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JOHNSON CITY (Nov. 4, 2011) – The ETSU men's basketball team will play its final preseason exhibition game Saturday, hosting NCAA Division II opponent Carson-Newman at 4 p.m. inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center.
The Buccaneers are coming off a 101-72 win over Tusculum College in their first exhibition game last week, but will be without the services of senior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) and junior guard Marcus Dubose (Hartsville, S.C.) on Saturday. Dubose – who scored a game-high 30 points in the win over Tusculum – will miss with a rib injury, while Sollazzo is still recovering from an ankle injury suffered earlier this week in practice.
This will be the Bucs final tune up for the upcoming regular season, which will open on Nov. 12 when the team ventures to Blacksburg, Va., to take on Atlantic Coast Conference foe Virginia Tech. Game time for that matchup is 2 p.m.
For more on Saturday's game, click on the link to the right, or read the game notes below.
We are "ETSU"
The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called "ETSU" ... East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable.
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While posting its highest RPI since the 2003-04 season, head coach Murry Bartow led the ETSU men's basketball team to another successful season in 2010-11, a campaign that included 24 wins and ultimately ended with a run to the semifinals of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament … Led by seniors such as Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) and all-conference performer Micah Williams (Manchester), the Bucs enjoyed impressive road wins at Atlantic 10 Conference member Dayton and Southeastern Conference foe Mississippi State, while also finishing second in the A-Sun Conference standings … Along with Smith and Williams, fellow senior Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) continued to impress fans with his high-flying dunks, which twice landed him as the No. 1 play of the day on ESPN's SportsCenter and earned him a spot in the national slam dunk championships … Unfortunately for the Bucs, Smith, Williams and Tubbs have departed, leaving the team with the unenviable task of having to replace over 42 points of offensive production from a year ago – equal to 60 percent of the team's scoring in 2010-11 … The Bucs will begin looking for those offensive numbers from returning starters such as senior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) and senior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.), while senior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) – a 2010 A-Sun all-conference and all-tournament performer – will return to the floor after taking a medical redshirt season a year ago … Other returning players looking to improve their production will include junior guards Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) and Jarvis Jones (Memphis), junior forwards J.C. Ward (Marietta) and Lukas Poderis (Tampa), and redshirt freshman point guard Ryan Woumn (Lynn, Mass.) … The Bucs have also added a talented recruiting class that includes three true freshman and one junior college transfer … As opposed to last season – when the team returned a bevy of talented and experienced players – the younger and more inexperienced Buccaneers will face more questions than usual this season when they take the floor to open the 2011-12 campaign at Virginia Tech on Nov. 12.
The series versus Carson Newman
The Bucs and Eagles have played preseason games several times in recent years, including a 96-61 win over the Eagles last November ... Both teams have also met in regular season action over the years, with ETSU holding a 32-20 advantage in the overall series ... The Bucs have won five straight in the series, and the last time the two teams met in regular season action was 1996.
Last time out against Carson-Newman
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 2, 2010) - Senior Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) made a triumphant return and the ETSU men's basketball team showcased its experience and athleticism in a 96-61 trouncing of Division II foe Carson-Newman in the 2010-11 exhibition opener for the Buccaneers at the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. ... Smith, who missed much of last season with an injury and was granted a medical redshirt, returned to action and scored a game-high 25 points in the contest. Meanwhile, the Bucs - who led by as many as 21 points in the first half - displayed their fullcourt, trapping defense in the opening minutes of the second half to power a 23-0 run and put the game away. ... While Smith led the way offensively, the Bucs also got 17 points from senior guard Micah Williams (Manchester), 12 points from senior guard Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.), and 10 points apiece from junior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) and sophomore guard Sheldon Cooley (Tampa, Fla.). Meanwhile, Brown also posted a game-high eight rebounds and six blocks, with junior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa, Fla.) dished out a game-high 10 assists. ... In the first half, the Bucs pulled out to an early lead thanks to a 13-0 run to open the game. That advantage grew to as many as 21 points at 36-15 with six minutes left in the half, but the Eagles managed to claw their way back into by outscoring the Bucs 16-11 the rest of the way to trail 47-33 at the break. ... Part of C-N's ability to stay in the game came thanks to their 9-of-24 (37.5 percent) shooting from beyond the arc. However, the Bucs posted a 52.6 percent clip (20-of-38) from the field and out-rebounded the Eagles 26-20 to still hold a comfortable lead. ... In the second half, the Bucs never let the Eagles contemplate an upset. Going to their trapping, fullcourt defence, ETSU got multiple steals and several easy baskets to build a lead of 80-43 with just over 10 minutes left in the game. From there, the Bucs put the game on cruise control the rest of the way. ... For the Eagles, Ishmael Sanders had a team-high 17 points, while Antonio Sullivan and Erwin Staten added 12 apiece.
Last time out
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 29, 2011) – Junior transfer Marcus Dubose (Hartsville, S.C.) scored a game-high 30 points, leading the ETSU men's basketball team to a dominating 101-72 win over Tusculum College in exhibition basketball action Saturday afternoon inside the ETSU-MSHA Athletic Center.... Dubose and the Bucs raced out to a large lead in the early going with a 16-2 run to open the game and never looked back. Along with Dubose, four other ETSU players reached double figures in scoring – including 15 points from junior guard Sheldon Cooley (Tampa, Fla.), as well as a double-double effort with 14 points and 10 rebounds from redshirt senior Tommy Hubbard (Boston). ... What Bartow and the ETSU Homecoming crowd of 3,226 fans saw was a stingy Buccaneer fullcourt press that forced 22 turnovers from the Pioneers. The Bucs took those miscues and utilized them by outscoring Tusculum 40-6 on turnovers. ... In addition, ETSU enjoyed an advantage with depth off the bench, outscoring Tusculum 46-22 in bench points. The Bucs also shot 54 percent from the field, 44 percent from 3-point range, and held the Pioneers to a 25 percent clip from beyond the arc. ... While the Bucs led 54-32 on the break, the Pioneers managed to shorten that gap in the second half, as ETSU held just a 47-40 edge after the intermission. ... Along with Dubose, Cooley and Hubbard, the Bucs also got a 13-point effort from senior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa), while senior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) pitched in 10 points. ... For Tusculum, Jordan Davidson led the way with 20 points, while Tommy Klempin netted 16 and Kevin Vest added 12.
On their way to 1,000 points
As they begin their seniors seasons, ETSU's trio of Isiah Brown, Adam Sollazzo and Tommy Hubbard are all eying the 1,000 point mark for their careers. When the season begins on Nov. 12 against Virginia Tech, this is where each stands:
Isiah Brown........................................................................ 798 points
Tommy Hubbard ........................................................... 573 points
Adam Sollazzo ................................................................ 568 points
To reach 1,000, the three would have to average the following during the regular season:
Isiah Brown..................................................... 7.0 points per game
Tommy Hubbard....................................... 14.7 points per game
Adam Sollazzo............................................ 14.8 points per game
Block party for Brown
With a block in last season's finale against Iona, senior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) set a new school record for blocks in a single season, swatting away a total of 71 shots on the year ... For his career, he now stands fifth on the all-time list at 141, but just 43 blocks behind the program's all-time leader Zakee Wadood ... In addition to those marks, Brown's six-block performance against Belmont last year also matched the program's single-game record ... At the time, Brown joined six other ETSU players who have had six-block games, including former standouts Brad Nuckles, Eryk Thomas, Jerald Fields, Zakee Wadood, Greg Dennis and Greg Hamlin.
Getting to the free throw line a key for the Bucs
In recent years, the Bucs have focused on playing stingy defense, but also driving to the basket on offense and trying to get "tough" points thanks to fouls ... One way for the ETSU coaching staff to determine how successful the Bucs have been is charting free throw attempts and makes ... Well if this statistic is a true indicator, then the Bucs are doing just as the coaches would like ... Last season, ETSU set a school record for free throw attempts, putting up a total of 856 free tosses ... The Bucs also made their share of those attempts, ranking second on the all-time list with 580 makes ... The 2010-11 edition of the Bucs came up just nine makes short of the all-time record, held by the 1991-92 Bucs at 589.
Bucs add to postseason resume
The ETSU men's basketball team has enjoyed its share of postseason success and ranks as one of the nation's most prestigious basketball programs ... The Buccaneers have earned berths to the NCAA Tournament nine times (1969, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010) and NIT twice (1983, 2007) ... In 2011, the Bucs made their first ever appearance in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, winning twice and advancing to the semifinals of that event ... it was the program's 12th postseason tournament appearance all-time.
Home Sweet Dome ... against non-conference teams
Since the 1996-97 season, the Buccaneers are an amazing 143-45 overall inside Memorial Center, good for a winning percentage of 77 percent ... But when looking at the past 10 years, the Bucs are an even more impressive 42-4 against non-conference opponents ... Last year, the Bucs went 13-2 at the Dome.
ETSU "only" A-Sun team picked among nation's best "Prestige" programs
Since the beginning of the modern era for NCAA Division I-A basketball – marked by the expansion of the NCAA Tournament field to 64 teams in 1984-85 – the ETSU men's basketball program ranks in the Top 30 percent of the 300 programs that were eligible for the postseason at that time, this according to ESPN.com's "Prestige" ranking released back in 2008 ... Since that time, the Bucs have only added to their list of prestigious honors … The Buccaneers, who have enjoyed nine NCAA Tournament trips, one NIT berth, 11 20-win seasons, and a slew of conference regular season and tournament championships since 1984-85, ranked tied for 82nd out of 300 teams, meaning they were in the Top 27 percent of schools making the list. ETSU was ranked ahead of every current Atlantic Sun Conference team, as well as former Southern Conference rivals Appalachian State, Western Carolina, Georgia Southern and UNC Greensboro. In addition, the Bucs ranked ahead of SEC schools such as Tennessee, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Georgia, Mississippi and Auburn, as well as other major programs such as Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, DePaul, Bradley, Clemson, California and Florida State.
Bartow gets wins No. 250 overall and 150 at ETSU; ranks among best coaches in last five years
With his team's win over Florida Gulf Coast on Jan. 8, ETSU head coach Murry Bartow picked up his 250th career victory ... He then collected his 150th win at ETSU when the Bucs downed Jacksonville on Jan. 15 ... When looking at coaches across the country, ETSU head coach Murry Bartow stands among a select group ... Of those coaches that have been at their current school for at least five years, only 24 have averaged better than 20 wins a season ... That list includes coaches such as Dayton's Brian Gregory, Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, UConn's Jim Calhoun, Florida's Billy Donovan, Michigan State's Tom Izzo, Duke's Mike Kryzewski, Louisville's Rick Pitino, Kansas' Bill Self, Maryland's Gary Williams and North Carolina's Roy Williams ... The list also includes Bartow, who is average 20.2 wins a year since 2005-06.


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Your live blogger for this game is known in the comments wading pool as Shakey. He's a neat dude.
Why hello there Deadspin, it is me, Shakey, here to do your live blog bidding on this fine Friday afternoon. You might recognize me from the Dayspin comments section and DUAN. We have a magnificent 6-11 matchup of Arizona State versus Temple University as they fight for the right to face the mighty Syracuse.
If you want more information, just mosey on over to the game capsule Dashiell and I put together and you will be bombarded with immense knowledge of these two programs. Enlightened you will be.
So sit back, relax and get your typing fingers warmed up because I expect a comment explosion for this game. Just don't tear me apart like you did to that snooty Dukie horsefucker last night. I have faith in you, and I hope you have faith in me. This is the best weekend of the year, and Deadspin wants to help make your wildest dreams come true. There's no place I'd rather be. Besides the Bahamas. Also, I'll try to post conservatively so it doesn't take ages to scroll all the way down. I know how annoying that is.
You won't find any semi-retarded Pitt fans bragging about dancing with DeJuan Blair, but you will find me answering ANY questions from the comments section. Because I'm a commenter and I've always wanted that. So yes, this is an interactive live blog.
Also, if you want a break from the March Madness...madness going around these parts, it'd be pretty cool if you checked out The Rookies, which is some blog with a whole bunch of nerds or something. Especially CoolHwhip. He couldn't catch a football for all of King Midas' silver.
Oh, and don't go to the other liveblogs. I heard those guys are a bunch of whore-people.
19:00: Arizona State has won the tip. This is not a good sign for Temple because that means the ASU center is more athletic then the Temple center. Ruh-roh.
17:54: The skinny spaniard Sergio Olmos scores! That's two more then I expected out of him, because he sucks. Hey, have you ever seen that dude dance? Imagine a giraffe attempting to hump a fire hydrant.
14:51: Harden is swatted by that tall skinny goofy lookin' dude. That wasn't supposed to happen.
12:58: Christmas makes it rain! But Temple's still down. Kuksis took a three point shot that ended up going in as well. I think announcers should say 'Make it rain' more. Pacman ruined it for all of us.
COMMERCIAL: Whew, this liveblogging is tougher then I thought. If I mess up, I blame it on the nerds.
And by nerds I mean LittleWayne'sBleedingHead.
ClintonPortisHead: Question: Which type of bear is best?
A. Black Bear. Fact. Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.
11:40: I always imagined Jeff Pendergraph to be white. Huh. Also, Glasser makes a looooong two. Juan Fernandez steps in for Temple. He didn't arrive in the United States until mid-December. Apparently he's really dreamy. But I didn't tell you this.
9:56: Pendergraph looks angry. He translated that anger into a 3 point play. ASU is up by 8.
8:56: Question. Can Temple stop Pendergraph? Answer. No. He's leading all scorers with 11 points.
K-Gun: Shakey, I realize you got a lot going on, but you know- if you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?
A. Redwood. Because I could be alive forever and laugh at everyone else as they slowly die. Plus people would fear me because I could fall on them.
7:56: Four of four from the floor. Say that four times fast.
COMMERCIAL: Did I just hear that ASU has a transfer from...from...DUKE!?!??!?! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Wilson ChandlerStick Maker:If Arizona State gets up 20, will you let Brian Fellow make a guest update?
A. Sorry. Brian Fellow is in rehab. Crystal Meth.
6:20: Christmas loves shooting the three, and for good reason. Let's see if Harden, Mr. Probable Number 2 pick, has anything to say in response.
COMMERCIAL: Alright Burger King, enough midgets. If wanted to watch them I'd just switch over to TLC. And you don't see me doing that. Because midgets are weird. Also, Temple's on an 8-0 run. Down by 5.
COMMERCIAL: Commercials suck. Watch this instead.
2:31: Harden just got violated. That was like a North Philadelphia mugging. Yet the referees turned a blind eye. Kind of like the cops down here.
1:55: The asshole color dude just said 'IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME' in a pseudo gay tone of voice. Kill him. Glasser has 14. This is impressive as he is white.
37.8: Temple's strategy must be leave the caucasian one open. This may work if Matt Harpring's in the game, but not for this Derek Glasser character. He is en fuego. ASU up by 11. Also, Dukie Eric Boateng has 0 points and 1 foul. Nice contribution!
phillas: Q. French or German mustard on the sandwich? My stomach awaits.
A. Neither. Eat cake.
HALFTIME: Temple has killed Derek Glasser. Interesting strategy. He has just been brutalized. John Chaney approves.
HALFTIME: It's halftime, and ASU is up 35-26 over Temple. Derek Glasser has 17, Jeff Pendergraph has 11 and ASU has dominated the poor Owls for most of the game. Only an 8-0 run fueled by Dionte Christmas' jump shot has kept Temple in the game. Since it's halftime, we need some entertainment up in here. How about Neil Young's Like a Hurricane?
Also, because Temple can't seem to stop a short white dude, why not a little inspiration.
K-Gun: What is the average flight speed of a coconut-laden swallow?
A. Walking at an extremely slow pace.
HALFTIME: Let's get ready for the second half, you shankapotomis's.
This liveblog brought to you by Brian Fellow. THAT'S CRAZY!
19:36: Temple starts the second half off by chucking the ball into the stands. That omen is probably not good.
18:07: Temple's Lavoy Allen has some rebounding skills. Unfortunately, whenever he grabs an offensive rebound Semaj Inge ends up missing. He's 0/7. Temple's missed it's last 13 field goals. They suck.
17:13: Dionte Christmas with the steal and 3 point play. I'm pretty sure the PBP guy just professed his gay love for him.
Color: "Oh, no you don't. Don't start with me." thinking: I'm going to straight up bitch slap this dude one of these days.
Oh yeah, Olmos with the slam. Temple down by 4!?!?!
14:45: Pendergraph says 'I can do that too, except cooler and with more flare'. He flushes it down. Temple down 6. The problem is, no one else can score but Christmas. I think I highlighted this flaw in my tournament capsule. Christmas has 19, the next highest Owl is Olmos with 6.
COMMERCIAL: Great transition back to the game CBS. Is a 7 year old running your replays? Or at least Kige Ramsey? Jeff Pendergraph is absolutely tearing the Temple frontline apart.
13:44: James Harden just fouled Christmas as the Owl was taking a 3 pointer. Harden has 2 points. Um, isn't he supposed to be super good? Rock You Like An Iracane said he reminded him of Gilbert Arenas. Maybe Rock doesn't think Gilbert is very good.
Travis Halfner the Man: Question - I have 61 minutes until I can leave the dungeon that is my cubicle. What can I do to kill the time without actually having to work?
A. Read my shit.
COMMERCIAL BREAK: Glasser's in pain. Looks like assaulting him was a good decision.
11:45: Harden travels. Guess he wants to play like LeBron James. Unfortunately, that is not his name so it doesn't work quite as well.
10:23: Kuksis gets that 'ole shooters roll. Olmos answers with the ugliest jump hook I've ever seen. That's the Rosie O'Donnell of post moves right there.
Samer Ocho Cinco: Kill one fuck one marry one:
Paul Rudd, Jason Bateman, and Nathan Fillion.
A. Who do you think I am? John Amaechi?
Haven't you heard this is a no homo zone. If you're talking with a lisp then your cover's blown.
9:20: Pendergraph is a monster man. Olmos is quite terrified.
8:00: Harden's 0/6 with 2 points in his first tourney game. You hear that? That's his draft stock splattering into a million pieces.
6:49: Temple's actually playing well, down by 3. Dionte Christmas' soul has been taken over by Michael Jordan. MJ has nothing better to do.
"It's starting to look a lot like Christmas" -PBP guy
Someone needs to tase that fool.
6:26: This game has started to heat up. The PBP guy just said, after a Christmas foul, "That'll be a Christmas gift, Jimmy." Who do you think you are, Candace Parker Sec-
never mind.
5:23: Unfortunately, there have been no goofy white man backflip dunks. I am slightly saddened by this. But we still have time. Maybe Olmos can make some Sportscenter magic. Also, Harden still hasn't made a field goal. He's turned into Bo Outlaw.
4:00: Harden makes a three. This is not a good sign for the Owls. SLAMALAMADINGDONG by Ryan Brooks.
Brazil Thrill: Wouldn't this game be a lot cooler if ASU had a white point guard named Jerome Kwanzaa?
A. Very much so.
3:20: Arizona State is up by 7. James Harden has finally shot out of the sucky funk he was in. Now let's see if the other cold invidual, Semaj Inge, can make a free throw. Did you know his name is James spelled backwards!!!?!?!?11!!!?!!! On another note, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that his parents may have thinking problems.
2:33: James Harden is at the line again. He's scored the last 7. He also has a really sweet beard.
2:18: Pendergraph has picked up his 4th foul. Maybe he should tone down the Beast Mode.
1:39: Harden takes a horrendous jump shot that could have come off the fingers of Ben Wallace. Too bad Temple can't rebound. Temple down 5.
58.5: Temple's pissing the game away. CAN YOU FEEL THE EXCITEMENT!?!?!? Harden misses the front end of a one and one. Maybe he has a concussion.
39.7: It's fouling time. Glasser's at the line though, and he sinks both. Temple failed in killing him, by the way. Temple can't make a layup, ASU ball.
27.1: Temple's down by 7 with little time remaining. Say good bye to Christmas, Owls fans. That is not a pun, I swear.
24.8: This game's almost over why not watch some youtube videos?
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FINAL: Arizona State University defeats the Temple Owls 66-57 and another 6 seed has prevailed over an upstart 11. The Dionte Christmas era for Temple University is over. Next up for ASU is a 3-6 matchup with the Syracuse Orange. This is Shakey for Deadspin Sports signing off. I love you all.
Remember to check out The Rookies. We don't bite.
Oh yeah, I also have to answer Piniellas Pinata's question.
Piniellas Pinata: Question: How many bukkakke videos did you have to make with Sussman to get this live-blog?
A. It's a 2 year contract with an option for a third year. 2 videos a month.
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In the 13 years since The Afghan Whigs disbanded - their hole in alternative rock largely filled by The Twilight Singers - Greg Dulli has established himself as the finest songwriter to survive the Great Grunge Feeding Frenzy. Where other stars became bloated, boring, indulgent (and, of course, dead) Dulli kept honing his craft. The cruel cliché about grunge was that it represented a desperate adolescent plea for attention in an age of divorce/therapy/medication for all; the distorted squawl of a Prozac Nation that had no rights left to fight for, except the right to complain.
Superficially, the Whigs fit right in with much the same sound and fury that signified a violent rejection of Eighties gloss and trite celebration of prosperity. What set them apart though was an interrogation of masculinity that went beyond Cobain and Vedder's Oedipal rage (railing against wicked stepfathers and trying to crawl back to mother). Like The Bad Seeds rising from the ashes of The Birthday Party, the Whigs became the archetypal Men in Black (Suits), years before Interpol or The National, but also sharing bar-space with The Hold Steady, who may have aligned themselves more with Springsteen's blue-collar rock, but shared a lyrical preoccupation with the demi-monde of bar-flies and addicts as a kind of purgatory. Until those other bands came along, the Whigs often seemed like U2's evil twins: the anthemic and darkly majestic soul/gospel/R&B tinged rock band who signed a pact with the Devil, and were rewarded with cult-status rather than getting to hang out with George Bush Jr or telephone the Pope - perhaps a better deal. (Anti-Christian themes aside, it was Dulli who indirectly led me to appreciate Bono, who shares his habit of singing beyond his natural range, even if that means breaking into a wolfish howl or rasp; consequently conveying far more than if he'd hit those notes reserved for opera divas and gospel choristers - or, indeed, spurned them with a punk sneer.)
Do to the Beast announces the resurrection of the Whigs with 'Parked Outside', the blunt hacking of its riff more savage than anything since 1992's Congregation . Back then, the Whigs were definitive grunge: dirty guitars; long hair; fights onstage... and off (hence Greg Dulli's NME cover with a black eye, supposedly from defending the honour of a lady). Within a few years, they'd distinguished themselves by figuring out how to integrate the wah-wah guitar and string glissandos of Seventies R&B into abrasive indie-rock. Sure, they sounded like they'd been watching a lot of Blaxploitation movies, but the music was less in the service of gangster posturing or a fetishization of retro cool than it was the logical soundtrack to an exploration of desire, temptation, addiction, and redemption. In a rapid gear change, second track 'Matamoros' enacts the moment they soared away from their plaid-clad peers, although it's not a step backward (to 1996's classic Black Love), because the programmed beats between the live drums, here, sound like detonations.
'It Kills' (with its harrowing lyric "to see you in love with another") builds from a tense piano line to a storm of guitars, glides along a plateau with pizzicato strings that feel like the first sight of stars on reaching orbit, before gospel vocals swoop in, with all the uninhibited ecstasy of 'Any Colour You Like'. (Live, Dulli's segued into 'Comfortably Numb' before, so the echoes of Pink Floyd in their space-rock phase shouldn't be a huge surprise.)
Changing direction again for track four, comeback single 'Algiers' manages to go places the Whigs never went before while being exactly where they were bound to go eventually: after the James Ellroy-influenced noir of the later albums (Gentlemen, Black Love, 1965, Blackberry Belle, Powder Burns), a homage to spaghetti Westerns makes perfect sense (making this his Fistful of Dollars or Il Mariachi).
A few tracks serve as a reminder that the sound of the Whigs never really went away: it just evolved into Twilight Singers - soulful vocals and programmed beats came to the fore, with a sharper contrast between the smooth numbers and the wall-of-guitars. Two of the best tracks here, 'Can Rova' and (album-closer) 'These Sticks', sound like nothing the Whigs ever did but also seem to point towards the next evolution of Twilight Singers. Both are played against a deep velvet backdrop that could be the whole universe; flutters of brass blend into the ambient drones, and the crooned vocals and delicate strokes of guitar rise to a controlled climax.
It'd be damning with faint praise to say that Do to the Beast is a masterful record from a songwriter entering his third decade, and inaccurate to call this a comeback from Dulli. It's his bandmates who've come back - and what this means is that the counterpoint that always made Dulli's songwriting so rich is slightly more guitar-led. There isn't a bad album in the Whigs / Twilight Singers / Gutter Twins back-catalogue but Do to the Beast manages to be at once more varied in style and more consistent in quality than any of its predecessors.In the era of Don't Look Back concerts and ever-proliferating twentieth anniversary reissues, this is the proof it's possible to burn on without dying or fading away.
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**It's Puppy as small as it should?**
Doubtless for Puppy small is better:
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Less RAM, less money, more old PC
That is what I have learned in Puppy's Web.
And although other people has pointed it before nobody have answered that plain.
If small is better why there is so much redundancy in Puppy?
'Because I like this flavor for this and that flavor for that' it is a very poor reason when weight (Mb) is so important.
To much pay for flavors. More enought if you can PupGet you flavor.
Even Barebone Puppy seems to have superfluous programs...
It is clear there must to be a balance between weight and power but, It is Puppy on its best solution?
For example:
It's fwvm98 better that JWM?
I use JWM and I don't find any bug.
How much weigth deserves a flavor?
Think in a light airplane that wants to fly to a far island. You need less weight to reach the airport. What really you need to fly in confort and sure and what is just a bad habit from heavy ariplanes?
So, (please don't answer 'make you own Puppy', try to think a little more):
It's all this redundancy needed? Does Puppy really use the smaller yet powerfull aplications available?
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Posted: Mon 15 Aug 2005, 06:22
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I think we all have our own ideas of what should be in and what should be out.I myself have often brought this subject up. As for saving space, with everything being in a compressed state, about 3 to 1, I think alot really has to come out to reduce the overall size of usr_cram.fs. Yes there are quite a few apps that are actually duplicated, functionality wise anyways.
the biggies seem to be
abiword 7906k
dia 2324k
gnumeric 8115k
scribus 6276k
sodipodi 2044k
sylpheed 1096k
samba 2436k
None of the above I would really miss...yeah I know linNeighbourhood needs samba
Now thats a far whack
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Bruce B
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Posted: Mon 15 Aug 2005, 06:55
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Subject of debate: **It's [sic] Puppy as small as it should?**
The mission statement is very clear and consise.
There is nothing in the mission statement that even implies Puppy intends be small as it possibly can be.
There is nothing in the mission statement that says it will try to avoid installing any 'superfluous' applications as you might define them.
There is something in the mission statement that emphases that Puppy will have all the applications needed for daily use. In other words the very mission intends Puppy to be small, fast and application rich.
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Posted: Mon 15 Aug 2005, 07:41
Post subject: Re: Conceptual debate: It's Puppy as small as it should?
Sirexel wrote:
For example:
It's fwvm98 better that JWM?
I use JWM and I don't find any bug.
I have found JWM not work on occasion
I have found ice as reliable (and can look like fvwm) as fvwm
but Barry quite sensibly does not fix what is working, he prioritises
Redundacy is useful as it offers options.
BareBones was pretty pared and you might like to help with the console Puppy
that would be minimised to console only programs - that could be very small . . .
Puppy you see goes with the wind.
Which I make a lot of (pardon me)
The ideal IMHO is for a console or barebones which we then add to from pupget and dotpup
What say other kennel members?
"Woof woof" perhaps?
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Posted: Mon 15 Aug 2005, 11:07
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As far as I understand, Puppy is Barry's play pen. As such my understanding is that it's not meant to be everything to everyone.
- Maybe for you it's not as small as it should be.
- Maybe for me it's smaller than it should be.
- Maybe Barry thinks it's as small as it should be or maybe he is going back and forth finding the right balance.
'Should' is subjective. It depends what you want to use puppy for.
I am curious: Why do you think puppy should be smaller if it already fits a reasonably old computer base. Or do you want puppy to be an excercise to find out how small can a distro be and still be userfull?
I consider Puppy a learning tool so I think that the options are important for new users, they learn that they have options in Linux, they learn realize about the difference between a monopoly and having alternatives.
So regarding the alternatives: Let's give the new users the benefit of the doubt, most of them are smart enough to not get confused with them. Were you confused? Why do you think other people will be? I've worked with (and trained) many users, from the wiz kids to technophobes. I think Puppy is suitable for both.
Does puppy uses the smaller applications available? I guess not all of them. There are too many applications out there for Barry to know all of them. When you find one that fits puppy I'd encourage you to inform Barry. I'm sure he'll be happy.
Having a mission statement is great as helps keeping the focus of a project. Puppy's mission statement does not include size. Small size has been just a consequence, not a goal.
To close: Should puppy be smaller?
I'd like to respond with tonge twister (for me at least).
"I won't give the answer as I should as you asked not to aswer what the answer is".
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Posted: Mon 15 Aug 2005, 16:53
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I'd say that Puppy isn't as small as it COULD be, not SHOULD be.
True there are duplicate packages that do the same job, but just from reading the forums it's clear that everyone has their own preferences, needs etc. so the variety covers a wider range of end users.
There are packages I use every day, and some I'll probably never use - but this isn't reason enough to exclude them from the Puppy CD.
Puppy can, of course, be remastered, cut down and customised to the end users hearts content, or fattened up with extras. it's all down to personal preference. Puppy is a starting block, giving you all you need for daily use. After that it's up to you really.
......where do you want to go today??
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Posted: Mon 15 Aug 2005, 18:36
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Sirexel, This is a debate? Want someone to debate you? You said among other things one purpose was for mental exsercise [sic[ Okay.
Sirexel makes the assertion "Doubtless for Puppy smaller is better". He supports this assertion with the following arguments:
* Faster download, faster load, faster run.
* Less RAM, less money, more old PC
I contest the premise and his supportive arguments. I debate every supportive argument Sirexel made.
Argument: Faster download
Debated: This is true only in the context that a smaller file is a faster download. It is false from the perspective that a smaller download has any relationship to the quality of the content of the download. A smaller puppy in this context, only means a faster download and that's all it means. It does little to support the 'quality' factor in the assertion of 'doubtless for Puppy smaller is better.
Argument: Faster run
Debated: This is false or at best needs to be qualified. I could delete gnumeric as an example, but it will have null effect on the running speed of Puppy.
Argument: Less RAM
Debated: Puppy loads many of its components in RAM. The more components loaded in RAM, the more RAM will be used. Depending on the configuration and in particular the installation type the amount of components which get loaded in RAM is a variable.
If a user wants to use less RAM this he or she can do this an option 2 install. The components which get installed into RAM are primarily those necessary for the operation of the computer with option 2.
Having major applications like gnumeric doesn't use more RAM with option 2 than if gnumeric was not installed.
Additionally, regardless of Option 1 or Option 2 hard drive install, major applications such audacity, gimp2, and thunderbird can be installed and the amount of RAM used is not more. The reason why is because these applications reside on the hard drive unless configured intentionally otherwise. They are not loaded into RAM except on an as wanted basis. When the application is closed the RAM is released.
Summary, if amount of RAM used by is an important consideration for the user, the problem is already reasonably solved by Barry: Make an option 2 install.
Argument: Less money
Debated: Frankly, when I think of Puppy, considerations of money don't even enter my mind. If money were a consideration, I'd reason along these lines:
I pay a static price for my Internet connection. It doesn't cost me any more to download a 60 mb file than it would a 40 mb file.
The cost of the CD-ROM disk is identical with burning a 60 mb .iso file as it would be a 40 mb .iso file
Argument: More old PC
Debated: I will use my PC as an example. Built by me in 1999. It is an AMD K6-2 500. In 1999 this computer was somewhat low end. Some people would think my PC is a dinosaur. Puppy runs exceptionally well on my machine. It will boot and go to work faster than most high end XP computers built today.
I argue to the effect that Puppy already has excellent backward support spanning several years. It excels over Windows products. XP for example would put an old computer like mine to sleep. Windows 95 wouldn't even support the hardware on today's high end computers.
Summary, Puppy is already doing an excellent job of supporting computers over a span of many years. It ain't broke and doesn't need fixing in this area.
I've offered you fair debate on your supportive arguments for your premise which was,
"Doubtless for Puppy smaller is better"
In my opinion, your arguments do not even come close to supporting your premise.
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Posted: Mon 15 Aug 2005, 22:19
Post subject: Some parameters
Let me add a parameter to the discussion: available memory of 32 MB.
While most PCs will have 64 MB or more of memory, having a Puppypackage of 32 MB or less will allow many users of old PCs to enjoy the speed of Puppy and go though installation without much problem (such as what happens if you don't know how to use swap and the install process assumes that usr_cram.fs is fully loaded to memory).
More that the issue of old PCs, it will allow users of _new_ thin clients with 32-MB resource limit to use the thin client as a PC. (Some resource limits are hard drive, 50 MB [as per Windows client in the works], and 64 MB of flash disk memory [thus, leaving room for saving files]).
By lowering the size of Puppy, it will be able to embrace a very wide spectrum of PCs/thin client devices. And allow us, Puppy advocates, to get the users to actually use Puppy before they set their sights to other places.
OK, "create your own Puppy", but not many people can do that. Someone who has done a smaller Puppy has to make her Puppy available to others, so we can save time.
My opinion is that this debate is useful if it produces a new Puppy within the 32 MB resource limit.
EDIT: Ah, I just remembered that Bruce B is doing that
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Posted: Mon 15 Aug 2005, 22:53
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My opinion is that this debate is useful if it produces a new Puppy within the 32 MB resource limit.
Only relevant if Puppy's mission was to be small.
It already runs in 32 MB with a swap partition. So it meets it's mission of breathing new life into old PCs. Under those circumnstances I guess It will still be faster than Windows 3.1.
Sirexel? Do you have a computer so old that it cannot run puppy? Do you really need to run puppy there? What about you raffy? Or are you talking hypotetically?
There are distributions that can be installed in 8 MB, they won't have a UI, but they can work as gateways, or web servers, even to browse and IRC in text mode. You can have 16MB PCs running the
Opie GUI
(I've actually seen one) although its actually meant for handhelds. To the best of my knowledge puppy is not meant to fullfill these roles.
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Posted: Mon 15 Aug 2005, 23:13
Post subject: MS thin clients
Uh, don't know how to answer "hypothetical"
As to mission, it must be sharing the fun (of using modern software) with as many people as possible.
See this: http://bink.nu/Article3812.bink
(about MS thin client specifications)
Error: So the 50 MB hard drive I read in Newsforge.com must be an error... it is actually 500 MB. Even then, the assumed memory is 64 MB.
As to old PCs with 32 MB memory, yes, there are aplenty, waiting to be resuscitated. These are being shipped in bulk containers to the third world.
EDIT: Got this new info from one manufacturer in Singapore:
Option 4 - Thin Client: 533 MHZ processor, 128 MB RAM. Uses the VIA V 500 motherboard. Supports XDMCP (XWindows) and RDP 4.0 (WinTerminal). Works with Microsoft Windows 2000 Advance Server, Microsoft XP (single user) etc. This unit has a
32 MB Solid State Disk drive
with all the software necessary for turning it into a terminal (a server is required). This unit can also be upgraded to RDP 5.2 which adds local sound and true color for WinTerminal functions.
Puppy's mission is to make that a PC, but I guess its one big partner won't allow that to happen.
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Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2005, 00:03
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Raffy, Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:58 pm, I started publishing test results on running Puppy off hard drive on a 32 MB machine
Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:58 am, precisely 12 hours later Sirexel started this debate. A pure coincidence I'm sure. Nevertheless, it is a matter of record that I stated how impressed I was with Puppy's performance at 32 MB, prior to any knowledge this debate would start. Therefore my opinions are without any possible predudice to this thread becasue they were stated previously.
Other things I didn't mention in my reporting, for example, the Links web browser runs super fast on the 32 MB test machine. I do mean fast.
The most important point I wish to make is that it would not make Puppy run any faster or better on an Option 2 install if the previously mentioned, but unspecified superfluous apps were not included with the distro.
For specific examples, Puppy has a few calculators, remove them, and it will run identically on a 32 mb machine, option 2 install.
Remove Abiword and Gnumeric and Puppy will run the same on a 32 mb machine. The major difference is: a person could not run gnumeric or abiword if it is not installed on the disk, otherwise they could. The ommission of such apps don't represent a major advantage, if any advantage at all, that I can see on these low end machines.
Raffy, we are both concerned for the 32 MB machines. If I were not concerned, I'd not have taken the trouble to set one up and do the testing and reporting. The results of my testing have removed my concerns. I think if you will read the thread and do some testing, your concerns will be removed also.
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Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2005, 01:18
Post subject: Expecting something
Then are we expecting something, like an option B install, as in Bruce B
(the naming is up to you, of course).
Got your point there. I myself sometimes refer to Puppy's software collection as "complete" for day-to-day needs. However, nudging Technically Gifted (TG) people to further trim the package might be helpful...
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Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2005, 02:26
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raffy wrote:
Puppy's mission is to make that a PC
I have to disagree (not because I want to, but because its against the facts).
Here is the mission statement
. Not mine, not yours, but Puppy's.
Cheers. There's puppy for everyone as it is right now.!
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Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2005, 02:50
Post subject: New category
Oh, you're right, of course, but thin clients are new devices that are still being discussed
, and in some other places in the forum I may be unaware of.
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Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2005, 09:15
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We already have Chuppy Puppy, Barebone Puppy, Standard Puppy, Xfree86 Puppy, Win98 Puppy, Krazy Puppy (coming) ... have i missed any?
Everyone has different needs and there's nothing wrong with it. There're so many choice with Puppy! I think Sirexel may not mean we should have Standard Puppy changed, but just that he hasn't found the Puppy he wants yet.
Yes, "Someone who has done a smaller Puppy has to make her Puppy available to others, so we can save time."!!
And how's the progress of Console Puppy? I remembered seeing some posts in the forum but can't find them now. I've seen something about Multimedia Puppy here http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=1732 too. Would it be similar to geeXbox? It's a multimedia distro, it looks nice but I can never get it works http://geexbox.org/en/index.html
Hey, it's Puppy, take it easy!
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A burqua gives Bridgeport school's Kelleher a new perspective
BRIDGEPORT -- Sitting at a conference at Al Baha University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, unable to understand a word being spoken, all that city school board Chairwoman Jacqueline Kelleher could think about were immigrant students and parents back home.
"I got to really think about what Bridgeport families go through," said Kelleher, who made the journey late last month on the Saudi's dime and in her capacity as a professor of special education at Sacred Heart University.
"The first day we were there, there was no translation. Not speaking a word of Arabic, not having any context or understanding, I thought of parents here. It gave me lots of motivation to make sure we have the right translation. The right translators and to make sure those devices work," Kelleher said.
The district has five students from Saudi Arabia and about 50 students whose native tongue is Arabic. At Sacred Heart, there are 189 students registered this spring from Saudi Arabia. Of them, 138 are in the university's English as a Second Language program. Kelleher plans to seek them out.
For her, the seven-day trip was life changing.
"This trip was like standing at a cliff, closing your eyes, jumping, and hoping the person who promised to catch you was actually going to do their job," she said.
Kelleher was doing work with Ohio University last fall in her role on the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, when she was invited by Ohio colleagues to be part of a team of four professors headed to Saudi Arabia to present at a conference for Saudi faculty and graduate students on educational leadership, instructional technology and special education. They needed someone with expertise in autism.
"Saudi Arabia has a significant deficit in the area of autism. Some 96 percent of kids with autism are institutionalized," Kelleher said.
There are efforts to change that with new laws that have yet to be put into practice, added Kelleher. In her conversations with Saudi educators, most were amazed to learn that kids with autism could have some gifts and talents.
Kelleher cleared the trip with her dean and the Saudi government, who asked for work and curriculum samples before giving her a green light to speak at the university.
"They really did their homework. When I got to Baha, everybody knew who I was," said Kelleher.
Her party was treated like royalty, and met royalty. Miscari Bin Saud, the Crown Prince of Baha, heard the group was in town and interrupted the conference to send a car to collect the presenters and take them to his palace to talk about education. He spoke English well, Kelleher said.
Kelleher's biggest fear was breaking the rules in this gender-segregated society.
Two male American professors on the trip could wear business casual. Kelleher had to wear a burqa, which covered her body and head from the moment she left the airport. She was assigned a male escort and driver. Women aren't allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia. As a result, boys as young as 12 drive to chauffeur their moms. It makes for harrowing car rides, Kelleher said.
At the conference, there were only women in her audience. Male faculty could only listen to an audio of her presentation.
"It helped me analyze my own assumptions and biases," she said. "Under the burqas, women in Saudi Arabia are dressed to the nines."
Kelleher gave two lectures and sat on one panel. She described her first talk as the best speech of her life.
"I was so excited. I share my thoughts with them on differentiated instruction. They were all wearing headphones. They were all nodding and smiling. I got a big applause. Then one woman faculty member who could speak some English leaned over to me and said, `Dr. Kelleher, we didn't understand a word you said, but you spoke from the heart."
Once the translation headphones were fixed, the rest of the conference went better.
Kelleher said she talked about Bridgeport while there. She also spoke of the district's gifted and talented program, which is supported in part by Joe Renzulli and Sally Reis at the University of Connecticut. Those names were known by the Baha faculty.
"They do want to come to Bridgeport," said Kelleher. Others want to do some cross cultural research through Sacred Heart.
Kelleher said she would do it again and has been invited back next February.


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(I hate that I'm so sporadic about these since the prompts, courtesy of We Tree, are so good. Sadly, I usually don't have the time, attention to deadlines or the creativity to do these very often, but hope springs eternal so here I am!)
This prompt reminded me of when I was about eleven or twelve and I had just gotten interested in genealogy. Since it was my new obsession it was something that I enjoyed talking about with anyone who would listen (and even those who wouldn't). One night I was over at a friend's house going on about my family tree discoveries when my friend's mom (who dabbled in genealogy) told me about her ancestor who came over on the Mayflower. Well, I thought that was about the neatest thing EVER and was immediately jealous. Since then I've been able to tie my family tree to the Mayflower also as well as Jamestown (though my ancestor never lived there he was on a supply ship that went there). Those are really my only direct celebrity ancestors and since a lot of folks can trace their lines to the Mayflower and colonial times it isn't such a big deal anymore (though I am still proud and tickled by it). I am related to other famous people though, they are either a cousin of some level or sibling of a relative of mine. These include: Henry Hudson, George Mason, Oliver Cromwell, Daniel Webster, the Beecher family, Harold vonSchmidt, James Buchanan and Rush Limbaugh. Those are only the connections I have verified. On Ancestry there is a BETA feature for the member trees where they'll scan and find possible "famous" relatives, some of those who came up when I did this include (these are at most fifth cousins however many times removed from my grandparents): Jonathan Swift, William Wordsworth, Samuel Morse, Oliver Winchester, John Locke, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Eldridge Gerry. I haven't verified these so I'm not counting these as definite though the John Locke connection seems pretty likely since I do have some Lockes in my tree. I'm sure that I'm missing a few celebrity relatives because I think just about everyone with early New England ancestry is related in some way.
On a regional level I've got some famous relatives, but since most probably haven't heard of them I'm not going to go into into them too extensively. These "small town" celebrities include a distant grandfather who was the first district attorney of Douglas Co., Nevada and possibly other counties in Nevada and northwest California, a distant grandmother who was alledgedly the first baby born in Benicia, California after the city was officially formed. There is also Moses Lyman Jackman, a cousin of a distant gradfather who was an early LDS member (there are also rumors that we're related to Brigham Young).
Family legends also say that we're related to various famous folks. Lucretia Mott is an example, only problem with that is that she wasn't born a Mott so we're more likely related to her husband than her. For years everyone in my family also claimed descent from William Penn because they shared the grey eye color trait (pretty flimsy, I know) and for years I've discredited this because there was no proof. Well, now I've found a possibly connection but since there is no proof I'm going to hold off on claiming him as a relative. There was also the typical "Indian Princess" in the family tree, but it turns out that she was born in Dorsetshire, England so that one could be wrong too.
Oh, and I'm SURE I'm related Barack Obama too because we all are, right?! That's what it seems like these days, lol.


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BRIDGEPORT -- The sequestering of about $85 billion in federal funds this year is being felt in the hallways and elevators of city public housing projects, where some maintenance worker layoffs seem unavoidable in the coming months, officials say.
U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-4, speaking to a gathering of about 40 Bridgeport Housing Authority workers on Friday, said that the Republican-led Congress "is worse than you think" in its zeal to cut funds to the poor, the sick and the downtrodden -- including those who live in public housing,
"They won't even start budget negotiations," Himes said. "It's estimated that 100,000 people across America can't get into public housing because of sequestering. Does that mean that the problem just goes away? No. It means that those 100,000 people are sleeping on the streets."
Himes was speaking at a rally staged by the union representing the Housing Authority's maintenance workers in front of Harborview Towers, the 14-story, 240-unit public housing apartment building for the elderly and the handicapped on the city's East Side.
"This means that services, cleanliness, safety and the effort to bring in new people who need supportive housing will suffer," Himes said.
Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch didn't have any good things to say about Congress, either.
"This is just wrong-headed," he said addressing the crowd. "The president has balanced the budget but the GOP says that he hasn't," he said holding up the president's budget. "Here is President Obama's budget in black-and-white. And since when has the federal government talked about building more housing for poor people? That's not supposed to be talked about anymore."
To Nicholas Calace, executive director of the BHA, the sequestering is the latest blow to the concept of public housing in the United States, which has seen little good news from Washington in the last few years.
"The last time we were funded at close to 100 percent was in 2006," he said. "It's not a question of laying off people. It's a question of money."
The BHA, he said, has already cut "nonessential" purchases and has workers on a less-expensive health plan. Many more economizing steps were taken, too, but Calace said that there's only so much that can be done before the conditions in the projects begin to degrade.
"If the BHA were federally funded at 100 percent, it would get about $30 million from the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Now, it's getting about 83 percent of that figure," Calace said.
"I'm looking at about a $120,000 to $140,000 shortfall per month," he added. "I'm keeping on as many people as possible, but that's two people per month."
He said that losing maintenance staff sends the BHA on a "downward spiral" because HUD funding is predicated on occupied apartments, not empty ones.
"I'm losing money when an apartment is vacant because it's taking longer for us to get it ready for the next occupant," he said.
The sequestering cuts that hit another federal agency, FEMA, also hurt the BHA, Calace said.
"Because FEMA was sequestered, too, we haven't seen any money from FEMA that was supposed to pay for our losses from the hurricanes and the blizzard.," he said. "FEMA won't pay for all of the overtime that the storm cost us."
The BHA has taken other hits, too.
"Because of the hurricane, our property liability insurance went up $300,000, and our deductible went from $25,000 to $250,000," Calace said. "So now, if I have a small fire in a unit, I can't even claim it."
The BHA has a $24 million annual budget, $8 million of which comes from rents, and the rest from subsidies.
It operates several different public and subsidized housing programs, including four large housing projects in the city, apartments for the elderly and handicapped, so-called scattered-site housing and the Section 8 program, or about 2,600 units in all.
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Mirpur: The win against World Champions India would mean nothing if you will not defeat Sri Lanka, Bangladesh coach Stuart Law had told his wards. The hosts have a chance to reach the Asia Cup final for the first time if they beat Sri Lanka in Tuesday's match.
If Bangladesh win, they will be tied on eight points with India but will go through to final since they had beaten India in the league stage. Law said he wants his boys to continue with the momentumand get the better of Sri Lanka.
"It`s very important for us as a group after all the hard work we have put in for this tournament. We didn`t have a great preparation time but it has been intense. To win against India, the current world champions, is a feather in our cap. However, we`ve still got a very important game and if we don`t win that game [against Sri Lanka], the win the other night won`t matter," Law said.
"I`m just trying to tell the boys, `Yesterday was fantastic but it means nothing; we`ve got to win the game against Sri Lanka and get to the final`. After the Asia Cup, we can celebrate and look back at fond memories," Law was quoted as saying by local media.
Law, who was part of Sri Lanka`s support staff when they lost to India in the World Cup final last year, said he cherished the moment of beating India on Friday.
"Last year I was there with Sri Lanka and we got beaten, so to be part of the team that beats the world champions, reverse the dose the other night and have our fans go berserk and seeing the people line the roads. We didn`t get home till midnight. It was something that I wanted to take in," he said.
Law emphasised on the virtue of talking to great players if one wants to improve but rued that his players do not get much opportunity to play international cricket.
"You have to practice for a purpose. Talking is a big part of learning. These boys have access to the greatest players in the world in this tournament. If I was them, I`d be picking someone`s brains: guys like Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene and Sachin Tendulkar. I`ve seen them from close quarters and they`re more than willing to talk. That`s the only issue I have with the Bangladesh cricket team: we don`t play enough international cricket," he said.


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Author Notes: Carne asada is steak grilled over a fire and then sliced thinly. The thin pieces are perfect for rolling into tortillas as in a "taco al carbon." Here, we take the slices of deliciously mesquite grilled flank steak and serve them with a side of rajas, sautéed poblano peppers and onions. To complete the meal, we add a side of refried black beans and then sprinkle cotija cheese over the top. Tortillas are always welcome but they are on the side.
I know that it looks like there are lots of steps and ingredients, but this meal comes together quickly. That makes it perfect for any weeknight, but it is nice enough for entertaining friends.
Enjoy. - Waverly —Waverly
Food52 Review: WHO: Waverly is a former lawyer, and a fantastic home cook.
WHAT: The spicy, simple, comforting meal we want to make year-round.
HOW: Marinate, make your rajas, then grill your steak. Eat.
WHY WE LOVE IT: This dish unites elements we'd eat all on their own: creamy, smoky rajas, and perfectly seasoned steak. Eaten together, it's perfection on a plate -- just add a squeeze of lime. —A&M
Serves: 4 to 6
For the Carne Asada
cup olive oil
cup soy sauce
cup fresh lime juice
4 to 5
cloves garlic, peeled
tablespoons dark brown sugar or Mexican brown sugar
teaspoons pepper
tablespoon ancho chili powder
teaspoons cumin, plus more for sprinkling on the steak before you grill it
tablespoon Mexican oregano
tablespoons cilantro
1 1/2 to 2
pounds flank steak
Mesquite charcoal or chips, or grill pan
For the Rajas
tablespoons olive oil
large onions, peeled, halved, and cut into 1/4-inch thick slices
medium poblano peppers, roasted, peeled, stemmed, seeded, and cut into 1/2-inch thick strips (note: If you would like a little more heat, leave some seeds.)
cloves garlic, finely chopped
teaspoon Mexican oregano
cup crema Mexicana or heavy cream
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Cotija cheese for garnishing
Chopped cilantro for garnishing
Lime wedges for serving
- MARINATE THE STEAK THE NIGHT BEFORE: In a blender, combine olive oil, soy sauce, lime juice, garlic, and seasonings. Blend until everything is combined. Place the flank steak as flat as possible in a gallon-size freezer bag and pour the marinade into the bag. Seal the bag and place in refrigerator for 1 to 12 hours.
- PREP THE GRILL AND THE STEAK: Remove the steak from the marinade and pat dry with paper towels. Discard the marinade. Season meat with a sprinkle of cumin and a generous amount of kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper on both sides. Let sit at room temperature while you prepare a hot fire. Use mesquite chips for their great flavor. (**Skip down to step 4 and make the rajas. Keep them warm while you grill the steak.) When the coals are coated with grey ash and you cannot keep your hand above the grate for more than a minute, you have a hot fire that is ready for the steak. Place the steak directly over the hot coals. Grill each side until it is charred but the center is rare to barely medium rare. Start with 1 to 3 minutes per side. Cooking time will depending on your fire and the thickness of the steak. If 3 minutes doesn't get it, move the steak to the cool side of the grill and check every minute. Don't overcook and remember that the meat will continue to cook while it rests.
- LET STEAK REST AND THEN SLICE: When the steak is done, remove it from the grill and let it rest 5 to 10 minutes. This gives the juices inside time to be reabsorbed. Also, the steak will continue to cook. Slice steak across the grain into 1/4 - 1/2-inch slices. Cover to keep warm while you make the rajas.
- SAUTÉ PEPPERS AND ONIONS: In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the onions and cook until they are beginning to brown, about 8 minutes. Add the poblanos and garlic. Cook until peppers are tender/crisp, 3 to 4 minutes more. Add the oregano and crema. Stir to combine. Cook the rajas over low heat until the crema has reduced just a bit so that the onions and peppers are coated but not drowning in it. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- SERVE: Spoon a generous amount of rajas onto each plate. Place some refried black beans alongside. Place 2 to 3 slices of carne asada on top of the rajas. Sprinkle with cotija cheese and then garnish with fresh cilantro and a wedge of lime.
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Contrast the facts, with the rhetoric:
Canadians have always been proud of their safe streets and communities—something that long distinguished us from our friends across the border.
Today, however, crime is erasing the promise of our Constitution, the promise of peace, order and good government.
Canadians want their safe streets and communities back.
Under our government, the protection of law-abiding citizens and their property is once again becoming the top priority of our criminal justice system.
Stephen Harper Throne Speech 2007
"Crime is erasing the promise of our Constitution"?:
Violent crime: Decline in most serious offences
Property crime: Decline in break-ins and motor vehicle theft
Youth crime: Slight decline in the youth crime rate
Metropolitan areas: Declines seen in most cities
A responsible government takes its cues from the statistics, a political opportunistic government, takes its cues from SunMedia.
I do have one suggestion. If Harper really wants to see criminals behind bars, then maybe he could quit clogging up our courts with his petty legal actions.


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The Swedish Pirate Party said the country's government is sanctioning blackmail by making it possible for copyright holders to get people's IP addresses.
"It threatens Swedish rule of law. It's up to the police to investigate citizens, not private interests," said party head Rickard Falkvinge.
He sees a scenario in which copyright holders threaten to file a suit, and collect damages without ever going to court.
"The ministers want it to seem like it's nothing special, but it is," said Falkvinge.
The row started Friday with an opinion piece in Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. In the article Culture Minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth and Minister of Justice Beatrice Ask said that in the second quarter they will move forward with a law that will force ISPs (Internet service providers) to turn over IP addresses.
Copyright holders, however, will first have to produce evidence to support charges of illegal downloading, then a court will decide if IP (Internet Protocol) addresses should be turned over.
But the pair also axed the possibility for ISPs to shut down Internet access for users who illegally download music, films and TV shows.
They also add that the industry will have to offer legal alternatives for downloading, otherwise it will be impossible to defend old business models. Online music services in Europe do not offer as broad an array of content as they do in the U.S.
ISPs seem to support the move. Broadband operator Bredbandsbolaget said it was expected.
"It's good that we don't have to act as the police," said its CEO, Marcus Nylen, in a statement.
But he isn't completely convinced. "It remains to be seen how it will work in practice, and how the law will protect the rights of our users," Nylen said.
This is the second time this year that file sharing has been making head lines in Sweden.
In January Swedish prosecutor Hakan Roswall filed charges against four people for involvement in running The Pirate Bay, one of the most widely used BitTorrent trackers for illegally distributed music, movies and software.


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AACN Certification Corp. launches ACNPC-AG certification exam aligned with Consensus Model for APRN Regulation
In tandem with exam, AACN introduces ACNPC-AG exam review course
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ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AACN Certification Corporation has launched the new ACNPC-AG certification exam, which aligns with the requirements of the Consensus Model for APRN Regulation.
ACNPC-AG is an entry-level certification for advanced practice nurses educated at the graduate level as acute care nurse practitioners (ACNPs) to provide advanced nursing care across the continuum of healthcare services and meet the specialized needs of adult-gerontology patients (young adults, older adults and the frail elderly) with complex acute and/or chronic health conditions.
The Consensus Model for APRN Regulation was introduced in 2008 to establish national standards for uniform regulation of advanced practice registered nurses in all states. It was developed by 48 APRN nursing organizations nationwide that have pledged support for these standards.
"AACN Certification Corporation played an active role in the development of the consensus model, so the release of a new ACNPC-AG exam that aligns with the model is exciting," said Carol Hartigan, certification programs strategist, AACN Certification Corporation. "As the organization representing the interests of, and setting standards for, acute and critical care nurses, we know the indispensable role that nurse practitioners play in meeting the healthcare needs of America's most medically fragile patient population and, therefore, believe that protecting the role is imperative."
Potential candidates for the exam should apply online on the AACN Certification Corporation website, where they can also find information on the ACNPC-AG certification, test plan, practice exam questions and exam eligibility requirements, the APRN Consensus Model and other APRN resources.
In conjunction with the new exam, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has introduced its ACNPC-AG Certification Review Course, an interactive e-learning course designed to assist aspiring adult-gerontology ACNPs to prepare for the new ACNPC-AG certification exam.
The comprehensive review course is based on and fully aligns with AACN Certification Corporation's new ACNPC-AG test plan and features nationally known subject matter experts such as Linda Briggs, Helen Brown, Joseph Haymore, Kiersten Henry and Nancy Munro, each of whom is an ACNP.
"AACN's ACNPC-AG Certification Review Course offers nurse practitioner candidates a 'two for one': It simulates the actual test-taking experience answering realistic practice questions and simultaneously reinforces clinical knowledge," said Linda Bell, AACN clinical practice specialist. "It incorporates the same modular structure as the new test plan in an easy-to-use question-and-answer format."
Now available streaming from the AACN website, the course offers 9.5 continuing nursing education (CNE) credits, including 1.4 Pharm CNE. A CD-ROM version is also planned.
As a special value to prospective certificants, the on-demand version of the course is being offered at no cost to individuals who purchase the ACNPC-AG exam. Purchased separately, the course costs $159 for AACN members and $199 for nonmembers.
About AACN Certification Corporation: AACN Certification Corporation, a separately incorporated company, develops and administers the CCRN, PCCN, CCRN-E, CCNS, ACNPC and ACNPC-AG specialty exams, and the CMC and CSC subspecialty exams. In collaboration with the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) Credentialing Center AACN Certification Corporation also offers the CNML exam. AACN Certification Corporation promotes and enhances consumer health and safety by establishing and maintaining high standards of professional practice excellence through certification and certification renewal for nurses who care for acutely and critically ill patients and their families.
About the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses: Founded in 1969 and based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is the largest specialty nursing organization in the world. AACN joins together the interests of more than 500,000 acute and critical care nurses and claims more than 235 chapters worldwide. The organization's vision is to create a healthcare system driven by the needs of patients and their families in which acute and critical care nurses make their optimal contribution.
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Phone: (949) 362-2000; Fax: (949) 362-2020; www.aacn.org; facebook.com/aacnface; twitter.com/aacnme
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After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, most analysts and real estate industry players predicted that the New York real estate market would end up even tighter than before. But according to a Merrill Lynch report by Steve Sakwa, the opposite has happened. The overall vacancy rate for Manhattan has climbed to 9.1% at the end of November, from 8% on Sept. 11.
And in downtown the situation is much worse. The downtown market's overall vacancy is 10.7% today, up from 7.5% at midyear, the report said. In midtown, the vacancy rate has held steady at about 7%.
"We're looking for New York City's office market to weaken further," Sakwa wrote. "Considering the substantial run-up in available (but not necessary vacant) space in lower Manhattan during the past two months, it's likely that the vacancy rate in the downtown market will climb sharply in coming months and peak in the vicinity of 17% to 18% late next year."
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The first true Naruto MMORPG
A Naruto MMORPG
Sasuke (or Harikune on this forum), is a friend of mine. He's working with us on the first Naruto MMORPG.
The graphics are RMXP style, made from scratch with Ruby Code.
The game features hundreds of beautiful maps from the Naruto world, as well as patches.
What we are currently looking for is mappers and spriters. Anyone who can make decent Ninja (and great) sprites in Rpg Maker XP style is greatly apart of the team. Also, anyone who can make tilesets based off of the Naruto world (if you've seen the show, you know), then that is even more greatly appreciated.
Here are a few screenshots:
Just an example of the realtime fighting. You can tell it's online because the player's name is above his head, as wel as how much damage he's getting hit for.
NOTE! These are NOT the real graphics! Just defaults to get the server up!
For more info, go to our forum and check the announcements.
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lol, hey, is there a way I can get this moved to another forum? This forum was called fan creations, so I posted my fan creation, lol. i didn't know it was for art.
Anyways, the reason why I posted it here was because, while googling Naruto MMORPG's, I saw a topic from here about wanting one so bad. I thought maybe whoever posted it would see this.
Wrong area, though, lol
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Here's our animations for LNO so far:
A quick draft of the Sharingan
A 'cool guy' animation, used for 'I don't care' times
Just walking, it'll be slowed down in game
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Sorry to bump, but this is a big update:
Hand sprites by Lead Spriter Kimimaru, animated by Co-Lead Animator YngRockey.
We're trying to make a system where pressing a button triggers a hand sign, and pressing them in the right order triggers a jutsu skill in your "Jutsu Bank" (a menu where you jutsu is stored)
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hmmm looks super cool. about that jutsu system though... will you have to memorize the combinations? and will you have to set hand signs to certain keys? it sounds cool but seems a bit shaky... also will there be like a jutsu mode where you have a set amount of time to perform the jutsu allowing you to use all the keys but not able to move? just wondering.
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Tony and Missy Lowery's unusual pet has gone missing. They continue to scour wheat fields and back roads for Leona, their beloved African Sulcata tortoise and they think a passerby may have taken her.
Tony and Missy Lowery's unusual pet has gone missing. They continue to scour wheat fields and back roads for Leona, their beloved African Sulcata tortoise and they think a passerby may have taken her.
The Lowery family last saw their 19-year-old desert tortoise on Sun. June 24.
"We went inside and went to bed on Sunday night about 9:45 p.m.," said Mr. Lowery. "We realized on Monday morning that they had gotten out. We've looked everyday for Leona and we haven't had any luck locating her."
For more than a week they have been unable to locate the missing tortoise and are asking people in the community to help them find her.
The Lowerys have had their tortoises for almost twenty years.
They bought the male, Puck while they were looking for a low maintenance and interesting pet for their children.
"My kids really wanted a dog," he recalled. "We didn't think we had enough space for a dog. My daughter decided she wanted a tortoise. It's a neat pet; they will outlive a dog and possibly outlive a person. They need very little space and they won't keep you up all night barking."
Less than a year later they bought "Leon," who they thought was a male at first, but now believe is a female. "They practice 'leap frog' all the time and she's always on the bottom," he laughed.
Nineteen years ago, Mr. Lowery was able to hold Puck in the palm of his hand.
"When we got him he was about the size of a hockey puck, so we named him 'Puck,' he said.
In more recent years Puck and Leona share more in common with a truck tire. Both tortoises weight near 130lbs. and measure several feet across.
"We think of them as part of the family. After you've had them for this long, you'll grow attached them. They wont do tricks like our dogs will, never-the-less we wouldn't be complete without them."
The family has enjoyed the tortoises, which Mr. Lowery said has never bitten anyone and is friendlier than their "spikey" exterior and snappy beaks would lead most people to believe. "Our grandkids ride them; in fact all of the kids really like them. People stop by to see them."
Their small farmhouse is located only about 2 miles south on the Brenham blacktop road. A busy south county road runs along the three-acre farmstead they have lived in since moving to Kiowa County from Springfield, Mo. Many people travel the road between Greensburg and Haviland to avoid highway traffic.
"[On Sunday night] we heard our dog barking his head off," he said. "He normally only barks like that if someone stops on that road. Maybe someone saw her and picked her up not knowing. They might have mistaken her for being wild or lost or whatever reason. They might have picked her up with good intentions. If they did we'd sure like to get in contact with them and get her back."
The African Sulcata Tortoise is the largest mainland tortoise in the world. They originate from the northern Sahara Desert in Africa and have become popular as pets because of their temperament and long life. They can live up to 150 years.
They eat a special diet and require shade during the hot parts of the day.
"She can get too hot, if she doesn't have shade she can overheat," said Lowery.
They also do not swim, a misconception that they are water turtles. "If you'd put them in a tank of water, they'd drown instantly."
Leona and Puck feed on a steady diet or vegetables from the Lowery garden. Watermelons, cantaloupe, squash, lettuce and apples are their staple diet.
In winter, they need to be heated, as they are primarily a desert tortoise and can not survive cold temperatures.
"She could be in a field," said Mrs. Lowery. "She could actually survive out there all summer long, until fall comes. When it gets below 50 degrees that will be her last night."
Neither Puck or Leona have previously escaped for this long. Typically they are found within a single day. Puck was found only a couple of yards from his pen.
"Everyone around here knows that we have them," said Mr. Lowery. "There are a lot of new people in the county working here on the wind generators and whatnot. Perhaps it was someone like that, who spotted her on the road and was looking out for her best interests by picking her up. Not knowing that she belonged here. When it cools down we're out walking and riding four-wheelers trying to find her."
The Lowery family says that their love and affection for Leona will make it hard on them if she is never found, but that it will make it even harder on her best friend.
"You can tell that Puck misses Leona. He hasn't been coming out of his den as much. Normally he's out early in the morning and late at night. He's just been sitting in his den, not getting out very much. I think Puck will be lonely if he doesn't get his friend back. They've lived together their whole life."
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Interview: Rosalie Hansen
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The interview was conducted at the Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department by Detective Murphy and Armstrong .The interview was recorded with the witness' knowledge and consent.
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Detective Murphy: Mrs. Hansen, I'm Detective Murphy and this is Detective Armstrong. We're sorry. We know this is difficult and we know you need to get home to your son, but we need to ask you some questions. Please take a seat. We'll try to make this as quick as we can. For the record, we need your name and address.
Rosalie Hansen: My name is Rosalie Hansen and I live at 722 Shady Oaks Circle. Please call me Rosalie. I'm so nervous. I can't stop thinking about that poor girl. It was awful.
Detective Murphy: Rosalie, can you tell us what happened when you arrived at the service station?
Rosalie Hansen: I had to use the bathroom and I didn't think I could make it home, so I stopped at the service station. There was an "out of order" sign on the door, but I didn't care. I had to go. I tried to open the door, but it was locked. I went inside the store and asked the attendant for the key. I asked him if it was OK to use it since there was an "out of order" sign on the door. He looked puzzled, and said he didn't know what I was talking about. He walked with me back around the side of the building to the bathroom. He pulled the sign off the door and said he didn't put it there. He said that someone must have done it as a prank, but he didn't think it was funny. He told me to wait there, and he would get the key and unlock the door. He went back to the store, and came back a couple minutes later. He put the key in and opened the door, and I followed him in. That's when I saw that poor girl lying on the floor in a pool of blood. It seemed so surreal. I heard someone screaming and realized it was me. I ran out the door and I stood frozen. I couldn't move, but I couldn't stop looking. I was terrified that the person that did this might still be around. Oh my! I think I'm going to be sick.
Detective Armstrong: Calm down, Rosalie. It's going to be OK. Detective Murphy and I aren't going to let anyone hurt you. Do you need a break? Can we get you anything?
Rosalie Hansen: Some water would be good. Just give me a few minutes. I can't get the image out of my head. It was so awful.
Detective Murphy: Here's the water. Please take all the time you need. Continue when you're ready.
Rosalie Hansen: I think I'm OK now. As I said, she was lying in blood. There was a lot of blood and her eyes were open. It was strange. There were all these small candles lit, and they were in a shape of a cross. What kind of a sicko does this to someone?
Detective Armstrong: When you came out of the bathroom, where was the service station attendant?
Rosalie Hansen: He was inside the bathroom, staring at the girl. I'm sure he was in shock too. When I screamed, he came out behind me. He said he had seen this girl before but didn't know her. She came to use the bathroom. He did remember that before when he saw her she wasn't wearing skates.
Detective Murphy: What happened next?
Detective Armstrong: Did you see anything unusual or anyone else hanging around the service station?
Rosalie Hansen: I didn't see anyone. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with this. When I was driving there, a couple of blocks from the service station, a car sped past me. I only noticed it because the man was driving so fast. He had to be over the speed limit. I thought to myself he must be in a hurry.
Detective Armstrong: Rosalie, you said it was a man. Did you get a good look at him or the make of the car?
Rosalie Hansen: I'm sorry. I didn't. I know he had dark hair, but that's all I saw. I really didn't pay too much attention to the car. Do you think that person could be the killer?
Detective Armstrong: We don't know who the killer is at this point. We take all the information we get and check out all possible leads.
Detective Murphy: Thank you, Rosalie. If there's anything else you can think of no matter if you think it's not important, please call us. We know this was a terrifying experience for you. If you have trouble sleeping or if you have a hard time thinking about anything other than what you saw tonight, we know some excellent counselors who can help you with that. Just give me a call and I can give you some names. Here's my card. You can go home to your son now.
End interview: 10:54 p.m.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
A group of Messianic Jews who were passing out pamphlets in the central Israel town of Rehovot last week were violently attacked by ultra-Orthodox local residents, reported Ynet.
A number of secular passersby also reportedly joined in the fray and destroyed much of the Messianic literature.
Several of those who either witnessed or participated in the scuffle told Ynet they were outraged by the presence of "missionaries" in their town.
Many Israeli Jews view Messianic Jews as members of a foreign religion, and view their efforts to share the Gospel as an attempt to convert Jews to the "alien faith" of Christianity.
Those who attack Messianic evangelists often falsely claim that proselytizing is illegal in Israel. In fact, it is only illegal to offer monetary compensation for accepting a new faith, or to proselytize minors. Sharing one's faith with consenting adults is not illegal in Israel.
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