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Arisz, Marcus (1716-1784)
Marcus Arisz, a preacher in the Norden (Germany) Mennonite Church, born 16 September 1716 at Amsterdam, received into the church there by baptism 8 December 1737, and died 4 December 1784 at Norden. He was at first engaged in the carpenter's and cabinetmaker's trade, then, "enlightened by the Lord," he devoted himself to the study of theology under the well-known Mennonite preacher Johannes Deknatel in Amsterdam. On 27 October 1740 he was called to be the preacher of the Waterlander congregation in Norden, and on 9 July was ordained by Cornelis van Kampen, the pastor of the church at Emden. His faithful work through 44 years brought great blessing to his church. Reinhard Rahusen of Leer preached the funeral sermon. Arisz was deeply pious and of great faith, as is shown in his correspondence with Deknatel. His wife was a Moravian, for which reason he associated much with members of the Moravian congregation in Norden, causing some displeasure in his own church. Under his leadership, after many attempts, the union of the Waterlander congregation with the Ukowallist (so-called Groninger Old Flemish) congregation in Norden was achieved on 12 April 1780. For four years before his death he served the united church, with his fellow preacher Bavinck of Leer.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 82.
Koolman, Jan ten Doornkaat. Kurze Mitteilungen aus der Geschichte der Mennoniten-Gemeinden in Ostfriesland im allgemeinen und der Norder Gemeinde im besonderen, bis zum Jahre 1797: verfasst und den jetzigen Gemeindemitgliedern gewidmet. Norden: Koolman, 1903.
Mennonitische Blätter (1859): 12, 19; (1861): 57.
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Neff, Christian. "Arisz, Marcus (1716-1784)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 16 Jan 2019. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Arisz,_Marcus_(1716-1784)&oldid=143859.
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Neff, Christian. (1953). Arisz, Marcus (1716-1784). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 January 2019, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Arisz,_Marcus_(1716-1784)&oldid=143859.
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Bundy, who is out for the season after having Tommy John surgery late last month, will obviously be on most suitors' wish list. And the Orioles are likely to entertain discussions, as always, which Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal wrote about today.
But that doesn't mean that the Orioles are willing to trade one of their top pitching prospects. According to one industry source, the Orioles see Bundy an even more valuable piece of their future.
The organization believes he could come back at this time next year a stronger pitcher at age 21, and dealing him while he is injured would negatively affect his trade value. Trade partners likely wouldn't be willing to give true value for a pitcher currently on the shelf.
So while the Orioles might be willing to engage in discussions regarding Bundy, it would take an incredibly enticing deal to lose him.
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On the other news, GSC has open the pre-order for Nendoroid Petite. It will be released on December for 4800 yen for box set of 8 and 600 yen for individual randomly packaged box.
The set will have 1 secret, GSC site releases an obvious teaser picture of said secret, which is Ohtani Momoko.
|2013-08-24, 01:26
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Finished the series two weeks ago.
Overall, the series is interesting with some problems on the plot. The episodes are kinda rushed ( except for the Childhood idol Friend Arc where I think it should have been one episode lesser).
The MC is boring... I don't know his charms. I think they're forced to like the MC....
My favorite was the President Arc... I like the story, its cute and look less forced compared to the others.
The Sporty Childhood Friend Arc is rather corner but has the hottest body in the series.
The School Wife Arc is forced I don't know how they came to like each other in just just a month.
The Shy Girl on the Stairs Arc is lacking a good ending. I hope the got a special moment together. But I prefer that she didn't left the place.
The Photographer Girl Arc is another forced arc.... I find it very corny.
The Lolli Arc is good yeah... its just cute.
The Imouto Arc is also forced. I lacks romantic feeling overall.
|2013-09-02, 04:44
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So the anime official Twitter confirmed several days ago that other girls will have kiss scene on the BD version.
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Good... It was because of you, bakAnki that I had started to watch Photokano, after had stepped in your blog. I will for sure get this BD extras, at least it's better that was shown in the Anime. And probably an extra(s) episode(s) with the rest of the non shown heroines (At least do one for Ootani Momoko and for Uchida Yuuko)!
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|2013-10-04, 08:29
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So aside from the additional kiss scene, I think there's no other interesting stuff for the DVD/BD version.
Hikari kiss scene removes the original scene where she leaned on Kazuya's shoulder though. After Kazuya put her hand on his pocket and she said it's warm, they kiss and the scene changed to the boat date.
Spoiler for Hikari kiss scene from BD:
While for Aki, her kiss scene happened after she asked Kazuya to hug her, before Kazuya said everything will be allright and she will ace the real national exam.
Spoiler for Aki kiss scene from the BD:
By the way, weeks ago RAW files from some manga adaptations were out, including Photo Kano Memorial Pictures which is the adaptation of Ohtani Momoko route (ie. the big boobs teacher) that anime didn't do.
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Got this for months already but forgot to post this here. On Photo Kano Kiss Visual Works there's character design artwork for Tomoe's older sister which didn't appeared on both games or anime:
And while we're at it, might just dump some more images from the book
|2013-10-16, 04:32
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I had one PSP 2000 version and started played PhotoKano original UMD after the Manga started to be published. I then gone looking for info about the game and get to bakAnki blog.
Then my PSP broke, so I had to buy a PS Vita plus the Kiss version with the extra week after the confession in last game. It was a good upgrade instead of a ported version mainly in the following points:
- Overall smooth and fast animation compared with PSP, upgraded graphics and some extra graphic elements added (movement in some parts of the background);
- Extra music and sound effects added (ambience sounds in classrooms, outside also);
- The new photo mode added that uses the Gyro and Accelerometer to simulate a true camera, looking like we are really in a photo session;
- The fact that you now can use the touch screen for choosing options, choose in the map were you want to go, conversation topics (including swipe), touch directly in the background and the text box disappears (good for screenshots) or click in the text box for text advance.
Overall was a good upgrade compared with the original UMD version, not a ported version for a new console without any new elements, as we see in some games (waiting to see if some PS3 titles that will be available in the PS4 when launched will add some new elements or will be just having 2 copies of the same game in different generations). It deserve at least a play of the demo if someone have a PS Vita.
Plus I also had bought both Visual Works books and the Sweet Snap Manga.
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The kiss scene for Nonoka and Mai episode from vol 5 of the DVD/BR
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I always like when Maeda said some sweet words leading to the kiss scene like on Sanehara episode. Though my favorite confession is probably Rina's, loved it when Rina screwed Maeda plan with her doji trait
It was the date event to the theme park. They went to the Horror House but accident happen inside and Kanon hurt her ankle and can't walk so Maeda carried her and went out through the emergency door helped by a zombie . While waiting for Kanon to heal, Maeda suggest that they rest while riding the gondola. Maeda took picture of Kanon, and Kanon teased him like the usual, asking if he took her picture because she's cute. Now on the first game (or the normal story mode), even when Kanon asked the question and if there was an option we could pick that we think she's cute, the line Maeda said afterwards will tease Kanon back, but now there's an option to answer her that we really think she's cute without the tease, making her blushed.
Afterwards, at the highest point of the ride, they talked about Kanon's real mother who always watch over Kanon, and Kanon said the same to Maeda that since the time they met, he always watched over and protecting her. Kanon then said that she likes Maeda again, calling him not by "Niiyan" but by "anata", and they kiss after that. After the ride is finished, Maeda asked Kanon to come ride the gondola again after she graduates, he wants to read Kanon's love letter and give her answer at the gondola so Kanon's real mother can hear him too. Kanon agreed and said she loves him again, ran to Maeda, made him noticed that Kanon can already walk just fine so he left her by walking fast. But after begging, Maeda offered his hand so they can walk together. On Maeda narration, he says that Kanon likes him, he also likes Kanon, and for now it's enough for both of them and he will watch and protect her as her big brother until the day comes when he can gives her his answer.
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tl;dr ==> Platonic may be the simplest word to describe their relationship now. They aren't officially a couple yet, as they are still siblings for most part but they know each other's feelings and on several occasions (as long as they are alone ) they won't mind "to cross the line" by kissing. But of course the Kiss game took place before Maeda read Kanon's letter, I'm also intrigued of how their relationship past the final scene on Kanon episode on the anime
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I see the PhotoKano Kiss game as a Prelude to the last 30 sec of the Anime episode, very well more explained that the romance itself in the Anime episode, to rushed and without any logic what-so-ever. And yes, the relation is purely platonic until Kanon's graduation day.
At the moment I had finished most of the Kiss game, with all the main 6 heroines. Still missing both Photo Club stories, Tomoe and Momoko and also Kanon one. Mainly I had done the 6 main heroines in 2 tries:
- First Save game was for Haruka, Nonoka and Hikari (Friday before the last week with both ready for the Sunday special event);
- Second Save game for the rest of the main heroines, same method.
After finishing one heroine, load the save and go with other on the Sunday, and 5 days is enough to get to the Love Love Days after.
By the way, my small (till now) collection about this series/game/whatever (Still missing the BL-R Disks, they all come in one parcel after the last BL-R Disk is launched, that way I win also a B3 Poster...)
The small photo of Rina's Sister, is a DLC code for the PhotoKano Kiss game that came with the Photokano Kiss ArtBook. By the way, that code can be redeem till 2038...
Still missing some things, but in terms of Manga books I will only buy the ones from Yuzuki N' or with drawings from her. The rest of them I do not like the way as the characters were drawn... Or I will see in a future if I change my opinion and buy all of them...
At the moment I have about 60 Manga books and related stuff (mostly limited editions with Drama CD's, OAD's, Art Books, etc).About 8 different series, but still more coming. If one volume is available in limited edition, I buy that one instead of the normal.
All started with Oreimo and Ginen Shounen, back in July...
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|2013-12-20, 08:47
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Kiss scene for Rina and Tomoe on DVD/BD vol 6...
Spoiler for Yunoki Rina:
Spoiler for Misumi Tomoe:
Btw I really like the cover for vol 7 DVD/BD.
Too bad looks like we won't get Momoko-sensei or Uchida episode after all. Official anime's Twitter only mention the exclusive bonus is 60 seconds of full original opening scene of Pretty Ravi that we've seen a bit on some episodes.
But knowing it can be redeemed until 2038 then it's good, maybe I'll buy PSV and the game in the future.
As for the manga, so far I like Nylon's Your Eyes Only the best. N''s Haruka looks little bit weird for me and she makes Kazuya too wimpy there (but he is very wimpy on Haruka arc compared to how he acts on other routes), but I like her Rina arc better. I like Happy Album too, mainly for Sanehara <3
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Kanon kiss scene from eps 13 BD/DVD version.
Spoiler for Have you kissed your imouto today?:
And yes, no Momoko or Uchida episode on the last BD/DVD
Btw, just watched the final radio talk show weeks ago, Ise Mariya is so cute there <3 Her Christmas date plan is so hnnngh <3
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For those who have not seen the "Pretty Ravi" 60 sec special OP it is kinda sloppily animated (on purpose?) and so packed with mahou shoujo paradies it is ridiculous, but to the point where it made me smile.
One of things I have been told by those who own the bd is that unfortunately the did not offer seperate NCED for each of the heroine's solo's of the final song, which really is a lovely, endearing and catchy tune all at once (Tomoe sang my fave version of the ED for the record). A pity as I kinda thought it would have made a nice group of extras....
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After an outpouring of criticism of its Nissan Juke commercial, it looks like someone at the Japanese company has yanked its videos of the motorcycle-eating CUV from the internet. With the videos on YouTube and Vimeo now set to "private" and requiring a password to watch, it would seem that Nissan wisely doesn't want you to see one of its latest promotions of the Juke, where a computer animated version of the Nissan Juke turns the tables on the "predatory" motorcycles, and hunts them down by running-over the motorcyclists. The pièce de résistance to this motorcyclist massacre is that the Juke's motorcycle-inspired center console is in fact a trophy from one of the CUV's many kills from the video. We seriously couldn't make this up if we tried, and yet that very storyboard somehow made its way through an ad agency pitch.
Getting a proper roasting here at Asphalt & Rubber, we can only imagine that the frustration vented by motorcyclists in our comments showed a glimpse into the emails that Nissan recieved from the advertisement. Luckily one of our readers here at A&R shared with us the response they got from Nissan Canada, the branch responsible for the online Nissan Juke campaign in question. The reply confirms that the videos are in the process of being removed, though we're not sure the duration of the campaign, nor its "super-natural" fell has much relevancy to the situation, and it certainly does not ease the fact that Nissan is showing an automobile maliciously run-over motorcyclists.
Considering that many of the members of the motorcycle community can share a common story about how a negligent or road-raged driver has nearly run them of the road (or worse, succeeded in that endeavor), we stand behind our position that Nissan probably could have picked a better way to make references to motorcycling-inspired design elements than what the company produced in this "trophy" storyline. A copy Nissan Canada's response, with redacted names, is after the jump.


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From time to time Buddy Thomas takes a look back at some of the top athletes of Greater New Bedford who played their way into the sports' headlines. Today, he remembers Wayne Souza.
From time to time Buddy Thomas takes a look back at some of the top athletes of Greater New Bedford who played their way into the sports' headlines. Today, he remembers Wayne Souza.
Wayne Souza wanted to play professional football. At least that's what he told his athletic director during an off-the-cuff conversation during his early years in high school.
"When I asked Wayne what he wanted to do with his life, he said he wanted to be a professional football player," Dick Ponte said during a 1987 newspaper interview. "He was a skinny kid with hair down to his shoulders when long hair was fashionable. But when I saw him run I said, 'People better take him seriously, because if God gave him one thing, it was a great pair of legs.'"
And, Wayne Souza used those legs to run to glory in two sports.
In track, he was a consistent winner in sprint events, usually crossing the finish line around 5.4 or 5.5 to pile up points in the 50-yard dash and anywhere between 21.1 and 21.9 to capture points in the 220. He also had enough spring in those legs to leap 6-7 and finish second in the Class A high jump competition. But Wayne's love was football, and his ability to combine speed with natural ability allowed him to dominate at a variety of positions.
On offense, he played mostly quarterback and running back for Bruce MacPherson's teams of the mid 1970s. On defense, he blanketed opposing wide receivers and easily chased down runners from the safety position.
Wayne's best high school football season came in his senior year when he scored (and finished the season with) a co-leading, team-high eight touchdowns while running out of the tailback position. He also was brilliant on defense and, as an added feature, he was arguably the area's premiere punter, averaging better than 42 yards a kick. An injury forced him to miss the final two games of that 1975 season, but the team had enough talent to finish the campaign with a record of 7-3. Kasey Cabral was a standout lineman on that '75 squad and, like Souza, was getting his share of attention from college recruiters.
Tulane University showed enough interest to invite both players to its campus for a visit during the February vacation in 1976. Wisconsin liked them so much then head coach John Jardine flew into New Bedford to personally talk with both. Cabral had previously visited the Badgers' campus and Souza was scheduled to visit in the near future. But, on Feb. 18, Souza and Cabral made it official by signing NCAA national letters of intent to attend the University of Wisconsin. The 6-3½ 227-pound Cabral was projected to compete for a spot on the defensive line as a tackle. The 6-2, 170-pound Souza would get a shot at free safety.
Their freshman year was a learning experience but as sophomores, both were beginning to get comfortable with the system — Cabral as a defensive tackle; Souza as a safety. In their junior years, both were contributing members to the team's statistical sheet. For Cabral, his 17 solo and 11 assists put him high on the list for tackles halfway through the season. For Souza, his college career was beginning to flourish on the offensive side of the ball.
Jardine's tunure as head coach had ended prior to the pair's junior season and when Dave McClain was handed the reins, one of his first moves was to switch Souza to the offensive side of the ball. As a flanker, it wasn't long before the speed and agility that had made him such an offensive threat at New Bedford was paying dividends at Wisconsin.
By the end of the 1979 season, Wayne was the Badgers' third leading receiver, catching 24 passes for 323 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran the ball 16 times for 57 yards and a score, finishing the year as the team's fourth leading scorer with 26 points on four touchdowns and a two-point conversion. In addition, Wayne led the team in kickoff returns with eight for 159 yards and his 34-yard return against Northwestern was the team's longest of the season.
That junior season was spotted with unforgettable moments, one of which came in a 24-24 tie with unbeaten Purdue.
The game was played in Madison and 79,000 mostly rabid Wisconsin fans were witness to what may have been the Badgers' most memorable game of the year.
Trailing by eight points and with just 25 seconds to play, Wisconsin quarterback Mike Kalamaski fired a 3-yard touchdown strike to David Charles to bring the Badgers to within two, 24-22. A two-point conversion would cap the comeback, and when Kalamaski found Souza with a pass in the end zone, the comeback was complete. It was the second big hookup on the day for the pair as a 31-yard Kalamaski-to-Souza touchdown pass helped fuel the comeback earlier in the contest.
It was the kind of season Wayne had probably dreamed about. But, a warm July afternoon later that same year, the dream was overshadowed by a nightmare — one that would rock both the Wisconsin campus and city of New Bedford.
On July 21, 1979, Wayne Souza died.
The 20-year-old former high school star drowned after jumping into a Wisconsin lake for a swim while boating with a friend. The incident occurred on a Saturday but it wasn't until the following afternoon that Wayne's body was recovered in 45 feet of water. Later that week, Souza was buried following an emotional funeral mass at St. Mary's Church in New Bedford.
For a Wisconsin football program anxiously looking forward to what it hoped would be a young man's breakout season, Souza's untimely death was a bitter pill to swallow. In his home town of New Bedford, Souza's passing wasn't just about the loss of a young football player. It was a tragic loss for anyone fortunate enough to have known the one-time skinny young man with the long hair who never had a chance to realize his goal of playing professional football.
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While the city and schools ended the 2013 fiscal year with a collective surplus of $7.7 million, it's too early in the budgeting process to know how that might affect expenditures and taxes going forward.
Mayor Scott Avedisian disclosed the audited totals yesterday, adding that while the city's portion of the overall surplus – $3.6 million – will flow into the unassigned fund balance, the school surplus of $4.1 million will go back to that department.
The addition of the $3.6 million puts the city reserves at $11.8 million, a high water mark in Avedisian's 14 years as mayor. Avedisian said he would like to see the reserve at about 10 percent of the city budget exclusive of school expenditures. It is now close to that at $11.8 million. The reserve, often referred to as the "surplus," stood at $4.5 million when he assumed office.
Avedisian attributed last year's surplus to a combination of lower-than-projected costs and higher-than-estimated revenues. The Department of Public Works realized savings of $763,984. Revenues exceeded budget projections on several levels, including $903,563 in strong tax collections, an added $263,441 in state aid; $410,213 in recording fees/tax realty; $677,473 in interest on taxes, plus a combination of revenues from the airport, hotel/meal tax, grant income and enterprise fund backcharges.
"The economy is starting to look a little better," Avedisian said.
Also enabling growth of the surplus over Avedisian's tenure is a reduction in municipal debt and the administration's reluctance to create new debt.
"We don't take on new debt until you pay it [old debt] off," he said.
In the last fiscal year, the city retired $9.6 million in debt, reported City Controller Ken Alfano. He said the city is currently carrying about $160.5 million in debt. Broken down, the lion's share – $108 million – is for sewers. The city share, which also includes some school debt, is about $51 million. School debt makes up the biggest portion of the city total.
With construction of the Potowomut Fire Station projected to cost $1.9 million and the city share of improvements to the City Hall bell tower of about $500,000, Avedisian said the city would take on new debt, but nothing like the $9.6 million it paid off. In addition, he said with continued low interest rates, he is considering the refinancing of some of the city's debt that would further lower costs.
The mayor also pointed out that both the sewer authority and water division that are enterprise funds (their operating revenues cover costs independently of the city's general fund) are in positive net positions. The balance sheet for the sewer authority puts assets over liabilities at $73.2 million, an increase of $6.9 million from the prior year. Water division net assets are $10.9 million.
Having a significant impact on the city's operating costs were grants financing the salaries and benefit costs of an added 17 firefighters and Fire Department equipment. The added personnel have reduced overtime costs, but do not lock in costs when the three-year grant is completed.
"There is no requirement to keep the department at that [manpower] level," the mayor said.
Could all of this positive news forecast a year when the administration will recommend holding the tax line or even reducing taxes?
Referring to budget preparations, Avedisian said, "We're in that process right now. We're going over projections."
The School Department is also digging into the numbers.
Business affairs director Anthony Ferrucci was grateful for the surplus, given projected pension cost increases and the uncertainty of the impact of the state pension settlement that would reinstate some costs that were eliminated by the pension reform package in 2011.
Ferrucci said the state has advised school departments that, even before consideration of the latest agreement, they should plan on a 10 percent increase in pension payments. This would boost Warwick payments by $900,000 to nearly $10 million annually. Taking into consideration additions attributable to a settlement, Ferrucci expects Warwick schools could be looking at another $600,000 to $700,000 in pension costs.
As for the school surplus of $4.1 million, Ferrucci pointed out that, last July, the committee voted to restore $2.3 million in cuts. Additional to that amount, $709,000 was "committed" for school building security projects that were ongoing and hadn't been completed in the prior year. He said $119,000 is a state set-aside and in January, the committee voted to spend $775,000 for heating and air conditioning and energy saving renovations at the Lippitt School. The air conditioning is needed for the summer program for disadvantaged children at Drum Rock. Drum Rock will need to be closed for fire code improvements. Additionally, the committee allocated $120,000 for work at Holliman School.
What's left of the school surplus – about $300,000 – Ferrucci said "would be eaten up" by increased pension costs.
Although finances are of concern, Ferrucci said the news of surpluses bodes well for the city, especially given conditions faced by other Rhode Island municipalities.
"That should turn into some really stable taxes for the community," he said.
It is amazing that these people can talk about the financial position of the city without even mentioning Pensions and debt associated with Health Care Benefits. This debt alone, as been shown to be upwards of $800 Million for Warwick and Avedisian has been an enabler of the growth in this debt during his 20 years in office. It is stories like the above, that leave out significant components of the financial well-being of this city that do a disservice to all taxpayers and Warwick employees.
Roy - can you detail a situation where the city would need to come up with 800 million tomorrow? I agree the city isn't a wiping its rear with money but it's a lot better than most. And I'm not a mayor supporter.....
Come on SteveD, let's be a little real here. The point is NOT that the city has to come up with $800 million tomorrow, the point is that the debt is there and that actuarial studies have shown that the city will be required to pay increasing amounts each year to pay this unfunded liability. This story is silent on this very important issue. The $160 million of debt mentioned in the story is a drop in the bucket compared to what the actual liabilities of this city are.
I am being real.... The figure is based on paying out if everyone retired today correct? I hate how everyone throws around a hard number when there are a million variables that go into it.
Warwick is a very well run city. The economic collaps in 2008/2009 forced departments to cut. The city is now being run as it always should have been, only spending what is needed. No city or town should be careless with taxpayer money.
With the surplus, taxes should not move much. They had better not.
My analysis of Warwick spending over the last ten years proves Roy Dempsey's point of the detrimental trend associated with increasing tax dollars needed to fund liabilities. All other areas of the budget, including educational spending have suffered.
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I knew Bob would chime in with another cut and paste....
Steve too bad instead of throwing out an insult you attempt to at least review the document and then try to refute what the charts are indicating is the trend in Warwick with either some factural analysis you developed.
But that would required some intelligent work.
It's easier to resort to these tactics like the are politicians in the city who either don't understand what is going on or worse, understand what is going on and simply wish to hide the facts.
What's amazing Mr. Cushman is that Avedisian has been able during his 20 years in office to not only avoid this issue, but watched as this significant liability has increased and impacted city services. His inaction and lack of leadership ability might just be the reason that is not able to run for a state-wide office.
@DaveBarry, Taxes will go up. Not to pay for services. Just to fill the pension hole. Get ready


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Develop a web algorithm capable of connecting to a DVR over a network (ethernet), showing the camera image and capturing a photo. The software should run within a browser. DVR - Digital Video recorder. Example of setting up a DVR [login to view URL]
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Looking for automated webscrappers who can build tools scripts to do the task it would be an long term project
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Objective: Capture events from Azure virtual machine provisioning and power state changes. - Provisioning states: Create, Update, Delete, Deallocate - Power states: starting, Running, Stopping, Stopped, Deallocating, Deallocated - Reference: [login to view URL] Events & event data should
I need a skeleton Android app. App need read incoming text messages, and then call empty method ProcessMessage(sender, timestamp, text). I am desktop developer c# myself. need basically starting point for mobile. Let me know what language/environment you will use. As part of deliverable need info on: Brief instructions what environment to install . what project file to load. how to build. how to i...
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1. Only for freelancers from Hyderabad 2. Capture details from ~3500 visiting cards 3. Enter all visiting card details in excel file as per format requried 4. 100% accuracy required 5. Visiting cards will be physically handed over to you.
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Goal of the project is to capture product data for a website. I will provide the link with the data and an excel template where the product data shall be stored. In total about 71.000 items. Some simple scripting skill might be helpful.
Good evening, I need a script to capture data from UDP port and save it into a CSV file every day
We have a productivity tool that is capturing activities of a worker on a computer for windows. We want to have the same app developed for mac as well. Application captures below: - Active window title - Network usage per minute (uploads & downloads) - Active URL if user using a browser (all browsers) - Idle time and packages those every minute as a binary file and uploads to the server. Rough...
I want you to simply gather name, email, phone number and web details from a website. Involves copy-pasting. I will provide the excel template. There are about 800 records.
We require a professional to create screen capture videos with tutorials for our application. The project will require insertion of text with voiceover to guide users on how navigate through screens of various modules. This is a long-term project and each module must be completed within a few days, the creator will not retain any rights whatsoever to
hello we are looking for an expert php developer to join our project. this is a test job that will enable you to do more work with us we basically need to do a few test script before we move on to the new job
Need a script to capture below details of the details that come in the signal range of a wifi router. 1. Mac address 2. RSSI dbm levels 3. Any other signal parameters 4. Entry time 5. Exit time - Output to be in CSV - Connection to Wifi router to be configurable (can be in a separate file)
An overview of our client's website.
...have a nice site ready and dummy generic content. Would like someone who has experience in the field who can guide me in how to properly pitch my landing page in terms of creative writing, creative design, and get our message across to potential local customers looking for a board and care for their mom/dad. We plan on marketing our site through facebook
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I want to capture the App Player (MOMO, Nox, Mimu ) screen. Open source OBS (C++) can be used and is entrusted to developers' capabilities. The language of development is C#. capture the app player screen with a bitmap variable. [Removed by Freelancer.com Admin - please see Section 13 of our Terms and Conditions]
I have a Nginx and PHP server but no database. Now I want you can help to capture the data from a specify website URL and display the captured data to my server website but it must be in HTML format. Please see the attached file for the link of the specify website. Some more requirements will be discussed with you later. For example: (1) The contents
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This is a simple Webhook we need created so that when an SMS text is sent to a number within out Telnyx list of numbers we are able to see the contents of the text. We would prefer that the text is forwarded to one central number, but we just want to be able to see the contents of the text at the least. Please submit your offers and what your experience is.
I need you to develop some software for me. I would like this software to be developed to run on a Windows Server 2012-2016 platform. The software must "capture" the spool file of any print job that is being printed through the print server, then make a copy of the spool file of that print job and then let the print job to be printed as it should be
Requirement 1 :- We required to create a form Our Selected retailers will fill the form which will hit to API and collect the responses in a table Requirement ...responses in a table Requirement 2 :- Need to create a API which will use in third party portal. customer will hit the url so will receive responses back that we need to capture in a table
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Capture an Image with Latitude and Longitude on Mobile, develop using Ionic (xcode), should work seamlessly on Android and iOS.
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This project entails capturing screen images of over 200 different world-wide credit card brands; clean them, preferably in Photoshop; resize the images so that they each have the same dimensions; and, save each one separately. We do Not expect the winning bidder to find each and every instance of a particular card, as the Credit Card Company Brand Logo will do instead for those credit cards that...
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We're at CTIA in Las Vegas this week and it gives us an opportunity to check out all the latest devices. LG Electronics' Remarq and Cosmos aren't ever going to be confused with the EVO but they both seem like solid messaging devices.
The Remarq has the distinction of been a "green" device that's made with some recycled material. The Cosmos looks very boring to me – it's your standard candybar device with a full horizontal sliding QWERTY. But, a Verizon Wireless retailer said the Cosmos would fly off the shelves because it doesn't require a data plan and it's good to text. Both felt pretty good in the hand and they do feel worth more than their dirt-cheap prices.


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Voyeurism. Is there a better or more fruitful, disturbing sexual metaphor for the filmmaking and filmwatching enterprise? Is it even a metaphor? Long before Hitchcock's Rear Window, long before Michael Powell's Peeping Tom, long LONG before De Palma's Body Double and the countless lesser rip-offs, the idea of the movie-goer's gaze as an invasive, more-than-a-little perverse one was well established. Hell, one of the first films ever presented commercially to the public, the Thomas Edison Company's 47 second-long, 1896 effort The Kiss (aka The May Irwin Kiss, aka The Rice-Irwin Kiss, aka The Widow Jones) was decried by moral guardians as pornographic, corrupting, and generally a herald of the decline of morality in Western Civilization. (Turns out they were right. Go fig.) Yes, our discomfort with and simultaneous attraction to watching something we probably shouldn't be has been a part of movie history since its very rose-fingered dawn.
Over the years directors of all nationalities and artistic skill-levels have tackled the subject, sometimes turning the camera back on the viewer and shaming him or her for enjoying the filth paraded before the lens (the recent Funny Games and its remake are well-known examples of this; the pretty-good but not as well-known indie flick The Last Horror Movie is another), other times merely using the concept of voyeurism in a metacritical way to comment on their own movies while still in the process of telling a story. Paul Bartel's 1972 horror/thriller Private Parts falls into this latter category, I think, though to his credit the director never leans so heavily on the metacritical as to get in the way of the story he's trying to tell. It's more a garnish than a main course, and the entree for the most part is fairly satisfying--albeit with a slightly fishy aftertaste.
Bartel sets up the voyeurism motif from the very beginning, with an artfully done credits sequence consisting of high-contrast photographs of men and women in various states of undress or sexual congress, all seemingly unposed and washed over with bright, garish colors. After the director's credit fades, the scene on screen--a bright red print of a muscular male ass between spread feminine thighs--fades from duochrome into living color, and we find ourselves peeking in on a passionate sex scene! We're not the only ones, apparently, as a giggle from offscreen alerts the lovers there's someone else in the room. The boyfriend, a bearded beefy boy with perfectly permed hair and NO tan lines, leaps out of bed toward the camera, threatening to reveal his disengaged coupling gear to us all, not thirty seconds in! Luckily (for some of us) Bartel then cuts to the curtains by the window, where we see two tell-tale tennis shoes under the edge of the drapes. Beefy Boy pulls the voyeur out by her ankles, thus introducing us to our protagonist Cheryl (always pronounced with the hard "CH"--"CH-CH-CHAIR-UHL") played with skinny ripe-for-the-plucking innocence by Ayn Ruymen.
Cheryl's roommate Judy is NOT amused, since apparently this isn't the first time Cheryl has slipped in for a surreptitious peek at the poke. (It must be said that Judy, while she possesses a decent 70s sexpot body of which we get more than a glimpse as she rolls around with Beefy Boy, has a face like a female Peanuts character grown-up and gone whorish.) In a manic rage of Lucy Van Pelt-ish proportions, Judy instructs her naked boyfriend to "Strip her!", apparently seeing rape as the only just punishment in this situation. To his credit Beefy Boy draws the line there and tries to calm his psychopathic girlfriend down, giving Cheryl the opportunity to escape with a few clothes, her teddy bear, and Judy's red leather wallet--pay attention kids, it's a plot point.
Aunt Martha, who runs The King Edward Hotel--a great old inn that retains intimations of its opulent past despite its present-day squalidity. Aunt Martha is a pudgy battle-axe with a thick country churchwoman accent, despite repeated claims that the family is originally from Ohio. Martha is reluctant at first to take her niece in, quickly and correctly deducing that she's run away from home and found nothing but trouble in the City. Cheryl's pleas and promises of good behavior eventually wear the old woman down, though, and Martha finally gives Cheryl a room and a stern warning: "Promise not to wander around the hotel alone--this is no place for a little girl!"
Judging from the glimpses we get of the King Edward's residents, she ain't just whistlin' Dixie. Cheryl's barely entered the lobby before she meets a Flamingly Gay Priest with an avuncular manner and admirably wide CRAZY EYES. A handsome but creepy young man watches her wordlessly as she climbs the stairs, his half-lidded eyes wet with menace. And a crazy old woman insists on calling Cheryl "Alice," a name Aunt Martha is pointedly unwilling to allow into conversation. A viewer might easily believe Cheryl would be better off staying in her room.
That is, until the viewer SEES the room and goes through the first night with our heroine. Decorated in Early American Brothel, the room seems paradoxically cavernous and cramped, the shadows thrown by the lamplight closing around the antique brass bed like solid walls. The bathroom down the hall is not much better, with its dingy-hospital tile, questionably stained ceramic tub and startling full-length mirror. When a drunken resident bangs forcefully on the door and lets out a string of obscenities as Cheryl is preparing for her bath, his unseen hostility is powerful and disturbing. Unwashed, she flees back to her room and lies awake through the night, hearing arguments through the walls, sirens outside the window, and strange creaks coming from the presumably empty storage room next door.
Things get even more unsettling when Beefy Boy shows up looking for Cheryl, hoping to get the wallet back from her before Judy finds her and things get even more ugly than usual. The bearded bodybuilder comes off as a solid, even good-natured sort of fellow, oblivous to the Gay Priest's hilariously suggestive questions when he meets him in the lobby; really, he only wants to keep Cheryl from getting into even more shit with her former friend. This makes his SUDDEN AND STARTLING DECAPITATION even harder to take...though no less awesome. (<--Spoilers!)
With the creepiness and real physical danger to our heroine firmly established, now we can move on. Aunt Martha regales her niece over an unappetizing dinner with tales of the past and pictures of her unnamed daughter as a baby. "You and Uncle Orville had a girl?" Cheryl asks, leading to the first of many strange interludes from Auntie M. "Not Orville," Martha replies. "Just me. He was too old. We went to a doctor and worked it out another way. Didn't need Orville." Adoption? Artificial insemination? Cloning? Schtupping the doc in the exam room? These questions are left unanswered, along with Cheryl's query about the fate of Martha's little girl. "I guess you'd say she's in the Lord's hands," Martha quips cryptically. Hmmm....
George, the creepy dude from the lobby who is a professional photographer and doesn't get any less disturbing upon acquaintance, and Aunt Martha reveals herself to be a funeral fetishist, going to funerals for people she doesn't know in order to enjoy the service and take pictures. "I try to capture the exact moment when the spirit leaves the body!" she enthuses. Whatever melts your butter, Auntie. Furthermore, Cheryl discovers that instead of having a Gideon's Bible in her nightstand, she has a typewritten manuscript entitled Desire in the Shadows, complete with handwritten notes especially for her! Porn evangelism--an idea whose time has come.
During one of Aunt Martha's funereal outings, Cheryl is left in charge of her aunt's pet rat Whitey and told not to leave the kitchen. She's not rat-sitting for long before Whitey is electrocuted on a set of booby-trapped keys over the stove, which of course only piques the young girl's curiosity. Gaining the keys with the help of a nonconductive broom handle, Cheryl decides to spend the afternoon snooping around the hotel, ostensibly to find guests' handwriting samples to compare to the notes in her Gideon's Porn, but actually furthering her own voyeuristic desires and those of the audience.
One of the first places she goes is the mysterious locked storage room, which she finds full of piles of trash, its walls riddled with peepholes--on the bathroom, the hall outside, and of course her own bedroom as well! She also finds large, high-resolution prints of the mysterious Alice (the photos are labeled, helpfully, "Alice"), a beautiful blonde with big breasts and a slightly mischievous smile. Hmm...big arty boob pics...you'd have to be a professional photographer to get prints like those, wouldn't you?
a groovy television set ensconced in a giant print of two feminine lips. (Seriously, it's awesome; I've got my people working on a 37-inch version right now.) As she leaves the room, we the viewers see George himself sneaking out of an armoire, where he's been watching the watcher. A peeper peeping on the peeper peeping him! That's meta, bitchez!
Cheryl also invades the Flaming Gay Priest's room, which she finds littered with holy icons and muscle porn. (The altar with its votives always burning stands right next to an alcove full of gay bondage snaps, and a giant stand-up cut-out of a muscleboy lies on the ground next to a bed over which hangs a pair of antlers. This guy is LIVING THE DREAM.) Having struck out on her amateur graphology quest, Cheryl scuttles back to the kitchen before Aunt Martha gets back.
In the next few scenes we get to see Cheryl enjoying the knowledge her voyeuristic ways have gained her, making knowing comments to tenants and their visitors and smiling while they squirm. (She even makes a comment to one of the Gay Priest's gentlman callers that gets the harmless kook beat up--not cool, CHAIRUL.) But she gets as well as she gives, as her not-so-secret admirer leaves her lingerie and more notes, asking her to "perform" for him while he watches through the walls. Cheryl is as excited by being watched as she is by watching, and readily agrees, deducing correctly that George the Shutterbug is her Knight in Shadowy Spaces.
one of the freakier sex scenes it's been my pleasure to witness recently. Voyeuristically, we watch as the lone and obviously agitated George fills a transparent vinyl inflatable love doll with water, dresses it in lingerie identical to Cheryl's "gift," and pastes an enlarged photo of her face on its featureless head! Before you have time to wonder what kind of heat retention a thing like that would have--well, almost--George has stroked and fondled the thing and got himself into such a state that there's only one thing he can do...PULL OUT A SYRINGE, TAKE A FEW CCs OF BLOOD FROM HIS ARM, AND INJECT IT ROUGHLY INTO THE CROTCH OF THE DOLL! Bartel gives us a shot from below as the water in the doll goes from clear to crimson, with the photo of Cheryl's horrified face staring down from the background. YIKES. I think we just pegged the Disturbo-Meter.
So now knowing what lies in wait for our unwary Cherry, we get more clues about Alice (I think we can guess by now what happened to her), a visit from Judy that ends badly for her in the basement darkroom, Cheryl going out on a date with a square kid who used to know Alice, and more weirdness from Aunt Martha, culminating in a strangely moving soliloquy where we start to wonder if George is the only psycho in the apartment block:
"Cheryl dear--when you're older, you'll realize that the body is a prison that traps and bends the natural spirit to its will. It makes us weak, or sick, or ugly; it makes us into men, or women, or whatever it likes, whether we like it or not."
But unfortunately it DOESN'T end there--after the climax, we get another five to ten minutes of the square kids' dad bringing the police to the King Edward and discovering the carnage upstairs, which occurs with such a drastic shift in tone that it's really kind of incomprehensible. Up until now we've had an occasionally eccentric but pretty much straightforward psycho-thriller, with a serious somber tone and artfully disturbing cinematography; but for this coda Bartel brings in a few members of his comedy troupe and treats the whole thing like some kind of vaudevillian farce, with overblown Jewish accents, slapstick, smirking one-liners, and a fairly stupid ending for no good reason I can see. I mean, I know he later made his name with the black comedy cannibalism flick Eating Raoul, but come on--this is just jarring.
Still, for the most part the movie is an excellent excercise in moody lighting, suggestive score, strange visuals and eccentric plotting that hits more often than it misses, with those added layers of voyeuristic commentary to give it some intellectual flavor. And it's been a while since we had a good disturbing dummy in a movie, it has to be said. So I give Private Parts 2.5 thumbs--like many private parts, this one's well worth having a look at.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Private Parts (1972): or, I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watchin' Me
Posted by The Vicar of VHS at 2:48 PM
Labels: '70s, 2-3 thumbs, Dolls Dummies and Puppets, Psycho Killer
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- Tenebrous Kate said...
I remember the VHS box for this little gem from many, many years ago and it haunts a little part of my nightmare dream-space. Knowing what lurked within that creepy packaging makes me alternately relieved (I mean--c'mon, I was a wee, impressionable lass back then) and a little disappointed that I waited this long to seek out the movie, as I shall surely do now!
Le Morte d'Whitey is killing me. He died as he lived--in a pyrotechnic shower of sparks. No wait--something tells me I'm doing that wrong....
- September 24, 2008 at 8:02 AM
- The Duke of DVD said...
Wow. Just... wow. At first I thought, "Ok, this sounds like my kind of movie. I mean, it has a gay priest in it that resembles Dr. Loomis on crank. How could it get any more awesome?" But then it does! The whole injecting blood into the inflatable doll with the mug shot pasted on it... well, yeah. That's art right there.
Brilliant review as usual, dearest Vicar. When next we meet for our usual hedonistic consumption of libations I'll know what caused the maniacal gleam in your eye.
- September 24, 2008 at 9:11 AM
- Karswell said...
Yeah, this flick is a totally underrated gem. I rented it from Netflix not too long ago and actually pondered just keeping it and reporing it missing in the mail or something. Watched like 3 times in one week.
- September 24, 2008 at 3:53 PM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
K--I'm glad you didn't! Otherwise I might have missed out. ;)
- September 24, 2008 at 4:10 PM


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by Tom Utescher
With last week's Tuesday and Thursday evening games, the NCAA Women's Summer Basketball League wrapped up the 2012 regular season, spelling the end of the line for the last four teams in the standings, while the top eight moved into this week's playoff quarterfinals.
The Lime Green squad that includes Mount St. Joe alumna Elle Hagedorn won its two outings last week to clinch the top seed with a perfect 11-0 record. The two-time defending champions open their playoff run against Team Purple (4-7), the eighth seed but by no means a pushover, with three Lehigh University players on the roster along with former Council Rock North/Princeton star Addie Micir.
Germantown Academy grad Monica Schacker will also made a playoff appearance. Although they split in their two tilts last week, Schacker and her Orange teammates (all Philadelphia University players) were able to secure the seventh seed with a 5-6 record. It's a nice step forward from Philly U's last-place finish in 2011.
One of the eliminated teams was the Ash Gray team that has half-a-dozen Chestnut Hill College athletes in the line-up, along with Springside grad Brenna Coll. A pair of losses last week gave them a final record of 4-7, and they lost a tiebreaker for the eighth playoff spot to Team Purple, which had won a head-to-head meeting between the two ballclubs on Tuesday evening.
The season also ended for 2012 Mount St. Joe grad Bridget Higgins and Team Gold, which finished up 0-11 despite hanging tough against some of the league's top teams.
In one of the early games on Tuesday, Ash Gray got up 10-5 on Purple, who eventually pulled even at 13-all about 11 minutes into the game. Purple kept on going to earn a 27-21 advantage at halftime, when CHC's Lindsay Alexander led Ash Gray with four points.
Close to the midway point of the second period, the gap reached double figures at 41-31, but Ash Gray whittled down its deficit. With 3:30 on the clock a lay-up by Da'Kiya Johnson of CHC made it a six-point affair at 47-41, and as the final minute neared the Gray got within three points, 49-46.
Neither team scored on its next possession, and Purple put the final score on the board by hitting one of two free throws. Alexander ended up with 10 points and Johnson with nine, while two three-pointers helped their CHC teammate Lila Jones add eight point to the cause.
On the next court, there was what amounted to a Division II in-conference clash, as the Orange (Philadelphia University) overpowered Kelly Green (University of the Sciences in Philadelphia). After three minutes of play between the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference rivals it was still 0-0, but over the next few minutes Orange moved in front, 7-2, and at the 10-minute mark they were ahead by a dozen, 19-7.
Taylor Peltzer's nine points helped pave the way to a 33-18 lead at the intermission, and in the second frame
Kelly Green was unable to made a serious comeback bid. With 11:30 left to play, Courtney Overholt came in along the left baseline for a lay-up that pushed the margin over 20 points, at 49-28. From there, Orange cruised to a 76-43 win.
Schacker, the GA grad, sank 10 of her game-high 14 points in the second half. Peltzer scored 11 points, and Samantha Morris added eight for the victors.
Yet another Division II team, Vegas Gold (aka West Chester University) gave Lime Green a go in the early minutes, and was ahead at 14-13. Lime scored a bucket to move in front and then subbed in a new group of players, who reinforced the lead. It was 42-26 by halftime, and the teams spent the second half in sort of a holding pattern, since the spread was still 16 points at the buzzer. The winners received double-digit scoring from Dana Mitchell (20), Katie Kuester (15), and Meg Pearson (13).
In another Tuesday tussle, Higgins' Team Gold got off to a 9-0 start against the second-place Black team, but by the break Black had sidled into the lead, 40-38. It was still a three-point contest in the final minute, then Black went up 80-74.
The final score was locked in at 80-77 by a three-point shot at the buzzer by Gold's Ashley Prim, who had a game-high 31 points and a total of five three's. Another St. Joseph's University player, Jordan Strode, deposited 29 points, and Higgins contributed four.
With no possibility of making the playoffs, the Gold team only turned out four players two nights later for the regular-season finale. They had to forfeit to Vegas Gold, and that helped Vegas win a tiebreaker for sixth place over the Orange (both teams went 5-6, but Vegas defeated Orange back in late June).
Since Gold almost had a full team, an unofficial four-on-five game was played, which Gold actually won, 63-59.
In its regular-season swansong on Thursday, Team Orange had trouble generating offense early in the game, but still was not completely out of the running at halftime, when they trailed number three Hunter Green, 28-19. Orange's points in the period were widely distributed, and Morris led the bunch with four. Hunter, with two veteran players from St. Joe's and two incoming freshmen who will join the Hawks in the fall (one of them is Cheltenham High's Ciara Andrews), rebounded well and also squeezed the Orange for turnovers.
The Philly U. franchise upped its point production in the second half, but so did Hunter Green, which went on to win 65-47 behind 18 points from guard Erin Shields. Forward Kristen Blye had a team-high 11 points for the Orange, who got seven points from Bria Young and six apiece from Morris and Najah Jacobs.
With the top seed already in hand, Lime Green had an unusually low turnout of just six athletes, none of them post players. Still, the league leaders were too much for Ash Gray, which kept pace up to 9-9 before falling behind for good. Kuester canned a three-pointer for Lime to kick off the scoring in the game, and she led with her hot hand the rest of the way.
Chestnut Hill College's Megan Shaughnessy had two treys of her own for Ash Gray in the first half, and Alexander scored seven points in the period, but at the break Kuester had four three-pointers and 14 total points in the book as the Lime led, 37-22.
Over the first five minutes of the second half, Ash Gray climbed back within 11 of the leaders at 39-28, but a Lime Green time-out helped spawn a 7-1 spurt that got the league's top seed back on course. The gap widened to 25 points with under two minutes to play, and was locked in at 21 with a 68-47 final reckoning.
Kuester funneled in a game-high 27 points, and other Limeys at or near double figures were Danielle Callahan, with a dozen points, and Jen Prine and Katie O'Reilly, with nine apiece. Ash Gray got 11 from Alexander and eight from her college teammate, Shaughnessy.


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The column "Schumer's Iran-deal criticism is rare break with Obama" (Jan.19) by former Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. ignores the real reason why U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer opposes the nuclear peace deal between the West and Iran. Mr. Schumer has always had dual loyalty between the U.S. and Israel and was referred to by former Sen. Ernest Hollings as "the senator from Israel." Mr. Schumer also stated that his name in Hebrew meant gatekeeper, and he prides himself on being Israel's gatekeeper in the Senate.
The legislation that Mr. Ehrlich refers to in the Senate, which was drafted at the headquarters of the pro-Israel group AIPAC, attempts to destroy the nuclear deal with Iran and, even worse, would allow the foreign nation of Israel to drag us into a disastrous war in Iran, which is not in our national interest. Those who support this legislation favor war over peace and Israel over America. Instead, we need to dialogue and trade with Iran, while ending all U.S. aid to Israel.
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Marilyn Monroe on crutches, while recuperating from an ankle injury during the filming of The River of No Return, Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta: photo by John Vachon, 27 August 1953, from Look magazine photographic collection, Library of Congress; image by marilyn-monroe2011, 22 January 2012
............When God at first made man, Having a glasse of blessings standing by; Let us (said he) poure on him all we can: Let the worlds riches, which dispersed lie, Contract into a span. So strength first made a way; Then beautie flow'd, then wisdome, honour, pleasure: When almost all was out, God made a stay, Perceiving that alone of all his treasure Rest in the bottome lay. For if I should (said he) Bestow this jewell also on my creature, He would adore my gifts in stead of me, And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature: So both should losers be. Yet let him keep the rest, But keep them with repining restlessnesse: Let him be rich and wearie, that at least, If goodnesse leade him not, yet wearinesse May tosse him to my breast. George Herbert (1593-1633): The Pulley, from The Temple (1633)


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When you list a home for sale, including pictures is vitally important. Most potential buyers will not bother to investigate a property for sale if they cannot at least get a first look via the listing. However, including the wrong pictures in a listing can scare off buyers just as quickly as not including any pictures at all, so make Read full article »
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Few industries are as profoundly impacted by the political machinations in Washington as the real estate industry. Whether it's old legislation like Jimmy Carter's Community Reinvestment Act or Barack Obama's massive mortgage bailouts, the U.S. political machine has a huge impact (usually bad) on the business of real estate.
Ideally, we could ignore politics. But here at the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter, we insist on seeing the world with clarity - including the reality of Washington's aggressive involvement in every facet of our business, from mortgage lending to real estate sales license; from loan modification regulations to appraisal requirements... every piece of our business is profoundly impacted by politics. So rather than stick our heads in the sand and ignore reality, readers of the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter choose to be informed and prepared.
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MACON, Ga. – A day after throwing the first complete-game shutout for Lipscomb in over two years, redshirt-junior Josh Cotham has been named the Atlantic Sun Conference Pitcher of the Week as announced by the league on Monday.
With the A-Sun series against Florida Gulf Coast on the line, the Mt. Juliet, Tenn. Native hit the field on Sunday and dominated the Eagles allowing only four hits on the afternoon as the Bisons won 11-0. The veteran righty was in command all afternoon fanning seven FGCU batters without walking a single Eagle.
"We've got a lot of good pitchers in this league," said Lipscomb head coach Jeff Forehand. "It seems like every week somebody throws a complete game. I can't say enough about Josh's performance yesterday for him personally and also for our team.
"When you get that kind of performance on Sunday and you don't have to go to the bullpen, it's huge a lift for your team. Hopefully, Josh can build off of that and be ready for next weekend."
Cotham's award is the first A-Sun Pitcher of the Week award for the Bisons this season. Cotham joins teammates Zak Messer and Aaron Sandoval as weekly award winners for Lipscomb this spring.


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My doctor has prescribed a medication for me. Is it safe for me to continue breastfeeding my baby while I take the medicine?
You are wondering if you should take the medication that your doctor has prescribed. It's easier to make that decision when you have information on breastfeeding and medications. Breastfeeding is important to you and your baby. It is prudent to investigate taking any medications, even ones available without a prescription. (Herbal remedies should also be researched.) LLLI WOMANLY ART OF BREASTFEEDING, says on page 312, "When prescribing a medication for a nursing mother, some physicians routinely insist on weaning as a precaution. In reality, few drugs have been proven to be harmful to the nursing infant." Sudden weaning is traumatic for mother and baby and can lead to additional health and emotional risks for both. Your health care provider needs to know that you are breastfeeding and that you want to continue doing so.
There are many variables to consider when a breastfeeding mother is prescribed a medication. For example, the baby's age needs to be taken into consideration. An older baby who is breastfeeding less frequently would consume smaller amounts of breastmilk and thus have less exposure to medication through mother's milk. Here are some questions to begin a dialogue with your health care provider. (They are from the LEAVEN article "Medications and Breastfeeding".)
- Has the drug been given to infants? A drug commonly prescribed for infants is usually a good choice for a breastfeeding mother.
- Has the drug been given to other breastfeeding mothers? A drug that has a history of use by breastfeeding mothers is a better choice than a new, possibly untested drug.
- What is the duration of the drug therapy? The duration of the drug therapy can affect its compatibility with breastfeeding. A drug considered compatible with breastfeeding when taken for a few days might not be compatible when taken over a long period of time.
- Is the drug short-acting? A short-acting form of the drug may be a better choice for a breastfeeding mother than a longer-acting form that stays in the mother's system for a longer period.
- How is the medication being given? A drug given by injection or by mouth is less concentrated than one given intravenously. However, a drug may be given intravenously because it is inactivated or not absorbed by the digestive system, so the baby's digestive system would also inactivate or not absorb the drug.
- How well can the baby excrete the drug? Some drugs accumulate in a baby's system and can potentially build to toxic levels. A drug that is quickly eliminated by the baby is more compatible with breastfeeding.
- Does the drug interfere with lactation? Some drugs should be avoided by breastfeeding mothers because they affect breastfeeding itself (the let-down or milk supply).
Your local La Leche League Leader has access to the publications listed below, as well as others that may assist you and your health care provider in researching the information available about a particular medication.
Resources for Additional Information
Can I Breastfeed My Baby If I Am Sick? Another FAQ article.
Maternal Medications and Breastfeeding, NEW BEGINNINGS article by Gwen Gotsch.
Medication and Breastfeeding, LEAVEN article by Pat Sturges.
An abstract of the September 2001 Policy Statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics entitled, "The Transfer of Drugs and Other Chemicals Into Human Milk", can be found on the American Academy of Pediatrics Web site.
These items may be available from the LLLI Online Store or from your local Leader:
When a Nursing Mother Gets Sick: This pamphlet explains why breastfeeding can continue even if a mother gets sick; discusses the effects of medications on the nursing baby.
THE WOMANLY ART OF BREASTFEEDING, published by La Leche League International, is the most complete resource available for the breastfeeding mother. It contains a section on breastfeeding while ill.
Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession, 5th edition, by Ruth Lawrence, MD and Robert Lawrence MD. The classic reference book includes management techniques for handling breastfeeding in adverse conditions and up-to-date information on medications and human milk. It remains one of the most comprehensive breastfeeding resources available.
La Leche League International BREASTFEEDING ANSWER BOOK, by Nancy Mohrbacher and Julie Stock. This popular LLLI resource book includes a whole chapter on health issues in the mother and an appendix with the full text of the AAP policy statement "The Transfer of Drugs and Other Chemicals Into Human Milk."
Medications and Mothers' Milk, 12th Edition, 2006 by Thomas Hale, Ph.D. Revised and updated every year, this popular reference is complete, easy to read, easily portable, and affordable. Contains reviews of medications, vaccines, viruses, and herbal preparations. The reviews include AAP recommendations as well as adult and pediatric concerns and side effects.


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Ole and Mari Finnestad's great great granddaughter, Lois Elaine (Sanderson) Johnson was born to Nora Elma (Peterson) and Lawrence Alvin Sanderson on November 9, 1920, in DeKalb county, Illinois.
Lois married Wilfred C "Bud" Johnson on June 16, 1979 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Lois passed away on November 3, 1999 just a few days before her 79th birthday and was buried next to her parents in Fairview Cemetery, DeKalb, Illinois. Here is her grave marker.
I'm not sure why her marker lists her maiden rather than her married name though here is an obituary for her husband, "Bud" Johnson from the DeKalb Daily Chronicle who was also buried at the Fairview Cemetery.
Lois' grandparents were Ellen Marie (Vallem) and Seward Sanderson. Her great grandparents were Rachel (Finnestad) and Lewis P Vallem.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Lois (Sanderson) Johnson - burial
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Bay Area lawmaker helps pass new statewide license plate law – Story | KTVU
SAN FRANCISCO (KTVU) – A new law signed by Governor Jerry Brown Monday will end California's long-standing policy that made it the only state in the nation to allow people to legally drive on the streets without a license plate number for 90 days.
The new law will require all new and used car buyers to have a temporary license plate on the vehicle before they roll off the lot and onto the road.
The original bill AB 516 was shepherded through the legislature by its main sponsor Bay Area Assemblyman and Speaker Pro Tempore Kevin Mullin (D-San Mateo) after he attempted a similar effort in 2014 that met with opposition from car dealers and the DMV.
Mullin said he became aware of the full extent of the problem after a KTVU 2 Investigates series in 2013 that revealed how the old law allowed a range of abuses.
The 2 Investigates series showed how drivers were cheating at toll plazas by driving through with no license plates or Fastrak units, so there was no way to make the drivers pay. Using data obtained from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the reports showed that uncollected tolls were resulting in more than ten million dollars in lost annual revenue for the state.
The old law also posed a public safety hazard according to police frustrated by cases where criminals were able to commit crimes and then get away from law enforcement officers with no license plate to track.
The new law is expected to take effect January 1, 2019.
Anyone who buys a car from a new or used dealer in California would get their vehicle with a temporary paper license plate already put in place and linked to that specific vehicle. Each year, about 2 million new vehicles are purchased in California.
The vehicle owner will be required to keep that temporary license plate in place up to ninety days or until they receive their permanent steel plates from the DMV.
Officials with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission worked with Assemblyman Mullin's office on the proposal and say this will be a big win for all Californians.
"I think at a certain point people understood this wasn't government agencies trying to collect money. This was government agencies identifying a serious public safety issue and also doing our jobs as good stewards for fairness for everybody. It's not acceptable if some people are going across free on the bridges while other people have to pay. We want a level playing field where everyone plays by the same rules," said Randy Rentschler, an MTC spokesman.
The bill did face some opposition from some consumer advocates who worried about an adverse impact, particularly on lower income drivers.
The MTC presented a mock-up showing how the new temporary license plate might appear.
It will be a paper tag that can still have a dealer advertisement on the top. The temporary paper plate, however, would have a large license number and an expiration date that would be as easy to read as a permanent plate, making it easy for law enforcement officers or automatic toll cameras.


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Three points A, B and C lie in this order on a line, and P is any
point in the plane. Use the Cosine Rule to prove the following
Take any pair of two digit numbers x=ab and y=cd where, without
loss of generality, ab > cd . Form two 4 digit numbers r=abcd
and s=cdab and calculate: {r^2 - s^2} /{x^2 - y^2}.
Find the polynomial p(x) with integer coefficients such that one solution of the equation p(x)=0 is $1+\sqrt 2+\sqrt 3$.
Did you have more information than you needed to solve the problem?