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Margie Berkemeyer is intent on doing everything she can to make her senior season with the Ready High School girls basketball team one that leaves her with no regrets.
Margie Berkemeyer is intent on doing everything she can to make her senior season with the Ready High School girls basketball team one that leaves her with no regrets.
After an illness kept her out of the first 12 games a year ago, Berkemeyer chose not to play this fall for the girls volleyball team, which ended up making its second consecutive run to the Division III state tournament.
The 5-foot-11 post player believes the decision is paying off.
Through six games, Berkemeyer averaged 12.5 points and was proving to be the low-post presence the Silver Knights had been looking for to complement 5-9 sophomore forward Lauren Ruth.
"I gave up volleyball to get better at basketball, and it's definitely helped," Berkemeyer said. "I did track my freshman year and gave that up, but volleyball was a hard choice. I'm definitely healthy again. Last year I was weak and undersized and this year I've put on more muscle."
Ready lost to North Union 57-55 on Dec. 15 and was 3-4 overall and 1-1 in the CCL before playing Watterson on Dec. 19.
The Silver Knights, who play host to Worthington Christian on Saturday, Dec. 22, in their final game before the holiday break, lost a league game to DeSales 60-48 on Dec. 11 as Berkemeyer scored a team-best 14 points.
Ready faces Proctorville Fairland at 5:45 p.m. Dec. 27 and Delaware at 5:45 p.m. Dec. 28 in the Yule Holiday Classic at Liberty Union.
Berkemeyer dressed varsity for the volleyball team in 2011 when it advanced to a state semifinal.
After the season, however, she struggled with an illness she describes as "undefined."
She didn't play her first basketball game last season until Jan. 7 and was a part-time player over the next six games before scoring 23 points in a 47-17 win over Grandview in the regular-season finale.
This season, Berkemeyer scored 16 in Ready's 51-44 opening loss to Worthington Kilbourne on Nov. 23. She had 14 points in a 77-18 win over Columbus School for Girls on Dec. 5 and eight in a 45-25 win over Westerville Central on Dec. 8.
"She understands the game," coach Joe Lang said. "She's athletic and she's going to give us a solid presence inside. We've got to depend on her to rebound the basketball."
Ten Ready players scored against CSG. Junior Bobbie Menke, a 5-10 forward who is seeing her first extensive varsity time, had a game-high 15 points.
The combination of Berkemeyer, Menke and Ruth looks to be turning Ready's inside game into a strength.
"I feel like our team chemistry is great," Berkemeyer said. "We're never forced to like each other. We're all looking to pass, and this team is just really unselfish."Bowlers eyeing district berths
The boys and girls bowling teams both return key players from a year ago.
Junior Paige Sutfin is the top player for the girls squad after she finished seventh (545) in last year's district tournament at HP Lanes to miss advancing to the state tournament by one spot.
Also back after competing at district are juniors Marina Sweet (59th, 413), Madison Whitehead (89th, 211) and Jordan Bair (90th, 121). Junior Kay-Lee Dunkle is another key player.
The only senior in either program is Meaghan Weldy, who is new to the sport.
The boys team will be led by junior Andy Rinehart, who tied for 61st (495) in the Columbus Western Bowl sectional tournament last season. Other key players include juniors Zach Bair, Dallas Phillips and Payne VanTilburg and sophomores Justin Gibson and James Zwayer.
"Last year, the girls made it to the district finals, and I think their goal would be to make it to district finals again as a team or individually (and) possibly go on to state this year," said Russ Rehner, who is in his 12th season as coach. "Especially with Paige, she has the ability to go to the next level.
"For the boys, we're hoping that they can go to at least the district finals."
Last season, the girls went 16-1 overall and 11-0 in the 13-team Central Ohio High School Bowling Conference-Central Division. They placed fifth (3,083) at sectional behind champion Briggs (3,494) to advance to district, where they were 14th (2,933) in an 18-team field, behind champion Westerville Central (3,603).
The boys went 11-7 overall and placed sixth (9-5) in the 15-team COHSBC-Central behind champion St. Charles (14-0). They were 18th (3,188) in the 24-team sectional behind champion Jonathan Alder (4,020).


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Taunton Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr. and the city's economic development director celebrated the state's adoption of the Stoughton Alternative for the proposed South Coast Rail on Monday.
Hoye said that the proposed South Coast Rail would bring an important boost to economic development in Taunton, making the city more attractive to new residents, providing construction work and spurring the housing market.
Taunton Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr. and the city's economic development director celebrated the state's adoption of the Stoughton Alternative for the proposed South Coast Rail on Monday.
Hoye said that the proposed South Coast Rail would bring an important boost to economic development in Taunton, making the city more attractive to new residents, providing construction work and spurring the housing market.
Hoye applauded Gov. Deval Patrick, MassDOT Secretary Richard Davey and area legislators for "their tenacity" in pursuing the South Coast Rail, which was given a $1.8 billion price tag in the state transportation released in January this year. On Monday, Patrick said his administration is pushing ahead with the Stoughton route, which would bring the commuter train through Taunton, Fall River and New Bedford, after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a final environmental review that called the Stoughton route the least environmentally damaging option.
"With this announcement, the region has put another significant step behind us," Hoye said. "I think it's a fantastic opportunity for us, for economic growth in our city."
Other alternatives that were examined included an existing route through Attleboro, and a rapid bus system.
For Southeastern Massachusetts, the train to Boston is something residents have been lacking for over 50 years, Hoye said, referring to the days when trains used to stop in Taunton.
As part of the plans for the Stoughton route, Hoye said that commuter stations would be built at the corner of Dean and Arlington streets and behind Target off Route 140 in Taunton. Hoye said the Dean and Arlington streets site is a brownfields site, which is polluted former industrial site, meaning it desperately needs the revitalization a new station could bring.
"I think it'll provide us the opportunity to develop some of the areas around the stations, around our transit-oriented districts," Hoye said. "It's going to have potential to give the housing market in Taunton a boost, certainly with the rental market. It's going to give our residents access, whether it's for employment, for medical or pleasure, in and out of the city of Boston."
The project, however, still faces major political and financial hurdles. Hoye admitted that finding funding for the project will be "a monumental task," saying that "there is always going to be naysayers on any project." But the mayor said he is confident that it can and should be done.
State Sen. Marc Pacheco, D-Taunton, a longtime advocate for the commuter rail coming to the Silver City, said that he is now calling on Patrick to move forward "expeditiously" to tie up contracts related to the South Coast Rail projects so that "it will actually receive the funding it deserves."
Pacheco said he could not put a date on when he thinks the expanded commuter line would be up and running.
He said he envisions new housing downtown as a result of the commuter rail, along with new retail stores that would come with it. He said a lot of people would come down from Boston, as well, for trips, sightseeing and historical tours. Pacheco also mentioned that the new stations could compliment a potential tribal casino located near the station planned behind Target, and that the line could help stimulate business at the potential new slot parlor in Raynham.
One local elected official who remains incredulous about the South Coast Rail is Joseph Pacheco, chairman of the Raynham Board of Selectman, who said, "One question remains. How do they pay for it?" He said Patrick and supporters of the rail project have been unable to demonstrate how they will pay for the project.
"Unless and until they show an avenue where they are going to pay for it … it doesn't matter what route they pick," Joseph Pacheco said, adding that the Massachusetts Bay
Transportation Authority is "one of the worst run agencies in the state" and it does not deserve additional expansion.
Sen. Pacheco, who is unrelated to the Raynham selectman, said on that point, it's not certain the MBTA will run the outlying lines that make up the South Coast Rail. Pacheco also said the investment in the rail will produce greater returns in economic development.
Another elected official weighing in on the South Coast Rail news on Monday was Congressman Joe Kennedy, a Brookline Democrat, who said the Stoughton line could help "stubborn" unemployment rates in Southeastern Massachusetts. He said the project would "provide a critical infrastructure link that will drive economic development" in the region.
Kevin Shea, executive director of Taunton's Office of Economic and Community Development, simply said that the commuter rail line coming to Taunton would have a "huge" impact. Shea also said that he believes that a rail station in downtown Taunton would generate housing development nearby, like it did near a train station in the center of Mansfield.
"I think in the short term you'll see some impact, but over time it'll have the most impact," Shea said. "Overall, it opens up the region quite a bit. It gives a lot of mobility to people in terms of workplaces. It opens up whole city and region to people who aren't familiar with it. Ultimately, over time, it'll be a boost to job creation in the city. That's the bottom line."
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Electric currents in space plasmas
Just as electric currents generate magnetic fields described by Ampere's law, changing magnetic fields in a plasma (consisting of charged particles) generate electric currents that are described by Faraday's law. The characteristics of the electric current and magnetic field depend on the characteristics and nature of the plasma.
In other words, electric currents produce magnetic fields which in turn produce electric currents. They are sometimes described as a self-generated electric and magnetic fields, and Birkeland currents, and field aligned currents.
Rotating plasma in a magnetic field generates electric currents because it behaves as unipolar generator, also known as a Faraday disk, or magnetic dynamo.
Typical cosmic electric currents
The Sun and stars
The high density plasma in the Sun (and stars), is known to produce current loops in solar flares,[2] [3] [4] [5] current sheets in the Solar Corona,[6] and general twisting electric current helicity in the solar atmosphere.[7] Electric Currents have also been proposed as the main cause of coronal and flare activity in the Sun.[8]
The medium density terrestrial and planetary ionospheres are known to produce Birkeland currents in the aurora of the Earth, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars. (Main article: Birkeland current) Planetary magnetospheres such as the Earth,[9] Saturn, Jupiter and its moon Io, also produce an electric ring current; the Earth's ring current is stable and does not rotate, but Saturn's ring current is lop-sided rotates with the planet.[10]
Types of current in planetary magnetospheres
- Parallel (to B)
- Upward
- Downward
- Perpendicular (to B)
- Magnetization
- Drift
- Gradient drift current (dominates in Earth's inner magnetosphere/ring current region)
- Curvature drift current.
- Centrifugal drift current (dominates in the rapidly rotating magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn.)
- Acceleration drift current (dominates in regions of high-speed flow (boundary layers, magnetotail))
- Conduction (Pedersen + Hall)
Interplanetary medium (Solar wind)
The tenuous interplanetary medium (between the Sun and planets) is known to produce the heliospheric current sheet, whose currents are represented by the Heliospheric current circuit. (Main article: heliospheric current sheet)
The more tenuous interstellar medium (between solar systems) produces a current sheet,[12] and electric currents have also been described in interstellar molecular clouds.[13]
In 2007, the Themis satellite "found evidence of magnetic ropes connecting Earth's upper atmosphere directly to the sun [in which] a burst of electrical current within the solar wind will hit the bow shock and—Bang! We get an explosion"[14] [15]
Intergalactic medium
The most tenuous intergalactic medium (between galaxies) has been calculated to carry current of 1017 - 1019 Amps.[16] In 2011, it was reported that a current of about 1018 amps was found emanating from a cosmic jet stretching for 150,000 light years across galaxy 3C303.[17][18][19]
Electric currents have also been proposed in astrophysical jets (particle beams)[20] [21], including extragalactic jets,[22] including:
- ".. the radio jet of the galaxy 3C303. From these data we derive the magnetoplasma and electrodynamic parameters of this 50 kpc long jet. For one component of this jet we obtain for the first time a direct determination of a galactic-scale electric current (∼3 × 1018 A), and its direction — positive away from the active galactic nucleus. Our analysis strongly supports a model where the jet energy flow is mainly electromagnetic.."[23]
In 1942, Hannes Alfvén wrote in a letter to the journal, Nature:
- "If a conducting liquid is placed in a constant magnetic field, every motion of the liquid gives rise to an E.M.F. which produces electric currents. Owing to the magnetic field, these currents give mechanical forces which change the state of motion of the liquid."
- "Thus a kind of combined electromagnetic-hydrodynamic wave is produced [..]
- "Waves of this sort may be of importance in solar physics. As the sun has a general magnetic field, and as solar matter is a good conductor, the conditions for the existence of electromagnetic-hydrodynamic waves are satisfied."[24]
- ↑ Israelevich, P. L., et al, "MHD simulation of the three-dimensional structure of the heliospheric current sheet" FULL TEXT (2001) Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.376, p.288-291. PEER REVIEWED
- ↑ Hannes Alfvén, per Carlqvist "Currents in the Solar Atmosphere and a Theory of Solar Flares" FULL TEXT (1967) Solar Physics, Vol. 1, p.220 PEER REVIEWED
- ↑ Carlqvist, P., "Current Limitation and Solar Flares" FULL TEXT (1969) Solar Physics, Vol. 7, p.377 PEER REVIEWED
- ↑ Karlicky, M., "Evolution of force-free electric currents in the solar atmosphere" FULL TEXT (1997) Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.318, p.289-292 PEER REVIEWED
- ↑ Zaitsev, V. V.; Stepanov, A. V., "Towards the circuit theory of solar flares" FULL TEXT (1992) Solar Physics (ISSN 0038-0938), vol. 139, no. 2, June 1992, p. 343-356 PEER REVIEWED
- ↑ Strauss, H. R.; Otani, N. F., "Current sheets in the solar corona" FULL TEXT (1988) Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 326, March 1, 1988, p. 418-424 FULL TEXT
- ↑ Seehafer, N., "Electric current helicity in the solar atmosphere" FULL TEXT (1990) Solar Physics (ISSN 0038-0938), vol. 125, Feb. 1990, p. 219-232. PEER REVIEWED
- ↑ Feldman, U., "Electric Currents as the Main Cause of Coronal and Flare Activity in the Sun and in Many Late-Type Stars" (2002) Physica Scripta, Volume 65, Issue 2, pp. 185-192. PEER REVIEWED
- ↑ Williams, D. J."The earth's ring current: Causes, generation, and decay - /Tutorial Lecture/" {full} (1983) (COSPAR, IAU, IUGG, IUPAP, and URSI, International Symposium on Progress in Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 5th, Ottawa, Canada, May 17-22, 1982.) Space Science Reviews, vol. 34, Mar. 1983, p. 223-234. PEER REVIEWED
- ↑ "Mysterious Twist Found in Saturn's Electric Ring" from space.com, retrieved 24 Aug 2007
- ↑ T. W. Hill, "Currents"FULL TEXT PDF Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
- ↑ Zweibel, Ellen G.; Brandenburg, Axel, "Current Sheet Formation in the Interstellar Medium" (1997) Astrophysical Journal v.478, p.563 PEER REVIEWED. See also Erratum.
- ↑ Carlqvist, Per; Gahm, Gosta F., "Manifestations of electric currents in interstellar molecular clouds" (1992) IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (ISSN 0093-3813), vol. 20, no. 6, p. 867-873. (Dec 1992) PEER REVIEWED
- ↑ "NASA Spacecraft Make New Discoveries About Northern Lights" FULL TEXT, NASA Themis Press Release
- ↑ "THEMIS probes view auroral substorms, bowshock explosions" FULL TEXT, University of California - UC Newsroom, 2007-12-11
- ↑ Hannes Alfvén and Per Carlqvist, "Interstellar clouds and the formation of stars" (1978) FULL TEXT in Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 55, no. 2, May 1978, p. 487-509. PEER REVIEWED
- ↑ Clay Dillow, "The Strongest Electrical Current in the Universe Spotted, 2 Billion Light Years From Here", Posted 06.22.2011.
- ↑ Philipp P. Kronberg, Richard V. E. Lovelace, Giovanni Lapenta, Stirling A. Colgate, "Measurement of the Electric Current in a Kpc-Scale Jet", Arxiv.org, v3, 19 Dec 2011 FULL TEXT
- ↑ Philipp P. Kronberg, Richard V. E. Lovelace, Giovanni Lapenta, Stirling A. Colgate, "Measurement of the Electric Current in a Kpc-Scale Jet", The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 741 Number 1 PEER REVIEWED
- ↑ Appl, S.; Camenzind, M. "The stability of current-carrying jets" FULL TEXT (1992) Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 256, no. 2, p. 354-370 PEER REVIEWED
- ↑ Baty, H. "On the magnetohydrodynamic stability of current-carrying jets" (2005) Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.430, p.9-17 PEER REVIEWED
- ↑ Jafelice, Luiz C.; Opher, Reuven; Assis, Altair S.; Busnardo-Neto, Jose, "Current generation in extragalactic jets by Cherenkov damping of magnetohydrodynamic waves" FULL TEXT (1990) Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 348, Jan. 1, 1990, p. 61-72 PEER REVIEWED
- ↑ P. P. Kronberg et al., "Measurement of the Electric Current in a Kpc-Scale Jet", The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 741 Number 1, 2011 ApJ 741 L15 PEER REVIEWEDFULL TEXT
- ↑ Hannes Alfvén, "Existence of electromagnetic-hydrodynamic waves", Nature, Vol. 150, pp. 405, 1942 PEER REVIEWED FULL TEXT
- Alfvén, H.; Carlqvist, P., "Currents in the Solar Atmosphere and a Theory of Solar Flares" FULL TEXT, Solar Physics, Vol. 1, p.220, 1967 PEER REVIEWED
- Alfvén, H., "On the Importance of Electric Fields in the Magnetosphere and Interplanetary Space",FULL TEXT Space Science Reviews, vol. 7, p.140, 1967 PEER REVIEWED
- Carlqvist, Per, "Cosmic electric currents and the generalized Bennett relation",FULL TEXT Astrophysics and Space Science (ISSN 0004-640X), vol. 144, no. 1-2, May 1988, p. 73-84. PEER REVIEWED
- Peratt, Anthony L., "The role of particle beams and electrical currents in the plasma universe", Laser and Particle Beams (ISSN 0263-0346), vol. 6, Aug. 1988, p. 471-491. full text FULL TEXT PDF PEER REVIEWED
- Peratt, Anthony L., "The evidence for electrical currents in cosmic plasma", IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (ISSN 0093-3813), vol. 18, Feb. 1990, p. 26-32 full text FULL TEXT PDF PEER REVIEWED
- Meierovich, Boris E.; Peratt, Anthony L., "Equilibrium of intergalactic currents", IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (ISSN 0093-3813), vol. 20, no. 6, p. 891, 892. Full text FULL TEXT PDF PEER REVIEWED
- Peratt, A. L., "Electric space: evolution of the plasma universe",FULL TEXT Astrophysics & Space Science, 244, 89-103 (1996) PEER REVIEWED


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The Commuter
Audiences should know exactly what they're getting into with "The Commuter," the latest exercise in action-packed ludicrousness from Liam Neeson and director Jaume Collet-Serra. The actor and director have previously collaborated on the 2011 amnesia thriller "Unknown," 2014's pulpy plane actioner "Non-Stop," and 2015's mobster drama "Run All Night." "Non-Stop" remains the top Neeson/Collet-Serra partnership, but "The Commuter" is certainly a close second.
This is a ridiculous movie with a plot that becomes more implausible the more you dwell on it. Its absurdity is rivaled only by its action, which includes a scene where Liam Neeson beats an adversary within an inch of his life with an electric guitar, then throws him out a train window directly towards the path of an approaching train on the opposite track. In other words, "The Commuter" is a fucking blast.
A dumb, pulpy pleasure - this is what a January movie should be - a breath of fresh air amidst awards season that never takes itself too seriously and knows exactly what its intentions are. Consistently fun and overall satisfying, the film takes an illogical premise and goes full speed ahead with it. Taking place almost entirely aboard a commuter train, the movie follows Neeson's character on what is perhaps the worst day of his life. After being handed a severance package by his life insurance job of 10 years and escorted off the property by security, Neeson is approached by a strange woman (Vera Farmiga) who presents him with an interesting scenario: What if there was $100,000 hidden on this train that could be all yours, but taking the money requires you to impact the life of a single fellow commuter?
Tempted by the promise of financial stability, our protagonist investigates this woman's claim and indeed finds a bag of $100,000 in cash stashed away in a bathroom's air conditioning vent. By taking the money, he is immediately launched into a heavy conspiracy operation where he must locate a mysterious passenger and tag their bag with a GPS tracker. It's that simple, yet the character's inability to succeed in this task leads to the deaths of fellow passengers and imminent threats to his wife and son. Haven't people learned by now that messing with Liam Neeson's family is a bad idea?
Cue the fist/guitar fights, crafty train-based set pieces and loopy plot developments, firing on every cylinder that exists for not giving a shit. "The Commuter" keeps the momentum flowing, offering 104 minutes of wholly entertaining content that perhaps draws its guns a tad too early (especially regarding the obvious twist), but still maintains a steady aim throughout. It pays homage to Kubrick's "Spartacus" in a hilarious scene, and sticks the landing with a final moment that reminded me of the last shot of 1974's "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three."
But most of all this is Neeson's stage, and he takes full advantage of it. The man's grizzled presence and trademark voice were made for the movies, and I sincerely hope that the actor keeps making silly action pictures like "The Commuter" until he's in his 80s. This is such a stupid movie, and I had fun with every single second of it.
The Commuter
InfoRuntime :: 104 mins
Release Date :: Jan 12, 2018
Language :: Silent
Country :: United States
CastMichael MacCauley :: Liam Neeson
Joanna :: Vera Farmiga
Alex Murphy :: Patrick Wilson
Walt :: Jonathan Banks
Captain Hawthorne :: Sam Neill
Karen MacCauley :: Elizabeth McGovern
Gwen :: Florence Pugh
Vince :: Shazad Latif
Jules Skateboarder :: Letitia Wright
Dylan :: Killian Scott
Eva :: Clara Lago
Sofia :: Ella-Rae Smith
Agent Denys :: Damson Idris
Tony :: Andy Nyman
Conductor Sam :: Colin McFarlane
Agent Garcia :: Kingsley Ben-Adir
Danny MacCauley :: Dean-Charles Chapman
Jackson :: Roland Møller
CrewDirector :: Jaume Collet-Serra
Screenwriter :: Byron Willinger
Screenwriter :: Philip de Blasi
Screenwriter :: Ryan Engle
Producer :: Andrew Rona
Producer :: Alex Heineman
Executive Producer :: Michael Dreyer
Executive Producer :: Juan Solá
Executive Producer :: Jaume Collet-Serra
Executive Producer :: Ron Halpern
Executive Producer :: Didier Lupfer
Cinematographer :: Paul Cameron
Film Editor :: Nicolas de Toth
Original Music :: Roque Baños
Production Design :: Richard Bridgland
Costume Designer :: Jill Taylor
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This time last year we were in Las Vegas, checking out CES 2012 when Corning decided to show off Gorilla Glass 2 in their booth. The demo of the 20% stronger yet 20% thinner chemically-hardened glass was impressive, but they've got something even better in store for next week at CES 2013: Gorilla Glass 3. According to Engadget, version three of Gorilla Glass is touted to be three-times more scratch resistant over its predecessor, while also offering up forty percent fewer visible scratches. In other words, it's straight-up tougher to scratch.
All of this is supposedly owed to the implementation of a propriety treatment Corning calls 'Native Damage Resistance' that is said to reduce the propagation of flaws and scratching. This doesn't mean your future Gorilla Glass-fronted iPhone will be impervious to a sudden and rapid meeting with a hard surface near you, but it'll certainly stand up better to in-pocket and in-purse abuse. Or at least the screen will.


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Written and developed at CCRMA by Bill Shottstaedt, SND is a sound editor modeled loosely after Emacs, an old, sorely-missed PDP-10 sound editor named Dpysnd. It can accommodate any number of sounds each with any number of channels, and can be customized and extended using guile and Ruby. It can be customized and extended using either s7 (included in the Snd sources), Ruby, or Forth. Snd can be started on any PlanetCCRMA Linux workstation by selecting the application on the PlanetCCRMA menu and the editors tab. Otherwise SND is started by typing the 'snd' command on a terminal window or shell.
Starting SND
On a terminal shell (Linux or OSX), SND can be started by typing:
snd &
If you have a sound you want to listen, you can type for instance,
snd /zap/dog.snd &
and your soundfile will be loaded and opened directly on SND. This is a good way to get familiar to the SND interface.
Once SND is running, go to the file menu, and open another soundfile or close the one already opened. To hear the sound, click the 'play' button. To see an fft, click the 'f' button on the left. The left mouse button is used for most pointing operations; the middle button pastes in the current selection; the right button brings up the SND pop up menu. Make sure you go through the help pull down menu to find more about all the features SND. In addition to this there is an enormous amount of information in the SND manual or search its documentation on its index
- Note: You might need to run Jack with Qjackctl in order to get some sound out of the Linux workstations.
Editing soundfiles with SND
To edit soundfiles using SND, good advice is to use 'emacs-like' keyboard combinations (see below), and then try them on a SND listener window. To make things easier start with a short (3 secs) mono (one-channel) soundfile.
- c-x means control-x or the keyboard combination <ctrl>-<x>
- M-x means meta-x and at CCRMA is the keyboard combination <esc>-<x>
If you have a soundfile in the active window try the following combinations and watch the cursor in the displayed soundfile active window. If you don't have a soundfile you can use the open command in the file pull-down menu of SND.
|move cursor to window start
|move cursor to window end
|move cursor to mid-window
|position window so cursor is in the middle
|move cursor ahead one sample
|move cursor back one sample
|play current channel starting at cursor
|stop playing
|start selection definition
|place (or remove) mark at cursor location
|goto mark
|delete (cut) current region
|(copy) current region
|paste in last deleted region
|c-x c-s:
|save your current edition.
Playing a Soundfile
- To play a sound file from a place other than the beginning:
- Activate sync or sync/unite modes in the lower right check-boxes
- Create a synchronize marker by:
c-s-M (control-shift capital M)
- -You should you get markers for all the channels.
- To play from that location just click on the triangle in any of the markers.
- Playback should start.
- You can also move this markers and even 'rock the reels' by dragging the mouse.
- More complex operations:
- To move forward or backwards in the Soundfile use the following key combinations:
c-a ;;; move cursosr to the beginning c-u 0.4 c-f ;;; move cursor forward 0.4 seconds c-e ;;; move cursor to the end c-u 1.12 c-b ;;; nove cursor backwards 1.12 seconds c-[Space] ;;; start selection definition c-e ;;; a selection of 1.12 seconds
- Note: These combinations and more can be viewed on the online Help menu at the overview command at the right side of the SND active window.
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Gorgeous Games To Make Yourself
Last year, I highlighted some of the most glamorous games out there for both indoor and outdoor fun, with a special post just for chess sets. While they were all insanely gorgeous, let's just say that Chanel croquet sets don't come cheap. This spring, here are a few games that require a little more time and a lot less money.
- Caitlin of I'm A Transplant From California made this gorgeous backgammon set for her backgammon-loving man. I'm making a note of that grey wood stain for future projects.
- Bags! Classic. The DIY Network has a great tutorial for making a custom regulation bags/cornhole game.
- In the mood for something a bit more whimsical? Instructables came up with this fantastic Alice In Wonderland-inspired DIY Croquet set. Love the hedgehog balls!
- Design*Sponge has a sweet little tutorial for making these darling heart dice.
- A Beautiful Mess made these charming and minimal dominoes, and you can, too.
- Sunset Magazine came up with an oversized backyard Scrabble set- very cool but much harder to "accidentally" knock over if you're losing terribly.
- Checkers was my favorite game as a kid, so I love the idea of having a checkerboard always at the ready. This rustic checkerboard table from the DIY Network would look cool even when a game's not in progress.
- This canvas checkerboard from Martha Stewart is so cute and easily portable.
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And again.
Tuesday night at 7 here at the Coleman Coliseum coach Scott Sanderson will lead his Lipscomb Bisons against the Alabama Crimson Tide from the Southeastern Conference. Sanderson's father, Wimp, was the head coach for the Tide from 1981-92 and was an assistant from 1960-81.
When Sanderson was playing for South Carolina the school was a member of the Metro Conference and he never to the chance to play here. However, Dec. 29, 2006 he brought his Bisons here and lost 80-58.
"It's kind of a big deal for me to come back here," Sanderson said. "It's another opportunity to come back to where I grew up. "I know every part of Coleman Coliseum. I started shooting at the goals with paper cups when I was a kid."
This time around the Bisons are 7-2 overall and ranked No. 8 in NCAA Division I with an average of 85.6 points per game. Alabama is 5-6 with all five wins at home.
The Bisons beat Kennesaw State 99-73 Saturday night. Alabama lost to Oklahoma State 68-60.
"We are playing well," Sanderson said. "We are playing together. We are sustaining good play on offense and defense. There have been a few droughts but they have been few and far between."
The Bisons are seeking their sixth straight win. Sanderson points to the mindset of his players as one of the big reasons for the Bisons' success.
"I really like their approach to practice," Sanderson said. "They have been very focused in practice.
"They are starting to understand that it is a day-to-day, possession-to-possession process. I'm not saying they haven't always listened, but they are doing a better job of listening."
Alabama has three players in double figures in scoring. Forward JaMychal Green leads the team with 14 points per game. Forward Tony Mitchell is averaging 13.5 points and leads the team with 8.1 rebounds per game. Guard Trevor Releford is scoring at a pace of 10.2 points per game.
"Green is an NBA talent," Sanderson said. "He can score in the low post. And he can step out and score. He is very mobile. "Alabama has very good, athletic players with a lot of individual ability. They know how to make plays. "
The Bisons are led by center Adnan Hodzic with 21.1 points, 21st in the nation. He also is the top rebounder for the Bisons with 9.1. Guard Josh Slater averages 19 points per game. Guard Jordan Burgason is scoring 11 points per game.
"No one has to play super human for us," Sanderson said. "Everyone on this team plays a role. Their roles were identified at the beginning of the season.
"People think they can key on Adnan or Josh. But we have so many other players who can score points. Everyone on this team plays a starring role."
The Bisons are expecting an upbeat game from Alabama starting with the opening tip-off. Sanderson knows the first five minutes could easily set the Bisons' fortunes for the game.
"Whether we are playing North Carolina, Baylor, Alabama or Memphis the first five minutes are very, very important," Sanderson said. "We have to play defense. We have to keep them off of the backboards. We have to hold them to one shot.
"We also have to take care of the ball. We don't want to give them any cheap baskets. We played a very athletic Kennesaw State team and only made seven turnovers. We have to keep doing that."
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Guide to making a program
by: FlamingRain
Step 1: Choose a language
This step is very important. Commonly, people use a
general-purpose language and code almost everything in it. If you know
multiple programming languages (most coders do), select the language
most fit for the task at hand. Choosing a language that's not very
appropriate for the task will result in a lot of hair-pulling and
working around things that you might never even have to deal with when
using a different language that is more suited to that task. For
example, why would you write something in assembler that does pattern
matching in text files when perl or awk are much better choices? The
language chosen should be suited to the application. If you only know
one language and find that doing something in particular is very
difficult, i would suggest learning another language.
Step 2: What's the problem?
Identify the problem. What do you want the program to do. I
believe this is the leading cause of discouragement in beginners, either
they want to do everything and can not yet plan to build something on
that scale, or they can't decide what to do and just start writing code
and wondering why the code doesn't work. For example, say you wanted to
write a small program that can find the average of a set of numbers.
That's your main problem.
Step 3: Break it into smaller problems
Try to break the main problem into little problems that are easy
to solve so that you can make more sense of the program. In the above
example of finding an average, there are two other problems. First, you
must find the sum of the sequence. Then, you must divide that by the
length of the sequence. They can then be broken down into smaller
problems of "When do i know i've added all the elements together?" and
"How long is the list?". So you see, by taking it to the fundamental
level, we come up with a list of little problems that are easy to solve.
Step 4: Explore other algorithms
Exploring other algorithms is important. Just because you
thought of one way to solve a problem, doesn't mean it's the best way to
do it. In many cases, there is no best way. You can try to go for speed,
or memory efficiency, or other criteria. For example, say we didn't have
the full set of numbers to average and we only got them one at a time.
Using the previous method, we'd have to store every piece of data and
then find the average again every time we got a new piece. This isn't
very efficient now is it? We still have to store all the numbers, re-sum
them every time, and divide again every time. As the program goes on,
our memory usage increases. Also, we run the risk of the sum overflowing
the datatype we're using.
One way to address the problem is to do some math and find that
the average of all aligned averages in a set equals the average of the
set itself. With this design, every time we reduce things, we take up
less memory and worry a little less about overflow each time because
we're only finding averages of small groups. Now, this addresses the
problem of overflow and memory usage, but it's still very processor
intensive and will not work on lists of prime length or very well on
lists whose length has few factors. We still haven't addressed the
dynamic issue yet. This algorithm would have the same problem as the
A way to address this problem is to do some more math and figure
out how to reweight the averages. For example, the average of two
numbers is their sum divided by 2. Now, say we wanted to find the
average of those two numbers and another number. We could multiply our
old average by two, giving us the sum of the two numbers, then add our
new number, then divide by 3. Well, that sounds like a good idea, but we
still have that nasty overflow problem don't we? Well, we can fix that.
Using the distributive property, we can multiply our old average by 2/3
and then add one third of our new number. This will result in the same
thing and will avoid the overflow problem. But now, a new problem
arises. What happens as the divisor gets bigger and bigger? Well, it's
possible to experience an underflow, which is what hurts this algorithm.
So, you see, there's really no "right" algorithm for some
problems. Depending on your criteria, any of these three could be your
best choice, and i'm sure there are others out there too. I suggest
repeating steps 2 and 3 for this step (you won't get far without them).
Repeat this step until you can't think of any other ways to solve the
problem, then pick the one that best suits the task. If you need to, you
can write up an efficiency program (i know i did for my prime generators
and modulus functions).
Step 5: Designing and Planning
Now that you have your algorithm picked out, you should consider
how the program will work. Ask yourself these questions:
1) What's the input?
2) What's the output?
3) What do i need to do to turn the input into the output?
Now, they may sound like silly questions, but believe me, it's where
most mistakes occur. People aren't sure what the input should be (not
like a string or number, but like file, keyboard) and how the input is
formatted when the program sees it. People aren't sure what the output
should look like and don't know how to format it properly so they get
what they want. The biggest problem is the intermediate changing of data
though. What format is the data in when you start processing it? Should
it be changed? What do you need to do with the data?
Once you've answered these questions on the abstract level, go
back into steps 2 and 3 and figure out how to make it work in general at
least. After this, you should have a good idea of what you want the
program to do, what purpose it serves, and what it'll be broken down
For example, a good password generator should have the following
1) A pseudo-random number generator (to make random numbers)
2) A way to store the passwords
3) A way to secure these passwords such that only the person that made
them can get to them
4) A way to protect data integrity (checksums and such)
So, those are the general program parts we need. We can start to develop
ways to solve these problems in steps 2-4. Once the problems are solved,
you're ready to make your design plan somewhat concrete.
This part is where some coders disagree. Some feel that you
should continue refining your design plans until you write pseudo-code
for them (fake code that basically tells what it should do in english,
but not exactly how to implement each piece). Converting from
pseudo-code to any programming language generally isn't hard and if you
keep the language you chose in mind, you can make pseudo-code that's
more accomadating to that particular language. Some coders feel that
isn't necessary. That you should be able to sit down and write code once
you have all your ideas straight.
This is a hard one though. If you're willing to invest the time
to make out the pseudo-code for the program (and do it well), it's
generally easier when you sit down to code it because all you're doing
is implementing the code on your paper in a programming language. But,
if you're not willing to invest the time, it's usually not too bad to
just sit down and code if you're familiar enough with your ideas.
Step 6: Coding
Yay! The fun part at last! Okay, this is the important part. Up
until now, it's all just been preparation. All you do now is implement
the ideas you had. This section is kinda sparse because there's not
really a lot to talk about. This is actually the easiest part if you
plan well. If you plan poorly, you'll be stuck in steps 6 and 7 for
quite some time.
Step 7: Debugging
There are problems with any program. Commonly the first that
crop up are syntax errors, errors that occur when you misspell things
and try to do something you're not allowed to. Once you've worked out
all of those errors, you may have problems with the logic in the
program. Perhaps you did something that caused exactly the opposite of
the result you wanted. There are several ways to debug and most of that
depends on your language and tools.
The first debugging method is just to look over your code and
see if you just did something stupid. Don't feel bad, it happens to all
of us. For example, a hash function program i wrote wasn't working and i
found out after sifting through 36 pages of diagnostic material that i
typed buf2 where i should have typed outbuf. This method can save you
lots of headaches (and lots of paper).
The second method is to use a program that lets you step line by
line through your program code. This way, you can see what your
variables are doing and everything else that's going on. This is
probably the handiest way to debug, but sometimes we don't have the
ability to do this.
If you can't step through your program, but your platform has
good error reporting (like Euphoria, who dumps out all your variables at
the crash instance), you can use an intentional crash method. This is a
good way to determine what exactly is going on and how far your program
Another way is to install diagnostic code and just dump every
variable and its contents to the screen along with some other general
information about the current place that's being executed. This method
will allow you to check everything that happens on the run-through.
However, this method isn't always the best. It results in lots of data
you have to sift through. But sometimes, you gotta do it that way.
The last resort method of debugging is by hand. Simply step
through your code and write down all the variables as they change and
their new values. This is just like diagnostic code, but you don't have
to write any code. This method is prone to error unless you really act
like a computer and do exactly what the code tells you to. If you don't,
you'll have a case of human error where the program seems to work fine
but it's because you did what you wanted the code to do, not what the
code said to do.
At this stage in programming, commonly, you run into technical
problems where you find out that what you planned to do didn't work.
This is more common in projects where you don't plan all the way down to
the trivial level, but leave things more open. So, you go back and
change your design plan, that's the only thing you can really do.
Once you have found the problem in the code and figured out how
to fix it, go back and recode it. You'll go between steps 6 and 7 quite
a bit.
Step 8: Documentation
Well, i've been talking about documentation in planning a little
bit. But, it's also important to comment your code as you go so that
it's easier for others to understand or for you to understand later when
the ideas in your head aren't so fresh. It makes it easier to understand
what you were trying to do. Now, if you did a good design, most
everything should be in there and you can just say to reference that,
but sometimes that's not enough. I won't cover comment style in this
because that's really personal preference.
It's always a good idea to write up a formal design plan so that
everything you're doing is laid right out in front of you. I have a
general form that i follow below:
--Formal design form--
Program name:
Reason for coding:
General program purpose/What problem does this solve?:
List of problems to solve:
Abstract ideas on how the problems whould be solved:
Technical details:
With this form, i allow myself to organize what parts of the program
there are, what i want to do with them, and i still leave room for
techspec's for when i run into problems or when i'm cementing ideas
(applying your abstract idea to this particular application).
It's always good to write follow-ups for your designs after you
finish the program, or as you finish modules. This way, you can see what
went well, what didn't go so well, and what you'd do differently if you
were to attack this problem again without any code at your disposal.
It's also good practice to keep an "oopsies" list of mistakes
you commonly make so that you can go back and check for those things
when debugging a program. (This has saved me hours of debugging in
previous proj's).
Well, that's about it i think. There's not really much else for steps of
programming, feel free to email me and give suggestions so this can be
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Investigating Americanness
|• Introduction
|• Zora Neale Hurston
|• Americans Studying Americans
|• William Carlos Williams
Americans Study Americans
The 1920s saw a flurry of interest in defining and reflecting on "Americanness." One indication of this interest was the popularity during the decade of texts that broadly characterized elements of American history and life. These textbooks paralleled developments and changes in the academic fields of anthropology, sociology, and the interdisciplinary study of history, literature, and other aspects and products of the nation—a field that would become known as American Studies.
A Text Still Used Today
In his three-volume Main Currents in American Thought, Vernon Parrington set out to investigate the origins of ideas considered "traditionally American," through the nation's literature produced from 1620 to 1920. The first two volumes of Main Currents received the 1928 Pulitzer Prize for historical writing. The prize committee awarded Parrington $2000, which was twice the amount received by Pulitzer winners in other categories that year. The award was particularly surprising as Parrington was a professor of literature, not history, and was not well-known.
In Main Currents, Parrington provides profiles of American writers and their texts, accompanied by analysis based on ideas from their time periods. Main Currents was praised both for its lively writing style and for presenting literature as the record of American thought. It also showed how economic forces had shaped the nation's political, social, and religious institutions.
Do You Live in "Middletown?"
Interest in studying general ideas about the behavior and characteristics of "average" Americans is also indicated by the popularity of the book Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture by Robert and Helen Lynd. In the early 1920s, the Lynds set out to conduct a study of religious ideas and practice in an average small American city. In planning their research they realized that in order to understand religion they would need to study many aspects of life in the community. The city the Lynds selected for study was Muncie, Indiana, with a population of roughly 35,000. They gave Muncie the name Middletown for the publication of their book, though their attempts at hiding the city's identity were not successful.
For their research, the Lynds and their assistants immersed themselves in Middletown life, living in the town, attending meetings of local organizations, and having dinner with residents, in addition to conducting interviews, administering surveys, and looking at newspapers and meeting minutes. Using historical information for comparison, they ultimately framed their work as a study of how life had changed in Middletown between the 1890s and 1920s. The cross-century comparisons in the book focused on six main life activities: Getting a Living, Making a Home, Training the Young, Using Leisure, Engaging in Religious Practices, and Engaging in Community Activities.
A Surprising Success
The Lynds completed their fieldwork in 1925, and Middletown appeared in 1929. It was an instant success and went through six printings that year alone. IN the foreward to the book, renowned anthropologist Clark Wissler calls Middletown "a pioneer attempt to deal with a sample American community after the manner of social anthropology." He went on to say: "To study ourselves as through the eye of an outsider is the basic difficulty in social science, and may be insurmountable, but the authors of this volume have made a serious attempt, by approaching an American community as an anthropologist does a primitive tribe. It is in this that the contribution lies, an experiment not only in method but in a new field, the social anthropology of contemporary life."
The book was well received by scholars; and Robert Lynd, despite his lack of a Ph.D. at the time, was soon made a professor of sociology at Columbia University. Middletown still wins praise for its objective and uncritical descriptions of small-town life. The authors concentrated on presenting facts and opinions from Middletowners themselves. Though the Lynds drew some conclusions and asked questions about the future of Middletown based on their observations, they avoided making judgments as to whether life in the community, and by extension other small towns, was "good" or "bad." In taking this approach, they confronted the negative image of small town life that had been presented by Sinclair Lewis in Main Street, and by other critics.
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I've just started learning openGL and have a doubt that is intriguing me (I searched and read but couldn't find an answer).
So, I created a cylinder (out of triangles), uploaded the points to a VBO and it looks fine. The problem is, when I add lighting to the scene, the top circumference looks strange. It looks like this: Cylinder top
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Salma Hayek has hailed the Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress designer as "unforgettable and extraordinary" as Alexander McQueen showed off its latest line for the first time.
The Puss In Boots actress said McQueen creative director Sarah Burton had "set the bar high" with the McQ diffusion collection, a more affordable spin-off of the high-end Alexander McQueen label.
The brand, which counts Emma Watson, Chloe Moretz and Rihanna as fans, presented its autumn/winter collection at the Old Sorting Office in central London. Sarah also oversees the McQ range.
Salma who attended the show with her husband, Francois-Henri Pinault - head of luxury fashion conglomerate PPR - said: "The show was truly sensational - really, really amazing - not at all what I was expecting.
"The clothes were already unforgettable and extraordinary.
"Sarah Burton set the bar really high - it makes me nervous it is so good. What is she going to do for McQueen now?"
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He Who Fears the Wolf, like Fossum's other Inspector Sejer mysteries, is perhaps more of a psychological thriller than it is a police procedural, and her work continues to remind me of British novelist Ruth Rendell. Fossum does the same remarkable job that Rendell does in creating unique, if deeply flawed, characters who often find themselves in desperate situations with no idea how they got there or what to do next.
When Inspector Konrad Sejer leaves home for the police station, he has no way of knowing that the two cases that will soon take over his life are developing while he walks along the downtown streets toward his desk. Already, a troubled young boy has rushed into another station to report the discovery of the body of an elderly murder victim and to say that he spotted an escaped mental patient on the property. And because he fails to follow his hunch about a suspicious looking man walking toward him and the bank that is just opening for business, Sejer narrowly misses stopping the bank robbery that he almost witnesses with his own eyes.
Not only is Sejer unhappy with himself for not acting on his hunch, he is embarrassed when his image appears on the bank's surveillance tape walking out of the bank only seconds before the robbery happens. To make matters worse, the armed bank robber takes a hostage with him when he makes his escape. Sejer, who has been assigned to work both crimes, finds his investigations taking a bizarre twist when the tape reveals that the hostage taken in the bank is none other than the escaped mental patient he wants to question about that morning's murder.
It may have been bad luck that caused the bank robber to choose an escaped mental patient for his hostage but his luck is going to have to change quickly if he is to survive that fateful choice. As the long day takes its course, both Inspector Sejer and the robber begin to wonder if the police will get to him in time to save him from his own hostage.
Karin Fossum serves up a surprisingly sympathetic cast of characters considering the mental instability of several of them, and she steadily turns up the pressure as her story winds down to its inevitable conclusion. But, as I've come to expect from her other Sejer mysteries, it is always wise to be prepared for one final surprise in the book's final two or three pages. This one is no exception.
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- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts 1.5 lbs.
- 1 yellow bell pepper chopped
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- 1 16 oz. can navy or cannellini beans rinsed and drained
- 1 14.5 oz. can diced Italian seasoned tomatoes with basil and oregano
- 2 tsp. dried Basil
- 1 tsp. dried thyme
- 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chicken broth for stove top option
- Cut each chicken breast into thirds, diagonally.
- Heat 2 Tblsp. olive oil in a large nonstick skillet. Sprinkle chicken pieces with seasonings
- and sauté, just to brown each side. Add peppers, beans, tomatoes, and broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Uncover and simmer until chicken is done
- and vegetables are tender, about 10 more minutes.
- Place all ingredients into your slow-cooker. Cover. Cook for 7-8 hours on low.
- Serve with tortilla chips or crusty rolls and a salad.
Terri's Notes
~ For more of a soup, cut chicken into smaller pieces and add the entire can of broth.
Can't go wrong anyway you prepare or serve this one!
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Mental Health America Urges House Panel to Defeat Health Funding Bill; Will Put Millions at Risk of Losing Vital Services
FY2013 Labor, Health and Human Services Measure Cuts Funding for Mental Health and Addiction Services and Supports by 10 Percent
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (July 17, 2012)—Mental Health America today urged the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services to defeat a health and human services spending bill, saying it would put millions of Americans at risk of losing vital services.
The FY2013 Labor, Health and Human Services bill, which will be taken up by the panel on Wednesday, would gut funding for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) by nearly 10 percent, while the Center for Mental Health Services would be reduced by 13 percent.
"These cuts put millions of Americans with, or at risk of, mental health and addiction disorders in peril because critical services and supports, including suicide prevention efforts, the lifeline to states by way of the block grants, and early intervention programs for children, are on the brink of being decimated," said David Shern, Ph.D., president and CEO of Mental Health America.
Dr. Shern said the cuts would also severely jeopardize funding for public health agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, which all play a critical role in allowing individuals with a mental health condition achieve recovery and live a productive life in their community.
Despite SAMHSA's record of success in addressing behavioral health concerns, funding levels for mental health and addiction services are in jeopardy of spiraling down to those of a decade ago. These potential cuts come on top of the more than $4 billion that states have been forced to cut from mental health spending over the course of the last three years—the largest single combined reduction to mental health spending since de-institutionalization in the 1970s.
"In many states, these cuts have dismantled the behavioral health safety net," Dr. Shern said.
Dr. Shern said the House should follow the lead of the Senate appropriations panel, which approved a bill that provided needed increases for public health programs, including the Mental Health and Substance Abuse block grants, and rejected several proposed cuts.
The House bill rejected levels agreed to under the Budget Control Act and reduced the nondefense discretionary (NDD) spending cap by $19 billion, which resulted in $8 billion less than the Senate included in its FY2013 Labor, Health and Human Services spending bill.
"It is shortsighted to further cut discretionary funding in the interest of deficit reduction," Dr. Shern said. "Public health programs comprise just 1.7 percent of all federal spending, and all other NDD programs make up just 16 percent. These programs are not the reason behind our growing deficit. In fact, even completely eliminating all NDD programs would still not balance the budget. Yet NDD programs have borne the brunt of deficit reduction efforts to date."
Dr. Shern said the funding bill would also put at risk the implementation of two laws important to the behavioral health community—the Affordable Care Act and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. It would also rescind the Prevention and Public Health Fund, which has provided over $200 million to integration grants, suicide prevention and other activities at SAMHSA.
Mental Health America has joined with more than 900 national, state, and local organizations in urging the Appropriations Committees to avoid further cuts to domestic programs that improve the lives of Americans and strengthen the nation's security and called on the House to oppose this dangerous funding package.
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A blog by one of the volunteer reviewers for Geocaching.com. It's about geocaching and the review process -- what it takes to get your new caches listed on the world's most popular geocaching web site. ©Copyright 2012 by K.Braband. All rights reserved
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Before you place, make sure where nearby caches are
This evening I had to post a note to the owner of a cache who placed it too close to an existing cache. The geocaching.com guidelines say that new caches should be at least 528 ft. (0.1 mile) from existing caches. If it's not, the owner should let the reviewer know a pretty darn good reason why it should be allowed. For example, if one cache were on top of a bluff and the other at the bottom of the bluff, it's possible that they could be allowed to be closer than .1 mile apart.
A geocacher once asked me how much leeway I allow on the 528 ft. rule. My answer was, unless there are special circumstances that the cache owner can describe, I stick to 528 ft. Why? First of all, I don't make the rules. Second, if caches were allowed to be closer, there's a chance geocachers could find the wrong one if it's a difficult hide. Besides, if geocaching is about bringing people to new locations, what's the point of bringing them to 3 different spots in the same park that are only 200 feet apart? Also, if you are the owner of the existing cache, wouldn't you like to think that you have some "claim" over that location, as long as you maintain the cache? Otherwise, furture geocachers could hijack your coordinates and, conceivably, place theirs right next to yours.
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- welch said...
If the reasoning is to keep seekers from finding the wrong cache, and 'protecting' someones location. Does letterboxing and other geocaching sites should be consulted?
I was under the impression that gc.com does not require the reviwers check other sites, likely a minor risk I know. However the reasoning would seem to apply to more than just gc.com caches. Is there offical answer to this?
- 12:11 PM, February 09, 2006
- IowaAdmin said...
If there's an official answer, I'm not aware of it. You're right that we don't check other sites because we have no control over other geocaching site placements. You can imagine the complexity of trying to check a potentially unlimited number of other geocaching sites for each new listing on geocachingl.com.
- 10:28 PM, February 09, 2006
- drtmn said...
Does the 528' rule apply to multi's and mystery caches?
- 7:11 PM, February 17, 2006
- IowaAdmin said...
Yes, it does. Individual waypoints of multis need to be at least 528' from each other and from other caches. Finals for mystery caches also need the proper spacing.
- 9:15 PM, February 17, 2006


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The Peralta Community College district is considering guidelines to limit where and how groups can speak on campus, prompting outrage from employees and students who say the proposed rules would restrict free speech.
"This is an abomination," said Robert Bezemek, an attorney for the Peralta Federation of Teachers, which has threatened to sue if the policy is adopted. "This is a (policy) Martin Luther King would have violated the moment he spoke. For 270 years, the colleges of this country have been free-speech zones."
Peralta is only the latest district to consider the so-called free-speech zones, which have riled academics around the country.
The Peralta guidelines are the result of a dispute with an anti-abortion group that has visited several East Bay colleges in the past two years, the district's attorney, Thuy Nguyen, told a small group of students, professors and other employees at Oakland's Laney College on Wednesday.
Some reacted angrily to Nguyen's explanation.
The proposed policy, No. 5550, is still being altered, Nguyen said, although she declined to discuss specifics. The discussion comes as administrators at a San Diego-area community college, Southwestern College, continue to battle professors over a similar policy, which also is labeled No. 5550.
Southwestern last year suspended three professors for speaking somewhere other than on the campus "free-speech patio." And the City College of San Francisco last year settled a federal lawsuit filed by Jews for Jesus after one of its members was arrested for speaking on campus.
The proposed rules handed out at Wednesday's meeting would limit speakers to the main quads at Laney, Merritt College and the College of Alameda, and to a student lounge at Berkeley City College. Speakers would be required to reserve the space at least three business days in advance, and all fliers posted on campus bulletin boards would need to include English translations.
Although the proposal notes that administrators may not prevent someone from speaking based on the subject of their speech, it prohibits "disruptive behavior" and the "open and persistent defiance of the authority" of college employees. It also would ban obscenity, profanity and amplification.
Nguyen said she is still negotiating the final version with the anti-abortion group, which filed a claim against the district because it said Peralta unfairly restricted an event at the College of Alameda. A settlement is imminent, she said.
"If there's any light at the end of the tunnel, it's an ability to coexist," she said.
Some argued that the proposed rules were too vague, but said the college district was right to provide structure. Students and employees have been harassed by groups carrying video cameras and posting graphic photographs of aborted fetuses, said Margaret Traylor, a Laney librarian.
"Everything in this world needs a framework," she said. "That's just part of being in a community."
An estimated 70 percent of U.S. public colleges and universities restrict speech in some way, said Will Creeley, director of legal and public advocacy for the Philadelphia-based Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which has fought against free-speech zones around the country.
It would be unreasonable – and unconstitutional – for Peralta to require speakers to reserve time to express opinions, Creeley said.
Free-speech zones "do not allow students to express thoughts on the events of the day," he said. "Students have to be allowed to get together without registering in advance."


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An in-depth view of the popular Linking Rings. You'll find different variations: three-ring, five-ring and eight-ring routines-all performed at the hands of the masters. See two different routines with the three rings-one by FISM award-winner Richard Ross and the other by the graceful, eloquent stage magician Max Hapner. Jay Marshall shares his traditional quips, one-liners and comedy in his five-ring routine while Samuel Patrick Smith showcases the eight-ring routine in a setting that involves children but pleases adults as well. Includes vintage material from the original Greater Magic Video Library: Ross� performance in addition to new recordings from Hapner, Marshall and Smith to complete this unparalleled teaching instruction on one of the hallmarks of magic. Routines performed by: Richard Ross, Max Hapner, Jay Marshall, and Samuel Patrick Smith.
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In New York, the city that never sleeps, breakfast can mean anything. On lazy Saturdays or Sundays, it is widely accepted to have breakfast anywhere between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm. Brunch is a culinary institution in New York and most restaurants offer their guests an extensive breakfast menu including eggs, French toast, bagels and even champagne.
A typical New York brunch menu features a wide range of breakfast dishes. One of the standards is Eggs Benedict, a classic that originates in Manhattan. It consists of a poached egg with bacon on a lightly toasted English muffin, covered with Hollandaise sauce. It is often served with a Mimosa, a refreshing cocktail of champagne and fruit juice. For a late breakfast or early lunch, we recommend heading to Brooklyn where you can find countless great brunch venues, from very classy to laid-back charm.
In the Brooklyn district there are plenty of places to enjoy a relaxing brunch. The people of Brooklyn are culturally diverse and this is reflected on the menus. For a delicious brunch in classic Jewish style, go to the Mile End Deli in Hoyt Street. Try the white-fish salad with egg, or chopped liver on pumpernickel bread. Are you seriously hungry? Then order The Beauty: a bagel loaded with salmon, tomato, cream cheese and capers.
A few blocks down, you'll find Building On Bond, a cosy Italian café with an extensive lunch menu, available from 10:30 am to 4:00 pm. Highly recommended is the BBQ Pork Hash Benedict, an extravagant variation on the original, with slowly roasted pork, a poached egg and chipotle Hollandaise sauce. Up north, on Hudson Avenue, is Vinegar Hill House with a brunch menu based on South American influences. Try the 'tacos dorados' for a spicy start to your day.
Brunch at Teresa's Restaurant in Brooklyn Heights includes Eastern European delicacies such as 'pierogi' and 'blintzes', as well as delicious award-winning coffees. While sipping your drink, enjoy the stunning views over Manhattan. If you prefer a touch of France, head for Atlantic Avenue. Bacchus Bistrot à Vins serves a wide variety of 'œufs', such as 'Bénédicte' and 'Florentine', as well as spicy lamb sausages that taste extra delicious with a good glass of French wine.
Mile End Delicatessen, 97a Hoyt Street, Brooklyn, NY
Building On Bond, 112 Bond Street, Brooklyn, NY
Vinegar Hill House, 72 Hudson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Teresa's Restaurant, 80 Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, NY
Bacchus, 409 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY
If you prefer to enjoy your brunch outside, go to the Brooklyn Flea market. This flea market attracts artistic crowds in the weekends and offers a variety of delicious snacks. Sample the freshly prepared oysters eaten with your hands, try mini-cupcakes in all the colours of the rainbow or buy a bag of home-made bonbons. Take your time to browse the goods – the market is open till 5:00 pm – and eat whatever catches your eye.


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Quantum Break has been delayed! As tears fall from the eyes of children the world over, it's good to remind ourselves that these minor stumbling blocks aren't necessarily a bad thing. This week's Watch Dogs, for example, is officially* the most-delayed game in history, a record that dated back to 1892 before Ubisoft finally made the dream a reality.
Despite that, though, Aiden Pearce's open-world folly has received largely positive reviews and sold more copies in its first 24 hours than any other game put out by the publisher.
So, in true internet fashion, here's some other games that prove time truly can make the heart grow fonder.
Grand Theft Auto 5
Original Release Date: Spring 2013
Actual Release Date: 17 September 2013
It seems stupid to heap any more praise on the shoulders of GTA 5. It received so much, and deservedly so, at the end of 2013 that you could build a castle out of it. If castles could be built out of complimentary words...
Known for never releasing a product before it's deemed ready, Rockstar is the poster child for why delaying a game is always the sensible path to take. Be it GTA or Red Dead Redemption, the finished experience is exceptionally polished. And as Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto once said: "You'll never take our freedom!".
No. Wait. "A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever..."
We may have had to wait a few more months, but GTA 5 was pretty damn good.
Half-Life 2
Original Release Date: September 2003
Actual Release Date: 16 November 2004
'Waaah. Where's Half-Life 3. I've been waiting ages!' So. Does Valve owe you Half-Life 3? Did you sign a contract with Valve? Are you Valve!? We're pretty sure the answer to this is 'no', so stop moaning and focus on what was good: Half-Life 2.
Held back for over a year because of hacking or something, when it finally blasted off from its secret moon base - which oddly wasn't on the moon - and crash-landed here on planet Earth, the gaming community went utterly bonkers for it. Taking shooters in a whole new direction and, in many ways, redefining the genre entirely, it remains one of those games that makes journalists scream 'SHOULD'VE BEEN MORE LIKE HALF-LIFE 2'.
Alright. Calm down.
South Park: The Stick Of Truth
Original Release Date: March 2013
Actual Release Date: 7 March 2014
Read this piece of obnoxious opinion before we go any further. Okay - onwards we march.
While not entirely to blame, South Park: The Stick Of Truth got caught up in the unfortunate demise of THQ and subsequently saw its release date batted around like no one gave a shit. With rumours abound that it may be cancelled altogether, thousands of people held a vigil in Paris - outside newly appointed publishers of the game, Ubisoft - to ensure this didn't happen.
It was a success, and a year after its proposed released The Stick Of Truth arrived, and was the first South Park game in history that didn't suck and blow at the same time.
Duke Nukem Forever
Original Release Date: 1997
Actual Release Date: 14 June 2011
Duke Nukem Forever is the most misunderstood game of the 21st century. With beautiful visuals, a gorgeous art-style and charm to boot, one's adoration for Duke's long-awaited return can only be measured in how big your heart is.
It has personality, too, with the visceral Nukem often staggering the player, such is the gravitas in which its world is presented. Iconic, mesmerising and definitive, this is the Citizen Kane of video games. VERISIMILITUDE.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Original Release Date: November 2005
Actual Release Date: 8 December 2006
Nintendo got well confused when it came to Twilight Princess. Originally intended to be a loving last goodbye to the GameCube - that had a handle - Iwata and co. decided to wait over a year before releasing it... so it could throw the next Zelda onto the upcoming Wii and give it motion controls.
Of course, it couldn't just ignore its last console, so it simply came out for both. The difference being in one you pressed a button and in the other you waggled. Whichever path you chose resulted in yet another excellent Link adventure, though, and one that still stands up today. And that's not a joke.
Halo: Combat Evolved
Original Release Date: Undetermined
Actual Release Date: 15 November 2001
VideoGamer Score: 10
At one point its life, Halo was a RTS game headed to the PC. And the Mac. Because Bungie loves Mac... What we ended up getting was Combat Evolved, the first entry in the now stupidly big Halo franchise that Microsoft still owes a debt too - without it, who knows if the Xbox would've been as successful as it is today.
It was the game that proved to everyone first-person shooters weren't the sole ownership of the PC master race, a community who that very year had actively declared war against the universe. With Halo, it became apparent that such an attack was futile, and that we could all live in harmony once more.
Considering that it changed genres, launch windows and platforms does go to show that a delay can mean absolutely nothing. Aside from sadness. And Twitter bitching.
Dragon Age: Origins
Original Release Date: Early 2009
Actual Release Date: 6 November 2009
Dragon Age: Origins was awesome. It may've taken BioWare seven lifetimes to actually get the damned thing out the door, but that didn't stop it from being one of the best RPGs in recent memory. Be it the narrative, choices, cast of characters, or sense of progression, it remains the best in the series with relative ease.
It wasn't an easy path to such success, though. Originally announced at E3 2004, it missed its intended drop date of early 2009 by a good few months. Given how long it had already taken, a few eyebrows were raised as the worst was assumed.
But it was all worth it. Dragon Age (or KOTOR: Not In Space) proved that BioWare's brand of role-playing still had plenty to give. Admittedly that was kinda screwed up with the sequel, but Inquisition, yeah?
*There is no official information to indicate that this is true.