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The Environmental Protection Agency has released a summary of comments to its initial proposals for changes in the criteria for the Energy Star windows, doors and skylight program. In a letter to stakeholders, the agency also released a revised timeline for changes to program requirements, setting a new January 2014 effective date for the new criteria.
EPA issued its initial proposals for new Energy Star criteria in a "Framework Document" last fall. The new summary document suggests divided opinions among stakeholders in a number of areas. In the area of U-factor requirements, for example, EPA reports "While several stakeholders felt that the proposed specifications are achievable and reasonable, others felt the criteria were too aggressive. Still others felt the criteria could/should be more aggressive."
Requirements for structual testing and certification were not part of EPA's initial proposals for changes in the Energy Star program, due in part to "concerns that requiring NAFS certification at this time may result in a backlog at labs and inundation of AAMA and WDMA resources." The new summary document, however, highlights comments from stakeholders supportive of such requirements, who also provided information on other independent sources for such testing and certification. "In light of the additional information EPA has received regarding the number of agencies certifying structural performance, EPA plans to take a closer look at the possibility of including a structural requirement in the draft criteria," it now states.
The summary document outlines comments received by EPA in numerous areas, such as new air leakage criteria, requirements for manufacturers to provide installation instructions, and door performance
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A second draft is planned for year end, with the final criteria to be announced in March 2013.


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Hope College jazz ensembles will perform on Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The concert will feature three ensembles: the Contemporary Ensemble, the Mainstream Ensemble and the Jazz Arts Collective.
The Contemporary Ensemble features Brian Coyle as coach, guitarist Michael Hobson, bassist Nick Van Kampen, and drummers Justin Ferens and James Sa. The ensemble will perform three John Scofield pieces: "Hottentot," "Make Me" and "So You Say."
The Mainstream Ensemble features Rob Hodson as coach, pianist Larry Figuerao, bassist Zach Pedigo and drummer Ben Oegema. The ensemble will perform "Doodlin'," by Horace Silver; "In the Wee Small Hours," by David Mann; and "Nardis," by Miles Davis.
The final group of the evening, Jazz Arts Collective, features Brian Coyle as director, and is a new ensemble that experiments with jazz "crossover" styles. The members include: woodwinds, Kyle McLellan, Emily Brower, Zach Pedigo, Katie Zigterman; brass, Nick Hemeren, Alex Ketchum, Jeff Sweers; pianist Larry Figueroa; bassist Nick Van Kampen; guitarists Michael Hobson and Tyler Griffith; and drummer Ben Oegema. The ensemble will perform "Nostalgia in Times Square," by Charles Mingus; "Song for A.E.G.," by Tom Garling; "Dunes at Dawn into Dromadaire Extraordinaire," by Christopher Brubeck; and "Better Get Hit in Your Soul," by Charles Mingus.
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Extreme Anti-Catholicism
I am familiar with a strong Baptist strain of anti-Catholicism, as my boys were exposed to it occasionally at Baptist schools, but the attitude there was more "well, their doctrine is so wrong that they're not really Christian," than obsessive proofs about how the Roman Church is the Antichrist. I knew that the latter attitude was probably still out there, but I haven't run across it in person for many years now. Our congregation rents space from an SDA concregation, so I see their fliers and the covers of their pamphlets pretty regularly and don't think that the Pope=Antichrist doctrine is as important as it once was. I don't read it in any detail, however, and I know that this pernicious belief is strong in the Ellen G. White books so important to the founding of the denomination.
I don't get any sense of how common this is, though. Any recent observations out there? Do you run across this extreme anti-Catholicism anymore, or has most of it watered down into the Baptist/fundamentalist version, as above? And actually, I don't know as I run into even that all that often anymore.
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- terri said...
Every once in a while I'll get some bizarre flyer in the mail ranting about Catholic Church and it's being The Woman Riding The Beast. IT never has a clearly attributable group listed on it.
Jehovah's Witnesses are very anti-catholic in the same end-times vein
- Scott(y) said...
speaking as a current Seventh-Day Adventist, for better or worse, the feeling and/or belief is alive and strong in the church.
My fiancee's parents can best be described as "Fundamentalist"--Baptists were apparently too "religion lite" for them.
A few years back her mom said my priest (I am Catholic) was "not a Christian"--even though she'd never met him. (Interestingly, their church was shouting distance from mine)
I've known for a long time that their dislike of me is due more to my Catholicism. Although we've lived together for several years, her brother got his wife pregnant about wo months before marriage and his sister lived with her boyfriend before marriage. Both those unions got blessed by Mom and Dad...
- Assistant Village Idiot said...
Ouch. Steer them to CS Lewis to mellow them. Of course, that sort often rejects Lewis because his use of magic strikes them as Satanic. He also drank ale and smoked - gasp. I'm not sure who I'd recommend then.
Lewis just leads naturally to Tolkien and Chesterton.
- russkellyphd said...
Unfortnately the Seventh-day Adventists will always be extremly anti-Roman Catholicisim and also anti-Protestants who worship onSunday. Their "inspired" prophetess" wrote it in theri most distributed book, the Great Controversy, and it cannot be denied or withdrawn. Their teaching that the Pope's tiara had words on it which equal 666 in Latin has also been proven to be manufactured. Their eschatology demands that the Pope be the Antichrist. It is goofy theology.
- Jerub-Baal said...
From my observation, pretty much all of the (trendy and recognized) art that bashes Christianity is anti-Catholic at its base. Smearing elephant dung on an image of the Virgin Mary, ugly and menacing images of priests and cardinals, et cetra. Aparently these artists want to show their courage in standing up against the ongoing evils of the Inquisition....
Oh, wait.....
- Timothy said...
As an unofficial, amateur Catholic apologist, anti-Catholicism is alive and well.
This evening I answered a blog entry arguing the Catholic Church is a cult and a second arguing that the Catholic Church did not give the world the Bible ,but not offering any other explanation of the Bible's origins.
On any given night I can easily find several blog entries attacking the Catholic faith. Last night it was a Christian minister in the Phillipines who was attacking the "doctrine of Limbo". As Limbo is not and never was Catholic doctrine, that turned out to be much ado about nothing. A complete strawman. Anti-Catholics love their strawmen.
My vote for poster children of anti-Catholicsm would be James White and Ken Silva.
As Peter said; "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander." 1 Peter 3:15-16
God bless one and all...
"Ouch. Steer them to CS Lewis to mellow them. Of course, that sort often rejects Lewis because his use of magic strikes them as Satanic."
Dang, you pretty much pegged my fiancee's parents there--she and her siblings were not allowed to watch, for instance, "The Smurfs"--because Gargamel used magic. (and he was the villain!)
- Jerub-Baal said...
In many ways, this stuff is typical of our "enlightened" age. People can't (or don't want to) have differences without plummeting immediately to the human default position of virulent tribalism.
There are many real areas deserving of civil discussion between any of the differing branches of Christianity (that would be why they are different). Lewis and Tolkien jovially did this for most of their teaching careers. Lewis' avowed goal was to convert Tolkien from Catholicism, to which Tolkien humorously deferred. This added to their friendship, not undermined it.
The level of intellectual maturity and emotional honesty and effort needed for that kind of friendship seems to be beyond the abilities or interests of many who claim to be Godly.
I would posit that this lack only reveals the shallowness of their convictions and paucity of their understanding.
- Assistant Village Idiot said...
Yes, jerub-baal, I think that is much of it. People think they are defending their faith, but they are really defending their culture. This confusion in their minds allows them justify clinging to the dry husks as if they were grain. They perceive any challenge to their culture as a challenge to their faith.
- Wyman said...
One of the main reasons you don't run into those feelings anymore, AVI, is that now that your boys have left Baptist schools behind, you don't run into that many Baptists anymore.


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There are approximately 10.2 million people who are eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare and individuals with disabilities under the age of 65 comprise about 41% (4.1 million) of that number. About 7% of duals are individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). People who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid frequently are referred to as "dual eligibles" or "duals." People who are dually eligible represent 21% of Medicare beneficiaries and account for 36% of Medicare costs. Similarly, dual eligibles constitute 15% of Medicaid enrollees, but account for 39% of the program's costs. Over 60% of dual eligible beneficiaries have incomes below the poverty level. They also require a complex array of services from a variety of providers across different settings. In short, duals are people with high needs who are very poor.
A great deal of attention has been focused on people who are dually eligible recently because of their complex needs, the lack of coordination between Medicaid and Medicare, and high costs associated with their health care and long term supports and services needs. Duals must negotiate two complex systems that have different rules, regulations, benefits, and providers who do not coordinate with one another. People who are dually eligible rely on Medicare to cover most of their acute care and drug costs and on Medicaid for their long term services and supports needs and to cover their Medicare premiums and cost sharing. The federal government is responsible for Medicare and the states run Medicaid. As a result, duals encounter many barriers to receiving the services and supports they need to address their physical and behavioral health care needs and to receive the long term services and supports they need to be as independent as possible.
Previous attempts have been made to integrate care for people eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. (See the CMS Integrated Care Roadmap.) The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) was authorized by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and is restricted to people who are dually eligible age 55 and over who are eligible for care in a nursing facility. Recent efforts prompted by the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 resulted in Special Needs Programs (SNPs), a type of Medicare Advantage or managed care plan. However, more the 80% of people who are dually eligible remain in Medicare fee for service systems and only about 120,000 Duals are enrolled in plans that fully integrate Medicare and Medicaid services. Furthermore, lack of comparable outcomes research does not allow analysis of the effectiveness of SNPs.
Reforms included in the Affordable Care Act attempted to control the steep increases in health care costs. The Act addressed costs in Medicare and Medicaid associated with care for Duals by creating new agencies within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) charged with improving care and reducing costs.
Under the ACA, Congress created the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The Innovation Center's goal is to identify and replicate models of care and payment to provide better care at reduced costs to Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP (the Children's Health Insurance Program) beneficiaries.
The ACA also created the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (MMCO) within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The Innovation Center's goal is to identify and replicate models of care and payment to provide better care at reduced costs to Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP (the Children's Health Insurance Program) beneficiaries.
In an effort to ensure seamless care for Duals, MMCO offered states the opportunity of test models to align the financing of Medicare and Medicaid and integrate primary, acute, behavioral health and long term services and supports for Duals. States will serve as laboratories and any models that are successful, especially those that result in cost savings, could result in nation-wide policy. Several states submitted proposals to MMCO for financial alignment projects.
CMS awarded a grant to Mathematica to develop a technical assistance resource center, the Integrated Care Resource Center, to help all states coordinate care for high-cost, high-need beneficiaries. CMS awarded a grant to RTI, International to design evaluations for the demonstrations.
MMCO and the Innovations Center are developing a new demonstration to improve care quality for nursing facility residents by providing needed care and reducing hospitalizations. Nearly two-thirds of nursing facility residents receive Medicaid and most receive Medicare also. A goal of this initiative is to reduce hospital readmission rates by 20% by the end of 2013.
MMCO has provided a mechanism for states to access Medicare data for duals to support coordination of services, improvement in care, and reduce costs. Access to the data is designed to enable states to identify high-risk and high-cost individuals, determine their primary health risks, and develop comprehensive individual client profiles.
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MILAN - Giorgio Armani's collection for next winter — a palate of greys with a flash of lime — is aimed "not at the fashion icon, but her next-door neighbour."
Yet, the designer said Monday, the focus on spectacles at fashion shows by many of his colleagues and the media distorts expectations.
"When in September, a woman wants to see in the stores something she saw in the newspaper, and she doesn't find it, this is bad for everyone," Armani told reporters after his womenswear preview for next winter on the last day of Milan Fashion Week.
"It makes us look ridiculous and seem like those who want to stun at all costs," he said.
Women who visit Armani shops this fall will find a new daytime trouser that is ankle-length and softened with pleats — similar in comfort to the pants he unveiled last week for his Emporio Armani line aimed at younger customers.
The looks are predominantly grey, a colour he chose because different shades of grey "are pretty together" and lime, which he said "excites."
Grey suits pair the new trouser with single-button jackets brightened with a lime flash on the lapel. Green stripes down the side of pants signalled a sportier look.
Armani is one of the few designers to elicit applause during his show and one piece that drew it here was a wispy grey fur that appeared lit by lime. It was worn over a slip-like sage dress and paired with a squared green clutch.
Evening dresses were strapless sheaths with lime stones or stripes of green and black ribbon that gave them a modernist edge.
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Helping users make successful queries (Office SharePoint Server)
Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007
This Office product will reach end of support on October 10, 2017. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see , Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.
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Some features in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 that can be used to enhance the end-user experience are search scopes — properties assigned to content, stored during indexing, and mapped to managed properties made available for searches; and keywords defined by the search service administrator, with their definitions, synonyms, and Best Bet sites.
This article provides links to articles that describe the features that can enhance the search experience in Office SharePoint Server 2007, while also providing information about its usage and how Office SharePoint Server 2007 employs these features.
Features enhancing the search end-user experience
The subsequent sections describe the different features in Office SharePoint Server 2007 that can help in getting better search results, with links to topics for more help.
For more information, see Manage settings to improve search results (Office SharePoint Server).
Provide scopes
Scopes are properties assigned to content, stored during indexing, and mapped to managed properties made available for searches. The search services administrator defines the default scopes that can be used by the entire site collection. Site collection administrators add and modify scopes, add scope display groups, and choose and arrange scopes within them.
For more information on scopes, see Define scopes for searches (Office SharePoint Server).
Configure Web Part properties
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 includes a number of Web Parts that allow users to perform actions such as performing queries and viewing search results. Each Web Part has properties that are unique to that Web Part as well as properties that are common to many Web Parts, which include properties that affect the appearance of the Web Part.
For more information, see Configure Web Part properties (SharePoint Server 2007).
Define pages to influence ranking of search results
Authoritative pages are sites that link to the most relevant information. You can specify authoritative pages from the most valuable links to the least valuable. Search Server 2008 uses this list of authoritative pages to calculate the rank of every page in the content index.
For more information, see Configure authoritative pages (Office SharePoint Server).
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Site collection administrators define keywords with Best Bets for use on their sites. Keywords provide definitions for common terms used within your organization. Each keyword also can include a list of synonyms and the Web addresses (URLs) for several Best Bets sites with related content.
When a query includes a keyword or any of its synonyms, the definition for that keyword and its Best Bet sites, if any, are typically displayed prominently on the search results page, above the core search results. Keywords can be used to provide a working glossary of names and terms used within your organization. When configured with synonyms and Best Bets, keywords can also enhance search results by guiding users to recommended resources.
Best Bets can link to recommended Web sites, data stores, and documents that help to explain a keyword and expand upon its meaning. When a user includes a keyword or one of its synonyms in a query, the search results page features links to its associated Best Bets above the core results. You can use Best Bets to promote recommended sites and authoritative pages.
For more information on adding keywords with Best Bets, see Add keyword terms with Best Bets (Office SharePoint Server).
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Server name mapping override how search results are displayed and how users access content after you create a content index.
For more information on server name mappings, see Manage server name mappings (Office SharePoint Server).
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Content creators assign property values to their content, including document titles, file names, and author. Web site owners manage shared libraries and lists that can also assign further properties to content. For example, libraries can provide defined content types that require content creators to assign values to properties in order to check in a document. Custom columns within document lists also assign property values to content.
For more information about using metadata properties, see Manage metadata property mappings (Office SharePoint Server).
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Fire guts storage building
An early morning fire Dec. 20, gutted a storage building on the Harris Sand & Gravel property on Airport Rd. according to the Valdez Fire Dept.
"The cause of the fire is undetermined but is suspected to be caused from the power fluctuations," Fire chief George Keeney said in a press release.
Electrical service had disrupted in the entire service area of Copper Valley Electric Association the night before.
"At 10:21 p.m., Wednesday, Dec.19, damage to an insulator located behind the Valdez Senior Center caused a total system power outage affecting all CVEA members," a press release issued by CVEAs Sharon Crisp said. "Power was restored to the majority of affected members by 10:56 p.m., while some of downtown Valdez, and the Black Gold and Mineral Creek Subdivisions, remained out. After crews located the damage and began repairs, these areas came back on-line at varying times."
Crisp said the entire system was fully restored by 3:32 a.m., December 20. The blaze was reported to VFD at 3:01 a.m. The building and most contents are a total loss.
VHS cross country ski race this weekend
This year's annual Valdez Invite will be taking place on January 4-5 according the Valdez High School ski coach Pete Toye. About 150 athletes from Colony, West Valley, Palmer, Wasilla, and SuValley will be joining the Valdez Buccaneers in what Toye said will be a "great weekend of racing." Friday's relay begins at 3:45 p.m. at the U.S. Coast Guard Housing unit on Hanagita. Saturday's classic race starts at 11:00 a.m. at the same location. An open 5.4K freestyle town race will take place at 2 p.m. This race is free to the public. Due to the need for maintaining the integrity of the course as well as for everyone's safety, the Mineral Creek Road will be closed to all motor and foot traffic from 7 a.m. Friday until 5 p.m. Saturday. As always, motorized traffic is prohibited from the East Dike but foot traffic will be allowed below the USCG start area.
"Thank you very much for your understanding and consideration in this important matter," Toye said in a written statement.
Teachers and District reach contract agreement
Valdez City Schools and its teachers agreed to a three year contract Dec. 10, ending a months long impasse between the district and educators. Teachers have been working without a contract since the school year began last August. According to a press release issued by district superintendent Jacob Jensen, the three-year contract provides a one-time gross stipend payment of $1,535.18, and a 1 percent increase in salary each year, beginning in the 2013/14 school year.


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Greece Stares Into the Abyss; Meanwhile, Local Music And Audiovisual Collecting Society Gets Court Order To Block Web Sites
from the question-of-priorities dept
As you may have heard, Greece is having a spot of bother at the moment. Its economy shrank by 6.2% in the last three months alone, and the austerity measures imposed in return for international loans to keep the country running have contributed to a 40% jump in the suicide rate.
But the Greek music and audiovisual collecting society hasn't let a little thing like a national meltdown prevent it from tackling the really serious problems in life -- like stopping people sharing files online (Greek original):
The Court of First Instance Court in Athens accepted the request of the collecting society for music and audiovisual works to order, among other things, that the Greek ISPs should take technical measures to make it impossible for their subscribers to access Web sites through which illegal posting and exchange of works can take place.
Amidst the deepening Greek tragedy, it's good to see someone offering a little comedy.
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The last update is from 16 May 2016, but after that we have also had a few more entries.
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Asmodeus is listed here
AGLA is listed here
Aiwass is listed here
Allah is listed here
Anaphaxeton is listed here
Aphrodite is listed here
Azathoth is listed here
Azrael is listed here
Baal is listed here
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This thread is my wish to contribute a bit more to this great forum. I am going to write about all of the spirits who have been so far mentioned in this forum in a form of an Encyclopaedia. The only source I am going to use is from this forum. I hope that this will be very helpful for magicians, no matter how far they are off in their great work. It is something like systematization of all of our experiences since the beginning of this forum. It will not go from alphabetical, but rather from a random order.
I will start with Asmodeus
How does he look like?
There are several famous statues of Asmodeus, like one in Rennes le Château and the other in the Church of Santa Lucia, di Piave,Veneto. Well one could always practice on him before evoking the real terrible thing, at least the ugly factor of a demon will not be a problem after that.
Who is he?
Travel to any part of the world where they believe in djinn and ask them to help you contact the djinn "Ashmoday", and you'll soon find yourself face-to-face with Asmodeus/Asmoday, the Goetic spirit. In this way we find that through history, definition, legend and methodology djinn and goetic spirits are the same. It is better off working with Asmodeus in a traditional manner.
Ashmoday seems to be a good trader ( he lends the rings to Baal who in return lends it to the magician). But sometimes, he is also fond of stealing. In an old reference to pact making, it was written that Asmodeus stole the pact from Lucifer's library cabinet.
Asmoday can make things to disappear. There was a case of Don Clefas when Asmoday took him for a night flight and by magical means, removed "the roofs from the houses of a village to show him the secrets of what passes in private lives." The terrorists are also easy to find with their astral signature by Asmodeus.
Some magicans call Asmodeus and answers just pop into their head. Other people choose Asmodeus as their tattoo on their shoulders. They have a fascination for Asmodeus, but still they don't believe him to be real. If they can't see it, it isn't real – this is what they say. Asmodeus is, however, definitely very real to other magicians. They count Asmodeus together with Lucifer and Lucifuge Rofocale to a friend and patron. Others are close to and friendly with Asmodeus together with Belial, Baal, Sitri, and Gremory.
Some magicians use ritual to summon Asmodeus from the book, 'Demonic and sexual magic' by C. Nagel. One of them was looking south, watching the sun reflecting off the surface of a flat-calm North Sea while evoking Asmodeus. There was no wind, yet he was suddenly aware of something seeming to rush toward him from a southerly direction. As it reached him, a flock of sparrows flew up and away as though they'd been startled by something unseen.
Asmodeus is no joke when you want to dish out wrath. He has a lustful nature. When it comes to sex spells, the Asmodeus Spell is suggested as the one to use. This is pure Black Magic and it works.
Asmodeus approves homosexuality together with Pan, Larz, Belial, Sitri, Bacchus, Set and Wepwawet. Asmodeus creates hornyness which the subject can't release in a relationship. So the subject will try to get a release by other means (cheating, in a relationship).Don't think for a moment that you can dial Asmodeus up and tell him to pile riches at your feet, because he'll probably turn you into a pimp, drug dealer, drug mule, whore, etc. He, like us, is going to stick to what he knows. That doesn't mean that He's a bad spirit. It means that you did something stupid and picked the wrong spirit for the job.
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Race Rewind: Looking back at the Food City 500
Sometimes nothing is best to say
• Long after Sunday's race was over, NASCAR's vice president of competition, Robin Pemberton, provided a thorough, clear explanation of why caution lights inexplicably came on with two of 500 laps remaining. Unfortunately, Pemberton's explanation wasn't the only one offered by NASCAR. Even if the original explanation – a mechanical malfunction – honestly was thought to be the correct one at the time, NASCAR never should issue statements or explanations until it is certain it has the right one. The best of intentions easily can be overshadowed by a mistaken perception of a cover-up, or even worse, incompetence.
• If there is one sport whose fans always should be wary to assume a particular outcome, it's NASCAR. How many of the sport's most famous race finishes came about because something unexpected happened on the final lap of a very long race? Dozens. It is silly to suggest "the right driver" won Sunday simply because it was the same driver leading before the caution miscue. We know who won because of a mistaken caution and subsequent downpour. We have no idea who would have won had the race remained under green.
• On the surface, Jimmie Johnson (19th) and Joey Logano (20th) had average finishes. It would have been interesting to see how the outcome might have changed if both had not suffered issues during the race – Johnson with a shredded tire and Logano with broken power steering. Both had very fast cars early in the race.
Stewart sees the front: It has been a tough start to the season for Tony Stewart, and it was a tough start to the weekend, as he required a provisional to make the field and started 37th in the 43-car field.
Stewart ended up fourth, by far his best outing of the season, and he was the only non-Ford driver among the top five.
"Everybody just worked hard all weekend. We had a long way to go from Friday when we weren't very good, and every day we just got better and better," he said. "So, I'm really proud of this team."
Big night for RPM: Richard Petty Motorsports had shown promise during the season's early going, but it finally got to cash in Sunday night. Aric Almirola finished a career-best thirdand teammate Marcos Ambrose ended up fifth.
"The first few weeks haven't been great to us, so it was a good way to come back," Almirola said. "You want to win. I saw it right there at my fingertips on that one restart when I raced side-by-side with Carl, but he had a lot better car than we did."
Ambrose said Sunday's race was particularly "aggressive."
"These cars go a lot faster around this track than the old-style cars and we had to really dig in our feet," he said. "The groove went to the very fence and we had to really watch ourselves there and keep adjusting the car all night."
Larson earns first top-10: Kyle Larson finished second in Saturday's Nationwide Series race and Sunday night earned his first top-10 finish in the Cup series, with his 10th place in Bristol, Tenn.
Although he did not lead, several times he was battling for the top spot.
"It's crazy to think it's kind of a disappointing finish for the way we ran for most of the race, but all in all it was a good race," he said. "It was a lot of fun racing with Austin Dillon there at the end. We must have ran side-by-side or so for the last 20 laps."
Earnhardt streak ends: Dale Earnhardt Jr. had a chance to join Richard Petty as the only drivers to start a Cup season with four consecutive finishes of second or better.
Earnhardt began the year with finishes of first, second and second but struggled Sunday and finished 24th, four laps down from the leaders.
Next race
Auto Club 400
Where: Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, Calif.
When: 3:15 p.m. Sunday
TV: Fox
Radio: Motor Racing Network
Last year's winner: Kyle Busch
5 key moments
1 . The start of Sunday's race was delayed by almost two hours because of heavy rain. Once it began, Team Penske drivers Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano appeared to have the fastest cars.
2 . With Matt Kenseth in the lead, rain brought a halt to the race on Lap 119. This time, the delay lasted nearly 3 1/2 hours.
3 . Several drivers who were running up front experienced problems during the middle of the race knocking them out of contention, including Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick.
4 . Carl Edwards moved into the lead on Lap 426 when he and three others elected not to pit while the rest of the lead-lap cars did.
5 . With two laps remaining and Edwards in command, many – but not all – of the caution lights came on, for no apparent reason. NASCAR placed the field under caution and shortly thereafter another heavy rain covered the track and NASCAR called the race with Edwards as the winner.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Six U.S. senators on Tuesday called for the U.S. Justice Department to investigate whether market manipulation by West Coast oil refiners contributed to a price spike in May and October that sent gasoline prices to record highs above $5 a gallon.
The senators, all Democrats, want the Justice Department to conduct a "refinery-by-refinery probe" and subpoena records from California refineries to see whether public reports of maintenance shutdowns were accurate. Two of the state's largest refiners are Valero Energy Corp and Tesoro Corp.
"We are requesting a Department of Justice investigation of possible market manipulation and false reporting by oil refineries, which may have created a perception of a supply shortage when in fact refineries were still producing," the senators said in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.
"We will review the letter and respond accordingly," said Justice Department spokeswoman Adora Andy.
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Valero, the nation's largest refiner, said past investigations into alleged gasoline price manipulation have consistently come up empty, and that unique factors make the California gasoline market vulnerable to price spikes. Those include boutique blending requirements that make it nearly impossible to import supply from outside the state, said Valero spokesman Bill Day said on Tuesday.
"The self-inflicted factors that contributed to the temporary price increase in California remain in place," Day said. "You don't need a federal investigation to figure that out."
Tesoro said its refining system "allowed us to bring additional gasoline supply to the Southern California area during the recent supply shortage, when it was needed most." The company declined to comment on gas prices or the potential for a Justice Department investigation, spokeswoman Tina Barbee said.
The letter said the Justice Department and its Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group need to make sure the market is free from price manipulation.
It was signed by senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray of Washington, Feinstein and Boxer of California, and Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley of Oregon.
"While we applaud the Working Group for convening in April 2011, we see scant evidence that its members are policing these markets as required by law or cracking down on other practices that may be illegal and hurting consumers," the senators said.
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Over at Instructables, one young visionary has shared his technique for weaving a hoodie from these godly adhesive strips. He says the resulting garment is quite warm and impervious to rain. And, if we might add, it's quite handy if you ever need to half-assedly fix something and you're too lazy to grab a roll of tape. [Instructables]


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returning in 2011.
Birmingham-Southern photo by Wynter Bird
It looked like the start of something big at Birmingham-Southern back in 2007. The school had resurrected its football program that last played in 1939 and hired a big name coach to guide it.
That big name was Joey Jones, former All-SEC wideout at Alabama in the early in 1980s. Jones had played for Paul "Bear" Bryant, and in Alabama that name is the biggest of them all. Jones had used that name to attract around 100 recruits and transfers to play for Panthers in the inaugural season.
But after a 1-7 inaugural season, Jones left to take the job at Southern Alabama, which was also resurrecting a football program with plans to go Division I. A lot of the players that Jones recruited left with him.
The new Panther program seemed to be back at square one.
"Not only did we have to start over, we started in a deep hole," said Eddie Garfinkle, who was hired as the new head coach after spending 2007 as the defensive coordinator. "The attitude, the negativity and the immaturity of the program really snowballed."
Retention became an issue too.
"It was my first experience and Coach Jones' first experience at a private liberal arts school," Garfinkle said. "The academics were a lot harder than we had thought.
"A bunch of the guys, flunked out of school. They came to play football. They didn't sign up to study for three-four hours a night."
'We went through a lot of low times, the coaching change and having to grow," said senior Trae Strain. "We had to stick together."
But now three seasons later, everything appears to have changed. Not only is the program doing better academically, they are starting to win some football games.
The Panthers clinched the school's first winning season since 1937 by defeating Rhodes 41-19 to improve to 6-3. And after a four-year eligibility waiting period, BSC looks like they may just be a contender for the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference title next season.
"Being a senior and talking to the rest of the guys," Strain said. "We built this program and really wanted to leave a legacy and leave our mark here on this campus. Having a winning season, we felt we've done that. We have a big game this week and want to go out on a winning note."
And Garfinkle now holds a special place in his heart for the 17 seniors who stuck it out as the Panthers head into their final game against Millsaps this Saturday, a team that has won or shared the SCAC title each of the past four seasons.
"These guys stuck with it," Garfinkle said. "They made a commitment, the wanted to stick with it for four years. I appreciated the heck out of their attitude and willingness to endure what they knew what was going to be four tough years."
And though just six of the 17 seniors are starters the coach credits his seniors with shaping the program.
"They created the culture and the work ethic," Garfinkle said. "They bought into what we were trying to do and set the example for the young guys. I think because of what they've done, we'll be ready to compete (for the title)
Strain, a senior pre-med major, has sat out this season with an injury after starting in the defensive backfield the last two seasons.
'It's been amazing how the attitude and culture of the team has changed from that first year," Strain said. "It's been a complete 180 since that time.
"As far as the accountability from the team, the overall academics of the team has increased, the weight program has gotten better. It's so much more structured now than it was. This year we've been able to have some senior leadership. When we were younger guys we really had no one to look to. This year's senior class has done a really good job trying to lead by example."
Perhaps the program's biggest win to date came against Alabama's only other D-III school, Huntingdon, on Sept. 25. After losing the initial "Wesley Cup," 59-28 in 2009, the Panthers beat the Hawks 35-20. Huntingdon entered the game 3-0 and coming off a playoff bid the previous season.
"Our guys played unbelievable" Garfinkle said, whose team started 3-0 for the first time. "It was a great win."
"I remember how excited everybody was and how excited everybody was on campus and our fans were," added Strain.
The Panthers came back down to earth the next two games losing to Trinity (38-28) and Centre (35-28). But they have rallied to win three of their last four, losing only at SCAC champ and unbeaten DePauw 30-23.
Which makes this week's game against Millsaps all the more important. The Majors blasted BSC 58-7 back in 2007 and have won by a combined score of 127-41 in the last three years.
"This will be a big measuring stick to see how far we've come," Garfinkle said. "That's what these seniors are looking at. If we can somehow find a way to win and go out on a winning note and finish 7-3, it's a great season. I'd say this is the biggest game we've played in so far, just to see how far we've come."
But regardless of the outcome on Saturday the group of seniors expects even bigger things for the program in the future, an SCAC title and first playoff appearance to name a couple.
"We just feel like that laying the foundation that we have the first four years we've been here will enable the program to do that," Strain said.
On Saturday, they will leave their final mark.
This Week's Games
Austin (4-4, 2-3 SCAC) at Trinity (3-6, 1-4). The Roos are looking for the first winning season in 10 years under first year coach Loren Dawson. It would be all the sweeter against a Trinity team that is guaranteed its first losing season since the early '90s and routinely beaten them many of those years.
LaGrange (3-6) at Centre (5-4). The Colonels finish by hosting the nonconference Panthers. Centre was supposed to contend for the SCAC title this year but never really got it going this year. Both teams average over 350 yards a game so there could be some points put up in this one.
Millsaps (6-3) at Birmingham-Southern (6-3). Since starting the year 0-2, the Majors have won six of seven games, losing only to DePauw. They'll face a motivated Panther team it what could be a matchup of the top two contenders for the SCAC title next year.
Rhodes (3-6, 2-3) at Sewanee (1-8, 0-5). The Tennessee Tigers have had two weeks to prepare for this game but will need a big effort to knock off a Lynx squad that has beaten Washington, Trinity and Centre this season.
DePauw (9-0) at Wabash (7-2). The only thing that could make this season more perfect for the Tigers is to knock off their archrival in the Monon Bell game. Check it out if you have HDNet at 1:07 on Saturday.
Texas Lutheran (4-5, 3-4 ASC) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (9-0, 7-0). The Bulldogs have had a nice turn around after going winless last year, but to beat a UMHB team looking to secure a top seed in the playoffs is a lot to ask.
McMurry (5-4, 3-4 ASC) at Mississippi College (4-5, 2-5 ASC). McMurry hopes to clinch it first winning season since 2005, while the defending ASC champ Choctaws need a win to avoid a losing season for the first time in over five years.
Hardin-Simmons (8-1, 6-1 ASC) at Louisiana College (6-3, 6-1). The Cowboys must win this game in order stay in the running for a Pool C playoff bid. The Wildcats are three possessions away from an undefeated season but will have to settle for a shot at knocking HSU out of the playoff picture.
Sul Ross State (1-7, 1-6 ASC) at East Texas Baptist (4-5, 3-4). The Tigers should finish at 5-5 for the third time in the last four years if they can top the Lobos.
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Dressed to impress:
netsuke and Japanese men's
19 June – 17 August 2014
The Asahi Shimbun Displays
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Recommend this exhibition
This display features a selection of delightfully detailed netsuke and other traditional Japanese male accessories.
Step into Edo, one of the biggest cities in the world in the 18th century – now modern-day Tokyo. Discover the art of Japanese male fashion in this sophisticated urban centre, where men wore fashionable garments and carefully chosen accessories to demonstrate their status and personal style.
Netsuke (pronounced net-ské) are intricately carved toggles that were worn by Japanese men during the Edo period (1615–1868) to prevent dangling items (sagemono), hanging from a sash (obi) tied around a kimono, from falling to the ground. Netsuke were used by all classes of society, but in particular by merchants who wanted to demonstrate their wealth and taste. Much like European fob watches and cufflinks they revealed the sartorial taste of the wearer. Netsuke come in a variety of forms and materials such as wood, ivory and porcelain, and are now highly collectible.
Netsuke are often displayed as miniature sculptures, but this display will show how they were worn as part of a complete outfit. Apart from a group of some of the Museum's most stunning netsuke, a bespoke kimono, an inro (a case for holding small objects), a sword, and smoking accessories will also be on display.
Netsuke: 100 miniature masterpieces from Japan
'This tremendous book', writes artist and author Edmund de Waal, 'brings one of the world's greatest collections of netsuke to life'. Edition in paperback, including 200 colour illustrations.
Start your own netsuke collection
A series of hand-finished netsuke replicas, intricately carved in boxwood, are available to buy from the British Museum shop.


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By John Goralski
Marisa Matthews battled for a Class LL medal in the 100 breastroke as the sixth place person in the fastest heat, but Laurel Dean finished first in the second heat to break the school record with a time of 1:09.79.
On Tuesday, the Lady Knights attacked the Southern Connecticut State University pool at the Class LL girls swimming finals, and all but one dropped time from the qualifying meet. The Lady Knights rallied for 215 points to claw their way to 10th place in the team standings. With their efforts, Southington broke a trio of school records and advanced into the State Opens in three different races.
The 200 freestyle relay of Marisa Matthews, Aly Baribault, Bailey Potter, and Laurel Dean finished ninth overall in the standings to claim a new school record (1:44.67). The girls scored a faster time than one team in the fastest heat, and the Knights leapfrogged that team into the last spot at the state opens.
Dean bounced back from a tough performance at the qualifying meet to win the second heat in the 100 breastroke. The standings are limited by heat, so Dean finished ningth overall in the Class LL standings with the fifth highest score at the meet. Her efforts earned her a spot at the state open championships.
Matthews didn't advance in the breaststroke, but she set a new school record in the 50 freestyle (25.37), and that was good enough to qualify for the state open meet.
"The goal at the beginning of the season was to make it to the state opens, so anything from here on out is going to be an added bonus," said Lady Knight coach Evan Tuttle. "But when these girls get to opens on Saturday, they are going to be fighting tooth and nail every inch of every yard to upset as many teams as they can."
The State Open competition is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 16 at Yale University's pool. Warm-ups begin at 10 a.m., and competition begins at noon.