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The Best of Books 2009: Non-Fiction
As you will see in the selections we present here, there were more than enough great books by great writers in the past year to more than make up for all the other shouters and malingerers.
Note: These books are listed in alphabetical order by title. This is not an order of preference. They may be the paperback version or a reprint: if they were published in 2009, and we read them and loved them, they're here.
Introduction by Chris Barsanti
It's a fool's errand, this sort of task, summing up a year's worth of creative output, but nevertheless, we try. In a time when we're being told that the printed book could well enter the dumpster of obsolescence – right between a stack of vinyl LPs and a few reams of carbon paper – it seemed that bookstores in 2009 were as full of fat new titles as they have ever been. Certainly there were differences, what with the armies of zombie and vampire cross-genre teen-friendly mashups now crowding the front-store table displays, but in some ways it was same as it ever was, particularly in non-fiction.
One had the usual suspects dropping in their two cents, like Malcolm Gladwell with Outliers. There was evidence that the Hollywood principle of never make a movie that doesn't deserve a sequel also applies to pop-economics texts, as in the case of October's Superfreakanomics. There were more self-help books than you could shake a stick at, such as Steve Harvey's Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, as well as another raft of books on American politicians, both titanic (the Ted Kennedy bio True Compass) and not (Sarah Palin's memoir Going Rogue). No real game-changers here, however, nothing to get the heart or mind racing like some of the year's great fiction breakouts.
We had no Bob Woodward exposé for the Sunday morning pundits to glean tasty scandalous tidbits from, though rumors from March have it that he is already quietly working on a tome about the Obama White House. There were certainly a good number of titles about how the human race is dooming itself through a multiplicity of bad behavioral traits, but few of them managed to gain much traction.
What did seem to have traction when it came to non-fiction publishing in the year of our Lord 2009 is the ever-increasing volatility and volume of angry political screeds. For much of the year, the bestseller lists were packed cheek-to-jowl with the yammering likes of the alliterative Michele Malkin (Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies), Glenn Beck (Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government), and Mark Levin (Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto). There were a few similar screeds from those on the left, but with Al Franken dutifully beavering away in the Senate, and Rachel Madow apparently no closer to publishing that long-rumored book than she's ever been, the superstar pickings were slim.
When one looks at the books that excited us here at PopMatters, however, the titles rarely pulled from any of the categories discussed above. This was not, of course, due to any attempt to purposefully avoid the more popular books out there, but instead just the natural result of grazing widely across the deep flood of new hardcover titles that come over the transom every year (and no, digital media doesn't seem to be reducing that anytime soon) and pulling out what was most thought-provoking to us.
What got our writers excited tended to have little to do with angry political speechifying and more to do with hard-bitten reportage, in the case of Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson's account of last year's election,Battle for America 2008, or Leonard Zeskind's history of domestic white-supremacist groups, Blood and Politics. The historical texts that engaged us were more likely to deal with events long past, such as Robert B. Strassler's excellent reimagining of The Histories in his Landmark Herodotus, David Grann's thrilling Lost City of Z, and Grigoris Balakian's recounting of the Armenian Genocide, Armenian Golgotha.
Given our focus on how our society produces and engages with pop culture in the here and now, our favorite texts on such matters had a more up-to-the-minute feel, as with Paul Wasik's And Then There's This, about flash mobs and the ever-increasing power of viral culture, and Clay Haynes' gorgeous Gig Posters: Rock Show Art of the 20th Century. There were exceptions to this rule, naturally, such as the case of Sam Stephenson's lavish, must-read excavation of a photographic, musical treasure trove in The Jazz Loft Project.
That is likely more a statement about the power of good writing and editing than anything else. We like the books we like, until something different comes along that knocks us sideways. That might not have happened quite as much as we would have preferred in 2009, but as you can see in the selections we present here, there were more than enough great books by great writers in the past year to more than make up for all the other shouters and malingerers.
Author: Alistair Cooke
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Alistair Cooke at the Movies
Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke's was a unique voice: partly that of America and partly that of Britain, it represented each nation to the other with amiability and erudition unknown in any other broadcaster on either side of the Atlantic. But before he began delivering his Letters from America, Cooke was a film critic. This book collects over 120 articles he wrote from 1928 (when he penned stupendously pompous film reviews for the student publication at Cambridge University) to 2003 (when he marked the passing of centenarian MGM editor Margaret Booth with the intelligence and elegance he retained until his death). In the years between, Cooke became, as a critic, a runner whom the race outran. He was seized by a conservative sensibility that left him, as the introduction notes, 'unable to smile upon The Godfather or Taxi Driver' -- but this only increases our interest in a book that evolves into a collection of stylish and opinionated period pieces to rival any diary. At The Movies isn't only for Cooke completists, anymore than it is only for those who frequently consume volumes of film criticism. As with all of Cooke's work, if you are interested in anything, you'll be interested in this. Scott Jordan Harris
Author: Grigoris Balakian
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Armenian Golgotha: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1918
Grigoris Balakian
Grigoris Balakian was an Armenian priest and intellectual, living in Constantinople in 1915. On 24 April, he and 250 other Armenians were arrested and exiled, unaware that this was just the first stage of an ordeal that would result in the slaughter of the majority of their numbers. They were transported further and further east, sometimes in trains or carriages, but more often made to cover vast distances on foot. Frequent stops are made at towns along the route; sometimes more Armenian deportees are added to their numbers, in many cases the settlements have already been cleared of Armenian residents. It transpires that their ultimate destination is Der Zor, a site in present day Syria where as many as 400,000 Armenians were massacred. Many more did not make it that far; either killed en route, or succumbing to disease, starvation or sheer exhaustion. Balakian, due to a combination of factors outlined here, survived. In Armenian Golgotha Balakian has left behind a hugely important document in the country's history. Although he was deeply affected by the suffering he saw and endured, he succeeded in producing an account that provides us with a great and valuable insight into what is regarded as the precedent for modern genocide. Alan Ashton-Smith
Author: David Freeland
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Automats, Taxi Dances and Vaudeville: Excavating Manhattan's Lost Places of Leisure
David Freeland
It's easy to tell the difference between a book that is written with genuine passion, and one that's written to fulfill a contract, or build a curriculum vitae, or fatten a wallet. Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville fits firmly into the former category, as is apparent from its very first pages when the author, David Freeland, recounts a recurring dream: "Although some details change, the basic situation is the same: I am walking in an American city sometime during the middle of the 20th century. I keep searching for a neighborhood that I know, from my previous visits, contains a large number of old theaters. By the time I figure out where the neighborhood is I am forced to remember that many of the theaters have been torn down... but always I am able to find one or two that are still there -- and feel tremendous relief when I go inside and head to a seat, usually in the balcony where I can get a nice view of the whole building. But always something is different about the interior: either it has been stripped of all architectural detail, just a blank shell, or else the stage seems so far away that I can barely see it. It's as if I'm watching it from the opposite end of a telescope. Everything appears to be growing smaller, shrinking in front of me to a pin-sized speck before evaporating completely." The emotions that motivate a recurring dream like this are a combination of nostalgia for a past that never was, and yearning, mixed with a bitter regret, for a present that can never be again. Freeland, a writer who has the courage of his dreams, is not afraid to remind us of what we have wiped out, and in our stumbling, childlike sleepwalk through time, continue to destroy. Michael Antman


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Earlier in the summer, I took a look at ways that the Winnipeg Jets could improve their win-loss record with changes in systems from the front-office to the coaching staff and not necessarily on-ice personnel, in the model of the 2011 Tampa Bay Lightning.
As the summer drags on, with the Jets instead choosing to sign Jason King instead of Nikolay Zherdev, it's clear that the Jets are not trying to make the playoffs this year by signing high quality free agents or making big trades, and I don't really have an issue with this. I'd rather the new organization (since there's so much front-office turnaround, it's pretty well new) get a feel for these hockey players and craft a system around their talents, rather than signing puzzle pieces to create a rag-tag team that will make the playoffs and get wallopped in four or five games. That strategy appeals more to Dale Tallon and his Florida Panthers.
The Jets, however, have the luxury of doing a complete rebuild, and locking down important pieces of the core group for years to come. After a good look this season, Kevin Cheveldayoff and his team can add or subtract pieces with better information in mind. This isn't a team in the midst of a championship window, but one that has, for ten years, been struggling to find a groove.
There was an excellent post that popped up Wednesday from our friends at Illegal Curve on shot reduction being key to the Jets fortunes. In theory, cutting the number of shots against by a mere 6% for a team that has been horrible at preventing shots in the past could be the key to 14 goals over the course of the season.
"Claude Noel will have his hands full in his first season as an NHL head boss as he will be tasked with figuring out what system best suits this extremely young squad. As we mentioned last week, many of these players will be playing for their third coach in three seasons–so patience is very important for the Winnipeg brass and more importantly the team's fanbase."
One issue could be whether Noel is the best man suited for a defensive job. In 24 games coaching in the NHL, he went 10-8-6 (which is really 10-14) with the Columbus Blue Jackets as interim in the spring of 2010. What shocks me, however, is the differences in shot differential when the team played under Ken Hitchcock as opposed to Noel:
|Shots For
|Shots Against
|Ken Hitchcock
|Claude Noel
[These figures are per game approximates via NHL.com]
This probably isn't the best measure of a coach, particularly since in the second half, the Jackets traded away Freddy Modin and Milan Jurcina, but I bring it up to show the difficulty of playing under a new system. The Jackets actually trended downward as far as allowing shots per game goes (a full three shots was knocked off the average of the last 8-games compared to the first 8-game stretch).
Part of the problem was that the team started taking more penalties and conceded 6.6 shots on the powerplay under Claude Noel, compared to 5.3 (as best we can tell) under Ken Hitchcock. If a team playing undisciplined and taking penalties is a product of the coach, well, that certainly isn't the best way to lop quality shots off of your total and give your goaltender any help. Noel's Manitoba Moose were shorthanded 333 times last season, good for 7th in the AHL and was similar to the prior season's count of 329.
So, what can we determine from this? It's wise for a team to stay patient, it's good to reduce the number of shots and powerplays against, and Claude Noel seems to be a man who can fit both bills.
But patience is key. You can't just hand a new jockey the reigns and expect him to win the Preakness when your horse came last in the Kentucky Derby, but it might be a decision that pays dividends when by the time you run the Belmont.

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I am sure Fischer had some chess feats or records which might never be broken?
What chess records may never be broken?
Some records you gave have been broken and some might be broken need to be more specific. I think Fischer's 19 or 20 wins in a row at top level of chess might not be matched or broken.
"First guy to ever deliver checkmate..." - mind you we have no claimed record for this one, so I am claiming now to be that guy. No other contestants? Good, its mine!
I am hoping the Kasparov rating wont get broken as I included it in a story as "the highest rating of all time" and would hate to have to go back and edit.
"The absolute worst result in a simultaneous exhibition was two wins and 18 losses (10%) by Joe Hayden, aged 17, in August 1977. Hayden wanted to set an American record by playing 180 people simultaneously at a shopping centerin Cardiff, NJ, but only 20 showed up to play. Hayden lost 18 of the games (including one to a seven-year-old). His two wins were scored against his mother and a player who got tired of waiting and left in mid-game, thus forfeiting the game (Fox & James 1993, pp. 190–91)."
I think I'll try to break this record.
most losses to (any dead player)
most losses in the 20th, 19th etc. centuries
worst life record(percentage), since someone is probably 0+1-0=
Well, I was thinking of good records but that record by Joe Hayden is wonderful! By the way I would guess the American simul record of 180 must have been broken by now--American records welcome also. [since I have one]
12-0 in Super GM match play Fischer-Taminov and Fischer- Larsen will never be broken! Any Super GM today can hope to get more than one draw in 12 games even if playing Carlsen. Tamiov's GM title was taken away after his defeat, but later reinstated by Russia when they realized Fischer was just crazy good in that match.
Certainly Fischer's consecutive win streak and Tal's two undefeated streaks (95 and 86, still the top two streaks ever, and against GM competition) seem unlikely to ever be broken.
Yes, I remember well Fischer with those two 6-0 matches-it was unbelievable! It must have been intimidating to play someone who was trying very hard to win every single game-even with Black!
Although not classified as a world record I think Fischer won the USA championship with all wins?
Yes, Fischer's 11-0 win of the US Championship in 1964 stands as one of the great all-time achievements. He also won eight consecutive tournaments up to the Candidates Matches in 1971 if you leave out the Sousse 1967 Interzonal where he withdrew in a dispute while leading.
The win streak was 20 games in all, beginning with a flurry to finish the Interzonal, then 6-0 wins in matches v Taimanov and Larsen and the first game of the match with Petrosian. Steinitz won 25 tournament games in a row once, but the opposition wasn't nearly as strong.
In top class chess 100% wins in tournaments is not held by Fischer...sorry to disappoint.
1. Gustav Neumann at Berlin in 1865 (34/34).
2. Henry Atkins at Amstadam in 1899 (15/15).
3. Emanuel Lasker at New York in 1893 (13/13).
4. Jose Capablanca at New York in 1913 (13/13).
5. Alexander Beliavsky at Alicante in 1978 (13/13).
6. Alexander Alekhine at Moscow in 1919 (11/11).
7. Bobby Fischer at US Championships in 1963 (11/11).
Consecutive wins-
1. Steinitz - 25 games
2. Fischer - Is it 20? Or really 19? Since his game against Oscar Panno was never played, due to a protest by Panno. Not much details here, except that Fischer played his first move...and Panno resigned in protest.
The number of cigarettes smoked during a game - I think goes to Mr. Tal while playing Mr. Petrosian or somebody. Tal was sick but played, smoked and won anyway. It was close to 3-5 packs of cigs., though I have no proof of this.
I once won 62 straight games against various players in a homeless shelter. lol Does that count? Some of them were actually pretty good too. Many of them learned how to play in prison.
One that will be very difficult to beat would be Garry Kaspaov's Consecutive Tournament record played against super-GMs , he won 15 consecutive supertournaments between 1981-1990 (including being tied for first). His streak was broken by Ivanchuk in 1991, when Kasparov placed 2nd...only 1/2 point behind Ivanchuk.
Greatest Number Of Castlings in a game : 3! http://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/records/


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33. Huh...
I did about 12 before I lost interest/ran out of time, but I got kind of squicked because I was getting every single one right. That seemed odd to me.
33. So much for my theory that I'm high-functioning autistic. I blew the women with heavy eyeliner.
The only ones I got wrong were ones where I disagreed with the response or they were too close together for be to distinguish, like bored and annoyed. Those are almost like the same emotion for me, I find it annoying to be bored and boring to be annoyed.
33. And I too had more trouble with the women than with the men. But, I also noted that many times it wasn't the eyes, but the lines around and/or the eyebrows that I focussed on.
Clever tat.
Does it mean anything?
I do not care at all.
I think the tattoo is ridiculous looking.
Lori, I agree, but I'm sure the tattooee doesn't care at all what we think.
True dat.
Oh it's totally ridiculous, but clever all the same.
I got a 30.
Nah, should not be odd. people are generally quite good at inferring what others feel, and it tends to happen outside awareness. And, yes the areas around the eyes are important for this. it is the whole thing.
I got queasy because I've recently read several books about medical research. There was much talk in the books about research subjects being told the subject of the testing was something different than what was actually being researched. I must have had that on my mind.
What makes movie quotes memorable
A beta test is included. I got 9 of 12.
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The NCS levels the playing field for those who don't want to get caught up in all of the 'politics' that occurs in the kicking industry. Michael Husted.
San Diego, CA (PRWEB) July 08, 2012
This summer kicking coaches across the country are using the National Camp Series(NCS) Kicking IndeX (KIX) System to rate high school kickers according to NCS Founder and retired NFL kicker Michael Husted.
"2012 is shaping up to be the best year yet for the National Camp Series and the Kicking IndeX (KIX) Player Rating System," says Husted. "This summer, kicking across the country will be using the KIX System to rate high school kicking specialists who are preparing for high school and college football."
Husted, who is a kicking coach in San Diego, CA, says over 20 NCS evaluation events are being held across the country in July alone.
"After a strong 2011, and having introduced our KIX System, we are positioned extremely well to leverage analytics to showcase our athletes, and to provide 'objective high school kicking specialists statistics' to college and university coaches."
Husted says that by utilizing its Kicking IndeX (KIX) Player Rating System, NCS provides an objective evaluation platform for student-athletes who want to showcase their capabilities to colleges and universities for recruiting purposes.
By sorting through over six years of historical event data, the KIX system determines a kicker's rankings by cross-referencing player data to determine how the athletes stack up against others, both presently and historically.
"The NCS levels the playing field for those who don't want to get caught up in all of the 'politics' that occurs in the kicking industry," says Husted. "If you can kick, punt or snap, the NCS KIX system will let a young kicking specialist's skills speak for themselves. No excuses. No explanations."
And Husted knows there is no room for excuses when you want to play at the top levels in Pro football.
Husted is a retired 9 Year NFL Kicker. His consistency on field goals and power on kick offs won him the job as an undrafted rookie. Michael went on to have a successful rookie season where he was named to Football Digest's All Rookie team.
During his time with the Tampa Bay Bucs, Michael established several records including:
•All-time leading scorer (502 pts.)
•Longest field goal (57 yards)
•Most 50+ field goals (10)
After his NFL career, Michael was involved in an online start up, iPlayers.net in 2005. This innovated site at the time took high school recruiting from "snail mail" to the internet.
In 2007, the company was acquired by the Active Network in San Diego, CA. After working in the "corporate" world for a couple of years, Michael realized that one of his passions was helping athletes to leverage their sport for a college education.
Since that time, Michael founded the National Camp Series and the KIX Rating System, the platform that objectively measures kickers, punters and long snappers through statistics which takes out all subjectivity in the evaluation process.
Husted adds the NCS is not just about player rankings, but quality coaching as well.
"NCS Associates are some of the best kicking coaches in the country," says Husted. "NCS coaches provide the highest quality instruction to high school kicking specialists around the country."
Go here for more information about the NCS KIX system and upcoming NCS evaluation camps.
Go here for more information about NCS Kicking Coaches.
Go here for more information about kicking coach Michael Husted


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Waste of time!
Terrible movie
Thought the movie would be a lot better with this cast.
Lame posters
Lame movie.
The new comedy
Love these actors. Funny story.
Very well written
Movie dragged on. Not well written, slapstick plot. Theater was void of laughter. Considered walking out. Extremely disappointing.
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Ninja (US - BD RA)
Gabe takes a couple of gallons of CG blood to the face in high definition...
Casey (Scott Adkins) is a white guy orphan raised in a Ninjutsu school. He's a good enough ninja, so he's challenged to a duel or something by the school's best and most angst ridden student, who whips his ass a little too hard and is kicked out of the school. 'Sometime' later Casey is sent to New York to guard a MacGuffin called the 'Yoroi Bitsu' from the now even more angst ridden exiled student. There are ninja fights peppered throughout this adventure.
Ninja. How could I resist requesting a review copy of a film with such a perfectly simple title? I couldn't, that's how, and I got exactly what I expected and deserved. Ninja is a definite step up from the STVHS garbage that thrilled throughout the '80s and early '90s (some genre 'filmmakers' were notorious for shooting a few ninja action scenes and mixing them awkwardly with different films, since the ninja outfits covered the actors faces).The story is the consummate American ninja story, at least in terms of back story. The early scenes set up the hero and the villain in the most cartoonish terms. I mean this literally, they're G.I. Joe, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and Batman: The Animated Series character analogues. Unfortunately, minus those indelible characters these kinds of plots can really plod, and it becomes immediately clear why lead Scott Adkins wasn't given many lines in any of his major release films, like Wolverine or Danny the Dog. He's got the skills to kick some ass, but they probably would've done better to put a ninja mask on him and left him the strong silent type. As a viewer I found myself more interested in the production design and colourful photography, and often entirely lost sight of what was going on between the characters thanks to consistently bland, flatter than tortilla performances.
"But what about the action", you ask, knowing that the story and characters were going to be unimpressive in the first place. In short terms its okay – never surprising, but never entirely disappointing either. Computer enhanced blood and weapon effects are a pretty large problem, as is the lack of genuinely shocking violence, or original set piece staging. The camera work and editing is adept enough, but director Isaac Florentine defaults to too many Zach Snyder inspired speed ramps and digital zooms. I could almost always tell what was happening from a geographical standpoint, which I appreciate, but I rarely found myself particularly thrilled. An early ninja assassination sequence recalls Batman Begins (and is actually more graphically coherent), but it's followed by nearly an hour of characters engaging in typical fisticuffs. The biggest fans of martial arts choreography should appreciate the subway car scene, which recalls Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung's work, and the final fight (set against the familiar backdrops of a construction site and what appears to be Sesame Street) is actually a pretty filling cup of WTF pudding, but based on the cover art, and Florentine's Might Morphin' Power Rangers pedigree I was expecting something a little more fun.
First Look Studios continues to impress with their high definition transfers, even if their Blu-ray box art continues to misinform. Ninja comes fitted with a notably crisp and clean 2.40:1, 1080p transfer. The film is visually defined by high contrast blacks and whites, which reveal some relatively sharp small details. Focus isn't the sharpest, so depth of detail doesn't come into play particularly often, but I've got nothing to specifically complain about concerning the overall detail's consistency either. Things are definitely sharp enough to notice all the bad effects. Colours are entertainingly comic bookish, never taking things to Sin City levels, but often monochromatically dressed characters are cut against equally monochromatic backgrounds of a different hue. The blacks are normally effective, but when set against warmer backgrounds the black outfits do appear a bit bluish. The darker scenes feature clean highlights, ensuring it's easy enough to get the needed visual information. The transfer is relatively grainy, especially in shots featuring warmer, soft lighting, like the house interiors, but the grain is even, fine, and easy to ignore.
The disc's 5.1 Dolby TrueHD sound is relatively aurally impressive given the film's modest budget, but features a few minor problems likely made during the initial mixing process, most pertaining to post production vocal dubbing, which always sounds clear, but often sounds unnatural in terms of the context. Dialogue heavy scenes are often oddly mixed, featuring most sound effects in the center channel, and somewhat monaural sounding music on the stereo sides. Some of the outdoor city shots feature some effective front channel directional movement, but the rear channels get the most work during the many and varying swooshing wind effects, which is impressive enough from a noise standpoint, but silly since the intended source of the sound is usually located front and center. The final fight is a pretty effective exception, and features some perfect front to back whips. The LFE gets in on the whoosh effects too, and offers some thick oomph to the punches and kicks, but is a little over-utilized in terms of musical score.
There's nothing here but the movie and some First Look Studios trailers.
With a little Takashi Miike or Ryûhei Kitamura over the top energy Ninja could've overcome its tired plot and lame characters, but most of the film is played pretty straight, and budget constants are clearly not an asset. The film is just stylish enough to make a worthwhile rental for all ninjaphiles, but I don't think anyone is going to be surprised by the results. Director Isaac Florentine clearly makes a great second unit man, and shoots action with a better eye for geography than many blockbuster types, but his speed ramping and digital zooming is exhausting. The video quality is solid for a modestly priced STV release, the audio is plenty loud, but kind of oddly mixed, and extras are non-existent.
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Review by Gabriel Powers
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Thanks for the review, Gabe. I was eyeballing this one at the rental place the other day, but decided against it. Somewhat glad I did. I'll hold out another week and grab Ninja Assassin.
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If you have a real soft spot for American ninja movies give it a rent, but it doesn't hold up to recent Asian stuff. I haven't seen Ninja Assassin, so I can't compare the two, unfortunately.
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Florentine only directed two "Mighty Morphin" episodes, which were the last episodes before they transitioned to Zeo.
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There's kinda cool ninja outfit (w/ night vision) in this movie don't u think? It's techninja baby!
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Disc Details
Release Date: 2nd March 2010
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English/Japanese
Subtitles: English SDH and Spanish
Extras: Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Isaac Florentine
Cast: Scott Adkins, Mika Hijii, Todd Jensen
Length: 92 minutes
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Braves open season with win over Col. City
COLUMBIA CITY — Despite offering one of the the youngest and most inexperienced opening meet lineups in his 25 years as the Bellmont head wrestling coach, Brent Faurote was smiling after the meet as his Braves rocked NHC foe Columbia City 51-19 Tuesday.
"Four freshmen in the lineup and three of them go out and get wins. That's not going to happen a lot this year, but there will be times when we do have three or four freshmen in the lineup," said Faurote.
"It's where we're at right now. We just don't have a lot of depth. These kids are going to go in there and do the best that they can, and tonight I felt pleased. We walk out of here winning 51-19 but we weren't sure coming in exactly what Columbia City had coming back or how we would match up. Obviously, we were concerned," said Faurote, whose Braves return only four starters from last year's state team finalist.
Bellmont had only two seniors in the lineup Tuesday, and only 138-pound Willie Mahlan scored a win for the class of 2013, using a corkscrew to pin Damon Blackburn in 2:58 in the third match of the night, helping Bellmont to an 18-0 lead. The Braves were without their best wrestler as 2012 state placer Brad Busse was skipping rope while his teammates competed. He will sit out Saturday's Super Dual at Yorktown as well.
"Busse is out for an Athletic Code violation, and he'll be out until the New Castle duals. He's serving his 20 percent, tonight and the five duals on Saturday (at Yorkdown). He knows he messed up. Live and learn," said the coach.
The Braves were fortunate Tuesday as the meet started with the 126-pound match, and junior Diego Hutker ignited a 27-zip run, winning a battle of headlocks for a 1:44 fall over Nathan Smith.
Brock Braun trailed 5-2, coming off of his back at 132 to stack Adam Dziabis with a side-cradle in 3:03. Mahlan ran the string to three straight falls and Trevor Love took a forfeit at 145.
Logan Neher hit two second period takedowns, ran out of steam but then held off Columbia City's Brice Bauer 6-5 at 152.
"It's the first match, so our kids had the jitters, and it's Bellmont. It's a down year for Bellmont, but they are still better than most," stated Eagles coach Blane Culp.
The Eagles were also handicapped. "We had to go without our best wrestler, Kyle Egolf, who got caught with ringworm," said the former Columbia City standout lightweight. He feels Egolf, a sophomore, will make some tournament noise this year.


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Cate Blanchett won the Golden Globe, was named one of the best dressed and is on track to win another Oscar.
It was a great night for the Australian actress, who admitted knocking back a few vodkas while waiting to hear if she was going to win the dramatic actress Globe for her performance as a fallen New York socialite in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine.
Blanchett was not the only A-Lister enjoying the night with a few drinks.
The Golden Globes have a history of weird and wonderful speeches and Sunday's ceremony lived up to expectations.
"A few vodkas under my belt and here we are," Blanchett, who now has three Golden Globes, told the star-studded crowd inside the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
While Blanchett was the short-priced favourite to win, many of the other major categories didn't follow the script with Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club upsetting the dramatic actor race with a win ahead of Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), Idris Elba (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom), Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips) and Robert Redford (All is Lost).
The Dallas Buyers Club also had another big win, with Jared Leto, who plays a transexual prostitute with AIDS, claiming the supporting actor Globe.
Leonardo DiCaprio, for The Wolf of Wall Street, upset another Oscar frontrunner, American Hustle's Christian Bale, when he won the Globe's best actor in a comedy/musical category.
The best drama was won by 12 Years a Slave, confirming the film's favouritism for the best picture Oscar while Alfonso Cuaron, as expected, took the directing Globe for Gravity.
American Hustle won the best musical/comedy Globe, giving it momentum and a chance to cause an upset over 12 Years a Slave at the Academy Awards.
In the TV categories, Breaking Bad cleaned up with the best drama series and Bryan Cranston pocketed the lead dramatic actor prize.
The new comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine upset Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory and Girls for the best comedy series and its star Andy Samberg was the surprise winner of the best comedy actor award.
The Globes, decided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are often a train wreck as it is one of the few major Hollywood ceremonies where the booze flows.
Sean "Diddy" Combs summed it up best when he appeared on stage and told the audience: "Everybody just keep drinking. It'll be over soon".
British actress Jacqueline Bisset, 69, set the tone early when she won supporting actress for a TV mini-series or movie for Dancing on the Edge and then delivered an awkward, rambling, expletive-laden acceptance speech.
The seven second delay button received a good work out during the TV telecast, including when Diane Keaton dropped a few unpleasant words while delivering a speech for Woody Allen who decided not to turn up to receive his Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award.
Australian Wolf of Wall Street co-star Margot Robbie had her own drama when she appeared on stage to announce an award and the teleprompter malfunctioned.
"I have never done this before so I don't want to improvise," the panicked former Neighbours starlet said.
New Zealand claimed a Globe victory with US actress Elisabeth Moss winning best actress in a mini-series for her performance in Jane Campion's Kiwi shot Top of the Lake.
Red carpet fashions are often more competitive at the Globes than the award battles inside and Blanchett, in a black lace Armani Prive gown, had fashionistas salivating.
"Blanchett always takes the art of the red carpet dress to another level. And today's Golden Globes look is no exception," Los Angeles Times fashion critic Booth Moore wrote.
Blanchett will almost certainly need another gown for the March 2 Academy Awards.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce its Oscar nominees on Thursday and Blanchett is the short-priced favourite to win the second Oscar of her career after collecting her first in 2005 for The Aviator.


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FCM Care
This is our global project that helps support local communities. We have a vast range of FCM Care initiatives in place around the world with our volunteers travelling to places such as Philippines, Cambodia, Nepal and India to help build vital infrastructure.
As part of the initiative, FCM has partnered with Habitat for Humanity, an international organisation that builds and renovates houses to provide needy families with more secure, earthquake and fire resistant homes. For each project, our FCM volunteers work alongside Habitat for Humanity partners to construct homes for disadvantaged families.
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In all parts of the world, FCM Travel Solutions values its natural and urban environments. Sound environmental practices form an important part of our sustainable development policy and we are committed to protecting our surrounding environs in our day-to-day operations.
We aim to nurture a corporate culture in which all members of our global family respect the environment, and play a willing role in our protection of the environment.


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Financial Literacy - Testimonials
Below are testimonials regarding college loans and a student's future
"I am $18,000 in debt. I've declared bankruptcy, but they won't forgive my college loans. I was crazy. I heard you could get "free" money by taking out loans which I did. Sure it was fun to get the check, but nobody told me I would really have to pay it back. I don't know how I will ever get out from under this burden." …….L.D.
"When I was in college I wanted to dress like my friends who had all the latest trend clothes. One friend actually owned 25 different pairs of slacks with coordinated tops! I didn't have the money to buy these so I asked my parents if they'd co-sign a loan for me. They said "no." While I never knew it or appreciated it then, they knew best. Following graduation ALL my friends were paying back loans for the next ten years. Not me; I was sending them all postcards from Europe. I graduated with no debt and as a result, I was able to take annual vacations to Europe. The first one was backpacking on $5 a day, but in subsequent years I was able to afford four-star hotels. Thank goodness I didn't take out those loans!" …….P.L.


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Bisazza Chicago Flagship Store Opens!
The Chicago flagship for Bisazza (the absolutely beautiful Italian mosaic tiles) opened last night with a wonderful party. Packed to the gills with partygoers sipping champagne by 7pm, we got there early for the press preview and snapped some pictures while you could still SEE the walls. The showroom is gloriously dramatic...
...with the floor to ceiling mosaic installations, glittering chandeliers, black painted walls and coved ceilings, white furniture and red carpets. Our favorite design detail? The signature woodwork on all of the doors - we love the white on white decorative pattern.
The store was designed by Carlo Dal Bianco (director of Bisazza's design studio) and in addition to the mosaics, it carries pieces from the Bisazza Home Collection of furniture and accessories. Last night we checked out the Mosaic Super Ellipse Table (Piet Hein & Bruno Mathsson/Fritz Hansen), the Ottoman Table (Marcel Wanders) and the Madame Folding Screen (Carlo Dal Bianco). So nice to see them in person!
Worth a trip to oooh and aaah over the tiles (and what the desigers who work with Bisazza can do with them), the showroom is conveniently located just across from the Merchandise Mart at 226 West KInzie.
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Trina Greene, a resident of Woodland Pond, was commissioned to create a sculpture of an 11-year-old slave named Isabella, who would grow up to become Sojourner Truth, a nationally known activist for equal rights and truth. Greene sculpted the statue using her imagination and research, as no photographs of Isabella exist. The Town of Esopus is hoping her creative work will make a statement about children and slavery and that the memorial will serve as a commemoration for Truth, as she spent much of her childhood and part of her adult life in Ulster County.
The memorial committee hopes that depicting a life size version of this young girl will help further educate people, especially children, on the cruelty of slavery. The Sojourner Truth Memorial Dedication was held on Saturday, September 21 at 2 pm. Nancy Giles, an Emmy Award-winning on-air contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning was the guest speaker at the event. Music was performed by the Amadu Diallo Drum Group, a musical group noted for African drums.
"I worked from pictures of the African people of Kau and pictures of Truth as an older woman, as there weren't any available photographs of her as a slave child," said Trina Greene, a resident of Woodland Pond. "Photography did not exist during this era, and even if it did, no one would have been interested in capturing the picture of a slave child. My imagination and research guided much of this project."
The sculpture portrays Isabella walking and carrying two jugs, one labeled rum and the other is blank, as she was often sent to buy what her master required. She has closely cropped curly hair, is walking barefoot and is wearing a burlap dress that hits right above the knee. There are not buttons on the dress as slave children wore clothes that were merely pinned together most of the time. The back of her dress is pulled apart slightly to show scars from being beaten with heated rods by her master, John Neely. Neely severely beat her because she only knew how to speak Dutch and couldn't speak English. With her baggy sleeves pulled up her arms, she walks with a look of innocence and determination on her face, a look that says she is the one that is going to make the better life for herself, because no one else would or could do that for her.
"Working on this sculpture for four months lead me to moments of reflection on who this young girl would grow up to be and what a role model she had become for so many people," expressed Greene. "That a child from an early age could have such a proud sense of identity and a sense that she was not molded by her circumstances, really inspired me and made me appreciate the woman Truth had become that much more. Truth was self-contained, strong, confident, possessed innocence and was not embittered or warped by her abusive circumstances."
Green has been sculpting since her early '30s. She attended Boston Museum School and majored in painting. However, she preferred three dimensional arts, so she pursued sculpting. She had taken a few sculpture classes at school, but is almost exclusively self-taught. She did not want someone else critiquing her work, so she decided to develop her skill on her own and critique her own work. Greene has been sculpting for 30 years, with many of her pieces belonging to museums and private collections.
"I am honored to have been selected to sculpt the statue of Isabella for the memorial," said Greene. "I had not been a part of a celebration like this before and I was very excited to meet people who have a deep love for the work and life of Sojourner Truth. The celebration commemorated Truth's life's work for women's rights, emancipation, abolition and justice."
Fellow residents and staff members at Woodland Pond supported Trina and her work on the memorial. The senior living community scheduled transportation for residents from Woodland Pond to the Sojourner Truth Memorial Dedication for added convenience.
"Many of the residents were eager to see what Trina had been working on for the past 16 weeks," said Sarah Hull, Resident Service Director at Woodland Pond. "This was a historical experience for everyone. It was also a way for us to support Trina and show her how much we value her as a neighbor, a friend and a person. We all enjoyed seeing the completed sculpture of Isabella and attending the dedication."


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Downton Abbey is making Matthew Crawley's funeral a private affair — so private, in fact, it won't even take place on screen.
Julian Fellowes, creator of PBS' international phenom, tells the New York Times that Season 4 will pick up "six months later," which means "we don't have to do funerals and all that stuff. That's all in the past by then."
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In the present, Stateside fans of the show are still very much in mourning over Matthew's untimely demise in Sunday's Season 3 finale. For his part, Fellowes says he was left with no choice but to kill Dan Stevens' beloved character off.
"In America, it's quite standard for an actor to sign, at the beginning of a series, for five or seven years," he explains. "The maximum any British agent will allow you to have over an actor is three years. And… Dan wanted to go. The show had been very, very successful, tremendously so, and [he was] being offered great opportunities."
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Fellowes adds that he asked Stevens to stick around through Season 4's premiere episode (set to air in the U.S. in January 2014), so as to end the finale "on a happy note" with the birth of his and Lady Mary's baby. "And then [we would've killed] him in the first episode of [Season 4.] But he didn't want to do that," preferring instead to make "a clean break.
"When an actor playing a servant wants to leave, there isn't really a problem – [that character gets] another job," he continues. "With members of the family, once they're not prepared to come back for any episodes at all, then it means death. Because how believable would it be that Matthew never wanted to see the baby, never wanted to see his wife? And was never seen again at the estate that he was the heir to? So we didn't have any option, really. I was as sorry as everyone else."
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Looking ahead to Season 4, Fellowes teases that one of the overriding themes will be "the rebuilding of Mary… in a society that is changing," adding, "We would see women's roles in the '20s as being very much behind women today. But it was a big advance on what it had been 30 years before. And that's all explored."Follow @MichaelAusiello


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Uttar Pradesh is a state in the Plains region of India.
The history of the State of Uttar Pradesh is very ancient and interesting. It is recognised in the later Vedic Age as Brahmarshi Desha or Madhya Desha. Many great sages of the Vedic times like Bharadwaja, Gautam, Yagyavalkya, Vasishta, Vishwamitra and Valmiki flourished in this state. Several sacred books of the Aryans were also composed here. Two great epics of India, Ramayana and Mahabharata, appear to have been inspired by Uttar Pradesh.
In the sixth century BC, Uttar Pradesh was associated with two new religions - Jainism and Buddhism. It was at Sarnath that Buddha preached his first sermon and laid the foundations of his order, and it was in Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh, where Buddha breathed his last. Several centres in Uttar Pradesh like Ayodhya, Prayag, Varanasi and Mathura became reputed centres of learning. In the medieval period, Uttar Pradesh passed under Muslim rule and led the way to new synthesis of Hindu and Islamic cultures. Ramananda and his Muslim disciple Kabir, Tulsidas, Surdas and many other intellectuals contributed to the growth of Hindi and other languages.
Uttar Pradesh preserved its intellectual excellency even under the British administration. The British combined Agra and Oudh into one province, and called it United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. The name was shortened to the United Provinces in 1935. In January 1950, the United Provinces was renamed as Uttar Pradesh.
The State is bounded by Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh in the north, Haryana in the west, Madhya Pradesh in the south, and Bihar in the east. Uttar Pradesh can be divided into two distinct regions, (i) Southern hills and (ii) Gangetic plain.
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Uttar Pradesh has the largest population of nearly 167 million. Its is also the fifth largest state in terms of land area. The western plain is the most urban region. Agriculture is the most important section of the UP's economy, employing about three-fourths of the work force. Uttar Pradesh has the largest production of food grain and oil seeds in India. In addition, UP ranks the first in the production of wheat, maize, barley, gram, sugar cane, and potatoes. The three most important industries of UP are sugar, cotton fabrics and diversified food preparations. Goods carrier equipment, photostat machines, chemicals, polyester fiber and steel tube galvanized sheets are the other big industries of UP.
The Kathak dance style, the most popular classical dance form in India, nourished in UP. Today, foreign countries have also learned this elegant dance form to perfection: the beautiful Veronique Azan as an example. The countryside songs and dances are significant traits of local culture. Uttar Pradesh famous for handicrafts such as, carpet weaving, hand printing, chikan (a type of embroidery), metal enameling, brocade and brass, and ebony work. Also, UP has the biggest Brass and Copperware manufacture area in India.
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1.Sangam, Anand Bhavan, Minto Park, Sita Samahit Isthal, Company Garden, New yamuna Bridge, and lots more in the holy city Allahabad(Prayag). 2.Ghats at Varanasi(Kashi). 3.Nawab's or Royal city Lucknow.
Take a holy dip in Sangam at Allahabad and visit ghats at Varanasi
Guavas and allu tikki of Allahabad
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- Red Hat Global Support Services anonymous FTP - dropbox.redhat.com
- Files that needs to be sent to Red Hat Global Support Services
- How to provide large files to Red Hat Support (vmcore, rhev logcollector, large sosreports, heap dumps, large log files, etc.)
- How to upload files to Red Hat's FTP dropbox.redhat.com?
- Customer portal case screen allows to upload files less then 1GB only. How to upload large files to Red Hat Technical Support?
- Production server crashed, how to attach document, screenshot, crashdump(kdump)?
- After hard reboot, collected data like tcpdump, strace, top, ps, vmstat, iostat and reports for analysis. Whom can I send ?
- System hang and would like to know the reason behind it, where can I provide data for analysis ?
- Unable to send files to dropbox.redhat.com:/incoming.
- How can I attach a file to a Red Hat support case?
- Need to upload a file to the support team.
- Need to attach a file to a Red Hat support case.
- Upload files via Customer Portal
- Splitting files into parts for upload
- Red Hat Support Tool
- Secure FTP
- FTP using curl with a proxy server
Upload files via Customer Portal
- Refer Attaching files via Portal UI for attaching files with less than 1GB size via Red Hat Customer Portal.
Please Note:
vmcore(crash dump) files, regardless of their size, should always be uploaded to the FTP server1. The
sosreportfiles should be attached to the support case through the web interface whenever possible. These actions help speed the support process.
Splitting files into parts for upload
While some customers have no problem uploading 50GB vmcore files to
dropbox.redhat.com, others have problems with anything over 1-2GB in size. Sometimes large FTP uploads do not complete reliably either due to file size or network congestion or other issues resulting in failure to complete the upload successfully. Many public FTP servers (such as
dropbox.redhat.com) use blind upload directories, failed uploads to these servers must be resumed from the beginning of the file.
If you have had trouble uploading a file in the past to either the support case or
dropbox.redhat.com due to size, network stability, or other issues, then the file should be split into parts and each smaller part uploaded. The current recommendation when splitting a large file, such as a vmcore, into parts is to break the file into 1GB chunks as a starting point. If that still fails, fallback to 512m size and try again.
splitcommand can be used to break a large file into smaller chunks for upload to
dropbox.redhat.comor to the support case within the Red Hat Customer Portal. If a single chunk upload fails, only the upload of that chunk needs to be retried.
For example, the following splits a large 8.5GiB vmcore file into 9 smaller files for upload. The
-b 1024mcommand line option limits the split file size to a maximum of 1024MB (1GiB) each.
# ls -ltrh largefile.tar.xz -rw-rw-r--. 1 root root 8.5G Feb 20 13:54 largefile.tar.xz # split -b 1024m -a 2 -d largefile.tar.xz largefile.tar.xz.part # ls -ltrh largefile.tar.xz.* -rw-rw-r--. 1 root root 1.0G Feb 21 10:01 largefile.tar.xz.part00 -rw-rw-r--. 1 root root 1.0G Feb 21 10:01 largefile.tar.xz.part01 -rw-rw-r--. 1 root root 1.0G Feb 21 10:01 largefile.tar.xz.part02 -rw-rw-r--. 1 root root 1.0G Feb 21 10:01 largefile.tar.xz.part03 -rw-rw-r--. 1 root root 1.0G Feb 21 10:01 largefile.tar.xz.part04 -rw-rw-r--. 1 root root 1.0G Feb 21 10:01 largefile.tar.xz.part05 -rw-rw-r--. 1 root root 1.0G Feb 21 10:01 largefile.tar.xz.part06 -rw-rw-r--. 1 root root 1.0G Feb 21 10:02 largefile.tar.xz.part07 -rw-rw-r--. 1 root root 508M Feb 21 10:02 largefile.tar.xz.part08
The parts can be reassembled using
# ls -1c -v largefile.tar.xz.part* | xargs -I {} cat {} >> largefile.tar.xz
man splitfor further information and command options.
Red Hat Support Tool
To Case: To upload files directly from your system, you can also use Red Hat Support Tool (
redhat-support-tool). It gives you flexibility and also scripting capabilities. The simplest way to upload a normal-size file, e.g.: sosreport, is this:
$ redhat-support-tool addattachment -c CASE_NUMBER /path/to/sosreport
To Dropbox FTP:
This will upload your file directly to the Customer Portal. If you want to upload to the FTP site, use the "-f" option:
$ redhat-support-tool addattachment -c CASE_NUMBER -f /path/to/sosreport
Split Files and upload to FTP: If you have a very big vmcore file and you don't have access to the Dropbox FTP site, you can split your file with the "-s" option of newer versions of the support tool to upload the file to the Customer Portal:
$ redhat-support-tool addattachment -c CASE_NUMBER -s -f /path/to/vmcore
The facility has also been tested using the multi-platform GUI FTP client from http://filezilla-project.org/.
Note: See Red Hat Access: Red Hat Support Tool for more complete information on
redhat-support-tool, including installation instructions.
Secure FTP
For files larger than 1GB
- In addition to the process described above, dropbox.redhat.com now supports uploading files using encrypted data connections through the use of the FTP-ES (explicit mode; "require explicit FTP over TLS") protocol.
- Additionally, dropbox-ssl.redhat.com can be accessed via secure FTP (FTP over SSL, explicit). It has the external IP hardcoded into the FTP software configuration. This configuration is required by strictly RFC compliant FTP client/proxies.
The certificate of the ftps service on dropbox.redhat.com is signed by "C=US,O=DigiCert Inc,OU=www.digicert.com,CN=DigiCert High Assurance EV Root CA".
For example, "
testfile" can be uploaded using FTP-ES using the "
lftp" console FTP client in the following fashion (backslash separated for clarity):
# lftp -v -c 'open -e "set ftps:initial-prot ""; \ set ftp:ssl-force true; \ set ftp:ssl-protect-data true; \ set ssl:verify-certificate true; \ open anonymous:firstname.lastname@example.com ; \ cd incoming ; \ put testfile'
Note: If using a proxy server with Secure FTP it may be necessary to add the line
set ftp:proxy http://HOST:PORTto the command above using your proxy parameters.
# lftp -v -c 'open -e "set ftps:initial-prot ""; \ set ftp:ssl-force true; \ set ftp:ssl-protect-data true; \ set ssl:verify-certificate true; \ set ftp:proxy http://HOST:PORT ; \ open anonymous:email@example.com ; \ cd incoming ; \ put testfile'
For files larger than 1GB
Red Hat has a publicly available anonymous FTP site where anyone can upload files that may not be uploaded correctly to the Red Hat Customer Portal.
These files can be uploaded to the anonymous FTP site dropbox.redhat.com, and placed in the
/incomingdirectory. When logging in to the FTP server, please provide the username "
anonymous" and use your email address as the password.
If uploading a vmcore file that is very large and has not had all non-critical pages filtered out (that is kdump did not use makedumpfile -d 31) then use this command to filter out the pages and then continue to upload the output file for analysis.
# makedumpfile -c -d 31
Prior to uploading the file, please compress the file using gzip or zip and uniquely name the resulting archive file. The recommended name prefix should be your case number followed by a date or time string or other uniquely identifying information. For example:
$ tar czfS /tmp/001234-$(date +%s)-vmcore.tar.gz myvmcore $ tar czfS /tmp/001234-$(date +%s)-logs.tar.gz mylogdir/
If the file is very large, you can split it in parts (without causing problem to its content) and then upload it. See Splitting files into parts for upload below.
When the file is successfully uploaded, please provide the support engineer with the exact file name and MD5 or SHA1 message digest of the uploaded files.Zanoli Paolo Dibrera Beige Pumps By w1Cq6
- Files uploaded via this method are uploaded insecurely
- No files can be downloaded from this FTP site
- The files listed under the
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- You will not be able to overwrite an existing file so ensure a unique name is used
- You will not be able to resume an upload as this requires the ability to write to an existing file
- Ensure all files are transferred in binary format (not text or ASCII mode)
- Ensure you are using passive FTP mode
- If your firewall does not allow passive FTP mode you may connect to origin-dropbox.redhat.com using active mode.
Here's a quick walk through.
First open the FTP connection
$ ftp dropbox.redhat.com Connected to dropbox.redhat.com (XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX). 220 (vsFTPd 2.0.1) Name (dropbox.redhat.com:user): anonymous 331 Please specify the password. Password: user@domain 230 Login successful. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp>
server: dropbox.redhat.com
user: anonymous
password: user@domain
If it says "Using text mode to transfer files", then you need to change the transfer mode to binary by typing "
ftp> bin 200 Switching to Binary mode. ftp>
Change to the
Black Stella Tote Tiny McCartney Falabella ftp> cd incoming +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Welcome to Red Hat Global Support Services FTP! | | | | Please note: the "ls" command is disabled by design. | | You will receive this error if you attempt to run "ls": | | | | ls: 550 Permission denied. | | | | If you are uploading a file for Technical Support, you | | must include your support ticket number in the filename | | and inform your technician of the upload. Files with names | | that do not follow this convention, such as vmcore or | | vmcore.gz will be deleted. | | | | To upload a core successfully, please do the following: | | | | ftp> cd incoming | | ftp> put [casenumber]-[file] | | | | - Passive transfers are supported, if you require active | | transfers please connect to origin-dropbox.redhat.com | | - Upload resume is supported. | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ 250 Directory successfully changed. ftp>
You will notice that you cannot do an "
ls" to list the files in
/incomingnor can you create a new directory. This is intentional.
You can start uploading the files by using the "put" command. Most users should enable passive mode. For example, if you are using ftp command in Linux, run "passive" to toggle the Passive mode to "on":
ftp> passive Passive mode off. ftp> passive Passive mode on. ftp>
For Windows ftp command, run "literal pasv" to change to passive mode:
ftp> literal pasv 227 Entering Passive Mode (XXX,XXX,XXX,XXX,XXX,XX) ftp>
Then proceed to upload the file using one of the commands below. Replace
[filename]with the name of the file you want to upload. If the file is not in current directory then you should specify the destination as shown below:
ftp> put [filename] ftp> put /some/path/[filename] /incoming/[filename]
And type "
bye", or "
quit", when you have finished uploading the files
ftp> bye 221 Goodbye.
To compute the MD5 message digest of the files you uploaded, run
$ md5sum [filename]
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You can also upload files directly from your server with a simple command using your local proxy:
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- The files listed under the
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- You will not be able to resume an upload as this requires the ability to write to an existing file
- Ensure all files are transferred in binary format (not text or ASCII mode)
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I am a fan of a veggie based breakfast but not everyone feels the same; some people just can't do without a tasty piece of smokey bacon on their breakfast plate. I say to those people – try Veggie Mama and let their food change your mind! For a while now Emma has been trying to get me to go there for breakfast and finally the stars aligned and our little gang of Gail (plus her wee man Alex), Kristi, Cass, Kimmy and Emma caught up for a breakfast that left us all feeling a little healthier.
Veggie Mama sits on a high traffic corner in Mt Lawley so I was surprised to find the place almost empty on a Saturday morning. We were the only table in there bar a couple of tables of gym buddies. When I arrived I asked if we could have a table for seven and one of the staff happily pushed some tables together for me.
As we looked over the menu we all started bartering over who would have what. (My friends are great – they all try to pick something different to make for a well rounded review). The prices peak at $19.95 for a big breakfast – eggs, toast, vegetarian sausage and a choice of two extras – mushrooms, spinach, avocado, feta or sun dried tomatoes; the average price for a dish was around $10 though.
I was so pleased to see Veggie Mama using Yahava coffee. Yahava is a local roaster based in the Swan Valley and they make incrediblecoffee. As we all took a sip there was a resounding "mmmm" at the table. Cass commented, "yep.. that's Yahava". If you ever get a chance to visit their roasting house in the Swan Valley – do it! Along with great coffee, Veggie Mama also offers a huge range of "mix your own" health juices ($6.50).
The health bagel ($8.95) that I ordered was topped with greens, avocado, feta and sundried tomatoes with a side salad of julienne carrot and beetroot. The bagel was soft and I loved the little seeds that pop in your mouth as you take each bite. The feta was my favourite style – Danish. Salty and creamy; it went perfectly with the bagel. The side salad was crunchy and fresh. I loved that they used fresh beetroot rather than tinned.
Carla's breakfast beans – homemade boston-style ($10.95) were a little crunchy but the flavours were bold. Covered in a tomato sugo the sauce had a hint of a honey in the flavour. It was a tasty dish that was both big in size and flavour.
Gail and Kimmy both had the "Egg-ceptional breakfast" – eggs on toast ($10.95). Gail had poached and Kimmy had scrambled. The poached eggs were done in poaching pods, which I am not a fan of. I think they look terrible – almost like jelly set in a mold. However, they were still done perfectly. Kimmy commented that her scrambled eggs were a bit dry.
Gail's son Alex was delighted with his nut butter on toast ($6.95). This was like peanut butter…. but better! (yep I had a little taste).
Emma chose a breakfast of sides – baby spinach, tomato and mushrooms. The mushrooms were seasoned well and the tomato and spinach were fresh.
The "Mediterranean" ($8.95) that Cass ordered was a toasted sourdough sandwich filled with roasted veggies, greens, feta and sun dried tomatoes. The roasted veggies were parsnip, carrot and potato – more winterish rather than mediterranean we thought. The feta and sun dried tomato saved the dish, giving the sandwich some stronger flavours.
The service is great and the food isn't bad either. Next time your hunting for a place for breakfast along bustling Beaufort St – pop around the corner and treat yourself to something healthy at Veggie Mama. Your body will thank you for it!Cnr Beaufort st & Vincent st, Mt Lawley
Breakfast served from 7am weekdays & 8am weekends.


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This book explores the different parts, uses, and incredible potential of the brain. Reads at the level of 2.7 with a word count of 668.
Imagine your life without the sense of sight. Many things would be different without the amazing process through which your eyes focus light so that you can see. Taking care of your eyes is very important, so as you explore the sense of sight, be sure not to read this book by dim light! Blastoff! Series
Do you know how many bones are in your body? Get under your skin in this introduction to the skeletal system. Young readers will discover how bones fit together, how they move, and how they protect other parts of the body. Blastoff! Series
How does blood move around inside the human body? Students will learn all about the heart, blood cells, blood vessels, and other important parts of the circulatory system. Blastoff! Series
As soon as food touches your tongue, it begins a long process of moving through different parts of your body. This book explains how the human body breaks down food to get nutrients and stay healthy. Blastoff! Series
Muscles help us lift, push, pull, and move. Eager readers will explore the different kinds of muscles, how their muscles work, and how to take care of them. Blastoff! Series
How do we breathe and why do we need oxygen? Your lungs work hard to keep oxygen flowing through your blood. This book explains how the respiratory system functions to take in the air we need to live. Blastoff! Series


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Volume 17 Issue 6 | July 2 - 8, 2004
Muslim chaplain saw prison bars from both sides
Marking his first pubic appearance since claims of espionage against him were dropped, Army Captain James Yee thanked members of the Asian American community for their support at a benefit dinner in his honor held in Chinatown.
First I want to say thanks to God, who has power over all things, said Yee, who was the Armys Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo Bay. And to my supporters who have supported me throughout my whole ordeal.
Yee, a Chinese American, was arrested in Sept. 2003 and accused of carrying classified documents out of the military prison, where he counseled Muslim detainees captured in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He was held for nearly three months in solitary confinement at a naval brig in South Carolina. During his first month in custody, his family says he was not allowed to contact them or an attorney and was not formally charged with a crime. He was also blindfolded, chained and subjected to sensory deprivation while interrogated without a lawyer present, they said.
In March, the military dropped the most serious accusations of espionage and instead charged him with adultery for an affair he had with a fellow officer and downloading pornography onto his computer. Those charges were also dismissed. At a non-criminal hearing in March, Yee received a reprimand for the adultery and pornography charges and was allowed to return to his chaplain duties at Fort Lewis, Washington in May.
His family said he is under an Army order not to talk about his case. In his remarks at Fridays benefit, Yee hinted at his frustration at not being able to speak about what happened to him.
An old Chinese proverb says patience is power, said Yee. With patience the mulberry leaf becomes silk. With patience and God willing, you will be able to hear my side of the story.
About 270 people gathered June 25 at the Grand Harmony Restaurant on Mott St. for the benefit, which was organized by a group of Yee supporters, the Justice for James Yee Ad Hoc Committee.
Organizers said they believe the case was based mostly on anti-Asian and anti-Islamic bias.
James Yee would not have been targeted if there werent this heightened hysteria against Muslims, said Wayne Luu, a spokesperson for the committee. What we need to see is that none of us are safe.
Chung Lee, the son of Dr. Wen Ho Lee, the Chinese-American scientist who was accused of spying for China several years ago, told the audience that Yees case recalled that of his fathers.
This evening has a familiar feel, said Lee who recalled how his father was kept in solitary confinement for nine months before he was released when the most serious charges against him were dropped. Its easy for us as Asian Americans to assume a passive role and just work hard. Meanwhile, history repeats itself with cases like my fathers and Captain Yees. More of us need to be politically active and concerned.
Joseph Yee, James Yees father, recalled his sons life journey starting in New Jersey, where as a typical American boy he played soccer. As an adult, he went to Syria to study the Islamic faith after deciding to convert from Lutheranism. He asked me and my wife about it, the elder Yee recalled. We told him it was his choice. The son later returned to the United States with a Syrian wife and became one of the U.S. Armys first Muslim chaplains.
Joseph Yee described a letter the family received praising James from his sons superior officer, Maj. Gen Geoffrey Miller, who was then commander of the Guantanamo camp. Miller was later sent to Iraq and oversaw Abu Ghriab prison, where numerous photos depicting prisoner abuse were taken. Miller wrote a letter to us saying we should be proud of him, said Yee. This was the same General Miller who put him in solitary confinement.
Yee said his son had received an exemplary evaluation of his performance as Guantanamo chaplain.
The date was September 8, 2003, said Yee. He was arrested Sept. 10, 2003. Does that make any sense?
General Miller said we can be proud of him and we are, Yee continued. He has held his head high and survived this horrendous treatment.
Yee then offered a toast to his son. May we get an apology from the Army and an investigation as to why this happened and a lifting of the gag order so he can give his side of the story, he said, drawing applause from the room.
When James Yee took the stage following his father and began his own remarks, perhaps cognizant of the gag order, he carefully stressed that he was appearing as an individual and not as a representative of the armed services.
I am here as James Yusef Yee, not in any official capacity as chaplain in the U.S. military or as a soldier in the U.S. military, he said. I am here as an individual.
In addition to thanking his supporters he also thanked his parents and presented them with a framed photo of himself in his military uniform.
Among those who attended the event was New York City Councilmember John Liu, who in May introduced a resolution that was adopted by the City Council calling for federal investigation into the governments handling of Yees case.
We still need action from the federal government, an apology and an admission of wrongdoing, Liu said as he was leaving the event. We also want reparations for the onerous expenses they have incurred.
What happened to James Yee is lamentably similar to what happened to Captain Jim Wang in the U.S. Air Force 12 years ago and Dr. Wen Ho Lees case, said Liu. When something goes wrong they have to find a scapegoat and all too often that scapegoat is an Asian American.
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Let's face it, Ruben Tejada isn't as good as Jose Reyes. Then again, Reyes is far from a lot of the great shortstops who have played this game. Replacing Reyes isn't like Mike Bordick replacing Cal Ripken.
Reyes is a very good player, but there have always been obstacles that prevented him from being great. He gets injured, he loses focus, there are times he loafs, his on-base percentage could be better.
Reyes, who makes his living with his legs, was a non-entity on the bases after coming off the disabled list. He was playing to protect himself so he could win his precious batting title and preserve himself for the free-agent market.
There's always been a twinge of selfishness about Reyes that gets ignored by his endearing smile. The feeling projected is he'll take the best offer because this is about money. Sure, he wants to stay in New York, but that's only if the Mets pony up the most.
While Reyes wants the most possible, the Mets will lowball him. There will be some team out there willing to give Reyes the years and a contract north of $100 million. If he can get that, more power to him.
But, it won't be the Mets. And, considering their position it shouldn't be the Mets. Sometimes cutting ties is difficult, but it needs to be done. I'm at peace with Reyes wearing another uniform.


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Orange County parks director begs 'Don't Mess with Texas'
Orange County Parks Director Donna Scales is fed up. She is sick and tired of litterbugs throwing their trash out on the side of the road on Lake Street in Bridge City. She said it is time to clean up the mess and keep Texas beautiful.
"It's an eyesore," Scales said regarding miscellaneous debris littering Lake Street off Ferry Road. "People come out here to enjoy themselves. They come to fish and see nature. There is a lot of birding that goes on here because of all the different species of birds. Tourists and families come here to the piers to fish and crab, and for people to just throw their trash on the side of the road is terrible. I mean, look at all these beer cans!"
Scales motioned to scattered trash in the grass and reeds near the street. Among the scattered refuse, Styrofoam remnants from packaged chicken confirm Scales' assertion that people crab in the water near the shore. The beer cans she mentioned reflect the sun that families come to enjoy and act as reminders of the thoughtless attitudes of some who visit the area. Scales said people need to be aware of the damage they are causing the environment and the damage they cause to the scenery, as well.
As one turns off of Ferry Road onto Lake Street, three fishing piers can be seen. The road continues for miles of shoreline where people set up crab traps, nets and fishing rods. Scales said the city of Bridge City is working with the Orange County Parks Department to clean up Lake Street. Prisoners from the Stiles Unit in Beaumont were out there picking up garbage recently and gathered a dump truck and two trailers full of roadside junk. They were back on the road helping out Tuesday, Feb. 19, to finish up the length of the road. Scales said she encourages people visiting the piers and shoreline on Lake Street to throw their garbage in the cans that are being installed along the street.
"I want people to think before they throw their trash out here," Scales said. "We are working hard to get this road cleaned up, and we want it to stay that way."
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If anyone out there is looking for an Internet service provider, I really do urge you to steer as far as possible from Heart Internet.
They ignore basic instructions, threaten customers with bailiffs over sums as low as £10, and carry on ignoring instructions even when they have been clearly expressed in writing. They are scum. If you are using them - I suggest you switch to another provider. If you are going through a list of potential suppliers - cross them off it.


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Salty, sweet, sour, bitter, and umami (savory) are the five primary tastes that we experience on a daily basis. Not only does it make eating an enjoyable experience, but taste also protects animals from consuming toxic substances.
A study published recently in the journal Genome Biology and Evolution reveals that cetaceans (whales and dolphins) may only be able to taste one of those five: salt. Mutations in a cetacean ancestor caused a massive loss of taste receptors, making cetaceans the first group of mammals to have lost the majority of this key sensory system. Researchers studied the genomes of 15 species, spanning the two major lineages of cetaceans: baleen whales (like minkes) and toothed whales (including sperm whales and dolphins).They found that the taste genes werent entirely gone, but irreparably damaged by mutations. In all of the studied species, the same mutations were seen for sweet, bitter, umami, and sour taste receptors. The only kind left intact were salty taste receptors.Its not as disappointing a loss for whales as it would be for us because flavors are typically release by chewing, and cetaceans tend to swallow their food whole. However, the loss of bitter taste is particularly interesting because it could be dangerous.The loss of bitter taste is a complete surprise, because natural toxins typically taste bitter, said zoologist Huabin Zhao of Wuhan University in China who led the study. The fact that the salty receptors remained intact suggest that it plays an important role, such as maintaining sodium levels or blood pressure. Cetaceans are clearly not too adversely affected by the loss, but the question remains: how could they afford to lose four of the five primary tastes?
© 2014 by Marine Science Today; Feng, Ping, et al. "Massive losses of taste receptor genes in toothed and baleen whales." Genome biology and evolution 6.6 (2014): 1254-1265.


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12 Yr Old Kids Release Music Video Dissing Soulja Boy! (Claim He Jacked Their "Pretty Boy Swag" Song) "How You Turn A Hot Song Into Some Hot Garbage"
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Berea, OH (SportsNetwork.com) – Vince Young has landed on another roster.
Tyler Thigpen, too.
The Cleveland Browns said Thursday they have signed the veteran quarterbacks, along with linebacker Zac Diles, after all three were given tryouts during the team's voluntary minicamp this week.
Young, 30, hasn't played an NFL down since 2011, when he started three games and made appearances in six for the talented but underperforming Philadelphia Eagles team he dubbed "The Dream Team" in the preseason.
The former No. 3 draft pick, who played for Tennessee his first five seasons, was cut in the preseason each of the last two years by the Buffalo Bills and Green Bay Packers.
Thigpen, 30, last played for the Bills in 2012, appearing in four games and throwing five passes. The 2007 seventh-round pick has also played for Kansas City and Miami.
Diles, 28, had one tackle in two games for Tennessee last season and has also played for Indianapolis, Tampa Bay and Houston. He was a one-time starter for the Texans between 2008-10.


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Trying to 'get the edge' over your classmates is fleeting at best. In the end, each design student's main competition is with themselves. Design is not track level F1 racing. There are designers on the F1 team of course, but if you're trying to apply downstream racing tactics at the upstream project level, crashing and burning are an inevitability.bepster wrote:Sain wrote: One of my favorite recent quotes is.
"Your work can only be as interesting as your life."
I agree with most here and think the advice given in the video series is a little generic but it's true, we did get a really great discussion out of this post.
Love that quote and I fully agree with this.
To me this begs the question, what makes a good designer?
Is it really those extra 10 sketches over the required 15? Or is it all the experiences and analytical thinking that went into the required 15 that show a number of different approaches?
It urked me in school when quantity was praised over quality.
Of course, you need to put in the quantity in order to reach a certain level of quality but success is not just about polishing the core skills.
For me, the person who gets "the edge" is the one who presents innovative, new insights in a compelling way.
Most of the time it was the person who connected their experiences and references the best and was able to see the bigger picture and then had the adequate skills to turn these insights and conclusions into an attractive solution.
From my experience, it was rarely the person who put all his time staring into a computer screen or sketch pad.
The smart students are the ones who enjoy themselves, learn how to give and receive feedback from all different manner of sources and take risks in order to explore and learn new things. Anyone can pour their energy into preening their work and its presentation. The studio reality is that some crits and presentations are better than others. If you focus too much on the other guy and his work, you will fail to advance your own development as a designer. Do not let others work irritate you. Do not let others work force you to project your own insecurities. A good prof who knows his/her students can pick up on this and apply course changes accordingly.
Learn to appreciate the efforts of others. Learn to appreciate talent and ability when you see it. As a designer it is imperative to continually absorb the ideas, techniques and skills of others. Doing so will get you far further and leave you time to explore the next horizon that leads to the next inspiration. Inspiration is something that designers can never get enough of, and as they age, if they have learned to appreciate the talents and abilities of others in their career, you will not have to worry about keeping your edge sharp and inspiration will always be there when needed to energize the creative process.
A good designer makes it look effortless...Letting them see you sweat detracts from your design's value.


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Wentworth Miller: 'Stoker' Finds a Cast!
Wentworth Miller arrives on a flight at LAX International Airport on Sunday (July 31) in Los Angeles.
The 39-year-old actor recently wrote a film called Stoker under the pseudonym Ted Foulke.
It was recently announced that X-Men: First Class actor Lucas Till and Academy Award-nominee Jacki Weaver will join Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska, and Matthew Goode in the film.
Stoker is about a "teen who is mourning the death of her father at the same time her mysterious uncle appears in her life."
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Pioneer Museum gears up for several events
The Pioneer Museum is gearing up for a wide variety of events for children and families in order to share Sweetwater's history to the community.On August 5 and 6, the "Pioneering the Past: Summer Discovery Camp" will be held at the museum from 10 a.m. to noon. The two-day interactive archaeology camp, with the theme "Life's a Garden, Dig It", is open to students in grades 4 through 8.Museum Director, Melonnie Hicks, shared that Dr. Don Frazier, who gave a lecture in Sweetwater this past spring, will return to give a presentation to campers. Students will make medicine bags, play Comanche kids' games and participate in an archaeology dig.Also, a flint knapper will be at the camp to demonstrate how to make knives and arrowheads. The cost of the camp is $30 per student and includes snacks.The money raised from the camp will go in part toward the establishment of a children's museum. However, the museum has also set up a GoFundMe account, named PintSizedPioneers, with the goal of raising $200,000.If the money is completely raised, the children's museum would be placed in the attic. In the meantime, the children's museum will be started in the basement.Another way the museum is raising money is through their YouTube channel, PioneerMuseum1967. On Tuesday, Sweetwater resident Justin Parrott, who has his Bachelor's degree in film and his Master's degree in creative writing, was at the museum to make a series of videos that will be posted to the channel. Every view, like or comment of a video generates into money for the museum. Hicks also shared that the museum is working on receiving grants to restore the house. Grant writers are welcome to assist in this process, as well as anyone who would be willing to fill out paperwork.In addition, any and all donations are welcome and can even be done online at the museum's website, www.pioneermuseumtx.org. By scrolling down to the bottom of the homepage, users can select the bottom, left "donate" button where they can donate through PayPal or with credit card. The museum asks that you specify what project you are donating to in the message part of the payment process.Along with financial assistance, Hicks stressed that volunteers are another major need of the museum. Whether it's cataloging and archiving items to make room for the children's museum, dating items, photo scanning or construction help, there are several projects that need assistance.For instance, Jose Villafranca and Tim Hendrix have committed to each building three walls so that eight exhibits can be placed within the chapel. Furthermore, children with an interest in history and the local museum are invited to come and volunteer.However, starting on July 21 through August 9, the museum will be closed for renovations, which include installing a new A/C for the barn. The summer camp will still commence as scheduled.Looking ahead, the Pioneer Museum has several events slated for the fall and upcoming school year. They hope to partner with the County-City Library and the Sweetwater ISD libraries to open the museum on Thursday nights in the fall and hold a "Stories on the Porch" event.They will also be working with Highland ISD's gifted and talented students, from grades 1 through 12, on a water research project which may also include students from Sweetwater ISD's gifted and talented program as well as an outside community as part of a distance learning program. The overall goal would be to establish the necessity and feasibility of a closed water pipeline to transfer water from areas of flooding to areas of drought.Two events are lined up for the month of October, starting off with the first annual "Sweetest Day Festival". The all-day event will be held on Saturday, October 11 at the Square in Downtown Sweetwater.The holiday was created in 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio to help children and the elderly by bringing them sweet treats and raising money. The local festival will follow suit and each year, a cause either directed toward children, the elderly or animals will receive the funds raised from the event.Vendors are welcome to set up for a fee of $50, with funds from this year going toward the skate park being established by the Sweetwater Kiwanis Club. A skateboard demonstration will take place at the festival.In addition, games, food and sweets will be available from 3 to 7 p.m., with a street dance scheduled from 7 to 10 p.m. There will also be a pie eating contest, as well as an infused-water drinking contest.And two weeks later, the annual Pumpkins on the Porch will be held on Saturday, October 25. Students in grades Pre-K through 6th can decorate a pumpkin or jack-o-lantern and enter a contest for prizes.Pumpkins must be turned in by 4 p.m. that day. This year, an outdoor movie will be added to the regular activities.The museum will also host their annual Christmas party, and in the spring, Hicks hopes to plan a "Rock and Read". This event will allow participants to read books in rocking chairs--that can be brought or donated--to raise money based on how many pages are read.The Pioneer Museum is also making some updates in other areas, for example the Sweetwater Jaycees have committed to updating their display in the rear of the Chapel. The museum has also established a community exhibit space in their WASP Memorial room. During the annual Sammy Baugh Classic coming up in late August, a display on Baugh will be set up in the WASP room. Hicks said that anyone with stories or encounters with Baugh can contact the museum to set up an interview so that the information can be included in the display. After this exhibit any group or family is welcome to set up a display on their local history. Once the materials are gathered and research is completed, the museum will help with set up of the exhibit. This invitation is open to all residents of Nolan County and any topic or historical focus is welcome.Additionally, anyone with stories on Sweetwater and Nolan County can contact the museum. Along with local stories from the World War II era, one topic the museum is hoping to share more about is the local railroads.Local artists are also invited to display their work in the WASP room for a one month show. For instance, this fall local artist Tom Turner will display his photographic work. Local clubs are also welcome to host meetings in the exhibit room for a small fee. The museum currently has a quilting club, but they also welcome ideas for class suggestions and talent showcases.Hicks stressed that the more assistance they receive at the museum--whether it is financially or through volunteer work, the more activities they can host for the community. In the meantime, they are continuing to promote the museum through social media, which also includes their Facebook page (Nolan County Pioneer Museum) and their Twitter account, @PioneerMuseum67.Hicks works alongside Betty Turner and their much appreciated local volunteer Mona Lambert. To learn more about the museum or to sign up for the summer discovery camp, visit www.pioneermuseumtx.org.


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