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"Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy."
That is the first line of the book "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein, a book about a boy who loves to climb an apple tree and swing from its branches. It made the tree very happy, too. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree (her apples to sell, her wood to build a house) and the tree gave and gave and gave until she was just a stump. It's a touching story about giving that I think is purposely left open to interpretation.
It's a classic book that I have loved reading to my son, but recently, we've moved onto books about Star Wars and super heroes. However, I've been thinking about this book again because I just realized we have our own "Giving Tree" right in our yard.
It's kind of an ugly, old crab apple tree that more than once we have considered cutting down. Although it has beautiful pink flowers in the spring, those crab apples can be a real pain to clean up in the fall. But that's all moot now because that ugly, old crab tree has become a major source of entertainment for our family.
It first started out as a climbing tree since its low branches make it perfect for toddlers to grab onto. (Later, my husband made a wooden step stool to help the little kids join the fun.) Next, we added one of those plastic baby swings. Since the tree is at the end of our driveway, the swing provides the perfect entertainment for the tiniest ones, while watching the big kids ride their bikes up and down the road. And just this summer, we added another attraction - a disc swing. Can you say, "The best $15 I ever spent?"
My son spends so much time climbing and swinging on that tree, it's become a makeshift playground. And it's not just him. Sometimes we come out of our house to find the neighborhood kids already up in the branches pretending to be Batman or the greatest climber in the world.
It makes me happy to see the kids getting so much enjoyment out of something so simple, something we didn't have to buy at a store, something God created. And I'm willing to bet - like in the book - it makes the tree happy, too.
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Crew Sporting Director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter made his first two hires on Wednesday, appointing Asher Mendelsohn the Director of Soccer Operations and Josh Wolff as an Assistant Coach. Adam Jardy from the Columbus Dispatch reports on the hires and the extensive experience that each Mendelsohn and Wolff bring to the Black & Gold. Jardy also goes deeper into exploring Mendelsohn's role and experience in his "Four Things" blog post for the Columbus Dispatch.
Crew Stadium stands not only as the first soccer-specific stadium and one of the premier soccer venues in the U.S., but as a monument to the forward-thinking that eventually developed into a revolution. There are now 13 stadiums built specifically for soccer that host MLS teams, and Forbes' Chris Smith provides a history of the trend that Hunt started here in Columbus.
Along with his piece on the MLS stadium revolution, Forbes also published a review of the League's most valuable teams. It is clear that professional soccer in the U.S. as a whole has never been worth more than it is right now and as Paul Kennedy from Soccer America writes in his look at Smith's Forbes report, "Most economists will agree we're still waiting for the economic recovery. But MLS is booming."

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Mall tragedy: A young man's life, cut short
On Thursday, September 12, William "Billy" Dean celebrated his 19th birthday with family and friends.
The next night, in an event that may never be fully understood, Billy fell to his death from the Downtown Mall building next to Hamiltons' that houses both his apartment and his father's ballroom dance business, Terry Dean's Dance Studio.
Despite immediate attention from patrons of nearby outdoor cafés including at least one nurse who had been sitting at Miller's restaurant and a rapid response from EMTs who arrived within five minutes of the 911 call, Billy could not be resuscitated.
The incident occurred around 10:35pm on a warm Friday night, a busy time along the pedestrian thoroughfare that runs past the dance studio building.
Witnesses, including Jackson Landers, who was seated outdoors at Miller's and saw Billy fall, say a head injury was immediately fatal. "By the time we got to him," Landers says, "I heard someone say, 'He has no pulse.'"
Although police officers leading the investigation would not comment on the matter to The Hook, Officer Mike Farruggio was quoted in a Sunday, September 15, Daily Progress story as saying, "He either fell or he jumped."
Billy's family, however, say they have no reason to suspect the latter.
On the night of his death, Billy's grandmother, Dorothy Dean, says the teen had misplaced the key to his third-floor apartment, just above the dance studio something that had happened before. He reportedly told some kids on the Mall, "I know how to get in," and was then seen climbing up the back of the building.
"He had gotten in through a skylight on another occasion," says his father, Terry, who believes Billy thought he could enter an apartment window via the roof, which is approximately 40 feet above the Mall.
"He and his friends would hang out on the roof on Friday nights and watch people go by," says Terry. Although some of his friends were frightened by the height, Terry says, Billy did not share such a fear.
"We choose to think it was an accident," says Dorothy Dean. "God wanted him; he took him; and that's what we're going to live with."
Billy's family had scheduled a memorial service for Wednesday, September 18 (past The Hook's press time), at the dance studio.
"Billy was a good kid and a fun kid," his father recalls. At the same time, though, Terry says, "He was a spiritual kid; very quiet, very inward, and reflective on life."
A 2001 graduate of Louisa High School, Billy moved to Charlottesville to be near his dad last spring a move that strengthened their relationship.
"In the last eight months," Terry recalls, "we became close." In fact, in addition to living in the apartment above his father's studio, Billy was thinking of following his father's footsteps literally–- to become a dance instructor.
"He loved music," Terry says. "He played guitar, and he was working on his dancing."
Close friend James Woodward, 18, attended Louisa High with Billy, and says the two were "like brothers." The pair had formed a rock and roll band called Gravity Hits Back, for which Billy wrote some songs. Woodward says Billy had started but never finished one particular song; as a tribute, Woodward hoped to finish the song and perform it at the memorial service.
In addition to his passion for music, Billy's mother, Nina Daniels, says her younger son loved animals and had a kind streak a mile wide. "He would have given you the shirt off his back," she says.
"He was a beautiful spirit," Dorothy agrees. She recalls an exchange she had with Billy the day before his birthday. "Grandma," he said, "I'm going to get serious about this dancing thing."
"I'm really proud of you," she replied. "I love you."
"I love you, too," Billy told her.


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MythSpeech will use speechd to vocalize the menu navigation. This can assist with visually impaired people who want to enjoy mythtv.
This was posted by Helen on the mythtv-user group:
You're quite right, I have been talking privately to Lee, also Monkey Pet, another developer interested in the topic. Since you've expressed interest, here's what's going on. I've been quietly following the posts on this topic and thinking and researching and tinkering, time permitting.
What I finally settled on was to modify mythlcdserver to talk to speech-dispatcher via its libspeechd library. You can read about it here:
http://devel.freebsoft.org/speechd It is what Ubuntu 12.04's screen reader, Orca, uses.
I had first tried to do something with the work done by NCAM (National Center for Accessible Media), which can be found here: http://ncam.wgbh.org/invent_build/analog/speech-solutions-for-next-generation-media-centers/technical-notes-on-talking-myt
But things have changed so much since that was done (on mythtv 0.21 in 2008) that I abandoned it. FWIW, I had actually managed to get it working on mythbuntu 10.04.
Next, I started looking at using Qt's approach, which would require implementing Qt accessibility classes. If this were done, mythfrontend would then talk to the Orca screen reader. I have confirmed that, at least one other QT application, vlc, can generate speech through Orca and speech-dispatcher. More info on Qt accessibility support can be found in these links: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/accessible.html http://blog.qt.digia.com/2011/08/23/accessibility-on-linux/
http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/interest/2012-March/001197.html VLC's pop up menus don't generate speech, but the regular menus do, if you: - turn on the Orca screen reader. - export QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1 - start vlc from the command line.
Just as I was about to launch into the "Qt approach", Monkey Pet wrote Lee, to which he replied on the mythtv-users list, which prompted new discussion from others, especially Anthony Goggins, who tossed out the idea of doing something with how mythtv talks to LCDd, which is part of the lcdproc package. I took a look at it, and was able to get it working pretty easily using LCDd's curses simulation. So I took a look at the code for mythlcdserver and realized it wouldn't be that hard to modify that program to do the speaking. And that's what I've done. It's working for me and Lee (with some gotchas, more on that later) on Ubuntu/Mythbuntu 12.04. Monkey Pet has also gotten it working, although I don't know with what distro.
I chose to use the speech-dispatcher approach, as opposed to what was done for NCAM, because I believe it's a cleaner approach and consistent with the direction Ubuntu is going in w.r.t accessibility.
I don't think the work I've done should be the long term approach to adding accessibility to mythtv. There's a lot of info that isn't provided by mythfrontend to mythlcdserver, like program guide data and information about programs on live TV that mythfrontend shows if you just cursor up/down, but don't change the channel by pressing OK. Also, when I added the live TV support, I found it affected what happens when you watch a recording. It now tells you what you've just started to play, even though it just told you before you started playing it.
I believe that, long term, accessibility for the blind/visually impaired should be based on Qt's support for accessibility. However, that will be more work and I wanted to get something working in 0.25, since that is what Lee and his wife are using. IMHO, what I'm doing is a short term hack, although I am trying to make it as functional as possible without having to touch anything other than mythlcdserver code.
Lee and Monkey Pet have my first version. Since then I've added support for live TV and for mythmusic. Here's a link to the second version: http://www.hbuus.com/~buus/mythspeech-0.2.tgz
Extract the file's contents with the command: tar xzf mythspeech-0.2.tgz
This will create the directory, mythspeech-0.2, which will contain the following files:
installspeech: A shell script that will install the non-source files in the desired locations.
mythlcdserver: The 64 bit executable for *buntu 12.04 that does the speaking in response to messages from mythfrontend. It should be installed in $HOME/bin. I provide the executable for Lee's sake so he doesn't have to set up a development environment and compile mythtv from source.
mythspeech: A shell script that starts up mythlcdserver and makes sure logging output is captured in the directory, $HOME/mythspeech. It also works around a potential race condition to make sure mythlcdserver doesn't start until mysql, the database server, is up and running.
mythspeech-0.2.patch: This is a patch file that can be applied to the mythtv source. It only touches files in mythtv/programs/mythlcdserver.
xprofile: Shell code that should be added to $HOME/.xprofile to make sure mythlcdserver is started when the computer is rebooted.
To install:
If running mythbuntu 12.04 (it's pre-installed on ubuntu 12.04): sudo apt-get install speech-dispatcher Test it with the command: spd-say "Hello world"
If you want to compile the source: sudo apt-get install libspeechd-dev
cd mythspeech-0.2
To start mythlcdserver, execute the command: $HOME/bin/mythspeech
Once these steps are done, you need to configure mythfrontend to talk to mythlcdserver.
- From the main menu, navigate to Setup -> Appearance.
- On the last page labeled "LCD device display" check "Enable LCD device". This will make available a number of other settings specific to LCD display devices. You don't need to change them, they don't affect the speaking done by mythlcdserver.
- Cursor down to "Finish". This will save the setting and throw you back to the main menu. If mythspeech successfully started mythlcdserver, and if speech-dispatcher is working properly, you should now hear "MYTH MAIN Menu Media Library". If not, it's time to check the log in $HOME/mythspeech.
Lee ran into a problem last night after going into mythmusic. We're in the process of troubleshooting it. I suspect it may have to do with his audio configuration. Speech-dispatcher is using his onboard audio device (I think via pulseaudio), while mythfrontend is using alsa and nvidia'a hdmi audio device. If that's the case, I may not be able to help him configure a stable audio configuration. I've been testing on my laptop with the built in speakers and haven't had any problems using the default audio configuration provided by either ubuntu or mythbuntu (I've got both installed).
I welcome any feedback, as well as thoughts on the mythlcdserver approach vs Qt accessibility vs NCAM vs something I haven't thought of. Also, if anyone can help with Lee's audio configuration, I'm sure he'd welcome it.
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About a week ago, we heard that writer/director Wes Anderson was eyeing a top-notch ensemble cast for his next untitled feature, with stars like Johnny Depp, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Edward Norton, Jude Law, Jeff Goldblum, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe and Angela Lansbury apparently being eyed for roles. Though the exact status of each actor's involvement was unclear at the time (it's safe to assume Murray and Wilson will definitely be onboard), we now have confirmation that at least one of those actors is officially involved: Johnny Depp. Hit the jump for more.
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"A man walking alone on a deserted beach, brandishing a lantern in his outstretched hand, might be a fool. But, for a ship that went astray on a stormy night, he might be the savior."
Saturday, January 20, 2007
rain rain rain ,,,
I was a little kid again, unwillingly marching to school. I made it in a soaking parka and muddy rubber boots. In threesomes, we huddled close together sharing wet wooden desks. The cold classroom was meagerly illuminated by a couple of feeble light bulbs. The pompous teacher proudly walked in and ordered us boys to open our books to page seventy three. He was the master within the confines of a single book. He had been regurgitating its content ever since he was appointed for the thankless job. A bovine preaching a flock of parrots for twelve years in anticipation for one ultimate test that would either make or break their future. The bell rang and the herd released. The grubby streets became fields of dreams, the showers enhancing the joy of the experience. We played marbles in the mud while slowly eating soggy falafel sandwiches at a quarter of a Syrian pound each. The ten-minute walk home took at least an hour. We made a detour and headed to the corniche by the sea. Sneezing, coughing and wiping mucus with the back of our sleeves, we sat on the rocks and let the spray of the breaking waves cleanse our minds from the rubbish of brainwashing. The seagulls were sweeping the sky above searching for a bite to eat. The froth was murky and the surge carried logs and debris. It also brought discarded treasures from distant ships. The bigger-than-life Sea was our way out someday. Unlike our peers from the inland most of us broke free at eighteen. The implanted desire to travel, to reach the other invisible coast was overwhelming. Even among the best of parrots at school, those who scored high on the Bacalorea exam, the craving for the voyage was irresistible. We would rather cross the Atlantic then be left high and dry in Damascus or Aleppo.
As the years have gone, I remain an outsider in my own country once I cross the mountains shielding Tartous from the east. While the rain bathes my balding head, notions of a new journey seduce me, to board a ship and leave to a new shore where I am not a stranger among strangers. In the company of pipe-smoking fishermen and tattooed sailors of different tongues I can laze in a small café by a harbor in an unfamiliar city and feel right at home. I would be gazing at the chimneys of ships taking to the sea, dreaming of my Tartous and the day I shall return.
|What do you think?
21 comments:
- Omar said...
I used to sit down on the rocks surrounding the sea shore in Al Rimal (where us in-landers get to experience the sea.and fall in love with Tartous.. in my case at least).
I used to gaze at this endless sometimes grayish monster of water.. close my eyes and pretend to hear the cries and the conversations from a paralell universe that exists on some shore miles awa from where i sit.. I used to wonder who would be sitting on the rocks on that shores, wondering about my existence.. and i used to feel a rush of adrenaline pass through my system, demanding that I gather my courage to start my first voyage.. and I finally did.. and if I miss anything in Syria, it is those moment on the Tartous shores.. this awsome sea and the tender wind of a summer afternoon, the meaningless noise of beach people, and that rush to go away and see this other life on the other side.
on another note... man you have an amazing writing style... something that compares to and competes with the books I read here.. with a perfect English like this, and such a sensitivity.. you shouldn't be only blogging.. we should see the book titled: the world according to a tartousi ;)
- Unknown said...
Hello Omar
Ah, the magic of the sea. It stirs awe and inspiration in the mind. It nags at you with images of adventures in exotic and far away lands.
The sea puts matters in perspective. Whether calm or at the crest of its wrath, one cannot help but admire and respect its awesome power and mistery.
Even you, the inlander, were touched and motivated by its power.
If one day, I can come up with a book, I promise to use the title you've suggested: "the world according to a tartoussi".
Thank you for being by my shore.
- Dubai Jazz said...
Hi Abu Fares, it seems that your blog indeed has become a safe shore for all stranded bloggers' souls!
I quote Robert De Nero from his Blockbuster movie 'Taxi Driver' :
"They're all animals anyway. All the criminals come out at night. Whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal. Someday a REAL RAIN will come and wash all this scum off the streets."
I've been waiting for this real cleansing rain for so long.
Thanks for allowing me (inlander) to post a comment, and for putting up with my rather vulgar quote!
- Unknown said...
Dubai Jazz my friend
There's a total absence of malice in my reference to "our peers from the inland". It was not a judgmental statement. I see "us" the inhabitants of coastal towns all over the world with something in common, that's all. While the Syrian inlanders are mostly established in business and industry, we initiated the expatriate movement simply for our love of travel. What had motivated many of us to leave home and kin was the sense of adventure rather than the pursuit of happiness.
You're always welcome to comment any way you see fit.
- GraY FoX said...
that was amazing
could make anyone fall in love with tartous ,even through who dont know it :P
but still, the memories of school is even more amazing and brought back ancient memories :)
- Ayman Haykal said...
This post brought back some memories about rainy Tartous: The ultimate joy of wearing rain boots when I was a little kid, and the stinky smell that I had all over me after falling into a large muddy pond in That-ul-Nitaqain School in Tartous.
For those who don't know, the author of the "Damascene Blog" is actually a Tartoussi.
Abufares, I add my voice to Omar's. You have a very elegant style in writing. Thanks for a great blog.
- Syrianita said...
Okay i almost Sensed the smell of rain coming out of your post abu fares :)
it also rained in Damascus today 7 hrs of rain it was so refreshing and soul cleaning. as they said rain wash away my pain.
- Black Hawk said...
Dear Abu Fares,
In fact..
it is too hard...t express my feelings...it is merely unexplained mixture of happiness..pleasure..
& ecstasy..accompanied with
good and mercy from Allah t people.. lands..trees..t everything...lots i can't express with my poor English!;)
Great post..thnx!
- The Syrian Brit said...
A delightful post, as usual!..
I second Omar's comments!.. but if ever you publish your book, 'The World According to Tartoussi', promise me a signed copy!.. One day it will be worth a sizeable sum!..
- Ihsan said...
I love the way you use words Abu Fares, so poetic that you turn everything into a beautiful painting, the school, the streets, the rain and the sea...everything feels warm.
I'm a sea lover myself, not a pro. swimmer, but I love to be near. Whenever I went to al-Rimal, I would leave my friend to go party at night and choose to sit alone by the water, near the rocks (makssar) and enjoy 3 quality hours throughout the night. One time I fell asleep on the rocks and was woken up at 4 AM by some people who thought I was a dead corpse thrown by the sea. I love the rain. I'm a winter person. I can feel the warmth of the winter when everybody is cold. I get the same warmth from your words. Thanks.
el 7amdella I was extremely happy that it rained. we have been waiting for a long time..let's hope there is more. Right abu fares.
- Dubai Jazz said...
Dear Abu Fares Al 3zeez, I am sure that there was no malice intended :) , as a matter of fact, you are absolutely right, people of coastal cities are more intrigued to travel and explore than those who live in a land-locked area.
- Unknown said...
Hi You Guys
GraY FoX
Some years ago it would've been very easy to fall in love with Tartous. I have to admit that it's a little harder nowadays. As with the rest of Syria, Tartous lost its charm and character due to brainless negligence.
Memories of school are almost universal. All kids share similar emotions and character building experiences. Good or bad, they are never forgotten.
My kids go to Zat Al-Nitaquain now. Despite all that have been said and done, Tartous was a much nicer place. I know that you are a real Tartoussi and I've had the pleasure of casually meeting you in a wedding. Unfortunately, I am a friend of your cousin Z.
I'm glad you're back. I miss both your posts and your comments on my blog.
Black Hawk
It's always a great pleasure hearing from you.
Syrian Brit
Ah, the illusion of grandeur. If I ever get to (first) write a book (then) have it published your name will definitely be on my dedication page.
How can anyone not be in love with the sea is beyond me. The only real way to enjoy it, besides actually taking a sea voyage is to do what you have done. To take sometime alone and meditate on its beauty and vastness.
Rain is always the most welcome manifestation of nature, at least in our part of the world. Our own basic life depends on it.
Dubai Jazz
Thank you for your second visit. I appreciate your presence on my blog.
- Unknown said...
am fascinated by this self-reflexive story. You don't just use beautiful vocabs, you actually fill the gabs beautifully, the small plots, the transitions, you do not just master English, you think in English.
i liked the most the part when you said "leave to a new shore where I am not a stranger among strangers"..
i think it is unusual to see people who are homesick and feel "stranger" to the people of their country. your homesickess was the land, and your familiarity with it, yet you excluded people form that memory..did i misread your short story?
i read stories for English speaking writers, man, you're the best.
- Unknown said...
Hello Sham (what a beautiful name to be known by)
Welcome to my blog.
You read me well for the most part. I miss the land that is no longer.
There's a special unique trait in coastal people everywhere and this is what I feel as slipping away due to the mindless urbanization our country has gone through in the last few decades. I was born and raised in a place where one side has always been open and endless. Once I'm away from this absolute truth, I feel like a stranger, especially in my own country.
I am happy you liked my writing. I hope to see you here often and again.
- Unknown said...
That was GREAT!! I can literally hear the raindrops, smell the damp air and see you guys sitting there, wet, sniffling and sneezing - but happy, yearning for distant places!
I can understand your notion of a new journey ... I know the feeling! It hits people who consider this planet their home ... cosmopolitans! FABULOUS!! :-)
- Unknown said...
Hello Karin
You're right, the urge to embark on a voyage is nagging at me. It doesn't have to be long, just a week or two perhaps, but I need to get out. This is the longest stretch of immobility I've been through in years. I haven't spread my wings since last April. The nice thing though is the anticipation. I could be called upon any time, and off I go.
- Angel said...
How beautiful is the rain after all that dust and heat......I always liked the pitter-patter of rain...The sound of the drops creates a feeling of privacy that is hard to match, as if you were alone in the world.
Walking in the rain is my absolute favourite thing to do ... There is something magical about it...very theraputic...making the troubles of the day, all seem to just slip away... washing away my confusions and worries......calming my nervous heart and awakening something deep inside my soul.....
"Just singing and dancing in the rain... :)"
Thank you Abufares for the GREAT though provoking post
- Unknown said...
Walking in the rain... there's nothing, absolutely nothing, I enjoy more than taking a stroll in the rain. I'm forever entwined with water. The sea and the rain! I don't know what I would've done without them
- Shannon said...
Sorry for my tardiness in commenting! ;)
Oh, this makes me long for childhood. Your words have a way of making images dance in my head. I've always loved the sea and the rain, but have gone quite a while without either. Perhaps it's time for a trip to the ocean?
- Unknown said...
Hello Shannon
Since you haven't posted in a few days I assumed you've been away. You wrote:
"Your words have a way of making images dance in my head."
What a great compliment. The best I've ever heard.
Indeed it's time for you to make that trip to the ocean. I love the desert but can only take it in short dosages.
I can't wait till you comment on my "Stuffed Grape Leaves" post.
So nice to have you again.


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Son of the late Gordon and Mary Metzler Barnum, he was born May 12, 1929 in Newburgh, NY.
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Survivors include two sons, Mark Barnum and his wife, Cheryl of Wallkill, Gordon Barnum II of Wisconsin; two daughters, Alayne Eisloeffel and her husband, Henry of Circleville and Keelie Garcia and her husband, Jose of Pine Bush; eight grandchildren: Heather, Henry, Nicholas, Gavin, Haylee, Gordon, Aaron, Tyler; one great grandchild, Noah, and a long time best friend, Jack Carney. He was predeceased by a son, Dennis Barnum.
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The pictures from the first page Our view from the back deck at the condo. At the family reunion.
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The strength of this year's CCAA champion Cal State San Bernardino is the one-two middle blocker punch of sophomore Brenna McIntosh and junior Tori May and both were recognized as Daktronics All-West Region selections.
McIntosh was named to the first team and May to the second team.
McIntosh, who last season was a second-team honoree, proved there would be no such thing as a sophomore jinx as she set two match records this season on consecutive matches – attack percentage (.933 14 kills, no errors, 15 attacks) and block assists (15) on the weekend of Nov. 1-2. The first-team All-CCAA selection ranks first in solo blocks (43), first in total blocks (149), first in blocks/set (1.30), second in block assists (106) and third in hitting percentage (.351) in the CCAA.
May, a graduate of Redlands East Valley, transferred from Division I Colorado State. She also was a first-team All-CCAA choice and ranks second in hitting percentage at .365, 11th in both block assists (75) and total blocks (90) in the CCAA. She also was a two-time CCAA Player of the Week honoree.
The No. 14 Coyotes (25-5 overall) play host to this week's NCAA West Regional tournament. They take on Central Washington at 7:30 p.m. in Thursday's opening round.


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- March 20, 2014
- 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm
AREA 5 (5th Floor)
California Institute of Integral Studies
1453 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Clifton Ross and Marcy Rein
Coeditors of "Until the Rulers Obey: Voices from Latin American Social Movements."
Saturday, March 22, 7 pm
John P. Clark, coeditor of "Anarchy, Geography, Modernity: Selected Writings of Elisee Reclus" in conversation with Andrej Grubacic, author of "Don't Mourn, Balkanize!: Essays After Yugoslavia."
Sunday, March 23, 7 pm
Peter Linebaugh, author of "Stop, Thief!: The Commons, Enclosures, and Resistance" and Iaian Boal, coeditor of "West of Eden: Communes and Utopia in Northern California" to discuss commons and resistance in California and beyond.
Monday March 24, 7 pm
Silvia Federic, author of "Revolution at Point Zero," and George Caffentzis, author of "In Letters of Blood and Fire."


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CORVALLIS, OR – To meet the growing demand for greater knowledge about the manufacture, marketing and use of sustainable, natural resources-derived materials such as wood, bamboo, straw and other plant-based goods, Oregon State University now offers a new Bachelor of Science degree program in renewable materials.
"In many sustainable industries today there are more jobs than graduates to fill them, even during the recession," notes Thomas McLain, renewable materials professor and department head at OSU.
"Companies in green, natural materials-based businesses are demanding a different type of candidate for employment today," adds McLain. "Our new curriculum is designed to train the next generation of sustainability professionals."
The new degree will emphasize not only core science and technology, but also business and communications, officials said, and graduates will be able to expand the use of green, renewable materials and products to enhance local, regional and global sustainability.
Students can choose from two different options. One will be a management and marketing focus, to manage organizations and/or devise new marketing strategies to compete in this industry. Students on this track also earn a business and entrepreneurship minor. The other option will be a science and engineering focus, with coursework tailored to specific interests, problem solving, and other skills.
According to McLain, jobs in renewable materials fields are diverse in both workplace and locale, with most entry-level positions on the West Coast. Some jobs might involve international travel, and nearly all renewable materials and products careers will command higher-than-average salaries and potential for advancement. A diverse student body is being sought for the program, and majors are eligible for a large number of scholarships.
"Organizations in this industry are located in places as urban as San Francisco and as rural as Dillard, Oregon," says McLain. "There will be positions in offices, manufacturing plants and the corporate boardroom, around the globe."
About Oregon State University (OSU)
OSU is one of only two U.S. universities designated a land-, sea-, space- and sun-grant institution. OSU is also Oregon's only university designated in the Carnegie Foundation's top tier for research institutions, garnering more than 60 percent of the total federal and private research funding in the Oregon University System. Its enrollment of nearly 22,000 students come from all 50 states and more than 90 nations. OSU programs touch every county within Oregon, and their faculty teaches and conducts research on issues of national and global importance. Visit http://oregonstate.edu to learn more.


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HP Photosmart 3110:
Why we like this printer? Because it can use a CIS, CISS, or bulk ink system. A perfect printer for continuous inking system. Compatible cartridges may be available for about half what HP charges, however HP has been battling to ban compatible cartridges for your HP inkjet printer – apparently, HP 02 carts are an HP invention, and they do not want cheap knock-offs from China to compete with.
These printers are incredibly confusing when trying to identify the correct cartridges required. This printer uses six (6) individual ink cartridges, and there are two choices for some of the cartridges – full of ink, and half full of ink. HP sells the 02 series of cartridges in either the standard, or XL version of the cartridge (for the primary colors). Within those classifications, there is also variance in the amounts of ink inside each of the individual cartridges. Take a look:
- HP 02 – Black – C8721WN – 660 pages* $17.99
- HP 02 – Cyan – 400 pages* $10.99
- HP 02 – Magenta – C8772WN – 370 pages* $10.99
- HP 02 – Yellow – C8773WN – 500 pages* $10.99
- HP 02 – Light Cyan – C8774WN – 240 pages* $10.99
- HP 02 – Photo Magenta – C8775WN – 240 pages* $10.99
The cartridges are all the same physical size and shape (with the exception of the black which is about double the size of the other 5 color cartridges). That said, a full set of ink cartridges is going to cost you $85.00! That is crazy, and what is with all those differing page counts for each cartridge?
Then there is the "XL" version of just the cyan, magenta, and yellow – full of ink?
- HP 02 XL – Cyan – C8730WN – 600 pages* $14.99
- HP 02 XL – Magenta – C8731WN – 535 pages* $14.99
- HP 02 XL – Yellow – C8732WN – 750 pages* $14.99
So that is almost $100.00 for a set of ink that includes the XL series cartridges? Wow. If you are not printing photos on this printer, you might want to re-think that purchase. This printer is not designed with the office, or small office in mind.
One simple solution:
Continuous Inking System (CIS, CISS)
This printer is perfect for a CI system:
The cartridges in these printers do not move. Ink is fed from the cartridges to a print head that is buried inside the printer. It makes these printers (ones that will use the HP 02 series inkjet cartridges) perfectly set-up to use a CI system. Since the cartridges never move, and just feed the printer ink when it needs it, installation is simple, and no additional hardware or modifications to the printer are necessary. Just plug and play printing for fractions of a cent.
How does it work?
With a CI system, ink is fed from a conveniently refillable external reservoir container (all one piece), to the cartridges as the printer needs ink. When the printer tells you the cartridge is empty, simply remove and re-install to reset the page count chip.


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When we first heard about the Qube, we were hoping it would be the Google TV box that finally succeeded in making the serve simple and easy to use. Well, we still haven't seen it in actual action — Asus's demo model isn't functional — but the remote is enough to give us a second of pause.
The Qube's "advanced remote" which uses a combination of multitouch, motion control, and a shitload of buttons, is not the simplest experience in the world. Like we've said before about remotes, they shouldn't be as minimalistic as the Apple TV's tiny, five-button remote, but they also shouldn't have dozens and dozens of buttons like the satellite dish remotes from 1985. That can't be the best we can do.
But it seems to be how the Qube is operated. Which might be totally fine! This is a totally reactionary take. The thing is we just so desperately want one of these Google TV boxes to pull off what none have to this point: Make Google TV relevant and good and eminently usable. Hopefully this, or the still-forthcoming Nexus Q, can make that happen.


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Kid Rock says he has benefited professionally from an image of getting involved in fights, but that doesn't make him liable for what three men say happened outside a Hollywood nightclub.
The personal critique came in a deposition stemming from a lawsuit by three men who claim they were assaulted March 22 by Kid Rock and members of a rap group outside Teddy's nightclub at the Hollywood Roosevelt.
Plaintiffs' lawyer Howard R. Levine asked Kid Rock -- real name: Robert Ritchie -- whether, in the past 10 years, he has promoted or publicized himself to his advantage as being involved in physical confrontations -- regardless of his denial of liability in the current lawsuit.
"I'm sure I have...," Ritchie replied. "It's all part of who you are. It's all just part of everything."
In court papers, Levine wrote that the entertainer "is well-known for somehow finding physically violent and legal troubles whenever he goes out on the town... either as part of a business promotion to sell the brand of bad boy music... or to go out and live the public relations persona."
Ritche's Sept. 22 deposition continues: "I've been involved with violent lifestyles, probably. When I was young, I would live in the projects on the east side of Detroit ... where there was gang activity and gun shootouts and drugs... for sale on the corners and things like that."
Michael Medlin, Carlos Bonilla and Jose Perez claim the singer and members of the Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. attacked them outside the Roosevelt Hotel nightclub. The lawsuit states that the three men approached Kid Rock and his entourage with autograph books, bags and pocket cameras.
A lawyer for the Roosevelt asked that the hotel be dismissed as a defendant. The excerpts from Ritche's deposition are in papers filed in opposition to the hotel's motion to be dismissed.
A Jan. 15 hearing is set for that motion.
A lawyer for the hotel said the fight occurred on a public sidewalk and not on his client's property. Therefore, all allegations against the landmark establishment should be dismissed, the hotel's attorney argued.
As for Kid Rock's role, the plaintiffs claim, "Kid Rock himself owed a duty to... ensure that his own actions, and the actions of those he had control over, such as friends, security, entourage and others associated with him, would do nothing to cause injury to foreseeable persons such as plaintiffs."
A lawyer for Kid Rock said that his client's bodyguards had an obligation to protect him, but did not have the duty to shield the public from actions by the entertainer. He also said that Ritchie, 38, was not responsible for any assaults his friends and associates might have committed against the three men.
Kid Rock: Fighting Helped My Career
A lawyer asks Kid Rock about fighting... we're going to be here a while
Kid Rock says he has benefited professionally from an image of getting involved in fights, but that doesn't make him liable for what three men say happened outside a Hollywood nightclub.


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lewisa asked "What's the difference between the mandarin language and the chinese one? Is it a dialect or simply a complete language with it's vocabulary and a special grammar?"
A short answer is: Mandarin Chinese is a subset of Chinese which forms the basis of the standard and official language (both speech and written forms). Mandarin is sometimes called a dialect of Chinese, but it is more accurate to reserve the term "dialect" for local language varieties (and the Mandarin speaking regions of China include many) and refer to Mandarin as a regional variety of Chinese (avoiding the controversial issue of whether the other regional varieties of Chinese are separate languages or not; linguists generally treat them as separate languages but with some caveats because of the shared writing system). Mandarin has its own vocabulary and special grammar different from the other regional varieties of Chinese.
A longer answer:
In English, the term "Chinese" can be used broadly (referring to all the varieties of speech and written language that share the same heritage of classical Chinese, and which are now quite divergent) or narrowly (to refer to "standard Chinese," in other words the dominant and official variety of speech, as well as the style of writing and reading that is based on it). The narrow reference of Chinese is also called Mandarin, when the distinction is important. The broad meaning covers the native language varieties of about 95% of the population in the People's Republic of China, while the narrow meaning refers to the variety that is natively spoken by about 70% of the population, although most of the other 30% speak Mandarin as a second language (they call it Pǔtōnghuà 普通话) and mostly use Mandarin as the basis of their writing. The 30% of mainland Chinese who are not native speakers of Mandarin Chinese includes somewhat less that 5% of the population who are not Han Chinese at all, the so-called national minorities, and whose language heritage usually includes a non-Chinese language which they may speak natively (the grandparents generation spoke non-Chinese languages, although there may be ongoing language shift among children in the 21st century). It also includes 25% of mainland China's population who are Han Chinese but whose heritage includes a regional variety of Chinese (called fāngyán 方言, which is sometimes translated as "dialect" but the term is ambiguous when applied to China). The non-Mandarin regional varieties of Chinese are traditionally divided into 8 groupings, which include the well-known Wu, Cantonese, Min (which includes Hokkien) and Hakka, although recent research is proposing to split off some varieties, I don't think there is a new consensus yet on how many.
So you use the term Mandarin Chinese or just Mandarin when you want to refer to the native language of the 70%, which has status as an official language in all of mainland China, as well as in Taiwan, Hong Kong SAR and Singapore. If you want to use the term Chinese broadly (the 95%), you refer to all the historically-related language varieties (fāngyán) of the Han Chinese. Most Mandarin native-speakers cannot understand the native speech of the other 7 (or more) regional varieties, but they all share the same writing system (both the classical writing tradition based on obsolete speech varieties which, more or less, are the ancestors of all the regional varieties of Chinese, as well as the contemporary writing style (called vernacular Chinese or báihuà 白花) which is based on Mandarin Chinese. Most Chinese who are not native speakers of Mandarin can understand Mandarin (but not the other six or more regional varieties of Chinese) because they learn it in school and through the mass media.
- Fred, a linguistics student trying to learn written Chinese by independent study
Mandarin language and Chinese language, any difference?
Discussions on Mandarin Chinese. Do not post requests for translations or advertise couses in this forum.
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What is the original? If the original is yours, perhaps this would a more fruitful place to discuss it.
I'd like to hear from you regarding this, I can't say I'm satisfied with some word choices and I feel something wrong with the grammars.
I recall my days with you
I recall my days with you
like someone sees things through the window of a fast train:
deserted and beautiful
impossible to grasp...
From time to another
let's be children again
let's grieve without false pride
The day I die
I will think about that bright moment
when we stood in the darkness
on the porch of decision
You said hatefully: "I love you"
I will remember your voice
and death comes pleasantly
will hold me like a womb of forgotten joy
and I will whisper in a similar hatred:
oh how much I loved you.
The original is in Arabic language and it's not mine. I'm doing some exercise on poetry translation and in fact I used to post here and some members including "Raymott" used to help me here. IMO that forum is for sharing poetry not for help editing and giving advice.
Fine. I just thought more people might see it there; but if you've done it here before, carry on...
Thank you very much, I appreciate your help. If you don't mind me asking, as a native speaker does the poem in English make a sense to you?!


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DTI Tractography
- Measurement of up to 256 directions of diffusion-weighting with up to 16 different b-values. (up to 192 directions for MAGNETOM ESSENZA)
- Inline processing of the Fractional Anisotropy (FA) maps, ADC maps and trace-weighted images based on the tensor.
- 3D DTI Tractography data in color overlaid onto the anatomy with the 3D Neuro Task Card allows easy navigation through the brain.
Additional Information
In the brain, the axons of neurons form fiber tracts which impose directionality (anisotropy) on measurements of water diffusion. The aggregate diffusion of water within these tracts is quantified at each point by the diffusion tensor. Multiple parameters can be derived from the diffusion tensor, including the trace, ADC (Apparent Diffusion Coefficient), the relative anisotropy, and the fractional anisotropy. These secondary parameters are independent of the frame of reference and are very sensitive to white matter pathology.
DTI (option, prerequisite) has optimized sequences for a complete description of the diffusion properties of the brain within the scope of the tensor diffusion model, both for anisotropic and isotropic diffusion which support excellent evaluation of diseases of the white matter.
DTI Evaluation (option, prerequisite) is a post-processing tool for data obtained by DTI Tractography and allows for quantitative evaluation of the rate and direction of water motion within a voxel, calculation of different diffusion parameters and visualization of colored diffusion tensor imaging maps like the Fractional Anisotropy maps. DTI Evaluation also enables ROI-based evaluation of parameter images.
DTI and DTI Evaluation will help you identify anatomical substructures and with the help of fiber direction maps and fiber tracts (tractography) you will be able to assess the microstructural aspects of the brain lesions.
General Requirements
Minimum Software Version
syngo MR B15
syngo MMWP VE26A
syngo MR C15
syngo MR D11
Also available for:
MAGNETOM Prismafit
MAGNETOM Skyrafit
MAGNETOM Avantofit
DTI Evaluation
Please Note: Additional technical pre-requisites may apply. Upon receiving your request, your local Siemens representative will clarify whether your system meets the requirements.
syngo Multimodality Workplace, syngo BOLD 3D Evaluation, Applications training


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Hi there,
So I'm new to this forum, so I feel like I shold introduce myself really quick. I'm 19, and a freshman in college, double majoring in Business Administration and Computer Information Science. (Told you it'd be quick)
Alright, so I'm working on a program that reads a CSV files that contain cities, their coordinates, highways that connect to them, and distance/time between them. The idea of this program is to read that file, and print the distance and time between them, the roads that connect them together and the time it takes to travel between them. It sounds simply, but its giving me a lot of trouble (this is my first year of computer science after all). So far I have three classes, a main class, a City class, and a Road class.
Here's the code I have so far:
package vince_maps1; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileReader; import javax.swing.Timer; import javax.swing.JFileChooser; public class Main { JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser(); public Timer clock = new Timer(100, new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { } }); public static void main(String args[]) { java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() { private void loadMapActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) { File file = new File("F:\\simpleMap.csv"); try { BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file)); String s; int j = 0; while ((s = reader.readLine()) != null) { String[] strings = s.split(","); City c = new City(strings[0], Integer.parseInt(strings[1]), Integer.parseInt(strings[2])); Road r = new Road(strings[0], strings[1], strings[2], Integer.parseInt(strings[3]), Integer.parseInt(strings[4])); System.out.print(c); } } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("File Error"); } } public void run() { for (City c : City.cities) { System.out.println(c.name); } } }); } }
/* * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates * and open the template in the editor. */ package vince_maps1; import java.util.ArrayList; /** * * @author stu696084 */ public class City { public int x, y; public String name; public static ArrayList<City> cities = new ArrayList<City>(); public City(String name, int x, int y) { this.name = name; this.x = x; this.y = y; } public boolean isCity(City c) { if (c.equals(this)) { return true; } return false; } }
/* * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates * and open the template in the editor. */ package vince_maps1; /** * * @author stu696084 */ public class Road { public String startCity, endCity; public int length, time; public String name; public Road(String name, String startCity, String endCity, int length, int time) { this.startCity = startCity; this.endCity = endCity; this.length = length; this.time = time; this.name = name; } @Override public String toString() { return (startCity + "and" + endCity); } }
I can't figure out how to take the information the that's read in, and then manipulate it and print it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Edit: I thought I should add that the format of the information in the CSV file looks like this:
Grand Junction,64,256,,
US 50,Grand Junction,Delta,43,57
US 50,Delta,Montrose,23,30
US 50,Montrose,Gunnison,65,76
While the output should look like this:
Delta is at (108, 291)
US 50 goes to Grand Junction (43 miles, 57 minutes)
US 50 goes to Montrose (23 miles, 30 minutes)
Grand Junction is at (58, 251)
US 50 goes to Delta (43 miles, 57 minutes)
Montrose is at (127, 325)
US 50 goes to Delta (23 miles, 30 minutes)