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Before last night's match-up between the Mets and the Phllies, Mike Schmidt had some words for his former team.
"One pitch, one at bat, one play, one situation, think 'small' and 'big' things result, tough at-bats, lots of walks, stay up the middle with men on base, whatever it takes to 'keep the line moving' on offense, 27 outs on defense, the Mets know you're better than they are," Schmidt said in an email to team manager Charlie Manuel.
It seems to have worked as the Phillies came away from the game with a 3-0 win, pulling themselves within two games of the division leading Mets. The bats were relatively quiet, aside from a two-run homer by Greg Dobbs, and the star of the game was Phillies pitcher Brett Myers. Myers managed to leave the game with an impressive 10 strikeouts in 118 pitches. When told of the pre-game pep email from Schmidt, Mets reliever Billy Wagner was not impressed, having only this to say: "Did Gary Carter send us one?" Twins/Tigers: Minnesota put a hurting on the Tigers in a 10-2 romp that featured a Justin Morneau grand slam. Delmon Young joined the fun with a homerun and an RBI double while Liriano pitched a season-high nine strikeouts. Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga had a season-high of his own, walking six batters. The Twins stand at 1.5 behind in the division while the Tigers are licking their paws 12.5 games back. Diamondbacks/Dodgers: The Dodgers routed the D-backs 7-0, cutting Arizona's lead in the NL West to only half a game. LA's' Andre Ethier went an incredible 5 for 5 with 5 RBI's, who according to my google searching, is only the fifth player in Dodger history to have five hits and RBI's in a game. Dodgers pitcher Derek Lowe shout out Arizona, holding them to only two runs and forcing them to continue a major losing slide. The Dodgers, who were 4 1/2 games back and on an 8 game losing streak a week ago, could pull ahead of the D-backs with a win today. What else would you expect from a Torre team?


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I have always been fascinated by the concept of a Leap Year. It boggles my mind Julius Caesar's people, who must have been fairly swamped with their complicated plots to murder him, still had time to figure out that the 365 day calendar wasn't matching up with the Earth's rotation, actually 365 days….and ¼.
How in the hell did they figure that out? Are we sure they got it right, because it's a pretty nutty concept, frankly. If I think about it too hard my head starts to ache and I think I can actually feel the Earth start to spin faster. Ooh, none of that, we may end up with extra extra days. So eventually I just decide to give Caesar and his buddies the benefit of the doubt. A leap of faith.
And so here we are. Another Leap Year has cycled our way. In 2008 we get to insert that extra day we've all dutifully accrued over the past three years. A veritable windfall! How are you going to spend all this extra time? I've teamed up with BD at The Busy Dad Blog and Piper from Bliss in Bloom to tackle this very question. We've decided, in the spirit of Leap Year, to launch TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH 08, a month-long campaign to shake things up.
Spoiler Alert: It's highly likely we will embarrass ourselves.
So each Friday in the month of February, we are going to share one LEAP OF FAITH that we've taken each week. A goal we've shelved for way too long. An idea that's just been nagging away. Something that wrestles us out of our cozy comfort zone. You'll have to tune in each Friday to learn the LEAP of the week. It could be singing in public. Trying a new sport. Taking a big stand with the boss. We'll see how it unfolds. Send us your ideas. Share some of your great leaps. Take one with us.
In the meantime I can unveil my first LEAP OF FAITH for the month. I am here to announce the launch of my second blog, Fly Fish Chick. Fly fishing is my truest passion, and I've kept my eye on all the boys' fishing blogs for quite awhile now, secretly wanting my own. Well, with the urging and support of TC at The Trout Underground, I've got one. The idea of authoring a second blog is daunting enough. But putting myself out there in this extremely male dominated sport is - to say the least - a bit of a leap.
So we're off and running. Enjoy the series and by all means, if you want to join the campaign, come on along. Just think, at the end of the month it will be Friday February 29th and we can say Veni Vidi Vici!
Hopefully we won't be taken down by any traitors in the process.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Time To Keep Up With the Earth's Rotation
I have always been fascinated by the concept of a Leap Year. It boggles my mind Julius Caesar's people, who must have been fairly swamped with their complicated plots to murder him, still had time to figure out that the 365 day calendar wasn't matching up with the Earth's rotation, actually 365 days….and ¼.
Posted by Chick at 3:38 PM
23 comments:
- BusyDad said...
Taking a deeeeep breath… AND WE'RE OFF! This is going to be fun. Embarrassing as hell, but definitely fun. And a flyfishing chick? The world is right again.
- February 1, 2008 at 4:18 PM
- piper of love said...
Heart races... breathe deep, exhale, GO!
"Ever notice that 'what the hell' is always the right decision?"
You, me, and BD = power packed fun!
Fly Fish Chick is going to be an enormous success! Many congrats, and much love ~xo
- February 1, 2008 at 5:12 PM
- Karen MEG said...
Great, a new blog from you, that's awesome.
Very cool idea with the blog topic.
I, um, totally coincidentally, posted something today could fall under that leap category ... I just put pictures of my ARSE for the whole world to see (fully clothed, of course, but it's still my behind).
- February 1, 2008 at 5:36 PM
- Amy said...
Sounds like a great idea! And very brave of you guys! And I love that you are tackling your new blog. I know nothing about fly-fishing so I will have to come visit it to learn a little.
- February 1, 2008 at 5:43 PM
- Maria said...
Fly fishing, eh?
That's where you stand in the water in big rubber overalls, right?
I wanna try! It's probably really popular around here since I live between an intra-coastal waterway and a beach...
- February 1, 2008 at 6:09 PM
- Miss said...
Great idea you three! I could get on board with that!
- February 1, 2008 at 6:21 PM
- LunaNik said...
I love the whole leap of faith idea. I just dunno if I can do it. So....I guess it would be a leap of faith for me to just TRY to do it, eh?
And congrats on the fly fishing blog. That's awesome. I gladly support any woman brave enough to conquer a "man's" sport. Bravo girl!
- February 1, 2008 at 7:47 PM
- secret agent mama said...
I'm so in on this one.. I have to post something later, though, because right now I can't find it.. Grrrrr...
You, Pipes, and BD...TRIPLE THREAT, yo!!
- February 1, 2008 at 8:31 PM
- Tara R. said...
Wow... you guys are brave. Good luck in all your endeavors.
- February 1, 2008 at 8:55 PM
- Rachel said...
I love this and I adore the three of you! Fabulous! Fantastic and inspirational! I love it! FFC is going to be awesome, I just know it!
Congrats honey!
- February 1, 2008 at 9:26 PM
- Angie said...
OOOH.. So many of my favorite bloggers on board. yet, you scare me. There is comfort behind this keyboard. YIKES. Take care young brave one.
- February 1, 2008 at 10:26 PM
- Stacey said...
What a cool idea! It'll be interesting to see how you guys do (I'm too wimpy to join at this point)! Good luck!
Blog Hopping! Happy Friday!
"Margarita Mom"
- February 1, 2008 at 10:28 PM
- amanda said...
Oh, Leap of Faith Friday is an excellent idea! can anyone participate? Because I am so in, if they.
- February 1, 2008 at 10:39 PM
- Krista said...
Fly fisher women unite! Sweet! I might totally have to go find me a stream soon... when the ice melts! ;)
Hot Mama
- February 1, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Have fun Christine! Great idea to write about what you're passionate about...Chicken Fried steak, Honky tonks, River runs through it Fly fishing...looking forward to reading about whatever you're up to.
- February 2, 2008 at 8:48 AM
- Becky said...
Dude, I am so there with you.
Yes, I am a lurker, but no I won't hide my face anymore.
Hmmm...now what can I do...?
- February 2, 2008 at 11:51 AM
- FENICLE said...
I came over from Canape and I must say I am glad I did! You are truly interesting!!
Fly fishing sounds awesome. I've always wanted to try it.
And Leap of Faith...very cool.
- February 2, 2008 at 10:58 PM
- JO-N said...
The three of you are awesome. I am beginning to think that my buddies in cre8buzz are all amazing!
- February 3, 2008 at 8:25 AM
- Darrin said...
Fly Fishing Chick... awesome! I definitely believe women have the upper hand when it comes to fly fishing. I was never graceful enough to fly fish (correctly) here in Colorado. 5 times out of 10 I slap the water a bit too hard. I don't mind roll casting with my 9 foot over high reeds etc. to hit those perfect pools and banks.
- February 4, 2008 at 7:39 PM
- ♥♥♥ A- Licious ♥♥♥ said...
oooh - that sounds awesome..i will def be tuning in! GREAT idea!!
- February 5, 2008 at 2:47 PM
- Momo Fali said...
You're brilliant! A cute chick in a male-dominated ANYTHING will do well. Add brains to it and voila! I guarantee it will be a success!
- February 5, 2008 at 3:42 PM
- Getty72 said...
You are sooo spoiling us. Not only do we have the luxury of enjoying this wonderful blog of yours, but you are giving us the wonders of another... pure decadence.
And I agree with busydad.... A flyfishing chick... The world is definitely right again!!!!
I love the idea of your challenge. I wish the three of you lots of warm wishes and good luck. I look forward to following your progress!!
Take care ~ Graham :D
- February 5, 2008 at 5:44 PM
- MadameMeow said...
I think I'll be doing this leap of faith thing, too... but continuing after February, obviously, since it's March now... but it's a wonderful idea!
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Opinion: Crisis Talks for Student Loans
WSJ editorial board member Kimberley Strassel on why student loan interest rates doubled and the Senate's likely fix. Photo credit: Getty Images.
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... I ... welcome back to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel ... interest rates on some federally subsidized student loans when up this week and politicians inside the Beltway are bracing for a fix ... is there a copper mines in the works Potomac watch columnist Kim straw soul joins now from Washington can ... I it's ... like there's this what's going on between what the White House wants and what Senate Democrats want SEC road ... this is the fascinating part of this story and this and why Mary and me and that do not have a deal yet on this issue ... what happened here is that the White House someone in their Treasury Department actually decided to do a little bit of math not long ago ... and work out that as the government's cost of borrowing began to go up in interest rates go up ... given that the government is now the originator of ninety percent of student loans and they had ... targeted pay to load slows down three point four percent ... think that there are going to be on the hook for a lot of potentially a lot of money these cars for Benetton very night ... so they decided to look for the new proposal that would pay these rates more to the market ... now interest only that happens to be what a lot of Republicans want ... this as isolated the number of Senate Democrats in particular who had been insisting ... instead these rates remain at three point four percent chance the big switch from what the president promised on the campaign trail ... it is a one hundred and eighteen area when ... he ... I've that made you know this was one of them the mainstays of the president's campaign the one at all these colleges and universities and ... spoken in front of that young audiences saying I'm here I'm the guy has any keep your interest rates low for student loans in that bag I may run he once they know he wanted the same for you ... now again somebody events that led to the facts and figures and decided to do with this and be content top and costly and so he is moving more toward the Republican field ... the pics of him looking toward the Republican position then why threatened to veto ... the House bill meanwhile Republicans proposed ... E-mail in me and I think this was to things and then there was a small aspect of the House bill that the with the White House is making a big deal and ... I had to do with whether or not loans once they were paid in the market is it that ... that the rate that a student of the doubt that would last the entirety of the law nor would flow from year to year the Republicans won the latter the White House wanted ... the former ... I'm so but mostly I think the White House this didn't necessarily want to roll over that usually given that they've moved toward the GOP position in the summer wanted to put ... Republicans in the proper spot here they could then have to really work out because most of the focus than on the fact that ... those really opposing the president's plan to ban members of his own party ... well ... I finished yet compromise with the other side and it ... could be a valid deal horrible ... but it is their movement are now and toward a copper mines ... adding in areas that has what you're seeing now is that those of his appeal a hairy green ... ElizabethWarren actually wanted you intend to pay these rates down to below one percent ... I which is defy reality ... at bay what you see is a lot of the the Fed is slowly getting rowdy Bible the white at the end of ... the GOP House you've now got in the Senate a coalition of Republican and Democratic senators that have come out when the bill that would indeed paid at some of these rates more to the market ... I they would lock them didn't warrant it the way the White House wanted that seems to be getting the moment and we may have a big deal on this next week when everyone gets back into the ... gym and got about thirty seconds left is any of this can it be enough to solve this ... too big to fail student loan from versus just a temporary fix ... now and email although it isn't as saying that marry the one thing that has driven the White House due to lightning move a little bit more toward market rates is the fact that the government and right then and now ... the originator of ninety percent of student loans ... they don't have a price that market that they can squeeze any more so than having to take more responsibility than it does indeed lead the taxpayer a huge risk Lisa tax there's a sheet risk it's a team in rehearing over and over age and ... Potomac watch columnist Kim straw soul thank so much for being on show ...


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CRESTVIEW � Keith Lewis, owner of Lewis & Co. Jewelers, says shuttering the business he has operated here for more than 20 years has been an "emotional" process.
CRESTVIEW � Keith Lewis, owner of Lewis & Co. Jewelers, says shuttering the business he has operated here for more than 20 years has been an "emotional" process.
"I have seen generations (of customers) come through this store," he said of the North Ferdon Boulevard business he grew from 875 to 5,000 square feet.
His departure won't be easy on his customers, either.
"Lewis & Co. ... is more than a jeweler; they're friends," Nancy Sparagowski, of Crestview, said. "Rachel Lewis Russell (Lewis' daughter) and Keith have provided personal assistance and their time without you ever feeling like they have other customers."
"We have been doing business with Keith and all his coworkers ever since he started in the jewelry business," Lee Ann Julius said. "Their customer service is excellent, and no other business can even come close ... I just hate seeing them go. They seem like family and they also treat you that way.
"Sad to say that this is the last Christmas we both will be getting jewelry. Keith had the best selection, prices and people working for him. (We) will not be satisfied doing business anywhere else."
Such sentiments would flatter Lewis, but still, it's time to retire, he said.
"I have decided within the last year that I am just tired," he said. "I have actually been working since I was 10 years old; I am just at the point in my life where I am ready to slow down."
And to move on. Lewis isn't just closing shop; he's also leaving Florida.
Instead of dealing in diamonds and gold � and displaying humorous, memorable billboards to attract people to the store � Lewis will be hunting, fishing and spending time with his grandchildren in Gantt, Ala.
Still, the decision is bittersweet, he said.
"I know I will miss everybody," Lewis said. "I have made thousands of friends in the 20 years I have been here."
And not just from business, Sparagowski will tell you.
"Keith has been a part of the community in everything from (being) the Spanish Trail Cruisers Poker Run sponsor to Relay For Life to assisting my sons � one through Boy Scouts and becoming an Eagle Scout, and one with raising funds for his People-to-People Ambassador trip."
The store's 11 employees, including family members, have already made plans for life after Lewis & Co., Keith Lewis said.
Joey Tinklepaugh, Lewis' son, plans to open a jewelry repair and design shop. Russell plans to spend more quality time with her children.
For now, the store is selling off remaining merchandise, including engagement rings and men's and women's watches. Everything has been marked down, up to 70 percent off, Lewis said.
"It's going to go fast, so if people want to buy for Christmas, they need to get in here," he said.
No close date has been set, but Lewis said the store would be open after the holidays, even if all the merchandise is sold and it's just to assist customer needs including ring-size adjustments.
"Just because I am closing doesn't mean I don't love my customers," he said.
"This is why Keith has been so successful!" Sparagowski said. "His staff of family members knows you when you enter, and never treat you like a customer. You are family...
"Saying they will be missed is an understatement."
WHAT: Lewis & Co. Jewelers going-out-of-business sale
WHEN: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays
WHERE: 866 N. Ferdon Blvd., Crestview
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) - U.S. Sen. Michael Crapo will likely be required to install an ignition interlock device in his car to test his breath for alcohol as a result of his drunken driving arrest in Virginia. But that wouldn't have been the case in his home state of Idaho, which doesn't require the devices for first-time offenders.
The Spokesman-Review reports that 17 states, including Washington and Virginia, require the in-car breath tests to prevent even first-time convicted drunken drivers from starting their cars while under the influence. Idaho requires the devices for repeat offenders, however.
Crapo was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving last week and police have said the Idaho Republican registered a blood-alcohol level of 0.11 percent when he was pulled over in Alexandria, Va., after running a red light.
Crapo, a first-time offender who was known as a teetotaler due to his Mormon faith, has said he doesn't plan to contest the charges. His court date is Friday. Virginia law likely will require him to get an interlock device to drive, which prevents a vehicle from starting if the driver's breath reveals the presence of alcohol.
A growing number of groups are saying that Idaho also should require the ignition interlock devices for first-time drunken driving offenders. Last month, the National Transportation Safety Board sent a letter calling for states to require the devices for a first offense. Idaho Transportation Department spokesman Reed Hollinshead said the letter is under review.
AAA of Idaho and Mothers Against Drunk Driving of Idaho are also asking for tougher ignition interlock laws.
"When we looked at the data based on everything that's out there, this looks to be the strongest mechanism out there right now that would sort of trump everything we've done previously," said Dave Carlson, spokesman for AAA Idaho. He noted that while nationally about a third of highway fatalities are alcohol-related, Idaho's figure is higher at nearly 40 percent.
A study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that repeat offenses by first-time drunken drivers in Washington fell by 12 percent after that state expanded its ignition interlock law. Kansas, which passed an all-offender interlock law in 2011, found that in that first year the number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities dropped by half.
Idaho's alcohol-related traffic fatalities fell significantly from 2007 to 2011, from 101 to 66, according to ITD data. But so did all traffic fatalities in the state, part of a long-term trend that experts attribute to everything from better-engineered cars and roadways to increased seat belt use.
During the same time period, the percentage of Idaho fatalities that were alcohol-related dropped from 43.5 percent to 39.5 percent but remained well above the national rate, which has been between 30 and 32 percent since 1995.
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Dieter gave us our first eyes-on look at Sygic's Turn-by-Turn GPS solution for the iPhone 3G, but we wondered if Apple -- whose iPhone SDK specifically forbid providing such navigation -- would ever allow it.
Seems Sygic thinks they will:
Sygic is entering the AppStore to be the first on the market that offers full turn-by-turn navigation for Apple users. "We believe Apple users will benefit soon from Sygic Mobile 2009 turn-by-turn navigation worldwide – the same as all of our customers on different platforms" said Michal Stencl, CEO and founder of Sygic.
Could this be part of a new Premium App Store launch later today? Our tipper, antonioj, seems to think it will...
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The MIT men's fencing team compiled a 4-1 ledger in its final Northeast Fencing Conference (NFC) competition held this past Saturday at Brown University. The Engineers fell to the host Bears (19-8), but defeated Boston College (16-11), Tufts University (22-5), Dartmouth College (15-12), and Vassar College (18-9). The epee team racked up a record of 38-7 on the day while the best individual performance came from freshman Nicholas Sledeski (Belle Mead, N.J.) who won 14 of his 15 bouts in sabre action.
Junior Joseph Rafidi (Los Angeles, Calif.) powered the epee unit with a 13-2 record while senior Jackson Crane (San Francisco, Calif.) had a total of 11-4. Freshman Jack Greenfield (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) defeated eight of his nine opponents as classmate Giulio Gueltrini (Ravenna, Italy) won all six of his outings. The Engineers swept Tufts and Vassar, overpowered Dartmouth (8-1) and Boston College (7-2), and edged out Brown (5-4).
Behind the strength of Sledeski's outstanding effort, the sabre squad finished at 22-23. MIT topped Boston College (6-3) while picking up 5-4 wins over Tufts and Vassar. Junior Luke O'Malley (Los Angeles, Calif.) registered a total of 6-9 while freshman Pon Jirachuphun (Chantaburi, Thailand) picked up two wins. Sophomore Dwayne George (Freeport, N.Y.) also saw some action but was unable to earn a victory in his three appearances.
Freshman Scott Robinson (Califon, N.J.) led the foil team with a 9-6 record as senior Alexander Siy came in at 7-8. Junior James Clark (Falls Church, Va.) posted two wins against Tufts while senior Chris Perera (Jacksonville, Fla.) defeated his foe from Vassar. MIT ended the day with a total of 19-26 as its only win, an 8-1 decision, came against Tufts.
Next up for MIT (9-6, 8-2 NFC) will be its final home competition of the season, the Eric Sollee Invitational, which will be held on Sunday, Feb. 3.


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Benjamin Christie
Founder & President
Benjamin Christie is the Founder and President of Gourmet Ads, a global food advertising network which specializes in reaching the grocery buyer online. He is one of the world's foremost leaders in developing online brand solutions for food and grocery companies.
A ten year plus veteran of the online Food Industry, Benjamin's career started out in kitchens as a chef, at the award winning Watermark Restaurant in Sydney. From there he held positions in various hotels and resorts as executive chef and finally went on to host the cooking show, Dining Downunder which subsequently broadcast in 50 countries.
Diversifying from kitchens to into the online sector, Benjamin then managed several dot com projects with de Groots Media which included Best Restaurants of Australia, Best Hotels of Australia, Perfect Gift Certificates and Inflight Concierge.
Benjamin then transitioned to Innovations director at Australia's largest independently owned web development company, Wiliam. In this role, Benjamin took an innovative and strategic approach with many high profile projects for Yahoo Australia, Network Ten, eWay, Camera House, Getup! and Radio Rentals to name a few.
Founding Gourmet Ads in 2008, Benjamin now manages advertising on over 500 recipe, cooking and food websites, serving over 200 million ads per month around the globe. Gourmet Ads client's range from multinational food companies such as General Mills, Nestle and Kraft through to localized supermarket chains like Target, Coles, Tesco and Supervalue as well as hundreds of smaller food and kitchenware companies.
Midway through 2010, Benjamin led the acquisition by Gourmet Ads of the recipe search engine, RecipeBridge.com from its founders. Since completion of the acquisition, RecipeBridge has been re-branded and redeveloped, including building a dedicated recipe spider to index recipes. RecipeBridge has currently indexed over 4 million individual recipes from around the internet with a mobile site currently in development.
In 2011, Benjamin conceptualized and launched the world's first food focused Private Ad Exchange called the 'Gourmet Ads Marketplace' which was developed with Cox Digital Solutions on the Appnexus Platform. The Gourmet Ads private ad exchange allows advertisers and demand side platforms, (DSPs) to access advertising inventory on a real time basis. With the success of the American private ad exchange, the Gourmet Ads Marketplace is currently being expanded into Canada, Europe and Australia territories.


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RuPaul's Drag Race Contestant Sahara Davenport Has Passed Away
Several queens from RuPaul's Drag Race and judge Michelle Visage all confirmed in several tweets of sadness that season 2 contestant Sahara Davenport (born name: Antoine Ashley) is now up in heaven, covering the eyes of the angels with glitter. Some reports say that Sahara was 27 and some reports say Sahara was 28, and I'm saying that she was too young to be sharing an Absolut cocktail with Jesus in the Interior Illusions lounge in heaven.
Queerty says that Antoine Ashley was born, raised and schooled in Texas. Antoine got his BA in dance from Southern Methodist University before moving to NYC where he worked as an actor, dancer and singer. There's no details as to how or when Sahara passed away. Sahara's partner and fellow Drag Racer, Manila Luzon, only wrote: "I love him" on Facebook on Sunday night. And RuPaul tweeted her condolences this morning:
Rest in peace, Sahara Davenport.


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Community Concern, A Previous Broadcasts
KQED World: Sat, Dec 1, 2012 -- 5:00 PM
This film gives visibility to the power of organizing as a way to improve urban public schools. Across the US, graduation rates in most urban districts still remain between 50 and 60 percent. This documentary is about people who refuse to accept the system's failures, and are working for change. Their spirit, passion and commitment shows that when organizers, parents, youth and educators work together, they are successful. It brings together stories of people facing different challenges, but share similar goals. Included: a story from Oakland, CA, which shows how it is possible for community members, educators, and policy makers to come together to transform their School District.


text: Our first visit to this restaurant was a very disappointing experience. It is unforfunate that we picked this restaurant to take 8 out of town guests. Never have I had such a tasteless, unproportioned, expensive meal, out of 10 the only edible plate served to us was the personal pizza. Service was good, no waitting and comfortable seatting. As a customer you always want to have a good meal with a good drink (Beer). this was not the case. We will not Return.


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The Out Of Place Olive Tree
"This Olive Tree is the symbol of Strength and Life. Olive Trees do not typically grow in the desert, but the meaning is that sometimes in life we all feel out of place, not feeling settled or in a tough situation.. with determination and perseverance we can too can thrive and pull our roots through even the hardest of times and come out better than before." ~CLAIR
Canvas Giclee:
CLAIR's Signed and Numbered Canvas Giclees are printed on canvas and signed and numbered by the artist.. By printing on canvas, the colors achieved are mirroring the intensity, vibrancy and color of CLAIR's originals. Our canvas giclees are stretched on heavy duty stretcher bars and are museum wrapped (the painting continues around the sides), adding a three dimensional studio feel and creating the option to hang them unframed for a more contemporary look. Each one is signed and numbered on the back. Please note each giclee is printed per order.
Artist Proof:
An Artist Proof is the next best thing to the original. (at less than half the cost). First I take a canvas giclée, and paint over the entire thing with oil, acrylics, and adding texture as I follow the brushstrokes of the original and sometimes changing colors slightly. (each is a one of a kind)
Then if you like, I can personalize the painting making the couple in it look like you by changing hair color, eye color, add a favorite flower, favorite bottle of wine, add a special date in the clouds, or whatever makes it personal to YOU! After all this is your painting, custom made especially for you. Its your choice to make changes or keep the piece just exactly as you see it. Having an artist proof that has been painted over really brings the giclée to life, adding bright, vivid color– there is nothing like it. Keeping within my commitment to my art, I have set the edition size very low. (Typically there are only 10 artist proofs ever made for each painting, so they can sell out fast) Since Artist Proofs have a lot of work that goes into them, I require a minimum of of 4-6 weeks (this can time can depend on how many orders I have to complete, as I will never sacrifice quality of my work.) To get started please email me 3-5 good head shots of the person(s) you would like to be in the painting (if it is painting that already has a couple in it I will keep the same placement of people and only make changes after we discuss in detail what you want.)
See some other artist proofs I have done HERE!
Canvas Mini Giclee:
Our canvas Mini's are perfect for those small spaces, or great for giving as gifts. They are also wonderful in a grouping of 3 or 4 for a greater impact. They are stretched on light stretcher bars and they include hanging hardware on the back, so they are ready to hang as soon as you get them home. They are printed in an open edition.
What is a Giclee
A Giclee (pronounced zhee-clay) is a high-end upscale fine art reproduction. Each giclee is custom created, one-at-a-time as it is acquired by collectors.
In the giclee process, the image is generated from a high-resolution digital scan and printed with UV inks onto archival quality canvas. An ultra-fine stream of non-toxic water based ink, more than 4 million droplets per second, is jet-sprayed onto the canvas. This produces a combination of over 3 million possible colors resulting in prints that are lush and vibrant with the look and tonality of a fine art oil painting. Limited-edition giclees are signed and numbered on the back.
A fantastic advantage of giclee printing is that the digital images can be reproduced to almost any size, giving the artist the ability to customize prints for a specific client.
Giclee prints have gained worldwide acceptance in the art community and can be found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Louvre in Paris.
Giclees and Mini Canvas Giclees will arrive within 2-4 weeks.
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What is a predicate verb, and can u provide an example of one?
EX: I walk. ('walk' is both the verb and the predicate of that sentence)
EX: I walk home. ('walk home' is the predicate, and 'walk' is the verb)
The term predicate refers to the verb and its complement(s).
Source. Read more here.
A predicateconsists of a verb or verb phrase and its complements, if any. A verb that requires no complements is called intransitive. A verb that requires one or two complements is called transitive. A verb may belong to both categories.
We may generate the complete sentence "I walk." with no complements. We may also generate "I walk home.", where "home" is a complement of the verb. Further, "I walk my dog home." has two complements: "my dog" and "home". In traditional grammars, these complements are called the "indirect object" (my dog) and the "direct object" (home).
The complement of a verb or verb phrase is described as being optional and consisting not only of objects, but of adjectives, prepositional phrases, etc.


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|2009-11-09, 08:57
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Malaysia
Kaidan Restaurant
The Japanese broadcasting station TV Asahi has confirmed that it will premiere a horror anthology anime series called Kaidan Restaurant (Thriller Restaurant,怪談レストラン)in October.
Each episode will consist of three stories or "dishes": the appetizer, the main dish, and dessert. The first two "dishes" will deal with an ordinary sixth-grade schoolgirl named Ako Ōzora and the bizarre occurrences that befall her and her classmates. The third "dish" will be a standalone short ghost story told by Ako and her friends.
Credit and source : http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ency...e.php?id=11024
Website : http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/kaidan_restaurant/
First time starting a thread,sorry if this was made before,did a search but nothing came up,so I decided to start a thread on it.Moderators are free to delete this thread if it was made before.
First episode released by GG fansubs,many thanks to the group.Meant for kids(?),but I liked it.
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|2009-11-11, 08:16
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Mortuary : D
Watched this show couldn't resist the name Kaidan Restaurant (Thriller Restaurant) and actually enjoyed it a lot . Almost feels like Kitaro for a younger audience . Watched up till episode 2 and loving the overabundance of yokai/yurei alike . Abig thank you to GG Subs and I hope they keep bringing us this wonderful show . Cant wait to see episode 3 ^.^
|2009-11-11, 22:25
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Mortuary : D
Yeah only heard of it once the torrent appeared . When read the summary, it caught my interest then checked up art for C.Designs and Dled it . When I watched it I was sold on this series .
Its quite a niche show hope its popularity grows ^^
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|2009-11-14, 13:09
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Last night watched all the latest 3 episodes of the series. They are quite enjoyable. I find the first episode to be a bit weak and uninspired, but despite that the episode is very nice to watch, especially the "dessert" (short story) about the mirror.
In my opinion the second and third episodes are better in terms of pacing and storytelling; again the "desserts" are really nice and relatively creepy for a kid show.
Looking forward to see more!
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|2009-11-15, 20:18
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Just watched the 4th episode. It was quite nice. the story about the shrine was okay; a simple and yet a nice plot; sometimes you just can't make fun of something holy e.g. a shrine, since you don't know what will happen to you if you do make fun of it.
The second story about the well is also quite good, but there's no "real" conclusion to the short story; maybe it's better so, it stays this way more mysterious and creepy.
The "dessert" about the white muffler as an instrument for a perfect crime is really nice touch to end the episode.
Looking forward to the episode next week; the preview is quite promising.
|2009-11-16, 03:05
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Man I love this show because it follows not the anime conventions of storytelling, but actual ghost stories and how they are told.
Like in ghost stories in general, stories ends abruptly and without too big a reveal about the consequences of all the strange happenings. Only a few stories out of them all had any sense of true closure. Like how ghost stories are actually told.
|2010-04-26, 16:34
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Just got the eps 13 from Huzzah (doesn't look like gg is going to do this anymore, or anything else for that matter) and I must say the encode is rather exquisite - super sharp and smooth, as well as awesome playback, while maintaining a small file size ... Even though the font is ridiculously big, but that doesn't really matter since it's a softsub, anyway. I haven't been this impressed in a long time. Looks like someone really knows how to encode
I would have posted this at their web site but they don't seem to have one
|2010-05-05, 10:14
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Reached up till episode 14 haven't watched 15 yet but I must say one of the most underrated shows this year . Given it aimed at an general to younger audience but doesn't make it any less scary . This show reminded me of Gakko no Kaidan with resp to the characters and the settings . I would put it up there with such horror anime as Hundred Stories .
|2010-05-18, 17:08
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Huzzah just did a few more episodes, 16 and 17. Huzzah for Huzzah!!!
I agree with Zu Ra, it's totally underrated and judging by the number of posts in this thread most people have passed it by. It might not be the best of shows out there and it can be a bit predictable, but that doesn't stop it being quite entertaining.
|2010-06-11, 11:21
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Indeed a beautiful anime, which glues me to the screen everytime.
|2010-07-09, 04:10
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This one is really good. It's an anime you'll probably see dubbed and aired on Nick or Cartoon Network.
It's got a Scooby Doo vibe to it. The main character is a pink haired Velma. Pack of kids and stories of the occult in their town. Bwahaha! Scary!
How did this go under the radar? Seems like the "occult" is becoming a popular theme lately.
Occult Academy just premiered. For those looking for some R rated horror, we get High School of the Dead.
|2010-08-17, 10:04
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Just finished Kaidan Restaurant and loved it . Esp liked the fact that towards the end it was 2 story arc as opposed to 3 . Cant wait for the LvA Movie, due to costumes and make up looks a bit odd . But looking forward to this one .
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HAVANA — While Pope Benedict XVI was in the air on his way to Mexico this morning, Cuba's foreign minister opened the official papal visit press centers in Havana and Santiago de Cuba. The pope arrives in Santiago de Cuba Monday and travels to Havana Tuesday.
Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez apparently told reporters that Cubans would welcome with pope with affection and listen to him with respect.
But when the press center opened, I was two blocks away trying to get my credentials at the foreign ministry's office for international press. At this moment, I'm still trying to get the passes I need to cover the pope's trip, but they kindly have allowed me into the press center.
Already staffed with dozens of assistants, telephone operators and folks handing out internet access cards, the press center is one of the clearest signs that Pope Benedict's arrival is just days away.
Along the five miles of main road leading from the airport to Havana's Vedado neighborhood, where the press center and press hotels are, there are two welcome signs. "Bienvenido a Cuba, Sua Santidad Benedicto XVI," (Welcome to Cuba, Your Holiness Benedict XVI), both say. Other than those two signs, there's not much else.
However, on the wall of a shuttered shop between the foreign ministry office for journalists and the press center, there was a small poster: "Bienvenido a Cuba, peregrino de la caridad" ("Welcome to Cuba, pilgrim of charity"). The poster refers to the main motive of the pope's trip here — the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the icon of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre.
Of course, if I had to wait outside the papal press center for my credentials, I could have enjoyed the beautiful view of the sea and some strolling musicians.


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Sincerest form of flattery
It's hard to believe that it has been a full generation since Cloudy Bay first burst on the wine world's consciousness in 1985. As recently as the middle '80s, New Zealand was almost unknown as a wine region, and the Sauvignon Blanc grape wasn't much more of a contender, a variety so widely dismissed as lackluster that Robert Mondavi had re-named it "Fumé Blanc" in hope of fooling people into thinking it something else entirely.
Within a few years, Cloudy Bay's once-unique Marlborough style - grapefruit and green peppers and gooseberries and more than a hint of spraying tomcats - had attracted a cheering horde of fanciers. In Great Britain and the U.S., each new vintage flew off the shelves almost as soon as it arrived, and its retail price, in dollars or pounds sterling, quickly rose through the teens into the 20s. Recent sightings have even reported it over $30 in some particularly rapacious U.S. markets.
And of course, as most hot new products do, it soon spawned a school of imitators. Some wine "geeks" were dubious - particularly those with taste buds weaned on Euro-style wines who preferred the relatively austere and food-friendly acidic character of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé from the Loire or the rich but terroir-driven Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon white blends from Bordeaux. But the big-name critics raved about the fruit-forward, bold and bright New Zealand, and producers responded. Once-sleepy Marlborough was soon carpeted with vineyards, most of them turning out Cloudy Bay taste-alikes.
The marketplace being what it is, it will come as no surprise that the phenomenon soon leaped national boundaries. In judging wine competition, I've tasted Sauvignon Blancs from Northern Italy, Croatia and Slovenia that I could have sworn were Kiwi; even a few Sancerres lately - particularly from overripe 2003 - have shown suspicious jalapeño and catbox aromas. And now comes this clean, fresh and very New Zealand-like entry from South Africa. Bottled under screw cap and priced to sell at just over $10, it's a great buy if you like your Sauvignon Blanc in Technicolor. But let the record reflect that it's yet another Mondovino moment in the internationalization of wine.

Durbanville Hills 2005 Durbanville Sauvignon Blanc ($11.99)
This is a transparent and very pale straw color wine from South Africa, bottled under screw cap. Its vivid aromas of white fruit and exuberant green chile peppers may be made in conscious emulation of the New Zealand Cloudy Bay style; flavors are consistent with the nose, herbaceous and fresh, tart acidity provides a spine beneath a mouth-coating texture; crisp citric flavors of lemon-lime and grapefruit linger in a long finish. U.S. importer: Brown-Forman Beverages Worldwide, Louisville. (April 19, 2006)
FOOD MATCH: Depending on whether your perspective is that of a pessimist or an optimist, Sauvignon Blanc in this bold, forward style either goes well with lots of dishes or doesn't go ideally with much of anything. I like it with similarly bold dishes, chicken or seafood or vegetarian dinners with attention-getting (not fiery) Asian or Mediterranean flavors. It worked well with earthy garbanzo pancakes (see the April 20, 2006 Wine Advisor FoodLetter) garnished with goat cheese and prosciutto.
VALUE: It's under half the price of Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc and on the low end for New World Sauvignon Blanc in general; no complaints if you like this style.
WHEN TO DRINK: The Techicolor aspect may fade into something more subtle with a few years of cellar time, but much like jammy, exuberant Zinfandels, aging may sacrifice the bold character that many consider its primary attraction.
Sauvignon Blanc = "So-veen-yawn BlahN"
Here's a good fact sheet on Durbanville Hills Sauvignon Blanc from Wine.co.za, a South Africa wine portal.
Look up prices and find vendors for Durbanville Hills Sauvignon Blanc on Wine-Searcher.com.


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by Inga 888
Dubai, United Ar...
Got these beautiful silk fabrics in Satwa textile souk and this blouse was perfect pattern for it.
Took me one week to put it together though, as it has two layers and chiffon is a bit difficult to handle (no tissue paper left in the house after this one was finished ;)
Pattern is very baggy, so had to take in sides quite a lot. Also straight hemline was amended to curved one.
Material Notes
top layer – silk chiffon
lining – silk
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Oct 31, 2012, 03.54 PMby Moimisie
Hi Inga, nice version. I also made this top and found that it falls out a little big, I had to go from a size 38 which I normally use for burda pattern and for this pattern I had to use a size 36. But I really like you version.
Oct 25, 2012, 07.17 AMby Mary Athey
Lovely blouse. love the neckline and your photos are great x
Oct 25, 2012, 04.43 AMby smallone
love love this version….so light and feminine.
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Once of these devices should be ''/dev/ttyUSB0'' for the Arduino Nano. If you do not see this one, then try rebooting using ''sudo reboot'' to see if that fixes this problem. (If you reboot, this will take about 45 seconds, and you will have to login again using ''ssh''. If that doesn't work, come talk to us. If you are a linux pro, you can try to debug the problem yourself by typing ''dmesg'' and looking at the result.) -->
Once of these devices should be ''/dev/ttyUSB0'' for the Arduino Nano. If you do not see this one, then try rebooting using ''sudo reboot'' to see if that fixes this problem. (If you reboot, this will take about 45 seconds, and you will have to login again using ''ssh''. If that doesn't work, come talk to us. If you are a linux pro, you can try to debug the problem yourself by typing ''dmesg'' and looking at the result.) -->
== Low-latency sensing ==
== Low-latency sensing ==
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Lab 1: Making Music with Pd in Satellite CCRMA
Lab write-up due on Tuesday, July 12 at 9AM
(For the lab write-up, answer all the questions asked below, and include pd patches of your solutions.)
For this lab you need your [Satellite CCRMA kit], a computer to program it, and some headphones with a mini 1/8" stereo jack. During this lab, you will start to use your kit.
- 1 The ccrma@satellite setup
- 2 Powering Up For The First Time
- 3 Low-latency sensing
- 4 Make A Musical Interaction
- 5 Optional: Autonomous ccrma@satellite
- 6 Optional: Programming Linux
- 7 Halt Your Board Properly When Finished!
- 8 Install
- 9 Download the Lab Patches to Your Home Directory
- 10 Play Around With the Patches
- 11 Short questions
- 12 Key Repeat
- 13 Design a different musical interaction
- 14 The Community
The ccrma@satellite setup
Included in your kit you should have
- Satellite CCRMA Hardware (Beagle Board + microSDHC memory card + Arduino Nano + solderless breadboard) - One 5V power adaptor to plug into the Beagle Board - One Ethernet cable for external communication - Arduino Nano - One GT Max adjustable-length USB cable
If you are missing something, please go get it before assembling your kit. Use the USB cable to connect the Arduino to the Beagle Board. Make sure you plug the micro SDHC memory card fully into its seat so that it looks as shown inside the red box:
Powering Up For The First Time
Plug the Ethernet port of the Satellite CCRMA into your laptop. Then plug in the 5V power supply into the Beagle as shown below. You should see some lights turn on, flickering every now and then. This means that Satellite CCRMA is booting up.
Connect To Satellite CCRMA
In order to see what your Satellite CCRMA kit is doing and program it, you need to log in to it. To do so, follow these instructions.
Avoid Powering Down the Board Without Halting it First!
Would you take the battery out of your laptop and unplug its power adaptor without shutting down? I don't think so! The same goes for Satellite CCRMA, at least when you can avoid it, because it is a small computer running linux.
Now we will test the halt procedure. Run the halt command as superuser by typing sudo halt at the Satellite CCRMA prompt. Then you will again have to type in the password temppwd in order to have the privilege to run this command. The SSH connection will be closed, but it will still be 20 seconds or so before Satellite CCRMA has completely shut down. (Note: The command sudo reboot would instead have caused Satellite CCRMA to reboot itself.)
Wait an extra entire minute to ensure that Satellite CCRMA is shut down. However, it will not power itself off. To do this, you need to disconnect the 5V power adaptor from the hub.
Getting Comfortable With Satellite CCRMA
Turn on Satellite CCRMA again using the same procedure as before where you plug the power into the USB hub. After about 30 seconds, the board should be booted up again, so you can log in again by running the command
ssh -X firstname.lastname@example.com
Low-latency sensing
Encoder input
One final reason that you would want direct control over the Arduino firmware is that you might have very low-latency sensing needs. As an example of this, we show you here how to use encoder input with the Arduino.
Quit Pd to ensure that Pd isn't using the USB/serial connection to the Arduino. Change to the ~/250a/lab3/encoder directory by typing
cd ~/250a/lab3/encoder
(If you are having problems with the Beagleboard and doing this lab on your laptop, download encoder.zip).
in the terminal. Start up the Arduino software using the command arduino & and upload the sketch encoder.pde to the Arduino. Then quit the Arduino software and start up Pd by typing pd encoder.pd You will notice that the comport object, which controls the USB/serial connection, has a dotted red box around it and that a related error is shown in the Pd main window. To correct the error, you need to rename the object from flatspace/comport $1 9600 to comport $1 9600.
Now you need to build this schematic to interface the encoder: http://cm-wiki.stanford.edu/mediawiki/images/c/c1/Encoder_filter.png. Pin two is the middle pin on the rotary encoder, and pins 1 and 3 are the other directly adjacent pins. It can be a bit difficult to plug the encoder into the solderless protoboard, but you can do it if you straighten out the pins first.
Note: In the schematic, AVR Phase A is digital pin 2 or the Arduino, and AVR Phase B is digital pin 3.
Now you're ready to send out the position of the encoder over the serial bus. The values should start near zero and increase or decrease, depending on which direction you turn the encoder. How are negative numbers represented? Why does the encoder always start near 0 when the program on the Arduino is restarted?
Make A Musical Interaction
As the final main deliverable of the lab, you should cause your ccrma@satellite kit make some sound that depends on how you manipulate the sensors. For example, you could make a musical instrument, a music controller, a mock-up sound art installation, or some other sonic interaction. Now that you have had some experience synthesizing sound, your sound synthesis patch should involve more than just a few osc~s. Think about what you want to design before you get started.
For your musical interaction, you can write your own firmware, or you can use Firmata. If you choose to use Firmata, then you need to re-flash Firmata to the beagleboard. To do so, first load the Arduino software. Then load the StandardFirmata sketch by choosing File|Examples|Firmata|StandardFirmata. Make sure that you have the correct Serial Port and Board selected. Then upload StandardFirmata to your Arduino Nano by clicking on the Upload button. Check that there were no errors with uploading StandardFirmata before you quit the Arduino software.
Start up the Jack audio server by executing the command qjackctl & at the terminal and clicking on the Start button. In order to be able to hear audio, you will need to plug a pair of ear buds, headphones, or loudspeakers into the 1/8" (2.54mm) jack labeled AUDIO OUT on the beagleboard.
It is probably easiest to make your patch by modifying ~/on-startup/windy-day.pd, which Edgar demonstrated in class. To start it up, first change to the directory ~/on-startup by typing cd ~/on-startup in the terminal. Then type pd windy-day.pd & to startup pd.
Optional: Autonomous ccrma@satellite
By this point you should be done with your musical interaction. If you would like to go the extra mile, we will now show you how to make your musical interaction autonomous in the sense that it can operate all by itself, free from any external laptop computer. We will show you how to do this using the example windy-day.pd.
To Enable A Default Patch On Boot
In the terminal, change to the on-startup directory by typing
cd ~/on-startup
and type ls -la to see what files are in there. You can see that the link (aka alias) default_patch.pd points to windy-day.pd. In order to enable the default patch to load on boot, rename the file load_default_patch_disabled to load_default_patch using the command
mv load_default_patch_disabled load_default patch
The cat command can be used to display the contents of any ASCII file. To look at the contents of load_default_patch, type cat load_default_patch. As you can see, it starts up Jack using the text-based jackd instead of qjackctl, and then it loads default_patch.pd in pd with the graphical user interface (GUI) disabled.
Now your kit should be ready for autonomous ccrma@satellite. To test it, just reboot the kit by typing sudo reboot and entering the password temppwd. As it is rebooting, plug a pair of ear buds, headphones, or loudspeakers into the 1/8" (2.54mm) jack labeled AUDIO OUT on the beagleboard. Within about a minute, your kit should be fully rebooted. To check this, you can try logging in with SSH. Either way, it should start running windy_day.pd upon startup.
Once your kit is fully rebooted, if you touch the anaog input pins on the Arduino A0-A7, it should start making some sound. However, unless you connect up a sensor circuit to some of the analog inputs, the exact behavior may be complicated. In particular, it will depend on the electrical properties of your body (how much sweat is on your fingers, whether you are touching a grounded device such as a laptop with any part of your body. Ask for help if you cannot get any sound.
Finally, log back into ccrma@satellite using the same command as always ssh -X firstname.lastname@example.com. Type ps -A at the prompt to get a list of the currently running processes. jackd is the Jack audio sound server, and pdextended is the pd process. To stop the default patch from running, type ./stop_default. To see how stop_default works, type cat stop_default. (The ./ was necessary in order to run the script stop_default because the current user directory ~ is not in the user path, so linux needs the ./ to indicate to look for stop_default in the current directory.)
Optional: Programming Linux
We don't actually expect you to do anything here, we are just providing some more information that is maybe helpful for you linux gurus. Since ccrma@satellite runs ubuntu linux on an OMAP chip, many standard software packages have been compiled for it. This is why we were easily able to install software such as Jack, Audacity, ChucK, Faust, Jacktrip, and the Arduino software.
If you are lucky, you can install your favorite software using the apt-get utility. To get a list of packages available on the OMAP's ARM architecture, type
sudo apt-cache pkgnames
You will notice that this list is way too long to look at. You can pipe it to the text file using the command
sudo apt-cache pkgnames > packages.txt
and then look at it using emacs packages.txt, or you search for a particular package, such as
sudo apt-cache pkgnames | grep emacs.
Or, you can compile linux software yourself on the Beagleboard. The gcc, g++ tools etc. are already installed.
Type the df command. You can see that there is not a whole lot more than 1GB available on the SD card, so you should only install software if you decide that you need it.
Halt Your Board Properly When Finished!
Remember to shut down your board when you are done before powering it off! (Of course as Spencer pointed out, if you are operating truly autonomously, of course you cannot login and run the halt command. Nevertheless, if it is not too inconvenient please try to shut down properly if you can. If you do not, then you may find that your SD memory card becomes corrupted.) As described above, you can do this by executing the command sudo halt and then waiting 30 seconds before disconnecting the power cables.
If you will use your own laptop, install Pd extended v0.41.4. Make sure that you install the extended version so that you have all of the objects that you need.
If you're running Pd using a desktop machine on the CCRMA network, make sure that you followed the instructions in this lecture for configuring Pd.
Download the Lab Patches to Your Home Directory
- Download the patches into your 250a directory and uncompress the archive: software_lab_pd.zip
Play Around With the Patches
- Open the patch labeled myinstrument. Play around with this patch. You should be able to exhaust its musical potential in a matter of minutes; reflect on its strengths and limitations.
- Also try to understand how it works as a piece of software. (But please don't get hung up on the arcana - as always, if you get stuck, ask for help rather than waste time.)
- Right-click or option-click on any object to get a contextual menu including "help," which opens that object's help patch.
- Right-click on a blank portion of a Pd patch. Now when you select "help" you get a list of Pd's built-in objects, arranged by category.
- In the upper right hand corner of each Pd window is a "help" menu. This accesses the Pd tutorials as well as some online reference documentation.
Short questions
Why is the following patch a bad idea?
Make a patch that shows how to connect some objects together to calculate the function 1-x where x is an input number. Save the patch in a file called OneMinus.
Key Repeat
- What happens when you hold down a key? The behavior may depend on what operating system you are running.
- Is the behavior desirable on your system? What operating system are you running?
Design a different musical interaction
Here are some ideas of changes that might make the patch more interesting:
- Involve more QWERTY keys
- Involve the mouse (see the [MouseState] object)
- Load in a larger collection of samples.
- Implement a mechanism to switch among banks of samples
- Multiple gestures to one result: design a way for the parameters of each triggered note to depend on multiple key presses. For example, maybe only the space bar triggers notes, and all the other keys determine parameters of notes.
- Make your patch automatically generate a bassline as a function of the key presses
- Set multiple parameters modally, as volume works in the sample patch
- Use chording: keep track of all the keys that are currently pressed, and use only that information to set the parameters for each note.
- One gesture to multiple results
- Use the "metro" object to trigger a steady stream of notes. Now you have two new parameters: repetition rate, and whether the metro is on or off.
- Use the "counter" object to step through a cycle (of samples, parameter settings, etc.)
- You could combine "metro" and "counter" to build a rudimentary sequencer that can step through a rhythmic pattern
- Invent a mechanism to record short sequences of keypresses and play them back in time.
- Incorporate looping or other interactive controls over the soundfile playback
- Use Pd's "spigot" object to route control information to different parts of your patch at different times
- Use some additional signal processing such as a filter, delay line, reverb, tremolo, etc. This gives you more parameters to control.
- Polyphony: make it so the patch can play multiple samples at the same time. (Hint: put multiple copies of "play-sample" in your patch)
- Use a totally different form of sound synthesis, such as FM, granular, or physical modeling.
We recommend that you pick one or a small number of these and work on it in depth, iterating on both the program/test/debug cycle as well as the design/implement/play cycle to craft something that has actual musical potential or is at least more fun to play. If you have an existing idea for your class project, you could use this lab to start thinking about implementing some of the modes and mappings. By all means, if you're inspired to try something else, go for it. If you'd rather spend today getting more of a broad sense of Pd's capabilities, feel free to work on many of these suggestions.
The Community
There is a large, dedicated, and very generous community of Pd users on the Internet. Do some web searching (e.g., with a search engine, or else starting from some more specific resources) and look for interesting externals and/or patches. Download, install, and play with at least one. Can you incorporate it into what you programmed in the previous part?
For more help in finding resources, don't forget to look on the PID Links page.


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Eyewitnesses of Majesty
In our day many claim that those who wrote the New Testament were not eyewitnesses of the ministry of Jesus. However, as today's passage contends, many were eyewitnesses of the events described. In the case of someone like Luke, those ...Read More
One Final Reminder
Unless Jesus returns first, we will all one day leave this present world behind. What will be your legacy? Are you working to see that your children become Christians so that they in turn will make disciples after you are ...Read More
A Helpful Reminder
Scripture emphasizes both the importance of remembering basic Christian doctrines (1 Peter 2:2–3) as well as the need to build upon them (Heb. 6:1–2). We must continually seek to grow in our knowledge of the Savior but never in a ...Read More
Make Your Election Sure
John Calvin reminds us that "purity of life is not improperly called the evidence and proof of election, by which the faithful may not only testify to others that they are the children of God, but also confirm themselves in ...Read More
Unfruitful and Blind
When you look at your life and the specific ministry in which you are involved, do you find that your work is bearing fruit for the kingdom? Take some time today to consider the qualities listed in 2 Peter 1:5–7. ...Read More
Supplement Your Faith
The order of the virtues listed in today's passage emphasizes faith and love. Faith is listed first because without true faith we cannot be holy, and love is listed last because it is both our final goal and the virtue ...Read More
His Divine Power
Though we can partake of the divine nature and do things such as love others and show mercy, we must never forget that we are creatures and He is the Creator. We cannot possess omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence, yet the ...Read More
Peter, Servant of Jesus
It is a good thing to be wary of doctrinal error. However, sometimes we mistake a concern for doctrinal purity with a desire to promote our own opinions regarding negotiable matters. As we prepare to study 2 Peter, pray that ...Read More
Second Peter
Take some time today to read through 2 Peter in preparation for next week. Ask the Lord to bless your time in His Word so that your mind and life might be renewed and transformed. Note today's verse that warns ...Read More
Called to Suffer
Take some time today to read through 1 Peter and consider the call to stand firm for Jesus even when it brings suffering to us. Spend some time in prayer meditating on how willing you are to bear the sufferings ...Read More


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Supreme Being – Gyu from Drawn on Vimeo.
Here's a little (big) project that I worked on with James for the artist Gyu. We shot footage mostly over Wales and Scotland as well as some experiments in our home made studio!
You can buy the track here
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a sharply lower opening Thursday morning, following the 7.3 percent sell-off in Japan's Nikkei stock average and soaring 10-year Japanese government bond yields to over 1 percent overnight.
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Investors were discouraged by weaker economic data from China, but their top concern was whether the Federal Reserve may start to taper its $85 billion a month bond-buying program sooner than expected.
Wednesday afternoon, the Fed minutes showed that "a number of participants expressed willingness" to scale back asset purchases if U.S. economic data suggested sufficiently strong and sustained growth.
(Read More: Fed Mulls Tapering as Soon as June: Minutes)
Earlier in the day, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke talked along the same lines in congressional testimony—saying any near-term decision on scaling back quantitative easing depends on an improvement in jobs data.
(Read More: Bernanke: Too Soon to Taper Bond Buys)
A series of leading market analysts and experts appeared on CNBC's "Squawk Box" to read the tea leaves on whether Thursday's global slump is a bump in the road for U.S. stocks or the start of something bigger.


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Ideas & Inspiration: Holiday Card Displays
I am very excited to start sending out my holiday cards soon, as I am a firm believer that we ought to keep snail mail alive. That said, I am always at a bit of a loss on displaying cards when I receive them. There are ideas out there, though, and this year I will be prepared!
- I already love using natural limbs as decor, so turning them into a holiday card display is the clear next step! Martha Stewart gives a little how-to for those that may not be able to take it there themselves. For me, that means making sure it's sturdy!
- As simple as it sounds, I never think to look for a glass canister large enough to hold cards. This keeps the "clutter factor" down and you can still see the holiday sparkle. Hobby Lobby is constantly having sales on their glassware---for me, it's just a matter of putting it on my shopping list! Via Better Homes & Gardens
- Card holders that are most often used for placecards, like these made by Etsy seller Vermont Branch Company, would be perfect for holiday cards! If you have a large surface, get lots! It makes for a gorgeous and simple display. If you only have a little space, get four or five and rotate the cards in as you receive them (or according to your favorites!)
- I love the idea of painting a large ornate frame white and turning it into a pushpin board, like this one seen at House and Home, via The Little Style File. It will hang anywhere a piece of art will hang, and the cards are all contained inton one clean visual field. Because it's neutral, you can leave it up all year round, if you'd like!
- Casa Sugar suggests hanging cards from a chandelier--especially one like this Wakefield Chandelier from Pottery Barn (although I'm not sure they sell this anymore, unfortunately.) What this reminded me of is a hanging order wheel, like one you'd see in a diner. Those are still available, and would make for a very modern and industrial display for those not as into ribbon!


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Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, is a time to remember Holocaust victims as well as heroes who dared to make a difference during a dark and painful time.
Morton (Miksa) Fuchs never thought of himself as a Holocaust survivor.
At least, that is what he told his two children, Marta and Henry, both of whom were born during the post-World War II baby boom.
"I was only in labor camp," Marta remembers hearing her father say. "It's your mother who is the survivor."
Marta's mother, Ilona, endured the horrors of Auschwitz, where her parents as well as nine members of Morton's family were among the 1.3 million people who died there during the mid-20th century genocide that resulted in the death of two-thirds of Nazi Germany's 9 million-member Jewish population.
The victims of the Shoah, the Hebrew word for "holocaust," are remembered each year at this time during Yom HaShoah, a national memorial day in Israel that is also observed by devout Jews around the world. This year Yom HaShoah falls on Monday, April 8. Although there is no formal ritual for the observance there will be solemn ceremonies that may include the lighting of memorial candles and the reciting of the Kaddish, the prayer for the departed, to help all who participate remember the victims of the Nazi regime's institutional intolerance and Adolf Hitler's "final solution" - both those who died and those who survived.
"There is a sort of hierarchy among survivors," Marta said during a telephone interview exactly one week before Yom HaShoah, which some people refer to as Holocaust Memorial Day. "Death camp survivors are on the top of the pyramid. That is clearly how my father saw it. I used to tell him, 'Dad, you endured five years of forced labor. You were marched and threatened and denied food. You lost all your family in the concentration camps. You are a survivor."
Still, it wasn't until some 30 years after the family escaped to the United States in the wake of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 that she learned how clearly and powerfully the word "survivor" can be applied to her father - and how much her father's survival of the Holocaust was due to the heroic intervention of a Seventh-day Adventist from Hungary.
Accidental Hero
"I was volunteering at the Holocaust Library and Research Center of San Francisco when a young man came in who was making a documentary about Holocaust survivors and their children," Marta said. "I volunteered our family for the project. I thought this would be a great opportunity for us to talk about this together."
As the family started talking and gathering information and memories, Morton kept mentioning a Hungarian man who became the commanding officer of the labor camp: how he was a Seventh-day Adventist who refused to carry a gun; how he made sure they were able to worship and observe Jewish holy days - even fasting with them on Yom Kippur; how he managed to procure extra food rations for them; how he defied Nazi orders to have the prisoners in the camp exterminated when it became clear that Germany was losing the war and there was no more need for the workers.
"I was like, 'Dad! How come I never heard about this?" Marta said. "He was so embarrassed. He had never talked about this man because he could not remember the Hungarian commander's name. I told him that was understandable - so much time had passed, and there were so many things that you tried to forget.
"But my father just shook his head sadly," she continued. "'No,' he said, 'it is unforgivable.'"
Drawing from her research skills acquired through years of academic training and experience as a librarian, and using a photograph that had been sent to her father by one of his fellow prisoners at the labor camp, Marta was able to learn that the commanding officer's name was Zoltán Kubinyi, a man who came to her father's labor camp quite literally by accident.
"The men had been locked up by their previous commanding officer, who headed off to headquarters to get the final authorization for decimation," she said. "He was traveling in a horse-drawn carriage, and a car came along and spooked the horse and the commanding officer ended up in a ditch with a broken leg. They sent a new officer to take the place of the injured officer, and the request for authorization was never submitted."
Divine intervention? Marta doesn't doubt it.
'He saved our lives'
The new officer was Kubinyi, who not only was not interested in pursuing the decimation authorization, but who refused to march the men to a Nazi concentration camp when the order came. Instead, he marched them into Hungary, where he hid the men for months in various farmhouses, doing work on the farms in exchange for food.
"At one point someone reported this large group of men working in the fields," Marta said. "The military police suddenly appeared. So that night he hosted the police officers and got them nice and drunk, and when they were soundly sleeping he woke up the men in the middle of the night and they escaped."
When the Russian Army finally arrived to liberate the work-camp prisoners, Marta said the Hungarian guards removed their uniforms so they would not be taken as prisoners of war.
"My father pleaded with Kubinyi to do so but he refused," she said. "He said, 'I have done nothing wrong.' The prisoners pleaded with the Russians not to take him. 'This is a good man,' they told them. 'He saved our lives.'"
Unmoved, the Russian soldiers took Kubinyi into custody as a prisoner of war. He was shipped to a Siberian labor camp, where just a year later he died of typhus and was buried in an unmarked grave.
Neither Marta nor Morton could let Kubinyi's story end there. Through their efforts he was posthumously given the designation of Righteous Among the Nations, and a wall bears his name in the Garden of the Righteous at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Israel's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
In 2011 Marta and Henry took their children to meet Kubinyi's son and his family in Hungary.
"I really wanted my children to meet him, and to be able to thank him personally for his father's goodness and courage," Marta said. "I believe that knowing your history is knowing who you are. It gives you a sense of direction and continuity. We are all shaped by that.
"Beyond that," she continued, "this story of courage inspires me and my children to remember that one person can make a huge difference in life. We can see people like Kubinyi as models for how to be."
A Focal Point for Remembrance
And evidently that example is not lost on the next generation of Morton's descendants.
"I can't help but think a lot about Zoltán Kubinyi," said Marta's daughter Sophie. "I've only known this man through stories and already he feels like part of the family. I can't help but think if this man hadn't had an ounce of compassion in his heart, my Grandpa would never have been in my life. My mom wouldn't be here; she wouldn't have had my brother and me. I wouldn't be in this world.
"It is amazing to think about one single person making a different in so many lives."
Marta has also written about the story in "Legacy of Rescue: A Daughter's Tribute," a book that can be ordered through her website.
"A lot of times people ask me how I could write such an uplifting Holocaust book," she said. "I answer, 'How could I not?' I'm filled with gratitude for my parents' love and protection; for giving me a sense of family connection and continuity by telling me about life and people before; for recounting the sorrowful details of their Holocaust past while also honoring the individuals who showed them human kindness in those abandoned days."
And remembering that "Holocaust past," both the horrific and the good, is precisely the point of Yom Hashoah, established in Israel in 1953 by Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion and the president of Israel, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. One of the most noteworthy features of Yom HaShoah in Israel is the sounding of sirens at 10 a.m. All over the country, people stop whatever they are doing - even if they are driving on the highway - and stand at attention as a way of paying silent tribute to the dead.
"Yom HaShoah is a vital day in the Jewish calendar, providing us with a focal point for our remembrance," said Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations in Great Britain. "We cannot bring the dead back to life, but we can bring their memory back to life and ensure they are not forgotten. We can undertake in our lives to do what they were so cruelly prevented from doing in theirs."%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A//beacon.deseretconnect.com/beacon.gif%3Fcid%3D67514%26pid%3D46%22%20/%3E


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DailyDirt: Talking Animals Are Real
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
- An Asian elephant named Koshik can say five Korean words -- "annyong" ("hello"), "anja" ("sit down"), "aniya" ("no"), "nuo" ("lie down") and "choah" ("good"). This 22-year-old male elephant was born in captivity, and this may be the first time researchers have heard an elephant use its trunk to modify its vocalizations. [url]
- Some dog owners have trained their dogs to speak short English words and phrases. In a few more (hundred) generations of human-directed breeding, maybe we'll have dogs that are fluent in human languages. [url]
- Hoover the seal was famous for being the first non-human mammal to speak recognizable English words. He lived at the New England Aquarium and spoke with a thick Bostonian accent.... [url]
- Beluga whales are sometimes referred to as "sea canaries" because they're so vocal, but now there's recorded evidence that at least one of these creatures can mimic human speech. A beluga whale in captivity didn't actually say anything recognizable, but it made sounds in an audible range of normal human speech -- which is much lower than usual whale noises. [url]


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Gregory Charles Klein of Montauk and Bokeelia, Fla., an accomplished chef known for his ready smile and what his brother described as "deep-in-the-belly laugh," died in Florida on Nov. 11 after being hit by a car. His death came only two months after he and Catherine Callan were married. He was 52.
The couple were married on Gin Beach in Montauk on Sept. 11. They had been together for 26 years. "He died on the first day of the rest of his life. Greg was the happiest he ever was," his brother, Douglas Klein, said.
He was born in Tonawanda, N.Y., on April 20, 1952, to Donald Klein and the former Connie Romano. He went to high school in Roslyn and went on to the Culinary Institute of America in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where his flare for cooking was recognized quickly. After receiving his degree he went immediately to work at the Water Club, a restaurant on the East River in Manhattan.
"He was a young hot shot," Doug Klein said. "One respected New York restaurateur stated that Greg was more than just a product of schooling. He knew flavors and had a deep passion for all things food. Many metro area restaurants owe a degree of their success to Greg's culinary skills," Mr. Klein said.
Like his wife, Mr. Klein loved surfcasting. Members of Montauk's fishing community knew him as the Madhatter, referring to his colorful and cartoonish hat collection. "You could spot him from a mile away," his brother said.
Mr. Klein mostly recently worked at White's Liquor Store in Montauk, where customers had come to expect his quick wit and friendly demeanor.
In addition to his wife and brother, who lives in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Mr. Klein is survived by his mother, Connie Klein of Melville, and by two nephews. He also leaves behind his dogs, Benny and Josie.
A funeral Mass will be held on Dec. 2 at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church on Wolf Road in Melville at 9:30 a.m. A reception will follow at the Greens Club House on Old South Path in Melville. On Sunday, Dec. 4, a celebration of Mr. Klein's life will be held at the Surfside Inn on Old Montauk Highway in Montauk, at 1 p.m.
Memorial contributions were suggested for the Montauk Food Pantry, c/o St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church, P.O. Box 5027, Montauk 11954.


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LEXINGTON, Va. – Washington and Lee amassed 511 yards of total offense and averaged 10.4 yards per play in defeating Randolph-Macon, 49-14, in ODAC football action on Saturday afternoon at Wilson Field.
W&L (5-1, 3-0) never trailed in the contest as the Generals jumped out to a 14-0 lead just 2:10 into the game. Junior quarterback Nick Lombardo (Duluth, Ga./Peachtree Ridge) scampered 47 yards on the first play from scrimmage and senior running back Luke Heinsohn (Charlottesville, Va./Covenant) ended the 73-yard drive three plays later when he scored on a 9-yard touchdown run for a 7-0 lead just 1:27 into the game.
Randolph-Macon (4-2, 2-1) fumbled the ensuing kickoff on their own 31-yardline and senior running back Sasha Vandalov (Vienna, Va./James Madison) scored two plays later on a 22-yard touchdown run for a 14-0 lead.
The Yellow Jackets battled back with a 9-play, 72-yard drive that made it 14-7 at the 8:39 mark of the first quarter, as sophomore quarterback Zac Naccarato (Spotsylvania, Va./Riverbend) found senior fullback Vance Hendren (Powhatan, Va./Powhatan) with an 8-yard scoring strike.
The Generals' opening quarter barrage continued on the next possession as Vandalov ripped off a 68-yard run on the first play of the drive and Lombardo scored from 7-yard out two plays later for a 21-7 lead with 2:53 left.
Randolph-Macon drove to the W&L 31-yardline on the next possession, but senior safety Russell Stewart (Elkin, N.C./Elkin) picked off Naccarato and Heinsohn scored on a 47-yard touchdown run three plays later for a 28-7 lead just 3:31 into the second quarter.
The Yellow Jackets owned the second quarter, controlling the ball for 12:57 and limiting the Generals to just six plays. Naccarato found senior wide receiver Luke Sellers (Fredericksburg, Va./Courtland) with an 8-yard touchdown pass with 3:08 left in the quarter to make it 28-14, but a pair of missed field goals by senior placekicker Josh Storm (Forest, Va./Jefferson Forest), including a 29-yarder with 17 seconds left in the half, kept it a two score game at the break.
Washington and Lee seized control of the contest during the third period, scoring on drives of 94 and 99 yards. Heinsohn ended a 12-play, 94-yard drive with 6:11 left in the quarter when he scored from 16 yards out and Vandalov capped a 4-play, 99-yard drive when he rumbled 86 yards for a touchdown with :34 seconds left in the quarter for a 42-14 lead. Lombardo added a 7-yard touchdown run with 6:55 left in the game for the final margin.
Randolph-Macon held the ball for 38:57 and ran 80 plays as opposed to just 49 plays for W&L. However, the Division III rushing leaders amassed 473 yards on just 41 carries, averaging 11.5 yards per rush for the afternoon.
Vandalov led the way with a career-high 199 yards and two touchdowns on just six carries. Heinsohn, the nation's leading scorer, tallied 25 points on the day, rushing 14 times for 125 yards and three touchdowns and booting seven extra points. In the process, he set a new school record for season scoring (124 pts), breaking the record of 110 set by Kevin Weaver '87 in 1985. He also pulled to within 128 yards of breaking Chris Sullivan's '03 school record for career rushing yards with 3,013 yards.
Lombardo rushed for 77 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries, while senior running back Brett Murray (Lookout Mountain, Tenn./Baylor) amassed 62 yards on just four carries. Senior linebacker Jesse Jenkins (Roanoke, Va./William Fleming), senior safety Jake Pelton (Charlottesville, Va./Monticello) and junior cornerback Mitchell Thompson (Memphis, Tenn./Memphis University school) led the W&L defense, which allowed just 106 yards to R-MC in the second half, with nine tackles each. Jenkins added a sack.
Naccarato completed 15-of-25 passes for 126 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions, while Sellers caught six passes for 51 yards and a score. Junior running back Will McGhee (Fishersville, Va./St. Anne's-Belfield) tallied a team-high 69 yards rushing on 17 carries. Sophomore linebacker Tom Solak (Richmond, Va./Mills Godwin) led the defense with seven tackles.
Washington and Lee returns to action on Saturday when it travel to Bridgewater for a 1:00 pm contest.


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A storm that rolled through metropolitan Phoenix on Sunday morning brought about a half-inch of rain, caused flooding in some washes and prompted the closure of several roadways.
No injuries were reported.
The Arizona Department of Transportation said flooding closed U.S. 60 in both directions between Kyrene Road and Mill Avenue in Tempe.
There is flooding on Interstate 10 east from the tunnel to beyond 15th Avenue. The two right lanes were blocked but are now open again but still wet. ADOT recommends taking I-17 south if trying to head to the East Valley.
There was a backup on the southbound SR 51 stemming from a one-car crash blocking the HOV lane near Bethany Home Road. There was also flooding in the right lane southbound near Highland, but all lanes remained open.
Around noon, eastbound Shea Boulevard was closed from 64th to 70th streets because of flooding; the westbound side has one lane open. McCormick Parkway was closed from 73rd to 75th streets, the Scottsdale Police Department said.
On I-40 east, there was rollover crash involving a motorhome about three miles west of SR 95 (milepost 7). The right lane was also closed about 10 miles east of US 93 (mile 83.)
Also, State Route 238 was closed west of the town of Maricopa because of flooding. The closure began at Waterman Wash (milepost 24).
The National Weather Service issued an alert for north-central Pinal County. A strong thunderstorm moved northwest at 30 mph. Wind gusts up to 40 mph were expected, as was lightning and a 1/2- to 3/4-inch of rain.
Areas north of Tucson also were seeing rain on Sunday. A flood advisory was issued for an area 15 miles southwest of Kearny.
On Saturday, southeast Tucson experienced flash flooding from a storm that brought about three-fourths of an inch of rain.
The storm led to several downed electric power lines in Tucson and two water rescue efforts.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.