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Getting XBMC from the repos (doesn't work in Wheezy)
Building XBMC on the raspi (takes a long time)
Getting XBMC from the repos (doesn't work in Wheezy)
Building XBMC on a
Building XBMC on the raspi (takes a long time)
Building XBMC on a machine (Qemu )
==Building XBMC from source using Qemu==
==Building XBMC from source using Qemu==
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As I can't find a decent one-page overview of how to get XBMC working on the Raspberry Pi without resorting to downloading a dedicated image, this page should give everyone a hand getting set up (that is, if I am successful...)
The goal is to be able to run XBMC either standalone or under LXDE from the Foundation's Raspbian image.
This guide combines e.g.
- http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianXBMC
- http://debian.raspbian.com/qemu/README.txt
- http://linuxclues.blogspot.com/2007/06/installing-qemu-on-windows-vista.html
- http://xecdesign.com/qemu-emulating-raspberry-pi-the-easy-way/
- http://www.raspbmc.com/wiki/technical/building-xbmc/
- http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO_compile_XBMC_for_Linux_from_source_code
- http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO_compile_XBMC_for_Linux_on_Debian/Ubuntu
Ways of installing XBMC
- Use a dedicated image raspbmc or openelec
- Getting XBMC from the repos (doesn't work in Wheezy)
- Adding a 3rd party apt source (none available yet)
- Installing a .deb nIerSify
- Building XBMC on the raspi (takes a long time)
- Building XBMC on a x86 machine (Qemu or cross compile)
Building XBMC from source using Qemu
Since it is unbelievably slow to build XBMC on the Raspberry Pi, I used a Windows machine with Qemu to do the build. Ubuntu cross-compile should work to0, but I didn't try it yet...
- Get 'Putty' (Windows Installer) from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
- Get latest 'Qemu-1.2.0-rc0-windows.zip' from http://lassauge.free.fr/qemu/
- Get 'kernel-qemu' from http://xecdesign.com/downloads/linux-qemu/kernel-qemu (Interesting read: http://xecdesign.com/qemu-emulating-raspberry-pi-the-easy-way/)
- Get most recent Raspbian image ('2012-09-18 Wheezy' at time of writing) from http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads (The Foundation's version of Raspbian)
- Install OpenVPN to get a working Network TAP driver from http://openvpn.net/index.php/download/community-downloads.html (get the Windows installer)
After installing OpenVPN follow this guide to create (remember it's name and make sure there's no spaces in it) a network TAP interface http://linuxclues.blogspot.com/2007/06/installing-qemu-on-windows-vista.html
On Windows, create folder structure like so:
D:\Qemu (holding the Qemu-1.2.0-rc0-windows.zip contents) D:\Qemu\Raspbian (holding the 'kernel-qemu' file and the Raspbian image)
First you need to use qemu-img to resize the img file:
Usage is: qemu-img resize filename size
It helps to temporarily move the wheezy image into D:\Qemu
3.7G seems to be the max you can resize to.
Open comandline and navigate to D:\Qemu
Example: qemu-img resize 2012-09-18-wheezy-raspbian.img 3.7G
Then create a .bat file under D:\Qemu, containing the following launch string:
qemu-system-armw.exe -M versatilepb -cpu arm1136 -m 1024 -kernel raspbian\kernel-qemu -hda raspbian\2012-09-18-wheezy-raspbian.img -net nic -net tap,ifname=TAP0 -append "root=/dev/sda2 panic=1" -serial stdio
Note: Replace TAP0 with whatever your Tap interface is named. I would suggest renaming it to something without spaces. ie. Tap0
Resize the Raspbian rootfs:
Fix raspi-config resize issue with Qemu:
cp /usr/bin/raspi-config ~ sed -i 's/mmcblk0p2/sda2/' ~/raspi-config sed -i 's/mmcblk0/sda/' ~/raspi-config sudo ~/raspi-config


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2012 Formula Hybrid: Results and Awards
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May 4, 2012
Hybrid results
- First Place: Brigham Young University & Universite de Sherbrooke*
- Third Place: Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
- Fourth Place: University of Texas Arlington
- Fifth Place: Dartmouth
- Sixth Place: McGill University
*Because the final scores of the first two finishers in the Hybrid category were within 0.2% of one another, and because the uncertainties in some of the event scores exceeded that value, the organizers have decided to award two first place trophies for 2012. Brigham Young received their first place trophy at the awards ceremony, and Sherbrooke will receive theirs by mail. There will be no second place.
Electric-only results
- First Place: University of Kansas
- Second Place: Illinois Institute of Technology
- Third Place: Drexel University
- Fourth Place: University of Manitoba
- Fifth Place: Cal Poly SLO
IEEE Engineering the Future Award and Excellence in EV Engineering Award
- Engineering the Future: University of Kansas
- Excellence in EV Engineering: University of Kansas
Ford Efficiency Award
- First Place: Universite de Sherbrooke
- Second Place: Illinois Institute of Technology
- Third Place: Dartmouth
GM Best-Engineered Hybrid Award
- First Place: University of Texas-Arlington
- Second Place: Universite de Sherbrooke
- Third Place: Dartmouth
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Marylanders possess a centuries old interest in map collecting. In February 1763, William Rind set up a private circulating library in Annapolis that included a selection of maps. According to Rind, "as the richest Soil, without due cultivation, runs into rank and unprofitable Weeds, so little Fruit can be expected from the best natural Endowments, where the Mind is not under the Direction of proper intellectual Aids." Unfortunately, the subscription funded enterprise failed to garner the necessary financial support, and it appears that Rind's map collection was dispersed in the summer of 1764.
In 1844 a more successful attempt to organize a permanent map collection was made when several enlightened gentlemen of business founded the Maryland Historical Society Library. The organization's collecting policy "deemed it advisable to annex. Topographical descriptions of towns, cities, counties or states, with maps." An initial donation of two maps, one of the C&O Canal and the other of Florida, served as the nucleus of a valuable reference collection.
The mapping of Maryland developed over several centuries and involved the contributions of many cartographers. John White's 1590 map of Virginia hints at a vast estuary bearing the name "Chesepiooc Sinus," whose source appears to spring forth from beneath the title cartouche, marking the first appearance of the name "Chesapeake Bay" on any map. White's map, however, was soon superseded by that of Captain John Smith of Jamestown. Smith's meticulous 1608-9 survey of the bay region, encompassing some 2,000 miles of coast in all, served as the intellectual foundation for a map referred to by cartographers for over sixty years. Printed in 1612, the Smith map became the "Mother map" or prototype for numerous derivatives and an inspiration for later regional depictions.
Cartographers often "borrowed" ideas and images in their entirety. Willem Blaeu, the famed Dutch cartographer and printer, appears to have wholly appropriated Smith's design yet gives it a more refined and elegant interpretation in his 1630 Nova Virginia Tabula. Johann Baptist Homann, a noted German mapmaker, adapted Smith's rendition of the Susquehannock warrior for his own cartouche design in his 1714 Virginia Marylandia et Carolina.
The next major influence in the cartography of Maryland came with the work of Augustine Hermann. Hermann, a Bohemian immigrant, negotiated an agreement with Lord Baltimore to produce a map of Maryland in exchange for a land grant. Begun in 1663 and requiring ten years of surveys and information gathering, the 1673 map would determine the depiction of Maryland for eighty years. Hermann's influence is seen immediately in the sea charts of van Keulen (1684) and Mortier (1696). Numerous maps created during the first half of the 1700s continued to borrow from Hermann.
It was not until the eighteenth century that the portrayal of Maryland in maps began to resemble what we know today. With the exception of navigational charts, mapmakers abandoned John Smith's orientation of placing North to the right. Also, until the eighteenth century, what little was known of the western region had been drawn largely from oral information supplied by Native Americans or frontiersmen, resulting in sketchy and sometimes imaginative interpretations. The 1753 map by Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson provides an early, if broad, portrayal of the panhandle area of the colony. Yet not until 1769, when the king and his council ratified the Mason Dixon survey line, could cartographers place Maryland's northern border with certainty.
In 1795, with the work of Dennis Griffith, Maryland mapmaking reached its eighteenth-century zenith. After he had spent several years producing this topographically accurate, highly detailed work, Griffith found that his map attracted few buyers, and he died bankrupt. Griffith's legacy, however, can easily be seen in later works.
Printed Maryland city maps first appeared in the late eighteenth century. Baltimore, as a population center, served as a natural subject for mapmakers. Two French cartographers produced the first detailed maps during the 1790s. A. P. Folie and Charles Varlé (fig.x) both present the early city and its three distinct yet rapidly encroaching, areas: Baltimore, Old Town, and Fell's Point. Another early map, this one with Baltimore inset within a map of Maryland, came from the hand of Fielding Lucas Jr. Originally featured within Lucas's "Cabinet Atlas" of 1824, this work is distinct in that it was the first map of a city in any world atlas. Thomas Poppleton's 1822 plan of Baltimore is the marriage of practicality and art and combines civic propaganda with decoration. Harkening to the tradition of some earlier cartographers, a series of beautifully executed vignettes surround the map. Featuring prominent city buildings and their individual construction costs, the engravings boast the municipal achievements of what was then America's third largest city.
Navigational charts form a portion of the Hackerman collection. Reliable information on the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic coast was essential in an area whose early economy, and even at times its very existence, were determined by water. Sir Robert Dudley's extremely rare 1646 Carta Particolare della Virginia, based on the Mercator projection, was contained in his sea atlas Dell Arcano del Mare, the first such atlas produced by an Englishman. Dudley, a Roman Catholic, fled religious persecution in England and settled in Tuscany, thus his work appears with Italian annotations. The John Mount and Thomas Page chart of 1745-58, derived from one that had appeared five decades earlier, contains numerous depth sounding notations throughout its field. The upper Chesapeake is highlighted in the work of C. P. Hardecoeur, whose beautifully engraved 1799 chart also contains an inset plan of Havre de Grace.
The collection also includes a selection of maps of Maryland set within the context of its neighbors. These more general maps are important in the development of the cartography of the region. It is also amusing to note occasional misinterpretations. Dudley's 1646 Carta Secunda Generale de America is an early, somewhat sketchy, view of the East Coast that features a vastly wide Chesapeake Bay. An imaginative view of the Southeast is contained in Homann's 1714 map: Florida's panhandle appears to "circle around" the other southern colonies and head north to share a border with Maryland.


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More than two (:-)) folks asked this question recently so it might worth a short note. The question is how does one deploy a new mapviewer version (e.g. 184.108.40.206.1) into the quickstart kit (which has 220.127.116.11.0)? A manual process is the simplest.
Shutdown the glassfish server if it's running.
Make a copy of the existing mapviewer.war directory and rename it (e.g. mapviewer.war.111170).
Delete the contents of the mapviewer.war directory (or create one named mapviewer.war if you just renamed, without copying, the old one).
Extract the contents of web.war in the new mapviewer.ear into the mapviewer.war directory.
Modify the mapviewerconfig.xml file so that it has the same map_data_source and other entries as the original one had.
If you're replacing 22.214.171.124.0 with 188.8.131.52.1 then you also have to edit the mds.xml (same location as mapviewerconfig.xml) to allow for the streaming of predefined and dynamic themes to the html5 client by the map data serevr. This change (data server streaming disabled by default) is new in 220.127.116.11.1.
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With a highly-successful career spanning karting to Formula One, including three victories at the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans and winning the FIA WEC World Championship, Allan is one of the most respected and liked personalities in the dynamic and competitive world of motorsport.
Rarely seen without a smile on his face, Allan has always been one of motorsport's most naturally engaging and entertaining characters, making him a favourite of media and fans alike. Off-track, this has led to media roles with BBC F1, BBC Radio 5 Live, Sky Sports F1 and SPEED TV, where he has shared his sporting insight with millions of viewers and listeners.
In addition to his on-track success, Allan helps companies engage their respective target audiences through marketing and communications campaigns.
One of motorsport's most interesting drivers, Allan is adept at sharing stories from his fascinating life with stakeholders from all walks of life, and has considerable experience hosting corporate events, along with motivational speaking and team-building activities.
To succeed in business, you need to be psychologically prepared, and Allan can provide a unique insight into the mental preparation required to be a winner!
Allan is at home whether behind the wheel of his high-tech race machinery, fulfilling media commitments or representing global brands such as Audi in television advertising campaigns.
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"It was an honour to throw the green flag to start the race, one in which I've competed in many times," reflected McNish. "Standing on the gantry which leans over the banked section of the track with the cars roaring past was an amazing experience and an awesome sight.
"I always loved starting a race. After all of the planning, testing, practice and qualifying, what I'd waited for was suddenly about to get underway. Daytona was always a lot of fun because it began the year's racing activities.
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From originally being born in Italy, to working as a mason and being a painter, Beverly resident Donald "Nino" Lombardi has led an eventful and interesting life during his 89 years.
Lombardi was 6 months old when he first came to the United States and his family settled in Beverly. After being asked how and when he got into painting, Lombardi said painting has always been a part of his life.
"I painted all my life with a pencil," he said.
Lombardi said he began to paint after receiving a paint set as a gift from a nurse. From then on, he began to develop a routine where he would paint, then sell his work and then use the money to buy more paint.
"And I'll never forgot her for the rest of my life," he said of the nurse. "And I started to paint when I got home. And I paint, and I would sell it. And then I would buy more paint, sell it. And I'm awful sorry that I never got her address. But she's always on my mind, that she gave me a start in my world of art."
After briefly meeting philanthropist Bill Cummings at an event to promote the entrepreneur's autobiography, Lombardi introduced himself; Lombardi later called Cummings' office and asked for an appointment.
When Cummings answered his question, he than recognized Lombardi as Donald "Nino" Lombardi from Lombardi's work on BevCam, YouTube and Google. From there, Cummings invited Lombardi to have a showing for his artwork, which will begin on Dec. 11. The showing will be held at the Cummings Center in Beverly, and will continue for the week.
One subject that Lombardi is particularly known to use in his is work is penguins, and he has created several works of art featuring these creatures. Lombardi explains that his work with penguins is a creative art piece that's intended for children.
Lombardi explains his belief that the act of thinking is now originating from computers and the digital world, rather than coming from an individual's body, and we are now losing our creative ability at a slow pace. Lombardi also discussed how he plans to use his time by teaching children, or parents to paint, as well as to be creative, and he plans on introducing all his artwork. Aside from penguins, Lombardi primarily paints scenes from the North Shore.
One aspect of the Cummings Center showing that will be featured is a new form of presenting art that Lombardi came up with, called the "gallery look." This new look will feature paintings with no frames; the paintings will recess out 2.5 inches from the wall.
Lombardi said, on some occasions, a painting's frame can display a painting in a manner that isn't right for it, because a frame can hide part of the painting's attractiveness, and all the skill that's been put into it.
"I am very pleased that I found somebody that realizes that my art is important for people to see," said Lombardi when asked whether he's excited to share his paintings at the Cummings Center. "What they see in my art, I know they'll be full of joy and happiness, and I guarantee you I have never heard a person complain about the price I get for it, or the showing I get for it."
And what does he hope will happen after the show.
"I haven't stopped painting for 50 years and God is going to give me more time," Lombardi said. "I'm still going to paint 'til I'm 100."


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When San Francisco Bay-area writer Kristin Luna wanted to tour Iceland, she was concerned about the high cost of food, lodging, and gas. So, like most of her 20-something cohorts, she turned to the Internet.
But she didn't just look for any ordinary "budget" tips. Instead she went to the Couch Surfing Project (www.couchsurfing.com), a social networking travel site that connects empty couches with intrepid travelers from all over the world.
Ms. Luna quickly found a friendly Australian who happened to be staying in Iceland and who – more important – had space in his house, auto, and heart for a fellow globetrotter with limited means but a desire to make a new friend and learn about a different culture.
Anthropology graduate student Mauricio Hernandez followed a similar route when he went to Beijing this past year, snagging a soft spot in the front room of a French cultural worker named Emilie. She was willing not just to open her small apartment to a total stranger, but to escort him around the capital city's hutongs (narrow streets or alleys), show him the best restaurants in town, and invite him to return.
While the cultural exchange that enlivens the world of couch surfing is as old as human wanderlust, the phenomenon itself has moved into the 21st century with a formal movement with a website, a mission statement, precautions, and sophisticated referral and vetting procedures to protect the safety and good intentions of both hosts and travelers.
In short, says futurist and social analyst Marian Salzman, it is the universe of social networking itself, simply pushed into the real world.
"It's a new kind of social," says Ms. Salzman. Younger travelers "want to see the world in the way they live now, which is totally connected, with hundreds of casual friends."
It's a powerful, word-of-mouth way to make connections with people all over the world, says Cameron Siewert, content manager for the online travel site, IgoUgo.com. And it makes travel accessible in a way it hasn't been before.
Adventurous types have always relied on the sofas of strangers, she adds, but now, "the serendipity of this kind of spontaneous contact can actually be done ahead of time."
For the uninitiated, this headlong embrace of the unknown seems as though it would be rife with problems, most prominently safety concerns. And certainly there are cautionary tales: The American college student who couch surfed with a website member in Italy and was sexually attacked, not to mention the Norwegian travel mooch who couldn't seem to find another place to go after he landed on the divan of a student at the University of California at Berkeley.
Boston College senior Alex Avstreykh recounts a brush with a site member from Amsterdam, who, he says, "is an addict who demands drugs from surfers."
Beth Whitman, an experienced traveler and author of "Wanderlust and Lipstick: the Essential Guide for Women Traveling Solo," recalls a woman who offered her a couch, but with whom she kept missing contact.
Ms. Whitman took the initiative and went to the address, "but found a dark trailer that just had a creepy vibe." She made other plans. When the woman finally surfaced, she was angry and demanding, accusing Whitman of bad faith.
But those stories are the exception, says Crystal Murphy, a volunteer who handles public relations for the Couch Surfing Project.
The five-year-old website is currently celebrating "its millionth positive recommendation," a reference to the peer reviews that members are supposed to write of their experiences of both surfing and hosting surfers.
The average member age is 26, although it ranges as high as 72, and surfers must be 18 to join.
While other clubs such as the Hospitality Club (www.hospitalityclub.org) offer similar global connections, "we're the ones with a mission to 'change the world one couch at a time,' " says Ms. Murphy with a laugh.
"The lack of a formal institution to screen and stand behind all the parties involved is a real drawback," says Adam Healey, CEO of VibeAgent (www.vibeagent.com), a travel site, about the pitfalls of couch surfing. Despite the peer reviews, "someone has to be the first one, and how do you know about them?"
Experience has also shown that the peer review system has its own limitations. There are examples of both surfers and hosts who, for fear of retaliation, were reluctant to submit negative stories after bad experiences, says Luna, the writer. "They don't want to worry about the trouble those reviews can cause."
The online reviews have subtleties, as well, she adds, so it helps to read them closely. "If a person's profile has no reviews and yet you know they've been surfing, then the absence of good reviews speaks pretty loudly."
Most seasoned couch surfers have a personal list of do's and don'ts. Ask a lot of questions, says Dawn Sebock of southern California, who has opened her home to couch surfers for the past year and a half. She says she serves as a host "to introduce people to our way of life and travel without leaving home."
Luna and Whitman both recommend screening potential surfers or hosts by meeting before committing, so there is room to back out, if necessary.
In the end, says Murphy, couch surfing is not as much about precautions and saving money as it is about expanding your worldview and sharing yourself with others.
"Surfers come down to visit me in Birmingham, Ala.," she says with a laugh, "and it's because we have a relationship, not because Alabama is the most exotic or cheapest place to visit."


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I made my bench 17.5″ high, the same height as Judd's, but it is bigger so four people can comfortably have a conversation on it. At this scale it is a slightly odd height, but in a good way. (It looks a bit more like a table than a seating surface) People are generally a little confused about how to use it, but it works really well once they figure out that they are can sit on it. The one thing that I'm still having trouble with is figuring out the right covering for it. Originally I designed a really beautiful tufted alpaca rug – but as soon as it entered the house the cats started to sharpen their claws on it, making it clear that a custom made alpaca rug was going to have a limited lifespan in a household with six animals and a nine year old kid.
Judd's bench is covered by a Persian carpet. I am personally drawn to the geometry of Turkish kilims more then the the all over patterning of Persian carpets – so a kilim was the next surface that I tried. The kilim looks great in this photograph, but it is rough to the touch, and not so soft to sit on. Also it bleeds when it gets wet, and isn't a good surface to spill food or drinks on. (another given in this household) Then I tried two cowhides which I like more because they are soft and super durable (even red wine wipes off of the white cowhide) – but the overlapping hides feel a bit too amorphous for the crisp formal shape of the bench. More experiments are now in the works… which I'll document as they play themselves out.


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Never-Been-Kissed Nerd Looks for First Love in Over-the Top Comedy
In the movie Bruce Almighty, motor-mouthed Steve Carrell actually managed to upstage Jim Carrey, at least momentarily, during an unforgettable scene as a TV newscaster who can't help but unleash a torrent of unintelligible gibberish while under a spell cast by his jealous competitor. On the strength of that memorable cameo, this alumnus of Chicago's famed Second City comedy troupe parlayed his performance into several larger, though less well-received outings in flicks like Anchorman and Bewitched.
Furthermore, he has even landed a couple of title roles, that of Maxwell Smart in the upcoming adaptation of Get Smart, and here, as Andy Stitzer, aka The 40 Year-Old Virgin. Regrettably, Carrell simply fails to exhibit any of the star quality expected of an actor expected to carry a full-length feature film. While he undoubtedly has what it takes to make a capable character actor, this misfiring misadventure only magnifies his absence of magnetism and his inability to generate chemistry with co-star Catherine Keener.
Plus, the picture is plagued by a host of problems independent of its leading man, starting with a premise which many might find offensive. The storyline is sort of a sorry cross of American Pie and There's Something about Mary, measuring up to those shock comedies only in terms of raunchiness, not laughs.
Like Pie, the plot revolves around the urgent need to end Andy virginity ASAP. And as in Mary, the protagonist is a never-been-kissed loser who has a clumsy crush on an attractive woman clearly out of his league. So, it's obvious almost from the outset that any eventual resolution will lay in a convenient dovetailing of these parallel themes during the denouement. Meanwhile, the audience is asked to endure two hours of off-color slapstick and gross-out jokes, none of which elicited one laugh out of this critic.
Andy Stitzer is a good-natured geek who rides a bicycle to his job at an electronics chain store named Smart Tech. A nerd in every sense of the word, his hobbies include playing the tuba, singing karaoke, and painting toy soldiers. He describes himself as a gentleman who respects women but this doesn't sit well with his co-workers, David (Paul Rudd), Jay (Romany Malco), Cal (Seth Rogen), relatively experienced Romeos who figure out that their 40 year-old colleague is still a virgin.
So, this trio proceeds to serve as a potty-mouthed Greek chorus, coaching and cajoling Andy to find any woman willing to alleviate his terminal state of tumescence. They do everything they can to set the mood: getting him drunk and high on pot, sending him on speed dates, supplying him with a pornography collection, and setting him up with a cute customers and the office tramp, all to no avail.
"You're putting the pussy on a pedestal,� chastises Jay, a womanizer who loves to boast about cheating on his pregnant girlfriend. This bizarre black man, who is fond of sprinkling his conversation with the gratuitous use of the N-word. suggests that the way Andy ought to handle a reluctant lover is to, "Punch her in the f*cking head.�
Many impressionable male teenagers in the targeted demographic will undoubtedly howl at this Neanderthal's approval of forcible rape and other . But the supposed role models in this movie so frequently cross a line in terms of basic human decency that parents ought to consider this fair warning. The 40 Year-Old Virgin, while masquerading as a sweet romantic comedy, is, in truth, an infuriating, offensive, soft-porn primer on how to treat girls as objects who exist at the disposal of men.
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Rating: R for profanity, ethnic slurs, female frontal nudity, soft pornography, pervasive sexual situations, crude humor, and the promotion of excessive alcohol consumption and illegal drug usage.
Running time: 116 minutes
Studio: Universal Pictures
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The Junior Bison Skills camp for June 17-19 has been canceled.
Lipscomb softball coach Kristin Ryman and her players and staff have two camps scheduled for this summer.
The Junior Bison Softball Skills Camp is scheduled for June 17 through June 19. The Advanced Softball Skills Camp for grades 9-through-12 is scheduled for July 15 and 16. Both camps will be held at Draper Diamond on the Lipscomb University campus.
The Junior Bison Camp will start each day at 9 a.m. and end at noon.
The Junior Bison Camp is designed for those younger players who are looking to improve their skills in all areas of the game.
Basic level skills on hitting and defense will be taught, including mechanics of the swing, bunting, fielding ground balls and fly balls, and throwing. Base running will also be covered, and we will finish up with our traditional Water Slide and Whiffle Ball Tournament.
Campers will be divided into groups, each with a leader, so that they may receive as much individual attention as possible. Camp instructors will include current Lipscomb staff and players.
The Advanced Skills Camp will start at 9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. each day.
The Advanced Softball Skills Camp is designed for those players who have an interest in playing at a higher level.
For girls in grades 9-12, the camp is made up of high school players looking to improve their skills and gain exposure towards playing at the college level.
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Teams will be formed on day two and multiple games will be played (number of teams will depend on number of campers). Camp instructors will include current Lipscomb staff and players.
Campers should bring a bag lunch for Advanced Skills Camp for lunch break on both days. Lunch will not be provided by Lipscomb. Campers may bring snacks and drinks for short breaks; water will be provided.
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Placing the Stage
Using Cheat Codes[edit]
We're going to making heavy use of cheat codes here, so let's once again go over how to use them. First, you hold CTRL and SHIFT, then press the C key. This makes the console appear at the top of the screen, and you'll type specific phrases here. When you press Enter, the cheat will go through. If it worked, the entire console will simply disappear. If the code was rejected (for example, if you misspelled something), you'll get an error message and the console will remain open. You can force the console closed by again pressing CTRL, SHIFT, and C.
The codes are not case-sensitive, so all three of these codes would work the same way:
TESTINGcheatsENABLED on
testingcheatsenabled on
teSTingCheATsENAbleD on
To make it easier to read, we'll intercapitalize the words, but know you don't have to. Also, for the off/on arguments, you can do them in three ways: off/on, false/true, or 0/1. So all three of these codes would work the same way:
testingCheatsEnabled on
testingCheatsEnabled true
testingCheatsEnabled 1
We'll be going with off/on for simplicity, but you can use any of the argument pairs that you wish.
All codes and arguments are typed without quotes in the console.
Remember that we need two cheat codes on in order for any work to be done here. The codes are, in order:
testingCheatsEnabled on
Planning and Placing the Stage[edit]
We name our lot "New Venue" without a description for now, then select the lot and choose to enter Build/Buy Mode. Remember that you're playing with house money here: the amount of cash displayed in the bottom-left corner of the screen is your family's account, and it will not be touched when building on a commercial lot. Feel free to go crazy with the decorations!
Now, the stage itself is the most important part of the venue, and it's significantly large (8x7 full tiles). As such, it should be the first thing you place down, and then build anything else around it. Our lot here is 60x60, which is absolutely huge... in fact, it's a little too huge. But since we've got "buyDebug" active, we can just make the venue part of it just a portion of the overall structure. The stage, however, needs to be done immediately.
All right, the first thing you have to decide is whether you want the stage elevated or not. For all intents and purposes, the stage is an 8x7 rug: you can slap it down on any type of terrain or flooring, including platforms and foundations, as long as the destination is completely flat. There is, however, one caveat: if you place the stage on an elevated surface, Sims may not be able to access it. For example, take a look below...
The checkerboard is the 8x7 stage, and the whole thing is sitting on a foundation. However, because it's on a foundation, it's completely inaccessible: Sims can't climb that high. You can sit the whole stage on a platform (the default Flying V's Coffeehouse stage is on a platform), and Sims will be able to step on and off that without problems. However, let's say you really want it on a foundation. You can do this...
But now two Sims may fight over the stairs and have a problem getting on and off. Usually AI-controlled townies won't mess around on a stage, especially if you keep it in the back of the area and away from where there's a lot of foot traffic. (For example, Sims tend to flock around the Flying V's stage because it's the fastest way between one road and the tables, and that's a bad place to put it.) But still, sometimes the Sims are stupid, and they'll need a little help. It's always best to have at least two sets of stairs leading to the stage, even if they're not used for anything else.
So we've talked about how to arrange the stage, but not how to actually buy it. Remember those cheats we entered earlier? The stage will not appear anywhere in Buy Mode without them. With them however, we get a few fun new options.
First, enter Buy Mode, then click the second vertical tab to sort the list by location. Check out the screen shot below, especially the red circle...
That ? icon represents all debug objects not normally available in Buy Mode. Click it (we'll call it the "Debug Sort" for the rest of this section), and you'll see a catalogue of items just like any other category. You want to click the last tab here, the "Miscellaneous Objects" tab (the one with three dots on it). This will list almost every object in the game that cannot normally be acquired in Buy Mode, and depending on the number of expansions you have installed and what order you installed them in, it could be a total clustered mess.
You're looking for the icon of the stage, which appears to be a yellow rectangle from an isometric view. Better still, the icon you need has a blue symbol in the corner representing the Showtime expansion pack, so if you can mentally filter out all the item icons that don't have that symbol, you'll be able to find it easier. Take a look at the screenshot here to see a blown-up version of the icon.
Once you click that, you'll have the stage, again which is essentially like a rug. We place it on our foundation and orient it camera-down (that is, the direction of the street) to place it. From there, we can paint it with any texture just like any other object in the game...
Notice how the stage markings appeared. They strangely won't appear at first; you have to flip and forth between Buy Mode and Build Mode a couple times. As long as the red X's are in the back, you've oriented the stage the correct way.


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Annual, perennial herb, shrubs, generally bristly or sharply hairy
Stem prostrate to erect
Leaves cauline, often with basal rosette, generally simple, alternate; lower sometimes opposite, entire
Inflorescence: cyme, generally elongate, panicle-, raceme- or spike-like, coiled in flower, generally uncoiled in fruit or flowers 12 per axil
Flowers generally bisexual, generally radial; sepals 5, free or fused in lower half; corolla 5-lobed, generally salverform, top of tube generally appendaged, appendages 5, alternating with stamens, sometimes arching over tube; stamens 5, epipetalous; ovary superior, generally 4-lobed, style generally entire
Fruit: nutlets 14, smooth to variously roughened, sometimes prickly or bristled
Genera in family: ± 100 genera, ± 2000 species: tropical, temp, especially w North America, Medit; some cultivated (Borago, Echium, Myosotis, Symphytum ).
Almost all genera may be TOXIC from alkaloids or accumulated nitrates
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include Hydrophyllaceae [Olmsted et al. 2000 Mol Phylog Evol 16:96112]
Family description, key to genera by Timothy C. Messick.
Annual, perennial herb, generally strigose
Stem prostrate to erect, branched at base or above, < 5 dm
Leaves simple, 0.510 cm, generally smaller upward; all cauline (lower opposite, linear to oblong, upper generally alternate) or both basal (often in rosettes) and cauline (alternate, linear to oblanceolate)
Inflorescence: raceme or spike, coiled in bud, generally elongate in fruit; bracts 0many; pedicels generally 01 mm
Flower bisexual; sepals fused below middle, 210 mm in fruit; corolla 112 mm wide, all white or yellow inside tube
Fruit: nutlets generally 4, 13.5 mm; back generally with midrib, lateral ribs, cross-ribs, interspaces, generally tubercled, sometimes prickled or bristled; scar generally lateral (on side) near middle or base, sometimes basal (on bottom) or oblique (between side and bottom), sometimes on a stalk or short peg, generally ovate to triangular
Species in genus: ± 65 species: temp w North America, w South America
Etymology: (Greek: sideways pit, from position of nutlet attachment scar)
Reference: [Higgins 1974 Great Basin Natur 34(2):161166; Johnson 1932 Contr Arnold Abroretum 3:1102]
Fully mature nutlets critical for identification; intergradation common in some species groups; sect. Allocarya often treated as a separate genus; many species need further study.
Annual, sparsely strigose
Stem prostrate, 14 dm
Leaves cauline; lower 38 cm
Inflorescence bracted ± throughout; flowers generally present near base of stem; lower pedicels < 2 mm, recurved
Flower: calyx 610 mm; corolla 12 mm wide
Fruit: nutlet 22.5 mm, lance-ovoid; cross-ribs irregular, often bristled; interspaces wide; scar lateral near base, < 20% nutlet length, triangular to ovate, generally concave, surrounded by low ridge
Ecology: Vernal pools, wet places, grassland
Elevation: < 200 m.
Bioregional distribution: Great Central Valley (foothills).May intergrade with the similar P. scriptus.


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The Tenth (10th) Eothinon (Morning Orthros Gospel Reading)
Sermon delivered April 11, 2010
Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! Xristos Anesti! Alithos Anesti! This greeting we exchange during the time of Pascha, the forty day period after the Resurrection of Christ which we began celebrating last Sunday. Because of the grand significance of the Feasts of Palm Sunday and Pascha, we took a break from our sermon series on the Eleven Eothina or Sunday Orthros Gospel readings. We left off after covering the Eighth on March 21st. So that brings us to the Ninth.
However, when Pascha occurs, the cycle starts over the next Sunday on Antipascha, commonly known as Thomas Sunday, which is today. Thus, we read the First Eothinon in this morning's Orthros service. Now, coincidentaly, the Ninth Eothinon is exactly the same reading for the Liturgy of today's Feast—Antipascha. It is also the reading for the Agape Vespers service of last Sunday when, according to Tradition, it was read in several languages. Therefore, we are going to jump to the Tenth Eothinon for today's sermon. That means next week will be our last segment in the sermon series on the Eleven Eothina.
Let us read and hear the Tenth Eothinon John 21:1-14:
After these things Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and in this way He showed Himself: Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We are going with you also." They went out and immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing. But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Then Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any food?" They answered Him, "No." And He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish.
Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and plunged into the sea. But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from land, but about two hundred cubits), dragging the net with fish. Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have just caught."
Simon Peter went up and dragged the net to land, full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not broken. Jesus said to them, "Come and eat breakfast." Yet none of the disciples dared ask Him, "Who are You?"—knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus then came and took the bread and gave it to them, and likewise the fish. This is now the third time Jesus showed Himself to His disciples after He was raised from the dead.
The first thing I would like to call our attention to in today's passage is that "Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples" (v.1). In this series on the Eothina, which are all accounts of Jesus' appearances after His Resurrection, we should have learned that Christ Himself, not the disciples nor us His modern day followers, chooses how, when and to whom He will reveal Himself. We should not delude ourselves into thinking that we have some control over this dynamic.
For instance, we may think that as soon as we start praying, we should actually see the risen Christ or that we should see Him as soon as we go to liturgy or do a good deed. As I'm sure most of us know by know, this is not how it works. Yet, it is this faulty thinking that causes us to despair because in our society, we are quite used to getting what we want, when we want it. We can only try, as best we can, to follow the Lord's commandments and teachings, and then, wait patiently for Him to appear, knowing that He may not appear but trusting that He knows what's best for us.
The second lesson for us in this passage is this: After Jesus appeared to the disciples, standing on the shore, "they did not know that it was Jesus" (v.4). In other words, when Jesus chooses to appear we better be ready to recognize Him as Lord and God. Otherwise, we can miss, as they say, an opportunity of a lifetime.
This works in two ways. First, like many of the Jewish authorities of Jesus time, even though they heard Him teach, saw Him perform miracles and heal the sick, they did not see Jesus as the true Messiah of God. Thus, a faith in God, that is based on a sincere search for truth, not colored by our own false beliefs and immature expectations, is necessary to see Christ when He is in our midst.
Secondly, like the disciples on the Road to Emmaus, although we sense something special is happening at the time, it is not until after serious reflection that we realize indeed, the risen Christ was present with us.
The third and final lesson is this: When the disciples brought their boat ashore, Jesus "took the bread and gave it to them and likewise the fish" (v.13). This should sound familiar to us because it is just like the Feeding of the 5,000 in the wilderness where Jesus multiplies the loaves and fishes as recounted earlier in John 6:1-14 and also in Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44 and Luke 9:10-17. The Fathers and Saints of the Church interpret that event as a prefiguring of the Eucharist—the heavenly and eternal event of the Lord's Supper in which Jesus gives His body and blood as food for everlasting life.
So, yet again, just like Jesus' appearance to the disciples on the Road to Emmaus (Fifth Eothinon, Lk.24:12-35), the Evangelist and the Orthodox Church are teaching us that the experience of the risen Christ begins in the celebration of the Divine Liturgy and the reception of the Eucharist. In today's Gospel of the Liturgy, Christ invited Thomas to place his hand in the open wound where blood and water spilled from. Likewise, Jesus invites us every Sunday to touch His wounded but risen body and blood by receiving Holy Communion for forgiveness of sins and eternal life.
Fr. Richard Demetrius Andrews is the pastor of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Fr. Andrews is the past president of Minnesota Eastern Orthodox Christian Clergy Association (MEOCCA), and a volunteer chaplain with the St. Paul Police Department.


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"Flinging yourself around in the fakest of ukemi in order to make an incompetent look good, deceives no one, but yourself."
Pseudo-aikido is identifiable by the ineptness of its practitioners, something which waving a camera around, hot music, drums and grass growing introductions cannot hide. It impresses no one but those who know better, and that negatively.
Sizzle does not win fights, nor enable survival against serious odds. Skill does.
Skill cannot be faked, and at best, any attempt to do so is worse than amateurish. It is suicidal.
Remember the good ol' Chinese Fung-ku movies where someone would punch the air (out of the maai) and the other guy would rush in to "block" it? What on earth for? Why on earth block anything?
"Modern aikido" has become too self-excusing. Many schools do not even know what the basic techniques are or have a name for them. They "flow." And well they may. Among each other. Because any real attacker would have other plans.
If you wake up, it will be in a hospital. But DO NOT BLAME AIKIDO. That's not where the fault lies, but rather in the fact that you have been deceived and have allowed yourself to be deceived by the unscrupulous posing as proponents of Aikido. Or simply deceived yourself because you live in fear of death and lack the backbone to admit it.
If your attacks are weak you are practicing nothing more than dancing. Real attacks will not be weak. In any case, Aikido cannot function without strong ki to harmonise. Without strong ki, you will necessarily and obviously have to revert to initiating atemi waza.
If you are an "accomplished martial artist," but only in the confines of your own dojo with people half your size and have no clue how you would fare in reality, well may you dream on, but the awakening, when it comes, will be a cruel one.
Ballet like attacks, aside from being funny to look at, are also stupid in the extreme.
Flinging yourself around in the fakest of ukemi in order to make an incompetent look good, deceives no one, but yourself. And sometimes the incompetent you are propping up.
If you don't know what covering up means, or how to, what the **** are you doing playing at being a "martial artist?"
Standing waiting and posing for an attacker to reach you is another sign of ineptitude, dullness of mind and combative incompetence. You wait, you die.
Does no one read O'Sensei's exacting references to moving whole body, intercepting, irimi-tenkan, etc.? Do you watch the movies with him in them for mere entertainment?
And then there are the excuses. Holes in doughnut theories and fairy tales and "we train for spiritual reasons." Meaning exactly what? If someone can DEFINE this bullshit and make sense of it, I'm willing to listen.
I will not dignify the politico players, as they are not worthy of anyone's undersoles. They just want to collect money by dishonest means and have no moral worth.
So what are we doing people, when we mimic small cuttings from Shinto rituals we do not understand, when we poorly mimic Japanese language we don't understand, and when we pose and carry on?
On the other hand, it IS POSSIBLE to actually learn AIKIDO. This is achieved by carefully studying and regularly practicing the basics with progressively increasing real intention.
It's a question of backbone and integrity.
If a builder builds you a house, you expect it to stand and not collapse on you. His "spirituality" is not your concern.
His integrity and skill ARE.
You expect the car manufacturers to build you a machine which is reliable and safe. You expect the butcher, baker, grocery and fruit and vegetables to be clean, safe, nutritious and good for you and not toxic. And so on.
Budo is no different. Unless you have successfully served in an industry that SERVES society with skill to prevent and mitigate emergency; and in this case, particularly violence, and yet you presume such titles as "sensei," "shihan," "gohan" and other fancifully invented nonsense, YOU ARE IN FACT A FRAUD!
There is no field so full of fools and frauds, thugs and deceivers, incompetents and snake oil salesmen than that of so called "martial arts."
This is because the average person fears what they do not understand, and are easily deceived by smoke and mirrors.
Certificates, coloured cloth and lineages mean nothing when you've never cut your teeth and proven your mettle in the litmus test. Live action.
So then you should call your pseudo-budo, ballet, dance, yoga, light cardio, sandplay… anything but "martial."
There are more than too many liars and cheats in the world who prostitute the appearance of something and market bells, whistles and shadows for an illicit buck.
A gi, a hakama, accoutrements, do not make you a teacher. Their significance is wasted on pretenders.
Only skill gained in experience and the clear thinking it brings, and ongoing study of the subject you propose, serve as a qualification of merit.
And as a SERVANT of those you presume to teach, you ought to have something of value to impart. Not just rote you copied from someone without thinking, or got out of a book or something.
Budo is the stopping of aggression.
There is no more responsibility more sacred, more potent, more loaded with the immensity of sacred trust than the PROTECTION OF LIFE.
See to it then that you are in fact capable. Otherwise, leave for other pastures and other arts more fitting of your stature and measure of courage and integrity.
And leave the Budo to those who can.
Otherwise, keep training, but stop pretending to have all the answers. No Budo, Aikido included, is set in concrete but is a Path of Endless Discovery.
Every true teacher of stature, Morihei Ueshiba included, have made the request that those who follow in that Path, improve with authentic discovery, what they left behind.
"What I have done, you can do greater," and, "Please take what I have left behind and continue this process of discovery," etc.
Let us then continue to discover together with the humility that is due.
And when the call to arms comes and it is time to protect everything we all cherish, then we'll see what you are really made of.
Even better, don't wait. There are numerous, non-military as well as military career paths that require courage, backbone, integrity and applied Aikido attitudes and which will serve to uplift society and our world. Some pay well too. You will be earning it.
If your Budo is increasing your clarity and perspective, you will increase in harmony both inner and outer in all your relationships. If, on the other hand, it is adding to your delusions, this too will be noticeable; more so by the feedback than your own evaluations.
It is very hard to be objective about oneself. The fruit of your actions define you. The trail you leave and whether it is one of increased suffering or upliftment.
The litmus test is in the capability of serving for uplift in the face of adversity.


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Motorists were urged to use extra caution on Chicago-area roadways Thursday morning due to problems associated with standing water.
Spotty flooding was reported on the inbound lanes of Interstate 55 at Pulaski and on ramps on the Bishop Ford Freeway. Television cameras recorded one car on the inbound Stevenson Expressway hitting a puddle, hydroplaning, and crashing into the median wall.
The rain was expected to continue to fall through the evening hours. By midday, some portions of the metropolitan area had already recorded more than four inches of rain.
National Weather Service officials allowed a flood advisory for Cook, Will, Kendall and Kane counties to expire at 9:30 a.m. but kept one in effect for areas in Will County along the east branch of the DuPage River.
That rainfall should taper off by the time trick-or-treaters head in the evening hours, out but conditions will still be windy and wet. After that, temperatures fall and the winds will shift to the west, making for less-than-ideal conditions for ghouls seeking treats.
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Arlington Heights: 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Aurora: 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Berwyn: 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Bolingbrook: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Cicero: 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Elgin: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Evanston: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Des Plaines: No set hours have been established, but police recommend that children are home by dusk.
Highland Park: 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Joliet: 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Mount Prospect: 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Oak Park: 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Orland Park: 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Palatine: 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Schaumburg: 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Skokie: 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Tinley Park: 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Wheaton: 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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This is my first identify this movie question.
I only saw part of the movie of the movie perhaps in 2006 or 2007 (could not recollect correctly) on the PC of my friend.
In the part it was shown:
A small girl (around 8-13 yrs age) boarded on a ship with her family. In the evening there was a ball dance going on among the passengers of the ship on the deck. The girl was standing alone finding no company. A kind old man (60-70 yrs age) appeared in front of her and proposed her to join him. The girl smiled and started dancing with him very slowly. All on a sudden, a sharp rubber band type string like thing that was almost invisibly bound across the length (or width) of the deck cut off and all the passengers on deck were cut down by it. The old man and her family, all of them was cut dead in front of her eyes. Basically they were cut on the height of their waist. As The girl was small in height, the thing passed over her head and she was not killed by it. Now the girl was alone on the ship. What would she do?
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The coeds will compete at three regattas while the women sail at one (photo courtesy Athletic Communications).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard sailing teams are set to race at four regattas this weekend with the No. 6 Crimson coeds competing at the 75th Oberg Trophy, the Sherman Hoyt Trophy and the Central Series 6. The women will sail at the Stu Nelson Trophy.
Fans can follow results from each of the regattas, here.
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Last Time on the Water
In its busiest weekend of sailing this fall, Harvard's coed sailing team emerged with a fourth-place finish at the Navy Fall Invite while the women's squad claimed 14th at the Yale Women's Intersectional. The Crimson coeds also competed at the Captain Hurst Bowl, the Lane Trophy, the Norm Reid Trophy and MIT's Firefly and FJ invite.
Related Link: Sailing's Busiest Weekend Features Coeds Fourth at Navy, Women 14th at Yale
About the Sherman Hoyt Trophy at Brown
The Sherman Hoyt Trophy, hosted by Brown on Narragansett Bay, features a field of 17 teams that includes all but two schools in the top-20. The intersectional event has the two divisions racing in 420s. Last season, the Crimson placed 12th.
Related Link: Sailing Hits the Water for Hoyt Trophy
About the Stu Nelson Trophy
The Stu Nelson Trophy is a two-division, intersectional women's regatta hosted by Connecticut College. Eighteen teams will clash on the water in New London, Conn., with each division sailings FJs. The Crimson last competed in the annual event in 2011, when Harvard finished fifth.
Related Link: Harvard Sailing Places Fifth at the Stu Nelson Trophy
About the 75th Oberg Trophy
At the 75th Oberg Trophy, 18 teams, including nine ranked squads, will take the water. The NEISA, three division coed regatta, hosted by Northeastern at MIT, will be raced in FJ's and Fireflies with the divisions switching between the classes. Last season, Harvard placed seventh overall.
Related Link: Sailing Takes 10th at Northeast Dinghy Championship, Completes Four Regattas
About the Central Series 6
The Central Series 6 regatta is Boston College's third regatta Harvard will race at this fall. Top-ranked teams across the NEISA will take the water in Boston in FJs.
Week seven racing fairs the heaviest winds of the fall season. Massachusetts waters will see southwest breezes at 5 to 10 knots with gusts up to 20 knots to begin competition on Saturday with winds shifting to the west at 10 to 15 knots on Sunday. The environment on Narragansett Bay mirrors the Bay State. Conditions in Connecticut have west winds of 10 to 15 knots at the start of racing increasing to 20 to 25 knots in the afternoon with squalls reversing for the second day of sailing.
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Coming Up
Harvard will host the women's Victorian Coffee Urn Trophy while the coeds also compete on the Charles River at the Schell Trophy hosted by MIT, Nov. 2-3.


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Homeschool Movement Ignored by Parliament
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Kenyan homeschoolers are concerned that the proposed education law moving through their parliament will prevent them from exercising their right to homeschool their children.
Homeschool leaders in the African country have told Home School Legal Defense Association that members of parliament have raised concerns that homeschooling would be used by negligent and abusive parents to hide from authorities. Lawmakers have also said that they do not wish to spend time on an issue they consider insignificant given the small number of Kenyan homeschooling families.
Leaders of the East Africa Community of Homeschoolers, one of the few organized homeschool groups on the continent, have asked HSLDA for help. We are asking our members and friends to intervene to support the fledgling homeschool movement in Kenya. Although small in numbers, homeschool parents in Kenya should be protected in their fundamental right to choose how their children are educated.
"Fundamental Right"
The Berlin Declaration presented at the first-ever global homeschool conference held in Germany's capital in early November outlines the case for homeschooling as a fundamental right of all parents.
Thomas Mundia, a member of the board of East African homeschoolers, is hopeful.
"There are so few of us that it is easy for the parliament to ignore us," he said. "There are some in parliament who are open to our ideas, but most are unfamiliar with the concept of home education. Kenya is drafting a new law after adopting a new constitution, and this law does not make a provision for home education. This puts Kenyan homeschoolers at risk of criminal prosecution. I hope that intervention from our international homeschooling friends could help."
Action Needed
HSLDA is asking its members and friends to contact the minister of eduction for Kenya, the Honorable Mutula Kilonzo, at firstname.lastname@example.com. Please tell him that homeschooling is a fundamental right and should be protected in the education legislation now being considered by parliament.
HSLDA also encourages its members and friends to contact members of the Kenyan parliament to politely encourage them to provide for home education in their new law. This is essential because parents have a "prior right" to choose the kind of education their children should receive. This was recognized by Article 26(3) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and also the United States Supreme Court. While government may have an interest in the education of their citizens, it should protect this important right of parents to choose home education.