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Dunne, Apr 2004, 24.95, 416 pp. ISBN: 031231826X Her two daughters, her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren are arriving at Willow Court to celebrate the seventy-fifth birthday of the family matriarch Leonora Simmonds. While her kin pays homage to her, TV film director Sean Everard is doing a special on Leonora's father, renowned Edwardian painter Edwin Walsh. As undercurrents swirl amidst the gathering family, Leonora dreams of being e...
Xanthe and Marpessa are sisters living in Troy during a time of the war. It has been ten years since the war began after Paris swept Helen away from her husband in Greece to his home in Troy, causing her husband to wage a war to return her back to him. Marpessa was Helen's maidservant and is more like a daughter to her than anything else. She witnesses the love of Paris and Helen, but also Paris's philandering ways. She is able to see the gods as the...


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Happy Belated Mothers Day to all the mommies out there and in my case puppy mommies! This year my sister and I splurged on two tickets for my mom to go see the world famous blind opera singer Andre Bocelli. She nearly cried she was so excited, other than that it was a nice lazy day of lounging around by pool (hello sunburn!) and reading and eating. For today's color wheel I was admiring some great vintage cars whilst on pinterest and I found this image of a vintage beetle from Lyla & Blu. I love the deep purple the beetle is painted in. I would absolutely do an accent wall with any of these colors. How was your weekend? What special things did you receive for Mother's Day? Or do you consider yourself a puppy mother like me? Comment on this post for a chance to win a sidequik document holder for your computer! I'm not just giving one away!

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Central Connecticut senior Anna Ausanio of the Blue Devil women's golf team won her third Dutchess County Women's Amateur Championship on Sunday. Ausanio also won the tournament in 2009 and 2011.
The tournament was help at Dutchess Golf & Country Club on Saturday, July 21st and at Casperkill Golf Club on Sunday, July 22nd.
Ausanio penciled in a two-under par 72 on Saturday and followed her first round score with a one-over par 73 on Sunday. The senior claimed the tournament championship by an impressive 13 strokes.
In the event's 17-year history, Ausanio becomes the second player to win the tournament three times (2009, 2011, 2012) and is the first back-to-back champion since 2007-08 (2011, 2012).
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Click HERE for the Poughkeepsie Journal release.
Junior Elisabeth Beloin of the Central Connecticut women's golf team won her club championship at Chippanee Golf Club in Bristol, CT. Beloin shot a first round 82 followed by an 85 and an 80 in rounds two and three.


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Elwood Wildlife Area News
All hunters are required to obtain a free daily hunting permit prior to their hunt. Daily permits are available in all of the parking lots. Thanks for your cooperation.
Legal equipment for hunting would include archery, muzzle loaders and shotguns.
Upland bird hunting only on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Sundays.


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Instead of trotting out the cliché question, "Are games art?," an exhibit at the Electronic Entertainment Expo aims to explore the actual artwork from upcoming and recently announced video games.
Long gone are the pixellated abstracts of yesteryear: these are fully realized, gorgeous works of art in various styles, hung for all to see in the Los Angeles Convention Center, where the Expo takes place this week.
Developing today's graphics-rich video games –mobile, console, or PC — takes a lot of time, talent, and passion, and the images above show the kind of artistic energy that is put into them. From the painterly styles of artwork from Assassin's Creed Unity and Destiny to the poster illustration of The Banner Saga and Sunset Overdrive, there's a lot to like in the images above.
All photos by Rob LeFebvre/Cult of Mac


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The cooler months have arrived – and so has our exciting new menu, with brand new drinks, top-quality Lavazza coffee and mini puddings, and a super selection of tasty little treats taking your Toby Carvery visit to a new level.
As well as adding Jacob's Creek Twin Pickings Sauvignon Blanc and Moscato, and Campo Viejo Rioja to our wine list, we have a special treat for cocktail lovers, with classics Woo Woo, Tanqueray & Tonic, Bombay & Lemonade and Cuba Libre joining our line-up. Prefer something softer? New San Pellegrino Limonata or Aranciata might hit the spot.
We're always looking for ways to give you more, so we've come up with Toby Tasters – little bowls of munchable morsels, including chicken wings, meatballs and Dorset smoked Cheddar bites – at three for £5 or £2 each. Perfect for sharing.
We're now serving the coffee connoisseur's favourite, Lavazza, on our hot drinks menu – but that's not all. You can also team a hot drink with a mini pudding of Strawberry Delight, Mini Fruit Crumble or Mini Chocolate Brownie for just £3.99. The ideal treat for catching up with friends and family.
Those colder nights can put a downer on anyone's mood, so we've got two cracking drinks deals to lift you up again. Fizz Fridays get you a bottle of Prosecco for just £10 after 5pm and on Wine Not Wednesdays there are selected bottles of red, white and rosé for just £10 after 5pm.
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Corporations are quick to recruit rappers to sell their soft drinks, shoes and smartphones — but the moment there's a whiff of controversy, they are just as quick to cut them loose.
The latest example is PepsiCo and Lil Wayne. Last week, the soft drink company announced it had ended its relationship with Wayne, one of the biggest selling rappers in music, over a vulgar sexual reference to slain civil rights figure Emmett Till in a remix of Future's hit, "Karate Chop."
Wayne's controversy followed similar flaps between PepsiCo and Tyler, the Creator over a video ad the rapper created that some deemed racist and sexist, and Reebok and Rick Ross after he rapped about slipping a party drug in a woman's drink and taking her home.
Peter Sealey, a professor at Claremont Graduate University and a former head of marketing at Coca-Cola, said events like these prove how out of touch corporations can be when trying to appeal to younger demographics.
"When you market to youth there is a perennial battle in pushing the envelope without crossing boundaries," Sealey said. "And when they do, they throw them under the bus. It's hypocritical … but these guys in their late 40s don't know who the hell these people are."
Sealey says the hiring of potentially controversial rap artists also represents a generation gap within the corporations. "If [Tyler's ad] had been seen by senior management, no way would that have gotten out."
PepsiCo declined to comment for this article and requests for comment from Reebok went unanswered, but a person with knowledge of the deal who isn't authorized to speak publicly said Wayne's partnership with the soda company was worth more than $7 million, and Ross stood to make between $3 million to $5 million with the athletic company.
Ryan Ford, vice president of L.A.-based Cashmere Agency, has helped rappers like Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar secure lucrative partnerships with brands such as Adidas, Samsung and Pepsi.
"Artists by their nature have a responsibility to be creative. Sometimes to achieve that, whether you're a rapper or performer, you push boundaries," he said. "When you take that unbridled creativity and attach it to a brand, the brand has very different motives."
Add to the mix social media, which is now playing a critical role in highlighting the more dysfunctional relationships that develop when art tangles with commerce, and these odd partnerships are being scrutinized much more frequently and in a bigger arena than in the past.
The feminist group Ultra Violet placed ads against Ross via Facebook and Twitter and garnered more than 100,000 signatures on a petition to have him dropped by Reebok. Till's family took to YouTube to urge the public to boycott Mountain Dew, and both Tyler and Ross used Twitter to defend themselves during their controversies.
Following all the social media activity Pepsi severed ties with Wayne last Friday — just days after it had pulled the plug on a series of online Mountain Dew ads by Tyler. In April, Reebok split with Ross.
"People are tired of the music and the outcry is getting louder," said Paul Porter, a music and media industry executive and founder of watchdog blog RapRehab.com. He was an integral force in the company nixing Tyler's ads. "[Companies] are finally finding out that they can't always connect their brands to artists that will give them positive results."
Hip-hop fans and rappers like Snoop Dogg, Tyga and Meek Mill have been vocal in criticizing corporations dropping rappers over lyrics. It's freedom of speech, they say. But more importantly they are questioning why brands are caving to public pressure against rappers they've signed, when they should have known their lyrical content was potentially offensive to wider audiences.
Tyler was criticized for envelope-pushing lyrics seen as homophobic and misogynistic long before he linked with PepsiCo. And when Pepsi brashly said Wayne's line about Till "does not reflect the values of our brand," one could ask their stance on other lyrics, which are routinely peppered with references to "Molly," the powder or crystal form of pure MDMA, and the addictive codeine and promethazine concoction "sizzurp."
"It's indicative of what brands have always done when they are involved with hip-hop culture," said Latifah Muhammad, editor of Hip-Hop Wired. "They like to dip their toe, but not go all the way in. If they did, they would have known [Wayne or Ross] would rap about something that would get people mad."
"It goes to show you how these corporations literally have no understanding of hip-hop and rap culture," said Muhammad. "But they want to profit off of it."


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The EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker course verifies your advanced security skill-sets to thrive in the worldwide information security domain. Many IT departments have made CEH certification a compulsory qualification for security-related posts, making it a go-to certification for security professionals. CEH-certified professionals typically earn 44 percent higher salaries than their non-certified peers.
The ethical hacking certification course opens up numerous career advancement opportunities, preparing you for a role as a computer network defence (CND) analyst, CND infrastructure support, CND incident responder, CND auditor, forensic analyst, intrusion analyst, security manager, and other related high-profile roles.
The recognized endorsed bodies of CEH V10 are:
Simplilearn's CEH v10 Certified Ethical Hacker training (earlier CEH v9) and certification course provide hands-on classroom training to help you master the same techniques that hackers use to penetrate network systems and leverage them ethically to protect your own infrastructure.
This extensive ethical hacking course focuses on 20 of the most popular security domains to provide a practical approach to essential security systems. You will learn to assess computer system security by using penetration testing techniques; scan, test and hack secure systems and applications, and gain hands-on experience with sniffing, phishing and exploitation tactics. This ethical hacking course will prepare you for the EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker exam 312-50.
In the latest CEH v10 EC-Council has introduced the following changes:
Simplilearn's Ethical Hacking Course will expand your knowledge of network, web and mobile app security and prepare you to identify threats and vulnerabilities.
This ethical hacking course will help you:
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification will enhance your ability to assess and analyze computer systems security to protect your corporate infrastructure. The exam code for CEH certification (version 10) is 312-50 and tests your capabilities in using penetration testing tools to evaluate computer systems and network security and implementing the special techniques of ethical hacking.
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Your exam voucher fee is included in the price of this ethical hacking course. However, you must procure the CEH exam voucher within 3 months from the date of course purchase. In the event that the CEH exam price does go up and you have not yet booked the exam, you will need to pay the difference in amount to Simplilearn.
For assistance in scheduling your exam, reach out to the sales consultant (inside sales manager) or raise a request to the support team of Simplilearn.
Exam vouchers are valid for 1 year from the date of course purchase. If you do not book the exam within 1 year from the purchase of the voucher, you will need to buy the voucher again as per the actual price.
No, exam voucher cost cannot be refunded once it is issued to a learner as we procure this from third party bodies. Simplilearn does not own the voucher policies and cost.
Exam prices are governed by the certification body and can change. Price changes are typically announced at the end of the calendar year. In case the exam price goes up and you have not yet booked the exam, you will need to pay the difference in amount to Simplilearn.
To become CEH certified, you must pass the CEH examination after either attending CEH training at an Accredited Training Center like Simplilearn, or through self-study. If you self-study, you must fill out an application and submit proof of at least two years of experience in the network security domain.
The CEH certification exam costs $500, plus and an additional eligibility/ registration fee of $100.
Yes, the course fee is inclusive of the CEH examination fee.
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The Certified Ethical Hacker (Practical) is an extension of the CEH certification. The Practical exam is a 6-hour long test which imitates a real network by making use of live virtual machines, networks and applications.
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- zimounSwiss artist Zimoun isn't looking for fame or fortune, but he has quietly been gaining quite a following with his incredible sound installations. Documenting everything from the noise generated by worms devouring a lone piece of wood, to ants crawling on a pristine surface, to now creating a massive cardboard installation, Zimoun has mastered a way to harness inimitable sounds that capture and mimic nature through a manipulation of materials in construction and assembly.1
- zimoun_woodwormsEmbodying carefully calculated architectural forms, each sculpture and installation manages to create a poetic investigation of the complex relationship between technology, processes, control and the organic.2
- zimoun_dc-motors_carboard_boxesMany of the sounds are white noise produce by man-made materials, but in the mind's eye they easily make reference to sounds occurring in nature - do you hear rain? A herd of cows grazing on open land? Or is it just a piece of cotton being swung around by a DC motor?3
- zimoun ants Zimoun creates sound pieces from basic components, often using multiples of the same prepared mechanical elements to examine the creation and degeneration of patterns.4
- zimoun 4His latest sound installation uses 100-200 DC-motorized cardboard boxes.5
- zimoun 3While the motors aren't able to move the boxes, they have been attached to cotton balls and strings that in turn generate a distinct and unexpected noise. In unison the results are quite staggering.6
- zimoun 2Zimoun's latest installation will be on view at Lydgalleriet in Bergen, Norway, through June 5. You can also watch the videos above and below to see his works in action.7


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Contemplation of Christological events, like the Transfiguration, provides a wealth of liturgical poetry and hymnography in the Eastern Church
Editor's Note: This article was originally posted at CWR on August 6, 2013.
August 6th commemorates Christ's transfiguration in glory on Mount Tabor. The Transfiguration is one of twelve major feasts on the Eastern Christian liturgical calendar. A major feast is the equivalent of a solemnity on the Roman calendar. A glimpse of this feast through the hymns and traditions of the East gives a fresh perspective on God's plan of salvation for us.
"My favorite part of this feast is singing the troparion," says Robin Roxas of Morning Star Family Farm in Hartland, Wisconsin. Robin and his family of ten traveled an hour from their farm yesterday evening in order to celebrate the Vesperal Divine Liturgy of the Feast at their Greek Catholic parish in Milwaukee. Roxas commented on the tradition his family has of singing the troparion during family prayers at home. "My children love to sing this hymn," Roxas told CWR. This feast is a special one for Eastern Christian farmers around the world because it is customary to bring the first fruits of the summer harvest to be blessed by the priest during the Divine Liturgy.
Each feast of the Lord serves to illuminate the rich gestalt of the Incarnate Mystery. The Eastern Christian hymnography for the feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord on Mount Tabor, like all major festal hymnography, is full of references to the life, death, and Resurrection of Christ. Hymn references like this stichera, composed by Cosmas the monk, sung at Great Vespers is an example:
Before Your Crucifixion, O Lord, taking the disciples up onto a high mountain, You were transfigured before them… from love of mankind and in Your sovereign might, Your desire was to show them the splendor of the Resurrection. Grant that we too, in peace, may be counted worthy of this splendor, O God, for You are merciful and the lover of mankind.
Without the Transfiguration and the other events of Jesus' life, it would be difficult to grasp the totality of the paschal mystery and its implication for our lives. The raising of Lazarus from the dead, for example, gives Christians hope that they will one day participate in Christ's Resurrection. Contemplation of these Christological events has propagated a magnificent wealth of liturgical poetry and hymnography – a major source of theology for Eastern Christians.
Eastern Christians speak about the divine "economy". This economy has nothing to do with money and everything to do with God's plan of salvation which culminates in Christ. The following sessional hymn from Matins of the Transfiguration illustrates the purpose God had for the chief Apostles of the Lord and, by extension, all his co-heirs: that they be filled with life, love, and goodness:
As they gazed upon Your glory, O Master, they were struck with wonder at Your blinding brightness. You who have shone upon them with Your light, give light now to our souls… confirm me in Your love: for You are our supreme desire and the support of the faithful, O You who alone are the lover of mankind. (Irmos)
The Holy Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord is about divine encounter: "And he was transfigured before them, and his garments became glistening, intensely white" (Mk 9:2)." In Eastern iconography, Jesus is depicted against an oval shaped backdrop with rays emanating out of it called a "mandorla", which represents the radiance of his uncreated Glory. During the matins service, the following words demonstrate that the glory which radiates from Christ is not a product of human nature but comes from God alone:
You have shown them…the hidden blinding light of Your nature and of Your divine beauty beneath the flesh; and they [understand] that Your glory could not be borne.
Yet at the same time Moses and Elijah were also transfigured in glory: "And, behold, there talked with Him two men, which were Moses and Elijah: who appeared in glory…" (Matins Gospel- Luke 9:30-31a) But Moses and Elijah are not emanating their own glory; rather, they are participating in the glory of God by worshipping Him:
For when I shall appear shining brighter than the sun, you shall be filled with glory and cry out for joy: Let us sing unto our God, for He has been glorified. (Irmos of Matins)
Theosis, Forgiveness, and the Light of Mount Tabor
Luke's Gospel reveals that Moses and Elijah spoke to Christ about his coming death: "[Moses and Elijah] spoke of his departure (Grk: exodov) which He should accomplish at Jerusalem." (Luke 9:31)
Having crossed the water as though it were dry land, and escaped from the wickedness of Egypt, the children of Israel shouted aloud: 'Let us sing unto our Deliverer and our God,'…Moses saw the glory of the Lord in the cloud and the pillar of fire and he shouted aloud: 'Let us sing unto our Deliverer and our God'…You have appeared to Moses both on the Mountain of the Law and on Tabor: of old in darkness, but now in the unapproachable light of the Godhead. (Irmos)
On Tabor the disciples fall on their faces before God and deem themselves unworthy to look upon the splendor of righteousness. Nevertheless, it is God's will that His disciples receive the gift of glory as well as forgiveness and this is why Eastern Christians pray for an infusion of divine light and thank Him for it in the troparion of the feast:
Through the prayers of the Mother of God, let Your eternal light shine also upon us sinners. O Giver of light, glory to You. (Troparion)
Theosis is the transformation of human flesh (the descendants of fallen Adam) through the Incarnation. Christ brings light and radiates glory through the repentant human heart by the mystery of baptism. Theosisis made possible only by Christ who altered His Divine form when he took on flesh:
You have put Adam on entirely, O Christ, and changed the nature grown dark in past times, You have filled it with glory and made it godlike by the alteration of Your form. (Irmos)
The glory of God visibly shining forth through Jesus, Moses, and Elijah is evidence of the divine nature of Christ and the participation in divine life of His human followers who are able to look upon God and live:
Being complete God, You have become complete man, bringing together manhood and the complete Godhead in Your Person which Moses and Elijah saw on Mount Tabor in the two natures. (Irmos)
God only showed to the disciples as much of His glory as they could hold. The full radiance of Divinity would be too much for any mortal. God only allows His disciples to see a portion of His glory, and for a brief amount of time, as a foretaste of Heaven:
You were transfigured on the mountain, O Christ our God, showing Your disciples as much of Your glory as they could hold. (Troparion)
He gives this extraordinary gift because it lays the hearts of men bare that they might root out the evil lurking there and see the good which leads them into prayer and praise:
In a union without confusion, You have shown us on Mount Tabor the live coal of the Godhead that consumes sins while it enlightens souls, and You have caught up in ecstasy Moses and Elijah and the chief disciples. (Irmos)
The 'live coal' evokes Eucharistic images. This is the same coal that touched the lips of Isaiah, "Behold this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sins forgiven (6:7)." These words are prayed by the Eastern priest just before he partakes of communion.
The Blessing of Grapes and Contemplative Prayer
The Eucharistic liturgy fulfills the mystery of the Transfiguration and ties it into the paschal mystery. Just as the gifts of bread and wine are offered up and Christ comes down to dwell in them, so the hearts of all believers are lifted up and transfigured by the grace filled condescension of the Godhead at Holy Communion, with as much glory as each person can receive.
Throughout the Eastern Mediterranean, it is customary to bring the first grapes of the summer harvest to be blessed on the feast of Holy Transfiguration. The grape is a symbol of transfiguration because it is crushed and fermented into wine, then transformed into the blood of Christ at the Eucharist. Likewise, sinful man is crushed and made new by water and the Holy Spirit in baptism before receiving Holy Communion which transforms the Christian along the path of theosis.
Moses and Elijah prefigured the life of intimate prayer on the holy mountains of Sinai and Horeb. On Mount Tabor the conduit of divine dialogue, soon to be opened entirely through baptism, was revealed to the Apostles:
Those with whom You have conversed of old in fiery vapor, in darkness and in lightest of winds, stood before You in the manner of servants, O Christ our Master, and talked with You. (Irmos)
The Transfiguration is a blessed and joyous invitation to participate in the Divine life through prayer. Just as Peter said it was good to be there on Mount Tabor and wanted to remain, so all Christians are called by Peter's words to pursue the lofty heights of prayers. The Apostles were able to see the glory of God because they had left the cares of the world behind and followed the ascent of Christ. If faithful Christians are willing to follow the worthy example of the three Apostles with courage and firmness of purpose, they may also see the divine light and thus this exhortation is made in the Eastern Liturgy:
Awake you sluggards, do not lie for ever on the ground, and you thoughts that draw my soul towards the earth, arise and go up to the high slope of the divine ascent. Let us run to join Peter and the sons of Zebedee, and go with them to Mount Tabor, that with them we may see the glory of our God and hear the voice they heard from heaven; and they proclaimed that this voice is the Brightness of the Father. (Ikos)
The Transfiguration is a foreshadowing of the second coming, as is the Resurrection. The Transfiguration reveals in what manner Christ shall again appear while the Resurrection reveals the way in which the saints will be transformed. There is a conscientious effort in Eastern liturgical worship not to isolate the events of Our Lord's life but to celebrate every Christological event as a totality, just as Christ is one Person. The whole of Christian worship and the liturgical cycle is greater than all of its parts. The Transfiguration, referred to by Middle Eastern Christians as simply, "the Feast of the Lord", illustrates this point, and offers Christians another rich liturgical encounter with Jesus.
Christopher B. Warner
Christopher B. Warner, a former Marine Corps officer and veteran, is a graduate student of Orthodox theology at the Antiochian House of Studies. Christopher has a BA in Catholic theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio. He has worshipped with the Eastern Christian community since 2001, and currently serves as a cantor for his parish of St. George in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Christopher and his wife, Katy, are both teachers at Trinity Academy.


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Fractional SPLOST makes sense
I firmly believe in reducing the tax burden on our citizens and increasing accountability in government. This is exactly why I am sponsoring legislation that will allow Georgia's counties to collect a sales tax at less than one cent.
Imagine each time you went to the supermarket to pick-up just a few household items for your family, you were instead required to purchase a total of $100 worth of stuff. You would be forced to buy items that were either unneeded or more expensive, possibly both. Our families don't operate like this and neither should our government.
Currently, Georgia law allows counties to propose a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) for assessing and collecting a one cent sales tax in the county. Usually lasting four, five or six years, and sometimes shared with cities, the funds collected are used for capital projects such as constructing roads and other infrastructure, local government buildings, and jails.
However, a SPLOST is currently required to be one-percent without any flexibility for a lower rate.
While working on this issue in the 2013 General Assembly session, I introduced HB 153, which allows counties to propose a fractional SPLOST tax percentage, meaning less than one cent. Since some counties and cities have well-developed infrastructure, the one-percent rate can raise more revenue than necessary to fund critically needed capital projects.
For example, a one-percent SPLOST in Cobb raises approximately $130 million annually.
However, since Cobb is a more developed county and doesn't necessarily need as many new capital projects, actual financial needs could be less than what is generated under a full one-percent. And because these funds must be spent on capital projects, some counties and cities could create "non-essential projects" to ensure all the revenue is spent.
These non-essential projects could also require additional maintenance funds, which must come from the county's general budget, whose funds would be better directed at other important functions like public safety.
It's important to note that this legislation allows for a lower rate on future SPLOST referendums and is not a new or additional SPLOST.
Some suggest just shortening the SPLOST's duration, but this leads to changing sales tax rates more frequently, not to mention that a consistent, lower sales tax rate can lead to more revenue when economic development is factored in later years.
According to the non-partisan Tax Foundation, at least 22 of the 37 states that have local sales taxes allow a fractional rate. And let's not forget that Georgia already charges a fractional percentage for gasoline excise tax (7.5 cents per gallon).
If counties chose to reduce their SPLOST rate by, for example, a half of one-percent, this could easily save the average Georgia family $80 to $100 a year.
This bill is co-sponsored by numerous legislators from both parties, and is unanimously supported by the Cobb County Commissioners (Tim Lee, chair), the Cherokee County Commissioners, the Cobb Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors (David Connell, president and CEO), the Georgia Tea Party (J.D. Van Brink, chair), Cobb Taxpayers Association (Lance Lamberton, chair), Americans for Prosperity and several other leading business associations in metro Atlanta.
This group may seem like strange friends after last summer's T-SPLOST vote, but we are united behind this fiscally responsible legislation.
I believe this is a necessary tool that would encourage local governments to focus on essential projects while lessening the burden on taxpayers like you and me.
Fractional SPLOST; it makes cents and it makes sense.
State Rep. John Carson (R-Northeast Cobb).
Read more: The Marietta Daily Journal - Fractional SPLOST makes sense and makes cents


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Tyres for the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix.
Tyres for the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix.
Are we ever gonna see the Hard compounds this season?
Merc will be strong on the harder compounds at this race (meaning medium but also somewhat on the soft). They will most likely go for one stop. I believe the track is resurfaced so that's why the hard compound isn't going to be used. I think that's good for us as Merc would be even stronger, relatively to us, on the hard tyre. I think everyone will go for the soft tyre in Q2 and start on it. Question is then if Merc go S-M do we do the same or do we go for two stops, S-SS-SS? This type of strategy hasn't happened yet as we have done what Merc has done so far, even though we brought all those US tyres at the last two races. I guess it's all down to where we end up after Q3. If it's on the front row and we're 1-2 after the start I think the leading car may go for two stops if there is a gap opened up.
We are not 25 seconds a stint faster than Merc so doing an extra stop is highly unlikely.
Forza Ferrari
Barcelona is a very very difficult to overtake track
I suspect a parade, let's hope we can keep getting 1-2 in quali after the upgrades in Barza, and try not to be undercut by mercs.
They will not overcit us, but with their super pace on mediums they can undercut us.
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Go Ferrari, beat them all!
Lets see if there are safety car scenarios virtual vs actual actual can turn a race on its head Charlie needs to be carful as race diractor with his choice should it eventate the virtual would have been fine for last race.
I think everyone will 2 stop. Barcelona is as hard as you get on tires with all those sweeping fast corners.
Remember last year everyone 2 stopped. In Bahrain which is a lot easier on tires we just managed 1 stopping with softs. Mercs did it with mediums.
To compensate for new surface Pirelli has taken rubber off tires.
Key will be whether we can get a front row lock out at quali as it is impossible to overtake there. If we do as long as Seb is the lead car we are looking good.
"I really don't know what happened" - Lewis Hamilton (frequently)
Another question is if teams can gamble in Q2 and try to make it to Q3 on the medium tyre. If yes, that would really open up a lot. Then it would really be possible to either to a shorter stint on the medium tyre at the start and switch over to the softs or do a long first stint and then switch over to the SS tyre.
Edit: I made an error in a post above. The race is obviously 66 laps and not 59. So in that example stops would have to be made around lap 30 and then again around lap 48 with some 18 laps to the flag. A two-stopper with a first stint on the softs that is.
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So I think it's very much an unknown this season, but I think it'll be 1 stops all the way... probably with an artificial safety car determining the final result. Seems to be Libert's MO.
so how should we view Barcelona today? Ferrari or Merc track?
Going to be tricky. We might have to copy mercedes's strategy and i am pretty confident they will do 1 stop. Track position is key so we need good qualy here. 1-2 at the start here will be huge
Reading between the lines and how competitive we been I think we will be very competitive there. Our car is better suited to this type of track than last year.
I know Mercs have been saying they were quickest there in winter testing but it is clear that we were sandbagging then.
"I really don't know what happened" - Lewis Hamilton (frequently)
It seems to be F- Pirelli not F1. If they have a favorite team and it's not Ferrari, we are doomed. They for sure are now running the show. How soft can a tire get?
hockenheim 2018 / China 2018 : Never forget how quick Ferrari can lose it all, be humble.
Positivity doesn't win you championships, whining about people being negative makes you blind!
lol ignore the bitter old cows ;-)
One of the virtues of SF71H is putting the softer tires in the right window quickly, obviously that's super good for qualifying and first laps. I'm not sure if it have a cost later on the race.
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Go Ferrari, beat them all!
Seb just needs to have a clean final sector and then he can maybe fight for pole but pole has proved to be a curse of Seb in recent times. Seb started from pole in Singapore 2017, Mexico 2017, China 2018, Baku 2018 and all lost all these races and almost lost Bahrain 2018 as well.
Kimi for the pole and Vettel for the win!
Kimi for pole ! Seb for win??? A podium spot for Seb ok.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara setter Dana Vargas capped off her career as one of the most decorated players - regardless of position - to ever come through the women's volleyball program as she and Stacey Schmidt were named All-Americans on Wednesday.
The duo, who were named to the All-West Region First Team last week by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, were selected to the All-American Honorable Mention squad.
Only two other players in UCSB history have been named All-Americans during their Gaucho careers. Kathie Luedeke was a two-time All-American in 1984 and 1985 and Roberta Gehlke was a three-time All-American in 1997, 1998 and 1999.
This marks the second straight season that a pair of Gaucho players were named All-Americans. Last season Vargas and Rebecca Saraceno were All-Americans. Having two players named All-American in successive seasons is the first such occurrence in the storied women's volleyball program.
"What Dana has accomplished has been a credit to her," UCSB head coach Kathy Gregory said. "How she developed her game in her time here says a lot."
Vargas finished the season ranked among the best setters in the nation with her 10.60 assists per set average while also setting a career-high in digs. She surpassed the 1,000-assist mark for the third time in her career. She finished third all-time in UCSB history in assists.
Schmidt, a junior, averaged 3.00 kills per set while hitting .324 on the season. Schmidt opened the season as one of the team's starting middle blockers but moved to the right side due to injuries and was even more effective. She was also named as a First Team All-Big West pick and a First Team All-West Region selection.
"Stacey came back from a major knee injury two years ago and it shows the work ethic and time commitment she had to get this award," Gregory said. "We are hoping that she can use it as a springboard for her to lead us next year and be a good role model for all the players coming in."
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Meet Eclipse
You've seen it in the headlines. You know colleagues who use it. Maybe you even gave it a try. These days, most of the Java world seems to talk about it. But what exactly is it?
This article is the first in a series that will take you on a guided tour of Eclipse. With its recent 3.1 release, Eclipse is solidifying its position as one of the most popular Java development environments and broadening its reach into the rich client space. Its developer community is growing rapidly and the momentum behind Eclipse is strong as ever. In this installment, you will look at Eclipse as a project—what technologies it provides, how it is developed, and who participates in the community around it. This will set up the proper context for subsequent installments, which will focus on more specific topics.
To most, Eclipse is an integrated development environment (IDE) for writing Java code. It is open-source and free for anyone to download. It provides everything a good IDE should have: an advanced Java source editor with incremental compilation, application debugging support, support for version control systems, and so on. In fact, over the past few years Eclipse has won numerous awards as the top Java IDE, including a Development Tool of the Year from developer.com. And its user base continues to expand.
Even if you are an Eclipse user, what you may not realize is that it is a lot more than just a Java IDE. Initially, Eclipse started as a tool integration platform. The original Eclipse developers recognized that there is a common set of infrastructure with a potential to be useful not just for a Java IDE, but other integrated development tools as well, regardless of their underlying programming languages. Indeed, today there are Eclipse-based IDEs for developing applications in C/C++, COBOL, PHP, Eiffel, Ruby, and others.
However, after a few initial releases, the developer community quickly realized the potential of using Eclipse technology in contexts other than software development. Its modular architecture and solid extension and customization strategy allowed anyone to create applications not originally anticipated by Eclipse developers. Thus, over the last few releases, Eclipse expanded its focus from being a tool integration platform to a full-fledged rich client platform (RCP). Its various components and frameworks have been refactored in a way that makes it possible to use Eclipse as the foundation for both IDE and non-IDE applications. Today, the list of companies building their products on Eclipse RCP is rapidly growing. Soon, you may find yourself using an Eclipse RCP application, whether you actually realize it or not.
So what exactly does Eclipse provide? What is its architecture? And who develops it? Take a look.
|What's in the Name?
|You may have heard a rumor that IBM selected the name Eclipse specifically to suggest that the new project would obscure, or eclipse, Sun Microsystems and its products. However, whenever you ask one of the original project founders, they'll tell you that the name was selected because at the time, project names starting with an "e" were popular. The word "eclipse" sounded right and so it stuck. In fact, as you can tell from the recent press releases, Eclipse aims to be an industry unifier, rather than the opposite.
Getting Started
The best way to learn about Eclipse is to download the Eclipse SDK, which provides everything necessary to write Java code and even develop Eclipse plugins—the fundamental building blocks of any Eclipse application. Later on, you will take a closer look at just what Eclipse plugins are. Before you start downloading the SDK, please make sure your system satisfies the minimum requirements (see the sidebar). The size of the download is approximately 100 MB.
|Minimum System Requirements
The minimum system requirements of an Eclipse-based product actually depend on the kind and number of plugins that comprise it. Whereas the documentation does not explicitly state it, Eclipse SDK 3.1 will run on a Pentium-class machine with a minimum of 256 MB of RAM (the more, the better, of course; you may succeed with less, but I don't recommend it for a good user experience).
Another important pre-requisite that you must have before you can use Eclipse is a compatible Java Runtime Environment because the Eclipse SDK does not include one. Which specific JRE you should use depends on your hardware platform and operating system, but generally, you need a version 1.4 or later. See the Target Operating Environments section of the Eclipse Project 3.1 Plan for a list of Eclipse Reference Platforms (in other words, platform configurations on which Eclipse SDK 3.1 was explicitly tested and validated).
To download a free copy of the Eclipse SDK, go to the Eclipse Web site at http://www.eclipse.org. The first page you will see aggregates several topics, such as the latest project news, community announcements, and articles. After clicking the downloads link on the left-hand side, you will get a page with links to everything that is available for download. The center column lists all the projects and subprojects; the right-hand column shows Featured and Top-10 downloads. To a newcomer, the sheer number of links may be overwhelming. Luckily, the one we're currently interested in is displayed prominently in bold at the top—Eclipse SDK 3.1. The server makes the best guess as to what platform and operating system you're using, based on the information provided by your browser. Click the link to see a list of Eclipse download mirrors, grouped according to the geographic region they serve. For shortest download times, find the one closest to you. Note that a mirror site may not have the particular file you're trying to download, especially if it has been released only recently. If that is the case, choose the main download site. When you click the corresponding link, your download will begin. Extract the downloaded archive into an arbitrary location in your filesystem. It will create an eclipse directory with the contents of the entire Eclipse SDK. No other files need to be installed or configured.
Figure 1: Typical Eclipse SDK directory layout
Launching the eclipse executable (for example, eclipse.exe in Windows) from the eclipse directory will start the Workbench—the main Eclipse IDE window. First, you will be prompted for the location of your workspace, which is a directory where Eclipse stores your particular preferences, temporary files, and other application-specific data.
Figure 2: Eclipse SDK launch dialogThe dropdown remembers all workspace locations you have previously used with this particular installation. Specify an arbitrary path in your filesystem (for example, the default selection should be just fine) and click OK. The Eclipse Workbench will open up in the Java perspective—a set of views, menus, and toolbars that help you write Java code. On the right-hand side, you will see a Welcome view with information, links, and instructions on how to start using the application. I encourage you to explore the Workbench and especially the well-written and quite comprehensive on-line help, which will, among other things, walk you through creating a Java project. You will explore this particular topic in more detail in the next installment of this series.
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An American sedan with a German badge.
In cutting the Passat's price by some $7000, Volkswagen achieved its biggest cost saving not in the interior (it is still quite nice) or the chassis (which provides a decent ride), but in the powertrain. The base engine in the 2010 model was VW's highly regarded 2.0-liter turbo, which made a hearty 200 hp and 207 lb-ft of torque while returning 22 mpg city and 31 mpg highway. Now we get the old 2.5-liter five-cylinder from the Jetta. Despite having one more cylinder, this is not an upgrade. The five musters only 170 hp and 177 lb-ft of torque, and despite the lower power output, fuel economy is about the same (21/33). For buyers willing to spend a little more, better options exist: the fuel-miserly diesel TDI and the potent 3.6-liter VR6. The turbo-diesel four-cylinder returns an excellent 30/40 mpg with an automatic transmission and delivers power much more enthusiastically than any hybrid does. The VR6 is smooth and vigorous but not as efficient as, say, the turbocharged four-cylinder in the Hyundai Sonata. There's evidence of cost cutting in the interior, but the cabin is still comfortable, attractive, and functional. It is a cavernous space with excellent visibility. The Passat deserves consideration from buyers who previously considered it too small or too pricey.
Ford Fusion
Honda Accord
Hyundai Sonata
Toyota Camry
new for 2013
Volkswagen signaled a new direction with the introduction of the 2012 Passat. There are no significant changes for 2013.
ABS; front, side, and side curtain air bags; tire-pressure monitoring; and traction and stability control are standard. The Passat comes with Volkswagen's Intelligent Crash Response System, which responds to an accident by unlocking the doors, shutting off the fuel pump, and turning on the hazard lights.
High Mileage
Plush ride
Efficient diesel engine
Acres of legroom
Not as sporty as it once was
Interior has lost some of its exclusivity
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The Film Studies Minor seeks to educate students about film in an interdisciplinary context. The goals of this program are to encourage serious consideration of film as an art form, to explore film as a medium of communication, and to examine the power of film in shaping attitudes, values, and our understanding of society and the world.
Courses are designed to provide students with knowledge of techniques of filmmaking process, historical development of film as an institution, film theory, and methods of critical analysis, a curriculum resulting in an awareness of the relationship of film to broader issues within various disciplines.
We invite those with an interest in studying film as a fine art to browse through our website.Thank you for your interest in the Film Studies Minor at East Tennessee State University.
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18-Year-Old Mayor Is Now Running Iowa Town
If you want to find the mayor of Aredale, Iowa, the best place to look is probably the local high school.
That's because 18-year-old Jeremy Minnier, who was elected to the town's highest seat on Tuesday, is still a senior.
But his age obviously wasn't held against him when he beat the incumbent mayor 24 to eight while running as a write-in candidate. That may seem like a low number of votes, but considering Aredale only has 74 total residents it was actually a decent turnout.
In addition to attending school, Minnier works on his family's sheep farm and has a part-time job at Aredale's only restaurant. However, despite his busy scedule, he plans on being a very hands on mayor.
Being the mayor doesn't mean that you just sit back and tell other people what to do," he says. "You gotta be there helping. I'm gonna be sweeping the streets out there with a broom and shovel just like they are."
Right now the biggest issue facing Aredale is that many of the town's septic system aren't up to state code. That sounds like a job for an enthusiastic young mayor who's not afraid to get dirty.


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38-Year-Old Man Nearly Bites Ear Off High School Football Coach
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say a former player attacked a western Pennsylvania high school football coach at his home, biting the coach so badly he needed 60 stitches to repair his ear.
Police and Sharon coach Jim Wildman say they can't explain why 38-year-old Joseph Koscinski barged into the coach's home Sunday.
Wildman says he didn't even realize Koscinski was a former player until police told him the man's name later.
Sharon police Chief Mike Menster says Koscinski was still being treated at a hospital Monday for the attack in Sharon, about 60 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. But he's already in custody and will be charged with aggravated assault and other crimes.
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Candy Land Lincoln
You'd need a big pair and/or a pea brain to dare debut a candy-red custom at Sacramento's Autorama, an historic show whose judges include the inventor of candy-apple paint. To be so ballsy in Joe Bailon's backyard—a region that's produced more customizing legends than anyplace else on earth (Bailon, the Barris boys, Bertolucci, Bagdasarian, DeRosa, Westergard, Winfield, and so on)—is to risk ridicule from the masters, in person. Though the survivors are in their 80s and 90s now, most still manage to make an event that's been making and breaking customizers' careers since 1950. So you can't blame Autorama builders who choose a color—any color—other than candy-apple red.
Less than two months before the show's 63rd edition (covered in Roddin' at Random, pages 10–14), Mike Garner and this 1951 Lincoln were stuck on the side of the road. Car-show glory was the last thing on Mike's mind. He'd known that this old custom, chopped and briefly shown in the mid-'60s, had been wrecked repeatedly, improperly repaired, and parked for years on end, if not decades. "A buddy wanted to unload the car, and I figured I'd just drive it 'til I could flip it," he explains. "The roofline was all right, and the drivetrain was good. Everything else needed fixing." Some butcher had even yanked a fender from a Mercury and tweaked it to fit the big sister's hood, more or less. The latch was badly misaligned. Mike found out the hard way: "On my way home from picking up the car, the hood flew open on the freeway. It folded back onto the roof, crushed the cowl, crunched the firewall, messed up the fenders."
Ironically, that unfortunate Lincoln-Mercury sheetmetal mismatch in early January set off a chain of events that would send a rebuilt Ruby to Sacramento in mid-February. In the steamy heap of bent steel and Bondo, John D'Agostino, Mike's pal and 10-time hall of famer, saw an opportunity to supercharge the launch of their joint venture, Celebrity Kustoms (CelebrityKustoms.com; 209/832-3320). "Thirty-five days before the Sacramento show, Mike said, 'Since we've got to fix the doggone thing, we might as well go for it,'" John recalls. "We knew we had the talent and equipment in-house to build a complete custom. Without that control, it wouldn't have been possible to do one in five weeks."
Yes, some compromises were inevitably accepted in a 'round-the-clock thrash that consumed more than 1,000 man-hours. Mike, a lifelong metal bender and ironworker's son, is anxious to modify the Mustang II front suspension he inherited and swap in a bench seat. John also has some minor tweaks in mind, once fan interest subsides. That teardown may have to wait a while; their Lincoln's trophy-winning debut points to sustained popularity and touring. In Sacramento, West Coast Kustoms bestowed its Outstanding Nostalgia honor onto the five-week wonder. That ballsy color call in Mr. Bailon's own backyard didn't hurt, either. Ruby's sweet candy coating helped earn the coveted Joe Bailon award, an Autorama trophy handcrafted and personally presented by the 90-year-old pioneer.
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MINNEAPOLIS - On the evening of June 7, standout Georgia prep third baseman Travis Demeritte sent out a "tweet" from his Twitter account that sparked jubilation in Columbia, S.C., but consternation in several other cities that Southeastern Conference universities call home.
The tweet simply announced that Demeritte, the nation's top-ranked third base prospect and No. 8-ranked overall prospect from Statham, Ga., had committed to the University of South Carolina, choosing the Gamecocks over several other SEC schools that had reportedly offered a scholarship.
South Carolina has won the last two NCAA Division I College World Series championships, and is back in Omaha this weekend starting a quest for a third straight.
"I feel like that's the best fit for me," Demeritte said on Saturday when asked by Perfect Game about his choice of schools. "The campus is beautiful, the facilities are beautiful, the coaches are great and they know what they're doing with their players. They have a great class coming in and all of those factors really played into my decision."
All the winning the Gamecocks do certainly could have figured into Demeritte's decision, as well. As a member of the East Cobb Baseball organization since early in his youth, Demeritte is certainly used to winning and surrounding himself with the best ballplayers from classes either the same as his (2013) or just a little bit older or a little bit younger.
On Saturday, Demeritte was inside the Metrodome competing in the workout session and the first of three games his PG Steel team will play at the 12th annual Perfect Game National Showcase. Demeritte is one of close to 300 top prospects who will have attended this year's PG National Showcase by the time it ends its five-day run on Monday.
"It means a lot being around the best and I'm glad to know that I'm thought highly of, but I've still got to keep working," Demeritte said Saturday. "I set goals for myself and I set them high so if I do fall, I'm still somewhere I'd like to be. I won't put too much pressure on myself; I'll just let the game go how it goes."
Demeritte is a member of the PG Steel team at the National Showcase, a squad that also includes East Cobb players Cletis Avery, Josh Hart and Nathaniel Maggio. Those three guys joined Demeritte on the roster of the East Cobb Braves 17u team that competed at the 17u/18u Perfect Game-East Cobb Invitational last week in Marietta, Ga.
"It's one of the best programs in the country and we do everything right there," Demeritte said. "There are a lot of expectations there, and you walk around proud with an East Cobb jersey on. There's a little bit of pressure involved playing there but I try not to let that get in the way of my performance."
Demeritte's history with East Cobb Baseball is a long one, especially considering he is only 17 years old. He played in three PG WWBA tournaments in 2009, including the PG WWBA Underclass World Championship with the East Cobb Astros.
In 2010, he played in the PG WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla., with the East Cobb Astros. In 2011 he returned to the PG WWBA Underclass World Championship, this time with the East Cobb Braves, and the PG WWBA World Championship again with the East Cobb Astros.
The Astros team that took to the fields at the Roger Dean Complex in Jupiter last year was basically an underclass team, stocked with prospects from the classes of 2013, 2014 and even 2015. Top-50 2014 prospects Kel Johnson and Handsome Monica were on that squad.
That is just a small sampling of the 16 Perfect Game events Demeritte had attended before arriving at the PG National this week.
"It's been very beneficial playing against some other high talents," Demeritte said of his PG experiences. "When you come to a Perfect Game event you're going to play against the best, so it's been very beneficial."
Demeritte just completed a fine junior season at Winder Barrow High School, hitting .405 with nine home runs and 29 RBIs, according to reports at barrowcountynews.com. He also did some pitching - PG has clocked his fastball at 91 mph - posted a 1.09 ERA with 65 strikeouts in 32 innings of work.
His sophomore season was even more impressive. In the spring of 2011, he hit a team-high 10 home runs and drove in 46 runs while batting .413. During his workout session at the National Friday night, he ran a 6.87 60-yard dash and threw 89 mph across the infield.
Perfect Game ranks Demeritte as the No. 32 overall prospect in next June's 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft and the No. 11 high school senior. All 10 class of 2013 prospects ranked ahead of him are also at the PG National this week.
The 2013 amateur draft is 11 1/2 months away and is not something Demeritte spends a lot of time contemplating, even though his name and "first round" seem to find themselves in the same sentence quite often.
"I try not to think about it," Demeritte said. "That's just a little more pressure to put on myself and I'm just trying to take it one step at a time. Nothing is written in stone; first (round), second, third, whatever, nothing's guaranteed. It could all be taken away from me tomorrow."
Demeritte rests assured in the knowledge that he has done everything he can to put his body of work in the most positive light.
"I'm very satisfied with it," he said. "I know I can still keep working to get better but I'm very happy with where I am right now. I'm very proud of myself."


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The Hope College Great Performance Series will feature the Aquila Theatre with performances of "The Iliad" on Friday, Feb. 13, and "The Comedy of Errors" on Saturday, Feb. 14, both at 7:30 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.
Aquila Theatre has won international praise for its innovative presentations of classic drama and returns to Hope College with two outstanding productions.
Widely acclaimed as one of the greatest works in world literature, "The Iliad," Homer's epic story of the Trojan War, has had a profound influence on every generation since first performed by ancient Greek bards in the Mediterranean more than 2,500 years ago. Described by "The New York Times" as "A performance of staggering power," the Aquila Theatre Company's production of Homer's "Iliad," told in the context of the Normandy invasion of World War II, creates a "stunning, stirring, and memorable" theatrical experience. Nine years after the start of the Trojan War, the Greeks are still unable to defeat their enemy. Agamemnon, the commander, clashes with the best warrior, Achilles, over the division of war-prizes, and is forced to give back the girl Chryseis to her father after Apollo sends a terrible plague. "Backstage" raved, "If you see only one piece of theatre this year - see Aquila's Iliad."
The company's range will be seen the next night when the ensemble turns to William Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors." The plot relates an intricate and energetic story of two pairs of identical twins in the same household separated by a devastating shipwreck. But, as the comedy unfolds, all is not what it seems. Set in the ancient city of Ephesus, the farce includes mistaken identity, assumed personas, hilarious machinations and whimsical family ties. "The New York Times" wrote of Aquila's "The Comedy of Errors": "No one who sees the rousing production by the excellent Aquila Theater Company will forget a whit of it."
Tickets for the performances are on sale at the ticket office in the DeVos Fieldhouse, and for each evening cost $17 for regular admission, $12 for senior citizens, and $6 for children 18 and under. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890.
The ticket office is in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse, which is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets. The Knickerbocker Theatre is located at 86 E. Eighth St.
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Doge's Palace is a gothic palace in Venice. In Italian it is called the Palazzo Ducale di Venezia. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice.
Its two most visible facades look towards the Venetian Lagoon and St Mark's Square, or rather the Piazzetta. The use of arcading in the lower stories produces an interesting "gravity-defying" effect.
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Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
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Oh hi there – how's it going? If you follow me on Twitter, you'll know that for much of the last month or so I've been shooting street style in Europe. From the muddy fields of Glastonbury to the beaches of Corsica, from biking around Paris during couture week on through Brick Lane, London – I hit lots of my personal favorite summer street style hotspots. What you might not know though is that it stays light a lot in the northwesternly bits of Europe in mid-summer…and I'm not talking about Scandinavia…I'm talking about England and France. If it's a clear evening, it's pretty much light out until 10pm…and I was therefore eating dinner later…and meeting friends and stuff…even went swimming in the Mediterranean one night around 9 or 9:30 – because it wasn't dark yet. So I was getting back to my hotel/apt around 2am each night…and I was too tired then to stay up and edit photos. Then…in the mornings…around 10am…I would wake up and look outside and it was mostly amazingly sunny…for like 3 weeks! So I would look out and see people sitting in a park or I would see people on the beach or I would see the Eiffel Tower or something ridiculous like that…and I couldn't bear to sit inside a hotel on a nice day. I'm sure you guys understand what I mean, right?? I mean shooting street style definitely works better in the summer…but editing street style photos definitely works better in like February…when it's gross outside and gets dark at like 4pm. Plus – when possible – I like to give you guys epic posts! Not posting for a week or so is wack…but going out shooting all day long at some cool event and then posting ONE photo seems really wickedy wack.
So anyway…I'm back in NYC now (and the weather is actually really nice here too…and I'm still living in a hotel…and looking out the window) and I want to get started posting some of my photos from Europe! First up – here's everything I shot at Dior couture on July 4th, 2011. Lots more coming soon from July in Europe…plus I'll work in some brand new photos from my daily shooting here in New York of course. I'm heading out to shoot right now in fact…it's a beautiful summer day out…mustn't linger inside too long, you know… xx Mr. Newton
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The rain, the mud, the muck, the sun, the humidity, the music, the fun, the fashion, the love – out among the stylish and the brave at Glastonbury 2011. I'm in Calvi, Corsica this weekend for Calvi On The Rocks (more about that soon!)…and it's really great here…and not muddy…still though, I've been thinking back to the fun that I had last weekend at Glastonbury…and I wanted to share a little photo recap with you guys before moving on to other stuff. I shot these on Saturday and Sunday at Glasto – I hope you like 'em! xx Mr. Newton


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The guy they hired is top notch and he'll be using a giant chunk of Turner's old playbook from last year.
Exactly what I just said......
Yeah. I love it how every single NFL analysist are tripping over Alex losing Norv. What I'm more concerned about is our defense. Yes, we upgraded it considerably. Our secondary got the benefit of the offseason, though Lewis isn't in coverage, but other than Willis, the work on our pass rush is concerning a bit. I'm confident in Lawson, though he had a hard time getting through. I'm sure he'll be fine... probably the conversion from DE to OLB. And honestly... I would rather have Mike Singletary as our d-coordinator over the guy they picked. Yeah... he coached the LB'ing core at San Diego, but still.


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Brown Named "Engineering Student of the Year" Runnerup, May 4, 2001
SOCORRO, N.M., May 4, 2001 -- Rebecca Lynn Brown, a native of Grants who is now a graduating senior majoring in both mathematics and electrical engineering at New Mexico Tech, recently was named the research university's "Engineering Student of the Year" runnerup, an annual award presented by the New Mexico Society of Professional Engineers (NMSPE).
Brown, a graduate of Grants High School, is the daughter of Kenneth and Judy Brown of Grants.
She was selected for the prestigious honor from a field of several outstanding engineering students by an interdisciplinary committee comprised of engineering professors at New Mexico Tech and current officers and members of NMSPE.
Brown is scheduled to graduate next week (May 12) with bachelor of science degrees in both mathematics and electrical engineering with highest honors from New Mexico Tech.
"New Mexico Tech has provided me with a good education and hands-on experience in electrical engineering and mathematics," Brown says. "The small classes have allowed me to get one-on-one
learning from the professors; and the professors at Tech make all the difference because they care about the students."
During the past summer, Brown worked as a research intern in the robotics department at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque.
Brown also has conducted research in robotics at New Mexico Tech, where she was a member of a design team that built a fire-fighting robot which placed eighth overall at last year's International Fire-Fighting Robots Competition. Her senior design project, which was sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories, involved designing and building a wall-crawling robot with an on-board camera and radio communications link.
As an undergraduate at New Mexico Tech, Brown currently serves as president of the student chapter of Tau Beta Phi, the national engineering honor society.
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Aereo Aims to Make Lemonade From Supreme Court's Lemons
Jul 11, 2014 11:45 AM PT
There may yet be life in Aereo.
After the Supreme Court appeared to deliver a death blow to Aereo by ruling its service was unlawful, the company has latched onto a part of the court's decision in an effort to stay alive.
The Supreme Court determined that Aereo flouted copyright rules by retransmitting programming without a license.
Aereo let users watch broadcast TV over the Internet for a monthly fee. Its rationale, according to CEO Chet Kanojia, was that its "cloud-based individual antenna would provide consumers with a convenient way to use an antenna to watch the live, free-to-air signals broadcast over public spectrum that belongs to them."
Aereo's goal was to create a legal way of providing consumers with more flexibility in how to watch TV.
Legal Lifeline
The company tried to use a loophole in the federal 1976 Copyright Act as legal justification for its service, but the Supreme Court disagreed. Yet there was some wording in the court's written decision that gave Aereo a wisp of hope.
While Aereo staunchly argued during its legal battles that it was not a cable company, the Supreme Court said it was"substantially similar" to a cable company and had an "overwhelming likeness" to one, noting that "for all practical purposes" it was the same kind of business.
Aereo has latched onto that characterization. It argued in a letter to a lower court that under the same Copyright Act that condemned it, cable companies are entitled to seek a "compulsory license" for broadcasting content -- and now it wishes to do so.
Joint Letter
A civil suit between Aereo and broadcasters, including ABC, was halted in the lower court pending the Supreme Court decision. The lower court ordered both parties to submit a joint letter laying out the next steps for the litigation following the high court's ruling.
Aereo's new position, as expressed in the letter: "The Supreme Court's holding that Aereo is a cable system under the Copyright Act is significant because, as a cable system, Aereo is now entitled to the benefits of the copyright statutory license pursuant to the Copyright Act. Aereo is proceeding to file the necessary statements of account and royalty fees."
The broadcasters objected to the new strategy, citing Aereo's previous assertions that it was an equipment provider rather than a cable service.
R. David Hosp, a principal in Fish & Richardson, is lead attorney for Aereo. The joint letter was submitted by Bruce P. Keller, a partner in Debevoise & Plimpton, lead attorney for ABC.
The company opted for the approach since the Supreme Court "announced a new and different rule governing Aereo's operations," the letter states. Aereo called for an immediate decision on its eligibility for the license, arguing that its business was in jeopardy. Aereo paused operations temporarily following the Supreme Court decision.
Aereo declined to provide further details.
End of Rope?
"I think it's their only move," said Colin Dixon, founder and principal analyst at nScreenMedia.
"When the broadcasters won as they did, I thought it was a pyrrhic victory, because in the background was this 1976 law, which says that if you're a cable company and you want to distribute local content, that there was a compulsory license that would be exacted on you but which would allow to you carry the local channels," he told the E-Commerce Times.
"I think the law says it's 10 percent of revenue," Dixon continued. "It's not a huge burden. It's not like what the broadcasters are getting from the big cable companies, but I think it's manageable. If [Aereo] were to increase prices slightly, I think they'd be able to cover it."
Being eligible for the license "is almost a slam dunk," he added. "They went into the case saying 'we're not a cable company,' and the Supreme Court said 'yes, you are.' That's the only test, I think. If they're a cable company, they're eligible under this act."
Legal Battles
The company was embroiled in extensive legal battles with media companies after it declined to pay copyright fees to broadcasters for the retransmission of their broadcasts. Aereo maintained that it was doing nothing wrong in the eyes of the Copyright Act. Its business was based on using many micro antennas.
When a customer wanted to view a show, one of those antennas would receive the chosen signal and send it to a dedicated part of a video recorder. It then streamed that content to the user. As each user had an individual antenna and infrastructure for viewing content, Aereo argued that it created many individual performances of a recorded work and no public performances.
However, the Supreme Court ruled against Aereo, saying that the company gave public performances of the plaintiffs' work and thus infringed the broadcasters' rights.
"The television model is broken and needs to be reinvented," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. "I see Aereo continuing to chip away at that broken television model. I don't think this is the end of the Aereo story. I think this is just the end of one chapter. Time for chapter two."
New Regulations
If Aereo is reborn as a cable company, it will be subject to different regulations -- "all of the restrictions and rules on cable companies," nScreenMedia's Dixon noted.
"I don't think those are going to impair it from pursuing the business as broadly as it was before," he added.
"One interesting wrinkle is that the Supreme Court did not say anything at all about the [digital video recorder] portion of Aereo's service, so if they wanted to, I suppose they could continue to operate as a DVR-only service, with time-delay delivery," Dixon pointed out. "I think it's certainly worth paying the 10 percent fee to be able to provide the live channels as well. To continue to pursue the business as they are doing is the only way forward for them, I think."
The new strategy, meanwhile, could have lasting ramifications for other companies attempting to enter the sector, as well as for broadcasters.
"I think what this has done is it has created a way forward for any Internet company that wants to include local broadcasts in their service," Dixon suggested. "It has created the legal framework to do that."
'Bad News' For Broadcasters
"I think this is actually extremely bad news for the broadcasters," Dixon continued.
"What this essentially means is there are going to be loads of little Aereos cropping up -- FilmOn is one example. Anybody that wants to use local broadcasts in a service, and that broadly conforms to Aereo's structure, has a legal basis for doing so, and they can move forward," he explained.
"I think the best option for the broadcasters right now is to start to work to make sure the ads are counted in the overall viewing numbers, so that they get full credit for those ads in negotiations for the sale of those ads," Dixon said.
"I think that's actually something they could have done at the very start with Aereo, but which they didn't because they decided to litigate. Now, I think this is one of the essential things they're going to have to work on. They'll have to work with Nielsen to make sure now that those ads are counted," he emphasized. "Otherwise, they truly do get no credit whatsoever -- all they get is their share of the 10 percent compulsory license fee."


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