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Chris Sullivan's "Consuming Spirits" is a slice-of-life film like you have not seen. It is the story of people in a small ordinary town, knowing nothing but their ordinary affairs, revealing their sins and crimes with an ordinary negligence. More than that, it is an animated film loaded with faded, despairing colors. Filmed over ten years, it features multiple techniques, including drawings, collages, models, and stop-motion.
At times, the images are flat, invoking vivid curiosity. At times, they take us through haunting three-dimensional scenes filled with wrinkles and crevices where youth once sprang. It's all part of the evocative, depressing portrayal of a decaying village whose prime resides only in the faint memories of its fading elders.
This is Magguson. It is the opposite of television's Mayberry. In Mayberry, they whistle; in Magguson, they groan. The town is built around a factory of large diagonal pipes belching out caustic smoke. The American landscape is peppered with such factory centers, manufacturing the household wares for the world. Once, such towns were the symbols of growth and optimism. Now they are clanking rust centers, waiting to for abandonment.
The voice of Magguson's conscience is the radio host Earl Grey (voiced by Robert Levy). He runs a call-in talk show, answering questions about almost anything, from life to planting, though he tends to shift conversations toward pornography. His grandfatherly voice provides a comfort for the town's inhabitants. That is, until he confesses to a horrible crime of depravity. His revelation does not provide a sense of relief, as though he had been holding this secret within him, waiting to free himself from the burden of guilt. Rather, he confesses almost as a way of seeking attention. This is a town of listeners disconnected from each other, burdened not by memories of vile misconduct as much by the distance of loneliness.
Magnusson sits among empty trees, worn parkways, and withered residences. While Mayberry's humble denizens knew one another and managed to cling to hope for sunshine in their days, life has beaten down the populace of Magusson. People seem to remain for an eternity, remaining anonymous to one another, hiding beneath a cloudy sky. The mundane passage of time has replaced those dreams of business suits, colorful farmhouses and luxurious lifestyles with daily routines masking crimes of conscience and violence. This is a world surviving past its termination date.
And, what do we make of Gentian Violet (voiced by Nancy Andrews), who drives along one of the many dark roads paying no attention to whoever might be scurrying along? Violet hits a woman, finds some expired first aid materials, treats her, buries her under some branches, and leaves. Again we find ourselves anxious, haunted by her impassive nonchalance. Perhaps any of us would be more troubled if, while driving through the country, we hit a possum or squirrel. Yet here we witness a driver casually barrel over a woman -- and not just any woman, but a nun running from a convent that doubles as an insane asylum. And our driver abandons her just as casually as she found her. Though the nun speaks very little –- if at all -- in the film, her own thread seems to bind all the disparate narratives. She is a victim of every single character's mischief. Strangely, it is not only the town that links these people together, but also their crimes against this woman.
This film fills us with that somber despair of intoxication. "Consuming Spirits" speaks on the one hand of a world where people live as shells going through habitual motions, as though they were ghosts in a ghostly land. On the other hand, they replace that emptiness by consuming cheap liquor. It feels like we are witnessing people at the end of their lives. But as gloomy as this film is, we are not. No, these are people moving along in suspended animation, as though time has long since taken its toll on their world. We recall Robert Altman's "Come back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean," watching small people in a small hamlet, ignored by the universe, yet managing to live in some sort of frozen, cobweb-infested imagination.
It is easy to read this film as an allegory for post-1950s America. Our happy mid-century days of post WWII victory and prosperity, featuring new televisions with new shows about the quirky-but-ordinary lives of the Cleavers, Nelsons, and Taylors who lived on clean streets in wide-open suburbs -- that's long gone. Now, we live among the shattered remains of those forgotten dreams, stuck in meaningless despair in which life feels like a broken record, repeating itself each day. That is the feeling we get from these stories. More than that, the animation itself, feeling homemade yet precisely calculated, carries us through this unhappy world -- one that might be stuck behind the trees, out past the last exit of the long lost highway. We know it is there, but we don't want to think about it. Yet once we start watching, it's hard to stop.
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Marc Scime-Trio Low Center Table
At Design Interviews
Interview with Marc Scime : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Marc Scime : The inspiration for Trio is a combination of the essential functional elegance of metal industrial objects and the Japanese design principle of Shibui. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Marc Scime : The focus to create a table suitable for outdoor and indoor use and to reduce its design to the most essential form, without any excesses. Every shape, dimension and gesture is justified by a defensible functional reason. For example, a fourth would have been superfluous. In fact, a fourth leg would have been detrimental to the full functionality of the table design. Three legs and three resting points for the inset glass insure the table itself or the glass top are always on a stable footing. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Marc Scime : I have no plans as of now. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Marc Scime : The whole project from beginning to end with a produced full scale, near production-ready prototype in true materials took 14 weeks. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Marc Scime : The table was designed for my first term graduate level furniture design class at Art Center College of Design in California. The general theme of the assignment for the term was outdoor furniture. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Marc Scime : I have no plans to produce more myself. I still own the rights to the design. Of course if the right company were interested licensing and producing the design I'd certainly be thrilled. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Marc Scime : It was just another of so many design ideas I have that wanted to try out. Part of that was wanting to mill aluminum parts, anodize those parts and assemble them in a way that more resembles typologies of woodworking rather than what we commonly expect in metal work. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Marc Scime : Initially there wasn't but as I got deeper into the project by chance I learned that Alex Rasmussen and his company Neal Feay were doing very similar things in Santa Barbara, California. They've worked with lot great designers and brands, including Jonathan Ive, Marc Newson, Peter Marino, Holly Hunt, Brad Ascalon, David Weeks, Eugeni Quitllet and many other major companies and people in design. When it was time to make the Trio table, I sent Alex a rendered detail shot and he was almost immediately interested. We soon had a meeting and he was extremely helpful in facilitating the project. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Marc Scime : I see as being for the highest tier of the residential furniture market with potential crossover to contract/commercial use. In my work I usually strive for maximum versatility in the products I create. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Marc Scime : I think it's the versatility, the astringent form language and the non-typical way it comes together which itself gives the table a unique character. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Marc Scime : Trio - Three legs. Very simple. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Marc Scime : Sketch, 3D CAD and some power tools to sculpt some form studies out of hard foam. There also the use of CNC milling equipment to make a full scale sample of a leg in hard maple. CNC milling and water-jet cutting were uses to make the final prototype. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Marc Scime : Beyond the fact that its a round center table at 35.5 cm high, I think the whole table is unlike any other table out there, from all I've seen. The whole combined package, including form and finish, is quite unique. Perhaps it is too unique for most people. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Marc Scime : The design was solo, Mainly the technical assistance came in the production of the final prototype itself. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Marc Scime : There is no new technology in the piece of furniture itself other than what was used to make the table. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Marc Scime : The only research involved was about surveying what companies are in the modern high-end outdoor furniture market and the products they offer. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Marc Scime : It's was fairly smooth and straightforward. It just had to get done fast. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Marc Scime : I felt it was a good design that more people should see and judge for themselves. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Marc Scime : It began to reveal to me a stronger belief in what I can potentially do from a creative and technical standpoint as a designer. .
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Laura On Life
Meta Four
What has happened to our superheroes of the past? Superman, who was faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound - oh, and he could fly, too - went all loopy over Lois Lane in the 80's. He totally lost my respect when he slept with her in the snow cave. She didn't deserve him.
We still have some superheroes that have powers that relate to strength and speed or other physical attributes, but I always wondered where the heroes were that overthrow their opponents with brains instead of brawn: Heroes that could be role models for the math whiz or the English geek?
I am an English geek. Who are my heroes?
Today I am introducing the Meta Four; superheroes for the progressive wordsmith.
First, we have the Incredible Simile, who can take the likeness (or "as-ness") of any form; like a shape-shifter. Oh, there he is now! His sidekick is Miss Personification who makes inanimate objects sit up and take notice.
Then we have The Period who sounds like she could really kick butt on certain days of the month. In reality, though, the only thing she can do is stop the nefarious Run-On-Sentence. Run-On Sentence has been known to destroy entire paragraphs by reciting endless monologues. I don't know what we'd do without The Period to fight for us.
Captain Coordinating Conjunction can join two unrelated thoughts! Amazing! At my best, I struggle to put two related thoughts together. Since we are all friends, I can tell you that his alter ego is Andor Butt. With a name like that, it's easy to see why he chose to fight bad guys. He and Run-On-Sentence grew up together and were best friends until Coordinating Conjunction met The Period.
With his Subordinate Conjunction, who can turn into a preposition at the drop of a capital letter, the Captain battles for truth, justice and the Andor Buttian way.
The fourth member of the Meta Four is Professor X-clamation. He doesn't have true superpowers, per se, but he uses his powerful voice to interject at precisely the right moments. You'll notice that he interjected twice while I was yammering about Captain Coordinating Conjuction. Many people don't know that Professor X-clamation is the mastermind behind Batman's "Biff! Pow!" strategy in the old series.
Together, our superheroes and their sidekicks will rid the world of grammatical errors. Of course, so much evil abounds in Sentence City that there will always be miscreants making trouble for the humble residents.
For example, Double Negative. Twice as powerful as the Single Negative, he doesn't have the ability to not confuse our heroes with his mind-numbing whining. Single Negative is his twin brother and, incidentally, is one of the good guys.
The wicked Misspeller is a bumbling sorceress who causes havoc in Sentence City by changing street signs that lead people to the Porkway instead of the Parkway. She is easily defeated by a spell checker, but sometimes her methods are diabolically sneaky and need to be quashed by our Meta Four.
And, of course, Dangling Participle used to wander in dark alleys, but he's now doing hard time for indecent exposure.
Although, we, as citizens of Sentence City, have word processors and spell checkers to fight against the day to day obstruction of grammatical clarity, in the fight for proper English, we have no better friends than the Meta Four.


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Release Date: November 18, 2013
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The 2013 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, released this week in Washington, D.C. by the Institute of International Education, announced that for the 11th year in a row that the University at Buffalo is among the top 20 U.S. institutions hosting international students.
With 5,804 international students enrolled in the 2012-13 academic year, UB is ranked 18th among the 380 American colleges and universities surveyed. Last year, UB placed 19th with a total international enrollment of 5,357.
"UB is a global university. The excellence of our programs is recognized within the U.S. and abroad," says Charles F. Zukoski, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. "We are proud to welcome international students from 100 countries to live, learn, teach and create new knowledge at our great university."
Of the 50 states, New York with a total international enrollment of 88,250, ranks second in the nation for international student enrollment, up 7.1 percent from last year. The majority of the U.S. schools ranked in the top 20 are state universities, but UB is the only SUNY institution in the top 20.
UB is ranked third in New York State for the highest number of international students. The largest numbers of international students come to UB from China, India, South Korea, Canada and Malaysia.
The 2012-13 data regarding the contribution by international students at UB to the Western New York economy have not yet been released by NAFSA, the Association of International Educators, but in 2011-12, they were conservatively estimated to have contributed $108 million.
"The continued growth in UB's international enrollment as part of our overall enrollment plan is a tribute to the excellent programs UB offers and the outstanding work of our international enrollment management team," says Stephen Dunnett, vice provost for international education.
"Our community of international students from around the world plays an important role in our efforts in UB 2020 to internationalize the campus and provide international experiences to all UB students," he says.
The primary sources of funding for international students were personal and family funds (64 percent), with 21 percent of their funding coming from a U.S. college or university, 7 percent from a foreign government or university, and 9 percent from other sources.
The estimated expenditures in New York State by foreign students and their families in the 2013-14 academic year was more than $2.8 billion (estimate produced by NAFSA) and the students supported 35,211 jobs in the state.
Nationally, 819,000 international students and their families contributed more than $23.9 billion to the U.S. economy and supported 312,361 jobs.
The Open Doors Report offers a detailed analysis of the status of international student exchange. It is published by the Institute of International Education (IIE), the leading not-for-profit educational and cultural exchange organization in the United States. The IIE has conducted an annual statistical survey of the international students in the United States since 1919.
The report notes increases in the number of students from 17 of the top 25 places of origin, including Brazil, China, Saudi Arabia, France, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom, Venezuela and Vietnam.
"At the same time," the report states, "numbers declined from several major sending countries, including India (down 3.5 percent), South Korea (down 2.3 percent) and Japan (down 2 percent). The factors driving these declines may include global and home country economic factors, growing higher education opportunities at home and stronger employment opportunities at home after graduation."
Patricia Donovan has retired from University Communications. To contact UB's media relations staff, call 716-645-6969 or visit our list of current university media contacts. Sorry for the inconvenience.


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BUSHKILL — East Stroudsburg North's Samar Drakeford scored a team-high 18 points, but the Timberwolves were outscored 19-1 at the free throw line en route to a 62-48 loss to Delaware Valley in boys basketball Monday night.
BUSHKILL — East Stroudsburg North's Samar Drakeford scored a team-high 18 points, but the Timberwolves were outscored 19-1 at the free throw line en route to a 62-48 loss to Delaware Valley in boys basketball Monday night.
The Warriors, led by Brent Fragola's 30 points, went to the line 32 times. North went just twice.
Delaware Valley 62, ES North 48
Kaiser 0 0-0 0, Fragola 9 10-14 30, Fowler 0 2-2 2, Smith 5 6-8 16, Stauffer 1 1-2 4, Schov 3 0-5 6, Decker 2 0-0 4. Totals — 20 19-32 62.
Mills 1 0-0 3, Baitle 5 0-0 10, Thompson 0 0-0 0, Quiles 4 0-0 8, Byrd 0 1-2 1, John 0 0-0 0, Drakeford 8 0-0 18, Allwood 0 0-0 0, Cartagena 4 0-0 8. Totals — 20 1-2 48.
Del Val 10 16 10 26 �— 62
ES North 12 6 10 20 — 48
3-point goals — DV 3(Fragola 2, Stauffer); ESN 3 (Drakeford, Mills).
NAZARETH — East Stroudsburg South's Colby Ems finished first at 132 at the Nazareth Invitational on Saturday.
Mason Byrne was third at 126, Clay Treible was fourth at 145 and Nick Conklin was fourth at 160.
SWIFTWATER — Pocono Mountain East earned five falls as the Cardinals beat Pocono West 52-22 in a dual on Saturday.
PM East 52, PM West 22
106 — Gregory Sheppard (PMW) forfeit.
113 — Mark Jordan (PME) forfeit.
120 — Daniel Ferrara (PME) forfeit.
126 — Andrew Nicosia (PME) pin Daniel Clowney 2:39.
132 — Daniel Johnson (PME) pin Mark Smith 1:24.
138 — James Palys (PME) pin Robert Haughton 0:26.
145 — Joseph Fiore (PME) maj. dec. Joseph Parrotta 14-2.
152 — Amir Blair (PMW), maj. dec. Mohamed Moustafa 24-11.
*160 — Nicholas Price (PME) pin Richard Burke 1:27.
170 — Elias Borrero (PMW) pin Patrick Rygula 2:07.
182 — Joey Fogle (PME) pin Joey Knoell 1:04.
195 — Celso Clemente (PME) dec. Mario LaMonica 7-3.
220 — Andrew Tutrone (PMW) pin Robert Craig 2:32.
285 — Eian John (PME) dec. Dishon Springer 5-0.
* — Meet started at 160 pounds
MILFORD — Delaware Valley senior Christian Henry has been selected to the 2012 Pennsylvania All-State boys soccer team. In addition, his elite performance has earned him the prestigious honor as a member of the 2012 NSCAA Regional All-America team.
EAST STROUDSBURG — East Stroudsburg University senior forward Duane Johnson has been named the PSAC East Men's Basketball Player of the Week after leading the Warriors to their third straight win to open their PSAC schedule, a 94-91 victory at Cheyney on Saturday.
Johnson scored a season-high 25 points and had six rebounds, an assist and a steal as ESU improved to 6-1 overall and 3-0 in the PSAC. All three victories have come on the road — 67-62 at Mercyhurst on Dec. 1, 52-46 at Gannon on Dec. 2 and Saturday's win — as the Warriors begin their PSAC championship defense.
The award is the second of Johnson's career. He was previously recognized on February 6 last year, which included career-highs of 29 points and 13 rebounds in a 93-86 (2OT) win at Kutztown.
Johnson scored 17 of his 25 points at Cheyney in the second half, including two free throws to seal with win with 10 seconds left. He shot 9-for-15 from the field, 3-for-3 from the three-point line and 4-for-6 at the foul line to lead a balanced scoring effort.
Johnson, senior forward Terrance King (20 points, 12 rebounds) and sophomore guard Whis Grant (20 points, 6 assists) combined for 65 points. ESU had three players score 20+ points in a game for the first time under 11th-year head coach Jeff Wilson, a total of 288 games.
ESU also extended its winning streak against PSAC opponents to seven games, which includes last year's three-game PSAC championship run — its second-longest streak in the last 40 years. Five of the seven wins have come on the road, one at home and one at a neutral site (66-58 vs. Mercyhurst in PSAC semifinals).
Johnson, a returning All-PSAC East first team selection, leads the PSAC East and ranks fourth overall in the conference with 19.0 points per game. He has scored at least 20 points in four of the first seven games this season.
He is tied with King for the team lead in rebounding with 6.1 per game and has 12 steals and five blocked shots. He is shooting 61.5 percent from the field, 40.0 percent (6-for-15) from three-point range and 79.5 percent (31-for-39) at the foul line.
Johnson moved from 21st to 17th on ESU's career scoring list with 1,084 career points. He had his 11th career 20-point game and his 25 points were tied for the third-most in his career. He is approaching 500 career rebounds and 200 assists, and is just outside ESU's career top 10 in blocks (71) and steals (117).
ESU returns to the floor on December 18 and 19 with its first home conference games of the season, hosting Lock Haven and Clarion at Koehler Fieldhouse. Tip-off for both games is 7:30 p.m.
PYBA Scores
5th/6th Grade boys
Tobyhanna Bears 54, Warriors 16. Brandon Oliviro good game, Jermaine Wilkins good hustle ... Paulo Villalna, good game.
Orangemen 38, Blizzard 11. Kyrim Provet good game, Shawn Owens good game ... Joshua Houser good game.
Hurricanes 23, Grey Ballers 17. Tristan Garcia good hustle, Izzy Pedroza good game ... Dillan Shamseldin good game.
5th/6th grade girls
West Tigers 27, Faces 3. Kalaysia Green good game, Julia Corr good hustle ... Imani Keating 3 pts.
ESN 18, McHugh 10. Selena Rivera good game, Sabrinia Lugo good game ... Nymeka Hall good game.
3rd/ 4th grade girls
McHugh 10, Rock n Lil Mama's 5. Madison Higgins good game, Mason Higgins good hustle ... Tyanna Smith good game.
Wild Cheetahs 4, Hoopets 2. Emma Bigger good game, Keturah Stewart good hustle ... Kayla Fagen, good game.
3rd/4thgrade boys
TEC Titans 9, Tobyhanna Bears 6. Terrance Glover good hustle, Jordan Hardy good game ... Julio Castro good hustle.
Cyclones 20, Dynamite-Crushers 0. Malik Savage good defense, Dionte Thorne good game ... Maximus Covington good hustle.
Tobyhanna Knights 18, White Team 12. Ayden Guzman good game, Deondae Robinson good hustle ... White Team good team effort.


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I spent about a year living in central Kentucky, and one of the things that always interested me was the fact that the Bluegrass State has really embraced its frontier period. The sites of the old eighteenth-century stations and settlements are state parks, and their special events are big hits with people living in the area. Most bookstores carry Allan Eckert's "Winning of America" narratives, in which Kentucky heroes like Daniel Boone (seen at right in a portrait by Chester Harding) and Simon Kenton figure prominently. Signs along the driveway of Frankfort Cemetery direct curious visitors to Boone's grave, and each and every time I visited the spot, other people were there to take pictures. (I'm assuming, of course, that Frankfort really is Boone's final resting place. There's an ongoing feud between Kentucky and Missouri over that very question.)
Traces of the frontier in my home state of Tennessee are harder to find. While state parks mark a few important sites (Sycamore Shoals, for instance), many of the locations that figured prominently in Tennessee's frontier era are indistinguishable from their modern surroundings, or are now underwater as a result of TVA activity.
If Boone is the leading man of Kentucky's frontier story, then the hero of early Tennessee history is probably John Sevier, seen here in a portrait by Charles Wilson Peale. He commanded overmountain riflemen in an impressive series of victories against Indians and Tories during the Revolution (he was an architect of the King's Mountain expedition), was the only governor of the short-lived Franklin movement and first governor of the Volunteer State, and represented Tennessee in the House of Representatives. He's buried on the lawn of the Knox County Courthouse in downtown Knoxville. I've been to his grave countless times, and I've invariably had it to myself. Every Kentuckian knows Boone, and so do most Americans, but if I had a nickel for every time I've met a Tennessean who'd never heard of Sevier, I could retire now.
This contrast between commemoration in Kentucky and neglect in Tennessee isn't just a matter of popular memory. It's reflected in historiography, too. Meredith Mason Brown's life of Boone hit the shelves a few months ago, only a year after the release of Robert Morgan's Boone biography. Both of these works follow John Mack Faragher's excellent Boone study by just about a decade and a half. The bibliography of the Tennessee frontier, however, is sparse indeed.
So why is Kentucky's frontier era the stuff of legend, while Tennessee's founding remains neglected? I think Boone himself has a lot to do with it. For one thing, he had a healthyhead start. Boone became the popular archetype of the typical frontiersman during his own lifetime, thanks to contemporary publicists and myth-makers.
Furthermore, Boone fit the frontier mold. He looked and acted the way we want frontiersmen to look and act; he was a hunter, a trailblazer, and a resltess and solitary soul who wasn't really happy unless he was in the wilderness. Sevier also bore many of the stereotypical frontier characteristics—he built a remarkable record as an Indian fighter, respected by his fellow settlers as a dynamic man of action. But he also became a statesman and speculator, occupations which connote a taming and organization of the frontier, rather than a state of living in idyllic harmony with it.
The archetypal frontiersman, and the one who embodied what Americans want to believe about their frontier experience and its enduring legacy, remains forever associated with Kentucky, while Tennessee's central frontier figure reminds us of the undeniable, recurring fact of the American frontier—it eventually ceased to exist. Maybe that helps to explain the distinction between the popularity of the frontier in Kentucky and its relative obscurity in Tennessee.
It's unfortunate, both because the late eighteenth century was Tennessee's formative period and because there is much in that period that is captivating. Sevier's defense of Ft. Caswell rivals the siege of Ft. Boonesborough for drama; the tragic voyage of the Donelson party to the Cumberland settlements surpasses any trek up the Wilderness Road. There are more than enough highlights in the records of Tennessee's founding era to weave a mythology that equals any state's.
(Images of the Boone and Sevier portraits obtained from Wikimedia Commons.)


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2013: One of just 10 players and five defensive players to start every game ... Recorded 28 tackles, one sack, one interception, two forced fumbles and three pass breakups ... Had four tackles and a forced fumble at Maryland ... Made three stops and an interception in the win over Howard ... Had four tackles and a pass breakup at Pitt ... Registered four tackles, a sack and a forced fumble in the win at Idaho ... Made three stops apiece against Campbell and North Carolina.
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So I have everything set up, and I don't normally do two posts in one day, but this is very important to me. That photograph above is my favorite picture of my mom and I. It's the last picture I have of us together. I share a story that I never though would be my life. I remember watching movies and wondering how people ever made it though these experiences. I never imagined any of the things in my life would happen to me, but through it all running has helped me grow and reflect on so many different aspects of my life, that without it, I don't even know where I would be today.
I have decided to do the Avon Los Angeles 2 Day Breast Cancer Walk. This is 39 miles in 2 days throughout the Long Beach Area. In order to take part, I need to raise sufficient funds. I know how important Breast Cancer research is since I was personally affected by losing my mother when I was 20. When I say that, I still can't believe it's true.
My sophomore year of high school, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was on and off treatment including chemotherapy and radiation all throughout my high school and beginning of my college years. She was never horribly sick, but she was tired, and took many more naps and cut back on her 40 hour work weeks volunteering at the Christian school I went to growing up. If any of you ever met my mom, you would know instantly that she was a fighter. She was so stubborn and she bullied the cancer to have her life stay as consistent as it was before she was diagnosed. She did it for our family, and she did it for herself.
I went to many doctor appointments with her, and once I moved away to college, we became very close. This time where we were a little bit farther a part allowed us so much growth. I really remember talking to my mom daily on the phone while at college and how much closer we became. It also really allowed me to see the core of my mom, the person she was, her beliefs, her thoughts, and her wishes and it made me see who I wanted to become.
In March of 2006, the doctor came back after some testing and told her and my father that she had three to six months to live. It's hard to type that, because I didn't realize how quickly the time would go. I never thought my mom would become a statistic. A short three weeks later she passed away. I spent those last three weeks in an abyss of artificial smiles and complete confusion. I had no idea what was happening, or how I would handle everything, and once the reality hit, she was already gone.
I was exhaustively lost after that happened. I had been running every year in high school and off and on in college. I completely stopped running. I stopped functioning. I couldn't get one foot to go in front of the other, none the less make my legs follow. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't eat. Everything had lost flavor and I had lost interest in life.
One day, I decided that it was time that I stop wallowing in my confused state, and get my life back together. I was still going to school at the time, and decided that I had to finish out the semester, after dropping one class. I finished my 18 units, and the summer began, but I was still very lost.
I felt like I didn't want to run because it was something I did when my mom was alive. Though I absolutely hated her at my cross country races, and I hated her watching me run track, and even hated her watching me sit the bench while on the soccer team, I wanted her there for me, and she couldn't be. I wanted to know she would be there when I got home from my run. I wanted to see her again and I felt like running was something that I couldn't do again, because it wasn't apart of me anymore. I didn't want to do something that brought me so much joy when my mom was gone.
It came to me one morning. I needed it. I wanted it still. I wanted the consistency, and I wanted the control. This was when I went out once again, and found the comfort of the road under my feet. The first run I completed after she passed was a short three miler, and once I got under the cover of the brush around me, I broke down and just cried as I ran, but nothing had ever felt so good. I had consistency again, I had a path in front of me, and I had something that no one could ever take away from me.
I had breath in my lungs and with tears streaming down my cheeks, I just ran. I allowed myself to hurt, and to feel again, and I allowed myself to think. To think about the changes, about the future, I allowed myself to move forward. It was a time of thinking, reflecting and dreaming. After that run, I didn't run again for a while, life got in the way, but since then, I have realized that running through the hardest times in your life, gives you something that you control. You can do it. You can come back to it. You can make a change, but you have to choose too.
So granted, I also went to counseling, and did a lot of prayer during this time, obviously, but I know, without running the biggest transition of my life wouldn't have led me to the story I have today, to the outlook I have today, or the attitude I have today. So many people tell me they are so sorry, and I am sorry too, but I can't change that, and I am lucky that I got to see a great example of what I want to become one day, and learn so many life lessons at such a young age.
Sometimes I look back at my short life thus far, and think about things that could have changed, or could be different, but I know that God had this all happen for a reason, so I got it to take it and run with it. :) In this case, I'll be walking, 39 miles in two days, to make a difference. Thanks for supporting and listening.
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DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Some ninth inning heroics and a mid-game rally helped No. 1 Georgia College baseball (17-2, 3-0 PBC) start off the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) season with a road-series sweep, as the Bobcats took a doubleheader at No. 11 North Georgia (11-6, 1-5 PBC) 7-6 and 11-6 Monday afternoon.
In game one, the Saints seemed to have the answer at nearly every turn, knotting the game up in the third and seventh innings, but a ninth-inning home run by second baseman Matthew Robinson (Hull, Ga.) provided the game-winner, as GC won 7-6. The first career home run by the freshman, Robinson took a 3-2 pitch over the left field fence for a solo shot.
Senior reliever Tanner Moore (Thomasville, Ga.) entered in the eighth to get the final out with a pair of runners in scoring position, then struck out the side in the ninth to close it out. He improves to 1-0 with his first career victory.
Rightfielder Shawn Ward (Evans, Ga.) went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a run, while catcher Richard Pirkle (Norcross, Ga.) drove in a pair with just one hit. Robinson had a 2-for-4 game with two runs and an RBI. Centerfielder Patrick Daugherty (Kennesaw, Ga.) hit 2-for-4 with a run.
North Georgia reliever Jacob Rickett (3-1) took the loss, going one inning and surrendering the Robinson home run. Designated hitter Dustin Carpenter tallied a pair of hits in four trips, driving in three and scoring twice.
In game two, the Saints had a 5-4 lead in the top of the fifth, when the Bobcats out-scored the Saints 7-1 over the remainder of the game. GC took the lead with a pair in the fifth, getting RBI doubles by Travis Echols (Lawrenceville, Ga.) and Robinson.
Daugherty, Josh Young (Lake Havasu City, Ariz.), Ward and Robinson each had two hits among the Bobcats' 10. Ward drove in a pair and scored twice himself, while Young crossed the plate three times and drove in one. GC had eight stolen bases, led by Daugherty with three.
Reliever Chris George (Woodstock, Ga.) threw 6 1/3 innings, allowing just one run on five hits, striking out six, and improving to 2-0. North Georgia reliever Matt Smith (1-1) took the loss in 1 2/3 innings of work. First baseman Brad Hall was 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI.
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Friday's match between the Los Angeles Galaxy and the New York Red Bulls has captured attention for several reasons. With New York bringing their stable of Designated Players to square off against the Galaxy's own DPs, a clash of high-profile players is imminent.
But for Galaxy coach Bruce Arena, the Red Bulls are a worthy team from top to bottom, not just a top-heavy three-man squad.
"Hans has done a wonderful job with the Red Bulls this year," Arena said of his counterpart, New York coach Hans Backe, in a media conference call Tuesday. "They've clearly been one of the better teams in the league"
And despite the fact that Thierry Henry was ruled out Tuesday with a knee injury, Arena is looking forward to what he called an "excellent" matchup, bolstered by players such as Juan Pablo Angel, Mehdi Ballouchy, Dane Richards and Rafa Márquez.
"They have plenty of firepower and they'll definitely be a difficult team to play," Arena said.
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While not having to deal with Henry might make life easier for the Galaxy's depleted back line, not having the opportunity to watch the French superstar in action is a bit of a missed opportunity for Arena.
"I would have loved to have seen him play in The Home Depot Center," Arena said. "A player the caliber of Henry ... it would have been [good to see] how our team would respond to a player [of his] caliber."
Arena's team will prepare once more to play against another of New York's stars. Márquez played against the Galaxy on Aug. 14, a 1-0 Galaxy win in Red Bull Arena. The Mexican National Team captain is just a portion of what Arena thinks is a "special" midfield.
"Márquez we have the greatest respect for," he said. "He's an excellent passer of the ball. He can both attack and defend. We know his quality.
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"I think the other player that hasn't gotten a whole lot of attention this year is [Tony] Tchani. I think he's been excellent and has done a great job. With those two in the center of the field, it opens a lot for Richards, and [Joel] Lindpere has been excellent."
The Galaxy, though, also have their own special midfielder in David Beckham. The former England captain has played twice in as many games, increasing his playing time from 20 minutes to 37 in the process.
Arena did not rule out the possibility of Beckham starting against New York.
"That decision has not been made at this point," Arena said. "We've taken a couple of days off. [Tuesday] was the first day back from training and we went light. On Thursday, we should have a better feel for that."
Los Angeles reached 50 points and qualified for the playoffs with last Saturday's 2-1 win over D.C. United. Qualifying for the playoffs, though, is just one small goal the Galaxy set for themselves. The bigger goals are within reach, and Friday's game will help the club take steps towards accomplishing them.
"All of these games, the last five games are very important," Arena said. "We have a lot of goals in mind. In order to accomplish them we're going to have to secure points at home.
"Friday night is very important. Our goal is to win the Supporters' Shield and also to have home-field advantage in the playoffs. In order to do that, we have to win each and every game."
Taking care of business against New York, thus, is primordial, and Arena expects his team to play more like they did against Columbus than DC.
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But we do know that if you are a lesser-known candidate trying to get your name and message out to the voters, it's probably not a good idea to spend the first four paragraphs of your introductory letter to the neighborhood papers ranting about the ignorance and unprofessionalism of the local press.
But that's exactly what happened earlier this week when we received a big packet of information from candidate Humberto Suarezmotta, a Republican challenging Francisco Moya, the Democratic nominee in the 39th Assembly District in Queens.
Apparently, another local Queens paper reported that, following Moya's victory in the primary, a field which included Hiram Monserrate, a former State Senator who was booted from office after pleading guilty to assaulting his girlfriend, that Moya had no Republican challenger. Now, we don't want to say which Queens paper made the error (oh all right! It was the Queens Courier!), but that was a factual error in reporting, as Suarezmotta let us know in his rather condescending letter.
Actually, the letter isn't signed and it refers to Suarezmotta in the third person, but the author does discuss his motives behind sending out the candidate's biography, as well as lengthy breakdown of where he stands on the issues.
"Out of concern that such ignorance might not be limited to the publishers and staff of the Courier, Friends of Suarezmotta decided to issue this press release," read the letter.
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"By decades of experience, we Republicans in Queens County have come to understand, if not accept, the reality that the local newspapers will give no ink to our candidates with the one exception being that they will occasionally criticize our presidential nominees.
One might have hoped that our local journalists would have noticed that last year the Republican candidates won three Queens seats in the City Council previously held by Democrats, and that their journalistic instincts would have caused them to wonder what might be happening this year. Sadly, that is not the case."
Stop the monkey-lovin' presses! Did we just read that right? Three Republicans from Queens were elected to the City Council last year! Man, we are really out of the loop. Guess we can no longer avoid starting a Friendster account so we can keep up with what's going on. And what the hell are "journalistic instincts." Sounds made-up to us.
Actually, not to be nit-pickers, but there were only two Republicans elected to seats formerly held by Democrats last year, and that was Dan Halloran and Peter Koo. In fact, Eric Ulrich was running as an incumbent, so therefore that seat was already held by a Republican. Just sayin'.
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In fact, not only did our paper meet with all three of them, we actually endorsed them over their Democratic challengers!
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Ralph and Phyllis Kreutziger of Marion informed family and friends by e-mail Monday that they are in Baltimore, Md., to assist victims of Hurricane Sandy.
They planned to be working at a storm shelter at the University of Maryland until the storm passes.
"It is raining hard right now and is expected to get worse throughout the day," Ralph wrote at 8:30 a.m. Monday.
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- An observer says Sunday turnout seemed low
- A runoff will be held if a candidate does not win 50% of the vote
- President Abdoulaye Wade is booed as he casts his ballot in Dakar
- Violence has erupted since a court allowed Wade to be on the ballot
Polls closed Sunday in Senegal where citizens voted in an election overshadowed by violence as protesters demand the elderly president refrain from seeking another term.
President Abdoulaye Wade, 85, was booed and jeered when he cast his ballot at a polling station in the middle-class neighborhood of Point E. He did not address the crowd, looked visibly frustrated at one point, and made some sort of gesture to the crowd, which also included some of his supporters.
If a candidate does not win 50% of the vote, a runoff election will be held next month in the West African nation.
"We've had enough of this regime of thieves and assassins. We will defeat them here," said Cheikh Gassama, a voter at the Point E station. As the president arrived, he and other chanted "Na Dem," which means "step down" in Senegal's predominant Wolof language.
Senegal is one of the continent's most stable democracies. Past elections have included a smooth transition of power, a rarity in a region with a history of election chaos, civil wars and coups.
Turnout on Sunday was low, according to Thijs Berman, chief observer of the European Union monitoring mission.
"Early in the morning, you saw long queues of people in front of polling stations but, later in the day, there were much less people and it seems that the turnout is below 50%," he said. "There was high political tension before these elections, so it is surprising that so few people came to vote."
Wade is seeking re-election despite deadly demonstrations after the country's highest court cleared him to seek a third term.
Protests have occurred in Senegal since the Constitutional Council's January 27 ruling.
Opposition demonstrators argue that the court was compromised and the constitution limits presidents to two terms. The incumbent successfully argued that he is exempt because he took office before the term limit was put in place.
The president, who has been in office since 2000, was once hailed as a visionary, but his popularity has plummeted.
"Wade built schools, roads and hospitals," said Ayo Johnson, an analyst on African affairs. "His leadership has now failed. ... There are increasing levels of poverty, inequality, lack of jobs and an increasing numbers of disillusioned youth."
Wade ran against 13 other candidates on Sunday's ballot.
"Senegal is at a crossroad. A people whose patience has run out, a leader who's out of touch, a constitution not reflective of popular sentiments and an opposition that is unable to put aside party differences with a common purpose to defeat Wade," Johnson said.
Protesters calling for his ouster have clashed on the streets, with at least three people killed during demonstrations last weekend, an opposition leader said. At least two others died in previous clashes.
A presidential spokesman has accused opposition candidates and their supporters of fueling "urban guerrilla warfare" leading up to Sunday's vote.
But Amath Dansokho, head of the opposition June 23 Movement, blamed police for the escalating violence, saying they were responsible for some deaths during demonstrations in Dakar and Rufisque this month.
The presidential spokesman denied the police or military were involved in the deaths.
The opposition June 23 Movement, or M23, is named after the date of protests last summer that forced Wade to withdraw a constitutional amendment that would have nearly guaranteed his victory in this month's election.
West Africa has a history of political strife, but Senegal has largely maintained peace and has never experienced a military coup.


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Once a die-hard rocker, Don Conoscenti is one of the most respected musicians and critically acclaimed songwriters in acoustic music. His live performances are a soulful fusion of styles blended from his experience playing rock, jazz, blues, folk, funk and country. But his primary love is the landscape of story telling and songwriting. His "one man band" sound is driven by an unusual... more
Once a die-hard rocker, Don Conoscenti is one of the most respected musicians and critically acclaimed songwriters in acoustic music. His live performances are a soulful fusion of styles blended from his experience playing rock, jazz, blues, folk, funk and country. But his primary love is the landscape of story telling and songwriting. His "one man band" sound is driven by an unusual rhythmic sense and a finger style approach to guitar arrangement which is set apart by the use of partial and multiple capos. The performances are never canned. There are no set lists. Expect to go on an improvisational musical journey of unexpected segues, humorous reflections, stories and songs. Songs about lovers, outcasts, healing, loss, mystery, spirit, murder and redemption.
In 1999, Conoscenti appeared in Boston as part of the first Inner Forest Concert presentations spearheaded by visual artist LSM Mukha Reyes and jazz drumming legend Rakalam Bob Moses. Conoscenti has met the direct descendents of native tribal leaders Crazy Horse and Geronimo and has been added to the Library of Congress archives as a Folk Revivalist.
At seventeen Conoscenti set out across America, hitchhiking and traveling by truck, motorcycle, bus and the occasional freight train. He trekked to every one of the forty-eight contiguous states plus Hawaii, Jamaica, South America and Japan. While living in Vermont, scooping ice cream at a homemade shop in Burlington run by two guys named Ben and Jerry, he formed the first of dozens of bands comprised of virtuoso players from the rock and jazz worlds. After bouncing from north to south and coast to coast for several years he settled in Atlanta, rising up through the thriving acoustic music scene based out of Eddie's Attic in Decatur...a scene which has produced hit makers like Indigo Girls, Shawn Mullins, SugarLand and John Mayer. It was at Eddie's Attic that he also befriended a young Ellis Paul and they've been close friends, collaborators and partners in crime since.
After leaving Atlanta Conoscenti spent several years each in Texas, Oklahoma and the high desert of southern Colorado in the San Luis Valley. Conoscenti commands an array of instruments: acoustic and electric 6 & 12 string guitar, steel guitar, bass, keyboard, drums, percussion, flute, recorder, mandolin, banjo and didgeridoo. As an expert on the creative process and business essentials for the independent artist, he's been a regular on panels and as a teacher at facilities/events such as The Rocky Mountain Folks Festival Song School (Planet Bluegrass / Lyons, CO), Lamb's Retreat for Songwriters (Harbor Springs, MI), The Americana Song Academy (Sisters, OR).
He's made many friends in the Folk, Rock, Jazz, and Native American musical communities and they have lent their talents to his recordings and performances. The credits for his numerous CDs, released on his own Cogtone Records, read like a Who's Who of contemporary acoustic music. His 1999 release, Mysterious Light, climbed into the top 20 albums played by folk and acoustic DJ's worldwide. NPR, World Caf and Acoustic Caf have all spotlighted his music.
Conoscenti's 2001 release, Paradox of Grace, featured the pivotal song, "The Other Side". Following the attacks of Sept 11, 2001 the song was played regularly on WFUV-FM in New York City and as a result he was invited to perform it on the nationally syndicated television program 'Crossing Over with John Edward'. Because of it's comforting effect the song continues to be used internationally in healing and hospice work and is played or performed at countless memorial services.


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LODI - Hundreds of community members attended a candlelight vigil Wednesday evening while relatives mourned the loss of loved ones after six members of one family died in a catastrophic collision Tuesday in Lodi.
LODI - Hundreds of community members attended a candlelight vigil Wednesday evening while relatives mourned the loss of loved ones after six members of one family died in a catastrophic collision Tuesday in Lodi.
Another member of the family, 9-year-old Eden Miranda, was fighting for his life in a Sacramento hospital Wednesday night, police said. Uyli Ocampo, a 15-year-old relative of the victims, said family members were trying to make their way to Sacramento to visit the boy.
"I just hope that my cousin survives so he can be with us," Ocampo said. "We want to see him, pray for him and ask him to please survive, because we need him here on Earth."
Those killed in the crash were from Guerrero, Mexico, said Mariana Carine Tyler of the Mexican Consulate in Sacramento. She identified the decedents as Viviana Rodriguez, 31, and her unborn child; Luis Miranda, 30; Irving Miranda, 11; Jose Miranda, 7; and Stephanie Miranda, 5.
Ocampo said Rodriguez and Luis Miranda were her aunt and uncle. Ocampo said she didn't believe they were dead until she arrived at South Ham Lane and West Vine Street to find a makeshift memorial growing near the crash site.
"It is heartbreaking," Ocampo said. "They were really nice people. They were the kind of people you want to be around."
Each of the children who were hurt or killed in the six-vehicle collision attended schools in the Lodi Unified School District, school officials said.
Irving Miranda was a student at Lodi Middle School, which is at the intersection where the crash occurred at 5:21 p.m. Tuesday. He played soccer, had many friends and attended an after-school program.
"I will remember his big smile," said Kristy Trujillo, a staff member of the Bridge after-school program. "He was always full of life. We will miss him."
Students at the school learned of Irving Miranda's death from their teachers Wednesday, school officials said. Principal Scott McGregor said teachers and students were shocked and saddened by the boy's death.
Jose Miranda, Stephanie Miranda and Eden Miranda, the sole survivor of the Miranda-Rodriguez family, attended Heritage Elementary School, LUSD officials said. Teacher Claudine Stanbridge, who taught Eden this year and last, described the boy's playful personality and his growing enthusiasm for science.
"Eden is affectionate and gives me a hug when he leaves for the day," Stanbridge said in an email. "He's also sensitive and comforts other kids when they're hurt or sad.
"I ate lunch with my students yesterday and sat next to him. We were laughing and joking with him about how he would need to help his mom change his baby brother's diapers when he arrived. The family was close-knit and loving. His mom was very sweet, kind and proud of her kids. All of the kids were very respectful toward adults at school and their parents. What happened is horrible and makes me heartsick."
Patty Radotic, a teacher at Millswood Middle School in Lodi, helped organize a candlelight vigil Wednesday evening. Radotic led more than 200 people in prayer and announced that a carwash would be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at the IHOP restaurant on West Kettleman Lane to raise money for the family's funeral expenses.
"The moms at my school are just sick to their stomachs," Radotic said. "They're scared, devastated. It could have been any one of us. I saw a lot more hugs and kisses today when they dropped their kids off at school."
Kristine Bolin, a 39-year-old Lodi resident who attended the vigil, said the entire community is saddened by the tragic loss of life.
"Being in a small town like this, it just doesn't happen here," she said. "Every time an ambulance goes by, you can feel the sadness in the sirens."
Tawny Gaither, a 31-year-old mother who is pregnant with her third child, didn't know the victims, but she and her children, ages 5 and 6, stopped by the memorial site Wednesday to leave stuffed animals and other toys.
"I just felt it was important to let their families know that we're praying for them and we're here to support them in any way that we can," Gaither said. "We want to let them know that people are thinking about them."
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Applications to run more white-space Local TV stations invited
Button 8 placement perhaps to reflect number of viewers
Ofcom is looking for more aspiring telly barons, with another 28 Local TV franchises up for grabs along with the two that no-one wanted last time around.
Those two are Swansea and Plymouth, but the other 19 Local TV channels from round one have been awarded and should be on air around the end of this year. Now, anyone who fancies running a TV channel covering Tonbridge, or Mold, or even Reading, should get their applications in before April 24 to be considered.
The Local TV channels will broadcast in White Space spectrum, bands which aren't used for existing broadcasts locally but are used somewhere and thus full-power transmissions aren't allowed. The broadcasting will be managed by the co-operatively owned Comux, which won the right in a beauty contest and happily shares an address with Arqiva, which will handle the actual transmissions. We're assured the relationship is only geographical.
Each location will get a Local TV station, which will be exempted from caps on advertising and will be able to sell content to the BBC (which has been browbeaten into promising to buy £5m of programming a year from the local outfits). Each location will also get two commercial channels, and Comux plans to fund transmission through the sale of those channels.
How Local TV will compete with existing channels, and the internet, is far from clear: but companies and individuals are pouring money into creating Local TV channels in the 19 areas already licensed, so someone believes in the vision even if the commercial model seems hard to credit.
Much store is placed on Local TV's favourable positioning in the Freeview EPG. Local TV will sit at channel 8 in England, but in Scotland that's taken by BBC Alba so the channels for Aberdeen and Inverness will have to sit elsewhere. The companies involved are certain that being so well placed will bring in the viewers.
Not everyone will be wishing them success: one of the cities up for grabs, Cambridge, is already filling its White Space with communication signals as it leads the world in development of the technology for different purposes. Putting a Local TV channel in that space would reduce what's available for everyone else even if they don't choose to watch it.
Those who do think Local TV has a future in Aberdeen, Dundee, Mold, Ayr, Guildford, Plymouth, Bangor, Hereford, Reading, Barnstaple, Inverness, Salisbury, Basingstoke, Kidderminster, Scarborough, Bedford, Limavady, Stoke on Trent, Bromsgrove, Luton, Stratford upon Avon, Cambridge, Maidstone, Swansea, Carlisle, Malvern, Tonbridge, Derry/Londonderry, Middlesbrough or York can get an application to Ofcom or have a word with Comux for some advice on the subject. ®


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First, just a reminder that this Sunday, September 26, 2010, is our monthly exercise in folly, Savoy Cocktail Book Night at Alembic Bar. If any of the cocktails on this blog have captured your fancy, stop by after 6 and allow the skilled bartenders (and me) to make them for you. It is always a fun time.
Transvaal Cocktail
3 Dashes Orange Bitters. (3 dash Angostura Orange Bitters)
1/2 Gin. (1 oz Ransom Old Tom)
1/2 Caperitif. (1 tsp Amaro Montenegro, 1 oz Dolin Blanc)
Stir well and strain into cocktail glass. (Squeeze Orange Peel over glass and drop in.)
Hm, a Fifty-Fifty type cocktail. Definitely going to want a fairly high proof, high intensity Gin to go in this one.
Ransom Old Tom it is! Ha! That will teach Harry Craddock to not specify what sort of Gin to use in the Cocktail!
Aromatic and Orange-tastic? The Orange peel may have been overkill with all that orange bitters.
Still, this is pretty nice, if you're looking for some way to use up that Dolin Blanc and Old Tom.
From the Transvaal Colony Wikipedia Entry:
The Transvaal (Afrikaans, lit. beyond the Vaal River) is the name of an area of northern South Africa. Originally the bulk of the independent Boer South African Republic, which had existed since 1856, despite two previous attempts by the British of varying success to establish supremacy; after the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 it became the Transvaal Colony, and eventually one of the founding provinces of the Union of South Africa.
As is usual with Caperitif containing cocktails, the name refers to South Africa.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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Earlier today, Google launched a new social networking service called Google+. Google+ is Google's latest service in the social networking segment and will compete with the likes of Facebook and Twitter.
In the past, Google has little success with some big projects including Google Buzz, Google Wave and even their recent +1 button. However, just like Gmail and Google Music Google tries to build interest in their services by keeping it as invite only.
Most of the services Google launch are made available in US first, just like the invites for Google Music. Similarly, Google+ is also invite only right now and you can apply for an invite directly.
There are no direct invites being sent out right now but you can get yourself an invite by visiting this link. Additionally, you can learn more about Google+ service by visiting this link.
From the looks of it, this one definitely looks interesting.
Update: Google+ is now open to everyone with a Google+ account, please visit https://plus.google.com and sign in with your Gmail account to get access to Google+.
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For those who are new to the concept of Brit + Co., it's a website geared towards helping us online folk find savvy shortcuts for our digital lives or even to assist us when in the real world. It's a fun lively and colourful website which seems to lend itself perfectly to a Windows Phone app.
The site covers everything from tech to cooking and has a heavy slant towards the craft side of things. The team lead by Brit has set up shop to teach us some innovative ideas for simple, beautiful and creative living. Read on to find out more.
The app is available for both Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7 so nobody should feel left out of the creative lifestyle action. In a rather lengthy and positive post Brit has this to say about why they have released an app to complement their website.
"Why Windows Phone? Well, first and foremost, we LOVE the chic and minimal design. The clean text and large images tug at our visually inclined hearts. But even better, it's as if the Windows Phone was designed for Brit + Co. Our grid-like interface matches perfectly with the live tile design within the Windows Phone UI. Secondly, we are striving to be on as many mobile platforms as possible, as we truly believe that the mobile app experience of Brit + Co. is perhaps even better than the web experience, given that so much of our content is best read in the kitchen, bedroom (who doesn't need a little Brit + Co. before bed?), or on-the-go." - Brit Morin
Funky lifestyle app for your funky phone..
The app itself is made with a good degree of care and attention and does well to fit in with the look and feel of Windows Phone. You'll get access to all the main sections of the site and you can pin news sections to your home screen. Like something and you can share it with your friends via email, Facebook, Twitter or SMS.
Brit's enthusiasm for Windows Phone is nice to see, we're actually ahead of Android in getting a mobile app. Not bad going, in fact it's worth noting what else she (Brit of Brit + Co - yup, it's a mind-bender!) has to say about her Lumia 920:
"If you haven't yet played with one of these phones, you definitely should. It's much different than an iPhone or Android phone, but you can get used to it over a couple of days. I've personally been using a Nokia Lumia 920 (above, left) for the past few months and have enjoyed the experience quite a bit. Plus, I love that they come in so many different bold colours — no need for a case!" - Brit Morin
The app has only been in the market for a few days now but is already seeing some very positive reviews, most of which concentrate on how good it looks. Not bad for the first version but if we were being picky we'd say that the performance was a little sluggish at times even on the mighty Lumia 920. Other than that we'd suggest you get your act together and check it out.
You can download the app from the Windows Phone Store or use the QR code below.


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