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Alright Already!
Whether it is ugly is a matter of taste, and I shan't argue that. Whether it is a word, though ... well, it's definitely a word, since it has boundaries and is used to convey meaning, though I will grant that most American dictionaries of English do not accept it as part of formal, standard English yet.
I will also say here that I use the word "alright" much more often than I use the words "all right", and when an occasional copyeditor changes my alrights to all rights, I change 'em right back whenever possible. (Usually my sometimes-British/ sometimes-American punctuation distracts copyeditors from my other idiosyncracies, but not always.)
In terms of grammar, usage, style, orthography, etc., I am a radical liberal. I teach my students standard English, but also encourage them to make innovations whenever possible. I tell them they must learn standard English not because it is inherently better than anything else, but because pedants will yap at them, and they need to be able to defend their choices. Few things make people more pedantic than grammar, style, and usage, and most of the yaps of pedants are nothing more than pet peeves. We're all welcome to our pet peeves, and I certainly have some ("loathe" for "loath" annoys me, as does "disinterested" for "uninterested" -- the latter I can justify as a useful distinction, though), but I try to let my desire for a lively and vivid language overcome my occasional desire to battle the barbarians. And I have little problem with people deviating from standard English by choice. I wish more people did so, in fact.
Thus, I am stating here and now, in a public forum, that when I use "alright" I mean "alright" and not "all right". Sometimes, in fact, I use both, because I like the distinction that can be made between them, as pointed out by a commenter at this post who says:
The prosodic pattern of the two differs. In alright they are written as one word because they are articulated as one word, initial stress on 'all' while 'right' is unstressed. In all right the 'right' element gets stressed instead as it is the head of the constituent -- an adjective phrase, with 'all' as its specifier.(I first decided to use both forms when I was writing plays, because I hear the two quite differently, and I wanted actors to be able to make a distinction.)
And here's a quote I'm stealing outright from this excellent overview of the controversy -- the quote comes from The Cambridge Guide to English Usage:
The spelling alright is controversial for emotional rather than linguistic or logical reasons. It was condemned by Fowler in a 1924 tract for the Society for Pure English, despite recognition in the Oxford Dictionary (1884-1298) as increasingly current. But the fury rather than the facts of usage seem to have prevailed with most usage commentators since. [...] Dictionaries which simply crossreference alright to all right (as the "proper" form) typically underrepresent its various shades of meaning as a discourse symbol. It may be concessive, as in Alright, I'll come with you—or diffident, as in How're things? Oh alright—or impatient as in Alright, alright!. None of these senses are helpfully written as all right, which injects the distracting sense of "all correct." Those who would do away with alright prefer to ignore its various analogues, such as almost, already, also, although, altogether, always, which have all over the centuries merged into single words. Objections to alright are rarely justified, as Webster's English Usage (1989) notes, and Burchfield (1996) only makes a shibboleth of it. [...] At the turn of the millennium, alright is there to be used without any second thoughts.I'm a devoted reader of The Merriam-Webster Dictionary of English Usage, and the entry for alright, all right takes up nearly two double-columned pages. Here are some tidbits: the first OED citation of the word in a context that seems similar to current use is Chaucer's "Criseyde was this lady name al right". Moving beyond Middle English we have a long gap where any form of the word(s) is unrecorded with its current sense until Percy Shelley in 1822 (where it is "That was all right, my friend"). "Alright" doesn't appear until 1893 (in the Durham University Journal). The Dictionary notes:
Alright did not appear in a Merriam-Webster dictionary until 1934, but several dictionary users had spotted its omission earlier and had written to us to urge its inclusion.They cite a letter from "a New York businessman named William E. Scott" from September 25, 1913:
I wish you would submit to your experts the feasibility of putting the word alright into use. As a matter of fact it is used quite extensively without the authority of dictionaries because it is the quick common-sense way of doing. The cable and telegraph companies are the ones who profit by the lack of an authoritative ruling that alright is synonymous with all rightThe Dictionary points out the argument for the different emphasis when speaking "alright" and "all right" and notes that that may explain why, when it is found in books, it is most often found in printed dialogue. Finally, they note that it seems to be more accepted by the British than the Yanks -- it is, they note, "the standard spelling in Punch, and the King's Printer at Ottawa officially sanctioned its use as far back as 1928. The OED Supplement calls it simply 'a frequent spelling of all right" They conclude: "It is clearly standard in general prose, but is widely condemned nonetheless by writers on usage."
Finally, two writers I don't mind having as predecessors:
...however alright well seen then let him go to her...
--James Joyce, Ulysses, 1922
A success, a success is alright when there are there rooms and no vacancies, a success is alright when there is a package, success is alright anyway and any curtain is wholesale.
--Gertrude Stein, Tender Buttons, 1914


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NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- The UMass Dartmouth football team erased a 22-0 halftime deficit as the host Corsairs posted a 33-29 victory over Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletics Conference (MASCAC) foe Bridgewater State University on Friday night at Cressy Field.
UMass improves to 2-3 on the season and 2-2 in the MASCAC, while Bridgewater slips to 3-3 overall and 2-2 in conference play.
In a see-saw affair over the final five minutes of regulation, the lead changed hands three times. The Corsairs took their first advantage of the contest with 4:52 remaining, when freshman Kevin Wadsworth (Bridgewater, Mass.) hauled in a seven-yard strike from classmate Cullen Hanna (Richmondville, N.Y.) to give the hosts a 25-22 lead.
Bridgewater State responded with a six-play, 62-yard drive, capped by senior quarterbackMike McCarthy's (Edgartown, Mass.) three-yard plunge. The visitors thought they delivered the decisive score, but the Bears left the Corsairs with just over two minutes on the scoreboard.
UMass Dartmouth demonstrated its quick-strike abilities with a three-play, 35 second drive. With one minute, 22 seconds on the clock, Hanna connected with Wadsworth for an 18-yard gain. On the ensuing play, Hanna scrambled for a 22-yard run through the left side of the visitors line to set up the 39-yard, game-winning catch by sophomore Abiola Aborishade(Attleboro, Mass.). Following a 15-yard penalty, Hanna tossed an 18-yard strike to Aborishade in the back, right corner of the end zone to complete the two-point play and give the hosts a three-point cushion with one minute, eight seconds on the clock.
Following a Matt Green (Stoughton, Mass.) 30-yard kick-off return, Bridgewater moved the ball 40 yards down to the UMD seven in a little over a minute. A Green 19-yard reception and a 15-yard catch by senior Chris Constantine (Hingham, Mass.) highlighted the drive. The Corsairs defense, however, sealed their first victory over the Bears since 2008 with an interception by senior Art Azatyants (Brookline, Mass.) at the UMass Dartmouth two-yard line with just seven seconds remaining in regulation.
Bridgewater had taken a 22-0 lead at the intermission on the strength of a 38-yard scoring strike from McCarthy to junior wideout Matt Green (Stoughton, Mass.) in the first quarter followed by a pair of second quarter TD runs by senior Mike Gentili (Leominster, Mass.) from eight yards out and McCarthy from six yards.
McCarthy piloted the Bridgewater State offensive attack, completing 18 of 26 passes for a career-high 276 yards and a touchdown. McCarthy also led the Bears in rushing with 52 yards and two touchdowns. Green hauled in seven receptions for a game-high 181 yards and a TD.
Freshman linebacker Jerry Thompson (Hanson, Mass.) led the visitors with 8 ½ tackles and a forced fumble. Senior safety Dillon Huber-Parker (Longmont, Colo.) recorded an interception which set up the Bears' second touchdown of the evening.
Hanna connected on 17-of-29 for 179 yards and three touchdowns with his longest completion coming on the final score of the game. The freshman signal caller carried the ball six times for 26 yards and one touchdown. Aborishade posted a game-high 10 receptions for 111 yards with a pair of touchdowns, while freshman running Charles Ruffin (Miami, Fla.) registered 101 yards on 21 carries.
Defensively, sophomore Derek Tarpey (Tewsbury, Mass.) led the Corsairs with 18 total tackles, including five for a loss, one sack, and two forced fumbles. Senior Jordan McDonald(Brockton, Mass.) had six solo tackles, three defensive hurries, one sack, and a forced fumbles.
Notes: Wiith his 181 receiving yards, Green moved past Paul Piccioli (1,257 yds., 1989-92),Chris Carr (1,295 yds., 1998-00) and Ron McCarthy (1,325 yds., 1979-82) into seventh place on the Bears' all-time receiving list. Green now has 1,367 receiving yards in three seasons at Bridgewater State...McCarthy moved past Justin Fuller (2,372 yds., 2009-11) into fifth place on the Bears' all-time rushing list. McCarthy has rushed for 2,415 yards in four seasons at Bridgewater State...McCarthy also moved past Fuller (198 pts., 2009-11) into eighth place on the Bears' all-time scoring list as he has amassed 204 points on 34 touchdowns.

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Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean [1] is a region in Quebec, a province of Canada.
Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean is divided into three regions: Saguenay, Lac-St-Jean and Chibougamau-Chapais.
The largest city is Saguenay and have been merged in 2002
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The main economic forces in the region are the forest, paper, aluminium, tourism and hydro-electricity.
St-Honoré-de-Chicoutimi, a small town north of Saguenay, has the largest Niobium (Nb) mine in North America.
Many people in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean speak only French; it is the region with the smallest proportion of English speakers in Quebec. It is also important to note they speak French with a very thick accent that might sound strange if you never heard it before, even for other people from Québec. If you speak only English, you might encounter problems as you visit this area. Otherwise, most of this is true: Quebec#Talk.
It is well known around Québec that people from the area use expressions you might not have heard before. Here is a few of them (in French).
Get in[edit]
You're most likely to arrive to Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean by land. If you're coming from Quebec City, you will cross the Parc des Laurentides on provincial road 175. This road is about 200 km long between Québec City and Chicoutimi and there is but one gas station (known as l'Étape) in the middle so plan ahead. It is also a great paronamic view of the deep Quebec Forest. If you come from Chibougamau-Chapais or Abitibi-Témiscamingue, you will arrive by road.
There are also a few airports in the area. None of them are international airports, but if you're coming from somewhere else in Canada, you might arrive at one of them. The main one is Bagotville in Ville de La Baie (now part of Ville Saguenay). There is also one in St-Honoré-de-Chicoutimi.
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A car will be required to drive around the area. Some cities in the area have bus systems, but most of them don't.
Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean has a big territory so be ready to drive long distances.
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If you visit the area, try to find a place where you can eat some Tourtière (a sort of meat pie.) The tourtière in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean is a different meal that in other regions of Québec.
Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean is known for its blueberries. Make sure you try a blueberry pie or some chocolate covered blueberries (available in August only) from Les pères trappistes.
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Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean is renowned for its party-loving population. They take great pride in drinking "grosse bière" (litterally "big beer", meaning most of them drink bottles of beer of around 700 mL in bars), arrive early and leave late. The title of main street of drinking is usually given to rue Saint-Dominique, in Jonquière, where you will find 6 or 7 bars on a less than a kilometre stretch.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - In its second game of the day on the first day of the Bruno Fall Classic at Brown University, the MIT men's water polo team defeated Washington & Jefferson College with a score of 19-8 on Saturday afternoon. After falling to the University of California Irvine earlier in the day, the Engineers' record now rests at 1-1.
Almost every player on the team got their hands on the ball at some point during the game. Junior Dylan Hallman (La Jolla, Calif.) who was one of only two Engineers to score a goal in this morning's game against UC Irvine, tied for most goals scored by MIT during the game with three. Sophomore Joe Kusters (Coronado, Calif.) and junior Brendon Chiu (Monterey Park, Calif.) also scored three goals each. Junior Kyle Bowman (Milbrae, Calif.) and freshman Anuj Khandelwal (Severna Park, Md.) were not far behind with two goals apiece.
MIT's strongest quarter was the fourth, where it scored seven goals. The Engineers recorded six goals in both the second and third quarters as well.
As they did in the last game, junior Spencer Boone (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), and freshmen Nolan Kruse (Orcutt, Calif.) and Ian Zaun (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) split the time in the net. Boone blocked one shot and allowed only two goals, Kruse blocked two and allowed four goals and Zaun allowed two goals and blocked two shots. Kruse and Zaun were also credited with one steal apiece.
Tech will return to the pool tomorrow for the second day of the Fall Classic when it faces Stanford University at Brown at 4:00 p.m.


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Pendleton SWAT Respond To Threat In Drug Raid
PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — An officer in a drug raid in Pendleton wounded an occupant of a house early yesterday. The Oregon State Police said officers from a Pendleton SWAT team and a regional drug squad had a search warrant for the house. During the search, a statement says, an occupant with a weapon confronted an officer, who fired. The wounded man was reported hospitalized in stable condition, and an investigation is under way.


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Minnesota Teen Faces Attempted Murder Charges in Massacre Plot
A 17-year old Waseca, Minnesota teenager is facing multiple charges, including attempted murder, when he was arrested following the discovery of detailed notes laying out his plan and a storage locker filled with firearms and bomb-making materials.
According to police, John David LaDue planned his attack for April 20th, the anniversary of the Columbine massacre, but couldn't carry out his plans because it fell on Easter Sunday.
LaDue allegedly had planned to kill his family, set fire to the school, kill emergency responders, and then shoot everyone in the school.
LaDue had been brought in for questioning following a tip of a suspicious looking individual near the storage lockers where part of his arsenal was found.
At a press conference Thursday Waseca Police Department Captain Kris Markeson discusses John David LaDue's alleged plot:


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I grew up, as did many people, believing that government agencies protected us in many ways. It seemed obvious that an agency named the Environmental Protection Agency protected the environment from would-be polluters and the Department of Education advanced the educations of Americans. As an aside, the government has long been acutely aware that names matter, which is why bills are named the Affordable Care Act and the Clean Water Act. Who could be against affordable care or clean water?
As I got older and went to college and then graduate school, I took economics and public policy classes and learned the problems with government agencies and the benefits of freedom, decentralization, spontaneous order, and self-regulating free markets. I changed my views and saw government agencies, such the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in a new, more critical light. My perspective changed again, slowly and largely imperceptibly, when I went to work in the pharmaceutical industry. I was so busy dealing with my new responsibilities that I virtually stopped thinking about public policy issues. Then, one day, I noticed that I again believed in the FDA. If we didn't have the FDA, I thought, what menagerie of dangerous and inefficacious drugs would be on the market? Without the FDA, Americans could be dying. My thinking had come full circle, largely in the background and on automatic pilot.
This didn't mean that I liked or even respected the FDA, as I heard all the damning stories of the FDA's internal workings. I think at this point, however, my views were pretty consistent with many employees in the pharmaceutical business: The FDA was a messed up government bureaucracy that still performed a critically important function.
These days I think and write more about drug regulation and the FDA and my views have continued to evolve. I'm excited because I'm thinking about these issues more clearly than before, but I keep coming back to the same question: Do we really need the FDA?
I'd like to hear the stories of others. Have you always had the same view of the FDA and drug regulation? Has it changed over time? If so, why? What triggered the change? If it hasn't changed, when did you first become aware of your view?


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Fifth installment from the diary of my great-grandfather's sister Alise, written during the First World War, just a few miles from the front lines of the Eastern Front. For the background, see here.
July 27, 1915
Days go by, waiting for the terrible times to come. We have packed most of our belongings. Refugees from Kurzeme's parishes are destroying open land, herding animals, mowing hay, herding pigs into the potatoes. My heart is breaking with anger. But they are also full of sorrow. They have to leave their fields, homes, tables – and wander. One after another loses their favourite cow, the one giving their children milk – there lies a pig that's wasted away, there a sheep. The sights are horrible. Especially at night – we hear cannon-fire – and even see the spotlights on the other side of the Daugava. Yesterday we were at church. The minister said a beautiful sermon. Yes – Jerusalem's fate we know, but ours is still unknown. Maybe soon we will have to leave our beautiful home. I think again about yesterday's sermon – better to be in a small hovel in your homeland then in a bright palace in a foreign land. One's heart feels strange when singing at church: 'When the wind and waves blow, then save the boat, when we are full of sorrow, come to help'. Precisely at that moment a wave of soldiers with shiny pikes and guns passed by. Many sunburned brown faces trying – praying to God – maybe sending their own heavy thoughts to the Almighty's throne.


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A New Orleans-Style Goodbye For Lindy Boggs
Family, friends and colleagues of former Congresswoman Lindy Boggs filled St. Louis Cathedral yesterday morning to pay their final respects.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and John Lewis, Congressman and civil right leader, were among the many who attended the funeral to share their words of praise for Boggs.
Both of them spoke before Boggs' funeral Mass at St. Louis Cathedral. Both said she was gracious but an iron-willed fighter who worked for New Orleans and civil rights for women and minorities.
Boggs represented New Orleans for 18 years after succeeding her late husband, Hale Boggs, in the House of Representatives. Her husband's plane went down somewhere over Alaska in 1972.
Lindy Boggs also served as the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.
She died last Saturday at the age of 97 at her home in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
A second-line procession through Jackson Square happened after the Mass.


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April 28, 2009
WORCESTER, Mass. – Led by Stewart Park's four-hit effort, the top of MIT's lineup consistently found its way on base as the Engineers topped regionally-ranked Worcester State, 10-6, at Lake Park on Tuesday. Senior Stephen Toth cemented the strong non-conference win with a great winning effort in relief.
Park ignited a four-run first for MIT (22-11) after singling to short and stealing second. Creed Magnum drew a walk in the next at bat, while Dan Hyatt loaded the bags with a single to right field. Senior Thomas Phillips, who earlier in the day was named NEWMAC Player of the Year, sliced a single through the left side to put the Engineers on top, 2-0. Before Worcester State (26-12) escaped the inning, David Nole plated Hyatt with a sacrifice fly and Steven Nunez singled up the middle to bring home Phillips.
The Lancers responded with a single run in the bottom of the first, but after cycling through the lineup, Park sparked another big inning to lead off the second. After Park singled, Mangrum doubled to right field. Park scored on a passed ball to extend the lead back to four while Hyatt slammed a two-run homerun to centerfield as MIT moved in front, 7-1.
Worcester State answered with four runs in its half of the second to reduce the deficit to two. Two singles to lead off the frame sparked the rally, while the Lancers scored their first two runs on an error and a sac fly. TJ Magnell supplied the key hit during the inning with a two-run single to right center.
A lead-off walk by Ben Bersanti fueled another three-run inning for MIT in the sixth. Bryan Macomber followed with a single while Park delivered again with a two-run double down the right-field line. Mangrum singled to left to drive home Park and cap the scoring for the Cardinal and Gray.
Toth was tremendous after taking over in the fourth inning. Scattering six hits in six innings of work, the senior righty was nearly un-touchable until the Lancers manufactured a small rally with three hits and a run in the ninth. Toth struck out seven while improving to 2-1 on the season.


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The ultimate authorities for using and customizing xterm are the man pages for xterm, uxterm, koi8rxterm, and resize; and the XTerm ChangeLog.
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1972 Super Cheyenne Fleetside
Motor: Stock 350 with edelbrock 600 4 barrel carb.
AC: Thank God, with a newer compressor.
Miles: 79,000miles now
Color: Dark olive green. Stock color.
Previous owners: 1. The owner passed and his daughter sold the truck to me through a classic car dealer in LA. There is zero documentation which I'm not thrilled with but I will be calling the daughter every 6 months to see if she's come across it.
Plans: Fix the horn (not working), put lots of miles on enjoying it. Maybe better headlights. A 5.3L vortec is a possabilty later, but I'm enjoying my first carb'ed vehicle for now. The 12mpg drive home is a distant memory already.
Note: This is my first non manual vehicle.


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The Path of Learning
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Re: The Path of Learning
Graham Christian
I'm going to present a way of looking here that I feel helps when 'judging' things with relation to where someone is on a cycle, a path, of study and ability.
I will break it down into stages and number them accordingly from beginning study to end result. Steps if you like. I like to call these natural steps.
1) Gathering data.
You start with a purpose to learn and understand and a goal to attain ability So you read, you go to class, you gather data. Now some people do a lot of reading and a lot of gathering data and can even be a walking volume of data but alas this is only step one. So where are we when we do this? What do we have?
Well, we have knowledge. We have reached the dizzy heights of knowledge. We have a body of knowledge.
2) Mental application.
Then we try to see how this knowledge fits with the in life thing we are studying and where we see it making sense we enter mental understanding. So we have progressed to mental understanding.
3) Practice.
Now we practice. We practice applying that mental understanding to the real life thing. We start gaining a real understanding. We also start gaining some basic ability.
4) Continue.
We continue with the above three and dependent solely on our discipline increase our level of ability.
Now this is where it get's interesting. We reach a condition of competence.
Now I am quite competent at writing freehand. That's as far as I took that path to. I can safely say I am competent at writing. I am competent at cooking. That's all. That's where I am. That's my level.
Now interestingly enough this shows competence as let's say the first plateau. I can tie my shoe laces and that's good enough for me. Now what happened to all that data I had to keep in my 'skull' to do with how to draw letters, connect sounds, join letters etc. etc. It's gone. I threw it all away. I now have the skill and at that point I can release myself from all that data.
What's also interesting here is that I might want to go past mere competence on some things and that shows us there are other 'conditions' to be reached if we choose.
5) Confidence.
Someone comes along and says 'can you do that for others?' Mmmmm. Can you go cook for others, be a chef? Can you write for others? Mmmm. Suddenly I see to do so for others brings in what I don't know and what else I would need to learn. So if I choose to I would be entering the next phase of this path. What would that lead to? Confidence.
Just imagine a car mechanic. He may be competent but in a garage where you have many different cars coming in his aim would then be to reach confidence.
Even here he may have many 'tools' at his disposal like books and other things where he may have to look a few things up but he is confident in his ability to go through step by step and handle any car.
6) Artist.
Now someone comes along and says 'he's very good and reliable but Bill over there is a different class' Bill is not only confident but has some added qualities and goes about his work happily unruffled, nothings a problem and sees the cars almost as blank canvasses needing an aesthetic touch. They are not problems or enemies but friends needing a bit of tlc. When you see such a person at work you cannot but admire their flow.
He has taken his skills to the next level and at that level they become art.
7) Master.
Is there a level above artist? I call that the level of Master.
A master has become at one with the universe in which he or she operates. While others are testing the cars to see what's wrong with them the master merely looks at turns on the engine and somehow sees what's wrong. He can handle any car, any time, anywhere and has that 'magic' touch.
Now there may be some missing steps there. There are almost certainly many missing qualities that could be added to the relevant conditions but I think it could be a useful guideline.
nice analogy. cudos
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Iron Maiden Drummer Nicko McBrain's Wife Accused of Assault
The wife of Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain was arrested and charged with domestic battery earlier this year, and she'll have her date in court next month. Rebecca McBrain will face a judge on May 3 after being accused of trying to stab her husband*, and throw logs at him.
* 4/18 Update: The Boca News Now website, our original source, has altered its story to report that it is now unclear whether the man who was allegedly attacked is Nicko McBrain. The rest of this article has been updated to reflect this new information.
The couple live near Boca Raton, Fla., and the incident allegedly occurred at their home on Feb. 24, according to the Boca News Now. She was not successful in her stabbing attempt, but the logs caused minor injuries and she was arrested and booked at the Palm Beach County Jail.
Bravewords reports that the logs were sitting in a fire pit behind the home. The 50-year-old was released on $3,000 bond, and has entered a not guilty plea.
In the early 2000's, the McBrains worked together to produce Rebecca's 'Voyager' album. Nicko produced the project and drummed on all tracks in addition to writing five of the eight songs. The couple is thought to have met in 1984 at the Button South in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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Hey, We Finally Have A Privacy And Civil Liberties Oversight Board... After Being Left Dormant For Almost Five Years
from the about-time dept
Fast forward another two years and change... and the thing still wasn't staffed. The whole thing was such a joke that in a recent discussion with a Congressional Rep (known for being a supporter of civil liberties), when the PCLOB (and its lack of members) was brought up, the Congressional Rep admitted that he'd never even heard of the thing. For all the urgency that was talked about in passing cybersecurity legislation, everyone just sat around twiddling their thumbs while this independent organization tasked with making sure the government didn't abuse our civil liberties sat completely empty.
Until now. Yes, we finally have a staffed PCLOB. The Senate has approved all five nominees: David Medine, James Dempsey, Elisebeth Cook, Rachel Brand and Patricia Wald. It's amazing that it's taken nearly five years to put this board in place (and that there wasn't more outrage over its absence). The real question now is how will the PCLOB wield its power. Hopefully it does some good and actually holds the government to account when it violates the civil liberties of the public.


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My first tea TN in quite a while. It's just as long and boring as all the previous ones. I really would like to see others' notes on tea and coffee also....
The Monteviot tea plantation was founded in 1856 in the Kurseong-valley in the southern parts of Darjeeling, at c.1700m altitude.
This was brewed at just under boiling point (my guess = 96-97 C) for about 4 minutes. Its colour is like that of a young Tokaji Eszencia.
Like in all first flush teas, this one has a lovely prominent fresh aroma of greenness and lime even. It reminds me rather of a Riesling! It also has the orange peel aromas of black teas.
The palate combines the lightness and freshness of green tea to the tannic bite and assertiveness of black tea - a perfect combination if you ask me, and the reason why I love first flush teas.


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SATURDAY UPDATE: The league that is always short of money is now trying to buy one more thing — time.
The cash-strapped United Football League announced Saturday it will postpone the second half of its season until the spring of 2013 before completing its scheduled eight-game season and holding its title game. The four-team league then plans to resume business as usual with a fall campaign in 2013.
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Compact Stars in the QCD Phase Diagram III (IIICSQCD)
Venue: Hotel Gávea
|Event Date/Time: Dec 12, 2012
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Dec. 12th - 15th (2012) - Guarujá - Brazil
1st Circular
Dear colleagues,
The IIIrd Compact Stars in the QCD Phase Diagram will be held in the city of Guarujá, Brazil, from December 12-15, 2012. Guarujá is a gorgeous coastal city located 90 km (50 miles) from São Paulo. The city can be easily accessed from São Paulo's international airport, please refer to the event homepage for more information.
As in the previous editions (http://www.nordita.dk/conference/CompactStarQCD/ ,
http://vega.bac.pku.edu.cn/rxxu/csqcd.htm), the meeting will cover recent developments in the study of cold matter at supra-nuclear densities. The aim of the conference is to bring together scientists from QCD exploring the phases of Quark Matter, and astrophysicist working on Compact Stars and related phenomena. The main topics are:
From Neutron Stars to Quark Stars
Quark Matter
Quark Stars in the Universe
QCD Phase Diagram
REGISTRATION is required for all participants. Details about registration can be found in the website of the event (http://sites.google.com/site/csqcd3/)), and will be announced in the 2nd circular.
PROCEEDINGS: Proceedings for the conference will be published in SLAC's eConf server. (http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C0905202/).
VENUE: Hotel Gávea
The conference will take place at the Hotel Gávea (http://www.gaveahotelguaruja.com.br/). We have arranged special rates for participants and their companions. The rates are as follows:
R$ 300,00 for a seafront double room
R$ 190,00 for a seafront single room
R$ 200,00 for a standard double room
R$ 150,00 for a standard single room
Reservations should be made through the website booking.com, where the participant must indicate that they will be attending CSQCDIII to receive the rates above.
Alternatives to the venue hotel are listed below
1) Hotel Ferrareto (http://www.ferrarettohotel.com.br/home.asp), that can be reached with a 10 minutes beach walk from the venue hotel
2) Hotel Casagrande (http://www.casagrandehotel.com.br/), which is a more luxurous option that can also be reached with a 10 minutes walk from the venue hotel.
We encourage participants to book flights and hotels as early as possible. Bear in mind that December is the beginning of summer season in Brazil, and thus prices might soar if booked in the last minute.
Note that the event will not be able to provide transport from the airport to the city of Guarujá. The main options to reach Guarujá are by car (taxis or rental) or by coach, please see the event website for more information.
Language: The official language in Brazil is Portuguese. Be prepared to deal with non-English speakers on buses, restaurants, etc.
Currency: The currency in Brazil is Real (R$). You can exchange US Dollars, Euros, and Pounds to Reais at most banks and Exchange offices, however less used currencies may be difficult to exchange. Foreign currencies are not commonly accepted on the commerce, but credit cards are widely used (mainly VISA and MasterCard)
VISA: Please beware that Brazil require an entry visa for citizens of many countries. Please refer to the website of the Brazilian consulate in your country of residence for more info. If you require an invitation letter please get in touch with the organizers to arrange it.
Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC)
A. Perez Martinez (ICIMAF, Cuba)
C. Z. Vasconcellos (UFRGS, Brazil)
D. Blaschke (Wroclaw, Poland)
D. Perez Menezes (UFSC, Brazil)
D. Lai (Cornell, USA)
F. S. Navarra (IFUSP, Brazil)
F. Weber (SDSU, USA)
G. Lugones (UFABC, Brazil)
I. Bombaci (Pisa, Italy)
Jorge E. Horvath (Chair, IAGUSP, Brazil)
J. Madsen (Aarhus, Denmark)
J. Wambach (Darmstadt, Germany)
M. Alford (Washington,USA)
M. Malheiro (ITA, Brazil)
M. Ruggieri (Bari, Italy)
O. G. Benvenuto (La Plata, Argentina)
P. Jaikumar (CSULB, USA)
Rachid Ouyed (U. Calgary, Canada)
Ren-Xin Xu (Beijing U., China)
S. Barbosa Duarte (CBPF, Brazil)
T. Piran (Hebrew Univ., Israel)
V. de la Incera (UTEP, USA)
Xiang-Dong Li (Nanjing University)
Y. Z. Qian (Minnesota, USA)
K. S. Cheng (Hong Kong)
Local Organizing Committee (LOC)
Bruno Franzon (IFUSP, Brazil)
Daryel Manreza (Havana, Cuba and IAGUSP, Brazil)
David Fogaça (IFUSP, Brazil)
Laura Paulucci (Chair, UFABC, Brazil)
Marcelo Chiapparini (UERJ, Brazil)
Marcio G. B. Avellar (IAGUSP, Brazil)
Rodrigo Negreiros (UFF, Brazil and FIAS Frankfurt)
Rosana Gomes (IF UFRGS, Brazil)
Taiza A. Sauer do Carmo (UFABC, Brazil)


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A book by the dude from Clean Sweep, a show on TLC I haven't seen in three years. Peter Walsh is his name. He's great. Very convincing.
Here's the thing; I cannot let go of stuff. I love cool stuff, or, I love things that remind me of something deemed worth remembering. So, as I'm sure many of you reading this are with me, what do we do? We get the thing (a ticket from a concert or Broadway play, a wedding giveaway, a map from a vacation spot you loved) and we…drumroll…put it in a Rubbermaid bin and stick it in a corner, or a closet, or a crawlspace.
Perfect! What a great way to honour this thing you felt was too important to recycle, or NOT BUY IN THE FIRST PLACE! I think when these actions are put into some kind of perspective, we get the sense that this is a very dumb way to go about collecting/honouring the few things we actually appreciate.
For instance, my father has given me some stuff from when he was in the American Air Force. Did I put it on a mantle with his military name tag, maybe a photo of him in his uniform? No, it's in a desk drawer somewhere. Obviously, this is VERY special to me.
Facetious today, I know.
Within the pages of this book are the keys to realizing why we get attached to things, and why we SHOULD or should not be connected to them. And this book was a perfect thing for me to pick up. Kevin Kelly had recommended it, and subsequently, Merlin Mann had given it a thumbs up. I have an insatiable appetite for keeping stuff I shouldn't.
On top of that, my wife also likes to keep EVERYTHING! Clothing, shoes, purses, lamps, receipts, picture frames, obsolete kitchen gear, and more. Between the two of us, we are buried in junk that we don't really appreciate or use. It's better defined as "clutter" rather than the image some people get of hoarders, stumbling through shabby shacks full of abused pets. We just can't find things when we look for them (generally speaking) because we don't have a "place" for things. Scotch tape could be anywhere at any given time. Why is this? Wouldn't it be good to know where the Scotch tape is, whenever it isn't in use? Sure it would! But the drawer that could be holding Scotch tape is being inhabited by the hobo batteries, listless glues, and wayward screws. This crap needs to go, or it needs to stay somewhere that it can be retrieved.
This has been the change.
Between the two of us, we have set aside mountains of stuff we are purging from our lives. We will be trying to sell these things at a yard sale soon. If they don't sell, they go to the Sally Anne (St. Vincent De Paul or Salvation Army). Simple as that. They have been placed in these bins and boxes, and almost the action of finally letting the object slip through my fingers, or flitter away to the bottom of an already overstuffed bin makes the connection sever. Disconnect. Goodbye.
It feels so liberating! The rooms are already looking like the purpose they were meant for, which is one of the things Walsh suggests. Rooms need to provide the function you want them to provide. When they are overrun by things that are preventing that function, there needs to be a change.
If you're afraid to invite company over to your house/apartment/hovel, then you are in the same position we were in, and you likely need to decide, "Do I want to live like this? Is this stuff helping me become/exist as the person I yearn to be?"
I am so pleased to see this stuff go! The books alone! I have so many books that I will never read again, and that I will never read for the first time because there are more current, more championed books that have been released in recent time.
I'm extremely proud of Jhoan for letting go of many objects that we had been holding for several years, and I am equally proud of myself for making the same decisions. Deciding to make room in my home, my brain, and my heart for better things. For things becoming of my ideal view of life. Our ideal view. Room for the joy of freedom from things.


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Trash pickup slows traffic in the West End
A city trash crew from the utilities department gathers a heap of old brush on North Circuit. Traffic resumed after a few minutes, but passersby in Beaumont's West End weren't happy about the wait. At least one neighbor said it was about time the city picked up the waste, having sat in her next door neighbor's yard for more than a month.


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I am attempting to upgrade an instillation of 7.2-RELEASE (DesktopBSD 1.7) to 7.3-RELEASE, using the freebsd-update tool. The syntax I'm using is this:
] freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.3-RELEASE
My plan is to work my way up to 8.1-RELEASE, but one step at a time. Anyway, when I invoke the command, it seems to go OK for a while, until I get this sequence of error messages:
{begin error messages}
Fetching files from 7.2-RELEASE for merging... done.
Preparing to download files... [: files/Segmentation: unexpected operator
Segmentation fault
Segmentation fault
[: !=: unexpected operator
/usr/sbin/freebsd-update: cannot open tmpfile: No such file or directory
Segmentation fault
[: files/Segmentation: unexpected operator
Segmentation fault
Segmentation fault
[: !=: unexpected operator
/usr/sbin/freebsd-update: cannot open tmpfile: No such file or directory
Segmentation fault
[: files/Segmentation: unexpected operator
Segmentation fault
Segmentation fault
[: !=: unexpected operator
/usr/sbin/freebsd-update: cannot open tmpfile: No such file or directory
Segmentation fault
[: files/Segmentation: unexpected operator
Segmentation fault
Segmentation fault
[: !=: unexpected operator
/usr/sbin/freebsd-update: cannot open tmpfile: No such file or directory
Segmentation fault
Segmentation fault
Can anyone tell me where this segmentation fault is coming from, and what I can do (if anything) to rectify it? I think my current version of freebsd-update, but is there any way I can verify that?
I'm not a rank amateur when it comes to BSD, but I'm far from an expert, so go easy on me.
Thanks in advance,
I only used freebsd-update once and never seen any error like you posted. I googled for some of those errors, but you seem to be the only victim of these errors.
You could post your issue on the freebsd-questions or freebsd-stable mailing list. That way Colin Percival, the programmer of freebsd-update will learn about the issue.
Or just bite the bullet and backup your system, install the latest and greatest and restore/merge configuration files from backup.
There are some guides here about dump/restore and disk cloning.
You don't need to be a genius to debug a pf.conf firewall ruleset, you just need the guts to run tcpdump
Thanks. I'll look into that.
If I were to take a FreeBSD 8.1 instillation DVD and use the "upgrade an existing system" from the sysinstall menu, would that be a suitable option? I've never done that before, and I'm wondering about hidden snares or pitfalls that could take me by surprise. At this point I just want to upgrade the kernel, and not necessarily mess with the GUI and program settings. Although if I need to patch things, I will.
This DesktopBSD instillation has been dormant for several months (long story); that's why it has such an outdated kernel.
I also never did an upgrade. Just make a backup of your configuration files and you home directory, your browser bookmarks etc and do a clean install.
You don't need to be a genius to debug a pf.conf firewall ruleset, you just need the guts to run tcpdump
I tried a fresh install of 8.1, twice, and both attempts failed. I got this error message:
"Unable to find device node for /dev/ad1s1b in /dev!"
I tried two different partitions, and got the same result both times; the instillation crashed and burned. I then tried an install of PC-BSD 8.1, which is based on the 8.1 kernel, and while it seemed to install correctly, my boot manager (GAG 4.10) didn't recognize the BSD instillation. For me, that's a showstopper, because I need to keep Windows XP operational on this box. So, for me, a fresh install of FreeBSD 8.1 isn't a viable option.
Is it possible that my computer simply won't accept the 8.1 kernel? I know that's a crazy theory, but I've been able to install versions of the 7.x series without much trouble.
If it matters, my computer is a Dell Dimension 4550 series. I've searched the web and found no references of someone being unable to install 8.1. This problem may be unique to my machine.
I feel I have two options:
a) Install a version of 7.x and attempt to upgrade to 8.1 by using source. Since a clean install and an upgrade option both failed (I tried the sysinstall upgrade path; it couldn't find the existing install of BSD), building from source appears to be my only remaining option. And even then, if 8.1 doesn't like my system for whatever reason, I'm toasted.
b) Give up. That's right. If 8.1 isn't going to run on my computer no matter what I do, then I see no point in fighting with this any longer. FreeBSD 7.x is going to atrophy pretty soon, and I don't want to be left with an arrested system.
Could it be the UFS+ file system that my computer can't stand? Can 8.1 be "force fed" into the older standard UFS?
So, there's my situation. Has anyone ever heard of instances where 8.1 simply won't install on a given system? If so, I would like to know how those users handled the situation.
Needless to say, I'm very VERY frustrated, and I am ready to throw in the towel. Any input would be greatly appreciated at this point.
Sidebar: I'm confused that PC-BSD 8.1 (Hubble) failed to install; that distribution will shoehorn itself into just about any machine you can name.
Now that I've had a good night's sleep and time to cool off...
Will this code:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad1 bs=64k count=1
...clean up my problem? I've read accounts of people having trouble with BSD when the file allocation table is cluttered. If this works, then I'll try a clean install of 8.1 again and hope for the best.
My important files are stashed on an external drive, fortunately.
That dd command will clear out the Master Boot Record (MBR), which holds the partition table. That usually helps.
You don't need to be a genius to debug a pf.conf firewall ruleset, you just need the guts to run tcpdump
Hello again!
I wanted to thank you folks for your suggestions. I did try them, but sadly, nothing worked. I've combed the web left right and center and can't find an explanation for the errors I was receiving. I'm beginning to suspect a firmware issue with my systems mobo.
I successfully installed and ran a version of 7.2-RELEASE, and if need be I'll keep using that. Assuming it still works! I attempted a global port upgrade last night and all kinds of weird things happened. The upgrade crashed at mid-point (outside interference), but I was able to reboot and log in as root in console mode. All of my files and user config files appear to be intact in the usr/home/[me] directory, the fstab mounting table still works, and the guts of the system appear to be intact. That says to me that the mess can be repaired. I tried the global port upgrade again, and when I left for work it was still grinding away. (There are a lot of outdated programs in there!) I'm hoping that when the system finally finishes, all will be back to semi-normal. Or at least to a position I can work from.
But if it isn't, well, since I can still access my files as root, I have the final option of backing up my home directory and starting fresh. Though my experience with 8.1 makes me uneasy at that prospect.
Still, just for laughs, I'm currently downloading 8.2-RELEASE and I'll see if I can upgrade or install that version. I'm also getting PC-BSD 8.2 as a "plan B." My system didn't like 8.1, but who knows, it may be okay with 8.2. I figure what have I got to loose? Worst case scenario I can always fall back on 7.2. Better to have an outdated BSD than no BSD at all, says I.
Follow up:
I found, in another BSD forum, that some BIOS systems and mobo firmware sets don't like GPT partitions, which is the 8.1 standard. I remember getting an error message with "GPT" in it somewhere.
FreeBSD 8.2, however, defaults to conventional MBR style partitions, and shouldn't cause these problems. Or at the very least makes them easier to deal with.
Could this be the ultimate cause of the grief I encountered earlier in the month? If so, well, in the immortal words of Shrek:
"Well that explains a lot!"
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Epic race. Epic day. I think I'll be adding to the Midcoast Half Marathon on my yearly to do list for races from here on out. The race directors put on a top notch event. The course traveled over very scenic, hilly terrain that was challenging, beautiful and a lot of fun. Their volunteers were super friendly and helpful. All of that added up to a great vibe.
The race went incredibly well. I nailed my 'A' goal which was to break 1:25:00. As of last night, I had pretty much written that off given how hilly the course was. But I felt great today and paced myself well and had a good mindset. Very stoked to have come in at 1:24:53, good enough for 9th place.
I met up with Joe at the Back Cove in Portland to carpool over to Lincolnville and given that not only is Joe a talented runner but a teacher as well, we had plenty to talk about. We got there in plenty of time to check in, mingle with everyone and do our warm-ups.
There was about a half mile walk/run over to the start line, which was down the road from the winery (which served as the race HQ and finish line). I accompanied Amanda and Ty, and it served as a good final warm-up.
Miles 1-3
A very quick ready, set, go and we were off. The first mile is a big downhill. We'd later have to run up it, coming back. I found myself running with Amanda and a murder of her fellow Crow Athletics teammates. Great folks and company.
Into the second mile and it was now just Amanda and I. We chatted here and there, but half marathon pace doesn't allow much for conversation. We also saw Ian and Zak, who were driving around the course to cheer us on (Ian's wife, Emma, was also running). I would see them several more times, which was a huge boost.
We began to close in on a guy wearing green and as we did so, he began to pick up the pace to stay with us. Amanda dropped back and soon it was just me, Green Guy and another guy wearing a Mid-Winter shirt (I forget his name, which is a shame because we ran together for over half the race).
Miles 4-6
The wind was very gusty and had been in our faces for the past few miles. I'm 6'1" and have pretty wide shoulders so people like to draft off me at times. I usually don't mind, but Green Guy was being kind of aggressive about it. At one point I said "I see what you're doing" to get inside his head a little. Mid-Winter Guy and I ended up dropping him at the end of mile four and it was just us for a long while.
Saw Ian and Zak again and I tossed my gloves to them. Course turned on to Belfast Road and now we had some uphills to contend with. Field was pretty spread out now and I could make out a guy in all black ahead. I muttered to MW Guy that he was our target. We passed him at the top of the hill. A guy on a bike told us three miles of downhills ahead. I quietly told MW Guy, "Bullsh--, it's really two".
Miles 7-9
Two miles of downhills now and MW Guy and I picked it up. We chased down another runner and passed him. Splits for miles seven and eight were 6:21 and 6:12 and it felt comfortable. In fact, the whole race so far felt oddly comfortable. Yes, I was working my tale off but my head was in a great spot.
Another guy wearing a purplish shirt was pretty far ahead and I muttered to MW Guy that he was our next target. Saw Ian and Zak again.
Miles 10-12
MW Guy dropped back and now I was slowly reeling in Purple Shirt Guy. Saw Ian and Zak again and Ian ran alongside me a bit and gave some solid encouragement. I asked how Emma was doing and he said she was doing great. Cool.
Course turned right and I finally caught Purple Shirt Guy. But the real work was about to begin. The biggest uphills of the course were next.
Up and up and up. It was hard work and the wind was now blowing in my face again, but I was still pretty stoked at how much energy I had. The long, hard tempo runs I've been focusing on this training cycle were definitely paying off. However, it was still tiring, and by the time I reached the top of biggest hill where Ian and Zak were, I was gasping for air and going pretty slow. Still, I hit that split in 6:57, which wasn't bad considering the climb.
The Final 1.1
The hills were now slighter and rolling but given it was towards the end of the race they were a bit tough. Now I began the time calculations. Hmmm, was breaking 1:25 in the cards? It just might be. But with each passing uphill I had hoped to spot the final right hand turn that goes behind the winery where the finish line was but all I would see was another uphill. This happened a couple of times.
Finally, I crested a small hill and could see the winery. But...it looked so far away. I glanced at my Garmin. It had just turned to 1:23. I didn't think I could get it and figured 1:25 and change was fine and now I booked it to get the best time possible.
I kept flooring it and reached the turn sooner than I thought I would. I looked right and could seen the finishing clock through the trees and beyond the final turn. It read 1:24:3X. Sweet!!! I would break 1:25:00 but I gave it everything I had to ensure I got as far under it as possible. I crossed in 1:24:53, giving a hearty fist pump as I finished. Kabam!!!
Post Race
Exchanged congrats with other runners, including the Purple Shirt Guy and I thanked him for pulling me along for a while. He was hard to chase down. Soon after, I saw Amanda, Emma, Joe, Jason and some other folks finished. Amanda and Emma got first and second woman respectively, which was awesome! I also puked a little. More like two or three glorified vurps, but I guess it counts.
Changed, socialized and then Joe alerted me that he saw the results and was like "Dude, congrats on getting top ten!" Okay, he didn't say dude as that's not part of Joe's normal vocabulary, but the sentiment was the same. Ian and I were talking earlier and thought I might have cracked top 15, but I didn't expect top 10. Saw the results and sure enough, ninth place overall. Stoked about that.
This race was an important one for a few reasons. First and foremost, it helped validate that the training for Boston is on track. I think the focus on longer, harder tempo runs is paying some pretty big dividends. A very good time for me, despite the tough course and the crazy wind. Also, MacMillan projects a 2:59:01 marathon time based on this race. I guess that's the goal now for Boston, and I look forward to the challenge. Still a few weeks to stack some hay in the barn before the taper.
Race Results
w/u Ran 1.8 miles @ 8:05/mile pace.
Ran 13.1 miles @ 6:29/mile pace.
Time: 1:24:53
Placing: 9th out of 156
AG (30-39): 3rd out of 17
Paved roads.
Very hilly.
Upper 30s to upper 40s, sunny, windy.
Saucony Kinvara 2, shorts, singlet, gloves (ditched at mile four).
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Midcoast Half Marathon Race Report
Posted by Jamie Anderson at 7:43 PM
6 comments:
- unstrung said...
just awesome jamie, and another great report. so glad it went so well. and congrats on the 9th place!
- middle.professor said...
Yes you're training predicted that so perfect execution. Well done dude.
- Grellan said...
Great race & report Jamie - gaining on those in front all the way to the finishing line is a sure sign of your strength (physically and mentally). Onwards and upwards - Boston awaits!!!
- Thomas said...
Smashing result, absolutely brilliant, man. I never knew you had that much speed for the short distances!
- mindy said...
Nice work Jamie - well deserved for all your hard work and talent!
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This dissertation establishes the age, depositional environment, composition, and climatic conditions for the Cape Blanco flora. The paleotemperature estimated by the Cape Blanco flora, the Temblor flora of California, and the Seldovia flora of Alaska are then compared with sea surface temperatures estimated from oxygen isotope analysis of benthic foraminifera. The unconformity-bound shallow marine sandstone of Floras Lake includes a redeposited tuff bed which contains fossil leaves at Cape Blanco. An 40 Ar/ 39 Ar age of 18.26 ± 0.86 Ma is presented for the tuff as well as a paleomagnetic stratigraphy of the sandstone. Sedimentary structures of the tuff bed are evidence that the tuff was deposited at or just above the strand line. The depth of tuff deposition was shallower than the adjacent marine sands, and this short-lived shoaling may have been a result of increased sediment supply. The fossil flora was an oak forest with numerous species of Fagaceae. Additional components include lanceolate Salicaceae leaves, entire margined Lauraceae, fragmentary Betulaceae, and lobed Platanaceae. Coniferous debris, charcoal, Equisetales, and Typhaceae forms are also figured. Ten leaf forms could not be confidently assigned to established names but are described, figured, and called angiosperm forms 1-10. In total 44 unique forms are identified. The size and margin type of the dicot specimens are quantified, and by comparison with known modern floras, a former mean annual precipitation of 201 (+86, -61) cm and a former mean annual temperature of 18.26 ± 2.6°C are estimated. The paleotemperature of the ∼17.5 Ma Seldovia Flora and the ∼17.5 Ma Temblor Flora are estimated using the same method, establishing a ∼0.7°C per degree of latitude temperature gradient for the northern hemisphere temperate zone. The leaf based gradient is steeper than the sea surface temperature gradient, of ∼0.26°C per degree of latitude as estimated from oxygen isotopic composition of foraminifera collected from ocean sediment cores. Both fossil leaf and isotope methods suggest that the early Miocene was ∼5°C warmer than today. This thesis includes unpublished co-authored material.


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Baltimore police identified the 25-year-old man Thursday who was fatally shot by officers in a Southeast Baltimore housing project, as people who said they saw the incident continued to question the decision to shoot.
The shooting occurred just before 7 p.m. Wednesday, when police said they pursued Donte Bennett through a courtyard of Douglass Homes and past a playground, fighting with him before he took out a handgun and was shot.
A top-ranking police official said that he was "proud of the work done by the officers" and that the man was violent.
Court records show that Bennett, of Northwest Baltimore, was being sought on a violation of probation warrant for a drug conviction. Bennett also had prior convictions for car theft, weapon and other drug charges.
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Does 10mil paperbacked veneer protect mdf substrate?9/4
This is my first time using MDF as a substrate to do a whole kitchen that calls for 10mil paperbacked anigre veneer. I got a lot of mixed feedback using mdf,,, moisture issues mainly. Just wondering,, if the mdf is being laminated with veneer, then sealed then top coated with clear conversion varnish,, wont that go very far in keeping moisture from the mdf?
Not so much. A good finish will slow down the transfer of moisture, but will not prevent it. The veneer is simply wood, so that won't prevent transfer either. I'm don't use mdf for boxes as I find it's just too difficult to deal with. Even when properly pre-drilled it can still split if your not careful with fasters. Plus it's heavy as hell to move around! It's good for doors and even panels, but I just avoid it when it comes to boxes.
Normally on a kitchen you would not veneer the boxes anyway. You would band the faces and end panels, but the interiors could still be pre-finished maple or melamine. Of course if you have the budget to veneer the whole thing then by all means, that'll make for some very expensive interiors;>)
good luck,
thanks jeff, sorry i was a bit vague. By saying i wwas doing a whole kitchen with 10mil paperback veneer, i only meant the doors. all my boxes are 3/4" birch ply, laminated one side with plastic laminate. just trying to be confident that my doors wont swell up anytime soon by using mdf as a sub.
My kitchen has about 20 veneered MDF doors, and they are perfectly fine after about 10 years. I used plain veneer, though, not paperback.
In another post on this continuing saga of paperbacked you make this comment.
thanks rich, i totally agree with you. The other reason why i started having second thoughts about edgebanding first was i realized that no matter how tight i press the veneer with cauls/platens etc , some of the edges always seem to not stick well,, ,maybe like up to 1/4" back from the edge or so. So i figure, glue up the panel about 1" bigger to allow for those lose edges, then cut back to where i know its glued tightly. Btw, im using that pink FSV glue on 10mil paperbacked veneer to an MDF sub. "
But now you think the edgebanding will be really nice and tight and a coat of finish will seal it just fine. Which is it?
Different rich by the way for the quote.
Rich, i have no idea what you just did there. Sorry it was a long day at work for me and im lost as to what you are talking about. But in my previous post about the ''edges & edgebanding'' had nothing to do with me questioning whether or not i thought paperback veneer would stick to the edges of the mdf... the ''edges'' i was referring to are the face and back of the door closer to the ends. If you will,, when you press a piece of veneer to the face of a substrate, the outer edge of that face was a bit problematic at first,,, after clamping for hours it would still be easy to pull off,,, i realized i didnt have enough cauls on it,,, after adding more cauls,, problem solved. But seeing that you thought i was referring to edges (where the edgebanding goes) ,,, how else would you cover those ? if not with the same veneer that goes on the face/back??
I use 1/8" hardwood for all my door edges.
Haven't had any problems gluing banding to the edges of mdf or melamine coated PB anymore than I have problems gluing to veneer core. Since this is basic procedure used by tens of thousands of shops across the world I'd think we'd know by now if banding mdf was a problem?
Anyway as long as your veneer is well glued and your seams are tight and sanded well, including breaking the edges so the finish will stick, you shouldn't have any moisture issues with your doors.
go ahead and use the mdf for your doors, it will be ok. I've done many tests over the years with different substrates , I actually soak the hell out of them, I've even put veneered panels out in the parking lot and let mother nature give it her best shot. As long as you have a good glue line you shouldn't have any issues.
Adding a C. to my name since we had two rich's adding comments.
For edgebanding i am using the same 10mil paperbacked veneer and fsv glue clamped to the mdf with clamps and cauls. So far so good, after letting the ones we have done already cure for 24 hours, trimmed them and sanded them with a slight round on the edges, the glue lines are very tight, and as a plus, i was worried that by edgebanding last there was going to be an evident seam or evidence of cross grain, there was none of that. Thanks guys! and we still are going to invest in the vac. press for future work,, if not even sooner.... so no more ''garage'' workshop :)
To be perfectly honest with you, I do not recommend paper backed veneer on any product. I actually used to make paper backed veneers for many different customers. The procedure for producing paper backed veneers is very ,how can I say this , tricky.If your heat, pressure and time is off even the slightest in any one of these areas, DE-LAM. Not to mention, you never get a smooth look with paper back.I would estimate about 75% of de-lam issues are actually between the paper and veneer, not the paper back and the substrate. I get the point that not everyone cannot afford a press and you're trying to work within a budget, but when it comes to paperback it's a shot in the dark. Sad to say, but that's what our trade has evolved or should I say regressed to, cheaper, faster to get materials. All I can say is follow your glue specs guidelines, think it through and try to figure out what works best for you.


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