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When Alberta Central Railway Museum pounded the last spike at its 10th birthday celebration in 2002, it completed a mile loop of track. Our visitors today can take a train ride on the restored 1926 first-class observation-buffetsleeper Mount Avalanche.
Here, in a vintage 1926 passenger coach, you will experience historic train travel, maybe for the first time, maybe as a way to bring back the sounds and motion of train wheels on steel track from days gone by.
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Letters addressing incident sent to parents
School districts throughout the county are responding to the shooting incident in Newtown, Conn., that took the lives of students and staff of Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Letters to parents were sent home with students that addressed the tragedy and notified parents of their district's own safety procedures. Many also included National Association of School Psychologists' age-appropriate tips for speaking about the Newtown event with their children and reminded parents about the resources located at school buildings, including social workers and counselors, who are available throughout the day for students who have questions or need to talk. Many districts are keeping classroom discussion of the incident at a minimum and are encouraging parents to decide whether to speak of the event.
"We have trained counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists available in our buildings to help with children or adults who show signs of struggling to cope," said Ionia Public Schools Superintendent Patricia Batista in a letter to district parents.
Many schools are reassuring students of the school as a safe place to be, attempting to maintain a regular schedule to keep a sense of normalcy, and are asking staff to be more aware of students' emotional states.
Although most of the finer details of security measures are safeguarded, superintendents said they practice a number of different drills in each building as required by the state, have crisis management plans and instant alert systems, and take safety measures that include one main entrance, locked classroom doors, security cameras and a mandatory guest check-in at the main office.
"We try to catch every exception to the rules," said Threshold Academy Principal Victoria Simon, adding school staff members are trained to handle various types of emergency protocols.
Crisis plans are reviewed annually by districts, but many are being reviewed again following the Newtown tragedy, with school administration and staff looking at potential additions to the current precautions.
A letter to parents from Belding Area Schools Interim Superintendent Sara Shriver located on the BAS Website says, "The school district strives to maintain safe and caring schools through clear behavioral expectations, positive behavior interventions and supports, and crisis planning and preparedness. Belding staff work hand in hand with local law enforcement and fire officials to develop crisis plans for many different situations in an effort to be prepared for every emergency instance."
Shriver added she feels confident that the BAS staff provides the utmost safety for the students.
As for all Ionia County school districts, there have been no reports of abnormally low attendance, and, according to superintendents and principals, school staff members are making the days following the Newtown shooting as normal as possible.
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A Domer (Who Can't Sing) to the Rescue!
Jimmy Small, ND Class of 2008, joined NASCAR's Series Operations group just a couple of weeks after his Graduation from Notre Dame. ( That's him pictured at a recent NASCAR race with Kevin James and Adam Sandler). Well, last night Jimmy was at Gateway International Raceway -- five miles outside of St. Louis, MO. -- working the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. One of his "pre-race" duties for NASCAR is to ensure that the Driver Introductions, Invocation, National Anthem and the "Drivers Start Your Engine" command are performed on time for the television broadcast. Last night, the National Anthem was to be performed on an electric guitar (sans the singing) by a well known lead singer of a rock band. The rock star is standing on stage, with his guitar, awaiting the signal from Jimmy to start. It's three minutes and counting until the National Anthem is to be performed -- AND THE POWER GOES OUT. The rock star can't play his electric guitar! Jimmy runs up to him -- and tells him "You're going to have to sing the National Anthem!" The response; "Dude, I can't -- I don't know all of the words." Well, Jimmy immediately yells into his headset "WE NEED A NATIONAL ANTHEM SINGER NOW!" Within seconds a Gateway International Raceway representative says "We have an ex-cheerleader on staff who can sing, we'll find her." Looks like the crisis has been avoided -- until he hears over the headset: "She can't sing -- she doesn't know all the words." It's now less than two minutes before the National Anthem is to be performed on live television and Jimmy makes the snap decision; I KNOW ALL THE WORDS -- I'LL SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM! Mind you, his only singing experience, since his third-grade choir's Christmas concert at St. Patrick Elementary, is with his buddies on GUITAR HERO -- trust me, he can't sing! So, he informs everyone that he'll sing the National Anthem. He jumps up on stage and grabs a portable battery powered microphone -- and gets ready to sing. As he tells it; "I am shaking like you can't believe -- yet, I'm thinking this is going to be a story that will be told for years and years..." He's literally FIVE SECONDS away from becoming YOUTUBE legend for the worst rendition of the National Anthem in the history of this great country -- when the POWER COMES BACK ON! However, it's already been announced "and now, singing the National Anthem, from NASCAR, Jimmy Small..." Thankfully, Jimmy gets a signal that the power is back and he immediately waves for the "rock star" to jump back on stage to take Jimmy's place -- and he plays the National Anthem on his electric guitar without a problem. CRISIS AVOIDED! For those of you watching the race live on the SPEED CHANNEL last night - you never saw this, because they run the live broadcast on a slight delay. It allows them to edit language and other things they don't want to air on live television. If you were watching the race, you also know that the power went back out -- right after the National Anthem and never came back on -- forcing NASCAR to reschedule the race to this afternoon at 1:30 PM EST. Here's hoping the "rock star" will come back and perform the National Anthem again today - keeping Jimmy away from the microphone! I guess the lesson here is we need to teach the National Anthem in all of our schools in America! FYI: In the spirit of "full disclosure" -- Jimmy is the oldest son of this blogger!
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Agnes Mandl
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When Agnes was a teenager, she attended Budapest's prestigious Baar Madas private school, run by the Hungarian Reformed Church. Although she was the only Jewish student there, Agnes' parents believed that the superior education at the school was important for their daughter. Agnes' father, a textile importer, encouraged his daughter to think for herself.
1933-39: In 1936 I studied educational techniques with Signora Maria Montessori in Italy and earned a diploma so I could teach. Hoping to improve my French, I traveled to Switzerland in 1939. On September 9, while swimming with friends at Lake Geneva, I met some Polish Jews attending a Zionist Congress. Suddenly, news blared that Germany had overrun Poland. Frightened and still in swimsuits, the Poles ran to try to call their families.
1940-44: In Budapest in 1944 I worked for Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat working to save Jews. That December, the fascists ordered Jews executed at the banks of the Danube River. The Jews were tied in groups of three, and the person in the center was shot so all three fell in and drowned. Wallenberg asked his staff, "Who can swim?" I said that I could. We rushed to the water's edge, and when a group fell in we'd plunge into the icy river. We rescued 50 people. Later, I got sick and fell into a coma for a day and a half.
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The Lindenwood University Jazz Band and Combo will perform on March 31 with St. Louis jazz greats Willie Akins and Willem von Hombracht. The event is an annual Celebrity Jazz Concert at 7:30 p.m. on March 31 at the Robert F. Hyland Performance Arena on the Lindenwood campus.
General admission tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. Tickets are available at the Lindenwood Box Office, (636) 949-4878. For more information, call (636) 916-1912 or (636) 949-4906.
For an additional $2, musicians will be able to take part in a clinic from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. The clinic is for beginners and professionals alike. Call Bob Carter, Lindenwood director of bands, at (636) 916, 1912 to register.
As an added bonus, the concert will include performances by two of the region's best high school jazz bands: The McCluer North Jazz Band, directed by Sam Baudo, and the Francis Howell Central Jazz Band, directed by Lindenwood alumnus David Opperman, who come to the concert fresh from their victory at the Cotton Bowl band competition.
Akins, who has been performing for more than 40 years on tenor and soprano saxophone, cut his musical teeth in New York performing with the likes of Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane. He returned to St. Louis in 1968 and has been a local favorite ever since. He has been universally praised by the critical press in St. Louis and nationally for his superb musicianship. He released his debut album as a leader, Alima, in 1998.
Hombracht is well-known as a contrabass player of great versatility, performing with equal ease in classical, folk and ethnic music, rock and blues, and, of course, jazz. He moved to St. Louis in 1995 and has become firmly entrenched in the music scene here, performing with major local figures like Akins, Freddie Washington and Jeanne Trevor, with whom he traveled to Senegal in 1998 to represent St. Louis in the International Jazz Festival of St. Louis. (Senegal is a sister city of St. Louis.) He also performs on Akins' CD, Alima.
This year will mark the third year of the Lindenwood Celebrity Jazz Concert, following trumpet great Randy Brecker last year and, in 1999, the legendary trumpet virtuoso Clark Terry, who performed in the Grammie Awards telecast in a tribute to Duke Ellington just 11 days later.
The concert will be themed "Hot Jazz on a Cool Night" and will feature works by Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, John LaBarbera and others. In fact, one of the Monk tunes, "Ask Me Now," was dedicated to Clark Terry by the writer, providing a connection to the first Lindenwood celebrity concert.
"All the songs are great solo vehicles for the guest artists and for the band members," said Bob Carter, director of bands at Lindenwood and the conductor of the Jazz Band and Combo. "We are very fortunate to have professional talent the likes of Willie Akins and Willem von Hombracht in our area, and we are pleased to have them as soloists."


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Sometimes, I wish Jerry Manuel came with a mute button. Or at least a filter. Considering all that Carlos Beltran has gone through, to think he'd even consider activating him now for these games as a designated hitter is absurd.
Just because he's playing extended spring training games doesn't mean he's even close to being ready, even as a DH. I can understand him thinking it would be nice, but to suggest it out loud is just ridiculous. It's like when he suggested Jose Reyes hitting third.
Doesn't he think these things through before saying them?
Beltran doesn't go full speed in these games, even if he's playing in the outfield. I'm even concerned about the outfield in these games if he's not able to go full speed.
The Mets botched this with Beltran from the outset, and to think otherwise is being naive. If the Mets are lucky, they'll have Beltran back in August. And, that's after an extended time in Buffalo.


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— We are continually growing and taking steps to keep learning about Jesus, as well as our unique values: emotional health, practicing the Six Principles of Spiritual Living in all areas of our lives, humbly seeking counsel and providing counsel, and reconciliation.
— Each week, we set aside a 24-hour period to keep Sabbath to the Lord, structuring our time around the following characteristics of biblical Sabbaths – Stop, Rest, and Worship. We trust God to build His church while we respect Sabbath-keeping as an essential formation discipline in our lives.
— We model percentage giving (using the tithe as a guideline) in giving to God's work at Good Shepherd. We manage our material resources in a manner that honors God and avoids the traps and enticements of a materialistic culture (e.g. bad debt, gambling, etc.) as we live out the basic principles of planning, giving, saving, budgeting, and balancing a spending plan.
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Posted by: Tikhon29605 Posted on: Today at 12:13:06 AM Who cares about "witnessing"? Cramming your religion down somebody else's throat that hasn't asked for it? Trying to manipulate them to make them feel guilty? What a Protestant question! Posted by: lellimore Posted on: Today at 12:48:03 AM Oy, well now, that was impolite. St. Paul didn't wait for an invitation to preach in the cities he went to.
Real Orthodox "witnessing" if we must call it that, I think would be simply to invite people to Church to "come and see." Having daily services in the local parish (Matins and Vespers, for instance), even if there is a very low attendance, is another way of witnessing to our faith. Building a proper Church Building that proclaims the glory of God (if the parish can afford that) is yet another way. And works of mercy are another way of witnessing: donating food to local food pantries, staffing a soup kitchen, contributing to a homeless shelter etc. I don't think leaflet distribution (what some call "tracts") or bumper stickers will do the job. Orthodoxy just is not good at one liners, and we are certainly not a bumper sticker religion.
In fact, His life was a continuous protest against the dead traditions of Judaism.
Good stuff, spartacus. Much of what you mentioned are things I've also done.To add something: one could also take into account the various "externals" we have in Orthodoxy as bearing witness...this is tricky (or can be), as it's easy to put things like icons, prayer ropes, 3-bar cross necklaces and the sign of the cross "on display" only for the purpose of getting noticed instead of genuinely using them for our own spiritual benefit, which would then be seen by those to whom we are a witness. Nice conversation starters, if you will....
No, I wouldn't say Tikhon's words are a "slap in the face" - just that you come across as Protestant-like using words like "witnessing". However well intentioned you may be, it just sounds odd and unOrthodox.
Quote from: Shiloah on October 03, 2004, 01:57:46 PM In fact, His life was a continuous protest against the dead traditions of Judaism.It was not the traditions that were dead. It was the souls who were placing those traditions above the Spirit with which they were intended that Christ cnstantly challenged and confounded in His Divine Ministry.To say that His life was a "protest" against Judaism seems a little absurd For in order to make a "protest", it is usally the "protestor" who is making an appeal against a greater authority. The Son of God was sent to fulfill the promise God made to the Jewish people. His life, crucifiction and resurrection here on Earth was not a "protest"! It was Scripture fulfilled! Gently and with humility...and occasional righteous indignation in the presence of people doing evil when they should have known better.
Acts 1:8 - But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.Take from that what you will...
Good point, but let us not forget how many times we see Paul and other people preaching, like in synagogues, before those in authority, in marketplaces, etc in the book of Acts.
Yet Saint Stephen, the first "witness," was not charged w/ preaching at all but rather w/ serving tables. He was a deacon, and in the NT, deacons serve, like behind-the-scenes. They don't preach or lead the church or anything. Their primary purpose is to serve.Yet he "witnessed" to the risen Lord in the same way that I have described. So the NT picture is that "witnessing" is not limited to what you have said.
Actually....He was called on all the wonders that followed him by the Synagogue of the Freedmen to give an account. They basically dragged him before the Sanhedrin to give a defense of the faith. So he didn't go around witnessing as much as the Apostles -- who devoted themsleves "to prayer and to the ministry of the word" (Acts 6:4) -- but he was appointed through the laying on of hands to a specific office and function within the Church...one of which functions was healing and miracles, which got him in trouble.So again...we should be ready to give thorough reasons for our faith if and when we're asked, but let's not go around just witnessing, witnessing, witnessing unless we've received the calling or are given the opportunity to do so.
So, are you all saying that as an Orthodox Christian you don't talk about your faith unless you're asked?
And what do you all do with Matth.25:31-46?
Who decides on what person is allowed to devote themselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word?
And if only appointed people are supposed to spread the gospel, where are they in the Orthodox Church? It must mean more than a little 5-10 minute message before the liturgy?
Are we not all commissioned, which does not mean that we all have to 'be in ministry', but somehow I would think that our faith needs to be a part of our life more than just attending on Sunday?
With witnessing I actually mean to show evidence of the Lord's work in your life. I never had going from door to door or such in mind.
I guess, eventually when you're all a little older and have mellowed down a bit, things will get more balanced.
...I guess part of what has prompted the previous few replies of mine was that.... there was severe persecution going on at the hands of unbelieving Jews and Romans. In this environment, coupled with the absolute certainty that Christ WAS COMING within their lifetime, then yes, it's understandable that overt preaching was going on. In a situation like that, what other choice did they have?But nowadays...we've realized that Christ didn't come back then. We await Him, no doubt...but we realize He may not return within our generation, or within a hundred of our generations. Or He may return tomorrow. We should prepare for the latter, while allowing for and understanding God's timetable if the former is the case.Also, we are no longer under the life-or-death persecution of the first belivers...and I say that because 1) we are therefore obviously not as committed to Christ as the Church as many of the holy martyrs of the Church were (or are, in still-communist or radically muslim countries), and 2) it makes for a lot easier of a time for those around us and how they view our faith. And that's what witnessing comes down to: what is the most effective way to present our faith to others that is attractive, but not compromised? For Ss. Polycarp, Ignatius, and Peter and Paul, it was their total willingness to be martyred and joy and love for their captors that drew thousands to the faith -- a totally selfless act. I'm just not sure that overt witnessing, while direct and more focused on "the message" (whichever one that happens to be), should be employed or relied on AS MUCH towards those who don't see our faith in the context of standing up to threat of physical death. In that context, yes, the direct message makes a bigger impact. But now, when the physical violence isn't present, we have to rely more on the "unseen warfare" of our own souls -- a "white martyrdom," in other words -- to produce the true holiness that will shine out to others and be the best witness available."The Word became flesh / And He dwelt among men / We have seen Him with our eyes / And we have held Him in our hands / But before you say whatever you will, I think you'd better do the best that you can / Or it won't do."
Another thing that Pedro mentioned that bothers me is that it sounds like he is trying to make the case that things aren't urgent now.
People need Christ and if their sin is not taken away by His blood, they will be lost. People die every day.
Your favorite unbelieving coworker could die on the way home from work today.
It is the message of the foolishness of the cross that the Holy Spirit uses to bring salvation - especially in our postmodern culture where most any action is met w/ a dreamy, vague smile, a nod, and a "Wow, that's so great."
People don't tend to be all that impressed w/ works of charity alone.
The need is great. The Cross is greater.
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Saturday, December 05, 2009
The DARPA balloon project
In case you haven't been following what's going on at Groundspeak today: http://www.10balloonies.com/ Looks like they're closing in on all 10 balloons, thanks to the nationwide network of geocachers.
Posted by IowaAdmin at 3:59 PM
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- IowaAdmin said...
The latest report is that one of the balloons has been discovered in Iowa.
- 5:11 PM, December 05, 2009
- Gamsci said...
Really!? Where? There was a suspected sighting in Des Moines, and groundspeak quickly published a virtual (I know!) for us locals to go verify. Unfortunately, there was no red DARPA balloon. :(
- 6:11 PM, December 05, 2009
- IowaAdmin said...
Hmm, maybe the Iowa sighting was a false alarm.
- 7:39 PM, December 05, 2009
- Parabola said...
I think they all where found by 3:00 pm today. And none in Iowa. :( That sure happened fast.
- 10:36 PM, December 06, 2009
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (Dec. 28, 2012) – The ETSU women's basketball team hits the road for the fifth time this season as the Lady Bucs close non-conference play with a trip to Chapel Hill, N.C. to take on the No. 16/23 North Carolina Tar Heels at 2 p.m. ET inside Carmichael Arena.
ETSU (2-4) will be looking to snap a two-game losing streak, having dropped a road contest at LSU and a home meeting with Appalachian State. Bouncing back will be quite the challenge against the nationally-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels who are coming off back-to-back wins against Coastal Carolina and East Carolina. The game will be streamed live through GoHeels TV on GoHeels.com and live radio will be streamed through Tar Heel Sports Network which is linked through GoHeels.com as well. Live stats can also be found on GoHeels.com.
Though the contest will be a challenge, ETSU and UNC are familiar with one another, having met eight times over the past 17 seasons, with Friday's matchup being the fourth in the four years. The most recent meeting was on Dec. 11, 2011, when the Tar Heels bested the Lady Bucs 93-77 inside Carmichael Arena.
For more on Friday's game read the game notes below. For more on ETSU women's basketball throughout the 2012-13 season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's hoops link.
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The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called "ETSU" ... East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable.
ETSU (2-4) welcomed Appalachian State (7-1) on Tuesday night in Johnson City, Tenn. The Lady Bucs got off to a slow start and were trailing by 13 points midway through the first half. ETSU battled back though and cut the deficit to four going into halftime. They carried the momentum over to the second half and took a one-point lead seven minutes into the second half. The lead was short-lived as ASU went on a 36-7 run over the final 13 minutes to break the game open, resulting in a 85-57 loss. Newcomer Tiana Burley (Camilla, Ga.) saw her first action as a Lady Buc due to NCAA transfer rules and added a double-double of 19 points and 13 rebounds.
Friday's contest in Carmichael Arena will be the 14th all-time meeting between the two schools, with UNC holding a 13-0 edge. The Lady Bucs and Tar Heels met last season when UNC hosted ETSU and came away victorious, 93-77. This game featured four Lady Bucs who scored in double-figures, including Shawn Randall (Orlando, Fla.) (16), Destiny Mitchell (Bluffton, Ga.) (13) and Brianna Bogard (Georgetown, Texas) (11). The Lady Bucs held their own with the nationally-ranked Tar Heels in the first 20 minutes as ETSU held a pair of leads and only trailed by four at the half, 39-35. UNC took a sizeable lead early in the second half, but ETSU cut into it, putting the Lady Bucs down by only five points midway through the half. The Tar Heels responded with a 18-2 run and put away the Lady Bucs. This loss dropped ETSU to 0-10 and put back-to-back wins together for UNC.
The emergence of redshirt-sophomore Tiana Burley (Camilla, Ga.) has provided a badly-needed inside presence for the Lady Bucs. In the transfer's first action as a Lady Buc due to NCAA regulations, the center came off the bench and posted a double-double of 19 points and 13 rebounds in a loss to Appalachian State. This performance awarded Burley A-Sun Newcomer of the Week honors on Dec. 26.
The Lady Bucs only play at home twice in the month of November and December combined (vs. Memphis on Nov. 30 and Appalachian State on Dec. 18) … overall, ETSU plays 11 of its first 15 games away from Johnson City from Nov. 10-Jan. 21.
ETSU used a strong showing at the free throw line to knock off Morehead State back on Dec. 2 inside Johnson Arena … the Blue and Gold knocked down 23 of their 27 free throw attempts and went 12-of-14 at the charity stripe in the final minute of play … overall, ETSU ranks fourth in the Atlantic Sun in free throw shooting (70.0), while Destiny Mitchell (Bluffton, Ga.) (2nd, 83.3) and Brianna McQueen (Jonesboro, Ga.) (3rd, 78.1) all rank in the top-10 individually.
The Blue and Gold have out-rebounded the opposition in four of the six games this season and enter Friday's game with a plus-3.0 rebounding margin (42.8-39.8) … in its game at Morehead State, ETSU out-rebounded the Eagles by 20, 46-26 … the Lady Bucs' plus-3.0 rebound margin currently ranks in the top 100 in the country.
Destiny Mitchell (Bluffton, Ga.) has scored in double figures in four out of six games of the season and is averaging 15.8 points per contest … Mitchell scoring a season-high 26 points in the opener at High Point back on Nov. 10 and added 14 points and 16 rebounds in the 10-point win vs. Memphis to close out the month of November ... Mitchell is currently fourth in the A-Sun in scoring (15.8), fifth in rebounding (7.8), tied for first in steals (3.0), second in free throw percentage (83.3) and tied for third in field goal percentage (50.0).
Mitchell is well on her way to become the 21st Lady Buc to join the 1,000-point club ... She is on pace to break the 1,000-point mark near the end of February as she registered 347 points as a freshman and 367 points as a sophomore for 714 total points... through ETSU's first six games of the 2012-13 season she has scored 79 to move her career total to 793.. if Mitchell scores in similar fashion in the next two years as she did as a rookie and a sophomore, she will put herself in the top-10 in Lady Buc history.
Coach Kemp's motto is "In order to be the best, you have to play the best" … the Lady Bucs will do that again in 2012-13. ETSU is scheduled to face three teams that were in last week's College Insider Mid Major Top 25 -- Chattanooga, FGCU and Appalachian State -- and will faceoff two teams who are currently inside or receiving votes in the AP Top 25 -- North Carolina and Iowa State.
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For more information on ETSU women's basketball, please visit ETSUBucs.com.


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Valsad: Gujarat posted a mammoth 566 in their first innings after skipper Parthiv Patel and Manprit Juneja also struck hundreds to give the hosts an overwhelming upperhand against Hyderabad in their Ranji Trophy Group B match here on Sunday.
Gujarat eventually folded after 165.2 overs. In reply, Hyderabad were one down for 50 in 12 overs at the draw of stumps.
While Patel`s 111 came off 144 deliveries, Juneja negotiated 159 deliveries in his 106-run knock.
Resuming at the overnight score of 254 for two, which included opener Smit Patel`s 114, Gujarat never seemed in trouble.
But Bhargav Merai fell short of what could have been the fourth century in Gujarat`s scorecard, falling for 78 that came off 157 balls and included 13 hits to the fence.
Hanuma Vihari dismissed him but that did little to stop Gujarat`s onslaught as Patel and Juneja combined for a 178-run fifth-wicket partnership.
The two batsmen frustrated the Hyderabad bowlers, who were ordinary at best. While Patel struck 14 boundaries, Juneja sent down 16 fours during his stay at the crease.
Eventually Patel became Vihari`s second victim, while Juneja was sent back by Lalit Mohan.
After the duo`s departure, Gujarat`s tail did not wag much as Hyderabad stopped the hosts from crossing 600.
Replying to the target, Hyderabad were not off to the best of starts as Bhavesh Baria induced an edge from opener Kolla Sumanth to dismiss him for 18.
At close of play, skipper Akshath Reddy (30) and Mohammed Khader (2) were holding fort for Hyderabad.
Brief Score:
Gujarat 1st Innings: 566
Hyderabad 1st Innings: 50/1 in 12 overs (A Reddy 30 batting).


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These sessions are not ability specific as we'll have something for everyone. Each session is personalized to each athlete based on your current level of fitness. So whether you're looking to build or maintain your fitness over the winter or come out flying in the spring we can help.
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Arkansas falls short at Ole Miss
Mississippi's Murphy Holloway (31) dunks the ball in a game against Arkansas at Tad Smith Coliseum in Oxford, Miss., on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Oxford Eagle, Bruce Newman)
OXFORD, Miss. First there was the terrible shooting touch and then a power outage plunged Tad Smith Coliseum into darkness.
Ole Miss senior Murphy Holloway could have been frustrated, but instead he just laughed it off. Not much can faze these Rebels, and now they're off to their best start in Southeastern Conference play since the 1936-37 season.
Marshall Henderson scored 16 points, Murphy Holloway added 15 and Ole Miss slowly pulled away late in the second half for a 76-64 victory over Arkansas on Saturday afternoon.
"I'm proud that our team continues to find a way to win," Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy said. "We've still got a lot of things that we can improve. It's the first time we've started 4-0 since 1937, but that actually has absolutely nothing to do with this group. They don't think about any of that stuff. It's just about us getting better and getting to the next game. Obviously, the spotlight's gotten a little brighter."
The hard-fought game was stopped by an approximately 30-minute long power outage with 5:37 left in the first half, which school officials said was due to a power failure that affected a large chunk of the campus. Ole Miss led 24-21 when the court went dark, and the Rebels seemed to respond better to the lengthy delay, pushing the lead to 34-26 by halftime when play finally resumed.
"(Arkansas was) probably more mad about it then we were," Holloway said with a grin. "We go to Ole Miss — a lot of stuff doesn't work right around here."
Ole Miss' home court — affectionately known as the "Tad Pad" — is one of the older facilities in the SEC and isn't known for its aesthetic beauty. It's also had issues before, like during a Ole Miss-Tennessee women's game in 2011 when a rainstorm outside leaked through the roof and flooded the floor.
But when the lights were on during Saturday's game, the Tad Pad was loud. The school announced a second straight sellout.
The Rebels didn't make a 3-pointer in the first half, but hit six of them after halftime to slowly pull away. Jarvis Summers and Nick Williams both added 14 points to help extend the team's winning streak to seven games.
Williams began the season as a starter, but has moved into a sixth man role that he's embraced. He was 3 of 5 from 3-point range.
"I had to get used to it at first," Williams said. "Me and coach talked about some ways I can help the team and we thought that was best."
Arkansas (11-6, 2-2) recovered from a 13-point deficit early in the second half to tie the game at 50 with 10:59 remaining. Marshawn Powell scored 16 points to lead the Razorbacks while B.J. Young scored 14 and Hunter Mickelson added 10.
Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said the 30-minute lull in action hurt his team's momentum.
"That's really weird," Anderson said. "I thought it had an effect on our team. I'm not taking anything away from Ole Miss because I thought they played well. It was a game of runs. We made a run and had an opportunity to take the lead, but then they made some tremendous hustle plays."
The Rebels pushed their lead to 41-28 with 17:40 remaining in the game on a 3-pointer by Williams, but then Arkansas started a methodical comeback. The Razorbacks went on a 22-9 run over a little less than seven minutes, tying the game at 50 on Rickey Scott's basket with 10:59 left.
But Arkansas could never take the lead. Henderson and Williams hit back-to-back 3-pointers half to push Ole Miss ahead 58-52 and the Razorbacks could never mount another serious challenge.
"We just didn't make the plays down the stretch," Anderson said. "Our inability to take care of the ball really cost us."
Ole Miss shot just 28 of 70 from the field (40 percent), but forced 19 Arkansas turnovers. Henderson is the SEC's leading scorer, averaging more than 19 points per game, but he shot just 5 of 16 from the field.
Holloway made 7 of 13 shots from the field and added a game-high 11 rebounds for the 34th double-double of his career. Reginald Buckner blocked four shots.
Ole Miss continued its dominance in the series with Arkansas. The Rebels have won 22 out of the past 30 against the Razorbacks, including nine of the last 10 and six in a row.
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Robert J. LeBoeuf, 91, of 49 Malby Ave, Massena peacefully passed away in his sleep at his home November 17, 2012 Saturday evening. Friends and family may call Monday evening, November 19,2012 from 6:30 - 8:30 pm at the Phillips Memorial Home, Massena. A Funeral Mass for Robert J. LeBoeuf will be held Tuesday, November 20, 2012 10:00 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church with Rev. Jack Downs presiding. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery.
Surviving Robert is his beloved wife of 66 years Catherine (Kitty); his sons, Robert J. and Alan J. and Laura both of Massena, Glen P. of Roseville, Mi; his daughter, Jean E. LeBoeuf and partner Lori Blaha of Massena; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Robert was the last of 11 siblings.
Robert was born in Massena, NY April 25, 1921 the son of John and Elizabeth (Santimaw) LeBoeuf. He graduated from Massena High School.
Robert served his country honorably in the US Army Air Corp. during WW II. Following his discharge he worked in the St. Lawrence River Power in Alcoa. In 1956, Robert went to work at the New York State Power Authority and retired in 1984 as a Senior Control Operator.
He married Catherine Tyo June 1, 1946 at St. Lawrence Church with Rev. Patrick Riley presiding. After Robert's retirement Robert and Kitty spent 23 wonderful winters in New Port Richey, Fl. and in the summers as a family were spent on their cottage on Wilson Hill.
Robert and Kitty for many years enjoyed square dancing, playing cards and golfing. Robert was member of the Am Vets Post # 4, Massena Elk's Lodge B.P.O.E. # 1702 and a communicant of St. Joseph's Church.
Online condolences to www.phillipsmemorial.com


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Kishore Kumar
Kishore Kumar (4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987), born Abhas Kumar Kanjilal Ganguly was an Indian filmplayback singer and an actor who also worked as lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter. Kishore Kumar sang in many Indian languages including Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Assamese,Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Oriya. He won 8 Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singerand holds the record for most number of Filmfare Awards won in that category. He was awarded the "Lata Mangeshkar Award" by the Madhya Pradesh government and from that year onwards, the Madhya Pradesh Government initiated a new award called the "Kishore Kumar Award" for contributions to Hindi cinema.


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Fall conference looks at the challenges of working with higher network speeds.
Nearly 1,200 members of the voice/data/video industry traveled to the BICSI 2002 Fall Conference at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, August 19-22 to learn about the latest developments in copper and the optical fiber world.
The big news in copper cabling is TIA's June publication of Addendum 1 to the 568-B.2-1 standard for Cat. 6 balanced, twisted-pair copper cabling. This document covers end-to-end cabling specifications, component/connector hardware specs, field tester requirements, and measurement procedures. It puts special emphasis on patch cord test and performance needs and on accurate measurements for near-end and far-end crosstalk—unwanted interference that degrades the digital signals carried on the cable.
On the optical fiber side, manufacturers and specifiers continue to discuss the economics of using 50-micron multimode fiber for carrying data at Gigabit (and beyond) Ethernet speeds.
On Monday, the three, full-day seminars for members only covered:
- LAN Design and Performance.
This session helped designers become familiar with the performance specifications and design rules associated with Cat. 5e, Cat. 6 and fiber-optic cabling systems. In addition, attendees left the session with an understanding of the benefits of current field test methods to certify cabling installation and the relationship between cabling installation and active network performance.
- Outside Plant Construction.
This session focused on the legalities of the new ANSI/TIA/EIA 758 Standard on outside plant construction. Future changes to the standard were also highlighted throughout the seminar.
- Cabling Installation.
A comprehensive review of important installation practices, based on ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B, ANSI/TIA/EIA-606-A, and the ANSI/NECA/BICSI 568-2001 standards, were presented during this session. The workshop also addressed topics such as proper cable separation from power conductors, conduit fill, bend radii, cable removal, and the all-important 50-ft rule for OSP cable. A panel discussion on modular furniture and surface-mount raceway followed.
Technical session highlights
Jerry Bowman, president, Superior Systems Technologies, Columbus, Ohio, outlined the importance of security in today's communications systems. He focused on how to prepare for emergencies and how to protect against hackers and cyber terrorists.
Frank LaPlante, vice president marketing, Anixter, Inc., Skokie, Ill., spoke about the rapidly evolving application of CCTV-type services. These imaging systems, which can be carried on twisted-pair cabling more economically than on coaxial cable, can be included in a building's UTP copper-based structured wiring system. CCT lacks standards, and it's difficult to measure headroom, so two separate cabling plants aren't necessary.
Edward Kientz, president, Benner-Nawman, Inc., Wickenberg, Ariz., reviewed the work of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). As the group's current president, he was able to describe how a standard is developed and published. He also offered portions of the association's Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast report for 2002. Some of the report's key findings reveal that private branch exchange (PBX) spending will reach $4 billion, key telephone systems (KTS) will top $1.6 billion, and voice-processing equipment for Internet protocol (IP) application will be at $5.9 billion. Spending on voice system gear will reach $15 billion in the next few years, with PBX, KTS, and voice-processing equipment growing at 5.1%, 6%, and 6.2%, respectively.
Todd Fries, HellermannTyton, Milwaukee, detailed the labeling and record keeping procedures required by the revised ANSI/TIA/EIA 606-A standard. By properly identifying system elements and maintaining accurate records, all moves, adds, and changes, troubleshooting, and repairs can be handled faster and more efficiently. The standard gives four classes of administration that accommodate the varying degrees of complexity found in today's buildings or campus environments.
John E. George, fiber development manager, OFS, Norcross, Ga., provided an update on the latest fiber standards and discussed the growing use of 50-micron multimode optical fiber and the decline of the older 62.5-micron fiber. He reviewed the developments in the 802.3ae standard, such as the coming 10 Gigabit Ethernet specs and the advisability of using the new 850 laser optimized 50/125-micron fiber, which offers 200 MHz-km of bandwidth.
Jeff Hinton, sales specialists, Dominion Lasercom, Inc., Bryan, Texas, discussed the use of a fiber-coupled, free-space laser communications system. Operating at up to 100 Mb/s full duplex Ethernet, the system can cover distances as far as 1,000 meters. Applications include extending LAN and campus data/voice networks and backing up fiber and microwave networks.
Les Baxter, Consultant, Avaya, Inc., Little Silver, N.J., offered an overview of the IEEE 1394b standard, which is rapidly becoming the preferred network for transmitting digital video and audio at distances as far as 100 meters. Providing a very flexible interconnection procedure, a 1394 network can serve as a subsystem for delivery of multimedia information at speeds as high as 100 Mb/sec within a structured cabling system. As many as 63 devices may be connected.
Robert Jensen, optical fiber programs manager, Fluke Networks, Austin, Texas, spotlighted a recent BICSI survey showing that, while fiber application is steadily growing, users need the latest information about field test methods and optical loss budgets. The IEEE 802.3 standard has only a 2.38dB optical power loss for Gigabit Ethernet over 62.5-micron fiber. Jensen discussed a new Telecommunication System Bulletin (TSB) under development by TIA TR-42.8 that describes the testing of fiber length, optical loss and polarity, and that also invokes a two-tier test procedure.
Timothy Kraft, RCDD/LAN specialist, Gt Gith Communication Services, Albany, N.Y., evaluated the IEEE 802.3af Power Over Ethernet standard. Two different power insertion techniques to deliverer 48V DC power to equipment on a network's UTP (unshielded twisted-pair) copper cabling are under study. A standard covering power supply equipment, connecting hardware, and a protocol that recognizes when a device is inserted into the network are needed. Applications include voice over IP, wireless access points, PDAs, building automation system sensors, security access gear, lighting control, and home automation/entertainment equipment. This technology greatly increases the AC power requirements in a telecommunications closet.


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Mission of the Yanmar 6BY3-260
The 6BY3 in-line 6-cylinder block is rated from 220-hp to 260-hp and fills in the top of the lower tier of Yanmar's horsepower range. She performs equally well in sportboat, cruising boat and fishboat applications. Her strong suits are her lightweight, one of the lightest on the market, quiet operation, and the ability to mate with the Yanmar ZT370 sterndrive which provides superior performance to conventional inboard systems.
For these reasons, the 6BY3-260 is as versatile as any diesel engine in class.With the protective covering removed from the top of the 6BY3 diesel we can see the aluminum intake manifold of this in-line 6 design.
Major Features of the Yanmar 6BY3-260
?Lightweight. At 694 lbs. (315 kg) it is one of the lightest diesel engines in class on the market. Yanmar has been able to accomplish this weight savings by using aluminum in the pistons, oil pan, heat exchanger, raw water air cooler and elsewhere. She also has a hollow, heat-treated cam shaft, employs plastic for its valve covers and raw water plumbing among other things.
?Smooth Running and Relatively Quiet. Because she is a relatively high rpm diesel (rated at 260-hp at 4000 rpm) 6-cylinder in-line engine she runs smoothly and as a result is relatively quiet for a diesel. Her common rail and pre-injection system also reduces both noise and emissions.
?150 Amp Alternator. Yanmar is aware of the power requirement that modern boats have and has stepped up to the plate by equipping the 6BY3-260 engine with one of the highest output alternators in class.
?CAN Bus Output. Yanmar uses the NMEA 2000 Protocol that standardizes digital communications among a wide variety of electrical equipment including data display units. This means when re-powering, the 6BY3-260 can be plugged into existing displays if they are NMEA 200 compatible.
?High-Quality Paint. Yanmar uses a high-quality two-part polyurethane paint to protect the engine's surface from rust.
See BoatTEST.com's video on the 6BY series engine…
Yanmar ZT350 Sterndrive
The 6BY3-260 diesel can be used in a conventional inboard configuration or be connected to Yanmar's own sterndrive, the ZT350. Yanmar's lower units are the only ones currently on the market that was designed specifically for exclusive use with diesel applications, and as a result is built with robust shafts and pinion gears to take the tremendous torque exerted by diesel engines.
Sterndrive propulsion has several advantages over conventional inboard straight shaft systems--
1) Sterndrives give up to 30% better fuel economy at cruising speeds.
2) They usually provide as much as 15% higher top speed.
3) They usually draw less water.
4) They permit the engine to be located in the stern of the boat, and fairly low, which opens up the mid sections of the boat for other uses.
Hydraulic Clutch. The Yanmar ZT370 uses a hydraulic clutch instead of a cone clutch. The result is the complete elimination of the "clunk" that one hears, and the slight jolt that is sometimes felt, when a cone-clutch lower unit is put into gear. The ZT370 goes into gear smoothly and quietly because it is hydraulic.
Other Features. The ZT370 also has two counter rotating props. These props keep the boat going straight in single-engine applications as well as helping the boat get on plane faster. The lower unit's gears are robust and precision-forged for longer life. The unit has through-the-hub exhaust for lower back pressure, provides power steering and power trim, as well as being the same size for transom mounting as other brands.
See the BoatTEST.com video on the Yanmar ZT sterndrive…
Joystick Control for the 6BY3-ZT260
At the date of the publication of this report Yanmar does not have a proprietary joystick control system for the 6BY3-ZT260 as it has for its larger engines. What is used instead is an Optimus 360-degree joystick made by SeaStar.
Joystick Operation. SeaStar makes a full line of joystick products along with many other types of control systems for marine applications. The Optimus 360 is a three-axis unit with a guided feel that has both a "boost" and a "take command" mode for simple, intuitive operation.
Typically, the joystick control is limited to rpms of 1200 and less as the unit is intended strictly for close quarter maneuvering and station-keeping.
Diagnostics And Adjustments. The CANtrak digital display is part of the Optimus 360 package. In addition to the system diagnostics, it can also adjust the number of turns lock-to-lock of the steering, adjust the effort of the steering, and modify the amount of tow in/out of the inboard engine when placed in a hard-over turn. It also shows the direction of the lower units like a rudder indicator.
Gas vs. Diesel
It is not often that we are able to compare the performance of gas engines with a diesel engine, but the Yanmar 6BY3-260 is one happy case in point. The image above is a frame from a video comparing two tests we did in the same 25' (7.62 m) model boat with one powered by the Yanmar 6BY3-260 diesel and a sistership powered by a 300-hp MerCruiser gas engine.
Gas is Fast. As one might expect the gas-powered boat with 40 more horsepower had the highest WOT speed, helped to some degree by the cooler day and slightly lighter load. The gas vessel also was quicker out of the hole. This was a good apples-to-apples gas vs. diesel test as even the lower units were the same -- Mercury Bravo III units. The test was done before the introduction of the Yanmar sterndrive lower unit.
The Long Ranger. But there was one characteristic in which the Yanmar 6BY3-260 excelled -- and that was range. The diesel powered boat got exactly 50 miles more on a tank of fuel (with a 10% reserve) which means that its range was 30% greater. Add to that the fact that in Europe diesel fuel is typically these days about 10% less expensive than gasoline, and it becomes obvious why Europeans have long preferred diesel engines to gas-powered ones.
The gas vs. diesel debate will always be with us and both have their advantages. But a system that is not so debatable is conventional inboard, straight-shaft propulsion vs. a sterndrive system. Because of its location, angle of attack, twin counter-rotating props, and drag coefficients, sterndrives are simply more efficient than straight inboards no matter what kind of fuel the engines burn.
Add to that the ability to dock with a joystick, and the Yanmar 6BY3-260 becomes a compelling system in our opinion.


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A certain suspense comes with compulsively refreshing the Cucalorus Film Festival's Kickstarter profile
A certain suspense comes with compulsively refreshing the Cucalorus Film Festival's Kickstarter profile to see if a surge of donations have appeared between clicks. Since Aug. 30, the local foundation has been raising money through the popular fundraising website for its annual five-day exhibition of independent film.
As of Friday afternoon, more than $17,000 had been pledged toward Cucalorus 19, which runs Nov. 13-17. A sizable chunk of change for the small foundation, the figure was still about $5,000 shy of the organization's $23,000 goal. And, per Kickstarter's rules, if the goal isn't met, every penny is returned to the nearly 200 "backers" that have donated.
On Sunday, the month-long campaign arrives at its precise 7:39 p.m. deadline, and the outcome is far from certain.
For festival director Dan Brawley, however, a little financial uncertainty isn't out of the ordinary for the foundation, which could have nearly $300,000 in expenses this year.
"Cucalorus is an entrepreneurial endeavor," said Brawley. "There is no upside; it is all risk. It is a nonprofit, so even if there was an upside, it just goes back to the community."
That risk is something Brawley and his staff, who maintain offices at Jengo's Playhouse on Princess Street, must contend with every year when securing funds for the festival – an operation he likens to an expanding accordion.
"For a month or two (following the festival), we are a one-man-show," Brawley said. "The whole organization compresses down into this really efficient, bare-bones operation through the off-season."
The off-season usually extends through February, at which time Brawley's accordion operation calls for entries to the festival and holds the annual Oscar Party. Signifying the official start to the Cucalorus funding year, the party is a night when local film fans can pay to watch the awards ceremony in style. This's year's party sold close to 300 tickets, which acts as the foundation's first income of the year – funding Brawley said "keeps us in the game." That game, at least in the year's first quarter, is the challenge of applying for grants and approaching sponsors.
"The first few months of the year are really big in the grant world," said Brawley, who added that some grant proposals are written as early as 18 months in advance of the festival. "The first proposal for next year's festival has already been written."
For Cucalorus 19, the foundation received national grants from the Fledging Fund and AlternateROOTS. Last year, a pivotal one for the foundation's national presence, saw grants come in from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the National Endowment for the Arts.
"That was really the first time we were able to reach beyond the local level," Brawley said.
It's the local support, however, that Brawley is quick to recognize as a vital part of the organization's continued growth.
"Our base of support is local, and I think that is the typical evolution of a nonprofit," Brawley said. "If you don't generate enough local support, then you don't have the resources to apply for other grants."
Once grant applications have been submitted, the accordion operation expands once again as the foundation localizes its focus in search of sponsors.
"We have been really lucky that so many small local businesses have supported us for a decade or more. A lot of family-run businesses and others that are deep in the soil of New Hanover County," Brawley said. "They see the value of supporting emerging artists and the value of supporting a cultural activity that brings attention to Wilmington and our film industry."
Longtime sponsors include EUE/Screen Gems Studios, the City of Wilmington, Sage Island, R.A. Jeffreys, several law firms, engineering firms, hotels and StarNews Media, among many others.
Kim Lannou, account executive for Sage Island, says that their business provides website and promotional postcard design for the festival and has enjoyed a mutually beneficial partnership for more than five years.
"Cucalorus has that funky creative edge and quirky sense of humor that we do, which allows us to think outside of the box when designing for them," Lannou said. "Everyone knows who Cucalorus is so working with them each year provides us with a great networking opportunity."
In exchange for the support and creative contributions to the festival, Sage Island staffers receive passes to the screenings and invites to festival parties.
But Sage Island isn't the only one providing services that are essential to the operation at Cucalorus. More than $250,000 worth of resources comes through the foundation's doors in the form of donated goods, including advertisements, food and beverages, professional services and volunteer hours. That show of support is something that Brawley said encourages others to contribute as well.
By late July and early August, funding comes from early ticket and festival pass sales. Each year, around 12,000 festival tickets are distributed for between 90 and 100 events – which includes tickets sold, tickets given to volunteers and sponsors, and tickets included in passes. This year, the foundation wants to make $60,000 in ticket sales, which vary from $10 individual screening tickets to the $300 Pegasorus Pass, which includes unlimited screening access and admission to parties and special events.
By August, the foundation launches its Kickstarter campaign.
"Before Kickstarter, we had a membership program, and so now Kickstarter is our new membership program. It is the way anybody can donate to and support the organization," said Brawley, who noted the foundation has had two successful Kickstarter campaigns in the past. "It is an exciting and social tool that allows us to reach filmmakers all over the world whose work we have supported over the years."
Fans and filmmakers can rest assured, though, that come Sunday night, if the Kickstarter campaign falls short of its goal, Cucalorus 19's show will still go on.
"We're stable enough that (not reaching the goal) wouldn't disrupt our day to day but it would have an impact on our long-term abilities," Brawley said. "Hopefully, in that case, we would find ways to adapt that wouldn't be noticeable to those coming to the festival. But we are very optimistic Kickstarter will be successful."
Once the festival arrives, the accordion operation reaches its peak expansion, with a full professional staff, interns and several contractual workers.
"For five days in November, Cucalorus has all the characteristics of a huge operation," Brawley said. "It is one of the most fascinating things about Cucalorus. It is this temporary institution that sets up shop for five days and then vanishes."
Contractual workers make up a large portion of that temporary expansion, coming on board for limited time frames to complete specific duties. Some of the positions include operations manager; engagement specialist, who coordinates with community groups that could have an interest in festival film; travel coordinator; and hotel coordinator. Brawley said these positions receive a small stipend that can range from $300 to around $9,000 depending on the work load and duration. With contractors, the Cucalorus staff increases in October from four, who work for the majority of the year, to a dozen, who will stay on board until the festival concludes.
Blair Nidds, now the travel coordinator for the foundation, started as a volunteer, earning passes for Cucalorus 15 and 16 by working with the ACE organization at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Nidds stuck around because helping organize the festival provides her a "roller-coaster high."
"At first I just enjoyed seeing films, but now it is this passion project because I enjoy working for something I believe in," said Nidds, who has been working on contract since June. "For me, it is neat to see the operations side of the festival and to know I had a hand in it."
All told, Brawley said the foundation's income profile makes for an "incredibly dynamic business" with sources of income – grants, ticket sales, sponsors, donations and other small sources – he estimates each represent about 20 percent of the foundation's overall resources.
Many of those resources go to something that Brawley believes helps Cucalorus stand out from the pack.
"We give straight back to the filmmakers showcasing their films and I would challenge almost any other film festival to match the percentage of resources that we give back to them," Bralwey said.
In particular, the foundation aims to pay for travel, hotels and honorariums, as well as some rental fees for more prominent films. "Other festivals fly filmmakers out like we do, but they have million-dollar budgets," Brawley said.
While Cucalorus may not have a multimillion dollar budget, Brawley said the festival's income has grown each year.
"I think that is remarkable," he said. "I believe Cucalorus is still growing and is on the verge of exploding. I don't know when that will happen or how that will happen. It is just a matter of being patient."
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Vanessa Hudgens Picks Up A Lot of Takeout After Hawaii Getaway
Vanessa Hudgens has found a new accessory to hide her pretty face — food!
The 25-year-old actress picked up some take out to go after a morning workout session on Thursday (June 26) in Los Angeles.
Vanessa just recently returned from a family trip to Hawaii, with her younger sister Stella and Stella's boyfriend, Alec.
"Last week I took a much needed getaway to Hawaii with some family and friends and had the time of my liffeeeee! So I wanted to share a few special pics with you from my trip. We did a lil trucking through the Na Pali Coast and I've seriously never felt more one with nature. I got to see so many amazing things like this 300 foot waterfall! And things got a little cray cray when I went zip lining through the forest. (Um, hello Tarzan!!) This trip reminded me how important it is to truly appreciate the beauty of Mother Earth," Vanessa wrote on Tumblr.
She continued, "Now that I'm back home and already missing the island sun, I HAD to add to the Wanderlust board on my Pinterest . Take me backkkkkkk."
Check out all her pics on Instagram!
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|2004-08-24, 11:46
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Kyubi's "Motive" for helping naruto.
Every time naruto is about to die, Kyubi saves his ass by giving him massive chakra and strenth.
Example when jiraiya threw him off the cliff, kyubi saved him by giving him the chakra to summon gama.
When Naruto was falling helpessly towards Oro's summon who was going to eat him in the forest of death, just before he was to die, naruto got kyubi'fied and saved himself.
"Are you saying that if you die, i am going to die as well? You have some nerve trying to blackmail me"
Kyubi said that to naruto when naruto first "met" him.
When naruto was dying during the kabuto fight, We saw a shot of kyubi in the dark askign himself "Why is it dark? why is it so dark?" He seemed almost worried.
My question is this ..... the 9 tails is a demon that never dies. It just keeps getting reborn over and over. Its immortal basically. You cant kill it.
That is why the 4th hokage couldnt just make a deal with the death god and kill kyubi. Because he couldnt kill him, he imprisoned him inside naruto with the seal.
So that brings up the obvious question .... If naruto dies .... kyubi is free.
If naruto dies, theres no way that kyubi is going to die as well. The worst that would happen is that he would return to his "alternate dimension'" or wherever kyubi usually is before he comes to earth.
So why in the hell does he care if naruto dies? Why does he help naruto when naruto is going to die? If naruto dies, he is no longer in prison. And even if naruto's death will send him back to his own "dimension" .... who cares, naruto is going to die sooner or later, so kyubi will be going back there regardless.
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|2004-08-24, 11:54
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Holland
You assume the Kyuubi cannot die. Where is is stated that he cannot?
Just simply because the 4th could not take his soul proves nothing.
Just as the 3rd was to wounded to completely take Orochimaru's soul, the 4th just dind't have the chakra to take the Kyuubi's soul thus he sealed it in Naruto.
I personally think the Kyuubi lost his body, just as orochimaru lost "only"his arms agains the 3rd the Kyuubi lost his entire body but alas for the body to be destroyed the soul had to have a container wich has become Naruto.
If naruto dies, he dies and he damn well knows it.
|2004-08-24, 11:58
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|2004-08-24, 12:00
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this is one of the nice things about naruto no one knows exactly (unless someone had a chat with kishimoto)
after reading last post (naruto won't live forever) really screwed up my thinking therefore:
i dun know, let's wait to see what kishimoto shows us
|2004-08-24, 12:01
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Join Date: Jul 2004
What i think is that kyubi was i guess referred to as immortal since no shinobi could ever kill it.... hell yondaime who was supposidly the greatest had to imprison it.... but even if kyubi is immortal im not sure if reincarnation works in the naruto world.... if naruto dies kyubi's chakra would be free floating i guess.... beats me
|2004-08-24, 12:03
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Holland
Obviously he's trying to make the best of it by keeping Naruto alive when the shit hits the fan.
|2004-08-24, 12:03
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Wolf, my opinion on this is that his helping Naruto when Naruto is about to die is something that proves he would die upon Naruto's death. Why would he help Naruto? Simple. He's not immortal and can only continue existing as long as Naruto is alive; he MUST make sure that Naruto survives. I highly doubt that he would be helping Naruto in the first place if he were immortal, and the fact that he does help makes me think that he's not.
|2004-08-24, 12:05
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Well that explanation is a bit funky, but i think it gets the point out.
|2004-08-24, 12:06
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Cool as a Cucumber
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Holland
stop saying the same things as i do
|2004-08-24, 12:07
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As long as Kyubi's _SOUL_ is locked in the seal it holds him together. I guess that IF naruto dies, who is the container of the of Kyubi's soul, Kyubi's soul and chakra will be scattered theuout the world. That his chakra will dissepear as water in Sahara=)
It seems all logically, since a soul without a body will float around.
|2004-08-24, 12:11
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well if kishimoto is or has been a fan of dbz, there prob is a heaven and a hell with a long ass bridge between em. lol
|2004-08-24, 12:12
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Cool as a Cucumber
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Holland
I mean...what ARE the odds of finding a new body?
Maybe akatsuki has a solution for the poor critter. What do they want to do with him? find him a new body and make him obedient would seem unrealistic.
Probably transfering his power into one of the members..
wich would keep him alive if the soul keeps being transferred. These are the things the kyuubi is hoping for.
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June 29, 2006
Equinix Reports New Developments on Stock Option Grants
Foster City, CA — June 29, 2006 — Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) today announced that it received a grand jury subpoena from the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California and it intends to cooperate fully with the U.S. Attorney's Office in connection with this subpoena. The subpoena requests documents relating to Equinix's stock option grants and practices.
As previously announced, Equinix is also currently cooperating with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the SEC's informal inquiry requesting documents related to Equinix's stock option grants and practices.
Prior to receiving either of these requests, and as previously announced by Equinix on June 12th, the audit committee of the Equinix Board of Directors has been conducting an internal review and analysis of historical stock option practices and related accounting. The Company requested the internal review following the release of a third party report regarding the timing and pricing of stock option grants at a large number of public companies. Independent outside legal counsel is assisting the audit committee with this review.
The Company also reported that it has been notified that a shareholder derivative complaint was filed in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Mateo on June 29, 2006. The complaint against certain current and former officers and directors alleges that since 2000 stock option grants to certain employees were awarded with exercise prices that were lower than the market price on the actual grant dates and resulted in breaches of fiduciary duties with respect to the Company's historic stock option granting practices. Equinix may be subject to other lawsuits from private plaintiffs concerning this subject area, and Equinix does not currently expect to disclose these additional lawsuits.
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Recipe: Dark Chocolate Ice Cream With Fig & Cardamom
Summer is in full swing and there's nothing we crave more than ice cream. So when we found ourselves with some uneaten figs and a little free time, we whipped up a batch of this extremely decadent and creamy dessert. The figs cut the deep chocolate base with a little sweetness while the Cardamom throws in a little twist!
This is a great versatile recipe that is easy to customize depending on what you have in the house. We personally love figs but others in our house aren't as wild about their taste. This recipe has a middle of the road figgy taste. It can support up to twice the amount of figs if needed or you can also reduce the amount of Cardamom to let more of the fig shine through (It can be eliminated all together if needs be and still turn out tasty.)
Dark Chocolate Ice Cream With Fig & Cardamom
1 quart
Fig Mixture
10-12 ripe figs, quartered
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Seeds of 3 whole cardamom pods, crushed
3 tablespoons light corn syrup
Custard Base
1 pint heavy cream
1 1/3 cup skim milk
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
3/4 cup white granulated sugar
1 vanilla bean
6 large egg yolks (see note below)
1/3 cup dark cocoa powder (see note below)
Notes: It's worth using yolks from large brown or free range, organic eggs. If this isn't in the cards, add an additional yolk to make up the difference.
If you don't have Dutch process cocoa powder on hand, try checking into Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa Powder. It has worked out great in this recipe and is half the cost of the other. You can also use 7 ounces of bittersweet chocolate, melted, instead.
Add the figs, brown sugar, salt, and ground cardamom seeds to a small saucepan (or nonstick pan). (For crushing the cardamom, a mortal and pestle works, as does the back of a muddler against a metal bowl to grind seeds.) Heat the mixture over medium high heat until bubbly. Mash ingredients with a potato masher and allow to continue reducing over low heat for an additional 5 minutes (it will thicken as it sits). Remove from heat and put in a medium bowl.
Prepare an ice bath, mixing ice, salt and water.
Note: It's worth the extra salt to get the temperature of the water even lower than freezing; it will help your custard chill quicker and keep the cocoa from burning. You don't need the ice bath this second, but if your custard reaches a boil (in the step below) and you catch it quickly, you can drop your pan into the ice bath and start stirring to reduce the temperature as soon as possible. You can save it if you act quick and are prepared! Better safe than sorry!
Combine cream, milk, salt, and sugar in a medium saucepan over medium high heat. Halve the vanilla bean and add its seeds and whole pod to the cream mixture. Heat mixture until just before boiling, stirring frequently (see note above). Cover and let stand while you complete the next step.
Mix the egg yolks and half the cooled fig mixture together to temper eggs (you can temper with the custard itself if you wish and add all the fig at the end, we just find this method easier).
Mix cocoa powder into the cooled custard base. Whisk in as little air as possible until combined. Add the fig/egg mixture a little at a time until fully combined.
Return to medium high heat and stir constantly until mixture reaches 170 degrees Fahrenheit on a candy thermometer.
Remove from heat and place in ice bath and stir mixture quickly and smoothly to reduce temperature. The mixture, even once removed from heat will continue to cook, take your pan directly from the heat and place in the bath until temperature has dropped under 100 degrees. Add corn syrup and remaining fig mixture, stir to combine.
Strain mixture if you wish (we don't mind the seeds and little bits of cardamom so we usually don't) to make it silky smooth and place in the fridge for at least an hour (it can be more!).
Churn mixture via your ice cream maker's instructions until mixtures temperature has dropped and mixture has thickened slightly. Pour into an airtight container and freeze overnight. In the photo above we used a glass bread pan and Saran wrap. This method worked great, although we wish we would have used the Saran wrap over the entire pan instead of under and over both. Enjoy!
It's a great twist on a basic chocolate custard to make any day special! Enjoy!
(Images: Sarah Rae Trover)


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We have a wonderful little nook in our dinning room where there's lots of light and a nice view.
We didn't want to fill that space with furniture because it would block the windows, but it looked funny with nothing there.
This is where a handy Father comes in, well…handy! Dad measured the area and built a nice long bench for us to use as a window seat.
If you don't have a handy Father, I have seen people turn old coffee tables into upholstered benches.
Since I do have a handy, and generous Father mine got delivered a few days ago.
Here is what it looked like after I attached, with spray adhesive, some left-over 5 inch foam from making the Shasta cushions.
Next I went to price out upholstery fabric. I couldn't commit to a pattern I loved so I decided to use a plain off white fabric. It was going to be around $70.00. But then I have a DING DONG go off in my head and I remembered seeing people use drop cloths for all kinds of upholstering and drapery projects. Right next to the fabric store is a hardware store so I decided to check it out. I got two LARGE drop cloths for $6.00 a piece…yep that was the way to go!
While the drop cloths were washing and drying I draped the bench in fluffy poly batting, pinned the corners, trimmed to about a 1/2 inch, and sewed them up.
Next I turned the batting right side out and using a staple gun, stapled the batting all around the base.
Then I flipped the bench over and painted the legs, and added felt pads to the bottom (which I should have done first, but forgot about them since I was too excited to start sewing LOL.)
I ironed the drop clothes and started by centering the top and repeating the pin/sew step just like the batting.
After I made and added the piping, I sewed a box pleat skirt and sewed that on.
We think it fits so nicely here in the window alcove!
The best part is we can drag it around wherever we need extra seating!
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Apologies for the radio silence! Been much busier than expected with conferences, gigs and flying back home for a few weeks, and I have to admit I did forget to write last week. I am ashamed.
So while I was busy finishing assignments and then fulfilling the rock'n'roll part of my personal blurb on this blog (actually ran into one of the speakers from the Unconventional Women conference in a rock bar in London!), I also went to another conference. This time it was Business 2012, and I have to say it was quite an experience. And not all good.
Getting past the absolutely and unforgivably poor organisation of the event – we didn't get to see Sir Richard Branson speak because they "couldn't disclose the information" about which speakers were on & when! Srsly, what the eff? – the seminars and workshops we attended were quite surprising. In fact, my friend and I came to the conclusion that, with the exception of the seminars on trademarks and mobile internet, we could've gotten up on the spot and taught the seminars better than the speakers.
Now you might be thinking I'm crawling up my own rear end here, but it was very shocking how unprepared and unprofessional some of the speakers were. I did not come to sit through a seminar on the commercial use of twitter being taught by some middle aged guy who gets up and starts off with "Well I'm actually really bad with social media and some kid I have working for me actually does it all." Why are you here giving your "advice" then?
This conference was really an example of making it too broad and in turn making a big mess of an event. To top it off the seminars were overbooked so we had to sit on the floor, and The O2, where the conference was being held, was freezing cold.
But perhaps most notably,
The best and most informative seminar was the one given by one of the youngest speakers there.
Just something to think about. And comment on below.
Stay cool,
P.S. The saving grace for the last day was the British Music Experience museum of popular music which is in the same building, and which I HIGHLY recommend you visit if you can!


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Inverting reality is an ongoing problem in the justice system. And it's a serious problem. Problems don't get any more serious.
Federal habeas corpus is really a fascinating area of law, loaded with subtle and profound issues of federalism, comity, separation of powers, guilt, innocence, power, truth, evidence. I could go on. Maybe I will.
It's also significantly wide open, for the most mundane and practical of reasons: there is no money in representing prisoners. Almost never, anyway. Lawyers need to make a living, you can't make a living doing federal habeas corpus cases and in addition to that it's an exceptionally difficult area to understand, requiring a lot of time, effort and study.
Accordingly, there are really only two groups that are considered well versed in federal habeas corpus law: the attorneys – usually state's attorneys general – who represent the jailers of the prisoners; and on the prisoners' side, lawyers whose real mission is opposition to the death penalty.
You see, in practice federal habeas corpus is regarded primarily as a condemned man's last chance to avoid execution. Indeed federal courts, including the Supreme Court, distinguish (improperly, in my opinion, but that's another subject) "capital case" habeas corpus proceedings from non-capital cases by the very manner in which the proceedings are initially filed and docketed.
Nevertheless, for the last few years I have made it my business to understand federal habeas corpus law such that I can claim, plausibly and without arrogance or exaggeration, that at this point I am one of the most knowledgeable lawyers in the country among those who might represent prisoners, if only because there isn't any competition. In the course of so doing, I have encountered attorneys for the state who practice in the area and are recognized as "experts" in the field. What I have found is that they know or understand little – almost nothing, in fact – about federal habeas corpus law. One reason is that they don't need to know or understand anything, because it would be fair to say that federal habeas corpus petitions are never granted.
So the situation is that on the prisoners' side of federal habeas corpus you have lawyers who aren't really interested in habeas corpus but are rather interested in abolishing the death penalty, and anything that doesn't further that objective gets no attention. And on the jailers' side you get lawyers who probably don't know or care much either – because they don't have to and they're getting paid either way – but generally oppose any use of the great writ at all, on whatever grounds and making whatever arguments they feel they can get away with, and experience teaches them that they can pretty much get away with anything. Because like I said, it is fair to say that federal habeas corpus is never granted.
Here's one of the anomaly resulting from this practical reality: it's pretty fundamental to federal habeas corpus law that you have to "exhaust" state remedies before you ask the federal court to intervene. But is there an exception to the "exhaustion requirement" when the state officials secured their conviction of a state prisoner through the commission of a federal crime? That question was explicitly left open by the United States Supreme Court in a case called Frisbie v. Collins. When the SCOTUS explicitly leaves a legal question open, it usually means they intend to take it up as soon as they get the opportunity.
Frisbie v. Collins was decided in 1952. That habeas-specific legal question has been explicitly open for more than 60 years. One reason being that it has little relevance to death penalty cases.
All this aside, though, I have to admit that California Assistant State's Attorney Stephanie Brenan knows what she's doing, although under the circumstances that is not a Good Thing. We're still waiting to see if her arguments carried the day.
You should read the linked transcript if you're interested in how the justice system can get as fucked up as it is. It's almost as if no one is really at fault for it.
Almost. Judges are at fault, of course.
But the problems become thorny for reasons that in some ways are innocent enough. Ms. Brenan is arguing, basically, that there has to be a presumption that state court judges do their jobs. And it might be considered odd under the circumstances, given what I have been through at the hands of state court judges, but I agree with her. There has to be a presumption to that effect. If there wasn't, it would more or less fatally undermine the legitimacy of state court criminal proceedings.
But here's the big problem with it: it is completely, overwhelmingly contrary to observable reality. The rule, almost without exception, is that state court judges do not do their jobs. At all. And as I have said many times, the system itself recognizes this implicitly, because we have juries. If judges could be relied upon to do their jobs you wouldn't need juries.
This is one of the things that makes federal habeas corpus law so interesting, and so important. It exists in a kind of legal suspended animation, bridging the gap between an axiom – that state court judges presumptively do their jobs – and the exquisitely uncomfortable reality that everyone remotely familiar with the system understands: that the axiom is as utterly false as any proposition can be.
Stubbornly clinging to a known falsehood is one of the worst things a human being can do morally, spiritually and intellectually. Our justice system would virtually compel precisely that result except for two things: a) juries; and b) federal habeas corpus.
Ms. Brenan did a very good job on her SCOTUS argument. I hope she loses anyway. It would be difficult to imagine how more damage could be done to what's left of our justice system than by her winning.
(h/t Jonathan Kirshbaum at the Habeas Corpus Blog)


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Discussion Forums
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Discussion Forums
The community mailing list is the focus of discussion around Openmoko, and there are a number of other lists related to specific development-related topics. See the development resources for more information.
Why aren't there Web forums?
This question did come up regularly (example) on the community mailing list. Apparently, there are two groups of people: one group does not like Web forums; the other group prefers Web forums. This leads to advocacy for each style of communication without any real conclusion.
The consensus after all these discussions is as follows:
- There is no single system which suits everyone.
- Mailing lists are the traditional approach for many open source projects (and are already in use).
- There is no benefit in convincing anyone to switch, nor is it likely to happen.
- We can provide access to the lists in addition to the traditional interfaces (e-mail, Web archives).
- The users can decide themselves!
Web Interfaces to Mailing Lists
- http://lists.openmoko.org/nabble.html test setup - needs JavaScript to work - please comment if you like it on the discussion page
- http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.handhelds.openmoko.announce
- http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.handhelds.openmoko.community
- firstname.lastname@example.com (English)
- firstname.lastname@example.com logs (Czech and Slovak)
- http://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showforum=161
- http://forums.makeopensource.com
- http://www.neo1973-germany.de (German)
- http://freeyourphone.de (German)
- http://openmokoforums.eu and .com(English)
- http://forum.telefoninux.org/ (Italian)
- http://www.openmokofans.com/forums/ (Simplified Chinese)
Please also note that fora become more valuable by heavy usage.