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Arsenios the Great
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Saint Arsenios was a deacon of the Church of Rome, born of an illustrious family, and wondrous in virtue. In the days of Saint Theodosius the Great, he was chosen to be the tutor of the Emperor's young sons, Arcadius and Honorius. While living at the imperial palace in Constantinople, compassed with all luxury and innumerable temptations to sin, Arsenios often besought God with tears to guide him to salvation. This prayer was answered one day when a voice came to him saying, "Arsenios, flee from men, and thou shalt be saved." He sailed secretly to Alexandria, and from there went to Scete, where he became a monk. Yet after he had withdrawn from the world, and was come among the most illustrious monks of his day, he heard, 'Arsenios, flee, be silent, pray always, for these are the causes of sinning not." Following this call, he separated himself even from his fellow monks, practicing extreme silence. On Saturday evenings, he would turn his back on the setting sun, and would stretch out his hands in prayer to Heaven, till the sun shone upon his face the following morning, and only then would he sit down. Once a monk came to visit him, and looking into his cell saw Arsenios entirely like a flame of fire. After living some fifty-five years as a monk, and attaining to heights reached by few, he reposed in peace about the year 449, at the age of ninety-five.
Apolytikion of Arsenios the Great
Plagal of the Fourth Tone
With the rivers of your tears, you have made the barren desert fertile. Through sighs of sorrow from deep within you, your labors have borne fruit a hundred-fold. By your miracles you have become a light, shining upon the world. O Arsenios, our Holy Father, pray to Christ our God, to save our souls.
Kontakion of Arsenios the Great
Second Tone
Since thou hadst shown forth the life of the Angels while in a body, O God-bearing Arsenios, thou wast also counted worthy of their honour; and with them thou standest before the Lord's throne, interceding that divine forgiveness be granted unto all.
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March 18, 2006
BEVERLY, Mass. - The women's lacrosse team (0-1) stumbled in Wednesday night's season opener against Endicott College (3-1). After building a 7-3 lead at the end of the first half, MIT allowed seven answered goals in the second frame before Endicott's Heather Hatfield tallied the game-winner with 20 seconds remaining in overtime. Senior Cathy Sharp led the Gulls with four goals.
The Engineers came out looking sharp on Wednesday, as they jumped out to a 3-0 lead just under nine minutes into the game. Endicott broke that momentum on a goal by Sara Gunter at 13:59, but MIT came right back with three more unanswered goals to extend the lead to 6-1 with 5:44 left in the half. The two teams exchanged goals over the next 30 seconds before the Gulls' Cathy Sharp cut MIT's lead to 7-3 with 24 seconds remaining in the half.
Looking to put Endicott away early in the second frame, senior Randee Miller and freshman Samantha O'Keefe each scored their second goal of the game. Comfortably ahead 9-3 with just under 23 minutes remaining, the Engineers began a major meltdown. The Gulls rattled off seven unanswered goals over the next 18 minutes to go up 10-9, a run that featured three tallies by Cathy Sharp in a span of 4:23.
Finally at 3:21, MIT's Deanna Lentz stopped the bleeding with her second tally of the game. Just over minute later, the Engineers regained the lead when junior Mary Harding notched her second goal. But again, MIT failed to hold on. With just 24 seconds left in regulation, Emily Judd found the back of the net to even the score at 11-11 and send the game into overtime.
Both teams struggled to produce solid scoring chances early on in the extra session, until once again, the Gulls came up with the answer in dramatic fashion. This time it was Heather Hatfield providing the dramatics, scoring her second goal of the game with 20 seconds to play.
In the losing effort, junior goalie Hee Jay Kang (0-1) stopped 12 of the 24 Endicott shots she faced. The victor, junior Erin Curry (3-0), made seven saves on 18 MIT shots. Deanna Lentz paced the Engineers with seven ground balls.
MIT is back in action on Saturday, March 18, against Rhode Island College (0-2) for their home opener at Jack Barry Field. The game, which will mark the first ever contest between RIC and MIT, is set to begin at 1:00 p.m.

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By Jessica Fujimori, MIT News correspondent
Soccer puts a smile on senior Jonathan Tebes' (Hamden, Conn.) face, but a mention of economics or international development — or better yet, both at once — will keep him talking animatedly for hours. An MIT senior majoring in economics and minoring in public policy with a focus on development economics, Tebes is passionate about using economic theory in practice to alleviate poverty and improve lives.
It was on a soccer field — one in his hometown of Hamden, Conn. — that Tebes was introduced at an early age to the face of poverty.
"I played soccer with one of my good friends since I was about 8 years old, and he grew up poor in inner-city New Haven," recounts Tebes, who is now MIT's varsity soccer captain. "At times his family was homeless, and so my family would take him in. This experience really taught me that when you're not given as many resources it's very hard for you to succeed up to your potential. Although my friend is beating the odds, that's not true for so many who grow up poor."
Additionally, Tebes heard stories from his family of his grandparents' imprisonment in concentration camps during World War II, and of their eventual release and immigration to Canada, then America. "They struggled to give their children a new life, and I'm part of the result of that new life," Tebes says.
Tebes decided he had found his calling. "I wanted to find a way of addressing poverty," he says. "Economics is a great way of doing just that."
After being recruited for MIT soccer during his junior year of high school, Tebes began looking into the academic opportunities at the Institute — and decided it was the perfect place for him.
"It was the economics program that really drew me to this school," he says. "I realized that the opportunities I would have here are unparalleled at any other university in terms of learning economics theory and application."
Making a difference with economics
Tebes dove into economics coursework at the Institute and began conducting research with professor of economics Jonathan Gruber during his sophomore year. Most recently, he worked with Gruber on a new method of evaluating quality of care in hospitals.
"There's usually a problem of determining which hospitals are performing well, because if you have a severe illness you tend to go to the hospital that's the best at treating the illness, so those who give very high-quality care get people who tend to be sicker," Tebes explains. "Therefore, if you just look at outcomes, it's hard to tell which hospitals are performing better than others."
Gruber's new method of evaluation attempts to cut out some of the selection bias by focusing on outcomes among patients who were taken by ambulance to the hospital. "That simulates a quasi-random experiment," Tebes explains. "There's less choice involved; patients from the same neighborhood often end up going to different hospitals based on what ambulance company picks them up. This allows us to more accurately assess hospital quality."
While assisting Gruber with research, Tebes pursued his interest in poverty by taking classes at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab taught by Abhijit Banerjee, the Ford International Professor of Economics, and Esther Duflo, the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics. "I was really inspired by Professor Banerjee and Professor Duflo's book, 'Poor Economics,'" Tebes says. After taking a course with each of them, Tebes became interested in international development.
Tebes followed his budding interest to an internship at the World Bank in Washington the summer after his sophomore year, where he studied youth unemployment and entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa. "This internship confirmed my interest in development economics, but I hadn't experienced any development on the ground," Tebes says.
For a hands-on approach to development, Tebes took a class at the MIT Development Lab, or D-Lab, which culminated in a trip to Tanzania during the winter of his junior year. "Traveling to Tanzania reaffirmed my interest in international development," Tebes said. "I really saw what challenges people face day to day."
Innovation in Tanzania
While in Tanzania, Tebes met Bernard Kiwia, an inventor who has spent time at MIT as a "Designer in Residence" at D-Lab. "I developed a connection with Bernard — he's a really inspiring person. He's someone who cares so much about his work, and is very good at it, too," Tebes says.
An MIT Public Service Center Fellowship funded Tebes' return this past summer to Tanzania, where he lived and worked with Kiwia to create an innovation center, called Accelerating Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship, for community youth to participate in creation of low-cost technologies. One of Kiwia's latest innovations, a motorcycle-powered multi-crop thresher, was the focus of Tebes' economic research.
"His thresher attaches to the back of a motorcycle and threshes rice close to industrial throughput, which is really exciting," Tebes says. "I collaborated with other D-Lab students to conduct a quasi-economic analysis of whether this could benefit farmers. We discovered that it will cost a small farm about one season's profit to pay for the device, but the device will last for many seasons. Overall, it would cost farmers less than what many already paid casual laborers to thresh their rice and allow them to compete with medium- and large-scale farms."
As Tebes became a part of the village community — joining the soccer team, visiting the local market, and learning Swahili — he gained insight into the bigger picture of poverty.
"What I realized is that community really is the buffer for the negative impacts of poverty. Through the community, people feel valued, protected and supported," Tebes says. "That's something that I want to bring back to the U.S., and it will motivate some of my research later on: finding ways to harness community to improve lives."
Reprinted with permission of MIT News


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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Donald Trump finally has a major in golf.
The 65-year-old real estate mogul, TV personality and casino owner is going to be the host for the U.S. Women's Open in 2017.
The executive director of the USGA told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Wednesday that Trump National in Bedminster, N.J., has been chosen as the site for the biggest event in women's golf that year.
"We are going to a wonderful facility that we think can host a great United States Women's Open Championship,'' USGA boss Mike Davis said. "That would be the standard answer for any national championship but we think Trump National is a fabulous facility that has two golf courses. And either course is good enough inside the rope as a test of golf.''
The USGA has not decided whether to play the tournament on the Tom Fazio-designed old course or new course, but the old is the front runner, Davis said.
Trump National, which is located roughly 45 minutes from New York City, was the site of the 2009 U.S. Junior Amateur and Girls Junior championships.
"For all that comes with Donald as a business icon and media personality, he couldn't have been a more gracious host,'' Davis said. "He made sure the players, the spectators and championship golf were the stars.''
This will be the first U.S. Women's Open in New Jersey since 1987, when Laura Davies won a rain-plagued event that ended on a Tuesday.
This event will be in the USGA's backyard. It's offices are located in Far Hills, roughly a 10-minute drive from Trump National.
"We really get to showcase our museum and we get to showcase where we test balls and clubs,'' Davis said. "Far Hills is not the easiest place to find, so to get the golf world for a week here, it's very exciting and we will expose the campus.''
A formal announcement is scheduled for Thursday. Bloomberg and Golfweek were the first to report the awarding of the tournament.
This has been a big year for Trump, who owns about a dozen courses in North America and Europe. Earlier this year, he bought the Doral Hotel & Country Club – home of the Blue Monster course, and a host to numerous professional tournaments – for $150 million.
"People don't realize how much he does for golf,'' Davis said. "If you talk to the LPGA, he has hosted their final event down at the West Palm Beach (Fla.) course a fair number of times. Players like him, so I think (having him as the host) can add something to this.''
Trump National is located next to two major highways and it has room for plenty of parking, Davis said.
This year's Women's Open will be played at Blackwolf Run Golf Course in Kohler, Wis., while the New York area will host it in 2013, when it is played at Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y.
"We are excited about getting back to the metropolitan area twice in a four- or five-year period,'' Davis said. "To come to New Jersey and be besides our headquarters is very exciting for us.''
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"For 30 years, this desk has always been facing (the entrance door)," said Baboun, a Catholic. Now it faces the picture window looking out onto Nativity Square and the Church of the Nativity. "What is the difference between this office and an office in any other part of the world? It is the Nativity; it is the birth of our Jesus lord. This is what I ensured I see on a daily basis. I ensured to see the message of hope, which I need most dramatically in my position."
As the first woman elected mayor of this financially and geographically strapped city where Christians today are dwindling in numbers, Baboun is not only aware of the political and administrative challenges she faces, but also of her position as a role model for other Palestinian women. She was the second woman to be elected as mayor of a major Palestinian city and the only female mayor in that cycle of elections.
"This is my message to every woman: Be the change that you desire to address. And I think I am the change that I desire, and I had the confidence that I could do it, and I radiated it."
After eight years of being boycotted by the international community because of a municipal council coalition with Hamas, agreed to by the previous mayor, Bethlehem, with its population of 22,000, has suffered greatly in the area of development, Baboun said.
Hamas boycotted the election, and so there are no Hamas members on the new council.
Right now, Baboun, 49, said her first concern is how to increase development in the city.
"Development means dignified living for any human being, for any citizen in the city," she said. "We know the international community is now supporting the city, so we just need to define our priorities and submit our proposals. We know there is a developmental process going on and it should bring a better reality to the city."
With its historical and religious significance, Bethlehem is not only a city of its citizens, but it also belongs to people around the world, Baboun said.
Struggling with an issue that her predecessors also have grappled with, Baboun is searching for ways to entice visitors to stay for more than just a few hours in the city. Thirteen new hotels are under construction, she said, but that will only enhance one sector of the economy, and development of the city must extend to include other sectors.
With Baboun in office less than a year, some people are not comfortable with a female mayor, Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce Chairman Samir Hazboun said.
"There needs to be some time before some people will be convinced that a woman can do such a post. It is not easy," he told OSV, adding that her election already is having a cultural and social impact on the city. "At the end of the day it was the majority who elected her, and those who are unhappy can continue to be unhappy or they can learn about life."
Although it is too early to pass judgment on Baboun's performance as mayor, Hazboun said the chamber feels a greater willingness on the part of the municipality to involve the private sector in projects than the previous council.
"The municipal council seems more serious," he said. "We had been trying to establish some cooperation before. It shows a new way of management. This is very, very positive. There is a new way of approaching things and dealing with problems, with more people engaged in different projects of the municipality. She can deal with things in a different way. She is a woman and does not need to deal with it in a man's way."
A former university lecturer in English literature at Bethlehem University, Baboun also taught gender studies and is a member of several nonprofit boards. She said that life did not permit her to sit stashed away in the ivory tower for too long.
After her political activist husband was imprisoned for three years in an Israeli prison for his activities with the Fatah movement during the first intifada, Baboun, now a widow, had to take the reins of supporting her family early on.
With her husband's blessing, she began studying for her master's in literature at the Israeli Hebrew University of Jerusalem, focusing on the African-American experience. She planned to continue on for her doctorate there as well, but has put it aside as she focuses on her new role as mayor.
Baboun's husband, Johnny, died in 2007 due to heart problems contracted during his imprisonment; recognized as a Palestinian martyr, his coffin was wrapped in a Palestinian flag at his funeral.
"The national spirit that my husband was carrying is all around us, so I lived that national sense and that loyalty to the city in my household, in my place with my husband. We were living it all together on a daily basis," she said. "This is why I love this city and why I stay. I have a husband who paid not only physically but all through the sickness years … We lived the loyalty to Palestine and loyalty to Bethlehem, and I am loyal to the spirit of Johnny and all those others who sacrificed as well."
On her finger she wears a gold ring with the image of the Virgin Mary, which she had made as a sign of her faith as she cared for her husband. Today her five children are supportive of her work and were active in helping her campaign during the elections.
Many difficulties currently face Bethlehem, which is now the smallest of all Palestinian cities. In it, a large chunk of land in Area C is under Israeli control and no development projects can be undertaken. Encircled almost on all sides by Israeli settlements and the Israeli separation barrier, Bethlehem has practically nowhere to expand other than a small swatch of land on its southern border with the neighboring village of Beit Sahour, Baboun said.
The council has taken the decision to expand the size of Bethlehem by adding 3 square kilometers (1.16 square miles) from this area between the two villages, she said.
"I am thinking about (the young people) 10 years from now," she said. "Either we prepare something for them (or we will lose them). That is why the expansion of the size of Bethlehem is crucial and needed and significant for any sustainable developmental processes in the city."
Judith Sudilovsky writes from Jerusalem.
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After winning three of four in San Francisco, dropping a series at San Diego is a let down. But, the flip side is you have to be a little high to get down.
Considering they lost 11 of 12 on their previous homestand, I'll take the 6-5 and be happy. Who among us was brimming with optimism when they took off for the West?
Obviously, the most important development on the trip was Matt Harvey, regardless of yesterday's game. The Mets now have an arm they can be hopeful of giving them six. They can build from there.
Ruben Tejada and Ronny Cedeno are playing well, making up in part for David Wright's slump. Yes, Jason Bay is still on the team, but Ike Davis flashed a glimpse of why we should be excited about him and Bobby Parnell threw an inning in San Francisco that was cause for some optimism. That might be a stretch, but look at the whole bullpen picture.
Sometimes you can get in trouble when you big-picture things, but in that vein, the Mets are giving us reason to hang around and watch. I didn't say "get excited," but keep us interested in their development.
Many of us got too excited from the first half and those two weeks in July were deflating. However, considering their inactivity in the offseason and dismal spring training, if you were told the Mets would be knocking on .500's door a week into August, wouldn't most of you have taken it?
I mean, given Johan Santana's uncertainty, not to mention stint on the DL, and losing Mike Pelfrey for the season, I'd venture most would have jumped at it.
We all knew going in this was a building season and we've seen some good things. This trip helped remind us of them. I would be interested to see what September brings, and I really never thought I'd write that line in March.


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When I left the World Trade Center in October 2001, after working there for several weeks alongside fellow Jesuits and other volunteers, I wondered what would become not only of the physical site but of the people we had met. One ironworker, who spent long days at Ground Zero cutting apart the steel beams of the destroyed buildings, said that when he went home at night, he could hardly bear to see his wife and child, for they reminded him of the people he had pulled out of the pile. A firefighter told me that when he first arrived at the site, he had run one way, and his friend another. He lived, while his friend died. A police chaplain said that he felt as if he were the one being ministered to at the site.
What would happen to these people? What sort of meaning would they find in their experiences? Five years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, family members of victims, rescue workers and chaplains are still coming to grips with the legacy of that day. Over the past weeks I have spoken with a few, who reflected on where they have been and where they are today.
'Sheer Luck or the Grace of God'
Last month a journalist told me that when you ask someone about Sept. 11, 2001, they seem almost compelled to recount the entire story of where they were that dayas if a partial telling would be an insult to those events. So it was not surprising that Joe Lauria, a 15-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department, would speak at length about the day.
On Sept. 11 Joe's fire company in Queens was immediately dispatched to the World Trade Center. But they were held up from entering Manhattan out of fear that the traffic tunnels under the East River would be bombed. When he reached the site, Joe was horrified to see people leaping to their deaths from the towers. They were like mannequins falling through the air, he said. We said prayers that they would face as little suffering as possible. Joe watched as the upper floors of the North Tower leaned slowly, then split in two and collapsed, creating a deluge of debris and choking smoke.
"I stood motionless, not believing it, frozen in time," said Joe. "Then all of a sudden we were trying to outrace this huge storm cloud." He spent the entire day and the following weeks working at the site, almost around the clock. The time he spent excavating and searching for survivors and, later, remains, Joe describes as "horrific."
The delay in getting into Manhattan probably saved his life. "If my company had been there 20 minutes earlier, we would have been in the lobby of those towers. There were 343 firefighters who perished, and I would have been one of them."
Today Joe, a Catholic, often thinks about how close he came to dying; he also wonders how God could allow so many of his friends to die. He was angry at the terroristsbut not at God. And though he has no easy answers, his faith has not been shaken: "More because it was a man-made event, as opposed to Hurricane Katrina or the tsunami."
Did Joe feel that God had spared him? "It was either sheer luck or the grace of God," he said. "Why were we held up? Who knows? That's a question I'll have to ask the Big Guy when I get to heaven."
The 38-year-old firefighter husband of Carol (who asked that her real name not be used) was not as fortunate as Joe was. Carol's grief has been complicated by the very public nature of the event that took her husband, the father of their two children. She spoke passionately about her emotional struggles from her home in Long Island. "Every year at 9/11, you try to please both sidesthose who want public grief and those who want it private," she told me recently.
"But I don't need the world to help me remember. I will never forget him going off to work that day, or the phone call or the worst thing of all: telling my children."
Carol and her husband, both Episcopalians, were not especially religious. After the tragedy, she found it difficult to attend services: hearing certain hymns raised emotions too painful to bear. But eventually, Carol's children, now 10 and 13, wanted to return to church to prepare for first Communion and confirmation. Today, she says, "I'm trying to become more spiritual, because I realize more that there are so many things over which I have little control."
When Carol was 24, her mother died. She now sees that event as a kind of spiritual preparation that helped her to bear her husband's death. There was also a striking coincidence, or providential moment, that connected her mother to the events of Sept. 11. "They found my husband's body on the day of my mother's birthday," she explained. "It was as if she were bringing him home to me."
Like Joe, Carol does not blame God. "I'm a realist," she says. She realizes that a firefighter's job means that he might not come home at night. Men and women in her husband's profession are often called upon to save people at risk to their own safety and even lives. "So I don't place blame on God. It could have been any circumstance that led to his death."
Lately, church has become consoling for Carol. It offers a private time for her to think about her mother, her husband and when they will all be reunited. But she is honest about the complexity of her emotions. "Sometimes I yell at him for leaving me," she said.
'Naturally, God Is There'
The passage of time has not reduced the immediacy of the most painful question: Why? It was the question the rescue workers asked most frequently of my brother Jesuits while we were ministering at Ground Zero. Why would God permit this to happen? In essence, they were asking the same question that has preoccupied saints, theologians, philosophers and other Christians for centuries (the problem of evil or theodicy): How could a good God allow evil?
For the Rev. David Baratelli, a Port Authority chaplain who also serves at St. John's Byzantine Catholic Church in Bayonne, N.J., the day's grief was matched by the goodness he witnessed around him. One day, after Father Baratelli finished celebrating Mass at a nearby chapel, a police lieutenant told him that some of the workers had not been able to receive Communion that day. So Father Baratelli grabbed a large ciborium and walked into the pile of rubble. "All of these cops and firefighters saw me coming," he recalled with emotion. "And they took off their helmets and with the greatest devotion received the Eucharist."
Father Baratelli said he was "captured" by the thought that God would have his way, that God's way is one of goodness, and that God would triumph by the virtue of the good. "I have to believe that Christ was present in that Eucharist and that he was helping those people."
For others, the grief remains raw. Anthony and Maryann, who live in northern New Jersey, were told on Sept. 11 that their son, Anthony Jr., a police officer with the Port Authority, "never came out" of the towers. His father said, "Naturally I was mad. He was a good boy, and they never recovered the body. You pray that they might discover him so that we could just bury him."
The devout Catholic couple found solace from the local parish priests, who rushed to their house to pray with them after the tragedy, and from Catholic Charities. "They were terrific. I can't say enough about them," said Anthony. Once a week the two visit a local shrine to St. Joseph in Stirling, N.J., to pray for their son, who was 47 at his death. "I feel the closeness of my son there, and naturally God is there," said Anthony.
He is not angry with God. "I say my prayers for my son and I'm happy I can pray for him. But what can you say? There's nothing you can say." His comment reminded me of the observation from some commentators on the Holocaust, that the best response to overwhelming tragedy is often silence.
The fifth-year anniversary is doubly poignant for Steve, 36, who lost his wife, an employee of a firm with offices at One World Trade Center. The two were married exactly one month earlier, on Aug. 11, 2001. In Washington, D.C., on a business trip that day, Steve heard the news of the attack from a taxicab radio, went into a nearby restaurant and saw the second plane slam into the South Tower. After the tragedy, he stayed with friends for a month.
Steve (not his real name) is an active parishioner of St. Ignatius Loyola Church in New York City, which he had attended with his wife before her death. Like Anthony and Maryann, he did not feel abandoned by God. And like Joe Lauria, he understood the event as a "man-made" tragedy. But at the same time Steve does not think this event was part of God's plan. "I don't believe things happen for a reason," he said.
'It's Only Fair to Give Back'
Mass provides more comfort for Steve now. He admits that this might have as much to do with the fact that attending Mass was something he and his wife used to enjoy doing together. But he has changed, Steve said. He is trying to become a "better person," trying to be closer to his wife's family, trying not to be as judgmental and trying to be more open with people. The tragedy has lent his life more perspective, he believes.
"It's understanding what matters and what doesn't," he said. In the weeks and months after Sept. 11, Steve became politically active, traveling to Capitol Hill with family members of victims. Today he laments that the country seems to have lost the feeling of unity that existed immediately after 9/11.
"It makes you wish for what we were back thenwith all the bipartisanship and everyone not stuck up on petty differences. I'm amazed that we're still dealing with things like same-sex marriage and the flag-burning amendment, when there are more important issues."
When I asked how long he felt that spirit of unity existed in the country, he was blunt: "About six months."
When Joe, the New York City firefighter, also lamented the loss of the common spirit that existed at Ground Zero, I felt as if I knew something of what he meant. During the few weeks I worked there, Iremember walking north from the site one day and hearing people applaud. After I looked around and saw no firefighters or police officers, I asked a Jesuit who was walking with me, "Who are they clapping for?" He said, "I think for us." There was a strong sense of support from the city, the country and even the world. As I finished an interview with a French journalist, the man threw his arms around me and said, "Nous sommes tous américains" (We are all Americans).
The spirit within the site was even more palpable. During the weeks I spent there, I found a tremendous spirit of unity and concord, which for me betokened the presence of the Holy Spirit. People from all over the country - firefighters, nurses, Red Cross workers, National Guard volunteers - united in a common cause made for a strangely comforting environment.
Joe felt that Sept. 11 forced people in New York to move out of "their own little worlds" and "pitch in." One reason, he believed, was that for New Yorkers it happened close to home without the buffer of television. "It allowed them to see it firsthand, and forced them to look within themselves."
Father Baratelli told me the story of an employee of the Port Authority who fled from the burning towers, disoriented and bloody, and ran into some total strangers who said, "Let us help you." They brought her to a nearby physician who cared for her, and even brought her back home. "In the darkness of this moment, the goodness of God came forth," he said.
But Joe Lauria felt that this spirit has ebbed considerably. In the days following Sept. 11, the New York Fire Department had logged a marked decrease in the number of false alarms, but today it's back to where it was five years ago. "As that day becomes more distant and as the site is cleared up, things disappear and people go back to their own routine. Most of the firemen felt that there was this tremendous feeling at the site, but they also found out that it was to be short-term."
Anthony, the New Jersey father who lost his son, was not surprised that people have changed. "What's the use of kidding ourselves?" He wears a wristband with his son's name on it, and though people ask about it and sincerely express their sorrow, it usually ends there. "That's about as far as it goes."
Carol, the woman who lost her husband, saw a change, but she also sees a lasting effect today. After her husband's death, a candlelight vigil was held on her front lawn. That night over 200 of her neighbors came out to support Carol and her children. Since then Carol has made many more friends in the neighborhood and feels that if she ever needed anything, she would receive it. This has also helped her feel more generous to others. "So many gave to me," she says. "It's only fair to give back. I will never forget that." After Hurricane Katrina she donated a washer and a dryer to a school in New Orleans.
'No Easy Answer'
Last month I visited a Jesuit friend who works in a high school in Jersey City, N.J., just across the river from the site of the World Trade Center. When I emerged from the subway, I found myself standing next to a colossal bronze monument to the Katyn Massacre, which dominates a popular plaza. One reason for the site's popularity is its commanding view of Lower Manhattan. Five years ago, I had heard stories of people watching the collapse of the towers from here. But it seems almost impossible to imagine: it's too close.
That evening I took a train that passed through a stop named "World Trade Center." Still, I was shocked that it ran directly through the site itself. On the way over I had been reading a book and so missed the sight. The windows gave a full view of the monstrous hole and the retaining walls: the massive space that is, in essence, a mass grave. Passing through Ground Zero on a subway car seemed shocking, an offense. Some passengers paused to stare, but others continued with their business. I thought of the final lines from a favorite poem by Robert Frost, called "Out, Out," in which a boy dies after a terrible accident with a buzz saw. The narrator ends by describing the onlookers: "And they, since they/ Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs."
But that is overly harsh. Most likely, those commuters had passed through the site many times and were first shocked, but then settled into a more placid reaction. That workaday response, then, was both surprising and not surprising. As Anthony said, "What's the use of kidding ourselves?"
My discussions with these people indicate that things are still too raw. Like the World Trade Center site, it is still an open wound, yet to heal over. They grapple with finding meaning, and probably will for some time. As Joe, the firefighter, said toward the end of our conversation, "Did it shake my faith? No. You could ask why God didn't stop those guys from doing what they did, but I guess I just don't ask that question."
"Because I know that there's no easy answer," he said. "And who's to say which answer is the correct one?"
I was particularly happy to read James Martin's "Where Have We Been?" today, after a morning spent pondering a 9/11 story on NPR—one in which a woman's response to the tragedy was to espouse atheism. She blamed God, who did not prevent so much suffering and loss of life, and his followers, who had inflicted this act as an act of perverted faith. In contrast, those Martin interviewed found their faith in some way deepened, despite the reason for such a painful event in their lives remaining a mystery.
Father Baratelli's comments sum up the shred of an answer gleaned by many of us who observed the aftermath of 9/11: God seemed to triumph in the end through the show of goodness on the part of those who opened their hearts to others at that time.
Another answer struck me at mass this morning. We come together on Sundays to celebrate the death of a promising young man—like many of those lost—who did "all things well," but who cut short a promising career to accept a humiliating death in order that life might come of it. Our hope might be that similarly out of the tragedy of September 11, 2001, might come new life and increased understanding.
Frances Rossi
On this fifth-year anniversary, it was incredibly moving to see the outpouring of love and respect by all those who came to honor the victims and heroes of 9/11. It was very uplifting to hear the prayers for healing and testimonies of hope shared at this time.
Although we gather for a candlelight vigil every Sept. 11, please note that the Tower of Remembrance at the Shrine of St. Joseph is open to all, every day, all day, for prayer, meditation and reflection. As we heal, may we always remember. Welcome!
I was particularly happy to read James Martin's "Where Have We Been?" today, after a morning spent pondering a 9/11 story on NPR—one in which a woman's response to the tragedy was to espouse atheism. She blamed God, who did not prevent so much suffering and loss of life, and his followers, who had inflicted this act as an act of perverted faith. In contrast, those Martin interviewed found their faith in some way deepened, despite the reason for such a painful event in their lives remaining a mystery.
Father Baratelli's comments sum up the shred of an answer gleaned by many of us who observed the aftermath of 9/11: God seemed to triumph in the end through the show of goodness on the part of those who opened their hearts to others at that time.
Another answer struck me at mass this morning. We come together on Sundays to celebrate the death of a promising young man—like many of those lost—who did "all things well," but who cut short a promising career to accept a humiliating death in order that life might come of it. Our hope might be that similarly out of the tragedy of September 11, 2001, might come new life and increased understanding.
Frances Rossi


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Just because Christmas is over doesn't mean shopping season has ended.
Just because Christmas is over doesn't mean shopping season has ended.
Shoppers were back at it Wednesday spending gift cards, returning or exchanging unwanted gifts and perusing after-Christmas clearance sales that offered savings of up to 75 percent in some stores.
Best Buy on Archer Road was as busy if not busier than in the days before Christmas with the double-whammy of people redeeming gift cards and returning items, said General Manager John Dubreuil.
The final week of December accounts for about 15 percent of the month's retail sales nationwide, said Michael McNamara, vice president for research and analysis at MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse.
A SpendingPulse report showed that retail sales were up a disappointing 0.7 percent for the two months before Christmas. That was despite a record Black Friday weekend.
Dubreil said the local Best Buy had much bigger weeks after Thanksgiving and before Christmas and was also up overall for the entire season so far, crediting the electronic retailer's campaign to match competitors' prices.
Sears in The Oaks Mall started with a record Black Friday weekend, fell off and then finished strong heading into Christmas, "and we've still got this week to go," said General Manager Allen Crabtree.
He said the store will outperform the industry average.
"I think this fiscal cliff we hear about every five minutes didn't help," he said. "It would have been better if that would have been resolved a month ago. Two months ago, really."
Stores are trying to lure customers this week by offering doorbusters and additional savings off clearance items. Belk and Macy's advertised earlier opening times on Wednesday. Kmart and Target advertised sales on storage items to put away Christmas decorations and wrap.
Wednesday got off to a slow start in Gainesville with a heavy downpour mid-morning keeping the crowds away, but the sun came out and by lunchtime The Oaks Mall was full of shoppers.
Three women with bags from four different stores stopped to talk between stores.
"The sales are pretty much comparable to the Friday after Thanksgiving," said Kandis Patrick, 41, of Gainesville.
Friend Kereisha O'Neal, 29, was looking for deals for kids who go back to school next week.
Patrick's sister, Briana Ford, 37, was returning pants to Macy's that didn't fit her daughter and not exchanging them for something else because she didn't clean her room.
Crabtree said returns have dropped dramatically over the years on the day after Christmas, which he credited to a more informed shopper doing online research before making purchases.
"Years ago, it used to be huge. We put in extra registers. We haven't done that for several years now," he said.
"The tacky tie for dad — you still get those every once in awhile. You'll get some shoes that are the wrong size."
Dubreuil said Best Buy had more exchanges than returns with people bringing back items that were defective out of the box or wanting an upgrade such as a larger iPad.
Patrick was comparing prices on specific items Wednesday to their prices before Christmas. The better deals come Jan. 1 when stores try to clear out fall merchandise, she said.
"I don't impulse-buy," she said.
Linda Parrish, 72, of Worthington Springs took a different approach while browsing at Sears for "nothing in particular."
"That's the easiest way to do it," she said. "You don't have anything you have to have. You see something you can't resist, then you can get it."
She and her sister came to town to find Christmas items at the Cracker Barrel gift shop, but said the store was pretty much picked over by the time they got there.
Lisa Howell of Brooker browsed the aisles of Sears while Gary Hamm pushed their 4-month-old boy in a stroller. Howell said she couldn't wait to go shopping after getting gift cards to Gymboree and cash for Christmas.
"I can't help it. I have money in my pocket. I've got to spend it," she said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Heavyweight Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KOs) survived a second round knockdown to defeat Steve Cunningham (25-6, 12 KOs) by seventh round knockout on Saturday afternoon at the Theater in Madison Square Garden.
Fury, who talked up a storm coming into the fight, tried to intimidate Cunningham by slapping his gloves in the touch up before the fight, trash talking during the first round and shoving him after the bell rang at the end of the first stanza.
Cunningham showed just how intimidated he was at the start of the second round when a huge overhand right from the Philadelphia native put the giant Irish traveler from Manchester on his back on the canvas.
Fury was hurt, but he picked himself up. Though he was groggy and unsteady on his legs, he somehow managed to get out of the round.
The 6'9" Fury, who weighed in at 254 pounds, some 44 pounds heavier than Cunningham, did not box well. Instead, he used his size and weight to try and bully Cunningham into submission.
The 24-year-old never used his reach advantage or established distance to get his shots off. He barged in with fairly crude assaults that Cunningham managed to quell quite well.
Cunningham stunned Fury with a straight right in the fourth, and the only boxing that was being done was by the former two-time cruiserweight champion.
In the fifth Fury was deducted a point for illegal use of the head, but during the round he finally started to connect with a few shots and had his best moments in the fight, doing enough to redress the point reduction on the judges' score cards.
That theme continued in the sixth as the toll of holding off such a huge adversary began to tell on Cunningham, who was still out boxing his opponent.
In the seventh Fury finally cornered Cunningham and connected with some powerful uppercuts that hurt Cunningham and forced him onto the ropes.
Fury seemed to use his left arm to tee up Cunningham for a right hook that floored the American, who did not beat the count with 2:55 gone in the round. At the time of the knockout, Cunningham was ahead 57-55 on two judges' cards while the other card was even, 56-56.
Fury made no excuses about his performance after the fight. "Nothing went to game plan, my game plan went out the window and I turned it into a dog fight. I roughed it up a little. The dogfighter came out of me on the night," he said.
Of his unscheduled trip to the canvas, Fury was characteristically blunt.
"I got caught with a shot. It's part of boxing. You get caught, you get back up and you have a fight. Simple as that. You either get out and be a bitch or you fight on like a man," he said.
The absence of Peter Fury, Tyson's uncle and trainer – who was reportedly unable to enter the U.S. because of visa issues – was a significant factor, as his promoter Mick Hennessy told the Irish Voice after the fight.
"With Peter, he sticks to the game plan. Tyson has got a tendency to just want to get involved in fights," said Hennessy.
"Peter has taken that out of him. He made him stick to game plans, made him box and made him disciplined. I think it was apparent tonight that there was no discipline early doors."
Fury the trainer took to Twitter to vent his frustration at his nephew's showing on the night.
"Tyson is temperamental and needs guidance otherwise [he] goes in to fight," he tweeted after the fight, and in a later update added: "That wasn't him last night I give it two out of 10 to what he can do."
Fury went on to say in later tweets that Tyson could be back in action in July in an IBF eliminator with Kubrat Pulev.
For his part, Cunningham gave props to his opponent but did question some of his tactics.
"His size is his advantage. He did what was supposed to do and that is be the big man," Cunningham said.
"I saw the highlights and there was a lot of elbows and holding, especially at the knockdown or knockout or whatever. He held me up with his forearm and he punched me. That is illegal."
There is no doubt that Fury is a consummate entertainer. From dancing between rounds to serenading the crowd and NBC viewers with his rendition of Rickey Van Shelton's "Keep it Between The Lines" after the fight, he is colorful, brash and exciting.
Fury showed great heart to pick himself up off the canvas and grind out the win, but he did not wow boxing fans with his skill inside the squared circle. Fighting a smaller, faster fighter might not have suited Fury.
"If Tyson is disciplined and sticks to his game plan he is a very, very special fighter," said Hennessy.
"Tyson prefers to fight bigger fighters, taller fighters as he gets his shots off better. The Klitschkos are a perfect size for him."
Neither Klitschko will be unduly worried about the threat posed by Fury based on Saturday's performance, but if the fighter can overcome Pulev in his next fight, he will earn a tilt at Wladimir's IBF title.
For Hennessy, though his man did not fight the fight they wanted, Fury still showed that he can put on a spectacle.
"This game needs a bit of show business, it needs a bit of entertainment. The heavyweight division has needed an injection in the arm for a long time and it just got it with Tyson Fury," he said.
Earlier on the undercard, Fury's cousin, heavyweight Hughie Fury (2-0, 2 KOs), scored a first round TKO over Alex Rozma, ending affairs with 2:26 gone in the first stanza.


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10 Things that Hinder You from Finishing Your Homework Writing Assignments
It's much easier to find reasons to keep you from doing your homework than it is to find reasons to get down to work or at least look for your math homework online. And it's a good idea that you prepare yourself by getting rid of these distractions before you get off track. Here's a list of 10 things that hinder you from completing your assignments:
- Television
Television has been distracting students since its invention. Unfortunately, with all of today's addicting programs, it doesn't seem like anyone will have an easy time overcoming the desire to watch. So the only way to beat this is actually to rid yourself of the temptation by working in a room without a television.
- Music
Working while listening to music can be extremely distracting. Some music can be soothing but anything that gets you to sing along is clearly redirecting your focus. If you can be certain that a playlist won't be distracting then go right ahead, but don't spend precious time looking for and downloading music.
- YouTube
This website is home to several thousand cat videos that can waste away the precious time one has to get work done. You can find videos on just about anything and that's not a good thing when you have an assignment due the next day.
- Facebook
This popular network site has been said to bring people from around the world together to one place where pictures, stories, and so much more can be communicated and shared. It's also among the most visited social networking sites on the planet and the reason behind much procrastination. Disconnect from the world for a few hours each day if you want to find academic success.
- Video Games
Video games have been around for several decades and has been one of the causes of poor grades in youth and young adults in that same amount of time. As games become more intricate so does their ability to draw one away from homework. Turn off the system and fight the temptation to play.
- Going Out
It's a good thing to stay social and go out with friends or family regularly. But not at the expense of getting your writing assignments completed. Instead, schedule in some time to be social and time to get through your work. Planning ahead will help you stay organized and will allow you to enjoy your free time more.
- Cell Phone Apps
In the last decade alone cell phone technology has grown exponentially. Nowadays there are applications that can do just about anything. Games, music, social networking, the internet, all of these things can become serious time wasters, especially when they are all within reach in a small handheld device we tend to carry around everywhere we go.
- Skype Calls
Both computers and cell phones allow us to use this technology to have a face to face conversation with anyone in the world. Though powerful and extremely helpful, it's also a prime reason why we spend hours not getting to other responsibilities. Don't let your time slip away. Make those calls after you've finished your work.
- Texting
It's hard to imagine how we ever communicated so rapidly and innocuously with our friends and family before the days of texting. The trouble is that we're always reaching for our phones the moment we hear the buzz or ring that tells us someone somewhere is reaching out to us. Turn off the sound or shut down your cell phone completely. You can always text later on.
- Laziness
Sometimes the simplest reason behind why you can't get started on your assignment is just laziness. Whether you are exhausted or just can't muster enough motivation to get to your desk, you can't let laziness get the best of you. Practice different ways of staying refreshed and focus if you don't want this formidable feeling prevent you from your homework.


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Spoiler for After V1:
Maybe asked, but anyone can tell me about Aoi Hikaru ga Chikyuu ni Itakoro?
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|2011-08-26, 11:05
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Spent the morning finishing the novel Tobira no Soto vol 1, which came highly recommended and starts out with a decent premise, but the execution is so juvenile that it'd be too embarrassing to discuss. It's not actively painful, but I regret getting the entire 3-volume series.
|2011-10-01, 12:08
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There are two series besides Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon that left me with a very good impression this year:
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei is a fantasy action series that started this year as a bunko, but is already complete here. There is a lot of explanation about the setting and an awesome main character. I love these type of protagonists. A little "cheater" with a strong personality. Approved by Kawahara Reki (author of SAO and AW). And it already sold more than 60k copies in the second volume.
Yahari Ore no Seishun LoveComedy wa Machigatteiru. is a series that is about "lonely" students. Something like Haganai, but it's not like they (at least the protagonist) want to be a "riajyu". If you were a person who was always the last one to be chosen in the P.E. classes, was always alone and way behind the others in excursions, you'll surely identify yourself with the protagonist. And it's very fun too. Even if it can remember of some of your traumas. This one is approved by Hirasaka Yomi (author of Haganai).
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Anyone here has read "Boku to Kanojo no Game Sensou"? I saw this title on my local Kinokuniya and the illustration... oh wow, Happou Bijin's art, looks delicious.
I'm curious about this.
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I've made a Google+ page for light novels, which I'm still perplexed as to how to use, but hey. If you're bored you can follow it or something.
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トカゲの王/Tokage no Ou
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I have no idea wtf happened in the last volume anymore but YESSSSS. Now if only Katayama would come back and finish Kurenai and Denpa teki na Kanojo...
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This Light Novel's Awesome Ranking for 2012
1. Sword Art Online
2. Index
3. Bento
4. Enkan Shoujo (Circlet Girl) <-- I heard the ending sucked, why are you up here?
5. Baka Test
6. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
7. Okalt Logic
8. Haruhi
9. Idolizing!
10. Ame no Hi no Iris <-- good job
11. Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai!
12. Kokoro Connect Series
13. Shinmeikai Road Grass
14. Kamisama no Memochou
15. Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabukome ha Machigatteiru
16. Hazuki Rine no Teikoku
17. Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko
18. Golden Time
19. Spice and Wolf
20. Kino no Tabi
21. Accel World <-- why are you so much lower than SAOOOOO
22. Toaru Hikuushi e no Serenade
23. Kohitsuji wa Mayowanai
24. Nourin
25. Nareru! SE
26. Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon <-- yes!!!
27. Tell Me
28. Ro-kyu-bu!
29. Mahouka Koukou no Rettosei <-- O__O
30. Durarara!
32. Seitokai no Ichizon
34. Monogatari series <-- WTF
37. To Aru Hikuushi e no love song <-- just to be consistent with 22's translation
39. Mushi Uta
40. Hidan no Aria
42. Gosick
46. Bungaku Shoujo
47. Madan no Ou to Vanadis
48. Campione
49. Rakuin no Monshou
51. Shana
56. Lying mii-kun
58. Oda Nobuna no Yabou
1. Kirito (SAO)
2. Touma (Index)
3. Araragi (Monogatari series)
4. Accelerator (Index)
5. Satou (Ben-to)
6. Hideyoshi (BakaTest) <-- why are you in the male category
7. Kosaka (Oreimo)
8. Kyon (Haruhi)
9. Yoshii (BakaTest)
10. Sugisaki (SeitoIchi)
1. Mikoto (Index) <-- you again
2. Asuna (SAO)
3. Sena (Haganai) <--- FUUUUUUUUUUUU
4. Kureneko (OreImo)
5. Alice (KamiMemo)
6. Inaba (Kokoro Connect)
7. Senjougahara (Monogatari Series) <--- 本妻
8. Kirino (OreImo)
9. Haruhi (Haruhi)
10. Yozora (Haganai) <-- should be higher than Sena *gets shot*
Immediate thought:
Where is IS?nm, it's 45th.
PS: Might add in 41-60 later when I'm not lazy, as well as the artist ranking (unless someone feel like adding it for me).
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Top 10 Illustrators:
1. Buriki (Haganai, DenpaOnna)
2. Haimura Kiyotaka (Index)
3. abec (SAO)
4. Kishida Mel (KamiMemo)
5. Kantoku (Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko)
6. Takeoka Miho (Bungaku Shoujo)
7. Itou Noizi (Haruhi)
8. Horiguchi Yukiko (Kokoro Connect)
9. Kanzaki Hiro (Oreimo)
10. Hidari (Mii-Maa, Sasami-san)
31. Rokka no Yuusha
32. Seitokai no Ichizon
33. Hikaru ga Chikyuu Ita Koro......
34. Monogatari series
35. Yakusoku no Hakobune
36. Saiunkoku Monogatari
37. To Aru Hikuushi e no love song
38. Datto Revenge
39. Mushi Uta
40. Hidan no Aria
41. Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyou
42. Gosick
43. Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi
44. Reisen
46. Bungaku Shoujo
47. Madan no Ou to Vanadis
48. Campione
49. Rakuin no Monshou
50. Nanahime Monogatari
51. Shana
52. Yume no Ue
53. "Nanako-san" no Scenario
54. Hana Sakeru Aerial Force
55. Boku to Kanojo no Game Sensou
56. Lying mii-kun
57. *Can't read
58. Oda Nobuna no Yabou
59. Majutsushi Orphen
60. Re: Baka wa Sekai wo Sukueruka? / Mardock Scramble
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Hmmm, and I was just about to suggest creating a new thread to discuss the results Not just to brag or jeer or say "I told you so", but to actually talk about series that most of us never even heard of before Like for example the four new comers in the top 10 Enkan Shoujo, Okalt (do you mean Occult?) Logic, Idolizing! and Ame no Hi no Iris. ANd personally I'm rather interested in Kokoro Connect Series.
Edit: Oh yeah, totally called Buriki for number 1 Illustrator of this year What about Author? I'm guessing Kamachi again given his exposure from the article?
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Lol, IS is freefalling to 45th place. Not unexpected though. Pretty surprised that ame no hi no iris manage to get that high being a non-serialized series, although I admit it's a very good and touching story. Would have missed it if doraneko didn't recommend it though due to minimal amount of hype of that title lol.
Never heard about okalt logic and idolizing too. Are those two series good?
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So, What Didn't Enter The Public Domain This Week, That Should Have
from the take-a-look dept
- Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Volume I and Volume II
- Philip K. Dick, Minority Report
- Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever
- Fred Gibson, Old Yeller
- Billie Holiday, Lady Sings the Blues
- Alan Lerner, My Fair Lady
- Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey into Night
- John Osborne, Look Back in Anger
- Dodie Smith, 101 Dalmations
And, of course, this only covers works that were kept under copyright for the full 56 years. Since the earlier copyright law required a renewal at 28 years, and 85% of copyrights were not renewed (suggesting that the vast majority of copyright holders don't value them past 28 years), lots of works from 1984 should also be entering the public domain, but probably won't get there for another century or so.
And the real sad part is just how much culture we're losing because of all this:
Perhaps the most troubling aspect of the current copyright term is that in most cases, the cultural harm is not offset by any benefit to an author or rights holder. Unlike the famous works highlighted here, the vast majority of works from 1956 do not retain commercial value. This means that no one is benefiting from continued copyright, while the works remain both commercially unavailable and culturally off limits. The public loses the possibility of meaningful access for no good reason.It's difficult to see how this situation makes any sense at all.


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Bar Docket No. 06761
In The Matter of KENNETH W. MCCLINTOCK,
In a letter dated June 29, 2007, to the Clerk of the Appellate Courts, respondent Kenneth W. McClintock, of Council Grove, Kansas, an attorney admitted to the practice of law in the state of Kansas, voluntarily surrendered his license to practice law, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 217 (2006 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 308).
At the time the respondent surrendered his license, a formal complaint had been filed by the Disciplinary Administrator's office which was set for hearing on July 26, 2007. The formal complaint alleges that respondent violated KRPC 1.1 (2006 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 358), KRPC 1.3 (2006 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 371), and KRPC 1.4 (2006 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 386) in connection with the respondent's handling of an estate.
In previous disciplinary proceedings, the respondent was informally admonished on July 27, 2006, as a result of findings that the respondent violated KRPC 1.3 and KRPC 3.2 (2006 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 462) in connection with his representation of an estate.
This court, having examined the files of the office of the Disciplinary Administrator, finds that the surrender of the respondent's license should be accepted and that the respondent should be disbarred.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Kenneth W. McClintock be and he is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in Kansas and his license and privilege to practice law are hereby revoked.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Appellate Courts strike the name of Kenneth W. McClintock from the roll of attorneys licensed to practice law in Kansas.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this order shall be published in the official Kansas Reports, that the costs herein shall be assessed to the respondent, and that the respondent forthwith shall comply with Supreme Court Rule 218 (2006 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 314).
DATED this 13th day of July, 2007.


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At the far eastern end of Hispaniola – an area famed for resorts and world-class golf courses that attract a globe-trotting international elite – a dirt road leads to a craggy, limestone shore. There, a few dinged and scratched yolas – brightly painted fishing boats – lie overturned on the rock or moored in the ocean. Humming, churning, and banging noises of a construction site fill the air, drowning out the sound of waves hitting the breakwater.
The scene encapsulates the hopes and fears of local fishermen. Their hope is to make a decent living for themselves and their families. Their fears center on how that can be done sustainably given the pressures of expanding tourist development, the reality of chronic overfishing, and degraded reef ecosystems, which have lessened the number of fish.
Fishermen here also fret over another threat: losing access to the sea. This road is the only access to the ocean for miles. To the north lie established vacation spots; to the south, Cap Cana, a resort that's partly finished.
The fishermen are concerned that as the construction of Cap Cana is completed, the road will close to them. Representatives of Cap Cana say this won't happen, but loss of access to the ocean is indeed a growing problem in the Dominican Republic, say experts. By law, beaches are public, but in reality, most beaches – 70 percent, according to one study – are now off limits to ordinary Dominicans.
"Privatized beaches are a grave problem in my country," says Felicita Heredia, a member of the commission on the environment at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) and author of the beach access study. She contrasts the situation with what she observed during a visit to Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. At the end of each street, people could access the beach.
"We don't have that here," she says. "It's a problem of political vision."
In an e-mail, Ricardo Colón Alvarez, executive director of the newly formed Dominican office of fishery management, says, "Touristic development tremendously affects fishery development."
The fishermen put it more colloquially: "The bigger fish eats the little fish," says Luis Paulino. "In the Dominican Republic ... money is law."
Tourism has grown dramatically here in recent decades. In 2008, 4.4 million people visited the nation of 9.5 million, according to the Ministry of Tourism, nearly double the number a decade earlier. Valued at $8 billion, tourism and related activities make up 15.9 percent of the economy. That influx of foreign money has spurred more development geared toward capturing more tourist dollars.
But communities are pushing back, says Luis Carvajal, a biologist at UASD. In March, fishermen in Cabrera on the island's north coast protested what they said were illegal developments blocking access to the sea. They called for an impact statement before construction proceeded.
The Ministry of Environment is also more assertive. In January, it demolished what it called illegally constructed buildings in Bayahibe.
The fishermen here have formed the Asociación de Pescadores de Juanillo, or APEJU. Their goal is twofold: fight to retain access to the ocean and learn to fish sustainably.
"We are not against touristic development," says Mr. Paulino. "It benefits us and it benefits the country. What we want is for them to give us a little piece, so we can survive."
Claudia Sánchez, spokesperson for Cap Cana, says the lone road will remain open to fishermen.
"Access won't be closed to them as it's how they earn their livelihood," she says in an e-mail.
But APEJU's members remain skeptical. And they have their reasons. Many of them once lived in a seaside village, now razed, on the site now occupied by Cap Cana's hotel and marina. Although they're quick to tell of forced evictions, they concede that many residents willingly sold out and moved to a village constructed for them some miles inland. But nobody expected to lose access entirely to that stretch of beach. They did, and this time they want a written guarantee that it won't happen again.
The path to sustainability, although fraught with challenges, is clearer. APEJU must try to manage how and when its 140 members fish, a new concept for them. The first step, already implemented, was not harvesting lobsters during egg-laying season. Next, they hope to institute a minimum tail size.
APEJU's members fish for sustenance and for sale locally. CODOPESCA, the government's year-old fishery management office estimates that there are some 13,000 small-scale fishermen operating in the island's seas, rivers, and lakes. Despite their small boats and generally low-tech equipment, they can have a significant impact – decades of unregulated fishing has significantly degraded the nation's reefs. The World Resources Institute says that overfishing poses the single greatest threat to Dominican reefs.
Poverty contributes to the problem. Fishing has historically offered people from humble backgrounds a way to earn a respectable living. But when others in a community see a fisherman's success, they join in. Soon, more are fishing than the ecosystem can sustain.
"The fishing effort is massive for the few fish there are," says Paulino. "We are doing harm."
But there are few if any jobs that would pay the often-illiterate fishermen even one-third of what they're currently earning.
Some alternatives have been suggested: The PUNTACANA Ecological Foundation, part of the PUNTACANA Group, offers courses in reef monitoring and fly-fishing. In the future, says Joe Power, a marine biologist with the foundation, they hope to put some areas off limits to fishing, an idea that usually meets stiff resistance from fishermen, but which can, in fact, improve nearby catches.
Last year, Paulino and three other members of APEJU visited Punta Allen in Yucatán, Mexico. Colleen Gatliff, a Peace Corps volunteer stationed in Verón, helped organize the trip. Her idea: Show Dominican fishermen how their Mexican counterparts had successfully resolved a similar problem of reef degradation.
In Mexico, fishermen constructed lobster casitas, cement houses along the reef. By providing an ideal habitat, the casitas increased the number of lobsters. That meant that the Mexican fishermen could leave reef fish alone, and the ecosystem recovered.
The Mexican fishermen also developed what has become a thriving fly-fishing industry geared toward tourists. (The fish are thrown back.)
Paulino was impressed. The waters off Punta Allen were teeming with fish and lobsters, and the Mexican fishermen earned more money than before.
APEJU would like to apply similar solutions here. "We're slowly opening our eyes," he says.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – It is with deep sadness that the Lipscomb athletic department announces that rising sophomore Matt Deery, a track and field standout, lost his life in an automobile accident in Upper Nazareth Township, Pa., on Wednesday afternoon.
An All-Atlantic Sun Conference honoree for the Bisons in just his first season of competition, Deery was honored by his teammates and coaches as "Freshman of the Year" and as the "Fightin' Bison" award recipient given to the toughest competitor on the team.
"Matt was an incredible athlete and an even more incredible person," Lipscomb track and field head coach Bill Taylor said. "Everyone loved him. He was a smart, caring, likable guy. He was a gifted athlete, yet he was so humble.
"It's really hard to comprehend this right now. Matt was a wonderful person with a gigantic future. He is going to be greatly missed by everyone who knew him. I know our entire team is praying for his family, his friends and each other."
Deery became the first Lipscomb field athlete in school history to earn second-team all-conference honors at the A-Sun indoor championships this past season with a second-place pole vault of 4.55m (14' 11"). The Philipsburg, N.J., native went on to earn a bronze medal in the heptathlon at the A-Sun meet earning 4,889 points that set a school record.
"We are obviously heartbroken for Matt's family and friends and I ask that you please be in prayer for comfort and peace all of those who will be grieving over his loss," said Lipscomb director of athletics Philip Hutcheson. "Matt was a very special student-athlete and words are inadequate to describe how difficult this is for the Lipscomb family."
Record-setting performances continued throughout the outdoor season for Deery as well including a school-best 14.86s mark in the 110m hurdles at the A-Sun outdoor championships. That performance propelled Deery into the 110m finals where he finished second.
All told this past season, Deery broke school records in the indoor and outdoor pole vault, 60m hurdles, 110m hurdles and the heptathlon along with earning A-Sun All-Academic honors for his work.
The consummate teammate, Deery regularly competed in five or six events each meet for the Bisons preparing for a future in the decathlon but when called upon would jump in and run a leg of the 4x400m relay.
"Every time Matt competed, the whole team could see that he held nothing back," said Taylor in honoring Deery with the "Fightin' Bison" award in June. "He has the utmost respect from the coaches and his teammates for his fighting spirit, toughness and attitude."
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Doyle-Devlin Funeral Home, 695 Corliss Ave., Phillipsburg, N.J. Visitation will be held Saturday from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the funeral home. Interment will be in Greenwich Cemetery in Greenwich Township.
Visit the LU Track and Field Facebook page to leave any comments for the family, staff and team.


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March 13, 2006
Leading Network Exchange Point Providers Unite to Host Annual Global Peering Forums
Ft. Lauderdale, FL. — March 13, 2006 — Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), Switch and Data, Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (AMEX:TWW), AMS-IX, DE-CIX and Force10 Networks today announced a unified effort to host biannual Global Peering Forums with the first event scheduled for March 18-23, 2006 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
The forums are designed to bring together peering coordinators from North America, South America, Europe and Asia in a neutral environment to discuss interconnection of their autonomous networks. In addition, participants will hear in-depth presentations from industry experts on peering rollouts, policies, trends and general technical topics of interest to the peering coordinator community.
"We are delighted to be a participant in the 1st Global Peering Forum hosted by Equinix, Switch & Data, Terremark, AMS-IX, DE-CIX and Force10 Networks," said Gary Baldus, vice president of operations for Limelight Networks, Inc. "Peering as part of how we manage a content delivery network for digital media is integral to facilitating a better experience for our customers and their global audiences. We are excited about this event!"
More than 140 peering experts are expected to attend the first forum in March, including:
Josh Snowhorn - Peering Coordinator for Terremark Worldwide
William B. Norton - Chief Technical Liaison for Equinix
Ali Marashi - CIO for Switch & Data
Henk Steenman - CTO for AMS-IX
Harald Summa - CEO for DE-CIXX
Barrett Lyon - CTO for Prolexic Technologies
The Global Peering Forums will give delegates an opportunity to talk about different peering policies and peering economic models as well as to meet the faces behind the corporate names. Participants at the March forum include peering coordinators from Sprint/Nextel, AT&T, China Telecom, Brasil Telecom, France Telecom, AOL, Yahoo!, Google, Limelight Networks, Microsoft, Telecom Italia, British Telecom, Deutsche Telekom and Akamai, among others.
Peering is defined as a way to exchange data between networks on a settlement free or partial settlement basis. Network providers such as AT&T, Sprint/Nextel and others own high-speed lines that make up the Internet. These providers transfer data between each other at locations called "peering" points or Internet Exchanges. At these sites, routers transfer messages between backbones using layer 2 switches or other dynamic interconnection systems. These systems are globally tied together by connecting high-capacity fiber optic lines owned by network service providers.
Attendance at the forum is by invitation only and limited to peering coordinators. Further information can be found at www.peeringforum.com.
About Switch and Data
Switch and Data is a leading provider of Internet exchange and colocation services. Based in Tampa, Florida, Switch and Data operates the largest footprint of neutral Internet exchange and colocation facilities in North America with 34 data centers in 23 markets serving more than 800 customers. Switch and Data's PAIX is recognized worldwide as the premier name in peering and Internet exchange services and is home to the largest commercial exchange point in North America. For more information, please visit http://www.switchanddata.com/.
About Terremark Worldwide, Inc.
Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (AMEX:TWW) is a leading operator of integrated Tier-1 Internet exchanges and a global provider of managed IT infrastructure solutions for government and private sectors. Terremark delivers its portfolio of services from seven locations in the U.S., Europe and Latin America and from four service aggregation and distribution locations, which aggregate network traffic and distribute network-based services in Europe and Asia to meet specific customer needs. Terremark's flagship facility, the NAP of the Americas, is the model for the carrier-neutral Internet exchanges the company has in Santa Clara, California (NAP of the Americas/West), in Sao Paulo, Brazil (NAP do Brasil and in Madrid, Spain (NAP de las Americas - Madrid). The carrier-neutral NAP of the Americas is a state-of-the-art facility that provides exchange point, collocation, managed services and a suite of hosting services. Terremark is headquartered at 2601 S. Bayshore Drive, 9th Floor, Miami, Florida USA, (305) 856-3200. More information about Terremark Worldwide can be found at www.terremark.com.
Statements contained in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Terremark's actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements due to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors, as discussed in Terremark's filings with the SEC. These factors include, without limitation, Terremark's ability to obtain funding for its business plans, uncertainty in the demand for Terremark's services or products and Terremark's ability to manage its growth. Terremark does not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
About AMS-IX
AMS-IX (Amsterdam Internet Exchange) is a neutral and independent not-for-profit Internet exchange providing services since the early 1990's. AMS-IX is one of the largest Internet hubs worldwide, where over 200 Internet related parties come together to exchange Internet traffic amongst them. The AMS-IX platform provides high quality, non-blocking professional peering services for all types of IP traffic whether data or VoIP. AMS-IX hosts the first mobile peering points worldwide, the Global GPRS Roaming Exchange (GRX) and the Mobile Data Exchange (MDX), as well as solutions for broadcasting traffic with the multicast peering service.
About DE-CI
DE-CIX is the largest German neutral Internet Exchange and operating since 1995 in Frankfurt. Spread over several locations DE-CIX offers a fail-safe and redundant infrastructure for all IP related services (IPV6, multicast, vlan). More than 180 carriers, Internet Service Providers and large content aggregators are peering publicly or private. VOIP services are in preparations. Due to it�s geographical position DE-CIX opens a window to the communication markets in Eastern Europe and Far East.
About Force10 Networks
Force10 Networks is the pioneer in high performance switching and routing. Based on a revolutionary system architecture that delivers best-in-class resiliency and massive scalability, Force10's TeraScale E-Series switch/routers ensure predictable application performance, increase network availability, and reduce operating costs. Today, many of the world's largest Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks depend on Force10 Networks. For additional information, please visit the company's website at www.force10networks.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of IXEurope into Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenue from customers in recently built out data centers; failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers; the results of any litigation relating to past stock option grants and practices; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc. Internet Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix, Inc.


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On the Spindrop.us blog, there's an interesting post with details on combining the popular PHP framework, symfony, and the Yahoo! Maps system to create maps from a GeoRSS feed.
While building out the reviewsby.us map, I decided to use the Yahoo! Maps API versus the Google Maps API because I wanted to gain some familiarity with another API.
It was worth trying Yahoo!'s API. First of all, reviewsby.us has addresses for restaurants and Yahoo! provides a simple Geocoding REST service. This made it easy for me to convert street addresses to latitude and longitude pairs (even though this wasn't required as we'll soon see). The real selling point of Yahoo! was the GeoRSS functionality. I can extend an RSS feed (which symfony generates quite easily) to add latitude or longitude points (or even the street address), direct my Yahoo! map to the feed and voila, all the locations in that feed are now on the map, and when I click on them, the RSS item is displayed. That cut down on a lot of development time.
He gives an example of a GeoRSS file, including a little bit on changing a normal RSS feed into a GeoRSS one. He then creates a model in symfony to contain the GeoRSS data and a few helpful classes to make parsing out the GeoRSS data quick and easy. He also briefly mentions the creation of a GeoRSS feed with symfony, basically changing an option on creation and using a different (provided) class to format things correctly.


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Now that everyone can legally utter the 'r' word — recession — the big question now is how long will it last.
John Penson, regents professor and Stiles Professor of Agriculture at Texas A&M University does not believe it will be the 43-month Great Depression variety, but more like the 16-month 1981-1982 type.
Penson made his prediction during a keynote address at the 27th Annual Agribusiness Management Conference held in Fresno this fall, sponsored by California State University, Fresno and Bank of America.
The recession of the early 1980s was caused by an oil crisis. This one, which now impacts the world and the U.S., is attributed to multiple factors revolving around the U.S. housing industry and a worldwide credit crisis.
Penson predicts the current recession will last until at least early 2010. "It is a global recession. We cannot export our way out of it," he notes.
Agriculture has had little to do with the crisis, but Penson said agriculture will pay a price because of it for the next two years.
Agriculture goes into the 2009 crop year in relatively good cash shape after a season of record high commodity prices.
However, interest availability will be tight as a result of the overall credit/housing crisis. Rates likely will increase as a result of inflation caused by the huge fiscal bailouts for other industries. Inflation and the cost of oil — which Penson says will start going back up eventually — will contribute to added production expenses.
The other part of the bad news for agriculture relying on exports is that the dollar will likely strengthen.
Fortunately, Penson says about two-thirds of the nation's farmers have no long-term debt. If a farmer does have long-term debt, it is a safe investment to pay it off in order to better weather what likely will be tumultuous 2009 and 2010 production seasons.
Land values that have seen double digit increases in recent years will fall back and may decline in 2009.
Penson says agriculture overall will be "stressed" going into the new crop year, but it certainly does not face as dismal a future as some other industries.
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Ready-to-use NFS kernel
Attention: What ever you do, you do it on your own risk
Do not use this kernel for firmwares > 1.24!
You have to have firmware 1.20 already installed and opened for telnet access, because the kernel is build from the Buffalo sources of firmware 1.20. If not, you can find a guide here: Open Stock Firmware LS-XHL
You have to have optware already installed, because you will need the package portmap and the package e2fslibs from the current optware feed. If not, you can find a guide here: Ipkg on the Linkstation (for end-users)
How to install the NFS kernel
Download this files into a directory of your Linkstation:
http://downloads.buffalo.nas-central.org/Users/kenatonline/NFSKernel/install-nfs-kernel.sh http://downloads.buffalo.nas-central.org/Users/kenatonline/NFSKernel/nfs-kernel-feroceon-kw.tgz
If you want to use JFS as filesystem, load this file into the same directory:
Connect to your Linkstation.
telnet 192.168.1.100
Switch to user root (and do not forget to load the profile (that's the reason for the "-")!)
su -
Switch to the directory where you stored the files (for this example share "share" is assumed).
cd /mnt/disk1/share
Start the script install-nfs-kernel.sh like this:
If no errors occur, cross your fingers and reboot.
If you want to double check, look for the kernel in /boot and for the modules in /lib/modules/220.127.116.11kenatonline. You should find this:
/boot: 2186080 Jan 31 13:28 uImage.buffalo
/lib/modules/126.96.36.199kenatonline: 4096 Jan 5 19:42 kernel 13959 Jan 5 19:42 modules.alias 69 Jan 5 19:42 modules.ccwmap 3921 Jan 5 19:42 modules.dep 73 Jan 5 19:42 modules.ieee1394map 141 Jan 5 19:42 modules.inputmap 81 Jan 5 19:42 modules.isapnpmap 74 Jan 5 19:42 modules.ofmap 372 Jan 5 19:42 modules.pcimap 43 Jan 5 19:42 modules.seriomap 3432 Jan 5 19:42 modules.symbols 36027 Jan 5 19:42 modules.usbmap
How to check the success?
After the reboot you can check your success.
Type this:
uname -a
It should return this:
22.214.171.124kenatonline #20 Fri Jan 1 12:53:39 CET 2010 armv5tejl unknown
Type this:
rpcinfo -p 127.0.0.1
It should return something like this:
program vers proto port 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper 100003 2 tcp 2049 nfs 100003 3 tcp 2049 nfs 100021 1 tcp 52992 nlockmgr 100021 3 tcp 52992 nlockmgr 100021 4 tcp 52992 nlockmgr 100003 2 udp 2049 nfs 100003 3 udp 2049 nfs 100021 1 udp 32780 nlockmgr 100021 3 udp 32780 nlockmgr 100021 4 udp 32780 nlockmgr 100024 1 udp 32782 status 100024 1 tcp 59705 status 100005 1 udp 369 mountd 100005 1 tcp 369 mountd 100005 2 udp 369 mountd 100005 2 tcp 369 mountd 100005 3 udp 369 mountd 100005 3 tcp 369 mountd
Type this:
/etc/init.d/nfs.sh status
It should return this:
portmap is running. mountd is running. nfsd is running. statd is running. lockd is running. All kernel NFS services running.
What is left to do for you?
You have to configure the exports. Look here for a guide: NFS for Beginners.
Is this kernel also available for the LS-CHLv2?
The LS-CHLv2 has the same kind of CPU but slower clock frequency and less RAM. The kernel source is identical and therefore this kernel should work for the LS-CHLv2 as it is for the LS-XHL. Unfortunately I do not know anyone who has a LS-CHLv2 to verify this. If you tried it successfully, report your success in the forum please.
2010.02.04: Missing "uname" result added to case statement in file /etc/init.d/usb.sh. If you downloaded the tar before or on February 4th, please download again and extract /etc/init.d/usb.sh to /etc/init.d/usb.sh or patch line 8 of the script to look like this (use an Unix editor): "126.96.36.199"|"18.104.22.168"|"184.108.40.206kenatonline")
2010.02.08: Unfortunately some script in INITRD restores the original usb.sh at bootup. I wrote a small script which gets called in sysinit.d and patches the usb.sh on bootup if necessary. If you downloaded the tar before or on February 8th, please download again and extract /etc/rc.d/sysinit.d/S88patch_usb.sh to /etc/rc.d/sysinit.d/.


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Credit Suisse is a leading global wealth manager with strong investment banking and asset management capabilities. Founded in 1856, Credit Suisse has expanded to be a global force employing over 45,000 people in 50 countries. It is a high priority for us to continually invest in our employees by providing ongoing opportunities for training, networking and mobility. Join us and let's shape the future of Credit Suisse together.
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Every Friday, the KPU Brew Lab brewery is open for beer sales and free tastings of student-brewed craft beer! Our state-of-the-art teaching brewery is home to KPU's two-year Brewing & Brewery Operations Diploma program, where students have brewed award-winning beer! Below is a list of styles we brew, however, check our Facebook and Twitter pages (click below) regularly to find out what's on tap each week.
— Growler Fills —
Fill only: 64 oz: $10 | 32 oz: $6 (tax incl.)
Add a KPU Growler jug: 64 oz size $10 each (tax incl.)
— Tastings —
Tastings are free, so you can try before you buy!
— Payment Methods —
We accept Visa, MasterCard, debit and cash.
— Brewery Tours & Tastings —
For more information and to register for KPU Brew Lab brewery tours and tastings, click here.
For more information about the KPU Brewing and Brewery Operations Diploma program, visit our website at kpu.ca/brew.
- Altbier
- Amber Lager
- Amber Kellerbier
- Belgian Dubbel
- Blonde Ale
- Dark Lager
- Dark Mild
- Dubbel
- Extra Special Bitter (ESB)
- Golden Lager
- Hazy Pale Ale
- Helles Lager
- Imperial Stout
- India Pale Ale (IPA)
- India Session Ale (ISA)
- Kolsch
- London Fog Stout
- Oatmeal Stout
- Pale Ale
- Porter
- Red Ale
- Schwarz
- SMaSH
- Sour Weisse
- Stout
- Trappist Single Ale
- Vanilla Porter
- Weissebier
- Wit
- ...and more!