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(Cambridge, MA) - The Sacred Heart University track and field teams ventured to Cambridge, MA on Saturday to compete in the Harvard University Open. The meet, which featured more than 25 schools, had no team scoring. The Pioneers won eight of the 30 events contested, four more than any other team, and also recorded five ECAC/IC4A qualifying performances, and 14 New England qualifying performances.
Senior captain Ashley Matakevich led the charge, breaking her own school records in the long jump and triple jump, and qualifying for the ECAC Championship in both events.
Matakevich opened up her day by winning the long jump by more than a foot with a school record leap of 19' ¾". She set the previous school record six days earlier in the CTC Relay Carnival with a mark of 18' 5 ¼". The Stratford native had a tremendous series, as all six of her jumps were at 18' 2 ½" or further. She broke her school record once on her fifth attempt, before smashing it again and going over the 19 foot barrier on her sixth and final attempt. Matakevich qualified for the ECAC Championships for the first time in her career as she sailed past the qualifying standard of 18' 8 ¼". She currently leads the Northeast Conference (NEC) in the event, along with ranking 1st in New England, 5th in the ECAC, and 13th in all of Division One. Matakevich's younger teammates Joselyn Henry (17' 4") and Dylan Baker (17' 2") also jumped well, placing 4th and 5th, respectively, in the competition.
Later in the afternoon, Matakevich continued her career day by improving on her own triple jump school record four times. Just six days earlier, in the CTC Relays, Matakevich had set a new school record in the triple jump of 38' ¾". The senior wasted no time, breaking her own team standard on her first attempt by jumping 38' 2 ¾". Her second attempt of 38' 7 ¾" was another big improvement. Securely in the finals of the event, she wasn't done. Matakevich opened up the finals by breaking the record again, bounding 38' 9 ¾" on her fourth attempt of the competition. On her fifth attempt, Matakevich put a punctuation mark on the proceedings by breaking the record again with a huge jump of 39' 4 ½". It took four school record leaps but she finally cracked the ECAC qualifying standard of 39 ½" with that fifth jump. Matakevich placed second to Olivia Weeks of Harvard in a stacked field, as the top three finishers each topped the ECAC standard. Matakevich currently leads the NEC in the triple jump by a whopping 2 feet and eight inches. She also ranks 2nd in New England, 7th in the ECAC, and 18th in all of Division One.
Commenting on Matakevich's day, head coach Christian Morrison stated, "I'm so proud of Ashley, and feel so fortunate to have her in our program. I love her dedication and positive personality. She is very deserving of her success." Matakevich's event coach, assistant Kenny Franklin added, "Her improvement over the past four years is truly a success story. One that doesn't come from my coaching, but from her willingness to be open to change, and from her tenacity to strive for technical perfection."
On the men's side of the ledger, Bertony Jean-Louis, another local product, headlined. The Norwalk, CT native took home individual honors in the 60 meter hurdles with a winning performance of 7.92 seconds, leading teammate Jeremy Rosado across the finish line. Rosado clocked 8.23 to place 2nd, as both members of the dynamic duo surpassed the IC4A standard of 8.25. While Jean-Louis didn't quite reach his own school record of 7.79, he did finish under his own NEC Championship record of 7.98. The senior captain currently ranks first in both the NEC and in New England, while Rosado sits second in both rankings. Jean-Louis also ranks 2nd in the IC4A and 6th in all of Division One.
Senior captain Athalia Smith qualified for the ECAC Championships, as well, in the weight throw, extending her Northeast Conference lead with a big mark of 58' 1 ¼". She easily surpassed the ECAC standard of 52' 6" while placing fourth in a loaded field. Twin sister Chantaul Smith, who qualified for the ECAC's a week ago, came close with her 6th place mark of 52' 1", and sophomore Kolbi Smith placed 7th with a fling of 51' 1". All three athletes are automatically qualified for the New England Championships. The trio ranks 1st, 3rd and 4th, respectively, in the NEC, while Athalia Smith ranks 4th in New England, 4th in the ECAC and 22nd in all of Division One.
The women further flexed their collective muscle in the shot put, as sophomore Lindsay Aponte topped a field of 26 with a season's best mark of 44' 1 ½". Aponte missed the ECAC standard by just 2 ¼ inches, while easily surpassing the automatic New England standard of 41' ¼". Backing up Aponte, Kolbi Smith placed 4th with a 40' 9" toss, while Chantaul Smith placed 6th (37' 8 ¾") and Athalia Smith placed 7th (37' 7 ¾"). Aponte currently sits 3rd in both the NEC and New England rankings.
On the men's side junior Scott Polis cleared a personal best of 14' 11 ¼" to emerge as the collegiate winner of the pole vault. Polis not only automatically qualified for the New England's, but he also took over the NEC lead in the event. In addition, he currently ranks 2nd in New England.
The men's squad picked up another win in the high jump, as sophomore Drayke Jackson flopped over the bar at a New England qualifying height of 6' 6 ¾". Jackson is undefeated thus far this season, and continues to lead the NEC, while ranking 3rd in New England. Jackson also added a 10th place finish in the triple jump, bounding 44' 4" to rank 9th in the NEC.
Freshman Ashia Wright emerged victorious in the 60 meter dash over a field of 80 entrants, with a New England qualifying clocking of 7.78 seconds. Wright, who has not been beaten in the dash this season, missed the ECAC standard of 7.68 by a mere tenth of a second. Wright currently ranks 2nd in the NEC and 3rd in New England. The rookie went on to place 4th in the 200 meter dash later in the meet with a solid early season time of 26.28 seconds.
The Pioneer's eighth and final win of the day came in the men's 4 x 440 yard relay (Harvard's Gordon Track is one of the few remaining indoor tracks in the country that hasn't been converted to meters). The quartet of Jean-Louis, sophomore Patrick Peterson, and freshmen Warner Cooley and Gregory Hazell clocked 3:24.62 for the victory. The relay also automatically qualified for the New England's, and took over 2nd place in the NEC rankings.
Freshman Sarah Bell lowered her personal best in the 60 meter hurdle preliminaries from 9.36 seconds, all the way down 9.10. She easily surpassed the New England qualifying standard of 9.46, before going on to place 4th in the finals with a 9.25 finish. She currently ranks 5th in the NEC and 12th in New England.
Sophomore Katelyn Racanelli also automatically qualified for the New England's while placing 5th in the 400 meters. Her 59.31 clocking ranks her 5th in the NEC and 8th in New England.
In the men's 3000 meters, senior captains Jeffrey Lusignan (8:37.49), and Richard Marcello (8:38.07) placed 2nd and 3rd, respectively in a field of 48 runners. The duo took over the top two spots in the NEC rankings with their fast early season times. Junior Christopher Connelly also ran well placing 6th with a clocking 8:45.00 to move to 5th on the NEC performance list.
Some strong early season performances were likewise had in the women's 3000 meters. Juniors Alyssa Selmquist (6th in 10:32.98) and Michelle Navarro (7th in 10:42.18) each recorded personal bests, followed by sophomore Teresa Gagliostro (9th in 10:50.31), and freshman Elizabeth Hutchins (11th in 10:51.75). Hutchins also recorded a personal best, as the quartet moved to 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th, respectively, in the NEC rankings.
Freshman Emma Bolduc had a good day as well, placing 4th in the Mile run with a 5:18.24 clocking, and following it up with a 12th place finish in the 800 meters in 2:25.24. Bolduc currently ranks 3rd in the NEC in the Mile, and 7th in the 800 meters.
The women rounded out their day with a 2nd place finish in the 4 x 440 yard relay. The foursome of freshman Nicolette Sands, senior Karlie Dean, freshman Shay Cronin, and Racanelli crossed the line in 4:06.65.
Other notable performances for the men included:
Weight Throw – Mark Conklin (9th – 48' ¾") and Marc Troiani (10th – 47' 3")
60 Meter Dash – Kevin Eckel (11th in 7.14 seconds)
Shot Put – Philip Miccio (7th – 46' 5 ½") and Marc Troiani (8th – 46' ½")
200 Meter Dash – Matthew Lyhne (6th in 22.84) and Warner Cooley (9th in 22.99)
Long Jump – Gregory Hazell (10th – 21' 4 ¾")
"We're feeling very good about things heading into the winter break," stated Morrison. "Both teams have performed extremely well in our first two meets, so we're real excited about our prospects for a banner season." After a few weeks break, the men and women compete next in the Carleton Crowell Open on January 6-7


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Last week, io9 brought to our attention Evan MacIsaac—a man who recorded himself cosplaying Sailor Moon in construction paper costumes while performing "Do My Thing" by Estelle and Janelle Monáe. That video, which you can watch above, is just the tip of the Moon Stick. You have no idea how much this guy loves Sailor Moon.
His YouTube channel is almost entirely Sailor Moon themed. We're talking like, hundreds of videos—some are reviews of the anime. This is his very first review, from two years ago. It probably won't make much sense to anyone that hasn't actually watched the anime.
If you'd like a no-frills version of MacIsaac's judgement, he has a Google doc set up with all his review scores so far.
While these videos seem witty and funny, truly, the highlight of MacIsaac's YouTube channel are his kind of absurd (but amazing) construction paper cosplay videos. He seems to have a video for nearly every Sailor Scout (meaning he has a bunch of costumes), and many of these recreate the magical girl transformation sequence that Sailor Moon is famous for. He doesn't skimp out on this either; it's not just the costumes. The transformation sequences sometimes include make-up. Here are a few.
Here are some of his props:
Kotaku reached out to MacIsaac about his Sailor Moon devotion. Here's what he said, in case you're curious as to what is driving all these videos:
I've been trying to figure out why I love Sailor Moon so much for years! The story has a balance of action, humor, drama, and ridiculousness that just strikes a chord with me. The musicals bring some fabulous divaness and the live-action is quirky cute. It's a metaseries with depth that just keeps going once you fall into it.
When I first started doing my reviews, I thought it would be funny to mimic a transformation... but I can't sew. I did have construction paper though, and it just sorta happened. When I was younger, I was friends with a lot of people into cosplay, and we jokingly made costumes out of paper one night, so I guess thats where the idea originated.
I didn't know how to edit videos when I started, so I like to compare my first transformation with my latest. They are always terrible, but become more complex in their terribleness.
What's next? He says his upcoming videos are going to get more ridiculous. Expect booty shorts.


text: Quinn01 38 Posted May 31, 2011 (edited) What is with people who call themselves "beer snobs" and the love for stouts and porters? I have been told my taste in beers is not as refined all because I do not want to drink a beer that is closer to coffee or chocolate milk than a real beer like a lager or pilsner. IMO I just found most to just about all stouts and porters to not be beer and is for people who hate the taste of real beer.Yeah screw that. I drink whatever I am feeling that day. Some days I feel like a heavy beer like Guinness then other days I feel like a lighter beer like Newcastle. It is all about what you prefer. Beer is one of those things that the more you drink it the more experienced and daring you become. You appreciate it more. What I do not like is those who say, "I drink beer all the time." and they order Choors or Bud off tap.....no.Ill pay the extra .50-2 dollars per pint over that thank you very much. Edited May 31, 2011 by Quinn01 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The Milwaukee Bucks have signed second round draft pick Nate Wolters, General Manager John Hammond announced today. Terms of the contract were not disclosed in accordance with team policy.
The Bucks acquired the draft rights to Wolters (6-4, 190) from the Philadelphia 76ers. The guard was originally selected by the Washington Wizards with the 38th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. His rights were subsequently acquired by Philadelphia before being moved to Milwaukee. In exchange for the draft rights to Wolters, the Bucks sent the draft rights to Ricky Ledo, the 43rd overall pick in the draft, and a future second round pick to the Sixers.
Wolters played four years of college basketball at South Dakota State University (2009-13) and left holding school records for scoring (2,353 points), assists (663) and free throws made (644). He is one of only four players in Division I history to leave school with 2,000 points, 600 rebounds and 600 assists, and the only player in South Dakota State history to surpass the 2,000-point mark.
As a senior in 2012-13, Wolters averaged 22.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game. He became the first Summit League player ever to earn AP All-American honors when he was named to the Third Team. Wolters also earned First Team All-Summit League honors in addition to being named the 2013 Summit League Player of the Year. He was selected First Team All-Summit League following his sophomore and junior seasons as well. Wolters scored in double figures in 72 consecutive games and in all but 13 of his 128 games as a Jackrabbit – 11 of which were in his freshman year and two in his sophomore season.


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It's so simple – but the effect is immense. The four bells that toll through the transition scenes of Parsifal, Wagner's great final masterpiece, have an earth-shattering impact.
Parsifal twice journeys to the Grail Hall, in Acts I and III, and each time entails a majestic (and lengthy) scene change. The purely orchestral music is derived from a simple four-note theme, and towards the climax of each passage we hear the pattern played on four bells. The air hums with their complex overtones – bells sound not one note but a whole chord behind the main pitch – and at the height of their tremendous crescendos they almost make the building shake. Their many-note quality makes bells the perfect instrument to reflect the same-yet-different nature of the two transitions: in Act I dignified and heroic; in Act III, as the Grail community disintegrates, desolate and horrifying.
What were the actual sounds Wagner had in mind? Bells at the low pitch he required were hardly conventional orchestral instruments – for good reason, given the lowest pitch bell would weigh more than twenty-six tonnes and have a diameter of around eight metres. Tubular bells or bell plates, popular orchestral bell substitutes, would not cut it. Wagner needed something otherworldly – but also something that could fit in the pit.
There's no easy solution. Wagner first thought to use tamtams, but after procuring some from London (apparently the nearest tamtam centre) he decided that alone they weren't enough. He then commissioned a special piano-like instrument from his friend Eduard Steingraeber, with a piano's metal frame and 24 strings all tuned to four notes, and a keyboard with just four (massive) keys.
For the premiere the Steingraeber was played alongside tamtams, gongs and a tuba, but the result evidently didn't match the sounds of Wagner's imagination. During rehearsals his wife Cosima wrote in her diary 'The orchestra…breaks into hearty applause after the transition scene, which does R. good, though he has many difficulties to contend with: the bells are not right'.
A few years after the 1882 premiere - and Wagner's death the following year - Cosima supervised the construction of four huge metal barrels. These remained in place at Bayreuth for several decades. Other opera houses, once the 30-year embargo on performances outside Bayreuth had expired, had to find their own solutions, usually some combination of tubular bells and gongs.
The development of synthesizers in the early 20th century generated a new set of sounds, though it was some time before they made it to the Grail Hall. The Trautonium, invented by engineer Friedrich Trautwein in 1929, was used by composers throughout the 1930s, particularly Paul Hindemith who worked in collaboration with Oskar Sala, the instrument's main proponent. It wasn't until after Richard Strauss had used it to re-create bell sounds for his Japanische Festmusik (1940) that the Trautonium's Parsifal potential was realized, with Sala taking over bells duty at Bayreuth from 1952.
Synthesizers are now the most widely used bells, and combined with a PA sound system they can have the requisite earthquake-like effect. They're not without their perils, however, and if misjudged can sound less like bells of solemn majesty and more like an ice-cream van.
Synthesizers have been used at The Royal Opera for the previous two productions – but for Stephen Langridge's new production Music Director Antonio Pappano has introduced a combination of live instruments, returning to Wagner's original solution but now supported by modern technology. Tubular bells and bell plates will be played together with a close-miked piano, and the combined sound will be relayed through the Royal Opera House's sound system. Judging from the rehearsals, it's going to be thrilling.
Parsifal runs from 30 November to 18 December 2013. Tickets are still available.
The production will also be relayed live to cinemas around the world on 18 December. Find your nearest cinema.
The production is staged with generous philanthropic support of the Metherell Family, Roland & Sophie Rudd, Dr and Mrs Michael West, Marina Hobson MBE, Ian and Helen Andrews, Peter and Fiona Espenhahn, Annie Frankel, Malcolm Herring, Dr L Mikheev and N Mikheev, Lindsay and Sarah Tomlinson, The Wagner Circle and The Parsifal Production Syndicate and generously supported in memory of Simon Tullah.


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They don't fight crime like Batman and Robin, but setter Stefine "Jake" Pease and middle blocker Alex Kelly, have done all they can this season to stop opponents of the Lady Bisons.
The two sophomores were awarded for their efforts as First Team Atlantic Sun All-Conference selections. Kelly, the only unanimous selection by the coaches and media for the first team, also became the first ever Lady Bison to be named A-Sun Player of the Year in volleyball.
"The play by Jake all year long has been really good," said Lady Bisons coach Brandon Rosenthal. "I think she has set herself up as the premier setter in the conference."
Pease leads the Atlantic Sun overall in assists with 1,179, 10.16 per set. She also leads in A-Sun Conference games only with 762, 10.44 per set. But Rosenthal stresses that what Pease contributes to the team cannot always be measured with stats alone.
"There are so many intangibles that she brings to the court like her speed and what she is able to do with the ball," said Rosenthal. "She can serve. She can play defense. She is the total package as a player.
"This award is very well-deserved for her. When you talk about players who give their very best everyday in practice she is at the top of the list. It is good to see people who work hard be rewarded."
Kelly is first overall in the A-Sun in kills with 474, 4.09 per game. She has posted seven matches where she has posted a .500 or better hitting percentage. One of the main reasons for Kelly's success is Pease. The two were teammates before they ever enrolled at Lipscomb.
"This year has been more understated than last year for Pease," said Rosenthal. "She has distributed the ball and then kind of gotten out of the way. The things that Alex Kelly has been able to do is in large part connected with what Jake has done. There is chemistry between them. It is neat to see them both on the A-Sun First Team.
"Their recruiting class was honorable mention nationally. Our program has progressed with a lot of young players. We lost five seniors last year and have followed that up with a strong performance. To have a setter and a middle who are as effective and dominating as they are helps us to have bright future."
Kelly was the only player this season to earn A-Sun Player of the Week honors three times.
"We have asked her and pushed her to do more things and she has really stepped up to that challenge," said Rosenthal. "Alex is the ultimate competitor in and out of practice.
"She worked really hard this past spring to develop her game. She had a great season last year, but she wasn't satisfied with that."
Also earning postseason honors was freshman Katie Rose who has played both middle blocker and outside hitter this season. Rose earned a spot on the A-Sun All-Freshman Team.
"We had some ideas to play her at the middle position and then we had to transfer her to the outside," said Rosenthal. 'I had confidence she could make that transition.
"She has had some up and down sets. But she has done a nice job throughout the year. The thing about her is her willingness to learn and to grow on her experiences. She has a great attitude on and off of the court. The team has really gravitated towards her."
The honors are nice, but the Lady Bisons have a major challenge facing them this week. They head into the A-Sun Championship this weekend at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., as the No. 1 seed. The Lady Bisons, the defending tournament champions, have earned a bye in the quarterfinals. They will play Friday in the semifinals against the winner of a match-up between Mercer and ETSU.
"The great thing about all three of them is that they realize there is still something bigger out there this season," said Rosenthal. "The tournament and a chance to return to the NCAA Tournament is what they have been working so hard for all season."


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Far Cry 5's Vietnam DLC cuts the crap and puts an emphasis on stealth
I never felt the need to be stealthy in Far Cry 5. Sure, I had this huge skill tree made up of ways to silently murder my way through compounds, but this rocket launcher and my best mate – an angry grizzly bear – did the job much quicker.
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Air Conflicts: Vietnam announced for Q3 release on PS3
Air Conflicts: Vietnam will be released during Q3 on PlayStation 3, bitComposer Games has announced.
Apple's App Review Board fails to detect unplayable five dollar copyright infringement
The reliability of Apple's App Review Board has been brought into question with the revelation that an apparently unplayable and blatantly copyright infringing title has managed to slip through the system unnoticed.
Report: Asian games industry still fuelled by Internet cafe culture
A new report from games industry market analyst firm Pearl Research suggests Internet cafes are still a major motivator in Asian game markets.
Magicka: Vietnam to release "in about a month"
Arrowhead boss Jojan Pilestedt has confirmed to Joystiq that Magicka: Vietnam will be released "in about a month".
Paradox announces Magicka: Vietnam
Paradox Interactive made a surprise announcement at GDC today, announcing a new Magicka expansion that will take place in Vietnam.
Report: Vietnam to block access to online gaming after 10pm
Vietnam News is reporting that the country has asked interner service providers to block off access to online gaming from 10pm nightly from March 3.
Analyst firm projects online market in Asia to reach $1.7 billion by 2014
Niko Partners has estimated, thanks to a recent study, that the South East Asian online market is will be worth $917 million by the end of the year, and worth $1.7 billion by 2014.
Vietnam vet derides Black Ops release as "very tacky"
Vietnam veteran and Winnipeg resident Ron Parkes has hit out at the release of Black Ops on Remembrance Day.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam announced for winter
EA's just announced a new expansion pack for Battlefield: Bad Company 2, which sees a new location: Vietnam.
Rumour: Call of Duty casting call mentions "SOG in Vietnam," details characters
An LA casting call for Call of Duty-related "voice over/motion capture" for an Activision "video game" has described character Frank Barnes as being part of an elite Vietnam unit, the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group.
PS3, PS2 and PSP hit Vietnam
SCE has opened for business in Vietnam, meaning PlayStation 3, PSP and PlayStation 2 are now officially on sale.
"Vietnam bans computer games"
"Vietnam has ordered state officials to stop playing computer games at work and drinking alcohol at lunch," said this frankly bizarre report from The Gulf Times. Like, that's it. All we can think about now is crazed Vietnamese politicians getting battered on vodka and throwing up on their monitors during extended WoW sessions while they […]
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Michigan man ID'd as victim in Grand County shooting
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Joshua Lee Stevens, 32, of Coral Springs, Mich., was the man shot and killed late Monday night in an altercation with a Grand County law enforcement officer and his wife, a local prosecutor, officials confirmed Wednesday.
Investigators say Stevens was acting erratically and had forced his way into the couple's home before he was shot.
He had come to Hot Sulphur Springs roughly a week prior to his death and had been looking for work, according to a statement released by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation Wednesday.
The shooting occurred after a Grand County sheriff's deputy and his wife, a deputy district attorney, reported an intruder was attempting to break into their house in Hot Sulphur Springs.
It is unclear whether Stevens has a criminal record.
He died from a gun-shot wound, Grand County Coroner Brenda Bock said Tuesday.
Initial reports indicated a sheriff's deputy was the shooter, although officials would not confirm whether it was the officer living at the residence who fired the shots.
Both the sheriff's deputy and the prosecutor suffered minor injuries during the violent altercation that preceded the shooting, according to a statement Tuesday.
Both have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation.
The incident occurred at the former Riverside hotel on the 500 block of Grand Avenue in Hot Sulphur Springs, the home of Sheriff's Lt. John Stein and his wife, deputy prosecutor Heather Stein. Authorities have not confirmed they were the two people involved in the shooting.
Initial witness reports indicate at least twho people saw the shooting.
A neighbor, Tim Nicklas, reported hearing three consecutive gunshots Monday night. When he went to the scene he heard John Stein telling officers, "The family's fine. The kids are OK." The steins reportedly have four children living at the Grand Avenue residence.
Officials say they have no reason to suspect the incident had any connection with recent shootings of law enforcement officials in Texas and Colorado.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is leading the investigation with the help of the 1st Judicial District Attorney's Office as both the Grand County Sheriff's Office and 14th District Attorney's Office are directly involved in the case.
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"Two guys don't usually do this stuff at home," justified a man caught engaging in a sex act with the local sheriff, as to why they were performing said sex act in a 1994 Ford Escort station wagon parked behind an Irish bar.
Local police found their Sheriff, Keith Kellerman, 48, in the station wagon with J. Ian Stennett, 31 at 1:15am on Friday morning, reports BND.com. Stennett's pants were allegedly unzipped and his shirt undone. In Missouri, being in the presence of another man who has his fly down qualifies as a sex act. The men are also said to have admitted to "making out."
The couple were cited with public indecency before being driven to their respective home by a designated driver.
Kellerman has been The Law in Pinkneyville, a town of 25,000 near St. Louis, since 1998. He began his career in law enforcement working in a correctional facility after receiving an honorable discharge from the Navy in 1992.
Unfortunately, details of how two large men managed to actually "make out" in a '94 Escort wagon are not available. We're betting it was a bit awkward as well as chilly, lows in Pinckneyville are currently in the 40s.
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Candelas and Revuelta look ahead with confidence
With a fifth and pair of 25th-place finishes in their first three FIVB World Tour events this season, Candelas and Revuelta are looking forward to returning to confederation competition where the pair will be the top-ranked host country team when Mexico hosts NORCECA events in Colima (May 30-June 1) and Toluca (June 6-8). Depending on funding, Candelas and Revuelta are hopeful to return to the FIVB circuit at June's Berlin Grand Slam.
An eight-year member of Mexico's women's volleyball national team (1997-2004), the 30-year-old Candelas was both "thrilled and disappointed" with her team's result in last week's Puerto Vallarta Open, where she and Revuelta won their first four matches as the ninth-seeded team in the competition before being eliminated by third-seeded Chen Xue and Xinyi Xia of China.
"Our goal was to reach the medal rounds," said Candelas, "but we had a very tough draw in the quarterfinals against the Chinese. "Xue has been one of the best players in the world since 2006 with an Olympic bronze medal to her credit. Xia is only 17, but she has already won two gold medals on the FIVB World Tour with Xue. They are one of the best teams on the international tour, so losing to them is not so bad. We are just disappointed that we could not reach the final matches on Mother's Day."
Candelas, who is ranked by some as Mexico's top women's volleyball player of all time, said she was glad to return home after playing the first two events in China. In Fuzhou and Shanghai, they placed 25th after playing in both qualification tournaments to earn a spot in the Main Draws.
"We played a lot of matches in China, but we were not happy with our overall play for the two events," said Candelas. "We played much better in Puerto Vallarta as the conditions were ideal for beach volleyball with great sand and warm weather. All the teams told us that the site was great and they really enjoyed playing this week. That's great as I think last week's tournament will help us build a strong site for future FIVB events."
Candelas and Revuelta started playing full-time on the FIVB World Tour last season. The pair competed in four events, with a pair of 17th-place finishes at the end of the season in China (Xiamen) and Thailand (Phukett). The Mexicans also helped their country secure a third-place finish in the 2013 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour standings by winning one event, placing on the podium eight times and advancing to the medal rounds nine times in 10 events.
"We were very pleased with our NORCECA results last season," said Candelas, who was a three-time collegiate All-American at the University of Southern California (2003-2005). She played on the school's NCAA championship teams in 2002 and 2003 with London 2012 Olympic silver medallist April Ross of the United States. "Winning and placing at the NORCECA events is important, especially when it comes to qualifying for the Olympics."
Like the Mexican men, Candelas and Revuelta were disappointed not to qualify for the Summer Games in London; both were playing with different partners during the 2012 Olympic qualifying process. While Revuelta was playing with Vanessa Virgen three seasons ago, Candelas was competing with Mayra Garcia. Candelas and Garcia were seeking a second trip to the Olympics after placing 17th at the Beijing 2008 Summer Games, where they won one of four matches.
Canadian teams spoiled Mexico's initial bid to qualify for London in the NORCECA Continental Cup competition in June 2012 at Mazatlán, for both men and women. One week later in Moscow - at the final qualifying event for the 2012 Summer Games - the Mexican men finished fourth and the women fifth with only the top two countries in each gender advancing to London for the Olympics.
"Nothing but heart-break for us in Mazatlán and Moscow," said Salvador Gonzalez, who has been coaching the top Mexican beach volleyball teams since 1995. "We were so close, but yet so far. The goal now is to erase those 2012 memories and look to the future."
Gonzalez is "confident that Candelas and Revuelta will maintain their ranking among NORCECA teams, but our goal is to be very competitive on the FIVB World Tour. There are several ways to qualify, but securing one of the 15 berths for the 2016 Olympic Games is the best way to earn a trip to Rio. It is the hardest due to the travel and the overall competition, but you are rewarded by playing well against the best teams in the world."
While Candelas has established herself as a Mexican volleyball and beach volleyball legend, the 27-year-old Revuelta has "quietly" improved her game. "Bibiana is an inspiration for all women's players in Mexico," said Revuelta. "She established herself as one of the top players on the Mexican national team at an early age and then went to the United States and was a part of two national championships teams at USC. She returned home and earned an Olympic berth with Mayra in 2008 while becoming the winningest player in NORCECA women's beach volleyball history. She is an amazing player, but more importantly, a better person. It is an honour to play with her."
With Candelas' USC accomplishments already noted, Revuelta was also referring to her partner's "Best Blocker" and "MVP" honours at the 1999 and 2000 NORCECA tournaments in Mexico and Cuba respectively, and the "Best Blocker" selection at the 2002 Senior Pan America Cup in Mexico. Candelas also led her state of Coahuila team to four consecutive national championships (1998-2001), where she earned "MVP" honours at Mexico's national tournament in 2001.
Candelas played in her first beach volleyball competition when she was 10. Her first beach volleyball honour came in 2006 when she teamed with Paula Gentil of the University of Minnesota to win the first-ever United States Collegiate Beach Volleyball Tournament at Reno, Nevada. In NORCECA beach volleyball competition, Candelas has topped the podium 10 times along with capturing 19 medals in 21 events. Eight of the gold medals were won with Garcia, two with Revuelta.
In Pan American Beach Volleyball competition, Candelas and Garcia were almost "perfect", except for two of their 12 matches. Their only two setbacks were to Brazilian 2012 Olympic bronze medal winners and 2011 FIVB World Champions Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca.
Candelas dropped a two-set semifinal decision to Juliana and Larissa in the Rio 2007 Pan American Games, before defeating a team from Canada for the bronze medal. At the Puerto Vallarta 2011 Pan American competition, Candelas and Garcia lost in a 56-minute gold medal match (15-21, 24-22, 20-22) to the Brazilians. The Puerto Vallarta match was the seventh meeting between the two teams as the Mexicans had defeated Juliana and Larissa twice at FIVB events in Berlin (2008) and Marseille (2009).
"It was a great match," said Candelas about the 2011 Pan American gold medal match. "The Brazilians were the world champions and against a team like that you can't make errors in the critical moments. We let the game escape, but you have to take that as a learning experience. Despite the loss, the match gave us confidence that Mayra and I could play against the best."
Revuelta, who has played in 17 FIVB World Tour events, as compared to the 67 played by Candelas, is excited about "having family and friends here to watch us play. We will have a lot of motivation to play hard. We will get a lot of energy from playing in Puerto Vallarta where supportive crowds will give us confidence to play well. With my brother (Juan) also competing in the men's competition, our desire to play well is even greater."
As one of the newer pairs on the FIVB World Tour, Revuelta feels they also have an early season advantage "since a lot of teams are not familiar with our play. We are also using a new approach to our playing style as our coach has specifically designed a strength training program for us along with getting us focused on improving the little things to take us from a good team to a very good team."
The accomplishments of Candelas as a beach volleyball and volleyball player have been confirmed, but future deeds are more of a concern. "Martha and I are in the second of a four-year quest to reach the Rio Olympics. We feel we have the talent to compete at a very high level to reach our goal. One tournament in Puerto Vallarta will not determine our ultimate fate, but playing well this weekend will give us confidence for future events."


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When Hurricane Sandy battered the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with high winds and heavy rain in October, forcing the federal government to close offices for two days, the Interior Department rapidly set up virtual servers to accommodate the network and bandwidth needs of employees working from home.
Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Protection used virtualization technology to set up Citrix virtual servers to handle the increased demand for telecommuting, according to Interior's CIO Bernard Mazer. Additionally, IT administrators in Interior's Denver, Colo., data center were able to set up Citrix servers in a matter of minutes to handle the increased workload.
"The government was shut down, but if you had the ability to telework, you had to work," Mazer said. About 40 percent of Interior's workforce in the Washington, D.C., telework, he said.
Mazer described how virtualization technology is critical for data center design and consolidation by lowering the cost of IT operations and promoting energy efficiency, to an audience of government and industry executives at a conference held by FCW and several industry partners in Washington, D.C., Nov. 8.
Server virtualization has been in full swing for several years at many federal agencies, and now many agency IT managers are implementing storage, desktop and client virtualization projects. Virtualization allows a single physical server to run multiple guest operating systems as a way of making more efficient use of the hardware, which frees data center space and achieves greater IT operational and energy efficiencies.
For Interior, the immediate benefits of virtualization is better utilization of deployed IT equipment, Mazer said. Virtualization also gives DOI more flexible hosting solutions and makes the department more hardware independent. The technology lets Interior move toward cloud computing by allowing DOI to deploy on-demand provisioning for storage or computing resources. Finally, the technology helps Interior to reduce capital spending on IT hardware, Mazer said.
Mazer gave other examples of how some Interior bureaus have saved money and reduced data center power usage through the adoption of virtualization.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs uses two virtualization products, depending on location. VMware technology is used for enterprise applications located at the bureau's primary data centers. Virtual servers typically run on blade servers in these locations, which are equipped with enterprise-grade storage-area networks. Field locations use Microsoft Hyper-V on commodity servers.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has achieved a 17 percent reduction in power usage costs in the Albuquerque, N.M., data center through the virtualization of 188 servers onto 20 virtual servers, Mazer said.
The Bureau of Land Management retired 200 servers in its network operations center in Denver. Through a VMware-based deployment, data center managers reduced 200 servers into approximately 29 server racks and virtualized into two blade chassis for a total of 28 blade servers in one rack. They were able to reduce power consumption from 180 kilowatts to 105 kilowatts, saving more energy and reducing utility costs.
The National Park Service uses Microsoft Hyper-V and has been able to achieve a 28 percent reduction in power usage in the Denver data center, which had more than 80 servers. In Washington, D.C., the Park Service has decommissioned about 100 servers using Hyper-V, achieving savings in cooling workloads and capacity, he said.
Interior has approximately 14,000 servers, Mazer said, noting the department is continuously working to reduce that number and move into flexible hosting environments.
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Rack and shelving: Supporting speed
Racks and shelves are not standing still as efforts to improve speed and productivity reshape traditional approaches to storage.
Article in Modern Materials Handling
By Josh Bond, Associate Editor
April 01, 2013
Storage systems were once designed to do one thing well: Hold goods until they were needed. Recently, however, the hunt for speed and efficiency in the warehouse and DC has placed more emphasis on every step a worker takes and every cubic foot of unused space.
Because they touch every item that passes through a facility, racks and shelves are no longer built simply to be big enough. These systems are now designed to reduce labor costs, optimize available space, and react quickly to changing business conditions. The best racking and shelving systems are about more than providing a temporary home to inventory; they are about serving the specific profile of the stock keeping unit (SKU).
"Racking is connected more than ever to the promise a company makes to its customers and the target service levels required to fulfill that promise," says David McLain, national account manager for Steel King, who cites the growth of the e-commerce market as a key influence. "Businesses need to get the product in, have it on the shelf for as short a time as possible, then ship it to the customer directly and much more quickly than they've done in the past."
The growth of warehouse management systems (WMS), per-item visibility and next-day/same-day shipping objectives has prompted companies to think differently about how product is stored and retrieved. Instead of endless rows of selective rack, facilities are now designed with an assortment of storage and picking systems to accommodate pallets and eaches, seasonal items and daily sellers, large and small items, and everything in between. The choice of storage for each can make or break a facility's efforts to speed up product movement.
The rack race
Traditionally, a warehouse might be filled with single-deep selective rack, which gives the impression of product accessibility since every pick face is open for business. In practice, this approach cannot keep up with customers' desire for rapid order fulfillment, according to Carlos Oliver, president of Frazier Industrial.
"When you start asking about SKUs and volumes and movement, you start realizing you don't store fast-movers the same way you store slow-movers," says Oliver. "If you walk out into your warehouse and it's filled with the same type of racking, you're looking at an opportunity for improvement. You're ignoring one end of the spectrum or the other."
McLain agrees, saying he watched one customer replace a facility's homogeneous storage system with a picking mezzanine with shelving, pallet flow in certain areas between six and 10 deep, high-rise shelving with narrow-aisle picking for individual parts, a carton flow/pallet flow pick module and four different profiles of selective rack for full pallet storage. In most cases, this type of transformation results in more work being done by fewer people in less space.
"There's more competition for rapid order fulfillment and things like same-day shipping, and that impacts our industry," says David Olson, national sales and marketing manager for Ridg-U-Rak and current president of the Rack Manufacturers Institute. Olson says rapid order fulfillment is an area of increased emphasis as companies attempt to compete with the Amazon model. "Easy access and highly efficient picking systems have become important, so we're doing more pick modules in large DCs."
Pick modules are increasingly used for the efficient storage and selection of cartons and eaches. As these modules grow in popularity, they're also growing in size. Older style pick modules might have been replenished by forklifts, with a small center aisle and just one conveyor takeaway system, says McLain. "We're now seeing much larger center aisles, 15- to 20- or 25-feet wide," he says, "with four or five lanes of conveyor for both incoming and outgoing product."
In many case-picking environments, staggered roller beds are replacing conventional wide roller carton flow shelves to accommodate rapidly changing SKU mixes, says McLain. Magnetic labels on the pick side and configurable lane indicators on the replenishment side make adjustments simple. "You have to be able to change from six SKUs on a shelf to 10 and change those out very quickly, he says. "Dedicated individual lanes hamper your ability to use 100% of your storage system. The carton flow industry and the picking of items are all becoming much more flexible."
The desire to keep a single carton pick face as full as possible highlights the emphasis on reducing unused space. Wasted space results in a larger storage system footprint, which in turn impacts the distance a worker must travel to retrieve an item, both of which can increase costs. "Customers always had an appreciation of the impact of a storage system on their business," says McLain, "but technology was the limiting factor." Without granular data about each SKU, older systems drove a more traditional style of storage and selection, when the expectation was to ship in pallet loads and large cartons to the store. Individual items being shipped directly to the end customer has required big changes.
"Warehouse management systems are driving the whole process, and that seems to be the starting point for many companies," adds McLain. "They're wondering how that per-item visibility fits into what they want to do, and based on that, how they design a racking system to fit."
Business intelligence
For some operations, racking might escape scrutiny as the focus hovers on WMS, lift trucks and picking technologies to cut labor costs, increase productivity and optimize slotting. Information technology is one piece, but storage systems that hamper the speed of putaway and retrieval, or result in too much empty space, will limit an operation's potential.
"More and more, the intelligence is becoming important to the storage design," says Alan Schneider, product manager for vertical storage solutions at Stanley Vidmar. "Knowing something's location is essential to efficiency, especially if you have a dynamic system. Searching for and locating material is not very efficient, the idea of holding inventory 'just in case' is no longer sustainable, and visibility is paramount."
The impact of business intelligence on storage optimization is exposing strengths and weaknesses of racking solutions that even their manufacturers could not have predicted. When Frazier launched its pushback racking, Oliver says the company thought it would be used for three- or four-deep applications. In recent years, he found it is almost exclusively double-deep, when a customer could get the same density for a lower cost with purpose-built double-deep. In the past, the decision would be simple; the same density with less expensive rack would win every time.
"Now it's all about productivity," says Oliver. "Pushback essentially operates the same as single-deep, without the need for pantograph lift trucks. The difference between running 'single-deep' pushback racking at 18 pallet moves per hour and double-deep reach racking at 12 means I can make up the racking costs in manpower."
Analysis of business information can help a customer see the big picture, instead of prioritizing one metric, such as not missing a shipping window, at the expense of another, such as pallet moves per hour. Oliver says there are three legs of the stool when making decisions around racking: equipment price, the cost of the building space, and the price of labor, which can be inflated by as much as 30% with the wrong racking approach. For retrofits, the challenge is to work within limitations. But for new facilities, says Oliver, "the building should be designed to surround the best materials handling solution, not the other way around."
Planning for the future
Only about 50% to 70% of new facilities are shaped around the materials handling system, says Oliver. In the planning of new facilities, rack and shelving rarely drive the discussion, even when the availability of space might have been a primary motivator for the new project. "People look at storage areas and say all it does is cost money," adds Schneider. As we have seen, the cost of storage cannot be viewed in a vacuum, especially since the wrong system can increase costs long after it is installed.
In an effort to ensure flexibility in both short-term and long-term storage needs, more customers are designing with an eye toward future needs. "There are a lot of multi-phase projects and allowances for add-ons in the quoting packages we see," says Olson. "People have been in the mode of only spending what they really know they will need, so they'd also like to be able to plan for anticipated costs. They're looking further down the road."
As a result, single-level picking modules are often designed to support the easy installation of a second, third or fourth tier in the future. Planned additions and expansions tend to be less disruptive to operations, especially as storage systems become more efficient and cube utilization approaches 100%. With optimized storage, it becomes more difficult to remove all the product, rip out the racking, and install an updated system, even if the cost of the racking is relatively small. The level of disruption in a world of same-day shipping would simply be too great.
New projects are also the time to consider the right equipment mix and how each tipped domino can impact another. Rack will need to interface with conveyors, lift trucks, people and software, and must be designed to optimize order fulfillment in addition to pallet positions in the cube. "With a new building, it's an opportunity to design a storage system with equipment components that complement one another and align with the target process," says Schneider.
Used racking: A cautionary tale
The longevity of racking equipment means it is likely to outlast the materials handling system it serves. When it's time to consolidate or update facilities, it's likely a large amount of perfectly good rack will end up on the used market. While it is often possible to find quality used rack, there are a number of factors to consider. According to David McLain, national account manager for Steel King, the specific properties of each rack installation make it difficult to find a used product that meets all requirements in a new application.
"You've got to be sure it meets the seismic standards for the region and the capacities of the application," he says. "Used rack is rarely used for new picking systems, where the level of needed customization makes it just as easy and cost-effective to get the exact design direct from the rack supplier."
David Olson, national sales and marketing manager for Ridg-U-Rak and current president of the Rack Manufacturers Institute, recommends the end-user contact a qualified design engineer to review the component metals and intended usage before purchasing used rack. Carlos Oliver, president of Frazier Industrial, takes it a step further, advising buyers to investigate the background of anyone in the business of selling used equipment.
"Used racking is a huge problem in the marketplace," he says. "There are lots of small operations running around selling used rack, and they're happy to take your money and disappear."
Companies mentioned in this article
Frazier Industrial: frazier.com
Steel King Industries: steelking.com
Ridg-U-Rak: ridgurak.com
Stanley Vidmar: stanleyvidmar.com
Flow storage system accelerates company's expansion
Crider, a leader in canned and frozen chicken in the United States, added a 100,000-square-foot warehouse to its Stillmore, Ga., facility to accommodate new business. The company took the opportunity to rethink its warehouse logistics, which had become a bottleneck restricting growth.
"We had to move product to get to other product, which made first-in, first-out (FIFO) product rotation difficult," explains Phillip Rehberg, vice president of operations at Crider. "Over-handling and over-stacking the pallets caused costly, unnecessary finished product damage. Forklift operators spent too much time searching for product to ship, which made staging and loading delivery trucks inefficient."
The company selected a dynamic pallet flow storage system (Steel King, steelking.com) with 10,240 pallet positions that are stored four high and 12 deep. Once the system is loaded, FIFO product rotation is automatic. Since fewer aisles are necessary, aisle space was reduced by 75% and up to 100% more product could be stored than with traditional selective pallet racking.
"Before the flow system and new warehouse, we might ship 16 truckloads on a good day," says Rehberg. "Now we can routinely ship 25 truckloads in less time with less labor."
The company also installed an over-dock pallet storage rack from the same supplier to unclutter the production area and free up about 2,000 square feet of space for additional equipment. The rack keeps empty pallets safely out of the way until needed, and accommodates empty pallets, skids or returnable shipping containers.
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Josh Bond
Associate Editor
Josh Bond is an associate editor to Modern. Josh was formerly Modern's lift truck columnist and contributing editor, has a degree in Journalism from Keene State College


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Actor-screenwriter Billy Bob Thornton has listed his mansion in Beverly Hills for sale at $9.995 million.
Built in 1929, his 11,012-square-foot Spanish-style house features a two-story living room, a recording studio, a gym, a library, nine bedrooms and eight bathrooms. The walled and gated lot of more than a half-acre includes a swimming pool, a spa, fountains and a paddle tennis court.
Thornton bought the property with his then-wife Angelina Jolie in 2000 for $3.75 million from former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash (Saul Hudson), according to L.A. Times archives.
Thornton, 57, directed, wrote and starred in the movie "Sling Blade" (1996), for which he won a best screenplay adaptation Oscar. He subsequently appeared in "The Apostle" (1997), "Armageddon" (1998) and "Pushing Tin" (1999). This year, he directed, co-wrote and appears in "Jayne Mansfield's Car." Thornton also is a blues singer-songwriter and has released several albums.
Kurt Rappaport of Westside Estate Agency is the listing agent.
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A proposed lease agreement between the city of Cape Coral and the South Florida Canoe Kayak Club is back on the table Monday.
After a pair of continuations, Cape Coral City Council will again consider authorizing a $10-per-year lease with the nonprofit group. The club currently offers youth sport development programs and camps as well as a para canoe program and private lessons out of a city-owned home and property at 418 S.W. 3rd Place on Lake Kennedy abutting Sun Splash Family Waterpark.
The agreement calls for a five-year lease with an automatic five-year renewal. During that time, the club hopes to come back to the city to expand its efforts and construct a $12 million paddle sport development and training center. This would include a dormitory to accommodate up to 400 athletes from across the globe, a storage facility, gym, meeting space and more.
If the second phase reaches fruition as the club hopes, it would generate, during its planned three- to four-month training "season," an estimated economic impact of more than $5 million over 120 days, according to the Cape Coral Economic Development Office.
Add in year-round use for things like the youth sports camps and temporary housing for athletes taking part in things like college sporting events and the economic impact shoots to $20 million per year, the Lee County Sports Authority estimates.
It's a pretty impressive plan with some pretty impressive numbers, all the more enticing as no public money -.i.e. tax dollars - is involved.
Council's decision, though, is not a sure yes.
While the lease agreement only specifically addresses the club's current operational site, property owners along Lake Kennedy, Lake Saratoga and other affected lakes and canals are protesting the long-term expansion plan. The "Save the Lakes" coalition has raised a number of concerns, including how numerous paddle craft would affect the power craft already using the 25 miles of interconnected waterways and how a "commercial" enterprise would affect property values.
Some also fear that the development and training center would evolve into a racing facility and that promises made now about impacts will disappear in the future.
A couple of things.
One, the lease agreement guarantees the club little more than the ability to continue the same type of programs it has offered on the site for the last two years.
We see no issue here.
Two, even if the club moves beyond its current programs and lessons and raises the money needed for the multi-million development plan three to five years down the road - minimum - the chances of 400 paddle craft inundating the lakes at any one time is slim to none.
According to the organization, by its nature, the training and development programs planned will be of short duration, one to three weeks per session. Athlete "development" also would be multi-faceted, meaning the programs will include classroom time, physical training and on-the-water sessions.
The bulk also would be offered January through April, which would not conflict with the popular time for local boating, essentially the following few months and on into warmer weather.
Three, as proposed, there will be no racing.
Finally, the club proposal is an allowable use.
Simply put, the lakes are public waterways.
Former Cape Coral City Councilmember Marty McClain, who still has some concerns he says need to be addressed but who thinks the concept is feasible, likened the long-term international training component to a gym: It can accommodate a larger number of users than will ever be on-site, using the same piece of equipment, all at once.
Makes sense to us - as does addressing the perennial cries for both "more things for kids to do" and economic development.
With proper structure and oversight by the city from the get-go, the proposal proffered by the South Florida Canoe Kayak Club can accomplish both while also mitigating any possible negative impact on waterfront property owners.
We suggest the city carefully vet those concerns, examining as well the rental amount and terms to make sure they are fair and consistent with facilities of similar nature.
Then move forward with a lease agreement.
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After the recently concluded blog series in which we looked back on 2017's literary discoveries, we bring you our New Year's reading resolutions.
Chris Power, Assistant Editor:
I work in French and German, so I'll start with my French literary resolutions: I'm reading Marx et la poupée (Marx and the Doll) by Maryam Madjidi with my friend and former French professor, the psychoanalytic literary theorist Jerry Aline Flieger. Excerpts of the novel of course appear in our current issue. If it isn't my favorite work we've published, then it stands out for being the one that overwhelmed my critical faculties. I couldn't write about it in the disinterested manner that I prefer. Instead I wrote a confused, gushing blurb listing my favorite scenes and describing how it brought tears to my eyes. An emphatic "yes" was all I could muster. Next on my list is Réparer le monde (Repair the World) by Alexandre Gefen, to which Laurent Demanze dedicated a beautiful essay in Diacritik in late November. I'm looking forward not only to an insightful survey of contemporary French literature, but also to a provocative anti-theoretical turn in the history of literary theory, namely a theory of the utility of literature (to repair the world) which cites pragmatist philosophers like John Dewey. Gefen introduces this theory enticingly through a reading of Barthes in his lecture "A quoi bon ? Les pouvoirs de la littérature (La tentation de l'écriture)" / "What's the use? The powers of literature (the temptation of writing)" which is available online, but I must admit that I'm reminded of a Baudelaire quote dear to me: "Être un homme utile m'a toujours paru quelque chose de bien hideux." ("To be a useful man has always appeared to me to be particularly hideous.") In 2018 I'll also continue exploring the work of Sarah Kofman, who seems to me to be a diamond in the rough of historical amnesia and a potential dissertation topic. She's exactly the kind of Nietzschean, Parisian philosopher-poet of the 1960s who worked at the intersection of philosophy and art that we've grown so comfortable labelling a "theorist," but she hasn't (yet) acquired the cult following of her dissertation advisor Gilles Deleuze or colleague Jacques Derrida.


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Spirit Of Christmas
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This tutorial is written for those with a working knowledge of PSP.
I wrote this tutorial on 23 November 2010 and any resemblance to other tutorials is purely by coincidence and not intentional.
Things you need:
I used PSP X but can be made in earlier versions just as well.
I used the wonderful art of Simon Han and can be purchased at PTE. You will need a license to use this art but you can use any tube in your tag.
I used Template #196 by Blissfully Beth found Here
Scrap kit used is Spirit Of Christmas and can be found at CBJ's store Here. Thanks Jo for your fantastic kit.
Mask of choice. I used 0670dmsk but you can use whatever you feel fits.
Font of choice. I used P22ZanerOne which is a Pay to Use font and you can find it Here.
Wordart by me. Can be found Here. Right click and Save As.
Eye Candy Impact
Lets get started.1. First off open your template by holding the shift and D and copy and close the original.
2. Go to your Materials Pallet and select the Foreground colours and change to a colour that will compliment your tube. I used Paper5. Highlight the first circle and go to Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat. Create a new Raster Layer and then colour this layer with the colour or paper you have chosen for your circle. Deselect.
3. Select your next circle and follow the same steps you took to re-colour the first circle.
4. Once you have your circles how you want them, I then applied a glass effect by going to Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy - Impact - Glass. See settings below.
5. Select your elements you want to add to your tag and copy and paste to your tag. Place them where you want them to be.
6. Position your tube where you want it and add the copyright information on your tag. Make sure it is clear and easy to read. I used Pixelette size 8 anti alias off. I pasted the tube in the middle of the small circles and then applied a texture effect to them.
7. Add you name to your tag using your font of choice. I used P22ZanerOne size 105, anti alias sharp, bold, stroke width 1.0 font colour #765600 then I used Eye Candy Gradient Glow with the following settings.
8. Save your tag as a PNG or a JPG. Your tag is now finished.
Thank you for having a go at this one. I hope you enjoyed doing my tutorial.
Tutorial by Fiona Devil 2010
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Fan submitted Twilight and New Moon movie graphics, comments, and pictures. If you are feeling creative, submit some of your Bella, Edward, and Twilight artwork for the gallery.
- Submission Information:
- Suggested size for Twilight graphics is a maximum width of 400 pixels.
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- Email your creations to email@example.com.
- Include your name, the graphics and a link to your blog, profile, or web page (optional).
- Only artwork created by you may be submitted.
How do I send you graphics?
Attach them to an email or upload them to PhotoBucket, ImageShack, or a similar site and include the links to the images in your email.
I don't have Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, or any other image editing software?
Check out Picnik. It's an online photo editor.
Try Blingee to make glittery and animated graphics.
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Locating and non-locating bearing positions
SKF inch roller bearing units can be used for both the locating and non-locating bearing positions. Bearing units for the non-locating bearing position have a wide bearing seat to accommodate 1/32 in. of axial displacement, in either direction from the central position (1/16 in. maximum) (fig. 1).
Bearing units for the locating bearing position are identified by the designation suffix H. Units for the non-locating bearing position have no suffix.


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AutoZone Employee Fired After Taking Action Against "Fake Beard Bandit" – WTKR
The man dubbed the "fake-beard bandit" has hit more than 30 businesses on the Peninsula.
Each time, the MO is the same: He walks in, flashes a gun and takes off with the cash.
But this time, an AutoZone employee decided he was going to take action!
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"I was in fear of my life as soon as he walked through the door and I see the gun. Your heart just starts pounding," says Devin McClean, a former Auto Zone employee.
Devin McClean decided to take action after recognizing the Fake Beard Bandit.
"I waited for him to go up toward the front, I ran out of the restroom, ran out to my truck where I keep my own personal weapon, grabbed my weapon, came back into the store and confronted the guy," says McClean.
"When I yelled "freeze" and I said "Stop, drop the weapon," he threw his hands up with his gun still in his hand he started running," says McClean. "I felt like it was my responsibility to step in."
Devin's manager is grateful.
"He was like "Thank you Devin, you really saved my life," says McClean.
Two days later, he was fired.
"It's pretty much getting slapped in the face doing something that you feel was right everybody else around you feels you were right," says McClean.
NewsChannel 3 spoke to a representative at AutoZone's corporate office, and he says that the company has a zero tolerance policy for employees having weapons inside the store.
"If I can save somebody's life, I put that way above a store policy," says McClean.


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To the Editor,
Until 2009 all TV stations transmitted an analog signal. The United States Government mandated that the stations exclusively transmit digital free over-the-air television programming. For full-power stations the date was June 12, 2009.
One would think that they would be receiving a digital signal upon that date but no. Mediacom would take that digital signal and dumb it down to an analog signal. If you wanted digital television you had to pay for a digital converter/receiver. I was told that was because most people had television sets in their home that were not capable of receiving a digital signal.
The Daily News reported on August 18th that the Estherville City Council received a letter from Mediacom informing them that Mediacom is in the process of transforming its TV channel line up to all digital. That means channels 23 through 80 will be moved to a permanent digital home (what?). Customers with TVs manufactured before 2007 or those that do not have a Mediacom digital receiver will need a digital adapter in order to continue to see the content on these channels.
Almost all homes have some televisions manufactured before 2007 or have a digital television but do not subscribe to the more expensive digital packages viewed via a digital converter/receiver. That means Mediacom will charge for an adapter for each of those televisions. I have 8 televisions so I will be charged for an adapter for each one. Will that be a one-time charge or a monthly charge?. How much room on a kitchen counter or bedroom dresser is needed for the adapter?
Prior to this time, if you wanted to receive a digital signal you had to pay a monthly charge for a digital converter/receiver. Then you could elect one of multiple packages that included additional channels like HBO or on-demand programming for what I consider to be an excessive charge. I never wanted HBO or on-demand programming nor was I willing to pay a monthly charge for a cable converter/receiver.
The letter from Mediacom did not provide enough information. There are questions that the Estherville City Council or the Estherville Cable Commission should be able to answer. I expect them to get more information from Mediacom asap and report it to Mediacom customers. Is the charge for an adapter a one-time or a monthly charge or both? If you will be receiving a digital signal and you have a digital television is there any need for an adapter? Again is there a one-time or a monthly charge?
I understand if I want to continue to use a non-digital television I would need an adapter. I would consider purchasing new digital televisions but not if I will still be charged for an adapter or receiver for each television. I have always been able to watch television in every room in my house without an "additional monthly charge". It appears that Mediacom is using the change from analog to digital as another excuse for gouging its customers.
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Liechtenstein is embedded between Switzerland and Austria. Natural boundaries are the Alpine Rhine to the west and the Rätikon massif to the east. Comprising an area of only 160 km2, Liechtenstein is the fourth smallest sovereign State by area in Europe. The country is structured into three physical regions with special characteristics in regard to geology, climate, exposure, and use: the Rhine Valley plain, the Rhine Valley slopes, and the mountain region. The relief in particular contributes to the diversity of the landscape. From west to east, an altitude gradient between 450 and 2,600 metres above sea level characterizes the landscape, so that plant communities occur at all altitude levels (between hilly and alpine). Climatically, the country is in the transition zone between oceanic and continental climates, with about 1,000 mm of precipitation each year in Vaduz. These factors are responsible for the great diversity of flora and fauna.
Threats to biological diversity arise from abandonment of use and the resulting fallowing of marginal yield areas. Threats are becoming apparent due to an increase in settlement areas and infrastructure, as well as from increasingly intensive use of the landscape for recreation and leisure. Threats to biodiversity in agricultural areas arise from the potential for intensification, due to good prices for products and the possible expansion of infrastructure in these areas. The sprawl of settlements also represents a threat to the remaining high-stem fruit orchards. These orchards are often situated at the margins of today's settlements, within construction zones, and are thus no longer enjoying long-term security.
Liechtenstein has developed a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2010). Strategic goals that have been set in this regard include: conservation of habitats and the promotion and upgrading of current habitats; conservation of species; conservation of landscape, forest and soil; and the incorporation of more nature in the utilized landscape.
Nature protection areas and forest protection areas comprise 13% of the country's territory. As a basis for assessing the potential of near-natural areas worthy of protection, the Inventory of Nature Priority Areas (1992) is used. A comparison of the current status with the inventoried areas shows that there is still potential for placement under protection. Comprehensive inventories of the plant and animal groups existing in Liechtenstein are available. For several groups of species, Liechtenstein maintains its own Red Lists compiled according to IUCN criteria. Liechtenstein has also supported the project "Conservation of the Genetic Diversity of Cultivated Plants" since 2001. Dedicated inventories have been compiled for fruit varieties, grapevines, vegetable varieties, and specifically for "Rhine Valley corn", a regional corn variety.
It is of utmost importance to Liechtenstein to conserve its biological diversity. Liechtenstein's goal in this regard is set out in the Law on the Protection of Nature and Landscape: "The entire area of habitats shall be protected and restored where necessary". Other pillars are the Forestry Act, the Water Protection Act, the Fishery Act, and the Agriculture Act. To implement their provisions, numerous instruments are used in the biodiversity-relevant sectors. Various inventories aim to conserve natural values. Red Lists provide information on the degree of threat to animal and plant species. Nature and forest protection areas are established to conserve flora and fauna as well as genetic diversity.
Liechtenstein employs three tools for evaluating environmental effects: Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and intervention procedures under the Nature Protection Act. The assessment procedures have different fields of application, but their functions complement each other.


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Triple Creek Ranch (Darby, Montana)
Tucked into a cozy corner of the Rockies in Western Montana, Triple Creek Ranch is a curious attraction in a decidedly rugged part of the country: an adults-only, high-end luxury experience (from a chi-chi Relais & Châteaux member, no less). You'd think that you were in a flashy ski resort as you drive up to the log cabin main lodge, but despite all the finery and elegance, at heart it's truly a down-to-earth cattle ranch with real cowboys and real cows.
Montana is of course best known for two things: its capital-B Big Sky views and out-of-this-world fly-fishing. Since staring at the sky, no matter how gorgeous and Big, can tend to get a little boring after a while, we opted to test out the area's other main attraction and grab a rod and cast a line into a nearby river. Within minutes, our guide had a gorgeous trout in hand, and we had to pause to admire its beauty before setting it free again. Before we'd barely had a chance to cast another line he had brought in another – turns out he's a fly-fishing ninja. Despite our own pathetic record, we did rediscover that the magic of fly-fishing isn't all in catching fish, though, but rather just being outside, forgetting about the hustle and bustle of daily life and slowing down to admire the beauty surrounding us. (At least that what we non-fish-catching ninjas say.)
Another exceptional perk of Triple Creek is that as an actual ranch, there are horses ready for the riding. And one activity offered to us, that ended up completely humbling one non horse-whispering writer, was what is called "team penning" (we'd never heard of it, but it's all the rage on the luxury circuit). To the uninitiated, the idea is you jump on a horse and plow into a small herd of calves in an effort to remove certain or another of the little buggers. It's kind of like blasting an eight ball into the balls on a pool table, but way harder. Our cowboy guide yells out certain numbers (their ears are tagged) and we clumsily maneuver our horses, pathetically trying to get these wily little calves to run into the pen. It's incredibly frustrating but we can't wipe the smiles of our faces. Much respect to the real cowboys who do this for a living.
For dinner we're invited into the kitchen to witness the chef prepare a fresh trout. It's like watching an artist create a masterpiece, simple yet very elegant. We almost didn't want to eat it, it looked so pretty, but our taste buds took over and we tore into it like a pack of hyenas. With service like this who needs to be a fishing ninja? [from $950 per couple, completely all-inclusive; triplecreekranch.com]
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A pretty practical touch
Many period properties, particularly ones built in the 19th and early 20th century, would originally have had coving/cornicing in all or some of the rooms.
A room without coving looks rather bare - it's amazing what a difference it makes. As well as being decorative, coving is a good way of hiding hairline cracks and other imperfections, and makes it easier to get a neat line between a different wall and ceiling colour when painting.
Styles of coving changed throughout history, just as styles of architecture did generally, so make sure any coving you buy matches the period of your home.
If you have coving in some rooms and not others, this is the best indication of style, or your neighbours' homes may have original coving you can copy.
Specialist coving companies sell popular period-style designs and can often match existing coving (and repair and restore it, if necessary).
The modern trend of knocking rooms through may mean that you have coving in one half of the room and not the other, which is where matching an original design becomes invaluable.
Period coving is made of plaster and many coving companies also work in plaster. This is fine if they're fitting it for you, but I wouldn't recommend that you put up plaster coving yourself because it's very heavy.
DIYers should play safe and stick to lighter coving materials, which are easier to work with and won't knock you out if they accidentally fall off the ceiling.
The lightest and easier coving to use is expanded polystyrene, but there are other DIY-friendly types, including polyurethane and duropolymer.
As well as getting coving that's the right period for your home, it's important to get the right size for the room.
Large rooms with high ceilings will be able to take wider, more elaborate designs, while smaller rooms with low or standard-height ceilings will be better suited to narrower, plainer coving.
The more modern the property, the plainer the coving should (generally) be. Coving can, of course, be used in modern houses and flats to add interest to a room, but it tends to be a plain concave design.
It's a really good idea to buy coving that has matching pre-cut corners because cutting the corners yourself is a nightmare. Even pre-cut corners don't necessarily fit perfectly because rooms in old houses often aren't square, so you may have to do some clever filling to get the corners looking good.
For really big corner gaps, use multipurpose filler or wedge a sliver of coving into the gap and, in both cases, cover with flexible filler. You'll need a lot of this when adding coving, and not just for the corners. The only way to get a good finish is to use flexible filler all along the top and bottom edges of the coving and in the vertical gaps between lengths, where you'll have to do quite a few applications to get the best result.
Always use the adhesive recommended for the coving you've chosen and have some panel pins to hand because you may need them to keep the coving up while the adhesive dries.
The panel pins can either be banged right in (use a nail punch to avoid damaging the coving) or left slightly protruding so they can be removed.


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Slideshow with audio and narration delving into the attraction of Urban Exploration. This piece accompanied a San Francisco Chronicle article on the subject.
To commemorate the centennial of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, I re-shot George Lawrence's landmark photograph, "San Francisco in Ruins."