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This tournament was a random ID tournament but with the emphasis being on "creative" *cough* janky *cough* builds. This meant that there were two ways to get points; the first was the classic way – winning games. Each player could also vote for one runner deck and one corporation deck after round 4 with each vote counting for half a point towards an eventual score total.
Sets up to and including Old Hollywood were legal.
My Decks
I was drawn Noise and TWIY when allocated random IDs.
Noise is obviously a challenge; what do you do with him that makes him different to the awesome Noise decks out there? The standard Cache/Aesops/Faust/Wylside/Chronotype is super effective and not at all unusual so I had to ditch as much of that as possible.
I knew that I wanted to base it around making Noise effectively a Val Blackmail deck. In my early building I did this using Activist Support,Qianju PT & Adjusted Chronotype. This made my early decks heavily combo based, needing Paige Piper to help clear things out. This was beautiful jank to me to be sure, largely because as you built it people tend to see the bike first and it isn't until all the pieces are in place that the bad pub sticks. It did have the advantage that you could give the bad pub entirely off your own back.
The problem is it was a lot of combo pieces so when Old Hollywood brought me Fan Site I swapped in Fan Site and Frame Job and took out all three pieces freeing up three cards. I played around with making a no virus Noise deck but unfortunately I found dealing with fast advance without either constant pressure or Clot to be nigh on impossible. I also thought that the second I was planning to install Clot, then use Record Reconstructor to, as a gentleman, run archives to put the milled card back on R&D, was the second I had gone truly mad.
From there it was time to stick down viruses to put more into archives, cards that helped me expose so as to not waste blackmail, then lots of recursion. I also found, very late on, that Raymond Flint combined very well as he allowed me to access from HQ when I gave them bad pub, and he could be prepped for later use.
Reading (UK) Random ID Jank Tournament, 3rd Place
Noise: Hacker Extraordinaire (Core Set)
Event (17)
2x Amped Up (Order and Chaos)
3x Blackmail (Fear and Loathing)
3x Déjà Vu (Core Set)
3x Frame Job (Opening Moves)
3x I've Had Worse (Order and Chaos)
1x Infiltration (Core Set)
2x Inject (Up and Over)
Hardware (2)
2x Unregistered S&W '35 (Honor and Profit) ••••• •
Resource (14)
2x Armitage Codebusting (Core Set)
2x Daily Casts (Creation and Control)
3x Fan Site (Old Hollywood) •••
2x Raymond Flint (Mala Tempora)
2x Sacrificial Construct (Core Set) ••
3x Same Old Thing (Creation and Control)
Program (13)
3x Cache (The Spaces Between) •••
3x Clot (The Valley)
2x Gravedigger (Order and Chaos)
1x Hemorrhage (Fear and Loathing)
2x Imp (What Lies Ahead)
2x Trope (Old Hollywood)
14 influence spent (max 15)
46 cards (min 45)
Cards up to Old Hollywood
Decklist published on NetrunnerDB.
Oh right… the Unregisted S&W 35s. Well, just in case I see a Caprice the play can be, ideally,
Amped Up, for 2 extra clicks
Same Old Thing/Deja Vu Black Mail HQ
Shoot Caprice
Same Old Thing/Deja Vu Blackmail Remote.
Really, I couldn't be dealing with Psi games on this day.
The TWIY
Oh good….an extra card in hand,
And 12 influence.
What can I do with that?
I have absolutely no idea. I spent a lot of time struggling to find my feet with this identity and deciding what to do with it. There are obviously some standard responses; Midseason pshychobeales, grail Ice with Midway station grid, or just fast advancing using your small deck size to find that combo.
But jank was demanded. I toyed with a few things; Snoop + Targetted Marketing, Plan Bs to half fast advance, things that were similar to what I came with, and my consistent favourite was Matrix Analyser.
Matrix Analyser is awesome, I don't understand entirely why it doesn't see more play. It combines absolutely beautifully with traps so long as you can keep your money high enough. They run something that is double advanced and you spend a credit to add another counter to it; all of a sudden Junebug has added 2 more net damage, Cerebral Overwriter has added 1 more brain damage, Ghost Branch 1 more tag, Plan B just enabled a 3/2 to score, Aggressive Secretary is clearing near enough an entire rig. And then you put 2 or three of them in a row and attacking a trap becomes frightening. If they do chicken out halfway through and have guessed wrong, they have just helped advance your agenda.
And of course, you can play BEALE OR NO BEALE.
Once you establish that it is pure shell game nonsense you need only some basic Ice to try and hold them out of R&D, and possibly HQ, to make them HAVE to play your game. Then DBS and Jackson to help control the draw, a load of economy, Underway Grid to avoid Drive By/Infiltration party poopers, and Crisium just because I felt like Account Siphon or Keyhole or something like that would ruin my day
Reading (UK) Random ID Jank Tournament, 3rd Place, corp
NBN: The World is Yours* (Future Proof)
Agenda (6)
3x Project Beale (Future Proof)
3x Vanity Project (Old Hollywood) •••
Asset (13)
2x Cerebral Overwriter (Creation and Control) ••••
2x Daily Business Show (All That Remains)
2x Jackson Howard (Opening Moves)
3x Marked Accounts (Cyber Exodus)
2x PAD Campaign (Core Set)
2x Project Junebug (Core Set) ••
Upgrade (4)
2x Crisium Grid (First Contact) ••
2x Underway Grid (The Underway)
Operation (7)
1x Back Channels (Old Hollywood) •
1x Closed Accounts (Core Set)
3x Hedge Fund (Core Set)
2x Sweeps Week (True Colors)
Barrier (3)
1x Wall of Static (Core Set)
2x Wraparound (Fear and Loathing)
Code Gate (6)
2x Enigma (Core Set)
2x Pop-up Window (Cyber Exodus)
2x Tollbooth (Core Set)
Sentry (5)
2x Gutenberg (Breaker Bay)
3x Matrix Analyzer (Core Set)
12 influence spent (max 12)
18 agenda points (between 18 and 19)
44 cards (min 40)
Cards up to Old Hollywood
Decklist published on NetrunnerDB.
Now that I have told you about my decks and gushed about how much I love them you should know something up front; I lost a lot of games, these are not good (as in effective) decks and it is only due to the generous spirits of the Reading tournament that I left with anything at all.
Game 1 vs James N
Noise vs The Foundry
My notes of this game include the note "NO BLACKMAIL" (capitals written at the time) which I imagine was entirely deserved! I did spend a lot of time desperately drawing for my blackmails with little success. This was a rather unfortunately matchup for James, jankwise, as Foundry rather depends on being able to rez Ice to show off its jank and I was having none of it. I think essentially he was able to get most of his points by installing behind ice and advancing next turn. I turned off the fast advance play with Clot and multiple sacrificial constructs; he spent a lot of time purging whilst I was drawing and putting the clot back.
I think ultimately he was able to win when I spent all my money on a silly run on archives which left me on too little money to do everything I needed to do to bring back the two Blackmails I needed to get passed an Ash to score (I think(
Enduring Memory: "I purge" – "I déjà vu, install clot", "I purge" "I déjà vu, install clot"… time passes "I install Sacrificial Construct. Twice"…. "I purge"…"I purge"…."I purge"… Guy runs out of clot defence. (This memory is patchy, so may not be exactly what happened)
TWIY vs Hayley
James' deck was a rather fun Chameleon build meaning that at one point he was able to install a Chameleon onto a Dinosaurus and with an LLDS processor spend 1 credit to break Gutenburgs on R&D. This was hilarious and aggravating! I did manage to score out a Vanity Project this game behind the one Matrix Analyser, before hitting him with a Cerebral Overwriter for 3 brain damage which slowed his game a little. Ultimately though he was wise enough to keep plugging at R&D where he pulled the Vanity Project, Beale and I think another Beale to seal the win.
Enduring memory: "But that only makes Chamelon strength five…" "I also have an LLDS processor" "Ha! That's ridiculous!"
Points: 0 from 2
Game 2 vs Dave
TWIY vs Reina
This was quite a funky Reina; it was more like a Hayley deck. It was designed to make recurring credits like nobody's business and by goodness it did. I think he hit the 10 recurring credits per turn by the end of the game. I didn't draw traps this game, much my own fault for only having 2 Junebugs. I tried to bluff out a Vanity Project but he was having none of it, stealing it and building for a rather unstoppable R&D attack that of course, eventually handed over the agendas. I did spend much of my game expecting the vamp that never came. Dave should be commending for avoiding the temptation to headlock!
Enduring Memory: "Start of turn I gain 10 credits"
Noise vs Cybernetics Division
Oh dear. Really could have used Flint or Infiltration this game, or actually to be fair some better judgement! BRAIN DAMAGE EVERYWHERE! Ultimately I was killed by Chairman Hiro taking me into negative handsize! I did manage to get the combo set up though which made me happy but without expose effects traps will get you if you can't read the game, which I was not really doing well at this point. I have a feeling Dave had scored a 5/3 as his first agenda which always puts me on the back foot.
Enduring memory: Having one card in hand, Blackmail, and being able to go in anywhere I pleased, little good it did me.
Points: 0 from 4
I had lunch. I have played twice in Reading and the first time magic pasties brought me good fortune in the afternoon. I hoped the same would happen today! I talked to Stu and Phil and Johno. All go pleasant coves
Game 3 vs James C
TWIY vs Kit
KITFAUST! LOVED IT! James had Torch as the first icebreaker and then Faust for everything else with Game Day/Beach Party (with public sympathy to boot!) combos bringing the hand size up. I remember smiling and thinking how cool the combo was and then realising that basically my only play was the threat of a flatline and he was holding a ridiculous amount of cards in hand.
Ultimately though Faust was his downfall. One thing that can doom a player I think particularly in Shaper, and I am guilty of this myself, is that sometimes we are so keen to show how well we can break a subroutine that we forget to wonder if we should. I had a Junebug down on the table that I think I double advanced, then increased to a three, behind 2 Matrix Analysers. James ran it and I added two more counters; he was keen to avoid the tags to be sure and I think I had the money advantage so he broke both subroutines but this took his hand size below the 10 I needed to kill him. (I think it was 10 net damage)
Enduring Memory: "I gameday for 12"
Noise vs Custom Biotics
The mothership of jank! It did not disappoint! He gave me an open R&D first turn so I went and attacked it hard running without Blackmail or anything! I stole ABT (scary!) and an NAPD after a cache mill. I was pleased – 4 points before I even get the Blackmail going! I didn't have fansite but if he scores now I'll be OK anyway because I can Frame Job one of these agendas.
Luckily money is not there for Scorch yet. I desperately look for I've Had Worse to survive scorches but I've misjudged something: James C understands jank. He knows that Scorch is the best play, he gets it, but he's not interested.
Shoot the Moon rezzing a Janus, Turing & Viktor 2.0
I look at my Blackmails.
I may have a problem.
I start desperately milling to try and put stuff in Archives I can steal when I think I might have a play for if he installs and double advances. He does so. The way I see it I can Amped Up then run, click through the Viktor, click through the Turing, and take all of the Janus damage before stealing. I have Déjà vu'd the Amped up in prep. As I am about to do it I check by recounting.
I count wrong. I think I am short of clicks. I amped up and run R&D and HQ (he had little money at this point so I tried to tempt a rez) but to no avail.
After this is all done I realise I did have enough clicks. It would have won the game, and gloriously. I will have nightmares about messing that up.
James C wins behind his well defended remote.
Enduring memory: I could have done it… I had the clicks…. *hangs head in shame*.
Points: 1 from 6
Game 4 vs Leigh
Noise vs CI
Leigh hates CI; personally I have some regard for it, but he was unfortunate enough that my Noise deck lined everything up for me how I needed it this round. Fan Site early on to give me the bad pub (had a nasty moment when he scored the ABT but thankfully he put an Ichi on R&D and an Enigma on HQ, the enigma on the remote would literally have won him the game but he was not to know!) and then both enough Blackmails plus infiltrations/Raymond Flints to avoid running on his traps. I caught out his remotes when he installed and then he just held cards in hand, but in response I could just mill until I got bored and blackmailed archives for the win. Clot was even there with support in case that was the plan.
Enduring memory: "Well fine, I can't score anything but you can't either cause I'll hold it ALL in HQ"
TWIY vs The Professor
This Professor was brilliant. Monolith because Monolith - hard installed. Hemorrhage. This deck was brilliant fun and I had already spread by Pads/DBS/Marked Accounts super wide making the runs to fund Hemorrhage as easy as pie. Luckily I already had set up by this point with money trickling in from the assets and enough Matrix Analysers. I even managed to use Back Channels to make money back from an ignored Overwriter. It is possible I should have kept it – I had swapped it for a Beale largely because I couldn't hold anything safely in hand due to Hemorrhage and the ability to run everywhere (he had already slammed R&D for many points). I advanced it slowly and was starting to quietly get excited that I might pull off a single Beale for the win (like I managed in Edinburgh casuals not long ago) when my very good friend, buddy and pal Brendan takes a wander round to see the games. He looks at the super advanced card and wanders aloud (whilst I'm shaking my head, gesticulating wildly for him to stop, putting up banners saying "NO! DON't SAY IT BRENDAN!", and all but jumping up to physical wrestle him to the floor) "How many counters DOES it take to win with a single Beale?"
Turns outs its 13. I have 10 on there at the moment. It is Leigh's turn.
Leigh may well have thought of it independently to be fair (I tell the story as I do mainly for the poetry of it) however as I am shaking my fist at Brendan Leigh decides to play…. BEALE OR NO BEALE. He runs, and risks the potential 20 net damage or 10 brain damage to take the winning Beale from me.
Enduring Memory: Brendan's innocent face.
Points: 2 from 8
Before round 5 we have to nominate our favourite decks from runner and corp.
I went corp for James C's Shoot the Moon deck. Anyone who Midseasons but not to kill, or even Pshychographics out gets my jank nod. The fact that his inner most ice on a scoring server was Janus as well just shows the true master of the pin dancing world of jank.
Runner I went for Leigh's Professor with Hemorrhage and Monolith. Monolith is an absurd card, and he put it in because he thought he ought to, not because it was good. I also like the way in which Hemorrhage became a central part of the plan, which is an unusual position for the corp to be in. It was excellently done. Bonus points for making me reassess that card from genuine playability point of view.
Round 5 vs Fiona
TWIY vs Maxx
Mad props for Fiona running Darwin! I made a whale noise. I saw in her eyes what I have seen in many runners before – the desire to just absorb traps (Pete from Oxford is like this, Stu is like it as well) so I was able to win with two Cerebral Overwriters. I think I had scored out in the meantime, hmmm actually maybe not, not sure. Suffice to say brain damage murderdeath from TWIY. Not every day one says that.
Enduring Memory: A beautiful rig – Desperado, Darwin, datasucker, Medium, Corrodor, D4vid. It would have locked down R&D in short order had the game gone much longer.
Noise vs Cybernetics
Even madder props for playing Cybernetics but using some combo of Housekeeping and Next Ice to just fight for board state. She was unfortunate in that all of the pieces that stopped me got milled. I did trash an Executive Boot camp (used to rez a Next Bronze on R&D) early on long before the horrendousness of my play could be revealed).
She did also have to ask "What does Blackmail do?" which made me immediately realise what a cruel trick this deck is to play on a new player. Its basically "You know all that stuff you learned about Netrunner? It's a lie! This card ruins all your dreams of ice!" so I was able to slam out the victory on this one, eventually claiming from Archives when I think enough was milled. I don't think she was too familiar with Noise mill nonsense either which is another way that Netrunner will lie to you from the getgo.
Enduring Memory: Guilt. Blackmail is a horrible card to be shown like that. Sorry.
Points: 4 from 10.
Final Tallies
Now those of you who read titles and look at scores will be wondering how in the name of Brenlacticus I got to third with that.
Well it turns out all of my opponents had been kind enough to recommend by jank as their favourite decks on the day. I got 7 nominations out of a possible 8. This was enough to push me all the way up into 3rd. I got me a lovely deckbox and some money off my next gaming purchase (Dr. Who RPG extension book!)
I was delighted to say the least, and I am thankful to all of those who put my name down and I am thrilled you enjoyed our games (I certainly did too).
Also thanks to Stu for lending me a Beale and a Déjà vu.
And thanks for the Reading boys for hosting this, and devising(?) this awesome format!
Roll on the next random ID jank tournament. I already have…some thoughts.


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November 22. 2012 10:40PM
British Beer Company coming to downtown Portsmouth
By GRETYL MACALASTER
Union Leader Correspondent
This rendering of the proposed exterior for British Beer Company shows its location at Portwalk Place in downtown Portsmouth. The Plymouth, Mass.-based pub is hoping to open by April. (COURTESY)
PORTSMOUTH - A piece of England is coming to downtown with the opening of the British Beer Company next year.
The Plymouth, Mass.-based chain went before the Historic District Commission recently to present proposed changes to the exterior of a corner of the Portwalk building.
A rendering shows deep mahogany wood and muted lighting in the space on the corner of Hanover Street and Portwalk Place.
British Beer Company opened their first New Hampshire pub in Manchester in June, and founder and principal Gary Simon said business has been going very well.
"It seems New Hampshire as a market for us is just very, very good," Simon said.
He said Portsmouth has always been on their radar because of the city's historic nature and the type of buildings downtown.
Simon grew up on the North Shore of Massachusetts and went to college in Portland, Maine, so he often passed through town.
"It is a great city so we had the opportunity to go into Portwalk Place, and we looked around and loved it and signed a lease so hopefully we are moving forward," Simon said.
He said members of the Historic District Commission seemed to respond positively to their plan. Local architect Lisa DeStefano was involved in the design. BBC is scheduled to go before the HDC for final approval on Dec. 7.
The pub will fill about 5,800 square feet, and Simon said the interior will be very similar in design to the last five or six restaurants they have opened, with rich mahogany wood, leather seats, stained glass windows and furniture made in England, including the bar.
The pub will feature 38 taps that will include a selection of local and international beers as well as a full-service restaurant with about 165 seats.
"When you walk in, it doesn't look brand new, it looks like it's been there for 100 years, and once it opens, it takes on the personality of the customers," Simon said.
Many staff members, including the executive chef, are sent to England to work in local pubs to gain a better understanding of the environment and what BBC is trying to convey.
"We are not contrived. We are not trying to pretend to be a pub. We are a pub, and it comes right down to the way we train our staff," Simon said.
Simon said the new restaurant will employ about 70 people both full- and part-time.
He said the pub will have televisions, because people do want to see their sports, but they will not be overwhelming.
Simon started British Beer Company 15 years ago in Plymouth, Mass., with co-founder and current director of operations Harry Gnong. Portsmouth will mark their 13th location.
He said they are hoping to have all of the necessary permits in place by January and expects it will take 12 to 16 weeks to open.

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A quick noted passed along from High Cheese's Washington Bureau. . .
Congress may vote on a resolution honoring the life of former Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas today. The resolution was introduced by Rep. Joe Sestak, whose district include Delaware County, shortly after Kalas' death from heart disease in April.
Honoring the life and accomplishments of Harry Kalas for
his invaluable contributions to the national past-time of
baseball, the community, and the Nation.
Whereas Harry Kalas, an iconic and beloved sports broadcaster
passed away on April 13, 2009;
Whereas Harry Kalas was born on March 26, 1936, in
Naperville, Illinois;
Whereas Harry Kalas is a 1959 graduate of the University
of Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech, Radio,
and Television;
Whereas immediately following graduation, Harry Kalas
served in the United States Army for two years in Hawaii;
Whereas following his service, Harry Kalas began his broadcasting
career with KGU Radio broadcasting games for
the University of Hawaii and the Hawaii Islanders of the
AAA Pacific Coast League;
Whereas Harry Kalas was a member of the original Houston
Astros broadcast team in 1965;
Whereas Harry Kalas joined the Philadelphia Phillies broadcast
team in 1971, calling their games for the past 38
years, including 26 years with his great friend and Hall
of Famer Richie Ashburn;
Whereas Harry Kalas had diverse talents, calling University
of Houston football, Southwest Conference basketball,
Big Five basketball, University of Notre Dame football,
and NFL games, throughout his illustrious career as well
as providing voice-overs for NFL films and numerous
Whereas Harry Kalas broadcast the opening of the Astrodome,
Veterans Stadium, and Citizen Bank Ballpark;
Whereas, in 2002, Harry Kalas was the Ford C. Frick Award
Winner, named after the former National League President
and Major League Baseball Commissioner, which is
annually bestowed by the National Baseball Hall of Fame
to a broadcaster for ''major contributions to baseball'';
Whereas Harry Kalas called 7 National League Championship
Series and 3 World Series, being the voice of the
2008 World Champions;
Whereas Harry Kalas called all of Hall of Famer Steve
Carlton's starts as a Phillie, as well as all of Hall of Famer
Mike Schmidt's 548 homeruns, making the phrase, ''outta here'',
an often imitated but never duplicated signature home run call well known in Philadelphia and the rest of the baseball world;
Whereas Harry Kalas was named Pennsylvania Sportscaster
of the year 18 times and was inducted into the National
Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of
Fame in 2008;
Whereas Harry Kalas was a remarkable husband to his wife,
Eileen, and father to his three sons, Todd, Brad, and
Whereas his son Todd followed him into field of sports broadcasting;
Whereas Harry Kalas, not just as a voice, but also as a husband,
father, friend, and veteran, will be sorely missed in
both the Philadelphia region and the United States: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors
the life and accomplishments of Harry Kalas for his in
valuable contributions to the national past-time of base
ball, our community, and the Nation.
All those in favor?


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Main Site - :: Why Won't God Heal Amputees? ::
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To find out why the Gods will not heal amputees and then build better temples, sing more pleasing hymns, make better supplications and more satisfactory sacrifices.
I was hoping that members of this forum would help me develop them, but after what you told me, Kcrady, I got a bit discouraged, to be honest. Please, tell me honestly: do you think someone in this forum would be truly interested in my ideas, if they are outside the context of debating with fundamentalists?
I am a member of this forum since December, 2009 and there is one question that keeps exciting me since: Does this forum have a main purpose?Judging by the WWGHA website, it seams that the main goal is to help christians abandon their irrational beliefs.
In this book we look at God from many different angles. What we find is that God is completely imaginary. God does not answer prayers. God did not write the Bible. God has not incarnated himself.
However, as far as I understand, the author of the book in WWGHA website doesn't log in this forum very often, and, at present, few members care about what he has written. Thus, if I want to understand what the main purpose of this forum is, I should rather trust the current active forum members.
I remember once Screwtape told me that this forum is for atheists to have a community and "it allows them an outlet where they can know they are not alone".Others think that it is very important that the members have fun here. After all this forum is made for them – the members, and if it doesn't make them happier, then what is the point of it?
All in all, it seems that the WWGHA forum is a multi-purpose enterprise, which is not surprising at all, because most internet forums are this way. Is our forum multi-purpose, too, or am I mistaken? If it really is, do you think we should set out a main objective?
Religions need books because they don't have gods.
Before I continue – any questions, commentaries, objections?
"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative."
Is it not just enough that it is here, and we enjoy it?
To facilitate everyone and to increase the quality of the discussion, I will highlit the main points of my posts so far:1. When interacting with theists, we should care more about the needs and the problems we have as atheists (if we have any problems whatsoever), rather than try to save the world. 2. Instead of trying to convince Christians that there is no god, we better communicate to them every single negative aspect of Christianity on a one-by-one basis.3. Whatever we claim, it must have a strong connection with the reality Christians live in. And if possible - explain them how a given aspect of Christianity affects them personally.****In the post above I used the terms "centralized method" and "decentralized method", but maybe "centred" and "non-centred" would be better.
The main purpose is to provide informational support in solving problems caused by various irrational beliefs mostly originating from Christianity.
2. Instead of trying to convince Christians that there is no god, we better communicate to them every single negative aspect of Christianity on a one-by-one basis.
I wonder how one goes about explaining what being a human being is all about?
Are you proposing debate rooms for this one-by-one or do you mean only one question at a time? Or do you mean addressing each Christian on a person-by-person basis? Not sure what you are proposing here.


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February 2013
Researchers interested in applying for the NIDA U.S.-Mexico Drug Abuse Prevention Research Fellowship need to submit application materials by April 1, 2013.
March 2011 Announces the recipient of a 2010 award for innovation in research on drug addiction and alcoholism and describes his work on increasing our understanding of the molecular foundation of addiction.
July 2011 Announces the 2010 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers to Dr. Mauricio R. Delgado for his work with functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate how the human brain learns from experiences.
June 2008 Highlights the NIDA International Program which works to strengthen international research networks, creating opportunities for global research collaboration, training, and scientific exchange.
July 2012
Eight scientists have received National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants to develop K-12 education programs that will engage young people in learning about the brain, inspire some to pursue careers in biomedical science, and increase teacher knowledge of neuroscience. The 5-year grants are funded by the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research Science Education.
December 2010 Announces the recipient of an award for online resources in education, Dr. Louisa Stark, who developed two interactive Web sites on genetics.
November 2013 NIDA plans to provide $750 travel awards to 27 junior investigators to present their research on women or sex/gender differences in any area of drug abuse at the annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 14‒19, 2014. Deadline to apply is December 2, 2013.
November 2014 NIDA plans to provide $750 travel awards to 27 junior investigators to present their research on women or sex/gender differences in any area of drug abuse at the annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence in Phoenix, Arizona, June 13–18, 2015. Deadline to apply is December 5, 2014.
July 2011 Reports on NIDA's research priorities—drug abuse and addiction prevention, treatment, and HIV/AIDS—which will remain consistent during these challenging budget times.
July 2011 Describes NIDA's Special Populations Office which promotes addiction science that examines health disparities and foster research careers among members of underrepresented communities.


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PLUS Co. partners with biotech startup in SalemBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
November 19. 2017 10:43PM
NASHUA — Determined to find a place where adults with developmental disabilities can thrive and reach independence, the PLUS Co. of Nashua is partnering with a new startup company in Salem.
Five clients at PLUS, an acronym for People Learning Useful Skills, are now working at Foxx Life Sciences, a biotech startup that provides engineering services and proprietary products to leading research and distribution companies for a variety of applications.
Foxx Life Sciences is one of about 50 employers in the region working with PLUS clients. Since 1987, PLUS has placed nearly 600 individuals in jobs in various occupations with about 300 employers, according to Mark Robillard, manager of career and business services at PLUS.
"Having adults with disabilities in the workforce is good for the community, the businesses and the individuals," Robillard said. "They tend to have an extremely high sense of pride when it comes to work, and that is contagious for the rest of the workplace."
Clients with high-functioning autism typically display great attention to detail, which is beneficial for companies with quality assurance metrics, he said. They also follow directions and procedures with ease, making them a natural fit to the workforce, Robillard said.
Companies that are willing to hire adults with developmental disabilities or acquired brain injuries often see an improvement in the morale at their workplaces, he said, adding PLUS clients are happy individuals who enjoy working and becoming productive citizens.
The five PLUS clients now employed at Foxx Life Sciences in Salem are the first group of PLUS members to work in a cleanroom environment
"They like getting dressed up and putting on a uniform and being part of a team. There is a sense of pride with the products they are working on," Robillard said.
Foxx Life Sciences, which provides lab engineering services and equipment, said the PLUS workers are responsible for assembling special-order laboratory products. The sterile pieces are meticulously assembled and shipped to labs all over the world where cutting-edge research is taking place, according to a news release.
Thomas Taylor, Foxx president and chief executive officer, said the workers are a valuable asset to the company and have made a positive impact on productivity. The inclusive work opportunity has fostered a culture of acceptance that Foxx hopes will continue.
"Our growth has been amazing over the past four years with 42 percent growth last year and 46 percent the year before," Taylor said in a statement. "We are excited to partner with the PLUS Co. to add more great employees to the Foxx team."
The PLUS Co., with a mission to empower individuals with developmental disabilities by providing support and services that maximize independence, is the top placement agency in Greater Nashua with 115 individuals working at various employers during fiscal year 2016, according to Robillard.


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On Thanksgiving, it is natural that we pause to reflect upon the history of the early colonists to America, their reasons for seeking refuge, and the attending results that came about from their experiences as expressed today in the laws of our nation. It is also natural that we pause today to reflect upon our very own identities as Greek Orthodox Christians living in America, knowing that many of us also have roots that hail from Greece and, indeed from many places over the world, as we are an increasingly diverse community of faithful. Here in America, we have the freedom to express the beauty of our Greek Orthodox faith in its fullness, to share its eternal message of love and salvation with others, and to worship our God according to the Holy Traditions and Canons of our Orthodox Church. This is a blessing for which we are very grateful each day and particularly on this Day of Thanksgiving.In reflecting upon these blessings and fundamental freedoms that exist with the United States, it is also only natural to remember that there exist many people of many faiths who cannot enjoy the same levels of religious freedom due to the policies of other nations of our world. This sad reality should not spoil our celebration of Thanksgiving; rather, it should remind us all the more that we as Americans have a paramount duty to promote freedom and democracy. This duty is rendered all the more salient when we consider not only the import of our colonial history as Americans, but also our venerable Hellenic heritage and our Orthodox faith, which extols the very same virtues of freedom and democracy. We therefore enjoy a special identity that places us in a unique vantage point in our world, and for this we have many reasons to give thanks to our loving and beneficent God.It is my heartfelt prayer that as we come together on this Day of Thanksgiving, feasting in thanks and in gratitude with our loved ones, friends, and family, we may be cognizant of the very special blessings that we enjoy in this land and that we may strive in our daily actions to reflect that gratitude in the love we show to others. May our hearts be filled with gratitude to God for all His blessings of life, liberty, and the freedom to worship Him. May God bless each and every one of you on this Day of Thanksgiving, and may God bless America.
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SEMI World Fab Forecast Reveals Signs of Increased Investment
Total 2009 Fab Spending Expected to Decline by 51%
SAN JOSE, Calif. – June 9, 2009 – According to the latest update of the SEMI World Fab Forecast database, spending on front-end fabs (construction and equipping) has seen a consistent quarterly decline since 2008, and on a year-over-year basis is expected to fall by 51 percent in 2009. On a global scale, construction spending is at its lowest level in 10 years. However, the latest data from the report suggest an increase in investments for both fab construction projects and fab equipping in the second half of 2009, with the trend continuing into 2010. In 2010, investments in fab construction projects are expected to almost double and spending on equipping fabs may increase by as much as 90 percent year-over-year from the significant declines expected in 2009, according to the report.
Investments are actually increasing in the Americas, with a total quarterly spending increasing to almost US$1 billion, mainly due to major investments announced by Intel, as the company moves forward on a planned upgrade to 32nm.
According to the report, 19 fab facilities closed in 2008, and about 35 facilities will close in 2009, though the number of closures should decline in 2010 as only 14 facilities are expected to close. Nine fabs are expected to launch operations in 2009. Overall the trend of new facilities commencing operations has slowed since 1995, due to the fact that most new fabs are 300mm Megafabs for memory production, meaning fewer but larger fabs are needed.
Worldwide installed capacity for 2009 is expected to decline by about three percent, mainly due to fab closures, however data from the World Fab Forecast show that installed capacity for 2010 could increase by about six percent. Memory and logic fabs are expected to take the biggest hit in 2009, with a decline in installed capacity of five to seven percent each due to fab closures.
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While doing the Spanish translation of sugar i find a lot the ''Mesh'' word, should this word be translated to Spanish as malla
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For me it should be translated to malla because it gives the students a mental picture about what is a mesh network, but any suggestions would be well received.
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This is very sad indeed. I met Bracewell and talked to him several times. When Maureen Quirk figured out she could not get some FFT stuff through my thick head, she gave me Bracewell's book and it opened up the world to me. I had never heard of a Hartley transform or a cosine transform and I had great new toys to work with. I made it a point to get acquainted with him after this and thank him. You can bet that almost everyone who has ever worked on the MPEG video compression techniques learned most of the Discrete Cosine Transform theory from Bracewell. RIP Bob Tom Clark, K3IO wrote: > Many of you know of Ron Bracewell, the Australian Radio Astronomer. I > have just learned of his passing at age 86; details can be read at > http://news-service.stanford.edu/pr/2007/pr-bracewell-082207.html. Ron's > profession credentials at Stanford are summarized on his personal web > page at http://www-star.stanford.edu/people/bracewell.html > > I met Ron as a young radio astronomer in the early 1960's, shortly after > he came to the US. He taught me about the beauty of the Fourier > Transform, and I have been forever in his debt since that first > encounter.Many of you have heard me refer to his McGraw-Hill textbook, > "/The Fourier Transform and its Applications/" (ISBN-13:978-0070070158, > see this entry on Amazon.com > <http://www.amazon.com/Fourier-Transform-Its-Applications/dp/0070070156>)as > THE bible to be learned and revered by anyone thinking about topics like > antenna arrays, image processing, holography, XRAY & MRI tomography, and > ... that share the Fourier Transform as their foundation. > > Ron also was active in philosophical discussions about SETI (see, for > example http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/B/BracewellR.html); be > sure to read his 1975 book /The Galactic Club/. > > Rest well, Ron. Your genius profoundly affected many lives! > > Tom Clark > // > -- AMSAT Director and VP Engineering. Member: ARRL, AMSAT-DL, TAPR, Packrats, NJQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC. ARRL SDR WG Chair "If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up." Hunter S. Thompson _______________________________________________ Sent via firstname.lastname@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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No. 1 Metro State
Nickname: Roadrunners
Colors: Blue and red
Location: Denver
Enrollment: 23,789
Record: 27-2 (20-2 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)
Coach: Derrick Clark (third season)
Key players: Jonathan Morse (14.7 points per game, 8.7 rebounds per game), Brandon Jefferson (15.2 ppg, 2.1 assists per game)
Notes: RMAC regular-season and Shootout champions ... Morse is RMAC Player of the Year ... tops in scoring defense in the RMAC (62.1 ppg)
No. 2 St. Marys
Nickname: Rattlers
Colors: Blue and yellow
Location: San Antonio
Enrollment: 2,508
Record: 21-7 (9-5 Heartland Conference)
Coach: Jim Zeleznak (eighth season)
Key Players: Kevin Kotzur (18 ppg, 10.1 rpg), Christian Bower (6.6 ppg, 4.4 apg)
Notes: Heartland Conference tournament champions ... Second in league in scoring defense (65.1 ppg) ... Kotzur named South Central Region Player of the Year
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Nickname: Skyhawks
Colors: Blue and gold
Location: Durango
Enrollment: 3,856
Record: 21-7 (16-6 RMAC)
Coach: Bob Hofman (13th season, 17th total)
Key Players: Alex Herrera (15.3 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 79 blocks), Marcus Ayala (13.9 ppg, 67 assists)
Notes: Herrera, an Ignacio High School alumnus, led league in blocks and was RMAC Defensive Player of the Year ... Only team in field to beat Metro State this season ... Matt Mazarei fourth in nation with 2.81 assist-to-turnover ratio
No. 4 Midwestern State
Nickname: Mustangs
Colors: Maroon and gold
Location: Wichita Falls, Texas
Enrollment: 5,464
Record: 21-8 (14-4 Lone Star Conference)
Coach: Nelson Haggerty (second season)
Key Players: Corbin Thomas (13.9 ppg, 8.4 rpg), Kevin Grayer (11.9 ppg, 1.2 assist-to-turnover ratio)
Notes: Fifth NCAA Tournament bid in a row ... Thomas first-team All-LSC ... Grayer a second-team selection
No. 5 Newman
Nickname: Jets
Colors: Blue and red
Location: Wichita, Kan.
Enrollment: 2,193
Record: 20-7 (9-5 HC)
Coach: Mark Potter (15th season)
Key Players: Shamar Acuay (14.6 ppg, .526 3-point percentage), Darrell Traylor (11.2 ppg, 4.4 rpg)
Notes: First-ever NCAA Tournament appearance ... Heartlands top scoring offense (76.7 ppg) ... Tops in league in scoring margin (8.6 ppg)
No. 6 Adams State
Nickname: Grizzlies
Colors: Green, black and white
Location: Alamosa
Enrollment: 3,724
Record: 20-8 (16-6 RMAC)
Coach: Louis Wilson (third season)
Key Players: Kaimyn Pruitt (15.3 ppg, 10.2 rpg), John Jackson (14.9 ppg, 59 assists)
Notes: Pruitt and Jackson first-team All-RMAC selections ... Went 2-1 against first-round opponent FLC this season ... Pruitt led RMAC in rebounds per game
No. 7 Cameron
Nickname: Aggies
Colors: Black and gold
Location: Lawton, Okla.
Enrollment: 6,000
Record: 18-8 (13-5 LSC)
Coach: Nate Gamet (first season)
Key Players: Craig Foster (16.2 ppg, 5.7 apg), Tim Johnson (9.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg)
Notes: Foster named LSC Player of Year and first-team All-South Central Region ... First NCAA Tournament berth ... Gamet recently had interim tag removed and became permanent head coach
No. 8 Tarleton State
Nickname: Texans
Colors: Purple, black and white
Location: Stephenville, Texas
Enrollment: 11,693
Record: 20-9 (10-8 LSC)
Coach: Lonn Reisman (25th season)
Key Players: Chuck Guy (14.9 ppg, 4.6 apg), DeAndre Upchurch (10.4 ppg)
Notes: LSC tournament champions ... Reisman was assistant at Southeast Oklahoma State during Dennis Rodmans tenure there ... Guy a first-team All-LSC selection
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Claude Giroux skated, facing his own net, toward the goal line before turning to fire what would have been a safe icing had it not landed directly on the stick of Washington's Marcus Johansson.
Understanding the gravity of his mistake, Giroux fell to the ice in disgust, completely separated from his stick with his face buried in his palms. Johansson had broken a 2-2 tie to give Washington and 3-2 lead.
And the Capitals weren't done. Alex Ovechkin scored 26 seconds later, to complete what appeared to be a full and thorough unraveling for the Flyers. Ilya Bryzgalov responded by throwing his water bottle toward the Flyers' bench in anger.
But Giroux wasn't finished. He didn't sit and sulk.
Perhaps his best show of leadership this season, he picked the Flyers up and carried them to an improbable, maybe even season-saving comeback. It ended with Ruslan Fedotenko's overtime winner just 1:34 into the extra period, delivering a 5-4 win and a standings-shifting weekend.
The magnitude of the win could not be overstated.
The Flyers replaced Washington for 11th place in the Eastern Conference. They are now two points back of eighth place and a playoff spot with 14 games to play - controlling their own destiny with dates remaining against every team they're chasing (Rangers, Islanders and Hurricanes).
The alternative would have been disastrous. The Flyers would have awoken on Monday morning in 14th place, with their regulation loss to Washington keeping them four points back with six teams to leap over. Their momentum gained against Boston on Sunday was not lost.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Forget the North Dakota energy boom. How about a drone boom?
State and federal officials have big hopes for the growth of what are known as unmanned aircraft systems. And experts say North Dakota is well-positioned to take advantage of its attributes. Those include a first-of-its-kind academic program, an established military presence, a financial commitment and favorable airspace conditions.
Ben Gielow is general counsel for the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, a group that promotes unmanned systems and robotics. He says North Dakota decided years ago to focus on the issue, and is now a leader in drone development.
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Staten Island, NY – Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director for Priests for Life, issued the following statement today on the introduction in Congress of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.
"When polls show that 60 to more than 70 percent of the American public agree that the government should not pay for abortions, I think that qualifies as 'common ground.' The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act expresses the will of the people. It will save money, but more importantly, it will save lives."
Fr. Pavone added, "Priests for Life will activate all its communications outlets and hundreds of thousands of supporters to lobby strongly for this legislation, and to challenge abortion advocates to explain why what they consider a matter of choice should be funded by force."
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If "Killer Joe" is about anything—and it barely is—it's about how a bunch of amoral fools ignore the wishes of the only pure person among them.
The NC-17-rated movie's own crime is being more interested in the sins of the guilty than their effect on the innocent. Adapted by Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicagoan Tracy Letts from his play, "Killer Joe" stars Emile Hirsch as Chris, a low-life constantly catching up to his own mistakes. He'll be killed if he can't pay off a $6,000 debt soon, so he has an idea: Hiring Dallas detective/murderer-for-hire Joe (Matthew McConaughey) to take care of the mom who just threw Chris out of her house. That leaves Chris, his sister Dottie (Juno Temple), their dad Ansel (Thomas Haden Church) and stepmom Sharla (Gina Gershon) to collect on a $50,000 insurance policy. Once Joe receives $25,000 for his services. This is not a man you want to risk disappointing.
Following what could be an Oscar-nominated turn (really) in "Magic Mike," McConaughey chills in "Killer Joe," allowing the character's perpetual aura of menace to bubble so close to the surface that it can bubble over without Joe even needing to raise his voice. As Dottie, a virgin whom Joe considers a retainer for his work since Chris can't pay up front, Temple ("The Dark Knight Rises") delivers a young woman caught up in a situation that's about 10,000 times heftier than anything she's experienced before.
Yet Letts and director William Friedkin ("The Exorcist"), constructing a story that sometimes recalls "Double Indemnity" or just drunk Hitchcock, indulge the sleaze without much concern for the unconvincingly self-aware people or their relationships. Chris' guilt comes out of nowhere; the crucial dynamic between Joe and Dottie occurs almost entirely off-screen and fails to register as an unlikely bond or a girl who doesn't realize she's being taken advantage of by a guy who might not take no for an answer in the first place.
So unlike complex trash such as "Black Snake Moan" or enjoyable filth like "Wild Things," the tense, often-funny "Killer Joe" features horrifying behavior for shock value alone. That it also makes us laugh may be more revealing than the movie itself.
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This documentary tells the story of one farm in Illinois and the man who was responsible for its evolution from a failing single-family farm into a lively and successful community farm.
"Farmer John" is John Peterson, the son and grandson of hardworking Illinois farmers who worked the land for generations, making it their home. It remained John's home even after the rest of the family moved away. The Real Dirttells the story of his turbulent but evolving relationship with his neighbors and his land, and with the farm legacy that he decided was worth preserving even when preservation required sweeping change.
The film begins with John's childhood, one of tractors and pitchforks and a rich family life. When his father died, a teenaged John took over the farm responsibilities and began to navigate the complexities of bad harvests, aging equipment and farm loans. He ran the farm even while attending college in a nearby town. A free spirit, but a hard worker, John did his best to keep the large farm alive in the face of rising costs and a severe shortage of farmhands. His best efforts were not enough and he was forced sell off most of the farm in 1982 to pay accumulating debts.
In the 1980s, debt left many farmers landless and hopeless. John was no exception, and thinking about his family and friends magnified the disappointment he felt after the sale of the farm.
Most of the farms in the area were consolidated soon after and the diminished community became bitter and intolerant. Bigger farms relying on bigger subsidies — this was the beginning of "modern" farming. Still, there was room for smaller operations if farmers were willing to be creative and brave their own paths.
John decided to do just that and started farming organically under the name Angelic Organicson May 1, 1991. It was an incredibly hard process. Where the farm had once grown four crops, John was now growing over thirty different crops — and he didn't even know the names of all of them! When he started collaborating with a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Ggroup in Chicago, the farm really began to evolve. As people signed on to share in each season's harvest, John began to see the immense possibilities in community-supported farming.
John Peterson's farm, once a difficult-to-run, single-family operation, is now a successful community project with hundreds of people willing to share in the challenges of growing organic food. The Real Dirtdoes a beautiful job of showing how the love and dedication of one man can combine with the hopes of so many others to preserve farmland and produce food that is healthful and delicious. Watch the trailer and visit the Angelic Organics website for more information on the farm and the documentary.
Check out our review of the companion book to the movie, Farmer John's Cookbook: The Real Dirt on Vegetables.


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Hello all,
I've been trying to compose/translate some songs into Greek and am having trouble deciding what to use for "it" in some contexts (both the contracted it's = ἐστιν and the impersonal pronoun 'it'). It seems like English likes to use the impersonal construction "it is" much more commonly than Greek. I read in Denniston's Greek Prose Composition p. 28 that "In most Greek prose-writers abstract substantives are seldom made the subject of verbs: the normal agents are human beings.
Impersonal subjects are not the same as abstract subjects, but do they fall into the same category? I know that ἐστιν is used impersonally sometimes in Greek, but it seems to me the frequency of using "it is" is much greater in English usage, perhaps on a 10 to 1 ratio (English to Greek). There are some very commonly used impersonal verbs in Greek such as δεῖ, χρή, πρέπει, etc.
For example, take Bob Dylan's Song Like a Rolling Stone http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/rolling-stone:
How does it feel πῶς ἔχει, (or πῶς πάσχει or πῶς σε πάσχει)
How does it feel πῶς ἔχει,
To be without a home τὸ εἶναι ἀνέστιος
To be on your own τὸ εἶναι ἐρῆμος
With no direction home μὴ ποῖ οἴκαδε, (unsure of this line)
Like a complete unknown ὡς μάλ' ἄγνωστος,
Like a rolling stone? ὡς κυκλίνων λίθος; (ὡς ἐλισσόμενος λίθος)
Or another from a modern praise song The Heart of Worship:
And it's all about you πᾶντ' ἐστὶν περὶ σοὶ (σου χάριν)
...I'm sorry for the thing I've made it λυποῦμαι ἅττα ἐποίησα
In Dylan's song, the phrase 'How does it feel', really means "How do you feel". What would be more appropriate:
πῶς πάσχει, or πῶς ἔχει, or would πῶς πάσχεις / ἔχεις be more appropriate? Would πάσχεις be more natural Greek? Or the phrase πῶς σε πάσχει making the τὸ εἶναι phrases the subject of πάσχει?
I'm totally unsure of how to translate Dylan's song. The praise song phrase πᾶντ' ἐστιν seems natural enough.
Does Greek restrict the impersonal usage to this list of verbs? Does anyone know of sections in prose/poetic composition books that speak to impersonal subjects, etc.
Any suggestions or references to prose composition books would be appreciated.


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Albany Park and Portage Park last week both recorded their first homicide of the year, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found.
In Albany Park, a 35-year-old woman died from wounds sustained from a fire Jan. 16 in the 4800 block of North Kenneth Avenue, officials said. Police determined the fire to be an arson, and the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office ruled the case to be a homicide.
Albany Park logged five homicides last year, up from three homicides in 2011, according to RedEye data.
In Portage Park, an 18-year-old man was shot to death Jan. 17 in the 3200 block of North Cicero Avenue, police said.
Portage Park recorded four homicides last year, up from two homicides in 2011, RedEye determined.
Citywide, gunshot homicides were logged in the last week in Austin, New City and Roseland, RedEye found.
Meanwhile, a 2-year-old West Englewood girl died Sunday after she was beaten to death, officials determined.
Thirty-one homicides have been logged so far this year. Forty homicides were recorded in January 2012, RedEye data shows.


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Digital Arts Festival at Clarkson University April 11
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"This will be a unique cultural experience and with some great art," says festival organizer Peter V. Stark. "The festival will feature video games, virtual reality, animation, or digital art." Stark is a senior digital arts & sciences major from Rome, N.Y.
Along with the art and interactive setups, there will also be several speakers and seminars, including an animation seminar with Bassam Kurdali on Friday, April 11, at 6 p.m. in the Cheel Student Senate Rooms; a game seminar with Philip Tan on Sunday, April 13, at 11 a.m. in the Cheel Student Senate Rooms; and an augmented reality workshop with Andrea Haenggi on Tuesday, April 15, from 6-9 p.m. at SUNY Potsdam's Dunn Dance Theatre.
The festival still has some room left. If you are interested in submitting any type of digital art to be displayed, please contact Stark at email@example.com.
The Digital Arts & Sciences Program is a newly designed major at Clarkson University, which spans the boundaries between the sciences and the arts. Students take advantage of programs in math, computer science, digital arts, and communication and media. The program's objective is to combine artistic and scientific skills and interests and develop creative talent, with a strong technical foundation.
Clarkson University crosses the boundaries of disciplines, nations and cultures in order for discovery, engineering innovation and enterprise to come together. As a result, faculty and graduates grasp the full impact of their calling, direct their research to the world's pressing issues and lead with confidence and distinction. One in seven alumni is already a CEO or other senior executive. Located in Potsdam, N.Y., just outside the six-million-acre Adirondack Park, Clarkson is home to 3,000 students preparing for rewarding careers through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, science, and health sciences, as well as unparalleled outdoor recreation and life experiences beyond the classroom.
Photo caption: Artwork created by Peter Taylor Jones, a senior digital arts & sciences major from Hollis, N.H., for a video game called SPLOTCH, created and designed by Jones and David A. Carrigg, class of 2007, a computer science major.


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The OSNews team is pretty busy with OSNews stuff, and probably always will be. None of us do OSNews as a full-time job, so we don't actually have free time between OSNews and our "real" jobs to launch a new site. Well, since I'm recently unemployed (like so many), I actually do have a little more free time, hence the ambition to start a new site, but eventually (I hope) I'll get a new job, so if this is going to happen, we need some new blood.
What I'm looking for is a few experienced IT people who work in the business, scientific, or academic computing worlds and follow the news and trends in enterprise computing. If you have a boring, unfulfilling job, and would like something to entertain you and possibly give you some supplemental income in your free time, then you would be an idea candidate. Even if you're not an Uber-sysadmin, if you follow the industry avidly, and you're a good writer, the good writer part of the job description is the non-negotiable one anyway.
If you already do some blogging on the topic, or you've contributed blogging or articles to another publication on the topic, then all the better.
As for compensation, this is likely to be an unprofitable enterprise for some time. Nevertheless, OSNews has some great advertisers, and this is a topic that can attract decent sponsors, so it won't be the kind of uphill struggle it would be to start this kind of publication from scratch. I am willing to offer a meager, part-time wage at the beginning as part of my investment in the operation. As traffic grows and the site starts to be able to support itself, I would expect that the site's editors would be able to enjoy a modest supplemental income from their work on the site, based on a portion of the advertising and sponsorship revenue. In other words, I'm looking for people who are entrepreneurial in spirit, willing to take risks, but who could use a bit of extra money, and would enjoy making it while becoming a prominent voice on a topic they find interesting.
Editors would need to be self-starting hard workers, capable of digesting vast quantities of news and writing every day and have a solid foundation in enterprise computing. I would provide a solid technical and business foundation for them to get started and manage all the mundane aspects of the business aside from the daily content creation and aggregation. Editors would have vast authority to run the site the way they see fit and will be free to contribute to OSNews too.
If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, please contact me at the email address on here. If you have any thoughts on this proposed enterprise, please let us know in the comments.


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ECE News Story
Davis Receives Poole and Kent Senior Faculty Teaching Award
Professor Christopher Davis (ECE) has been awarded the 2012 Poole and Kent Senior Faculty Teaching Award. He was selected for this award in recognition of his contributions to the Clark School of Engineering as an exceptional engineering educator, and was presented with the award at the Commencement Ceremony on May 21, 2012.
Recent graduate Mohammed Ali Eslami describes Professor Davis as practical and understanding. He continues, "I feel that his "work at your own pace" management style and experimental importance has really widened the opportunities I have to consider as I transition to the work place, as I am now ready to both simulate my hypothesis as well as have a good feel for what it takes to make it practical."
Professor Davis' graduate advisee, John Rzasa, says, "Working for Dr. Davis over the years has been one of the most rewarding and enjoyable experiences of my life. His combination of cheerful demeanor, boundless intellect, and clever engineering skills make working for him a true joy. I think his approachability greatly inspires his undergraduate and graduate students to ask questions and learn well, whatever the subject may be."
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The latest version of PREDICT for the Linux operating system has been released. The major features of version 2.1.0 include: * Fully year 2000 compliant. * Designed under the Linux operating system to permit operation on a wide and expanding variety of hardware platforms ranging from palmtops to supercomputers (including 32-bit PCs (80386s or better) and Macintosh PowerPCs). * Open source licensing allows anyone to contribute new features to the program while forever keeping the software, and any derivative works, non-proprietary and freely available. * A *FAST* orbital prediction mode that predicts in advance passes of satellites, providing dates, times, coordinates, slant range distances, and sunlight and optical visibility information. Predictions are displayed in tabular form and may be saved to a log file for later reference, printing, or parsing by other programs. * An optical visual orbital prediction mode that displays satellite passes that may be optically visible to the groundstation. * A solar illumination prediction mode that calculates how much time a satellite will spend in sunlight per day. * A real-time tracking mode that provides dynamic information such as sub-satellite point, groundstation azimuth and elevation headings, Doppler shift, path loss, slant range, orbital altitude, orbital velocity, footprint diameter, orbital phase, the time and date of the next AOS (or LOS of the current pass), orbit number, and sunlight and visibility information for a single satellite, while providing live azimuth and elevation headings for both the sun and moon. * A multi-tracking mode that provides sub-satellite point, azimuth and elevation headings, sunlight and visibility, and slant range distance information for all 24 satellites in the program's current database on a real-time basis. Azimuth and elevation headings for the sun and moon are also provided, as a well as a listing of the AOS dates and times for the next three satellites expected to come into range of the groundstation. * Provides static information such as semimajor axis of ellipse, apogee and perigee altitudes, and anomalistic and nodal periods of satellite orbits. * Command line options permit alternate groundstation locations to be specified or alternate orbital databases to be read and processed by the program, effectively allowing an UNLIMITED number of satellites to be tracked and managed. Additional options allow any orbital database file to be automatically updated using NASA Two-Line element data obtained via the Internet or via pacsat satellite without having to enter the program and manually select menu options to update the database. * A voice mode allows live azimuth and elevation headings of a satellite to be articulated to an observer to assist in locating a satellite by optical means. * PREDICT can now act as a socket-based server and be used to supply real-time tracking data, such as azimuth and elevation headings, footprint diameters, sub-satellite point latitude and longitude headings, normalized Doppler shift data, and next predicted AOS times to external programs such as rotator control software, graphical map tracking software, or radio frequency control programs residing either on the host machine, or on any networked client using the UDP communications protocol. Changes from the previous version include: * A solar illumination feature was added to predict the percentage of time a satellite spends in sunlight per day. * Orbital predictions for satellites that appear to have decayed since the last Keplerian orbital update are no longer attempted by the program. * Date and time used to start orbital predictions may now be abbreviated to Day/Month/Year only (00:00:00 is assumed). * System clock/calendar is now read to millisecond precision, permitting more "lively" real-time tracking mode displays. * "vocalizer" code was changed to use a slightly different (better) approach towards initializing and sending data to the system soundcard. * Socket-based server code was contributed by Ivan Galysh, KD4HBO. It allows PREDICT to export real-time tracking data for all 24 satellites to external client programs, such as automatic antenna rotator controllers, graphical map display programs, or TX/RX tuning controllers. 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Haven't tried this one. But, this is the one the salesperson suggested
I haven't tried this one either. I like the wide board and the longer fins.
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I would be very interested in a comparison, with specifics, between the Gran Tourismo and the Sportster. My wife and I each have 2016 Sortsters (x30), purchased in July 2016. We absolutely love our Sportsters, but, would be interested in the differences/advantages of one of these over the other.
Not sure what high or low means as to your point of reference, but, the seat height of our Sportsters is 15", the same as the Gran Tourismo. The discontinued Tour ii was 12" and the Tandem Pro is 11". All other TT models have higher seat heights.
I'm not sure, but, will share what I recall of the meeting. I forget where this Zoomer rider was from, but, I do not recall that it was in the immediate Traverse City area. He was riding with a friend. I do not recall the brand of Trike the friend was on, but, it was not Terra trike. It may have been a 559. We met while taking a rest at picnic table with a large yellow Igloo drink cooler. The date was June 14th.


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Blogging Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Part 2
Chapter Four: Horace Slughorn
Better Title: Friends With a Past?
Did Slughorn and Dumbledore date?
I'm sure if I search the internet I'll find fan fiction that supports this rumor, but that leads down a road of literature best left untraveled. So for the sake of time, I'll just assume that yes, Dumbledore and Slughorn dated very briefly in the 1980s but things didn't work out and now they're just friends and colleagues.
Keep this dating idea in mind when reading this book and suddenly the banter between Albus and Horace is even more charming.
I wish the professors at Hogwarts dated. Poor things seem to live the lives of the clergy for no other reason than shyness and dedication to the job. But surely they must feel lonely, and surely there are other wizards in the world who would find a gainfully employed wizard scholar somewhat of a catch. It's depressing to think that these educators have no social life outside of The Yule Ball and wars.
The Harry Potter series isn't about the lives of the teachers. I know this. But I'm not asking for entire chapters about McGonagall's date night at the roller rink. I just feel sad that every professor at Hogwarts is lonely. And old. And kind of miserable.
Horace Slughorn is no different. He doesn't have a wife, husband, or significant other. He's all alone. So that means he'll make a perfect Hogwarts teacher!
Dumbledore and Harry go to recruit the paranoid Slughorn and only after realizing he'll get the chance to teach the famed Harry Potter does he agree.
He also likes to have private meetings with secret groups of little kids, which in any other book would be very creepy, but here it's only somewhat creepy. Maybe instead of Lupin, Horace should have been the werewolf. Hmm.
Towards the end of the chapter, Dumbledore tells Harry to share the secret prophecy with Ron and Hermione. Why? Because Dumbledore is a cryptic loon. Lovable, but cryptic.
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HORACE: The best part about being a teacher is watching the eager young minds blossom into the leaders of society.
HARRY: And the worst part?
HORACE: The crippling loneliness. The hours and hours of solitude. The decades that pass by without so much as a hug. Relishing every handshake and cherishing every high-five, for they are the only forms of physical affection I know.
DUMBLEDORE: And the long nights in cold beds. The guest towels in the bathroom that go unused. The awkward questions from friends who ask, "So, are you seeing anyone these days Al?"
MCGONAGALL: Oh, and sharing a New Year's Eve kiss with the back of your own hand. And never knowing what it's like to share a dessert.
SNAPE: And never knowing what a kiss feels like. Does it feel like moist noodles? I assume that it does.
HARRY: Um...well, I really should be going.
TRELAWNEY: I took a sack of tangerines as my date to the prom.
SNAPE: No Hogwart's professor ever had children.
MCGONAGALL: My collection of souvenir spoons are my children. Oh, that reminds me. I need to get a sitter for them Friday night when I'm going out to shop for new shoe laces. What a time I'll have!
HARRY: Neat. I'm going to bed now.
DUMBLEDORE: In fact, the only teacher to have a girlfriend was Flitwick.
FLITWICK: She broke up with me because of the sounds.
HARRY: Off I go. G'night!
HAGRID: H'gg't 'lick 't' 't t''' t''' ''''f' spoon 'grime! An' t'erh romance flowers!
Chapter Five: An Excess of Phlegm
Better Title: Tonks A Lot!
Poor, poor Tonks. She's not her usual cheery self. Maybe she's upset that Sirius died and it was all (kind of) her fault. Or maybe something else is wrong. Whatever the issue, I sure hope she never dies. That would be sad. At least if she did die, we would see how she died. Right? RIGHT?
Harry meets up with everyone at the Weasley's and there's a whole lot of exposition in this chapter. We learn about Harry's grades and his future career, we find out a bit more about Slughorn, Fleur is now engaged to Bill and is annoying the hell of Ginny, and Percy is still not talking to the Weasley family.
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HOGWARTS GUIDANCE COUNSELOR: So Harry, do you want to be a teacher or a shopkeeper?
HARRY: Those are my only options?
GUIDANCE COUNSELOR: Well, you could also work in the Ministry. And you can be a bus driver, too.
HARRY: What if I wanted to be a actor?
GUIDANCE COUNSELOR: I don't know what that is. You mean one of those big machines that chops up hay? You can't be a machine. You're a person.
HARRY: No. An actor. Like in movies?
GUIDANCE COUNSELOR: Movies? Oh, you mean an upset stomach? My grandfather used to get the movies every time he ate cabbage. Didn't stop him from eating cabbage though.
HARRY: The cinema? The theater? What if I wanted to be on the stage!?
GUIDANCE COUNSELOR: I don't know what any of those words mean. I'll just put you down for shopkeeper. How's about a nice tie shop, eh? Or maybe a shop that sells kettles. Not enough kettle shops, I say.
HARRY: This school is a fortress of imbeciles.
GUIDANCE COUNSELOR: Copper kettles, iron kettles, kettles that whistle...
DUMBLEDORE: Harry, when you're done picking one out of five possible careers, I'd like to see you in my office so I can give you some cryptic riddles regarding your future and the survival of all existence. 'K?
Chapter Six: Draco's Detour
Better Title: WEREWOLF (no jetpack)
I love Fenrir Greyback. He's evil, he's scary, he is everything a werewolf should be. He hides in the shadows of these books and doesn't have huge part. He is the Boba Fett of Harry Potter.
Here we get the first mention of him as Draco threatens Borgin with a visit from Mr. Greyback. It's amazing. We'll actually see him later, and he will do awful, scary things to people. Who cares what else happens in this chapter?
Oh. You care? Sorry.
The chapter follows Harry and the gang as they load up on school supplies in Diagon Alley. There's something fishy going on with Draco, but Harry can't tell what. They follow him in Borgin and Burke's, where Draco and Borgin have a heated argument over some mysterious artifact.
Hermione tries to sniff around, but it doesn't work.
Anyway, WEREWOLF!
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FENRIR: Today I ate a child.
JACOB: I date a child, too! Werewolves are the best!
[Fenrir kills Jacob]
House Bergstein School Announcements
There is an early dismissal today so that we can properly deal with what has been unofficially classified as a "Doom Puddle." Also, wear your boots!
The Danger Team will be holding tryouts tomorrow in the chimney. Bring a helmet and your troll allergy medicine.
Magic Hat class has been canceled after the hat that brings forth rabbits and the hat that animates snowmen were switched and now we have a giant super rabbit to deal with.
This semester, the school play will be The Hobbid: The Journey to the Mountains of Adventure. Note: Because we couldn't raise enough money to actually buy the rights to The Hobbit, we have to go with the generic knock-off. The main parts are listed below:
Baldo Waggins - The main Hobbid
Gander Wizardman - The purple wizard
Shelly Oaken-face - She's in charge of the 13 imps
Dirt Cloud - The scary dragon
Ms. Boomer - The funny sidekick who loves chocolate, adventure, and her helicopter
Tony - Baldo's magic talking harp
Orrin - The sexy vampire who loves ordinary women and hates playing by the rules!
Dum-Dim-Dum-Dum - One of the imps whose catchphrase is, "Ouch!"
Regular-Sized Sarah - She's the imp who has the normal amount of teeth.
Yep, this show is going to be amazing! Auditions will be held Friday in the Sear's parking lot.
We're collecting eels for the needy. Bring your new or gently used eels to the main office.
The girl's knee-boxing team suffered a loss against Tito's School for Barbarians and Algebra, though an investigation is underway to see if our opponent's use of sarcasm was legal.
The elevator is out of order and keeps screaming about injustice. Just use the stairs.
Homework Assignment
Run a marathon, but don't brag about it to anyone.
Find a way to do trigonometry that tastes good.
Explain France.


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The Lewiston Fire Co. No. 2 Ladies Auxiliary will hold a pancake breakfast from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at the firehall, 1705 Saunders Settlement Road.
The breakfast includes pancakes (all-you-can-eat), eggs, sausage, juice and coffee/tea. Cost is $7 for adults; $3 for children under age 8.


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Atlantic City International was among the list of airports in New Jersey awarded federal funding for construction and rehabilitation projects and safety improvements.
According to an announcement from U.S. Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, a total of $18.6 million in Federal Aviation Administration funding was awarded to five New Jersey airports, including more than $1 million for Atlantic City and nearly $13.5 million for Trenton-Mercer Airport.
"New Jersey is a major transportation hub, and this funding will help us welcome tourists, accommodate business travelers and strengthen our economy," said Lautenberg (D-Cliffside Park), a member of the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the FAA, in prepared remarks.
Per the senators' announcement, the following airports will be awarded FAA grants:
– Trenton-Mercer will get $13.3 million for protective technology to make two runways safer, and $120,000 to conduct a wildlife hazard assessment.
– Robert J. Miller Air Park, in Toms River, will get $4 million for a new runway.
– Atlantic City International will get $765,000 for a new aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle, and $300,000 to evaluate environmental issues related to the installation of a new perimeter fence.
– Essex County Airport will get $110,000 to conduct a wildlife hazard assessment.
– Linden Airport will get $36,000 for a runway rehabilitation project.


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Yes, the iPad is a ginormous iPod Touch with a tweaked UI, but it's still pretty cool. It's surprisingly lightweight and the screen is just as responsive as the one on the iPhone and iPod Touch. What's more impressive than the large 9.7-inch touch-screen is the speed with which Web pages get rendered and how well it's able to scale …
Apple's iPad: The Specs Sheet
The iPad is here. This is what we know so far. We'll update as we learn more.
The specs:
- Height: 9.56 inches (242.8 mm)
- Width: 7.47 inches (189.7 mm)
- Depth: 0.5 inch (13.4 mm)
- Weight: 1.5 pounds (.68 kg) Wi-Fi model
- 1.6 pounds (.73 kg) Wi-Fi + 3G model
9.7-inch IPS (in-plane switching) display
LED-backlit …
Apple "Latest Creation" Liveblog
It's an exciting day for Apple fans across the globe as we all wait with bated breath for Steve Jobs to take center stage at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco for the tablet reveal. It's a shame that Terry McGraw spoiled all the fun on CNBC last night. Oh well. I'm still excited to see what all the fuss is about and I plan on …
Gallery: Hits and Misses from Apple So Far
We've compiled a list of "hits and misses" from Apple so far. We'll have to wait and see which category Apple's tablet (or whatever it's called) falls into. For now, take a look at what we've deemed a success — and what we haven't.
The Point at Which Floppy Discs Have No Other Use Than Arts and Crafts
English artist Nick Gentry makes use of basically obsolete tech dinosaurs the floppy disc and VHS tape in this pretty rad collection of paintings.
The best part: Most of these are for sale at a pretty decent price. (Check out more at nickgentry.co.uk.)
This really makes my VHS bookends feel artistically inferior… Anyone out there …
Apple Tablet unveil in San Francisco
"State of the Union" at 9 p.m. (ET)
Techland Roundup: The Daily Dose
Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010
Today in Techland: TABLET MANIA! Peter is still in San Fran, mentally preparing himself for the media battle at tomorrow's unveil (and chatting with ngmoco's Neil Young). But first, a compilation of tablet rumors, all in one tidy post. And make sure you check back tomorrow to see just what stacks up.
In other …
Thanks For Spilling The Beans On The Apple Tablet, McGraw-Hill
Way to take all the fun out of the Apple event, McGraw-Hill. Thanks. Really. Jump to the 2:50 minute mark.
"Yeah, Very exciting. Yes, they'll make their announcement tomorrow on this one. We have worked with Apple for quite a while. And the Tablet is going to be based on the iPhone operating system and so it will be transferable.
In Which We Ask ngmoco's Neil Young About The Apple Tablet
We're less than 24 hours away from Apple's event tomorrow, which we'll be live blogging, and thought it appropriate to have a quick chat with ngmoco's CEO Neil Young to see what the iPhone game developer thinks about the whole circus.
Techland: What do the folks at ngmoco think Apple will announce?
Neil Young: I think …
Avatar Trumps Titanic: [Insert 'King of the World' Reference Here]
Bravo, James Cameron. You've beaten … yourself.
I wonder how good it must feel to be operating the giant, blue alien arm responsible for raking in nearly $2 billion. Like you're the, oh I don't know, king of the world? (Couldn't resist, sorry.)
The official numbers were released today, after last night's …
PlayStation Vice-President of Epic Footage Kevin Butler: An Appreciation
This post was supposed to be about MAG, the ambitiously-huge 256-player first-person shooter that came out today. But after watching the commercial for it, I realized I first needed to give props to the sardonic genius known as Kevin Butler. Generally, he's the spokesperson you see in all of the PlayStation 3 commercials. Specifically, …


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Are there any 3G usb modem plans available in Finland that I can get for one week or a month? I'd need to buy the modem too.
Hopefully it should work two hours drive from Oulu.
Update: used a modem by Elisa. Worked well, even 3g. Closing comments because this post is getting spams every day - and blogger.com spam protection seems broken.
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3g modems in finland? Any plans for a month or one week?
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's re-election bid is getting a big lift from Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg.
Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla, are hosting a fund-raiser for the Republican leader. The Wall Street Journal first reported the story.
"Mark and Priscilla have worked closely with Governor Christie on education reform in the Newark school system," Sarah Feinberg, Facebook's director of policy communications, told MarketWatch.
"They admire his leadership on education reform and other issues and look forward to continuing their important work together on behalf of Newark\'s school children. Mark and Priscilla are happy to host him at their home to support his re-election."
Facebook shares also were getting a lift from Wall Street on Thursday. The stock was last trading up 1.4% to $31.26. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based social networking giant is scheduled to report fourth-quarter results on Jan. 30.
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text: NAMIBikes Arizona: State Event on Oct. 27; Cyclists 'Fight Stigma & Ride' to Help Individuals and Families Affected by Mental Illness Sep 25 2012 SIERRA VISTA, Ariz., Sept. 25, 2012—NAMI Arizona, the state organization of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), is proud to announce this year's NAMIBikes Arizona will take place at Veterans Memorial Park (3105 E. Fry Blvd.) in Sierra Vista on October 27. The bike riding event will raise awareness about mental illness, treatment and recovery—and the need for important services and support in the community for individuals and families affected by mental illness. Riding under the banner "Fight Stigma and Ride," NAMIBikes cyclists will pedal for hope and change. Start-times vary according to distance and the event offers courses for all abilities. For the more rigorous cyclist, there will be a 64-mile 'Metric Century' through the Arizona high desert, and a 35-mile ride to Tombstone and back. There will also be a 'bike rodeo,' a safety course where kids can learn safety skills like navigating cones, stopping and proper helmet fit. "This will be the second year our NAMI Sierra Vista Affiliate has taken on the NAMIBikes event," explained Jim Dunn, the Interim Executive Director for NAMI Arizona. "It's amazing to see the hard work and determination this small community puts into what is turning out to be a significant annual event highlighting individuals and families overcoming mental health challenges." Serious mental illness includes major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, major anxiety disorders, borderline personality disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These illnesses are real, they are treatable and they affect people from all walks of life. Check-in and a continental breakfast open at 6 a.m. All courses will be marked and feature rest stops and vehicle support. The event will offer music, food and more. Besides the breakfast, there will be a picnic lunch in the park after the ride, as well as a pre-event Spaghetti Dinner served at the Sierra Vista Elks Lodge (1 South Elks Lane) on Friday, October 26. For more information about NAMIBikes, how to donate, or how to ride or volunteer, please visit: www.FightStigmaAndRide.org, or contact Phyllis Getz at firstname.lastname@example.com or (520) 459-3228. About NAMI NAMI is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI Arizona and dedicated volunteer leaders throughout the state work to raise awareness and provide free education, advocacy and support group programs benefitting thousands of families and individuals each year. http://twitter.com/namicommunicate http://www.facebook.com/officialNAMI SOURCE: National Alliance on Mental Illness