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Nouveau riches
It's not all Eurocrats and expensive chocolates you know. The Belgian capital also has a wealth of beautiful Art Nouveau architecture to be explored
The beautiful Art Nouveau stairwell of the Musee Horta in Brussels
Square Ambiorix has notable 19th and 20th century architectural landmarks, including the work of Victor Horta
Art Nouveau, it seems, is having a moment. And it makes sense that the flamboyant fin de siè cle style of art and architecture, with its curves, spirals and motifs from nature, resonates in these eco-conscious times. Meanwhile its emphasis on craftsmanship, and its marriage of high-quality materials (wood, glass, iron) with what were then cutting-edge technologies, strikes a chord with a generation tired of cheaply built cubes and boxes.
The last time Art Nouveau was in fashion was in the 1960s and early 1970s – I still treasure a silver Art Nouveau pin in the shape of a dragonfly given to me then – and they were uncertain times too. Minimalism seems sleek and fun when there's plenty of money sloshing around, but when things are looking a bit grim, Art Nouveau's organic qualities, its delicacy, sensuousness and elegance offer a kind of aesthetic comfort. And it was closely aligned to the arts and crafts movement, whose emphasis on creating useful and beautiful things is also fashionable again.
Though it was popular all over Europe, some of the finest examples of original Art Nouveau art and architecture are to be found in Brussels and on my recent, first, trip to the city, to visit friends, I decided to explore them.
Father of Art Noveau
Architect Victor Horta (1871-1947) is considered the father of Belgian Art Nouveau. Four of the houses he built in the city – Hôtel Tassel, Hôtel van Eetvelde, Hôtel Solvay, and his own house and studio, now the Horta Museum – have been together designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
You don't have to wait long to encounter Horta's work. The convenient train that runs from the station underneath Brussels Airport right to the city centre (a journey of about 15 minutes, €7.60 one way) whisks you through the heavily industrialised landscape of Flanders before fetching up at Brussels Central Station, which was designed by the ground-breaking architect. It has the curved facade, grand stairway and light-filled interior typical of Art Nouveau but it is a late Horta building, and by the time he designed it, after the first World War, he – and architecture – had begun to explore a more classical, geometric style which would eventually evolve into Modernism and Art Deco.
For a real taste of Horta at the height of his Art Nouveau period, a visit to his own house and studio, the Musée Horta on Rue Américaine, in Saint Gilles, is essential. You might have to queue for a while – they only allow a limited number of people in at any one time – but it is worth the wait. Built in 1898, it is an extraordinary place. Like many Art Nouveau houses, it has a winter garden: conservatories and indoor gardens had become popular in the late 19th century as places to grow the new and exotic plants that were being brought home by explorers and naturalists.
Horta brought light into Brussels houses, which tended to be tall and narrow, by using central stairways topped with glass roofs. He often used coloured glass or the new opalescent glass, which had just been developed by Americans John la Farge and Louis Comfort Tiffany. His own house has a magnificent glass canopy over the stairs.
But Horta was an interior designer as well as an architect. He wanted "to provide his clients with a world of sensory richness that transfigured daily life" and his house, which like many architects, he used as a kind of showcase for his work, reflects this.
He liked to combine industrial and luxury materials and the diningroom walls are covered in white-glazed tiles, while the floor is a light coloured wood. He embraced the new electric lighting, too, creating magnificent fittings of curling, stem-like brass tubes with bulbs on the end resembling buds, and lamps with flower-shaped glass shades. Fronds, arabesques and floral motifs abound – particularly in the wrought iron of the staircase and the exposed iron columns and structures. He insisted on light instead of dark colours, too, using shades of light pink, green and ochre, unheard of at the time.
Horta aimed to create a harmonious whole and the detail in his house – everything, down to the handles on the windows and even the keyholes is beautifully designed and crafted – is meticulous. It somehow feels uplifting rather than overpowering – maybe because the rooms are not enormous and the light from the stained glass and the fittings gives the building a homely, peachy glow.
Two of the Unesco Horta buildings, the Hôtel Tassel and the Hôtel van Eetvelde, are not open to the public, except as part of group tours organised by ARAU, a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting the public spaces of the city.
To visit Horta's other masterpiece, the Hôtel Solvay, on Avenue Louise 224 (hotelsolvay.be) you must have a group of more than 20 people, so like us you may have to content yourself with a look at the outside. This is pretty spectacular, with a curving facade, intricate carving and large bow windows.
The Autrique House, on Chaussée de Haecht, a little farther out, in Schaerbeek, is the first of Horta's Art Nouveau houses. He designed it in 1893 for his engineer friend Eugene Autrique, and it incorporates many of the elements he would later refine. But Horta and his colleagues also built department stores, exhibition spaces and public buildings, among them the imposing Palais des Beaux-Arts on Rue Ravenstein, still a public arts centre. Also worth a look is the building that now houses the Belgian Comic Strip Centre at Rue des Sables – essential for your Tintin and Smurfs research, it has ongoing comic strip exhibitions too.
Although many of the buildings have been torn down, more than 500 are still in existence. In fact, Art Nouveau is everywhere in the city. Its influence is visible even in the modern plastic billboards, which have a curved flourish, and in the contemporary lettering on the fronts of bars and perfumeries.
We came across lots of Art Nouveau houses just wandering around. In the European quarter, on Place Ambiorix we chanced on Villa Saint-Cyr, a flamboyant mansion built for the painter Georges Léonard de Saint-Cyr in 1903 by Gustave Strauven (1878-1919), a disciple of Horta. Its intricate ironwork balconies and crown were described by a less-than-impressed contemporary critic as "epileptic macaroni". And in the Ixelles district's Pond Quarter (so called because it surrounds two pretty ponds) on Vilain XIIII, we found two lovely adjoining houses designed by Ernest Blérot. On Avenue du Général de Gaulle, overlooking the ponds, numbers 38-39, also by Blérot, are for rent (the going rate, apparently, is about €9,000 per month).
Aer Lingus has flights every day from Dublin to Brussels airport and three flights a week from Cork to Brussels airport, from around €39 one way. Ryanair has flights every day from Dublin to Charleroi airport, from around the same price. (Charleroi is approximately an hour from the centre of Brussels; shuttle buses to Central Station leave from the airport every 30 mins, €13 one way, €22 return).
To continue the theme of the weekend we had lunch in La Quincaillerie Brasserie (45 Rue du Page, quincaillerie.be), a former ironmongers, built in 1903. The food was unremarkable, but the building, with its exposed ironwork painted bottle green and countless original wooden drawers lining the walls (presumably originally used to store nails, screws and tools), is gorgeous. As an alternative you could have a croque (toasted cheese sandwich) or a salad and a beer at Le Cirio, at Rue de la Bourse 18, a sumptuous grand café dating from 1886 with dark wood interior and old-fashioned-aproned waiters. Or linger over a coffee in the restaurant on the top floor of the Museum of Musical Instruments (Montagne de la Cour 2, just 200 metres from Central Station, mim.be), which has a glass and iron terrasse, with wonderful views of the city.
Hotels are generally quite good value as many offer deals at the weekend when the Eurocrats return home.
Made in Louise was voted the best hotel in Brussels by Tripadvisor. It's in the Ixelles district, a short tram or metro ride from the centre.
Made In Louise, 40 Rue Veydt, Ixelles, 1050 Brussels, madeinlouise.com. From €80 per night single, €107 for a double.
If you want to splash out a bit more, The Dominican, just off the Grand Place and behind the national opera house, La Monnaie, was designed by award-winning Dutch design duo FGStijl. The Dominican, Rue Léopold / Leopoldstraat 9, 1000 Brussels thedominican.be From €120 per room per night (plus €7.58 city tax per night)


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Got an iPhone or iPod Touch? Then you've already got a PowerVR graphics core crunching your eye candy. This week, however, Imagination Technologies revealed that an "unnamed company" has acquired a new mega-license for their current and future tech.
While this could be Apple and could just mean incremental adaption of new graphics cores going forward, tie it together with some other recent news and rumors, including the equally "unnamed" deal with current iPhone/iPod Touch processor licensor, ARM, and Apple's more public acquisition of fabless chip design firm Palo Alto Semiconductor (PA Semi), and MacRumors thinks something bigger could be in the works:
Apple is positioning itself to deliver custom chipsets based on existing iPhone technologies for future devices.
We agree. iPhones and iPods aren't the Mac, where a unique chipset (PowerPC) lacking the volume needed for competitive pricing led to Apple's famed Intel switch (and the rebirth of the black/grey market clones). Handsets and iPods, and whatever else becomes part of Apple's new Mobile WiFi Platform could just leverage some custom hardware not only for differentiation, but to deliver that advanced, "unmatchable" technology Apple keeps harping on about.


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by Bruce Yasgur
Central High School (I graduated in 1961) prepared me for more of life's opportunities than I can tell in any one column, but here's a story about one such serendipitous experience.
In addition to viewing school as an idiot factory, I found myself a target of anti-Semitic rhetoric and bullying as a student at a diverse junior high school without a diversity plan. After a few fights, which I usually didn't start, and visits to the principal's office, where I was lectured about learning to live in a "Christian" country, I knew that school wasn't for me.
Had I not transferred to Central in 9th grade, school would likely have remained for me an adolescent hell. Central gave me a new perspective. I came to appreciate, rather than abhor, both the academic and cultural elements of education. My story starts tangentially: aside from wanting to escape the tensions of life at Wagner Junior High in West Oak Lane, I went to Central largely to play sports.
I'd seen the movie "Wee Geordie" in which a young Scottish shepherd went from tossing rocks for fun to the Highland Games, and then to the Olympics to throw the hammer — not the kind one finds in a tool belt, but a 4-foot long, 16-pound ball of death consisting of an iron orb, a chain and a grip. Pretty cool!
But there was no hammer to throw in Oak Lane, especially at Wagner, which had no sports teams. Given my issues, especially since I wasn't academically challenged, my counselor urged me to apply to Central for 9th grade. Two questions: Did they have freshman sports? If so, which ones? She made the call. Football?
Yes! Hammer throw? Close: shot-put — a hammer without a chain or grip. Seemed an OK compromise, so I gave up my pre-delinquent life for that of a scholar-athlete, and never looked back. At Central, I was a middling football player, but a decent shot-putter. So where's the serendipity? Stay with me. BTW, do you know anyone who's competed in the Highland Games?
Twenty years later, still fascinated by hammers and projectiles in general, I traveled to Tomintoul, the highest town in Scotland, where the Highland Games were held. While watching the athletes and spectators, I was approached by the "committee." As I was " a strappin' lad," and as they were short a competitor or two, they invited me to participate. Talk about a dream come true: I'd get to throw a rock or two and — drum roll — the hammer.
I traded my jeans for a kilt (a whole other story!) and was escorted midfield to meet the jocks – pros with massive muscles and equally massive facial scars — and to check out the projectiles we'd be heaving. I'd be competing in the rock and hammer throws. (NOT the caber, a rough-hewn 150-pound log that you hoist straight up and balance on the side of your head, scraping hair and flesh — OUCH! — as you run forward and heave it high and far enough to spin end over end before it crashes — AARRGH!!)
The shot-put-like rock toss went off well enough. The hammer, let's just say, went off. After a couple of swings just like Wee Geordie and my new pals, I let go of the grip. The ball and chain flew in one direction, and I, suddenly recalling some laws I'd learned in physics class, took off with equal force in the opposite direction. As I landed arse-over-head, I was consoled by the fact that, defying tradition, I'd kept my BVDs on and that they were unsoiled. Was it the cheering, the sun or something else that caused my face to turn red?
At the pub, after the games, I learned how good single malt whiskey was and how, on that game day, my money was not. My thanks to Central High School, the movies and being in the right place at the right time for my 15 minutes of fame.
So, tell me, do you know any Central alumni who've competed in Scotland's Highland Games?
* This article, written by Bruce J. Yasgur, JD, EdD, of Havertown, was reprinted, with permission, from the fall edition of the Central High School Alumni Journal. Yasgur, 70, who regrets not having a photo of himself participating in Scotland's Highland Games, grew up first in West Oak Lane and later in East Oak Lane. He taught at several high schools, including Central, and at three colleges, including Temple University. His father's first cousin was Max Yasgur, who gained worldwide publicity when he allowed his huge property in upstate New York to be used as the site of the legendary Woodstock rock music festival in 1969, attended by about 500,000 crazies, some of whom were almost swallowed up by the mud.


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UK to Scotland: Back independence means no pound
LONDON (AP) — Scotland has been warned.
If it votes to leave the United Kingdom later this year, then the new country walks away from the pound.
That's the hard-line and potentially game-changing message presented Thursday by U.K. Treasury chief George Osborne, who ruled out a currency union in a speech in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh.
"The pound isn't an asset to be divided up between the two countries after breakup as if it were a CD collection," Osborne said. "If Scotland walks away from the U.K., it walks away from the U.K. pound."
Underscoring the importance of the day, senior leaders for all three major parties took to the airwaves and backed Osborne's remarks — an unusual show of unity on any issue other than national security.
The pound — also known as sterling — is one of the world's most-enduring currencies and is one of the main battle-lines in the run-up to September's referendum.
Though the comments may raise the hackles of many and contrasts with the "love-bombing" approach of Prime Minister David Cameron in his appeal for unity last week, Osborne is gambling that the majority of Scots will move beyond the romantic appeal of independence and focus on more tangible bread-and-butter economic issues.
It also signaled that U.K. leaders were willing to stand and fight for the union on its strengths, and not just on emotion.
Pro-independence leader Alex Salmond reacted angrily to Osborne's speech, describing the attack on his planned currency union as an effort to bully and intimidate Scottish voters. Being part of a sterling zone has been the centerpiece of the Scottish National Party's strategy to guarantee a secure, stable transition.
"Their efforts to claim ownership of sterling will backfire spectacularly in terms of reaction from the people of Scotland who know that the pound is as much theirs as it is George Osborne's," he said.
Osborne noted the recent experience of the euro to back up his view that a currency union cannot work if there isn't a high degree of political union. Why, he asked, should the remaining U.K. members — England, Wales and Northern Ireland — shoulder the risk of a currency union should Scotland vote to break away?
Osborne's remarks signal an intensification of the independence debate. By ruling out the pound, Osborne is hoping that Scotland's population of around 5 million will ask a series of questions that will tilt the debate against independence and seasoned economists continue to ponder. Such as: What would replace the pound? How would Scotland raise money? What currency will I use for my pint, let alone my mortgage?
There's no question that Scotland has a welter of resources, such as oil and gas, highly-rated universities and a whisky so wonderful the whole world knows about it. However, aside from the currency issue, there are issues relating to how the country would deal with the loss of billions of pounds handed out by London as well as future oil production levels.
Polls have consistently put support for independence at between 25 percent and 30 percent over the past three years, with support for remaining in the union at between 45 percent and 50 percent. But the number of undecided voters is significant.


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Jun 15th, 2013
Author: angelof
Category: Press
Personal trainer has four clients vying for Miss USA on Sunday
Personal trainer Angelo Frasier is a sculptor of the human body with, for most guys, an enviable specialty: beauty queens.
Miss USA Pageant
What: The Miss USA 2013 Pageant will be broadcast live from Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.
When: 9 p.m. Sunday on WCBD.
Coming sunday: The Post and Courier will have a profile of Megan Tyler Pinckney, a Charleston native, who is representing South Carolina in the pageant.
The Charleston native and Burke High School graduate who holds court at West Ashley's Pivotal Fitness will have four clients vying for Miss USA, a major pageant to be televised live from Las Vegas at 9 p.m. Sunday on WCBD.
Among them are Miss South Carolina USA Megan Tyler Pinckney, Miss Louisiana USA Kristen Girault, Miss North Carolina USA Ashley Love-Mill and the contestant considered to be the favorite, Miss Alabama USA Mary Margaret McCord.
Since focusing on this niche in 2008, beautiful women have been flying into Charleston or driving for hours to do workouts with him. In a world filled with trainers, it's a testament to his expertise.
Frasier, who is built like a human live oak tree, weighing a rock-hard 338 pounds on a 6-foot, 1-inch frame, seems more inclined to be a trainer for body builders, powerlifters or football linemen.
So why beauty queens?
"Because I'm a nerd," says Frasier, who often talks about training on cellular and metabolic levels. "This is the problem with many trainers. Most men train women like men. Even women train women like men. Exercise machines are designed by men for men. Even vitamins are designed for a 150-pound white man."
Frasier knows what pageant judges are looking for, particularly in the revealing swimsuit competitions, and that's a fit but feminine figure: easy, lean curves. And he tailors exercise and nutrition plans with that in mind.
An overly trained core, for example, can look too hard and muscular, and he'll even de-train, or "catabolize," the area in an effort to shrink or soften it.
For women lacking hour-glass waists, he'll build the outer shoulders and create a "sweep" in their upper legs to provide the illusion of the classic curve. One trait he seeks to highlight in clients to round out the posterior, which is done not with squats or lunges, but shh … with deadlifts.
Teddy bear trainer
His approach, which is a combination of knowledge and a big personality, is trumpeted by contestants and, in the case of teens, their mothers.
Pinckney said she competed in pageants for years, but was never a contender for the swimsuit award until working with Frasier. On Nov. 17, 2012, she won both the swimsuit and the Miss South Carolina USA 2013 title.
"Until I worked with Angelo, I found myself doing routines that I created that I thought were right," says Pinckney.
"I felt the need to create them because the people I had worked with before either made me too bulky and muscular or gave me routines that I physically could not keep up with. I had danced my entire life, so building muscle was easy for me, but that wasn't what I need to perfect my swimsuit body."
"Angelo made a routine that was perfect for my body, not anyone else's. He made me lean and added definition to those hard-to-conquer spots. He also gave me a diet plan, one that I was able to actually do because it was real food. I was able to cook on my diet as well as eat out at restaurants with my friends. It wasn't so much of a diet as it was a lifestyle change."
Debbie Childs, the mother of 2011 Miss South Carolina Teen USA Keyla Childs, says she had hired several trainers before Frasier and that they often let her take shortcuts in training.
With Frasier, when the going got tough, he would use tactics: from praying to saying he would start a workout over if she didn't finish. And yet he can do it with a gentle spirit.
"Angelo is soft-spoken, a teddy bear. He's a big fella, but has a kind heart and is so knowledgeable at what he's doing," says Childs, adding that he kept Keyla healthy even at her peak. "She was toned and lean-looking. She was eating healthy and wasn't overly skinny. He definitely knows what he is doing."
Rising above the fray
Life was far from easy for Frasier.
His late father, Henry Frasier, was an alcoholic who was in and out of the lives of Angelo, younger brother Henry and his mother, Rose Frasier, a nurse. The Frasiers lived in the Gadsden Green projects on the west side of Charleston.
"We weren't broke in our minds. We had food, clothing and shelter. The basic essentials God said for you to have," says Angelo.
He adds, however, that he saw "a lot of things that kids shouldn't see," including the murder of one of his father's friends.
"We saw a lot of bad things."
Another major tragedy struck when Angelo was only 15. His mother died of a blood clot following gall bladder surgery. She was only 34. He and his brother were devastated.
His aunt and uncle, Thomasina and John Grant, stepped forward and took care of them. While Frasier talks about the love and care they provided, he breaks down in tears.
The bumpy road
After graduating from Burke, Frasier attended colleges in the University of North Carolina system. He played football but doesn't like to talk about it because of a spinal injury that ended it. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a bachelor's degree in business administration.
He then embarked on a series of jobs in the 1980s that included working at the city of Charleston treasurer's office, the Mills House, car dealerships and fitness clubs.
But racial harassment would alter his life. Frasier, who was renting an apartment on Logan Street, was super fit and enjoyed running downtown.
"I'd go jog along Broad Street and the city police would drive alongside me and embarrass me. I'd take my identification out and show them that I lived on 61 Logan St. But they would do it every time I went out," Frasier says. Back then, I looked like a bodybuilder. I was handsome, neat and clean."
He says racism also surfaced in the workplace, with implied limitations because "you're this black guy."
So when an offer to work at a new fitness club in North Augusta came from a contact he made via a dealership, Frasier considered it, even though he thought working at a health club seemed limiting.
But Frasier spent the next 17 years in the Augusta area, where he built on his knowledge of fitness and trained the occasional beauty queen.
A scandal involving business partners bankrupted the Powerhouse Gym he was running at Fort Gordon, Ga. With $5 to his name, Frasier returned to Charleston in 2008 and decided to develop the niche for training beauty queens.
Packing the house
Frasier created Fit Body by Angelo and made Pivotal Fitness in West Ashley his home base, which is happy to have him.
Adam Donato, sales manager and head trainer at Pivotal, says Frasier is a huge draw for the club in many ways. He teaches aerobics, or what today is called "group fitness," on Sundays, Tuesday and Thursdays.
"His class is more packed than I've seen working at gyms for seven years. His classes pack in up to 70 people, while our averages are about 20 or 25," says Donato.
"I think it's because of his personality and generosity. He's a very caring and giving guy. … That's good for us, bringing people in and getting memberships. We're really glad to have him and try to help him out as much as we can."
Read full article on Post & Courier here


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With the spirit of a child and the heart of a toymaker, Ken Crow has a true passion for all things mechanical. Growing up in Southern California, he tore apart every toy he ever had to see how it worked. He even made other toys out of the spare parts. For Ken, Keepsake Ornaments keep him forever connected with that inquisitive child inside. Learn more about Ken Crow.Shop all Ken Crow


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For the consummate pro or anyone who enjoys teeing up in spectacular settings, Texas has some of the most beautiful and challenging courses in the world. If you're just looking to break 100, we've got over 750 courses that are right up your alley. Make that right up your fairway.
Golf isn't just a sport. A hobby. Or a pastime. For some, it's a way of life. This grand state has many heavenly sets of holes that are destinations you'll want to take on. From manicured seaside greener-than-green greens, to roughs with a few cacti making things a bit prickly for you, the variety of Texas golf resorts is a powerful draw.Championship Courses
Fore! Five...six...oh, just pick it up already! This state is known for its many distinctive championship golf courses, where you can see some of the world's best golfers teeing it up at several prestigious PGA Tour events – like the HP Byron Nelson Championship at the TPC Four Seasons Resort. These courses are challenging, on top of being truly gorgeous. So when you take a swing through Texas, make sure you bring your clubs. And your best game.Public Courses
With over 750 golf courses here, not only does Texas have some of the best private golfing anywhere, but you also can swing away on the plentiful public courses all over this state. Many of these public courses were designed by top professionals and are on par with exclusive clubs. That makes for accessible golf for players of all levels to have a ball. Or lose a few.


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2 peaches, peeled and diced
1 1/2 cup water
1 cup Tazo White Cucumber tea (white tea with cucumber)
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup red quinoa
1/4 cup old fashioned rolled oats
Place the quinoa, peaches and water in a small saucepan. Cook for 30 minutes then add the oatmeal and milk. Cook until the oats are tender, about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, bring the sugar and tea to a boil in a very small pan. Boil until it reduces to a syrup (about 30 minutes). Stir the quinoa mixture. Drizzle with syrup.


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Feb. 27, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - In a five-game thriller with NECVA New England Division foe Newbury College, the MIT emerged with a 30-27, 22-30, 19-30, 30-23, 19-17 victory on Tuesday night. The win ended the Engineers' two-match losing skid and lifted their record to 12-8 overall and 7-2 in conference play.
MIT opened the contest with five unanswered points and gradually established a 22-16 advantage. The nationally-ranked No. 15 Nighthawks tallied seven of the next eight points to knot the game at 23, but the rally ended there as the Engineers held on for the victory.
Newbury came out strong in the second stanza and maintained the lead throughout the game. MIT narrowed the gap to one (22-21), but a six-point service run by the Nighthawks helped power them to the win. Newbury carried the momentum into the next frame as it capitalized on miscues by the Engineers and cruised to a game three victory.
MIT bounced back in the fourth frame as it created a commanding lead on strong blocking and solid contributions from the bench. In the decisive fifth game, each side traded points until the Engineers scored three in a row for an 8-5 edge. The Nighthawks quickly evened the game with three straight blocks. MIT later found itself at game point twice (14-13 and 15-14) but Newbury extended the match with a pair of kills. The Nighthawks also reached match point twice (16-15 and 17-16), but miscues kept the Engineers alive as a strike by Garrett Winther clinched the win.
Malcolm Bean paced MIT with 17 kills and a .318 hitting percentage while Praveen Pamidimukkala added 13 kills and three blocks. Scott Pollom posted 11 kills, a .455 hitting performance, and eight blocks as Winther contributed 10 digs and seven kills. Michael Demyttenaere bolstered the attack with nine kills while Matthew Ng led the defense with a career-high 20 digs. Ryan Dean recorded his sixth career double-double on 46 assists and 13 digs.


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Muriel Anita Hurt Stanley, died peacefully, October 27, 2012. She was born on September 22, 1921, in Hemphill, WV to Thompson Henderson Hurt and Maggie Smith Hurt.
Muriel earned her bachelor's degree in Education from Concord University in Athens WV, and served during WWII as an armed courier in the Washington, D.C. area.
After Monsie returned from combat in Europe, Muriel and Monsie Rane Stanley Jr. were married on February 24, 1946, in Kimball, West Virginia.
In 1952, they migrated across the southwest U.S. pulling a travel trailer, selling educational books and settling in Ridgecrest.
She began her California teaching career as teacher of 1st through 3rd grade in a 2-room school house in Johannesburg. Over the years each summer she took classes, earning her California Teaching Credential and finally a John Hopkins Master's degree in Education as she continued on to teach elementary school classes in Ridgecrest and China Lake, to eventually become the first reading specialist in the Sierra Sands School District.
Muriel was nationally recognized by Delta Kappa Gamma for her 50 years of educational service and was a founding member of the Desert Area Teachers Association.
Five years ago, Muriel and Monsie moved to Reno, Nev., for medical reasons and to be close to their family.
Muriel was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Monsie Rane Stanley Jr., her parents, Thompson and Maggie Hurt, her sisters, Myra Hurt, Melba Rector, Doris Yates, and brother James. She is survived by her sons, Brad (Sharon) of Reno and Greg (Jane) of Sparks, Grandson, Dustin of Lebanon, MO. Granddaughter, Dillon (Bart) Lambert of Reno and Great Grandchildren, Jillian, Lucas and Gabriel Lambert, Sister-in-Law, Mosha Hurt, WV, dearest friends, Alice Mae Parker and family of Ridgecrest, CA, Cousin Carol (Jim) Pantaleo, CA, Nieces, Gail Rector, WV, Susan (Rusty) Thompson, NC, Nephews, Don (Martha) Rector, NC, Brian (Debbie) Peake, KY, Mike (Sue) Hurt, OK, David (Edie) Hurt, WV, Bob (Helen) Stanley, WV, James Stanley, Va., and Joe (Christine) Yates, Conn.
We wish to thank all the staff at Renown's Monaco Ridge Assisted Living for their dedicated and loving care of our Mother and Father over their final years.
Services will be held Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, 2pm at the Ross, Burke & Knobel Mortuary, in Reno.


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I was born in Quebec on the 4th of July 1963. At the age of five, I received, in a Christmas stocking, a tiny picture book. This surprise so enchanted me that, since that day, I have cherished the dream of creating wonderful children's book. After studying both Interior and Graphic Design, I worked at the Association of Illustrators of Quebec. This job showed me the wheels of the profession. Twenty years later, I created numerous illustrations project, as well as childrens book images, for clients all around the world!
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Privacy Practices
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information.
Please review it carefully.
At St. Anthony's Medical Center, we recognize that health care services are among the most personal services you and your loved ones can receive. Rest assured that we respect, and are bound by law, to protect the privacy of your personal health information. There are specific occasions however, when we must share this information. This Notice of Privacy Practices, first implemented on April 14, 2003, with the most recent revisions effective September 23, 2013, outlines the conditions under which your personal health information may be used or disclosed and how you can access this information. Please review it carefully and in full.
Our Responsibilities and Pledge Regarding Your Medical Information
Each time you visit a hospital, physician, or other health care provider, a record of your visit is made. Typically, this record contains your symptoms, examination and test results, diagnoses, treatment, a plan for future care or treatment, and billing information. We understand that this information, often referred to as your health or medical record, is personal.
We are committed to protecting your medical information, and are required by law to do so. This Notice of Privacy Practices (the "Notice") applies to all of the records of your care and generated by St. Anthony's Medical Center and its affiliated facilities, whether made by St. Anthony's Medical Center personnel, your personal doctor, or companies that we contract with to perform certain duties on our behalf. Your personal doctor may have different policies or notices regarding the doctor's use and disclosure of your medical information created in the doctor's office or clinic.
We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your medical information, provide you with this Notice, and comply with the Notice that is currently in effect. This Notice will tell you about the ways in which we may use and disclose your medical information. We also describe your rights and certain obligations we have regarding the use and disclosure of medical information. With a few exceptions, we are required to obtain your authorization for the use and disclosure of information for reasons other than treatment, payment or health care operations. This Notice will list some of the reasons why we might use or disclose your medical information and provide examples of these uses and disclosures. We will notify you of any incidents with your information that compromise its security or privacy (these incidents are called breaches of your unsecured protected health information). We will provide you with a copy of the current Notice the first time you register at or are admitted to St. Anthony's Medical Center or its affiliates for treatment or health care services as an inpatient or outpatient on or after April 14, 2003. We will also post a copy of the current Notice in the hospital building and in the buildings of our affiliated facilities.
We may change our privacy practices and revise our Notice effective for all medical information we maintain. The Notice will contain the effective date at the top of the page. If we have already provided you with a copy of the Notice, and later our privacy practices change and we revise our Notice, you may obtain a copy of the revised Notice by (1) asking for a copy of the current Notice to take home with you the next time you visit or receive health care services at St. Anthony's Medical Center or one of its affiliates, (2) printing this Notice, or (3) submitting your request in writing to the Privacy Officer at St. Anthony's Medical Center, 10010 Kennerly Road, St. Louis, MO 63128.
Who Will Follow This Notice
This Notice describes St. Anthony's Medical Center's practices and those of other individuals and entities participating in an organized health care arrangement with St. Anthony's Medical Center, including:
- All departments and units of the hospital.
- Any member of a volunteer group we allow to help you while you are in the hospital.
- All hospital and hospital affiliate employees and personnel.
- St. Anthony's Home Care, Hospice, Arnold Urgent Care, Fenton Urgent Care, Lemay Urgent Care, Big Bend Urgent Care, all St. Anthony's Medical Center outpatient facilities, and the physicians and physician practices of St. Anthony's Physician Organization, and Heart Specialty Associates.
- Members of the Medical, Dental and Podiatric Staff and Allied Health Professional Staff (the "Staff") of St. Anthony's Medical Center and other independent health care providers, when creating or using information in medical records maintained by St. Anthony's Medical Center.
Any of the individuals or entities described in this section will share your medical information with each other as necessary for purposes of treatment, payment, and health care operations related to this organized health care arrangement. Members of the Staff, including your personal physician and other independent health care providers, may have different privacy policies and practices relating to their use or disclosure of medical information created or maintained outside St. Anthony's Medical Center, such as in their clinics or offices. The fact that members of the Staff and other independent providers are subject to this Notice does not mean that they are operating as agents or joint ventures of St. Anthony's Medical Center, and will not affect the medical decisions they make in your care and treatment.
How We May Use and Disclose Your Medical Information
The following categories describe different ways that we use and disclose medical information. For each category of uses or disclosures we will explain what we mean and try to give some examples. Not every use or disclosure in a category will be listed.
Some uses and disclosures of medical information may be subject to additional restrictions under federal and state laws and regulations, such as those that apply to substance abuse treatment, HIV/AIDS testing and treatment, and mental health treatment. For example if you are receiving alcohol or drug abuse services, information that would identify you as a person seeking help for a substance abuse problem is protected under a separate set of federal regulations known as "Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records", 42 C.F.R. Part 2. Under certain circumstances these regulations will provide your medical information with additional privacy protections beyond what is described in this Notice.
- Treatment. To provide you with medical treatment or services, we may need to use or disclose your information to doctors, nurses, technicians, students, and pharmacists. We may also disclose your medical information to people who may be involved in your medical care after you are discharged, such as your primary care physician, home health agencies and social service staff. We may also disclose information to other health care providers that are not our employees or affiliates but that are involved in your treatment (e.g., long term care facilities, emergency medical providers and unaffiliated physicians).
- Payment. We may use and disclose your medical information to bill and receive payment for the treatment you receive here. For example, we may disclose your medical information to your insurance company about a service you received so that your insurance company will pay us or reimburse you for the service. We may also tell your health plan about a treatment you are going to receive to obtain prior approval or to determine whether your plan will cover the treatment.
- Health Care Operations. We may use and disclose your medical information as necessary to run the hospital and its affiliates and to make sure that you receive quality care. For example, we may use and disclose medical information to conduct our business management and general administrative activities. We may also review medical information to evaluate our treatment and services and the performance of our employees in caring for you. In some cases we may use and disclose medical information about a group of patients (for example, patients who are being treated for a certain condition or who receive care from a particular department) in an effort to continually improve the quality and effectiveness of the health care and services we provide. We may also disclose information to doctors, nurses, technicians, medical students, and other personnel for review and learning purposes. We may remove information that identifies you from this set of medical information so others may use it to study health care and health care delivery.
- Other Providers. We may disclose your medical information to other providers involved in your care for their use in your treatment, in obtaining payment for your treatment and for their health care operations.
- Business Associates. There are some services provided in our organization through contracts with certain individuals and companies, which are called business associates. Examples of business associates include a copy service we use when making copies of your health record, a software vendor who will assist us with our computer system and our billing service that assists us with billing insurance companies and third-party payers. When we contract with our business associates, we may disclose your medical information to our business associates so that they can perform the job we have asked them to do. To protect your medical information, however, we require our business associates to appropriately safeguard your information and uphold the same confidentiality standards that we are required to meet.
- Appointment Reminders and/or Pre-Registration. We may use or disclose your health information to remind you of appointments or to pre-register you for a hospital stay or procedure. We may leave messages at your work or home locations, or send you letters or postcards as appointment reminders.
- Fundraising Activities. We may use information about you to contact you and your family in an effort to raise money for our operations. We may disclose limited demographic information, such as your name, address, phone number, dates you received treatment or services from us, department where you received treatment or services, treating physician, and general information about the outcome of your treatment to a foundation related to the hospital so that the foundation may contact you. At any time, you may opt out of receiving more communications about fundraising for the hospital. The hospital will not condition treatment or payment on your choice whether or not to receive fundraising communications.
- Treatment Alternatives. We may use and disclose your medical information to tell you about or recommend possible treatment options and alternatives that may be of interest to you. If the hospital receives payment for making the communication, it is generally considered marketing and your authorization will be required.
- Health-Related Benefits and Services. We may use and disclose your medical information to tell you about health-related benefits or services that may be of interest to you. For example, we may send you a newsletter or other mailing about our services, products, educational programs and wellness programs. If you receive hospice services, we may send information to your family regarding support services we provide to those whose loved ones may be seriously ill. If the hospital receives payment for making the communication, it is generally considered marketing and your authorization will be required.
- Hospital Directory. We will include certain limited information about you in the hospital directory while you are a patient at the hospital. This information may include your name, location in the hospital, your general condition (e.g., undetermined, good, fair, serious, and critical) and your religious affiliation, if furnished by you. Unless you tell us not to, the directory information, except for your religious affiliation, may be released to people who ask for you by name. Your religious affiliation may be given to a member of the clergy, such as a priest or rabbi, even if that person doesn't ask for you by name. The directory is used so your family, friends and clergy can visit you in the hospital and generally know how you are doing. Also, this information is used so that you can receive gifts, flowers and cards that are sent to you while you are in the hospital.
- Individuals Involved in Your Care or Payment for Your Care. We may tell your family or friends your general condition and that you are in the hospital. Unless you object, we may disclose to a member of your family, a relative, a close friend or any other person you identify, your medical information that directly relates to that person's involvement in your health care. If you are unable to agree or object to such a disclosure, we may disclose such information as necessary if we determine that it is in your best interest based on our judgment. In addition, we may disclose medical information about you to an entity assisting in a disaster relief effort (for example, the American Red Cross) so your family can be notified about your condition, status and location. After your death, we may continue to disclose information to individuals who were involved in your care, unless you have objected.
- Research. Under certain circumstances, we may use and disclose your medical information for research purposes. On occasion, researchers contact patients regarding their interest in participating in certain research studies. These research studies are subject to a special approval process through our institutional Review Board, but we may disclose medical information about you to people preparing to conduct a research project, for example, to help them look for patients with specific medical needs, so long as the medical information they review is used only for this purpose. Enrollment in these studies can only occur after you have been informed about the study, had an opportunity to ask questions, and indicated your willingness to participate in the study by signing a consent form. Other studies may be performed using your medical information without requiring your consent. These studies will not affect your treatment or welfare, and your medical information will continue to be protected. For example, a research study may involve comparing the health and recovery of all patients who received one medication to those who received another for the same condition.
- As Required By Law. We will disclose your medical information when we are required to do so by federal, state or local law.
- To Avert a Serious Threat to Health or Safety. We may use and disclose your medical information when necessary to prevent a serious threat to your health and safety or the health and safety of any other person(s).
- Public Health Activities. We may disclose your medical information to a public health or other government authority that is permitted by law to collect or receive the information. The disclosure may be necessary to do the following:
— Prevent or control disease, injury or disability.
— Report births and deaths.
— Report child abuse or neglect.
— Report reactions to medications or problems with health care products.
— Notify people of recalls of products they may be using.
— Notify a person who may have been exposed to a disease or may be at risk for contracting or spreading a disease or condition.
— Notify the appropriate government authority if we believe you have been the victim of abuse or neglect. We will only make this disclosure if you agree or when we are required to do so by law.
— Report adverse events with respect to food, supplements, and product defects, or post marketing surveillance information to enable product recalls, repairs, or replacement.
— Provide proof of your immunizations to a school at your request or the request of your parent or guardian.
- Health Oversight Activities. We may disclose your medical information to a health oversight agency for activities authorized by law. These oversight activities include, for example, audits, investigations, inspections, and activities related to our licensure. These activities are necessary for the government to monitor the health care system, government programs, and compliance with civil rights laws.
- Lawsuits and Disputes. We may disclose your medical information in response to a court or administrative order. In certain circumstances, we may also disclose your medical information in response to a subpoena, discovery request, or other lawful process by someone else involved in the dispute.
- Law Enforcement. We may release your medical information to a properly identified law enforcement official in the following situations:
— In response to a court order, subpoena, warrant, summons or similar process.
— To assist law enforcement to identify or locate a suspect, fugitive, material witness or missing person.
— In certain limited circumstances, if you are, or we suspect you are, the victim of a crime and we are unable to obtain your agreement.
— If we believe that a death may be the result of criminal conduct.
— If we believe that the information constitutes evidence of criminal conduct occurring on our premises.
— In emergency circumstances to report a crime, if it appears necessary to disclose the information related to the commission and nature of a crime, the location of the crime or victims, or the identity, description or location of the person who committed the crime.
- Uses and Disclosures About Decedents. We may release information about a deceased person to a coroner or medical examiner to identify the person, determine the cause of death or perform other duties recognized by law. We may also release medical information to funeral directors as necessary to carry out their duties.
- Military and Veterans. If you are a member of the armed forces, we may disclose your medical information as required by military command authorities. We may also release medical information about foreign military personnel to the appropriate foreign military authority.
- National Security, Intelligence and Protective Activities. We may disclose your medical information to authorized officials for intelligence, counterintelligence, and other national security activities authorized by law, and so that they may provide protection to the President, other authorized persons or foreign heads of state or conduct special investigations.
- Inmates. If you are an inmate of a correctional institution or under the custody of a law enforcement official, we may disclose your medical
information to the correctional institution or law enforcement official as necessary (1) for the institution to provide you with health care; (2) to protect your health and safety or the health and safety of others; or (3) for the safety and security of the correctional institution.
- Workers' Compensation. We may disclose your medical information as authorized by, and to the extent necessary to comply with, laws relating to workers' compensation or similar programs that provide benefits for work related injuries or illness.
- Uses and Disclosure Requiring your Written Authorization. Other uses and disclosures of your medical information not covered by this Notice or the laws that apply to us will be made only with your specific written authorization. Uses and disclosures that require your authorization include use and disclosure of psychotherapy notes, use and disclosure for marketing (other than face to face communications and small, promotional gifts), and other disclosures that the hospital would get paid to make, with some exceptions. If you provide us authorization to use or disclose medical information about you, you may revoke that authorization, in writing, at any time. If you revoke your authorization, we will no longer use or disclose your medical information for the reasons covered by your written authorization. You understand that we are unable to take back any disclosures we have already made with your authorization, and that we are required to retain our records of the care that we provided to you.
Your Rights
Although your health record is the physical property of St. Anthony's Medical Center, the information contained in the record belongs to you. You have the following rights with respect to your medical information that we maintain:
- The Right to Request Restrictions
You have the right to request a restriction or limitation on how we use and disclose your medical information for treatment, payment and health care operations. You also have a right to request a limitation on the medical information that we disclose to someone who is involved in your care or payment for such care, such as a family member or friend. To request restrictions, you must make your request in writing to the Privacy Officer (address below). In your request, you must tell us (1) what information you want to limit; (2) whether you want to limit our use, disclosure or both; and (3) to whom you want the limits to apply, for example, disclosures to your spouse. We are not required to agree to any restriction you request, with a limited exception for requests to restrict disclosures to your health plan related to services you have paid in full out of pocket. If we do agree to adhere to your restriction, we will comply with your request unless the information is needed to provide you emergency treatment or until you let us know that you do not want us to continue to comply with your previous request.
- The Right to Inspect and Obtain a Copy
You have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of your medical information, with the exception of psychotherapy notes. To inspect and copy medical information, you must submit your request in writing to the Privacy Officer (address below). If you request a copy of the information, you may request paper or electronic copies and we may charge a fee for the costs of copying, mailing or other supplies associated with your request. We may deny your request to inspect and copy in certain very limited circumstances. If you are denied access to medical information, you may request that the denial be reviewed in some instances. Another licensed health care professional chosen by us will review your request and the denial. The person conducting the review will not be the person who denied your request. We will comply with the outcome of the review.
- The Right to Request an Amendment
You have the right to request an amendment (correction) to your health record if you feel that the information we have about you is incorrect or incomplete. You have the right to request an amendment for as long as we keep the information. To request an amendment, your request must be made in writing and submitted to the Privacy Officer (address below). In addition, you must provide a reason that supports your request.
Although you are permitted to request that we amend your medical information, we may deny your request if it is not in writing or does not include a reason to support your request. In addition, we may deny your request if you ask us to amend information that:
— Was not created by us, unless the person or entity that created the information is no longer available to make the amendment;
— Is not part of the medical information we keep;
— Is not part of the information which you would be permitted to inspect and copy; or
— Is accurate and complete
- The Right to an Accounting of Disclosures You have the right to receive a list of the disclosures of your medical information that we have made, with some exceptions. To request this list, you must submit your request in writing to the Privacy Officer (address below). Your request must state a time period which may not be longer than six years and may not include dates before April 14, 2003. The first list you request within a twelve month period will be free. For additional lists, we may charge you for the costs of providing the list. We will notify you of the cost involved and you may choose to withdraw or modify your request at that time before any costs are incurred.
- The Right to Request Confidential Communications
You have the right to request that you receive confidential communications regarding your medical information in a certain form or at a certain location. For example, you may request a private conference area or ask that we only contact you at work or by mail. To request confidential communications, you must submit your request in writing to the Privacy Officer (address below). In addition, your request must specify how or where you want to be contacted. We will not ask you the reason for your request. We will use our best efforts to accommodate all reasonable requests.
- The Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice
You have a right to receive a paper copy of this Notice at any time, even if you have agreed to receive this Notice electronically. You may obtain a paper copy of our current Notice by (1) asking for a copy of the Notice to take home with you the next time you visit or receive health care services at St. Anthony's Medical Center or one of its affiliates, or (2) submitting your request in writing to the Privacy Officer (address below).
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a written complaint with us or with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. You may file a written complaint with us by mailing it to the Privacy Officer (address below).
Any complaint should be in writing, stating the nature of your complaint, and how to contact you. You will not be retaliated against for filing a complaint, and your complaint will not affect any treatment that we provide to you.
Privacy Officer Contact Information
If you have questions about this Notice, please contact:
By mail:
Privacy Officer
St. Anthony's Medical Center
10010 Kennerly Road
St. Louis, Missouri 63128
By phone:
Privacy Officer
St. Anthony's Medical Center


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Nebraska's locker rooms include a student-athlete lounge, where players can relax between classes, meetings or practices while watching television or surfing the wireless internet.
The newly redesigned soccer locker room features hand-made wood units for each player. The lockers are also customized with a name plate and action photo of the player.
The design of the locker room allows each athlete to have a greater amount of space and personal storage, while providing a convenient location next to the players' lounge.
Named after a former Husker defender, the Jenna Cooper Team Room includes a flat screen, high-definition television, a conference table and a lounge area for hosting team meetings and other gatherings. Players and coaches each have ample space to view game or practice video, giving them a greater edge in preparing for competition.


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Anybody who bothered to read a clickwrap or shrinkwrap agreement would never install any software, click on any link on the Web, open an account with anyone, or even shop at many retail stores. The terms of these agreements are onerous and ridiculous. We go along with the gag because we think nobody's paying any attention. But somebody's going to start paying attention soon, and when they do, the results will be disastrous for the electronic economy.
Clickwrap and shrinkwrap agreements start with the phrase
READ CAREFULLY, all in caps. The phrase means, "IGNORE THIS." That's because the small print is unchangeable and outrageous.
Why read the "agreement" if you know that:
We seem to have sunk to a kind of playground system of forming contracts. Tag, you agree! Lawyers will tell you that you can form a binding agreement just by following a link, stepping into a store, buying a product, or receiving an email. By standing there, shaking your head, and shouting "NO NO NO I DO NOT AGREE," you agree to let the other guy come over to your house, clean out your fridge, wear your underwear and make some long-distance calls.
For example, if you buy a downloadable movie from Amazon Unbox, you agree to let them install spyware on your computer, delete any file they don't like on your hard-drive, and cancel your viewing privileges for any reason. Of course, it goes without saying that Amazon reserves the right to modify the agreement at any time.
The worst offenders are people who sell you movies and music. They're closely seconded by people who sell you software, or provide services over the Internet. There's supposed to be a trade-off to this -- you're getting a discount in exchange for signing onto an abusive agreement. But just try and find the software -- discounted or full-price -- that doesn't come with one of these "agreements."
For example, Vista, Microsoft's new operating system, comes in a rainbow of flavors varying in price from $99 to $399, but all of them come with the same crummy terms of service, which state that "you may not work around any technical limitations in the software," and that Windows Defender, the bundled anti-malware program, can delete any program from your hard drive that Microsoft doesn't like, even if it breaks your computer.
It's bad enough when this stuff comes to us through deliberate malice, but it seems that bogus agreements can spread almost without human intervention. Google any obnoxious term or phrase from a EULA, and you'll find that the same phrase appears in a dozens -- perhaps thousands -- of EULAs around the Internet. Like snippets of DNA being passed from one virus to another as they infect the world's corporations in a pandemic of idiocy, terms of service are semi-autonomous entities.


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5/27/2004 2:13am, #11
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you'll probably get pwn3d by them.:D
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Be careful--you may discover an underground opium factory and hundreds of mindless servants who you'd have to fight your way past on the way back above ground. But even if you make it to the surface, you'll still have to make it through the hall of mirrors, where the Big Boss will be waiting for you with his detachable metal hand-claw...
5/27/2004 5:25am, #13
Bull-****, Mr. Han-Man!Mr Politically Correct GIJoe6186:
Fat people disgust me in every way imaginable. I was at Freindly's with my girl tonight and saw a bunch of fat fuckers. I felt sorry for the pavement they were killing and the people who had to see them. .
5/27/2004 5:32am, #14
I really wonder how they take themselves so seriously, maybe because you're in a big city that this kind of nonsense is able to go on."Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." -A. Lincoln
Vote your conscience.... Vote Libertarian!
5/27/2004 7:32am, #15
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Nice. When are you training again?
5/27/2004 7:42am, #17
do they at least fight?"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." -A. Lincoln
Vote your conscience.... Vote Libertarian!
5/27/2004 7:49am, #18
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Seems like a cult. Ask them about sparring, sparring rules, or their excuse for not sparring at all.That civilisation may not sink,
Its great battle lost,
Quiet the dog, tether the pony
To a distant post;
Our master Caesar is in the tent
Where the maps are spread,
His eyes fixed upon nothing,
A hand under his head.
- W.B. Yeats
5/27/2004 7:54am, #19
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I have to admit, given that tour, I would have to try a class.
It does seem like a cult, or a recruitment front for a heroin ring. If some old asin guy with one hand shows up with a white persian cat, LEAVE.
I am sure we all want to know, was Ms. S hot?
5/27/2004 8:04am, #20
What on Earth would possess you to stay in there longer than 5 seconds, let alone give them any money ?
Is this a joke ?"You realise the transformations give a man enough strength to destroy a truck with his bare hands!?
YOU HAVE BETRAYED ME, IN THE WORST POSSIBLE MANNER!!" - KiWarrior
"Sport ? That kind of thing's not my bag baby!" - Sammy Franco
"This system was developed with the help of notible BJJ fighter Ribbon Muchado." - "Sifu" Anthony Iglesias


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Yes, somehow it totally slipped our minds here that the 73rd nativity of Jacinto "Mighty Mighty" Molina was upon us, and it passed by on Saturday, September 6 while the Duke and I were having our weekly Business Meeting and Ecclesiastical Crisco Wrestling Tournament. A sad state of affairs, but nonetheless:
Naschy looks on in horror as the Duke performs the Inverted Leg Scissors on Sister Mary Francesca de la Badonkadonk
(image stolen from I'm in a Jess Franco Frame of Mind's review of Exorcismo--still on the Vicar's "to-be-praised" list.)
But Naschy shouldn't feel too bad about the oversight, as the Duke and I let July 18th go by without even mentioning it was MAD MAD MAD MAD MOVIES' 1-Year anniversary! See, THAT'S how on top of things we are. (And NOBODY sent us a card, either. *sniff*)
Oh well--we look forward to many more years of bringing our faithful readers the maddest of the mad, and spreading the Doctrine of the Glorious Failure throughout all movie-watching-dom. Thanks to all our loyal subjects and parishoners for helping make it so damn much fun.
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Posted: Sun 28 Aug 2011, 23:29
Post subject: my bad
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We maybe have two threads about it already?
my bad. Thanks for the nice search links though.
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"An ARM Linux Box"
Talking about running Puppy (or not) on above Forum
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Posted: Mon 29 Aug 2011, 02:32
Post subject: Re: Raspberry Pi
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"An ARM Linux Box"
Talking about running Puppy (or not) on above Forum
Let's just say that there isn't much interest in porting Puppy to ARM......I.agree with the earlier post,serious work can't really be done on a smartphone or tablet and it will be quite a while before that may change so no need to chase a fad.
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I know nothing so I am kind of lost
But as many others have realized it is extremely time consuming and headache to spend years on coding all those needed changes to make a Puppy on ARM and then them have already moved on to better CPU still a variant of ARM but not compatible with the old version we have.
So the better approach has to be to accept that the commercial "bodies" spend money on Devs to make custom made versions for each company and then the way we could go is to support those that "root" them and that way get something that is not Puppy but a usable product that move with the target so them are always just a few weeks or month delayed having a rooted version ROM to load.
Am I wrong?
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Posted: Mon 29 Aug 2011, 20:42
Post subject: Re: ARM Puppy
James C wrote:
Let's just say that there isn't much interest in porting Puppy to ARM......I.agree with the earlier post,serious work can't really be done on a smartphone or tablet and it will be quite a while before that may change so no need to chase a fad.
Plus, x86 is moving to tablets, see for example the
AMD Fusion processors
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Posted: Mon 29 Aug 2011, 23:27
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The thing about tablets/aPads is that you need a
to read them!
Anyone wanna buy a Dell Server with SCSI drives - 1300 watts room warmer, ready for the winter? free earplugs
Growing old while tech gets younger, is disappointingly frustrating
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Posted: Mon 29 Aug 2011, 23:43
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Aitch wrote:
The thing about tablets/aPads is that you need a
to read them!
Anyone wanna buy a Dell Server with SCSI drives - 1300 watts room warmer, ready for the winter? free earplugs
Growing old while tech gets younger, is disappointingly frustrating
the interface designs (touch) only work if you are a 2yr old supergenius or just have freakishly small hands
(based on optimal finger size and basic complexity)
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Posted: Tue 30 Aug 2011, 02:25
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Nooby, you got what I mean. And apology accepted
raffy, you are right. I have heard of GIGA byte's windows tablet.
The only problem is the price. I can find some windows based tablets here in China but close to 4000 yuan. Regular PC is just 2 to 3000 yuan.
ARM based cost only 7 to 800 yuan.
Folks, maybe I was overeacting to the flood of ARM based or A6 chip based tablets.
If resonably priced x86 compatible tablet is available, all problems would be gone.
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Posted: Sat 03 Dec 2011, 20:09
Post subject: PC's are not going anywhere...
Subject description: Dissention! ;)
I understand the concern, but:
Radio was supposed to kill newspapers.
TV was supposed to kill radio AND movie theaters.
The internet was supposed to kill everything.
Tablets are for media consumption, not content creation.
Even email is a PITA on a smart phone or tablet compared to on a proper computer.
I don't think computers are going anywhere.
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Posted: Sun 04 Dec 2011, 05:48
Post subject: Re: PC's are not going anywhere...
Subject description: Dissention! ;)
Flash858 wrote:
Even email is a PITA on a smart phone or tablet compared to on a proper computer.
I don't think computers are going anywhere.
Very good argument it sure is. I have tested now some three different
Android and looked on neighbor and workmates I phone something
and I also have a Nokia smartphone. Small keyboards or one need
to use Swype or some other fancy thing to write on them.
But still I do think we should be concerned due to price and availability
will be scarce on Desktops or Laptops?
The makers of them sell too few so them tend to concentrate on
volume and Game is volume so the desktops left are very power
consuming heavy things with water cooling and several fans and noisy
expensive things that I fail to find economical other than second hand.
Okay so Laptops would still have a niche for cheap usable computers.
But I am pessimistic the reports here in Sweden say them fail to sell
enough to make it go around.
So it is not easy to know what the future will bring.
My personal wish is a smartphone that is smart enough to be a real
computer in that one can connect a usb hub and through that one
connect any external thing one need. Mouse, Keyboard, External HDD drive, DVD rom burner, and it should have HDMI out to a decent screen.
That way one can use it as any other phone but when on are at home
and at work one can connect it to the external things and use it as any desktop one have. ARM is ideal for such smart phone.
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Posted: Sun 04 Dec 2011, 11:21
Post subject: A true concern about the very future of Puppylinux
I can remember when debit/cash cards came out 30 odd years ago all the pundits predicted that cash would disappear ! I think the same may well apply to PC's
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It really comes down to what you can do with it. The rest is simply marketing gimmicks. For example, a real pianist is happy with a quality piano that hasn't changed much in 100 years...while non-musicians will go for 500 digitized sounds.
With an OS like puppy, I can do everything I want on an old laptop at blazing speeds. The OS doesn't control me, and the apps don't send out my personal info for marketing. I now get ads even on my kindle reader (the simple $75 e-ink one). Ads on your iphone, ads on your ipod, ads on your ipad. Are you ready for 3 minute ads for every 10 minutes internet browsing? Fond of blinking banner ads? It's the future.
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I will prefer to use an old PC if I have an OS which works fast, instead of buying a new one with another OS for it. Puppy linux is ready to bring back to live most of the old hardware. This will keep puppy alive for many years forward.
Many people here have the will and skills to ensure puppy linux future.
Farewell, Nooby, you will be missed...
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Subject description: Reminder about SOPA and future concerns
A true concern about the very future of Puppylinux
Hi, I feel like I have to jump in here with this reminder about the changing nature of the internet in addition to the form of the computer we hold in our hands or the OS that runs it.
Soon, very soon, like in the next few weeks, The Senate's PROTECT IP Act and House's Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill will be voted on in the USA.
Take a careful look at what this bill could mean to this forum and users of this forum.
Ars Technica Writes:
The Senate's PROTECT IP Act and the House's Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) are so noxious that even the Business Software Alliance has serious reservations, and SOPA's main backer had to take to the virtual pages of National Review today to quell a growing revolt among his conservative colleagues about "regulating the Internet." Whatever you think of the legislation, it unquestionably represents a sea change in the US approach to the Internet, one which explicitly contemplates widespread website blocking and search engine de-listing ...
Like some other members of this forum, I collect old laptops and fix them up with Puppies and give them out to people who can't afford any form of computer device. These people mostly want to simply email friends and relatives and do some simple surfing of the web.
post back in August catches my attention:
My experience in IT goes back to the 60's. I've watched and participated in the mind-boggling development of computer devices and systems. And, I've watched the general public struggle with all the technical twists and turns that it takes to get a PC up and workable. Yes, a certain OS manufacturer has made this journey unacceptably difficult. Praise to the open source community for rising to the the challenge of providing an alternative, albeit still technical, solution. The general public chooses convenience and ease of use over anything else when it comes to things technical. That's what
saw in his friend and wisely applied a successful, workable solution. We can't loose site of the
that most users want a 'computer'. The average user wants access to helpful, interesting information from the net. Or in the case of a certain President of the USA, he found and used his computer as incredible fund raising tool to get elected. And, recently, in the case of the people of the middle east, they found and used their machines as incredible social organizing tools. But, I digress, the average consumer doesn't buy the machine to learn mind numbing technical skills. They want easy access to information and communication.
Here is further information on SOPA:
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Interestingly, the article is written in such a way that it doesn't allege that Koch Industries broke the law in its dealings with Iran; it may insinuate that they broke the law, and with an uncareful reading of the article some may infer that the company broke the law. Bloomberg Markets provided the article to Koch Industries prior to publication in order to obtain their comments. Regarding sales to Iran, Koch's Director of Corporate Communications, Melissa Cohlmia, e-mailed this to the article's publisher:
Regarding sales to Iran, she wrote, "During the relevant time frame covered in your article, U.S. law allowed foreign subsidiaries of U.S. multinational companies to engage in trade involving countries subject to U.S. trade sanctions, including Iran, under certain conditions."The article claims that Koch Industries "sidestepped" a trade ban with Iran; however, the evidence the article cites for that claim could just as easily be construed to be an effort to comply with the law, and there is nothing sinister about that.
Indeed, In April of 2008, Koch Industries hired a compliance and ethics manager for Europe and Asia, Ludmila Egorova-Farines, who immediately traveled to Koch's corporate headquarters in Wichita to attend an internal compliance conference. Egorova-Farines then traveled to France, in May, where she discovered that a subsidiary in Arles had paid bribes to obtain contracts. When she notified headquarters of what she had found, Koch sent investigators to look into her allegations. By September of the same year, those investigators had found evidence of violations of criminal law (bribes to obtain contracts) in six countries, beginning in 2002.
Egorova-Farines was removed from the investigation in August, 2008, and she was terminated for incompetence in June of 2009. She sued Koch-Glitsch, a Koch Industries subsidiary, for wrongful termination, but Bloomberg Markets' article does not state whether her suit was successful; however, it does state that a letter from "Koch Industries," written on December 8, 2008, was entered into evidence at a French trial, and states that the letter became public in a French civil court ruling in September of 2010. Perhaps the letter was entered into evidence during Egorova-Farines wrongful termination suit. Perhaps the French court's ruling was that Egorova-Farines was not improperly terminated.
The "smoking gun," mentioned by Sara Sun Beale, was found, apparently, in the letter made public by the French court. Apparently, but we're not sure, the letter is about paying bribes to obtain contracts. Did Koch Industries pay a bribe to obtain an Iranian contract? All we know at this point is that the investigators found evidence of bribery to obtain contracts in "six countries." If the company did pay a bribe to obtain business in Iran, was the business that it obtained forbidden by law? There are two separate issues there.
One of the greatest realizations of human thought has been this: If event A preceeds event B, it doesn't necessarily follow that event A caused event B. It wouldn't be wise to conclude that Egorova-Farines was fired because she found evidence of bribery to obtain contracts. Neither should we conclude that she received any training about spotting bribery when she attended the internal compliance conference before she went to France and discovered the bribery.
Ranting about the activites of one company doesn't address the real problem. Let's put things into some perspective: if the estimate of Koch Industries' revenue of $100 Billion per year is correct, and if the estimate of $100 Million Koch Brothers' gifts to right-wing causes is correct, then they have only spent one-thousandth of the company's one-year revenues on those causes, if their $100 Million donation occurred in just one year. Those donations represent 1 dollar for every 1000 dollars in revenue -- just one tenth of one per-cent, if the donations occurred in one year only. To put it further into perspective, the revenues of Koch Industries are but a fraction of the revenues of all corporations, many of which lobby for regulatory reform.
The real problem is that many businesses are opposed to regulation, and some would like to tear down existing regulatory law. A letter to your members of congress ranting about Koch Industries won't get far. Congress isn't interested in making laws against any corporation; Congress is, however, keenly interested in business regulation and over the years has enacted regulatory law and has delegated some of its authority to various agencies which have made administrative law. An argument based solely on the activity of one company is a poor argument. Remember that the Koch Brothers' gifts are derived from Koch Industries revenues which are but a small part of all corporate revenues. If your member of congress were to respond to an argument based solely on the activites of Koch Industries, he or she might reasonably ask you to provide additional examples, examples of how other companies have behaved. Unfortunately, no one can argue from "illegal activity" without knowing that a law has been broken. So, in order to take this problem up with members of congress, a better approach is to advocate for retaining existing regulatory law or to argue for strengthening regulatory law. Arguments for retaining, even strengthening, existing regulatory law aren't difficult to come by, and it's easy to send a letter to your representatives, but a letter should be written by you. Congress can be old-fashioned, but its members are quite capable of screening their incoming correspondence for astroturf, mass e-mail and fax campaigns ... whatever you'd like to call it.
If it's any consolation, if the Koch Brothers have donated to the Tea Party, then they have made a poor investment. The Tea Party fell into disrepute over its don't-care-if-we-default attitude during the debt ceiling negotiations. So much so that Sarah Palin went to Indianola, Iowa to deliver what she billed a "full throated defense of the tea party." That was a dud, too.
Whether an action over the evidence, if any, contained within the letter made public by the French court ever occurs will be interesting to learn. If it happens, we shouldn't assume that it was precipitated by Bloomberg Markets' article. Remember about event A and event B? In fact, Department of Justice should be given credit for knowing about a lot of things before anyone else does. The article makes clear that a department spokeswoman would not confirm or deny the existence of any investigation.
Did I miss anything? Do I need to go read the "prebuttals?" I don't think so. I can think for myself.
Justin Elliott's tout is "Koch brothers spooked by forthcoming story."
Bloomberg Markets' story is "Koch Brothers Flout Law With Secret Iran Sales."
A New Yorker story is "Covert Operations," which is Jane Mayer's article about the Koch brothers. The $100 Billion and $100 Million figures, used above, were obtained from that article.
Update: Koch Industries has issued a press release, "Koch General Counsel Mark Holden Responds to Bloomberg Markets Magazine," which includes a link to an Engish translation of the French court's decision, mentioned above, as well as affidavits filed by Koch Industries. I haven't had time to read them, but they may be interesting. Now, don't have a knee-jerk response and assume that I am defending Koch Industries anywhere in this post. I am not. My post is simply legitimate criticism of the article posted by Bloomberg Markets, and it suggests how the larger problem of corporations' desire for regulatory reform can be addressed.
Update: Reading from the decision of the French court, this was the courts decision on grounds for termination:
The Tribunal note that several times the employer strived to find the compatibility between its needs and Mrs. EGOROVA-FARINES ' skills.From the court's decision, too:
Mrs. EGOROVA-FARINES interpreted this search for compatibility as a challenge of both her personally and her skill. This likely led to some misunderstanding which became more acute month after month. (And probably to a deterioration of her health).
Given the impossibility to communicate which arose between the employee and itself, the employer was forced to draw conclusions: i.e. terminate Mrs. EGOROVA-FARINES .
The Tribunal dismiss of all Mrs. EGOROVA-FARINES 's claims.
Egorova-Farines alleged in her wrongful termination suit that she had been terminated "for having reported (in May 2008) alleged facts of corruption at the Company." There is not an admission of criminal activity by Koch there.The article states that Koch's termination letter to Egorova-Farines contains a "smoking gun." It quotes, "Those activities constitute violations of criminal law," without any context, presumably from Koch's termination letter of December 2008 to Egorova-Farines. Egorova-Farines probably has the letter; she was a source for the article. How did Sara Sun Beale, who states, "The payments to win contracts documented by Koch investigators may violate U.S. law," obtain the letter? Does the letter contain a "smoking gun?" Something that would damage Egorova-Farines credibility? The article's omission of the disposition of Egorova-Farines suit and failure to quote more from the termination letter is troubling, because it doesn't permit the reader to evaluate important parts of the story's background, and it doesn't permit the reader to evaluate the credibility of one of the story's primary sources -- "Egorova-Farines says," "she says," ... .
The article's statement:
Egorova-Farines wasn't rewarded for bringing the illicit payments to the company's attention.is disingenous in light of the French court's verdict. I suppose that if that was the extent of her relationship with her employer she might have been rewarded; however, the "reward" for doing one's job is often only that one gets to come back tomorrow.
In the first affidavit,
"On or about May 30, 2008 when the allegations of possible bribery ... ." There is not an admission of criminal activity by Koch there.Is the article's statement "By September of that year, the researchers had found evidence of improper payments to secure contracts in six countries dating back to 2002, authorized by the business director of the company's Koch-Glitsch affiliate in France" accurate?
Update: Pro Publica -- "Journalism in the public interest" -- has posted "What Are the Latest Revelations About Koch Industries?"


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Xbox One Titanfall System Bundle Temporary Price Drop
A significant, temporary price drop on the Xbox One Titanfall Edition seeks to help Microsoft close the gap in the next-gen console war.
The official Microsoft Store shows a special, decreased price of the Xbox One Titanfall Edition that only shows upon checkout. This bundle was originally priced at $499.99, which is the standard cost of an Xbox One without having any games packaged in it whatsoever. This means that the original price of the bundle itself already includes a $60 dollar price drop.
As of right now, the current pricing of the bundled Xbox One is $449.99. Factor in the standard Xbox One console cost of $499.99 and the cost of Titanfall by itself, $59.99, and this current price means this would be one of the most opportune moments for someone to buy an Xbox One along with its big exclusive that sets it apart from Sony. Multiple other bundles are also getting some nice discounts on the Microsoft Store, but the Titanfall bundle is the most basic one available.
This price drop has been occurring at major retail stores everywhere, such as Walmart and Target, and is not just exclusive to the Microsoft Store. On the other hand, certain retailers were also including incentives, such as gift cards, for those who purchased the system in their stores. The decreased price is most likely to help Microsoft close the gap between Xbox One and PlayStation 4 sales while Sony's hit console is still very hard to find with its rarity expecting to last until this summer.
Nevertheless, we would like to remind our readers that this price drop is temporary and can be changed at anytime. But wouldn't it be great if it became permanent?


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I was looking at places to put my .viemurc. I noticed in the documentation that is still says you can put this file "(3) ViEmu's installation folder (typically 'C:\Program Files\ViEmu')." This would have changes for the new ViEmu. Would the .viemurc work somewhere in %HOME%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Extensions\Symnum Systems SLU\ViEmu\? Or does it just work in %HOME% and %HOMEDRIVE%/%HOMEPATH% now? Thanks.


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Teton Gravity Research's Newest Film "Dream Factory" Shows Oct. 17
The Teton Gravity Research film "Dream Factory" will be shown Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 8 p.m. in the University of Wyoming Arts and Sciences auditorium. Admission is free.
The film follows Teton Gravity Research's athletes daring enough to brave the Alaskan frontier. The crew voyages from the Alaskan training grounds to Jackson Hole and Pemberton, British Columbia. They immerse themselves into the Alaskan way of life during a record snowfall year with extraordinary skiing terrain.
For more information visit www.tetongravity.com/films/the-dream-factory.
The Student Activities Council sponsors this event. Individuals needing assistance to attend this event should call the Campus Activities Center at (307) 766-6340. For more information, visit www.uwyo.edu/cac.


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