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Potentially New Breeding Bird In Kenai Mountains Discovered on Family Hike by Laura Burke
On the third morning of our four-day hike and campout, my husband Toby said "This camping trip is shaping up to be a flop." I didn't disagree. It was windless, humid, and incredibly buggy. Our kids, and possibly even their parents, were short-tempered. Our dog had ripped the fly and some guy lines off a new tent, losing a tent stake in the process.
We were camping along Palmer Creek Road near Hope, one of our favorite destinations for alpine hiking and camping. Determined not to waste this day, we got an early start. After hiking for an hour or so, we were in the alpine tundra, above the hordes of mosquitoes, and flopped down for breakfast. It was the beginning of what, amazingly, turned out to be a very good day.
Daddy brightened everyone's demeanor by uncharacteristically offering chocolate chip cookies after breakfast. The next part of the climb, the steepest and most difficult section, was over a scree field with slippery footing from recent snowmelt. Although it is typically in these steep sections that baby Max usually fusses, lunges, and pulls my hair from his seat on my back, today he was placid and the ascent went without a hitch.
Later we hiked to a big saddle above 3000' where we stopped for lunch and let Max run around. A juvenile Golden Eagle, missing a primary feather, soared overhead. American Pipits nesting nearby flew back and forth with food in their beaks to feed their young.
After lunch we hiked up the mountain to the north of us, knowing from the topographic maps that there was a large plateau at about 3800'. The gravelly, sparsely vegetated plateau was bounded by a snowfield on one side and steep slopes on the others. This is one of the preferred habitat types for Northern Wheatear, a rare alpine breeding thrush on the Kenai Peninsula, which we were hoping to find on this trip. As we hiked we were alert for any bird sounds or movement.
We had encountered some Horned Larks and a family group of American Pipits when another more distant bird became visible. Looking through my binoculars I saw a seven-inch tall sandpiper with a very straight, completely black bill, black legs, and black scaling on the back. Toby was jubilant as he made the identification "Baird's Sandpiper!"
We'd been looking for this sandpiper on the Kenai and Kasilof Flats during spring and fall migration, never quite entertaining the possibility that this bird might breed on the Kenai Peninsula. Yet here one was in windy 40 degree temperatures on a mountaintop in mid-summer. It was in breeding plumage, foraged a few hundred yards away, and repeatedly returned to the area of our original encounter. Though we never saw a mate or young, we suspected from its behavior, plumage, and preferred habitat that this bird likely had a nest or young nearby.
We knew previously that Baird's Sandpipers nested in alpine tundra of the Brooks, Alaska, and northern Aleutian mountain ranges. We were thrilled to have found what was potentially a nesting Baird's Sandpiper on the Kenai Peninsula! This was a significant discovery. Unlike most birds newly discovered to be nesting here, this bird is not one that is expanding its breeding range north and west as our climate warms. Baird's Sandpipers have likely been nesting on the Kenai Peninsula since area glaciers started retreating approximately 18,000 years ago. Yet no one knew that they might be nesting here until now.
After a couple hours, we had to head back down the mountain towards camp. I went to sleep that night thinking of new breeding range maps for Baird's Sandpipers in my field guide, knowing that the Kenai Mountains might someday be included. I was thrilled that we may have made a noteworthy discovery on a family hike.
We had started our hike a bit exasperated. But the appearance of that seven inch long bird high on a windswept mountain changed our perspective on the whole trip. As we drove back towards Hope the next day, we stopped to view other mountains to see if there was potential breeding habitat and if we could feasibly take the family on exploratory hikes up them.
We were looking for high mountains with sizeable plateaus between 3,000' and 4500', with nearby snowfields which the sandpipers prefer in the alpine portions of their breeding range. We consulted our topographic maps for other potential breeding sites as hiking destinations, and were eager to get back in the mountains for further exploration and confirmation of breeding Baird's Sandpipers. We had forgotten about the less than ideal start to our trip, and didn't mind that we hadn't found a Northern Wheatear. The very real possibility of Baird's Sandpipers nesting right here in the Kenai Mountains fueled our imaginations.
In the past three years of backpacking trips in the Kenai Mountains our family has also encountered likely breeding Surfbirds and Wandering Tattlers. Now, a third alpine-nesting shorebird is known to be up in our local mountains. We can't wait to return and provide new information to Alaska ornithologists. If Baird's Sandpipers have nested undiscovered in the Kenai Mountains for thousands of years what other yet undiscovered birds are also breeding here?
It is great to live in a place where so much remains to be explored and discovered.
Laura Burke enjoys exploring the mountains and bird life of the Kenai Peninsula with her husband, refuge biological technician Toby Burke, and their nine children. Check out our Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/kenainationalwildliferefuge.


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The Yale women's and men's swimming teams each notched three victories in less than 24 hours, as they returned from last night's victory at Fairfield to defeat Penn and Dartmouth in New Haven on Saturday afternoon. Both the men's and women's teams won by almost 75 points against each Ivy rival.
The Yale men also opened with diving and with a win as Jeff Lichtenstein won the 3meter event. The men also got first place victories in the 100 Freestyle (Kent Garber), 200 Freestyle (Quinn Fitzgerald), 100 Backstroke (Geof Zann), 200 Fly (Ben Dzialo), 100 Freestyle (Andrew Foss), 200 Back (Zann), 500 Freestyle (Fitzgerald), 100 Fly (Matt Thunell) and 200 IM (Billy Rubenstein). Kieran Locke, Foss, Zann and Fitzgerald ended competition on a sweet note, wining the 400 Free Relay to close the meet. Yale defeated the Quakers 181-107 and the Big Green 233-67.
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Columnist Marc Munroe Dion pays tribute to longtime Herald News copy editor Arthur Jones, who died on Tuesday at age 72.
FALL RIVER — Newsrooms, more so than, say, the Government Accounting Office, have always supported a population of people who, while perfectly competent as reporters and editors, are also ex-professional boxers, women with an encyclopedic knowledge of medieval history, published poets, musicians, professional-grade cooks, novelists, painters and others with a host of extra-journalistic talent.
Arthur Jones, hired as a copy editor in 1985, when The Herald News introduced a Sunday edition, was one of those fellows with the extra-journalistic skills. I sat next to him in the bullpen for a few years. He retired a decade ago and he died this week.
Art, who had a master's degree in education, had taught in a Catholic high school, where, he told me, he was asked to "dress down" by the teaching brothers who ran the place, his buckled suede shoes and silk shirts being rather wild for the day.
He'd newspaper-ed up on Boston, "cutting copy" as they used to call fixing other writers' grammar, shortening stories to fit the pages. He had a delicate touch as an editor and, when I worked with him, he was the best grammarian at The Herald News. He'd worked for the old Boston Herald American and The Boston Herald Traveler, two great papers you can't buy anymore, and he'd cut copy in Quincy, in Brockton and, finally at The Herald News.
You had to know him to know it, but the last half of Art's journalism career was him making his way slowly southward, swinging from one paper to another like Tarzan from vine to vine.
He did this to get closer to Little Compton, where he'd bought a house.
"God's country, my boy," he used to say to me when he talked about Little Compton. "God's country."
He had the newspaperman's respect for cliche, knowing that sometimes a phrase like "God's country" says what a more inventive phrase will not say.
He'd been a hockey goalie in college and, in his 50s, he learned to play the saxophone. He played in a 1950s-style band that performed more than once at Boston's First Night celebration.
He loved The Three Stooges and had an encyclopedic knowledge of old doo-wop music. In the days before the Internet, Art could tell you, without the aid of a reference book, that the Four Deuces recorded a song called "White Port and Lemon Juice" in 1956.
He was full of odd enthusiasms. He loved cribbage and played in a league. I remember his mock anger when he and his partner were beaten, repeatedly and badly, by a pair of elderly ladies who'd been playing together for maybe 50 years.
He had a great love for cats and ran a side business called "Cat Man." The business was Art taking care of your cat when you left town. He always presented "Cat Man" to me as the height of entrepreneurial effort but I think he just liked hanging out with cats.
He was, as they used to say, "tight with a buck," something he admitted freely, and he had a great terror of owing anything to anyone. It's a terror I share.
One Christmas season, a number of years ago, I went out for hot chocolate and foolishly bought Art a cup, too.
"Here ya go," I said when I got back to the office. "I bought you a hot chocolate. Merry Christmas."
"What do I owe you?" Art said, reaching into his pocket.
I wouldn't take the money, insisting the hot chocolate was a Christmas gift. We fought about it for a while, though not seriously and not for long.
The next day, Art walked into the office with a paper bag containing a 40-ounce bottle of Midnight Dragon Ale, a particularly foul but inexpensive brew purchased only by Art and by people whose bedroom is the sidewalk.
"Here ya go," he said. "Merry Christmas."
It was awful stuff.
And he told me one day in the office that, if I noticed a little tremor in his hands, it was the beginnings of Parkinson's disease and not to tell anyone.
He took early retirement and, last week, he died.
And I wrote this column about him. It's the last gift, the one he won't be able to pay back.
Marc Munroe Dion's "Side Streets" column draws on his knowledge of the area and his affection for the city where he was born. It's about people and places and history and the voice that comes only from one corner of southeastern Massachusetts.


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Nov. 1, 2010
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The Schedule
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara vs. UC Riverside (2-23, 0-9)
at UCSB's Thunderdome (6,000)
Series record vs. the Highlanders - 24-0
Streak - Won 24
Last time out vs. the Highlanders - W, 3-0 (10/24/09)
Match broadcast live on KCSB 91.9 FM and streaming online at kcsb.org
Live stats available via Gametracker
Match streaming live via BigWest.TV
Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara vs. Cal Poly (18-7, 8-4)
at UCSB's Thunderdome (6,000)
Series record vs. the Mustangs - 41-23
Streak - Won 1
Last time out vs. the Mustangs - W, 3-2 (10/9/10)
Live stats available via Gametracker
Match streaming live via BigWest.TV
V is For Vargas
Senior setter Dana Vargas ranks 44th nationally - and fourth in the Big West - with her average of 10.69 assists per game and the 2009 All-American keeps climbing the school's all-time assists charts. With 4,486 career assists, Vargas ranks third all-time at UCSB. She is on pace to surpass 1,000 assists in a season (she's currently at 962) for the third time in her career. In conference play Vargas has been even sharper, handing out 11.24 assists per set, which is tied for third among conference players. The Seal Beach, Calif. native has posted 10 double-doubles this season and is fifth on the Gauchos with a 2.42 digs per set average, which would be a career-high. Her previous best was a 2.15 dig per set average she tallied during her freshman season.
Char Broiler
Senior outside hitter Charlene DeHoog enjoyed her 14th match this season in which she recorded double-digit kills with a team-high 12 on Saturday vs. Long Beach State. It was the 13th time she's led the team in kills. DeHoog ranks eighth in the Big West with her 3.13 kills per set average and her 2.70 digs per set are second on the team. The senior has a team-high 957 attacks this season, which are already a career high and could place her in the single-season top-10 by season's end. Currently Maria Reyes occupies the No. 10 spot with 1,303 attempts in 1990. DeHoog is averaging 3.05 kills per set and 2.88 digs per set in conference play.
Stacey Schmidt Swings, Swats and Serves
Junior opposite/middle blocker Stacey Schmidt has been the team's best attacker in conference play, averaging 3.26 kills per set, which is sixth in the conference, and a .272 hitting percentage, which ranks her seventh. Overall, Schmidt is averaging 3.04 kills per set, which is 10th in the Big West, while hitting .309, which has her ranked seventh in the conference. On Tuesday night, Schmidt should set career-highs in both kills and attempts as she is currently five kills short of her career-best and 15 attempts shy of her previous best, both of which were set last season. The Huntington Beach, Calif. native has also been a force at the net, leading the Gauchos with her 74 total blocks - an average of 0.82 per set. Schmidt's 21 service aces also lead the team.
RPI Report
UCSB is No. 53 in the latest NCAA Ratings Percentage Index, down two spots from last week. UCSB is the third-highest Big West team behind Long Beach State at No. 23 and Cal State Fullerton at No. 30. Both of those teams are receiving votes in the AVCA Top-25 poll.
We Dig It Here
As a team UCSB is averaging 15.88 digs per set, which is third in the conference while the team's 17.36 dig per set average in conference play puts them on top of all the other Big West teams. UCSB has five players averaging over 2.40 digs per set this season.
A Sherr Thing
Kara Sherrard has been a very pleasant surprise for the Gauchos this season. Taking the place of Leah Sully, who tore her anterior cruciate ligament in the first match of the season, Sherrard is third on the team in kills and digs. The Lancaster, Calif. native has recorded double-digit kills in five of her past seven matches and nine or more digs in seven straight. The redshirt freshman is averaging 2.34 kills per set (2.95 in conference action) and 2.67 digs per set (2.81 in Big West play) while tallying seven double-doubles.
Dig Dug
Freshman Kelly Heenan has recorded double-digit digs in 14 straight matches and 18 of her past 19 matches overall. The Gauchos' libero is averaging 3.76 digs per set overall this season, which is seventh in the Big West and an impressive 4.36 in conference play, which is sixth in the Big West. The Costa Mesa, Calif. native has led UCSB in digs in 17 of 24 matches this season.
Win One for the Kipper
Senior Kasey Kipp is enjoying her most effective season over her career. Kipp is hitting at a .303 clip, which ranks her eighth in the Big West. That is easily her best in a season after hitting a previous-high .260 last year. The middle blocker from Newport Beach, Calif. is averaging 1.70 kills per set - fifth on the team - which would also be a career-high and she is tallying a UCSB-high 0.91 blocks per set.
`Dome Sweet `Dome
After finishing last season 11-1 in the friendly confines of the Thunderdome, UCSB plays four in a row at home and is 3-1 in the `Dome this season. UCSB's all-time record in the Thunderdome is 224-67 (.770).
The Pursuit of Perfection
Tuesday night's opponent, UC Riverside, has never defeated the Gauchos. UCSB is a perfect 24-0 against the Highlanders. Since joining the Big West in 2001, UCR has only won three sets against the Gauchos over that time.
Third is Not The Word
The Gauchos have had a tough time in three-set matches this season and in the third set, period. UCSB is just 4-8 in three-set matches and is only 8-16 in the third set this season (see chart, left).
In Her Sights
UCSB's legendary head coach, Kathy Gregory, is fourth all-time amongst active Division I coaches with 844 victories. Gregory is also one of just five active coaches in women's volleyball history to coach at least 1,200 matches.
Five Alive
Five UCSB players - DeHoog, Heenan, Chelsey Lowe, Schmidt and Vargas - have seen court time in all of the Gauchos' 90 sets this season.
LiLo is Not Lindsay Lohan, but Lily Lopez
Junior middle blocker Lily Lopez has been solid this season, averaging 1.67 kills per set (1.72 in Big West action) and 0.69 blocks per set (0.66 in conference matches). Those numbers are close to the career-highs she set a season ago when she had 1.80 kills and 0.80 blocks per set.
Stay in Touch With the Gauchos
UCSB players are frequently updating Gaucho fans about the team through the school's website - UCSBgauchos.com, or by clicking here. Defensive specialist Katie Ring will regularly write in her "Ring it On" blog and libero Chelsey Lowe provides constant Twitter updates. Follow her at twitter.com/ucsbvolleyball.
The Intercollegiate Athletics Ticket Office has two parking spaces adjacent to the building and is now open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., making it easier than ever for fans to purchase tickets. The two parking spots, designated specifically for the Ticket Office, are also available during weekday hours, which are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The Gaucho Fund, launched as part of the Dare to Be Great strategic plan, is UCSB Athletics' annual giving program to provide vital funding support for scholarships, academic success and leadership development for Gaucho student-athletes. The Gaucho Fund is the anchor to the Dare to Be Great campaign.
GKids is the official kids club of UCSB Athletics. Members receive a free GKids t-shirt, free admittance to tons of Gaucho games, opportunities to be ball boys and girls at games, a special birthday greeting from Olie (the GKids mascot) and much, much more! For more information on GKids, or to become a member, please click here.


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For a broker whose life cycle is controlled by the Application Server, the log files are located in a subdirectory of the domain directory for the domain for which the broker was started:
The log files are simple text files. The system maintains nine backup files named as follows, from earliest to latest:
log.txt log_1.txt log_2.txt … log_9.txt
By default, the log files are rolled over once a week. You can change this rollover interval, or the location or names of the log files, by setting appropriate configuration properties:
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To change the root name of the log files from log to something else, set the imq.log.file.filename property.
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(Phoenix, Ariz. – June 28, 2005) Attorney General Terry Goddard today called on Tucson based CardSystems Solutions, Inc., to immediately notify any Arizona consumers whose information may have been stolen following a recent security breach.
Goddard joined 44 state attorneys general as well as the attorneys general representing the District of Columbia, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Rico in a letter calling for notification.
CardSystems, a credit card processing company, recently experienced a security breach of nonpublic personal information affecting as many as 22 million Visa-branded cards and 14 million MasterCard-branded cards. The company notified Visa and MasterCard in late May; most consumers affected, however, have yet to be notified. Only California has a state law that requires companies to notify residents of a security breach.
The letter references a recent report that CardSystems may have violated provisions of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, a set of security requirements for merchants and payment processors that includes implementing strong access-control measures, regularly monitoring and testing networks, and maintaining an information security policy.
"Violating the security standards is unacceptable," Goddard said. "Arizona consumers could be doing everything right and still be identity theft victims because of corporate ID theft incidents that have occurred over the last six months. CardSystems should do the right thing in this case and start notifying all affected consumers."
The letter asked CardSystems Solutions to provide the following to participating attorneys general:
- A total number of consumers impacted by this security breach in each state;
- An explanation of how the breach occurred and steps the company is taking to mitigate the consumer injury caused by the breach, including efforts to notify affected consumers;
- An outline of the plan CardSystems Solutions, Inc. has developed to prevent another security breach; and
- A timeline to implement the plan.
According recent news accounts, the breach at CardSystems Solutions became public on June 17, when MasterCard International announced that computer hackers had accessed the account numbers of 13.9 million of its cardholders.
Goddard suggested that consumers worried about the breach may consider ordering a credit report to check for any suspicious activity. Arizona consumers can now get a free annual credit report from all three credit reporting agencies under a new Federal Trade Commission rule. Consumers may want to order the three reports over a period of several months so they can better follow their credit records.
To obtain the free reports, consumers can call 1-877-322-8228, order online at www.annualcreditreport.com or complete the Annual Credit Report Request Form, available at www.ftc.gov/credit, and mail it to: Annual Credit Report Request Service, P.O. Box 105281, Atlanta, GA 30348-5281.
Others signing the letter include Attorneys General of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhodes Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Rico.
A copy of the letter sent to CardSystems Solutions, Inc. is attached. For more information please visit the Arizona Attorney General's Office Web site at www.azag.gov.


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Richard Brooks was born about 1730 in either England or Virginia. In 1754, he and his brother Thomas were mentioned in a survey to divide the land of their father Jonathan Brooks in Kingston Parish, Gloucester Co., VA. He and his family stayed in Virginia until the 1780s. I first saw Richard Brooks in Caswell County, North Carolina in 1788 when he purchased 400 acres of land from George Barker. I have posted more information on Richard Brooks here.
Richard's brother Thomas Brooks was my ancestor. He had moved from Virginia to North Carolina a few years before Richard. Thomas was found in Orange County, North Carolina in 1773 (Orange was the parent county of Caswell) when he purchased land. I have not yet found Thomas' will (he died in Caswell County, North Carolina in 1819) . But I did find Richard's will and it is posted below. If you are connected to this family, I would love to hear from you. Please leave a comment below or email me at ginger. reney at gmail.com.
The will of Richard Brooks was obtained from the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information on locating wills and ordering copies from the North Carolina State Archives, check out my Looking for Wills at the North Carolina State Archives – Updated post.
The following will was found in the Caswell County Series of Original Wills, 1771-1927, box no. 1 Call no. 020.801.1.
Looking for more information? Want to know who bought Richard's kitchen dishes? Well, unfortunately, although he wrote a will, I did not find an estate file for him in the loose papers at the Archives. This doesn't mean proceedings of his estate were not copied in a bound volume (check out the FamilySearch bound Probate Records here) To see a list of all available Brooks family Estate files in Caswell County, North Carolina, click here.
Summary of Will:
Written: October 3rd, 1789
Wife: Ann (Ann's will can be found here)
William Bird Brooks (under 21)
Elizabeth "Betsy" Brooks
Frances Armstead Brooks
John Brooks
Ann Smith Graves
Executor: wife Ann and son in law Solomon Graves
Witness: W. F. Smith and Israel Barker
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The original images are 16″ wide and were scanned in two pieces and then stitched back together using Microsoft PowerPoint software. There were 4 pages total which I have shown below.
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In the Name of God Amen, I Richard Brookes of the County of Caswell and state of North Carolina, Being in a low state of health, but of perfect sense and memory thanks be to Almighty God for the blessing. But taking into Consideration the shortness and Uncertainty of this Transitory Life, and that it is appointed for all Men once to die, do make Constitute and ordain this my last will and Testament to be peformed, In manner and form following that is to say first and Principally I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it me and my body to the Earth from whence it was taken to be Buried in Decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors whom I shall hereafter nominate and appoint – and unto such worldly goods as it hath pleased Almighty God to bless me in this life with I Give Dimiss and Depose of the same in Manner and form following and first my Desire is that all my Lawful Debts be paid, ….
Item; I lend to my Beloved Wife Ann Brookes, the Land and Plantation whereon I now live, with one third part of the rest of my Estate both real and personal, during her natural life or Widowhood, and at her Death or Intermarriage to be Equally Divided among my four youngest children (to Wit) William Bird Brookes, Betsy Brookes, Frances Armisted Brookes, and John Brookes, Excepting the land and plantation whereon I now live, which at my wifes death or Intermarriage I leave to be Equally divided between my two sons to Wit, William Bird Brookes and John Brookes and their heirs.
Item; I give and bequeath to my Daughter Ann Smith Graves one negro woman named Hannah, and one Negro boy named John,
Item, I leave all the remaining part of my Estate in the hands of my wife until my son William Bird Brookes shall arrive to the age of twenty one years and then to be equally divided among my four youngest children to Wit, William Bird Brookes, Betsy Brookes, Frances Armsted Brookes, and John Brookes. Except my Wife should Intermarry before my son William Bird Brookes arrives to the age of Twenty one years and then and in that case my will and Desire is that the division should be made at her intermarriage.
Lastly I appoint my beloved wife Ann Brookes and my son in law Solomon Graves, Whole and sole executrix and Executor of this my last will and Testament to be performed. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed my seal this third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty Nine.
Signed sealed published and Declared in presents of
W. Smith, Jurat
Israel Barker, Jurat
Signed Richard Brookes
Soloman Graves Qualified Executor
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Arlene Isabelle Friestad, 90, of Berrien Springs, died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 19, at Pioneer Memorial Church, on the campus of Andrews University. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the time of the service. Friends may also visit with the family from 6–8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 18, at Allred Funeral Home. Online messages may be left at www.allredfuneralhome.com. Burial will be at 2 p.m. CST on Saturday afternoon at the Ottawa Avenue Cemetery, Ottawa, Ill.
Arlene was born August 30, 1920, in Marseilles, Ill., the daughter of Fred and Isabelle (Peterson) Friestad. She graduated from Broadview Academy in Illinois, went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Emmanuel Missionary College (now Andrews University) in 1945, and later did graduate studies at Andrews University and Indiana University. She was secretary to the president of EMC from 1945–1949, and a secretarial instructor from 1951–1954. She was selected Alumnus of the Year by Broadview Academy in 1961, and by Andrews in 1975.
Arlene began her career as dean of women at Broadview Academy, where she served the 1950–1951 school year. She became dean of women at EMC in 1954 and served until her retirement in 1985. During her career, she was dean to over 6,000 women and presented over 5,000 worship talks to "her girls." She was loved and revered by all who met her.
Survivors include two sisters—Delores Prokupek of DeKalb, Ind., and Margery Taggart of Minneapolis, Minn.; eight nieces and nephews who loved and adored her—Wayne Friestad of Orlando, Fla.; Gary Friestad of St. Helena, Calif.; Barbara Brown of Calistoga, Calif.; Craig Prokupek of DeKalb; Trudy Sirany, Todd Taggart, Rhonda Ravell and Georgia Zachman, all of Minneapolis; cousin, Robert Boisso of Darien, Ill.; and her dear friend and caregiver, Darlene Weaver of Berrien Springs.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Stanley and Francis Friestad.
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A bird strike has once again endangered a plane flying near LaGuardia Airport -- an incident that recalls the near-disaster celebrated as "The Miracle on the Hudson."
Fortunately once again, the pilot in today's bird-struck plane also managed to land his without anyone getting hurt.
The aircraft, American Airlines Flight 1256 from Miami to LaGuardia, was just about to touch down when the pilot reported a bird strike. One bird struck the front landing gear of the plane at about 1200 feet, causing hydraulic fluid to leak from the Boeing 737-800, according to American Airlines.
None of the 140 people -- 135 passengers and 5 crew -- on board were hurt. The passengers hadn't known a bird struck the plane until they were safely on the ground, the airline said.
The aircraft had to be towed to the gate after it reported trouble with the nose gear.
New York City attempted to reduce the danger of bird strikes this month by rounding up thousands of them to be gassed. The six-week plan seeks to trap Canada geese during their molting season, when they can't fly, which has outraged some animal-rights activists. But the mayor has said the city hasn't found any other effective means of controlling the goose population.
Bird strikes have been a hot topic since a flock of migrating Canada geese collided with US Airways Flight 1549 in January, killing the thrust in both engines and sending the just-airborne craft on a collision path with the Hudson River. Pilot Chesley Sullenberger miraculously landed the aircraft safely on the water and all 155 people on board survived.
At a recent National Transportation Safety Board hearing on Flight 1549's emergency water landing, witnesses said there was nothing the airport could have done to prevent the collision that brought down the plane.
The airliner was climbing at about 2,800 feet and was nearly five miles away from the airport when it struck the birds. Airports don't have much ability to control birds and other wildlife beyond their property boundaries, experts said.
Experts on bird-plane collisions told the board that LaGuardia has significantly reduced bird strikes on or near the airport in recent years, partly by killing geese on nearby Rikers Island. There were 87 reported strikes near LaGuardia last year. Most caused no damage.


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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
These fellas get extra credit
So +1s go to the following players for already being at camp:
Matt Lindstrom
Jeff Keppinger
Jeff Fulchino
Jason Castro
Humberto Quintero
Brian Esposito
Casey Daigle
Gary Majewski
Lou Santangelo
Wladimir Sutil
6 comments:
- tpack said...
Most disappointing omission: J.R. Towles.
After seeing all those other catchers already there (Lou Santangelo!?!), gotta wonder why J.R. didn't make it. Probably doesn't help that everyone has anointed Castro the next C1 leaving Towles out in the cold.
- February 17, 2010 at 7:57 AM
Good point tpack.
And further... what else are you gonna do anyway? It's cold, your family (if you have one) is probably working and/or school. If your dream is to play pro ball one day (or become a starter, or become an established pro, or make more money, or whatever), shouldn't you be out in Florida a little early?
- February 17, 2010 at 8:32 AM
I was really hoping to see Paulino's name in that list.
- February 17, 2010 at 9:22 AM
- The Constable. said...
+1 to tpack
- February 17, 2010 at 9:56 AM
Hasn't Paulino been working out pretty rigidly the whole time anyway? If he's in Houston working out or Florida working out, at least he's getting work in somewhere.
- February 17, 2010 at 11:32 AM
- The Constable. said...
And +1 to Sides. Paulino has apparently dropped a lot of weight, and has been working out hard all off-season.
- February 17, 2010 at 12:04 PM


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A friend shared the blog post entitled "You love gay people? That's great. Prove it."
I felt this needed a counter-post.
You see, when I was in college many years ago, I had a girlfriend whose roommate was best friends with "David" and "Jonathan", a gay couple she had met through the university's theater program. I was actually interested in being friends with these two men because of our shared interest in all things Shakespeare and theater.
They quickly realized that I was dedicated to the Christian faith, including living the law of chastity.
(To be clear, the law of chastity, by Biblical definition, prescribes abstinence from sex before marriage and complete fidelity after marriage. It proscribes homosexual behavior of any kind, either before or after a marriage. The Bible also clearly teaches that there is no such thing as homosexual "marriage". Those behaviors are an abomination to the Lord, even though He loves each and every person, heterosexual or homosexual, who struggles against the temptation to commit those behaviors.)
As soon as it dawned on them what type of Christian I was, "David" began to hurl at me every kind of tale of sexual conquest and activity that both he and Jonathan engaged in regularly. These conversations made me uncomfortable, and, trying not to offend directly, I made attempts using my body language and facial expressions, as well as changing the subject frequently, to indicate that I was not interested in hearing about their private sexual lives.
I mean, let's think about it from a strictly hetero perspective. If I came to a party at your house, and we're all having a good time watching some movie or whatnot, and I start telling you the intimate details of my relationship with my wife, wouldn't you be a little uncomfortable?
Apparently there are some who believe those rules of decorum do not apply to gay people. And, apparently, I have bad luck, because with the exception of three individuals (two co-workers and a cousin), every time I have come in contact socially with one or more homosexuals, and they happen discover my affinity for the Christian faith and set of morals (I don't push it into their faces, but I don't hide it, either), they literally cannot help but engage in trying to shock my sensibilities with lurid details of their sex lives.
So, can I help it if I sometimes feel a little justified in responding by pointing out that certain choices and behaviors are not pleasing to God? Should I have to refrain from doing so, when such an obvious courtesy from the other side is not forthcoming?
Look. Even though we don't agree about God's purpose for sexuality (or maybe that there even is a God) in the name of your god of tolerance, can we not agree to disagree and just try to have civil conversations in mixed company? You respect my spiritual turf, and I'll respect your sexual turf. If you really want religion out of your bedroom, then please don't feel it appropriate to force your sexual proclivities into my cathedral. Sound good?
So, without further ado:
Support my rights. Yes, I have them just as much as you have them. I am a human being worthy of dignity just as you are.
Stick up for me, even when I'm not around. Debates about whether there's a God and whether He cares about one's sexual behaviors? I'm totally up for a discussion. If I'm not there, feel free to have that discussion with your friends. That's totally your right! But, if you start bashing me because of my religion (whether I'm within earshot or not), isn't your tolerance becoming intolerance? At least say "I don't agree with my heterosexual friend, but I respect his right to believe as he does." That's always a good way to make your point without coming across as a gossip…or a jerk.
Invite me to dinner. I do love the non-sexual topics and lively and witty banter that gay people tend to have with each other. I am a fan of "old" Broadway, theater, literature, cooking, and many other topics that (perhaps stereotypically) are interests attributed in pop culture to gays. I even like to paint my wife's nails (I've always loved fine painting detail work since I began to have an interest in building model aircraft as a kid). Just… please… PLEASE… leave your bedroom habits out of it. At least until I've finished eating and have my hat and coat in hand to head home for the evening. I promise to supply the same courtesy, m'kay?
Take an interest in my life and relationship. Yes, I'm a straight male committed to a female spouse. I have five kids. I would love to talk about them with you and tell you of my triumphs and defeats in raising said kids. Last I checked, that was not a hate crime and is still an acceptable topic of polite conversation in mixed company.
Ask me about my experiences as a straight person. On second thought, no. Please don't. That's a subject I close off to everyone except my wife. I'm not interested in sharing our bedroom life with anyone else. Besides, I am much more than my sexual behaviors. So are you.
Learn the language I use for myself, and use it. I don't call myself a "breeder", so please don't call me that (even behind my back). It's insulting and hurtful. Just as the f—– word is offensive to you.
Get involved in causes religious people care about. A while back, a group of atheists calling themselves the "church of the flying spaghetti monster" and a group of Mormons got together on Kiva.org and had a friendly competition to see which group could lend the most money to people in third-world nations. Guess what? We all had a lovely time and got along with each other! Sure, there were a few jerks (there always are in any large, mixed group), but we were able to do more good together than separately. The winners were true tolerance and the people to whom we lent money to better their economic situation.
Instead of asking me to join you in settings where you're most comfortable, look for opportunities to join me in settings where I'm most comfortable. I'm happy to join you in any activity that doesn't involve sexual behavior outside of my committed hetero marriage. That leaves a whole wide world of possibilities of interests and activities in which we share (or don't share) an interest. And, if I turn you down for any reason, it's not because I "hate gays". I'm just not interested. For my own reasons. Please respect that. Likewise, don't be offended if I invite you to come to church with me. Church is important to me just as your activities and hobbies and interests are important to you. Don't feel obligated or put-upon. At least just consider the invitation as being bona fide and extended with the hand of friendship. If you don't want to attend, no big deal. I'll still be your friend.
Be the gay person in my life who doesn't hurl sexual escapade descriptions and anti-heterosexual rants at me to get a reaction. Really. Please. It's not necessary and only damages your credibility on tolerance. It makes it seem to me (and other Christians) that there really is a gay agenda of payback and retaliation for perceived and real grievances. The world doesn't need payback and retaliation. It needs love and forgiveness.
We can agree on that, right?


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Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change
Research Highlights
April 2014
Looking at Clouds from All Sides Now
Merging cloud and precipitation radar data provides a better view of tropical rain clouds
In the tropics, large thunderstorm clouds can grow into huge towers that flatten at the lower boundary of the stratosphere and form an anvil shape. This image, taken from the International Space Station over western Africa in 2008, shows the three-dimensional and multi-layered nature of these cloud systems. Photo courtesy of NASA's Earth Observatory. Enlarge Image.
Results: Filling a gap in the picture of tropical clouds, a research team led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory combined two views of clouds in the tropical Indian Ocean. Using collocated precipitation and cloud radar measurements, they developed a seamless dataset that represents the full spectrum of tropical clouds. This dataset holistically describes all cloud types in the tropics, including heavily precipitating clouds, permitting a clearer picture of their influence on the climate.
"Our ability to observe heavy rain clouds in the tropics has always been limited by the cloud radar system," said Dr. Zhe Feng, atmospheric scientist at PNNL. "We filled in the gaps by merging—for the first time—two sets of data into one for improved understanding of tropical clouds."
Why It Matters: Whether it's a downpour in Dallas or a snow storm in St. Louis, most of the world's precipitation originates in the tropics. Tropical storm clouds have been called the engines of the climate, so scientists want to understand how they form and influence the complex physical phenomena that move water and heat through the atmosphere. Cloud and precipitation radar instruments installed and operated by the U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility located in the tropics take continuous measurements of clouds. The research detailed in this paper plugged some gaps in the cloud data, providing a more complete view for future cloud research.
Methods: Observing heavily precipitating clouds, abundant in the tropics, has always been limited by the cloud radar measurement system, creating gaps when tropical storm clouds occur. Researchers from PNNL, Texas A&M and the National Center for Atmospheric Research compared collocated measurements obtained from a scanning precipitation radar and a vertically pointing cloud radar during ARM's ACRF Madden-Julian Oscillation Investigation Experiment (AMIE) field campaign. Their research characterized the strengths and weaknesses of both systems in detecting a variety of cloud types. When heavily precipitating clouds occur, the cloud radar signals are weakened and failed to penetrate to the cloud top. Precipitation radar profiles filled in the gaps, creating continuous profiles of both precipitating and non-precipitating clouds. The new dataset improves the representation of the retrieval of cloud microphysics and radiative heating rates in all sky conditions.
This data product (http://www.arm.gov/data/pi/71) has already been used in the research community to improve understanding of tropical convection, which is a major source of uncertainty in all climate models.
What's Next? The new dataset is being used by scientists at PNNL and the scientific community to study the co-evolution of moisture and clouds in the tropics, which will improve fundamental understanding of tropical convective clouds and the climate system.
Sponsor: The U.S. Department of Energy's Biological and Environmental Research, Atmospheric System Research Program supported this research.
Research Team: Zhe Feng, Sally McFarlane, Jennifer Comstock and Nitin Bharadwaj, PNNL; Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M University; and Scott Ellis, National Center for Atmospheric Research. McFarlane is currently affiliated with the U.S. Department of Energy Biological and Environmental Research.
User Facility: ARM Climate Research Facility
Research Area: Climate & Earth Systems Science
Reference: Feng Z, SA McFarlane, C Schumacher, S Ellis, J Comstock, and N Bharadwaj. 2014. "Constructing a Merged Cloud-Precipitation Radar Dataset for Tropical Convective Clouds during the DYNAMO/AMIE Experiment at Addu Atoll." Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, early online. DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00132.1


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- Farnborough airshow is one of the biggest gatherings of the airline industry
- The show is organized biennially, alternating with the Paris airshow
- Its history can be traced back to the beginnings of aviation development
The Farnborough airshow attracts exhibitors and visitors from all around the world and is at the heart of developments in the aviation industry.
Its runways in Hampshire, England have witnessed many aerospace engineering milestones - including the showcase of the first jet airliner, debut of Concorde and the unveiling of the Typhoon combat aircraft.
Initially held every year, Farnborough has been organized biennially since the 1960s, alternating with Paris in hosting the airshow.


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Reviewed by Aaron H. (age 11)
Left Behind>The Kids< is a wonderful book. I like this book because it is an "on the edge of your seat" book. The characters I like are Lionel and Judd because I would do the same things they do. Lionel especially reminds me of myself because I lie sometimes too. However, Lionel and I both learn from our mistakes. This is the first book in a series and has a lesson to be learned. That lesson is the need to believe in God.
I would recommend this book to a Christian, or anyone who wants to learn about God.


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'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' Gets the 'Honest Trailer' Treatment
It might seem like this video is a bit overdue. As the narrator of the video says, though, "five years later and I still want a refund." The movie so bad 'South Park' likened watching it to being sexually abused, 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' is getting the Honest Trailer treatment from Screen Junkies. On the one hand, it's painfully funny and accurate. On the other hand, thanks for reminding us that this movie exists. Jerks.


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Attention ALL Swinfields
We have at last arranged the first ever and long-awaited SWINFIELD GATHERING. It will take place in September 2013! Whoever can come, you will all be most welcome to be there.
The date and place will be Sunday, 22nd September, at the SirJohn Moore Foundation, Top Street, Appleby Magna, Leicestershire DE12 7AH. Our thanks must go to Sandra Bates who has found us such a lovely venue which is within very easy reach of where the majority of Swinfields live.
|Sir John Moore Foundation
The event will be FREE but we would hope that we will raise enough in donations on the day to cover the cost of hiring this great venue. Their cafe should be open for us to purchase light refreshments.
We will be there from 12 noon to 6 pm. We would love to see you for the whole afternoon or you can just drop in to see us at any time. It will be a great chance to meet up with lots (I hope!) of other Swinfields. They will be your close and your rather distant cousins. Some you will know and others will be long-lost relatives.
|A Swinfield family gathering in Australia
What a photo opportunity it will be too. Try to be there.
Put it in your diary NOW!
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14th Dalai Lama, also called Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, or Tenzin Gyatso, original name Lhamo Dhondup, (born July 6, 1935, Tibet), title of the Tibetan Buddhist monk who was the 14th Dalai Lama but the first to become a global figure, largely for his advocacy of Buddhism and of the rights of the people of Tibet. Despite his fame, he dispensed with much of the pomp surrounding his office, describing himself as a "simple Buddhist monk."
It is a tenet of Tibetan Buddhism (which traditionally has flourished not only in Tibet but in Mongolia, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and other parts of India and China) that highly advanced religious teachers return to the world after their death, motivated by their compassion for the world. (See Dalai Lama: A Call to Compassion.) At the time of the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950, there were several thousand of these teachers, often referred to in English as "incarnate lamas" (the term in Tibetan is sprul sku, which literally means "emanation body"). The most important and famous of these teachers was the Dalai Lama, whose line began in the 14th century. The third incarnation, named Bsod-nams-rgya-mtsho (1543–88), was given the title of Dalai Lama ("Ocean Teacher") by the Mongol chieftain Altan in 1580. His two previous incarnations were posthumously designated as the first and second Dalai Lamas. Until the 17th century the Dalai Lamas were prominent religious teachers of the Dge-lugs-pa sect (commonly called Yellow Hats), one of the four major sects of Tibetan Buddhism. In 1642 the fifth Dalai Lama was given temporal control of Tibet, and the Dalai Lamas remained head of state until the flight of the 14th Dalai Lama into exile in 1959. It is said that the previous incarnations of the 14th Dalai Lama extend not only to the previous 13 but further back into Tibetan history to include the first Buddhist kings (chos rgyal) of the 7th, 8th, and 9th centuries. All the Dalai Lamas and these early kings are considered human embodiments of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion and the protector of Tibet.
Life in Tibet
The 13th Dalai Lama died in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, on December 17, 1933. According to custom, executive authority was given to a regent, whose chief task was to identify and educate the next Dalai Lama, who would typically assume control at about the age of 20. After consulting various oracles, the regent sent out search parties to locate the child. One party made its way to Amdo, in the far northeast region of the Tibetan cultural domain, where it encountered a young boy named Lhamo Dhondup, the son of a farmer. After passing a number of tests (including the selection of personal items that had belonged to the 13th Dalai Lama), he was proclaimed the next Dalai Lama. He and his family were then held for ransom by a powerful Chinese warlord. The ransom was paid by the Tibetan government, and the child and his family made the long trip to Lhasa, where he was enthroned on February 22, 1940.
Ordained as a Buddhist monk, the young Dalai Lama moved (without his family) into the vast Potala Palace (the residence of the Dalai Lamas and the seat of Tibetan government), where he began a rigorous monastic education under the tutelage of distinguished scholars. Affairs of state remained, however, in the hands of the regent, who preserved Tibet's neutrality during World War II. Although removed from international affairs, the Dalai Lama learned something of the outside world from magazines and newsreels, as well as from the Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer during the latter's seven years in Tibet.
After they took control of China in 1949, the communists asserted that Tibet was part of the "Chinese motherland" (the non-Chinese Qing rulers of China had exercised suzerainty over the region from the 18th century until the dynasty's fall in 1911/12), and Chinese cadres entered Tibet in 1950. With a crisis looming, the Dalai Lama was asked to assume the role of head of state, which he did on November 17, 1950, at the age of 15. Attempts by the Chinese to collectivize monastic properties in eastern Tibet met with resistance, which led to violence and intervention by the People's Liberation Army that year. On May 23, 1951, a Tibetan delegation in Beijing signed a "Seventeen-Point Agreement" (under duress), ceding control of Tibet to China; Chinese troops marched into Lhasa on September 9, 1951. During the next seven and a half years, the young Dalai Lama sought to protect the interests of the Tibetan people, departing for China in 1954 for a year-long tour, during which he met with China's leader Mao Zedong.
In 1956 the Dalai Lama traveled to India to participate in the celebration of the 2,500th anniversary of the Buddha's Enlightenment. Against the advice of some members of his circle, he returned to Tibet, where the situation continued to deteriorate. Guerrillas fought Chinese troops in eastern Tibet, and a significant number of refugees flowed into the capital. In February 1959, despite the turmoil, the Dalai Lama sat for his examination for the rank of geshe ("spiritual friend"), the highest scholastic achievement in the Dge-lugs-pa sect.
As tensions continued to escalate, rumours that Chinese authorities planned to kidnap the Dalai Lama led to a popular uprising in Lhasa on March 10, 1959, with crowds surrounding the Dalai Lama's summer palace to protect him. The unrest caused a breakdown in communications between the Dalai Lama's government and Chinese military authorities, and during the chaos the Dalai Lama (disguised as a Tibetan soldier) escaped under cover of darkness on March 17. Accompanied by a small party of his family and teachers and escorted by guerrilla fighters, the Dalai Lama made his way on foot and horseback across the Himalayas, pursued by Chinese troops. On March 31 he and his escorts arrived in India, where the Indian government offered them asylum.
Life in exile
In the wake of the Lhasa uprising and the Chinese consolidation of power across Tibet, tens of thousands of Tibetans followed the Dalai Lama into exile. In 1960 he established his government-in-exile in Dharamsala, a former British hill station in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, where he continued to reside. The government of India, however, was reluctant to allow all the Tibetan refugees to concentrate in one region and thus created settlements across the subcontinent, where the Tibetans established farming communities and built monasteries. The welfare of the refugees and the preservation of Tibetan culture in exile, especially in light of reports of the systematic destruction of Tibetan institutions during China's Cultural Revolution (1966–76), were the primary concerns of the Dalai Lama during this period.
The Dalai Lama traveled little during the early part of his exile and published only two books, an introduction to Buddhism and an autobiography. In later years, however, he traveled quite extensively, visiting Europe for the first time in 1973 and the United States for the first time in 1979. He subsequently traveled to dozens of other countries, delivering addresses at colleges and universities, meeting with political and religious leaders, and lecturing on Buddhism.
His activities focused on two main goals, one of which was to build and sustain international awareness of the plight of Tibet. In 1988, at a session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, he set forth a plan in which Tibet would be an autonomous region of China rather than an independent state. He continued to advocate what he called a "middle way approach" between the complete independence of Tibet and its complete absorption into the People's Republic of China. He also sent numerous delegations to China to discuss such proposals, but they met with little success. In recognition of his efforts, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989.
His other goal was to disseminate the central tenets of Buddhism to a wide audience. He is the author of dozens of books on Buddhist themes, many of which are derived from public lectures or interviews. Some of these works are written in the traditional form of commentaries on Buddhist scriptures, while others range more widely over topics such as interreligious dialogue and the compatibility of Buddhism and science.
Throughout his life, the Dalai Lama has fulfilled his traditional roles for the Tibetan community: he is revered by Tibetans both in Tibet and in exile as the human incarnation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara and as the protector of the Tibetan people. In the latter role he consulted with oracles in making major decisions and made pronouncements on the practice of Tibetan Buddhism, as in 1980 and again in 1996, when he spoke out against the propitiation of the wrathful deity Dorje Shugden, one of the protectors of the Dge-lugs-pa sect.Donald S. Lopez
After the Dalai Lama reached the age of 70, the question of his successor was repeatedly raised. In the 1980s his public speculation about whether there would be a need for another Dalai Lama was taken by some as a call to the Tibetan community to preserve its culture in exile. During the first decade of the 21st century, he declared that there would be a 15th Dalai Lama and that he would be discovered not in Chinese-controlled Tibet but in exile. Yet he subsequently suggested that he might appoint his successor. The Chinese government rejected this idea and insisted that the tradition of selecting a new Dalai Lama by determining the reincarnation of the predecessor had to be maintained. In 2011 the Dalai Lama stepped down as the political head of the Tibetan government-in-exile.
Previous Dalai Lamas were often figures cloaked in mystery, living in isolation in the Potala Palace in Lhasa. The 14th Dalai Lama, in contrast, achieved a level of visibility and celebrity that would have been unimaginable for his predecessors. He became the most famous Buddhist teacher in the world and is widely respected for his commitment both to nonviolence and to the cause of Tibetan freedom. In 2012 he won the Templeton Prize.
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Sophomore midfielder Joey Stroessenreuther (Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage) led the Rams offensively, scoring five goals on seven shots, as well as recording one assist and five ground balls. Freshman attack Erick Thomson (Floral Park, N.Y./Floral Park) had seven points, scoring three goals and four assists for Farmingdale, while senior midfielder Mike Maxwell (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) had four goals and one assist. Senior attack Sean Maxwell (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) added three goals for the Rams. Freshman midfielder Joe Nacarlo (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) had a team-high seven ground balls and was 9-for-11 in face-offs. Junior midfielders Thomas Weil (St. James, N.Y./Connetquot) and Adam Zuar (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) each had six ground balls for Farmingdale and freshman defender Bobby Lazos (Bellmore, N.Y./Holy Trinity) led the team causing five turnovers.
The Warriors were led by sophomore defender Daniel Abernathy (Bullard, Tx./Bullard) who scored two goals on only three shots and had a game-high 11 ground balls. Sophomore midfielder Tim Wojick (Katy, Tx.) also scored twice and picked up seven ground balls, while Zach Doelger (Chesterfield, Mo./Christian Brothers), Justin Fortier (Niantic, Conn./East Lyme) and Jeff Appleton (Houston, Tx./Stratford) each added one goal for Hendrix.
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Profile: Rebecca Berry, management student, Feb. 7, 2000
SOCORRO, N.M., Feb. 7, 2000 -- Rebecca Berry hopes to spend the summer of 2000 in Portland, Maine as the first student in New Mexico Tech's Management Department chosen for a summer internship with United Airlines.
"I'm really excited about this opportunity," said Berry. "This would enable me to use what I've learned in class in real-life situations, and would definitely motivate me academically for the next two semesters."
Berry, 21, inquired about the internship shortly after it was established. She filled out an application and sent to United Airlines a formal resume and cover letter. "United called me up six weeks later and set up an interview," she said.
During the semester break, Berry was flown to Chicago for an interview with the general manager there, and returned to New Mexico the same day. Chicago is United Airlines' headquarters for operations in the New England states.
Berry has since started the Spring 2000 semester at Tech, and is awaiting word on her selection. She came to Tech in the fall of 1996, after her graduation from Lordsburg High School the previous spring. "I came here as a computer science major, but I switched to management a year later," she said.
"It's a good program," said Berry. "The management faculty really want their students to do well in classes, and they help you as much as possible."
Berry said she chose Tech because of its small size and low faculty-to-student ratio. "Everybody knows each other," she said. Berry paused and smiled. "I guess that can be a good and bad thing!"
She is working her way through college, carrying a class load of 15 credit hours, and holding down a part-time job at Pizza Hut as a server and shift manager. "I've worked in restaurants for seven years," she said. "That's one of the reasons I'm in college -- food service can be a tiring profession."
Berry is the daughter of Bernard and Diane Berry of Lordsburg. She expects to graduate from Tech in the spring of 2001 with a bachelor of science degree in management.


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Our new project 'Transmissions' has announced its upcoming coverage will be of Cerith Wyn Evans excellent 'Eaux d'Artifice (After K.A.)' which happened every Sunday in July (that's five Sundays), in the oasis that is the London Barbican's Conservatory. I'm sad to say that I couldn't personally attend the majority of them. My task of finding somone to capture events in my absence went awry just before I went away (for most of the Sundays in July), and the rest of SHOWstudio were thrown too far into the chaos of 'Bring and Buy' to rescue my efforts.
Nonetheless I had a great experience turning up for the most quiet and contemplative of the events this Sunday past (31st July) with the help of much-treasured art director and film-maker Marcus Werner Hed. There wasn't really any performance to speak of in the hours we were present: this Sunday had been billed as silent. Rather, powerful telescopes had been placed in strategic points around the foliage-rich corners of the huge glass room, pointing their lenses outwards towards looking possibilities carefully chosen by Cerith for some London EC2 voyeurism (and beyond). Helped along by headphones which played a soundtrack to your viewing, the addition of which suggested something filmic. Marcus (pictured, in the plants) took to the task of creating his version of events on film, inspiringly undaunted by being faced with capturing footage for 'Transmissions' that proposed the least amount of obvious 'performative' ingredients of the whole month.
Go to the experts, Artforum, for a lively written description of being at one of the other performances by one of their London correspondents, Martin Herbert http://www.artforum.com/diary/#entry9307, whilst we wait in anticipation to post Marcus' film just as soon as he is happy with it. We have also been promised more footage -both still and motion- from Cerith's and the Barbican's own documentation, once he has had a chance to look over it all. I will post this with some text that I hope encapsulates Cerith's erudite descriptions of making this project happen and being at the centre of it, which is where anyone who has met him always wants him to be.


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As hitting coach Mark McGwire reflected on Yasiel Puig's first year with the Dodgers, he started looking into the future.
Speaking Tuesday before the Dodgers' 4-1 defeat to the Chicago White Sox, McGwire said, "There could a triple crown. I see some MVPs."
When Puig made his major league debut exactly one year earlier, McGwire was convinced the Cuban outfielder was a special player. What McGwire has seen since then has only reaffirmed that belief.
"I've only really seen one person with that kind of talent and it's Albert," McGwire said.
McGwire was talking about Albert Pujols, whom he played alongside and coached with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Puig and Pujols are two of only five players in baseball history to have collected at least 190 hits and 30 home runs within a year of their first major league game. The only other player to do that in the last 80 years was admitted drug cheat Ryan Braun.
"These type of talented baseball players come around only so often," McGwire said. "Albert came, then [Mike] Trout came, then Puig came."
But McGwire said there's one significant difference between Pujols and Puig. Pujols was already a disciplined hitter when he broke into the major leagues.
Puig had to turn himself into one.
Asked if he had ever seen a hitter make as rapid a transformation as Puig, McGwire replied, "That's a great question."
McGwire pondered the question for several moments, then replied, "I don't think I have."
By the end of last season, opposing pitchers appeared as if they had figured out Puig. Pounded inside with fastballs and tricked into chasing breaking balls off the plate, he batted.214 in September. He looked completely lost in the National League Championship Series, hitting .227.
Puig isn't chasing nearly as much this season.
He has walked 27 times in 54 games. He drew only 36 walks in 104 games last year.
The improvement is a testament to Puig's intelligence, according to McGwire, who said Puig is as smart as he is physically gifted.
"He's really smart," McGwire said. "People see the antics he does and the fun he has, but he's a lot smarter than people think he is.
"You have to give him a lot of credit. He's made some unbelievable adjustments."
Puig speaks about the adjustments he had made in general terms. He talks about his cage work and the advice he has received from teammates such as Adrian Gonzalez, but offers few details.
McGwire was more forthcoming, saying that whereas Puig tried to cover the entire plate last season, he now looks for pitches on one half.
"It's very rare that a guy hits 17 inches of the plate," McGwire said. "You have to pick 81/2. Now, those adjustments switch throughout the game, depending on how the guy's going to pitch you."
The plan is working. Puig is batting .343 with 11 home runs and 40 runs batted in. He is second in the National League in batting, tied for seventh in home runs and tied for second in RBIs.
Because opposing pitchers are now armed with detailed scouting reports, McGwire considers what Puig is doing this year more impressive than he did last year.
"When he got off to a great start, they were just challenging him," McGwire said. "Then they found some things they could really get him out on. Going into this year, he's done a tremendous job of narrowing those things down."
Puig is also demonstrated increased restraint on defense, leading Manager Don Mattingly to say he thinks Puig is now the best right fielder in baseball.
"Still with all the energy, but less out of control," Mattingly said.
Fans continue to be drawn to Puig. When the results of the latest round of All-Star balloting were revealed Tuesday, Puig was leading all National League outfielders in votes.
McGwire said this is only a start. As surprisingly polished as Puig has looked at times, McGwire said he is still in the process of learning the game.
"Really, the sky's the limit for what he can do for the rest of his career," McGwire said. "You're that talented and you're that smart, you can pretty much take over the game if you want.


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After winning positive response at festivals, the horror-thriller SHUT IN has been rechristened and had its opening date moved up by a month.
Momentum Pictures has given the film the new moniker INTRUDERS and shifted it from February 19 to January 15, when it will hit select theaters and VOD. Directed by Adam Schindler from a script by T.J. Cimfel and David White, the film stars Beth Risegraf (pictured above) as Anna, a girl suffering from extreme agoraphobia that prevents her from fleeing when a trio of violent criminals (one played by Martin Starr from DEAD SNOW 2 and SUPERBAD) break into her home, thinking it's empty. Instead, she turns the tables and begins playing some nasty tricks on the invaders. The producing team includes Steven Schneider of INSIDIOUS and PARANORMAL ACTIVITY and Christa Campbell, the former actress whose credits behind the camera include STONEHEARST ASYLUM, TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D and the upcoming LEATHERFACE.


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Author Notes: This fried chicken was nearly two decades in the making. Growing up in the panhandle of Florida before spending 8 eight years cooking in Birmingham, AL this recipe has been tested, tweeked, refined and perfected through out the years. The spice rub and buttermilk brine give the chicken flavor and tenderness like no other. And the trick to frying is starting with a lower temperature that increases through coking to insure perfect crispness and the right amount of browning. —Chef James
Food52 Review: Chef James writes that this recipe took nearly 20 years to develop, and we think it shows. The result is intensely flavorful and expertly spiced chicken with a crisp, dark skin reminiscent of parchment. The meat gets coated in a lively spice rub before being doused with buttermilk and hot sauce, which adds another layer of heat. The brine tenderizes the dark meat, and then it's time for a quick dusting of flour and a date with the fryer. Chef James calls for oil that starts at 325 degrees and gradually climbs to 350, but we found that our chicken ended up a bit dark. For our second batch we started at 300 degrees and maxed out at about 340, which produced a perfect mahogany crust. All fryers are different, though, so just keep an eye on the browning and adjust your temperature accordingly. – A&M —The Editors
Serves: 6
Spice Rub
chicken leg quarters (leg and thigh separated)
teaspoon dried thyme
teaspoon dried marjoram
teaspoons onion powder
teaspoons garlic powder
teaspoons cayenne pepper
tablespoons salt
tablespoon black pepper
Butter milk Brine
quarts buttermilk
tablespoons vinegar-based hot sauce
cups all-purpose flour
peanut or canola oil for frying
- In a medium bowl, mix all of the dry spices. Add chicken and toss until well coated. Let the mixture stand at room temp (if cooking within 4 hours) or refrigerated in a large bowl for one hour.
- Pour enough buttermilk over the chicken to cover completely and stir in the hot sauce. Leave on the countertop for one to three hours, or refrigerate up to 24 hr. Pour chicken legs into colander and allow excess buttermilk to drain.
- In a large bowl, mix the flour with salt and pepper to season well. One-by-one add the chicken pieces, making sure they are thoroughly coated with flour on all sides. Leave them in the bowl with the excess flour while you wait on the oil.
- Fill a very large pot 4-6 inches deep with oil and heat to 325 degrees. Grab each piece of chicken and slap it back and forth between your hands a few times to knock off the excess flour before slipping it into the oil. As the legs go into the oil, the temperature will drop. Turn the flame to high to increase the temperature to 350 as the chicken cooks. Cook 12-18 minutes until golden brown and at least 160 degrees at the bone, Remove to a rack to drain and season immediately with salt. Cool a few minutes and serve.
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