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"The End" is the last song recorded collectively by all four Beatles. The closing line, "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make" has always been one of my favorite philosophical lines. The last time I saw The Beatles, they used it to close out the regular portion of their show. An encore of "Hey Jude" was the actual finale just like at every Paul McCartney concert I have ever attended. An exception — once McCartney performed with Tony Bennett at Neil Young's Annual Bridge Concert outside of San Francisco and sang the crowd goodnight with a memorable duo of "I Left my Heart in San Francisco."
To be honest, I have never seen The Beatles perform live. Last Saturday evening I did hear "The End" by a band called Rain when they performed a tribute show to The Beatles at the majestic State Theater in downtown Minneapolis. Although they may not have been The Beatles, they certainly put on a show worthy of entertaining the sold-out crowd aged 9 to 90. There was also plenty of hand clapping and singing along as Rain guided the crowd from the early days "She Loves You" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" all the way through their later songs like "Yesterday," "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and my personal favorite, "A Day in the Life."
"Rain" is the name of a song The Beatles wrote in 1966 and is widely known as their first B-side record. On the opposite side of the vinyl was the hit tune "Paperback Writer." The song was in response to The Beatles landing in Melbourne for an upcoming Australian tour only to be greeted by a torrential downpour. Lennon and McCartney went to their hotel room where they wrote the song "Rain." Almost 50 years later, a band called Rain produced "Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles."
The performance was much more than a two-hour replica of The Beatles' most widely remembered tunes. Some phenomenal backstage work put together a film montage of the 60s that flashed on a giant screen. It showed images of the Vietnam War, anti-war protests and race riots that marked my generation's coming of age.
On a lighter note, the '50s era was marked by old values and corny television advertisements. The biggest crowd-pleaser featured Fred and Wilma Flintstone standing in their yard in the town of Bedrock with best friends Barney and Wilma Rubble. A load of laundry was sitting on the ground. When Wilma and Betty began to hang the clothes on the line, Fred and Barney snuck around the back of the house. Barney said, "We have better things to do."
They certainly did. Fred whipped out a flip top box of Winston cigarettes and handed one to Barney. "We have better things to do," Fred repeated as they sat down and had a smoke. The audience went wild with laughter, not only for promoting smoking, but also the idea that the men had better things to do such as sitting down and having a smoke rather than hanging up laundry.
While Rain did an adequate job of replicating The Beatles' sound, costume design was superb. When the teeny-bopper pleasing Beatles of 1963 came on stage, we all looked at each other and said, "They look so young."
By the last set, all were long-haired and bearded, Lennon was in a white suit wearing his famous granny glasses, George Harrison was dressed in blue jeans and a denim shirt and McCartney and Ringo Starr appeared much as they did during The Beatles' public finale.
As my wife and I exited the State Theater, I turned to our friend Candy and said, "Wow! It's been 50 years. Where did it all go?"
At least for a few precious hours last Saturday evening, it all came back alive.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – While some on the squad will use this as week of rest leading up to the Atlantic Sun Championships, the Lipscomb cross country teams will send athletes to Saturday's Evansville Invitational. The meet is set to begin at 11 a.m. with the men's 8K event, with the women's 5K set to follow at 11:45.
The A-squads for both the men and women's team won't be in attendance at Evansville, as head coach Bill Taylor looks to rest his top runners for the championships. This will give the B-squads a chance to run as Lipscomb's top teams, which will hopefully give the younger athletes confidence as we move to track and field and into the next cross country season.
The men's team will send a small field to this meet. Senior Aaron Todd and sophomore Phillip Brasher will be joined by freshmen Ben Ashley, Tate Honaker, Cliff Long and Zak Vruwink.
A larger group of women's athletes will be in attendance. Taylor will have 14 female competitors in the field, including three (Kaitlyn Llewellyn, Louisa Van Batavia and Priya Pappu) who have sub-19 minute 5K runs to their credit in 2011.
The cross country teams will have next weekend off before embarking on a cross-town trip to the A-Sun Cross Country Championships, held at the Vaughn's Gap Course of Percy Warner Park and hosted by Belmont.
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This mechanism protects messages with a signed SAML assertion (issued by a trusted authority) carrying client public key and authorization information with integrity and confidentiality protection using mutual certificates. The Holder-of-Key (HOK) method establishes the correspondence between a SOAP message and the SAML assertions added to the SOAP message. The attesting entity includes a signature that can be verified with the key information in the confirmation method of the subject statements of the SAML assertion referenced for key info for the signature. For more information about the Holder of Key method, read the SAML Token Profile document at http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.0.pdf.
Under this scenario, the service does not trust the client directly, but requires the client to send a SAML assertion issued by a particular SAML authority. The client knows the recipient's public key, but does not share a direct trust relationship with the recipient. The recipient has a trust relationship with the authority that issues the SAML token. The request is signed with the client's private key and encrypted with the server certificate. The response is signed using the server's private key and encrypted using the key provided within the HOK SAML assertion.


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As new objects are created, they are placed in the Java Heap, and as far as a Java application programmer is concerned, that's the end of the story. When the objects are no longer being used, they'll magically die off by themselves. This powerful paradigm is enabled by automated garbage collection, which insulates Java programmers from memory management which they would otherwise have to perform manually, as they would in C or C++ programming.
Automated garbage collection is a mechanism provided by the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) to reclaim heap space by removing objects which are eligible for garbage collection. An object becomes eligible for garbage collection (GC) when it is no longer reachable from any live threads or static references – in other words, when all references to it become null. Cyclic dependencies are not counted as references, so even if Object A holds a reference to Object B, and Object B holds a reference back to Object A, then (if they don't have any other live reference to other objects), both Objects A and Object B will be eligible for garbage collection. There are corner cases such as weak references which we'll ignore for simplicity.
In any application heap, some objects become garbage shortly after their creation, some survive for a long time and then become garbage, and others can remain live for the entirety of the program's run.
A garbage collector divides the heap into multiple generations. Objects are created in the young generation, and objects that meet some promotion criteria, such as having survived a certain number of collections, are then promoted to the next older generation. A generational collector is free to use a different collection strategy for different generations and perform garbage collection on the generations separately.
One of the advantages of a generational approach is that it the garbage collection pauses can be made shorter by not collecting all generations at once. When the allocator is unable to fulfil an allocation request, it first triggers a minor collection, which only collects the young generation. Since many of the objects in the young generation will already be dead, minor collection pauses can be quite short and can often reclaim significant heap space. If the minor collection frees enough heap space, the user program can resume immediately. If it does not free enough heap space, it proceeds to collect higher generations until enough memory has been reclaimed. (In the event the garbage collector cannot reclaim enough memory after a full collection, it will either expand the heap or it will throw an OutOfMemoryError.)
The Java Heap
The JVM divides the heap into these generations:
- Young generation (Nursery/New Generation)
- Eden space (Creation Space)
- Newly created objects
- Survivor spaces (2 semi-spaces)
- Objects surviving minor collections
- Eden space (Creation Space)
- Tenured generation (Old Generation)
- Objects surviving major collections
- Permanent generation
- Stores loaded classes and method metadata
Heap Sizing
- Optimal Java heap 1-2GB
- Absolute max Java heap 10-15GB
Garbage Collectors
Mark-sweep collectors
The most basic form of garbage collector is the mark-sweep collector, in which the world is stopped and the collector visits each live node, starting from the roots, and marks each node it visits. When there are no more references to follow, collection is complete, and then the heap is swept (that is, every object in the heap is examined), and any object not marked is reclaimed as garbage and returned to the free list.
The big problem with mark-sweep is that every active (that is, allocated) object, whether reachable or not, is visited during the sweep phase. Because a significant percentage of objects are likely to be garbage, this means that the collector is spending considerable effort examining and handling garbage. Mark-sweep collectors also tend to leave the heap fragmented, which can cause locality issues and can also cause allocation failures even when sufficient free memory appears to be available.
Mark-compact collectors
Like mark-sweep, mark-compact is a two-phase process, where each live object is visited and marked in the marking phase. Marked objects are then copied to ensure that the live objects are compacted at the bottom of the heap. Long-lived objects tend to accumulate at the bottom of the heap, making object location easier (and faster).
Serial Mark-Sweep-Compact Collector (PSOldGen)
The serial mark-sweep-compact collector is useful for small (< 256MB) heaps, providing reasonable performance at the cost of occasional latency. It combines the mark-sweep and mark-compact operations.
- Operation
- Relocates live object to start of heap
- Updates pointers
- The Bad
- O(objects in heap)
- Stop-The-World
- The Good
- High throughput
- Reduced fragmentation
- Allocation is cheap
- Object location cheap
Parallel Mark-Compact Collector (Throughput)
The parallel mark-compact collector is useful for medium size (1GB – 4GB) heaps where throughput is of greatest concern.
- Operation
- Relocates live object to start of heap
- Updates pointers
- The Good
- High throughput
- Reduced fragmentation
- Object location cheap
- Allocation is cheap
- The Bad
- O(objects in heap)
- Stop-The-World (Although reduced wall-time of stop-the-world compared to serial)
Concurrent-Mark-Sweep (CMS) (Concurrent Low Pause Collector)
The concurrent mark-sweep collector is useful for medium size (1GB – 4GB) heaps where low latency is of greatest concern.
- Operation
- Concurrent Mark
- Concurrent Sweep
- The Good
- Low pause
- The Bad
- Lower throughput
- No relocation of live objects
- Fragmentation
- Object location expensive
- Allocation expensive
Garbage First Collector (G1GC)
The garbage first collector is useful for medium to large (4GB – 16GB) heaps where low latency is of greatest concern, although it provides reasonable throughput.
- Operation
- Heap divided into regions
- Divided into cards
- Monitors garbage per region
- Monitors current allocation rate (predicting demand)
- Only collects regions based on demand
- The Good
- Low pause
- The Bad
- Assignment slower (updating cards)
Parallel Scavenge (PSYoungGen) (Young Generation only)
The parallel scavenge collector is a parallel young generation collector that may be used in combination with the Serial Mark-Sweep-Compact Collector or the Parallel Mark-Compact Collector.
Serial Copy (DefNew) (Young Generation only)
The serial copy collector is a serial young generation collector that may be used in combination with the Serial Mark-Sweep-Compact Collector or the Concurrent Mark-Sweep Collector.
Switching between HotSpot collectors
HotSpot JVM may use one of 6 combinations of garbage collection algorithms listed below.
|Young collector
|Tenured collector
|JVM options
|Serial (DefNew)
|Serial Mark-Sweep-Compact (PSOldGen)
|Parallel scavenge (PSYoungGen)
|Serial Mark-Sweep-Compact (PSOldGen)
|Parallel scavenge (PSYoungGen)
|Parallel Mark-Compact (ParOldGen)
|-XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:+UseParallelOldGC
|Serial (DefNew)
|Concurrent Mark Sweep
|-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:-UseParNewGC
|Parallel (ParNew)
|Concurrent Mark Sweep
|-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+UseParNewGC
Tuning the Heap
Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all combination of garbage collector and generation sizes. The only way to determine the ideal settings is system profiling, gathering statistics and trial-and-error.
Here are some rules of thumb to follow when tuning the heap, but remember there is no silver bullet…
Young generation
- Ensure the eden space is large enough to hold the working set of a burst operation – lots of new objects created at high tempo
- Ensure the survivor spaces are can cope with long-lived objects that need to be tenured fast – tweak the tenuring threshold
Tenured generation
- Find the maximum working set size (system under load)
- Over-provision the maximum working set by 25-30%
- Merely using the largest tenured generation size you can afford is counter-productive
- More system resources are consumed for no benefit
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I sincerely hope and appreciate that somebody could share ideas.
Today, I found that if we want to involve OpenMP in our project, we need to put the class declaration in the shared clause, otherwise, we get a compiling error:
error C3052: 'OpenMesh::PolyConnectivity::FHandle' : variable doesn't appear in a data-sharing clause under a default(none) clause
#pragma omp parallel for default(none) private(faceHandle_) shared(intFacesSize_, TriMesh::FHandle)
for(int faceIndex_ = 0; faceIndex_ < intFacesSize_; ++faceIndex_) {
faceHandle_ = TriMesh::FHandle(faceIndex_);
Is this a requirement asked by OpenMP, or asked by the third-party library I am using????
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I'm willing to bet we see Man-Faces by SDCC!
And I'd imagine that we'll get a "working" dial on top of his head, unlike Optikk's faux dial on his back.
I'm willing to bet we see Man-Faces by SDCC!
And I'd imagine that we'll get a "working" dial on top of his head, unlike Optikk's faux dial on his back.
No comment.
I believe its a strong likelihood that we will see him by SDCC
and by the closing of 2010. I'm hoping for a cardback color scheme
Oh wow! You are absolutely right!
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Yeah I have a good feeling we'll see him released by the end of the year.
It seems like he could even use a "retooled" version of Optikk's armor, being that it's the same basic shape, or at the very least, one similar that is also removable like his.
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I'd like that. It looks good set up the way you have it. They don't even have to give him the shield or gun. Just change out the chest and head.
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Oh yeah, all the parts are there! Arms, legs, crotch peice. As it was stated, all he needs is new armor that goes over the neck and you're set! Still, I wonder how the dial on top will work. If you put on the triple-faced head first, then the armor over it, something on top of the head has to line up inside the top of the armor for the dial to work. Wouldn't be hard, but it seems like something more inventive could be done. Especially since the dial would have to be strong enough to turn the head while plugged into the ball joint.
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Sweet. I don't think I could be more stoked. Bring it!
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Maybe if the "neck" peg sits "loose" or "looser" than normal, but still non-removable, it could work to either use the dial on top, or to pose his head without the armor?
Or maybe he could get two heads? One that would attach normally to the neck peg when he didn't have the armor on, and another that would attach to another peg from the top of his head, to the inside top of the armor/top head piece? Like one head with a hole on its bottom, and another with a hole on its top? If that makes sense....
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Well if you have the chest armor connected to the neck piece, it can go all the way up. The head can continue the rest of the look and rotate exactly as Tri-Klops is made. The neck would be an open "cup" with a "window". The head would just be a round cylinder with 3 heads, or even 4 if they want. The top could slightly mushroom at the top so that it would match up with the top of the neck armor. It would allow them to put the head on the ball joint neck without any changes plus even reuse the armor if it's designed right for another character (Stinkor maybe).
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However they do it, I'm confident that the 4Hm will find a clever way to tool him.
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It depends how soon Man-E-Faces will be made. Sure, many parts are already available, but it all depends on which other characters Mattel has planned for the rest of the year.
Man-E-Faces could potentially be available this year, but Mattel could just as easily wait until next year or the year after to release him.
It depends on the character selection Mattel has in store.
I personally am not holding my breath for MEF to be released soon, just because many of his parts are already available. Adam could have easily been made last year, but we got him this year, almost two years after the start of the line, instead.
Fictional characters are just that. Fictional. They have no personality or free will of their own.
Writers and editors mold them to their own wants and needs.
All we as the audience and fans can do is pick and choose our favorite interpretation and ignore the rest.
Sort of thinking of it as a nail head. Don't pay any attention to the dots, I had to put those in so the image would lay out correctly. The faces would be on the body of the neck and the head of the nail would be the compleation of the top part of the armor. You would rotate the nail head's top which rotated the inner body of the nail where the faces are located. The little window on the stationary neck armor allows you to only see one face at a time.
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I got it! So simple: Use what we were talking about, ya know, the top armor over the neck. The head would have to go on first, like we said, but the head would go right into the ball joint like normal. The head, though, will just have the dial molded into the top! Then the armor will just have a large hole in the top for the dial to fit through when you lower the armor over the head and shoulders. That way you've got a strong dial to turn, since it's pretty much all one head peice, and the head will turn normally on the ball joint like any of the other heads.
Of course, they could also make the large cylinder part turn like the 200X version, so he can look around. You'd just have to turn the cylinder and then the head.
...dunno why I'm doing this, honestly, since they'll end up doing something completely different. Fun to think about the mechanics, I guess.
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I think that should work, and if the neck armor piece could turn as well like the 200x figure, then yeah, that'd be even better!
True he may not come this year, but I'd say definitely no later than next year, if they want to make the most out of their retooling and reusing of figures. Because yeah, so far, they could have given us six He-man variants in a row just because they could (1st issue He-Man, then DCUC He-Man, then BA He-Man, then Wun-Dar, then 2nd issue He-Man, then Prince Adam) but of course they didn't and wouldn't, because who would want all those variants in a row, in the first year, in a span of six months? No one, probably. But if you can reuse 70-80% of a previous character/figure, to make a completely different, non-variant figure of another character, than that would be most cost effective, and make the most marketing sense. Especially at the beginning, when only the first six figures were guaranteed for release, it would make sense to release newly retooled/reused figures based on those first six, maybe not all of them, but I'd say most of them. And it has been stated by Toyguru that the retooling and reusing factor does play a big part in deciding which characters/figures will be up next for production.Originally Posted by SLO-MAN
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Here's you more of the idea. I really roughly put this together and grabbed a vintage figure to make it even easier to do:
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Great idea! But i hope in a style more vintage, and in a heads nterchangeable!
Regardless of how it is accomplished, I am realy excited about adding Man-E to my Classics collection. I will be very interested to see his Bio; I'm hoping for a very mini-comics-esque story, but I would love to know why he appears to e somewhat of a cyborg beforehand...
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I guess the crotchpiece helps, but otherwise there are no new pieces for Manny. The arms & legs were already produced for Trapjaw, and Optikk's armor/head look nothing like Manny. Weapons don't help for Manny either.
Though still, I'm sure we'll see him soon enough.
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Great mock-up Neutro! I do hope we get Manny or Mek in 2011. Buzz-Off and Rammy would be lovely as well, but I understand the need to space these guys out and I support that. It'll be great to add an important Master to the collection though.
His bio has me curious as well; gotta agree w/ Uki on the mini-comics-esque-ness (ha) thought. Something kind of kitschy, keeping in-line with his protrayal on the 200X series as an actor would be all kinds of cool in my book!
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Here is an earlier mock up that was posted by Rex-203 and myself when Optikk was first shown at the art show in January. It also shows how similar the parts of Optikk and Man-E-Faces are. I am still hoping we finally get the flesh tone version.
Man-E-Faces has to be coming soon! At least I hope so. Good to see further mock ups that show this as being possible!
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Neutro your mock-up is beautiful, but I do not really think that we'l have the alternating faces action feature, we'll probably have 3 faces under the helm to be manually replaced.
Regarding the gun - Manefaces pistol was different fro many other guns of the Motu and I expect that Mattel will produce a weapon with the correct shape. Reusing Optikk shield and pistol would be silly and would surely enrage most of us.
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As for the action feature: they said they'd do features if they didn't get in the way of the sculpt, and as we've been pointing out in the thread, it'll be REAL easy! They did the interchangeable plates on BA He-Man because they would have had to tool a whole new torso to get the feature to work. With 'ol Man-E, all they need is a new armor peice with the setup we've been talking about above! Simple as that. So there's no need to do a ridiculous "Swap-E-Faces."
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With Mattel's new statement: "There will be some action features like moving jaws, gears, headgear etc."
I'm positive Man-E-Faces will have some sort of gear with moves his "headgear" around
I love the flesh tone mock-up version of Man-E-Faces, Hordak & Rex-203!
Especially the way the collar/helmet part is all the way blue instead of partially orange/flesh tone. It never made sense to me that part was orange.
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I'm hoping he has the dark, bronze tan that the original figure had. He just doesn't look right with the normal skin tone to me.
That mock-up pic is a little too bright and a little too orange; the original figure was more of a darker, flesh tone than actually being bright orange. He almost had the dark, Clawful skin tone. I tweaked the colors slightly in the photo to what I hope we end up getting.
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Anderson 6, Franklin 2
Anderson County took advantage of numerous Franklin County errors and Logan Woodside collected three runs batted in as the Bearcats defeated the Flyers, 6-2, last Thursday night in Frankfort. It was the second time in little more than a week that Anderson had been successful against Franklin.
Woodside drove in Granville Hayes with a fourth-inning single then belted a two-run home run, his sixth of the season, in the sixth inning to put the icing on Anderson's cake. Woosided finished at 3-for-4 and scored three runs.
The Anderson County softball team earned a big win over Woodford County on Wednesday, defeating the Yellow Jackets 4-3 in Versailles.
Molly Burkhead led the Anderson attack with three hits in four at-bats. Burkhead, a freshman, stole two bases and scored two runs.
Jessie Crouch smacked a pair of doubles and drove in two runs for the Lady Bearcats. Anderson scored twice in the third and twice in the fifth.
Corrin Robinson had an RBI single in the third.
Kelsey New smacked a run-scoring double in the fifth.
Anderson County got a bit of a surprise Wednesday when long-time rival Franklin County arrived wearing special shirts for the game with the Bearcats at Barnes Memorial Field.
Anderson County broke an 8-game losing streak when the Lady Bearcats defeated Daviess County 3-1 in the Sports Wearhouse Classic, hosted by Owensboro Catholic.
It was Anderson's second win over Daviess County this year. The Lady Bearcats also avenged an earlier defeat by beating Henry Clay, but lost to St. Benedict of Tennessee to see their record move to 9-16.
Hopkins County Central had beaten Anderson 5-1 on Friday to extend the program's losing streak to eight games.
The Anderson County High School dance team recently was named Midwest National Champions, making the Dance Cats one of the final six teams in the nation.
Anderson County track had hoped for a big day in the Boyle County Invitational last Friday. Instead the results were mixed.
The Anderson boys' team had a strong showing. "We had some great performances out there on Friday," said Anderson coach Robert Meacham. "I was very impressed with David Drummer. He set a new personal record with a new height of 10-00 in the pole vault, good enough for fourth place in a good field of vaulters and a full foot over is previous PR.
Call it youth if you want, but Anderson County softball coach called the Lady Bearcats' play unacceptable after losses to Lexington Catholic and Henry Clay in a double-header played at Lexington Catholic Friday night.
The three-team affair was put together quickly after rains had washed out a large number of games for all three teams.
Anderson, now 7-13 on the year, has dropped six straight games.
The Lady Bearcats blew a 6-1 lead as they fell to Catholic 7-6 in the first game of the evening.
Anderson County High School senior Jo Jo White signed an NAIA national letter-of-intent to play golf with Georgetown College during a ceremony at the school last Thursday.
White joins Anderson classmates Marcus Lake and Jacob Flora, both of whom signed with the Tigers earlier in the year. The trio had made a pact to attend the same school to play golf collegiately, if at all possible.
Anderson County High School freshman Makenzie Cann earned an honorable mention on the Louisville Courier-Journal All-State basketball team, announced in Sunday's edition. The prestigious team honored in the state's largest newspaper is selected by the state's coaches. Coaches are not allowed to vote for players on their teams.
Anderson County High School senior Steven Sims has signed a letter of commitment to play football at Centre College. Sims announced his choice of the Danville school during a ceremony at the school last Wednesday.
"I believe it is the best school in the state," said Sims, a three-year starter in the line at Anderson. At 6-foot-2 and 280 pounds, Sims expects to play defensive tackle for the Colonels.
"I visited there and got to meet the coaches. I really liked it," Sims said.
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Milledgeville, Ga. – Senior Brandi McKinney (Cincinnati) has been named Georgia College Bobcat Athlete of the Week for the second time in the last three weeks. She continued her solid play from the bench on the road with a double-double (18 points, 10 rebounds) Monday in the win over Francis Marion University and with 14 points Saturday in the victory over Georgia Southwestern in helping the Bobcats to an overall 6-0 record.
In addition to her double-double against FMU, she also had four assists, one steal and one block while shooting 7-of-12 from the floor and 4-of-6 from beyond the arc. At GSW, she added five assists and two steals.
McKinney ranks in the top-10 in six different PCB leaders. She is first in free-throw percent with 90, tied-second in 3-pointers with 14, sixth in 3-point percentage at 46.7, ninth in points per game at 16.3, and tied-ninth in assists with 20 while helping the Bobcats to their best start since 2006-07.


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Ronnie Hodgkinson and Willy Jump the Moon—October 28, 2011
From: Guest Judge Deborah Rosen
I know the Woodside event very well, so first, Ronnie, let me congratulate you on your move- up to Training Level on this impressive course!
Overall, this is an incredible photo. This large table is towards the end of the course and "Willy" is jumping with excellent form and looking keenly onward. You have obviously done a good job with his fitness and preparation. He is respectful, but not overly impressed, illustrating to me that you have not overfaced him. While it looks in the photo like he might be leaving his hind end trailing a bit, I believe a frame or two later would show him snapping it up in fine style!
Your position is wonderful. Head up, eyes forward. Shoulders and chest are lifted, allowing the horse's withers to come up to you. Back is flat. There is a break in the line from elbow to mouth, but you are not restricting the use of his neck. Wouldn't it be nice to be perfect all of the time!
The back of your thigh is in the tack and the shoulder-hip- heel line is basically intact. I would like to see a stronger hip-knee-ankle angle, bringing your thigh up a little bit more into the saddle and allowing the heel to get a bit deeper. Shortening your stirrups a hole or two would accomplish this with a little practice. I think this would lead you to an even stronger position than the one you already have. Well done, Ronnie and Willy! Looking forward to seeing you at the events!
From: Judge Carol Dean-Porter
This horse is a bold and powerful jumper. He obviously likes his job! He still shows plenty of "brightness" and the jump is number 17!
His knees are up beautifully and right together. His lower legs are flexed well and he clears this solid obstacle with room to spare. He has pushed off well with both hind feet. I believe he is just about to kick the hind end up in another split second. He may be one who uses the technique of crossing his hind ankles in the air. Many top horses throughout history have jumped this way.
Your foot is slightly too far in the stirrup, preventing you from gaining quite as much depth in your heel as ideal. Your hips have slipped back in the air to a point almost even with your cantle. Despite your solid position and great body control this has put your weight behind his center of balance. If you slide everything forward 6 inches, you will be over his shoulders and free up the hind end a bit more. You may like to try taking your stirrups up another hole. You also may like to try a saddle with a deeper seat and/or bigger knee/thigh blocks. In any case, I think your horse deserves a belly guard!
Your release is good. I like the soft contact in the air, which keeps the lines of communication open. You are generous enough to permit him to use himself well and have enough contact to steady him if necessary.
He is well muscled and seems quite comfortable jumping this substantial obstacle, so I think your preparation has been excellent.
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I am pretty serious about joining the Marines. For the most part, I am interested in pursuing a legal career primarily due to what I've been considered like, "you're smart, the military is not for you." I do not really care about being smart or following intellectual pursuits as I have more of an interest in the military, i.e. ground combat and strategics more-so than law or pre-med. In other words, the military is the only thing I have had a lot of interest for. As for my interest, or MOS, I am more interested in reconnaissance or leading an infantry of troops. I would like to enter a bootcamp that would help cultivate my skills.Math is not my strongest suit, I worked extra hard to get into Calculus and pass it. Reading, comprehension, logic, and writing are my strongest suits. When taking various classes in management to fulfill the core classes for business, I was more inclined towards management and strategical management.
officer seems to be the best route for me rather than enlisted. Can all college grads start as an officer?
I am not too interested in the Public Health Service, but the second link, NOAA seems to be something I might have an interest for due to it implementing most of my interests into one. I think because I will finish in the fall of this year I could possibly sign up for it, but I want to weigh the options first. I wouldn't want to be behind a desk but out in the field first. To answer your question though, I believe infantry would be a good start. Does the NOAA provide any sort of field component to the marines portion?


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We recently brought you a sneak peek of what you can expect from Christian Louboutin in Spring 2016, and thankfully, some of these spring accessories have started to trickle into stores. Louboutin has a lot to offer this upcoming season, and I wanted to take a closer look at the Paloma Tote, which is the brand's biggest Spring 2016 handbag debut.
The Paloma Tote is both bold and sophisticated, and the black calfskin version has a contrasting nude top handle and Louboutin's red sole emblem, as well as a red interior peeking out. At first glance, it feels a bit bare for a Louboutin bag (remember the Lucky L Hobo?), but the gussets provide a hidden pop of Louboutin, with leopard-print patent leather, spike detailing and, of course, a bit of red.
The bag also comes with a removable shoulder strap, which is important because the tote can feel a bit heavy when carried by the top handles. Since the bag is quite large, I initially didn't think the shoulder strap would be functional or comfortable, as is often the issue with large, structured bags. Surprisingly, this adjustable strap proved me wrong; it fell at just the right spot on my body and the top handles weren't in my way. The combination of structure and versatility makes it an excellent work bag.
I quickly fell in love with the unique structure of the bag, but it was the interior that really made me swoon. I love bags that help me stay organized and the red suede portfolio-style interior is hard to resist. Also, not everyone will agree with me, but I personally love a bag that doesn't have a top closure. I like to have things at easy access without having to fumble with closures, clasps and buttons. The two zipper compartments are enough to keep my valuables hidden while still having other things in my handbag easily accessible, which is always a plus when I'm using a bag for work. But don't fret, there's still a concealed pull-out strap if you're not completely comfortable having everything out in the open.
Louboutin sent us a sample that I got to use for a couple of days, and I have to say it's way more functional than it looks. Everything from my daily essentials to my 13-inch Macbook for work (I wasn't kidding when I said this was huge!) fit comfortably. If that's not enough to convince you of the design's worthiness, I also received a bunch of compliments while carrying the bag and everyone was dying to know the designer–always a perk in my book!
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HOUSTON -- The Texans won't shy away from drafting Fresno State quarterback Derek Carr because of his brother David's dubious history with the team, according to coach Bill O'Brien.
With the second round of the draft starting Friday evening, Houston plans to draft a quarterback, and O'Brien said Carr is in the discussion. O'Brien said they have roughly six quarterbacks whom they are considering drafting at different evaluations, but he added there aren't any circumstances other than those related to football that would affect their feelings about Carr.
"You look at each individual person, even though they come from the same family," O'Brien said."(Then) grade that guy as it relates to your team. He is a good football player. He's smart, an accurate passer, good size. He's in the conversation. We don't think about what happened seven years ago."
If Houston drafted Carr, "We would bring him in here and welcome him and treat him as his own person," O'Brien said. "He has a different circumstance because his brother was here. I wasn't here when his brother was here."
David Carr was the No. 1 overall pick in 2002 for the expansion Texans and never lived up to his billing. He was sacked more than 250 times in five seasons with Houston and spent the remainder of his career as a backup.
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final thought..
Christians believe that if one lives by the teaching of Jesus and obey his commandments what lies in store after death is a heavenly paradise. On the other hand those who rebel against God and live a sinful life are assured of an eternity of never ending suffering unless they asks God for forgiveness before they die.
Nonsense I hear you say. Well unfortunately this Christian belief cannot be proven or disproved. It is simply a belief. One chooses to believe it or not.
Lets look the time a typical Christian spends in prayer.
A Christian goes to Church say on average once per week on a Sunday and the service lasts 45 minutes He / She prays each day for 5 minutes in total.
So in the round of one year a Christian spends 2340 minutes in Sunday service and 1820 minutes in prayer. That is a total of 69 hours per year
Take the average life expectancy of 67 years (Encyclopædia Britannica)
So 69 hours of prayer per year multiply by 67 years = 4623 hours or approx 6 months.
Over a persons life of 67 a Christian will spend less than 1% (0.007%) of his / her time in prayer.
If Non believers are correct in their belief it means Christians will have spend a portion of their life (approx 1%) for nothing. However if Christians belief turn out to be correct then by offering up less than 1% of their life time and provided they live a good life they will have secured eternal happiness and Non-believers will face the wrath of God for having denied him. Now if this were a 2 horse race where would you place you money to minimize your loss? The Non Believers horse seems to be high risk, all or nothing. If I win I was proved right. If I loose it will be devastating. The Christian horse seems to be a have more favourable terms. If I lose I lost 1% of my time and I was wrong in my belief but if I win I get a magnificent prize infinitely times more greater than the prize a Non-believers would get if he / she were to win.
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I am the goddess Heather and you must believe in me and send me 9% of your wages. If you do not, then I will not only burn you alive for eternity in the afterlife but I will also condemn your entire family to the same fate. You do not need to pray or spend a moment of your time worshiping me - just have your payroll department deduct 9% of your wages and send them to me.
So, there is even less cost in believing in me (both in time and money) than in Jesus/Yahweh/Holy Spirit. On the other hand, failure to believe in me condemns your entire family - which is a much heavier price to pay than simply not believing in your malarkey. Obviously I'm the better bet.
I have no fear of being wrong, so sorry this means nothing to me personally. Even it were true, I wouldn't want to praise an immoral god that sacrificed his son, let alone killed 99% of what he supposedly created leaving us, the center of the universe. God can care a less about the stars or failed solar systems. He must be thinking (with human-like traits, "eh, I like this species more than the rest" Playing a game with our lives and scaring everyone with the idea of infinite tortue. I rather be with Rational people. Plus his ego is ridiculous!
Your conclusion lacks true faith. Pascal was a better mathematician than a philosopher. Any free thinking person will have doubts about all of the many religions. If you believe in things just because someone told you; perhaps you should stick with the church. Keep rationalizing all of the ridiculous assertions and bad things they do. But if you do have doubts, watch a few Christoper Hitchens or Dawkins debate videos. Excuse me now, I have to pray to the goddess Heather.
You are hereby granted absolution from the sin of your choice - make sure it's a doozy!
I was not aware that I could just pick something and choose to believe in it.
So you're telling me that, even though I am convinced by the combined weight of logic, philosophy, history, biology, psychology, physics, and so forth that the Christian God is a myth, I can consciously will myself to ignore all of that and believe in God anyway, since it is apparently the prudent thing to do? Fascinating.
Pascal was wrong. There is so much to lose in a life spent fearing and loving some fictional dickhead. Next week: Pascal applied to the three little pigs.
Pascal was wrong, I think he knew when he wrote the Pensees' that he was wrong. Con you need to spend a little time with the Pensees, you may just get to see how wrong he was.
A good Mathematician he was, at philosophy I think he sucked!
This is all just a senseless basic math lesson. Basically, devote X amount of time to this fairytail and it equals eternal happiness. To the people here it equals B.S. no matter how small of an amount of time is devoted. Also, like Stutz pretty much said above, you can't MAKE yourself believe something. Either you truly believe it or you don't. People aren't going to believe it simply because we're told that if we don't we're going to suffer when we die. We choose to believe what we do based on evidence and facts.
Yeah, I could debase myself kneeling a scraping to lots of things.. There are gods by the score... I should probably spend some time being obsequious to all of them. Oh, wait, they mostly all demand that I grovel to them only and not the other guys.. Holy shit, I'm sorta fucked! Which one do I choose??@!! If I pick the wrong one, I'm doomed... Wow, um, well, after poking in to it more, none have any evidence on their behalf, so I have no idea which way to kneel... Well, since religion people love statistics so much, I looked at the numbers. I'm most likely fucked regardless of what I do... So I'll just follow the evidence... High risk? Perhaps. But, not much riskier than any other religious choice, and a lot less likely to be full of coprolites..


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"And this is how I see you
"In the snow on Christmas morning
"Love and happiness surround you
"As you throw your arms up to the sky
"I keep this moment by and by."
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"And this is how I see you
"In the snow on Christmas morning
"Love and happiness surround you
"As you throw your arms up to the sky
"I keep this moment by and by."
— "Wintersong,"
Sarah McLaughlin
Angels hover closer around Christmas lights, drawn by the excitement and joy emanating from the hearts of those who seek the babe in the manger.
The angel at Nicole Miller's house remembers the spring evening when the lights went out in the wake of a severe storm and the family gathered on the dark front porch and sang praise songs. Angels watching Nettie Strickland and her family in Alabama City will feel the love glowing in the tree lights.
Sheila Harvey and Matthew will be waiting for Santa in their little apartment. Gayla Cochran still will be shopping for her anticipated grandbaby, and after the holidays, a wonderland of sales will further tempt the new grandmother-to-be.
Cindy Brewer (Mrs. Dr. Sam) will be everywhere, doing everything all at once, in a flurry of Christmas happiness. How you deserve that joy, Cindy!
Robert and Sandra Lasseter still will be celebrating their wedding anniversary. Brenna Townsen asked Santa for a library card for Christmas because a wise old librarian who knows Santa very well heard the request.
Smug Aslynn Danks will be snuggling down to visions of sugar plums; beautiful. Sophisticated Rose Hawkins, an educator who found her way to Gadsden via Goodyear, is helping principal/daughter-in-law Michelle Hawkins administer to the children at Donehoo Elementary School.
Sheila McCartney celebrated an important birthday two weeks ago (Jimmy Christopher never could keep a secret).
Ann Briscoe Nero and family celebrated the wedding of daughter, Lindsay, to Rick Handrikan. The wedding was Skyped to Rick's family in Australia. Wedding guest Chloe James pronounced it the wedding of the year.
Curtis and Pat Harden were shopping Sunday afternoon. I have missed seeing her since we retired from teaching.
Janice Lee is a "newbie" worker at the library. Steven Buchanan and his daughter, Sara, came to check out books.
Forever friends and former students pop up everywhere at Christmastime, as do kind and efficient nurses and physicians like Dr. Kent Hunt and Amanda Poe and all the emergency room staff at Gadsden Regional Medical Center.
The Christmas Box Angel Statue, introduced in the book "The Christmas Box," by Richard Paul Evans, at Forrest Cemetery will comfort grieving parents whose children went too early to play in Heaven's playgrounds. So will the majestic angel outside St. James Catholic Church, cradling the amazingly lifelike newborn bundle.
We will remember recent events and hug our babies closer, vowing never to let them go.
At the Byars' house, memories, laughter and our "rescued" Chihuahua Molly B will get swallowed up in the pile of discarded wrapping paper, ribbons, string and boxes in the center of the den. As love and joy surrounds us, I'll think of Christmases past; of schools where mischievous students "acted out" by organizing surprise parties; of precious readers — Merry Christmas, 'round town.


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Barnard College and President Debora Spar hosted the inaugural Barnard College Global Symposium in Beijing, China on March 19, 2009. Women Changing China brought together some of the most prominent women in China today – leaders in government, commerce, academia and the arts.
The event honored the legacy of one of China's first feminists Kang Tongbi, daughter of political reformer Mr. Kang Youwei. Ms. Kang was Barnard's first Asian student a century ago and, along with her father, advocated successfully to eliminate the traditional practice of footbinding in China.
Panelists included Yang Lan, a leading television anchor, media entrepreneur, and philanthropist; Wu Qing, an esteemed advocate for women's rights in China; Yan Geling, one of China's most acclaimed contemporary novelists and screenwriters; and Ruby Yang, an Academy Award-winning Chinese-American filmmaker.
"Our panelists demonstrate the remarkable roles that women now play in all facets of Chinese life, and the importance of continuing to educate women everywhere," said President Spar, who moderated the discussion. "From Kang Tongbi in the early twentieth century to Hilary Clinton today, women leaders shape societies. Now more than ever, we need to inspire young women to think expansively and courageously about the impact they can have on the world."


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Early in his article in the June 1958 issue of American Artist magazine, author Frederic Whitaker writes, "we overlook the probability that no great artist ever set out to contrive a unique technical style. More likely, the great ones simply strove for perfection alone, guided, of course, by personal convictions. The individuality of their work became manifest as a natural, unforced result."
To contradict this presumption, Whitaker then gives us the example of "a young artist [Ken Riley] who avoids the lure of easy fame, who acknowledges that anything of value must be earned by effort, and who still wins through outstanding achievement."
Of course I couldn't agree more. Ken Riley has always been a favourite of mine, and its apparent, I think, that he brings a tremendous amount of thoughtful consideration and hard work to his art.
This is obvious in his beautifully designed compositions (Whitaker says Riley goes so far as to mathematically calculate the balance of his compositions)...
... but foremost in my mind, is Riley's wonderous and unique approach to colour.
I've always been captivated by the myriad of colours that Riley invests in even the most mundane of objects in a typical painting. You can spend a great deal of time pouring over the nooks and crannies of one of his illustrations...
... then pull back to focus on the larger composition and marvel at how he has made this vast kaleidoscope of coloured bits come together and absolutely sing.
Regarding his painting technique, Riley admits in the article, "I'm a confirmed 'noodler'."
But he justifies his approach with a sound philosophy:
"In contrast to yesteryear, readers now are provided a plenitude of excellent illustrative photography which they can compare with painted illustrations. This well-informed public understands the difference between the two - realizing the special requirements of painted illustration and appreciating the illustrator's contribution to their enjoyment and edification."
This week, let's join Frederic Whitaker in hailing Ken Riley, a "graphic craftsman"... whose work shows "a little genius, imagination, emotion and personality."
My Ken Riley Flickr set.


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NY Times reporter ignored energy experts to repeat Bush line on oil imports
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In a July 29 article, New York Times reporter Carl Hulse reported that supporters of the energy bill recently approved by the House of Representatives describe the bill as "a step toward reducing American dependence on foreign oil," but Hulse omitted the contrary view, held by energy analysts and even some conservative Republicans, that the bill won't reduce U.S. oil imports.
In a July 26 article headlined "Bill Wouldn't Wean U.S. Off Oil Imports, Analysts Say," The Washington Post reported that the Department of Energy projects that the percentage of U.S. oil obtained from abroad will increase from 58 percent to 68 percent by 2025, and that "[a]t best, analysts say, the energy legislation would slightly slow that rate of growth of dependence." The Post documented that the bill lacks what analysts such as Union of Concerned Scientists president Kevin Knobloch believe would have the "greatest impact on reducing U.S. oil demand and cutting imports: a requirement to increase fuel-efficiency standards for trucks and cars."
The Post also noted that even though "[President] Bush and GOP lawmakers have sold their energy policies as a means of reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil," White House spokeswoman Dana M. Perino admitted that "[t]he White House has not analyzed how the legislation would affect reliance on imports."
Similarly, in a July 28 article headlined "Energy Bill Won't Cut Oil Imports, Critics Say," the Los Angeles Times reported that despite Bush administration promises that the energy plan will make the U.S. "less reliant on foreign oil," energy experts said that it "would do little in the short term to boost the nation's energy independence." The report noted Petrie Parkman & Co. analyst Steve Enger's assessment that "[t]he energy bill is not going to make a meaningful difference in U.S. supplies," as well as Energy Security Analysis Inc. senior oil analyst Rick Mueller's belief that "[t]here's very little in the bill" to address the rising demand for oil in the United States.
In fact, even some conservative Republicans have acknowledged that the energy bill will not reduce America's dependence on foreign oil in the near future.
House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Rep. Joe L. Barton (R-TX), whom Hulse quoted in a July 27 article describing the energy legislation as a "darn good bill," nonetheless conceded in a July 29 USA Today report that "[s]hort term, you won't see much impact" on the share of U.S. oil that is imported. And Ben Lieberman, a senior policy analyst at the conservative Heritage Foundation and an opponent of the bill, said that "[w]e'll be dependent on the global market for more than half our oil for as long as we're using oil, and the energy bill isn't going to change that," according to the Washington Post report. He added that the bill "would not do much" to increase domestic production.
In reports on July 26 and July 27, Hulse alluded to the view that the energy bill would not reduce imports, but attributed it to Democratic "critics" of the Bush administration plan rather than energy analysts or Republicans.
On July 29, Hulse wrote that "supporters" of the energy bill, including White House press secretary Scott McClellan and "Congressional leaders," agree that "the bill should lead to less reliance on oil imports." He cited only Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI) as an example of a "Congressional leader," even though Dingell was quoted as saying only that it is "not a perfect bill" but is "a good beginning to develop an energy strategy for the 21st century." Hulse devoted only one sentence to critics' views of the plan but did not include its failure to address the dependence on foreign oil among their complaints.
From Hulse's July 29 New York Times article, headlined "House Passes Energy Bill, but Has Less Luck With Transportation Measure":
Supporters said that by encouraging growth in the renewable-fuels industry and raising domestic production of traditional sources like oil, gas and coal, the bill should lead to less reliance on oil imports.
"It is not a perfect bill," said Representative John D. Dingell of Michigan, the senior Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee and an influential party voice on the issue. "But it is a good beginning to develop an energy strategy for the 21st century. It is the best that can be constructed at this time."
Scott McClellan, the White House spokesman, acknowledged that the measure would have little immediate impact on high energy costs, saying "we didn't get into this overnight, and we're not going to get out of overnight."
But Mr. McClellan joined Congressional leaders in describing the bill as a step toward reducing American dependence on foreign oil.
"This legislation helped address the root causes of high energy prices," he said. "It will expand domestic production, it will increase conservation, and it will improve reliability of our electricity system."
Businesses interests also welcomed the passage of the energy bill. "It seems to balance pretty well the research and development and energy efficiency along with additional means of production," said William L. Kovacs, a vice president of the United States Chamber of Commerce.
Though the bill dodged the issue of fuel economy, Dan Brouillette, a Washington representative of the Ford Motor Company, said that new tax breaks for owners of hybrid cars should "accelerate the expansion of advanced-technology vehicles and to achieve the volumes needed to make them more affordable."
Critics said that the bill fell far short, citing its subsidies for profitable industries, exemptions from environmental laws and failure to address automotive fuel consumption or global warming.
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There isn't much I hate more than getting up early, yet I do it with constancy that belies my true feeling. I come to consciousness a mess, face swollen, mind deeply entrenched still in a dream, eyes a rabbity red that looks painful because it is. I require great quantities of caffiene and will fill my bucket with anything bearing the promise of making me come alive – acidic Folgers or delicious energy tiramisu in a glass, Whynatte or the odd extreme sport beverage found at truck stops.
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I am up early because I have to be somewhere. I want someone to want me to be somewhere and I love that someone is paid to tell me where and when. I will want this until the end of my days, I am sure, no matter how early those days may start.
But this one was an early one, and the plane sat on the tarmac for hours after it was to take off, the 6:15am takeoff merely becoming a fantasy that there is a way to control time, when time merely takes it's time and there is nothing that can be done if its time hasn't come.
The jobs would wait a bit, and there was a brief scramble for rental cars and some fairly complicated logistics. It seems I can do my part of getting up out of bed and being tired and furious all day but just because my part is done doesn't mean much after all. I am only one small fragment of this experience.
No matter how much I will the plane to move beneath me, it will only go when a number of other decisions that are not mine to make are made. Weather cares nothing for my lateness, my trivial problems belittled by the sheer might of wind and clouds and rain. Mechanical problems trump my own desire for order. On time means nothing if you lack the ability to arrive.
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Yes ladies and gentlemen all you have to do is "Pledge" to give up eating meat on Mondays. Right now it is voluntary but give these assholes enough time and it will be mandatory with stiff fines.
From the City Council that declared war on trans-fats and fast-food restaurants comes the latest way to make residents feel, well, guilty about what they eat.
The Los Angeles council, in a 14-0 vote on Friday, adopted a resolution urging residents to adopt a personal pledge to have a "meatless Monday."
While it does not have the force of law and police will not be checking what you brought to work for lunch, city officials said they hope it will start a trend, make residents healthier and reduce the impact on the environment.
"This follows the `good food' agenda we recently adopted supporting local, sustainable food choices," said Councilwoman Jan Perry, who has called for a ban on new fast-food restaurants in South Los Angeles to fight obesity.
"We can reduce saturated fats and reduce the risk of heart disease by 19 percent," Perry said. "While this is a symbolic gesture, it is asking people to think about the food choices they make. Eating less meat can reverse some of our nation's most common illnesses."
Councilman Ed Reyes, who joined with Perry in proposing the resolution, said one of his sons has been diagnosed with diabetes.
"The issue is how does a local municipality engage in this and how do we create change," Reyes said. "If we do it one plate at time, one meal, one day, we are ratcheting down the impact on our environment. We start with one day a week and then, who knows, maybe we can change our habits for a lifetime."
The proposal was developed by the Food Policy Council, which has a goal of "creating more and better food jobs" and encouraging food companies and small food enterprises as part of a bigger agenda to encourage healthy foods in the city.
Los Angeles has many problems. Crime, Drugs, Gangs, Failing Schools. But they are waging war on meat. Why? Because they can draw attention away from every other problem they have. They are heading for bankruptcy and all they can do is deny their citizens the joy of eating the foods they love.
I am sure that Michelle Obama will talk her husband into making this a national law.
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Mission awareness trip to Chile
Oct. 24 ñ Nov. 1, 2009
Iím told that the word ìChileî means ìland where the earth ends.î Staff reports that Chile is considered ìFirst in Inequityî in Latin America, with 42 percent of resources owned by less than 10 percent of the people. There are so many marginalized families, whose only shelter is a one-room wooden structure. A recurring theme is violence to women and children. Our CFCA families strive to make it on very modest income. According to staff, 70 percent of mothers in the Chile project are single heads of family.
A day with our sponsored elderly
CFCA currently serves 566 aging sponsored friends in subproject D. Most live precariously in houses constructed with nontraditional materials. Some of them rent a room in another familyís home. Only six live in homes for the elderly. The aging sponsored friends receive a $103 monthly subsidy from the Chilean government. However, the money is not enough to cover basic needs such as nutrition and clothing. CFCA provides daily breakfast, lunch and snacks for them at Casa de DÌa, a facility attached to the Valparaiso project office.
At the Claretian Sisters facility at El Cerro El Litre, the elderly can attend different kinds of workshops. Every year, the subproject offers a field trip to give them the opportunity to share their talents and stories, and also just to have a fun time.
Testimony of Maria Cena, a 14-year participant in the program: ìMy dream as a girl was to have loving parents, and I achieved it. Iím also grateful for excellent teachers and social workers. At age 80, I now play guitar and sing in our choir.î
Free clinics serve health needs
After sightseeing in Valparaiso, the group visited Consultorio de Salud las CaÒas. Consultorios de Salud are free health clinics created by the Chilean health system to serve the less fortunate. ValparaÌso has 13 consultorios in the hills of the city. About 11,000 people benefit from the services. Not only do these clinics provide medical and dental care to our sponsored children and aging, but they also make CFCA aware of other families that could benefit from the sponsorship program.
Sister Sara at the El Litre CFCA facility devotes herself to the aging and to the most rejected street people of Valparaiso. Their source of warmth at night is the dogs with which they sleep. Relying completely on Godís providence, her team of volunteers provides lunch each day for more than 100 people on the street. She receives donations of food and clothing.
Key programs for women
The training program was created in 1992 to help the mothers of sponsored children learn skills that would allow them to save money and increase the household income. The program holds workshops in tailoring, weaving and hairdressing, and provides supplies, transportation costs and child care for participating mothers. Every year, around 230 mothers benefit from the training program.
The CFCAís Womenís Program was created in 1993 to provide a space for the mothers to be better informed about domestic violence and its impact on their relationship with their children. The program offers workshops on self-esteem, child-mother relationships and formation for all members of the family. Around 200 people per year attend the workshops.
The fishermen and women of La Caleta
La Caleta de Pescadores Portales ValparaÌso is the biggest fishing cove in the region. Approximately 200 families make their living from the fishing activities here. Family fishing is not only a dangerous job, but it also presents big challenges, such as a lack of government assistance, climate changes, high cost of gasoline and overwhelming competition from the commercial fishing industry. Here, fishing is done both with nets and hooks. Some of the sponsored childrenís mothers work in this cove as fishhook baiters.
Indigenous roots
Cabildo, one of the communities served by subproject RUR, earned its name from the indigenous people known as Cabildos. Subproject RUR was created in 2001 to serve the rural communities of the ValparaÌso region. This is the biggest subproject of the ValparaÌso project with 1,258 children and 116 aging. The mid-sized Las Cenizas copper mine in Cabildo is owned by Chilenos who are seriously working on minimizing ecological impact of the mine.
Thank you for joining us in this wonderful experience! Cristina and I are looking forward to a couple of days ìon the farmî in San Lucas before heading for Costa Rica on Nov. 7. We shall be with you in spirit, song and prayer.
Godís blessings,
Bob Hentzen


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Timing
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