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BUSHFIRE UPDATE: the scale of the loss in Tasmania this week is beyond words
On Sunday 13 January, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) team drove into the footprint of the Dunalley, Southeast Tasmania burn area to see for ourselves the scale and intensity of the destruction to the landscape, human settlements and wildlife.
The Arthur Highway had been opened to residents and businesses the day before and we were allowed in today.
Unless you experience the destruction of wildfires first hand, the scale of the loss in Tasmania this week is beyond words.
Everywhere we saw vast swathes of trees killed by the fires and the heat - still standing but all their leaves burnt off or brown, and the limbs blackened by the fires.
Instead of the characteristic and iconic blue-grey Eucalyptus landscape, the hills and valleys were shades of brown, with dead gum trees in all directions.
We saw numerous piles of bones - all that was left of brush-tailed possums, pademelons, bettongs and Bennett's wallabies.
Their bones were white from the intense heat of the fires that swept through so rapidly.
We encountered an echidna on the side of the road, ambling along looking for some ants. The echidna appeared unharmed, with just some of its quills burnt, but was able to walk along easily. Just how this ground-dwelling mammal survived the fire is a mystery - and finding food in the burnt landscape will be a major challenge for all echidnas and other survivors!
At every stop, the heavy smell of the fire lingered in the air, a constant reminder of the destruction of earlier in the week.
We saw numerous sheep in blackened paddocks on either side of the highway.
Their supply of grass in the paddocks gone, burnt off in seconds.
The sheeps' woollen coats were blackened from being singed by the fires and from walking around in the ash that coats the landscape and raises in swirls with every step. The sheep and cattle are now reliant on hay being brought in from elsewhere in the state on trucks - we saw four large trucks in the space of an hour bringing in much-needed hay to livestock in the area.
During our travels, we entered Dunalley, the epicentre of the fire in the Southeast, and one of the communities hardest hit - with almost half the houses destroyed in the fire.
The community response has been rapid and well-orchestrated, and a recovery centre and animal treatment centre were in full operation.
A number of people were present with their pets, but only a few wild animals had been brought in.
All of the wildlife affected is being transferred to Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary (www.bonorong.com.au) and by this past Sunday 13 January, 16 animals had been admitted.
The IFAW team is currently working to assist local vets in compiling lists of the equipment and supplies they need to treat wildlife and domestic animals.
For more information about our efforts to save animals in crisis around the world, visit our Animal Rescue campaign page.


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The central image of Kabluey is a massive, pointless, impractical foam-rubber mascot suit, the logo for a failing Internet company, a logo that looks suspiciously like the old "AOL man."
In the hands of writer-director-star Scott Prendergast, he.. .. . but wait, he has no hands. No fingers. As corporate mascots go, "Kabluey" is useless, which is one reason poor Salman (Prendergast) is dropped off on a remote stretch of Texas highway to hand out fliers, trying to rent excess office space at the headquarters of dying BlueNexion Corp.
How Salman came to be there, how he came by his strange first name, how his depressed, angry sister-in-law ( Lisa Kudrow, flat-out brilliant) summoned him to baby-sit her psychotic sons while she goes off to work at BlueNexion as her husband (Salman's brother) fights in Iraq, is what Kabluey is all about.
Conchata Ferrell is the corrosive and confused boss who plops him on that road, maybe out of spite for the company hiring somebody behind her back.
Prendergast is very good at reacting, and that's what Salman has to do. He reacts to his predicament, to the poisonous workplace he finds himself trapped in, to his brother's obnoxious kids, to people who want to hire him for children's birthday parties.
And in just reacting, and subtly, his character changes and changes those around him, just enough to keep their little world from going "kabluey."
It's a sweet, ingenious, twisted and surreal comedy, kind of Samuel Beckett by way of Adam Sandler, with Prendergast, as a hopeless ninny of a nanny, trying to heal a broken family, an endangered marriage and an incompetent, corrupt company that cost a lot of people ( Teri Garr, included) their life savings.
A one-word title is worth a one-word endorsement: unique.

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North Callaway baseball, Paris baseball, Community R-6 golf
Justin Murphy pitched a no-hitter Thursday night for the North Callaway Thunderbirds against Clopton. Murphy has not allowed an earned run in 45 innings. In the game against Clopton he struck out 13, allowed no hits or did not issue a base on balls. The final was 1-0.
"Justin played an excellent ballgame, really hitting the corners," remarked NorCal Coach Kevin O'Neal.
Chance Allen had the only 2 hits for the Thunderbirds. In the third inning, Allen got a base hit and stole second. Brandon Hagedorn had a sacrifice to advance Allen to third and Ryan Thurman had a sacrifice fly to center, which scored Allen.
"We had an excellent approach at the plate, if we do it again the ball will find holes. We hit the ball hard," commented O'Neal.
North Callaway is 8-5 overall and 6-0 in conference play.
The junior varsity also won 4-2.
Weather permitting North Callaway will play undefeated Sturgeon tonight.
The Paris Coyotes lost 7-4 Thursday night against Father Tolton Catholic, Columbia. Paris did not score until the sixth and seventh innings, when the Coyotes picked up 2 runs in each inning.
Laine Forrest was 2-4, Stephan Whelan was 2-3 with 1RBI and a run scored. Slater Stone had 1RBI; Steven Hayhurst was 1-4 with 1RBI and a run scored. Brian Hancock was 1-2 and Zane Lockhart and Chance Wheelan each scored a run.
The Community R-6 golf team competed in the Eastern Missouri Conference golf tournament on Thursday, at Tanglewood Golf Course.
R-6 finished in third place – the highest finish they have had since the program began.
"We had two players make all-conference: Caleb Bertels and Chris Wieberg. Treyton Kobush missed all-conference by one stroke," remarked R-6 Coach Vicki Briggs.
"All-in-all, it was a good performance by our team. I was very proud to have two all-conference players and finish as high as we did in the tournament as a team. In fact, it is our highest finish ever," added Briggs.
R-6 travels back to play at Tanglewood on Monday for the district tournament. " I think we will do even better," said Briggs.
The team scores were: North Callaway 326, Elsberry 376, R-6
410, Silex 415, Montgomery City 421, Bowling Green 421, Wright City 447, and Van-Far 533.
Caleb Bertels: 47-49 96.
Chris Wieberg: 53-47 100.
Treyton Kobush: 51-53 104.
Bryan Allen: 52-58 110.
Sean Wilson: 64-60 124.


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Team USA Beats Panama at the Last Minute
And does Mexico a favor
On Tuesday night, the US Men's National Soccer team won a game—which wasn't a surprise—but the overall results of the night had an odd side effect: With a win in the match, against Panama by a score of 3-2, the United States helped their greatest regional rival, Mexico, retain hope that they'd qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
For a long bit in the game, it didn't look as though the US—already securely qualified for the World Cup—would pull out the victory. Panama scored in the 18th minute, securing a lead for themselves that would last the vast majority of the game.
When the Americans finally came back with an equalizer—Michael Orozco in the 64th minute with a sweet header off the vaunted set piece of the corner kick—it felt like the tide had shifted a bit. But Team USA was never able to fully capitalize and Panama continued to push the game in their direction. What seemed like the final blow came in minute 83, as Luis Tejada put in a ball that had been deflected by American goalkeeper Brad Guzan in superior fashion, which the US defense was too slow to effectively clear. Tejada ran off the field, tore off his shirt—and the country of Panama celebrated. This seemed to most observers to do two things: vault Panama into the World Cup matches and knock Mexico out, as they'd lost to Costa Rica earlier in the evening.
But Jurgen Klinsmann teams have been taught to continue fighting. The Americans did precisely that, despite sitting some of their more established stars for whatever reason. (Whether the Americans were sandbagging the game or not does not seem truly important.) With three minutes of stoppage time added to the clock, Team USA was down 1-2 and, somehow, improbably, the Americans scored twice in that time span to send Panama into a tail spin and Mexico into a fevered frenzy, their chances still alive.
Graham Zusi absolutely nailed a header off one of the sweetest crosses in the 92nd minute and the game morphed into something else. Mere moments later, Aron Johannsson demolished the hopes of Panama with a bullet of a shot. Johannsson's goal resulted in the game's conclusion less than a minute later, no hopes of extra time, no hopes of future games—at least not for Panama.
With the victory, the US Men's National Team racked up a record-tying 22 points in the qualifying stages and added some mojo back to their current streak. Earlier in the year, the Americans possessed the then-longest winning streak in the world—13 games—and the team will surely remember this game as a fantastic example of not folding when they could have easily done so. Team USA's next match will be an international friendly in Scotland on Nov. 15.


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Four flu-related deaths have been reported in Santa Barbara County this season, and there has been an increase in flu activity, according to the Public Health Department.
Every case involved an individual older than age of 60, and three out of four deaths were in people older than age 80, said Susan Klein-Rothschild, a department spokeswoman.
The county also has seen an increase over the previous week in the number of people in hospital emergency departments with influenza-type illness, and local hospital labs have reported testing more patients with rapid tests than the last week, she added.
"We have ongoing surveillance of emergency departments, some labs and some medical providers in the community," Klein-Rothschild said. "It is not all providers reporting to us."
The county is in the middle of the peak season for flu, and the Public Health Department encourages everyone to take precautions, including getting vaccinated, practicing good hand hygiene, and covering coughs and sneezes.
San Luis Obispo County has reported three flu-associated deaths within the past few weeks, public health officer Dr. Penny Borenstein said.
She said the flu could have contributed to other medical issues the people had, and the actual causes of death are being reviewed by the county coroner. All three cases — people ages 38 to 90 — had positive test results for the flu.
"The only mandated reporting up to the state is for deaths for individuals younger than 65, so that's the information we release publicly," she said. "The numbers of total people testing positive has been up in the last couple of weeks. This is a bit of an earlier peak; it's usually more into February or early March, so it has been slightly earlier and slightly steeper as to the number of cases."
Santa Barbara County public health officials say the symptoms for the flu include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills, fatigue, and sometimes diarrhea and vomiting.
Young children, elderly people and pregnant women are among the high-risk groups for serious flu-related complications.


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President Barack Obama named top White House budget office aide Daniel Werfel to be acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the White House said on Thursday.
Obama ousted acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller late on Wednesday shortly after the revelation the IRS had targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny. The president called the targeting inexcusable, but the incident has become a embarrassment for him.
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Werfel is controller of the White House Office of Management and Budget. He was in the public eye earlier this year when he briefed reporters about deep government spending cuts that went into effect March 1 under the process known as sequestration.
Werfel warned at the time that sequestration would pose "a serious threat to our national security, domestic priorities and the economy." Many economists say that if the cuts had not occurred, unemployment would be lower, and Congress acted quickly to prevent the reductions from disrupting air traffic, but in general, sequestration has so far not had the dire effects the administration predicted.
Werfel, a longtime civil servant, has served in both Republican and Democratic administrations and earned praise for his mastery of budget details.
"Danny has a strong record of raising his hand for - and excelling at - tough management assignments," Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, his former supervisor at the budget office, said in a statement. "He is also a familiar face on Capitol Hill, where he has testified many times and always demonstrates both his characteristic humility and his complete mastery of the subject matter."
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Whenever I come out Atheist .. they assume I must have no ethics or morals whatsoever and that I am willing to do just about anything --- like lie, cheat and steal.
Anyone else have this happen to them?
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This is why I've only come out to my husband, when we were dating, who it turned out was also atheist and to a friend of mine who told me she was atheist first. Whenever religion comes up in social settings etc I just don't say anything and get up to get a drink or whatever. It's sad.
It seems like recently (in large part due to Reason Rally), it's become something we're 'allowed' to talk about as a whole, so more of us are raising our hands. It doesn't hurt any that the next generation is rejecting dogma and intolerance at an encouraging rate. Perhaps fundamentalism will burn itself out as the kids mature into our doctors, legislators, and educators. I have hope that before long, the scales will be more balanced.
In the meantime, I'm very glad to have found a community here where I don't have to censor my thoughts to make them more palatable, or carefully dance around 'unsavory' facts when discussing science :)
Chera I do try to avoid the topic ..yes
Yes, the fact that I'm an atheist comes up every time I get caught lying, cheating, and stealing. It's the strangest thing.....
I've had to deal with this very issue on many occasions during failed attempts to convert me via family/friends. I was raised Catholic (roman catholic) and lost my faith (if I ever had it which I highly doubt) when I was 13. I've had plenty of arguments over what essentially boils down to Subjective morality vs Objective morality. I'm often told that without an objective moral standard (ie GOD and the bible) there is no impetus to do good and no absolute punishment for doing evil. Objective morality is also often used as proof for god; something I find ironic at best. The theist states "there is an objective moral standard to which all people, regardless of their religion, follow. If there is this objective moral standard outside of ourselves then it HAS to have an objective moral standard creator". Sounds a lot like the argument for creation...right? I personally do not believe in objective morality and I believe that all morality is inherently subjective. I'm told that all people can agree that killing, theft, and slavery (slavery?!) is immoral and is therefore objective. In debate I ALWAYS call nonsense on that. For starters: the bible condoned slavery and was the main justification for the white slave owners in the south not but a century ago. The fact that slavery is now outlawed only goes to prove that the idea of slavery being immoral is subjective and entirely at the whim of people and not some god. The same thing goes with killing. If someone commits a heinous crime and is sentenced with death, that is tantamount to killing (as the bible doesn't determine what is killing and what isn't). In war, there are almost always casualties that are blanketed forgiven as being 'just a part of waging war'. Regardless of the justifications for such actions, both are most definitely killing. The mere fact that we can determine when it is OK and when it's wrong to kill goes to show just how subjective morality is. Theft you ask? Wallstreet...need I say more? I have yet to be told of a single moral standard that is entirely objective (universally agreed upon and originating outside consensus of man).
Thank you Devin for all your replies .. very helpful to me
In terms of "where do atheists get their morals" and who punishes people if there is no ultimate justicar after death. I have this to say: our moral system (laws and ethics) are subjective which is why they vary from place to place. Furthermore, they are a product of our evolution as a communal species. There was a time when our ancestors would roam the lands in small family groups. It was necessary to fight for our very survival. If you came across land that was occupied by another family and they control of the food supply (hunting and gathering) you would take from them so that you could survive. Eventually we learned how to till the land and create our own food. This allowed us to stay in place and required increased cooperation. The family group beget small villages which beget towns which beget cities. As more people cohabited in smaller environments working towards a common goal, we determined that we needed laws to govern our behavior for the better of all. If I steal your food or kill your family member, what is to stop you from doing the same to me. A society without rules will likely fail. This is the basics of our moral system and I could elaborate quite a bit on it. As for "who judges us"..we do. I am accountable not only to every other person where I live, but I am also accountable to our legal system. I firmly believe that this is the only life I am going to live. When I die, I die. Why would I want to spend my one chance at life sitting behind bars in a cage? Sorry for the all-over-the-placeness of this post and my previous one. I hope this helps anyone who gets the same response the OP does when coming out of the closet (so to speak).
Devin, interesting replies. I'd thought a lot about this stuff too, and subsequently went to college to study philosophy to get a handle on it. I started out in pretty much the same place as you, and though I think my view is somewhat more sophisticated, it should also be said that my professors for my ethics classes don't seem to have as nuanced a view as you or I do. That said, morality does get trickier to nail down besides simply calling it subjective or objective. I will lead with my conclusion - I think morality is both objective and subjective. An example: if I told you I had just been out all night stealing babies, then raping and killing them and leaving their dead bodies on their parents' front door step, wouldn't you be horrified and think that it really wouldn't matter from what culture or century I'm from, that's just downright disgusting and morally wrong? And you reference evolution as well, so you know there is something about morality which is objective.
As I said, even my professors didn't seem to have a handle on morality. It appears to me that most people really haven't got the faintest idea of what makes something wrong or right, they work off of gut instinct or social norms or vague rational ideals, but being able to state explicitly what morality is and where it comes from is not easy, not by a long shot. I've spent many years now thinking about this ad nauseum, and it seems to me that ethics/morality cannot be explained in a brief manner. Perhaps when the right kinds of explanations have filtered their way down through our culture and everyone is made firmly aware from a young age just what the relevant concepts are, it can be explained with reference just to those most essential elements, but as it stands one must basically start from scratch with each new person one encounters to get at the meat of the subject. And this is clearly very bad, especially for us atheists, and is of such great import that I think we as atheists have got to do a much better job of understanding ethics so that we can explain it not just to theists but to ourselves as well.
And anyone wishing to get my version of a philosophically complex treatment of ethics is more than welcome to contact me, I obviously can't shut up about it. :-)
Hey Phoenix-Wanderer
Very interesting post which definitely gives me a lot to think about. I agree that the actions you spoke of are things that I would find horrendous regardless of how I was raised and the beliefs I came to accept through my own quest for knowledge. I also agree that there are probably hypothetical situations we can create that would offend even the most heinous of people. In that sense, yes, I do suppose that there are objective moral stances that we can all agree upon. It's an interesting way to frame your supposition that morality is objective and subjective at the same time (a concept that is admittedly hard to grasp at first glance). I still have a hard time believing that truly objective morality exists. It's possible, albeit hypothetical, to think of some group that would view your example as justified due to their personal beliefs. In the bible, all first born males were killed. When Mohammed would conquer new lands, his followers would kill all the men and steal/rape the women. Throughout history we hear tales of human sacrifice. The Spartans would throw 'unfit' children off of the side of cliffs because they weren't deemed strong enough to live in their civilization. Look at honor killings in the middle east where women are killed by their own blood relatives for shaming their family by being raped against their will. Even Hitler (I hate to bring him into any conversation) believed he was justified in what he was doing and had some tacit approval of the Catholic church. I will fully admit that morality is a man made construct and is nearly impossible, if not impossible, to determine where it comes from. Now that I think about it, I understand how arguing that ALL morality is subjective is similar to arguing "there is absolutely NO god". It's a positive claim that I cannot prove because I lack evidence or even a total understanding of what morality is since there are so many different understandings of it. However, just as I will say "I do not believe in god because there is no evidence to support a god's existence" I will also say "I do not believe an absolute objective morality, based on my understanding of it, because there is no evidence that absolute objective morality exists". If that makes any sense.
I totally agree that defining things is difficult and obfuscates the conversation a great deal. I come across it all the time when debating or even conversing with theists. I have to start every conversation off with "an atheist is someone who does not believe in god" because I am almost universally asked "why do you reject god" or "what is your proof that god DOES NOT exist". It's frustrating, to say the least.
Interesting post. I 100 percent agree that you probably know a whole lot more than I do about morality and ethics as I only have a wikipedia-esque understanding of it.
Hey Devin,
A very good reply. Btw a heads up, if you want to put actual breaks in between your paragraphs add a space when you hit enter the first time. Someone just pointed this out to me recently and I appreciated it.
I also had the same problem with any sense of morality being objective as you do. The example I gave to my ethics professor was that of the Borg (hopefully you are familiar with Star Trek). If we encountered the Borg, what would make it seem likely that our sense of morality would in any way resemble theirs? I apparently didn't think enough of her answer to commit it to memory. So I was where you are until I hit upon that baby-raping example. And yes, the Spartans and other cultures killed/kill (there are families in Africa who can't afford their babies and drown them) their babies, but they don't torture them first for sadistic pleasure. One might wonder about the people who do torture babies/people for pleasure, if maybe that can be considered moral for them. If morality is subjective, then we have to say yes. But I think we can tie morality into objectivity by tying it into things like evolution, sustainability, etc. People or cultures that torture for fun are engaging in a (hopefully) obviously unsustainable way in that people/cultures that value life (a necessary precondition for sustainability) will abhor such acts and act to repel such beings, creating conditions highly unfavorable for torture to persist. Clearly then there is some necessity to make morality relevant to living beings, at least ones capable of empathy. And perhaps this helps answer my Borg question, because they may be much more like robots or, more precisely, a computer virus, geared more towards death/unsustainability than life. And maybe that's why we find them kind of scary. We don't talk about rocks or inanimate objects as being in any sense moral, because we don't think morality applies to non-living beings. A rock is amoral, not immoral or moral. So life is I think a good starting point for basing our morality, but as I have come to realize, it is just a starting point. Still so much more to be said! Did you find this argument compelling?
I do believe there are compelling aspects to your argument. Unfortunately, I have to admit that I am not a fan of Star Trek. I was always more a fan of Quantum Leap and Lost in Space so I never watched much Star Trek. I do know of the Borgs though. When it comes to objective morality in relation to evolution I can see your point. There are things that are objectively wrong because they make society unsustainable. People who murder/steal/etc are detrimental to society and it's long term survivability. In that sense, I could see some validity that there are objective moral standards we all must live by if we want to progress as a species. It becomes an issue of defining morality as either something we "feel" to be right or wrong vs a social imperative and that is where it gets tricky. This is why I am very much interested in reading more about morality and ethics. I've always thought that objective morality is something that everyone, regardless of how they chose to act, would agree with. So, even if someone - or a group of people - were to commit mass murder they would still know that what they did was wrong and without moral justification. There are so many cases where people justify acts that run counter to the needs of the collective. If we look at it from an evolutionary standpoint, regardless of what these people do, it is objectively wrong because it's ultimately detrimental to the well being of all.
To be a stickler though: I would have to say that objective morality, as a means of necessity, is still subject to change and therefore subjective. There was a time where killing the men of a different tribe and taking their women/food was necessary for your own survival. There was only so much food to go around and leaving the competing males alive would open your tribe up for retribution and further competition for scarce resources. Even objective moral standards can change to suit the needs of the collective.
Altogether very interesting conversation and I thank you for it. I'm going to retire now and catch up on some shows I've been putting off for a while. I'm glad to see I joined this site for a reason and I am already being challenged.
Well you've got some sci-fi in there and you are familiar with the Borg, so that's good! The morality plays of all sci-fi are pretty good, which is the better half of what I watch it for.
There are two points I would make in response. The first is that we do feel objective moral standards just as we reason about them. We have a moral intuition handed down to us through evolution which guides us away from monstrous behavior, which is somewhat unfortunately also countered by competitive/aggressive instincts which push us towards such behavior. I say "somewhat" because we couldn't survive without those instincts, or at least not up to this point in history. So as far as social conventions go, these are just the intuitive sense of right and wrong being interpreted by the more recent parts of the brain responsible for language and reasoning and then shared with the collective, and the main problem as I see it is that a lot often goes wrong in the translation. People mistake one powerful intuition to be all-important and play it up to the extreme and to the detriment of all other intuitions, resulting in extreme behavior and bad moral behavior.
The second point is that what you seem to be concerned with is context, and this is very good reasoning on your part. So I would say that it is completely compatible with a viewpoint that morality is at least partly objective to say that what one should do depends upon the situation. A set of circumstances dominated by the context of war is of course morally different than one dominated by peace, or famine and plenty, or survival and flourishing. So morality is clearly more sophisticated than simple absolute rules like "Thou shalt not steal"; it is rather like "you shouldn't steal UNLESS..." And then the difficulty lies only in ordering our sets of values so that we can determine which are the ones that are the most basic, the ones that supersede all other concerns and which should be held as universal values, and which values are far more derivative, dependent upon circumstance, and relative to the desires of the individual.
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Rox Split Late Night Doubleheader With Rafters
The St. Cloud Rox split a doubleheader with the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters Wednesday night, falling 10-9 (10 innings) in game one before winning game two 5-1 at Joe Faber Field. The second game ended at 1:05 Thursday morning.
Game one was scheduled for seven innings, but the teams required ten to produce a winner. The Rox trailed 9-3 heading into the sixth inning, but made a huge comeback over the final two innings to tie the game and send it to extras.
Eric Loxtercamp was 4-6 from the leadoff spot with two runs scored and two RBI for the Rox. Third baseman Blake Headley was 3-5 with a pair of runs scored in the loss.
Each member of the Rafter lineup had at least one hit, with Jackson Slaid pacing the offense with three hits.
Game one took nearly four hours, meaning game two would not begin until 11:15 pm.
Rox starter Kyle Fischer breezed through the Wisconsin Rapids lineup in a complete game win. The only blemish on his ledger was a solo home run by Zack Belanger in the top of the fifth inning.
Devin Pearson led the St. Cloud offense by going 2-3 with a walk and a run scored.
Despite the win, the Rox were eliminated from playoff contention with Waterloo's win over Lakeshore Wednesday night. St. Cloud is 19-12, 5.5 games out of first place with four games left in the regular season.
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Hi to all,
i have some questions about the behavior of some puppy derivatives.
At first i have to say that i love my bunch of puppies that i have downloaded. I tried to install them on diffeerent hdd's. My no.1 at the moment ist muppy (depending on the german language stuff provided with muppy). When i finished installing on the hdd i've got a init failure. I rebooted with the cd and found only half of the amount of needed directories. No /bin and in the /etc directory the /rc.d was missing. At the second try i answered the questions if i want to use all the packages coming with muppy with "no", installed than to the hdd and made after reboot an "upgrade" and that was solving my problem. Everthing was installed and now it runs fine on my lil' old Dell P2/366 laptop. Ok now i decided to take my Compaq Evo (I like small form factor computers), its a 1.9 Ghz P4 with 1GB on Ram and i thought Puppy should make a blast out of this PC. But after booting into the question all Packages y or n? Nothing!! Their is no Keyboard at all, at this time of booting (no kernel modules loaded).
Is there a cheatcode or something to load a specific keyb at the bootprompt or the possibility to answer the question before booting (give yes or no to all questions)??
And for Pizzapup 3.0.1 i have a keyboardproblem, too. I really like Pizzapup but after installing it on hdd i always got wrong keys. It behaves like i would always hold the laptop "Fn" key down. I get only an for e.g. "o" if i really press the Fn-Button. And in this case i can't kill the X-Server. Ctrl + Alt + Backspace and nothing happens. I tried to change keyboard to DE and UK and then back to US (because i have an US-Keyboard). I see that the kernel loads the us.keymap. No chance. Any suggestions?
This keyboardproblem i didn't get in any other Puppy i tested. (2.15ce, 2.16, Grafpup, Teenpup). Thanks for any help!!
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The problem with Pizzapup might be that I have it run xsetnumlock to activate the numlock. At the time, I didn't realize that laptops had the numpad sharing the normal keys. Next time I won't do that.
You can disable it by editing /root/.xinitrc. That's a hidden file, so you'll have to click the "eye" icon in the toolbar to see it. If you remove the xsetnumlock line (should be line 10) and restart X, that might fix things.
As for no ctrl-alt-backspace, that was another accident. I wanted to disable Xorg's handling of ctrl-alt-del (so IceWM could handle it instead), but the method I used also nullified ctrl-alt-backspace. I've since found a better way to do it (editing inittab) so future versions won't have that problem.
I haven't used Muppy yet, but the missing directory problem makes it sound like you ran out of harddrive space. Keep in mind that if you install to the harddrive it can take twice as much space as the actual iso, because Puppy is normally compressed. A Frugal HD install stays compressed, but a Full HD install expands it.
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Posted: Mon 21 May 2007, 21:53
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Since startin out with linux & pup ~ 5 months ago, I've only run live cd save file to HD with vers 2.12 to 5. Ran into some kinda weird keyboard scenario at one point & never did figure out what it was about.
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Posted: Tue 22 May 2007, 02:20
Post subject: Running out of HDD-Space?
Thanks a lot for the fast reply,
now it's in the middle of the night for you and my nightshift is over. You know Nightowl's working at night. It's all about the bucks and mices.
But that running out of diskspace isn't possible. All my puppies running on 6GB disks with at least 2.5Gig for each Puppy (you know every Puppy needs its space to toll around).
My lil' old Laptop is a Dell Latitude with 128MB of Ram (i just bought 2x128MB Infinion SO-Dimm and the don't fit together into the Ramslots, shit happens) and my partitions are always a 512MB swap and 1 5Gig or 2 2.5Gig Linux partitions. And the same thing happend on my Download-PC. Oh man, i'm a pretty hardware freak. It's a AMD Geode running as an XP1900 with 1.6xx Ghz 1 Gig Ram and 160GB HDD. It is an XP 32bit Processor but needs only an average power of 14Watts!! I really like that stuff. But same thing with installation of Muppy. But it's not a big deal to make that "Upgrade"-Installtion for the second time. More important is that USB-Keyboard problem without having a Legacy module and PS/2 possibilities.
So now i have to end and make my changes in Pizzapup (turning around the slices of salame to bring that keyboard to work) thx alot again. I appreciate that, really.
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Posted: Tue 22 May 2007, 03:22
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my keyboard is now working properly in Pizzapup. Nice!!
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I did not try to install Muppy completely onto harddisk, as the frugal installation I use has several advantages.
However, I think the problem you described was typical for 006. That one was problematic even when you tried to save your settings, while you had the additional files mounted.
In 007 I changed the way the "additional files" are mounted, what solved my problems I had with harddisks.
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Just wanted to add that imo you're trying to do a lot up stuff atl one time. Best to start (simpler & basic) with things that work & then add (or move ) on from there & deal with one prob ata time. fwiw
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Posted: Wed 23 May 2007, 04:17
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Sorry MU but I did use the 007. maybe it is depending on the 2 .sfs files that has been loaded at bootup. It seems that when you load all packages and you make than a hdd-install that only the mupp007.sfs will be installed. It is fine when you know about that. And that is what i did: Installing first the basics with ¨no¨ at the bootsequence for all packages. Than making the hdd-installation. And with another boot from cd and answering ¨ja/yes¨ for all the good stuff being loaded, making another hdd-installation choosing the ¨upgrade¨ option during the installation. That will give you everything you wanted (for you computer!). And it works nicely. My DVD-Player size DownLoad-PC runs like hell.
But I still haven´t found a clou for that little USB-Keyboard-Only problem at my other PC with Muppy007. Is there no cheatcode or something to say my computer yes/no at the bootupsequence without loaded kernelmodules for the keyb??
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WESTPORT — SouthCoast residents looking to spend more time outdoors while still getting chores done might finally have a solution.
WESTPORT — SouthCoast residents looking to spend more time outdoors while still getting chores done might finally have a solution.
The Mass. Audubon Society's SouthCoast sanctuaries this week joined the Southeastern Massachusetts Time Exchange. Started in September, the Time Exchange is a way for people to trade something they need done for something they can do without exchanging money.
"If I mow your lawn for an hour, I get a credit that I can then use for anything I want," said Chris Demers of the Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern Massachusetts. "Then, if I want guitar lessons or a ride to the doctor, I can use that credit to get anyone who is part of the exchange to do that for me."
With the addition of Mass. Audubon, members of the exchange can also use their credits toward participating in one hour of programming through the organization. Credits also can be earned by volunteering at the Audubon's SouthCoast sanctuaries.
"We have a range of opportunities for people to help out, from basic office work to trail clearing to helping out in our butterfly garden," said Jennifer Costa of Mass. Audubon South Coast Sanctuaries.
Mass. Audubon is the first organization to take part in the Time Exchange, which currently has 35 members, Demers said.
In order to become a member, SouthCoast residents must apply at www.exchangetime.org. After submitting an application and two references, applicants are interviewed and vetted.
"This is a pool of participants who have already been filtered through the exchange's administration so you can have an extra layer of confidence that they know what they are doing," Costa said.
Demers said the exchange hopes to increase its membership to have a "greater diversity of skills."
"The more people we have taking part in this, the more services we can offer," he said.


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AgentDib wrote:Couldn't disagree more. Will revisit with specifics when the game is up tomorrow but right now my prediction is that over half of our passing plays were hurried, tipped or broken up by pressure.
This is what I saw most of the game. There were a few plays where they gave him time but SF's line showed what a good o-line can do.


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Roy E. Ahearn, age 66, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and formerly of Warwick, died on May 1, 2013 at home in Murfreesboro. He was the husband of Debra (Wisehart) Ahearn.
Born in Providence, a son of the late Thomas C. and Charlotte M. (McLeod) Ahearn, he lived in Warwick before moving to Tennessee in 1993. He was a United States Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War.
Mr. Ahearn was employed in assembly with Nissan Corp. in Tennessee before retiring.
Besides his wife; he is survived by two sons, Sean E. Ahearn of Cranston and Bryan T. Ahearn of Johnston, a daughter, Melissa M. Ahearn of Cranston; a granddaughter, Peyton; two sisters, Alice F. Petrarca of West Warwick and Charlene M. Ahearn of Texas, and three brothers, Thomas C. Ahearn of Warwick, Kenneth C. Ahearn of Charlestown, and Brian J. Ahearn of Texas. He was the brother of the late John J. Jesser and Ronald J. Jessser.
His funeral will be held on Friday, May 10, at 10:15 a.m. from the Barrett & Cotter Funeral Home, 1328 Warwick Avenue, Spring Green, Warwick, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:15 a.m. in St. Peter Church, 350 Fair Street, Warwick. Visiting hours are Thursday 4-8 p.m. Burial with military honors will be in the Rhode Island Veterans' Cemetery, Exeter.


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Take for instance the recent discovery that Microsoft plans to limit the games made available through its Windows Store and Metro UI. In a broader piece on what a closed Windows 8 platform means for developers, Casey Muratori highlights one of the strict and ultimately contradictory restrictions on game content. Using the 2011 Game of the Year, Skyrim, as a hypothetical Windows 8 candidate, Casey asks the question, would it be allowed on the Windows store and Metro UI.
Because no software can ship on this future platform without it going through the Windows Store, the team that built Skyrim would have to send it to Microsoft for certification. Then Microsoft would tell them if they could ship it.Unfortunately, Casey does not highlight the contradictory nature of this arbitrary rule -- what if a game has both an M rating by the ESRB and an 18 rating by PEGI, as Skyrim does. What will Microsoft do? Will it block the game entirely, region-restrict it to only ESRB regions or make an exception to its own rule and allow it for all the world? These are the kinds of questions that frustrate developers. Apple has had its fair share of arbitrary enforcement of content restrictions and you would think that Microsoft would at least attempt to learn from that example.
Do you know what Microsoft's answer would be?
I do. It would be "no".
This is not speculative; it is certain. Skyrim is a game for adults. It has a PEGI rating of 18. If you read the Windows 8 app certification requirements you will find, in section 5.1:
"Your app must not contain adult content, and metadata must be appropriate for everyone. Apps with a rating over PEGI 16, ESRB MATURE, or that contain content that would warrant such a rating, are not allowed."
And that's the end of it. No Skyrim for the Windows Store, unless of course the developers go back and remove all the PEGI 18-rated content.
To further highlight the problem with this restriction, Casey lists four games that are in competition to be 2012's Game of the Year. Of those four games, none would be allowed on Windows 8 for the same reason, they got an ESRB M rating and a PEGI 18 rating. Microsoft has set itself up to exclude some of the best selling games of the future. Hardly a way to attract the support of developers.


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I believe this post is long overdue 🙂 . I have been planning to put together a list of new subtitled Russian movies for a while now. Those of you who already made the attempt to find some online on your own probably came across the same challenge I did – the selection of NEWER subtitled movies is hard to come by. I have spent some time searching and was able to come up with about 10 solid newer Russian movies that are worth watching.
Before we jump to the movie list, I would like to emphasize that watching movies, shows, documentaries, etc. in the language you are trying to master is a great way to learn it. I would even go as far as saying it's one of the best ways: you hear the words used in a specific situation, you can read the translation, you can pause and rewind, and you can do it all from the comfort of your own home with a cup of tea, coffee, or what ever else floats your boat. Without further ado, let's go over the movies I have found.
The first 7 movies are available on YouTube.
Остров (The Island) – drama , 2006.
This Russian religious film about an Eastern Orthodox monk is considered to be the best Russian film of 2006. It did quite well at the box office and won some awards. Enjoy high quality video and great subtitles.
Все умрут, а я останусь (Everybody Dies but Me) – drama, 2008.
The film addresses the challenges of youth by depicting two young girls as they are preparing for their first prom. Note: if the subtitles are not visible right away, click on the CC button on the bottom of the YouTube player.
Кавказский пленник (Prisoner of Caucasus) – drama, 1996.
Prisoner of the Caucasus, is a 1996 Russian war drama film directed by Sergei Bodrov and written by Bodrov, Arif Aliyev and Boris Giller. The film is based on the Caucasian War-era short story "The Prisoner of the Caucasus" by the classic Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.
Брестская крепость (Brest Fortress/Fortress of War) – drama, 2010.
A war drama set during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Russian troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days (based on actual events).
Беларусская мечта (Byelorussian Dream) – documentary, 2011.
Byelorussian Dream, an award-winning film, is the story of a young person from Minsk who has lived most of his life in a country ruled by a dictator. Against the background of falsified elections, brutal repressions, and a severe economic crisis, it shows how more people in the most 'stable' post-Soviet country are starting to demand change. This is a story about how the regime can crush a person, and how you can find your own freedom in a state that possesses total control.
Олимпус Инферно (Olympus Inferno) – action, 2008.
The movie features two main characters, an American entomologist studying butterflies in South Ossetia and a Russian female journalist. The two characters must work together to get back to Russian lines after getting swept up in the August 8, 2008 Georgian offensive against the separatist enclave of South Ossetia.
Жить (Living) – drama, 2012.
It is already a challenge to make a film on death and call it Living. But Sigarev fearlessly gets to the very heart of things, where life, death, God, love, and imagination form an indestructible whole. A harsh and sometimes brutal experience, but catharsis will follow.
ДМБ (Demobbed) – comedy, 2000.
A comedy about Russian joining/being in the Russian army.
The last 3 movies are from a video-streaming website www.top-russian.com. They offer the free version of the movies (lower picture quality) or you can download the movie in good quality for $2.50.
Неадекватные люди (Unusual People) – comedy, 2011.
Quiet and well-mannered Vitalik tries to start life from scratch in a new city. But there on his way he meets only crazy people. His neighbor, an eccentric girl named Christine, seeks to transform him into a normal guy, the lustful chief does not give him a rest at new work, and even a psychologist who helps him cope with all of this is a sadomasochist. Vitalik seems to be the only normal person in this movie.
Сибирский цирюльник (The Barber of Siberia) – drama, 1998.
This is one my personal favorites 🙂 . Some of it is in English. Julia Ormond and Oleg Menshikov deliver a great performance. "Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester in the wilds of Siberia. Jane is his assistant, who falls in love with a young Russian officer, André, and spends the next 10 years perfecting the harvester and pursuing her love, who has been exiled to Siberia."
Питер ФМ (Radio Wave) – comedy, 2006.
Masha works as a DJ at a popular radio station; Maxim, an architect with a great future, is invited to work in Germany. Masha is going to marry her classmate. Both of them seem to have their future clearly defined, until… Masha looses her phone and Maxim finds it. What follows is a "phone relationship" but neither Masha, nor Maxim can make a final decision. Watch the film to find out if the two are destined to be together.
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Thanks for the list, can't wait to see them.
Let me contribute to the list. I recently saw Tsar, by Pavel Lungin, based on the life of Ivan the Terrible and, in particular, his relationship with Metropolitan Philip. The subtitles were atrocious, comparable to some of the torture scenes (understandably, it's a very violent film) but I still found it excellent. The main actor, Piotr Mamonov, was absolutely stunning, and the atmosphere was superb. You really got a feel for life in those days in Russia.
P.S. Prisoner of Caucasus is by Pushkin. Maybe you got it mixed with Hadji Murat?
Thanks, Jenya. I've been noticing a lot of your submissions on Reddit recently and they are usually very interesting and helpful.
I haven't seen the movie yet, but I noticed that last year's "Stalingrad" is available on iTunes along with *many* ways to watch it, including in Russian with English subtitles. I'll be renting it soon to check it out.
Oh, and thank you SO MUCH for these recommendations. I feel so overwhelmed with finding good, modern Russian movies. I appreciate your recommendations (and I'm excited I've only seen one of the movies on the list).
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I am not sure the place you're getting your info, but great topic. I must spend some time learning much more or figuring out more. Thank you for wonderful information I was searching for this information for my mission.
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Thank you very much! I'm starting to learn Russian and I already know that the best way to learn a language is through movies/series (That's how I've learned Japanese). I'm really glad I found this post of yours =]
I've been buying some russian movies in my attempt to learn the language. Here are a few I've liked. I've bought most of mine via Amazon.
Стиляги (Hipsters) – musical drama, 2008 – This is definitely one of my favorites so far. It's a musical in the spirit of Moulin Rouge (though more retrained) about the "Hipsters" rebelling against Soviet conformity via loud clothes and jazz music. The songs are, from what I gather, re-worked versions of popular 90s era rock songs. They're catchy enough that you'll be singing along in no time even with very little knowledge of Russian.
Волкодав (Wolfhound) – fantasy, 2006 – This is a film that brings back fond memories of the 1980s sword and sorcery movies like Conan the Barbarian and Clash of the Titans.
Чёрная Молния (Black Lightning) – super hero, 2009 – This is, essentially beat for beat, a Russian version of Spiderman minus the web slinging and truly outlandish villains. It's silly, as replacing the web slinging is a flying car, but I found it to be quite fun.
Someone else mentioned Stalingrad – it can be recommended just because it's one of the few that are fairly accessible since it had an actual release in American theatres, but the movie itself is some strange blend of Pearl Harbor and 300.
Thanks for all the great suggestions. One I saw recently was Как я провёл этим летом (How I ended this summer). I can't find a full movie on youtube, but a version with good subtitles is on iTunes.
Please, help me to find subtitles for Legend no 17? It is such a cool movie, I really want to show to my international friends..
Phil Obidzinski:
Спасибо!I have seen some of them (great films) might also suggest the miniseries "Бригада" and "Особенности национальной рыбалки" 🙂
Hi! I just love this entry. Thx. I am a fan of russian literatura, I will love to watch all the new series, but it's almost imposible to find subtitles. I dream to watch Life and fate, but it has been imposible, I searched everywhere. Right now I would like to watch Dostoyevski, the series of 2011. But again… subtitles. It´s like a nightmare, I mean it can be that hard to release the movies with english subtitles at leat, or italian, or spanish or portuguese, I mean… If perhaps you know a site or anyplace where I can find them, please let me know. ThX
Chapter1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxCZbjXUxpQ
Russian series. This nice story began in 1981, back at USSR times. Two families, two stories. At first it looks that their lives are so different. But suddenly the destinies of these families get intertwined. The story goes through all USSR times and up to modern Russia of 2011. Very nice family story that bring up thoughts about how unpredictable and surprising is our life. Make you think about family and life values. 12 chapters are very excited to watch, events are moving rapidly. There is always this exiting feeling that you can't wait to see the next chapter. Also these series reflect very well the atmosphere and routine life of soviet society, as well as modern Russia being.
Indy Hepburn:
Hi there is a Video I saw on You Tube that has English Subtitles
Milla Jovovich interview on Russian TV Channel "Rain" (with subtitles)
How do I get Subtitles added to the videos?
There are a few other videos of Milla that I want to get English Subtitles for so I can understand the video..
Please help me get Subtitles for the Videos..I am happy to PAY you!
Thanks from Indy
Nice! It's about time to have Russian movies with English Subtitles.
Hi guys! Check out my youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgYG46CuHoMyGHvftf7MtTg , it has russian videos and full series with english subtitles. I am planing to do some more english captions for Russian movies, so if you like russian movies here are a few links for movies and series from my yt channel 🙂 Series
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTLwOaTQzVs
Series IDIOT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KrldfSKVfM
Russian/German Movie AS FAR AS MY FEET WILL CARRY ME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6RR5qU_Du4
I'm not set up with my cyrillic keyboard do this is going to be all in English – switching back and forth from a virtual keyboard takes WAY too long – apologies.
Amazon has (on instant video) 3 Russian TV series with subtitles: Pure Gold, The Day After, and The Three Musketeers – all worth watching, as well as quite a few Prime Instant movies available.
A general search for "Russian movies English subtitles" will give you everything they have – and more – sometimes you can tell it's utterly unrelated, others – not as obvious.
These are some of the ones I've watched and enjoyed.
I thought all of the following: No Love in the City, 1, 2, and 3; Yolki, Yolki 2 and Yolki 3 (also called in English, respectively; Six, Seven, and Eight Degrees of Celebration) along with Kiss them All (or Gorko!) would be terrible, but actually found them hilarious. I have pretty juvenile taste. They're also quite useful in that they were released in the last 5-6 years.
NightWatch and DayWatch are Science Fiction released in 04 and 07.
12 is excellent – based on 12 Angry Men.
Law of Corruption, The Maltese Cross, Brigada Legatee are all good action adventure movies. I was surprised to see my 2 favorite of this genre missing above – maybe I didn't see them, but Brother and Brother 2 are well worth watching. YouTube has Brother in 8 or 9 parts with subtitles which was kind of hard to watch, but Top-Movies has both.
Alien Girl is not Prime and I wouldn't actually pay for it, if you can see if for free and have nothing else to do…
There are several others I haven't watched yet, but Amazon is a pretty good source.
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears should probably be on any list. I have it on disc which is cumbersome, but I know it's on YouTube.
As far as I could tell NetFlix was pretty useless, I signed on to my son's account to see what they had and it was lame. Judging by the information I saw on Imbd, Hulu Plus might have a lot of Russian movies, has anyone every checked there?
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Oh, it's great you shared some Russian movies with English subs! 😀 I couldn't find subs to some of them for ages! To tell the truth, I'm still looking for subtitles to some Russian stuff. Maybe someone will read my comment and be able to help and find "Dostoevsky" ("Достоевский")(TV series from 2011) and "Demons" ("Бесы") (TV series from 2014)with English subtitles. Hopefully…
Not so long ago you did a blog about writing/talking about films, with really useful phrases like "it is set in …". Now I come to actually need it, I can't find it. Could you send a link to it. I was thinking of writing about a Russian film I like a lot ('Everybody dies but me') but now I've just started watching another film ('Above dark waters') and will describe one of them one day soon! Thanks a lot. Peter.
Oh, I didn't know I was writing for public consumption! Anyway, I've found the Blog – 'Storytelling in Russian' and the phrase сюжет /действие разворачивается. I would recommend the film "над тёмной водой" … it's on YouTube but it doesn't have English subtitles … but it's a fantastic insight into what life (I imagine) was like in the USSR in the 1960s. In fact, I thought it was made in the 1960s but it was made in 1993 and has some very 'adult' scenes which I don't think would have been tolerated in the USSR. I find I can understand brief passages but you don't need to understand all that's being said in order to understand what is going on. The link is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT4Fp_Q_0BA Peter.
Thank you for this list! i want to suggest this film:
Perfume The Story of a Murderer (based on Süskind book)
Russian audio, english subtitles. It's a 2006 german movie.
Hi! Do you know if there are english subs for the Сериал "Достоевский"? Thanks.
Please help me find the subtitles for the TV series Sherlock Holmes (2013) made in Russian Languiage. It is "Шерлок Холмс" in Russia.
About whether "The Prisoner of the Caucasus" is by Tolstoy or Pushkin: It's both!
i am really looking for Sunstroke 2014 (Солнечный удар). if you could do this, it would be great.
Hi guys
I'm looking for English subtitle for a Russian movie called
"status:free" or internationally known as "let's be friends"
Can anyone help me hear?
Justyna, maby you'll find some Soviet and Russian movies with English sub here – http://sovietmoviesonline.com/en/ 🙂
Jill Dione:
Do you know where/how I could purchase a DVD of "Red Army" in Russian with English subtitles or vice-versa for Region 1 (that is, to be used in the U.S.) There is a Russian/English version available but it's for Region 2. Thanks for any help you can provide.
Please help me find the subtitles for the movie 14+
hey gys can u suggest me any torrent website providing russian movies in eng or with eng subtitle any help will be appreciated :}
I've been searching the internet (vainly) for a Russian movie made in the 2000s but whose title name I can't remember. It's about two coming out of age girls who meet совсем случайно and become friends while running away to avoid life's adversities. One of them (the little one, who was an orphan) dies in the arms of the other after being struck by a car. Once again, do you happen to know what movie I've been babbling about?
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Needed Subtitle can anyone help?
Can anyone PLEASE help me find sensible English subtitles for "Dead Season" (Мертвый сезон – Режиссёр: Савва Кулиш), 1968? The only subtitle I have been able to locate is the file: Myortvyy Sezon (1969) en.srt – and the translations in it are terrible. Thanks a lot.
Hi Jenya.
Do you know if exist subtitles to Name Me russian film? English subtitles
Thanks a lot from Mexico
Hi, can you translated Russian Movie 14+ 2015 to English
Thank You
Hi anyone with the link to the movie sarancha 2014 english srt sub file also called the locust


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Lelaine Lau has resurrected the idea of the salon, a concept I'm all for. In her words:
403 is a cultural salon in New York City which seeks to encourage discussion, the exchange of ideas, and action through presentations on the arts, culture and humanitarian concerns.
The next one has......me.
It would be ultra swell to see you on January 9th, when I'll preview the new book, and we'll all engage in the raging debate, vibrant discussion, rollicking questions and answers, concerning 'natural wine.'
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OpenXava 4.2.2 released
OpenXava 5.8 released
October 17, 2017
OpenXava 5.8 allows to import data from Excel or CSV, in list mode it's possible to group by any property to get summation by group, the user can change the name of the colums in list and collections, the programmer has more flexibility defining controllers and filling combos, we have also improved the user experience and the look & feel, and many more things.
We invite you to download it and upgrade your OpenXava applications. Look at the migration instructions.
Import data
A new button in list mode called "Import data" allows you to choose a file from your computer:
The file can be CSV, XLSX (Excel 2007/2010/2013) or XLS (Excel 97/2000/XP/2003). After select the file press in the "Configure import" button to show the next dialog:
Here you can match columns in the Excel file to columns in your application, it tries to do an initial match for you. Now just click on "Import" to load the data into your application.
Grouping in list
On top right corner of list mode you can find a combo with all possible grouping options:
Note that you can group by any property or reference in the list. Moreover for the case of dates you can group by the month or the year of the date. For example, if you choose to group by month of date you get:
Here you have the total amount by month for the invoices. OpenXava shows by default all the numeric properties susceptible to be summed. You can order, filter and generate PDF for this list.
Renaming columns by user
In customization mode the user can change the labels for the columns in list or collections. Now in each column there is a new icon for that:
The change is stored by user.
Look & feel
Messages has a new appearance:
Moreover, they are in a fixed position in the screen even if you scroll, and can be closed by the user.
We have also improved the tooltips:
The tooltips are shown when the field get the focus and persist until the focus is lost, so you can use tooltips as alternative to a user manual. When the tooltip matches the label is not shown.
We made some other look & feel improvements:
- New look of buttons bar for modules and collections.
- Delete icon in top bar is red on hover.
- Font size for list and editors changed.
- First steps screenshots upgraded.
Controllers improvements
In controllers inheritance you can exclude actions from parent controller with new excluded-actions attribute. For example:
<controller name="Family"> <extends controller="Typical" excluded-actions="refresh, delete"/> </controller>
In this case Family controller has all the action of Typical except refresh and delete. Before we needed to do a copy and paste for cases like this.
Moreover, we have a new attribute available-on-new for action to exclude actions when creating a new element. Note the action delete in the next controller:
<controller name="Invoice"> <action name="new" class="org.openxava.actions.NewAction" icon="library-plus"/> <action name="save" mode="detail" by-default="if-possible" class="org.openxava.actions.SaveAction" icon="content-save" keystroke="Control S"/> <action name="delete" mode="detail" confirm="true" class="org.openxava.actions.DeleteAction" icon="delete" available-on-new="false" keystroke="Control D"/> </controller>
In this case new and save are shown always, but delete (because of available-on-new=false) is shown only when there is an element selected and not when a new element is being created. The default value for available-on-new is true. This allows improving the user experience with no programming.
Combos with arbitrary content
For a combo with a static list of elements you can use a property of type enum. For a combo that get data from database you can use a reference with @DescriptionsList. If you need something else since v5.8 you have some methods in org.openxava.view.View class that allows you to create a drop-down list using your own logic for any property. For example, for a simple property like this:
private String color;
You can add a combo programmatically in this way:
getView().addValidValue("color", "wht", "White"); getView().addValidValue("color", "blk", "Black");
This creates a combo for color property with two values "wht" with label "White" and "blk" with label "Black". In addition to addValidValue(), you have removeValidValue() and getValidValues() available.
Also we have improved the flexibilitiy of @DescriptionsList, so if you have a reference like this:
@DescriptionsList @ManyToOne private State state;
You can add (or change) a condition programmatically in this way:
getView().setDescriptionsListCondition("state", "name like '%CA%'");
That is, no more custom editors just to get a simple combo.
User experience
We have done some usability tests and these are the consequences:
- If a module has no rows it starts in detail mode executing New action.
- Lists remember the last filtering and ordering by user between sessions.
- Generate PDF works even if the browser does not allow popups, this applies to most IForwadAction too.
- Action for deleting rows in list mode now is on top bar and it has icon.
- 'Sign in' link not shown when the user is in 'Sign in' page.
- When Discussion editor has the focus the "Add comment" button is shown and the "Save" button for module is hidden.
- Renamed button of Discussion editor from "Post" to "Add comment", moreover it is hidden on start.
- Delete action in detail mode is not present if there is not an entity selected.
- Search action in detail mode is no longer included by default.
- Clicking in detail mode when the list has no rows executes New action.
Other improvements
We have done a lot of improvements in other areas:
- Workspace included in distribution upgraded to Eclipse Oxygen, though it still works in all Eclipse 4.x.
- Placeholders for fields using [placeholder] suffix in i18n label files.
- New properties resetAfterOnCreate/resetAfterOnModify in SaveAction to define the behavior after saving separately for create and modify.
- Module description in menu of modules is omitted if matches with module name.
- Number of modules shown in the menu in the first load is 20, before it was 15.
- Reduced the amount of serialization errors on stopping the application server.
- New property showModulesMenuWhenNotLogged in xava.properties to hide Start button to guest users.
- ModuleTestBase removes user preferences before executing each test.
- Attribute label-style in property-view and descriptions-list of XML components.
- Some new common use labels to be used in applications.
- Property messagesOnTop removed from xava.properties, now you can use CSS to place the messages.
- New showDefaultActionInBottom property in xava.properties to show/hide the default action on bottom.
- New methods showButtons() and hideButtons() in ModuleManager to show/hide the button bars from UI.
- Material Design Icons upgraded to 1.9.32.
- Added poi-ooxml.jar library to manage Excel 2007/2010/2013 files.
- New controllers TypicalWithSearch and SearchForCRUD to use the classic search action.
- New method getQualifiedActionIfAvailable() in BaseAction.
- New method put() in Labels to add new labels in runtime.
- New method unquote() in Strings utility class.
- New CancelToDefaultControllersAction that closes the dialog and set the default module controllers.
- New methods selectGroupBy() and assertAllGroupBys() in ModuleTestBase for grouping in list mode.
- New method assertValuesInList(int row, String ... values) in ModuleTestBase to test all row values in a shot.
- New method updateModelFromView() in View to update the model set with setModel() from the view data.
- Value of attribute 'label' in <property/> of XML components has preference over i18n files.
Bug fixes
Though this is not a maintenance version we have done some fixes:
- Fix: ModuleTestBase.waitAJAX() fails when navigating from a non-openxava page.
- Fix: Changing the browser URL from an application to another the first action does not work.
- Fix: Buttons bar in collections with flowLayout=true goes outside of the frame.
- Fix: In some cases labels in collections are not translated.
- Fix: Useless tooltip on HtmlText and Discussion editors.
- Fix: Validation error adding entities to a collection rollbacks all the entities added even the good ones.


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The Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies offers a dynamic, innovative program that emphasizes an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to understanding the historical experiences, contemporary social status, challenges, and accomplishments of Mexican, Mexican American, and Latino populations in the United States. Critical thinking and effective oral and written communication skills are integrated across the curriculum, which incorporates the arts and literature, cultural studies, history, the social sciences, policy studies, service learning, and active participation for social justice.
The department emphasizes the study of the international border between Mexico and the United States. Due to its geographic location, the department also offers a focus on the relationship between the communities of southern California and Baja California
As a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary field, Chicana/o Studies contributes to all fields in the humanities and social sciences. The curriculum prepares students at the undergraduate level for a multitude of career options. Students earning a degree in Chicana and Chicano Studies may pursue careers in areas such as education, humanities, history, anthropology, ethnology, sociology, psychology, social sciences, political sciences, law, social work, business, the arts, and public administration


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Discover Sydney's beauty and history as we take great photos and enjoy Sydney Harbour. This photography tour includes Observatory Hill,Nurses Walk and our famous Harbour Bridge. We also hop on a ferry across to Fort Denison to appreciate the magnificent views and history of this former penal site and defense facility. Our small group will receive photography tips and techniques along the way. Learn about this historic area, the photographic hotspots and spectacular views.. Book now and enjoy Sydney !
Understand light and when to use flash.
Composition tips and techniques for great travel photography.
The better camera setting when photographing outdoors.
This is a walking tour as we apply key basic photography principles.It is as much about enjoying the location as it is getting the best from your camera in a limited time. Digital camera or mobile phone is suitable.
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TIGERVILLE, SC- North Greenville University used a hot start and Amonzo Gantt's even hotter hand to deal Coker College a 81-65 defeat Saturday afternoon in Hayes Gymnasium. Gantt (Royston, GA) recorded his second double-double in as many games and his third of the season as he scored 27 points and hauled in 13 rebounds. Jordan Richmond (Russellville, AR) scored 19 points, while PJ Schumacher (Waynesburg, PA) and Josh Burgess (Pickens, SC) added 11 and 10 points respectively.
The Crusaders scored 16 points before Coker was able to make a shot. Taylor Hukill finally stopped the bleeding for the Cobras by hitting a three-pointer at the 14:09 mark in the first half. North Greenville held Coker at bay for the next five minutes, but then the Cobras began to make a run. Coker was able to pull within six points several times, but the Crusaders held firm against the rallies and maintained a 40-32 halftime lead.
Coker pulled within three points on an Abram Ludd three-pointer with 11:31 remaining in the game. Richmond responded by hitting two free throws to give the Crusaders a little cushion. Gantt scored North Greenville's next six points and extended the lead back to nine. Richmond gave the Crusaders a 12 point lead with a three-point basket at the 6:50 mark. Coker pulled within single-digits once more, but again North Greenville withstood the charge and responded with a run of its own after Burgess made a free throw to convert a three-point play with 4:53 left in the game. Then, North Greenville ran out to 16-point lead and won 81-65.
North Greenville won the battle of the paint, out-scoring the Cobras 42-14 down low. Also, the Crusaders kept turnovers, which has been an Achilles' Heel all season long, to a minimum, especially late in the game when Coker made its run.
"I thought our guys did a great job of handling their runs," remarked head coach Chad Lister. "Coker did a great job of battling back and our guys did good responding."
"I am proud of our effort and that our guys kept their composure. It helped us get a lot of easy baskets."
Johnny Jackson led all Cobra scorers with 14 points. Blake Terrell and Ben Brim each added 11 points.
North Greenville improves to 4-10 on the season, while Coker falls to 2-9. The Crusaders look to make it three wins in a row as they visit Allen University Tuesday night.


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The selectmen met on Dec. 7 with CMA's senior construction engineer, Jason Gallant, to wrap up the Nute Road bridge project.
Since the project cost far less than had been estimated ($70,186 vs $120,000) everyone was pleased. The good weather was credited with some of the savings.
Gallant will be expected to be on board to re-examine the condition of the bridge next summer. Since the project was a temporary fix, engineering plans for a permanent replacement to be built within 10 to 15 years will be drawn up in 2014.
While selectman Jay Moriarty reported that he'd had favorable remarks from the neighbors to the project, Gallant said he'd found the town crew "good to work with, with the focus on getting the job done."
The bridge was designed to carry a maximum load of 80,000 pounds.
Library Director Susan Morong and Library Trustee Edna O'Sullivan were in to discuss the 2013 budget for the library. It is very much like that of 2012. The selectmen indicated that they expect to recommend an increase to the Capital Reserve Fund for a new library building but can't be certain yet how much they will recommend. Last year $35,000 was added to the CRF.
Selectman Joan Sundberg has informed her colleagues that she will not be seeking re-election in March. She has been a selectman for 15 years and will move over into a family business enterprise.
There are Madbury people doing interesting things that we don't always hear about. One such person is Mary Davis, who took part in a special event in Louisville, Ky., on Nov. 21. The event was the 2012 Eastern National 4-H Horse Round-Up, and Mary was a coach for the New Hampshire Horse Quiz Bowl which earned first place in the Horse Quiz Contest.
Davis said she's been working with 4-H members from Strafford and Rockingham counties for about 15 years and has taken teams to Kentucky for the last 10 years. She began when her daughter was a 4-Her and continued with her son.
The teams she coaches study the anatomy, physiology, and nutrition issues of horses. This year's team met twice monthly in Manchester. The team members have homework every 10 days beginning in March.
The final contest in the area Davis coaches is all verbal. The Round-Up includes other aspects of hippology and other New Hampshire 4-Hers placed well in that arena.
Davis said her team "really came together and supported each other...these young peole who represented New Hampshire are an exceptional group."
With the Quilters Group's coach drawing the winning ticket, Noreen Gaetjens won the purple and green quilt which was made to benefit the library.
Martha Mercer supervised the team of four women as they created the quilt: Betty Anderson, Janet Dunham, Ann Jewel and Ruth Staugaard.
The Friends of Madbury Library expressed appreciation not only for the financial support but for the teamwork involved, when the drawing was held on Dec. 10.
At that FOML meeting, Library Director Susan Morong reported that the only change in library hours during the holiday weeks will be a shortened opening on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31, when the library will close at 2 p.m.
She also reported that Girl Scout troop "did a great job cleaning up the yard and planting spring bulbs on Nov. 10" and that 16 members of the troop had a tour of the library on Nov. 19, inquiring about library careers and taking out library cards.
The Madbury Police Explorers also took part in cleaning and raking the library grounds, on Nov. 17.
Rosa the Reading Dog will be on vacation in January but will return in February. Children can sign up ahead to read 20 minutes to Rosa.
There will be no story hours the week of Dec. 24 but children may pick up a Take Home craft at the library.
The Madbury Community Club will meet to celebrate the holidays at the home of Kitty Cornwell on Nute Road, on Dec. 20 at 7 p.m.
There will be a Yankee Swap so those who wish to participate should bring a wrapped gift of about $10 value.
Everyone is encouraged to bring items which can be useful at homeless shelters, such as diapers, children's pajamas, soaps and shampoos, and gift cards for gas, food, bus rides and the like. These will be distributed where needed along with the monetary gifts the club gives yearly to such institutions.
On Christmas Eve the Union Congregational Church here will hold a service of readings, carols, and a children's pageant at 7 p.m. All are welcome to attend.
On Dec. 21 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Newington the DARLA group of religious leaders in the area will have a service which they are calling a "Blue" Christian Worship. It is for those who are not happy at this time of year but want to gather around the promise of the Savior's birth.


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Members of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners and Memphis City Council have an informal consensus that they will hire a team of financial and real estate experts to negotiate with the two companies that want to develop The Pyramid.
The consensus emerged in a marathon three-hour meeting Wednesday afternoon at the County Building. The meeting drew 19 of the 26 commissioners and council members to hear a presentation from developer Greg Ericson about the part of his Pyramid Harbor plan that involves The Pyramid only. Bass Pro Shops has a tentative development agreement with the city and county as well to put one of its hunting and fishing retail stores and other attractions in the vacant arena.
The idea of a working group consisting of County Chief Administrative Officer Jim Huntzicker, Pyramid project manager Robert Lipscomb, one council member and one commissioner, as well as the financial and real estate experts, still must be considered formally by committees on both sides of the Main Street Mall.
The idea could go to the full council and full commission for separate votes sometime next month. If approved, negotiations would follow immediately with Ericson and Bass Pro simultaneously.
The working group was suggested by Commissioner Mike Ritz, who said the next step for either one of the projects needed to be handled as if negotiations were just beginning. He also said the government side of the negotiations requires someone who has negotiated large and complex real estate transactions numerous times. Lipscomb agreed.
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Blog Post: Electronic Health Records Pose Challenge to Mental and Behavioral Health Care
[This post originally appeared on StarLifeBrands.com]
An electronic health record (EHR) replaces the traditional paper charts and records that have restricted access and sharing for many years. It is a digital record, created in real time, and instantly and securely available to authorized users. They are patient-centered records and because of their easy availability they provide patients access to them and provide their healthcare provider with feedback about possible mistakes or omissions. EHRs contain the medical and treatment histories of patients, and are designed to give a more comprehensive view of patients' conditions and histories.
EHRs Hold Great Promise to Improve Quality of Care and Access to Information
EHRs allow access to authorized users and patients without the complications created by paper records. They include a broad range of information including medical history, diagnoses, medications, treatment plans, immunization dates, allergies, radiology images, and laboratory and other test results. They form a continuous record that is added to by any or all of the medical providers a patient might utilize. This sharing of important information allows for better, more comprehensive treatment and helps prevent errors like conflicting treatments and medications. They are designed to share information with laboratories, specialists, medical imaging facilities, pharmacies, emergency facilities, and school and workplace clinics–in other words, the entire spectrum of healthcare providers.
The issues of security and privacy in EHRs slowed the growth of e-health systems for many years. In order to provide security and privacy, it is important to develop new policies and procedures built around the new realities of electronic communication. Unfortunately this has proved difficult, but it is necessary if EHRs are to succeed and provide a higher degree of efficiency and access. Advocates and patient organizations have expressed concerns about the security of patients' personal information. Behavioral health advocacy organizations have been particularly skeptical about whether these new systems will provide sufficient privacy.
Privacy Concerns Linger for EHRs in Mental Health Care
Technology has created new ethical challenges in the expansion of the use of electronic health records. A number of ethical questions have arisen with the ongoing uptake of EHRs, particularly in the area of internet-based health information and data mining. The management of health records has changed with the advent of EHRs, and a number of social and cultural issues have to be addressed. Access to personal EHRs has empowered healthcare consumers; online access has provided them with even greater ease of access, but it has also raised concerns about the security of the information. Belief in the confidentiality of a person's health records is an important part of the efficacy of treatment and is particularly of concern to people in the behavioral healthcare system. Consumers of mental healthcare services are afraid that improper access will create increased stress and difficulty in the areas of employment, housing, and social relationships. The use of EHRs for data mining in conjunction with research and policy development is powerful, but agencies controlling access must walk a thin ethical line. It is important that healthcare workers and administrators honor the right of the patient to manage how and to whom health records can be shared. It is the duty of providers to improve the welfare of their patients, and to avoid doing harm. Overall, it is a matter of justice in the areas of self-determination and privacy.


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"Approximately 1.3 Million women in the United States alone fall victim to domestic Violence each year. Though so many are affected by it, few speak out and millions of cases go unreported. In an effort to shed light on this touchy subject, rising star Risa Kumon of Ramsey Records has recently released her Domestic abuse themed single "Fear Factor (Paralyzed)". The song tells the story of a woman caught in an abusive relationship and her struggles involved with this unfortunate circumstance. With her single blowing up all over the internet,Risa hopes to inspire young women in similar situations to rise up, speak out and take action against the growing epidemic that is Domestic Violence. You can get "Fear factor paralyzed" on itunes by clicking the link below ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fear-factor-paralyzed/id353417784 www.myspace.com/risakumon "
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text: Power Hour: $5 Corn, $12 Soybeans Good 2013 Goals April 22, 2013 09:30 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Ed Clark Top Producer Business and Issues Editor Email The corn market has gained 20 cents from the $1 crash early this month, and if the market shows more life, have your trigger finger ready. "If you haven't priced any new crop corn, consider selling at $5 cash prices (about $5.50 futures, minus basis)," says Jim Hilker, ag economist at Michigan State University. Harvest prices could easily be $4.20, he adds. Hilker forecasts a 2013/14 season average price of $4.60. USDA is using $4.80, but that assumes a significant amount of sales made before the price crash. That said, Hilker is more optimistic about prices for the 2013 corn crop than some analysts. He looks for yields no higher than 159 bu./a, about 5 bu./a lower than USDA. That's nowhere near the yields of 2009-11. As a result, he's forecasting a 1.6 billion bushel carryover for this year's crop rather than the 2 billion anticipated by many. Secondly, he looks for a bigger ethanol and export demand bump than some, stimulated by lower prices. Hilker also is optimistic on the world economy in the upcoming year. The economist thinks the market knows something. December futures would not be sitting at $5.45 if the market anticipated $4 corn; no way is there a $1/bu. weather premium, he says. "It makes sense to lock in some at $5.45 to $5.50 futures," he says, because also possible the market could break if it's a perfect weather year. Moreover, corn's recent price range has been $5.25 to $5.50, and it's now trading near the upper end of that range. "Still, I wouldn't call the 20 cent uptick in prices a recovery." It will take a lot of factors working in tandem to get the market above $5.70, Hilker adds. One potentially bullish factor could be delayed planting and accompanying lower yields, although it's still too early to be worried about it, he says. As much as 35% of the U.S. corn crop can be planted in just one week given perfect weather, Hilker adds. "I have more trouble saying to hold soybeans than corn," Hilker says. "Brazil has a heck of a crop." Moreover, the market learned that even in a year like 2012, soybean yields held up surprisingly well. He thinks $12 cash for new crop soybeans is a good price, and even that would take a rally. Hilker is looking for an $11.30/bu. average 2013/14 U.S. soybean price. "Beans could be $10.50 at harvest," he cautions. "There is a 40% chance cash prices at harvest will be under $11, or $11.65 futures." Likewise, there is a 30% chance they will be over $12.50, he adds. For More Information Read more Power Hour news, blogs and videos. Back to news