. When you book these types of excursions, you may get a discount on all inclusive packages, equipment, or other items that you might want on your nature experience.
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How many Rack Techs here have Engineered HVAC experience? I myself had some Rack experience when I worked for a few global companies specializing in Chillers and Boilers. What's new to me?
Racks having Evap. Cons. (guys around here call them Towers).
Racks' Heat Reclaim being used for Comfort Heating.
Racks being used for AC. Does this count as an Engineered HVAC System? I would think it's a Built-up System.
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Karla Mallette studies communications between literary traditions in the medieval Mediterranean—especially Arabic and the Romance vernaculars—and the way that we remember that history today. Her first book, The Kingdom of Sicily, 1100-1250: A Literary History (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005), traced the transition between Arabic and Italian literary traditions in medieval Sicily; her second, European Modernity and the Arab Mediterranean (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010), focused on a southern European tradition of scholarship that identifies the origins of modernity in the contact between Islamic and Christian civilizations in the medieval Mediterranean. Her current project, tentatively titled Lives of the Great Languages: Cosmopolitan Languages in the Medieval Mediterranean, studies the strategies that language uses to transcend the boundaries that language creates. By profiling two pre-modern cosmopolitan languages, Arabic and Latin, and acknowledging the emergent cosmopolitan languages of the twenty-first century, the book contextualizes and defamiliarizes the national language system of European modernity. She has published essays on medieval translations of Aristotelian philosophy, framed narratives, European Orientalism, and Mediterranean Studies, in addition to Italian literature.
Recent and Selected Publications:
"Lingua Franca." Companion to Mediterranean History, ed. Peregrine Horden and Sharon Kinoshita, 330-44. Malden, MA and Oxford, UK: Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
A Sea of Languages: Literature and Culture in the Pre-modern Mediterranean (co-edited, with Suzanne Akbari). University of Toronto Press, 2013.
European Modernity and the Arab Mediterranean: Toward a New Philology and a Counter-Orientalism. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010. The book received the 13th Annual Susanne M. Glasscock Humanities Book Prize for Interdisciplinary Scholarship, awarded by the Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, Texas A&M University.
"Beyond Mimesis: Aristotle's Poetics in the Medieval Mediterranean." PMLA 124 (2009): 583-91
The Kingdom of Sicily, 1100-1250: A Literary History. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005.
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This book examines Orientalist philological scholarship of southern Europe produced between the mid-nineteeth and mid-twentieth century, focusing on Italy, Spain, and Malta. Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Year of Publication: 2010 Location: Philadelphia, PA


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Any transfers out there who have had success in OCI?
Quote from: GWUTransfer on September 17, 2007, 12:08:39 PMAny transfers out there who have had success in OCI?Transfers at GW dont always do that well. A lot of it depends on the caliber of school you came from. I ran into some 3Ls doing OCI that transfered earlier and had no luck during FRP. The transfers from decent schools (T, TT) seemed to be doing alright. Although, people on LR and top 15% are struggling to get jobs at GW, so who knows... its a crap shoot.


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Wednesday September 26, 2018; 09:47 am EDT
Migrant waterfowl arriving in force
Species by species, flocks are arriving from their summer nesting and breeding homes in the north. Some fly our way from as far west as Alaska; others come from the Maritime Provinces of eastern Canada.
Month by month since August, we've been visited by diving ducks: blue-winged teal, green-winged teal, shovelers, pintails and wood ducks, says Maryland Department of Natural Resources' Larry Hindman.
Early November brings migratory mallards and black ducks. Then come divers like bufflehead, canvasback, scaup and some red heads. Most head onto the Gulf Coast where the underwater grasses they eat are more abundant.
Offshore are sea ducks like scooters and long tails, divers that eat clams.
To identify all these birds, you'll need a bird book and binoculars.
Recognizable at first sight are two bigger Bay migrants, Canada geese and tundra swans. Both fly in sprawling Vs, announcing their arrival with hooting and barking.
Early migratory Canada geese are with us now and still coming.
Give us a couple of cold days, Hindman says, and in will come the tundra swans.
Swans are off limits to hunters, but other waterfowl are fair game. Sea duck season runs October 1 to January 31. November season for other ducks and Canada geese has just opened and continues to Thanksgiving, reopening December 17 through most of January.
Hunter or not, you'll hear the proof all over Chesapeake Country.


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I've debated featuring Berserk for several weeks now. Each time, I backed down before I could even type the title. Why? If I'm completely honest with myself, I realize it's shame. I watched something I shouldn't have.
Now, don't get me wrong: I'm not saying that I shouldn't have watched Berserk just because I'm a Christian. Yes, it's explicit, but sometimes, truths can be shown better in something rated TV-MA than TV-G. Nor am I passing any other sort of judgement on Berserk, good or bad... partially because it's been too long since I watched it. I'm just relating my experience, take it or leave it.
I was around seventeen years old, and I'd been watching anime for a year and a half. My parents sheltered me when I was younger, but by this point, they trusted me to make my own TV and book choices. For the most part, they were right to trust me. Still, there were times I wasn't as savvy as I'd have liked to be when I chose what to watch.
This particular choice came after I watched Gungrave for the first time. As you might know, from the beginning. Naturally, I wanted more, so I browsed the recommendations on Anime-Planet, searching for another serious, action-packed, non-shounen series. Berserk was the top recommendation. Sothis herself thought that fans of one would like the other, and dozens of users agreed with her.
I noted the "Explicit Content" tag on Berserk's , but I figured it was probably there just for blood and violence. It's not like that stuff gives me nightmares. Worst case scenario, I'd have to look away for a moment, right?
So I typed "Berserk episode 1" or some such thing into Google and found the first episode. This was before I decided to stick exclusively to Hulu, Crunchyroll, and other official streaming websites to provide my next anime fix. The user-uploaded anime sites don't even have the minimal warnings that Crunchyroll has. Not that I would have listened - those warnings don't usually explain why we should be careful, only that we should.
This is my reaction, as written on my the night I finished:
I just finished Berserk. Yep, once again I stayed up too late in order to finish a series. Too late to say much but, here's a few things about the anime: - It gets decent six, seven, or so episodes in, great at episode 20 or so, then disturbing at about episode 23.- I enjoyed most of the action. Gutz is a pretty amazing fighter.- Berserk contains too much explicit content for me, and for that reason, I wished I hadn't watched it. For the less sensitive, it might be fine, but between some nudity, gore (and I've handled gore before, in Baccano), and other stuff, I've concluded that I won't watch Berserk again, or recommend it. Whenever I watch an anime with this content, I try to mention it so other viewers come in knowing. The nudity and gore is worst in the last episode or two.- I might, however, watch the first episode one more time, since it makes sense after watching the final episode.- The storyline was far from cheerful (in fact, I'd say the storyline is in a different galaxy than cheerful), but it was intriguing and well done. Now, even though it's really late, I think I'll go watch an episode of light-hearted, innocent shojo or even shounen. Something along the lines of Saiunkoto Monogatari or Kenichi History's Strongest Disciple.The "other stuff" I mentioned included a rape. I averted my eyes, of course, but it stuck in my mind. I did my best not think about it. I tried to replace it with cheerful scenes from Working!, Bible verses and stories, or whatever pleasant things my imagination could conjure. As I write this, I'm relieved to report that the memory has faded, and I no longer have to shove it down or avoid it.
Meet Gutz. He's pretty good with a sword.
Like I wrote on Anime-Planet, the last couple episodes of Berserk had the most explicit content (including gore and that rape). But the first twenty episodes weren't exactly filled with rainbows and ponies. The director had a dark story to tell, and he didn't whitewash it. I saw the signs. But I kept watching. I thought, "they can't possibly make every episode this bad. Surely the next one will be better." Of course, each episode was usually at least as dark as the one before it.
I should have stopped. So why didn't I? I don't have much to add to what's quoted above, except that I really enjoyed Gutz's character (or Gatts or Guts... there doesn't seem to be a consensus among fans). I think I even used a screenshot of him as my desktop background for a while.
Lots of people loved Berserk. They gave it high reviews, praising the story and characters. The ending frustrated them, and they recommended reading the manga to get the rest of the story. But other than that, all signs pointed to it being a great addition to my "watched" list.
In many ways, I agreed with the reviews and recommendations. But I wish I hadn't watched it. The explicit parts stuck with me more than the actual story or themes, which is yet another sign that Berserk wasn't good for me. Maybe I'd be able to handle it better now, but I don't plan to re-watch it anytime soon.
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Fifteen detainees will be transferred from Guantanamo Bay detention facility to the United Arab Emirates, the Defense Department said Monday.
In a statement, the department said that a prison task force unanimously approved the transfer of six of the detainees.
"Periodic review boards" determined that keeping the other nine prisoners was not "necessary to protect against a continuing significant threat," the department said.
Among those to be released were Obaidullah, an Afghan who has said the Taliban forced him to learn about land mines, according to Reuters, and Abdel Qadir al-Mudafari, who was described in Pentagon documents published by Wikileaks as a former bodyguard for Osama bin Laden — a claim which has not been independently verified by NBC News.
The release comes six months after President Barack Obama announced his long-awaited and much criticized plan to shutter the prison.


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Can lightning strike twice?
New Bedford will be looking for another shot of good fortune when it takes on powerful Brockton in a Big 3 Conference football matchup at Marciano Stadium on Saturday.
It was two short years ago that the Whalers (4-4) pulled off a monumental, 23-21, upset in the City of Champions that led to a Big 3 title and a trip to the state playoffs.
"That was a great day for our team and it proved that you never know what can happen," New Bedford coach Dennis Golden said. "We need to go up there and play our best, because Brockton is a focused team right now. It's always a big game for both teams."
The game is the Big 3 opener for the Whalers. The Boxers (6-3) already have a 50-0 league win over winless Durfee (0-8) and they can wrap up the conference championship with a victory on Saturday.
"This is when it gets interesting, because we have two games left and both are against conference opponents," said Golden, whose team will host Durfee on Thanksgiving Day. "It's always a big time of the year when our conference games roll around and we're going to have to focus on playing hard and pulling together as a team."
New Bedford, which had a two-game winning streak snapped by last week's 18-6 loss to Dennis-Yarmouth, will have senior quarterback Mike Rapoza under center for the game.
Rapoza, who had to leave the D-Y game after taking a blow to the head, has been practicing and will be ready to go as he continues his quest to break the school record for touchdown passes in a season.
With 13 scoring throws already under his belt, Rapoza needs five more to break the mark of 17 set by Johnny Seed in 1997.
Senior Kevin Nunes has been one of Rapoza's favorite targets with eight touchdown catches, and senior Mike Lajoie has helped power the offense with 10 touchdowns.
"Both of those guys are doing tremendous jobs for us," Golden said. "They're both big parts of our offense."
The Boxers, who are coming off a 41-6 victory over Catholic Memorial, have a three-game winning streak. They've outscored opponents 105-12 over that span and have been playing with a lot of balance on both sides of the ball.
Junior Aaron LeClair rushed for three touchdowns against CM and senior quarterback Austin Roberts threw for a touchdown and scored on a 1-yard run.
Senior Micah Morel had three catches for 68 yards and a touchdown, but the Boxers' offense took a big hit when senior Luis Jimenez was knocked out of the CM game with a leg injury that will keep him off the field this week.
Defensively, the Boxers, who have won 11 of the last 12 meetings against the Whalers, forced five of their six turnovers in the first half against CM en route to building a 28-0 lead at the break.
Brockton is averaging 23 points a game and New Bedford is scoring an average of 20.9. The Boxers are holding opponents to 10.1 points a game, nine less than the Whalers.
"Brockton is a good football team that doesn't make mistakes. They're primarily a running team, but they can hurt you with the pass and they're playing with a lot of confidence," Golden said. "We're going to have to carry out our assignments on both sides of the ball. Everyone is going to have to pitch in and do their best, because we're going to need a total team effort to bring home a win."
When: 7 p.m.
Records: Apponequet (6-3, 4-2 SCC); Dighton-Rehoboth (7-1, 6-0 SCC)
Last week: Apponequet 28, Case 0; Dighton-Rehoboth 21, Wareham 8
Last Season: Dighton-Rehoboth 21, Apponequet 7
Outlook: Even though Apponequet's titles chances are over, the Lakers could impact the conference race by beating league-leading Dighton-Rehoboth, which handed Wareham's its first SCC loss a week ago and now sits alone atop the standings with two games left. If Apponequet beats D-R and the Falcons win their finale against Seekonk, and Wareham wins its final two games, the Falcons and Vikings will share the conference championship. Knocking off D-R won't be easy for Apponequet especially with the play of sophomore quarterback Nathan Kowalski, who threw multiple touchdown passes for the third time in the last four outings in last week's win. Kowalski connected with Paul Costa on a 32-yard scoring pass and then hit Kyle Rose for a 57-yard scoring strike for a 14-0 halftime lead. Kowalski has now thrown nine scoring strikes in his last five games. Apponequet bounced back from its loss to Fairhaven with a dominant win over Case in which the Lakers scored on four straight possessions with touchdowns from Westin Cohen, Matt Michael and Jeff Lopes, who notched his first varsity score on a 1-yard run.
When: 7 p.m.
Records: Wareham (7-2, 5-1 SCC); GNB Voc-Tech (4-5, 2-5 SCC)
Last week: Dighton-Rehoboth 21, Wareham 8; Fairhaven 12, GNB Voc-Tech 0;
Last Season: Dighton-Rehoboth 21, GNB Voc-Tech 17
Outlook: Last week's loss to Dighton-Rehoboth may have ended Wareham's opportunity to make the playoffs, the Vikings still have a shot at finishing as co-champs as long as they win out and D-R drops one of its final two games. Against the Falcons, Wareham couldn't get much going on offense and had a few defensive lapses that led to quarterback Nathan Kowalski's two touchdowns passes. Wareham's Darien Fernandez, the area's leading rusher and scorer, was held to just 55 yards on 14 carries and limited to a two-point conversion rush. Charles Tranfaglia scored Wareham's lone touchdown on a 5-yard run. After a 4-2 start to the season, GNB Voc-Tech has lost three straight by a combined 60-14. The Bears were held out of the end zone for the second straight game last week despite driving inside the Fairhaven 10-yard line twice. Both times the Blue Devils came up with big stops. The Bears haven't scored an offensive touchdown since the second quarter against Apponequet three weeks ago.
When: 7 p.m.
Records: Fairhaven (6-2, 5-2 SCC); Case (1-7, 0-7 SCC)
Last week: Fairhaven 12, GNB Voc-Tech 0; Apponequet 28, Case 0
Last Season: DNP
Outlook: A week after struggling offensively against GNB Voc-Tech, Fairhaven will look to get off to a strong start against a Case defense that is giving up an average of 24.7 points per game. Last week, Billy Pires had the Blue Devils' lone offense touchdown and finished with 145 yards rushing, but Fairhaven's only other score came on a kickoff return by Kobie Edwards. Fairhaven's defense shut down the Bears, stopping them inside the Blue Devil 10-yard line twice. Pires had two interceptions and a touchdown-saving tackle to preserve Fairhaven's fourth straight win. Last week, Case had trouble containing Apponequet's ground attack, giving up four rushing touchdowns. It was also the second time this season that the Cardinals were kept out of the end zone. Case has managed to score just eight touchdowns this season.
When: 7 p.m.
Records: Old Rochester (5-4, 2-4 SCC); Seekonk (1-7, 1-5 SCC)
Last week: Old Rochester 35, Randolph 12; Bye
Last Season: Seekonk 3, Old Rochester 0
Outlook: Old Rochester captured the elusive fifth victory that has escaped the Bulldogs in past years. The win over Randolph ended a three-game losing streak for ORR, which overcame four fumbles and several costly penalties to emerge victorious. Nolan Bergeron led the offense with a rushing and passing touchdown while Colin Knapton had the first two-touchdown game of his varsity career and Richie Phillips added a rushing touchdown. Seekonk is coming off a much-needed bye after opening the season 1-7. The Warriors' lone win came three weeks ago against Case, 33-2. In its seven losses, Seekonk has been outscored a combined 188-45. The Warriors have only scored multiple touchdowns in two games this season. The Warriors have found the end zone just 11 times this season with Mike Luti scoring four times and Nick Bizier adding three scores.
When: 7 p.m.
Records: Bishop Stang (1-8, 1-2 EAC); Bourne (4-5, 3-4 SCC)
Last week: Martha's Vineyard 22, Bishop Stang 18; Rockland 41, Bourne 8
Last Season: Bourne 28, Bishop Stang 13
Outlook: Bishop Stang followed up its first win of the season with a strong showing at Martha's Vineyard, but the Spartans were unsuccessful on two two-point conversion attempts and had one point-after blocked in the four-point loss. Charlie McKeeman was impressive once again, rushing for 170 yards and scoring two touchdowns. The Spartans face a Bourne team that has lost four of its last five games, with two of those losses by three points or less. In last week's loss to Rockland, the Canalmen's lone touchdown came on a 25-yard pass from Zach Songer to Tommy Davis. Songer has thrown three touchdown passes in the past five games. Chad Marsh leads Bourne in scoring this season with 17 touchdowns.
When: 7 p.m.
Records: Dartmouth (1-7, 0-2 OCL); Durfee (0-8, 0-1 Big 3)
Last week: Bye; Bishop Feehan 43, Durfee 12
Last Season: Dartmouth 38, Durfee 0
Outlook: The Indians are hoping to end a seven-game losing streak when they travel to Durfee to face the winless Hilltoppers. Durfee has lost all eight of its games this season by a combined 319-76 and only scored multiple touchdowns in a game three times while giving up 34 points or more in all eight games and 50 or more twice. Dartmouth is coming off a bye week following its 27-7 loss to Bridgewater-Raynham that eliminated the Indians from the OCL title race. A week later, Barnstable beat B-R to clinch the crown and a playoff berth.
When: 1 p.m.
Records: New Bedford (4-4, 0-0 Big 3); Brockton (6-3, 1-0 Big 3)
Last week: Dennis-Yarmouth 18, New Bedford 6; Brockton 41, Catholic Memorial 6
Last Season: Brockton 38, New Bedford 9
When: 5 p.m.
Records: Old Colony (2-5, 0-4 Mayflower Small) at Nantucket (3-6, 1-3 Mayflower Small)
Last week: South Shore 31, Old Colony 14; Holbrook 28, Nantucket 22
Last Season: Nantucket 37, Old Colony 14
Outlook: Old Colony's defense will face another tough task this week in trying to stop Nantucket's Bryan Depass, who has had a hand in eight of his team's 10 touchdowns in the last three weeks, rushing for six and passing for two more, but the Whalers have lost all three games by six points or less. Last week Old Colony had trouble stopping South Shore's Andy Beckwith, who rushed for more than 200 yards and four touchdowns to hand the Cougars their fifth straight loss. On the bright side, Old Colony quarterback Jake Pringle tied the school record for touchdown passes in a season with his ninth scoring strike — 54 yards to Kevin Blaise. He has two games left two set the new mark.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Serious theater fans have a reason to suddenly freak out: Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will team up on Broadway this fall in two of the most iconic plays of the 20th century.
Producers announced Thursday that Stewart and McKellen will star in Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land" and Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" which will play in repertoire under the direction of Sean Mathias.
The Broadway theater, performance dates, the two supporting actors and the schedule of performances will be announced later.
Stewart and McKellen starred in a production of "Waiting for Godot" in London's West End in 2009. Prior to Broadway, they'll tackle "No Man's Land" in an as-yet-unspecified out-of-town tryout this summer.
Mathias told The Associated Press all three men struggled to make "Waiting for Godot" as honest and realistic as possible — an approach they'll likely replicate with Pinter's play.
"What we tried to do, with so much effort, was make it real. Make them human beings, compassionate, funny, flawed and vulnerable and cocky — all the things human beings are," Mathias said. "We never wanted to make it esoteric. I'm sure this is how we will approach the Pinter as well."
Stewart, 72, and McKellen, 73, first worked together in 1977 in Tom Stoppard's "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour." They've also starred in the "X-Men" movie franchise as Professor Xavier and Magneto.
Stewart will play Vladimir in "Waiting for Godot" and Hirst in "No Man's Land;" McKellen will play Estragon in "Waiting for Godot" and Spooner in "No Man's Land."
"My main feeling is it's lovely to be back with friends and it will be lovely to be back in New York," said McKellen, who is doing a sit-com in England and next goes to Middle Earth to film scenes for "The Hobbit" franchise. "But I've got an awful lot to do in the meantime."
McKellen made his Broadway debut in Aleksei Arbuzov's "The Promise" in 1967 and won a Tony Award for his performance in "Amadeus" in 1981. His films include "Apt Pupil," ''Gods and Monsters" and "The Lord of the Rings."
Stewart, perhaps best known as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," first appeared on Broadway in Peter Brook's production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in 1971 and has recently been in David Mamet's "A Life in the Theatre" and "Macbeth."
Putting the Beckett and Pinter plays together in repertoire makes theatrical sense since both require four male actors and they both mine a surreal, witty vein.
"Both plays play tricks with our memory, with time, with what time is," said Mathias. "Both plays are dealing with a landscape of poetry, a landscape of psychology, a landscape that is both real and isn't real. So there are incredible reverberations and resonances."
Stewart and McKellen will sink their teeth into Beckett and Pinter after spending the summer filming "X-Men: Days of Future Past." Mathias, a Tony nominee in 1995 for "Indiscretions," will be directing "Breakfast at Tiffany's" on Broadway this spring.
Now a thorny question: Who gets top billing on Broadway — McKellen or Stewart? After all, both actors have gotten knighthoods for their services to drama and the performing arts.
"For me there's no question," Stewart said. "Ian was a star actor while I was still working in regional theater. To be absolutely frank, I was in awe of him and his work long before I knew him."
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Property owners in floodplain urged to view map
FEMA plan includes more high water, hazardous land in Gothenburg.
More Gothenburg property south of the Union Pacific Railroad tracks is included in a proposed flood plain map.
That means some folks might have to buy flood insurance and follow special regulations when building or adding on to existing structures.
Because of the new flood plain map of Dawson County, proposed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, officials want to ensure Gothenburg residents know what it involves.
Maps of flood-risk areas came about in 1968 when Congress established the National Flood Insurance Program because of escalating costs to taxpayers for flood disaster relief.
"The program is based on the agreement that if a community practices sound floodplain management, the federal government will make flood insurance available to residents in that community," FEMA officials said.
Dan Yancy, of Yancy Insurance who is a certified flood insurance agent listed on FEMA's Web site, said property owners don't have to buy flood insurance unless a loan company requires it.
Yancy said certified flood insurance agents like himself have a contract with insurance companies who are licensed through the federal government to sell the insurance.
Flood insurance is a separate policy from homeowner's insurance which doesn't cover flooding from surface water, he noted.
Gothenburg city council members first adopted a flood hazard map in 1974 which was updated in 1990.
City administrator Bruce Clymer said residents need to view the proposed map to see if they are affected.
The map is available at city hall during business hours.
The area at greatest risk for flooding in Gothenburg has increased in the last 19 years.
In a nutshell, areas in the flood plain (see map) within the city are generally from Interstate 80 north to First Street on the west side of Highway 47 and to Fifth Street on the east side of Highway 47.
Lake Helen on the north end of Gothenburg is considered within the flood plain as is the tail race that flows from the lake south to the Cozad Canal.
Because the proposed flood plain has increased area wise since 1990, Clymer said residents need to know whether or not they are affected.
For example, the current floodplain doesn't include where Baldwin Filters is now located.
"It stays south of First Street," Clymer said.
Another change is in base flood elevations (BFE) which is the computed elevation floodwater is anticipated to rise during a flood.
FEMA officials describe the relationship between a BFE and a structure's elevation as what determines the flood insurance premium.
Since Gothenburg's 1990 map was adopted, BFEs have risen two to three feet.
What that means, Clymer said, is that new structures built after the new flood plain map is adopted might need additional fill before they're constructed.
FEMA officials said the new map will not affect continuing insurance policies for a structure built in compliance with local floodplain regulations and the flood map in effect at the time of construction.
If the structure is substantially improved or damaged, they said the entire structure will have to conform with floodplain requirements and the BFE used when repairs are made.
If property owners have flood insurance in a zone not included in the current flood plain, Yancy said their insurance will be grandfathered in when the new plan is adopted if they don't allow it to lapse.
"It's important that people have flood insurance or have it in place before the new map is adopted," Clymer said.
Instead of including just cities, the new FEMA floodplain maps now include counties.
Gothenburg city council members must adopt the plan or the city can no longer be part of the federal insurance program.
After community review and public meeting Nov. 10, comments will be sent to FEMA.
If needed, a 90-day appeal period will be scheduled.
Clymer said the city has up to six months to adopt the plan after FEMA determines the floodplain map.
When it first became available, Clymer said city officials viewed the proposed map and tried to identify property owners who might be affected by the changes.
They then sent about 100 letters to property owners letting them know about the public meeting.
Clymer said the new map has nothing to do with the ample rainfall the city has received the past year but is based on a 100-year flood plain.
A designated flood plain area has a 1% chance of flooding each year.
"The new map is a government interpretation of the chance of flooding or being flooded out every year," he explained.
In the past, the city building inspector has also been the floodplain inspector, insuring that builders have a floodplain elevation certificate to prove structures in the floodplain have been built above it.
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Ryan Heden, current Clancy group member, and Dr. Brian Koo, a Ph.D. graduate of the group, now a scientist at Arkema, are co-first authors on a paper in the Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. journal which was selected for the cover.
This paper provides a molecular-level computational study of the nucleation of a prototypical Covalent Organic Framework (COF) material from its linker and binder components. COFs are nanoporous crystalline materials with (invariably) rigid geometrically shaped pores.
This paper is the first of its kind to elucidate the mechanism by which COF thin films grow from an assembly of two different "Lego-like" pieces that chemically react to form the lattice framework. It addressed a problem of assembly and growth to determine whether sheets form laterally and then aggregate vertically, or whether they stack like domino chips and then the stacks link laterally.


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BOSTON – Five members of the Bruins' defense corps started a new club tonight in the club's 4-3 overtime loss to Buffalo.
With the exception of rookie Matt Bartkowski, every Boston blueliner picked up at least one minor penalty tonight.
When you mix in three more minors called on forwards, the Sabres enjoyed seven power plays and 8:29 of man-advantage time, which produced two extra-man goals including Tim Connolly's game-tying score with 5:05 elapsed in the third period.
If tonight was any indication and the outrage over Zdeno Chara's hit on Max Pacioretty and the league's subsequent decision not to suspend the Boston captain is as widespread as I believe, the Bruins might want to get used to being on the penalty kill.
There was obviously some embellishment on the part of the Sabres tonight. Steve Montador rolled 15 feet into the boards to draw a boarding call, and Andrej Sekera looked like he was on a slip-and-slide after Brad Marchand got his stick caught in the Buffalo defenseman's skates. But it takes two referees to fall for the flopping and also make some other borderline calls in the opponents' favor, whether it was Dennis Seidenberg's love-tap crosscheck or Johnny Boychuk's hook later on.
The Bruins have been at or near the bottom of the league in times shorthanded all season. But with the reputation they're building up, that might change. Never mind the physical play of Chara, Milan Lucic, Shawn Thornton and Gregory Campbell. Never mind the agitating of Brad Marchand and the open-ice body blows of Johnny Boychuk. With longtime pacifist Nathan Horton collecting five fighting majors over two thirds of a season, there's an obvious extra angry edge to this Bruins club. Previous fight-filled performances against Montreal and Dallas seemed like anomalies over the course of a long season. But with three more fighting majors tonight, the Bruins as a team are third in the league in that department.
The way game is played today and the way the rules are enforced, you can't call them the "Big, Bad Bruins." That doesn't mean they can't find themselves in some deep trouble with the official just based on that reputation. Marchand, who earlier this week called the Canadiens "divers," wasn't taking the bait to criticize his phantom tripping call. However, he was hoping that the future would hold more fair treatment of his team.
"They might be [calling Bruins games tighter], I don't know. They shouldn't be," he said. "We play a certain way. We play hard, we play tough and maybe they're a little wise against us because we do play a lot more physical than a lot of teams. But that shouldn't be the case. We shouldn't be getting more penalized than anybody else because we play more physical."
It's the Bruins style to up the roughhousing level. And it works. The Bruins' best performances are ones where they're banging bodies into the board as well as pucks into the net. This might just be a case of Boston needing to fine-tune its penalty kill, which fell into the bottom half of the league rankings weeks ago and hasn't recovered. Or it could just be a matter of toeing the line better between physical play and infractions.
As Tim Thomas said of tonight's performance: "After the first couple, you realize that they're going to call them tight, at least against us. So you've got to be smarter than that, and not do borderline plays that can get you those calls."
We'll see if the Bruins can heed Thomas' advice going forward. The target on Chara's back has certainly doubled since the Pacioretty play, and Lucic seems to be involved in some tiff or another every night. Teams are going to try to goad the Bruins into fisticuffs and penalties at every turn. In particular, the playoffs could be a difficult time to navigate through if Boston's getting sidetracked by awkward calls, supplemental discipline and extracurricular activities.
The Bruins have found their identity. Now they have to figure out a way to fit it into the way the league wants teams to play.


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It is time to file my Federal Income Tax return. That means hours spent gathering information and working with tax software or a preparation service to guide me through the maze of regulations as I attempt to get back some of my money from the government. Help me put an end to this.
There is a bill before the U.S House Ways and Means Committee to replace the Income Tax, the Medicare Tax and the Social Security Tax with one national sales tax and abolish the IRS in the process.
These taxes will not be deducted from your paycheck and no tax return is required. You will keep the money you earn every payday.
Congress will not act on this bill unless we demand it. Local Congressman Joseph Crowley is a member of the Ways and Means Committee. Call (202) 225-3625 today and tell him to support HR25, The Fair Tax.
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We anticipate Duke Nukem Forever will be going gold two or three weeks after the final trump during the Biblical Apocalypse. We do not expect DNF to have an ESRB rating since all of the reviewers will have been raptured up to heaven by then.
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For the Strength of Youth Updated and Refreshed
Contributed By Heather Whittle Wrigley, Church News and Events
Article Highlights
- The text of the revised version of For the Strength of Youth is now available on youth.lds.org.
- Updates include the addition of current prophetic counsel, new sections, and thought-provoking questions.
- The updated pamphlet will be available in hard copy in 2012.
"It is our hope that these standards will be thoroughly studied in our homes and in Church classes, and that the principles taught in them will go down into the hearts of the youth of the Church." —David L. Beck, Young Men general president
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Today, youth.lds.org launched a newly updated version of For the Strength of Youth that addresses issues and challenges youth face today that were not specifically addressed in the previous version of the booklet.
"The standards have not changed, but times have changed," said Young Women general president Elaine S. Dalton, explaining the update. "For the Strength of Youth has been revised to address the issues youth face today—to teach them the doctrine behind the standards and the promised blessings of obedience."
For the Strength of Youth was last updated in 2001. The revised pamphlet will contain the addition of current prophetic counsel in areas such as the wise use of technology, virtuous thoughts, dating, the importance of gender roles, and preparation for the future.
Other changes of note include:
- Additional emphasis on following the guidance of the Spirit, keeping covenants, and being worthy to attend the temple
- A new standard entitled "Work and Self-Reliance" offering counsel on smart money management, frugality, industry, and becoming a contributor.
- The addition of emotional health to the section previously titled "Physical Health"—now called "Physical and Emotional Health"—encouraging youth to seek healthy solutions to problems.
- Increased clarity and emphasis on doctrine in each section
- The inclusion of questions to invite further pondering and discussion
Hard copies of the revised pamphlet in English will be mailed to Church units toward the beginning of 2012. Priesthood leaders will receive a copy for each youth ages 12 to 18 and all priesthood and auxiliary leaders who work with youth.
Young Men general president David L. Beck emphasized the value of this resource for youth, parents, and leaders as they strive to live faithfully.
"It is our hope that these standards will be thoroughly studied in our homes and in Church classes, and that the principles taught in them will go down into the hearts of the youth of the Church," he said.
Language versions of the revised pamphlet will follow both online and in print as they are completed.


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ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jay Haas is familiar with Bellerive Country Club – and it showed in the first round of the Senior PGA Championship.
Haas, who grew up in nearby Belleville, Ill., and Duffy Waldorf shared the lead Thursday, shooting 5-under 66 in breezy, cool conditions.
The 59-year-old Haas, the winner of the major championship in 2006 and 2008, had a bogey-free round. The 50-year-old Waldorf had six birdies and one bogey.
"I didn't expect it going out,'' Haas said about shooting a low round. "I wasn't very sharp today, but managed to … my misses were in the correct spots and I took advantage of a few good iron shots and just kind of kept it between the ditches, I guess you would say. But I'm very, very pleased.''
Haas has 16 Champions Tour victories after winning nine times on the PGA Tour.
Waldorf is winless in 11 career starts on the 50-and-over tour after winning four times on the PGA Tour.
"Tee to green, it was a very good day,'' Waldorf said. "All in all, I hit the ball really well. I really liked my iron play. I had quite a few birdie putts. I didn't make them all so I feel like I still had some more out there.''
Sonny Skinner, the PGA head professional at River Pointe Golf Club in Albany, Ga., was a stroke back along with Japan's Kiyoshi Murota.
"I'm not going to adjust my goals because I did have a good day today,'' Skinner said. "My main goal coming into this tournament was to just try to stay within each shot and each moment. A lot of times when you're on the outside looking into a big stage like the Champions Tour, it's real easy to get excited and your eyes wandering all over the place at how wonderful it is.
"You lose sight of the fact that, `Hey, I got to play golf.'''
Australia's Peter Senior and Taiwan's Chien-Soon Lu shot 68, and Tom Watson, a two-time Senior PGA champion, was another stroke back in a 12-player group that included Kenny Perry, Fred Funk, Rocco Mediate, Russ Cochran, Dan Forsman, Gil Morgan and Bill Glasson.
Defending champion Roger Chapman opened with a 72. Peter Jacobsen, the 2004 U.S. Senior Open winner at Bellerive, had a 75.
The temperature hovered in the low to mid-60s under overcast conditions. A light but steady rain fell three times in the afternoon, with each shower lasting less than 30 minutes.
Haas finished third in the 2004 U.S. Senior Open at Bellerive. He said he has played about 30 rounds at the country club.
"I'm certainly very excited about shooting 5 under here,'' Haas said. "Probably my lowest score ever at Bellerive, no matter what age I was.''
His uncle, Bob Goalby, the 1968 Masters winner who stills lives in Belleville, followed him on the back nine holes.
"I think he was happy for me,'' said Haas, who was going to have dinner with Goalby and other family members. "He'll try and get over when he can. The last time he walked nine holes, I don't know when that was.''
Haas made his way around the course with a balky back that he said left him in "a little bit'' of pain.
Waldorf finished ninth in the 1992 PGA Championship at Bellerive.
Murota had six birdies and a double bogey. Skinner, a two-time winner on what is now the Web.com Tour, had six birdies and two bogeys and hit all 14 fairways in regulation.
DIVOTS: Brian Fogt, the PGA director of instruction at Bellerive Country Club, led off the tournament by hitting the first tee shot. … The field includes 34 international players representing an event-record 18 countries. France's Marc Farry, who earned a berth when David Frost withdrew, pushed the country total to the record. England leads with seven entrants, followed by Japan (4) and Australia (3). … The PGA Championship will be held at Bellerive in 2018.


text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - 3d works Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Work in Progress View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "3d works" ViperCAjunior memberMember #Joined: 04 Jan 2001Posts: 8Location: Canada Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 1:02 pm i've seen some really nice posts here but i was wondering if there is or is this a good place to post 3d works ie animations and models? Back to top elammemberMember #Joined: 27 Sep 2000Posts: 456Location: Motown Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 1:13 pm please do... ------------------ Elam ------- "Not all old people are fools. You don't get to be old by bein' no fool. Buncha wise young men, they dead as a muthufucka, ain't they?" Back to top balisticmemberMember #Joined: 01 Jun 2000Posts: 2599Location: Reno, NV, USA Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 1:29 pm 3D is more than welcome here. I find that its a good place to get critique on 3D work because many of the artists on this forum are 2D artists and won't get hung up on technical stuff. ------------------ "What we're hearing, techno, is the process of trying to create something of the future." - J.M. Brian "balistic" Prince 3D Artist Eggington Productions www.bprince.com Back to top zeebitmemberMember #Joined: 30 Oct 1999Posts: 75Location: cincinnati, OH Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 1:45 pm i am down yo. most of the 3d people here are game modeler/animator types, but there are some higher res modelers and animators too. -pete Back to top NexmemberMember #Joined: 25 Mar 2000Posts: 2086Location: Austria Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 2:54 pm ->Digital Art Discussion for animations try: http://www.synj.net Back to top kaosADmemberMember #Joined: 01 Nov 2000Posts: 64Location: Ireland Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2001 5:46 am try www.maxforums.org : pretty cool 3d studio max site, but i think that other packages would be welcome!!! Back to top Wirojunior memberMember #Joined: 27 Oct 2000Posts: 23Location: Switzerland, Norway Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2001 2:05 am I second Ballistic's remark. I'm not a frequent poster but I have the feeling that as long as the 3D stuff isn't too technical/show-offy but rather artistic, it'll fit in here. BTW, I love your orc Ballistic, you should update your site more often ------------------ Wiro secondreality.ch Back to top natecmemberMember #Joined: 08 Aug 2000Posts: 121Location: encinitas, ca, USA Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2001 1:32 pm Definately...I'd like to see more 3d here...its great to see as much diversity as possble... -n Back to top Digital Freebaserjunior memberMember #Joined: 11 Dec 2000Posts: 8Location: San Francisco, CA, US Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2001 2:45 pm Yeah, love to see em. Ive had a hard time getting any crits on the images Ive posted, but you might be more lucky ------------------ --- Johan Thorngren http://www.trinisica.com Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Work in Progress All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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Derald Leaf, 83 - December 02, 2009
Derald L. Leaf, 83, of Beaver City, formerly of Brady, died Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, at the Beaver City Manor.
Services will be held Friday, Dec. 4, at 2 p.m. at the Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Service with the Rev. Wesley Russell officiating. Burial will take place at the Kearney Cemetery.
A visitation will be Thursday from 5-7 p.m. at the Funeral Home, and one hour prior to services.
Leaf was born Sept. 3, 1926, at Brady to Allen and Nancy (Johnson) Leaf. He attended school at Wickstrom District No. 32 near Brady.
He moved to the North Platte area in 1970, and farmed in the area. He then moved to Loomis and worked at the Holdrege feed and seed and the Loomis Coop until his retirement.
Leaf was preceded in death by a brother and two sisters.
Survivors include: a daughter, Rhonda (James) Bartels of Lincoln; a son, Dayton (Michele) Leaf of Lincoln; step-daughters—Maxine (Dave) Espenhover of Orleans, Janice (Robert) Shannon of Queen Creek, AZ, Rose French of Ft. Morgan, CO, and Jennie (John) Bice of Williston, ND; step-son, Jack Lill of Alma; brothers—Alfred (Helen) Leaf of Kearney and Gordon (Joann) Leaf of Divide, CO; three granddaughters and one great-granddaughter; numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorials are suggested to the family.
A message of condolence, tribute or memory may be sent to the family at www.hlhmortuary.com.
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We know the Bruins' forward alignment tonight in Nashville will be definitely be different than it was in Columbus Tuesday.
The defense pairs could change as well when the Bruins take on the Predators tonight at 8 p.m. EST.
With Brad Marchand suspended, Michael Ryder should be back in there after he was a healthy scratch for the win over the Blue Jackets. Ryder, Rich Peverley or Tyler Seguin seem like the most likely candidates to move up to the second line with Patrice Bergeron and Mark Recchi — the pair of forwards Marchand practiced with yesterday.
The Bruins have to hope that in his mind, Ryder has a better understanding of why he was benched than he let on in public. In the Boston Globe today, Ryder sounded like a guy who think he's done nothing wrong. Ryder was quoted:
"I didn't think I was playing bad bad. I thought I was skating pretty well. It's just that people thought this was the best way to go about it, I guess.''
Not sure what Ryder's definition of "bad" is, but obviously head coach Claude Julien had a different opinion of the winger's play to finally scratch him after a season and two thirds of inconsistent play.
On the back end, Adam McQuaid should be available, according to Julien, who spoke after the team's optional morning skate. McQuaid left practice early yesterday because he was banged up. Recovering defenseman Andrew Ference could also feel well enough to play, so the Bruins might have a decision to make after warm-ups.
The optional nature of practice made it impossible to determine the starting goaltender, so we'll find out in a few hours.


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Wal-Mart Stores Inc, already struggling to woo shoppers constrained by higher taxes, is "getting worse" at keeping shelves stocked, the retailer's U.S. chief told executives, according to minutes of an officers' meeting obtained by Bloomberg News.
"We run out quickly and the new stuff doesn't come in," U.S. Chief Executive Officer Bill Simon said, according to the minutes of the Feb. 1 meeting. Simon said "self-inflicted wounds" were Wal-Mart's "biggest risk" and that an executive vice president had been appointed to fix the restocking problem, according to the minutes.
Once a paragon of logistics, the world's largest retailer has been trying to improve its restocking efforts since at least 2011, hiring consultants to walk the aisles and track whether hundreds of items are available. It even reassigned store greeters to replenish merchandise. The restocking challenge emerged as Wal-Mart was returning more merchandise to shelves after a previous effort to de-clutter its stores.
Wal-Mart's inability to keep its shelves stocked coincides with slowing sales growth. Same-store sales in the U.S. for the 13 weeks ending April 26 will be little changed, Simon said in the company's Feb. 21 earnings call.
Comparable sales increased 1% in the fourth quarter, compared with an average of 1.4% from analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. This year the shares gained 5% through yesterday, compared with a 6.3% advance for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Wal-Mart fell 0.3% to $71.47 at 9:35 a.m in New York.
Personal Notes
"These are personal notes from one participant in the meeting and are not official company minutes," David Tovar, a Wal-Mart spokesman said in a telephone interview. "There are a number of significant misinterpretations and misleading statements that do not accurately reflect the comments by Bill Simon or any other participant in the meeting."
When Simon said things were "getting worse" he was referring to "modular changes," the process of replenishing merchandise to keep up with customer demand and changing seasons, Tovar said. Wal-Mart is working to "manage this in the most efficient way possible," he said.
"We're very pleased with our in-stock position," he said, adding that products audited by the company and its consultants match or exceed historical levels. He declined to disclose what those levels are.
Tovar declined to make Simon available for comment.
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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has struck down a Costa Rican ban on in-vitro fertilization, saying that its guarantee of protection for every fertilized embryo violated the reproductive freedom of infertile couples.
Reproductive rights groups said the decision late Thursday could have far-ranging implications for laws in many Latin American countries that ban all forms of abortion and some types of contraception. The decision explicitly states that not all embryos and fetuses are guaranteed complete protection, which the groups say will let them challenge laws that ban measures such as emergency contraception and abortion in cases of rape and danger to the mother's health.
The Costa Rican government said it will comply with the court's decision and move to allow in-vitro fertilization.
The procedure was introduced to Costa Rica in 1996 by a doctor who helped couples give birth to 15 babies over four years. However, it provoked strong opposition from conservative groups and the Roman Catholic Church in Costa Rica, which campaigned against the technique because it led to the disposal of fertilized eggs, which opponents saw as tantamount to murder.
In 2001, 18 people brought a complaint before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights after Costa Rica became the only Latin American country to bar in-vitro fertilization because the government said it violated the constitution's guarantee of protection of human life.
Costa Rican couples with enough money traveled to clinics in Panama, where hundreds of Costa Rican babies were born as a result of the technique. One of the arguments the plaintiffs made before the Inter-American commission was that the ban was a form of discrimination against poorer families.
The human-rights commission ruled against Costa Rica and in 2010, after the failure of a congressional reform, the Inter-American Court on Human Rights took up the case, hearing testimony from both sides before issuing its binding ruling.
Alejandra Cardenas, a lawyer for the U.S.-based Center for Reproductive Rights, which filed briefs in the case, said the ruling would provide a basis for women's rights groups to challenge other countries' total bans on abortion and day-after contraception, because Costa Rica's position was based partly on the assertion that the regional American Convention on Human Rights requires the protection of life from the moment of conception.
Other countries make the same assertion in defending their bans on abortion and some types of contraception, Cardenas said. The ruling could weaken the legal basis of bans such as the total prohibition of abortion in El Salvador, Honduras, the Dominican Republic and Chile, she said.
"It will have a huge impact and that's why this decision is so important," she said.
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Thomas Burberry decided in 1856 that he would open a store providing quality outdoor attire to British sportsmen. He is best known for patenting gabardine fabric and for practical but stylish all-weather coat fashions. The house is also famous for outfitting famous explorers such as Roald Amundsen (the first person to reach the South Pole) and members of the royal family. In the course of the company's more than 150-year history, Burberry has evolved from a small clothing shop in Basingstoke, England, to one of the most famous and recognizable names in fashion the world over.
The company introduced eyewear in 2006, during its 150th anniversary year. The luxury brand is dedicated to providing the highest quality of products and materials possible so that their frames maintain their status as among the best available today. With traditional styling and classic fashion set off by contemporary accents and trendy influences, the brand offers an eyewear collection that combines a strong and dignified style with the highest quality standards.
Burberry eyeglasses come in a range of frames for men and women, in which progressive and single vision lenses are available to suit your particular vision correction needs. In fact, your lenses will be carefully checked against your prescription by on-staff certified opticians before your new glasses are delivered to you.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The UC Santa Barbara men's and women's swim teams geared-up for the upcoming 2007-08 season this Saturday with an intrasquad meet at Campus Pool. The Blue Team captured the meet outscoring the Gold Team, 275.5-245.5.
The Blue women dominated the relays taking first in both the 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relays. Naomi Javanifard, Sara Nicponski, Erin Yamamoto and Courtney Bauer posted a time of 1:46.55 in the medley relay, beating the Gold "A" relay by over a minute. In the 400 free relay, Javanifard, Yamamoto, Lindsay Gaudinier and Jenisse DeMeulenaere captured first with a mark of 3:32.49.
On the men's side, the Gold Team captured both relays with Matt Bartlett, Daniel Nyaradi, Daniel McClary and Bradley Matsumoto posting a 1:34.19 in the 200-yard medley. Scott Vogelgesang, Matsumoto, Bartlett and Mason Edwards finished the 400-yard free relay with a time of 3:08.08 to win the race for the Gold Team.
Several newcomers stood-out on Saturday, freshman Lindsay Gaudinier of the Blue Team captured first place in both the 1,000 and 500-yard freestyle events with times of 10:38.15 and 5:12.60, respectively.
Freshman Nicponski, who swam for the Blue Team, took first in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:04.14 and also finished first in the 200 breast with her 2:23 mark. Freshman Brittany Borowitz also had a first place finish for the Blue Team posting a time of 2:07.08 in the 200-yard butterfly.
On the men's side, Auburn transfer, Bartlett took first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:51.49 and also captured a first place in the 100 fly with a 50.86 for the Gold Team. Junior transfer Jeff Sudbury from Tennessee captured first-place in the 100-yard breaststroke at 58.25 and was the only Gaucho to go under one minute in the event.
Several returners also had strong showings for the Gauchos. 2006 Big West Freshman of the Year, Anne Marie May took first in both sprint freestyle events with a 24.27 in the 50 and a 52.92 in the 100 for the Gold Team. Junior Jessica Cruzat also had a trio of wins for the Gold Team. She took first in the 100-yard backstroke with a 57.94, which she followed up with a 2:05.82 in the 100 back. Cruzat wrapped up the morning with a first in the 200-yard individual medley at 2:07.99.
On the men's side, senior Brooks Felton took first-place in both distance events for the Blue Team with a time of 9:36.36 in the 1,000 freestyle and a mark of 4:39.02 in the 500 free. Junior Chris Good also helped lead the Blue Team to victory behind wins in the 100 and 200-yard backstroke events and a tie for first with Daniel McClary in the 200 individual medley. Good went 52.64 in the 100 and 1:55.01 in the 200. He and McClary each came in at 1:55.03 in the 200 IM.
Rounding out the multi-event winners was 2006 Big West Freshman of the Year, Vogelgesang. The sophomore finished the 200-yard freestyle at 1:43.01 and the 100 free at 47.40.
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text: The business equivalent of "throwing a bone" to a good idea that needs a little leverage to get off the ground often comes in the form of venture capital investments. From the single-digit millions on up, investors have been actively supporting startups both financially and from the boardroom as well. Despite a 33 percent drop in VC funding dollars last quarter over the previous quarter, there was no shortage of investment capital flowing in July. Here's a look at 10 of the hottest tech VC investments to keep an eye on from July.


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Bouquet: a graph generator
A graph generator that accepts Lisp objects as nodes, and produces descriptions for use with the Tulip graph visualization framework.
A library that provides new container data structures (trees, queues, heaps, and more) and a standard interface for using them.
A library for "generating dot (a program in the Graphviz suite) output from arbitrary Lisp data". Graphviz is a graph visualization software.
A package for creating and manipulating graphs (in the graph-theoretic sense). Creates a set of CLOS classes for graphs, vertices, edges. Provides algorithms for traversing, counting, searching for ve...
cl-store is an asdf-installable portable library for serializing and deserializing Common Lisp objects to and from streams. It currently runs on SBCL, CMUCL, CLISP, ACL, OpenMCL and Lispworks.
CLOCC (Common Lisp Open Code Collection) is a large collection of free, portable, self-contained and ready to use libraries and software. It includes development tools, GUI toolkits, portability laye...
The Common Lisp Utilities project "intends to be a repository for packages that run on any compliant implementation of ANSI Common Lisp". It contains code for data and control structures, financial fu...
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The source code for the book "Common LISPcraft" by Robert Wilensky, W. W. Norton & Company; 2nd edition (June 1986). It mostly includes AI and parsing code.
Common Lisp User Space File System
A simple file based file system. Use mkfs and mount to take clufs file system into use. Use it with mkdir, create, open and close to read and write files. Open returns a stream to file in clufs file s...
DEFTABLE: Unifies interface to Common Lisp's table-like data structures
The DEFTABLE macro unifies the interface to Common Lisp's table-like data structures (e.g., association lists, property lists, and hash tables, vectors), providing a concise, lightweight syntax. Later...
FSet is a functional set-theoretic collections library for Common Lisp. All update operations return a new collection, rather than modifying an existing one in place. FSet has sets, bags (multisets)...
Library for creating and managing flaxichains. A flexichain is a data structure for efficiently and dynamically adding to, and deleting elements from, a sequence (or "chain") of such elements. The buf...
A library for "generic hash tables".
Lisp hacks
A collection of small libraries for packages, dynamic variables, lists, iteration, CLOS, and HTML generation.
Lisp toys
A collection of small utilities for syntactic extension, global variables, control structures and list manipulation.
List comprehensions for Lisp
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A collection of miscellaneous utilities for container data structures, binding, user interface, dates and times, I/O, symbols, sequences, string manipulation, and more.
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Library to add decimals (fixed precision and scale numbers) as supported numeric types in Common Lisp.
B-Tree implemented in Common Lisp. Stores key/value pairs onto disk based data structure. Current implementation has been tested with SBCL.
CFFI interface for Graphviz, integrated with cl-graph.
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Summerlander wrote:
Double standards. What do you think about 20-year-old Maddy Coz tweeting the following about David Beckham's 10-year-old son: "Romeo Beckham, you're like ten and so hot!" and then people slating paedophile-hunter Stinson Hunter for suggesting that she was inapproprite?
Hunter's argument urged people to imagine that a man was saying that to a 10-year-old girl. He merely reversed the roles and asked if people would be as justificative of the hypothetical male poster. I think Coz could have said something like, "Romeo, you're a handsome boy, you must take after your father and will be a ladies' man when you're older." This would be appropriate. But people seem to think that only male paedophiles exist. Imagine the uproar or the suspicion that would arise if a heterosexual man merely tweeted the following about a prepubescent girl: "You are so pretty, you'll definately be a fox when you're older..."
No, I know when they are acting really inappropriate around me. If they get really close within my personal space, are starring at me with really inappropriate looks, if they have an instrument in their hands and they are playing it while getting too close, or like on the bus or train when guys will intentionally sit right next to me or across from me and when there are empty seats available. A few times I have been asked if I am available, and I said NO. Even if I wore a purple shirt with a black triangle shirt in the middle of it (symbolism of anti-romance), I still don't think they would leave me alone.
If a guy really wanted to be platonic friends with me, rather than acting like a complete idiot in front of me, why doesn't he at least try be civil in front of me?


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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim says his foundation is funding the translation of thousands of Khan Academy online classes into Spanish.
The telecommunications billionaire says the Carlos Slim Foundation shares the academy's goal to make "a free world-class education available to everyone."
Khan Academy offers thousands of free video lectures on YouTube in subjects like mathematics, physics and art history.
More than 500 videos have been translated into Spanish by Mexican professors, so far.
Slim says he will also fund online classes about Mexican history to be added to the website. He says funding for the not-for-profit organization comes from a 4 billion peso ($315 million) investment over the next three years to expand internet connectivity in Mexico.
Slim made the announcement Monday together with Khan Academy's founder, Salman Khan.


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AMC Actually Considering a Saul-based Breaking Bad Spinoff
A Better Call Saul comedy. Really.
Breaking Bad's Vince Gilligan has been talking about a potential Better Call Saul spinoff for a while, but it never seemed like a serious possibility. Until now! Apparently AMC and Sony are earnestly"exploring" a possible show about the shady and wonderful lawyer Saul Goodman, according to Deadline. Gilligan and BB writer-producer Peter Gould are hashing out details, and reportedly a half-hour comedy version is one of the options on the table. Yes, you read that right: It's possible the Saul spinoff will be a half-hour comedy. On the one hand, yay, a Bob Odenkirk weird comedy, and more Saul! It's like a reverse Lou Grant! But on the other (handcuffed) hand, here be dragons: Can any show really flourish in Breaking Bad's shadow?


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2018 Birds Of Prey Photography Workshops
- National Centre for Birds of Prey, Helmsley
- from £65.00 (see pricing table below)
Join award winning wildlife photographer Steve Race on a 3 hour Birds of Prey Photography Workshop at the National Centre for Birds of Prey in Helmsley, North Yorkshire.
We have exclusive access to a wide range of iconic native and worldwide raptors in the idyllic setting of Duncombe Park Estate, Helmsley situated in the North York Moors National Park.
The workshop will be tailored towards beginners and enthusiasts. We will look at the techniques and equipment needed to photograph birds of prey and advice and tips will be given on how to get that perfect wildlife image. You will learn about correct exposure, how to deal with tricky lighting conditions such as harsh sunlight or low light levels, and depth of field techniques to compensate for the expanse of open parkland and woodland.
The NCBP holds a large collection of raptors including Steller's Sea Eagle, Grey Buzzard Eagle, White-tailed Sea Eagle, African Fish Eagle, Common Buzzard, Harris Hawk, Lanner Falcon, Merlin, Kestrel, European Eagle Owl, Great Horned Owl, Burrowing Owl and Yellow Billed Kite. During the photography workshop a number of these species will be available to be photographed as both static and flying shots.
We will have our own private flying display to look at the techniques of flight photography and capture some stunning images of Owls, Eagles, Hawks and Falcons in flight.
Group Size: 10 maximum.
Includes: Tuition, personal falconer, private flying display and all day admission to NCBP.
Facilities: The NCBP includes a shop, cafe, toilets, picnic area and offers the largest collection of birds of prey in the north of England.
Private Workshops: If you are a club, group or society wishing to book a workshop for your group, please call the YCN office on 01723 865498 for details.
Gift vouchers are available for our workshops and are a great gift in which we can email you a gift certificate. Click here for a selection of our gift vouchers we have on offer.
Steve Race is our lead photographer at Yorkshire Coast Nature. From his start with a film camera in the early eighties right up to the digital era of today, Steve has acquired a great eye for wildlife photography. His passion for the natural world shines through on his workshops and tours with YCN. In 2013... Read More